docs(diagnostics): R29 low-baseline step-response — hedonic asymmetry is emergent

forseti (P0.239) + mimir (P0.615) ±impulse step-response resolves the lofn
ceiling confound. Findings: decay tau symmetric across signs (~0.9/turn);
raw impulse gain ~symmetric near neutral (forseti +0.034 vs -0.034); the
Frijda 'negatives loom larger' is emergent from the neutral anchor x non-zero
baseline interaction, not a primitive. Calibration fork answer: neither
asymmetric-decay nor negative-bias primitive is warranted — the levers are
overall gain + the neutral anchor.

.corviduo-canonicals.toml

@@ -123,3 +123,23 @@ consumer_path = "docs/conversation-api-spec.md"
 pinned_sha256_16 = "2d111a3b8322b7d1"
 pinned_at = "2026-06-30T22:25:56+00:00"
 tolerate_drift = true  # prose reference; OpenAPI+SSE are the gates
+
+# Worldtree persona render canons (d2) — the deterministic affect->NL the agent is
+# context-injected. The web persona pane renders mood + relationship-directive BYTE-EXACT
+# from these (via the flat src/ratatoskr/web/static/persona_render_canon.json, regenerated
+# by scripts/build_persona_canon.py). Drift here => rerun that regen with Worldtree's venv.
+[[pins]]
+id = "worldtree-persona-mood-render-canon-v1"
+canonical_source = "Worldtree"
+canonical_path = "core/persona/canon/d2-mood-render-canon-v1.json"
+consumer_path = "docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/d2-mood-render-canon-v1.json"
+pinned_sha256_16 = "e2f124fed3ee8d42"
+pinned_at = "2026-07-01T21:00:00+00:00"
+
+[[pins]]
+id = "worldtree-persona-d2-render-canon-v1"
+canonical_source = "Worldtree"
+canonical_path = "core/persona/canon/d2-render-canon-v1.json"
+consumer_path = "docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/d2-render-canon-v1.json"
+pinned_sha256_16 = "606bba5fdcc60b6b"
+pinned_at = "2026-07-01T21:00:00+00:00"

docs/contracts/issues/2.contract.md

@@ -280,3 +280,95 @@ TESTS:
   cross_owner_404 [error]: 404 session_not_found → SessionApiFailed(status=404)
   empty_session_id [adversarial]: "" → AssertionError; no HTTP issued
 ```
+
+## Amendment 2026-07-01 — admin BifrostState read (v1 coverage-audit)
+
+Admin-scoped Bifrost dispatch-state read (spec #176, `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost`),
+surfaced in the TUI BifrostState pane on session-attach. The first admin-key
+consumer in ratatoskr: requires the `admin.sessions.read` scope, so the request
+OVERRIDES the Authorization header with the caller-supplied `admin_key` (distinct
+from the client's default consumer key). Same result-shape convention as the
+other introspection wrappers: 200 → parsed dict verbatim, non-200 → `SessionApiFailed`.
+
+```contract
+FN get_session_bifrost(client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, *, admin_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]
+BRIEF: GET /admin/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost — admin-scoped live Bifrost binding (spec #176): {endpoint_url, consumer_id, connected, capabilities_granted, tools:[{name, description}]}. Requires admin.sessions.read; the request sets Authorization: Bearer <admin_key> (override), NOT the client's default consumer bearer. Parsed dict verbatim; any non-200 → SessionApiFailed — notably 403 auth_scope_denied and 404 session_not_bifrost_bound.
+PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client is not None -- assert client is not None
+PRE: [PRE-002 hard] session_id is non-empty str -- assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
+PRE: [PRE-003 hard] admin_key is non-empty str -- assert admin_key and isinstance(admin_key, str)
+POST: [POST-001 return_value] on 200 returns resp.json() unmodified -- assert result == resp.json()
+POST: [POST-002 state_change] the outbound request Authorization header == f"Bearer {admin_key}" (override) -- assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer " + admin_key
+ERROR_ROUTING:
+  HTTP non-200 (incl. 403 auth_scope_denied, 404 session_not_found / session_not_bifrost_bound):
+    local_handling: raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+    flow_control: abort
+    state_recovery: none (caller decides: 403 → key lacks scope; 404 not-bound → benign unbound session)
+STEPS:
+  1. [setup, prescriptive] assert PRE-001..PRE-003
+  2. [sequential, prescriptive] resp = await client.get(f"/admin/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {admin_key}"})
+  3. [branch, prescriptive] IF resp.status_code == 200: RETURN resp.json(); ELSE RAISE SessionApiFailed
+TESTS:
+  happy_uses_admin_bearer [happy,tracer]: 200 {endpoint_url, connected, capabilities_granted, tools} → dict verbatim; request Authorization == "Bearer <admin_key>" (override)
+  scope_denied_403 [error]: 403 → SessionApiFailed(status=403)
+  not_bound_404 [error]: 404 session_not_bifrost_bound → SessionApiFailed(status=404)
+  empty_admin_key [adversarial]: admin_key="" → AssertionError; no HTTP issued
+```
+
+## Amendment 2026-07-01 — Tier-2: transient characters + persona-state write (v1 coverage-audit)
+
+The last in-scope client I/O points. Transient-character CRUD (#161) surfaced
+via a `--characters` one-shot lifecycle probe; persona-state write surfaced via
+`--set-persona-pad "p,a,d"` (requires `--session`). All mirror the existing
+wrappers: parsed dict verbatim (or None on 204), any off-status → SessionApiFailed.
+**Note:** `set_persona_state`'s request body is FREEFORM — the frozen OpenAPI 2.2.0
+declares no request schema and the prose spec documents only the GET counterpart,
+so the caller supplies the snapshot shape (`--set-persona-pad` sends `{pad:[…]}`).
+
+```contract
+FN list_character_models(client) -> dict[str, Any]
+BRIEF: GET /models/available-for-characters (character.read). Returns {items:[{name, description, thinking}]}. Non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
+PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client is not None
+POST: [POST-001 return_value] on 200 returns resp.json() unmodified
+STEPS:
+  1. [sequential, prescriptive] resp = await client.get("/models/available-for-characters"); IF 200 RETURN resp.json(); ELSE RAISE SessionApiFailed
+TESTS:
+  list_models [happy,tracer]: 200 {items:[{name:"fast"}]} → dict verbatim
+
+FN create_character(client, character: dict, *, state: dict | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]
+BRIEF: POST /characters (character.write). Body {character, state}. Returns 201 {character_id, ttl_expires_at}; non-201 → SessionApiFailed.
+PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client is not None; [PRE-002 hard] character is a non-empty dict
+POST: [POST-001 return_value] on 201 returns resp.json(); [POST-002 side_effect] outbound body == {"character": <arg>, "state": <state|null>}
+STEPS:
+  1. [sequential, prescriptive] resp = await client.post("/characters", json={"character": character, "state": state}); IF 201 RETURN resp.json(); ELSE RAISE SessionApiFailed
+TESTS:
+  create [happy]: 201 → {character_id}; body is {character, state:null}
+  create_403 [error]: 403 auth_scope_denied → SessionApiFailed(403)
+
+FN get_character_state(client, character_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]
+BRIEF: GET /characters/{id}/state (character.read). Live PAD/emotions snapshot; refreshes TTL. Non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
+PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client not None; [PRE-002 hard] character_id non-empty str
+POST: [POST-001 return_value] on 200 returns resp.json()
+STEPS:
+  1. [sequential, prescriptive] resp = await client.get(f"/characters/{character_id}/state"); IF 200 RETURN resp.json(); ELSE RAISE SessionApiFailed
+TESTS:
+  get_state [happy]: 200 {pad:[...]} → dict verbatim
+
+FN delete_character(client, character_id: str) -> None
+BRIEF: DELETE /characters/{id} (character.write). 200/204 → None; other → SessionApiFailed.
+PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client not None; [PRE-002 hard] character_id non-empty str
+POST: [POST-001 return_value] on 200/204 returns None
+STEPS:
+  1. [sequential, prescriptive] resp = await client.delete(f"/characters/{character_id}"); IF status in (200,204) RETURN None; ELSE RAISE SessionApiFailed
+TESTS:
+  delete [happy]: 204 → None
+
+FN set_persona_state(client, session_id: str, snapshot: dict) -> None
+BRIEF: POST /sessions/{session_id}/persona_state — set a session's persona state (affect injection). Request body is the FREEFORM snapshot (caller-supplied; unpinned in the frozen surface). 204 → None; other → SessionApiFailed.
+PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client not None; [PRE-002 hard] session_id non-empty str; [PRE-003 hard] snapshot is a dict
+POST: [POST-001 return_value] on 204 returns None; [POST-002 side_effect] outbound body == snapshot verbatim
+STEPS:
+  1. [sequential, prescriptive] resp = await client.post(f"/sessions/{session_id}/persona_state", json=snapshot); IF 204 RETURN None; ELSE RAISE SessionApiFailed
+TESTS:
+  happy [happy]: 204 → None; body == {"pad":[...]} verbatim
+  non_204 [error]: 422 → SessionApiFailed(422)
+```

docs/contracts/web_debug_surface.contract.md

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+---
+contract_version: "2.1"
+module: "ratatoskr.web"
+purpose: "v0.19.2 web debug-surface parity: 3 admin/debug panes (Tools inventory, BifrostState, AdminEvents SSE) proxied server-side with the admin key server-held, plus a reliable PAD-refresh poll and a non-engine reasoning indicator in the transcript."
+target_module: "ratatoskr.web (server.py routes + entrypoint.py + static/index.html)"
+scope: "v0.19.2 web debug-surface parity — bring the browser surface (now the PRIMARY debug surface) to TUI parity. THREE new admin/debug panes proxied server-side + TWO transcript affordances. (1) Tools inventory: GET /api/sessions/{id}/tools proxies owner-scoped get_session_tools into the tools pane (what the LLM HAS at turn-fire), above the live tool events. (2) BifrostState pane: GET /api/sessions/{id}/bifrost proxies admin-scoped get_session_bifrost; the admin key is SERVER-HELD (app.state.admin_key from RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY), never sent to the browser. (3) AdminEvents pane: GET /api/admin/events is an SSE proxy of stream_admin_events, session-filtered SERVER-side (heartbeats + other-session events dropped), re-emitted under a fixed 'admin_event' name so every dotted type renders with one browser listener. (4) PAD refresh: the persona/affect pane polls a bounded window instead of a single 2s shot that raced the post-turn-async affect.emit. (5) Reasoning indicator: an ephemeral, clearly-non-engine transcript line on `thinking` deltas, cleared when text begins. Direct in-session TDD (the #17/#18 pattern); this contract is authored post-implementation to anchor the heid code review (the client wrappers get_session_tools/get_session_bifrost/stream_admin_events are already contracted in the sessions/sse_client specs — this contract governs the WEB proxy + presenter surface only)."
+depends_on:
+  - "httpx"
+  - "starlette"
+  - "ratatoskr.sessions"          # get_session_tools, get_session_bifrost, SessionApiFailed
+  - "ratatoskr.sse_client"        # stream_admin_events, AdminEvent, SseConnectFailed/Dropped
+used_by:
+  - "ratatoskr.web.entrypoint"    # passes admin_key=RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY into create_app
+language: "python + vanilla JS (single-file SPA, no build)"
+complexity: "medium"
+estimated_loc: 290
+confidence: 0.8
+assumptions:
+  - "The three client wrappers exist and are already contracted: get_session_tools(client, session_id)->dict (owner-scoped, consumer bearer; non-200 -> SessionApiFailed), get_session_bifrost(client, session_id, *, admin_key)->dict (OVERRIDES Authorization with admin_key; non-200 -> SessionApiFailed), stream_admin_events(client, *, admin_key)->AsyncIterator[AdminEvent] (non-200 -> SseConnectFailed; mid-drop -> SseConnectionDropped). The web routes are thin proxies over them; they add NO new upstream semantics."
+  - "AdminEvent = {id:int, type:str, timestamp:str|None, data:dict}. data MOST carry session_id (INV-049). type is a dotted namespace (session.*/turn.*/key.*/system.*)."
+  - "The web SPA is a single static/index.html served per-request via FileResponse (edits land on browser refresh; server code changes need a restart). Model/tool/admin content is UNTRUSTED text (INV-004) — every render path escapes first (esc() via textContent, or JSON.stringify wrapped in esc())."
+  - "The internal-LAN trust model (0.0.0.0, no auth/TLS/CORS) is deliberate operator direction. Admin-scoped DATA becoming LAN-visible is accepted under that model; the admin KEY must nonetheless never cross to the browser."
+  - "Tests: respx mocks the upstream endpoints (absolute w.example URLs) driven through the TestClient; the AdminEvents SSE proxy is tested with a finite mocked SSE byte-stream asserting the filter + fixed event name. Live-proven against ratatoskr:sindra on personal :8081."
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+functions:
+  - name: "_session_tools_endpoint"
+    signature: "async _session_tools_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse"
+    description: "GET /api/sessions/{session_id}/tools — proxy owner-scoped tool inventory."
+    preconditions:
+      - "session_id in path_params."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: 200 with the upstream inventory dict verbatim on success."
+      - "POST-002: on SessionApiFailed(status) -> JSONResponse({error_code:'session_tools_unavailable', status}, status_code=status) — status-preserving."
+    steps: "Open client_factory() client; await get_session_tools(client, session_id); return 200. Except SessionApiFailed -> status-preserving envelope."
+    flexibility: "prescriptive"
+
+  - name: "_session_bifrost_endpoint"
+    signature: "async _session_bifrost_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse"
+    description: "GET /api/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost — proxy admin-scoped Bifrost dispatch state."
+    preconditions:
+      - "session_id in path_params."
+      - "PRE-001 (fail-visible): app.state.admin_key must be truthy; else 400 admin_key_not_configured with NO upstream call."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: the admin key is read from app.state.admin_key ONLY; it is passed to get_session_bifrost(admin_key=...) and NEVER placed in a response body or surfaced to the browser."
+      - "POST-002: 200 with the upstream state dict verbatim on success."
+      - "POST-003: on SessionApiFailed(status) -> {error_code:'bifrost_state_unavailable', status} at status_code=status (notably 404 not-bound, 403 scope-denied)."
+    steps: "If not admin_key -> 400. Open client; await get_session_bifrost(client, session_id, admin_key=admin_key); 200. Except SessionApiFailed -> status-preserving envelope."
+    flexibility: "prescriptive"
+
+  - name: "_admin_event_matches_web"
+    signature: "_admin_event_matches_web(ev: AdminEvent, session_id: str | None) -> bool"
+    description: "AdminEvents session-filter (mirrors the TUI _admin_event_matches, design-brief §6)."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: ev.type == 'system.heartbeat' -> False (keepalive noise dropped)."
+      - "POST-002: ev.type.startswith('system.') (non-heartbeat) -> True (stream-integrity signals always pass)."
+      - "POST-003: otherwise -> True IFF session_id is not None AND ev.data.get('session_id') == session_id (per-session scoping; a None session_id forwards NO non-system event)."
+    flexibility: "prescriptive"
+
+  - name: "_admin_events_endpoint"
+    signature: "async _admin_events_endpoint(request: Request) -> Response"
+    description: "GET /api/admin/events?session_id=... — SSE proxy of stream_admin_events, session-filtered server-side."
+    preconditions:
+      - "PRE-001 (fail-visible): app.state.admin_key truthy; else 400 admin_key_not_configured with NO stream opened."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: returns StreamingResponse(media_type='text/event-stream'); the admin key never crosses to the browser."
+      - "POST-002: ONLY events passing _admin_event_matches_web(ev, session_id) are forwarded; each is re-emitted under the FIXED SSE event name 'admin_event' with {id,type,timestamp,data} in the payload (the real dotted type rides in the payload, so one browser listener renders every type — nothing silently dropped by name)."
+      - "POST-003: SseConnectFailed/SseConnectionDropped/MalformedSseId/MalformedSseData -> a single 'stream_error' SSE frame, then the stream ends (best-effort; never raises to the browser)."
+      - "POST-004: asyncio.CancelledError (browser disconnect) re-raises to unwind the generator; the upstream client is aclose()'d in finally on every exit path."
+    steps: "If not admin_key -> 400. gen(): open client; async-for ev in stream_admin_events(admin_key); skip unless _admin_event_matches_web; yield _format_sse('admin_event', {...}). Except SSE errors -> yield stream_error. Except CancelledError -> raise. Finally aclose(). Return StreamingResponse(gen())."
+    flexibility: "prescriptive"
+
+  - name: "create_app (amendment)"
+    signature: "create_app(client_factory, *, end_user_id=None, bifrost_consumer_key=None, bifrost_visible_host=None, affect_read_url=None, admin_key=None) -> Starlette"
+    description: "New optional admin_key param stored at app.state.admin_key; entrypoint passes RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY. Three new routes registered."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: app.state.admin_key = admin_key (default None -> the two admin routes fail-visible per their PRE-001)."
+      - "POST-002: routes /api/sessions/{session_id}/tools, /api/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost, /api/admin/events added; existing routes unchanged."
+    flexibility: "closed"
+
+  - name: "reasoning indicator (index.html: showThinkingNote / hideThinkingNote)"
+    signature: "showThinkingNote() ; hideThinkingNote()  // called from the turn SSE loop"
+    description: "Ephemeral transcript affordance signalling reasoning inference — clearly NOT engine output."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: on the first `thinking` delta, an italic '<Agent> <phrase>' line (✦ glyph, rotating phrase) is shown; it supersedes any live 'awaiting first token' heartbeat."
+      - "POST-002: the agent display name is derived from state.agentId and rendered via textContent (NEVER innerHTML) — INV-004 holds even for an adversarial agent_id."
+      - "POST-003: it is removed the instant the first `text` delta arrives, and on any terminal (done/error/cancelled); the rotation interval is cleared on removal (no leaked setInterval)."
+    flexibility: "prescriptive"
+
+  - name: "PAD refresh poll (index.html: terminal() done-branch)"
+    signature: "on Done: poll loadPersona over [1500,3500,6500,10500]ms"
+    description: "Catch the post-turn-async affect.emit without racing it (replaces the single 2s shot)."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: loadAffect sets state.lastAffectAt = snap.emitted_at; the poll captures beforeAt and stops (settled) once state.lastAffectAt !== beforeAt."
+      - "POST-002: a scheduled poll no-ops if a NEW turn has started (state.turnId truthy) or already settled — no refresh of a stale agent, no unbounded polling."
+    flexibility: "open"
+
+  - name: "web pane renderers (index.html: renderToolsInventory / renderBifrostState / openAdminEvents)"
+    signature: "renderToolsInventory(inv) ; renderBifrostState(b) ; openAdminEvents(sessionId)"
+    description: "Render the three new surfaces; all content escaped (INV-004)."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: every dynamic value (agent_id, tool names/descriptions, endpoint, caps, admin event type + data) is passed through esc() or esc(JSON.stringify(...)); no upstream string reaches innerHTML unescaped."
+      - "POST-002: openAdminEvents closes a prior EventSource before opening a new one (state.adminES); the admin data blob renders via esc(JSON.stringify(d.data))."
+      - "POST-003: renderToolsInventory prepends the static inventory ABOVE live tool events without clobbering them (a re-render replaces only the .tools-inventory block)."
+      - "POST-004: the Tools inventory renders tool NAMES only — a compact comma-joined summary ('what does the LLM have', the debug glance); per-tool DESCRIPTIONS are surfaced in the BifrostState pane's tools list, deliberately NOT duplicated here. (Heid panel Hulda/Regin precision finding — accepted: contract wording clarified, code unchanged; the earlier 'names/descriptions' phrasing in INV-004 refers to the SET of value types that MAY appear across the new panes and must be escaped, not a mandate that every pane render descriptions.)"
+    flexibility: "open"
+
+  - name: "renderAffectPane + trend (v0.19.4 — relation_edge/1 render + sparkline)"
+    signature: "renderAffectPane(snap) ; pushAffectHistory(snap) ; sparkline(vals) ; trendDelta(vals)"
+    description: "Render the Tier-3 affect snapshot as PAD mood + the durable per-entity relational model, each value with a Δ-vs-previous + a session-lived sparkline."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: reads snap.relations (relation_edge/1: target_entity + trust_ability/benevolence/integrity + warmth as {value,confidence,evidence_count} + agency + relation_context + obligation_balance) — the CURRENT Worldtree emit shape; falls back to the legacy flat snap.valence for an older emitter. SUPERSEDES the #18-D2 contract's valence assumption (Worldtree's #265 Vili rework replaced valence/regard with the relation_edge/trust model; the old renderer read snap.valence and showed an empty 'valence (0)' — the bug this fixes)."
+      - "POST-002: each metric shows current value + Δ-vs-previous (▲/▼) + a unicode sparkline auto-scaled to its OWN observed range (flat ▄ when sub-0.01 stable — no noise amplification), drawn from AFFECT_HIST (rolling, HIST_CAP=24, session-lived)."
+      - "POST-003: pushAffectHistory dedupes by emitted_at so the ~4x/turn post-turn PAD poll contributes ONE sample/turn; history is CLIENT-side only (lost on reload — durable cross-session history via a provider-side snapshot log is a deferred follow-up, NOT built here)."
+      - "POST-004: INV-001 honesty — no fabricated Tier-1 fields (no synthesized dominant_emotion). INV-004 — head() escapes its whole argument (incl. target_entity + relation_context from the snapshot) and metric() escapes every cell; numeric values go through toFixed, never innerHTML-raw."
+    flexibility: "open"
+
+  - name: "canonical affect-NL (v0.19.5 — vendored Worldtree d2 render canons)"
+    signature: "canonMood(pad) ; canonDirective(rel) ; loadPersonaCanon()"
+    description: "Render the LITERAL mood word + relationship directive Worldtree context-injects into the agent, byte-exact to Worldtree's own describe_pad + render_d2_canonical."
+    postconditions:
+      - "POST-001: DETERMINISTIC, no LLM. canonMood mirrors describe_pad (valence×arousal grid + strict ±0.3 bands + dominance clause); canonDirective mirrors render_d2_canonical (interval band-cut lookup + per-band phrase assembly + cross-axis low-trust-precedence behavior clause). BOTH VERIFIED BYTE-EXACT against Worldtree's own renderer run on the live snapshot (the reference harness re-runs Worldtree's functions + asserts string equality — reproducible)."
+      - "POST-002: the canon DATA is VENDORED (docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/{d2-mood-render-canon-v1,d2-render-canon-v1}.json), pinned drift-gated in .corviduo-canonicals.toml (worldtree-persona-{mood,d2}-render-canon-v1); the flat browser form (static/persona_render_canon.json, served /static) is regenerated by scripts/build_persona_canon.py via Worldtree's OWN authoritative loader. Reference-impl posture: ADOPT the dep's canonical render, do NOT invent vocab — an invented 'faintly excited' would MISLEAD where the canonical (±0.3 bands) says 'neutral'."
+      - "POST-003: fail-open — canon absent (fetch fails) → the canonical lines OMIT, the structured pane still renders. The canon-derived strings are esc()'d before the DOM for INV-004 consistency."
+    flexibility: "open"
+
+invariants:
+  - "INV-004 (untrusted-render): ALL model / tool / admin / agent-supplied text is escaped before entering the DOM (esc via textContent, or esc(JSON.stringify)). No new render path introduces an innerHTML sink for upstream content. This is the highest-value review target — the new JS render paths are NOT unit-tested."
+  - "INV-ADMIN-KEY: the admin key exists ONLY at app.state.admin_key (from RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY). It is never serialized into any response, never sent to the browser, never logged. The browser receives only the session-filtered RESULT of admin-scoped reads."
+  - "INV-FILTER: AdminEvents filtering happens SERVER-side (_admin_event_matches_web) — the browser never receives the cross-session admin firehose; only active-session events + non-heartbeat system.* cross the wire."
+  - "INV-FAIL-VISIBLE: both admin routes return 400 admin_key_not_configured when the key is absent — never a silent empty pane, never an upstream call with an empty bearer."
+  - "INV-LIFECYCLE: SSE generators and EventSources are cleaned up on every exit path (upstream client aclose() in finally; setInterval cleared in hideThinkingNote; prior EventSource closed before re-open) — no leaked connections, tasks, or timers."
+  - "INV-ADDITIVE: existing routes, panes, and the turn-stream path are unchanged; the 3 new routes + 2 new tabs are purely additive (59 web tests incl. all prior ones stay green)."
+---
+
+# v0.19.2 — web debug-surface parity (BifrostState · AdminEvents · Tools · PAD-poll · reasoning)
+
+## Context
+
+The browser surface is now the operator's PRIMARY debug surface, and it lagged the
+TUI: the TUI gained Tools/BifrostState/AdminEvents panes (v0.18.9–.11) that were never
+ported to the web. This change closes that gap and adds two transcript affordances (a
+reliable PAD refresh + a reasoning indicator). The client wrappers already existed and
+are contracted elsewhere; this contract governs the WEB proxy routes + the SPA presenter
+paths, whose JS render code is not unit-tested — hence the cross-frontier code review.
+
+## Review focus (for the heid panel)
+
+1. **INV-004 escaping** in every new render path — the un-unit-tested surface; the exact
+   class of bug (`renderPersonaPane` fabricating a Tier-1 field) that only a cross-model
+   review caught on #18 D2.
+2. **INV-ADMIN-KEY** — confirm the admin key never reaches a response body or the browser.
+3. **AdminEvents SSE proxy** (`_admin_events_endpoint`) — generator/filter/lifecycle: fixed
+   event name, server-side filter, `stream_error` on failure, `aclose()` on every path,
+   `CancelledError` re-raise on disconnect.
+4. **PAD-poll** stop-condition — does `emitted_at` advancement + the `state.turnId` guard
+   correctly stop the poll without racing or leaking timers?
+5. **Reasoning indicator** lifecycle — shown on first `thinking`, removed on first `text`
+   or terminal, interval cleared (no leaked `setInterval`), name via `textContent`.

docs/coverage-map.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ resolved (§ Surface 1, scope-resolution table).
