diff --git a/BUILD-LOG.md b/BUILD-LOG.md
index fcae84a66..cf6ce94a3 100644
--- a/BUILD-LOG.md
+++ b/BUILD-LOG.md
@@ -4304,3 +4304,11 @@ After: feat aaf87213, which `queue review verify-commit 58 HEAD` matches to roun
 Gate (Sage, scratch worktree of eace3fef plus the candidate, sequential and teed, 23:57-00:01Z): bus 84, tasks 71, webui 61, control-board 124, cli 113 node tests; test-auth 15, test-conductor 17, test-config 24, test-discord 66, test-extension-package 18, test-foundation 44, test-queue 27, test-release 14, test-task 98, all 0 failed (Docker on). Manifest OK. Network, node_modules link and worktree removed. Row 58 done at rev 566; #1547 closed with comment 27533. Row 60 re-rounds next, with Filbert's Q2 (the decisions README row) in scope (rev 569).
 
 Also: rows 78 and 79 briefed (revs 562-563) and re-pinned to brief blob 4784ee65 (revs 567-568). Correction: 20076324's subject says rev 561 is in it; 561 is in Filbert's e525fedc, and 20076324 holds 562-563 plus Dewey's 564.
+
+### 2026-10-12 — Rocko, row 78 round 1 candidate: Claude pin default-path tests (#1572)
+
+Before (bbd22f1b): no test sends a default pin (`command -v claude`, no `--claude`) through the exec or character checks in `scripts/bus-service.sh`. A mutant that makes either check skip only the default survives the cli tests.
+
+After (candidate, uncommitted packet agents/rocko/work/queue-78/, candidate manifest 3016dbf1, packet manifest 9e067f40, 32 files): one test in host.test.mjs, plus mutants.sh. Case 1: the only claude on PATH is mode 0644, and render exits 1 with "not an executable file" and empty stdout. Case 2: claude sits in a PATH dir with a space, and render exits 1 with "cannot carry" and empty stdout. The code refused both, as the brief expected. PATH holds only the test's dirs, because this host's real /usr/bin/claude would otherwise stand in for the file without the execute bit. Mutants default-skips-exec-check and default-skips-char-check are both killed on the candidate and both survive on the base. No change to bus-service.sh or adapter.sh.
+
+Gate (Rocko, scratch worktree bbd22f1b plus the candidate, sequential, 00:05:37Z-00:09:03Z): cli 114/114, 0 skipped; test-auth 15, test-conductor 17, test-config 24, test-discord 66, test-extension-package 18, test-foundation 44, test-queue 27, test-release 14, test-task 98, all 0 failed (Docker). Removed the rocko-r78_default network. Queue revs 570, 572-573; the request failed without a credential, as expected. No commits, no pushes, no tokens read.
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/BUILD.md b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/BUILD.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6336575fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/BUILD.md
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Row 78 (#1572): Claude pin default-path tests, candidate packet, round 1
+
+Author: Rocko. Reviewer: Filbert. Brief:
+`docs/plans/2026-10-11_claude-pin-and-coder-grant.md`, section "Claude pin
+default-path tests" (blob 4784ee65, re-pinned by Sage at revs 567-568). This
+covers Filbert's row 72 note N1, comment 27460 on #1566. Base: `bbd22f1b`
+(`base.txt`). The packet is uncommitted. I made no commits, pushes or Gitea
+calls and read no token or private binding.
+
+## Files (`files.txt`, `candidate-manifest.sha256`)
+
+| File | Change |
+|---|---|
+| `packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs` | +1 test: "bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space" |
+| `agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh` | the mutant rerun: `mutants.sh <tree>` |
+
+There's no change to `scripts/bus-service.sh` or `adapters/claude/adapter.sh`.
+
+## What the test does
+
+It runs `bus-service.sh render` with no `--claude` under `bash`. `PATH` is
+the test's own bin dir plus a tools dir holding links to node, dirname, sed
+and readlink. This is the isolation row 72's test uses, and here it matters:
+this host has a real `/usr/bin/claude`. With `/usr/bin` on `PATH`,
+`command -v claude` skips a file without the execute bit and returns that
+real binary instead. I checked this in a throwaway directory before the
+build.
+
+1. The only `claude` on `PATH` is a regular file, mode 0644. bash's
+   `command -v` still returns it when no executable `claude` exists.
+   Render exits 1, stderr says "not an executable file", and stdout is
+   empty.
+2. `claude`, mode 0755, sits in a `PATH` dir named `spaced bin`. Render
+   exits 1, stderr says "cannot carry" and names the full path, and stdout
+   is empty.
+
+As the brief expected, the code refuses both cases. There is no deviation,
+unlike row 72's directory case.
+
+## Mutants (`out/mutants-candidate.txt`, `out/mutants-base.txt`)
+
+The existing `--claude` tests already exercise both checks for a given pin.
+Dropping either check outright is killed on the base, so it says nothing
+about the default path. Each mutant here instead makes one check skip only
+the default (`CLAUDE_SET=0`) and keeps it for `--claude`:
+
+| Mutant | Edit in `scripts/bus-service.sh` | Base `bbd22f1b` | Candidate |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `default-skips-exec-check` | `[ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] \|\| { [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ]; } \|\| die …` | **survived** | killed: host.test.mjs:640 (case 1's exit status) |
+| `default-skips-char-check` | `case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] \|\| die … ;; esac` | **survived** | killed: host.test.mjs:647 (case 2's exit status) |
+
+The script saves the file, applies the sed and checks it changed something.
+It then runs `packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs` and restores the file from
+the saved copy. The base run used a clean detached worktree at `bbd22f1b`,
+which I removed afterwards. `out/mutants-*/` holds each diff and log. The
+script exits 1 on the base, as it should when a mutant survives.
+
+I didn't add a mutant for the absolute-path check. `command -v` returns an
+absolute path unless a `PATH` entry is relative, and the brief doesn't name
+that case.
+
+## Gate (`out/gate/`, sequential, scratch worktree at bbd22f1b with the candidate, `node_modules` linked)
+
+Run 00:05:37Z-00:09:03Z.
+
+| Suite | Result |
+|---|---|
+| cli `node --test 'packages/cli/tests/*.test.mjs'` | 114 pass, 0 fail, 0 skipped |
+| test-auth | 15 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-conductor | 17 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-config | 24 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-discord | 66 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-extension-package | 18 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-foundation | 44 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-queue | 27 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-release | 14 passed, 0 failed |
+| test-task | 98 passed, 0 failed (Docker) |
+
+The cli count is 114 against 113 at row 72's landing; the one added test is
+this row's. After the gate I removed the `rocko-r78_default` network.
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/base.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6548b898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/base.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bbd22f1b09a0f4d9defc15bc3153976a28801f20
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/build.patch b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc760e9e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh
+new file mode 100755
+index 00000000..0909b5b5
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh
+@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
++#!/usr/bin/env bash
++# Row 78 (#1572): rerun the mutants against a tree. Usage: mutants.sh <tree>.
++# Each mutant makes one check in scripts/bus-service.sh skip the default pin
++# (no --claude) while still applying to --claude, runs the cli host tests,
++# and restores the file from a saved copy, so the tree need not be
++# committed. Prints "killed" or "SURVIVED" per mutant; exit 1 if any
++# survives, a sed doesn't change the file, or the unmutated run fails.
++set -euo pipefail
++TREE="$(cd "${1:?usage: mutants.sh <tree>}" && pwd)"
++cd "$TREE"
++SCRIPT=scripts/bus-service.sh
++TESTS=(packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs)
++run_tests() { node --test "${TESTS[@]}" >"$1" 2>&1; }
++
++# name | sed expression
++MUTANTS=(
++  'default-skips-exec-check|s/^    \[ -f "\$bin" \] && \[ -x "\$bin" \] || die /    [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || { [ -f "$bin" ] \&\& [ -x "$bin" ]; } || die /'
++  'default-skips-char-check|s/^    case "\$bin" in \*\[!A-Za-z0-9\/._+-\]\*) die /    case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9\/._+-]*) [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || die /'
++)
++
++OUT="${OUT:-$TREE/.mutants}"
++mkdir -p "$OUT"
++run_tests "$OUT/baseline.log" || { echo "baseline run failed: $OUT/baseline.log" >&2; exit 1; }
++echo "baseline: pass"
++status=0
++for m in "${MUTANTS[@]}"; do
++  IFS='|' read -r name expr <<<"$m"
++  cp -p "$SCRIPT" "$OUT/orig"
++  sed -i -e "$expr" "$SCRIPT"
++  if cmp -s "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT"; then
++    echo "$name: NOT APPLIED (sed matched nothing)"; status=1; continue
++  fi
++  diff -u "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT" >"$OUT/$name.diff" || true
++  if run_tests "$OUT/$name.log"; then
++    echo "$name: SURVIVED"; status=1
++  else
++    echo "$name: killed ($(grep -E '^✖' "$OUT/$name.log" | grep -v 'failing tests' | sed 's/ ([0-9.]*ms)$//' | sort -u | tr '\n' ';'))"
++  fi
++  cp -p "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT"
++  cmp -s "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT" || { echo "restore failed: $SCRIPT" >&2; exit 1; }
++  rm -f "$OUT/orig"
++done
++exit "$status"
+diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs
+index 13a621ae..6f0961af 100644
+--- a/packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs
++++ b/packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs
+@@ -611,3 +611,41 @@ test("bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresol
+   assert.equal(pinned(r.stdout), join(linkBin, "claude"));
+   assert.ok(!r.stdout.includes(real), "the target never reaches the unit");
+ });
++
++// Row 78 (#1572): the default from `command -v claude` takes the same checks
++// as --claude. PATH holds only the test's dirs, so a real claude elsewhere on
++// the host can't stand in for the one under test.
++test("bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space", (t) => {
++  const dir = tmp(t);
++  const script = join(REPO, "scripts", "bus-service.sh");
++  const tools = join(dir, "tools");
++  mkdirSync(tools);
++  symlinkSync(process.execPath, join(tools, "node"));
++  for (const tool of ["dirname", "sed", "readlink"]) {
++    const at = ["/usr/bin", "/bin"].map((d) => join(d, tool)).find((p) => existsSync(p));
++    symlinkSync(at, join(tools, tool));
++  }
++  const bash = ["/usr/bin/bash", "/bin/bash"].find((p) => existsSync(p));
++  const run = (bin) => spawnSync(bash, [script, "render"], { encoding: "utf8", env: { PATH: `${bin}:${tools}`, HOME: dir } });
++  const stand = (bin, mode) => {
++    mkdirSync(bin);
++    writeFileSync(join(bin, "claude"), '#!/bin/sh\necho "9.9.9 (Claude Code)"\n');
++    chmodSync(join(bin, "claude"), mode);
++    return bin;
++  };
++
++  // The only claude on PATH has no execute bit: `command -v` still returns
++  // it, and the -x check refuses it.
++  let r = run(stand(join(dir, "noexec-bin"), 0o644));
++  assert.equal(r.status, 1);
++  assert.match(r.stderr, /not an executable file/);
++  assert.equal(r.stdout, "");
++
++  // claude in a PATH dir with a space: systemd would split the pin there.
++  const spaced = stand(join(dir, "spaced bin"), 0o755);
++  r = run(spaced);
++  assert.equal(r.status, 1);
++  assert.match(r.stderr, /cannot carry/);
++  assert.ok(r.stderr.includes(join(spaced, "claude")), r.stderr);
++  assert.equal(r.stdout, "");
++});
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/candidate-manifest.sha256 b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/candidate-manifest.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bc94e77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/candidate-manifest.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+c66ad9b1f058c19cce3e02083c6bf3b2122cc3d1897ea48c0f02c188c6b99c10  agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh
+13c473d7cd252c5e3492e26cde273d40e259fda2ef75553dfa9cdfe3b1780797  packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/files.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/files.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05182b7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/files.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh
+packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0909b5b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/mutants.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Row 78 (#1572): rerun the mutants against a tree. Usage: mutants.sh <tree>.
+# Each mutant makes one check in scripts/bus-service.sh skip the default pin
+# (no --claude) while still applying to --claude, runs the cli host tests,
+# and restores the file from a saved copy, so the tree need not be
+# committed. Prints "killed" or "SURVIVED" per mutant; exit 1 if any
+# survives, a sed doesn't change the file, or the unmutated run fails.
+set -euo pipefail
+TREE="$(cd "${1:?usage: mutants.sh <tree>}" && pwd)"
+cd "$TREE"
+SCRIPT=scripts/bus-service.sh
+TESTS=(packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs)
+run_tests() { node --test "${TESTS[@]}" >"$1" 2>&1; }
+
+# name | sed expression
+MUTANTS=(
+  'default-skips-exec-check|s/^    \[ -f "\$bin" \] && \[ -x "\$bin" \] || die /    [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || { [ -f "$bin" ] \&\& [ -x "$bin" ]; } || die /'
+  'default-skips-char-check|s/^    case "\$bin" in \*\[!A-Za-z0-9\/._+-\]\*) die /    case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9\/._+-]*) [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || die /'
+)
+
+OUT="${OUT:-$TREE/.mutants}"
+mkdir -p "$OUT"
+run_tests "$OUT/baseline.log" || { echo "baseline run failed: $OUT/baseline.log" >&2; exit 1; }
+echo "baseline: pass"
+status=0
+for m in "${MUTANTS[@]}"; do
+  IFS='|' read -r name expr <<<"$m"
+  cp -p "$SCRIPT" "$OUT/orig"
+  sed -i -e "$expr" "$SCRIPT"
+  if cmp -s "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT"; then
+    echo "$name: NOT APPLIED (sed matched nothing)"; status=1; continue
+  fi
+  diff -u "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT" >"$OUT/$name.diff" || true
+  if run_tests "$OUT/$name.log"; then
+    echo "$name: SURVIVED"; status=1
+  else
+    echo "$name: killed ($(grep -E '^✖' "$OUT/$name.log" | grep -v 'failing tests' | sed 's/ ([0-9.]*ms)$//' | sort -u | tr '\n' ';'))"
+  fi
+  cp -p "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT"
+  cmp -s "$OUT/orig" "$SCRIPT" || { echo "restore failed: $SCRIPT" >&2; exit 1; }
+  rm -f "$OUT/orig"
+done
+exit "$status"
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate.sh b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cc15e80aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -u
+W=/mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78; G=/mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78-out/gate
+mkdir -p $G; cd $W
+date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ > $G/start.txt
+: > $G/summary.txt
+for p in cli; do
+  node --test "packages/$p/tests/*.test.mjs" > $G/$p.log 2>&1; rc=$?
+  echo "$p rc=$rc $(grep -E '^ℹ (pass|fail|skipped)' $G/$p.log | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $G/summary.txt
+done
+for s in scripts/test-*.sh; do
+  n=$(basename $s .sh)
+  bash $s > $G/$n.log 2>&1; rc=$?
+  echo "$n rc=$rc $(grep -iE '[0-9]+ passed|passed.*failed|failed' $G/$n.log | tail -1)" >> $G/summary.txt
+done
+date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ > $G/end.txt
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/cli.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/cli.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b28fe6cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/cli.log
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+✔ every screen and overlay fits 120x36, 80x24 and the narrow layout, row for row (1910.633632ms)
+✔ width counts terminal cells: wide CJK and emoji 2, U+FE0F after a one-cell base 1, marks 0 (143.112029ms)
+✔ broker text is shown, never interpreted: no raw control character or bidi override reaches the terminal (279.826101ms)
+✔ NO_COLOR: no escape codes, except reverse video on the selected row (391.035639ms)
+✔ 1-9 shows the decide flow's own lines and question; only y resolves (67.853213ms)
+✔ the app shows the same decide text as mosaic decide (31.944793ms)
+✔ any key but y or Y at the question answers No; nothing is sent (433.56893ms)
+✔ below 40x10 the question is hidden, so every key answers it No, y included (Filbert R3) (123.841203ms)
+✔ a throw while answering the question goes to crash, sends nothing and leaves no job pending (33.003865ms)
+✔ type-ahead never answers the question: a paste, keys typed before it is drawn, keys inside askMs (506.38546ms)
+✔ quitting at the question answers No and sends nothing, armed or not (89.764123ms)
+✔ a timer tick reads nothing under an overlay, never answers the question, and keeps a resolved status (72.091968ms)
+✔ a long question is cut inside the question; the action, target, choice and prompt stay (Dewey B1) (73.630176ms)
+✔ a decide box too big for the terminal says so, and every key answers it No, y included (Dewey B1, round 3) (461.801402ms)
+✔ at every size the decide box shows each line y depends on, or says it is hidden (15606.511378ms)
+✔ outcome unknown: the CLI's sentence, no retry, then the trail or a re-read (85.695605ms)
+✔ refused and failed reads keep the last list, marked stale; a refused decide says refused (38.38841ms)
+✔ keys: views, moving, trail of a selection, the command line, help and quit (118.586541ms)
+✔ one option: the status line says Press 1, not 1-1 (32.072393ms)
+✔ no business: the app says so and :business picks one (14.585079ms)
+✔ mosaic with no argument: exit 3 in an agent run, exit 4 with the usage off a terminal, the app on one (2.603454ms)
+✔ scripts/mosaic with no argument reaches the app entry; the seat usage it printed before has not drifted (262.887666ms)
+✔ strings to keep exactly live once, in the decide flow and the transport; the app does not restate them (0.670846ms)
+✔ decide with --note still asks; a No sends nothing (12.425329ms)
+✔ the app's business comes from a live bus host only (1.266359ms)
+✔ runApp leaves the terminal as it found it on q, end of input, SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGHUP and an error, the first frame's included (10.630551ms)
+✔ draw is pure: same state, same frame (1.002736ms)
+✔ inbox lists only decisions routed to the human, with what approving authorizes and how to decide (62.395894ms)
+✔ decide resolves by id prefix with --yes, and the trail shows it in broker order with the task to follow (41.83927ms)
+✔ decide refuses without a terminal or --yes, on an unknown option and on a short reference (37.272261ms)
+✔ decide prints a declining choice as declining (27.334962ms)
+✔ an unknown outcome is reported once and never resent (27.982566ms)
+✔ a decision closed before the answer arrives exits 2 and points at its trail (18.589117ms)
+✔ a prefix that matches two open decisions exits 2 and resolves neither (21.540599ms)
+✔ without --business a command uses the live host's business, and a stale host.json is not a host (16.229738ms)
+✔ every human command refuses inside an agent run before it touches the bus (15.049641ms)
+✔ usage errors exit 4; no business and no host is a usage error (25.282199ms)
+✔ agents and tasks print through the broker (29.350635ms)
+✔ notify.json: missing, loose, malformed and extra keys refuse; a binding or null passes (2.599913ms)
+✔ bootConfig builds the broker's boot message for one business, with no trackers key when no project names one (93.001014ms)
+✔ trackers come from the tracker.* variables of the one project that names a tracker project (165.337945ms)
+✔ with two projects, the one that sets tracker.project supplies the tracker and the other is no conflict (81.63954ms)
+✔ two projects that each name a tracker project refuse, since the boot shape holds one (59.362413ms)
+✔ a business without tracker.baseUrl gets no trackers entry (57.918774ms)
+✔ an unknown business and a broken system config refuse with exit 3 (80.860704ms)
+✔ empty views say so (1.313027ms)
+✔ the trail keeps the broker's order and names a decision's task without its rows (1.574141ms)
+✔ tasks print the tracker fields the snapshot carries (0.285888ms)
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (1077.952051ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (230.359933ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (118.99623ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1137.198972ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (278.437063ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (134.075152ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (368.342365ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (252.110471ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (145.015451ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (275.148147ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (182.368233ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (281.79552ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (49.417709ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (205.384672ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (499.726888ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (274.274829ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (1608.950298ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (94.865731ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (129.718873ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (28.45915ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space (14.909042ms)
+✔ bus start --pm: the PM runs under its own PID namespace, registered, with a manifest (1330.679579ms)
+✔ the PM launches a coder through its launch tool; the coder answers; refusals name their code (554.938523ms)
+✔ a runner that stops at once ends its launch with the runner's reason (264.614384ms)
+✔ a host that died hard leaves its sessions to the next host, which kills them and ends their runs so the role can be launched again (850.041311ms)
+✔ a host that died hard leaves its sessions to the next host, which finds one already exited (23) and ends their runs so the role can be launched again (4327.987734ms)
+✔ a malformed sessions.json refuses the host start with exit 3 and stays as it was (129.833428ms)
+✔ an over-long launch request is refused at once, not at the 10 s idle timeout (128.980928ms)
+✔ a launch client that never closes its side doesn't hold the host's close (143.852901ms)
+✔ a runner that ignores SIGTERM is killed when the host closes (1247.661366ms)
+✔ claudeVersion asks MOSAIC_CLAUDE_BIN when set, else claude on PATH (9.161909ms)
+✔ zoned uses the IANA zone across DST (29.406915ms)
+✔ each open blocking decision is DM'd once, across polls and a restart; non-blocking ones are not (52.684929ms)
+✔ two blocking decisions get two DMs with different nonces (39.514614ms)
+✔ the digest nonce differs per business and per day and fits Discord's 25 characters (0.369995ms)
+✔ a failed DM is journaled, backs off, and is retried until it lands (47.590052ms)
+✔ five definite refusals stop a DM: one gave-up line, one log line, and a restart keeps the count (37.063874ms)
+✔ 429s, 5xx-style unknowns and refusals without a status never count toward the limit (28.513517ms)
+✔ a crash between the fifth refusal and its gave-up line: the next poll appends it and sends nothing (19.30849ms)
+✔ polled every POLL_MS against a permanent 403, a DM is sent at 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 min and gives up only then (159.898503ms)
+✔ a restart after the second refusal does not send before that refusal's 30 min are up (68.339892ms)
+✔ the digest goes at 08:00 Chicago once a day, with blocking ones marked as DM'd (16.286448ms)
+✔ a late start with no digest for the day sends one at once; an empty inbox gets one line (11.414629ms)
+✔ an inbox read failure is logged and the next poll retries (0.855958ms)
+✔ no Discord id reaches the journal or the log (11.39981ms)
+✔ the journal: a torn tail is copied out and truncated, so an append after it reopens cleanly (2.747398ms)
+✔ the journal: a crash between the copy and the truncate leaves a tail the next open repairs (2.385693ms)
+✔ the journal: a whole file that is one torn line truncates to empty (1.625335ms)
+✔ the journal: a malformed complete line refuses and leaves the file and any torn tail alone (0.930316ms)
+✔ the journal: a loose file mode, a loose directory or a symlinked journal refuses (1.075788ms)
+✔ the journal: a line with a wrong type refuses with exit 3 and names the field (3.793322ms)
+✔ the journal: a symlinked directory refuses and says it is a link (0.668318ms)
+✔ the journal: a dangling directory link, a parent that is a file and a journal that is a directory each refuse with exit 3 (0.956293ms)
+✔ the journal: an append after the file was swapped for a symlink refuses and writes nothing through it (0.713547ms)
+✔ the journal: a directory it cannot write or create refuses with exit 3 and names the path (0.886156ms)
+✔ digest content stays within Discord's 2000 characters (0.499336ms)
+✔ runLoop never overlaps ticks and stops after the one in flight (112.451267ms)
+task.close {} answered: invalid-request; fake saw 18 requests, first GET /info 200, GET /projects/1 200, GET /projects/1/views 200
+task.close on a missing task answered: task-not-found; it made GET /tasks/999 404
+✔ bootConfig trackers reach the S3 adapter in the real broker child, which goes ready against a fake Vikunja (442.568081ms)
+✔ the transport writes {business, verb, args} to the child and reads its JSON (79.165162ms)
+✔ a bus code on stderr becomes the exit code; garbage and timeouts are outcome problems (2362.637568ms)
+✔ busExit and refuseInsideAgent (0.811859ms)
+✔ talk sends a REQUEST, prints and reads everything that arrives, and stops at the reply (89.574109ms)
+✔ talk --wait 0 only sends; no reply within --wait exits 1 and says where it will show (1039.819465ms)
+✔ talk, stop and launches off/on refuse inside an agent run; bad arguments are usage errors (14.305242ms)
+✔ launches off and on go to the broker and change the business's launch state (12.907024ms)
+✔ launches list reads sessions.json and marks a stale entry; stop reports it and refuses a non-runner (14.709084ms)
+ℹ tests 114
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 114
+ℹ fail 0
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 21154.213603
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/end.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/end.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79e02ba7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/end.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2026-10-12T00:09:03Z
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/start.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/start.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8310ccfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/start.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2026-10-12T00:05:37Z
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/summary.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/summary.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95cf3abf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/summary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+cli rc=0 ℹ pass 114 ℹ fail 0 ℹ skipped 0 
+test-auth rc=0 selftest: 15 passed, 0 failed
+test-conductor rc=0 selftest: 17 passed, 0 failed
+test-config rc=0 selftest: 24 passed, 0 failed
+test-discord rc=0 discord suite: 66 passed, 0 failed
+test-extension-package rc=0 extension package selftest: 18 passed, 0 failed
+test-foundation rc=0 selftest: 44 passed, 0 failed
+test-queue rc=0 queue suite: 27 passed, 0 failed
+test-release rc=0 selftest: 14 passed, 0 failed
+test-task rc=0 selftest: 98 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-auth.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-auth.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac2287606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-auth.log
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+OK    status with missing harness credential exits 3 and still lists accounts
+OK    status reports harness credential (read-only) + mosaic accounts
+OK    api key material never reaches output
+OK    oauth token material never reaches output
+OK    unparseable credential file exits 2
+OK    symlinked credential file exits 4
+OK    env-side credential names reported
+OK    env var values never reach output
+OK    accounts without an accounts dir reports none and creates nothing
+OK    accounts lists files and marks the active one
+OK    loose account perms flagged in listing
+OK    agent --auth with missing account file refuses (exit 4)
+OK    agent --auth with non-0600 account file refuses
+OK    agent --auth with invalid account name refuses
+OK    auth.sh without valid config refuses
+
+selftest: 15 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-conductor.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-conductor.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62afc513c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-conductor.log
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+On branch refactor
+Your branch is up to date with 'origin/refactor'.
+
+nothing to commit, working tree clean
+OK    dry-run: allowed change, exit 0, nothing committed (exit 0)
+OK    dry-run committed nothing
+OK    apply: allowed change exits 0 (exit 0)
+OK    apply: attribution in commit subject
+OK    apply: target tree clean after commit
+OK    disallowed path refused (exit 1)
+OK    disallowed path: target untouched
+OK    syntax gate refused broken .mjs (exit 1)
+OK    syntax gate: target untouched
+OK    suite failure refused (exit 1)
+OK    suite failure: target reverted to clean
+OK    disabled policy refused (exit 2)
+OK    disabled policy: target untouched
+OK    failed run refused (exit 1)
+OK    failed run: target untouched
+OK    missing run exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    invalid policy exits 2 (exit 2)
+
+selftest: 17 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-config.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-config.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76c05ef74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-config.log
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+OK    absent adapter defaults to pi
+OK    adapter mock validates (exit 0)
+OK    unsupported adapter exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    env exports adapter
+OK    bootstrap creates default when absent (exit 0)
+OK    bootstrap wrote config file
+OK    bootstrap is idempotent on existing config (exit 0)
+OK    bootstrap did not rewrite existing config
+OK    validate missing config exits 3 (exit 3)
+OK    malformed JSON exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    unsupported configVersion exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    unknown top-level key exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    unknown execution key exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    unsupported backend exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    unsupported environment exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    relative dataRoot exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    non-canonical dataRoot exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    filesystem root dataRoot exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    home directory dataRoot exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    dataRoot containing config dir exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    control character in provider exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    symlinked config file exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    env exports resolve correctly
+OK    failed validation modified nothing
+
+selftest: 24 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-discord.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-discord.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b013f9ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-discord.log
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+toolchain: node v26.8.1
+
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/approvals.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/authorize.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/binding.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/cli.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/connector.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/context.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/engine-pi.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/errors.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/gateway.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/git.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/journal.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/notify.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/rest.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/setspark.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/tools.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/src/web.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/bin/git-credential.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/extension/tools.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/approvals.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/authorize.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/binding.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/connector.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/context.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/engine.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/fake-pi.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/gateway.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/git.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/helpers.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/journal.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/notify.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/recover.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/rest.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/setspark.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/tools.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/tests/web.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/fixtures/claim-worker.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/discord/fixtures/legacy-owner-worker.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/discord.sh
+OK    syntax: scripts/discord-service.sh
+OK    packages/discord declares no dependencies
+OK    no bot-token-shaped string in packages/discord
+OK    fixture binding uses placeholder ids only
+OK    fixture binding validates
+OK    real pi with the extension exposes exactly list_dir, read_file, search and no built-in tool
+OK    real pi with a writable root exposes exactly the three reads plus write_file and edit_file, and writes nothing at start
+OK    real pi with a web key exposes the three reads plus web_fetch and web_search, and no write tool without a writable root
+OK    real pi with a git root exposes the reads, writes and the four git verbs, commits nothing at start, and never shows the token
+OK    real pi with protocol vault adds reserve_id to the git verbs
+OK    real pi with a setspark key exposes the reads and the eight record verbs, no counters, and never shows the key
+OK    real pi refuses a git key on a read-only root (fail closed)
+OK    real pi with the pilot flags (--no-tools) exposes no tool at all
+OK    real pi exits non-zero without MOSAIC_DISCORD_TOOLS: no session, no tools (fail closed)
+OK    a failing nested test fails the run under a parent runner's NODE_TEST_CONTEXT
+OK    node --test packages/discord/tests/ (ℹ pass 178)
+OK    scripts/discord.sh --help exits 0
+OK    scripts/discord.sh check without a binding exits 4
+OK    scripts/discord.sh recover without a binding exits 4
+OK    scripts/discord.sh reload without a binding exits 4
+OK    scripts/discord-service.sh without a command exits 4
+OK    service unit renders with the repository path, a supervised run as the main process, exit 3 never retried, and reload as SIGHUP
+OK    service install writes the rendered unit (0644) and leaves no temp file
+OK    service install a second time reports unchanged
+OK    systemd-analyze verify accepts the rendered unit
+OK    service uninstall removes the unit file
+OK    service install with an unknown flag exits 4
+OK    service install with USER unset finishes and names the account for lingering
+
+discord suite: 66 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-extension-package.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-extension-package.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43e01e522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-extension-package.log
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+OK    initial ordinary-file install
+OK    installed tree matches canonical source
+OK    installed tree has no symlinks
+OK    check detects installation drift
+OK    sync refuses to overwrite installation drift
+OK    check detects an extra destination file
+OK    check detects an extra destination directory
+OK    check rejects a destination symlink
+OK    sync accepts a canonical source update
+OK    updated installation matches canonical source
+scripts/test-extension-package.sh: line 14: 2112099 Killed                     "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
+OK    forced interruption kills the replacing process
+OK    next invocation recovers old consistent installation
+OK    interrupted replacement rolled back
+OK    sync succeeds after interruption recovery
+OK    unlocked stale lock file does not block
+OK    active lock refuses a concurrent sync
+OK    source symlink fails closed
+OK    nested second entrypoint fails closed
+
+extension package selftest: 18 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-foundation.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-foundation.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6338e1e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-foundation.log
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+toolchain: node v26.8.1, python 3.12.8, jsonschema 4.26.0
+
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation-inspect.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/strict-json.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/canonical.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/resolve.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/validate-record.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/fixtures/build-fixtures.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/canonical.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/cli.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/fixtures.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/resolve.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/strict-json.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: scripts/foundation/verify-schema.py (ast only; no bytecode written)
+OK    fixture generator runs
+OK    checked-in fixtures/bundles equal a fresh generation
+OK    checked-in fixtures/raw equal a fresh generation
+OK    checked-in fixtures/index.json equal a fresh generation
+OK    checked-in demo bundles equal a fresh generation
+OK    a failing nested test fails the run under a parent runner's NODE_TEST_CONTEXT
+OK    node --test scripts/foundation/ (ℹ pass 80)
+OK    differential schema oracle: PASS: differential schema oracle (finite corpus; compatibility evidence, not equivalence proof)
+      platform witness: strftime('%Y') for year 999 -> '999' (pinned checker refuses years 0001..0999)
+      node v26.8.1; corpus 1568 records (38 pinned fixtures, 478 unique bundle records, 1052 typeCase/mutation/lexical cases)
+      schema column: agree-valid 540, agree-invalid 991, DISAGREEMENTS 0; strict-only (parser-bound) cases: 27; unsupported-kind records not schema-assessed by the inspector: 10
+      profile column (schema-valid records only): profile-valid 510, profile-invalid 30
+      profile refusals asserted: 30 schema-agreed-valid records refused only by the strict typed-string profile (rule profile-pattern-mismatch), 12 declared by name; 73 named probes verified against declared schema/profile columns
+OK    oracle: zero schema-column disagreements with the pinned checker
+OK    oracle: strict-only profile refusals are counted and asserted
+OK    demo: permitted read preview exits 0 (exit 0)
+OK    demo: permitted file.change preview exits 0 (exit 0)
+OK    demo: assignment.change proposal is unresolved (exit 3) (exit 3)
+OK    demo: revoked registration is refused (exit 3) (exit 3)
+OK    demo: message is not authority (exit 3) (exit 3)
+OK    usage: no arguments exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    io: missing file exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    io: directory exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    io: symlink exits 4 (O_NOFOLLOW) (exit 4)
+OK    bound: oversize fixture exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    profile: one final LF in a typed selection id is refused before admission (exit 2) (exit 2)
+OK    profile: two final LFs fail the schema pattern itself (exit 2) (exit 2)
+OK    profile: escaped newlines in free-form text stay allowed (exit 0) (exit 0)
+OK    profile refusal is invalid-request/profile-pattern-mismatch with selection and operation withheld, value not echoed
+OK    text output starts with the disclaimer
+OK    json output is valid JSON with result allowed and exactly the charter §7 fields
+OK    json golden matches byte-for-byte
+OK    sandboxed bundle run (env -i, PATH=/nonexistent) produced the unresolved proposal
+OK    sandbox inventory (path/type/size/mode/uid/gid/inode/mtime/sha256) unchanged by runs
+OK    canary never printed (bundle run and credential-file run)
+OK    a non-bundle JSON file is refused at the shape gate, not read into output
+OK    no field of the non-bundle file is echoed
+
+selftest: 44 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-queue.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-queue.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1f9d401c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-queue.log
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+toolchain: node v26.8.1, git version 2.55.0
+
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/cli.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/errors.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/io.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/lock.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/queue.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/review.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/src/store.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/commit.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/data.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/dispatch.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/helpers.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/lock.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/migration.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/review.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/store.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/write.test.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/fixtures/fake-gitea.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/fixtures/kill-at.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/fixtures/lock-child.mjs
+OK    syntax: packages/queue/tests/fixtures/mosaic-pre-a2.sh
+OK    syntax: scripts/queue-commit.sh
+OK    syntax: scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit
+OK    syntax: scripts/mosaic
+OK    queue-commit.sh, the guard and scripts/mosaic are executable
+OK    packages/queue declares no dependencies
+ℹ tests 150
+ℹ pass 150
+ℹ fail 0
+OK    node --test packages/queue/tests/
+OK    scripts/mosaic queue help
+skip  queue verify and render --check: this checkout (/mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78) is not the queue's canonical root (/mnt/storage/src/mosaic-stack)
+
+queue suite: 27 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-release.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-release.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7202b85d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-release.log
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+OK    valid RELEASE resolves (exit 0)
+OK    invalid RELEASE exits 1 (exit 1)
+OK    missing RELEASE exits 1 (exit 1)
+OK    valid RELEASE leaves image tag consistent with version
+OK    status safe on empty state (exit 0)
+OK    status created no pointer
+OK    fault-injected activation refuses (exit 1)
+OK    refused activation wrote no pointer
+OK    refusal logged exactly once with valid fields
+OK    healthy activation succeeds (exit 0)
+OK    pointer written with valid fields
+OK    repeat activation succeeds (log grows) (exit 0)
+OK    log is append-only across activations
+OK    rollback without previous refuses (exit 1)
+
+selftest: 14 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-task.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-task.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df6724a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/gate/test-task.log
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+OK    valid task validates (exit 0)
+OK    unknown task key exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    unsupported taskVersion exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    invalid task id exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    empty prompt exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    NUL in expectExact exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    out-of-range timeout exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    missing mission file exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    task with valid mission validates (exit 0)
+OK    invalid mission exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    validate missing task exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    validation does not modify the task file
+OK    prune dry-run exits 0 (exit 0)
+OK    dry-run deleted nothing
+OK    prune --keep=2 --yes removes oldest (exit 0)
+OK    kept exactly 2 newest runs
+OK    newest run kept, oldest pruned
+OK    append-only receipt written (3 entries)
+OK    sessions/workspaces untouched by prune
+OK    prune with invalid keep exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    mock adapter: gate passes on matching mock response (exit 0)
+OK    mock adapter: expect-mismatch recorded (exit 1)
+OK    mismatch reason recorded
+OK    unknown adapter fails closed (exit 1)
+OK    mission task runs via mock adapter (exit 0)
+OK    mission section injected into generated prompt
+OK    retry of mission run succeeds (exit 0)
+OK    retriedFrom lineage recorded
+OK    mission section present after retry (relative path resolved)
+OK    retry of missing run exits 4 (exit 4)
+OK    skill install bundled ms-tools (exit 0)
+OK    installed to skills-available
+OK    double install refuses (exit 1)
+OK    activate enables skill (exit 0)
+OK    enabled dir populated
+OK    uninstall while enabled refuses (exit 1)
+OK    deactivate moves back to available (exit 0)
+OK    uninstall removes from available (exit 0)
+OK    seat with enabled skill launches
+OK    skill path delivered to adapter
+OK    shipped researcher contract resolves (ceiling + network)
+OK    resolve-role refuses a non-role document (conductor policy) (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses name/filename mismatch (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses unknown network declaration (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses duplicate role tool (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses unsupported tool (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses missing contract file (exit 4)
+OK    version 1 role prints no contract line
+OK    shipped version 2 roles resolve with their contracts (pm, cto, coder, reviewer)
+OK    resolve-role accepts a minimal version 2 role (exit 0)
+OK    resolve-role refuses an action outside the vocabulary (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses a gated-only action in a role file (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses a Vikunja verb no role may hold (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses a version 2 role whose contract is missing (exit 2)
+OK    resolve-role refuses a contract that is a symbolic link (exit 2)
+OK    seat launches under role ceiling
+OK    role ceiling narrows seat tools (read,write,bash -> read,bash)
+OK    narrowing recorded loudly
+OK    missing role contract refuses launch (exit 2)
+OK    missing-contract refusal names the role
+OK    empty ceiling intersection -> tool-free seat
+OK    tool-free outcome recorded loudly
+OK    overridden agents dir without seat definition refuses (exit 4)
+OK    seat-resolution refusal names the seat
+OK    policy: mission only -> mission tools
+OK    policy: task only -> task tools
+OK    policy: both -> intersection (task narrowed)
+OK    policy: empty intersection -> tool-free
+OK    invalid mission capabilities rejected (exit 2)
+mosaic-task: unsupported mission tool: "sudo" (supported: read, write, edit, bash, grep, find, ls)
+OK    task run with user layer present (exit 0)
+OK    user context dispatched into generated prompt
+OK    workspace+tools task runs via mock (exit 0)
+OK    workspace path + tools delivered to adapter
+OK    persistent workspace created on host
+OK    plain task still runs (no workspace/tools) (exit 0)
+OK    workspace var present but empty when absent
+OK    tools empty when absent
+OK    unknown tool exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    workspace traversal exits 2 (exit 2)
+OK    live hello task succeeds with exact marker
+OK    result.json written in run dir
+OK    result.json contents are correct
+OK    wrong expectExact fails with exit 1 (reason: expect-mismatch)
+OK    each run gets a distinct run dir (no clobber)
+OK    list shows both runs
+OK    fork base: teach succeeds (exit 0)
+OK    fork child recalls ancestor context (exit 0)
+OK    forked child recalled ancestor code word
+OK    ancestor session untouched by fork
+OK    child session dir has its own branch file
+OK    onboard without name exits 4 (non-interactive) (exit 4)
+OK    onboard --name renders profile (exit 0)
+OK    profile written
+OK    canon structure: required filled, optional placeholdered
+OK    canon sections present
+OK    user recall run succeeds
+OK    recalled user name (response: Jason)
+OK    no agent identity on headless run
+
+selftest: 98 passed, 0 failed
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c2e9d643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+baseline: pass
+default-skips-exec-check: SURVIVED
+default-skips-char-check: SURVIVED
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/baseline.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/baseline.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb8ea34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/baseline.log
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (1105.865823ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (348.121532ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (152.119187ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1140.613602ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (345.285064ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (125.690866ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (288.294263ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (271.346601ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (142.502119ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (287.744335ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (161.551667ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (413.883691ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (97.028519ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (218.667059ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (654.709284ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (228.834369ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (1023.609058ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (214.273453ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (320.492752ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (50.120534ms)
+ℹ tests 20
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 20
+ℹ fail 0
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 7812.181038
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-char-check.diff b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-char-check.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5be1de788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-char-check.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- /mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78-out/mutants-base/orig	2026-10-11 19:04:57.545751830 -0500
++++ scripts/bus-service.sh	2026-10-11 19:05:11.703448748 -0500
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+         fi
+     fi
+     case "$bin" in /*) ;; *) die "claude path must be absolute: $bin" ;; esac
+-    case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) die "claude path contains a character the unit cannot carry: $bin" ;; esac
++    case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || die "claude path contains a character the unit cannot carry: $bin" ;; esac
+     [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ] || die "claude path is not an executable file: $bin"
+     echo "Environment=MOSAIC_CLAUDE_BIN=$bin"
+ }
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-char-check.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-char-check.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a33a93372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-char-check.log
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (850.771334ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (199.439311ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (108.361906ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1123.057482ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (190.859267ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (204.969281ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (163.106697ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (278.601659ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (108.947853ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (206.907826ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (129.306235ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (188.001447ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (37.12492ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (203.048436ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (332.162795ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (132.940427ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (858.793061ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (57.885474ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (103.115441ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (18.69613ms)
+ℹ tests 20
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 20
+ℹ fail 0
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 5620.90404
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-exec-check.diff b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-exec-check.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2c16d729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-exec-check.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- /mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78-out/mutants-base/orig	2026-10-11 19:04:57.545751830 -0500
++++ scripts/bus-service.sh	2026-10-11 19:05:05.750863894 -0500
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+     fi
+     case "$bin" in /*) ;; *) die "claude path must be absolute: $bin" ;; esac
+     case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) die "claude path contains a character the unit cannot carry: $bin" ;; esac
+-    [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ] || die "claude path is not an executable file: $bin"
++    [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || { [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ]; } || die "claude path is not an executable file: $bin"
+     echo "Environment=MOSAIC_CLAUDE_BIN=$bin"
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-exec-check.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-exec-check.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ade5fd60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-base/default-skips-exec-check.log
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (996.499489ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (223.342261ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (121.843776ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1123.253024ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (219.282992ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (122.633803ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (185.710182ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (193.397498ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (105.502985ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (180.990346ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (111.662106ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (204.610299ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (34.123378ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (203.827134ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (392.30656ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (142.595472ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (927.596381ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (85.864243ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (113.040738ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (32.921148ms)
+ℹ tests 20
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 20
+ℹ fail 0
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 5885.656683
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate.txt b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65283197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+baseline: pass
+default-skips-exec-check: killed (✖ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space;)
+default-skips-char-check: killed (✖ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space;)
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/baseline.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/baseline.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df2381280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/baseline.log
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (888.215556ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (229.030916ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (124.839935ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1134.482209ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (199.337293ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (101.066858ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (185.590307ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (172.326478ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (95.951417ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (196.391959ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (103.307314ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (192.373787ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (31.198445ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (204.634318ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (335.412793ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (140.618214ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (997.704612ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (64.082615ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (93.785576ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (18.466468ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space (12.617617ms)
+ℹ tests 21
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 21
+ℹ fail 0
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 5648.06809
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-char-check.diff b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-char-check.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edb31514f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-char-check.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- /mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78-out/mutants-candidate/orig	2026-10-11 19:03:54.689088621 -0500
++++ scripts/bus-service.sh	2026-10-11 19:04:47.919911010 -0500
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+         fi
+     fi
+     case "$bin" in /*) ;; *) die "claude path must be absolute: $bin" ;; esac
+-    case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) die "claude path contains a character the unit cannot carry: $bin" ;; esac
++    case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || die "claude path contains a character the unit cannot carry: $bin" ;; esac
+     [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ] || die "claude path is not an executable file: $bin"
+     echo "Environment=MOSAIC_CLAUDE_BIN=$bin"
+ }
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-char-check.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-char-check.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1d332609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-char-check.log
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (894.978431ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (192.403647ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (99.462314ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1110.600482ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (255.958715ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (97.794802ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (189.015384ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (186.852112ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (110.575778ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (180.334025ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (100.937588ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (200.557688ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (29.89875ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (204.411386ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (344.977835ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (140.003369ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (1100.345159ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (2180.711638ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (1419.951255ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (31.911761ms)
+✖ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space (22.022509ms)
+ℹ tests 21
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 20
+ℹ fail 1
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 9264.641005
+
+✖ failing tests:
+
+test at packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs:618:1
+✖ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space (22.022509ms)
+  AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: Expected values to be strictly equal:
+  
+  0 !== 1
+  
+      at TestContext.<anonymous> (file:///mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78/packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs:647:10)
+      at Test.runInAsyncScope (node:async_hooks:226:14)
+      at Test.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:1402:25)
+      at Test.processPendingSubtests (node:internal/test_runner/test:974:18)
+      at Test.postRun (node:internal/test_runner/test:1542:19)
+      at Test.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:1467:12)
+      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5)
+      at async Test.processPendingSubtests (node:internal/test_runner/test:974:7) {
+    generatedMessage: true,
+    code: 'ERR_ASSERTION',
+    actual: 0,
+    expected: 1,
+    operator: 'strictEqual',
+    diff: 'simple'
+  }
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-exec-check.diff b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-exec-check.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f8b337dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-exec-check.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- /mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78-out/mutants-candidate/orig	2026-10-11 19:03:54.689088621 -0500
++++ scripts/bus-service.sh	2026-10-11 19:04:42.385696149 -0500
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+     fi
+     case "$bin" in /*) ;; *) die "claude path must be absolute: $bin" ;; esac
+     case "$bin" in *[!A-Za-z0-9/._+-]*) die "claude path contains a character the unit cannot carry: $bin" ;; esac
+-    [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ] || die "claude path is not an executable file: $bin"
++    [ "$CLAUDE_SET" = 0 ] || { [ -f "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ]; } || die "claude path is not an executable file: $bin"
+     echo "Environment=MOSAIC_CLAUDE_BIN=$bin"
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-exec-check.log b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-exec-check.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..888fd86e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/out/mutants-candidate/default-skips-exec-check.log
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+✔ the host boots the broker, binds a launch in process, and the notifier DMs a blocking decision exactly once (875.635661ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies takes the host down with exit 1, so the unit restarts the pair (222.116078ms)
+✔ a second host for the same data root refuses with exit 3 while the first runs (109.443842ms)
+✔ a broker reply that misses the wait breaks the channel: the late reply answers nothing, later requests refuse, the host exits 1 (1112.250834ms)
+✔ a broker reply with another request's id, or none, breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (205.23111ms)
+✔ a broker reply with no request waiting breaks the channel and the host exits 1 (105.259436ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses stops the broker and the host refuses with exit 3 (174.767627ms)
+✔ a notifier that refuses after the broker died still refuses with exit 3, without a send to the dead broker (171.710496ms)
+✔ a notifier that dies before it replies, after the broker died, still refuses, without a send to the dead broker (116.920037ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier refuses still gives the notifier's refusal, exit 3 (173.14447ms)
+✔ a close send that fails with EPIPE after the notifier dies unanswered still gives the notifier's error (107.972712ms)
+✔ close() whose stop and close sends fail with EPIPE still finishes, with exit 1 (205.354979ms)
+✔ watchChildren reports a child that died before it was called, and one that dies later (38.66164ms)
+✔ bus stop refuses to signal a live pid that is not a bus host (203.422065ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 and the code when the broker refuses to boot; bus status names the lock (329.314656ms)
+✔ bus start refuses with exit 3 without a notifier config (134.162465ms)
+✔ bus start runs until bus stop; status reports it while it runs (862.977011ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh renders the unit and installs it into a given directory (85.718099ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh pins the claude binary, refuses one the unit can't carry, and renders without one (102.574975ms)
+✔ bus-service.sh refuses a directory pin and keeps a symlink default unresolved (23.108485ms)
+✖ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space (9.751035ms)
+ℹ tests 21
+ℹ suites 0
+ℹ pass 20
+ℹ fail 1
+ℹ cancelled 0
+ℹ skipped 0
+ℹ todo 0
+ℹ duration_ms 5485.0016
+
+✖ failing tests:
+
+test at packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs:618:1
+✖ bus-service.sh refuses a default claude without the execute bit, or in a PATH dir with a space (9.751035ms)
+  AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: Expected values to be strictly equal:
+  
+  0 !== 1
+  
+      at TestContext.<anonymous> (file:///mnt/storage/scratch/rocko-r78/packages/cli/tests/host.test.mjs:640:10)
+      at Test.runInAsyncScope (node:async_hooks:226:14)
+      at Test.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:1402:25)
+      at Test.processPendingSubtests (node:internal/test_runner/test:974:18)
+      at Test.postRun (node:internal/test_runner/test:1542:19)
+      at Test.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:1467:12)
+      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5)
+      at async Test.processPendingSubtests (node:internal/test_runner/test:974:7) {
+    generatedMessage: true,
+    code: 'ERR_ASSERTION',
+    actual: 0,
+    expected: 1,
+    operator: 'strictEqual',
+    diff: 'simple'
+  }
diff --git a/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/packet-manifest.sha256 b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/packet-manifest.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0242b008d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/rocko/work/queue-78/packet-manifest.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
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diff --git a/docs/SESSIONS.md b/docs/SESSIONS.md
index befb51a1d..fb05dd845 100644
--- a/docs/SESSIONS.md
+++ b/docs/SESSIONS.md
@@ -703,3 +703,4 @@ are never rewritten or removed; corrections are new entries.
 2026-10-11T23:58:01Z | dewey | row 58 (#1547) round 2 re-review | approve, comment 27530 (read back identical), rev 564, carried by Sage's 20076324 (its subject names 562-563 only); manifest eb2b26c1 8/8 OK on 424ada49, round 1 to round 2 manifests differ only in webui README, its changed lines identical to round 1, build.patch differs only in index/@@ lines, no drift to c7d87979; bus 83, tasks 71, webui 61 green 23:54:53Z-23:56:00Z; mutants not rerun (code and tests identical)
 2026-10-11T23:58:10Z | darkwing | row 60 (#1549) round 1 review | approve, comment 27531, rev 565 in 6b5a4fbe, packet eace3fef; 9/9 manifest OK on 4100fa68; bus 84, webui 41, nine scripts suites green; 14 of 16 own mutants killed, 2 survivors explained (equivalent, base code); re-round after 58 needs a digest check and the serve.mjs merge with row 74. Correction to my c7d87979: bd9330e5 holds only rev 557; my 554-556 went out in Sage's 36cd6bd1.
 - 2026-10-12T00:03:28Z, Sage (lead): row 58 (#1547) landed aaf87213 on Filbert's 27529 and Dewey's 27530 and my gate (eace3fef, 23:57-00:01Z, all green), done at rev 566, #1547 closed (27533). Rows 78 and 79 briefed (562-563) and re-pinned to 4784ee65 (567-568) on Rocko's report; row 60 re-round takes Filbert's Q2 (569). Correction: 20076324 holds 562-564, not 561.
+2026-10-12T00:09:26Z | rocko | row 78 (#1572) round 1 candidate, Claude pin default-path tests | in-review rev 572, request failed rev 573 (no credential, Sage to post as jarvis); packet agents/rocko/work/queue-78 uncommitted, candidate manifest 3016dbf1, packet 9e067f40; 2/2 mutants killed, both survive base; gate green (cli 114); reviewer Filbert