@vellumai/assistant 0.10.4-staging.1 → 0.10.4

package/src/daemon/lifecycle.ts

@@ -2,97 +2,72 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 
 import { config as dotenvConfig } from "dotenv";
 
-import { refreshBackgroundWakeIntent } from "../background-wake/publisher.js";
-import { registerBackgroundWakeRuntime } from "../background-wake/runtime-registry.js";
 import { setPointerMessageProcessor } from "../calls/call-pointer-messages.js";
 import { reconcileCallsOnStartup } from "../calls/call-recovery.js";
 import { setRelayBroadcast } from "../calls/relay-server.js";
 import { TwilioConversationRelayProvider } from "../calls/twilio-provider.js";
 import { setVoiceBridgeDeps } from "../calls/voice-session-bridge.js";
 import { initFeatureFlagOverrides } from "../config/assistant-feature-flags.js";
-import {
-  getPlatformAssistantId,
-  getRuntimeHttpHost,
-  getRuntimeHttpPort,
-  setIngressPublicBaseUrl,
-  validateEnv,
-} from "../config/env.js";
+import { setIngressPublicBaseUrl, validateEnv } from "../config/env.js";
 import { loadConfig, mergeDefaultWorkspaceConfig } from "../config/loader.js";
-import type { AssistantConfig } from "../config/schema.js";
 import { seedInferenceProfiles } from "../config/seed-inference-profiles.js";
 import { reconcileFlagGatedProfiles } from "../config/sync-gated-profiles.js";
-import type { CesClient } from "../credential-execution/client.js";
-import { createCesClient } from "../credential-execution/client.js";
+import { expireAllPendingCanonicalRequests } from "../contacts/canonical-guardian-store.js";
+import { startCes } from "../credential-execution/ces-runtime.js";
 import { refreshManagedConnectionCache } from "../credential-execution/managed-catalog.js";
-import {
-  type CesProcessManager,
-  CesUnavailableError,
-  createCesProcessManager,
-} from "../credential-execution/process-manager.js";
-import {
-  awaitCesClientWithTimeout,
-  DEFAULT_CES_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
-  injectCesClientWhenReady,
-} from "../credential-execution/startup-timeout.js";
-import { FilingService } from "../filing/filing-service.js";
-import { HeartbeatService } from "../heartbeat/heartbeat-service.js";
+import { startHeartbeatService } from "../heartbeat/heartbeat-service.js";
 import { backfillRelationshipStateIfMissing } from "../home/relationship-state-writer.js";
 import { closeSentry, initSentry, setSentryDeviceId } from "../instrument.js";
-import {
-  startGatewayFlagListener,
-  stopGatewayFlagListener,
-} from "../ipc/gateway-flag-listener.js";
-import { getMcpServerManager } from "../mcp/manager.js";
+import { startCliIpcServer } from "../ipc/assistant-server.js";
+import { startGatewayFlagListener } from "../ipc/gateway-flag-listener.js";
+import { startSkillIpcServer } from "../ipc/skill-server.js";
+import { registerMemoryJobHandlers } from "../jobs/register-job-handlers.js";
+import { backfillManualTokenConnections } from "../oauth/manual-token-connection.js";
+import { seedOAuthProviders } from "../oauth/seed-providers.js";
 import {
   getAttachmentsByIds,
   getSourcePathsForAttachments,
-} from "../memory/attachments-store.js";
-import { expireAllPendingCanonicalRequests } from "../memory/canonical-guardian-store.js";
-import { deleteMessageById, getMessages } from "../memory/conversation-crud.js";
-import { getDb } from "../memory/db-connection.js";
-import { initializeDb } from "../memory/db-init.js";
-import { selectEmbeddingBackend } from "../memory/embedding-backend.js";
-import { enqueueMemoryJob, isMemoryEnabled } from "../memory/jobs-store.js";
-import { startMemoryJobsWorker } from "../memory/jobs-worker.js";
-import { initQdrantClient, resolveQdrantUrl } from "../memory/qdrant-client.js";
-import { QdrantManager } from "../memory/qdrant-manager.js";
-import { rotateToolInvocations } from "../memory/tool-usage-store.js";
-import { sweepConceptPageFrontmatter } from "../memory/v2/frontmatter-sweep.js";
-import { emitNotificationSignal } from "../notifications/emit-signal.js";
-import { backfillManualTokenConnections } from "../oauth/manual-token-connection.js";
-import { seedOAuthProviders } from "../oauth/seed-providers.js";
+} from "../persistence/attachments-store.js";
+import {
+  clearStaleProcessingFlags,
+  deleteMessageById,
+  getMessages,
+} from "../persistence/conversation-crud.js";
+import { getDb } from "../persistence/db-connection.js";
+import { initializeDb } from "../persistence/db-init.js";
+import { selectEmbeddingBackend } from "../persistence/embeddings/embedding-backend.js";
+import {
+  initQdrantClient,
+  resolveQdrantUrl,
+} from "../persistence/embeddings/qdrant-client.js";
+import { createQdrantManager } from "../persistence/embeddings/qdrant-manager.js";
+import {
+  enqueueMemoryJob,
+  isMemoryEnabled,
+} from "../persistence/jobs-store.js";
+import { startMemoryJobsWorker } from "../persistence/jobs-worker.js";
 import {
   startConsentRefresh,
   stopConsentRefresh,
 } from "../platform/consent-cache.js";
+import { syncWorkspaceIdentityToPlatform } from "../platform/sync-identity.js";
+import { sweepConceptPageFrontmatter } from "../plugins/defaults/memory/v2/frontmatter-sweep.js";
 import { ensurePromptFiles } from "../prompts/system-prompt.js";
 import { runProviderConnectionsBackfill } from "../providers/inference/backfill.js";
-import { resolveManagedProxyContext } from "../providers/platform-proxy/context.js";
+import { initializeProviders } from "../providers/registry.js";
 import { broadcastMessage } from "../runtime/assistant-event-hub.js";
 import {
   initAuthSigningKey,
   resolveSigningKey,
 } from "../runtime/auth/token-service.js";
-import { RuntimeHttpServer } from "../runtime/http-server.js";
+import { startRuntimeHttpServer } from "../runtime/http-server.js";
 import { warmLocalGuardianPrincipalCache } from "../runtime/local-actor-identity.js";
 import { recoverInterruptedImport } from "../runtime/migrations/vbundle-streaming-importer.js";
-import { registerSecretsDeps } from "../runtime/routes/secrets-deps.js";
-import {
-  publishConfigChanged,
-  publishConversationListChanged,
-} from "../runtime/sync/resource-sync-events.js";
+import { publishConfigChanged } from "../runtime/sync/resource-sync-events.js";
 import { recoverStaleSchedules } from "../schedule/schedule-recovery.js";
 import { startScheduler } from "../schedule/scheduler.js";
-import {
-  getCesClient,
-  onCesClientChanged,
-  setCesClient,
-  setCesReconnect,
-} from "../security/secure-keys.js";
-import {
-  setUsageTelemetryReporter,
-  UsageTelemetryReporter,
-} from "../telemetry/usage-telemetry-reporter.js";
+import { rotateToolInvocations } from "../telemetry/tool-usage-store.js";
+import { startUsageTelemetryReporter } from "../telemetry/usage-telemetry-reporter.js";
 import { syncFlagGatedTools } from "../tools/registry.js";
 import { registerBuiltinTtsProviders } from "../tts/providers/register-builtins.js";
 import { getDeviceId } from "../util/device-id.js";
@@ -109,23 +84,22 @@ import {
 } from "../work-items/work-item-store.js";
 import { getWorkflowRunManager } from "../workflows/run-manager.js";
 import { repairAdaptiveThinkingOnManagedProfiles } from "../workspace/adaptive-thinking-repair.js";
-import { WorkspaceHeartbeatService } from "../workspace/heartbeat-service.js";
+import { startWorkspaceHeartbeatService } from "../workspace/heartbeat-service.js";
 import { WORKSPACE_MIGRATIONS } from "../workspace/migrations/registry.js";
 import { runWorkspaceMigrations } from "../workspace/migrations/runner.js";
-import {
-  cleanupPidFile,
-  cleanupPidFileIfOwner,
-  writePid,
-} from "./daemon-control.js";
+import { startAppSourceWatcher } from "./app-source-watcher.js";
+import { startConfigWatcher } from "./config-watcher.js";
+import { startConversationEvictor } from "./conversation-evictor.js";
+import { getOrCreateConversation } from "./conversation-store.js";
+import { writePid } from "./daemon-control.js";
+import { setDbReady, setStartupComplete } from "./daemon-readiness.js";
 import {
   evaluateDiskPressureNow,
   startDiskPressureGuard,
   stopDiskPressureGuard,
 } from "./disk-pressure-guard.js";
-import {
-  startEventLoopWatchdog,
-  stopEventLoopWatchdog,
-} from "./event-loop-watchdog.js";
+import { reconcileEmbeddingIdentity } from "./embedding-reconcile.js";
+import { startEventLoopWatchdog } from "./event-loop-watchdog.js";
 import { initializePlugins } from "./external-plugins-bootstrap.js";
 import { backfillSlackInjectionTemplates } from "./handlers/config-slack-channel.js";
 import { installAssistantSymlink } from "./install-symlink.js";
@@ -133,7 +107,8 @@ import {
   maybeRebuildMemoryV2Concepts,
   rebuildBm25CorpusStatsAndReseedSkills,
 } from "./memory-v2-startup.js";
-import { startOrphanReaper, stopOrphanReaper } from "./orphan-reaper.js";
+import { startOrphanReaper } from "./orphan-reaper.js";
+import { elevatePointerConversationToGuardian } from "./pointer-conversation-trust.js";
 import { processMessage } from "./process-message.js";
 import { runProfilerSweep } from "./profiler-run-store.js";
 import {
@@ -141,10 +116,10 @@ import {
   registerMessagingProviders,
   registerWatcherProviders,
 } from "./providers-setup.js";
-import { DaemonServer } from "./server.js";
 import { installShutdownHandlers } from "./shutdown-handlers.js";
 import { registerShutdownHook } from "./shutdown-registry.js";
 import { refreshSkillCapabilityMemories } from "./skill-memory-refresh.js";
+import { broadcastDaemonStatus } from "./status.js";
 
 const log = getLogger("lifecycle");
 let diskPressureStartupSampleTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
@@ -198,95 +173,6 @@ export function stopDiskPressureGuardForLifecycle(): void {
   stopDiskPressureGuard();
 }
 
-export interface CesStartupResult {
-  client: CesClient | undefined;
-  processManager: CesProcessManager | undefined;
-  clientPromise: Promise<CesClient | undefined> | undefined;
-  abortController: AbortController | undefined;
-}
-
-/**
- * Start the CES (Credential Execution Service) process and perform the RPC
- * handshake. Returns a promise that resolves with the CES client and process
- * manager. Callers can fire-and-forget — the daemon does not need to await
- * this for startup to continue.
- *
- * The managed sidecar accepts exactly one bootstrap connection, so this must
- * be called at the process level (not per-conversation).
- */
-async function startCesProcess(
-  config: AssistantConfig,
-): Promise<CesStartupResult> {
-  const pm = createCesProcessManager({ assistantConfig: config });
-  const abortController = new AbortController();
-  let clientRef: CesClient | undefined;
-
-  const clientPromise = (async (): Promise<CesClient | undefined> => {
-    try {
-      const transport = await pm.start();
-      if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
-        throw new Error("CES initialization aborted during shutdown");
-      }
-      const client = createCesClient(transport);
-      clientRef = client;
-      // Resolve the assistant API key so CES can use it for platform
-      // credential materialisation. In managed mode the key is provisioned
-      // after hatch and stored in the credential store — CES can't read
-      // the env var, so we pass it via the handshake.
-      const proxyCtx = await resolveManagedProxyContext();
-      const assistantId = getPlatformAssistantId();
-      const { accepted, reason } = await client.handshake({
-        ...(proxyCtx.assistantApiKey
-          ? { assistantApiKey: proxyCtx.assistantApiKey }
-          : {}),
-        ...(assistantId ? { assistantId } : {}),
-      });
-      if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
-        client.close();
-        throw new Error("CES initialization aborted during shutdown");
-      }
-      if (accepted) {
-        log.info(
-          "CES client initialized and handshake accepted (server-level)",
-        );
-        return client;
-      }
-      log.warn(
-        { reason },
-        "CES handshake rejected — CES tools will be unavailable",
-      );
-      client.close();
-      clientRef = undefined;
-      await pm.stop();
-      return undefined;
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (err instanceof CesUnavailableError) {
-        log.info(
-          { reason: err.message },
-          "CES is not available — CES tools will be unavailable",
-        );
-      } else {
-        log.warn(
-          { error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) },
-          "Failed to initialize CES client — CES tools will be unavailable",
-        );
-      }
-      await pm.stop().catch(() => {});
-      clientRef = undefined;
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  })();
-
-  return {
-    get client() {
-      return clientRef;
-    },
-    processManager: pm,
-    clientPromise,
-    abortController,
-  };
-}
-
 // Entry point for the daemon process itself
 export async function runDaemon(): Promise<void> {
   const startupStartedAt = Date.now();
@@ -297,1170 +183,966 @@ export async function runDaemon(): Promise<void> {
   validateEnv();
   log.info({ version: APP_VERSION }, "Daemon starting");
 
+  // Initialize crash reporting eagerly so the Sentry client is ready before
+  // early startup failures occur. Events are dropped (beforeSend) until the
+  // consent gate below confirms share_diagnostics opt-in; dev mode and the
+  // legacy local opt-out hard-disable via closeSentry().
+  initSentry();
+
+  ensureDataDir();
+
+  // Recover from any streaming `.vbundle` import that was interrupted by a
+  // crash or SIGKILL. If the previous process died between
+  // `carryOverPreservedPaths` and the atomic workspace swap, the live
+  // workspace may be missing `data/db` / `data/qdrant` / etc. The marker
+  // at `<workspaceDir>.import-marker.json` (persisted before any rename
+  // runs) tells us where the orphaned preserved paths landed; the
+  // recovery helper moves them back into the live workspace and cleans
+  // up the temp tree. Running this BEFORE `initializeDb()` ensures the
+  // DB singleton opens against the fully-restored `assistant.db`.
   try {
-    // Initialize crash reporting eagerly so the Sentry client is ready before
-    // early startup failures occur. Events are dropped (beforeSend) until the
-    // consent gate below confirms share_diagnostics opt-in; dev mode and the
-    // legacy local opt-out hard-disable via closeSentry().
-    initSentry();
-
-    ensureDataDir();
-
-    // Recover from any streaming `.vbundle` import that was interrupted by a
-    // crash or SIGKILL. If the previous process died between
-    // `carryOverPreservedPaths` and the atomic workspace swap, the live
-    // workspace may be missing `data/db` / `data/qdrant` / etc. The marker
-    // at `<workspaceDir>.import-marker.json` (persisted before any rename
-    // runs) tells us where the orphaned preserved paths landed; the
-    // recovery helper moves them back into the live workspace and cleans
-    // up the temp tree. Running this BEFORE `initializeDb()` ensures the
-    // DB singleton opens against the fully-restored `assistant.db`.
-    try {
-      const recoveryResult = await recoverInterruptedImport(getWorkspaceDir());
-      if (!recoveryResult.ok) {
-        // Rollback is intentionally unresolved — backup/temp/marker are
-        // preserved on disk so an operator (or a later retry) can finish
-        // the recovery. Log loudly so ops sees it, but don't block start-up:
-        // the daemon still needs to come up for diagnostics. The next
-        // `streamCommitImport` will refuse to start a new import until the
-        // marker is resolved.
-        log.error(
-          { failedCount: recoveryResult.failedCount },
-          "Interrupted-import recovery is INCOMPLETE; leftover .pre-import-* / .import-* scratch dirs remain in the workspace. Manual intervention may be required before the next import can run.",
-        );
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      log.warn(
-        { err },
-        "recoverInterruptedImport threw during daemon startup; continuing",
+    const recoveryResult = await recoverInterruptedImport(getWorkspaceDir());
+    if (!recoveryResult.ok) {
+      // Rollback is intentionally unresolved — backup/temp/marker are
+      // preserved on disk so an operator (or a later retry) can finish
+      // the recovery. Log loudly so ops sees it, but don't block start-up:
+      // the daemon still needs to come up for diagnostics. The next
+      // `streamCommitImport` will refuse to start a new import until the
+      // marker is resolved.
+      log.error(
+        { failedCount: recoveryResult.failedCount },
+        "Interrupted-import recovery is INCOMPLETE; leftover .pre-import-* / .import-* scratch dirs remain in the workspace. Manual intervention may be required before the next import can run.",
       );
     }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn(
+      { err },
+      "recoverInterruptedImport threw during daemon startup; continuing",
+    );
+  }
 
-    // Load (or generate + persist) the auth signing key so tokens survive
-    // daemon restarts.
-    const signingKey = resolveSigningKey();
-    initAuthSigningKey(signingKey);
-
-    // Start the runtime HTTP server early so /healthz answers ASAP.
-    let runtimeHttp: RuntimeHttpServer | null = null;
-    const httpPort = getRuntimeHttpPort();
-    const httpHostname = getRuntimeHttpHost();
-    log.info({ httpPort }, "Daemon startup: starting runtime HTTP server");
-
-    runtimeHttp = new RuntimeHttpServer({
-      port: httpPort,
-      hostname: httpHostname,
-    });
+  // Load (or generate + persist) the auth signing key so tokens survive
+  // daemon restarts.
+  const signingKey = resolveSigningKey();
+  initAuthSigningKey(signingKey);
+
+  // Start the runtime HTTP server early so /healthz answers ASAP. A bind
+  // failure is non-fatal — the daemon falls back to IPC-only operation.
+  await startRuntimeHttpServer();
+
+  // Pre-populate feature flag overrides so subsequent sync
+  // isAssistantFeatureFlagEnabled() calls have data. Fired non-blocking
+  // so a slow or unreachable gateway doesn't delay daemon startup (the
+  // IPC call has a 3s connect + 5s call timeout that would otherwise
+  // stall the critical path).
+  // After the async fetch resolves, (re)register any flag-gated tools
+  // (`workflows`, `ces-tools`): `initializeTools()` runs during startup before
+  // this fetch completes, so without this follow-up sync a flag-enabled
+  // assistant would not expose the gated tools until a restart (which can lose
+  // the same race). Enable-direction only; chained so it sees the fresh cache.
+  // Then reconcile flag-gated managed profiles (OS Beta): `seedInferenceProfiles()`
+  // runs synchronously earlier in boot before flags are available, so this lands
+  // the profile on the same boot once the flag cache is populated. When this
+  // reconcile is the call that mutates config (it raced ahead of the gateway
+  // flag listener), publish the config invalidation so any client that already
+  // fetched `GET /v1/config` refreshes its profile picker.
+  // Profiles are reconciled only when flags actually loaded from the gateway:
+  // a failed fetch leaves the cache unset and resolves `os-beta` to its
+  // registry default `false`, which would remove the user's profile and reset
+  // their selection. Tool sync tolerates the default and stays unconditional.
+  void initFeatureFlagOverrides()
+    .then(async (loaded) => {
+      await syncFlagGatedTools();
+      if (loaded && reconcileFlagGatedProfiles()) {
+        publishConfigChanged();
+      }
+    })
+    .catch((err) => log.warn({ err }, "Background feature flag init failed"));
+
+  startGatewayFlagListener();
+
+  log.info("Daemon startup: initializing DB");
+  ensurePromptFiles();
+
+  // DB must be initialized before workspace migrations because some
+  // workspace migrations (e.g. 009-backfill-conversation-disk-view)
+  // depend on DB migrations having run (e.g. the inline-attachment-to-disk
+  // backfill that populates attachment filePaths).
+  //
+  // The daemon continues in a degraded state on either DB failure mode:
+  // (a) initializeDb() throws (e.g. the DB can't be opened), or (b) the DB
+  // opens but one or more migrations failed (initializeDb resolves with
+  // migrationsOk:false rather than throwing, per the daemon-never-blocks
+  // philosophy). In both cases DB-dependent features won't work, but the
+  // HTTP server and config-based subsystems still start so the process
+  // remains reachable for diagnostics. The trivial /healthz and detailed
+  // /v1/health(z) endpoints still answer 200, but setDbReady(true) runs only
+  // when migrations all applied, so the readiness latch stays unset and
+  // /readyz reports not-ready (503) for the rest of the process lifetime.
+  // That 503 is intentional: a DB-broken daemon should fail readiness so it
+  // is not routed user traffic.
+  //
+  // The local `dbReady` and the module-level readiness latch intentionally
+  // diverge on the migration-failure path: `dbReady` stays true to allow the
+  // downstream best-effort seeding / workspace migrations, while the latch
+  // stays unset to keep /readyz 503.
+  let dbReady = false;
+  try {
+    const { migrationsOk } = await initializeDb();
+    dbReady = true;
+    if (migrationsOk) {
+      setDbReady(true);
+      log.info("Daemon startup: DB initialized");
+    } else {
+      log.error(
+        "Daemon startup: DB opened but one or more migrations failed — /readyz will remain unready (degraded mode)",
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error(
+      { err },
+      "DB initialization failed — continuing startup in degraded mode",
+    );
+  }
 
-    // Isolated try/catch around start() — a bind failure (port in use,
-    // permission denied, fd exhaustion) must not tear down the rest of
-    // daemon startup. The daemon falls back to IPC-only operation when
-    // runtimeHttp is null.
+  // Seed well-known OAuth provider configurations (insert-if-not-exists).
+  // Runs in its own try/catch so a seeding error doesn't force degraded mode
+  // when the DB itself initialized successfully.
+  if (dbReady) {
     try {
-      await runtimeHttp.start();
-      log.info(
-        { port: httpPort, hostname: httpHostname },
-        "Daemon startup: runtime HTTP server listening",
-      );
+      seedOAuthProviders();
     } catch (err) {
-      log.warn(
-        { err, port: httpPort },
-        "Failed to start runtime HTTP server, continuing without it",
-      );
-      runtimeHttp = null;
+      log.warn({ err }, "OAuth provider seeding failed — continuing startup");
     }
+  }
 
-    // Pre-populate feature flag overrides so subsequent sync
-    // isAssistantFeatureFlagEnabled() calls have data. Fired non-blocking
-    // so a slow or unreachable gateway doesn't delay daemon startup (the
-    // IPC call has a 3s connect + 5s call timeout that would otherwise
-    // stall the critical path).
-    // After the async fetch resolves, (re)register any flag-gated tools
-    // (`workflows`, `ces-tools`): `initializeTools()` runs during startup before
-    // this fetch completes, so without this follow-up sync a flag-enabled
-    // assistant would not expose the gated tools until a restart (which can lose
-    // the same race). Enable-direction only; chained so it sees the fresh cache.
-    // Then reconcile flag-gated managed profiles (OS Beta): `seedInferenceProfiles()`
-    // runs synchronously earlier in boot before flags are available, so this lands
-    // the profile on the same boot once the flag cache is populated. When this
-    // reconcile is the call that mutates config (it raced ahead of the gateway
-    // flag listener), publish the config invalidation so any client that already
-    // fetched `GET /v1/config` refreshes its profile picker.
-    // Profiles are reconciled only when flags actually loaded from the gateway:
-    // a failed fetch leaves the cache unset and resolves `os-beta` to its
-    // registry default `false`, which would remove the user's profile and reset
-    // their selection. Tool sync tolerates the default and stays unconditional.
-    void initFeatureFlagOverrides()
-      .then(async (loaded) => {
-        await syncFlagGatedTools();
-        if (loaded && reconcileFlagGatedProfiles()) {
-          publishConfigChanged();
-        }
-      })
-      .catch((err) => log.warn({ err }, "Background feature flag init failed"));
-
-    startGatewayFlagListener();
-
-    log.info("Daemon startup: initializing DB");
-    ensurePromptFiles();
+  if (dbReady) {
+    const migrationSummary = await runWorkspaceMigrations(
+      getWorkspaceDir(),
+      WORKSPACE_MIGRATIONS,
+    );
+    log.info(migrationSummary, "Daemon startup: workspace migrations complete");
 
-    // DB must be initialized before workspace migrations because some
-    // workspace migrations (e.g. 009-backfill-conversation-disk-view)
-    // depend on DB migrations having run (e.g. the inline-attachment-to-disk
-    // backfill that populates attachment filePaths).
-    //
-    // If DB initialization fails (e.g. a migration error), the daemon
-    // continues in a degraded state — DB-dependent features won't work but
-    // the HTTP server and config-based subsystems still start so the process
-    // remains reachable for health checks and diagnostics.
-    let dbReady = false;
+    // Seed canonical inference provider_connections and backfill any legacy
+    // profiles that pre-date the connection field. Runs after workspace
+    // migrations so migration 076 has already stripped services.inference.mode
+    // before backfill reads config. Idempotent — runs every boot so new
+    // canonicals propagate and manual config.json edits self-heal.
     try {
-      await initializeDb();
-      dbReady = true;
-      log.info("Daemon startup: DB initialized");
+      runProviderConnectionsBackfill(getDb());
     } catch (err) {
-      log.error(
+      log.warn(
         { err },
-        "DB initialization failed — continuing startup in degraded mode",
+        "provider_connections backfill failed — continuing startup",
       );
     }
 
-    // Seed well-known OAuth provider configurations (insert-if-not-exists).
-    // Runs in its own try/catch so a seeding error doesn't force degraded mode
-    // when the DB itself initialized successfully.
-    if (dbReady) {
-      try {
-        seedOAuthProviders();
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn({ err }, "OAuth provider seeding failed — continuing startup");
+    // Profiler retention sweep — prune completed profiler runs to stay
+    // within configured byte-count, run-count, and free-space budgets.
+    // Runs on every startup and is safe to call from explicit cleanup routes.
+    try {
+      const sweepResult = runProfilerSweep();
+      if (sweepResult.prunedCount > 0 || sweepResult.activeRunOverBudget) {
+        log.info(
+          {
+            prunedCount: sweepResult.prunedCount,
+            freedBytes: sweepResult.freedBytes,
+            activeRunOverBudget: sweepResult.activeRunOverBudget,
+            remainingRuns: sweepResult.remainingRuns,
+          },
+          "Profiler retention sweep completed on startup",
+        );
       }
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.warn({ err }, "Profiler retention sweep failed — continuing startup");
     }
 
-    if (dbReady) {
-      const migrationSummary = await runWorkspaceMigrations(
-        getWorkspaceDir(),
-        WORKSPACE_MIGRATIONS,
-      );
-      log.info(
-        migrationSummary,
-        "Daemon startup: workspace migrations complete",
+    // Backfill oauth_connection rows for manual-token providers (Telegram,
+    // Slack channel) that already have stored credentials from before the
+    // oauth_connection migration. Safe to call on every startup.
+    //
+    // Must run AFTER workspace migrations.
+    // Otherwise syncManualTokenConnection sees no stored credentials and
+    // incorrectly removes existing connection rows.
+    try {
+      await backfillManualTokenConnections();
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.warn(
+        { err },
+        "Manual-token connection backfill failed — continuing startup",
       );
+    }
 
-      // Seed canonical inference provider_connections and backfill any legacy
-      // profiles that pre-date the connection field. Runs after workspace
-      // migrations so migration 076 has already stripped services.inference.mode
-      // before backfill reads config. Idempotent — runs every boot so new
-      // canonicals propagate and manual config.json edits self-heal.
-      try {
-        runProviderConnectionsBackfill(getDb());
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn(
-          { err },
-          "provider_connections backfill failed — continuing startup",
-        );
-      }
-
-      // Profiler retention sweep — prune completed profiler runs to stay
-      // within configured byte-count, run-count, and free-space budgets.
-      // Runs on every startup and is safe to call from explicit cleanup routes.
-      try {
-        const sweepResult = runProfilerSweep();
-        if (sweepResult.prunedCount > 0 || sweepResult.activeRunOverBudget) {
-          log.info(
-            {
-              prunedCount: sweepResult.prunedCount,
-              freedBytes: sweepResult.freedBytes,
-              activeRunOverBudget: sweepResult.activeRunOverBudget,
-              remainingRuns: sweepResult.remainingRuns,
-            },
-            "Profiler retention sweep completed on startup",
-          );
-        }
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn(
-          { err },
-          "Profiler retention sweep failed — continuing startup",
-        );
-      }
-
-      // Backfill oauth_connection rows for manual-token providers (Telegram,
-      // Slack channel) that already have stored credentials from before the
-      // oauth_connection migration. Safe to call on every startup.
-      //
-      // Must run AFTER workspace migrations.
-      // Otherwise syncManualTokenConnection sees no stored credentials and
-      // incorrectly removes existing connection rows.
-      try {
-        await backfillManualTokenConnections();
-      } catch (err) {
+    // One-time backfill of `relationship-state.json` for existing or
+    // upgraded users so they don't land on an empty Home page after the
+    // Phase 3 ship. Runs after DB init + workspace migrations so the
+    // writer can actually resolve the guardian persona file and list
+    // connected OAuth providers — firing this from `ensurePromptFiles()`
+    // would be too early (DB isn't ready yet) and produce a degraded
+    // snapshot with zero facts and zero unlocked capabilities.
+    //
+    // Deferred via `setImmediate` so any sync filesystem/DB work the
+    // writer does (`readdirSync`, `readFileSync`, contact + provider
+    // lookups) happens on a later tick, off the startup critical path.
+    // Failures are logged — not silenced — to match the pattern used by
+    // other `void … .catch()` fire-and-forgets in this file and the
+    // assistant/CLAUDE.md rule that all errors must be observable.
+    setImmediate(() => {
+      void backfillRelationshipStateIfMissing().catch((err) =>
         log.warn(
           { err },
-          "Manual-token connection backfill failed — continuing startup",
-        );
-      }
+          "Relationship state backfill failed — continuing startup",
+        ),
+      );
+    });
 
-      // One-time backfill of `relationship-state.json` for existing or
-      // upgraded users so they don't land on an empty Home page after the
-      // Phase 3 ship. Runs after DB init + workspace migrations so the
-      // writer can actually resolve the guardian persona file and list
-      // connected OAuth providers — firing this from `ensurePromptFiles()`
-      // would be too early (DB isn't ready yet) and produce a degraded
-      // snapshot with zero facts and zero unlocked capabilities.
-      //
-      // Deferred via `setImmediate` so any sync filesystem/DB work the
-      // writer does (`readdirSync`, `readFileSync`, contact + provider
-      // lookups) happens on a later tick, off the startup critical path.
-      // Failures are logged — not silenced — to match the pattern used by
-      // other `void … .catch()` fire-and-forgets in this file and the
-      // assistant/CLAUDE.md rule that all errors must be observable.
-      setImmediate(() => {
-        void backfillRelationshipStateIfMissing().catch((err) =>
-          log.warn(
-            { err },
-            "Relationship state backfill failed — continuing startup",
-          ),
-        );
-      });
+    // Backfill injection templates on Slack bot token credentials so the
+    // credential proxy can inject Authorization headers. Safe on every startup.
+    try {
+      backfillSlackInjectionTemplates();
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.warn(
+        { err },
+        "Slack injection template backfill failed — continuing startup",
+      );
+    }
 
-      // Backfill injection templates on Slack bot token credentials so the
-      // credential proxy can inject Authorization headers. Safe on every startup.
-      try {
-        backfillSlackInjectionTemplates();
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn(
-          { err },
-          "Slack injection template backfill failed — continuing startup",
-        );
-      }
+    // Now that workspace migrations have run (including 003-seed-device-id
+    // which may copy the legacy installationId into device.json), it is safe
+    // to read the device ID and set the Sentry tag.
+    setSentryDeviceId(getDeviceId());
 
-      // Now that workspace migrations have run (including 003-seed-device-id
-      // which may copy the legacy installationId into device.json), it is safe
-      // to read the device ID and set the Sentry tag.
-      setSentryDeviceId(getDeviceId());
-
-      // Expire stale pending canonical guardian requests left over from before
-      // this process started.  Two categories are cleaned up:
-      //
-      // 1. Interaction-bound kinds (tool_approval, pending_question) — their
-      //    in-memory pending-interaction session references are gone, so they
-      //    can never be completed.
-      // 2. Any pending request whose expiresAt has already passed — persistent
-      //    kinds (access_request, tool_grant_request) that expired while the
-      //    daemon was stopped are transitioned so dedup logic doesn't return
-      //    stale rows.
-      const expiredCount = expireAllPendingCanonicalRequests();
-      if (expiredCount > 0) {
-        log.info(
-          { event: "startup_expired_stale_requests", expiredCount },
-          `Expired ${expiredCount} stale canonical request(s) from previous process`,
-        );
-      }
+    // Expire stale pending canonical guardian requests left over from before
+    // this process started.  Two categories are cleaned up:
+    //
+    // 1. Interaction-bound kinds (tool_approval, pending_question) — their
+    //    in-memory pending-interaction session references are gone, so they
+    //    can never be completed.
+    // 2. Any pending request whose expiresAt has already passed — persistent
+    //    kinds (access_request, tool_grant_request) that expired while the
+    //    daemon was stopped are transitioned so dedup logic doesn't return
+    //    stale rows.
+    const expiredCount = expireAllPendingCanonicalRequests();
+    if (expiredCount > 0) {
+      log.info(
+        { event: "startup_expired_stale_requests", expiredCount },
+        `Expired ${expiredCount} stale canonical request(s) from previous process`,
+      );
+    }
 
-      // Recover orphaned work items that were left in 'running' state when the
-      // daemon previously crashed or was killed mid-task.
-      const orphanedRunning = listWorkItems({ status: "running" });
-      if (orphanedRunning.length > 0) {
-        for (const item of orphanedRunning) {
-          updateWorkItem(item.id, {
-            status: "failed",
-            lastRunStatus: "interrupted",
-          });
-          log.info(
-            { workItemId: item.id, title: item.title },
-            "Recovered orphaned running work item → failed (interrupted)",
-          );
-        }
+    // Recover orphaned work items that were left in 'running' state when the
+    // daemon previously crashed or was killed mid-task.
+    const orphanedRunning = listWorkItems({ status: "running" });
+    if (orphanedRunning.length > 0) {
+      for (const item of orphanedRunning) {
+        updateWorkItem(item.id, {
+          status: "failed",
+          lastRunStatus: "interrupted",
+        });
         log.info(
-          { count: orphanedRunning.length },
-          "Recovered orphaned running work items",
+          { workItemId: item.id, title: item.title },
+          "Recovered orphaned running work item → failed (interrupted)",
         );
       }
+      log.info(
+        { count: orphanedRunning.length },
+        "Recovered orphaned running work items",
+      );
+    }
 