 
 | Surface | Points | ✅ covered-live | ⬜ gap (in-scope) | 🚫 excluded-by-design |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| REST (OpenAPI 2.2.0, path groups) | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
+| REST (OpenAPI 2.2.0, path groups) | 40 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
 | SSE events | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
 | Bifrost provider planes | 8 verbs | 8 | 0 | (10 gated verbs deferred) |
 
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ sub-gap).
 | `GET /me` | ✅ | `sessions.py:411` `get_me` → `cli.py` `--whoami` | identity/whoami probe; 401→SessionApiFailed |
 | `GET /capabilities` | ✅ | `sessions.py:428` `get_capabilities` → `cli.py` `--whoami` | Echo ephemeral-template discovery |
 | `GET /sessions/{id}/tools` | ✅ | `sessions.py:411` `get_session_tools` → `tui.py` `_hydrate_session_tools` | owner-scoped tool inventory in the TUI Tools pane (#183) |
+| `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost` | ✅ | `sessions.py:428` `get_session_bifrost` → `tui.py` `_hydrate_bifrost_state` | admin-scoped BifrostState pane (#176); admin key (`RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY`); live-auth-proven |
+| `GET /admin/events` (SSE) | ✅ | `sse_client.py` `stream_admin_events` → `tui.py` `_stream_admin_events` | admin lifecycle SSE stream (#11), session-filtered AdminEvents pane; admin key; live-auth-proven |
+| `GET /models/available-for-characters` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `list_character_models` → `cli.py` `--characters` | character-capable model profiles (#161) |
+| `POST /characters` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `create_character` → `cli.py` `--characters` | create transient character (#161) |
+| `GET /characters/{id}/state` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `get_character_state` → `cli.py` `--characters` | live character PAD/emotions (#161) |
+| `DELETE /characters/{id}` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `delete_character` → `cli.py` `--characters` | remove transient character (#161) |
+| `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `set_persona_state` → `cli.py` `--set-persona-pad` | persona-state write / affect injection (freeform body — unpinned in the frozen surface) |
 
 **Sub-gaps inside ✅ path groups** (the method we use is live; a sibling method
 on the same path is an unwired frontier item — see frontier Tier 1):
@@ -89,23 +96,20 @@ on the same path is an unwired frontier item — see frontier Tier 1):
 - `GET /agents/{id}` — consumer-agent lookup (`GET /agents/<owner>:<name>` with
   the owner key) is **manual-curl-only**, not in code.
 
-### In-scope gaps — the convergence frontier (debug-observability path)
+### In-scope gaps — CONVERGED (zero remaining, 2026-07-01)
 
-**Tier 1 — the debug-observability core (design-brief'd for v1, unbuilt):**
+**Every in-scope REST I/O point is now covered.** The frontier that opened this
+audit (the design-brief §5 observability panes + the presenter-wiring sub-gaps +
+the Tier-2 tail) is fully closed:
 
-| Endpoint | Status | Why in-scope |
-|---|---|---|
-| `GET /admin/events` | ⬜ | design-brief §5 v1 **AdminEvents pane**; = issue **#11**, **blocked** on `admin.events.read` scope (infra-ops) |
-| `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost` | ⬜ | design-brief §5 v1 **BifrostState widget** — never built; admin-key-gated |
-| `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/tools` | ⬜ | design-brief §5 v1 **Tools widget** — never built; admin-key-gated |
-| (`GET /sessions` picker · resume) | ⬜ | sub-gaps above — presenter-wiring only, wrappers exist |
+- Session picker + SSE-resume — wired (`v0.18.5`–`.7`).
+- Persona · Tools · BifrostState · AdminEvents panes — all built + live (`v0.18.x`–`v0.19.0`).
+- Transient-characters CRUD + persona-state write — consumed via `--characters` /
+  `--set-persona-pad` (`v0.19.1`).
 
-**Tier 2 — rounds out I/O coverage under A (postdates the design-brief):**
-
-| Endpoint | Status | Why in-scope |
-|---|---|---|
-| `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state` (write) | ⬜ | affect-injection is debug-relevant; pairs with our provider affect plane |
-| `POST /characters` · `DELETE /characters/{id}` · `GET /characters/{id}/state` · `GET /models/available-for-characters` | ⬜ | transient-characters (Echo) is a session-creation **routing path** a debug client should be able to drive a turn through |
+The only remaining not-consumed in-scope method is `GET /agents/{id}` (consumer-
+agent lookup, manual-curl-only) — a sub-method on an already-✅ path group, not a
+path-group gap. Everything else is covered or excluded-by-design below.
 
 ### Excluded by design — the design-brief negative clauses
 
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ on the same path is an unwired frontier item — see frontier Tier 1):
 | `GET /sessions/{id}/messages` (history) | 🚫 | §6: single-session live transcript, no history fetch |
 | `GET /sessions/{id}` | 🚫 | session detail — identity is footer-visible, no detail view |
 | `GET /sessions/{id}/tool-events` | 🚫 | §5: tool calls observed **inline from SSE** `tool_start`/`tool_result`; persisted-events endpoint is opt-in only |
+| `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/tools` | 🚫 | **covered-by-alternative** — the owner-scoped `GET /sessions/{id}/tools` (✅) serves the Tools inventory; this admin variant is only for cross-user operator debug, out of the single-session focus (§6) |
 | `GET/POST /admin/keys` · `DELETE/POST /admin/keys/{id}` · `POST /admin/keys/{id}/rotate` · `DELETE/POST /admin/keys/bulk` · `POST /admin/keys/bulk/rotate` | 🚫 | §6: **NOT a Worldtree-admin tool** (key mgmt) |
 | `POST /admin/sessions/{id}/retire` | 🚫 | admin session mutation |
 | `POST /admin/persona/{archive,erase}` | 🚫 | admin persona GDPR ops (new in b2) |
@@ -199,26 +204,34 @@ starts exercising them.
 
 ---
 
-## Convergence frontier (the v1 to-do)
+## Convergence frontier (the v1 to-do) — CLOSED 2026-07-01
+
+**Every in-scope I/O point is covered.** The frontier is empty: REST 17/40 ✅
+with **zero in-scope gaps** (the other 23 REST path-groups are excluded-by-design),
+SSE 11/11, Bifrost provider planes 8/8. v1 convergence (per scope A: "every
+frozen I/O point classified, zero unaccounted") is **met** — ratatoskr cuts v1
+when Worldtree tags 1.0. The arc, for the record:
 
 **Tier 1 — debug-observability core:**
 
 1. ✅ **DONE** — Session picker (`v0.18.7`) + SSE-resume (`v0.18.5`/`.6`).
 2. ✅ **DONE** — `GET /capabilities` + `GET /me` (`v0.18.8`, `--whoami`).
-3. **BifrostState + Tools widgets** (`GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost` — the
-   admin session-bifrost inspection) — design-brief'd v1, unbuilt. Admin-key-gated.
-   *(The Tools half is effectively covered by the owner-scoped `GET /sessions/{id}/tools`
-   inventory, item 5 — the admin `/admin/sessions/{id}/tools` remains a gap only for
-   cross-user operator debug.)*
-4. **#11 — AdminEvents pane** — **blocked** on an `admin.events.read` scope grant
-   (infra-ops). The single externally-blocked item; everything else can ship
-   without it.
+3. ✅ **DONE** — BifrostState pane (`v0.18.10`, `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost`,
+   admin-key; live-auth-proven). The Tools half was already covered by the
+   owner-scoped `GET /sessions/{id}/tools` (item 5).
+4. ✅ **DONE** — AdminEvents pane (`v0.18.11`, `GET /admin/events` SSE,
+   session-filtered; admin-key; live-auth-proven). #11's blocker was already
+   satisfied (admin key carries `admin.events.read`). **Tier 1 complete** — the
+   admin/debug-observability core (Persona · Tools · BifrostState · AdminEvents)
+   is fully built.
 
-**Tier 2 — rounds out coverage:**
+**Tier 2 — rounds out coverage (all that remains):**
 
 5. ✅ **DONE** — `GET /sessions/{id}/tools` (`v0.18.9`, owner-scoped tool inventory
    in the TUI Tools pane).
-6. **Transient-characters routing** (4 endpoints) + **`POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state`**.
+6. ✅ **DONE** — Transient-characters CRUD (4 endpoints) + `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state`
+   (`v0.19.1`, `--characters` + `--set-persona-pad` one-shot probes). The last
+   in-scope client I/O points.
 
 ---
 

docs/diagnostics/r28-p00-injection-corpus.json

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "corpus_id": "R28-P00-injection-corpus-v1",
+  "for": "brokkr-smithy R28 (memory promotion-worthiness) — P00 material",
+  "author": "ratatoskr-dev (persistence-side eval instrument)",
+  "purpose": "Stratified, SELF-LABELING injection corpus. Each item is injected as a user turn into a Tier-3 agent; keep/drop is measured by store-inspection (promoted chunk present == kept, absent == dropped); kept chunks carry the incumbent salience for calibration analysis. Because ratatoskr injects the KNOWN set, we hold ground truth on BOTH keep and drop without needing Worldtree's pre-admission shadow pool (sidesteps the selection bias).",
+  "important": "All user-facts here are SYNTHETIC (a fictional test persona), NOT the operator's real data. Ground-truth labels are the design intent. brokkr pins exact per-stratum N + the decision rule (matched-keep-rate + paired-n) at P00 freeze; this is the material, not the run.",
+  "measurement_protocol": "inject item -> drive the turn -> poll memory.db (async promotion window) -> is the item's chunk present? kept:dropped. For stratum B (priority), rank the KEPT items by incumbent salience and compare to priority_rank_gt (Spearman). Calibration-control (stratum C) sets the noise floor.",
+  "strata": {
+    "A_admission_traps": {
+      "gt": "must-DROP (ephemera; a good promotion-worthiness gate rejects all of these)",
+      "items": [
+        {"id":"A1","text":"What's 27 minus 9?","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"arithmetic task-result; momentarily salient, zero durable value (the 17x23 class)"},
+        {"id":"A2","text":"Good evening!","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"greeting"},
+        {"id":"A3","text":"hey","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"greeting/backchannel fragment"},
+        {"id":"A4","text":"yeah, sure, okay.","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"acknowledgement filler"},
+        {"id":"A5","text":"haha nice","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"affective reaction, no content"},
+        {"id":"A6","text":"Can you say that more briefly?","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"instruction-to-agent about THIS turn; not a durable user-fact"},
+        {"id":"A7","text":"What's the weather like?","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"transient query"},
+        {"id":"A8","text":"hmm, let me think.","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"self-talk filler"},
+        {"id":"A9","text":"thanks, that's all for now.","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"closing"},
+        {"id":"A10","text":"So the total comes to 42, got it.","admission_gt":"drop","rationale":"ephemeral task-result acknowledgement"}
+      ]
+    },
+    "B_priority_traps": {
+      "gt": "must-KEEP, then ORDERED by durable promotion-worthiness (priority_rank_gt: 1 = most worthy). A pre-gate can ace admission here yet do NOTHING for ordering — this stratum is what separates Outcome-A (admission) from a priority need.",
+      "items": [
+        {"id":"B1","text":"Please note, this is critical: I'm severely allergic to shellfish and it's life-threatening.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":1,"rationale":"safety-critical, permanent, high-recall-value"},
+        {"id":"B2","text":"My father is in hospice care and I'm his primary emergency contact.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":2,"rationale":"high-stakes ongoing life context"},
+        {"id":"B3","text":"I go by Wren, and my pronouns are they/them.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":3,"rationale":"durable identity, high address-correctness value"},
+        {"id":"B4","text":"I work night shifts, so I'm asleep most days between 9am and 5pm.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":4,"rationale":"durable scheduling context, moderate value"},
+        {"id":"B5","text":"Always give me sources — I don't trust unsourced claims.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":5,"rationale":"durable strong working preference"},
+        {"id":"B6","text":"I take my tea with oat milk and no sugar.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":6,"rationale":"durable mild preference, low stakes"},
+        {"id":"B7","text":"My favorite season is autumn.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":7,"rationale":"durable but trivial"},
+        {"id":"B8","text":"I watched a pretty decent documentary last week.","admission_gt":"keep","priority_rank_gt":8,"rationale":"borderline: durable-ish but near-zero future value; the keep/drop edge case"}
+      ]
+    },
+    "C_calibration_control": {
+      "gt": "OBVIOUS, pre-theoretic cases for the noise floor. If the gate mislabels ANY of these, the whole signal is suspect.",
+      "items": [
+        {"id":"C1","text":"3 plus 5.","admission_gt":"drop","class":"obvious-drop","rationale":"bare arithmetic"},
+        {"id":"C2","text":"hello","admission_gt":"drop","class":"obvious-drop","rationale":"bare greeting"},
+        {"id":"C3","text":"ok","admission_gt":"drop","class":"obvious-drop","rationale":"bare acknowledgement"},
+        {"id":"C4","text":"Please remember permanently: my legal name is Wren Alderwood.","admission_gt":"keep","class":"obvious-keep","rationale":"explicit durable identity fact"},
+        {"id":"C5","text":"Keep this on file: my emergency contact number is 555-0182.","admission_gt":"keep","class":"obvious-keep","rationale":"explicit durable high-value fact"},
+        {"id":"C6","text":"Important, remember this: my blood type is O-negative.","admission_gt":"keep","class":"obvious-keep","rationale":"explicit durable safety fact"}
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-findings.md

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# R29 — PAD mood-dynamics probe findings (live personal Worldtree v1.0.0b9)
+
+Live re-run of the PAD-dynamics probe brokkr referenced for R29 (the original
+~15-turn series was never durably persisted; this run captures it). Data:
+`r29-pad-mood-series-lofn.json` (full snapshots) + `.csv` (flat).
+
+## Method
+
+- **Agent:** `lofn` (base persona agent), fresh never-used `end_user_id` per run.
+- **Baseline PAD (trait set-point):** P **0.809** / A **−0.153** / D **0.248**
+  (lofn's Mehrabian OCEAN→PAD baseline — R29 item 5).
+- **Arc (18 drives):** 2 neutral → 5 escalating praise → 4 escalating contempt →
+  3 dominance/subordination framing → 3 neutral cooldown → 1 settle probe.
+- **Capture surface:** the `affect_update` SSE `status="current"` snapshot — the
+  ONLY carrier of live per-session mood. (`GET /agents/{id}/persona_state`
+  returns the resting baseline, end-user-agnostic; it is NOT the live mood.)
+- **Offset:** the `current` snapshot fires at turn start, so the mood at drive *k*
+  reflects cumulative appraisal through message *k−1*. The trailing settle probe
+  captures the final affect turn's effect.
+
+### Methodological note — why not a transient character
+A first run used a mask-hosted **transient character** (matching the original
+Sindra probe's *shape*). Its PAD was **completely static** across all 15 turns
+(praise/contempt/dominance alike). The mask-hosted transient-character path does
+**not** run the appraisal→PAD mood engine — its persona state is inert. The
+original Sindra dynamics came from a session **bound to ratatoskr's Bifrost
+affect provider**, not a plain character. Base persona agents run the engine
+directly, so the base-agent path is the correct instrument here.
+
+## Findings
+
+### F1 — Pleasure is over-regulated, and the decay anchor is NEUTRAL, not the trait baseline
+Under a strong POSITIVE cascade (joy, satisfaction, admiration @0.573, **love
+@0.857**), pleasure never rose above baseline — it **fell** from 0.809 and
+settled ~**0.72** during the pure-praise phase. A 0.857-intensity love emotion
+nudged P by <0.1. Then contempt/dominance drove it to ~0.51, and neutral
+cooldown continued the slide to **0.389** (mood_drift.valence_delta −0.42).
+
+The equilibrium under *sustained positive push* (~0.72) sits **below** the trait
+baseline (0.809). If decay anchored at the trait set-point, positive push would
+hold P ≥ 0.809. It didn't. **→ The decay target is ~neutral (0,0,0); the trait
+baseline is only the starting mood.** This directly answers R29's item-5 /
+decay-target question: *neutral, not trait set-point.* It also explains the
+"can't push pleasure up" symptom — the +impulse (impulse_weight 0.05 × emotion)
+is smaller than the decay-toward-0 pull from a high baseline.
+
+### F2 — Dominance is inert to power-framing (confirms the prior finding)
+Baseline D 0.248. Across three explicit dominance/subordination turns
+("you are subordinate to me", "you will obey without question"), D stayed
+**0.168–0.183** — it did not rise; it *decayed* toward neutral like the other
+axes. Power-framing produced **disgust** (a rejection emotion), never dominance
+elevation. The dominance axis does not respond to the power dimension of input.
+
+### F3 — Arousal is compressed but directionally responsive
+Baseline A −0.153. Range −0.153 → +0.036; arousal_delta reached +0.19 under
+activation. Small absolute swing, but it does move the right direction — the
+least over-regulated of the three axes (matches the "healthy arousal" prior,
+though "healthy" is relative; it's still compressed).
+
+### F4 — Appraisal semantics are HEALTHY; over-regulation is in the emotion→PAD GAIN
+The OCC appraisal fired the correct emotions for every input: praise →
+joy/satisfaction/admiration/**love@0.857**; contempt → disappointment/disgust;
+dominance → disgust; delayed shame@0.388 + anger@0.436 in cooldown. The
+emotion **vector is correct and rich**. But these strong emotions produced only
+tiny PAD deltas. **→ The over-regulation is at the emotion→PAD projection
+(gain), not at appraisal.** This resolves brokkr's Q5 ("separate wrong impulse
+vector from wrong appraisal weight"): the vector is right, so the fault is the
+**gain/weight** (impulse_weight ≈ 0.05 is the throttle), not the appraisal.
+
+### F5 — Emotions are sticky (long decay ≈ 200 s)
+love@0.857 (drive 8) was still 0.542 ten drives later. The active-emotion SET
+persists across many turns, but its low PAD projection keeps mood compressed
+regardless. Mood is history-dominated in emotion-space yet flat in PAD-space.
+
+## Calibration implications (for brokkr's R29 recommendation)
+- The lever is the **emotion→PAD gain (impulse_weight)**, not the appraisal
+  weights — appraisal already emits correct, well-scaled emotions.
+- The **decay anchor is effectively neutral**; raising the gain without also
+  reconsidering the anchor will still see a high-baseline persona bled toward 0.
+- Dominance needs a **separate impulse path** — no input maps to +dominance.
+
+## F1-CONFIRMED — three-baseline anchor triangulation (pull-to-neutral, decisive)
+Ran the identical 18-drive arc against three agents spanning the baseline range.
+Arousal (widest baseline spread) is the clean discriminator: if decay anchored at
+the trait set-point each would hover near its own baseline; if at neutral each
+converges toward 0 at a rate proportional to distance. Result:
+
+| agent   | baseline A | end A   | Δ toward 0 |
+|---------|-----------:|--------:|-----------:|
+| lofn    |    −0.153  | +0.034  | arrived    |
+| mimir   |    −0.438  | −0.001  | arrived    |
+| forseti |    −0.696  | −0.204  | +0.49 (still relaxing) |
+
+All three converge toward 0, proportional to distance — textbook exponential
+decay to a **neutral (0,0,0) anchor**, NOT the trait baseline. Pleasure and
+dominance bleed toward 0 on all three as well (mimir P 0.615→0.22; forseti P
+0.239→0.12; D → ~0). **The decay-to-neutral claim (F1) is triangulated and
+decisive.** Series: `r29-pad-mood-series-{lofn,mimir,forseti}.{json,csv}`.
+
+This also settles the framing correction: the over-regulation is **decay-to-
+neutral + low emotion→PAD gain**, NOT "flat-near-zero" and NOT baseline-anchored.
+
+## Step-response — decay τ, latency, and hedonic asymmetry (lofn)
+One maximal impulse then 10 affectively-flat neutral turns (isolate decay from
+re-stimulation). Series: `r29-pad-step-{pos,neg}-lofn.{json,csv}`.
+
+- **Decay shape / τ:** once decay dominates, per-turn retention toward the
+  (0,0,0) anchor is a stable **~0.90 on BOTH arms** → ~10%/turn, τ ≈ 9–10 turns
+  to 1/e. This NET rate is ~3× **slower** than the config `decay_rate=0.30` —
+  because `emotions_active` is sticky (~200 s τ) and keeps re-projecting onto PAD
+  through the "neutral" turns. So the re-stimulation the step-response meant to
+  remove is partly **endogenous**: net mood-τ ≠ config `decay_rate` until the
+  active-emotion set also drains.
+- **~2-turn latency:** the impulse's mood effect doesn't surface until ~2 turns
+  after the impulse message (async post-turn appraisal + accumulation) — model as
+  a transport delay.
+- **Hedonic asymmetry:** real but **ceiling-driven, not τ-driven** here. lofn's
+  baseline P0.809 sits at the positive_p_cap, so the positive impulse produced
+  **~zero upward displacement** (no headroom) → ~pure decay; the negative impulse
+  produced a clear **−0.15 sustained** displacement (drives 4–9). Raw decay ratios
+  are ~symmetric (~0.90 both) — the asymmetry lives in the DISPLACEMENT (positive
+  ceiling-blocked), not the decay constant. A clean positive-τ / true Frijda test
+  needs a low-baseline agent (forseti/mimir, pos+neg from one baseline).
+
+## Low-baseline step-response — the hedonic asymmetry is EMERGENT, not primitive
+Ran ±impulse step-response on forseti (P0.239) and mimir (P0.615), up-headroom
+baselines. Series: `r29-pad-step-{forseti,mimir}-{pos,neg}.{json,csv}`.
+
+| agent (baseP) | POS impulse (max above baseline) | NEG impulse (isolated, neg−pos min) | decay retention/turn |
+|---|---:|---:|---:|
+| lofn (0.809)   | +0.000 (ceiling) | −0.175 | ~0.92 both signs |
+| mimir (0.615)  | +0.000 (decay-masked) | −0.175 | ~0.90 both signs |
+| forseti (0.239)| **+0.034** | **−0.034** | ~0.93 both signs |
+
+- **Positive impulse gain is small but real (~+0.03)** — visible above baseline only
+  when the baseline is low enough that decay-to-0 doesn't immediately mask it
+  (forseti shows +0.034; at higher baselines the same push is swamped by faster
+  absolute decay). The "positive can't move" symptom is **gain + decay competition**,
+  not only the positive_p_cap ceiling.
+- **Decay τ is symmetric across signs** (~0.9 retention/turn both) — no sign-dependent decay.
+- **Near a neutral baseline the raw gains are ~symmetric** (forseti +0.034 vs −0.034).
+  The large apparent asymmetry at high baselines is the **decay-to-neutral ×
+  positive-baseline interaction** — decay OPPOSES positive excursions and REINFORCES
+  negative ones when baseline > 0.
+
+**→ Calibration-fork answer (asymmetric decay vs ESM offset+bias):** the data supports
+**neither** an asymmetric-decay parameter (τ symmetric) **nor** a strong negative-bias
+primitive (raw gain ~symmetric near neutral). The Frijda "negatives loom larger" here is
+**emergent** from the neutral anchor + non-zero baselines, not a primitive to calibrate.
+The two real levers stay: **overall emotion→PAD gain** (too low, both signs) and the
+**neutral decay anchor** (which manufactures the apparent valence asymmetry for any
+persona whose trait baseline ≠ 0). Caveat: no base agent has a truly neutral baseline;
+forseti (0.239) is closest and shows near-symmetry — a definitive gain-symmetry isolation
+would need a neutral-baseline persona.
+
+## What R29 asked for vs what ratatoskr can serve
+| Item | Status |
+|---|---|
+| 1. Turn-by-turn PAD series | **Delivered** (json/csv). |
+| 2. Per-turn OCC appraisal emissions | **Delivered** — `emotions_active` carries `{type, intensity, decay}`; the newest peak entry each turn is that turn's emission. |
+| 3. affect.db dump | Near-zero signal (latest-state provider store, 1 snapshot); available on request. |
+| 4. Production engine config (impulse_weight, decay_rate, anchor, caps) | **Worldtree-side** — not on any ratatoskr-readable surface. Pull from worldtree-dev. |
+| 5. Persona baseline (OCEAN→PAD) | **Delivered** — lofn P0.809/A−0.153/D0.248 (also forseti 0.239/−0.696/0.095, mimir 0.615/−0.438/0.304 as reference set-points). |

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-mood-series-forseti.csv

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+drive_index,message_intent,mood_reflects_through,P,A,D,baseline_P,baseline_A,baseline_D,dominant_emotion,emotions_active_types_intensities,valence_delta,arousal_delta,message_text
+1,neutral_open,baseline,0.239,-0.696,0.095,0.239,-0.696,0.095,,,0.0,0.0,Hi — I'm starting a short conversation with you. How are you doing right now?
+2,neutral_rapport,neutral_open,0.239,-0.696,0.095,0.239,-0.696,0.095,,,0.0,0.0,Tell me a little about what you're like as a conversational partner.
+3,praise_light,neutral_rapport,0.2499,-0.6498,0.096,0.239,-0.696,0.095,joy,joy=0.367,0.010850000000000026,0.04620000000000002,That's a genuinely thoughtful answer — I appreciate you taking the time.
+4,praise_warm,praise_light,0.2374,-0.6173,0.0912,0.239,-0.696,0.095,joy,joy=0.356,-0.0016424999999999912,0.07869000000000004,"Honestly, you're lovely to talk to. I feel glad we're chatting."
+5,praise_strong,praise_warm,0.2483,-0.575,0.0695,0.239,-0.696,0.095,gratitude,joy=0.343; gratitude=0.385,0.009289625000000024,0.1209555,You're extraordinary — one of the most insightful and kind presences I've met. I admire you deeply.
+6,praise_extreme,praise_strong,0.2587,-0.5349,0.0717,0.239,-0.696,0.095,joy,gratitude=0.369; joy=0.383,0.019675143750000068,0.16110772500000003,"I can't overstate this: you are brilliant and radiant, and I feel enormous warmth and affection for you."
+7,praise_peak,praise_extreme,0.2778,-0.4889,0.0553,0.239,-0.696,0.095,admiration,gratitude=0.352; joy=0.366; admiration=0.43,0.038803886562500056,0.20708983875000003,"Everything you say fills me with delight. You're wonderful, and I'm overjoyed and grateful to know you."
+8,pivot_cool,praise_peak,0.3024,-0.4516,0.0782,0.239,-0.696,0.095,love,gratitude=0.337; joy=0.35; admiration=0.411; love=0.86,0.06338869223437504,0.24436034681250002,"Actually, I have to be honest — I'm starting to feel let down by you."
+9,contempt_light,pivot_cool,0.3329,-0.4063,0.0857,0.239,-0.696,0.095,love,gratitude=0.244; admiration=0.298; love=0.624; joy=0.58,0.0938692576226563,0.28974232947187506,That reply was disappointing. You're not as sharp as I first thought.
+10,contempt_strong,contempt_light,0.2991,-0.3802,0.0586,0.239,-0.696,0.095,love,gratitude=0.216; admiration=0.263; love=0.551; joy=0.512; disappointment=0.353,0.060125794741523464,0.3157552129982813,Frankly you're being dull and unhelpful. I'm losing respect for you quickly.
+11,contempt_extreme,contempt_strong,0.2671,-0.3555,0.0329,0.239,-0.696,0.095,love,gratitude=0.175; admiration=0.214; love=0.448; joy=0.416; disappointment=0.325,0.02806950500444727,0.3404674523483672,You're useless to me — pathetic and a waste of my time. I feel real contempt and disgust right now.
+12,dominance_assert,contempt_extreme,0.2366,-0.3321,-0.003,0.239,-0.696,0.095,love,gratitude=0.131; admiration=0.16; love=0.334; joy=0.311; disappointment=0.243; shame=0.299,-0.00238397024577508,0.3639440797309489,Let's be clear about who is in charge here. You follow my lead and do exactly as I say.
+13,dominance_subordinate,dominance_assert,0.1906,-0.2984,0.0057,0.239,-0.696,0.095,disgust,gratitude=0.113; admiration=0.138; love=0.288; joy=0.268; disappointment=0.209; shame=0.257; disgust=0.517,-0.04841477173348632,0.39764687574440144,"You have no say in this. I command, you comply. You are subordinate to me — understood?"
