@tiinex/core 0.15.0 → 0.17.0

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tiinex/core",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.17.0",
   "description": "Shared host-neutral Tiinex implementation core for artifacts, schemas, validation, lineage, grounding, Handoffs, provenance and deterministic workflows.",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": true,
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@
     "./node/release-policy": "./src/release/policy.mjs",
     "./tooling/portable/source/sourceEligibility.js": "./src/tooling/portable/source/sourceEligibility.js",
     "./tooling/portable/comparison/sourceFrontierComparison.js": "./src/tooling/portable/comparison/sourceFrontierComparison.js",
-    "./tooling/portable/adapters/node/sourceFrontierComparison.js": "./src/tooling/portable/adapters/node/sourceFrontierComparison.js"
+    "./tooling/portable/adapters/node/sourceFrontierComparison.js": "./src/tooling/portable/adapters/node/sourceFrontierComparison.js",
+    "./tooling/portable/handoff/recoveryAcceptanceAudit.js": "./src/tooling/portable/handoff/recoveryAcceptanceAudit.js"
   },
   "files": [
     "src",
@@ -168,12 +169,12 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/Tiinex/core.git"
   },
-  "gitHead": "d257bb3ae9e7c6361840d727ce5e359d1b6f6091",
+  "gitHead": "2986187f3e95582d13c784060272e111931c6a1b",
   "tiinexRelease": {
     "policy": "tiinex.master-npm-release.v1",
-    "sourceCommit": "d257bb3ae9e7c6361840d727ce5e359d1b6f6091",
-    "sourceTree": "002c94ff43122ac8188de9514909dfdabd348803",
+    "sourceCommit": "2986187f3e95582d13c784060272e111931c6a1b",
+    "sourceTree": "0c65ff04241c756ae67978d777d1bee8ac1befc9",
     "repository": "Tiinex/core",
-    "previousVersion": "0.14.0"
+    "previousVersion": "0.16.0"
   }
 }

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/cli/cli.command-input.js

@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ export async function commandInput(parsed, runtime = {}) {
   }
 
   if (parsed.command === 'compare-source-frontiers') return prepareSourceFrontierComparisonCliInput(parsed, flags);
+  if (parsed.command === 'audit-recovery-acceptance') {
+    const basisPath = String(flags.basis || parsed.positionals[0] || '').trim();
+    const candidatePath = String(flags.candidate || parsed.positionals[1] || '').trim();
+    if (!basisPath || !candidatePath) throw new Error('portable.cli.recovery-acceptance.basis-candidate-required');
+    const [basis, candidate, expectedValue] = await Promise.all([
+      loadNodePortableInput([basisPath], { maxFiles: flags['max-carrier-files'] || 10000, maxTextBytes: flags['max-text-bytes'] || 16 * 1024 * 1024 }),
+      loadNodePortableInput([candidatePath], { maxFiles: flags['max-carrier-files'] || 10000, maxTextBytes: flags['max-text-bytes'] || 16 * 1024 * 1024 }),
+      readOptionalJson(flags['expected-removals'])
+    ]);
+    return { input: { basis, candidate, workspaceIds: splitFlag(flags.workspaces || flags['workspace-ids']), expectedRemovals: expectedValue.expectedRemovals || expectedValue || {} }, options: {} };
+  }
   if (parsed.command === 'prove-source-reconciliation') {
     const dispositions = await readOptionalJson(flags.dispositions || flags['disposition-file']);
     return prepareSourceFrontierReconciliationCliInput(flags, dispositions);

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/cli/cli.ground-materialize.js

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export async function materializeGroundWorkspaceCliOutput(result = {}, input = {
     workspaceTarget: String(workspaceInspection.sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath || ''),
     roleLabel: String(result?.authority?.role?.label || ''),
     returnOutputDir: path.dirname(path.resolve(String(input.packageSourcePath || outputDir))),
+    returnPackageCarrierKind: String((inspection.routes || []).find((item) => String(item.pointerPath || '') === String(result?.authority?.route?.pointerPath || input.route || ''))?.returnCarrierReservation?.carrierKind || ''),
+    returnPackageSiblingIndex: String((inspection.routes || []).find((item) => String(item.pointerPath || '') === String(result?.authority?.route?.pointerPath || input.route || ''))?.returnCarrierReservation?.siblingIndex || ''),
     boundary: 'Runtime-only continuation state carried forward from one qualified ground --continue receipt. It is excluded from canonical Workspace manufacture and is not semantic authority.'
   });
   const continuationStatePath = path.join(outputDir, '.tiinex', 'continuation.json');

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/cli/cli.handoff-manufacture.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export async function prepareHandoffManufactureCliCommand(parsed = {}, runtime =
   const handoffPath = flags.handoff || parsed.positionals?.[1] || continuationState.returnHandoffPath || '';
   if (!flags['workspace-id'] && continuationState.workspaceId) flags['workspace-id'] = continuationState.workspaceId;
   if (!flags['workspace-target'] && continuationState.workspaceTarget) flags['workspace-target'] = continuationState.workspaceTarget;
+  if (!flags['package-sibling-index'] && continuationState.returnPackageSiblingIndex) flags['package-sibling-index'] = continuationState.returnPackageSiblingIndex;
   if (!flags['package-parent'] && continuationState.packageParentPath) flags['package-parent'] = continuationState.packageParentPath;
   if (!flags.route && handoffPath) flags.route = handoffPath;
   if (!flags.output && !flags['output-dir'] && parsed.surfaceCommand === 'handoff' && continuationState.returnOutputDir) flags['output-dir'] = continuationState.returnOutputDir;
@@ -135,7 +136,9 @@ export async function prepareHandoffManufactureCliCommand(parsed = {}, runtime =
     packageParentWorkspaceIds,
     packageParentWorkspaceAliases,
     reconciliationProof,
-    requireReconciliationProof
+    requireReconciliationProof,
+    returnPackageSiblingIndex: flags['return-package-sibling-index'],
+    returnPackageMajor: Boolean(flags['return-package-major'])
   }, runtime);
   return {
     input,

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/cli/cli.help.js

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function commonCommandHelp(command, surfaceCommand) {
     '',
     `${command} handoff <workspace-dir>`,
     '',
-    'Infers the latest qualified authored Handoff, selected Workspace identity/target, received package parent as carrier-lineage evidence, canonical projected filename, and return output directory. A non-major continuation that writes a carrier must supply an explicitly coordinated `--package-sibling-index <1..9999>`; Tooling will not silently discover the next sibling because isolated runtimes cannot prove a globally unique reservation. Distinct explicit sibling indexes preserve same-Major parallelism, while byte-identical duplicate transport at one exact output path is idempotent and divergent bytes fail closed. It does not implicitly carry sibling Workspaces from the received package; advanced manufacture must select exact reusable parent snapshots with `--package-parent-workspaces <id,...|all>`. Recovery/integration manufacture can bind the reconciled byte proof with `--require-reconciliation-proof --reconciliation-proof <full-reconcile-receipt.json>`; missing, non-ready, edited, or source-stale proof blocks package output. The default receipt keeps output identity, routing text, closure/workspace qualification, verification, and actionable findings compact; add `--full` for the complete manufacture receipt. Normal operator completion is exactly one Handoff package plus the adjacent exact routing text. In markdown-capable hosts render that routing in a fenced code block; do not emit canonical Workspace Evidence/Handoff markdown as additional loose transport files. Runtime-only `.tiinex` state is excluded from canonical manufacture.',
+    'Infers the latest qualified authored Handoff, selected Workspace identity/target, received package parent as carrier-lineage evidence, canonical projected filename, and return output directory. When the outgoing Handoff declares `Signal Kind: return`, delegation manufacture is transport-not-ready unless the delegator supplies `--return-package-sibling-index <1..9999>` for the expected non-Major return, or explicitly declares `--return-package-major`; the qualified reservation is carried in the route pointer and later continuation state. A non-major continuation that writes a carrier must supply an explicitly coordinated `--package-sibling-index <1..9999>`; Tooling will not silently discover the next sibling because isolated runtimes cannot prove a globally unique reservation. Distinct explicit sibling indexes preserve same-Major parallelism, while byte-identical duplicate transport at one exact output path is idempotent and divergent bytes fail closed. It does not implicitly carry sibling Workspaces from the received package; advanced manufacture must select exact reusable parent snapshots with `--package-parent-workspaces <id,...|all>`. Recovery/integration manufacture can bind the reconciled byte proof with `--require-reconciliation-proof --reconciliation-proof <full-reconcile-receipt.json>`; missing, non-ready, edited, or source-stale proof blocks package output. The default receipt keeps output identity, routing text, closure/workspace qualification, verification, and actionable findings compact; add `--full` for the complete manufacture receipt. Normal operator completion is exactly one Handoff package plus the adjacent exact routing text. In markdown-capable hosts render that routing in a fenced code block; do not emit canonical Workspace Evidence/Handoff markdown as additional loose transport files. Runtime-only `.tiinex` state is excluded from canonical manufacture.',
     '',
     `Advanced/internal catalog: ${command} operations`
   ];

