sentinelayer-cli 0.6.2 → 0.8.1

package/src/daemon/watchdog.js

@@ -1,971 +1,971 @@
-import fsp from "node:fs/promises";
-import path from "node:path";
-
-import { parse as parseYaml } from "yaml";
-
-import { listAssignments, resolveAssignmentLedgerStorage } from "./assignment-ledger.js";
-import { listBudgetStates } from "./budget-governor.js";
-import { listErrorQueue, resolveErrorDaemonStorage } from "./error-worker.js";
-
-const WATCHDOG_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0.0";
-const STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0.0";
-
-const ACTIVE_ASSIGNMENT_STATUSES = new Set(["CLAIMED", "IN_PROGRESS", "BLOCKED"]);
-
-export const WATCHDOG_EVENT_TYPES = Object.freeze([
-  "agent_stuck",
-  "budget_warning",
-  "alert_recovered",
-  "pr_merged",
-  "audit_complete",
-  "kill_switch_activated",
-]);
-
-export const WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_CODES = Object.freeze([
-  "NO_TOOL_CALL",
-  "REPEATED_FILE_READ",
-  "BUDGET_WARNING_NO_FINDINGS",
-  "TURN_STALL",
-]);
-
-const WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_SET = new Set(WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_CODES);
-const WATCHDOG_EVENT_SET = new Set(WATCHDOG_EVENT_TYPES);
-
-function normalizeString(value) {
-  return String(value || "").trim();
-}
-
-function normalizeIsoTimestamp(value, fallbackIso = new Date().toISOString()) {
-  const normalized = normalizeString(value);
-  if (!normalized) {
-    return fallbackIso;
-  }
-  const epoch = Date.parse(normalized);
-  if (!Number.isFinite(epoch)) {
-    return fallbackIso;
-  }
-  return new Date(epoch).toISOString();
-}
-
-function normalizeNumber(value, fallback = 0) {
-  const parsed = Number(value);
-  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed)) {
-    return fallback;
-  }
-  return parsed;
-}
-
-function normalizePositiveInteger(value, fallbackValue) {
-  const normalized = normalizeNumber(value, fallbackValue);
-  if (!Number.isFinite(normalized) || normalized <= 0) {
-    return fallbackValue;
-  }
-  return Math.max(1, Math.floor(normalized));
-}
-
-function normalizeNonNegativeNumber(value, fallbackValue = 0) {
-  const normalized = normalizeNumber(value, fallbackValue);
-  if (!Number.isFinite(normalized) || normalized < 0) {
-    return fallbackValue;
-  }
-  return normalized;
-}
-
-function normalizeObject(value) {
-  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) {
-    return {};
-  }
-  return { ...value };
-}
-
-function normalizeBoolean(value, fallbackValue = false) {
-  if (typeof value === "boolean") {
-    return value;
-  }
-  const normalized = normalizeString(value).toLowerCase();
-  if (!normalized) {
-    return fallbackValue;
-  }
-  if (normalized === "true" || normalized === "1" || normalized === "yes") {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (normalized === "false" || normalized === "0" || normalized === "no") {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return fallbackValue;
-}
-
-function resolveEnvTemplate(value, env) {
-  const normalized = normalizeString(value);
-  if (!normalized) {
-    return "";
-  }
-  return normalized.replace(/\$\{([A-Z0-9_]+)\}/g, (_, key) => normalizeString(env[key]));
-}
-
-function computeSecondsSince(previousIso, nowIso) {
-  const previousEpoch = Date.parse(normalizeIsoTimestamp(previousIso, nowIso));
-  const nowEpoch = Date.parse(normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString()));
-  if (!Number.isFinite(previousEpoch) || !Number.isFinite(nowEpoch)) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  return Math.max(0, Math.floor((nowEpoch - previousEpoch) / 1000));
-}
-
-function pickLastToolCallAt(assignment = {}) {
-  const snapshot = normalizeObject(assignment.budgetSnapshot);
-  return (
-    normalizeString(snapshot.lastToolCallAt) ||
-    normalizeString(snapshot.lastActionAt) ||
-    normalizeString(assignment.heartbeatAt) ||
-    normalizeString(assignment.updatedAt) ||
-    ""
-  );
-}
-
-function extractRecentFileReads(snapshot = {}) {
-  const candidates = [];
-  const normalizedSnapshot = normalizeObject(snapshot);
-  for (const key of ["recentFileReads", "fileReadHistory", "fileReads"]) {
-    const value = normalizedSnapshot[key];
-    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-      for (const item of value) {
-        if (typeof item === "string") {
-          const normalized = normalizeString(item);
-          if (normalized) {
-            candidates.push(normalized);
-          }
-          continue;
-        }
-        if (item && typeof item === "object") {
-          const normalized =
-            normalizeString(item.path) ||
-            normalizeString(item.file) ||
-            normalizeString(item.filePath);
-          if (normalized) {
-            candidates.push(normalized);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return candidates;
-}
-
-function computeRepeatedTailCount(values = []) {
-  if (!Array.isArray(values) || values.length === 0) {
-    return {
-      repeatedValue: "",
-      repeatCount: 0,
-    };
-  }
-  const normalized = values.map((value) => normalizeString(value)).filter(Boolean);
-  if (normalized.length === 0) {
-    return {
-      repeatedValue: "",
-      repeatCount: 0,
-    };
-  }
-  const tail = normalized[normalized.length - 1];
-  let repeatCount = 0;
-  for (let index = normalized.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
-    if (normalized[index] !== tail) {
-      break;
-    }
-    repeatCount += 1;
-  }
-  return {
-    repeatedValue: tail,
-    repeatCount,
-  };
-}
-
-function computeBudgetUsageRatio(record = {}) {
-  const usage = normalizeObject(record.usage);
-  const budget = normalizeObject(record.budget);
-  const ratios = [];
-  const pairs = [
-    ["tokensUsed", "maxTokens"],
-    ["costUsd", "maxCostUsd"],
-    ["runtimeMs", "maxRuntimeMs"],
-    ["toolCalls", "maxToolCalls"],
-  ];
-  for (const [usageKey, budgetKey] of pairs) {
-    const used = normalizeNonNegativeNumber(usage[usageKey], 0);
-    const limit = normalizeNonNegativeNumber(budget[budgetKey], 0);
-    if (limit > 0) {
-      ratios.push(used / limit);
-    }
-  }
-  if (ratios.length === 0) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-  return Math.max(...ratios);
-}
-
-function normalizeSeverity(value) {
-  const normalized = normalizeString(value).toUpperCase();
-  if (normalized === "P0" || normalized === "P1" || normalized === "P2" || normalized === "P3") {
-    return normalized;
-  }
-  return "P3";
-}
-
-function createInitialState(nowIso) {
-  return {
-    schemaVersion: STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
-    generatedAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, nowIso),
-    activeAlerts: {},
-    runCount: 0,
-    lastRunId: null,
-    lastRunAt: null,
-  };
-}
-
-function normalizeState(state = {}, nowIso = new Date().toISOString()) {
-  const rawAlerts = state.activeAlerts && typeof state.activeAlerts === "object" ? state.activeAlerts : {};
-  const activeAlerts = {};
-  for (const [alertId, alert] of Object.entries(rawAlerts)) {
-    if (!normalizeString(alertId)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    activeAlerts[alertId] = {
-      alertId,
-      eventType: WATCHDOG_EVENT_SET.has(normalizeString(alert.eventType))
-        ? normalizeString(alert.eventType)
-        : "agent_stuck",
-      signalCode: WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_SET.has(normalizeString(alert.signalCode))
-        ? normalizeString(alert.signalCode)
-        : "NO_TOOL_CALL",
-      workItemId: normalizeString(alert.workItemId),
-      agentIdentity: normalizeString(alert.agentIdentity),
-      firstSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(alert.firstSeenAt, nowIso),
-      lastSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(alert.lastSeenAt, nowIso),
-      message: normalizeString(alert.message),
-      severity: normalizeSeverity(alert.severity),
-    };
-  }
-  return {
-    schemaVersion: STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
-    generatedAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(state.generatedAt, nowIso),
-    activeAlerts,
-    runCount: Math.max(0, Math.floor(normalizeNumber(state.runCount, 0))),
-    lastRunId: normalizeString(state.lastRunId) || null,
-    lastRunAt: state.lastRunAt ? normalizeIsoTimestamp(state.lastRunAt, nowIso) : null,
-  };
-}
-
-async function readJsonFile(filePath, defaultFactory) {
-  try {
-    const raw = await fsp.readFile(filePath, "utf-8");
-    return JSON.parse(raw);
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error && typeof error === "object" && error.code === "ENOENT") {
-      return defaultFactory();
-    }
-    throw error;
-  }
-}
-
-async function writeJsonFile(filePath, payload) {
-  await fsp.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
-  await fsp.writeFile(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2)}\n`, "utf-8");
-}
-
-async function appendEvent(filePath, payload) {
-  await fsp.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
-  await fsp.appendFile(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n`, "utf-8");
-}
-
-function buildRunId(nowIso, count) {
-  const token = normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString()).replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
-  return `watchdog-${token}-${String(count).padStart(4, "0")}`;
-}
-
-function normalizeChannel(channel = {}, env = process.env) {
-  const type = normalizeString(channel.type).toLowerCase();
-  if (type === "slack") {
-    const webhookUrl = resolveEnvTemplate(
-      channel.webhook_url || channel.webhookUrl || channel.url || "",
-      env
-    );
-    return webhookUrl
-      ? {
-          type: "slack",
-          webhookUrl,
-        }
-      : null;
-  }
-  if (type === "telegram") {
-    const botToken = resolveEnvTemplate(channel.bot_token || channel.botToken || "", env);
-    const chatId = resolveEnvTemplate(channel.chat_id || channel.chatId || "", env);
-    return botToken && chatId
-      ? {
-          type: "telegram",
-          botToken,
-          chatId,
-        }
-      : null;
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
-async function loadWatchdogConfig({ targetPath = ".", env = process.env } = {}) {
-  const configPath = path.join(path.resolve(String(targetPath || ".")), ".sentinelayer.yml");
-  const fallback = {
-    channels: [],
-    frequency: "smart",
-    events: ["agent_stuck", "budget_warning", "alert_recovered"],
-  };
-  try {
-    const parsed = parseYaml(await fsp.readFile(configPath, "utf-8")) || {};
-    const alerts = parsed && typeof parsed === "object" ? normalizeObject(parsed.alerts) : {};
-    const channels = Array.isArray(alerts.channels)
-      ? alerts.channels.map((channel) => normalizeChannel(channel, env)).filter(Boolean)
-      : [];
-    const events = Array.isArray(alerts.events)
-      ? alerts.events
-          .map((eventType) => normalizeString(eventType))
-          .filter((eventType) => WATCHDOG_EVENT_SET.has(eventType))
-      : fallback.events;
-    const frequency = normalizeString(alerts.frequency).toLowerCase() || fallback.frequency;
-    return {
-      configPath,
-      exists: true,
-      channels,
-      frequency,
-      events: events.length > 0 ? events : fallback.events,
-    };
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error && typeof error === "object" && error.code === "ENOENT") {
-      return {
-        configPath,
-        exists: false,
-        channels: [],
-        frequency: fallback.frequency,
-        events: fallback.events,
-      };
-    }
-    throw error;
-  }
-}
-
-function buildDetection({
-  eventType,
-  signalCode,
-  workItemId,
-  agentIdentity,
-  severity,
-  message,
-  details = {},
-}) {
-  return {
-    alertId: `${workItemId}:${signalCode}`,
-    eventType,
-    signalCode,
-    workItemId,
-    agentIdentity,
-    severity,
-    message,
-    details,
-  };
-}
-
-function evaluateWatchdogSignals({
-  assignment,
-  queueItem,
-  budgetRecord,
-  nowIso,
-  noToolCallSeconds,
-  repeatedFileReadsThreshold,
-  budgetWarningThreshold,
-  turnStallTurns,
-}) {
-  const detections = [];
-  const workItemId = normalizeString(assignment.workItemId);
-  const agentIdentity = normalizeString(assignment.assignedAgentIdentity) || "unassigned";
-  const severity = normalizeSeverity(queueItem?.severity);
-  const budgetSnapshot = normalizeObject(assignment.budgetSnapshot);
-
-  const lastToolCallAt = pickLastToolCallAt(assignment);
-  const idleSeconds = computeSecondsSince(lastToolCallAt, nowIso);
-  if (idleSeconds !== null && idleSeconds >= noToolCallSeconds) {
-    detections.push(
-      buildDetection({
-        eventType: "agent_stuck",
-        signalCode: "NO_TOOL_CALL",
-        workItemId,
-        agentIdentity,
-        severity,
-        message: `No tool calls observed for ${idleSeconds}s (threshold ${noToolCallSeconds}s).`,
-        details: {
-          idleSeconds,
-          thresholdSeconds: noToolCallSeconds,
-          lastToolCallAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(lastToolCallAt, nowIso),
-        },
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  const recentFileReads = extractRecentFileReads(budgetSnapshot);
-  const repetition = computeRepeatedTailCount(recentFileReads);
-  if (repetition.repeatCount >= repeatedFileReadsThreshold) {
-    detections.push(
-      buildDetection({
-        eventType: "agent_stuck",
-        signalCode: "REPEATED_FILE_READ",
-        workItemId,
-        agentIdentity,
-        severity,
-        message: `Repeated file read detected (${repetition.repeatCount}x): ${repetition.repeatedValue}`,
-        details: {
-          filePath: repetition.repeatedValue,
-          repeatCount: repetition.repeatCount,
-          threshold: repeatedFileReadsThreshold,
-        },
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  const turnCount = Math.floor(normalizeNonNegativeNumber(budgetSnapshot.turnCount, 0));
-  const lastProgressTurn = Math.floor(
-    normalizeNonNegativeNumber(
-      budgetSnapshot.lastProgressTurn ?? budgetSnapshot.lastFindingTurn ?? turnCount,
-      turnCount
-    )
-  );
-  const stalledTurns = Math.max(0, turnCount - lastProgressTurn);
-  if (turnCount > 0 && stalledTurns >= turnStallTurns) {
-    detections.push(
-      buildDetection({
-        eventType: "agent_stuck",
-        signalCode: "TURN_STALL",
-        workItemId,
-        agentIdentity,
-        severity,
-        message: `Turn progression stalled for ${stalledTurns} turns (threshold ${turnStallTurns}).`,
-        details: {
-          turnCount,
-          lastProgressTurn,
-          stalledTurns,
-          threshold: turnStallTurns,
-        },
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  const usageRatio = computeBudgetUsageRatio(budgetRecord || {});
-  const findingsProduced = Math.floor(
-    normalizeNonNegativeNumber(
-      budgetSnapshot.findingsProduced ??
-        queueItem?.metadata?.findingsProduced ??
-        queueItem?.metadata?.findingsCount ??
-        0,
-      0
-    )
-  );
-  if (usageRatio >= budgetWarningThreshold && findingsProduced <= 0) {
-    detections.push(
-      buildDetection({
-        eventType: "budget_warning",
-        signalCode: "BUDGET_WARNING_NO_FINDINGS",
-        workItemId,
-        agentIdentity,
-        severity,
-        message: `Budget usage ${(usageRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}% with no findings produced.`,
-        details: {
-          usageRatio: Number(usageRatio.toFixed(6)),
-          threshold: budgetWarningThreshold,
-          findingsProduced,
-          lifecycleState: normalizeString(budgetRecord?.lifecycleState) || "WITHIN_BUDGET",
-        },
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  return detections;
-}
-
-function toActiveAlertRecord(alert = {}, nowIso = new Date().toISOString()) {
-  return {
-    alertId: alert.alertId,
-    eventType: alert.eventType,
-    signalCode: alert.signalCode,
-    workItemId: alert.workItemId,
-    agentIdentity: alert.agentIdentity,
-    firstSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(alert.firstSeenAt || nowIso, nowIso),
-    lastSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, nowIso),
-    message: normalizeString(alert.message),
-    severity: normalizeSeverity(alert.severity),
-  };
-}
-
-function buildAlertTransitions({
-  detections = [],
-  previousState = {},
-  nowIso = new Date().toISOString(),
-}) {
-  const previousAlerts = normalizeObject(previousState.activeAlerts);
-  const activeAlerts = {};
-  const activated = [];
-  const stillActive = [];
-  const detectionById = new Map();
-  for (const detection of detections) {
-    detectionById.set(detection.alertId, detection);
-    const previous = previousAlerts[detection.alertId] || null;
-    const record = toActiveAlertRecord(
-      {
-        ...detection,
-        firstSeenAt: previous?.firstSeenAt || nowIso,
-      },
-      nowIso
-    );
-    activeAlerts[detection.alertId] = record;
-    if (previous) {
-      stillActive.push({
-        ...detection,
-        firstSeenAt: previous.firstSeenAt,
-        lastSeenAt: nowIso,
-      });
-    } else {
-      activated.push({
-        ...detection,
-        firstSeenAt: nowIso,
-        lastSeenAt: nowIso,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  const recovered = [];
-  for (const [alertId, previous] of Object.entries(previousAlerts)) {
-    if (detectionById.has(alertId)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    recovered.push({
-      alertId,
-      eventType: "alert_recovered",
-      signalCode: normalizeString(previous.signalCode),
-      workItemId: normalizeString(previous.workItemId),
-      agentIdentity: normalizeString(previous.agentIdentity),
-      severity: normalizeSeverity(previous.severity),
-      message: `Recovered: ${normalizeString(previous.message) || "watchdog signal cleared"}`,
-      firstSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(previous.firstSeenAt, nowIso),
-      lastSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(previous.lastSeenAt, nowIso),
-      recoveredAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, nowIso),
-    });
-  }
-
-  return {
-    activeAlerts,
-    activated,
-    stillActive,
-    recovered,
-  };
-}
-
-function formatAlertMessage(alert = {}) {
-  const eventType = normalizeString(alert.eventType);
-  if (eventType === "agent_stuck") {
-    const idleSeconds = normalizeNumber(alert.details?.idleSeconds, 0);
-    const budgetRatio = normalizeNumber(alert.details?.usageRatio, 0);
-    const budgetPct = budgetRatio > 0 ? ` | budget=${(budgetRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}%` : "";
-    return `[SentinelLayer] Agent "${alert.agentIdentity}" stuck (${alert.signalCode}) on ${alert.workItemId}${idleSeconds > 0 ? ` | idle=${idleSeconds}s` : ""}${budgetPct}\n${alert.message}`;
-  }
-  if (eventType === "budget_warning") {
-    const budgetRatio = normalizeNumber(alert.details?.usageRatio, 0);
-    return `[SentinelLayer] Budget warning for ${alert.workItemId} (${alert.agentIdentity}) | usage=${(budgetRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}%\n${alert.message}`;
-  }
-  return `[SentinelLayer] ${alert.eventType} ${alert.workItemId || ""} ${alert.agentIdentity || ""}\n${alert.message}`;
-}
-
-async function sendSlackAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl) {
-  const response = await fetchImpl(channel.webhookUrl, {
-    method: "POST",
-    headers: {
-      "content-type": "application/json",
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      text: message,
-    }),
-  });
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`Slack webhook returned ${response.status}.`);
-  }
-}
-
-async function sendTelegramAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl) {
-  const endpoint = `https://api.telegram.org/bot${channel.botToken}/sendMessage`;
-  const response = await fetchImpl(endpoint, {
-    method: "POST",
-    headers: {
-      "content-type": "application/json",
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      chat_id: channel.chatId,
-      text: message,
-      disable_web_page_preview: true,
-    }),
-  });
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`Telegram sendMessage returned ${response.status}.`);
-  }
-}
-
-async function dispatchAlertToChannel({
-  channel,
-  alert,
-  execute = false,
-  fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
-}) {
-  const message = formatAlertMessage(alert);
-  if (!execute) {
-    return {
-      channelType: channel.type,
-      alertId: alert.alertId,
-      eventType: alert.eventType,
-      sent: false,
-      dryRun: true,
-      message,
-      error: "",
-    };
-  }
-  if (typeof fetchImpl !== "function") {
-    return {
-      channelType: channel.type,
-      alertId: alert.alertId,
-      eventType: alert.eventType,
-      sent: false,
-      dryRun: false,
-      message,
-      error: "Fetch implementation is unavailable.",
-    };
-  }
-  try {
-    if (channel.type === "slack") {
-      await sendSlackAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl);
-    } else if (channel.type === "telegram") {
-      await sendTelegramAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl);
-    } else {
-      throw new Error(`Unsupported alert channel type '${channel.type}'.`);
-    }
-    return {
-      channelType: channel.type,
-      alertId: alert.alertId,
-      eventType: alert.eventType,
-      sent: true,
-      dryRun: false,
-      message,
-      error: "",
-    };
-  } catch (error) {
-    return {
-      channelType: channel.type,
-      alertId: alert.alertId,
-      eventType: alert.eventType,
-      sent: false,
-      dryRun: false,
-      message,
-      error: normalizeString(error?.message || error),
-    };
-  }
-}
-
-async function dispatchAlerts({
-  alerts = [],
-  config = {},
-  execute = false,
-  fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
-}) {
-  const channels = Array.isArray(config.channels) ? config.channels : [];
-  const allowedEvents = new Set(Array.isArray(config.events) ? config.events : []);
-  const tasks = [];
-  for (const alert of alerts) {
-    if (allowedEvents.size > 0 && !allowedEvents.has(alert.eventType)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    for (const channel of channels) {
-      tasks.push(
-        dispatchAlertToChannel({
-          channel,
-          alert,
-          execute,
-          fetchImpl,
-        })
-      );
-    }
-  }
-  return Promise.all(tasks);
-}
-
-export async function resolveWatchdogStorage({
-  targetPath = ".",
-  outputDir = "",
-  env,
-  homeDir,
-} = {}) {
-  const daemonStorage = await resolveErrorDaemonStorage({
-    targetPath,
-    outputDir,
-    env,
-    homeDir,
-  });
-  return {
-    ...daemonStorage,
-    watchdogStatePath: path.join(daemonStorage.baseDir, "watchdog-state.json"),
-    watchdogEventsPath: path.join(daemonStorage.baseDir, "watchdog-events.ndjson"),
-    watchdogRunsDir: path.join(daemonStorage.baseDir, "watchdog-runs"),
-  };
-}
-
-export async function runWatchdogTick({
-  targetPath = ".",
-  outputDir = "",
-  noToolCallSeconds = 60,
-  repeatedFileReadsThreshold = 3,
-  budgetWarningThreshold = 0.9,
-  turnStallTurns = 5,
-  execute = false,
-  limit = 200,
-  env = process.env,
-  homeDir,
-  nowIso = new Date().toISOString(),
-  fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
-} = {}) {
-  const normalizedNow = normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString());
-  const normalizedNoToolCallSeconds = normalizePositiveInteger(noToolCallSeconds, 60);
-  const normalizedRepeatedFileReads = normalizePositiveInteger(repeatedFileReadsThreshold, 3);
-  const normalizedTurnStallTurns = normalizePositiveInteger(turnStallTurns, 5);
-  const normalizedBudgetWarningThreshold = Math.max(
-    0,
-    Math.min(1, normalizeNonNegativeNumber(budgetWarningThreshold, 0.9))
-  );
-  const normalizedLimit = normalizePositiveInteger(limit, 200);
-  const normalizedExecute = normalizeBoolean(execute, false);
-  const storage = await resolveWatchdogStorage({
-    targetPath,
-    outputDir,
-    env,
-    homeDir,
-  });
-  const config = await loadWatchdogConfig({
-    targetPath,
-    env,
-  });
-
-  const [assignments, queue, budgets, previousState] = await Promise.all([
-    listAssignments({
-      targetPath,
-      outputDir,
-      includeExpired: true,
-      limit: normalizedLimit,
-      env,
-      homeDir,
-      nowIso: normalizedNow,
-    }),
-    listErrorQueue({
-      targetPath,
-      outputDir,
-      limit: normalizedLimit,
-      env,
-      homeDir,
-    }),
-    listBudgetStates({
-      targetPath,
-      outputDir,
-      limit: normalizedLimit,
-      env,
-      homeDir,
-      nowIso: normalizedNow,
-    }),
-    readJsonFile(storage.watchdogStatePath, () => createInitialState(normalizedNow)).then((state) =>
-      normalizeState(state, normalizedNow)
-    ),
-  ]);
-
-  const queueByWorkItem = new Map(queue.items.map((item) => [item.workItemId, item]));
-  const budgetByWorkItem = new Map(budgets.records.map((record) => [record.workItemId, record]));
-  const activeAssignments = assignments.assignments.filter((assignment) =>
-    ACTIVE_ASSIGNMENT_STATUSES.has(normalizeString(assignment.status).toUpperCase())
-  );
-
-  const detections = [];
-  for (const assignment of activeAssignments) {
-    const queueItem = queueByWorkItem.get(assignment.workItemId) || null;
-    const budgetRecord = budgetByWorkItem.get(assignment.workItemId) || null;
-    detections.push(
-      ...evaluateWatchdogSignals({
-        assignment,
-        queueItem,
-        budgetRecord,
-        nowIso: normalizedNow,
-        noToolCallSeconds: normalizedNoToolCallSeconds,
-        repeatedFileReadsThreshold: normalizedRepeatedFileReads,
-        budgetWarningThreshold: normalizedBudgetWarningThreshold,
-        turnStallTurns: normalizedTurnStallTurns,
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  const transitions = buildAlertTransitions({
-    detections,
-    previousState,
-    nowIso: normalizedNow,
-  });
-  const stateChangedAlerts = [...transitions.activated, ...transitions.recovered];
-  const notifications = await dispatchAlerts({
-    alerts: stateChangedAlerts,
-    config,
-    execute: normalizedExecute,
-    fetchImpl,
-  });
-
-  const nextState = normalizeState(
-    {
-      ...previousState,
-      generatedAt: normalizedNow,
-      activeAlerts: transitions.activeAlerts,
-      runCount: previousState.runCount + 1,
-      lastRunId: buildRunId(normalizedNow, previousState.runCount + 1),
-      lastRunAt: normalizedNow,
-    },
-    normalizedNow
-  );
-
-  await fsp.mkdir(storage.watchdogRunsDir, { recursive: true });
-  const runId = nextState.lastRunId;
-  const runPath = path.join(storage.watchdogRunsDir, `${runId}.json`);
-  const runPayload = {
-    schemaVersion: WATCHDOG_SCHEMA_VERSION,
-    generatedAt: normalizedNow,
-    runId,
-    config: {
-      noToolCallSeconds: normalizedNoToolCallSeconds,
-      repeatedFileReadsThreshold: normalizedRepeatedFileReads,
-      budgetWarningThreshold: normalizedBudgetWarningThreshold,
-      turnStallTurns: normalizedTurnStallTurns,
-      execute: normalizedExecute,
-      channelCount: config.channels.length,
-      events: config.events,
-      frequency: config.frequency,
-    },
-    summary: {
-      assignmentCount: activeAssignments.length,
-      detectionCount: detections.length,
-      activeAlertCount: Object.keys(transitions.activeAlerts).length,
-      activatedCount: transitions.activated.length,
-      recoveredCount: transitions.recovered.length,
-      notificationCount: notifications.length,
-      sentNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => item.sent).length,
-      failedNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => !item.sent && !item.dryRun).length,
-    },
-    detections,
-    activatedAlerts: transitions.activated,
-    recoveredAlerts: transitions.recovered,
-    notifications,
-  };
-
-  await Promise.all([
-    writeJsonFile(runPath, runPayload),
-    writeJsonFile(storage.watchdogStatePath, nextState),
-    appendEvent(storage.watchdogEventsPath, {
-      timestamp: normalizedNow,
-      eventType: "watchdog_tick",
-      runId,
-      detectionCount: detections.length,
-      activatedCount: transitions.activated.length,
-      recoveredCount: transitions.recovered.length,
-      notificationCount: notifications.length,
-      sentNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => item.sent).length,
-      failedNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => !item.sent && !item.dryRun).length,
-    }),
-  ]);
-
-  return {
-    ...storage,
-    configPath: config.configPath,
-    configExists: config.exists,
-    runId,
-    runPath,
-    statePath: storage.watchdogStatePath,
-    eventsPath: storage.watchdogEventsPath,
-    state: nextState,
-    detections,
-    activatedAlerts: transitions.activated,
-    recoveredAlerts: transitions.recovered,
-    notifications,
-    summary: runPayload.summary,
-  };
-}
-
-export async function getWatchdogStatus({
-  targetPath = ".",
-  outputDir = "",
-  limit = 10,
-  env = process.env,
-  homeDir,
-  nowIso = new Date().toISOString(),
-} = {}) {
-  const normalizedNow = normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString());
-  const normalizedLimit = normalizePositiveInteger(limit, 10);
-  const storage = await resolveWatchdogStorage({
-    targetPath,
-    outputDir,
-    env,
-    homeDir,
-  });
-  const config = await loadWatchdogConfig({
-    targetPath,
-    env,
-  });
-  const state = await readJsonFile(storage.watchdogStatePath, () =>
-    createInitialState(normalizedNow)
-  ).then((payload) => normalizeState(payload, normalizedNow));
-
-  let runEntries = [];
-  try {
-    runEntries = await fsp.readdir(storage.watchdogRunsDir, { withFileTypes: true });
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (!(error && typeof error === "object" && error.code === "ENOENT")) {
-      throw error;
-    }
-  }
-
-  const runFiles = runEntries
-    .filter((entry) => entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith(".json"))
-    .map((entry) => entry.name)
-    .sort((left, right) => right.localeCompare(left))
-    .slice(0, normalizedLimit);
-
-  const recentRuns = [];
-  for (const runFile of runFiles) {
-    const runPath = path.join(storage.watchdogRunsDir, runFile);
-    try {
-      const parsed = JSON.parse(await fsp.readFile(runPath, "utf-8"));
-      recentRuns.push({
-        runId: normalizeString(parsed.runId),
-        generatedAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(parsed.generatedAt, normalizedNow),
-        detectionCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.detectionCount, 0),
-        activatedCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.activatedCount, 0),
-        recoveredCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.recoveredCount, 0),
-        notificationCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.notificationCount, 0),
-        runPath,
-      });
-    } catch {
-      // Ignore malformed run artifacts.
-    }
-  }
-
-  return {
-    ...storage,
-    configPath: config.configPath,
-    configExists: config.exists,
-    config,
-    statePath: storage.watchdogStatePath,
-    eventsPath: storage.watchdogEventsPath,
-    state,
-    activeAlerts: Object.values(state.activeAlerts),
-    activeAlertCount: Object.keys(state.activeAlerts).length,
-    runCount: state.runCount,
-    recentRuns,
-  };
-}
+import fsp from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { parse as parseYaml } from "yaml";
+
+import { listAssignments, resolveAssignmentLedgerStorage } from "./assignment-ledger.js";
+import { listBudgetStates } from "./budget-governor.js";
+import { listErrorQueue, resolveErrorDaemonStorage } from "./error-worker.js";
+
+const WATCHDOG_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0.0";
+const STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION = "1.0.0";
+
+const ACTIVE_ASSIGNMENT_STATUSES = new Set(["CLAIMED", "IN_PROGRESS", "BLOCKED"]);
+
+export const WATCHDOG_EVENT_TYPES = Object.freeze([
+  "agent_stuck",
+  "budget_warning",
+  "alert_recovered",
+  "pr_merged",
+  "audit_complete",
+  "kill_switch_activated",
+]);
+
+export const WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_CODES = Object.freeze([
+  "NO_TOOL_CALL",
+  "REPEATED_FILE_READ",
+  "BUDGET_WARNING_NO_FINDINGS",
+  "TURN_STALL",
+]);
+
+const WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_SET = new Set(WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_CODES);
+const WATCHDOG_EVENT_SET = new Set(WATCHDOG_EVENT_TYPES);
+
+function normalizeString(value) {
+  return String(value || "").trim();
+}
+
+function normalizeIsoTimestamp(value, fallbackIso = new Date().toISOString()) {
+  const normalized = normalizeString(value);
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return fallbackIso;
+  }
+  const epoch = Date.parse(normalized);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(epoch)) {
+    return fallbackIso;
+  }
+  return new Date(epoch).toISOString();
+}
+
+function normalizeNumber(value, fallback = 0) {
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed)) {
+    return fallback;
+  }
+  return parsed;
+}
+
+function normalizePositiveInteger(value, fallbackValue) {
+  const normalized = normalizeNumber(value, fallbackValue);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(normalized) || normalized <= 0) {
+    return fallbackValue;
+  }
+  return Math.max(1, Math.floor(normalized));
+}
+
+function normalizeNonNegativeNumber(value, fallbackValue = 0) {
+  const normalized = normalizeNumber(value, fallbackValue);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(normalized) || normalized < 0) {
+    return fallbackValue;
+  }
+  return normalized;
+}
+
+function normalizeObject(value) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  return { ...value };
+}
+
+function normalizeBoolean(value, fallbackValue = false) {
+  if (typeof value === "boolean") {
+    return value;
+  }
+  const normalized = normalizeString(value).toLowerCase();
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return fallbackValue;
+  }
+  if (normalized === "true" || normalized === "1" || normalized === "yes") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (normalized === "false" || normalized === "0" || normalized === "no") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return fallbackValue;
+}
+
+function resolveEnvTemplate(value, env) {
+  const normalized = normalizeString(value);
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return "";
+  }
+  return normalized.replace(/\$\{([A-Z0-9_]+)\}/g, (_, key) => normalizeString(env[key]));
+}
+
+function computeSecondsSince(previousIso, nowIso) {
+  const previousEpoch = Date.parse(normalizeIsoTimestamp(previousIso, nowIso));
+  const nowEpoch = Date.parse(normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString()));
+  if (!Number.isFinite(previousEpoch) || !Number.isFinite(nowEpoch)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return Math.max(0, Math.floor((nowEpoch - previousEpoch) / 1000));
+}
+
+function pickLastToolCallAt(assignment = {}) {
+  const snapshot = normalizeObject(assignment.budgetSnapshot);
+  return (
+    normalizeString(snapshot.lastToolCallAt) ||
+    normalizeString(snapshot.lastActionAt) ||
+    normalizeString(assignment.heartbeatAt) ||
+    normalizeString(assignment.updatedAt) ||
+    ""
+  );
+}
+
+function extractRecentFileReads(snapshot = {}) {
+  const candidates = [];
+  const normalizedSnapshot = normalizeObject(snapshot);
+  for (const key of ["recentFileReads", "fileReadHistory", "fileReads"]) {
+    const value = normalizedSnapshot[key];
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      for (const item of value) {
+        if (typeof item === "string") {
+          const normalized = normalizeString(item);
+          if (normalized) {
+            candidates.push(normalized);
+          }
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (item && typeof item === "object") {
+          const normalized =
+            normalizeString(item.path) ||
+            normalizeString(item.file) ||
+            normalizeString(item.filePath);
+          if (normalized) {
+            candidates.push(normalized);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return candidates;
+}
+
+function computeRepeatedTailCount(values = []) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(values) || values.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      repeatedValue: "",
+      repeatCount: 0,
+    };
+  }
+  const normalized = values.map((value) => normalizeString(value)).filter(Boolean);
+  if (normalized.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      repeatedValue: "",
+      repeatCount: 0,
+    };
+  }
+  const tail = normalized[normalized.length - 1];
+  let repeatCount = 0;
+  for (let index = normalized.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+    if (normalized[index] !== tail) {
+      break;
+    }
+    repeatCount += 1;
+  }
+  return {
+    repeatedValue: tail,
+    repeatCount,
+  };
+}
+
+function computeBudgetUsageRatio(record = {}) {
+  const usage = normalizeObject(record.usage);
+  const budget = normalizeObject(record.budget);
+  const ratios = [];
+  const pairs = [
+    ["tokensUsed", "maxTokens"],
+    ["costUsd", "maxCostUsd"],
+    ["runtimeMs", "maxRuntimeMs"],
+    ["toolCalls", "maxToolCalls"],
+  ];
+  for (const [usageKey, budgetKey] of pairs) {
+    const used = normalizeNonNegativeNumber(usage[usageKey], 0);
+    const limit = normalizeNonNegativeNumber(budget[budgetKey], 0);
+    if (limit > 0) {
+      ratios.push(used / limit);
+    }
+  }
+  if (ratios.length === 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return Math.max(...ratios);
+}
+
+function normalizeSeverity(value) {
+  const normalized = normalizeString(value).toUpperCase();
+  if (normalized === "P0" || normalized === "P1" || normalized === "P2" || normalized === "P3") {
+    return normalized;
+  }
+  return "P3";
+}
+
+function createInitialState(nowIso) {
+  return {
+    schemaVersion: STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    generatedAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, nowIso),
+    activeAlerts: {},
+    runCount: 0,
+    lastRunId: null,
+    lastRunAt: null,
+  };
+}
+
+function normalizeState(state = {}, nowIso = new Date().toISOString()) {
+  const rawAlerts = state.activeAlerts && typeof state.activeAlerts === "object" ? state.activeAlerts : {};
+  const activeAlerts = {};
+  for (const [alertId, alert] of Object.entries(rawAlerts)) {
+    if (!normalizeString(alertId)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    activeAlerts[alertId] = {
+      alertId,
+      eventType: WATCHDOG_EVENT_SET.has(normalizeString(alert.eventType))
+        ? normalizeString(alert.eventType)
+        : "agent_stuck",
+      signalCode: WATCHDOG_SIGNAL_SET.has(normalizeString(alert.signalCode))
+        ? normalizeString(alert.signalCode)
+        : "NO_TOOL_CALL",
+      workItemId: normalizeString(alert.workItemId),
+      agentIdentity: normalizeString(alert.agentIdentity),
+      firstSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(alert.firstSeenAt, nowIso),
+      lastSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(alert.lastSeenAt, nowIso),
+      message: normalizeString(alert.message),
+      severity: normalizeSeverity(alert.severity),
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    schemaVersion: STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    generatedAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(state.generatedAt, nowIso),
+    activeAlerts,
+    runCount: Math.max(0, Math.floor(normalizeNumber(state.runCount, 0))),
+    lastRunId: normalizeString(state.lastRunId) || null,
+    lastRunAt: state.lastRunAt ? normalizeIsoTimestamp(state.lastRunAt, nowIso) : null,
+  };
+}
+
+async function readJsonFile(filePath, defaultFactory) {
+  try {
+    const raw = await fsp.readFile(filePath, "utf-8");
+    return JSON.parse(raw);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error && typeof error === "object" && error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      return defaultFactory();
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function writeJsonFile(filePath, payload) {
+  await fsp.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
+  await fsp.writeFile(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2)}\n`, "utf-8");
+}
+
+async function appendEvent(filePath, payload) {
+  await fsp.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
+  await fsp.appendFile(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(payload)}\n`, "utf-8");
+}
+
+function buildRunId(nowIso, count) {
+  const token = normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString()).replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
+  return `watchdog-${token}-${String(count).padStart(4, "0")}`;
+}
+
+function normalizeChannel(channel = {}, env = process.env) {
+  const type = normalizeString(channel.type).toLowerCase();
+  if (type === "slack") {
+    const webhookUrl = resolveEnvTemplate(
+      channel.webhook_url || channel.webhookUrl || channel.url || "",
+      env
+    );
+    return webhookUrl
+      ? {
+          type: "slack",
+          webhookUrl,
+        }
+      : null;
+  }
+  if (type === "telegram") {
+    const botToken = resolveEnvTemplate(channel.bot_token || channel.botToken || "", env);
+    const chatId = resolveEnvTemplate(channel.chat_id || channel.chatId || "", env);
+    return botToken && chatId
+      ? {
+          type: "telegram",
+          botToken,
+          chatId,
+        }
+      : null;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function loadWatchdogConfig({ targetPath = ".", env = process.env } = {}) {
+  const configPath = path.join(path.resolve(String(targetPath || ".")), ".sentinelayer.yml");
+  const fallback = {
+    channels: [],
+    frequency: "smart",
+    events: ["agent_stuck", "budget_warning", "alert_recovered"],
+  };
+  try {
+    const parsed = parseYaml(await fsp.readFile(configPath, "utf-8")) || {};
+    const alerts = parsed && typeof parsed === "object" ? normalizeObject(parsed.alerts) : {};
+    const channels = Array.isArray(alerts.channels)
+      ? alerts.channels.map((channel) => normalizeChannel(channel, env)).filter(Boolean)
+      : [];
+    const events = Array.isArray(alerts.events)
+      ? alerts.events
+          .map((eventType) => normalizeString(eventType))
+          .filter((eventType) => WATCHDOG_EVENT_SET.has(eventType))
+      : fallback.events;
+    const frequency = normalizeString(alerts.frequency).toLowerCase() || fallback.frequency;
+    return {
+      configPath,
+      exists: true,
+      channels,
+      frequency,
+      events: events.length > 0 ? events : fallback.events,
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error && typeof error === "object" && error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      return {
+        configPath,
+        exists: false,
+        channels: [],
+        frequency: fallback.frequency,
+        events: fallback.events,
+      };
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+function buildDetection({
+  eventType,
+  signalCode,
+  workItemId,
+  agentIdentity,
+  severity,
+  message,
+  details = {},
+}) {
+  return {
+    alertId: `${workItemId}:${signalCode}`,
+    eventType,
+    signalCode,
+    workItemId,
+    agentIdentity,
+    severity,
+    message,
+    details,
+  };
+}
+
+function evaluateWatchdogSignals({
+  assignment,
+  queueItem,
+  budgetRecord,
+  nowIso,
+  noToolCallSeconds,
+  repeatedFileReadsThreshold,
+  budgetWarningThreshold,
+  turnStallTurns,
+}) {
+  const detections = [];
+  const workItemId = normalizeString(assignment.workItemId);
+  const agentIdentity = normalizeString(assignment.assignedAgentIdentity) || "unassigned";
+  const severity = normalizeSeverity(queueItem?.severity);
+  const budgetSnapshot = normalizeObject(assignment.budgetSnapshot);
+
+  const lastToolCallAt = pickLastToolCallAt(assignment);
+  const idleSeconds = computeSecondsSince(lastToolCallAt, nowIso);
+  if (idleSeconds !== null && idleSeconds >= noToolCallSeconds) {
+    detections.push(
+      buildDetection({
+        eventType: "agent_stuck",
+        signalCode: "NO_TOOL_CALL",
+        workItemId,
+        agentIdentity,
+        severity,
+        message: `No tool calls observed for ${idleSeconds}s (threshold ${noToolCallSeconds}s).`,
+        details: {
+          idleSeconds,
+          thresholdSeconds: noToolCallSeconds,
+          lastToolCallAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(lastToolCallAt, nowIso),
+        },
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  const recentFileReads = extractRecentFileReads(budgetSnapshot);
+  const repetition = computeRepeatedTailCount(recentFileReads);
+  if (repetition.repeatCount >= repeatedFileReadsThreshold) {
+    detections.push(
+      buildDetection({
+        eventType: "agent_stuck",
+        signalCode: "REPEATED_FILE_READ",
+        workItemId,
+        agentIdentity,
+        severity,
+        message: `Repeated file read detected (${repetition.repeatCount}x): ${repetition.repeatedValue}`,
+        details: {
+          filePath: repetition.repeatedValue,
+          repeatCount: repetition.repeatCount,
+          threshold: repeatedFileReadsThreshold,
+        },
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  const turnCount = Math.floor(normalizeNonNegativeNumber(budgetSnapshot.turnCount, 0));
+  const lastProgressTurn = Math.floor(
+    normalizeNonNegativeNumber(
+      budgetSnapshot.lastProgressTurn ?? budgetSnapshot.lastFindingTurn ?? turnCount,
+      turnCount
+    )
+  );
+  const stalledTurns = Math.max(0, turnCount - lastProgressTurn);
+  if (turnCount > 0 && stalledTurns >= turnStallTurns) {
+    detections.push(
+      buildDetection({
+        eventType: "agent_stuck",
+        signalCode: "TURN_STALL",
+        workItemId,
+        agentIdentity,
+        severity,
+        message: `Turn progression stalled for ${stalledTurns} turns (threshold ${turnStallTurns}).`,
+        details: {
+          turnCount,
+          lastProgressTurn,
+          stalledTurns,
+          threshold: turnStallTurns,
+        },
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  const usageRatio = computeBudgetUsageRatio(budgetRecord || {});
+  const findingsProduced = Math.floor(
+    normalizeNonNegativeNumber(
+      budgetSnapshot.findingsProduced ??
+        queueItem?.metadata?.findingsProduced ??
+        queueItem?.metadata?.findingsCount ??
+        0,
+      0
+    )
+  );
+  if (usageRatio >= budgetWarningThreshold && findingsProduced <= 0) {
+    detections.push(
+      buildDetection({
+        eventType: "budget_warning",
+        signalCode: "BUDGET_WARNING_NO_FINDINGS",
+        workItemId,
+        agentIdentity,
+        severity,
+        message: `Budget usage ${(usageRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}% with no findings produced.`,
+        details: {
+          usageRatio: Number(usageRatio.toFixed(6)),
+          threshold: budgetWarningThreshold,
+          findingsProduced,
+          lifecycleState: normalizeString(budgetRecord?.lifecycleState) || "WITHIN_BUDGET",
+        },
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  return detections;
+}
+
+function toActiveAlertRecord(alert = {}, nowIso = new Date().toISOString()) {
+  return {
+    alertId: alert.alertId,
+    eventType: alert.eventType,
+    signalCode: alert.signalCode,
+    workItemId: alert.workItemId,
+    agentIdentity: alert.agentIdentity,
+    firstSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(alert.firstSeenAt || nowIso, nowIso),
+    lastSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, nowIso),
+    message: normalizeString(alert.message),
+    severity: normalizeSeverity(alert.severity),
+  };
+}
+
+function buildAlertTransitions({
+  detections = [],
+  previousState = {},
+  nowIso = new Date().toISOString(),
+}) {
+  const previousAlerts = normalizeObject(previousState.activeAlerts);
+  const activeAlerts = {};
+  const activated = [];
+  const stillActive = [];
+  const detectionById = new Map();
+  for (const detection of detections) {
+    detectionById.set(detection.alertId, detection);
+    const previous = previousAlerts[detection.alertId] || null;
+    const record = toActiveAlertRecord(
+      {
+        ...detection,
+        firstSeenAt: previous?.firstSeenAt || nowIso,
+      },
+      nowIso
+    );
+    activeAlerts[detection.alertId] = record;
+    if (previous) {
+      stillActive.push({
+        ...detection,
+        firstSeenAt: previous.firstSeenAt,
+        lastSeenAt: nowIso,
+      });
+    } else {
+      activated.push({
+        ...detection,
+        firstSeenAt: nowIso,
+        lastSeenAt: nowIso,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const recovered = [];
+  for (const [alertId, previous] of Object.entries(previousAlerts)) {
+    if (detectionById.has(alertId)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    recovered.push({
+      alertId,
+      eventType: "alert_recovered",
+      signalCode: normalizeString(previous.signalCode),
+      workItemId: normalizeString(previous.workItemId),
+      agentIdentity: normalizeString(previous.agentIdentity),
+      severity: normalizeSeverity(previous.severity),
+      message: `Recovered: ${normalizeString(previous.message) || "watchdog signal cleared"}`,
+      firstSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(previous.firstSeenAt, nowIso),
+      lastSeenAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(previous.lastSeenAt, nowIso),
+      recoveredAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, nowIso),
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    activeAlerts,
+    activated,
+    stillActive,
+    recovered,
+  };
+}
+
+function formatAlertMessage(alert = {}) {
+  const eventType = normalizeString(alert.eventType);
+  if (eventType === "agent_stuck") {
+    const idleSeconds = normalizeNumber(alert.details?.idleSeconds, 0);
+    const budgetRatio = normalizeNumber(alert.details?.usageRatio, 0);
+    const budgetPct = budgetRatio > 0 ? ` | budget=${(budgetRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}%` : "";
+    return `[SentinelLayer] Agent "${alert.agentIdentity}" stuck (${alert.signalCode}) on ${alert.workItemId}${idleSeconds > 0 ? ` | idle=${idleSeconds}s` : ""}${budgetPct}\n${alert.message}`;
+  }
+  if (eventType === "budget_warning") {
+    const budgetRatio = normalizeNumber(alert.details?.usageRatio, 0);
+    return `[SentinelLayer] Budget warning for ${alert.workItemId} (${alert.agentIdentity}) | usage=${(budgetRatio * 100).toFixed(1)}%\n${alert.message}`;
+  }
+  return `[SentinelLayer] ${alert.eventType} ${alert.workItemId || ""} ${alert.agentIdentity || ""}\n${alert.message}`;
+}
+
+async function sendSlackAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl) {
+  const response = await fetchImpl(channel.webhookUrl, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "content-type": "application/json",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      text: message,
+    }),
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Slack webhook returned ${response.status}.`);
+  }
+}
+
+async function sendTelegramAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl) {
+  const endpoint = `https://api.telegram.org/bot${channel.botToken}/sendMessage`;
+  const response = await fetchImpl(endpoint, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "content-type": "application/json",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      chat_id: channel.chatId,
+      text: message,
+      disable_web_page_preview: true,
+    }),
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Telegram sendMessage returned ${response.status}.`);
+  }
+}
+
+async function dispatchAlertToChannel({
+  channel,
+  alert,
+  execute = false,
+  fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
+}) {
+  const message = formatAlertMessage(alert);
+  if (!execute) {
+    return {
+      channelType: channel.type,
+      alertId: alert.alertId,
+      eventType: alert.eventType,
+      sent: false,
+      dryRun: true,
+      message,
+      error: "",
+    };
+  }
+  if (typeof fetchImpl !== "function") {
+    return {
+      channelType: channel.type,
+      alertId: alert.alertId,
+      eventType: alert.eventType,
+      sent: false,
+      dryRun: false,
+      message,
+      error: "Fetch implementation is unavailable.",
+    };
+  }
+  try {
+    if (channel.type === "slack") {
+      await sendSlackAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl);
+    } else if (channel.type === "telegram") {
+      await sendTelegramAlert(channel, message, fetchImpl);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported alert channel type '${channel.type}'.`);
+    }
+    return {
+      channelType: channel.type,
+      alertId: alert.alertId,
+      eventType: alert.eventType,
+      sent: true,
+      dryRun: false,
+      message,
+      error: "",
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    return {
+      channelType: channel.type,
+      alertId: alert.alertId,
+      eventType: alert.eventType,
+      sent: false,
+      dryRun: false,
+      message,
+      error: normalizeString(error?.message || error),
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+async function dispatchAlerts({
+  alerts = [],
+  config = {},
+  execute = false,
+  fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
+}) {
+  const channels = Array.isArray(config.channels) ? config.channels : [];
+  const allowedEvents = new Set(Array.isArray(config.events) ? config.events : []);
+  const tasks = [];
+  for (const alert of alerts) {
+    if (allowedEvents.size > 0 && !allowedEvents.has(alert.eventType)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const channel of channels) {
+      tasks.push(
+        dispatchAlertToChannel({
+          channel,
+          alert,
+          execute,
+          fetchImpl,
+        })
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return Promise.all(tasks);
+}
+
+export async function resolveWatchdogStorage({
+  targetPath = ".",
+  outputDir = "",
+  env,
+  homeDir,
+} = {}) {
+  const daemonStorage = await resolveErrorDaemonStorage({
+    targetPath,
+    outputDir,
+    env,
+    homeDir,
+  });
+  return {
+    ...daemonStorage,
+    watchdogStatePath: path.join(daemonStorage.baseDir, "watchdog-state.json"),
+    watchdogEventsPath: path.join(daemonStorage.baseDir, "watchdog-events.ndjson"),
+    watchdogRunsDir: path.join(daemonStorage.baseDir, "watchdog-runs"),
+  };
+}
+
+export async function runWatchdogTick({
+  targetPath = ".",
+  outputDir = "",
+  noToolCallSeconds = 60,
+  repeatedFileReadsThreshold = 3,
+  budgetWarningThreshold = 0.9,
+  turnStallTurns = 5,
+  execute = false,
+  limit = 200,
+  env = process.env,
+  homeDir,
+  nowIso = new Date().toISOString(),
+  fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
+} = {}) {
+  const normalizedNow = normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString());
+  const normalizedNoToolCallSeconds = normalizePositiveInteger(noToolCallSeconds, 60);
+  const normalizedRepeatedFileReads = normalizePositiveInteger(repeatedFileReadsThreshold, 3);
+  const normalizedTurnStallTurns = normalizePositiveInteger(turnStallTurns, 5);
+  const normalizedBudgetWarningThreshold = Math.max(
+    0,
+    Math.min(1, normalizeNonNegativeNumber(budgetWarningThreshold, 0.9))
+  );
+  const normalizedLimit = normalizePositiveInteger(limit, 200);
+  const normalizedExecute = normalizeBoolean(execute, false);
+  const storage = await resolveWatchdogStorage({
+    targetPath,
+    outputDir,
+    env,
+    homeDir,
+  });
+  const config = await loadWatchdogConfig({
+    targetPath,
+    env,
+  });
+
+  const [assignments, queue, budgets, previousState] = await Promise.all([
+    listAssignments({
+      targetPath,
+      outputDir,
+      includeExpired: true,
+      limit: normalizedLimit,
+      env,
+      homeDir,
+      nowIso: normalizedNow,
+    }),
+    listErrorQueue({
+      targetPath,
+      outputDir,
+      limit: normalizedLimit,
+      env,
+      homeDir,
+    }),
+    listBudgetStates({
+      targetPath,
+      outputDir,
+      limit: normalizedLimit,
+      env,
+      homeDir,
+      nowIso: normalizedNow,
+    }),
+    readJsonFile(storage.watchdogStatePath, () => createInitialState(normalizedNow)).then((state) =>
+      normalizeState(state, normalizedNow)
+    ),
+  ]);
+
+  const queueByWorkItem = new Map(queue.items.map((item) => [item.workItemId, item]));
+  const budgetByWorkItem = new Map(budgets.records.map((record) => [record.workItemId, record]));
+  const activeAssignments = assignments.assignments.filter((assignment) =>
+    ACTIVE_ASSIGNMENT_STATUSES.has(normalizeString(assignment.status).toUpperCase())
+  );
+
+  const detections = [];
+  for (const assignment of activeAssignments) {
+    const queueItem = queueByWorkItem.get(assignment.workItemId) || null;
+    const budgetRecord = budgetByWorkItem.get(assignment.workItemId) || null;
+    detections.push(
+      ...evaluateWatchdogSignals({
+        assignment,
+        queueItem,
+        budgetRecord,
+        nowIso: normalizedNow,
+        noToolCallSeconds: normalizedNoToolCallSeconds,
+        repeatedFileReadsThreshold: normalizedRepeatedFileReads,
+        budgetWarningThreshold: normalizedBudgetWarningThreshold,
+        turnStallTurns: normalizedTurnStallTurns,
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  const transitions = buildAlertTransitions({
+    detections,
+    previousState,
+    nowIso: normalizedNow,
+  });
+  const stateChangedAlerts = [...transitions.activated, ...transitions.recovered];
+  const notifications = await dispatchAlerts({
+    alerts: stateChangedAlerts,
+    config,
+    execute: normalizedExecute,
+    fetchImpl,
+  });
+
+  const nextState = normalizeState(
+    {
+      ...previousState,
+      generatedAt: normalizedNow,
+      activeAlerts: transitions.activeAlerts,
+      runCount: previousState.runCount + 1,
+      lastRunId: buildRunId(normalizedNow, previousState.runCount + 1),
+      lastRunAt: normalizedNow,
+    },
+    normalizedNow
+  );
+
+  await fsp.mkdir(storage.watchdogRunsDir, { recursive: true });
+  const runId = nextState.lastRunId;
+  const runPath = path.join(storage.watchdogRunsDir, `${runId}.json`);
+  const runPayload = {
+    schemaVersion: WATCHDOG_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    generatedAt: normalizedNow,
+    runId,
+    config: {
+      noToolCallSeconds: normalizedNoToolCallSeconds,
+      repeatedFileReadsThreshold: normalizedRepeatedFileReads,
+      budgetWarningThreshold: normalizedBudgetWarningThreshold,
+      turnStallTurns: normalizedTurnStallTurns,
+      execute: normalizedExecute,
+      channelCount: config.channels.length,
+      events: config.events,
+      frequency: config.frequency,
+    },
+    summary: {
+      assignmentCount: activeAssignments.length,
+      detectionCount: detections.length,
+      activeAlertCount: Object.keys(transitions.activeAlerts).length,
+      activatedCount: transitions.activated.length,
+      recoveredCount: transitions.recovered.length,
+      notificationCount: notifications.length,
+      sentNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => item.sent).length,
+      failedNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => !item.sent && !item.dryRun).length,
+    },
+    detections,
+    activatedAlerts: transitions.activated,
+    recoveredAlerts: transitions.recovered,
+    notifications,
+  };
+
+  await Promise.all([
+    writeJsonFile(runPath, runPayload),
+    writeJsonFile(storage.watchdogStatePath, nextState),
+    appendEvent(storage.watchdogEventsPath, {
+      timestamp: normalizedNow,
+      eventType: "watchdog_tick",
+      runId,
+      detectionCount: detections.length,
+      activatedCount: transitions.activated.length,
+      recoveredCount: transitions.recovered.length,
+      notificationCount: notifications.length,
+      sentNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => item.sent).length,
+      failedNotificationCount: notifications.filter((item) => !item.sent && !item.dryRun).length,
+    }),
+  ]);
+
+  return {
+    ...storage,
+    configPath: config.configPath,
+    configExists: config.exists,
+    runId,
+    runPath,
+    statePath: storage.watchdogStatePath,
+    eventsPath: storage.watchdogEventsPath,
+    state: nextState,
+    detections,
+    activatedAlerts: transitions.activated,
+    recoveredAlerts: transitions.recovered,
+    notifications,
+    summary: runPayload.summary,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function getWatchdogStatus({
+  targetPath = ".",
+  outputDir = "",
+  limit = 10,
+  env = process.env,
+  homeDir,
+  nowIso = new Date().toISOString(),
+} = {}) {
+  const normalizedNow = normalizeIsoTimestamp(nowIso, new Date().toISOString());
+  const normalizedLimit = normalizePositiveInteger(limit, 10);
+  const storage = await resolveWatchdogStorage({
+    targetPath,
+    outputDir,
+    env,
+    homeDir,
+  });
+  const config = await loadWatchdogConfig({
+    targetPath,
+    env,
+  });
+  const state = await readJsonFile(storage.watchdogStatePath, () =>
+    createInitialState(normalizedNow)
+  ).then((payload) => normalizeState(payload, normalizedNow));
+
+  let runEntries = [];
+  try {
+    runEntries = await fsp.readdir(storage.watchdogRunsDir, { withFileTypes: true });
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!(error && typeof error === "object" && error.code === "ENOENT")) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const runFiles = runEntries
+    .filter((entry) => entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith(".json"))
+    .map((entry) => entry.name)
+    .sort((left, right) => right.localeCompare(left))
+    .slice(0, normalizedLimit);
+
+  const recentRuns = [];
+  for (const runFile of runFiles) {
+    const runPath = path.join(storage.watchdogRunsDir, runFile);
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(await fsp.readFile(runPath, "utf-8"));
+      recentRuns.push({
+        runId: normalizeString(parsed.runId),
+        generatedAt: normalizeIsoTimestamp(parsed.generatedAt, normalizedNow),
+        detectionCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.detectionCount, 0),
+        activatedCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.activatedCount, 0),
+        recoveredCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.recoveredCount, 0),
+        notificationCount: normalizeNonNegativeNumber(parsed.summary?.notificationCount, 0),
+        runPath,
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore malformed run artifacts.
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...storage,
+    configPath: config.configPath,
+    configExists: config.exists,
+    config,
+    statePath: storage.watchdogStatePath,
+    eventsPath: storage.watchdogEventsPath,
+    state,
+    activeAlerts: Object.values(state.activeAlerts),
+    activeAlertCount: Object.keys(state.activeAlerts).length,
+    runCount: state.runCount,
+    recentRuns,
+  };
+}