@sellable/install 0.1.591 → 0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500

package/container/Dockerfile

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ FROM ${HERMES_IMAGE}
 
 USER root
 
-ARG INSTALLER_PACKAGE=@sellable/install@0.1.591
+ARG INSTALLER_PACKAGE=@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500
 ARG MCP_PACKAGE=@sellable/mcp@0.1.860
 ARG INSTALLER_INTEGRITY
 ARG MCP_INTEGRITY=sha512-jRA1KsCV2d4Zcuo5/UmJiP8P0NaoC3ZDvUFRQOc2AMSNDVmUR6gWvtkyAiqb1lukbFWKzfVlz2/4EWzxvb7hkQ==
 
-RUN test "${INSTALLER_PACKAGE}" = "@sellable/install@0.1.591" \
+RUN test "${INSTALLER_PACKAGE}" = "@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500" \
     && test "${MCP_PACKAGE}" = "@sellable/mcp@0.1.860" \
     && test -n "${INSTALLER_INTEGRITY}" \
     && test "$(npm view "${INSTALLER_PACKAGE}" dist.integrity)" = "${INSTALLER_INTEGRITY}" \
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ RUN test "${INSTALLER_PACKAGE}" = "@sellable/install@0.1.591" \
     && mkdir -p /opt/sellable-agent/install-root /opt/sellable-agent/mcp-root \
     && npm install --prefix /opt/sellable-agent/install-root --omit=dev --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund "${INSTALLER_PACKAGE}" \
     && npm install --prefix /opt/sellable-agent/mcp-root --omit=dev --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund "${MCP_PACKAGE}" \
-    && node --input-type=module -e "import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'; const install = JSON.parse(readFileSync('/opt/sellable-agent/install-root/node_modules/@sellable/install/package.json')); const mcp = JSON.parse(readFileSync('/opt/sellable-agent/mcp-root/node_modules/@sellable/mcp/package.json')); if (install.name !== '@sellable/install' || install.version !== '0.1.591' || mcp.name !== '@sellable/mcp' || mcp.version !== '0.1.860') throw new Error('package identity rejected');" \
+    && node --input-type=module -e "import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'; const install = JSON.parse(readFileSync('/opt/sellable-agent/install-root/node_modules/@sellable/install/package.json')); const mcp = JSON.parse(readFileSync('/opt/sellable-agent/mcp-root/node_modules/@sellable/mcp/package.json')); if (install.name !== '@sellable/install' || install.version !== '0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500' || mcp.name !== '@sellable/mcp' || mcp.version !== '0.1.860') throw new Error('package identity rejected');" \
     && node --input-type=module -e "import { buildExternalRuntimeClosure } from '/opt/sellable-agent/install-root/node_modules/@sellable/install/lib/sellable-agent/external-runtime-builder.mjs'; const built = buildExternalRuntimeClosure({ mcpPackageRoot: '/opt/sellable-agent/mcp-root/node_modules/@sellable/mcp', mcpNodeModulesRoot: '/opt/sellable-agent/mcp-root/node_modules', hermesSourceRoot: '/opt/hermes', ownerUid: 0, ownerGid: 0 }); if (!built.closureDigest) throw new Error('runtime closure rejected');" \
-    && node --input-type=module -e "import { chmodSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'; const release = { installerPackage: '@sellable/install@0.1.591', installerIntegrity: process.argv[1], mcpPackage: '@sellable/mcp@0.1.860', mcpIntegrity: process.argv[2] }; writeFileSync('/opt/sellable-agent/release.json', JSON.stringify(release) + '\\n', { mode: 0o444 }); chmodSync('/opt/sellable-agent/release.json', 0o444);" "${INSTALLER_INTEGRITY}" "${MCP_INTEGRITY}" \
+    && node --input-type=module -e "import { chmodSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'; const release = { installerPackage: '@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500', installerIntegrity: process.argv[1], mcpPackage: '@sellable/mcp@0.1.860', mcpIntegrity: process.argv[2] }; writeFileSync('/opt/sellable-agent/release.json', JSON.stringify(release) + '\\n', { mode: 0o444 }); chmodSync('/opt/sellable-agent/release.json', 0o444);" "${INSTALLER_INTEGRITY}" "${MCP_INTEGRITY}" \
     && npm cache clean --force
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/sellable-agent-container-entrypoint

package/container/README.md

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 This image is a dedicated Agent worker/runtime boundary beside an existing Hermes dashboard. It never replaces or reconfigures the dashboard container.
 
