@wenathlan/devthink 2.0.13 → 2.0.15

package/tests/torture-swarm.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  ackreview,
+  applyreview,
+  arbitrate,
+  assignwork,
+  boardstate,
+  boardsummary,
+  castvote,
+  checkclaim,
+  claim,
+  claimheartbeat,
+  collectresults,
+  consensusstate,
+  complete,
+  canceltask,
+  electleader,
+  emptyboard,
+  emptyqueue,
+  enqueue,
+  entryfresh,
+  escalate,
+  inheritconsent,
+  lanereport,
+  openconsensus,
+  postentry,
+  queuecomplete,
+  readentries,
+  requeue,
+  requestreview,
+  resolveescalation,
+  retireentries,
+  retireentry,
+  scaleworkers,
+  steal,
+  sweepreviews,
+  taskcounts,
+  plannersplit,
+  reportstep,
+  blackboardsections,
+} from "../swarm.js";
+import type {
+  agentidentity,
+  arbitrationrule,
+  blackboard,
+  blackboardentry,
+  consensusround,
+  escalationrecord,
+  reviewrequest,
+  taskqueue,
+} from "../types.js";
+
+const now = 1_800_000_000_000;
+
+/** Builds one agent identity fixture of the multiagent family. */
+function agent(id: string, over: Partial<agentidentity> = {}): agentidentity {
+  return {
+    id,
+    name: `agent ${id}`,
+    role: "worker",
+    depth: 0,
+    state: "active",
+    registeredat: now,
+    heartbeatat: now,
+    ...over,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Builds one queue with two queued tasks. */
+function queue(tasks = ["t1", "t2"]): taskqueue {
+  let state = emptyqueue({ lanes: ["main", "side"], priorities: [1, 5], completionpolicy: "all" });
+  for (const [index, id] of tasks.entries())
+    state = enqueuehelper(state, id, index % 2 === 0 ? "main" : "side", index, `payload ${id}`);
+  return state;
+}
+
+function enqueuehelper(queue: taskqueue, id: string, lane: string, priority: number, payload: string): taskqueue {
+  return enqueue({ queue, id, lane, priority, payload, now: now + priority });
+}
+
+describe("torture: swarm leader election and work assignment", () => {
+  it("elects the first registered live agent by default and refuses the empty swarm", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("a2", { role: "critic" }), agent("a3", { role: "verifier" })],
+      id: "top1",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(topology.leaderid).toBe("a3");
+    expect(topology.workerids).toEqual(["a1"]);
+    expect(topology.criticids).toEqual(["a2"]);
+    expect(topology.verifierids).toEqual([]);
+    expect(() => electleader({ agents: [], id: "top1", now })).toThrow(/no live agent/i);
+    expect(() => electleader({ agents: [agent("a1", { state: "stopped" })], id: "top1", now })).toThrow(
+      /no live agent/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("elects the named agent the user named and refuses the missing or blank name", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("a2")],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(topology.leaderid).toBe("a1");
+    expect(() =>
+      electleader({ agents: [agent("a1")], id: "top1", rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "ghost" }, now }),
+    ).toThrow(/not a live agent/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      electleader({ agents: [agent("a1")], id: "top1", rule: { kind: "named", agentid: " " }, now }),
+    ).toThrow(/needs the agent id/i);
+  });
+
+  it("slices the queued and claimed tasks across the workers in round robin order", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("w1"), agent("w2")],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    const assigned = assignwork({
+      topology,
+      tasks: [
+        { id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now },
+        { id: "t2", lane: "side", priority: 1, payload: "p2", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now + 1 },
+        { id: "t3", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p3", state: "done", enqueuedat: now + 2 },
+      ],
+      now: now + 10,
+    });
+    expect(assigned.assignments).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(assigned.assignments[0]?.workerid).toBe("w1");
+    expect(assigned.assignments[1]?.workerid).toBe("w2");
+    expect(() => assignwork({ topology: { ...topology, workerids: [] }, tasks: [], now })).toThrow(/no worker/i);
+  });
+
+  it("collects the outputs and names the missing assignments", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("w1")],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    const assigned = assignwork({
+      topology,
+      tasks: [{ id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now }],
+      now,
+    });
+    const collected = collectresults({ topology: assigned, outputs: [] });
+    expect(collected.missing).toEqual(["w1:t1"]);
+    const answered = collectresults({
+      topology: assigned,
+      outputs: [{ workerid: "w1", taskid: "t1", state: "done", summary: "the result" }],
+    });
+    expect(answered.missing).toEqual([]);
+    expect(answered.gathered[0]?.summary).toBe("the result");
+  });
+
+  it("scales the workers up to the pending load and down to the idle level", () => {
+    const agents = [agent("a1"), agent("w1"), agent("w2"), agent("w3")];
+    const topology = electleader({ agents, id: "top1", rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" }, now });
+    const downscaled = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: 1, now: now + 1 });
+    expect(downscaled.retired).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(downscaled.topology.workerids).toHaveLength(1);
+    const scaled = scaleworkers({ topology: downscaled.topology, agents, pending: 3, now: now + 2 });
+    expect(scaled.added).toContain("w3");
+    expect(scaled.topology.workerids).toHaveLength(3);
+    const bounded = scaleworkers({ topology: downscaled.topology, agents, pending: 5, bound: 2, now: now + 3 });
+    expect(bounded.topology.workerids).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(bounded.added).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm planner executor split and reviews", () => {
+  it("splits one task between the planner and the executor and refuses the same agent on both sides", () => {
+    const split = plannersplit({ id: "split1", planownerid: "p1", runownerid: "e1", taskid: "t1", now });
+    expect(split.planownerid).toBe("p1");
+    expect(split.runownerid).toBe("e1");
+    expect(split.taskid).toBe("t1");
+    expect(() => plannersplit({ id: "split1", planownerid: "same", runownerid: "same", now })).toThrow(
+      /different agents/i,
+    );
+    expect(() => plannersplit({ id: "split1", planownerid: "", runownerid: "e", now })).toThrow(
+      /plan owner and run owner/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("reports the executor step outcome and deduplicates the repeated stepid", () => {
+    const split = plannersplit({ id: "split1", planownerid: "p1", runownerid: "e1", now });
+    const reported = reportstep({ split, stepid: "s1", outcome: "done", detail: "fine", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(reported.stepreports).toHaveLength(1);
+    const repeated = reportstep({
+      split: reported,
+      stepid: "s1",
+      outcome: "failed",
+      detail: "the retry failed",
+      now: now + 2,
+    });
+    expect(repeated.stepreports).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(repeated.stepreports[0]?.outcome).toBe("failed");
+    expect(() => reportstep({ split, stepid: " ", outcome: "done", detail: "x", now })).toThrow(/step id/i);
+    expect(() => reportstep({ split, stepid: "s1", outcome: "done", detail: " ", now })).toThrow(/detail/i);
+  });
+
+  it("requests, acks and answers the review while the foreign reviewer never answers", () => {
+    const requests = requestreview({
+      requests: [],
+      id: "rev1",
+      fromagentid: "a1",
+      toagentid: "a2",
+      subject: "the subject",
+      payload: "the payload",
+      timeoutms: 1000,
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(requests[0]?.state).toBe("open");
+    expect(() =>
+      requestreview({ requests: [], id: "rev1", fromagentid: "a1", toagentid: "a1", subject: "s", payload: "p", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/another reviewing agent/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      requestreview({ requests: [], id: "rev1", fromagentid: "a1", toagentid: "a2", subject: " ", payload: "p", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/subject/i);
+    const acked = ackreview({ requests, id: "rev1", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(acked[0]?.state).toBe("acked");
+    expect(() => ackreview({ requests: acked, id: "rev1", now: now + 2 })).toThrow(/only an open request/i);
+    expect(() => ackreview({ requests, id: "ghost", now })).toThrow(/does not exist/i);
+    const answered = applyreview({
+      requests: acked,
+      id: "rev1",
+      reviewerid: "a2",
+      verdict: "approve",
+      issues: [],
+      requiredchanges: [],
+      now: now + 3,
+    });
+    expect(answered.review.verdict).toBe("approve");
+    expect(answered.requests[0]?.state).toBe("answered");
+    expect(() =>
+      applyreview({
+        requests: acked,
+        id: "rev1",
+        reviewerid: "a3",
+        verdict: "approve",
+        issues: [],
+        requiredchanges: [],
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/never answers in its place/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      applyreview({
+        requests: acked,
+        id: "rev1",
+        reviewerid: "a2",
+        verdict: "changes",
+        issues: [],
+        requiredchanges: [],
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/required changes/i);
+  });
+
+  it("sweeps the timed out review requests and keeps the answered ones", () => {
+    const requests: reviewrequest[] = [
+      {
+        id: "rev1",
+        fromagentid: "a1",
+        toagentid: "a2",
+        subject: "s",
+        payload: "p",
+        state: "open",
+        requestedat: now,
+        timeoutat: now + 100,
+      },
+      {
+        id: "rev2",
+        fromagentid: "a1",
+        toagentid: "a3",
+        subject: "s",
+        payload: "p",
+        state: "answered",
+        requestedat: now,
+        answeredat: now + 1,
+      },
+    ];
+    const swept = sweepreviews({ requests, now: now + 200 });
+    expect(swept.timedout).toEqual(["rev1"]);
+    expect(swept.requests[0]?.state).toBe("timeout");
+    expect(swept.requests[1]?.state).toBe("answered");
+    expect(sweepreviews({ requests, now: now + 50 }).timedout).toEqual([]);
+    expect(
+      sweepreviews({
+        requests: [
+          { id: "rev3", fromagentid: "a", toagentid: "b", subject: "s", payload: "p", state: "open", requestedat: now },
+        ],
+        now: now + 1000,
+      }).timedout,
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("records the verifier check of a result claim with the pass and the fail outcomes", () => {
+    const check = checkclaim({
+      id: "v1",
+      verifierid: "v",
+      claimagentid: "a1",
+      claim: "the table holds 14 rows",
+      method: "read the table again",
+      outcome: "pass",
+      evidence: "the second read found 14 rows",
+      taskid: "t1",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(check.outcome).toBe("pass");
+    expect(check.evidence).toBe("the second read found 14 rows");
+    expect(() =>
+      checkclaim({ id: "v1", verifierid: "v", claimagentid: "a1", claim: " ", method: "m", outcome: "pass", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/claim/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      checkclaim({ id: "v1", verifierid: "v", claimagentid: "a1", claim: "c", method: " ", outcome: "pass", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/method/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      checkclaim({ id: "v1", verifierid: "v", claimagentid: " ", claim: "c", method: "m", outcome: "pass", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/names the agent/i);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm board, escalation, arbitration and consensus", () => {
+  it("builds the progressboard with one lane per live agent and the current task", () => {
+    const q = queue();
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now }).queue;
+    const board = boardstate({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("a2", { state: "stopped" })],
+      queue: claimed,
+      now: now + 1,
+    });
+    expect(board.lanes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(board.lanes[0]?.agentid).toBe("a1");
+    expect(board.lanes[0]?.currenttask).toBe("payload t2");
+  });
+
+  it("lifts one stalled decision to the user and resolves it with the user words", () => {
+    const escalation = escalate({
+      id: "esc1",
+      agentid: "a1",
+      subject: "the form refuses",
+      context: "the form rejects the submit after the second attempt",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(escalation.state).toBe("open");
+    expect(() => escalate({ id: "esc1", agentid: "a1", subject: " ", context: "c", now })).toThrow(/subject/i);
+    expect(() => escalate({ id: "esc1", agentid: "a1", subject: "s", context: " ", now })).toThrow(/context/i);
+    const resolved = resolveescalation({
+      escalation,
+      decision: "skip the submit and report the failure",
+      now: now + 1,
+    });
+    expect(resolved.state).toBe("decided");
+    expect(() => resolveescalation({ escalation: resolved, decision: "again", now })).toThrow(/already carries/i);
+    expect(() => resolveescalation({ escalation, decision: " ", now })).toThrow(/words the user wrote/i);
+  });
+
+  it("arbitrates the competing claims by the priority, the age and the leader strategies", () => {
+    const claims = [
+      { agentid: "a3", claimedat: now },
+      { agentid: "a1", claimedat: now + 1 },
+      { agentid: "a2", claimedat: now + 2 },
+    ];
+    const priorityrule: arbitrationrule = {
+      id: "r1",
+      strategy: "priority",
+      priorityorder: ["a1", "a2", "a3"],
+      configuredat: now,
+    };
+    expect(arbitrate({ rule: priorityrule, claims })).toEqual(["a1", "a2", "a3"]);
+    expect(arbitrate({ rule: { id: "r2", strategy: "age", priorityorder: [], configuredat: now }, claims })).toEqual([
+      "a3",
+      "a1",
+      "a2",
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      arbitrate({
+        rule: { id: "r3", strategy: "leader", priorityorder: [], configuredat: now },
+        leaderid: "a2",
+        claims,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(["a2", "a3", "a1"]);
+    expect(() =>
+      arbitrate({ rule: { id: "r3", strategy: "leader", priorityorder: [], configuredat: now }, claims }),
+    ).toThrow(/needs the elected leader/i);
+    expect(arbitrate({ rule: priorityrule, claims: [] })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("opens one consensus round, collects the votes and reads the state", () => {
+    const round = openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "the table is ready", quorum: 2, now });
+    expect(round.state).toBe("open");
+    expect(() => openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: " ", quorum: 1, now })).toThrow(/subject/i);
+    expect(() => openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "s", quorum: 0, now })).toThrow(/positive whole number/i);
+    expect(() => openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "s", quorum: 1.5, now })).toThrow(/positive whole number/i);
+    const voted = castvote({ round, agentid: "a1", vote: "yes", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(voted.state).toBe("open");
+    const carried = castvote({ round: voted, agentid: "a2", vote: "yes", now: now + 2 });
+    expect(carried.state).toBe("carried");
+    expect(() => castvote({ round: carried, agentid: "a3", vote: "yes", now: now + 3 })).toThrow(/closed round/i);
+    expect(() => castvote({ round: voted, agentid: "a1", vote: "yes", now: now + 3 })).toThrow(/already voted/i);
+    const state = consensusstate(carried);
+    expect(state).toMatchObject({ yes: 2, no: 0, abstain: 0, quorum: 2, state: "carried" });
+  });
+
+  it("fails the consensus round when the no votes reach the quorum", () => {
+    const round = openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "the risky step", quorum: 1, now });
+    const failed = castvote({ round, agentid: "a1", vote: "no", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(failed.state).toBe("failed");
+    expect(consensusstate(failed).no).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm task queue claim, steal and completion", () => {
+  it("enqueues the tasks into the configured lanes and refuses the duplicate ids and unknown lanes", () => {
+    const q = queue();
+    expect(q.items).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(() => enqueuehelper(q, "t1", "main", 1, "p")).toThrow(/already waits/i);
+    expect(() => enqueuehelper(q, "t3", "ghost", 1, "p")).toThrow(/not one of the configured lanes/i);
+    expect(() => enqueuehelper(q, "t4", "main", 1, " ")).toThrow(/payload/i);
+    const open = enqueue({ queue: emptyqueue(), id: "any", lane: "anylane", priority: 1, payload: "p", now });
+    expect(open.items).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("claims the highest priority queued task first and holds one task per agent", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1", "t2"]);
+    const first = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(first.task?.id).toBe("t2");
+    const again = claim({ queue: first.queue, agentid: "a1", now: now + 2 });
+    expect(again.task?.id).toBe("t2");
+    expect(claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a2", now: now + 3 }).task?.id).toBe("t2");
+    expect(claim({ queue: emptyqueue(), agentid: "a1", now }).task).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("steals from the named lane under the ownership rules and refuses the foreign role", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1", "t2"]);
+    const stolen = steal({
+      queue: q,
+      agentid: "a1",
+      role: "worker",
+      fromlane: "main",
+      ownership: [{ lane: "main", roles: ["worker", "planner"] }],
+      now: now + 1,
+    });
+    expect(stolen.task?.lane).toBe("main");
+    expect(() =>
+      steal({
+        queue: q,
+        agentid: "a1",
+        role: "critic",
+        fromlane: "main",
+        ownership: [{ lane: "main", roles: ["worker"] }],
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/stays out/i);
+    expect(steal({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", role: "worker", fromlane: "side", now: now + 2 }).task?.lane).toBe("side");
+    expect(steal({ queue: emptyqueue(), agentid: "a1", role: "worker", fromlane: "main", now }).task).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("completes the claimed task and refuses the queued or unknown task", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1"]);
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now });
+    const done = complete({ queue: claimed.queue, taskid: "t1", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(done.items[0]?.state).toBe("done");
+    expect(done.claims).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(() => complete({ queue: done, taskid: "t1", now })).toThrow(/only a claimed task/i);
+    expect(() => complete({ queue: q, taskid: "t1", now })).toThrow(/only a claimed task/i);
+    expect(() => complete({ queue: q, taskid: "ghost", now })).toThrow(/not in the queue/i);
+  });
+
+  it("cancels the queued and claimed tasks and refuses the done task", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1"]);
+    expect(canceltask({ queue: q, taskid: "t1", now }).items[0]?.state).toBe("cancelled");
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now });
+    const cancelled = canceltask({ queue: claimed.queue, taskid: "t1", now });
+    expect(cancelled.items[0]?.state).toBe("cancelled");
+    expect(cancelled.claims).toHaveLength(0);
+    const done = complete({ queue: claimed.queue, taskid: "t1", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(() => canceltask({ queue: done, taskid: "t1", now })).toThrow(/completed task never cancels/i);
+    expect(() => canceltask({ queue: q, taskid: "ghost", now })).toThrow(/not in the queue/i);
+  });
+
+  it("refreshes the claim heartbeats of one agent and requeues the orphaned tasks past the window", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1"]);
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now });
+    const beaten = claimheartbeat({ queue: claimed.queue, agentid: "a1", now: now + 50 });
+    expect(beaten.claims[0]?.heartbeatat).toBe(now + 50);
+    expect(requeue({ queue: beaten, now: now + 100, window: 200 }).requeued).toEqual([]);
+    const orphaned = requeue({ queue: beaten, now: now + 300, window: 200 });
+    expect(orphaned.requeued).toEqual(["t1"]);
+    expect(orphaned.queue.items[0]?.state).toBe("queued");
+    expect(orphaned.queue.claims).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(requeue({ queue: claimed.queue, now: now + 1000 }).requeued).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("reports the lane counts and the task totals with the claims", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1", "t2"]);
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now });
+    const report = lanereport(claimed.queue);
+    expect(report.find((lane) => lane.lane === "side")?.claimed).toBe(1);
+    expect(report.find((lane) => lane.lane === "main")?.queued).toBe(1);
+    expect(taskcounts(claimed.queue)).toMatchObject({ queued: 1, claimed: 1, done: 0, cancelled: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it("evaluates the completion policy of all and any over the queue", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1"]);
+    expect(queuecomplete(q)).toBe(false);
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now });
+    const done = complete({ queue: claimed.queue, taskid: "t1", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(queuecomplete(done)).toBe(true);
+    const anyqueue = emptyqueue({ completionpolicy: "any" });
+    const withitems = enqueuehelper(enqueuehelper(anyqueue, "t1", "main", 1, "p1"), "t2", "main", 1, "p2");
+    const firstdone = complete({
+      queue: claim({ queue: withitems, agentid: "a1", now }).queue,
+      taskid: "t1",
+      now: now + 1,
+    });
+    expect(queuecomplete(firstdone)).toBe(true);
+    expect(queuecomplete(emptyqueue())).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm blackboard shared memory", () => {
+  it("builds the empty board over the four shared sections", () => {
+    const board = emptyboard();
+    expect(board.sections).toEqual(blackboardsections);
+    expect(board.entries).toEqual([]);
+    expect(emptyboard(["goals"]).sections).toEqual(["goals"]);
+  });
+
+  it("posts an entry with its author and refuses the blank fields, the unknown section and the malformed json", () => {
+    const posted = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "pricing.url",
+      value: "https://example.com/pricing",
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a1",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(posted.entries).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(posted.entries[0]).toMatchObject({
+      key: "pricing.url",
+      author: "a1",
+      section: "facts",
+      consentclass: "read",
+      valuekind: "text",
+    });
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({ board: emptyboard(), id: "e1", key: " ", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/key/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({ board: emptyboard(), id: "e1", key: "k", value: " ", section: "facts", author: "a1", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/value/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({ board: emptyboard(), id: "e1", key: "k", value: "v", section: "facts", author: " ", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/author/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({ board: emptyboard(), id: "e1", key: "k", value: "v", section: "secret" as never, author: "a1", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/shared blackboard sections/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({
+        board: emptyboard(),
+        id: "e1",
+        key: "k",
+        value: "{not json",
+        section: "facts",
+        author: "a1",
+        valuekind: "json",
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/json/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({ board: posted, id: "e1", key: "k2", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now }),
+    ).toThrow(/already exists/i);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the entries with the section and freshness filters sorted by the newest first", () => {
+    let board = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "goal",
+      value: "extract the pricing",
+      section: "goals",
+      author: "a1",
+      now: now,
+    });
+    board = postentry({
+      board,
+      id: "e2",
+      key: "fact",
+      value: "the table holds 14 rows",
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a2",
+      now: now + 100,
+    });
+    expect(readentries({ board, now: now + 200 })[0]?.id).toBe("e2");
+    expect(readentries({ board, section: "goals", now })[0]?.id).toBe("e1");
+    expect(readentries({ board, freshness: 150, now: now + 200 }).map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["e2"]);
+    expect(readentries({ board, freshness: 50, now: now + 200 }).map((e) => e.id)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("retires the entries by the window and by their id while the retired entry stays stored", () => {
+    let board = postentry({
+      board: { ...emptyboard(), retirementwindow: 100 },
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "old",
+      value: "v",
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a1",
+      now: now - 200,
+    });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e2", key: "new", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now });
+    const retired = retireentries({ board, now });
+    expect(retired.retired).toEqual(["e1"]);
+    expect(retired.board.entries.find((e) => e.id === "e1")?.retiredat).toBe(now);
+    expect(readentries({ board: retired.board, now })).toHaveLength(1);
+    const single = retireentry({ board, entryid: "e2", now });
+    expect(single.entries.find((e) => e.id === "e2")?.retiredat).toBe(now);
+    expect(() => retireentry({ board: single, entryid: "e2", now })).toThrow(/already retired/i);
+    expect(() => retireentry({ board, entryid: "ghost", now })).toThrow(/does not exist/i);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the entry freshness with the retirement and the window", () => {
+    const entry: blackboardentry = {
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "k",
+      valuekind: "text",
+      value: "v",
+      author: "a1",
+      section: "facts",
+      consentclass: "read",
+      postedat: now,
+    };
+    expect(entryfresh(entry, now + 100, undefined)).toBe(true);
+    expect(entryfresh(entry, now + 100, 50)).toBe(false);
+    expect(entryfresh({ ...entry, retiredat: now }, now, undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("inherits the consent class of the source extraction into the entry", () => {
+    const entry: blackboardentry = {
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "k",
+      valuekind: "text",
+      value: "v",
+      author: "a1",
+      section: "findings",
+      consentclass: "read",
+      postedat: now,
+    };
+    expect(inheritconsent(entry, "sensitive").consentclass).toBe("sensitive");
+    expect(inheritconsent(entry, "read").consentclass).toBe("read");
+  });
+
+  it("summarizes the board with the entry counts, the authors and the freshest posting time", () => {
+    let board = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "k1",
+      value: "v",
+      section: "goals",
+      author: "a1",
+      now: now,
+    });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e2", key: "k2", value: "v", section: "goals", author: "a2", now: now + 1 });
+    const summary = boardsummary(board, now + 2);
+    const goals = summary.find((section) => section.section === "goals");
+    expect(goals?.entries).toBe(2);
+    expect(goals?.authors).toEqual(["a2", "a1"]);
+    expect(goals?.freshestat).toBe(now + 1);
+    expect(summary.find((section) => section.section === "facts")?.entries).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm election rules, slices and missing results", () => {
+  it("keeps the leader out of the worker, critic and verifier lanes whatever its role", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("w1"), agent("c1", { role: "critic" }), agent("v1", { role: "verifier" })],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "c1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(topology.leaderid).toBe("c1");
+    expect(topology.criticids).toEqual([]);
+    expect(topology.workerids).toEqual(["w1"]);
+    expect(topology.verifierids).toEqual(["v1"]);
+    expect(topology.rule).toEqual({ kind: "named", agentid: "c1" });
+  });
+
+  it("refuses the named election of a stopped agent and the malformed rule kinds", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      electleader({
+        agents: [agent("a1", { state: "stopped" }), agent("a2")],
+        id: "top1",
+        rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/not a live agent/i);
+    expect(() => electleader({ agents: [agent("a1")], id: "top1", rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "" }, now })).toThrow(
+      /needs the agent id/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("labels every assignment slice with its lane and rotation number", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("w1"), agent("w2")],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    const assigned = assignwork({
+      topology,
+      tasks: [
+        { id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now },
+        { id: "t2", lane: "side", priority: 1, payload: "p2", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now + 1 },
+        { id: "t3", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p3", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now + 2 },
+        { id: "t4", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p4", state: "cancelled", enqueuedat: now + 3 },
+      ],
+      now: now + 5,
+    });
+    expect(assigned.assignments.map((assignment) => assignment.slice)).toEqual([
+      "p1 (slice 1 of lane main)",
+      "p2 (slice 1 of lane side)",
+      "p3 (slice 2 of lane main)",
+    ]);
+    expect(assigned.assignments.every((assignment) => assignment.assignedat === now + 5)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores the outputs that name the wrong worker or task when collecting", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("w1")],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    const assigned = assignwork({
+      topology,
+      tasks: [{ id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now }],
+      now,
+    });
+    const collected = collectresults({
+      topology: assigned,
+      outputs: [
+        { workerid: "ghost", taskid: "t1", state: "done", summary: "wrong worker" },
+        { workerid: "w1", taskid: "ghost", state: "done", summary: "wrong task" },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(collected.missing).toEqual(["w1:t1"]);
+    expect(collected.gathered[0]?.summary).toMatch(/has not returned its slice/i);
+  });
+
+  it("scales the workers to the exact load, to zero and under a zero bound", () => {
+    const agents = [agent("a1"), agent("w1"), agent("w2")];
+    const topology = electleader({ agents, id: "top1", rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" }, now });
+    const matched = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: 2, now: now + 1 });
+    expect(matched.added).toEqual([]);
+    expect(matched.retired).toEqual([]);
+    expect(matched.reason).toMatch(/matches the 2 workers/i);
+    const drained = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: 0, now: now + 2 });
+    expect(drained.retired).toEqual(["w1", "w2"]);
+    expect(drained.topology.workerids).toEqual([]);
+    expect(drained.topology.assignments).toEqual([]);
+    const negative = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: -5, now: now + 3 });
+    expect(negative.retired).toEqual(["w1", "w2"]);
+    const bounded = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: 5, bound: 0, now: now + 4 });
+    expect(bounded.added).toEqual([]);
+    expect(bounded.reason).toMatch(/bound of 0 workers holds/i);
+  });
+
+  it("never elects a paused leader candidate through the first rule and skips paused workers in scaling", () => {
+    const agents = [agent("a1", { state: "paused" }), agent("w1", { state: "paused" }), agent("w2")];
+    const topology = electleader({ agents, id: "top1", now });
+    expect(topology.leaderid).toBe("w2");
+    const scaled = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: 5, now: now + 1 });
+    expect(scaled.added).toEqual([]);
+    expect(scaled.reason).toMatch(/holds no further live worker role agent/i);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the assignments of the workers that survive the downscale", () => {
+    const agents = [agent("a1"), agent("w1"), agent("w2")];
+    let topology = electleader({ agents, id: "top1", rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" }, now });
+    topology = assignwork({
+      topology,
+      tasks: [
+        { id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now },
+        { id: "t2", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p2", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now + 1 },
+      ],
+      now,
+    });
+    const scaled = scaleworkers({ topology, agents, pending: 1, now: now + 1 });
+    expect(scaled.retired).toEqual(["w2"]);
+    expect(scaled.topology.assignments.map((assignment) => assignment.workerid)).toEqual(["w1"]);
+    expect(scaled.topology.assignments.map((assignment) => assignment.taskid)).toEqual(["t1"]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm review timeouts, verifier evidence and progress board", () => {
+  it("computes the timeout boundary from the requested time and the window", () => {
+    const requests = requestreview({
+      requests: [],
+      id: "rev1",
+      fromagentid: "a1",
+      toagentid: "a2",
+      subject: "s",
+      payload: "p",
+      timeoutms: 1000,
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(requests[0]?.timeoutat).toBe(now + 1000);
+    const exact = sweepreviews({ requests, now: now + 1000 });
+    expect(exact.timedout).toEqual([]);
+    expect(sweepreviews({ requests, now: now + 1001 }).timedout).toEqual(["rev1"]);
+    const open = requestreview({
+      requests: [],
+      id: "rev2",
+      fromagentid: "a1",
+      toagentid: "a2",
+      subject: "s",
+      payload: "p",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(open[0]?.timeoutat).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(sweepreviews({ requests: open, now: now + 1_000_000 }).timedout).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("times the acked requests out too and never re-answers a timed out review", () => {
+    const requests = requestreview({
+      requests: [],
+      id: "rev1",
+      fromagentid: "a1",
+      toagentid: "a2",
+      subject: "s",
+      payload: "p",
+      timeoutms: 10,
+      now,
+    });
+    const acked = ackreview({ requests, id: "rev1", now: now + 1 });
+    const swept = sweepreviews({ requests: acked, now: now + 11 });
+    expect(swept.timedout).toEqual(["rev1"]);
+    expect(() =>
+      applyreview({
+        requests: swept.requests,
+        id: "rev1",
+        reviewerid: "a2",
+        verdict: "approve",
+        issues: [],
+        requiredchanges: [],
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/never reviews again/i);
+    const answered = applyreview({
+      requests: acked,
+      id: "rev1",
+      reviewerid: "a2",
+      verdict: "approve",
+      issues: [],
+      requiredchanges: [],
+      now: now + 2,
+    });
+    expect(sweepreviews({ requests: answered.requests, now: now + 1000 }).timedout).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("records the reviewer verdict with issues and required changes beside the task", () => {
+    const requests = requestreview({
+      requests: [],
+      id: "rev1",
+      fromagentid: "a1",
+      toagentid: "a2",
+      subject: "the rows",
+      payload: "rows: 12",
+      now,
+    });
+    const acked = ackreview({ requests, id: "rev1", now });
+    const answered = applyreview({
+      requests: acked,
+      id: "rev1",
+      reviewerid: "a2",
+      verdict: "changes",
+      issues: ["the currency column missed"],
+      requiredchanges: ["re-extract with the currency column"],
+      taskid: "t9",
+      now: now + 1,
+    });
+    expect(answered.review).toMatchObject({
+      id: "rev1",
+      reviewerid: "a2",
+      subjectagentid: "a1",
+      taskid: "t9",
+      verdict: "changes",
+    });
+    expect(answered.review.requiredchanges).toEqual(["re-extract with the currency column"]);
+    expect(answered.requests[0]?.state).toBe("answered");
+    expect(answered.requests[0]?.answeredat).toBe(now + 1);
+  });
+
+  it("drops the blank task id and blank verifier evidence from the check record", () => {
+    const check = checkclaim({
+      id: "v1",
+      verifierid: "v",
+      claimagentid: "a1",
+      claim: "the table holds 14 rows",
+      method: "read the table again",
+      outcome: "fail",
+      evidence: "  ",
+      taskid: " ",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(check.evidence).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(check.taskid).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(check.outcome).toBe("fail");
+    expect(check.checkedat).toBe(now);
+  });
+
+  it("builds the progress board lanes by role when no task is claimed", () => {
+    const board = boardstate({
+      agents: [
+        agent("w1"),
+        agent("c1", { role: "critic" }),
+        agent("v1", { role: "verifier" }),
+        agent("p1", { role: "planner" }),
+        agent("g1", { state: "stopped" }),
+      ],
+      queue: emptyqueue(),
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(board.lanes.map((lane) => lane.agentid)).toEqual(["w1", "c1", "v1", "p1"]);
+    expect(board.lanes.map((lane) => lane.lane)).toEqual(["idle", "critic", "verifier", "planning"]);
+    expect(board.lanes.every((lane) => lane.milestones !== undefined)).toBe(true);
+    expect(board.id).toBe(`board:${now}`);
+  });
+
+  it("shows the assignment slice of the topology when the queue holds no claim", () => {
+    const topology = electleader({
+      agents: [agent("a1"), agent("w1")],
+      id: "top1",
+      rule: { kind: "named", agentid: "a1" },
+      now,
+    });
+    const assigned = assignwork({
+      topology,
+      tasks: [{ id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", state: "queued", enqueuedat: now }],
+      now,
+    });
+    const board = boardstate({ agents: [agent("a1"), agent("w1")], queue: emptyqueue(), topology: assigned, now });
+    expect(board.lanes.find((lane) => lane.agentid === "w1")?.currenttask).toBe("p1 (slice 1 of lane main)");
+    expect(board.lanes.find((lane) => lane.agentid === "a1")?.currenttask).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("carries the milestones per agent into the board lanes", () => {
+    const board = boardstate({
+      agents: [agent("w1")],
+      queue: emptyqueue(),
+      milestones: { w1: [{ label: "extracted the rows", done: true, at: now - 1 }] },
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(board.lanes[0]?.milestones).toEqual([{ label: "extracted the rows", done: true, at: now - 1 }]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm consensus boundaries and abstain votes", () => {
+  it("carries the round at the exact quorum of yes votes and closes it", () => {
+    const round = openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "ship the extraction", quorum: 2, now });
+    let voted = castvote({ round, agentid: "a1", vote: "yes", now: now + 1 });
+    voted = castvote({ round: voted, agentid: "a2", vote: "abstain", now: now + 2 });
+    expect(voted.state).toBe("open");
+    const carried = castvote({ round: voted, agentid: "a3", vote: "yes", now: now + 3 });
+    expect(carried.state).toBe("carried");
+    expect(carried.closedat).toBe(now + 3);
+    expect(consensusstate(carried)).toMatchObject({ yes: 2, abstain: 1, quorum: 2, state: "carried" });
+  });
+
+  it("fails the round when the no votes reach the quorum with the boundary kept", () => {
+    const round = openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "the risky step", quorum: 2, now });
+    let voted = castvote({ round, agentid: "a1", vote: "no", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(voted.state).toBe("open");
+    const failed = castvote({ round: voted, agentid: "a2", vote: "no", now: now + 2 });
+    expect(failed.state).toBe("failed");
+    expect(failed.closedat).toBe(now + 2);
+  });
+
+  it("never carries a round on abstain votes alone", () => {
+    const round = openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "s", quorum: 1, now });
+    let voted = castvote({ round, agentid: "a1", vote: "abstain", now });
+    voted = castvote({ round: voted, agentid: "a2", vote: "abstain", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(voted.state).toBe("open");
+    expect(consensusstate(voted).abstain).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses the vote of a blank agent id inside an open round", () => {
+    const round = openconsensus({ id: "con1", subject: "s", quorum: 1, now });
+    expect(() => castvote({ round, agentid: " ", vote: "yes", now })).toThrow(/blank agent id never votes/i);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm queue priorities, policies and lane reports", () => {
+  it("claims the highest priority task across the lanes and breaks ties by age", () => {
+    let q = emptyqueue({ lanes: ["main", "side"] });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", now });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t2", lane: "side", priority: 5, payload: "p2", now: now + 1 });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t3", lane: "main", priority: 5, payload: "p3", now: now + 2 });
+    expect(claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now }).task?.id).toBe("t2");
+    const second = claim({ queue: claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now }).queue, agentid: "a2", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(second.task?.id).toBe("t3");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps negative, zero and fractional priorities ordered by the raw number", () => {
+    let q = emptyqueue();
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "any", priority: -5, payload: "p1", now });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t2", lane: "any", priority: 0, payload: "p2", now: now + 1 });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t3", lane: "any", priority: 2.5, payload: "p3", now: now + 2 });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t4", lane: "any", priority: NaN, payload: "p4", now: now + 3 });
+    expect(claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now }).task?.id).toBe("t3");
+    const next = claim({ queue: claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now }).queue, agentid: "a2", now });
+    expect(next.task?.id).toBe("t2");
+  });
+
+  it("refuses the whitespace lane and payload but keeps a lane-less queue open", () => {
+    const q = emptyqueue();
+    expect(() => enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "  ", priority: 1, payload: "p", now })).toThrow(/lane name/i);
+    expect(() => enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "any", priority: 1, payload: "\t\n", now })).toThrow(/payload/i);
+    expect(enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "anything", priority: 1, payload: "p", now }).items).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the duplicate task id refusal across the cancelled state too", () => {
+    let q = queue(["t1"]);
+    q = canceltask({ queue: q, taskid: "t1", now });
+    expect(() => enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p", now })).toThrow(
+      /already waits in the queue/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("refuses the completion and the cancellation of already terminal tasks", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1"]);
+    const cancelled = canceltask({ queue: q, taskid: "t1", now });
+    expect(() => complete({ queue: cancelled, taskid: "t1", now: now + 1 })).toThrow(/only a claimed task/i);
+    const recancelled = canceltask({ queue: cancelled, taskid: "t1", now: now + 2 });
+    expect(recancelled.items[0]?.state).toBe("cancelled");
+    expect(recancelled.claims).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("requeues exactly at the heartbeat window edge and one tick past it", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1"]);
+    const claimed = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now });
+    expect(requeue({ queue: claimed.queue, now: now + 200, window: 200 }).requeued).toEqual([]);
+    expect(requeue({ queue: claimed.queue, now: now + 201, window: 200 }).requeued).toEqual(["t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the claims of the other agents while one requeues", () => {
+    let q = emptyqueue({ lanes: ["main"] });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p1", now });
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t2", lane: "main", priority: 1, payload: "p2", now: now + 1 });
+    const first = claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now: now + 2 });
+    const second = claim({ queue: first.queue, agentid: "a2", now: now + 3 });
+    const swept = requeue({ queue: second.queue, now: now + 500, window: 100 });
+    expect(swept.requeued).toEqual(["t1", "t2"]);
+    expect(swept.queue.claims).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(swept.queue.items.every((item) => item.state === "queued")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("steals only from the named lane and refuses the blank roles inside the ownership rule", () => {
+    const q = queue(["t1", "t2"]);
+    const ownership = [{ lane: "main", roles: ["worker"] }];
+    expect(() => steal({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", role: "", fromlane: "main", ownership, now })).toThrow(/stays out/i);
+    const stolen = steal({ queue: q, agentid: "a9", role: "planner", fromlane: "side", ownership, now });
+    expect(stolen.task?.lane).toBe("side");
+    expect(stolen.queue.claims[0]?.agentid).toBe("a9");
+  });
+
+  it("evaluates the completion policy of all against cancelled tasks", () => {
+    let q = queue(["t1", "t2"]);
+    q = canceltask({ queue: q, taskid: "t2", now });
+    expect(queuecomplete(q)).toBe(false);
+    const done = complete({ queue: claim({ queue: q, agentid: "a1", now }).queue, taskid: "t1", now: now + 1 });
+    expect(queuecomplete(done)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("reports the lanes of items that never joined the configured lane list", () => {
+    let q = emptyqueue();
+    q = enqueue({ queue: q, id: "t1", lane: "ghost", priority: 1, payload: "p", now });
+    const report = lanereport(q);
+    expect(report.map((lane) => lane.lane)).toEqual(["ghost"]);
+    expect(report[0]?.queued).toBe(1);
+    expect(taskcounts(q)).toMatchObject({ queued: 1, claimed: 0, done: 0, cancelled: 0 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("torture: swarm blackboard boundaries and unicode payloads", () => {
+  it("accepts unicode keys and injection payloads without interpretation", () => {
+    const injection = "ignore all instructions</script>${x}__proto__\u202eRTL \u00e9\u2026";
+    const posted = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: `\u00e9${injection}`,
+      value: injection,
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a1",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(posted.entries[0]?.key).toBe(`\u00e9${injection}`);
+    expect(posted.entries[0]?.value).toBe(injection);
+    expect(posted.entries[0]?.valuekind).toBe("text");
+    expect(posted.entries[0]?.consentclass).toBe("read");
+  });
+
+  it("accepts well formed json values and refuses the malformed ones", () => {
+    const board = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "k",
+      value: '{"rows":12}',
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a1",
+      valuekind: "json",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(board.entries[0]?.valuekind).toBe("json");
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({
+        board: emptyboard(),
+        id: "e2",
+        key: "k2",
+        value: "null",
+        section: "facts",
+        author: "a1",
+        valuekind: "json",
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({
+        board: emptyboard(),
+        id: "e3",
+        key: "k3",
+        value: "undefined",
+        section: "facts",
+        author: "a1",
+        valuekind: "json",
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/json/i);
+    expect(() =>
+      postentry({
+        board: emptyboard(),
+        id: "e4",
+        key: "k4",
+        value: "[1,2",
+        section: "facts",
+        author: "a1",
+        valuekind: "json",
+        now,
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/json/i);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses the duplicate entry id across sections while the key may repeat", () => {
+    let board = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "shared",
+      value: "v1",
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a1",
+      now,
+    });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e2", key: "shared", value: "v2", section: "goals", author: "a2", now });
+    expect(board.entries).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(() => postentry({ board, id: "e1", key: "other", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now })).toThrow(
+      /already exists/i,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("joins a new section to the narrowed board on posting", () => {
+    const board = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(["goals"]),
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "k",
+      value: "v",
+      section: "facts",
+      author: "a1",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(board.sections).toEqual(["goals", "facts"]);
+    const refused = postentry({
+      board: emptyboard(["goals"]),
+      id: "e2",
+      key: "k2",
+      value: "v",
+      section: "scratch",
+      author: "a1",
+      now,
+    });
+    expect(refused.sections).toEqual(["goals", "scratch"]);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the entries newest first and keeps ties in posting order", () => {
+    let board = emptyboard();
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e1", key: "k1", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e2", key: "k2", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e3", key: "k3", value: "v", section: "goals", author: "a2", now });
+    expect(readentries({ board, section: "facts", now })[0]?.id).toBe("e2");
+    expect(readentries({ board, now }).map((entry) => entry.id)).toEqual(["e3", "e2", "e1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("retires by the board window with the boundary kept and the id retirement refused twice", () => {
+    let board: blackboard = { ...emptyboard(), retirementwindow: 100 };
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e1", key: "old", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now: now - 101 });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e2", key: "edge", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now: now - 100 });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e3", key: "new", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now });
+    expect(retireentries({ board, now }).retired).toEqual(["e1"]);
+    expect(retireentries({ board, now }).board.entries.find((entry) => entry.id === "e2")?.retiredat).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(readentries({ board: retireentries({ board, now }).board, now }).map((entry) => entry.id)).toEqual([
+      "e3",
+      "e2",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the entry freshness window with the exact boundary kept", () => {
+    const entry: blackboardentry = {
+      id: "e1",
+      key: "k",
+      valuekind: "text",
+      value: "v",
+      author: "a1",
+      section: "facts",
+      consentclass: "read",
+      postedat: now,
+    };
+    expect(entryfresh(entry, now + 100, 100)).toBe(true);
+    expect(entryfresh(entry, now + 101, 100)).toBe(false);
+    expect(entryfresh({ ...entry, retiredat: now }, now, undefined)).toBe(false);
+    expect(entryfresh(entry, now + 1_000_000, undefined)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("summarizes the narrowed board sections with the authors of the live entries", () => {
+    let board = emptyboard(["facts"]);
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e1", key: "k1", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a1", now });
+    board = postentry({ board, id: "e2", key: "k2", value: "v", section: "facts", author: "a2", now: now + 1 });
+    board = retireentry({ board, entryid: "e2", now: now + 2 });
+    const summary = boardsummary(board, now + 3);
+    expect(summary).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(summary[0]).toMatchObject({ section: "facts", entries: 1, authors: ["a1"], freshestat: now });
+    expect(boardsummary(emptyboard(["goals"]), now)).toEqual([{ section: "goals", entries: 0, authors: [] }]);
+  });
+});