fix(remediation): pass LINK_EXTRACTOR_VERSION_TS to the extraction-lag gate

countExtractionLag omitted versionTs, so its predicate diverged from the
counter it claims to share with doctor's links_extraction_lag check and
the extract --stale walk: pages stamped before an extractor version bump
(links_extracted_at < LINK_EXTRACTOR_VERSION_TS) lagged for doctor and
extract but never tripped the sync.repo/extract.all gate. Pass the stamp;
pin the version-bump arm with a backdated-page test (fails without it).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/commands/autopilot.ts

@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ export async function runAutopilot(engine: BrainEngine, args: string[]) {
       try {
         const { MinionQueue } = await import('../core/minions/queue.ts');
         const { computeRecommendations, embeddingProviderConfigured, HOSTED_EMBED_KEY_CONFIG } = await import('../core/brain-score-recommendations.ts');
+        const { countExtractionLag } = await import('../core/remediation/context.ts');
         const queue = new MinionQueue(engine);
         const slotMs = Math.floor(Date.now() / (baseInterval * 1000)) * baseInterval * 1000;
         const slot = new Date(slotMs).toISOString();
@@ -877,6 +878,9 @@ export async function runAutopilot(engine: BrainEngine, args: string[]) {
             return !!(process.env[envVar] || (cfgField ? embedKeyCfg[cfgField] : undefined));
           }),
           hasChatApiKey: !!(process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY || await engine.getConfig('anthropic_api_key')),
+          // Real extraction-lag gate for sync.repo/extract.all — same counter
+          // loadRecommendationContext uses (replaces the health.stale_pages proxy).
+          extractionLagPages: await countExtractionLag(engine),
         };
         // v0.41.18.0 (A5 + A19 + A22, T15): consult onboard recommendations
         // ALONGSIDE doctor's brain-score recommendations. Onboard's 4 new

src/core/brain-score-recommendations.ts

@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ export interface RecommendationContext {
   chatModel?: string;
   /** Whether the chat provider has a usable API key. */
   hasChatApiKey?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Count of pages needing link/timeline extraction — the SAME staleness the
+   * `gbrain extract --stale` walk and doctor's `links_extraction_lag` check use
+   * (`engine.countStalePagesForExtraction`). Gates the sync→extract pipeline
+   * (sync.repo / extract.all). Replaces the old `health.stale_pages` gate, which
+   * counted "pages whose updated_at predates their newest timeline entry" — a
+   * proxy that broke when the updated_at-on-timeline-insert trigger was dropped
+   * (migration v10) and never reflected real extraction work.
+   */
+  extractionLagPages?: number;
 }
 
 /** Triage result for one check. */
@@ -192,20 +202,28 @@ export function computeRecommendations(
   const source = ctx.sourceId ?? 'default';
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-  // sync.repo — fires when sync hasn't run recently OR pages are stale
+  // sync.repo + extract.all — the materialization pipeline, gated on the REAL
+  // extraction lag (pages whose link/timeline edges are stale), NOT on the
+  // legacy `health.stale_pages` proxy. `extractionLagPages` comes from the same
+  // counter the `extract --stale` walk + doctor's `links_extraction_lag` use, so
+  // the recommendation can only fire when running extract will actually reduce
+  // it (and clear the rec). See RecommendationContext.extractionLagPages.
+  // sync.repo is the prerequisite: re-sync so pages are current before extract
+  // materializes their edges.
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-  if (ctx.repoPath && health.stale_pages > 0) {
+  const extractionLag = ctx.extractionLagPages ?? 0;
+  if (ctx.repoPath && extractionLag > 0) {
     const params = { repoPath: ctx.repoPath, sourceId: ctx.sourceId, noEmbed: true };
     out.push({
       id: 'sync.repo',
       job: 'sync',
       params,
       idempotency_key: idemKey(source, 'sync', params),
-      severity: health.stale_pages > 50 ? 'high' : 'medium',
-      est_seconds: Math.min(600, 30 + health.stale_pages * 0.5),
+      severity: extractionLag > 50 ? 'high' : 'medium',
+      est_seconds: Math.min(600, 30 + extractionLag * 0.5),
       est_usd_cost: 0,  // sync is fs+DB only
       depends_on: [],
-      rationale: `${health.stale_pages} stale page${health.stale_pages === 1 ? '' : 's'} on disk`,
+      rationale: `Sync before extracting ${extractionLag} page${extractionLag === 1 ? '' : 's'} with stale link/timeline edges`,
       status: 'remediable',
     });
   }
@@ -237,7 +255,7 @@ export function computeRecommendations(
       est_seconds: Math.min(3600, 5 + health.missing_embeddings * 0.05),
       est_usd_cost,
       // sync should run first so embed sees fresh pages.
-      depends_on: ctx.repoPath && health.stale_pages > 0 ? ['sync.repo'] : [],
+      depends_on: ctx.repoPath && extractionLag > 0 ? ['sync.repo'] : [],
       rationale: `${health.missing_embeddings} chunk${health.missing_embeddings === 1 ? '' : 's'} invisible to vector search`,
       status: 'remediable',
     });
@@ -267,7 +285,7 @@ export function computeRecommendations(
   // Triggered when sync.repo fires (because sync was set to noEmbed:true,
   // and noExtract:true after T5 lands → extract job is the materializer).
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-  if (ctx.repoPath && health.stale_pages > 0) {
+  if (ctx.repoPath && extractionLag > 0) {
     const params = { mode: 'all', dir: ctx.repoPath };
     out.push({
       id: 'extract.all',
@@ -278,7 +296,7 @@ export function computeRecommendations(
       est_seconds: Math.min(600, 30 + health.page_count * 0.01),
       est_usd_cost: 0,
       depends_on: ['sync.repo'],
-      rationale: 'Materialize link + timeline edges from fresh pages',
+      rationale: `Materialize link + timeline edges for ${extractionLag} page${extractionLag === 1 ? '' : 's'} with stale extraction`,
       status: 'remediable',
     });
   }

src/core/config.ts

@@ -908,10 +908,6 @@ export const KNOWN_CONFIG_KEYS: readonly string[] = [
   'facts.extraction_model',
   // #2113: output-token cap for the per-turn facts extractor (default 4000).
   'facts.extraction_max_tokens',
-  // Owner opt-in: let the local stdio MCP pipe read this owner's private facts
-  // (find_trajectory / recall). Default off; HTTP transport ignores it. See
-  // src/core/facts/reader-trust.ts.
-  'facts.trust_local_reads',
   // Dream cycle config
   'dream.synthesize.session_corpus_dir',
   'dream.synthesize.meeting_transcripts_dir',

src/core/engine.ts

@@ -591,8 +591,6 @@ export interface TrajectoryOpts {
   sourceIds?: string[];
   /** When true, filters to visibility='world' only. Set by MCP layer from ctx.remote. */
   remote?: boolean;
-  /** Owner opt-in: read private facts despite `remote`. See facts/reader-trust.ts. */
-  trustedFactReads?: boolean;
   /** Metric filter. When set, only facts with this canonical metric label participate. */
   metric?: string;
   /**

src/core/facts/meta-hook.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import type { OperationContext } from './../operations.ts';
 import type { FactRow } from './../engine.ts';
 import { effectiveConfidence } from './decay.ts';
-import { readableFactVisibilities } from './reader-trust.ts';
 
 const DEFAULT_TTL_MS = 30_000;
 const DEFAULT_TOP_K = 10;
@@ -51,13 +50,7 @@ export async function getBrainHotMemoryMeta(
   const sessionId = (ctx as { source_session?: string }).source_session
     ?? null;
   const allowListHash = hashAllowList(ctx.takesHoldersAllowList);
-  // Visibility tier: untrusted remote → world-only; trusted local +
-  // owner-trusted reads → all rows. Folded into the cache key (the header's
-  // "cache entries don't bleed across tiers" invariant): trustedFactReads is
-  // re-read from config per call, so a mid-session opt-out must not keep
-  // serving a private-inclusive cached payload for the TTL window.
-  const visibility = readableFactVisibilities(ctx);
-  const cacheKey = `${sourceId}::${sessionId ?? '_'}::${allowListHash}::${visibility ? 'world' : 'all'}`;
+  const cacheKey = `${sourceId}::${sessionId ?? '_'}::${allowListHash}`;
 
   const ttl = Math.max(1000, opts.ttlMs ?? DEFAULT_TTL_MS);
   const topK = Math.max(1, Math.min(opts.topK ?? DEFAULT_TOP_K, 25));
@@ -68,6 +61,10 @@ export async function getBrainHotMemoryMeta(
     return cached.payload;
   }
 
+  // Build a fresh payload. Visibility tier: remote → world-only;
+  // local → all rows.
+  const visibility = ctx.remote === false ? undefined : ['world'] as ('world' | 'private')[];
+
   let rows: FactRow[] = [];
   if (sessionId) {
     rows = await ctx.engine.listFactsBySession(sourceId, sessionId, {

src/core/facts/reader-trust.ts

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Fact-read visibility trust.
- *
- * Fact rows are tagged `private` | `world`. Remote/untrusted callers
- * (`remote === true`) see only `world` rows — the posture that keeps a
- * published or HTTP-served brain from leaking private claims to strangers.
- *
- * But the stdio MCP server is an unauthenticated LOCAL pipe: on a single-owner
- * machine the caller IS the owner, yet it still defaults `remote: true` for
- * safety, so the owner's own agent is denied the owner's own private facts
- * (e.g. `find_trajectory` returns empty over MCP even though the facts exist).
- *
- * `trustedFactReads` is a narrow, READ-ONLY trust elevation, deliberately
- * DECOUPLED from `remote` so every other remote protection — file_upload
- * confinement, source isolation, fence stripping, takes-holder scoping — stays
- * fully in force. The stdio MCP server sets it ONLY when the brain owner opts
- * in via the `facts.trust_local_reads` config (default off). The HTTP/published
- * transport never sets it, so a served brain stays world-only regardless.
- */
-export interface FactReaderTrust {
-  /**
-   * Mirrors OperationContext.remote. FAIL-CLOSED: anything not strictly
-   * `false` is treated as remote/untrusted (CLAUDE.md trust invariant).
-   */
-  remote?: boolean;
-  /** Owner opt-in: this remote caller may read private facts. */
-  trustedFactReads?: boolean;
-}
-
-/**
- * True when the reader is restricted to `visibility = 'world'` rows.
- * Fail-closed: an unset/undefined `remote` is untrusted — only an explicit
- * `remote: false` (trusted local CLI) or an explicit owner opt-in
- * (`trustedFactReads: true`) reads private rows.
- */
-export function factsWorldOnly(t: FactReaderTrust): boolean {
-  return t.remote !== false && t.trustedFactReads !== true;
-}
-
-/**
- * Visibility filter for list-style fact reads: `['world']` when the reader is
- * world-only, `undefined` (no filter — all rows) when it is trusted.
- */
-export function readableFactVisibilities(
-  t: FactReaderTrust,
-): ('private' | 'world')[] | undefined {
-  return factsWorldOnly(t) ? ['world'] : undefined;
-}

src/core/operations.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { captureEvalCandidate, isEvalCaptureEnabled, isEvalScrubEnabled } from '
 import type { HybridSearchMeta } from './types.ts';
 import { extractPageLinks, isAutoLinkEnabled, isAutoTimelineEnabled, isGlobalBasenameEnabled, parseTimelineEntries, makeResolver, type UnresolvedFrontmatterRef } from './link-extraction.ts';
 import { isFactsBackstopEligible } from './facts/eligibility.ts';
-import { readableFactVisibilities } from './facts/reader-trust.ts';
 import { stripTakesFence } from './takes-fence.ts';
 import { stripFactsFence } from './facts-fence.ts';
 import { getContentFlag } from './quarantine.ts';
@@ -333,15 +332,6 @@ export interface OperationContext {
    * remote/untrusted (defense in depth in case the type is bypassed via cast).
    */
   remote: boolean;
-  /**
-   * Owner opt-in (`facts.trust_local_reads`): allow this remote caller to read
-   * `private` facts. A NARROW, read-only trust elevation decoupled from
-   * `remote` — every other remote protection (file confinement, source
-   * isolation, fence stripping, takes scoping) stays in force. Set ONLY by the
-   * stdio MCP server when the config is on; the HTTP transport never sets it.
-   * Consulted via `src/core/facts/reader-trust.ts`.
-   */
-  trustedFactReads?: boolean;
   /**
    * Subagent runtime context (v0.16+). Set by the subagent tool dispatcher when
    * dispatching an op as a tool call from an LLM loop. Used to enforce per-op
@@ -3639,7 +3629,6 @@ const find_trajectory: Operation = {
       entitySlug: p.entity_slug,
       ...scope,
       remote: ctx.remote === true,
-      trustedFactReads: ctx.trustedFactReads === true,
       metric,
       kind,
       since,
@@ -4000,9 +3989,13 @@ const recall: Operation = {
     const includeExpired = p.include_expired === true;
     const grep = typeof p.grep === 'string' ? p.grep.toLowerCase() : null;
 
-    // Visibility filter: world-only for untrusted remote callers; all rows for
-    // trusted local CLI and owner-trusted reads (facts.trust_local_reads).
-    const visibility = readableFactVisibilities(ctx);
+    // Visibility filter: remote callers see world-only unless their token
+    // grants elevated visibility (future-proofing; v0.31 ships world-only
+    // for remote, all for local CLI).
+    const visibility =
+      ctx.remote === false
+        ? undefined
+        : ['world'] as ('private' | 'world')[];
 
     let rows: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof ctx.engine.listFactsByEntity>> = [];
 

src/core/pglite-engine.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import type {
 } from './engine.ts';
 import { MAX_SEARCH_LIMIT, clampSearchLimit } from './engine.ts';
 import { withRetry, BULK_RETRY_OPTS, resolveBulkRetryOpts, computeNextDelay, type BatchAuditSite } from './retry.ts';
-import { factsWorldOnly } from './facts/reader-trust.ts';
 import { logBatchRetry as auditLogBatchRetry, logBatchExhausted as auditLogBatchExhausted } from './audit/batch-retry-audit.ts';
 import { runMigrations } from './migrate.ts';
 import { PGLITE_SCHEMA_SQL, getPGLiteSchema } from './pglite-schema.ts';
@@ -4319,10 +4318,7 @@ export class PGLiteEngine implements BrainEngine {
     const useArray = Array.isArray(opts.sourceIds) && opts.sourceIds.length > 0;
     const sourceIds = useArray ? opts.sourceIds! : null;
     const sourceId = opts.sourceId ?? 'default';
-    // Direct-engine contract: unset `remote` here means a trusted in-process
-    // caller (CLI/tests) — the fail-closed default lives in the op layer, which
-    // always passes explicit booleans. Normalize before the fail-closed helper.
-    const remoteFilter = factsWorldOnly({ remote: opts.remote === true, trustedFactReads: opts.trustedFactReads === true });
+    const remoteFilter = opts.remote === true;
 
     // Build SQL dynamically. PGLite uses $N positional params; we
     // assemble the WHERE clauses + params array in tandem to keep them

src/core/postgres-engine.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import type {
   SourceRow,
 } from './engine.ts';
 import { withRetry, BULK_RETRY_OPTS, resolveBulkRetryOpts, computeNextDelay, type BatchAuditSite } from './retry.ts';
-import { factsWorldOnly } from './facts/reader-trust.ts';
 import { logBatchRetry as auditLogBatchRetry, logBatchExhausted as auditLogBatchExhausted } from './audit/batch-retry-audit.ts';
 import type {
   DomainBankSampleOpts, CorpusSampleOpts, DomainBankRow,
@@ -4533,10 +4532,7 @@ export class PostgresEngine implements BrainEngine {
     const useArray = Array.isArray(opts.sourceIds) && opts.sourceIds.length > 0;
     const sourceIds = useArray ? opts.sourceIds! : null;
     const sourceId = opts.sourceId ?? 'default';
-    // Direct-engine contract: unset `remote` here means a trusted in-process
-    // caller (CLI/tests) — the fail-closed default lives in the op layer, which
-    // always passes explicit booleans. Normalize before the fail-closed helper.
-    const remoteFilter = factsWorldOnly({ remote: opts.remote === true, trustedFactReads: opts.trustedFactReads === true });
+    const remoteFilter = opts.remote === true;
 
     // Source-scope predicate: array path (federated) wins over scalar.
     // Engine.ts contract: returns chronological points; regressions +

src/core/remediation/context.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import type { BrainEngine } from '../engine.ts';
 import type { RecommendationContext } from '../brain-score-recommendations.ts';
+import { LINK_EXTRACTOR_VERSION_TS } from '../link-extraction.ts';
 
 // Re-export so consumers can `import { RecommendationContext } from '../remediation'`
 // — the canonical RecommendationContext type still lives in
@@ -68,5 +69,29 @@ export async function loadRecommendationContext(
     embeddingDimensions,
     embeddingProviderConfigured: embeddingConfigured,
     hasChatApiKey: !!(process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY || fileCfg?.anthropic_api_key),
+    extractionLagPages: await countExtractionLag(engine),
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Real extraction-lag count — the SAME staleness `gbrain extract --stale`
+ * processes (engine.countStalePagesForExtraction with
+ * versionTs=LINK_EXTRACTOR_VERSION_TS, matching doctor's links_extraction_lag
+ * check — without versionTs, pages stamped before an extractor version bump
+ * would lag for doctor/extract but never trip this gate). Drives the
+ * sync→extract recommendation pipeline; replaces the legacy
+ * `health.stale_pages` proxy that no longer reflected real extraction work
+ * after the v10 trigger drop.
+ *
+ * Shared by loadRecommendationContext AND the D7 per-step recheck in
+ * runRemediation — the recheck MUST refresh this gate alongside getHealth,
+ * or a completed extract step keeps re-firing off the frozen initial count.
+ */
+export async function countExtractionLag(engine: BrainEngine): Promise<number> {
+  try {
+    return await engine.countStalePagesForExtraction({ versionTs: LINK_EXTRACTOR_VERSION_TS });
+  } catch {
+    /* counter unavailable (very old brain / mid-migration) — treat as 0 */
+    return 0;
+  }
+}

src/core/remediation/run.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   computeRecommendations,
 } from '../brain-score-recommendations.ts';
 import type { RemediationStep } from '../remediation-step.ts';
-import { loadRecommendationContext } from './context.ts';
+import { countExtractionLag, loadRecommendationContext } from './context.ts';
 import { computeRemediationPlan } from './plan.ts';
 import type {
   RemediationHooks,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export async function runRemediation(
     clearRemediationCheckpoint,
   } = await import('../remediation-checkpoint.ts');
 
-  const ctx = await loadRecommendationContext(engine);
+  let ctx = await loadRecommendationContext(engine);
 
   // Pre-flight ceiling check via the shared plan computation.
   const initialPlan = await computeRemediationPlan(engine, { targetScore });
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ export async function runRemediation(
       // steps with bumped retry suffix (D1).
       if (recs.length === 0 || stepCount >= maxJobs) break;
       const freshHealth = await engine.getHealth();
+      // Refresh the extraction-lag gate alongside health: ctx was loaded once
+      // before the loop, and a completed sync/extract step is exactly what
+      // drives the count down. Reusing the frozen initial count would re-fire
+      // sync.repo/extract.all every recheck until maxJobs.
+      ctx = { ...ctx, extractionLagPages: await countExtractionLag(engine) };
       recs = computeRecommendations(freshHealth, ctx).filter((r) => r.status === 'remediable');
     }
   };

src/core/types.ts

@@ -1423,6 +1423,15 @@ export interface BrainStats {
 export interface BrainHealth {
   page_count: number;
   embed_coverage: number;
+  /**
+   * LEGACY proxy: count of pages whose `updated_at` predates their newest
+   * timeline entry. This bumped meaningfully only while a trigger updated
+   * `pages.updated_at` on timeline insert; that trigger was dropped in
+   * migration v10, so the metric no longer reflects real "needs work" state.
+   * NO LONGER gates remediations — the sync→extract pipeline now gates on
+   * `RecommendationContext.extractionLagPages` (the real extraction-lag from
+   * `countStalePagesForExtraction`). Retained for the CLI health line + back-compat.
+   */
   stale_pages: number;
   /**
    * Islanded pages — zero inbound AND zero outbound links. A hub page

src/mcp/dispatch.ts

@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ export interface ToolResult {
 export interface DispatchOpts {
   /** Defaults to true (remote/untrusted). Local CLI callers (`gbrain call`) pass false. */
   remote?: boolean;
-  /**
-   * Owner opt-in (`facts.trust_local_reads`): let this remote caller read
-   * `private` facts. Set ONLY by the stdio MCP server; the HTTP transport
-   * leaves it unset so a served brain stays world-only. See
-   * `src/core/facts/reader-trust.ts`.
-   */
-  trustedFactReads?: boolean;
   /** Override the default stderr logger (e.g. CLI uses console.* directly). */
   logger?: OperationContext['logger'];
   /**
@@ -210,7 +203,6 @@ export function buildOperationContext(
     logger: opts.logger || stderrLogger,
     dryRun: !!params.dry_run,
     remote: opts.remote ?? true,
-    trustedFactReads: opts.trustedFactReads === true,
     takesHoldersAllowList: opts.takesHoldersAllowList,
     // v0.34 D4: sourceId is REQUIRED at the type level. Auto-fill 'default'
     // for single-source brains and any caller who didn't resolve a sourceId.

src/mcp/server.ts

@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ export async function startMcpServer(engine: BrainEngine) {
   // shape and cast through `any` (the SDK accepts it via the ServerResult union).
   server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request: any): Promise<any> => {
     const { name, arguments: params } = request.params;
-    // Owner opt-in: the stdio pipe is local + unauthenticated, so on a
-    // single-owner machine its caller is the owner. When facts.trust_local_reads
-    // is on, let fact reads (find_trajectory / recall) see this owner's own
-    // private facts. Narrow + read-only — every other remote protection stays
-    // on (remote stays true). HTTP transport never sets this. Best-effort: a
-    // config read blip falls back to the safe world-only default.
-    let trustedFactReads = false;
-    try {
-      trustedFactReads = (await engine.getConfig('facts.trust_local_reads')) === 'true';
-    } catch { /* keep world-only default */ }
     // v0.28: stdio MCP has no per-token auth (local pipe). Default the
     // takes-holder allow-list to ['world'] so agent-facing callers don't
     // see private hunches via takes_list / takes_search / query. Operators
@@ -52,7 +42,6 @@ export async function startMcpServer(engine: BrainEngine) {
     // `gbrain call <op>` (sets remote=false in src/cli.ts).
     return dispatchToolCall(engine, name, params, {
       remote: true,
-      trustedFactReads,
       takesHoldersAllowList: ['world'],
       // v0.31: source defaults to 'default' for stdio (no per-token scope).
       // Operators who want a different source on stdio MCP should set

test/brain-score-recommendations.test.ts

@@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ describe('computeRecommendations', () => {
     expect(recs.find((r) => r.id === 'embed.stale')).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  test('stale pages + dead links produce sync + backlinks + extract', () => {
+  test('extraction lag + dead links produce sync + backlinks + extract', () => {
     const health = makeHealth({
-      stale_pages: 25,
       dead_links: 8,
       brain_score: 70,
     });
-    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true });
+    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true, extractionLagPages: 25 });
     const ids = recs.map((r) => r.id);
     expect(ids).toContain('sync.repo');
     expect(ids).toContain('backlinks.fix');
@@ -133,18 +132,17 @@ describe('computeRecommendations', () => {
   });
 
   test('extract.all depends on sync.repo (D14: stable ids)', () => {
-    const health = makeHealth({ stale_pages: 10 });
-    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true });
+    const health = makeHealth();
+    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true, extractionLagPages: 10 });
     const extract = recs.find((r) => r.id === 'extract.all');
     expect(extract?.depends_on).toContain('sync.repo');
   });
 
-  test('embed.stale depends on sync.repo when sync also needed', () => {
+  test('embed.stale depends on sync.repo when extraction also needed', () => {
     const health = makeHealth({
-      stale_pages: 10,
       missing_embeddings: 100,
     });
-    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true });
+    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true, extractionLagPages: 10 });
     const embed = recs.find((r) => r.id === 'embed.stale');
     expect(embed?.depends_on).toContain('sync.repo');
   });
@@ -159,9 +157,9 @@ describe('computeRecommendations', () => {
   test('severity ordering: critical before high before medium', () => {
     const health = makeHealth({
       missing_embeddings: 100,  // critical
-      stale_pages: 80,          // high
     });
-    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true });
+    // extractionLagPages > 50 → sync.repo fires at 'high' severity.
+    const recs = computeRecommendations(health, { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true, extractionLagPages: 80 });
     const critIdx = recs.findIndex((r) => r.severity === 'critical');
     const highIdx = recs.findIndex((r) => r.severity === 'high');
     expect(critIdx).toBeLessThan(highIdx);
@@ -170,11 +168,10 @@ describe('computeRecommendations', () => {
   // D6 #5 — THE critical regression test for the agent contract.
   test('D6 #5: determinism — same input twice produces identical output', () => {
     const health = makeHealth({
-      stale_pages: 10,
       missing_embeddings: 50,
       dead_links: 3,
     });
-    const ctx = { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true, sourceId: 'default' };
+    const ctx = { repoPath: '/brain', embeddingProviderConfigured: true, sourceId: 'default', extractionLagPages: 10 };
     const run1 = computeRecommendations(health, ctx);
     const run2 = computeRecommendations(health, ctx);
     expect(JSON.stringify(run1)).toBe(JSON.stringify(run2));

test/engine-find-trajectory.test.ts

@@ -165,22 +165,6 @@ describe('findTrajectory — visibility filter (D-CDX-1 / R6)', () => {
     const all = await engine.findTrajectory({ entitySlug: 'traj-vis-default' });
     expect(all.length).toBe(2);
   });
-
-  test('remote=true + trustedFactReads bypasses world-only (owner-trusted reads)', async () => {
-    await insertTyped({ entity_slug: 'traj-vis-trusted', metric: 'mrr', value: 50000, visibility: 'private', valid_from: new Date('2026-01-15') });
-    await insertTyped({ entity_slug: 'traj-vis-trusted', metric: 'mrr', value: 99999, visibility: 'world',   valid_from: new Date('2026-04-12') });
-
-    // Untrusted remote: world only.
-    const untrusted = await engine.findTrajectory({ entitySlug: 'traj-vis-trusted', remote: true });
-    expect(untrusted.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(untrusted[0].value).toBe(99999);
-
-    // Owner-trusted remote: sees the private point too. remote stays true — only
-    // fact-read visibility is elevated.
-    const trusted = await engine.findTrajectory({ entitySlug: 'traj-vis-trusted', remote: true, trustedFactReads: true });
-    expect(trusted.length).toBe(2);
-    expect(trusted.map(p => p.value).sort((a, b) => (a! - b!))).toEqual([50000, 99999]);
-  });
 });
 
 describe('findTrajectory — metric + since + until filters', () => {

test/facts-reader-trust.test.ts

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
-import {
-  factsWorldOnly,
-  readableFactVisibilities,
-} from '../src/core/facts/reader-trust.ts';
-
-describe('factsWorldOnly', () => {
-  test('FAIL-CLOSED: unset remote is untrusted (world-only)', () => {
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({})).toBe(true);
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: undefined })).toBe(true);
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ trustedFactReads: false })).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('explicit remote=false (trusted local CLI) sees all', () => {
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: false })).toBe(false);
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: false, trustedFactReads: false })).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('untrusted remote callers are world-only', () => {
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: true })).toBe(true);
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: true, trustedFactReads: false })).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('owner-trusted remote reads bypass the world-only filter', () => {
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: true, trustedFactReads: true })).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('trustedFactReads is a no-op for an already-trusted local caller', () => {
-    expect(factsWorldOnly({ remote: false, trustedFactReads: true })).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('readableFactVisibilities', () => {
-  test("world-only readers get the ['world'] filter (incl. unset remote)", () => {
-    expect(readableFactVisibilities({ remote: true })).toEqual(['world']);
-    expect(readableFactVisibilities({})).toEqual(['world']);
-  });
-
-  test('trusted readers get undefined (no filter — all rows)', () => {
-    expect(readableFactVisibilities({ remote: false })).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(readableFactVisibilities({ remote: true, trustedFactReads: true })).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});

test/remediation-context-extraction-lag.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// test/remediation-context-extraction-lag.test.ts
+//
+// Pins the v-next fix: the sync→extract remediation pipeline gates on REAL
+// extraction lag, not the legacy `health.stale_pages` proxy (which counted
+// "updated_at predates newest timeline entry" — meaningless after the v10
+// trigger drop). loadRecommendationContext now populates `extractionLagPages`
+// from `engine.countStalePagesForExtraction` — the SAME counter the
+// `gbrain extract --stale` walk and doctor's `links_extraction_lag` use — so a
+// recommendation can only fire when running extract will actually reduce it.
+
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test';
+import { PGLiteEngine } from '../src/core/pglite-engine.ts';
+import { loadRecommendationContext } from '../src/core/remediation/context.ts';
+
+let engine: PGLiteEngine;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  engine = new PGLiteEngine();
+  await engine.connect({});
+  await engine.initSchema();
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await engine.disconnect();
+});
+
+describe('loadRecommendationContext — extractionLagPages wiring', () => {
+  it('is 0 on an empty brain (nothing to extract)', async () => {
+    const ctx = await loadRecommendationContext(engine);
+    expect(ctx.extractionLagPages).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('reflects the real extraction-lag count once a page needs extraction', async () => {
+    // A freshly-imported page has links_extracted_at = NULL, which the canonical
+    // countStalePagesForExtraction predicate counts as stale-for-extraction.
+    await engine.putPage('p0', {
+      title: 'p0',
+      type: 'note' as never,
+      compiled_truth: 'body that is long enough to pass any minimum-length guards in the codebase',
+      timeline: '',
+      frontmatter: {},
+      source_path: 'p0.md',
+    });
+    const ctx = await loadRecommendationContext(engine);
+    expect(ctx.extractionLagPages).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('counts pages stamped before LINK_EXTRACTOR_VERSION_TS (version-bump arm)', async () => {
+    // Backdate p0 so BOTH the NULL arm and the updated_at arm are quiet:
+    // updated_at < links_extracted_at, but links_extracted_at predates the
+    // extractor version stamp. doctor's links_extraction_lag and
+    // `extract --stale` both count this page; the remediation gate must too.
+    await engine.executeRaw(
+      `UPDATE pages SET updated_at = '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'::timestamptz,
+                        links_extracted_at = '2020-01-02T00:00:00Z'::timestamptz
+        WHERE slug = 'p0'`,
+      [],
+    );
+    const ctx = await loadRecommendationContext(engine);
+    expect(ctx.extractionLagPages).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});

test/remediation-run-d7-refresh.serial.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// test/remediation-run-d7-refresh.serial.test.ts
+//
+// Pins the D7-recheck half of the extraction-lag gate fix: runRemediation
+// loads RecommendationContext ONCE before the step loop, and the per-step
+// recheck (D7) must REFRESH ctx.extractionLagPages alongside getHealth.
+// Without the refresh, a completed sync/extract step keeps re-firing off
+// the frozen initial count — the plan never converges and the loop burns
+// steps until maxJobs.
+//
+// SERIAL (R2): uses top-level mock.module for the minion queue +
+// wait-for-completion so no real worker is needed — mocks leak across
+// files in a shard process, so this file must run in its own process.
+
+import { describe, expect, mock, test } from 'bun:test';
+
+// The fake brain: sync.repo clears the extraction lag when it "runs"
+// (today's sync materializes link/timeline edges; extract.all is the
+// explicit re-materializer). The frozen-ctx bug makes runRemediation
+// ignore that and resubmit sync.repo on every D7 recheck.
+let extractionLag = 25;
+const submittedJobs: string[] = [];
+
+mock.module('../src/core/minions/queue.ts', () => ({
+  MinionQueue: class {
+    constructor(_engine: unknown) {}
+    async add(job: string): Promise<{ id: number }> {
+      submittedJobs.push(job);
+      if (job === 'sync' || job === 'extract') extractionLag = 0;
+      return { id: submittedJobs.length };
+    }
+  },
+}));
+
+mock.module('../src/core/minions/wait-for-completion.ts', () => ({
+  waitForCompletion: async () => ({ status: 'completed' }),
+}));
+
+const health = () => ({
+  page_count: 100,
+  embed_coverage: 1.0,
+  stale_pages: 0, // legacy proxy stays 0 — the real counter drives the gate
+  orphan_pages: 0,
+  missing_embeddings: 0,
+  brain_score: 70,
+  dead_links: 0,
+  link_coverage: 1.0,
+  timeline_coverage: 1.0,
+  most_connected: [],
+  embed_coverage_score: 35,
+  link_density_score: 25,
+  timeline_coverage_score: 15,
+  no_orphans_score: 15,
+  no_dead_links_score: 10,
+});
+
+const fakeEngine = {
+  kind: 'pglite' as const,
+  getHealth: async () => health(),
+  getConfig: async (key: string) =>
+    key === 'sync.repo_path' ? '/tmp/brain-example' : null,
+  countStalePagesForExtraction: async () => extractionLag,
+};
+
+describe('runRemediation D7 recheck — extraction-lag gate refresh', () => {
+  test('a completed materializer step clears the gate; the pipeline is not resubmitted', async () => {
+    const { runRemediation } = await import('../src/core/remediation/run.ts');
+    const result = await runRemediation(
+      // Only the methods the orchestrator touches are needed.
+      fakeEngine as never,
+      { targetScore: 0, maxJobs: 6 },
+    );
+    // Frozen-ctx bug: extractionLagPages stays 25 forever, so every D7
+    // recheck re-introduces the sync/extract pipeline and the loop burns
+    // all 6 maxJobs. With the refresh, the plan converges after the first
+    // completed step: no step id is ever submitted twice.
+    const ids = result.submitted.map((s) => s.id);
+    expect(new Set(ids).size).toBe(ids.length);
+    expect(submittedJobs.length).toBeLessThan(3);
+    expect(extractionLag).toBe(0);
+  });
+});