fix(reconcile): retire workflow session rows whose owners are no longer live

Implement a sanctioned session lifecycle for post-restart reconciliation so
active session rows with dead or reused owner PIDs can be terminalized
without deleting history. Protect live owners, live leases, and live
client-managed sessions; record durable session_retired audit events; keep
cleanup idempotent under concurrent reconciles.

Closes #969

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

canonical_repository_root.py

@@ -37,48 +37,6 @@ CANONICAL_ROOT_ENV = "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_ROOT"
 # Candidate git remote names probed when deriving repository identity.
 _IDENTITY_REMOTE_CANDIDATES = ("prgs", "origin", "dadeschools", "mdcps")
 
-# Repository-authority modes (#973 B10). Exactly two values are supported.
-# ``mode`` selects how repository authority is established, so an unrecognised
-# value must never be normalised onto one of these: aliasing a trusted mode is
-# precisely the defect. Omitting the argument keeps the documented safe default,
-# ``validation``.
-MODE_VALIDATION = "validation"
-MODE_DERIVATION = "derivation"
-SUPPORTED_MODES: tuple[str, ...] = (MODE_VALIDATION, MODE_DERIVATION)
-
-# Reason code emitted when an unsupported mode is refused. Mirrors the existing
-# ``webui.sanctioned_restart.DENY_UNKNOWN_MODE`` convention so callers and tests
-# can assert the refusal cause rather than string-matching prose.
-DENY_UNKNOWN_MODE = "unknown_mode"
-
-
-def unsupported_mode_reason(mode: object) -> str | None:
-    """Precise rejection reason for *mode*, or None when *mode* is supported.
-
-    Only the two documented string values are accepted, compared exactly — no
-    stripping, no case folding — so misspellings and whitespace variants are
-    refused rather than coerced. An empty string, ``None``, and any non-string
-    are all *explicitly supplied* unsupported values and are refused on the same
-    footing; none of them is normalised to a supported mode. Omitting the
-    argument entirely never reaches here with an unsupported value because the
-    parameter default is ``"validation"``.
-    """
-    if isinstance(mode, str) and mode in SUPPORTED_MODES:
-        return None
-    supported = ", ".join(repr(m) for m in SUPPORTED_MODES)
-    if not isinstance(mode, str):
-        return (
-            f"unsupported repository-authority mode {mode!r} of type "
-            f"{type(mode).__name__}: only {supported} are supported; the mode "
-            "is refused before any repository assessment and no repository "
-            "identity was resolved through it (fail closed)"
-        )
-    return (
-        f"unsupported repository-authority mode {mode!r}: only {supported} are "
-        "supported; the mode is refused before any repository assessment and no "
-        "repository identity was resolved through it (fail closed)"
-    )
-
 
 def configured_canonical_root(
     profile: Mapping | None,
@@ -174,7 +132,6 @@ def assess_canonical_repository_root(
     process_project_root: str,
     remote: str | None = None,
     require_binding: bool = False,
-    mode: str = "validation",
 ) -> dict:
     """Validate the canonical repository root binding, failing closed on forgery.
 
@@ -183,41 +140,15 @@ def assess_canonical_repository_root(
     ``configured`` (whether a cross-repo binding was declared),
     ``resolved_slug`` and ``source``.
 
-    *mode* accepts exactly the two values in :data:`SUPPORTED_MODES`:
+    Without a configured binding the single-repo default is preserved: the
-    - ``"validation"`` (default): an independently trusted expected repository
+    canonical root is derived from *process_project_root* and never blocks
-      slug is known (or required). Candidate root's observed identity must match.
+    (unless *require_binding* explicitly demands one).
-      Unprovable or missing expected identity fails closed when *require_binding* is True.
-    - ``"derivation"``: caller is deriving the canonical repository identity.
-      No expected slug exists yet by design. Derivation succeeds if the configured
-      root exists, is a git repository, and carries a resolvable git remote identity.
 
-    Every other explicitly supplied value — unknown strings, misspellings, the
+    With a configured binding the path must exist, be a git repository, and —
-    empty string, ``None``, and non-strings — is refused with ``proven`` False,
+    when *expected_slug* is known — carry a matching repository identity. A
-    ``block`` True, and ``reason_code`` :data:`DENY_UNKNOWN_MODE` (#973 B10).
+    mismatched or (when *require_binding*) unprovable identity is a forged or
-    Omitting *mode* entirely keeps the documented ``"validation"`` default.
+    conflicting binding and fails closed.
     """
-    # #973 B10: refuse an unsupported repository-authority mode as the very first
-    # act, before any candidate-root existence check, path or symlink resolution,
-    # git top-level discovery, remote-URL or repository-identity discovery, and
-    # before any expected-versus-observed comparison or validation/derivation
-    # behaviour. An unsupported mode previously fell into the catch-all ``else``
-    # on the configured-root path (silently receiving validation semantics) and
-    # skipped the identity comparison entirely on the single-repository default
-    # path (strictly weaker than validation), so matching identities could return
-    # ``proven`` True. No repository identity may be resolved through a mode the
-    # contract does not define.
-    mode_reason = unsupported_mode_reason(mode)
-    if mode_reason is not None:
-        return _assessment(
-            proven=False,
-            reasons=[mode_reason],
-            configured=bool((configured_value or "").strip()),
-            canonical_repo_root=None,
-            resolved_slug=None,
-            source=source,
-            reason_code=DENY_UNKNOWN_MODE,
-        )
-
     process_root = os.path.realpath(process_project_root)
     declared = (configured_value or "").strip()
 
@@ -237,31 +168,12 @@ def assess_canonical_repository_root(
             )
         # Single-repo default: canonical root follows the install checkout.
         derived = resolve_repo_toplevel(process_root) or process_root
-        resolved_slug = repository_identity_slug(derived, remote=remote)
-        reasons: list[str] = []
-        # #973 B10: the allowlist above guarantees *mode* is one of the two
-        # supported values here, so an unsupported value can no longer skip this
-        # identity comparison and end up strictly weaker than validation.
-        if mode == MODE_VALIDATION and expected_slug:
-            expected = expected_slug.strip()
-            if resolved_slug and resolved_slug.lower() != expected.lower():
-                reasons.append(
-                    f"canonical repository root identity mismatch: '{derived}' resolves "
-                    f"to repository '{resolved_slug}' but expected repository identity "
-                    f"is '{expected}' (forged or conflicting binding, fail closed)"
-                )
-            elif not resolved_slug and require_binding:
-                reasons.append(
-                    f"canonical repository root '{derived}' has no resolvable git "
-                    f"remote identity to confirm authorization for '{expected}' "
-                    "(fail closed)"
-                )
         return _assessment(
-            proven=not reasons,
+            proven=True,
-            reasons=reasons,
+            reasons=[],
             configured=False,
             canonical_repo_root=derived,
-            resolved_slug=resolved_slug,
+            resolved_slug=None,
             source=None,
         )
 
@@ -295,17 +207,6 @@ def assess_canonical_repository_root(
 
     resolved_slug = repository_identity_slug(toplevel, remote=remote)
     reasons: list[str] = []
-
-    if mode == MODE_DERIVATION:
-        if not resolved_slug:
-            reasons.append(
-                f"configured canonical repository root '{toplevel}' has no resolvable "
-                "git remote identity (fail closed)"
-            )
-    else:
-        # #973 B10: MODE_VALIDATION only. This arm is no longer a catch-all — the
-        # allowlist above admits no third value, so an unsupported mode can no
-        # longer silently receive validation semantics here.
     expected = (expected_slug or "").strip() or None
     if expected:
         if resolved_slug and resolved_slug.lower() != expected.lower():
@@ -320,12 +221,6 @@ def assess_canonical_repository_root(
                 f"remote identity to confirm authorization for '{expected}' "
                 "(fail closed)"
             )
-        elif require_binding:
-            reasons.append(
-                f"canonical repository root '{toplevel}' has configured value "
-                f"'{configured_value}' but authoritative expected repository identity "
-                "is unprovable or missing (fail closed)"
-            )
 
     return _assessment(
         proven=not reasons,
@@ -357,19 +252,10 @@ def _assessment(
     proven: bool,
     reasons: list[str],
     configured: bool,
-    canonical_repo_root: str | None,
+    canonical_repo_root: str,
     resolved_slug: str | None,
     source: str | None,
-    reason_code: str | None = None,
 ) -> dict:
-    """Build the assessment payload.
-
-    ``canonical_repo_root`` is None only when the assessment refused to resolve
-    one at all — today exactly the unsupported-mode refusal (#973 B10), which
-    must not derive a trusted repository identity through an undefined mode.
-    ``reason_code`` is a machine-checkable refusal cause; None for every
-    ordinary (non-coded) outcome.
-    """
     return {
         "proven": proven,
         "block": not proven,
@@ -378,5 +264,4 @@ def _assessment(
         "canonical_repo_root": canonical_repo_root,
         "resolved_slug": resolved_slug,
         "source": source,
-        "reason_code": reason_code,
     }

control_plane_db.py

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ import uuid
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-from typing import Any, Iterator, Sequence
+from typing import Any, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
 
 import dependency_graph
 import gitea_audit
 
-SCHEMA_VERSION = 5
+SCHEMA_VERSION = 6
 
 # Assignable work kinds only — raw monitoring incidents are never work items.
 WORK_KINDS = frozenset({"issue", "pr"})
@@ -280,22 +280,6 @@ def _ts(dt: datetime | None = None) -> str:
     return value.astimezone(timezone.utc).replace(microsecond=0).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z")
 
 
-def _realpath_or_raw(value: str | None) -> str:
-    """Normalize a filesystem path for compare-and-swap equality (#970).
-
-    Symlinks and ``..`` segments must not make two spellings of the same path
-    look different, but an unresolvable path must still compare as itself
-    rather than collapsing to empty — an empty result means "no path given".
-    """
-    text = (value or "").strip()
-    if not text:
-        return ""
-    try:
-        return os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(text))
-    except Exception:
-        return text
-
-
 def _parse_ts(value: str | None) -> datetime | None:
     if not value:
         return None
@@ -435,6 +419,7 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
                 self._migrate_incident_links_null_scope(conn)
                 self._migrate_lease_lifecycle_columns(conn)
                 self._migrate_session_ownership_columns(conn)
+                self._migrate_session_lifecycle_columns(conn)
                 self._migrate_usage_events_table(conn)
                 conn.execute(
                     "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO schema_meta(key, value) VALUES (?, ?)",
@@ -828,6 +813,7 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
         pid: int | None = None,
         status: str = "active",
         controller_instance_id: str | None = None,
+        owner_process_started_at: str | None = None,
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Register/refresh a session row.
 
@@ -837,16 +823,22 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
         controller instance can. It is never overwritten with ``None``, so a
         heartbeat from a caller that does not supply one cannot erase
         ownership.
+
+        *owner_process_started_at* (#969) is the OS start time of the owner
+        process at registration time. When present it is retained across
+        heartbeats (never cleared by ``None``) so later PID-reuse checks do
+        not depend on a live ``ps`` probe of a long-dead process.
         """
         now = _ts()
         instance = (controller_instance_id or "").strip() or None
+        proc_start = (owner_process_started_at or "").strip() or None
         with self._tx() as conn:
             existing = conn.execute(
                 "SELECT session_id FROM sessions WHERE session_id = ?",
                 (session_id,),
             ).fetchone()
             if existing:
-                if instance is None:
+                if instance is None and proc_start is None:
                     conn.execute(
                         """
                         UPDATE sessions
@@ -856,7 +848,21 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
                         """,
                         (role, profile, namespace, pid, now, status, session_id),
                     )
-                else:
+                elif instance is None:
+                    conn.execute(
+                        """
+                        UPDATE sessions
+                        SET role = ?, profile = ?, namespace = ?, pid = ?,
+                            last_heartbeat_at = ?, status = ?,
+                            owner_process_started_at = COALESCE(?, owner_process_started_at)
+                        WHERE session_id = ?
+                        """,
+                        (
+                            role, profile, namespace, pid, now, status,
+                            proc_start, session_id,
+                        ),
+                    )
+                elif proc_start is None:
                     conn.execute(
                         """
                         UPDATE sessions
@@ -870,18 +876,33 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
                             instance, session_id,
                         ),
                     )
+                else:
+                    conn.execute(
+                        """
+                        UPDATE sessions
+                        SET role = ?, profile = ?, namespace = ?, pid = ?,
+                            last_heartbeat_at = ?, status = ?,
+                            controller_instance_id = ?,
+                            owner_process_started_at = COALESCE(?, owner_process_started_at)
+                        WHERE session_id = ?
+                        """,
+                        (
+                            role, profile, namespace, pid, now, status,
+                            instance, proc_start, session_id,
+                        ),
+                    )
             else:
                 conn.execute(
                     """
                     INSERT INTO sessions(
                         session_id, role, profile, namespace, pid,
                         started_at, last_heartbeat_at, status,
-                        controller_instance_id
+                        controller_instance_id, owner_process_started_at
-                    ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                    ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
                     """,
                     (
                         session_id, role, profile, namespace, pid, now, now,
-                        status, instance,
+                        status, instance, proc_start,
                     ),
                 )
             row = conn.execute(
@@ -897,6 +918,165 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
                 (_ts(), session_id),
             )
 
+    def retire_session(
+        self,
+        *,
+        session_id: str,
+        reason: str,
+        actor_session_id: str | None = None,
+        details: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+        now: datetime | None = None,
+        terminal_status: str = "retired",
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Terminalize one session row if it is still non-terminal (#969).
+
+        CAS on non-terminal status: concurrent retirements of the same row
+        yield exactly one ``retired`` outcome and subsequent
+        ``already_terminal`` outcomes. Never deletes historical rows. Writes a
+        durable ``session_retired`` event for audit.
+        """
+        moment = _ts(now)
+        reason_s = (reason or "").strip() or "unspecified"
+        term = (terminal_status or "retired").strip().lower() or "retired"
+        terminal_set = {
+            "retired",
+            "ended",
+            "terminal",
+            "dead",
+            "stale",
+            "orphaned",
+        }
+        with self._tx() as conn:
+            row = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT * FROM sessions WHERE session_id = ?",
+                (session_id,),
+            ).fetchone()
+            if row is None:
+                return {
+                    "outcome": "missing",
+                    "reason": reason_s,
+                    "prior_status": None,
+                    "new_status": None,
+                    "details": {"session_id": session_id},
+                }
+            prior = dict(row)
+            prior_status = str(prior.get("status") or "").strip().lower()
+            if prior_status in terminal_set:
+                return {
+                    "outcome": "already_terminal",
+                    "reason": reason_s,
+                    "prior_status": prior_status,
+                    "new_status": prior_status,
+                    "details": {"session_id": session_id, "idempotent": True},
+                }
+
+            # Optional: refuse when an active lease still names this session.
+            active_lease = conn.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT lease_id, status, expires_at FROM leases
+                WHERE session_id = ? AND status = 'active'
+                LIMIT 1
+                """,
+                (session_id,),
+            ).fetchone()
+            if active_lease is not None:
+                return {
+                    "outcome": "blocked",
+                    "reason": "live_lease",
+                    "prior_status": prior_status,
+                    "new_status": prior_status,
+                    "details": {
+                        "session_id": session_id,
+                        "lease_id": active_lease["lease_id"],
+                        "blocker": "active_lease_row",
+                    },
+                }
+
+            cols = {
+                r[1] for r in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(sessions)").fetchall()
+            }
+            if "retired_at" in cols and "retire_reason" in cols:
+                conn.execute(
+                    """
+                    UPDATE sessions
+                    SET status = ?, retired_at = ?, retire_reason = ?
+                    WHERE session_id = ? AND status = ?
+                    """,
+                    (term, moment, reason_s, session_id, prior.get("status")),
+                )
+            else:
+                conn.execute(
+                    """
+                    UPDATE sessions
+                    SET status = ?
+                    WHERE session_id = ? AND status = ?
+                    """,
+                    (term, session_id, prior.get("status")),
+                )
+            changed = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT changes()"
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+            if not changed:
+                # Lost CAS race — re-read.
+                refreshed = conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT status FROM sessions WHERE session_id = ?",
+                    (session_id,),
+                ).fetchone()
+                cur = (
+                    str(refreshed["status"]).strip().lower()
+                    if refreshed is not None
+                    else None
+                )
+                return {
+                    "outcome": "already_terminal"
+                    if cur in terminal_set
+                    else "blocked",
+                    "reason": reason_s,
+                    "prior_status": prior_status,
+                    "new_status": cur,
+                    "details": {
+                        "session_id": session_id,
+                        "cas_lost": True,
+                    },
+                }
+
+            detail_payload: dict[str, Any] = {
+                "session_id": session_id,
+                "prior_status": prior_status,
+                "new_status": term,
+                "reason": reason_s,
+                "actor_session_id": actor_session_id,
+                "pid": prior.get("pid"),
+                "role": prior.get("role"),
+                "profile": prior.get("profile"),
+            }
+            if isinstance(details, Mapping):
+                for key, value in details.items():
+                    if key not in detail_payload:
+                        detail_payload[key] = value
+            message = (
+                f"session {session_id} retired reason={reason_s} "
+                f"prior_status={prior_status}"
+            )
+            # events.work_item_id is nullable; session retirement is not work-scoped.
+            conn.execute(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO events(work_item_id, event_type, message, created_at)
+                VALUES (NULL, 'session_retired', ?, ?)
+                """,
+                (message[:2000], moment),
+            )
+            # Also persist a structured JSON line in the message when short enough
+            # by appending a compact summary (full detail stays in return value /
+            # audit log; events.message is human-readable).
+            return {
+                "outcome": "retired",
+                "reason": reason_s,
+                "prior_status": prior_status,
+                "new_status": term,
+                "details": detail_payload,
+            }
+
     def list_sessions(
         self,
         *,
@@ -1655,6 +1835,29 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
             if name not in cols:
                 conn.execute(f"ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN {name} {decl}")
 
+    _SESSION_LIFECYCLE_COLUMNS: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
+        ("owner_process_started_at", "TEXT"),
+        ("retired_at", "TEXT"),
+        ("retire_reason", "TEXT"),
+    )
+
+    def _migrate_session_lifecycle_columns(self, conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
+        """Add session retirement / PID-reuse provenance columns (#969).
+
+        Additive and idempotent. Pre-existing rows migrate with NULL; retirement
+        fills ``retired_at`` / ``retire_reason``, and new upserts may record
+        ``owner_process_started_at`` for stronger identity checks.
+        """
+        cols = {
+            row[1]
+            for row in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(sessions)").fetchall()
+        }
+        if not cols:
+            return
+        for name, decl in self._SESSION_LIFECYCLE_COLUMNS:
+            if name not in cols:
+                conn.execute(f"ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN {name} {decl}")
+
     def list_active_claims(
         self,
         *,
@@ -1929,168 +2132,6 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
                 ),
             )
 
-    def retire_lease_worktree_path(
-        self,
-        lease_id: str,
-        *,
-        expected_path: str | None = None,
-        expected_status: str | None = None,
-        expected_session_id: str | None = None,
-        expected_owner_pid: int | None = None,
-        reason: str = "missing_worktree_path_retired",
-    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Retire a missing worktree_path binding from a control-plane lease (#970).
-
-        Clears worktree_path on the lease row, updates provenance_json with
-        durable retirement audit proof, and writes a worktree_binding_retired
-        event.
-
-        The update is a compare-and-swap (#970 review 644 B1/B3): the caller
-        states the exact path it audited and, when known, the lease status,
-        owning session, and owner pid it classified against. Every stated value
-        must still match the stored row, and the ``UPDATE`` itself is keyed on
-        the stored ``worktree_path``, so a concurrent writer that moved or
-        replaced the binding between audit and apply loses the race instead of
-        having its value silently overwritten. A mismatch raises and mutates
-        nothing.
-
-        ``expected_path`` is mandatory: a retirement that does not name the path
-        it intends to clear cannot be safe against concurrent recreation.
-        """
-        now_s = _ts()
-        expected_norm = _realpath_or_raw(expected_path)
-        if not expected_norm:
-            raise ControlPlaneError(
-                f"cannot retire lease {lease_id} worktree_path: expected_path is "
-                "required for compare-and-swap retirement (fail closed)"
-            )
-        with self._tx() as conn:
-            cols = self._lease_columns(conn)
-            row = conn.execute(
-                "SELECT * FROM leases WHERE lease_id = ?",
-                (lease_id,),
-            ).fetchone()
-            if not row:
-                raise ControlPlaneError(f"unknown lease_id {lease_id}")
-
-            record = dict(row)
-            current_wt = (record.get("worktree_path") or "").strip()
-
-            if not current_wt:
-                # Idempotent: the binding this caller audited is already gone.
-                return {
-                    "lease_id": lease_id,
-                    "retired": False,
-                    "already_retired": True,
-                    "prior_worktree_path": "",
-                    "expected_worktree_path": expected_path,
-                    "reason": reason,
-                    "compare_and_swap": {
-                        "matched": True,
-                        "outcome": "already_retired",
-                    },
-                }
-
-            if _realpath_or_raw(current_wt) != expected_norm:
-                raise ControlPlaneError(
-                    f"cannot retire lease {lease_id} worktree_path: expected "
-                    f"'{expected_path}' does not match current '{current_wt}' "
-                    "(fail closed)"
-                )
-
-            for field, expected_value in (
-                ("status", expected_status),
-                ("session_id", expected_session_id),
-            ):
-                if expected_value is None:
-                    continue
-                current_value = record.get(field)
-                if str(current_value or "").strip() != str(expected_value).strip():
-                    raise ControlPlaneError(
-                        f"cannot retire lease {lease_id} worktree_path: lease "
-                        f"{field} changed since audit (expected "
-                        f"'{expected_value}', found '{current_value}'); fail closed"
-                    )
-
-            if expected_owner_pid is not None:
-                current_pid = record.get("owner_pid")
-                if current_pid is not None and int(current_pid) != int(expected_owner_pid):
-                    raise ControlPlaneError(
-                        f"cannot retire lease {lease_id} worktree_path: lease "
-                        f"owner_pid changed since audit (expected "
-                        f"{expected_owner_pid}, found {current_pid}); fail closed"
-                    )
-
-            # Parse and update provenance_json
-            raw_prov = record.get("provenance_json") or "{}"
-            try:
-                prov = json.loads(raw_prov) if isinstance(raw_prov, str) else dict(raw_prov)
-            except Exception:
-                prov = {}
-            if not isinstance(prov, dict):
-                prov = {}
-
-            prior_path = current_wt
-            prov.update({
-                "worktree_path_retired": True,
-                "retired_worktree_path": prior_path,
-                "retired_at": now_s,
-                "retirement_reason": reason,
-                "retired_from_status": record.get("status"),
-                "retired_from_session_id": record.get("session_id"),
-                "worktree_path": "",
-            })
-            prov_json = json.dumps(prov)
-
-            if "worktree_path" in cols:
-                # CAS: keyed on the exact stored path this caller audited.
-                cur = conn.execute(
-                    "UPDATE leases SET worktree_path = '', provenance_json = ? "
-                    "WHERE lease_id = ? AND worktree_path = ?",
-                    (prov_json, lease_id, record.get("worktree_path")),
-                )
-                if cur.rowcount != 1:
-                    raise ControlPlaneError(
-                        f"cannot retire lease {lease_id} worktree_path: "
-                        "compare-and-swap matched no row (concurrent change); "
-                        "fail closed"
-                    )
-            else:
-                conn.execute(
-                    "UPDATE leases SET provenance_json = ? WHERE lease_id = ?",
-                    (prov_json, lease_id),
-                )
-
-            conn.execute(
-                """
-                INSERT INTO events(work_item_id, event_type, message, created_at)
-                VALUES (?, 'worktree_binding_retired', ?, ?)
-                """,
-                (
-                    record["work_item_id"],
-                    f"lease {lease_id} worktree_path '{prior_path}' retired: {reason}",
-                    now_s,
-                ),
-            )
-
-            return {
-                "lease_id": lease_id,
-                "retired": True,
-                "already_retired": False,
-                "prior_worktree_path": prior_path,
-                "expected_worktree_path": expected_path,
-                "retired_at": now_s,
-                "reason": reason,
-                "compare_and_swap": {
-                    "matched": True,
-                    "outcome": "retired",
-                    "expected_status": expected_status,
-                    "expected_session_id": expected_session_id,
-                    "expected_owner_pid": expected_owner_pid,
-                },
-            }
-
-
     def abandon_lease(
         self,
         *,
@@ -3229,123 +3270,3 @@ class ControlPlaneDB:
             "live_lease_id": None if live_lease_id is None else str(live_lease_id),
             "reconcile_action": "reconcile_required" if stale else "safe_to_resume",
         }
-
-    def retire_session_checkpoint_worktree_path(
-        self,
-        session_id: str,
-        *,
-        checkpoint_id: str | None = None,
-        expected_path: str | None = None,
-        expected_status: str | None = None,
-        reason: str = "missing_worktree_path_retired",
-    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Retire a missing worktree_path from session_checkpoints (#970).
-
-        Compare-and-swap, mirroring :meth:`retire_lease_worktree_path` (#970
-        review 644 B3). ``expected_path`` names the exact stored path the caller
-        audited; the guarded ``UPDATE`` is keyed on that stored value, so a
-        checkpoint whose path was moved, replaced, or concurrently rewritten
-        after the audit is refused without mutation rather than blindly cleared.
-
-        Exactly one checkpoint row is targeted: by ``checkpoint_id`` when given,
-        otherwise by ``session_id``, which must identify a single row.
-        """
-        now_s = _ts()
-        expected_norm = _realpath_or_raw(expected_path)
-        if not expected_norm:
-            raise ControlPlaneError(
-                "cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path: expected_path "
-                "is required for compare-and-swap retirement (fail closed)"
-            )
-        if not checkpoint_id and not (session_id or "").strip():
-            raise ControlPlaneError(
-                "cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path: checkpoint_id "
-                "or session_id is required (fail closed)"
-            )
-
-        with self._tx() as conn:
-            if checkpoint_id:
-                selector_sql = "SELECT * FROM session_checkpoints WHERE checkpoint_id = ?"
-                selector_params: tuple[Any, ...] = (checkpoint_id,)
-                selector_desc = f"checkpoint_id '{checkpoint_id}'"
-            else:
-                selector_sql = "SELECT * FROM session_checkpoints WHERE session_id = ?"
-                selector_params = (session_id,)
-                selector_desc = f"session_id '{session_id}'"
-
-            rows = [dict(r) for r in conn.execute(selector_sql, selector_params).fetchall()]
-            if not rows:
-                raise ControlPlaneError(
-                    f"cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path: no "
-                    f"checkpoint matches {selector_desc} (fail closed)"
-                )
-            if len(rows) > 1:
-                raise ControlPlaneError(
-                    f"cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path: "
-                    f"{selector_desc} matches {len(rows)} checkpoints; supply an "
-                    "exact checkpoint_id (fail closed)"
-                )
-
-            record = rows[0]
-            target_checkpoint_id = record.get("checkpoint_id")
-            current_wt = (record.get("worktree_path") or "").strip()
-
-            if not current_wt:
-                # Idempotent: the binding this caller audited is already gone.
-                return {
-                    "session_id": session_id,
-                    "checkpoint_id": target_checkpoint_id,
-                    "retired": False,
-                    "already_retired": True,
-                    "prior_worktree_path": "",
-                    "expected_worktree_path": expected_path,
-                    "reason": reason,
-                    "compare_and_swap": {
-                        "matched": True,
-                        "outcome": "already_retired",
-                    },
-                }
-
-            if _realpath_or_raw(current_wt) != expected_norm:
-                raise ControlPlaneError(
-                    f"cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path for "
-                    f"{selector_desc}: expected '{expected_path}' does not match "
-                    f"current '{current_wt}' (fail closed)"
-                )
-
-            if expected_status is not None:
-                current_status = record.get("status")
-                if str(current_status or "").strip() != str(expected_status).strip():
-                    raise ControlPlaneError(
-                        f"cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path for "
-                        f"{selector_desc}: status changed since audit (expected "
-                        f"'{expected_status}', found '{current_status}'); fail closed"
-                    )
-
-            cur = conn.execute(
-                "UPDATE session_checkpoints SET worktree_path = '', updated_at = ? "
-                "WHERE checkpoint_id = ? AND worktree_path = ?",
-                (now_s, target_checkpoint_id, record.get("worktree_path")),
-            )
-            if cur.rowcount != 1:
-                raise ControlPlaneError(
-                    f"cannot retire session checkpoint worktree_path for "
-                    f"{selector_desc}: compare-and-swap matched no row "
-                    "(concurrent change); fail closed"
-                )
-
-            return {
-                "session_id": session_id,
-                "checkpoint_id": target_checkpoint_id,
-                "retired": True,
-                "already_retired": False,
-                "prior_worktree_path": current_wt,
-                "expected_worktree_path": expected_path,
-                "retired_at": now_s,
-                "reason": reason,
-                "compare_and_swap": {
-                    "matched": True,
-                    "outcome": "retired",
-                    "expected_status": expected_status,
-                },
-            }

docs/mcp-tool-inventory.md

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ that gates each call, not which tools exist.
 - `gitea_assess_work_issue_duplicate`
 - `gitea_assess_worktree_cleanup_integrity`
 - `gitea_audit_config`
-- `gitea_audit_missing_worktree_bindings`
 - `gitea_audit_runtime_recovery_contamination`
 - `gitea_audit_stable_branch_contamination`
 - `gitea_audit_worktree_cleanup`
@@ -127,20 +126,16 @@ that gates each call, not which tools exist.
 - `gitea_post_heartbeat`
 - `gitea_publish_unpublished_issue_branch`
 - `gitea_quarantine_contaminated_review`
-- `gitea_rebind_dirty_same_claimant_author_session`
 - `gitea_reclaim_expired_workflow_lease`
-- `gitea_reconcile_after_restart`
 - `gitea_reconcile_already_landed_pr`
 - `gitea_reconcile_issue_claims`
 - `gitea_reconcile_merged_cleanups`
-- `gitea_reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings`
 - `gitea_reconcile_superseded_by_merged_pr`
 - `gitea_record_daemon_process_kill_attempt`
 - `gitea_record_irrecoverable_decision_lock_provenance`
 - `gitea_record_pre_review_command`
 - `gitea_record_shell_spawn_outcome`
 - `gitea_record_stable_branch_push_attempt`
-- `gitea_recover_dirty_orphaned_issue_worktree`
 - `gitea_recover_incomplete_bootstrap_lock`
 - `gitea_release_merger_pr_lease`
 - `gitea_release_reviewer_pr_lease`

docs/post-restart-reconcile.md

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ The assessor classifies:
 
 - **service_health** — process healthy / parity mutation-safe
 - **clients** — connected client descriptors (optional inventory)
-- **sessions** — active session rows with dead owner pids are unresolved
+- **sessions** — active session rows with dead or reused owner pids are
+  unresolved until retired via `#969` (`session_lifecycle` /
+  `apply_session_cleanup=true` on `gitea_reconcile_after_restart`, or
+  `gitea_retire_stale_workflow_sessions`). Live owners, live leases, and live
+  client-managed sessions are never retired.
 - **checkpoints** — soft-depends on #660; skipped with reason when schema absent
 - **leases** — live control-plane leases after restart
 - **capabilities** — master-parity / stale-runtime (#610)

gitea_config.py

@@ -1180,10 +1180,6 @@ RECOGNIZED_GITEA_ENV_KEYS = frozenset({
     "GITEA_SERVER_PROVENANCE",
     "GITEA_AUTHOR_WORKTREE",
     "GITEA_ACTIVE_WORKTREE",
-    "GITEA_REVIEWER_WORKTREE",
-    "GITEA_MERGER_WORKTREE",
-    "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_ROOT",
-    "GITEA_MCP_SESSION_STATE_TTL_HOURS",
     "GITEA_DISABLE_KEYCHAIN",
     "GITEA_CONTROL_PLANE_DB",
     "GITEA_DB_PATH",
@@ -1193,22 +1189,6 @@ RECOGNIZED_GITEA_ENV_KEYS = frozenset({
     "GITEA_IRRECOVERABLE_HMAC_SECRET",
     "GITEA_FORCE_MCP_RUNTIME_CHECK",
     "GITEA_FORCE_CLIENT_MANAGED",
-    # #975: the client-identity inputs the server actually consumes at startup
-    # (CLIENT_NAME_ENV / CLIENT_INSTANCE_ENV / CLIENT_SESSION_ENV in
-    # gitea_mcp_server). Production read them while this allowlist omitted them,
-    # so the peer-env scan classified them as unsupported overrides and the
-    # capability resolver refused every mutation fleet-wide. Named individually
-    # on purpose: no prefix is added, so an unrecognised GITEA_* override is
-    # still refused exactly as it was before.
-    "GITEA_MCP_CLIENT",
-    "GITEA_MCP_CLIENT_INSTANCE",
-    "GITEA_MCP_CLIENT_SESSION",
-    # #975 review 652 B1: production also consumes HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_ENV from
-    # mcp_worker_identity via gitea_mcp_server._start_worker_heartbeat. Omitting
-    # it reproduced the same unsupported-env → runtime_reconnect_required
-    # failure mode for the documented operator override. Named individually;
-    # no GITEA_* / GITEA_WORKER_* prefix is added.
-    "GITEA_WORKER_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS",
 })
 
 RECOGNIZED_GITEA_ENV_PREFIXES = (

gitea_mcp_server.py

@@ -500,66 +500,10 @@ def _resolve_preflight_workspace_path(worktree_path: str | None = None) -> str:
     return workspace
 
 
-def _process_root_git_remote_url(remote_name: str) -> str | None:
+def _resolve_namespace_mutation_context(worktree_path: str | None = None) -> dict:
-    """Best-effort local ``git remote get-url`` strictly inside ``PROJECT_ROOT``.
-
-    #973 (B8): Must derive expected repository identity from an authority
-    independent of the candidate configured canonical root.
-    """
-    try:
-        proc = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "remote", "get-url", remote_name],
-            capture_output=True,
-            text=True,
-            cwd=PROJECT_ROOT,
-        )
-        if proc.returncode != 0:
-            return None
-        url = (proc.stdout or "").strip()
-        return url or None
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-
-
-def _resolve_expected_repository_slug(
-    remote: str | None = None,
-    org: str | None = None,
-    repo: str | None = None,
-) -> str | None:
-    """Resolve expected repository slug from session context, parameters, or process root.
-
-    Must derive expected repository identity ONLY from trusted sources independent
-    of the candidate configured canonical root (#973 B8).
-
-    Bound session context takes precedence over request parameters so request-supplied
-    coordinates cannot replace a bound canonical root (#741 / #973 B9).
-    """
-    bound = session_ctx.get_session_context() or {}
-    b_org = bound.get("org")
-    b_repo = bound.get("repository")
-    if b_org and b_repo:
-        return session_ctx.format_repository_slug(b_org, b_repo)
-    if org and repo:
-        return session_ctx.format_repository_slug(org, repo)
-    eff_remote = remote or bound.get("remote") or _effective_remote()
-    parsed = remote_repo_guard.parse_org_repo_from_remote_url(
-        _process_root_git_remote_url(eff_remote)
-    )
-    if parsed:
-        return session_ctx.format_repository_slug(parsed[0], parsed[1])
-    return None
-
-
-def _resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-    worktree_path: str | None = None,
-    remote: str | None = None,
-) -> dict:
     """Canonical namespace workspace + repository root for guards (#460/#510/#706/#618)."""
     role = _effective_workspace_role()
     configured_root, _source = _configured_canonical_root()
-    bound = session_ctx.get_session_context() or {}
-    eff_remote = remote or bound.get("remote") or _effective_remote()
-    expected_slug = _resolve_expected_repository_slug(eff_remote)
     return nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
         role_kind=role,
         worktree_path=worktree_path,
@@ -572,12 +516,9 @@ def _resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
         ),
         profile_name=get_profile().get("profile_name"),
         configured_canonical_root=configured_root,
-        expected_slug=expected_slug,
-        remote=eff_remote,
     )
 
 
-
 def _resolve_author_mutation_context(worktree_path: str | None = None) -> dict:
     """Backward-compatible alias for namespace workspace context."""
     return _resolve_namespace_mutation_context(worktree_path)
@@ -679,9 +620,6 @@ def _preflight_workspace_details(worktree_path: str | None, dirty_files: list[st
         inspected_root = _get_git_root(workspace)
     process_root = ctx["process_project_root"]
     canonical_root = ctx["canonical_repo_root"]
-    crr_assessment = ctx.get("canonical_root_assessment") or {}
-    resolved_slug = crr_assessment.get("resolved_slug")
-    expected_slug = ctx.get("expected_slug")
     active_root = os.path.realpath(inspected_root or workspace)
     if active_root == canonical_root:
         dirty_scope = "control checkout"
@@ -711,10 +649,6 @@ def _preflight_workspace_details(worktree_path: str | None, dirty_files: list[st
         "workspace_healthy": not bool(
             ctx.get("bound_worktree_missing") or ctx.get("author_worktree_block")
         ),
-        "canonical_root_assessment": crr_assessment,
-        "expected_repository_slug": expected_slug,
-        "observed_repository_identity": resolved_slug,
-        "worktree_registration_result": ctx.get("in_git_worktree_list"),
     }
     if not ctx["roots_aligned"]:
         details["workspace_root_mismatch"] = (
@@ -724,7 +658,6 @@ def _preflight_workspace_details(worktree_path: str | None, dirty_files: list[st
     return details
 
 
-
 def _format_preflight_workspace_details(details: dict) -> str:
     parts = [
         f"MCP server process root: {details.get('mcp_server_process_root')}",
@@ -997,7 +930,10 @@ def _enforce_canonical_repository_root(
     if not configured_value:
         return
 
-    expected_slug = _resolve_expected_repository_slug(remote)
+    bound = session_ctx.get_session_context() or {}
+    expected_slug = session_ctx.format_repository_slug(
+        bound.get("org"), bound.get("repository")
+    )
     assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
         configured_value=configured_value,
         source=source,
@@ -1916,16 +1852,8 @@ def _verify_role_mutation_workspace(
             if runtime_reasons:
                 raise RuntimeError("; ".join(runtime_reasons))
     except Exception as exc:
-        # #975: ``_check_mcp_runtimes_diagnostics`` raises every reason it
+        if "stale-runtime:" in str(exc):
-        # produces through this one RuntimeError, but only ``stale-runtime:``
+            raise RuntimeError(str(exc))
-        # was re-raised here — an ``unsupported-env:`` reason was swallowed
-        # while still failing the capability resolver, so this preflight and
-        # the resolver disagreed about the identical diagnostic. Both
-        # authoritative prefixes now propagate the same way. This can only ever
-        # widen what is refused, never widen what is permitted.
-        message = str(exc)
-        if any(prefix in message for prefix in RUNTIME_DIAGNOSTIC_HARD_PREFIXES):
-            raise RuntimeError(message)
         pass
 
     role = _effective_workspace_role()
@@ -1938,9 +1866,6 @@ def _verify_role_mutation_workspace(
     # back to the install checkout and validated Gitea-Tools/branches/ instead
     # of the target repository the namespace is actually bound to.
     _configured_root, _configured_source = _configured_canonical_root()
-    bound = session_ctx.get_session_context() or {}
-    eff_remote = remote or bound.get("remote") or _effective_remote()
-    expected_slug = _resolve_expected_repository_slug(eff_remote, org=org, repo=repo)
     assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
         role_kind=role,
         worktree_path=worktree_path,
@@ -1955,8 +1880,6 @@ def _verify_role_mutation_workspace(
         profile_name=get_profile().get("profile_name"),
         current_branch=git_state.get("current_branch"),
         configured_canonical_root=_configured_root,
-        expected_slug=expected_slug,
-        remote=eff_remote,
     )
     if assessment["block"]:
         raise RuntimeError(
@@ -2261,7 +2184,6 @@ def _canonical_repository_slug(
         process_project_root=PROJECT_ROOT,
         remote=remote,
         require_binding=True,
-        mode="derivation",
     )
     slug = assessment.get("resolved_slug")
     if assessment.get("block") or not slug:
@@ -3492,7 +3414,7 @@ def cleanup_in_progress_for_pr(
 
 # ── Helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-def _effective_remote(remote: str = "dadeschools") -> str:
+def _effective_remote(remote: str) -> str:
     """If remote is the default ('dadeschools') but the active profile base_url maps to a known remote, use that remote instead."""
     try:
         profile = get_profile()
@@ -13625,162 +13547,6 @@ def gitea_scan_already_landed_open_prs(
     }
 
 
-@mcp.tool()
-def gitea_audit_missing_worktree_bindings(
-    remote: str = "dadeschools",
-    host: str | None = None,
-    org: str | None = None,
-    repo: str | None = None,
-) -> dict:
-    """Read-only: audit and classify worktree bindings whose paths are missing on disk (#970).
-
-    Correlates missing-path bindings from control-plane leases, session checkpoints,
-    and issue locks with repository, host, branch, issue/PR, session, and lease state.
-    Distinguishes deleted worktrees from moved paths, host/mount failures, and live
-    leases/sessions.
-
-    Args:
-        remote: Known instance — 'dadeschools' or 'prgs'.
-        host: Override the Gitea host.
-        org: Override the owner/organization.
-        repo: Override the repository name.
-
-    Returns:
-        dict with audit counts, missing binding classifications, and resolution status.
-    """
-    read_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.read")
-    if read_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "performed": False,
-            "reasons": read_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.read"),
-        }
-
-    import missing_worktree_reconcile
-    db, _ = _control_plane_db_or_error()
-    root = _canonical_local_git_root()
-    h, o, r = _resolve(remote, host, org, repo)
-
-    return missing_worktree_reconcile.audit_missing_worktree_bindings(
-        db,
-        project_root=root,
-        remote=remote,
-        org=o,
-        repo=r,
-        host=h,
-    )
-
-
-@mcp.tool()
-def gitea_reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings(
-    dry_run: bool = True,
-    # Deprecated: retained so callers that still pass it get an explicit deny.
-    operator_authorized: bool = False,
-    remote: str = "dadeschools",
-    host: str | None = None,
-    org: str | None = None,
-    repo: str | None = None,
-) -> dict:
-    """Audit and safely resolve (retire) missing worktree path bindings (#970).
-
-    Identifies confirmed stale deleted worktree bindings, re-validates them
-    against a fresh authoritative read immediately before mutation to prevent
-    recreation and ownership races, and retires only the exact stale bindings
-    while preserving unrelated worktrees and Git metadata.
-
-    Apply mode (``dry_run=False``) is authorized **server-side** (#970 review
-    644 B2): it requires the reconciler-only ``gitea.branch.delete``
-    capability, the resolved ``reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings`` task
-    capability, and an active cleanup phase minted through
-    ``gitea_authorize_reconciliation_cleanup_phase``. A caller-supplied
-    ``operator_authorized`` is never authorization evidence (#709 F1 /
-    review 434) and is rejected outright. Dry-run stays available to any
-    ``gitea.read`` profile and never mutates.
-
-    Args:
-        dry_run: If True (default), reports planned mutations without modifying state.
-        operator_authorized: Rejected. Authorization is a server-side artifact.
-        remote: Known instance — 'dadeschools' or 'prgs'.
-        host: Override the Gitea host.
-        org: Override the owner/organization.
-        repo: Override the repository name.
-
-    Returns:
-        dict with before/after audit state, resolutions, and dimension status.
-    """
-    import missing_worktree_reconcile
-
-    # Explicitly reject the self-assertable Boolean before anything else, so it
-    # can never combine with a legitimate gate to authorize a mutation.
-    if operator_authorized:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "performed": False,
-            "reason": "operator_authorized_rejected",
-            "reasons": [missing_worktree_reconcile.OPERATOR_AUTHORIZED_REJECTION],
-            "exact_next_action": (
-                "authorize cleanup via gitea_authorize_reconciliation_cleanup_phase "
-                "from a reconciler profile, then re-run with dry_run=False"
-            ),
-        }
-
-    read_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.read")
-    if read_block:
-        return {
-            "success": False,
-            "performed": False,
-            "reasons": read_block,
-            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.read"),
-        }
-
-    db, db_errs = _control_plane_db_or_error()
-    root = _canonical_local_git_root()
-    h, o, r = _resolve(remote, host, org, repo)
-
-    profile = get_profile()
-    role = (profile.get("role") or profile.get("role_kind") or "").strip().lower()
-
-    cleanup_authorization = None
-    if not dry_run:
-        cleanup_task = missing_worktree_reconcile.CLEANUP_TASK
-        required_permission = task_capability_map.required_permission(cleanup_task)
-        capability_blockers = _profile_operation_gate(required_permission)
-        role_matches = role == task_capability_map.required_role(cleanup_task)
-        cleanup_authorization = missing_worktree_reconcile.assess_cleanup_authorization(
-            role=role,
-            capability_blockers=capability_blockers,
-            operator_authorized=False,
-            task_capability_resolved=(not capability_blockers) and role_matches,
-        )
-        if not cleanup_authorization.get("authorized"):
-            return {
-                "success": False,
-                "performed": False,
-                "reason": "cleanup_authorization_required",
-                "reasons": cleanup_authorization.get("reasons") or [],
-                "cleanup_authorization": cleanup_authorization,
-                "permission_report": _permission_block_report(required_permission),
-                "exact_next_action": (
-                    "resolve the reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings capability "
-                    "from a reconciler profile and authorize cleanup via "
-                    "gitea_authorize_reconciliation_cleanup_phase"
-                ),
-            }
-
-    return missing_worktree_reconcile.reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings(
-        db,
-        project_root=root,
-        remote=remote,
-        org=o,
-        repo=r,
-        host=h,
-        dry_run=dry_run,
-        operator_authorized=False,
-        cleanup_authorization=cleanup_authorization,
-    )
-
-
 @mcp.tool()
 def gitea_audit_worktree_cleanup(
     remote: str = "dadeschools",
@@ -15355,17 +15121,22 @@ def _current_runtime_mode_report(refresh: bool = False) -> dict:
     workspace_root = None
     aligned = None
     canonical_root = None
-    resolved_slug = None
     try:
         ctx = _resolve_namespace_mutation_context(None)
         workspace_root = ctx.get("workspace_path")
         canonical_root = ctx.get("canonical_repo_root")
+        # Alignment keeps its established repository-level meaning (#615 F1):
+        # does this namespace target the repository the process is installed in,
+        # i.e. canonical_repo_root == process_project_root. It is deliberately
+        # NOT path equality between the task workspace and the process root --
+        # the global worktree rule requires task work to live in a branches/
+        # worktree, so that comparison would classify every correctly bound
+        # author, reviewer, and merger session as unsafe.
         aligned = ctx.get("roots_aligned")
-        crr_assessment = ctx.get("canonical_root_assessment") or {}
-        resolved_slug = crr_assessment.get("resolved_slug")
     except Exception:
+        # An unresolvable binding is reported as unknown alignment, never as
+        # proof of alignment.
         aligned = None
-        resolved_slug = None
     try:
         profile_name = get_profile()["profile_name"]
     except Exception:
@@ -15378,7 +15149,6 @@ def _current_runtime_mode_report(refresh: bool = False) -> dict:
         dirty_files=dirty_files,
         active_task_workspace=workspace_root,
         canonical_repository_root=canonical_root,
-        repository_slug=resolved_slug,
         workspace_roots_aligned=aligned,
         profile=profile_name,
         declared_mode=stable_control_runtime.declared_runtime_mode(),
@@ -15722,10 +15492,6 @@ _WORKER_REGISTRY = None
 _WORKER_IDENTITY: str | None = None
 _WORKER_GENERATION: str | None = None
 _WORKER_REGISTRATION_ATTEMPTED = False
-#: #975: the one heartbeat supervisor for this process's registration. One
-#: process registers exactly one worker identity, so there is exactly one
-#: supervisor and it is never replaced.
-_WORKER_HEARTBEAT_SUPERVISOR = None
 
 #: Env a client launcher may set to name itself and its session. Absent values
 #: are reported as unknown; they are never guessed at, because guessing is what
@@ -15812,17 +15578,6 @@ def _active_worker_identity() -> str | None:
             if outcome.get("registered"):
                 _WORKER_IDENTITY = identity
                 _WORKER_GENERATION = generation
-                # #975: registration is the only moment identity and fencing
-                # epoch are both known, so the heartbeat supervisor is started
-                # here. Without it ``last_heartbeat_at`` never left
-                # ``started_at`` and every healthy client lost ownership at the
-                # TTL.
-                _start_worker_heartbeat(
-                    identity=identity,
-                    fencing_epoch=outcome.get("fencing_epoch"),
-                    hints=hints,
-                    generation=generation,
-                )
                 return identity
             if not outcome.get("collision"):
                 return None
@@ -15833,78 +15588,6 @@ def _active_worker_identity() -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
-def _start_worker_heartbeat(
-    *,
-    identity: str,
-    fencing_epoch,
-    hints: dict,
-    generation: str | None,
-) -> None:
-    """Attach a heartbeat supervisor to the registration just created (#975).
-
-    Never raises: a supervisor that cannot start leaves the row exactly as
-    ``register()`` wrote it, which is the pre-#975 behaviour, rather than
-    failing the tool call that happened to trigger lazy registration.
-
-    Under pytest the thread is deliberately not started. Tests drive
-    ``WorkerHeartbeatSupervisor`` directly with an injected clock, so the suite
-    proves the lifecycle without leaving background sqlite writers behind.
-    """
-    global _WORKER_HEARTBEAT_SUPERVISOR
-    if _WORKER_HEARTBEAT_SUPERVISOR is not None:
-        return
-    registry = _worker_registry()
-    if registry is None or fencing_epoch is None:
-        return
-    try:
-        supervisor = mcp_worker_identity.WorkerHeartbeatSupervisor(
-            registry,
-            worker_identity=identity,
-            fencing_epoch=int(fencing_epoch),
-            session_id=hints.get("session_id"),
-            generation_id=generation,
-            client_name=hints.get("client_name"),
-            pid=os.getpid(),
-            ttl_seconds=mcp_worker_identity.DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_TTL_SECONDS,
-            interval_seconds=os.environ.get(
-                mcp_worker_identity.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_ENV
-            ),
-        )
-        _WORKER_HEARTBEAT_SUPERVISOR = supervisor
-        if not mcp_daemon_guard.is_pytest_runtime():
-            supervisor.start()
-    except Exception:
-        return
-
-
-def _worker_heartbeat_status() -> dict:
-    """Read-only heartbeat observability for ``gitea_get_runtime_context`` (#975).
-
-    Reports the unsupervised case explicitly rather than omitting the key, so an
-    operator can tell "no supervisor" apart from "supervisor with no beats yet".
-    """
-    supervisor = _WORKER_HEARTBEAT_SUPERVISOR
-    if supervisor is None:
-        return {
-            "supervised": False,
-            "running": False,
-            "reasons": [
-                "no worker heartbeat supervisor is attached to this process; the "
-                "registration is not being renewed and will go stale at its TTL"
-            ],
-        }
-    try:
-        status = dict(supervisor.status())
-    except Exception as exc:
-        return {
-            "supervised": True,
-            "running": False,
-            "reasons": [f"heartbeat status unavailable: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"],
-        }
-    status.setdefault("reasons", [])
-    return status
-
-
 def _active_role_kind_safe() -> str | None:
     """Best-effort role for the registry record; never raises into a tool call.
 
@@ -19546,11 +19229,6 @@ def gitea_get_runtime_context(
         "fencing_epoch": provenance_assessment["fencing_epoch"],
         "conflicting_live_sessions": provenance_assessment["conflicting_live_sessions"],
         "provenance_assessment": provenance_assessment,
-        # #975: whether this registration is actually being renewed. Read-only,
-        # and it grants nothing — ownership still comes from the attachment
-        # record above. It exists so "my heartbeat stopped" is diagnosable
-        # before the TTL turns it into session_attachment_missing.
-        "worker_heartbeat": _worker_heartbeat_status(),
         "unconsumed_gitea_env": unconsumed_env,
         "preflight_ready": preflight["preflight_ready"],
         "preflight_block_reasons": preflight["preflight_block_reasons"],
@@ -22059,17 +21737,6 @@ def gitea_route_task_session(
 # self-recovery was removed from the read-only path (was _trigger_mcp_auto_restart).
 # Recovery is owned exclusively by the IDE/client reconnect path.
 
-#: Every reason prefix ``_check_mcp_runtimes_diagnostics`` can emit. Callers
-#: raise its reasons as one RuntimeError, and #975 found that the preflight
-#: re-raise recognised only ``stale-runtime:``, silently dropping
-#: ``unsupported-env:`` while the capability resolver still failed on it. This
-#: lives beside the producer so a newly added reason family cannot be forgotten
-#: by a distant re-raise predicate again.
-RUNTIME_DIAGNOSTIC_HARD_PREFIXES: tuple[str, ...] = (
-    "stale-runtime:",
-    "unsupported-env:",
-)
-
 
 def _check_mcp_runtimes_diagnostics(task: str, matching_profiles: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     """Read-only: report missing or stale MCP runtimes (no config or process mutation).
@@ -24765,10 +24432,18 @@ def _run_post_restart_reconcile(
     repo: str | None = None,
     mode: str | None = None,
     limit: int = 200,
+    apply_session_cleanup: bool = False,
 ) -> dict:
-    """Gather + classify post-restart state; cache the latest proof (#662)."""
+    """Gather + classify post-restart state; cache the latest proof (#662 / #969).
+
+    When *apply_session_cleanup* is true, confirmed-stale session rows (dead
+    owner / PID reuse, no live lease) are terminalized through
+    ``session_lifecycle`` before re-classification so the sessions dimension
+    can resolve. Default remains dry (read-only) to preserve #662 rollout.
+    """
     global _POST_RESTART_LAST_PROOF, _POST_RESTART_BOOT_RAN
     import post_restart_reconcile as prr
+    import session_lifecycle as sl
 
     try:
         _h, o, r = _resolve(remote, None, org, repo)
@@ -24782,13 +24457,48 @@ def _run_post_restart_reconcile(
     inventory = _gather_post_restart_inventory(
         remote=remote, org=o, repo=r, limit=limit
     )
+
+    session_cleanup: dict | None = None
+    if apply_session_cleanup:
+        db, db_errs = _control_plane_db_or_error()
+        if db is None:
+            session_cleanup = {
+                "success": False,
+                "reasons": db_errs
+                or ["control-plane DB unavailable; cannot retire sessions"],
+            }
+        else:
+            profile = get_profile()
+            profile_name = (profile.get("profile_name") or "").strip() or "session"
+            actor = f"{profile_name}-{os.getpid()}"
+            session_cleanup = sl.retire_stale_sessions(
+                db,
+                sessions=inventory.get("sessions") or [],
+                leases=inventory.get("leases") or [],
+                dry_run=False,
+                actor_session_id=actor,
+                session_limit=max(1, int(limit)),
+            )
+            # Re-gather active sessions after mutation so classification sees
+            # the post-retirement fleet (retired rows drop out of active list).
+            try:
+                inventory["sessions"] = db.list_sessions(
+                    statuses=("active",), limit=max(1, int(limit))
+                )
+            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                inventory["incomplete_reasons"] = list(
+                    inventory.get("incomplete_reasons") or []
+                ) + [f"post-retirement session re-list failed: {_redact(str(exc))}"]
+            fleet = (session_cleanup.get("fleet") or {}) if session_cleanup else {}
+            inventory["session_fleet"] = fleet
+
     proof = prr.reconcile_after_restart(
         inventory,
         mode=mode or _post_restart_reconcile_mode(),
     )
     payload = proof.as_dict()
     payload["success"] = True
-    payload["read_only"] = True
+    payload["read_only"] = not apply_session_cleanup
     payload["remote"] = remote
     payload["org"] = o
     payload["repo"] = r
@@ -24797,6 +24507,9 @@ def _run_post_restart_reconcile(
         "proposed_follow_ups lists durable issues the apply path may create; "
         "this tool never creates them (log-only by default, #662 rollout)"
     )
+    if session_cleanup is not None:
+        payload["session_cleanup"] = session_cleanup
+    payload["apply_session_cleanup"] = bool(apply_session_cleanup)
     _POST_RESTART_LAST_PROOF = payload
     _POST_RESTART_BOOT_RAN = True
     return payload
@@ -24823,8 +24536,9 @@ def gitea_reconcile_after_restart(
     repo: str | None = None,
     mode: str | None = None,
     limit: int = 200,
+    apply_session_cleanup: bool = False,
 ) -> dict:
-    """Run post-restart MCP reconciliation and return a completion proof (#662).
+    """Run post-restart MCP reconciliation and return a completion proof (#662 / #969).
 
     Gathers live control-plane sessions, leases, worktree bindings, and
     master-parity evidence, then classifies them with the pure
@@ -24832,12 +24546,17 @@ def gitea_reconcile_after_restart(
     machine-readable completion proof listing resolved / unresolved dimensions
     and proposed durable follow-up issues.
 
-    Read-only by design: never restarts MCP, never auto-resumes write
+    Never restarts MCP, never auto-resumes write mutations, and never creates
-    mutations, and never creates Gitea issues (those are a separate apply
+    Gitea issues. Default mode is ``log_only``; set
-    path). Default mode is ``log_only``; set
     ``GITEA_POST_RESTART_RECONCILE_MODE=enforce`` (or pass ``mode='enforce'``)
     to set ``mutation_hold`` when anything remains unresolved.
 
+    *apply_session_cleanup* (#969): when true, confirmed-stale workflow session
+    rows (dead owner PID / PID reuse, no live lease, not a live client-managed
+    owner) are terminalized through the sanctioned ``session_lifecycle`` path
+    before re-classification. Default false preserves the historical read-only
+    gather+classify behaviour. Does not delete historical rows.
+
     Soft-depends on #660 for session checkpoints: when the checkpoint schema
     module is absent the checkpoints dimension is ``skipped`` with an explicit
     reason rather than inventing a schema.
@@ -24857,9 +24576,96 @@ def gitea_reconcile_after_restart(
         repo=repo,
         mode=mode,
         limit=limit,
+        apply_session_cleanup=bool(apply_session_cleanup),
     )
 
 
+@mcp.tool()
+def gitea_retire_stale_workflow_sessions(
+    remote: str = "dadeschools",
+    host: str | None = None,
+    org: str | None = None,
+    repo: str | None = None,
+    apply: bool = False,
+    limit: int = 500,
+) -> dict:
+    """Retire workflow session rows whose owners are no longer live (#969).
+
+    Plans (and optionally applies) terminalization of control-plane session
+    rows that are confirmed stale:
+
+    * owner PID absent / dead
+    * PID reused by an unrelated process (process start after session start)
+    * no live workflow lease
+    * not a live client-managed owner
+
+    Default ``apply=false`` is dry-run only. ``apply=true`` performs CAS
+    status updates to ``retired`` and writes durable ``session_retired``
+    events. Idempotent under concurrent reconciliation. Never deletes rows
+    and never touches sessions protected by a live lease or live owner.
+    """
+    read_block = _profile_operation_gate("gitea.read")
+    if read_block:
+        return {
+            "success": False,
+            "read_only": not apply,
+            "reasons": read_block,
+            "permission_report": _permission_block_report("gitea.read"),
+        }
+
+    try:
+        _h, o, r = _resolve(remote, None, org, repo)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return {"success": False, "reasons": [str(exc)], "read_only": not apply}
+
+    db, db_errs = _control_plane_db_or_error()
+    if db is None:
+        return {
+            "success": False,
+            "read_only": not apply,
+            "reasons": db_errs or ["control-plane DB unavailable"],
+        }
+
+    import session_lifecycle as sl
+
+    profile = get_profile()
+    profile_name = (profile.get("profile_name") or "").strip() or "session"
+    actor = f"{profile_name}-{os.getpid()}"
+
+    # Prefer lease inventory scoped to the requested repo when available.
+    leases: list[dict] = []
+    try:
+        lease_result = lease_lifecycle.list_active_leases(
+            db,
+            remote=remote if remote in REMOTES else remote,
+            org=o,
+            repo=r,
+            role=None,
+            include_non_active=True,
+            limit=max(1, int(limit)),
+        )
+        leases = list(lease_result.get("leases") or [])
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+        try:
+            leases = db.list_leases(statuses=("active",), limit=max(1, int(limit)))
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+            leases = []
+
+    result = sl.retire_stale_sessions(
+        db,
+        leases=leases,
+        dry_run=not bool(apply),
+        actor_session_id=actor,
+        session_limit=max(1, int(limit)),
+    )
+    result["read_only"] = not bool(apply)
+    result["apply"] = bool(apply)
+    result["remote"] = remote
+    result["org"] = o
+    result["repo"] = r
+    return result
+
+
 @mcp.tool()
 def gitea_inspect_workflow_lease(
     lease_id: str,

mcp_worker_identity.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ implements:
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import atexit
 import hashlib
 import os
 import re
@@ -124,103 +123,6 @@ DEFAULT_REGISTRY_PATH = os.path.expanduser(
 #: worker within a single operator coffee break.
 DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_TTL_SECONDS = 900.0
 
-#: Optional operator override for the beat interval, in seconds. Clamped by
-#: :func:`heartbeat_interval_for` so it can never be set at or above the TTL.
-HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_ENV = "GITEA_WORKER_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS"
-
-#: Never beat faster than this, so a misconfigured interval cannot turn the
-#: supervisor into a busy sqlite writer.
-MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 1.0
-
-
-def heartbeat_interval_for(
-    ttl_seconds: float = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_TTL_SECONDS,
-    override: str | float | None = None,
-) -> float:
-    """Beat interval for *ttl_seconds*: one third of the TTL, capped at a half.
-
-    #975. A third means two consecutive beats can be lost before the row is
-    allowed to look stale, and the half-TTL cap is a hard ceiling so no
-    override can produce an interval that expires the registration it is
-    supposed to renew. That is the whole liveness contract: a healthy worker
-    stays owned, and a worker that has genuinely stopped beating still expires
-    on the configured TTL — this function never touches the TTL itself.
-    """
-    try:
-        ttl = float(ttl_seconds)
-    except (TypeError, ValueError):
-        ttl = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_TTL_SECONDS
-    if not ttl > 0:
-        ttl = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_TTL_SECONDS
-
-    interval = ttl / 3.0
-    if override is not None:
-        candidate = str(override).strip()
-        if candidate:
-            try:
-                parsed = float(candidate)
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                parsed = None
-            if parsed is not None and parsed > 0:
-                interval = parsed
-
-    ceiling = ttl / 2.0
-    if interval > ceiling:
-        interval = ceiling
-    if interval < MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS:
-        interval = min(MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS, ceiling)
-    return interval
-
-
-#: Recorded-vs-presented pairs compared by :func:`_heartbeat_expectation_drift`.
-_HEARTBEAT_EXPECTATION_FIELDS = (
-    "session_id",
-    "generation_id",
-    "client_name",
-    "pid",
-)
-
-
-def _heartbeat_expectation_drift(
-    record: dict[str, Any],
-    *,
-    expected_session_id: str | None = None,
-    expected_generation_id: str | None = None,
-    expected_client_name: str | None = None,
-    expected_pid: int | None = None,
-) -> list[tuple[str, Any, Any]]:
-    """Return ``(field, recorded, presented)`` for every mismatched expectation.
-
-    Only supplied expectations are compared, so a caller that presents nothing
-    gets the pre-#975 behaviour. ``client_name`` is compared through
-    :func:`normalize_client_name` so one application's namespaces stay one
-    client while genuinely different clients stay distinct.
-    """
-    presented = {
-        "session_id": expected_session_id,
-        "generation_id": expected_generation_id,
-        "client_name": (
-            normalize_client_name(expected_client_name)
-            if expected_client_name is not None
-            else None
-        ),
-        "pid": expected_pid,
-    }
-    drift: list[tuple[str, Any, Any]] = []
-    for field in _HEARTBEAT_EXPECTATION_FIELDS:
-        want = presented[field]
-        if want is None:
-            continue
-        got = record.get(field)
-        if field == "pid":
-            match = got is not None and int(got) == int(want)
-        else:
-            match = got == want
-        if not match:
-            drift.append((field, got, want))
-    return drift
-
-
 STATUS_ACTIVE = "active"
 STATUS_SUPERSEDED = "superseded"
 STATUS_RELEASED = "released"
@@ -884,25 +786,11 @@ class WorkerRegistry:
         worker_identity: str,
         fencing_epoch: int,
         now: datetime | None = None,
-        expected_session_id: str | None = None,
-        expected_generation_id: str | None = None,
-        expected_client_name: str | None = None,
-        expected_pid: int | None = None,
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """Renew only the owning registration (#948 AC11).
 