 Build from this directory after
-`@sellable/install@0.1.591` is
+`@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500` is
 published:
 
 ```sh
 docker build --platform linux/amd64 \
   --build-arg INSTALLER_INTEGRITY='sha512-…' \
-  --tag sellable-agent-host:0.1.591 .
+  --tag sellable-agent-host:0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500 .
 ```
 
 Create a private `bootstrap/` directory owned by root with mode `0700`. It must contain `bootstrap.json`, `provider-auth`, and `slack-app`, each owned by root with mode `0600`. `bootstrap.json` contains only non-secret identities, hashes, package integrities, and the control-plane URL. The other two files contain the provider JSON and global Slack app token whose hashes are pinned by `bootstrap.json`.

package/lib/sellable-agent/fly-admin-image/admin-runtime.mjs

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import {
   buildAdminAgentServiceEnvironment,
   buildNativeHermesLaunch,
 } from "../admin-artifact/node_modules/@sellable/install/lib/sellable-agent/fly-customer-worker.mjs";
-import { expectedRuntimeGates } from "../admin-artifact/node_modules/@sellable/install/lib/sellable-agent/runtime-helper.mjs";
 import sodium from "../admin-artifact/node_modules/libsodium-wrappers/dist/modules-esm/libsodium-wrappers.mjs";
 import {
   claimWithSoulObservation,
@@ -1182,28 +1181,6 @@ async function consumeRuntimeSecrets({ claim, exchange, client }) {
   return { mcpService, slackApp, slackBot, modelCodex };
 }
 
-function writeAdminRuntimeGates(desiredLifecycle) {
-  const gates = expectedRuntimeGates(desiredLifecycle);
-  const path = join(SECRET_ROOT, "gates.json");
-  atomicPrivateFile(path, `${JSON.stringify(gates)}\n`);
-  const stat = lstatSync(path);
-  let observed;
-  try {
-    observed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error("admin_runtime_gates_rejected");
-  }
-  if (
-    stat.isSymbolicLink() ||
-    !stat.isFile() ||
-    (stat.mode & 0o777) !== 0o600 ||
-    canonicalJson(observed) !== canonicalJson(gates)
-  ) {
-    throw new Error("admin_runtime_gates_rejected");
-  }
-  return Object.freeze({ ...observed });
-}
-
 function adminProfileFactoryAuthJson(model) {
   if (model.value.schemaVersion !== "sellable-agent-model-auth-runtime/v3") {
     return model.hermesRootAuthJson;
@@ -1349,7 +1326,6 @@ function installRuntimeSecrets({ claim, secrets, desiredLifecycle }) {
     slackSecretFile,
     `SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=${secrets.slackBot}\nSLACK_APP_TOKEN=${secrets.slackApp}\n`
   );
-  const runtimeGates = writeAdminRuntimeGates(desiredLifecycle);
   const productConfigPath = join(SECRET_ROOT, "sellable-config.json");
   atomicPrivateFile(
     productConfigPath,
@@ -1368,7 +1344,6 @@ function installRuntimeSecrets({ claim, secrets, desiredLifecycle }) {
     modelAuthState,
     modelConfig: modelAuthConfigOverlay(model),
     productConfigPath,
-    runtimeGates,
     slackSecretFile,
   };
 }
@@ -1553,7 +1528,6 @@ function clearRuntimeSecrets() {
     "slack-app",
     "slack-bot",
     "profile-slack.env",
-    "gates.json",
     "sellable-config.json",
   ]) {
     rmSync(join(SECRET_ROOT, name), { force: true });
@@ -2114,7 +2088,6 @@ function completionReceipt({
   observedLifecycle,
   memorySnapshot,
   modelAuth,
-  runtimeGates,
 }) {
   const identity = operationIdentity(claim, exchange);
   const routeGenerationDigest = flyRuntimeDigest(
@@ -2162,9 +2135,7 @@ function completionReceipt({
     package: sha256(JSON.stringify(packageSpecs())),
     config: operation.profileContract.digest,
     content: observedProfileDigest,
-    process: sha256(
-      JSON.stringify({ servers: profile.servers, modelAuth, runtimeGates })
-    ),
+    process: sha256(JSON.stringify({ servers: profile.servers, modelAuth })),
   };
   return {
     ...identity,
@@ -2192,7 +2163,6 @@ function completionReceipt({
             : "MODEL_AUTH_DESIRED_PENDING_START",
         status: "TRUE",
       },
-      { code: "RUNTIME_GATES_PROVEN", status: "TRUE" },
       { code: "SLACK_TRAFFIC_DISABLED", status: "TRUE" },
       { code: "NO_BOOT_INSTALL", status: "TRUE" },
     ],
@@ -2563,7 +2533,6 @@ export async function runAdminCanary() {
     },
   };
   const agentServiceEnvironment = adminAgentServiceEnvironment(canaryClaim);
-  const runtimeGates = writeAdminRuntimeGates("ON");
 
   const template = JSON.parse(readFileSync(ADMIN_PROFILE_TEMPLATE_PATH));
   const { contentDigest, ...templateContent } = template;
@@ -2761,7 +2730,6 @@ export async function runAdminCanary() {
     profileFactory: "stageAdminProfile",
     profileDigest: profileContract.digest,
     servers: profile.servers,
-    runtimeGates,
     workspaceAuthority: {
       agentKind: canaryClaim.agentKind,
       workspaceLockPresent:
@@ -3187,7 +3155,6 @@ async function runAdminProduction() {
         observedLifecycle: desiredLifecycle,
         memorySnapshot,
         modelAuth,
-        runtimeGates: installed.runtimeGates,
       });
       operationHeartbeat.assertHealthy();
       const candidateLaunch =

package/lib/sellable-agent/fly-customer-image/Dockerfile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ USER root
 
 ARG MCP_PACKAGE=@sellable/mcp@0.1.860
 ARG MCP_INTEGRITY=sha512-jRA1KsCV2d4Zcuo5/UmJiP8P0NaoC3ZDvUFRQOc2AMSNDVmUR6gWvtkyAiqb1lukbFWKzfVlz2/4EWzxvb7hkQ==
-ARG INSTALLER_PACKAGE=@sellable/install@0.1.591
+ARG INSTALLER_PACKAGE=@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500
 ARG ADMIN_MCP_PACKAGE=@sellable/admin-mcp@0.1.186-wip.phase158.20260802034727
 ARG ADMIN_MCP_INTEGRITY=sha512-qYNew5wd2IfgVcp1UYOG9QvpF/8Mx19YJ5HQtMKzvSfUf3evePjtaKsoXLf2C/GUJ5QlLlHJo84VWOI3V01+9A==
 ARG TUS_JS_CLIENT_VERSION=4.3.1

package/lib/sellable-agent/fly-customer-image/customer-runtime.mjs

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const RUNTIME_GENERATION = Number(
 const BOOT_SESSION_ID = randomUUID();
 const HERMES_VERSION = process.env.SELLABLE_AGENT_HERMES_VERSION ?? "0.20.0";
 const INSTALLER_PACKAGE =
-  process.env.SELLABLE_AGENT_INSTALLER_PACKAGE ?? "@sellable/install@0.1.591";
+  process.env.SELLABLE_AGENT_INSTALLER_PACKAGE ?? "@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500";
 const MCP_PACKAGE =
   process.env.SELLABLE_AGENT_MCP_PACKAGE ?? "@sellable/mcp@0.1.860";
 
