docs(webui): document the read-only restart console surface (#667)

Records the two GET routes, what each panel consumes, and the three
properties the surface is held to: an unreadable source reports
unavailable rather than green, authorization is probed with
for_execution=True so a Phase 1 refusal is never shown as an allow, and
the control-plane database is opened mode=ro so reading status never
creates it.

Refs #655 #642 #658 #661 #662 #663 #633 #652 #653 #664

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>

docs/webui-restart-console.md

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Web Console: restart status, impact preview, and approval state (#667)
+
+Phase 1 of the console restart surface. It consumes the #655 coordinator
+substrate and displays it. It performs no restart, reload, drain, approval, or
+process action, and it registers no write endpoint.
+
+Issue #667's rollout is explicit — *status views first, write approval after the
+backend gates are green* — and this change delivers only the status half.
+
+## Surfaces
+
+| Path | Method | Purpose |
+|------|--------|---------|
+| `/runtime/restart` | GET | Restart status page |
+| `/api/v1/system/restart/status` | GET | Same snapshot as JSON |
+
+Both accept an optional `restart_class` query parameter (default
+`full_mcp_restart`). An unrecognised class is not an error: the coordinator
+resolves it as unknown and fails closed, and the page shows the resulting deny.
+
+Neither path accepts `POST`; a write attempt returns `405`, and a test asserts
+it.
+
+## What it shows
+
+* **Impact preview (#658)** — verdict, blast radius, affected sessions, leases,
+  critical sections, mutations, and the counts behind them, evaluated
+  `dry_run=True` against live control-plane state.
+* **Drain proof (#661)** — verification of a supplied proof: valid, clean,
+  expired, tampered, and the reasons behind a refusal.
+* **Post-restart reconcile (#662)** — the most recent completion proof, its
+  overall status, and which dimensions still require follow-up.
+* **Restart classes (#663)** — the least-privilege matrix, with *you may
+  request* and *you may execute* computed for the viewing role rather than for a
+  generic operator.
+* **Approval controls (#633)** — the authorization state of
+  `system.restart_namespace` and `system.reload_namespace`.
+* **Break-glass (#664)** — declared and marked unavailable; see below.
+
+## Three rules this surface holds itself to
+
+A status page that is wrong is worse than one that is missing, because an
+operator acts on it. Three properties are enforced by tests, and each was
+verified by reverting the guard and watching a test fail.
+
+### An unreadable source reports unavailable, never green
+
+Every source carries its own `SourceStatus`. Nothing substitutes a default,
+placeholder, or self-comparison for a reading that failed. An unreadable
+control-plane database yields `inventory_complete: false`, which the coordinator
+itself turns into a fail-closed verdict, and the page says the blast radius is
+unknown rather than showing an empty affected-sessions table.
+
+An absent drain proof is reported as absent — not as a pass. The #661 gate
+authorizes a restart only against a valid, unexpired, clean proof, so no proof
+is precisely the state that gate denies on.
+
+### Authorization is asked the way execution would ask it
+
+Every probe passes `for_execution=True`.
+
+Asked without it, an admin is `allowed` for `system.restart_namespace`. On a
+control surface that reads as a live button. Asked the way an execution attempt
+would ask, the same principal is refused `phase_not_active`, because the console
+is in Phase 1 and the action is Phase 2. This surface reports the second answer.
+
+`execution_enabled` is therefore `false` for every action and every role today,
+and a test asserts that across the whole role matrix.
+
+### The control-plane database is opened read-only
+
+`ControlPlaneDB()` creates directories and runs migrations on construction — a
+write. This surface never constructs one. It opens the sqlite file with
+`mode=ro`, exactly as `webui/inventory.py` does, and treats a missing file as
+missing authority rather than as an empty inventory.
+
+The test that protects this points at a path inside a directory that already
+exists, so a read-write `connect` would really create the file. A nested
+missing-directory path would have passed for the wrong reason.
+
+## Break-glass is declared, not offered
+
+The break-glass workflow (#664) is not available on this branch's base. The
+panel is rendered to operator-class roles as **unavailable**, naming the issue
+that tracks it. It is not silently omitted, because an operator who has been
+told a governance path exists needs to see that it is not wired here; and it is
+not rendered as a control, because there is nothing behind it.
+
+Unprivileged viewers see only a note that the surface is operator-class.
+
+## Redaction and escaping
+
+Every interpolated value passes through `_esc` (`html.escape(..., quote=True)`).
+Free-form text and anything that can carry a filesystem path additionally passes
+through `webui.inventory.scrub_text`, which redacts credential-shaped tokens
+inside a string rather than only at its start. The impact payload is passed
+through `webui.inventory.scrub` before rendering.
+
+## Linkage
+
+Parent #655 · extends #642 · consumes #658, #661, #662, #663 · RBAC #633 ·
+console #631 · vision #652 · roadmap #653 · break-glass #664.

gitea_mcp_server.py

@@ -9552,15 +9552,13 @@ def gitea_edit_pr(
     if closing:
         gate_reasons = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.pr.close")
         if gate_reasons:
-            return {
-                "success": False,
-                "performed": False,
-                "pr_number": pr_number,
-                "requested_state": "closed",
-                "required_permission": "gitea.pr.close",
-                "reasons": gate_reasons,
-                "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.pr.close"),
-            }
+            return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+                "gitea.pr.close",
+                gate_reasons,
+                pr_number=pr_number,
+                requested_state="closed",
+                required_permission="gitea.pr.close",
+            )
 
     h, o, r = _resolve(remote, host, org, repo)
     auth = _auth(h)
@@ -13823,13 +13821,17 @@ def gitea_view_issue(
 
 def _permission_block_report(required_operation: str,
                              identity: str | None = None) -> dict:
-    """Structured, LLM-safe explanation of a permission denial (#142).
+    """Structured, LLM-safe explanation of a permission denial (#142, #897).
 
     Built only after a gate has already refused; it adds guidance to the
     refusal and never widens any permission, performs network I/O, or
     raises (fail-soft: degrades to a minimal fail-closed report). Names
     configured profiles only — never auth references, tokens, endpoint
     URLs, or keychain IDs.
+
+    #897: never fabricate a missing permission when the active profile
+    already allows the operation. That path is a diagnostic defect (the
+    refusal was not a permission denial), not a cue to switch profiles.
     """
     report = {
         "requested_operation": required_operation,
@@ -13841,6 +13843,7 @@ def _permission_block_report(required_operation: str,
         "matching_configured_profiles": [],
         "runtime_switching_supported": False,
         "different_mcp_namespace_required": True,
+        "diagnostic_defect": False,
         "exact_safe_next_action": (
             "Ask the operator to fix GITEA_MCP_CONFIG/GITEA_MCP_PROFILE; "
             "the active profile could not be resolved (fail closed)."),
@@ -13855,6 +13858,32 @@ def _permission_block_report(required_operation: str,
     report["active_allowed_operations"] = (
         profile.get("allowed_operations") or [])
 
+    # #897: fail closed as a diagnostic defect when the active profile
+    # already holds the operation — callers must not invent "missing".
+    try:
+        holds, _hold_reason = gitea_config.check_operation(
+            required_operation,
+            profile.get("allowed_operations") or [],
+            profile.get("forbidden_operations") or [],
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        holds = False
+    if holds:
+        report["missing_permission"] = None
+        report["required_permission"] = required_operation
+        report["diagnostic_defect"] = True
+        report["different_mcp_namespace_required"] = False
+        report["exact_safe_next_action"] = (
+            "Diagnostic defect: the active profile already allows "
+            f"{required_operation}. This is not a permission denial — "
+            "inspect blocker_kind / reasons (stale-runtime or runtime-mode). "
+            "Do not call gitea_activate_profile or switch MCP sessions."
+        )
+        report["matching_configured_profiles"] = [
+            p for p in [profile.get("profile_name")] if p
+        ]
+        return report
+
     matching = []
     try:
         config = gitea_config.load_config() or {}
@@ -13903,6 +13932,205 @@ def _permission_block_report(required_operation: str,
     return report
 
 
+def _reason_is_stale_runtime(reason: str) -> bool:
+    """True when *reason* is a master-parity / stale-daemon refusal (#897)."""
+    r = (reason or "").lower()
+    if not r:
+        return False
+    if "stale relative to live master" in r:
+        return True
+    if "server code is stale" in r:
+        return True
+    if "daemon is stale" in r:
+        return True
+    if "started at commit" in r and "workspace master is now" in r:
+        return True
+    if "mcp server started at" in r and "stale" in r:
+        return True
+    if "restart the server to load the current capability gates" in r:
+        return True
+    if "restart/reconnect before mutating" in r:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def _reason_is_runtime_mode(reason: str) -> bool:
+    """True when *reason* is a stable-control / runtime-mode refusal (#897)."""
+    r = (reason or "").lower()
+    if not r:
+        return False
+    if _reason_is_stale_runtime(reason):
+        return False
+    if "runtime mode could not be assessed" in r:
+        return True
+    if "runtime mode is" in r:
+        return True
+    if "stable control runtime" in r:
+        return True
+    if "dev-test" in r and ("runtime" in r or "production" in r):
+        return True
+    if "development worktree" in r or "dev worktree" in r:
+        return True
+    if "launched from a 'branches/" in r or "launched from a \"branches/" in r:
+        return True
+    if "process-root / active-workspace alignment" in r:
+        return True
+    if "namespace" in r and "reproof" in r:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def _reason_is_permission(reason: str) -> bool:
+    """True when *reason* is a genuine profile-permission denial (#897)."""
+    r = (reason or "").lower()
+    if not r:
+        return False
+    if _reason_is_stale_runtime(reason) or _reason_is_runtime_mode(reason):
+        return False
+    if "profile could not be resolved" in r:
+        return True
+    if "profile has no configured allowed operations" in r:
+        return True
+    if "profile forbids" in r:
+        return True
+    if "profile is not allowed to" in r:
+        return True
+    if "unrecognized forbidden operation" in r:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def _classify_operation_gate_reasons(reasons: list[str]) -> dict:
+    """Partition gate reasons into stale / runtime-mode / permission (#897)."""
+    stale: list[str] = []
+    runtime_mode: list[str] = []
+    permission: list[str] = []
+    other: list[str] = []
+    for reason in reasons or []:
+        if _reason_is_stale_runtime(reason):
+            stale.append(reason)
+        elif _reason_is_runtime_mode(reason):
+            runtime_mode.append(reason)
+        elif _reason_is_permission(reason):
+            permission.append(reason)
+        else:
+            other.append(reason)
+    return {
+        "stale_runtime": stale,
+        "runtime_mode": runtime_mode,
+        "permission": permission,
+        "other": other,
+    }
+
+
+def _stale_runtime_reconnect_action() -> str:
+    """Sanctioned recovery for a stale daemon — reconnect only (#685/#897)."""
+    return (
+        "Reconnect the IDE/client MCP session so the server reloads at the "
+        "current master head. Do not call gitea_activate_profile or switch "
+        "MCP role sessions — profile switching does not clear a stale daemon."
+    )
+
+
+def _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+    required_operation: str,
+    reasons: list[str],
+    **extra_fields,
+) -> dict:
+    """Structured gate refusal with typed blockers (#897).
+
+    Stale-runtime and runtime-mode refusals never attach a
+    ``permission_report`` and never recommend profile switching. True
+    permission denials still get ``permission_report``. When both apply,
+    causes are reported separately under distinct fields.
+    """
+    classified = _classify_operation_gate_reasons(reasons)
+    stale = classified["stale_runtime"]
+    runtime_mode = classified["runtime_mode"]
+    permission = classified["permission"]
+    other = classified["other"]
+
+    blocked: dict = {
+        "success": False,
+        "performed": False,
+        "reasons": list(reasons),
+        "mutation_performed": False,
+        "session_context_audit": session_ctx.mutation_context_audit_fields(),
+        "gate_reason_classes": {
+            "stale_runtime": list(stale),
+            "runtime_mode": list(runtime_mode),
+            "permission": list(permission),
+            "other": list(other),
+        },
+    }
+
+    if stale:
+        parity = _current_master_parity()
+        blocked["blocker_kind"] = "runtime_reconnect_required"
+        blocked["restart_required"] = True
+        blocked["stop_required"] = True
+        blocked["startup_head"] = parity.get("startup_head")
+        blocked["current_head"] = parity.get("current_head")
+        blocked["daemon_start_head"] = (
+            parity.get("daemon_start_head") or parity.get("startup_head")
+        )
+        blocked["local_head"] = (
+            parity.get("local_head") or parity.get("current_head")
+        )
+        blocked["live_remote_head"] = parity.get("live_remote_head")
+        blocked["live_stale"] = bool(parity.get("live_stale"))
+        blocked["live_known"] = bool(parity.get("live_known"))
+        blocked["exact_safe_next_action"] = _stale_runtime_reconnect_action()
+        if permission or other:
+            blocked["permission_block_reasons"] = list(permission) + list(other)
+            blocked["stale_runtime_reasons"] = list(stale)
+        # Never attach permission_report for a staleness refusal.
+        blocked.update(extra_fields)
+        return blocked
+
+    if runtime_mode:
+        blocked["blocker_kind"] = "runtime_mode_blocked"
+        blocked["restart_required"] = False
+        blocked["stop_required"] = True
+        blocked["exact_safe_next_action"] = (
+            "Real workflow mutations run only on the promoted stable control "
+            "runtime. Promote/reload the stable runtime; do not call "
+            "gitea_activate_profile or switch MCP role sessions to clear a "
+            "runtime-mode block."
+        )
+        if permission or other:
+            blocked["permission_block_reasons"] = list(permission) + list(other)
+            blocked["runtime_mode_reasons"] = list(runtime_mode)
+        blocked.update(extra_fields)
+        return blocked
+
+    # Pure permission (or unclassified-as-permission) denial.
+    blocked["blocker_kind"] = "permission_denied"
+    blocked["permission_report"] = _permission_block_report(required_operation)
+    blocked.update(extra_fields)
+    return blocked
+
+
+def _permission_report_for_gate_reasons(
+    required_operation: str,
+    reasons: list[str] | None,
+) -> dict | None:
+    """Attach ``permission_report`` only for true permission denials (#897).
+
+    Call sites that historically always attached a permission report after
+    ``_profile_operation_gate`` should use this so stale/runtime refusals
+    do not emit a fabricated missing-permission payload.
+    """
+    if not reasons:
+        return None
+    classified = _classify_operation_gate_reasons(reasons)
+    if classified["stale_runtime"] or classified["runtime_mode"]:
+        return None
+    if not (classified["permission"] or classified["other"]):
+        return None
+    return _permission_block_report(required_operation)
+
+
 def _role_for_operation(op: str) -> str | None:
     # Normalize op first
     try:
@@ -14079,7 +14307,7 @@ def _master_parity_block(op: str) -> list[str]:
 
 
 def _profile_operation_gate(op: str) -> list[str]:
-    """Profile permission check for a single gated operation (#126, #216, #420).
+    """Profile permission check for a single gated operation (#126, #216, #420, #897).
 
     Issue discussion comments are gated separately from the gitea.pr.*
     review/merge family: listing requires ``gitea.read``, creating requires
@@ -14092,21 +14320,26 @@ def _profile_operation_gate(op: str) -> list[str]:
     capability gate that has since been merged, and when the runtime itself is
     not the promoted stable control runtime (#615) -- a dev/test or unknown
     runtime holds production credentials but has not been promoted.
+
+    #897: collect *all* independent refusal classes (stale, runtime-mode,
+    permission) rather than short-circuiting after the first. Callers that
+    only need a boolean still treat any non-empty list as blocked; typed
+    consumers (``_build_operation_gate_refusal``) can separate causes.
     """
-    stale_reasons = _master_parity_block(op)
-    if stale_reasons:
-        return stale_reasons
-    runtime_reasons = _runtime_mode_block(op)
-    if runtime_reasons:
-        return runtime_reasons
+    reasons: list[str] = []
+    reasons.extend(_master_parity_block(op))
+    reasons.extend(_runtime_mode_block(op))
     try:
         profile = get_profile()
     except Exception as exc:
-        return [f"profile could not be resolved (fail closed): {_redact(str(exc))}"]
+        reasons.append(
+            f"profile could not be resolved (fail closed): {_redact(str(exc))}"
+        )
+        return reasons
     op_ok, op_reason = gitea_config.check_operation(
         op, profile["allowed_operations"], profile["forbidden_operations"])
     if op_ok:
-        return []
+        return reasons
 
     if _try_auto_switch_for_operation(op):
         try:
@@ -14114,17 +14347,26 @@ def _profile_operation_gate(op: str) -> list[str]:
             op_ok, op_reason = gitea_config.check_operation(
                 op, profile["allowed_operations"], profile["forbidden_operations"])
             if op_ok:
-                return []
+                return reasons
         except Exception as exc:
-            return [f"profile could not be resolved (fail closed): {_redact(str(exc))}"]
+            reasons.append(
+                f"profile could not be resolved (fail closed): {_redact(str(exc))}"
+            )
+            return reasons
 
     if op_reason == "no-allowed-operations":
-        return ["profile has no configured allowed operations (fail closed)"]
-    if op_reason == "forbidden":
-        return [f"profile forbids '{op}'"]
-    if op_reason == "invalid-forbidden-entry":
-        return ["profile has an unrecognized forbidden operation entry (fail closed)"]
-    return [f"profile is not allowed to {op}"]
+        reasons.append(
+            "profile has no configured allowed operations (fail closed)"
+        )
+    elif op_reason == "forbidden":
+        reasons.append(f"profile forbids '{op}'")
+    elif op_reason == "invalid-forbidden-entry":
+        reasons.append(
+            "profile has an unrecognized forbidden operation entry (fail closed)"
+        )
+    else:
+        reasons.append(f"profile is not allowed to {op}")
+    return reasons
 
 
 def _mutation_config_authority_block(required_operation: str) -> dict | None:
@@ -14344,10 +14586,14 @@ def _session_context_mutation_block(
 
 
 def _profile_permission_block(required_operation: str, **extra_fields) -> dict | None:
-    """Structured permission denial for gated tools (#69, #142).
+    """Structured operation-gate denial for gated tools (#69, #142, #897).
 
     Returns a block dict when the active profile forbids *required_operation*,
-    or ``None`` when the gate passes. Never performs network I/O.
+    the daemon is stale, or the runtime mode is not mutation-safe — or
+    ``None`` when the gate passes. Never performs network I/O.
+
+    #897: stale-runtime and runtime-mode refusals are typed
+    (``blocker_kind``) and never carry a ``permission_report``.
     """
     req_role = "reviewer" if any(required_operation.startswith(p) for p in (
         "gitea.pr.approve", "gitea.pr.merge", "gitea.pr.request_changes", "gitea.pr.review"
@@ -14357,15 +14603,9 @@ def _profile_permission_block(required_operation: str, **extra_fields) -> dict |
 
     reasons = _profile_operation_gate(required_operation)
     if reasons:
-        blocked = {
-            "success": False,
-            "performed": False,
-            "reasons": reasons,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report(required_operation),
-            "session_context_audit": session_ctx.mutation_context_audit_fields(),
-        }
-        blocked.update(extra_fields)
-        return blocked
+        return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+            required_operation, reasons, **extra_fields
+        )
 
     auth_block = _mutation_config_authority_block(required_operation)
     if auth_block is not None:
@@ -14494,20 +14734,14 @@ def gitea_acquire_reviewer_pr_lease(
     """Acquire a per-PR reviewer lease before review/merge mutations (#407)."""
     read_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.read")
     if read_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "acquired": False,
-            "reasons": read_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.read"),
-        }
+        return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+            "gitea.read", read_block, acquired=False
+        )
     comment_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.pr.comment")
     if comment_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "acquired": False,
-            "reasons": comment_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.pr.comment"),
-        }
+        return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+            "gitea.pr.comment", comment_block, acquired=False
+        )
 
     # task=acquire_reviewer_pr_lease so verify_preflight_purity runs shared #604
     # anti-stomp for the declared lease-acquire mutation inventory entry.
@@ -14623,20 +14857,14 @@ def gitea_acquire_merger_pr_lease(
     """
     read_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.read")
     if read_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "acquired": False,
-            "reasons": read_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.read"),
-        }
+        return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+            "gitea.read", read_block, acquired=False
+        )
     comment_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.pr.comment")
     if comment_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "acquired": False,
-            "reasons": comment_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.pr.comment"),
-        }
+        return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+            "gitea.pr.comment", comment_block, acquired=False
+        )
     merge_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.pr.merge")
     if merge_block:
         return {
@@ -19375,14 +19603,12 @@ def gitea_update_pr_branch_by_merge(
     # Permission: author branch push / PR mutation surface.
     push_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.branch.push")
     if push_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "performed": False,
-            "mutation_allowed": False,
-            "reasons": push_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.branch.push"),
-            "role_kind": role,
-        }
+        return _build_operation_gate_refusal(
+            "gitea.branch.push",
+            push_block,
+            mutation_allowed=False,
+            role_kind=role,
+        )
 
     if role != "author":
         pre = pr_sync_status.assess_update_pr_branch_preflight(

tests/test_issue_897_permission_stale_runtime_classification.py

@@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
+"""#897: stale-runtime / runtime-mode refusals must not look like permission denials.
+
+Acceptance criteria (issue #897):
+
+* Stale-runtime and runtime-mode refusals are typed distinctly from
+  profile-permission refusals (distinct ``blocker_kind``).
+* A refusal caused by staleness or runtime mode never emits a
+  ``permission_report`` and never names a permission the active profile holds.
+* ``_permission_block_report`` verifies the active profile actually lacks the
+  operation before reporting it missing.
+* A stale-runtime refusal reports reconnect-only recovery and never recommends
+  ``gitea_activate_profile`` or an MCP session switch.
+* The blocker payload states the observed heads (parity fields).
+* Matrix across author / reviewer / merger / reconciler profiles.
+* Regression: ``gitea_create_issue`` on a stale daemon under ``prgs-author``
+  never returns ``missing_permission: gitea.issue.create``.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(__import__("pathlib").Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+import gitea_config  # noqa: E402
+import gitea_mcp_server as mcp_server  # noqa: E402
+
+SHA_START = "7af40fb5ff7debd5e9165fe97d9c7c279358e175"
+SHA_LIVE = "2f4dec832327513118f2fe92b74da25d124a01cb"
+
+ROLE_MATRIX = (
+    (
+        "prgs-author",
+        "author",
+        "gitea.issue.create",
+        [
+            "gitea.read",
+            "gitea.issue.create",
+            "gitea.issue.comment",
+            "gitea.issue.close",
+            "gitea.branch.create",
+            "gitea.branch.push",
+            "gitea.pr.create",
+            "gitea.pr.comment",
+            "gitea.repo.commit",
+        ],
+        ["gitea.pr.approve", "gitea.pr.merge", "gitea.pr.request_changes"],
+        "gitea.pr.merge",  # forbidden op for pure-permission case
+    ),
+    (
+        "prgs-reviewer",
+        "reviewer",
+        "gitea.pr.review",
+        [
+            "gitea.read",
+            "gitea.pr.review",
+            "gitea.pr.approve",
+            "gitea.pr.request_changes",
+            "gitea.pr.comment",
+            "gitea.issue.comment",
+        ],
+        ["gitea.branch.push", "gitea.pr.create"],
+        "gitea.branch.push",
+    ),
+    (
+        "prgs-merger",
+        "merger",
+        "gitea.pr.merge",
+        [
+            "gitea.read",
+            "gitea.pr.merge",
+            "gitea.pr.comment",
+            "gitea.issue.comment",
+        ],
+        ["gitea.pr.approve", "gitea.branch.push", "gitea.pr.create"],
+        "gitea.branch.push",
+    ),
+    (
+        "prgs-reconciler",
+        "reconciler",
+        "gitea.branch.delete",
+        [
+            "gitea.read",
+            "gitea.branch.delete",
+            "gitea.pr.comment",
+            "gitea.issue.comment",
+            "gitea.pr.close",
+            "gitea.issue.close",
+        ],
+        ["gitea.pr.approve", "gitea.pr.merge"],
+        "gitea.pr.merge",
+    ),
+)
+
+
+def _profile(name: str, role: str, allowed: list[str], forbidden: list[str]) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "profile_name": name,
+        "role": role,
+        "role_kind": role,
+        "allowed_operations": list(allowed),
+        "forbidden_operations": list(forbidden),
+        "identity": "test-user",
+    }
+
+
+def _config(profiles: dict) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "version": 2,
+        "profiles": {
+            name: {
+                "role": p["role"],
+                "allowed_operations": p["allowed_operations"],
+                "forbidden_operations": p["forbidden_operations"],
+            }
+            for name, p in profiles.items()
+        },
+        "rules": {"allow_runtime_switching": True},
+    }
+
+
+class Issue897Helpers(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_classify_stale_reason_strings(self):
+        stale = (
+            f"live remote master is {SHA_LIVE[:12]} but the MCP server started "
+            f"at {SHA_START[:12]}; the daemon is stale relative to live master "
+            "-- restart/reconnect before mutating"
+        )
+        classified = mcp_server._classify_operation_gate_reasons([stale])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["stale_runtime"], [stale])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["permission"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["runtime_mode"], [])
+
+    def test_classify_permission_reason(self):
+        reason = "profile is not allowed to gitea.pr.merge"
+        classified = mcp_server._classify_operation_gate_reasons([reason])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["permission"], [reason])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["stale_runtime"], [])
+
+    def test_classify_runtime_mode_reason(self):
+        reason = (
+            "runtime mode is 'dev-test' and the mutation targets the "
+            "production repository; dev/test runtimes must not mutate real "
+            "issues or PRs (ADR: stable control runtime vs dev runtime)"
+        )
+        classified = mcp_server._classify_operation_gate_reasons([reason])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["runtime_mode"], [reason])
+        self.assertEqual(classified["stale_runtime"], [])
+
+
+class Issue897PermissionBlockReport(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_holds_op_is_diagnostic_defect_not_missing_permission(self):
+        profile = _profile(
+            "prgs-author",
+            "author",
+            ["gitea.read", "gitea.issue.create", "gitea.issue.comment"],
+            [],
+        )
+        with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+            mcp_server.gitea_config, "load_config", return_value=_config({"prgs-author": profile})
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server.gitea_config, "is_runtime_switching_enabled", return_value=True
+        ):
+            report = mcp_server._permission_block_report("gitea.issue.create")
+        self.assertTrue(report.get("diagnostic_defect"), report)
+        self.assertIsNone(report.get("missing_permission"), report)
+        action = (report.get("exact_safe_next_action") or "").lower()
+        # Must not *recommend* profile switching; mentioning the forbidden
+        # action in a "do not call" instruction is fine.
+        self.assertNotIn("call gitea_activate_profile with", action)
+        self.assertNotIn("switch to the author mcp session", action)
+        self.assertNotIn("switch to the reviewer mcp session", action)
+        self.assertIn("diagnostic defect", action)
+
+    def test_true_missing_permission_still_reports(self):
+        profile = _profile(
+            "prgs-author",
+            "author",
+            ["gitea.read", "gitea.issue.create"],
+            ["gitea.pr.merge"],
+        )
+        reviewer = _profile(
+            "prgs-reviewer",
+            "reviewer",
+            ["gitea.read", "gitea.pr.merge", "gitea.pr.approve"],
+            [],
+        )
+        with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+            mcp_server.gitea_config,
+            "load_config",
+            return_value=_config({"prgs-author": profile, "prgs-reviewer": reviewer}),
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server.gitea_config, "is_runtime_switching_enabled", return_value=True
+        ):
+            report = mcp_server._permission_block_report("gitea.pr.merge")
+        self.assertFalse(report.get("diagnostic_defect"), report)
+        self.assertEqual(report.get("missing_permission"), "gitea.pr.merge")
+        self.assertIn("prgs-reviewer", report.get("matching_configured_profiles") or [])
+
+
+class Issue897GateRefusalMatrix(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _stale_parity(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "in_parity": True,
+            "stale": False,
+            "restart_required": True,
+            "determinable": True,
+            "startup_head": SHA_START,
+            "current_head": SHA_START,
+            "daemon_start_head": SHA_START,
+            "local_head": SHA_START,
+            "live_remote_head": SHA_LIVE,
+            "live_known": True,
+            "live_stale": True,
+            "mutation_safe": False,
+            "reasons": [
+                f"live remote master is {SHA_LIVE[:12]} but the MCP server "
+                f"started at {SHA_START[:12]}; the daemon is stale relative "
+                "to live master -- restart/reconnect before mutating"
+            ],
+        }
+
+    def test_stale_plus_permitted_op_all_roles(self):
+        for name, role, permitted_op, allowed, forbidden, _forbidden_op in ROLE_MATRIX:
+            with self.subTest(profile=name, op=permitted_op):
+                profile = _profile(name, role, allowed, forbidden)
+                parity = self._stale_parity()
+                with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_current_master_parity", return_value=parity
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_master_parity_block", return_value=list(parity["reasons"])
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_runtime_mode_block", return_value=[]
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_ensure_matching_profile", return_value=None
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server.session_ctx,
+                    "mutation_context_audit_fields",
+                    return_value={"session_profile": name},
+                ):
+                    blocked = mcp_server._profile_permission_block(permitted_op)
+                self.assertIsNotNone(blocked, name)
+                assert blocked is not None
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    blocked.get("blocker_kind"),
+                    "runtime_reconnect_required",
+                    blocked,
+                )
+                self.assertNotIn("permission_report", blocked, blocked)
+                self.assertTrue(blocked.get("restart_required"), blocked)
+                self.assertEqual(blocked.get("startup_head"), SHA_START, blocked)
+                self.assertEqual(blocked.get("live_remote_head"), SHA_LIVE, blocked)
+                action = (blocked.get("exact_safe_next_action") or "").lower()
+                self.assertIn("reconnect", action)
+                self.assertNotIn("call gitea_activate_profile with", action)
+                self.assertNotIn("switch to the author mcp session", action)
+                self.assertNotIn("switch to the reviewer mcp session", action)
+
+    def test_fresh_plus_forbidden_op_all_roles(self):
+        for name, role, _permitted, allowed, forbidden, forbidden_op in ROLE_MATRIX:
+            with self.subTest(profile=name, op=forbidden_op):
+                profile = _profile(name, role, allowed, forbidden)
+                with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_master_parity_block", return_value=[]
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_runtime_mode_block", return_value=[]
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_ensure_matching_profile", return_value=None
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server.session_ctx,
+                    "mutation_context_audit_fields",
+                    return_value={"session_profile": name},
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server.gitea_config,
+                    "load_config",
+                    return_value=_config({name: profile}),
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server.gitea_config, "is_runtime_switching_enabled", return_value=False
+                ):
+                    blocked = mcp_server._profile_permission_block(forbidden_op)
+                self.assertIsNotNone(blocked, name)
+                assert blocked is not None
+                self.assertEqual(blocked.get("blocker_kind"), "permission_denied", blocked)
+                self.assertIn("permission_report", blocked, blocked)
+                report = blocked["permission_report"]
+                self.assertEqual(report.get("missing_permission"), forbidden_op, report)
+                self.assertFalse(report.get("diagnostic_defect"), report)
+                # No runtime reconnect fields for pure permission denial
+                self.assertNotEqual(
+                    blocked.get("blocker_kind"), "runtime_reconnect_required"
+                )
+
+    def test_stale_plus_forbidden_op_both_causes_separated(self):
+        for name, role, _permitted, allowed, forbidden, forbidden_op in ROLE_MATRIX:
+            with self.subTest(profile=name, op=forbidden_op):
+                profile = _profile(name, role, allowed, forbidden)
+                parity = self._stale_parity()
+                stale_reason = parity["reasons"][0]
+                with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_current_master_parity", return_value=parity
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_master_parity_block", return_value=[stale_reason]
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_runtime_mode_block", return_value=[]
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server, "_ensure_matching_profile", return_value=None
+                ), patch.object(
+                    mcp_server.session_ctx,
+                    "mutation_context_audit_fields",
+                    return_value={"session_profile": name},
+                ):
+                    # Gate collects both classes; force permission reason too.
+                    with patch.object(
+                        mcp_server,
+                        "_profile_operation_gate",
+                        return_value=[
+                            stale_reason,
+                            f"profile is not allowed to {forbidden_op}",
+                        ],
+                    ):
+                        blocked = mcp_server._profile_permission_block(forbidden_op)
+                self.assertIsNotNone(blocked)
+                assert blocked is not None
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    blocked.get("blocker_kind"), "runtime_reconnect_required", blocked
+                )
+                self.assertNotIn("permission_report", blocked, blocked)
+                self.assertIn("permission_block_reasons", blocked, blocked)
+                self.assertIn("stale_runtime_reasons", blocked, blocked)
+                classes = blocked.get("gate_reason_classes") or {}
+                self.assertTrue(classes.get("stale_runtime"), classes)
+                self.assertTrue(classes.get("permission"), classes)
+
+    def test_runtime_mode_block_no_permission_report(self):
+        profile = _profile(
+            "prgs-author",
+            "author",
+            ["gitea.read", "gitea.issue.create"],
+            [],
+        )
+        runtime_reason = (
+            "runtime mode is 'dev-test' and the mutation targets the "
+            "production repository; dev/test runtimes must not mutate real "
+            "issues or PRs (ADR: stable control runtime vs dev runtime)"
+        )
+        with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_master_parity_block", return_value=[]
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_runtime_mode_block", return_value=[runtime_reason]
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_ensure_matching_profile", return_value=None
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server.session_ctx,
+            "mutation_context_audit_fields",
+            return_value={"session_profile": "prgs-author"},
+        ):
+            blocked = mcp_server._profile_permission_block("gitea.issue.create")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(blocked)
+        assert blocked is not None
+        self.assertEqual(blocked.get("blocker_kind"), "runtime_mode_blocked", blocked)
+        self.assertNotIn("permission_report", blocked, blocked)
+        action = (blocked.get("exact_safe_next_action") or "").lower()
+        self.assertNotIn("call gitea_activate_profile with", action)
+        self.assertIn("stable control runtime", action)
+
+
+class Issue897CreateIssueRegression(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_create_issue_stale_daemon_never_missing_issue_create(self):
+        """Regression AC: stale prgs-author create_issue must not claim missing create."""
+        profile = _profile(
+            "prgs-author",
+            "author",
+            [
+                "gitea.read",
+                "gitea.issue.create",
+                "gitea.issue.comment",
+                "gitea.branch.create",
+                "gitea.branch.push",
+                "gitea.pr.create",
+                "gitea.pr.comment",
+                "gitea.repo.commit",
+            ],
+            [],
+        )
+        stale_reason = (
+            f"live remote master is {SHA_LIVE[:12]} but the MCP server started "
+            f"at {SHA_START[:12]}; the daemon is stale relative to live master "
+            "-- restart/reconnect before mutating"
+        )
+        parity = {
+            "in_parity": True,
+            "stale": False,
+            "restart_required": True,
+            "determinable": True,
+            "startup_head": SHA_START,
+            "current_head": SHA_START,
+            "daemon_start_head": SHA_START,
+            "local_head": SHA_START,
+            "live_remote_head": SHA_LIVE,
+            "live_known": True,
+            "live_stale": True,
+            "mutation_safe": False,
+            "reasons": [stale_reason],
+        }
+
+        with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_current_master_parity", return_value=parity
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_master_parity_block", return_value=[stale_reason]
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_runtime_mode_block", return_value=[]
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_ensure_matching_profile", return_value=None
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server.session_ctx,
+            "mutation_context_audit_fields",
+            return_value={"session_profile": "prgs-author"},
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_mutation_config_authority_block", return_value=None
+        ), patch.object(
+            mcp_server, "_session_context_mutation_block", return_value=None
+        ):
+            blocked = mcp_server._profile_permission_block(
+                "gitea.issue.create", remote="prgs"
+            )
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(blocked)
+        assert blocked is not None
+        self.assertEqual(blocked.get("blocker_kind"), "runtime_reconnect_required")
+        self.assertNotIn("permission_report", blocked)
+        # Even if a caller still built a raw report, holds-check must not claim missing.
+        with patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=profile):
+            raw = mcp_server._permission_block_report("gitea.issue.create")
+        self.assertIsNone(raw.get("missing_permission"), raw)
+        self.assertNotEqual(raw.get("missing_permission"), "gitea.issue.create")
+
+    def test_permission_report_for_gate_reasons_skips_stale(self):
+        stale = (
+            f"live remote master is {SHA_LIVE[:12]} but the MCP server started "
+            f"at {SHA_START[:12]}; the daemon is stale relative to live master "
+            "-- restart/reconnect before mutating"
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(
+            mcp_server._permission_report_for_gate_reasons(
+                "gitea.issue.comment", [stale]
+            )
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_webui_restart_console.py

