feat(product): complete durable Braid workflows and terminal UX

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 {"skill":"/harden","ts":"2026-08-12T17:28:15Z","project":"braid-retained-v2-wt","target":"Braid retained Tangle lifecycle, public proof redaction, replay races, and cleanup n=65 files","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"APPROVE","dispatchedTo":"/critical-audit","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
 {"skill":"/critical-audit","ts":"2026-08-12T17:28:16Z","project":"braid-retained-v2-wt","target":"Braid retained Tangle lifecycle, stress proof, and public evidence n=65 files","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"APPROVE","dispatchedTo":"/verify","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
 {"skill":"/verify","ts":"2026-08-12T17:28:16Z","project":"braid-retained-v2-wt","target":"Braid retained Tangle source, 683 tests, packed terminal, cloud proof contracts, and CLI Bridge matrix","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"PASS","dispatchedTo":"/ship","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/reconcile","ts":"2026-08-13T19:15:27Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"DeepSeek Harness and Cordis","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"ADAPT","dispatchedTo":"/build-with-agent-runtime","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/reconcile","ts":"2026-08-13T20:16:04Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"Cordis as a foundation for Braid","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"REJECT","dispatchedTo":"/build-with-agent-runtime","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/autopsy","ts":"2026-08-13T20:39:54Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"Braid retained Tangle Sandbox follow-up after forced restart","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"DESIGN_FLAW","dispatchedTo":"/build-with-agent-runtime","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/reconcile","ts":"2026-08-13T21:00:22Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"https://github.com/cordiverse/cordis at 8cc9e33fab69e2d0476d126baaf2acb24e6a6ab4","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"REJECT","dispatchedTo":"/build-with-agent-runtime","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/critical-audit","ts":"2026-08-13T21:09:48Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"agent-runtime retained identity and existing-environment start n=11 files","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"APPROVE","dispatchedTo":"/stop","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/reconcile","ts":"2026-08-13T21:45:28Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"cordiverse/cordis as a Braid foundation","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"REJECT","dispatchedTo":"/stop","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/autopsy","ts":"2026-08-13T21:58:28Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"Sandbox isolated package smoke skipped prepack","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"FIXED_INFRA_BUG","dispatchedTo":"/verify","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}
+{"skill":"/deep-clean","ts":"2026-08-15T03:11:57Z","project":"braid-goal-latest-wt","target":"Braid release branch: removed stale generated artifacts and speculative release machinery","operatorPrompt":"","durationMin":null,"verdict":"GREEN","dispatchedTo":"/converge","operatorOverride":null,"transcriptPath":null,"traceDir":null}

.github/workflows/release.yml

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           INDEX_SHA256="$(sha256sum "$ENDORSEMENT/files.sha256" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
           grep -Fx "index_sha256=$INDEX_SHA256" "$ENDORSEMENT/statement.txt"
 
-      - name: Publish the approved tarball
+      - name: Install the pinned npm client
+        run: |
+          npm install --global npm@11.18.0
+          test "$(npm --version)" = 11.18.0
+
+      - name: Check the registry version
+        id: registry
         env:
           ARCHIVE: ${{ needs.candidate.outputs.archive }}
           VERSION: ${{ needs.candidate.outputs.version }}
         run: |
-          npm install --global npm@11.18.0
-          test "$(npm --version)" = 11.18.0
-          if npm view "@tangle-network/braid@$VERSION" version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "@tangle-network/braid@$VERSION already exists; checking it instead of republishing"
-          else
-            npm publish "$RUNNER_TEMP/braid-release/candidate/$ARCHIVE" --provenance --access public
-          fi
+          RESULT="$(node scripts/release/check-registry-collision.mjs \
+            --package "@tangle-network/braid@$VERSION" \
+            --tarball "$RUNNER_TEMP/braid-release/candidate/$ARCHIVE" \
+            --json)"
+          printf '%s\n' "$RESULT"
+          STATUS="$(RESULT="$RESULT" node -e "process.stdout.write(JSON.parse(process.env.RESULT).status)")"
+          printf 'status=%s\n' "$STATUS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Publish the approved tarball
+        if: steps.registry.outputs.status == 'available'
+        env:
+          ARCHIVE: ${{ needs.candidate.outputs.archive }}
+        run: npm publish "$RUNNER_TEMP/braid-release/candidate/$ARCHIVE" --provenance --access public
 
       - name: Verify and retain npm provenance
         env:

README.md

@@ -233,29 +233,33 @@ Retained lifecycle is an explicit connection configuration option with a bounded
 
 Before retained execution creates a sandbox, Braid requires exact control plus provider-backed lookup for an unacknowledged dispatch.
 
-The current published provider does not report that complete contract or lookup, so Braid rejects retained mode without creating a resource.
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-When the provider reports both, a fresh Braid process can recover before or after the six-field reference commits.
+The current provider reports both, so a fresh Braid process can recover before or after the six-field reference commits.
 
 Native follow-up turns remain disabled until the provider also proves that its context boundary matches Braid's recorded boundary.
 
 Checkpoint, environment fork, and interaction response remain unavailable until the shared provider reports and proves those operations.
 
 The user can inspect the requested and verified execution location, but provider-private machine details remain unavailable when they are not reported.
 
-The latest passing production stress proof completed 20 of 20 ephemeral Braid turns through OpenCode, GLM 5.2, and Tangle Sandbox at four-way concurrency.
+On 2026-08-15, the default retained production cohort passed 3 of 3 Braid runs through OpenCode, GLM 5.2, and Tangle Sandbox at two-way concurrency.
 
-All 20 remote environments were unique and confirmed deleted, while the account's active Sandbox count returned from four to four.
+Each proof killed the first Braid process, reconnected once, continued in the same provider session, cancelled a later turn, replayed the same cancellation, and rejected changed input.
+
+All three exact sandboxes were confirmed deleted, and the account's active Sandbox count returned to its starting value.
 
-See the [secret-free proof artifact](artifacts/verification/live/tangle-sandbox-braid-execution-stress-production-20260812.json) for every run, token receipt, latency, environment observation, and cleanup result.
+Individual proof duration was 82.3 seconds minimum, 89.0 seconds median, and 96.2 seconds maximum.
 
-A later canary found a current platform regression before environment allocation.
+Six completed turns reported 9,231 input tokens, 1,992 output tokens, and $0 provider cost; token and cost data were unavailable for three cancelled turns.
 
-Fresh credentials authenticated Sandbox and Router, but the internal model-key step rejected the Sandbox service with HTTP 403.
+The provider exposed cgroup v2 memory samples with a 2,048 MB limit and 630–633 MB peak use.
 
-Braid left zero owned environments, while [ADC issue 5277](https://github.com/tangle-network/agent-dev-container/issues/5277) tracks the platform failure.
+Machine identity, IP address, effective CPU and storage, placement, region, and per-sandbox cost remained unavailable because the provider did not report them.
+
+The earlier ephemeral stress proof completed 20 of 20 Braid turns at four-way concurrency.
+
+All 20 remote environments were unique and confirmed deleted, while the account's active Sandbox count returned from four to four.
 
-[Runtime issue 808](https://github.com/tangle-network/agent-runtime/issues/808) tracks the separate ten-minute retry of that permanent rejection.
+See the [ephemeral proof artifact](artifacts/verification/live/tangle-sandbox-braid-execution-stress-production-20260812.json) for every earlier run, token receipt, latency, environment observation, and cleanup result.
 
 The [verification record](docs/08-verification.md#current-core-path-observations) keeps the full results, limits, and tracked platform work.
 

artifacts/verification/tui-audit/after/w6/120x40-plain.txt

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+Braid ready — /home/drew/code/braid-goal-latest-wt
+status: ready for a message
+conversation: New conversation; branch: branch-1
+profile: Braid starter; runner: pi; connection: deterministic fixture
+appearance: none; high contrast off; reduced motion off
+event 2: draft.changed; status: ready for a message
+event 3: run.requested; status: admitted: W6 plain proof
+event 4: effect.upserted; status: streaming
+event 5: run.provider.event; status: streaming: {"type":"backend_start","task":{"id":"turn-a87a8819-9685-42df-8e1f-11690d0a4e83","intent":"W6 plain proof","metadata":{"identity":{"profileDigest":"sha256:8344a03c82d5cb9207910fe0cb05ef0757b58b8cea9a7cc82f36055694d58983","taskDigest":"sha256:f75eb08b6c6a3120e5297421baed1e5e2553899395ec5981e0fda4c9ce725300"}}},"session":{"id":"1c480acb-01f2-4964-86f6-fe0900712ee0","backend":"executor","status":"active","createdAt":"2026-08-15T00:50:34.906Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-15T00:50:34.906Z","metadata":"[unavailable]"},"
+event 6: application.shutdown.requested; status: streaming
+event 7: run.control.requested; status: cancelling: requested
+event 8: run.cancel.requested; status: cancelling: requested
+event 9: effect.upserted; status: cancelling
+event 10: effect.upserted; status: cancelling
+event 11: run.control.acknowledged; status: cancelling: CONTROL_ACKNOWLEDGED
+event 12: run.finished; status: aborted
+event 13: effect.upserted; status: cancelled

artifacts/verification/tui-audit/after/w6/120x40.txt

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artifacts/verification/tui-audit/after/w6/200x60-plain.txt

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+Braid ready — /home/drew/code/braid-goal-latest-wt
+status: ready for a message
+conversation: New conversation; branch: branch-1
+profile: Braid starter; runner: pi; connection: deterministic fixture
+appearance: none; high contrast off; reduced motion off
+event 2: draft.changed; status: ready for a message
+event 3: run.requested; status: admitted: W6 plain proof
+event 4: effect.upserted; status: streaming
+event 5: run.provider.event; status: streaming: {"type":"backend_start","task":{"id":"turn-a87a8819-9685-42df-8e1f-11690d0a4e83","intent":"W6 plain proof","metadata":{"identity":{"profileDigest":"sha256:8344a03c82d5cb9207910fe0cb05ef0757b58b8cea9a7cc82f36055694d58983","taskDigest":"sha256:f75eb08b6c6a3120e5297421baed1e5e2553899395ec5981e0fda4c9ce725300"}}},"session":{"id":"1c480acb-01f2-4964-86f6-fe0900712ee0","backend":"executor","status":"active","createdAt":"2026-08-15T00:50:34.906Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-15T00:50:34.906Z","metadata":"[unavailable]"},"
+event 6: application.shutdown.requested; status: streaming
+event 7: run.control.requested; status: cancelling: requested
+event 8: run.cancel.requested; status: cancelling: requested
+event 9: effect.upserted; status: cancelling
+event 10: effect.upserted; status: cancelling
+event 11: run.control.acknowledged; status: cancelling: CONTROL_ACKNOWLEDGED
+event 12: run.finished; status: aborted
+event 13: effect.upserted; status: cancelled

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+profile Braid starter · pi / fixture/deterministic · deterministic fixture                                                                                          in 8 · out 12 · calls 1 · model 50ms

artifacts/verification/tui-audit/after/w6/40x12-plain.txt

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+Braid ready — /home/drew/code/braid-goal-latest-wt
+status: ready for a message
+conversation: New conversation; branch: branch-1
+profile: Braid starter; runner: pi; connection: deterministic fixture
+appearance: none; high contrast off; reduced motion off
+event 2: draft.changed; status: ready for a message
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+event 4: effect.upserted; status: streaming
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+event 6: application.shutdown.requested; status: streaming
+event 7: run.control.requested; status: cancelling: requested
+event 8: run.cancel.requested; status: cancelling: requested
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+event 10: effect.upserted; status: cancelling
+event 11: run.control.acknowledged; status: cancelling: CONTROL_ACKNOWLEDGED
+event 12: run.finished; status: aborted
+event 13: effect.upserted; status: cancelled

artifacts/verification/tui-audit/after/w6/40x12.txt

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artifacts/verification/tui-audit/after/w6/80x24-plain.txt

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+Braid ready — /home/drew/code/braid-goal-latest-wt
+status: ready for a message
+conversation: New conversation; branch: branch-1
+profile: Braid starter; runner: pi; connection: deterministic fixture
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+event 7: run.control.requested; status: cancelling: requested
+event 8: run.cancel.requested; status: cancelling: requested
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+event 11: run.control.acknowledged; status: cancelling: CONTROL_ACKNOWLEDGED
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+event 13: effect.upserted; status: cancelled

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+ › Which coding agent will handle my next task, and where will it run?
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+ · run result · Ctrl+E details
+ Pi will run the task through Local CLI Bridge with gpt-5.6-luna. The Release engineer AgentProfile supplies its
+ instructions and permissions. Braid keeps the transcript, approvals, branches, and trace analysis.
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