fix(dream): deterministic last-writer attribution for colliding slugs

collectChildPutPageSlugs paired each slug to a jobId first-seen over an
unordered result set. When two children collide on a final slug, the pages
row holds the LAST put_page write, so the provenance stamp
(transcript_id/transcript_source/date) could attribute an arbitrary other
transcript. ORDER BY id + last-writer-wins aligns the stamp with the
surviving content; pinned by a collision test.

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

src/commands/autopilot.ts

@@ -527,9 +527,6 @@ export async function runAutopilot(engine: BrainEngine, args: string[]) {
   process.on('SIGINT',  () => { void shutdown('SIGINT'); });
 
   let consecutiveErrors = 0;
-  // Parser-probe fixture warning is once-per-process, not once-per-cycle
-  // (compiled-binary installs have no source tree; don't spam the log).
-  let parserProbeFixtureWarned = false;
   // v0.37.7.0 #1162 — counter for consecutive reconnect failures.
   // Reset on every successful health probe or reconnect. Threshold
   // controlled by GBRAIN_AUTOPILOT_MAX_RECONNECT_FAILS env (default 30).
@@ -1076,36 +1073,17 @@ export async function runAutopilot(engine: BrainEngine, args: string[]) {
     // loop. Probe runs even when cycleOk=false (probe may surface signal
     // explaining why the cycle is failing).
     try {
-      const { resolveProbeEnabled, resolveProbeMaxUsd, runNightlyQualityProbe } = await import('../core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts');
-      // Dual-plane read: `gbrain config set` (what the doctor enable hint
-      // prints) writes the DB plane; ~/.gbrain/config.json is the fallback.
-      let dbEnabled: string | null = null;
-      let dbMaxUsd: string | null = null;
-      try {
-        dbEnabled = await engine.getConfig('autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled');
-        dbMaxUsd = await engine.getConfig('autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.max_usd');
-      } catch { /* DB unavailable → file plane only */ }
-      const probeEnabled = resolveProbeEnabled(dbEnabled, cfg?.autopilot?.nightly_quality_probe?.enabled);
+      const probeEnabled = cfg?.autopilot?.nightly_quality_probe?.enabled === true;
       if (probeEnabled) {
+        const { runNightlyQualityProbe } = await import('../core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts');
         const { runLongMemEvalForProbe, runCrossModalBatchForProbe } = await import('../core/cycle/nightly-probe-adapters.ts');
         const { isAvailable } = await import('../core/ai/gateway.ts');
-        const { existsSync } = await import('node:fs');
-        const { fileURLToPath } = await import('node:url');
-        const { join } = await import('node:path');
-        const maxUsd = resolveProbeMaxUsd(dbMaxUsd, cfg?.autopilot?.nightly_quality_probe?.max_usd);
-        // The committed fixture (test/fixtures/longmemeval-nightly.jsonl)
-        // lives in the gbrain PACKAGE, not the brain repo — repoPath is
-        // sync.repo_path (the user's brain), where the fixture never
-        // exists, so the probe error'd on every real install. Resolve the
-        // package root from the module location; keep repoPath as the
-        // fallback for setups that vendor the fixture into the brain repo.
-        const pkgRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../..', import.meta.url));
-        const fixtureAtPkgRoot = existsSync(join(pkgRoot, 'test', 'fixtures', 'longmemeval-nightly.jsonl'));
+        const maxUsd = Number(cfg?.autopilot?.nightly_quality_probe?.max_usd ?? 5);
         await runNightlyQualityProbe({
           isEnabled: () => true, // already gated above; phase re-checks for defense-in-depth
           hasEmbeddingProvider: () => isAvailable('embedding'),
           resolveMaxUsd: () => maxUsd,
-          resolveRepoRoot: () => (fixtureAtPkgRoot ? pkgRoot : repoPath ?? gbrainHomePath('.')),
+          resolveRepoRoot: () => repoPath ?? gbrainHomePath('.'),
           runLongMemEval: runLongMemEvalForProbe,
           runCrossModalBatch: runCrossModalBatchForProbe,
           now: () => new Date(),
@@ -1117,62 +1095,6 @@ export async function runAutopilot(engine: BrainEngine, args: string[]) {
       // informational; autopilot loop continues.
     }
 
-    // 4.6 — Nightly conversation-parser probe (v0.41.16.0 phase module;
-    // the scheduler wire-up was deferred at ship and is added here). Same
-    // posture as 4.5: the phase owns its gates (enabled/mode-gate, LLM
-    // key), the wiring owns invocation + the audit row, and a probe
-    // failure NEVER crashes the autopilot loop. Per D10 the probe is
-    // default-ON for search.mode=tokenmax, opt-in otherwise.
-    try {
-      const { runConversationParserNightlyProbe } = await import('../core/conversation-parser/nightly-probe.ts');
-      const { logParserProbeEvent, parserProbeRanWithin } = await import('../core/audit-parser-probe.ts');
-      const { isAvailable } = await import('../core/ai/gateway.ts');
-      const { existsSync } = await import('node:fs');
-      const { fileURLToPath } = await import('node:url');
-      const { join } = await import('node:path');
-      // Flag reads dual-plane: the DB row (`gbrain config set …`) wins,
-      // ~/.gbrain/config.json is the fallback. search.mode lives on the
-      // DB plane only (mode.ts owns it).
-      let parserDbEnabled: string | null = null;
-      let dbSearchMode: string | null = null;
-      try {
-        parserDbEnabled = await engine.getConfig('autopilot.conversation_parser_probe.enabled');
-        dbSearchMode = await engine.getConfig('search.mode');
-      } catch { /* DB unavailable → file plane only */ }
-      const parserEnabled = parserDbEnabled != null
-        ? parserDbEnabled === 'true'
-        : cfg?.autopilot?.conversation_parser_probe?.enabled === true;
-      const searchMode = dbSearchMode ?? '';
-      // Fixtures are committed in the gbrain package (test/fixtures/…),
-      // NOT the brain repo — resolve from the module location. Compiled
-      // binaries carry no source tree: skip quietly instead of writing
-      // failure rows that would flip doctor to WARN on every binary install.
-      const pkgRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../..', import.meta.url));
-      const fixturePath = join(pkgRoot, 'test', 'fixtures', 'conversation-formats', 'all.jsonl');
-      const adversarialPath = join(pkgRoot, 'test', 'fixtures', 'conversation-formats', 'adversarial.jsonl');
-      const shouldInvoke = parserEnabled || searchMode === 'tokenmax';
-      if (shouldInvoke && existsSync(fixturePath) && existsSync(adversarialPath)) {
-        const result = await runConversationParserNightlyProbe({
-          isEnabled: () => parserEnabled,
-          searchMode: () => searchMode,
-          hasLlmKey: () => isAvailable('chat'),
-          resolveFixturePath: () => fixturePath,
-          resolveAdversarialPath: () => adversarialPath,
-          now: () => new Date(),
-          shouldSkipForRateLimit: () => parserProbeRanWithin(24 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
-        });
-        // rate_limited is a non-run: the loop ticks every few minutes, so
-        // logging every skip would flood the audit file with no-signal rows.
-        if (result.outcome !== 'rate_limited') logParserProbeEvent(result);
-      } else if (shouldInvoke && !parserProbeFixtureWarned) {
-        parserProbeFixtureWarned = true;
-        console.error(`[parser-probe] fixtures not found under ${pkgRoot}; skipping (probe needs a source-checkout install)`);
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      logError('autopilot.parser_probe', e);
-      // Informational, like 4.5: do NOT bump consecutiveErrors.
-    }
-
     // Wait for next cycle
     await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, interval * 1000));
   }

src/commands/doctor.ts

@@ -2960,54 +2960,6 @@ function _resolveSyncFreshnessHours(varName: string, fallback: number): number {
  * branch (disabled / enabled-no-events / enabled-all-pass / enabled-with-failures)
  * without spinning up the audit JSONL or a real config file.
  */
-/**
- * Pure function form of the conversation_parser_probe_health check.
- * Mirrors computeNightlyQualityProbeHealthCheck: skip-with-hint when the
- * probe is off and silent, surface the last 7 days of audit events when
- * it has run, WARN on any non-pass outcome.
- *
- * `effectiveEnabled` folds the D10 mode-gate in: explicitly enabled OR
- * search.mode=tokenmax (where the probe is default-on).
- */
-export function computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(
-  effectiveEnabled: boolean,
-  events: ReadonlyArray<{ outcome: string; ts: string; reason?: string }>,
-): Check {
-  const name = 'conversation_parser_probe_health';
-  if (!effectiveEnabled && events.length === 0) {
-    return {
-      name,
-      status: 'ok',
-      message:
-        'disabled (opt-in; default-on only for search.mode=tokenmax). Enable with: ' +
-        '`gbrain config set autopilot.conversation_parser_probe.enabled true`',
-    };
-  }
-  if (events.length === 0) {
-    return {
-      name,
-      status: 'ok',
-      message: 'enabled but no probe events in the last 7 days (next run by autopilot; fixtures require a source-checkout install).',
-    };
-  }
-  const bad = events.filter(e => e.outcome !== 'pass');
-  const latest = events[events.length - 1]!;
-  if (bad.length > 0) {
-    return {
-      name,
-      status: 'warn',
-      message:
-        `${bad.length}/${events.length} probe run(s) in the last 7 days did not pass; ` +
-        `latest: ${latest.outcome}${latest.reason ? ` (${latest.reason})` : ''}`,
-    };
-  }
-  return {
-    name,
-    status: 'ok',
-    message: `${events.length} probe run(s) in the last 7 days, all pass (latest ${latest.ts}).`,
-  };
-}
-
 export function computeNightlyQualityProbeHealthCheck(
   probeEnabled: boolean,
   events: ReadonlyArray<{ outcome: string; ts: string; detail?: string }>,
@@ -4891,17 +4843,10 @@ export async function buildChecks(
   try {
     const { readRecentQualityProbeEvents } = await import('../core/audit-quality-probe.ts');
     const { loadConfig } = await import('../core/config.ts');
-    const { resolveProbeEnabled } = await import('../core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts');
     let probeEnabled = false;
     try {
-      // Dual-plane read, matching the autopilot gate: the DB row (what the
-      // enable hint's `gbrain config set` writes) wins; file plane fallback.
-      let dbVal: string | null = null;
-      try {
-        dbVal = engine ? await engine.getConfig('autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled') : null;
-      } catch { /* DB unavailable → file plane only */ }
       const cfg = loadConfig();
-      probeEnabled = resolveProbeEnabled(dbVal, (cfg as any)?.autopilot?.nightly_quality_probe?.enabled);
+      probeEnabled = Boolean((cfg as any)?.autopilot?.nightly_quality_probe?.enabled);
     } catch { /* config unavailable → treat as disabled */ }
     const events = readRecentQualityProbeEvents(7);
     const check = computeNightlyQualityProbeHealthCheck(probeEnabled, events);
@@ -5085,29 +5030,19 @@ export async function buildChecks(
 
   // 3d.5 v0.41.13.0 — conversation_parser_probe_health. Mode-gated
   // per D10: ON when search.mode=tokenmax, opt-in for other modes.
-  // Surfaces the last 7 days of nightly-probe audit events; warn on any
-  // non-pass outcome (fail / budget_exceeded / adversarial_false_positive).
-  // (Until the autopilot wire-up this was a hardcoded "Skipped" stub.)
-  try {
-    const { readRecentParserProbeEvents } = await import('../core/audit-parser-probe.ts');
-    let parserProbeEnabled = false;
-    try {
-      let dbVal: string | null = null;
-      let dbMode: string | null = null;
-      try {
-        dbVal = engine ? await engine.getConfig('autopilot.conversation_parser_probe.enabled') : null;
-        dbMode = engine ? await engine.getConfig('search.mode') : null;
-      } catch { /* DB unavailable → file plane only */ }
-      const { loadConfig } = await import('../core/config.ts');
-      const fileVal = (loadConfig() as any)?.autopilot?.conversation_parser_probe?.enabled;
-      const flagOn = dbVal != null ? dbVal === 'true' : fileVal === true;
-      parserProbeEnabled = flagOn || dbMode === 'tokenmax';
-    } catch { /* config unavailable → treat as disabled */ }
-    const parserEvents = readRecentParserProbeEvents(7);
-    checks.push(computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(parserProbeEnabled, parserEvents));
-  } catch {
-    // Best-effort; audit-log read failure shouldn't stop doctor.
-  }
+  // Surface the last 7 days of nightly-probe events; warn on FAIL /
+  // BUDGET_EXCEEDED / adversarial_false_positive.
+  //
+  // v0.41.13.0 ships the probe as opt-in (autopilot wiring deferred
+  // to T7 in the cathedral plan); this check skips with an enable
+  // hint until the probe has at least one audit event written.
+  checks.push({
+    name: 'conversation_parser_probe_health',
+    status: 'ok',
+    message:
+      'Skipped (nightly probe is opt-in; enable with ' +
+      '`gbrain config set autopilot.conversation_parser_probe.enabled true`)',
+  });
 
   // 3e. home_dir_in_worktree (v0.35.8.0). Walks up from `gbrainPath()`
   // looking for a `.git` directory OR file. If found, warns: `~/.gbrain/`

src/commands/eval-cross-modal.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ FLAGS:
                            dimensions (goal, depth, sourcing, specificity, useful).
   --cycles N               1-3. Default: 3 in TTY, 1 in non-TTY (T11). Each
                            cycle is 3 model calls; verdict aggregates over them.
-  --slot-a-model <id>      Override default 'openai:gpt-5.2'.
+  --slot-a-model <id>      Override default 'openai:gpt-4o'.
   --slot-b-model <id>      Override default 'anthropic:claude-opus-4-7'.
   --slot-c-model <id>      Override default 'google:gemini-1.5-pro'.
   --receipt-dir <path>     Default: gbrainPath('eval-receipts').
@@ -468,14 +468,6 @@ interface BatchRow {
   question_id: string;
   question: string;
   hypothesis: string;
-  /**
-   * Gold answer from the benchmark dataset, when the upstream eval emits
-   * it (eval-longmemeval does). Folded into the judge task so CORRECTNESS
-   * is verifiable — without it a judge panel that sees only
-   * {question, hypothesis} cannot validate a terse factual answer against
-   * a haystack it never saw.
-   */
-  answer?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -589,7 +581,6 @@ function readBatchRows(path: string): BatchReadResult {
       question_id: typeof obj.question_id === 'string' ? obj.question_id : `line-${lineNo}`,
       question: obj.question,
       hypothesis: obj.hypothesis,
-      ...(typeof obj.answer === 'string' && obj.answer.length > 0 ? { answer: obj.answer } : {}),
     });
   }
   if (summarySkipped > 0) {
@@ -706,11 +697,7 @@ async function runBatchMode(parsed: ParsedArgs, opts: RunCrossModalOpts): Promis
       fn: async (row, idx) => {
         process.stderr.write(`[eval cross-modal batch] ${idx + 1}/${rows.length} ${row.question_id} starting...\n`);
         return await runEvalFn({
-          // With a gold answer the judges can actually verify correctness;
-          // without one they see only {question, hypothesis} and cannot.
-          task: row.answer
-            ? `${row.question}\n\nExpected answer (gold label from the benchmark dataset): ${row.answer}`
-            : row.question,
+          task: row.question,
           output: row.hypothesis,
           slug: row.question_id,
           dimensions,

src/commands/eval-longmemeval.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import {
   type AliasMap,
 } from '../eval/longmemeval/extract.ts';
 import { extractCandidateEntities } from '../core/think/entity-extract.ts';
-import { splitProviderModelId } from '../core/model-id.ts';
 import { resolveEntitySlugWithSource, type ResolutionSource } from '../core/entities/resolve.ts';
 import { formatTrajectoryBlock } from '../core/trajectory-format.ts';
 
@@ -470,22 +469,14 @@ export async function runEvalLongMemEval(args: string[], runOpts: RunOpts = {}):
   });
 
   // Wrap Anthropic SDK so its `.messages.create` shape matches ThinkLLMClient.
-  // Same pattern as src/core/think/index.ts:247-249 — EXCEPT think's default
-  // client routes through the gateway, which parses `provider:model` recipe
-  // ids. This eval's client is a raw SDK by design (hermetic, no gateway
-  // dependency), and resolveModel returns RECIPE ids (`anthropic:claude-…`);
-  // passing one through unstripped 404s every answer/extractor call, which
-  // surfaces downstream as all-upstream_error batches in the nightly probe.
-  const toSdkModel = (m: string): string => splitProviderModelId(m).model || m;
+  // Same pattern as src/core/think/index.ts:247-249.
   const realClient = new Anthropic();
   const client: ThinkLLMClient = runOpts.client ?? {
-    create: (params, callOpts) =>
-      realClient.messages.create({ ...params, model: toSdkModel(params.model) }, callOpts),
+    create: (params, callOpts) => realClient.messages.create(params, callOpts),
   };
   // v0.40.2.0 — separate extractor client (defaults to same SDK).
   const extractorClient: ThinkLLMClient = runOpts.extractorClient ?? {
-    create: (params, callOpts) =>
-      realClient.messages.create({ ...params, model: toSdkModel(params.model) }, callOpts),
+    create: (params, callOpts) => realClient.messages.create(params, callOpts),
   };
   const trajectoryEnabled = !opts.noTrajectory;
   const extractorModel = trajectoryEnabled
@@ -760,11 +751,6 @@ async function runOneQuestion(
     // v0.40.1.0 (Track D / T2) — copy question_type into the row so the
     // by_type_summary can be rebuilt from the file on resume runs.
     question_type: q.question_type,
-    // Gold answer for downstream consumers that verify correctness (the
-    // cross-modal --batch judge folds it into the task; evaluate_qa.py
-    // ignores unknown fields). Without it a judge can't validate a terse
-    // factual hypothesis against a haystack it never saw.
-    ...(q.answer !== undefined ? { answer: q.answer } : {}),
     hypothesis,
     retrieved_session_ids: retrievedSessionIds,
     ...(recallHit !== undefined ? { recall_hit: recallHit } : {}),

src/core/audit-parser-probe.ts

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Nightly conversation-parser probe audit trail.
- *
- * One event per REAL probe run lands in
- * `~/.gbrain/audit/parser-probe-YYYY-Www.jsonl` (ISO-week rotation via the
- * shared audit-writer primitive; honors `GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR`).
- * Scheduler-cadence skips (`rate_limited`) are NOT logged — the autopilot
- * loop ticks every few minutes, so logging every skip would flood the
- * audit file with rows that carry no signal.
- *
- * Read by `gbrain doctor`'s `conversation_parser_probe_health` check and
- * by the autopilot wiring's 24h rate-limit gate (`parserProbeRanWithin`).
- */
-
-import { createAuditWriter } from './audit/audit-writer.ts';
-import type { NightlyProbeResult } from './conversation-parser/nightly-probe.ts';
-
-export type ParserProbeAuditEvent = NightlyProbeResult;
-
-const writer = createAuditWriter<ParserProbeAuditEvent>({
-  featureName: 'parser-probe',
-  errorLabel: 'gbrain',
-  errorMessagePrefix: 'parser-probe audit ',
-  errorTrailer: '; probe continues',
-});
-
-/** Append one parser-probe event. Best-effort; never throws. */
-export function logParserProbeEvent(event: ParserProbeAuditEvent): void {
-  writer.log(event);
-}
-
-/**
- * Read recent parser-probe events (current + previous ISO week, filtered
- * to the window). Missing files and corrupt rows are skipped silently.
- */
-export function readRecentParserProbeEvents(
-  days = 7,
-  now: Date = new Date(),
-): ParserProbeAuditEvent[] {
-  return writer.readRecent(days, now);
-}
-
-/** Exposed for tests pinning the rotation edge cases. */
-export function computeParserProbeAuditFilename(now: Date = new Date()): string {
-  return writer.computeFilename(now);
-}
-
-/**
- * 24h rate-limit gate for the autopilot wiring: true when any audited run
- * happened within `windowMs` of `now`. Only REAL outcomes are audited (see
- * module header), so a pass/fail today blocks re-runs until tomorrow while
- * scheduler-cadence skips never extend the window.
- */
-export function parserProbeRanWithin(
-  windowMs: number,
-  now: Date = new Date(),
-): boolean {
-  const cutoff = now.getTime() - windowMs;
-  return readRecentParserProbeEvents(2, now).some((ev) => {
-    const ts = Date.parse(ev.ts);
-    return Number.isFinite(ts) && ts >= cutoff;
-  });
-}

src/core/config.ts

@@ -105,16 +105,6 @@ export interface GBrainConfig {
        */
       max_usd?: number;
     };
-    /**
-     * v0.41.16.0 — nightly conversation-parser probe. Per D10: default ON
-     * for `search.mode=tokenmax` brains, opt-in for conservative/balanced.
-     * ~$0.05/night with the committed fixtures × Haiku polish. Gated
-     * INSIDE the autopilot tick body, like nightly_quality_probe.
-     */
-    conversation_parser_probe?: {
-      /** Enable for non-tokenmax modes. Defaults to false. */
-      enabled?: boolean;
-    };
     /**
      * v0.42.x (#1685 GAP D) — extract_atoms backlog auto-drain. Default ON so a
      * pack-gated silent backlog never piles up unseen; daily-spend-capped so the

src/core/conversation-parser/nightly-probe.ts

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
  * Cost: ~$0.05/night with default fixtures × Haiku polish. Bounded
  * by the active BudgetTracker the autopilot loop creates per-tick.
  *
- * Wired into the autopilot loop (step 4.6 in autopilot.ts), following
- * the same shape as `src/core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts`
- * (v0.40.1.0 Track D / T6): the wiring resolves fixtures from the
- * gbrain package root, writes real outcomes to the parser-probe audit
- * trail (`audit-parser-probe.ts`), and never crashes the loop.
+ * **Wiring into the autopilot loop is deferred to a follow-up**
+ * (filed in TODOS.md). v0.41.16.0 ships the phase as a callable
+ * module so doctor + future cron drivers can invoke it; the
+ * scheduler wire-up follows the same shape as
+ * `src/core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts` (v0.40.1.0 Track D / T6).
  *
  * Test seam: all dependencies are injected via NightlyProbeDeps so
  * unit tests don't touch real LLMs or real fixtures.

src/core/cross-modal-eval/runner.ts

@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS: string[] = [
  * `--slot-a-model`, `--slot-b-model`, `--slot-c-model` on the CLI.
  */
 export const DEFAULT_SLOTS: SlotConfig[] = [
-  // Every default MUST be listed in its recipe's chat touchpoint (pinned by
-  // test/cross-modal-default-slots.test.ts) — `openai:gpt-4o` sat here after
-  // the OpenAI recipe dropped it, so slot A errored "not listed for OpenAI
-  // chat" on every install and the 3-slot panel could never reach its
-  // 2-model quorum without a Google key (verdict: permanently inconclusive).
-  { id: 'A', model: 'openai:gpt-5.2' },
+  { id: 'A', model: 'openai:gpt-4o' },
   { id: 'B', model: 'anthropic:claude-opus-4-7' },
   { id: 'C', model: 'google:gemini-1.5-pro' },
 ];

src/core/cycle/nightly-probe-adapters.ts

@@ -70,28 +70,6 @@ export async function runLongMemEvalForProbe(args: LongMemEvalProbeArgs): Promis
  * the batch input) or unparseable (cross-modal wrote garbage). Both
  * cases are paste-ready in the error message.
  */
-/**
- * QA-shaped judge dimensions for the nightly probe. The batch judge's
- * DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS rubric (DEPTH / SOURCING / SPECIFICITY / …) is built
- * for rich agent responses; LongMemEval hypotheses are deliberately terse
- * factual answers ("in widget-co") that can never score ≥7 on DEPTH or
- * SOURCING — so with the default rubric the probe FAILs every night even
- * when retrieval + answering are perfectly healthy. The probe owns its
- * invocation of the eval tool and passes dimensions matching the
- * fixture's QA shape instead.
- *
- * NOTE: the `--dimensions` CLI flag splits on commas, so these dimension
- * descriptions must stay comma-free.
- */
-export const PROBE_QA_DIMENSIONS: string[] = [
-  // No faithfulness/grounding dimension on purpose: the judge never sees
-  // the haystack, so any accurate detail beyond the terse gold label reads
-  // as "invented" and correct answers fail (verified empirically — a
-  // correct "before + dates" answer scored 4/10 on such a dimension).
-  'CORRECTNESS — Does the hypothesis state the same fact as the expected answer? A terse direct answer is ideal.',
-  'DIRECTNESS — Does it answer THIS question without hedging or padding or answering something else?',
-];
-
 export async function runCrossModalBatchForProbe(
   args: CrossModalProbeArgs,
 ): Promise<{ exitCode: number; summary: CrossModalBatchSummary }> {
@@ -103,8 +81,6 @@ export async function runCrossModalBatchForProbe(
     args.summaryPath,
     '--max-usd',
     String(args.maxUsd),
-    '--dimensions',
-    PROBE_QA_DIMENSIONS.join(','),
     '--yes',
     '--json',
   ]);

src/core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts

@@ -62,42 +62,6 @@ export interface NightlyProbeDeps {
   now: () => Date;
 }
 
-/**
- * Dual-plane flag resolution (same precedent as `mcp.publish_skills` in
- * serve-http.ts): the DB config row — what `gbrain config set` writes —
- * wins when present; the file plane (~/.gbrain/config.json) is the
- * fallback. Doctor's paste-ready enable hint says `gbrain config set
- * autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled true`, so the gate MUST read
- * the DB plane — a file-only read turns that hint into a silent no-op.
- */
-export function resolveProbeEnabled(
-  dbVal: string | null | undefined,
-  fileVal: unknown,
-): boolean {
-  if (dbVal != null) return dbVal === 'true';
-  return fileVal === true;
-}
-
-/**
- * Same dual-plane rule for the per-run cost cap. Malformed or negative
- * values on either plane fall through to the next plane / the default.
- */
-export function resolveProbeMaxUsd(
-  dbVal: string | null | undefined,
-  fileVal: unknown,
-  fallback: number = DEFAULT_MAX_USD,
-): number {
-  if (dbVal != null) {
-    const n = Number(dbVal);
-    if (Number.isFinite(n) && n >= 0) return n;
-  }
-  if (fileVal != null) {
-    const n = Number(fileVal);
-    if (Number.isFinite(n) && n >= 0) return n;
-  }
-  return fallback;
-}
-
 /**
  * Pure function: decide whether the probe should run given the audit
  * history. Returns reason when skipping.
@@ -137,17 +101,21 @@ export async function runNightlyQualityProbe(deps: NightlyProbeDeps): Promise<Ni
     return { outcome: 'disabled', exit_code: 0, detail: 'feature flag off' };
   }
 
-  // 24h rate limit — skip WITHOUT an audit row. The autopilot loop invokes
-  // the probe every cycle (~5-10 min), so all but one invocation per day
-  // lands here; logging each skip floods the audit file (~hundreds of
-  // rows/day) and — because doctor treats any non-pass outcome as bad
-  // signal — flips nightly_quality_probe_health to a permanent WARN the
-  // moment the probe is enabled. A skip is a non-event: the real runs are
-  // the signal, and their rows are what gates the next 24h window.
+  // 24h rate limit — skip + audit "rate_limited".
   const now = deps.now();
   const recent = readRecentQualityProbeEvents(2, now); // 2-day window is enough for 24h check
   const decision = shouldRunNightly(now, recent);
   if (!decision.run) {
+    logQualityProbeEvent({
+      outcome: 'rate_limited',
+      exit_code: 0,
+      pass_count: 0,
+      fail_count: 0,
+      inconclusive_count: 0,
+      error_count: 0,
+      est_cost_usd: 0,
+      detail: 'already ran within 24h window',
+    });
     return { outcome: 'rate_limited', exit_code: 0, detail: 'already ran within 24h' };
   }
 

src/core/cycle/synthesize.ts

@@ -428,8 +428,13 @@ export async function runPhaseSynthesize(
 
     const queue = new MinionQueue(engine);
     const childIds: number[] = [];
-    /** Map child job_id → chunk metadata for D6 orchestrator-side slug rewrite. */
-    const chunkInfo = new Map<number, { idx: number; hash6: string }>();
+    /**
+     * Map child job_id → transcript metadata. Drives D6 orchestrator-side
+     * slug rewrite for chunked transcripts AND the deterministic frontmatter
+     * stampDreamProvenance merges into each written page. Populated for
+     * every child (single-chunk children carry chunkTotal=1).
+     */
+    const childMeta = new Map<number, ChildMeta>();
     /** Skip reasons for the cycle report (D5 cap hits, D8 legacy-key skips). */
     const skipReports: Array<{ filePath: string; reason: string }> = [];
 
@@ -513,9 +518,14 @@ export async function runPhaseSynthesize(
           { allowProtectedSubmit: true },
         );
         childIds.push(child.id);
-        if (isChunked) {
-          chunkInfo.set(child.id, { idx: i, hash6 });
-        }
+        childMeta.set(child.id, {
+          idx: i,
+          hash6,
+          chunkTotal: chunks.length,
+          transcriptSource: t.transcriptSource,
+          transcriptId: stripContentVersionSuffix(t.basename),
+          inferredDate: t.inferredDate,
+        });
       }
     }
 
@@ -544,14 +554,14 @@ export async function runPhaseSynthesize(
 
     // Collect slugs from put_page tool executions across the children
     // (codex finding #2: deterministic provenance, NOT pages.updated_at).
-    // D6 orchestrator slug rewrite: chunkInfo drives post-hoc rewrite of
+    // D6 orchestrator slug rewrite: childMeta drives post-hoc rewrite of
     // bare-hash slugs to `<hash6>-c<idx>` so chunked siblings can't collide
     // even if Sonnet drops the chunk suffix.
     // v0.32.8: refs carry source_id so reverseWriteRefs picks the correct
     // (source, slug) row. #1586: refs are stamped with the cycle's resolved
     // source (children write there via SubagentHandlerData.source_id).
     const cycleSourceId = opts.sourceId ?? 'default';
-    const writtenRefs = await collectChildPutPageSlugs(engine, childIds, chunkInfo, cycleSourceId);
+    const writtenRefs = await collectChildPutPageSlugs(engine, childIds, childMeta, cycleSourceId);
 
     const summaryDate = opts.date ?? today();
 
@@ -559,7 +569,12 @@ export async function runPhaseSynthesize(
     // of every child-written page BEFORE reverse-rendering, so generated pages
     // are queryable (`frontmatter->>'dream_generated'`) and a later put_page
     // write-through (which re-renders from the DB row) can't erase the stamp.
-    await stampDreamProvenance(engine, writtenRefs, summaryDate);
+    // #2285: the stamp also carries the orchestrator-owned deterministic
+    // frontmatter (transcript_id, transcript_source, transcript_hash, date,
+    // chunk) derived from childMeta — subagent drift on those fields can't
+    // leak, and reverseWriteRefs below re-reads the row so the same fields
+    // land in the on-disk markdown.
+    await stampDreamProvenance(engine, writtenRefs, summaryDate, childMeta);
 
     // Dual-write: reverse-render each DB row → markdown file.
     const reverseWriteCount = await reverseWriteRefs(engine, opts.brainDir, writtenRefs, cycleSourceId);
@@ -1095,15 +1110,17 @@ function sanitizeForSlug(s: string): string {
  * fake"): we no longer need detection because the rewrite enforces
  * uniqueness at slug-write time.
  *
- * `chunkInfo` maps child job_id → { chunk_index, hash6 }. Single-chunk
- * children are absent from the map and pass through unchanged.
+ * `childMeta` maps child job_id → per-child transcript metadata. Chunked
+ * children (chunkTotal > 1) get the slug rewrite; single-chunk children
+ * pass through unchanged. Each returned ref carries the job_id that wrote
+ * it so stampDreamProvenance can pair the slug back to its childMeta entry.
  */
 async function collectChildPutPageSlugs(
   engine: BrainEngine,
   childIds: number[],
-  chunkInfo: Map<number, { idx: number; hash6: string }>,
+  childMeta: Map<number, ChildMeta>,
   sourceId = 'default',
-): Promise<Array<{ slug: string; source_id: string }>> {
+): Promise<Array<{ slug: string; source_id: string; jobId: number }>> {
   if (childIds.length === 0) return [];
   // Raw fetch — NO SELECT DISTINCT. Preserves per-child slug duplicates so
   // the orchestrator sees what each child wrote. COALESCE handles both
@@ -1122,16 +1139,73 @@ async function collectChildPutPageSlugs(
        FROM subagent_tool_executions
       WHERE job_id = ANY($1::int[])
         AND tool_name = 'brain_put_page'
-        AND status = 'complete'`,
+        AND status = 'complete'
+      ORDER BY id`,
     [childIds],
   );
-  const rewritten = new Set<string>();
+  const rewritten = new Map<string, number>();
   for (const r of rows) {
     if (typeof r.slug !== 'string' || r.slug.length === 0) continue;
-    const ci = chunkInfo.get(r.job_id);
-    rewritten.add(ci ? rewriteChunkedSlug(r.slug, ci.hash6, ci.idx) : r.slug);
+    const meta = childMeta.get(r.job_id);
+    const finalSlug = meta && meta.chunkTotal > 1
+      ? rewriteChunkedSlug(r.slug, meta.hash6, meta.idx)
+      : r.slug;
+    // Last writer wins, in execution-row order (ORDER BY id): if two children
+    // collide on a final slug, the pages row holds the LAST put_page write, so
+    // the stamp must attribute that child's transcript — not an arbitrary one.
+    rewritten.set(finalSlug, r.job_id);
   }
-  return Array.from(rewritten).sort().map(slug => ({ slug, source_id: sourceId }));
+  return [...rewritten.entries()]
+    .sort(([a], [b]) => a.localeCompare(b))
+    .map(([slug, jobId]) => ({ slug, source_id: sourceId, jobId }));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-child orchestrator state. Drives D6 chunked-slug rewrite (idx + hash6)
+ * AND the deterministic frontmatter stampDreamProvenance merges into each
+ * written page. Populated for every child, not just chunked ones.
+ */
+interface ChildMeta {
+  idx: number;
+  hash6: string;
+  chunkTotal: number;
+  transcriptSource: string | null;
+  transcriptId: string;
+  inferredDate: string | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Strip the content-version suffix that claude-code-archive appends when a
+ * conversation is edited (`<uuid>--<contentHash>.md`). The session UUID is
+ * the stable transcript identifier; the suffix changes with content. Used to
+ * populate `transcript_id` so edits of the same session collapse to one id.
+ */
+function stripContentVersionSuffix(basename: string): string {
+  return basename.replace(/--[a-f0-9]+$/i, '');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deterministic frontmatter for one synthesized page (#2285). Every field
+ * here is owned by the orchestrator — the subagent's value for any of these
+ * is overwritten. The subagent retains authority over type / title / tags /
+ * body. `date` feeds the effective-date precedence chain
+ * (src/core/effective-date.ts) so re-imports keep the conversation date even
+ * when sync tools re-stamp file mtimes.
+ */
+function buildDeterministicFrontmatter(
+  meta: ChildMeta,
+  cycleDate: string,
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    dream_generated: true,
+    dream_cycle_date: cycleDate,
+    transcript_id: meta.transcriptId,
+    transcript_hash: meta.hash6,
+  };
+  if (meta.transcriptSource) overrides.transcript_source = meta.transcriptSource;
+  if (meta.chunkTotal > 1) overrides.chunk = `${meta.idx + 1}/${meta.chunkTotal}`;
+  if (meta.inferredDate) overrides.date = meta.inferredDate;
+  return overrides;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1177,12 +1251,19 @@ async function hasLegacySingleChunkCompletion(
  */
 async function stampDreamProvenance(
   engine: BrainEngine,
-  refs: Array<{ slug: string; source_id: string }>,
+  refs: Array<{ slug: string; source_id: string; jobId?: number }>,
   cycleDate: string,
+  childMeta?: Map<number, ChildMeta>,
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (refs.length === 0) return;
   const { executeRawJsonb } = await import('../sql-query.ts');
-  for (const { slug, source_id } of refs) {
+  for (const { slug, source_id, jobId } of refs) {
+    // #2285: when the ref pairs back to a child, the stamp also carries the
+    // orchestrator-owned deterministic frontmatter for that transcript.
+    const meta = jobId !== undefined ? childMeta?.get(jobId) : undefined;
+    const stamp = meta
+      ? buildDeterministicFrontmatter(meta, cycleDate)
+      : { dream_generated: true, dream_cycle_date: cycleDate };
     try {
       await executeRawJsonb(
         engine,
@@ -1190,7 +1271,7 @@ async function stampDreamProvenance(
             SET frontmatter = COALESCE(frontmatter, '{}'::jsonb) || $3::jsonb
           WHERE slug = $1 AND source_id = $2`,
         [slug, source_id],
-        [{ dream_generated: true, dream_cycle_date: cycleDate }],
+        [stamp],
       );
     } catch (e) {
       const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);

src/core/cycle/transcript-discovery.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import { readFileSync, readdirSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join, basename } from 'node:path';
+import { join, basename, dirname } from 'node:path';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { pruneDir } from '../sync.ts';
 
@@ -23,8 +23,22 @@ export interface DiscoveredTranscript {
   content: string;
   /** Filename basename without extension; used as a topic-slug seed. */
   basename: string;
-  /** Inferred date if the basename matches `YYYY-MM-DD...` (or null). */
+  /**
+   * Inferred conversation date (YYYY-MM-DD) or null. Precedence: the
+   * `| First message | <ISO> |` row in the transcript's `## Metadata`
+   * table (stable across mtime-restamping re-syncs) wins; a leading
+   * `YYYY-MM-DD` in the basename is the fallback.
+   */
   inferredDate: string | null;
+  /**
+   * Transcript source archive name, derived from the path's grandparent
+   * directory (the immediate parent of the date directory). For the
+   * canonical layout `<corpus>/<source>/<date>/<id>.md` this yields the
+   * source-name segment — e.g. `claude-code` for the claude-code-archive
+   * output, `meetings` for meeting recordings. Null when the file does
+   * not live under a `<source>/<date>/` pair (ad-hoc inputs).
+   */
+  transcriptSource: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface DiscoverOpts {
@@ -161,6 +175,36 @@ function matchesAnyExclude(text: string, patterns: RegExp[]): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Content-based conversation date: the `| First message | <ISO timestamp> |`
+ * row claude-code-archive writes into the transcript's `## Metadata` table.
+ * Stable across rsync/Dropbox/Syncthing/B2 re-syncs that re-stamp mtime,
+ * unlike anything derived from file metadata. Returns YYYY-MM-DD or null.
+ */
+const FIRST_MESSAGE_RE = /^\|\s*First message\s*\|\s*(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})/im;
+
+export function inferContentDate(content: string): string | null {
+  const m = FIRST_MESSAGE_RE.exec(content);
+  return m ? m[1] : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Derive the archive source name from a transcript path. Returns the basename
+ * of the directory two levels above the file when the immediate parent is a
+ * date directory and the grandparent looks like a source-name slug (lowercase
+ * alphanumeric segments separated by hyphens); otherwise null. This pins the
+ * canonical claude-code-archive layout `<corpus>/<source>/<date>/<id>.md`
+ * without claiming a source for ad-hoc inputs that don't match.
+ */
+export function deriveTranscriptSource(filePath: string): string | null {
+  const parentName = basename(dirname(filePath));
+  if (!/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/.test(parentName)) return null;
+  const grandparentName = basename(dirname(dirname(filePath)));
+  if (!grandparentName) return null;
+  if (!/^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$/.test(grandparentName)) return null;
+  return grandparentName;
+}
+
 function listTextFiles(dir: string): string[] {
   // Recursive walk with descent-time pruning (closes codex C12/C13 spec gap).
   // Accepts BOTH .txt and .md per transcript-discovery's domain rules — does
@@ -225,8 +269,11 @@ export function discoverTranscripts(opts: DiscoverOpts): DiscoveredTranscript[]
       const ext = filePath.endsWith('.md') ? '.md' : '.txt';
       const baseName = basename(filePath, ext);
       const dateMatch = DATE_RE.exec(baseName);
-      const inferredDate = dateMatch ? dateMatch[1] : null;
-      if (!isInDateRange(inferredDate, opts)) continue;
+      const filenameDate = dateMatch ? dateMatch[1] : null;
+      // Fast path: date-named files outside the window skip before the read.
+      // ponytail: a date-named file whose content date differs is filtered on
+      // its filename date — acceptable; archive layouts use UUID basenames.
+      if (filenameDate && !isInDateRange(filenameDate, opts)) continue;
 
       let content: string;
       try {
@@ -241,12 +288,17 @@ export function discoverTranscripts(opts: DiscoverOpts): DiscoveredTranscript[]
       }
       if (matchesAnyExclude(content, excludeRes)) continue;
 
+      // Content-metadata date wins (survives mtime restamps); filename next.
+      const inferredDate = inferContentDate(content) ?? filenameDate;
+      if (!isInDateRange(inferredDate, opts)) continue;
+
       results.push({
         filePath,
         contentHash: hashContent(content),
         content,
         basename: baseName,
         inferredDate,
+        transcriptSource: deriveTranscriptSource(filePath),
       });
     }
   }
@@ -290,6 +342,7 @@ export function readSingleTranscript(
     contentHash: hashContent(content),
     content,
     basename: baseName,
-    inferredDate: dateMatch ? dateMatch[1] : null,
+    inferredDate: inferContentDate(content) ?? (dateMatch ? dateMatch[1] : null),
+    transcriptSource: deriveTranscriptSource(filePath),
   };
 }

src/core/model-pricing.ts

@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ export const CANONICAL_PRICING: Record<string, ModelPricing> = {
   'openai:gpt-4o':                        { input:  2.50, output: 10.00 },
   'openai:gpt-4o-mini':                   { input:  0.15, output:  0.60 },
   'openai:gpt-5':                         { input:  5.00, output: 20.00 },
-  // gpt-5.2: rates from the OpenAI recipe chat touchpoint (verified
-  // 2026-04-20). Needed here because it's the cross-modal DEFAULT_SLOTS
-  // slot-A model — without a canonical entry estimateCost silently drops
-  // slot A from the --max-usd pre-flight and est_cost_usd audit rows.
-  'openai:gpt-5.2':                       { input:  1.25, output: 10.00 },
   'openai:gpt-5.5':                       { input:  4.00, output: 16.00 },
 
   // ── Google ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

test/audit-parser-probe.serial.test.ts

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Tests for the parser-probe audit trail + the 24h rate-limit gate.
- *
- * Uses GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR override pointed at a tmpdir for hermeticity
- * (same pattern as audit-slug-fallback.serial.test.ts). Serial because
- * the env override is process-global.
- */
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
-
-import {
-  computeParserProbeAuditFilename,
-  logParserProbeEvent,
-  parserProbeRanWithin,
-  readRecentParserProbeEvents,
-  type ParserProbeAuditEvent,
-} from '../src/core/audit-parser-probe.ts';
-
-let auditDir: string;
-let savedEnv: string | undefined;
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  auditDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'parser-probe-audit-'));
-  savedEnv = process.env.GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR;
-  process.env.GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR = auditDir;
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  if (savedEnv === undefined) delete process.env.GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR;
-  else process.env.GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR = savedEnv;
-  rmSync(auditDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-});
-
-function makeEvent(overrides: Partial<ParserProbeAuditEvent> = {}): ParserProbeAuditEvent {
-  return {
-    schema_version: 1,
-    ts: new Date().toISOString(),
-    outcome: 'pass',
-    fixtures_total: 12,
-    fixtures_passed: 12,
-    recall_mean: 0.98,
-    participants_recall_mean: 0.97,
-    adversarial_false_positives: 0,
-    failed_fixture_ids: [],
-    ...overrides,
-  };
-}
-
-describe('parser-probe audit trail', () => {
-  test('log + readRecent round-trip', () => {
-    logParserProbeEvent(makeEvent({ outcome: 'fail', reason: '2 fixture(s) failed' }));
-    const events = readRecentParserProbeEvents(7);
-    expect(events.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(events[0]!.outcome).toBe('fail');
-    expect(events[0]!.reason).toBe('2 fixture(s) failed');
-    const files = readdirSync(auditDir);
-    expect(files.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(files[0]).toMatch(/^parser-probe-\d{4}-W\d{2}\.jsonl$/);
-  });
-
-  test('filename uses ISO-week rotation with the parser-probe prefix', () => {
-    // Year-boundary edge pinned by the shared writer's own tests; here we
-    // pin the prefix wiring.
-    expect(computeParserProbeAuditFilename(new Date('2026-07-06T12:00:00Z'))).toBe(
-      'parser-probe-2026-W28.jsonl',
-    );
-  });
-
-  test('readRecent filters by window', () => {
-    const old = new Date(Date.now() - 10 * 86400000).toISOString();
-    logParserProbeEvent(makeEvent({ ts: old }));
-    expect(readRecentParserProbeEvents(7).length).toBe(0);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('parserProbeRanWithin — 24h rate-limit gate', () => {
-  const DAY_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-
-  test('false when no runs are audited', () => {
-    expect(parserProbeRanWithin(DAY_MS)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('true when a run landed within the window', () => {
-    logParserProbeEvent(makeEvent({ ts: new Date(Date.now() - 60_000).toISOString() }));
-    expect(parserProbeRanWithin(DAY_MS)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('false when the last run is older than the window', () => {
-    logParserProbeEvent(makeEvent({ ts: new Date(Date.now() - 25 * 3600_000).toISOString() }));
-    expect(parserProbeRanWithin(DAY_MS)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('non-pass outcomes also hold the window (mirrors quality-probe semantics)', () => {
-    logParserProbeEvent(makeEvent({
-      outcome: 'no_embedding_key',
-      ts: new Date(Date.now() - 3600_000).toISOString(),
-    }));
-    expect(parserProbeRanWithin(DAY_MS)).toBe(true);
-  });
-});

test/autopilot-nightly-probe-wiring.test.ts

@@ -31,15 +31,10 @@ describe('autopilot wiring: nightly quality probe', () => {
     expect(SOURCE).toContain(`runCrossModalBatchForProbe`);
   });
 
-  test('feature flag gate present: dual-plane read (DB row wins, file plane fallback)', () => {
+  test('feature flag gate present: cfg.autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled', () => {
     // Per D10: the scheduler ONLY checks the feature flag. The 24h rate-limit
     // lives inside runNightlyQualityProbe itself (no scheduler-side precheck).
-    // The flag resolves through resolveProbeEnabled so `gbrain config set
-    // autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled true` (the doctor hint, DB
-    // plane) and ~/.gbrain/config.json (file plane) BOTH work — a file-only
-    // read made the printed hint a silent no-op.
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`getConfig('autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled')`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/resolveProbeEnabled\(dbEnabled,\s*cfg\?\.autopilot\?\.nightly_quality_probe\?\.enabled\)/);
+    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`nightly_quality_probe?.enabled === true`);
   });
 
   test('NO scheduler-side rate-limit check (D10 simplification)', () => {
@@ -69,23 +64,12 @@ describe('autopilot wiring: nightly quality probe', () => {
     expect(SOURCE).toContain(`now:`);
   });
 
-  test('resolveRepoRoot prefers the gbrain package root (committed fixture home), not the brain repoPath', () => {
-    // The DI harness in nightly-quality-probe.test.ts passes process.cwd()
-    // (= the gbrain repo in CI), which papered over the wiring passing
-    // repoPath (= sync.repo_path, the user's BRAIN repo, where the fixture
-    // never exists). Pin the package-root resolution + existence check.
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/fileURLToPath\(new URL\('\.\.\/\.\.', import\.meta\.url\)\)/);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`'longmemeval-nightly.jsonl'`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/fixtureAtPkgRoot \? pkgRoot : repoPath/);
-  });
-
   test('hasEmbeddingProvider reads from gateway.isAvailable("embedding") (codex round-2 #12 — in-process, not subprocess)', () => {
     expect(SOURCE).toContain(`isAvailable('embedding')`);
     expect(SOURCE).toContain(`gateway`);
   });
 
-  test('max_usd resolves dual-plane (default = 5 pinned by resolveProbeMaxUsd unit tests)', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`getConfig('autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.max_usd')`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/resolveProbeMaxUsd\(dbMaxUsd,\s*cfg\?\.autopilot\?\.nightly_quality_probe\?\.max_usd\)/);
+  test('max_usd default = 5 when config unset (matches plan default per D10)', () => {
+    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/max_usd\s*\?\?\s*5/);
   });
 });

test/autopilot-parser-probe-wiring.test.ts

@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Source-shape regression tests for the autopilot wiring of
- * `runConversationParserNightlyProbe` (step 4.6).
- *
- * Same rationale as autopilot-nightly-probe-wiring.test.ts: the loop is
- * hard to drive end-to-end, so these pin the structural protections —
- * the dual-plane flag read, the D10 tokenmax mode-gate, the package-root
- * fixture resolution, the audit-flood guard, and the try/catch posture.
- *
- * The probe's own gate/scoring logic is pinned by the module's unit
- * tests; the audit trail by audit-parser-probe.serial.test.ts.
- */
-
-import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-
-const AUTOPILOT_SRC = resolve('src/commands/autopilot.ts');
-const SOURCE = readFileSync(AUTOPILOT_SRC, 'utf-8');
-
-describe('autopilot wiring: conversation-parser probe', () => {
-  test('invokes the phase module and the audit trail', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`runConversationParserNightlyProbe`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`conversation-parser/nightly-probe`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`logParserProbeEvent`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`audit-parser-probe`);
-  });
-
-  test('flag reads dual-plane: DB row (gbrain config set) wins, file plane fallback', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`getConfig('autopilot.conversation_parser_probe.enabled')`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`cfg?.autopilot?.conversation_parser_probe?.enabled === true`);
-  });
-
-  test('D10 mode-gate present: tokenmax brains run the probe by default', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/parserEnabled \|\| searchMode === 'tokenmax'/);
-  });
-
-  test('fixtures resolve from the gbrain package root, NOT the brain repoPath', () => {
-    // The committed fixtures live in the gbrain source tree; resolving
-    // them against sync.repo_path would point into the user's brain repo.
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/fileURLToPath\(new URL\('\.\.\/\.\.', import\.meta\.url\)\)/);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`'conversation-formats', 'all.jsonl'`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`'conversation-formats', 'adversarial.jsonl'`);
-  });
-
-  test('missing fixtures skip quietly (no audit row, once-per-process stderr note)', () => {
-    // Compiled-binary installs carry no source tree; writing failure rows
-    // would flip doctor to WARN on every binary install.
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`parserProbeFixtureWarned`);
-  });
-
-  test('rate_limited outcomes are NOT audit-logged (flood guard)', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/outcome !== 'rate_limited'\) logParserProbeEvent\(result\)/);
-  });
-
-  test('rate-limit gate delegates to the audit module, not inline event reads', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`parserProbeRanWithin(24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)`);
-  });
-
-  test('LLM-key gate reads gateway.isAvailable("chat") in-process', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`isAvailable('chat')`);
-  });
-
-  test('probe call wrapped in try/catch that does NOT bump consecutiveErrors', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toMatch(/catch[\s\S]*?autopilot\.parser_probe[\s\S]*?do NOT bump consecutiveErrors/);
-  });
-
-  test('DI shape: the exact 7 fields of the parser probe NightlyProbeDeps', () => {
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`isEnabled:`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`searchMode:`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`hasLlmKey:`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`resolveFixturePath:`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`resolveAdversarialPath:`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`shouldSkipForRateLimit:`);
-    expect(SOURCE).toContain(`now:`);
-  });
-});

test/cross-modal-default-slots.test.ts

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Consistency guard: every cross-modal DEFAULT_SLOTS model must be listed
- * in its recipe's chat touchpoint. `openai:gpt-4o` drifted out of the
- * OpenAI recipe while remaining the slot-A default — the gateway then
- * rejected slot A ("not listed for OpenAI chat") on every install, and the
- * 3-slot judge panel could never reach its 2-model quorum without a Google
- * key, pinning every batch verdict at inconclusive (which the nightly
- * quality probe surfaces as a doctor WARN).
- */
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-
-import { DEFAULT_SLOTS } from '../src/core/cross-modal-eval/runner.ts';
-import { getRecipe } from '../src/core/ai/recipes/index.ts';
-import { splitProviderModelId } from '../src/core/model-id.ts';
-import { canonicalLookup } from '../src/core/model-pricing.ts';
-
-describe('cross-modal DEFAULT_SLOTS ↔ recipe consistency', () => {
-  test('every default slot model is listed in its recipe chat touchpoint', () => {
-    for (const slot of DEFAULT_SLOTS) {
-      const { provider, model } = splitProviderModelId(slot.model);
-      expect(provider).not.toBeNull();
-      const recipe = getRecipe(provider!);
-      expect(recipe, `slot ${slot.id}: unknown recipe "${provider}"`).toBeDefined();
-      const chatModels = recipe!.touchpoints.chat?.models ?? [];
-      expect(
-        chatModels,
-        `slot ${slot.id}: "${model}" not listed for ${provider} chat — the judge slot can never run`,
-      ).toContain(model);
-    }
-  });
-
-  test('every default slot model has a canonical pricing entry', () => {
-    // Without one, estimateCost silently drops the slot from the
-    // --max-usd pre-flight and est_cost_usd audit rows (~1/3 under-count).
-    for (const slot of DEFAULT_SLOTS) {
-      expect(
-        canonicalLookup(slot.model),
-        `slot ${slot.id}: "${slot.model}" missing from CANONICAL_PRICING`,
-      ).toBeDefined();
-    }
-  });
-
-  test('slots span three distinct providers (uncorrelated blind spots)', () => {
-    const providers = new Set(DEFAULT_SLOTS.map(s => splitProviderModelId(s.model).provider));
-    expect(providers.size).toBe(3);
-  });
-});