         A stale epoch is refused rather than silently renewed, so a superseded
         session that resumes cannot heartbeat its way back into ownership.
-
-        #975 adds optional keyword-only *expectations*. Every one supplied must
-        match the recorded row or the renewal is refused. They exist because
-        identity plus epoch cannot express "renew the row I registered, and only
-        that row": a recycled PID, or a second session of the same client, would
-        otherwise be renewable by the wrong beater. They are fencing tokens,
-        never assertions — supplying one can only cause a refusal, never grant
-        anything, and omitting them preserves the pre-#975 behaviour exactly.
-        Drift reports the existing ``BLOCKER_FENCED`` rather than a new
-        ``blocker_kind``, because consumers switch on that value.
         """
         stamp = _ts(now or _utc_now())
         with self._tx() as conn:
@@ -919,30 +807,6 @@ class WorkerRegistry:
                     "reasons": [f"no registration for {worker_identity!r}"],
                 }
             record = self._row_to_record(row)
-            drift = _heartbeat_expectation_drift(
-                record,
-                expected_session_id=expected_session_id,
-                expected_generation_id=expected_generation_id,
-                expected_client_name=expected_client_name,
-                expected_pid=expected_pid,
-            )
-            if drift:
-                return {
-                    "success": False,
-                    "renewed": False,
-                    "mutation_performed": False,
-                    "blocker_kind": BLOCKER_FENCED,
-                    "expectation_drift": drift,
-                    "reasons": [
-                        "presented worker expectations do not match the recorded "
-                        "registration, so this beater does not own the row: "
-                        + "; ".join(
-                            f"{field} recorded {recorded!r}, presented {presented!r}"
-                            for field, recorded, presented in drift
-                        )
-                        + " (#975)"
-                    ],
-                }
             if record["status"] != STATUS_ACTIVE:
                 return {
                     "success": False,
@@ -1566,253 +1430,3 @@ def resolve_bound_remote(
             "explicitly to avoid host drift (#948)."
         ],
     }
-
-
-# --- Production heartbeat lifecycle (#975) --------------------------------
-#
-# #948 delivered ``WorkerRegistry.heartbeat()`` and nothing ever called it, so
-# ``last_heartbeat_at`` stayed pinned to ``started_at`` for every production
-# worker and ``heartbeat_ttl_seconds`` stopped being a liveness window at all —
-# it became a hard cap on how long any client could stay attached. This
-# supervisor is the missing caller.
-#
-# It is a daemon thread rather than an asyncio task or a per-request refresh
-# because the renewal has to survive an *idle* session: a client waiting on a
-# lease with no tool call in flight must not lose ownership, which rules out
-# request-driven refresh. Registration itself happens lazily inside a tool call
-# on the server's event loop, and the registry performs blocking
-# ``BEGIN IMMEDIATE`` sqlite writes, which must not run on that loop.
-# ``daemon=True`` is deliberate: a hard kill takes the thread down with the
-# process, so a dead worker still goes stale on the normal TTL.
-
-#: Refusals that mean this worker no longer owns its row. Beating again could
-#: only ever be an attempt to renew ownership it has already lost, so the
-#: supervisor stops permanently instead of retrying.
-TERMINAL_HEARTBEAT_BLOCKERS = frozenset({BLOCKER_FENCED, BLOCKER_NO_ATTACHMENT})
-
-
-class WorkerHeartbeatSupervisor:
-    """Periodically renew exactly one worker registration.
-
-    Contract:
-
-    * It never registers. A supervisor exists only for an already-registered
-      identity, so it cannot create a second registration or a second identity
-      system.
-    * Every beat presents the full expectation set, so it can renew only the row
-      matching this exact client name, worker identity, session, generation and
-      pid.
-    * A terminal refusal (fenced or missing) stops it permanently and records
-      why. A fenced session must never beat its way back into ownership.
-    * A transient failure (a locked database, say) is counted and the loop
-      continues, so one contended write does not silently end the heartbeat.
-    * Nothing here raises into a caller. ``beat_once`` returns its outcome and
-      the thread body swallows everything, because a heartbeat failure must
-      degrade to "not renewed" and never crash a tool call.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        registry: WorkerRegistry,
-        *,
-        worker_identity: str,
-        fencing_epoch: int,
-        session_id: str | None = None,
-        generation_id: str | None = None,
-        client_name: str | None = None,
-        pid: int | None = None,
-        ttl_seconds: float = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_TTL_SECONDS,
-        interval_seconds: float | None = None,
-        clock=None,
-    ) -> None:
-        self._registry = registry
-        self.worker_identity = worker_identity
-        self.fencing_epoch = int(fencing_epoch)
-        self.session_id = session_id
-        self.generation_id = generation_id
-        self.client_name = (
-            normalize_client_name(client_name) if client_name is not None else None
-        )
-        self.pid = int(pid) if pid is not None else None
-        self.ttl_seconds = float(ttl_seconds)
-        self.interval_seconds = (
-            heartbeat_interval_for(self.ttl_seconds)
-            if interval_seconds is None
-            else heartbeat_interval_for(self.ttl_seconds, interval_seconds)
-        )
-        #: Injectable so every TTL test uses controlled time and no test waits
-        #: for a real interval or a real TTL to elapse.
-        self._clock = clock or _utc_now
-
-        self._stop_event = threading.Event()
-        self._thread: threading.Thread | None = None
-        self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._atexit_registered = False
-
-        self.started = False
-        self.stopped_reason: str | None = None
-        self.beats_attempted = 0
-        self.beats_renewed = 0
-        self.transient_failures = 0
-        self.last_beat_at: str | None = None
-        self.last_result: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-
-    # -- one beat --
-
-    def beat_once(self, now: datetime | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Renew once. Never raises; returns the registry outcome or a failure."""
-        if self.stopped_reason is not None:
-            return {
-                "success": False,
-                "renewed": False,
-                "beat_attempted": False,
-                "reasons": [
-                    f"supervisor already stopped: {self.stopped_reason}"
-                ],
-            }
-
-        stamp = now or self._clock()
-        self.beats_attempted += 1
-        try:
-            result = self._registry.heartbeat(
-                worker_identity=self.worker_identity,
-                fencing_epoch=self.fencing_epoch,
-                now=stamp,
-                expected_session_id=self.session_id,
-                expected_generation_id=self.generation_id,
-                expected_client_name=self.client_name,
-                expected_pid=self.pid,
-            )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            # Transient by assumption: an unexpected error is not proof this
-            # worker lost ownership, so it must not silently end the heartbeat.
-            self.transient_failures += 1
-            result = {
-                "success": False,
-                "renewed": False,
-                "transient": True,
-                "blocker_kind": None,
-                "reasons": [f"heartbeat raised {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"],
-            }
-            self.last_result = result
-            return result
-
-        self.last_result = result
-        if result.get("renewed"):
-            self.beats_renewed += 1
-            self.last_beat_at = result.get("last_heartbeat_at") or _ts(stamp)
-            return result
-
-        blocker = result.get("blocker_kind")
-        if blocker in TERMINAL_HEARTBEAT_BLOCKERS:
-            self._stop_internal(
-                reason=(
-                    f"refused with blocker_kind={blocker!r}: "
-                    + "; ".join(result.get("reasons") or [])
-                )
-            )
-        else:
-            self.transient_failures += 1
-        return result
-
-    # -- lifecycle --
-
-    def start(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Start the beat thread. Idempotent; safe to call from a tool call."""
-        with self._lock:
-            if self.stopped_reason is not None:
-                return {
-                    "started": False,
-                    "reasons": [f"supervisor stopped: {self.stopped_reason}"],
-                }
-            if self._thread is not None and self._thread.is_alive():
-                return {"started": True, "already_running": True, "reasons": []}
-
-            self._stop_event.clear()
-            thread = threading.Thread(
-                target=self._run,
-                name=f"gitea-worker-heartbeat-{self.worker_identity}",
-                daemon=True,
-            )
-            self._thread = thread
-            self.started = True
-            if not self._atexit_registered:
-                # Orderly shutdown stops the heartbeat. A hard kill does not
-                # run this, which is correct: the row must then go stale.
-                atexit.register(self._atexit_stop)
-                self._atexit_registered = True
-            thread.start()
-            return {"started": True, "already_running": False, "reasons": []}
-
-    def _run(self) -> None:
-        while not self._stop_event.is_set():
-            # Wait first: registration already stamped a fresh heartbeat, so an
-            # immediate beat would be a redundant write on every server launch.
-            if self._stop_event.wait(self.interval_seconds):
-                return
-            try:
-                self.beat_once()
-            except Exception:
-                # beat_once is already total; this is the last-resort guard that
-                # keeps a supervisor thread from dying silently.
-                self.transient_failures += 1
-            if self.stopped_reason is not None:
-                return
-
-    def stop(self, reason: str = "stopped") -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Stop beating. Idempotent, and prompt because the loop waits on an Event."""
-        self._stop_internal(reason=reason)
-        thread = self._thread
-        if thread is not None and thread.is_alive():
-            thread.join(timeout=max(1.0, min(5.0, self.interval_seconds)))
-        return {
-            "stopped": True,
-            "reason": self.stopped_reason,
-            "thread_alive": bool(thread is not None and thread.is_alive()),
-        }
-
-    def _stop_internal(self, *, reason: str) -> None:
-        if self.stopped_reason is None:
-            self.stopped_reason = reason
-        self._stop_event.set()
-        if self._atexit_registered:
-            try:
-                atexit.unregister(self._atexit_stop)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-            self._atexit_registered = False
-
-    def _atexit_stop(self) -> None:
-        try:
-            self.stop(reason="process exit")
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    # -- observability --
-
-    def status(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Read-only observability payload; safe to embed in a tool result."""
-        thread = self._thread
-        return {
-            "supervised": True,
-            "worker_identity": self.worker_identity,
-            "fencing_epoch": self.fencing_epoch,
-            "session_id": self.session_id,
-            "generation_id": self.generation_id,
-            "client_name": self.client_name,
-            "pid": self.pid,
-            "heartbeat_ttl_seconds": self.ttl_seconds,
-            "heartbeat_interval_seconds": self.interval_seconds,
-            "started": self.started,
-            "running": bool(
-                thread is not None
-                and thread.is_alive()
-                and self.stopped_reason is None
-            ),
-            "stopped_reason": self.stopped_reason,
-            "beats_attempted": self.beats_attempted,
-            "beats_renewed": self.beats_renewed,
-            "transient_failures": self.transient_failures,
-            "last_heartbeat_at": self.last_beat_at,
-            "last_blocker_kind": (self.last_result or {}).get("blocker_kind"),
-        }

namespace_workspace_binding.py

@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ poison workspace purity checks in another namespace.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
-import subprocess
 
 import author_mutation_worktree as amw
-import canonical_repository_root as crr
 
 ACTIVE_WORKTREE_ENV = amw.ACTIVE_WORKTREE_ENV
 AUTHOR_WORKTREE_ENV = amw.AUTHOR_WORKTREE_ENV
@@ -154,60 +152,6 @@ def resolve_namespace_workspace(
     return os.path.realpath(process_project_root), "MCP server process root (default)"
 
 
-def verify_git_common_directory_membership(
-    workspace_path: str,
-    canonical_repo_root: str,
-) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
-    """Verify that workspace_path belongs to canonical_repo_root via git common-dir or branches containment."""
-    ws = (workspace_path or "").strip()
-    root = (canonical_repo_root or "").strip()
-    if not ws or not root:
-        return False, "empty workspace or canonical root path"
-
-    try:
-        real_ws = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(ws))
-        real_root = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(root))
-    except Exception as exc:
-        return False, f"invalid workspace or root path: {exc}"
-
-    if real_ws == real_root:
-        return True, None
-
-    if not os.path.isdir(real_ws):
-        return False, f"workspace directory '{real_ws}' does not exist"
-
-    try:
-        res = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "-C", real_ws, "rev-parse", "--git-common-dir"],
-            capture_output=True,
-            text=True,
-            check=False,
-        )
-        if res.returncode == 0:
-            common_raw = (res.stdout or "").strip()
-            common_dir = amw._realpath_git_common_dir(real_ws, common_raw)
-            real_common = os.path.realpath(common_dir)
-            canonical_git = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(real_root, ".git"))
-
-            if real_common in (canonical_git, real_root):
-                return True, None
-            return (
-                False,
-                f"workspace '{real_ws}' git common directory '{real_common}' does not match "
-                f"canonical repository root '{real_root}' (.git at '{canonical_git}')"
-            )
-        else:
-            return (
-                False,
-                f"workspace '{real_ws}' is not a valid git repository or git rev-parse failed"
-            )
-    except Exception as exc:
-        return (
-            False,
-            f"failed to inspect git common directory for workspace '{real_ws}': {exc}"
-        )
-
-
 def resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
     *,
     role_kind: str,
@@ -219,8 +163,6 @@ def resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
     worktree: str | None = None,
     profile_name: str | None = None,
     configured_canonical_root: str | None = None,
-    expected_slug: str | None = None,
-    remote: str | None = None,
 ) -> dict:
     """Shared workspace resolution for runtime_context and mutation guards.
 
@@ -238,41 +180,11 @@ def resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
     env_map = env if env is not None else os.environ
     process_root = os.path.realpath(process_project_root)
     role = normalize_role_kind(role_kind, profile_name=profile_name)
-
+    configured = (configured_canonical_root or "").strip()
-    configured_val = (configured_canonical_root or "").strip()
+    if configured:
-    if configured_val:
+        canonical_root = os.path.realpath(configured)
-        crr_assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=configured_val,
-            source="configured_canonical_root",
-            expected_slug=expected_slug,
-            process_project_root=process_root,
-            remote=remote,
-            require_binding=True,
-        )
-        # #973 B10: a refused repository-authority mode deliberately resolves no
-        # canonical root, so downstream guards keep evaluating the install
-        # checkout rather than an identity derived through an undefined mode.
-        # ``roots_aligned`` still follows ``proven`` and stays False, and the
-        # refusal (with its reason_code) rides along in
-        # ``canonical_root_assessment`` — this is a fail-closed fallback, never a
-        # normalisation of the mode.
-        canonical_root = crr_assessment["canonical_repo_root"] or amw.resolve_canonical_repo_root(
-            process_root, process_root
-        )
-        roots_aligned = crr_assessment["proven"]
     else:
-        crr_assessment = {
+        canonical_root = amw.resolve_canonical_repo_root(process_root, process_root)
-            "proven": True,
-            "block": False,
-            "reasons": [],
-            "configured": False,
-            "canonical_repo_root": amw.resolve_canonical_repo_root(process_root, process_root),
-            "resolved_slug": None,
-            "source": None,
-            "reason_code": None,
-        }
-        canonical_root = crr_assessment["canonical_repo_root"]
-        roots_aligned = (canonical_root == process_root)
 
     durable: dict | None = None
     if role == "author":
@@ -322,10 +234,7 @@ def resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
         "ignored_bindings": demotions + (pollution.get("ignored_bindings") or []),
         "process_project_root": process_root,
         "canonical_repo_root": canonical_root,
-        "roots_aligned": roots_aligned,
+        "roots_aligned": canonical_root == process_root,
-        "canonical_root_assessment": crr_assessment,
-        "expected_slug": expected_slug,
-        "remote": remote,
     }
     if durable is not None:
         result["author_worktree_resolution"] = durable
@@ -337,15 +246,6 @@ def resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
         result["author_worktree_reasons"] = list(durable.get("reasons") or [])
         result["author_worktree_blocker_kind"] = durable.get("blocker_kind")
         result["operator_recovery"] = durable.get("operator_recovery")
-    else:
-        path_exists = os.path.exists(workspace)
-        result["path_exists"] = path_exists
-        result["in_git_worktree_list"] = (
-            amw.path_in_git_worktree_list(workspace, canonical_root)
-            if path_exists
-            else False
-        )
-        result["bound_worktree_missing"] = not path_exists
     return result
 
 
@@ -478,8 +378,8 @@ def format_namespace_workspace_binding_error(
 def assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
     *,
     role_kind: str,
-    worktree_path: str | None = None,
+    worktree_path: str | None,
-    worktree: str | None = None,
+    worktree: str | None,
     process_project_root: str,
     env: dict[str, str] | os._Environ | None = None,
     session_lease_worktree: str | None = None,
@@ -487,8 +387,6 @@ def assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
     profile_name: str | None = None,
     current_branch: str | None = None,
     configured_canonical_root: str | None = None,
-    expected_slug: str | None = None,
-    remote: str | None = None,
 ) -> dict:
     """Evaluate namespace workspace binding before preflight/mutation."""
     ctx = resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
@@ -501,8 +399,6 @@ def assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
         session_lock_worktree=session_lock_worktree,
         profile_name=profile_name,
         configured_canonical_root=configured_canonical_root,
-        expected_slug=expected_slug,
-        remote=remote,
     )
     mutation_workspace = ctx["workspace_path"]
     binding_source = ctx["workspace_binding_source"]
@@ -526,27 +422,6 @@ def assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
 
     reasons = list(metadata.get("reasons") or [])
     operator_recovery = ctx.get("operator_recovery")
-
-    crr_reasons = list(ctx.get("canonical_root_assessment", {}).get("reasons") or [])
-    if crr_reasons:
-        reasons.extend(crr_reasons)
-
-    path_exists = ctx.get("path_exists")
-    if path_exists is None:
-        path_exists = os.path.exists(mutation_workspace)
-
-    if not path_exists:
-        if role != "author":
-            reasons.append(
-                f"{role} mutation blocked: configured workspace directory '{mutation_workspace}' does not exist (nonexistent worktree)"
-            )
-    else:
-        valid_common, common_err = verify_git_common_directory_membership(
-            mutation_workspace, ctx["canonical_repo_root"]
-        )
-        if not valid_common and common_err:
-            reasons.append(common_err)
-
     if role == "author":
         # #618 durable resolution already validated existence, membership,
         # branches/, lock ownership, and traversal safety when present.
@@ -563,28 +438,27 @@ def assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
             )
             if branches["block"]:
                 reasons.extend(branches["reasons"])
-    elif role in {"reviewer", "merger"}:
+    elif (
-        if mutation_workspace == process_root and not amw.is_path_under_branches(mutation_workspace, ctx["canonical_repo_root"]):
+        role == "reviewer"
+        and mutation_workspace == process_root
+        and not amw.is_path_under_branches(mutation_workspace, ctx["canonical_repo_root"])
+    ):
         reasons.append(
             f"{role} mutation blocked: workspace is the stable control checkout; "
             f"create or reconnect to a session-owned worktree under branches/ "
             f"or set {ROLE_WORKTREE_ENVS.get(role, ACTIVE_WORKTREE_ENV)} / "
             f"{ACTIVE_WORKTREE_ENV}"
         )
-        elif mutation_workspace != process_root and not amw.is_path_under_branches(mutation_workspace, ctx["canonical_repo_root"]):
+    elif (
+        role in {"reviewer", "merger"}
+        and mutation_workspace != process_root
+        and not amw.is_path_under_branches(mutation_workspace, ctx["canonical_repo_root"])
+    ):
         reasons.append(
             f"{role} mutation blocked: workspace '{mutation_workspace}' is not under "
             f"'{ctx['canonical_repo_root']}/branches/'"
         )
 
-        if path_exists and amw.is_path_under_branches(mutation_workspace, ctx["canonical_repo_root"]):
-            in_list = ctx.get("in_git_worktree_list")
-            if in_list is False:
-                reasons.append(
-                    f"{role} mutation blocked: workspace '{mutation_workspace}' is under branches/ "
-                    f"but is not registered in git worktree list for '{ctx['canonical_repo_root']}'"
-                )
-
     block = bool(reasons)
     return {
         "block": block,

post_restart_reconcile.py

@@ -475,8 +475,37 @@ def reconcile_after_restart(
             )
         )
 
-    # --- sessions -------------------------------------------------------
+    # --- sessions (#969: dead-owner / PID-reuse lifecycle) ---------------
+    # Prefer a precomputed fleet report from the gather/apply path when present;
+    # otherwise classify pure from inventory (injectable checkers stay default).
     sessions = [s for s in (inventory.get("sessions") or []) if isinstance(s, Mapping)]
+    leases_for_sessions = [
+        L for L in (inventory.get("leases") or []) if isinstance(L, Mapping)
+    ]
+    fleet_report = inventory.get("session_fleet")
+    if isinstance(fleet_report, Mapping) and "retireable_session_ids" in fleet_report:
+        fleet_details = dict(fleet_report)
+        retireable_ids = list(fleet_details.get("retireable_session_ids") or [])
+        resolved = bool(fleet_details.get("sessions_dimension_resolved", not retireable_ids))
+    else:
+        try:
+            import session_lifecycle as _sl
+
+            client_managed = inventory.get("client_managed_session_ids")
+            cm_set = None
+            if isinstance(client_managed, (list, tuple, set, frozenset)):
+                cm_set = {str(x) for x in client_managed}
+            fleet = _sl.classify_sessions(
+                sessions,
+                leases=leases_for_sessions,
+                now=started,
+                client_managed_sessions=cm_set,
+            )
+            fleet_details = fleet.as_dict()
+            retireable_ids = list(fleet_details.get("retireable_session_ids") or [])
+            resolved = bool(fleet_details.get("sessions_dimension_resolved"))
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — fail closed to legacy signal
+            # Legacy fallback: dead-pid active rows only (pre-#969 behaviour).
             orphan_sessions = [
                 s
                 for s in sessions
@@ -484,15 +513,27 @@ def reconcile_after_restart(
                 and s.get("pid") is not None
                 and not lease_lifecycle.is_process_alive(s.get("pid"))
             ]
-    if orphan_sessions:
+            retireable_ids = [s.get("session_id") for s in orphan_sessions]
+            resolved = not orphan_sessions
+            fleet_details = {
+                "total_sessions": len(sessions),
+                "retireable_session_ids": retireable_ids,
+                "legacy_fallback": True,
+                "fallback_error": str(exc),
+            }
+
+    if not resolved and retireable_ids:
         items.append(
             _item(
                 DIM_SESSIONS,
                 ITEM_UNRESOLVED,
-                f"{len(orphan_sessions)} active session row(s) with dead owner pid",
+                f"{len(retireable_ids)} session row(s) with dead/reused owner "
+                f"await retirement",
                 details={
-                    "orphan_session_ids": [s.get("session_id") for s in orphan_sessions],
+                    "orphan_session_ids": retireable_ids,
+                    "retireable_session_ids": retireable_ids,
                     "total_sessions": len(sessions),
+                    "fleet": fleet_details,
                 },
                 follow_up=True,
             )
@@ -502,8 +543,12 @@ def reconcile_after_restart(
             _item(
                 DIM_SESSIONS,
                 ITEM_RESOLVED,
-                f"{len(sessions)} session row(s) reconciled (no dead-pid orphans)",
+                f"{len(sessions)} session row(s) reconciled "
-                details={"total_sessions": len(sessions)},
+                f"(no retireable dead/reused owners)",
+                details={
+                    "total_sessions": len(sessions),
+                    "fleet": fleet_details,
+                },
             )
         )
 

session_lifecycle.py

@@ -0,0 +1,703 @@
+"""Safe lifecycle for workflow session rows with dead or reused owners (#969).
+
+Post-restart reconciliation previously left hundreds of ``active`` session rows
+with dead owner PIDs permanently unresolved. A PID existence check alone is not
+enough: operating systems reuse PIDs, so an unrelated live process can appear to
+own a historical session.
+
+This module is the pure classification + apply core for session retirement:
+
+* distinguish live, disconnected, stale, protected, and terminal records
+* refuse retirement when a live lease or live verified owner remains
+* protect live client-managed sessions
+* detect PID reuse via process start time vs session start / heartbeat
+* terminalize confirmed-stale rows idempotently with durable audit events
+* stay safe under concurrent reconciles (CAS on status)
+
+Design mirrors ``lease_lifecycle`` / ``post_restart_reconcile``:
+
+* Pure classification accepts injectable checkers so unit tests never touch
+  real processes.
+* Apply mutations go only through :meth:`ControlPlaneDB.retire_session`.
+* Historical rows are never deleted; status moves to a terminal value and an
+  events-row records the action + reason.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from typing import Any, Callable, Mapping, Sequence
+
+import control_plane_db as cpd
+import lease_lifecycle
+
+# Session status vocabulary.
+SESSION_STATUS_ACTIVE = "active"
+SESSION_STATUS_RETIRED = "retired"
+SESSION_STATUS_ENDED = "ended"
+SESSION_STATUS_TERMINAL = "terminal"
+
+TERMINAL_SESSION_STATUSES = frozenset(
+    {
+        SESSION_STATUS_RETIRED,
+        SESSION_STATUS_ENDED,
+        SESSION_STATUS_TERMINAL,
+        "dead",
+        "stale",
+        "orphaned",
+    }
+)
+
+# Classification outcomes for one session row.
+CLASS_LIVE = "live"
+CLASS_DISCONNECTED = "disconnected"
+CLASS_STALE = "stale"
+CLASS_PROTECTED = "protected"
+CLASS_TERMINAL = "terminal"
+
+# Stable reason codes (audit + tests).
+REASON_ALREADY_TERMINAL = "already_terminal"
+REASON_LIVE_OWNER = "live_owner"
+REASON_LIVE_LEASE = "live_lease"
+REASON_CLIENT_MANAGED_LIVE = "client_managed_live"
+REASON_DEAD_OWNER = "dead_owner"
+REASON_PID_REUSE = "pid_reuse"
+REASON_HEARTBEAT_STALE_DEAD = "heartbeat_stale_dead_owner"
+REASON_MISSING_PID = "missing_pid_no_lease"
+
+# Event type written to control-plane events table.
+EVENT_SESSION_RETIRED = "session_retired"
+
+# Default heartbeat window before a still-alive PID is treated as disconnected
+# rather than live (does not alone authorize retirement).
+DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_STALE_SECONDS = 900
+
+# PID reuse: process start must be strictly later than session started_at by
+# more than this skew (ps lstart is second-resolution; clocks can lag).
+PID_REUSE_SKEW = timedelta(seconds=2)
+
+# Live lease freshness values that block retirement.
+_LIVE_LEASE_FRESHNESS = frozenset({"active", "live"})
+
+
+class SessionLifecycleError(RuntimeError):
+    """Fail-closed session lifecycle policy error."""
+
+
+def _utc_now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+def _parse_ts(value: str | datetime | None) -> datetime | None:
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    if isinstance(value, datetime):
+        if value.tzinfo is None:
+            return value.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return value.astimezone(timezone.utc)
+    return cpd._parse_ts(str(value))
+
+
+def _ts(dt: datetime | None = None) -> str:
+    return cpd._ts(dt)
+
+
+def process_start_time(pid: int | None) -> datetime | None:
+    """Return the OS start time of *pid*, or None when it cannot be resolved.
+
+    Uses ``ps -o lstart=`` (POSIX). Failures return None rather than inventing
+    evidence — missing start time never authorizes retirement of a live PID.
+    """
+    if pid is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        pid_i = int(pid)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    if pid_i <= 0:
+        return None
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            ["ps", "-o", "lstart=", "-p", str(pid_i)],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=False,
+            timeout=2,
+        )
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        return None
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        return None
+    text = (proc.stdout or "").strip()
+    if not text:
+        return None
+    try:
+        # Example: "Wed Jul 29 09:14:36 2026"
+        naive = datetime.strptime(text, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
+        return naive.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+def _lease_freshness_label(lease: Mapping[str, Any]) -> str:
+    fr = lease.get("freshness")
+    if isinstance(fr, Mapping):
+        return str(fr.get("freshness") or "").strip().lower()
+    if fr:
+        return str(fr).strip().lower()
+    # Fall back to classifying a raw lease row.
+    try:
+        return str(
+            lease_lifecycle.classify_lease_freshness(lease).get("freshness") or ""
+        ).strip().lower()
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — pure classifier must not raise on bad rows
+        status = str(lease.get("status") or "").strip().lower()
+        return status or "unknown"
+
+
+def live_lease_session_ids(
+    leases: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]] | None,
+    *,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+    pid_checker: Callable[[int | None], bool] = lease_lifecycle.is_process_alive,
+) -> set[str]:
+    """Session ids that still hold a live (or ambiguous-active) workflow lease."""
+    live: set[str] = set()
+    moment = now or _utc_now()
+    for lease in leases or ():
+        if not isinstance(lease, Mapping):
+            continue
+        status = str(lease.get("status") or "").strip().lower()
+        if status and status not in {
+            lease_lifecycle.LEASE_STATUS_ACTIVE,
+            "",
+        }:
+            # Explicit terminal lease statuses never protect a session.
+            if status in {
+                lease_lifecycle.LEASE_STATUS_RELEASED,
+                lease_lifecycle.LEASE_STATUS_EXPIRED,
+                lease_lifecycle.LEASE_STATUS_ABANDONED,
+            }:
+                continue
+        freshness = _lease_freshness_label(lease)
+        if freshness in _LIVE_LEASE_FRESHNESS or freshness in {"", "unknown"}:
+            # Ambiguous active rows: re-check with authoritative classifier.
+            try:
+                fr = lease_lifecycle.classify_lease_freshness(
+                    lease, now=moment, pid_checker=pid_checker
+                )
+                freshness = str(fr.get("freshness") or "").strip().lower()
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+                freshness = "unknown"
+        if freshness in _LIVE_LEASE_FRESHNESS:
+            sid = str(lease.get("session_id") or "").strip()
+            if sid:
+                live.add(sid)
+        elif freshness == "unknown" and status in {
+            lease_lifecycle.LEASE_STATUS_ACTIVE,
+            "",
+        }:
+            # Fail closed: active lease with unknown freshness blocks retirement.
+            sid = str(lease.get("session_id") or "").strip()
+            if sid:
+                live.add(sid)
+    return live
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SessionClassification:
+    """Classification of one workflow session row."""
+
+    session_id: str
+    classification: str
+    reason: str
+    retireable: bool
+    status: str | None
+    pid: int | None
+    pid_alive: bool | None
+    pid_reused: bool
+    heartbeat_stale: bool
+    has_live_lease: bool
+    client_managed: bool
+    details: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "session_id": self.session_id,
+            "classification": self.classification,
+            "reason": self.reason,
+            "retireable": self.retireable,
+            "status": self.status,
+            "pid": self.pid,
+            "pid_alive": self.pid_alive,
+            "pid_reused": self.pid_reused,
+            "heartbeat_stale": self.heartbeat_stale,
+            "has_live_lease": self.has_live_lease,
+            "client_managed": self.client_managed,
+            "details": dict(self.details),
+        }
+
+
+def classify_session(
+    row: Mapping[str, Any],
+    *,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+    pid_checker: Callable[[int | None], bool] = lease_lifecycle.is_process_alive,
+    process_start_probe: Callable[[int | None], datetime | None] = process_start_time,
+    live_lease_sessions: set[str] | frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    client_managed_sessions: set[str] | frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    heartbeat_stale_seconds: int = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_STALE_SECONDS,
+) -> SessionClassification:
+    """Classify one session row for retirement decisions (#969).
+
+    Rules (first match wins where noted):
+
+    1. Non-active / already-terminal status → ``terminal`` (not retireable).
+    2. Session holds a live lease → ``protected`` (never retire).
+    3. PID missing and no live lease → ``stale`` (retireable: missing owner).
+    4. PID alive + process start after session start → ``stale`` (PID reuse).
+    5. PID alive + client-managed → ``live`` protected (never retire).
+    6. PID alive + fresh heartbeat → ``live``.
+    7. PID alive + stale heartbeat → ``disconnected`` (not retireable alone).
+    8. PID dead → ``stale`` (retireable).
+    """
+    moment = now or _utc_now()
+    session_id = str(row.get("session_id") or "").strip()
+    status = str(row.get("status") or "").strip().lower() or None
+    raw_pid = row.get("pid")
+    try:
+        pid = int(raw_pid) if raw_pid is not None else None
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        pid = None
+
+    client_managed = bool(
+        row.get("client_managed")
+        or row.get("is_client_managed")
+        or (
+            client_managed_sessions is not None
+            and session_id in client_managed_sessions
+        )
+    )
+    has_live_lease = bool(
+        live_lease_sessions is not None and session_id in live_lease_sessions
+    )
+
+    hb = _parse_ts(row.get("last_heartbeat_at"))
+    heartbeat_stale = bool(
+        hb is not None
+        and (moment - hb).total_seconds() > max(0, int(heartbeat_stale_seconds))
+    )
+    if hb is None and status == SESSION_STATUS_ACTIVE:
+        # No heartbeat evidence: treat as stale for liveness bookkeeping only.
+        heartbeat_stale = True
+
+    started = _parse_ts(row.get("started_at"))
+    recorded_proc_start = _parse_ts(row.get("owner_process_started_at"))
+
+    if status in TERMINAL_SESSION_STATUSES:
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_TERMINAL,
+            reason=REASON_ALREADY_TERMINAL,
+            retireable=False,
+            status=status,
+            pid=pid,
+            pid_alive=None,
+            pid_reused=False,
+            heartbeat_stale=heartbeat_stale,
+            has_live_lease=has_live_lease,
+            client_managed=client_managed,
+        )
+
+    if has_live_lease:
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_PROTECTED,
+            reason=REASON_LIVE_LEASE,
+            retireable=False,
+            status=status,
+            pid=pid,
+            pid_alive=pid_checker(pid) if pid is not None else None,
+            pid_reused=False,
+            heartbeat_stale=heartbeat_stale,
+            has_live_lease=True,
+            client_managed=client_managed,
+            details={"blocker": "live_workflow_lease"},
+        )
+
+    if pid is None:
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_STALE,
+            reason=REASON_MISSING_PID,
+            retireable=True,
+            status=status,
+            pid=None,
+            pid_alive=False,
+            pid_reused=False,
+            heartbeat_stale=heartbeat_stale,
+            has_live_lease=False,
+            client_managed=client_managed,
+        )
+
+    pid_alive = bool(pid_checker(pid))
+    pid_reused = False
+    proc_start: datetime | None = None
+
+    if pid_alive:
+        proc_start = recorded_proc_start or process_start_probe(pid)
+        # PID reuse: live process started after the session row itself was
+        # created. Anchor on started_at only — last_heartbeat alone is not a
+        # safe bound (synthetic inventories and long-lived processes would
+        # false-positive against a live ``ps`` probe).
+        if proc_start is not None and started is not None:
+            if proc_start > (started + PID_REUSE_SKEW):
+                pid_reused = True
+
+    if pid_reused:
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_STALE,
+            reason=REASON_PID_REUSE,
+            retireable=True,
+            status=status,
+            pid=pid,
+            pid_alive=True,
+            pid_reused=True,
+            heartbeat_stale=heartbeat_stale,
+            has_live_lease=False,
+            client_managed=client_managed,
+            details={
+                "process_started_at": _ts(proc_start) if proc_start else None,
+                "session_started_at": row.get("started_at"),
+                "last_heartbeat_at": row.get("last_heartbeat_at"),
+            },
+        )
+
+    if pid_alive and client_managed:
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_LIVE,
+            reason=REASON_CLIENT_MANAGED_LIVE,
+            retireable=False,
+            status=status,
+            pid=pid,
+            pid_alive=True,
+            pid_reused=False,
+            heartbeat_stale=heartbeat_stale,
+            has_live_lease=False,
+            client_managed=True,
+        )
+
+    if pid_alive and not heartbeat_stale:
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_LIVE,
+            reason=REASON_LIVE_OWNER,
+            retireable=False,
+            status=status,
+            pid=pid,
+            pid_alive=True,
+            pid_reused=False,
+            heartbeat_stale=False,
+            has_live_lease=False,
+            client_managed=client_managed,
+        )
+
+    if pid_alive and heartbeat_stale:
+        # Process still exists but has not heartbeated — disconnected, not
+        # confirmed stale. Do not retire; operator/reconnect owns next step.
+        return SessionClassification(
+            session_id=session_id,
+            classification=CLASS_DISCONNECTED,
+            reason=REASON_LIVE_OWNER,
+            retireable=False,
+            status=status,
+            pid=pid,
+            pid_alive=True,
+            pid_reused=False,
+            heartbeat_stale=True,
+            has_live_lease=False,
+            client_managed=client_managed,
+            details={"note": "alive_pid_stale_heartbeat_not_retired"},
+        )
+
+    # PID dead (or checker said not alive).
+    reason = REASON_DEAD_OWNER
+    if heartbeat_stale:
+        reason = REASON_HEARTBEAT_STALE_DEAD
+    return SessionClassification(
+        session_id=session_id,
+        classification=CLASS_STALE,
+        reason=reason,
+        retireable=True,
+        status=status,
+        pid=pid,
+        pid_alive=False,
+        pid_reused=False,
+        heartbeat_stale=heartbeat_stale,
+        has_live_lease=False,
+        client_managed=client_managed,
+    )
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SessionFleetReport:
+    """Fleet-wide classification summary for reconcile + apply."""
+
+    classifications: tuple[SessionClassification, ...]
+    live_count: int
+    disconnected_count: int
+    stale_count: int
+    protected_count: int
+    terminal_count: int
+    retireable: tuple[SessionClassification, ...]
+    counts_by_reason: dict[str, int]
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "live_count": self.live_count,
+            "disconnected_count": self.disconnected_count,
+            "stale_count": self.stale_count,
+            "protected_count": self.protected_count,
+            "terminal_count": self.terminal_count,
+            "retireable_count": len(self.retireable),
+            "retireable_session_ids": [c.session_id for c in self.retireable],
+            "counts_by_reason": dict(self.counts_by_reason),
+            "classifications": [c.as_dict() for c in self.classifications],
+            "sessions_dimension_resolved": len(self.retireable) == 0,
+        }
+
+
+def classify_sessions(
+    sessions: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]] | None,
+    *,
+    leases: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+    pid_checker: Callable[[int | None], bool] = lease_lifecycle.is_process_alive,
+    process_start_probe: Callable[[int | None], datetime | None] = process_start_time,
+    client_managed_sessions: set[str] | frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    heartbeat_stale_seconds: int = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_STALE_SECONDS,
+) -> SessionFleetReport:
+    """Classify a fleet of session rows against live leases (#969)."""
+    moment = now or _utc_now()
+    live_leases = live_lease_session_ids(
+        leases, now=moment, pid_checker=pid_checker
+    )
+    results: list[SessionClassification] = []
+    for row in sessions or ():
+        if not isinstance(row, Mapping):
+            continue
+        results.append(
+            classify_session(
+                row,
+                now=moment,
+                pid_checker=pid_checker,
+                process_start_probe=process_start_probe,
+                live_lease_sessions=live_leases,
+                client_managed_sessions=client_managed_sessions,
+                heartbeat_stale_seconds=heartbeat_stale_seconds,
+            )
+        )
+
+    live_count = sum(1 for c in results if c.classification == CLASS_LIVE)
+    disconnected_count = sum(
+        1 for c in results if c.classification == CLASS_DISCONNECTED
+    )
+    stale_count = sum(1 for c in results if c.classification == CLASS_STALE)
+    protected_count = sum(1 for c in results if c.classification == CLASS_PROTECTED)
+    terminal_count = sum(1 for c in results if c.classification == CLASS_TERMINAL)
+    retireable = tuple(c for c in results if c.retireable)
+    by_reason: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for c in results:
+        by_reason[c.reason] = by_reason.get(c.reason, 0) + 1
+
+    return SessionFleetReport(
+        classifications=tuple(results),
+        live_count=live_count,
+        disconnected_count=disconnected_count,
+        stale_count=stale_count,
+        protected_count=protected_count,
+        terminal_count=terminal_count,
+        retireable=retireable,
+        counts_by_reason=by_reason,
+    )
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class RetirementResult:
+    """Outcome of one session retirement attempt."""
+
+    session_id: str
+    outcome: str  # retired | already_terminal | skipped | blocked | missing
+    reason: str
+    prior_status: str | None = None
+    new_status: str | None = None
+    details: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "session_id": self.session_id,
+            "outcome": self.outcome,
+            "reason": self.reason,
+            "prior_status": self.prior_status,
+            "new_status": self.new_status,
+            "details": dict(self.details),
+        }
+
+
+def apply_session_retirements(
+    db: cpd.ControlPlaneDB,
+    report: SessionFleetReport,
+    *,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+    actor_session_id: str | None = None,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Terminalize every retireable session in *report* (idempotent).
+
+    Concurrent reconciles are safe: each retirement is a CAS on
+    ``status='active'`` (or other non-terminal). A second pass that sees the
+    same session already retired records ``already_terminal`` rather than
+    duplicating audit noise beyond a single no-op outcome.
+    """
+    moment = now or _utc_now()
+    results: list[RetirementResult] = []
+    retired = 0
+    already = 0
+    blocked = 0
+    missing = 0
+
+    for classification in report.retireable:
+        if not classification.retireable:
+            continue
+        if dry_run:
+            results.append(
+                RetirementResult(
+                    session_id=classification.session_id,
+                    outcome="skipped",
+                    reason=classification.reason,
+                    prior_status=classification.status,
+                    new_status=SESSION_STATUS_RETIRED,
+                    details={"dry_run": True, **classification.details},
+                )
+            )
+            continue
+
+        applied = db.retire_session(
+            session_id=classification.session_id,
+            reason=classification.reason,
+            actor_session_id=actor_session_id,
+            details={
+                "classification": classification.classification,
+                "pid": classification.pid,
+                "pid_alive": classification.pid_alive,
+                "pid_reused": classification.pid_reused,
+                "client_managed": classification.client_managed,
+                **classification.details,
+            },
+            now=moment,
+        )
+        outcome = str(applied.get("outcome") or "missing")
+        results.append(
+            RetirementResult(
+                session_id=classification.session_id,
+                outcome=outcome,
+                reason=str(applied.get("reason") or classification.reason),
+                prior_status=applied.get("prior_status"),
+                new_status=applied.get("new_status"),
+                details=dict(applied.get("details") or {}),
+            )
+        )
+        if outcome == "retired":
+            retired += 1
+        elif outcome == "already_terminal":
+            already += 1
+        elif outcome == "blocked":
+            blocked += 1
+        else:
+            missing += 1
+
+    # Non-retireable classifications are recorded for audit completeness when
+    # dry-run lists the fleet, but apply only mutates retireable rows.
+    return {
+        "success": True,
+        "dry_run": dry_run,
+        "retired_count": retired,
+        "already_terminal_count": already,
+        "blocked_count": blocked,
+        "missing_count": missing,
+        "planned_count": len(report.retireable),
+        "results": [r.as_dict() for r in results],
+        "audit_action": EVENT_SESSION_RETIRED,
+        "actor_session_id": actor_session_id,
+        "recorded_at": _ts(moment),
+    }
+
+
+def retire_stale_sessions(
+    db: cpd.ControlPlaneDB,
+    *,
+    sessions: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    leases: Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+    actor_session_id: str | None = None,
+    now: datetime | None = None,
+    pid_checker: Callable[[int | None], bool] = lease_lifecycle.is_process_alive,
+    process_start_probe: Callable[[int | None], datetime | None] = process_start_time,
+    client_managed_sessions: set[str] | frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    heartbeat_stale_seconds: int = DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_STALE_SECONDS,
+    session_limit: int = 500,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """End-to-end plan + apply for stale session retirement (#969).
+
+    When *sessions* is omitted the control-plane DB is inventoried (active
+    rows only). Callers that already gathered inventory should pass it.
+    """
+    moment = now or _utc_now()
+    if sessions is None:
+        sessions = db.list_sessions(
+            statuses=(SESSION_STATUS_ACTIVE,),
+            limit=max(1, int(session_limit)),
+        )
+    if leases is None:
+        try:
+            leases = db.list_leases(statuses=("active",), limit=max(1, int(session_limit)))
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+            leases = []
+
+    report = classify_sessions(
+        sessions,
+        leases=leases,
+        now=moment,
+        pid_checker=pid_checker,
+        process_start_probe=process_start_probe,
+        client_managed_sessions=client_managed_sessions,
+        heartbeat_stale_seconds=heartbeat_stale_seconds,
+    )
+    apply_result = apply_session_retirements(
+        db,
+        report,
+        dry_run=dry_run,
+        actor_session_id=actor_session_id,
+        now=moment,
+    )
+    return {
+        "success": True,
+        "fleet": report.as_dict(),
+        "apply": apply_result,
+        "sessions_dimension_resolved": (
+            report.as_dict()["sessions_dimension_resolved"]
+            if dry_run
+            else apply_result["planned_count"]
+            == (
+                apply_result["retired_count"]
+                + apply_result["already_terminal_count"]
+            )
+            and apply_result["blocked_count"] == 0
+        ),
+    }

task_capability_map.py

@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ TASK_CAPABILITY_MAP: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
         "permission": "gitea.branch.push",
         "role": "author",
     },
-    # #662: post-restart reconcile is read-only inventory + pure classification.
+    # #662: post-restart reconcile is inventory + pure classification.
-    # Durable follow-up issue creation is a separate apply path (not this task).
+    # #969: optional apply_session_cleanup retires confirmed-stale session rows
+    # through the same tool; durable follow-up Gitea issues remain separate.
     "reconcile_after_restart": {
         "permission": "gitea.read",
         "role": "author",
@@ -163,6 +164,15 @@ TASK_CAPABILITY_MAP: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
         "permission": "gitea.read",
         "role": "author",
     },
+    # #969: explicit plan/apply path for dead-owner session retirement.
+    "retire_stale_workflow_sessions": {
+        "permission": "gitea.read",
+        "role": "author",
+    },
+    "gitea_retire_stale_workflow_sessions": {
+        "permission": "gitea.read",
+        "role": "author",
+    },
     # #644: Phase 2 Web Console recovery tasks.
     "clear_stale_binding": {
         "permission": "gitea.read",
@@ -386,25 +396,6 @@ TASK_CAPABILITY_MAP: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
         "permission": "gitea.branch.delete",
         "role": "reconciler",
     },
-    # #970: auditing missing worktree bindings is read-only; retiring one is a
-    # control-plane cleanup mutation and carries the same reconciler-only
-    # authority as any other reconciliation cleanup (review 644 B2).
-    "audit_missing_worktree_bindings": {
-        "permission": "gitea.read",
-        "role": "reconciler",
-    },
-    "gitea_audit_missing_worktree_bindings": {
-        "permission": "gitea.read",
-        "role": "reconciler",
-    },
-    "reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings": {
-        "permission": "gitea.branch.delete",
-        "role": "reconciler",
-    },
-    "gitea_reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings": {
-        "permission": "gitea.branch.delete",
-        "role": "reconciler",
-    },
     "work_issue": {
         "permission": "gitea.pr.create",
         "role": "author",
@@ -672,8 +663,6 @@ ROLE_EXCLUSIVE_TASKS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
         "delete_branch",
         "cleanup_merged_pr_branch",
         "reconciliation_cleanup",
-        "reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings",
-        "gitea_reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings",
         "work_issue",
         "work-issue",
     }

tests/test_control_plane_db.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ControlPlaneDBTest(unittest.TestCase):
             rows = dict(conn.execute("SELECT key, value FROM schema_meta").fetchall())
         finally:
             conn.close()
-        self.assertEqual(rows["schema_version"], "5")
+        self.assertEqual(rows["schema_version"], "6")
         self.assertIn("DB coordinates", rows["architecture"])
         self.assertIn("bridge", rows["architecture"].lower())
 
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ class SessionCheckpointTest(unittest.TestCase):
             conn.close()
         self.assertIn("session_checkpoints", names)
         record = self._write()
-        self.assertEqual(record["checkpoint_schema_version"], 5)
+        self.assertEqual(record["checkpoint_schema_version"], 6)
 
     # AC2 — checkpoints written for multi-role session fixtures.
     def test_multi_role_fixtures_each_get_a_row(self) -> None:

tests/test_cross_repo_canonical_consumption.py

@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ class TestCanonicalRootGuardBinding(_ServerHarness):
             process_project_root=self.install_root,
             remote="prgs",
             require_binding=True,
-            mode="derivation",
         )
         self.assertFalse(got.get("block"), got.get("reasons"))
         self.assertEqual(got["resolved_slug"], TARGET_SLUG)

tests/test_issue_706_canonical_repository_root.py

@@ -241,10 +241,9 @@ class TestNamespaceContextUsesConfiguredRoot(unittest.TestCase):
             process_project_root=self.install,
             env={},
             configured_canonical_root=self.target,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
         )
         self.assertEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.target)
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["roots_aligned"])
+        self.assertFalse(ctx["roots_aligned"])
 
     def test_target_worktree_is_member_of_target_root(self):
         got = nwb.amw.assess_workspace_repo_membership(
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ class TestNamespaceContextUsesConfiguredRoot(unittest.TestCase):
             env={},
             current_branch="feat/issue-1",
             configured_canonical_root=self.target,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
         )
         self.assertFalse(assessment["block"], assessment.get("reasons"))
         self.assertEqual(assessment["canonical_repo_root"], self.target)

tests/test_issue_969_session_lifecycle.py

@@ -0,0 +1,480 @@
+"""Tests for dead-owner / PID-reuse session retirement (#969)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import unittest
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+import control_plane_db as cpd
+import post_restart_reconcile as prr
+import session_lifecycle as sl
+
+NOW = datetime(2026, 7, 29, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+EARLIER = NOW - timedelta(hours=2)
+LATER = NOW + timedelta(minutes=5)
+
+
+def _session(
+    session_id: str,
+    *,
+    pid: int | None = 4242,
+    status: str = "active",
+    started_at: datetime = EARLIER,
+    last_heartbeat_at: datetime | None = None,
+    client_managed: bool = False,
+    owner_process_started_at: datetime | None = None,
+    role: str = "author",
+) -> dict:
+    hb = last_heartbeat_at if last_heartbeat_at is not None else started_at
+    row = {
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "role": role,
+        "profile": "prgs-author",
+        "pid": pid,
+        "status": status,
+        "started_at": cpd._ts(started_at),
+        "last_heartbeat_at": cpd._ts(hb),
+        "client_managed": client_managed,
+    }
+    if owner_process_started_at is not None:
+        row["owner_process_started_at"] = cpd._ts(owner_process_started_at)
+    return row
+
+
+def _alive(pids: set[int]):
+    def _check(pid):
+        try:
+            return int(pid) in pids
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            return False
+
+    return _check
+
+
+def _starts(mapping: dict[int, datetime]):
+    def _probe(pid):
+        try:
+            return mapping.get(int(pid))
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            return None
+
+    return _probe
+
+
+class ClassifyDeadOwnerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_dead_owner_is_stale_and_retireable(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session("ghost", pid=2_000_000_000),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_STALE)
+        self.assertTrue(c.retireable)
+        self.assertIn(c.reason, {sl.REASON_DEAD_OWNER, sl.REASON_HEARTBEAT_STALE_DEAD})
+
+    def test_missing_pid_is_stale(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session("no-pid", pid=None),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_STALE)
+        self.assertEqual(c.reason, sl.REASON_MISSING_PID)
+        self.assertTrue(c.retireable)
+
+
+class PidReuseTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_pid_reuse_marks_stale_not_live(self) -> None:
+        # Process with same PID started AFTER the session was recorded.
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session("reused", pid=77, started_at=EARLIER, last_heartbeat_at=EARLIER),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive({77}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({77: LATER}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_STALE)
+        self.assertEqual(c.reason, sl.REASON_PID_REUSE)
+        self.assertTrue(c.pid_reused)
+        self.assertTrue(c.retireable)
+
+    def test_matching_process_start_is_live(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session(
+                "same-proc",
+                pid=88,
+                started_at=EARLIER,
+                last_heartbeat_at=NOW - timedelta(seconds=30),
+                owner_process_started_at=EARLIER - timedelta(seconds=5),
+            ),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive({88}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({88: EARLIER - timedelta(seconds=5)}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_LIVE)
+        self.assertFalse(c.retireable)
+
+
+class LiveOwnerAndLeaseTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_live_owner_not_retired(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session(
+                "live",
+                pid=os.getpid(),
+                last_heartbeat_at=NOW - timedelta(seconds=10),
+            ),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive({os.getpid()}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({os.getpid(): EARLIER}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_LIVE)
+        self.assertFalse(c.retireable)
+
+    def test_live_lease_blocks_retirement_even_if_pid_dead(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session("leased", pid=99999),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+            live_lease_sessions={"leased"},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_PROTECTED)
+        self.assertEqual(c.reason, sl.REASON_LIVE_LEASE)
+        self.assertFalse(c.retireable)
+
+    def test_client_managed_live_never_retired(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session(
+                "client",
+                pid=55,
+                client_managed=True,
+                last_heartbeat_at=NOW - timedelta(seconds=5),
+            ),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive({55}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({55: EARLIER}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_LIVE)
+        self.assertEqual(c.reason, sl.REASON_CLIENT_MANAGED_LIVE)
+        self.assertFalse(c.retireable)
+
+    def test_client_managed_dead_pid_is_retireable(self) -> None:
+        # Dead client process is not a live client-managed session.
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session("client-dead", pid=56, client_managed=True),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_STALE)
+        self.assertTrue(c.retireable)
+
+
+class TerminalAndDisconnectedTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_already_terminal_not_retireable(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session("done", status="retired", pid=1),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_TERMINAL)
+        self.assertFalse(c.retireable)
+
+    def test_alive_stale_heartbeat_is_disconnected_not_retired(self) -> None:
+        c = sl.classify_session(
+            _session(
+                "quiet",
+                pid=66,
+                last_heartbeat_at=NOW - timedelta(hours=5),
+            ),
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive({66}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({66: EARLIER}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(c.classification, sl.CLASS_DISCONNECTED)
+        self.assertFalse(c.retireable)
+
+
+class FleetAndApplyTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.db_path = os.path.join(self._tmp.name, "cp.sqlite3")
+        self.db = cpd.ControlPlaneDB(self.db_path)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self._tmp.cleanup()
+
+    def test_mixed_fleet_and_apply_retires_only_stale(self) -> None:
+        live_pid = os.getpid()
+        # Use wall-clock "now" so upsert timestamps align with classification.
+        moment = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+        proc_start = moment - timedelta(hours=1)
+        self.db.upsert_session(
+            session_id="s-live",
+            role="author",
+            pid=live_pid,
+            status="active",
+            owner_process_started_at=cpd._ts(proc_start),
+        )
+        self.db.upsert_session(
+            session_id="s-dead", role="reviewer", pid=2_000_000_001, status="active"
+        )
+        self.db.upsert_session(
+            session_id="s-ended", role="merger", pid=3, status="ended"
+        )
+
+        sessions = self.db.list_sessions(limit=50)
+        report = sl.classify_sessions(
+            sessions,
+            leases=[],
+            now=moment,
+            pid_checker=_alive({live_pid}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({live_pid: proc_start}),
+        )
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(report.stale_count, 1)
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any(c.session_id == "s-dead" and c.retireable for c in report.classifications)
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any(
+                c.session_id == "s-live" and not c.retireable
+                for c in report.classifications
+            )
+        )
+
+        first = sl.apply_session_retirements(
+            self.db, report, dry_run=False, actor_session_id="actor-1", now=moment
+        )
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(first["retired_count"], 1)
+        # After retirement, active list should exclude s-dead.
+        active = {
+            s["session_id"]
+            for s in self.db.list_sessions(statuses=("active",), limit=50)
+        }
+        self.assertNotIn("s-dead", active)
+        self.assertIn("s-live", active)
+
+        # Repeated cleanup is idempotent.
+        report2 = sl.classify_sessions(
+            self.db.list_sessions(limit=50),
+            leases=[],
+            now=moment,
+            pid_checker=_alive({live_pid}),
+            process_start_probe=_starts({live_pid: proc_start}),
+        )
+        second = sl.apply_session_retirements(
+            self.db, report2, dry_run=False, actor_session_id="actor-1", now=moment
+        )
+        # No double-retirement of the same row as a new mutation.
+        self.assertEqual(second["retired_count"], 0)
+
+        # Durable audit event present.
+        import sqlite3
+
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(self.db_path)
+        try:
+            events = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT event_type, message FROM events WHERE event_type = ?",
+                ("session_retired",),
+            ).fetchall()
+        finally:
+            conn.close()
+        self.assertTrue(events)
+        self.assertTrue(any("s-dead" in (m or "") for _, m in events))
+
+    def test_live_lease_blocks_db_retirement(self) -> None:
+        self.db.upsert_session(
+            session_id="s-leased", role="author", pid=2_000_000_002, status="active"
+        )
+        self.db.upsert_work_item(
+            remote="prgs",
+            org="org",
+            repo="repo",
+            kind="issue",
+            number=969,
+        )
+        result = self.db.assign_and_lease(
+            session_id="s-leased",
+            role="author",
+            remote="prgs",
+            org="org",
+            repo="repo",
+            kind="issue",
+            number=969,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(result.outcome, "assigned")
+
+        # Inventory-style lease with explicit live freshness (authoritative for
+        # the pure classifier). DB apply also blocks on the active lease row.
+        leases = [
+            {
+                "lease_id": result.lease_id,
+                "session_id": "s-leased",
+                "status": "active",
+                "freshness": {"freshness": "active"},
+            }
+        ]
+        report = sl.classify_sessions(
+            self.db.list_sessions(statuses=("active",), limit=20),
+            leases=leases,
+            now=NOW,
+            pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+        )
+        # Classifier protects via live lease set.
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any(
+                c.session_id == "s-leased" and c.classification == sl.CLASS_PROTECTED
+                for c in report.classifications
+            )
+        )
+        apply = sl.apply_session_retirements(
+            self.db, report, dry_run=False, actor_session_id="actor", now=NOW
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(apply["retired_count"], 0)
+        active = {
+            s["session_id"]
+            for s in self.db.list_sessions(statuses=("active",), limit=20)
+        }
+        self.assertIn("s-leased", active)
+
+        # Direct DB CAS also refuses while an active lease row remains.
+        blocked = self.db.retire_session(
+            session_id="s-leased",
+            reason=sl.REASON_DEAD_OWNER,
+            actor_session_id="actor",
+            now=NOW,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(blocked["outcome"], "blocked")
+        self.assertEqual(blocked["reason"], "live_lease")
+
+    def test_concurrent_retirement_is_idempotent(self) -> None:
+        for i in range(20):
+            self.db.upsert_session(
+                session_id=f"ghost-{i}",
+                role="author",
+                pid=3_000_000 + i,
+                status="active",
+            )
+
+        def _worker() -> dict:
+            return sl.retire_stale_sessions(
+                self.db,
+                dry_run=False,
+                actor_session_id=f"actor-{threading.get_ident()}",
+                now=NOW,
+                pid_checker=_alive(set()),
+                process_start_probe=_starts({}),
+                session_limit=100,
+            )
+
+        outcomes = []
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as pool:
+            futs = [pool.submit(_worker) for _ in range(4)]
+            for fut in as_completed(futs):
+                outcomes.append(fut.result())
+
+        total_retired = sum(o["apply"]["retired_count"] for o in outcomes)
+        # Exactly one successful retirement per ghost row across all workers.
+        self.assertEqual(total_retired, 20)
+        active = {
+            s["session_id"]
+            for s in self.db.list_sessions(statuses=("active",), limit=100)
+        }
+        for i in range(20):
+            self.assertNotIn(f"ghost-{i}", active)
+
+
+class ReconcileIntegrationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_unresolved_until_retired_then_resolved(self) -> None:
+        inv = {
+            "inventory_complete": True,
+            "incomplete_reasons": [],
+            "service_health": {"healthy": True},
+            "clients": [{"session_id": "c1", "connected": True}],
+            "sessions": [
+                _session("ghost", pid=2_000_000_099, last_heartbeat_at=EARLIER),
+            ],
+            "leases": [],
+            "checkpoints_available": False,
+            "worktree_bindings": [],
+            "pending_mutations": [],
+            "capabilities": {"stale": False},
+            "boot_head_sha": "a" * 40,
+            "current_head_sha": "a" * 40,
+            "queue_state": {"safe_to_resume": True},
+        }
+        proof = prr.reconcile_after_restart(inv, now=NOW, mode=prr.MODE_LOG_ONLY)
+        sess = next(i for i in proof.items if i.dimension == prr.DIM_SESSIONS)
+        self.assertEqual(sess.status, prr.ITEM_UNRESOLVED)
+        self.assertIn("ghost", sess.details.get("orphan_session_ids") or [])
+
+        # After retirement inventory (no active orphans) resolves.
+        inv2 = dict(inv)
+        inv2["sessions"] = []
+        inv2["session_fleet"] = {
+            "retireable_session_ids": [],
+            "sessions_dimension_resolved": True,
+            "live_count": 0,
+            "stale_count": 0,
+        }
+        proof2 = prr.reconcile_after_restart(inv2, now=NOW, mode=prr.MODE_LOG_ONLY)
+        sess2 = next(i for i in proof2.items if i.dimension == prr.DIM_SESSIONS)
+        self.assertEqual(sess2.status, prr.ITEM_RESOLVED)
+
+    def test_legacy_orphan_key_still_populated(self) -> None:
+        inv = {
+            "inventory_complete": True,
+            "service_health": {"healthy": True},
+            "clients": [],
+            "sessions": [_session("ghost", pid=2_000_000_100)],
+            "leases": [],
+            "checkpoints_available": False,
+            "worktree_bindings": [],
+            "pending_mutations": [],
+            "capabilities": {"stale": False},
+            "boot_head_sha": "a" * 40,
+            "current_head_sha": "a" * 40,
+            "queue_state": {"safe_to_resume": True},
+        }
+        proof = prr.reconcile_after_restart(inv, now=NOW)
+        sess = next(i for i in proof.items if i.dimension == prr.DIM_SESSIONS)
+        self.assertIn("orphan_session_ids", sess.details)
+
+
+class SchemaMigrationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_lifecycle_columns_present(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            path = os.path.join(tmp, "cp.sqlite3")
+            db = cpd.ControlPlaneDB(path)
+            db.upsert_session(session_id="s1", role="author", pid=1)
+            out = db.retire_session(
+                session_id="s1",
+                reason=sl.REASON_DEAD_OWNER,
+                actor_session_id="tester",
+                now=NOW,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(out["outcome"], "retired")
+            rows = db.list_sessions(limit=5)
+            # May not appear under active filter
+            all_rows = db.list_sessions(limit=5)
+            # Re-open raw to check columns
+            import sqlite3
+
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
+            try:
+                cols = {r[1] for r in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(sessions)")}
+                version = conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT value FROM schema_meta WHERE key='schema_version'"
+                ).fetchone()[0]
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+            self.assertIn("retired_at", cols)
+            self.assertIn("retire_reason", cols)
+            self.assertIn("owner_process_started_at", cols)
+            self.assertEqual(version, "6")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_issue_973_b10_mode_contract.py

@@ -1,739 +0,0 @@
-"""Regression tests for Issue #973 blocker B10: repository-authority mode contract.
-
-Before this repair ``assess_canonical_repository_root`` never checked its
-``mode`` argument against an allowlist. Both dispatch points were permissive:
-
-* the configured-root path tested ``mode == "derivation"`` and sent every other
-  value into a catch-all ``else``, so an unsupported mode silently received
-  *validation* semantics, and
-* the single-repository default path tested ``mode == "validation"``, so an
-  unsupported mode skipped the identity comparison entirely and was strictly
-  *weaker* than validation.
-
-The measured consequence was that ``mode="invalid_mode"`` with matching expected
-and observed identities returned ``proven: True`` / ``block: False`` with no
-reasons, and that an unsupported mode passed on the default path where
-``"validation"`` correctly blocked.
-
-These tests exercise the production module directly with real git repositories —
-no patched stand-in for the function under test — and drive the production
-enforcement and mutation-context consumers rather than only the intermediate
-assessment.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import ast
-import inspect
-import os
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-import unittest
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
-import canonical_repository_root as crr
-import gitea_config
-import gitea_mcp_server as mcp_server
-import namespace_workspace_binding as nwb
-import stable_control_runtime
-
-
-INSTALL_SLUG = "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools"
-TARGET_SLUG = "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane"
-FOREIGN_SLUG = "Someone-Else/Evil-Repo"
-
-# Explicitly supplied values that must all be refused. Omission is *not* in this
-# list: omitting the argument keeps the documented ``"validation"`` default.
-UNSUPPORTED_STRING_MODES = (
-    "invalid_mode",
-    "",
-    "validaton",          # misspelling
-    "derivaton",          # misspelling
-    "Validation",         # case variant
-    "DERIVATION",         # case variant
-    " validation",        # leading whitespace
-    "validation ",        # trailing whitespace
-    "derivation\n",       # trailing newline
-    "validation,derivation",
-)
-
-UNSUPPORTED_NON_STRING_MODES = (
-    None,
-    0,
-    1,
-    True,
-    False,
-    3.14,
-    [],
-    ["validation"],
-    {},
-    {"mode": "validation"},
-    ("validation",),
-    object(),
-)
-
-
-def _init_repo(path: str, remote_url: str, *, user: str = "Test User") -> None:
-    os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "master"], cwd=path, check=True,
-                   capture_output=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.email", "[email protected]"], cwd=path,
-                   check=True, capture_output=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", user], cwd=path, check=True,
-                   capture_output=True)
-    with open(os.path.join(path, "README.md"), "w") as handle:
-        handle.write(f"{os.path.basename(path)}\n")
-    subprocess.run(["git", "add", "README.md"], cwd=path, check=True,
-                   capture_output=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "initial"], cwd=path, check=True,
-                   capture_output=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "remote", "add", "prgs", remote_url], cwd=path,
-                   check=True, capture_output=True)
-
-
-class _CanonicalRootFixture(unittest.TestCase):
-    """Real install / target / foreign git repositories, as in the #973 suite."""
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        self.tmp_dir = os.path.realpath(self._tmp.name)
-
-        self.install_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "Gitea-Tools")
-        _init_repo(
-            self.install_root,
-            "https://gitea.prgs.cc/Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools.git",
-        )
-
-        self.target_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "mcp-control-plane")
-        _init_repo(
-            self.target_root,
-            "https://gitea.prgs.cc/Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane.git",
-        )
-
-        self.evil_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "Evil-Repo")
-        _init_repo(
-            self.evil_root,
-            "https://gitea.prgs.cc/Someone-Else/Evil-Repo.git",
-            user="Evil User",
-        )
-
-        self.target_branches = os.path.join(self.target_root, "branches")
-        self.target_worktree = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "rev-pr-99")
-        subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "worktree", "add", "-b", "rev-pr-99", self.target_worktree],
-            cwd=self.target_root, check=True, capture_output=True,
-        )
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self._tmp.cleanup()
-
-    def assertRefusedForMode(self, assessment: dict, mode) -> None:
-        """Assert a fail-closed refusal attributable to *mode* and nothing else."""
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["proven"], assessment)
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"], assessment)
-        self.assertEqual(assessment["reason_code"], crr.DENY_UNKNOWN_MODE, assessment)
-        self.assertEqual(len(assessment["reasons"]), 1, assessment)
-        reason = assessment["reasons"][0]
-        self.assertIn("unsupported repository-authority mode", reason)
-        self.assertIn(repr(mode), reason)
-        # No trusted repository identity may be derived through an invalid mode.
-        self.assertIsNone(assessment["resolved_slug"], assessment)
-        self.assertIsNone(assessment["canonical_repo_root"], assessment)
-
-
-class TestB10UnsupportedModeIsRejected(_CanonicalRootFixture):
-    """Direct assessment tests for invalid-mode parsing."""
-
-    def test_invalid_string_with_missing_expected_identity(self):
-        """G1: blocks for the mode, not incidentally for a missing identity."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="invalid_mode",
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "invalid_mode")
-        self.assertFalse(
-            any("unprovable or missing" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]),
-            "must block because the mode is unsupported, not because the expected "
-            "identity happened to be missing",
-        )
-
-    def test_invalid_string_with_matching_identities(self):
-        """G2: the contract violation — matching identities used to return proven."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="invalid_mode",
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "invalid_mode")
-
-    def test_invalid_string_with_conflicting_identities(self):
-        """G3: refused for the mode, not for the incidental identity mismatch."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.evil_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=INSTALL_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="invalid_mode",
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "invalid_mode")
-        self.assertFalse(
-            any("identity mismatch" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]),
-            "the identity comparison must not have run at all",
-        )
-
-    def test_empty_string_mode(self):
-        """G4a: an explicitly supplied empty string is an unsupported value."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="",
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "")
-
-    def test_explicit_none_mode(self):
-        """G4b: explicit None is refused; it is not treated as omission."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode=None,
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, None)
-        self.assertIn("of type NoneType", assessment["reasons"][0])
-
-    def test_representative_non_string_modes(self):
-        for mode in UNSUPPORTED_NON_STRING_MODES:
-            with self.subTest(mode=repr(mode)):
-                assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                    configured_value=self.target_root,
-                    source="env",
-                    expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                    process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                    remote="prgs",
-                    require_binding=True,
-                    mode=mode,
-                )
-                self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, mode)
-                self.assertIn(
-                    f"of type {type(mode).__name__}", assessment["reasons"][0]
-                )
-
-    def test_unknown_strings_misspellings_and_whitespace_variants(self):
-        for mode in UNSUPPORTED_STRING_MODES:
-            with self.subTest(mode=repr(mode)):
-                assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                    configured_value=self.target_root,
-                    source="env",
-                    expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                    process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                    remote="prgs",
-                    require_binding=True,
-                    mode=mode,
-                )
-                self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, mode)
-
-    def test_supported_modes_are_exactly_two(self):
-        self.assertEqual(
-            crr.SUPPORTED_MODES, ("validation", "derivation")
-        )
-        self.assertIsNone(crr.unsupported_mode_reason("validation"))
-        self.assertIsNone(crr.unsupported_mode_reason("derivation"))
-        self.assertIsNotNone(crr.unsupported_mode_reason("invalid_mode"))
-
-
-class TestB10SupportedModesUnchanged(_CanonicalRootFixture):
-    """The repair must not disturb the two documented modes."""
-
-    def test_omitted_mode_defaults_to_validation(self):
-        """G4c/G4d: omission still selects validation, proven by both outcomes."""
-        matching = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(matching["proven"], matching)
-        self.assertFalse(matching["block"], matching)
-        self.assertIsNone(matching["reason_code"], matching)
-        self.assertEqual(matching["resolved_slug"], TARGET_SLUG)
-
-        conflicting = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.evil_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=INSTALL_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(conflicting["proven"], conflicting)
-        self.assertTrue(conflicting["block"], conflicting)
-        self.assertIsNone(conflicting["reason_code"], conflicting)
-        self.assertTrue(
-            any("identity mismatch" in r for r in conflicting["reasons"]),
-            "omission must behave exactly like explicit validation",
-        )
-
-    def test_explicit_validation_retains_strict_behavior(self):
-        """G5a/G5b/G5c."""
-        ok = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root, source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG, process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs", require_binding=True, mode="validation",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(ok["proven"], ok)
-
-        mismatch = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.evil_root, source="env",
-            expected_slug=INSTALL_SLUG, process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs", require_binding=True, mode="validation",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(mismatch["block"], mismatch)
-        self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in mismatch["reasons"]))
-
-        unprovable = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root, source="env",
-            expected_slug=None, process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs", require_binding=True, mode="validation",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(unprovable["block"], unprovable)
-        self.assertTrue(
-            any("unprovable or missing" in r for r in unprovable["reasons"])
-        )
-
-    def test_explicit_derivation_retains_trusted_derivation(self):
-        """G5d: derivation still resolves identity with no expected slug."""
-        derived = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root, source="env",
-            expected_slug=None, process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs", require_binding=True, mode="derivation",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(derived["proven"], derived)
-        self.assertFalse(derived["block"], derived)
-        self.assertIsNone(derived["reason_code"], derived)
-        self.assertEqual(derived["resolved_slug"], TARGET_SLUG)
-
-    def test_derivation_without_resolvable_remote_still_fails_closed(self):
-        no_remote = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "no-remote-target")
-        os.makedirs(no_remote)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "master"], cwd=no_remote, check=True,
-                       capture_output=True)
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=no_remote, source="env", expected_slug=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root, remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True, mode="derivation",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"], assessment)
-        self.assertTrue(
-            any("no resolvable" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]), assessment
-        )
-
-
-class TestB10SingleRepositoryDefaultPath(_CanonicalRootFixture):
-    """G6: on the unconfigured path an invalid mode used to be weaker than validation."""
-
-    def _assess(self, mode_kwargs: dict) -> dict:
-        return crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=None,
-            source=None,
-            expected_slug=FOREIGN_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=False,
-            **mode_kwargs,
-        )
-
-    def test_validation_blocks_a_foreign_expected_identity(self):
-        """G6b: the reference behaviour the invalid mode must not undercut."""
-        got = self._assess({"mode": "validation"})
-        self.assertFalse(got["proven"], got)
-        self.assertTrue(got["block"], got)
-        self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in got["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_invalid_mode_no_longer_passes_where_validation_blocks(self):
-        """G6a: identical inputs, only the mode differs — must not fail open."""
-        invalid = self._assess({"mode": "invalid_mode"})
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(invalid, "invalid_mode")
-
-        validation = self._assess({"mode": "validation"})
-        self.assertEqual(
-            invalid["proven"], validation["proven"],
-            "an unsupported mode must never be more permissive than validation",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(invalid["block"] and validation["block"])
-
-    def test_empty_string_mode_on_default_path(self):
-        """G6c."""
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(self._assess({"mode": ""}), "")
-
-    def test_omitted_mode_on_default_path_still_validates(self):
-        got = self._assess({})
-        self.assertFalse(got["proven"], got)
-        self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in got["reasons"]), got)
-
-
-class TestB10RejectionOrdering(_CanonicalRootFixture):
-    """Refusal must precede every form of candidate-root or Git inspection."""
-
-    def test_no_git_or_identity_discovery_runs_for_an_unsupported_mode(self):
-        with patch.object(crr, "resolve_repo_toplevel") as toplevel, \
-             patch.object(crr, "repository_identity_slug") as identity:
-            assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                configured_value=self.target_root,
-                source="env",
-                expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                remote="prgs",
-                require_binding=True,
-                mode="invalid_mode",
-            )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "invalid_mode")
-        toplevel.assert_not_called()
-        identity.assert_not_called()
-
-    def test_the_same_spies_do_fire_for_a_supported_mode(self):
-        """Control: proves the previous test's assertions are not vacuous."""
-        with patch.object(crr, "resolve_repo_toplevel",
-                          wraps=crr.resolve_repo_toplevel) as toplevel, \
-             patch.object(crr, "repository_identity_slug",
-                          wraps=crr.repository_identity_slug) as identity:
-            crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                configured_value=self.target_root,
-                source="env",
-                expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                remote="prgs",
-                require_binding=True,
-                mode="validation",
-            )
-        toplevel.assert_called()
-        identity.assert_called()
-
-    def test_nonexistent_candidate_root_still_reports_the_mode_refusal(self):
-        """No mocks: the existence check cannot have run before the refusal."""
-        nonexistent = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "no-such-repository")
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=nonexistent,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="invalid_mode",
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "invalid_mode")
-        self.assertFalse(
-            any("does not exist" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]), assessment
-        )
-
-    def test_symlinked_candidate_root_is_not_resolved_for_an_unsupported_mode(self):
-        link = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "target-alias")
-        os.symlink(self.target_root, link)
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=link,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="invalid_mode",
-        )
-        self.assertRefusedForMode(assessment, "invalid_mode")
-        # The refusal payload must not leak a resolved path for the candidate.
-        self.assertIsNone(assessment["canonical_repo_root"], assessment)
-
-
-class TestB10NoModeInjectionSurface(unittest.TestCase):
-    """``mode`` must not be reachable from requests, environment, or config."""
-
-    PRODUCTION_MODULES = ("gitea_mcp_server.py", "namespace_workspace_binding.py")
-
-    def _repo_root(self) -> str:
-        return os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-
-    def test_production_call_sites_only_pass_allowlisted_literal_modes(self):
-        """Valid hardcoded modes reach the correct path; nothing else is passed."""
-        seen: list[tuple[str, str | None]] = []
-        for name in self.PRODUCTION_MODULES:
-            path = os.path.join(self._repo_root(), name)
-            with open(path) as handle:
-                tree = ast.parse(handle.read())
-            for node in ast.walk(tree):
-                if not isinstance(node, ast.Call):
-                    continue
-                func = node.func
-                called = (
-                    func.attr if isinstance(func, ast.Attribute)
-                    else getattr(func, "id", None)
-                )
-                if called != "assess_canonical_repository_root":
-                    continue
-                supplied = [k for k in node.keywords if k.arg == "mode"]
-                if not supplied:
-                    seen.append((name, None))
-                    continue
-                value = supplied[0].value
-                self.assertIsInstance(
-                    value, ast.Constant,
-                    f"{name}: mode must be a literal, never a variable or expression",
-                )
-                self.assertIn(
-                    value.value, crr.SUPPORTED_MODES,
-                    f"{name}: unsupported mode literal {value.value!r}",
-                )
-                seen.append((name, value.value))
-        self.assertTrue(seen, "expected production call sites to be found")
-        # Both documented modes are exercised by production, and omission is used.
-        self.assertIn(None, [mode for _, mode in seen])
-        self.assertIn("derivation", [mode for _, mode in seen])
-
-    def test_no_public_entry_point_exposes_a_mode_parameter(self):
-        for func in (
-            nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context,
-            nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace,
-            mcp_server._resolve_namespace_mutation_context,
-            mcp_server._enforce_canonical_repository_root,
-            mcp_server._canonical_repository_slug,
-            mcp_server._trusted_session_repository,
-            mcp_server._resolve_expected_repository_slug,
-        ):
-            with self.subTest(func=func.__name__):
-                self.assertNotIn("mode", inspect.signature(func).parameters)
-
-    def test_no_environment_key_selects_a_repository_authority_mode(self):
-        for key in gitea_config.RECOGNIZED_GITEA_ENV_KEYS:
-            self.assertNotIn(
-                "CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_MODE", key.upper(),
-                f"{key} would expose a repository-authority mode selector",
-            )
-        # An invented mode-ish variable is simply not consumed by crr.
-        env = {
-            "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_ROOT": "/some/path",
-            "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_MODE": "invalid_mode",
-        }
-        value, source = crr.configured_canonical_root(None, env)
-        self.assertEqual(value, "/some/path")
-        self.assertNotIn("mode", (source or "").lower())
-        self.assertIn(
-            "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_MODE",
-            gitea_config.get_unconsumed_gitea_env_overrides(env),
-            "an unknown GITEA_* key must still be rejected as unrecognised",
-        )
-
-    def test_repository_configuration_carries_no_mode_field(self):
-        profile = {
-            "canonical_repository_root": "/some/path",
-            "mode": "invalid_mode",
-        }
-        value, source = crr.configured_canonical_root(profile, {})
-        self.assertEqual(value, "/some/path")
-        self.assertEqual(source, "profile canonical_repository_root")
-
-
-class TestB10ProductionEnforcementPaths(_CanonicalRootFixture):
-    """Production enforcement, mutation-context, reviewer and merger consumers."""
-
-    def _force_invalid_mode(self):
-        """Simulate a future call site threading an unsupported mode.
-
-        The real ``assess_canonical_repository_root`` still executes — only the
-        caller-side argument is substituted — so the refusal under test is
-        produced by production code, not by a stand-in. No caller-controlled
-        ``mode`` parameter is added to any production signature to achieve this.
-        """
-        real = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root
-
-        def _wrapper(**kwargs):
-            kwargs["mode"] = "invalid_mode"
-            return real(**kwargs)
-
-        return patch.object(crr, "assess_canonical_repository_root", _wrapper)
-
-    def test_mutation_context_fails_closed_under_a_refused_mode(self):
-        with self._force_invalid_mode():
-            ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-                role_kind="reviewer",
-                worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                env={},
-                configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                remote="prgs",
-            )
-        assessment = ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["roots_aligned"], ctx)
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"], assessment)
-        self.assertEqual(assessment["reason_code"], crr.DENY_UNKNOWN_MODE)
-        self.assertIsNone(assessment["resolved_slug"])
-        # The refused mode must not yield the candidate root as canonical.
-        self.assertNotEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.target_root)
-        self.assertEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.install_root)
-
-    def test_mutation_context_unchanged_for_the_supported_default(self):
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-            expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-            remote="prgs",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["roots_aligned"], ctx)
-        self.assertEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.target_root)
-        self.assertIsNone(ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["reason_code"])
-
-    def test_reviewer_and_merger_authorization_fails_closed_under_a_refused_mode(self):
-        for role in ("reviewer", "merger"):
-            with self.subTest(role=role), self._force_invalid_mode():
-                assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-                    role_kind=role,
-                    worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-                    worktree=None,
-                    process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                    env={},
-                    configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                    expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                    remote="prgs",
-                )
-                self.assertTrue(assessment["block"], assessment)
-                self.assertTrue(
-                    any("unsupported repository-authority mode" in r
-                        for r in assessment["reasons"]),
-                    assessment,
-                )
-
-    def test_reviewer_and_merger_authorization_unchanged_for_supported_modes(self):
-        for role in ("reviewer", "merger"):
-            with self.subTest(role=role):
-                assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-                    role_kind=role,
-                    worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-                    worktree=None,
-                    process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                    env={},
-                    configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                    expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                    remote="prgs",
-                )
-                self.assertFalse(assessment["block"], assessment)
-
-    def test_final_mutation_gate_blocks_when_the_mode_refusal_unaligns_roots(self):
-        with self._force_invalid_mode():
-            ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-                role_kind="reviewer",
-                worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                env={},
-                configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                expected_slug=TARGET_SLUG,
-                remote="prgs",
-            )
-        report = stable_control_runtime.build_runtime_report(
-            process_root=self.install_root,
-            checkout_branch="master",
-            runtime_head="abcdef123456",
-            active_task_workspace=ctx["workspace_path"],
-            canonical_repository_root=ctx["canonical_repo_root"],
-            workspace_roots_aligned=ctx["roots_aligned"],
-        )
-        gate = stable_control_runtime.assess_runtime_mutation_gate(report)
-        self.assertTrue(gate["block"], gate)
-
-    def test_enforce_canonical_repository_root_uses_the_validation_default(self):
-        """B8 boundary intact: a foreign configured root raises through production."""
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_configured_canonical_root",
-                          return_value=(self.evil_root, "env")), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context",
-                          return_value=None):
-            with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError) as raised:
-                mcp_server._enforce_canonical_repository_root(remote="prgs")
-        self.assertIn("identity mismatch", str(raised.exception))
-
-    def test_enforce_canonical_repository_root_refuses_a_threaded_invalid_mode(self):
-        bound = {"org": "Scaled-Tech-Consulting",
-                 "repository": "mcp-control-plane", "remote": "prgs"}
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_configured_canonical_root",
-                          return_value=(self.target_root, "env")), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context",
-                          return_value=bound), \
-             self._force_invalid_mode():
-            with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError) as raised:
-                mcp_server._enforce_canonical_repository_root(remote="prgs")
-        self.assertIn("unsupported repository-authority mode", str(raised.exception))
-
-    def test_enforce_canonical_repository_root_passes_for_a_valid_binding(self):
-        bound = {"org": "Scaled-Tech-Consulting",
-                 "repository": "mcp-control-plane", "remote": "prgs"}
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_configured_canonical_root",
-                          return_value=(self.target_root, "env")), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context",
-                          return_value=bound), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "assess_session_context",
-                          return_value={"block": False, "reasons": []}), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile",
-                          return_value={"profile_name": "prgs-reviewer"}):
-            mcp_server._enforce_canonical_repository_root(remote="prgs")
-
-    def test_canonical_repository_slug_derivation_unbroken(self):
-        """B9 boundary intact: legitimate cross-repository derivation still works."""
-        profile = {
-            "profile_name": "prgs-author",
-            "allowed_repositories": [TARGET_SLUG],
-            "canonical_repository_root": self.target_root,
-        }
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context",
-                          return_value=None):
-            slug, reasons = mcp_server._canonical_repository_slug(profile, "prgs")
-            self.assertEqual(slug, TARGET_SLUG, reasons)
-            self.assertEqual(reasons, [])
-
-    def test_canonical_repository_slug_fails_closed_under_a_refused_mode(self):
-        profile = {
-            "profile_name": "prgs-author",
-            "allowed_repositories": [TARGET_SLUG],
-            "canonical_repository_root": self.target_root,
-        }
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context",
-                          return_value=None), \
-             self._force_invalid_mode():
-            slug, reasons = mcp_server._canonical_repository_slug(profile, "prgs")
-            self.assertIsNone(slug)
-            self.assertTrue(
-                any("unsupported repository-authority mode" in r for r in reasons),
-                reasons,
-            )
-            result = mcp_server._trusted_session_repository(
-                profile, "prgs", for_mutation=True
-            )
-            self.assertIsNone(result["org"])
-            self.assertIsNone(result["repository"])
-            self.assertTrue(result["reasons"])
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()

tests/test_issue_973_cross_repo_canonical_roots.py

@@ -1,546 +0,0 @@
-"""Regression tests for Issue #973: validated cross-repository canonical roots."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import os
-import shutil
-import tempfile
-import unittest
-from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
-from pathlib import Path
-import subprocess
-
-import gitea_config
-import namespace_workspace_binding as nwb
-import canonical_repository_root as crr
-import stable_control_runtime
-import gitea_mcp_server as mcp_server
-
-
-class TestIssue973RecognizedEnvKeys(unittest.TestCase):
-    """Test recognized environment variable keys under #973."""
-
-    def test_recognized_gitea_env_keys(self):
-        for key in (
-            "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_ROOT",
-            "GITEA_REVIEWER_WORKTREE",
-            "GITEA_MERGER_WORKTREE",
-            "GITEA_MCP_SESSION_STATE_TTL_HOURS",
-        ):
-            self.assertIn(key, gitea_config.RECOGNIZED_GITEA_ENV_KEYS)
-
-    def test_get_unconsumed_gitea_env_overrides_ignores_recognized(self):
-        env = {
-            "GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_ROOT": "/some/path",
-            "GITEA_REVIEWER_WORKTREE": "/some/reviewer/path",
-            "GITEA_MERGER_WORKTREE": "/some/merger/path",
-            "GITEA_MCP_SESSION_STATE_TTL_HOURS": "24",
-            "GITEA_UNRECOGNIZED_FOO_VAR": "bar",
-        }
-        unconsumed = gitea_config.get_unconsumed_gitea_env_overrides(env)
-        self.assertNotIn("GITEA_CANONICAL_REPOSITORY_ROOT", unconsumed)
-        self.assertNotIn("GITEA_REVIEWER_WORKTREE", unconsumed)
-        self.assertNotIn("GITEA_MERGER_WORKTREE", unconsumed)
-        self.assertNotIn("GITEA_MCP_SESSION_STATE_TTL_HOURS", unconsumed)
-        self.assertIn("GITEA_UNRECOGNIZED_FOO_VAR", unconsumed)
-
-
-class TestIssue973CrossRepoCanonicalRoots(unittest.TestCase):
-    """Test workspace binding and canonical root validation for cross-repo namespaces."""
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
-        self.tmp_dir = os.path.realpath(self._tmp.name)
-
-        # Create simulated installation root
-        self.install_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "Gitea-Tools")
-        os.makedirs(self.install_root)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "master"], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.email", "[email protected]"], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", "Test User"], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-        with open(os.path.join(self.install_root, "README.md"), "w") as f:
-            f.write("install\n")
-        subprocess.run(["git", "add", "README.md"], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "initial"], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-
-        # Create simulated target repository root
-        self.target_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "mcp-control-plane")
-        os.makedirs(self.target_root)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "master"], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.email", "[email protected]"], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", "Test User"], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-        with open(os.path.join(self.target_root, "README.md"), "w") as f:
-            f.write("target\n")
-        subprocess.run(["git", "add", "README.md"], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "initial"], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-
-        # Add remotes to simulate real git repositories with identities
-        subprocess.run(["git", "remote", "add", "prgs", "https://gitea.prgs.cc/Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools.git"], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "remote", "add", "prgs", "https://gitea.prgs.cc/Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane.git"], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-
-        # Create simulated foreign repository root
-        self.evil_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "Evil-Repo")
-        os.makedirs(self.evil_root)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "master"], cwd=self.evil_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.email", "[email protected]"], cwd=self.evil_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", "Evil User"], cwd=self.evil_root, check=True)
-        with open(os.path.join(self.evil_root, "README.md"), "w") as f:
-            f.write("evil\n")
-        subprocess.run(["git", "add", "README.md"], cwd=self.evil_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "initial"], cwd=self.evil_root, check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "remote", "add", "prgs", "https://gitea.prgs.cc/Someone-Else/Evil-Repo.git"], cwd=self.evil_root, check=True)
-
-        # Create branches/ directory and a valid registered worktree in target repository
-        self.target_branches = os.path.join(self.target_root, "branches")
-        self.target_worktree = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "rev-pr-99")
-        subprocess.run(["git", "worktree", "add", "-b", "rev-pr-99", self.target_worktree], cwd=self.target_root, check=True)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self._tmp.cleanup()
-
-    def test_valid_same_repository_configuration(self):
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=None,
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.install_root)
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["roots_aligned"])
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["proven"])
-
-    def test_valid_cross_repo_canonical_root(self):
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.target_root)
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["roots_aligned"])
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["proven"])
-
-    def test_expected_repository_identity_match(self):
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="test",
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["proven"])
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["block"])
-
-    def test_foreign_repository_identity_mismatch(self):
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.evil_root,
-            source="test",
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools",
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["proven"])
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_native_repository_binding_mismatch(self):
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.evil_root,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools",
-            remote="prgs",
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["roots_aligned"])
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["proven"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_unpatched_foreign_configured_root_derives_expected_from_process_root_and_blocks(self):
-        """B8: Production path test where foreign configured root cannot self-authorize."""
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_configured_canonical_root", return_value=(self.evil_root, "env")):
-            expected_slug = mcp_server._resolve_expected_repository_slug("prgs")
-            self.assertEqual(expected_slug, "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools")
-            assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                configured_value=self.evil_root,
-                source="env",
-                expected_slug=expected_slug,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                remote="prgs",
-                require_binding=True,
-            )
-            self.assertFalse(assessment["proven"])
-            self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-            self.assertEqual(assessment["resolved_slug"], "Someone-Else/Evil-Repo")
-            self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_unpatched_valid_cross_repo_matching_session_context(self):
-        """B8: Valid cross-repo namespace matches when session context is bound to target repo."""
-        bound_ctx = {"org": "Scaled-Tech-Consulting", "repository": "mcp-control-plane", "remote": "prgs"}
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context", return_value=bound_ctx):
-            expected_slug = mcp_server._resolve_expected_repository_slug("prgs")
-            self.assertEqual(expected_slug, "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane")
-            assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                configured_value=self.target_root,
-                source="env",
-                expected_slug=expected_slug,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                remote="prgs",
-                require_binding=True,
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(assessment["proven"])
-            self.assertFalse(assessment["block"])
-            self.assertEqual(assessment["resolved_slug"], "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane")
-
-    def test_unprovable_expected_identity_fails_closed(self):
-        """B8: If expected repository identity is unprovable for a configured root, fail closed."""
-        no_remote_root = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "no-remote-process-root")
-        os.makedirs(no_remote_root)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-b", "master"], cwd=no_remote_root, check=True)
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", no_remote_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context", return_value=None):
-            expected_slug = mcp_server._resolve_expected_repository_slug("prgs")
-            self.assertIsNone(expected_slug)
-            assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-                configured_value=self.target_root,
-                source="env",
-                expected_slug=expected_slug,
-                process_project_root=no_remote_root,
-                remote="prgs",
-                require_binding=True,
-            )
-            self.assertFalse(assessment["proven"])
-            self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-            self.assertTrue(any("unprovable or missing" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_missing_canonical_root(self):
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="author",
-            worktree_path=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root="",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(ctx["canonical_repo_root"], self.install_root)
-        self.assertTrue(ctx["roots_aligned"])
-
-    def test_nonexistent_configured_canonical_root(self):
-        nonexistent = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "nonexistent-repo")
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=nonexistent,
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["roots_aligned"])
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["proven"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("does not exist" in r for r in ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_non_git_configured_canonical_root(self):
-        non_git = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "non-git-dir")
-        os.makedirs(non_git)
-        ctx = nwb.resolve_namespace_mutation_context(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=non_git,
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["roots_aligned"])
-        self.assertFalse(ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["proven"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("not a git repository" in r for r in ctx["canonical_root_assessment"]["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_git_common_directory_membership_matching(self):
-        valid, err = nwb.verify_git_common_directory_membership(
-            self.target_worktree, self.target_root
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(valid, err)
-        self.assertIsNone(err)
-
-    def test_foreign_git_common_directory(self):
-        # Foreign worktree created under install_root
-        install_branches = os.path.join(self.install_root, "branches")
-        foreign_wt = os.path.join(install_branches, "foreign-wt")
-        subprocess.run(["git", "worktree", "add", "-b", "foreign-wt", foreign_wt], cwd=self.install_root, check=True)
-
-        valid, err = nwb.verify_git_common_directory_membership(
-            foreign_wt, self.target_root
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(valid)
-        self.assertIn("does not match", err)
-
-    def test_normalized_path_aliases(self):
-        alias_path = self.target_worktree + "/../rev-pr-99/./"
-        valid, err = nwb.verify_git_common_directory_membership(
-            alias_path, self.target_root
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(valid, err)
-
-    def test_safe_symlink_identity(self):
-        link_path = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "symlink-rev-99")
-        try:
-            os.symlink(self.target_worktree, link_path)
-            valid, err = nwb.verify_git_common_directory_membership(
-                link_path, self.target_root
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(valid, err)
-        finally:
-            if os.path.exists(link_path):
-                os.unlink(link_path)
-
-    def test_symlink_escape_or_foreign_alias(self):
-        outside_dir = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, "outside-target")
-        os.makedirs(outside_dir)
-        link_escape = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "escape-link")
-        try:
-            os.symlink(outside_dir, link_escape)
-            assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-                role_kind="reviewer",
-                worktree_path=link_escape,
-                worktree=None,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                env={},
-                configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-        finally:
-            if os.path.exists(link_escape):
-                os.unlink(link_escape)
-
-    def test_reviewer_worktree_registered_and_valid(self):
-        assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            worktree=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["block"])
-
-    def test_reviewer_worktree_unregistered_blocks(self):
-        unreg_wt = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "unregistered-reviewer")
-        os.makedirs(unreg_wt)
-        assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-            role_kind="reviewer",
-            worktree_path=unreg_wt,
-            worktree=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("is not registered in git worktree list" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_merger_worktree_registered_and_valid(self):
-        assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-            role_kind="merger",
-            worktree_path=self.target_worktree,
-            worktree=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["block"])
-
-    def test_merger_worktree_unregistered_blocks(self):
-        unreg_wt = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "unregistered-merger")
-        os.makedirs(unreg_wt)
-        assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-            role_kind="merger",
-            worktree_path=unreg_wt,
-            worktree=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            env={},
-            configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-        )
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("is not registered in git worktree list" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_reviewer_or_merger_worktree_outside_branches_blocks(self):
-        outside_wt = os.path.join(self.target_root, "outside_branches_wt")
-        os.makedirs(outside_wt)
-        for r_kind in ("reviewer", "merger"):
-            assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-                role_kind=r_kind,
-                worktree_path=outside_wt,
-                worktree=None,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                env={},
-                configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-            self.assertTrue(any("is not under" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_nonexistent_reviewer_or_merger_worktree_blocks(self):
-        nonexistent_wt = os.path.join(self.target_branches, "nonexistent-wt")
-        for r_kind in ("reviewer", "merger"):
-            assessment = nwb.assess_namespace_mutation_workspace(
-                role_kind=r_kind,
-                worktree_path=nonexistent_wt,
-                worktree=None,
-                process_project_root=self.install_root,
-                env={},
-                configured_canonical_root=self.target_root,
-                expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane",
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-            self.assertTrue(any("does not exist" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_safe_and_unsafe_mutation_alignment_outcomes(self):
-        # Safe alignment (same repo)
-        report_safe = stable_control_runtime.build_runtime_report(
-            process_root=self.install_root,
-            checkout_branch="master",
-            runtime_head="abcdef123456",
-            active_task_workspace=self.install_root,
-            canonical_repository_root=self.install_root,
-            workspace_roots_aligned=True,
-        )
-        gate_safe = stable_control_runtime.assess_runtime_mutation_gate(report_safe)
-        self.assertFalse(gate_safe["block"])
-
-        # Unsafe alignment
-        report_unsafe = stable_control_runtime.build_runtime_report(
-            process_root=self.install_root,
-            checkout_branch="master",
-            runtime_head="abcdef123456",
-            active_task_workspace=self.target_worktree,
-            canonical_repository_root=self.target_root,
-            workspace_roots_aligned=False,
-        )
-        gate_unsafe = stable_control_runtime.assess_runtime_mutation_gate(report_unsafe)
-        self.assertTrue(gate_unsafe["block"])
-
-    def test_reviewer_lease_lifecycle_production_path(self):
-        """B5: Automated regression for reviewer lease acquire and release through production path."""
-        mock_whoami = {
-            "authenticated": True,
-            "username": "sysadmin",
-            "remote": "prgs",
-            "profile": {
-                "profile_name": "prgs-reviewer",
-                "role": "reviewer",
-                "role_kind": "reviewer",
-                "allowed_operations": ["gitea.read", "gitea.pr.comment", "gitea.pr.approve", "gitea.pr.request_changes"],
-                "forbidden_operations": [],
-            },
-        }
-
-        def mock_api_request(method, url, auth=None, json_data=None):
-            if method == "GET":
-                return {"number": 99, "head": {"sha": "abc1234"}, "state": "open", "merged": False, "merged_at": None}
-            elif method == "POST":
-                return {"id": 9999, "body": (json_data or {}).get("body", "")}
-            return {}
-
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "gitea_whoami", return_value=mock_whoami), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "get_profile", return_value=mock_whoami["profile"]), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_effective_workspace_role", return_value="reviewer"), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_configured_canonical_root", return_value=(self.target_root, "env")), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_reviewer_session_worktree", return_value=self.target_worktree), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_auth", return_value="token mock-token"), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "_fetch_pr_comments", return_value=[]), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server, "api_request", side_effect=mock_api_request), \
-             patch("reviewer_pr_lease.assess_acquire_lease", return_value={"acquire_allowed": True, "reasons": [], "lease_body": "<!-- LEASE -->"}), \
-             patch("reviewer_pr_lease.find_active_reviewer_lease", return_value={"session_id": "sid-123", "reviewer": "sysadmin"}), \
-             patch("reviewer_pr_lease.get_session_lease", return_value={"session_id": "sid-123", "reviewer": "sysadmin"}), \
-             patch("reviewer_pr_lease.clear_session_lease") as mock_clear:
-
-            acq_res = mcp_server.gitea_acquire_reviewer_pr_lease(
-                pr_number=99,
-                remote="prgs",
-                worktree=self.target_worktree,
-                org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting",
-                repo="mcp-control-plane",
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(acq_res.get("success"), acq_res)
-
-            rel_res = mcp_server.gitea_release_reviewer_pr_lease(
-                pr_number=99,
-                worktree=self.target_worktree,
-                remote="prgs",
-                org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting",
-                repo="mcp-control-plane",
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(rel_res.get("success"), rel_res)
-            mock_clear.assert_called_once()
-
-    def test_unbound_session_derives_and_retains_configured_target_repository(self):
-        """B9: Unbound session with a legitimate configured target root derives and retains target repository."""
-        prof = {
-            "profile_name": "prgs-author",
-            "allowed_repositories": ["Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane"],
-            "canonical_repository_root": self.target_root,
-        }
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context", return_value=None):
-            slug, reasons = mcp_server._canonical_repository_slug(prof, "prgs")
-            self.assertEqual(slug, "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane", f"reasons: {reasons}")
-            self.assertEqual(reasons, [])
-            res = mcp_server._trusted_session_repository(prof, "prgs")
-            self.assertEqual(res["org"], "Scaled-Tech-Consulting")
-            self.assertEqual(res["repository"], "mcp-control-plane")
-
-    def test_process_root_a_configured_target_b_retains_b(self):
-        """B9: Process root A (Gitea-Tools) and configured target B (mcp-control-plane) keep B as expected identity when bound."""
-        bound_ctx = {"org": "Scaled-Tech-Consulting", "repository": "mcp-control-plane", "remote": "prgs"}
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context", return_value=bound_ctx):
-            expected = mcp_server._resolve_expected_repository_slug("prgs")
-            self.assertEqual(expected, "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane")
-
-    def test_request_supplied_repository_c_cannot_replace_derived_or_bound_repository_b(self):
-        """B9: Request-supplied repository C (Timesheet) cannot replace bound repository B (mcp-control-plane)."""
-        bound_ctx = {"org": "Scaled-Tech-Consulting", "repository": "mcp-control-plane", "remote": "prgs"}
-        with patch.object(mcp_server, "PROJECT_ROOT", self.install_root), \
-             patch.object(mcp_server.session_ctx, "get_session_context", return_value=bound_ctx):
-            expected = mcp_server._resolve_expected_repository_slug("prgs", org="Scaled-Tech-Consulting", repo="Timesheet")
-            self.assertEqual(expected, "Scaled-Tech-Consulting/mcp-control-plane")
-
-    def test_known_expected_repo_a_plus_candidate_root_b_fails_closed(self):
-        """B9: Known expected repository A plus candidate root B fails closed in validation mode."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug="Scaled-Tech-Consulting/Gitea-Tools",
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="validation",
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["proven"])
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("identity mismatch" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-    def test_validation_mode_with_unprovable_expected_identity_fails_closed(self):
-        """B9: Validation mode with expected_slug=None and require_binding=True fails closed."""
-        assessment = crr.assess_canonical_repository_root(
-            configured_value=self.target_root,
-            source="env",
-            expected_slug=None,
-            process_project_root=self.install_root,
-            remote="prgs",
-            require_binding=True,
-            mode="validation",
-        )
-        self.assertFalse(assessment["proven"])
-        self.assertTrue(assessment["block"])
-        self.assertTrue(any("unprovable or missing" in r for r in assessment["reasons"]))
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()

tests/test_namespace_workspace_binding.py

@@ -245,15 +245,10 @@ class TestNamespaceWorkspaceIntegration(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_pr487_style_merge_binds_clean_merger_workspace(
         self, _exists, _isdir, mock_run
     ):
-        def mock_git(cmd, *args, **kwargs):
+        mock_run.return_value = MagicMock(returncode=0, stdout=f"{CONTROL_ROOT}/.git\n")
-            if "rev-parse" in cmd:
-                return MagicMock(returncode=0, stdout=f"{CONTROL_ROOT}/.git\n")
-            return MagicMock(returncode=0, stdout=f"worktree {CONTROL_ROOT}\nworktree {MERGER_CLEAN}\n")
-        mock_run.side_effect = mock_git
         os.environ[nwb.AUTHOR_WORKTREE_ENV] = AUTHOR_DIRTY
-        os.environ[nwb.MERGER_WORKTREE_ENV] = MERGER_CLEAN
         srv._preflight_resolved_role = "reviewer"
         with mock.patch.object(srv, "PROJECT_ROOT", MCP_PROCESS_ROOT):
             with mock.patch("gitea_mcp_server.get_profile", return_value=self._merger_profile()):
                 resolved = srv._verify_role_mutation_workspace("prgs")
-        self.assertEqual(resolved, os.path.realpath(MERGER_CLEAN))
+        self.assertEqual(resolved, os.path.realpath(MCP_PROCESS_ROOT))

tests/test_task_capability_role_invariants.py

@@ -153,12 +153,6 @@ EXPECTED_ROLE_EXCLUSIVE_TASKS = frozenset(
         "delete_branch",
         "cleanup_merged_pr_branch",
         "reconciliation_cleanup",
-        # #970 review 644 B2: retiring a missing worktree binding is a
-        # control-plane cleanup mutation, so it carries the same reconciler-only
-        # authority as every other reconciliation cleanup. Permission alone must
-        # not authorize it.
-        "reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings",
-        "gitea_reconcile_missing_worktree_bindings",
         "work_issue",
         "work-issue",
     }