Merge branch 'master' into feat/issue-641-runtime-session-view

Addresses the two blockers from the PR #898 review at a81db754.

B1 - degraded ownership inventory was rendered as affirmative absence.
_build_session_rows read the sessions/leases/locks sections without
consulting their status, so a session row emitted lease_ids=() and
worktree_paths=() whether the session genuinely held nothing or the
lease store simply could not be read. The renderer printed both as
"none" and "unbound", contradicting the ownership_authority_complete
invariant documented on InventorySnapshot.

SessionRow now carries lease_authority and worktree_authority. A
worktree binding is correlated through lease work numbers, so it is
unproven when either the leases or the locks section fails to read --
this covers the narrow variant where locks hold real worktree paths but
a degraded leases section leaves work_numbers empty. The renderer emits
"unknown (inventory <status>)" with an authority-unproven badge instead
of none/unbound, the card names the unreadable sections, and an empty
session list from an unreadable sessions section no longer reads as
"no sessions recorded". snapshot_to_dict exports
ownership_authority_complete, ownership_section_status, and per-row
lease_authority / worktree_authority so /api/sessions consumers can
distinguish the two cases.

B2 - contamination payload strings bypassed redaction.
_inspect_contamination copied command_summary, session_id, role and
reason_class out of the marker payload with only str(), while every
inventory-sourced field on the same page arrives through
webui.inventory.scrub(). The write-time redactor
stable_branch_push_guard.redact_command is a narrow denylist that leaves
absolute $HOME paths, -H 'X-Api-Key: <value>', --password <value>, and
PRIVATE_KEY=<value> intact, and this is the first web surface to render
command_summary at all.

Adds webui.inventory.scrub_text(), which collapses $HOME and redacts
credential-shaped tokens and URL userinfo anywhere inside a string rather
than only at its start, and routes the marker payload through it. scrub()
and every existing caller are untouched. The command_summary field is
kept: it is the #630 evidence naming which daemon was killed. The module
docstring claiming absolute paths were already collapsed is corrected.

Also: removes the locks_by_session_hint dead loop and its discard (N1),
adds the missing trailing newline to webui/runtime_views.py (N4), drops
an unused dataclasses.field import, and documents both honesty rules in
docs/webui-local-dev.md.

Tests: tests/test_webui_sessions_view.py grows from 12 to 26 cases,
covering degraded and unavailable ownership sections in both the HTML and
JSON paths, the locks-readable/leases-degraded variant, a guard against
over-correcting clean inventory into "unknown", the previously untested
expired-lease flag, HTML escaping of hostile values in clean and degraded
renders, and each secret class the write-time denylist misses. The
STATUS_UNAVAILABLE import that was present but unused is now exercised.

Validation, from the issue worktree with venv/bin/python (Python 3.14.5,
pytest 9.1.1):

  pytest tests/test_webui_sessions_view.py tests/test_webui_*.py -q
    -> 512 passed, 376 subtests (was 498 / 372; +14 new tests)
  pytest tests/test_issue_854_semantic_container_exclusion.py -q
    -> 13 passed, 8 subtests
  13-file runtime/health/inventory/restart set
    -> 1 failed, 223 passed; the single failure is
       test_runtime_clarity.py::TestRuntimeClarity::
       test_activate_profile_succeeds_when_enabled, the identical test and
       assertion the reviewer recorded on master at 7af40fb5, so it is
       baseline-equivalent and not introduced here.

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

allocator_service.py

@@ -133,10 +133,15 @@ ROLE_ACTIONS: dict[str, tuple[tuple[str, ...], tuple[str, ...]]] = {
 
 
 # Body phrases that prove an issue is an implementation container, not a
-# unit of direct author work (#844). Matched case-insensitively against the
+# unit of direct author work (#844 / #854). Matched case-insensitively against
-# issue body. Title alone is never sufficient (ordinary issues may mention
+# the issue body. Title alone is never sufficient (ordinary issues may mention
-# "epic" incidentally).
+# "epic", "roadmap", "vision", or "umbrella" incidentally).
+#
+# #854 extends the #844 marker set so product-vision (#652), phased-roadmap
+# (#653), and umbrella (#655) coordination records — which do not use the word
+# "epic" — are classified with the same semantic exclusion as epic containers.
 _CHILD_ONLY_BODY_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    # Epic / child-only (#844, live #631)
     "implementation is delivered via child issues only",
     "implementation is delivered through child issues only",
     "implementation is delivered via child issues",
@@ -150,9 +155,26 @@ _CHILD_ONLY_BODY_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
     "coordination container",
     "child-only container",
     "implementation is delegated to child",
+    # Vision / roadmap / umbrella coordination (#854, live #652/#653/#655).
+    # Prefer authoritative non-implementation / child-only scope language over
+    # bare words like "roadmap" so ordinary implementable issues that mention
+    # a parent vision or roadmap stay eligible.
+    "do not implement features on this issue",
+    "implementing features on this roadmap issue",
+    "implementation is via linked children only",
+    "no product feature claimed complete on this issue alone",
+    "phased delivery roadmap and epic sequencing",
+    "this issue is the enduring source of truth",
+    "enduring source of truth for the",
+    "canonical product vision — enduring source of truth",
+    "canonical product vision - enduring source of truth",
+    "state: vision-active",
+    "state: roadmap-active",
 )
 
-# Explicit epic / umbrella labels (structured evidence preferred over title).
+# Explicit epic / umbrella / vision / roadmap labels (structured evidence
+# preferred over title). Tracker alone is *not* included — ordinary issues
+# may carry a tracker label without being non-implementable containers.
 _EPIC_LABELS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
     {
         "type:epic",
@@ -161,6 +183,16 @@ _EPIC_LABELS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
         "scope:epic",
         "type:umbrella",
         "umbrella",
+        "kind:umbrella",
+        "scope:umbrella",
+        "type:vision",
+        "vision",
+        "kind:vision",
+        "scope:vision",
+        "type:roadmap",
+        "roadmap",
+        "kind:roadmap",
+        "scope:roadmap",
     }
 )
 
@@ -222,16 +254,45 @@ class WorkCandidate:
         }
 
 
+def _title_container_prefix(title_l: str) -> str | None:
+    """Return a coordination-title prefix token if *title_l* uses one (#854).
+
+    Title prefixes alone never exclude; they only corroborate body/label
+    evidence. Ordinary issues may say "roadmap" or "vision" mid-title.
+    """
+    for prefix, token in (
+        ("epic:", "title_epic_prefix"),
+        ("epic ", "title_epic_prefix"),
+        ("umbrella:", "title_umbrella_prefix"),
+        ("umbrella ", "title_umbrella_prefix"),
+        ("roadmap:", "title_roadmap_prefix"),
+        ("roadmap ", "title_roadmap_prefix"),
+        ("product vision:", "title_vision_prefix"),
+        ("product vision ", "title_vision_prefix"),
+        ("vision:", "title_vision_prefix"),
+        ("vision ", "title_vision_prefix"),
+    ):
+        if title_l.startswith(prefix):
+            return token
+    return None
+
+
 def classify_epic_or_child_only_container(
     c: WorkCandidate,
 ) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
-    """Return whether *c* is an epic / child-only implementation container (#844).
+    """Return whether *c* is a non-implementable coordination container (#844/#854).
 
     Exclusion uses structured evidence first (labels, body scope language).
-    A bare title containing the word "epic" is **not** enough — ordinary
+    A bare title containing the words "epic", "roadmap", "vision", or
-    implementable issues may mention epics incidentally. A title that is
+    "umbrella" is **not** enough — ordinary implementable issues may mention
-    explicitly prefixed ``Epic:`` only counts when the body also proves
+    those terms incidentally. Explicit title prefixes (``Epic:``, ``Roadmap:``,
-    child-only / no-direct-implementation scope (or an epic label is present).
+    ``Product vision:``, ``Umbrella:``) only count when the body also proves
+    child-only / no-direct-implementation scope (or a container label is
+    present).
+
+    Covers epic, product-vision, phased-roadmap, umbrella, and child-only
+    records so the allocator never assigns coordination containers as direct
+    author work.
 
     PRs are never classified as containers here (they already have a head).
     """
@@ -245,25 +306,28 @@ def classify_epic_or_child_only_container(
     title_l = title.lower()
 
     body_hits = [m for m in _CHILD_ONLY_BODY_MARKERS if m in body_l]
-    title_epic_prefix = title_l.startswith("epic:") or title_l.startswith("epic ")
+    title_prefix = _title_container_prefix(title_l)
 
     if epic_label:
         detail = f"label={epic_label[0]}"
         if body_hits:
             detail = f"{detail}; body_marker={body_hits[0]!r}"
+        if title_prefix:
+            detail = f"{title_prefix}; {detail}"
         return True, detail
 
     if body_hits:
-        # Body proves child-only / umbrella scope. Title "Epic:" is corroborating
+        # Body proves child-only / vision / roadmap / umbrella scope. Title
-        # but not required — containers without the word still exclude.
+        # prefixes are corroborating but not required — containers without the
+        # title word still exclude.
         detail = f"body_marker={body_hits[0]!r}"
-        if title_epic_prefix:
+        if title_prefix:
-            detail = f"title_epic_prefix; {detail}"
+            detail = f"{title_prefix}; {detail}"
         return True, detail
 
-    # Title-only "Epic:" without body scope evidence is insufficient (#844 AC:
+    # Title-only coordination prefix without body scope evidence is
-    # eligibility does not rely solely on the word "Epic" in a title).
+    # insufficient (#844/#854 AC: eligibility does not rely solely on a title
-    # Similarly, incidental "epic" mid-title without markers stays eligible.
+    # word). Incidental mid-title mentions without markers stay eligible.
     return False, None
 
 

docs/webui-local-dev.md

@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ status, onboarding checklist state, and the fail-closed error payloads (#635).
 | `/api/actions/{id}/preview` | Mutation ledger preview (GET, read-only) |
 | `/leases` | Lease and collision visibility (#433) |
 | `/api/leases` | JSON lease/collision export |
-| `/sessions` | Phase 1 shell stub — session inventory (backed by #636) |
+| `/sessions` | Runtime and session view (#641) — health + inventory sessions/namespaces/worktrees |
+| `/api/sessions` | JSON export for the runtime/session view |
+| `/api/v1/sessions` | Versioned alias of `/api/sessions` |
 | `/inventory` | Phase 1 shell stub — unified inventory (backed by #636) |
 | `/timeline` | Phase 1 shell stub — workflow event timeline |
 | `/policy` | Phase 1 shell stub — capability/role policy placeholder |
@@ -284,11 +286,46 @@ The header carries two read-only status badges — an **environment** badge
 a **mode: read-only** badge — plus a **Docs** link to this document. No
 privileged action controls are present in the Phase 1 shell.
 
-Not-yet-implemented surfaces (`/sessions`, `/inventory`, `/timeline`,
+Not-yet-implemented surfaces (`/inventory`, `/timeline`, `/policy`,
-`/policy`, `/insights`) resolve to graceful read-only stub pages instead of
+`/insights`) resolve to graceful read-only stub pages instead of 404s; their
-404s; their backing views land in later child issues of #631 (the inventory
+backing views land in later child issues of #631 (the inventory surfaces are
-surfaces are backed by #636). Mutating methods on stub routes still fail closed
+backed by #636). Mutating methods on stub routes still fail closed with
-with `read-only-mvp`.
+`read-only-mvp`.
+
+### Runtime and sessions (#641)
+
+`/sessions` is a live Phase 1 read-only view that composes:
+
+* runtime health from `#430` (profile, role, identity, master parity, stale warning)
+* control-plane sessions / leases and filesystem locks / worktrees / namespaces from `#636`
+* durable contamination markers when detectable (`#630` runtime recovery, `#671` stable-branch push)
+
+It surfaces stale indicators (dead PID, expired lease) and never silences an
+active contamination marker. Recovery links point only at sanctioned
+reconnect/operator restart docs (`docs/mcp-namespace-eof-recovery.md`,
+`docs/mcp-namespace-health.md`, `docs/mcp-restart-path-inventory.md`, this
+document). The page does **not** restart, kill, or take over sessions; manual
+`pkill` of MCP daemons is contamination, not recovery.
+
+Honesty rules specific to this view:
+
+* **Ownership columns never assert absence they cannot prove.** When the
+  `leases` or `locks` section is degraded or unavailable, the Leases and
+  Worktree-binding cells render `unknown (inventory <status>)` with an
+  *authority unproven* badge instead of `none` / `unbound`, and a caveat names
+  the unreadable sections. A worktree binding is correlated through lease work
+  numbers, so it is unproven when *either* section fails to read.
+  `/api/sessions` carries the same facts as `ownership_authority_complete`,
+  `ownership_section_status`, and per-row `lease_authority` /
+  `worktree_authority`, so a JSON consumer can tell "holds none" from "could
+  not be read".
+* **Contamination text is redacted at the display boundary.** Marker payloads
+  (`command_summary`, `reason_class`, `session_id`, `role`) are
+  operator-supplied free text that does not arrive through inventory scrubbing,
+  so they pass through `webui.inventory.scrub_text`, which collapses `$HOME` and
+  redacts credential-shaped tokens and URL userinfo *anywhere* in the string.
+  The write-time redactor is a narrow denylist and is not relied on. The field
+  itself is kept — it is the `#630` evidence naming which daemon was killed.
 
 ## System-health dashboard (#639)
 

gitea_mcp_server.py

@@ -2068,6 +2068,7 @@ import lease_lifecycle  # noqa: E402
 import lease_policy  # noqa: E402
 import workflow_dashboard  # noqa: E402  # #605 live queue/lease dashboard
 import restart_coordinator  # noqa: E402  # #658 MCP restart coordinator/impact
+import drain_proof  # noqa: E402  # #661 pre-restart drain proof and hard gate
 import incident_bridge  # noqa: E402
 import sentry_observability  # noqa: E402  (#606 optional Sentry observability)
 import sentry_incident_bridge  # noqa: E402  (#607 Sentry→Gitea incident bridge)
@@ -22342,6 +22343,8 @@ def gitea_request_mcp_restart(
     request_override: bool = False,
     session_id: str | None = None,
     limit: int = 200,
+    drain_proof_json: str | None = None,
+    request_break_glass: bool = False,
 ) -> dict:
     """Evaluate a proposed MCP restart and return an impact preview (#658).
 
@@ -22351,10 +22354,15 @@ def gitea_request_mcp_restart(
     verdict, so the console (#642/#652) and operators can see what a restart
     would disrupt *before* any concurrent LLM work is destroyed.
 
-    This tool is **dry-run and never restarts anything.** The mutative apply
+    This tool **never restarts a process.** In dry-run (the default) it returns
-    path is a separate child gated by a drain proof (non-goal here); calling
+    only the impact preview. With ``dry_run=False`` it enforces the #661 hard
-    with ``dry_run=False`` still performs no restart and reports that apply is
+    gate: the apply request must present a valid, unexpired, clean drain proof
-    not yet available.
+    (``drain_proof_json``) or it is denied and a durable incident descriptor is
+    returned under ``incident``. Break-glass is the only bypass and is honoured
+    only when ``request_break_glass`` is set *and* the environment carries
+    ``GITEA_BREAKGLASS_RESTART_AUTHORIZATION``. Even an authorized gate performs
+    no restart here; actual execution is a further child. The gate outcome is
+    reported under ``apply_gate`` / ``apply_authorized``.
 