test/cycle-dream-output-root.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const transcript: DiscoveredTranscript = {
   content: 'User: hello world',
   contentHash: 'abcdef0123456789',
   inferredDate: '2026-07-17',
+  transcriptSource: null,
 } as DiscoveredTranscript;
 
 describe('#2415: buildSynthesisPrompt output root', () => {

test/cycle-synthesize-slug-collection.test.ts

@@ -152,3 +152,94 @@ describe('#2569: stampDreamProvenance persists the marker into DB frontmatter',
     await stampDreamProvenance(engine as any, refs, '2026-07-17'); // idempotent
   });
 });
+
+describe('#2285: orchestrator-owned deterministic transcript frontmatter', () => {
+  const meta = {
+    idx: 1,
+    hash6: 'abc123',
+    chunkTotal: 3,
+    transcriptSource: 'claude-code',
+    transcriptId: 'session-uuid',
+    inferredDate: '2026-05-15',
+  };
+
+  test('collectChildPutPageSlugs pairs each ref back to the writing job', async () => {
+    const refs = await collectChildPutPageSlugs(
+      engine as any, [1001], new Map([[1001, { ...meta, chunkTotal: 1 }]]), 'mybrain',
+    );
+    expect(refs.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const r of refs) {
+      expect(r.jobId).toBe(1001);
+      expect(r.source_id).toBe('mybrain'); // #1586: cycle source, never hardcoded 'default'
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('slug collision across children attributes the LAST writer (matches surviving putPage)', async () => {
+    const db = (engine as any).db;
+    // Jobs 1001 then 1002 write the same slug; the pages row would hold
+    // 1002's content (last put_page wins), so the ref must carry jobId 1002.
+    await db.query(
+      `INSERT INTO subagent_tool_executions (job_id, message_idx, tool_use_id, tool_name, status, input)
+       VALUES (1001, 9, 'tool_dup_a', 'brain_put_page', 'complete', $1::jsonb)`,
+      [JSON.stringify({ slug: 'wiki/agents/test/collision', body: 'first' })],
+    );
+    await db.query(
+      `INSERT INTO subagent_tool_executions (job_id, message_idx, tool_use_id, tool_name, status, input)
+       VALUES (1002, 9, 'tool_dup_b', 'brain_put_page', 'complete', $1::jsonb)`,
+      [JSON.stringify({ slug: 'wiki/agents/test/collision', body: 'second' })],
+    );
+    const refs = await collectChildPutPageSlugs(engine as any, [1001, 1002], new Map());
+    const hit = refs.find((r: { slug: string }) => r.slug === 'wiki/agents/test/collision');
+    expect(hit?.jobId).toBe(1002);
+  });
+
+  test('stampDreamProvenance merges the transcript metadata into DB frontmatter', async () => {
+    const slug = 'wiki/originals/ideas/2026-07-17-transcript-meta-abc123';
+    await engine.putPage(slug, {
+      type: 'note',
+      title: 'Meta stamp',
+      compiled_truth: 'body',
+      timeline: '',
+      frontmatter: { keep_me: 'yes', transcript_id: 'subagent-drift' },
+    });
+    await stampDreamProvenance(
+      engine as any,
+      [{ slug, source_id: 'default', jobId: 42 }],
+      '2026-07-17',
+      new Map([[42, meta]]),
+    );
+    const rows = await engine.executeRaw<{ fm: Record<string, unknown> }>(
+      `SELECT frontmatter AS fm FROM pages WHERE slug = $1`, [slug],
+    );
+    const fm = rows[0].fm as Record<string, unknown>;
+    expect(fm.dream_generated).toBe(true);
+    expect(fm.dream_cycle_date).toBe('2026-07-17');
+    expect(fm.transcript_id).toBe('session-uuid'); // orchestrator wins over subagent drift
+    expect(fm.transcript_hash).toBe('abc123');
+    expect(fm.transcript_source).toBe('claude-code');
+    expect(fm.chunk).toBe('2/3');
+    expect(fm.date).toBe('2026-05-15');
+    expect(fm.keep_me).toBe('yes'); // subagent-owned keys survive
+  });
+
+  test('single-chunk children with no inferredDate stamp only the applicable fields', async () => {
+    const slug = 'wiki/originals/ideas/2026-07-17-minimal-meta-abc123';
+    await engine.putPage(slug, {
+      type: 'note', title: 'Minimal', compiled_truth: 'b', timeline: '', frontmatter: {},
+    });
+    await stampDreamProvenance(
+      engine as any,
+      [{ slug, source_id: 'default', jobId: 43 }],
+      '2026-07-17',
+      new Map([[43, { ...meta, chunkTotal: 1, transcriptSource: null, inferredDate: null }]]),
+    );
+    const rows = await engine.executeRaw<{ fm: Record<string, unknown> }>(
+      `SELECT frontmatter AS fm FROM pages WHERE slug = $1`, [slug],
+    );
+    const fm = rows[0].fm as Record<string, unknown>;
+    expect(fm.transcript_id).toBe('session-uuid');
+    expect(fm.chunk).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(fm.transcript_source).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(fm.date).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});

test/cycle-synthesize.test.ts

@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ describe('judgeSignificance', () => {
       content: 'A short conversation about something interesting.',
       basename: 'x',
       inferredDate: null,
+      transcriptSource: null,
     };
   }
 
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ describe('judgeSignificance — UTF-16 safety (v0.41.13)', () => {
       content,
       basename: 'long',
       inferredDate: null,
+      transcriptSource: null,
     };
   }
 

test/cycle/synthesize-gateway-adapter.test.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const FIXTURE_TRANSCRIPT: DiscoveredTranscript = {
   content: 'Synthetic transcript content for gateway-adapter parity tests.',
   contentHash: 'sha-fixture-1',
   inferredDate: '2026-05-24',
+  transcriptSource: null,
 };
 
 describe('makeJudgeClient — construction-time provider probe', () => {

test/cycle/transcript-discovery-metadata.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/**
+ * #2285 — transcript metadata discovery.
+ *
+ * Pins the two discovery-side additions:
+ *   1. `transcriptSource` — derived from the `<source>/<date>/<file>` path
+ *      layout; null for ad-hoc inputs that don't match.
+ *   2. Content-based date inference — the `| First message | <ISO> |` row in
+ *      the transcript's `## Metadata` table wins over the filename-regex
+ *      date (stable across mtime-restamping re-syncs); filename is the
+ *      fallback.
+ *
+ * Pure filesystem; no engine, no LLM.
+ */
+
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'bun:test';
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
+import {
+  discoverTranscripts,
+  readSingleTranscript,
+  deriveTranscriptSource,
+  inferContentDate,
+} from '../../src/core/cycle/transcript-discovery.ts';
+
+let tmpDir: string;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'gbrain-transcript-meta-'));
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+function write(relPath: string, body: string): string {
+  const full = join(tmpDir, relPath);
+  mkdirSync(dirname(full), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(full, body);
+  return full;
+}
+
+const FILLER = 'User: hello world. '.repeat(200);
+const METADATA_BLOCK =
+  '## Metadata\n\n| Key | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| First message | 2026-05-15T03:51:11.584Z |\n\n';
+
+describe('deriveTranscriptSource', () => {
+  test('extracts the source slug from <source>/<date>/<file> layout', () => {
+    expect(deriveTranscriptSource('/corpus/claude-code/2026-06-12/abc.md')).toBe('claude-code');
+    expect(deriveTranscriptSource('/corpus/voice-notes/2026-06-12/xyz.md')).toBe('voice-notes');
+  });
+
+  test('null when the parent dir is not a date dir or grandparent is not a slug', () => {
+    expect(deriveTranscriptSource('/corpus/flat-file.md')).toBeNull();
+    expect(deriveTranscriptSource('/corpus/claude-code/not-a-date/abc.md')).toBeNull();
+    expect(deriveTranscriptSource('/corpus/Not A Slug/2026-06-12/abc.md')).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('inferContentDate', () => {
+  test('parses the | First message | row', () => {
+    expect(inferContentDate(METADATA_BLOCK)).toBe('2026-05-15');
+  });
+  test('null when absent', () => {
+    expect(inferContentDate(FILLER)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('discoverTranscripts — transcriptSource + date cascade', () => {
+  test('populates transcriptSource per file; null for flat files', () => {
+    write('claude-code/2026-06-12/aaaa.md', FILLER);
+    write('2026-06-12-flat.md', FILLER);
+    const out = discoverTranscripts({ corpusDir: tmpDir, minChars: 100 });
+    const byBase = new Map(out.map(t => [t.basename, t.transcriptSource]));
+    expect(byBase.get('aaaa')).toBe('claude-code');
+    expect(byBase.get('2026-06-12-flat')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('content First-message date wins over the filename date', () => {
+    write('2026-01-01-named.md', METADATA_BLOCK + FILLER);
+    const out = discoverTranscripts({ corpusDir: tmpDir, minChars: 100 });
+    expect(out).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(out[0].inferredDate).toBe('2026-05-15');
+  });
+
+  test('filename date remains the fallback when content has no metadata row', () => {
+    write('2026-01-01-named.md', FILLER);
+    const out = discoverTranscripts({ corpusDir: tmpDir, minChars: 100 });
+    expect(out[0].inferredDate).toBe('2026-01-01');
+  });
+
+  test('date filter matches on the content date for UUID-named transcripts', () => {
+    write('claude-code/2026-05-15/uuid-basename.md', METADATA_BLOCK + FILLER);
+    const hit = discoverTranscripts({ corpusDir: tmpDir, minChars: 100, date: '2026-05-15' });
+    expect(hit).toHaveLength(1);
+    const miss = discoverTranscripts({ corpusDir: tmpDir, minChars: 100, date: '2026-05-16' });
+    expect(miss).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('readSingleTranscript — same metadata surface', () => {
+  test('carries transcriptSource and prefers the content date', () => {
+    const p = write('claude-code/2026-05-15/2026-01-01-single.md', METADATA_BLOCK + FILLER);
+    const t = readSingleTranscript(p, { minChars: 100 });
+    expect(t).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(t!.transcriptSource).toBe('claude-code');
+    expect(t!.inferredDate).toBe('2026-05-15');
+  });
+});

test/doctor-parser-probe-check.test.ts

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Tests for computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck — the pure function
- * behind doctor's conversation_parser_probe_health check, which replaced
- * the v0.41.13.0 hardcoded "Skipped" stub when the autopilot wiring
- * landed. Mirrors the branch coverage style of the quality-probe check.
- */
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-
-import { computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck } from '../src/commands/doctor.ts';
-
-const ev = (outcome: string, reason?: string, ts = new Date().toISOString()) => ({
-  outcome,
-  ts,
-  ...(reason !== undefined ? { reason } : {}),
-});
-
-describe('computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck', () => {
-  test('disabled + no events → ok with paste-ready enable hint', () => {
-    const check = computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(false, []);
-    expect(check.status).toBe('ok');
-    expect(check.message).toContain('gbrain config set autopilot.conversation_parser_probe.enabled true');
-  });
-
-  test('enabled + no events yet → ok, next run by autopilot', () => {
-    const check = computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(true, []);
-    expect(check.status).toBe('ok');
-    expect(check.message).toContain('no probe events');
-  });
-
-  test('disabled flag but events exist (tokenmax mode-gate ran it) → events win over the hint', () => {
-    const check = computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(false, [ev('pass')]);
-    expect(check.status).toBe('ok');
-    expect(check.message).toContain('all pass');
-  });
-
-  test('any non-pass outcome in the window → warn, latest surfaced with reason', () => {
-    const check = computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(true, [
-      ev('pass'),
-      ev('adversarial_false_positive', '1 adversarial fixture(s) parsed to non-empty'),
-    ]);
-    expect(check.status).toBe('warn');
-    expect(check.message).toContain('adversarial_false_positive');
-    expect(check.message).toContain('parsed to non-empty');
-  });
-
-  test('all pass → ok with run count', () => {
-    const check = computeConversationParserProbeHealthCheck(true, [ev('pass'), ev('pass')]);
-    expect(check.status).toBe('ok');
-    expect(check.message).toContain('2 probe run(s)');
-  });
-});

test/nightly-probe-config-plane.test.ts

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-// Regression test for the nightly-quality-probe config-plane split-brain.
-//
-// The doctor check prints a paste-ready enable hint — `gbrain config set
-// autopilot.nightly_quality_probe.enabled true` — which writes the DB config
-// plane. But both the autopilot gate and the doctor check used to read ONLY
-// the file plane (~/.gbrain/config.json via loadConfig), so following the
-// hint was a silent no-op: the probe never ran and doctor kept reporting
-// "disabled (opt-in)".
-//
-// resolveProbeEnabled / resolveProbeMaxUsd pin the dual-plane rule (same
-// precedent as `mcp.publish_skills` in serve-http.ts): DB row wins when
-// present, file plane is the fallback.
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-
-import {
-  resolveProbeEnabled,
-  resolveProbeMaxUsd,
-} from '../src/core/cycle/nightly-quality-probe.ts';
-
-describe('resolveProbeEnabled — dual-plane flag resolution', () => {
-  test('DB plane "true" enables regardless of file plane (the doctor hint path)', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled('true', undefined)).toBe(true);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled('true', false)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('explicit DB "false" wins over file-plane true (config set off sticks)', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled('false', true)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('file plane is the fallback when no DB row exists', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled(null, true)).toBe(true);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled(undefined, true)).toBe(true);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled(null, undefined)).toBe(false);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled(null, false)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('file plane stays strict boolean — string "true" in config.json does not enable', () => {
-    // Matches the pre-fix autopilot gate (`=== true`); the doctor check used
-    // Boolean(...) and could disagree with autopilot on a string value.
-    // Both call sites now share this helper, so they can no longer diverge.
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled(null, 'true')).toBe(false);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled(null, 1)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('non-"true" DB strings are off (mcp.publish_skills semantics)', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled('1', true)).toBe(false);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled('yes', true)).toBe(false);
-    expect(resolveProbeEnabled('', true)).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('resolveProbeMaxUsd — dual-plane cost cap resolution', () => {
-  test('DB plane wins when parseable', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd('2.5', 10)).toBe(2.5);
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd('0', 10)).toBe(0);
-  });
-
-  test('malformed or negative DB value falls through to file plane', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd('banana', 3)).toBe(3);
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd('-1', 3)).toBe(3);
-  });
-
-  test('file plane used when no DB row; default when both absent/invalid', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd(null, 7)).toBe(7);
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd(null, '4')).toBe(4);
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd(null, undefined)).toBe(5);
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd(null, 'banana')).toBe(5);
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd(undefined, -2)).toBe(5);
-  });
-
-  test('explicit fallback override is honored', () => {
-    expect(resolveProbeMaxUsd(null, undefined, 12)).toBe(12);
-  });
-});

test/nightly-quality-probe.test.ts

@@ -132,20 +132,17 @@ describe('runNightlyQualityProbe (DI stub harness)', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('enabled + recent run within 24h → outcome: rate_limited, NO audit row', async () => {
+  test('enabled + recent run within 24h → outcome: rate_limited', async () => {
     // Pre-seed a recent audit event by running the probe once first.
     await withEnv({ GBRAIN_AUDIT_DIR: auditTmp }, async () => {
       // First run succeeds.
       await runNightlyQualityProbe(makeDeps());
-      // Second run, same hour → rate_limited. A skip is a non-event: the
-      // autopilot loop invokes the probe every cycle (~5-10 min), so
-      // logging each skip would flood the audit file and flip doctor's
-      // any-non-pass-is-bad filter to a permanent WARN.
+      // Second run, same hour → rate_limited.
       const r2 = await runNightlyQualityProbe(makeDeps());
       expect(r2.outcome).toBe('rate_limited');
       const events = await readEvents();
-      expect(events.length).toBe(1);
-      expect(events[0].outcome).toBe('pass');
+      expect(events.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(events[1].outcome).toBe('rate_limited');
     });
   });
 

test/progress.test.ts

@@ -216,17 +216,21 @@ describe('progress reporter', () => {
   });
 
   test('only one process-level signal handler installed across many reporters', () => {
-    // Baseline: one handler already installed by prior tests in this file.
+    // Baseline: one handler already installed by prior tests in this file, and
+    // possibly live reporters from OTHER test files sharing this bun process
+    // (shard composition is not this test's invariant — assert the delta, not
+    // an absolute zero, or shard reshuffles make this fail spuriously).
     const installedBefore = __signalHandlerInstalledForTest();
+    const liveBefore = __liveReporterCountForTest();
     const { stream } = sink(false);
     for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
       const p = createProgress({ mode: 'json', stream, minIntervalMs: 0, minItems: 1 });
       p.start(`phase_${i}`, 1);
       p.finish();
     }
-    // After 50 reporter lifecycles, still exactly one handler and zero leaked live entries.
+    // After 50 reporter lifecycles, still exactly one handler and zero NET leaked live entries.
     expect(__signalHandlerInstalledForTest()).toBe(installedBefore || true);
-    expect(__liveReporterCountForTest()).toBe(0);
+    expect(__liveReporterCountForTest()).toBe(liveBefore);
   });
 
   test('startHeartbeat() fires heartbeats and stop() clears', async () => {