wtagent 0.3.0 → 1.0.0

package/src/browser/base-web-adapter.js

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { launchAndConnectCdpChrome } from "./cdp-browser.js";
 import { discoverChromeExecutable } from "../platform/chrome-discovery.js";
 import { ensureDirectory } from "../platform/paths.js";
 import { BrowserAdapterError } from "../shared/errors.js";
+import { hasCompleteAgentEnvelope } from "../protocol/envelope.js";
+export { hasCompleteAgentEnvelope } from "../protocol/envelope.js";
 
 // Playwright error messages for a dead transport. The Chrome process itself is
 // usually still alive (e.g. the connection died while the Mac slept); these
@@ -29,6 +31,26 @@ export function isConnectionLostError(error) {
 const CHALLENGE_BODY_PATTERN =
   /just a moment|verify you are human|checking your browser|security check|attention required|请稍候|安全验证|正在验证|人机验证|少々お待ち|セキュリティ|ご本人確認|認証|잠시만 기다려|보안 확인|인증|un instant|vérification|einen moment|sicherheitsprüfung|verificando|um momento/i;
 
+// A composer can mount well before an existing SPA conversation finishes
+// hydrating. Require several seconds of unchanged URL + DOM state before either
+// restored history or an empty new-chat page is trusted.
+const RESTORATION_STABLE_CHECKS = 12;
+const RESTORATION_STABLE_WINDOW_MS = (RESTORATION_STABLE_CHECKS - 1) * 250;
+
+function normalizedPathname(value) {
+  const pathname = String(value || "/").replace(/\/+$/, "");
+  return pathname || "/";
+}
+
+function normalizedConversationUrl(value) {
+  try {
+    const parsed = value instanceof URL ? value : new URL(value);
+    return `${parsed.origin}${normalizedPathname(parsed.pathname)}`;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 export async function firstVisible(locators) {
   for (const locator of locators) {
     const count = await locator.count().catch(() => 0);
@@ -48,26 +70,71 @@ function deltaFrom(previous, current) {
   return "";
 }
 
-export function hasCompleteAgentEnvelope(text) {
-  const trimmed = String(text ?? "").trim();
-  const start = trimmed.indexOf("<agent_response");
-  const endTag = "</agent_response>";
-  const end = trimmed.lastIndexOf(endTag);
-  // The envelope is "complete" as soon as both the opening and closing tags
-  // are present. The web model may append trailing text or render rich cards
-  // after the XML, so we do not require the closing tag to be the last content.
-  return start >= 0 && end >= start;
+function sameConversationUrl(left, right) {
+  const normalizedLeft = normalizedConversationUrl(left);
+  return normalizedLeft != null
+    && normalizedLeft === normalizedConversationUrl(right);
 }
 
-function sameConversationUrl(left, right) {
-  try {
-    const leftUrl = new URL(left);
-    const rightUrl = new URL(right);
-    return leftUrl.origin === rightUrl.origin
-      && leftUrl.pathname === rightUrl.pathname;
-  } catch {
+function comparableMessageText(value) {
+  return String(value ?? "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
+const OUTBOUND_ID_PATTERN =
+  /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/;
+const OUTBOUND_MARKER_PREFIX =
+  "Opaque WTAgent transport correlation ID (do not repeat): ";
+
+function renderedMessageContains(rendered, expected, outboundId = null) {
+  const normalizedRendered = comparableMessageText(rendered);
+  const normalizedExpected = comparableMessageText(expected);
+  const reminderStart = normalizedExpected.lastIndexOf("<system_reminder>");
+  const reminder = reminderStart < 0 ? "" : normalizedExpected.slice(reminderStart);
+  const correlation = reminder.match(
+    /(Opaque WTAgent transport correlation ID \(do not repeat\): ([0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12})\.)<\/system_reminder>$/,
+  );
+  if (!correlation) {
+    return outboundId == null
+      && normalizedExpected.length > 0
+      && normalizedRendered.includes(normalizedExpected);
+  }
+  if (outboundId != null && correlation[2] !== outboundId) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  // Markdown can change the displayed payload. Correlate only the exact
+  // per-send nonce from its final reminder; URL/history guards remain separate.
+  const marker = correlation[1];
+  const index = normalizedRendered.indexOf(marker);
+  if (index < 0 || normalizedRendered.indexOf(marker, index + marker.length) !== -1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const renderedReminderStart = normalizedRendered.lastIndexOf("<system_reminder>", index);
+  if (
+    renderedReminderStart < 0
+    || normalizedRendered.slice(renderedReminderStart, index).includes("</system_reminder>")
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const closingTag = "</system_reminder>";
+  const renderedSuffix = normalizedRendered.slice(index + marker.length);
+  if (!renderedSuffix.startsWith(closingTag)) {
     return false;
   }
+  const trailing = renderedSuffix.slice(closingTag.length);
+  return !trailing.includes("<system_reminder")
+    && !trailing.includes("</system_reminder>");
+}
+
+export function isValidOutboundCorrelationId(value) {
+  return typeof value === "string" && OUTBOUND_ID_PATTERN.test(value);
+}
+
+export function renderedMessageContainsOutboundMarker(rendered, outboundId) {
+  if (!isValidOutboundCorrelationId(outboundId)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const expected = `<system_reminder>${OUTBOUND_MARKER_PREFIX}${outboundId}.</system_reminder>`;
+  return renderedMessageContains(rendered, expected, outboundId);
 }
 
 // Provider-independent orchestration for a web-AI conversation driven over CDP.
@@ -108,11 +175,43 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     this.context = null;
     this.cdpChrome = null;
     this.page = null;
+    this.preservedPreferredUrl = null;
+    this.observedConversationUrl = null;
+    this.observedConversationAliases = new Set();
+    this.pendingFreshConversationAliases = new Set();
+    this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases = new Map();
+    this.conversationIdentityListener = null;
+    this.pageNavigationListener = null;
+    this.lastObservedPageUrl = null;
+    this.pendingCanonicalUrl = null;
+    this.pendingCanonicalSignature = null;
+    this.pendingCanonicalStableSince = 0;
+    this.pendingCanonicalVerificationQueue = Promise.resolve();
+    this.conversationObservationArmed = false;
+    this.freshSendConfirmed = false;
+    this.navigationEpoch = 0;
+    this.sendEpoch = 0;
+    this.conversationScopeEpoch = 0;
+    this.activeSendProof = null;
+    this.activeTurnProof = null;
+    this.activeTurnConversationUrl = null;
+    this.allowInPlaceAssistantContinuation = false;
+    this.inPlaceAssistantGenerationObserved = false;
+    this.expectedRestorationAssistantId = null;
+    this.expectedRestorationUserId = null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateId = null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn = null;
+    this.recoveredTurnTopologyRequired = false;
+    this.preferredTabAmbiguous = false;
     this.assistantIdsBeforeSend = new Set();
     this.assistantMaxTurnBeforeSend = null;
     this.assistantCountBeforeSend = 0;
     this.sentUserTurn = null;
+    this.lastUserMessageId = null;
     this.lastAssistantMessageId = null;
+    this.lastAssistantTurn = null;
+    this.lastSendStatus = "not-submitted";
+    this.pendingSubmission = null;
   }
 
   // ---- provider primitives (override in subclasses) ----------------------
@@ -127,6 +226,48 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     return null;
   }
 
+  freshConversationUrlPattern() {
+    // Optional extra provider routes that explicitly mean a blank new chat. The
+    // baseUrl pathname is always accepted; arbitrary other same-origin routes are
+    // not. For example, Claude exposes both / and /new.
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // Classifies saved/current URLs without navigating to them. Providers may
+  // refine a matching conversation route into "provisional" when it is useful
+  // only as a locator for an already-open tab, not as a durable navigation URL.
+  // Only the provider's explicit base route is fresh; an arbitrary same-origin
+  // settings/project/error route is unknown and must never receive a prompt.
+  classifyConversationUrl(value) {
+    let parsed;
+    let base;
+    try {
+      parsed = value instanceof URL ? value : new URL(value);
+      base = new URL(this.baseUrl);
+    } catch {
+      return "invalid";
+    }
+    if (parsed.protocol !== "https:" || parsed.origin !== base.origin) {
+      return "invalid";
+    }
+
+    const pattern = this.conversationUrlPattern();
+    if (pattern?.test(parsed.pathname)) {
+      return "restorable";
+    }
+    const explicitFresh = normalizedPathname(parsed.pathname)
+      === normalizedPathname(base.pathname)
+      || this.freshConversationUrlPattern()?.test(parsed.pathname);
+    return explicitFresh ? "fresh" : "unknown";
+  }
+
+  // Existing attachment previews in a reused tab may belong to an abandoned
+  // draft. Providers with uploads override this with structural chip locators;
+  // the base refuses to send until no stale chips remain.
+  pendingAttachmentLocators() {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   composerLocators() {
     return [];
   }
@@ -187,6 +328,49 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     return await message.innerText().catch(() => "");
   }
 
+  // Used only to correlate a post-submit bubble while the provider is assigning
+  // a new conversation URL. Stable URL bindings remain the primary guard.
+  async userMessageText(message) {
+    return await message.innerText().catch(() => "");
+  }
+
+  // Virtualized providers can read identities and text in one DOM operation.
+  // undefined uses legacy locators; null means a supported sample failed and
+  // must be retried, never mixed with a different DOM revision.
+  async userMessageSnapshot() {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  // Providers with a shared user/assistant turn order return one atomic snapshot.
+  // null keeps legacy normal-send behavior but cannot support ambiguous recovery.
+  async orderedConversationSnapshot() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // Recovery-capable providers revalidate the correlated user/assistant suffix
+  // from one atomic DOM snapshot while the generic completion loop is running.
+  // The default is a no-op because providers without ordered snapshots never
+  // enter pending-outbound reconciliation.
+  async assertRecoveredTurnTopology(_candidate = {}) {}
+
+  // Providers that expose a single shared user/assistant order can require that
+  // atomic view when binding a fresh send. This prevents separately queried role
+  // locators from being combined across SPA hydration frames.
+  requiresOrderedConversationSnapshotForFreshSend() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  supportsPendingOutboundRecovery() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  async reconcilePendingOutbound() {
+    throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+      `${this.providerName} does not support pending outbound recovery.`,
+      { code: "OUTBOUND_RECOVERY_UNSUPPORTED", recoverable: false },
+    );
+  }
+
   // Returns a short human string when the message is a plan/usage-limit notice,
   // or null when it is an ordinary reply. Default: never a limit.
   async findUsageLimitMarker(_message) {
@@ -230,17 +414,22 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
   // Submit the already-filled composer. Providers that need a native pointer
   // sequence may override this while retaining the shared post-send identity
   // checks and one-shot retry.
-  async submitComposer(composer) {
+  async submitComposer(composer, { assertActive = () => {}, timeoutMs } = {}) {
+    assertActive();
     const sendButton = await firstVisible(this.sendButtonLocators());
+    assertActive();
     if (sendButton && await sendButton.isEnabled().catch(() => false)) {
       try {
-        await sendButton.click();
+        assertActive();
+        await sendButton.click(timeoutMs == null ? {} : { timeout: timeoutMs });
         return;
       } catch {
+        assertActive();
         await this.dismissTransientOverlays();
       }
     }
-    await composer.press("Enter");
+    assertActive();
+    await composer.press("Enter", timeoutMs == null ? {} : { timeout: timeoutMs });
   }
 
   // Scroll a virtualized thread so the latest replies mount. No-op by default.
@@ -282,11 +471,72 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     return this.hasReliableCompletionSignal() ? 10_000 : 90_000;
   }
 
-  // How long sendMessage() waits for the user bubble to appear. GLM can take
-  // several seconds to commit a filled textarea, especially after a long tool
-  // result, so providers may widen this.
-  sentUserWaitAttempts() {
-    return 50;
+  // One monotonic deadline covers submit, URL allocation, user-bubble discovery,
+  // and causal stabilization. Providers may widen it for unusually slow commits.
+  sendConfirmationTimeoutMs() {
+    return 20_000;
+  }
+
+  monotonicNow() {
+    return performance.now();
+  }
+
+  async waitForPoll(ms) {
+    await this.page.waitForTimeout(ms);
+  }
+
+  #sendDeadlineError() {
+    return new BrowserAdapterError(
+      `${this.providerName} did not confirm the submitted message before the causal deadline. `
+        + "It was not sent again automatically.",
+      {
+        code: "SEND_COMMIT_UNKNOWN",
+        recoverable: false,
+        details: this.#sendDiagnosticDetails(),
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  #sendDiagnosticDetails() {
+    const proof = this.activeSendProof;
+    return {
+      stage: proof?.stage ?? "unknown",
+      sendStatus: this.lastSendStatus,
+      elapsedMs: proof?.submittedAt == null
+        ? null : Math.round(this.monotonicNow() - proof.submittedAt),
+      ...(proof?.sample ?? {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  async #awaitWithinSendDeadline(promise, deadline) {
+    const remaining = deadline - this.monotonicNow();
+    if (remaining <= 0) {
+      throw this.#sendDeadlineError();
+    }
+    let timer;
+    try {
+      const result = await Promise.race([
+        Promise.resolve(promise),
+        new Promise((_, reject) => {
+          timer = setTimeout(
+            () => reject(this.#sendDeadlineError()),
+            Math.max(1, Math.ceil(remaining)),
+          );
+        }),
+      ]);
+      if (this.monotonicNow() >= deadline) {
+        throw this.#sendDeadlineError();
+      }
+      return result;
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Real elapsed time required before a URL/DOM correlation becomes trusted.
+  // Kept overridable only so deterministic adapter tests need not sleep.
+  restorationCorrelationWindowMs() {
+    return RESTORATION_STABLE_WINDOW_MS;
   }
 
   // Decide whether `candidate` is a genuinely new assistant reply for the
@@ -319,35 +569,983 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     return 1;
   }
 
+  acceptRecoveredOutboundAnchor({
+    conversationUrl,
+    conversationTargetId,
+    userMessageId,
+    userTurn = null,
+    assistantBaseline = null,
+    assistantCandidateMessageId = null,
+    assistantCandidateTurn = null,
+  }) {
+    const normalizedUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(conversationUrl);
+    const kind = normalizedUrl
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(normalizedUrl)
+      : "invalid";
+    if (
+      !this.page
+      || !["restorable", "provisional"].includes(kind)
+      || !sameConversationUrl(this.page.url(), normalizedUrl)
+      || (conversationTargetId ?? null) !== (this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null)
+    ) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        `${this.providerName} recovery anchor no longer matches the exact browser target.`,
+        { code: "OUTBOUND_COMMIT_UNCERTAIN", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const baselineIds = Array.isArray(assistantBaseline?.ids)
+      ? assistantBaseline.ids.filter(Boolean)
+      : [];
+    this.#beginConversationObservation(normalizedUrl, {
+      arm: false,
+      reset: true,
+    });
+    this.assistantIdsBeforeSend = new Set(baselineIds);
+    this.assistantMaxTurnBeforeSend = Number.isSafeInteger(
+      assistantBaseline?.maxTurn,
+    )
+      ? assistantBaseline.maxTurn
+      : null;
+    this.assistantCountBeforeSend = Number.isSafeInteger(
+      assistantBaseline?.count,
+    )
+      ? assistantBaseline.count
+      : baselineIds.length;
+    this.lastAssistantTextBeforeSend = String(
+      assistantBaseline?.lastText ?? "",
+    );
+    this.sentUserTurn = Number.isSafeInteger(userTurn) ? userTurn : null;
+    this.lastUserMessageId = userMessageId ?? null;
+    this.expectedRestorationUserId = userMessageId ?? null;
+    this.expectedRestorationAssistantId = baselineIds.at(-1) ?? null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateId = typeof assistantCandidateMessageId === "string"
+      && assistantCandidateMessageId
+      ? assistantCandidateMessageId
+      : null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn = Number.isSafeInteger(
+      assistantCandidateTurn,
+    )
+      ? assistantCandidateTurn
+      : null;
+    this.recoveredTurnTopologyRequired = true;
+    this.#captureActiveTurnProof(normalizedUrl);
+    return this.#currentConversationIdentity();
+  }
+
+  setConversationIdentityListener(listener) {
+    this.conversationIdentityListener = typeof listener === "function"
+      ? listener
+      : null;
+  }
+
+  async getConversationIdentity() {
+    const currentUrl = this.page?.url?.() ?? null;
+    if (
+      currentUrl
+      && normalizedConversationUrl(currentUrl) !== this.lastObservedPageUrl
+    ) {
+      this.#observeConversationNavigation(currentUrl);
+    }
+    await this.#verifyPendingCanonicalUrl();
+    return this.#currentConversationIdentity();
+  }
+
+  #currentConversationIdentity() {
+    const currentUrl = this.page?.url?.() ?? null;
+    const currentKind = currentUrl
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(currentUrl)
+      : "invalid";
+    const normalizedCurrent = normalizedConversationUrl(currentUrl);
+    const currentIsTrusted = normalizedCurrent != null && (
+      this.observedConversationAliases.has(normalizedCurrent)
+      || (
+        currentKind === "fresh"
+        && normalizedCurrent === this.observedConversationUrl
+      )
+    );
+    const conversationUrl = currentIsTrusted
+      ? normalizedCurrent
+      : this.observedConversationUrl;
+    return {
+      conversationUrl: conversationUrl ?? null,
+      targetId: this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null,
+      kind: conversationUrl
+        ? this.classifyConversationUrl(conversationUrl)
+        : "invalid",
+    };
+  }
+
+  #isObservedConversationAlias(value) {
+    const normalized = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    return normalized != null && this.observedConversationAliases.has(normalized);
+  }
+
+  #activeSendProofIsIntact() {
+    const proof = this.activeSendProof;
+    if (!proof) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (
+      proof.invalidated
+      || proof.sendEpoch !== this.sendEpoch
+      || proof.page !== this.page
+    ) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (
+      proof.mainFrame
+      && typeof this.page?.mainFrame === "function"
+      && this.page.mainFrame() !== proof.mainFrame
+    ) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return false;
+    }
+    if ((proof.targetId ?? null) !== (this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null)) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (
+      proof.currentUrl
+      && !sameConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.(), proof.currentUrl)
+    ) {
+      // Polling may observe a URL before Playwright dispatches its navigation
+      // event. It can invalidate a proof, but it must never nominate a route.
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  #captureActiveTurnProof(conversationUrl, {
+    outboundId = null,
+    userMessageId = null,
+    userTurn = null,
+  } = {}) {
+    const normalizedUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(conversationUrl);
+    this.activeTurnProof = {
+      page: this.page,
+      mainFrame: typeof this.page?.mainFrame === "function"
+        ? this.page.mainFrame()
+        : null,
+      targetId: this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null,
+      scopeEpoch: this.conversationScopeEpoch,
+      conversationUrl: normalizedUrl,
+      outboundId,
+      userMessageId,
+      userTurn,
+      invalidated: false,
+    };
+    this.activeTurnConversationUrl = normalizedUrl;
+  }
+
+  #activeTurnProofIsIntact({ allowPendingCanonicalUrl = false } = {}) {
+    const proof = this.activeTurnProof;
+    if (!proof) {
+      return this.activeTurnConversationUrl == null;
+    }
+    const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.());
+    if (
+      proof.invalidated
+      || proof.page !== this.page
+      || proof.scopeEpoch !== this.conversationScopeEpoch
+      || (proof.targetId ?? null) !== (this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null)
+      || (
+        proof.mainFrame
+        && typeof this.page?.mainFrame === "function"
+        && this.page.mainFrame() !== proof.mainFrame
+      )
+      || (
+        !sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, proof.conversationUrl)
+        && !this.#isObservedConversationAlias(currentUrl)
+        && !(
+          allowPendingCanonicalUrl
+          && sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, this.pendingCanonicalUrl)
+        )
+      )
+    ) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  async #validateRecoveredTurnBoundary(candidate = {}) {
+    if (!this.recoveredTurnTopologyRequired) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const assertProof = () => {
+      if (!this.#activeTurnProofIsIntact()) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          `${this.providerName} recovery boundary left its exact browser target. `
+            + "No content from the changed conversation was accepted.",
+          { code: "OUTBOUND_COMMIT_UNCERTAIN", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+    };
+    assertProof();
+    await this.assertRecoveredTurnTopology(candidate);
+    assertProof();
+  }
+
+  #recordActiveSendCandidate(value, {
+    previousUrl = null,
+    allowCurrentNavigation = false,
+  } = {}) {
+    const proof = this.activeSendProof;
+    if (!proof) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    const candidate = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    if (
+      !candidate
+      || proof.page !== this.page
+      || proof.sendEpoch !== this.sendEpoch
+      || (proof.invalidated && !allowCurrentNavigation)
+      || !sameConversationUrl(previousUrl, proof.currentUrl)
+    ) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    proof.invalidated = false;
+    proof.currentUrl = candidate;
+    proof.candidateUrl = candidate;
+    proof.candidateNavigationEpoch = this.navigationEpoch;
+    proof.candidateBeforeSubmission = Boolean(
+      proof.candidateBeforeSubmission || !proof.submissionStarted,
+    );
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  #resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate = false } = {}) {
+    this.pendingCanonicalSignature = null;
+    this.pendingCanonicalStableSince = 0;
+    if (clearCandidate) {
+      this.pendingCanonicalUrl = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  #stageCanonicalCandidate(value) {
+    const normalized = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    if (!normalized) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!sameConversationUrl(this.pendingCanonicalUrl, normalized)) {
+      this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification();
+    }
+    this.pendingCanonicalUrl = normalized;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  async #recordPendingFreshCandidateEmpty(value) {
+    const candidate = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    if (
+      !candidate
+      || !sameConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.(), candidate)
+      || !this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(candidate)
+    ) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (await this.conversationMessages().count().catch(() => -1) !== 0) {
+      this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.set(candidate, {
+        stableSince: 0,
+        verified: false,
+        poisoned: true,
+      });
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (
+      !sameConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.(), candidate)
+      || !this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(candidate)
+    ) {
+      this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.delete(candidate);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const observedAt = this.monotonicNow();
+    const previous = this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.get(candidate);
+    const state = previous ?? {
+      stableSince: observedAt,
+      verified: false,
+      poisoned: false,
+    };
+    if (state.poisoned) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    state.verified = state.verified
+      || observedAt - state.stableSince >= this.restorationCorrelationWindowMs();
+    this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.set(candidate, state);
+    return state.verified;
+  }
+
+  async #waitForStablePendingFreshCandidate(candidate, {
+    deadline = this.monotonicNow() + this.sendConfirmationTimeoutMs(),
+  } = {}) {
+    while (this.monotonicNow() < deadline) {
+      if (await this.#recordPendingFreshCandidateEmpty(candidate)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (
+        !sameConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.(), candidate)
+        || !this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(candidate)
+        || this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.get(candidate)?.poisoned
+      ) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      await this.waitForPoll(Math.min(250, deadline - this.monotonicNow()));
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  #verifyPendingCanonicalUrl() {
+    const operation = this.pendingCanonicalVerificationQueue
+      .catch(() => false)
+      .then(() => this.#verifyPendingCanonicalUrlNow());
+    this.pendingCanonicalVerificationQueue = operation;
+    return operation;
+  }
+
+  async #verifyPendingCanonicalUrlNow() {
+    const candidate = this.pendingCanonicalUrl;
+    const candidateKind = candidate
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(candidate)
+      : "invalid";
+    if (
+      !candidate
+      || !sameConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.(), candidate)
+      || !["restorable", "provisional"].includes(candidateKind)
+    ) {
+      this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification();
+      return false;
+    }
+    const [assistant, user] = await Promise.all([
+      this.#captureMessageIdentities(this.assistantMessages()),
+      this.#captureMessageIdentities(this.userMessages()),
+    ]);
+    const assistantMatched = Boolean(
+      this.expectedRestorationAssistantId
+      && assistant.ids.has(this.expectedRestorationAssistantId)
+    );
+    const userMatched = Boolean(
+      this.expectedRestorationUserId
+      && user.ids.has(this.expectedRestorationUserId)
+    );
+    let currentSendUserMatched = Boolean(
+      this.freshSendConfirmed
+      && this.lastUserMessageId
+      && user.ids.has(this.lastUserMessageId)
+    );
+    let currentSendMarker = this.lastUserMessageId;
+    if (
+      !currentSendUserMatched
+      && this.freshSendConfirmed
+      && isValidOutboundCorrelationId(this.activeTurnProof?.outboundId)
+    ) {
+      const messages = this.userMessages();
+      const count = await messages.count().catch(() => 0);
+      for (let index = count - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+        const message = messages.nth(index);
+        const identity = await this.messageIdentity(message);
+        if (
+          this.activeTurnProof.userTurn != null
+          && identity.turn != null
+          && identity.turn !== this.activeTurnProof.userTurn
+        ) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        const renderedText = await this.userMessageText(message);
+        if (!renderedMessageContainsOutboundMarker(
+          renderedText,
+          this.activeTurnProof.outboundId,
+        )) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        currentSendUserMatched = true;
+        currentSendMarker = identity.id
+          ?? `turn:${identity.turn ?? this.activeTurnProof.userTurn ?? "unknown"}`;
+        if (identity.id) {
+          this.lastUserMessageId = identity.id;
+          this.expectedRestorationUserId = identity.id;
+          this.activeTurnProof.userMessageId = identity.id;
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!assistantMatched && !userMatched && !currentSendUserMatched) {
+      this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification();
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const matchedMarker = currentSendUserMatched
+      ? `user:${currentSendMarker}`
+      : assistantMatched
+        ? `assistant:${this.expectedRestorationAssistantId}`
+        : `user:${this.expectedRestorationUserId}`;
+    const signature = [
+      candidate,
+      candidateKind,
+      this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? "",
+      matchedMarker,
+    ].join(":");
+    const observedAt = this.monotonicNow();
+    if (signature !== this.pendingCanonicalSignature) {
+      this.pendingCanonicalSignature = signature;
+      this.pendingCanonicalStableSince = observedAt;
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (
+      observedAt - this.pendingCanonicalStableSince
+      < this.restorationCorrelationWindowMs()
+    ) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (
+      !sameConversationUrl(this.pendingCanonicalUrl, candidate)
+      || !sameConversationUrl(this.page?.url?.(), candidate)
+    ) {
+      this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification();
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    this.#trustConversationUrl(candidate);
+    this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate: true });
+    this.#publishConversationIdentity();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  #publishConversationIdentity() {
+    const identity = this.#currentConversationIdentity();
+    if (
+      !identity.conversationUrl
+      || !["restorable", "provisional"].includes(identity.kind)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+    Promise.resolve(this.conversationIdentityListener?.(identity)).catch(() => {});
+  }
+
+  #trustConversationUrl(value, { notify = false } = {}) {
+    const normalized = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    if (!normalized) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    const kind = this.classifyConversationUrl(normalized);
+    if (!["fresh", "restorable", "provisional"].includes(kind)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    this.observedConversationUrl = normalized;
+    this.lastObservedPageUrl = normalized;
+    if (["restorable", "provisional"].includes(kind)) {
+      this.observedConversationAliases.add(normalized);
+    }
+    if (notify) {
+      this.#publishConversationIdentity();
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  #observeConversationNavigation(value, { navigationEvent = false } = {}) {
+    const normalized = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    if (normalized) this.recordConversationNavigation(normalized);
+    if (!normalized) {
+      if (this.activeSendProof) {
+        this.activeSendProof.invalidated = true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+    const kind = this.classifyConversationUrl(normalized);
+    const previous = this.lastObservedPageUrl;
+    const previousKind = previous
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(previous)
+      : "invalid";
+    const proofWasInvalidated = Boolean(this.activeSendProof?.invalidated);
+    if (
+      this.activeSendProof
+      && !navigationEvent
+      && !sameConversationUrl(normalized, this.activeSendProof.currentUrl)
+    ) {
+      // A polled URL change is not causal evidence. The matching top-frame event
+      // must be observed first for this send epoch.
+      this.activeSendProof.invalidated = true;
+    }
+    if (
+      navigationEvent
+      && this.activeSendProof
+      && !sameConversationUrl(normalized, this.activeSendProof.currentUrl)
+    ) {
+      // Every top-frame navigation invalidates the current proof until this exact
+      // conversation change is classified as an allowed causal transition below.
+      // Providers can emit several history events for one route (for example
+      // adding a response-id query parameter); those retain the same normalized
+      // conversation identity and must not destroy an otherwise intact proof.
+      // A prior bad transition is permanent; a later plausible route cannot
+      // rehabilitate it.
+      this.activeSendProof.invalidated = true;
+    }
+    this.lastObservedPageUrl = normalized;
+
+    if (this.#isObservedConversationAlias(normalized)) {
+      this.observedConversationUrl = normalized;
+      this.#publishConversationIdentity();
+      return true;
+    }
+    const validNewConversation = navigationEvent
+      && this.conversationObservationArmed
+      && previousKind === "fresh"
+      && ["provisional", "restorable"].includes(kind);
+    const pendingCanonicalTransition = navigationEvent
+      && previousKind === "provisional"
+      && this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(previous)
+      && kind === "restorable";
+    const validCanonicalTransition = navigationEvent
+      && previousKind === "provisional"
+      && this.#isObservedConversationAlias(previous)
+      && kind === "restorable";
+    const activeTransitionCandidate = validNewConversation
+      || pendingCanonicalTransition
+      || validCanonicalTransition;
+    const acceptedForActiveSend = !this.activeSendProof
+      || (
+        activeTransitionCandidate
+        && this.#recordActiveSendCandidate(normalized, {
+          previousUrl: previous,
+          allowCurrentNavigation: navigationEvent && !proofWasInvalidated,
+        })
+      );
+
+    if (
+      (validNewConversation || pendingCanonicalTransition)
+      && acceptedForActiveSend
+    ) {
+      this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.add(normalized);
+      if (
+        validNewConversation
+        && this.activeSendProof?.candidateBeforeSubmission
+      ) {
+        void this.#recordPendingFreshCandidateEmpty(normalized).catch(() => null);
+      }
+      if (!this.freshSendConfirmed) {
+        // Do not trust or publish a fresh-page transition before a new user bubble
+        // proves this send. File upload can legitimately allocate /c/WEB: early,
+        // while a user switching chats must remain untrusted.
+        return false;
+      }
+      this.#stageCanonicalCandidate(normalized);
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (validCanonicalTransition && acceptedForActiveSend) {
+      // A top-frame event proves page continuity, not conversation identity: the
+      // user could have navigated this tab. Promote only after a saved message id
+      // is found on the candidate page.
+      this.#stageCanonicalCandidate(normalized);
+      return false;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  #beginConversationObservation(seedUrl, { arm = false, reset = false } = {}) {
+    if (reset) {
+      this.conversationScopeEpoch += 1;
+      this.activeTurnProof = null;
+      this.observedConversationAliases.clear();
+      this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.clear();
+      this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.clear();
+      this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate: true });
+      this.observedConversationUrl = null;
+      this.freshSendConfirmed = false;
+    }
+    if (seedUrl) {
+      this.#trustConversationUrl(seedUrl);
+    }
+    if (arm) {
+      this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.clear();
+      this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.clear();
+      this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate: true });
+      this.freshSendConfirmed = false;
+    }
+    this.conversationObservationArmed = arm;
+    if (this.pageNavigationListener || typeof this.page?.on !== "function") {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.pageNavigationListener = (frame) => {
+      try {
+        if (
+          typeof this.page.mainFrame === "function"
+          && frame !== this.page.mainFrame()
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+        this.navigationEpoch += 1;
+        this.#observeConversationNavigation(
+          frame?.url?.() ?? this.page.url(),
+          { navigationEvent: true },
+        );
+        void this.#verifyPendingCanonicalUrl().catch(() => null);
+      } catch {
+        // The transport may disappear while Playwright dispatches navigation.
+      }
+    };
+    this.page.on("framenavigated", this.pageNavigationListener);
+  }
+
+  async #assertTrustedPageForSend(expectedUrl, {
+    allowPendingFreshTransition = false,
+  } = {}) {
+    const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page.url());
+    const turnBindingTrusted = !this.activeTurnConversationUrl
+      || this.#activeTurnProofIsIntact();
+    const directlyTrusted = turnBindingTrusted
+      && this.#activeSendProofIsIntact()
+      && (
+        sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, expectedUrl)
+        || this.#isObservedConversationAlias(currentUrl)
+      );
+    if (directlyTrusted) {
+      return currentUrl;
+    }
+    if (
+      allowPendingFreshTransition
+      && turnBindingTrusted
+      && this.#activeSendProofIsIntact()
+      && this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(currentUrl)
+      && await this.#waitForStablePendingFreshCandidate(currentUrl)
+      && this.#activeSendProofIsIntact()
+    ) {
+      return currentUrl;
+    }
+    await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-before-send");
+    throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+      `${this.providerName} left the verified conversation before the message was submitted. `
+        + "Nothing was sent.",
+      { code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_BEFORE_SEND", recoverable: false },
+    );
+  }
+
+  #isTrustedPageUrl(value) {
+    const normalized = normalizedConversationUrl(value);
+    const kind = normalized
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(normalized)
+      : "invalid";
+    return Boolean(
+      normalized
+      && (
+        this.#isObservedConversationAlias(normalized)
+        || (
+          kind === "fresh"
+          && sameConversationUrl(normalized, this.observedConversationUrl)
+        )
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  async #submittedPageState({ allowPendingFreshTransition = false } = {}) {
+    const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page.url());
+    if (!this.#activeSendProofIsIntact()) {
+      return { status: "untrusted", conversationUrl: currentUrl };
+    }
+    if (sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, this.pendingCanonicalUrl)) {
+      await this.#verifyPendingCanonicalUrl();
+    }
+    if (this.#isTrustedPageUrl(currentUrl)) {
+      return { status: "trusted", conversationUrl: currentUrl };
+    }
+    if (
+      sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, this.pendingCanonicalUrl)
+      || (
+        allowPendingFreshTransition
+        && this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(currentUrl)
+      )
+    ) {
+      return { status: "candidate", conversationUrl: currentUrl };
+    }
+    return { status: "untrusted", conversationUrl: currentUrl };
+  }
+
+  async #waitForCanonicalCandidate(candidate, {
+    deadline = this.monotonicNow() + this.sendConfirmationTimeoutMs(),
+  } = {}) {
+    while (this.monotonicNow() < deadline) {
+      const state = await this.#awaitWithinSendDeadline(
+        this.#submittedPageState(),
+        deadline,
+      );
+      if (state.status === "trusted") {
+        return state.conversationUrl;
+      }
+      if (
+        state.status !== "candidate"
+        || !sameConversationUrl(state.conversationUrl, candidate)
+      ) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      const remaining = deadline - this.monotonicNow();
+      if (remaining <= 0) {
+        break;
+      }
+      await this.#awaitWithinSendDeadline(
+        this.waitForPoll(Math.min(250, remaining)),
+        deadline,
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  #confirmFreshConversationSend() {
+    this.freshSendConfirmed = true;
+    const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page.url());
+    const currentKind = currentUrl
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(currentUrl)
+      : "invalid";
+    if (
+      !["restorable", "provisional"].includes(currentKind)
+      || !this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.has(currentUrl)
+    ) {
+      // Some providers keep the explicit fresh route until later in generation.
+      // Leave observation armed; the confirmed user bubble now makes a later
+      // fresh -> conversation transition eligible for marker verification.
+      return;
+    }
+    // Only the page that contains this send's confirmed user bubble is trusted.
+    // Earlier candidates may have been opened manually and must not become aliases.
+    this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.clear();
+    this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.clear();
+    this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate: true });
+    this.#trustConversationUrl(currentUrl, { notify: true });
+    if (currentKind === "restorable") {
+      this.conversationObservationArmed = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  #dropPageState({ clearObservation = true } = {}) {
+    if (this.activeSendProof) {
+      this.activeSendProof.invalidated = true;
+      this.activeSendProof = null;
+    }
+    if (this.activeTurnProof) {
+      this.activeTurnProof.invalidated = true;
+      this.activeTurnProof = null;
+    }
+    if (this.pageNavigationListener && typeof this.page?.off === "function") {
+      this.page.off("framenavigated", this.pageNavigationListener);
+    }
+    this.cdpChrome = null;
+    this.context = null;
+    this.page = null;
+    this.preservedPreferredUrl = null;
+    this.pageNavigationListener = null;
+    this.preferredTabAmbiguous = false;
+    this.conversationObservationArmed = false;
+    this.freshSendConfirmed = false;
+    this.pendingFreshConversationAliases.clear();
+    this.pendingFreshEmptyAliases.clear();
+    this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate: true });
+    this.expectedRestorationAssistantId = null;
+    this.expectedRestorationUserId = null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateId = null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn = null;
+    this.recoveredTurnTopologyRequired = false;
+    this.lastObservedPageUrl = null;
+    if (clearObservation) {
+      this.activeTurnConversationUrl = null;
+      this.allowInPlaceAssistantContinuation = false;
+      this.inPlaceAssistantGenerationObserved = false;
+      this.observedConversationUrl = null;
+      this.observedConversationAliases.clear();
+    }
+  }
+
   // ---- lifecycle ---------------------------------------------------------
 
+  // Kept overridable so lifecycle tests can supply a deterministic CDP
+  // connection without launching a real browser.
+  async launchCdpChrome(options) {
+    return await launchAndConnectCdpChrome(options);
+  }
+
+  hasExactRecoveryTarget(targetId) {
+    return Boolean(
+      targetId
+      && this.cdpChrome?.exactTargetOnly === true
+      && this.cdpChrome.targetId === targetId
+      && this.context
+      && this.page,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Attach only the exact already-open Page used by an ambiguous outbound. This
+  // recovery path never creates or navigates a target and never launches Chrome.
+  async launchRecoveryTarget(targetId) {
+    if (typeof targetId !== "string" || targetId.length === 0) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        "Pending outbound recovery requires a saved browser target ID.",
+        { code: "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
+    if (this.context) {
+      if (this.hasExactRecoveryTarget(targetId)) {
+        return {
+          conversationUrl: this.page.url(),
+          targetId,
+        };
+      }
+      if (this.cdpChrome?.targetId !== targetId || !this.page) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          "A different browser target is already attached; refusing recovery fallback.",
+          { code: "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+      if (typeof this.cdpChrome.detach !== "function") {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          "The current browser transport cannot be safely promoted to exact-target recovery.",
+          { code: "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+      // A same-process /retry can still own a normal CDP connection. Release its
+      // transport and profile lock, then reacquire the saved target through the
+      // strict path so close() cannot terminate Chrome or remove recovery state.
+      try {
+        await this.cdpChrome.detach();
+      } catch (error) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          "The current browser transport could not be detached for exact-target recovery.",
+          {
+            code: "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE",
+            recoverable: false,
+            cause: error,
+          },
+        );
+      }
+      this.#dropPageState();
+    }
+
+    await ensureDirectory(this.profileDir);
+    let connection = null;
+    try {
+      connection = await this.launchCdpChrome({
+        profileDir: this.profileDir,
+        preferredTargetId: targetId,
+        exactTargetOnly: true,
+      });
+      if (
+        connection?.exactTargetOnly !== true
+        || !connection.preferredTargetMatched
+        || connection.targetId !== targetId
+        || !connection.page
+        || !connection.context
+      ) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          "Chrome did not expose the exact saved target for pending outbound recovery.",
+          { code: "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+      this.cdpChrome = connection;
+      this.context = connection.context;
+      this.page = connection.page;
+      this.page.setDefaultTimeout(15_000);
+      this.page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(60_000);
+      this.preservedPreferredUrl = null;
+      this.preferredTabAmbiguous = false;
+      return {
+        conversationUrl: this.page.url(),
+        targetId,
+      };
+    } catch (error) {
+      await connection?.detach?.().catch(() => null);
+      this.#dropPageState();
+      if (error instanceof BrowserAdapterError) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        "The exact saved browser target is unavailable for recovery.",
+        {
+          code: error?.code === "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE"
+            ? error.code
+            : "RECOVERY_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE",
+          recoverable: false,
+          cause: error,
+        },
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   // `preferredUrl` lets a reused Chrome pick an existing tab that already
   // shows the conversation (instead of opening a new tab per run).
-  async launch(preferredUrl = null) {
+  async launch(preferredUrl = null, { preferredTargetId = null } = {}) {
     if (this.context) {
+      // A later turn can still hold the same Page after its provisional URL was
+      // replaced. Arm that page's known alias instead of navigating it to root.
+      if (preferredUrl && this.#isObservedConversationAlias(preferredUrl)) {
+        this.preservedPreferredUrl = preferredUrl;
+      }
       return;
     }
     await ensureDirectory(this.profileDir);
     const executablePath = discoverChromeExecutable(this.chromePath);
 
-    this.cdpChrome = await launchAndConnectCdpChrome({
+    const preferredKind = preferredUrl
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(preferredUrl)
+      : "fresh";
+    const reusablePreferredUrl = ["restorable", "provisional"]
+      .includes(preferredKind)
+      ? String(preferredUrl)
+      : null;
+
+    this.cdpChrome = await this.launchCdpChrome({
       executablePath,
       profileDir: this.profileDir,
       minimized: this.minimized,
-      preferredUrl,
+      preferredUrl: reusablePreferredUrl,
+      preferredTargetId,
     });
     this.context = this.cdpChrome.context;
     this.page = this.cdpChrome.page;
     this.page.setDefaultTimeout(15_000);
     this.page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(60_000);
-    await this.page.goto(this.baseUrl, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+
+    const preservedPreferredTab = Boolean(
+      this.cdpChrome.preferredTargetMatched
+      || (
+        reusablePreferredUrl
+        && this.cdpChrome.preferredTabMatched
+      ),
+    );
+    this.preferredTabAmbiguous = Boolean(
+      this.cdpChrome.preferredTabAmbiguous,
+    );
+    if (
+      preferredKind === "provisional"
+      && !preservedPreferredTab
+      && (this.cdpChrome.existingPageUrls ?? []).some((value) =>
+        ["restorable", "provisional"].includes(
+          this.classifyConversationUrl(value),
+        )
+      )
+    ) {
+      // A legacy session has no target id, and its provisional path may already
+      // have canonicalized in one of these tabs. Do not guess which conversation
+      // belongs to it, and do not rebuild while a possible original is still open.
+      this.preferredTabAmbiguous = true;
+    }
+    this.preservedPreferredUrl = preservedPreferredTab
+      ? String(preferredUrl ?? this.baseUrl)
+      : null;
+    if (this.preferredTabAmbiguous) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        `${this.providerName} has multiple possible tabs for this provisional conversation. `
+          + "Refusing to choose one or rebuild on a blank page.",
+        { code: "CONVERSATION_TAB_AMBIGUOUS", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
+    if (preservedPreferredTab) {
+      this.#beginConversationObservation(this.preservedPreferredUrl);
+    } else {
+      await this.page.goto(this.baseUrl, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    }
   }
 
+
   async close() {
     await this.cdpChrome?.close();
-    this.cdpChrome = null;
-    this.context = null;
-    this.page = null;
+    this.#dropPageState();
   }
 
   // Leave Chrome open for inspection, but drop the CDP transport and the
@@ -356,21 +1554,19 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
   // lock held by this process.
   async detach() {
     await this.cdpChrome?.detach?.().catch(() => null);
-    this.cdpChrome = null;
-    this.context = null;
-    this.page = null;
+    this.#dropPageState();
   }
 
   // Re-establishes the CDP connection to a still-alive Chrome after the
   // Playwright transport died mid-run (e.g. the Mac slept). launch() reuses
   // the saved CDP state, so Chrome is neither relaunched nor killed; an
   // existing tab on the preferred conversation is reused when available.
-  async reconnect(preferredUrl = null) {
-    await this.cdpChrome?.disconnect?.().catch(() => null);
-    this.cdpChrome = null;
-    this.context = null;
-    this.page = null;
-    await this.launch(preferredUrl);
+  async reconnect(preferredUrl = null, { preferredTargetId = null } = {}) {
+    // launch() acquires a new profile lock. Release this connection's ownership
+    // first; if another CLI wins the lock, launch must respect that owner.
+    await this.cdpChrome?.detach?.();
+    this.#dropPageState({ clearObservation: false });
+    await this.launch(preferredUrl, { preferredTargetId });
   }
 
   // Bring the window forward (used before asking the user to log in or solve a
@@ -441,65 +1637,133 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
 
   async startConversation(
     conversationUrl = null,
-    { expectedAssistantMessageId = null } = {},
+    {
+      expectedAssistantMessageId = null,
+      expectedUserMessageId = null,
+    } = {},
   ) {
     this.requirePage();
-    let target = this.baseUrl;
-    let resumesExistingConversation = Boolean(conversationUrl);
-    if (conversationUrl) {
-      const parsed = new URL(conversationUrl);
-      const base = new URL(this.baseUrl);
-      if (parsed.protocol !== "https:" || parsed.hostname !== base.hostname) {
-        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
-          `Refusing to open a conversation outside ${base.hostname}.`,
-          { code: "INVALID_CONVERSATION_URL" },
-        );
-      }
-      target = parsed.href;
-      const conversationPattern = this.conversationUrlPattern();
-      // A run can fail before the first message is committed. In that case its
-      // saved URL is the provider's home/new-chat page, not a conversation to
-      // hydrate. Resume it as a verified fresh chat instead of waiting forever
-      // for history that cannot exist.
-      if (conversationPattern && !conversationPattern.test(parsed.pathname)) {
-        resumesExistingConversation = false;
-      }
-    }
-
-    const reuseCurrent = Boolean(
-      conversationUrl
-      && sameConversationUrl(this.page.url(), target),
-    );
-    if (!reuseCurrent) {
-      await this.page.goto(target, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    this.expectedRestorationAssistantId = expectedAssistantMessageId;
+    this.expectedRestorationUserId = expectedUserMessageId;
+    const base = new URL(this.baseUrl);
+    const requestedUrl = conversationUrl
+      ? normalizedConversationUrl(conversationUrl)
+      : null;
+    const requestedKind = requestedUrl
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(requestedUrl)
+      : "fresh";
+    if (["invalid", "unknown"].includes(requestedKind)) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        requestedKind === "invalid"
+          ? `Refusing to open a conversation outside ${base.origin}.`
+          : `Refusing to treat an unknown ${base.hostname} route as a conversation.`,
+        {
+          code: requestedKind === "invalid"
+            ? "INVALID_CONVERSATION_URL"
+            : "UNKNOWN_CONVERSATION_URL",
+        },
+      );
     }
-    const composer = await this.#waitForComposer(30_000);
-    if (!composer) {
+    if (this.preferredTabAmbiguous) {
       throw new BrowserAdapterError(
-        `${this.providerName} composer was not found after opening a new conversation.`,
-        { code: "COMPOSER_NOT_FOUND" },
+        `${this.providerName} has multiple possible tabs for this provisional conversation. `
+          + "Refusing to choose one or rebuild on a blank page.",
+        { code: "CONVERSATION_TAB_AMBIGUOUS", recoverable: false },
       );
     }
 
-    if (resumesExistingConversation) {
-      await this.#waitForConversationHistory({
-        expectedAssistantMessageId,
-        expectedUrl: target,
-      });
-      return;
-    }
+    const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page.url());
+    const provisionalTabMatched = Boolean(
+      requestedUrl
+      && requestedKind === "provisional"
+      && (
+        sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, requestedUrl)
+        || sameConversationUrl(this.preservedPreferredUrl, requestedUrl)
+        || this.#isObservedConversationAlias(requestedUrl)
+      )
+    );
+    const currentKind = currentUrl
+      ? this.classifyConversationUrl(currentUrl)
+      : "invalid";
+    const freshTargetConversationCandidate = Boolean(
+      requestedKind === "fresh"
+      && this.cdpChrome?.preferredTargetMatched
+      && currentKind === "restorable"
+    );
+    const resumesExistingConversation = requestedKind === "restorable"
+      || provisionalTabMatched
+      || freshTargetConversationCandidate;
+
+    // A provisional URL can locate a live tab, but must never be navigated to.
+    // A matched page may canonicalize while we observe it; Page continuity alone
+    // is insufficient, so a saved user/assistant marker must remain on the new
+    // route throughout the restoration stability window.
+    const target = requestedKind === "provisional"
+      ? (provisionalTabMatched ? currentUrl : normalizedConversationUrl(this.baseUrl))
+      : freshTargetConversationCandidate
+        ? currentUrl
+        : (requestedUrl ?? normalizedConversationUrl(this.baseUrl));
 
