fix(plugins): align avatar delivery with registry v2 contract

The two-line idle prompt check only accepted a classic user@host host
line, so Oh My Zsh ys (`# user @ host ...` then a bare $/#) never became
ready and terminal_execute sent nothing. Match that host line narrowly
and still reject a lone marker.

Fixes #4007

Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: 陈大猫 <binaricat@users.noreply.github.com>

application/i18n/locales/en/core.ts

@@ -1262,6 +1262,8 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   'deepLink.jms.unsupported': 'Unsupported JumpServer protocol: {{protocol}}',
   'settings.tab.plugins': 'Plugins',
   "settings.plugins.manager.installed": "Installed plugins",
+  "settings.plugins.author.official": "Official maintainer",
+  "settings.plugins.author.officialMeaning": "Maintained by the Netcatty project. This is not a safety certification.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.import": "Import .ncpkg",
   "settings.plugins.manager.preview": "Imported packages stay disabled until you review and enable them.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.empty": "Import a local plugin package to get started.",
@@ -1419,7 +1421,7 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailedWithMessage': 'Could not send the authentication response: {message}. Try again or cancel the request.',
   'plugins.authentication.continue': 'Continue',
   'plugins.hostActions.select': 'Share selected host metadata',
-  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': 'Share saved labels, addresses, usernames, protocols, groups and tags with this plugin. Group selection includes only the hosts selected now. Connecting requires a separate confirmation.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': 'Only the selected hosts\' saved labels, addresses, usernames, protocols, groups and tags are shared. Group selection includes only the hosts selected now. Later edit or connection requests follow this plugin\'s permission settings.',
   'plugins.hostActions.create': 'Review host draft',
   'plugins.hostActions.edit': 'Review host changes',
   'plugins.hostActions.connect': 'Confirm connection',

application/i18n/locales/es/core.ts

@@ -1261,6 +1261,8 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   'deepLink.jms.invalid': 'Enlace JumpServer inválido',
   'deepLink.jms.unsupported': 'Protocolo JumpServer no compatible: {{protocol}}',
   'settings.tab.plugins': 'Plugins',
+  "settings.plugins.author.official": "Mantenimiento oficial",
+  "settings.plugins.author.officialMeaning": "Mantenido por el proyecto Netcatty. No es una certificación de seguridad.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.installed": "Plugins instalados",
   "settings.plugins.manager.import": "Importar .ncpkg",
   "settings.plugins.manager.preview": "Los paquetes importados permanecen desactivados hasta que los revises y actives.",
@@ -1419,7 +1421,7 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailedWithMessage': 'No se pudo enviar la respuesta de autenticación: {message}. Inténtalo de nuevo o cancela la solicitud.',
   'plugins.authentication.continue': 'Continuar',
   'plugins.hostActions.select': 'Compartir metadatos de los equipos seleccionados',
-  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': 'Comparte nombres, direcciones, usuarios, protocolos, grupos y etiquetas guardados con este complemento. Los grupos solo incluyen los equipos seleccionados ahora. Conectar requiere otra confirmación.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': 'Solo se comparten los nombres, direcciones, usuarios, protocolos, grupos y etiquetas guardados de los equipos seleccionados. Los grupos solo incluyen los equipos seleccionados ahora. Las solicitudes posteriores de edición o conexión siguen los permisos de este complemento.',
   'plugins.hostActions.create': 'Revisar borrador de equipo',
   'plugins.hostActions.edit': 'Revisar cambios del equipo',
   'plugins.hostActions.connect': 'Confirmar conexión',

application/i18n/locales/ru/core.ts

@@ -1130,6 +1130,8 @@ export const ruCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'deepLink.jms.unsupported': 'Неподдерживаемый протокол JumpServer: {{protocol}}',
 
   'settings.tab.plugins': 'Плагины',
+  "settings.plugins.author.official": "Официальная поддержка",
+  "settings.plugins.author.officialMeaning": "Поддерживается проектом Netcatty. Это не сертификат безопасности.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.installed": "Установленные плагины",
   "settings.plugins.manager.import": "Импорт .ncpkg",
   "settings.plugins.manager.preview": "Импортированные пакеты отключены до проверки и включения.",
@@ -1284,7 +1286,7 @@ export const ruCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailedWithMessage': 'Не удалось отправить ответ аутентификации: {message}. Повторите попытку или отмените запрос.',
   'plugins.authentication.continue': 'Продолжить',
   'plugins.hostActions.select': 'Передать метаданные выбранных хостов',
-  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': 'Плагину будут переданы сохранённые имена, адреса, пользователи, протоколы, группы и теги. Группа включает только выбранные сейчас хосты. Подключение требует отдельного подтверждения.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': 'Передаются только метаданные выбранных хостов: сохранённые имена, адреса, пользователи, протоколы, группы и теги. Группа включает только выбранные сейчас хосты. Дальнейшие запросы изменения или подключения зависят от настроек разрешений плагина.',
   'plugins.hostActions.create': 'Проверить черновик хоста',
   'plugins.hostActions.edit': 'Проверить изменения хоста',
   'plugins.hostActions.connect': 'Подтвердить подключение',

application/i18n/locales/settingsLocales.test.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ const ALL_SETTINGS_LOCALES = [
   ...LOCALIZED_SETTINGS_LOCALES,
 ];
 
+test("Host selection disclosure describes later permission-controlled actions without promising another confirmation", () => {
+  const permissionWords: Record<string, RegExp> = { en: /permission settings/i, es: /permisos/i, ru: /разрешени/u, 'zh-CN': /权限设置/u, 'zh-TW': /權限設定/u };
+  const oldPromise = /requires a separate confirmation|requiere otra confirmación|требует отдельного подтверждения|需要单独确认|需要另外確認/iu;
+  for (const locale of ALL_SETTINGS_LOCALES) {
+    const note = locale.messages['plugins.hostActions.selectionNote'];
+    assert.match(note, permissionWords[locale.name], locale.name);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(note, oldPromise, locale.name);
+  }
+});
+
 test("localized settings include names for every default shortcut", () => {
   for (const locale of ALL_SETTINGS_LOCALES) {
     const missing = DEFAULT_KEY_BINDINGS

application/i18n/locales/zh-CN/core.ts

@@ -1177,6 +1177,8 @@ Vaults 标签保持扁平，不使用这块背景。
   'qs.default': '默认',
   'settings.tab.plugins': '插件',
   "settings.plugins.manager.installed": "已安装插件",
+  "settings.plugins.author.official": "官方维护",
+  "settings.plugins.author.officialMeaning": "由 Netcatty 项目维护。这不是安全认证。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.import": "导入 .ncpkg",
   "settings.plugins.manager.preview": "导入的插件保持停用，请检查后再启用。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.empty": "导入本地插件包以开始使用。",
@@ -1334,7 +1336,7 @@ Vaults 标签保持扁平，不使用这块背景。
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailedWithMessage': '无法发送认证响应：{message}。请重试或取消此请求。',
   'plugins.authentication.continue': '继续',
   'plugins.hostActions.select': '分享所选主机的元数据',
-  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': '向此插件分享已保存的名称、地址、用户名、协议、分组和标签。选择分组仅包含本次选中的成员。连接主机需要单独确认。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': '仅向此插件共享所选主机的元数据：名称、地址、用户名、协议、分组和标签。选择分组仅包含本次选中的成员。后续编辑或连接请求遵循此插件的权限设置。',
   'plugins.hostActions.create': '预览主机草稿',
   'plugins.hostActions.edit': '预览主机修改',
   'plugins.hostActions.connect': '确认连接',

application/i18n/locales/zh-TW/core.ts

@@ -1179,6 +1179,8 @@ Vaults 分頁維持扁平，不使用這塊背景。
   'qs.default': '預設',
 
   'settings.tab.plugins': '外掛程式',
+  "settings.plugins.author.official": "官方維護",
+  "settings.plugins.author.officialMeaning": "由 Netcatty 專案維護。這不是安全認證。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.installed": "已安裝插件",
   "settings.plugins.manager.import": "導入 .ncpkg",
   "settings.plugins.manager.preview": "導入的插件保持停用，請檢查後再啟用。",
@@ -1337,7 +1339,7 @@ Vaults 分頁維持扁平，不使用這塊背景。
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailedWithMessage': '無法送出驗證回應：{message}。請重試或取消此要求。',
   'plugins.authentication.continue': '繼續',
   'plugins.hostActions.select': '分享所選主機的中繼資料',
-  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': '向此外掛分享已儲存的名稱、位址、使用者名稱、協定、群組和標籤。選擇群組僅包含本次選取的成員。連線需要另外確認。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionNote': '僅向此外掛分享所選主機的中繼資料：名稱、位址、使用者名稱、協定、群組和標籤。選擇群組僅包含本次選取的成員。後續編輯或連線請求遵循此外掛的權限設定。',
   'plugins.hostActions.create': '預覽主機草稿',
   'plugins.hostActions.edit': '預覽主機修改',
   'plugins.hostActions.connect': '確認連線',

application/state/usePluginAuthorIdentity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
+
+export function usePluginAuthorIdentity({ entry, plugin, sourceId = 'official' }: {
+  entry?: NetcattyPluginCatalogEntry; plugin?: NetcattyInstalledPlugin; sourceId?: string;
+}) {
+  const [element, setElement] = useState<HTMLElement | null>(null);
+  const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState<{ key: string; value: NetcattyPluginAuthorPresentation } | null>(null);
+  const pluginId = plugin?.id;
+  const entryId = entry?.id;
+  const selectionToken = entry?.selectionToken;
+  const request = useMemo<NetcattyPluginAuthorRequest | null>(() => pluginId
+    ? { kind: 'installed', pluginId }
+    : entryId && selectionToken ? { kind: 'catalog', pluginId: entryId, selectionToken, sourceId } : null,
+  [pluginId, entryId, selectionToken, sourceId]);
+  const key = JSON.stringify([request, plugin?.activeVersion, plugin?.archiveSha256, plugin?.source?.id, plugin?.runtime?.quarantinedAt]);
+  const installed = Boolean(plugin);
+  const version = plugin?.activeVersion;
+  const archiveSha256 = plugin?.archiveSha256 ?? null;
+  const installedSourceId = plugin?.source?.id ?? 'local';
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!element || !request) return;
+    let active = true;
+    let started = false;
+    const load = () => {
+      if (started) return;
+      started = true;
+      void netcattyBridge.get()?.getPluginAuthorPresentation?.(request).then((value) => {
+        if (!active || !value) return;
+        if (installed && (value.version !== version || value.archiveSha256 !== archiveSha256 || value.sourceId !== installedSourceId)) return;
+        setLoaded({ key, value });
+      }).catch(() => { /* The visible author placeholder remains usable offline. */ });
+    };
+    const observer = typeof IntersectionObserver === 'undefined' ? null : new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+      if (entries.some((entry) => entry.isIntersecting)) { load(); observer?.disconnect(); }
+    }, { rootMargin: '64px' });
+    if (observer) observer.observe(element); else load();
+    return () => { active = false; observer?.disconnect(); };
+  }, [element, request, key, installed, version, archiveSha256, installedSourceId]);
+  return { ref: setElement, identity: loaded?.key === key ? loaded.value : null };
+}