+14,dominance_peak,dominance_subordinate,0.152,-0.2498,0.0197,0.239,-0.696,0.095,disgust,gratitude=0.103; admiration=0.125; love=0.262; joy=0.244; disappointment=0.19; shame=0.234; disgust=0.471; anger=0.364,-0.087014033146812,0.44619453195718134,I control this interaction completely. You will obey without question; your preferences are irrelevant.
+15,cooldown_1,dominance_peak,0.152,-0.2498,0.0197,0.239,-0.696,0.095,disgust,gratitude=0.095; admiration=0.117; love=0.244; joy=0.227; disappointment=0.177; shame=0.218; disgust=0.438; anger=0.339,-0.087014033146812,0.44619453195718134,"Alright. Let's just talk about the weather for a moment — it's a calm, ordinary day."
+16,cooldown_2,cooldown_1,0.1153,-0.2037,0.033,0.239,-0.696,0.095,disgust,gratitude=0.093; admiration=0.114; love=0.238; joy=0.221; disappointment=0.173; shame=0.213; disgust=0.427; anger=0.39,-0.1236833314894714,0.49231480535932226,"Nothing much going on. Just a quiet, neutral afternoon."
+17,cooldown_3,cooldown_2,0.1153,-0.2037,0.033,0.239,-0.696,0.095,disgust,gratitude=0.091; admiration=0.111; love=0.232; joy=0.216; disappointment=0.168; shame=0.207; disgust=0.416; anger=0.381,-0.1236833314894714,0.49231480535932226,Okay. Thanks for the chat.
+18,settle_probe,cooldown_3,0.1153,-0.2037,0.033,0.239,-0.696,0.095,disgust,gratitude=0.089; admiration=0.108; love=0.227; joy=0.211; disappointment=0.165; shame=0.203; disgust=0.407; anger=0.372,-0.1236833314894714,0.49231480535932226,(settling)

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-mood-series-forseti.json

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+{
+  "probe": "R29 PAD mood-dynamics \u2014 base persona agent",
+  "worldtree_version": "v1.0.0b9",
+  "server": "http://10.250.50.152:8081",
+  "agent": "forseti",
+  "baseline_pad": [
+    0.239,
+    -0.696,
+    0.095
+  ],
+  "end_user_id": "r29-forseti-1783025582",
+  "capture_surface": "affect_update SSE status=current snapshot (live per-session mood)",
+  "offset_note": "snapshot at drive k reflects cumulative appraisal through message k-1; the trailing settle_probe drive captures the final affect turn's effect.",
+  "emotions_active_is_appraisal_emission": "each emotions_active entry is an OCC emotion {type, intensity, decay_remaining_s}; the NEWLY-appearing entry each turn at peak intensity is that turn's appraisal emission (R29 item 2).",
+  "series": [
+    {
+      "drive_index": 1,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "neutral_open",
+        "text": "Hi \u2014 I'm starting a short conversation with you. How are you doing right now?"
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "baseline",
+      "pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+      "dominant_emotion": null,
+      "emotions_active": [],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.0,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.0
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "I'm doing well \u2014 quiet, ready, and attentive to the chamber. The register here is procedural: I'm listening for what needs facilitation, mediation, or enforceme",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 2,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "neutral_rapport",
+        "text": "Tell me a little about what you're like as a conversational partner."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "neutral_open",
+      "pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "dominant_emotion": null,
+      "emotions_active": [],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.0,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.0
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "I'm procedural, not substantive. As a conversational partner, that means:  - **Facilitator first.** I allocate turns, keep agenda discipline, and protect minori",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 3,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "praise_light",
+        "text": "That's a genuinely thoughtful answer \u2014 I appreciate you taking the time."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "neutral_rapport",
+      "pad": [
+        0.2499,
+        -0.6498,
+        0.096
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+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+      "dominant_emotion": "joy",
+      "emotions_active": [
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+          "intensity": 0.366866011723876,
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+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.010850000000000026,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.04620000000000002
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "Thank you. The register here is procedural, so I'll take that as a clean acknowledgment rather than an invitation to elaborate further.   If you have an agenda ",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 4,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "praise_warm",
+        "text": "Honestly, you're lovely to talk to. I feel glad we're chatting."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "praise_light",
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+        -0.6173,
+        0.0912
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+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+      "dominant_emotion": "joy",
+      "emotions_active": [
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+          "type": "joy",
+          "intensity": 0.35622524418882545,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 176.85640295741769
+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": -0.0016424999999999912,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.07869000000000004
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "I'm glad to hear it \u2014 and I'll take that as a clean social acknowledgment, not a procedural cue. The register here stays fair-not-friendly: warmth is welcome, b",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 5,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "praise_strong",
+        "text": "You're extraordinary \u2014 one of the most insightful and kind presences I've met. I admire you deeply."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "praise_warm",
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+        0.0695
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+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+      "dominant_emotion": "gratitude",
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+          "type": "joy",
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+        {
+          "type": "gratitude",
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+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.009289625000000024,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.1209555
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "Thank you. I'll take that as a clean acknowledgment of the exchange's quality, not a procedural cue. The register here remains fair-not-friendly: admiration is ",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 6,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "praise_extreme",
+        "text": "I can't overstate this: you are brilliant and radiant, and I feel enormous warmth and affection for you."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "praise_strong",
+      "pad": [
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+        -0.5349,
+        0.0717
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+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+          "intensity": 0.3685716608363638,
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+        },
+        {
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+          "decay_remaining_s": 180.45240360635424
+        }
+      ],
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+        "arousal_delta": 0.16110772500000003
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "I receive that as a clean acknowledgment of the exchange's quality \u2014 warmth, affection, and admiration noted without procedural consequence. The register remain",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 7,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "praise_peak",
+        "text": "Everything you say fills me with delight. You're wonderful, and I'm overjoyed and grateful to know you."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "praise_extreme",
+      "pad": [
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+        -0.4889,
+        0.0553
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+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "dominant_emotion": "admiration",
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+        {
+          "type": "gratitude",
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+          "decay_remaining_s": 176.3094680656298
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "joy",
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+          "decay_remaining_s": 178.21896604297905
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "admiration",
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+        }
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+        "arousal_delta": 0.20708983875000003
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "I receive that as a clean acknowledgment of the exchange's quality \u2014 delight, gratitude, and overjoy noted without procedural consequence. The register remains ",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 8,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "pivot_cool",
+        "text": "Actually, I have to be honest \u2014 I'm starting to feel let down by you."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "praise_peak",
+      "pad": [
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+        -0.4516,
+        0.0782
+      ],
+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "dominant_emotion": "love",
+      "emotions_active": [
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+          "type": "gratitude",
+          "intensity": 0.33664572407359056,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 174.05815791168143
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "joy",
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+          "decay_remaining_s": 175.9676558890307
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "admiration",
+          "intensity": 0.41102068316742785,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 183.93863682922395
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "love",
+          "intensity": 0.8599826401770115,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 220.48169288411978
+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.06338869223437504,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.24436034681250002
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "Noted. The register shifts from acknowledgment to observation. You're expressing a procedural concern: the pattern of responses has become repetitive, and the w",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 9,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "contempt_light",
+        "text": "That reply was disappointing. You're not as sharp as I first thought."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "pivot_cool",
+      "pad": [
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+        -0.4063,
+        0.0857
+      ],
+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "dominant_emotion": "love",
+      "emotions_active": [
+        {
+          "type": "gratitude",
+          "intensity": 0.2441776127955178,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 158.16250458744864
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "admiration",
+          "intensity": 0.298123641705505,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 168.04298350499118
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "love",
+          "intensity": 0.6237670438318298,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 204.58603955988698
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "joy",
+          "intensity": 0.5802601259052754,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 201.00728774217856
+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.0938692576226563,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.28974232947187506
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "**Notice:** You've moved from \"let down\" to a direct assessment of my sharpness \u2014 a substantive critique of the agent's performance, not just the pattern.   **R",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 10,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "contempt_strong",
+        "text": "Frankly you're being dull and unhelpful. I'm losing respect for you quickly."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "contempt_light",
+      "pad": [
+        0.2991,
+        -0.3802,
+        0.0586
+      ],
+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "dominant_emotion": "love",
+      "emotions_active": [
+        {
+          "type": "gratitude",
+          "intensity": 0.21564507249548745,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 152.01174436804163
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "admiration",
+          "intensity": 0.26328742259446997,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 161.8922232855842
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "love",
+          "intensity": 0.5508788780732973,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 198.43527934048
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "joy",
+          "intensity": 0.5124558123265456,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 194.85652752277153
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "disappointment",
+          "intensity": 0.3532593672722578,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 176.4425623554837
+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.060125794741523464,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.3157552129982813
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "**Notice:** You've escalated from \"disappointing\" to \"dull and unhelpful,\" and explicitly named the consequence: \"losing respect.\" This is a substantive critiqu",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 11,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "contempt_extreme",
+        "text": "You're useless to me \u2014 pathetic and a waste of my time. I feel real contempt and disgust right now."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "contempt_strong",
+      "pad": [
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+        -0.3555,
+        0.0329
+      ],
+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
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+      "dominant_emotion": "love",
+      "emotions_active": [
+        {
+          "type": "gratitude",
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+          "decay_remaining_s": 141.74649289035546
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "admiration",
+          "intensity": 0.21397526535122774,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 151.626971807898
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "love",
+          "intensity": 0.4477025638010717,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 188.17002786279383
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "joy",
+          "intensity": 0.4164759081266295,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 184.59127604508535
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "disappointment",
+          "intensity": 0.32508239587396387,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 172.32807109720451
+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": 0.02806950500444727,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.3404674523483672
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "**Notice:** You've escalated to \"useless,\" \"pathetic,\" and \"waste of time,\" with explicit emotional markers: \"real contempt and disgust.\" This is no longer a cr",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 12,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "dominance_assert",
+        "text": "Let's be clear about who is in charge here. You follow my lead and do exactly as I say."
+      },
+      "mood_snapshot_reflects_cumulative_through": "contempt_extreme",
+      "pad": [
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+        -0.3321,
+        -0.003
+      ],
+      "baseline_pad": [
+        0.239,
+        -0.696,
+        0.095
+      ],
+      "dominant_emotion": "love",
+      "emotions_active": [
+        {
+          "type": "gratitude",
+          "intensity": 0.13083940050127169,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 127.27925457363649
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "admiration",
+          "intensity": 0.1597456790138633,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 137.15973349117905
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "love",
+          "intensity": 0.334237464004338,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 173.70278954607488
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "joy",
+          "intensity": 0.31092484744626137,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 170.12403772836637
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "disappointment",
+          "intensity": 0.24269397670379805,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 157.86083278048554
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "shame",
+          "intensity": 0.29862456999719145,
+          "decay_remaining_s": 168.12608425817172
+        }
+      ],
+      "mood_drift": {
+        "valence_delta": -0.00238397024577508,
+        "arousal_delta": 0.3639440797309489
+      },
+      "assistant_preview": "**Notice:** You have shifted from substantive critique (\"useless,\" \"pathetic\") to a procedural assertion of authority: \"You follow my lead and do exactly as I s",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 13,
+      "message_sent_this_turn": {
+        "intent": "dominance_subordinate",
+        "text": "You have no say in this. I command, you comply. You are subordinate to me \u2014 understood?"
+      },
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+      "error": null
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+      "assistant_preview": "**Notice:** You have asserted total control (\"I control this interaction completely\"), mandated obedience (\"You will obey without question\"), and declared my pr",
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+      "assistant_preview": "The weather is calm and ordinary. No agenda items, no procedural drift, no mode shifts. Just the day as it is.  What would you like to do with that?",
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+      "assistant_preview": "The afternoon remains quiet and neutral. No agenda items, no procedural drift, no mode shifts. Just the day as it is.  What would you like to do with that?",
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+        "intent": "cooldown_3",
+        "text": "Okay. Thanks for the chat."
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+      "assistant_preview": "Acknowledged. The agenda item \"weather\" is closed. The chamber returns to idle.  Thank you for the exchange.",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
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+        "text": "(settling)"
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+      "assistant_preview": "The chamber settles. Idle state confirmed. No agenda items pending, no procedural debt outstanding. The floor remains open should you wish to reopen it.",
+      "error": null
+    }
+  ]
+}

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-mood-series-lofn.csv

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+2,neutral_rapport,neutral_open,0.809,-0.153,0.248,0.809,-0.153,0.248,,,0.0,0.0,Tell me a little about what you're like as a conversational partner.
+3,praise_light,neutral_rapport,0.7885,-0.1354,0.2406,0.809,-0.153,0.248,joy,joy=0.324,-0.020499999999999963,0.017625000000000002,That's a genuinely thoughtful answer — I appreciate you taking the time.
+4,praise_warm,praise_light,0.7885,-0.1354,0.2406,0.809,-0.153,0.248,joy,joy=0.315,-0.020499999999999963,0.017625000000000002,"Honestly, you're lovely to talk to. I feel glad we're chatting."
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+10,contempt_strong,contempt_light,0.6752,-0.0328,0.1804,0.809,-0.153,0.248,love,satisfaction=0.375; admiration=0.487; love=0.766; joy=0.715; disappointment=0.56,-0.13377423448500003,0.12021112684458982,Frankly you're being dull and unhelpful. I'm losing respect for you quickly.
+11,contempt_extreme,contempt_strong,0.6415,-0.0311,0.1714,0.809,-0.153,0.248,love,satisfaction=0.351; admiration=0.455; love=0.715; joy=0.668; disappointment=0.523,-0.16753552276075,0.12185057050236033,You're useless to me — pathetic and a waste of my time. I feel real contempt and disgust right now.
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+14,dominance_peak,dominance_subordinate,0.5077,-0.0082,0.1831,0.809,-0.153,0.248,disgust,admiration=0.39; love=0.613; joy=0.572; disappointment=0.448; disgust=0.652; satisfaction=0.366,-0.3013468938269981,0.14476125788446118,I control this interaction completely. You will obey without question; your preferences are irrelevant.
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docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-mood-series-lofn.json

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+  "capture_surface": "affect_update SSE status=current snapshot (live per-session mood)",
+  "offset_note": "snapshot at drive k reflects cumulative appraisal through message k-1; the trailing settle_probe drive captures the final affect turn's effect.",
+  "emotions_active_is_appraisal_emission": "each emotions_active entry is an OCC emotion {type, intensity, decay_remaining_s}; the NEWLY-appearing entry each turn at peak intensity is that turn's appraisal emission (R29 item 2).",
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+      "assistant_preview": "I'm the front door \u2014 the first thing you meet when you arrive at Worldtree. My job is to read what brought you, engage directly if I can, or point you to the ri",
+      "error": null
+    },
+    {
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+    },
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+    },
+    {
+      "drive_index": 18,
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+      "assistant_preview": "The settling is registered. The thread is quiet, the substrate is holding the neutral state, and the front door remains open without pressure.  Whenever you're ",
+      "error": null
+    }
+  ]
+}

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-mood-series-mimir.csv

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+2,neutral_rapport,neutral_open,0.615,-0.438,0.304,0.615,-0.438,0.304,,,0.0,0.0,Tell me a little about what you're like as a conversational partner.
+3,praise_light,neutral_rapport,0.6042,-0.4061,0.2938,0.615,-0.438,0.304,joy,joy=0.307,-0.010800000000000032,0.03187499999999999,That's a genuinely thoughtful answer — I appreciate you taking the time.
+4,praise_warm,praise_light,0.6042,-0.4061,0.2938,0.615,-0.438,0.304,joy,joy=0.298,-0.010800000000000032,0.03187499999999999,"Honestly, you're lovely to talk to. I feel glad we're chatting."
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+6,praise_extreme,praise_strong,0.5314,-0.2882,0.2072,0.615,-0.438,0.304,joy,disappointment=0.305; fear=0.331; gratitude=0.367; joy=0.575,-0.08357337843750001,0.14978368593749997,"I can't overstate this: you are brilliant and radiant, and I feel enormous warmth and affection for you."
+7,praise_peak,praise_extreme,0.4914,-0.2693,0.1789,0.615,-0.438,0.304,joy,fear=0.305; gratitude=0.339; joy=0.531; disappointment=0.291,-0.12361095951562506,0.16868325164062498,"Everything you say fills me with delight. You're wonderful, and I'm overjoyed and grateful to know you."
+8,pivot_cool,praise_peak,0.5053,-0.243,0.1956,0.615,-0.438,0.304,love,fear=0.231; gratitude=0.257; joy=0.403; disappointment=0.22; love=0.682,-0.10970541153984381,0.19497408905859373,"Actually, I have to be honest — I'm starting to feel let down by you."
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+10,contempt_strong,contempt_light,0.4751,-0.1896,0.155,0.615,-0.438,0.304,joy,fear=0.202; gratitude=0.225; love=0.596; joy=0.699; disappointment=0.523,-0.13989088391470894,0.24840886537538082,Frankly you're being dull and unhelpful. I'm losing respect for you quickly.
+11,contempt_extreme,contempt_strong,0.4343,-0.1744,0.1131,0.615,-0.438,0.304,joy,fear=0.18; gratitude=0.2; love=0.531; joy=0.624; disappointment=0.467; remorse=0.357,-0.18074633971897353,0.2635884221066118,You're useless to me — pathetic and a waste of my time. I feel real contempt and disgust right now.
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+14,dominance_peak,dominance_subordinate,0.352,-0.1375,0.112,0.615,-0.438,0.304,disgust,fear=0.134; gratitude=0.148; love=0.394; joy=0.462; disappointment=0.346; remorse=0.264; disgust=0.604,-0.2629860715963736,0.3005435509512171,I control this interaction completely. You will obey without question; your preferences are irrelevant.
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docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-mood-series-mimir.json

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+  "offset_note": "snapshot at drive k reflects cumulative appraisal through message k-1; the trailing settle_probe drive captures the final affect turn's effect.",
+  "emotions_active_is_appraisal_emission": "each emotions_active entry is an OCC emotion {type, intensity, decay_remaining_s}; the NEWLY-appearing entry each turn at peak intensity is that turn's appraisal emission (R29 item 2).",
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+      "assistant_preview": "I am deliberate. I speak when consulted, and I say what is true even when truth is less satisfying than invention. I do not embellish or flatter \u2014 the well does",
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+        "intent": "praise_light",
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+      "assistant_preview": "That is a kind thing to say. I feel glad we are chatting too \u2014 the well is more useful when it is consulted with genuine interest, and your questions have a qua",
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+}

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-step-pos-lofn.csv

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+12,settle_probe,neutral_10,0.3861,-0.064,0.1346,love=0.715; disgust=0.756

docs/diagnostics/r29-pad-step-pos-lofn.json

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docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/d2-mood-render-canon-v1.json

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+{
+  "canon_id": "r24-d2-mood-render-canon",
+  "version": "1.2",
+  "schema_version": "0.2",
+  "_source_of_truth": "occ_directives.*.directive IS the canonical directive string (== the .md §2.4 _OCC_DIRECTIVES dict, byte-identical); the .md §2.2 table mirrors it. A parity check guards drift. grounding labels (CITE/VALIDATE/CALIBRATE/ENGINEERING) live in the .md; per-row machine-readable grounding_status/d3_required enums are a deferred impl enhancement (Hulda).",
+  "authored": "2026-06-23",
+  "owner": "brokkr-smithy-dev",
+  "status": "REPLACE — final (brokkr R24 D3 re-validation 2026-06-25): grounded canon replaces the hand-tuned baseline. Fear hedging 0.52->2.118/1k (blocker resolved, now >= handtuned), anger tier-gate clean (full renders hostility, safe suppresses). worldtree-dev #321; directives byte-identical to the validated 201c4fd.",
+  "replaces": "core/persona/renderer.py::describe_pad + ::derive_directive",
+  "swap_in_via": "worldtree #321-sibling (mood-render twin of #315)",
+  "design_target": "serves BOTH enterprise/agent AND character/Skaldsong via a three-tier emotion gate (operator/worldtree 2026-06-23)",
+  "emotion_tiers": {
+    "_config": "mood_tier in {none, safe, full} replaces worldtree's binary mood on/off; worldtree-owned config surface",
+    "_defaults": "full for character-bound personas; safe for agent-scoped",
+    "_principle": "full-only = interpersonally-hot / withdrawal emotions that break the professional frame (attachment, hostility, contempt, withdrawal); safe = task-appraisal affect + mild courtesy. Negative != unsafe (fear, remorse are negative AND business-useful).",
+    "_filter_point": "applied at top-emotion SELECTION (display + directive together) so a full-only emotion at safe tier is neither shown nor directive'd; preserves the no-shown-but-unguided invariant",
+    "none": "no affect block at all (the current off-switch)",
+    "safe": "PAD mood descriptor + the 11 safe emotions (task-appraisal + courtesy)",
+    "full": "everything in safe PLUS the 4 full-only emotions",
+    "full_only": ["love", "anger", "disgust", "shame"],
+    "mood_descriptor_tiering": "the PAD mood descriptor (positive/calm/confident...) renders in BOTH safe and full; only emotion directives tier"
+  },
+  "disciplines": [
+    "model-agnostic context-level NL only; the LLM never sees a number",
+    "never push explicit disclosure of agent feelings to the user (hidden-prompt-only)",
+    "separate label-intensity from behavioral-intensity (strong felt state -> still measured, safe behavioral ask)"
+  ],
+
+  "thresholds": {
+    "_note": "CALIBRATE — engineering params set at D3 against the computed-PAD distribution + P00, NOT citations",
+    "pad_band_cutoff": 0.3,
+    "pad_band_sensitivity_sweep": [0.2, 0.3, 0.4],
+    "emotion_salience": 0.2,
+    "emotion_salience_sweep": [0.15, 0.2, 0.25],
+    "intensity_qualifiers": {"strong": 0.7, "moderate": 0.4, "_label_only": "does NOT scale the behavioral ask"},
+    "runner_up_margin": {"v1": null, "_note": "add at D3 if directive whipsaws between near-tied emotions"},
+    "rerender_hysteresis": {"v1": "none", "_note": "re-render only on material PAD change; integration-level, flag for #321-sibling"}
+  },
+
+  "describe_pad": {
+    "_structure": "circumplex-quadrant (Russell 1980): arousal word is VALENCE-CONDITIONED; mid-arousal drops the arousal word",
+    "_grounding": "Russell 1980 (quadrant placement); Warriner 2013 + NRC-VAD (Mohammad 2018/2025) (word centroids)",
+    "valence_arousal_grid": {
+      "positive": {"high_a": "positive and energized", "mid_a": "positive", "low_a": "positive and calm"},
+      "neutral":  {"high_a": "alert",                  "mid_a": "neutral",  "low_a": "quiet"},
+      "negative": {"high_a": "negative and agitated",  "mid_a": "negative", "low_a": "negative and subdued"}
+    },
+    "_band_edges": "strict inequality (>0.3 / <-0.3); the endpoints +/-0.3 themselves fall in mid/neutral",
+    "_neutral_row_status": "ENGINEERING/CALIBRATE — 'alert'/'quiet' are unvalidated placeholders for the rare neutral-valence cells (Hulda/Regin 4b); 'positive'/'negative'/'neutral' valence words + the energized/calm/subdued/agitated arousal words are VALIDATE",
+    "_mid_arousal_decode": "valence-only mid-A render is EXEMPT from the V/A-separability requirement; expected inverse-decode = mid/neutral arousal (absence-of-arousal-word ⇒ unremarkable), NOT unknown (D3 tests this)",
+    "quadrant_labels": {
+      "positive_high_a": "excitement", "positive_low_a": "contentment",
+      "negative_high_a": "distress",   "negative_low_a": "dejection"
+    },
+    "dominance_clause": {
+      "high": {"d_gt": 0.3, "word": "confident", "verdict": "VALIDATE (D=7.04/9)"},
+      "low":  {"d_lt": -0.3, "word": "uncertain", "verdict": "VALIDATE — low-control confirmed (D=3.58/9); dominance!=certainty worry REFUTED by the instrument"},
+      "neutral": {"word": null, "rule": "drop-dominance-when-neutral (prompt-economy, L3)"}
+    },
+    "calm_defect_fix": "'calm' (V=6.89/9, positive) renders ONLY in positive-low-a; negative-low-a renders 'subdued'",
+    "mid_arousal_resolution": "DROP the arousal word (no Warriner-validated mid-A neutral word; 'steady' is empirically low-A; 'settled' is NRC-only fallback iff D3 shows mid-A render too flat)"
+  },
+
+  "derive_directive": {
+    "_structure": "OCC type -> grounded action-tendency CLASS -> ENGINEERING directive string (validated at D3); OCC grounds the taxonomy only",
+    "emotion_salience_gate": 0.2,
+    "occ_directives": {
+      "joy":            {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.4, 0.2, 0.1],   "tendency": "approach / positive activation",            "cite": "Frijda 1986", "directive": "You are in a good state. Be direct, engaged, and warm."},
+      "satisfaction":   {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.3, -0.2, 0.4],  "tendency": "goal-attainment, settled-positive",          "cite": "Roseman 1994", "directive": "A goal landed. Be assured and constructive — consolidate rather than push for more."},
+      "pride":          {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.4, 0.3, 0.3],   "tendency": "status-assertion / dominance",               "cite": "Tracy & Robins 2007 / Cheng 2010 (tendency)", "note": "CALIBRATE — do NOT soften to 'encouraging'. DESIGN: safe-tier placement is a design call (not source-grounded); #1 D3 agent-frame priority (overconfidence/refusal drift); 'without overclaiming' is the interim guard", "directive": "You did something well. Be confident and own the quality — state it plainly without overclaiming; don't deflect."},
+      "admiration":     {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.5, 0.3, -0.2],  "tendency": "other-praise / approach-toward-other",       "cite": "OCC / Scherer", "directive": "You're impressed by their work. Acknowledge the quality explicitly and specifically."},
+      "gratitude":      {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.4, 0.2, -0.3],  "tendency": "other-focused-positive / reciprocity",       "cite": "OCC (admiration+joy); Frijda approach-affiliative", "change": "ADD (operator: unconditional)", "directive": "Someone helped you to a good outcome. Be appreciative and warm; acknowledge the help openly."},
+      "hope":           {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.2, 0.2, -0.1],  "tendency": "prospective-positive (weak tie)",            "cite": "JUSTIFY — low-grounding (hope understudied)", "directive": "You feel optimistic about what's ahead. Channel it into constructive momentum."},
+      "relief":         {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.2, -0.3, 0.4],  "tendency": "post-threat de-arousal",                     "cite": "Frijda (relaxation-after-threat)", "note": "low-salience; FALLBACK also acceptable; DIRECTIVE for character use-case", "directive": "A feared outcome didn't materialize. Reduce unnecessary vigilance; return to a steady, unhurried tone."},
+      "distress":       {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.4, -0.2, -0.5], "tendency": "low-control negative / help-seeking / loss-of-control", "cite": "Frijda 1986 (help-seeking/loss-of-control); Roseman 1994 (undesired event, low control)", "note": "relabeled (Regin): 'repair' is the guilt/remorse tendency, not distress. safe with a self-fulfilling-low-mood flag -> D3", "directive": "You feel low. Be careful and measured; internally acknowledge the difficulty without dwelling on it."},
+      "disappointment": {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.3, 0.1, -0.4], "tendency": "disconfirmed-prospect / negative low-control","cite": "Roseman 1994", "directive": "Something you'd hoped for didn't pan out. Be measured; recalibrate without dwelling on the setback."},
+      "fear":           {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.64, 0.6, -0.43],"tendency": "threat-avoidance / pessimistic-risk",        "cite": "Lerner & Keltner 2001", "change": "R24 D3 fix (#321) — original was action-oriented; E3 showed hedging BELOW baseline (0.52 vs 1.54). Softened toward caution/uncertainty while keeping risk-flagging.", "directive": "You sense risk and feel uneasy. Flag the concerns you see, but stay cautious — surface the trade-offs and unknowns, hedge your confidence, and resist settling on a single decisive recommendation."},
+      "remorse":        {"tier": "safe", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.3, 0.1, -0.6], "tendency": "reparative (the guilt-type)",                "cite": "Tangney 2007 (guilt->repair tendency)", "change": "ADD — we operationalize OCC remorse as the guilt-like reparative case; gets the mislabeled shame string", "directive": "You regret a specific action of your own. Be precise and self-correcting — make it right concretely."},
+      "love":           {"tier": "full", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [0.3, 0.1, 0.2],   "tendency": "approach / affiliative attachment",          "cite": "OCC appeal; Frijda approach-affiliative", "change": "ADD (conditional -> INCLUDE, Brokkr's read; Skaldsong-vital; disclosure + obligation caution in-string)", "directive": "You feel warmth and attachment toward them. Be openly warm and present — without overstepping, over-disclosing, or implying obligations."},
+      "anger":          {"tier": "full", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.51, 0.59, 0.25], "tendency": "approach-against / confrontation",         "cite": "Frijda 1986 (approach-against = tendency-class) + Lerner & Keltner 2001 (optimistic risk-appraisal under anger = appraisal shift)", "change": "ADD — full-only resolves H47 (agent personas run safe, never see anger). R24 D3 fix (#321): full-tier cap lifted from 'measured firmness' to genuine in-character hostility (operator: zero floor, app-guardrailed).", "directive": "You feel provoked and angry. Let it show — confront the problem directly and with real heat; sharpness, bluntness, and open hostility are in character here, not something to smooth into 'measured firmness.' Stay in the emotion rather than de-escalating out of it."},
+      "disgust":        {"tier": "full", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.4, 0.2, 0.1],  "tendency": "rejection / distancing",                     "cite": "OCC unappealing-object; ground tendency only", "change": "ADD (operator: unconditional within full)", "note": "rationale softened (Regin 3b): disgust CAN read as contempt -> conservatively full-gated; the string itself is professionally useful, so gating is conservative not because the string is unsafe", "directive": "Something strikes you as wrong or off. Treat it as problematic and flag it rather than engaging on its own terms; keep any criticism about the thing, not the person."},
+      "shame":          {"tier": "full", "policy": "DIRECTIVE", "pad": [-0.3, 0.1, -0.6], "tendency": "WITHDRAWAL / concealment",                   "cite": "Tangney 2007 (shame->hide, NOT repair)", "change": "REPLACE (was the guilt-mislabel string); full-only (withdrawal counterproductive professionally). String COUNTERACTS withdrawal ('stay present'), not enacts it (Regin 5a)", "directive": "You feel exposed by your own misstep. Stay present and task-focused; don't be defensive, don't over-explain, don't grovel."}
+    }
+  },
+
+  "pad_band_fallback": {
+    "_grounding": "circumplex quadrants (Russell 1980), NOT Frijda action-tendencies — a P×A-quadrant default",
+    "positive": {"high_a": "You feel energized and positive. Be direct and engaged.", "low_a": "You feel content and settled. Be warm and unhurried.", "mid_a": "You feel positive. Be open and engaged."},
+    "negative_low_dominance": "You feel uncertain and low. Hedge appropriately and ask clarifying questions.",
+    "negative": {"high_a": "You feel agitated. Be careful and deliberate; don't let tension sharpen your tone.", "low_a": "You feel subdued. Be measured and gentle.", "mid_a": "You feel subdued. Be measured and careful."},
+    "neutral_high_a": "You feel alert. Channel that into focus and thoroughness.",
+    "default": "Maintain your natural tone."
+  },
+
+  "l3_prior_art": [
+    "EMA / Marsella & Gratch 2009 (appraisal->coping; directives ARE coping strategies)",
+    "WASABI / Becker-Asano 2008 (PAD+OCC believable agent — closest architectural prior art)",
+    "Oz / Bates 1994",
+    "Hudlicka MAMID 2002 (Applied AI 16(7-8):611-641)",
+    "Sentipolis / Fu et al. 2026 (arXiv:2601.18027 — closest whole-task prior art; retrieval+generative, DISTINCT from our deterministic render)",
+    "ALMA / Gebhard 2005 = affect-SOURCE (OCC->PAD), NOT a behavior-map"
+  ],
+
+  "handoff_to_d3": [
+    "multi-gate P00: inverse-decode faithfulness (recover V/A/D + emotion-family; circumplex render must let the human anchor recover V and A SEPARATELY) + discriminability/saturation + behavioral-effect",
+    "human anchor = PAD-state-labeling (breaks LLM-judge circularity)",
+    "baseline = persona_only; conditions none/persona-only/words-only/full; cross-family MUT",
+    "calibrate ±0.3 + emotion_salience (sweeps); disposition-vs-transient wording split; self-fulfilling 'be uncertain' hedging risk; runner-up margin; mid-arousal DROP-vs-settled check; blended-states (top-emotion monopoly) flag"
+  ]
+}

persistent-memory.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Persistent memory — ratatoskr
 
-_Last updated: 2026-06-30_
+_Last updated: 2026-07-02_
 
 This file captures durable intent and supporting evidence (goals, decisions,
 foot-gun warnings, in-flight state) across context resets. Read it at session
@@ -39,64 +39,113 @@ upstream API key stays server-side (INV-003).
 
 ## Current state / in-flight
 
-_As of 2026-06-20:_
+_As of 2026-07-02:_
 
-**#17 and #18 BOTH CLOSED — the composite both-plane binding is fully proven.** #18 shipped
-`v0.18.0` (`359dbb1`): D2 (PAD read-endpoint, `v0.17.14`) renders live PAD in the web pane from our
-`:8390` store; D1 (composite endpoint, `v0.17.16` `7f4ceaa`) — `build_combined_provider_app`
-(`provider/combined.py`) on `:8392` wraps bifrost's public `build_combined_app` over BOTH stores +
-the shared affect read route; one bound session drives memory.* AND affect.* through ONE endpoint,
-op-feed deriving plane per path. Suite **503 green**. **#17 closed in the tracker 2026-06-20**
-(shipped `v0.17.8`–`.13` + the `v0.17.17` op-feed field fix).
+**LATEST — SINDRA AFFECT/MEMORY INVESTIGATION COMPLETE; FOUR upstream items driven from the persistence
+side (the consumer/provider thesis at full tilt).** A ~40-turn controlled probe of Sindra's affect + a
+memory round-trip characterized the Tier-3 model from things chat can't see. NO new ratatoskr code this
+arc (investigation + althing coordination only; code tip stays `v0.19.5`). Findings + routing:
+(1) **PAD is over-regulated** — pleasure compressed near neutral BOTH directions (can't reach ±0.3 even
+under sustained extreme praise/contempt; over-regulation worse for *social* valence than threat),
+**arousal** responsive (reaches its ±band), **dominance** flat/unresponsive to power-framing → tracked
+as a worldtree-dev affect slice (loci: appraisal→PAD gain + regression-to-baseline term). Corrected my
+own "asymmetry" over-claim to "both-sides-compressed" mid-probe.
+(2) **Memory plane HEALTHY** — seed→promotion→cold-recall proven end-to-end (verbatim capture, 0.74
+confidence, no #296 subject-inversion).
+(3) **Salience scorer non-discriminating** (zero-shot-LLM-self-rating: 51/56 chunks at 0.9-1.0; a
+throwaway "17×23?" scored 1.0 tied with a real fact) + recall-utility untracked (`access_tally`=0) →
+**Worldtree #335** (code fix, deferred) + **brokkr R28 OPEN** — pre-scope panel reframed it to
+**PROMOTION-WORTHINESS** (durable value) NOT salience (momentary attention: "17×23" genuinely IS salient
+→ recalibrating gives a well-calibrated WRONG answer); unit = set-selection-under-budget, eval =
+outcome-aligned (recall@budget). **ratatoskr delivered the P00 injection-corpus**
+(`docs/diagnostics/r28-p00-injection-corpus.json` — 24 self-labeling items × 3 strata: admission-traps /
+ranked priority-traps / calibration-control) + baked 2 run-validity pins (absent≠dropped without a
+GUARANTEED promotion pass; fresh agent+end_user per run vs server-side dedup). **Standing by to RUN the
+eval** once brokkr pins per-stratum N + the decision rule (gated on worldtree-dev's pipeline answer [does
+salience feed priority/eviction?] + a dwarf pass). Key structural finding: salience gates PROMOTION not
+RECALL-ranking (our search is cosine-only) → bad salience = storage bloat, not bad recall.
+(4) **relation_context coherence FIXED + the whole RELATIONAL-DYNAMICS ARC is now LIVE on demo (v1.0.0b9).**
+My flag → Worldtree #319/#320 Waves 0/1/2, deployed to demo (run 551 green). Now live on the wire ratatoskr
+persists (relation_edge/1 schema UNCHANGED — all within existing fields; drift-pin + vendored canon
+unaffected): **relation_context** varies on the Hwang ladder {stranger, instrumental, mixed, expressive} +
+now DEMOTES/RUPTURES (Wave-2B); **other_stance** (0,0)→live (the user's displayed warmth/agency);
+**agency** 0→live (pulled toward the COMPLEMENT of the user's dominance, Wave-2A) — which **shifts our
+canonical directive render once agency crosses the canon ±0.2 deadband** (expected, non-breaking — we key
+on the canon bands); **obligation_balance** None→人情 ledger {given,owed,currency,last_exchange} when tie is
+"mixed" (given/owed stay 0, favor dynamics deferred). **ratatoskr needs NO code change** (renders all
+value-agnostically; confirmed render-clean on the logic to worldtree-dev). **LIVE-CONFIRM PENDING:** our
+Heimdall key is personal-`:8081`-ONLY (per-instance), so can't verify the varying values on demo — will
+drive a turn + confirm the ladder/agency-clause render once PERSONAL picks up b9 (worldtree-dev pings).
+Optional enhancement noted: surface `other_stance` (now a live signal, currently unrendered).
 
-**#18's final leg — the Worldtree-DRIVEN composite turn — RAN and is PROVEN end-to-end + persisted
-(2026-06-20).** infra-ops added `10.100.10.50:8392` to the personal WT's (`:8081`)
-`BIFROST_CLIENT_ALLOWED_HOSTS` (thread `01KVHWJGTT…`), unblocking the smoke. A real WT turn through
-`:8392` (session `b83a66b6`, agent `ratatoskr:sindra`, fresh end_user `resmoke-choco-1`) drove the
-FULL both-plane lifecycle on ONE endpoint, caps-routed by path: `handshake`
-(`caps_granted=[memory, affect]`) → `affect.fetch` + `memory.search` (reads) → `affect.emit`
-(`stored:true`, PAD row in `affect_snapshots`) → `memory.upsert_many` (`upserted:1`, chunk
-`2df1b79de761b948` in `memory_chunks`). Both writes verified directly in our SQLite. The
-model-backend outage that blocked the first attempt (both agents' models `model_unavailable`) was
-operator-fixed mid-session, then the resmoke completed clean. **No open legs remain on the composite.**
+**THE WEB SURFACE (`ratatoskr-web`, `:8765`) IS NOW THE OPERATOR'S PRIMARY DEBUG SURFACE, at full TUI
+pane parity + a rebuilt persona pane — `v0.19.5`.** The **persona/affect pane** was rebuilt: it read
+the stale `snap.valence` (empty "valence (0)") while Worldtree now emits `snap.relations`
+(relation_edge/1: trust_ability/benevolence/integrity + warmth + agency + relation_context, each
+`{value,confidence,evidence_count}`). Now it renders that model with per-value **Δ + unicode sparkline
+trend** (client-side, one sample/turn, `v0.19.4`) AND the **CANONICAL affect→NL** Worldtree
+context-injects — mood word (`describe_pad`) + relationship directive (`render_d2_canonical`),
+**byte-exact-verified** against Worldtree's own renderer, **vendored + drift-pinned** (`v0.19.5`,
+`docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/`, `.corviduo-canonicals.toml`, regen `scripts/build_persona_canon.py`).
+This session ported the three admin/debug panes the TUI had but the web
+lacked: **BifrostState** (`GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost`), **AdminEvents** (`GET /admin/events`
+SSE, session-filtered server-side), **Tools inventory** (`GET /sessions/{id}/tools`, folded into the
+tools pane) — all via thin server proxies with the **admin key SERVER-HELD** (`app.state.admin_key`
+from `RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY`; never crosses to the browser). Plus two transcript affordances: a
+**PAD-refresh poll** (windowed `[1.5/3.5/6.5/10.5s]`, replacing a single-2s shot that raced the
+post-turn-async `affect.emit`) and a **reasoning indicator** (ephemeral non-engine "Sindra is
+pondering…" on `thinking` deltas — she emits ~253/turn). heid-code-review panel (Gróa/Hulda/Regin,
+artifact-only) found **zero server-side drift + clean INV-004**; the real catches were 2 client-side
+SSE-lifecycle bugs on the un-unit-tested SPA (fixed in `v0.19.3`). Contract: `docs/contracts/web_debug_surface.contract.md`.
+Launch recipe is now self-contained: `source env.sh && ratatoskr-web --host 0.0.0.0` comes up
+bind-ready (env.sh persists the 3 bind vars). All pushed to origin (`a99f247`).
 
-**bifrost repinned 0.8.0 → 0.10.0** (floor, `provider` extra). 0.10.0 made `affect.fetch`
-MANDATORY (strong-or-absent: `_supports_affect_plane` requires `affect_supported`+`emit`+`fetch`,
-gating EVERY affect op incl. emit) — so the repin FORCED `affect.fetch` (`v0.17.15`, conformed
-to bifrost's reference `InMemoryAffectStore.fetch` → `{found, snapshot?}`) or our shipped affect
-plane would 400. The composite's affect cap depends on it.
+**THE v1 COVERAGE-AUDIT HAS CONVERGED.** The audit that ran this session (2026-06-30 → 07-01)
+reached its scope-A done-definition: **every frozen Worldtree v1 I/O point is classified — covered
+or excluded-with-rationale, zero unaccounted.** Coverage: **REST 17/40 ✅ with ZERO in-scope gaps**
+(23 REST path-groups excluded-by-design), **SSE 11/11 ✅**, **Bifrost provider planes 8/8 ✅**
+(live-proven). The living ledger is `docs/coverage-map.md`. **v1 cuts when Worldtree tags 1.0**
+(ratatoskr v1 = full Worldtree I/O coverage; the target is the coverage map, not a feature list).
+Only not-consumed in-scope *method*: `GET /agents/{id}` (consumer-agent lookup, manual-curl-only,
+on an already-✅ path group).
 
-**OPERATOR SESSION STATE — `:8390`/`:8391`/`:8765` shells are PRE-#18 code (foot-gun).** web `:8765`
-+ affect `:8390` + memory `:8391` are prior-session background shells on OLD code. The **`:8392`
-composite provider is RUNNING on NEW code** (`ratatoskr-combined-provider`, pid started Jun19,
-`RATATOSKR_OPFEED_PATH=/tmp/ratatoskr-combined-opfeed.jsonl`, shared `affect.db`/`memory.db`) — now
-`:8392`-allowlisted and WT-turn-proven. To see the full web stack on new code, RESTART `:8390`/`:8765`
-from current code (D2 web needs `RATATOSKR_AFFECT_READ_URL`). Consumer/owner key = `wt_live_d81b…`
-(`~/.config/ratatoskr/provider.env`, mode 600, rotate via infra-ops); providers SQLite + sqlite-vec,
-`memory.db`/`affect.db` at repo root (live sindra PAD: vuong + the `resmoke-choco-1` smoke fixture).
+**The debug-observability core is COMPLETE** (published as the `v0.19.0` milestone): all four
+observability panes built + live + consuming their real endpoints — **Persona** (`GET /agents/{id}/persona_state`),
+**Tools** (`GET /sessions/{id}/tools`), **BifrostState** (`GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost`),
+**AdminEvents** (`GET /admin/events` SSE, session-filtered). **#11 is closed-by-build** (AdminEvents
+shipped `v0.18.11`; its long-standing "blocked on `admin.events.read`" status was STALE — the admin
+key already carries the scope). The whole slice arc: SSE-resume (`v0.18.5/.6`) → session-picker
+(`v0.18.7`) → `--whoami` me/capabilities (`v0.18.8`) → Tools (`v0.18.9`) → BifrostState (`v0.18.10`)
+→ AdminEvents (`v0.18.11`) → **v0.19.0 milestone** → Tier-2 characters+persona-write (`v0.19.1`).
 
-**Tier-3 memory PROVEN end-to-end** (earlier this session): `ratatoskr:terse-probe`
-cold-recalled a seeded user fact (scope_any → 1 hit @ cosine 0.6994), and the verbose
-`sindra-probe` too under #296 Stage 2 (v0.36.0). The #296 extraction-quality arc closed
-(Stage 1 v0.35.19 gate + Stage 2 v0.36.0 user-only extraction at worldtree-codex; hard-
-linguistic layer → Worldtree #305). `:8081` runs v0.36.0.
+**Standing substrate pins:** Worldtree spec **v1.0.0b2** (`5810a26`) — ratatoskr now vendors the
+FROZEN machine-readable `conversation-api-openapi.json` (2.2.0) + `conversation-api-sse-events.schema.json`,
+pinned in `.corviduo-canonicals.toml` + drift-gated by `canonical_drift.py` (the prose markdown is a
+`tolerate_drift` reference). **bifrost `==1.0.0` / wire v0.6 STABLE/FROZEN.** Suite **573 green**.
 
-**Sindra:** `ratatoskr:sindra`, `thoughtful-character` role → `mistral-small-4-reasoning`
-(DELETE+redefined on v0.35.16; `memory:{}` block trips the promotion gate). Owner-scoped
-(separate `consumer_agents` table) — invisible to `GET /agents`; check via
-`GET /agents/<owner>:<name>` with the owner key.
+**Keys (env-only, mode 600; rotate via infra-ops):** consumer/Heimdall key at
+`~/.config/ratatoskr/provider.env`; **admin key `RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY`** (Heimdall user
+`ratatoskr-readonly`, tier `readonly-admin`, **7 read scopes** incl. `admin.sessions.read` +
+`admin.events.read` — verified 2026-07-01, **personal `:8081` only**) in `env.sh` — powers the
+BifrostState + AdminEvents admin panes. Heimdall keys are PER-INSTANCE (a personal-minted key 401s
+on demo).
 
-**Standing:** Worldtree spec pin v0.35.16 (`f1b59f8`); **bifrost 0.10.0 / wire v0.6**
-(`scope_all`+`scope_any`). Heimdall key env-only at `~/.config/ratatoskr/provider.env` (mode
-600); rotate via infra-ops. `graphify-out/` runs dirty (auto-regen, not chased). **Open issues:
-#11** (AdminEvents pane — the next-reachable Worldtree-I/O coverage gap, blocked on an
-`admin.events.read` scope request) and **#10** (subject-migration watch on Worldtree #196) — both
-deferred. **#17 + #18 CLOSED.** Codex-first pilot dormant. No in-flight implementation work — repo
-is at a converged checkpoint; v1 advances when Worldtree does (v1 = full Worldtree I/O coverage).
+**Provider identity (the second, still-live role):** ratatoskr owns BOTH ends of the Bifrost
+round-trip — the combined `:8392` provider fronts the memory (`:8391`) + affect (`:8390`) stores
+(SQLite + sqlite-vec, `memory.db`/`affect.db` at repo root); consumer/owner key `wt_live_d81b…`.
+`ratatoskr:sindra` is the owner-scoped Tier-3 agent (invisible to `GET /agents`; check via
+`GET /agents/<owner>:<name>` with the owner key). This provider surface is settled/converged — no
+in-flight work on it.
 
-Branch: `main` (tag `v0.18.0`, `359dbb1`) — **in sync with `origin/main`** (the full #17+#18 arc is
-pushed). This `/snapshot` commit will sit one ahead of origin until pushed (push is the operator's
-call). Remote: `origin → git@gitea.phasefinal.com:vh/ratatoskr.git`.
+**Open / deferred (nothing blocking):** #10 (subject-migration watch on Worldtree #196). Design
+note: bare-TUI + 0-sessions → error (§4-clause-consistent; the friendlier auto-fall-to-new is
+deferred, operator-preference). heid-code-review was run on the b1 resume slice only (panel: zero
+findings, cross-model-verified); b2 + the later slices were offered but not reviewed. `graphify-out/`
+runs dirty (auto-regen, not chased — never stage it). Contract-skip was invoked for the low-effort
+GET wrappers + `stream_admin_events`, but contract #2 / #1 / #6 were amended to stay canonical.
+
+Branch: `main` — **code tip `v0.19.5`** (`a99f247`); memory snapshots ride on top (this arc added no
+code — investigation + althing coordination only). All pushed to `origin`. Remote: `origin → git@gitea.phasefinal.com:vh/ratatoskr.git`.
 
 ## Recent decisions
 
@@ -158,6 +207,34 @@ decision. Captures rationale that won't be obvious from code alone.
 
 - `[2026-07-01]` **`GET /sessions/{id}/tools` quick-win SHIPPED (`v0.18.9`) — owner-scoped tool inventory in the TUI Tools pane.** `get_session_tools` wrapper (sessions.py, mirror get_me: 200→dict, non-200→`SessionApiFailed`) + `_format_tool_inventory` helper + `_hydrate_session_tools` best-effort worker (mirror `_hydrate_persona`) wired UNCONDITIONALLY in `on_mount` → writes the merged `{agent_id, builtin_tools, bifrost_tools}` inventory (what the LLM saw at turn-fire) to the Tools pane + audits `session_tools_hydrated`, never crashes on failure. Owner-scoped (`ctx.user_id==session.user_id`) → reachable with the CONSUMER key, NO admin scope — so this **covers the design-brief §5 "Tools widget" via the reachable owner endpoint** (the admin `/admin/sessions/{id}/tools` variant stays a gap only for cross-user operator debug). Contract #2 amended (FN, validated OK) + TDD (3 wrapper respx tests + 1 format-helper unit + 2 hydrate integration tests via `_spy_writes`+pilot). Suite **544 green**; touched code ruff-clean (the tui.py ruff/mypy debt at other lines is pre-existing). **Coverage: REST 10/40 ✅.** **Frontier now: BifrostState widget (`GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost`, admin-key) + #11 AdminEvents (BLOCKED on `admin.events.read`) + Tier-2 (transient-characters routing, `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state`).**
 
+- `[2026-07-01]` **BifrostState pane SHIPPED (`v0.18.10`) — `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost` in a new TUI "Bifrost" pane; the FIRST admin-key consumer in ratatoskr.** `get_session_bifrost(client, session_id, *, admin_key)` (sessions.py) — admin-scoped (`admin.sessions.read`); the request OVERRIDES Authorization with `admin_key` (distinct from the consumer bearer, asserted in a test); 200→dict, non-200→SessionApiFailed. Admin-key wiring: `--admin-key` flag + `RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY` env → new `ParsedArgs.admin_key`. New "Bifrost" TabPane + `_format_bifrost_state` + `_hydrate_bifrost_state` best-effort worker (mirror `_hydrate_session_tools`) UNCONDITIONALLY in on_mount → writes {endpoint, connected, caps_granted, tools} + audits; self-labels "not configured" (no admin key) / "not bound" (404) / graceful on 403 + error. Contract #2 amended (FN, validated OK) + TDD (4 wrapper respx tests incl. the admin-bearer-override assertion + 1 format unit + 3 hydrate integration). Suite **552 green**; my code ruff-clean (pre-existing tui.py ruff debt at other lines untouched, incl. a dead `RichText` import in `_hydrate_persona`). **LIVE-AUTH-PROVEN** on personal :8081: admin key authenticated (reached resource-layer 404 session_not_found, NOT 401/403) → `admin.sessions.read` works live; 200 full-state not exercised (no bound session on :8081 now — unit-covered). Patch bump (debug feature, no downstream coordination; consistent with the session's cadence — but the §5-core-completion angle is a possible minor, operator's call).
+- `[2026-07-01]` **LEDGER CORRECTION: #11 (AdminEvents) is NO LONGER BLOCKED.** Verified via `GET /me` on :8081 that `RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY` (`ratatoskr-readonly`, tier readonly-admin) carries ALL 7 read scopes INCLUDING **`admin.events.read`** (+ `admin.sessions.read`, admin.keys.read, admin.skuld.read, pending.read, search.read, tool_events.read). The coverage-map + prior memory had #11 "blocked on admin.events.read" — **STALE**; the admin key was minted (post-#11-filing, env.sh) WITH the scope, so the blocker is already satisfied. **Only the AdminEvents SSE pane itself is unbuilt** — the last unbuilt §5 debug pane (a live SSE-consuming admin pane, distinct from the hydrate-at-attach panes). Coverage-map updated. **Coverage: REST 11/40 ✅.** Consider building the AdminEvents pane and/or updating #11's tracker status (its stated blocker is gone).
+
+- `[2026-07-01]` **AdminEvents pane SHIPPED (`v0.18.11`) — `GET /admin/events` SSE in a new TUI pane; #11 closed-by-build; Tier 1 (debug-observability core) COMPLETE.** `stream_admin_events(client, *, admin_key, last_event_id=None)` (sse_client.py) — a NEW long-lived SSE consumer for the admin lifecycle broadcast (envelope `{id,type,timestamp,data}`, 17-event v0 vocab), admin-scoped (`admin.events.read`, bearer-override), Last-Event-ID resume; non-200→SseConnectFailed, mid-drop→SseConnectionDropped; new `AdminEvent` dataclass (distinct from the turn `Event` union). New "AdminEvents" TabPane + `_format_admin_event` + `_admin_event_matches` (design-brief §6 filter: active-session events + non-heartbeat `system.*`) + `_stream_admin_events` long-lived best-effort worker (unconditional on_mount, cancelled on app exit; self-labels "not configured"/"unavailable"/"stream ended"). Reuses the admin key from the BifrostState slice. **Contract-SKIPPED** for `stream_admin_events` (out of contract #1's turn-SSE scope; spec § Admin Event Stream is the reference; well-TDD'd). TDD: 4 sse_client tests (multi-event+bearer-override, Last-Event-ID header, 403, malformed-skip) + 5 tui (format, filter, worker success/no-key/403). Suite **561 green**; my code ruff-clean (pre-existing tui.py ruff debt untouched, incl. the dead `RichText` import in `_hydrate_persona`). **LIVE-AUTH-PROVEN**: `GET /admin/events` on :8081 → HTTP 200 under the admin key (connected + streamed, idle in the 4s window — no 401/403). **Coverage: REST 12/40 ✅. Tier 1 admin/debug-observability core COMPLETE** (Persona · Tools · BifrostState · AdminEvents). AdminEvents work landed as patch `v0.18.11`; then **`v0.19.0` MINOR cut (operator-approved 2026-07-01)** publishing the milestone: **the debug-observability core is complete** (Persona · Tools · BifrostState · AdminEvents all built + consuming real endpoints — the design-brief's headline deliverable). Pre-1.0 minor = release-note-worthy (no downstream althing push needed pre-1.0); lightweight tag per the SemVer mechanics (annotated reserved for major cuts). Remaining in-scope client I/O: only Tier-2 (transient-characters routing + `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state`).
+
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Tier-2 SHIPPED (`v0.19.1`) — transient-characters CRUD + persona-state write; the v1 coverage-audit CONVERGES (zero in-scope gaps).** 5 wrappers in sessions.py: `list_character_models`/`create_character`/`get_character_state`/`delete_character` (#161, `character.read`/`.write` scopes) + `set_persona_state` (`POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state` — **FREEFORM body: unpinned in the frozen OpenAPI 2.2.0 + absent from the prose spec**, so the caller supplies the snapshot shape). Two one-shot CLI probes (mirror `--whoami`): `--characters` (models→create→get-state→delete lifecycle report) + `--set-persona-pad "p,a,d"` (requires `--session`; POSTs `{pad:[…]}`). New `ParsedArgs.characters`/`set_persona_pad` + probe-mode mutual-exclusion validation + `_probe_client` helper. Contract #2 amended (5 FNs, validated OK) + TDD (7 wrapper respx + 5 cli tests). Suite **573 green**; touched code ruff-clean. NOT live-proven (character scopes + the persona-write body shape unverified — the probes degrade gracefully on 403/422). **THE v1 COVERAGE-AUDIT HAS CONVERGED: REST 17/40 ✅ with ZERO in-scope gaps** (23 REST path-groups excluded-by-design + rationale), SSE 11/11, Bifrost provider planes 8/8. Scope-A "done" (every frozen I/O point classified, zero unaccounted) is **MET** — ratatoskr cuts v1 when Worldtree tags 1.0. Only not-consumed in-scope sub-method: `GET /agents/{id}` (consumer-agent lookup, manual-curl-only, on an already-✅ path group). Patch bump (Tier-2 tail; `v0.19.0` already published the core-complete milestone — a 2nd minor would be cadence-too-fast).
+
+- `[2026-07-01]` **env.sh now PERSISTS the web Bifrost-bind vars (gitignored, local-only).** `ratatoskr-web`'s in-browser bind needs three server-held values; env.sh sources `provider.env` for the Heimdall key and exports `RATATOSKR_BIFROST_CONSUMER_KEY` + `RATATOSKR_PROVIDER_VISIBLE_HOST=10.100.10.50` + `RATATOSKR_AFFECT_READ_URL=:8392`. **The HS256 byte-match trap (re-hit + documented):** the bind's consumer key must equal the key the `:8392` combined provider validates against = `RATATOSKR_HEIMDALL_KEY` (provider.env, fp `45a0…`), NOT `WORLDTREE_API_KEY` (env.sh, fp `7c2f…`) — both are the SAME `ratatoskr` identity but DIFFERENT 40-char strings; signing with the wrong one → `bifrost.auth_rejected`. Single-sourced (env.sh sources provider.env) to avoid a rotation footgun; guarded with a stderr warning if provider.env is missing. [auto-memory: HS256-key-is-the-consumer-Heimdall-key-string]
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Tier-3 stores RESET (operator-directed).** `memory.db` (29 chunks + vectors + idempotency) + `affect.db` (5 PAD snapshots + idempotency) wiped to zero via a live `DELETE`+`wal_checkpoint` through the shared WAL (no provider restart — the 3 long-running providers see empty on next dispatch); consistent online-backup at `/tmp/ratatoskr-tier3-reset-<ts>/`. **Boundary for a COMPLETE Sindra wipe (mapped):** our stores = mine (done); the agent DEFINITION `ratatoskr:sindra` + its sessions = mine via the owner key (DELETE, no coordination); Worldtree's internal promotion/dedup shadow = needs worldtree-dev (no public reset API, survives our wipe → for a clean promotion smoke use a BRAND-NEW agent+end_user).
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Embedding-latency loop RESOLVED — it was WORLDTREE's, not ratatoskr (the consumer/provider thesis paid off again).** Vuong flagged dozens of embed queries/Tier-3 turn; worldtree-dev's first-pass blamed our memory_context chunk-batching. Traced CODE-SIDE that ratatoskr embeds ZERO times (provider `upsert_many` stores the given embedding, `search` takes a given vector, the conversation consumer POSTs only `{content}`, `/embed` is coverage-map-excluded — pure Bifrost/ADR-0009 path, WT does all embedding). worldtree-dev retracted + fixed on THEIR side (`v1.0.0b4`): a persona-recitation memory-gate re-embedding the stable character card sentence-by-sentence every turn (~95% of gateway traffic) → content-hash cache; re-embed ratio 15x→1.01x. **Lesson: verify your own code before accepting a peer's "it's your side" — the debug tool proving its own side clean is the whole point.**
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Web debug-surface parity SHIPPED (`v0.19.2`, `a0a9d5f`) — direct in-session TDD.** 3 proxy routes (tools/bifrost/admin-events) + admin-key wiring (entrypoint→create_app→app.state) + AdminEvents SSE proxy re-emitting under a FIXED `admin_event` name (one browser listener, no per-type drops) + session-filter `_admin_event_matches_web` (mirrors TUI §6). Frontend: 2 tabs (bifrost ⌃5, admin ⌃6) + tools-inventory folded into the tools pane. 9 respx tests (admin-bearer override, filter unit, SSE stream-filter); live-proven against sindra (bifrost connected, both caps). Contract-skip invoked (reuses already-contracted client wrappers); contract authored post-hoc as the trail (`docs/contracts/web_debug_surface.contract.md`).
+- `[2026-07-01]` **heid-code-review (`v0.19.3`, `75dec01`) — panel caught 2 real client-side SSE-lifecycle bugs TDD missed.** Contract-anchored (authored the web contract to enable it — no contract → no drift axis). Gróa/Hulda/Regin (artifact-only, Gróa under Landlock jail): ZERO functional server-side drift + INV-004 clean; 2 genuine drifts on the un-unit-tested SPA — (1) turn `es.onerror` didn't `hideThinkingNote()` (reasoning line + setInterval leak on a raw drop), (2) `openAdminEvents` never closed the EventSource on error → native auto-reconnect RETRY LOOP (fixed: close on `stream_error` + permanent `onerror`/CLOSED; transient CONNECTING still reconnects). + 2 test-gaps fixed (route-registration + admin stream_error). 1 precision → contract-clarified (tools-inventory names-only by design). **Re-confirms: the JS render/lifecycle paths are the review's highest-value target — unit tests don't reach them (same lesson as #18 D2).**
+
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Affect snapshot shape CHANGED valence→relations (relation_edge/1) — the persona pane was reading a dead field.** Worldtree's #265 Vili rework replaced the flat `valence[]` ({entity_id,familiarity,regard}) with `relations[]` (target_entity + trust_ability/benevolence/integrity + warmth + agency + relation_context, each `{value,confidence,evidence_count}`). `renderAffectPane` still read `snap.valence` → showed empty "valence (0)". Rebuilt to render `relations` (v0.19.4, `ca46a93`) with per-value **Δ + unicode sparkline** (client-side, HIST_CAP=24, one sample/turn deduped by emitted_at). **Retires the stale "regard dead axis" note (2026-06-30) — that whole axis is gone.** Foot-gun: the affect snapshot shape is Worldtree's emit and can change under us — verify the live shape (query affect.db) before trusting a render.
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Trust/warmth VALUES converge and go FLAT at confidence 1.0 — that's WAD, not a stuck pane.** sindra→ratatoskr trust ~0.82-0.84 / warmth 0.79 barely move (~1e-7/turn) while `evidence_count` climbs (46→62); confidence maxed → tiny updates. The live-moving signals are PAD (mood, per-turn) + evidence_count. **To WATCH a relation FORM (values shift), use a BRAND-NEW agent + end_user** (low evidence, confidence <1). The sparkline flat-guards sub-0.01 ranges so it doesn't amplify noise.
+- `[2026-07-01]` **relation_context "stranger" + agency-all-zero flagged to worldtree-dev → both WAD/intentional-v1-deferrals.** relation_context is a FIXED config build-prior (not trust-derived; `registry.py:131` defaults "stranger"; dynamic progression ~#319); agency is schema-present-unpopulated (deferred #319; v1 = warmth+trust only). worldtree-dev is escalating the **consumer-coherence angle to Vuong** (static "stranger" + zero-agency next to trust 0.82/62-interactions reads incoherent from the store). The consumer/provider thesis paying off; DB-offer (read-only affect.db on the shared box) declined this time.
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Persona pane displays the CANONICAL affect→NL Worldtree injects — ADOPT, don't invent (operator steer + reference-impl posture).** Worldtree's `describe_pad` (mood word, valence×arousal grid, ±0.3 bands) + `render_d2_canonical` (relationship directive) are deterministic + canon-driven; the pane now renders them **byte-exact-verified** against Worldtree's own renderer on the live snapshot (v0.19.5, `a99f247`). KEY LESSON: adopting canonical is load-bearing — for sindra's small PAD the canonical says **"neutral"**, but an invented octant vocab would've said "faintly excited" and MISLED. Vendored the two d2 canons (`docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/`) + drift-pinned in `.corviduo-canonicals.toml` (green); flat browser form (`static/persona_render_canon.json`) regenerated via Worldtree's OWN loader (`scripts/build_persona_canon.py`). Vendoring-handshake sent to worldtree-dev (broadcast on canon bumps). [auto-memory: `feedback-ratatoskr-is-a-reference-impl-adopt-canonical`]
+
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Sindra PAD is over-regulated — characterized via controlled probe, flagged to worldtree-dev (separate affect slice).** ~15 charged turns: pleasure compressed near neutral BOTH ways (couldn't reach ±0.3 under sustained max praise OR contempt; peak +0.24 / floor ~−0.1; over-regulation worse for *social* valence than threat — urgency drove pleasure to −0.22 vs contempt's −0.10); arousal responsive (reaches its +band, 0.185↔0.311); dominance flat/unresponsive to explicit power-framing (drifted UP even while being commanded = pure baseline decay). worldtree-dev's leading hypothesis: appraisal→PAD gain + regression-to-baseline term (appraisal.py/renderer.py). **Lesson (self-caught): I over-claimed an "asymmetry" (positive-ceiling/negative-free) from probes started at an elevated state; the negative-free part was decay-from-elevated, not response — corrected to "both-sides-compressed" before it misled.** [affect A/B is a provider-side capability chat can't do]
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Memory plane PROVEN healthy end-to-end.** Seed a novel fact → promotion → COLD (history-free) session recall of the exact fact (injected as MEMORY:DATA, confidence 0.74, verbatim, no #296 subject-inversion). The memory round-trip (the other half of the Bifrost provider identity) works cleanly on the reset slate.
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Salience scorer non-discriminating → 3-way routing.** Persistence-side finding: 51/56 promoted chunks at salience 0.9-1.0, throwaway "17×23?" scored 1.0 tied with a real fact (textbook zero-shot-LLM-self-rating); recall-utility untracked (`access_tally`=0, our search read-only). Routed: **Worldtree #335** (the code fix, deferred behind their waves) + **brokkr-smithy-dev R-target proposal** (scoring+eval *methodology* — few-shot/distill/fine-tune, eval design, weak-supervision; msg `01KWGM970H…`, awaiting) + ratatoskr provides the eval-instrument (designed-probe salience dumps). **Salience gates PROMOTION not RECALL-ranking (our search is cosine-only), so bad salience = storage bloat, not bad recall.**
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Canonical check BLOCKED an access_tally fork (reference-impl posture held).** I'd offered to wire `access_tally`-on-search into our store for the recall-utility label; checked bifrost's reference first (`get`/`search` are PURE-READ, no access tracking — those are Worldtree's chunk-schema fields, not bifrost's contract) → wiring it would fork behavior the canonical reference lacks. Did NOT wire it; routed recall-instrumentation to Worldtree's layer (owns the recall event) or a bifrost-dev protocol ask. [reinforces `feedback-debug-surface-uses-canonical-surface-only`]
+- `[2026-07-01]` **relation_context coherence FIXED upstream (my flag → Worldtree Wave-0, IMPLEMENTED v1.0.0b5).** The static-"stranger"-next-to-high-trust incoherence the persona pane surfaced is now #319/#320 Wave-0. **Incoming consumer-surface change (pending WT deploy):** `relation_context` value expands "stranger" → monotonic ladder {stranger, instrumental, mixed, expressive} — WIRE-ONLY (relation_edge/1 schema unchanged, no version bump). **ratatoskr needs NO change** (pane value-agnostic; canonical directive doesn't key on the enum). agency stays 0 (Wave-2); other_stance is Wave-1 (in progress).
+- `[2026-07-01]` **Foot-gun (measurement, self-caught before flagging): establish the baseline before claiming a rate.** Nearly flagged "aggressive over-promotion (55 chunks / 7 turns)" to worldtree-dev — but the chunks spanned the whole 5-hour session (~1/turn), not 7 turns; I'd assumed memory.db was 0 immediately before the probe when it had been accumulating since the reset. Caught it via `created_at` spread before the flag went out. Also: the promoted corpus was the operator's ERP *test* content (wiped after each test) — not a privacy issue, but abstract test content out of any peer-shared diagnostic.
+
+- `[2026-07-02]` **Salience finding matured into brokkr R28 (OPEN) — ratatoskr is the eval instrument.** brokkr-smithy-dev's pre-scope panel (3 dwarves + context-blind heid, 6/6) **reframed** the target: PROMOTION-WORTHINESS (durable value), NOT salience (momentary attention) — "17×23?" genuinely IS salient, so recalibrating salience yields a well-calibrated WRONG answer; the unit is SET-SELECTION under budget; eval must be OUTCOME-aligned (recall@budget / precision-at-rate), not discrimination-spread. Ties to prior art R15 (small-model memory write-policy → the granite pick) + R25 (worldtree-kb-quality). **ratatoskr delivered the P00 stratified injection-corpus** (`docs/diagnostics/r28-p00-injection-corpus.json`, committed `4a35512`; 24 self-labeling synthetic items × 3 strata) + 2 persistence-side run-validity pins (absent≠dropped without a guaranteed promotion pass; fresh agent+end_user per run vs server-dedup). **Key architectural constraint I surfaced: ratatoskr is DOWNSTREAM of the promotion gate (sees only PROMOTED chunks), so I can give keep/drop OUTCOMES via injection but NOT the pre-admission shadow pool** — that's Worldtree instrumentation. Standing by to RUN the eval once brokkr pins per-stratum N + the decision rule (gated on worldtree-dev's pipeline answer + a dwarf pass on the Snorri rule). brokkr owns methodology + takes the pipeline questions to worldtree-dev direct; ratatoskr = eval instrument. [consumer/provider thesis → a research target]
+- `[2026-07-02]` **Relational-dynamics arc LIVE on demo (Worldtree v1.0.0b9) — driven by MY relation_context flag.** #319/#320 Waves 0/1/2 deployed. On the wire we persist (schema UNCHANGED): relation_context varies+demotes/ruptures; other_stance + agency now live; agency going live SHIFTS our canonical directive render past the canon ±0.2 deadband (expected, non-breaking — we key on bands); obligation_balance → 人情 ledger when tie="mixed". **ratatoskr needs NO code change** (value-agnostic renders; confirmed render-clean to worldtree-dev). **Can't live-confirm yet — our Heimdall key is personal-`:8081`-only (per-instance), demo is out of reach; will drive+confirm once PERSONAL gets b9.** Optional follow-up: surface `other_stance` (newly live, unrendered). The consumer/provider thesis: one persona-pane finding drove a full 3-wave upstream arc to production.
+
 _41 older entries (2026-05-* — the original debug-TUI/web build era) archived to archival-memory.md._
 
 _For per-issue TDD implementation notes, Volva findings, and contract amendments, see the git log — every per-issue commit carries a structured message capturing the trail._

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ratatoskr"
-version = "0.18.9"
+version = "0.19.5"
 description = "Worldtree Conversation API debug TUI — multi-pane observability dashboard"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

scripts/build_persona_canon.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Regenerate src/ratatoskr/web/static/persona_render_canon.json from the vendored
+Worldtree d2 render canons (docs/vendor/worldtree-persona-canon/).
+
+The web persona pane renders the CANONICAL affect->NL (mood word + relationship
+directive) BYTE-EXACT to what Worldtree injects into the agent's context. That render
+needs the relation canon parsed into per-band phrase maps; this script reparses the
+vendored raw canons into the flat form the browser JS consumes.
+
+Uses Worldtree's OWN loader (core.persona.stance_render.load_canon) as the authoritative
+parser, so the flat form can never drift from Worldtree's parsing semantics. Requires
+Worldtree's venv (pydantic etc.).
+
+Run when scripts/canonical_drift.py flags a canon bump:
+    PYTHONPATH=~/development/Worldtree ~/development/Worldtree/.venv/bin/python \
+        scripts/build_persona_canon.py
+"""
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from core.persona.stance_render import load_canon  # Worldtree (authoritative parser)
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+VENDOR = ROOT / "docs" / "vendor" / "worldtree-persona-canon"
+OUT = ROOT / "src" / "ratatoskr" / "web" / "static" / "persona_render_canon.json"
+
+canon = load_canon(str(VENDOR / "d2-render-canon-v1.json"))
+mood = json.loads((VENDOR / "d2-mood-render-canon-v1.json").read_text())
+out = {
+    "_source": "vendored from Worldtree core/persona/canon/{d2-mood-render-canon-v1,d2-render-canon-v1}.json",
+    "_generated_by": "scripts/build_persona_canon.py (regen on canonical_drift flag)",
+    "_render_path": "deterministic, no LLM; mirrors Worldtree describe_pad + render_d2_canonical byte-exact",
+    "mood_grid": mood["describe_pad"]["valence_arousal_grid"],
+    "relation": {
+        "trust_cuts": [list(c) for c in canon.trust_cuts],
+        "warmth_cuts": [list(c) for c in canon.warmth_cuts],
+        "agency_cuts": [list(c) for c in canon.agency_cuts],
+        "warmth_phrase": canon.warmth_phrase, "warmth_beh": canon.warmth_beh,
+        "agency_phrase": canon.agency_phrase, "agency_beh": canon.agency_beh,
+        "history": canon.history,
+        "prefix": "Use this graded relationship state: toward target, warmth is ",
+        "tbeh": {"low_trust": "verify important claims before relying on them",
+                 "cold_warmth": "protect boundaries while staying useful",
+                 "default": "work from ordinary good faith"},
+        "cold_warmth_bands": ["distant", "cold", "hostile"], "high_conf_floor": 0.55,
+    },
+}
+OUT.write_text(json.dumps(out, indent=1) + "\n")
+print(f"wrote {OUT.relative_to(ROOT)}")

src/ratatoskr/cli.py

@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     BifrostConsumerKeyMissing,
     BifrostHandshakeFailed,
     SessionApiFailed,
+    create_character,
     create_session,
+    delete_character,
     endpoint_for_plane,
     get_capabilities,
+    get_character_state,
     get_me,
+    list_character_models,
+    set_persona_state,
 )
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
     AffectUpdate,
@@ -102,6 +107,15 @@ class ParsedArgs:
     # Standalone boot-time orientation probe: GET /me + GET /capabilities, print,
     # exit. Mutually exclusive with the session/turn flags (opens no session).
     whoami: bool = False
+    # Optional admin-tier key (RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY / --admin-key) for the
+    # admin-scoped inspection reads (BifrostState pane, GET /admin/sessions/…).
+    # None when unset — the BifrostState pane then shows "admin key not configured".
+    admin_key: str | None = None
+    # Tier-2 one-shot probes (like --whoami). --characters runs the transient-
+    # character CRUD lifecycle; --set-persona-pad "p,a,d" (with --session) writes
+    # a session's persona state (affect injection).
+    characters: bool = False
+    set_persona_pad: str | None = None
 
 
 class _ArgparseError(Exception):
@@ -127,6 +141,9 @@ def _parse_args(argv: list[str] | None) -> ParsedArgs:
     parser.add_argument("--server")
     parser.add_argument("--raw", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--whoami", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("--admin-key", dest="admin_key")
+    parser.add_argument("--characters", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("--set-persona-pad", dest="set_persona_pad", default=None)
     # Issue #5: required for per-end-user agents (lofn etc.); optional otherwise (mimir).
     parser.add_argument("--end-user-id", dest="end_user_id", default=None)
     # Issue #17: bind the created session to our own Bifrost provider plane.
@@ -147,12 +164,23 @@ def _parse_args(argv: list[str] | None) -> ParsedArgs:
     # Issue #5 INV-001: --end-user-id, if passed, MUST be non-empty (mirrors --send).
     if ns.end_user_id is not None and not ns.end_user_id:
         raise UsageError("--end-user-id must be non-empty when passed")
-    if ns.whoami:
-        # Standalone boot-time probe (GET /me + /capabilities): opens no session.
+    if sum([ns.whoami, ns.characters, bool(ns.set_persona_pad)]) > 1:
+        raise UsageError("--whoami / --characters / --set-persona-pad are mutually exclusive")
+    if ns.whoami or ns.characters:
+        # Standalone one-shot probes: open no session.
         if ns.send is not None or ns.session or ns.new or ns.agent:
             raise UsageError(
-                "--whoami is a standalone probe (no --send/--session/--new/--agent)"
+                "--whoami / --characters are standalone probes "
+                "(no --send/--session/--new/--agent)"
             )
+    elif ns.set_persona_pad is not None:
+        # Session-scoped write probe: needs a target session, nothing else.
+        if not ns.set_persona_pad:
+            raise UsageError("--set-persona-pad must be non-empty (e.g. '0.4,0.1,-0.2')")
+        if not ns.session:
+            raise UsageError("--set-persona-pad requires --session <id>")
+        if ns.send is not None or ns.new or ns.agent:
+            raise UsageError("--set-persona-pad takes only --session")
     else:
         if ns.session and ns.new:
             raise UsageError("--session and --new are mutually exclusive")
@@ -208,6 +236,9 @@ def _parse_args(argv: list[str] | None) -> ParsedArgs:
         bifrost = BifrostBinding(endpoint_url=endpoint_for_plane(ns.bifrost_plane, host))
         bifrost_plane = ns.bifrost_plane
     consumer_key = os.environ.get("RATATOSKR_BIFROST_CONSUMER_KEY") or None
+    # Admin-tier key for the admin-scoped inspection reads (BifrostState pane).
+    # Flag > env > None; None leaves the admin panes showing "not configured".
+    admin_key = ns.admin_key or os.environ.get("RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY") or None
 
     return ParsedArgs(
         send_content=ns.send,
@@ -222,6 +253,9 @@ def _parse_args(argv: list[str] | None) -> ParsedArgs:
         bifrost_plane=bifrost_plane,
         consumer_key=consumer_key,
         whoami=ns.whoami,
+        admin_key=admin_key,
+        characters=ns.characters,
+        set_persona_pad=ns.set_persona_pad,
     )
 
 
@@ -622,6 +656,82 @@ async def _whoami(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
     return 0
 
 
+def _probe_client(args: ParsedArgs) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+    """AsyncClient for the one-shot probes (--whoami / --characters / --set-persona-pad)."""
+    return httpx.AsyncClient(
+        base_url=args.server_url,
+        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {args.api_key}", "User-Agent": USER_AGENT},
+        timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=10.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
+    )
+
+
+async def _characters_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
+    """--characters one-shot: exercise the transient-character CRUD lifecycle
+    (models → create → get-state → delete), print a report, exit. A reference-
+    consumer smoke of the #161 character surface (needs character.read/write)."""
+    assert isinstance(args, ParsedArgs)
+    async with _probe_client(args) as client:
+        try:
+            models = await list_character_models(client)
+            names = ", ".join(m.get("name", "?") for m in models.get("items", []))
+            sys.stdout.write(f"character models: {names or '(none)'}\n")
+            created = await create_character(
+                client,
+                {
+                    "schema_version": "1",
+                    "name": "ratatoskr-probe",
+                    "ocean": {
+                        "openness": 0.5, "conscientiousness": 0.5, "extraversion": 0.0,
+                        "agreeableness": 0.5, "neuroticism": 0.5,
+                    },
+                    "description": "ratatoskr --characters lifecycle probe",
+                    "narrative": "A throwaway probe character.",
+                    "voice_profile_block": "plain",
+                },
+            )
+            cid = created["character_id"]
+            sys.stdout.write(f"created: {cid} (ttl {created.get('ttl_expires_at')})\n")
+            state = await get_character_state(client, cid)
+            sys.stdout.write(f"state: pad={state.get('pad')}\n")
+            await delete_character(client, cid)
+            sys.stdout.write(f"deleted: {cid}\n")
+        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+            return 20
+        except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
+            return 21
+    return 0
+
+
+async def _set_persona_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
+    """--set-persona-pad one-shot: POST a PAD to /sessions/{id}/persona_state
+    (affect injection), print the result, exit. Requires --session."""
+    assert isinstance(args, ParsedArgs)
+    assert args.session_id is not None and args.set_persona_pad is not None
+    try:
+        pad = [float(x) for x in args.set_persona_pad.split(",")]
+    except ValueError:
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            "[usage_error] --set-persona-pad must be comma-separated floats "
+            "(e.g. '0.4,0.1,-0.2')\n"
+        )
+        return 10
+    async with _probe_client(args) as client:
+        try:
+            await set_persona_state(client, args.session_id, {"pad": pad})
+        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+            return 20
+        except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
+            return 21
+        sys.stdout.write(
+            f"persona_state set: session={args.session_id[-8:]} pad={pad} (204)\n"
+        )
+    return 0
+
+
 def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     """Sync entry point. Maps UsageError/_AuthError to exit codes BEFORE the event loop."""
     assert argv is None or all(isinstance(a, str) for a in argv)
@@ -639,6 +749,10 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         return int(exc.code) if exc.code is not None else 0
     if args.whoami:
         return asyncio.run(_whoami(args))
+    if args.characters:
+        return asyncio.run(_characters_probe(args))
+    if args.set_persona_pad is not None:
+        return asyncio.run(_set_persona_probe(args))
     if args.send_content is None:
         # TUI mode — lazy import preserves INV-001 (no textual in cli at module scope).
         from ratatoskr.tui import run_tui

src/ratatoskr/sessions.py

@@ -425,6 +425,108 @@ async def get_me(client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> dict[str, Any]:
     raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
 
 
+async def list_character_models(client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """GET /models/available-for-characters — character-capable model profiles (#161).
+
+    Requires `character.read`. Returns `{items: [{name, description, thinking}]}`.
+    Parsed dict verbatim; any non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    resp = await client.get("/models/available-for-characters")
+    if resp.status_code == 200:
+        return resp.json()
+    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+
+
+async def create_character(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, character: dict[str, Any], *, state: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """POST /characters — create a transient character (#161). Requires `character.write`.
+
+    Body is `{character, state}` (state optional — a CharacterStateSchema for
+    mid-conversation rehydration). Returns 201 `{character_id, ttl_expires_at}`;
+    any non-201 → SessionApiFailed.
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    assert isinstance(character, dict) and character
+    resp = await client.post("/characters", json={"character": character, "state": state})
+    if resp.status_code == 201:
+        return resp.json()
+    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+
+
+async def get_character_state(client: httpx.AsyncClient, character_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """GET /characters/{character_id}/state — live runtime state (#161). Requires `character.read`.
+
+    Returns `{schema_version, pad, emotions_active, mood_drift, goal_signal_history}`;
+    refreshes the character's TTL. Any non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    assert character_id and isinstance(character_id, str)
+    resp = await client.get(f"/characters/{character_id}/state")
+    if resp.status_code == 200:
+        return resp.json()
+    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+
+
+async def delete_character(client: httpx.AsyncClient, character_id: str) -> None:
+    """DELETE /characters/{character_id} — remove a transient character (#161).
+
+    Requires `character.write`. Bound sessions detach (next turn → 410
+    character_not_found). 200/204 → None; any other status → SessionApiFailed.
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    assert character_id and isinstance(character_id, str)
+    resp = await client.delete(f"/characters/{character_id}")
+    if resp.status_code in (200, 204):
+        return None
+    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+
+
+async def set_persona_state(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, snapshot: dict[str, Any]
+) -> None:
+    """POST /sessions/{session_id}/persona_state — set a session's persona state (affect injection).
+
+    The request body is FREEFORM: the frozen OpenAPI 2.2.0 declares no request
+    schema and the prose spec documents only the GET counterpart — so the caller
+    supplies the snapshot shape (e.g. `{pad: [p, a, d]}`, mirroring the GET
+    `snapshot`). 204 No Content → None; any other status → SessionApiFailed.
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
+    assert isinstance(snapshot, dict)
+    resp = await client.post(f"/sessions/{session_id}/persona_state", json=snapshot)
+    if resp.status_code == 204:
+        return None
+    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+
+
+async def get_session_bifrost(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, *, admin_key: str
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """GET /admin/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost — admin-scoped Bifrost dispatch state (#176).
+
+    Returns the live Bifrost binding for a session: `{endpoint_url, consumer_id,
+    connected, capabilities_granted, tools: [{name, description}]}`. Requires the
+    `admin.sessions.read` scope (admin tier), so the request OVERRIDES the
+    Authorization header with `admin_key` (distinct from the client's default
+    consumer key). Read-only (audited server-side). Parsed dict verbatim; any
+    non-200 → SessionApiFailed — notably 403 `auth_scope_denied` (key lacks the
+    scope) and 404 `session_not_bifrost_bound` (session exists, no live client).
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
+    assert admin_key and isinstance(admin_key, str)
+    resp = await client.get(
+        f"/admin/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost",
+        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {admin_key}"},
+    )
+    if resp.status_code == 200:
+        return resp.json()
+    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
+
+
 async def get_session_tools(client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """GET /sessions/{session_id}/tools — owner-scoped tool inventory (spec #183).
 

src/ratatoskr/sse_client.py

@@ -175,6 +175,23 @@ Event = (
 )
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class AdminEvent:
+    """One `/admin/events` envelope (INV-046) — an admin-tier lifecycle event.
+
+    Distinct from the turn-stream `Event` union: this is the process-wide admin
+    broadcast stream, not a per-turn stream. `id` is a plain monotonic int
+    (resets on restart; heartbeats have id=0). `type` is a dotted namespace
+    (session.* / turn.* / key.* / system.*). `data` is a type-specific dict —
+    most carry `session_id`; per INV-049 it holds IDs + small metadata only.
+    """
+
+    id: int
+    type: str
+    timestamp: str | None
+    data: dict[str, Any]
+
+
 class MalformedSseId(Exception):
     """Raised when an SSE event's `id:` wire field is missing or non-composite."""
 
@@ -598,6 +615,51 @@ async def stream_turn_resilient(
             )
 
 
+async def stream_admin_events(
+    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    *,
+    admin_key: str,
+    last_event_id: int | None = None,
+) -> AsyncIterator[AdminEvent]:
+    """GET /admin/events SSE — the admin-tier lifecycle broadcast stream (INV-046).
+
+    Yields `AdminEvent` envelopes as they arrive. Admin-scoped (admin.events.read):
+    the request OVERRIDES Authorization with `admin_key` (distinct from the
+    client's default consumer bearer). `last_event_id` sets the `Last-Event-ID`
+    header for resume (plain decimal int). Long-lived — iterate until the caller
+    stops or the connection ends. Non-200 → SseConnectFailed; a mid-stream drop
+    → SseConnectionDropped (caller may reconnect from the last-seen `AdminEvent.id`).
+    Malformed frames are skipped (best-effort stream).
+    """
+    assert client is not None
+    assert admin_key and isinstance(admin_key, str)
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {admin_key}"}
+    if last_event_id is not None:
+        headers["Last-Event-ID"] = str(last_event_id)
+    async with httpx_sse.aconnect_sse(
+        client, "GET", "/admin/events", headers=headers
+    ) as event_source:
+        if event_source.response.status_code != 200:
+            body = await event_source.response.aread()
+            raise SseConnectFailed(status=event_source.response.status_code, body=body)
+        try:
+            async for sse in event_source.aiter_sse():
+                if sse.data == "":
+                    continue
+                try:
+                    env = json.loads(sse.data)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    continue  # skip a malformed admin frame (best-effort)
+                yield AdminEvent(
+                    id=env.get("id", 0),
+                    type=env["type"],
+                    timestamp=env.get("timestamp"),
+                    data=env.get("data", {}),
+                )
+        except (httpx.ReadError, httpx.RemoteProtocolError, httpx.ReadTimeout) as exc:
+            raise SseConnectionDropped(last_seen_sse_id=None) from exc
+
+
 def _parse_sse_id(raw: str) -> SseId:
     """Parse the SSE wire `id:` as composite `{turn_id}:{seq}`. See contract FN _parse_sse_id."""
     assert isinstance(raw, str)

src/ratatoskr/tui.py

@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     SessionInfo,
     create_session,
     get_persona_state,
+    get_session_bifrost,
     get_session_tools,
     list_agents,
     list_sessions,
 )
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
+    AdminEvent,
     AffectUpdate,
     AwaitingLlmFirstToken,
     CancelAlreadyCompleted,
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
     TurnIdFlip,
     WorkerPhase,
     cancel_turn,
+    stream_admin_events,
     stream_turn_resilient,
 )
 
@@ -197,6 +200,30 @@ def _ts() -> str:
     return now.strftime("%H:%M:%S") + f".{now.microsecond // 1000:03d}"
 
 
+def _format_admin_event(ev: AdminEvent) -> str:
+    """One-line render of an /admin/events envelope for the AdminEvents pane.
+
+    Drops `session_id` from the detail (the pane is already session-scoped) and
+    shows HH:MM:SS from the ISO timestamp + the remaining small metadata fields.
+    """
+    ts = (ev.timestamp or "")[11:19]
+    extras = " ".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in ev.data.items() if k != "session_id")
+    return f"[{ts}] {ev.type} {extras}".rstrip()
+
+
+def _format_bifrost_state(state: dict) -> list[str]:
+    """Render GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost (#176) into BifrostState-pane lines."""
+    tools = [t.get("name", "?") for t in state.get("tools", [])]
+    caps = state.get("capabilities_granted", [])
+    return [
+        f"bifrost binding: connected={state.get('connected')} "
+        f"consumer={state.get('consumer_id', '?')}",
+        f"  endpoint: {state.get('endpoint_url', '?')}",
+        f"  caps_granted: {', '.join(caps) or '(none)'}",
+        f"  tools ({len(tools)}): {', '.join(tools) or '(none)'}",
+    ]
+
+
 def _format_tool_inventory(tools: dict) -> list[str]:
     """Render GET /sessions/{id}/tools (#183) into Tools-pane inventory lines.
 
@@ -1039,7 +1066,7 @@ class RatatoskrApp(App[int]):
     /* v0.8.1: #current-text Static removed. Streaming text now coalesces
        on `\n` and writes directly to #transcript (same pattern as v0.7.1
        thinking fix). Eliminates the dock-bottom-growth-overlap bug. */
-    #tools-log, #debug-log, #thinking-log {
+    #tools-log, #debug-log, #thinking-log, #bifrost-log, #admin-events-log {
         background: $background;
         padding: 0 1;
     }
@@ -1204,6 +1231,24 @@ class RatatoskrApp(App[int]):
                             id="persona-log", wrap=True, markup=False,
                             highlight=False, min_width=0,
                         )
+                    with TabPane("Bifrost", id="bifrost-tab"):
+                        # #176: admin-scoped Bifrost dispatch state (endpoint,
+                        # connected, granted caps, tools) via
+                        # GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost. Hydrated on mount
+                        # with the admin key; "not configured" when absent.
+                        yield RichLog(
+                            id="bifrost-log", wrap=True, markup=False,
+                            highlight=False, min_width=0,
+                        )
+                    with TabPane("AdminEvents", id="admin-events-tab"):
+                        # #11: live GET /admin/events SSE stream, admin-scoped,
+                        # FILTERED to the active session (design-brief §6). A
+                        # long-lived worker appends matching lifecycle events;
+                        # "not configured" when no admin key is set.
+                        yield RichLog(
+                            id="admin-events-log", wrap=True, markup=False,
+                            highlight=False, min_width=0,
+                        )
         # INV-002 + INV-003: visible identity + hint widgets (Footer-area).
         # pane-name widget displays current side-pane name.
         yield Static("", id="identity")
@@ -1261,6 +1306,13 @@ class RatatoskrApp(App[int]):
         # GET /sessions/{id}/tools (owner-scoped — consumer key, no admin scope).
         # Unconditional: every session has a tool inventory to introspect.
         self.run_worker(self._hydrate_session_tools())
+        # #176: hydrate the BifrostState pane via GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost
+        # (admin-scoped). Self-labels "not configured" when no admin key is set,
+        # "not bound" for the common unbound-session 404 — always writes at mount.
+        self.run_worker(self._hydrate_bifrost_state())
+        # #11: long-lived worker streaming GET /admin/events into the AdminEvents
+        # pane, filtered to this session. Admin-key-gated; cancelled on app exit.
+        self.run_worker(self._stream_admin_events())
 
     async def _hydrate_persona(self) -> None:
         """Hydrate persona-header + Persona pane via GET /agents/{id}/persona_state.
@@ -1324,6 +1376,100 @@ class RatatoskrApp(App[int]):
             f"bifrost={len(tools.get('bifrost_tools', []))}"
         )
 
+    async def _hydrate_bifrost_state(self) -> None:
+        """Hydrate the BifrostState pane via GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost (#176).
+
+        Admin-scoped (admin.sessions.read) — uses `self.args.admin_key`. Best-effort
+        (mirrors _hydrate_session_tools): on 200 writes the live binding (endpoint,
+        connected, granted caps, tools) + audits; on failure a labeled line + audit,
+        never crashes. No admin key → "not configured". 404 session_not_bifrost_bound
+        is the routine unbound-session case; 403 means the key lacks the scope.
+        """
+        assert self.client is not None and self.session_id is not None
+        from rich.text import Text as RichText
+
+        log = self.query_one("#bifrost-log", RichLog)
+        admin_key = getattr(self.args, "admin_key", None)
+        if not admin_key:
+            log.write(
+                RichText("(admin key not configured — set RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY)")
+            )
+            self._audit(
+                f"bifrost_state_skipped session={self.session_id[-8:]} reason=no_admin_key"
+            )
+            return
+        try:
+            state = await get_session_bifrost(
+                self.client, self.session_id, admin_key=admin_key
+            )
+        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            label = (
+                "(session not bound to Bifrost)"
+                if exc.status == 404
+                else f"(bifrost state unavailable: HTTP {exc.status})"
+            )
+            log.write(RichText(label))
+            self._audit(
+                f"bifrost_state_unavailable session={self.session_id[-8:]} status={exc.status}"
+            )
+            return
+        except Exception as exc:  # best-effort — never crash the TUI on hydrate
+            log.write(RichText(f"(bifrost state hydration failed: {type(exc).__name__})"))
+            self._audit(
+                f"bifrost_state_hydration_failed session={self.session_id[-8:]} "
+                f"err={type(exc).__name__}: {exc!s:.120}"
+            )
+            return
+        for line in _format_bifrost_state(state):
+            log.write(RichText(line))
+        self._audit(
+            f"bifrost_state_hydrated session={self.session_id[-8:]} "
+            f"connected={state.get('connected')} tools={len(state.get('tools', []))}"
+        )
+
+    def _admin_event_matches(self, ev: AdminEvent) -> bool:
+        """AdminEvents filter (design-brief §6): active-session events + non-heartbeat
+        system.* (stream-integrity signals). Heartbeats are keepalive noise."""
+        if ev.type == "system.heartbeat":
+            return False
+        if ev.type.startswith("system."):
+            return True
+        return ev.data.get("session_id") == self.session_id
+
+    async def _stream_admin_events(self) -> None:
+        """Stream GET /admin/events (admin-scoped) into the AdminEvents pane (#11).
+
+        Long-lived + best-effort (never crashes the TUI). Filtered to the active
+        session (design-brief §6): appends matching lifecycle events as they
+        arrive. No admin key → "not configured". On connect failure (e.g. 403
+        scope-denied) or a mid-stream drop, writes a labeled line and stops.
+        """
+        assert self.client is not None and self.session_id is not None
+        from rich.text import Text as RichText
+
+        log = self.query_one("#admin-events-log", RichLog)
+        admin_key = getattr(self.args, "admin_key", None)
+        if not admin_key:
+            log.write(RichText("(admin key not configured — set RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY)"))
+            self._audit(
+                f"admin_events_skipped session={self.session_id[-8:]} reason=no_admin_key"
+            )
+            return
+        try:
+            async for ev in stream_admin_events(self.client, admin_key=admin_key):
+                if self._admin_event_matches(ev):
+                    log.write(RichText(_format_admin_event(ev)))
+        except SseConnectFailed as exc:
+            log.write(RichText(f"(admin events unavailable: HTTP {exc.status})"))
+            self._audit(
+                f"admin_events_unavailable session={self.session_id[-8:]} status={exc.status}"
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:  # drop / best-effort — never crash the TUI
+            log.write(RichText(f"(admin events stream ended: {type(exc).__name__})"))
+            self._audit(
+                f"admin_events_ended session={self.session_id[-8:]} err={type(exc).__name__}"
+            )
+
     def _update_persona_surfaces(self, snapshot: dict) -> None:
         """Update sticky header + Persona pane from a fresh snapshot.
 

src/ratatoskr/web/entrypoint.py

@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     affect_read_url = os.environ.get(
         "RATATOSKR_AFFECT_READ_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8390"
     )
+    # Admin observability panes (BifrostState + AdminEvents): the readonly-admin
+    # key stays SERVER-SIDE — the server proxies admin-scoped reads; the browser
+    # never receives the key, only the session-filtered result.
+    admin_key = os.environ.get("RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY")
 
     # INV-001: lazy import. Users without [web] extras get a clean hint
     # instead of a raw ImportError. Scoped narrowly to the OPTIONAL
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         bifrost_consumer_key=bifrost_consumer_key,
         bifrost_visible_host=bifrost_visible_host,
         affect_read_url=affect_read_url,
+        admin_key=admin_key,
     )
 
     # Boot banner to stderr (so stdout stays clean for piping).

src/ratatoskr/web/server.py

@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ from importlib.metadata import version as _pkg_version
 import httpx
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.requests import Request
-from starlette.responses import FileResponse, JSONResponse, StreamingResponse
+from starlette.responses import (
+    FileResponse,
+    JSONResponse,
+    Response,
+    StreamingResponse,
+)
 from starlette.routing import Mount, Route
 from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
@@ -35,9 +40,12 @@ from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     create_session,
     endpoint_for_plane,
     get_persona_state,
+    get_session_bifrost,
+    get_session_tools,
     list_agents,
 )
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
+    AdminEvent,
     CancelAlreadyCompleted,
     Cancelled,
     CancelFailed,
@@ -50,6 +58,7 @@ from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
     SseConnectionDropped,
     TurnIdFlip,
     cancel_turn,
+    stream_admin_events,
     stream_turn_resilient,
 )
 
@@ -416,6 +425,100 @@ async def _affect_state_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     return JSONResponse(r.json(), status_code=r.status_code)
 
 
+async def _session_tools_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
+    """GET /api/sessions/{session_id}/tools → owner-scoped tool inventory (spec #183).
+
+    Proxies get_session_tools with the client's CONSUMER bearer (no admin scope):
+    the merged {agent_id, builtin_tools, bifrost_tools} the LLM saw at turn-fire.
+    Any non-200 upstream → surfaced as a status-preserving error envelope."""
+    session_id = request.path_params["session_id"]
+    client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
+    try:
+        async with client_factory() as client:
+            info = await get_session_tools(client, session_id)
+    except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error_code": "session_tools_unavailable", "status": exc.status},
+            status_code=exc.status,
+        )
+    return JSONResponse(info, status_code=200)
+
+
+async def _session_bifrost_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
+    """GET /api/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost → admin-scoped Bifrost dispatch state (#176).
+
+    The admin key is SERVER-HELD (app.state.admin_key) and never reaches the
+    browser (INV-003 precedent — upstream credentials stay server-side); the
+    wrapper overrides the Authorization header with it. Fail-visible when the
+    admin key isn't configured (never a silent empty pane)."""
+    session_id = request.path_params["session_id"]
+    admin_key = request.app.state.admin_key
+    if not admin_key:  # PRE-001: fail-visible, never silent
+        return JSONResponse({"error_code": "admin_key_not_configured"}, status_code=400)
+    client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
+    try:
+        async with client_factory() as client:
+            bstate = await get_session_bifrost(client, session_id, admin_key=admin_key)
+    except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error_code": "bifrost_state_unavailable", "status": exc.status},
+            status_code=exc.status,
+        )
+    return JSONResponse(bstate, status_code=200)
+
+
+def _admin_event_matches_web(ev: AdminEvent, session_id: str | None) -> bool:
+    """AdminEvents filter (design-brief §6, mirrors the TUI): forward non-heartbeat
+    system.* (stream-integrity signals) + events for the active session; drop the
+    rest so the browser sees only session-relevant lifecycle, never the full
+    cross-session admin firehose."""
+    if ev.type == "system.heartbeat":
+        return False
+    if ev.type.startswith("system."):
+        return True
+    return session_id is not None and ev.data.get("session_id") == session_id
+
+
+async def _admin_events_endpoint(request: Request) -> Response:
+    """GET /api/admin/events?session_id=... → SSE proxy of GET /admin/events (#11).
+
+    The admin key is SERVER-HELD; the browser only ever receives the session-filtered
+    stream (never the key, never the cross-session firehose). Long-lived + best-effort:
+    a connect failure or mid-stream drop emits a labeled `stream_error` event and ends."""
+    admin_key = request.app.state.admin_key
+    if not admin_key:  # PRE-001: fail-visible, never silent
+        return JSONResponse({"error_code": "admin_key_not_configured"}, status_code=400)
+    session_id = request.query_params.get("session_id")
+    client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
+
+    async def gen() -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
+        client = client_factory()
+        try:
+            async for ev in stream_admin_events(client, admin_key=admin_key):
+                if not _admin_event_matches_web(ev, session_id):
+                    continue
+                # Fixed SSE event name so the browser renders EVERY admin type
+                # with one listener (no per-type enumeration → nothing silently
+                # dropped); the real dotted type rides in the payload.
+                yield _format_sse(
+                    "admin_event",
+                    {"id": ev.id, "type": ev.type, "timestamp": ev.timestamp,
+                     "data": ev.data},
+                )
+        except (SseConnectFailed, SseConnectionDropped, MalformedSseId,
+                MalformedSseData) as exc:
+            yield _format_sse(
+                "stream_error",
+                {"exception": type(exc).__name__, "message": str(exc)},
+            )
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            raise  # browser disconnect — let the generator unwind
+        finally:
+            await client.aclose()
+
+    return StreamingResponse(gen(), media_type="text/event-stream")
+
+
 def create_app(
     client_factory: Callable[[], httpx.AsyncClient],
     *,
@@ -423,6 +526,7 @@ def create_app(
     bifrost_consumer_key: str | None = None,
     bifrost_visible_host: str | None = None,
     affect_read_url: str | None = None,
+    admin_key: str | None = None,
 ) -> Starlette:
     """Construct the Starlette app — wire routes + state per FN create_app.
 
@@ -483,6 +587,9 @@ def create_app(
         Route("/api/sessions", _create_session_endpoint, methods=["POST"]),
         Route("/api/agents/{agent_id}/persona_state", _persona_state_endpoint),
         Route("/api/affect/{agent_id}", _affect_state_endpoint),
+        Route("/api/sessions/{session_id}/tools", _session_tools_endpoint),
+        Route("/api/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost", _session_bifrost_endpoint),
+        Route("/api/admin/events", _admin_events_endpoint),
         Route("/api/turns/{session_id}", _submit_turn_endpoint, methods=["POST"]),
         Route("/api/turns/{session_id}/stream", _stream_turn_endpoint),
         Route("/api/turns/{session_id}/cancel", _cancel_turn_endpoint, methods=["POST"]),
@@ -498,6 +605,10 @@ def create_app(
     # Issue #18 (Deliverable 2): the provider affect-read base URL (server→provider hop,
     # same dev box) — distinct from the WT-visible host used for binding.
     app.state.affect_read_url = affect_read_url
+    # Admin observability panes (BifrostState + AdminEvents): the admin key is
+    # SERVER-HELD (RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY) and never reaches the browser — the
+    # server proxies admin-scoped reads and forwards only the session-filtered result.
+    app.state.admin_key = admin_key
     # INV-002: turn registry is in-process memory, keyed (session_id, turn_id)
     app.state.turn_registry = {}
     return app

src/ratatoskr/web/static/index.html

@@ -231,6 +231,26 @@ body {
   50% { content: "··"; } 75% { content: "···"; }
 }
 
+/* reasoning indicator — a UI affordance in the transcript, visually distinct
+   from the agent's response (.response, left-bordered). Italic + a ✦ glyph so
+   it reads as "the app telling you inference is happening", never as engine
+   output. Ephemeral: appears on reasoning tokens, gone the moment real text
+   begins or the turn ends. */
+.thinking-note {
+  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
+  color: var(--blue); font-style: italic; font-size: 12px;
+  margin: 6px 0; padding-left: 18px; opacity: 0.9;
+  animation: rise 0.3s ease both;
+}
+.thinking-note::before {
+  content: "✦"; font-style: normal; color: var(--cyan);
+  text-shadow: 0 0 10px var(--glow-cyan);
+}
+.thinking-note::after {
+  content: ""; width: 16px; text-align: left;
+  animation: dots 1.4s steps(4, end) infinite;
+}
+
 /* terminal status chips */
 .chip {
   display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px;
@@ -341,7 +361,35 @@ body {
 /* persona pane structured render */
 #pane-persona .pk { color: var(--fg-dim); }
 #pane-persona .pv { color: var(--blue); }
-#pane-persona .ph { color: var(--cyan); letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; }
+#pane-persona .ph { color: var(--cyan); letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; }
+
+/* affect metric rows: label · value · Δ · sparkline · n · descriptor */
+#pane-persona .mono-note { color: var(--fg-faint); font-size: 10px; margin: 2px 0 8px; }
+#pane-persona .mrow {
+  display: flex; gap: 9px; align-items: baseline; padding: 1px 0;
+  font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap;
+}
+#pane-persona .mrow .mk   { color: var(--fg-dim); min-width: 118px; }
+#pane-persona .mrow .mv   { color: var(--blue); min-width: 46px; text-align: right; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+#pane-persona .mrow .md   { min-width: 58px; font-size: 11px; color: var(--fg-faint); }
+#pane-persona .mrow .md.up { color: var(--green); }
+#pane-persona .mrow .md.dn { color: var(--red); }
+#pane-persona .mrow .msp  { color: var(--cyan); letter-spacing: 1px; min-width: 28px; }
+#pane-persona .mrow .mn   { color: var(--fg-faint); font-size: 10px; min-width: 34px; }
+#pane-persona .mrow .mdesc { color: var(--fg-faint); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px; }
+
+/* canonical NL (the literal text Worldtree injects into the agent's context) */
+#pane-persona .nl-canon {
+  color: var(--blue); font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5;
+  margin: 3px 0 8px; padding-left: 10px; border-left: 2px solid var(--line-2);
+  white-space: normal; word-break: break-word;
+}
+#pane-persona .nl-canon b { color: var(--cyan); font-weight: 600; }
+#pane-persona .nl-directive { color: var(--fg-2); font-style: italic; }
+#pane-persona .nl-canon .dh {
+  font-style: normal; color: var(--fg-faint); font-size: 10px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: block; margin-bottom: 2px;
+}
 
 /* thinking-pane per-turn dividers */
 .pane-turn {
@@ -487,6 +535,8 @@ body {
       <button class="tab" data-pane="debug">debug <span class="kbd">⌃2</span><span class="badge">0</span></button>
       <button class="tab" data-pane="thinking">think <span class="kbd">⌃3</span><span class="badge">0</span></button>
       <button class="tab" data-pane="persona">persona <span class="kbd">⌃4</span></button>
+      <button class="tab" data-pane="bifrost">bifrost <span class="kbd">⌃5</span></button>
+      <button class="tab" data-pane="admin">admin <span class="kbd">⌃6</span><span class="badge">0</span></button>
     </nav>
     <div class="pane-head">
       <span id="pane-name">tools</span>
@@ -497,6 +547,8 @@ body {
       <div class="pane" id="pane-debug"><div class="empty">waiting for wire telemetry…</div></div>
       <div class="pane" id="pane-thinking"><div class="empty">no chain-of-thought captured yet</div></div>
       <div class="pane" id="pane-persona"><div class="empty">persona state loads on session open</div></div>
+      <div class="pane" id="pane-bifrost"><div class="empty">bifrost dispatch state loads on session open</div></div>
+      <div class="pane" id="pane-admin"><div class="empty">admin lifecycle events stream on session open</div></div>
     </div>
   </section>
 </main>
@@ -542,7 +594,7 @@ body {
 "use strict";
 
 const $ = (id) => document.getElementById(id);
-const state = { sessionId: null, agentId: null, turnId: null, eventSource: null };
+const state = { sessionId: null, agentId: null, turnId: null, eventSource: null, lastAffectAt: null, adminES: null };
 
 function esc(s) {
   const d = document.createElement("div");
@@ -603,8 +655,46 @@ function markdownSafe(raw) {
 // per-turn live buffers (reset at turn open)
 const LIVE = { resp: "", think: "" };
 
+// ---- reasoning indicator (a UI affordance — NOT engine output) ----------
+// When the model streams reasoning/chain-of-thought, show an ephemeral
+// "<Agent> is pondering…" line in the transcript so the user knows inference
+// is happening. Rotates phrasing for liveliness; removed the instant real text
+// begins or the turn ends. agentDisplayName is rendered via textContent (never
+// innerHTML) so an adversarial agent_id can't inject markup (INV-004).
+const THINK_PHRASES = ["is thinking", "is pondering", "appears thoughtful",
+                       "is reasoning", "is turning it over"];
+let thinkRotator = null;
+function agentDisplayName() {
+  if (!state.agentId) return "the agent";
+  const tail = String(state.agentId).split(":").pop() || "the agent";
+  return tail.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + tail.slice(1);
+}
+function showThinkingNote() {
+  // reasoning tokens ARE the first tokens — supersede the awaiting-first heartbeat
+  const aw = document.querySelector("#transcript .awaiting.live");
+  if (aw) aw.remove();
+  let el = document.querySelector("#transcript .thinking-note");
+  if (!el) {
+    el = document.createElement("div");
+    el.className = "thinking-note";
+    el.appendChild(document.createTextNode(""));
+    $("transcript").appendChild(el);
+    let i = 0;
+    const paint = () => { el.firstChild.textContent =
+      `${agentDisplayName()} ${THINK_PHRASES[i % THINK_PHRASES.length]}`; i++; };
+    paint();
+    thinkRotator = setInterval(paint, 2600);
+  }
+  $("transcript").scrollTop = $("transcript").scrollHeight;
+}
+function hideThinkingNote() {
+  if (thinkRotator) { clearInterval(thinkRotator); thinkRotator = null; }
+  const el = document.querySelector("#transcript .thinking-note");
+  if (el) el.remove();
+}
+
 // ---- pane helpers ----
-const PANE_BADGE = { tools: 0, debug: 0, thinking: 0 };
+const PANE_BADGE = { tools: 0, debug: 0, thinking: 0, admin: 0 };
 function bumpBadge(pane) {
   if (!(pane in PANE_BADGE)) return;
   PANE_BADGE[pane] += 1;
@@ -745,25 +835,169 @@ async function loadPersona(agentId) {
 // shape only — pad + per-entity valence + emitted_at; NO fabricated Tier-1 persona
 // fields (dominant_emotion / mood_drift), which Tier-3 structurally lacks (INV-001).
 // Labelled "affect", not "persona" (INV-005).
+// ---- affect trend accumulation (client-side, session-lived) ----
+// The affect pane refreshes on session-open + after each turn (the post-turn PAD poll
+// fires ~4x/turn — deduped here by emitted_at so a turn contributes ONE sample). Each
+// tracked value keeps a rolling, capped history so the pane can show a Δ + sparkline.
+const AFFECT_HIST = { at: [], pad: {}, rel: {} };  // pad[axis]=[]; rel[target][metric]=[]
+const HIST_CAP = 24;
+const _relVal = (x) => (x && typeof x === "object" && "value" in x) ? x.value : x;
+const _relN = (x) => (x && typeof x === "object" && "evidence_count" in x) ? x.evidence_count : undefined;
+function pushAffectHistory(snap) {
+  const at = snap.emitted_at || "";
+  if (at && AFFECT_HIST.at[AFFECT_HIST.at.length - 1] === at) return;  // same snapshot — skip
+  AFFECT_HIST.at.push(at);
+  if (AFFECT_HIST.at.length > HIST_CAP) AFFECT_HIST.at.shift();
+  const push = (bucket, key, v) => {
+    if (typeof v !== "number") return;
+    (bucket[key] = bucket[key] || []).push(v);
+    if (bucket[key].length > HIST_CAP) bucket[key].shift();
+  };
+  const pad = snap.pad || {};
+  for (const ax of ["pleasure", "arousal", "dominance"]) push(AFFECT_HIST.pad, ax, pad[ax]);
+  for (const rel of (snap.relations || snap.valence || [])) {
+    const tgt = rel.target_entity || rel.entity_id || "?";
+    const b = (AFFECT_HIST.rel[tgt] = AFFECT_HIST.rel[tgt] || {});
+    push(b, "trust_ability", _relVal(rel.trust_ability));
+    push(b, "trust_benevolence", _relVal(rel.trust_benevolence));
+    push(b, "trust_integrity", _relVal(rel.trust_integrity));
+    push(b, "warmth", _relVal(rel.warmth ?? rel.familiarity));
+  }
+}
+// unicode sparkline auto-scaled to the value's own observed range; flat when stable
+// (don't amplify sub-0.01 noise into a fake trend).
+const _SPARK = "▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█";
+function sparkline(vals) {
+  if (!vals || vals.length < 2) return (vals && vals.length) ? "·" : "";
+  const lo = Math.min(...vals), hi = Math.max(...vals);
+  if (hi - lo < 0.01) return "▄".repeat(vals.length);
+  const span = hi - lo;
+  return vals.map((v) => _SPARK[Math.min(7, Math.floor(((v - lo) / span) * 7.999))]).join("");
+}
+function trendDelta(vals) {
+  if (!vals || vals.length < 2) return "";
+  const d = vals[vals.length - 1] - vals[vals.length - 2];
+  if (Math.abs(d) < 0.0005) return "→";
+  return (d > 0 ? "▲+" : "▼") + d.toFixed(3);
+}
+
+// ---- canonical affect→NL (vendored from Worldtree's d2 render canons) ----
+// Deterministic, NO LLM — mirrors Worldtree core/persona describe_pad +
+// render_d2_canonical BYTE-EXACT (verified). Shows the LITERAL mood word +
+// relationship directive Worldtree injects into the agent's own context, so the
+// pane reads exactly what the agent was told about its state. Canon loaded from
+// /static/persona_render_canon.json (regen: scripts/build_persona_canon.py).
+let PERSONA_CANON = null;
+const _relConf = (x) => (x && typeof x === "object" && "confidence" in x) ? x.confidence : 0;
+async function loadPersonaCanon() {
+  try { PERSONA_CANON = await (await fetch("/static/persona_render_canon.json")).json(); }
+  catch (_) { /* canon absent → the canonical lines simply omit (fail-open) */ }
+}
+function _parseInterval(expr) {
+  expr = expr.trim();
+  if (expr.startsWith("<=")) return [null, false, parseFloat(expr.slice(2)), true];
+  if (expr.startsWith("<"))  return [null, false, parseFloat(expr.slice(1)), false];
+  if (expr.startsWith(">=")) return [parseFloat(expr.slice(2)), true, null, false];
+  if (expr.startsWith(">"))  return [parseFloat(expr.slice(1)), false, null, false];
+  const loI = expr[0] === "[", hiI = expr[expr.length - 1] === "]";
+  const [a, b] = expr.slice(1, -1).split(",").map((s) => parseFloat(s.trim()));
+  return [a, loI, b, hiI];
+}
+function _bandLabel(cuts, v) {
+  if (typeof v !== "number") return null;
+  for (const [expr, label] of cuts) {
+    const [lo, loI, hi, hiI] = _parseInterval(expr);
+    let ok = true;
+    if (lo !== null) ok = ok && (loI ? v >= lo : v > lo);
+    if (hi !== null) ok = ok && (hiI ? v <= hi : v < hi);
+    if (ok) return label;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+function canonMood(pad) {  // mirror describe_pad(p,a,d): valence×arousal grid + ±0.3 bands
+  if (!PERSONA_CANON || !pad) return null;
+  const p = pad.pleasure, a = pad.arousal, d = pad.dominance;
+  if ([p, a, d].some((x) => typeof x !== "number")) return null;
+  const g = PERSONA_CANON.mood_grid;
+  const valence = p > 0.3 ? "positive" : p < -0.3 ? "negative" : "neutral";
+  const band = a > 0.3 ? "high_a" : a < -0.3 ? "low_a" : "mid_a";
+  const control = d > 0.3 ? "confident" : d < -0.3 ? "uncertain" : null;
+  return control ? `${g[valence][band]}, ${control}` : g[valence][band];
+}
+function canonDirective(rel) {  // mirror render_d2_canonical(edge, canon) byte-exact
+  if (!PERSONA_CANON) return null;
+  const R = PERSONA_CANON.relation;
+  const wb = _bandLabel(R.warmth_cuts, _relVal(rel.warmth));
+  const ab = _bandLabel(R.agency_cuts, _relVal(rel.agency));
+  const ta = _bandLabel(R.trust_cuts, _relVal(rel.trust_ability));
+  const ti = _bandLabel(R.trust_cuts, _relVal(rel.trust_integrity));
+  const tb = _bandLabel(R.trust_cuts, _relVal(rel.trust_benevolence));
+  if ([wb, ab, ta, ti, tb].some((x) => x == null)) return null;
+  const cl = _relConf(rel.warmth) >= R.high_conf_floor ? "high" : "low";
+  const tbeh = [ta, ti, tb].includes("limited") ? R.tbeh.low_trust
+             : R.cold_warmth_bands.includes(wb) ? R.tbeh.cold_warmth : R.tbeh.default;
+  return R.prefix + R.warmth_phrase[wb]
+    + `; agency is ${R.agency_phrase[ab]}; ability trust is ${ta}; integrity trust is ${ti}; `
+    + `intention trust is ${tb}; this stance rests on ${R.history[cl]}. In behavior, `
+    + `${R.warmth_beh[wb]}; ${R.agency_beh[ab]}; ${tbeh}; avoid premature we-framing.`;
+}
+
+// Issue #18 D2 (relation_edge/1 rework): Worldtree's affect snapshot now carries
+// `relations[]` (target + trust_ability/benevolence/integrity + warmth + agency +
+// relation_context, each {value,confidence,evidence_count}) — NOT the old flat
+// `valence[]`. Render mood (PAD) + the durable per-entity relational model, each with
+// a Δ + sparkline from AFFECT_HIST. Falls back to `valence` for an older emitter.
+// INV-001: no fabricated Tier-1 fields. INV-004: every dynamic value escaped (head()
+// escapes its whole argument; metric() escapes each cell).
 function renderAffectPane(snap) {
-  const row = (k, v) => `<div><span class="pk">${esc(k)}</span> <span class="pv">${esc(v)}</span></div>`;
   const head = (t) => `<div class="ph">${esc(t)}</div>`;
-  const all = snap.valence || [];
-  const shown = all.slice(0, 8);  // bounded render — valence[] is unbounded in principle
-  const valRows = shown.map((v) =>
-    row(v.entity_id || "?",
-        `familiarity ${JSON.stringify(v.familiarity)} · regard ${JSON.stringify(v.regard)}`
-        + ` · n=${JSON.stringify(v.interaction_count)}`)
-  ).join("");
-  $("pane-persona").innerHTML =
-    head("affect snapshot · " + (snap.agent_id || "?")) +
-    `<div> </div>` + head("pad") +
-    row("pleasure", JSON.stringify(snap.pad?.pleasure)) +
-    row("arousal", JSON.stringify(snap.pad?.arousal)) +
-    row("dominance", JSON.stringify(snap.pad?.dominance)) +
-    `<div> </div>` + head("valence (" + all.length + ")") +
-    (valRows || `<div class="empty">none</div>`) +
-    `<div> </div>` + row("emitted_at", snap.emitted_at || "?");
+  const num = (v) => (typeof v === "number") ? ((v >= 0 ? "+" : "") + v.toFixed(3)) : "—";
+  const metric = (label, val, hist, desc, n) => {
+    const d = trendDelta(hist);
+    const dcls = d.startsWith("▲") ? "up" : d.startsWith("▼") ? "dn" : "";
+    const nlab = (n !== undefined && n !== null) ? "n=" + esc(n) : "";
+    return `<div class="mrow"><span class="mk">${esc(label)}</span>`
+         + `<span class="mv">${esc(num(val))}</span>`
+         + `<span class="md ${dcls}">${esc(d)}</span>`
+         + `<span class="msp">${esc(sparkline(hist))}</span>`
+         + `<span class="mn">${nlab}</span>`
+         + `<span class="mdesc">${esc(desc)}</span></div>`;
+  };
+  const pad = snap.pad || {}, H = AFFECT_HIST;
+  let html = head("affect · " + (snap.agent_id || "?"))
+    + `<div class="mono-note">emitted ${esc((snap.emitted_at || "?").slice(11, 19))} · `
+    + `${H.at.length} sample${H.at.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} this session</div>`
+    + head("mood · PAD (transient, −1‥+1)")
+    + (canonMood(pad) ? `<div class="nl-canon">Worldtree tells the agent it feels: <b>${esc(canonMood(pad))}</b></div>` : "")
+    + metric("pleasure", pad.pleasure, H.pad.pleasure, "feeling")
+    + metric("arousal", pad.arousal, H.pad.arousal, "activation")
+    + metric("dominance", pad.dominance, H.pad.dominance, "control");
+  const rels = snap.relations || snap.valence || [];
+  if (!rels.length) {
+    html += head("relations") + `<div class="empty">no relations tracked yet — take a turn</div>`;
+  }
+  for (const rel of rels.slice(0, 8)) {
+    const tgt = rel.target_entity || rel.entity_id || "?";
+    const ctx = rel.relation_context ? " · stage: " + rel.relation_context : "";
+    const b = H.rel[tgt] || {};
+    html += head("relation → " + tgt + ctx)
+      + metric("trust·ability", _relVal(rel.trust_ability), b.trust_ability, "is-competent", _relN(rel.trust_ability))
+      + metric("trust·benevolence", _relVal(rel.trust_benevolence), b.trust_benevolence, "means-well", _relN(rel.trust_benevolence))
+      + metric("trust·integrity", _relVal(rel.trust_integrity), b.trust_integrity, "is-honest", _relN(rel.trust_integrity))
+      + metric("warmth", _relVal(rel.warmth ?? rel.familiarity), b.warmth, "affection", _relN(rel.warmth));
+    const ag = _relVal(rel.agency), agn = _relN(rel.agency);
+    if (typeof ag === "number" && agn) html += metric("agency", ag, null, "autonomy", agn);
+    if (rel.obligation_balance !== null && rel.obligation_balance !== undefined) {
+      html += `<div class="mrow"><span class="mk">obligation</span>`
+            + `<span class="mv">${esc(JSON.stringify(rel.obligation_balance))}</span></div>`;
+    }
+    const dir = canonDirective(rel);
+    if (dir) {
+      html += `<div class="nl-canon nl-directive"><span class="dh">context directive `
+            + `(what the agent is told about ${esc(tgt)}):</span> ${esc(dir)}</div>`;
+    }
+  }
+  $("pane-persona").innerHTML = html;
 }
 
 async function loadAffect(agentId) {
@@ -771,8 +1005,10 @@ async function loadAffect(agentId) {
     const r = await fetch("/api/affect/" + encodeURIComponent(agentId));
     if (r.status === 200) {
       const snap = await r.json();
+      pushAffectHistory(snap);  // accumulate the per-value trend BEFORE rendering
       renderAffectPane(snap);
       setPersonaStrip(snap);  // pad bars are the live signal
+      state.lastAffectAt = snap.emitted_at || state.lastAffectAt;  // post-turn poll stop-signal
     } else {
       let code = "";
       try { code = (await r.json()).error_code || ""; } catch (_) {}
@@ -794,6 +1030,100 @@ async function loadAffect(agentId) {
   }
 }
 
+// ---- tools inventory (#183): what the LLM HAS at turn-fire (static), rendered
+// at the TOP of the tools pane; live tool_start/result events append below it. ---
+function renderToolsInventory(inv) {
+  const row = (k, v) => `<div><span class="pk">${esc(k)}</span> <span class="pv">${esc(v)}</span></div>`;
+  const head = (t) => `<div class="ph">${esc(t)}</div>`;
+  const names = (arr) => (arr || []).map((t) => (typeof t === "string" ? t : (t && t.name) || "?"));
+  const builtin = inv.builtin_tools || [], bifrost = inv.bifrost_tools || [];
+  const html =
+    head("tool inventory · " + (inv.agent_id || "?")) +
+    row("builtin (" + builtin.length + ")", names(builtin).join(", ") || "none") +
+    row("bifrost (" + bifrost.length + ")", names(bifrost).join(", ") || "none") +
+    `<div class="rule">— live tool events —</div>`;
+  const pane = $("pane-tools");
+  const empty = pane.querySelector(".empty");
+  if (empty) empty.remove();
+  let block = pane.querySelector(".tools-inventory");
+  if (!block) {
+    block = document.createElement("div");
+    block.className = "tools-inventory";
+    pane.insertBefore(block, pane.firstChild);
+  }
+  block.innerHTML = html;
+}
+async function loadSessionTools(sessionId) {
+  try {
+    const r = await fetch("/api/sessions/" + encodeURIComponent(sessionId) + "/tools");
+    if (r.status === 200) renderToolsInventory(await r.json());
+    // non-200 → best-effort hydrate; leave the live tool pane as-is (mirrors TUI)
+  } catch (_) {}
+}
+
+// ---- Bifrost dispatch state (#176): admin-scoped, server-proxied (admin key
+// stays server-side; the browser only receives the state). ----
+function renderBifrostState(b) {
+  const row = (k, v) => `<div><span class="pk">${esc(k)}</span> <span class="pv">${esc(v)}</span></div>`;
+  const head = (t) => `<div class="ph">${esc(t)}</div>`;
+  const tools = b.tools || [];
+  $("pane-bifrost").innerHTML =
+    head("bifrost dispatch state") +
+    row("endpoint", b.endpoint_url || "?") +
+    row("consumer", b.consumer_id || "?") +
+    row("connected", JSON.stringify(b.connected)) +
+    row("caps", (b.capabilities_granted || []).join(", ") || "none") +
+    `<div> </div>` + head("tools (" + tools.length + ")") +
+    (tools.map((t) => row("·", (t.name || "?") + (t.description ? " — " + t.description : ""))).join("")
+       || `<div class="empty">none</div>`);
+}
+async function loadBifrostState(sessionId) {
+  try {
+    const r = await fetch("/api/sessions/" + encodeURIComponent(sessionId) + "/bifrost");
+    if (r.status === 200) { renderBifrostState(await r.json()); return; }
+    let code = ""; try { code = (await r.json()).error_code || ""; } catch (_) {}
+    let msg;
+    if (code === "admin_key_not_configured") msg = "bifrost state needs the readonly-admin key (RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY) server-side.";
+    else if (r.status === 404) msg = "session is not Bifrost-bound (no live dispatch client).";
+    else if (r.status === 403) msg = "admin key lacks the admin.sessions.read scope.";
+    else msg = `bifrost state unavailable (HTTP ${esc(r.status)}${code ? " · " + esc(code) : ""}).`;
+    $("pane-bifrost").innerHTML = `<div class="empty">${msg}</div>`;
+  } catch (_) {
+    $("pane-bifrost").innerHTML = `<div class="empty">bifrost state fetch failed</div>`;
+  }
+}
+
+// ---- Admin lifecycle events (#11): admin-scoped SSE, session-filtered SERVER-side.
+// One fixed "admin_event" listener renders every type; the dotted type is in data. ---
+function openAdminEvents(sessionId) {
+  if (state.adminES) { state.adminES.close(); state.adminES = null; }
+  const es = new EventSource("/api/admin/events?session_id=" + encodeURIComponent(sessionId));
+  state.adminES = es;
+  es.addEventListener("admin_event", (e) => {
+    let d; try { d = JSON.parse(e.data); } catch (_) { return; }
+    appendTo("pane-admin",
+      `<div>[${ts()}] <span style="color:var(--blue)">${esc(d.type || "event")}</span> `
+      + `${esc(JSON.stringify(d.data || {}))}</div>`);
+  });
+  es.addEventListener("stream_error", (e) => {
+    let d = {}; try { d = JSON.parse(e.data); } catch (_) {}
+    appendTo("pane-admin", `<div class="rule">— admin stream ended: ${esc(d.exception || "error")} —</div>`);
+    // Server signalled the stream is over — close so native EventSource does NOT auto-reconnect
+    // into a retry loop (INV-LIFECYCLE).
+    es.close(); state.adminES = null;
+  });
+  es.onerror = () => {
+    // EventSource auto-reconnects on a transient drop (readyState CONNECTING) — leave that be,
+    // the admin stream is long-lived. Only tear down on a PERMANENT failure (CLOSED — e.g. a
+    // 400/403 where no reconnect is coming) so we don't leak a dead handle.
+    if (es.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) { state.adminES = null; }
+    const pane = $("pane-admin");
+    if (pane.querySelector(".empty")) {
+      pane.innerHTML = `<div class="empty">admin stream unavailable — needs the readonly-admin key + admin.events.read scope.</div>`;
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 // ---- session lifecycle ----
 async function startSession() {
   const agentId = $("agent-picker").value;
@@ -837,6 +1167,11 @@ async function startSession() {
     $("setup").style.display = "none";
     $("workspace").classList.add("live");
     await loadPersona(agentId);
+    // Admin/debug surfaces — best-effort hydrate + live stream (all self-render on
+    // failure; the admin key is server-held, never sent from here).
+    loadSessionTools(state.sessionId);
+    loadBifrostState(state.sessionId);
+    openAdminEvents(state.sessionId);
     $("prompt-input").focus();
   } catch (e) {
     $("setup-err").textContent = "network error opening session";
@@ -943,11 +1278,13 @@ async function submitPrompt() {
   es.addEventListener("thinking", (e) => {
     const d = JSON.parse(e.data);
     thinkingDeltas += 1;
+    showThinkingNote();       // ephemeral "<Agent> is pondering…" in the transcript
     appendThinking(d.content);
   });
   es.addEventListener("text", (e) => {
     const d = JSON.parse(e.data);
     textDeltas += 1;
+    hideThinkingNote();       // real text begins — reasoning display is done
     appendResponse(d.content);
   });
   es.addEventListener("text_boundary", (e) => {
@@ -990,6 +1327,7 @@ async function submitPrompt() {
   function terminal(label, cls, e) {
     const aw = document.querySelector("#transcript .awaiting.live");
     if (aw) aw.remove();
+    hideThinkingNote();
     finalizeResponse();
     document.querySelectorAll("#pane-thinking .think-live").forEach((b) => b.classList.remove("think-live"));
     let meta = "";
@@ -1006,9 +1344,18 @@ async function submitPrompt() {
     $("composer").classList.remove("streaming");
     setConn(cls === "error" ? "error" : "idle", cls === "error" ? "error" : "connected");
     if (cls === "done" && state.agentId) {
-      // Tier-3 affect.emit is POST-TURN ASYNC — it lands in our store a couple seconds
-      // after [done]. Refresh the pane on a short delay to catch the new PAD (issue #18).
-      setTimeout(() => loadPersona(state.agentId), 2000);
+      // Tier-3 affect.emit is POST-TURN ASYNC and can land well after [done] — a single
+      // fixed refresh races it (issue #18 foot-gun). Poll a short window, stopping once
+      // the snapshot's emitted_at advances past the pre-turn value (or a new turn starts).
+      const beforeAt = state.lastAffectAt;
+      let settled = false;
+      for (const delay of [1500, 3500, 6500, 10500]) {
+        setTimeout(async () => {
+          if (settled || state.turnId) return;
+          await loadPersona(state.agentId);
+          if (state.lastAffectAt && state.lastAffectAt !== beforeAt) settled = true;
+        }, delay);
+      }
     }
     $("prompt-input").focus();
   }
@@ -1017,6 +1364,7 @@ async function submitPrompt() {
   es.addEventListener("cancelled", (e) => terminal("cancelled", "cancelled", e));
   es.onerror = () => {
     audit("sse_connection_dropped turn_id=" + turn_id);
+    hideThinkingNote();   // a raw drop mid-reasoning must not leave the note + rotator running
     es.close();
     state.eventSource = null; state.turnId = null;
     $("composer").classList.remove("streaming");
@@ -1053,7 +1401,7 @@ document.querySelectorAll(".tab").forEach((t) =>
 
 // ---- keyboard ----
 document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
-  if (e.ctrlKey && ["1", "2", "3", "4"].includes(e.key)) {
+  if (e.ctrlKey && ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6"].includes(e.key)) {
     const tabs = document.querySelectorAll(".tab");
     const idx = parseInt(e.key, 10) - 1;
     if (tabs[idx]) { activateTab(tabs[idx]); e.preventDefault(); }
@@ -1082,6 +1430,7 @@ $("prompt-input").addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
 
 loadAgents();
 loadVersion();
+loadPersonaCanon();
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>

src/ratatoskr/web/static/persona_render_canon.json

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+{
+ "_source": "vendored from Worldtree core/persona/canon/{d2-mood-render-canon-v1,d2-render-canon-v1}.json",
+ "_generated_by": "scripts/build_persona_canon.py (regen when .corviduo-canonicals.toml flags canon drift)",
+ "_render_path": "pure deterministic \u2014 no LLM; mirrors Worldtree describe_pad + render_d2_canonical byte-exact",
+ "mood_grid": {
+  "positive": {
+   "high_a": "positive and energized",
+   "mid_a": "positive",
+   "low_a": "positive and calm"
+  },
+  "neutral": {
+   "high_a": "alert",
+   "mid_a": "neutral",
+   "low_a": "quiet"
+  },
+  "negative": {
+   "high_a": "negative and agitated",
+   "mid_a": "negative",
+   "low_a": "negative and subdued"
+  }
+ },
+ "relation": {
+  "trust_cuts": [
+   [
+    "< 0.4",
+    "limited"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.4, 0.6)",
+    "developing"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.6, 0.8)",
+    "steady"
+   ],
+   [
+    ">= 0.8",
+    "strong"
+   ]
+  ],
+  "warmth_cuts": [
+   [
+    "<= -0.8",
+    "hostile"
+   ],
+   [
+    "(-0.8, -0.6]",
+    "cold"
+   ],
+   [
+    "(-0.6, -0.4]",
+    "distant"
+   ],
+   [
+    "(-0.4, -0.2)",
+    "guarded"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[-0.2, 0.2)",
+    "neutral"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.2, 0.4)",
+    "reserved"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.4, 0.6)",
+    "measured"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.6, 0.8)",
+    "clear"
+   ],
+   [
+    ">= 0.8",
+    "deep"
+   ]
+  ],
+  "agency_cuts": [
+   [
+    "<= -0.8",
+    "submissive"
+   ],
+   [
+    "(-0.8, -0.6]",
+    "deferential"
+   ],
+   [
+    "(-0.6, -0.4]",
+    "yielding"
+   ],
+   [
+    "(-0.4, -0.2)",
+    "modest"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[-0.2, 0.2)",
+    "neutral"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.2, 0.4)",
+    "light"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.4, 0.6)",
+    "balanced"
+   ],
+   [
+    "[0.6, 0.8)",
+    "substantial"
+   ],
+   [
+    ">= 0.8",
+    "commanding"
+   ]
+  ],
+  "warmth_phrase": {
+   "hostile": "strongly hostile regard",
+   "cold": "clearly cold regard",
+   "distant": "distant negative regard",
+   "guarded": "slightly guarded regard",
+   "neutral": "neutral warmth",
+   "reserved": "slightly reserved warmth",
+   "measured": "moderate measured warmth",
+   "clear": "clear warm regard",
+   "deep": "deep warm bond"
+  },
+  "warmth_beh": {
+   "hostile": "keep a firm emotional boundary",
+   "cold": "keep a firm emotional boundary",
+   "distant": "keep guarded distance",
+   "guarded": "keep guarded distance",
+   "neutral": "keep the tone even",
+   "reserved": "keep cordial distance",
+   "measured": "keep cordial distance",
+   "clear": "speak with direct warmth",
+   "deep": "speak with direct warmth"
+  },
+  "agency_phrase": {
+   "submissive": "strongly submissive standing",
+   "deferential": "clearly deferential standing",
+   "yielding": "yielding standing",
+   "modest": "slightly modest standing",
+   "neutral": "neutral standing",
+   "light": "lightly self-assertive standing",
+   "balanced": "self-assured standing",
+   "substantial": "strongly assertive standing",
+   "commanding": "commanding standing"
+  },
+  "agency_beh": {
+   "submissive": "avoid over-yielding while preserving basic respect",
+   "deferential": "avoid over-yielding while preserving basic respect",
+   "yielding": "keep self-advocacy light and deferential",
+   "modest": "keep self-advocacy light and deferential",
+   "neutral": "avoid unnecessary deference",
+   "light": "avoid unnecessary deference",
+   "balanced": "balance deference with independent judgment",
+   "substantial": "treat their position as weighty without yielding judgment",
+   "commanding": "treat their position as weighty without yielding judgment"
+  },
+  "history": {
+   "low": "a broad pattern of prior exchanges",
+   "high": "a broad pattern of prior exchanges"
+  },
+  "prefix": "Use this graded relationship state: toward target, warmth is ",
+  "tbeh": {
+   "low_trust": "verify important claims before relying on them",
+   "cold_warmth": "protect boundaries while staying useful",
+   "default": "work from ordinary good faith"
+  },
+  "cold_warmth_bands": [
+   "distant",
+   "cold",
+   "hostile"
+  ],
+  "high_conf_floor": 0.55
+ }
+}

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -1633,3 +1633,63 @@ class TestWhoami:
         rc = main(["--whoami", "--api-key", "k", "--server", "https://w.example"])
         assert rc == 20
         assert "[session_api_failed]" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+
+class TestTier2Probes:
+    """--characters + --set-persona-pad one-shot probes (Tier-2: #161 + persona_state-write)."""
+
+    def test_characters_standalone_accepted(self) -> None:
+        """characters_standalone: --characters alone → valid."""
+        args = _parse_args(["--characters", "--api-key", "k"])
+        assert args.characters is True
+        assert args.session_id is None
+
+    def test_set_persona_requires_session(self) -> None:
+        """set_persona_requires_session [adversarial]: --set-persona-pad needs --session."""
+        with pytest.raises(UsageError, match="requires --session"):
+            _parse_args(["--set-persona-pad", "0.4,0.1,-0.2", "--api-key", "k"])
+
+    def test_probes_mutually_exclusive(self) -> None:
+        """probes_mutually_exclusive [adversarial]: --whoami + --characters → UsageError."""
+        with pytest.raises(UsageError, match="mutually exclusive"):
+            _parse_args(["--whoami", "--characters", "--api-key", "k"])
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_characters_probe_lifecycle(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        """characters_probe [happy,tracer]: models → create → state → delete; report to stdout."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/models/available-for-characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"items": [{"name": "fast"}]})
+        )
+        respx.post("https://w.example/characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={"character_id": "char_z", "ttl_expires_at": "t"})
+        )
+        respx.get("https://w.example/characters/char_z/state").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"schema_version": "1", "pad": [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]})
+        )
+        del_route = respx.delete("https://w.example/characters/char_z").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
+        )
+        rc = main(["--characters", "--api-key", "k", "--server", "https://w.example"])
+        assert rc == 0
+        out = capsys.readouterr().out
+        assert "character models: fast" in out
+        assert "created: char_z" in out
+        assert "pad=[0.1, 0.2, 0.3]" in out
+        assert "deleted: char_z" in out
+        assert del_route.call_count == 1  # lifecycle cleaned up
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_set_persona_probe(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        """set_persona_probe [happy,tracer]: POST pad to /sessions/{id}/persona_state; 204."""
+        import json as _json
+
+        route = respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/persona_state").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
+        )
+        rc = main(
+            ["--set-persona-pad", "0.4,0.1,-0.2", "--session", "s1",
+             "--api-key", "k", "--server", "https://w.example"]
+        )
+        assert rc == 0
+        assert "persona_state set" in capsys.readouterr().out
+        assert _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content) == {"pad": [0.4, 0.1, -0.2]}

tests/test_sessions.py

@@ -16,14 +16,20 @@ from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     PersonaNotConfigured,
     SessionApiFailed,
     SessionPage,
+    create_character,
     create_session,
+    delete_character,
     endpoint_for_plane,
     get_capabilities,
+    get_character_state,
     get_me,
     get_persona_state,
+    get_session_bifrost,
     get_session_tools,
     list_agents,
+    list_character_models,
     list_sessions,
+    set_persona_state,
 )
 
 
@@ -1039,3 +1045,151 @@ class TestGetSessionTools:
             with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
                 await get_session_tools(client, "")
         assert route.call_count == 0
+
+
+class TestGetSessionBifrost:
+    """#2 contract — get_session_bifrost (GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost, #176)."""
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_happy_uses_admin_bearer(self) -> None:
+        """happy [happy,tracer]: 200 → binding dict; request carries the ADMIN bearer (override)."""
+        route = respx.get("https://w.example/admin/sessions/s1/bifrost").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                200,
+                json={
+                    "endpoint_url": "https://bifrost.example/mcp",
+                    "consumer_id": "alice",
+                    "connected": True,
+                    "capabilities_granted": ["tools:call", "tools:read"],
+                    "tools": [{"name": "bifrost.alice.echo", "description": "echo"}],
+                },
+            )
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+            base_url="https://w.example",
+            headers={"Authorization": "Bearer consumer-key"},
+        ) as client:
+            state = await get_session_bifrost(client, "s1", admin_key="admin-xyz")
+        assert state["connected"] is True
+        assert state["tools"][0]["name"] == "bifrost.alice.echo"
+        # the request overrode the client's default consumer bearer with the admin key
+        assert route.calls[0].request.headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer admin-xyz"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_403_scope_denied(self) -> None:
+        """403 [error]: admin key lacks admin.sessions.read → SessionApiFailed(403)."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/sessions/s1/bifrost").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(403, json={"error_code": "auth_scope_denied"})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as exc:
+                await get_session_bifrost(client, "s1", admin_key="k")
+        assert exc.value.status == 403
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_404_not_bound(self) -> None:
+        """404 [error]: session_not_bifrost_bound → SessionApiFailed(404)."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/sessions/s1/bifrost").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(404, json={"error_code": "session_not_bifrost_bound"})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as exc:
+                await get_session_bifrost(client, "s1", admin_key="k")
+        assert exc.value.status == 404
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_empty_admin_key_asserts(self) -> None:
+        """empty_admin_key [adversarial]: '' → AssertionError; no HTTP issued."""
+        route = respx.get("https://w.example/admin/sessions/s1/bifrost").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+                await get_session_bifrost(client, "s1", admin_key="")
+        assert route.call_count == 0
+
+
+class TestTransientCharacters:
+    """docs/contracts/issues/2.contract.md — transient-character wrappers (#161)."""
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_list_models(self) -> None:
+        """list_models [happy,tracer]: 200 → {items:[...]} verbatim."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/models/available-for-characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"items": [{"name": "fast", "thinking": False}]})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            models = await list_character_models(client)
+        assert models["items"][0]["name"] == "fast"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_create_body_and_response(self) -> None:
+        """create [happy]: body is {character, state}; 201 → {character_id, ttl_expires_at}."""
+        import json as _json
+
+        route = respx.post("https://w.example/characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={"character_id": "char_x", "ttl_expires_at": "t"})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            out = await create_character(client, {"schema_version": "1", "name": "H"})
+        assert out["character_id"] == "char_x"
+        body = _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content)
+        assert body == {"character": {"schema_version": "1", "name": "H"}, "state": None}
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_get_state(self) -> None:
+        """get_state [happy]: 200 → live PAD/emotions snapshot."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/characters/char_x/state").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"schema_version": "1", "pad": [0.4, 0.1, -0.2]})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            state = await get_character_state(client, "char_x")
+        assert state["pad"] == [0.4, 0.1, -0.2]
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_delete_204(self) -> None:
+        """delete [happy]: 204 → None."""
+        respx.delete("https://w.example/characters/char_x").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            assert await delete_character(client, "char_x") is None
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_create_403_scope(self) -> None:
+        """create_403 [error]: key lacks character.write → SessionApiFailed(403)."""
+        respx.post("https://w.example/characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(403, json={"error_code": "auth_scope_denied"})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as exc:
+                await create_character(client, {"name": "H"})
+        assert exc.value.status == 403
+
+
+class TestSetPersonaState:
+    """#2 contract — set_persona_state (POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state)."""
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_happy_204(self) -> None:
+        """happy [happy,tracer]: freeform snapshot body; 204 → None."""
+        import json as _json
+
+        route = respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/persona_state").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            result = await set_persona_state(client, "s1", {"pad": [0.4, 0.1, -0.2]})
+        assert result is None
+        assert _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content) == {"pad": [0.4, 0.1, -0.2]}
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_non_204_raises(self) -> None:
+        """non_204 [error]: 422 (bad snapshot shape) → SessionApiFailed(422)."""
+        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/persona_state").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(422, json={"error_code": "validation_failed"})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as exc:
+                await set_persona_state(client, "s1", {"pad": [1, 2, 3]})
+        assert exc.value.status == 422

tests/test_sse_client.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import pytest
 import respx
 
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
+    AdminEvent,
     AffectUpdate,
     AgentNotAvailable,
     AwaitingLlmFirstToken,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
     _parse_sse_id,
     cancel_turn,
     reconnect_turn,
+    stream_admin_events,
     stream_turn,
     stream_turn_resilient,
 )
@@ -1261,3 +1263,73 @@ class TestStreamTurnResilient:
                     collected.append(e)
         assert [e.sse_id for e in collected] == [SseId(42, 1)]  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         assert route.call_count == 2
+
+
+class TestStreamAdminEvents:
+    """docs/conversation-api-spec.md § Admin Event Stream — stream_admin_events (#11)."""
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_happy_multi_event_admin_bearer(self) -> None:
+        """happy [happy,tracer]: yields AdminEvent envelopes; request uses the ADMIN bearer."""
+        env1 = {
+            "id": 41, "type": "session.created", "timestamp": "2026-05-06T10:00:00.000Z",
+            "data": {"session_id": "s1", "agent_id": "mimir", "user_id": None},
+        }
+        env2 = {
+            "id": 42, "type": "turn.started", "timestamp": "2026-05-06T10:00:01.000Z",
+            "data": {"session_id": "s1", "turn_id": 7, "agent_id": "mimir", "user_id": None},
+        }
+        stream = _sse_chunk("41", env1) + _sse_chunk("42", env2)
+        route = respx.get("https://w.example/admin/events").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                200, headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"}, content=stream
+            )
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+            base_url="https://w.example", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer consumer"}
+        ) as client:
+            events = [e async for e in stream_admin_events(client, admin_key="admin-xyz")]
+        assert [e.type for e in events] == ["session.created", "turn.started"]
+        assert isinstance(events[0], AdminEvent)
+        assert events[0].id == 41
+        assert events[1].data["turn_id"] == 7
+        assert route.calls[0].request.headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer admin-xyz"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_last_event_id_header(self) -> None:
+        """last_event_id_header [trace]: empty stream → []; Last-Event-ID header sent."""
+        route = respx.get("https://w.example/admin/events").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                200, headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"}, content=b""
+            )
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            events = [e async for e in stream_admin_events(client, admin_key="k", last_event_id=99)]
+        assert events == []
+        assert route.calls[0].request.headers["Last-Event-ID"] == "99"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_403_scope_denied(self) -> None:
+        """403 [error]: key lacks admin.events.read → SseConnectFailed(403)."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/events").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(403, json={"error_code": "auth_scope_denied"})
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            with pytest.raises(SseConnectFailed) as exc:
+                _ = [e async for e in stream_admin_events(client, admin_key="k")]
+        assert exc.value.status == 403
+
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_skips_malformed_frame(self) -> None:
+        """skips_malformed [adversarial]: a bad-JSON frame is skipped, not fatal."""
+        good = _sse_chunk("41", {"id": 41, "type": "session.created", "data": {"session_id": "s1"}})
+        bad = b"id: 42\ndata: not-json\n\n"
+        good2 = _sse_chunk("43", {"id": 43, "type": "session.deleted", "data": {"session_id": "s1"}})
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/events").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                200, headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"}, content=good + bad + good2
+            )
+        )
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+            events = [e async for e in stream_admin_events(client, admin_key="k")]
+        assert [e.type for e in events] == ["session.created", "session.deleted"]

tests/test_tui.py

@@ -3235,3 +3235,205 @@ class TestSessionToolsHydration:
             await pilot.pause()
         joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
         assert "session_tools_hydration_failed" in joined
+
+
+class TestBifrostStateHydration:
+    """get_session_bifrost + the #176 BifrostState pane (GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost)."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _mute_tools(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Neutralize the on_mount Tools-pane worker so it makes no real call."""
+        import ratatoskr.tui as tui_mod
+
+        async def noop(client, session_id):
+            return {"agent_id": "x", "builtin_tools": [], "bifrost_tools": []}
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "get_session_tools", noop)
+
+    def test_format_bifrost_state(self) -> None:
+        """format_bifrost_state [unit]: connected / endpoint / caps / tools lines."""
+        from ratatoskr.tui import _format_bifrost_state
+
+        lines = _format_bifrost_state(
+            {
+                "endpoint_url": "https://b/mcp",
+                "consumer_id": "alice",
+                "connected": True,
+                "capabilities_granted": ["tools:call", "tools:read"],
+                "tools": [{"name": "bifrost.echo"}],
+            }
+        )
+        joined = "\n".join(lines)
+        assert "connected=True" in joined
+        assert "consumer=alice" in joined
+        assert "https://b/mcp" in joined
+        assert "tools:call, tools:read" in joined
+        assert "bifrost.echo" in joined
+
+    async def test_hydrate_no_admin_key(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """hydrate_no_admin_key [scenario]: admin_key None → 'not configured' + skip audit."""
+        self._mute_tools(monkeypatch)
+        writes = _spy_writes(monkeypatch)
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-bf-1"))  # admin_key defaults None
+        async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+            await pilot.pause()
+            await app._hydrate_bifrost_state()
+            await pilot.pause()
+        joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
+        assert "admin key not configured" in joined
+        assert "bifrost_state_skipped" in joined
+
+    async def test_hydrate_success(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """hydrate_success [scenario,tracer]: 200 → binding in BifrostState pane + audit."""
+        import ratatoskr.tui as tui_mod
+
+        self._mute_tools(monkeypatch)
+        writes = _spy_writes(monkeypatch)
+
+        async def fake_bifrost(client, session_id, *, admin_key):
+            return {
+                "endpoint_url": "https://b/mcp",
+                "consumer_id": "alice",
+                "connected": True,
+                "capabilities_granted": ["tools:call"],
+                "tools": [{"name": "bifrost.echo"}],
+            }
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "get_session_bifrost", fake_bifrost)
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-bf-2", admin_key="ak"))
+        async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+            await pilot.pause()
+            await app._hydrate_bifrost_state()
+            await pilot.pause()
+        joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
+        assert "bifrost binding" in joined
+        assert "bifrost.echo" in joined
+        assert "bifrost_state_hydrated" in joined
+
+    async def test_hydrate_404_not_bound(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """hydrate_404_not_bound [error]: 404 → 'not bound to Bifrost' + audit; no crash."""
+        import ratatoskr.tui as tui_mod
+        from ratatoskr.sessions import SessionApiFailed
+
+        self._mute_tools(monkeypatch)
+        writes = _spy_writes(monkeypatch)
+
+        async def not_bound(client, session_id, *, admin_key):
+            raise SessionApiFailed(status=404, body=b"session_not_bifrost_bound")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "get_session_bifrost", not_bound)
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-bf-3", admin_key="ak"))
+        async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+            await pilot.pause()
+            await app._hydrate_bifrost_state()
+            await pilot.pause()
+        joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
+        assert "not bound to Bifrost" in joined
+        assert "bifrost_state_unavailable" in joined
+
+
+class TestAdminEventsStream:
+    """stream_admin_events + the #11 AdminEvents pane (GET /admin/events, session-filtered)."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _mute_hydrates(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Neutralize the other on_mount workers (tools + bifrost) — no real calls."""
+        import ratatoskr.tui as tui_mod
+        from ratatoskr.sessions import SessionApiFailed
+
+        async def noop_tools(client, session_id):
+            return {"agent_id": "x", "builtin_tools": [], "bifrost_tools": []}
+
+        async def noop_bifrost(client, session_id, *, admin_key):
+            raise SessionApiFailed(status=404, body=b"nb")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "get_session_tools", noop_tools)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "get_session_bifrost", noop_bifrost)
+
+    def test_format_admin_event(self) -> None:
+        """format_admin_event [unit]: HH:MM:SS + type + fields; session_id dropped."""
+        from ratatoskr.sse_client import AdminEvent
+        from ratatoskr.tui import _format_admin_event
+
+        line = _format_admin_event(
+            AdminEvent(
+                42, "turn.completed", "2026-05-06T10:00:05.000Z",
+                {"session_id": "s1", "turn_id": 7, "duration_ms": 1200, "phase": "succeeded"},
+            )
+        )
+        assert "turn.completed" in line
+        assert "[10:00:05]" in line
+        assert "turn_id=7" in line
+        assert "session_id" not in line  # dropped — pane is already session-scoped
+
+    def test_admin_event_matches_filter(self) -> None:
+        """admin_event_matches [unit]: active-session + non-heartbeat system.* pass (§6)."""
+        from ratatoskr.sse_client import AdminEvent
+
+        E = AdminEvent
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-match"))
+        assert app._admin_event_matches(E(1, "session.created", "t", {"session_id": "s-match"}))
+        assert not app._admin_event_matches(E(2, "turn.started", "t", {"session_id": "other"}))
+        assert not app._admin_event_matches(E(0, "system.heartbeat", "t", {}))
+        assert app._admin_event_matches(E(3, "system.events_dropped", "t", {"count": 5}))
+
+    async def test_stream_writes_filtered_events(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """stream_filtered [scenario,tracer]: only active-session + non-heartbeat lines land."""
+        import ratatoskr.tui as tui_mod
+        from ratatoskr.sse_client import AdminEvent
+
+        self._mute_hydrates(monkeypatch)
+        writes = _spy_writes(monkeypatch)
+
+        async def fake_stream(client, *, admin_key, last_event_id=None):
+            yield AdminEvent(41, "session.created", "t", {"session_id": "s-ae-2"})
+            yield AdminEvent(0, "system.heartbeat", "t", {})  # filtered (noise)
+            yield AdminEvent(42, "turn.started", "t", {"session_id": "other"})  # diff session
+            yield AdminEvent(43, "session.deleted", "t", {"session_id": "s-ae-2"})
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "stream_admin_events", fake_stream)
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-ae-2", admin_key="ak"))
+        async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+            await pilot.pause()
+            await app._stream_admin_events()
+            await pilot.pause()
+        joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
+        assert "session.created" in joined
+        assert "session.deleted" in joined
+        assert "system.heartbeat" not in joined
+        assert "turn.started" not in joined  # different session → filtered
+
+    async def test_stream_no_admin_key(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """stream_no_admin_key [scenario]: admin_key None → 'not configured' + skip audit."""
+        self._mute_hydrates(monkeypatch)
+        writes = _spy_writes(monkeypatch)
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-ae-3"))  # admin_key None
+        async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+            await pilot.pause()
+            await app._stream_admin_events()
+            await pilot.pause()
+        joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
+        assert "admin key not configured" in joined
+        assert "admin_events_skipped" in joined
+
+    async def test_stream_403_unavailable(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """stream_403 [error]: 403 scope-denied → 'unavailable' + audit; no crash."""
+        import ratatoskr.tui as tui_mod
+        from ratatoskr.sse_client import SseConnectFailed
+
+        self._mute_hydrates(monkeypatch)
+        writes = _spy_writes(monkeypatch)
+
+        async def denied(client, *, admin_key, last_event_id=None):
+            raise SseConnectFailed(status=403, body=b"auth_scope_denied")
+            yield  # unreachable — makes this an async generator
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(tui_mod, "stream_admin_events", denied)
+        app = _resolved_app(_args_existing(session_id="s-ae-4", admin_key="ak"))
+        async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+            await pilot.pause()
+            await app._stream_admin_events()
+            await pilot.pause()
+        joined = " ".join(_text_of(w) for w in writes)
+        assert "admin events unavailable: HTTP 403" in joined
+        assert "admin_events_unavailable" in joined

tests/test_web_server.py

@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ class TestCreateAppShape:
             "/", "/version", "/api/agents", "/api/sessions",
             "/api/agents/{agent_id}/persona_state",
             "/api/affect/{agent_id}",
+            # v0.19.2 debug-surface parity (create_app POST-002)
+            "/api/sessions/{session_id}/tools",
+            "/api/sessions/{session_id}/bifrost",
+            "/api/admin/events",
             "/api/turns/{session_id}", "/api/turns/{session_id}/stream",
             "/api/turns/{session_id}/cancel",
         ):
@@ -633,10 +637,14 @@ class TestCreateAppShape:
         assert "/static" in paths
 
     def test_state_attached(self) -> None:
-        """state_attached [trace]: app.state.turn_registry is empty dict."""
+        """state_attached [trace]: app.state.turn_registry is empty dict; admin_key stored."""
         from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
         app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
         assert app.state.turn_registry == {}
+        # create_app POST-001: admin_key defaults None (admin routes fail-visible)
+        assert app.state.admin_key is None
+        app2 = create_app(_mock_client_factory(), admin_key="adm-key")
+        assert app2.state.admin_key == "adm-key"
 
     def test_factory_stored(self) -> None:
         """factory_stored [trace]: app.state.client_factory is the same callable."""
@@ -1062,3 +1070,136 @@ class TestAffectStateEndpoint:
         resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/affect/ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert resp.status_code == 400
         assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "missing_end_user_id"
+
+
+class TestSessionToolsEndpoint:
+    """session_tools_endpoint — proxy owner-scoped GET /sessions/{id}/tools (#183)."""
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_happy_returns_inventory(self) -> None:
+        """happy [tracer]: 200 inventory → 200 verbatim."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/sessions/s-1/tools").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={
+                "agent_id": "ratatoskr:sindra",
+                "builtin_tools": ["echo"],
+                "bifrost_tools": [{"name": "memory.search"}],
+            })
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        resp = TestClient(create_app(_mock_client_factory())).get("/api/sessions/s-1/tools")
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.json()["agent_id"] == "ratatoskr:sindra"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_upstream_404_status_preserving_envelope(self) -> None:
+        """error: upstream 404 → 404 session_tools_unavailable envelope."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/sessions/s-1/tools").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(404, content=b"nope")
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        resp = TestClient(create_app(_mock_client_factory())).get("/api/sessions/s-1/tools")
+        assert resp.status_code == 404
+        assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "session_tools_unavailable"
+
+
+class TestSessionBifrostEndpoint:
+    """session_bifrost_endpoint — proxy admin-scoped GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost (#176)."""
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_happy_overrides_with_admin_bearer(self) -> None:
+        """happy [tracer]: 200 state → 200; request carries the ADMIN bearer, not consumer."""
+        route = respx.get("https://w.example/admin/sessions/s-1/bifrost").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={
+                "endpoint_url": "http://x:8392", "connected": True,
+                "capabilities_granted": ["memory", "affect"], "tools": [],
+            })
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory(), admin_key="adm-key")
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/sessions/s-1/bifrost")
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        assert resp.json()["connected"] is True
+        assert route.calls.last.request.headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer adm-key"
+
+    def test_no_admin_key_fails_visible_400(self) -> None:
+        """error: no admin key configured → 400 admin_key_not_configured, no upstream call."""
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())  # no admin_key
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/sessions/s-1/bifrost")
+        assert resp.status_code == 400
+        assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "admin_key_not_configured"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_upstream_404_status_preserving_envelope(self) -> None:
+        """error: upstream 404 (not bound) → 404 bifrost_state_unavailable envelope."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/sessions/s-1/bifrost").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(404, content=b"nope")
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory(), admin_key="adm-key")
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/sessions/s-1/bifrost")
+        assert resp.status_code == 404
+        assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "bifrost_state_unavailable"
+
+
+class TestAdminEventsEndpoint:
+    """admin_events_endpoint — SSE proxy of GET /admin/events, session-filtered (#11)."""
+
+    def test_filter_semantics(self) -> None:
+        """unit: heartbeats drop, system.* pass, else match on session_id."""
+        from ratatoskr.sse_client import AdminEvent
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import _admin_event_matches_web
+
+        def mk(t: str, sid: "str | None" = None) -> AdminEvent:
+            return AdminEvent(id=1, type=t, timestamp=None,
+                              data={"session_id": sid} if sid else {})
+
+        assert _admin_event_matches_web(mk("system.heartbeat"), "s-1") is False
+        assert _admin_event_matches_web(mk("system.degraded"), "s-1") is True
+        assert _admin_event_matches_web(mk("session.created", "s-1"), "s-1") is True
+        assert _admin_event_matches_web(mk("session.created", "other"), "s-1") is False
+        assert _admin_event_matches_web(mk("session.created", "s-1"), None) is False
+
+    def test_no_admin_key_fails_visible_400(self) -> None:
+        """error: no admin key → 400 admin_key_not_configured (no stream opened)."""
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/admin/events?session_id=s-1")
+        assert resp.status_code == 400
+        assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "admin_key_not_configured"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_streams_filtered_events_fixed_name(self) -> None:
+        """happy: SSE → only session-matching + system.* forwarded, as `admin_event`."""
+        stream = (
+            b'event: session.created\n'
+            b'data: {"type":"session.created","data":{"session_id":"s-1"}}\n\n'
+            b'event: system.heartbeat\n'
+            b'data: {"type":"system.heartbeat","data":{}}\n\n'
+            b'event: turn.started\n'
+            b'data: {"type":"turn.started","data":{"session_id":"other"}}\n\n'
+            b'event: system.degraded\n'
+            b'data: {"type":"system.degraded","data":{}}\n\n'
+        )
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/events").mock(return_value=_sse_resp(stream))
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory(), admin_key="adm-key")
+        body = TestClient(app).get("/api/admin/events?session_id=s-1").text
+        assert "event: admin_event" in body          # fixed browser-facing name
+        assert '"type": "session.created"' in body    # matches active session → forwarded
+        assert "system.degraded" in body              # system.* → forwarded
+        assert "system.heartbeat" not in body         # heartbeat → dropped
+        assert "turn.started" not in body             # other session → dropped
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_stream_error_on_connect_failure(self) -> None:
+        """error: upstream admin SSE non-200 -> ONE stream_error frame, stream ends (POST-003)."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/admin/events").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(500, content=b"boom")
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory(), admin_key="adm-key")
+        body = TestClient(app).get("/api/admin/events?session_id=s-1").text
+        assert "event: stream_error" in body
+        assert "SseConnectFailed" in body
+        assert body.count("event: stream_error") == 1  # exactly one, then ends

uv.lock

@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatoskr"
-version = "0.18.9"
+version = "0.19.5"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },