assess_same_issue_lease_conflict entered the reclaim branch only under is_lease_expired, so a heartbeat-lifecycle lease that is non-live but whose expires_at is still in the future (stale_absolute_cap under default policy; stale_missed_heartbeat under TTL>grace) fell through to the foreign active-lease block and never reached assess_expired_lock_reclaim, which already permits those bands. The gate now also enters reclaim/renewal when a heartbeat-lifecycle lease is not is_lease_live even with a future expires_at; legacy locks are excluded and keep their absolute expires_at clock (AC-N8). Adds tests/test_issue_794_conflict_gate_reclaim.py.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