-    if (!resumesExistingConversation && !await this.#isFreshConversation()) {
-      await this.#openNewConversation();
-      const freshComposer = await this.#waitForComposer(30_000);
-      if (!freshComposer || !await this.#isFreshConversation()) {
+    try {
+      if (!sameConversationUrl(this.page.url(), target)) {
+        await this.page.goto(String(target), { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+      }
+      const composer = await this.#waitForComposer(30_000);
+      if (!composer) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          `${this.providerName} composer was not found after opening a conversation.`,
+          { code: "COMPOSER_NOT_FOUND" },
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (resumesExistingConversation) {
+        return await this.#waitForConversationHistory({
+          expectedAssistantMessageId,
+          expectedUserMessageId,
+          expectedUrl: requestedUrl,
+          allowCanonicalTransition: requestedKind === "provisional"
+            || freshTargetConversationCandidate,
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (!await this.#isFreshConversation()) {
+        await this.#openNewConversation();
+        const freshComposer = await this.#waitForComposer(30_000);
+        if (!freshComposer) {
+          await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-not-fresh");
+          throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+            `${this.providerName} did not expose a composer on its new-chat page.`,
+            { code: "CONVERSATION_NOT_FRESH" },
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      const freshUrl = await this.#waitForStableFreshConversation();
+      if (!freshUrl) {
         await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-not-fresh");
         throw new BrowserAdapterError(
-          `${this.providerName} did not open a verified empty conversation. `
+          `${this.providerName} did not open a stable, verified empty conversation. `
             + "Refusing to send a new session prompt into an existing chat.",
           { code: "CONVERSATION_NOT_FRESH" },
         );
       }
+      this.expectedRestorationAssistantId = null;
+      this.expectedRestorationUserId = null;
+      this.lastAssistantMessageId = null;
+      this.lastAssistantTurn = null;
+      this.lastUserMessageId = null;
+      this.activeTurnConversationUrl = null;
+      this.#beginConversationObservation(freshUrl, { arm: false, reset: true });
+      return {
+        status: "verified-fresh",
+        conversationUrl: freshUrl,
+        ...(this.cdpChrome?.targetId
+          ? { targetId: this.cdpChrome.targetId }
+          : {}),
+      };
+    } finally {
+      // A CDP selection proves only this single restoration attempt. Long-lived
+      // page aliases continue to be tracked separately by navigation events.
+      this.preservedPreferredUrl = null;
     }
   }
 
@@ -508,12 +1772,117 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     return this.page.url();
   }
 
+  async getLastUserMessageId() {
+    return this.lastUserMessageId;
+  }
+
   async getLastAssistantMessageId() {
     return this.lastAssistantMessageId;
   }
 
-  async sendMessage(text, { files = [], maxBytes = null } = {}) {
+  async getLastAssistantTurn() {
+    return this.lastAssistantTurn;
+  }
+
+  async captureAuxiliaryTurnCompletion({ timeoutMs = 30_000 } = {}) {
     this.requirePage();
+    const deadline = this.monotonicNow() + Math.max(0, Number(timeoutMs) || 0);
+    let candidate = null;
+    let conversationUrl = null;
+    while (this.monotonicNow() <= deadline) {
+      // A fresh provider chat may allocate its durable conversation URL only
+      // after the generated image has rendered. Keep the exact page/frame/
+      // target binding while the saved user-message marker stabilizes; do not
+      // read or accept an assistant boundary from an uncorrelated candidate URL.
+      if (
+        this.activeTurnConversationUrl
+        && !this.#activeTurnProofIsIntact({ allowPendingCanonicalUrl: true })
+      ) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          `${this.providerName} left the verified conversation during the provider operation.`,
+          { code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_DURING_TURN", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+      const pageState = await this.#submittedPageState();
+      if (pageState.status === "candidate") {
+        await this.waitForPoll(250);
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (pageState.status !== "trusted") {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          `${this.providerName} left the verified conversation during the provider operation.`,
+          { code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_DURING_TURN", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+      conversationUrl = pageState.conversationUrl;
+      this.activeTurnConversationUrl = conversationUrl;
+      if (this.activeTurnProof) {
+        this.activeTurnProof.conversationUrl = conversationUrl;
+      }
+
+      const messages = this.assistantMessages();
+      const count = await messages.count().catch(() => 0);
+      if (count > 0) {
+        const message = messages.last();
+        const { id, turn } = await this.messageIdentity(message);
+        const text = await this.assistantText(message).catch(() => "");
+        const generating = await this.isAssistantGenerating(message);
+        if (
+          !generating
+          && this.isNewAssistantIdentity({ id, turn, text, generating: false })
+        ) {
+          candidate = { id, turn };
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      await this.waitForPoll(250);
+    }
+    if (!candidate) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        `${this.providerName} did not expose a completed, new assistant boundary for the provider operation.`,
+        { code: "AUXILIARY_TURN_UNCORRELATED", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
+    await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+      assistantPresent: true,
+      assistantMessageId: candidate.id,
+      assistantTurn: candidate.turn,
+    });
+    this.lastAssistantMessageId = candidate.id ?? null;
+    this.lastAssistantTurn = candidate.turn ?? null;
+    return {
+      assistantMessageId: this.lastAssistantMessageId,
+      assistantTurn: this.lastAssistantTurn,
+      conversationUrl,
+    };
+  }
+
+  getLastSendStatus() {
+    return this.lastSendStatus;
+  }
+
+  async sendMessage(text, {
+    files = [],
+    maxBytes = null,
+    outboundId = null,
+    allowAssistantContinuation = false,
+    requireAttachments = false,
+  } = {}) {
+    this.requirePage();
+    if (this.pendingSubmission) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        "The previous submit action is still in flight. No new message was composed.",
+        { code: "SEND_COMMIT_UNKNOWN", recoverable: false, details: { stage: "previous-submit" } },
+      );
+    }
+    this.lastSendStatus = "not-submitted";
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateId = null;
+    this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn = null;
+    this.recoveredTurnTopologyRequired = false;
+    this.allowInPlaceAssistantContinuation = Boolean(
+      allowAssistantContinuation,
+    );
+    this.inPlaceAssistantGenerationObserved = false;
     const messageBytes = Buffer.byteLength(String(text ?? ""), "utf8");
     if (maxBytes != null && messageBytes > maxBytes) {
       throw new BrowserAdapterError(
@@ -524,23 +1893,90 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
         },
       );
     }
-    const urlBeforeSend = this.page.url();
+    if (
+      outboundId != null
+      && (
+        !isValidOutboundCorrelationId(outboundId)
+        || !renderedMessageContainsOutboundMarker(text, outboundId)
+      )
+    ) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        "The outbound transport correlation marker is malformed. Nothing was sent.",
+        { code: "INVALID_OUTBOUND_CORRELATION_ID", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
+
+    let sendProof = null;
+    try {
+    const sendIdentity = await this.getConversationIdentity();
+    const urlBeforeSend = sendIdentity.conversationUrl;
+    const sendStartedFresh = sendIdentity.kind === "fresh";
+    await this.#assertTrustedPageForSend(urlBeforeSend);
     const composer = await this.#waitForComposer(30_000);
     if (!composer) {
       throw new BrowserAdapterError(
-        `${this.providerName} composer is unavailable.`,
-        { code: "COMPOSER_NOT_FOUND" },
+        `${this.providerName} composer is unavailable.`,
+        { code: "COMPOSER_NOT_FOUND" },
+      );
+    }
+
+    await this.dismissTransientOverlays();
+    await this.#waitUntilReadyToSend();
+
+    if (await firstVisible(this.pendingAttachmentLocators())) {
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        `${this.providerName} composer contains attachments from an earlier draft. `
+          + "Remove them in the browser before resuming.",
+        { code: "STALE_COMPOSER_ATTACHMENTS", recoverable: false },
       );
     }
 
-    await this.dismissTransientOverlays();
-    await this.#waitUntilReadyToSend();
+    await this.#assertTrustedPageForSend(urlBeforeSend);
+    this.sendEpoch += 1;
+    sendProof = {
+      sendEpoch: this.sendEpoch,
+      outboundId,
+      page: this.page,
+      mainFrame: typeof this.page?.mainFrame === "function"
+        ? this.page.mainFrame()
+        : null,
+      targetId: this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null,
+      sourceUrl: normalizedConversationUrl(urlBeforeSend),
+      currentUrl: normalizedConversationUrl(urlBeforeSend),
+      startedNavigationEpoch: this.navigationEpoch,
+      candidateUrl: null,
+      candidateNavigationEpoch: null,
+      candidateBeforeSubmission: false,
+      submissionStarted: false,
+      submittedAt: null,
+      deadline: null,
+      stage: "prepare",
+      sample: null,
+      orderedBaseline: null,
+      freshCandidateUserId: null,
+      freshCandidateUserTurn: null,
+      invalidated: false,
+    };
+    this.activeSendProof = sendProof;
+    this.#beginConversationObservation(urlBeforeSend, {
+      arm: sendStartedFresh,
+    });
 
     // Attach any @file uploads before typing/sending. Upload is best-effort: a
     // failure is reported to the caller but does not block sending the text.
     let attachment = null;
     if (files.length > 0) {
       attachment = await this.attachFiles(files);
+      if (requireAttachments && (attachment?.failed?.length ?? 0) > 0) {
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          `${this.providerName} could not attach every required file. Nothing was sent.`,
+          {
+            code: "ATTACHMENT_UPLOAD_FAILED",
+            recoverable: false,
+            details: { attachment },
+          },
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     const assistantMessages = this.assistantMessages();
@@ -552,6 +1988,12 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     );
     this.assistantIdsBeforeSend = assistantBaseline.ids;
     this.assistantMaxTurnBeforeSend = assistantBaseline.maxTurn;
+    this.expectedRestorationAssistantId ??= [...assistantBaseline.ids].at(-1) ?? null;
+    this.expectedRestorationUserId ??= [...userBaseline.ids].at(-1) ?? null;
+    const hasPreTransitionMarker = Boolean(
+      this.expectedRestorationAssistantId
+      || this.expectedRestorationUserId,
+    );
     // Count baseline for providers whose DOM exposes no stable per-message id
     // or turn ordinal (they override isNewAssistantIdentity to use it).
     this.assistantCountBeforeSend = assistantBaseline.count;
@@ -560,41 +2002,175 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
       : "";
     this.sentUserTurn = null;
 
+    await this.#assertTrustedPageForSend(urlBeforeSend, {
+      allowPendingFreshTransition: sendStartedFresh,
+    });
+    if (
+      sendStartedFresh
+      && (assistantBaseline.count !== 0 || userBaseline.count !== 0)
+    ) {
+      await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-before-send");
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        `${this.providerName} exposed conversation history before submission. Nothing was sent.`,
+        { code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_BEFORE_SEND", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
     await this.fillComposer(composer, text);
+    await this.#assertTrustedPageForSend(urlBeforeSend, {
+      allowPendingFreshTransition: sendStartedFresh,
+    });
 
-    await this.submitComposer(composer);
-
-    const conversationPattern = this.conversationUrlPattern();
     if (
-      conversationPattern
-      && !conversationPattern.test(new URL(urlBeforeSend).pathname)
+      sendStartedFresh
+      && this.requiresOrderedConversationSnapshotForFreshSend()
     ) {
-      await this.page.waitForURL(
-        (url) => conversationPattern.test(url.pathname),
-        { timeout: 5_000 },
-      ).catch(() => null);
+      const orderedBaseline = this.#validatedOrderedConversationSnapshot(
+        await this.orderedConversationSnapshot().catch(() => null),
+      );
+      if (
+        !orderedBaseline
+        || orderedBaseline.entries.length !== 0
+        || !sameConversationUrl(orderedBaseline.url, this.page.url())
+        || !this.#activeSendProofIsIntact()
+      ) {
+        await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-before-send");
+        throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+          `${this.providerName} could not verify an empty ordered conversation before submission. `
+            + "Nothing was sent.",
+          { code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_BEFORE_SEND", recoverable: false },
+        );
+      }
+      sendProof.orderedBaseline = {
+        url: orderedBaseline.url,
+        entries: [],
+      };
     }
 
-    let sentMessage = await this.#waitForSentUserMessage(userBaseline);
-    if (!sentMessage) {
-      // A click/Enter can be ignored while a native-tool card is still open.
-      // Retry once after the composer is idle again.
-      await this.#waitUntilReadyToSend(5_000);
-      await this.submitComposer(composer);
-      sentMessage = await this.#waitForSentUserMessage(userBaseline);
-    }
+    // From this point onward a transport failure cannot prove whether the
+    // provider committed the message. Runtime must never resend it blindly. One
+    // monotonic deadline includes the submission itself and every proof sample.
+    sendProof.submissionStarted = true;
+    sendProof.submittedAt = this.monotonicNow();
+    sendProof.deadline = sendProof.submittedAt
+      + this.sendConfirmationTimeoutMs();
+    this.lastSendStatus = "commit-unknown";
+    sendProof.stage = "submit";
+    const assertActive = () => {
+      if (sendProof.invalidated || this.activeSendProof !== sendProof
+        || this.monotonicNow() >= sendProof.deadline) {
+        throw this.#sendDeadlineError();
+      }
+    };
+    const submission = Promise.resolve().then(() => this.submitComposer(composer, {
+      assertActive,
+      timeoutMs: Math.max(1, Math.ceil(sendProof.deadline - this.monotonicNow())),
+    }));
+    this.pendingSubmission = submission;
+    const settled = () => {
+      if (this.pendingSubmission === submission) this.pendingSubmission = null;
+    };
+    submission.then(settled, settled);
+    await this.#awaitWithinSendDeadline(submission, sendProof.deadline);
+
+    sendProof.stage = "user-message-confirmation";
+    const sentMessage = await this.#waitForSentUserMessage(userBaseline, {
+      deadline: sendProof.deadline,
+      expectedText: text,
+      outboundId,
+      allowPendingFreshTransition: sendStartedFresh,
+      hasPreTransitionMarker,
+    });
     if (!sentMessage) {
-      // The model never rendered the message: the send did not register (a
-      // disabled send button, a missed Enter, or a transient UI state). Fail
-      // loudly instead of pretending the message went out — otherwise the
-      // runtime waits for a reply that was never received.
+      // Submission already happened. A missing bubble is ambiguous: retrying can
+      // duplicate a committed message whose DOM confirmation was delayed/lost.
       await this.writeDiagnostics("send-not-detected");
       throw new BrowserAdapterError(
-        `${this.providerName} did not render the sent message; the send may have failed.`,
-        { code: "SEND_NOT_DETECTED" },
+        `${this.providerName} did not confirm whether the sent message committed. `
+          + "It was not sent again automatically.",
+        { code: "SEND_COMMIT_UNKNOWN", recoverable: false },
+      );
+    }
+    this.lastUserMessageId = sentMessage.id ?? null;
+    if (sendStartedFresh) {
+      this.#confirmFreshConversationSend();
+    } else {
+      this.#observeConversationNavigation(this.page.url());
+    }
+
+    sendProof.stage = "conversation-confirmation";
+    let submittedPage = await this.#awaitWithinSendDeadline(
+      this.#submittedPageState(),
+      sendProof.deadline,
+    );
+    if (submittedPage.status === "candidate") {
+      const verifiedUrl = await this.#waitForCanonicalCandidate(
+        submittedPage.conversationUrl,
+        { deadline: sendProof.deadline },
+      );
+      submittedPage = verifiedUrl
+        ? { status: "trusted", conversationUrl: verifiedUrl }
+        : { status: "untrusted", conversationUrl: this.page.url() };
+    }
+    if (submittedPage.status !== "trusted") {
+      await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-after-submit");
+      throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+        `${this.providerName} changed conversations after submission, so the sent `
+          + "message could not be bound to the verified page. It was not sent again.",
+        { code: "SEND_COMMIT_UNKNOWN", recoverable: false },
       );
     }
-    return { attachment };
+
+    if (this.lastUserMessageId) {
+      this.expectedRestorationUserId = this.lastUserMessageId;
+    }
+    this.#captureActiveTurnProof(submittedPage.conversationUrl, {
+      outboundId,
+      userMessageId: this.lastUserMessageId,
+      userTurn: sentMessage.turn ?? null,
+    });
+    this.lastSendStatus = "confirmed";
+    return {
+      attachment,
+      userMessageId: this.lastUserMessageId,
+      userTurn: sentMessage.turn ?? null,
+      conversationUrl: submittedPage.conversationUrl,
+      conversationTargetId: this.cdpChrome?.targetId ?? null,
+      assistantBaseline: {
+        ids: [...assistantBaseline.ids],
+        count: assistantBaseline.count,
+        maxTurn: assistantBaseline.maxTurn,
+        lastText: this.lastAssistantTextBeforeSend,
+      },
+      preOutboundMarkerIds: [
+        ...userBaseline.ids,
+        ...assistantBaseline.ids,
+      ],
+    };
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error?.code === "SEND_COMMIT_UNKNOWN") {
+        error.completionUnknown = true;
+        error.details = { ...this.#sendDiagnosticDetails(), ...(error.details ?? {}) };
+        // Invalidate before collecting diagnostics: delayed submit callbacks
+        // must not enter a fallback action while this read-only capture runs.
+        if (sendProof) sendProof.invalidated = true;
+        const diagnostics = await this.writeDiagnostics("send-commit-unknown", error.details).catch(() => null);
+        if (diagnostics?.filename) {
+          error.details.diagnosticFile = diagnostics.filename;
+          error.details.dom = diagnostics.report.dom;
+        }
+      }
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      if (sendProof && this.activeSendProof === sendProof) {
+        sendProof.invalidated = true;
+        this.activeSendProof = null;
+      }
+      if (this.lastSendStatus !== "confirmed") {
+        this.allowInPlaceAssistantContinuation = false;
+        this.inPlaceAssistantGenerationObserved = false;
+        this.#resetPendingCanonicalVerification({ clearCandidate: true });
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   async waitForTurnComplete({
@@ -604,6 +2180,8 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     truncatedEnvelopeWindowMs = null,
     emptyResponseWindowMs = 10_000,
     deadRequestGraceMs = 60_000,
+    readNativeImages = null,
+    readNativeMusic = null,
     onDelta,
   }) {
     this.requirePage();
@@ -616,11 +2194,65 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     let emptyCandidate = null;
     let sawGenerationSignal = false;
     let lastGenerationSignalAt = 0;
+    let unverifiedPageChecks = 0;
+    let nativeCandidate = null;
+    let nativeStableSince = 0;
     const detachEscCancel = this.#attachEscCancel();
     const truncatedGraceMs = truncatedEnvelopeWindowMs
       ?? this.truncatedEnvelopeGraceMs();
     try {
       while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+        if (this.activeTurnConversationUrl) {
+          // A main-frame navigation may nominate a provisional-to-canonical
+          // transition before its saved message marker has remained stable.
+          // Preserve the exact page/frame/target binding while the page-state
+          // verifier below waits; no reply is read until that URL is trusted.
+          if (!this.#activeTurnProofIsIntact({ allowPendingCanonicalUrl: true })) {
+            await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-during-turn");
+            throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+              `${this.providerName} browser target changed while waiting for its reply. `
+                + "No content from the substitute page was accepted.",
+              {
+                code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_DURING_TURN",
+                recoverable: false,
+              },
+            );
+          }
+          const pageState = await this.#submittedPageState();
+          if (pageState.status === "candidate") {
+            unverifiedPageChecks += 1;
+            if (unverifiedPageChecks >= 60) {
+              await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-during-turn");
+              throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+                `${this.providerName} could not correlate the conversation URL `
+                  + "that appeared while waiting for the reply.",
+                {
+                  code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_DURING_TURN",
+                  recoverable: false,
+                },
+              );
+            }
+            await this.page.waitForTimeout(250);
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (pageState.status !== "trusted") {
+            await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-during-turn");
+            throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+              `${this.providerName} left the verified conversation while waiting `
+                + "for its reply. No content from the other page was accepted.",
+              {
+                code: "CONVERSATION_CHANGED_DURING_TURN",
+                recoverable: false,
+              },
+            );
+          }
+          unverifiedPageChecks = 0;
+          this.activeTurnConversationUrl = pageState.conversationUrl;
+          if (this.activeTurnProof) {
+            this.activeTurnProof.conversationUrl = pageState.conversationUrl;
+          }
+        }
+
         await this.throwIfBlockedPage();
 
         if (this.escCancelRequested) {
@@ -637,23 +2269,56 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
         const messages = this.assistantMessages();
         const count = await messages.count();
         const lastMessage = count > 0 ? messages.last() : null;
-        const candidateText = lastMessage
-          ? await this.assistantText(lastMessage)
-          : "";
         const { id: candidateId, turn: candidateTurn } = lastMessage
           ? await this.messageIdentity(lastMessage)
           : { id: null, turn: null };
-        const hasNewAssistant = this.isNewAssistantIdentity({
-          id: candidateId,
-          turn: candidateTurn,
-          text: candidateText,
-        });
-
+        await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary();
+        if (
+          (this.expectedAssistantCandidateId != null
+            || this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn != null)
+          && (
+            !lastMessage
+            || (
+              this.expectedAssistantCandidateId != null
+              && candidateId !== this.expectedAssistantCandidateId
+            )
+            || (
+              this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn != null
+              && candidateTurn !== this.expectedAssistantCandidateTurn
+            )
+          )
+        ) {
+          await this.writeDiagnostics("recovered-assistant-boundary-changed");
+          throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+            `${this.providerName} assistant boundary changed after recovery. `
+              + "No content from the replacement reply was accepted.",
+            { code: "OUTBOUND_COMMIT_UNCERTAIN", recoverable: false },
+          );
+        }
+        const candidateText = lastMessage
+          ? await this.assistantText(lastMessage)
+          : "";
         const stopVisible = await this.#isStopButtonVisible();
         const assistantGenerating = lastMessage
           ? await this.isAssistantGenerating(lastMessage)
           : false;
         const generating = stopVisible || assistantGenerating;
+        if (generating && this.allowInPlaceAssistantContinuation) {
+          this.inPlaceAssistantGenerationObserved = true;
+        }
+        const hasNewAssistant = this.isNewAssistantIdentity({
+          id: candidateId,
+          turn: candidateTurn,
+          text: candidateText,
+          generating,
+        });
+        if (hasNewAssistant) {
+          await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+            assistantPresent: true,
+            assistantMessageId: candidateId,
+            assistantTurn: candidateTurn,
+          });
+        }
         if (hasNewAssistant || generating) {
           // A reply node or a visible stop button proves generation started;
           // only a request with neither signal can be dead.
@@ -673,6 +2338,33 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
             }
           }
 
+          if (readNativeImages || readNativeMusic) {
+            const snapshot = await (readNativeMusic ?? readNativeImages)(lastMessage);
+            const media = readNativeMusic ? snapshot.music : snapshot.images;
+            if (snapshot.pending || media.length > 0) {
+              emptySince = 0;
+              emptyCandidate = null;
+              const signature = JSON.stringify([candidateId, candidateTurn, text, media]);
+              if (generating || snapshot.pending || signature !== nativeCandidate) {
+                nativeCandidate = signature;
+                nativeStableSince = Date.now();
+              } else if (Date.now() - nativeStableSince >= Math.max(2_000, stableWindowMs)) {
+                await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+                  assistantPresent: true,
+                  assistantMessageId: candidateId,
+                  assistantTurn: candidateTurn,
+                });
+                this.lastAssistantMessageId = candidateId;
+                this.lastAssistantTurn = candidateTurn;
+                return readNativeMusic ? { text, nativeMusic: media } : { text, nativeImages: media };
+              }
+              await this.page.waitForTimeout(250);
+              continue;
+            }
+            nativeCandidate = null;
+            nativeStableSince = 0;
+          }
+
           if (!text.trim() && !generating) {
             // The model can create a real assistant turn and finish it without
             // rendering any content. Once that exact empty node remains stopped
@@ -688,7 +2380,13 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
               emptySince > 0
               && Date.now() - emptySince >= emptyResponseWindowMs
             ) {
+              await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+                assistantPresent: true,
+                assistantMessageId: candidateId,
+                assistantTurn: candidateTurn,
+              });
               this.lastAssistantMessageId = candidateId;
+              this.lastAssistantTurn = candidateTurn;
               throw new BrowserAdapterError(
                 `${this.providerName} completed an assistant turn without any content.`,
                 {
@@ -736,15 +2434,21 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
               )
             )
           ) {
-            this.lastAssistantMessageId = candidateId;
             const limitMarker = await this.findUsageLimitMarker(lastMessage);
+            const generationError = await this.findGenerationErrorMarker(lastMessage);
+            await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+              assistantPresent: true,
+              assistantMessageId: candidateId,
+              assistantTurn: candidateTurn,
+            });
+            this.lastAssistantMessageId = candidateId;
+            this.lastAssistantTurn = candidateTurn;
             if (limitMarker) {
               throw new BrowserAdapterError(
                 `${this.providerName} reported a usage limit (${limitMarker}).`,
                 { code: "USAGE_LIMIT_REACHED" },
               );
             }
-            const generationError = await this.findGenerationErrorMarker(lastMessage);
             if (generationError) {
               throw new BrowserAdapterError(
                 `${this.providerName} generation failed (${generationError}).`,
@@ -769,7 +2473,13 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
             && !assistantGenerating
             && Date.now() - stableSince >= truncatedGraceMs
           ) {
+            await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+              assistantPresent: true,
+              assistantMessageId: candidateId,
+              assistantTurn: candidateTurn,
+            });
             this.lastAssistantMessageId = candidateId;
+            this.lastAssistantTurn = candidateTurn;
             return lastText.trim();
           }
         }
@@ -793,6 +2503,11 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
           && this.sentUserTurn != null
           && Date.now() - quietSince >= quietGraceMs
         ) {
+          await this.#validateRecoveredTurnBoundary({
+            assistantPresent: hasNewAssistant,
+            assistantMessageId: candidateId,
+            assistantTurn: candidateTurn,
+          });
           await this.writeDiagnostics("dead-request");
           throw new BrowserAdapterError(
             `${this.providerName} stopped responding without completing a reply.`,
@@ -812,6 +2527,8 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
         { code: "TURN_TIMEOUT" },
       );
     } finally {
+      this.allowInPlaceAssistantContinuation = false;
+      this.inPlaceAssistantGenerationObserved = false;
       detachEscCancel?.();
     }
   }
@@ -827,16 +2544,34 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
   }
 
   async #isFreshConversation() {
-    const current = new URL(this.page.url());
-    const base = new URL(this.baseUrl);
-    const pattern = this.conversationUrlPattern();
-    if (
-      current.hostname !== base.hostname
-      || (pattern && pattern.test(current.pathname))
-    ) {
-      return false;
+    return this.classifyConversationUrl(this.page.url()) === "fresh"
+      && await this.conversationMessages().count().catch(() => -1) === 0;
+  }
+
+  async #waitForStableFreshConversation({ attempts = 60 } = {}) {
+    let previousSignature = null;
+    let stableChecks = 0;
+    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < attempts; attempt += 1) {
+      this.#throwIfCancelRequested();
+      const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page.url());
+      const kind = currentUrl
+        ? this.classifyConversationUrl(currentUrl)
+        : "invalid";
+      const totalMessages = await this.conversationMessages()
+        .count()
+        .catch(() => -1);
+      const signature = `${currentUrl ?? ""}:${kind}:${totalMessages}`;
+      if (kind !== "fresh" || totalMessages !== 0) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      stableChecks = signature === previousSignature ? stableChecks + 1 : 1;
+      previousSignature = signature;
+      if (stableChecks >= RESTORATION_STABLE_CHECKS) {
+        return currentUrl;
+      }
+      await this.page.waitForTimeout(250);
     }
-    return await this.conversationMessages().count() === 0;
+    return null;
   }
 
   async #openNewConversation() {
@@ -897,88 +2632,521 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     return { count, ids, maxTurn };
   }
 
-  async #waitForSentUserMessage(baseline, attempts = this.sentUserWaitAttempts()) {
-    for (let attempt = 0; attempt < attempts; attempt += 1) {
+  #validatedOrderedConversationSnapshot(snapshot) {
+    if (!snapshot || !Array.isArray(snapshot.entries)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const url = normalizedConversationUrl(snapshot.url);
+    if (!url) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const ids = new Set();
+    const turns = new Set();
+    const entries = [];
+    let previousDomIndex = -1;
+    let previousTurn = -1;
+    for (const entry of snapshot.entries) {
+      const id = typeof entry?.id === "string" ? entry.id.trim() : "";
+      const turn = entry?.turn;
+      const domIndex = entry?.domIndex;
+      if (
+        !["user", "assistant"].includes(entry?.role)
+        || !id
+        || !Number.isSafeInteger(turn)
+        || turn < 0
+        || !Number.isSafeInteger(domIndex)
+        || domIndex <= previousDomIndex
+        || turn <= previousTurn
+        || ids.has(id)
+        || turns.has(turn)
+      ) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      ids.add(id);
+      turns.add(turn);
+      previousDomIndex = domIndex;
+      previousTurn = turn;
+      entries.push({
+        domIndex,
+        role: entry.role,
+        id,
+        turn,
+        renderedText: String(entry.renderedText ?? ""),
+      });
+    }
+    return { url, entries };
+  }
+
+  #freshUserFromOrderedSnapshot(snapshot, {
+    baseline,
+    pageState,
+    expectedText,
+    outboundId,
+  }) {
+    const proof = this.activeSendProof;
+    if (!proof || !this.#activeSendProofIsIntact()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (!sameConversationUrl(pageState.conversationUrl, proof.currentUrl)) {
+      // A permitted main-frame transition can complete while the asynchronous
+      // DOM snapshot is being read. Its navigation event has already advanced
+      // the intact send proof, so this page-state/snapshot pair is stale, not
+      // evidence of a substituted conversation. Discard the sample and verify
+      // the same outbound/user again on the new route for a full stable window.
+      return null;
+    }
+    const ordered = this.#validatedOrderedConversationSnapshot(snapshot);
+    if (!ordered) {
+      // A real assistant row can be inserted over more than one render frame.
+      // An incomplete atomic sample neither proves nor disproves the user bubble;
+      // a later valid sample must still pass the full structural checks.
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (
+      !sameConversationUrl(ordered.url, pageState.conversationUrl)
+      || baseline.count !== 0
+    ) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (ordered.entries.length === 0) {
+      if (proof.freshCandidateUserId != null) {
+        proof.invalidated = true;
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const users = ordered.entries.filter((entry) => entry.role === "user");
+    const matchingUsers = users.filter((entry) => (
+      renderedMessageContains(entry.renderedText, expectedText, outboundId)
+    ));
+    const validFreshTopology = users.length === 1
+      && ordered.entries[0] === users[0];
+    if (!validFreshTopology || matchingUsers.length > 1) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (matchingUsers.length === 0) {
+      // The committed bubble may mount before its rendered text. Once its marker
+      // has been observed, however, losing it is an identity change, not loading.
+      if (proof.freshCandidateUserId != null) {
+        proof.invalidated = true;
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const user = matchingUsers[0];
+    const newByTurn = baseline.maxTurn == null || user.turn > baseline.maxTurn;
+    const newById = !baseline.ids.has(user.id);
+    if (!newByTurn || !newById) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (
+      (proof.freshCandidateUserId != null
+        && proof.freshCandidateUserId !== user.id)
+      || (proof.freshCandidateUserTurn != null
+        && proof.freshCandidateUserTurn !== user.turn)
+      || (
+        !sameConversationUrl(pageState.conversationUrl, proof.sourceUrl)
+        && !sameConversationUrl(pageState.conversationUrl, proof.candidateUrl)
+      )
+    ) {
+      proof.invalidated = true;
+      return null;
+    }
+    proof.freshCandidateUserId = user.id;
+    proof.freshCandidateUserTurn = user.turn;
+
+    const correlationIdentity = outboundId == null
+      ? comparableMessageText(expectedText)
+      : `${OUTBOUND_MARKER_PREFIX}${outboundId}.`;
+    return {
+      id: user.id,
+      turn: user.turn,
+      signature: [
+        proof.sendEpoch,
+        proof.candidateNavigationEpoch ?? proof.startedNavigationEpoch,
+        pageState.conversationUrl,
+        proof.targetId ?? "",
+        user.id,
+        user.turn,
+        correlationIdentity,
+      ].join(":"),
+    };
+  }
+
+  async #waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline, ms = 100) {
+    const remaining = deadline - this.monotonicNow();
+    if (remaining <= 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    await this.#awaitWithinSendDeadline(
+      this.waitForPoll(Math.min(ms, remaining)),
+      deadline,
+    );
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  async #throwCommitUnknownForPageChange() {
+    await this.writeDiagnostics("conversation-changed-after-submit");
+    throw new BrowserAdapterError(
+      `${this.providerName} changed conversations after submission, so commit `
+        + "could not be verified. The message was not sent again.",
+      { code: "SEND_COMMIT_UNKNOWN", recoverable: false },
+    );
+  }
+
+  async #waitForSentUserMessage(baseline, {
+    deadline = this.monotonicNow() + this.sendConfirmationTimeoutMs(),
+    expectedText = "",
+    outboundId = null,
+    allowPendingFreshTransition = false,
+    hasPreTransitionMarker = false,
+  } = {}) {
+    let candidateBubbleSignature = null;
+    let candidateBubbleStableSince = 0;
+    const requireFreshCorrelation = allowPendingFreshTransition;
+    const requireOrderedSnapshot = requireFreshCorrelation
+      && this.requiresOrderedConversationSnapshotForFreshSend();
+    const withinDeadline = (promise) => this.#awaitWithinSendDeadline(
+      promise,
+      deadline,
+    );
+
+    while (this.monotonicNow() < deadline) {
       this.#throwIfCancelRequested();
-      const messages = this.userMessages();
-      const count = await messages.count().catch(() => 0);
-      for (let index = count - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
-        const identity = await this.messageIdentity(messages.nth(index));
-        const newByTurn = identity.turn != null
-          && (
-            baseline.maxTurn == null
-            || identity.turn > baseline.maxTurn
-          );
-        const newById = Boolean(
-          identity.id
-          && !baseline.ids.has(identity.id),
+      const pageState = await withinDeadline(this.#submittedPageState({
+        allowPendingFreshTransition,
+      }));
+      if (pageState.status === "untrusted") {
+        await this.#throwCommitUnknownForPageChange();
+      }
+      if (pageState.status === "candidate" && hasPreTransitionMarker) {
+        // Existing conversations must first carry a stable pre-navigation marker.
+        // Never bootstrap candidate trust from a message found on the candidate.
+        candidateBubbleSignature = null;
+        candidateBubbleStableSince = 0;
+        await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const proofNavigated = this.activeSendProof?.candidateNavigationEpoch != null;
+      const requireCorrelation = outboundId != null
+        || requireFreshCorrelation
+        || proofNavigated;
+      let candidate = null;
+      let orderedSnapshot = null;
+      if (requireOrderedSnapshot) {
+        orderedSnapshot = await withinDeadline(
+          this.orderedConversationSnapshot().catch(() => null),
         );
-        if (newByTurn || newById) {
-          this.sentUserTurn = identity.turn;
-          return identity;
+        candidate = this.#freshUserFromOrderedSnapshot(orderedSnapshot, {
+          baseline,
+          pageState,
+          expectedText,
+          outboundId,
+        });
+      } else {
+        const snapshot = await withinDeadline(this.userMessageSnapshot());
+        if (snapshot === null) {
+          candidateBubbleSignature = null;
+          candidateBubbleStableSince = 0;
+          await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+          continue;
+        }
+        const messages = snapshot === undefined ? this.userMessages() : null;
+        const count = snapshot?.length
+          ?? await withinDeadline(messages.count().catch(() => 0));
+        if (this.activeSendProof) {
+          this.activeSendProof.sample = { userMessageCount: count, markerMatched: false };
+        }
+        for (let index = count - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+          const message = messages?.nth(index);
+          const identity = snapshot?.[index] ?? await withinDeadline(
+            this.messageIdentity(message),
+          );
+          const newByTurn = identity.turn != null
+            && (baseline.maxTurn == null || identity.turn > baseline.maxTurn);
+          const newById = Boolean(
+            identity.id && !baseline.ids.has(identity.id),
+          );
+          if (!newByTurn && !newById) {
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          if (requireCorrelation) {
+            // A context-dependent send that crossed a route boundary needs the
+            // transport nonce; equal human text is not a conversation identity.
+            if (!requireFreshCorrelation && outboundId == null) {
+              continue;
+            }
+            const renderedText = snapshot?.[index].renderedText ?? await withinDeadline(
+              this.userMessageText(message),
+            );
+            const markerMatched = renderedMessageContains(renderedText, expectedText, outboundId);
+            if (this.activeSendProof) {
+              this.activeSendProof.sample = {
+                userMessageCount: count,
+                candidateId: identity.id ?? null,
+                candidateTurn: identity.turn ?? null,
+                candidateIsLast: index === count - 1,
+                renderedTextLength: renderedText.length,
+                markerMatched,
+              };
+            }
+            if (
+              index !== count - 1
+              || !markerMatched
+            ) {
+              continue;
+            }
+            if (requireFreshCorrelation) {
+              const totalMessages = await withinDeadline(
+                this.conversationMessages().count().catch(() => -1),
+              );
+              if (
+                baseline.count !== 0
+                || count !== 1
+                || totalMessages < 1
+                || totalMessages > 2
+              ) {
+                continue;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          const proof = this.activeSendProof;
+          candidate = {
+            ...identity,
+            signature: requireCorrelation
+              ? [
+                proof?.sendEpoch ?? "",
+                proof?.candidateNavigationEpoch ?? proof?.startedNavigationEpoch ?? "",
+                pageState.conversationUrl,
+                proof?.targetId ?? "",
+                identity.id ?? "",
+                identity.turn ?? "",
+                outboundId == null
+                  ? comparableMessageText(expectedText)
+                  : `${OUTBOUND_MARKER_PREFIX}${outboundId}.`,
+              ].join(":")
+              : null,
+          };
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!candidate) {
+        if (
+          !requireOrderedSnapshot
+          || candidateBubbleSignature == null
+          || this.activeSendProof?.invalidated
+        ) {
+          candidateBubbleSignature = null;
+          candidateBubbleStableSince = 0;
+        }
+        await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (requireCorrelation) {
+        const observedAt = this.monotonicNow();
+        if (candidate.signature !== candidateBubbleSignature) {
+          candidateBubbleSignature = candidate.signature;
+          candidateBubbleStableSince = observedAt;
+          if (this.restorationCorrelationWindowMs() > 0) {
+            await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+        if (
+          observedAt - candidateBubbleStableSince
+          < this.restorationCorrelationWindowMs()
+        ) {
+          await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        if (requireOrderedSnapshot) {
+          const finalSnapshot = await withinDeadline(
+            this.orderedConversationSnapshot().catch(() => null),
+          );
+          const finalCandidate = this.#freshUserFromOrderedSnapshot(finalSnapshot, {
+            baseline,
+            pageState,
+            expectedText,
+            outboundId,
+          });
+          if (!finalCandidate || finalCandidate.signature !== candidate.signature) {
+            if (this.activeSendProof?.invalidated) {
+              candidateBubbleSignature = null;
+              candidateBubbleStableSince = 0;
+            }
+            await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+            continue;
+          }
         }
       }
-      await this.page.waitForTimeout(100);
+
+      const confirmedPage = await withinDeadline(this.#submittedPageState({
+        allowPendingFreshTransition,
+      }));
+      if (confirmedPage.status === "untrusted") {
+        await this.#throwCommitUnknownForPageChange();
+      }
+      if (
+        !sameConversationUrl(
+          confirmedPage.conversationUrl,
+          pageState.conversationUrl,
+        )
+        || (
+          pageState.status === "trusted"
+          && confirmedPage.status !== "trusted"
+        )
+      ) {
+        // The DOM may have been read across a SPA navigation. Retry against one
+        // stable URL rather than binding that mixed snapshot to this send.
+        candidateBubbleSignature = null;
+        candidateBubbleStableSince = 0;
+        await this.#waitBeforeSendDeadline(deadline);
+        continue;
+      }
+      this.sentUserTurn = candidate.turn;
+      return {
+        id: candidate.id ?? null,
+        turn: candidate.turn ?? null,
+        conversationUrl: confirmedPage.conversationUrl,
+      };
     }
     return null;
   }
 
   async #waitForConversationHistory({
     expectedAssistantMessageId = null,
+    expectedUserMessageId = null,
     expectedUrl = null,
+    allowCanonicalTransition = false,
     attempts = 60,
   } = {}) {
     let previousSignature = null;
     let stableChecks = 0;
     let scrolledToBottom = 0;
+    const normalizedExpected = normalizedConversationUrl(expectedUrl);
+
+    if (
+      allowCanonicalTransition
+      && sameConversationUrl(this.page.url(), normalizedExpected)
+    ) {
+      this.#beginConversationObservation(normalizedExpected);
+    }
 
     for (let attempt = 0; attempt < attempts; attempt += 1) {
       this.#throwIfCancelRequested();
-      const assistant = await this.#captureMessageIdentities(
-        this.assistantMessages(),
+      const currentUrl = normalizedConversationUrl(this.page.url());
+      const currentKind = currentUrl
+        ? this.classifyConversationUrl(currentUrl)
+        : "invalid";
+      const [assistant, user] = await Promise.all([
+        this.#captureMessageIdentities(this.assistantMessages()),
+        this.#captureMessageIdentities(this.userMessages()),
+      ]);
+      const totalMessages = await this.conversationMessages()
+        .count()
+        .catch(() => -1);
+      const assistantMarkerFound = Boolean(
+        expectedAssistantMessageId
+        && assistant.ids.has(expectedAssistantMessageId)
+      );
+      const userMarkerFound = Boolean(
+        expectedUserMessageId
+        && user.ids.has(expectedUserMessageId)
+      );
+      const markerFound = assistantMarkerFound || userMarkerFound;
+
+      // Page/target continuity does not prove conversation continuity: a user can
+      // navigate that tab. A provisional route's canonical candidate therefore
+      // needs a persisted message id on every sample in the stability window. A
+      // single stale React snapshot must never latch an unrelated canonical URL.
+      const markerCorrelatedTransition = Boolean(
+        allowCanonicalTransition
+        && currentKind === "restorable"
+        && markerFound
+      );
+      const expectedConversation = Boolean(
+        normalizedExpected
+        && (
+          sameConversationUrl(currentUrl, normalizedExpected)
+          || markerCorrelatedTransition
+        )
       );
+
+      // The expected assistant marker is near the virtualized tail. Scroll a few
+      // times before falling back to stable URL + non-empty history.
       if (
         expectedAssistantMessageId
-        && assistant.ids.has(expectedAssistantMessageId)
+        && !assistantMarkerFound
+        && scrolledToBottom < 3
       ) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      // The expected resume marker is the latest reply, near the bottom of a
-      // virtualized thread: scroll down a few times to force the tail to mount.
-      if (expectedAssistantMessageId && scrolledToBottom < 3) {
         await this.scrollConversationToBottom();
         scrolledToBottom += 1;
       }
 
-      const totalMessages = await this.conversationMessages()
-        .count()
-        .catch(() => 0);
       const signature = [
+        currentUrl ?? "",
+        currentKind,
+        expectedConversation,
         totalMessages,
         assistant.count,
         assistant.maxTurn ?? "",
         [...assistant.ids].join(","),
+        user.count,
+        user.maxTurn ?? "",
+        [...user.ids].join(","),
       ].join(":");
-      if (totalMessages > 0 && signature === previousSignature) {
-        stableChecks += 1;
-        if (stableChecks >= 3) {
-          // With an expected id we normally return as soon as it appears;
-          // reaching stability instead means the id is not mounted or has been
-          // deleted (providers remove transient error/limit cards, and the last
-          // recorded reply can be one). Accept when the URL still proves this
-          // is the expected conversation.
-          if (
-            !expectedAssistantMessageId
-            || !expectedUrl
-            || sameConversationUrl(this.page.url(), expectedUrl)
-          ) {
-            return;
+      stableChecks = signature === previousSignature ? stableChecks + 1 : 1;
+      previousSignature = signature;
+
+      if (stableChecks >= RESTORATION_STABLE_CHECKS) {
+        if (expectedConversation && totalMessages > 0) {
+          const rebindActiveTurn = this.activeTurnConversationUrl != null;
+          this.#beginConversationObservation(currentUrl, {
+            arm: false,
+            reset: true,
+          });
+          if (rebindActiveTurn) {
+            this.#captureActiveTurnProof(currentUrl);
           }
+          this.#publishConversationIdentity();
+          return {
+            status: "restored-existing",
+            conversationUrl: currentUrl,
+            ...(this.cdpChrome?.targetId
+              ? { targetId: this.cdpChrome.targetId }
+              : {}),
+          };
+        }
+        if (currentKind === "fresh" && totalMessages === 0) {
+          // A durable/provisional route may have expired and redirected to the
+          // provider's explicit empty new-chat route. The prolonged stable check
+          // prevents an early composer mount from masquerading as lost history.
+          this.expectedRestorationAssistantId = null;
+          this.expectedRestorationUserId = null;
+          this.lastAssistantMessageId = null;
+          this.lastUserMessageId = null;
+          this.activeTurnConversationUrl = null;
+          this.#beginConversationObservation(currentUrl, {
+            arm: false,
+            reset: true,
+          });
+          return {
+            status: "verified-fresh",
+            conversationUrl: currentUrl,
+            ...(this.cdpChrome?.targetId
+              ? { targetId: this.cdpChrome.targetId }
+              : {}),
+          };
         }
-      } else {
-        stableChecks = 0;
-        previousSignature = signature;
       }
 
       await this.page.waitForTimeout(250);
@@ -1006,8 +3174,9 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
   }
 
   // While a turn is being processed, raw-mode stdin lets ESC cancel the wait.
-  // Raw mode swallows Ctrl+C, so forward it as a real SIGINT so the CLI's
-  // existing interrupt path still runs. The returned detach restores the
+  // Raw mode swallows Ctrl+C, so dispatch the CLI's SIGINT event internally.
+  // process.kill(self, "SIGINT") would terminate Windows without cleanup.
+  // The returned detach restores the
   // previous terminal mode, keeping approval prompts (which also read stdin)
   // working. Keys other than ESC/Ctrl+C are consumed and dropped.
   //
@@ -1026,7 +3195,7 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
       if (key?.name === "escape") {
         this.escCancelRequested = true;
       } else if (key?.ctrl && key?.name === "c") {
-        process.kill(process.pid, "SIGINT");
+        process.emit("SIGINT", "SIGINT");
       }
     };
     stream.on("keypress", onKeypress);
@@ -1119,24 +3288,72 @@ export class BaseWebAdapter {
     throw new BrowserAdapterError("Browser access challenge detected.");
   }
 
-  async writeDiagnostics(label) {
-    if (!this.debug || !this.page) {
-      return;
+  hasStructuralDiagnostics() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  recordConversationNavigation(_url) {}
+
+  async structuralDiagnostics() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  async collectStructuralDiagnostics() {
+    if (!this.hasStructuralDiagnostics()) return null;
+    let timer;
+    try {
+      return await Promise.race([
+        Promise.resolve().then(() => this.structuralDiagnostics()).catch(() => ({ status: "unavailable" })),
+        new Promise((resolve) => { timer = setTimeout(() => resolve({ status: "timeout" }), 500); }),
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
     }
-    const directory = path.join(this.profileDir, "..", "diagnostics");
-    await ensureDirectory(directory);
+  }
+
+  async writeDiagnostics(label, details = null) {
+    if (!this.page || (!this.debug && !this.hasStructuralDiagnostics())) return;
+    const page = this.page;
+    const proof = this.activeSendProof;
     const stamp = Date.now();
-    await Promise.all([
-      this.page.screenshot({
-        path: path.join(directory, `${stamp}-${label}.png`),
-        fullPage: true,
-      }).catch(() => null),
-      fs.writeFile(
-        path.join(directory, `${stamp}-${label}.html`),
-        await this.page.content(),
-        "utf8",
-      ).catch(() => null),
-    ]);
+    // Capture the stage before awaiting CDP. Never log prompts, correlation IDs,
+    // raw URLs, or arbitrary provider error text in the default JSON report.
+    const report = {
+      schemaVersion: 1,
+      provider: this.providerName,
+      label,
+      capturedAt: new Date(stamp).toISOString(),
+      stage: details?.stage ?? proof?.stage ?? "unknown",
+      sendStatus: this.lastSendStatus,
+      elapsedMs: proof?.submittedAt == null ? null : Math.round(this.monotonicNow() - proof.submittedAt),
+      routes: [...(this.diagnosticRoutes ?? [])],
+    };
+    const directory = path.join(this.profileDir, "..", "diagnostics");
+    const filename = path.join(directory, `${stamp}-${label}.json`);
+    const capture = async () => {
+      const dom = await this.collectStructuralDiagnostics();
+      if (dom) report.dom = dom;
+      if (this.debug && details != null) report.details = details;
+      await ensureDirectory(directory);
+      await fs.writeFile(filename, JSON.stringify(report, null, 2), "utf8");
+      if (this.debug) {
+        await Promise.all([
+          page.screenshot({ path: path.join(directory, `${stamp}-${label}.png`), fullPage: true, timeout: 2_000 }).catch(() => null),
+          page.content().then((html) => fs.writeFile(path.join(directory, `${stamp}-${label}.html`), html, "utf8")).catch(() => null),
+        ]);
+      }
+      return { filename, report };
+    };
+    let timer;
+    try {
+      // A dead CDP connection or disk must not mask the original failure.
+      return await Promise.race([
+        capture().catch(() => null),
+        new Promise((resolve) => { timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(null), 2_500); }),
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
   }
 
   // Non-private so provider subclasses (e.g. attachFiles) can guard too.