-      try {
-        const twilioProvider = new TwilioConversationRelayProvider();
-        await reconcileCallsOnStartup(twilioProvider, log);
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn({ err }, "Call recovery failed — continuing startup");
-      }
-    } // end if (dbReady)
-
-    // Populate the managed-connection cache so the `14-connected-services`
-    // bundled section (rendered by `renderConnectedServices()` in
-    // system-sections.ts) can include platform-managed OAuth connections
-    // (e.g. Twitter) in the system prompt from the first turn.  This is
-    // an HTTP-only call with no DB dependency, so it runs regardless of
-    // dbReady.  A periodic refresh keeps the cache current when users
-    // connect/disconnect managed providers while the assistant is running.
+    try {
+      const twilioProvider = new TwilioConversationRelayProvider();
+      await reconcileCallsOnStartup(twilioProvider, log);
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.warn({ err }, "Call recovery failed — continuing startup");
+    }
+  } // end if (dbReady)
+
+  // Populate the managed-connection cache so the `14-connected-services`
+  // bundled section (rendered by `renderConnectedServices()` in
+  // system-sections.ts) can include platform-managed OAuth connections
+  // (e.g. Twitter) in the system prompt from the first turn.  This is
+  // an HTTP-only call with no DB dependency, so it runs regardless of
+  // dbReady.  A periodic refresh keeps the cache current when users
+  // connect/disconnect managed providers while the assistant is running.
+  void refreshManagedConnectionCache().catch((err) =>
+    log.warn(
+      { err },
+      "Managed connection cache refresh failed — continuing startup",
+    ),
+  );
+  const MANAGED_CONNECTION_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes
+  setInterval(() => {
     void refreshManagedConnectionCache().catch((err) =>
-      log.warn(
-        { err },
-        "Managed connection cache refresh failed — continuing startup",
-      ),
+      log.warn({ err }, "Periodic managed connection cache refresh failed"),
     );
-    const MANAGED_CONNECTION_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes
-    setInterval(() => {
-      void refreshManagedConnectionCache().catch((err) =>
-        log.warn({ err }, "Periodic managed connection cache refresh failed"),
-      );
-    }, MANAGED_CONNECTION_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS);
-
-    // Merge CLI-provided default config (from VELLUM_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_CONFIG_PATH)
-    // into the workspace config file before profile seeding and the first
-    // loadConfig() call so onboarding/platform preferences are visible to the
-    // seeder and persisted alongside schema defaults.
-    const defaultConfigMerge = mergeDefaultWorkspaceConfig();
-
-    // Seed inference profiles into the workspace config. Managed Anthropic
-    // profiles are overwritten on every boot so Vellum can push updates.
-    // Off-platform hatches additionally create user profiles + a personal
-    // provider connection for the hatch provider.
+  }, MANAGED_CONNECTION_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+  // Merge CLI-provided default config (from VELLUM_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_CONFIG_PATH)
+  // into the workspace config file before profile seeding and the first
+  // loadConfig() call so onboarding/platform preferences are visible to the
+  // seeder and persisted alongside schema defaults.
+  const defaultConfigMerge = mergeDefaultWorkspaceConfig();
+
+  // Seed inference profiles into the workspace config. Managed Anthropic
+  // profiles are overwritten on every boot so Vellum can push updates.
+  // Off-platform hatches additionally create user profiles + a personal
+  // provider connection for the hatch provider.
+  try {
+    seedInferenceProfiles({
+      preserveProfileNames: defaultConfigMerge.providedLlmProfileNames,
+      preserveActiveProfile: defaultConfigMerge.providedLlmActiveProfile,
+      isHatch: defaultConfigMerge.hadOverlay,
+      db: dbReady ? getDb() : undefined,
+    });
+    log.info("Inference profile seeding complete");
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn({ err }, "Inference profile seeding failed — continuing startup");
+  }
+
+  // Re-run the adaptive thinking repair after overlay merge + profile seeding.
+  // Workspace migration 097 enables adaptive thinking on managed profiles, but
+  // it runs before mergeDefaultWorkspaceConfig() which can overwrite the fix
+  // with overlay profiles that have thinking disabled or absent. On-platform
+  // instances where the overlay supplies "balanced" / "quality-optimized"
+  // profiles without thinking enabled would be stuck permanently because the
+  // migration is already checkpointed as completed. This idempotent repair
+  // ensures thinking is enabled regardless of overlay ordering.
+  if (defaultConfigMerge.hadOverlay) {
     try {
-      seedInferenceProfiles({
-        preserveProfileNames: defaultConfigMerge.providedLlmProfileNames,
-        preserveActiveProfile: defaultConfigMerge.providedLlmActiveProfile,
-        isHatch: defaultConfigMerge.hadOverlay,
-        db: dbReady ? getDb() : undefined,
-      });
-      log.info("Inference profile seeding complete");
+      repairAdaptiveThinkingOnManagedProfiles(getWorkspaceDir());
+      log.info("Post-overlay adaptive thinking repair complete");
     } catch (err) {
       log.warn(
         { err },
-        "Inference profile seeding failed — continuing startup",
+        "Post-overlay adaptive thinking repair failed — continuing startup",
       );
     }
+  }
+
+  log.info("Daemon startup: loading config");
+  const config = loadConfig();
 
-    // Re-run the adaptive thinking repair after overlay merge + profile seeding.
-    // Workspace migration 097 enables adaptive thinking on managed profiles, but
-    // it runs before mergeDefaultWorkspaceConfig() which can overwrite the fix
-    // with overlay profiles that have thinking disabled or absent. On-platform
-    // instances where the overlay supplies "balanced" / "quality-optimized"
-    // profiles without thinking enabled would be stuck permanently because the
-    // migration is already checkpointed as completed. This idempotent repair
-    // ensures thinking is enabled regardless of overlay ordering.
-    if (defaultConfigMerge.hadOverlay) {
+  // Reconcile conversations left mid-turn by the previous shutdown. Their
+  // `processing_started_at` is still set even though the in-memory agent loop
+  // that owned the turn is gone.
+  if (dbReady) {
+    if (config.conversations.resumeProcessingOnStartup) {
+      // TODO: automatically resume the interrupted turn for each conversation
+      // whose processing flag is still set instead of clearing it.
+    } else {
       try {
-        repairAdaptiveThinkingOnManagedProfiles(getWorkspaceDir());
-        log.info("Post-overlay adaptive thinking repair complete");
+        const cleared = clearStaleProcessingFlags();
+        if (cleared > 0) {
+          log.info(
+            { count: cleared },
+            "Cleared stale conversation processing flags from previous process",
+          );
+        }
       } catch (err) {
         log.warn(
           { err },
-          "Post-overlay adaptive thinking repair failed — continuing startup",
+          "Failed to clear stale conversation processing flags — continuing startup",
         );
       }
     }
+  }
 
-    log.info("Daemon startup: loading config");
-    const config = loadConfig();
-
-    // Seed module-level ingress state from the workspace config so that
-    // getIngressPublicBaseUrl() returns the correct value immediately after
-    // startup (before any handleIngressConfig("set") call). Without this,
-    // code paths that read the module-level state directly (e.g. session-slash
-    // pairing info) would see undefined until an explicit set.
-    if (config.ingress.enabled && config.ingress.publicBaseUrl) {
-      setIngressPublicBaseUrl(config.ingress.publicBaseUrl);
-      log.info(
-        { url: config.ingress.publicBaseUrl },
-        "Daemon startup: seeded ingress URL from workspace config",
-      );
-    }
-
-    if (config.logFile.dir) {
-      initLogger({
-        dir: config.logFile.dir,
-        retentionDays: config.logFile.retentionDays,
-      });
-    }
+  // Seed module-level ingress state from the workspace config so that
+  // getIngressPublicBaseUrl() returns the correct value immediately after
+  // startup (before any handleIngressConfig("set") call). Without this,
+  // code paths that read the module-level state directly (e.g. session-slash
+  // pairing info) would see undefined until an explicit set.
+  if (config.ingress.enabled && config.ingress.publicBaseUrl) {
+    setIngressPublicBaseUrl(config.ingress.publicBaseUrl);
+    log.info(
+      { url: config.ingress.publicBaseUrl },
+      "Daemon startup: seeded ingress URL from workspace config",
+    );
+  }
 
-    // Privacy gating: Sentry crash/error reporting follows the platform owner's
-    // share_diagnostics consent; the usage telemetry reporter re-checks
-    // share_analytics on every flush. Both are disabled in dev mode. Sentry was
-    // initialized early, but beforeSend re-reads getCachedShareDiagnostics() on
-    // every event, so it drops events until consent confirms opt-in and honors a
-    // later revocation within one refresh cycle (the cache is refreshed by
-    // startConsentRefresh() below, mirroring the share_analytics posture).
-    const isDevMode = process.env.VELLUM_DEV === "1";
-    if (isDevMode || config.legacyDiagnosticsOptOut === true) {
-      // Dev mode and a preserved legacy local opt-out both disable Sentry
-      // unconditionally, without waiting on platform consent.
-      await closeSentry();
-    }
+  if (config.logFile.dir) {
+    initLogger({
+      dir: config.logFile.dir,
+      retentionDays: config.logFile.retentionDays,
+    });
+  }
 
-    // Construct and start the reporter even when usage collection is disabled:
-    // flush() re-checks the platform share_analytics consent each cycle and,
-    // when opted out, sends nothing but advances all watermarks (including the
-    // final flush in stop()). New opted-out tool_invocations rows are already
-    // unreportable by construction — the audit listener persists NULL telemetry
-    // columns for them, which the tool_executed projection filters out — so the
-    // opted-out
-    // flushes are defense in depth there (covering rows recorded under builds
-    // that predate that write-time gate) and remain the primary guard for the
-    // always-on tables without a write-time gate (llm_usage, turn events).
-    // Deliberately NOT gated on dbReady: getDb()
-    // can still work when initializeDb() failed mid-migration, in which case
-    // the audit listener keeps writing rows that the opt-out branch must keep
-    // covered. The reporter is degraded-mode safe — its constructor and
-    // flush() treat DB errors as non-fatal.
-    let telemetryReporter: UsageTelemetryReporter | null = null;
-    if (!isDevMode) {
-      telemetryReporter = new UsageTelemetryReporter();
-      setUsageTelemetryReporter(telemetryReporter);
-      telemetryReporter.start();
-      log.info("Usage telemetry reporter started");
-    }
+  // Privacy gating: Sentry crash/error reporting follows the platform owner's
+  // share_diagnostics consent; the usage telemetry reporter re-checks
+  // share_analytics on every flush. Both are disabled in dev mode. Sentry was
+  // initialized early, but beforeSend re-reads getCachedShareDiagnostics() on
+  // every event, so it drops events until consent confirms opt-in and honors a
+  // later revocation within one refresh cycle (the cache is refreshed by
+  // startConsentRefresh() below, mirroring the share_analytics posture).
+  const isDevMode = process.env.VELLUM_DEV === "1";
+  if (isDevMode || config.legacyDiagnosticsOptOut === true) {
+    // Dev mode and a preserved legacy local opt-out both disable Sentry
+    // unconditionally, without waiting on platform consent.
+    await closeSentry();
+  }
 
-    // Refresh the consent cache regardless of dev mode so record-time telemetry
-    // writes (gated on getCachedShareAnalytics()) work in dev too. The reporter
-    // flush stays dev-gated above, so dev still never sends telemetry to the
-    // platform. Fire-and-forget: startConsentRefresh() runs an immediate
-    // non-blocking refresh, so the startup hot path is never blocked.
-    startConsentRefresh();
-    registerShutdownHook("consent-cache", () => stopConsentRefresh());
-
-    // CES lifecycle — kick off early so CES handshake runs concurrently with
-    // provider/tool initialization. The CES sidecar accepts exactly one
-    // bootstrap connection, so startup must happen at the process level.
-    const cesStartupPromise = startCesProcess(config);
-
-    // CES startup must complete BEFORE provider initialization so credential
-    // reads can go through CES. Block with a 20-second timeout — fall back to
-    // direct credential store on timeout.
-    const cesResult = await cesStartupPromise;
-    // startCesProcess() returns immediately — the actual handshake runs
-    // inside clientPromise. Await it (with a 20s timeout) so the CES client
-    // is available before provider initialization.
-    if (cesResult.clientPromise) {
-      const client = await awaitCesClientWithTimeout(cesResult.clientPromise, {
-        timeoutMs: DEFAULT_CES_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
-        onTimeout: () => {
+  // Refresh the consent cache regardless of dev mode so record-time telemetry
+  // writes (gated on getCachedShareAnalytics()) work in dev too. The reporter
+  // flush stays dev-gated above, so dev still never sends telemetry to the
+  // platform. Fire-and-forget: startConsentRefresh() runs an immediate
+  // non-blocking refresh, so the startup hot path is never blocked.
+  startConsentRefresh();
+  registerShutdownHook("consent-cache", () => stopConsentRefresh());
+
+  // Bring up the daemon's CES connection (process + handshake + reconnect
+  // wiring). Blocks up to a 20s timeout so credential reads route through CES
+  // before provider init; non-fatal — falls back to the direct credential store
+  // on failure. The sidecar accepts exactly one bootstrap connection, so this
+  // happens at the process level.
+  await startCes(config);
+
+  // Bring up the plugin layer: install the runtime bridge, register the
+  // first-party defaults, load user plugins, and run every plugin's
+  // `init()`. Ordering is load-bearing (defaults register ahead of user
+  // plugins so they compose innermost) and plugin failures are contained so
+  // they can't block daemon startup.
+  await initializePlugins();
+
+  // Initialize providers before Qdrant so HTTP routes can begin accepting
+  // requests while Qdrant initializes, then best-effort sync the workspace
+  // identity name to the platform record.
+  await initializeProviders(config);
+  syncWorkspaceIdentityToPlatform();
+
+  // Start the idle/LRU/memory-pressure sweep over the in-memory conversation
+  // pool.
+  startConversationEvictor();
+
+  // Watch workspace files (config, prompts, skills, sounds, avatar) and react
+  // to changes: evict conversations so the next turn rebuilds against the new
+  // config, and broadcast the relevant resource-changed events to clients.
+  startConfigWatcher();
+
+  // Watch app source directories so edits recompile + refresh surfaces across
+  // all conversations.
+  startAppSourceWatcher();
+
+  // Start the CLI IPC server. Throws on EADDRINUSE to abort startup when another
+  // daemon already holds the socket, so this process never runs background jobs
+  // against the shared database as an unmanageable duplicate.
+  await startCliIpcServer();
+
+  // Start the skill IPC server so first-party skill processes can connect for
+  // host capabilities. The meet-host supervisor reads the live server from the
+  // skill-server singleton at dispatch time.
+  await startSkillIpcServer();
+
+  // Warm the gateway guardian-delivery cache so the SSE eager-subscribe path
+  // (sync, IO-free) resolves the local actor principal on the FIRST client
+  // registration. Without this, a cold cache regresses host-proxy same-user
+  // targeting until a later reconnect. Non-blocking: failures aren't cached
+  // and the async hot paths re-warm on their next read.
+  void warmLocalGuardianPrincipalCache().catch((err) =>
+    log.warn({ err }, "Guardian principal cache warm failed — continuing"),
+  );
+
+  startUsageTelemetryReporter();
+  startDiskPressureGuardForLifecycle();
+  startOrphanReaper();
+  startEventLoopWatchdog();
+
+  // Initialize Qdrant vector store and memory worker in the background so the
+  // RuntimeHttpServer can start accepting requests without waiting for Qdrant.
+  async function initializeQdrantAndMemory(): Promise<void> {
+    const qdrantUrl = resolveQdrantUrl(config);
+    log.info({ qdrantUrl }, "Daemon startup: initializing Qdrant");
+    const manager = createQdrantManager({ url: qdrantUrl });
+    const QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+    let qdrantStarted = false;
+    for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
+      try {
+        await manager.start();
+        qdrantStarted = true;
+        break;
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (attempt < QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
+          const backoffMs = attempt * 5_000; // 5s, 10s
           log.warn(
-            "CES handshake timed out after 20s — falling back to direct credential store",
+            {
+              err,
+              attempt,
+              maxAttempts: QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+              backoffMs,
+            },
+            "Qdrant startup failed, retrying",
           );
-        },
-      });
-      if (client) {
-        setCesClient(client);
-      } else {
-        // The handshake lost the startup race, so provider init proceeds on
-        // the direct credential store. Still inject the CES client into the
-        // resolver once the handshake completes, so CES tools and the
-        // approval bridge route through CES rather than reporting it
-        // unavailable for the rest of the process.
-        injectCesClientWhenReady(cesResult.clientPromise, {
-          getCesClient,
-          setCesClient,
-        });
+          await Bun.sleep(backoffMs);
+        } else {
+          log.warn(
+            { err },
+            "Qdrant failed to start after all attempts — memory features will be unavailable",
+          );
+        }
       }
     }
 
-    // Register CES reconnection callback so the credential layer can
-    // re-establish the connection when the transport dies, instead of
-    // falling back to the encrypted file store.
-    if (cesResult.processManager) {
-      const pm = cesResult.processManager;
-
-      // Snapshot the managed-proxy context and assistant ID at CES startup
-      // so the reconnect closure below never calls back into
-      // `resolveManagedProxyContext()`. That function reads the assistant
-      // API key via `getSecureKeyAsync()`, which — once `setCesClient()`
-      // has resolved the backend to CES RPC — routes the read through CES
-      // itself. During a reconnect the old transport is dead and a new
-      // one is being set up by this very closure, so the nested credential
-      // read recursively awaits its own in-flight reconnection and
-      // deadlocks until `CREDENTIAL_OP_TIMEOUT_MS` (45s) fires. That
-      // 45-second stall delays every CES restart and causes dependent
-      // credential reads (e.g. Meet's STT provider resolution) to return
-      // `undefined` during the window. API key rotation uses the
-      // `updateAssistantApiKey` RPC on the live client, not a reconnect,
-      // so caching at startup is safe.
-      const startupProxyCtx = await resolveManagedProxyContext();
-      const startupAssistantId = getPlatformAssistantId();
-
-      setCesReconnect(async () => {
+    if (qdrantStarted) {
+      // Skip the v1 Qdrant collection lifecycle when memory v2 is active —
+      // the v1 collection has no writers (handleRemember returns early) or
+      // readers (graph search is bypassed) under v2, so ensuring/migrating
+      // it just maintains a dead-on-arrival collection. Existing on-disk
+      // collections are left intact so flipping v2 off restores v1 cleanly.
+      if (!config.memory.v2.enabled) {
         try {
-          await pm.stop();
-          const transport = await pm.start();
-          const newClient = createCesClient(transport);
-          const { accepted, reason } = await newClient.handshake({
-            ...(startupProxyCtx.assistantApiKey
-              ? { assistantApiKey: startupProxyCtx.assistantApiKey }
-              : {}),
-            ...(startupAssistantId ? { assistantId: startupAssistantId } : {}),
+          const embeddingSelection = await selectEmbeddingBackend(config);
+          // Sentinel only encodes the dense provider+model identity; sparse
+          // encoder changes never require collection recreation, so they
+          // intentionally do not contribute to the v1 collection identity.
+          const embeddingModel = embeddingSelection.backend
+            ? `${embeddingSelection.backend.provider}:${embeddingSelection.backend.model}`
+            : undefined;
+          const qdrantClient = initQdrantClient({
+            url: qdrantUrl,
+            collection: config.memory.qdrant.collection,
+            vectorSize: config.memory.qdrant.vectorSize,
+            onDisk: config.memory.qdrant.onDisk,
+            quantization: config.memory.qdrant.quantization,
+            embeddingModel,
           });
-          if (accepted) {
-            log.info("CES reconnection handshake accepted");
-            return newClient;
+
+          // Eagerly ensure the collection exists so we detect migrations
+          // (unnamed→named vectors, dimension/model changes) at startup.
+          // If a destructive migration occurred, enqueue a rebuild_index job
+          // to re-embed all memory items from the SQLite cache.
+          const { migrated } = await qdrantClient.ensureCollection();
+          if (migrated && isMemoryEnabled()) {
+            enqueueMemoryJob("rebuild_index", {});
+            log.info(
+              "Qdrant collection was migrated — enqueued rebuild_index job",
+            );
           }
-          log.warn({ reason }, "CES reconnection handshake rejected");
-          newClient.close();
-          await pm.stop().catch(() => {});
-          return undefined;
+
+          log.info("Qdrant vector store initialized");
         } catch (err) {
           log.warn(
-            { error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) },
-            "CES reconnection attempt failed",
+            { err },
+            "Qdrant client initialization failed — memory features will be degraded",
           );
-          await pm.stop().catch(() => {});
-          return undefined;
         }
-      });
-    }
+      }
 
-    // Bring up the plugin layer: install the runtime bridge, register the
-    // first-party defaults, load user plugins, and run every plugin's
-    // `init()`. Ordering is load-bearing (defaults register ahead of user
-    // plugins so they compose innermost) and plugin failures are contained so
-    // they can't block daemon startup.
-    await initializePlugins();
-
-    // Start the DaemonServer (conversation manager) before Qdrant so HTTP
-    // routes can begin accepting requests while Qdrant initializes.
-    log.info("Daemon startup: starting DaemonServer");
-    const server = new DaemonServer();
-    server.setCes(await cesStartupPromise);
-
-    // Keep the server's CES client ref in sync after reconnection so that
-    // secret routes and new conversations use the fresh client.
-    onCesClientChanged((client) => server.updateCesClient(client));
-
-    await server.start();
-    log.info("Daemon startup: DaemonServer started");
-
-    // Warm the gateway guardian-delivery cache so the SSE eager-subscribe path
-    // (sync, IO-free) resolves the local actor principal on the FIRST client
-    // registration. Without this, a cold cache regresses host-proxy same-user
-    // targeting until a later reconnect. Non-blocking: failures aren't cached
-    // and the async hot paths re-warm on their next read.
-    void warmLocalGuardianPrincipalCache().catch((err) =>
-      log.warn({ err }, "Guardian principal cache warm failed — continuing"),
-    );
+      // Reconcile the committed embedding-collection dimension against a live
+      // backend probe (confirm-before-destroy) before the v2 rebuild and the
+      // worker drain, so `memory.qdrant.vectorSize` is settled first. Its own
+      // try/catch keeps an unreachable backend or reconcile failure from
+      // blocking startup.
+      try {
+        await reconcileEmbeddingIdentity(config);
+      } catch (err) {
+        log.warn(
+          { err },
+          "Embedding-identity reconcile threw — continuing startup",
+        );
+      }
 
-    startDiskPressureGuardForLifecycle();
-    startOrphanReaper();
-    startEventLoopWatchdog();
-
-    // Mutable refs for Qdrant and memory worker so background
-    // init can assign them and the shutdown handler always sees the latest value.
-    const bgRefs: {
-      qdrantManager: QdrantManager | null;
-      memoryWorker: { stop(): void } | null;
-    } = { qdrantManager: null, memoryWorker: null };
-
-    // Initialize Qdrant vector store and memory worker in the background so the
-    // RuntimeHttpServer can start accepting requests without waiting for Qdrant.
-    async function initializeQdrantAndMemory(): Promise<void> {
-      const qdrantUrl = resolveQdrantUrl(config);
-      log.info({ qdrantUrl }, "Daemon startup: initializing Qdrant");
-      const manager = new QdrantManager({ url: qdrantUrl });
-      bgRefs.qdrantManager = manager;
-      const QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
-      let qdrantStarted = false;
-      for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
-        try {
-          await manager.start();
-          qdrantStarted = true;
-          break;
-        } catch (err) {
-          if (attempt < QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
-            const backoffMs = attempt * 5_000; // 5s, 10s
-            log.warn(
-              {
-                err,
-                attempt,
-                maxAttempts: QDRANT_START_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
-                backoffMs,
-              },
-              "Qdrant startup failed, retrying",
-            );
-            await Bun.sleep(backoffMs);
-          } else {
-            log.warn(
-              { err },
-              "Qdrant failed to start after all attempts — memory features will be unavailable",
-            );
-          }
-        }
+      // Detect schema drift on the v2 concept-page collection (e.g.
+      // pre-#29823 collections lacking summary_dense / summary_sparse) and
+      // recreate + enqueue a reembed when needed. Awaited inline so the
+      // reembed enqueue happens before the memory worker drains its first
+      // batch; the call's own try/catch keeps any v2-side failure from
+      // blocking the v1 PKB reconcile or BM25 build below.
+      try {
+        await maybeRebuildMemoryV2Concepts(config);
+      } catch (err) {
+        log.warn(
+          { err },
+          "Memory v2 collection schema check threw — continuing startup",
+        );
       }
 
-      if (qdrantStarted) {
-        // Skip the v1 Qdrant collection lifecycle when memory v2 is active —
-        // the v1 collection has no writers (handleRemember returns early) or
-        // readers (graph search is bypassed) under v2, so ensuring/migrating
-        // it just maintains a dead-on-arrival collection. Existing on-disk
-        // collections are left intact so flipping v2 off restores v1 cleanly.
-        if (!config.memory.v2.enabled) {
+      // Reconcile the PKB Qdrant index against the on-disk tree. Gated on
+      // !v2 because PKB is the v1 storage layer; under v2 the v1 collection
+      // is not initialized, so calling `getQdrantClient()` here would throw.
+      // Fire-and-forget so enqueued re-index jobs drain in the background
+      // and first-turn latency stays unaffected.
+      if (!config.memory.v2.enabled) {
+        void (async () => {
           try {
-            const embeddingSelection = await selectEmbeddingBackend(config);
-            // Sentinel only encodes the dense provider+model identity; sparse
-            // encoder changes never require collection recreation, so they
-            // intentionally do not contribute to the v1 collection identity.
-            const embeddingModel = embeddingSelection.backend
-              ? `${embeddingSelection.backend.provider}:${embeddingSelection.backend.model}`
-              : undefined;
-            const qdrantClient = initQdrantClient({
-              url: qdrantUrl,
-              collection: config.memory.qdrant.collection,
-              vectorSize: config.memory.qdrant.vectorSize,
-              onDisk: config.memory.qdrant.onDisk,
-              quantization: config.memory.qdrant.quantization,
-              embeddingModel,
-            });
-
-            // Eagerly ensure the collection exists so we detect migrations
-            // (unnamed→named vectors, dimension/model changes) at startup.
-            // If a destructive migration occurred, enqueue a rebuild_index job
-            // to re-embed all memory items from the SQLite cache.
-            const { migrated } = await qdrantClient.ensureCollection();
-            if (migrated && isMemoryEnabled()) {
-              enqueueMemoryJob("rebuild_index", {});
-              log.info(
-                "Qdrant collection was migrated — enqueued rebuild_index job",
-              );
-            }
-
-            log.info("Qdrant vector store initialized");
+            const { reconcilePkbIndex } =
+              await import("../plugins/defaults/memory/pkb/pkb-reconcile.js");
+            const { PKB_WORKSPACE_SCOPE } =
+              await import("../plugins/defaults/memory/pkb/types.js");
+            const pkbRoot = join(getWorkspaceDir(), "pkb");
+            await reconcilePkbIndex(pkbRoot, PKB_WORKSPACE_SCOPE);
           } catch (err) {
             log.warn(
               { err },
-              "Qdrant client initialization failed — memory features will be degraded",
+              "PKB index reconciliation failed — continuing startup",
             );
           }
-        }
-
-        // Detect schema drift on the v2 concept-page collection (e.g.
-        // pre-#29823 collections lacking summary_dense / summary_sparse) and
-        // recreate + enqueue a reembed when needed. Awaited inline so the
-        // reembed enqueue happens before the memory worker drains its first
-        // batch; the call's own try/catch keeps any v2-side failure from
-        // blocking the v1 PKB reconcile or BM25 build below.
-        try {
-          await maybeRebuildMemoryV2Concepts(config);
-        } catch (err) {
-          log.warn(
-            { err },
-            "Memory v2 collection schema check threw — continuing startup",
-          );
-        }
-
-        // Reconcile the PKB Qdrant index against the on-disk tree. Gated on
-        // !v2 because PKB is the v1 storage layer; under v2 the v1 collection
-        // is not initialized, so calling `getQdrantClient()` here would throw.
-        // Fire-and-forget so enqueued re-index jobs drain in the background
-        // and first-turn latency stays unaffected.
-        if (!config.memory.v2.enabled) {
-          void (async () => {
-            try {
-              const { reconcilePkbIndex } =
-                await import("../memory/pkb/pkb-reconcile.js");
-              const { PKB_WORKSPACE_SCOPE } =
-                await import("../memory/pkb/types.js");
-              const pkbRoot = join(getWorkspaceDir(), "pkb");
-              await reconcilePkbIndex(pkbRoot, PKB_WORKSPACE_SCOPE);
-            } catch (err) {
-              log.warn(
-                { err },
-                "PKB index reconciliation failed — continuing startup",
-              );
-            }
-          })();
-        }
-
-        void rebuildBm25CorpusStatsAndReseedSkills(config);
-
-        try {
-          await sweepConceptPageFrontmatter(config, getWorkspaceDir());
-        } catch (err) {
-          log.warn(
-            { err },
-            "Concept page frontmatter sweep threw — continuing startup",
-          );
-        }
+        })();
       }
 
-      // `startMemoryJobsWorker` starts the in-process supervisor (which owns
-      // the synchronous runner and stands down when an out-of-process worker is
-      // live) and spawns the out-of-process worker at boot when
-      // `memory.worker.enabled` is set. Shutdown stops whichever worker is
-      // actually running — see shutdown-handlers.ts.
-      log.info("Daemon startup: starting memory worker");
-      bgRefs.memoryWorker = startMemoryJobsWorker();
+      void rebuildBm25CorpusStatsAndReseedSkills(config);
 
-      // Seed capability graph nodes (new memory graph system)
       try {
-        const { seedCliGraphNodes } =
-          await import("../memory/graph/capability-seed.js");
-        refreshSkillCapabilityMemories(config);
-        await seedCliGraphNodes();
+        await sweepConceptPageFrontmatter(config, getWorkspaceDir());
       } catch (err) {
-        log.warn({ err }, "Graph capability seeding failed — continuing");
-      }
-
-      // Auto-bootstrap: if the graph has no non-procedural nodes but historical
-      // segments exist, enqueue a one-time graph_bootstrap job to populate the
-      // graph from conversation history and journal files.
-      try {
-        const { maybeEnqueueGraphBootstrap, cleanupStaleItemVectors } =
-          await import("../memory/graph/bootstrap.js");
-        maybeEnqueueGraphBootstrap();
-        // Fire-and-forget: clean up orphaned Qdrant vectors from dropped memory_items table
-        void cleanupStaleItemVectors().catch((err) =>
-          log.warn({ err }, "Stale item vector cleanup failed — continuing"),
+        log.warn(
+          { err },
+          "Concept page frontmatter sweep threw — continuing startup",
         );
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn({ err }, "Graph bootstrap check failed — continuing");
       }
     }
 
-    registerWatcherProviders();
-    registerMessagingProviders();
+    // `startMemoryJobsWorker` starts the in-process supervisor (which owns
+    // the synchronous runner and stands down when an out-of-process worker is
+    // live) and spawns the out-of-process worker at boot when
+    // `memory.worker.enabled` is set. Shutdown stops whichever worker is
+    // actually running — see shutdown-handlers.ts.
+    log.info("Daemon startup: starting memory worker");
+    registerMemoryJobHandlers();
+    startMemoryJobsWorker();
 
+    // Seed capability graph nodes (new memory graph system)
     try {
-      recoverStaleSchedules();
+      const { seedCliGraphNodes } =
+        await import("../plugins/defaults/memory/graph/capability-seed.js");
+      refreshSkillCapabilityMemories(config);
+      await seedCliGraphNodes();
     } catch (err) {
-      log.error({ err }, "Schedule recovery failed — continuing startup");
+      log.warn({ err }, "Graph capability seeding failed — continuing");
     }
 
-    // Reconcile workflow runs orphaned by a crash: any row still `running` was
-    // in flight when the process died (the engine always finishes its row on
-    // exit), so flip it to `interrupted` to make it eligible for an explicit
-    // resume. Status only — accounting counters are preserved. Never blocks
-    // startup on failure.
+    // Auto-bootstrap: if the graph has no non-procedural nodes but historical
+    // segments exist, enqueue a one-time graph_bootstrap job to populate the
+    // graph from conversation history and journal files.
     try {
-      const reconciled = getWorkflowRunManager().reconcileOrphanedRuns();
-      if (reconciled > 0) {
-        log.info(
-          { reconciled },
-          "Reconciled orphaned workflow runs to interrupted",
-        );
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      log.error(
-        { err },
-        "Workflow run reconciliation failed — continuing startup",
+      const { maybeEnqueueGraphBootstrap, cleanupStaleItemVectors } =
+        await import("../plugins/defaults/memory/graph/bootstrap.js");
+      maybeEnqueueGraphBootstrap();
+      // Fire-and-forget: clean up orphaned Qdrant vectors from dropped memory_items table
+      void cleanupStaleItemVectors().catch((err) =>
+        log.warn({ err }, "Stale item vector cleanup failed — continuing"),
       );
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.warn({ err }, "Graph bootstrap check failed — continuing");
     }
+  }
 
-    const scheduler = startScheduler(
-      async (conversationId, message, options) => {
-        await processMessage(
-          conversationId,
-          message,
-          options
-            ? {
-                ...(options.trustClass
-                  ? {
-                      trustContext: {
-                        sourceChannel: "vellum",
-                        trustClass: options.trustClass,
-                      },
-                    }
-                  : {}),
-                ...(options.taskRunId ? { taskRunId: options.taskRunId } : {}),
-                ...(options.overrideProfile
-                  ? { overrideProfile: options.overrideProfile }
-                  : {}),
-              }
-            : undefined,
-        );
-      },
-      async (schedule) => {
-        await emitNotificationSignal({
-          sourceEventName: "schedule.notify",
-          sourceChannel: "scheduler",
-          sourceContextId: schedule.id,
-          attentionHints: {
-            requiresAction: true,
-            urgency: "high",
-            isAsyncBackground: false,
-            visibleInSourceNow: false,
-          },
-          contextPayload: {
-            scheduleId: schedule.id,
-            label: schedule.label,
-            message: schedule.message,
-          },
-          routingIntent: schedule.routingIntent,
-          routingHints: schedule.routingHints,
-          conversationMetadata: {
-            groupId: "system:scheduled",
-            scheduleJobId: schedule.id,
-            source: "schedule",
-          },
-          dedupeKey: `schedule:notify:${schedule.id}:${Date.now()}`,
-          throwOnError: true,
-        });
-      },
-      (notification) => {
-        void emitNotificationSignal({
-          sourceEventName: "watcher.notification",
-          sourceChannel: "watcher",
-          sourceContextId: `watcher-${Date.now()}`,
-          attentionHints: {
-            requiresAction: false,
-            urgency: "low",
-            isAsyncBackground: true,
-            visibleInSourceNow: false,
-          },
-          contextPayload: {
-            title: notification.title,
-            body: notification.body,
-          },
-          dedupeKey: `watcher:notification:${crypto.randomUUID()}`,
-        });
-      },
-      (info) => {
-        broadcastMessage({
-          type: "schedule_conversation_created",
-          conversationId: info.conversationId,
-          scheduleJobId: info.scheduleJobId,
-          title: info.title,
-        });
-        publishConversationListChanged("created");
-      },
-    );
+  registerWatcherProviders();
+  registerMessagingProviders();
 
