pi-mega-compact 0.7.2 → 0.7.4

package/extensions/mega-runtime.ts

@@ -19,9 +19,24 @@ import { VectorStore } from "../src/vectorStore.js";
 import { toEngineMessages } from "../src/adapt.js";
 import { normalizeSessionId } from "../src/store.js";
 import { Logger } from "../src/log.js";
-import { recordModelSnapshot, latestModelSnapshot, upsertRepoRegistry, recordRepoModel, type ModelSnapshot } from "../src/store/sqlite.js";
+import {
+	recordModelSnapshot,
+	latestModelSnapshot,
+	upsertRepoRegistry,
+	recordRepoModel,
+	type ModelSnapshot,
+} from "../src/store/sqlite.js";
 import { detectCrossRepoDrift } from "../src/driftDetection.js";
-import { repoStateDir, resolveRepoRoot, pressureRatio, pressureFromPct, pressureBand, effectiveThresholdTokens, type MegaConfig, type PressureBand } from "./mega-config.js";
+import {
+	repoStateDir,
+	resolveRepoRoot,
+	pressureRatio,
+	pressureFromPct,
+	pressureBand,
+	effectiveThresholdTokens,
+	type MegaConfig,
+	type PressureBand,
+} from "./mega-config.js";
 import { Dashboard, type DashboardSnapshot } from "./mega-dashboard.js";
 
 export const STATUS_KEY = "mega-compact";
@@ -31,47 +46,50 @@ export const MARKER_TYPE = "mega-compact-marker";
 /** Cached npm version, read once from this extension's own package.json. */
 let CACHED_VERSION: string | null = null;
 function ownVersion(): string {
-  if (CACHED_VERSION !== null) return CACHED_VERSION;
-  let v = "?";
-  try {
-    const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)); // .../extensions
-    const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(here, "..", "package.json"), "utf-8"));
-    v = pkg.version ?? "?";
-  } catch {
-    v = "?";
-  }
-  CACHED_VERSION = v;
-  return v;
+	if (CACHED_VERSION !== null) return CACHED_VERSION;
+	let v = "?";
+	try {
+		const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)); // .../extensions
+		const pkg = JSON.parse(
+			readFileSync(join(here, "..", "package.json"), "utf-8"),
+		);
+		v = pkg.version ?? "?";
+	} catch {
+		v = "?";
+	}
+	CACHED_VERSION = v;
+	return v;
 }
 
 /** Per-session runtime state kept in the closure (mirrors neuralwatt-mcr). */
 interface SessionRuntime {
-  sessionId: string;
-  persistedThisSession: boolean;
-  lastCheckpointId: string | undefined;
-  lastCompactedFrom: number;
-  lastCompactedTokens: number;
-  dedupSkips: number;       // compactions skipped because regionHash already stored
-  dedupAttempts: number;    // total compaction attempts (for hit-rate denominator)
-  tokensSaved: number;      // this session-instance only: reset on session_start
-  lastCompactAt: number | null; // wall-clock ms of the last compaction this session
+	sessionId: string;
+	persistedThisSession: boolean;
+	lastCheckpointId: string | undefined;
+	lastCompactedFrom: number;
+	lastCompactedTokens: number;
+	dedupSkips: number; // compactions skipped because regionHash already stored
+	dedupAttempts: number; // total compaction attempts (for hit-rate denominator)
+	tokensSaved: number; // this session-instance only: reset on session_start
+	lastCompactAt: number | null; // wall-clock ms of the last compaction this session
+	lastNativeCompactAt: number | null; // COMPACT-DEDUP FIX: wall-clock ms of the last NATIVE pi compaction (session_compact event) — used by the agent_end/legacy race guard to skip a redundant ctx.compact() that would throw "Already compacted".
 }
 
 /** ANSI palette for the toolbar. The pi TUI's Text component preserves ANSI
  *  escape codes (see wrapTextWithAnsi), so raw escapes render as colors. No
  *  chalk dependency needed — these are just strings. */
 export const C = {
-  reset: "\x1b[0m",
-  dim: "\x1b[2m",
-  bold: "\x1b[1m",
-  amber: "\x1b[38;5;214m", // tier / ready
-  green: "\x1b[38;5;120m", // saved
-  cyan: "\x1b[38;5;51m", // used / live activity
-  teal: "\x1b[38;5;37m", // processing (compress/dedup)
-  magenta: "\x1b[38;5;201m", // dedup rate
-  blue: "\x1b[38;5;75m", // repo totals
-  gray: "\x1b[38;5;245m", // labels
-  red: "\x1b[38;5;203m", // pressure / overflow
+	reset: "\x1b[0m",
+	dim: "\x1b[2m",
+	bold: "\x1b[1m",
+	amber: "\x1b[38;5;214m", // tier / ready
+	green: "\x1b[38;5;120m", // saved
+	cyan: "\x1b[38;5;51m", // used / live activity
+	teal: "\x1b[38;5;37m", // processing (compress/dedup)
+	magenta: "\x1b[38;5;201m", // dedup rate
+	blue: "\x1b[38;5;75m", // repo totals
+	gray: "\x1b[38;5;245m", // labels
+	red: "\x1b[38;5;203m", // pressure / overflow
 };
 
 const PULSE = ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"];
@@ -88,729 +106,915 @@ const PANEL_RST = "\x1b[0m" + PANEL_BG; // reset fg but retain panel bg
 
 /** Visible cell width of a string, ignoring ANSI SGR/OSC escapes. */
 function visibleWidth(s: string): number {
-  const stripped = s
-    .replace(/\x1b\[[0-9;?]*[A-Za-z]/g, "")
-    .replace(/\x1b\][^\x07\x1b]*(?:\x07|\x1b\\)/g, "");
-  let w = 0;
-  for (const ch of stripped) {
-    const cp = ch.codePointAt(0) ?? 0;
-    const wide = cp >= 0x1100 && (
-      (cp <= 0x115f) || (cp >= 0x2e80 && cp <= 0x303e) ||
-      (cp >= 0x3041 && cp <= 0x33ff) || (cp >= 0x3400 && cp <= 0x4dbf) ||
-      (cp >= 0x4e00 && cp <= 0x9fff) || (cp >= 0xa000 && cp <= 0xa4cf) ||
-      (cp >= 0xac00 && cp <= 0xd7a3) || (cp >= 0xf900 && cp <= 0xfaff) ||
-      (cp >= 0xfe30 && cp <= 0xfe4f) || (cp >= 0xff00 && cp <= 0xff60) ||
-      (cp >= 0xffe0 && cp <= 0xffe6) || (cp >= 0x1f300 && cp <= 0x1faff) ||
-      (cp >= 0x20000 && cp <= 0x3fffd)
-    );
-    w += wide ? 2 : 1;
-  }
-  return w;
+	const stripped = s
+		.replace(/\x1b\[[0-9;?]*[A-Za-z]/g, "")
+		.replace(/\x1b\][^\x07\x1b]*(?:\x07|\x1b\\)/g, "");
+	let w = 0;
+	for (const ch of stripped) {
+		const cp = ch.codePointAt(0) ?? 0;
+		const wide =
+			cp >= 0x1100 &&
+			(cp <= 0x115f ||
+				(cp >= 0x2e80 && cp <= 0x303e) ||
+				(cp >= 0x3041 && cp <= 0x33ff) ||
+				(cp >= 0x3400 && cp <= 0x4dbf) ||
+				(cp >= 0x4e00 && cp <= 0x9fff) ||
+				(cp >= 0xa000 && cp <= 0xa4cf) ||
+				(cp >= 0xac00 && cp <= 0xd7a3) ||
+				(cp >= 0xf900 && cp <= 0xfaff) ||
+				(cp >= 0xfe30 && cp <= 0xfe4f) ||
+				(cp >= 0xff00 && cp <= 0xff60) ||
+				(cp >= 0xffe0 && cp <= 0xffe6) ||
+				(cp >= 0x1f300 && cp <= 0x1faff) ||
+				(cp >= 0x20000 && cp <= 0x3fffd));
+		w += wide ? 2 : 1;
+	}
+	return w;
 }
 
 /** Pad a content string (with ANSI colors) to `width` cells using panel bg. */
-function spreadGroups(width: number, groups: string[], indent = 0): string {
-  if (groups.length === 0) return panelLine('', width);
-  // Calculate visible width of each group
-  const groupWidths = groups.map(g => visibleWidth(PANEL_BG + g.replace(/\x1b\[0m/g, PANEL_RST)));
-  const totalContent = groupWidths.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
-  const separator = ` ${C.dim}│${C.reset} `;
-  const sepWidth = visibleWidth(PANEL_BG + separator.replace(/\x1b\[0m/g, PANEL_RST));
-  const totalSep = sepWidth * (groups.length - 1);
-  const available = width - indent - totalContent - totalSep;
-  const gapSize = groups.length > 1 ? Math.max(1, Math.floor(available / (groups.length - 1))) : 0;
-  const extra = groups.length > 1 ? available - gapSize * (groups.length - 1) : 0;
-  
-  let line = ' '.repeat(indent);
-  for (let i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
-    line += groups[i];
-    if (i < groups.length - 1) {
-      const gap = gapSize + (i < extra ? 1 : 0);
-      line += separator + ' '.repeat(Math.max(0, gap));
-    }
-  }
-  return panelLine(line, width);
+/** Wrap a string (with ANSI codes) to fit within `maxWidth` visible chars.
+ *  Splits at │ separators or whitespace when possible. */
+function wrapLine(text: string, maxWidth: number): string[] {
+	if (maxWidth <= 0) return [text];
+	const result: string[] = [];
+	let current = "";
+	let currentW = 0;
+	// Split at │ boundaries first
+	const segments = text.split("│");
+	for (let i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
+		const seg = (i > 0 ? "│" : "") + segments[i];
+		const segW = visibleWidth(PANEL_BG + seg.replace(/\x1b\[0m/g, PANEL_RST));
+		if (currentW + segW <= maxWidth || currentW === 0) {
+			current += seg;
+			currentW += segW;
+		} else {
+			result.push(current);
+			current = seg;
+			currentW = segW;
+		}
+	}
+	if (current) result.push(current);
+	return result;
 }
 
 function panelLine(content: string, width: number): string {
-  const withBg = PANEL_BG + content.replace(/\x1b\[0m/g, PANEL_RST);
-  const pad = Math.max(0, width - visibleWidth(withBg));
-  return withBg + " ".repeat(pad) + "\x1b[0m";
+	const withBg = PANEL_BG + content.replace(/\x1b\[0m/g, PANEL_RST);
+	const pad = Math.max(0, width - visibleWidth(withBg));
+	return withBg + " ".repeat(pad) + "\x1b[0m";
 }
 
 /** A full-width hairline bar (top/bottom border of the panel). */
 function panelBar(width: number, ch = "─"): string {
-  return PANEL_BG + ch.repeat(Math.max(0, width)) + "\x1b[0m";
+	return PANEL_BG + ch.repeat(Math.max(0, width)) + "\x1b[0m";
 }
 
 /** Token-count formatter: M at/above 1e6, k at/above 1e3, raw below.
  *  5,472,700 → "5.5mil", 24,100 → "24.1k", 142 → "142". */
 function fmtTokens(x: number): string {
-  return x >= 1_000_000 ? `${(x / 1_000_000).toFixed(1)}mil`
-    : x >= 1000 ? `${(x / 1000).toFixed(1)}k`
-    : `${Math.round(x)}`;
+	return x >= 1_000_000
+		? `${(x / 1_000_000).toFixed(1)}mil`
+		: x >= 1000
+			? `${(x / 1000).toFixed(1)}k`
+			: `${Math.round(x)}`;
 }
 
 /** Retro gradient bar — `w` cells shaded by fill position (green→amber→red).
  *  Used for CONTEXT fill where low=green (room) and high=red (near the limit). */
 function ramp(pct: number, w = 12): string {
-  const cells = ["▏","▎","▍","▌","▋","▊","▉","█"];
-  const scaled = Math.max(0, Math.min(w, pct * w));
-  const full = Math.floor(scaled);
-  const frac = scaled - full;
-  const fracCell = frac > 0 ? cells[Math.round(frac * (cells.length - 1))] : "";
-  let out = "";
-  for (let i = 0; i < full; i++) out += (i / w < 0.6 ? C.green : i / w < 0.85 ? C.amber : C.red) + "█";
-  if (fracCell) out += (full / w < 0.6 ? C.green : full / w < 0.85 ? C.amber : C.red) + fracCell;
-  out += C.dim + "░".repeat(Math.max(0, w - full - (fracCell ? 1 : 0))) + C.reset;
-  return out;
+	const cells = ["▏", "▎", "▍", "▌", "▋", "▊", "▉", "█"];
+	const scaled = Math.max(0, Math.min(w, pct * w));
+	const full = Math.floor(scaled);
+	const frac = scaled - full;
+	const fracCell = frac > 0 ? cells[Math.round(frac * (cells.length - 1))] : "";
+	let out = "";
+	for (let i = 0; i < full; i++)
+		out += (i / w < 0.6 ? C.green : i / w < 0.85 ? C.amber : C.red) + "█";
+	if (fracCell)
+		out +=
+			(full / w < 0.6 ? C.green : full / w < 0.85 ? C.amber : C.red) + fracCell;
+	out +=
+		C.dim + "░".repeat(Math.max(0, w - full - (fracCell ? 1 : 0))) + C.reset;
+	return out;
 }
 
 /** Human "time since" string from a millisecond delta (or null → "never"). */
 function sinceCompactStr(ms: number | null): string {
-  if (ms == null) return "never";
-  const s = Math.floor(ms / 1000);
-  if (s < 60) return `${s}s ago`;
-  const m = Math.floor(s / 60);
-  if (m < 60) return `${m}m ago`;
-  const h = Math.floor(m / 60);
-  if (h < 24) return `${h}h ago`;
-  return `${Math.floor(h / 24)}d ago`;
+	if (ms == null) return "never";
+	const s = Math.floor(ms / 1000);
+	if (s < 60) return `${s}s ago`;
+	const m = Math.floor(s / 60);
+	if (m < 60) return `${m}m ago`;
+	const h = Math.floor(m / 60);
+	if (h < 24) return `${h}h ago`;
+	return `${Math.floor(h / 24)}d ago`;
 }
 
-interface TickerEntry { text: string; at: number; }
+interface TickerEntry {
+	text: string;
+	at: number;
+}
 
 /** Immutable snapshot of everything the above-editor widget needs to render.
  *  Computed once per `snapshot()` (event-driven) and read by `buildWidgetLines`
  *  on every TUI render frame, so frame rendering stays allocation-cheap and the
  *  panel auto-fits whatever width pi passes to the setWidget factory. */
 interface WidgetData {
-  version: string;
-  tierLabel: string;
-  triggerLabel: string;
-  pctStr: string;
-  tokStr: string;
-  maxStr: string;
-  ctxPct: number;
-  chk: number;
-  agentStr: string;
-  turnStr: string;
-  dedupStr: string;
-  sessIn: number; sessKept: number; sTxt: string;
-  repoIn: number; repoKept: number; rTxt: string;
-  repoChk: number; repoSess: number;
-  modelStr: string;
-  sinceCompact: number | null;
-  embedderName: string;
-  compStr: string;
-  driftStatus: "ok" | "warn";
-  agentsActive: boolean;
-  fresh: boolean;
-  ticker: TickerEntry[];
-  lastWhy: string | undefined;
-  tierTrace: string | undefined;
-  pulsing: boolean;
+	version: string;
+	tierLabel: string;
+	triggerLabel: string;
+	pctStr: string;
+	tokStr: string;
+	maxStr: string;
+	ctxPct: number;
+	chk: number;
+	agentStr: string;
+	turnStr: string;
+	dedupStr: string;
+	sessIn: number;
+	sessKept: number;
+	sTxt: string;
+	repoIn: number;
+	repoKept: number;
+	rTxt: string;
+	repoChk: number;
+	repoSess: number;
+	modelStr: string;
+	sinceCompact: number | null;
+	embedderName: string;
+	compStr: string;
+	driftStatus: "ok" | "warn";
+	agentsActive: boolean;
+	fresh: boolean;
+	ticker: TickerEntry[];
+	lastWhy: string | undefined;
+	tierTrace: string | undefined;
+	pulsing: boolean;
 }
 