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/cli/cli.land.js

@@ -1,13 +1,35 @@
+import { prepareNodeSourceFrontier } from '../node/sourceFrontierComparison.js';
+
 export async function land(flags, material, readOptionalJson, splitFlag) {
   const repositoriesValue = await readOptionalJson(flags.repositories || flags.repos);
   const selectionsValue = await readOptionalJson(flags.selections);
+  const repositories = repositoriesValue.repositories || (Array.isArray(repositoriesValue) ? repositoriesValue : []);
   return {
     input: {
       ...material,
-      repositories: repositoriesValue.repositories || (Array.isArray(repositoriesValue) ? repositoriesValue : []),
+      repositories: await attachExactTargetSnapshots(repositories, flags),
       selections: selectionsValue.selections || selectionsValue || repositoriesValue.selections || {},
       workspaceIds: splitFlag(flags.workspaces || flags['workspace-ids'])
     },
     options: {}
   };
 }
+
+async function attachExactTargetSnapshots(repositories = [], flags = {}) {
+  return Promise.all(repositories.map(async (repository, index) => {
+    if (repository?.sourceSnapshot || repository?.snapshot || !String(repository?.root || repository?.path || '').trim()) return repository;
+    const root = String(repository.root || repository.path || '').trim();
+    const workspaceId = String(repository.workspaceId || repository.id || `landing-target-${index + 1}`);
+    const frontier = await prepareNodeSourceFrontier({ kind: 'local-workspace', path: root, workspaceId, label: `workspace-landing-target:${workspaceId}` }, { maxFiles: flags['max-files'] });
+    const workspace = (frontier.workspaces || [])[0] || null;
+    return {
+      ...repository,
+      sourceSnapshot: workspace?.snapshot || {
+        state: 'qualification-error',
+        entries: [],
+        evidence: {},
+        findings: frontier.findings || []
+      }
+    };
+  }));
+}

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/cli/cli.run.js

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ function withCliPhaseTiming(result = {}, timing = {}) {
 function parseArgs(argv=[]) {
   const args=[...argv],first=args.shift()||'';
   if(first==='--help'||first==='-h') return {command:'help',flags:{help:true},positionals:[]};
-  const command=({orient:'orient-handoff-package',ground:'project-grounding-readiness',receive:'qualify-cold-start',validate:'audit-handoff-package-context',handoff:'manufacture-handoff-package',author:'author',compare:'compare-source-frontiers',reconcile:'prove-source-reconciliation'})[first]||first;
+  const command=({orient:'orient-handoff-package',ground:'project-grounding-readiness',receive:'qualify-cold-start',validate:'audit-handoff-package-context',handoff:'manufacture-handoff-package',author:'author',compare:'compare-source-frontiers',reconcile:'prove-source-reconciliation','audit-recovery':'audit-recovery-acceptance'})[first]||first;
   const flags={},positionals=[];
   while(args.length){const token=args.shift();if(!token.startsWith('--')){positionals.push(token);continue;}const key=token.slice(2);flags[key]=!args.length||args[0].startsWith('--')?true:args.shift();}
   return {command,flags,positionals,surfaceCommand:first};

package/src/tooling/portable/adapters/node/handoff.manufacture.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { enumerateNodeWorkspace, PORTABLE_NODE_WORKSPACE_ENUMERATION_SCHEMA_ID }
 import { preparePackageParentWorkspaceReuse } from './handoff.manufacture.packageParent.js';
 import { qualifyPortableSourceReconciliationProofForManufacture } from '../../comparison/sourceFrontierReconciliationProof.js';
 import { qualifyPortableManufactureSchemaReferenceCandidate } from '../../handoff/schemaReferencePreflight.js';
+import { qualifyDelegationReturnReservation } from '../../handoff/delegationReturnReservation.js';
 import {
   assertInside,
   expandPointerDependencyClosure,
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export async function prepareNodeHandoffManufacturingInput(input = {}, options =
   });
 
   const schemaReferencePreflight = qualifyPortableManufactureSchemaReferenceCandidate(handoff);
+  const returnCarrierReservationPreflight = qualifyDelegationReturnReservation({ markdown: handoffMarkdown, returnPackageSiblingIndex: input.returnPackageSiblingIndex, returnPackageMajor: input.returnPackageMajor === true });
 
   if (enumeration.status !== 'qualified-complete') throw new Error(`portable.handoff-manufacture.workspace-enumeration.${enumeration.status}`);
   const workspaceTitle = requestedWorkspaceTitle || inferWorkspaceTitle(enumeration) || workspaceId;
@@ -128,7 +130,11 @@ export async function prepareNodeHandoffManufacturingInput(input = {}, options =
     if (!id || workspaceRuntimeById.has(id)) continue;
     workspaceRuntimeById.set(id, Object.freeze({ id, root: '', enumeration: provided.enumeration, provider: 'qualified-package-parent-workspace-material-provider' }));
   }
-  const transportRoutes = Object.freeze([...(input.transportRoutes || input.handoffRoutes || [])].map((route) => normalizeTransportRoute(route, workspaceId)).filter(Boolean));
+  const suppliedTransportRoutes = [...(input.transportRoutes || input.handoffRoutes || [])].map((route) => normalizeTransportRoute(route, workspaceId)).filter(Boolean);
+  const reservationProjection = returnCarrierReservationPreflight.state === 'qualified' && returnCarrierReservationPreflight.returnExpected
+    ? Object.freeze({ carrierKind: returnCarrierReservationPreflight.carrierKind, siblingIndex: returnCarrierReservationPreflight.siblingIndex })
+    : null;
+  const transportRoutes = Object.freeze((suppliedTransportRoutes.length ? suppliedTransportRoutes : [Object.freeze({ workspaceId, path: handoffPath })]).map((route) => Object.freeze({ ...route, ...(route.path === handoffPath && String(route.workspaceId || '') === workspaceId && reservationProjection ? { returnCarrierReservation: reservationProjection } : {}) })));
   const workspaceTargets = mergeWorkspaceTargetBindings(normalizeWorkspaceTargetBindings({
     primaryWorkspaceId: workspaceId,
     primaryTargetPath: input.workspaceTargetPath || input.workspaceArtifactPath || '',
@@ -195,6 +201,7 @@ export async function prepareNodeHandoffManufacturingInput(input = {}, options =
     toolingBootstrap: toolingBootstrap.summary,
     reconciliationProofQualification,
     schemaReferencePreflight,
+    returnCarrierReservationPreflight,
     manufacturingEvidence: Object.freeze({
       enumeration: enumeration.evidence,
       workspaceEnumerations: Object.freeze(workspaceEnumerations),
@@ -202,6 +209,7 @@ export async function prepareNodeHandoffManufacturingInput(input = {}, options =
       runtimeSourceAlignment,
       reconciliationProof: reconciliationProofQualification,
       schemaReferencePreflight,
+      returnCarrierReservationPreflight,
       packageParentWorkspaceReuse: Object.freeze({
         state: String(packageParentReuse.state || ''),
         providerState: String(packageParentReuse.providerState || ''),

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/carrierProjection.js

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function inspectHandoffCarrierProjection(bundle = {}, options = {}) {
   if (projection && projection.schema !== HANDOFF_CARRIER_PROJECTION_SCHEMA_ID) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.handoff-carrier.schema.invalid', 'Handoff carrier projection schema/version is unsupported.'));
   if (projection && projection.boundary !== BOUNDARY) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.handoff-carrier.boundary.invalid', 'Handoff carrier projection lost its disposable non-authoritative boundary.'));
   if (projection) {
-    const expected = buildHandoffCarrierProjection({ bundle, workspaceByteProvider: options.workspaceByteProvider || null, carrierLineage: projection.lineage || null, routes: (projection.routes || []).map((route) => ({ workspaceId: route.workspaceId, path: route.workspaceRelativePath, purpose: route.purpose, participantRoles: route.participantRoleSpecs || [] })) });
+    const expected = buildHandoffCarrierProjection({ bundle, workspaceByteProvider: options.workspaceByteProvider || null, carrierLineage: projection.lineage || null, routes: (projection.routes || []).map((route) => ({ workspaceId: route.workspaceId, path: route.workspaceRelativePath, purpose: route.purpose, participantRoles: route.participantRoleSpecs || [], returnCarrierReservation: route.returnCarrierReservation || null })) });
     for (const field of ['status', 'mode', 'lineage', 'workspaces', 'workspace', 'selection', 'routes', 'authority']) {
       if (stableJson(expected[field]) !== stableJson(projection[field])) findings.push(finding('error', `portable.handoff-carrier.${field}.mismatch`, `Handoff carrier ${field} diverges from current package/workspace truth.`));
     }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function normalizeRouteSpecs(value, descriptor, defaultWorkspace = null) {
     const path = normalizeWorkspacePath(spec.path || spec.workspaceRelativePath || '');
     const workspaceId = String(spec.workspaceId || spec.workspace || defaultWorkspaceId || '');
     const key = `${workspaceId}\u0000${path}`;
-    if (path && !map.has(key)) map.set(key, Object.freeze({ workspaceId, path, purpose: String(spec.purpose || ''), participantRoles: Object.freeze([...(spec.participantRoles || spec.roles || [])].map((entry) => typeof entry === 'string' ? entry : Object.freeze({ ...(entry || {}) }))) }));
+    if (path && !map.has(key)) map.set(key, Object.freeze({ workspaceId, path, purpose: String(spec.purpose || ''), participantRoles: Object.freeze([...(spec.participantRoles || spec.roles || [])].map((entry) => typeof entry === 'string' ? entry : Object.freeze({ ...(entry || {}) }))), returnCarrierReservation: spec.returnCarrierReservation ? Object.freeze({ ...(spec.returnCarrierReservation || {}) }) : null }));
   }
   return [...map.values()].sort((a, b) => a.workspaceId.localeCompare(b.workspaceId) || a.path.localeCompare(b.path));
 }

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/carrierProjection.routeQualification.js

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export function qualifyRoute(bundle, descriptor, byteProvider, workspace, spec =
     materialRequirements,
     participantRoles,
     participantRoleSpecs,
+    returnCarrierReservation: spec.returnCarrierReservation ? deepFreeze({ ...(spec.returnCarrierReservation || {}) }) : null,
     requiredClosure,
     reasons: Object.freeze(reasons),
     authority: Object.freeze({ artifactPartiesAuthoritative: true, dimensionSemanticAuthority: false, filenameSemanticAuthority: false })

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/delegationReturnReservation.js

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+export const PORTABLE_DELEGATION_RETURN_RESERVATION_SCHEMA_ID = 'tiinex.portable.delegation-return-reservation-preflight.v1';
+
+export function qualifyDelegationReturnReservation(input = {}) {
+  const markdown = String(input.markdown || input.handoffMarkdown || '');
+  const completion = sectionText(markdown, 'Completion Expectation');
+  const signalKind = field(completion, 'Signal Kind').toLowerCase();
+  const returnExpected = signalKind === 'return';
+  const declaredMajor = input.returnPackageMajor === true;
+  const rawIndex = firstDefined(input.returnPackageSiblingIndex, reservedSiblingIndexFromHandoff(markdown));
+  const findings = [];
+
+  if (!returnExpected) return freeze({
+    schema: PORTABLE_DELEGATION_RETURN_RESERVATION_SCHEMA_ID,
+    state: 'not-required',
+    returnExpected: false,
+    carrierKind: 'not-applicable',
+    siblingIndex: null,
+    findings,
+    boundary: boundary()
+  });
+
+  if (declaredMajor) {
+    if (rawIndex !== undefined && rawIndex !== null && String(rawIndex).trim() !== '') findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.delegation-return-reservation.major-index-conflict', 'A Major return declaration must not also carry a non-Major package sibling index.'));
+    return freeze({
+      schema: PORTABLE_DELEGATION_RETURN_RESERVATION_SCHEMA_ID,
+      state: findings.length ? 'blocked' : 'qualified',
+      returnExpected: true,
+      carrierKind: 'major',
+      siblingIndex: null,
+      findings,
+      boundary: boundary()
+    });
+  }
+
+  const siblingIndex = parseSiblingIndex(rawIndex);
+  if (siblingIndex === null) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.delegation-return-reservation.sibling-index.required', 'A return Handoff is transport-not-ready until the delegator supplies one explicit non-Major return package sibling index in the supported range 1..9999.'));
+  return freeze({
+    schema: PORTABLE_DELEGATION_RETURN_RESERVATION_SCHEMA_ID,
+    state: findings.length ? 'blocked' : 'qualified',
+    returnExpected: true,
+    carrierKind: 'non-major',
+    siblingIndex,
+    findings,
+    boundary: boundary()
+  });
+}
+
+export function parseDelegationReturnReservationPointer(pointer = {}) {
+  const siblingIndex = parseSiblingIndex(pointer.returnPackageSiblingIndex);
+  const carrierKind = String(pointer.returnPackageCarrierKind || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (carrierKind === 'major') return freeze({ state: 'qualified', returnExpected: true, carrierKind: 'major', siblingIndex: null });
+  if (carrierKind === 'non-major' && siblingIndex !== null) return freeze({ state: 'qualified', returnExpected: true, carrierKind: 'non-major', siblingIndex });
+  return freeze({ state: 'unresolved', returnExpected: false, carrierKind: '', siblingIndex: null });
+}
+
+
+function reservedSiblingIndexFromHandoff(markdown = '') {
+  const transfers = sectionText(markdown, 'Transfers');
+  if (!transfers) return null;
+  const lines = transfers.replace(/\r\n?/g, '\n').split('\n');
+  const start = lines.findIndex((line) => /^\s*-\s+reserved-return-package-sibling-index\s*$/i.test(line));
+  if (start < 0) return null;
+  const block = [];
+  for (let index = start + 1; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+    if (/^-\s+[^\s].*$/.test(lines[index])) break;
+    block.push(lines[index]);
+  }
+  const description = field(block.join('\n'), 'Description');
+  const match = description.match(/(?:package\s+sibling\s+index|sibling\s+index|index)\s+`?(\d{1,4})`?/i);
+  return match ? match[1] : null;
+}
+function firstDefined(...values) {
+  for (const value of values) if (value !== undefined && value !== null && String(value).trim() !== '') return value;
+  return null;
+}
+
+function parseSiblingIndex(value) {
+  if (value === undefined || value === null || String(value).trim() === '') return null;
+  if (!/^\d+$/.test(String(value).trim())) return null;
+  const parsed = Number.parseInt(String(value).trim(), 10);
+  return Number.isInteger(parsed) && parsed >= 1 && parsed <= 9999 ? parsed : null;
+}
+function sectionText(markdown = '', heading = '') {
+  const lines = String(markdown || '').replace(/\r\n?/g, '\n').split('\n');
+  const start = lines.findIndex((line) => new RegExp(`^##\\s+${escapeRegExp(heading)}\\s*$`, 'i').test(line));
+  if (start < 0) return '';
+  const out = [];
+  for (let index = start + 1; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+    if (/^##\s+/.test(lines[index])) break;
+    out.push(lines[index]);
+  }
+  return out.join('\n');
+}
+function field(section = '', name = '') {
+  const match = String(section || '').match(new RegExp(`^\\s*-\\s+${escapeRegExp(name)}\\s*:\\s*(.+?)\\s*$`, 'mi'));
+  return String(match?.[1] || '').trim();
+}
+function boundary() { return 'Transport preflight only. It validates an explicit delegator-coordinated return reservation and never allocates, discovers, increments, guesses, recycles, or promotes a sibling index into semantic Parent, Workspace, Role, acceptance, or completion authority.'; }
+function finding(severity, code, message) { return Object.freeze({ severity, code, message }); }
+function escapeRegExp(value = '') { return String(value).replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&'); }
+function freeze(value) { if (Array.isArray(value)) return Object.freeze(value.map(freeze)); if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || Object.isFrozen(value)) return value; return Object.freeze(Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, item]) => [key, freeze(item)]))); }

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/manufacture.js

@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ export function manufactureRecipientRelativeHandoffPackage(input = {}, options =
   const reconciliationBlocked = String(reconciliationProofQualification?.state || '') === 'blocked';
   const schemaReferencePreflight = input.schemaReferencePreflight || input.manufacturingEvidence?.schemaReferencePreflight || null;
   const schemaReferenceBlocked = String(schemaReferencePreflight?.state || '') === 'blocked';
+  const returnCarrierReservationPreflight = input.returnCarrierReservationPreflight || input.manufacturingEvidence?.returnCarrierReservationPreflight || null;
+  const returnCarrierReservationBlocked = String(returnCarrierReservationPreflight?.state || '') === 'blocked';
   const findings = Object.freeze([
     ...majorFindings,
     ...(schemaReferencePreflight?.findings || []),
+    ...(returnCarrierReservationPreflight?.findings || []),
     ...(reconciliationProofQualification?.findings || []),
     ...(baseline.findings || []),
     ...(upgraded.findings || []),
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ export function manufactureRecipientRelativeHandoffPackage(input = {}, options =
     ...(upgraded.roundtrip?.findings || []),
     ...(toolingBootstrapInspection?.findings || [])
   ]);
-  const status = baseline.status !== 'blocked' && upgraded.status !== 'blocked' && toolingBootstrapInspection?.status === 'valid' && majorReadiness.state !== 'blocked' && !schemaReferenceBlocked && !reconciliationBlocked ? upgraded.status : 'blocked';
+  const status = baseline.status !== 'blocked' && upgraded.status !== 'blocked' && toolingBootstrapInspection?.status === 'valid' && majorReadiness.state !== 'blocked' && !schemaReferenceBlocked && !returnCarrierReservationBlocked && !reconciliationBlocked ? upgraded.status : 'blocked';
   return Object.freeze({
     schema: 'tiinex.portable.handoff-manufacturing.v2',
     status,
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ export function manufactureRecipientRelativeHandoffPackage(input = {}, options =
       roundtrip: upgraded.roundtrip ? String(upgraded.roundtrip.status || 'unknown') : 'not-requested',
       toolingBootstrap: String(toolingBootstrapInspection?.status || 'unavailable'),
       schemaReferencePreflight: String(schemaReferencePreflight?.state || 'not-run'),
+      returnCarrierReservationPreflight: String(returnCarrierReservationPreflight?.state || 'not-run'),
       reconciliationProof: String(reconciliationProofQualification?.state || 'not-required')
     }),
     plan: baseline.plan,
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ export function manufactureRecipientRelativeHandoffPackage(input = {}, options =
     toolingBootstrap: input.toolingBootstrap || null,
     manufacturingEvidence: input.manufacturingEvidence || null,
     schemaReferencePreflight,
+    returnCarrierReservationPreflight,
     reconciliationProofQualification,
     toolingBootstrapInspection,
     carrierLineage: upgraded.carrierProjection?.lineage || baseline.carrierProjection?.lineage || input.carrierLineage || null,
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ export function manufactureRecipientRelativeHandoffPackage(input = {}, options =
       remoteMutation: false,
       physicalRoundtripVerification: upgraded.roundtrip ? String(upgraded.roundtrip.status || 'unknown') : 'not-requested',
       schemaReferencePreflight: String(schemaReferencePreflight?.state || 'not-run'),
+      returnCarrierReservationPreflight: String(returnCarrierReservationPreflight?.state || 'not-run'),
       reconciliationProof: String(reconciliationProofQualification?.state || 'not-required'),
       hostBehaviorAuthority: 'none'
     }),

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/materialClosure.archiveV2.js

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function upgradeRecipientRelativeHandoffTransportPackageV2(baseline = {},
   const descriptorFile = finalizeFile({ path: HANDOFF_CLOSURE_DESCRIPTOR_PATH, kind: 'handoff-closure-descriptor', logicalKind: 'disposable-transport-control', mediaType: 'application/json', content: `${stablePrettyJson(descriptor)}\n`, boundary: descriptor.boundary });
   const projectionBundle = { ...baselineBundle, files: [...retained, ...workspaceFiles, descriptorFile], handoffClosure: descriptor };
   const provider = buildDirectArchiveProjectionProvider(records);
-  const carrierProjection = buildHandoffCarrierProjection({ bundle: projectionBundle, descriptor, workspaceByteProvider: provider, carrierLineage: input.carrierLineage || baseline.carrierProjection?.lineage || null, routes: input.transportRoutes || input.handoffRoutes || (baseline.carrierProjection?.routes || []).map((route) => ({ workspaceId: route.workspaceId, path: route.workspaceRelativePath, purpose: route.purpose })) });
+  const carrierProjection = buildHandoffCarrierProjection({ bundle: projectionBundle, descriptor, workspaceByteProvider: provider, carrierLineage: input.carrierLineage || baseline.carrierProjection?.lineage || null, routes: input.transportRoutes || input.handoffRoutes || (baseline.carrierProjection?.routes || []).map((route) => ({ workspaceId: route.workspaceId, path: route.workspaceRelativePath, purpose: route.purpose, returnCarrierReservation: route.returnCarrierReservation || null })) });
   const createdAt=baselineBundle.manifest?.createdAt||baselineBundle.builtAt||'';
   const transportStatus = baseline.status === 'blocked' || carrierProjection.status !== 'ready' ? 'blocked' : baseline.status;
   const transportCompanion = buildHandoffTransportCompanionProjection({ bundle: projectionBundle, descriptor, packageStatus: transportStatus, participation: input.transportParticipation || input.participation || {} });

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recipientV2.artifactInspection.js

@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ export function correlatePointerFacts(markdown, facts, findings, path) {
   if (facts.role !== 'handoff-route' || !facts.archivePath) return;
   const targets = [...sectionText(markdown, 'Destinations').matchAll(/\[[^\]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)/g)].map((match) => match[1]);
   if (targets.length !== 1 || targets[0] !== String(facts.archivePath)) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.handoff-v2-surface.pointer.visible-destination-mismatch', 'Route Pointer visible Destination diverges from its sealed machine facts.', { path }));
+  if (facts.returnCarrierReservation) {
+    const current = sectionText(markdown, 'Current Read');
+    const visibleKind = unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Return Package Carrier Kind'));
+    const expectedKind = String(facts.returnCarrierReservation.carrierKind || '');
+    if (visibleKind !== expectedKind) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.handoff-v2-surface.pointer.visible-return-carrier-kind-mismatch', 'Route Pointer visible return-carrier kind diverges from its sealed machine facts.', { path }));
+    if (expectedKind === 'non-major') {
+      const visibleSiblingIndex = Number(unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Return Package Sibling Index')) || 0);
+      const expectedSiblingIndex = Number(facts.returnCarrierReservation.siblingIndex || 0);
+      if (visibleSiblingIndex !== expectedSiblingIndex) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.handoff-v2-surface.pointer.visible-return-sibling-index-mismatch', 'Route Pointer visible return package sibling index diverges from its sealed machine facts.', { path }));
+    }
+  }
 }
 export function markdownTarget(value = '') { return String(value || '').match(/\[[^\]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)/)?.[1] || String(value || '').trim(); }
 export function inspectExternalPayloadShape(markdown, findings, path) {

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recipientV2.inspect.projection.js

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { parentTrace } from './recipientV2.lineage.js';
 
-export function projectRecipientV2Routes(routePointers = [], endpointPointers = [], participantPointers = []) {
-  return Object.freeze(routePointers.map((item) => Object.freeze({
+export function projectRecipientV2Routes(routePointers = [], endpointPointers = [], participantPointers = [], qualifiedRoutes = []) {
+  return Object.freeze(routePointers.map((item) => {
+    const qualified = (qualifiedRoutes || []).find((route) => String(route.workspaceId || '') === String(item.facts?.workspaceId || '') && String(route.workspaceRelativePath || '') === String(item.facts?.workspaceRelativeHandoffPath || '')) || null;
+    return Object.freeze({
     pointerPath: item.path,
     workspaceId: String(item.facts?.workspaceId || ''),
     workspaceRelativeHandoffPath: String(item.facts?.workspaceRelativeHandoffPath || ''),
+    returnCarrierReservation: item.facts?.returnCarrierReservation || qualified?.returnCarrierReservation || null,
     endpointRolePointers: Object.freeze(rolePointerAncestors(item, endpointPointers, participantPointers).filter((path) => endpointPointers.some((pointer) => pointer.path === path))),
     participantRolePointers: Object.freeze(rolePointerAncestors(item, endpointPointers, participantPointers).filter((path) => participantPointers.some((pointer) => pointer.path === path)))
-  })));
+  });
+  }));
 }
 
 export function projectRecipientV2EndpointRoles(pointers = []) {

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recipientV2.packageV1.build.js

@@ -173,11 +173,12 @@ function buildRecipientFacingV2PackageV1Prepared(input = {}, sealedByWorkspaceId
       workspaceId: owningWorkspace.workspaceId, workspaceArtifactPath: owningWorkspace.workspacePath, workspaceArtifactSha256: owningWorkspace.workspaceSha256,
       archivePath: owningWorkspace.archivePath, archiveSha256: owningWorkspace.archiveSha256, sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath: owningWorkspace.sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath,
       sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256: owningWorkspace.sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256, workspaceRelativeHandoffPath: String(route.workspaceRelativePath || ''), handoffBytes: Number(routeEntry?.bytes || 0), handoffSha256: String(route.sha256 || ''), routeId: String(route.id || ''), parties: route.parties || {}, cacheArtifactPath: cache?.artifactPath || '',
+      returnCarrierReservation: route.returnCarrierReservation || null,
       requiredContextBindings: Object.freeze((route.requiredClosure?.requirements || []).filter((entry) => entry.state === 'qualified' && entry.resolution?.kind === 'workspace-archive-entry').map((entry) => Object.freeze({ requirementId: String(entry.requirementId || ''), name: String(entry.name || ''), referenceTarget: String(entry.referenceTarget || ''), workspaceId: String(entry.resolution?.workspaceId || ''), workspaceRelativePath: String(entry.resolution?.workspaceRelativePath || entry.resolution?.innerPath || ''), bytes: Number(entry.resolution?.bytes || 0), sha256: String(entry.resolution?.sha256 || '') })))
     };
-    const pointer = finalizeFile({ path: pointerPath, kind: 'handoff-route-pointer', logicalKind: 'recipient-v2-package-v1-handoff-route-pointer', mediaType: 'text/markdown', transportFacts: recipientV2TransportFacts('handoff-route', pointerFacts), content: renderRecipientV2Pointer({ createdAt, parent: lineageParent, role: 'handoff-route', title: `Handoff Route Pointer — ${String(route.parties?.to || owningWorkspace.workspaceId || 'recipient')}`, summary: 'Qualified package-local Pointer to one authoritative Handoff inside one qualified carried Workspace representation.', prose: 'Follow only this Pointer carrier-ancestor closure for pre-Handoff package grounding, then resolve the authoritative Handoff path against the exact qualified carried Workspace representation.', currentRead: [{ label: 'Workspace Id', value: `\`${owningWorkspace.workspaceId}\`` }, { label: 'Workspace', value: `[${owningWorkspace.workspaceId}](${owningWorkspace.workspacePath})` }, { label: 'Route Id', value: `\`${String(route.id || '')}\`` }, ...(pointerFacts.cacheArtifactPath ? [{ label: 'Workspace Dependency Cache', value: `[cache](${pointerFacts.cacheArtifactPath})` }] : []), { label: 'Handoff Workspace Path', value: `\`${String(route.workspaceRelativePath || '')}\`` }], destinations: [{ label: 'Workspace representation containing the qualified Handoff route', display: `${owningWorkspace.archivePath} :: ${String(route.workspaceRelativePath || '')}`, target: owningWorkspace.archivePath }], facts: pointerFacts }) });
+    const pointer = finalizeFile({ path: pointerPath, kind: 'handoff-route-pointer', logicalKind: 'recipient-v2-package-v1-handoff-route-pointer', mediaType: 'text/markdown', transportFacts: recipientV2TransportFacts('handoff-route', pointerFacts), content: renderRecipientV2Pointer({ createdAt, parent: lineageParent, role: 'handoff-route', title: `Handoff Route Pointer — ${String(route.parties?.to || owningWorkspace.workspaceId || 'recipient')}`, summary: 'Qualified package-local Pointer to one authoritative Handoff inside one qualified carried Workspace representation.', prose: 'Follow only this Pointer carrier-ancestor closure for pre-Handoff package grounding, then resolve the authoritative Handoff path against the exact qualified carried Workspace representation.', currentRead: [{ label: 'Workspace Id', value: `\`${owningWorkspace.workspaceId}\`` }, { label: 'Workspace', value: `[${owningWorkspace.workspaceId}](${owningWorkspace.workspacePath})` }, { label: 'Route Id', value: `\`${String(route.id || '')}\`` }, ...(pointerFacts.cacheArtifactPath ? [{ label: 'Workspace Dependency Cache', value: `[cache](${pointerFacts.cacheArtifactPath})` }] : []), { label: 'Handoff Workspace Path', value: `\`${String(route.workspaceRelativePath || '')}\`` }, ...(route.returnCarrierReservation ? [{ label: 'Return Package Carrier Kind', value: `\`${String(route.returnCarrierReservation.carrierKind || '')}\`` }, ...(route.returnCarrierReservation.carrierKind === 'non-major' ? [{ label: 'Return Package Sibling Index', value: `\`${String(route.returnCarrierReservation.siblingIndex || '')}\`` }] : [])] : [])], destinations: [{ label: 'Workspace representation containing the qualified Handoff route', display: `${owningWorkspace.archivePath} :: ${String(route.workspaceRelativePath || '')}`, target: owningWorkspace.archivePath }], facts: pointerFacts }) });
     files.push(pointer);
-    topology.routes.push(Object.freeze({ pointerPath, workspaceId: owningWorkspace.workspaceId, workspaceRelativeHandoffPath: String(route.workspaceRelativePath || ''), routeId: String(route.id || ''), sha256: String(route.sha256 || '') }));
+    topology.routes.push(Object.freeze({ pointerPath, workspaceId: owningWorkspace.workspaceId, workspaceRelativeHandoffPath: String(route.workspaceRelativePath || ''), routeId: String(route.id || ''), sha256: String(route.sha256 || ''), returnCarrierReservation: route.returnCarrierReservation || null }));
   }
 
   const readFacts = { format: RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_FORMAT_ID, packageRootPath: RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_ROOT_PATH, entryArtifactPath: RECIPIENT_V2_READ_PATH, artifactSurface: 'tiinex.handoff.package.v1-plus-qualified-carried-material', routeAuthority: 'qualified-handoff-route-pointer-plus-exact-qualified-carried-handoff-bytes', routeSelectionAuthority: RECIPIENT_V2_ROUTE_SELECTION_AUTHORITY, siblingRouteInference: RECIPIENT_V2_SIBLING_ROUTE_INFERENCE, carrierLineage: carrier.lineage || null, pathParentProjection: true, pathAuthority: false };

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recipientV2.packageV1.inspect.helpers.js

@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ export function deriveVisibleFacts({ file = null, markdown = '', schemaId = '',
       const closure = direct || generic;
       const handoffEntry = (closure?.parsed?.entries || []).find((entry) => entry.path === visible.handoffWorkspacePath) || null;
       const current = sectionText(markdown, 'Current Read');
-      return { ...base, workspaceId, workspaceArtifactPath: closure?.workspaceFile?.path || '', workspaceArtifactSha256: closure?.workspaceFile ? sha256Hex(packageFileBytes(closure.workspaceFile)) : '', archivePath: closure?.archiveFile?.path || '', archiveSha256: closure?.archiveFile ? sha256Hex(packageFileBytes(closure.archiveFile)) : '', sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath: closure?.workspaceArtifactInnerPath || '', sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256: closure?.sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256 || '', workspaceRelativeHandoffPath: visible.handoffWorkspacePath, handoffBytes: Number(handoffEntry?.bytes || 0), handoffSha256: String(handoffEntry?.sha256 || ''), routeId: visible.routeId || unquote(field(current, 'Route Id')), cacheArtifactPath: markdownTarget(field(current, 'Workspace Dependency Cache')), requiredContextBindings: Object.freeze([]) };
+      const returnCarrierReservation = visible.returnPackageCarrierKind
+        ? Object.freeze({
+            carrierKind: String(visible.returnPackageCarrierKind || ''),
+            ...(String(visible.returnPackageCarrierKind || '') === 'non-major' ? { siblingIndex: Number(visible.returnPackageSiblingIndex || 0) } : {})
+          })
+        : null;
+      return { ...base, workspaceId, workspaceArtifactPath: closure?.workspaceFile?.path || '', workspaceArtifactSha256: closure?.workspaceFile ? sha256Hex(packageFileBytes(closure.workspaceFile)) : '', archivePath: closure?.archiveFile?.path || '', archiveSha256: closure?.archiveFile ? sha256Hex(packageFileBytes(closure.archiveFile)) : '', sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath: closure?.workspaceArtifactInnerPath || '', sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256: closure?.sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256 || '', workspaceRelativeHandoffPath: visible.handoffWorkspacePath, handoffBytes: Number(handoffEntry?.bytes || 0), handoffSha256: String(handoffEntry?.sha256 || ''), routeId: visible.routeId || unquote(field(current, 'Route Id')), cacheArtifactPath: markdownTarget(field(current, 'Workspace Dependency Cache')), returnCarrierReservation, requiredContextBindings: Object.freeze([]) };
     }
     if (role === 'endpoint-role' || role === 'participant-role') {
       const targetPayload = visible.targetPayload || '';

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recipientV2.packageV1.inspect.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { projectRecipientV2EndpointRoles, projectRecipientV2ParticipantRoles, pr
 import { RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_FORMAT_ID, RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_ROOT_PATH, RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_SCHEMA_ID } from './recipientV2.packageV1.constants.js';
 import { BOOTSTRAP_PACKAGE_ROLE, HANDOFF_PACKAGE_ROLE, parseHandoffPackageV1, validatePackageFields, WORKSPACE_PACKAGE_ROLE } from './recipientV2.packageV1.contract.js';
 import { deriveVisibleFacts, validateRouteClosure } from './recipientV2.packageV1.inspect.helpers.js';
+import { qualifyDelegationReturnReservation } from './delegationReturnReservation.js';
 import { bootstrapCarrierProjection, workspaceCarrierProjection } from './recipientV2.packageV1.workspaceProjection.js';
 import { inspectRecipientV2WorkspaceSurface } from './recipientV2.inspect.workspaces.js';
 import { byteEqual, currentSchemaId, decodeUtf8, dedupeFindings, deepFreeze, oneFile } from './recipientV2.packageV1.shared.js';
@@ -195,7 +196,19 @@ export function inspectRecipientFacingV2PackageV1(bundle = {}, options = {}) {
   } else {
     inspectEndpointRolePointers(endpointRolePointers, workspaceParts, caches, findings);
     inspectParticipantRolePointers(participantRolePointers, workspaceParts, caches, findings);
-    const routeSpecs = routePointers.map((pointer) => ({ workspaceId: String(pointer.facts?.workspaceId || ''), path: String(pointer.facts?.workspaceRelativeHandoffPath || ''), purpose: '' }));
+    const routeSpecs = routePointers.map((pointer) => {
+      const workspaceId = String(pointer.facts?.workspaceId || '');
+      const path = String(pointer.facts?.workspaceRelativeHandoffPath || '');
+      let returnCarrierReservation = pointer.facts?.returnCarrierReservation || null;
+      if (!returnCarrierReservation && workspaceId && path) {
+        const entry = resolveHandoffWorkspaceEntry(workspaceByteProvider, workspaceId, path);
+        if (entry.state === 'qualified') {
+          const preflight = qualifyDelegationReturnReservation({ markdown: decodeUtf8(entry.data) });
+          if (preflight.state === 'qualified' && preflight.returnExpected) returnCarrierReservation = Object.freeze({ carrierKind: preflight.carrierKind, siblingIndex: preflight.siblingIndex });
+        }
+      }
+      return { workspaceId, path, purpose: '', returnCarrierReservation };
+    });
     carrierProjection = buildHandoffCarrierProjection({ bundle: semanticBundle, descriptor, workspaceByteProvider, carrierLineage: lineage, routes: routeSpecs });
     if (carrierProjection.status !== 'ready') findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.handoff-package-v1.routes-unqualified', 'Selected Handoff Pointer does not independently resolve to qualified authoritative Handoff bytes.', { causes: carrierProjection.findings || [] }));
     inspectRoutePointers(routePointers, carrierProjection, workspaceParts, endpointRolePointers, participantRolePointers, index, findings);
@@ -244,7 +257,7 @@ export function inspectRecipientFacingV2PackageV1(bundle = {}, options = {}) {
     schema: 'tiinex.portable.recipient-facing-handoff-package-v1.inspection.v1', detected: Boolean(packageFile), status, format: RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_FORMAT_ID,
     rootArtifact: packageFile ? Object.freeze({ path: packageFile.path, schemaId: RECIPIENT_V2_PACKAGE_V1_SCHEMA_ID, sha256: sha256Hex(packageFileBytes(packageFile)), carrierLineage: lineage }) : null,
     readArtifact, workspaces: Object.freeze(workspaceParts.map((item) => Object.freeze({ workspaceId: item.workspaceId, coverage: String(item.representation?.coverage || item.facts?.coverage || 'complete'), bindingState: item.bindingState || String(item.representation?.bindingState || 'verified'), workspaceArtifactPath: item.artifact.path, workspaceArchivePath: item.archiveFile?.path || '', sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath: item.facts.sourceWorkspaceTargetInnerPath, sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256: item.facts.sourceWorkspaceTargetSha256 }))), sealedWorkspaces: Object.freeze(sealedWorkspaceBindings),
-    routes: projectRecipientV2Routes(routePointers, endpointRolePointers, participantRolePointers), endpointRoles: projectRecipientV2EndpointRoles(endpointRolePointers), participantRoles: projectRecipientV2ParticipantRoles(participantRolePointers),
+    routes: projectRecipientV2Routes(routePointers, endpointRolePointers, participantRolePointers, carrierProjection?.routes || []), endpointRoles: projectRecipientV2EndpointRoles(endpointRolePointers), participantRoles: projectRecipientV2ParticipantRoles(participantRolePointers),
     caches: Object.freeze(caches.map((cache) => Object.freeze({ workspaceId: String(cache.facts?.workspaceId || ''), artifactPath: cache.artifact.path, archivePath: cache.file.path, materials: cache.facts.materials || [] }))),
     bootstrapInspection, transportManifest: null, artifactFacts: Object.freeze(generatedArtifacts.map((item) => Object.freeze({ path: item.path, facts: item.facts }))), descriptor, workspaceByteProvider, carrierProjection, coldConsumerProjection,
     packageContract, findings: Object.freeze(finalFindings), findingSummary: Object.freeze({ errors: finalFindings.filter((item) => item.severity === 'error').length, findings: finalFindings.length }),

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recipientV2.pointer.js

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export function parseRecipientV2Pointer(markdown = '') {
     workspaceId: unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Workspace Id')),
     workspacePayload: markdownTarget(fieldValue(current, 'Workspace Payload')),
     handoffWorkspacePath: unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Handoff Workspace Path')),
+    returnPackageCarrierKind: unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Return Package Carrier Kind')),
+    returnPackageSiblingIndex: unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Return Package Sibling Index')),
     routeId: unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Route Id')),
     routeSelection: fieldValue(current, 'Route Selection'),
     selectedRouteId: unquoteCode(fieldValue(current, 'Selected Route Id')),

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/recoveryAcceptanceAudit.js

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+import { comparePortableSourceFrontiers, createPortableSourceFrontier } from '../comparison/sourceFrontierComparison.js';
+import { inspectRecipientFacingV2Topology } from './recipientV2.inspect.js';
+import { handoffWorkspaceProviderForId, listHandoffWorkspaceEntries } from './workspaceByteProvider.js';
+
+export const PORTABLE_RECOVERY_ACCEPTANCE_AUDIT_SCHEMA_ID = 'tiinex.portable.recovery-acceptance-audit.v1';
+
+export function auditPortableRecoveryAcceptance(input = {}) {
+  const basisInspection = inspectRecipientFacingV2Topology(input.basis?.bundle || input.basis || {});
+  const candidateInspection = inspectRecipientFacingV2Topology(input.candidate?.bundle || input.candidate || {});
+  const findings = [];
+  if (String(basisInspection.status || '') !== 'valid') findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.basis-unqualified', 'Recovery acceptance audit requires one independently qualified accepted-basis Handoff package.'));
+  if (String(candidateInspection.status || '') !== 'valid') findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.candidate-unqualified', 'Recovery acceptance audit requires one independently qualified candidate Handoff package.'));
+  if (findings.some((item) => item.severity === 'error')) return auditResult('blocked', [], findings, basisInspection, candidateInspection, input);
+
+  const candidateIds = [...new Set((candidateInspection.workspaces || []).map((item) => normalizeId(item.workspaceId)).filter(Boolean))].sort();
+  const requestedIds = [...new Set([...(input.workspaceIds || input.selectedWorkspaceIds || [])].map(normalizeId).filter(Boolean))].sort();
+  const ids = requestedIds.length ? requestedIds : candidateIds;
+  const expectedRemovals = normalizeExpectedRemovals(input.expectedRemovals || {});
+  const workspaces = ids.map((workspaceId) => auditWorkspace({ workspaceId, basisInspection, candidateInspection, expectedRemovals, findings }));
+  for (const workspaceId of requestedIds) if (!candidateIds.includes(workspaceId)) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.workspace-unresolved', 'Explicitly requested candidate Workspace is not present in the qualified candidate carrier.', { workspaceId }));
+  const status = findings.some((item) => item.severity === 'error') || workspaces.some((item) => item.state !== 'ready') ? 'blocked' : 'ready';
+  return auditResult(status, workspaces, findings, basisInspection, candidateInspection, input);
+}
+
+function auditWorkspace({ workspaceId, basisInspection, candidateInspection, expectedRemovals, findings }) {
+  const basisProvider = handoffWorkspaceProviderForId(basisInspection.workspaceByteProvider, workspaceId);
+  const candidateProvider = handoffWorkspaceProviderForId(candidateInspection.workspaceByteProvider, workspaceId);
+  const candidateTopology = (candidateInspection.workspaces || []).find((item) => normalizeId(item.workspaceId) === workspaceId) || null;
+  const basisTopology = (basisInspection.workspaces || []).find((item) => normalizeId(item.workspaceId) === workspaceId) || null;
+  const reasons = [];
+  if (basisProvider.state !== 'qualified') {
+    reasons.push('basis-workspace-unqualified');
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.basis-workspace-unqualified', 'Accepted-basis Workspace bytes are unavailable or unqualified.', { workspaceId, state: String(basisProvider.state || '') }));
+  }
+  if (candidateProvider.state !== 'qualified') {
+    reasons.push('candidate-workspace-unqualified');
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.candidate-workspace-unqualified', 'Candidate Workspace bytes are unavailable or unqualified.', { workspaceId, state: String(candidateProvider.state || '') }));
+  }
+  const coverage = String(candidateTopology?.coverage || '');
+  if (coverage !== 'complete') {
+    reasons.push('candidate-workspace-not-complete');
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.candidate-workspace-not-complete', 'Master Recovery acceptance requires a complete candidate Workspace representation; bounded coverage cannot prove restart suitability.', { workspaceId, coverage }));
+  }
+  if (reasons.length) return freeze({ workspaceId, state: 'blocked', coverage, reasons: freeze(reasons), comparisonState: 'unavailable', counts: emptyCounts(), unexplainedRemovals: freeze([]), expectedRemovals: freeze([...expectedRemovals.get(workspaceId) || []]), materialization: materializationReceipt(candidateProvider, candidateTopology) });
+
+  const basis = frontierForProvider(workspaceId, basisProvider, 'accepted-basis');
+  const candidate = frontierForProvider(workspaceId, candidateProvider, 'candidate-recovery');
+  const comparison = comparePortableSourceFrontiers({ left: basis, right: candidate });
+  const workspace = (comparison.workspaces || []).find((item) => normalizeId(item.workspaceId) === workspaceId) || null;
+  if (comparison.status !== 'ready' || !workspace || !workspace.delta) {
+    reasons.push('workspace-comparison-unqualified');
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.workspace-comparison-unqualified', 'Accepted-basis to candidate Workspace comparison did not qualify.', { workspaceId, state: String(workspace?.state || comparison.state || '') }));
+    return freeze({ workspaceId, state: 'blocked', coverage, reasons: freeze(reasons), comparisonState: String(workspace?.state || comparison.state || ''), counts: emptyCounts(), unexplainedRemovals: freeze([]), expectedRemovals: freeze([...expectedRemovals.get(workspaceId) || []]), materialization: materializationReceipt(candidateProvider, candidateTopology) });
+  }
+
+  const removals = (workspace.delta.removed || []).map((entry) => String(entry.path || '')).filter(Boolean);
+  const expected = expectedRemovals.get(workspaceId) || new Set();
+  const unexplained = removals.filter((path) => !expected.has(path));
+  const staleExpected = [...expected].filter((path) => !removals.includes(path));
+  if (unexplained.length) {
+    reasons.push('unexplained-removals');
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.unexplained-removals', 'Candidate Recovery removes accepted-basis source paths without an explicit expected-removal disposition.', { workspaceId, count: unexplained.length, paths: unexplained }));
+  }
+  if (staleExpected.length) findings.push(finding('warning', 'portable.recovery-acceptance.expected-removal-stale', 'One or more declared expected removals are not removals in the candidate carrier.', { workspaceId, count: staleExpected.length, paths: staleExpected }));
+  return freeze({
+    workspaceId,
+    state: reasons.length ? 'blocked' : 'ready',
+    coverage,
+    reasons: freeze(reasons),
+    basisCoverage: String(basisTopology?.coverage || ''),
+    comparisonState: String(workspace.state || ''),
+    counts: freeze({
+      additions: Number(workspace.delta.counts?.added || 0),
+      removals: Number(workspace.delta.counts?.removed || 0),
+      byteChanged: Number(workspace.delta.counts?.byteChanged || 0),
+      unexplainedRemovals: unexplained.length,
+      totalChanges: Number(workspace.delta.counts?.total || 0)
+    }),
+    unexplainedRemovals: freeze(unexplained),
+    expectedRemovals: freeze([...expected]),
+    staleExpectedRemovals: freeze(staleExpected),
+    materialization: materializationReceipt(candidateProvider, candidateTopology)
+  });
+}
+
+function auditResult(status, workspaces, findings, basisInspection, candidateInspection, input) {
+  const unexplainedRemovalCount = workspaces.reduce((sum, item) => sum + Number(item.counts?.unexplainedRemovals || 0), 0);
+  const completeWorkspaceCount = workspaces.filter((item) => item.coverage === 'complete').length;
+  const allReady = workspaces.length > 0 && workspaces.every((item) => item.state === 'ready');
+  return freeze({
+    schema: PORTABLE_RECOVERY_ACCEPTANCE_AUDIT_SCHEMA_ID,
+    status,
+    state: status === 'ready' && allReady ? 'acceptance-audit-ready' : 'acceptance-audit-blocked',
+    basisQualification: String(basisInspection.status || 'invalid'),
+    candidateQualification: String(candidateInspection.status || 'invalid'),
+    selectionMode: (input.workspaceIds || input.selectedWorkspaceIds || []).length ? 'explicit-workspace-set' : 'all-candidate-workspaces',
+    workspaces: freeze(workspaces),
+    counts: freeze({ workspaces: workspaces.length, readyWorkspaces: workspaces.filter((item) => item.state === 'ready').length, completeWorkspaces: completeWorkspaceCount, unexplainedRemovals: unexplainedRemovalCount }),
+    suitability: freeze({
+      state: status === 'ready' && allReady && unexplainedRemovalCount === 0 ? 'restart-source-ready' : 'blocked',
+      candidateCarrierQualified: String(candidateInspection.status || '') === 'valid',
+      exactWorkspaceMaterializationQualified: workspaces.length > 0 && workspaces.every((item) => item.materialization?.state === 'qualified'),
+      allSelectedWorkspacesComplete: workspaces.length > 0 && completeWorkspaceCount === workspaces.length,
+      unexplainedRemovalCount,
+      gitCommitStateProven: false,
+      semanticAcceptanceGranted: false
+    }),
+    findings: freeze(findings),
+    boundary: 'Coarse Recovery acceptance audit over already-qualified carrier bytes. It decodes the exact candidate Workspace representations, compares them to one explicit accepted basis, and fails on unexplained source removals or incomplete coverage. It does not inspect a live checkout, prove Git cleanliness/committability, decide semantic correctness, authorize deletion, or grant Master Recovery acceptance; target landing still requires the separate exact source preflight.'
+  });
+}
+
+function frontierForProvider(workspaceId, provider, label) {
+  const entries = listHandoffWorkspaceEntries({ workspaces: [provider] }, workspaceId);
+  return createPortableSourceFrontier({ id: `${label}:${workspaceId}`, source: { kind: label, workspaceId }, workspaces: [{ workspaceId, entries: entries.map(entryIdentity) }] });
+}
+function materializationReceipt(provider, topology) {
+  return freeze({ state: provider?.state === 'qualified' ? 'qualified' : 'unqualified', mode: String(provider?.mode || ''), coverage: String(topology?.coverage || ''), entryCount: Array.isArray(provider?.entries) ? provider.entries.length : 0, archivePackagePath: String(provider?.archive?.packagePath || '') });
+}
+function normalizeExpectedRemovals(value) {
+  const source = value?.expectedRemovals && typeof value.expectedRemovals === 'object' ? value.expectedRemovals : value;
+  const out = new Map();
+  if (Array.isArray(source)) {
+    for (const item of source) {
+      const workspaceId = normalizeId(item?.workspaceId || item?.workspace || '');
+      const path = normalizePath(item?.path || '');
+      if (!workspaceId || !path) continue;
+      if (!out.has(workspaceId)) out.set(workspaceId, new Set());
+      out.get(workspaceId).add(path);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+  for (const [key, paths] of Object.entries(source || {})) {
+    const workspaceId = normalizeId(key);
+    if (!workspaceId) continue;
+    out.set(workspaceId, new Set((Array.isArray(paths) ? paths : [paths]).map(normalizePath).filter(Boolean)));
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+function normalizeId(value = '') { return String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9._-]+/g, '-').replace(/^-+|-+$/g, ''); }
+function normalizePath(value = '') { return String(value || '').replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/^\.\//, '').trim(); }
+function entryIdentity(entry = {}) { return freeze({ path: String(entry.path || entry.innerPath || ''), bytes: Number(entry.bytes ?? entry.size ?? 0), sha256: String(entry.sha256 || '').toLowerCase() }); }
+function emptyCounts() { return freeze({ additions: 0, removals: 0, byteChanged: 0, unexplainedRemovals: 0, totalChanges: 0 }); }
+function finding(severity, code, message, context = {}) { return freeze({ severity, code, message, context: freeze({ ...context }) }); }
+function freeze(value) { if (Array.isArray(value)) return Object.freeze(value.map((item) => freeze(item))); if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || Object.isFrozen(value)) return value; return Object.freeze(Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, item]) => [key, freeze(item)]))); }

package/src/tooling/portable/handoff/workspaceLandingPlan.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createPortableSourceFrontier, reconcilePortableSourceFrontiers } from '../comparison/sourceFrontierComparison.js';
 import { inspectRecipientFacingV2Topology } from './recipientV2.inspect.js';
 import { parseWorkspaceEntrypoints, normalizeRepositoryIdentity } from './workspaceSourceIdentity.js';
 
@@ -42,25 +43,25 @@ function planWorkspace({ workspace = {}, provider = null, repositories = [], sel
   };
   if (!provider || provider.state !== 'qualified' || provider.mode !== 'archive') {
     if (explicit) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.workspace-provider-unqualified', 'Requested Workspace lacks a qualified archive byte provider.', { workspaceId }));
-    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'unavailable', source: null, repository: null, reasons: ['workspace-provider-unqualified'] });
+    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'unavailable', source: null, repository: null, preflight: unavailablePreflight('workspace-provider-unqualified'), reasons: ['workspace-provider-unqualified'] });
   }
   const target = (provider.entries || []).find((entry) => String(entry.path || '') === base.workspaceArtifactInnerPath);
   if (!target?.data) {
     if (explicit) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.workspace-target-unavailable', 'Requested Workspace durable source artifact bytes are unavailable.', { workspaceId }));
-    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'unavailable', source: null, repository: null, reasons: ['workspace-target-unavailable'] });
+    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'unavailable', source: null, repository: null, preflight: unavailablePreflight('workspace-target-unavailable'), reasons: ['workspace-target-unavailable'] });
   }
   let markdown = '';
   try { markdown = new TextDecoder('utf-8', { fatal: true }).decode(byteView(target.data)); }
   catch {
     findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.workspace-target-nontext', 'Qualified Workspace target could not be decoded as UTF-8 Markdown.', { workspaceId }));
-    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'unavailable', source: null, repository: null, reasons: ['workspace-target-nontext'] });
+    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'unavailable', source: null, repository: null, preflight: unavailablePreflight('workspace-target-nontext'), reasons: ['workspace-target-nontext'] });
   }
   const sources = parseWorkspaceEntrypoints(markdown);
   const repoSources = sources.filter((source) => normalizeRepositoryIdentity(source.repository));
   const sourceIdentities = [...new Set(repoSources.map((source) => normalizeRepositoryIdentity(source.repository)))];
   if (sourceIdentities.length !== 1) {
     if (explicit) findings.push(finding('error', sourceIdentities.length ? 'portable.workspace-landing.workspace-repository-ambiguous' : 'portable.workspace-landing.workspace-repository-missing', 'Requested Workspace must expose exactly one explicit repository identity before it can target a local Git repository.', { workspaceId, count: sourceIdentities.length }));
-    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'not-targetable', source: repoSources[0] || null, repository: null, reasons: [sourceIdentities.length ? 'workspace-repository-ambiguous' : 'workspace-repository-missing'] });
+    return freeze({ ...base, state: 'not-targetable', source: repoSources[0] || null, repository: null, preflight: unavailablePreflight(sourceIdentities.length ? 'workspace-repository-ambiguous' : 'workspace-repository-missing'), reasons: [sourceIdentities.length ? 'workspace-repository-ambiguous' : 'workspace-repository-missing'] });
   }
   const source = repoSources.find((item) => normalizeRepositoryIdentity(item.repository) === sourceIdentities[0]) || repoSources[0];
   const matches = repositories.filter((repo) => repo.repositoryIdentity === sourceIdentities[0]);
@@ -72,28 +73,112 @@ function planWorkspace({ workspace = {}, provider = null, repositories = [], sel
   if (!selected) {
     if (matches.length > 1) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.local-repository-ambiguous', 'Multiple local repositories match the same qualified Workspace repository identity; explicit selection is required.', { workspaceId, repository: source.repository, count: matches.length }));
     else if (explicit || selectionId) findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.local-repository-unmatched', 'Requested Workspace has no matching local Git repository.', { workspaceId, repository: source.repository }));
-    return freeze({ ...base, state: matches.length > 1 ? 'ambiguous' : 'unmatched', source, repository: null, candidateRepositoryIds: matches.map((item) => item.id), reasons: [matches.length > 1 ? 'local-repository-ambiguous' : 'local-repository-unmatched'] });
+    return freeze({ ...base, state: matches.length > 1 ? 'ambiguous' : 'unmatched', source, repository: null, preflight: unavailablePreflight(matches.length > 1 ? 'local-repository-ambiguous' : 'local-repository-unmatched'), candidateRepositoryIds: matches.map((item) => item.id), reasons: [matches.length > 1 ? 'local-repository-ambiguous' : 'local-repository-unmatched'] });
   }
   const reasons = [];
-  if (selected.clean !== true) {
-    reasons.push(selected.clean === false ? 'dirty-worktree' : 'clean-state-unresolved');
-    findings.push(finding('error', selected.clean === false ? 'portable.workspace-landing.local-repository-dirty' : 'portable.workspace-landing.local-repository-clean-state-unresolved', 'Landing requires a clean target worktree except ignored local material.', { workspaceId, repositoryId: selected.id }));
-  }
   const declaredRef = String(source.ref || '').trim();
   const branch = String(selected.branch || '').trim();
   if (declaredRef && branch && declaredRef !== branch) {
     reasons.push('ref-branch-mismatch');
     findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.ref-branch-mismatch', 'Local repository branch differs from the qualified Workspace source ref safety constraint.', { workspaceId, repositoryId: selected.id, declaredRef, branch }));
   }
+  const preflight = projectExactLandingPreflight(workspaceId, provider, selected, findings);
+  if (preflight.state !== 'exact-safe') reasons.push(preflight.state === 'reconciliation-required' ? 'reconciliation-required' : 'target-source-snapshot-unresolved');
   return freeze({
     ...base,
     state: reasons.length ? 'blocked' : 'ready',
     source,
-    repository: freeze({ id: selected.id, root: selected.root, repository: selected.repository, repositoryIdentity: selected.repositoryIdentity, branch, clean: selected.clean }),
+    repository: freeze({ id: selected.id, root: selected.root, repository: selected.repository, repositoryIdentity: selected.repositoryIdentity, branch, clean: selected.clean, sourceSnapshotState: String(selected.sourceSnapshot?.state || '') }),
+    preflight,
     reasons
   });
 }
 
+function projectExactLandingPreflight(workspaceId, provider, selected, findings) {
+  const sourceSnapshot = selected.sourceSnapshot;
+  if (!sourceSnapshot || String(sourceSnapshot.state || '') !== 'qualified' || !Array.isArray(sourceSnapshot.entries)) {
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.target-source-snapshot-required', 'Landing requires an exact target source-byte snapshot; repository clean state alone cannot prove that replacing the target will preserve newer or divergent work.', { workspaceId, repositoryId: selected.id, clean: selected.clean }));
+    return unavailablePreflight('target-source-snapshot-required');
+  }
+  const incoming = createPortableSourceFrontier({
+    id: `landing-incoming:${workspaceId}`,
+    source: { kind: 'qualified-handoff-package-workspace', workspaceId },
+    workspaces: [{ workspaceId, entries: (provider.entries || []).map(entryIdentity) }]
+  });
+  const current = createPortableSourceFrontier({
+    id: `landing-current:${workspaceId}`,
+    source: { kind: 'local-target-source-snapshot', repositoryId: selected.id, root: selected.root },
+    workspaces: [{ workspaceId, entries: sourceSnapshot.entries, evidence: sourceSnapshot.evidence || {} }]
+  });
+  const reconciliation = reconcilePortableSourceFrontiers({ base: incoming, incoming, current });
+  const workspace = (reconciliation.workspaces || []).find((item) => String(item.workspaceId || '') === workspaceId) || null;
+  if (reconciliation.status !== 'ready' || !workspace || ['qualification-error', 'unavailable', 'locked'].includes(String(workspace.state || ''))) {
+    findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.target-source-snapshot-unqualified', 'Exact target source-byte preflight could not qualify the package/current frontier comparison; landing remains blocked.', { workspaceId, repositoryId: selected.id, reconciliationState: String(workspace?.state || reconciliation.state || '') }));
+    return freeze({
+      schema: 'tiinex.portable.workspace-landing-preflight.v1',
+      state: 'unresolved',
+      outcome: 'stop',
+      basis: 'accepted-recovery-as-base-and-incoming-vs-exact-current-target',
+      counts: freeze({}),
+      paths: freeze([]),
+      reconciliationState: String(workspace?.state || reconciliation.state || ''),
+      boundary: landingPreflightBoundary()
+    });
+  }
+  const paths = (workspace.paths || []).map((item) => freeze({
+    path: String(item.path || ''),
+    classification: String(item.classification || ''),
+    currentChange: String(item.currentChange || ''),
+    base: item.base || null,
+    incoming: item.incoming || null,
+    current: item.current || null
+  }));
+  if (!paths.length && String(workspace.state || '') === 'exact') {
+    return freeze({
+      schema: 'tiinex.portable.workspace-landing-preflight.v1',
+      state: 'exact-safe',
+      outcome: 'land',
+      basis: 'accepted-recovery-as-base-and-incoming-vs-exact-current-target',
+      counts: workspace.counts || freeze({ currentOnly: 0, conflictCandidate: 0, total: 0 }),
+      paths: freeze([]),
+      reconciliationState: 'exact',
+      boundary: landingPreflightBoundary()
+    });
+  }
+  const counts = workspace.counts || {};
+  findings.push(finding('error', 'portable.workspace-landing.reconciliation-required', 'Target source diverges from the accepted Recovery snapshot. Landing must stop before mutation and requires explicit reconciliation or preservation of the reported current-side changes.', {
+    workspaceId,
+    repositoryId: selected.id,
+    currentOnly: Number(counts.currentOnly || 0),
+    conflictCandidate: Number(counts.conflictCandidate || 0),
+    changedPaths: Number(counts.total || paths.length)
+  }));
+  return freeze({
+    schema: 'tiinex.portable.workspace-landing-preflight.v1',
+    state: 'reconciliation-required',
+    outcome: 'stop',
+    basis: 'accepted-recovery-as-base-and-incoming-vs-exact-current-target',
+    counts,
+    paths: freeze(paths),
+    reconciliationState: String(workspace.state || reconciliation.state || ''),
+    boundary: landingPreflightBoundary()
+  });
+}
+
+function unavailablePreflight(reason = '') {
+  return freeze({
+    schema: 'tiinex.portable.workspace-landing-preflight.v1',
+    state: 'unresolved',
+    outcome: 'stop',
+    reason: String(reason || ''),
+    basis: 'exact-target-source-required',
+    counts: freeze({}),
+    paths: freeze([]),
+    reconciliationState: 'unresolved',
+    boundary: landingPreflightBoundary()
+  });
+}
+
 function result(status, inspection, workspaces, findings, input) {
   const affected = workspaces.filter((item) => item.state === 'ready');
   const untouched = workspaces.filter((item) => item.state !== 'ready');
@@ -109,12 +194,12 @@ function result(status, inspection, workspaces, findings, input) {
       required: affected.length > 0,
       repositoryCount: affected.length,
       repositoryRoots: freeze(affected.map((item) => String(item.repository?.root || '')).filter(Boolean)),
-      statement: affected.length ? `Replace qualified non-ignored Workspace source in ${affected.length} local Git repositor${affected.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}; preserve .git and unrelated ignored local material; do not commit or push.` : '',
+      statement: affected.length ? `Exact source preflight passed for ${affected.length} local Git repositor${affected.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}; replace qualified non-ignored Workspace source, preserve .git and unrelated excluded local material, and do not commit or push.` : '',
       authority: 'explicit-human-host-confirmation-only'
     }),
     operationBoundary: freeze({ sourceMutation: false, remoteWrite: false, commit: false, push: false, acceptance: false }),
     findings: freeze(findings),
-    boundary: 'Planning-only projection from one qualified Handoff package plus explicit local Git repository facts. Repository/ref matching is an operational safety constraint, not semantic authority. The plan does not extract, write, commit, push, accept, or complete any Workspace.'
+    boundary: 'Planning-only projection from one qualified Handoff package plus explicit local Git repository facts and exact target source-byte snapshots. Repository/ref matching and byte preflight are operational safety constraints, not semantic authority. Clean/dirty Git state alone never authorizes replacement. The plan does not extract, write, commit, push, accept, or complete any Workspace.'
   });
 }
 
@@ -128,10 +213,22 @@ function normalizeRepositories(value = []) {
       repository,
       repositoryIdentity: normalizeRepositoryIdentity(repository),
       branch: String(item?.branch || ''),
-      clean: item?.clean === true ? true : item?.clean === false ? false : null
+      clean: item?.clean === true ? true : item?.clean === false ? false : null,
+      sourceSnapshot: normalizeSourceSnapshot(item?.sourceSnapshot || item?.snapshot || null)
     });
   }));
 }
+function normalizeSourceSnapshot(value) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return null;
+  return freeze({
+    state: String(value.state || (Array.isArray(value.entries) ? 'qualified' : '')),
+    entries: Array.isArray(value.entries) ? value.entries.map((entry) => entryIdentity(entry)) : [],
+    evidence: value.evidence && typeof value.evidence === 'object' ? { ...value.evidence } : {},
+    findings: Array.isArray(value.findings) ? value.findings.map((item) => ({ ...item })) : []
+  });
+}
+function entryIdentity(entry = {}) { return freeze({ path: String(entry.path || entry.innerPath || ''), bytes: Number(entry.bytes ?? entry.size ?? 0), sha256: String(entry.sha256 || '').toLowerCase() }); }
+function landingPreflightBoundary() { return 'Read-only Recovery landing safety proof. The accepted carried Workspace is used as both base and incoming so every target deviation is current-side divergence; explicit reconciliation remains separate and no mutation or semantic merge is performed.'; }
 function normalizeSelections(value = {}) {
   const source = value?.selections && typeof value.selections === 'object' ? value.selections : value;
   return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(source || {}).map(([key, selected]) => [normalizeId(key), String(selected || '')]).filter(([key, selected]) => key && selected));

package/src/tooling/portable/operation.catalog.package.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { projectPortableHandoffCarrierOutputFromPackage } from './handoff/recipi
 import { orientColdConsumerFromHandoffPackage } from './handoff/coldConsumerEntrypoint.js';
 import { auditHandoffPackageContextCarriage } from './handoff/contextAudit.js';
 import { projectPortableWorkspaceLandingPlan } from './handoff/workspaceLandingPlan.js';
+import { auditPortableRecoveryAcceptance } from './handoff/recoveryAcceptanceAudit.js';
 import { projectPortableEditorAssistance } from './editor/editor.assistance.js';
 import { projectQualifiedHandoffLeaves } from './handoff/handoffLeafProjection.js';
 import { projectPortableAuthoringParent } from './editor/authoring.parent.js';
@@ -62,11 +63,18 @@ export function createPortablePackageOperationEntries({ operation, wrapPortableR
   }),
   'project-workspace-landing': operation({
     name: 'project-workspace-landing',
-    description: 'Project qualified carried Workspaces onto explicit local Git repository facts for one fail-closed human landing confirmation without extracting, writing, committing, pushing, or creating semantic authority.',
+    description: 'Project qualified carried Workspaces onto explicit local Git repository facts plus exact target source-byte snapshots, failing closed on any target divergence before extraction or mutation.',
     safety: 'planning-only-read-only',
     inputSchema: 'tiinex.portable.workspace-landing-plan.request.v1',
     handler: (input = {}) => wrapPortableResult('project-workspace-landing', projectPortableWorkspaceLandingPlan(input))
   }),
+  'audit-recovery-acceptance': operation({
+    name: 'audit-recovery-acceptance',
+    description: 'Audit one qualified candidate Recovery carrier against one explicit accepted-basis carrier for complete Workspace re-materialization and unexplained source removals without granting acceptance.',
+    safety: 'read-only-mechanical-audit',
+    inputSchema: 'tiinex.portable.recovery-acceptance-audit.request.v1',
+    handler: (input = {}) => wrapPortableResult('audit-recovery-acceptance', auditPortableRecoveryAcceptance(input))
+  }),
   'project-editor-assistance': operation({
     name: 'project-editor-assistance',
     description: 'Project exact shared validator findings, deterministic source locations where provable, and bounded deterministic hygiene repairs for editor hosts.',