@nexus-cortex/cli 4.110.0 → 4.111.1

package/.env.defaults

@@ -884,6 +884,10 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_GATE=true
 # {iteration, outputTokens, from, level, turns}. Precedence: backoff > effort pulse > request param > card. 'false' keeps the nudge but not
 # the backoff. Streaming loop: the finish_reason=length break is now a warn (the truncation path handles it).
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-16 @4.109.0] BUILT + unit-tested (emptyResponseClassifier.test.ts R153 block). Field: PENDING (7-task R152/R153 patch cell).
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-16 @4.111.1] FIELD READ (tb4-p foodstuff-beta-activity, 4.111.0): classifier now says `truncated` and the backoff ARMED (high →
+# medium) — mechanism live. Defect: the empty-retry call consumed one lowered turn, so the second exhaustion (iteration 10) found the counter
+# empty and stepped high → medium again instead of medium → low. 4.111.1: the turn remembers the last stepped level (repeat = step down
+# from it) and the counter covers the retry call plus TURNS continuations.
 #CORTEX_REASONING_EXHAUST_BACKOFF=
 #CORTEX_REASONING_EXHAUST_BACKOFF_TURNS=
 # (no lever) R154 HB-IMAGE-REJECTION-HEAL (4.109.0, 2026-09-16): retro-console-soc generated a 128x128 8-bit GRAYSCALE PNG, called
@@ -921,6 +925,18 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_GATE=true
 # (clamp 100..4000); `truncated` now follows finish_reason=length on every helper call.
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-16 @4.110.0] BUILT + unit-tested (mentorRole.test.ts). Field: PENDING.
 #CORTEX_MENTOR_CONSULT_BUDGET_TOKENS=
+# CORTEX_ENDTURN_RESOLVER_MAX_REJECTS_BUDGETED — R160 HB-RESOLVER-BUDGET-CAP (4.111.0, 2026-09-16). Dig into the 27 confident-wrong
+# TB4.0 finishes (tb4-flash-v3): the EndTurn resolver was NOT the weak link — it saw the gap in 16 of the 22 sessions it judged (kv-live-
+# surgery "3.2x, not 5x"; rs-archive-clone "bad 3 of 288 — match the reference's decision boundary") and VETOED; the model came back
+# with the same attestation, the second GAP hit CORTEX_ENDTURN_RESOLVER_MAX_REJECTS=2 and the finish shipped as a fallback-accept a
+# median 24 min into an 8-h budget (median 3.5 min after the last veto). The liveness cap was sized for chat turns, not 8-h tasks.
+# Now the cap is BUDGET-AWARE: while >= CORTEX_BUDGET_CONTINUE_MIN_REMAINING (0.5) of the wall budget remains, up to MAX_REJECTS_BUDGETED
+# vetoes (default 6; clamp 0..20; 0 = liveness cap only); below that fraction or without a deadline, the liveness cap (2) as before.
+# From the second veto the fix plan carries an escalation line ("veto N of M, ~Xh left — close it or name the hard limit under
+# open_items"). Event endturn_resolver gains {cap, capLiveness, capBudgeted, remainingFrac}. Cost: false GAPs on passing work (4 of the
+# 9 judged passes ended on a GAP and still passed) now cost up to 4 more judge cycles — tokens, not correctness. A/B lever.
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-16 @4.111.0] BUILT + unit-tested (endTurnResolver.test.ts R160). Field: PENDING (first read on the next TB4.0 cell).
+#CORTEX_ENDTURN_RESOLVER_MAX_REJECTS_BUDGETED=
 # (no lever) 4.110.0 closes the 4.109.0 disclosures (2026-09-16): R154 image-rejection heal now also covers the STREAMING loop
 # (continuation re-streamed once after the stub; stream empty-retry and stream R29a synthesis wrapped like the non-streaming calls);
 # the sub-agent console fallback prints a progress beat only on a turn change or every 30 s (was every second: 500+ ticker lines per

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nexus-cortex/cli",
-  "version": "4.110.0",
+  "version": "4.111.1",
   "description": "Nexus Cortex CLI - Terminal interface for multi-provider LLM orchestration",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/copy-pkg-cortex-scaffold.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.110.0",
+    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.111.1",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "cli-spinners": "^2.9.0",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",