Fix TIPC integration after the `main` rebase

Carry the WG-aware py-multiaddr rev into the refreshed lock while
retaining `main`'s current dependency set.

Keep TIPC's `Multiaddr` annotation off the eager import path, and
extend lazy annotation checks for TIPC's interim `Multiaddr|str`
shape.

Prompt-IO: ai/prompt-io/opencode/20260830T045303Z_69a0e504_prompt_io.md

(this patch was generated in some part by `opencode` using
`gpt-5.6-sol` (`openai`))

.claude/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md

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----
-name: run-tests
-description: >
-  Run tractor test suite (or subsets). Use when the user wants
-  to run tests, verify changes, or check for regressions.
-argument-hint: "[test-path-or-pattern] [--opts]"
-allowed-tools:
-  - Bash(python -m pytest *)
-  - Bash(python -c *)
-  - Bash(python --version *)
-  - Bash(UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py* uv run python *)
-  - Bash(UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py* uv run pytest *)
-  - Bash(UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py* uv sync *)
-  - Bash(UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py* uv pip show *)
-  - Bash(git rev-parse *)
-  - Bash(ls *)
-  - Bash(cat *)
-  - Bash(jq * .pytest_cache/*)
-  # process inspection + SIGINT-first cleanup ladder (see
-  # the zombie-actor pre-flight / teardown steps below).
-  - Bash(ss *)
-  - Bash(pgrep *)
-  - Bash(pkill *)
-  - Bash(sleep *)
-  - Bash(rm -f /tmp/registry@*.sock)
-  - Read
-  - Grep
-  - Glob
-  - Task
-  - AskUserQuestion
----
-
-Run the `tractor` test suite using `pytest`. Follow this
-process:
-
-## 1. Parse user intent
-
-From the user's message and any arguments, determine:
-
-- **scope**: full suite, specific file(s), specific
-  test(s), or a keyword pattern (`-k`).
-- **transport**: which IPC transport protocol to test
-  against (default: `tcp`, also: `uds`).
-- **options**: any extra pytest flags the user wants
-  (e.g. `--ll debug`, `--tpdb`, `-x`, `-v`).
-
-If the user provides a bare path or pattern as argument,
-treat it as the test target. Examples:
-
-- `/run-tests` → full suite
-- `/run-tests test_local.py` → single file
-- `/run-tests test_registrar -v` → file + verbose
-- `/run-tests -k cancel` → keyword filter
-- `/run-tests tests/ipc/ --tpt-proto uds` → subdir + UDS
-
-## 2. Construct the pytest command
-
-Base command:
-```
-python -m pytest
-```
-
-### Default flags (always include unless user overrides):
-- `-x` (stop on first failure)
-- `--tb=short` (concise tracebacks)
-- `--no-header` (reduce noise)
-
-### Path resolution:
-- If the user gives a bare filename like `test_local.py`,
-  resolve it under `tests/`.
-- If the user gives a subdirectory like `ipc/`, resolve
-  under `tests/ipc/`.
-- Glob if needed: `tests/**/test_*<pattern>*.py`
-
-### Key pytest options for this project:
-
-| Flag | Purpose |
-|---|---|
-| `--ll <level>` | Set tractor log level (e.g. `debug`, `info`, `runtime`) |
-| `--tpdb` / `--debug-mode` | Enable tractor's multi-proc debugger |
-| `--tpt-proto <key>` | IPC transport: `tcp` (default) or `uds` |
-| `--spawn-backend <be>` | Spawn method: `trio` (default), `mp_spawn`, `mp_forkserver` |
-| `-k <expr>` | pytest keyword filter |
-| `-v` / `-vv` | Verbosity |
-| `-s` | No output capture (useful with `--tpdb`) |
-
-### Common combos:
-```sh
-# quick smoke test of core modules
-python -m pytest tests/test_local.py tests/test_rpc.py -x --tb=short --no-header
-
-# full suite, stop on first failure
-python -m pytest tests/ -x --tb=short --no-header
-
-# specific test with debug
-python -m pytest tests/discovery/test_registrar.py::test_reg_then_unreg -x -s --tpdb --ll debug
-
-# run with UDS transport
-python -m pytest tests/ -x --tb=short --no-header --tpt-proto uds
-
-# keyword filter
-python -m pytest tests/ -x --tb=short --no-header -k "cancel and not slow"
-```
-
-## 3. Pre-flight: venv detection (MANDATORY)
-
-**Always verify a `uv` venv is active before running
-`python` or `pytest`.** This project uses
-`UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py<MINOR>` naming (e.g.
-`py313`) — never `.venv`.
-
-### Step 1: detect active venv
-
-Run this check first:
-
-```sh
-python -c "
-import sys, os
-venv = os.environ.get('VIRTUAL_ENV', '')
-prefix = sys.prefix
-print(f'VIRTUAL_ENV={venv}')
-print(f'sys.prefix={prefix}')
-print(f'executable={sys.executable}')
-"
-```
-
-### Step 2: interpret results
-
-**Case A — venv is active** (`VIRTUAL_ENV` is set
-and points to a `py<MINOR>/` dir under the project
-root or worktree):
-
-Use bare `python` / `python -m pytest` for all
-commands. This is the normal, fast path.
-
-**Case B — no venv active** (`VIRTUAL_ENV` is empty
-or `sys.prefix` points to a system Python):
-
-Use `AskUserQuestion` to ask the user:
-
-> "No uv venv is active. Should I activate one
-> via `UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py<MINOR> uv sync`,
-> or would you prefer to activate your shell venv
-> first?"
-
-Options:
-1. **"Create/sync venv"** — run
-   `UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py<MINOR> uv sync` where
-   `<MINOR>` is detected from `python --version`
-   (e.g. `313` for 3.13). Then use
-   `py<MINOR>/bin/python` for all subsequent
-   commands in this session.
-2. **"I'll activate it myself"** — stop and let the
-   user `source py<MINOR>/bin/activate` or similar.
-
-**Case C — inside a git worktree** (`git rev-parse
---git-common-dir` differs from `--git-dir`):
-
-Verify Python resolves from the **worktree's own
-venv**, not the main repo's:
-
-```sh
-python -c "import tractor; print(tractor.__file__)"
-```
-
-If the path points outside the worktree, create a
-worktree-local venv:
-
-```sh
-UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py<MINOR> uv sync
-```
-
-Then use `py<MINOR>/bin/python` for all commands.
-
-**Why this matters**: without the correct venv,
-subprocesses spawned by tractor resolve modules
-from the wrong editable install, causing spurious
-`AttributeError` / `ModuleNotFoundError`.
-
-### Fallback: `uv run`
-
-If the user can't or won't activate a venv, all
-`python` and `pytest` commands can be prefixed
-with `UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py<MINOR> uv run`:
-
-```sh
-# instead of: python -m pytest tests/ -x
-UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py313 uv run pytest tests/ -x
-
-# instead of: python -c 'import tractor'
-UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py313 uv run python -c 'import tractor'
-```
-
-`uv run` auto-discovers the project and venv,
-but is slower than a pre-activated venv due to
-lock-file resolution on each invocation. Prefer
-activating the venv when possible.
-
-### Step 3: import + collection checks
-
-After venv is confirmed, always run these
-(especially after refactors or module moves):
-
-```sh
-# 1. package import smoke check
-python -c 'import tractor; print(tractor)'
-
-# 2. verify all tests collect (no import errors)
-python -m pytest tests/ -x -q --co 2>&1 | tail -5
-```
-
-If either fails, fix the import error before running
-any actual tests.
-
-### Step 4: zombie-actor / stale-registry check (MANDATORY)
-
-The tractor runtime's default registry address is
-**`127.0.0.1:1616`** (TCP) / `/tmp/registry@1616.sock`
-(UDS). Whenever any prior test run — especially one
-using a fork-based backend like `subint_forkserver` —
-leaks a child actor process, that zombie keeps the
-registry port bound and **every subsequent test
-session fails to bind**, often presenting as 50+
-unrelated failures ("all tests broken"!) across
-backends.
-
-**This has to be checked before the first run AND
-after any cancelled/SIGINT'd run** — signal failures
-in the middle of a test can leave orphan children.
-
-```sh
-# 1. TCP registry — any listener on :1616? (primary signal)
-ss -tlnp 2>/dev/null | grep ':1616' || echo 'TCP :1616 free'
-
-# 2. leftover actor/forkserver procs — scoped to THIS
-#    repo's python path, so we don't false-flag legit
-#    long-running tractor-using apps (e.g. `piker`,
-#    downstream projects that embed tractor).
-pgrep -af "$(pwd)/py[0-9]*/bin/python.*_actor_child_main|subint-forkserv" \
-  | grep -v 'grep\|pgrep' \
-  || echo 'no leaked actor procs from this repo'
-
-# 3. stale UDS registry sockets
-ls -la /tmp/registry@*.sock 2>/dev/null \
-  || echo 'no leaked UDS registry sockets'
-```
-
-**Interpretation:**
-
-- **TCP :1616 free AND no stale sockets** → clean,
-  proceed. The actor-procs probe is secondary — false
-  positives are common (piker, any other tractor-
-  embedding app); only cleanup if `:1616` is bound or
-  sockets linger.
-- **TCP :1616 bound OR stale sockets present** →
-  surface PIDs + cmdlines to the user, offer cleanup:
-
-  ```sh
-  # 1. GRACEFUL FIRST (tractor is structured concurrent — it
-  #    catches SIGINT as an OS-cancel in `_trio_main` and
-  #    cascades Portal.cancel_actor via IPC to every descendant.
-  #    So always try SIGINT first with a bounded timeout; only
-  #    escalate to SIGKILL if graceful cleanup doesn't complete).
-  pkill -INT -f "$(pwd)/py[0-9]*/bin/python.*_actor_child_main|subint-forkserv"
-
-  # 2. bounded wait for graceful teardown (usually sub-second).
-  #    Loop until the processes exit, or timeout. Keep the
-  #    bound tight — hung/abrupt-killed descendants usually
-  #    hang forever, so don't wait more than a few seconds.
-  for i in $(seq 1 10); do
-    pgrep -f "$(pwd)/py[0-9]*/bin/python.*_actor_child_main|subint-forkserv" >/dev/null || break
-    sleep 0.3
-  done
-
-  # 3. ESCALATE TO SIGKILL only if graceful didn't finish.
-  if pgrep -f "$(pwd)/py[0-9]*/bin/python.*_actor_child_main|subint-forkserv" >/dev/null; then
-    echo 'graceful teardown timed out — escalating to SIGKILL'
-    pkill -9 -f "$(pwd)/py[0-9]*/bin/python.*_actor_child_main|subint-forkserv"
-  fi
-
-  # 4. if a test zombie holds :1616 specifically and doesn't
-  #    match the above pattern, find its PID the hard way:
-  ss -tlnp 2>/dev/null | grep ':1616'   # prints `users:(("<name>",pid=NNNN,...))`
-  # then (same SIGINT-first ladder):
-  # kill -INT <NNNN>; sleep 1; kill -9 <NNNN> 2>/dev/null
-
-  # 5. remove stale UDS sockets
-  rm -f /tmp/registry@*.sock
-
-  # 6. re-verify
-  ss -tlnp 2>/dev/null | grep ':1616' || echo 'TCP :1616 now free'
-  ```
-
-**Never ignore stale registry state.** If you see the
-"all tests failing" pattern — especially
-`trio.TooSlowError` / connection refused / address in
-use on many unrelated tests — check registry **before**
-spelunking into test code. The failure signature will
-be identical across backends because they're all
-fighting for the same port.
-
-**False-positive warning for step 2:** a plain
-`pgrep -af '_actor_child_main'` will also match
-legit long-running tractor-embedding apps (e.g.
-`piker` at `~/repos/piker/py*/bin/python3 -m
-tractor._child ...`). Always scope to the current
-repo's python path, or only use step 1 (`:1616`) as
-the authoritative signal.
-
-## 4. Run and report
-
-- Run the constructed command.
-- Use a timeout of **600000ms** (10min) for full suite
-  runs, **120000ms** (2min) for single-file runs.
-- If the suite is large (full `tests/`), consider running
-  in the background and checking output when done.
-- Use `--lf` (last-failed) to re-run only previously
-  failing tests when iterating on a fix.
-
-### On failure:
-- Show the failing test name(s) and short traceback.
-- If the failure looks related to recent changes, point
-  out the likely cause and suggest a fix.
-- **Check the known-flaky list** (section 8) before
-  investigating — don't waste time on pre-existing
-  timeout issues.
-- **NEVER auto-commit fixes.** If you apply a code fix
-  during test iteration, leave it unstaged. Tell the
-  user what changed and suggest they review the
-  worktree state, stage files manually, and use
-  `/commit-msg` (inline or in a separate session) to
-  generate the commit message. The human drives all
-  `git add` and `git commit` operations.
-
-### On success:
-- Report the pass/fail/skip counts concisely.
-
-## 5. Test directory layout (reference)
-
-```
-tests/
-├── conftest.py          # root fixtures, daemon, signals
-├── devx/                # debugger/tooling tests
-├── ipc/                 # transport protocol tests
-├── msg/                 # messaging layer tests
-├── discovery/           # discovery subsystem tests
-│   ├── test_multiaddr.py  # multiaddr construction
-│   └── test_registrar.py  # registry/discovery protocol
-├── test_local.py        # registrar + local actor basics
-├── test_rpc.py          # RPC error handling
-├── test_spawning.py     # subprocess spawning
-├── test_multi_program.py  # multi-process tree tests
-├── test_cancellation.py # cancellation semantics
-├── test_context_stream_semantics.py  # ctx streaming
-├── test_inter_peer_cancellation.py   # peer cancel
-├── test_infected_asyncio.py  # trio-in-asyncio
-└── ...
-```
-
-## 6. Change-type → test mapping
-
-After modifying specific modules, run the corresponding
-test subset first for fast feedback:
-
-| Changed module(s) | Run these tests first |
-|---|---|
-| `runtime/_runtime.py`, `runtime/_state.py` | `test_local.py test_rpc.py test_spawning.py test_root_runtime.py` |
-| `discovery/` (`_registry`, `_discovery`, `_addr`) | `tests/discovery/ test_multi_program.py test_local.py` |
-| `_context.py`, `_streaming.py` | `test_context_stream_semantics.py test_advanced_streaming.py` |
-| `ipc/` (`_chan`, `_server`, `_transport`) | `tests/ipc/ test_2way.py` |
-| `runtime/_portal.py`, `runtime/_rpc.py` | `test_rpc.py test_cancellation.py` |
-| `spawn/` (`_spawn`, `_entry`) | `test_spawning.py test_multi_program.py` |
-| `devx/debug/` | `tests/devx/test_debugger.py` (slow!) |
-| `to_asyncio.py` | `test_infected_asyncio.py test_root_infect_asyncio.py` |
-| `msg/` | `tests/msg/` |
-| `_exceptions.py` | `test_remote_exc_relay.py test_inter_peer_cancellation.py` |
-| `runtime/_supervise.py` | `test_cancellation.py test_spawning.py` |
-
-## 7. Quick-check shortcuts
-
-### After refactors (fastest first-pass):
-```sh
-# import + collect check
-python -c 'import tractor' && python -m pytest tests/ -x -q --co 2>&1 | tail -3
-
-# core subset (~10s)
-python -m pytest tests/test_local.py tests/test_rpc.py tests/test_spawning.py tests/discovery/test_registrar.py -x --tb=short --no-header
-```
-
-### Inspect last failures (without re-running):
-
-When the user asks "what failed?", "show failures",
-or wants to check the last-failed set before
-re-running — read the pytest cache directly. This
-is instant and avoids test collection overhead.
-
-```sh
-python -c "
-import json, pathlib, sys
-p = pathlib.Path('.pytest_cache/v/cache/lastfailed')
-if not p.exists():
-    print('No lastfailed cache found.'); sys.exit()
-data = json.loads(p.read_text())
-# filter to real test node IDs (ignore junk
-# entries that can accumulate from system paths)
-tests = sorted(k for k in data if k.startswith('tests/'))
-if not tests:
-    print('No failures recorded.')
-else:
-    print(f'{len(tests)} last-failed test(s):')
-    for t in tests:
-        print(f'  {t}')
-"
-```
-
-**Why not `--cache-show` or `--co --lf`?**
-
-- `pytest --cache-show 'cache/lastfailed'` works
-  but dumps raw dict repr including junk entries
-  (stale system paths that leak into the cache).
-- `pytest --co --lf` actually *collects* tests which
-  triggers import resolution and is slow (~0.5s+).
-  Worse, when cached node IDs don't exactly match
-  current parametrize IDs (e.g. param names changed
-  between runs), pytest falls back to collecting
-  the *entire file*, giving false positives.
-- Reading the JSON directly is instant, filterable
-  to `tests/`-prefixed entries, and shows exactly
-  what pytest recorded — no interpretation.
-
-**After inspecting**, re-run the failures:
-```sh
-python -m pytest --lf -x --tb=short --no-header
-```
-
-### Full suite in background:
-When core tests pass and you want full coverage while
-continuing other work, run in background:
-```sh
-python -m pytest tests/ -x --tb=short --no-header -q
-```
-(use `run_in_background=true` on the Bash tool)
-
-## 8. Known flaky tests
-
-These tests have **pre-existing** timing/environment
-sensitivity. If they fail with `TooSlowError` or
-pexpect `TIMEOUT`, they are almost certainly NOT caused
-by your changes — note them and move on.
-
-| Test | Typical error | Notes |
-|---|---|---|
-| `devx/test_debugger.py::test_multi_nested_subactors_error_through_nurseries` | pexpect TIMEOUT | Debugger pexpect timing |
-| `test_cancellation.py::test_cancel_via_SIGINT_other_task` | TooSlowError | Signal handling race |
-| `test_inter_peer_cancellation.py::test_peer_spawns_and_cancels_service_subactor` | TooSlowError | Async timing (both param variants) |
-| `test_docs_examples.py::test_example[we_are_processes.py]` | `assert None == 0` | `__main__` missing `__file__` in subproc |
-
-**Rule of thumb**: if a test fails with `TooSlowError`,
-`trio.TooSlowError`, or `pexpect.TIMEOUT` and you didn't
-touch the relevant code path, it's flaky — skip it.
-
-## 9. The pytest-capture hang pattern (CHECK THIS FIRST)
-
-**Symptom:** a tractor test hangs indefinitely under
-default `pytest` but passes instantly when you add
-`-s` (`--capture=no`).
-
-**Cause:** tractor subactors (especially under fork-
-based backends) inherit pytest's stdout/stderr
-capture pipes via fds 1,2. Under high-volume error
-logging (e.g. multi-level cancel cascade, nested
-`run_in_actor` failures, anything triggering
-`RemoteActorError` + `ExceptionGroup` traceback
-spew), the **64KB Linux pipe buffer fills** faster
-than pytest drains it. Subactor writes block → can't
-finish exit → parent's `waitpid`/pidfd wait blocks →
-deadlock cascades up the tree.
-
-**Pre-existing guards in the tractor harness** that
-encode this same knowledge — grep these FIRST
-before spelunking:
-
-- `tests/conftest.py:258-260` (in the `daemon`
-  fixture): `# XXX: too much logging will lock up
-  the subproc (smh)` — downgrades `trace`/`debug`
-  loglevel to `info` to prevent the hang.
-- `tests/conftest.py:316`: `# can lock up on the
-  _io.BufferedReader and hang..` — noted on the
-  `proc.stderr.read()` post-SIGINT.
-
-**Debug recipe (in priority order):**
-
-1. **Try `-s` first.** If the hang disappears with
-   `pytest -s`, you've confirmed it's capture-pipe
-   fill. Skip spelunking.
-2. **Lower the loglevel.** Default `--ll=error` on
-   this project; if you've bumped it to `debug` /
-   `info`, try dropping back. Each log level
-   multiplies pipe-pressure under fault cascades.
-3. **If you MUST use default capture + high log
-   volume**, redirect subactor stdout/stderr in the
-   child prelude (e.g.
-   `tractor.spawn._subint_forkserver._child_target`
-   post-`_close_inherited_fds`) to `/dev/null` or a
-   file.
-
-**Signature tells you it's THIS bug (vs. a real
-code hang):**
-
-- Multi-actor test under fork-based backend
-  (`subint_forkserver`, eventually `trio_proc` too
-  under enough log volume).
-- Multiple `RemoteActorError` / `ExceptionGroup`
-  tracebacks in the error path.
-- Test passes with `-s` in the 5-10s range, hangs
-  past pytest-timeout (usually 30+ s) without `-s`.
-- Subactor processes visible via `pgrep -af
-  subint-forkserv` or similar after the hang —
-  they're alive but blocked on `write()` to an
-  inherited stdout fd.
-
-**Historical reference:** this deadlock cost a
-multi-session investigation (4 genuine cascade
-fixes landed along the way) that only surfaced the
-capture-pipe issue AFTER the deeper fixes let the
-tree actually tear down enough to produce pipe-
-filling log volume. Full post-mortem in
-`ai/conc-anal/subint_forkserver_test_cancellation_leak_issue.md`.
-Lesson codified here so future-me grep-finds the
-workaround before digging.
-
-## 10. Reaping zombie subactors (`tractor-reap`)
-
-**Symptom:** after a `pytest` run crashes, times out,
-or is `Ctrl+C`'d, subactor forks (esp. under
-`subint_forkserver`) can be reparented to `init`
-(PPid==1) and linger. They hold onto ports, inherit
-pytest's capture-pipe fds, and flakify later
-sessions.
-
-**Two layers of defense:**
-
-### a) Session-scoped auto-fixture (always on)
-
-`tractor/_testing/pytest.py::_reap_orphaned_subactors`
-runs at pytest session teardown. It walks `/proc` for
-direct descendants of the pytest pid, SIGINTs them,
-waits up to 3s, then SIGKILLs survivors. SC-polite:
-gives the subactor runtime a chance to run its trio
-cancel shield + IPC teardown before escalation.
-
-This is *autouse* and session-scoped — you don't need
-to do anything. It just runs.
-
-### b) `scripts/tractor-reap` CLI (manual reap)
-
-For the **pytest-died-mid-session** case (Ctrl+C, OOM
-kill, hung process you had to `kill -9`), the fixture
-never ran. Reach for the CLI:
-
-```sh
-# default: orphans (PPid==1, cwd==repo, cmd contains python)
-scripts/tractor-reap
-
-# descendant-mode: from a still-live supervisor
-scripts/tractor-reap --parent <pytest-pid>
-
-# see what would be reaped, don't signal
-scripts/tractor-reap -n
-
-# tune the SIGINT → SIGKILL grace window
-scripts/tractor-reap --grace 5
-```
-
-Exit code: `0` if everyone exited on SIGINT, `1` if
-SIGKILL had to escalate — so you can chain it in CI
-health-checks (`scripts/tractor-reap || <alert>`).
-
-**What it matches** (orphan-mode):
-- `PPid == 1` (reparented to init → definitely
-  orphaned, not just a currently-running child)
-- `cwd == <repo-root>` (keeps the sweep scoped; won't
-  touch unrelated init-children elsewhere)
-- `python` in cmdline
-
-**What it does not do:** kill anything whose PPid is
-still a live tractor parent. If the parent is alive
-it's not an orphan; use `--parent <pid>` if you need
-to force-reap under a still-live supervisor.
-
-**When NOT to run it:** while a pytest session is
-active in another terminal. It's safe (won't touch
-that session's live children in orphan-mode) but can
-race if the target session is mid-teardown.
-
-### c) `--shm` / `--shm-only`: orphan-segment sweep
-
-Because `tractor.ipc._mp_bs.disable_mantracker()`
-turns off `mp.resource_tracker` (see
-`ai/conc-anal/subint_forkserver_mp_shared_memory_issue.md`),
-a hard-crashing actor can leave `/dev/shm/<key>`
-segments behind that nothing else GCs.
-
-```sh
-# process reap THEN shm sweep
-scripts/tractor-reap --shm
-
-# shm sweep only (skip process phase)
-scripts/tractor-reap --shm-only
-
-# dry-run: list candidates, don't unlink
-scripts/tractor-reap --shm -n
-```
-
-**Match criteria** (very conservative — this is a
-shared-system path, can't be wrong):
-- segment is a regular file under `/dev/shm`,
-- owned by the **current uid** (`stat.st_uid`),
-- AND **no live process holds it open** —
-  enumerated by walking every readable
-  `/proc/<pid>/maps` (post-mmap mappings) AND
-  `/proc/<pid>/fd/*` (pre-mmap shm-opened fds).
-
-The "nobody has it open" check is the
-kernel-canonical "is this leaked?" test — same
-answer `lsof /dev/shm/<key>` would give. No
-reliance on tractor-specific naming, so it works
-for any tractor app. Critically, it WILL NOT touch
-segments held by other apps you have running
-(e.g. `piker`, `lttng-ust-*`, `aja-shm-*` —
-verified locally with 81 in-use segments correctly
-preserved).

.claude/skills/run-tests/test-harness-reference.md

@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+# Tractor Test Harness Reference
+
+This repository-local file supplements the canonical [`/run-tests` skill][1]
+from the [`ai.skillz` repository][2]. Its deployer links the shared `SKILL.md`
+into both
+`.claude/skills/run-tests/` and `.opencode/skills/run-tests/` while preserving
+this project-owned reference:
+
+```text
+bash /path/to/ai.skillz/scripts/deploy.sh run-tests /path/to/tractor --provider all --method symlink
+```
+
+Keep shared environment permission, process-signal safety, target selection,
+failure inspection, and result reporting policy in the deployed `SKILL.md`.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/baudco/ai.skillz/blob/2d4896ca7e38fe2cb3090cdefc7245be4241a6d2/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md
+[2]: https://github.com/baudco/ai.skillz
+
+## Project And Environment
+
+- Project/import: `tractor`
+- Test root: `tests/`
+- Supported Python: `>=3.13,<3.15`
+- Runner: pytest `>=9.0.3`
+- Test dependencies: the `dev` group includes the `testing` group
+- CI uses uv's default `.venv`; the Nix flake uses `py313`.
+- Run from the repository root so pytest loads `pyproject.toml`.
+- Do not use `default.nix` as current test-environment authority; it still
+  selects unsupported Python 3.12.
+
+Environment directory naming is not a harness invariant. Use an already
+verified active project environment when available. Otherwise, use an
+existing uv environment without syncing it:
+
+```text
+uv run --frozen --no-sync python -c 'import pathlib, sys, tractor; root = pathlib.Path.cwd().resolve(); mod = pathlib.Path(tractor.__file__).resolve(); print(sys.executable); print(mod); assert mod.is_relative_to(root)'
+```
+
+After module moves or collection failures, check collection with:
+
+```text
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest --collect-only -q tests/
+```
+
+Collection is not a mandatory precursor to every narrow run. Ask before
+provisioning or changing an environment.
+
+Before trusting CLI-selected runtime settings, inspect
+`TRACTOR_SPAWN_METHOD` and `TRACTOR_LOGLEVEL`. They override the spawn method
+and runtime log level passed by callers, so report active values with test
+results rather than claiming the CLI flags alone selected the runtime.
+
+## Pytest Configuration And Commands
+
+`pyproject.toml` configures:
+
+- `testpaths = ["tests"]` and `--rootdir=./tests`;
+- importlib import mode;
+- the `tractor._testing.pytest` plugin;
+- xonsh plugin disablement;
+- `--show-capture=no` and `--capture=fd`.
+
+Do not silently add `-x`, `--tb=short`, or `--no-header`; those are not
+project defaults. In a verified active environment, replace `uv run
+--frozen --no-sync pytest` below with `python -m pytest`.
+
+```text
+# Full suite
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/
+
+# Narrow file
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/test_local.py
+
+# Exact node
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/discovery/test_registrar.py::test_reg_then_unreg
+
+# Keyword selection
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/ -k 'cancel and not slow'
+
+# Previous failures
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest --lf
+```
+
+After verifying that the no-sync environment is current, these pytest
+arguments match the Linux TCP CI row:
+
+```text
+CI=1 uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/ -rsx --spawn-backend=trio --tpt-proto=tcp --capture=fd
+```
+
+## Plugin Options And Matrices
+
+Supported spawn backends:
+
+- `trio` (default)
+- `mp_spawn`
+- `mp_forkserver`
+
+Do not advertise `subint`, `subint_forkserver`, or
+`main_thread_forkserver` as runnable backends. Supported transports are
+`tcp` (default) and `uds`. Run one transport per pytest session.
+`mp_forkserver` and UDS are POSIX-only.
+
+Other Tractor plugin options include:
+
+- `--tpdb` / `--debug-mode`
+- `--ll` / `--loglevel`
+- `--tl` / `--tractor-loglevel`
+- `--enable-stackscope`
+
+Examples:
+
+```text
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/ipc/ --tpt-proto=uds
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/test_spawning.py --spawn-backend=mp_spawn
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest tests/test_spawning.py --spawn-backend=mp_forkserver --capture=sys
+```
+
+CI currently exercises Python 3.13 with the `trio` backend: TCP and UDS on
+Linux and macOS, plus an informational TCP row on Windows whose pytest step
+uses `continue-on-error`.
+
+## Registry And Transport Isolation
+
+Tests requesting the `reg_addr` fixture use addresses randomized per session:
+an unreserved unprivileged loopback port for TCP or a unique socket name under
+the platform runtime directory for UDS. A TCP collision remains possible.
+
+The runtime fallback remains `127.0.0.1:1616` or `registry@1616.sock`.
+Inspect that fallback only when the selected test intentionally uses runtime
+defaults or a failure identifies that address. Do not perform a mandatory
+`:1616` preflight or assume UDS sockets live under `/tmp`.
+
+## Capture And Hang Diagnosis
+
+Normal capture is `fd`. Use `--capture=sys` with `mp_forkserver`; some tests
+switch to `capsys`, but the harness does not enforce that suite-wide.
+
+For a suspected capture interaction, compare only the exact node:
+
+```text
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest <node> --capture=sys
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest <node> -s
+```
+
+Treat `-s` as a diagnostic comparison, not a pass-equivalent workaround. Do
+not use it to reinterpret an ordinary captured pass. Interactive `--tpdb` or
+`tractor.pause()` sessions are different: they require a real TTY and disabled
+capture, normally `-s`.
+
+Do not add a global pytest timeout. `fail_after_w_trace` is Trio-cooperative;
+`afk_alarm_w_trace` is a POSIX main-thread `SIGALRM` hard backstop and can
+raise asynchronously. Use the latter only as a last resort, not as a generally
+Trio-safe timeout replacement.
+
+For live task-tree diagnosis:
+
+```text
+uv run --frozen --no-sync python -c 'import stackscope'
+uv run --frozen --no-sync pytest <node> --enable-stackscope --capture=sys
+kill -USR1 <pytest-pid>
+```
+
+The import check and pytest command must use the same environment. Do not send
+SIGUSR1 if the import fails or setup warns that stackscope or SIGUSR1 is
+unavailable: without the installed handler, SIGUSR1 normally terminates the
+target process. Signal a subactor only after separately confirming that it
+installed the same handler.
+
+Stackscope appends dumps to `/tmp/tractor-stackscope-<pid>.log`, including when
+pytest capture hides terminal output. SIGUSR1 stackscope is unavailable on
+Windows and degrades to a no-op there.
+
+When a trace guard actually fires and snapshot capture succeeds, it writes
+under `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/tractor/hung-dumps/`, falling back beneath
+`~/.cache/tractor/hung-dumps/`, and prints an end-of-session index. A normal
+non-timeout run creates no snapshot.
+
+## Cleanup And `tractor-reap`
+
+On Linux, normal pytest teardown discovers surviving descendants through
+`/proc`, sends SIGINT, waits three seconds, then escalates survivors to
+SIGKILL. It does not sweep shared memory and cannot run if pytest never reaches
+fixture teardown.
+
+Process discovery is a no-op off Linux. UDS PID liveness also depends on
+`/proc`; on macOS, recognized PID-named sockets can therefore be classified as
+dead without proof. The session-scoped autouse fixture currently passes those
+candidates directly to `reap_uds()` at teardown. Do not treat its non-Linux
+classification as proof of orphanhood or run concurrent live Tractor sessions
+against the same UDS bindspace.
+
+Use the CLI in inspection-only mode first:
+
+`--shm` and `--shm-only` are Linux/FreeBSD-only and raise
+`NotImplementedError` elsewhere. On other platforms, use the UDS-only command.
+
+```text
+uv run --frozen --no-sync scripts/tractor-reap -n
+uv run --frozen --no-sync scripts/tractor-reap --parent <pytest-pid> -n
+uv run --frozen --no-sync scripts/tractor-reap --shm --uds -n
+uv run --frozen --no-sync scripts/tractor-reap --uds-only -n
+```
+
+Direct `scripts/tractor-reap` execution is acceptable only after verifying its
+`python3` shebang resolves the intended project environment.
+
+Review every candidate before requesting a mutating run:
+
+- default orphan mode is not repository-scoped;
+- `--parent` trusts the supplied PID and can include non-Tractor children;
+- `--shm` scans all current-user candidate files, not just Tractor-named
+  files;
+- `--uds` treats `registry@1616.sock` as removable even if a live default UDS
+  registrar uses it.
+
+Dry-run output prints only the initially matched root PIDs. A mutating run can
+recursively expand those roots to additional descendants when `psutil` is
+available. Inspect the descendant process tree separately; `-n` is not exact
+signal-set parity and does not by itself authorize signaling unseen children.
+
+The canonical skill owns signaling and unlinking authorization.
+
+## Test Layout And Change Mapping
+
+| Changed area | Run first |
+|---|---|
+| `tractor/runtime/_runtime.py`, `_state.py`, `tractor/_root.py` | `tests/test_local.py`, `tests/test_root_runtime.py`, `tests/test_runtime.py`, `tests/test_rpc.py` |
+| `tractor/runtime/_portal.py`, `_rpc.py` | `tests/test_rpc.py`, `tests/test_cancellation.py` |
+| `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` | `tests/test_cancellation.py`, `tests/test_spawning.py` |
+| `tractor/discovery/` | `tests/discovery/`, `tests/test_local.py` |
+| `tractor/ipc/` | `tests/ipc/`, `tests/test_2way.py`, `tests/test_shm.py` as relevant |
+| `tractor/spawn/` | `tests/test_spawning.py`, `tests/discovery/test_multi_program.py`, `tests/test_cancellation.py` |
+| `tractor/_context.py`, `_streaming.py` | `tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py`, `tests/test_advanced_streaming.py`, `tests/test_legacy_one_way_streaming.py` |
+| `tractor/to_asyncio.py` | `tests/test_infected_asyncio.py`, `tests/test_root_infect_asyncio.py` |
+| `tractor/msg/` | `tests/msg/` |
+| `tractor/devx/` | `tests/devx/`; debugger tests use pexpect and are comparatively slow |
+| `tractor/_exceptions.py` | `tests/test_remote_exc_relay.py`, `tests/test_reg_err_types.py`, `tests/test_inter_peer_cancellation.py`, `tests/test_cancellation.py`, `tests/msg/` |
+
+Current subdirectories include `discovery/`, `ipc/`, `msg/`, `devx/`, and
+`trionics/`. There is no `tests/spawn/` directory.
+
+## Expected Outcomes
+
+Do not maintain a blanket known-flaky exemption list. Classify only current
+explicit skip or xfail marks and exact expected signatures. Notable tracked
+outcomes include:
+
+- duplicate-name `n_dups=4` and `n_dups=8` variants in
+  `tests/discovery/test_multi_program.py` are non-strict xfails;
+- `tests/test_ringbuf.py` is module-skipped;
+- some documentation examples have explicit macOS-CI skips.
+
+A generic `TooSlowError` or `pexpect.TIMEOUT` is not enough to classify a
+failure as pre-existing.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ jobs:
     name: '${{ matrix.os }} Python${{ matrix.python-version }} spawn_backend=${{ matrix.spawn_backend }} tpt_proto=${{ matrix.tpt_proto }}'
     timeout-minutes: 16
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    # Windows support is nascent: its full test suite remains
+    # informational, while setup and the `import tractor` smoke below
+    # are hard signals. Promote the test step to required once the
+    # suite is green.
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [
           ubuntu-latest,
           macos-latest,
+          windows-latest,
         ]
         python-version: [
           '3.13',
@@ -117,13 +122,22 @@ jobs:
         tpt_proto: [
           'tcp',
           'uds',
+          'tipc',
         ]
-        # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/26253#discussioncomment-3250989
         exclude:
-          # don't do UDS run on macOS (for now)
-          - os: macos-latest
+          # UDS is POSIX-only; Windows has no `AF_UNIX` so the
+          # backend is intentionally unavailable there.
+          - os: windows-latest
             tpt_proto: 'uds'
 
+          # `AF_TIPC` is a Linux-kernel protocol; exclude every
+          # non-Linux runner.
+          - os: macos-latest
+            tpt_proto: 'tipc'
+
+          - os: windows-latest
+            tpt_proto: 'tipc'
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -150,7 +164,32 @@ jobs:
       - name: List deps tree
         run: uv tree
 
+      # hard signal for the Windows import-safety fix: `import
+      # tractor` must succeed everywhere, and `HAS_UDS` reflects
+      # platform capability (False on Windows, True on POSIX).
+      - name: 'Smoke: import tractor'
+        run: uv run python -c "import sys; import tractor; from tractor.ipc._uds import HAS_UDS; assert sys.platform != 'win32' or not HAS_UDS; print('import tractor OK | HAS_UDS=', HAS_UDS)"
+
+      # XXX `AF_TIPC` needs its kernel module loaded! It ships
+      # with the standard ubuntu kernel package but is NOT loaded
+      # by default, so a bare `--tpt-proto=tipc` run would
+      # otherwise fail at the first `.bind()`.
+      #
+      # If GH's runners ever refuse the `modprobe`, the fallback
+      # is a container job w/ `--cap-add NET_ADMIN`.
+      - name: 'Load the `tipc` kernel module'
+        if: matrix.tpt_proto == 'tipc'
+        run: |
+          sudo modprobe tipc
+          tipc node get address
+          uv run python -c "from tractor.ipc._tipc import TIPCAddress; ok, why = TIPCAddress.is_available(); assert ok, why; print('AF_TIPC available')"
+
       - name: Run tests
+        # Actor/PTY scheduling on macOS can fail a different
+        # timing-sensitive node between otherwise-green runs. Retry
+        # only that matrix leg; deterministic failures still fail
+        # after the final attempt.
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
         run: >
           uv run
           pytest
@@ -159,6 +198,8 @@ jobs:
           --spawn-backend=${{ matrix.spawn_backend }}
           --tpt-proto=${{ matrix.tpt_proto }}
           --capture=fd
+          --reruns=${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && 2 || 0 }}
+          --reruns-delay=1
 
   # XXX legacy NOTE XXX
   #

.gitignore

@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ Session.vim
 # -[ ] everything should be put under a `.gish/` no?
 gitea/
 gh/
+# NOTE, `gh issue create` writes its local cache under the
+# `<backend>/<repo>/<kind>/<num>.md` path, so the dir is named for
+# the *service* not the CLI.
+github/
 
 # ------ macOS ------
 # Finder metadata
@@ -168,3 +172,267 @@ gh/
 
 # LLM conversations that should remain private
 docs/conversations/
+
+# BEGIN ai.skillz: direct:symlink:claude:run-tests
+/.claude/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md
+# END ai.skillz: direct:symlink:claude:run-tests
+
+# BEGIN ai.skillz: direct:symlink:opencode:run-tests
+/.opencode/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md
+# END ai.skillz: direct:symlink:opencode:run-tests
+
+# BEGIN ai.skillz: direct:symlink:opencode:command:run-tests
+/.opencode/commands/run-tests.md
+# END ai.skillz: direct:symlink:opencode:command:run-tests
+
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+
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+# `_ria_nursery` removal plan (issue #477 follow-up)
+
+Goal: drop the secondary "run-in-actor" spawn nursery (and
+friends) from `ActorNursery`/spawn internals, now that
+`tractor.to_actor.run()` delivers one-shot semantics purely on
+the daemon-spawn + portal primitives.
+
+## Verified machinery map (2026-07-02, wkt @ a34aaf98)
+
+The entire mechanism is 4 files:
+
+- `runtime/_supervise.py`
+  - `ActorNursery.__init__(.., ria_nursery, ..)` stores
+    `._ria_nursery` (:202, :238); sole read is
+    `run_in_actor()` passing `nursery=self._ria_nursery`
+    (:442) into `start_actor()`'s `nursery:
+    trio.Nursery|None` escape-hatch param (:305, :367).
+  - `._cancel_after_result_on_exit: set` (:244) marks ria
+    portals (:457).
+  - `_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery()` nests
+    `da_nursery` (:609) around `ria_nursery` (:622); the
+    `finally:` at the ria->da boundary (:747-766) raises
+    collected `errors` (single exc or BEG).
+- `runtime/_portal.py`
+  - `._expect_result_ctx` (:112) set by `_submit_for_result()`
+    (:142, sole caller `run_in_actor()`); consumed by
+    `wait_for_result()` (:167) + deprecated `result()` (:220).
+    The `None` branch (:184-196) returns the `NoResult`
+    sentinel (`_exceptions.py:1164`).
+- `spawn/_spawn.py`
+  - `exhaust_portal()` (:129): awaits
+    `portal.wait_for_result()`, CATCHES+RETURNS any exc
+    (never raises).
+  - `cancel_on_completion()` (:177): `exhaust_portal()` ->
+    on exc-result stash `errors[uid] = result` (:203) ->
+    ALWAYS `portal.cancel_actor()` (:218).
+- `spawn/_trio.py` (:195-222) + `spawn/_mp.py` (:187-213),
+  identical shape: after shielded
+  `await an._join_procs.wait()`, open a per-child local
+  nursery; IFF `portal in an._cancel_after_result_on_exit`
+  start `cancel_on_completion` alongside `soft_kill()`; when
+  `soft_kill` returns first, `nursery.cancel_scope.cancel()`
+  reaps the result-waiter.
+
+## The load-bearing semantic (already-deferred errors)
+
+Remote ria-child errors NEVER raise into `ria_nursery`:
+
+1. reaper tasks only START after `_join_procs.set()` (block
+   exit or the inner error handler),
+2. `exhaust_portal` swallows the exc into a return value,
+3. `cancel_on_completion` stashes it in `errors` + cancels
+   that child,
+4. the ria->da `finally:` re-raises collected `errors` (and
+   `an.cancel()`s any daemon stragglers).
+
+So mid-block there is NO error propagation from ria children
+(unless user code explicitly `await portal.wait_for_result()`s)
+— the two-nursery nesting only sequences "reap ria results
+BEFORE blocking on daemon join". A single-nursery impl only
+needs to preserve that sequencing, not any ASAP-cancel
+behavior.
+
+## Target design
+
+### step A: single-nursery `run_in_actor()` (mechanical)
+
+- `run_in_actor()` spawns via the DEFAULT (`_da_nursery`)
+  path — drop `nursery=self._ria_nursery`.
+- rename `._cancel_after_result_on_exit` ->
+  `._ria_portals: dict[portal, Actor]` (need the subactor ref
+  for `cancel_on_completion`).
+- move reaper start-up OUT of the backends into
+  `_open_and_supervise...`: immediately after EACH
+  `an._join_procs.set()` call-site (happy path :642, inner
+  error handler :661), start one
+  `cancel_on_completion(portal, subactor, errors)` task per
+  ria portal into `da_nursery`, then (happy path only)
+  `await` their completion BEFORE falling out of the
+  `try:`/`finally:` that raises `errors` — e.g. gather in a
+  dedicated inner `trio.open_nursery()` block replacing
+  today's `ria_nursery` join point.
+- delete the membership branch + local reaper nursery from
+  `_trio.py`/`_mp.py` (keep the `soft_kill()` call; the
+  per-child local nursery collapses to just `soft_kill`).
+- `_trio.py:310` `_children.pop()` etc. unchanged.
+
+### step B: delete the plumbing
+
+- `_open_and_supervise...`: drop the inner
+  `ria_nursery` + merge its `except BaseException` classify
+  logic into ONE handler on the (now single) nursery scope;
+  `ActorNursery.__init__` loses the `ria_nursery` param.
+- `start_actor()` loses the `nursery:` escape-hatch param
+  (the :302-304 TODO).
+- backends: no more `_cancel_after_result_on_exit` refs.
+
+### step C: (separate PRs) deprecate + migrate + excise
+
+- migrate in-repo `.run_in_actor()` usage to
+  `to_actor.run()`: tests 46 hits/9 files (test_cancellation
+  15, test_infected_asyncio 10, test_spawning 8, registrar 3,
+  adv_streaming 4, pubsub 2, rpc 1, runtime 1), examples 28
+  hits/13 files (debugging/* dominate), docs 20 hits/8 rst
+  files. NOTE: many sites also use deprecated
+  `Portal.result()`/`wait_for_result()` — these die with
+  `_expect_result_ctx`, so migration must land FIRST.
+- add `DeprecationWarning` to `run_in_actor()` (+
+  `_submit_for_result`/`wait_for_result`).
+- final excision: `run_in_actor()`, `_submit_for_result`,
+  `_expect_result_ctx`, `wait_for_result`/`result`,
+  `exhaust_portal`, `cancel_on_completion`, `NoResult`.
+
+## Risk register
+
+1. hard-killed ria child: today the backend-local
+   `nursery.cancel_scope.cancel()` discards a still-parked
+   reaper when the proc dies first; a da_nursery-hosted
+   reaper instead sees the transport break ->
+   `exhaust_portal` returns a `TransportClosed`-ish exc ->
+   NEW entry in `errors` that today gets discarded. Guard:
+   reap-gather block must cancel remaining reapers once all
+   ria procs are dead, or filter transport-death excs for
+   already-`cancel_called` children.
+2. error-path ordering: inner handler today sets
+   `_join_procs` THEN `an.cancel()`; reapers race the
+   cancel-RPC. Keep that ordering when moving reaper spawn.
+3. debugger interplay: `maybe_wait_for_debugger()` calls
+   (:654, :730) must stay BEFORE any reap/cancel issuance.
+4. `errors` double-entry: local body error (:646) + child's
+   relayed exc (via reaper) can both land for the same
+   scenario -> BEG shape changes vs today? (today has the
+   same dual-write sites; keep behavior identical.)
+5. mp backend parity: mirror every `_trio.py` edit in
+   `_mp.py` (identical block).
+
+## Step-A first-probe findings (2026-07-02, WIP in tree)
+
+Step A is IMPLEMENTED (uncommitted):
+`run_in_actor()` spawns via da_nursery; new
+`_supervise._reap_ria_portals()` helper; reap awaited after
+happy-path `_join_procs.set()`; error-path runs reap
+CONCURRENT with `an.cancel()` in the shielded block;
+backends stripped of the membership branch + per-child
+reaper nursery (+ dead imports).
+
+Probe history (trio backend):
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` + `tests/test_spawning.py`:
+  20/20 PASS — incl. all `run_in_actor()` result
+  round-trips + `test_remote_error` (single erroring child,
+  body re-raise -> inner error path).
+- FIRST attempt ran the error-path reap CONCURRENT with
+  `an.cancel()` (mimicking the old backend-side race):
+  `test_cancellation.py::test_multierror` (2 erroring ria
+  children, body re-raises one) DEADLOCKED. Root cause per
+  the sequencing fix below: reap + cancel must NOT race at
+  this layer (suspected `._children` pop-during-iteration
+  and/or double-cancel RPC wedge; not fully root-caused
+  since the fix removes the race wholesale).
+- FIX (2nd attempt, current impl): error path SEQUENCES:
+  (1) snapshot ria `(portal, subactor)` pairs (backend
+  `finally`s pop `._children` as procs reap), (2)
+  `await an.cancel()`, (3) bounded reap over the snapshot.
+  Bound was first 3s -> blew the `fail_after` deadline in
+  `test_cancel_while_childs_child_in_sync_sleep` (hard-
+  killed grandchild never relays => reaper parks the full
+  bound). Tightened to 0.5s: anything collectable is
+  already queued in the local ctx (relayed BEFORE the
+  cancel); a parked reaper self-cleans (`trio.Cancelled`
+  results are never stashed).
+- RESULT: `tests/test_cancellation.py` FULLY GREEN
+  (20 passed, 1 xfailed, 77s); full-suite gate run kicked
+  off same session (see final report/next session).
+
+Remaining risk: on slow CI a relayed-but-undelivered error
+racing the 0.5s bound could drop an `errors` entry
+(BEG-shape flake); if observed, scale the bound via the
+`cpu_perf_headroom()`-style approach or peek
+`Portal._final_result_msg`/ctx queue state instead of
+time-bounding.
+
+## Step-B outcome (2026-07-02, done in tree)
+
+Step A landed as `5cd190c5` (code) + `99310269` (docs).
+Step B implemented on top (uncommitted):
+
+- `._ria_nursery` is GONE — the inner
+  `async with (collapse_eg(), trio.open_nursery() as
+  ria_nursery)` layer in
+  `_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery` is deleted;
+  `da_nursery` is now the single nursery for ALL subactors.
+- `ActorNursery.__init__` drops the `ria_nursery` param +
+  the `self._ria_nursery` attr; `start_actor()` drops its
+  `nursery=` escape-hatch param (uses `self._da_nursery`
+  directly).
+- `._cancel_after_result_on_exit` STAYS — it's the
+  ria-child discriminator for `_reap_ria_portals()`.
+
+Deliberately NOT done (deferred to its own higher-risk PR,
+flagged with a TODO at the outer `except`): merging the two
+error handlers into one. Rationale — collapsing the empty
+nursery is provably behavior-preserving (a zero-task
+`trio.open_nursery()` only adds a checkpoint), whereas the
+inner `except BaseException` (swallow-into-`errors`) and
+outer `except (...)` (re-raise, safety-net for the inner
+handler's own non-shielded awaits) have DIFFERENT
+semantics; merging changes error/cancel propagation and
+wants isolated review + its own gate. Both handlers are
+kept, now nested directly under the single nursery.
+
+Why the collapse is safe: post-step-A NOTHING spawns into
+`ria_nursery` (its only reader, `run_in_actor`'s
+`nursery=self._ria_nursery`, was removed in A; the stored
+attr was never read again). So the layer was pure dead
+weight.
+
+Gate (trio backend, all 0-failure):
+- targeted set (`test_cancellation test_spawning test_local
+  test_rpc test_to_actor`) = 49 passed, 1 xfailed.
+- tail set (`test_reg_err_types remote_exc_relay
+  resource_cache ringbuf root_infect_asyncio root_runtime
+  runtime shm task_broadcasting trioisms trionics/`) = 63
+  passed, 1 skipped, 5 xfailed.
+- full-suite head ~73% (subdirs + `test_2way`..`test_pubsub`)
+  = 303 passed before the known-flaky `test_dynamic_pub_sub`
+  TooSlowError stall (pre-existing; same hang in the step-A
+  full run). Suite ran slow this session (~13min vs 555s
+  cold, likely thermal from back-to-back runs), never
+  completing within an 800s bound — but split across the
+  above three runs EVERY module passed under step B.
+
+## Step-B2 outcome (2026-07-02, done in tree)
+
+Step B committed as `9201a2ed` (code) + `d2e812fb` (docs), then
+branched to `drop_ria_nursery`. Step B2 (the deferred
+handler-merge) implemented on top (uncommitted):
+
+- the two nested handlers in
+  `_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery` collapse to
+  ONE `except BaseException as _scope_err` + the existing
+  `finally`. The `outer_err`/`inner_err` locals go away.
+
+Why it's safe (trace, not hope): the OLD inner handler records
+`errors[actor.aid.uid]` as its FIRST statement (before any
+await). So whenever an error path runs, `errors` is non-empty.
+The OLD outer handler was only reachable via leakage from the
+inner handler (it catches `BaseException`, so nothing from the
+`yield` scope bypasses it) — and by then `errors` is already
+populated, so the `finally`'s `raise` from `errors` ALWAYS
+superseded the outer handler's own `raise`. i.e. the outer
+`raise` was dead. The outer handler's other effects
+(`_scope_error`, a 2nd debugger-wait, child-cancel) are
+redundant with the merged handler + `finally`. So one handler
++ `finally` is observably equivalent.
+
+Residual nuance (accepted): in the rare "`trio.Cancelled`
+delivered during the non-shielded `maybe_wait_for_debugger`"
+path, the merged form may leave `_cancel_called` False (cancel
+happens after the wait), so `open_nursery`'s tb-hiding guard
+(`not cancel_called and _scope_error`) can show a tb it
+previously hid. More informative, not less; no test asserts on
+it.
+
+Gate (box ran ~2.7x slow this session, load-induced
+`TooSlowError` flakiness on timing tests — NOT code; see
+[[env_cpu_throttle_masquerades_as_regression]]):
+- baseline (pre-B2 tip `9201a2ed`) full suite
+  (`-k 'not dynamic_pub_sub'`) = 300 passed + 1
+  `test_ext_types_over_ipc` `TooSlowError` that passes 6/6 in
+  isolation (4.89s).
+- B2 error/cancel gate (`test_cancellation remote_exc_relay
+  inter_peer_cancellation advanced_faults oob_cancellation
+  to_actor spawning local rpc`) = 71 passed, 1 xfailed
+  (125s).
+- B2 full-suite run: see `b2_full.log` (result appended on
+  completion). RECOMMEND a clean full-suite run on a
+  normal-speed box before this merges.
+
+## Regression + fix: ria-reap hang (2026-07-02)
+
+Human hit a full-suite hang on
+`test_infected_asyncio.py::test_tractor_cancels_aio`. Bisected:
+passes at pre-ria `a34aaf98` (0.59s), hangs at B2 `e617b498`
+(90s+). Root-caused to the STEP-A reaper hoist (`5cd190c5`),
+NOT B2 (`_reap_ria_portals` is byte-identical A->B2).
+
+Bug: the test does `run_in_actor(asyncio_actor)` then a USER
+`portal.cancel_actor()` and exits the block cleanly -> the
+happy path's `await _reap_ria_portals()`, which waits UNBOUNDED
+on `cancel_on_completion -> wait_for_result()`. The child was
+cancelled out-of-band so no final result is relayed -> parked
+forever. The OLD spawn-backend reaper was raced against
+`soft_kill()` (per-child nursery `cancel_scope.cancel()` on
+subproc death); the hoist dropped that race.
+
+Fix: `_reap_ria_portals()` runs each `cancel_on_completion()`
+in a local nursery alongside a `proc.poll()` death-watch that
+cancels the parked reaper once the subproc exits — restoring
+the old race, backend-agnostic (guarded by
+`hasattr(proc, 'poll')` for a future `subint` handle).
+
+Why POLL (`proc.poll()`) not the event-driven `wait_func`:
+the mp waiter (`_spawn.proc_waiter`) does
+`wait_readable(proc.sentinel)`, and `soft_kill()` is ALREADY
+awaiting that same fd concurrently in the daemon nursery — a
+2nd `wait_readable` on one fd raises `trio.BusyResourceError`.
+(`trio.Process.wait()` IS multi-waiter-safe, but mp has no
+async equivalent.) `proc.poll()` — the same liveness check
+`soft_kill` itself falls back to — is the conflict-free common
+denominator. Verified: poll-fix passes on BOTH trio and
+mp_spawn.
+
+Also added a per-test anti-hang guard: wrapped
+`test_tractor_cancels_aio`'s `main()` in
+`with trio.fail_after(9 * cpu_perf_headroom())` — the blessed
+pattern (`pytest-timeout`'s global cap is intentionally off;
+breaks trio under fork backends, see `pyproject` NOTE). So a
+future recurrence FAILS FAST instead of hanging the suite.
+(Several other tests in the file are still guardless —
+`test_aio_simple_error`, `test_trio_error_cancels_intertask_chan`,
+`test_aio_errors_and_channel_propagates_and_closes` — candidate
+follow-up sweep.)
+
+Lesson: the B2 focused gate OMITTED `test_infected_asyncio`
+(and the full runs were clipped/slow), so the step-A hang
+slipped through. Any future ria-touching change MUST gate
+`test_infected_asyncio` explicitly.
+
+Gate: `test_tractor_cancels_aio` green (trio 1.53s, mp 3.98s);
+fix gate (`test_infected_asyncio test_cancellation test_to_actor
+test_spawning`) = 74 passed, 3 xfailed, 0 failures.
+
+## PAUSED (2026-07-02): re-assess the reaper's SCOPE
+
+User's insight (compelling — likely the real root cause of
+the hang, not just the missing proc-death race):
+
+> the "hoisting" of 5cd190c5 was just not really done right
+> — the hoist should have been into the `to_actor` scope,
+> not `_supervise`.
+
+The argument: `.run_in_actor()`'s result-waiting/reaping got
+hoisted into `_supervise._reap_ria_portals` (nursery-machinery
+scope), which has NO natural cancel-scope to bound a parked
+`wait_for_result()` — hence the awkward proc-death race +
+the poll-vs-`proc_waiter` dilemma. If the result-wait instead
+lived in the `to_actor` one-shot scope
+(`to_actor._invoke_in_subactor()`), it would sit right next to
+the caller's `an` + a local `trio` task-nursery + cancel-scope
+(the `trio.to_thread`-style model #477 actually wants) — so
+bounding/cancelling the wait is trivial and the hang
+dissolves from correct scoping rather than a bolt-on race.
+
+Follow-on to re-evaluate on resume:
+- should `_reap_ria_portals` exist AT ALL, or should
+  result-waiting move entirely into
+  `to_actor._invoke_in_subactor()`?
+- reimplement legacy `run_in_actor()` on top of
+  `to_actor.run()` so `_reap_ria_portals` +
+  `_cancel_after_result_on_exit` can be DROPPED from
+  `_supervise` entirely (the true #477 simplification)?
+- the poll-vs-event decision is MOOT under this re-scoping.
+
+State at pause: `test_infected_asyncio` anti-hang guard
+COMMITTED (`d1fb4a1a`, intentionally red w/o the fix — the
+user's failing-test-first convention). The poll-based reap
+fix in `_supervise.py` is UNCOMMITTED and likely SUPERSEDED
+by the re-scoping — do NOT land it as-is.
+
+## RESOLVED (2026-07-06): migrate everything, remove the API
+
+The PAUSED re-assessment concluded decisively: rather than
+re-scope `_reap_ria_portals` (or bolt any hack onto it), the
+`run_in_actor()` API itself was REMOVED — its non-blocking
+"result at teardown" semantic predates streaming and confused
+more than it served. Every in-repo caller was migrated
+per-file/-group (each its own commit, each gated):
+
+- tests: `test_infected_asyncio` `test_runtime` `test_rpc`
+  `test_spawning` `test_pubsub` `test_registrar`
+  `test_cancellation` (3 groups) `test_advanced_streaming`.
+- examples: 4 non-debugging + all 8 `debugging/` REPL scripts
+  (debugger suite byte-identical green, 28p/6s).
+- docs: 8 rst pages + the `experimental/_pubsub` docstring.
+
+Migration patterns (the `run_in_actor` shape -> successor):
+
+- blocking result        -> `to_actor.run(fn, an=an, ...)`
+- fire-&-forget/forever  -> bg `to_actor.run()` task in a local
+                            `trio` task-nursery (or `start_actor`
+                            + bg `Portal.run()` when a portal
+                            handle is needed)
+- concurrent fan-out     -> N bg `to_actor.run()` tasks / or
+                            `gather_contexts([p.open_context(..)])`
+- reap-all-error-collect -> the "collect don't cancel" pattern:
+                            each one-shot catches + stashes its
+                            `RemoteActorError`, group raised
+                            after the task-nursery joins (see
+                            `examples/debugging/multi_subactors.py`)
+- mutual-rendezvous      -> peers must OUTLIVE both dialogs:
+                            `start_actor()` daemons + concurrent
+                            `Portal.run()`s + explicit
+                            `an.cancel()` (eager one-shot reap
+                            races the slower peer's dial of the
+                            winner's dead sockaddr; found via
+                            `test_trynamic_trio` flake).
+
+Semantic deltas (tests loosened accordingly):
+
+- teardown-reap-all BEG-of-N is GONE: local task-nurseries are
+  cancel-on-first, raced siblings' `Cancelled`s are absorbed,
+  and the runtime's `collapse_eg()` unwraps every single-member
+  group at each actor boundary — a fully-raced nested tree
+  relays a bare (annotated) `RemoteActorError` chain.
+- `test_multierror_fast_nursery`'s obsolete BEG-of-25 assertion
+  deleted; `test_concurrent_start_error_reaps_all` retains its
+  high-fan-out startup/cancel/reap stress under caller-scoped
+  semantics.
+- `test_nested_multierrors` re-purposed separately as deep-tree
+  cancel-cascade stress w/ a race-tolerant shape walk.
+
+Final excision (after zero callers remained): `run_in_actor()`,
+`._cancel_after_result_on_exit`, `_reap_ria_portals()`,
+`Portal._submit_for_result/._expect_result_ctx/
+.wait_for_result()/.result()`, `exhaust_portal()`,
+`cancel_on_completion()`, `NoResult` — net -402 lines. The
+reap-hang class (unbounded `wait_for_result` in machinery
+scope) dissolves structurally: the only result-wait left lives
+in the caller's task inside its own cancel-scope; the
+`d1fb4a1a` anti-hang guard test passes by construction. The
+poll-vs-`proc_waiter` debate is moot as predicted.
+
+## Follow-up sketch: `to_actor.open_one_shot()` (run-async parity)
+
+If deferred-result parity is ever wanted, the design that needs
+NO runtime coupling, NO returned `Portal` and NO cancel-relay
+`trio.Event` machinery:
+
+    async with to_actor.open_one_shot(
+        fn, an=an, **kws,
+    ) as one_shot:
+        ...                       # concurrent caller work
+        val = await one_shot.wait()   # optional; errors always
+                                      # propagate at scope exit
+
+an `@acm` that opens a private task-nursery, `start_soon`s ONE
+task running the existing blocking `run()` and stashes the
+value in a slot + sets a done-`trio.Event` (a memo, not a
+cancel relay). Cancellation = plain scope-cancel of the acm's
+nursery (the parked `Portal.run()` unwinds via `Cancelled`, the
+shielded `cancel_actor()` reap still runs); a child error
+raises into the acm scope so an un-`wait()`ed one-shot can
+never silently drop its error. i.e. the old reaper's job is
+done by scoping, not machinery. ~40 lines, all in
+`to_actor/_api.py`, zero `_supervise` involvement.
+
+## Verification gate
+
+- per-migration-commit module gates on `trio` (+ `mp_spawn`
+  spot-gates incl. `test_infected_asyncio` per the B2 lesson);
+  `tests/devx/test_debugger.py` for the REPL flows.
+- full suite on `trio` + `mp_spawn` at branch tip + CI matrix
+  via draft PR #484.

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+session: f6c84722-471a-4458-9a80-e453fea9029f
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T15:42:55Z
+git_ref: 65bf9df5
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260702T154255Z_65bf9df5_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Driver prompt file `ai/prompt-io/prompts/issue_477.md`:
+
+> attempt to resolve
+> https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/477
+> do it with /open-wkt.
+
+(plus a hard stop-for-human-review deadline of 12:50PM
+EST the same day)
+
+Issue #477 asks to factor `ActorNursery.run_in_actor()`
+(and possibly `Portal.run()`) out of the nursery
+internals into a new `tractor.to_actor` wrapper
+subpackage of "higher level one shot" single-remote-task
+APIs, adopting the `trio.to_thread`/`anyio.to_process`
+parlance, so that error collection/propagation moves up
+into the caller's local `trio` scope and the nursery's
+spawn machinery can eventually drop the
+`._ria_nursery` coupling.
+
+## Response summary
+
+First-cut `tractor.to_actor` subpkg delivering the
+one-shot API composed purely from the existing
+daemon-spawn + portal primitives (`start_actor()` +
+`Portal.run()` + `Portal.cancel_actor()`), leaving the
+legacy `.run_in_actor()` machinery untouched (formal
+deprecation deferred until in-repo usage migrates):
+
+- `to_actor.run(fn, **fn_kwargs) -> Any`: spawn a
+  subactor, schedule `fn` as its lone remote task, wait
+  on and return its result, ALWAYS reaping the subactor
+  (shield-safe `finally`). Remote errors raise in the
+  caller's task as boxed `RemoteActorError`s.
+- placement variants: `portal=` reuses a running actor
+  (no spawn/reap), `an=` spawns from a caller-managed
+  actor-nursery, neither opens a call-scoped private
+  `open_nursery()` (implicitly booting the runtime,
+  configurable via `runtime_kwargs`).
+- fail-fast validation before any spawn: non-streaming
+  async fn required; `portal=`/`an=` mutually
+  exclusive; `runtime_kwargs` rejected alongside any
+  placement opt.
+- `run_in_actor()` TODO/docstring now cross-reference
+  the successor API.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/to_actor/__init__.py` — new subpkg,
+  re-exports `run`
+- `tractor/to_actor/_api.py` — `run()` +
+  `_invoke_in_subactor()` + `_validate_one_shot_fn()`
+- `tractor/__init__.py` — top-level `to_actor`
+  re-export
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` — comment/docstring
+  pointers from `run_in_actor()` to the successor
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` — 11-test suite covering
+  all placement variants, error relay, the concurrent
+  worker-pool-ish pattern and arg validation
+- `examples/parallelism/to_actor_one_shots.py` —
+  runnable demo (auto-collected by
+  `test_docs_examples.py`)
+
+## Human edits
+
+None yet — pending human review (work paused before the
+12:50PM EST deadline per the driver prompt).

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T15:42:55Z
+git_ref: 65bf9df5
+diff_cmd: git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg
+---
+
+# Raw AI output (diff-ref mode)
+
+All generated code is committed on the
+`wkt/to_actor_subpkg` branch; per diff-ref mode each
+file's verbatim content is reachable via the pointers
+below rather than duplicated here.
+
+## Generated files
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/to_actor/__init__.py`
+
+New subpackage init: module docstring establishing the
+`trio.to_thread`/`anyio.to_process` "run it over there"
+parlance for actors, plus the single public re-export
+`run as run` from `._api`.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/to_actor/_api.py`
+
+The one-shot invocation impl, composed entirely from the
+lower level daemon-spawn + portal primitives as
+prescribed by issue #477:
+
+- `_validate_one_shot_fn()`: the `Portal.run()`
+  non-streaming-async-fn constraint checked up-front,
+  before any subactor is spawned.
+- `_invoke_in_subactor()`: `an.start_actor()` ->
+  `Portal.run()` -> always-reap via
+  `Portal.cancel_actor()` in a `finally` (the cancel
+  req's bounded wait is internally shielded so the reap
+  also runs under caller-scope cancellation).
+- `run()`: the public API. Placement options:
+  `portal=` (reuse a running actor, no spawn/reap),
+  `an=` (spawn from a caller-managed nursery), or
+  neither (private `open_nursery()` scoped to the call,
+  implicitly booting the runtime when needed, tunable
+  via pass-through `runtime_kwargs`). Spawn opts mirror
+  `ActorNursery.start_actor()`; `**fn_kwargs` are
+  relayed to the remote task. Errors raise in the
+  caller's task as boxed `RemoteActorError`s.
+  `runtime_kwargs` alongside any placement opt is a
+  hard `ValueError`, never silently ignored.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/__init__.py`
+
+Top-level `from . import to_actor as to_actor`
+re-export.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+Comment/docstring-only: the `run_in_actor()` deprecation
+TODO now points at the implemented `.to_actor.run()`
+successor (checkbox ticked) and the method docstring
+gains a NOTE steering users to the new API; remaining
+TODO items are the `DeprecationWarning` emission +
+in-repo usage migration.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+11-test suite: private-nursery one-shot, implicit
+runtime boot via `runtime_kwargs`, remote-error relay to
+the caller's task (bare + caller-managed nursery),
+caller-nursery spawn, portal reuse w/o implicit reap,
+the concurrent worker-pool-ish pattern (local `trio`
+nursery x shared `an`), and the four validation
+rejections (sync fn, async-gen fn, `portal`+`an`
+combo, `runtime_kwargs`+placement combo).
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- examples/parallelism/to_actor_one_shots.py`
+
+Runnable example (auto-collected by
+`test_docs_examples.py`): the fully-implicit one-shot
+plus the concurrent worker-pool-ish prime-check pattern
+against a shared caller-managed actor-nursery.
+
+## Test runs (verbatim)
+
+```
+tests/test_to_actor.py ..........                [100%]
+============= 10 passed in 4.29s =============
+```
+
+Regression subset for touched modules
+(`test_local.py test_rpc.py test_spawning.py
+test_cancellation.py`):
+
+```
+38 passed, 1 xfailed, 24 warnings in 80.71s (0:01:20)
+```
+
+(warnings are pre-existing stdlib `os.fork()`
+DeprecationWarnings from the mp spawn backends, not
+introduced by this change)

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+session: b8ec2ffe-1e47-4db5-8bc3-5bebc5feaaf6
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T15:50:06Z
+git_ref: 65bf9df5
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260702T155006Z_65bf9df5_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+From `ai/prompt-io/prompts/issue_473.md`:
+
+> NOTE: you MUST pause this work at 12:50PM EST (BEFORE
+> your weekly limit reset) for review by a human!
+>
+> resolve GH #473: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/474
+> do it with /open-wkt.
+
+(The prompt's issue-number/URL mismatch was resolved in
+favor of #473 — file name, session name and prompt text
+all say #473; the `/474` URL is a typo.)
+
+GH #473: "Root-cause UDS-on-macOS —
+`uds_transport_actor_tree` example fails on CI".
+
+## Response summary
+
+Worked all four #473 next-step checkboxes in wkt
+`uds_macos_473`:
+
+1. **stderr surfacing**: `test_docs_examples.py` now
+   raises with the full subproc stderr (+stdout) on ANY
+   non-zero exit. The old last-line-'Error' check could
+   never fire for `tractor` crashes since root-actor
+   stderr always ends with the strict-EG collapse note
+   `( ^^^ this exc was collapsed from a group ^^^ )` —
+   proven against the real PR #460 macOS CI log (bare
+   `assert 1 == 0`, no traceback).
+2. **root-cause (linux-provable layer)**: macOS-only
+   addr corruption in
+   `MsgpackUDSStream.get_stream_addrs()` — no
+   `SO_PASSCRED`/autobind on darwin means the accept
+   side's `getpeername()` is `''`, and the
+   `(str(), str())` arm took `peername` unconditionally →
+   `Path('')` garbage addrs on every accepted conn.
+   Proven + fixed via linux no-autobind simulation.
+   Possibly not the final macOS crasher (non-fatal on
+   linux-sim); the diagnostic patch guarantees the next
+   macOS CI run shows any remaining layer.
+3. **CI matrix**: removed the `macos-latest`+`uds`
+   exclude.
+4. **un-skip**: dropped the macOS+CI skip of the example.
+
+Also: `start_listener()` bindspace mkdir hardened
+(`parents=True, exist_ok=True`), example docstring
+peer-pid mechanism corrected for macOS.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tests/test_docs_examples.py` — surface full stderr on
+  non-zero exit; remove macOS skip of the UDS example
+- `tractor/ipc/_uds.py` — fix no-autobind
+  `get_stream_addrs()` arm; harden bindspace mkdir;
+  document autobind semantics
+- `.github/workflows/ci.yml` — add macOS UDS leg (remove
+  matrix exclude)
+- `examples/uds_transport_actor_tree.py` — platform-
+  correct peer-pid docs
+
+## Human edits
+
+None yet — pending human review (hard-stop review
+checkpoint at 12:50PM EST per prompt); commit staging and
+any edits are the human's.

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T15:50:06Z
+git_ref: 65bf9df5
+diff_cmd: git diff main..wkt/uds_macos_473
+---
+
+# Raw output — GH #473 UDS-on-macOS root-cause session
+
+NOTE: code output is diff-referenced (not copied) per
+prompt-io diff-ref mode; all generated code is on branch
+`wkt/uds_macos_473` relative to `main` (65bf9df5).
+
+## Diagnostic narrative (verbatim)
+
+Root-cause work proceeded by linux-side simulation since no
+macOS host is available:
+
+1. Pulled the actual macOS CI failure log from PR #460 run
+   28343878933 (job 84115107992): the failure is a bare
+   `assert 1 == 0` on `proc.returncode` with NO stderr
+   surfaced — the harness only re-raised when the LAST
+   stderr line contained 'Error'.
+
+2. Reproduced the stderr-swallow mechanism on linux: any
+   `tractor` root-actor crash ends stderr with the
+   strict-EG collapse note
+   `( ^^^ this exc was collapsed from a group ^^^ )` which
+   never matches 'Error' — so EVERY possible crash was
+   swallowed. (Verified by sabotaging the runtime dir via
+   an over-long `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` → `OSError: AF_UNIX path
+   too long` → rc=1 + swallowed.)
+
+3. Found + proved a macOS-only addr-corruption bug in
+   `MsgpackUDSStream.get_stream_addrs()`: the
+   `(str(), str())` match-arm unconditionally took
+   `peername`, but on no-autobind platforms (macOS lacks
+   linux's `SO_PASSCRED`-triggered autobind) the accept
+   side's `getpeername()` is `''` → `Path('')` garbage
+   laddr/raddr on EVERY accepted UDS conn. Simulated on
+   linux by nulling `SO_PASSCRED` (no autobind → same `''`
+   shape): pre-fix the example printed
+   `listener sock file: .`; post-fix it prints the real
+   registry sockpath. Non-fatal on linux-sim (rc=0), so
+   possibly not the final macOS crasher — the diagnostic
+   patch guarantees the next macOS CI run reveals any
+   remaining layer.
+
+4. Falsified the missing-parent-dir theory:
+   `get_rt_dir()` already `mkdir(parents=True,
+   exist_ok=True)`s at import (and macOS TCP CI passes),
+   so `~/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems` absence cannot be
+   the crasher. Hardened `start_listener()`'s bindspace
+   mkdir anyway (custom `filedir` case + racing actors).
+
+## Generated changes (diff pointers)
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/uds_macos_473 -- tests/test_docs_examples.py`
+
+- always raise with FULL subproc stderr (+stdout) on any
+  non-zero example exit; keep legacy last-line 'Error'
+  check for zero-rc cases; drop the macOS+CI skip of
+  `uds_transport_actor_tree.py` (GH #473 next-step).
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/uds_macos_473 -- tractor/ipc/_uds.py`
+
+- `get_stream_addrs()`: document the autobind semantics
+  (bytes = linux abstract-ns autobind artifact), add
+  no-autobind `(str, str)` arm picking the non-empty name
+  (`peername` connect-side, `sockname` accept-side) with
+  an empty-pair `ValueError` guard.
+- `start_listener()`: `bs.mkdir(parents=True,
+  exist_ok=True)`.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/uds_macos_473 -- .github/workflows/ci.yml`
+
+- remove the `macos-latest`+`uds` matrix exclude so
+  UDS-on-macOS is exercised by CI (GH #473 next-step).
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/uds_macos_473 -- examples/uds_transport_actor_tree.py`
+
+- docs nit: peer-pid mechanism is `SO_PEERCRED` on linux,
+  `LOCAL_PEERPID` on macOS.
+
+## Verification (verbatim summary)
+
+- macOS-shape sim (no autobind) + fix: example rc=0 with
+  correct listener sockpath.
+- native linux post-fix: example rc=0, autobind arms
+  unchanged.
+- sabotage smoke-test: diagnostic patch surfaces the full
+  EG traceback incl. collapse-note line.
+- `pytest tests/ipc/ tests/test_2way.py tests/discovery/
+  --tpt-proto uds`: 61 passed, 1 `TooSlowError` flake
+  (test_simple_rpc) that passes solo in 2.2s — attributed
+  to a concurrent full-suite run (other session) loading
+  the host.
+- full `tests/test_docs_examples.py` run pending at
+  raw-file write time (queued behind the concurrent
+  session's suite).

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+session: b6b42e23-0454-4d9b-be1c-0a89d65aed1b
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T15:56:26Z
+git_ref: 65bf9df5
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260702T155626Z_65bf9df5_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+From `ai/prompt-io/prompts/issue_470.md`:
+
+> attempt to resolve
+> https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/470
+> do it with /open-wkt, ensure you /run-tests on all
+> changes
+
+(plus a hard pause-for-human-review deadline of
+12:50PM EST.)
+
+Issue #470 asks to trim the ~0.42s `import tractor`
+cost — which dominates per-actor spawn latency on the
+`trio` backend — by lazy-importing heavy/optional deps
+(`pdbp`, `stackscope`, `multiaddr`, + audit of
+`colorlog`/`bidict`/`wrapt`/`setproctitle`).
+
+## Response summary
+
+Profiling showed the issue's dep-list only accounted
+for ~20ms; the dominant cost (~244ms) was
+`log.get_logger()`'s `get_caller_mod()` calling
+`inspect.stack()` at module level in ~39 modules —
+each call walks every stack frame (deep during nested
+imports) and scans `sys.modules` per frame via
+`inspect.getmodule()`.
+
+Changes, in impact order:
+
+1. `get_caller_mod()` -> `sys._getframe()` +
+   `f_globals['__name__']` `sys.modules` lookup
+   (~240ms saved).
+2. Issue's lazy-import checklist: `bidict`,
+   `multiaddr`, `colorlog`, `wrapt` moved to
+   `TYPE_CHECKING`/function-local imports;
+   `platformdirs` function-local; `asyncio` +
+   `.to_asyncio` deferred out of the `devx.debug` +
+   `spawn._entry` eager paths (~15ms saved).
+3. PEP 562 `__getattr__` on `tractor/__init__.py`
+   preserving public `tractor.to_asyncio` attr access.
+
+Results: `import tractor` 0.42s -> ~0.145s (~65%);
+sequential `start_actor` latency 0.40-0.44s ->
+~0.179s/actor. `pdbp` (needs `_repl.py` class-base
+restructure) + `platformdirs` (needs
+`UDSAddress.def_bindspace` protocol rework) documented
+as follow-ups.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/log.py` — `get_caller_mod()` perf fix +
+  lazy `colorlog`
+- `tractor/__init__.py` — PEP 562 lazy `to_asyncio`
+- `tractor/discovery/_addr.py` — `bidict` ->
+  `TYPE_CHECKING`
+- `tractor/discovery/_multiaddr.py` — lazy `multiaddr`
+- `tractor/ipc/_tcp.py`, `tractor/ipc/_uds.py` —
+  `Multiaddr` -> `TYPE_CHECKING`
+- `tractor/runtime/_state.py` — lazy `platformdirs`
+- `tractor/devx/_frame_stack.py` — lazy `pdbp` +
+  `wrapt`
+- `tractor/devx/debug/_trace.py`,
+  `tractor/devx/debug/_tty_lock.py` — lazy `asyncio` +
+  `.to_asyncio`
+- `tractor/spawn/_entry.py` — lazy
+  `run_as_asyncio_guest`
+
+## Human edits
+
+None yet — pending user review at the 12:50PM EST
+pause gate (test-suite results reported in-session).

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T15:56:26Z
+git_ref: 65bf9df5
+diff_cmd: git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470
+---
+
+# Raw AI output — gh #470 `import tractor` latency trim
+
+All generated code is committed on the
+`wkt/boot_latency_470` branch; per diff-ref mode each
+file's content is referenced via its diff instead of
+copied verbatim.
+
+## Profiling findings (verbatim analysis output)
+
+Baseline: `import tractor` ~0.39-0.42s wall.
+
+`python -X importtime` + `cProfile` traced the cost NOT
+primarily to third-party deps (the issue's hypothesis)
+but to `tractor/log.py:get_logger()` calling
+`get_caller_mod()` -> `inspect.stack()` at module level
+in ~39 tractor modules:
+
+- `inspect.stack()` builds `FrameInfo` (incl. src-file
+  and line-context resolution) for EVERY frame on the
+  stack; during nested imports the stack is dozens of
+  importlib frames deep.
+- each `FrameInfo` resolution calls
+  `inspect.getmodule()` which scans all of
+  `sys.modules` per frame (1.4M `ismodule()` calls in
+  one profiled import).
+- aggregate: ~244ms of tractor-own module "self" time
+  vs ~20ms for ALL the issue-listed third-party deps
+  (`pdbp` ~10ms, `bidict` ~4.5ms, `multiaddr` ~3.5ms,
+  `wrapt`/`colorlog` ~1ms each); `trio` itself is
+  ~70-100ms and unavoidable.
+
+## Generated changes
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/log.py`
+
+`get_caller_mod()` rewritten from `inspect.stack()` +
+`inspect.getmodule()` to `sys._getframe(frames_up)` +
+`frame.f_globals['__name__']` -> `sys.modules` lookup
+(O(1) vs O(stack x sys.modules)). Unused `inspect`
+imports dropped; `FrameType` imported from `types`.
+Also `colorlog` lazy-imported inside
+`get_console_log()`.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/discovery/_addr.py`
+
+`bidict` import moved under `TYPE_CHECKING`
+(annotation-only use; `_address_types` is a plain dict
+literal).
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/discovery/_multiaddr.py`
+
+`from __future__ import annotations` added; `multiaddr`
+import moved under `TYPE_CHECKING` + function-local
+imports in `mk_maddr()`/`parse_maddr()`.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/ipc/_tcp.py tractor/ipc/_uds.py`
+
+`Multiaddr` imports moved under `TYPE_CHECKING`
+(annotation-only in both transports).
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/runtime/_state.py`
+
+`platformdirs` lazy-imported inside `get_rt_dir()`
+(NOTE: still imported eagerly via
+`UDSAddress.def_bindspace` class-var eval; see
+follow-ups).
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/devx/_frame_stack.py`
+
+`pdbp` + `wrapt` lazy-imported inside
+`hide_runtime_frames()` / `api_frame()` respectively.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/devx/debug/_trace.py tractor/devx/debug/_tty_lock.py`
+
+`asyncio` moved to `TYPE_CHECKING` + call-site local
+imports (`asyncio.current_task()` sites);
+`tractor.to_asyncio.run_trio_task_in_future` imports
+moved into the infected-aio runtime branches.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/spawn/_entry.py`
+
+`run_as_asyncio_guest` import moved into the
+`infect_asyncio=True` branches of `_mp_main()` /
+`_trio_main()`.
+
+> `git diff main..wkt/boot_latency_470 -- tractor/__init__.py`
+
+PEP 562 module `__getattr__` added so
+`tractor.to_asyncio` attr-access still works (required
+by `tests/test_child_manages_service_nursery.py` and
+any downstream user) while keeping `asyncio` off the
+eager import path.
+
+## Measured results (verbatim)
+
+- `import tractor`: 0.39-0.42s -> ~0.145s (~65% cut)
+- `start_actor` spawn+boot+reg+cancel: ~0.40-0.44s ->
+  ~0.179s/actor (n=5 sequential, warm parent)
+- post-change eager-module check: only `pdbp` +
+  `platformdirs` of the issue's list remain eager.
+
+## Known follow-ups (not implemented, deadline-bound)
+
+- `pdbp` (~10ms): still eager via
+  `devx/debug/_repl.py` class bases
+  (`class PdbREPL(pdbp.Pdb)`) + `_tty_lock.py`
+  module-level `@pdbp.hideframe`; needs `_repl`
+  restructure + PEP 562 in `devx.debug.__init__`.
+- `platformdirs` (~1.5ms): eager via
+  `UDSAddress.def_bindspace: ClassVar = get_rt_dir()`
+  class-body call; needs `Address`-protocol rework of
+  `def_bindspace` to a lazy accessor.
+- `stackscope` + `setproctitle`: already lazy/absent —
+  no change needed.

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+session: f6c84722-471a-4458-9a80-e453fea9029f
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T16:58:06Z
+git_ref: a34aaf98
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260702T165806Z_a34aaf98_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Follow-up round in the same session as the
+`tractor.to_actor` landing (see
+`20260702T154255Z_65bf9df5_prompt_io.md`). After
+committing that work the user green-lit the deferred
+items:
+
+> go go go on this with what time you have left, in
+> particular see if you can get the _ria_nursery
+> removal going!
+
+then extended the deadline twice to iterate on the
+discovered hang:
+
+> continue on this up until a 12:58:30 deadline
+
+and finally chose "Commit step A now" from the
+next-steps prompt.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Step A of the `._ria_nursery` removal (issue #477): hoist
+`.run_in_actor()` result-reaping out of the spawn
+backends into the `ActorNursery` machinery so ria
+children spawn via the default daemon nursery,
+
+- new `_supervise._reap_ria_portals()` runs one
+  `_spawn.cancel_on_completion()` task per ria child
+  AFTER `._join_procs` is set; happy path awaits it
+  right after `._join_procs.set()`.
+- error path SEQUENCES: snapshot ria
+  `(portal, subactor)` pairs -> `await an.cancel()` ->
+  0.5s-bounded reap. Two failed intermediates informed
+  this: a concurrent reap+cancel DEADLOCKED
+  `test_multierror`; a 3s bound blew
+  `test_cancel_while_childs_child_in_sync_sleep`'s
+  `fail_after` deadline.
+- backends (`spawn/_trio.py`, `spawn/_mp.py`) lose the
+  `._cancel_after_result_on_exit` membership branch,
+  per-child reaper nursery + dead imports.
+- design/probe-history doc:
+  `ai/conc-anal/ria_nursery_removal_plan.md` (from an
+  agent-verified machinery map).
+
+Verification: `test_cancellation.py` fully green
+(20 passed, 1 xfailed) incl. the previously-hung
+`test_multierror`; `test_to_actor`+`test_spawning`
+20/20; bounded full-suite gate SIGINT'd ~30s early at
+303 passed / 0 failures (user opted to commit on that
+signal, deferring the unbounded re-run to step-B
+verification).
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` — `_reap_ria_portals()`
+  + two call-sites; `run_in_actor()` off the ria nursery
+- `tractor/spawn/_trio.py` — reaper branch + import drop
+- `tractor/spawn/_mp.py` — same as `_trio.py`
+- `ai/conc-anal/ria_nursery_removal_plan.md` — plan +
+  probe history
+
+## Human edits
+
+None yet — committed via the drafted
+`.claude/git_commit_msg_ria_step_a.md` (user-driven
+`git commit --edit`).

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T16:58:06Z
+git_ref: a34aaf98
+diff_cmd: git diff a34aaf98..wkt/to_actor_subpkg
+---
+
+# Raw AI output (diff-ref mode)
+
+Step-A code is committed on `wkt/to_actor_subpkg`
+directly after `a34aaf98`; per diff-ref mode the verbatim
+content is reachable via the pointers below.
+
+## Generated files
+
+> `git diff a34aaf98..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+New `_reap_ria_portals(an, errors, ria_children=None)`
+helper (one `_spawn.cancel_on_completion()` task per ria
+child under `collapse_eg()` + a local nursery);
+`run_in_actor()` drops `nursery=self._ria_nursery`; happy
+path awaits the reap right after `._join_procs.set()`;
+inner error handler snapshots ria pairs, runs
+`await an.cancel()` then a `move_on_after(0.5)`-bounded
+reap over the snapshot.
+
+> `git diff a34aaf98..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/spawn/_trio.py`
+> `git diff a34aaf98..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/spawn/_mp.py`
+
+Both backends: the post-`_join_procs` block collapses to
+a bare `soft_kill()` (membership branch, per-child reaper
+nursery, reaper-cancel logging and the now-unused
+`cancel_on_completion` imports all removed).
+
+> `git diff a34aaf98..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- ai/conc-anal/ria_nursery_removal_plan.md`
+
+Agent-verified machinery map, 3-step design (A/B/C),
+probe history (deadlock -> sequencing fix -> bound
+tightening) and risk register.
+
+## Test runs (verbatim)
+
+```
+tests/test_cancellation.py: 20 passed, 1 xfailed in 77.28s
+tests/test_to_actor.py + tests/test_spawning.py: 20 passed
+full-suite (SIGINT at 540s bound, ~30s short):
+303 passed, 9 skipped, 1 xfailed, 2 xpassed in 539.42s
+```
+
+Failed intermediates (not in final diff): concurrent
+reap+`an.cancel()` deadlocked `test_multierror`; a 3s
+reap bound blew
+`test_cancel_while_childs_child_in_sync_sleep`'s
+`fail_after` deadline.

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+---
+model: claude-opus-4-8
+service: claude
+session: c7860302-6a33-4d92-821c-0807d68be464
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T17:22:33Z
+git_ref: 5cd190c5
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260702T172233Z_5cd190c5_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Branched session (`to_actor_subpkg_POST_WEEKLY_CUTOFF_2OPUS`,
+now on Opus 4.8) continuing the `._ria_nursery` removal after
+step A committed + pushed (`5cd190c5`/`99310269`):
+
+> ok continue where your superior left off please
+
+then, after the commit-split discussion:
+
+> yup committed and pushed so take a look ma fren.
+
+i.e. green-lighting step-B prep against the committed step-A
+tree.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Step B of the `._ria_nursery` removal (issue #477): delete
+the now-vestigial secondary nursery,
+
+- collapse the inner `async with (collapse_eg(),
+  trio.open_nursery() as ria_nursery)` layer in
+  `_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery` — `da_nursery`
+  becomes the single nursery for ALL subactors.
+- `ActorNursery.__init__` drops the `ria_nursery` param + the
+  `self._ria_nursery` attr; `start_actor()` drops its
+  `nursery=` escape-hatch param.
+- `._cancel_after_result_on_exit` kept (ria-child
+  discriminator for `_reap_ria_portals()`).
+
+Verified behavior-preserving via a first-principles argument
+(zero-task nursery = a bare checkpoint) + the targeted gate
+(`test_cancellation test_spawning test_local test_rpc
+test_to_actor` = 49 passed, 1 xfailed on trio). The two
+error handlers were deliberately NOT merged — that changes
+propagation semantics and is deferred to its own PR (TODO
+left at the outer `except`).
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` — collapse the ria nursery
+  layer + drop the ctor/`start_actor` params + refresh the
+  now-stale nursery comments
+
+## Human edits
+
+None yet — committed via the drafted
+`.claude/git_commit_msg_ria_step_b.md` (user-driven
+`git commit --edit`).

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+---
+model: claude-opus-4-8
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T17:22:33Z
+git_ref: 5cd190c5
+diff_cmd: git diff 5cd190c5..wkt/to_actor_subpkg
+---
+
+# Raw AI output (diff-ref mode)
+
+Step-B code lives on `wkt/to_actor_subpkg` after `5cd190c5`;
+per diff-ref mode the verbatim content is reachable via the
+pointer below.
+
+## Generated files
+
+> `git diff 5cd190c5..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+- `ActorNursery.__init__`: `ria_nursery` param removed;
+  `self._ria_nursery = ria_nursery` block deleted;
+  `_cancel_after_result_on_exit` comment refreshed.
+- `start_actor()`: `nursery=` param removed; body uses
+  `self._da_nursery.start(...)` directly.
+- `_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery()`: the inner
+  `async with (collapse_eg(), trio.open_nursery() as
+  ria_nursery)` layer removed; `an = ActorNursery(actor,
+  da_nursery, errors)` constructed once under the single
+  `da_nursery`; the inner-try body de-indented one level;
+  both error handlers retained; the da-nursery lead comment
+  and the outer-`except` TODO refreshed to describe the
+  single-nursery reality + flag the (deferred) handler-merge.
+
+> `git diff 5cd190c5..wkt/to_actor_subpkg -- ai/conc-anal/ria_nursery_removal_plan.md`
+
+Added a "Step-B outcome" section (collapse rationale,
+handler-merge deferral, safety argument, gate result).
+
+## Test runs (verbatim)
+
+```
+targeted gate (trio):
+tests/test_cancellation.py tests/test_spawning.py
+tests/test_local.py tests/test_rpc.py tests/test_to_actor.py
+-> 49 passed, 1 xfailed in 88.62s
+
+signature checks:
+ActorNursery.__init__ params: ['self', 'actor', 'da_nursery', 'errors']
+start_actor has nursery param: False
+
+full-suite gate: in progress (see stepB_full.log)
+```

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+---
+model: claude-opus-4-8
+service: claude
+session: c7860302-6a33-4d92-821c-0807d68be464
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T22:25:44Z
+git_ref: 9201a2ed
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260702T222544Z_9201a2ed_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continuing on branch `drop_ria_nursery` after step B
+(`9201a2ed`). User green-lit the deferred error-handler merge:
+
+> yes, i checked us out on a new branch for the ria-tn removal;
+> work off the new wkt branch drop_ria_nursery.
+
+and (re the migration) "nope, later we'll do this", plus:
+
+> do ensure the test suite is green in the current state and
+> those going forward ya?
+
+and the standing reminder: no commits without a human ack.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Step B2 of the `._ria_nursery` removal (issue #477): merge the
+two nested error handlers in
+`_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery` into one, now
+that the 2ndary nursery (whose `__aexit__` the outer handler
+originally guarded) is gone.
+
+Trace-driven justification (see
+`ai/conc-anal/ria_nursery_removal_plan.md` Step-B2 section):
+the old inner handler records `errors[uid]` as its FIRST
+action, so `errors` is always non-empty by the time control
+could reach the outer handler — making the outer handler's
+`raise` DEAD (always superseded by the `finally`'s
+raise-from-`errors`). Collapsing to a single
+`except BaseException as _scope_err` + the existing `finally`
+is therefore behavior-preserving.
+
+- removed the outer `try` + the
+  `except (Exception, BaseExceptionGroup, trio.Cancelled)`
+  handler; de-indented the inner handler one level.
+- dropped the now-unused `outer_err`/`inner_err` locals
+  (single `_scope_err`).
+- net ~30 lines lighter.
+
+Gated hard: baseline (pre-B2 tip) = 300 passed + 1
+load-induced `TooSlowError` flake (passes 6/6 in isolation);
+B2 error/cancel gate (`test_cancellation remote_exc_relay
+inter_peer_cancellation advanced_faults oob_cancellation
+to_actor spawning local rpc`) = 71 passed, 1 xfailed; B2
+full-suite run following.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` — collapse the two handlers
+  into one; drop `outer_err`/`inner_err`
+
+## Human edits
+
+None yet — committed via the drafted
+`.claude/git_commit_msg_ria_b2.md` (user-driven
+`git commit --edit`).

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+---
+model: claude-opus-4-8
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-02T22:25:44Z
+git_ref: 9201a2ed
+diff_cmd: git diff 9201a2ed..drop_ria_nursery
+---
+
+# Raw AI output (diff-ref mode)
+
+Step-B2 code lives on `drop_ria_nursery` after `9201a2ed`; per
+diff-ref mode the verbatim content is reachable via the pointer
+below.
+
+## Generated files
+
+> `git diff 9201a2ed..drop_ria_nursery -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+`_open_and_supervise_one_cancels_all_nursery`:
+- removed the outer `try:` wrapper and the
+  `except (Exception, BaseExceptionGroup, trio.Cancelled) as
+  _outer_err:` safety-net handler.
+- the former inner `except BaseException` is now THE handler,
+  renamed local `_inner_err` -> `_scope_err`, de-indented one
+  level; it sets `an._scope_error`, records `errors[uid]`,
+  waits on the debugger, `_join_procs.set()`, then a shielded
+  classify/log + snapshot-ria + `an.cancel()` + 0.5s-bounded
+  `_reap_ria_portals()`. No re-raise (the `finally` raises
+  from `errors`).
+- `finally` block unchanged.
+- dropped the `outer_err`/`inner_err` local decls at fn top.
+
+(The diff is large — ~119+/149- — because de-indenting the
+handler body one level rewrites every line in the block; the
+logic delta is just "two handlers -> one".)
+
+## Test runs (verbatim)
+
+```
+baseline (pre-B2, step-B tip 9201a2ed), full suite
+(dynamic_pub_sub deselected):
+1 failed, 300 passed, 9 skipped, 2 deselected, 1 xfailed,
+2 xpassed in 1499.49s
+  -> the 1 failure = test_ext_types_over_ipc[...] trio.TooSlowError
+     (load-induced; passes 6/6 in isolation in 4.89s)
+
+B2 error/cancel gate:
+tests/test_cancellation test_remote_exc_relay
+test_inter_peer_cancellation test_advanced_faults
+test_oob_cancellation test_to_actor test_spawning test_local
+test_rpc
+-> 71 passed, 1 xfailed in 125.26s
+
+B2 full-suite run: see b2_full.log
+```

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+session: 6db64ac6-6986-4505-9343-df4ee31e67db
+timestamp: 2026-07-06T17:28:18Z
+git_ref: ad42871e
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260706T172818Z_ad42871e_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Resuming the `drop_ria_nursery` (wkt) branch after the human's
+review pause at `ba4af0ad`, with the directive:
+
+> we need to resolve the remaining outstandings ... to finish
+> this endeavour we ideally,
+> - finish the ria-tn hoist into the machinery in `to_actor` if
+>   possible.
+> - avoid supporting the `.run_in_actor()` non-blocking API
+>   going forward other then if we can re-wrap `to_actor.run()`
+>   per prior discussion with opus4.8.
+> - get the test harness completely green locally and in CI -
+>   AND ESPECIALLY without any hangs due to the "the old
+>   spawn-backend reaper raced `soft_kill()`'s scope-cancel"
+> - update all docs to reflect these changes once we're happy.
+
+plus mid-flight additions:
+
+> make sure both all the test and example code uses the naming
+> `an: ActorNursery` for variable names
+
+> where we at in terms of a potential hackaround design for
+> supporting a to_actor.run_async() ... without requiring the
+> same malarky ... with a `trio.Event` relay ... i'm totes fine
+> with rejigging the iface to NOT return a Portal as well.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Completed the entire #477 `run_in_actor` removal on
+`drop_ria_nursery` (16 commits this session), gated per-commit:
+
+- ported the remaining `test_cancellation` groups
+  (`some_cancels_all`, `nested_multierrors`+`spawn_and_error`,
+  SIGINT + sync-sleep) — one-shots become concurrent
+  `to_actor.run()` tasks in local task-nurseries; BEG-shape
+  assertions loosened for cancel-on-first + the runtime's
+  `collapse_eg()` single-member unwrap (a fully-raced nested
+  tree relays a bare annotated `RemoteActorError` chain).
+- fixed a pre-existing `UnboundLocalError` (`timeout` `match`
+  had no default arm for non-trio/MTF backends).
+- ported `test_dynamic_pub_sub`, 4 non-debugging examples, all
+  8 `debugging/` examples (debugger suite byte-identical,
+  28p/6s; `multi_subactors` introduces the "collect don't
+  cancel" reap-all replacement pattern), 8 docs pages + the
+  `experimental/_pubsub` docstring.
+- EXCISED the API + cluster: `run_in_actor`,
+  `_reap_ria_portals`, `_cancel_after_result_on_exit`,
+  `Portal._submit_for_result/_expect_result_ctx/
+  wait_for_result/result`, `exhaust_portal`,
+  `cancel_on_completion`, `NoResult` — net -402 lines. The
+  reap-hang class dissolves structurally (result-waits now only
+  in caller task-scope).
+- found + fixed a real migration race: mutual-rendezvous peers
+  (`test_trynamic_trio`, `a_trynamic_first_scene.py`) flaked
+  because an eagerly-reaped one-shot dies while its peer still
+  dials the registry-resolved (dead) sockaddr — such peers now
+  pin lifetimes via `start_actor()` + concurrent `Portal.run()`
+  + explicit `an.cancel()`.
+- `an: ActorNursery` naming sweep across tests/examples (±82
+  lines, scoped renames, prose untouched).
+- parked a `to_actor.open_one_shot()` design sketch (acm +
+  private task-nursery over blocking `run()`; done-Event as
+  memo not cancel-relay; no Portal) in the plan doc.
+
+## Files changed
+
+See commits `d01a2123..ad42871e` on `drop_ria_nursery`
+(tests, examples, docs, `tractor/{runtime,spawn,to_actor,msg}`
++ `_exceptions/_context/experimental`).

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+---
+model: claude-fable-5
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-07-06T17:28:18Z
+git_ref: ad42871e
+diff_cmd: git diff ba4af0ad..ad42871e
+---
+
+# Raw AI output (diff-ref mode)
+
+This session's output spans the 16 migration/excision commits
+`d01a2123..ad42871e` on `drop_ria_nursery`; per diff-ref mode
+the verbatim content is reachable via the pointer below.
+
+## Generated files
+
+> `git diff ba4af0ad..ad42871e`
+
+Commit-wise (each `Gate:`-footed msg documents its own module
+gate):
+
+- `d01a2123` port `test_some_cancels_all`
+- `697c6152` fix unbound `timeout` (non-trio/MTF `match` arm)
+- `fa8799d5` port `test_nested_multierrors`
+- `f11754ce` port SIGINT + sync-sleep cancel tests
+- `cb6202e3` port `test_dynamic_pub_sub`
+- `d8af5f12` port non-debugging examples
+- `a3057cb2` port debugging examples (+ `test_debugger`
+  nested-nurseries final-shape expectations)
+- `d6bed7c4` port docs (8 rst pages)
+- `07e1669e` fix stale `@pub` docstring example
+- `2a59cefb` REMOVE `run_in_actor()` + the ria reap cluster
+  (net -402 lines)
+- `a297a32a` fix mutual-rendezvous premature-reap race
+- `ad42871e` `an: ActorNursery` naming sweep
+
+Plan/design record updated in
+`ai/conc-anal/ria_nursery_removal_plan.md` (RESOLVED section +
+the `to_actor.open_one_shot()` follow-up sketch).

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+---
+model: claude-opus-5
+service: claude
+session: 7b9c97c4-fff7-4ac4-97fb-35720453308e
+timestamp: 2026-08-13T00:11:02Z
+git_ref: 27c34aeb
+scope: docs+code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260813T001102Z_27c34aeb_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+> draft hyper detailed implementation plans for [three]
+> prospective new transport (tpt) backends for tractor's `.ipc`
+> layer, from four GitHub issues: TIPC (gh #378) using built-in
+> linux socket API w/ `trio` interfacing, leveraging TIPC's
+> built-in discovery machinery; QUIC (gh #353) using the `iroh`
+> lib, ideally with the py asyncio support (via ffi) rewritten
+> for trio; wg (gh #482 and/or #443) with other shuttle-able
+> tpts, using `pyroute2`, as much trio wrapping as possible
+> where any other async support can be replaced.
+
+With constraints: "be only slightly speculative"; realistic given
+the linked info; the plans must be workable "by another
+model/provider without much discrepancy on the design or lib
+selections needed"; do it all in a new `/open-wkt` off main; and
+be "as modular and modern-async-python-as-nearly-functional-style
+as possible."
+
+Key follow-up prompts that changed the design mid-session:
+
+> wg requires binding a socket on both ends of the tunnel, the
+> new support we added to `py-multiaddr` in their #108 enables
+> declaring this in the maddr? […] so the
+> `/ip4/10.0.0.1/udp/666/ip4/192.168.0.13/tcp/80` bullet example
+> from #443 isn't correct for a wg tunnel maddr and would
+> actually end up looking like,
+> `/ip4/10.0.0.1/udp/666/wg/<pub-key>/ip4/192.168.0.13/tcp/80` no?
+
+> right, we're likely going to need less `tuple`-formed
+> `UnwrappedAddress` usage to make them all work and/or to extend
+> the unwrapped form with a proto-str, likely the key from
+> `multiaddrs` no?
+
+> better encapsulating `UnwrappedAddress` for use externally is
+> really way overdue; we should likely be encouraging (if not
+> preventing unwrapped) wrapped addrs always much like other
+> (std) libs, `ipaddress` comes to mind.
+
+> so iirc netns mgmt becomes a lower-level runtime config-api
+> rather then an actor-app-code API which can be dynamically
+> changed once the actor is up ya?
+
+## Response summary
+
+A research-and-planning branch, `ng_tpts_planning` — **no runtime
+code touched**. Five plan docs under `ai/tpt-backends/` plus a
+corrected `wg` example set under `examples/multihost/wg_lan/`,
+across 9 commits.
+
+Three design conclusions came out of the planning that outlive
+the branch:
+
+1. **`wg` is a bindspace, not a `MsgTransport`.** The `/wg/`
+   maddr segment is *infix*: bearer (underlay ip+udp
+   `ListenPort`, bound by the kernel) → `/wg/u<key>` (an
+   identity, bound by nothing) → overlay (the only part tractor
+   binds). Verified empirically by installing
+   `baudco/py-multiaddr@wg_support` (py-multiaddr#108) in a
+   throwaway venv and round-tripping each candidate form; gh
+   #482's original suffix form parses but is semantically
+   inverted.
+2. **Proto-key the `UnwrappedAddress` form**, spelled with the
+   `multiaddr` protocol names, dispatched via
+   `_address_types[addr[0]]`. Kills a whole collision class
+   (TIPC's `(str, int)` ≡ `TCPAddress`; iroh's `(str, str)`
+   swallowed by the UDS case) and is the recommended migration
+   *before* any new backend lands.
+3. **netns is a runtime/boot-time config API, not an app-code
+   one** — `setns(2)` is per-thread and won't move
+   already-created sockets, so there is deliberately no
+   `await actor.enter_netns(...)`.
+
+Also verified that `trio.SocketStream`/`SocketListener` are
+address-family agnostic (no `AF_*` check anywhere), which is what
+makes TIPC the cheapest of the three backends to add.
+
+Four related issues were annotated with the results (#378, #353,
+#482, #443); #443's body was rewritten to reflect the corrected
+grammar, with no existing checkbox state changed.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `ai/tpt-backends/00_shared_backend_contract.md` — normative
+  backend duck-type contract, registration checklist, §1.1
+  proto-key conclusion
+- `ai/tpt-backends/01_tipc_backend.md` — TIPC plan; service
+  addressing, `TIPC_TOP_SRV` push registry, instance-collision
+  hazard, step-0 probe
+- `ai/tpt-backends/02_quic_iroh_backend.md` — `iroh` plan;
+  `uniffi`→`trio` bridge, listener/stream adapters, API-truth
+  table
+- `ai/tpt-backends/03_wg_tunnel_bindspace.md` — `wg`-as-bindspace
+  plan; verified maddr grammar, 3-owner split, netns reality
+- `ai/tpt-backends/README.md` — index
+- `examples/multihost/wg_lan/wg_maddr.py` — frozen `msgspec`
+  tunnelled addr + pure parse/render helpers; impure
+  `verify_wg_peer()` kept separate
+- `examples/multihost/wg_lan/host_a_srv.py` — host-A actor tree
+- `examples/multihost/wg_lan/host_b_client.py` — host-B dialer
+- `examples/multihost/wg_lan/README.md` — grammar, owner table,
+  setup, "what changed vs #482"
+
+## Human edits
+
+Substantial human steering rather than post-hoc editing; the
+corrections were applied by the model in-session after being
+challenged:
+
+- rejected an initial claim that `wg` has "nothing to bind at the
+  tunnel layer" and supplied the correct composed maddr form,
+  which forced a rewrite of plan 03 §3.2 and a retraction in the
+  already-posted #443 comment
+- rejected a supporting claim that `/ip4/../udp/443/quic-v1` was
+  "also composed"
+- directed the proto-key/`ipaddress`-discipline conclusion and
+  the netns-as-runtime-config framing, both of which were then
+  folded back into the docs
+- chose the commit boundaries and authored all commits; ran every
+  `git` mutation (commit, rebase, push) themselves
+
+One model-initiated correction pre-publication: a self-review
+downgraded two overconfident claims (the `uniffi`/asyncio thesis
+and TIPC duplicate-binder behaviour) to explicitly-flagged
+assumptions before the #353/#378 comments were posted.

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+---
+model: claude-opus-5
+service: claude
+timestamp: 2026-08-13T00:11:02Z
+git_ref: 27c34aeb
+diff_cmd: git diff main..ng_tpts_planning
+---
+
+# Raw output — next-gen tpt-backend implementation plans
+
+## Generated planning docs
+
+> `git diff main..ng_tpts_planning -- ai/tpt-backends/`
+
+Five markdown docs. `00_shared_backend_contract.md` is normative
+and the other three are written against it so they can be worked
+independently:
+
+- **`00_shared_backend_contract.md`** — the backend duck-type
+  (`<Proto>Address(msgspec.Struct, frozen=True)` + module-level
+  `start_listener()`/`close_listener()` + a
+  `Msgpack<Proto>Stream(MsgpackTransport)`), the
+  `inspect.getmodule(self.addr)` reflection in
+  `Endpoint.start_listener()` that forces the Address class and
+  its listener fns to share a module, a 10-item registration
+  checklist, the dep policy, the test-harness shape, and §1.1's
+  proto-key conclusion (below).
+- **`01_tipc_backend.md`** — service addressing via
+  `TIPC_ADDR_NAMESEQ` (bind/publish) and `TIPC_ADDR_NAME`
+  (connect/lookup), `TIPC_TOP_SRV` topology subscriptions as a
+  push-based registry, the `get_random()` instance-collision
+  hazard, and a step-0 capability-probe spike.
+- **`02_quic_iroh_backend.md`** — `iroh` over
+  `aioquic`/`quiche`/`trio-asyncio`, a `_uniffi_trio.py` bridge
+  built on `TrioToken.run_sync_soon()`, `trio.abc.Listener`/
+  `HalfCloseableStream` adapters, and an API-truth table to fill
+  in during step 0.
+- **`03_wg_tunnel_bindspace.md`** — `wg` as a *bindspace* rather
+  than a `MsgTransport`, a `TunnelledAddress` wrapper delegating
+  `.proto_key`/`.unwrap()` to `.inner`, `pyroute2` for layer B,
+  and `@acm`-managed netns/iface for layer C.
+- **`README.md`** — index.
+
+## Generated example code
+
+> `git diff main..ng_tpts_planning -- examples/multihost/wg_lan/`
+
+- `wg_maddr.py` — `WGTunnelledAddr(msgspec.Struct, frozen=True)`
+  carrying `bearer: tuple[str, int]`, `peer_pubkey: str`,
+  `inner: tuple[str, int]`, `inner_proto: Literal['tcp']`, plus a
+  `.maddr` property that re-renders the canonical form. Pure
+  helpers `mb_pubkey()`, `wg8_pubkey()`, `parse_wg_maddr()`, and
+  `_segments()` (with a marked stopgap for when the `wg` codec
+  isn't installed). `verify_wg_peer()` is impure **by design** and
+  kept out of the parse path.
+- `host_a_srv.py` / `host_b_client.py` — the two-host runs; both
+  pass only `addr.inner` to `open_nursery()`/`open_root_actor()`.
+- `README.md` — grammar, owner table, `#108`-branch install line,
+  tunnel setup, "what changed vs #482".
+
+## Verified findings (non-code, verbatim)
+
+### `trio` is address-family agnostic
+
+Read against the installed `trio`. `SocketStream`/`SocketListener`
+ctor checks are only "is a trio sock object" + `type ==
+SOCK_STREAM`, plus an `OSError`-**suppressed** `SO_ACCEPTCONN`
+probe. No `AF_*` check anywhere; `TCP_NODELAY`/`TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT`
+are set under `suppress(OSError)`. A TIPC `SOCK_STREAM` sock should
+therefore drop straight into `trio.serve_listeners()` with the
+existing `MsgpackTransport` framing, making TIPC mostly
+table-registration boilerplate w/ zero new deps.
+
+### the `wg` maddr grammar — `/wg/` is infix, not suffix
+
+Installed `baudco/py-multiaddr@wg_support` (PR
+multiformats/py-multiaddr#108) into a throwaway venv and
+round-tripped every candidate form:
+
+| maddr | `[p.name for p in m.protocols()]` |
+| --- | --- |
+| `/ip4/1.2.3.4/udp/51820/wg/u<k>` | `['ip4','udp','wg']` |
+| `/ip4/../udp/../wg/u<k>/ip4/../tcp/..` | `['ip4','udp','wg','ip4','tcp']` |
+| `/ip4/10.0.11.1/tcp/1616/wg/u<k>` | `['ip4','tcp','wg']` |
+
+```
+/ip4/192.168.1.50/udp/51820/wg/u<A_pub>/ip4/10.0.11.1/tcp/1616
+\_______ bearer __________/\__ key __/\______ overlay ______/
+```
+
+Segments *before* `/wg/` are the bearer — the underlay
+`(ip, udp-port)` that `wg(8)` itself listens on (`ListenPort`).
+Segments *after* are the overlay endpoint, the only part tractor
+binds. The third row above is #482's original suffix form: it
+parses, but is semantically inverted.
+
+Three parts, three owners — and only one is an `Endpoint`:
+
+| part | bound by | in the runtime? |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| bearer | kernel, via `wg-quick`/`pyroute2` | no |
+| `/wg/u<key>` | nothing — an identity | no, verified out-of-band |
+| overlay | `tractor`'s `IPCServer` | yes, as `.inner` |
+
+### proto-key-tagged `UnwrappedAddress`
+
+Shape-matching in `wrap_address()` does not survive four backends.
+TIPC's natural unwrapped form is a `(str, int)`, indistinguishable
+from `TCPAddress`; iroh's is a `(str, str)`, already swallowed by
+the existing UDS case (`case (_, filename) if type(filename) is
+str`). Ordering hacks and prefix-tagging only paper over it.
+
+Recommended prerequisite for all three backends: carry an explicit
+proto-key spelled with the `multiaddr` protocol name —
+`('tcp', host, port)`, `('unix', path)`,
+`('tipc', stype, inst, scope)` — so `wrap_address()` collapses to
+`_address_types[addr[0]]` and the collision class stops existing.
+This also makes the on-wire form agree with
+`mk_maddr()`/`parse_maddr()` instead of being an independent
+invention. It is a wire-format change (`SpawnSpec`,
+`_root_mailbox`, `_registry_addrs`) plus every fixture and
+downstream config, so it wants its own migration commit landed
+before any new backend — and it is the moment to stop handing raw
+tuples to users at all, making `Address` the public currency and
+`UnwrappedAddress` an internal serialization detail (the
+discipline `ipaddress` uses).
+
+### netns is a runtime-level config API
+
+`setns(2)` affects the calling thread only and does not move
+already-created sockets. So a netns is a spawn/boot-time input
+alongside `enable_transports`/`tpt_bind_addrs`, and there is
+deliberately no `await actor.enter_netns(...)` — a mid-life API
+would silently leave the IPC server bound in the old namespace.
+Corollary for layer B: pass `netns=` down to `pyroute2` rather
+than assuming a `trio.to_thread` worker inherits it.
+
+### `examples/` collection would have failed CI
+
+`tests/test_docs_examples.py` walks `examples/` recursively and
+subproc-runs every collected file asserting `rc == 0`. Its filter
+never checks the extension, so all four `wg_lan` files were
+collected — including `README.md`, which would have been run as
+`python README.md`. `'multihost' not in p[0]` was already in the
+exclusion list with no directory using it. Moving the set under
+`examples/multihost/wg_lan/` drops collection 24 → 20 with zero
+test changes; confirmed via `pytest --collect-only`.
+
+## Corrections applied during the session
+
+The human corrected two claims that had been asserted without
+verification, both since retracted in-place in the docs and in the
+posted issue comments:
+
+1. that `wg` has "nothing to bind at the tunnel layer, exactly one
+   bind" — wrong; a wg stack is genuinely composed, and the real
+   axis is *who owns* each layer's endpoint.
+2. that `/ip4/../udp/443/quic-v1` was "also composed" — wrong;
+   that is one endpoint with a protocol qualifier, not a tunnel.
+
+A self-review before publication also downgraded two
+overconfident claims to explicitly-flagged assumptions: the
+`uniffi`-uses-asyncio-only-as-executor thesis (contradicted that
+plan's own "do not guess from memory" step 0) and TIPC's
+duplicate-binder round-robin behaviour (unverified).

