ai-foreman 1.7.20 → 1.7.21

package/dist/foreman.js

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+import { withGraphSessionAccess } from "./graph/session.js";
+import { collectBuilderContractCoverage } from "./qaBuilderCoverage.js";
+import { maintainGraphTask } from "./graph/boundary.js";
+import { ensureBuilderContract } from "./qaBuildGate.js";
+import { renderBuildWorkContext } from "./buildWorkContext.js";
+import { loadTicketSetupConfigWithDefaults } from "./tickets/setupConfig.js";
+import { deliverBuilderGuidanceFollowup } from "./builderGuidanceFollowup.js";
+import { graphContext, sendGraphTurn } from "./graph/turn.js";
+import { qaDigest } from "./qaProtocolV2.js";
+import { BuildControlBoundary } from "./buildInterventions.js";
 import { buildScopeRevision } from "./buildApproval.js";
-import { durableHumanDecision, HumanDecisionRequired } from "./humanDecision.js";
+import { durableHumanDecision, HumanDecisionRequired, HumanDecisionCancelled, servicePendingHumanDecisions, decisionResponse } from "./humanDecision.js";
 import { select, text, isCancel } from "@clack/prompts";
 import { MARKER_SPEC, QA_MARKER_SPEC } from "./markers.js";
 import { countProviderQuestions, handleProviderQuestionTool } from "./providerQuestions.js";
@@ -18,6 +28,7 @@ import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join, relative } from "node:path";
 import { SessionUnavailableError, sessionUnavailableErrorFromFailure } from "./adapters/sessionFailure.js";
 import { WorkflowDb } from "./workflowDb.js";
+import { assertBuildAssignmentReconciled, beginBuildAssignment, BuildAssignmentRejected, finishBuildAssignment, validateBuildAssignment } from "./buildAssignment.js";
 /** Phrases that suggest the builder ended its turn by asking the human. */
 const QUESTION_HINTS = [
     "should i",
@@ -201,6 +212,29 @@ export function createPermissionHandler(policy, log, opts = {}) {
             }));
             return providerQuestion;
         }
+        // A provider sandbox escalation is never covered by routine tool allow-lists.
+        if (req.input.providerSandboxEscalation === true) {
+            const owner = opts.durable?.();
+            if (!owner || req.signal?.aborted)
+                return { behavior: "deny", message: "Sandbox escalation requires a current durable build owner" };
+            try {
+                const action = await durableHumanDecision({ projectDir: owner.projectDir, runId: owner.runId, key: `permission:${req.toolUseID ?? "unknown"}:${createHash("sha256").update(JSON.stringify(req.input)).digest("hex")}`,
+                    prompt: `Provider requests sandbox escalation for this exact operation: ${JSON.stringify(req.input)}. This may permit host access beyond the workspace and network; ticket approval does not grant it. Approve only if you accept this scope.`,
+                    choices: [{ id: "approve-once", label: "Approve this operation once" }, { id: "deny", label: "Deny" }],
+                    operation: async () => {
+                        if (req.signal?.aborted)
+                            return undefined;
+                        const selected = await select({ message: req.title ?? "Approve sandbox escalation?", signal: req.signal, options: [{ value: "deny", label: "Deny (Recommended)" }, { value: "approve-once", label: "Approve this exact operation once" }] });
+                        return isCancel(selected) || req.signal?.aborted ? undefined : selected;
+                    } });
+                return action === "approve-once" && !req.signal?.aborted ? { behavior: "allow" } : { behavior: "deny", message: "Sandbox escalation denied or paused" };
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                if (!(error instanceof HumanDecisionRequired))
+                    throw error;
+                return { behavior: "deny", message: error.message };
+            }
+        }
         const verdict = policy.classify(req);
         log.write("permission", {
             tool: req.toolName,
@@ -246,19 +280,25 @@ export class Foreman {
     qaResumedRecovery;
     qaRunId;
     continueIndependentTickets;
+    builderWorktree;
+    decisionPrompt;
+    graphPurpose = "implementation";
+    setGraphPurpose(purpose) { this.graphPurpose = purpose; }
     ticketsEnabled;
     notificationsEnabled;
     terminalBellEnabled;
     qaStream = { reviews: 0, modificationViolations: 0 };
     builderWorkSessions = 0;
     currentTicketId;
+    preflightPlan = "";
+    approvedPlanText() { return this.preflightPlan; }
     constructor(builder, log, notifications = false, qaEnabled = true, qaMaxCycles = 3, projectDir, 
     /** @deprecated QA must be created by qaFactory in a disposable snapshot. */
     _deprecatedSameSessionReviewer, qaFactory, qaSessionStrategy = "compact", builderFactory, builderSessionStrategy = "compact", qaNonconvergence, beforeBuilderTurn, builderSessionBoundary, qaSessionBoundary, observeQaNativeCompactions, 
     /** Persist a Builder's provider-native event immediately after every turn. */
     observeBuilderNativeCompactions, observer, qaRuntimeContext, qaContinuityManaged = false, qaReportRecovery, qaResumedRecovery, 
     /** Exact durable build-run scope. Observability is never an identity authority. */
-    qaRunId = `qa-${randomUUID()}`, continueIndependentTickets = true, initialTicketId) {
+    qaRunId = `qa-${randomUUID()}`, continueIndependentTickets = true, initialTicketId, builderWorktree, decisionPrompt) {
         this.builder = builder;
         this.log = log;
         this.qaEnabled = qaEnabled;
@@ -281,6 +321,8 @@ export class Foreman {
         this.qaResumedRecovery = qaResumedRecovery;
         this.qaRunId = qaRunId;
         this.continueIndependentTickets = continueIndependentTickets;
+        this.builderWorktree = builderWorktree;
+        this.decisionPrompt = decisionPrompt;
         void _deprecatedSameSessionReviewer;
         this.currentTicketId = initialTicketId;
         this.notificationsEnabled = typeof notifications === "boolean" ? notifications : notifications.desktop;
@@ -358,11 +400,43 @@ export class Foreman {
         this.log.write("branch-session", { role: "builder", transition: "missing-session-fresh", continuityLost: true });
     }
     async doTurnWith(adapter, instruction, mode = "builder") {
+        return this.projectDir
+            ? withGraphSessionAccess(this.projectDir, adapter, () => this.doTurnWithOwned(adapter, instruction, mode))
+            : this.doTurnWithOwned(adapter, instruction, mode);
+    }
+    async doTurnWithOwned(adapter, instruction, mode = "builder") {
         const ticket = mode === "builder" ? this.currentTicketId : undefined;
         const scopedInstruction = (text) => !ticket || text.includes(`Ticket scope: ${ticket}.`) ? text
             : `${text}\nTicket scope: ${ticket}. Do not substitute another ticket. Include ticket="${ticket}" in any STEP_STATUS marker.`;
         instruction = scopedInstruction(instruction);
-        const send = (text, policy) => adapter.sendTurn(scopedInstruction(text), policy);
+        const send = async (text, policy) => {
+            const context = ticket && this.projectDir ? renderBuildWorkContext(this.ticketForQa(0, ticket), loadTicketSetupConfigWithDefaults(this.projectDir).build.validation_checklist) : "";
+            const contractContext = ticket && this.projectDir ? await ensureBuilderContract(this.projectDir, this.qaRunId, ticket, this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir, adapter, this.qaFactory) : "";
+            const finalInstruction = scopedInstruction([text, context, contractContext].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n"));
+            const assignment = ticket && this.projectDir ? beginBuildAssignment(this.projectDir, this.qaRunId, ticket, this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir, finalInstruction, undefined, adapter) : undefined;
+            const submitted = assignment?.instruction ?? finalInstruction;
+            const response = this.projectDir
+                ? await sendGraphTurn(adapter, submitted, graphContext(this.projectDir, this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir, this.graphPurpose, submitted, { ...(assignment ? { operationId: `graph:${assignment.operationId}` } : {}), logicalTaskId: assignment?.operationId ?? randomUUID(), runId: this.qaRunId, workId: ticket }), policy)
+                : await adapter.sendTurn(submitted, policy);
+            const parsed = parseStepStatus(response.text);
+            const applicable = parsed.kind === "unknown" && looksLikeQuestion(response.text) ? { kind: "needs_input", question: lastLine(response.text) } : parsed;
+            if (assignment && !response.isError && !response.failure && ["done", "plan_complete"].includes(applicable.kind))
+                await collectBuilderContractCoverage(this.projectDir, assignment.runId, assignment.ticketId, assignment.worktree, adapter, assignment.operationId, submitted, response);
+            const rejection = assignment ? finishBuildAssignment(this.projectDir, assignment, response, applicable) : undefined;
+            if (rejection)
+                throw new BuildAssignmentRejected(rejection);
+            if (assignment && !response.isError && applicable.kind === "done") {
+                try {
+                    const graphOutcome = await maintainGraphTask(this.projectDir, assignment.worktree, assignment.operationId, adapter);
+                    if (graphOutcome)
+                        this.log.write("graph-maintenance", { outcome: graphOutcome });
+                }
+                catch (error) {
+                    this.log.write("graph-maintenance", { state: "deferred", detail: String(error) });
+                }
+            }
+            return response;
+        };
         if (adapter === this.builder && this.beforeBuilderTurn) {
             this.builder = await this.beforeBuilderTurn(this.builder, instruction);
             adapter = this.builder;
@@ -371,6 +445,8 @@ export class Foreman {
         let result = await send(instruction, turnPolicy);
         await this.observeBuilderNative(adapter);
         let status = parseStepStatus(result.text);
+        if (ticket && validateBuildAssignment(ticket, status))
+            return { result, status };
         if (result.isError || result.failure)
             return { result: { ...result, isError: true }, status };
         if (status.kind === "unknown") {
@@ -405,15 +481,18 @@ export class Foreman {
         }
         let blockerExplanations = 0;
         while (true) {
+            if (ticket && validateBuildAssignment(ticket, status))
+                return { result, status };
             while (status.kind === "needs_input") {
                 const question = status.question ?? "The builder has a question";
                 const choices = status.choices?.length ? status.choices : ["Continue"];
                 this.log.write("needs_input", { question, choices });
                 signalAttention("Foreman needs your input", question, this.notificationsEnabled, this.terminalBellEnabled);
-                const prompt = async () => this.waitForUserInput(async () => {
+                const prompt = async (signal) => this.waitForUserInput(async () => {
                     console.log();
                     const selected = await select({
                         message: question,
+                        signal,
                         options: [
                             ...choices.map((choice) => ({ value: choice, label: choice })),
                             { value: "__rafi_custom__", label: "Custom response", hint: "Type a different answer" },
@@ -424,7 +503,7 @@ export class Foreman {
                         return undefined;
                     if (selected !== "__rafi_custom__")
                         return selected;
-                    const custom = await text({ message: "Custom response:", validate: (value) => String(value ?? "").trim() ? undefined : "Enter a response" });
+                    const custom = await text({ message: "Custom response:", signal, validate: (value) => String(value ?? "").trim() ? undefined : "Enter a response" });
                     return isCancel(custom) ? undefined : String(custom);
                 });
                 if (!this.projectDir && (!process.stdin.isTTY || !process.stdout.isTTY)) {
@@ -434,30 +513,58 @@ export class Foreman {
                 let answer;
                 try {
                     answer = this.projectDir ? await durableHumanDecision({ projectDir: this.projectDir, runId: this.qaRunId, key: `builder:${this.currentTicketId ?? "step"}:${buildScopeRevision(this.projectDir)}`, ticketId: this.currentTicketId,
-                        prompt: question, choices: [...choices.map(choice => ({ id: choice, label: choice })), { id: "custom", label: "Custom response" }],
+                        prompt: question, choices: [...choices.map((choice, index) => ({ id: `option-${index + 1}`, label: choice })), { id: "custom", label: "Custom response" }],
                         defer: Boolean(this.currentTicketId && this.continueIndependentTickets), operation: prompt }) : await prompt();
                 }
                 catch (error) {
                     if (!(error instanceof HumanDecisionRequired))
                         throw error;
-                    status = { kind: "blocked", reason: error.message };
+                    status = { kind: "blocked", ticket, reason: error.message };
                     break;
                 }
                 console.log();
                 if (answer === undefined) {
                     result = { text: "", isError: false, numTurns: 0, costUsd: 0 };
-                    status = { kind: "blocked", reason: "user chose safe pause at an input prompt" };
+                    status = { kind: "blocked", ticket, reason: "user chose safe pause at an input prompt" };
                     break;
                 }
+                // Journal inline answers too: a crash after dispatch must not replay them on resume.
+                let inlineContinuationKey;
+                if (this.projectDir && this.currentTicketId) {
+                    const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                    try {
+                        const decision = db.answeredTicketDecisions(this.qaRunId, buildScopeRevision(this.projectDir)).find(item => item.interruptionId === `ticket:${this.currentTicketId}` && item.prompt === question);
+                        if (decision)
+                            db.atomic(() => {
+                                inlineContinuationKey = db.nextDecisionContinuationKey(this.qaRunId, decision.decisionId);
+                                db.planOperation({ runId: this.qaRunId, idempotencyKey: inlineContinuationKey, kind: "decision-continuation", intent: { decisionId: decision.decisionId, ticketId: this.currentTicketId } });
+                                db.updateOperation(inlineContinuationKey, "in_progress");
+                            });
+                    }
+                    finally {
+                        db.close();
+                    }
+                }
                 if (adapter === this.builder && this.beforeBuilderTurn) {
                     this.builder = await this.beforeBuilderTurn(this.builder, scopedInstruction(answer));
                     adapter = this.builder;
                 }
                 result = await send(answer, turnPolicy);
+                if (inlineContinuationKey && this.projectDir) {
+                    const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                    try {
+                        db.updateOperation(inlineContinuationKey, result.failure?.dispatchState === "not-sent" ? "failed" : result.failure?.dispatchState === "unknown" || result.isError && !result.failure?.dispatchState ? "uncertain" : "confirmed", { result: { isError: result.isError, dispatchState: result.failure?.dispatchState } });
+                    }
+                    finally {
+                        db.close();
+                    }
+                }
                 await this.observeBuilderNative(adapter);
                 if (result.isError || result.failure)
                     return { result: { ...result, isError: true }, status: { kind: "blocked", reason: result.text } };
                 status = parseStepStatus(result.text);
+                if (ticket && validateBuildAssignment(ticket, status))
+                    return { result, status };
             }
             if (status.kind !== "blocked" || (status.reason?.startsWith("user chose safe pause") || status.reason?.includes("Rafi is waiting for input")) || !process.stdin.isTTY || !process.stdout.isTTY)
                 break;
@@ -510,7 +617,7 @@ export class Foreman {
         const instruction = buildPlanningTurn(n, ticketsContent, preferredTicketId) + (executionTickets ? `\nAuthorized ticket scope: ${executionTickets.join(", ")}. Plan only these tickets. Tickets awaiting answers are not eligible for implementation.` : "");
         if (this.beforeBuilderTurn)
             this.builder = await this.beforeBuilderTurn(this.builder, instruction);
-        const result = await this.builder.sendTurn(instruction);
+        const result = this.projectDir ? await sendGraphTurn(this.builder, instruction, graphContext(this.projectDir, this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir, "build-preflight", instruction), { purpose: "planning" }) : await this.builder.sendTurn(instruction, { purpose: "planning" });
         await this.observeBuilderNative(this.builder);
         this.log.write("preflight", {
             ticketsProvided: ticketsContent !== undefined,
@@ -519,17 +626,19 @@ export class Foreman {
         });
         if (result.isError)
             throw new Error(result.text);
+        this.preflightPlan = result.text;
         return result.text;
     }
     /** Send user feedback on the plan; builder responds with a revised list. Does not count toward steps. */
     async sendPreflightFeedback(feedback) {
         if (this.beforeBuilderTurn)
             this.builder = await this.beforeBuilderTurn(this.builder, feedback);
-        const result = await this.builder.sendTurn(feedback);
+        const result = this.projectDir ? await sendGraphTurn(this.builder, feedback, graphContext(this.projectDir, this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir, "build-preflight", feedback), { purpose: "planning" }) : await this.builder.sendTurn(feedback, { purpose: "planning" });
         await this.observeBuilderNative(this.builder);
         this.log.write("preflight", { feedback: true, costUsd: result.costUsd, isError: result.isError });
         if (result.isError)
             throw new Error(result.text);
+        this.preflightPlan = result.text;
     }
     /** Send one custom instruction through the same needs_input loop as a batch turn. */
     async runInstruction(instruction) {
@@ -548,11 +657,12 @@ export class Foreman {
      * Loops on qa_fail → fix → re-QA until qa_pass or the cycle cap is reached.
      * QA turns are free — they do not advance the step counter.
      */
-    async runQa(stepIndex, ticketId, builderResult) {
+    async runQa(stepIndex, ticketId, builderResult, explicitResume = false) {
         if (this.projectDir && this.qaFactory) {
             const resumedRecovery = this.qaResumedRecovery;
+            const scopedTicket = this.ticketForQa(stepIndex, ticketId);
             const review = await runIsolatedQa({
-                ticket: this.ticketForQa(stepIndex, ticketId),
+                ticket: scopedTicket,
                 builderWorktree: this.projectDir,
                 builderSummary: builderResult ?? "Builder result unavailable at this explicit QA-only API boundary",
                 qaStrategy: this.qaSessionStrategy,
@@ -567,6 +677,24 @@ export class Foreman {
                 continuityManaged: this.qaContinuityManaged,
                 onReportRecovery: this.qaReportRecovery,
                 resumedRecovery,
+                resumeBuilderGuidance: explicitResume || Boolean(resumedRecovery),
+                deliverBuilderFollowup: (instruction, followup) => deliverBuilderGuidanceFollowup({ projectDir: this.projectDir, runId: this.qaRunId, ticketId: scopedTicket.id, worktree: this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir }, instruction, followup, {
+                    prepare: async (instruction) => {
+                        await this.prepareBuilderBoundary(instruction);
+                        if (this.beforeBuilderTurn)
+                            this.builder = await this.beforeBuilderTurn(this.builder, instruction);
+                        return this.builder;
+                    },
+                    validateRequirements: () => {
+                        if (qaDigest("admitted-requirements", this.ticketForQa(stepIndex, scopedTicket.id)) !== followup.requirementsDigest)
+                            throw new BuildAssignmentRejected("Ticket requirements changed during session preparation; renewed scope approval is required");
+                    },
+                    completed: async (operationId, adapter) => {
+                        this.builderWorkSessions += 1;
+                        await this.observeBuilderNative(adapter);
+                        this.log.write("qa-fix", { kind: "builder-guidance-followup", ticketId: scopedTicket.id, operationId });
+                    },
+                }),
                 deliverFailure: async (request) => {
                     this.builderWorkSessions += 1;
                     const delivery = new QaFailureDeliveryService();
@@ -614,9 +742,9 @@ export class Foreman {
     async runPendingQaRecovery(ticketId, builderResult) {
         if (this.qaResumedRecovery && this.qaResumedRecovery.manifest.ticketId !== ticketId)
             throw new Error(`pending QA recovery belongs to ${this.qaResumedRecovery.manifest.ticketId}, not ${ticketId}`);
-        return this.runQa(1, ticketId, builderResult);
+        return this.runQa(1, ticketId, builderResult, true);
     }
-    /** Complete only the pending QA boundary and its tracker transition. No Builder work turn is sent. */
+    /** Resume the pending boundary, including authorized waiting guidance, then complete its tracker transition. */
     async completePendingQaRecovery(ticketId) {
         if (!this.projectDir || !this.ticketsEnabled)
             throw new Error("pending QA recovery requires an initialized ticket project");
@@ -679,12 +807,21 @@ export class Foreman {
             const ticket = loadTickets(join(this.projectDir, config.paths.tickets)).find((candidate) => candidate.id === active?.ticket);
             if (ticket)
                 return ticket;
+            throw new Error(`Assigned ticket ${ticketId ?? "(missing)"} cannot be resolved for QA; ownership reconciliation is required`);
+        }
+        if (!this.projectDir || !ticketId)
+            throw new Error("QA requires a durable admitted work identity");
+        const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+        try {
+            db.assertAdmittedWork(this.qaRunId, ticketId);
+            const synthetic = db.workDefinitions(this.qaRunId).find(work => work.workId === ticketId && work.kind === "synthetic");
+            if (!synthetic)
+                throw new Error("Synthetic QA identity cannot be resolved; failed ticket lookup never enables unticketed work");
+            return synthetic.definition;
+        }
+        finally {
+            db.close();
         }
-        return {
-            id: `STEP-${stepIndex}`, order: stepIndex, title: `Implementation step ${stepIndex}`, area: "project",
-            priority: "P2", size: "M", risk: "Low", depends_on: [], summary: `Review implementation step ${stepIndex}`,
-            acceptance: ["The requested implementation step is complete"], required_tests: ["Run the relevant project validation"], likely_files: [],
-        };
     }
     async runBatch(n, trackerPath, onTicketStart, preferredTicketId, recoveryTickets) {
         this.log.write("batch-start", { requested: n, agent: this.builder.agent });
@@ -692,12 +829,49 @@ export class Foreman {
         let outcome = "all-done";
         let detail;
         const deferred = new Set();
+        const service = async () => {
+            if (!this.projectDir)
+                return false;
+            assertBuildAssignmentReconciled(this.projectDir, this.qaRunId);
+            try {
+                return await servicePendingHumanDecisions({ projectDir: this.projectDir, runId: this.qaRunId, tickets: recoveryTickets, observer: this.observer, prompt: this.decisionPrompt });
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                if (!(error instanceof HumanDecisionRequired))
+                    throw error;
+                detail = error.message;
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
         for (let i = 1; completed < n; i++) {
+            if (this.projectDir) {
+                try {
+                    assertBuildAssignmentReconciled(this.projectDir, this.qaRunId);
+                    const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                    try {
+                        if (db.operations(this.qaRunId).some(op => op.kind === "decision-continuation" && ["in_progress", "uncertain"].includes(op.status)))
+                            throw new BuildAssignmentRejected("Uncertain decision continuation requires reconciliation before further provider work");
+                    }
+                    finally {
+                        db.close();
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (error) {
+                    if (!(error instanceof BuildAssignmentRejected || error instanceof BuildControlBoundary))
+                        throw error;
+                    outcome = "needs-human";
+                    detail = error.message;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
             const decisionRevision = this.projectDir ? buildScopeRevision(this.projectDir) : "";
             const decisions = this.projectDir ? (() => {
                 const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
                 try {
                     const revision = decisionRevision;
+                    for (const work of db.workDefinitions(this.qaRunId))
+                        if (!recoveryTickets || recoveryTickets.includes(work.workId))
+                            db.consumeInstructionControls(this.qaRunId, work.workId);
                     db.refreshStaleTicketDecisions(this.qaRunId, revision, recoveryTickets);
                     return { answered: db.answeredTicketDecisions(this.qaRunId, revision), pending: db.pendingHumanDecisions(this.qaRunId) };
                 }
@@ -707,6 +881,10 @@ export class Foreman {
             })() : { answered: [], pending: [] };
             const answered = decisions.answered.filter(decision => !recoveryTickets || recoveryTickets.includes(decision.interruptionId.slice(7)));
             if (decisions.pending.some(decision => !decision.interruptionId.startsWith("ticket:"))) {
+                if (await service()) {
+                    i--;
+                    continue;
+                }
                 outcome = "needs-human";
                 detail = "Rafi is waiting for an answer to a build-wide question";
                 break;
@@ -716,6 +894,10 @@ export class Foreman {
                 if (!recoveryTickets || recoveryTickets.includes(ticket))
                     deferred.add(ticket);
             if (waiting.size && !this.continueIndependentTickets) {
+                if (await service()) {
+                    i--;
+                    continue;
+                }
                 outcome = "needs-human";
                 detail = "Rafi is waiting for ticket answers";
                 break;
@@ -730,20 +912,34 @@ export class Foreman {
                     if (preferred && preferred.blockedBy !== "None")
                         deferred.add(preferred.ticket);
                     const next = preferred && preferred.blockedBy === "None" && !waiting.has(preferred.ticket) ? preferred
-                        : queue.find(row => row.blockedBy === "None" && !waiting.has(row.ticket) && (!deferred.has(row.ticket) || canAnswer(row.ticket)) && (row.status === "next" || (row.status === "blocked" && canAnswer(row.ticket))));
-                    if (i === 1 && preferredTicketId && !preferred && !next) {
+                        : i === 1 && preferredTicketId && (!recoveryTickets || recoveryTickets.length <= 1) ? undefined
+                            : queue.find(row => row.blockedBy === "None" && !waiting.has(row.ticket) && (!deferred.has(row.ticket) || canAnswer(row.ticket)) && (row.status === "next" || (row.status === "blocked" && canAnswer(row.ticket))));
+                    if (!next && [...waiting].some(ticket => !recoveryTickets || recoveryTickets.includes(ticket))) {
+                        if (await service()) {
+                            i--;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (i === 1 && preferredTicketId && !next) {
                         outcome = "needs-human";
-                        detail = `recovery ticket ${preferredTicketId} is no longer available in the implementation queue`;
+                        detail = `requested ticket ${preferredTicketId} is unavailable or blocked in the implementation queue`;
                         break;
                     }
-                    if (!next && (recoveryTickets || deferred.size))
+                    if (!next) {
+                        if (queue.some(row => row.status !== "done") && !detail) {
+                            outcome = "needs-human";
+                            detail = "No eligible ticket assignment; unfinished work requires prerequisite or question recovery";
+                        }
                         break;
+                    }
                     if (next && next.status !== "next" && next.status !== "in_progress" && next.status !== "blocked") {
                         outcome = "needs-human";
                         detail = `recovery ticket ${next.ticket} cannot resume while its status is ${next.status}`;
                         break;
                     }
                     if (next) {
+                        outcome = "all-done";
+                        detail = undefined;
                         pendingTicketId = next.ticket;
                         await onTicketStart?.(next.ticket);
                         // Approval/feedback can change definitions while selection is awaiting it.
@@ -753,6 +949,7 @@ export class Foreman {
                         }
                         const boundaryDb = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
                         try {
+                            boundaryDb.consumeInstructionControls(this.qaRunId, next.ticket);
                             const pending = boundaryDb.pendingHumanDecisions(this.qaRunId);
                             if (pending.some(decision => !decision.interruptionId.startsWith("ticket:") || decision.interruptionId === `ticket:${next.ticket}`)) {
                                 i--;
@@ -769,6 +966,13 @@ export class Foreman {
                         }
                         if (next.status === "blocked")
                             cmdUnblock(this.projectDir, next.ticket, { actor: "foreman", summary: canAnswer(next.ticket) ? "Scoped question answered" : "Reopened by build recovery" });
+                        const admittedDb = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                        try {
+                            admittedDb.assertAdmittedWork(this.qaRunId, next.ticket);
+                        }
+                        finally {
+                            admittedDb.close();
+                        }
                         deferred.delete(next.ticket);
                         cmdUpdate(this.projectDir, next.ticket, {
                             status: "in_progress",
@@ -778,11 +982,29 @@ export class Foreman {
                     }
                 }
                 catch (err) {
+                    if (err instanceof HumanDecisionCancelled)
+                        throw err;
                     outcome = "needs-human";
                     detail = `failed to update ticket tracker before step ${i}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`;
                     break;
                 }
             }
+            if (!this.ticketsEnabled && this.projectDir) {
+                const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                try {
+                    const completedSynthetic = new Set(db.operations(this.qaRunId).filter(operation => operation.kind === "synthetic-completion" && operation.status === "confirmed").map(operation => operation.intent.workId));
+                    const selected = db.workDefinitions(this.qaRunId).find(work => work.kind === "synthetic" && !completedSynthetic.has(work.workId) && (i !== 1 || !preferredTicketId || work.workId === preferredTicketId));
+                    if (!selected) {
+                        outcome = completedSynthetic.size ? "all-done" : "needs-human";
+                        detail = completedSynthetic.size ? undefined : "No explicitly admitted unticketed work is available";
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    pendingTicketId = selected.workId;
+                }
+                finally {
+                    db.close();
+                }
+            }
             this.currentTicketId = pendingTicketId;
             let instruction = i === 1
                 ? buildPrimer(n, trackerPath, this.ticketsEnabled, pendingTicketId)
@@ -790,13 +1012,15 @@ export class Foreman {
             if (pendingTicketId)
                 instruction += `\n\nAssigned ticket: ${pendingTicketId}. Implement exactly this ticket. Do not substitute another ticket. End with ticket="${pendingTicketId}" in the STEP_STATUS marker.`;
             const continuations = answered.filter(decision => decision.interruptionId === `ticket:${pendingTicketId}`);
+            const continuationKeys = [];
             if (continuations.length) {
-                instruction += "\n\nScoped answers authorizing this ticket continuation:\n" + continuations.map(decision => `${decision.prompt}\nAnswer: ${decision.answer ?? decision.selectedChoiceId}`).join("\n");
+                instruction += "\n\nScoped answers authorizing this ticket continuation:\n" + continuations.map(decision => `${decision.prompt}\nAnswer: ${decisionResponse(decision)}`).join("\n");
                 const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
                 try {
                     db.atomic(() => {
                         for (const decision of continuations) {
-                            const key = `decision-continuation:${decision.decisionId}`;
+                            const key = db.nextDecisionContinuationKey(this.qaRunId, decision.decisionId);
+                            continuationKeys.push(key);
                             db.planOperation({ runId: this.qaRunId, idempotencyKey: key, kind: "decision-continuation", intent: { decisionId: decision.decisionId, ticketId: pendingTicketId } });
                             db.updateOperation(key, "in_progress");
                         }
@@ -810,14 +1034,23 @@ export class Foreman {
                 await this.prepareBuilderBoundary(instruction);
             this.builderWorkSessions += 1;
             const turn = () => this.doTurn(instruction);
-            const { result, status } = this.observer
-                ? await this.observer.withContext({ role: "builder", stream: "builder", ticketId: pendingTicketId }, turn)
-                : await turn();
+            let response;
+            try {
+                response = this.observer ? await this.observer.withContext({ role: "builder", stream: "builder", ticketId: pendingTicketId }, turn) : await turn();
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                if (!(error instanceof BuildAssignmentRejected || error instanceof BuildControlBoundary))
+                    throw error;
+                outcome = "needs-human";
+                detail = error.message;
+                break;
+            }
+            const { result, status } = response;
             if (continuations.length) {
                 const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
                 try {
-                    for (const decision of continuations)
-                        db.updateOperation(`decision-continuation:${decision.decisionId}`, result.failure?.dispatchState === "unknown" ? "uncertain" : "confirmed", { result: { isError: result.isError } });
+                    for (const key of continuationKeys)
+                        db.updateOperation(key, result.failure?.dispatchState === "not-sent" ? "failed" : result.failure?.dispatchState === "unknown" || result.isError && !result.failure?.dispatchState ? "uncertain" : "confirmed", { result: { isError: result.isError, dispatchState: result.failure?.dispatchState } });
                 }
                 finally {
                     db.close();
@@ -838,23 +1071,18 @@ export class Foreman {
                 detail = `builder turn errored: ${result.text.slice(0, 200)}`;
                 break;
             }
-            if (recoveryTickets && pendingTicketId && status.ticket !== pendingTicketId && (status.kind === "done" || status.kind === "plan_complete" || Boolean(status.ticket))) {
-                outcome = "needs-human";
-                detail = `Builder response named ${status.ticket ?? "no ticket"}, but this recovery turn was scoped to ${pendingTicketId}`;
-                break;
-            }
             if (status.kind === "done" || status.kind === "plan_complete") {
                 let qaSummary;
                 let qaWaived = false;
                 let qaPassCertificateId;
                 let qaSourceStateDigest;
                 if (this.qaEnabled) {
-                    const qa = await this.runQa(i, status.ticket ?? pendingTicketId, result.text);
+                    const qa = await this.runQa(i, pendingTicketId, result.text);
                     if (qa.outcome === "blocked" || qa.outcome === "needs-human") {
                         outcome = qa.outcome;
                         detail = qa.detail;
                         if (pendingTicketId && this.continueIndependentTickets && this.ticketsEnabled && this.projectDir) {
-                            cmdBlock(this.projectDir, pendingTicketId, { summary: qa.detail ?? "QA requires recovery", actor: "foreman" });
+                            cmdBlock(this.projectDir, pendingTicketId, { summary: qa.detail ?? "QA requires recovery", unblockCriteria: qa.detail ?? "Reconcile QA recovery", blockerType: "qa", actor: "foreman" });
                             deferred.add(pendingTicketId);
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -868,7 +1096,7 @@ export class Foreman {
                 // Update ticket state only after QA has passed, so generated tracker
                 // state does not claim done before verification has completed.
                 if (this.ticketsEnabled && this.projectDir) {
-                    const ticketId = status.ticket ?? pendingTicketId;
+                    const ticketId = pendingTicketId;
                     if (ticketId) {
                         try {
                             if (this.qaEnabled && !qaWaived) {
@@ -876,6 +1104,13 @@ export class Foreman {
                                     throw new Error("QA passed without a durable pass certificate");
                                 await beginQaFinalization(this.projectDir, this.projectDir, this.qaRunId, ticketId, qaPassCertificateId, qaSourceStateDigest, `ticket-complete:${ticketId}`, generatedTrackerDirtyPaths(loadTicketsConfig(this.projectDir).paths));
                             }
+                            const controls = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                            try {
+                                controls.assertFinalizationControls(this.qaRunId, ticketId);
+                            }
+                            finally {
+                                controls.close();
+                            }
                             cmdComplete(this.projectDir, ticketId, {
                                 actor: "foreman",
                                 summary: status.summary ?? `Step ${i} complete`,
@@ -897,6 +1132,46 @@ export class Foreman {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                if (!this.ticketsEnabled && this.projectDir && pendingTicketId) {
+                    const controls = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                    try {
+                        controls.assertFinalizationControls(this.qaRunId, pendingTicketId);
+                    }
+                    catch (error) {
+                        if (!(error instanceof BuildControlBoundary))
+                            throw error;
+                        outcome = "needs-human";
+                        detail = error.message;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    finally {
+                        controls.close();
+                    }
+                    if (this.qaEnabled && !qaWaived) {
+                        if (!qaPassCertificateId || !qaSourceStateDigest)
+                            throw new Error("Synthetic work requires a durable independent QA pass");
+                        await beginQaFinalization(this.projectDir, this.builderWorktree ?? this.projectDir, this.qaRunId, pendingTicketId, qaPassCertificateId, qaSourceStateDigest, `synthetic-complete:${pendingTicketId}`);
+                    }
+                    const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+                    try {
+                        db.atomic(() => {
+                            const key = `synthetic-completion:${this.qaRunId}:${pendingTicketId}`;
+                            db.planOperation({ runId: this.qaRunId, idempotencyKey: key, kind: "synthetic-completion", intent: { workId: pendingTicketId } });
+                            if (db.operation(key)?.status === "planned")
+                                db.updateOperation(key, "in_progress");
+                            db.updateOperation(key, "confirmed");
+                            const state = db.getRun(this.qaRunId).state;
+                            const progress = state.progress;
+                            if (progress)
+                                db.transition(this.qaRunId, { checkpoint: "synthetic-completed", state: { ...state, progress: { ...progress, completedTickets: [...new Set([...(progress.completedTickets ?? []), pendingTicketId])] } } });
+                        });
+                    }
+                    finally {
+                        db.close();
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!this.ticketsEnabled && this.projectDir && pendingTicketId && this.qaEnabled && !qaWaived)
+                    completeQaFinalization(this.projectDir, this.qaRunId, pendingTicketId);
                 completed++;
                 if (status.kind === "plan_complete") {
                     outcome = "plan-complete";
@@ -908,11 +1183,13 @@ export class Foreman {
             if (status.kind === "blocked") {
                 // Mark ticket blocked in the tracker
                 if (this.ticketsEnabled && this.projectDir) {
-                    const ticketId = status.ticket ?? pendingTicketId;
+                    const ticketId = pendingTicketId;
                     if (ticketId) {
                         try {
                             cmdBlock(this.projectDir, ticketId, {
                                 summary: status.reason ?? "builder reported blocked",
+                                unblockCriteria: status.reason ?? "Resolve the external blocker before continuing",
+                                blockerType: status.reason?.includes("Rafi is waiting for input") ? "input" : "external",
                                 actor: "foreman",
                             });
                         }
@@ -940,6 +1217,20 @@ export class Foreman {
                     : "builder did not emit a STEP_STATUS marker";
             break;
         }
+        if (completed >= n && this.projectDir) {
+            const db = new WorkflowDb(this.projectDir);
+            let pending;
+            try {
+                pending = db.pendingHumanDecisions(this.qaRunId).some(decision => !decision.interruptionId.startsWith("ticket:") || !recoveryTickets || recoveryTickets.includes(decision.interruptionId.slice(7)));
+            }
+            finally {
+                db.close();
+            }
+            if (pending && !await service()) {
+                outcome = "needs-human";
+                detail = "Paused with pending questions at the authorized step limit";
+            }
+        }
         if (deferred.size) {
             outcome = "blocked";
             detail = `Deferred tickets: ${[...deferred].join(", ")}. ${detail ?? "Input or prerequisite recovery is required."}`;