 export class MegaRuntime {
-  config: MegaConfig;
-  // Store/dashboard/logger are rebound per-repo by bindRepo() so each git repo
-  // gets its own isolated state dir. They start bound to the global default.
-  store: VectorStore;
-  logger: Logger;
-  dashboard: Dashboard;
-  activeRepoRoot: string | null = null;
-  currentStateDir: string;
-
-  // The only mutable per-session state. Reset on session_start / session_tree.
-  rt: SessionRuntime = {
-    sessionId: normalizeSessionId(undefined),
-    persistedThisSession: false,
-    lastCheckpointId: undefined,
-    lastCompactedFrom: 0,
-    lastCompactedTokens: 0,
-    dedupSkips: 0,
-    dedupAttempts: 0,
-    tokensSaved: 0,
-    lastCompactAt: null,
-  };
-  debounceUntil = 0;
-  // S16: debounce for the agent_end resume nudge (avoid busy-loops).
-  resumeNudgeUntil = 0;
-  // Agent tracking for real-time widget updates
-  activeAgents = 0;
-  currentTurn = 0;
-  // Recall block produced by auto-inline (resume/branch) that the next
-  // before_agent_start should prepend to the system prompt. Unset after use.
-  pendingRecallBlock: string | undefined;
-  // S21: memory recall block, parallel to pendingRecallBlock. Same one-shot
-  // semantics; composed with the checkpoint block in before_agent_start.
-  pendingMemoryRecallBlock: string | undefined;
-  statusKey: string | undefined; // current status text for dashboard
-  // Active model/provider (for real cost estimation). Captured from ctx.model
-  // on model_select + session_start; persisted to SQL so cost + the dashboard
-  // can read it without a live ctx.
-  currentModel: ModelSnapshot | undefined;
-  // Live "what it's doing right now" timestamp, used for the fresh-window.
-  lastActivityAt = 0;
-  // Live per-tier dedup trace (Phase 1): e.g. "L0 ✓ → L1 ✓ → L2 0.91 → stored".
-  // Built from the store's sync onTier callback during a compaction so the user
-  // watches each tier evaluate in real time. Cleared once the outcome settles.
-  tierTrace: string | undefined;
-  // Phase 3 — standout toolbar state.
-  // Recall/activity ticker: a small ring buffer (≤5) of recent compact/recall
-  // events so the widget shows a live history instead of a single last action.
-  ticker: TickerEntry[] = [];
-  readonly TICKER_MAX = 5;
-  // Pulsing status: set true while a compaction is in flight, cleared on result.
-  pulsing = false;
-  // S21.2: set by `applyMemoryOps` when a memory add/replace/remove lands in
-  // the current compaction. The pipeline reads this after a successful compact
-  // to decide whether to fire `consolidateMemories` (skip the work entirely
-  // when no memory rows changed).
-  memoriesTouchedThisCompaction = 0;
-  // Rolling "saved" goal for the progress bar — grows as we save more, so the
-  // bar always has a meaningful denominator (never sits at 100% forever).
-  savedGoal = 50_000;
-  // Last explain-why line (dedup reason / anchor-kept / superseded), surfaced
-  // while fresh.
-  lastWhy: string | undefined = undefined;
-
-  // Context tracking for the dashboard (updated in the context handler).
-  lastCtxTokens: number | null = null;
-  lastCtxPercent: number | null = null;
-  lastCtxWindow = 0;
-
-  // Latest computed widget payload (recomputed per snapshot, rendered per frame).
-  widgetData: WidgetData | null = null;
-  // Cached cross-repo drift status (recomputed at most every 30s — it opens the
-  // machine-wide registry DB, so we don't want to do it on every render frame).
-  private driftCache: { at: number; status: "ok" | "warn" } | null = null;
-
-  /**
-   * DIAG counters for the "team run doesn't relieve context" investigation.
-   * Plain integers, incremented at the three compaction decision points. They
-   * let a headless test drive the real event handlers and assert the firing
-   * cadence without scraping log files. Inert in production (the live-trim and
-   * before-compact probes also emit logger.info, but these counters are always
-   * updated and cost nothing).
-   */
-  diagLiveTrimFires = 0;     // context handler returned a trimmed view
-  diagBeforeCompactFires = 0; // session_before_compact handler entered
-  diagBeforeCompactSupplied = 0; // session_before_compact supplied our trim
-  diagAgentEndIdle = 0;       // agent_end with activeAgents===0
-  diagAgentEndDurable = 0;    // agent_end fired ctx.compact() (mid-run durable trim)
-  // Per-skip-path counters for the team-run diagnosis.
-  diagCtxFastGate = 0;        // returned at token fast-gate (below threshold)
-  diagCtxNoCompact = 0;       // autoCompactCheck().shouldCompact === false
-  diagCtxDebounce = 0;        // debounceUntil not yet elapsed
-  diagCtxRunSkipped = 0;      // runCompact() returned skipped
-  diagCtxCutNull = 0;         // computeLiveTrimCut returned null (anchor/boundary)
-  diagCtxThrown = 0;          // live-trim try threw (caught)
-
-  /**
-   * S26 capture instrumentation: the "model_snapshots empty → $0.00 cost card"
-   * bug was invisible because captureModel swallowed the DB write in a silent
-   * `catch {}`. These always-updated counters (zero cost) let a headless test or
-   * a live capture tell whether captureModel ran and whether the snapshot landed.
-   */
-  diagCaptureModelCalls = 0;   // captureModel entered with a populated ctx.model
-  diagCaptureModelFails = 0;   // recordModelSnapshot threw → model_snapshots stays empty
-
-  /**
-   * Live 0–1 pressure — how full the context window is relative to the
-   * compaction threshold.
-   *
-   * RECONCILE (BACKLOG dual-basis flicker): when the model context window is
-   * known we base pressure consistently on the *percentage* basis
-   * (`lastCtxPercent / (tierPct*100)`). This keeps the band stable whether the
-   * latest context event carried a token count or only a percentage, so the
-   * threshold comparison doesn't jump when a token-count event arrives vs a
-   * percent-only event. We only fall back to the token-count basis
-   * (`config.thresholdTokens`) when the window is unknown (e.g. before the first
-   * context event, or a `custom` tier with no tierPct). Always finite + in [0,1].
-   */
-  get pressure(): number {
-    if (this.lastCtxWindow > 0 && this.config.tierPct != null && this.lastCtxPercent != null) {
-      // pressureFromPct(x) = x/100, and x = lastCtxPercent/tierPct, so this is
-      // exactly the intended lastCtxPercent/(tierPct*100) 0–1 ratio: at the
-      // fire point (lastCtxPercent == tierPct*100) pressure == 1.0, matching the
-      // token-based pressureRatio(currentTokens, effectiveThreshold) reading so
-      // the band doesn't jump when a token-count vs percent-only event arrives.
-      return pressureFromPct(this.lastCtxPercent / this.config.tierPct);
-    }
-    if (this.lastCtxTokens != null && this.lastCtxTokens > 0 && this.config.thresholdTokens > 0) {
-      return pressureRatio(this.lastCtxTokens, this.config.thresholdTokens);
-    }
-    return pressureFromPct(this.lastCtxPercent);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The live compaction FIRE POINT in tokens: the effective threshold scaled by
-   * the current model context window (`tierPct * window`) when known, else the
-   * boot fallback `config.thresholdTokens`. This is what the FAST GATE /
-   * `autoCompactCheck` / agent_end durable-trigger compare against, so
-   * compaction fires at tier% of the window for ANY model size (200k or 1M),
-   * always below pi's native auto-compaction (~80% of window).
-   */
-  get effectiveThreshold(): number {
-    return effectiveThresholdTokens({
-      tierPct: this.config.tierPct,
-      fallbackThreshold: this.config.thresholdTokens,
-      window: this.lastCtxWindow,
-    });
-  }
-
-  /** Live discrete pressure band (low/medium/high/ultra/mega) over `pressure`. */
-  get pressureBand(): PressureBand {
-    return pressureBand(this.pressure);
-  }
-
-  constructor(config: MegaConfig) {
-    this.config = config;
-    this.store = new VectorStore({ dedupSim: config.dedupSim, stateDir: config.stateDir });
-    this.logger = new Logger({ enabled: config.debug, path: join(config.stateDir, "mega-compact.log") });
-    this.dashboard = new Dashboard(config.stateDir);
-    this.currentStateDir = config.stateDir;
-  }
-
-  // ---- per-repo binding -----------------------------------------------------
-
-  /**
-   * Point store/dashboard/logger at the current repo's state dir. Rebuilds the
-   * instances only when the repo root changes, so cross-repo dedup stats, db,
-   * and events are fully isolated. Falls back to the global default outside git.
-   */
-  bindRepo(cwd: string | undefined): string {
-    const dir = cwd ? repoStateDir(cwd, this.config.stateDir) : this.config.stateDir;
-    const key = cwd ? resolveRepoRoot(cwd) ?? dir : dir;
-    if (key === this.activeRepoRoot) return dir;
-    this.activeRepoRoot = key;
-    this.currentStateDir = dir;
-    this.store = new VectorStore({ dedupSim: this.config.dedupSim, stateDir: dir });
-    this.logger = new Logger({ enabled: this.config.debug, path: join(dir, "mega-compact.log") });
-    this.dashboard = new Dashboard(dir);
-    // Aggregate this repo into the machine-wide index so the multi-repo
-    // dashboard (Summary / All-repos tabs) can show it alongside every other
-    // repo. Best-effort + non-fatal: a read-only index dir or contention must
-    // never break the per-repo compaction path. Runs only on repo-switch
-    // (this branch), so it's infrequent — not per-context-event.
-    try {
-      const repo = this.store.repoStats();
-      const di = this.store.dataInvariant();
-      const root = key !== dir ? key : resolveRepoRoot(cwd ?? dir) ?? dir;
-      upsertRepoRegistry({
-        repoRoot: root,
-        displayName: root.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).pop() ?? root,
-        stateDir: dir,
-        checkpointCount: repo.checkpointCount,
-        tokensSaved: repo.tokensSaved,
-        compressedOriginalBytes: di.compressedOriginalBytes,
-      });
-    } catch {
-      /* non-fatal: index aggregation must not block compaction */
-    }
-    return dir;
-  }
-
-  // ---- dashboard snapshot + widget ------------------------------------------
-
-  /** Collect live state and write it to disk (+ paint the above-editor widget). */