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_0799212ebffe42arY96czXn89F
+timestamp: 2026-08-11T23:38:33Z
+git_ref: 7cbd64ee
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260811T233833Z_7cbd64ee_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Open a new isolated worktree in the local Tractor repository and draft a fix
+for `BroadcastReceiver` reporting that a lagged one-slot consumer dropped
+zero values when one value had actually been displaced.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Corrected the off-by-one lag count while preserving cursor recovery and added
+deterministic narrow- and wider-window regressions for exact loss reporting.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py` - exact broadcast overrun count.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - lag count and recovery regression.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - generated output follows the user's diagnosed edge case.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-11T23:38:33Z
+git_ref: 7cbd64ee
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+The user asked for a Tractor fix in a new isolated worktree after a live piker
+failure reported:
+
+```text
+tractor.trionics._broadcast.Lagged:
+Task `piker.brokers.ib.broker.handle_order_requests` overrun and
+dropped `0` values
+```
+
+Inspection showed the lag exception was valid but its count was off by one.
+`BroadcastReceiver.receive_nowait()` treats `seq` as a deque index. With a
+one-entry queue, index zero is the only retained value and `seq == 1` already
+means one value was displaced. The old `seq - maxlen` calculation therefore
+reported zero instead of one.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py`
+
+Adjusted the lag count to `seq - maxlen + 1` and documented why the first
+invalid deque index must be included. The existing Tokio-style cursor reset
+remains unchanged.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added a deterministic parameterized regression covering a one-slot queue
+with one dropped value and a three-slot queue with two dropped values. The
+test keeps the root receiver idle while a child subscriber synchronously
+drains each produced value, asserts the exact `Lagged` message, and proves the
+next receive resumes at the oldest retained item.
+
+Verification output:
+
+```text
+..                                                                       [100%]
+2 passed in 0.04s
+
+..........                                                               [100%]
+10 passed in 4.65s
+```
+
+The targeted import resolved to the new Tractor worktree. Python compilation
+and `git diff --check` passed. Adversarial review found no actionable issues;
+zero-capacity channels remain a pre-existing untested edge outside this fix.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_0799212ebffe42arY96czXn89F
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T01:23:24Z
+git_ref: 06c4af17
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260812T012324Z_06c4af17_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Iteratively refine Tractor PR 490. For item one, correct broadcast statistics
+queue counts and Trio event checks, verify and review the exact change, then
+return a complete commit plan before proceeding.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Converted subscriber cursor indexes into clamped retained queue counts,
+removed deprecated event truthiness, and added deterministic state and
+deprecation regressions.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py` - accurate queue and waiter statistics.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - retained-count and event regression.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - generated output follows the requested first iterative item.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T01:23:24Z
+git_ref: 06c4af17
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+After opening draft Tractor PR 490, the user requested an iterative pass over
+additional broadcast subsystem findings. The first item was to correct
+`BroadcastState.statistics()` queued counts and its deprecated Trio event
+truthiness check, then stop for a complete commit plan.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py`
+
+Changed `queued_len_by_task` from raw deque cursor indexes to retained,
+receivable counts. Caught-up `-1` reports zero, valid indexes report index plus
+one, and lagged cursors clamp to the current retained queue length. Replaced
+`trio.Event` truthiness with an explicit `is not None` branch.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added a deterministic statistics regression using actual sends and receives.
+It verifies caught-up and one-queued states, drives a root receiver beyond a
+three-slot retention window to prove clamping, and installs a real
+`trio.Event` while treating deprecations as errors.
+
+Verification output:
+
+```text
+...........                                                              [100%]
+11 passed in 5.76s
+```
+
+Python compilation and `git diff --check` passed. Initial adversarial review
+caught unclamped lagged cursors and an ineffective event test; both were
+fixed. Final review found no actionable issues.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_0799212ebffe42arY96czXn89F
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T03:06:08Z
+git_ref: 1095e7f7
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260812T030608Z_1095e7f7_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+For Tractor PR 490 item two, make shared underlying receive failures wake and
+terminate every broadcast subscriber without losing retained values. Review,
+verify and return a complete commit plan before continuing.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Published ordinary receive failures as terminal broadcast state, introduced
+a public chained peer exception, kept control-flow exits transient while
+waking peers, documented the contract, and added deterministic regressions.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py` - terminal failure and peer wake protocol.
+- `tractor/trionics/__init__.py` - public peer exception export.
+- `docs/api/trionics.rst` - failure-delivery API contract.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - terminal and transient failure tests.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - generated output follows the requested second iterative item.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T03:06:08Z
+git_ref: 1095e7f7
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+The user requested the second iterative refinement for Tractor PR 490: ensure
+non-EOC failures from a shared underlying broadcast receiver do not leave peer
+subscribers blocked forever, then stop for a complete commit plan.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py`
+
+Added shared terminal failure publication for ordinary `Exception` values.
+The receive owner gets the original exception; peers may drain retained
+values and then get a fresh `BroadcastReceiveError` chained from the original.
+Late subscribers observe the same terminal state without retrying the failed
+underlying receiver. Process-control and cancellation-like `BaseException`
+values wake peers but are re-raised without becoming durable channel state.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/trionics/__init__.py`
+
+Exported `BroadcastReceiveError` as the public peer-delivery exception.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- docs/api/trionics.rst`
+
+Documented `BroadcastReceiveError` and the owner-versus-peer delivery
+contract, including retained-value draining and late subscribers.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added deterministic bounded regressions. One scripts a successful receive
+followed by `RuntimeError`, proving the root drains retained data, all current
+and late receivers observe terminal failure, and the source is not retried.
+The second scripts a custom `BaseException`, proving peers wake and take over
+the next source receive without retaining control-flow state.
+
+Verification output:
+
+```text
+.............                                                            [100%]
+13 passed in 5.62s
+```
+
+Python compilation and `git diff --check` passed. Iterative adversarial review
+drove independent peer exception wrappers, ordinary-versus-control-flow
+classification, bounded test completion, public docs, and the final catch-all
+peer wake. Final review found no issues.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_0799212ebffe42arY96czXn89F
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T15:00:27Z
+git_ref: c2a6ccef
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260812T150027Z_c2a6ccef_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+For Tractor PR 490 item three, prevent subscriber closure from waking another
+receiver's shared event or stranding peers. Preserve close-safe source-read
+ownership handoff, then review, verify and return a complete commit plan.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Introduced receiver-local wait/source cancellation, owner-specific handoff,
+and close precedence over shielded source values/errors/EOC. Clarified that
+private scope cancellation means explicit close while outer task cancellation
+remains `trio.Cancelled` for both source-read and peer-wait scopes, with
+deterministic receiver-close regressions.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py` - receiver-local close and ownership scopes.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - peer close and owner handoff regressions.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - generated output follows the requested third iterative item.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T15:00:27Z
+git_ref: c2a6ccef
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+The user requested the third iterative refinement for Tractor PR 490: closing
+one broadcast subscriber must not set another receiver owner's shared event
+and create a runnable hot loop, then stop for a complete commit plan.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py`
+
+Added receiver-local wait cancellation and source-read ownership scopes.
+Closing a non-owner waiting behind another source reader cancels only that
+receiver's private wait and maps it to `ClosedResourceError`; the shared event
+remains untouched. Closing the active source owner cancels only its private
+source-read scope, wakes peers after cleanup, and lets one peer take ownership.
+
+Source outcomes are captured inside the owner scope and classified only after
+checking close/cancel state. A cancellation-shielding source therefore cannot
+publish a returned value, ordinary error, or EOC after its owner was closed.
+The private scope's `cancel_called` bit is asserted to imply receiver closure;
+outer task cancellation remains `trio.Cancelled` and is not translated into
+`ClosedResourceError`. Owner-key comments document that only the receiver
+identified by `recv_ready[0]` may cancel the shared source-read scope. The
+same explicit-close invariant is enforced symmetrically for private peer-wait
+scope cancellation.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added deterministic bounded regressions for both close positions. The
+non-owner test places two peers behind an active source read, closes one and
+proves only that peer exits while the shared event stays unset. The owner test
+closes a source owner whose receive shields cancellation and parameterizes a
+returned value, `RuntimeError`, and `EndOfChannel`; each discarded outcome
+hands the next source receive to the waiting root without terminal-state or
+EOC publication.
+
+Verification output:
+
+```text
+.................                                                        [100%]
+17 passed in 5.84s
+```
+
+Python compilation and `git diff --check` passed. Iterative adversarial review
+caught a waiting non-owner hang, cancellation-shielded source returns, and
+shielded source exceptions. All were fixed. Final review found no actionable
+issues.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_0799212ebffe42arY96czXn89F
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T21:31:17Z
+git_ref: 51185487
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260812T213117Z_51185487_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+For Tractor PR 490 item four, expose `raise_on_lag` through the public IPC and
+asyncio linked-channel subscription wrappers. Review, verify and return a
+complete commit plan before applying the API downstream in piker.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Added public per-subscription lag policy to both wrappers, preserved first-call
+root policy, documented the semantics, and covered forwarding plus real fan-out
+paths.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/_streaming.py` - `MsgStream` lag policy forwarding.
+- `tractor/to_asyncio.py` - linked-channel lag policy forwarding.
+- `docs/guide/streaming.rst` - IPC fan-out policy docs.
+- `docs/guide/asyncio.rst` - linked-channel fan-out policy docs.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - wrapper policy regression.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - generated output follows the requested fourth iterative item.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-12T21:31:17Z
+git_ref: 51185487
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+The user requested the fourth iterative refinement for Tractor PR 490: expose
+subscriber lag policy through the public `MsgStream.subscribe()` and
+`LinkedTaskChannel.subscribe()` wrappers, then stop for a complete commit
+plan. This enables piker to replace private receiver mutation.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/_streaming.py`
+
+Added `raise_on_lag: bool = True` to `MsgStream.subscribe()`. The first call
+passes the policy to the irreversibly allocated root broadcaster and its
+child; later calls configure each child independently while retaining the
+root's first-call policy.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/to_asyncio.py`
+
+Added equivalent lag-policy forwarding to `LinkedTaskChannel.subscribe()`.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- docs/guide/streaming.rst`
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- docs/guide/asyncio.rst`
+
+Documented strict versus warn/drop/resume behavior, independent child policy,
+and first-call root policy for both wrapper types.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added a parameterized wrapper-level regression using minimal receive-compatible
+handles. It verifies a first non-raising subscription configures root and
+child, then a later strict child does not mutate the sticky root policy.
+
+Verification output:
+
+```text
+...................                                                      [100%]
+19 passed in 5.71s
+
+....................                                                     [100%]
+20 passed in 6.88s
+
+.                                                                        [100%]
+1 passed in 0.86s
+```
+
+The second and third runs cover actual `MsgStream` and infected-asyncio
+`LinkedTaskChannel` fan-out respectively. Python compilation and
+`git diff --check` passed. Adversarial review found no actionable issues.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: unavailable
+timestamp: 2026-08-13T18:19:01Z
+git_ref: a2e0df4b
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260813T181901Z_a2e0df4b_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue Tractor PR 490 after the paired piker EMS consumer commit. Clean
+cancelled-task diagnostics, define or reject zero-buffer broadcast behavior,
+review and verify the change, then stop at a complete commit plan.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Bound cancellation diagnostics to receiver progress, terminal state and
+resource lifetime; made EOC durable across peers; released wrapper-owned root
+broadcasters without breaking graceful EOC or subclass overrides; and rejected
+non-positive fan-out retention capacity.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py` - diagnostic lifecycle, durable EOC and
+  buffer validation.
+- `tractor/_streaming.py` - safe `MsgStream` root broadcaster cleanup.
+- `tractor/to_asyncio.py` - linked-channel root broadcaster cleanup.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - cancellation, EOC, wrapper and capacity
+  regressions.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - generated output follows the requested fifth iterative item.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-13T18:19:01Z
+git_ref: a2e0df4b
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+The user asked to continue after committing the paired piker EMS consumer
+fix. The next isolated Tractor PR 490 item was to clean cancelled-task
+diagnostics and define zero-buffer broadcast behavior, then review, test and
+stop at a complete commit plan.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py`
+
+Made `BroadcastState.cancelled` transient: receiver progress and close clear
+that receiver's diagnostic, terminal EOC and shared receive failure clear all
+stale cancelled tasks, and durable EOC prevents peers from re-entering the
+closed source. `broadcast_receiver()` now rejects non-positive retention
+capacity before creating an unusable zero-length deque.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/_streaming.py`
+
+Made explicit `MsgStream.aclose()` release its internally allocated root
+broadcaster while preserving graceful receive-internal EOC teardown. Used a
+task-local marker so the public zero-argument `aclose()` signature and valid
+subclass overrides remain compatible.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/to_asyncio.py`
+
+Made `LinkedTaskChannel.aclose()` release its internally allocated root
+broadcaster before closing the underlying Trio receive channel.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added synchronized regressions for transient child cancellation diagnostics,
+cross-receiver terminal cleanup, durable EOC peer wakeups, root broadcaster
+cleanup through both public wrappers, `MsgStream.aclose()` subclass
+compatibility, and zero-buffer rejection.
+
+Verification output:
+
+```text
+...........................                                              [100%]
+27 passed in 5.89s
+
+.                                                                        [100%]
+1 passed in 1.22s
+
+.                                                                        [100%]
+1 passed in 0.88s
+```
+
+The integration runs cover real `MsgStream` actor fan-out and infected-asyncio
+`LinkedTaskChannel` fan-out. Ruff, Python compilation and `git diff --check`
+passed. Repeated adversarial review found and resolved root close re-entrancy,
+cross-receiver terminal retention, durable-EOC and subclass-compatibility
+issues; final review reported no findings.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: pr475-review-fixes-20260817
+timestamp: 2026-08-17T23:18:25Z
+git_ref: 359fe75c
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260817T231825Z_359fe75c_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue the `/code-review-changes` pass for PR #475 in its isolated
+worktree. Address the seven accepted manual-review findings in
+`tractor/ipc/_types.py` and `tractor/ipc/_uds.py`, preserve the existing
+Windows capability behavior, verify the result, and prepare the work for
+human-controlled commit and review-reply steps. Do not publish replies,
+stage, commit, or push without the required explicit authorization.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Restored project quote, docstring, multiline-expression, and
+`match/case` conventions while retaining the Windows-safe UDS guard.
+Removed unnecessary structural and comment churn, then verified the
+focused transport, discovery, and lazy-import paths plus the missing
+`AF_UNIX` behavior.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/ipc/_types.py` - restore project style and guarded
+  socket-family dispatch.
+- `tractor/ipc/_uds.py` - format the UDS capability gate
+  consistently.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - the generated patch remains uncommitted and awaits human
+review.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-17T23:18:25Z
+git_ref: 359fe75c
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Applied the seven accepted manual-review fixes for PR #475 while
+preserving the Windows transport capability behavior.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_types.py`
+
+The generated changes restore the project's single-quote docstring and
+string conventions, remove the unnecessary helper divider, simplify the
+transport-registry comments, and restore `match/case` socket-family
+dispatch. The UDS case retains a `HAS_UDS` guard that short-circuits
+before `socket.AF_UNIX` is evaluated on unsupported hosts. Nearby error
+messages are wrapped without changing their content.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_uds.py`
+
+The generated change reformats the `HAS_UDS` conjunction according to
+the project's multiline boolean-expression convention and simplifies
+the adjacent capability comment.
+
+Verification:
+
+`/home/goodboy/repos/tractor/py313/bin/pytest -q tests/test_lazy_imports.py tests/discovery tests/ipc/test_server.py`
+
+Result: `66 passed, 2 xpassed in 60.62s`.
+
+`ruff check --no-cache --output-format=json tractor/ipc/_types.py tractor/ipc/_uds.py`
+
+Result: no findings.
+
+`git diff --check`
+
+Result: no whitespace errors.
+
+An explicit missing-`AF_UNIX` probe set `HAS_UDS = False`, removed the
+socket constant, and exercised an unsupported socket family. It raised
+the expected `NotImplementedError` instead of `AttributeError`.
+
+No review replies, commits, or pushes were published.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: pr481-review-fixes-p1-20260818
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T03:15:32Z
+git_ref: 4151b956
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260818T031532Z_4151b956_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Address the approved review findings on PR #481, but work
+iteratively: implement and verify one finding at a time, prepare a
+separate `/commit-plan` after each fix, and stop for the human commit
+before starting the next finding. Begin with the P1 per-child
+lifecycle issue. Also publish the already-approved review findings
+against the reviewed PR head before editing.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Published the approved non-approving review at head `4151b956`, then
+implemented only the P1 lifecycle fix. Owned one-shot actors now use
+a child-specific cancellation and process-reap handshake, including
+hard escalation for unacknowledged cancellation and deterministic
+bookkeeping removal before `to_actor.run()` returns.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` - coordinate child-specific cancel
+  and reap.
+- `tractor/spawn/_trio.py` - wait on the Trio child's reap request.
+- `tractor/spawn/_mp.py` - wait on the multiprocessing child's reap
+  request.
+- `tractor/spawn/_spawn.py` - publish monitor completion centrally.
+- `tractor/to_actor/_api.py` - await owned-child process reaping.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - cover cleanup, escalation, and startup
+  ordering.
+
+## Human edits
+
+None - the generated P1 patch remains uncommitted for human review.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T03:15:32Z
+git_ref: 4151b956
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implemented only the P1 lifecycle finding from the approved PR #481
+review, preserving the requested one-fix-at-a-time commit boundary.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+Added per-child reap request/completion events to `ActorNursery`, a
+shielded child-specific cancel-and-reap operation, late-registration
+latching for nursery teardown, and cancellation escalation that waits
+for debugger release before using non-ignorable process termination.
+The nursery-wide cancellation path snapshots child records before
+checkpointing so concurrent one-shot cleanup cannot invalidate its
+iteration.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_trio.py`
+
+Changed Trio child monitors to wait on their per-child reap requests.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_mp.py`
+
+Changed multiprocessing child monitors to wait on their per-child reap
+requests.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_spawn.py`
+
+Ensured every backend publishes child-reap completion after its process
+monitor exits.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/to_actor/_api.py`
+
+Changed owned one-shot cleanup to await child-specific process joining
+and bookkeeping removal instead of treating the cancel RPC as reaping.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+Added regressions for immediate caller-managed nursery cleanup, failed
+cancel acknowledgement escalation, and child registration after a
+latched nursery-wide teardown request.
+
+Verification:
+
+`pytest -q tests/test_to_actor.py tests/test_cancellation.py tests/test_spawning.py tests/discovery/test_multi_program.py`
+
+Result: `46 passed, 1 xfailed, 3 xpassed`.
+
+`pytest -q tests/test_to_actor.py --tpt-proto uds`
+
+Result: `13 passed`.
+
+`pytest -q tests/test_to_actor.py --spawn-backend mp_spawn --tpt-proto tcp`
+
+Result: `13 passed`.
+
+One broad verification run was mistakenly launched in parallel with
+the UDS and `mp_spawn` actor suites. It timed out
+`test_remote_error_from_caller_nursery`; the node passed immediately
+in isolation and the complete broad selection then passed serially.
+The failure was classified as concurrent test-session interference,
+not accepted as a passing boundary result.
+
+Ruff, Python compilation, and `git diff --check` passed for the changed
+boundary. Ruff's existing `_trio.py` F401 finding was reproduced at the
+unmodified PR head and excluded from attribution to this patch.
+
+No source files were staged, committed, pushed, or used for review
+replies. The previously approved top-level review was published before
+the fix at reviewed head `4151b956`.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:01Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260818T193001Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Fix cancellation during an indeterminate transport write without
+allowing a second RPC msg to corrupt the stream. Keep the transport
+fix separate from the higher-level `to_actor` remediation and explain
+the length-prefixed protocol rather than using unexplained "framed
+send" terminology.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Close a msgpack transport stream when cancellation interrupts its
+length-prefixed `send_all()` operation. The stream can no longer be
+safely reused because Trio cannot report how many bytes were written.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/ipc/_transport.py` - close an interrupted send stream.
+- `tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py` - cover cancellation during the write.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human required this transport edge-case fix to land as its own
+behavioral commit with a detailed message. During staged review, the
+human also rejected the unexplained "framed send" wording and asked
+for terminology tied directly to the actual transport operation.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:01Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Prospective review found that cancellation can interrupt
+`MsgpackTransport.send()` after `send_all()` writes only part of its
+length-prefixed msg. Sending a cancellation request afterward can
+append another msg to the indeterminate stream and desynchronize the
+peer decoder.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_transport.py tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py`
+
+Close the stream under a cancellation shield when `send_all()` is
+cancelled. Cover the behavior with a fake stream that checkpoints
+inside the write and records forced closure.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:02Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260818T193002Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Distill repeated `Actor._contexts.pop()` machinery into a wrapper like
+the RPC-task registration helper so future teardown sites do not keep
+reconstructing the context-registry key independently. Preserve the
+existing lifecycle-specific cleanup behavior.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Add idempotent `Actor._drop_context()` registry removal keyed from the
+context's own channel and CID. Use it for caller context teardown and
+the strict callee-side RPC deregistration path.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_runtime.py` - own context-registry removal.
+- `tractor/runtime/_rpc.py` - use the helper for callee teardown.
+- `tractor/_context.py` - use the helper after caller teardown.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human identified the repeated registry-pop code and requested a
+central primitive analogous to `_register_rpc_task()`. The agent first
+suggested an async helper that also closed receive channels; the final
+design was narrowed to registry removal only so each lifecycle owner
+retains its existing closure, debugger, shielding, and error policy.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:02Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Repeated teardown sites reconstruct the `Actor._contexts` registry
+key from a portal channel and context ID before popping it. Add an
+idempotent actor-owned helper deriving the key from the context itself,
+then route caller and callee context teardown through that helper.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_runtime.py tractor/runtime/_rpc.py tractor/_context.py`
+
+Keep receive-channel closure and cancellation shielding in each
+lifecycle owner so the helper centralizes registry machinery without
+changing their teardown ordering.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:03Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260818T193003Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Cancel a remote task when its caller is cancelled after `Start`
+publication but before startup acknowledgement. Keep cancellation
+bounded, prevent its private `_cancel_task` RPC from recursively
+cancelling itself and preserve public target kwargs unchanged.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Add private portal startup policy, use it for non-recursive context
+cancellation and clean caller-side startup state under a shield.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_portal.py` - separate private startup policy.
+- `tractor/_context.py` - disable recursion for cancellation RPCs.
+- `tractor/runtime/_runtime.py` - clean cancelled task startup.
+- `tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py` - control cancellation
+  between `Start` publication and acknowledgement.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human required this cancellation behavior to remain a distinct
+commit from general startup failures and from the public `to_actor`
+API. The human also requested that its runtime comment describe the
+actual length-prefixed transport guarantee and concrete `_cancel_task`
+operation rather than referring to an unnamed wrapper.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:03Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Cancellation while `Actor.start_remote_task()` waits for `StartAck`
+can strand its caller-side context and leave the remote task running.
+Make one bounded cleanup request, remove local startup state and close
+its receive channel.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_runtime.py tractor/runtime/_portal.py tractor/_context.py tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py`
+
+Separate private startup-cancellation policy from public target kwargs
+using `Portal._run_from_ns()`. Have `Context.cancel()` disable recursive
+startup cancellation for its own `_cancel_task` RPC. Exercise
+cancellation after `Start` publication and prove the caller-owned actor
+remains reusable without leaked contexts.

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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:04Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260818T193004Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Release caller-side context state for every remote-task startup failure,
+not only local cancellation. Preserve the remote error, avoid unsafe
+follow-up sends and prove pre-publication serialization failures leave
+a reused portal healthy.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Extend remote-task startup cleanup across send, acknowledgement and
+validation errors. Track completed publication, perform only safe
+best-effort cancellation and deterministically remove local state.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_runtime.py` - clean every startup failure path.
+- `tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py` - cover authorization and
+  serialization failures before context entry.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human accepted the discovered edge-case fixes but required general
+startup cleanup to land separately from cancellation cleanup, transport
+integrity and the public API. This boundary preserves that behavioral
+distinction and its dedicated commit-message rationale.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:04Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+`Actor.start_remote_task()` inserts a context before sending `Start`,
+but startup errors other than cancellation escape without removing or
+closing that caller state. Serialization errors, acknowledgement
+timeouts, malformed acknowledgements and remote authorization errors
+can therefore leak context-registry entries.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_runtime.py tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py`
+
+Cover the complete send, acknowledgement and validation phase with
+exceptional cleanup. Attempt remote cancellation only when publication
+is known complete or protocol-safe, and always release local state.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:05Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260818T193005Z_bf06b4f8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Replace abandoned `Portal.run()` one-shots with a static linked-context
+endpoint. Follow Trio positional-call semantics, use partials for target
+keywords, preserve Python 3.14 Placeholder behavior, keep target lookup
+behind the RPC allowlist and support private, nursery and portal
+placement.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Use `Portal.open_context()` and `Context.wait_for_result()` for one-shot
+tasks. Normalize every partial layer, validate signatures locally and
+send target namespace/function components separately to the authorized
+remote resolver. Retain the client-side function in its `NamespacePath`
+so `to_tuple()` does not re-import it. Owned actors enable the declaring
+`_api.__name__` directly; caller-owned portals opt in through the public
+`to_actor.MODULE` alias.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/to_actor/_api.py` - implement linked one-shot calls.
+- `tractor/to_actor/__init__.py` - export `MODULE`.
+- `tractor/msg/ptr.py` - retain refs created by `from_ref()`.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - cover the public API and authorization.
+- `examples/parallelism/to_actor_one_shots.py` - use positional inputs.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human rejected nested target-kwargs configuration and selected
+Trio-style positional inputs plus `functools.partial()`. During staged
+review the human required a Python 3.14 compatibility comment rather
+than removing Placeholder support, requested separate namespace and
+function inputs, preserved `_get_rpc_func(ns: str, funcname: str)`
+authorization, renamed `RPC_MODULE` to `MODULE`, rejected global module
+exposure and deferred speculative nursery/module-list helpers to the
+`open_taskman()` design line. The human also required this public API
+to land only after its lower-level safety dependencies. In final staged
+review, the human required `_invoke_from_portal()` to use
+`NamespacePath.to_tuple()` with the already-held function ref and
+required internal actor setup to use `_api.__name__` directly, keeping
+`to_actor.MODULE` solely as the public importer-facing alias.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-18T19:30:05Z
+git_ref: bf06b4f8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement `to_actor.run()` with Trio-style positional target arguments,
+`functools.partial` keyword and Python 3.14 Placeholder binding, and a
+static context endpoint that links remote results, errors and caller
+cancellation.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/to_actor/_api.py tractor/to_actor/__init__.py`
+
+Resolve target functions through `Actor._get_rpc_func()` so module
+authorization remains authoritative. Automatically expose the helper
+module for actors owned by `to_actor.run()` and document explicit
+exposure for a caller-owned portal.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py examples/parallelism/to_actor_one_shots.py`
+
+Cover placement modes, argument binding, nested partials, caller-linked
+cancellation, remote errors and module authorization.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: a998acff-af66-4969-a65e-f77cbf5ef8dd
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T00:33:26Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+scope: config
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T003326Z_53516b09_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Confirm whether the successful TIPC CI leg can become blocking.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Removed the temporary TIPC-only `continue-on-error` expression after
+every refreshed PR #493 check passed.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `.github/workflows/ci.yml` - make TIPC failures block CI.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human explicitly requested reconsidering the gate after the CI
+run and chose to leave the generated change local for review before
+requesting this commit plan.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T00:33:26Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+The user asked whether the now-green TIPC CI leg could stop using
+`continue-on-error`.
+
+## Response
+
+All checks on PR #493 passed, including the Ubuntu TIPC matrix job.
+The generated config change removes the temporary non-blocking gate
+and its obsolete explanatory comment:
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- .github/workflows/ci.yml`
+
+The remaining matrix, Linux-only exclusion and `modprobe tipc` setup
+stay unchanged.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: a998acff-af66-4969-a65e-f77cbf5ef8dd
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T00:33:27Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T003327Z_53516b09_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Develop a practical bootstrap plan for testing TIPC across two
+physical motherboards.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Expanded the two-host example into a reproducible smoke-test runbook
+and made host A authorize the stable module name imported by host B.
+Documented the cluster-domain-socket analogy and the prospective
+`pyroute2` management path.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `examples/multihost/tipc_cluster/README.md` - document setup,
+  validation, resilience testing, capture and cleanup.
+- `examples/multihost/tipc_cluster/host_a_srv.py` - authorize the
+  `host_a_srv` RPC module under direct script execution.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human selected two separate physical motherboards as the target
+environment and requested that the resulting local work be packaged
+as its own commit boundary. The human also proposed “Cluster Domain
+Sockets” as clearer terminology and reusing the planned `pyroute2`
+dependency for TIPC management.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T00:33:27Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+The user asked for a bootstrap plan to try TIPC with two real,
+physically separate Linux motherboards.
+
+## Response
+
+The generated changes turn the existing sketch into an operator
+runbook and correct the RPC module authorization used by direct
+script execution:
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- examples/multihost/tipc_cluster/README.md examples/multihost/tipc_cluster/host_a_srv.py`
+
+The runbook covers matching revisions, cluster identity, interface
+selection, Ethernet bearer setup, link and name-table validation,
+RPC, failure/rejoin testing, diagnostics, cleanup and a future
+network-namespace fixture. It also records “Cluster Domain Sockets”
+as explanatory terminology and identifies a future `pyroute2` TIPC
+generic-netlink codec as the path away from manual `tipc(8)` calls.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: a998acff-af66-4969-a65e-f77cbf5ef8dd
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T00:33:28Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+scope: docs
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T003328Z_53516b09_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Draft an upstream `/tipc` multiaddr issue modeled on the prior `wg`
+proposal.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Added a reviewable upstream issue draft with a concrete binary and
+text encoding, composition examples, rollout plan and open design
+questions. Retained the ecosystem-standard `tipc` name while using
+“Cluster Domain Sockets” as explanatory terminology, and separated
+the future `pyroute2` management track from address encoding.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `ai/tpt-backends/04_tipc_multiaddr_upstream.md` - candidate
+  `multiformats/multiaddr` issue body.
+- `ai/tpt-backends/README.md` - roster the upstream proposal.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human chose to track the draft under `ai/tpt-backends/` instead
+of leaving it in the ignored gish cache, and explicitly requested a
+Prompt-IO record for this docs-only commit. The human proposed the
+`cds` alternative and unifying TIPC/WireGuard management through
+`pyroute2`.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T00:33:28Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+The user asked to begin drafting an upstream `/tipc` multiaddr issue
+similar to the existing WireGuard proposal, then chose to track the
+draft as an AI planning document.
+
+## Response
+
+The generated proposal is intended for `multiformats/multiaddr`:
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- ai/tpt-backends/04_tipc_multiaddr_upstream.md ai/tpt-backends/README.md`
+
+It proposes a code allocated upstream, a fixed 72-bit value holding
+the service type, instance and scope, and the canonical text form
+`/tipc/<type>:<instance>:<scope>`. It includes WireGuard composition,
+security boundaries, the `tipc` versus `cds` naming decision,
+deployment-management separation, implementation phases, test data
+and open questions for maintainers.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: ses_3e4c90d3eafeqHEtRYSIHgHhpA
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T02:07:57Z
+git_ref: b38efed7
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T020757Z_b38efed7_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Resolve the remaining P3 review finding before landing PR #481:
+`runtime_kwargs={}` must not be silently accepted alongside either
+`an=` or `portal=` merely because the dict is falsey. Keep this as its
+own final review-remediation commit.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Treat any non-`None` `runtime_kwargs` value as provided when validating
+placement. Cover both placement APIs with empty and configured dicts,
+proving the error is raised locally before actor startup.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/to_actor/_api.py` - validate option presence explicitly.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - cover four invalid option combinations.
+
+## Human edits
+
+No direct line edits. The human accepted the P3 finding, required it to
+remain separate from the five P2 behavioral commits and prioritized it
+before the final PR #484 integration rebase and PR #481 landing steps.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T02:07:57Z
+git_ref: b38efed7
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Fix the final PR #481 review finding: `runtime_kwargs` is mutually
+exclusive with both caller placement options whenever it is provided,
+including an empty dict.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/to_actor/_api.py tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+Use an explicit `is not None` check rather than dict truthiness. Expand
+the validation regression across `an=` and `portal=`, each with empty
+and configured runtime kwargs, so every invalid combination fails
+before actor runtime startup.
+
+Verification:
+
+- Trio/TCP: `23 passed`
+- Trio/UDS: `23 passed`
+- `mp_spawn`/TCP: `23 passed`
+- Ruff and `git diff --check`: clean

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T18:46:40Z
+git_ref: 481ba003
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T184640Z_481ba003_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Rebase PR #484 onto final PR #481, migrate every affected one-shot call
+to the new positional target API and continue through downstream tests,
+examples and documentation review.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Converted stale target keyword calls to target partials so previously
+named inputs remain explicit while placement/runtime controls stay
+direct. Updated error expectations for local signature validation and
+linked remote error propagation, then corrected docs which still
+described the removed one-shot implementation. Linked spawning and
+context lifecycle prose to the corresponding API methods and detailed
+context guide.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `docs/api/core.rst` - describe linked one-shot context execution.
+- `docs/guide/rpc.rst` - update placement and target call semantics.
+- `docs/guide/spawning.rst` - document positional target inputs.
+- `examples/debugging/multi_nested_subactors_error_up_through_nurseries.py` - migrate nested actor target inputs.
+- `examples/debugging/root_cancelled_but_child_is_in_tty_lock.py` - preserve named recursive target inputs with partials.
+- `tests/test_advanced_streaming.py` - migrate streaming target inputs.
+- `tests/test_cancellation.py` - migrate calls and tighten errors.
+- `tests/test_infected_asyncio.py` - bind asyncio target options.
+- `tests/test_rpc.py` - migrate RPC target argument binding.
+- `tests/test_runtime.py` - preserve named runtime target inputs.
+- `tests/test_spawning.py` - preserve named spawning target inputs.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human selected the stack order and final PR #481 base, asked the
+agent to continue after each diagnostic step and required a complete
+commit plan after independently force-pushing the rebased history.
+After reviewing the migration, the human required every formerly named
+target input to remain visibly named through `functools.partial()`
+rather than becoming positional. These were human-directed agent edits;
+the human also required plain `start_actor()` and `open_context()`
+references in the spawning and RPC guides to link to their API methods
+and the detailed context guide, then clarified that `to_actor.run()`
+already uses the full context API while `Portal.run()` should share
+linked lifecycle machinery without necessarily delegating through
+`Portal.open_context()` or adding a `Started` message. The human made
+no direct source-line edits.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T18:46:40Z
+git_ref: 481ba003
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Migrate PR #484's downstream one-shot calls to PR #481's final
+`tractor.to_actor.run()` contract after the stack rebase.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- docs examples tests`
+
+Pass target arguments positionally and bind target keyword-only inputs
+with `functools.partial()`. Keep placement and runtime controls as
+direct `to_actor.run()` keywords. Update the invalid-target-argument
+test to expect local signature binding before actor startup and require
+direct `RemoteActorError` propagation from linked one-shots.
+
+Update API and guide prose to describe positional target inputs,
+linked `Portal.open_context()` execution and per-child reaping instead
+of the removed `Portal.run()` and target-`**kwargs` conventions.
+
+Verification:
+
+- core and migrated runtime batches: `97 passed`
+- discovery and related lifecycle batch: `33 passed, 1 skipped`
+- changed executable examples: `9 passed`
+- mapped debugger cases: `12 passed, 6 skipped`
+- Ruff, compilation and `git diff --check`: clean

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T23:48:23Z
+git_ref: 557065d8
+scope: tests
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T234823Z_557065d8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Investigate PR #481's red CI run, explain the missing T-800 and
+debugger-output failures, and proceed with fixes in the PR #481
+worktree.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Updated stale teardown assertions to match #481's direct hard-reap
+path and observable process-lifetime invariants. Made nested debugger
+checks consume the complete pexpect transcript rather than only the
+last prompt latch.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tests/devx/test_debugger.py` - assert EOF/dead-process teardown and
+  accumulate nested debugger output across prompt boundaries.
+- `tests/devx/test_tooling.py` - assert cancel-timeout hard-reap
+  escalation instead of the bypassed T-800 backend marker.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human reported the still-red PR #481 CI, supplied a failing job URL,
+required work in `/wkts/pr481_review_fixes` and directed the agent to
+continue immediately. No direct source-line edits were made by the
+human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T23:48:23Z
+git_ref: 557065d8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Diagnose and fix the stale debugger and reaper assertions failing PR
+#481's Unix CI jobs.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/devx/test_debugger.py tests/devx/test_tooling.py`
+
+Replace the old T-800 backend-log requirement with the new bounded
+cancel-ack escalation evidence. Prove debugger teardown with EOF and a
+dead child process instead of requiring optional `KeyboardInterrupt`
+text. Accumulate all pexpect prompt chunks for nested error propagation
+so expected tracebacks are not lost when `child.before` advances.
+
+Verification:
+
+- exact failed debugger/reaper nodes: `4 passed`
+- debugger/tooling TCP: `39 passed, 6 skipped`
+- debugger/tooling UDS: `39 passed, 6 skipped`
+- full TCP suite: `478 passed, 9 skipped, 7 xfailed, 3 xpassed`
+- full UDS rerun: `476 passed, 11 skipped, 8 xfailed, 2 xpassed`

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T23:48:24Z
+git_ref: 557065d8
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260819T234824Z_557065d8_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Investigate and fix PR #481's macOS TCP clustering and stream-overrun
+failures without sacrificing IPC frame integrity or structured
+concurrency.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Changed cancellation during `send_all()` from actor-wide stream closure
+to shielded complete-frame publication followed by immediate pending
+cancellation. Prevented failed overrun error shipment from promoting a
+secondary transport closure over the context-local primary condition.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/ipc/_transport.py` - complete in-flight frames before
+  delivering sender cancellation.
+- `tractor/_context.py` - absorb transport closure while reporting an
+  overrun on an already-closing channel.
+- `tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py` - prove complete framing, cancellation
+  delivery and channel reuse.
+- `tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py` - prove overrun reporting
+  tolerates a closed transport.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human reported PR #481's red CI, asked for diagnosis and directed
+the agent to proceed in the dedicated PR #481 worktree. During final
+review, the human required preservation of the original far-end
+cancellation rationale and fuller documentation of frame shielding,
+shared-channel ownership and cancellation-delay tradeoffs. These were
+human-directed agent edits; the human made no direct source-line edits.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-19T23:48:24Z
+git_ref: 557065d8
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Fix the macOS TCP regressions where cancellation during a framed send
+closed the actor-wide channel and replaced primary stream errors with
+secondary `TransportClosed` failures.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_transport.py tractor/_context.py tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py tests/test_context_stream_semantics.py`
+
+Shield complete frame publication, then deliver pending cancellation
+immediately after leaving the shield. Preserve channel reuse instead of
+closing the multiplexed socket from a context-local sender. Treat
+`TransportClosed` while shipping `StreamOverrun` as failed delivery so
+the secondary error can not crash the actor-wide RPC loop.
+
+Add deterministic unit regressions for cancellation in the middle of a
+frame and overrun reporting after transport closure.
+
+Verification:
+
+- transport/context unit regressions: `3 passed`
+- exact TCP and UDS CI-node batches: `11 passed, 1 skipped`
+- transport/context/clustering/RPC TCP: `88 passed`
+- transport/context/clustering/RPC UDS: `86 passed, 2 skipped`
+- full TCP suite: `478 passed, 9 skipped, 7 xfailed, 3 xpassed`
+- full UDS rerun: `476 passed, 11 skipped, 8 xfailed, 2 xpassed`

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T02:30:04Z
+git_ref: 88a23449
+scope: tests
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260820T023004Z_88a23449_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Inspect the two failed macOS jobs in PR #481's new CI run and continue
+toward a green landing candidate.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Confirmed both jobs fail only the known nested crash-REPL scenario from
+issue #320, while Ubuntu TCP/UDS and Windows pass. Added a targeted
+macOS-CI skip without reducing Linux coverage.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tests/devx/test_debugger.py` - skip the issue #320 nested
+  crash-REPL node on Darwin CI.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human monitored the new CI run, reported both macOS jobs dead and
+directed the agent to continue diagnosis. No direct source-line edits
+were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T02:30:04Z
+git_ref: 88a23449
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Diagnose the remaining macOS PR #481 CI failures after the Linux
+debugger and transport fixes passed.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/devx/test_debugger.py`
+
+Both macOS transports failed the same deeply nested crash-REPL test
+already tracked by issue #320: TCP omitted one actor-specific traceback
+record and UDS timed out waiting for a nested prompt. Apply an explicit
+Darwin-CI skip to this one node while retaining Linux TCP/UDS coverage.
+
+Verification:
+
+- debugger/tooling TCP: `39 passed, 6 skipped`
+- debugger/tooling UDS: `39 passed, 6 skipped`
+- Ruff, compilation and `git diff --check`: clean

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T02:30:05Z
+git_ref: 88a23449
+scope: docs
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260820T023005Z_88a23449_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Audit all documentation and executable examples once more, replacing
+prescriptive `run_in_actor()` usage with `to_actor.run()` or explicit
+actor/context lifetime APIs before PR #481 lands.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Rewrote one-shot documentation around direct blocking result delivery,
+linked context execution and per-call reaping. Migrated all runnable
+examples, using daemon actors where reciprocal dialogs require longer
+lifetimes. Added API/guide cross-links and retained only three explicit
+legacy references.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `docs/` - update API, quickstart and subsystem guides to showcase
+  `tractor.to_actor.run()` and link its underlying core APIs.
+- `examples/` - migrate one-shot calls and preserve explicit daemon
+  lifetimes for reciprocal or long-lived actor dialogs.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human requested a final docs pass covering every place that should
+showcase `to_actor` over `.run_in_actor()`. Earlier review also required
+named target arguments to remain visible through `functools.partial()`
+and core API references to link to local guides/reference pages. These
+were human-directed agent edits; the human made no direct source-line
+edits.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T02:30:05Z
+git_ref: 88a23449
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Perform a final rendered-documentation and executable-example pass so
+PR #481 showcases `tractor.to_actor.run()` instead of the legacy
+`ActorNursery.run_in_actor()` API.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- docs examples`
+
+Migrate one-shot guides and examples to direct result delivery through
+`to_actor.run()`, preserving named target inputs with target partials.
+Use daemon actors and concurrent portal calls where reciprocal actor
+lifetimes require both peers to coexist. Add API and guide cross-links,
+and retain only explicit legacy/removal notes.
+
+Verification:
+
+- executable docs examples: `23 passed`
+- debugger/tooling TCP: `39 passed, 6 skipped`
+- debugger/tooling UDS: `39 passed, 6 skipped`
+- Ruff, compilation and `git diff --check`: clean
+- local Sphinx build unavailable because Sphinx is not installed

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T13:51:25Z
+git_ref: 9f99043b
+scope: tests
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260820T135125Z_9f99043b_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue preparing PR #481 for landing after the prior test and
+documentation commits were pushed. Follow CI and proceed with clear next
+steps without merging or changing remote content unasked.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Followed CI through completion and found both macOS jobs failed because the
+new `skipif` expression returned the `CI=true` environment string. Corrected
+the condition to pass pytest a boolean before evaluating the marker. A
+simulated Darwin-CI run now skips cleanly, and the sequential TCP and UDS
+debugger/tooling suites each pass with 39 passed and 6 skipped.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tests/devx/test_debugger.py` - coerce the Darwin-CI skip condition to a
+  boolean.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human pushed the preceding commits, directed the agent to continue, and
+approved recording this test-only follow-up in Prompt-IO. No direct
+source-line edits were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T13:51:25Z
+git_ref: 9f99043b
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Continue preparing PR #481 for landing after the test and documentation
+commits were pushed. Follow the new CI run to completion and diagnose any
+failures.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/devx/test_debugger.py`
+
+Both macOS jobs failed while evaluating the new `skipif` marker. The
+expression returned the `CI=true` environment string instead of a boolean,
+so pytest evaluated `true` as Python source and raised `NameError` during
+test setup. Coerce `_ci_env` to `bool` so pytest receives a boolean marker
+condition on Darwin CI.
+
+Verification should exercise the condition with `CI=true` and a simulated
+Darwin platform, then rerun the debugger/tooling TCP and UDS suites.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T14:38:50Z
+git_ref: 559fd0f1
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260820T143845Z_559fd0f1_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue preparing PR #481 after the latest fix was pushed. Follow CI and
+proceed with clear next steps toward a green landing candidate.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Traced the remaining macOS UDS failure to cancellation racing transport
+teardown inside the shielded framed-send path. Preserve pending cancellation
+over a transport error caused by concurrent teardown, and add a deterministic
+regression for that ordering. A follow-up A/B run showed the corrected
+cancellation precedence changes which nested debugger intermediary is
+rendered as the immediate source versus relay, so retain coverage for both
+actor levels without pinning those racy roles. The adjusted UDS node passes
+three consecutive runs, and both debugger/tooling transport suites pass with
+39 passed and 6 skipped.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/ipc/_transport.py` - deliver pending cancellation before
+  translating a shielded send's transport error.
+- `tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py` - reproduce cancellation followed by local
+  stream closure during shielded frame publication.
+- `tests/devx/test_debugger.py` - accept either valid source/relay role for
+  each nested intermediary while retaining the actor and error assertions.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human pushed the preceding fix, ran the proposed verification plan, and
+reported a repeated UDS debugger failure. That report prompted the A/B
+comparison and role-insensitive assertion. No direct source-line edits were
+made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T14:38:50Z
+git_ref: 559fd0f1
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Continue preparing PR #481 after pushing the macOS debugger skip fix.
+Follow the replacement CI run and address any remaining PR-specific
+failure.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_transport.py`
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py`
+
+macOS UDS failed `test_reqresp_ontopof_streaming` when its two-second
+`move_on_after()` scope cancelled during `stream.send('ping')`. Commit
+`88a23449` shields framed `send_all()` and checks pending cancellation only
+after a successful write. Concurrent transport teardown instead closed the
+socket, causing `ClosedResourceError` to escape as `TransportClosed` before
+the pending cancellation could be delivered.
+
+Preserve structured cancellation precedence on the shielded send's
+transport-error path, and add a deterministic regression that cancels the
+sender before making the fake stream raise `ClosedResourceError`.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 7b9c97c4-fff7-4ac4-97fb-35720453308e
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T15:02:50Z
+git_ref: pformat_caller_frame_render_guard
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260820T150250Z_9afda1c6_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Fix both newly exposed send-side `MsgTypeError` formatting failures
+and pin them with an end-to-end regression in PR #503.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Corrected codec-spec formatting and default error-message assembly so
+`_mk_send_mte()` returns a printable error instead of raising another
+formatter exception.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/msg/_codec.py` - pass the codec to its supported formatter.
+- `tractor/_exceptions.py` - assemble the default message as `str`.
+- `tests/devx/test_pformat.py` - render the complete default error.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human selected both one-line fixes and the single end-to-end test
+as coherent additions to PR #503, while leaving broader formatter
+cleanup out of scope.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-20T15:02:50Z
+git_ref: pformat_caller_frame_render_guard
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+After reviewing additional `tractor.devx.pformat` work suitable for
+PR #503, the user approved fixing both send-side `MsgTypeError`
+formatting failures and adding an end-to-end regression.
+
+## Response
+
+The generated code corrects the `MsgCodec.msg_spec_str` formatter
+input, keeps `_mk_send_mte()`'s assembled default message a string,
+and tests that the resulting `MsgTypeError` can be rendered:
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/msg/_codec.py tractor/_exceptions.py tests/devx/test_pformat.py`
+
+These failures were hidden behind the original
+`pformat_caller_frame()` keyword error addressed by the first two
+commits on the branch.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-21T02:35:37Z
+git_ref: ae6f2ac3
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260821T023537Z_ae6f2ac3_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Simplify bounded actor cancellation by passing an explicit absolute
+deadline from `Portal.cancel_actor()` through `_run_from_ns()`,
+`Actor.start_remote_task()`, and `Channel.send()` into
+`MsgpackTransport.send()`. Avoid a `ContextVar`, watcher tasks, shared
+status, coalescing, and waiter state. After tracing the current
+`Start -> StartAck -> CancelAck` transaction, rename the local result to
+`cancel_ack_received`, document its exact semantics, and link a focused
+follow-up for a dedicated `Cancel -> CancelAck` protocol.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Threaded one absolute Trio deadline through the existing private
+actor-cancel RPC path. The transport retains complete-frame shielding
+for ordinary sends, while a cancel-control send that overruns its
+deadline force-closes the potentially corrupted stream before releasing
+the send lock. The outer actor-cancel scope uses the same deadline for
+ack waiting and redelivers pending caller cancellation afterward.
+
+Renamed the completion flag to `cancel_ack_received` and documented that
+the current private call consumes `StartAck`, then receives a real
+`CancelAck` after `Actor.cancel()` completes; this does not establish
+that the OS process exited. Added a source TODO linking issue #506 for
+the future first-class `Cancel -> CancelAck` transaction.
+
+Focused transport and actor-cancel verification passed all four tests.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_portal.py` - own the absolute deadline, accurately
+  record ack receipt, and link the dedicated cancellation protocol.
+- `tractor/runtime/_runtime.py` - forward the optional deadline for the
+  exact private `Start` publication.
+- `tractor/ipc/_chan.py` - pass the operation-specific deadline to the
+  transport without changing ordinary sends.
+- `tractor/ipc/_transport.py` - bound the shielded frame publication and
+  close a partial-frame stream before unlocking it.
+- `tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py` - cover deadline expiry after a partial
+  frame prefix reaches the stream.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - prove actor-cancel publication and ack
+  waiting share one absolute timeout budget.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human rejected the initial watcher-task, shared `_SendStatus`, cancel
+coalescing, and per-waiter design as unnecessary complexity. They also
+rejected `ContextVar` propagation in favor of explicit functional
+threading, selected a single absolute deadline for publication and ack
+waiting, and required item 2 to remain separate from the item-3 child
+reaping work. After reviewing the result, they requested the precise
+`cancel_ack_received` name, a detailed protocol-trace comment, a focused
+follow-up issue, and a linked source TODO. No direct source-line edits
+were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-21T02:35:37Z
+git_ref: ae6f2ac3
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Replace the actor-cancel timeout watcher/status experiment with one
+explicit absolute deadline threaded through the existing private call
+path. Do not use a `ContextVar`, shared result state, waiter
+coalescing, or polling tasks.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_portal.py`
+
+`Portal.cancel_actor()` computes one absolute deadline and uses it for
+both `Start` frame publication and the subsequent cancel-ack wait.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_runtime.py`
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_chan.py`
+
+The private RPC path forwards the operation-specific deadline. Lower
+layers preserve the ordinary infinite-deadline call shape.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_transport.py`
+
+`MsgpackTransport.send()` applies the deadline inside its complete-frame
+shield. If the deadline expires after partial publication, it closes
+the unusable stream before releasing the send lock.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py`
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+Focused regressions prove a partial-frame timeout closes the stream and
+that actor-cancel publication and acknowledgement share one budget.
+
+The implementation removes the earlier `_SendStatus`, watcher task,
+coalescing, shared cancel result, and per-waiter state. Four focused
+transport and actor-cancel tests pass.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-21T04:08:03Z
+git_ref: 3c1bbe73
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260821T040803Z_3c1bbe73_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue PR #481 review cleanup one item at a time. Compare the
+remaining child-registration/reaping experiment against PR #484,
+identify the next valid behavior, and generate an exact commit plan for
+that boundary without committing automatically.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Separated late-child admission from the broader bounded-reap rewrite.
+Added one synchronous `ActorNursery._register_child()` publication step
+that stores the child and its reap events before sampling nursery
+cancellation. This closes both scheduler orderings around
+`ActorNursery.cancel()`'s child snapshot.
+
+The MP backend registers immediately before synchronous process startup
+and refuses to start when cancellation already owns the child. The Trio
+backend registers immediately after `open_process()` and kills that
+already-created process when registration observes cancellation. An
+early `start_actor()` guard rejects calls begun after cancellation is
+already visible.
+
+Deterministic tests cover the nursery registration ordering and the MP
+no-start invariant. Comparison with PR #484 confirmed that its retained
+generic nursery/backends do not close this race.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` - atomically publish child ownership
+  and reject actor starts after nursery cancellation.
+- `tractor/spawn/_mp.py` - register before synchronous process startup
+  and abort a cancellation-owned child.
+- `tractor/spawn/_trio.py` - register immediately after process creation,
+  kill a cancellation-owned child, and remove its stale unused import.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - cover late registration and MP startup
+  suppression.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human required review extras to be handled one item and one
+behavioral commit at a time, with each item compared against PR #484
+before acceptance. That direction split this late-registration fix from
+the original broad experiment's bounded post-ack reaping,
+`ActorNursery.cancel()` hard-reap rewrite, and debugger/error behavior.
+The human accepted the narrower late-registration boundary by requesting
+its commit plan. No direct source-line edits were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-21T04:08:03Z
+git_ref: 3c1bbe73
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Compare the remaining child-registration and reaping experiment with
+PR #484, then identify the next review item without changing code.
+
+The next item is the late-child admission race. A spawn can pass
+`ActorNursery.start_actor()`'s early cancellation check, then be absent
+from `ActorNursery.cancel()`'s child snapshot and register afterward.
+The existing reap-request latch releases its monitor but does not send
+runtime cancellation, so the monitor can wait forever for a still-live
+process.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+`ActorNursery._register_child()` publishes the child, installs its reap
+events, and samples `ActorNursery._cancel_called` without a checkpoint.
+The two scheduler orderings are then complete: registration first puts
+the child in the cancel snapshot, while cancellation first makes the
+backend abort the late registration.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_mp.py`
+
+The multiprocessing backend registers immediately before `proc.start()`
+and refuses to start a process already owned by nursery cancellation.
+There is no Trio checkpoint between registration and process startup.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_trio.py`
+
+The Trio backend registers immediately after `open_process()` and kills
+the newly opened process if cancellation won the registration race. Its
+stale unused `get_runtime_vars` import is removed so the touched module
+remains lint-clean.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+Deterministic regressions prove late registration observes cancellation
+and that the MP backend never starts a process after cancellation owns
+its registration.
+
+PR #484 retains the affected generic nursery and spawn-backend paths and
+does not close this race. Keep this fix in PR #481 as its own commit;
+review bounded post-`CancelAck` reaping separately.

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+---
+model: gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: tractor-addr-unpacking
+timestamp: 2026-08-21T05:20:52Z
+git_ref: 3690e43a
+scope: config
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260821T052052Z_3690e43a_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+The human asked for a main-first patch using an off-the-shelf pytest
+plugin to cope with tractor's changing macOS CI flakes without mixing
+that mitigation into PR #505.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Added `pytest-rerunfailures` to tractor's testing dependencies and
+configured the GitHub Actions matrix to retry failures only on macOS.
+Linux and Windows remain strict first-attempt runs, while persistent
+macOS failures still fail after two visible reruns.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `.github/workflows/ci.yml` - macOS-only pytest rerun budget.
+- `pyproject.toml` - testing plugin dependency and rationale.
+- `uv.lock` - resolved `pytest-rerunfailures` package metadata.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human selected a main-first mitigation after PR #505 failed two
+different macOS tests on consecutive runs and required the change to
+remain an incremental patch with its own commit plan. The agent
+implemented and verified that direction; no direct manual source
+edits were observed.

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+---
+model: gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-21T05:20:52Z
+git_ref: 3690e43a
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+# Raw output - retry flaky macOS CI tests
+
+The human requested an off-the-shelf pytest plugin patch suitable
+for landing directly on tractor `main` after PR #505's macOS job
+failed two different timing-sensitive tests on consecutive runs.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- .github/workflows/ci.yml pyproject.toml uv.lock`
+
+Added the pytest-dev-maintained `pytest-rerunfailures` plugin and
+gave only the macOS matrix leg two reruns with a one-second delay.
+Linux and Windows receive a zero retry budget; deterministic macOS
+failures still fail after the final attempt and reruns remain visible
+in pytest output.
+
+The lockfile is current, actionlint passed, all 471 tests collected,
+and the four tests covering both observed PR #505 failure areas
+passed with the rerun plugin enabled.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: 76c5d31c-5a2f-4503-9b16-410ee7f4fab3
+timestamp: 2026-08-22T02:25:26Z
+git_ref: eb3c99c9
+scope: config
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260822T022526Z_5562fd9a_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Perform a full Tractor repository scan for related `ai.skillz` work,
+then correct the run-tests landing branch, prune unrelated `.gitignore`
+additions, preserve only the focused migration, and provide canonical
+deployment commands.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Audited all local branches, worktrees, affected-path history, deployment
+state, canonical skill dependencies, and current Tractor harness behavior.
+Corrected the local test reference where it overstated cleanup safety or
+omitted current environment, platform, debugger, timeout, and CI details.
+Narrowed the correction commit to three managed `run-tests` deployment
+blocks. A later dedicated commit records the complete generated `ai.skillz`
+deployment state.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `.claude/skills/run-tests/test-harness-reference.md` - correct the
+  project-specific test and cleanup contract.
+- `.gitignore` - narrow the correction commit before the later dedicated
+  deployment-state expansion.
+- `ai/prompt-io/opencode/20260822T022526Z_5562fd9a_prompt_io.md` - record
+  the migration review provenance.
+- `ai/prompt-io/opencode/20260822T022526Z_5562fd9a_prompt_io.raw.md` -
+  preserve the unedited response record.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human required an existing-work scan after duplicate implementation
+was discovered, approved correcting the landing branch during PR #481
+review, and directed removal or reconciliation of unrelated ignore rules.
+During PR #510 review, the human required the stackscope and shared-memory
+safety clarifications and immutable provenance pointers before landing. No
+direct source-line edits were made by the human. Copilot review then prompted
+the human to require explicit canonical deployment instructions and clarify
+the later `.gitignore` expansion.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-22T02:25:26Z
+git_ref: eb3c99c9
+diff_cmd: git diff eb3c99c9^..eb3c99c9
+---
+
+Audit Tractor's repository-wide `ai.skillz` state and correct the
+`wkt/ai_skillz_run_tests_landing` migration before landing it.
+
+> `git diff eb3c99c9^..eb3c99c9 -- .claude/skills/run-tests/test-harness-reference.md`
+
+The harness reference is corrected against current Tractor behavior:
+environment overrides, CI/platform matrices, randomized registry
+addresses, interactive debugger capture, timeout mechanisms, stackscope
+artifacts, reaper platform limits, dry-run expansion, and exact
+change-to-test mappings.
+
+> `git diff eb3c99c9^..eb3c99c9 -- .gitignore`
+
+Unrelated Taken and broad OpenCode command ignore additions are removed;
+only the managed canonical `run-tests` link and command blocks remain in
+this migration.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: d9d7df2c-7044-463f-8768-ec024718eac9
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T22:20:33Z
+git_ref: ce38cb6f
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260824T222033Z_ce38cb6f_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue the PR #481 review after triage. The human explicitly accepted
+the proposed merge-blocking `Context.cancel()` deadline update with
+"keep" and required the work to remain limited to that review item.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Update `Context.cancel()` so one absolute deadline bounds both shielded
+cancel-request publication and acknowledgement waiting. Add a focused
+mocked-clock regression for the blocked-publication failure mode and run
+the narrow cancellation tests.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/_context.py` - forward the cancel transaction's absolute
+  deadline to frame publication.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - prove blocked context-cancel publication is
+  bounded by the shared deadline.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human retained ownership of review scope and explicitly selected
+"keep" for this item after receiving keep/defer/drop options. The human
+required no unrelated cancellation changes and did not directly edit
+source lines.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T22:20:33Z
+git_ref: ce38cb6f
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement the approved PR #481 review update for `Context.cancel()`.
+Use one absolute deadline for both cancellation-request frame
+publication and acknowledgement waiting, without broadening the change
+to unrelated cancellation behavior.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/_context.py`
+
+`Context.cancel()` computes one absolute cancellation deadline, uses it
+for the outer bounded wait, and forwards it through
+`Portal._run_from_ns()` to shielded frame publication.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+A deterministic mocked-clock regression arranges a shielded blocked
+publication and proves that `Context.cancel()` forwards the same deadline
+which bounds the complete cancel transaction.
+
+Run the focused cancellation deadline regressions after the edit.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: d9d7df2c-7044-463f-8768-ec024718eac9
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T22:36:14Z
+git_ref: 88d538e3
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260824T223614Z_88d538e3_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue PR #481 review remediation after committing the shared
+`Context.cancel()` deadline fix. The human accepted the proposed
+child-reap bookkeeping invariant, asking only that the first fix receive
+its own commit plan and commit before this update began.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Check that `ActorNursery` removes its paired reap-coordination entries
+together while preserving valid pre-registration and immediate-cancel
+paths. Extend the existing real-runtime reap tests to prove all three
+child bookkeeping mappings are empty before `to_actor.run()` returns.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` - assert paired reap-map cleanup.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - verify graceful and hard-reap bookkeeping.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human explicitly accepted this invariant update but directed the
+preceding cancellation fix to be planned and committed as a separate
+boundary first. No direct source-line edits were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T22:36:14Z
+git_ref: 88d538e3
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement the approved PR #481 child-reap bookkeeping update after the
+preceding `Context.cancel()` fix was committed separately.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+`ActorNursery._mark_child_reaped()` captures both reap-coordination
+entries and asserts that they are either both present or both absent.
+It intentionally does not require the reap-request event to be set,
+because backend cancellation can reap immediately after registration.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+Existing real-runtime graceful and hard-reap tests verify that
+`ActorNursery._children`, `ActorNursery._child_reap_requests`, and
+`ActorNursery._child_reaped` are all empty before the one-shot call
+returns.
+
+Run focused bookkeeping and real-runtime reap tests after the edit.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: d9d7df2c-7044-463f-8768-ec024718eac9
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T22:53:56Z
+git_ref: 2f86dd1a
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260824T225356Z_2f86dd1a_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue PR #481 review remediation after committing the paired
+`ActorNursery` reap-state invariant. The human selected "keep" for the
+reviewer's request to factor a duplicated debugger predicate in
+`_try_cancel_then_kill()`.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Factor the child/tree debugger predicate into a local sampler used both
+before and after the cancel-RPC checkpoint. Preserve dynamic debugger
+lock re-evaluation and its distinction from root-wide debug mode.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` - factor the duplicated debugger
+  predicate without changing cancellation behavior.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human explicitly selected "keep" after receiving keep/defer/drop
+options for this isolated review item. During commit-plan review, the
+agent found that a single pre-checkpoint snapshot could become stale;
+the human selected a local helper which re-evaluates the lock after the
+cancel RPC. The human then considered moving the predicate into
+`.devx.debug` and accepted keeping it local after confirming that no
+existing helper shares its supervisor-owned semantics. No direct
+source-line edits were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T22:53:56Z
+git_ref: 2f86dd1a
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement the approved PR #481 review refactor in
+`_try_cancel_then_kill()` without changing debugger behavior.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+Compute the child/tree debugger predicate once, reuse it in the broader
+hard-kill protection predicate, and pass it directly to
+`debug.maybe_wait_for_debugger()`.
+
+Run focused debugger/cancellation coverage and lint after the edit.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: d9d7df2c-7044-463f-8768-ec024718eac9
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T23:39:57Z
+git_ref: 5327b25e
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260824T233957Z_5327b25e_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue PR #481 review remediation after committing the debugger-state
+sampler. The human selected "keep" for the paired review request to use
+`Aid` objects as keys in the newly added reap-coordination maps.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Migrate only `ActorNursery._child_reap_requests` and
+`ActorNursery._child_reaped` to `Aid` keys. Preserve the legacy
+`ActorNursery._children` `.uid` key and pass full actor identities
+through the narrow process-monitor bookkeeping path.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/runtime/_supervise.py` - key fresh reap maps by `Aid`.
+- `tractor/spawn/_spawn.py` - pass `Aid` into completed-reap cleanup.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - exercise `Aid` registration keys.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human explicitly selected "keep" after reviewing the scope,
+performance, and mutability tradeoffs. The human retained the legacy
+tuple key for `_children` and accepted `Aid` for only the two fresh
+private mappings. No direct source-line edits were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-24T23:39:57Z
+git_ref: 5327b25e
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement the approved PR #481 review update which uses `Aid` keys for
+the two fresh `ActorNursery` reap-coordination maps while preserving the
+legacy `.uid` key for `ActorNursery._children`.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/runtime/_supervise.py`
+
+Type and access `_child_reap_requests` and `_child_reaped` by `Aid`.
+Pass full actor identities through registration, cancellation, and
+completed-reap bookkeeping, deriving `.uid` only for `_children`.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_spawn.py`
+
+Forward `subactor.aid` when publishing completed process teardown.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_to_actor.py`
+
+Update deterministic registration tests to exercise `Aid` map keys.
+
+Run focused registration/reaping tests and the full `to_actor` suite.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: d9d7df2c-7044-463f-8768-ec024718eac9
+timestamp: 2026-08-25T01:57:42Z
+git_ref: e42ecb55
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260825T015742Z_e42ecb55_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue PR #481 review remediation after committing the `Aid` reap-map
+migration. The human selected "keep" for comments explaining why both
+spawn backends provisionally register children with `portal=None`.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Document that a child has no `Portal` until its IPC handshake yields a
+`Channel`, and make `portal=None` explicit at both registration calls.
+Identify the later replacement of each provisional entry with
+`Portal(chan)`. Update the MP registration test double to accept and
+assert the explicit provisional portal state. Name every registration
+argument consistently in both backends.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/spawn/_mp.py` - clarify provisional MP registration.
+- `tractor/spawn/_trio.py` - clarify provisional Trio registration.
+- `tests/test_to_actor.py` - model explicit provisional registration.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human explicitly selected "keep" after receiving keep/defer/drop
+options for this paired clarification. During local review, the human
+then requested that `subactor` and `proc` also be passed by name in both
+backend calls. No direct source-line edits were made by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-25T01:57:42Z
+git_ref: e42ecb55
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement the approved PR #481 clarification for provisional child
+registration in both process-spawn backends.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_mp.py`
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/spawn/_trio.py`
+
+Explain that `portal=None` is provisional because no `Portal` can exist
+until the child completes its IPC handshake and returns a `Channel`.
+Use an explicit keyword argument and identify the later replacement with
+`Portal(chan)`.
+
+Run lint and the full `to_actor` runtime suite.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: d9d7df2c-7044-463f-8768-ec024718eac9
+timestamp: 2026-08-25T02:13:19Z
+git_ref: ce430fca
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260825T021319Z_ce430fca_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Continue PR #481 review remediation after committing provisional child
+registration clarifications. The human selected "keep" for inlining the
+guarded `functools.Placeholder` lookup with a walrus assignment.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Remove the standalone placeholder assignment and bind the optional
+Python 3.14 sentinel directly in the existing conditional while
+preserving compatibility behavior.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/to_actor/_api.py` - inline placeholder feature detection.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human explicitly selected "keep" after receiving keep/defer/drop
+options for this isolated cleanup. No direct source-line edits were made
+by the human.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-25T02:13:19Z
+git_ref: ce430fca
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+Implement the approved PR #481 review cleanup for Python 3.14 partial
+placeholder detection.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/to_actor/_api.py`
+
+Inline the guarded `functools.Placeholder` lookup into the existing
+condition with a walrus assignment, preserving fallback behavior when
+the attribute is unavailable.
+
+Run partial/placeholder normalization tests and the full `to_actor`
+suite.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: pr490-landing-review
+timestamp: 2026-08-28T01:42:47Z
+git_ref: wkt/fix_broadcast_lag_count
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260828T014247Z_d06ee34b_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Prime PR #490 for landing, review its concurrent broadcast changes,
+fix valid findings, and keep the landing pass focused.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Rejected an invalid mutable-default finding under `msgspec.Struct`
+semantics. Found and fixed a close-time race where concurrent receives
+on one `BroadcastReceiver` could overwrite its sole cancellation scope
+and strand an earlier waiter. The receiver now rejects overlapping
+calls with `trio.BusyResourceError`. Public docs now define each
+receiver as one logical subscription cursor and require one receiver
+per concurrent lossless consumer. Busy errors identify the active Trio
+task which owns the receiver.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py` - reject concurrent receives on one
+  receiver handle.
+- `tests/test_task_broadcasting.py` - prove the second call fails while
+  the original receive remains usable.
+- `docs/guide/streaming.rst` - document per-task receiver ownership and
+  explicit lag behavior.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human selected PR #490 as the next landing target, rebased it onto
+current `main`, directed the agent to continue the landing pass, and
+required a faster, tightly scoped execution after the review expanded.
+The human then confirmed the per-receiver guard and required the public
+method, type, and surrounding guide to emphasize lossless per-consumer
+semantics. The human also required the regression's checkpoint loop to
+explain its synchronization and the busy error to report the active
+consumer task. The agent applied the source, test, and documentation
+changes; no direct manual edits to these files were identified.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-28T01:42:47Z
+git_ref: wkt/fix_broadcast_lag_count
+diff_cmd: git diff
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Get PR #490 primed and landed. Continue after rebasing, but keep the
+review and fix pass focused.
+
+## Response
+
+The mutable `{}` default is safe because `msgspec.Struct` creates a
+fresh dictionary per instance. A separate concurrency defect remains:
+two tasks can call `receive()` through one `BroadcastReceiver`, and the
+second call overwrites the only `_wait_scope`. Closing that receiver can
+then leave the first task blocked indefinitely.
+
+> `git diff -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py tests/test_task_broadcasting.py`
+
+Added a per-receiver in-progress guard that raises
+`trio.BusyResourceError` for an overlapping receive. Added a regression
+test that blocks the first receive, verifies the second call is
+rejected, and releases the source to prove the first call still works.
+The complete broadcast test file passes: 28 tests in 4.57 seconds.
+
+## Follow-up prompt
+
+Clarify that the guard is per receiver, preserves lossless consumer
+semantics, and document the contract on the public method, type, and
+surrounding guide.
+
+## Follow-up response
+
+> `git diff -- tractor/trionics/_broadcast.py docs/guide/streaming.rst`
+
+Documented that each `BroadcastReceiver` owns one logical cursor, each
+concurrent consumer needs its own subscribed receiver, overlapping
+calls on one handle raise `BusyResourceError`, and strict lag handling
+never skips values silently.
+
+## Second follow-up prompt
+
+Explain that the polling loop waits until the background receive is
+blocked before making the concurrent call, and include the first
+consumer task's runtime information in the busy exception.
+
+## Second follow-up response
+
+Replaced the boolean guard with the active `trio.lowlevel.Task`, added
+its name and representation to `BusyResourceError`, named the fixture
+task for a deterministic assertion, and documented the checkpoint-loop
+interleaving directly above the poll.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: pr512-docs-review
+timestamp: 2026-08-28T20:08:22Z
+git_ref: wkt/big_boi_docs_472_follow_ups
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260828T200822Z_0be872ff_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Prime PR #512 for landing by applying the repository Python style and
+typing policy across changed examples, reviewing and correcting the
+result with delegated agents, validating it, and auditing documentation
+changes since PR #460 for broader follow-up work.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Completed a branch-wide style, typing, and docstring pass over the
+changed examples. Reworked the dedicated registrar example so it proves
+external discovery, handles bind collisions, publishes readiness
+atomically, and shuts down cleanly across platforms. Staged review moved
+it under the discovery examples, introduced an async lifecycle manager,
+and captured public-subsystem, Piker, and pytest follow-ups. Corrected
+discovery and typed-messaging documentation after cross-checking runtime
+behavior.
+Created issue #514 for typed `Start` contracts and linked its planned
+sender-side argument validation from the messaging guide.
+Independent review passes were repeated until no actionable findings
+remained. Static checks, Sphinx, runnable examples, Trio coverage, and
+focused registrar checks passed; Ctrl-C debugger failures remain
+unclassified after one case reproduced on untouched `main`.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `examples/discovery/dedicated_registrar.py` - implement robust
+  standalone registrar discovery and teardown.
+- `examples/**/*.py` - apply style, typing, docstring, and terminology
+  corrections to the 38 changed example modules.
+- `docs/guide/discovery.rst` - document actual registrar and
+  multi-registrar behavior.
+- `docs/guide/msging.rst` - document actual validation and codec-hook
+  boundaries.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human selected PR #512, required the `/py-codestyle` policy and
+typing improvements throughout the examples, required delegated review
+agents to find additional fixes, authorized agents to own and push their
+code through the proper review process, and requested a broad audit of
+documentation changes since PR #460 rendered as an evolving Taken WIP.
+The human then required the earlier `ParamSpec` proposal to be captured
+as a dedicated GitHub issue and linked from the current docs patch.
+The human also required the registrar demo to move under discovery, use
+structural matching and an async context manager, explain socket ownership,
+and preserve public API, Piker, and pytest-harness follow-ups.
+The human also explicitly retracted messages intended for another
+session; those messages did not direct the result. No direct manual
+source edits were identified; the agent applied the human-directed
+changes.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-28T20:08:22Z
+git_ref: wkt/big_boi_docs_472_follow_ups
+diff_cmd: git diff 0be872ff..HEAD
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Prime PR #512 for landing. Apply the Python style policy throughout
+the changed examples, improve typing, use review agents to find and
+fix correctness issues, run the proper review process, push the agent's
+own code, and then audit documentation changes since PR #460 for stale,
+missing, defunct, or improvable coverage.
+
+## Response
+
+> `git diff 0be872ff..HEAD -- examples/`
+
+Restyled and typed all 38 changed example modules while preserving
+intentional debugger failures and hanging reproducers. Added required
+multiline docstrings, corrected async callable annotations, modernized
+legacy API terminology, and preserved complete debugger process trees.
+
+Rebuilt `examples/discovery/dedicated_registrar.py` as a real
+external-discovery example. A standalone registrar process now selects
+and retries bounded ephemeral addresses, publishes readiness atomically,
+rejects accidental registrar reuse, serves sibling service and client
+actors, proves lookup used the registrar instead of a local-peer channel,
+and performs bounded, validated, cross-platform shutdown.
+
+Staged review moved the demo into the discovery example group, converted
+collision classification to structural pattern matching, documented the
+selector-socket close/rebind race, and extracted process ownership into an
+async context manager. A source TODO records the future public discovery
+subsystem, Piker service-management lessons, and pytest registry-isolation
+use case.
+
+> `git diff 0be872ff..HEAD -- docs/guide/discovery.rst`
+
+Corrected registrar, duplicate-name, and multi-registrar discovery
+guidance, including configured-order and `None` placeholder behavior.
+
+> `git diff 0be872ff..HEAD -- docs/guide/msging.rst`
+
+Corrected typed-payload validation boundaries and separated working
+task-scoped codec encoding from private per-dialog decoding and the
+incomplete decorator hook parameters.
+
+## Review and validation
+
+Multiple independent reviews found and drove fixes for registrar
+discovery validity, port-selection races, teardown, process diagnostics,
+shutdown status, inaccurate discovery ordering, async callable typing,
+missing docstrings, truncated debugger command diagrams, stale APIs, and
+payload-error relay wording.
+
+Validation completed:
+
+- AST parsing, Ruff, 69-column checks, and required-docstring audit for
+  all 38 changed Python files.
+- Sphinx HTML build succeeded.
+- Documentation example harness: 24 passed.
+- Trio coverage: 7 passed, 4 xfailed, 1 xpassed.
+- Dedicated registrar direct run and focused harness test passed with a
+  clean child exit and no traceback.
+- Debugger suite: 20 passed, 6 skipped, and 8 reproducible
+  `ctl-c=True` pexpect timeouts. One exact failure reproduced on
+  untouched `main`, confirming a baseline failure; its root cause
+  remains unclassified. No leaked actor processes remained.
+
+The post-PR-#460 audit identified follow-up work around advertised but
+inert runtime selectors, platform/backend support, unresolved discovery
+contracts, cached-context teardown, codec recipes, examples-as-tests
+coverage, public API exports, broadcast factory contracts, stale examples,
+README duplication, release notes, and process-title terminology.
+
+## Follow-up prompt
+
+Capture the previously proposed `ParamSpec`-based `Start` argument
+validation work in a focused GitHub issue, then link it from the current
+typed-messaging docs patch as planned sender-side checking.
+
+## Follow-up response
+
+Created https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/514 to track deriving
+typed `Start` contracts from endpoint signatures, preserving caller-facing
+signatures, and validating arguments before sending where possible. Added
+the issue link beside the guide's current `Start` validation boundary.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+session: a998acff-af66-4969-a65e-f77cbf5ef8dd
+timestamp: 2026-08-30T04:53:03Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+scope: code
+substantive: true
+raw_file: 20260830T045303Z_69a0e504_prompt_io.raw.md
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+Inspect the TIPC backend rebase onto current `main`, repair and verify any
+integration problems before force-push, and prepare the result through the
+proper `/commit-plan` workflow.
+
+## Response summary
+
+Repaired the stale lock produced by replaying the historical py-multiaddr
+source-pin commit over current `main`. Adapted TIPC to the newer lazy-import
+contract and extended runtime annotation tests for the interim `/tipc`
+multiaddr representation. Verified both the full default and TIPC transport
+test matrices.
+
+## Files changed
+
+- `uv.lock` - select the pinned WG-capable py-multiaddr revision while
+  retaining current `main` dependencies.
+- `tractor/ipc/_tipc.py` - make the `Multiaddr` annotation import lazy.
+- `tests/test_lazy_imports.py` - cover TIPC annotation resolution and the
+  interim `Multiaddr|str` return shape.
+
+## Human edits
+
+The human restarted and advanced the rebase one conflict at a time, required
+the agent to provide exact continuation commands after each resolution,
+authorized lock repair and verification, and retained ownership of the
+force-push. The human then rejected the ad hoc staging suggestion and required
+the complete `/commit-plan` workflow before committing.

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+---
+model: openai/gpt-5.6-sol
+service: opencode
+timestamp: 2026-08-30T04:53:03Z
+git_ref: wkt/tipc_backend_378
+diff_cmd: git diff HEAD~1..HEAD
+---
+
+## Prompt
+
+After rebasing the TIPC backend branch onto current `main`, inspect the
+result before the human force-pushes it. Repair and verify any integration
+problems, then provide a proper `/commit-plan` rather than an ad hoc staging
+and commit suggestion.
+
+## Response
+
+The range-diff showed that the two omitted pformat commits were already
+present on `main`, while the conflict resolutions correctly retained current
+platform-aware transport behavior. It also exposed a lost `uv.lock` update:
+`pyproject.toml` retained the unreleased WG-capable `multiaddr` source pin,
+but the lock still selected the PyPI release.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- uv.lock`
+
+Regenerated the lock against current `main`, preserving its newly landed
+dependencies while selecting py-multiaddr revision `f86519da`.
+
+The full test suite then found that eagerly importing `Multiaddr` from the
+new TIPC module violated `main`'s cold-import contract.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tractor/ipc/_tipc.py`
+
+Moved `Multiaddr` under `TYPE_CHECKING` and supplied the runtime `Any` alias
+used by the sibling TCP and UDS backends, retaining lazy multiaddr loading
+and runtime annotation resolution.
+
+> `git diff HEAD~1..HEAD -- tests/test_lazy_imports.py`
+
+Extended lazy annotation checks to the TIPC stream and updated
+`mk_maddr()`'s expected runtime return type for the branch's interim
+`Multiaddr|str` TIPC grammar.
+
+Validation completed:
+
+- `uv lock --check` passed.
+- Focused lazy-import, TIPC, and multiaddr checks: 60 passed.
+- Full default transport suite: 548 passed, 9 skipped, 7 xfailed,
+  3 xpassed.
+- Full `--tpt-proto=tipc` suite: 548 passed, 9 skipped, 8 xfailed,
+  2 xpassed.
+
+The human corrected the initial ad hoc commit suggestion and required the
+repository's complete `/commit-plan` workflow.

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+NOTE: you MUST pause this work at 12:50PM EST (BEFORE your weekly
+limit reset) for review by a human!
+
+---
+
+attempt to resolve https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/477
+do it with /open-wkt.

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+# `tractor.ipc` next-gen transport backends: the shared contract
+
+Status: design doc / implementation spec.
+Audience: any model or human implementing one of the three
+sibling plans in this directory.
+
+- [`01_tipc_backend.md`](./01_tipc_backend.md) — `AF_TIPC`
+  (gh #378)
+- [`02_quic_iroh_backend.md`](./02_quic_iroh_backend.md) — QUIC
+  via `iroh` FFI, uniffi-async rewritten onto `trio` (gh #353)
+- [`03_wg_tunnel_bindspace.md`](./03_wg_tunnel_bindspace.md) —
+  WireGuard (and other shuttle-able) tunnels as a *nested
+  bindspace* layer via `pyroute2` (gh #482, #443)
+
+This doc is the **normative** description of what a `tractor`
+transport backend *is* as of `main@83b34884`. Each sibling plan
+assumes it and only documents its own deltas. Read this first;
+do not re-derive it from the code.
+
+---
+
+## 0. Why a shared contract doc
+
+The three plans are meant to be implementable *independently and
+concurrently* by different models/providers without design
+drift. Everything they share — the backend duck-type, the
+registration tables, the test harness plumbing, the naming and
+code-style rules — lives here exactly once. If an implementer
+finds this doc disagrees with `main`, **the code wins**; fix this
+doc in the same PR.
+
+---
+
+## 1. The backend duck-type (empirical, from `_tcp.py`/`_uds.py`)
+
+A transport backend is **one module** under `tractor/ipc/`
+exposing exactly four things. There is no ABC to subclass and no
+plugin entrypoint; wiring is by explicit table registration
+(§2) plus one piece of reflection (§1.3).
+
+### 1.1 `class <Proto>Address(msgspec.Struct, frozen=True)`
+
+Structurally conforms to the `Address` `Protocol` in
+`tractor/discovery/_addr.py:82`. Required surface:
+
+| member | kind | notes |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `proto_key` | `ClassVar[str]` | the wire/registry key, e.g. `'tcp'`, `'uds'` |
+| `unwrapped_type` | `ClassVar[type]` | the primitive tuple shape |
+| `def_bindspace` | `ClassVar` | default bindspace value |
+| `is_valid` | `@property -> bool` | "is this a *dialable/bindable* addr" |
+| `bindspace` | `@property` | the "set of hosts"-ish scope (see below) |
+| `from_addr(cls, addr)` | `@classmethod` | primitive -> wrapped, `match`-based |
+| `unwrap(self)` | method | wrapped -> primitive (must be msgpack-native!) |
+| `get_random(cls, bindspace=...)` | `@classmethod` | per-subactor ephemeral addr |
+| `get_root(cls)` | `@classmethod` | host-singleton default registrar addr |
+| `__repr__` | method | `f'{type(self).__name__}[{...}]'` house style |
+
+Hard constraints learned from the existing two:
+
+- **`frozen=True`.** Addresses are dict keys
+  (`Server.epsdict()`, `Endpoint.peer_tpts`) and are compared by
+  value all over the runtime.
+- **`.unwrap()` output must round-trip through `msgspec` and
+  through `wrap_address()`.** It is what actually crosses the
+  wire in `SpawnSpec`/`_root_mailbox`/`_registry_addrs`, and it
+  is what `Actor.reg_addrs` and every test compares against. If
+  your unwrapped form is not *uniquely* pattern-matchable
+  against the other backends' forms in
+  `wrap_address()` (`_addr.py:230`), you have a bug that
+  manifests as the wrong transport being loaded — the file's own
+  `XXX NOTE` warns about precisely this.
+
+  ⚠️ **and shape-matching does not survive 4 backends.** Adding
+  TIPC and iroh breaks it outright: TIPC's natural form is a
+  `(str, int)` — indistinguishable from `TCPAddress` — and
+  iroh's is a `(str, str)`, which the *existing* UDS case
+  (`case (_, filename) if type(filename) is str`) already
+  swallows. Ordering hacks and prefix-tagging (an earlier
+  revision of plan 01 proposed `('tipc:<stype>:<scope>', inst)`)
+  paper over it at best.
+
+  **The fix, and the recommended prerequisite for all three
+  backends: make the unwrapped form carry an explicit
+  proto-key, using the `multiaddr` protocol name as the
+  canonical spelling** — `('tcp', host, port)`,
+  `('unix', path)`, `('udp', ...)`, `('tipc', stype, inst,
+  scope)`. Then `wrap_address()` collapses from an
+  order-sensitive `match` to `_address_types[addr[0]]`, and the
+  whole collision class stops existing. Note this *also* aligns
+  the on-wire form with `mk_maddr()`/`parse_maddr()`, so the two
+  representations stop being independent inventions.
+
+  Two consequences to plan for:
+  - it's a **wire-format change** (`SpawnSpec`,
+    `_root_mailbox`, `_registry_addrs`) plus every test fixture
+    and downstream config (`piker`'s `[network]` table). It
+    wants its **own migration commit, landed before any new
+    backend**, not smuggled into one.
+  - it's the moment to **stop handing raw unwrapped tuples to
+    users at all.** The long-term shape is: `Address` subtypes
+    are the public currency and `UnwrappedAddress` becomes an
+    internal serialization detail — the same discipline
+    `ipaddress` uses (you pass `IPv4Address`, not a 4-tuple).
+    Public API should accept `Address|maddr-str` and treat bare
+    tuples as legacy-tolerated input, ideally deprecated.
+- **`.get_random()` must be collision-free without a live
+  runtime.** See the `UDSAddress.get_random()` uuid-token
+  comment (`_uds.py:207-220`): with no `current_actor()` the
+  sockname degenerates to a pure fn of `(prefix, pid)` and two
+  calls in one proc alias. Mix in a `uuid4().hex[:8]` token.
+- **`.bindspace` semantics**: "the address' bindable space" —
+  ip/host for `tcp`, the socket-file *directory* for `uds`. For
+  the new backends: the TIPC *scope* (§1 of plan 01), the iroh
+  *ALPN + relay/discovery realm* (plan 02), the netns (plan 03).
+  `Address.namespace` is already spec'd in the Protocol as
+  "the if-available OS-specific network namespace key" and is
+  currently unimplemented by both backends — plan 03 is the
+  first real consumer.
+
+### 1.2 module-level listener lifecycle
+
+```python
+async def start_listener(
+    addr: <Proto>Address,
+    **kwargs,
+) -> trio.SocketListener   # or a trio.abc.Listener, see §3
+    ...
+
+def close_listener(          # OPTIONAL
+    addr: <Proto>Address,
+    lstnr: trio.abc.Listener,
+) -> None:
+    ...
+```
+
+`close_listener()` is optional; `Endpoint.close_listener()`
+(`_server.py:674`) `getattr`s it and treats absence as "closing
+is implicit". `uds` needs it (unlinks the sock-file), `tcp`
+does not.
+
+### 1.3 the ONE piece of reflection you must not break
+
+`Endpoint.start_listener()` (`_server.py:656`):
+
+```python
+tpt_mod: ModuleType = inspect.getmodule(self.addr)
+lstnr = await tpt_mod.start_listener(addr=self.addr)
+```
+
+The transport module is found by `inspect.getmodule()` **on the
+`Address` instance**. Therefore: *the `Address` class and its
+`start_listener()`/`close_listener()` MUST live in the same
+module.* Do not define the address type in `_types.py` or a
+`_addrs.py` and the listener elsewhere.
+
+Immediately after, the same method does:
+
+```python
+if (unwrapped := lstnr.socket.getsockname()) != self.addr.unwrap():
+    self.addr = self.addr.from_addr(unwrapped)
+```
+
+i.e. it assumes `lstnr.socket.getsockname()` exists and that its
+return value is a valid `from_addr()` input. This is fine for
+TIPC (§3 of plan 01) and **is the main integration hazard for
+iroh** (§3 of plan 02) — plans that break it must say so
+explicitly and propose the upstream `_server.py` patch.
+
+### 1.4 `class Msgpack<Proto>Stream(MsgpackTransport)`
+
+Subclass `tractor.ipc._transport.MsgpackTransport`. You inherit
+all framing (`<I` 4-byte little-endian length prefix),
+`msgspec` codec ctx-var lookup, `TransportClosed` normalization,
+`.drain()`, `__aiter__`. You implement only:
+
+| member | notes |
+| --- | --- |
+| `address_type` | the `<Proto>Address` class |
+| `layer_key: int` | OSI-ish layer, `4` for both current backends |
+| `maddr` `@property` | `-> Multiaddr\|str`, via `mk_maddr(self.raddr)` |
+| `connected(self) -> bool` | `tcp`/`uds` both use `self.stream.socket.fileno() != -1` |
+| `connect_to(cls, addr, prefix_size=4, codec=None, **kw)` | `@classmethod`, returns an instance |
+| `get_stream_addrs(cls, stream) -> (laddr, raddr)` | `@classmethod`, called from `MsgpackTransport.__init__` |
+
+`MsgpackTransport.__init__` requires the object passed as
+`stream` to satisfy:
+
+- `await stream.send_all(bytes)`
+- usable as `tricycle.BufferedReceiveStream(transport_stream=stream)`,
+  i.e. `await stream.receive_some(n)`
+- `trio.BrokenResourceError` / `trio.ClosedResourceError` /
+  `ValueError('...unclean EOF...')` on the failure paths that
+  `_iter_packets()` and `send()` already `match` on
+  (`_transport.py:221-304`, `:436-499`).
+
+That is **`trio.abc.Stream`, not `trio.SocketStream`**. The
+`MsgTransport` Protocol's `stream: trio.SocketStream`
+annotation (`_transport.py:83`) is a lie of convenience — the
+actual `MsgpackTransport.__init__` param is typed
+`trio.abc.Stream` and nothing in the msg path touches
+`.socket`. Only `connected()` (which each backend defines) and
+`Endpoint.start_listener()`'s `getsockname()` do.
+
+### 1.5 verified-good news for socket-family backends
+
+Both `trio.SocketStream` and `trio.SocketListener` are
+**address-family agnostic**. Verified against the installed
+`trio` (`trio/_highlevel_socket.py`): the only constructor
+checks are
+
+- `isinstance(socket, trio.socket.SocketType)`
+- `socket.type == SOCK_STREAM`
+- (listener) `getsockopt(SOL_SOCKET, SO_ACCEPTCONN)` is truthy,
+  with `OSError` **suppressed** (the macOS carve-out, which
+  also covers exotic families that reject the opt)
+
+There is no `AF_*` check and no `IPPROTO_TCP` hard dependency
+(`TCP_NODELAY`/`TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT` are set under
+`suppress(OSError)`). Consequence: **any `SOCK_STREAM` family
+CPython can create — including `AF_TIPC` — drops straight into
+the existing `trio.SocketStream` + `trio.serve_listeners()`
+path.** This is why plan 01 is small and plan 02 is not.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Registration tables (the full wiring checklist)
+
+Adding a backend touches these and only these:
+
+1. `tractor/runtime/_state.py:46`
+   `TransportProtocolKey = Literal['tcp', 'uds', ...]` — add the
+   key. This `Literal` is the canonical set; `_testing/pytest.py`
+   drives `--tpt-proto` validation off `_addr._address_types`,
+   and the spawn-backend fixture already models the
+   "drive-the-set-from-the-Literal" pattern
+   (`pytest.py:870-880`) — do the same rather than hardcoding.
+2. `tractor/discovery/_addr.py:173` `_address_types: bidict` —
+   `{'<key>': <Proto>Address}`. Note it is a **`bidict`**, so
+   the mapping must stay 1:1.
+3. `tractor/discovery/_addr.py:181` `_default_lo_addrs` —
+   `'<key>': <Proto>Address.get_root().unwrap()`.
+   ⚠️ this dict is built at **import time**, so
+   `get_root()` must not require a live runtime, a loaded kernel
+   module, or network I/O. (`UDSAddress.def_bindspace =
+   get_rt_dir()` is the precedent for "cheap, pure, filesystem-
+   ish".) A backend whose root addr needs I/O must make this
+   entry lazy — propose that refactor explicitly.
+4. `tractor/discovery/_addr.py:230` `wrap_address()` `match` —
+   add a case iff your `unwrapped_type` isn't already uniquely
+   matched. **Preferably do the proto-key migration in §1.1
+   first**, after which this step becomes a one-line
+   `_address_types` entry instead of an order-sensitive `case`.
+5. `tractor/ipc/_types.py` — `Address` union alias,
+   `_msg_transports` list, `_key_to_transport[('msgpack', key)]`,
+   `_addr_to_transport[<Proto>Address]`.
+6. `tractor/ipc/_types.py:92` `transport_from_stream()` — the
+   `sock.family` `match`. For a non-socket stream type (iroh)
+   this needs a different discriminator; see plan 02 §3.3.
+7. `tractor/discovery/_multiaddr.py` —
+   `_tpt_proto_to_maddr`, and a `case` in both `mk_maddr()` and
+   `parse_maddr()`.
+8. `tractor/ipc/__init__.py` — re-export if the backend has a
+   public surface.
+9. `tractor/_testing/addr.py::get_rando_addr()` — per-proto
+   branch so the whole suite can run under `--tpt-proto <key>`.
+10. `pyproject.toml` — new deps go in an **optional extra**, never
+    in `[project].dependencies`. See §5.
+
+## 3. Where the `trio.SocketListener` assumption is load-bearing
+
+`_serve_ipc_eps()` (`_server.py:1041`) annotates
+`listener: trio.abc.Listener` and hands the list to
+`trio.serve_listeners(handler=handle_stream_from_peer,
+listeners=..., handler_nursery=stream_handler_tn)`.
+`trio.serve_listeners` itself is generic over
+`trio.abc.Listener`. So the *only* `SocketListener`-specific
+code in the server path is the `getsockname()` reconciliation in
+`Endpoint.start_listener()` (§1.3) and the type annotations.
+
+`handle_stream_from_peer()` (`_server.py:298`) then does
+`Channel.from_stream(stream)` →
+`transport_from_stream(stream)` → `sock.family` match (§2.6).
+
+**Therefore**: a non-socket backend needs (a) a
+`trio.abc.Listener` subclass, (b) a change to
+`Endpoint.start_listener()` to not blindly `getsockname()`, and
+(c) a change to `transport_from_stream()`'s discrimination.
+All three are small, upstream-able, and *should be landed as
+their own prep PR* before the backend itself — see plan 02 §3.
+
+## 4. Handshake / discovery invariants you inherit
+
+- Every accepted stream immediately does
+  `chan._do_handshake(aid=actor.aid)`; a peer that fails it is
+  logged at `runtime` and dropped, **not** raised
+  (`_server.py:334-365`). Discovery-sys "pings" rely on this,
+  so your `connect_to()` must raise something that normalizes
+  to `TransportClosed`/`ConnectionError` on a dead peer, never
+  a novel exception type.
+- `_root.py:381-406` fail-fasts when a `registry_addrs` entry's
+  `proto_key` is not in `enable_transports`. Your key must be
+  spellable in both.
+- `_root.py:256` currently enforces `len(enable_transports) == 1`.
+  Multi-tpt actors are a separate work item; none of these three
+  plans may depend on lifting it.
+- Sub-actor bind addrs come from
+  `_runtime.py:1600-1610`: for each key in the parent-supplied
+  `enable_transports`, `get_address_cls(key).get_random()`.
+  So `get_random()` runs *in the child, post-fork, pre-listen*.
+  Anything it needs (kernel module, netns membership, an iroh
+  secret key) must already be true at that moment.
+
+## 5. Dependency policy
+
+`[project].dependencies` stays lean (see the boot-latency work,
+gh #470: `import tractor` is budgeted at ~0.145s). Every new
+backend dep is an extra:
+
+```toml
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+tipc = []                       # stdlib-only!
+quic = ["iroh>=0.35"]           # pin per plan 02 §1
+wg   = ["pyroute2>=0.9"]        # pin per plan 03 §1
+```
+
+and every backend module must be **import-lazy**: a
+`tractor/ipc/_<proto>.py` that imports its 3rd-party dep at
+module scope must not be imported by `tractor/__init__.py`,
+`tractor/ipc/__init__.py`, or `tractor/discovery/_addr.py`'s
+import-time table construction. The `_addr._default_lo_addrs`
+eager-dict (§2.3) is the trap: keep the backend's `get_root()`
+dep-free, or make that table lazy.
+
+## 6. Test-harness plumbing (identical for all three)
+
+- `--tpt-proto <key>` (`_testing/pytest.py:409`) selects the
+  session-wide proto; the `tpt_proto` fixture mutates
+  `_state._def_tpt_proto` + `_runtime_vars['_enable_tpts']`
+  (`pytest.py:807-835`). Adding the key to `_address_types` is
+  what makes `--tpt-proto <key>` legal (`pytest.py:795-800`
+  asserts the lookup).
+- The **acceptance bar** for every backend is: the *entire*
+  existing suite passes under `--tpt-proto <key>`, unmodified.
+  That is the whole point of the abstraction. Backend-specific
+  unit tests go in `tests/ipc/test_each_tpt.py` (the existing
+  `test_uds_bindspace_created_implicitly` /
+  `test_uds_double_listen_raises_connerr` are the model).
+- Capability gating: each backend needs a **cheap, pure
+  predicate** + a `pytest.mark.skipif`, because these are all
+  environment-dependent. Verified example: on this dev box
+  `socket.socket(AF_TIPC, SOCK_STREAM)` raises
+  `OSError(97, 'Address family not supported by protocol')`
+  because the `tipc` module isn't loaded. Put the predicate in
+  the backend module (so apps can use it too), not in the test.
+- New pytest marks must be registered in `pyproject.toml`, per
+  the project's fix-warnings-at-source rule (gh #469).
+
+## 7. Code style (non-negotiable, matches the repo)
+
+- module header tagline: `# tractor: distributed structured
+  concurrency.` for **new** files (not the legacy
+  `structured concurrent "actors".` form the existing `_tcp.py`
+  carries).
+- AGPL header block copied verbatim from `_tcp.py`.
+- `from __future__ import annotations` first.
+- annotate *everything*, including locals:
+  `sockpath: Path = addr.sockpath`.
+- `match`/`case` over `isinstance` chains for address and
+  error dispatch.
+- multi-line call/`import` style with trailing commas.
+- never emit a whitespace-only line.
+- error messages are multi-line f-strings ending in `\n`, with
+  the `f'...\n' f'...\n'` implicit-concat layout and the
+  `>[`/`[>`/`<=(` nested-op sigils where a `nest_from_op()` is
+  in play.
+- prefer pure functions + module-level helpers over methods;
+  keep `Address` types data-only. Where a helper needs
+  scoped setup/teardown, it's an `@acm` — not a class with
+  `.start()`/`.stop()`.
+- pure getters: no `get_*(..., mutate=True)` flags; split into
+  a read-only getter and an explicit sibling setter.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Cross-plan sequencing
+
+The three are independent *except*:
+
+- plan 02 (iroh) needs the `_server.py` /
+  `transport_from_stream()` generalization (§3) — plan 01 does
+  **not**, and should therefore land first as the cheap proof
+  that the table-registration story works for a genuinely new
+  proto.
+- plan 03 (wg) composes *under* whatever L4 tpt is in use and
+  its netns work is what finally implements
+  `Address.namespace`. It can land before or after 02, but its
+  `TunnelledAddress` design must be reviewed against plan 02's
+  address shape so the "tunnelled maddr" grammar (gh #443)
+  covers `/…/quic-v1/p2p/…` inner addrs too.
+- All three want first-class `wg`/`quic`/`tipc` protos in
+  `py-multiaddr`; that upstream track is gh #483 and
+  multiformats/py-multiaddr#107/#108.

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+# TIPC backend — handoff
+
+Status: **PR [#493] is feature-complete and green**; what remains
+is landing logistics plus a named follow-up track.
+
+Takeover snapshot (2026-08-17): [#493] remains a draft at
+`c7ae6065`, targeting `ng_tpts_planning` ([#492]). Its branch
+point is `ee17ed9f`; #492 has since advanced by two commits to
+`d9a6e2e9`, so #493 still needs rebasing onto that current
+[#492] head before final landing work. The latest `tipc` CI leg
+passed; the workflow as a whole is red only because the macOS
+`tcp` leg failed.
+
+Audience: any agent or human picking this up cold, from any
+provider. Nothing here assumes a particular harness or tooling.
+
+Read in this order,
+
+1. this file (orientation + what's already settled)
+2. [`00_shared_backend_contract.md`](./00_shared_backend_contract.md)
+   — **normative** description of what a `tractor` transport
+   backend *is*
+3. [`01_tipc_backend.md`](./01_tipc_backend.md) — the plan,
+   already reconciled against the live-kernel findings
+
+Do **not** re-derive the design or re-select libraries. Where
+this doc and the code disagree, **the code wins** — fix the doc
+in the same change (contract §0).
+
+[#493]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/493
+
+---
+
+## 1. Environment
+
+The backend needs a linux kernel module that is **not loaded by
+default**:
+
+```bash
+sudo modprobe tipc
+tipc node get address        # confirms the module is live
+```
+
+Everything else is stdlib — TIPC adds **zero** dependencies.
+
+This repo is a git worktree with a `uv`-managed venv at
+`./py313`. Run things through it:
+
+```bash
+./py313/bin/python -m pytest tests/ipc -q
+./py313/bin/python -m pytest tests/ -q --tpt-proto tipc
+```
+
+To rebuild docs you need the docs dep-group, which *mutates*
+that venv — `uv sync` afterwards to restore it:
+
+```bash
+UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py313 uv run --group docs \
+    python -m sphinx -b html docs /tmp/docbuild
+UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=py313 uv sync
+```
+
+Without the module, `--tpt-proto tipc` fails loudly and
+immediately (by design); `tests/ipc/test_tipc.py`'s
+kernel-touching cases self-skip.
+
+## 2. What the backend is, in three sentences
+
+An actor's TIPC address is a **service name** `(stype, instance)`
+— no host, no port. Binding the singleton `TIPC_ADDR_NAMESEQ`
+range *publishes* it into a kernel-maintained cluster-wide name
+table (visible via `tipc nametable show`), and a peer's
+`.connect()`-by-name *is* the discovery lookup, resolved
+in-kernel. `TIPC_ADDR_ID` port-ids are only ever **observed**,
+never user-facing.
+
+Everything lives in `tractor/ipc/_tipc.py`.
+
+## 3. Hard-won facts — do not re-litigate these
+
+All verified against a live kernel. Several contradict what the
+plan originally assumed.
+
+| fact | why it matters |
+| --- | --- |
+| A duplicate name bind **succeeds**, and connects **round-robin** between publishers | An instance collision is *silent crosstalk*, never `EADDRINUSE`. Hence the `blake2b` instance digest. |
+| Dialing an unpublished name gives `EHOSTUNREACH` **instantly**, as a **bare `OSError`** — not a `ConnectionError` subtype | `_reraise_as_connerr()` is REQUIRED by contract §4, not polish |
+| `getsockname()` always answers a `TIPC_ADDR_ID` port-id, even pre-bind | why `TIPCAddress.rebind_from_sockname = False` |
+| A connect-then-drop peer makes `getpeername()` raise `ENOTCONN` | Unguarded, this **kills the whole actor** — `.get_stream_addrs()` runs *before* the handshake, so it escapes handshake tolerance. See `_maybe_sockaddr()`. |
+| `SO_ACCEPTCONN` works fine (answers `1`) | trio's `except OSError` carve-out is not load-bearing here |
+| Graceful peer close arrives as `BrokenResourceError`/`ECONNRESET`, not a clean 0-byte EOF | benign; `_iter_packets()` already classifies it as a normal disconnect |
+| Topology `struct tipc_event` is **48 bytes** (`4+4+4+8+28`) | the plan said 40 |
+| The topology server **accepts native `'='` byte-order** | the plan's proposed `'>'`-retry endianness probe was deleted as unnecessary |
+| `TIPC_WAIT_FOREVER` is `-1` in python | must be masked (`& 0xFFFFFFFF`) before packing as unsigned |
+| TIPC **has** AES-GCM encryption (`tipc node set key`, linux 5.9+) | cluster/master/per-node keys + rekeying. So "wg adds the encryption TIPC lacks" is **false** — see §6 for the real motivation. |
+| A wg interface is L3/`tun` (`POINTOPOINT,NOARP`, `link/none`) | TIPC's `eth` media **cannot** bind it — udp media is *mandatory* over wg. See the §6 caveat; this one bites. |
+
+Two design decisions that are **closed**, with reasons:
+
+- **The accepting side does not learn the peer's service name.**
+  A port-id can't be reversed into one. It gets a
+  `TIPC_NAME_UNKNOWN` sentinel plus the observed `(node, ref)`,
+  and that's fine — the `Aid` from the handshake already carries
+  the peer's logical identity. (`uds` has the same wart.)
+- **Do not fold digest bits into the service `_stype` to widen
+  the collision space.** A topology subscription can only watch
+  **one** `stype`, so varying it per-actor would need 65536
+  subscriptions and kills the push-registry work outright. If
+  crosstalk ever bites, the escalation is a post-bind
+  verification handshake ([#501]).
+
+[#501]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/501
+
+## 4. What landed
+
+All §6 steps 1–7 landed on `wkt/tipc_backend_378`, based on
+`ng_tpts_planning` (PR [#492], docs-only). The completed arc is
+17 substantive commits from `22ef362d` through `c7ae6065`, plus
+the incidental `1802641e` local-cache ignore commit. The plan's
+§6 status text is the historical snapshot at `7e20585f`; its
+claim that steps 6–7 remain is no longer current.
+
+- `TIPCAddress` + `is_tipc_available()` + `start_listener()`
+- `MsgpackTIPCStream` (`connect_to()`, `get_stream_addrs()`)
+- `open_topology_events()` — the `TIPC_TOP_SRV` push feed
+- registration across every table in contract §2
+- interim `str`-only `/tipc/…` maddr grammar
+- a `--tpt-proto=tipc` CI leg, **non-blocking** for now
+- `docs/guide/tipc.rst` + `examples/multihost/tipc_cluster/`
+
+Two fixes fell out that are **not** TIPC-specific:
+
+- `devx/pformat.py` — `pformat_caller_frame()` passed an
+  `indent=''` kwarg `pformat_boxed_tb()` never accepted, so every
+  send-side `MsgTypeError` died with a `TypeError` while
+  formatting itself. On `main` and every branch since
+  `888af602`. **Wants cherry-picking out of this stack.**
+- `SpawnSpec.reg_addrs`/`.bind_addrs` pinned the wire shape to a
+  2-tuple. Widened to `UnwrappedAddress`, which had to become
+  **variadic** (`tuple[str|int, ...]`) because `msgspec` refuses
+  a union holding more than one array-like type.
+
+**Acceptance bar met**: 122 passed / 1 xfailed / 2 xpassed under
+`--tpt-proto tipc` across `ipc`, `discovery`, `runtime`,
+`spawning`, `local`, `rpc`, `cancellation`. `tcp`/`uds`
+unchanged.
+
+[#492]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/492
+
+## 5. Immediate next steps (pre-land)
+
+These live on [#493]'s body as `### TODOs before landing`. They
+are **not** mirrored into an issue — if the PR is ever superseded
+they need re-homing.
+
+1. **Cherry-pick the `pformat` fix onto `main`** as its own PR,
+   and land it before [#493] —
+   `22ef362d` (red guard test) then `f9f98eeb` (the 1-line fix).
+   Preserve that order. The pair is unrelated to TIPC, every
+   branch has the bug, and this fix must not disappear if #493
+   is superseded.
+2. **Watch the `tipc` CI leg.** It's gated
+   `continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.tpt_proto == 'tipc' }}` because
+   GH's runners have never been asked to `modprobe` for us. Once
+   it has a few green runs, drop the gate. If the runners refuse
+   the `modprobe`, fall back to a container job with
+   `--cap-add NET_ADMIN`.
+3. **Rebase #493 onto #492's current head first.** At this
+   snapshot that means moving from the `ee17ed9f` branch point
+   onto `d9a6e2e9`. #492 is checked out in another worktree, so
+   refresh its authoritative head and coordinate before changing
+   history. Once #492 merges, rebase #493 onto `main` for final
+   landing.
+
+## 6. The follow-up track
+
+All filed with the `follow-up` label.
+
+| issue | what |
+| --- | --- |
+| [#495] | `TIPC_IMPORTANCE` supervision QoS on the parent↔child chan |
+| [#496] | `TIPC_TOP_SRV` push registry in `discovery._registry` |
+| [#497] | dual-link resiliency / multi-homing |
+| [#498] | `/tipc` multiaddr spec submission |
+| [#499] | registrar-less discovery via name derivation |
+| [#500] | multicast/group msging as a *broadcast* transport |
+| [#501] | post-bind verification for instance collisions |
+| [#502] | **TIPC over a `wg` mesh — the reference multihost deployment** |
+
+### the wg direction
+
+[#502] is the strategic one. The intent is that TIPC-over-`wg`
+becomes our go-to multihost transport deployment.
+
+> ⚠️ **Do not repeat the claim that wg adds encryption TIPC
+> lacks.** We assumed that initially and it is **wrong**. TIPC
+> ships AES-GCM crypto of its own (`tipc node set key`, linux
+> 5.9+) with cluster/master/per-node keys and rekeying.
+>
+> The motivation is different but still real:
+> - **key management** — TIPC keys are symmetric and
+>   *pre-shared*; distribution, rotation and revocation are the
+>   operator's problem. wg gives public-key identity + handshake.
+> - **uniformity** — wg is an overlay *every* backend can sit on
+>   (tcp now, quic later), not a TIPC-only mechanism.
+> - **NAT traversal / roaming**, which raw TIPC bearers have no
+>   story for.
+>
+> Which to default to should be **benchmarked**, not assumed:
+> TIPC-native crypto avoids a tunnel hop and may win on latency
+> for LAN-local clusters.
+
+> ⚠️ **`udp` media is MANDATORY over wg — `eth` cannot work.**
+> A wg interface is L3/`tun`: `POINTOPOINT,NOARP`, `link/none`,
+> no L2 address at all. There is no device for `tipc bearer
+> enable media eth device …` to name.
+>
+> ```bash
+> # impossible over wg
+> sudo tipc bearer enable media eth device wg0
+> # required, bound to the wg overlay IP
+> sudo tipc bearer enable media udp name wgmesh localip 10.0.11.1
+> ```
+>
+> Consequence worth internalizing: #378's "ethernet bearers pair
+> most excellently with wireguard tunnelling" framing does **not**
+> hold — on a given link the low-latency L2 path and the wg path
+> are *mutually exclusive*. Any design that assumes both is
+> broken from the start.
+>
+> Also mind the MTU: wg links are typically 1420, under
+> ethernet's 1500, so TIPC link MTU wants checking not assuming.
+
+Composed addresses take the form:
+
+```
+/ip4/<pub>/udp/51820/wg/u<key>/tipc/<stype>/<inst>/<scope>
+\____ wg bearer ________/\_key_/\______ tractor ep ________/
+```
+
+Note the structural point, which matters for the spec proposal
+in [#498]: the tcp equivalent repeats an `/ip4/…/tcp/…` inner
+segment because a tcp endpoint is *located*. The tipc inner
+segment has **no locative component at all** — a service name is
+location-independent by design. So in the composed form the wg
+segments carry all the routing and the tipc segment carries pure
+*identity*.
+
+Prerequisites already established:
+
+- py-multiaddr [#108] (merged) proved the composed `wg` + tcp
+  form parses and round-trips (`['ip4','udp','wg','ip4','tcp']`)
+- `examples/multihost/wg_lan/` is the existing wg example set to
+  generalize from rather than duplicate
+- the udp-bearer-only constraint and MTU caveat are documented in
+  both `docs/guide/tipc.rst` and the `tipc_cluster` README
+
+[#495]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/495
+[#496]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/496
+[#497]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/497
+[#498]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/498
+[#499]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/499
+[#500]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/500
+[#502]: https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/502
+[#108]: https://github.com/multiformats/py-multiaddr/pull/108
+
+## 7. Working conventions in this repo
+
+Provider-neutral, but they *are* enforced by review:
+
+- **Never commit, push, rebase or amend on your own.** Prepare
+  changes, report them, and let the maintainer stage. Asking
+  "should we commit?" is a question *for you to answer*, not
+  permission to act.
+- **Do not re-ask for an exact forge write already authorized in
+  the current request.** Use the provider adapter's snapshot,
+  digest and drift checks, perform the named edit, then report
+  what was published. This does not authorize unrelated or
+  destructive forge actions.
+- **A failing/guard test lands in its own commit before the fix
+  it guards.** Red first, then green.
+- **One commit per logical step**, so history shows *why*. Never
+  squash unrelated changes.
+- Commit subjects: present-tense verb, ~50 chars (hard max 67),
+  backticks around every code element. Bodies wrap at 67 cols.
+- **Never write a line containing only whitespace.**
+- Annotate everything including locals; prefer `match`/`case`
+  over `isinstance` chains; multi-line calls with trailing
+  commas; `@acm` over classes with `.start()`/`.stop()`.
+- New modules get the `# tractor: distributed structured
+  concurrency.` header tagline plus the AGPL block.
+- **Do not change task/checkbox state** in issues, plans or
+  trackers unless explicitly asked for that exact transition.
+- Fix warnings at source; only genuinely-unfixable ones get
+  filtered, with a documented reason.
+
+## 8. Where things are
+
+```
+tractor/ipc/_tipc.py                     the whole backend
+tests/ipc/test_tipc.py                   28 backend unit tests
+tests/ipc/test_server.py                 the reconciliation guard
+tests/devx/test_pformat.py               the cherry-pick candidate
+docs/guide/tipc.rst                      the docs page
+examples/multihost/tipc_cluster/         runnable demos + manual
+                                         smoke test
+ai/tpt-backends/00_shared_backend_contract.md
+ai/tpt-backends/01_tipc_backend.md       the (reconciled) plan
+.github/workflows/ci.yml                 the gated tipc leg
+```
+
+Both single-host examples have been **run against a live
+kernel** — the output pasted in their README is real, not
+illustrative.
+
+External agent memory deliberately contains only a project
+pointer back to this handoff, not a competing copy of the project
+state. Treat this file as the durable source of truth and update
+it when the branch topology or landing sequence changes.