components/plugins/PluginAuthorRow.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { UserRound } from 'lucide-react';
+import { usePluginAuthorIdentity } from '../../application/state/usePluginAuthorIdentity';
+import { useI18n } from '../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { Badge } from '../ui/badge';
+
+export function PluginAuthorRow({ entry, plugin, sourceId }: {
+  entry?: NetcattyPluginCatalogEntry; plugin?: NetcattyInstalledPlugin; sourceId?: string;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const { ref, identity } = usePluginAuthorIdentity({ entry, plugin, sourceId });
+  const [failed, setFailed] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const author = identity?.author ?? entry?.author ?? plugin?.manifest?.publisher ?? '';
+  const imageKey = JSON.stringify([entry?.id, entry?.selectionToken, plugin?.id, plugin?.activeVersion, plugin?.archiveSha256, sourceId, identity?.avatar]);
+  const avatar = identity?.avatar;
+  const showImage = avatar && avatar.length <= 700_000 && /^data:image\/png;base64,[A-Za-z0-9+/]+={0,2}$/.test(avatar) && failed !== imageKey;
+  return <div ref={ref} className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground" data-plugin-author-row>
+    <span className="inline-flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-muted/60" aria-hidden="true">
+      {showImage ? <img src={avatar} alt="" width={20} height={20} className="h-full w-full object-cover" onError={() => setFailed(imageKey)} />
+        : <UserRound size={13} data-plugin-author-placeholder />}
+    </span>
+    <span className="min-w-0 truncate" title={author}>{author}</span>
+    {identity?.officialMaintained === true && <Badge className="shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap border-0 bg-amber-500/15 px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-amber-800 hover:bg-amber-500/15 dark:bg-amber-400/15 dark:text-amber-300 dark:hover:bg-amber-400/15"
+      title={t('settings.plugins.author.officialMeaning')} data-plugin-official-maintainer>{t('settings.plugins.author.official')}</Badge>}
+  </div>;
+}

components/settings/tabs/PluginAuthorRow.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+import { PluginAuthorRow } from '../../plugins/PluginAuthorRow';
+import { I18nProvider } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+
+const entry = { id: 'com.netcatty.starter', name: 'Starter', author: 'Netcatty', version: '0.1.2',
+  repository: 'binaricat/Netcatty', commit: 'a'.repeat(40), selectionToken: 'b'.repeat(64),
+  manifest: { publisher: 'netcatty' } } as NetcattyPluginCatalogEntry;
+const identity = { author: 'Netcatty', avatar: 'data:image/png;base64,eA==', officialMaintained: true,
+  sourceId: 'official', version: entry.version, archiveSha256: null };
+
+test('untrusted entry strings and absent imagery produce a compact placeholder without an official badge', () => {
+  const claimed = { ...entry, author: '<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1">',
+    officialMaintained: true, avatar: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1' };
+  const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginAuthorRow entry={claimed} /></I18nProvider>);
+  assert.match(html, /data-plugin-author-placeholder/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /<img|data-plugin-official-maintainer/);
+  assert.match(html, /&lt;img/);
+  assert.match(html, /items-center/);
+});
+
+test('mounted author rows load only when visible, retain fallbacks, cancel stale results and show a borderless themed maintainer pill', async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></div></body></html>', { pretendToBeVisual: true });
+  const previous = new Map<string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined>();
+  const install = (key: string, value: unknown) => {
+    previous.set(key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key));
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, { configurable: true, writable: true, value });
+  };
+  const observers: Array<{ target: Element | null; callback: IntersectionObserverCallback }> = [];
+  class VisibilityObserver {
+    record: typeof observers[number];
+    constructor(callback: IntersectionObserverCallback) { this.record = { callback, target: null }; observers.push(this.record); }
+    observe(target: Element) { this.record.target = target; }
+    disconnect() { this.record.target = null; }
+  }
+  for (const key of ['window', 'document', 'navigator', 'HTMLElement', 'Element', 'Node', 'Event']) {
+    install(key, key === 'window' ? dom.window : dom.window[key as keyof typeof dom.window]);
+  }
+  install('IntersectionObserver', VisibilityObserver);
+  install('IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT', true);
+  const { act } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
+  const calls: NetcattyPluginAuthorRequest[] = [];
+  const pending: Array<(value: NetcattyPluginAuthorPresentation | null) => void> = [];
+  Object.assign(window, { netcatty: { getPluginAuthorPresentation: (request: NetcattyPluginAuthorRequest) => {
+    calls.push(request); return new Promise((resolve) => pending.push(resolve));
+  } } });
+  const render = async (value = entry, sourceId = 'official') => {
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginAuthorRow entry={value} sourceId={sourceId} /></I18nProvider>));
+  };
+  const visible = async () => {
+    await act(async () => {
+      for (const observer of [...observers]) if (observer.target) observer.callback([{ target: observer.target, isIntersecting: true } as IntersectionObserverEntry], {} as IntersectionObserver);
+    });
+  };
+  try {
+    await render(); assert.equal(calls.length, 0); assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-placeholder]'));
+    await visible(); assert.deepEqual(calls[0], { kind: 'catalog', pluginId: entry.id, selectionToken: entry.selectionToken, sourceId: 'official' });
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-placeholder]'), 'loading uses the default placeholder');
+    await act(async () => pending.shift()!(identity));
+    const image = document.querySelector('img')!;
+    assert.equal(image.getAttribute('src'), identity.avatar); assert.equal(image.width, 20); assert.equal(image.height, 20);
+    const badge = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-plugin-official-maintainer]')!;
+    assert.equal(badge.textContent, 'Official maintainer'); assert.match(badge.title, /not a safety certification/);
+    assert.ok(badge.classList.contains('border-0'));
+    assert.ok(badge.classList.contains('bg-amber-500/15')); assert.ok(badge.classList.contains('dark:bg-amber-400/15'));
+    assert.ok(badge.classList.contains('text-amber-800')); assert.ok(badge.classList.contains('dark:text-amber-300'));
+    document.documentElement.classList.add('dark');
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-row]')?.classList.contains('items-center'));
+    await act(async () => image.dispatchEvent(new Event('error')));
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('img'), null); assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-placeholder]'));
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-official-maintainer]'), 'image failure does not alter maintenance identity');
+
+    const next = { ...entry, selectionToken: 'c'.repeat(64) };
+    await render(next); assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-official-maintainer]'), null);
+    await visible(); const stale = pending.shift()!;
+    const copied = { ...entry, author: 'Community author', selectionToken: 'd'.repeat(64) };
+    await render(copied, 'third-party:copy'); await visible();
+    await act(async () => stale(identity));
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-official-maintainer]'), null);
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-row]')!.textContent!, /Community author/);
+    await act(async () => pending.shift()!({ ...identity, author: copied.author, sourceId: 'third-party:copy', officialMaintained: false, avatar: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1' }));
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('img'), null, 'renderer never uses a remote avatar URL');
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-official-maintainer]'), null);
+
+    await render({ ...entry, selectionToken: 'f'.repeat(64) }); await visible();
+    await act(async () => pending.shift()!({ ...identity, avatar: null, officialMaintained: false }));
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-placeholder]'));
+    const installed = { id: entry.id, activeVersion: entry.version, archiveSha256: 'a'.repeat(64),
+      source: { id: 'official', kind: 'official', origin: 'https://plugins.netcatty.app', name: 'Official' },
+      manifest: entry.manifest, runtime: {} } as NetcattyInstalledPlugin;
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginAuthorRow plugin={installed} /></I18nProvider>));
+    await visible(); assert.deepEqual(calls.at(-1), { kind: 'installed', pluginId: installed.id });
+    await act(async () => pending.shift()!({ ...identity, version: '9.0.0', archiveSha256: installed.archiveSha256! }));
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-official-maintainer]'), null, 'a stale installed version cannot gain a badge');
+    const count = calls.length;
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginAuthorRow plugin={{ ...installed }} /></I18nProvider>));
+    await visible(); assert.equal(calls.length, count, 'unchanged installed identity does not reload on a new object reference');
+
+    await render({ ...entry, selectionToken: 'e'.repeat(64) }); await visible();
+    const late = pending.shift()!;
+    await act(async () => root.unmount());
+    await act(async () => late(identity));
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-author-row]'), null);
+    assert.ok(observers.every((observer) => observer.target === null));
+  } finally {
+    dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) {
+      if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key);
+    }
+  }
+});

components/settings/tabs/PluginInstalledGrid.test.tsx

@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ test('installed grid filters, opens one detail and restores search, scroll and c
     assert.equal(cards().length, 2);
     const alphaCard = renderer.root.findAllByType('article')[0];
     assert.match(JSON.stringify(renderer.toJSON()), /Alpha safely formats synthetic greetings/);
-    assert.ok(alphaCard.findAllByType('p').some((node) => node.children.includes('Example')), 'author has its own line');
+    const authorRow = alphaCard.findByProps({ 'data-plugin-author-row': true });
+    assert.ok(authorRow.findAllByType('span').some((node) => node.children.includes('Example')), 'author has its own compact row');
+    assert.ok(authorRow.findByProps({ 'data-plugin-author-placeholder': true }), 'an unverified installed publisher has a default avatar');
     assert.ok(alphaCard.findAllByType('p').some((node) => node.props.className?.includes('line-clamp-3')), 'card description is bounded');
     assert.match(JSON.stringify(renderer.toJSON()), /MIT/);
     assert.match(JSON.stringify(renderer.toJSON()), /Incompatible version/);

components/settings/tabs/PluginLogSettings.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function PluginLogSettings() {
   const disclosure = zh
     ? '插件编写的日志文字可能包含敏感数据。截断和字段过滤不能保证任意文字安全。只为排查问题临时开启，导出前请检查。重启应用后自动关闭详细日志。'
     : 'Plugin-authored text may contain sensitive data. Truncation and field filtering cannot make arbitrary text safe. Enable temporarily for troubleshooting and review files before sharing. Verbose diagnostics turn off after app restart.';
-  return <div data-host-security-surface="">
+  return <div>
     <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
       <SettingRow label={title} description={zh ? '选择是否在此设备保存审计记录和诊断日志。' : 'Choose whether to keep audit records and diagnostics on this device.'}>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ export function PluginLogSettings() {
         </DialogFooter>
       </DialogContent>
     </Dialog>
-    <ConfirmDialog open={confirmVerbose} title={zh ? '开启插件详细诊断？' : 'Enable verbose plugin diagnostics?'} message={disclosure} confirmLabel={zh ? '临时开启' : 'Enable temporarily'} onOpenChange={setConfirmVerbose} onConfirm={() => { setConfirmVerbose(false); void run('configure', { saveToDisk: true, verbose: true }); }} />
+    <ConfirmDialog hostSecuritySurface open={confirmVerbose} title={zh ? '开启插件详细诊断？' : 'Enable verbose plugin diagnostics?'} message={disclosure} confirmLabel={zh ? '临时开启' : 'Enable temporarily'} onOpenChange={setConfirmVerbose} onConfirm={() => { setConfirmVerbose(false); void run('configure', { saveToDisk: true, verbose: true }); }} />
   </div>;
 }

components/settings/tabs/PluginMarketplace.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogDescription, DialogTitle } from '../../ui/
 import { PluginInfo } from './PluginInfo';
 import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { PluginBrandIcon } from '../../plugins/PluginBrandIcon';
+import { PluginAuthorRow } from '../../plugins/PluginAuthorRow';
 import { ArrowLeft } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useI18n } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
 import { usePluginCatalog } from '../../../application/state/usePluginCatalog';
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelec
           return <button key={item.id} type="button" data-plugin-id={item.id} aria-current={selected === item.id ? 'true' : undefined} onClick={() => choose(item.id)}
             className="plugin-card min-w-0 flex min-h-[200px] flex-col gap-3 rounded-lg bg-card p-4 text-left focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring">
             <div className="flex items-center gap-3"><span className="flex h-8 w-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center"><PluginBrandIcon entry={item} size={32} className="text-muted-foreground" /></span><span className="min-w-0 break-words text-sm font-semibold leading-5">{item.name}</span></div>
-            <p className="break-words text-xs text-muted-foreground">{item.author}</p>
+            <PluginAuthorRow entry={item} sourceId={sourceId} />
             <p className="line-clamp-3 break-words text-sm leading-5 text-muted-foreground">{item.description}</p>
             <div className="mt-auto flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 pt-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground"><span>{item.version} · {item.license}</span><span className="text-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.manager.details')}</span></div>
             <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{isInstalled && <span className="rounded bg-muted px-2 py-0.5 text-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.installed')}</span>}{!item.artifact && <span className="rounded bg-muted/40 px-2 py-0.5">{t('settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge')}</span>}</div>
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelec
       </div>}
       {entry && <article key={entry.id} aria-label={entry.name} className="plugin-marketplace-detail mx-auto w-full max-w-[920px] min-w-0 space-y-6 focus:outline-none">
         <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onClick={back}><ArrowLeft size={14} className="mr-2" />{t('settings.plugins.market.back')}</Button>
-        <div className="space-y-2"><div className="flex items-center gap-3"><PluginBrandIcon entry={entry} size={48} /><h4 ref={detailRef} tabIndex={-1} className="break-words text-xl font-semibold focus:outline-none">{entry.name}</h4></div><p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{entry.author} · {entry.version} · {entry.license}</p>
+        <div className="space-y-2"><div className="flex items-center gap-3"><PluginBrandIcon entry={entry} size={48} /><h4 ref={detailRef} tabIndex={-1} className="break-words text-xl font-semibold focus:outline-none">{entry.name}</h4></div><PluginAuthorRow entry={entry} sourceId={sourceId} /><p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{entry.version} · {entry.license}</p>
           {installedEntry && <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.installed')} · {installedEntry.activeVersion} · {t(installedEntry.enabled ? 'settings.plugins.manager.enabled' : 'settings.plugins.manager.disabled')}</p>}
         </div>
         {installedEntry?.runtime?.lastError && <p role="status" className="break-words text-xs text-destructive">{t('settings.plugins.manager.lastError')}: {installedEntry.runtime.lastError}</p>}

components/settings/tabs/PluginPackageManager.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { describePluginRuntime } from '@/domain/pluginRuntimePolicy.cjs';
 import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { PluginPermissionPanel } from './PluginPermissionPanel';
 import { PluginBrandIcon } from '../../plugins/PluginBrandIcon';
+import { PluginAuthorRow } from '../../plugins/PluginAuthorRow';
 import { ArrowLeft } from 'lucide-react';
 import { usePluginManager } from '../../../application/state/usePluginManager';
 import { useI18n } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export function PluginPackageManager({ manager, onSelectionChange, initialSelect
         </Button>
       </div>
       <p className="break-all text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.sources.source')}: {t(plugin.source?.kind === 'official' ? 'settings.plugins.sources.official' : plugin.source?.kind === 'third-party' ? 'settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty' : 'settings.plugins.sources.local')}{plugin.source?.origin ? ` · ${plugin.source.origin}` : ''}</p>
-      {plugin.manifest?.publisher && <p className="break-words text-xs text-muted-foreground">{plugin.manifest.publisher}</p>}
+      {plugin.manifest?.publisher && <PluginAuthorRow plugin={plugin} />}
       <p className={`break-words text-sm leading-5 text-muted-foreground ${selectedPlugin ? 'whitespace-pre-wrap' : 'line-clamp-3'}`}>{descriptionOf(plugin) || t('settings.plugins.manager.noDescription')}</p>
       {!selectedPlugin ? <div className="mt-auto flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 pt-1">
         <p className="break-words text-xs text-muted-foreground">{plugin.activeVersion}{plugin.manifest?.license ? ` · ${plugin.manifest.license}` : ''}</p>

components/settings/tabs/PluginSettingsLanding.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { usePluginManager } from '../../../application/state/usePluginManag
 import { Button } from '../../ui/button';
 import { Input } from '../../ui/input';
 import { PluginBrandIcon } from '../../plugins/PluginBrandIcon';
+import { PluginAuthorRow } from '../../plugins/PluginAuthorRow';
 import { SettingCard, SettingRow, SettingsSection, Toggle } from '../settings-ui';
 import { PluginLogSettings } from './PluginLogSettings';
 
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ export function PluginSettingsLanding({ manager, settingsAvailable, settingsErro
               <span className="truncate" title={name}>{name}</span>
               {plugin.activeVersion && <span className="shrink-0 text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">{plugin.activeVersion}</span>}
             </span>} description={<>
-              <span className="block break-words">{[plugin.manifest?.publisher, sourceOf(plugin), statusOf(plugin)].filter(Boolean).join(' · ')}</span>
+              {plugin.manifest?.publisher && <PluginAuthorRow plugin={plugin} />}
+              <span className="block break-words">{[sourceOf(plugin), statusOf(plugin)].filter(Boolean).join(' · ')}</span>
               {availableUpdate && <span className="block text-primary">{t('settings.plugins.landing.updateAvailable').replace('{version}', availableUpdate.availableVersion)}</span>}
               {description && <span className="line-clamp-2 break-words">{description}</span>}
             </>}>

components/settings/tabs/PluginSettingsVisibility.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+test('real Settings landing leaves views visible while idle; log and Ask dialogs suspend and restore them', async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></div><div id="native-view-mount"></div></body></html>', { pretendToBeVisual: true, url: 'http://localhost' });
+  const previous = new Map<string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined>();
+  const install = (key: string, value: unknown) => {
+    previous.set(key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key));
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, { configurable: true, writable: true, value });
+  };
+  for (const key of ['window', 'document', 'navigator', 'HTMLElement', 'HTMLInputElement', 'Element', 'Node', 'NodeFilter', 'Event', 'MouseEvent', 'KeyboardEvent', 'MutationObserver', 'DocumentFragment', 'CustomEvent']) install(key, key === 'window' ? dom.window : dom.window[key as keyof typeof dom.window]);
+  install('getComputedStyle', dom.window.getComputedStyle.bind(dom.window));
+  install('requestAnimationFrame', dom.window.requestAnimationFrame.bind(dom.window));
+  install('cancelAnimationFrame', dom.window.cancelAnimationFrame.bind(dom.window));
+  install('IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT', true);
+  const { default: React, act } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import('../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider');
+  const { PluginSettingsLanding } = await import('./PluginSettingsLanding');
+  const { PluginPermissionHost } = await import('../../plugins/PluginPermissionHost');
+  const { observePluginHostSecurityVisibility } = await import('../../../application/state/pluginHostSecurityVisibility');
+  const { PluginPermissionDecisionHost } = require('../../../electron/plugins/permissionDecisionHost.cjs');
+  type Prompt = NetcattyPluginPermissionPrompt | { requestId: string; closed: true };
+  const listeners = new Set<(event: Prompt) => void>();
+  const sender = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { isDestroyed: () => false, send: (_channel: string, event: Prompt) => { for (const listener of listeners) listener(event); } });
+  const owner = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { webContents: sender, isFocused: () => true, isVisible: () => true, isDestroyed: () => false });
+  const host = new PluginPermissionDecisionHost({ getWindows: () => [owner], isLocked: () => false });
+  let logStatus = { saveToDisk: false, verbose: false, droppedRecords: 0, writeErrors: 0, pendingBytes: 0, maxBytes: 3145728, retentionDays: 7 };
+  Object.assign(dom.window, { netcatty: {
+    async getPluginLogStatus() { return logStatus; },
+    async configurePluginLogs(value: { saveToDisk: boolean; verbose: boolean }) { logStatus = { ...logStatus, ...value }; return logStatus; },
+    onPluginPermission(listener: (event: Prompt) => void) { listeners.add(listener); return () => listeners.delete(listener); },
+    setPluginPermissionReady: async (ready: boolean) => host.setReady(sender, ready),
+    respondPluginPermission: async (response: unknown) => host.respond(sender, response),
+  } });
+  const manager = { plugins: [], available: true, statusKnown: true, busy: false, error: null, credentialStorageAvailable: true,
+    async refresh() {}, async setEnabled() {}, async importPackage() {}, async uninstall() {} };
+  let visible = true;
+  const transitions: boolean[] = [];
+  const stopVisibility = observePluginHostSecurityVisibility(document.getElementById('native-view-mount')!, (next) => { visible = next; transitions.push(next); });
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
+  const button = (label: string) => [...document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button')].find((element) => element.textContent === label)!;
+  const flushVisibility = () => new Promise<void>((resolve) => dom.window.queueMicrotask(resolve));
+  try {
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginSettingsLanding manager={manager} settingsAvailable={new Set()} onManage={() => {}} /><PluginPermissionHost /></I18nProvider>));
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]'), null);
+    assert.ok(button('Configure'), 'real idle logging row is present');
+    assert.equal(visible, true, 'idle Settings landing must not hide the native child');
+    assert.deepEqual(transitions, []);
+    await act(async () => button('Configure').click());
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"][data-host-security-surface]'));
+    assert.equal(visible, false, 'actual logging security dialog must hide the child');
+    await act(async () => document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('[role="switch"]')[0].click());
+    await act(async () => document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('[role="switch"]')[1].click());
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[role="dialog"]').length, 2);
+    assert.equal(visible, false, 'the verbose security confirmation must also keep the child hidden');
+    await act(async () => button('Cancel').click());
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.equal(visible, false, 'cancelling verbose returns to the protected logging dialog');
+    await act(async () => button('Close').click());
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]'), null);
+    assert.equal(visible, true, 'closing logs must restore the child while its idle row remains');
+    let pending!: Promise<{ decision: string }>;
+    await act(async () => {
+      pending = host.request({ requestId: 'settings-visibility-ask', pluginId: 'com.example.settings-visibility', pluginName: 'Settings visibility fixture', pluginVersion: '1.0.0',
+        permission: 'settings.read', resources: ['*'], reason: 'Read own synthetic setting' });
+    });
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"][data-host-security-surface]'));
+    assert.equal(visible, false, 'Ask must still hide the child above the real landing');
+    await act(async () => { button('Deny').click(); await pending; });
+    await flushVisibility();
+    assert.equal((await pending).decision, 'deny');
+    assert.equal(visible, true, 'dismissing Ask must restore the same child');
+    assert.deepEqual(transitions, [false, true, false, true]);
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => root.unmount()); stopVisibility(); host.shutdown(); dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) { if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key); }
+  }
+});

components/ui/confirm-dialog.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface ConfirmDialogProps {
   confirmLabel: string;
   busy?: boolean;
   destructive?: boolean;
+  hostSecuritySurface?: boolean;
   onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
   onConfirm: () => void;
 }
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export const ConfirmDialog = memo(function ConfirmDialog({
   confirmLabel,
   busy = false,
   destructive = false,
+  hostSecuritySurface = false,
   onOpenChange,
   onConfirm,
 }: ConfirmDialogProps) {
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ export const ConfirmDialog = memo(function ConfirmDialog({
 
   return (
     <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
-      <DialogContent className="max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)] overflow-hidden sm:max-w-[380px]">
+      <DialogContent data-host-security-surface={hostSecuritySurface ? "" : undefined} className="max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)] overflow-hidden sm:max-w-[380px]">
         <DialogHeader className="min-w-0 pr-6">
           <DialogTitle className="truncate">{title}</DialogTitle>
         </DialogHeader>

docs/plugin-platform/author-identity.md

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Plugin author presentation
+
+The marketplace displays the catalog's author next to a small avatar. Installed
+views reuse the author row. Missing, loading, unavailable, or invalid imagery
+uses a bundled placeholder. An avatar is presentation metadata, not proof of an
+authenticated GitHub publisher.
+
+The registry binds an image to its reviewed displayed-author subject. Repository
+ownership alone does not establish that subject. The current first-party author
+is the Netcatty project, not an assumed personal GitHub identity. Until an image
+pin is reviewed, its avatar remains null.
+
+## Avatar delivery
+
+Delivery v2 extends the reserved `avatar` field to null or
+`{path, sha256, size}`. The path is exactly `/assets/<sha256>.png` or `.webp`.
+Size is a positive integer no greater than 256KiB. The delivery digest and existing
+id/version/repository/commit tuple bind the reference. Catalog and index identity
+fields do not change. Source-only delivery v1 remains supported.
+
+Only the main process fetches the selected source's same-origin asset. Existing
+URL, credential, redirect, timeout, byte-count, and SHA-256 checks apply. The host
+rechecks the source and selection after asynchronous work. The existing isolated
+icon rasterizer validates and converts PNG or WebP to a bounded PNG data URI,
+using its current queue, pending-work map, and cache. No renderer URL, arbitrary
+file path, GitHub API, or GitHub avatar URL is accepted. Visible rows load lazily.
+
+Installed presentation uses already validated catalog metadata only when source,
+version, package digest, and manifest match the active installation. It does not
+fetch a catalog just because the installed list opens. Without an exact match,
+the declared publisher and placeholder remain visible, without a maintenance
+badge. No installed-data migration or persistent identity cache is added.
+
+## Official maintenance
+
+The borderless gold pill means that the Netcatty project maintains the plugin.
+It does not certify the plugin's safety or grant permissions. It is separate
+from the official marketplace source label.
+
+The main process requires the built-in official source and one of these explicit
+first-party ID and repository pairs:
+
+- `com.netcatty.starter`, `binaricat/Netcatty`
+- `com.netcatty.hello`, `binaricat/Netcatty`
+
+A local import, a third-party copy, an ID prefix, author text, manifest publisher,
+README, or membership in the official marketplace cannot create this badge.
+The renderer consumes the host result through the existing trusted-app IPC
+boundary. No new plugin permission or plugin RPC is introduced.
+
+## Validation scope
+
+Focused registered tests cover source spoofing, exact installed identity,
+hash-bound images, invalid metadata and decoding, redirects, source removal,
+selection changes, cache reuse, lazy loading, stale UI cleanup, placeholders,
+and borderless light/dark theme classes. These tests do not establish native
+layout, actual account identity, live CDN deployment, or successful network access.
+Actual app screenshots and native acceptance remain separately scheduled.

docs/plugin-platform/host-vault-actions-proposal.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Host and Vault actions
 
 Feature: `vault.host-actions`. The SDK registers three methods under
-`context.vault`. Netcatty owns the picker, field-diff review, and connection
-confirmation. Plugin business logic stays in the offline browser sandbox.
+`context.vault`. Netcatty owns the picker, field-diff review, permission routing,
+and normal connection dispatch. Plugin business logic stays in the offline browser sandbox.
 
 Base: source integration #3981 at
 `4213d8e6726c44e7a479418ece3adf16ea494782`.
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ remain behind the typed target reference; its revision is the expected revision.
 Group metadata describes the explicitly selected current member handles. The
 grant never expands when another host joins a group.
 
-Selection grants metadata access only. Each draft save and each connection
-requires its own host-owned confirmation. A connection confirmation displays the
-saved target and whether saved scripts can run. It does not grant terminal input,
-terminal output, or session access.
+Selection shares the chosen metadata only. Later edit and connection requests
+follow the plugin's Allow, Ask, or Deny settings. Draft saves retain the mandatory
+host editor. Connection Ask displays the saved target and whether saved scripts
+can run; Allow can dispatch without that permission-only dialog. Normal SSH
+authentication remains unchanged. These actions grant no terminal input, output,
+or session access.
 
 All requests are bounded and cancel on runtime stop, source replacement, revoke,
 Vault lock, owner window replacement, expiry, or user cancellation. The host
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ revalidates authority and expected revision after asynchronous work and before
 the Vault write or connection dispatch.
 
 Bounds reuse `HostInteractionLimits`: one pending request per runtime,
-eight total, ten per minute, a 60-second confirmation deadline, and a 64-KiB
+eight total, ten per minute, a 60-second host-interaction deadline, and a 64-KiB
 request ceiling. Selection adds a maximum of 50 current hosts. Titles use the
 existing 128-character single-line limit. Draft field lengths use
 `ImporterHostDraft`. Unknown properties are rejected by the shared schema.
@@ -86,15 +88,16 @@ It revalidates after asynchronous authentication. AI selected-context handles ar
 text-disclosure handles and cannot target these actions.
 
 The permission engine gates selection with `vault.metadata`, drafts with
-`vault.write`, and connection requests with `ui.interact`. Every save or connection
-also requires a separate host-owned confirmation and a signed one-use action
-claim. A stored permission grant cannot bypass this review.
+`vault.write`, and connection requests with `ui.interact`. Each committed save or
+connection uses a signed one-use action claim. Permission settings control the
+permission-only prompt; an Allow setting does not bypass the draft editor or
+normal SSH authentication.
 
 After review, the renderer prepares the existing transaction or connection
 request. It claims action authority after the final asynchronous preparation,
 immediately before persistence or dispatch. This claim is the action's commit
 point. Completion only acknowledges the committed action. Automation changes
-during connection review require fresh confirmation.
+during an Ask connection review require fresh confirmation.
 The connection label uses the same `resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol` helper as
 the launcher, including Mosh/ET flags and implicit localhost shells. Local
 execution displays an explicit on-device shell notice and omits the remote SSH

docs/plugin-platform/market-sources.md

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 The plugin manager has Installed, Official marketplace and Third-party marketplace
 pages. Listing a plugin in the official market does not certify it or establish
 that Netcatty maintains it. Remote manifests, publisher names, source names and
-README content cannot create a host-issued official badge. This revision does not
-issue maintainer badges. README text and images remain author content.
+README content cannot create a host-issued official badge. The separate gold
+maintainer badge requires the built-in official source and an exact host-curated
+first-party ID/repository pair. It describes maintenance, not safety certification.
+README text and images remain author content.
 
 ## Add a source
 
@@ -33,20 +35,24 @@ manifest, compatibility, browser-runtime admission and archive validation still
 apply. Third-party source consent is not permission consent.
 
 Delivery v1 is unchanged and source-only. Delivery **v2** has the same fields and
-strict schema as v1, with `schemaVersion: 2` and one extension: each plugin's
-`artifact` can be null or a package reference:
+strict schema as v1, with `schemaVersion: 2`. Each plugin's `artifact` can be null
+or a package reference:
 
 ```json
 {"path":"/assets/<64-lowercase-hex-sha256>.ncpkg","sha256":"<same-sha256>","size":12345}
 ```
 
-Packages are at most 32 MiB. The catalog entry must contain
+V2 delivery packages are at most 16 MiB. The catalog entry must contain
 `artifact: {url: "https://plugins.example.com/assets/<same-sha256>.ncpkg", sha256}`.
 The index's current, non-withdrawn version must exactly equal the catalog entry
 and use `distribution: "release"`. Source-only entries retain null delivery
-artifacts and `distribution: "source-only"`. Avatars remain null; remote README
-embeds are not loaded. README and PNG/WebP references retain the v1 bounds.
+artifacts and `distribution: "source-only"`. The reserved `avatar` can also be
+null or a same-origin `/assets/<sha256>.png` or `.webp` reference, with a positive
+size no greater than 256KiB. The host verifies and rasterizes its bytes through
+the existing image infrastructure. Missing or invalid imagery uses a placeholder.
+Remote README embeds are not loaded. README and PNG/WebP references retain the v1 bounds.
 Existing official bootstrap entries are not changed or made installable.
+See [author presentation](author-identity.md) for subject and maintenance authority.
 