-  snapshot(ctx?: ExtensionContext): void {
-    if (ctx) this.bindRepo(ctx.cwd);
-    const st = this.store.stats(this.rt.sessionId);
-    const repo = this.store.repoStats();
-    const di = this.store.dataInvariant();
-    // Active model/provider for the current-repo card + the multi-repo table.
-    const modelSnap = latestModelSnapshot(this.currentStateDir);
-    const model = modelSnap
-      ? {
-          name: modelSnap.modelName ?? modelSnap.modelId,
-          provider: modelSnap.provider,
-          providerName: modelSnap.providerName ?? "",
-          inputRate: modelSnap.inputRate,
-          outputRate: modelSnap.outputRate,
-        }
-      : undefined;
-    // effectiveThresholdPct: the live fire point as a % of the window (null for
-    // `custom`, which has no tierPct). Used by armed/ready + the dashboard.
-    const effectiveThresholdPct = this.config.tierPct != null ? this.config.tierPct * 100 : null;
-    // armed lights at/above the REAL fire point: max(effectiveThresholdPct,
-    // fastGatePct). fastGatePct already equals tierPct*100 by default, but a
-    // MEGACOMPACT_FAST_GATE_PCT override can raise it, so we take the max.
-    const armed = this.lastCtxPercent != null && this.lastCtxPercent >= Math.max(effectiveThresholdPct ?? 0, this.config.fastGatePct);
-    const ready = armed && (this.lastCtxTokens ?? 0) >= this.effectiveThreshold;
-    this.dashboard.snapshot({
-      version: 1,
-      updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-      // S24: the headline tier is the LIVE pressure band; the env preset is kept
-      // alongside as presetTier so the dashboard can show both.
-      tier: this.pressureBand,
-      presetTier: this.config.tier,
-      pressure: this.pressure,
-      config: {
-        fastGatePct: this.config.fastGatePct,
-        thresholdTokens: this.effectiveThreshold,
-        tierPct: this.config.tierPct,
-        effectiveThresholdPct,
-        anchorUserMessages: this.config.anchorUserMessages,
-        preserveRecent: this.config.preserveRecent,
-        auto: this.config.auto,
-        autoInline: this.config.autoInline,
-      },
-      session: {
-        id: this.rt.sessionId,
-        state: this.statusKey ?? "idle",
-        persistedThisSession: this.rt.persistedThisSession,
-        lastCheckpointId: this.rt.lastCheckpointId ?? null,
-        lastCompactedFrom: this.rt.lastCompactedFrom,
-        lastCompactedTokens: this.rt.lastCompactedTokens,
-        dedupSkips: this.rt.dedupSkips,
-        dedupAttempts: this.rt.dedupAttempts,
-      },
-      context: { tokens: this.lastCtxTokens, percent: this.lastCtxPercent, contextWindow: this.lastCtxWindow },
-      trigger: { armed, ready, currentTokens: this.lastCtxTokens, thresholdTokens: this.effectiveThreshold, fastGatePct: this.config.fastGatePct, tierPct: this.config.tierPct, effectiveThresholdPct },
-      crew: { activeAgents: this.activeAgents, currentTurn: this.currentTurn },
-      store: { checkpointCount: st.checkpointCount, totalTokenEstimate: st.totalTokenEstimate, originalTokens: st.originalTokens, tokensSaved: this.rt.tokensSaved, injectedCount: st.injectedCount, dedupHitRate: st.dedupHitRate, storageDedupRate: st.storageDedupRate, dedupAttempts: st.dedupAttempts, dedupCollapsed: st.dedupCollapsed },
-      // Reconciled token accounting (single canonical formula, session + repo).
-      // Freed = In − Out; In = Freed + Out. session.Freed = rt.tokensSaved (incl.
-      // deduped-away originals); repo.Freed = repo.tokensSaved meta counter.
-      compression: {
-        session: {
-          tokensIn: this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate,
-          tokensOut: st.totalTokenEstimate,
-          tokensFreed: this.rt.tokensSaved,
-          compressionPct: (this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate) > 0 ? this.rt.tokensSaved / (this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate) : 0,
-          dedupPct: st.storageDedupRate,
-        },
-        repo: {
-          tokensIn: repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate,
-          tokensOut: repo.totalTokenEstimate,
-          tokensFreed: repo.tokensSaved,
-          compressionPct: (repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate) > 0 ? repo.tokensSaved / (repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate) : 0,
-          dedupPct: repo.storageDedupRate,
-        },
-      },
-      repo: {
-        checkpointCount: repo.checkpointCount,
-        totalTokenEstimate: repo.totalTokenEstimate,
-        originalTokens: repo.originalTokens,
-        tokensSaved: repo.tokensSaved,
-        sessionCount: repo.sessionCount,
-        dedupAttempts: repo.dedupAttempts,
-        dedupCollapsed: repo.dedupCollapsed,
-        storageDedupRate: repo.storageDedupRate,
-      },
-      integrity: {
-        regionsRetained: di.regionsRetained,
-        compressedOriginalBytes: di.compressedOriginalBytes,
-        duplicatesCollapsed: di.duplicatesCollapsed,
-        bytesPermanentlyDeleted: di.bytesPermanentlyDeleted,
-      },
-      model,
-    } as DashboardSnapshot);
-
-    // Live stats widget above the editor
-    if (ctx) {
-      // ── gather widget data (computed per snapshot, rendered per frame) ────
-      const tokStr = this.lastCtxTokens != null ? `${Math.round(this.lastCtxTokens / 1000)}k` : "?";
-      const maxStr = this.lastCtxWindow > 0 ? `${Math.round(this.lastCtxWindow / 1000)}k` : "?";
-      const pctStr = this.lastCtxPercent != null ? `${Math.round(this.lastCtxPercent * 10) / 10}%` : "?%";
-      // S24: the tier label is the LIVE pressure band (low/medium/high/ultra/
-      // mega), not the static env preset. It climbs as context fills.
-      const liveBand = this.pressureBand;
-      const tierLabel = `${C.bold}${liveBand}${C.reset}${C.gray}·${this.config.tier}${C.reset}`;
-      const triggerLabel = ready ? `${C.green}● ready${C.reset}` : armed ? `${C.amber}◐ armed${C.reset}` : `${C.gray}○ idle${C.reset}`;
-      // Storage dedup rate is cumulative (store-wide, per-repo) and survives
-      // session resets. Always show a number (decimal for sub-10%).
-      const storageRate = st.storageDedupRate; // 0..1
-      const dedupStr = storageRate * 100 >= 10
-        ? `${Math.round(storageRate * 100)}%`
-        : `${(storageRate * 100).toFixed(1)}%`;
-      // Agents view: count + status (S27 per-agent tokens are gated on P0).
-      const agentLabel = this.activeAgents > 0
-        ? `🤖 ${this.activeAgents} agent${this.activeAgents === 1 ? "" : "s"}`
-        : `${C.dim}🤖 idle${C.reset}`;
-      const agentStr = ` │ ${agentLabel}`;
-      const turnStr = this.currentTurn > 0 ? ` │ turn ${this.currentTurn}` : "";
-      // Reconciled in/out view (session + repo) — ONE canonical formula.
-      const sessIn = this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate;
-      const sessKept = st.totalTokenEstimate;
-      const sessPct = sessIn > 0 ? this.rt.tokensSaved / sessIn : 0;
-      const repoIn = repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate;
-      const repoKept = repo.totalTokenEstimate;
-      const repoPct = repoIn > 0 ? repo.tokensSaved / repoIn : 0;
-      const sTxt = (sessPct * 100).toFixed(sessPct * 100 >= 10 ? 0 : 1);
-      const rTxt = (repoPct * 100).toFixed(repoPct * 100 >= 10 ? 0 : 1);
-      const ctxPct = this.lastCtxPercent != null ? this.lastCtxPercent / 100 : 0;
-      // Model + provider (S26 capture) for the header.
-      const modelName = modelSnap?.modelName ?? modelSnap?.modelId ?? "?";
-      const modelStr = modelSnap?.provider ? `${modelName}·${modelSnap.provider}` : modelName;
-      // Since-last-compact (ms; null until first compaction this session).
-      const sinceCompact = this.rt.lastCompactAt != null ? Date.now() - this.rt.lastCompactAt : null;
-      // Memory store: embedder + compression ratio (original / stored).
-      const embedderName = this.embedderName();
-      const compRatio = st.originalTokens > 0 && st.totalTokenEstimate > 0
-        ? st.originalTokens / st.totalTokenEstimate
-        : (st.originalTokens > 0 ? 1 : 0);
-      const compStr = compRatio >= 1 ? `${compRatio.toFixed(1)}x` : "—";
-      // Cross-repo drift status (cached, read-only).
-      const driftStatus = this.driftStatus();
-      const agentsActive = this.activeAgents > 0;
-
-      this.widgetData = {
-        version: ownVersion(),
-        tierLabel, triggerLabel, pctStr, tokStr, maxStr, ctxPct,
-        chk: st.checkpointCount, agentStr, turnStr, dedupStr,
-        sessIn, sessKept, sTxt, repoIn, repoKept, rTxt,
-        repoChk: repo.checkpointCount, repoSess: repo.sessionCount,
-        modelStr, sinceCompact, embedderName, compStr, driftStatus, agentsActive,
-        fresh: Date.now() - this.lastActivityAt < 4000,
-        ticker: this.ticker, lastWhy: this.lastWhy, tierTrace: this.tierTrace, pulsing: this.pulsing,
-      };
-      // Auto-fit: register a factory so pi re-renders the panel at the REAL
-      // terminal width every frame (tui.columns), instead of guessing with
-      // process.stdout.columns. buildWidgetLines reads this.widgetData live.
-      this.renderWidget(ctx);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /** Register the above-editor widget as a width-aware factory so pi re-renders
-   *  it at the REAL terminal width every frame (auto-fit wide/narrow). The
-   *  factory returns a minimal Component whose render() reads this.widgetData.
-   */
-  private renderWidget(ctx: ExtensionContext): void {
-    ctx.ui.setWidget(WIDGET_KEY, (_tui, _theme) => ({
-      render: (width: number) => this.buildWidgetLines(width > 0 ? width : 200),
-      invalidate: () => {},
-    }), { placement: "aboveEditor" });
-  }
-
-  /** Build the full-width panel lines from the latest snapshot. Cheap: reads
-   *  only this.widgetData + a couple of live counters; no DB/IO. */
-  private buildWidgetLines(width: number): string[] {
-    const wd = this.widgetData;
-    if (!wd) {
-      return [panelBar(width, "─"), panelLine(" mega-compact: warming up…", width), panelBar(width, "─")];
-    }
-    const pulse = wd.pulsing ? `${C.cyan}${PULSE[Math.floor(Date.now() / 250) % PULSE.length]}${C.reset} ` : "";
-    const lines: string[] = [
-      // top border
-      panelBar(width, "─"),
-      // L1 — header: tier + ctx bar + pct/tokens + status + model + chk + agents/turn
-      spreadGroups(width, [
-        `${C.amber}⚡ ${wd.tierLabel}${C.reset} v${C.bold}${wd.version}${C.reset} ${ramp(wd.ctxPct, 20)} ${C.bold}${wd.pctStr}${C.reset} ${wd.tokStr}/${wd.maxStr}`,
-        wd.triggerLabel,
-        `${C.cyan}${wd.modelStr}${C.reset}`,
-        `${wd.chk} chk${wd.agentStr}${wd.turnStr}`,
-      ]),
-      // L2 — savings reconciled (session + all-time)
-      spreadGroups(width, [
-        `${C.magenta}dup ${wd.dedupStr}${C.reset}`,
-        `${C.gray}sess${C.reset} ${fmtTokens(wd.sessIn)}→${fmtTokens(wd.sessKept)} kept ${C.green}(${wd.sTxt}% freed)${C.reset} · ${C.gray}all-time${C.reset} ${fmtTokens(wd.repoIn)}→${fmtTokens(wd.repoKept)} kept ${C.blue}(${wd.rTxt}% freed)${C.reset}`,
-        `${wd.repoChk} chk/${wd.repoSess} sess`,
-      ]),
-      // L3 — memory store + compression + drift + since-compact (NEW)
-      spreadGroups(width, [
-        `${C.gray}mem${C.reset} ${wd.embedderName} · ${wd.chk} chunks · ${C.blue}comp ${wd.compStr}${C.reset}`,
-        `${C.gray}drift${C.reset} ${wd.driftStatus === "ok" ? C.green : C.amber}${wd.driftStatus}${C.reset}`,
-        `${C.gray}compact${C.reset} ${sinceCompactStr(wd.sinceCompact)}`,
-      ]),
-    ];
-    // L4 — agents block (S27, count + status; per-agent tokens gated on P0)
-    if (wd.agentsActive) {
-      lines.push(panelLine(`   ${C.cyan}🤖 ${this.activeAgents} active${wd.turnStr}${C.reset}`, width));
-    }
-    // L5 — live ticker / activity (♻ deduped … why, or tier trace, or pulsing)
-    if (wd.tierTrace && wd.fresh) {
-      lines.push(panelLine(`   ${pulse}${wd.tierTrace}`, width));
-    } else if (wd.ticker.length > 0) {
-      const step = Math.floor(Date.now() / 250);
-      const idx = wd.ticker.length - 1 - (step % wd.ticker.length);
-      const head = wd.ticker[idx].text;
-      const why = wd.lastWhy ? ` ${C.gray}· ${wd.lastWhy}${C.reset}` : "";
-      const more = wd.ticker.length > 1 ? ` ${C.dim}(+${wd.ticker.length - 1} more)${C.reset}` : "";
-      lines.push(panelLine(`   ${wd.fresh ? C.teal : C.dim}${head}${why}${more}${C.reset}`, width));
-    } else if (wd.pulsing) {
-      lines.push(panelLine(`   ${pulse}${C.teal}compacting…${C.reset}`, width));
-    }
-    // bottom border
-    lines.push(panelBar(width, "─"));
-    return lines;
-  }
-
-  /** Active embedder name for the memory-store line (Trigram default / MiniLM). */
-  private embedderName(): string {
-    // MINILM_EMBEDDER flag lives in src/config/dedup.ts; read the same env var
-    // the embedder factory uses so the label matches what's actually running.
-    return process.env.MEGACOMPACT_MINILM === "true" || process.env.MEGACOMPACT_MINILM === "1"
-      ? "MiniLM"
-      : "Trigram";
-  }
-
-  /** Cross-repo drift status (ok | warn), cached for 30s (opens the registry DB). */
-  private driftStatus(): "ok" | "warn" {
-    const now = Date.now();
-    if (this.driftCache && now - this.driftCache.at < 30_000) return this.driftCache.status;
-    let status: "ok" | "warn" = "ok";
-    try {
-      const report = detectCrossRepoDrift();
-      status = report.totals.warn > 0 ? "warn" : "ok";
-    } catch {
-      status = "ok";
-    }
-    this.driftCache = { at: now, status };
-    return status;
-  }
-
-  setStatus(ctx: ExtensionContext, text: string | undefined): void {
-    this.statusKey = text;
-    ctx.ui.setStatus(STATUS_KEY, text);
-  }
-
-  resetRuntime(sessionId: string | undefined): void {
-    const sid = normalizeSessionId(sessionId);
-    if (this.rt.sessionId === sid && this.rt.persistedThisSession) return; // same session, keep checkpoint memory
-    this.rt = {
-      sessionId: sid,
-      persistedThisSession: false,
-      lastCheckpointId: undefined,
-      lastCompactedFrom: 0,
-      lastCompactedTokens: 0,
-      dedupSkips: 0,
-      dedupAttempts: 0,
-      tokensSaved: 0,
-      lastCompactAt: null,
-    };
-    this.statusKey = undefined;
-    this.activeAgents = 0;
-    this.currentTurn = 0;
-    this.lastActivityAt = 0;
-    this.tierTrace = undefined;
-    this.ticker.length = 0;
-    this.pulsing = false;
-    this.savedGoal = 50_000;
-    this.lastWhy = undefined;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Capture the active model/provider from ctx.model and persist it so cost
-   * estimation + the dashboard can read real pricing. Cheap + idempotent-ish:
-   * only writes a new row when the model id changes (models change rarely).
-   */
-  captureModel(ctx: ExtensionContext): void {
-    const m = ctx.model;
-    if (!m) { this.appendEvent("captureModel:no-model", { cwd: ctx.cwd }); return; }
-    if (this.currentModel && this.currentModel.modelId === m.id && this.currentModel.provider === m.provider) return;
-    let providerName: string | null = null;
-    try { providerName = ctx.modelRegistry?.getProviderDisplayName(m.provider) ?? null; } catch { /* optional */ }
-    const snap: Omit<ModelSnapshot, "capturedAt"> = {
-      provider: m.provider,
-      providerName,
-      modelId: m.id,
-      modelName: m.name ?? null,
-      inputRate: m.cost?.input ?? 0,
-      outputRate: m.cost?.output ?? 0,
-      contextWindow: m.contextWindow ?? 0,
-      maxTokens: m.maxTokens ?? 0,
-      reasoning: !!m.reasoning,
-    };
-    this.currentModel = { ...snap, capturedAt: Date.now() };
-    this.diagCaptureModelCalls++;
-    const repo = resolveRepoRoot(ctx.cwd) ?? this.currentStateDir;
-    // S26: previously a single silent `catch {}` hid every capture failure, so
-    // model_snapshots stayed empty and the cost card read $0.00 with zero signal.
-    // Split per-write + append to events.log (always-on, dashboard live-streams
-    // it) + bump a DIAG counter so a live capture surfaces the root cause.
-    try {
-      recordModelSnapshot(repo, snap, this.currentStateDir);
-      this.appendEvent("captureModel:recorded", {
-        repo, modelId: snap.modelId, provider: snap.provider,
-        inputRate: snap.inputRate, outputRate: snap.outputRate,
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.diagCaptureModelFails++;
-      this.appendEvent("captureModel:record-failed", {
-        repo, modelId: snap.modelId,
-        error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
-        stack: e instanceof Error ? e.stack : undefined,
-      });
-    }
-    try {
-      // Denormalize the active model into the machine-wide index so the
-      // All-repos dashboard table can show provider/model per repo without
-      // opening every repo's DB. Best-effort + non-fatal.
-      recordRepoModel(repo, {
-        provider: snap.provider,
-        providerName: snap.providerName,
-        modelName: snap.modelName,
-        inputRate: snap.inputRate,
-        outputRate: snap.outputRate,
-        stateDir: this.currentStateDir,
-        displayName: repo.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).pop() ?? repo,
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.appendEvent("captureModel:index-record-failed", {
-        repo, modelId: snap.modelId,
-        error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Append a structured line to the repo's events.log — the always-on
-   * diagnostics sink the dashboard live-streams. Unlike this.logger (gated by
-   * config.debug), this fires in production, so capture failures surface during
-   * a real capture even with debugging off. Best-effort + non-fatal.
-   */
-  private appendEvent(event: string, fields: Record<string, unknown>): void {
-    try {
-      mkdirSync(this.currentStateDir, { recursive: true });
-      appendFileSync(join(this.currentStateDir, "events.log"), JSON.stringify({ ts: Date.now(), event, ...fields }) + "\n");
-    } catch { /* non-fatal */ }
-  }
-
-  /** S21: state dir of the currently bound repo (where memories live). */
-  getStateDir(): string {
-    return this.currentStateDir;
-  }
-
-  /** Build the sync onTier callback that paints the live per-tier trace. */
-  makeTierCallback(ctx: ExtensionContext): (ev: { tier: "L0" | "L1" | "L2" | "new"; status: "scanning" | "deduped" | "passed" | "stored"; detail?: string }) => void {
-    const order: Array<"L0" | "L1" | "L2" | "new"> = ["L0", "L1", "L2", "new"];
-    const seen = new Map<string, string>();
-    const glyph = (status: string) =>
-      status === "deduped" ? `${C.green}✓${C.reset}` :
-        status === "passed" ? `${C.dim}○${C.reset}` :
-          status === "scanning" ? `${C.amber}…${C.reset}` :
-            `${C.cyan}●${C.reset}`;
-    return (ev) => {
-      const label =
-        ev.tier === "new"
-          ? `${C.cyan}stored${C.reset}`
-          : `${ev.tier} ${glyph(ev.status)}` +
-            (ev.detail ? ` ${C.gray}(${ev.detail})${C.reset}` : "");
-      // Show the most recent outcome per tier (collapses re-fires).
-      seen.set(ev.tier, label);
-      const show: string[] = [];
-      for (const t of order) if (seen.has(t)) show.push(seen.get(t)!);
-      this.tierTrace = `${C.teal}⚙${C.reset} ${show.join(` ${C.gray}→${C.reset} `)}`;
-      this.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
-      try { this.snapshot(ctx); } catch { /* non-fatal */ }
-    };
-  }
-
-  // Phase 3 — recall/activity ticker ring buffer.
-  pushTicker(text: string): void {
-    this.ticker.push({ text, at: Date.now() });
-    while (this.ticker.length > this.TICKER_MAX) this.ticker.shift();
-    this.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
-  }
-
-  /** Convert the messages pi hands us in the `context` event into the engine view. */
-  engineView(messages: AgentMessage[]): ReturnType<typeof toEngineMessages> {
-    return toEngineMessages(messages);
-  }
+	config: MegaConfig;
+	// Store/dashboard/logger are rebound per-repo by bindRepo() so each git repo
+	// gets its own isolated state dir. They start bound to the global default.
+	store: VectorStore;
+	logger: Logger;
+	dashboard: Dashboard;
+	activeRepoRoot: string | null = null;
+	currentStateDir: string;
+
+	// The only mutable per-session state. Reset on session_start / session_tree.
+	rt: SessionRuntime = {
+		sessionId: normalizeSessionId(undefined),
+		persistedThisSession: false,
+		lastCheckpointId: undefined,
+		lastCompactedFrom: 0,
+		lastCompactedTokens: 0,
+		dedupSkips: 0,
+		dedupAttempts: 0,
+		tokensSaved: 0,
+		lastCompactAt: null,
+		lastNativeCompactAt: null,
+	};
+	debounceUntil = 0;
+	// S16: debounce for the agent_end resume nudge (avoid busy-loops).
+	resumeNudgeUntil = 0;
+	// Agent tracking for real-time widget updates
+	activeAgents = 0;
+	currentTurn = 0;
+	// Recall block produced by auto-inline (resume/branch) that the next
+	// before_agent_start should prepend to the system prompt. Unset after use.
+	pendingRecallBlock: string | undefined;
+	// S21: memory recall block, parallel to pendingRecallBlock. Same one-shot
+	// semantics; composed with the checkpoint block in before_agent_start.
+	pendingMemoryRecallBlock: string | undefined;
+	statusKey: string | undefined; // current status text for dashboard
+	// Active model/provider (for real cost estimation). Captured from ctx.model
+	// on model_select + session_start; persisted to SQL so cost + the dashboard
+	// can read it without a live ctx.
+	currentModel: ModelSnapshot | undefined;
+	// Live "what it's doing right now" timestamp, used for the fresh-window.
+	lastActivityAt = 0;
+	// Live per-tier dedup trace (Phase 1): e.g. "L0 ✓ → L1 ✓ → L2 0.91 → stored".
+	// Built from the store's sync onTier callback during a compaction so the user
+	// watches each tier evaluate in real time. Cleared once the outcome settles.
+	tierTrace: string | undefined;
+	// Phase 3 — standout toolbar state.
+	// Recall/activity ticker: a small ring buffer (≤5) of recent compact/recall
+	// events so the widget shows a live history instead of a single last action.
+	ticker: TickerEntry[] = [];
+	readonly TICKER_MAX = 5;
+	// Pulsing status: set true while a compaction is in flight, cleared on result.
+	pulsing = false;
+	// S21.2: set by `applyMemoryOps` when a memory add/replace/remove lands in
+	// the current compaction. The pipeline reads this after a successful compact
+	// to decide whether to fire `consolidateMemories` (skip the work entirely
+	// when no memory rows changed).
+	memoriesTouchedThisCompaction = 0;
+	// Rolling "saved" goal for the progress bar — grows as we save more, so the
+	// bar always has a meaningful denominator (never sits at 100% forever).
+	savedGoal = 50_000;
+	// Last explain-why line (dedup reason / anchor-kept / superseded), surfaced
+	// while fresh.
+	lastWhy: string | undefined = undefined;
+
+	// Context tracking for the dashboard (updated in the context handler).
+	lastCtxTokens: number | null = null;
+	lastCtxPercent: number | null = null;
+	lastCtxWindow = 0;
+
+	// Latest computed widget payload (recomputed per snapshot, rendered per frame).
+	widgetData: WidgetData | null = null;
+	// Cached cross-repo drift status (recomputed at most every 30s — it opens the
+	// machine-wide registry DB, so we don't want to do it on every render frame).
+	private driftCache: { at: number; status: "ok" | "warn" } | null = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * DIAG counters for the "team run doesn't relieve context" investigation.
+	 * Plain integers, incremented at the three compaction decision points. They
+	 * let a headless test drive the real event handlers and assert the firing
+	 * cadence without scraping log files. Inert in production (the live-trim and
+	 * before-compact probes also emit logger.info, but these counters are always
+	 * updated and cost nothing).
+	 */
+	diagLiveTrimFires = 0; // context handler returned a trimmed view
+	diagBeforeCompactFires = 0; // session_before_compact handler entered
+	diagBeforeCompactSupplied = 0; // session_before_compact supplied our trim
+	diagAgentEndIdle = 0; // agent_end with activeAgents===0
+	diagAgentEndDurable = 0; // agent_end fired ctx.compact() (mid-run durable trim)
+	diagAgentEndDurableSkipRecent = 0; // agent_end skipped ctx.compact() — compaction in last 10s (race guard)
+	// Per-skip-path counters for the team-run diagnosis.
+	diagCtxFastGate = 0; // returned at token fast-gate (below threshold)
+	diagCtxNoCompact = 0; // autoCompactCheck().shouldCompact === false
+	diagCtxDebounce = 0; // debounceUntil not yet elapsed
+	diagCtxRunSkipped = 0; // runCompact() returned skipped
+	diagCtxCutNull = 0; // computeLiveTrimCut returned null (anchor/boundary)
+	diagCtxThrown = 0; // live-trim try threw (caught)
+
+	/**
+	 * S26 capture instrumentation: the "model_snapshots empty → $0.00 cost card"
+	 * bug was invisible because captureModel swallowed the DB write in a silent
+	 * `catch {}`. These always-updated counters (zero cost) let a headless test or
+	 * a live capture tell whether captureModel ran and whether the snapshot landed.
+	 */
+	diagCaptureModelCalls = 0; // captureModel entered with a populated ctx.model
+	diagCaptureModelFails = 0; // recordModelSnapshot threw → model_snapshots stays empty
+
+	/**
+	 * Live 0–1 pressure — how full the context window is relative to the
+	 * compaction threshold.
+	 *
+	 * RECONCILE (BACKLOG dual-basis flicker): when the model context window is
+	 * known we base pressure consistently on the *percentage* basis
+	 * (`lastCtxPercent / (tierPct*100)`). This keeps the band stable whether the
+	 * latest context event carried a token count or only a percentage, so the
+	 * threshold comparison doesn't jump when a token-count event arrives vs a
+	 * percent-only event. We only fall back to the token-count basis
+	 * (`config.thresholdTokens`) when the window is unknown (e.g. before the first
+	 * context event, or a `custom` tier with no tierPct). Always finite + in [0,1].
+	 */
+	get pressure(): number {
+		if (
+			this.lastCtxWindow > 0 &&
+			this.config.tierPct != null &&
+			this.lastCtxPercent != null
+		) {
+			// pressureFromPct(x) = x/100, and x = lastCtxPercent/tierPct, so this is
+			// exactly the intended lastCtxPercent/(tierPct*100) 0–1 ratio: at the
+			// fire point (lastCtxPercent == tierPct*100) pressure == 1.0, matching the
+			// token-based pressureRatio(currentTokens, effectiveThreshold) reading so
+			// the band doesn't jump when a token-count vs percent-only event arrives.
+			return pressureFromPct(this.lastCtxPercent / this.config.tierPct);
+		}
+		if (
+			this.lastCtxTokens != null &&
+			this.lastCtxTokens > 0 &&
+			this.config.thresholdTokens > 0
+		) {
+			return pressureRatio(this.lastCtxTokens, this.config.thresholdTokens);
+		}
+		return pressureFromPct(this.lastCtxPercent);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The live compaction FIRE POINT in tokens: the effective threshold scaled by
+	 * the current model context window (`tierPct * window`) when known, else the
+	 * boot fallback `config.thresholdTokens`. This is what the FAST GATE /
+	 * `autoCompactCheck` / agent_end durable-trigger compare against, so
+	 * compaction fires at tier% of the window for ANY model size (200k or 1M),
+	 * always below pi's native auto-compaction (~80% of window).
+	 */
+	get effectiveThreshold(): number {
+		return effectiveThresholdTokens({
+			tierPct: this.config.tierPct,
+			fallbackThreshold: this.config.thresholdTokens,
+			window: this.lastCtxWindow,
+		});
+	}
+
+	/** Live discrete pressure band (low/medium/high/ultra/mega) over `pressure`. */
+	get pressureBand(): PressureBand {
+		return pressureBand(this.pressure);
+	}
+
+	constructor(config: MegaConfig) {
+		this.config = config;
+		this.store = new VectorStore({
+			dedupSim: config.dedupSim,
+			stateDir: config.stateDir,
+		});
+		this.logger = new Logger({
+			enabled: config.debug,
+			path: join(config.stateDir, "mega-compact.log"),
+		});
+		this.dashboard = new Dashboard(config.stateDir);
+		this.currentStateDir = config.stateDir;
+	}
+
+	// ---- per-repo binding -----------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Point store/dashboard/logger at the current repo's state dir. Rebuilds the
+	 * instances only when the repo root changes, so cross-repo dedup stats, db,
+	 * and events are fully isolated. Falls back to the global default outside git.
+	 */
+	bindRepo(cwd: string | undefined): string {
+		const dir = cwd
+			? repoStateDir(cwd, this.config.stateDir)
+			: this.config.stateDir;
+		const key = cwd ? (resolveRepoRoot(cwd) ?? dir) : dir;
+		if (key === this.activeRepoRoot) return dir;
+		this.activeRepoRoot = key;
+		this.currentStateDir = dir;
+		this.store = new VectorStore({
+			dedupSim: this.config.dedupSim,
+			stateDir: dir,
+		});
+		this.logger = new Logger({
+			enabled: this.config.debug,
+			path: join(dir, "mega-compact.log"),
+		});
+		this.dashboard = new Dashboard(dir);
+		// Aggregate this repo into the machine-wide index so the multi-repo
+		// dashboard (Summary / All-repos tabs) can show it alongside every other
+		// repo. Best-effort + non-fatal: a read-only index dir or contention must
+		// never break the per-repo compaction path. Runs only on repo-switch
+		// (this branch), so it's infrequent — not per-context-event.
+		try {
+			const repo = this.store.repoStats();
+			const di = this.store.dataInvariant();
+			const root = key !== dir ? key : (resolveRepoRoot(cwd ?? dir) ?? dir);
+			upsertRepoRegistry({
+				repoRoot: root,
+				displayName: root.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).pop() ?? root,
+				stateDir: dir,
+				checkpointCount: repo.checkpointCount,
+				tokensSaved: repo.tokensSaved,
+				compressedOriginalBytes: di.compressedOriginalBytes,
+			});
+		} catch {
+			/* non-fatal: index aggregation must not block compaction */
+		}
+		return dir;
+	}
+
+	// ---- dashboard snapshot + widget ------------------------------------------
+
+	/** Collect live state and write it to disk (+ paint the above-editor widget). */
+	snapshot(ctx?: ExtensionContext): void {
+		if (ctx) this.bindRepo(ctx.cwd);
+		const st = this.store.stats(this.rt.sessionId);
+		const repo = this.store.repoStats();
+		const di = this.store.dataInvariant();
+		// Active model/provider for the current-repo card + the multi-repo table.
+		const modelSnap = latestModelSnapshot(this.currentStateDir);
+		const model = modelSnap
+			? {
+					name: modelSnap.modelName ?? modelSnap.modelId,
+					provider: modelSnap.provider,
+					providerName: modelSnap.providerName ?? "",
+					inputRate: modelSnap.inputRate,
+					outputRate: modelSnap.outputRate,
+				}
+			: undefined;
+		// effectiveThresholdPct: the live fire point as a % of the window (null for
+		// `custom`, which has no tierPct). Used by armed/ready + the dashboard.
+		const effectiveThresholdPct =
+			this.config.tierPct != null ? this.config.tierPct * 100 : null;
+		// armed lights at/above the REAL fire point: max(effectiveThresholdPct,
+		// fastGatePct). fastGatePct already equals tierPct*100 by default, but a
+		// MEGACOMPACT_FAST_GATE_PCT override can raise it, so we take the max.
+		const armed =
+			this.lastCtxPercent != null &&
+			this.lastCtxPercent >=
+				Math.max(effectiveThresholdPct ?? 0, this.config.fastGatePct);
+		const ready = armed && (this.lastCtxTokens ?? 0) >= this.effectiveThreshold;
+		this.dashboard.snapshot({
+			version: 1,
+			updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+			// S24: the headline tier is the LIVE pressure band; the env preset is kept
+			// alongside as presetTier so the dashboard can show both.
+			tier: this.pressureBand,
+			presetTier: this.config.tier,
+			pressure: this.pressure,
+			config: {
+				fastGatePct: this.config.fastGatePct,
+				thresholdTokens: this.effectiveThreshold,
+				tierPct: this.config.tierPct,
+				effectiveThresholdPct,
+				anchorUserMessages: this.config.anchorUserMessages,
+				preserveRecent: this.config.preserveRecent,
+				auto: this.config.auto,
+				autoInline: this.config.autoInline,
+			},
+			session: {
+				id: this.rt.sessionId,
+				state: this.statusKey ?? "idle",
+				persistedThisSession: this.rt.persistedThisSession,
+				lastCheckpointId: this.rt.lastCheckpointId ?? null,
+				lastCompactedFrom: this.rt.lastCompactedFrom,
+				lastCompactedTokens: this.rt.lastCompactedTokens,
+				dedupSkips: this.rt.dedupSkips,
+				dedupAttempts: this.rt.dedupAttempts,
+			},
+			context: {
+				tokens: this.lastCtxTokens,
+				percent: this.lastCtxPercent,
+				contextWindow: this.lastCtxWindow,
+			},
+			trigger: {
+				armed,
+				ready,
+				currentTokens: this.lastCtxTokens,
+				thresholdTokens: this.effectiveThreshold,
+				fastGatePct: this.config.fastGatePct,
+				tierPct: this.config.tierPct,
+				effectiveThresholdPct,
+			},
+			crew: { activeAgents: this.activeAgents, currentTurn: this.currentTurn },
+			store: {
+				checkpointCount: st.checkpointCount,
+				totalTokenEstimate: st.totalTokenEstimate,
+				originalTokens: st.originalTokens,
+				tokensSaved: this.rt.tokensSaved,
+				injectedCount: st.injectedCount,
+				dedupHitRate: st.dedupHitRate,
+				storageDedupRate: st.storageDedupRate,
+				dedupAttempts: st.dedupAttempts,
+				dedupCollapsed: st.dedupCollapsed,
+			},
+			// Reconciled token accounting (single canonical formula, session + repo).
+			// Freed = In − Out; In = Freed + Out. session.Freed = rt.tokensSaved (incl.
+			// deduped-away originals); repo.Freed = repo.tokensSaved meta counter.
+			compression: {
+				session: {
+					tokensIn: this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate,
+					tokensOut: st.totalTokenEstimate,
+					tokensFreed: this.rt.tokensSaved,
+					compressionPct:
+						this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate > 0
+							? this.rt.tokensSaved /
+								(this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate)
+							: 0,
+					dedupPct: st.storageDedupRate,
+				},
+				repo: {
+					tokensIn: repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate,
+					tokensOut: repo.totalTokenEstimate,
+					tokensFreed: repo.tokensSaved,
+					compressionPct:
+						repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate > 0
+							? repo.tokensSaved / (repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate)
+							: 0,
+					dedupPct: repo.storageDedupRate,
+				},
+			},
+			repo: {
+				checkpointCount: repo.checkpointCount,
+				totalTokenEstimate: repo.totalTokenEstimate,
+				originalTokens: repo.originalTokens,
+				tokensSaved: repo.tokensSaved,
+				sessionCount: repo.sessionCount,
+				dedupAttempts: repo.dedupAttempts,
+				dedupCollapsed: repo.dedupCollapsed,
+				storageDedupRate: repo.storageDedupRate,
+			},
+			integrity: {
+				regionsRetained: di.regionsRetained,
+				compressedOriginalBytes: di.compressedOriginalBytes,
+				duplicatesCollapsed: di.duplicatesCollapsed,
+				bytesPermanentlyDeleted: di.bytesPermanentlyDeleted,
+			},
+			model,
+		} as DashboardSnapshot);
+
+		// Live stats widget above the editor
+		if (ctx) {
+			// ── gather widget data (computed per snapshot, rendered per frame) ────
+			const tokStr =
+				this.lastCtxTokens != null
+					? `${Math.round(this.lastCtxTokens / 1000)}k`
+					: "?";
+			const maxStr =
+				this.lastCtxWindow > 0
+					? `${Math.round(this.lastCtxWindow / 1000)}k`
+					: "?";
+			const pctStr =
+				this.lastCtxPercent != null
+					? `${Math.round(this.lastCtxPercent * 10) / 10}%`
+					: "?%";
+			// S24: the tier label is the LIVE pressure band (low/medium/high/ultra/
+			// mega), not the static env preset. It climbs as context fills.
+			const liveBand = this.pressureBand;
+			const tierLabel = `${C.bold}${liveBand}${C.reset}${C.gray}·${this.config.tier}${C.reset}`;
+			const triggerLabel = ready
+				? `${C.green}● ready${C.reset}`
+				: armed
+					? `${C.amber}◐ armed${C.reset}`
+					: `${C.gray}○ idle${C.reset}`;
+			// Storage dedup rate is cumulative (store-wide, per-repo) and survives
+			// session resets. Always show a number (decimal for sub-10%).
+			const storageRate = st.storageDedupRate; // 0..1
+			const dedupStr =
+				storageRate * 100 >= 10
+					? `${Math.round(storageRate * 100)}%`
+					: `${(storageRate * 100).toFixed(1)}%`;
+			// Agents view: count + status (S27 per-agent tokens are gated on P0).
+			const agentLabel =
+				this.activeAgents > 0
+					? `🤖 ${this.activeAgents} agent${this.activeAgents === 1 ? "" : "s"}`
+					: `${C.dim}🤖 idle${C.reset}`;
+			const agentStr = ` │ ${agentLabel}`;
+			const turnStr = this.currentTurn > 0 ? ` │ turn ${this.currentTurn}` : "";
+			// Reconciled in/out view (session + repo) — ONE canonical formula.
+			const sessIn = this.rt.tokensSaved + st.totalTokenEstimate;
+			const sessKept = st.totalTokenEstimate;
+			const sessPct = sessIn > 0 ? this.rt.tokensSaved / sessIn : 0;
+			const repoIn = repo.tokensSaved + repo.totalTokenEstimate;
+			const repoKept = repo.totalTokenEstimate;
+			const repoPct = repoIn > 0 ? repo.tokensSaved / repoIn : 0;
+			const sTxt = (sessPct * 100).toFixed(sessPct * 100 >= 10 ? 0 : 1);
+			const rTxt = (repoPct * 100).toFixed(repoPct * 100 >= 10 ? 0 : 1);
+			const ctxPct =
+				this.lastCtxPercent != null ? this.lastCtxPercent / 100 : 0;
+			// Model + provider (S26 capture) for the header.
+			const modelName = modelSnap?.modelName ?? modelSnap?.modelId ?? "?";
+			const modelStr = modelSnap?.provider
+				? `${modelName}·${modelSnap.provider}`
+				: modelName;
+			// Since-last-compact (ms; null until first compaction this session).
+			const sinceCompact =
+				this.rt.lastCompactAt != null
+					? Date.now() - this.rt.lastCompactAt
+					: null;
+			// Memory store: embedder + compression ratio (original / stored).
+			const embedderName = this.embedderName();
+			const compRatio =
+				st.originalTokens > 0 && st.totalTokenEstimate > 0
+					? st.originalTokens / st.totalTokenEstimate
+					: st.originalTokens > 0
+						? 1
+						: 0;
+			const compStr = compRatio >= 1 ? `${compRatio.toFixed(1)}x` : "—";
+			// Cross-repo drift status (cached, read-only).
+			const driftStatus = this.driftStatus();
+			const agentsActive = this.activeAgents > 0;
+
+			this.widgetData = {
+				version: ownVersion(),
+				tierLabel,
+				triggerLabel,
+				pctStr,
+				tokStr,
+				maxStr,
+				ctxPct,
+				chk: st.checkpointCount,
+				agentStr,
+				turnStr,
+				dedupStr,
+				sessIn,
+				sessKept,
+				sTxt,
+				repoIn,
+				repoKept,
+				rTxt,
+				repoChk: repo.checkpointCount,
+				repoSess: repo.sessionCount,
+				modelStr,
+				sinceCompact,
+				embedderName,
+				compStr,
+				driftStatus,
+				agentsActive,
+				fresh: Date.now() - this.lastActivityAt < 4000,
+				ticker: this.ticker,
+				lastWhy: this.lastWhy,
+				tierTrace: this.tierTrace,
+				pulsing: this.pulsing,
+			};
+			// Auto-fit: register a factory so pi re-renders the panel at the REAL
+			// terminal width every frame (tui.columns), instead of guessing with
+			// process.stdout.columns. buildWidgetLines reads this.widgetData live.
+			this.renderWidget(ctx);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** Register the above-editor widget as a width-aware factory so pi re-renders
+	 *  it at the REAL terminal width every frame (auto-fit wide/narrow). The
+	 *  factory returns a minimal Component whose render() reads this.widgetData.
+	 */
+	private renderWidget(ctx: ExtensionContext): void {
+		ctx.ui.setWidget(
+			WIDGET_KEY,
+			(_tui, _theme) => ({
+				render: (width: number) =>
+					this.buildWidgetLines(width > 0 ? width : 200),
+				invalidate: () => {},
+			}),
+			{ placement: "aboveEditor" },
+		);
+	}
+
+	/** Build the full-width panel lines from the latest snapshot. Cheap: reads
+	 *  only this.widgetData + a couple of live counters; no DB/IO. */
+	private buildWidgetLines(width: number): string[] {
+		const wd = this.widgetData;
+		if (!wd) {
+			return [
+				panelBar(width, "─"),
+				panelLine(" mega-compact: warming up…", width),
+				panelBar(width, "─"),
+			];
+		}
+		const pulse = wd.pulsing
+			? `${C.cyan}${PULSE[Math.floor(Date.now() / 250) % PULSE.length]}${C.reset} `
+			: "";
+		const sep = ` ${C.dim}│${C.reset} `;
+		// Build one long content line — let terminal wrap it naturally
+		const content = [
+			`${C.amber}⚡ ${wd.tierLabel}${C.reset} v${C.bold}${wd.version}${C.reset} ${ramp(wd.ctxPct, 20)} ${C.bold}${wd.pctStr}${C.reset} ${wd.tokStr}/${wd.maxStr}`,
+			wd.triggerLabel,
+			`${C.cyan}${wd.modelStr}${C.reset}`,
+			`${wd.chk} chk${wd.agentStr}${wd.turnStr}`,
+			`${C.magenta}dup ${wd.dedupStr}${C.reset}`,
+			`${C.gray}sess${C.reset} ${fmtTokens(wd.sessIn)}→${fmtTokens(wd.sessKept)} kept ${C.green}(${wd.sTxt}% freed)${C.reset}`,
+			`${C.gray}all-time${C.reset} ${fmtTokens(wd.repoIn)}→${fmtTokens(wd.repoKept)} kept ${C.blue}(${wd.rTxt}% freed)${C.reset}`,
+			`${wd.repoChk} chk/${wd.repoSess} sess`,
+			`${C.gray}mem${C.reset} ${wd.embedderName} · ${wd.chk} chunks · ${C.blue}comp ${wd.compStr}${C.reset}`,
+			`${C.gray}drift${C.reset} ${wd.driftStatus === "ok" ? C.green : C.amber}${wd.driftStatus}${C.reset}`,
+			`${C.gray}compact${C.reset} ${sinceCompactStr(wd.sinceCompact)}`,
+		].join(sep);
+		// Wrap to terminal width and pad each line
+		const wrapped = wrapLine(content, width - 2); // 2-char indent
+		const lines: string[] = [
+			panelBar(width, "─"),
+			...wrapped.map((l) => panelLine(l, width)),
+		];
+		// L4 — agents block (S27, count + status; per-agent tokens gated on P0)
+		if (wd.agentsActive) {
+			lines.push(
+				panelLine(
+					`   ${C.cyan}🤖 ${this.activeAgents} active${wd.turnStr}${C.reset}`,
+					width,
+				),
+			);
+		}
+		// L5 — live ticker / activity (♻ deduped … why, or tier trace, or pulsing)
+		if (wd.tierTrace && wd.fresh) {
+			lines.push(panelLine(`   ${pulse}${wd.tierTrace}`, width));
+		} else if (wd.ticker.length > 0) {
+			const step = Math.floor(Date.now() / 250);
+			const idx = wd.ticker.length - 1 - (step % wd.ticker.length);
+			const head = wd.ticker[idx].text;
+			const why = wd.lastWhy ? ` ${C.gray}· ${wd.lastWhy}${C.reset}` : "";
+			const more =
+				wd.ticker.length > 1
+					? ` ${C.dim}(+${wd.ticker.length - 1} more)${C.reset}`
+					: "";
+			lines.push(
+				panelLine(
+					`   ${wd.fresh ? C.teal : C.dim}${head}${why}${more}${C.reset}`,
+					width,
+				),
+			);
+		} else if (wd.pulsing) {
+			lines.push(panelLine(`   ${pulse}${C.teal}compacting…${C.reset}`, width));
+		}
+		// bottom border
+		lines.push(panelBar(width, "─"));
+		return lines;
+	}
+
+	/** Active embedder name for the memory-store line (Trigram default / MiniLM). */
+	private embedderName(): string {
+		// MINILM_EMBEDDER flag lives in src/config/dedup.ts; read the same env var
+		// the embedder factory uses so the label matches what's actually running.
+		return process.env.MEGACOMPACT_MINILM === "true" ||
+			process.env.MEGACOMPACT_MINILM === "1"
+			? "MiniLM"
+			: "Trigram";
+	}
+
+	/** Cross-repo drift status (ok | warn), cached for 30s (opens the registry DB). */
+	private driftStatus(): "ok" | "warn" {
+		const now = Date.now();
+		if (this.driftCache && now - this.driftCache.at < 30_000)
+			return this.driftCache.status;
+		let status: "ok" | "warn" = "ok";
+		try {
+			const report = detectCrossRepoDrift();
+			status = report.totals.warn > 0 ? "warn" : "ok";
+		} catch {
+			status = "ok";
+		}
+		this.driftCache = { at: now, status };
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	setStatus(ctx: ExtensionContext, text: string | undefined): void {
+		this.statusKey = text;
+		ctx.ui.setStatus(STATUS_KEY, text);
+	}
+
+	resetRuntime(sessionId: string | undefined): void {
+		const sid = normalizeSessionId(sessionId);
+		if (this.rt.sessionId === sid && this.rt.persistedThisSession) return; // same session, keep checkpoint memory
+		this.rt = {
+			sessionId: sid,
+			persistedThisSession: false,
+			lastCheckpointId: undefined,
+			lastCompactedFrom: 0,
+			lastCompactedTokens: 0,
+			dedupSkips: 0,
+			dedupAttempts: 0,
+			tokensSaved: 0,
+			lastCompactAt: null,
+			lastNativeCompactAt: null,
+		};
+		this.statusKey = undefined;
+		this.activeAgents = 0;
+		this.currentTurn = 0;
+		this.lastActivityAt = 0;
+		this.tierTrace = undefined;
+		this.ticker.length = 0;
+		this.pulsing = false;
+		this.savedGoal = 50_000;
+		this.lastWhy = undefined;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Capture the active model/provider from ctx.model and persist it so cost
+	 * estimation + the dashboard can read real pricing. Cheap + idempotent-ish:
+	 * only writes a new row when the model id changes (models change rarely).
+	 */
+	captureModel(ctx: ExtensionContext): void {
+		const m = ctx.model;
+		if (!m) {
+			this.appendEvent("captureModel:no-model", { cwd: ctx.cwd });
+			return;
+		}
+		if (
+			this.currentModel &&
+			this.currentModel.modelId === m.id &&
+			this.currentModel.provider === m.provider
+		)
+			return;
+		let providerName: string | null = null;
+		try {
+			providerName =
+				ctx.modelRegistry?.getProviderDisplayName(m.provider) ?? null;
+		} catch {
+			/* optional */
+		}
+		const snap: Omit<ModelSnapshot, "capturedAt"> = {
+			provider: m.provider,
+			providerName,
+			modelId: m.id,
+			modelName: m.name ?? null,
+			inputRate: m.cost?.input ?? 0,
+			outputRate: m.cost?.output ?? 0,
+			contextWindow: m.contextWindow ?? 0,
+			maxTokens: m.maxTokens ?? 0,
+			reasoning: !!m.reasoning,
+		};
+		this.currentModel = { ...snap, capturedAt: Date.now() };
+		this.diagCaptureModelCalls++;
+		const repo = resolveRepoRoot(ctx.cwd) ?? this.currentStateDir;
+		// S26: previously a single silent `catch {}` hid every capture failure, so
+		// model_snapshots stayed empty and the cost card read $0.00 with zero signal.
+		// Split per-write + append to events.log (always-on, dashboard live-streams
+		// it) + bump a DIAG counter so a live capture surfaces the root cause.
+		try {
+			recordModelSnapshot(repo, snap, this.currentStateDir);
+			this.appendEvent("captureModel:recorded", {
+				repo,
+				modelId: snap.modelId,
+				provider: snap.provider,
+				inputRate: snap.inputRate,
+				outputRate: snap.outputRate,
+			});
+		} catch (e) {
+			this.diagCaptureModelFails++;
+			this.appendEvent("captureModel:record-failed", {
+				repo,
+				modelId: snap.modelId,
+				error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
+				stack: e instanceof Error ? e.stack : undefined,
+			});
+		}
+		try {
+			// Denormalize the active model into the machine-wide index so the
+			// All-repos dashboard table can show provider/model per repo without
+			// opening every repo's DB. Best-effort + non-fatal.
+			recordRepoModel(repo, {
+				provider: snap.provider,
+				providerName: snap.providerName,
+				modelName: snap.modelName,
+				inputRate: snap.inputRate,
+				outputRate: snap.outputRate,
+				stateDir: this.currentStateDir,
+				displayName: repo.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean).pop() ?? repo,
+			});
+		} catch (e) {
+			this.appendEvent("captureModel:index-record-failed", {
+				repo,
+				modelId: snap.modelId,
+				error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Append a structured line to the repo's events.log — the always-on
+	 * diagnostics sink the dashboard live-streams. Unlike this.logger (gated by
+	 * config.debug), this fires in production, so capture failures surface during
+	 * a real capture even with debugging off. Best-effort + non-fatal.
+	 */
+	private appendEvent(event: string, fields: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+		try {
+			mkdirSync(this.currentStateDir, { recursive: true });
+			appendFileSync(
+				join(this.currentStateDir, "events.log"),
+				JSON.stringify({ ts: Date.now(), event, ...fields }) + "\n",
+			);
+		} catch {
+			/* non-fatal */
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** S21: state dir of the currently bound repo (where memories live). */
+	getStateDir(): string {
+		return this.currentStateDir;
+	}
+
+	/** Build the sync onTier callback that paints the live per-tier trace. */
+	makeTierCallback(
+		ctx: ExtensionContext,
+	): (ev: {
+		tier: "L0" | "L1" | "L2" | "new";
+		status: "scanning" | "deduped" | "passed" | "stored";
+		detail?: string;
+	}) => void {
+		const order: Array<"L0" | "L1" | "L2" | "new"> = ["L0", "L1", "L2", "new"];
+		const seen = new Map<string, string>();
+		const glyph = (status: string) =>
+			status === "deduped"
+				? `${C.green}✓${C.reset}`
+				: status === "passed"
+					? `${C.dim}○${C.reset}`
+					: status === "scanning"
+						? `${C.amber}…${C.reset}`
+						: `${C.cyan}●${C.reset}`;
+		return (ev) => {
+			const label =
+				ev.tier === "new"
+					? `${C.cyan}stored${C.reset}`
+					: `${ev.tier} ${glyph(ev.status)}` +
+						(ev.detail ? ` ${C.gray}(${ev.detail})${C.reset}` : "");
+			// Show the most recent outcome per tier (collapses re-fires).
+			seen.set(ev.tier, label);
+			const show: string[] = [];
+			for (const t of order) if (seen.has(t)) show.push(seen.get(t)!);
+			this.tierTrace = `${C.teal}⚙${C.reset} ${show.join(` ${C.gray}→${C.reset} `)}`;
+			this.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+			try {
+				this.snapshot(ctx);
+			} catch {
+				/* non-fatal */
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+	// Phase 3 — recall/activity ticker ring buffer.
+	pushTicker(text: string): void {
+		this.ticker.push({ text, at: Date.now() });
+		while (this.ticker.length > this.TICKER_MAX) this.ticker.shift();
+		this.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+	}
+
+	/** Convert the messages pi hands us in the `context` event into the engine view. */
+	engineView(messages: AgentMessage[]): ReturnType<typeof toEngineMessages> {
+		return toEngineMessages(messages);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -818,20 +1022,20 @@ export class MegaRuntime {
  * Kept as a free function (not instance state) since it only reads ctx.
  */
 export function recentUserQuery(ctx: ExtensionContext): string {
-  try {
-    const entries = ctx.sessionManager.getEntries();
-    for (let i = entries.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-      const msgs = sessionEntryToContextMessages(entries[i]);
-      for (let j = msgs.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
-        if (msgs[j].role === "user") {
-          const c = (msgs[j] as { content: unknown }).content;
-          if (typeof c === "string") return c;
-          if (Array.isArray(c)) return c.map((b: any) => b.text).join(" ");
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    /* best-effort */
-  }
-  return "";
+	try {
+		const entries = ctx.sessionManager.getEntries();
+		for (let i = entries.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			const msgs = sessionEntryToContextMessages(entries[i]);
+			for (let j = msgs.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+				if (msgs[j].role === "user") {
+					const c = (msgs[j] as { content: unknown }).content;
+					if (typeof c === "string") return c;
+					if (Array.isArray(c)) return c.map((b: any) => b.text).join(" ");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	} catch {
+		/* best-effort */
+	}
+	return "";
 }