oh-my-codex 0.20.2 → 0.20.5

package/dist/team/__tests__/scaling.test.js

@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import { mkdtemp, rm, readFile, writeFile, mkdir, chmod, readdir } from 'fs/promises';
-import { join, relative } from 'path';
-import { tmpdir } from 'os';
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { initTeamState, createTask, readTask, readTeamConfig, saveTeamConfig, readWorkerStatus, writeWorkerStatus, withScalingLock, DEFAULT_MAX_WORKERS, } from '../state.js';
-import { isScalingEnabled, scaleUp, scaleDown } from '../scaling.js';
+import { mkdtemp, rm, readFile, writeFile, mkdir, chmod, readdir, symlink } from 'fs/promises';
+import { join, posix, relative, win32 } from 'path';
+import { tmpdir as osTmpdir } from 'os';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, realpathSync } from 'fs';
+import { initTeamState, createTask, claimTask, readTask, readTeamConfig, saveTeamConfig, readWorkerStatus, writeWorkerStatus, withScalingLock, recoverTeamMembershipTaskTransaction, commitTeamMembershipTaskTransaction, withTeamTaskBarrier, DEFAULT_MAX_WORKERS, listDispatchRequests, readTeamManifestV2, } from '../state.js';
+import { isSameOrInsidePath, isScalingEnabled, reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt, scaleUp, scaleDown } from '../scaling.js';
 import { resolveCanonicalTeamStateRoot } from '../state-root.js';
 import { resolvePersistedApprovedTeamExecutionContinuityState, writePersistedApprovedTeamExecutionBinding, } from '../approved-execution.js';
 import { TEAM_WORKER_INHERITED_MODEL_ENV } from '../model-contract.js';
 import { buildWorkerProcessLaunchSpec } from '../tmux-session.js';
+const tmpdir = () => realpathSync(osTmpdir());
 delete process.env.OMX_TEAM_STATE_ROOT;
+process.env.OMX_RUNTIME_BRIDGE = '0';
 async function initCommittedGitRepo(cwd) {
     execFileSync('git', ['init'], { cwd, stdio: 'pipe' });
     execFileSync('git', ['config', 'user.name', 'OMX Test'], { cwd, stdio: 'pipe' });
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ function computeGitBlobSha1(content) {
     const header = Buffer.from(`blob ${buffer.length}\0`, 'utf-8');
     return createHash('sha1').update(header).update(buffer).digest('hex');
 }
+function withoutConfigGeneration(bytes) {
+    const value = JSON.parse(bytes);
+    delete value.config_generation;
+    return value;
+}
 function canonicalContextPackRelativePath(slug) {
     return `.omx/context/context-20260507T120000Z-${slug}.json`;
 }
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ async function writeContextPack(cwd, slug, prdPath, testSpecPath, roles) {
 async function writeReadyContextPack(cwd, slug, prdPath, testSpecPath) {
     await writeContextPack(cwd, slug, prdPath, testSpecPath, ['scope', 'build', 'verify']);
 }
-async function writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath) {
+async function writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath, failGuardedSendKeys = false) {
     const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
     await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
         '#!/bin/sh',
@@ -150,21 +157,78 @@ async function writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath) {
         '  -V)',
         '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
         '    ;;',
+        '  display-message)',
+        '    case "$*" in',
+        '      *"-t %32 "*) echo "%32\\t42425\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+        '      *"-t %33 "*) echo "%33\\t42426\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+        '      *"-t %31 "*) echo "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+        '      *"-t %21 "*) echo "%21\\t42421\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+        '      *) echo "%11\\t42411\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+        '    esac',
+        '    ;;',
+        '  if-shell)',
+        '    case "${2:-}" in',
+        '      -F)',
+        '        if [ "${3:-}" = "-t" ]; then',
+        '          target="${4:-}"',
+        '          condition="${5:-}"',
+        '          success="${6:-}"',
+        '        else',
+        '          target=""',
+        '          condition="${3:-}"',
+        '          success="${4:-}"',
+        '        fi',
+        '        ;;',
+        '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+        '    esac',
+        '    case "$target:$condition" in',
+        '      %21:*) ;;',
+        '      %31:*) ;;',
+        '      %32:*) ;;',
+        '      %33:*) ;;',
+        '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+        '    esac',
+        "    receipt=\"$(printf '%s' \"$success\" | sed -En 's/.*(omx-scale-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}).*/\\1/p')\"",
+        '    [ -n "$receipt" ] || exit 1',
+        '    case "$success" in',
+        `      *split-window*) case "$target" in %21) : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%31')}"; printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%31' '42424' 'omx-team-scale-up' '$1' '@1' "$receipt" ;; %31) : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%32')}"; printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%32' '42425' 'omx-team-scale-up' '$1' '@1' "$receipt" ;; %32) : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%33')}"; printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%33' '42426' 'omx-team-scale-up' '$1' '@1' "$receipt" ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac ;;`,
+        ...(failGuardedSendKeys ? ['      *send-keys*) exit 1 ;;'] : []),
+        '      *"\'set-option\'"*|*"\'send-keys\'"*|*"\'kill-pane\'"*|*set-option*|*send-keys*|*kill-pane*) printf "%s\\n" "$receipt" ;;',
+        '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+        '    esac',
+        '    ;;',
         '  split-window)',
-        '    echo "%31"',
+        '    case "$*" in',
+        `      *"-t %21 "*) : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%31')}"; echo "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1" ;;`,
+        `      *"-t %31 "*) : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%32')}"; echo "%32\\t42425\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1" ;;`,
+        `      *"-t %32 "*) : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%33')}"; echo "%33\\t42426\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1" ;;`,
+        '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+        '    esac',
         '    ;;',
         '  list-panes)',
-        '    echo "42424"',
+        "    printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '42411'",
+        "    printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+        `    if [ -f "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%31')}" ] && [ ! -f "${join(fakeBinDir, 'killed-%31')}" ]; then printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%31' '0' '42424'; fi`,
+        `    if [ -f "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%32')}" ] && [ ! -f "${join(fakeBinDir, 'killed-%32')}" ]; then printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%32' '0' '42425'; fi`,
+        `    if [ -f "${join(fakeBinDir, 'created-%33')}" ] && [ ! -f "${join(fakeBinDir, 'killed-%33')}" ]; then printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%33' '0' '42426'; fi`,
         '    ;;',
-        '  send-keys)',
+        '  show-option)',
+        '    case "$*" in',
+        '      *"@omx_team_pane_owner_id"*) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+        '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+        '    esac',
         '    ;;',
-        '  capture-pane)',
-        '    echo ""',
+        '  set-option) ;;',
+        '  send-keys) ;;',
+        '  kill-pane)',
+        `    : > "${join(fakeBinDir, 'killed-')}$3"`,
         '    ;;',
+        '  capture-pane) echo "" ;;',
         'esac',
         'exit 0',
         '',
     ].join('\n'));
+    execFileSync('sh', ['-n', tmuxStubPath], { stdio: 'pipe' });
     await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
     await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
 }
@@ -174,9 +238,13 @@ async function configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd) {
     if (!config) {
         throw new Error(`missing team config for ${teamName}`);
     }
-    config.tmux_session = `omx-team-${teamName}`;
+    config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
+    config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
     config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+    config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
+    config.leader_pane_pid = 42411;
     config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+    config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
     await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
     const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'manifest.v2.json');
     if (!existsSync(manifestPath)) {
@@ -195,6 +263,15 @@ async function readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath) {
     const trimmed = content.trim();
     return trimmed === '' ? [] : trimmed.split('\n');
 }
+function isGuardedScaleMutation(command, mutation, target) {
+    return command.startsWith('if-shell -F -t ')
+        && command.includes(mutation)
+        && (target === undefined || command.includes(`-t '${target}'`) || command.includes(`-t ${target}`))
+        && /omx-scale-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}/.test(command);
+}
+function guardedScaleSplitCount(commands) {
+    return commands.filter((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'split-window')).length;
+}
 async function readScaleUpTaskPayloads(teamName, cwd) {
     const tasksDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'tasks');
     if (!existsSync(tasksDir)) {
@@ -317,6 +394,60 @@ describe('isScalingEnabled', () => {
         assert.equal(isScalingEnabled({ OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: ' true ' }), true);
     });
 });
+// ── scale-down cleanup debt path containment ──────────────────────────────────
+describe('scale-down cleanup debt path containment', () => {
+    const windowsPathSemantics = {
+        relative: win32.relative,
+        isAbsolute: win32.isAbsolute,
+        sep: win32.sep,
+    };
+    it('accepts same-root and descendant native Windows canonical paths', () => {
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('C:\\repo', 'C:\\repo', windowsPathSemantics), true);
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('C:\\repo\\.omx\\team\\alpha', 'C:\\repo', windowsPathSemantics), true);
+    });
+    it('accepts mixed-separator, drive-letter, and case-equivalent Windows descendants', () => {
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('c:/REPO/.omx\\team/alpha', 'C:\\repo', windowsPathSemantics), true);
+    });
+    it('accepts same-share UNC descendants across host and share casing', () => {
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('\\\\SERVER\\Share\\repo/.omx\\team\\alpha', '\\\\server\\share\\REPO', windowsPathSemantics), true);
+    });
+    for (const [name, candidate] of [
+        ['a sibling prefix collision', 'C:\\repo-other\\worker'],
+        ['a parent traversal escape', 'C:\\repo\\..\\foreign\\worker'],
+        ['a foreign same-volume root', 'C:\\foreign\\worker'],
+        ['an absolute relative result from a foreign drive', 'D:\\foreign\\worker'],
+        ['a foreign UNC host', '\\\\foreign-server\\share\\repo\\worker'],
+        ['a foreign UNC share', '\\\\server\\foreign-share\\repo\\worker'],
+        ['a UNC sibling prefix collision', '\\\\server\\share\\repo-other\\worker'],
+    ]) {
+        it(`rejects ${name} under native Windows path semantics`, () => {
+            assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath(candidate, 'C:\\repo', windowsPathSemantics), false);
+        });
+    }
+    for (const [name, candidate] of [
+        ['a foreign UNC host', '\\\\foreign-server\\share\\repo\\worker'],
+        ['a foreign UNC share', '\\\\server\\foreign-share\\repo\\worker'],
+        ['a UNC sibling prefix collision', '\\\\server\\share\\repo-other\\worker'],
+    ]) {
+        it(`rejects ${name} under native Windows UNC path semantics`, () => {
+            assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath(candidate, '\\\\server\\share\\repo', windowsPathSemantics), false);
+        });
+    }
+    const posixPathSemantics = {
+        relative: posix.relative,
+        isAbsolute: posix.isAbsolute,
+        sep: posix.sep,
+    };
+    it('preserves POSIX same-root and descendant containment', () => {
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('/repo', '/repo', posixPathSemantics), true);
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('/repo/.omx/team/alpha', '/repo', posixPathSemantics), true);
+    });
+    it('rejects POSIX siblings, traversal, and foreign roots', () => {
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('/repo-other/worker', '/repo', posixPathSemantics), false);
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('/repo/../foreign/worker', '/repo', posixPathSemantics), false);
+        assert.equal(isSameOrInsidePath('/foreign/worker', '/repo', posixPathSemantics), false);
+    });
+});
 // ── WorkerStatus draining state ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 describe('WorkerStatus draining state', () => {
     it('writeWorkerStatus writes draining status and readWorkerStatus reads it back', async () => {
@@ -394,7 +525,7 @@ describe('withScalingLock', () => {
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-lock-'));
         try {
             await initTeamState('lock-test', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
-            const lockDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'lock-test', '.lock.scaling');
+            const lockDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', '.team-locks', 'lock-test.scaling');
             const result = await withScalingLock('lock-test', cwd, async () => {
                 // Lock should exist during execution
                 assert.equal(existsSync(lockDir), true);
@@ -412,7 +543,7 @@ describe('withScalingLock', () => {
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-lock-err-'));
         try {
             await initTeamState('lock-err', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
-            const lockDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'lock-err', '.lock.scaling');
+            const lockDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', '.team-locks', 'lock-err.scaling');
             await assert.rejects(withScalingLock('lock-err', cwd, async () => {
                 throw new Error('test error');
             }), { message: 'test error' });
@@ -581,34 +712,9 @@ exit 0
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-role-'));
         const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-role-bin-'));
         const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
-        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
         const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
         try {
-            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
-                '#!/bin/sh',
-                'set -eu',
-                `printf '\%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
-                'case "${1:-}" in',
-                '  -V)',
-                '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  split-window)',
-                '    echo "%31"',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  list-panes)',
-                '    echo "42424"',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  send-keys)',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  capture-pane)',
-                '    echo ""',
-                '    ;;',
-                'esac',
-                'exit 0',
-                '',
-            ].join('\n'));
-            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
-            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await mkdir(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts'), { recursive: true });
             await writeFile(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts', 'writer.md'), '<identity>You are Writer.</identity>');
@@ -625,9 +731,11 @@ exit 0
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up-role';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'scale-up-role', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -637,7 +745,7 @@ exit 0
             };
             await writeFile(manifestPath, JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
             const result = await scaleUp('scale-up-role', 1, 'executor', [{ subject: 'document routing report only', description: 'document routing report only', owner: 'worker-2', role: 'writer' }], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
-            assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+            assert.equal(result.ok, true, result.ok ? 'ok' : result.error);
             if (!result.ok)
                 return;
             const createdTask = await readTask('scale-up-role', '2', cwd);
@@ -649,7 +757,8 @@ exit 0
             assert.match(inbox, /Task 2/);
             assert.match(inbox, /Role: writer/);
             const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => (command === 'set-option -p -t %31 @omx_team_pane_owner_id team:scale-up-role')));
+            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => (isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'set-option', '%31')
+                && command.includes('@omx_team_pane_owner_id'))));
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -751,23 +860,44 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
             await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     });
-    it('rolls back a scaled worker pane when team owner tagging fails', async () => {
+    it('persists a newly created worker when rollback pane proof is unavailable', async () => {
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-owner-tag-rollback-'));
         const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-owner-tag-rollback-bin-'));
         const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
         const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
         const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        const previousBridge = process.env.OMX_RUNTIME_BRIDGE;
         try {
             await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
                 '#!/bin/sh',
                 'set -eu',
                 `printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
                 'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up-owner-tag-rollback" ;;',
                 '  -V)',
                 '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
                 '    ;;',
+                '  display-message)',
+                '    case "$*" in',
