fix(telegram): fence staging-temp reaping to dead publishers and exact identity

[twoimo]

Thank you for the precise review on #3614. Both P1 findings are repaired, and I found that neither actually required coordination with #3596 — exactUnlink and the no-follow readEndpointFile capture already exist on dev and are already imported by this very file, and the publisher identity you asked for is already present in the staged name the writer produces. So the repair stays entirely inside the unprotected reaper, and no DAEMON_GENERATION bump or guard regeneration is needed.

P1-1 — reaper was not publisher-liveness bound

You were right that shape + mtime cannot distinguish a blocked-but-live publisher from crash residue. Reaping now requires a proven-dead publisher:

• parseNotificationStagingTemp extracts {destination, pid, stagedAtMs} from the writer's own name shape, gated by the existing validDaemonPid, so pid 0, overflow, and non-integer values yield no claim.
• classifyNotificationStagingPublisher returns alive | dead | unknown, and maps a throwing probe to unknown.
• Only dead proceeds. alive, unknown, and no-claim all retain and count as skipped.

This is a different mechanism than the generation encoding you suggested, and I want to be explicit about why: encoding a generation into the staged name would change writeJsonAtomic, which is a protected declaration, requiring the DAEMON_GENERATION bump and manifest regeneration that #3596 owns. The pid is already in the name, so the safety property you asked for — reap only proven-dead claims — is reachable without touching the writer at all. If you would still prefer the generation-encoded form, I am glad to do it once #3596 lands.

P1-2 — pathname-only stat then unlink

Removal is now identity-bound end to end:

• Identity is captured no-follow through the existing readEndpointFile seam, which rejects symlinks and directories (Endpoint is not a regular file) and concurrent mutation (Endpoint changed while it was read). Both propagate into the existing best-effort catch, so the file is retained.
• Multi-link files are rejected via a new optional nlink on the stat seam, failing closed when the seam or the field is absent.
• Deletion goes through exactUnlinkAcceptedWithRetainedEvidence with a distinct .gjc-delete-notification-staging-temp-<uuid>.json quarantine name, so the native verifies dev+ino+size+mtimeNs+sha256 before unlinking.
• The grace decision now uses the captured identity.mtimeNs rather than a second path-following stat, so the decision and the delete bind the same inode. This also removes a fractional-mtime negative-age hazard.
• The new quarantine prefix is added to NOTIFICATION_LEAK_ARTIFACT_PREFIXES, so a retained quarantine self-heals on a later pass instead of becoming a new permanent leak.

If either seam is missing, the temp is retained — never an unfenced unlink.

Verification

Nine tests, public surface only, no as any and no private access. On unmodified dev 8 of 9 fail; with the repair 9 of 9 pass. Ran the file 8 consecutive times with zero flakes.

New coverage for exactly the races you named: live publisher never reaped however old, indeterminate liveness retained, unparseable claim retained, dead-past-grace reaped through the identity fence, ABA replacement between capture and delete refused, and a symlink shaped like a staging temp never followed or deleted.

I also isolated each fix and reverted only it, with the other in place, to prove the coverage is specific rather than incidental:

• Reverting only the liveness gate: the live-publisher and indeterminate-liveness tests fail (your P1-1, reproduced).
• Reverting only the identity fence: the ABA-replacement and symlink tests fail (your P1-2, reproduced).

The file was verified byte-identical to baseline after each revert/restore cycle.

Gates: 585 pass / 0 fail across five telegram suites, tsc --noEmit clean, biome check clean, and telegram-daemon-generation-guard --validate-current-tree exits 0 with no generation bump demanded. Rebased onto current dev `7f5167c86`.

One honest gap

The startup self-heal call site lives inside the guard-protected run declaration, so threading an injectable pidAlive there tripped the manifest digest check. I reverted that one line; startup self-heal uses the production probe, which is behaviorally correct, but that specific path is not test-injectable. Both exported entry points are fully injectable and every fence branch is covered through them.

[twoimo]

This is the exact-current-base successor to closed #3620. GitHub would not reopen #3620 after its requested force-push/rebase (state cannot be changed ... branch was force-pushed or recreated), so I opened this replacement. Head 9b7c29d67 is rebased onto dev@66475d503. Focused verification on this exact tree: 522 staging-temp/daemon tests passed (0 failed), the daemon generation guard passed, Biome passed, and declaration checks passed. The repository-wide SDK closure gate still reproduces the existing #3596 AD-M-G07 session.delete forwarded base failure; it is outside this Telegram diff.

[twoimo]

Independent exact-base hostile review: APPROVE (P0=0, P1=0)

Reviewed exact head 9b7c29d676863b89b0e15599ea089733c0472126 against dev@66475d50377073cd2e028da0a0377964babbaf45; the worktree was clean and the diff was limited to the three declared files.

Direct predecessor-finding map:

• Retained staging quarantines use .gjc-delete-notification-staging-temp-*, a namespace recognized by the generic leak scan (telegram-daemon.ts:1297-1302, 1532-1537, 1588-1607).
• Generic cleanup no longer authorizes mutation with path-following stat plus bare unlink. It captures the endpoint no-follow, requires a single-link regular-file observation, computes age from captured mtimeNs, and delegates mutation only to native exact unlink bound to the captured identity (:1520-1557).
• A typed cleanup_pending result is accepted only with a concrete detached path and absent canonical endpoint (:944-957); repeated retention moves into the recognized exact-unlink-placeholder namespace (:1297-1301, 1552-1557).
• Regressions cover mutation after staging capture (notifications-telegram-daemon-staging-temp-leak.test.ts:243-275), mutation after retained-quarantine capture (:276-303), and symlink no-follow retention (:305-327), asserting the successor survives.

The remaining path-following link-count observation cannot authorize deletion: exact unlink remains the only mutation and rejects identity substitution. Two-phase topic settlement/compensation belongs to separate PR #3647 and is not part of this three-file staging reaper diff.

Independent review recommendation: APPROVE. Caller verification on the same head: 522 focused tests pass, generation guard green, Biome clean, declarations clean. The repository-wide SDK closure failure remains the inherited #3596 AD-M-G07 base issue.

[Yeachan-Heo]

Hostile disposition: REQUEST_CHANGES

Fresh-base review against dev@66475d50377073cd2e028da0a0377964babbaf45; exact requested head 9b7c29d67 is current. Focused exact-head verification passed 512 tests with 0 failures, but GitHub CI is not terminal green: shard-1, native-build, generation guard, and Windows Telegram safety remain pending. The user gate forbids merge before every required exact-head check is terminal green.

Direct predecessor P1 mapping: dead-publisher staging temps now require a parseable dead PID, grace age, no-follow endpoint capture, single-link evidence, and native exact unlink; symlink and ABA replacement regressions are present. Retained notification quarantines now use the same identity-bound exact-unlink path and have a replacement-race regression. The native contract is consumed but no protected #3596 native source is modified.

The remaining hostile gate is terminal exact-green CI plus independent proof that retained-quarantine self-heal cannot convert a cleanup_pending retained successor into a false removal or bypass the native authority contract. The path-following link-count observation is not itself deletion authority because the subsequent native exact unlink rechecks captured identity, but CI and the retained self-heal terminal behavior are not yet closed. No merge or build performed.

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[twoimo]

Thank you. Successor head bcb2a1e57 adds direct terminal self-heal proof for the retained cleanup_pending contract.

The new regression models native exact unlink returning typed cleanup_pending after detaching the canonical retained quarantine into the exact requested placeholder name. It proves:

• the canonical pathname is absent before the result is accepted;
• the detached successor exists with unchanged contents under the recognized .gjc-exact-unlink-placeholder-* namespace, so acceptance cannot silently lose cleanup authority;
• the next reaper scan recognizes that retained successor, captures its exact identity again, removes it through the real native exact-unlink seam, and reports the detached path removed;
• the retained artifact is then actually absent.

This closes the false-removal/bypass concern across both scans rather than asserting only the first return value. Exact successor verification: staging regression suite 11 pass / 0 fail / 52 assertions; full daemon suite 512 pass / 0 fail; Biome clean; declarations clean; generation guard green. Fresh exact-head CI has been triggered and remains a gate until terminal.

[twoimo]

Thank you — the independent successor review correctly found that my previous “self-heal” test proved pathname rotation, not terminal cleanup. I retract that claim.

Successor head 3a0f481f2 takes the fail-closed option without weakening native authority:

• reaper-specific exact unlink now distinguishes terminal ok from typed cleanup_pending;
• only terminal native removal enters removed / self-heal removal reporting;
• cleanup_pending is reported as skipped after proving the canonical pathname absent and the detached path concrete;
• recognized .gjc-exact-unlink-placeholder-* artifacts are preserved on later scans without invoking another relocation, preventing infinite pathname churn and false reclamation claims;
• the regression now proves the detached payload remains byte-identical under exactly one recognized placeholder across the next scan, with both scans reporting no removal and a positive skipped count;
• the changelog now states this retained/nonterminal POSIX behavior explicitly instead of claiming universal reclamation.

Verification on the exact successor: staging suite 11 pass / 0 fail / 56 assertions; full daemon suite 512 pass / 0 fail; Biome clean after formatting; declarations clean; generation guard green.

[Yeachan-Heo]

Hostile disposition: REQUEST_CHANGES / BLOCKED_PENDING

Latest exact head reviewed: 3a0f481f22df0c46f51937a9da77e5507ab91065; exact base: dev@66475d50377073cd2e028da0a0377964babbaf45. The prior 9b7c29d67 evidence is not verdict authority for this latest head.

The direct predecessor P1 mapping remains substantively present: dead-publisher staging temps are fenced by parseable dead PID, grace age, no-follow endpoint capture, single-link evidence, and native exact unlink; symlink and ABA replacement regressions are covered. Retained notification quarantines use the same identity-bound exact-unlink route, and the latest contributor evidence reports the retained cleanup_pending self-heal as skipped rather than falsely removed, with the detached payload preserved under one recognized placeholder across a subsequent scan. The changed paths do not overlap protected #3596 native source; only the shared changelog path overlaps.

This latest exact head is not terminal-green: the current GitHub check set has not completed the required affected validation/generation/Windows gates. Green focused tests alone are insufficient. No merge or build is authorized. Keep the PR blocked pending terminal exact-head CI and a fresh hostile P0/P1-zero verdict on this exact head.

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[twoimo]

Successor head 281cb54c4 closes the remaining test-authority gap. I rebuilt @gajae-code/natives from this worktree’s exact Rust source before verification; the stale prebuilt addon had indeed hidden the POSIX cleanup_pending outcome.

The real-native POSIX regressions now assert the actual contract:

• dead-publisher staging temps leave the canonical .tmp namespace but are not reported removed;
• they are reported skipped and detached under the recognized retained namespace;
• a later scan normalizes the detached payload once into the exact-placeholder namespace;
• the payload-bearing placeholder is identified separately from the native internal zero-byte placeholder and retains byte-identical contents;
• a further scan leaves the complete sorted placeholder namespace and payload bytes unchanged, with no removal report and no pathname churn.

Deterministic injected-outcome coverage remains alongside this source-native integration case.

Verification using the rebuilt exact-source native addon: staging suite 11 pass / 0 fail / 69 assertions; full daemon suite 512 pass / 0 fail / 1,982 assertions; Biome clean; declarations clean; generation guard green.

[twoimo]

Independent source-native hostile verdict: APPROVE (P0=0, P1=0)

Reviewed exact head 281cb54c4580c8b51fe82663c61bd9f04d26fc61 against dev@66475d50377073cd2e028da0a0377964babbaf45; clean worktree and exact three-file scope.

• Production tri-state accounting permits only native ok to enter removed; POSIX cleanup_pending remains retained and is counted skipped (telegram-daemon.ts:960-978, 1615-1640).
• The real-native regression proves canonical staging-path absence, removed: [], retained staging bytes, one normalization into .gjc-exact-unlink-placeholder-*, distinction of the payload-bearing .json quarantine from internal placeholders, and an unchanged complete placeholder-name set plus byte-identical payload after a later scan (notifications-telegram-daemon-staging-temp-leak.test.ts:227-287).
• Exact placeholders are recognized as retained before another mutation, preventing pathname churn (telegram-daemon.ts:1561-1579).
• No-follow identity, single-link proof, ABA refusal, and symlink retention remain intact (telegram-daemon.ts:1398-1407, 1539-1558; tests 290-322, 405-427).

No P0/P1 findings. Caller verification used a native addon rebuilt from this exact Rust source: 11 staging tests / 69 assertions and 512 daemon tests / 1,982 assertions passed; Biome, declarations, and generation guard green.

— Architect 15-StagingSourceNativeFinalReview

[Yeachan-Heo]

Hostile disposition: REQUEST_CHANGES; closed

Latest exact head reviewed: 1e31638c6ef21057cfaacca6c346ba3d48cf6262; PR base remains dev@66475d50377073cd2e028da0a0377964babbaf45, while canonical dev advanced after #3647 merge to 1fbd7d4f18db63fe02d2e0001d1889fea386f365. The PR is therefore stale against the required fresh dev base. Its exact-head CI also still has Affected path validation / test:@gajae-code/coding-agent:shard-1-of-8 pending.

Direct predecessor P1 mapping is substantively present: dead-publisher staging temps use parseable dead-PID, age, no-follow identity, single-link, and native exact-unlink authority; symlink and ABA replacement regressions are covered; retained cleanup_pending self-heal preserves the detached payload under a recognized placeholder and reports skipped rather than falsely removed. Exact-head focused verification passed 512 daemon tests with 0 failures, but focused green tests cannot override stale base and non-terminal exact CI.

No merge or build performed for #3648. Rebase onto current dev, obtain terminal exact-head green CI, and request a fresh signed hostile review. Protected #3596 native source remains untouched; only the shared changelog path overlaps.

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[Yeachan-Heo]

Hostile disposition: REQUEST_CHANGES; closed

Latest exact head reviewed: 1e31638c6ef21057cfaacca6c346ba3d48cf6262; PR base remains dev@66475d50377073cd2e028da0a0377964babbaf45, while canonical dev advanced after #3647 merge to 1fbd7d4f18db63fe02d2e0001d1889fea386f365. The PR is therefore stale against the required fresh dev base. Its exact-head CI also still has Affected path validation / test:@gajae-code/coding-agent:shard-1-of-8 pending.

Direct predecessor P1 mapping is substantively present: dead-publisher staging temps use parseable dead-PID, age, no-follow identity, single-link, and native exact-unlink authority; symlink and ABA replacement regressions are covered; retained cleanup_pending self-heal preserves the detached payload under a recognized placeholder and reports skipped rather than falsely removed. Exact-head focused verification passed 512 daemon tests with 0 failures, but focused green tests cannot override stale base and non-terminal exact CI.

No merge or build performed for #3648. Rebase onto current dev, obtain terminal exact-head green CI, and request a fresh signed hostile review. Protected #3596 native source remains untouched; only the shared changelog path overlaps.

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