@rasensio/aidlc 1.62.0 → 1.64.0

package/dist/autopilot/driver.d.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  *
  * @module
  */
-import type { AutopilotConfig, AutopilotItem, AutopilotPaths, AutopilotState } from './state.js';
+import type { Notice } from './notify.js';
+import type { AutopilotConfig, AutopilotItem, AutopilotPaths, AutopilotState, ItemStep } from './state.js';
 import { type PausePhase, type Stops } from './stops.js';
 export interface RunResult {
     status: number;
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ export interface DriverCtx {
         exists(path: string): boolean;
         write(path: string, text: string): void;
     };
+    /**
+     * Tell a person something needs them or is done. Absent sends nothing: only a
+     * background run sets it (autopilot-live-progress/AC-20, AC-23).
+     */
+    notify?(notice: Notice): void;
 }
 /** How many builds a run may still start, and what to tell it (autopilot-on-demand/AC-7). */
 export interface Budget {
@@ -85,6 +91,8 @@ export declare function conflictPrompt(item: {
 }): string;
 /** The stops an item is held to: those recorded when it started (autopilot-stop-controls/AC-6). */
 export declare function itemStops(item: AutopilotItem): Stops;
+/** The instance's `current_phase` in its worktree, or null when unreadable. Shared with the view. */
+export declare function instancePhase(read: (path: string) => string | null, item: Pick<AutopilotItem, 'name' | 'worktree'>): string | null;
 /**
  * Return every item whose failure is resumable to the step it failed in, and
  * clear the error. Called when a run starts: asking to run is asking to retry
@@ -112,5 +120,21 @@ export type ApproveOutcome = {
 export declare function approveItem(state: AutopilotState, name: string): ApproveOutcome;
 /** One pass. Returns the new state; the caller saves it (not in a dry run). */
 export declare function tick(ctx: DriverCtx, state: AutopilotState, budget?: Budget): AutopilotState;
+/** Each item's step by name, to compare against after a change (autopilot-live-progress/AC-11). */
+export declare function stepsOf(state: AutopilotState): Map<string, ItemStep>;
+/**
+ * Stamp `step_since` on every item whose step differs from `before`; a new item has
+ * no entry there and is stamped too. Diffing here, rather than at each of the
+ * fourteen places a step is set, means a new handler cannot forget it.
+ */
+export declare function markStepChanges(state: AutopilotState, before: Map<string, ItemStep>, now: number): void;
+/**
+ * The driver's line, shared by `status` and the watch view.
+ *
+ * @param stopped - whether the STOP file exists.
+ * @param lastPass - how to show the last pass's time; `status` shows it as stored.
+ */
+export declare function driverLine(stopped: boolean, state: AutopilotState, now: number, lastPass?: (iso: string) => string): string;
+export declare function queueLine(state: AutopilotState): string | null;
 export declare function statusLines(ctx: Pick<DriverCtx, 'fs' | 'paths' | 'now'>, state: AutopilotState): string[];
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package/dist/autopilot/driver.js

@@ -49,6 +49,28 @@ function makeIO(ctx) {
     return { call, cli };
 }
 const fail = (r) => (r.stderr || r.stdout || `exit ${r.status}`).trim().split('\n').slice(-1)[0];
+/**
+ * Why `aidlc transition --json` refused: each violation, where `fail` alone would keep
+ * the last line — a "next step" naming no cause, which is all a halted queue logged
+ * for 2.7 hours on 2026-10-05 (empty-spec-delta-fails-after-release/AC-7, AC-8).
+ * Read from the JSON payload, the machine contract, not the human block.
+ */
+function transitionFailure(r) {
+    if (r.status === 0)
+        return r;
+    try {
+        const { violations } = JSON.parse(r.stdout);
+        if (Array.isArray(violations) && violations.length > 0) {
+            // One line: `fail` keeps only the last, and a wrapped reason would lose its start.
+            const text = violations.map((v) => `[${v.gate}] ${v.reason}`).join('; ');
+            return { ...r, stderr: text.replace(/\s*\n\s*/g, ' ') };
+        }
+    }
+    catch {
+        // Not the payload — an error before any gate ran is on stderr already.
+    }
+    return r;
+}
 /**
  * @param pauses - `AIDLC_PAUSE_AFTER` as the agent will see it. Empty adds nothing,
  *   so an item with no pauses gets the prompt it always did.
@@ -74,18 +96,49 @@ export function conflictPrompt(item) {
         `\`git fetch origin main\` and \`git merge origin/main\` on this branch, resolve every conflict keeping ` +
         `the intent of both sides, run the tests, commit the merge, and stop. Do not push, merge or release.`);
 }
+/**
+ * Record `text` as the item's last event for the view. The same text again keeps
+ * the time it was first said: "waiting for checks to start, 12m ago"
+ * (autopilot-live-progress/AC-12).
+ */
+function record(ctx, item, text) {
+    if (item.last_event?.text === text)
+        return;
+    item.last_event = { at: new Date(ctx.now()).toISOString(), text };
+}
+/** Say a line about an item — the same line as ever — and record it. */
+function tell(ctx, item, text) {
+    ctx.say(`${item.name}: ${text}`);
+    record(ctx, item, text);
+}
+/**
+ * Notices go out at a transition, never from an observation a pass repeats, so a
+ * queue halted for five hours notifies once with no record of what was sent
+ * (autopilot-live-progress/AC-16).
+ */
+function notice(ctx, title, message) {
+    ctx.notify?.({ title: `autopilot: ${title}`, message });
+}
 /**
  * Put an item in `error`. `resume` names the step `aidlc autopilot run` returns
  * it to; leave it out for a failure at or after the merge, which stays a
  * person's call (autopilot-merge-lane-stalls-on-conflicts/AC-14, AC-16).
+ *
+ * Never reached for an item already in `error` — handlers are picked by step and
+ * `serveQueue` returns on an errored head — so this notifies once per failure
+ * (autopilot-live-progress/AC-15).
  */
-function failItem(item, error, resume) {
+function failItem(ctx, state, item, error, resume) {
     item.step = 'error';
     item.error = error;
     if (resume)
         item.resume_step = resume;
     else
         delete item.resume_step;
+    // Recorded, not said: half the callers print nothing today, and what is printed must not change.
+    record(ctx, item, error);
+    const title = error.startsWith('release failed') ? 'release failed' : state.queue.includes(item.name) ? 'queue halted' : 'item stopped';
+    notice(ctx, title, `${item.name}: ${error}`);
 }
 function dequeue(state, item) {
     state.queue = state.queue.filter((n) => n !== item.name);
@@ -120,7 +173,7 @@ function launchAgent(ctx, item, prompt) {
         item.pid_boot = id.boot;
         item.pid_ns = id.ns;
     }
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: agent started (pid ${item.pid})`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `agent started (pid ${item.pid})`);
 }
 function drop(state, item, budget) {
     state.items = state.items.filter((i) => i !== item);
@@ -130,18 +183,23 @@ function drop(state, item, budget) {
 function park(ctx, io, state, item, reason, budget) {
     const r = io.cli(['roadmap', 'park', item.name, '--reason', reason]);
     if (r.status !== 0) {
-        failItem(item, `park failed: ${fail(r)}`);
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: could not park — ${item.error}`);
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `park failed: ${fail(r)}`);
+        tell(ctx, item, `could not park — ${item.error}`);
         return;
     }
     io.cli(['release', item.name]);
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: parked — ${reason}`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `parked — ${reason}`);
+    notice(ctx, 'item parked', `${item.name}: ${reason}`);
     drop(state, item, budget);
 }
-function currentPhase(ctx, item) {
-    const yaml = ctx.fs.read(`${item.worktree}/.aidlc/state/${item.name}/instance.yaml`) ?? '';
+/** The instance's `current_phase` in its worktree, or null when unreadable. Shared with the view. */
+export function instancePhase(read, item) {
+    const yaml = read(`${item.worktree}/.aidlc/state/${item.name}/instance.yaml`) ?? '';
     return /^current_phase:\s*(\S+)/m.exec(yaml)?.[1] ?? null;
 }
+function currentPhase(ctx, item) {
+    return instancePhase(ctx.fs.read, item);
+}
 /** A phase file's own top-level status, not an artifact's indented one. */
 const COMPLETE_RE = /^status:\s*complete\s*$/m;
 function phaseComplete(ctx, item, phase) {
@@ -159,7 +217,8 @@ function awaitIfPaused(ctx, item) {
     item.step = 'awaiting-review';
     item.review = phase;
     item.pid = null;
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: paused after ${phase} for your review — \`aidlc autopilot approve ${item.name}\` carries it on`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `paused after ${phase} for your review — \`aidlc autopilot approve ${item.name}\` carries it on`);
+    notice(ctx, 'review needed', `${item.name}: paused after ${phase} — aidlc autopilot approve ${item.name}`);
     return true;
 }
 function advanceBuilding(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
@@ -183,7 +242,8 @@ function advanceBuilding(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
         return;
     }
     if (ctx.fs.exists(`${ctx.repo}/.aidlc/roadmap/hold/${item.file}`)) {
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: the agent parked it`);
+        tell(ctx, item, 'the agent parked it');
+        notice(ctx, 'item parked', `${item.name}: parked by its agent — the reason is in the item's history`);
         drop(state, item, budget);
         return;
     }
@@ -194,7 +254,7 @@ function advanceBuilding(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
         park(ctx, io, state, item, `agent exited before the release boundary (phase ${phase ?? 'unknown'})`, budget);
         return;
     }
-    openPullRequest(ctx, io, item);
+    openPullRequest(ctx, io, state, item);
 }
 /**
  * The pass after `aidlc autopilot approve`: wait again at the next completed pause,
@@ -206,7 +266,7 @@ function advanceApproved(ctx, io, state, item) {
         return;
     if (currentPhase(ctx, item) === 'deployment') {
         item.step = 'building';
-        openPullRequest(ctx, io, item);
+        openPullRequest(ctx, io, state, item);
         return;
     }
     // A relaunch is a build like any other: it waits for a slot, ahead of new items,
@@ -214,26 +274,26 @@ function advanceApproved(ctx, io, state, item) {
     if (building(state) >= buildSlots(ctx))
         return;
     item.step = 'building';
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: approved — relaunching the agent to carry on`);
+    tell(ctx, item, 'approved — relaunching the agent to carry on');
     launchAgent(ctx, item, agentPrompt(item, itemPauses(item)));
 }
-function openPullRequest(ctx, io, item) {
+function openPullRequest(ctx, io, state, item) {
     const push = io.call('git', ['push', '-u', 'origin', item.branch], { cwd: item.worktree });
     if (push.status !== 0) {
-        failItem(item, `push failed: ${fail(push)}`, 'building');
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `push failed: ${fail(push)}`, 'building');
         return;
     }
     if (!item.pr) {
         const pr = io.call('gh', ['pr', 'create', '--base', 'main', '--head', item.branch, '--fill'], { cwd: item.worktree });
         const n = /\/pull\/(\d+)/.exec(pr.stdout)?.[1];
         if (pr.status !== 0 || (!n && !pr.dry)) {
-            failItem(item, `pr create failed: ${fail(pr)}`, 'building');
+            failItem(ctx, state, item, `pr create failed: ${fail(pr)}`, 'building');
             return;
         }
         item.pr = n ? Number(n) : null;
     }
     item.step = 'pr-open';
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} open`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} open`);
 }
 /** `gh pr view`, or null when it cannot be read. Read-only, so a dry run makes it too. */
 function prView(ctx, io, item) {
@@ -255,7 +315,7 @@ function prView(ctx, io, item) {
 function droppedIfMerged(ctx, state, item, view, budget) {
     if (view?.state !== 'MERGED')
         return false;
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} was merged outside autopilot — no longer tracked`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} was merged outside autopilot — no longer tracked`);
     drop(state, item, budget);
     return true;
 }
@@ -270,7 +330,7 @@ function answeredByPerson(ctx, io, state, item, view, budget) {
         return true;
     }
     if (view?.state === 'CLOSED') {
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} was closed without merging — no longer tracked`);
+        tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} was closed without merging — no longer tracked`);
         drop(state, item, budget);
         return true;
     }
@@ -285,31 +345,35 @@ function closeOut(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
     if (branch.stdout.trim() !== 'main' && !ctx.dryRun) {
         // The merge is done; trying again next pass loses nothing, and an `error` here
         // could only be cleared by `forget`, which skips the close-out altogether.
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: merged — closing it out waits for the primary checkout to be on main (it is on ${branch.stdout.trim()})`);
+        tell(ctx, item, `merged — closing it out waits for the primary checkout to be on main (it is on ${branch.stdout.trim()})`);
         return;
     }
     const pull = io.call('git', ['pull', '--rebase', '--autostash'], { cwd: ctx.repo });
     if (pull.status !== 0) {
-        failItem(item, `pull failed: ${fail(pull)}`);
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: ${item.error}`);
+        const error = `pull failed: ${fail(pull)}`;
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, error);
+        tell(ctx, item, error);
         return;
     }
     // Closed by hand already: nothing to transition, and a second close-out commit
     // would fail on an empty index (autopilot-stop-controls/AC-22).
     if (COMPLETE_RE.test(ctx.fs.read(`${ctx.repo}/.aidlc/state/${item.name}/phase-deployment.yaml`) ?? '')) {
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} merged, and already closed on main — no longer tracked`);
+        tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} merged, and already closed on main — no longer tracked`);
+        notice(ctx, 'item closed', `${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} merged, and already closed on main`);
         drop(state, item, budget);
         return;
     }
     for (const [label, step] of closeSteps(ctx, io, item)) {
         const r = step();
         if (r.status !== 0) {
-            failItem(item, `${label} failed: ${fail(r)}`);
-            ctx.say(`${item.name}: ${item.error}`);
+            const error = `${label} failed: ${fail(r)}`;
+            failItem(ctx, state, item, error);
+            tell(ctx, item, error);
             return;
         }
     }
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} merged by you, and closed`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} merged by you, and closed`);
+    notice(ctx, 'item closed', `${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} merged by you, and closed`);
     drop(state, item, budget);
 }
 /** Close the instance on main. Shared by both close-outs so they cannot drift. */
@@ -320,7 +384,7 @@ function closeSteps(ctx, io, item) {
             () => {
                 if (!markDeploymentComplete(ctx, item.name))
                     return { status: 1, stdout: '', stderr: 'no phase-deployment.yaml on main' };
-                return io.cli(['transition', item.name]);
+                return transitionFailure(io.cli(['transition', item.name, '--json']));
             },
         ],
         ['stage-close', () => io.call('git', ['add', '.aidlc'], { cwd: ctx.repo })],
@@ -346,7 +410,7 @@ function handleConflict(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
     item.conflict_fixes = tries + 1;
     dequeue(state, item);
     item.step = 'building';
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: conflicts with main — relaunching the agent to resolve it (attempt ${tries + 1} of ${CONFLICT_FIX_LIMIT})`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `conflicts with main — relaunching the agent to resolve it (attempt ${tries + 1} of ${CONFLICT_FIX_LIMIT})`);
     launchAgent(ctx, item, conflictPrompt(item));
 }
 /**
@@ -363,14 +427,14 @@ function upToDateWithMain(ctx, io, state, item, resume, budget) {
     const wt = { cwd: item.worktree };
     const fetch = io.call('git', ['fetch', 'origin', 'main'], wt);
     if (fetch.status !== 0) {
-        failItem(item, `update from main failed: ${fail(fetch)}`, resume);
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `update from main failed: ${fail(fetch)}`, resume);
         return false;
     }
     const contains = io.call('git', ['merge-base', '--is-ancestor', 'origin/main', 'HEAD'], wt);
     if (contains.status === 0)
         return true;
     if (contains.status !== 1) {
-        failItem(item, `update from main failed: ${fail(contains)}`, resume);
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `update from main failed: ${fail(contains)}`, resume);
         return false;
     }
     const merge = io.call('git', ['merge', '--no-edit', 'origin/main'], wt);
@@ -383,11 +447,11 @@ function upToDateWithMain(ctx, io, state, item, resume, budget) {
     const push = io.call('git', ['push', 'origin', item.branch], wt);
     if (push.status !== 0) {
         // The merge commit is local; the building step pushes it again on resume.
-        failItem(item, `push failed: ${fail(push)}`, 'building');
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `push failed: ${fail(push)}`, 'building');
         return false;
     }
     item.step = 'pr-open';
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: brought up to date with main — waiting for CI on the new head`);
+    tell(ctx, item, 'brought up to date with main — waiting for CI on the new head');
     return false;
 }
 function advancePr(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
@@ -405,37 +469,43 @@ function advancePr(ctx, io, state, item, budget) {
         return;
     }
     if (checks.length === 0) {
+        item.ci = 'waiting';
         // GitHub runs no pull_request checks on a PR that conflicts, so "no checks
         // yet" would otherwise be waited on forever (AC-12).
         if (view?.mergeable === 'CONFLICTING') {
-            ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} conflicts with main and has no checks`);
+            tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} conflicts with main and has no checks`);
             upToDateWithMain(ctx, io, state, item, 'pr-open', budget);
             return;
         }
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} — waiting for checks to start`);
+        tell(ctx, item, `pull request #${item.pr} — waiting for checks to start`);
         return;
     }
-    if (checks.some((c) => c.bucket === 'pending'))
+    if (checks.some((c) => c.bucket === 'pending')) {
+        item.ci = 'pending';
         return;
+    }
     const failing = checks.filter((c) => c.bucket === 'fail' || c.bucket === 'cancel').map((c) => c.name);
     if (failing.length === 0) {
+        item.ci = 'passed';
         if (atPr) {
             item.step = 'awaiting-merge';
-            ctx.say(`${item.name}: CI green — pull request #${item.pr} waits for you to merge it`);
+            tell(ctx, item, `CI green — pull request #${item.pr} waits for you to merge it`);
+            notice(ctx, 'merge needed', `${item.name}: pull request #${item.pr} waits for you to merge it`);
             return;
         }
         item.step = 'queued';
         if (!state.queue.includes(item.name))
             state.queue.push(item.name);
-        ctx.say(`${item.name}: CI green, queued for merge`);
+        tell(ctx, item, 'CI green, queued for merge');
         return;
     }
+    item.ci = 'failed';
     item.ci_failures = (item.ci_failures ?? 0) + 1;
     if (item.ci_failures >= CI_FAILURE_LIMIT) {
         park(ctx, io, state, item, `CI failed twice: ${failing.join(', ')}`, budget);
         return;
     }
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: CI failed (${failing.join(', ')}), relaunching the agent once`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `CI failed (${failing.join(', ')}), relaunching the agent once`);
     item.step = 'building';
     launchAgent(ctx, item, fixPrompt(item, failing));
 }
@@ -468,6 +538,7 @@ function serveQueue(ctx, io, state, budget) {
         return;
     }
     if (item.step === 'error') {
+        // An observation repeated every pass: the failure that halted the queue already notified.
         ctx.say(`queue halted: ${item.name} — ${item.error}`);
         return;
     }
@@ -477,7 +548,7 @@ function serveQueue(ctx, io, state, budget) {
     try {
         const status = JSON.parse(runs.stdout || '[]')[0]?.status;
         if (status === 'queued' || status === 'in_progress') {
-            ctx.say(`${item.name}: waiting — a release is already in flight`);
+            tell(ctx, item, 'waiting — a release is already in flight');
             return;
         }
     }
@@ -486,7 +557,7 @@ function serveQueue(ctx, io, state, budget) {
     }
     const branch = io.call('git', ['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'], { cwd: ctx.repo });
     if (branch.stdout.trim() !== 'main' && !ctx.dryRun) {
-        failItem(item, `primary checkout is on ${branch.stdout.trim()}, not main`, 'queued');
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `primary checkout is on ${branch.stdout.trim()}, not main`, 'queued');
         return;
     }
     if (!upToDateWithMain(ctx, io, state, item, 'queued', budget))
@@ -495,7 +566,7 @@ function serveQueue(ctx, io, state, budget) {
     const head = io.call('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], { cwd: item.worktree });
     const sha = head.stdout.trim();
     if ((head.status !== 0 || !/^[0-9a-f]{7,64}$/.test(sha)) && !ctx.dryRun) {
-        failItem(item, `merge failed: cannot read the branch head (${fail(head)})`, 'queued');
+        failItem(ctx, state, item, `merge failed: cannot read the branch head (${fail(head)})`, 'queued');
         return;
     }
     const release = ctx.config?.release_command;
@@ -518,12 +589,14 @@ function serveQueue(ctx, io, state, budget) {
         if (r.status !== 0) {
             // Halt. Only a failed merge resumes on the next `autopilot run`; from the
             // pull on, the merge has happened and a half-done release is for a person (AC-16).
-            failItem(item, `${label} failed: ${fail(r)}`, label === 'merge' ? 'queued' : undefined);
-            ctx.say(`${item.name}: ${item.error} — queue halted`);
+            const error = `${label} failed: ${fail(r)}`;
+            failItem(ctx, state, item, error, label === 'merge' ? 'queued' : undefined);
+            tell(ctx, item, `${error} — queue halted`);
             return;
         }
     }
-    ctx.say(`${item.name}: merged${releases ? ', released' : ''} and closed`);
+    tell(ctx, item, `merged${releases ? ', released' : ''} and closed`);
+    notice(ctx, releases ? 'item released' : 'item merged', `${item.name}: merged${releases ? ', released' : ''} and closed`);
     drop(state, item, budget);
 }
 /**
@@ -541,6 +614,7 @@ function parkUnstartable(ctx, io, file, failure) {
         return false;
     }
     ctx.say(`could not start ${file}: ${error} — parked`);
+    notice(ctx, 'item parked', `${file}: could not start: ${error}`);
     return true;
 }
 function startBuilds(ctx, io, state, budget) {
@@ -678,6 +752,7 @@ export function tick(ctx, state, budget) {
         return state;
     }
     const io = makeIO(ctx);
+    const before = stepsOf(state);
     try {
         for (const item of [...state.items]) {
             // `awaiting-review` is passed over: nothing to read until a person approves.
@@ -702,9 +777,26 @@ export function tick(ctx, state, budget) {
         state.backoff_until = new Date(ctx.now() + state.backoff_ms).toISOString();
         ctx.say(`rate limited (${err.message}) — backing off until ${state.backoff_until}`);
     }
+    markStepChanges(state, before, ctx.now());
     state.last_tick = new Date(ctx.now()).toISOString();
     return state;
 }
+/** Each item's step by name, to compare against after a change (autopilot-live-progress/AC-11). */
+export function stepsOf(state) {
+    return new Map(state.items.map((i) => [i.name, i.step]));
+}
+/**
+ * Stamp `step_since` on every item whose step differs from `before`; a new item has
+ * no entry there and is stamped too. Diffing here, rather than at each of the
+ * fourteen places a step is set, means a new handler cannot forget it.
+ */
+export function markStepChanges(state, before, now) {
+    const at = new Date(now).toISOString();
+    for (const item of state.items) {
+        if (before.get(item.name) !== item.step)
+            item.step_since = { step: item.step, at };
+    }
+}
 /** What a person is being waited on for, in words (autopilot-stop-controls/AC-14, AC-20). */
 function waitingFor(i) {
     if (i.step === 'awaiting-review') {
@@ -716,22 +808,33 @@ function waitingFor(i) {
         return ` — waiting for you to merge pull request #${i.pr}`;
     return '';
 }
+/**
+ * The driver's line, shared by `status` and the watch view.
+ *
+ * @param stopped - whether the STOP file exists.
+ * @param lastPass - how to show the last pass's time; `status` shows it as stored.
+ */
+export function driverLine(stopped, state, now, lastPass = (iso) => iso) {
+    if (stopped)
+        return 'driver: stopped (STOP file present)';
+    if (state.backoff_until && now < Date.parse(state.backoff_until))
+        return `driver: backing off until ${state.backoff_until}`;
+    return `driver: last pass ${state.last_tick ? lastPass(state.last_tick) : 'never'}`;
+}
+export function queueLine(state) {
+    return state.queue.length > 0 ? `merge queue: ${state.queue.join(' → ')}` : null;
+}
 export function statusLines(ctx, state) {
-    const lines = [];
-    if (ctx.fs.exists(ctx.paths.stop))
-        lines.push('driver: stopped (STOP file present)');
-    else if (state.backoff_until && ctx.now() < Date.parse(state.backoff_until))
-        lines.push(`driver: backing off until ${state.backoff_until}`);
-    else
-        lines.push(`driver: last pass ${state.last_tick ?? 'never'}`);
+    const lines = [driverLine(ctx.fs.exists(ctx.paths.stop), state, ctx.now())];
     if (state.items.length === 0)
         lines.push('no items in flight');
     for (const i of state.items) {
         lines.push(`${i.name}: ${i.step}${i.pr ? ` PR #${i.pr}` : ''} — CI failures ${i.ci_failures ?? 0}` +
             `${waitingFor(i)}${i.error ? ` — last error: ${i.error}` : ''}`);
     }
-    if (state.queue.length > 0)
-        lines.push(`merge queue: ${state.queue.join(' → ')}`);
+    const queue = queueLine(state);
+    if (queue !== null)
+        lines.push(queue);
     return lines;
 }
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