+                '      *"-t %31 "*) echo "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up-owner-tag-rollback" ;;',
+                '      *"-t %21 "*) echo "%21\\t42421\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up-owner-tag-rollback" ;;',
+                '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+                '    esac',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  if-shell)',
+                '    [ "${2:-}" = "-F" ] && [ "${3:-}" = "-t" ] || exit 1',
+                '    success="${6:-}"',
+                "    receipt=\"$(printf '%s' \"$success\" | sed -En 's/.*(omx-scale-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}).*/\\1/p')\"",
+                '    [ -n "$receipt" ] || exit 1',
+                '    case "$success" in',
+                '      *split-window*) printf "%s\\t%s\\n" "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1" "$receipt" ;;',
+                '      *set-option*) exit 1 ;;',
+                '      *kill-pane*) printf "%s\\n" "$receipt" ;;',
+                '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+                '    esac',
+                '    ;;',
                 '  split-window)',
-                '    echo "%31"',
+                '    echo "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1"',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  set-option)',
                 '    case "$*" in',
@@ -778,7 +908,18 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
                 '    esac',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  list-panes)',
-                '    echo "42424"',
+                `    count_file="${join(fakeBinDir, 'proof-count')}"`,
+                '    count=0',
+                '    if [ -f "$count_file" ]; then count=$(cat "$count_file"); fi',
+                '    count=$((count + 1))',
+                '    printf "%s" "$count" > "$count_file"',
+                '    if [ "$count" -le 5 ]; then',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '42411'",
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%31' '0' '42424'",
+                '    else',
+                "      printf 'malformed pane snapshot\\n'",
+                '    fi',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  kill-pane|send-keys|capture-pane)',
                 '    ;;',
@@ -787,21 +928,167 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
                 '',
             ].join('\n'));
             await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            execFileSync('sh', ['-n', tmuxStubPath], { stdio: 'pipe' });
             await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            process.env.OMX_RUNTIME_BRIDGE = '0';
             await initTeamState('scale-up-owner-tag-rollback', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
             await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch('scale-up-owner-tag-rollback', cwd);
+            const ownerConfig = await readTeamConfig('scale-up-owner-tag-rollback', cwd);
+            assert.ok(ownerConfig);
+            if (!ownerConfig)
+                return;
+            ownerConfig.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up-owner-tag-rollback';
+            await saveTeamConfig(ownerConfig, cwd);
             const result = await scaleUp('scale-up-owner-tag-rollback', 1, 'executor', [{ subject: 'new work', description: 'new work', owner: 'worker-2' }], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
             assert.equal(result.ok, false);
             if (result.ok)
                 return;
-            assert.match(result.error, /Failed to tag tmux pane for worker-2/);
+            assert.equal(result.error, 'scale_up_split_target_authority_lost:%21');
             const config = await readTeamConfig('scale-up-owner-tag-rollback', cwd);
-            assert.equal(config?.workers.length, 1);
+            assert.deepEqual(config?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
             assert.equal(await readTask('scale-up-owner-tag-rollback', '1', cwd), null);
             const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => (command === 'set-option -p -t %31 @omx_team_pane_owner_id team:scale-up-owner-tag-rollback')));
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command === 'kill-pane -t %31'));
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command === 'kill-pane -t %31'), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            if (typeof previousBridge === 'string')
+                process.env.OMX_RUNTIME_BRIDGE = previousBridge;
+            else
+                delete process.env.OMX_RUNTIME_BRIDGE;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('retains unpinned rollback debt without killing a pane when its first post-split proof is unavailable', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-unpinned-rollback-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-unpinned-rollback-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const splitPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'split-created');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                '#!/bin/sh',
+                'set -eu',
+                `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
+                'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  -V) echo "tmux 3.2a" ;;',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  display-message) echo "%21\\t42421\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  split-window) : > "' + splitPath + '"; echo "%31" ;;',
+                '  list-panes)',
+                '    if [ -f "' + splitPath + '" ]; then printf "malformed pane snapshot\\n"; else',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '42411'",
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                '    fi',
+                '    ;;',
+                'esac',
+                'exit 0',
+                '',
+            ].join('\n'));
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            const teamName = 'scale-up-unpinned-rollback';
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+            });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (result.ok)
+                return;
+            assert.match(result.error, /scale_up_split_target_authority_lost:%21/);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+            assert.equal(config?.workers.length, 1);
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command === 'kill-pane -t %31'), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('retains the original pane/PID rollback debt when the new pane ID is reused before owner tagging', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-owner-tag-reuse-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-owner-tag-reuse-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                '#!/bin/sh',
+                'set -eu',
+                `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
+                'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  display-message)',
+                '    case "$*" in',
+                '      *"-t %31 "*) echo "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+                '      *"-t %21 "*) echo "%21\\t42421\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+                '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+                '    esac',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  if-shell)',
+                '    [ "${2:-}" = "-F" ] && [ "${3:-}" = "-t" ] || exit 1',
+                '    success="${6:-}"',
+                "    receipt=\"$(printf '%s' \"$success\" | sed -En 's/.*(omx-scale-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}).*/\\1/p')\"",
+                '    [ -n "$receipt" ] || exit 1',
+                '    case "$success" in',
+                '      *set-option*) printf "recycled\\n" ;;',
+                '      *split-window*) printf "%s\\t%s\\n" "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1" "$receipt" ;;',
+                '      *kill-pane*) printf "%s\\n" "$receipt" ;;',
+                '      *) exit 1 ;;',
+                '    esac',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  -V) echo "tmux 3.2a" ;;',
+                '  split-window) echo "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1" ;;',
+                '  list-panes)',
+                `    count_file="${join(fakeBinDir, 'proof-count')}"`,
+                '    count=0; [ ! -f "$count_file" ] || count=$(cat "$count_file")',
+                '    count=$((count + 1)); printf "%s" "$count" > "$count_file"',
+                '    if [ "$count" -le 4 ]; then',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%31' '0' '42424'",
+                '    elif [ "$count" -eq 5 ]; then',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%31' '0' '52424'",
+                '    else',
+                "      printf 'malformed pane snapshot\\n'",
+                '    fi',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  kill-pane|send-keys|capture-pane) ;;',
+                'esac',
+                'exit 0',
+                '',
+            ].join('\n'));
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            execFileSync('sh', ['-n', tmuxStubPath], { stdio: 'pipe' });
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            const teamName = 'scale-up-owner-tag-reuse';
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+            });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (result.ok)
+                return;
+            assert.equal(result.error, 'scale_up_split_target_authority_lost:%21');
+            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+            assert.deepEqual(config?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command === 'kill-pane -t %31'), false);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -846,7 +1133,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
             assert.match(inbox, /G001-team-runtime-bridge/);
             assert.match(inbox, /workers do not own Ultragoal goal state/i);
             assert.match(inbox, /omx ultragoal checkpoint --goal-id G001-team-runtime-bridge/);
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ')));
+            assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 1);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -877,7 +1164,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
             const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
             assert.match(inbox, /Implement generic follow-up/);
             assert.doesNotMatch(inbox, /## Approved Handoff Context/);
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ')));
+            assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 1);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -911,7 +1198,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
             assert.match(inbox, /## Approved Handoff Context/);
             assert.match(inbox, /Use the approved plan and matching test specs as the execution baseline/);
             assert.doesNotMatch(inbox, /Approved context pack|Context pack index/);
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ')));
+            assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 1);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -967,7 +1254,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
             assert.match(inbox, /Read the approved repository slice first\./);
             assert.match(inbox, /Use the approved plan and matching test specs as the execution baseline/);
             assert.doesNotMatch(inbox, /Approved context pack|Build refs|Verify refs|Scope refs|query the canonical pack|Context pack index/);
-            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ')));
+            assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 1);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -999,7 +1286,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
                     const tasks = buildScaleUpScenarioTasks(state, count);
                     const result = await scaleUp(teamName, count, 'executor', tasks, cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
                     const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
-                    const splitWindowCommands = tmuxCommands.filter((command) => command.startsWith('split-window '));
+                    const splitWindowCommands = tmuxCommands.filter((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'split-window'));
                     const inboxes = await Promise.all(tasks.map(async (task) => {
                         const inboxPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'workers', task.owner, 'inbox.md');
                         return existsSync(inboxPath)
@@ -1126,6 +1413,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
                 'set -eu',
                 `printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
                 'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
                 '  -V)',
                 '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
                 '    ;;',
@@ -1133,7 +1421,16 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
                 '    echo "%31"',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  list-panes)',
-                '    echo "42424"',
+                '    case "$*" in',
+                '      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)',
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '42411'",
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%31' '0' '42424'",
+                '        ;;',
+                '      *)',
+                '        echo "42424"',
+                '        ;;',
+                '    esac',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  send-keys)',
                 '    ;;',
@@ -1145,6 +1442,7 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
                 '',
             ].join('\n'));
             await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
             await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             delete process.env.CODEX_HOME;
@@ -1176,9 +1474,11 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up-project-reasoning';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'scale-up-project-reasoning', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1226,31 +1526,9 @@ printf '%s\\n' "$@" > '${capturePath}'
     it('removes generated worktree-root AGENTS when scale-up rolls back', async () => {
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-rollback-worktree-'));
         const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-rollback-worktree-bin-'));
-        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
         const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
         try {
-            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
-set -eu
-	case "\${1:-}" in
-  -V)
-    echo "tmux 3.2a"
-    ;;
-  split-window)
-    echo "%31"
-    ;;
-  list-panes)
-    echo "42424"
-    ;;
-  send-keys)
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-  capture-pane)
-    echo ""
-    ;;
-esac
-exit 0
-`);
-            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log'), true);
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await mkdir(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts'), { recursive: true });
             await writeFile(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts', 'writer.md'), '<identity>You are Writer.</identity>');
@@ -1265,9 +1543,11 @@ exit 0
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-rollback-worktree';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'rollback-worktree', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1282,7 +1562,7 @@ exit 0
                 return;
             assert.match(result.error, /scale_up_dispatch_failed:worker-2/);
             const workerRootAgents = join(cwd, '.omx', 'team', 'rollback-worktree', 'worktrees', 'worker-2', 'AGENTS.md');
-            assert.equal(await readFile(workerRootAgents, 'utf-8'), '# Root project instructions\n');
+            await assert.rejects(readFile(workerRootAgents, 'utf-8'), { code: 'ENOENT' });
             const backupPath = join(cwd, '.git', 'worktrees', 'worker-2', 'omx', 'root-agents-backup.json');
             assert.equal(existsSync(backupPath), false);
         }
@@ -1304,6 +1584,7 @@ exit 0
             await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 	case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-up' ;;
   -V)
     echo "tmux 3.2a"
     ;;
@@ -1311,15 +1592,28 @@ set -eu
     echo "%31"
     ;;
   list-panes)
-    echo "42424"
+    case "$*" in
+      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%11' '0' '42411'
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%21' '0' '42421'
+        if [ ! -f "${fakeBinDir}/canonical-root-killed-%31" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%31' '0' '42424'; fi
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "42424"
+        ;;
+    esac
     ;;
   capture-pane)
     echo ""
     ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    : > "${fakeBinDir}/canonical-root-killed-$3"
+    ;;
 esac
 exit 0
 `);
             await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log'));
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await mkdir(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts'), { recursive: true });
             await writeFile(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts', 'writer.md'), '<identity>You are Writer.</identity>');
@@ -1334,9 +1628,11 @@ exit 0
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-canonical-root';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'canonical-root', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1380,6 +1676,7 @@ exit 0
             await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-up' ;;
   -V)
     echo "tmux 3.2a"
     ;;
@@ -1387,15 +1684,28 @@ case "\${1:-}" in
     echo "%31"
     ;;
   list-panes)
-    echo "42424"
+    case "$*" in
+      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%11' '0' '42411'
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%21' '0' '42421'
+        if [ ! -f "${fakeBinDir}/frontier-role-killed-%31" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%31' '0' '42424'; fi
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "42424"
+        ;;
+    esac
     ;;
   capture-pane)
     echo ""
     ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    : > "${fakeBinDir}/frontier-role-killed-$3"
+    ;;
 esac
 exit 0
 `);
             await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log'));
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await mkdir(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts'), { recursive: true });
             await writeFile(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts', 'test-engineer.md'), '<identity>Test Engineer</identity>');
@@ -1412,9 +1722,11 @@ exit 0
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-frontier-role';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'frontier-role', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1450,6 +1762,7 @@ exit 0
             await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-up' ;;
   -V)
     echo "tmux 3.2a"
     ;;
@@ -1457,15 +1770,28 @@ case "\${1:-}" in
     echo "%31"
     ;;
   list-panes)
-    echo "42424"
+    case "$*" in
+      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%11' '0' '42411'
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%21' '0' '42421'
+        if [ ! -f "${fakeBinDir}/mini-tuned-killed-%31" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%31' '0' '42424'; fi
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "42424"
+        ;;
+    esac
     ;;
   capture-pane)
     echo ""
     ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    : > "${fakeBinDir}/mini-tuned-killed-$3"
+    ;;
 esac
 exit 0
 `);
             await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log'));
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await mkdir(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts'), { recursive: true });
             await writeFile(join(cwd, '.codex', 'prompts', 'writer.md'), '<identity>You are Writer.</identity>');
@@ -1480,9 +1806,11 @@ exit 0
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-mini-tuned-root';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'mini-tuned-root', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1517,39 +1845,20 @@ exit 0
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-layout-'));
         const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-layout-bin-'));
         const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
-        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
         const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
         try {
-            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
-set -eu
-printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
-case "\${1:-}" in
-  -V)
-    echo "tmux 3.2a"
-    ;;
-  split-window)
-    echo "%31"
-    ;;
-  list-panes)
-    echo "42424"
-    ;;
-  capture-pane)
-    echo ""
-    ;;
-esac
-exit 0
-`);
-            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
-            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await initTeamState('scale-up-layout', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
             const config = await readTeamConfig('scale-up-layout', cwd);
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up-layout';
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const manifestPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'scale-up-layout', 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1562,9 +1871,20 @@ exit 0
             assert.equal(result.ok, true);
             if (!result.ok)
                 return;
-            const tmuxLog = await readFile(tmuxLogPath, 'utf-8');
-            assert.match(tmuxLog, /split-window -v -t %21/);
-            assert.doesNotMatch(tmuxLog, /select-layout .*tiled/);
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            const guardedSplit = tmuxCommands.find((command) => command.startsWith('if-shell -F -t %21 '));
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /#\{==:#\{pane_id\},%21\}/);
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /#\{==:#\{pane_pid\},42421\}/);
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /#\{==:#\{session_name\},omx-team-scale-up\}/);
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /#\{==:#\{session_id\},\$1\}/);
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /#\{==:#\{window_id\},@1\}/);
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /#\{==:#\{@omx_team_pane_owner_id\},team:scale-up\}/);
+            assert.match(guardedSplit ?? '', /split-window/);
+            const plainScaleMutations = tmuxCommands.filter((command) => /^(?:split-window|set-option|send-keys|kill-pane)\b/.test(command));
+            assert.deepEqual(plainScaleMutations, []);
+            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'set-option', '%31')));
+            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'send-keys', '%31')));
+            assert.doesNotMatch(tmuxCommands.join('\n'), /select-layout .*tiled/);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
@@ -1575,66 +1895,423 @@ exit 0
             await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     });
-    it('provisions detached worktrees for scaled-up workers from persisted team worktree mode', async () => {
-        const repo = await initRepo();
-        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-detached-bin-'));
+    for (const [name, proofOutput, proofExitStatus, expectedReason] of [
+        ['dead persisted worker pane', '%21\t1\t42421\n', 0, 'dead'],
+        ['similar persisted worker pane ID', '%210\t0\t424210\n', 0, 'absent'],
+        ['malformed global pane PID', '%21\t0\tnot-a-pid\n', 0, 'malformed_snapshot'],
+        ['duplicate global pane proof rows', '%21\t0\t42421\n%21\t0\t42422\n', 0, 'malformed_snapshot'],
+        ['unavailable global pane query', '', 1, 'query_failed'],
+    ]) {
+        it(`fails closed before split-window when exact proof has ${name}`, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-split-proof-'));
+            const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-split-proof-bin-'));
+            const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+            const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+            const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+            try {
+                await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                    '#!/bin/sh',
+                    'set -eu',
+                    `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
+                    'case "${1:-}" in',
+                    '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                    '  -V)',
+                    '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
+                    '    ;;',
+                    '  list-panes)',
+                    `    printf '%b' ${JSON.stringify(proofOutput)}`,
+                    proofExitStatus === 0 ? '    ;;' : '    exit 1',
+                    proofExitStatus === 0 ? '' : '    ;;',
+                    '  split-window)',
+                    '    echo "%31"',
+                    '    ;;',
+                    'esac',
+                    'exit 0',
+                    '',
+                ].join('\n'));
+                await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+                await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+                process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+                const teamName = `split-proof-${expectedReason === 'malformed_snapshot' ? name.includes('duplicate') ? 'duplicate' : 'malformed' : expectedReason.replace('_', '-')}`;
+                await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+                await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+                const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+                assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+                if (!result.ok) {
+                    assert.equal(result.error, `scale_up_split_target_proof_unavailable:%21:${expectedReason}`);
+                }
+                const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+                assert.equal(config?.workers.length, 1);
+                const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+                assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ')), false);
+                assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('send-keys ')), false);
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                    process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+                else
+                    delete process.env.PATH;
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+                await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    it('migrates a legacy worker PID from an exact owner-bound proof before split-window', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-legacy-target-pid-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-legacy-target-pid-bin-'));
         const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
         const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
         const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
         try {
-            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
-                '#!/bin/sh',
-                'set -eu',
-                `printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
-                'case "${1:-}" in',
-                '  -V)',
-                '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  split-window)',
-                '    echo "%41"',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  list-panes)',
-                '    echo "45454"',
-                '    ;;',
-                '  capture-pane)',
-                '    echo ""',
-                '    ;;',
-                'esac',
-                'exit 0',
-                '',
-            ].join('\n'));
-            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
-            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
+            const stub = await readFile(tmuxStubPath, 'utf-8');
+            const configPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'legacy-target-pid', 'config.json');
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, stub.replace('  split-window)', `  split-window)\n    grep -q '"pid": 42421' "${configPath}" || exit 23`));
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
-            const teamName = 'scale-up-detached-worktree';
-            await mkdir(join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName), { recursive: true });
-            await writeFile(join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'worker-agents.md'), '# Base worker instructions\n');
-            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, repo, DEFAULT_MAX_WORKERS, process.env, {
-                leader_cwd: repo,
-                team_state_root: join(repo, '.omx', 'state'),
-                workspace_mode: 'worktree',
-                worktree_mode: { enabled: true, detached: true, name: null },
-            });
-            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, repo);
+            const teamName = 'legacy-target-pid';
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = `omx-team-${teamName}`;
-            config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
-            config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
-            await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
-            const manifestPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'manifest.v2.json');
-            const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
-            manifest.policy = {
-                ...(manifest.policy ?? {}),
-                dispatch_mode: 'transport_direct',
-            };
-            await writeFile(manifestPath, JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
-            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], repo, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+            delete config.workers[0].pid;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+            });
             assert.equal(result.ok, true);
-            if (!result.ok)
-                return;
-            const updated = await readTeamConfig(teamName, repo);
+            assert.equal((await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd))?.workers[0]?.pid, 42421);
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 1);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    for (const [name, proofOutput, owner, expectedError] of [
+        ['malformed proof', '%21\\t0\\tnot-a-pid\\n', 'team:scale-up', 'scale_up_split_target_proof_unavailable:%21:malformed_snapshot'],
+        ['foreign pane', '%210\\t0\\t424210\\n', 'team:scale-up', 'scale_up_split_target_proof_unavailable:%21:absent'],
+        ['foreign owner tag', '%21\\t0\\t42421\\n', 'team:foreign', 'scale_up_split_target_owner_changed:%21'],
+    ]) {
+        it(`rejects legacy PID migration with ${name} before a scale effect`, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-legacy-proof-reject-'));
+            const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-legacy-proof-reject-bin-'));
+            const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+            const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+            const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+            try {
+                await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                    '#!/bin/sh', 'set -eu', `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`, 'case "${1:-}" in',
+                    '  -V) echo "tmux 3.2a" ;;',
+                    `  list-panes) printf '%b' ${JSON.stringify(proofOutput)} ;;`,
+                    `  show-option) echo ${JSON.stringify(owner)} ;;`,
+                    'esac', 'exit 0', '',
+                ].join('\n'));
+                await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+                await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+                process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+                const teamName = `legacy-proof-${name.replaceAll(' ', '-')}`;
+                await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+                await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+                const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+                assert.ok(config);
+                if (!config)
+                    return;
+                delete config.workers[0].pid;
+                await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+                assert.deepEqual(await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, {
+                    OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+                }), { ok: false, error: expectedError });
+                assert.equal((await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd))?.workers[0]?.pid, undefined);
+                const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+                assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ') || command.startsWith('set-option ')), false);
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                    process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+                else
+                    delete process.env.PATH;
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+                await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    it('rejects a PID-reused explicit split target at the first proof before any split or owner tag', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-first-proof-reuse-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-first-proof-reuse-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                '#!/bin/sh', 'set -eu', `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`, 'case "${1:-}" in', '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  -V) echo "tmux 3.2a" ;;',
+                "  list-panes) printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '52421' ;;",
+                'esac', 'exit 0', '',
+            ].join('\n'));
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            const teamName = 'first-proof-reuse';
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+            assert.deepEqual(result, { ok: false, error: 'scale_up_split_target_pid_changed:%21:42421:52421' });
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('split-window ') || command.startsWith('set-option ')), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('rolls back all preparation when the split target proof is lost immediately before split-window', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-second-split-proof-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-second-split-proof-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const proofCountPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'proof-count');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                '#!/bin/sh',
+                'set -eu',
+                `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
+                'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  -V)',
+                '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  display-message) echo "%21\\t42421\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  list-panes)',
+                `    count=0; [ ! -f "${proofCountPath}" ] || count=$(cat "${proofCountPath}")`,
+                '    count=$((count + 1))',
+                `    printf '%s' "$count" > "${proofCountPath}"`,
+                '    if [ "$count" -eq 1 ]; then',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                '    else',
+                '      exit 1',
+                '    fi',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  if-shell)',
+                '    [ "${2:-}" = "-F" ] && [ "${3:-}" = "-t" ] || exit 1',
+                '    success="${6:-}"',
+                "    receipt=\"$(printf '%s' \"$success\" | sed -En 's/.*(omx-scale-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}).*/\\1/p')\"",
+                '    case "$success" in',
+                '      *split-window*) printf "%s\\t%s\\n" "%31\\t42424\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t$1\\t@1" "$receipt" ;;',
+                '      *) printf "%s\\n" "$receipt" ;;',
+                '    esac',
+                '    ;;',
+                'esac',
+                'exit 0',
+                '',
+            ].join('\n'));
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            const teamName = 'second-split-proof';
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const teamStateDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName);
+            const configPath = join(teamStateDir, 'config.json');
+            const tasksDir = join(teamStateDir, 'tasks');
+            const workersDir = join(teamStateDir, 'workers');
+            const runtimeDir = join(teamStateDir, 'runtime');
+            const configBefore = await readFile(configPath, 'utf-8');
+            const taskEntriesBefore = (await readdir(tasksDir)).sort();
+            const workerEntriesBefore = (await readdir(workersDir)).sort();
+            const runtimeDirExistedBefore = existsSync(runtimeDir);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [{ subject: 'must not persist', description: 'proof loss rollback', owner: 'worker-2' }], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+            assert.deepEqual(result, {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_up_split_target_proof_unavailable:%21',
+            });
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.deepEqual(tmuxCommands.filter((command) => command.startsWith('list-panes ')), [
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+            ]);
+            assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 0);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command.startsWith('send-keys ')), false);
+            assert.deepEqual(withoutConfigGeneration(await readFile(configPath, 'utf-8')), withoutConfigGeneration(configBefore));
+            assert.deepEqual((await readdir(tasksDir)).sort(), taskEntriesBefore);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readdir(workersDir)).sort(), workerEntriesBefore);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(workersDir, 'worker-2')), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'team', teamName, 'worktrees', 'worker-2')), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(runtimeDir), runtimeDirExistedBefore);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('rejects a split target ID replacement that occurs during owner authorization', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-split-target-pid-reuse-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-split-target-pid-reuse-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const proofCountPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'proof-count');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                '#!/bin/sh',
+                'set -eu',
+                `printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
+                'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  -V)',
+                '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  display-message) echo "%21\\t42421\\tomx-team-scale-up\\t\\$1\\t@1\\tteam:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  list-panes)',
+                `    count=0; [ ! -f "${proofCountPath}" ] || count=$(cat "${proofCountPath}")`,
+                '    count=$((count + 1))',
+                `    printf '%s' "$count" > "${proofCountPath}"`,
+                '    if [ "$count" -eq 1 ]; then',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421'",
+                '    else',
+                "      printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '52421'",
+                '    fi',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  split-window)',
+                '    echo "%31"',
+                '    ;;',
+                'esac',
+                'exit 0',
+                '',
+            ].join('\n'));
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            const teamName = 'split-target-pid-reuse';
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const teamStateDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName);
+            const configPath = join(teamStateDir, 'config.json');
+            const tasksDir = join(teamStateDir, 'tasks');
+            const workersDir = join(teamStateDir, 'workers');
+            const runtimeDir = join(teamStateDir, 'runtime');
+            const configBefore = await readFile(configPath, 'utf-8');
+            const taskEntriesBefore = (await readdir(tasksDir)).sort();
+            const workerEntriesBefore = (await readdir(workersDir)).sort();
+            const runtimeDirExistedBefore = existsSync(runtimeDir);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [{ subject: 'must not persist', description: 'PID reuse rollback', owner: 'worker-2' }], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+            assert.deepEqual(result, {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_up_split_target_authority_lost:%21',
+            });
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.filter((command) => command.startsWith('list-panes ')).length, 2);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'send-keys')), false);
+            assert.deepEqual(withoutConfigGeneration(await readFile(configPath, 'utf-8')), withoutConfigGeneration(configBefore));
+            assert.deepEqual((await readdir(tasksDir)).sort(), taskEntriesBefore);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readdir(workersDir)).sort(), workerEntriesBefore);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(workersDir, 'worker-2')), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(runtimeDir), runtimeDirExistedBefore);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('provisions detached worktrees for scaled-up workers from persisted team worktree mode', async () => {
+        const repo = await initRepo();
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-detached-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, [
+                '#!/bin/sh',
+                'set -eu',
+                `printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
+                'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
+                '  -V)',
+                '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  split-window)',
+                '    echo "%41"',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  list-panes)',
+                '    case "$*" in',
+                '      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)',
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '45451'",
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '45452'",
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%41' '0' '45454'",
+                '        ;;',
+                '      *)',
+                '        echo "45454"',
+                '        ;;',
+                '    esac',
+                '    ;;',
+                '  capture-pane)',
+                '    echo ""',
+                '    ;;',
+                'esac',
+                'exit 0',
+                '',
+            ].join('\n'));
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            const teamName = 'scale-up-detached-worktree';
+            await mkdir(join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName), { recursive: true });
+            await writeFile(join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'worker-agents.md'), '# Base worker instructions\n');
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, repo, DEFAULT_MAX_WORKERS, process.env, {
+                leader_cwd: repo,
+                team_state_root: join(repo, '.omx', 'state'),
+                workspace_mode: 'worktree',
+                worktree_mode: { enabled: true, detached: true, name: null },
+            });
+            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, repo);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
+            config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
+            config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
+            const manifestPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'manifest.v2.json');
+            const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
+            manifest.policy = {
+                ...(manifest.policy ?? {}),
+                dispatch_mode: 'transport_direct',
+            };
+            await writeFile(manifestPath, JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2));
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], repo, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                return;
+            const updated = await readTeamConfig(teamName, repo);
             const worker = updated?.workers.find((entry) => entry.name === 'worker-2');
             assert.deepEqual(updated?.worktree_mode, { enabled: true, detached: true, name: null });
             assert.ok(worker?.worktree_path, 'scaled worker should have detached worktree path');
@@ -1665,6 +2342,7 @@ exit 0
                 'set -eu',
                 `printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"`,
                 'case "${1:-}" in',
+                '  show-option) echo "team:scale-up" ;;',
                 '  -V)',
                 '    echo "tmux 3.2a"',
                 '    ;;',
@@ -1672,7 +2350,16 @@ exit 0
                 '    echo "%42"',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  list-panes)',
-                '    echo "46464"',
+                '    case "$*" in',
+                '      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)',
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '46461'",
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '46462'",
+                "        printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%42' '0' '46464'",
+                '        ;;',
+                '      *)',
+                '        echo "46464"',
+                '        ;;',
+                '    esac',
                 '    ;;',
                 '  capture-pane)',
                 '    echo ""',
@@ -1682,6 +2369,7 @@ exit 0
                 '',
             ].join('\n'));
             await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
             await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
             process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             const teamName = 'scale-up-named-worktree';
@@ -1698,9 +2386,11 @@ exit 0
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.tmux_session = `omx-team-${teamName}`;
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-up';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42421;
             await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
             const manifestPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'manifest.v2.json');
             const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf-8'));
@@ -1732,42 +2422,344 @@ exit 0
             await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     });
-});
-describe('scaleDown', () => {
-    it('rejects when scaling is disabled', async () => {
-        await assert.rejects(scaleDown('test', '/tmp', {}, {}), /Dynamic scaling is disabled/);
-    });
-    it('returns error when team not found', async () => {
-        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-nf-'));
-        try {
-            const result = await scaleDown('nonexistent', cwd, {}, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
-            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
-            if (!result.ok) {
-                assert.match(result.error, /not found/);
-            }
-        }
-        finally {
-            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
-        }
-    });
-    it('returns error when trying to remove all workers', async () => {
-        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-all-'));
+    it('rolls back pre-split worker preparation when worktree-root instructions cannot materialize', async () => {
+        const cwd = await initRepo();
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-pre-split-root-failure-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        const teamName = 'pre-split-root-failure';
+        const worktreePath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'team', teamName, 'worktrees', 'worker-2');
         try {
-            await initTeamState('all-test', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
-            const result = await scaleDown('all-test', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-1'] }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-up' ;;
+  -V) echo 'tmux 3.2a' ;;
+  list-panes) printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%21' '0' '42421' ;;
+esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.tmux_session = 'omx-team-scale-up';
+            config.workers[0].pane_id = '%21';
+            config.workspace_mode = 'worktree';
+            config.worktree_mode = { enabled: true, detached: true, name: null };
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            execFileSync('git', ['worktree', 'add', '--detach', worktreePath], { cwd, stdio: 'ignore' });
+            await mkdir(join(worktreePath, 'AGENTS.md'));
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
             assert.equal(result.ok, false);
-            if (!result.ok) {
-                assert.match(result.error, /at least 1 must remain/);
-            }
+            if (result.ok)
+                return;
+            assert.match(result.error, /^scale_up_worker_preparation_failed:worker-2:/);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'workers', 'worker-2')), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(workerStartupScriptPath(cwd, teamName, 'worker-2')), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(worktreePath, 'AGENTS.md')), true);
+            assert.deepEqual(await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath), [
+                '-V',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+            ]);
         }
         finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
             await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     });
-    it('returns error for worker not in team', async () => {
-        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-miss-'));
+    it('retains only unresolved rollback workers and deletes never-created tasks after an explicit proof-loss phase', async () => {
+        const cwd = await initRepo();
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-rollback-kill-fail-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const proofLossUsedPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'proof-loss-used');
+        const splitCountPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'split-count');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
         try {
-            await initTeamState('miss-test', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-up' ;;
+  -V) echo 'tmux 3.2a' ;;
+  display-message)
+    case "$*" in
+      *"-t %32 "*) echo '%32	42432	omx-team-scale-up	$1	@1	team:scale-up' ;;
+      *"-t %31 "*) echo '%31	42431	omx-team-scale-up	$1	@1	team:scale-up' ;;
+      *"-t %21 "*) echo '%21	42421	omx-team-scale-up	$1	@1	team:scale-up' ;;
+      *) exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  if-shell)
+    [ "\${2:-}" = '-F' ] && [ "\${3:-}" = '-t' ] || exit 1
+    target="\${4:-}"
+    success="\${6:-}"
+    receipt="$(printf '%s' "$success" | sed -En 's/.*(omx-scale-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}).*/\\1/p')"
+    case "$success" in
+      *split-window*)
+        split_count=0; [ ! -f "${splitCountPath}" ] || split_count=$(cat "${splitCountPath}")
+        split_count=$((split_count + 1)); printf '%s' "$split_count" > "${splitCountPath}"
+        if [ "$split_count" -eq 1 ]; then pane='%31'; pid='42431'; elif [ "$split_count" -eq 2 ]; then pane='%32'; pid='42432'; else pane='%33'; pid='42433'; fi
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' "$pane" "$pid" 'omx-team-scale-up' '$1' '@1' "$receipt"
+        ;;
+      *kill-pane*)
+        case "$target" in %31) exit 1 ;; %32) printf '%s\n' "$receipt" ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac
+        ;;
+      *) printf '%s\n' "$receipt" ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  list-panes)
+    split_count=0; [ ! -f "${splitCountPath}" ] || split_count=$(cat "${splitCountPath}")
+    if [ "$split_count" -ge 2 ] && [ ! -f "${proofLossUsedPath}" ]; then
+      : > "${proofLossUsedPath}"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$split_count" -ge 2 ]; then
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%21' '0' '42421'
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%31' '0' '42431'
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%32' '0' '42432'
+    elif [ "$split_count" -eq 1 ]; then
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%21' '0' '42421'
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%31' '0' '42431'
+    else
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%21' '0' '42421'
+    fi
+    ;;
+  split-window)
+    split_count=0; [ ! -f "${splitCountPath}" ] || split_count=$(cat "${splitCountPath}")
+    split_count=$((split_count + 1)); printf '%s' "$split_count" > "${splitCountPath}"
+    if [ "$split_count" -eq 1 ]; then
+      echo '%31\t42431\tomx-team-scale-up\t$1\t@1'
+    elif [ "$split_count" -eq 2 ]; then
+      echo '%32\t42432\tomx-team-scale-up\t$1\t@1'
+    else
+      echo '%33\t42433\tomx-team-scale-up\t$1\t@1'
+    fi
+    ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    case "$3" in
+      %31|%32) exit 0 ;;
+      *) exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('rollback-kill-fail', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch('rollback-kill-fail', cwd);
+            const rollbackConfig = await readTeamConfig('rollback-kill-fail', cwd);
+            assert.ok(rollbackConfig);
+            if (!rollbackConfig)
+                return;
+            rollbackConfig.workspace_mode = 'worktree';
+            rollbackConfig.worktree_mode = { enabled: true, detached: true, name: null };
+            await saveTeamConfig(rollbackConfig, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleUp('rollback-kill-fail', 3, 'executor', [
+                { subject: 'first', description: 'created before mixed rollback', owner: 'worker-2' },
+                { subject: 'second', description: 'created before mixed rollback', owner: 'worker-3' },
+                { subject: 'third', description: 'never created after proof loss', owner: 'worker-4' },
+            ], cwd, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                assert.match(result.error, /^scale_up_rollback_cleanup_debt:pane_teardown_authority_lost:%31/);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(splitCountPath, 'utf-8'), '2');
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('rollback-kill-fail', cwd);
+            assert.deepEqual(config?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1', 'worker-2']);
+            assert.equal(config?.worker_count, 2);
+            assert.equal(config?.next_worker_index, 3);
+            assert.equal((await readTask('rollback-kill-fail', '1', cwd))?.owner, 'worker-2');
+            assert.equal(await readTask('rollback-kill-fail', '2', cwd), null);
+            assert.equal(await readTask('rollback-kill-fail', '3', cwd), null);
+            const worker2Dir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'rollback-kill-fail', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(workerStartupScriptPath(cwd, 'rollback-kill-fail', 'worker-2')), true);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'team', 'rollback-kill-fail', 'worktrees', 'worker-2')), true);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(worker2Dir), true, 'worker-2 materialized state must remain retryable');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(worker2Dir, 'identity.json')), true, 'worker-2 identity must remain');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(worker2Dir, 'inbox.md')), true, 'worker-2 inbox must remain');
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            // The first rollback cleanup transaction fails closed on %31 authority; later panes are never touched.
+            assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'kill-pane', '%31')));
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands.some((command) => command === 'kill-pane -t %32'), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    for (const rollbackFailurePhase of ['rollback-membership-config-persistence', 'rollback-membership-manifest-persistence']) {
+        it(`recovers and raw-verifies original membership after public scaleUp ${rollbackFailurePhase}`, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `omx-scale-up-${rollbackFailurePhase}-`));
+            const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `omx-scale-up-${rollbackFailurePhase}-bin-`));
+            const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+            const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+            const teamName = `scale-up-${rollbackFailurePhase.replace('rollback-membership-', '').replace('-persistence', '')}`;
+            try {
+                await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
+                process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+                await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+                await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+                const teamDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName);
+                const configPath = join(teamDir, 'config.json');
+                const manifestPath = join(teamDir, 'manifest.v2.json');
+                const originalConfigBytes = await readFile(configPath, 'utf8');
+                const originalManifestBytes = await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf8');
+                const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [{ subject: 'public rollback recovery', description: 'must be removed', owner: 'worker-2' }], cwd, {
+                    OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+                    OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+                    OMX_TEAM_SCALE_UP_INJECT_FAILURE: `finalization,${rollbackFailurePhase}`,
+                });
+                assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+                if (!result.ok)
+                    assert.match(result.error, /scale_up_rollback_membership_persistence_failed:.*rollback-persistence-failure/);
+                await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+                assert.deepEqual(withoutConfigGeneration(await readFile(configPath, 'utf8')), withoutConfigGeneration(originalConfigBytes));
+                assert.deepEqual(withoutConfigGeneration(await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf8')), withoutConfigGeneration(originalManifestBytes));
+                assert.equal(existsSync(join(teamDir, '.membership-task-transaction.json')), false);
+                assert.equal(await readTask(teamName, '1', cwd), null);
+                assert.deepEqual(await listDispatchRequests(teamName, cwd), []);
+                assert.equal(existsSync(join(teamDir, 'workers', 'worker-2')), true);
+                assert.equal(existsSync(workerStartupScriptPath(cwd, teamName, 'worker-2')), true);
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                    process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+                else
+                    delete process.env.PATH;
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+                await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    for (const phase of ['identity', 'inbox', 'config']) {
+        it(`rolls back live pane and materialized state when ${phase} materialization fails`, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `omx-scale-up-${phase}-failure-`));
+            const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `omx-scale-up-${phase}-failure-bin-`));
+            const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+            const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+            try {
+                await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
+                process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+                const teamName = `scale-up-${phase}-failure`;
+                await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+                await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, cwd);
+                const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [{ subject: `${phase} rollback`, description: 'must be removed', owner: 'worker-2' }], cwd, {
+                    OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+                    OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+                    OMX_TEAM_SCALE_UP_INJECT_FAILURE: phase,
+                });
+                assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+                if (!result.ok)
+                    assert.match(result.error, new RegExp(`scale_up_worker_materialization_failed:worker-2:.*${phase}`));
+                assert.equal((await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd))?.workers.length, 1);
+                assert.equal(await readTask(teamName, '1', cwd), null);
+                assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'workers', 'worker-2')), false);
+                assert.equal(existsSync(workerStartupScriptPath(cwd, teamName, 'worker-2')), false);
+                const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+                assert.equal(guardedScaleSplitCount(tmuxCommands), 1);
+                assert.ok(tmuxCommands.some((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'kill-pane', '%31')));
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                    process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+                else
+                    delete process.env.PATH;
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+                await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    it('rolls back a named worktree created before injected ensure bookkeeping fails', async () => {
+        const repo = await initRepo();
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-up-named-post-create-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        const teamName = 'named-post-create-failure';
+        const branchName = 'feature/named-post-create/worker-2';
+        const worktreePath = join(repo, '.omx', 'team', teamName, 'worktrees', 'worker-2');
+        try {
+            await writeSuccessfulScaleUpTmuxStub(fakeBinDir, tmuxLogPath);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 1, repo, undefined, process.env, {
+                workspace_mode: 'worktree',
+                leader_cwd: repo,
+                team_state_root: join(repo, '.omx', 'state'),
+                worktree_mode: { enabled: true, detached: false, name: 'feature/named-post-create' },
+            });
+            await configureScaleUpTeamForDirectDispatch(teamName, repo);
+            const result = await scaleUp(teamName, 1, 'executor', [], repo, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+                OMX_TEAM_SKIP_READY_WAIT: '1',
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALE_UP_INJECT_FAILURE: 'worktree-ensure-post-create',
+            });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                assert.match(result.error, /scale_up_worker_preparation_failed:worker-2:.*worktree-ensure-post-create/);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(worktreePath), false);
+            assert.throws(() => execFileSync('git', ['show-ref', '--verify', '--quiet', `refs/heads/${branchName}`], { cwd: repo }));
+            assert.equal((await readTeamConfig(teamName, repo))?.workers.length, 1);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'workers', 'worker-2')), false);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath)).filter((command) => isGuardedScaleMutation(command, 'split-window')), []);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+});
+describe('scaleDown', () => {
+    it('rejects when scaling is disabled', async () => {
+        await assert.rejects(scaleDown('test', '/tmp', {}, {}), /Dynamic scaling is disabled/);
+    });
+    it('returns error when team not found', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-nf-'));
+        try {
+            const result = await scaleDown('nonexistent', cwd, {}, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok) {
+                assert.match(result.error, /not found/);
+            }
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('returns error when trying to remove all workers', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-all-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('all-test', 'task', 'executor', 1, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleDown('all-test', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-1'] }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok) {
+                assert.match(result.error, /at least 1 must remain/);
+            }
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('returns error for worker not in team', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-miss-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('miss-test', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
             const result = await scaleDown('miss-test', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-99'] }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
             assert.equal(result.ok, false);
             if (!result.ok) {
@@ -1803,6 +2795,71 @@ describe('scaleDown', () => {
             await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     });
+    it('serializes a concurrent claim across the canonical scale-down boundary', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-claim-boundary-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('claim-boundary', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const task = await createTask('claim-boundary', {
+                subject: 'boundary task', description: 'must not be claimed by a removed worker', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const down = scaleDown('claim-boundary', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALE_DOWN_BOUNDARY_HOLD_MS: '100',
+            });
+            const lockPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'claim-boundary', 'claims', `task-${task.id}.lock`);
+            for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 50 && !existsSync(lockPath); attempt += 1) {
+                await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+            }
+            assert.equal(existsSync(lockPath), true);
+            const claim = claimTask('claim-boundary', task.id, 'worker-2', task.version ?? 1, cwd);
+            assert.deepEqual(await down, { ok: true, removedWorkers: ['worker-2'], newWorkerCount: 1 });
+            assert.deepEqual(await claim, { ok: false, error: 'claim_conflict' });
+            const reconciled = await readTask('claim-boundary', task.id, cwd);
+            assert.equal(reconciled?.owner, undefined);
+            assert.equal(reconciled?.claim, undefined);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('blocks post-snapshot task creation and null-version claims until removed membership is committed', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-create-claim-boundary-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('create-claim-boundary', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const seed = await createTask('create-claim-boundary', {
+                subject: 'snapshot marker', description: 'holds the canonical task lock', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const postSnapshotMarker = join(cwd, 'post-snapshot-held');
+            const down = scaleDown('create-claim-boundary', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALE_DOWN_BOUNDARY_HOLD_MS: '250',
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALE_DOWN_POST_SNAPSHOT_MARKER: postSnapshotMarker,
+            });
+            for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 50 && !existsSync(postSnapshotMarker); attempt += 1) {
+                await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+            }
+            assert.equal(existsSync(postSnapshotMarker), true);
+            let createSettled = false;
+            let claimSettled = false;
+            const created = createTask('create-claim-boundary', {
+                subject: 'created after snapshot', description: 'must not restore removed membership', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd).finally(() => { createSettled = true; });
+            const claim = claimTask('create-claim-boundary', seed.id, 'worker-2', null, cwd)
+                .finally(() => { claimSettled = true; });
+            await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 25));
+            assert.equal(createSettled, false);
+            assert.equal(claimSettled, false);
+            assert.deepEqual(await down, { ok: true, removedWorkers: ['worker-2'], newWorkerCount: 1 });
+            assert.deepEqual(await claim, { ok: false, error: 'worker_not_found' });
+            const task = await created;
+            assert.equal(task.owner, 'worker-2');
+            assert.deepEqual((await readTeamConfig('create-claim-boundary', cwd))?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
+            assert.equal((await readTask('create-claim-boundary', task.id, cwd))?.owner, 'worker-2');
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
 });
 describe('scaleDown worktree AGENTS cleanup', () => {
     it('removes generated worktree-root AGENTS during scale-down', async () => {
@@ -1838,15 +2895,47 @@ describe('scaleDown worktree AGENTS cleanup', () => {
     });
 });
 describe('scaleDown teardown hardening', () => {
-    it('scaleDown removes workers when pane is already dead or missing', async () => {
+    it('scaleDown removes a worker with a pane proven dead without targeting it', async () => {
         const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-dead-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-dead-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
         try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes)
+    case "$*" in
+      *"-a -F #{pane_id}"*)
+        printf '%%405\t1\t4050\n'
+        ;;
+      *)
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    echo "a proven-dead pane must not be targeted" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  *)
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
             await initTeamState('dead-pane', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
             const config = await readTeamConfig('dead-pane', cwd);
             assert.ok(config);
             if (!config)
                 return;
-            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%404';
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%405';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 424405;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const result = await scaleDown('dead-pane', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
             assert.equal(result.ok, true);
@@ -1856,9 +2945,81 @@ describe('scaleDown teardown hardening', () => {
             const updated = await readTeamConfig('dead-pane', cwd);
             assert.ok(updated);
             assert.equal(updated?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), false);
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.deepEqual(tmuxCommands, [
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+            ]);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('retains PID-less rollback debt when a recycled same-Team pane remains live', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-unpinned-recycled-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-unpinned-recycled-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  list-panes) printf '%%405\\t0\\t999405\\n' ;;
+  show-option|kill-pane) echo "PID-less debt must not authorize an effect" >&2; exit 99 ;;
+esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('unpinned-recycled', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('unpinned-recycled', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%405';
+            config.workers[1].pid = undefined;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const initial = await scaleDown('unpinned-recycled', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+            });
+            assert.deepEqual(initial, {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt:pane_teardown_unresolved:%405',
+            });
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'unpinned-recycled', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            const initialDebt = JSON.parse(await readFile(debtPath, 'utf8'));
+            assert.deepEqual(initialDebt.unresolved_panes, [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%405', pid: null }]);
+            assert.ok(initialDebt.reasons.includes('%405:legacy_pid_missing_live'));
+            const canonical = await readTeamConfig('unpinned-recycled', cwd);
+            assert.ok(canonical);
+            if (!canonical)
+                return;
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('unpinned-recycled', cwd, canonical), {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_unresolved:%405',
+            });
+            const reconciledDebt = JSON.parse(await readFile(debtPath, 'utf8'));
+            assert.ok(reconciledDebt.reasons.includes('%405:legacy_pid_missing_live'));
+            const commands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.deepEqual(commands, [
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+            ]);
         }
         finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
             await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
         }
     });
     it('scaleDown never targets leader or hud panes during teardown', async () => {
@@ -1871,6 +3032,22 @@ describe('scaleDown teardown hardening', () => {
             await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes)
+    case "$*" in
+      *"#{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}"*)
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%11' '0' '42411'
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%12' '0' '42412'
+        if [ ! -f "${tmuxLogPath}.killed-%13" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'; fi
+        printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%14' '0' '42414'
+        ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    : > "${tmuxLogPath}.killed-$3"
+    ;;
+esac
 exit 0
 `);
             await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
@@ -1884,16 +3061,1041 @@ exit 0
             config.leader_pane_id = '%11';
             config.hud_pane_id = '%12';
             config.workers[0].pane_id = '%11';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42411;
             config.workers[1].pane_id = '%12';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42412;
             config.workers[2].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[2].pid = 42413;
             config.workers[3].pane_id = '%14';
+            config.workers[3].pid = 42414;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
             await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
             const result = await scaleDown('exclusions', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-1', 'worker-2', 'worker-3'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
-            assert.equal(result.ok, true);
-            const tmuxLog = await readFile(tmuxLogPath, 'utf-8');
-            assert.doesNotMatch(tmuxLog, /kill-pane -t %11/);
-            assert.doesNotMatch(tmuxLog, /kill-pane -t %12/);
-            assert.match(tmuxLog, /kill-pane -t %13/);
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                assert.match(result.error, /pane_teardown_unresolved:%11.*pane_teardown_unresolved:%12/);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readTeamConfig('exclusions', cwd))?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-4']);
+            const tmuxCommands = (await readFile(tmuxLogPath, 'utf-8')).trim().split('\n');
+            assert.deepEqual(tmuxCommands, [
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'show-option -qv -p -t %13 @omx_team_pane_owner_id',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'kill-pane -t %13',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+            ]);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('scaleDown commits forward membership and retains artifacts/debt when pane ID is reused', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-kill-fail-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-kill-fail-bin-'));
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes)
+    if [ -f "${cwd}/pane-reused" ]; then
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42414'
+    else
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'
+    fi
+    ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    : > "${cwd}/pane-reused"
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+esac
+exit 0
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('kill-fail', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('kill-fail', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            const worktreePath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'team', 'kill-fail', 'worktrees', 'worker-2');
+            await mkdir(worktreePath, { recursive: true });
+            await writeFile(join(worktreePath, 'keep.txt'), 'retryable worktree');
+            config.workers[1].worktree_path = worktreePath;
+            const workerDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'kill-fail', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            await writeFile(join(workerDir, 'identity.json'), '{"worker":"worker-2"}');
+            await writeFile(join(workerDir, 'inbox.md'), 'retryable inbox');
+            await mkdir(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'kill-fail', 'runtime'), { recursive: true });
+            const startupScriptPath = workerStartupScriptPath(cwd, 'kill-fail', 'worker-2');
+            await writeFile(startupScriptPath, '#!/bin/sh\n');
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const priorStatus = {
+                state: 'idle',
+                reason: 'waiting for assignment',
+                updated_at: '2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z',
+            };
+            await writeWorkerStatus('kill-fail', 'worker-2', priorStatus, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleDown('kill-fail', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                assert.match(result.error, /^scale_down_cleanup_debt:pane_teardown_failed:%13/);
+            const committed = await readTeamConfig('kill-fail', cwd);
+            assert.deepEqual(committed?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'kill-fail', 'workers', 'worker-2')), true);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(join(workerDir, 'identity.json'), 'utf8'), '{"worker":"worker-2"}');
+            assert.equal(await readFile(join(workerDir, 'inbox.md'), 'utf8'), 'retryable inbox');
+            assert.equal(await readFile(join(worktreePath, 'keep.txt'), 'utf8'), 'retryable worktree');
+            assert.equal(await readFile(startupScriptPath, 'utf8'), '#!/bin/sh\n');
+            assert.deepEqual(await readWorkerStatus('kill-fail', 'worker-2', cwd), priorStatus);
+            const debt = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'kill-fail', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json'), 'utf8'));
+            assert.equal(debt.status, 'unresolved');
+            assert.equal(debt.unresolved_panes[0]?.pane_id, '%13');
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.deepEqual(tmuxCommands, [
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'show-option -qv -p -t %13 @omx_team_pane_owner_id',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'kill-pane -t %13',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+            ]);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('aborts before pane teardown and preserves exact state when task reconciliation cannot acquire a lock', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-task-reconcile-fail-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-task-reconcile-fail-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes) printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%11' '0' '42411' ;;
+esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            await writeFile(tmuxLogPath, '');
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('task-reconcile-fail', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('task-reconcile-fail', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const firstTask = await createTask('task-reconcile-fail', {
+                subject: 'first reconciliation', description: 'must be restored after later failure', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const firstTaskPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'task-reconcile-fail', 'tasks', `task-${firstTask.id}.json`);
+            const firstTaskRaw = await readFile(firstTaskPath, 'utf-8');
+            const task = await createTask('task-reconcile-fail', {
+                subject: 'locked reconciliation', description: 'must remain exact', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const taskPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'task-reconcile-fail', 'tasks', `task-${task.id}.json`);
+            const taskRaw = await readFile(taskPath, 'utf-8');
+            const priorConfig = structuredClone(await readTeamConfig('task-reconcile-fail', cwd));
+            await mkdir(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'task-reconcile-fail', 'claims', `task-${task.id}.lock`));
+            const result = await scaleDown('task-reconcile-fail', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            assert.deepEqual(result, { ok: false, error: 'scale_down_task_reconciliation_failed:Error: Timed out acquiring task claim lock for task-reconcile-fail/2' });
+            assert.deepEqual(await readTeamConfig('task-reconcile-fail', cwd), priorConfig);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(taskPath, 'utf-8'), taskRaw);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(firstTaskPath, 'utf-8'), firstTaskRaw);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'task-reconcile-fail', 'workers', 'worker-2')), true);
+            assert.deepEqual(await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath), []);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('commits forward membership and durable debt when scale-down pane proof is unavailable', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-proof-unavailable-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-proof-unavailable-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, '#!/bin/sh\n[ "$1" = list-panes ] && exit 1\nexit 0\n');
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('proof-unavailable', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('proof-unavailable', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const task = await createTask('proof-unavailable', {
+                subject: 'preserved', description: 'exact proof is unavailable', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const statusPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'proof-unavailable', 'workers', 'worker-2', 'status.json');
+            const statusRaw = '{"state":"idle", "reason":"preserve bytes", "updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z"}\n';
+            await writeFile(statusPath, statusRaw);
+            const result = await scaleDown('proof-unavailable', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1',
+            });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readTeamConfig('proof-unavailable', cwd))?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
+            assert.equal((await readTask('proof-unavailable', task.id, cwd))?.owner, undefined);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(statusPath, 'utf8'), statusRaw);
+            const debt = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'proof-unavailable', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json'), 'utf8'));
+            assert.equal(debt.status, 'unresolved');
+            assert.equal(debt.unresolved_panes[0]?.pane_id, '%13');
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('converges entirely old or entirely new after a mid-commit scale-down interruption', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-atomic-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-atomic-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+marker="${tmuxStubPath}.killed"
+if [ "$1" = list-panes ]; then
+  [ -f "$marker" ] || printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'
+  exit 0
+fi
+if [ "$1" = kill-pane ]; then : > "$marker"; exit 0; fi
+exit 0
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('atomic-down', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('atomic-down', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const first = await createTask('atomic-down', { subject: 'first', description: 'first', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2' }, cwd);
+            const second = await createTask('atomic-down', { subject: 'second', description: 'second', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2' }, cwd);
+            const result = await scaleDown('atomic-down', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SCALE_DOWN_INJECT_FAILURE: 'after-first-task-write',
+            });
+            assert.match(result.ok ? '' : result.error, /injected_scale_down_interruption:after-first-task-write/);
+            await recoverTeamMembershipTaskTransaction('atomic-down', cwd);
+            const recoveredConfig = await readTeamConfig('atomic-down', cwd);
+            const recoveredFirst = await readTask('atomic-down', first.id, cwd);
+            const recoveredSecond = await readTask('atomic-down', second.id, cwd);
+            const convergedOld = recoveredConfig?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2') === true
+                && recoveredFirst?.owner === 'worker-2'
+                && recoveredSecond?.owner === 'worker-2';
+            const convergedNew = recoveredConfig?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2') === false
+                && recoveredFirst?.owner === undefined
+                && recoveredSecond?.owner === undefined;
+            assert.equal(convergedOld || convergedNew, true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('recovers rollback-persistence failure through public config reads with config, manifest, and tasks converged', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-rollback-recovery-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-rollback-recovery-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+marker="${tmuxStubPath}.killed"
+if [ "$1" = list-panes ]; then
+  [ -f "$marker" ] || printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'
+  exit 0
+fi
+if [ "$1" = kill-pane ]; then : > "$marker"; exit 0; fi
+exit 0
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('rollback-recovery', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('rollback-recovery', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const task = await createTask('rollback-recovery', { subject: 'owned', description: 'owned', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2' }, cwd);
+            const failed = await scaleDown('rollback-recovery', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, {
+                OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1', OMX_TEAM_SCALE_DOWN_INJECT_FAILURE: 'rollback-persistence-failure',
+            });
+            assert.match(failed.ok ? '' : failed.error, /rollback-persistence-failure/);
+            const recoveredConfig = await readTeamConfig('rollback-recovery', cwd);
+            const recoveredManifest = await readTeamManifestV2('rollback-recovery', cwd);
+            const recoveredTask = await readTask('rollback-recovery', task.id, cwd);
+            assert.equal(recoveredConfig?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), false);
+            assert.equal(recoveredManifest?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), false);
+            assert.equal(recoveredTask?.owner, undefined);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    for (const target of ['config', 'manifest']) {
+        it(`publicly recovers a committed scale-up membership rollback after partial ${target} old-generation persistence`, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `omx-scale-up-rollback-${target}-`));
+            try {
+                const teamName = `rollback-${target}`;
+                await initTeamState(teamName, 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+                const task = await createTask(teamName, {
+                    subject: 'rollback owner', description: 'must converge with membership', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+                }, cwd);
+                const teamDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName);
+                const configPath = join(teamDir, 'config.json');
+                const manifestPath = join(teamDir, 'manifest.v2.json');
+                const taskPath = join(teamDir, 'tasks', `task-${task.id}.json`);
+                const oldConfig = await readFile(configPath, 'utf8');
+                const oldManifest = await readFile(manifestPath, 'utf8');
+                const oldTask = await readFile(taskPath, 'utf8');
+                const oldConfigValue = JSON.parse(oldConfig);
+                const nextConfig = { ...oldConfigValue, workers: oldConfigValue.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2') };
+                const nextManifest = { ...JSON.parse(oldManifest), workers: nextConfig.workers, worker_count: nextConfig.workers.length };
+                const nextTask = { ...JSON.parse(oldTask), owner: undefined, claim: undefined };
+                await assert.rejects(withTeamTaskBarrier(teamName, cwd, () => commitTeamMembershipTaskTransaction(teamName, cwd, {
+                    baseGeneration: 0,
+                    tasks: [{ taskId: task.id, oldBytes: oldTask, newBytes: JSON.stringify(nextTask, null, 2) }],
+                    config: { oldBytes: oldConfig, newBytes: JSON.stringify(nextConfig, null, 2) },
+                    manifest: { oldBytes: oldManifest, newBytes: JSON.stringify(nextManifest, null, 2) },
+                    recoverToNewOnFailure: true,
+                    failRollbackPersistenceAfter: target,
+                })), /rollback-persistence-failure/);
+                assert.equal(existsSync(join(teamDir, '.membership-task-transaction.json')), true);
+                await recoverTeamMembershipTaskTransaction(teamName, cwd);
+                assert.equal((await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd))?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), false);
+                assert.equal((await readTeamManifestV2(teamName, cwd))?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), false);
+                assert.equal((await readTask(teamName, task.id, cwd))?.owner, undefined);
+            }
+            finally {
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    it('discards precommit cleanup debt while removed workers remain canonical', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-precommit-debt-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('precommit-debt', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('precommit-debt', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'precommit-debt', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'pending_teardown',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42413 }],
+                resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }],
+            }));
+            const recovered = await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('precommit-debt', cwd, config);
+            assert.deepEqual(recovered, { ok: true });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), false);
+            assert.equal((await readTeamConfig('precommit-debt', cwd))?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('commits forward state and records unresolved debt when proof is lost after a pane kill', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-success-proof-loss-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-success-proof-loss-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const proofLossMarkerPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'proof-loss');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes)
+    if [ -f "${proofLossMarkerPath}.recovery" ]; then
+      if [ ! -f "${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed-13" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'; fi
+      if [ ! -f "${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed-14" ]; then printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%14' '0' '42414'; fi
+    else
+      if [ -f "${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed" ]; then exit 1; fi
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%14' '0' '42414'
+    fi
+    ;;
+  show-option) printf '%s\n' 'team:success-proof-loss' ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    if [ -f "${proofLossMarkerPath}.recovery" ]; then
+      if [ "$3" = '%13' ]; then : > "${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed-13"; fi
+      if [ "$3" = '%14' ]; then : > "${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed-14"; fi
+    elif [ "$3" = '%13' ]; then
+      : > "${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+exit 0
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('success-proof-loss', 'task', 'executor', 3, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('success-proof-loss', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            config.workers[2].pane_id = '%14';
+            config.workers[2].pid = 42414;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            await writeFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'success-proof-loss', 'workers', 'worker-2', 'identity.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42413 }));
+            await writeFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'success-proof-loss', 'workers', 'worker-3', 'identity.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'worker-3', index: 3, pane_id: '%14', pid: 42414 }));
+            const resolvedTask = await createTask('success-proof-loss', {
+                subject: 'resolved owner task', description: 'must be reclaimed', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const unresolvedTask = await createTask('success-proof-loss', {
+                subject: 'unresolved owner task', description: 'must be preserved', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-3',
+            }, cwd);
+            const resolvedClaim = await claimTask('success-proof-loss', resolvedTask.id, 'worker-2', resolvedTask.version ?? 1, cwd);
+            assert.equal(resolvedClaim.ok, true);
+            const worker3StatusPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'success-proof-loss', 'workers', 'worker-3', 'status.json');
+            const worker3Raw = '{"reason":"three",\n"updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:01.000Z", "state":"idle"}\n';
+            await writeFile(worker3StatusPath, worker3Raw);
+            const result = await scaleDown('success-proof-loss', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2', 'worker-3'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                assert.match(result.error, /^scale_down_pane_proof_unavailable:%13:query_failed/);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readTeamConfig('success-proof-loss', cwd))?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(worker3StatusPath), true);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(worker3StatusPath, 'utf8'), worker3Raw);
+            assert.equal((await readTask('success-proof-loss', resolvedTask.id, cwd))?.owner, undefined);
+            assert.equal((await readTask('success-proof-loss', unresolvedTask.id, cwd))?.owner, undefined);
+            const retainedTask = await readTask('success-proof-loss', resolvedTask.id, cwd);
+            assert.equal(retainedTask?.status, 'pending');
+            assert.equal(retainedTask?.claim, undefined);
+            const debt = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'success-proof-loss', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json'), 'utf8'));
+            assert.deepEqual(debt.unresolved_panes.map((pane) => pane.pane_id), ['%13', '%14']);
+            const tmuxCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.deepEqual(tmuxCommands.filter((command) => command.startsWith('kill-pane ')), ['kill-pane -t %13']);
+            const killIndex = tmuxCommands.indexOf('kill-pane -t %13');
+            assert.ok(killIndex > 2);
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands[killIndex - 3], 'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}');
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands[killIndex - 2], 'show-option -qv -p -t %13 @omx_team_pane_owner_id');
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands[killIndex - 1], 'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}');
+            assert.equal(tmuxCommands[killIndex + 1], 'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}');
+            await writeFile(`${proofLossMarkerPath}.recovery`, '1');
+            await rm(`${proofLossMarkerPath}.killed`, { force: true });
+            const committedConfig = await readTeamConfig('success-proof-loss', cwd);
+            assert.ok(committedConfig);
+            if (!committedConfig)
+                return;
+            const recovered = await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('success-proof-loss', cwd, committedConfig);
+            assert.deepEqual(recovered, { ok: true });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'success-proof-loss', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json')), false);
+            const recoveredCommands = await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath);
+            assert.deepEqual(recoveredCommands.filter((command) => command.startsWith('kill-pane ')), [
+                'kill-pane -t %13',
+                'kill-pane -t %13',
+                'kill-pane -t %14',
+            ]);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('commits forward membership and retains exact debt when a later pane teardown fails', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-gone-kill-fail-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-gone-kill-fail-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes)
+    if [ -f "${tmuxLogPath}.killed-%13" ]; then
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%14' '0' '42414'
+    else
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%13' '0' '42413'
+      printf '%s\t%s\t%s\n' '%14' '0' '42414'
+    fi
+    ;;
+  kill-pane)
+    if [ "$3" = '%13' ]; then : > "${tmuxLogPath}.killed-%13"; exit 0; fi
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('gone-kill-fail', 'task', 'executor', 3, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('gone-kill-fail', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+            config.workers[2].pane_id = '%14';
+            config.workers[2].pid = 42414;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const resolvedTask = await createTask('gone-kill-fail', {
+                subject: 'gone owner task', description: 'must be reclaimed', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-2',
+            }, cwd);
+            const unresolvedTask = await createTask('gone-kill-fail', {
+                subject: 'failed owner task', description: 'must be preserved', status: 'pending', owner: 'worker-3',
+            }, cwd);
+            const resolvedClaim = await claimTask('gone-kill-fail', resolvedTask.id, 'worker-2', resolvedTask.version ?? 1, cwd);
+            assert.equal(resolvedClaim.ok, true);
+            const worker3StatusPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'gone-kill-fail', 'workers', 'worker-3', 'status.json');
+            await writeFile(worker3StatusPath, '{\n "state" : "idle", "reason":"three", "updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:01.000Z"\n}\n');
+            const result = await scaleDown('gone-kill-fail', cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2', 'worker-3'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+            assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+            if (!result.ok)
+                assert.match(result.error, /^scale_down_cleanup_debt:pane_teardown_failed:%14/);
+            assert.deepEqual((await readTeamConfig('gone-kill-fail', cwd))?.workers.map((worker) => worker.name), ['worker-1']);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(worker3StatusPath), true);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(worker3StatusPath, 'utf8'), '{\n "state" : "idle", "reason":"three", "updated_at":"2026-07-14T00:00:01.000Z"\n}\n');
+            assert.equal((await readTask('gone-kill-fail', resolvedTask.id, cwd))?.owner, undefined);
+            assert.equal((await readTask('gone-kill-fail', unresolvedTask.id, cwd))?.owner, undefined);
+            const retainedTask = await readTask('gone-kill-fail', resolvedTask.id, cwd);
+            assert.equal(retainedTask?.status, 'pending');
+            assert.equal(retainedTask?.claim, undefined);
+            const debt = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'gone-kill-fail', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json'), 'utf8'));
+            assert.deepEqual(debt.unresolved_panes.map((pane) => pane.pane_id), ['%14']);
+            assert.deepEqual(await readScaleUpTmuxLogCommands(tmuxLogPath), [
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'show-option -qv -p -t %13 @omx_team_pane_owner_id',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'kill-pane -t %13',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'show-option -qv -p -t %14 @omx_team_pane_owner_id',
+                'list-panes -a -F #{pane_id}\t#{pane_dead}\t#{pane_pid}',
+                'kill-pane -t %14',
+            ]);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    for (const [name, priorRaw] of [
+        ['absent status artifact', undefined],
+        ['malformed status artifact', '{"state":\n'],
+        ['noncanonical valid status artifact', '{\n  "updated_at" : "2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z",\n "reason":"waiting for assignment", "state" : "idle"\n}\n'],
+    ]) {
+        it(`scaleDown restores the exact ${name} after kill-pane failure`, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-status-artifact-'));
+            const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-status-artifact-bin-'));
+            const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+            const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+            try {
+                await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+case "\${1:-}" in
+  show-option) echo 'team:scale-down' ;;
+  list-panes) printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%13' '0' '42413' ;;
+  kill-pane) exit 1 ;;
+esac
+`);
+                await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+                process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+                await initTeamState(`status-${name.startsWith('absent') ? 'absent' : 'malformed'}`, 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+                const teamName = `status-${name.startsWith('absent') ? 'absent' : 'malformed'}`;
+                const config = await readTeamConfig(teamName, cwd);
+                assert.ok(config);
+                if (!config)
+                    return;
+                config.workers[1].pane_id = '%13';
+                config.workers[1].pid = 42413;
+                config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+                await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+                const statusPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', teamName, 'workers', 'worker-2', 'status.json');
+                if (priorRaw === undefined) {
+                    await rm(statusPath, { force: true });
+                }
+                else {
+                    await writeFile(statusPath, priorRaw);
+                }
+                const result = await scaleDown(teamName, cwd, { workerNames: ['worker-2'], force: true }, { OMX_TEAM_SCALING_ENABLED: '1' });
+                assert.equal(result.ok, false);
+                if (!result.ok)
+                    assert.match(result.error, /^scale_down_cleanup_debt:pane_teardown_failed:%13/);
+                assert.equal(existsSync(statusPath), priorRaw !== undefined);
+                if (priorRaw !== undefined)
+                    assert.equal(await readFile(statusPath, 'utf8'), priorRaw);
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                    process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+                else
+                    delete process.env.PATH;
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+                await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    it('uses canonical membership rather than a stale caller config before consuming precommit debt', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-canonical-debt-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('canonical-debt', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const canonical = await readTeamConfig('canonical-debt', cwd);
+            assert.ok(canonical);
+            if (!canonical)
+                return;
+            const staleCaller = structuredClone(canonical);
+            staleCaller.workers = staleCaller.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            staleCaller.worker_count = staleCaller.workers.length;
+            const workerDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'canonical-debt', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            const sentinelPath = join(workerDir, 'caller-must-not-authorize');
+            await writeFile(sentinelPath, 'preserve');
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'canonical-debt', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'pending_teardown',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42413 }],
+                resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('canonical-debt', cwd, staleCaller), { ok: true });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), false);
+            assert.equal(await readFile(sentinelPath, 'utf8'), 'preserve');
+            assert.equal((await readTeamConfig('canonical-debt', cwd))?.workers.some((worker) => worker.name === 'worker-2'), true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('converges pane-less crash debt through worker status and directory cleanup', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-zero-pane-debt-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('zero-pane-debt', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('zero-pane-debt', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const workerDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'zero-pane-debt', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            await mkdir(workerDir, { recursive: true });
+            await writeFile(join(workerDir, 'status.json'), '{"state":"draining"}');
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'zero-pane-debt', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'resource_cleanup_pending',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [],
+                resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('zero-pane-debt', cwd, config), { ok: true });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(workerDir), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('converges resource debt after a crash following successful worktree cleanup', async () => {
+        const repo = await initRepo();
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('resource-retry', 'task', 'executor', 2, repo);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('resource-retry', repo);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
+            const worktreePath = join(repo, '.omx', 'team', 'resource-retry', 'worktrees', 'worker-2');
+            const workerDir = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'resource-retry', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            await mkdir(workerDir, { recursive: true });
+            execFileSync('git', ['worktree', 'add', '--detach', worktreePath], { cwd: repo, stdio: 'ignore' });
+            const debtPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'resource-retry', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'resource_cleanup_pending',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [],
+                resource_workers: [{
+                        name: 'worker-2', worktree_path: worktreePath, worktree_repo_root: repo,
+                        worktree_detached: true, worktree_created: true,
+                    }],
+            }));
+            // Simulate a crash after git worktree removal but before worker-state
+            // cleanup and debt deletion. The retry must treat the exact absent target
+            // as converged rather than attempting to remove a replacement.
+            execFileSync('git', ['worktree', 'remove', '--force', worktreePath], { cwd: repo, stdio: 'ignore' });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(worktreePath), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(workerDir), true);
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('resource-retry', repo, config), { ok: true });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(worktreePath), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(workerDir), false);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('rejects malformed worktree debt without mutating worker resources', async () => {
+        const repo = await initRepo();
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('malformed-resource-debt', 'task', 'executor', 2, repo);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('malformed-resource-debt', repo);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
+            const workerDir = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'malformed-resource-debt', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            const sentinelPath = join(workerDir, 'sentinel');
+            await mkdir(workerDir, { recursive: true });
+            await writeFile(sentinelPath, 'preserve');
+            const debtPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'malformed-resource-debt', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'resource_cleanup_pending',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [],
+                resource_workers: [{
+                        name: 'worker-2',
+                        worktree_path: join(repo, '.omx', 'team', 'malformed-resource-debt', 'worktrees', '..', 'worker-2'),
+                        worktree_repo_root: repo,
+                        worktree_detached: true,
+                        worktree_created: true,
+                    }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('malformed-resource-debt', repo, config), {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_malformed',
+            });
+            assert.equal(await readFile(sentinelPath, 'utf8'), 'preserve');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('rejects foreign worktree debt without mutating the foreign location', async () => {
+        const repo = await initRepo();
+        const foreign = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-foreign-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('foreign-resource-debt', 'task', 'executor', 2, repo);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('foreign-resource-debt', repo);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
+            const sentinelPath = join(foreign, 'AGENTS.md');
+            await writeFile(sentinelPath, 'foreign');
+            const debtPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'foreign-resource-debt', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'resource_cleanup_pending',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [],
+                resource_workers: [{
+                        name: 'worker-2', worktree_path: foreign, worktree_repo_root: repo,
+                        worktree_detached: true, worktree_created: true,
+                    }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('foreign-resource-debt', repo, config), {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_malformed',
+            });
+            assert.equal(await readFile(sentinelPath, 'utf8'), 'foreign');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(foreign, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('rejects symlink-parent worktree debt without mutating the linked location', async () => {
+        const repo = await initRepo();
+        const foreign = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-symlink-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('symlink-resource-debt', 'task', 'executor', 2, repo);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('symlink-resource-debt', repo);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, repo);
+            const expectedWorktreeRoot = join(repo, '.omx', 'team', 'symlink-resource-debt', 'worktrees');
+            await mkdir(join(repo, '.omx', 'team', 'symlink-resource-debt'), { recursive: true });
+            await symlink(foreign, expectedWorktreeRoot);
+            const sentinelPath = join(foreign, 'AGENTS.md');
+            await writeFile(sentinelPath, 'foreign');
+            const debtPath = join(repo, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'symlink-resource-debt', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'resource_cleanup_pending',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [],
+                resource_workers: [{
+                        name: 'worker-2', worktree_path: join(expectedWorktreeRoot, 'worker-2'), worktree_repo_root: repo,
+                        worktree_detached: true, worktree_created: true,
+                    }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('symlink-resource-debt', repo, config), {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_malformed',
+            });
+            assert.equal(await readFile(sentinelPath, 'utf8'), 'foreign');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(foreign, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('rejects cleanup debt that collides with a surviving canonical worker before any tmux effect', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-survivor-collision-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-survivor-collision-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+exit 99
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('debt-survivor-collision', 'task', 'executor', 3, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('debt-survivor-collision', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers[0].pane_id = '%13';
+            config.workers[0].pid = 42413;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2' && worker.name !== 'worker-3');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'debt-survivor-collision', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            const debt = {
+                schema_version: 1,
+                operation: 'scale_down',
+                status: 'pending_teardown',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2', 'worker-3'],
+                workers: [
+                    { name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42414 },
+                    { name: 'worker-3', index: 3, pane_id: '%14', pid: 42413 },
+                ],
+                resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }, { name: 'worker-3' }],
+            };
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify(debt));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('debt-survivor-collision', cwd, config), {
+                ok: false,
+                error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_malformed',
+            });
+            assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(await readFile(debtPath, 'utf8')), debt);
+            assert.equal(existsSync(tmuxLogPath), false);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+            else
+                delete process.env.PATH;
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    for (const [name, livePid, ownerMode, expectedReason] of [
+        ['refuses an unrelated current pane occupant', 42413, 'foreign', 'team_owner_mismatch'],
+        ['refuses a PID-reused pane even with the Team owner tag', 52413, 'team', 'pane_pid_changed'],
+        ['fails closed when Team owner authorization is unavailable', 42413, 'unavailable', 'team_owner_unavailable'],
+    ]) {
+        it(name, async () => {
+            const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-pane-authority-'));
+            const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-pane-authority-bin-'));
+            const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+            const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+            const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+            try {
+                const ownerScript = ownerMode === 'unavailable'
+                    ? 'echo owner-query-failed >&2; exit 2'
+                    : `printf '%s\\n' '${ownerMode === 'team' ? 'team:debt-pane-authority' : 'team:another-team'}'`;
+                await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "$1" in
+  list-panes) printf '%s\\t%s\\t%s\\n' '%13' '0' '${livePid}' ;;
+  show-option) ${ownerScript} ;;
+  kill-pane) echo unexpected-kill >&2; exit 99 ;;
+esac
+`);
+                await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+                process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+                await initTeamState('debt-pane-authority', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+                const config = await readTeamConfig('debt-pane-authority', cwd);
+                assert.ok(config);
+                if (!config)
+                    return;
+                config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+                config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+                config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+                await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+                await writeFile(join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'debt-pane-authority', 'workers', 'worker-2', 'identity.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42413 }));
+                const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'debt-pane-authority', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+                await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                    schema_version: 1, operation: 'scale_down', status: 'pending_teardown',
+                    removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                    workers: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42413 }],
+                    resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }],
+                }));
+                assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('debt-pane-authority', cwd, config), {
+                    ok: false, error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_unresolved:%13',
+                });
+                const debt = JSON.parse(await readFile(debtPath, 'utf8'));
+                assert.ok(debt.reasons.includes(`%13:${expectedReason}`));
+                const commands = existsSync(tmuxLogPath) ? await readFile(tmuxLogPath, 'utf8') : '';
+                assert.doesNotMatch(commands, /kill-pane/);
+            }
+            finally {
+                if (typeof previousPath === 'string')
+                    process.env.PATH = previousPath;
+                else
+                    delete process.env.PATH;
+                await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+                await rm(fakeBinDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    it('rejects mismatched worker pane bindings before any recovery mutation', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-mismatched-binding-'));
+        try {
+            await initTeamState('debt-mismatched-binding', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('debt-mismatched-binding', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const workerDir = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'debt-mismatched-binding', 'workers', 'worker-2');
+            const sentinel = join(workerDir, 'must-remain');
+            await writeFile(sentinel, 'preserve');
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'debt-mismatched-binding', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1, operation: 'scale_down', status: 'unresolved',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: 42413 }],
+                unresolved_panes: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%14', pid: 42413 }],
+                resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('debt-mismatched-binding', cwd, config), {
+                ok: false, error: 'scale_down_cleanup_debt_malformed',
+            });
+            assert.equal(await readFile(sentinel, 'utf8'), 'preserve');
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+    });
+    it('converges a PID-less legacy pane record only after a fresh global gone proof', async () => {
+        const cwd = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-legacy-gone-'));
+        const fakeBinDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'omx-scale-down-debt-legacy-gone-bin-'));
+        const tmuxStubPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux');
+        const tmuxLogPath = join(fakeBinDir, 'tmux.log');
+        const previousPath = process.env.PATH;
+        try {
+            await writeFile(tmuxStubPath, `#!/bin/sh
+printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> "${tmuxLogPath}"
+case "$1" in list-panes) exit 0 ;; kill-pane) exit 99 ;; esac
+`);
+            await chmod(tmuxStubPath, 0o755);
+            process.env.PATH = `${fakeBinDir}:${previousPath ?? ''}`;
+            await initTeamState('debt-legacy-gone', 'task', 'executor', 2, cwd);
+            const config = await readTeamConfig('debt-legacy-gone', cwd);
+            assert.ok(config);
+            if (!config)
+                return;
+            config.workers = config.workers.filter((worker) => worker.name !== 'worker-2');
+            config.worker_count = config.workers.length;
+            config.tmux_pane_owner_id = 'team:scale-down';
+            await saveTeamConfig(config, cwd);
+            const debtPath = join(cwd, '.omx', 'state', 'team', 'debt-legacy-gone', '.scale-down-cleanup-debt.json');
+            await writeFile(debtPath, JSON.stringify({
+                schema_version: 1, operation: 'scale_down', status: 'unresolved',
+                removed_worker_names: ['worker-2'],
+                workers: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: null }],
+                unresolved_panes: [{ name: 'worker-2', index: 2, pane_id: '%13', pid: null }],
+                resource_workers: [{ name: 'worker-2' }],
+            }));
+            assert.deepEqual(await reconcileScaleDownCleanupDebt('debt-legacy-gone', cwd, config), { ok: true });
+            assert.equal(existsSync(debtPath), false);
+            assert.doesNotMatch(await readFile(tmuxLogPath, 'utf8'), /kill-pane|show-option/);
         }
         finally {
             if (typeof previousPath === 'string')