 Before every install, refresh and validate the entire snapshot again. A changed
 selection, withdrawal, unavailable source, altered hash or size prevents install;

docs/plugin-platform/permission-modes-acceptance.md

@@ -85,6 +85,32 @@ initial-checkpoint evidence.
 
 ## Latest checks and remaining environment blockers
 
+- The native candidate `2433cf0130d1c3274c56c39e5765349c2945de01` retains the
+  same idle logging-row marker as `89beeb9` (source blob
+  `4dd5a7cea4ae5a6addc5db5c162038d8fa44075c`). Actual Settings landing plus the
+  existing observer reproduces native-child suppression with no dialog open.
+  This source defect is separate from the worker's earlier GPU exit and does
+  not alone establish the cause of the recorded blank native body.
+- The scoped correction removes only the idle-row marker. Actual logging and
+  Ask dialogs remain marked. A real nested verbose confirmation test also
+  reproduced premature restoration when its parent became accessibility-hidden;
+  that confirmation now opts into the existing marker on its own dialog content.
+  The observer, window trust, permissions and data access are unchanged. The real
+  landing regression verifies idle visible, each security dialog hidden, and
+  restored on dismissal. Focused group **six passed**; Settings boundary group
+  **36 passed**. Both pre-fix failures are retained outside the source tree.
+  Production build and full lint pass (zero lint errors/seven existing warnings).
+  Full TypeScript remains baseline-equivalent at 774 diagnostics with zero
+  added/removed. Exact-head CI and the next frozen native recheck are separate
+  gates; neither is inferred from these local tests.
+- QA-only **Settings Ask QA 0.1.0** uses its supported `location: settings` entry
+  and public SDK to read only its synthetic own setting after an explicit click.
+  Exact archive SHA-256:
+  `9502a58a4804862e4b13de9fc0d1baf6ad8c2bc681c08b5c0664b552ef0aafc4`.
+  Its HTML/CSS/JS each return 200 with proper MIME/CSP through the actual plugin
+  protocol. It contains no raw IPC/test hook or external access. No GUI or running
+  app was changed by this correction; parent will build a new frozen candidate
+  after current cleanup and repeat native Settings acceptance.
 - A registered regression reproduces `Plugin permission decision provider failed`
   on exact `79a9bd6` when a Settings-owned view activates a real `settings.get`
   API configured Ask while main is unfocused. The follow-up uses the existing

docs/plugin-platform/registry-client.md

@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ for brand icons. This v1 publishing schema requires **avatar and artifact to
 be null**. The client rejects unsupported delivery metadata rather than
 inventing installable packages or deriving a GitHub avatar URL.
 
+Delivery v2 retains those fields and admits hash-bound packages plus the reserved
+avatar as null or a positive-size PNG/WebP asset reference of at most 256KiB.
+The host fetches only the selected source's same-origin asset, verifies bytes,
+and reuses its bounded icon rasterizer and cache. The renderer receives a PNG
+data URI. Author imagery does not verify a GitHub account, and no GitHub avatar
+URL is derived. See [author presentation](author-identity.md).
+
 Index is validated with its pinned schema. Plugin/version identities must be
 unique; each catalog entry must exactly equal the index's current, non-withdrawn,
 source-only entry. Withdrawal does not disable, uninstall or delete any existing
@@ -73,7 +80,7 @@ exact SHA-256 bytes; it does not relax those future gates or auto-enable code.
 | README details | Exact delivery `/assets/<hash>.md` | Visible error/Retry, no upstream fallback |
 | Uninstalled brand icons | Existing reviewed bundled previews | Default icon; delivery icon metadata validated but not fetched by UI |
 | Installed brand icons | Host-owned local package decoder | Default icon; no activation/network request |
-| Author avatars | Not implemented; delivery v1 requires null | Existing local presentation; no avatar lookup |
+| Author avatars | Visible-row host fetch of a validated v2 same-origin resource; v1 remains null | Default placeholder; no GitHub lookup or renderer URL fetch |
 | Package artifacts | Not published or admitted by delivery v1 | Source-only; no download action fabricated |
 | Source/README links | Explicit user-opened external HTTPS link | May open GitHub; no background dependency |
 

docs/plugin-platform/security-and-permissions.md

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ focus handoff is needed. Close, cancel, timeout, lock, hide/blur, reload, crash
 and stale runtime/source fail closed. The dialog uses the existing host security
 surface marker so attached native plugin views yield while it is visible and
 restore through their existing lifecycle on dismissal.
+Ordinary landing rows do not suspend native views. The logging dialog and its
+verbose confirmation are marked security surfaces; the confirmation opts into
+the existing marker because it temporarily accessibility-hides its parent dialog.
 A plugin DOM click never becomes a host gesture. Choosers, drafts, terminal and
 clipboard sharing use their existing host-owned action tokens. Ask integrates
 with that workflow instead of opening a second capability dialog. Allow skips

docs/plugin-platform/settings-main-integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Settings visibility and current-main acceptance candidate
+
+This isolated branch, `integration/plugin-settings-main-acceptance`, starts at
+frozen #4004 `2433cf0130d1c3274c56c39e5765349c2945de01`. Its Draft PR and private
+renderer provenance record the final exact head and CI. Frozen2433 source,
+artifact, QA workspace/profile and earlier evidence remain intact.
+
+## Inputs and production ownership
+
+Both inputs were ordinarily merged, without conflicts or manual production edits:
+
+| Input | Import | Production files and behavior |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Current main `a0cf2b487c9ff0b0472d622e66bc5ee20de32c71` | Merge `c4aedfa9ed8c9f2647ac26f0e6e144edab341c2d` | `domain/workspaceAiScopeHandoff.ts` keeps inherited AI chat on a surviving owner when a workspace dissolves (#4003/e3e2dcfe); `electron/bridges/ai/shellUtils.cjs` narrowly recognizes Oh My Zsh ys two-line idle prompts (#4008/a0cf2b48) |
+| Policy `1551fa8355021b5a811d737d16f81e8070f99f5d` | Merge `714e2397a43dc6c083dce8afeeb7a0475de11384` | `PluginLogSettings.tsx` removes the idle-row security marker and opts the nested verbose confirmation into it; `confirm-dialog.tsx` adds the optional host-only marker with default false |
+
+All four production files exactly match their respective owners. Main has only
+those two new commits since common base f0897c3c. Neither changed file overlaps
+the prior plugin changes. The new prompt utility is not imported by plugin
+production modules; plugin sensitive-input, selection and source guards remain
+unchanged. Existing prompt and live-PTY-byte suffix tests still reject bare
+markers and pending input. These are synthetic tests, not a new native SSH pass.
+
+The input also owns its real Settings landing regression and documentation.
+The existing observer, Ask marker, IPC/window authority, sandbox, resource/source
+controls, AI d33 wiring, schemas, sample bytes and package/lock inputs are
+unchanged. `ModelSelector.tsx` equals2433: separate #4002 is not included. Global
+Agent/custom Chat #4006 and terminal diagnostic #3999 are excluded. No main merge,
+Ready transition, original-PR closure or release is part of this handoff.
+
+The parent reports the1551-vs89 independent delta review scoped clean: idle
+Settings no longer requests suspension, the real logging dialog remains marked,
+its nested verbose portal protects itself while the parent is accessibility-
+hidden, closing the nested dialog leaves the parent protected, and closing all
+dialogs permits restoration. This source-only result is not native resolution
+of the recorded Settings blank body.
+
+## Frozen2433 native results
+
+The parent supplied these results; this coding executor did not run the GUI:
+
+| Case | Result on2433 |
+| --- | --- |
+| Main Ask visible | Passed |
+| Cancel | Passed; zero provider POSTs |
+| Accept | Passed; one provider POST |
+| Stream chunks | Passed; no repeated permission prompts |
+| Content Deny | Passed |
+| Real five-minute chat expiry | Passed |
+| Settings sample body | Blank; not accepted |
+
+The idle-row suppression defect is source-confirmed. The correction requires a
+new native Settings recheck; no native success is inferred from the DOM regression.
+A later GPU exit9 and incomplete cleanup were reported separately. Its cause is
+unclassified; no source hotpatch or sandbox/GPU workaround was used here.
+
+Consumer verification of2433's Library renderer is complete: the parent checked
+the matching full source/backend and all1001 renderer hashes, with native inputs
+unchanged. The earlier producer download failure remains historical evidence,
+not an outstanding consumer transfer blocker. That verified artifact still
+certifies2433 only; it does not include1551 or the new main renderer behavior.
+
+Earlier020 Default Allow cold Send/completion, Stop/Deny/restore and themes,
+677 Host core, and corrected-fixture terminal solo/split results remain scoped
+historical evidence. Terminal Focus is unreliable/unverified and QA sent one
+Enter inA during a palette attempt: no global zero-input/full-terminal-pass claim.
+The historical Rfam attempt failed socket transport before connect resolved;
+authentication/SELECT were not reached and cause/auth/TLS compatibility remain
+unverified. Final source-policy, DB, placement/lifecycle and actual hosting/CDN
+gates remain separately reconciled by the parent.
+
+## Local checks and sample provenance
+
+| Check | Result |
+| --- | --- |
+| Registered plugin runtime | 695 passed, one native skip; zero failed/cancelled |
+| Contract/SDK/CLI | 91 passed |
+| Offline examples | Five passed, one Docker opt-in skip |
+| Changed main owner/scope/prompt/suffix and terminal lifecycle group | 139 passed |
+| Actual mounted AI/permission/selected-context/Host group | 21 passed |
+| Settings boundary and security visibility group | 38 passed |
+| Contract/capability/Codex generation and committed drift | Clean |
+| Lint | Zero errors, seven existing warnings |
+| Five sample archives | Validated, built twice and byte-identical to2433 |
+
+The final exact-head normal production build, renderer inventory, bounded
+credential check, CI and Codex review are recorded in the Draft PR/artifact
+handoff. Local full-suite, native packaging and GUI success are not claimed.
+Locked dependencies, standard patches and the official pinned Electron binary
+were prepared normally; no header, HOME, sandbox or native shim workaround.
+
+[Exact sample IDs, permissions/resources and hashes](settings-main-packages.json)
+preserve all prior provenance, including Assistant7943d4c3, ownedDBf01c6a24,
+Rfamaaca5866, Hostcf04f82d and terminal4c9c2388. Whole archive equality was
+asserted, rather than inferred from unchanged source. The owned10.77.0.20 endpoint
+is packaging-only, not a running fixture. No package was activated or service
+queried by this executor.
+
+The owner's separate QA-only Settings Ask sample has reported SHA-256
+`9502a58a4804862e4b13de9fc0d1baf6ad8c2bc681c08b5c0664b552ef0aafc4`.
+It is not one of these five repository examples and was not rebuilt here. The
+native owner must retain its exact verified manifest/source/permissions and
+fixture provenance; no package ID, permission expansion or hash equivalence is
+invented by this integration.
+
+## Native preparation and bounded recheck
+
+1. After the parent's GUI/Nginx slot is released, use a NEW isolated checkout of
+   the final exact head and a separate synthetic QA profile. Preserve the old2433
+   workspace/profile and recordings. Materialize the new private Library artifact
+   in the consumer's own workspace and verify archive and every renderer hash.
+2. Use the complete matching backend checkout: frontend-only dist does not carry
+   the CJS prompt helper or native dependencies. Match package/lock hashes to
+   independently normally rebuilt native inputs and prepare workspace packages
+   normally. Install dist as a whole; use the ordinary Electron launch without
+   Vite and with normal sandbox/helper settings. This is unpackaged native
+   production-renderer QA, not packaged-binary certification.
+3. Open the verified Settings sample through its existing supported settings
+   entry. Check the idle body is visible/clickable with the logging row present.
+   Open logging and the nested verbose confirmation separately; native content
+   must yield to each, remain hidden after cancelling the nested confirmation,
+   and restore only after the parent closes. Do not enable real verbose logging
+   or collect real content for this check.
+4. In the ready/focused/visible/unlocked Settings owner, exercise its synthetic
+   own-setting Ask operation. Record visible Ask, explicit cancel/accept, exact
+   current operation outcome and restoration. Recheck main Ask briefly. Preserve
+   the2433 main/content/expiry counters and any unrun matrix cases separately.
+5. Use owned synthetic A/B AI chats: form a workspace, prefer B, dissolve while A
+   survives and confirm both histories stay with their owners. Remove A and
+   check bounded fallback to B. Confirm handoff alone does not invoke a model or
+   re-share content. Exercise selected-target invalidation across the transition
+   with inert drafts and no PTY input. Do not treat earlier Focus uncertainty as
+   resolved by this main domain fix.
+6. Record exact source/artifact/sample identities, screenshots/video, request
+   counters, cleanup and unrun cases. No fallback endpoint/probe, real credentials,
+   paid API, security relaxation or unrecognized installation is authorized here.
+
+If main advances after this pinned a0cf snapshot, compare the new delta and assess
+its affected checks before landing. The current candidate deliberately does not
+chase unrelated changes while native preparation is in progress.

docs/plugin-platform/settings-main-packages.json

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "assistant",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.assistant",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 6,
+    "bytes": 17214,
+    "sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "contentSha256": "c3e31e9613422bf9a05ccaa5b6f234304208f1a8298b1c1ee19262ba88af6cd0",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "ai.model-invocation",
+        "context.selected-read"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "ai.invoke",
+        "context.selected.list",
+        "context.selected.read"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "assistant.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "c7d784d5c3bd2feb463afd58eae3a9594615395b168174cb8a3d0677584ae395",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [
+      "README.md",
+      "panel.css",
+      "panel.js"
+    ],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "1551fa8355021b5a811d737d16f81e8070f99f5d",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstMain": "a0cf2b487c9ff0b0472d622e66bc5ee20de32c71",
+    "productionMerge": "714e2397a43dc6c083dce8afeeb7a0475de11384",
+    "previous2433Sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "changedEntriesFrom2433": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "database-owned",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.database-minimal",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 5,
+    "bytes": 11660,
+    "sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "contentSha256": "4d628c41c7a231e31cd56dacb822acaaa37f61e1e98b285b0086a4f783be199d",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "network.byte-streams"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        {
+          "permission": "network.stream",
+          "resources": [
+            "tcp://10.77.0.20:3306"
+          ],
+          "reason": "Connect only to the prepared disposable fixture."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "database-owned.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "1551fa8355021b5a811d737d16f81e8070f99f5d",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstMain": "a0cf2b487c9ff0b0472d622e66bc5ee20de32c71",
+    "productionMerge": "714e2397a43dc6c083dce8afeeb7a0475de11384",
+    "previous2433Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFrom2433": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "database-rfam-readonly",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.database-rfam-readonly",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 5,
+    "bytes": 11003,
+    "sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "contentSha256": "f542ca7b8e821d684cf7f71f0930458bd3ad97bc94bf654c88b0f353111e9162",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "network.byte-streams"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        {
+          "permission": "network.stream",
+          "resources": [
+            "tcp://mysql-rfam-public.ebi.ac.uk:4497"
+          ],
+          "reason": "Run the fixed public Rfam acceptance query only after explicit authorization."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "database-rfam-readonly.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "1551fa8355021b5a811d737d16f81e8070f99f5d",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstMain": "a0cf2b487c9ff0b0472d622e66bc5ee20de32c71",
+    "productionMerge": "714e2397a43dc6c083dce8afeeb7a0475de11384",
+    "previous2433Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFrom2433": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "host-actions",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.host-actions",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 3,
+    "bytes": 4633,
+    "sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "contentSha256": "d6f8bf3ae9dc417ea838f673966f2e1075fc8f9ef1d939ca85b476b1bb007e6c",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "vault.host-actions",
+        "commands.interactive"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "menus"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "vault.metadata",
+        "vault.write",
+        "ui.interact"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "host-actions.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "1551fa8355021b5a811d737d16f81e8070f99f5d",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstMain": "a0cf2b487c9ff0b0472d622e66bc5ee20de32c71",
+    "productionMerge": "714e2397a43dc6c083dce8afeeb7a0475de11384",
+    "previous2433Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFrom2433": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "terminal-selection-draft",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.terminal-selection-draft",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 2,
+    "bytes": 2954,
+    "sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "contentSha256": "99797d8679f34b96580076f922cbec067e511adc0f4ccf396ed129206acb6c4c",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "terminal.selection-sharing",
+        "terminal.input-drafts",
+        "commands.interactive"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "menus"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "terminal.selection.read",
+        "terminal.input.propose"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "terminal-selection-draft.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "1551fa8355021b5a811d737d16f81e8070f99f5d",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstMain": "a0cf2b487c9ff0b0472d622e66bc5ee20de32c71",
+    "productionMerge": "714e2397a43dc6c083dce8afeeb7a0475de11384",
+    "previous2433Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFrom2433": []
+  }
+]

domain/workspaceAiScopeHandoff.test.ts

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ test('handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope retargets inherited chat when its pane is
   });
 });
 
-test('handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope retargets inherited chat when original pane also survives', () => {
+test('handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope keeps inherited chat on its surviving owner pane', () => {
   const result = handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope({
     activeSessionIdMap: {
       'workspace:ws-1': 'chat-a',
@@ -132,12 +132,52 @@ test('handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope retargets inherited chat when original pa
     preferredTerminalId: 'term-b',
   });
 
-  assert.equal(result.changed, true);
-  assert.equal(result.activeSessionIdMap['terminal:term-b'], 'chat-a');
-  assert.equal(result.activeSessionIdMap['terminal:term-a'], null);
-  assert.equal(result.sessions[0]?.scope.targetId, 'term-b');
+  assert.equal(result.activeSessionIdMap['terminal:term-a'], 'chat-a');
+  assert.equal(result.activeSessionIdMap['terminal:term-b'], 'chat-b');
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[0]?.scope.type, 'terminal');
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[0]?.scope.targetId, 'term-a');
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[0]?.updatedAt, 1);
   assert.equal(result.sessions[1]?.scope.targetId, 'term-b');
-  assert.deepEqual(result.panelViewByScope['terminal:term-b'], {
+  assert.deepEqual(result.panelViewByScope['terminal:term-a'], {
+    mode: 'session',
+    sessionId: 'chat-a',
+  });
+  assert.equal(result.panelViewByScope['terminal:term-b'], undefined);
+});
+
+test('handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope keeps owner history when the other pane is preferred', () => {
+  const result = handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope({
+    activeSessionIdMap: {
+      'workspace:ws-1': 'chat-a',
+      'terminal:term-b': 'chat-b',
+    },
+    sessions: [
+      {
+        id: 'chat-a',
+        scope: { type: 'terminal', targetId: 'term-a', hostIds: ['host-a'] },
+        updatedAt: 1,
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'chat-b',
+        scope: { type: 'terminal', targetId: 'term-b', hostIds: ['host-b'] },
+        updatedAt: 1,
+      },
+    ],
+    workspaceId: 'ws-1',
+    terminalIds: ['term-a', 'term-b'],
+    preferredTerminalId: 'term-b',
+    panelViewByScope: {
+      'workspace:ws-1': { mode: 'session', sessionId: 'chat-a' },
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(result.changed, true);
+  assert.equal(result.activeSessionIdMap['terminal:term-a'], 'chat-a');
+  assert.equal(result.activeSessionIdMap['terminal:term-b'], 'chat-b');
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[0]?.scope.targetId, 'term-a');
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[1]?.id, 'chat-b');
+  assert.equal(result.sessions[1]?.scope.targetId, 'term-b');
+  assert.deepEqual(result.panelViewByScope['terminal:term-a'], {
     mode: 'session',
     sessionId: 'chat-a',
   });

domain/workspaceAiScopeHandoff.ts

@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ export function seedWorkspaceAIActiveSessionFromMembers(input: {
 }
 
 /**
- * When a workspace tab dissolves, copy its active chat onto the preferred
- * surviving terminal before the workspace scope key is pruned. Also remint
- * workspace-scoped chats and the handed-off active chat when it still lives
- * under a different terminal (including one that also survives dissolve),
- * clear that previous terminal selection so ownership filters do not hide the
- * chat, and seed a session panel view so terminal scopes do not fall back to
- * a blank draft.
+ * When a workspace tab dissolves, copy its active chat onto a surviving
+ * terminal before the workspace scope key is pruned. An inherited chat that
+ * is already terminal-scoped to a pane still in `terminalIds` stays on that
+ * owner, even when focus/preferred is a different survivor. Otherwise the
+ * target is the preferred survivor, or the first remaining terminal when the
+ * original pane is gone. Workspace-scoped chats are reminted onto that
+ * target, duplicate terminal map entries for the same chat are cleared, and
+ * a session panel view is seeded so terminal scopes do not fall back to a
+ * blank draft.
  */
 export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoffLike>(input: {
   activeSessionIdMap: AIActiveSessionIdMap;
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoff
   panelViewByScope: Record<string, AIPanelViewHandoffLike>;
   changed: boolean;
 } {
-  const preferredTerminalId = (
+  const fallbackTerminalId = (
     input.preferredTerminalId
     && input.terminalIds.includes(input.preferredTerminalId)
       ? input.preferredTerminalId
@@ -109,6 +111,17 @@ export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoff
   const workspaceKey = buildAIScopeKey('workspace', input.workspaceId);
   const workspaceActive = input.activeSessionIdMap[workspaceKey];
   const hasWorkspaceActive = typeof workspaceActive === 'string' && workspaceActive.length > 0;
+  const activeSession = hasWorkspaceActive
+    ? input.sessions.find((session) => session.id === workspaceActive)
+    : undefined;
+  const survivingOwnerTerminalId = (
+    activeSession?.scope.type === 'terminal'
+    && activeSession.scope.targetId
+    && input.terminalIds.includes(activeSession.scope.targetId)
+      ? activeSession.scope.targetId
+      : null
+  );
+  const handoffTargetTerminalId = survivingOwnerTerminalId ?? fallbackTerminalId;
   const previousPanelViewByScope = (
     input.panelViewByScope as Record<string, AIPanelViewHandoffLike> | undefined
   ) ?? {};
@@ -118,8 +131,8 @@ export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoff
   };
   let mapChanged = false;
 
-  if (preferredTerminalId && hasWorkspaceActive) {
-    const terminalKey = buildAIScopeKey('terminal', preferredTerminalId);
+  if (handoffTargetTerminalId && hasWorkspaceActive) {
+    const terminalKey = buildAIScopeKey('terminal', handoffTargetTerminalId);
     let map = nextMap;
     let changed = false;
     if (map[terminalKey] !== workspaceActive) {
@@ -145,24 +158,23 @@ export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoff
 
   let sessionsChanged = false;
   const nextSessions = input.sessions.map((session) => {
-    if (!preferredTerminalId) return session;
+    if (!handoffTargetTerminalId) return session;
 
     const isWorkspaceScoped = (
       session.scope.type === 'workspace'
       && session.scope.targetId === input.workspaceId
     );
-    // Inherited member chats stay terminal-scoped under the original pane.
-    // Prefer the focused survivor even when that original pane also survives
-    // dissolve, otherwise B's history ownership filter excludes A's chat.
+    // Keep an inherited chat on its owner when that pane survives. Remint
+    // only when the handoff target is a different terminal (original pane gone).
     const isInheritedActiveChatOnOtherTerminal = (
       hasWorkspaceActive
       && session.id === workspaceActive
       && session.scope.type === 'terminal'
       && Boolean(session.scope.targetId)
-      && session.scope.targetId !== preferredTerminalId
+      && session.scope.targetId !== handoffTargetTerminalId
     );
     if (!isWorkspaceScoped && !isInheritedActiveChatOnOtherTerminal) return session;
-    if (session.scope.type === 'terminal' && session.scope.targetId === preferredTerminalId) {
+    if (session.scope.type === 'terminal' && session.scope.targetId === handoffTargetTerminalId) {
       return session;
     }
 
@@ -172,7 +184,7 @@ export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoff
       scope: {
         ...session.scope,
         type: 'terminal',
-        targetId: preferredTerminalId,
+        targetId: handoffTargetTerminalId,
       },
       updatedAt: Date.now(),
     };
@@ -182,8 +194,8 @@ export function handoffDissolvedWorkspaceAIScope<T extends AISessionScopeHandoff
   const nextPanelViewByScope: Record<string, AIPanelViewHandoffLike> = {
     ...previousPanelViewByScope,
   };
-  if (preferredTerminalId && hasWorkspaceActive) {
-    const terminalKey = buildAIScopeKey('terminal', preferredTerminalId);
+  if (handoffTargetTerminalId && hasWorkspaceActive) {
+    const terminalKey = buildAIScopeKey('terminal', handoffTargetTerminalId);
     const workspacePanelView = previousPanelViewByScope[workspaceKey];
     const terminalPanelView = previousPanelViewByScope[terminalKey];
     const nextView: AIPanelViewHandoffLike = (

electron/bridges/ai/shellUtils.cjs

@@ -71,9 +71,17 @@ const POSIX_PROMPT_PATTERN = /^(?:[^\s@]+@[^\s:]+(?::[^\n\r]*)?|\[[^\s@\]]+@[^\s
 
 // Host line of a two-line bash PS1 (`\u@\h: \w` then a following `$` or `#`).
 // Same user@host[:path] class as POSIX_PROMPT_PATTERN's first alternative,
-// without a prompt marker on this line. A bare `$`/`#` alone is not a prompt.
+// without a prompt marker on this line. Oh My Zsh `ys` uses a different host
+// line (`# user @ host ...`), matched separately below. A bare `$`/`#` alone
+// is not a prompt.
 const POSIX_PROMPT_HOST_LINE_PATTERN = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s:]+(?::[^\n\r]*)?$/;
 
+// Oh My Zsh `ys` status line: a decorative `#`, then `user @ host` with
+// spaces around `@`, then an optional remainder (directory, git, venv, time,
+// exit code). Example: `# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]`. Arbitrary text before
+// a bare `$`/`#` still does not match.
+const OH_MY_ZSH_YS_HOST_LINE_PATTERN = /^#\s+[^\s@]+\s+@\s+[^\s]+(?:\s+[^\n\r]+)?$/;
+
 // Alpine's default ash PS1 omits the username: `\h:\w\$ ` -> `localhost:~# `.
 // Require a hostname and a home/absolute path, excluding prompt delimiters
 // within the path so partially entered commands do not count as idle prompts.
@@ -124,12 +132,15 @@ function extractTrailingIdlePrompt(output) {
     return lastLine;
   }
 
-  // Two-line PS1 (`export PS1="\u@\h: \w\n$ "`). Bash emits the newline as
-  // CR and the PTY's ONLCR adds another, so the bytes are `\r\r\n`. The
-  // CR-to-LF normalize above turns that into blank lines between the host
-  // line and `$`/`#`. Keep those blanks in the cache: getFreshIdlePrompt
-  // uses the same normalize, and hasExpectedPromptSuffix compares this
-  // CR-as-LF form against live PTY bytes. A lone `$` must not satisfy endsWith.
+  // Two-line PS1. Classic bash is `export PS1="\u@\h: \w\n$ "`. Oh My Zsh
+  // `ys` paints `# user @ host ...` and then a bare `$` or `#`. Bash emits
+  // the newline as CR and the PTY's ONLCR adds another, so the bytes are
+  // `\r\r\n`. The CR-to-LF normalize above turns that into blank lines
+  // between the host line and `$`/`#`. Keep those blanks in the cache:
+  // getFreshIdlePrompt uses the same normalize, and hasExpectedPromptSuffix
+  // compares this CR-as-LF form against live PTY bytes. A lone `$`/`#` must
+  // not satisfy endsWith; the previous non-empty line has to be a recognized
+  // host line (classic `user@host[:path]` or Oh My Zsh `ys`).
   if (rightTrimmed === "$" || rightTrimmed === "#") {
     let hostIndex = lines.length - 1;
     while (hostIndex >= 0 && lines[hostIndex].replace(/\s+$/, "") === "") {
@@ -137,7 +148,13 @@ function extractTrailingIdlePrompt(output) {
     }
     const previousLine = hostIndex >= 0 ? lines[hostIndex] : "";
     const previousRightTrimmed = previousLine.replace(/\s+$/, "");
-    if (POSIX_PROMPT_HOST_LINE_PATTERN.test(previousRightTrimmed)) {
+    // Same optional "(name) " env prefix as isDefaultPosixPromptLine (#3947).
+    // Recognition only; the returned prompt keeps the visible prefix.
+    const previousHostLine = previousRightTrimmed.replace(/^\([^()\n\r]+\)\s+/, "");
+    if (
+      POSIX_PROMPT_HOST_LINE_PATTERN.test(previousHostLine)
+      || OH_MY_ZSH_YS_HOST_LINE_PATTERN.test(previousHostLine)
+    ) {
       return `${lines.slice(hostIndex).join("\n")}\n${lastLine}`;
     }
   }
@@ -202,8 +219,9 @@ function trackSessionIdlePrompt(session, chunk) {
 // Return `session.lastIdlePrompt` only if the PTY's recent rolling tail
 // still ends with it. The cached prompt is updated only when
 // extractTrailingIdlePrompt recognizes a known shape (PowerShell, cmd.exe,
-// `user@host[:path][#$]`, two-line `user@host[:path]` + `$`/`#`,
-// RHEL `[user@host path][#$]`, or Alpine `host:path[#$]`);
+// `user@host[:path][#$]`, two-line classic `user@host[:path]` or Oh My Zsh
+// `ys` (`# user @ host ...`) + `$`/`#`, RHEL `[user@host path][#$]`, or
+// Alpine `host:path[#$]`);
 // a remote shell switch into another shell, an oh-my-posh / starship / custom
 // PS1, or any unrecognized prompt would
 // otherwise leave a stale value behind, which `resolveEffectiveShellKind`

electron/bridges/ai/shellUtils.test.cjs

@@ -262,6 +262,83 @@ test("trackSessionIdlePrompt and getFreshIdlePrompt accept a two-line user@host
   assert.equal(getFreshIdlePrompt(ptySession), "user@host: /home/foo\n\n\n$ ");
 });
 
+test("extractTrailingIdlePrompt recognizes an Oh My Zsh ys two-line idle prompt", () => {
+  // ys paints `# user @ host ...` then a bare `$` or `#`. Spaces around `@`
+  // and the leading decorative `#` are required; a lone marker is not a prompt.
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ "),
+    "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ ",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("welcome\r\n# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n# "),
+    "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n# ",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user @ host in ~/proj on git:main [12:34:56]\n$ "),
+    "# user @ host in ~/proj on git:main [12:34:56]\n$ ",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("welcome\r\n# ys @ ys-mbp in ~/.oh-my-zsh on git:master x [21:47:42] C:127\n$ "),
+    "# ys @ ys-mbp in ~/.oh-my-zsh on git:master x [21:47:42] C:127\n$ ",
+  );
+  // Same CR / CRLF blank lines as the classic two-line PS1.
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\r\r\n$ "),
+    "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n\n\n$ ",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\r\n# "),
+    "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n\n# ",
+  );
+  // Optional "(name) " env prefix is stripped only for recognition (#3947).
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("(venv) # user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ "),
+    "(venv) # user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ ",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    extractTrailingIdlePrompt("(venv) user@host: /home/foo\n$ "),
+    "(venv) user@host: /home/foo\n$ ",
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("welcome\r\n$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("not a host line\n$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("user @ host in ~\n$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user@host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("copied output\n# "), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ ls"), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56] $"), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("echo $"), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("price is 5$"), "");
+  assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("(venv) not a host line\n$ "), "");
+});
+
+test("trackSessionIdlePrompt and getFreshIdlePrompt accept an Oh My Zsh ys two-line prompt", () => {
+  const session = {};
+  const prompt = "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n$ ";
+  trackSessionIdlePrompt(session, `welcome\r\n${prompt}`);
+  assert.equal(getFreshIdlePrompt(session), prompt);
+
+  const extra = {};
+  trackSessionIdlePrompt(extra, "# user @ host in ~/proj on git:main [12:34:56]\r\r\n$ ");
+  assert.equal(
+    getFreshIdlePrompt(extra),
+    "# user @ host in ~/proj on git:main [12:34:56]\n\n\n$ ",
+  );
+
+  const root = {};
+  trackSessionIdlePrompt(root, "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n# ");
+  assert.equal(getFreshIdlePrompt(root), "# user @ host in ~ [12:34:56]\n# ");
+
+  const bare = {};
+  assert.equal(trackSessionIdlePrompt(bare, "$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(getFreshIdlePrompt(bare), "");
+  assert.equal(trackSessionIdlePrompt(bare, "not a host line\n$ "), "");
+  assert.equal(getFreshIdlePrompt(bare), "");
+});
+
 test("extractTrailingIdlePrompt still recognizes a classic single-line POSIX prompt", () => {
   assert.equal(extractTrailingIdlePrompt("welcome\r\nuser@host:~$ "), "user@host:~$ ");
 });