     Operator override authority is read from the process environment
     (``GITEA_OPERATOR_RESTART_OVERRIDE_AUTHORIZATION``), never self-asserted by
@@ -22473,12 +22481,54 @@ def gitea_request_mcp_restart(
     payload["requesting_session_id"] = sid
     payload["operator_override_requested"] = bool(request_override)
     payload["operator_override_authorized"] = operator_authorized
+    # Actual restart execution remains a further child; this tool never restarts
+    # a process. What #661 adds is the *hard gate*: an apply request (dry_run
+    # False) must present a valid, unexpired, clean drain proof, or it is denied
+    # and a durable incident is raised. Break-glass is the only bypass and its
+    # authorization is read from the environment, never self-asserted.
     payload["apply_supported"] = False
     if not dry_run:
-        payload["reasons"] = list(payload.get("reasons") or []) + [
+        proof_obj: dict | None = None
-            "apply requested but not supported: sanctioned restart apply is "
+        proof_parse_error: str | None = None
-            "gated by a drain proof (separate child); no restart performed (#658)"
+        if drain_proof_json:
-        ]
+            try:
+                parsed = json.loads(drain_proof_json)
+                proof_obj = parsed if isinstance(parsed, dict) else None
+                if proof_obj is None:
+                    proof_parse_error = "drain_proof_json is not a JSON object"
+            except (ValueError, TypeError) as exc:
+                proof_parse_error = f"invalid drain_proof_json: {_redact(str(exc))}"
+
+        break_glass_authorized = bool(
+            (
+                os.environ.get("GITEA_BREAKGLASS_RESTART_AUTHORIZATION") or ""
+            ).strip()
+        )
+        break_glass = bool(request_break_glass and break_glass_authorized)
+
+        expected_fp = drain_proof.impact_fingerprint(report.as_dict())
+        gate = drain_proof.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=proof_obj,
+            break_glass=break_glass,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint=expected_fp,
+            requesting_session_id=sid,
+        )
+        gate_payload = gate.as_dict()
+        if proof_parse_error and not break_glass:
+            gate_payload["reasons"] = [proof_parse_error] + list(
+                gate_payload.get("reasons") or []
+            )
+        payload["apply_gate"] = gate_payload
+        payload["apply_authorized"] = gate.allow
+        payload["break_glass_requested"] = bool(request_break_glass)
+        payload["break_glass_authorized"] = break_glass_authorized
+        # Even an authorized gate performs no restart here: execution is a later
+        # child. The gate proves the apply path *would* be permitted.
+        payload["reasons"] = list(payload.get("reasons") or []) + list(
+            gate_payload.get("reasons") or []
+        )
+        if not gate.allow and gate.incident is not None:
+            payload["incident"] = gate.incident
     return payload
 
 

tests/test_drain_proof.py

@@ -0,0 +1,907 @@
+"""Tests for the pre-restart drain proof and hard gate (#661).
+
+Covers the acceptance criteria:
+
+1. Restart apply without a proof fails closed.
+2. A successful drain produces a verifiable proof.
+3. An open unsafe mutation makes the proof fail (multi-session fixture).
+4. Pass / fail / expired verification paths.
+
+Plus the security posture: forged/tampered proofs are rejected, break-glass is
+the only bypass and is never silent, a stale blast-radius fingerprint rejects a
+proof, and no per-process secret ever leaks into a serialized artifact.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+import drain_proof as dp
+import restart_coordinator as rc
+
+
+NOW = datetime(2026, 7, 24, 6, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+SECRET = b"unit-test-drain-proof-secret-0123456789abcdef"
+
+
+def _live_pid() -> int:
+    return os.getpid()
+
+
+def _clean_drain_state() -> dict:
+    """Every drain action succeeded, no sessions outstanding."""
+
+    return {
+        "assignments_stopped": True,
+        "checkpoints_complete": True,
+        "handoffs_verified": True,
+        "leases_handled": True,
+        "acks": {},  # no other live sessions to acknowledge
+        "ack_timeout_policy_applied": False,
+    }
+
+
+def _safe_report() -> dict:
+    """Impact report with no other live work: a restart here is safe."""
+
+    report = rc.evaluate_restart_impact(
+        {"sessions": [], "leases": [], "inventory_complete": True},
+        now=NOW,
+        requesting_session_id="prgs-controller-1-req",
+    )
+    return report.as_dict()
+
+
+def _unsafe_mutation_report() -> dict:
+    """Multi-session report: a second session holds a live author mutation."""
+
+    sessions = [
+        {
+            "session_id": "prgs-controller-1-req",
+            "role": "controller",
+            "profile": "prgs-controller",
+            "pid": _live_pid(),
+            "status": "active",
+            "last_heartbeat_at": NOW.isoformat(),
+        },
+        {
+            "session_id": "prgs-author-99",
+            "role": "author",
+            "profile": "prgs-author",
+            "pid": _live_pid(),
+            "status": "active",
+            "last_heartbeat_at": NOW.isoformat(),
+        },
+    ]
+    leases = [
+        {
+            "lease_id": "lease-mut",
+            "session_id": "prgs-author-99",
+            "role": "author",
+            "phase": "implementing",
+            "work_kind": "issue",
+            "work_number": 661,
+            "worktree_path": "branches/issue-661",
+            "freshness": {"freshness": "active"},
+        }
+    ]
+    report = rc.evaluate_restart_impact(
+        {"sessions": sessions, "leases": leases, "inventory_complete": True},
+        now=NOW,
+        requesting_session_id="prgs-controller-1-req",
+    )
+    return report.as_dict()
+
+
+class BuildDrainProofTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_clean_drain_produces_verifiable_clean_proof(self):
+        """AC#2: a successful drain produces a verifiable proof."""
+
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            requesting_session_id="prgs-controller-1-req",
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+        self.assertEqual(proof.failed_checks, [])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {c.name for c in proof.checks}, set(dp.REQUIRED_CHECKS)
+        )
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(
+            proof.as_dict(), now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(result.valid, result.reasons)
+        self.assertFalse(result.expired)
+        self.assertFalse(result.tampered)
+
+    def test_open_mutation_makes_proof_unclean(self):
+        """AC#3: an unsafe mutation still in flight fails the proof."""
+
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_unsafe_mutation_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_NO_INFLIGHT_MUTATIONS, proof.failed_checks)
+        # Leases-handled also fails: the report still shows a disruptive lease.
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_LEASES_HANDLED, proof.failed_checks)
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(proof.as_dict(), now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+
+    def test_incomplete_inventory_fails_no_mutations_check(self):
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report={"inventory_complete": False},
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_NO_INFLIGHT_MUTATIONS, proof.failed_checks)
+
+    def test_missing_checkpoint_flag_fails_closed(self):
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        del state["checkpoints_complete"]
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(), drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_CHECKPOINTS_COMPLETE, proof.failed_checks)
+
+    def test_non_true_flags_fail_closed(self):
+        """A truthy-but-not-True value (e.g. the string 'yes') must not pass."""
+
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        state["assignments_stopped"] = "yes"
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(), drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_ASSIGNMENTS_STOPPED, proof.failed_checks)
+
+    def test_ack_timeout_policy_satisfies_ack_check(self):
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        state["acks"] = {"prgs-author-99": "pending"}
+        state["ack_timeout_policy_applied"] = True
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(), drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        names = {c.name: c.passed for c in proof.checks}
+        self.assertTrue(names[dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT])
+
+    def test_outstanding_acks_without_timeout_fail(self):
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        state["acks"] = {"prgs-author-99": "pending"}
+        state["ack_timeout_policy_applied"] = False
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(), drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT, proof.failed_checks)
+
+    def test_all_acked_satisfies_ack_check(self):
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        state["acks"] = {"prgs-author-99": "acked", "prgs-author-2": "acknowledged"}
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(), drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        names = {c.name: c.passed for c in proof.checks}
+        self.assertTrue(names[dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT])
+
+
+class VerifyDrainProofTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _clean_proof_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        ).as_dict()
+
+    def test_missing_proof_is_invalid(self):
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(None, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+        self.assertIsNone(result.proof_id)
+
+    def test_expired_proof_is_invalid(self):
+        """AC#4: an expired proof fails verification."""
+
+        proof = self._clean_proof_dict()
+        later = NOW + timedelta(seconds=dp.DEFAULT_PROOF_TTL_SECONDS + 1)
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(proof, now=later, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+        self.assertTrue(result.expired)
+
+    def test_proof_valid_just_before_expiry(self):
+        proof = self._clean_proof_dict()
+        almost = NOW + timedelta(seconds=dp.DEFAULT_PROOF_TTL_SECONDS - 1)
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(proof, now=almost, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertTrue(result.valid, result.reasons)
+
+    def test_wrong_secret_rejected(self):
+        """A proof minted in a prior process (different secret) will not verify."""
+
+        proof = self._clean_proof_dict()
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(proof, now=NOW, secret=b"other-secret")
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+        self.assertTrue(result.tampered)
+
+    def test_flipping_clean_flag_is_detected(self):
+        """Forging clean=True on an unclean proof breaks the signature."""
+
+        unclean = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_unsafe_mutation_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        ).as_dict()
+        self.assertFalse(unclean["clean"])
+        unclean["clean"] = True  # forge
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(unclean, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+        self.assertTrue(result.tampered)
+
+    def test_tampering_a_check_is_detected(self):
+        unclean = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_unsafe_mutation_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        ).as_dict()
+        for c in unclean["checks"]:
+            if c["name"] == dp.CHECK_NO_INFLIGHT_MUTATIONS:
+                c["passed"] = True  # forge the failing check to pass
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(unclean, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+        self.assertTrue(result.tampered)
+
+    def test_missing_required_check_rejected(self):
+        proof = self._clean_proof_dict()
+        proof["checks"] = [
+            c for c in proof["checks"] if c["name"] != dp.CHECK_HANDOFFS_OK
+        ]
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(proof, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+
+    def test_stale_fingerprint_rejected(self):
+        proof = self._clean_proof_dict()
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(
+            proof,
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint="deadbeef",
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+
+    def test_matching_fingerprint_accepted(self):
+        report = _safe_report()
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=report,
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        ).as_dict()
+        fp = dp.impact_fingerprint(report)
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(
+            proof, now=NOW, secret=SECRET, expected_impact_fingerprint=fp
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(result.valid, result.reasons)
+
+
+class GateApplyRestartTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _clean_proof_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        ).as_dict()
+
+    def test_apply_without_proof_denied(self):
+        """AC#1: restart apply without a proof fails closed + raises incident."""
+
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(proof=None, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(decision.allow)
+        self.assertEqual(decision.verdict, dp.GATE_DENY)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(decision.incident)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            decision.incident["kind"], "restart_drain_gate_denied"
+        )
+
+    def test_apply_with_valid_proof_allowed(self):
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=self._clean_proof_dict(), now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(decision.allow)
+        self.assertEqual(decision.verdict, dp.GATE_ALLOW)
+        self.assertIsNone(decision.incident)
+
+    def test_apply_with_expired_proof_denied_with_incident(self):
+        later = NOW + timedelta(seconds=dp.DEFAULT_PROOF_TTL_SECONDS + 5)
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=self._clean_proof_dict(), now=later, secret=SECRET
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(decision.allow)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(decision.incident)
+
+    def test_apply_with_unclean_proof_denied(self):
+        """AC#3 at the gate: an unsafe-mutation proof is denied."""
+
+        unclean = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_unsafe_mutation_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        ).as_dict()
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(proof=unclean, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        self.assertFalse(decision.allow)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(decision.incident)
+
+    def test_break_glass_allows_without_proof_but_records_bypass(self):
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=None, now=NOW, secret=SECRET, break_glass=True
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(decision.allow)
+        self.assertEqual(decision.verdict, dp.GATE_BREAK_GLASS)
+        self.assertTrue(decision.break_glass)
+        self.assertIsNone(decision.incident)
+        self.assertTrue(decision.audit_record["break_glass"])
+
+    def test_denied_gate_carries_stale_fingerprint_reason(self):
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=self._clean_proof_dict(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint="not-the-fingerprint",
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(decision.allow)
+
+
+class SecretHygieneTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_secret_never_serialized(self):
+        proof = dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=_safe_report(),
+            drain_state=_clean_drain_state(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+        )
+        blob = dp._canonical(proof.as_dict())
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET.decode(), blob)
+        # The signature is a hex digest, not the raw secret.
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET.hex(), blob)
+
+    def test_incident_descriptor_has_no_secret(self):
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(proof=None, now=NOW, secret=SECRET)
+        blob = dp._canonical(decision.incident)
+        self.assertNotIn(SECRET.decode(), blob)
+
+
+def _drained_report_with_live_sessions(count: int) -> dict:
+    """Report with ``count`` other live sessions but nothing in flight.
+
+    Every other checklist item passes against this report, so a failure
+    isolates the acknowledgement check rather than tripping on mutations.
+    """
+
+    sessions = [
+        {
+            "session_id": "prgs-controller-1-req",
+            "role": "controller",
+            "profile": "prgs-controller",
+            "pid": _live_pid(),
+            "status": "active",
+            "last_heartbeat_at": NOW.isoformat(),
+        }
+    ]
+    for index in range(count):
+        sessions.append(
+            {
+                "session_id": f"prgs-author-{index}",
+                "role": "author",
+                "profile": "prgs-author",
+                "pid": _live_pid(),
+                "status": "active",
+                "last_heartbeat_at": NOW.isoformat(),
+            }
+        )
+    report = rc.evaluate_restart_impact(
+        {"sessions": sessions, "leases": [], "inventory_complete": True},
+        now=NOW,
+        requesting_session_id="prgs-controller-1-req",
+    )
+    return report.as_dict()
+
+
+class AcknowledgementFailClosedTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Acknowledgement evidence must fail closed unless explicitly verified.
+
+    Regression cover for the reviewed fail-open on PR #882: an absent ``acks``
+    key collapsed to ``{}`` and was read as "no other live sessions required to
+    acknowledge", so a proof minted clean and the restart gate allowed while the
+    impact report still showed other live sessions.
+    """
+
+    def _state(self, **overrides) -> dict:
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        state.pop("acks", None)
+        state["ack_timeout_policy_applied"] = False
+        state.update(overrides)
+        return state
+
+    def _acks_check(self, proof) -> dp.DrainCheck:
+        return next(c for c in proof.checks if c.name == dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT)
+
+    def _build(self, report: dict, state: dict):
+        return dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=report, drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+
+    def assertAcksFailClosed(self, report: dict, state: dict) -> None:
+        proof = self._build(report, state)
+        self.assertFalse(self._acks_check(proof).passed)
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT, proof.failed_checks)
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+
+    # --- missing / null / empty / malformed ------------------------------
+
+    def test_missing_acks_key_with_live_sessions_fails_closed(self):
+        """The exact reviewed defect: absent key, three other live sessions."""
+        report = _drained_report_with_live_sessions(3)
+        self.assertEqual(report["counts"]["sessions_live_other"], 3)
+        state = self._state()
+        self.assertNotIn("acks", state)
+        proof = self._build(report, state)
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertFalse(check.passed)
+        self.assertNotIn("no other live sessions", check.detail)
+        self.assertIn("fail closed", check.detail)
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+        self.assertEqual(proof.failed_checks, [dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT])
+
+    def test_none_acks_with_live_sessions_fails_closed(self):
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+            _drained_report_with_live_sessions(2), self._state(acks=None)
+        )
+
+    def test_empty_acks_with_live_sessions_fails_closed(self):
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+            _drained_report_with_live_sessions(1), self._state(acks={})
+        )
+
+    def test_malformed_acks_fail_closed(self):
+        for malformed in ([], "ack", 7, ("ack",), True):
+            with self.subTest(malformed=malformed):
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    _drained_report_with_live_sessions(1),
+                    self._state(acks=malformed),
+                )
+
+    # --- stale / unproven values -----------------------------------------
+
+    def test_stale_or_unproven_ack_values_fail_closed(self):
+        for value in ("pending", "stale", "unknown", "", None, True, 1, NOW):
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    _drained_report_with_live_sessions(1),
+                    self._state(acks={"prgs-author-0": value}),
+                )
+
+    def test_partial_coverage_fails_closed(self):
+        """Fewer acknowledgements than the report's live-session count."""
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+            _drained_report_with_live_sessions(3),
+            self._state(acks={"prgs-author-0": "ack"}),
+        )
+
+    def test_one_unacked_entry_among_many_fails_closed(self):
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+            _drained_report_with_live_sessions(2),
+            self._state(acks={"prgs-author-0": "ack", "prgs-author-1": "pending"}),
+        )
+
+    def test_unproven_live_session_count_fails_closed(self):
+        """A missing or malformed count cannot prove nobody had to acknowledge."""
+        malformed_counts = (
+            None,
+            {},
+            {"sessions_live_other": None},
+            {"sessions_live_other": "3"},
+            {"sessions_live_other": -1},
+            {"sessions_live_other": True},
+        )
+        for counts in malformed_counts:
+            with self.subTest(counts=counts):
+                report = _drained_report_with_live_sessions(0)
+                if counts is None:
+                    report.pop("counts", None)
+                else:
+                    report["counts"] = counts
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state())
+
+    # --- valid evidence still passes -------------------------------------
+
+    def test_complete_valid_acks_pass(self):
+        report = _drained_report_with_live_sessions(2)
+        state = self._state(
+            acks={"prgs-author-0": "ack", "prgs-author-1": "acknowledged"}
+        )
+        proof = self._build(report, state)
+        self.assertTrue(self._acks_check(proof).passed)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+        self.assertEqual(proof.failed_checks, [])
+
+    def test_no_other_live_sessions_still_passes(self):
+        """Intended behavior retained: zero live sessions needs no acks."""
+        report = _drained_report_with_live_sessions(0)
+        self.assertEqual(report["counts"]["sessions_live_other"], 0)
+        proof = self._build(report, self._state())
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertTrue(check.passed)
+        self.assertIn("sessions_live_other=0", check.detail)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+
+    # --- timeout policy cannot become a second fail-open ------------------
+
+    def test_unproven_timeout_policy_cannot_open_the_gate(self):
+        for value in (None, "true", "yes", 1, "True", [], {}):
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    _drained_report_with_live_sessions(2),
+                    self._state(ack_timeout_policy_applied=value),
+                )
+
+    def test_explicit_timeout_policy_permits(self):
+        proof = self._build(
+            _drained_report_with_live_sessions(2),
+            self._state(ack_timeout_policy_applied=True),
+        )
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertTrue(check.passed)
+        self.assertIn("timeout policy", check.detail)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+
+    # --- the gate itself must deny ---------------------------------------
+
+    def test_failed_ack_check_denies_the_restart_gate(self):
+        report = _drained_report_with_live_sessions(3)
+        proof = self._build(report, self._state())
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=proof.as_dict(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint=dp.impact_fingerprint(report),
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(decision.allow)
+        self.assertEqual(decision.verdict, dp.GATE_DENY)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(decision.incident)
+
+    def test_unclean_ack_proof_fails_verification(self):
+        report = _drained_report_with_live_sessions(3)
+        proof = self._build(report, self._state())
+        result = dp.verify_drain_proof(
+            proof.as_dict(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint=dp.impact_fingerprint(report),
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(result.valid)
+        self.assertFalse(result.clean)
+
+
+def _identity_report(*, requester: str, others: tuple[str, ...]) -> dict:
+    """Report with explicitly named requester and other live sessions.
+
+    Unlike :func:`_drained_report_with_live_sessions`, the session ids are
+    chosen by the caller so a test can supply acknowledgements for the *wrong*
+    identities while keeping the count correct.
+    """
+
+    sessions = [
+        {
+            "session_id": requester,
+            "role": "controller",
+            "profile": "prgs-controller",
+            "pid": _live_pid(),
+            "status": "active",
+            "last_heartbeat_at": NOW.isoformat(),
+        }
+    ]
+    for session_id in others:
+        sessions.append(
+            {
+                "session_id": session_id,
+                "role": "author",
+                "profile": "prgs-author",
+                "pid": _live_pid(),
+                "status": "active",
+                "last_heartbeat_at": NOW.isoformat(),
+            }
+        )
+    report = rc.evaluate_restart_impact(
+        {"sessions": sessions, "leases": [], "inventory_complete": True},
+        now=NOW,
+        requesting_session_id=requester,
+    )
+    return report.as_dict()
+
+
+class AcknowledgementIdentityBindingTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Acknowledgement coverage must be bound to session identity, not counted.
+
+    Regression cover for the second reviewed fail-open on PR #882 (review 582,
+    blocker B1): coverage compared ``acked_count`` against
+    ``counts.sessions_live_other``, so acknowledgements supplied for the
+    requesting session and for ids that do not exist satisfied the obligations
+    of the live sessions that never answered. The required identities are
+    carried by the report itself — ``ack_state`` keys and ``affected_sessions``
+    filtered on ``live and not is_requester`` — and only an acknowledgement
+    keyed by one of those ids may count for it.
+    """
+
+    def _state(self, **overrides) -> dict:
+        state = _clean_drain_state()
+        state.pop("acks", None)
+        state["ack_timeout_policy_applied"] = False
+        state.update(overrides)
+        return state
+
+    def _acks_check(self, proof) -> dp.DrainCheck:
+        return next(c for c in proof.checks if c.name == dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT)
+
+    def _build(self, report: dict, state: dict):
+        return dp.build_drain_proof(
+            impact_report=report, drain_state=state, now=NOW, secret=SECRET
+        )
+
+    def assertAcksFailClosed(self, report: dict, state: dict) -> dp.DrainCheck:
+        """Failure must propagate through the check, the proof, and the gate."""
+
+        proof = self._build(report, state)
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertFalse(check.passed)
+        self.assertFalse(proof.clean)
+        self.assertIn(dp.CHECK_ACKS_OR_TIMEOUT, proof.failed_checks)
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=proof.as_dict(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint=dp.impact_fingerprint(report),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(decision.verdict, dp.GATE_DENY)
+        self.assertFalse(decision.allow)
+        return check
+
+    # --- the reviewer's exact reproduction --------------------------------
+
+    def test_requester_plus_unknown_id_cannot_satisfy_two_live_sessions(self):
+        """Review 582 B1 verbatim: requester + a nonexistent session.
+
+        ``sessions_live_other=2`` with ``ack_state`` naming ``other-0`` and
+        ``other-1``; the drain state supplies an acknowledgement from the
+        requesting session itself and from a session that does not exist. The
+        count matches, the identities do not.
+        """
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        self.assertEqual(report["counts"]["sessions_live_other"], 2)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            report["ack_state"], {"other-0": "pending", "other-1": "pending"}
+        )
+        state = self._state(acks={"req": "ack", "totally-bogus-session": "ack"})
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, state)
+        self.assertIn("other-0", check.detail)
+        self.assertIn("other-1", check.detail)
+        self.assertIn("fail closed", check.detail)
+
+    # --- wrong / unknown / requester identities ---------------------------
+
+    def test_sufficient_count_of_wrong_ids_fails_closed(self):
+        """Right cardinality, wrong identities: two acks, neither required."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        state = self._state(acks={"ghost-a": "ack", "ghost-b": "ack"})
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, state)
+        self.assertIn("do not count", check.detail)
+
+    def test_more_acks_than_required_still_fails_on_wrong_ids(self):
+        """Coverage cannot be bought with volume: five acks, none required."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        state = self._state(acks={f"ghost-{i}": "acknowledged" for i in range(5)})
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, state)
+
+    def test_partial_identity_match_fails_closed(self):
+        """One required id acknowledged, the rest padded with unknown ids."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(
+            requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1", "other-2")
+        )
+        state = self._state(
+            acks={"other-0": "ack", "ghost-1": "ack", "ghost-2": "ack"}
+        )
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, state)
+        self.assertIn("other-1", check.detail)
+        self.assertIn("other-2", check.detail)
+
+    def test_requester_ack_never_satisfies_another_sessions_obligation(self):
+        """The requester is excluded from the required set and stays excluded."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        requester_rows = [s for s in report["affected_sessions"] if s["is_requester"]]
+        self.assertEqual([s["session_id"] for s in requester_rows], ["req"])
+        self.assertNotIn("req", report["ack_state"])
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(acks={"req": "ack"}))
+        self.assertIn("other-0", check.detail)
+
+    def test_fabricated_ids_do_not_count_toward_coverage(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        for bogus in ("", " ", "other-0 extra", "OTHER-0", "other-01", "0"):
+            with self.subTest(bogus=bogus):
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(acks={bogus: "ack"}))
+
+    # --- per-session state must be explicitly valid ------------------------
+
+    def test_unproven_per_session_states_fail_closed(self):
+        """A required id present but not explicitly acknowledged fails closed."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        for value in ("pending", "stale", "unknown", "", None, True, 1, NOW):
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    report,
+                    self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack", "other-1": value}),
+                )
+
+    def test_report_ack_state_placeholder_is_never_read_as_an_ack(self):
+        """``ack_state`` values are the report's own placeholders, not evidence."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        report["ack_state"] = {"other-0": "ack"}
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state())
+
+    # --- missing / malformed / contradictory identity evidence -------------
+
+    def test_missing_identity_evidence_fails_closed(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        report.pop("ack_state", None)
+        report.pop("affected_sessions", None)
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack"}))
+        self.assertIn("no session-identity evidence", check.detail)
+
+    def test_malformed_ack_state_fails_closed(self):
+        for malformed in ([], "other-0", 7, None, ("other-0",)):
+            with self.subTest(malformed=malformed):
+                report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+                report["ack_state"] = malformed
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack"})
+                )
+
+    def test_non_string_ack_state_key_fails_closed(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        report["ack_state"] = {7: "pending"}
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack"}))
+
+    def test_malformed_affected_sessions_fails_closed(self):
+        for malformed in ("sessions", 7, {"session_id": "other-0"}, [None], [7]):
+            with self.subTest(malformed=malformed):
+                report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+                report.pop("ack_state", None)
+                report["affected_sessions"] = malformed
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack"})
+                )
+
+    def test_affected_sessions_without_explicit_booleans_fails_closed(self):
+        """``live``/``is_requester`` must be real booleans, never inferred."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        report.pop("ack_state", None)
+        for row in report["affected_sessions"]:
+            if row["session_id"] == "other-0":
+                row["is_requester"] = "false"
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack"}))
+
+    def test_affected_sessions_missing_live_flag_fails_closed(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        report.pop("ack_state", None)
+        for row in report["affected_sessions"]:
+            row.pop("live", None)
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack"}))
+
+    def test_contradictory_ack_state_and_affected_sessions_fails_closed(self):
+        """Both views present and disagreeing is unresolvable, not a tie-break."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        report["ack_state"] = {"other-0": "pending", "other-9": "pending"}
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+            report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack", "other-9": "ack"})
+        )
+        self.assertIn("contradicts itself", check.detail)
+
+    def test_identity_count_mismatch_fails_closed(self):
+        """Identity evidence that cannot be reconciled with the count denies."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        report["counts"] = dict(report["counts"], sessions_live_other=1)
+        check = self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+            report, self._state(acks={"other-0": "ack", "other-1": "ack"})
+        )
+        self.assertIn("cannot be reconciled", check.detail)
+
+    def test_broken_identity_evidence_outranks_timeout_policy(self):
+        """The sanctioned timeout path cannot paper over an unreadable report."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        report["ack_state"] = "not-a-mapping"
+        self.assertAcksFailClosed(report, self._state(ack_timeout_policy_applied=True))
+
+    # --- legitimate success is preserved -----------------------------------
+
+    def test_every_required_session_acknowledged_passes(self):
+        report = _identity_report(
+            requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1", "other-2")
+        )
+        state = self._state(
+            acks={
+                "other-0": "ack",
+                "other-1": "acked",
+                "other-2": "acknowledged",
+            }
+        )
+        proof = self._build(report, state)
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertTrue(check.passed)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+        self.assertEqual(proof.failed_checks, [])
+        self.assertIn("acknowledged by identity", check.detail)
+        decision = dp.gate_apply_restart(
+            proof=proof.as_dict(),
+            now=NOW,
+            secret=SECRET,
+            expected_impact_fingerprint=dp.impact_fingerprint(report),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(decision.verdict, dp.GATE_ALLOW)
+        self.assertTrue(decision.allow)
+
+    def test_required_session_ack_tolerates_surrounding_whitespace(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        proof = self._build(report, self._state(acks={" other-0 ": " ACK "}))
+        self.assertTrue(self._acks_check(proof).passed)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+
+    def test_no_other_live_sessions_still_passes_with_identity_evidence(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=())
+        self.assertEqual(report["counts"]["sessions_live_other"], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(report["ack_state"], {})
+        proof = self._build(report, self._state())
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertTrue(check.passed)
+        self.assertIn("sessions_live_other=0", check.detail)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+
+    def test_explicit_timeout_policy_retains_intended_behavior(self):
+        """Valid, correctly typed timeout evidence still permits the check."""
+
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0", "other-1"))
+        proof = self._build(report, self._state(ack_timeout_policy_applied=True))
+        check = self._acks_check(proof)
+        self.assertTrue(check.passed)
+        self.assertIn("timeout policy", check.detail)
+        self.assertTrue(proof.clean)
+
+    def test_timeout_policy_still_strictly_typed_under_identity_binding(self):
+        report = _identity_report(requester="req", others=("other-0",))
+        for value in (None, "true", "True", 1, [], {}):
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                self.assertAcksFailClosed(
+                    report, self._state(ack_timeout_policy_applied=value)
+                )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_issue_854_semantic_container_exclusion.py

@@ -0,0 +1,378 @@
+"""Allocator semantic container exclusion for vision/roadmap/umbrella (#854).
+
+#844 excluded epic / child-only containers (live #631) but product-vision
+(#652), phased-roadmap (#653), and umbrella (#655) coordination records still
+ranked as implementable work. This module is the live-equivalent canary:
+
+* #631 / #652 / #653 / #655-shaped records are all excluded in one inventory.
+* Independently executable children remain eligible and can be selected.
+* Ordinary issues that merely mention vision / roadmap / umbrella stay eligible.
+* Excluded containers never receive assignments or workflow leases.
+* Structured skip reason ``epic_or_child_only_container`` is reported.
+* Candidate-set fingerprint remains stable after exclusions.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from allocator_service import (
+    OUTCOME_ASSIGNED,
+    OUTCOME_PREVIEW,
+    SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER,
+    WorkCandidate,
+    allocate_next_work,
+    candidate_set_fingerprint,
+    classify_epic_or_child_only_container,
+)
+from control_plane_db import ControlPlaneDB
+
+REMOTE = "prgs"
+ORG = "Scaled-Tech-Consulting"
+REPO = "Gitea-Tools"
+
+# Minimal bodies mirroring live coordination records (not full issue text).
+_EPIC_631_BODY = """
+## Scope (umbrella)
+
+This epic owns the **product roadmap and linkage** for the Web Console.
+Implementation is delivered via child issues only.
+
+## Explicit non-goals
+
+* Do not implement product features in this epic issue itself.
+* No product feature implementation is claimed complete solely on this epic.
+"""
+
+_VISION_652_BODY = """
+## Canonical product vision — enduring source of truth
+
+**This issue is the enduring source of truth for the MCP Control Plane Web Console product vision.**
+
+## Implementation linkage
+
+* **Do not implement features on this issue.**
+* Sequencing: roadmap issue + #631 children.
+
+## Canonical issue state
+
+```text
+STATE: vision-active
+WHO_IS_NEXT: controller (triage/ordering) / author (implementation of linked children only)
+```
+"""
+
+_ROADMAP_653_BODY = """
+## Purpose
+
+This issue is the **phased delivery roadmap and epic sequencing** for the MCP Control Plane Web Console.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+* Implementing features on this roadmap issue.
+* Deleting vision items by omitting them from phases without #652 change log.
+
+## Canonical issue state
+
+```text
+STATE: roadmap-active
+WHO_IS_NEXT: author
+```
+"""
+
+_UMBRELLA_655_BODY = """
+## Scope (umbrella)
+
+This issue owns the **canonical restart-governance program**. Implementation is via linked children only.
+
+## Acceptance criteria (umbrella)
+
+6. No product feature claimed complete on this issue alone.
+"""
+
+_CHILD_BODY = """
+## Problem
+
+Operators need a workflow-event timeline model for Phase 1.
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- [ ] Timeline model API exists
+"""
+
+
+def _issue(
+    number: int,
+    *,
+    title: str = "",
+    body: str = "",
+    labels: tuple[str, ...] = ("status:ready", "type:feature"),
+    priority: int = 20,
+) -> WorkCandidate:
+    return WorkCandidate(
+        kind="issue",
+        number=number,
+        state="open",
+        labels=labels,
+        title=title or f"issue {number}",
+        body=body,
+        priority=priority,
+    )
+
+
+def _live_shaped_containers() -> list[WorkCandidate]:
+    return [
+        _issue(
+            631,
+            title="Epic: MCP Control Plane Web Console",
+            body=_EPIC_631_BODY,
+        ),
+        _issue(
+            652,
+            title="Product vision: MCP Control Plane Web Console (canonical)",
+            body=_VISION_652_BODY,
+        ),
+        _issue(
+            653,
+            title="Roadmap: MCP Control Plane Web Console (phased delivery)",
+            body=_ROADMAP_653_BODY,
+        ),
+        _issue(
+            655,
+            title="Umbrella: Governed MCP restart coordination and zero-disruption recovery",
+            body=_UMBRELLA_655_BODY,
+        ),
+    ]
+
+
+class ClassifySemanticContainersTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_652_vision_is_container(self) -> None:
+        c = _issue(
+            652,
+            title="Product vision: MCP Control Plane Web Console (canonical)",
+            body=_VISION_652_BODY,
+        )
+        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+        self.assertTrue(is_c)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(detail)
+        self.assertIn("body_marker", detail or "")
+
+    def test_653_roadmap_is_container(self) -> None:
+        c = _issue(
+            653,
+            title="Roadmap: MCP Control Plane Web Console (phased delivery)",
+            body=_ROADMAP_653_BODY,
+        )
+        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+        self.assertTrue(is_c)
+        self.assertIn("body_marker", detail or "")
+
+    def test_655_umbrella_is_container(self) -> None:
+        c = _issue(
+            655,
+            title="Umbrella: Governed MCP restart coordination and zero-disruption recovery",
+            body=_UMBRELLA_655_BODY,
+        )
+        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+        self.assertTrue(is_c)
+        self.assertIn("body_marker", detail or "")
+
+    def test_631_still_container_after_854(self) -> None:
+        c = _issue(
+            631,
+            title="Epic: MCP Control Plane Web Console",
+            body=_EPIC_631_BODY,
+        )
+        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+        self.assertTrue(is_c)
+        self.assertIn("body_marker", detail or "")
+
+    def test_incidental_vision_roadmap_umbrella_words_not_container(self) -> None:
+        cases = (
+            (
+                "Document vision handoff conventions",
+                "Update docs so implementable issues that mention a vision "
+                "remain independently executable.",
+            ),
+            (
+                "Clarify roadmap sequencing notes",
+                "Write a short note about how the roadmap issue relates to children.",
+            ),
+            (
+                "Umbrella recovery checklist for authors",
+                "Authors should still implement the concrete recovery fix here.",
+            ),
+            (
+                "Product vision wording in the help text",
+                "Fix a typo in the operator-facing help string that says product vision.",
+            ),
+        )
+        for title, body in cases:
+            with self.subTest(title=title):
+                c = _issue(900, title=title, body=body)
+                is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+                self.assertFalse(is_c)
+                self.assertIsNone(detail)
+
+    def test_title_prefix_alone_not_container(self) -> None:
+        for title in (
+            "Epic: something mentioned only in title",
+            "Roadmap: title only without body scope",
+            "Product vision: title only without body scope",
+            "Umbrella: title only without body scope",
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(title=title):
+                c = _issue(
+                    901,
+                    title=title,
+                    body="Implement a concrete fix for the allocator skip list.",
+                )
+                is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+                self.assertFalse(is_c)
+                self.assertIsNone(detail)
+
+    def test_roadmap_label_alone_is_container(self) -> None:
+        c = _issue(
+            902,
+            title="Console delivery sequencing",
+            body="Track phased delivery only.",
+            labels=("status:ready", "type:roadmap"),
+        )
+        is_c, detail = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+        self.assertTrue(is_c)
+        self.assertIn("type:roadmap", detail or "")
+
+    def test_child_referencing_parent_policy_stays_eligible(self) -> None:
+        """Children may quote parent policy without becoming containers."""
+        c = _issue(
+            637,
+            title="Web Console: Workflow-event timeline model (Phase 1)",
+            body=(
+                _CHILD_BODY
+                + "\n\nParent #652 says do not implement on the vision issue; "
+                "this child is the implementable unit."
+            ),
+        )
+        is_c, _ = classify_epic_or_child_only_container(c)
+        self.assertFalse(is_c)
+
+
+class AllocateSemanticContainerExclusionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(self._tmp.cleanup)
+        self.db = ControlPlaneDB(os.path.join(self._tmp.name, "cp.sqlite3"))
+
+    def _alloc(self, candidates, **kwargs):
+        defaults = dict(
+            session_id="sess-854",
+            role="author",
+            remote=REMOTE,
+            org=ORG,
+            repo=REPO,
+            profile_name="prgs-author",
+            username="jcwalker3",
+            claims={},
+            apply=False,
+        )
+        defaults.update(kwargs)
+        return allocate_next_work(self.db, candidates=candidates, **defaults)
+
+    def test_live_equivalent_canary_excludes_all_containers_selects_child(self) -> None:
+        containers = _live_shaped_containers()
+        child = _issue(
+            637,
+            title="Web Console: Workflow-event timeline model (Phase 1)",
+            body=_CHILD_BODY,
+        )
+        inventory = containers + [child]
+        res = self._alloc(inventory, apply=False)
+        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
+        self.assertEqual(res["outcome"], OUTCOME_PREVIEW)
+        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 637)
+
+        skipped = {s["number"]: s for s in res["skipped"]}
+        for number in (631, 652, 653, 655):
+            self.assertIn(number, skipped, res["skipped"])
+            self.assertEqual(
+                skipped[number]["reason_code"],
+                SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER,
+            )
+            self.assertIn(
+                SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER, skipped[number]["reason"]
+            )
+
+    def test_containers_cannot_receive_assignment_or_lease(self) -> None:
+        containers = _live_shaped_containers()
+        res = self._alloc(containers, apply=True)
+        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
+        self.assertNotEqual(res["outcome"], OUTCOME_ASSIGNED)
+        self.assertIsNone(res.get("assignment"))
+        self.assertIsNone(res.get("selected"))
+        skipped = {s["number"]: s for s in res["skipped"]}
+        for number in (631, 652, 653, 655):
+            self.assertEqual(
+                skipped[number]["reason_code"],
+                SKIP_EPIC_OR_CHILD_ONLY_CONTAINER,
+            )
+
+        leases = []
+        if hasattr(self.db, "list_active_leases"):
+            leases = self.db.list_active_leases(
+                remote=REMOTE, org=ORG, repo=REPO
+            )
+        if not leases and hasattr(self.db, "list_leases"):
+            leases = self.db.list_leases(remote=REMOTE, org=ORG, repo=REPO)
+        for lease in leases or []:
+            work_number = (
+                lease.get("work_number") if isinstance(lease, dict) else None
+            )
+            self.assertNotIn(work_number, {631, 652, 653, 655})
+
+    def test_apply_selects_child_not_container(self) -> None:
+        containers = _live_shaped_containers()
+        child = _issue(
+            637,
+            title="Web Console: Workflow-event timeline model (Phase 1)",
+            body=_CHILD_BODY,
+        )
+        res = self._alloc(containers + [child], apply=True)
+        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
+        self.assertEqual(res["outcome"], OUTCOME_ASSIGNED)
+        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 637)
+        self.assertEqual(res["assignment"]["work_number"], 637)
+
+    def test_fingerprint_stable_with_containers_present(self) -> None:
+        containers = _live_shaped_containers()
+        child = _issue(
+            637,
+            title="Web Console: Workflow-event timeline model (Phase 1)",
+            body=_CHILD_BODY,
+        )
+        inventory = containers + [child]
+        fp_before = candidate_set_fingerprint(inventory)
+        res = self._alloc(inventory, apply=False)
+        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
+        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 637)
+        # Allocator reports the same CAS fingerprint for the full candidate set.
+        reported = res.get("candidate_set_fingerprint")
+        self.assertEqual(reported, fp_before)
+        # Re-fingerprint of the same inventory is byte-stable.
+        self.assertEqual(candidate_set_fingerprint(inventory), fp_before)
+
+    def test_incidental_mentions_remain_eligible(self) -> None:
+        ordinary = _issue(
+            700,
+            title="Document roadmap handoff conventions",
+            body="Write runbook text about vision vs roadmap vs child issues.",
+        )
+        res = self._alloc([ordinary], apply=False)
+        self.assertTrue(res["success"], res)
+        self.assertEqual(res["selected"]["number"], 700)
+        self.assertEqual(res["skipped"], [])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_webui_sessions_view.py

@@ -0,0 +1,739 @@
+"""Tests for the Runtime and session view (Phase 1, #641).
+
+Covers clean and stale session rendering, contamination marker surfacing,
+worktree binding display, sanctioned recovery links (no pkill), nav/live
+status, and the JSON API export.
+
+Also pins the two invariants a reviewer found violated at head a81db754:
+degraded ownership sections must render as *unknown* rather than as an
+affirmative "none"/"unbound", and contamination payload text must be redacted
+at the display boundary rather than trusted from the write-time denylist.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+from tests.webui_testclient import TestClient
+
+from webui.app import create_app
+from webui.inventory import (
+    AUTHORITY_CONTROL_PLANE_DB,
+    AUTHORITY_FILESYSTEM,
+    InventorySection,
+    InventorySnapshot,
+    STATUS_DEGRADED,
+    STATUS_OK,
+    STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+)
+from webui.nav import NAV_GROUPS, STUB_PAGES, iter_nav_items
+from webui.runtime_health import FileHash, RuntimeSnapshot
+from webui.session_loader import (
+    ContaminationMarker,
+    SessionRow,
+    SessionViewSnapshot,
+    _build_session_rows,
+    _inspect_contamination,
+    load_session_view_snapshot,
+    snapshot_to_dict,
+)
+from webui.session_views import render_sessions_page
+
+
+def _runtime(
+    *,
+    stale: str | None = None,
+    profile: str = "prgs-author",
+    role: str = "author",
+) -> RuntimeSnapshot:
+    return RuntimeSnapshot(
+        project_id="gitea-tools",
+        repo_root="/tmp/repo",
+        remote="prgs",
+        host="gitea.prgs.cc",
+        profile_name=profile,
+        role_kind=role,
+        config_model="v2-contexts",
+        profile_mode="dynamic-profile",
+        profile_source="config file profile",
+        authenticated_username="jcwalker3",
+        identity_error=None,
+        repo_sha="a" * 40,
+        remote_master_sha="a" * 40,
+        commits_behind_master=0,
+        stale_runtime_warning=stale,
+        shell_health={"shell_use_allowed": True, "consecutive_spawn_failures": 0},
+        workflow_hashes=(
+            FileHash(label="SKILL.md", path="skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md", sha256="abc"),
+        ),
+        schema_hashes=(),
+        restart_guidance="docs/mcp-namespace-eof-recovery.md",
+        fetch_error=None,
+    )
+
+
+def _inventory(
+    *,
+    sessions: tuple[dict, ...] = (),
+    leases: tuple[dict, ...] = (),
+    locks: tuple[dict, ...] = (),
+    worktrees: tuple[dict, ...] = (),
+    namespaces: tuple[dict, ...] = (),
+    statuses: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+) -> InventorySnapshot:
+    """Build a snapshot; ``statuses`` degrades named sections (default all ok)."""
+    status_of = statuses or {}
+
+    def _status(name: str) -> str:
+        return status_of.get(name, STATUS_OK)
+
+    sections = (
+        InventorySection(
+            name="sessions",
+            authority=AUTHORITY_CONTROL_PLANE_DB,
+            status=_status("sessions"),
+            items=sessions,
+        ),
+        InventorySection(
+            name="leases",
+            authority=AUTHORITY_CONTROL_PLANE_DB,
+            status=_status("leases"),
+            items=leases,
+        ),
+        InventorySection(
+            name="locks",
+            authority=AUTHORITY_FILESYSTEM,
+            status=_status("locks"),
+            items=locks,
+        ),
+        InventorySection(
+            name="worktrees",
+            authority=AUTHORITY_FILESYSTEM,
+            status=_status("worktrees"),
+            items=worktrees,
+        ),
+        InventorySection(
+            name="namespaces",
+            authority=AUTHORITY_FILESYSTEM,
+            status=_status("namespaces"),
+            items=namespaces
+            or (
+                {
+                    "profile_name": "prgs-author",
+                    "role": "author",
+                    "mcp_namespace": "gitea-author",
+                    "capability_summary": {
+                        "can_author": True,
+                        "can_review": False,
+                        "can_merge": False,
+                    },
+                    "active": True,
+                },
+            ),
+            reason="only the profile serving this web process is observable",
+        ),
+    )
+    index = {section.name: section for section in sections}
+    return InventorySnapshot(
+        generated_at="2026-07-25T00:00:00+00:00",
+        sections=sections,
+        collisions=(),
+        correlations=(),
+        scan_ms=1.0,
+        _section_index=index,
+    )
+
+
+def _clean_session() -> dict:
+    return {
+        "session_id": "prgs-author-111-clean",
+        "role": "author",
+        "profile": "prgs-author",
+        "namespace": "gitea-author",
+        "pid": 1111,
+        "pid_alive": True,
+        "status": "active",
+        "started_at": "2026-07-25T00:00:00Z",
+        "last_heartbeat_at": "2026-07-25T01:00:00Z",
+    }
+
+
+def _stale_session() -> dict:
+    return {
+        "session_id": "prgs-author-222-stale",
+        "role": "author",
+        "profile": "prgs-author",
+        "namespace": "gitea-author",
+        "pid": 2222,
+        "pid_alive": False,
+        "status": "active",
+        "started_at": "2026-07-24T00:00:00Z",
+        "last_heartbeat_at": "2026-07-24T01:00:00Z",
+    }
+
+
+class TestBuildSessionRows(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_clean_session_has_no_stale_or_contamination_flags(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+            leases=(
+                {
+                    "lease_id": "lease-clean",
+                    "session_id": "prgs-author-111-clean",
+                    "status": "active",
+                    "expired": False,
+                    "work_kind": "issue",
+                    "work_number": 641,
+                },
+            ),
+            locks=(
+                {
+                    "issue_number": 641,
+                    "branch_name": "feat/issue-641-runtime-session-view",
+                    "worktree_path": "~/Development/Gitea-Tools/branches/feat-issue-641",
+                    "live": True,
+                },
+            ),
+        )
+        rows = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=())
+        self.assertEqual(len(rows), 1)
+        row = rows[0]
+        self.assertEqual(row.session_id, "prgs-author-111-clean")
+        self.assertEqual(row.role, "author")
+        self.assertEqual(row.namespace, "gitea-author")
+        self.assertEqual(row.pid_alive, True)
+        self.assertEqual(row.lease_ids, ("lease-clean",))
+        self.assertEqual(row.work_refs, ("issue#641",))
+        self.assertTrue(row.worktree_paths)
+        self.assertEqual(row.stale_flags, ())
+        self.assertEqual(row.contamination_flags, ())
+
+    def test_stale_session_flags_dead_pid(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_stale_session(),))
+        rows = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=())
+        self.assertEqual(rows[0].stale_flags, ("pid-dead",))
+
+    def test_contamination_marker_binds_to_session(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_clean_session(),))
+        marker = ContaminationMarker(
+            kind="runtime_recovery_contamination",
+            on_disk=True,
+            has_payload=True,
+            summary="manual daemon kill",
+            reason_class="manual_daemon_kill",
+            session_id="prgs-author-111-clean",
+            role="author",
+            command_summary="pkill -f mcp_server.py",
+            cleared=False,
+        )
+        rows = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=(marker,))
+        self.assertIn("runtime_recovery_contamination", rows[0].contamination_flags)
+
+    def test_process_wide_contamination_surfaces_on_all_sessions(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_clean_session(), _stale_session()))
+        marker = ContaminationMarker(
+            kind="stable_branch_contamination",
+            on_disk=True,
+            has_payload=True,
+            summary="direct master push attempt",
+            reason_class="stable_branch_push",
+            session_id=None,
+            cleared=False,
+        )
+        rows = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=(marker,))
+        self.assertEqual(len(rows), 2)
+        for row in rows:
+            self.assertTrue(
+                any("stable_branch_contamination" in f for f in row.contamination_flags)
+            )
+
+
+class TestRenderSessionsPage(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _snapshot(
+        self,
+        *,
+        sessions: tuple[dict, ...],
+        contamination: tuple[ContaminationMarker, ...] = (),
+        stale_runtime: str | None = None,
+    ) -> SessionViewSnapshot:
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=sessions,
+            leases=(
+                {
+                    "lease_id": "lease-1",
+                    "session_id": sessions[0]["session_id"] if sessions else "",
+                    "status": "active",
+                    "expired": False,
+                    "work_kind": "issue",
+                    "work_number": 641,
+                },
+            )
+            if sessions
+            else (),
+            locks=(
+                {
+                    "issue_number": 641,
+                    "worktree_path": "branches/feat-issue-641",
+                },
+            )
+            if sessions
+            else (),
+            worktrees=(
+                {
+                    "rel_path": "branches/feat-issue-641",
+                    "branch": "feat/issue-641-runtime-session-view",
+                    "classification": "active_issue_work",
+                    "registered_worktree": True,
+                    "dirty": False,
+                },
+            ),
+        )
+        rows = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination)
+        return SessionViewSnapshot(
+            runtime=_runtime(stale=stale_runtime),
+            inventory=inventory,
+            sessions=rows,
+            contamination_markers=contamination,
+        )
+
+    def test_clean_session_render(self):
+        html = render_sessions_page(self._snapshot(sessions=(_clean_session(),)))
+        self.assertIn("Runtime and sessions", html)
+        self.assertIn("prgs-author-111-clean", html)
+        self.assertIn("gitea-author", html)
+        self.assertIn("branches/feat-issue-641", html)
+        self.assertIn("Sanctioned recovery", html)
+        self.assertIn("docs/mcp-namespace-eof-recovery.md", html)
+        # Recovery section must name reconnect and forbid manual kill.
+        recovery_idx = html.lower().find("sanctioned recovery")
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(recovery_idx, 0)
+        recovery = html[recovery_idx:].lower()
+        self.assertIn("reconnect", recovery)
+        self.assertIn("contamination", recovery)
+        self.assertIn("not recovery", recovery)
+        self.assertNotIn("run pkill", recovery)
+        self.assertNotIn("killall", recovery)
+
+    def test_stale_session_render(self):
+        html = render_sessions_page(self._snapshot(sessions=(_stale_session(),)))
+        self.assertIn("prgs-author-222-stale", html)
+        self.assertIn("pid-dead", html)
+        self.assertIn("badge-stale", html)
+
+    def test_contamination_render_is_not_silent(self):
+        marker = ContaminationMarker(
+            kind="runtime_recovery_contamination",
+            on_disk=True,
+            has_payload=True,
+            summary="manual kill",
+            reason_class="manual_daemon_kill",
+            session_id="prgs-author-111-clean",
+            command_summary="pkill -f mcp_server.py",
+            cleared=False,
+        )
+        html = render_sessions_page(
+            self._snapshot(sessions=(_clean_session(),), contamination=(marker,))
+        )
+        self.assertIn("Contamination markers", html)
+        self.assertIn("runtime_recovery_contamination", html)
+        self.assertIn("ACTIVE", html)
+        self.assertIn("badge-blocked", html)
+
+    def test_stale_runtime_banner(self):
+        html = render_sessions_page(
+            self._snapshot(
+                sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+                stale_runtime="server behind master by 3 commits",
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertIn("Stale runtime", html)
+        self.assertIn("server behind master", html)
+
+
+class TestSessionLoaderComposition(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_load_with_injected_sources(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_clean_session(), _stale_session()))
+        snap = load_session_view_snapshot(
+            load_runtime=lambda: _runtime(),
+            load_inventory=lambda: inventory,
+            inspect_contamination=lambda **_k: {
+                "on_disk": False,
+                "has_payload": False,
+                "summary": "absent",
+            },
+            load_contamination_payload=lambda **_k: None,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(len(snap.sessions), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(snap.stale_session_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(snap.contaminated_session_count, 0)
+        data = snapshot_to_dict(snap)
+        self.assertEqual(data["view"], "runtime-sessions")
+        self.assertEqual(data["issue"], 641)
+        self.assertTrue(data["read_only"])
+        self.assertEqual(data["session_counts"]["total"], 2)
+        self.assertEqual(data["session_counts"]["stale"], 1)
+        self.assertIn("recovery_docs", data)
+
+
+class TestSessionsRoutes(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.client = TestClient(create_app())
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(), _stale_session()),
+            leases=(
+                {
+                    "lease_id": "lease-x",
+                    "session_id": "prgs-author-111-clean",
+                    "status": "active",
+                    "expired": False,
+                    "work_kind": "issue",
+                    "work_number": 641,
+                },
+            ),
+            locks=(
+                {
+                    "issue_number": 641,
+                    "worktree_path": "branches/feat-issue-641",
+                },
+            ),
+            worktrees=(
+                {
+                    "rel_path": "branches/feat-issue-641",
+                    "branch": "feat/issue-641-runtime-session-view",
+                    "classification": "active_issue_work",
+                    "registered_worktree": True,
+                    "dirty": False,
+                },
+            ),
+        )
+        rows = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=())
+        self.snapshot = SessionViewSnapshot(
+            runtime=_runtime(stale="stale for test"),
+            inventory=inventory,
+            sessions=rows,
+            contamination_markers=(),
+        )
+        self._patch = mock.patch(
+            "webui.app.load_session_view_snapshot",
+            return_value=self.snapshot,
+        )
+        self._patch.start()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self._patch.stop()
+
+    def test_sessions_page_live(self):
+        response = self.client.get("/sessions")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn("Runtime and sessions", response.text)
+        self.assertIn("prgs-author-111-clean", response.text)
+        self.assertIn("prgs-author-222-stale", response.text)
+        self.assertIn("pid-dead", response.text)
+        self.assertIn("Sanctioned recovery", response.text)
+        self.assertNotIn("Phase 1 shell placeholder", response.text)
+        self.assertNotIn("child issue of #425", response.text.lower())
+
+    def test_api_sessions_json(self):
+        for path in ("/api/sessions", "/api/v1/sessions"):
+            response = self.client.get(path)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, path)
+            data = response.json()
+            self.assertEqual(data["view"], "runtime-sessions")
+            self.assertEqual(data["session_counts"]["total"], 2)
+            self.assertEqual(data["session_counts"]["stale"], 1)
+            self.assertTrue(data["read_only"])
+            self.assertEqual(data["mutations"], [])
+
+    def test_nav_marks_sessions_live(self):
+        sessions_items = [
+            item for item in iter_nav_items() if item.href == "/sessions"
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(len(sessions_items), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(sessions_items[0].status, "live")
+        self.assertNotIn("/sessions", STUB_PAGES)
+        # Home page should not mark Sessions as stub.
+        home = self.client.get("/")
+        self.assertEqual(home.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn('href="/sessions"', home.text)
+        # Stub marker only appears next to remaining stub destinations.
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            'href="/sessions">Sessions</a> <span class="muted">(stub)</span>',
+            home.text,
+        )
+
+
+class TestDegradedOwnershipAuthority(unittest.TestCase):
+    """B1: a section that could not be read must never render as absence."""
+
+    def _snapshot(self, inventory: InventorySnapshot) -> SessionViewSnapshot:
+        return SessionViewSnapshot(
+            runtime=_runtime(),
+            inventory=inventory,
+            sessions=_build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=()),
+            contamination_markers=(),
+        )
+
+    def test_unavailable_leases_mark_row_authority_unproven(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+            statuses={"leases": STATUS_UNAVAILABLE},
+        )
+        row = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=())[0]
+        self.assertEqual(row.lease_ids, ())
+        self.assertEqual(row.lease_authority, STATUS_UNAVAILABLE)
+        # Worktree binding is correlated through lease work numbers, so it
+        # inherits the unreadable lease section.
+        self.assertEqual(row.worktree_authority, STATUS_UNAVAILABLE)
+        self.assertFalse(row.ownership_authority_complete)
+
+    def test_readable_locks_are_not_reported_unbound_when_leases_degrade(self):
+        # The narrow variant: locks hold a real worktree_path and read cleanly,
+        # but the lease section that supplies the correlating work number does
+        # not. The row must say unknown, not "unbound".
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+            locks=(
+                {
+                    "issue_number": 641,
+                    "worktree_path": "branches/feat-issue-641",
+                },
+            ),
+            statuses={"leases": STATUS_DEGRADED},
+        )
+        row = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=())[0]
+        self.assertEqual(row.worktree_paths, ())
+        self.assertEqual(row.worktree_authority, STATUS_DEGRADED)
+        self.assertFalse(row.ownership_authority_complete)
+
+    def test_degraded_render_says_unknown_not_none_or_unbound(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+            statuses={"leases": STATUS_UNAVAILABLE, "locks": STATUS_UNAVAILABLE},
+        )
+        html = render_sessions_page(self._snapshot(inventory))
+        self.assertIn("unknown (inventory unavailable)", html)
+        self.assertIn("authority unproven", html)
+        self.assertIn("Ownership authority incomplete", html)
+        # The affirmative-absence strings must be gone from the row entirely.
+        self.assertNotIn(">none<", html)
+        self.assertNotIn(">unbound<", html)
+
+    def test_clean_inventory_still_renders_affirmative_absence(self):
+        # Guards against over-correcting B1 into "everything is unknown".
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_clean_session(),))
+        html = render_sessions_page(self._snapshot(inventory))
+        self.assertIn(">none<", html)
+        self.assertIn(">unbound<", html)
+        # The column legend mentions "unknown (inventory …)" as static copy, so
+        # assert on the per-row marker and the concrete statuses instead.
+        self.assertNotIn("authority unproven", html)
+        self.assertNotIn("unknown (inventory unavailable)", html)
+        self.assertNotIn("unknown (inventory degraded)", html)
+        self.assertNotIn("Ownership authority incomplete", html)
+
+    def test_json_export_carries_snapshot_and_per_row_authority(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+            statuses={"locks": STATUS_UNAVAILABLE},
+        )
+        data = snapshot_to_dict(self._snapshot(inventory))
+        self.assertFalse(data["ownership_authority_complete"])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            data["ownership_section_status"]["locks"], STATUS_UNAVAILABLE
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(data["ownership_section_status"]["leases"], STATUS_OK)
+        self.assertIn("unknown, not unowned", data["ownership_note"])
+
+        row = data["sessions"][0]
+        self.assertTrue(row["lease_authority_complete"])
+        self.assertFalse(row["worktree_authority_complete"])
+        self.assertEqual(row["worktree_authority"], STATUS_UNAVAILABLE)
+        self.assertFalse(row["ownership_authority_complete"])
+        self.assertIn("unknown, not unowned", row["ownership_note"])
+
+    def test_json_export_is_affirmative_when_every_source_reads(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_clean_session(),))
+        data = snapshot_to_dict(self._snapshot(inventory))
+        self.assertTrue(data["ownership_authority_complete"])
+        self.assertTrue(data["sessions"][0]["ownership_authority_complete"])
+
+    def test_missing_session_list_is_not_reported_as_no_sessions(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(statuses={"sessions": STATUS_UNAVAILABLE})
+        html = render_sessions_page(self._snapshot(inventory))
+        self.assertIn("could not be read", html)
+        self.assertIn("not evidence that no sessions exist", html)
+
+    def test_expired_lease_flags_row_as_stale(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(_clean_session(),),
+            leases=(
+                {
+                    "lease_id": "lease-expired-1",
+                    "session_id": "prgs-author-111-clean",
+                    "status": "active",
+                    "expired": True,
+                    "work_kind": "issue",
+                    "work_number": 641,
+                },
+            ),
+        )
+        row = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=())[0]
+        self.assertIn("lease-expired", row.stale_flags)
+        self.assertIn("active-lease-past-expiry", row.stale_flags)
+
+
+class TestContaminationRedaction(unittest.TestCase):
+    """B2: marker payload text is redacted at the display boundary."""
+
+    def _marker(self, payload: dict) -> ContaminationMarker:
+        return _inspect_contamination(
+            "runtime_recovery_contamination",
+            remote="prgs",
+            inspect=lambda **_k: {
+                "on_disk": True,
+                "has_payload": True,
+                "summary": "",
+            },
+            load=lambda **_k: payload,
+        )
+
+    def test_home_paths_are_collapsed(self):
+        home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+        marker = self._marker(
+            {"command_summary": f"pkill -f {home}/Development/Gitea-Tools/x.py"}
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn(home, marker.command_summary)
+        self.assertIn("~/Development/Gitea-Tools/x.py", marker.command_summary)
+
+    def test_secrets_missed_by_the_write_time_denylist_are_redacted(self):
+        # Each of these was verified in review to survive
+        # stable_branch_push_guard.redact_command untouched.
+        cases = (
+            ("curl -H 'X-Api-Key: SUPERSECRET123' https://example.invalid", "SUPERSECRET123"),
+            ("cmd --password hunter2 origin master", "hunter2"),
+            ("PRIVATE_KEY=abc123 python deploy.py", "abc123"),
+            ("fetch https://user:[email protected]/x.git", "user:pw"),
+        )
+        for raw, secret in cases:
+            with self.subTest(raw=raw):
+                marker = self._marker({"command_summary": raw})
+                self.assertNotIn(secret, marker.command_summary)
+                self.assertIn("[redacted]", marker.command_summary)
+
+    def test_command_summary_is_redacted_not_removed(self):
+        # It is legitimate #630 evidence: the operator must still see which
+        # daemon was killed.
+        marker = self._marker(
+            {
+                "command_summary": "pkill -f gitea_mcp_server.py",
+                "reason_class": "manual_daemon_kill",
+                "session_id": "prgs-author-111-clean",
+                "role": "author",
+            }
+        )
+        self.assertIn("pkill -f gitea_mcp_server.py", marker.command_summary)
+        self.assertEqual(marker.reason_class, "manual_daemon_kill")
+        self.assertEqual(marker.session_id, "prgs-author-111-clean")
+        self.assertEqual(marker.role, "author")
+
+    def test_rendered_page_exposes_no_home_path_from_a_marker(self):
+        home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+        marker = self._marker(
+            {
+                "command_summary": f"pkill -f {home}/Development/Gitea-Tools/x.py",
+                "reason_class": "manual_daemon_kill",
+            }
+        )
+        inventory = _inventory(sessions=(_clean_session(),))
+        html = render_sessions_page(
+            SessionViewSnapshot(
+                runtime=_runtime(),
+                inventory=inventory,
+                sessions=_build_session_rows(inventory, (marker,)),
+                contamination_markers=(marker,),
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertIn("Contamination markers", html)
+        self.assertNotIn(home, html)
+
+
+class TestSessionsPageEscaping(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Hostile values from every rendered source stay inert (N2)."""
+
+    HOSTILE = '<script>alert("xss")</script>'
+
+    def test_hostile_session_and_marker_values_are_escaped(self):
+        session = dict(_clean_session())
+        session["session_id"] = f"sid-{self.HOSTILE}"
+        session["role"] = self.HOSTILE
+        session["profile"] = self.HOSTILE
+        session["namespace"] = self.HOSTILE
+        session["status"] = self.HOSTILE
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(session,),
+            leases=(
+                {
+                    "lease_id": self.HOSTILE,
+                    "session_id": session["session_id"],
+                    "status": "active",
+                    "expired": False,
+                    "work_kind": self.HOSTILE,
+                    "work_number": 641,
+                },
+            ),
+            locks=(
+                {
+                    "issue_number": 641,
+                    "worktree_path": self.HOSTILE,
+                },
+            ),
+        )
+        marker = ContaminationMarker(
+            kind="runtime_recovery_contamination",
+            on_disk=True,
+            has_payload=True,
+            summary=self.HOSTILE,
+            reason_class=self.HOSTILE,
+            session_id=session["session_id"],
+            role=self.HOSTILE,
+            command_summary=self.HOSTILE,
+            cleared=False,
+        )
+        html = render_sessions_page(
+            SessionViewSnapshot(
+                runtime=_runtime(),
+                inventory=inventory,
+                sessions=_build_session_rows(inventory, (marker,)),
+                contamination_markers=(marker,),
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn("<script>", html)
+        self.assertNotIn('alert("xss")', html)
+        self.assertIn("&lt;script&gt;", html)
+
+    def test_hostile_values_in_a_degraded_render_are_escaped(self):
+        inventory = _inventory(
+            sessions=(dict(_clean_session(), session_id=f"sid-{self.HOSTILE}"),),
+            statuses={"leases": STATUS_UNAVAILABLE, "locks": STATUS_DEGRADED},
+        )
+        html = render_sessions_page(
+            SessionViewSnapshot(
+                runtime=_runtime(),
+                inventory=inventory,
+                sessions=_build_session_rows(inventory, contamination=()),
+                contamination_markers=(),
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn("<script>", html)
+        self.assertIn("&lt;script&gt;", html)
+        self.assertIn("unknown (inventory", html)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

webui/app.py

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ from webui.worktree_scanner import load_hygiene_snapshot, snapshot_to_dict as wo
 from webui.worktree_views import render_worktrees_page
 from webui.runtime_health import load_runtime_snapshot, snapshot_to_dict as runtime_snapshot_to_dict
 from webui.runtime_views import render_runtime_page
+from webui.session_loader import (
+    load_session_view_snapshot,
+    snapshot_to_dict as session_view_snapshot_to_dict,
+)
+from webui.session_views import render_sessions_page
 from webui.inventory import (
     SECTION_NAMES as _INVENTORY_SECTIONS,
     load_inventory_snapshot,
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ _LEGACY_PAGES = (
     ("/projects", "Projects", "registry and onboarding (#427)"),
     ("/prompts", "Prompts", "canonical workflow prompt library (#428)"),
     ("/runtime", "Runtime", "MCP health and stale-runtime detection (#430)"),
+    ("/sessions", "Sessions", "runtime and session view (#641)"),
     ("/audit", "Audit", "final-report paste and validator preview (#431)"),
     ("/worktrees", "Worktrees", "branch hygiene dashboard (#432)"),
     ("/leases", "Leases", "collision and lease visibility (#433)"),
@@ -325,6 +331,17 @@ async def api_runtime(_request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     return JSONResponse(runtime_snapshot_to_dict(load_runtime_snapshot()))
 
 
+async def sessions(_request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
+    """Runtime and session view (#641) — read-only composition of health + inventory."""
+    snapshot = load_session_view_snapshot()
+    return HTMLResponse(render_sessions_page(snapshot))
+
+
+async def api_sessions(_request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
+    """JSON export for the runtime/session view (#641)."""
+    return JSONResponse(session_view_snapshot_to_dict(load_session_view_snapshot()))
+
+
 async def _parse_audit_form(request: Request) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
     if request.method == "GET":
         return "", None
@@ -764,6 +781,9 @@ def create_app(*, bind_host: str | None = None) -> Starlette:
             Route("/api/prompts", api_prompts, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/runtime", runtime, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/runtime", api_runtime, methods=["GET"]),
+            Route("/sessions", sessions, methods=["GET"]),
+            Route("/api/sessions", api_sessions, methods=["GET"]),
+            Route("/api/v1/sessions", api_sessions, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/v1/timeline", api_v1_timeline, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/analytics", analytics, methods=["GET"]),
             Route("/api/analytics", api_v1_analytics, methods=["GET"]),

webui/inventory.py

@@ -76,6 +76,35 @@ _CREDENTIAL_KEY_RE = re.compile(
 )
 _REDACTED = "[redacted]"
 
+#: Credential-shaped *name* as it appears inside a free-form command line. This
+#: is deliberately broader than :data:`_CREDENTIAL_KEY_RE` — it also matches a
+#: bare ``key`` component, so ``PRIVATE_KEY=`` is caught. Over-redacting a
+#: displayed string is safe; under-redacting one is not.
+_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_NAME = (
+    r"[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]*"
+    r"(?:token|secret|password|passwd|key|authorization|bearer|credential)"
+    r"[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]*"
+)
+#: A value following such a name: single-quoted, double-quoted, or bare. The
+#: bare form stops at a quote so an enclosing quote survives the redaction.
+_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_VALUE = r"'[^']*'|\"[^\"]*\"|[^\s'\"]+"
+
+_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_FLAG_RE = re.compile(
+    rf"(?P<key>(?<![\w\-])--?{_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_NAME})"
+    rf"(?P<sep>[=\s]+)"
+    rf"(?P<value>{_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_VALUE})",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_ASSIGN_RE = re.compile(
+    rf"(?P<key>(?<![\w\-]){_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_NAME})"
+    rf"(?P<sep>\s*[:=]\s*)"
+    rf"(?P<value>{_TEXT_CREDENTIAL_VALUE})",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+_TEXT_URL_USERINFO_RE = re.compile(
+    r"(?P<scheme>\b[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+.\-]*://)[^\s/@]+@"
+)
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class InventorySection:
@@ -225,6 +254,42 @@ def scrub(value: Any, *, key: str | None = None) -> Any:
     return repr(value)
 
 
+def collapse_home(text: str) -> str:
+    """Collapse every ``$HOME`` occurrence *inside* a string, not just a prefix."""
+    home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+    if not home or home == "/":
+        return text
+    return text.replace(home, "~")
+
+
+def scrub_text(value: Any) -> Any:
+    """Redact a free-form text blob such as a recorded command line.
+
+    :func:`scrub` keys off structured field *names* and whole-value prefixes,
+    which is right for inventory records but blind to a secret embedded in the
+    middle of a sentence. This collapses ``$HOME`` and redacts credential-shaped
+    tokens and URL userinfo *anywhere* in the string, so operator-supplied text
+    rendered verbatim — contamination ``command_summary`` (#630) above all — is
+    held to the same standard as every other field on the page.
+
+    Returns ``None`` unchanged so callers can keep "absent" distinct from "".
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    text = value if isinstance(value, str) else str(value)
+    text = collapse_home(text)
+    text = _TEXT_URL_USERINFO_RE.sub(
+        lambda m: f"{m.group('scheme')}{_REDACTED}@", text
+    )
+    text = _TEXT_CREDENTIAL_FLAG_RE.sub(
+        lambda m: f"{m.group('key')}{m.group('sep')}{_REDACTED}", text
+    )
+    text = _TEXT_CREDENTIAL_ASSIGN_RE.sub(
+        lambda m: f"{m.group('key')}{m.group('sep')}{_REDACTED}", text
+    )
+    return text
+
+
 # ── control-plane database (read-only) ───────────────────────────────────────
 
 

webui/nav.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ NAV_GROUPS: tuple[NavGroup, ...] = (
     )),
     NavGroup("Runtime/Sessions", (
         NavItem("/runtime", "Runtime health"),
-        NavItem("/sessions", "Sessions", "stub"),
+        NavItem("/sessions", "Sessions"),
     )),
     NavGroup("Projects", (
         NavItem("/projects", "Projects"),
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ NAV_GROUPS: tuple[NavGroup, ...] = (
 # issues of epic #631. Each maps a path to (title, description). Routes are
 # registered so nav links resolve to a graceful, read-only stub page.
 STUB_PAGES: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = {
-    "/sessions": (
-        "Sessions",
-        "Active session, capability, and role inventory. Backed by the unified "
-        "inventory API (#636) once it lands.",
-    ),
     "/inventory": (
         "Inventory",
         "Unified sessions, leases, locks, namespaces, and worktree inventory. "

webui/runtime_views.py

@@ -88,5 +88,7 @@ def render_runtime_page(snapshot: RuntimeSnapshot) -> str:
         "<p class='muted'>MVP is read-only — restart MCP servers from your IDE/operator "
         "workflow. Related issue: <code>#420</code>. Guidance: "
         f"<code>{html.escape(snapshot.restart_guidance)}</code></p>"
-        "<p class='muted'>This page does not expose tokens or perform MCP restarts.</p>"
+        "<p class='muted'>This page does not expose tokens or perform MCP restarts. "
+        "Correlated sessions, worktree bindings, and contamination markers: "
+        "<a href='/sessions'>/sessions</a> (#641).</p>"
     )

webui/session_loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,517 @@
+"""Compose runtime health + inventory into a sessions/runtime view (#641).
+
+Phase 1 is read-only. It correlates namespaces, sessions, capabilities,
+worktree bindings, lease ownership, stale flags, and contamination markers
+when they are detectable on disk (#630 / #671). It never restarts, kills, or
+takes over a session.
+
+Sources:
+
+* :mod:`webui.runtime_health` — profile, role, stale runtime, shell health.
+* :mod:`webui.inventory` — sessions, leases, locks, worktrees, namespaces
+  and collision signals from the control-plane DB + filesystem.
+* :mod:`mcp_session_state` — durable contamination markers (inspect only).
+
+Secrets are never read. Inventory-sourced values arrive already redacted by
+:func:`webui.inventory.scrub`; free-form marker text this module loads itself is
+put through :func:`webui.inventory.scrub_text`, which collapses ``$HOME`` and
+redacts credential-shaped tokens *inside* a string rather than only at its start.
+
+Ownership columns are authority-aware. A lease or lock section that could not be
+read renders as ``unknown``, never as ``none`` or ``unbound``: a lease the reader
+could not load is not an absent lease (see
+:attr:`webui.inventory.InventorySnapshot.ownership_authority_complete`).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any, Callable
+
+import mcp_session_state
+from webui.inventory import (
+    OWNERSHIP_SECTIONS,
+    STATUS_OK,
+    InventorySection,
+    InventorySnapshot,
+    load_inventory_snapshot,
+    scrub_text,
+    snapshot_to_dict as inventory_snapshot_to_dict,
+)
+from webui.runtime_health import (
+    RuntimeSnapshot,
+    load_runtime_snapshot,
+    snapshot_to_dict as runtime_snapshot_to_dict,
+)
+
+# Sanctioned recovery pointers only — never pkill / killall (#630).
+SANCTIONED_RECOVERY_DOCS: tuple[dict[str, str], ...] = (
+    {
+        "label": "MCP namespace EOF recovery (reconnect only)",
+        "path": "docs/mcp-namespace-eof-recovery.md",
+        "note": "IDE/client reconnect or operator-owned restart; never kill daemons.",
+    },
+    {
+        "label": "MCP namespace health",
+        "path": "docs/mcp-namespace-health.md",
+        "note": "client_namespace probe proves namespace health.",
+    },
+    {
+        "label": "Restart path inventory",
+        "path": "docs/mcp-restart-path-inventory.md",
+        "note": "Catalog of sanctioned reconnect/restart paths.",
+    },
+    {
+        "label": "Local web UI recovery",
+        "path": "docs/webui-local-dev.md",
+        "note": "Operator console start and documented recovery sequence.",
+    },
+)
+
+_CONTAMINATION_KINDS: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    mcp_session_state.KIND_RUNTIME_RECOVERY_CONTAMINATION,
+    mcp_session_state.KIND_STABLE_BRANCH_CONTAMINATION,
+)
+
+#: Status recorded on a row when the backing inventory section is absent
+#: entirely — distinct from a section that reported itself degraded.
+AUTHORITY_MISSING = "missing"
+
+
+def _section_status(section: InventorySection | None) -> str:
+    """Status of an ownership section, treating an absent section as missing."""
+    if section is None:
+        return AUTHORITY_MISSING
+    return section.status
+
+
+def _combined_authority(*statuses: str) -> str:
+    """Worst status of the sections a derived column depends on.
+
+    A column proved from two sections is only trustworthy when *both* read
+    cleanly, so the first non-``ok`` status wins.
+    """
+    for status in statuses:
+        if status != STATUS_OK:
+            return status
+    return STATUS_OK
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ContaminationMarker:
+    """A detectable durable contamination marker (audit-safe summary)."""
+
+    kind: str
+    on_disk: bool
+    has_payload: bool
+    summary: str
+    reason_class: str | None = None
+    session_id: str | None = None
+    role: str | None = None
+    command_summary: str | None = None
+    cleared: bool = False
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "kind": self.kind,
+            "on_disk": self.on_disk,
+            "has_payload": self.has_payload,
+            "summary": self.summary,
+            "reason_class": self.reason_class,
+            "session_id": self.session_id,
+            "role": self.role,
+            "command_summary": self.command_summary,
+            "cleared": self.cleared,
+            "active": self.on_disk and self.has_payload and not self.cleared,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SessionRow:
+    """One correlated session row for the sessions table."""
+
+    session_id: str
+    role: str | None
+    profile: str | None
+    namespace: str | None
+    pid: int | None
+    pid_alive: bool | None
+    status: str | None
+    started_at: str | None
+    last_heartbeat_at: str | None
+    lease_ids: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    work_refs: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    worktree_paths: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    stale_flags: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    contamination_flags: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    #: Status of the section backing ``lease_ids``/``work_refs``. While this is
+    #: not ``ok`` those tuples mean "could not be read", never "none held".
+    lease_authority: str = STATUS_OK
+    #: Worst status across the sections backing ``worktree_paths`` (locks are
+    #: correlated through lease work numbers, so both must read cleanly).
+    worktree_authority: str = STATUS_OK
+
+    @property
+    def ownership_authority_complete(self) -> bool:
+        """True only when this row's ownership columns are provable."""
+        return self.lease_authority == STATUS_OK and self.worktree_authority == STATUS_OK
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "session_id": self.session_id,
+            "role": self.role,
+            "profile": self.profile,
+            "namespace": self.namespace,
+            "pid": self.pid,
+            "pid_alive": self.pid_alive,
+            "status": self.status,
+            "started_at": self.started_at,
+            "last_heartbeat_at": self.last_heartbeat_at,
+            "lease_ids": list(self.lease_ids),
+            "work_refs": list(self.work_refs),
+            "worktree_paths": list(self.worktree_paths),
+            "stale_flags": list(self.stale_flags),
+            "contamination_flags": list(self.contamination_flags),
+            "is_stale": bool(self.stale_flags),
+            "is_contaminated": bool(self.contamination_flags),
+            "lease_authority": self.lease_authority,
+            "worktree_authority": self.worktree_authority,
+            "lease_authority_complete": self.lease_authority == STATUS_OK,
+            "worktree_authority_complete": self.worktree_authority == STATUS_OK,
+            "ownership_authority_complete": self.ownership_authority_complete,
+            "ownership_note": (
+                "Lease and worktree columns are proved from sections that read "
+                "cleanly."
+                if self.ownership_authority_complete
+                else "An ownership source could not be read; empty lease_ids or "
+                "worktree_paths on this row mean unknown, not unowned."
+            ),
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SessionViewSnapshot:
+    """Composed runtime + session inventory view (#641)."""
+
+    runtime: RuntimeSnapshot
+    inventory: InventorySnapshot
+    sessions: tuple[SessionRow, ...]
+    contamination_markers: tuple[ContaminationMarker, ...]
+    recovery_docs: tuple[dict[str, str], ...] = SANCTIONED_RECOVERY_DOCS
+    fetch_error: str | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def stale_session_count(self) -> int:
+        return sum(1 for row in self.sessions if row.stale_flags)
+
+    @property
+    def contaminated_session_count(self) -> int:
+        return sum(1 for row in self.sessions if row.contamination_flags)
+
+    @property
+    def active_contamination(self) -> tuple[ContaminationMarker, ...]:
+        return tuple(m for m in self.contamination_markers if m.to_dict()["active"])
+
+    @property
+    def ownership_authority_complete(self) -> bool:
+        """False while any ownership section is degraded, absent, or unavailable."""
+        return self.inventory.ownership_authority_complete
+
+    @property
+    def ownership_section_status(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """Per-section status for the three ownership-bearing sections."""
+        return {
+            name: _section_status(self.inventory.section(name))
+            for name in OWNERSHIP_SECTIONS
+        }
+
+
+def _inspect_contamination(
+    kind: str,
+    *,
+    remote: str | None,
+    inspect: Callable[..., dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    load: Callable[..., dict[str, Any] | None] | None = None,
+) -> ContaminationMarker:
+    """Inspect one contamination kind; never raises into the page render path."""
+    inspect_fn = inspect or mcp_session_state.inspect_state_envelope
+    load_fn = load or mcp_session_state.load_state
+    try:
+        envelope = inspect_fn(kind=kind, remote=remote)
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — fail soft for the dashboard
+        return ContaminationMarker(
+            kind=kind,
+            on_disk=False,
+            has_payload=False,
+            summary=f"contamination inspect failed: {type(exc).__name__}",
+        )
+
+    reason_class = None
+    session_id = None
+    role = None
+    command_summary = None
+    cleared = False
+    summary = scrub_text(str(envelope.get("summary") or ""))
+
+    if envelope.get("on_disk") and envelope.get("has_payload"):
+        try:
+            payload = load_fn(kind=kind, remote=remote) or {}
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+            payload = {}
+        if isinstance(payload, dict):
+            reason_class = payload.get("reason_class")
+            session_id = payload.get("session_id")
+            role = payload.get("role")
+            command_summary = payload.get("command_summary") or payload.get("detail")
+            cleared = bool(payload.get("cleared_by_reconciler"))
+            if not summary:
+                summary = scrub_text(
+                    f"{kind}: {reason_class or 'present'}"
+                    + (" (cleared)" if cleared else "")
+                )
+
+    # Marker payloads are operator-supplied free text and are the one thing on
+    # this page that does not arrive through inventory scrubbing. The write-time
+    # redactor is a narrow denylist, so redact again at the display boundary:
+    # it leaves $HOME paths, `-H 'X-Api-Key: …'`, `--password …`, and
+    # `PRIVATE_KEY=…` intact. The field itself stays — it is #630 evidence.
+    return ContaminationMarker(
+        kind=kind,
+        on_disk=bool(envelope.get("on_disk")),
+        has_payload=bool(envelope.get("has_payload")),
+        summary=summary or f"{kind}: not present",
+        reason_class=scrub_text(str(reason_class)) if reason_class else None,
+        session_id=scrub_text(str(session_id)) if session_id else None,
+        role=scrub_text(str(role)) if role else None,
+        command_summary=scrub_text(str(command_summary)) if command_summary else None,
+        cleared=cleared,
+    )
+
+
+def _load_contamination_markers(
+    *,
+    remote: str | None,
+    inspect: Callable[..., dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    load: Callable[..., dict[str, Any] | None] | None = None,
+) -> tuple[ContaminationMarker, ...]:
+    return tuple(
+        _inspect_contamination(kind, remote=remote, inspect=inspect, load=load)
+        for kind in _CONTAMINATION_KINDS
+    )
+
+
+def _build_session_rows(
+    inventory: InventorySnapshot,
+    contamination: tuple[ContaminationMarker, ...],
+) -> tuple[SessionRow, ...]:
+    sessions_section = inventory.section("sessions")
+    leases_section = inventory.section("leases")
+    locks_section = inventory.section("locks")
+
+    # Ownership columns may only assert absence when their source read cleanly.
+    lease_authority = _section_status(leases_section)
+    # Locks carry claimant profile/username, not control-plane session ids, so a
+    # worktree binding is correlated through lease work numbers: it depends on
+    # the locks *and* the leases section.
+    worktree_authority = _combined_authority(
+        lease_authority, _section_status(locks_section)
+    )
+
+    leases_by_session: dict[str, list[dict[str, Any]]] = {}
+    for lease in (leases_section.items if leases_section else ()):
+        sid = str(lease.get("session_id") or "")
+        if sid:
+            leases_by_session.setdefault(sid, []).append(lease)
+
+    active_markers = [m for m in contamination if m.to_dict()["active"]]
+    marker_session_ids = {
+        m.session_id for m in active_markers if m.session_id
+    }
+
+    rows: list[SessionRow] = []
+    for raw in sessions_section.items if sessions_section else ():
+        sid = str(raw.get("session_id") or "")
+        if not sid:
+            continue
+        session_leases = leases_by_session.get(sid, [])
+        lease_ids = tuple(
+            str(lease["lease_id"])
+            for lease in session_leases
+            if lease.get("lease_id")
+        )
+        work_refs: list[str] = []
+        work_numbers: list[int] = []
+        for lease in session_leases:
+            kind = lease.get("work_kind")
+            number = lease.get("work_number")
+            if kind and number is not None:
+                work_refs.append(f"{kind}#{number}")
+                try:
+                    work_numbers.append(int(number))
+                except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                    pass
+
+        worktree_paths: list[str] = []
+        for lock in (locks_section.items if locks_section else ()):
+            try:
+                issue_no = int(lock.get("issue_number"))
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                continue
+            if issue_no in work_numbers and lock.get("worktree_path"):
+                worktree_paths.append(str(lock["worktree_path"]))
+
+        stale_flags: list[str] = []
+        if raw.get("pid_alive") is False:
+            stale_flags.append("pid-dead")
+        status = str(raw.get("status") or "").lower()
+        if status and status not in {"active", "alive", "running", "ok"}:
+            stale_flags.append(f"status:{status}")
+        for lease in session_leases:
+            if lease.get("expired") is True:
+                stale_flags.append("lease-expired")
+            if str(lease.get("status") or "").lower() == "active" and lease.get(
+                "expired"
+            ) is True:
+                stale_flags.append("active-lease-past-expiry")
+
+        contamination_flags: list[str] = []
+        if sid in marker_session_ids:
+            for marker in active_markers:
+                if marker.session_id == sid:
+                    contamination_flags.append(marker.kind)
+        # Process-wide contamination with no session binding still surfaces
+        # against every live session so it cannot be silent (#630).
+        for marker in active_markers:
+            if not marker.session_id and marker.kind not in contamination_flags:
+                contamination_flags.append(f"{marker.kind}:process-wide")
+
+        rows.append(
+            SessionRow(
+                session_id=sid,
+                role=raw.get("role"),
+                profile=raw.get("profile"),
+                namespace=raw.get("namespace"),
+                pid=raw.get("pid") if isinstance(raw.get("pid"), int) else None,
+                pid_alive=raw.get("pid_alive")
+                if isinstance(raw.get("pid_alive"), bool)
+                else None,
+                status=raw.get("status"),
+                started_at=raw.get("started_at"),
+                last_heartbeat_at=raw.get("last_heartbeat_at"),
+                lease_ids=lease_ids,
+                work_refs=tuple(work_refs),
+                worktree_paths=tuple(worktree_paths),
+                stale_flags=tuple(dict.fromkeys(stale_flags)),
+                contamination_flags=tuple(dict.fromkeys(contamination_flags)),
+                lease_authority=lease_authority,
+                worktree_authority=worktree_authority,
+            )
+        )
+
+    return tuple(rows)
+
+
+def load_session_view_snapshot(
+    *,
+    load_runtime: Callable[..., RuntimeSnapshot] | None = None,
+    load_inventory: Callable[..., InventorySnapshot] | None = None,
+    inspect_contamination: Callable[..., dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    load_contamination_payload: Callable[..., dict[str, Any] | None] | None = None,
+) -> SessionViewSnapshot:
+    """Build the composed sessions/runtime view. Fail-soft on partial sources."""
+    runtime_loader = load_runtime or load_runtime_snapshot
+    inventory_loader = load_inventory or load_inventory_snapshot
+    fetch_error: str | None = None
+
+    try:
+        runtime = runtime_loader()
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+        fetch_error = f"runtime snapshot failed: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"
+        # Minimal placeholder so the page still renders inventory + recovery.
+        from webui.runtime_health import RuntimeSnapshot as _RS
+
+        runtime = _RS(
+            project_id="unknown",
+            repo_root="",
+            remote="",
+            host="",
+            profile_name="unknown",
+            role_kind="unknown",
+            config_model="unknown",
+            profile_mode="unknown",
+            profile_source="unknown",
+            authenticated_username=None,
+            identity_error=str(exc),
+            repo_sha=None,
+            remote_master_sha=None,
+            commits_behind_master=None,
+            stale_runtime_warning=None,
+            shell_health={},
+            workflow_hashes=(),
+            schema_hashes=(),
+            restart_guidance="docs/mcp-namespace-eof-recovery.md",
+            fetch_error=str(exc),
+        )
+
+    try:
+        inventory = inventory_loader()
+    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+        msg = f"inventory snapshot failed: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"
+        fetch_error = f"{fetch_error}; {msg}" if fetch_error else msg
+        inventory = load_inventory_snapshot(
+            db_path="/nonexistent-for-fail-soft",
+            lock_dir="/nonexistent-for-fail-soft",
+        )
+
+    remote = getattr(runtime, "remote", None)
+    contamination = _load_contamination_markers(
+        remote=remote,
+        inspect=inspect_contamination,
+        load=load_contamination_payload,
+    )
+    sessions = _build_session_rows(inventory, contamination)
+    return SessionViewSnapshot(
+        runtime=runtime,
+        inventory=inventory,
+        sessions=sessions,
+        contamination_markers=contamination,
+        fetch_error=fetch_error,
+    )
+
+
+def snapshot_to_dict(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """JSON export for ``/api/sessions`` (read-only)."""
+    return {
+        "api_version": "v1",
+        "view": "runtime-sessions",
+        "issue": 641,
+        "fetch_error": snapshot.fetch_error,
+        "runtime": runtime_snapshot_to_dict(snapshot.runtime),
+        "inventory": inventory_snapshot_to_dict(snapshot.inventory),
+        "sessions": [row.to_dict() for row in snapshot.sessions],
+        "session_counts": {
+            "total": len(snapshot.sessions),
+            "stale": snapshot.stale_session_count,
+            "contaminated": snapshot.contaminated_session_count,
+        },
+        "ownership_authority_complete": snapshot.ownership_authority_complete,
+        "ownership_section_status": snapshot.ownership_section_status,
+        "ownership_note": (
+            "Every ownership source read cleanly; a session with no lease and no "
+            "worktree path genuinely holds neither."
+            if snapshot.ownership_authority_complete
+            else "An ownership source is degraded or unavailable. Empty lease_ids "
+            "and worktree_paths mean unknown, not unowned; consult each row's "
+            "lease_authority and worktree_authority."
+        ),
+        "contamination_markers": [
+            marker.to_dict() for marker in snapshot.contamination_markers
+        ],
+        "active_contamination": [
+            marker.to_dict() for marker in snapshot.active_contamination
+        ],
+        "recovery_docs": [dict(doc) for doc in snapshot.recovery_docs],
+        "read_only": True,
+        "phase": 1,
+        "mutations": [],
+    }

webui/session_views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+"""HTML views for the Runtime and session view (Phase 1, #641).
+
+Read-only composition of runtime health (#430) and inventory sessions /
+namespaces / worktrees (#636). Surfaces stale and contamination indicators
+when detectable. Recovery links point only at sanctioned reconnect/restart
+docs — never at manual process kill (#630).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from html import escape
+from typing import Sequence
+
+from webui.inventory import STATUS_OK
+from webui.layout import render_page
+from webui.session_loader import (
+    ContaminationMarker,
+    SessionRow,
+    SessionViewSnapshot,
+)
+
+
+def _badge(text: str, css: str) -> str:
+    return f'<span class="badge {css}">{escape(text)}</span>'
+
+
+def _flags(flags: Sequence[str], *, css: str) -> str:
+    if not flags:
+        return '<span class="muted">—</span>'
+    return " ".join(_badge(flag, css) for flag in flags)
+
+
+def _unproven_cell(status: str) -> str:
+    """Render an ownership column whose backing inventory section failed to read.
+
+    Never "none" and never "unbound": an unreadable source proves nothing about
+    ownership, and claiming otherwise is the exact failure the
+    ``ownership_authority_complete`` invariant exists to prevent.
+    """
+    return (
+        f'<span class="muted">unknown (inventory {escape(status)})</span><br>'
+        f'{_badge("authority unproven", "badge-health-degraded")}'
+    )
+
+
+def _runtime_banner(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    runtime = snapshot.runtime
+    stale = runtime.stale_runtime_warning
+    stale_html = ""
+    if stale:
+        stale_html = (
+            f'<div class="health-card health-stale" style="margin-top:0.75rem;">'
+            f"<strong>Stale runtime:</strong> {escape(stale)}</div>"
+        )
+    identity = runtime.authenticated_username or "unresolved"
+    if runtime.identity_error:
+        identity = f"unresolved ({runtime.identity_error})"
+
+    return f"""<div class="health-card">
+  <h3>Runtime context</h3>
+  <table class="detail">
+    <tr><th>Profile</th><td><code>{escape(runtime.profile_name)}</code></td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Role kind</th><td>{escape(runtime.role_kind)}</td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Identity</th><td>{escape(str(identity))}</td></tr>
+    <tr><th>Remote / host</th>
+      <td><code>{escape(runtime.remote)}</code> · <code>{escape(runtime.host)}</code></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr><th>Local HEAD</th>
+      <td><code>{escape(runtime.repo_sha or "unknown")}</code></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr><th>Remote master</th>
+      <td><code>{escape(runtime.remote_master_sha or "unknown")}</code></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr><th>Commits behind</th>
+      <td>{escape(str(runtime.commits_behind_master if runtime.commits_behind_master is not None else "unknown"))}</td>
+    </tr>
+  </table>
+  <p class="muted">Full runtime detail: <a href="/runtime">/runtime</a> ·
+  Inventory API: <a href="/api/v1/inventory"><code>/api/v1/inventory</code></a></p>
+  {stale_html}
+</div>"""
+
+
+def _summary_bar(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    total = len(snapshot.sessions)
+    stale = snapshot.stale_session_count
+    contaminated = snapshot.contaminated_session_count
+    active_markers = len(snapshot.active_contamination)
+    inv_status = snapshot.inventory.status
+    authority_complete = snapshot.ownership_authority_complete
+    authority_text = "complete" if authority_complete else "incomplete"
+    authority_css = "badge-health-ok" if authority_complete else "badge-health-degraded"
+    return f"""<div class="health-card" style="display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:1rem; align-items:center;">
+  <div><strong>Sessions:</strong> <span class="badge badge-health-ok">{total}</span></div>
+  <div><strong>Stale:</strong> <span class="badge badge-stale">{stale}</span></div>
+  <div><strong>Contaminated:</strong> <span class="badge badge-blocked">{contaminated}</span></div>
+  <div><strong>Active markers:</strong> <span class="badge badge-health-unproven">{active_markers}</span></div>
+  <div><strong>Inventory:</strong> <span class="badge badge-health-skipped">{escape(inv_status)}</span></div>
+  <div><strong>Ownership authority:</strong> <span class="badge {authority_css}">{authority_text}</span></div>
+</div>"""
+
+
+def _ownership_caveat(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    """Name the unreadable ownership sections, or render nothing when all read."""
+    if snapshot.ownership_authority_complete:
+        return ""
+    degraded = ", ".join(
+        f"{name}: {status}"
+        for name, status in snapshot.ownership_section_status.items()
+        if status != STATUS_OK
+    )
+    return (
+        '<div class="health-card health-stale">'
+        "<strong>Ownership authority incomplete:</strong> "
+        f"{escape(degraded)}. Columns marked <em>unknown</em> could not be read. "
+        "No session below may be treated as holding no lease or no worktree "
+        "binding — absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.</div>"
+    )
+
+
+def _render_session_row(row: SessionRow) -> str:
+    pid = "—" if row.pid is None else str(row.pid)
+    pid_alive = "—" if row.pid_alive is None else ("alive" if row.pid_alive else "dead")
+    pid_css = (
+        "badge-health-ok"
+        if row.pid_alive is True
+        else ("badge-blocked" if row.pid_alive is False else "badge-health-skipped")
+    )
+    # An empty tuple only means "holds none" when its source read cleanly.
+    if row.lease_authority != STATUS_OK:
+        lease_cell = _unproven_cell(row.lease_authority)
+    else:
+        leases = (
+            ", ".join(f"<code>{escape(lid)}</code>" for lid in row.lease_ids)
+            if row.lease_ids
+            else '<span class="muted">none</span>'
+        )
+        work = (
+            ", ".join(escape(ref) for ref in row.work_refs)
+            if row.work_refs
+            else '<span class="muted">—</span>'
+        )
+        lease_cell = (
+            f'{leases}<div class="muted" style="font-size:0.82rem; '
+            f'margin-top:0.2rem;">{work}</div>'
+        )
+
+    if row.worktree_authority != STATUS_OK:
+        worktrees = _unproven_cell(row.worktree_authority)
+    else:
+        worktrees = (
+            "<br>".join(f"<code>{escape(path)}</code>" for path in row.worktree_paths)
+            if row.worktree_paths
+            else '<span class="muted">unbound</span>'
+        )
+    return f"""<tr>
+  <td><code>{escape(row.session_id)}</code></td>
+  <td>
+    <div><code>{escape(str(row.role or "—"))}</code> / <code>{escape(str(row.profile or "—"))}</code></div>
+    <div class="muted" style="font-size:0.82rem;">ns: <code>{escape(str(row.namespace or "—"))}</code></div>
+  </td>
+  <td>
+    <code>{escape(pid)}</code>
+    {_badge(pid_alive, pid_css)}
+  </td>
+  <td>{escape(str(row.status or "—"))}<div class="muted" style="font-size:0.82rem;">{escape(str(row.last_heartbeat_at or ""))}</div></td>
+  <td>{lease_cell}</td>
+  <td>{worktrees}</td>
+  <td>{_flags(row.stale_flags, css="badge-stale")}</td>
+  <td>{_flags(row.contamination_flags, css="badge-blocked")}</td>
+</tr>"""
+
+
+def _sessions_table(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    rows: Sequence[SessionRow] = snapshot.sessions
+    if not rows:
+        sessions_status = snapshot.ownership_section_status.get("sessions", STATUS_OK)
+        if sessions_status != STATUS_OK:
+            return (
+                '<p class="muted">Session inventory is '
+                f"<strong>{escape(sessions_status)}</strong> — the session list "
+                "could not be read. This is not evidence that no sessions "
+                "exist.</p>"
+            )
+        return (
+            '<p class="muted">No control-plane sessions recorded. Inventory may '
+            "be unavailable, or no MCP workers have registered yet.</p>"
+        )
+    body = "".join(_render_session_row(row) for row in rows)
+    return f"""<table class="registry">
+  <thead>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Session</th>
+      <th>Role / profile / namespace</th>
+      <th>PID</th>
+      <th>Status</th>
+      <th>Leases / work</th>
+      <th>Worktree binding</th>
+      <th>Stale</th>
+      <th>Contamination</th>
+    </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+    {body}
+  </tbody>
+</table>"""
+
+
+def _namespaces_section(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    section = snapshot.inventory.section("namespaces")
+    if section is None:
+        return (
+            '<div class="prompt-card"><h3>Namespaces</h3>'
+            '<p class="muted">Namespaces section not loaded.</p></div>'
+        )
+    if not section.ok:
+        return f"""<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Namespaces {_badge(section.status, "badge-health-degraded")}</h3>
+  <p class="muted">{escape(section.reason or "unavailable")}</p>
+</div>"""
+
+    rows = []
+    for item in section.items:
+        caps = item.get("capability_summary") or {}
+        cap_bits = ", ".join(
+            name for name, ok in sorted(caps.items()) if ok
+        ) or "none"
+        rows.append(
+            "<tr>"
+            f"<td><code>{escape(str(item.get('mcp_namespace') or '—'))}</code></td>"
+            f"<td><code>{escape(str(item.get('profile_name') or '—'))}</code></td>"
+            f"<td>{escape(str(item.get('role') or '—'))}</td>"
+            f"<td>{escape(cap_bits)}</td>"
+            f"<td>{'yes' if item.get('active') else 'no'}</td>"
+            "</tr>"
+        )
+    reason = (
+        f'<p class="muted">{escape(section.reason)}</p>'
+        if section.reason
+        else ""
+    )
+    return f"""<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Namespaces / capabilities</h3>
+  {reason}
+  <table class="registry">
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Namespace</th>
+        <th>Profile</th>
+        <th>Role</th>
+        <th>Capabilities</th>
+        <th>Active in process</th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      {"".join(rows) if rows else '<tr><td colspan="5" class="muted">No namespace rows.</td></tr>'}
+    </tbody>
+  </table>
+</div>"""
+
+
+def _worktrees_section(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    section = snapshot.inventory.section("worktrees")
+    if section is None:
+        return ""
+    if not section.ok and not section.items:
+        return f"""<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Worktrees {_badge(section.status, "badge-health-degraded")}</h3>
+  <p class="muted">{escape(section.reason or "unavailable")}</p>
+</div>"""
+
+    rows = []
+    for item in section.items[:50]:
+        rows.append(
+            "<tr>"
+            f"<td><code>{escape(str(item.get('rel_path') or item.get('path') or '—'))}</code></td>"
+            f"<td><code>{escape(str(item.get('branch') or '—'))}</code></td>"
+            f"<td>{escape(str(item.get('classification') or '—'))}</td>"
+            f"<td>{'yes' if item.get('registered_worktree') else 'no'}</td>"
+            f"<td>{'dirty' if item.get('dirty') else 'clean'}</td>"
+            "</tr>"
+        )
+    more = ""
+    if len(section.items) > 50:
+        more = f'<p class="muted">Showing 50 of {len(section.items)}. Full list: <a href="/worktrees">/worktrees</a>.</p>'
+    return f"""<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Worktree bindings</h3>
+  <p class="muted">Registered issue worktrees under <code>branches/</code>. Hygiene detail: <a href="/worktrees">/worktrees</a>.</p>
+  <table class="registry">
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Path</th>
+        <th>Branch</th>
+        <th>Classification</th>
+        <th>Registered</th>
+        <th>State</th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      {"".join(rows) if rows else '<tr><td colspan="5" class="muted">No worktrees recorded.</td></tr>'}
+    </tbody>
+  </table>
+  {more}
+</div>"""
+
+
+def _contamination_section(markers: Sequence[ContaminationMarker]) -> str:
+    if not markers:
+        return (
+            '<div class="prompt-card"><h3>Contamination markers</h3>'
+            '<p class="muted">No contamination kinds inspected.</p></div>'
+        )
+    rows = []
+    for marker in markers:
+        active = marker.to_dict()["active"]
+        status = "ACTIVE" if active else ("cleared" if marker.cleared else "absent")
+        css = "badge-blocked" if active else "badge-health-ok"
+        rows.append(
+            "<tr>"
+            f"<td><code>{escape(marker.kind)}</code></td>"
+            f"<td>{_badge(status, css)}</td>"
+            f"<td>{escape(marker.reason_class or '—')}</td>"
+            f"<td><code>{escape(marker.session_id or '—')}</code></td>"
+            f"<td>{escape(marker.command_summary or marker.summary)}</td>"
+            "</tr>"
+        )
+    return f"""<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Contamination markers (#630 / #671)</h3>
+  <p class="muted">Durable markers only — never silent when present. Clearance is reconciler-only.</p>
+  <table class="registry">
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Kind</th>
+        <th>State</th>
+        <th>Reason class</th>
+        <th>Session</th>
+        <th>Summary</th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      {"".join(rows)}
+    </tbody>
+  </table>
+</div>"""
+
+
+def _recovery_section(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    items = []
+    for doc in snapshot.recovery_docs:
+        items.append(
+            "<li>"
+            f"<code>{escape(doc['path'])}</code> — "
+            f"<strong>{escape(doc['label'])}</strong>: {escape(doc['note'])}"
+            "</li>"
+        )
+    return f"""<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Sanctioned recovery (read-only)</h3>
+  <p class="muted">This view does <strong>not</strong> restart, kill, or take over sessions.
+  Manual <code>pkill</code> / <code>kill</code> of MCP daemons is contamination (#630), not recovery.</p>
+  <ul class="reasons">
+    {"".join(items)}
+    <li>Prefer IDE/client reconnect (<code>/mcp reconnect</code>) or an operator-owned restart recorded in the restart inventory.</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>"""
+
+
+def render_sessions_page(snapshot: SessionViewSnapshot) -> str:
+    """Render the full HTML body for the runtime/session view."""
+    error_block = ""
+    if snapshot.fetch_error:
+        error_block = (
+            f'<div class="health-card health-stale"><strong>Partial load:</strong> '
+            f"{escape(snapshot.fetch_error)}</div>"
+        )
+    if snapshot.runtime.fetch_error:
+        error_block += (
+            f'<div class="health-card health-stale"><strong>Runtime note:</strong> '
+            f"{escape(snapshot.runtime.fetch_error)}</div>"
+        )
+
+    body = f"""
+{error_block}
+{_runtime_banner(snapshot)}
+{_summary_bar(snapshot)}
+
+<div class="prompt-card">
+  <h3>Sessions</h3>
+  <p class="muted">Control-plane sessions correlated with leases and worktree bindings.
+  Stale and contamination flags are fail-soft: absence of a marker is not proof of cleanliness when inventory is degraded.
+  Lease and worktree columns read <em>unknown (inventory …)</em> when their source could not be loaded.</p>
+  {_ownership_caveat(snapshot)}
+  {_sessions_table(snapshot)}
+</div>
+
+{_namespaces_section(snapshot)}
+{_worktrees_section(snapshot)}
+{_contamination_section(snapshot.contamination_markers)}
+{_recovery_section(snapshot)}
+"""
+    return render_page(title="Sessions", body_html=f"""<h2>Runtime and sessions</h2>
+<p class="meta">Phase 1 read-only view (#641). Combines runtime health (#430) with
+unified inventory sessions/namespaces/worktrees (#636). No restart or session-takeover controls.</p>
+{body}""")

webui/system_health_views.py

@@ -278,8 +278,10 @@ def _recovery_card() -> str:
         "controls arrive in Phase 2 (#642); until then recovery runs through "
         "the sanctioned client reconnect / operator restart path.</p>"
         "<ul class='reasons'>"
-        "<li><a href='/runtime'>Runtime and session view</a> — active profile, "
+        "<li><a href='/runtime'>Runtime health</a> — active profile, workflow "
-        "workflow hashes, and shell health.</li>"
+        "hashes, and shell health.</li>"
+        "<li><a href='/sessions'>Runtime and sessions</a> — namespaces, session "
+        "rows, worktree bindings, and contamination markers (#641).</li>"
         "<li>Reconnect the MCP client from the IDE, then re-run the blocked "
         "cycle. Never kill the daemon process manually: unmanaged kills are "
         "recorded as runtime contamination (#630).</li>"