@@ -0,0 +1,452 @@
+"""Read-only restart console: views, gates, and honesty rules (#667).
+
+The console consumes the #655 substrate. These tests hold it to the three
+properties that make a status surface trustworthy:
+
+* an unreadable source is reported unavailable, never rendered as green;
+* authorization is probed the way execution would probe it, so an allow is
+  never shown for something that could not run;
+* the surface performs no mutation, including no write to the control-plane DB.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient  # noqa: E402
+
+import restart_coordinator  # noqa: E402
+from webui import console_authz, restart_console, restart_views  # noqa: E402
+from webui.app import create_app  # noqa: E402
+
+NOW = datetime(2026, 7, 25, 21, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+
+
+def _principal(role: str) -> console_authz.Principal:
+    return console_authz.Principal(
+        subject="[email protected]",
+        role=role,
+        identity_source=console_authz.IDENTITY_LOCAL_DEV,
+        authenticated=True,
+    )
+
+
+def _inventory(*, complete: bool = True, sessions=(), leases=()):
+    def _read(**_kwargs):
+        return {
+            "sessions": list(sessions),
+            "leases": list(leases),
+            "terminal_lock": None,
+            "prior_recovery_attempts": [],
+            "inventory_complete": complete,
+            "incomplete_reasons": (
+                [] if complete else ["fixture: inventory withheld"]
+            ),
+        }
+
+    return _read
+
+
+def _live_session(session_id: str = "prgs-author-1234-abcd") -> dict:
+    return {
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "role": "author",
+        "profile": "prgs-author",
+        "pid": os.getpid(),
+        "status": "active",
+        "last_heartbeat_at": (NOW - timedelta(seconds=30)).isoformat(),
+    }
+
+
+def drain_proof_fixture() -> dict:
+    """A structurally complete but unsigned drain proof."""
+    return {
+        "version": "drain-proof/v1",
+        "proof_id": "deadbeef" * 8,
+        "clean": True,
+        "issued_at": (NOW - timedelta(minutes=1)).isoformat(),
+        "expires_at": (NOW + timedelta(minutes=5)).isoformat(),
+        "requesting_session_id": "s-live",
+        "impact_fingerprint": "f" * 64,
+        "checks": [],
+        "failed_checks": [],
+    }
+
+
+class RestartClassMatrixTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_every_policy_class_is_rendered(self) -> None:
+        views = restart_console.build_restart_class_views("operator")
+        self.assertEqual(len(views), len(restart_coordinator.RESTART_CLASS_POLICIES))
+
+    def test_viewer_capability_is_role_scoped_not_generic(self) -> None:
+        """A worker role must not be shown as able to request a full restart."""
+        author = {
+            v.restart_class: v
+            for v in restart_console.build_restart_class_views("author")
+        }
+        operator = {
+            v.restart_class: v
+            for v in restart_console.build_restart_class_views("operator")
+        }
+        full = restart_coordinator.RestartClass.FULL_MCP_RESTART.value
+
+        self.assertFalse(author[full].viewer_may_request)
+        self.assertFalse(author[full].viewer_may_execute)
+        self.assertTrue(operator[full].viewer_may_request)
+        self.assertTrue(operator[full].viewer_may_execute)
+
+    def test_unknown_role_may_do_nothing(self) -> None:
+        views = restart_console.build_restart_class_views("not-a-role")
+        self.assertTrue(all(not v.viewer_may_request for v in views))
+        self.assertTrue(all(not v.viewer_may_execute for v in views))
+
+
+class AuthorizationProbeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_probe_asks_for_execution_so_phase_gate_is_reported(self) -> None:
+        """An admin clears the role bar and still cannot execute in Phase 1.
+
+        This is the case that distinguishes the two probes. Asked without
+        ``for_execution`` an admin is *allowed* for ``system.restart_namespace``,
+        which on a control surface reads as a live button. Asked the way
+        execution asks, the same principal is refused ``phase_not_active``. The
+        console must report the second answer.
+        """
+        by_id = {
+            a.action_id: a
+            for a in restart_console.build_action_authorizations(
+                _principal(console_authz.ADMIN)
+            )
+        }
+        restart = by_id["system.restart_namespace"]
+
+        self.assertFalse(restart.execution_enabled)
+        self.assertEqual(restart.reason_code, console_authz.DENY_PHASE_NOT_ACTIVE)
+
+        permissive = console_authz.authorize(
+            "system.restart_namespace", _principal(console_authz.ADMIN)
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+            permissive.allowed,
+            "guard precondition: without for_execution an admin is allowed, "
+            "which is exactly why the console must not probe that way",
+        )
+
+    def test_operator_is_refused_the_admin_only_restart_action(self) -> None:
+        """Role refusal precedes the phase gate and is reported as such."""
+        by_id = {
+            a.action_id: a
+            for a in restart_console.build_action_authorizations(
+                _principal(console_authz.OPERATOR)
+            )
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            by_id["system.restart_namespace"].reason_code,
+            console_authz.DENY_INSUFFICIENT_ROLE,
+        )
+
+    def test_anonymous_is_denied_unauthenticated(self) -> None:
+        by_id = {
+            a.action_id: a for a in restart_console.build_action_authorizations(None)
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(
+            by_id["system.restart_namespace"].reason_code,
+            console_authz.DENY_UNAUTHENTICATED,
+        )
+
+    def test_no_authorization_ever_reports_execution_enabled(self) -> None:
+        for role in (
+            console_authz.VIEWER,
+            console_authz.OPERATOR,
+            console_authz.CONTROLLER,
+            console_authz.ADMIN,
+        ):
+            for auth in restart_console.build_action_authorizations(_principal(role)):
+                self.assertFalse(
+                    auth.execution_enabled,
+                    f"{role} reported execution_enabled for {auth.action_id}",
+                )
+
+
+class ImpactPreviewTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_impact_renders_from_coordinator_dto(self) -> None:
+        impact, source = restart_console.load_impact_report(
+            principal=_principal(console_authz.OPERATOR),
+            read_inventory=_inventory(sessions=[_live_session()]),
+            now=NOW,
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(source.available)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(impact)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            impact["restart_class"],
+            restart_coordinator.RestartClass.FULL_MCP_RESTART.value,
+        )
+        self.assertIn("verdict", impact)
+        self.assertFalse(impact["restart_performed"])
+        self.assertTrue(impact["dry_run"])
+
+    def test_incomplete_inventory_is_surfaced_and_denies(self) -> None:
+        impact, source = restart_console.load_impact_report(
+            principal=_principal(console_authz.OPERATOR),
+            read_inventory=_inventory(complete=False),
+            now=NOW,
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(impact["inventory_complete"])
+        self.assertFalse(impact["allow_restart"])
+        self.assertTrue(source.detail, "incomplete inventory must explain itself")
+
+    def test_inventory_reader_failure_is_unavailable_not_empty(self) -> None:
+        """A reader that raises must not be rendered as 'no sessions affected'."""
+
+        def _boom(**_kwargs):
+            raise RuntimeError("control-plane unreachable")
+
+        impact, source = restart_console.load_impact_report(
+            principal=_principal(console_authz.OPERATOR),
+            read_inventory=_boom,
+            now=NOW,
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(impact)
+        self.assertFalse(source.available)
+        self.assertIn("control-plane unreachable", source.detail)
+
+
+class ControlPlaneReadTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_missing_database_is_incomplete_not_empty(self) -> None:
+        inventory = restart_console.read_control_plane_inventory(
+            db_path="/nonexistent/control-plane.sqlite3"
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(inventory["inventory_complete"])
+        self.assertEqual(inventory["sessions"], [])
+        self.assertTrue(inventory["incomplete_reasons"])
+
+    def test_reader_never_creates_the_database(self) -> None:
+        """Reading status must not bring a control-plane DB into existence.
+
+        The path deliberately sits in a directory that already exists: a
+        read-write ``sqlite3.connect`` would happily create the file there, so
+        this fails if the reader ever stops opening the database ``mode=ro``.
+        A nested-missing-directory path would pass for the wrong reason,
+        because sqlite cannot create the parent directory either way.
+        """
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "control_plane.sqlite3")
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.dirname(path)))
+
+            inventory = restart_console.read_control_plane_inventory(db_path=path)
+
+            self.assertFalse(
+                os.path.exists(path),
+                "reading restart status created a control-plane database",
+            )
+            self.assertFalse(inventory["inventory_complete"])
+
+    def test_reads_active_sessions_from_a_real_database(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "cp.sqlite3")
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
+            conn.execute(
+                "CREATE TABLE sessions (session_id TEXT, role TEXT, profile TEXT,"
+                " pid INTEGER, status TEXT, last_heartbeat_at TEXT)"
+            )
+            conn.execute(
+                "CREATE TABLE work_items (work_item_id INTEGER, kind TEXT,"
+                " number INTEGER)"
+            )
+            conn.execute(
+                "CREATE TABLE leases (lease_id TEXT, session_id TEXT, role TEXT,"
+                " phase TEXT, status TEXT, worktree_path TEXT,"
+                " work_item_id INTEGER, expires_at TEXT)"
+            )
+            conn.execute(
+                "INSERT INTO sessions VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+                ("s-live", "author", "prgs-author", 4242, "active", NOW.isoformat()),
+            )
+            conn.execute(
+                "INSERT INTO sessions VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+                ("s-done", "author", "prgs-author", 11, "closed", NOW.isoformat()),
+            )
+            conn.execute("INSERT INTO work_items VALUES (1, 'issue', 667)")
+            conn.execute(
+                "INSERT INTO leases VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+                (
+                    "l-1",
+                    "s-live",
+                    "author",
+                    "allocated",
+                    "active",
+                    None,
+                    1,
+                    NOW.isoformat(),
+                ),
+            )
+            conn.commit()
+            conn.close()
+
+            inventory = restart_console.read_control_plane_inventory(db_path=path)
+
+        self.assertTrue(inventory["inventory_complete"])
+        self.assertEqual([s["session_id"] for s in inventory["sessions"]], ["s-live"])
+        self.assertEqual(inventory["leases"][0]["work_number"], 667)
+
+
+class DrainAndReconcileTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_absent_drain_proof_is_not_a_pass(self) -> None:
+        drain, source = restart_console.load_drain_status(proof=None, now=NOW)
+        self.assertIsNone(drain)
+        self.assertFalse(source.available)
+        self.assertIn("denies", source.detail)
+
+    def test_tampered_drain_proof_is_reported_invalid(self) -> None:
+        proof = drain_proof_fixture()
+        proof["clean"] = True
+        proof["proof_id"] = "0" * 64
+        drain, source = restart_console.load_drain_status(proof=proof, now=NOW)
+        self.assertTrue(source.available)
+        self.assertFalse(drain["valid"])
+
+    def test_absent_reconcile_proof_is_unavailable(self) -> None:
+        reconcile, source = restart_console.load_reconcile_status(load_proof=None)
+        self.assertIsNone(reconcile)
+        self.assertFalse(source.available)
+
+    def test_reconcile_proof_is_rendered_when_supplied(self) -> None:
+        payload = {
+            "overall_status": "degraded",
+            "mode": "log_only",
+            "resolved_count": 3,
+            "unresolved_count": 2,
+            "items": [
+                {
+                    "dimension": "leases",
+                    "status": "unresolved",
+                    "summary": "2 orphaned leases",
+                    "follow_up_required": True,
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+        reconcile, source = restart_console.load_reconcile_status(
+            load_proof=lambda: payload
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(source.available)
+        self.assertEqual(reconcile["unresolved_count"], 2)
+
+
+class RenderingTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _snapshot(self, **kwargs):
+        params = {
+            "principal": _principal(console_authz.OPERATOR),
+            "read_inventory": _inventory(sessions=[_live_session()]),
+            "now": NOW,
+        }
+        params.update(kwargs)
+        return restart_console.load_restart_console_snapshot(**params)
+
+    def test_page_renders_every_section(self) -> None:
+        html = restart_views.render_restart_console_page(self._snapshot())
+        for heading in (
+            "Impact preview",
+            "Drain proof",
+            "Post-restart reconcile",
+            "Restart classes",
+            "Approval controls",
+            "Break-glass",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(heading, html)
+
+    def test_hostile_session_id_is_escaped(self) -> None:
+        hostile = "<script>alert('x')</script>"
+        html = restart_views.render_restart_console_page(
+            self._snapshot(read_inventory=_inventory(sessions=[_live_session(hostile)]))
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn("<script>alert", html)
+        self.assertIn("&lt;script&gt;", html)
+
+    def test_unavailable_impact_says_unsafe_rather_than_clean(self) -> None:
+        def _boom(**_kwargs):
+            raise RuntimeError("nope")
+
+        snapshot = self._snapshot(read_inventory=_boom)
+        html = restart_views.render_restart_console_page(snapshot)
+        self.assertIn("blast radius of a restart is unknown", html)
+        self.assertIn("unavailable", html)
+
+    def test_break_glass_is_hidden_from_unprivileged_viewers(self) -> None:
+        viewer_html = restart_views.render_restart_console_page(
+            self._snapshot(principal=_principal(console_authz.VIEWER))
+        )
+        self.assertIn("visible to operator-class", viewer_html)
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            f"#{restart_console.BREAK_GLASS_ISSUE}", viewer_html
+        )
+
+    def test_break_glass_shown_to_operator_is_marked_unavailable(self) -> None:
+        html = restart_views.render_restart_console_page(self._snapshot())
+        self.assertIn("unavailable", html)
+        self.assertIn(f"#{restart_console.BREAK_GLASS_ISSUE}", html)
+
+    def test_snapshot_always_declares_itself_read_only(self) -> None:
+        self.assertTrue(self._snapshot().read_only)
+
+
+class RestartConsoleRouteTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.client = TestClient(create_app())
+
+    def test_page_route_renders(self) -> None:
+        res = self.client.get("/runtime/restart")
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn("Restart status and impact", res.text)
+
+    def test_api_route_exports_snapshot(self) -> None:
+        res = self.client.get("/api/v1/system/restart/status")
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        payload = res.json()
+        self.assertTrue(payload["read_only"])
+        self.assertEqual(payload["links"]["issue"], 667)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            len(payload["restart_classes"]),
+            len(restart_coordinator.RESTART_CLASS_POLICIES),
+        )
+
+    def test_restart_class_is_selectable(self) -> None:
+        res = self.client.get(
+            "/api/v1/system/restart/status?restart_class=client_reconnect"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(res.json()["impact"]["restart_class"], "client_reconnect")
+
+    def test_unknown_restart_class_fails_closed(self) -> None:
+        res = self.client.get(
+            "/api/v1/system/restart/status?restart_class=obliterate-everything"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        impact = res.json()["impact"]
+        self.assertFalse(impact["allow_restart"])
+
+    def test_anonymous_api_reader_gets_no_execution_grant(self) -> None:
+        payload = self.client.get("/api/v1/system/restart/status").json()
+        self.assertFalse(payload["break_glass"]["available"])
+        for auth in payload["authorizations"]:
+            self.assertFalse(auth["execution_enabled"])
+
+    def test_route_is_registered_in_nav(self) -> None:
+        from webui.nav import nav_hrefs
+
+        self.assertIn("/runtime/restart", nav_hrefs())
+
+    def test_no_write_method_is_exposed(self) -> None:
+        """The surface is read-only: nothing accepts a POST."""
+        for path in ("/runtime/restart", "/api/v1/system/restart/status"):
+            self.assertEqual(self.client.post(path).status_code, 405, path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

webui/app.py

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ from webui.traffic_views import render_traffic_page
 from webui.worktree_scanner import load_hygiene_snapshot, snapshot_to_dict as worktree_snapshot_to_dict
 from webui.worktree_views import render_worktrees_page
 from webui.runtime_health import load_runtime_snapshot, snapshot_to_dict as runtime_snapshot_to_dict
+import restart_coordinator
+from webui.restart_console import load_restart_console_snapshot
+from webui.restart_views import render_restart_console_page
 from webui.runtime_views import render_runtime_page
 from webui.session_loader import (
     load_session_view_snapshot,
@@ -331,6 +334,33 @@ async def api_runtime(_request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     return JSONResponse(runtime_snapshot_to_dict(load_runtime_snapshot()))
 
 
+def _restart_console_snapshot(request: Request):
+    """Build the read-only restart snapshot for the requesting principal (#667)."""
+    principal = resolve_principal(request.headers)
+    restart_class = (
+        request.query_params.get("restart_class")
+        or restart_coordinator.RestartClass.FULL_MCP_RESTART.value
+    )
+    return load_restart_console_snapshot(
+        principal=principal, restart_class=restart_class
+    )
+
+
+async def restart_console_page(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
+    """Restart status, impact preview, and approval state (#667). Read-only."""
+    snapshot = _restart_console_snapshot(request)
+    return HTMLResponse(
+        render_page(
+            title="Restart", body_html=render_restart_console_page(snapshot)
+        )
+    )
+
+
+async def api_restart_status(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
+    """JSON export of the read-only restart console snapshot (#667)."""
+    return JSONResponse(_restart_console_snapshot(request).as_dict())
+
+
 async def sessions(_request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
     """Runtime and session view (#641) — read-only composition of health + inventory."""
     snapshot = load_session_view_snapshot()
@@ -781,6 +811,13 @@ def create_app(*, bind_host: str | None = None) -> Starlette:
             Route("/api/prompts", api_prompts, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/runtime", runtime, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/runtime", api_runtime, methods=["GET"]),
+            # #667 read-only restart status / impact preview / approval state.
+            Route("/runtime/restart", restart_console_page, methods=["GET"]),
+            Route(
+                "/api/v1/system/restart/status",
+                api_restart_status,
+                methods=["GET"],
+            ),
             Route("/sessions", sessions, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/sessions", api_sessions, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/v1/sessions", api_sessions, methods=["GET"]),

webui/nav.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ NAV_GROUPS: tuple[NavGroup, ...] = (
     )),
     NavGroup("Runtime/Sessions", (
         NavItem("/runtime", "Runtime health"),
+        NavItem("/runtime/restart", "Restart status"),
         NavItem("/sessions", "Sessions"),
     )),
     NavGroup("Projects", (

webui/restart_console.py

@@ -0,0 +1,579 @@
+"""Read-only restart status, impact preview, and approval state (#667).
+
+Phase 1 of the console restart surface. It *consumes* the #655 coordinator
+substrate and renders it; it never restarts, reloads, drains, approves, or kills
+anything. There is no apply path in this module, so there is no execution gate
+here to arm incorrectly — the only writes the console could perform are the ones
+it does not implement.
+
+Sources, each independently fail-soft and each reported with its own
+:class:`SourceStatus`:
+
+* :mod:`restart_coordinator` — restart-class policy matrix (#663) and the
+  blast-radius impact report (#658).
+* :mod:`drain_proof` — drain checklist and gate verdict (#661), verified
+  read-only against a caller-supplied proof.
+* :mod:`post_restart_reconcile` — post-restart completion proof (#662).
+* :mod:`webui.console_authz` — role authorization for the approval controls
+  (#633).
+
+Three rules this module holds itself to, because a status surface that lies is
+worse than one that is absent:
+
+**A source that could not be read is reported unavailable, never green.** No
+default, placeholder, or self-comparison is substituted for a reading that
+failed. An unreadable control-plane DB yields ``inventory_complete=False``,
+which the coordinator itself turns into a fail-closed verdict.
+
+**Authorization is asked the way execution would ask it.** Every authorization
+probe passes ``for_execution=True``, so the console reports whether the action
+could actually run rather than the weaker "this principal is the right role".
+While the console is in Phase 1 that answer is ``phase_not_active`` for every
+phase-2 action, and the surface says so plainly instead of showing an allow.
+
+**The database is opened read-only.** ``ControlPlaneDB()`` creates directories
+and runs migrations on construction, which is a write; this module opens the
+sqlite file with ``mode=ro`` exactly as :mod:`webui.inventory` does, and treats
+a missing file as missing authority rather than an empty inventory.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sqlite3
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any, Callable, Mapping
+
+import control_plane_db
+import drain_proof
+import restart_coordinator
+from webui import console_authz
+from webui.inventory import redact_path, scrub
+
+# --- Source status ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+STATUS_OK = "ok"
+STATUS_UNAVAILABLE = "unavailable"
+
+#: Console actions whose authorization state this surface reports. Both are
+#: pre-existing #642 actions; this module adds no new console action because it
+#: performs no console action.
+REPORTED_ACTIONS: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    "system.restart_namespace",
+    "system.reload_namespace",
+)
+
+#: The break-glass workflow (#664) is not consumed here. It is declared so the
+#: surface is honest about the gap rather than silently omitting a governance
+#: path the operator has been told exists.
+BREAK_GLASS_ISSUE = 664
+BREAK_GLASS_PENDING_REASON = (
+    "The break-glass workflow (#664) is not yet available on this branch's "
+    "base; no break-glass control is offered and none is implied."
+)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SourceStatus:
+    """Whether one backing source could be read, and why not when it could not."""
+
+    name: str
+    status: str
+    detail: str = ""
+
+    @property
+    def available(self) -> bool:
+        return self.status == STATUS_OK
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "name": self.name,
+            "status": self.status,
+            "available": self.available,
+            "detail": self.detail,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class RestartClassView:
+    """One row of the #663 restart-class matrix, scoped to the viewer's role."""
+
+    restart_class: str
+    required_permission: str
+    expected_blast_radius: str
+    drain_requirement: str
+    full_drain_required: bool
+    approval_requirement: str
+    request_roles: tuple[str, ...]
+    execution_roles: tuple[str, ...]
+    viewer_may_request: bool
+    viewer_may_execute: bool
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "restart_class": self.restart_class,
+            "required_permission": self.required_permission,
+            "expected_blast_radius": self.expected_blast_radius,
+            "drain_requirement": self.drain_requirement,
+            "full_drain_required": self.full_drain_required,
+            "approval_requirement": self.approval_requirement,
+            "request_roles": list(self.request_roles),
+            "execution_roles": list(self.execution_roles),
+            "viewer_may_request": self.viewer_may_request,
+            "viewer_may_execute": self.viewer_may_execute,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ActionAuthorization:
+    """Authorization state for one console action, asked as execution would."""
+
+    action_id: str
+    summary: str
+    required_role: str
+    allowed: bool
+    execution_enabled: bool
+    reason_code: str
+    detail: str
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "action_id": self.action_id,
+            "summary": self.summary,
+            "required_role": self.required_role,
+            "allowed": self.allowed,
+            "execution_enabled": self.execution_enabled,
+            "reason_code": self.reason_code,
+            "detail": self.detail,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class BreakGlassSurface:
+    """Declared-but-unavailable break-glass panel (#664 is not on this base)."""
+
+    available: bool
+    issue: int
+    reason: str
+    viewer_is_privileged: bool
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "available": self.available,
+            "issue": self.issue,
+            "reason": self.reason,
+            "viewer_is_privileged": self.viewer_is_privileged,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class RestartConsoleSnapshot:
+    """Everything the read-only restart console renders."""
+
+    generated_at: str
+    viewer_role: str
+    viewer_authenticated: bool
+    read_only: bool
+    impact: dict[str, Any] | None
+    impact_source: SourceStatus
+    drain: dict[str, Any] | None
+    drain_source: SourceStatus
+    reconcile: dict[str, Any] | None
+    reconcile_source: SourceStatus
+    restart_classes: tuple[RestartClassView, ...]
+    authorizations: tuple[ActionAuthorization, ...]
+    break_glass: BreakGlassSurface
+    notes: tuple[str, ...] = field(default_factory=tuple)
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "generated_at": self.generated_at,
+            "viewer_role": self.viewer_role,
+            "viewer_authenticated": self.viewer_authenticated,
+            "read_only": self.read_only,
+            "impact": self.impact,
+            "impact_source": self.impact_source.as_dict(),
+            "drain": self.drain,
+            "drain_source": self.drain_source.as_dict(),
+            "reconcile": self.reconcile,
+            "reconcile_source": self.reconcile_source.as_dict(),
+            "restart_classes": [c.as_dict() for c in self.restart_classes],
+            "authorizations": [a.as_dict() for a in self.authorizations],
+            "break_glass": self.break_glass.as_dict(),
+            "notes": list(self.notes),
+            "links": {
+                "issue": 667,
+                "extends": 642,
+                "umbrella": 655,
+                "coordinator": 658,
+                "drain_proof": 661,
+                "reconcile": 662,
+                "restart_classes": 663,
+                "break_glass": BREAK_GLASS_ISSUE,
+                "vision": 652,
+                "roadmap": 653,
+            },
+        }
+
+
+def _utc_now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+# --- Control-plane inventory (read-only) ------------------------------------
+
+
+def read_control_plane_inventory(
+    *,
+    db_path: str | None = None,
+    limit: int = 200,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Read sessions and leases for an impact evaluation, read-only.
+
+    Returns the inventory mapping
+    :func:`restart_coordinator.evaluate_restart_impact` expects.
+    ``inventory_complete`` is True only when every read succeeded, so a partial
+    read denies rather than under-reporting the blast radius.
+
+    The database is never created, migrated, or written: a missing file means
+    the console has no session authority, which is not the same as there being
+    no sessions.
+    """
+
+    path = (db_path or control_plane_db.default_db_path() or "").strip()
+    incomplete: list[str] = []
+
+    def _incomplete(reason: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "sessions": [],
+            "leases": [],
+            "terminal_lock": None,
+            "prior_recovery_attempts": [],
+            "inventory_complete": False,
+            "incomplete_reasons": [reason],
+        }
+
+    if not path:
+        return _incomplete("control-plane database path is not configured")
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        return _incomplete(
+            f"control-plane database not present at {redact_path(path)}; "
+            "no session or lease authority available"
+        )
+
+    try:
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{path}?mode=ro", uri=True, timeout=5)
+        conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+    except sqlite3.Error as exc:
+        return _incomplete(f"control-plane database could not be opened: {exc}")
+
+    sessions: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    leases: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    capped = max(1, int(limit))
+    try:
+        tables = {
+            str(row[0])
+            for row in conn.execute(
+                "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table'"
+            ).fetchall()
+        }
+        if "sessions" not in tables:
+            incomplete.append("control-plane database has no sessions table")
+        else:
+            sessions = [
+                dict(row)
+                for row in conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT session_id, role, profile, pid, status,"
+                    " last_heartbeat_at FROM sessions"
+                    " WHERE status = 'active'"
+                    " ORDER BY last_heartbeat_at DESC LIMIT ?",
+                    (capped,),
+                ).fetchall()
+            ]
+
+        if "leases" not in tables:
+            incomplete.append("control-plane database has no leases table")
+        elif "work_items" not in tables:
+            incomplete.append(
+                "control-plane database has no work_items table; lease work "
+                "identity cannot be resolved"
+            )
+        else:
+            leases = [
+                dict(row)
+                for row in conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT l.lease_id, l.session_id, l.role, l.phase,"
+                    " l.status AS freshness, l.worktree_path,"
+                    " w.kind AS work_kind, w.number AS work_number"
+                    " FROM leases l"
+                    " JOIN work_items w ON w.work_item_id = l.work_item_id"
+                    " WHERE l.status = 'active'"
+                    " ORDER BY l.expires_at DESC LIMIT ?",
+                    (capped,),
+                ).fetchall()
+            ]
+    except sqlite3.Error as exc:
+        return _incomplete(f"control-plane database read failed: {exc}")
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
+
+    return {
+        "sessions": sessions,
+        "leases": leases,
+        "terminal_lock": None,
+        "prior_recovery_attempts": [],
+        "inventory_complete": not incomplete,
+        "incomplete_reasons": incomplete,
+    }
+
+
+# --- Composition ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def build_restart_class_views(viewer_role: str | None) -> tuple[RestartClassView, ...]:
+    """Render the #663 class matrix, marking what this viewer may request."""
+
+    normalized = str(viewer_role or "").strip().lower()
+    views: list[RestartClassView] = []
+    for policy in restart_coordinator.RESTART_CLASS_POLICIES.values():
+        views.append(
+            RestartClassView(
+                restart_class=policy.restart_class.value,
+                required_permission=policy.required_permission,
+                expected_blast_radius=policy.expected_blast_radius,
+                drain_requirement=policy.drain_requirement,
+                full_drain_required=policy.full_drain_required,
+                approval_requirement=policy.approval_requirement,
+                request_roles=tuple(policy.request_roles),
+                execution_roles=tuple(policy.execution_roles),
+                viewer_may_request=normalized in policy.request_roles,
+                viewer_may_execute=normalized in policy.execution_roles,
+            )
+        )
+    return tuple(views)
+
+
+def build_action_authorizations(
+    principal: console_authz.Principal | None,
+) -> tuple[ActionAuthorization, ...]:
+    """Authorization state for the approval controls, asked as execution.
+
+    ``for_execution=True`` is deliberate. Asking without it answers "is this
+    principal senior enough", which is not the question an operator looking at a
+    control needs answered; asking with it answers "would this run", and while
+    the console is in Phase 1 the honest answer is no.
+    """
+
+    results: list[ActionAuthorization] = []
+    for action_id in REPORTED_ACTIONS:
+        action = console_authz.get_action(action_id)
+        decision = console_authz.authorize(action_id, principal, for_execution=True)
+        results.append(
+            ActionAuthorization(
+                action_id=action_id,
+                summary=action.summary if action else "",
+                required_role=(
+                    action.minimum_role if action else console_authz.OPERATOR
+                ),
+                allowed=bool(decision.allowed),
+                execution_enabled=bool(decision.execution_enabled),
+                reason_code=str(decision.reason_code or ""),
+                detail=str(decision.detail or ""),
+            )
+        )
+    return tuple(results)
+
+
+def viewer_is_privileged(principal: console_authz.Principal | None) -> bool:
+    """True when the viewer holds at least the operator role."""
+
+    who = principal if principal is not None else console_authz.ANONYMOUS
+    if not who.authenticated:
+        return False
+    return who.rank >= console_authz.ROLE_ORDER.index(console_authz.OPERATOR)
+
+
+def load_impact_report(
+    *,
+    principal: console_authz.Principal | None = None,
+    restart_class: str = restart_coordinator.RestartClass.FULL_MCP_RESTART.value,
+    db_path: str | None = None,
+    limit: int = 200,
+    read_inventory: Callable[..., Mapping[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+) -> tuple[dict[str, Any] | None, SourceStatus]:
+    """Evaluate the blast radius for *restart_class*, always dry-run."""
+
+    reader = read_inventory or read_control_plane_inventory
+    try:
+        inventory = dict(reader(db_path=db_path, limit=limit))
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "impact",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            f"control-plane inventory failed: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}",
+        )
+
+    who = principal if principal is not None else console_authz.ANONYMOUS
+    viewer_role = str(who.role or "").strip().lower()
+    try:
+        report = restart_coordinator.evaluate_restart_impact(
+            inventory,
+            now=now,
+            dry_run=True,
+            restart_class=restart_class,
+            requester_role=viewer_role,
+            requester_permissions=restart_coordinator.permissions_for_role(
+                viewer_role
+            ),
+        )
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "impact",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            f"impact evaluation failed: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}",
+        )
+
+    payload = scrub(report.as_dict())
+    detail = ""
+    if not report.inventory_complete:
+        detail = "; ".join(report.incomplete_reasons) or "inventory incomplete"
+    return payload, SourceStatus("impact", STATUS_OK, detail)
+
+
+def load_drain_status(
+    *,
+    proof: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+    expected_impact_fingerprint: str | None = None,
+) -> tuple[dict[str, Any] | None, SourceStatus]:
+    """Verify a supplied drain proof read-only and report the verdict.
+
+    No proof supplied is not a failure and not a pass: it is reported as the
+    absence of a proof, which is exactly what the #661 gate would deny on.
+    """
+
+    if proof is None:
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "drain",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            "no drain proof supplied; the #661 gate denies a restart without a "
+            "valid unexpired clean proof",
+        )
+    try:
+        verified = drain_proof.verify_drain_proof(
+            proof,
+            now=now,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint=expected_impact_fingerprint,
+        )
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "drain",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            f"drain proof verification failed: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}",
+        )
+    return scrub(verified.as_dict()), SourceStatus("drain", STATUS_OK)
+
+
+def load_reconcile_status(
+    *,
+    load_proof: Callable[[], Any] | None = None,
+) -> tuple[dict[str, Any] | None, SourceStatus]:
+    """Report the most recent post-restart completion proof (#662)."""
+
+    if load_proof is None:
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "reconcile",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            "no post-restart completion proof source is wired into this view",
+        )
+    try:
+        proof = load_proof()
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "reconcile",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            f"reconcile proof unavailable: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}",
+        )
+    if proof is None:
+        return None, SourceStatus(
+            "reconcile",
+            STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+            "no post-restart reconcile has been recorded",
+        )
+    payload = proof.as_dict() if hasattr(proof, "as_dict") else dict(proof)
+    return scrub(payload), SourceStatus("reconcile", STATUS_OK)
+
+
+def load_restart_console_snapshot(
+    *,
+    principal: console_authz.Principal | None = None,
+    restart_class: str = restart_coordinator.RestartClass.FULL_MCP_RESTART.value,
+    db_path: str | None = None,
+    limit: int = 200,
+    drain_proof_payload: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    read_inventory: Callable[..., Mapping[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    load_reconcile_proof: Callable[[], Any] | None = None,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+) -> RestartConsoleSnapshot:
+    """Compose the read-only restart console snapshot."""
+
+    who = principal if principal is not None else console_authz.ANONYMOUS
+    moment = now or _utc_now()
+
+    impact, impact_source = load_impact_report(
+        principal=who,
+        restart_class=restart_class,
+        db_path=db_path,
+        limit=limit,
+        read_inventory=read_inventory,
+        now=moment,
+    )
+    fingerprint = None
+    if impact is not None:
+        try:
+            fingerprint = drain_proof.impact_fingerprint(impact)
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+            fingerprint = None
+
+    drain, drain_source = load_drain_status(
+        proof=drain_proof_payload,
+        now=moment,
+        expected_impact_fingerprint=fingerprint,
+    )
+    reconcile, reconcile_source = load_reconcile_status(
+        load_proof=load_reconcile_proof
+    )
+
+    notes: list[str] = [
+        "This surface is read-only: it evaluates and displays, and performs no "
+        "restart, reload, drain, approval, or process action.",
+    ]
+    if not impact_source.available:
+        notes.append(
+            "Impact preview unavailable — a restart decision must not be made "
+            "from this page while the blast radius is unknown."
+        )
+
+    return RestartConsoleSnapshot(
+        generated_at=moment.isoformat(),
+        viewer_role=str(who.role or "anonymous"),
+        viewer_authenticated=bool(who.authenticated),
+        read_only=True,
+        impact=impact,
+        impact_source=impact_source,
+        drain=drain,
+        drain_source=drain_source,
+        reconcile=reconcile,
+        reconcile_source=reconcile_source,
+        restart_classes=build_restart_class_views(who.role),
+        authorizations=build_action_authorizations(who),
+        break_glass=BreakGlassSurface(
+            available=False,
+            issue=BREAK_GLASS_ISSUE,
+            reason=BREAK_GLASS_PENDING_REASON,
+            viewer_is_privileged=viewer_is_privileged(who),
+        ),
+        notes=tuple(notes),
+    )

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+"""HTML views for the read-only restart console (#667).
+
+Every interpolated value passes through :func:`_esc`. Values that can carry a
+filesystem path or free-form operator text additionally pass through
+:func:`webui.inventory.scrub_text`, which redacts credential-shaped tokens
+*inside* a string rather than only at its start.
+
+The page renders state and never offers a control that would mutate anything:
+the approval and break-glass panels report authorization and availability, and
+there is no form, button, or endpoint behind them.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import html
+
+from webui.inventory import scrub_text
+from webui.restart_console import RestartConsoleSnapshot, SourceStatus
+
+
+def _esc(value: object) -> str:
+    """Escape any value for HTML text or a quoted attribute."""
+    if value is None:
+        return ""
+    return html.escape(str(value), quote=True)
+
+
+def _esc_text(value: object) -> str:
+    """Escape free-form text after redacting secrets embedded inside it."""
+    if value is None:
+        return ""
+    return _esc(scrub_text(str(value)))
+
+
+def _bool_badge(
+    value: bool, *, true_label: str = "yes", false_label: str = "no"
+) -> str:
+    css = "badge-ok" if value else "badge-blocked"
+    label = true_label if value else false_label
+    return f'<span class="badge {css}">{_esc(label)}</span>'
+
+
+def _source_badge(source: SourceStatus) -> str:
+    css = "badge-ok" if source.available else "badge-blocked"
+    badge = f'<span class="badge {css}">{_esc(source.status)}</span>'
+    if source.detail:
+        badge += f' <span class="muted">{_esc_text(source.detail)}</span>'
+    return badge
+
+
+def _notes_block(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    if not snapshot.notes:
+        return ""
+    items = "".join(f"<li>{_esc_text(note)}</li>" for note in snapshot.notes)
+    return f"<ul class='reasons'>{items}</ul>"
+
+
+def _impact_section(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    head = (
+        "<section class='health-card'>"
+        f"<h3>Impact preview {_source_badge(snapshot.impact_source)}</h3>"
+    )
+    impact = snapshot.impact
+    if impact is None:
+        return (
+            head
+            + "<p class='muted'>No impact preview is available, so the blast "
+            "radius of a restart is unknown. Treat this as unsafe.</p></section>"
+        )
+
+    counts = impact.get("counts") or {}
+    verdict = str(impact.get("verdict") or "unknown")
+    verdict_css = "badge-ok" if verdict == "safe" else "badge-blocked"
+    rows = "".join(
+        f"<tr><th>{_esc(key.replace('_', ' '))}</th><td>{_esc(value)}</td></tr>"
+        for key, value in sorted(counts.items())
+    )
+    reasons = "".join(
+        f"<li>{_esc_text(reason)}</li>" for reason in (impact.get("reasons") or [])
+    )
+    incomplete = ""
+    if not impact.get("inventory_complete", False):
+        detail = "; ".join(str(r) for r in (impact.get("incomplete_reasons") or []))
+        incomplete = (
+            "<p class='error'><strong>Inventory incomplete:</strong> "
+            f"{_esc_text(detail or 'unspecified')}. The coordinator fails "
+            "closed on an incomplete inventory.</p>"
+        )
+
+    sessions = impact.get("affected_sessions") or []
+    session_rows = "".join(
+        "<tr>"
+        f"<td><code>{_esc(s.get('session_id'))}</code></td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(s.get('role'))}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(s.get('pid'))}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(bool(s.get('live')), true_label='live', false_label='idle')}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(not s.get('heartbeat_stale'), true_label='fresh', false_label='stale')}</td>"
+        "</tr>"
+        for s in sessions[:50]
+    )
+    session_table = (
+        "<h4>Sessions a restart would terminate</h4>"
+        "<div class='table-scroll'><table class='registry'><thead><tr>"
+        "<th>Session</th><th>Role</th><th>PID</th><th>State</th>"
+        "<th>Heartbeat</th></tr></thead><tbody>"
+        f"{session_rows}</tbody></table></div>"
+        if session_rows
+        else "<p class='muted'>No affected sessions reported.</p>"
+    )
+    truncated = (
+        f"<p class='muted'>Showing the first 50 of {_esc(len(sessions))} "
+        "affected sessions.</p>"
+        if len(sessions) > 50
+        else ""
+    )
+
+    return (
+        head
+        + "<p class='health-headline'>Verdict "
+        f"<span class='badge {verdict_css}'>{_esc(verdict)}</span> · "
+        f"blast radius <code>{_esc(impact.get('blast_radius'))}</code> · "
+        f"class <code>{_esc(impact.get('restart_class'))}</code></p>"
+        + incomplete
+        + (f"<ul class='reasons'>{reasons}</ul>" if reasons else "")
+        + (f"<table class='registry'><tbody>{rows}</tbody></table>" if rows else "")
+        + session_table
+        + truncated
+        + "</section>"
+    )
+
+
+def _drain_section(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    head = (
+        "<section class='health-card'>"
+        f"<h3>Drain proof {_source_badge(snapshot.drain_source)}</h3>"
+    )
+    drain = snapshot.drain
+    if drain is None:
+        return (
+            head
+            + "<p class='muted'>No drain proof has been presented to this view. "
+            "The #661 gate authorizes a restart only against a valid, unexpired, "
+            "clean proof, so the absence of one is a denial, not a pass.</p>"
+            "</section>"
+        )
+    reasons = "".join(
+        f"<li>{_esc_text(reason)}</li>" for reason in (drain.get("reasons") or [])
+    )
+    return (
+        head
+        + "<table class='registry'><tbody>"
+        f"<tr><th>Valid</th><td>{_bool_badge(bool(drain.get('valid')))}</td></tr>"
+        f"<tr><th>Clean</th><td>{_bool_badge(bool(drain.get('clean')))}</td></tr>"
+        f"<tr><th>Expired</th><td>{_bool_badge(not drain.get('expired'), true_label='no', false_label='yes')}</td></tr>"
+        f"<tr><th>Tampered</th><td>{_bool_badge(not drain.get('tampered'), true_label='no', false_label='yes')}</td></tr>"
+        f"<tr><th>Proof id</th><td><code>{_esc(drain.get('proof_id'))}</code></td></tr>"
+        "</tbody></table>"
+        + (f"<ul class='reasons'>{reasons}</ul>" if reasons else "")
+        + "</section>"
+    )
+
+
+def _reconcile_section(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    head = (
+        "<section class='health-card'>"
+        f"<h3>Post-restart reconcile {_source_badge(snapshot.reconcile_source)}</h3>"
+    )
+    proof = snapshot.reconcile
+    if proof is None:
+        return (
+            head
+            + "<p class='muted'>No post-restart completion proof is recorded. "
+            "Until one is, the last restart's recovery state is unproven.</p>"
+            "</section>"
+        )
+    items = "".join(
+        "<tr>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(item.get('dimension'))}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(item.get('status'))}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc_text(item.get('summary'))}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(not item.get('follow_up_required'), true_label='no', false_label='yes')}</td>"
+        "</tr>"
+        for item in (proof.get("items") or [])
+    )
+    return (
+        head
+        + "<p class='health-headline'>Status "
+        f"<code>{_esc(proof.get('overall_status'))}</code> · mode "
+        f"<code>{_esc(proof.get('mode'))}</code> · resolved "
+        f"{_esc(proof.get('resolved_count'))} · unresolved "
+        f"{_esc(proof.get('unresolved_count'))}</p>"
+        + (
+            "<div class='table-scroll'><table class='registry'><thead><tr>"
+            "<th>Dimension</th><th>Status</th><th>Summary</th>"
+            "<th>Follow-up required</th></tr></thead><tbody>"
+            f"{items}</tbody></table></div>"
+            if items
+            else "<p class='muted'>No reconcile dimensions reported.</p>"
+        )
+        + "</section>"
+    )
+
+
+def _class_matrix_section(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    rows = "".join(
+        "<tr>"
+        f"<td><code>{_esc(view.restart_class)}</code></td>"
+        f"<td><code>{_esc(view.required_permission)}</code></td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(view.expected_blast_radius)}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(view.drain_requirement)}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(view.approval_requirement)}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(view.viewer_may_request)}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(view.viewer_may_execute)}</td>"
+        "</tr>"
+        for view in snapshot.restart_classes
+    )
+    return (
+        "<section class='health-card'>"
+        "<h3>Restart classes</h3>"
+        "<p class='muted'>The least-privilege matrix each restart request is "
+        "resolved against. &ldquo;You may request&rdquo; and &ldquo;you may "
+        "execute&rdquo; are computed for the current viewer role, not for a "
+        "generic operator.</p>"
+        "<div class='table-scroll'><table class='registry'><thead><tr>"
+        "<th>Class</th><th>Permission</th><th>Blast radius</th>"
+        "<th>Drain</th><th>Approval</th><th>You may request</th>"
+        "<th>You may execute</th></tr></thead><tbody>"
+        f"{rows}</tbody></table></div>"
+        "</section>"
+    )
+
+
+def _approval_section(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    rows = "".join(
+        "<tr>"
+        f"<td><code>{_esc(a.action_id)}</code></td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc(a.required_role)}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(a.allowed)}</td>"
+        f"<td>{_bool_badge(a.execution_enabled)}</td>"
+        f"<td><code>{_esc(a.reason_code)}</code></td>"
+        f"<td>{_esc_text(a.detail)}</td>"
+        "</tr>"
+        for a in snapshot.authorizations
+    )
+    return (
+        "<section class='health-card'>"
+        "<h3>Approval controls</h3>"
+        "<p class='muted'>Authorization is probed the way execution would probe "
+        "it, so &ldquo;execution enabled&rdquo; answers whether the action would "
+        "actually run — not merely whether this role outranks the requirement. "
+        "No control on this page performs the action.</p>"
+        "<div class='table-scroll'><table class='registry'><thead><tr>"
+        "<th>Action</th><th>Required role</th><th>Authorized</th>"
+        "<th>Execution enabled</th><th>Reason</th><th>Detail</th>"
+        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
+        f"{rows}</tbody></table></div>"
+        "</section>"
+    )
+
+
+def _break_glass_section(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    bg = snapshot.break_glass
+    if not bg.viewer_is_privileged:
+        return (
+            "<section class='health-card'>"
+            "<h3>Break-glass</h3>"
+            "<p class='muted'>Break-glass status is visible to operator-class "
+            "roles only. Your role does not carry that authority, so no "
+            "emergency surface is shown.</p>"
+            "</section>"
+        )
+    return (
+        "<section class='health-card'>"
+        "<h3>Break-glass "
+        f"{_bool_badge(bg.available, true_label='available', false_label='unavailable')}"
+        "</h3>"
+        f"<p class='muted'>{_esc_text(bg.reason)}</p>"
+        f"<p class='meta'>Tracked by issue #{_esc(bg.issue)}.</p>"
+        "</section>"
+    )
+
+
+def render_restart_console_page(snapshot: RestartConsoleSnapshot) -> str:
+    """Render the whole read-only restart console body."""
+
+    return (
+        "<h2>Restart status and impact</h2>"
+        f"<p class='meta'>Generated <code>{_esc(snapshot.generated_at)}</code> · "
+        f"viewer role <code>{_esc(snapshot.viewer_role)}</code> · "
+        f"authenticated {_bool_badge(snapshot.viewer_authenticated)} · "
+        f"read-only {_bool_badge(snapshot.read_only)}</p>"
+        + _notes_block(snapshot)
+        + _impact_section(snapshot)
+        + _drain_section(snapshot)
+        + _reconcile_section(snapshot)
+        + _class_matrix_section(snapshot)
+        + _approval_section(snapshot)
+        + _break_glass_section(snapshot)
+    )