dsh-loop-engine 1.0.0-rc4 → 1.0.0-rc5

package/lib/index.js

@@ -3695,19 +3695,34 @@ function ensureTrailingNewline(text) {
   return text.endsWith("\n") ? text : `${text}
 `;
 }
+function hasRootEntry(text) {
+  return /^(?:- |\[)/m.test(text);
+}
+function dropSeedPlaceholder(text) {
+  return text.replace(/^\[\]\n/m, "");
+}
+function seedEmptyArray(text) {
+  const head = text.replace(/\n+$/, "");
+  return head === "" ? "[]\n" : `${head}
+[]
+`;
+}
 function applyManagedBlock(text, engine) {
   const block = renderManagedBlock(engine);
   const span = managedSpan(text);
+  let result;
   if (!span.present) {
     if (block === "") return text;
     const base = ensureTrailingNewline(text);
-    return `${base}
+    result = `${base}
 ${block}`;
+  } else if (block === "") {
+    result = span.tail.startsWith("\n") ? `${span.head}${span.tail.slice(1)}` : `${span.head}${span.tail}`;
+  } else {
+    result = `${span.head}${span.blankBefore ? "\n" : ""}${block}${span.tail}`;
   }
-  if (block === "") {
-    return span.tail.startsWith("\n") ? `${span.head}${span.tail.slice(1)}` : `${span.head}${span.tail}`;
-  }
-  return `${span.head}${span.blankBefore ? "\n" : ""}${block}${span.tail}`;
+  if (block !== "") return dropSeedPlaceholder(result);
+  return hasRootEntry(result) ? result : seedEmptyArray(result);
 }
 
 // src/commands.ts

package/lib/invariant.js

@@ -45,19 +45,34 @@ function ensureTrailingNewline(text) {
   return text.endsWith("\n") ? text : `${text}
 `;
 }
+function hasRootEntry(text) {
+  return /^(?:- |\[)/m.test(text);
+}
+function dropSeedPlaceholder(text) {
+  return text.replace(/^\[\]\n/m, "");
+}
+function seedEmptyArray(text) {
+  const head = text.replace(/\n+$/, "");
+  return head === "" ? "[]\n" : `${head}
+[]
+`;
+}
 function applyManagedBlock(text, engine) {
   const block = renderManagedBlock(engine);
   const span = managedSpan(text);
+  let result;
   if (!span.present) {
     if (block === "") return text;
     const base = ensureTrailingNewline(text);
-    return `${base}
+    result = `${base}
 ${block}`;
+  } else if (block === "") {
+    result = span.tail.startsWith("\n") ? `${span.head}${span.tail.slice(1)}` : `${span.head}${span.tail}`;
+  } else {
+    result = `${span.head}${span.blankBefore ? "\n" : ""}${block}${span.tail}`;
   }
-  if (block === "") {
-    return span.tail.startsWith("\n") ? `${span.head}${span.tail.slice(1)}` : `${span.head}${span.tail}`;
-  }
-  return `${span.head}${span.blankBefore ? "\n" : ""}${block}${span.tail}`;
+  if (block !== "") return dropSeedPlaceholder(result);
+  return hasRootEntry(result) ? result : seedEmptyArray(result);
 }
 
 // src/invariant.ts

package/lib/types/patch-manager.d.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ export declare function currentEngineOf(text: string): LoopEngineId;
 /**
  * Produce the next patch-file text for a target engine, preserving every byte
  * outside the managed span. Appends the span when absent; replaces or removes
- * it when present.
+ * it when present. The managed block is a root-level collection, so a leftover
+ * seed `[]` is dropped when adding it, and a removal that leaves no entries is
+ * re-seeded back to `[]` — either way the file stays a single valid top-level
+ * array the harness can boot.
  * @param text - current patch-file text.
  * @param engine - target engine.
  * @returns the rewritten patch-file text.

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "dsh-loop-engine",
   "description": "Web-switchable agent loop engine selection for the DeepSeek Harness - out-of-tree plugin (Claude Code / Codex drivers) maintained by @kuun993, zero main-repo changes",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc4",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc5",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },