feat(web): debug-surface parity — BifrostState + AdminEvents + Tools panes, PAD-poll fix, reasoning indicator

Bring the browser surface to TUI parity as the primary debug surface:

- Tools inventory (GET /sessions/{id}/tools) folded into the tools pane —
  what the LLM has at turn-fire, above the live tool events.
- BifrostState pane (GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost) — admin-scoped
  dispatch state; the admin key stays server-side (app.state.admin_key),
  never reaches the browser (INV-003 precedent).
- AdminEvents pane (GET /admin/events SSE) — admin lifecycle, session-
  filtered SERVER-side (heartbeats + other-session events dropped); one
  fixed "admin_event" browser event so every type renders (no drops).
- PAD refresh: poll a window (1.5/3.5/6.5/10.5s) instead of a single 2s
  shot that raced the post-turn-async affect.emit (issue #18 foot-gun).
- Reasoning indicator: ephemeral "<Agent> is pondering…" in the transcript
  on `thinking` deltas, cleared when text begins — clearly non-engine.

Admin key wired through entrypoint -> create_app. 9 new respx/route tests
(admin-bearer override, filter unit, SSE stream-filter); 59 web tests pass.
Live-proven against ratatoskr:sindra (bifrost connected, both caps; 253
thinking events -> indicator fires; affect emit lands -> PAD poll catches it).

persistent-memory.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Persistent memory — ratatoskr
 
-_Last updated: 2026-06-30_
+_Last updated: 2026-07-01_
 
 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 +39,54 @@ upstream API key stays server-side (INV-003).
 
 ## Current state / in-flight
 
-_As of 2026-06-20:_
+_As of 2026-07-01:_
 
-**#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).
+**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).
 
-**#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 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`).
 
-**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.
+**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**.
 
-**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).
+**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).
 
-**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.
+**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.
 
-**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.
+**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.
 
-**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).
-
-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`.
+Branch: `main` — **in sync with `origin/main`** at **`v0.19.1`** (`af07a23`); the whole session's arc
+is pushed. Remote: `origin → git@gitea.phasefinal.com:vh/ratatoskr.git`.
 
 ## Recent decisions
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ratatoskr"
-version = "0.19.1"
+version = "0.19.2"
 description = "Worldtree Conversation API debug TUI — multi-pane observability dashboard"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

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;
@@ -487,6 +507,8 @@ 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 +519,8 @@ 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 +566,7 @@ 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 +627,46 @@ 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;
@@ -773,6 +835,7 @@ async function loadAffect(agentId) {
       const snap = await r.json();
       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 +857,93 @@ 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>`);
+  });
+  es.onerror = () => {
+    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 +987,11 @@ 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 +1098,13 @@ 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 +1147,7 @@ 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 +1164,18 @@ 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();
   }
@@ -1053,7 +1220,7 @@ 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(); }

tests/test_web_server.py

@@ -1062,3 +1062,123 @@ 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

uv.lock

@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatoskr"
-version = "0.19.1"
+version = "0.19.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },