instar 1.3.1583 → 1.3.1584

package/dashboard/console/console.css

@@ -998,6 +998,19 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .sess-actions a.btn-quiet { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; text-decoration: none; }
 .sess-default-row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--s-2); align-items: baseline; margin-top: var(--s-3); }
 .sess-default-row .card-note { margin: 0; }
+/* Desktop: an open session fills the window beside the list, so the composer is
+   always on screen (no page scroll to reach it) and the terminal takes the rest. */
+@media (min-width: 900px) {
+  .main:has(> .sessions-page.has-open) { max-width: 1680px; padding-top: var(--s-6); padding-bottom: var(--s-6); }
+  .sessions-page.has-open { grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, 340px) 1fr; }
+  .sessions-page.has-open .sess-list .page-title { font-size: 28px; }
+  .sessions-page.has-open .sess-view { top: calc(56px + var(--s-4)); height: calc(100dvh - 56px - var(--preview-h, 0px) - var(--s-6) - var(--s-4)); }
+  .app:has(> .preview-banner) { --preview-h: 37px; }
+  .sessions-page.has-open .sess-open { height: 100%; min-height: 0; }
+  .sessions-page.has-open .sess-term-wrap { min-height: 0; }
+  .sessions-page.has-open .sess-term { height: auto; min-height: 0; }
+  .sessions-page.has-open .sess-composer { position: static; padding-bottom: 0; }
+}
 .sess-default-box:empty { display: none; }
 .sess-default-box { border: 1px solid var(--hairline); border-radius: var(--r-md); padding: var(--s-3); margin: var(--s-2) 0; }
 .skeleton-row { pointer-events: none; }
@@ -1115,7 +1128,7 @@ button.run-mark:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset
 .mb-pace { margin-top: 4px; }
 
 /* Preview address: say plainly that this is work in progress. */
-.preview-banner { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px 10px; align-items: baseline; padding: 8px 16px; background: #3a2f0b; color: #f6d77a; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; }
+.preview-banner { grid-column: 1 / -1; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px 10px; align-items: baseline; padding: 8px 16px; background: #3a2f0b; color: #f6d77a; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; }
 .preview-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; margin-left: auto; }
 
 /* Home headline as a link to the first thing that needs the operator. */

package/dist/data/standards-guard-index.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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-  "packageVersion": "1.3.1583",
+  "packageVersion": "1.3.1584",
   "guards": [
     {
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package/dist/data/standards-guard-index.meta.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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package/dist/data/standards-registry.meta.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
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-  "packageVersion": "1.3.1583"
+  "packageVersion": "1.3.1584"
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package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "instar",
-  "version": "1.3.1583",
+  "version": "1.3.1584",
   "description": "Coherence infrastructure for self-evolving AI agents — on the Claude Code or Codex subscription you already have.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",

package/scripts/install-windows-desktop-companion.ps1

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ try {
 if ($Phase -eq 'Stage') {
   if (Test-Path $nextExe) { Remove-Item -Force $nextExe }
   Add-Type -Path $code -ReferencedAssemblies @('System.Drawing', 'System.Windows.Forms', 'System.Web.Extensions') `
-    -OutputAssembly $nextExe -OutputType ConsoleApplication -ErrorAction Stop
+    -OutputAssembly $nextExe -OutputType WindowsApplication -ErrorAction Stop
   if (-not (Test-Path $nextExe)) { throw 'Companion compiler produced no executable' }
   @{ staged = $true; taskRunning = ($null -ne $prior -and $prior.State -eq 4) } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
   return

package/src/data/builtin-manifest.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "$schema": "./builtin-manifest.schema.json",
   "schemaVersion": 1,
-  "generatedAt": "2026-11-02T02:08:09.214Z",
-  "instarVersion": "1.3.1583",
+  "generatedAt": "2026-11-02T02:43:40.225Z",
+  "instarVersion": "1.3.1584",
   "entryCount": 205,
   "entries": {
     "hook:session-start": {

package/src/data/standards-guard-index.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
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-  "packageVersion": "1.3.1583",
+  "packageVersion": "1.3.1584",
   "guards": [
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package/src/data/standards-guard-index.meta.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-  "packageVersion": "1.3.1583"
+  "packageVersion": "1.3.1584"
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package/upgrades/1.3.1584.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Upgrade Guide — vNEXT
+
+<!-- assembled-by: assemble-next-md -->
+<!-- bump: patch -->
+
+## What Changed
+
+On desktop, an open session in the console fills the window: the terminal takes the free space and the message box is always on screen, with no scrolling. The preview banner is one line instead of wrapping in the menu column.
+
+The Windows desktop companion is compiled as a windowless application instead of a console application, so starting it in the signed-in session no longer opens a terminal window on the user's screen.
+
+## What to Tell Your User
+
+On a computer, the session page now uses the whole window and the message box is always visible.
+
+The black terminal window that appeared on your Windows machine after enabling remote desktop no longer shows up. Remote desktop works the same.
+
+## Summary of New Capabilities
+
+No new capability; a layout fix for the desktop session view.
+
+No visible helper window on Windows.
+
+## Evidence
+
+Operator screenshot 2026-11-01 (composer below the fold at 1280x694). After the change, headless Chromium at 1280x694 and 1920x1080 shows the composer inside the viewport.
+
+Installed on Mama PC through the normal installer with this change: the running companion has no main window (MainWindowHandle 0), no window titled with its install path exists, and diagnostics report ready. Unit test tests/unit/windows-companion-no-console.test.ts.

package/upgrades/side-effects/console-session-desktop-layout.eli16.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Plain overview: session page on a computer screen
+
+On a computer, opening a session in the dashboard left a lot of empty space at the sides,
+and the box where you type a message sat below the bottom of the window, so you had to
+scroll to reach it. Now an open session fills the window: the list of sessions sits in a
+narrower column on the left, the session's live output takes the rest of the space, and
+the message box is always visible at the bottom. On a phone nothing changes. The yellow
+"preview" strip at the top of preview pages also shrinks from several lines to one, since
+it was squeezed into the narrow menu column before.

package/upgrades/side-effects/console-session-desktop-layout.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Side effects: desktop session view fills the window
+
+CSS only (dashboard/console/console.css). At 900 px and wider, with a session open, the
+page widens to 1680 px, the list column narrows to 280-340 px, and the session view is
+exactly the window height below the top bar, so the terminal takes the free space and the
+composer is always on screen. The preview banner now spans the full grid width instead of
+wrapping inside the 248 px nav column (it was ~125 px tall, now ~37 px).
+
+1. Over-block: none (no logic).
+2. Under-block: very short windows (< ~450 px) still squeeze the terminal; acceptable.
+3. Level fit: layout belongs in the stylesheet.
+4. Signal vs authority: not a decision point.
+5. Interactions: xterm refits through the existing ResizeObserver. Phone layout untouched (media query).
+6. External surfaces: dashboard appearance only.
+7. Multi-machine: machine-local static asset; identical on every machine.
+8. Rollback: revert the commit.

package/upgrades/side-effects/windows-companion-no-console.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Windows companion: windowless build
+
+## Summary
+
+Tier 1: one word in scripts/install-windows-desktop-companion.ps1 (`-OutputType ConsoleApplication` to `WindowsApplication`).
+
+## Over-block
+
+None.
+
+## Under-block
+
+The `--self-test` mode still writes to the console; as a windowless app its text is not shown when run by hand, but its exit code is unchanged. Nothing in the installer or tests runs it.
+
+## Level of abstraction
+
+Build flag only.
+
+## Signal versus authority
+
+No decision point changes.
+
+## Interactions
+
+The red "remote control active" banner is a WinForms window and is unaffected. The scheduled task launch is unchanged.
+
+## 6b. Operator-surface quality
+
+Removes a stray terminal window from the user's Windows desktop.
+
+## External surfaces
+
+None.
+
+## Multi-machine posture
+
+Windows-only, machine-local.
+
+## Rollback cost
+
+Revert the line; the next update rebuilds the console version.
+
+## Class-Closure Declaration
+
+`defectClass: environment-assumption`, `closure: fix`, `guardEvidence: { enforcementType: unit-test, citation: tests/unit/windows-companion-no-console.test.ts, howCaught: a terminal window titled with the companion path was visible in the live Mama PC screen }`.