@phyzess/pappra 0.0.0-stage → 0.1.0-beta.1

package/dist/collab/admission.js

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+import { isAssignment, isCard } from './contracts.js';
+import { parseJson } from './validation.js';
+import crypto from 'node:crypto';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { nowIso, readRecord, transact } from './store.js';
+import { preflight } from './preflight.js';
+import { findAttempt, openUncertainty } from './lifecycle.js';
+import { claimsOverlap, describeResource, pathRelation } from './canonical.js';
+// Explicit launcher for one native pilot execution.
+//
+// It exists so the receiving harness's argv, cwd, tool allowance, timeout and identity
+// are recorded next to the native events, and so no harness is invoked by accident: the
+// command refuses to run without `--confirm-run true`.
+//
+// Version-pinned profiles (observed 2026-10-15):
+//   pi 1.2.0        : `--print --session-id <uuid> --tools <allowlist> --no-mcp`
+//   codex 0.162.1   : `exec --json -C <cwd> -s <sandbox>`; resume via `exec resume <thread>`
+//   claude 2.1.287  : `--print --output-format stream-json --setting-sources user
+//                      --tools <allowlist> --strict-mcp-config --mcp-config {"mcpServers":{}}
+//                      --settings {"disableAllHooks":true} --max-budget-usd <n>`
+//
+// No model or reasoning-effort override is supplied for any harness; the only limits are
+// the per-run timeout, the tool allowlist and (for Claude) the requested API budget cap.
+export const TOOL_PROFILES = {
+    pi: {
+        writer: 'read,bash,write,replace,replace_match',
+        // The Pi reviewer profile has no write/edit tool, but bash stays available so an
+        // independent verifier can run the frozen suite. That is a tool limit, not a sandbox.
+        reviewer: 'read,bash,anchor_grep',
+    },
+    claude: {
+        writer: 'Read,Edit,Write,Skill',
+        reviewer: 'Read,Skill',
+    },
+};
+/** The runner an assignment must name for a given harness; the launcher will not substitute one. */
+const RUNNER_FOR_HARNESS = {
+    pi: 'pi-cli',
+    codex: 'codex-exec',
+    claude: 'claude-cli',
+};
+/** Whether the assignment can name the native session before the process starts. Pi and Claude
+ *  accept an explicit session id; `codex exec` chooses the thread id itself. */
+const PRE_BOUND_IDENTITY = {
+    pi: true,
+    codex: false,
+    claude: true,
+};
+/**
+ * Pre-dispatch admission. A launcher that started a native process without checking the
+ * assignment, the capability snapshot, the collaboration record and the actual resource
+ * ownership would be an automatic entry that bypasses the whole contract, so it refuses.
+ *
+ * Two modes exist:
+ *   work       the default; requires a runtime-ready capability card
+ *   discovery  the restricted path that produces the first runtime observation; it may use a
+ *              declared card but must require no capability at all, so it cannot claim
+ *              anything it has not observed
+ */
+export function admitLaunch({ assignmentFile, capabilitiesFile, taskRoot, cwd, sessionId, harness = null, profile = null, launchKind = 'first', discovery = false, resumeSelector = null, now = Date.now(), maxAgeMinutes = 30, }) {
+    const read = (file) => {
+        const stat = fs.statSync(file);
+        if (!stat.isFile() || stat.size > 1024 * 1024)
+            throw new Error(`Unsupported JSON file: ${file}`);
+        return parseJson(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'));
+    };
+    const assignment = read(assignmentFile);
+    if (!isAssignment(assignment))
+        throw new Error('Invalid assignment structure');
+    const card = read(capabilitiesFile);
+    if (!isCard(card))
+        throw new Error('Invalid capability card structure');
+    const checks = [];
+    const selector = resumeSelector ?? null;
+    // 1. the contract must describe the execution that is about to start
+    if (harness && assignment.assignee.harness !== harness) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'harness_contract_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: assignment.assignee.harness,
+            actual: harness,
+        };
+    }
+    const expectedRunner = RUNNER_FOR_HARNESS[harness ?? assignment.assignee.harness];
+    if (assignment.runner?.name &&
+        expectedRunner &&
+        assignment.runner.name !== expectedRunner) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'runner_contract_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: assignment.runner.name,
+            actual: expectedRunner,
+        };
+    }
+    if (profile &&
+        assignment.runner?.profile &&
+        assignment.runner.profile !== profile) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'profile_contract_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: assignment.runner.profile,
+            actual: profile,
+        };
+    }
+    if (profile &&
+        !assignment.runner?.profile &&
+        assignment.runner?.mode === 'review-only' &&
+        profile !== 'reviewer') {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'profile_contract_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: 'reviewer',
+            actual: profile,
+        };
+    }
+    // 1c. A `first` launch that lets the CLI choose the native identity (Codex) cannot be
+    // justified by a card observed for another session: that path must be a discovery run.
+    const preBoundIdentity = PRE_BOUND_IDENTITY[harness ?? assignment.assignee.harness] === false
+        ? null
+        : assignment.assignee.session_id;
+    if (launchKind === 'first' && !preBoundIdentity && !discovery) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'new_session_requires_discovery',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'this harness chooses the native session id itself, so its first launch must be a discovery run and the work dispatch must continue the discovered identity',
+        };
+    }
+    // 2. the request must be internally consistent about starting versus continuing
+    if (launchKind === 'resume' && !selector) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'resume_selector_required',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'a resume launch must name the recorded native session',
+        };
+    }
+    if (launchKind === 'first' && selector) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'unexpected_resume_selector',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'a first launch must not carry a resume selector',
+        };
+    }
+    // 3. identity of the execution context
+    if (!path.isAbsolute(taskRoot ?? ''))
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'task_root_required',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'the launcher must verify the collaboration record before dispatch',
+        };
+    if (fs.realpathSync(assignment.assignee.cwd) !== fs.realpathSync(cwd)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'cwd_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            detail: `launcher cwd ${cwd} is not the assigned cwd ${assignment.assignee.cwd}`,
+        };
+    }
+    if (sessionId && assignment.assignee.session_id !== sessionId) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'session_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            detail: `launcher session ${sessionId} is not the assigned session ${assignment.assignee.session_id}`,
+        };
+    }
+    const record = readRecord(taskRoot);
+    if (!record)
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'task_record_missing',
+            checks,
+            detail: taskRoot,
+        };
+    if (record.task_id !== assignment.task_id)
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'task_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            detail: `${record.task_id} != ${assignment.task_id}`,
+        };
+    if (record.dispatch_frozen)
+        return { ok: false, reason: 'dispatch_frozen', checks };
+    const currentEpoch = record.coordinator?.owner_epoch ?? null;
+    const assignmentEpoch = assignment.coordinator?.owner_epoch ?? null;
+    if (currentEpoch !== null &&
+        assignmentEpoch !== null &&
+        currentEpoch !== assignmentEpoch) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'stale_epoch',
+            checks,
+            expected: currentEpoch,
+            actual: assignmentEpoch,
+        };
+    }
+    // 4. the attempt must exist and be the one this contract was registered for
+    const attempt = findAttempt(record, assignment.assignment_id, assignment.attempt);
+    if (!attempt)
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'attempt_not_registered',
+            checks,
+            detail: `${assignment.assignment_id}#${assignment.attempt}`,
+        };
+    if (attempt.assignee &&
+        (attempt.assignee.agent_id !== assignment.assignee.agent_id ||
+            attempt.assignee.session_id !== assignment.assignee.session_id)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'assignee_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: attempt.assignee,
+            actual: assignment.assignee,
+        };
+    }
+    const liveAssignmentDigest = digestFile(assignmentFile);
+    if (attempt.assignment_digest &&
+        attempt.assignment_digest !== liveAssignmentDigest) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'assignment_digest_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: attempt.assignment_digest,
+            actual: liveAssignmentDigest,
+            detail: 'the assignment differs from the one registered for this attempt',
+        };
+    }
+    if (attempt.assignment_ref &&
+        path.resolve(attempt.assignment_ref) !== path.resolve(assignmentFile)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'assignment_ref_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: attempt.assignment_ref,
+            actual: assignmentFile,
+        };
+    }
+    const liveInputDigest = assignment.inputs?.[0]
+        ? digestFile(assignment.inputs[0].ref)
+        : null;
+    if (attempt.input_revision &&
+        liveInputDigest &&
+        attempt.input_revision !== liveInputDigest) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'input_revision_mismatch',
+            checks,
+            expected: attempt.input_revision,
+            actual: liveInputDigest,
+        };
+    }
+    // 5. capability readiness, or the restricted discovery path
+    if (discovery) {
+        const requiredSkills = (assignment.required?.skills ?? []).length;
+        const requiredTools = (assignment.required?.tools ?? []).length;
+        if (requiredSkills || requiredTools) {
+            return {
+                ok: false,
+                reason: 'discovery_requires_no_capabilities',
+                checks,
+                required_skills: requiredSkills,
+                required_tools: requiredTools,
+            };
+        }
+        checks.push({
+            check: 'preflight',
+            status: 'skipped',
+            detail: 'discovery mode requires no capability',
+        });
+    }
+    else {
+        const result = preflight(assignment, card, { now, maxAgeMinutes });
+        checks.push({
+            check: 'preflight',
+            status: result.status,
+            blockers: result.blockers,
+            warnings: result.warnings,
+        });
+        if (result.status !== 'ready')
+            return {
+                ok: false,
+                reason: 'capability_preflight_not_ready',
+                checks,
+                preflight: result,
+            };
+    }
+    if (card.session_id !== assignment.assignee.session_id ||
+        (card.cwd !== undefined && !samePath(card.cwd, cwd))) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'capabilities_identity_mismatch',
+            checks,
+        };
+    }
+    // 6. may this attempt start at all
+    if (['completed', 'failed', 'cancelled'].includes(attempt.state)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'attempt_already_closed',
+            checks,
+            state: attempt.state,
+        };
+    }
+    if (attempt.state === 'needs_input' && attempt.awaiting === 'approval') {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'awaiting_approval',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'an approval block is answered by the user, not by a new dispatch',
+        };
+    }
+    if (hasPendingCancellation(record, assignment.assignment_id, assignment.attempt)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'cancel_unconfirmed',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'native stop must be reconciled before any new launch or continuation',
+        };
+    }
+    const observation = attempt.native?.observation ?? 'unknown';
+    if (attempt.state === 'unknown' ||
+        (attempt.state === 'running' && observation !== 'confirmed')) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'attempt_state_unknown',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'the native state of this attempt is unconfirmed; reconcile it before dispatching anything',
+        };
+    }
+    if (attempt.state === 'running' && launchKind !== 'resume') {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'attempt_already_running',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'a running attempt may only be continued with --launch-kind resume',
+        };
+    }
+    if (launchKind === 'first' && attempt.native?.run_id) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'already_launched',
+            checks,
+            detail: `attempt already has native run ${attempt.native.run_id}`,
+        };
+    }
+    // A native session is the instance, not the attempt: the run discovered by an earlier,
+    // closed attempt of the same subtask is a legitimate continuation target. That is what makes
+    // "discovery → work" a supported sequence instead of a manual state edit.
+    const resumable = [
+        {
+            attempt: attempt.attempt,
+            session_id: attempt.native?.session_id ?? null,
+            run_id: attempt.native?.run_id ?? null,
+        },
+        ...(record.attempts ?? [])
+            .filter((item) => item.subtask_id === assignment.assignment_id &&
+            item.attempt !== assignment.attempt &&
+            ['completed', 'failed', 'cancelled'].includes(item.state))
+            .map((item) => ({
+            attempt: item.attempt,
+            session_id: item.native?.session_id ?? null,
+            run_id: item.native?.run_id ?? null,
+        })),
+    ].filter((item) => item.session_id || item.run_id);
+    if (launchKind === 'resume' && !resumable.length) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'nothing_to_resume',
+            checks,
+            detail: 'neither this attempt nor a closed earlier attempt of the subtask has a recorded native run',
+        };
+    }
+    if (launchKind !== 'resume' &&
+        !['assigned', 'accepted'].includes(attempt.state)) {
+        return {
+            ok: false,
+            reason: 'attempt_not_startable',
+            checks,
+            state: attempt.state,
+        };
+    }
+    if (selector) {
+        const recorded = [
+            ...new Set(resumable
+                .flatMap((item) => [item.session_id, item.run_id])
+                .filter(Boolean)),
+        ];
+        if (!recorded.includes(selector)) {
+            return {
+                ok: false,
+                reason: 'resume_selector_mismatch',
+                checks,
+                expected: recorded,
+                actual: selector,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    // 7. the resources the contract asks for must actually be held by this assignee
+    const claims = (record.claims ?? []).filter((item) => !item.released_at);
+    const resourceChecks = [];
+    for (const resource of assignment.resources ?? []) {
+        const descriptor = describeResource(describeRequest(resource));
+        // Containment, not symmetric overlap: holding a child file does not grant the parent
+        // directory, while holding the directory does grant everything inside it.
+        const covering = claims.filter((item) => claimCovers(item, descriptor));
+        if (resource.access === 'write') {
+            const held = covering.find((item) => item.access === 'write' &&
+                item.holder?.agent_id === assignment.assignee.agent_id &&
+                item.holder?.session_id === assignment.assignee.session_id &&
+                (item.subtask_id ?? null) === assignment.assignment_id &&
+                (item.attempt ?? null) === assignment.attempt);
+            if (!held) {
+                resourceChecks.push({
+                    resource: descriptor.key,
+                    access: 'write',
+                    status: 'not_held',
+                });
+                return {
+                    ok: false,
+                    reason: 'resource_not_held',
+                    checks,
+                    resources: resourceChecks,
+                    detail: `no active write claim covering ${descriptor.key} held by ${assignment.assignee.agent_id}/${assignment.assignee.session_id} for ${assignment.assignment_id}#${assignment.attempt}`,
+                };
+            }
+            if (held.resource_epoch !== resource.resource_epoch) {
+                resourceChecks.push({
+                    resource: descriptor.key,
+                    access: 'write',
+                    status: 'epoch_mismatch',
+                    expected: resource.resource_epoch,
+                    actual: held.resource_epoch,
+                });
+                return {
+                    ok: false,
+                    reason: 'resource_epoch_mismatch',
+                    checks,
+                    resources: resourceChecks,
+                    expected: resource.resource_epoch,
+                    actual: held.resource_epoch,
+                };
+            }
+            resourceChecks.push({
+                resource: descriptor.key,
+                access: 'write',
+                status: 'held',
+                resource_epoch: held.resource_epoch,
+                claim_id: held.claim_id,
+            });
+        }
+        else {
+            // Reading overlaps symmetrically: a writer holding a child file conflicts with a reader of
+            // the whole directory, so the containment rule is only for issuing write authority.
+            const blocker = claims
+                .filter((item) => claimsOverlap(item, descriptor))
+                .find((item) => item.access === 'write' &&
+                !(item.holder?.agent_id === assignment.assignee.agent_id &&
+                    item.holder?.session_id === assignment.assignee.session_id));
+            if (blocker) {
+                resourceChecks.push({
+                    resource: descriptor.key,
+                    access: 'read',
+                    status: 'write_held_by_other',
+                    held_by: blocker.holder,
+                });
+                return {
+                    ok: false,
+                    reason: 'resource_write_held_by_other',
+                    checks,
+                    resources: resourceChecks,
+                };
+            }
+            resourceChecks.push({
+                resource: descriptor.key,
+                access: 'read',
+                status: 'clear',
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    checks.push({ check: 'resources', status: 'ok', resources: resourceChecks });
+    checks.push({
+        check: 'record',
+        status: 'ok',
+        state_revision: record.state_revision,
+        owner_epoch: currentEpoch,
+        attempt_state: attempt.state,
+        launch_kind: launchKind,
+        mode: discovery ? 'discovery' : 'work',
+    });
+    return {
+        ok: true,
+        checks,
+        state_revision: record.state_revision,
+        owner_epoch: currentEpoch,
+        attempt_state: attempt.state,
+        resources: resourceChecks,
+        mode: discovery ? 'discovery' : 'work',
+        launch_kind: launchKind,
+        resume_selector: selector,
+        pre_bound_identity: preBoundIdentity,
+        expected_identity: launchKind === 'resume' ? selector : preBoundIdentity,
+        capability_evidence: discovery ? 'declared' : 'runtime-bound',
+        assignment_digest: liveAssignmentDigest,
+        input_revision: liveInputDigest,
+    };
+}
+function samePath(left, right) {
+    try {
+        return fs.realpathSync(left) === fs.realpathSync(right);
+    }
+    catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+/** True when an existing claim covers the requested range (claim is equal to or above it). */
+export function hasPendingCancellation(record, subtaskId, attempt) {
+    if ((record.uncertainty ?? []).some((item) => item.kind === 'cancel_unconfirmed' &&
+        !item.resolved_at &&
+        item.subtask_id === subtaskId &&
+        item.attempt === attempt))
+        return true;
+    const holder = findAttempt(record, subtaskId, attempt)?.assignee;
+    return (record.claims ?? []).some((claim) => !claim.released_at &&
+        claim.cancel_pending &&
+        holder &&
+        claim.holder?.agent_id === holder.agent_id &&
+        claim.holder?.session_id === holder.session_id &&
+        (claim.subtask_id == null || claim.subtask_id === subtaskId) &&
+        (claim.attempt == null || claim.attempt === attempt));
+}
+export function claimCovers(claim, requested) {
+    if (claim.key === requested.key)
+        return true;
+    if (!claim.path || !requested.path)
+        return false;
+    const relation = pathRelation(claim.path, requested.path);
+    return relation === 'same' || relation === 'ancestor';
+}
+function describeRequest(resource) {
+    return {
+        kind: resource.path ? 'path' : (resource.kind ?? 'path'),
+        path: resource.path,
+        ...(resource.port === undefined ? {} : { port: resource.port }),
+    };
+}
+function digestFile(file) {
+    return `sha256:${crypto.createHash('sha256').update(fs.readFileSync(file)).digest('hex')}`;
+}
+/**
+ * Atomically reserve the launch. A second launcher cannot reserve the same attempt, and the
+ * reservation distinguishes a first launch from a continuation, so "already started" is a
+ * recorded fact rather than an assumption.
+ */
+export function reserveLaunch(taskRoot, { reservation, expectRevision = undefined, clock = Date.now(), }) {
+    const outcome = transact(taskRoot, {
+        actor: reservation.holder?.agent_id ?? 'launcher',
+        purpose: 'launch-reserve',
+        expectRevision,
+        clock,
+        apply: (record) => {
+            const attempt = findAttempt(record, reservation.subtask_id, reservation.attempt);
+            if (!attempt)
+                return { ok: false, reason: 'attempt_not_registered' };
+            const active = (record.launch_reservations ?? []).filter((item) => !item.released_at &&
+                item.subtask_id === reservation.subtask_id &&
+                item.attempt === reservation.attempt);
+            if (active.length) {
+                return {
+                    ok: false,
+                    reason: 'launch_already_reserved',
+                    reservation: active[0],
+                };
+            }
+            record.launch_reservations = record.launch_reservations ?? [];
+            const entry = {
+                ...reservation,
+                reserved_at: nowIso(clock),
+                released_at: null,
+                outcome: null,
+            };
+            record.launch_reservations.push(entry);
+            return {
+                record,
+                op: 'launch-reserve',
+                summary: {
+                    subtask_id: reservation.subtask_id,
+                    attempt: reservation.attempt,
+                    kind: reservation.kind,
+                },
+                result: { reservation_id: entry.reservation_id },
+            };
+        },
+    });
+    return outcome.ok
+        ? {
+            ok: true,
+            reservation_id: outcome.result.reservation_id,
+            state_revision: outcome.state_revision,
+        }
+        : outcome;
+}
+/**
+ * Settle a launch reservation and persist what actually happened.
+ *
+ * Outcomes are deliberately distinguished:
+ *   exited / exited_nonzero  the process ran; the attempt keeps a recorded native run, so a
+ *                            later `first` launch is refused with `already_launched`
+ *   timed_out / spawn_failed the process may be alive or may have started; the attempt moves to
+ *                            `unknown` with an uncertainty, so nothing may be dispatched over it
+ *                            until it is reconciled
+ *   not_started              nothing was spawned (a validation failure); the reservation is
+ *                            released and the attempt is left exactly as it was
+ */
+export function classifyIdentity({ ran, observed = null, expected = null, capabilityEvidence = null, }) {
+    const status = !ran
+        ? 'not_observed'
+        : !observed
+            ? 'unobserved'
+            : !expected
+                ? 'discovered'
+                : observed === expected
+                    ? 'match'
+                    : 'drift';
+    const confirmed = ran === true &&
+        status === 'match' &&
+        capabilityEvidence === 'runtime-bound';
+    return { status, confirmed };
+}
+export function settleLaunch(taskRoot, { reservationId, outcome, exitCode = null, sessionId = null, runId = null, evidenceRef = null, runner = null, detail = null, expectedIdentity = null, capabilityEvidence = null, identityStatus = null, 
+// A run is only "confirmed" when the process ended cleanly. `exited_nonzero` still records the
+// attempted/started run and its honest exit, but the observation stays unconfirmed.
+cleanExit = outcome === 'exited', clock = Date.now(), }) {
+    const notStarted = outcome === 'not_started';
+    const ran = outcome === 'exited' || outcome === 'exited_nonzero';
+    // Identity is decided before "did it run": a resumed session that comes back with a different
+    // id is a drift, and an identity that was never bound to the capability evidence cannot be
+    // promoted to `confirmed` no matter how cleanly the process exited.
+    const classified = classifyIdentity({
+        ran,
+        observed: sessionId,
+        expected: expectedIdentity,
+        capabilityEvidence,
+    });
+    const identityStatusResolved = identityStatus ?? classified.status;
+    const confirmed = ran &&
+        cleanExit === true &&
+        identityStatusResolved === 'match' &&
+        capabilityEvidence === 'runtime-bound';
+    const uncertain = outcome === 'timed_out' ||
+        outcome === 'spawn_failed' ||
+        outcome === 'evidence_write_failed' ||
+        identityStatusResolved === 'drift' ||
+        identityStatusResolved === 'unobserved' ||
+        (ran && !confirmed);
+    const settled = transact(taskRoot, {
+        actor: 'launcher',
+        purpose: 'launch-settle',
+        clock,
+        apply: (record) => {
+            const entry = (record.launch_reservations ?? []).find((item) => item.reservation_id === reservationId);
+            if (!entry)
+                return { ok: false, reason: 'unknown_reservation' };
+            if (entry.released_at)
+                return { ok: false, reason: 'reservation_already_settled' };
+            entry.released_at = nowIso(clock);
+            entry.outcome = outcome;
+            entry.exit_code = exitCode;
+            entry.session_id = sessionId;
+            entry.run_id = runId;
+            entry.detail = detail ?? null;
+            entry.identity_status = identityStatusResolved;
+            entry.expected_identity = expectedIdentity;
+            entry.observed_identity = sessionId;
+            if (notStarted)
+                return {
+                    record,
+                    op: 'launch-settle',
+                    summary: { reservation_id: reservationId, outcome },
+                    result: { outcome, attempt_unchanged: true },
+                };
+            const attempt = findAttempt(record, entry.subtask_id, entry.attempt);
+            if (!attempt)
+                return {
+                    record,
+                    op: 'launch-settle',
+                    summary: { reservation_id: reservationId, outcome },
+                    result: { outcome, attempt_missing: true },
+                };
+            const at = nowIso(clock);
+            // The native runner owns execution; the shared layer keeps the pointer and the fact
+            // that this attempt has been started at all.
+            attempt.native = {
+                runner: runner ?? attempt.native?.runner ?? null,
+                session_id: sessionId ?? attempt.native?.session_id ?? null,
+                run_id: runId ?? attempt.native?.run_id ?? null,
+                mission_id: attempt.native?.mission_id ?? null,
+                observation: confirmed ? 'confirmed' : 'unknown',
+                observed_at: at,
+                evidence_ref: evidenceRef ?? attempt.native?.evidence_ref ?? null,
+                manager: 'native',
+                launch_kind: entry.kind,
+                mode: entry.mode,
+                identity_status: identityStatusResolved,
+            };
+            attempt.updated_at = at;
+            attempt.transitions = attempt.transitions ?? [];
+            attempt.transitions.push({
+                from: attempt.state,
+                to: attempt.state,
+                at,
+                actor: 'launcher',
+                reason: `native launch settled: ${outcome}`,
+                evidence: evidenceRef,
+            });
+            if (ran && ['assigned', 'accepted'].includes(attempt.state))
+                attempt.state = 'running';
+            if (ran) {
+                // The process demonstrably started, so that question is answered even when the identity
+                // or the capability evidence is still unresolved.
+                const started = (record.uncertainty ?? []).find((item) => !item.resolved_at &&
+                    item.kind === 'registered_not_started' &&
+                    item.subtask_id === entry.subtask_id &&
+                    item.attempt === entry.attempt);
+                if (started) {
+                    started.resolved_at = at;
+                    started.resolution = 'native launch observed';
+                    started.resolution_evidence = evidenceRef;
+                    started.resolved_by = 'launcher';
+                }
+            }
+            if (uncertain) {
+                // "May have started", "the identity drifted" and "it ran but nothing was recorded" are
+                // all reconcile-first states, never a free attempt.
+                if (!['completed', 'failed', 'cancelled'].includes(attempt.state))
+                    attempt.state = 'unknown';
+                const kind = identityStatusResolved === 'drift'
+                    ? 'session_identity_drift'
+                    : identityStatusResolved === 'unobserved'
+                        ? 'session_unobserved'
+                        : ran && !confirmed
+                            ? 'session_unverified'
+                            : outcome === 'timed_out'
+                                ? 'executed_unwritten'
+                                : outcome === 'evidence_write_failed'
+                                    ? 'executed_unwritten'
+                                    : 'started_unregistered';
+                const detailText = identityStatusResolved === 'unobserved'
+                    ? `launch ${entry.reservation_id} produced no readable native session identity; the requested identity ${entry.requested_session_id} is not evidence`
+                    : identityStatusResolved === 'drift'
+                        ? `launch ${entry.reservation_id} came back as ${sessionId}, but ${expectedIdentity} was expected: the contract does not describe this instance`
+                        : ran && !confirmed
+                            ? `launch ${entry.reservation_id} ran as native session ${sessionId}, but no runtime capability evidence covers that identity yet`
+                            : outcome === 'evidence_write_failed'
+                                ? `launch ${entry.reservation_id} ran but its evidence could not be written (${detail}); the execution is not on record`
+                                : `launch ${entry.reservation_id} ended as ${outcome}; the native process state is unconfirmed`;
+                openUncertainty(record, {
+                    kind,
+                    subtaskId: entry.subtask_id,
+                    attempt: entry.attempt,
+                    detail: detailText,
+                    evidenceRef,
+                    resolutionHint: identityStatusResolved === 'unobserved'
+                        ? 'inspect the native evidence: the session file or stream must expose the identity before it can be trusted'
+                        : identityStatusResolved === 'drift'
+                            ? 'query the native runner, then register a contract that names the instance that actually ran'
+                            : ran && !confirmed
+                                ? 'derive a capability card for this native session, then continue it with --launch-kind resume'
+                                : 'query the native runner for this session/run and reconcile before any new dispatch',
+                    clock,
+                });
+            }
+            return {
+                record,
+                op: 'launch-settle',
+                summary: { reservation_id: reservationId, outcome },
+                result: {
+                    outcome,
+                    state: attempt.state,
+                    observation: attempt.native.observation,
+                    identity_status: identityStatusResolved,
+                },
+            };
+        },
+    });
+    return settled.ok
+        ? { ok: true, outcome, result: settled.result }
+        : settled;
+}