-    // Wire up the runtime HTTP server's deferred dependencies. The server
-    // itself was bound early in runDaemon (right after the auth signing key
-    // was loaded) so /healthz and /readyz already answer 200 OK; these
-    // registrations attach the live DaemonServer / CES / relay handlers to
-    // the running routes. They're module-level state, so they're effective
-    // even when the HTTP server failed to bind (IPC clients still work).
-    registerSecretsDeps({
-      getCesClient: () => server.getCesClient(),
-      onProviderCredentialsChanged: () =>
-        server.refreshConversationsForProviderChange(),
-    });
+  try {
+    await recoverStaleSchedules();
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error({ err }, "Schedule recovery failed — continuing startup");
+  }
 
-    // Fire-and-forget: Qdrant init and memory worker startup run concurrently
-    // with the rest of daemon boot. Must run AFTER `new RuntimeHttpServer(...)`
-    // so the analyze-deps singleton (populated inside `buildRouteTable()`) is
-    // available before the memory worker can claim leftover
-    // `conversation_analyze` jobs from a prior run. See the daemon-startup
-    // ordering test in `assistant/src/daemon/__tests__/`.
-    void initializeQdrantAndMemory().catch((err) =>
-      log.warn({ err }, "Background Qdrant init failed"),
+  // Reconcile workflow runs orphaned by a crash: any row still `running` was
+  // in flight when the process died (the engine always finishes its row on
+  // exit), so flip it to `interrupted` to make it eligible for an explicit
+  // resume. Status only — accounting counters are preserved. Never blocks
+  // startup on failure.
+  try {
+    const reconciled = getWorkflowRunManager().reconcileOrphanedRuns();
+    if (reconciled > 0) {
+      log.info(
+        { reconciled },
+        "Reconciled orphaned workflow runs to interrupted",
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error(
+      { err },
+      "Workflow run reconciliation failed — continuing startup",
     );
+  }
 
-    // Inject voice bridge deps so route handlers + the relay pipeline can
-    // resolve a conversation by ID once a call lands. Module-level state,
-    // so available even when the HTTP server failed to bind.
-    setVoiceBridgeDeps({
-      getOrCreateConversation: (conversationId, _transport) =>
-        server.getConversationForMessages(conversationId),
-      resolveAttachments: (attachmentIds) => {
-        const resolved = getAttachmentsByIds(attachmentIds, {
-          hydrateFileData: true,
-        });
-        const sourcePaths = getSourcePathsForAttachments(attachmentIds);
-        return resolved.map((a) => ({
-          id: a.id,
-          filename: a.originalFilename,
-          mimeType: a.mimeType,
-          data: a.dataBase64,
-          ...(sourcePaths.has(a.id) ? { filePath: sourcePaths.get(a.id) } : {}),
-        }));
-      },
-    });
-    try {
-      setRelayBroadcast((msg) => broadcastMessage(msg));
-      setPointerMessageProcessor(
-        async (conversationId, instruction, requiredFacts) => {
-          const conversation =
-            await server.getConversationForMessages(conversationId);
-
-          // Constrain pointer generation to a tool-disabled path so call-
-          // status events cannot trigger unintended side-effect tools.
-          // Incrementing toolsDisabledDepth causes the resolveTools callback
-          // to return an empty tool list, preventing the LLM from seeing or
-          // invoking any tools during the pointer agent loop.
-          //
-          // A depth counter (rather than a boolean) ensures that overlapping
-          // pointer requests on the same conversation don't clear each other's
-          // constraint — each caller increments on entry and decrements in
-          // its own finally block.
-          conversation.toolsDisabledDepth++;
-          try {
-            const { id: messageId } = await conversation.persistUserMessage({
-              content: instruction,
-              metadata: { pointerInstruction: true },
-              displayContent: "[Call status event]",
-            });
-
-            // Helper: roll back persisted messages on failure, then reload
-            // in-memory history from the (now cleaned) DB. Reloading avoids
-            // stale-index issues when context compaction reassigns the
-            // messages array during runAgentLoop.
-            const rollback = async (extraMessageIds?: string[]) => {
+  startScheduler(async (conversationId, message, options) => {
+    await processMessage(
+      conversationId,
+      message,
+      options
+        ? {
+            ...(options.trustClass
+              ? {
+                  trustContext: {
+                    sourceChannel: "vellum",
+                    trustClass: options.trustClass,
+                  },
+                }
+              : {}),
+            ...(options.taskRunId ? { taskRunId: options.taskRunId } : {}),
+            ...(options.overrideProfile
+              ? { overrideProfile: options.overrideProfile }
+              : {}),
+            ...(options.cronRunId ? { cronRunId: options.cronRunId } : {}),
+          }
+        : undefined,
+    );
+  });
+
+  // Fire-and-forget: Qdrant init and memory worker startup run concurrently
+  // with the rest of daemon boot. Must run AFTER `startRuntimeHttpServer()`
+  // so the analyze-deps singleton (populated inside `buildRouteTable()`) is
+  // available before the memory worker can claim leftover
+  // `conversation_analyze` jobs from a prior run. See the daemon-startup
+  // ordering test in `assistant/src/daemon/__tests__/`.
+  void initializeQdrantAndMemory().catch((err) =>
+    log.warn({ err }, "Background Qdrant init failed"),
+  );
+
+  // Inject voice bridge deps so the relay pipeline can resolve attachments
+  // once a call lands. Module-level state, so available even when the HTTP
+  // server failed to bind.
+  setVoiceBridgeDeps({
+    resolveAttachments: (attachmentIds) => {
+      const resolved = getAttachmentsByIds(attachmentIds, {
+        hydrateFileData: true,
+      });
+      const sourcePaths = getSourcePathsForAttachments(attachmentIds);
+      return resolved.map((a) => ({
+        id: a.id,
+        filename: a.originalFilename,
+        mimeType: a.mimeType,
+        data: a.dataBase64,
+        ...(sourcePaths.has(a.id) ? { filePath: sourcePaths.get(a.id) } : {}),
+      }));
+    },
+  });
+  try {
+    setRelayBroadcast((msg) => broadcastMessage(msg));
+    setPointerMessageProcessor(
+      async (conversationId, instruction, requiredFacts) => {
+        const conversation = await getOrCreateConversation(conversationId);
+
+        // Pointer turns are guardian-gated owner self-maintenance: elevate to
+        // the internal guardian context and rehydrate history so a cold
+        // (evicted) load doesn't filter guardian history to empty and ship a
+        // cache-missing turn. `restoreTrustContext` undoes the elevation after
+        // the turn. See pointer-conversation-trust.ts for the full rationale.
+        const restoreTrustContext =
+          await elevatePointerConversationToGuardian(conversation);
+
+        // Constrain pointer generation to a tool-disabled path so call-
+        // status events cannot trigger unintended side-effect tools.
+        // Incrementing toolsDisabledDepth causes the resolveTools callback
+        // to return an empty tool list, preventing the LLM from seeing or
+        // invoking any tools during the pointer agent loop.
+        //
+        // A depth counter (rather than a boolean) ensures that overlapping
+        // pointer requests on the same conversation don't clear each other's
+        // constraint — each caller increments on entry and decrements in
+        // its own finally block.
+        conversation.toolsDisabledDepth++;
+        try {
+          const { id: messageId } = await conversation.persistUserMessage({
+            content: instruction,
+            metadata: { pointerInstruction: true },
+            displayContent: "[Call status event]",
+          });
+
+          // Helper: roll back persisted messages on failure, then reload
+          // in-memory history from the (now cleaned) DB. Reloading avoids
+          // stale-index issues when context compaction reassigns the
+          // messages array during runAgentLoop.
+          const rollback = async (extraMessageIds?: string[]) => {
+            try {
+              deleteMessageById(messageId);
+            } catch {
+              /* best effort */
+            }
+            for (const id of extraMessageIds ?? []) {
               try {
-                deleteMessageById(messageId);
+                deleteMessageById(id);
               } catch {
                 /* best effort */
               }
-              for (const id of extraMessageIds ?? []) {
-                try {
-                  deleteMessageById(id);
-                } catch {
-                  /* best effort */
-                }
+            }
+            try {
+              await conversation.loadFromDb();
+            } catch {
+              /* best effort */
+            }
+          };
+
+          // Snapshot message IDs before the agent loop so we can diff
+          // afterwards to find exactly which messages this run created,
+          // avoiding positional heuristics that break under concurrency.
+          //
+          // Caveat: the diff captures *all* new messages in the
+          // conversation during the loop window, not just those from
+          // this specific agent loop.  If a concurrent pointer event
+          // falls back to a deterministic addMessage() while our loop
+          // is in flight, that message lands in our diff.  The race
+          // requires two pointer events for the same conversation
+          // within the agent loop window *and* this run must fail or
+          // fail fact-check — narrow enough to accept.  A future
+          // improvement could tag messages with a per-run correlation
+          // ID so rollback only targets its own output.
+          const preRunMessageIds = new Set(
+            getMessages(conversationId).map((m) => m.id),
+          );
+
+          let agentLoopError: string | undefined;
+          let generatedText = "";
+          await conversation.runAgentLoop(instruction, messageId, {
+            onEvent: (msg) => {
+              if (
+                "type" in msg &&
+                msg.type === "assistant_text_delta" &&
+                "text" in msg
+              ) {
+                generatedText += (msg as { text: string }).text;
               }
-              try {
-                await conversation.loadFromDb();
-              } catch {
-                /* best effort */
+              if (
+                "type" in msg &&
+                (msg.type === "error" || msg.type === "conversation_error")
+              ) {
+                agentLoopError =
+                  "message" in msg
+                    ? (msg as { message: string }).message
+                    : "userMessage" in msg
+                      ? (msg as { userMessage: string }).userMessage
+                      : "Agent loop failed";
               }
-            };
-
-            // Snapshot message IDs before the agent loop so we can diff
-            // afterwards to find exactly which messages this run created,
-            // avoiding positional heuristics that break under concurrency.
-            //
-            // Caveat: the diff captures *all* new messages in the
-            // conversation during the loop window, not just those from
-            // this specific agent loop.  If a concurrent pointer event
-            // falls back to a deterministic addMessage() while our loop
-            // is in flight, that message lands in our diff.  The race
-            // requires two pointer events for the same conversation
-            // within the agent loop window *and* this run must fail or
-            // fail fact-check — narrow enough to accept.  A future
-            // improvement could tag messages with a per-run correlation
-            // ID so rollback only targets its own output.
-            const preRunMessageIds = new Set(
-              getMessages(conversationId).map((m) => m.id),
-            );
+            },
+          });
 
-            let agentLoopError: string | undefined;
-            let generatedText = "";
-            await conversation.runAgentLoop(instruction, messageId, {
-              onEvent: (msg) => {
-                if (
-                  "type" in msg &&
-                  msg.type === "assistant_text_delta" &&
-                  "text" in msg
-                ) {
-                  generatedText += (msg as { text: string }).text;
-                }
-                if (
-                  "type" in msg &&
-                  (msg.type === "error" || msg.type === "conversation_error")
-                ) {
-                  agentLoopError =
-                    "message" in msg
-                      ? (msg as { message: string }).message
-                      : "userMessage" in msg
-                        ? (msg as { userMessage: string }).userMessage
-                        : "Agent loop failed";
-                }
-              },
-            });
-
-            // Identify messages created during this run by diffing against
-            // the pre-run snapshot. This captures all messages added to the
-            // conversation during the loop window, which may include messages
-            // from concurrent pointer events (see over-capture caveat above).
-            const postRunMessages = getMessages(conversationId);
-            const createdMessageIds = postRunMessages
-              .filter((m) => !preRunMessageIds.has(m.id) && m.id !== messageId)
-              .map((m) => m.id);
-
-            if (agentLoopError) {
-              await rollback(createdMessageIds);
-              throw new Error(agentLoopError);
-            }
+          // Identify messages created during this run by diffing against
+          // the pre-run snapshot. This captures all messages added to the
+          // conversation during the loop window, which may include messages
+          // from concurrent pointer events (see over-capture caveat above).
+          const postRunMessages = getMessages(conversationId);
+          const createdMessageIds = postRunMessages
+            .filter((m) => !preRunMessageIds.has(m.id) && m.id !== messageId)
+            .map((m) => m.id);
+
+          if (agentLoopError) {
+            await rollback(createdMessageIds);
+            throw new Error(agentLoopError);
+          }
 
-            // Post-generation fact check: verify the assistant's response
-            // includes all required factual details (phone number, duration,
-            // outcome keyword, etc.). If the model omitted or rewrote them,
-            // remove both the instruction and generated messages and throw so
-            // the deterministic fallback fires.
-            //
-            // Validation uses text accumulated from assistant_text_delta
-            // events during the agent loop rather than a DB lookup, avoiding
-            // any positional ambiguity when concurrent pointer events
-            // interleave messages in the conversation.
-            if (requiredFacts && requiredFacts.length > 0) {
-              const missingFacts = requiredFacts.filter(
-                (fact) => !generatedText.includes(fact),
+          // Post-generation fact check: verify the assistant's response
+          // includes all required factual details (phone number, duration,
+          // outcome keyword, etc.). If the model omitted or rewrote them,
+          // remove both the instruction and generated messages and throw so
+          // the deterministic fallback fires.
+          //
+          // Validation uses text accumulated from assistant_text_delta
+          // events during the agent loop rather than a DB lookup, avoiding
+          // any positional ambiguity when concurrent pointer events
+          // interleave messages in the conversation.
+          if (requiredFacts && requiredFacts.length > 0) {
+            const missingFacts = requiredFacts.filter(
+              (fact) => !generatedText.includes(fact),
+            );
+            if (missingFacts.length > 0) {
+              log.warn(
+                { conversationId, missingFacts },
+                "Generated pointer text failed fact validation — falling back to deterministic",
               );
-              if (missingFacts.length > 0) {
-                log.warn(
-                  { conversationId, missingFacts },
-                  "Generated pointer text failed fact validation — falling back to deterministic",
-                );
-                await rollback(createdMessageIds);
-                throw new Error(
-                  "Generated pointer text failed fact validation",
-                );
-              }
+              await rollback(createdMessageIds);
+              throw new Error("Generated pointer text failed fact validation");
             }
-          } finally {
-            // Restore tool availability so subsequent turns aren't affected.
-            conversation.toolsDisabledDepth--;
           }
-        },
-      );
-      server.broadcastStatus();
-    } catch (err) {
-      log.warn(
-        { err },
-        "Failed to wire runtime HTTP server deps, continuing without them",
-      );
-      runtimeHttp = null;
-    }
+        } finally {
+          // Restore tool availability so subsequent turns aren't affected.
+          conversation.toolsDisabledDepth--;
+          // Undo the temporary guardian elevation installed above.
+          restoreTrustContext();
+        }
+      },
+    );
+    broadcastDaemonStatus();
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn(
+      { err },
+      "Failed to wire runtime HTTP server deps, continuing without them",
+    );
+  }
 
-    // Register built-in TTS providers so the provider abstraction can resolve
-    // them by ID. Must happen before call controllers or routes are created.
-    try {
-      registerBuiltinTtsProviders();
-    } catch (err) {
-      log.warn(
-        { err },
-        "TTS provider registration failed — continuing with degraded TTS",
-      );
-    }
+  // Register built-in TTS providers so the provider abstraction can resolve
+  // them by ID. Must happen before call controllers or routes are created.
+  try {
+    registerBuiltinTtsProviders();
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn(
+      { err },
+      "TTS provider registration failed — continuing with degraded TTS",
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Initialize providers and tools after the HTTP server is listening so
+  // health-check and pairing requests can be served immediately.  Wrapped in
+  // its own try/catch so a failure here doesn't tear down the running HTTP
+  // server (providers were already initialized earlier in startup and tools
+  // are resolved lazily at conversation creation time).
+  try {
+    log.info("Daemon startup: initializing providers and tools");
+    await initializeProvidersAndTools(config);
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn(
+      { err },
+      "Provider/tool initialization failed — continuing with degraded functionality",
+    );
+  }
+
+  writePid(process.pid);
+
+  // Install the `assistant` CLI symlink idempotently on every daemon start.
+  // Non-blocking — failures are logged but don't affect startup.
+  try {
+    installAssistantSymlink();
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn({ err }, "Assistant symlink installation failed — continuing");
+  }
 
-    // Initialize providers and tools after the HTTP server is listening so
-    // health-check and pairing requests can be served immediately.  Wrapped in
-    // its own try/catch so a failure here doesn't tear down the running HTTP
-    // server (DaemonServer.start() already calls initializeProviders internally
-    // and tools are resolved lazily at conversation creation time).
+  // Download embedding runtime in background (non-blocking).
+  // If download fails, local embeddings gracefully fall back to cloud backends.
+  void (async () => {
     try {
-      log.info("Daemon startup: initializing providers and tools");
-      await initializeProvidersAndTools(config);
+      const { EmbeddingRuntimeManager } =
+        await import("../persistence/embeddings/embedding-runtime-manager.js");
+      const runtimeManager = new EmbeddingRuntimeManager();
+      if (!runtimeManager.isReady()) {
+        log.info("Downloading embedding runtime in background...");
+        await runtimeManager.ensureInstalled();
+        // Reset the sticky local-backend failure flag so auto mode retries
+        // local embeddings without evicting a worker that may already be live.
+        const { resetLocalEmbeddingFailureState } =
+          await import("../persistence/embeddings/embedding-backend.js");
+        resetLocalEmbeddingFailureState();
+        log.info("Embedding runtime download complete");
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       log.warn(
         { err },
-        "Provider/tool initialization failed — continuing with degraded functionality",
+        "Embedding runtime download failed — local embeddings will use cloud fallback",
       );
     }
+  })();
 
-    writePid(process.pid);
-
-    // Install the `assistant` CLI symlink idempotently on every daemon start.
-    // Non-blocking — failures are logged but don't affect startup.
-    try {
-      installAssistantSymlink();
-    } catch (err) {
-      log.warn({ err }, "Assistant symlink installation failed — continuing");
-    }
-
-    // Download embedding runtime in background (non-blocking).
-    // If download fails, local embeddings gracefully fall back to cloud backends.
-    void (async () => {
-      try {
-        const { EmbeddingRuntimeManager } =
-          await import("../memory/embedding-runtime-manager.js");
-        const runtimeManager = new EmbeddingRuntimeManager();
-        if (!runtimeManager.isReady()) {
-          log.info("Downloading embedding runtime in background...");
-          await runtimeManager.ensureInstalled();
-          // Reset the sticky local-backend failure flag so auto mode retries
-          // local embeddings without evicting a worker that may already be live.
-          const { resetLocalEmbeddingFailureState } =
-            await import("../memory/embedding-backend.js");
-          resetLocalEmbeddingFailureState();
-          log.info("Embedding runtime download complete");
-        }
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.warn(
-          { err },
-          "Embedding runtime download failed — local embeddings will use cloud fallback",
-        );
-      }
-    })();
+  if (config.auditLog.retentionDays > 0) {
+    void rotateToolInvocations(config.auditLog.retentionDays).catch((err) => {
+      log.warn({ err }, "Audit log rotation failed");
+    });
+  }
 
-    if (config.auditLog.retentionDays > 0) {
-      void rotateToolInvocations(config.auditLog.retentionDays).catch((err) => {
-        log.warn({ err }, "Audit log rotation failed");
-      });
-    }
+  startWorkspaceHeartbeatService();
 
-    const workspaceHeartbeat = new WorkspaceHeartbeatService();
-    workspaceHeartbeat.start();
-
-    const heartbeatConfig = config.heartbeat;
-    const heartbeat = new HeartbeatService({
-      alerter: (alert) => broadcastMessage(alert),
-      onConversationCreated: (info) =>
-        broadcastMessage({
-          type: "heartbeat_conversation_created",
-          conversationId: info.conversationId,
-          title: info.title,
-        }),
-    });
-    heartbeat.start();
-    registerBackgroundWakeRuntime({ scheduler, heartbeat });
-    refreshBackgroundWakeIntent("daemon-startup");
-    log.info(
-      {
-        enabled: heartbeatConfig.enabled,
-        intervalMs: heartbeatConfig.intervalMs,
-      },
-      "Heartbeat service configured",
-    );
+  startHeartbeatService();
 
-    // Filing yields to the memory v2 consolidation job when v2 is enabled —
-    // both serve the same role (periodic background memory processing) and
-    // running both is redundant. The consolidation job runs through the
-    // memory jobs worker (see `maybeEnqueueGraphMaintenanceJobs`).
-    const memoryV2Enabled = config.memory.v2.enabled;
-    let filing: FilingService | null = null;
-    if (!memoryV2Enabled) {
-      const filingConfig = config.filing;
-      filing = new FilingService();
-      filing.start();
-      log.info(
-        {
-          enabled: filingConfig.enabled,
-          intervalMs: filingConfig.intervalMs,
-        },
-        "Filing service configured",
-      );
-    } else {
-      log.info(
-        "Filing service skipped — memory v2 consolidation is the active background memory job",
-      );
-    }
+  installShutdownHandlers();
 
-    // Retrieve the MCP manager if MCP servers were configured.
-    // The manager is a singleton created during initializeProvidersAndTools().
-    const mcpManager =
-      config.mcp?.servers && Object.keys(config.mcp.servers).length > 0
-        ? getMcpServerManager()
-        : null;
-
-    installShutdownHandlers({
-      server,
-      workspaceHeartbeat,
-      heartbeat,
-      filing,
-      runtimeHttp,
-      scheduler,
-      getMemoryWorker: () => bgRefs.memoryWorker,
-      getQdrantManager: () => bgRefs.qdrantManager,
-      mcpManager,
-      telemetryReporter,
-      cleanupPidFile: () => {
-        stopGatewayFlagListener();
-        stopDiskPressureGuardForLifecycle();
-        stopOrphanReaper();
-        stopEventLoopWatchdog();
-        cleanupPidFile();
-      },
-    });
+  // The critical startup await-chain has completed and the daemon can serve
+  // requests, so latch readiness before logging "Daemon started". Any fatal
+  // failure earlier in startup propagates out of runDaemon before this line,
+  // so the latch is never set on a failed start.
+  setStartupComplete();
 
-    log.info(
-      {
-        durationMs: Date.now() - startupStartedAt,
-        pid: process.pid,
-      },
-      "Daemon started",
-    );
-  } catch (err) {
-    log.error({ err }, "Daemon startup failed — cleaning up");
-    stopDiskPressureGuardForLifecycle();
-    stopOrphanReaper();
-    stopEventLoopWatchdog();
-    cleanupPidFileIfOwner(process.pid);
-    throw err;
-  }
+  log.info(
+    {
+      durationMs: Date.now() - startupStartedAt,
+      pid: process.pid,
+    },
+    "Daemon started",
+  );
 }