fix(controller): production client_instance_id launch path and instance-aware mutation gate

Remediate review 655 blockers on PR #979 (issue #978):

B1 — Production launcher (mcp_application_launcher) mints one trusted
client_instance_id per application launch and propagates it to all five
namespace workers via GITEA_MCP_CLIENT_INSTANCE. launcher_entry and
multi_namespace_launcher_entries use that path. Workers never invent a
trusted ID; missing/malformed/user-supplied values fail closed.

B2 — _check_mcp_runtimes_diagnostics is instance-aware: two legitimate
instances sharing a profile are allowed when each has a distinct trusted
client_instance_id; duplicate workers for the same (instance, profile)
still fail closed. Worker identity/generation exported for peer scans.

Tests cover shared ID across five namespaces, distinct launches, multi-
instance same profile, same-instance duplicates, untrusted attribution,
and the production launcher path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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@@ -49,27 +49,54 @@ model (#949 assumption) as the operating rule for multi-instance fleets.
## How five workers join one instance
1. The host starts one application instance (for example one Codex session).
2. The trusted launcher mints `client_instance_id` (see
`mcp_fleet_snapshot.generate_client_instance_id`) and injects:
2. The **production application launcher**
(`mcp_application_launcher.build_application_mcp_servers` /
`gitea_config.multi_namespace_launcher_entries`) mints exactly one
`client_instance_id` via `mcp_fleet_snapshot.generate_client_instance_id`
and injects the same env into every namespace worker:
```text
GITEA_MCP_CLIENT=<client_type>
GITEA_MCP_CLIENT_INSTANCE=<client_instance_id>
GITEA_MCP_INSTANCE_PROVENANCE=trusted_launcher
GITEA_MCP_CLIENT_SESSION=<session_id> # optional but recommended
GITEA_MCP_FLEET_RUN_ID=<enrollment id> # when on an approved canary
GITEA_CLIENT_MANAGED=1
GITEA_MCP_PROFILE=<role-profile>
```
3. The launcher starts the five MCP namespace processes (or attaches five
role profiles) with **that same environment**.
3. The MCP client starts the five namespace processes (`gitea-author`,
`gitea-reviewer`, `gitea-merger`, `gitea-controller`, `gitea-reconciler`)
from that generated `mcpServers` map — each entry carries the **same**
instance ID.
4. Each worker registers once into the worker registry with its own
`worker_identity`, `namespace`, `generation_id`, and PID, but the shared
`client_instance_id`.
`client_instance_id`. Workers never mint a trusted instance ID themselves.
Only IDs matching the launcher format `inst-<client>-<timestamp>-<digest>`
are trusted. Missing, `legacy-pid-*` / `pid-*` placeholders, and ordinary
user-supplied strings fail closed as untrusted and cannot authorize
multi-instance fleet mutation safety.
Worker reconnect (same process, same registration) keeps the instance ID.
Worker restart (new process) mints a new worker identity and generation but
must still receive the same `GITEA_MCP_CLIENT_INSTANCE` from the parent
application if it is the same launch. Full application restart mints a new
`client_instance_id`.
`client_instance_id` (call the launcher without a prior ID).
### Mutation gate (instance-aware)
The capability / runtime diagnostic gate
(`_check_mcp_runtimes_diagnostics`) is **instance-aware**:
* Two legitimate application instances that share a profile (same
`GITEA_MCP_PROFILE`) are allowed when each has a distinct trusted
`client_instance_id`.
* More than one live worker for the same
`(client_instance_id, profile/namespace)` fails closed as a duplicate
namespace worker.
* Multiple processes sharing a profile **without** trusted instance
evidence still fail closed (indistinguishable from a duplicate).
## Approved fleet manifest