@@ -1838,13 +1838,6 @@ function writeRuntimeHermesConfig({
       },
     },
   });
-  const gatesPath = join(secretRoot, "gates.json");
-  atomicJson(gatesPath, {
-    lifecycle: modelLifecycle,
-    dispatch: modelLifecycle === "ON" ? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED",
-    route: modelLifecycle === "ON" ? "OPEN" : "CLOSED",
-    output: modelLifecycle === "ON" ? "OPEN" : "CLOSED",
-  });
   atomicJson(join(runtimeConfigRoot, "runtime-identity.json"), {
     runtimeId: RUNTIME_ID,
     profileId: desired.profileId,
@@ -1865,7 +1858,6 @@ function writeRuntimeHermesConfig({
     runtimeHome: runtimeConfigRoot,
     runtimeConfigPath,
     runtimeMcpPath,
-    gatesPath,
     modelBundlePath,
     hermesRootAuthStorePath,
     hermesRootAuthMarkerPath,
@@ -1966,7 +1958,6 @@ export function applicationRuntimeEnv({ desired, runtimeConfig, secrets }) {
     HERMES_CONFIG_PATH: runtimeConfig.runtimeConfigPath,
     CODEX_HOME: dirname(runtimeConfig.modelBundlePath),
     SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME: "1",
-    SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GATE_FILE: runtimeConfig.gatesPath,
     SELLABLE_AGENT_TURN_DESCRIPTOR_PATH: runtimeConfig.turnDescriptorPath,
     SLACK_HOME_CHANNEL: desired.defaultChannelId,
     SLACK_ALLOWED_CHANNELS: desired.selectedChannelIds.join(","),

package/lib/sellable-agent/fly-customer-worker.mjs

@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ export function buildNativeHermesLaunch({
       HERMES_PROFILE: profileId,
       HERMES_CONFIG_PATH: configPath,
       SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME: "1",
-      SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GATE_FILE: join(resolvedSecretsRoot, "gates.json"),
       SELLABLE_SLACK_APP_TOKEN_FD: "8",
       SELLABLE_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN_FD: "9",
     }),

package/lib/sellable-agent/hermes-bridge.mjs

@@ -306,17 +306,6 @@ def _sellable_agent_call_meta():
         # identity. Send no actor meta; the serving API enforces its own actor
         # gates, as with installs outside the Sellable runtime.
         return None
-    import json
-    gate_path = os.getenv("SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GATE_FILE", "")
-    if not gate_path.startswith("/"):
-        raise RuntimeError("Sellable runtime gate path is not pinned")
-    try:
-        with open(gate_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as gate_file:
-            gates = json.load(gate_file)
-    except (OSError, ValueError) as exc:
-        raise RuntimeError("Sellable runtime gates are unavailable") from exc
-    if gates != {"lifecycle": "ON", "dispatch": "ENABLED", "route": "OPEN", "output": "OPEN"}:
-        raise RuntimeError("Sellable runtime dispatch is fenced")
     from gateway.session_context import get_session_env, session_context_engaged
     if not session_context_engaged():
         raise RuntimeError("Sellable MCP calls require an active Hermes session context")
@@ -605,17 +594,6 @@ def _sellable_agent_call_meta():
         # identity. Send no actor meta; the serving API enforces its own actor
         # gates, as with installs outside the Sellable runtime.
         return None
-    import json
-    gate_path = os.getenv("SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GATE_FILE", "")
-    if not gate_path.startswith("/"):
-        raise RuntimeError("Sellable runtime gate path is not pinned")
-    try:
-        with open(gate_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as gate_file:
-            gates = json.load(gate_file)
-    except (OSError, ValueError) as exc:
-        raise RuntimeError("Sellable runtime gates are unavailable") from exc
-    if gates != {"lifecycle": "ON", "dispatch": "ENABLED", "route": "OPEN", "output": "OPEN"}:
-        raise RuntimeError("Sellable runtime dispatch is fenced")
     from gateway.session_context import get_session_env, session_context_engaged
     if not session_context_engaged():
         raise RuntimeError("Sellable MCP calls require an active Hermes session context")

package/lib/sellable-agent/host-bootstrap.mjs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const PACKAGE_ROOT = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../..");
 const VERSION = "sellable-agent-host-bootstrap/v1";
 const RECEIPT_VERSION = "sellable-agent-host-registration/v1";
 const INSTALLER_PACKAGE =
-  "@sellable/install@0.1.591";
+  "@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500";
 const MCP_PACKAGE = "@sellable/mcp@0.1.860";
 const HERMES_VERSION = "0.18.0";
 const SHA256 = /^[a-f0-9]{64}$/;

package/lib/sellable-agent/host-worker.mjs

@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ export function compileClaimToProfileDesired(activeClaim, config) {
       ]) ||
       pinned.hermesCli !== "hermes" ||
       pinned.hermesVersion !== "0.18.0" ||
-      pinned.installerPackage !== "@sellable/install@0.1.591" ||
+      pinned.installerPackage !== "@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500" ||
       pinned.mcpPackage !== "@sellable/mcp@0.1.860" ||
       !Array.isArray(policy.toolInclude) ||
       policy.toolInclude.length === 0 ||
@@ -2122,12 +2122,6 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
       await helper({ action: "VERIFY_HERMES_BRIDGE", ...helperIdentity() });
     return helper({ action: "CONTROL_RUNTIME", ...helperIdentity(), control });
   };
-  const setRuntimeLifecycle = (lifecycle) =>
-    helper({
-      action: "SET_RUNTIME_GATES",
-      ...helperIdentity(),
-      lifecycle,
-    });
   const observeRuntimeLifecycle = (lifecycle) =>
     helper({
       action: "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_LIFECYCLE",
@@ -2568,10 +2562,13 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
   });
   Object.assign(ports.lifecycle, {
     async fenceDispatch() {
-      await setRuntimeLifecycle("OFF");
+      // Lifecycle authority is the service itself. Stopping it closes dispatch
+      // without introducing a second file-backed switch that can strand an
+      // otherwise healthy runtime.
+      await controlRuntime("DOWN");
     },
     async fenceRouteOutput() {
-      await setRuntimeLifecycle("ARCHIVED");
+      await controlRuntime("DOWN");
     },
     async drain() {
       await controlRuntime("DOWN");
@@ -2591,7 +2588,6 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
       return observed;
     },
     async startGateway() {
-      await setRuntimeLifecycle("ON");
       await controlRuntime("UP");
       await observeRuntimeLifecycle("ON");
     },
@@ -2601,7 +2597,6 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
           ? "ARCHIVING"
           : "OFF";
       await controlRuntime("DOWN");
-      await setRuntimeLifecycle(lifecycle);
       await observeRuntimeLifecycle(lifecycle);
     },
     async proveNoDispatch() {
@@ -2609,9 +2604,7 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
         context.activeClaim.operation.action === "ARCHIVE" ? "ARCHIVED" : "OFF";
       const observed = await observeRuntimeLifecycle(lifecycle);
       return {
-        noDispatch:
-          observed.gates.dispatch === "FENCED" &&
-          observed.process.ready === false,
+        noDispatch: observed.process.ready === false,
       };
     },
     async observeGateway(input) {
@@ -2628,7 +2621,6 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
         revisionId: observed.revisionId,
         credentialGeneration: observed.credentialGeneration,
         profileDigest: observed.profileDigest,
-        gates: observed.gates,
         secretsPresent: observed.secretsPresent,
         process: observed.process,
         runtimeObservation: observed.runtimeObservation,
@@ -2679,7 +2671,6 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
       };
     },
     async rollback({ priorState }) {
-      await setRuntimeLifecycle(priorState.observedLifecycle);
       if (priorState.observedLifecycle === "ON") await controlRuntime("UP");
       else await controlRuntime("DOWN");
       await observeRuntimeLifecycle(priorState.observedLifecycle);
@@ -2688,21 +2679,35 @@ export function createLocalPinnedActionPorts(config, dependencies = {}) {
       try {
         const evidence = {};
         const confirmedSteps = [];
-        let gates;
+        // Older progress receipts name this step FENCE_ROUTE_OUTPUT. Its
+        // concrete proof is now the stopped service, not a gates.json file.
+        // Preserve the step identity so an in-flight archive can resume across
+        // this runtime upgrade.
+        let stopped;
         try {
-          gates = await helper({
-            action: "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_GATES",
-            ...helperIdentity(),
-            lifecycle: "ARCHIVED",
-          });
+          stopped = await observeRuntimeLifecycle("ARCHIVING");
         } catch {
+          try {
+            stopped = await observeRuntimeLifecycle("ARCHIVED");
+          } catch {
+            return {
+              ok: true,
+              observationId: `archive_${canonicalHostWorkerDigest({ service: "not_stopped" })}`,
+              confirmedSteps,
+            };
+          }
+        }
+        evidence.service = {
+          lifecycle: stopped.lifecycle,
+          processReady: stopped.process?.ready,
+        };
+        if (stopped.process?.ready !== false) {
           return {
             ok: true,
-            observationId: `archive_${canonicalHostWorkerDigest({ gates: "not_confirmed" })}`,
+            observationId: `archive_${canonicalHostWorkerDigest(evidence)}`,
             confirmedSteps,
           };
         }
-        evidence.gates = gates.gates;
         confirmedSteps.push("FENCE_ROUTE_OUTPUT");
         let drain;
         try {

package/lib/sellable-agent/profile-materializer.mjs

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function validateDesired(desired) {
     desired.serviceCredentialGeneration < 1 ||
     desired.hermesCli !== "hermes" ||
     desired.hermesVersion !== "0.18.0" ||
-    desired.installerPackage !== "@sellable/install@0.1.591" ||
+    desired.installerPackage !== "@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500" ||
     desired.mcpPackage !== "@sellable/mcp@0.1.860" ||
     !Array.isArray(desired.toolInclude) ||
     desired.toolInclude.length === 0 ||

package/lib/sellable-agent/provisioning-adapter.mjs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { deriveContainedProfileId } from "./profile-materializer.mjs";
 
 export const PROVISIONING_ACTION = "PROVISION_HERMES_PROFILE";
-export const PINNED_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "@sellable/install@0.1.591";
+export const PINNED_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "@sellable/install@0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500";
 export const PINNED_MCP_PACKAGE = "@sellable/mcp@0.1.860";
 
 export function deriveAgentProfileId(workspaceId, agentId, hostId) {
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ function inspectProvisionedProfile({
       !matchesReadback(manifest, request) ||
       manifest.serviceCredentialReference !== serviceCredentialReference ||
       manifest.installerPackage !== PINNED_INSTALL_PACKAGE ||
-      manifest.installerVersion !== "0.1.591" ||
+      manifest.installerVersion !== "0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500" ||
       manifest.mcpPackage !== PINNED_MCP_PACKAGE ||
       manifest.credentialKeyVersion !== credentialKeyVersion ||
       !/^[a-f0-9]{16}$/.test(manifest.credentialFingerprint) ||
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ function successReceipt({
     subject: `agent-profile:${observed.profileId}`,
     cli: {
       installPackage: PINNED_INSTALL_PACKAGE,
-      installVersion: "0.1.591",
+      installVersion: "0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500",
       mcpPackage: PINNED_MCP_PACKAGE,
       command: "hermes profile bootstrap",
     },
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ function failure(code, stages, extra = {}, request = null) {
       : "agent-profile:unbound",
     cli: {
       installPackage: PINNED_INSTALL_PACKAGE,
-      installVersion: "0.1.591",
+      installVersion: "0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500",
       mcpPackage: PINNED_MCP_PACKAGE,
       command: "hermes profile bootstrap",
     },

package/lib/sellable-agent/runtime-boundary.mjs

@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ function runtimeEnvironment(contract) {
     SLACK_ALLOWED_USERS: contract.memberAllowlist.join(","),
     SLACK_REQUIRE_MENTION: "true",
     SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME: "1",
-    SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GATE_FILE: "/runtime/gates.json",
     SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_UID: String(contract.runtime.uid),
     SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GID: String(contract.runtime.gid),
     SELLABLE_AGENT_HERMES_EXECUTABLE: contract.paths.hermesExecutablePath,

package/lib/sellable-agent/runtime-helper.mjs

@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ const ACTIONS = new Set([
   "INSTALL_MCP_CREDENTIAL",
   "INSTALL_PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL",
   "INSTALL_RUNTIME_SERVICE_ENV",
-  "SET_RUNTIME_GATES",
-  "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_GATES",
   "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_LIFECYCLE",
   "CLEAN_PROFILE_SECRETS",
   "CHOWN_PROFILE",
@@ -103,20 +101,6 @@ const ACTION_KEYS = Object.freeze({
     "revisionId",
     "profileDigest",
   ],
-  SET_RUNTIME_GATES: [
-    "action",
-    "profileId",
-    "operationId",
-    "fence",
-    "lifecycle",
-  ],
-  OBSERVE_RUNTIME_GATES: [
-    "action",
-    "profileId",
-    "operationId",
-    "fence",
-    "lifecycle",
-  ],
   OBSERVE_RUNTIME_LIFECYCLE: [
     "action",
     "profileId",
@@ -781,7 +765,6 @@ function runtimeServiceEnvironmentValues({
       SELLABLE_AGENT_POLICY_HASH: manifest.policyHash,
       SELLABLE_AGENT_PROFILE_ID: profileId,
       SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_ENV_LOADED: "1",
-      SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_GATE_FILE: "/runtime/gates.json",
       SELLABLE_AGENT_RUNTIME_SECRET_ROOT: mcpRoot,
       SELLABLE_AGENT_SELECTED_CHANNEL_IDS: JSON.stringify(
         manifest.slackChannelIds
@@ -804,56 +787,6 @@ function runtimeServiceEnvironmentValues({
   };
 }
 
-export function expectedRuntimeGates(lifecycle) {
-  if (lifecycle === "ON")
-    return { lifecycle, dispatch: "ENABLED", route: "OPEN", output: "OPEN" };
-  if (lifecycle === "OFF")
-    return { lifecycle, dispatch: "FENCED", route: "OPEN", output: "OPEN" };
-  if (["ARCHIVING", "ARCHIVED"].includes(lifecycle)) {
-    return {
-      lifecycle: "ARCHIVED",
-      dispatch: "FENCED",
-      route: "FENCED",
-      output: "FENCED",
-    };
-  }
-  throw new Error("runtime lifecycle rejected");
-}
-
-function writeRuntimeGates(profile, lifecycle) {
-  const root = safeRuntimeStateRoot(profile);
-  const gates = expectedRuntimeGates(lifecycle);
-  const pathValue = join(root, "gates.json");
-  atomicCredential(
-    pathValue,
-    JSON.stringify(gates),
-    profile.runtimeUid,
-    profile.runtimeGid
-  );
-  const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pathValue, "utf8"));
-  if (stableJson(parsed) !== stableJson(gates))
-    throw new Error("runtime gates readback rejected");
-  return { path: pathValue, gates };
-}
-
-function observeRuntimeGates(profile, lifecycle) {
-  const root = safeRuntimeStateRoot(profile);
-  const pathValue = join(root, "gates.json");
-  const link = lstatSync(pathValue);
-  const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pathValue, "utf8"));
-  const expected = expectedRuntimeGates(lifecycle);
-  if (
-    link.isSymbolicLink() ||
-    !link.isFile() ||
-    link.uid !== profile.runtimeUid ||
-    link.gid !== profile.runtimeGid ||
-    (link.mode & 0o777) !== 0o600 ||
-    stableJson(parsed) !== stableJson(expected)
-  )
-    throw new Error("runtime gates observation rejected");
-  return { path: pathValue, gates: parsed };
-}
-
 function safePinnedFile(pathValue, label) {
   const resolved = resolve(pathValue ?? "");
   if (!isAbsolute(resolved) || !existsSync(resolved))
@@ -1425,7 +1358,6 @@ function installRuntimeServiceEnvironment(profile, request) {
   if (!existsSync(target)) throw new Error("active profile absent");
   const manifest = validateActiveManifest(target, request, profile);
   const runtimeStateRoot = safeRuntimeStateRoot(profile);
-  writeRuntimeGates(profile, "ON");
   const { paths, values } = runtimeServiceEnvironmentValues({
     profile,
     profileId: request.profileId,
@@ -1980,15 +1912,6 @@ export async function runRuntimeHelperRequest({ requestPath, config }) {
     if (request.action === "INSTALL_RUNTIME_SERVICE_ENV") {
       return installRuntimeServiceEnvironment(profile, request);
     }
-    if (request.action === "SET_RUNTIME_GATES") {
-      const written = writeRuntimeGates(profile, request.lifecycle);
-      return {
-        ok: true,
-        profileId: request.profileId,
-        lifecycle: request.lifecycle,
-        ...written,
-      };
-    }
     if (request.action === "CLEAN_PROFILE_SECRETS") {
       for (const configured of [
         profile.workerRuntimeSecretRoot,
@@ -2078,12 +2001,7 @@ export async function runRuntimeHelperRequest({ requestPath, config }) {
     if (["OBSERVE_RUNTIME", "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_DRIFT"].includes(request.action)) {
       return { ok: true, observation: await observeRuntime(profile, request) };
     }
-    if (request.action === "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_GATES") {
-      const observed = observeRuntimeGates(profile, request.lifecycle);
-      return { ok: true, profileId: request.profileId, ...observed };
-    }
     if (request.action === "OBSERVE_RUNTIME_LIFECYCLE") {
-      const gateObservation = observeRuntimeGates(profile, request.lifecycle);
       const { target } = profileTarget(
         profile,
         { ...request, slot: "ACTIVE" },
@@ -2116,7 +2034,6 @@ export async function runRuntimeHelperRequest({ requestPath, config }) {
           revisionId: observation.revisionId,
           credentialGeneration: observation.serviceCredential.generation,
           profileDigest: observation.profileDigest,
-          gates: gateObservation.gates,
           secretsPresent,
           process: observation.process,
           runtimeObservation: observation,
@@ -2149,7 +2066,6 @@ export async function runRuntimeHelperRequest({ requestPath, config }) {
         revisionId: manifest.revisionId,
         credentialGeneration: manifest.serviceCredentialGeneration,
         profileDigest: manifest.profileDigest,
-        gates: gateObservation.gates,
         secretsPresent,
         process: {
           ready: false,

package/lib/sellable-agent/runtime-reconciler.mjs

@@ -502,29 +502,12 @@ function finalizeSuccess(state, operation, status) {
 }
 
 function observationMatches(observation, operation, lifecycle) {
-  const expectedGates =
-    lifecycle === "ON"
-      ? { lifecycle: "ON", dispatch: "ENABLED", route: "OPEN", output: "OPEN" }
-      : lifecycle === "OFF"
-        ? {
-            lifecycle: "OFF",
-            dispatch: "FENCED",
-            route: "OPEN",
-            output: "OPEN",
-          }
-        : {
-            lifecycle: "ARCHIVED",
-            dispatch: "FENCED",
-            route: "FENCED",
-            output: "FENCED",
-          };
   return Boolean(
     observation &&
       observation.lifecycle === lifecycle &&
       observation.revisionId === operation.targetRevisionId &&
       observation.credentialGeneration === operation.credentialGeneration &&
       observation.profileDigest === operation.profileDigest &&
-      stableJson(observation.gates) === stableJson(expectedGates) &&
       observation.secretsPresent === (lifecycle !== "ARCHIVED") &&
       observation.process &&
       observation.process.ready === (lifecycle === "ON") &&

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sellable/install",
-  "version": "0.1.591",
+  "version": "0.1.592-wip.runtime-gates.20260811040500",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "One-command installer for Sellable MCP in Claude Code, Codex, and Hermes",
   "bin": {