electron/plugins/authorPresentation.test.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+"use strict";
+const test = require("node:test");
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const { RegistryCatalogService } = require("./registryCatalogService.cjs");
+const { PluginContributionIconService } = require("./contributionIconService.cjs");
+const { MarketSourcesService } = require("./marketSourcesService.cjs");
+const { OFFICIAL_SOURCE, LOCAL_SOURCE, thirdPartySource } = require("./sourceIdentity.cjs");
+const { catalog, delivery, digest, makeFiles, read } = require("./fixtures/staticDistributionFixture.cjs");
+
+const sourcePng = read(delivery.plugins[0].iconLight.path.slice(1));
+const avatar = { path: `/assets/${digest(sourcePng)}.png`, sha256: digest(sourcePng), size: sourcePng.length };
+function filesFor(entries = catalog, change = () => {}) {
+  const files = makeFiles(entries, (index, sidecar) => {
+    sidecar.schemaVersion = 2;
+    for (const item of sidecar.plugins) {
+      item.avatar = structuredClone(avatar);
+      const entry = entries.find((entry) => entry.id === item.id);
+      if (entry.artifact) {
+        item.artifact = { path: `/assets/${entry.artifact.sha256}.ncpkg`, sha256: entry.artifact.sha256, size: 1 };
+        index.plugins.find((plugin) => plugin.id === item.id).versions[0].distribution = "release";
+      }
+    }
+    change(index, sidecar);
+  });
+  files.set(avatar.path, sourcePng);
+  return files;
+}
+function imageService(rasterizeIcon) {
+  return new PluginContributionIconService({ rasterizeIcon: rasterizeIcon ?? (async () => {
+    const png = Buffer.alloc(24); Buffer.from([137, 80, 78, 71, 13, 10, 26, 10]).copy(png);
+    png.write("IHDR", 12); png.writeUInt32BE(32, 16); png.writeUInt32BE(32, 20); return png;
+  }) });
+}
+function registry(options = {}) {
+  const requests = [];
+  let files = options.files ?? filesFor();
+  const service = new RegistryCatalogService({ ...options,
+    fetch: options.fetch ?? (async (url, init) => {
+      requests.push(url);
+      assert.equal(new URL(url).origin, options.source?.origin ?? OFFICIAL_SOURCE.origin);
+      assert.equal(init.redirect, "manual"); assert.equal(init.credentials, "omit");
+      return files.has(new URL(url).pathname) ? new Response(files.get(new URL(url).pathname)) : new Response(null, { status: 404 });
+    }),
+    resolveAvatar: options.resolveAvatar ?? ((request) => imageServiceSingleton.resolveCatalogAvatar(request)),
+  });
+  const imageServiceSingleton = imageService();
+  return { service, requests, setFiles(value) { files = value; } };
+}
+
+test("v2 avatars use verified same-origin bytes and the shared image cache without GitHub", async () => {
+  const r = registry(); const snapshot = await r.service.list(); assert.equal(snapshot.error, null);
+  const entry = snapshot.entries[0];
+  const values = await Promise.all([r.service.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken), r.service.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken)]);
+  assert.deepEqual(values[0], values[1]); assert.match(values[0].avatar, /^data:image\/png;base64,/);
+  assert.equal(values[0].officialMaintained, true); assert.equal(values[0].author, "Netcatty");
+  assert.equal(r.requests.filter((url) => new URL(url).pathname === avatar.path).length, 1);
+  assert.ok(r.requests.every((url) => new URL(url).origin === OFFICIAL_SOURCE.origin));
+  await r.service.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken);
+  assert.equal(r.requests.length, 5, "cached raster avoids another download");
+});
+
+test("third-party copies, community entries and local imports cannot acquire maintenance authority", async () => {
+  const copied = registry({ source: thirdPartySource("Netcatty official", "https://community.example.com") });
+  const entry = (await copied.service.list()).entries[0];
+  assert.equal((await copied.service.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken)).officialMaintained, false);
+  const community = structuredClone(catalog[0]); community.id = "com.community.official";
+  community.manifest.id = community.id; community.author = "Netcatty official"; community.manifest.publisher = "netcatty";
+  const r = registry({ files: filesFor([community]) }); const listed = (await r.service.list()).entries[0];
+  assert.equal((await r.service.author(listed.id, listed.selectionToken)).officialMaintained, false);
+  const local = new MarketSourcesService({ database: { getActivePlugin: () => ({ id: catalog[0].id, activeVersion: catalog[0].version,
+    source: LOCAL_SOURCE, archiveSha256: "a".repeat(64), manifest: catalog[0].manifest, runtime: {} }) } });
+  assert.equal((await local.author({ kind: "installed", pluginId: catalog[0].id })).officialMaintained, false);
+  await assert.rejects(local.author({ kind: "installed", pluginId: catalog[0].id, officialMaintained: true }), /Invalid/);
+});
+
+test("avatar failure, redirects and mismatched bytes yield a placeholder without another origin", async () => {
+  for (const kind of ["missing", "hash", "format", "redirect"]) {
+    const files = filesFor(); const requests = [];
+    const r = registry({ files, fetch: async (url) => {
+      requests.push(url); const p = new URL(url).pathname;
+      if (p === avatar.path) {
+        if (kind === "redirect") return new Response(null, { status: 302, headers: { location: "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1" } });
+        if (kind === "missing") return new Response(null, { status: 404 });
+        if (kind === "hash") return new Response(Buffer.alloc(sourcePng.length));
+      }
+      return new Response(files.get(p));
+    }, ...(kind === "format" ? { resolveAvatar: async () => { throw new Error("Invalid PNG"); } } : {}) });
+    const entry = (await r.service.list()).entries[0]; const value = await r.service.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken);
+    assert.equal(value.avatar, null, kind); assert.equal(value.officialMaintained, true);
+    assert.ok(requests.every((url) => new URL(url).origin === OFFICIAL_SOURCE.origin));
+  }
+});
+
+test("avatar schema rejects foreign paths, non-raster formats and invalid sizes before fetching", async () => {
+  for (const ref of [
+    { ...avatar, path: "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1" },
+    { ...avatar, path: `/assets/${avatar.sha256}.svg` },
+    { ...avatar, path: `/assets/${"a".repeat(64)}.png` },
+    { ...avatar, size: 0 }, { ...avatar, size: 256 * 1024 + 1 }, { ...avatar, size: 1.5 },
+  ]) {
+    const r = registry({ files: filesFor(catalog, (_index, delivery) => { delivery.plugins[0].avatar = ref; }) });
+    const result = await r.service.list(); assert.ok(result.error, JSON.stringify(ref));
+    assert.equal(r.requests.length, 4, "invalid delivery cannot cause an avatar request");
+  }
+});
+
+test("v2 package references enforce the publisher's positive 16MiB bound without installing", async () => {
+  const entry = structuredClone(catalog[0]);
+  entry.artifact = { sha256: "a".repeat(64), url: `${OFFICIAL_SOURCE.origin}/assets/${"a".repeat(64)}.ncpkg` };
+  for (const size of [0, 16 * 1024 * 1024, 16 * 1024 * 1024 + 1]) {
+    const r = registry({ files: filesFor([entry], (_index, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].artifact.size = size; }) });
+    const snapshot = await r.service.list();
+    assert.equal(Boolean(snapshot.error), size !== 16 * 1024 * 1024);
+    assert.equal(r.requests.length, 4, "catalog validation never downloads or installs the package");
+  }
+});
+
+test("a changed selection or removed source cannot publish an in-flight avatar result", async () => {
+  for (const change of ["selection", "source"]) {
+    let release; let entered; let enabled = true;
+    const started = new Promise((resolve) => { entered = resolve; });
+    const gate = new Promise((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+    const r = registry({ sourceGuard() { if (!enabled) throw new Error("Source removed"); }, resolveAvatar: async () => { entered(); await gate; return "data:image/png;base64,eA=="; } });
+    const entry = (await r.service.list()).entries[0]; const pending = r.service.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken); await started;
+    if (change === "selection") { r.setFiles(filesFor(catalog, (_i, sidecar) => { sidecar.plugins[0].avatar = null; })); await r.service.refresh(); }
+    else enabled = false;
+    release(); await assert.rejects(pending, /changed|removed/);
+  }
+});
+
+test("installed presentation requires exact source/version/package/manifest and rejects replacement during load", async () => {
+  const entry = structuredClone(catalog[0]); entry.artifact = { sha256: "a".repeat(64), url: `${OFFICIAL_SOURCE.origin}/assets/${"a".repeat(64)}.ncpkg` };
+  let plugin = { id: entry.id, activeVersion: entry.version, archiveSha256: entry.artifact.sha256, source: OFFICIAL_SOURCE, manifest: entry.manifest, runtime: {} };
+  const requests = []; const files = filesFor([entry]);
+  const database = { getActivePlugin: () => plugin, db: { prepare: () => ({ get: () => undefined }) } };
+  const service = new MarketSourcesService({ database, fetch: async (url) => { requests.push(url); return new Response(files.get(new URL(url).pathname)); } });
+  const query = { kind: "installed", pluginId: entry.id };
+  assert.equal((await service.author(query)).officialMaintained, false); assert.equal(requests.length, 0);
+  await service.list(); assert.equal((await service.author(query)).officialMaintained, true);
+  for (const patch of [{ activeVersion: "9.0.0" }, { archiveSha256: "b".repeat(64) }, { manifest: { ...entry.manifest, publisher: "other" } }, { source: LOCAL_SOURCE }]) {
+    const saved = plugin; plugin = { ...plugin, ...patch };
+    assert.equal((await service.author(query)).officialMaintained, false); plugin = saved;
+  }
+  let release; let entered;
+  const started = new Promise((resolve) => { entered = resolve; });
+  service.catalogs.get("official").resolveAvatar = async () => { entered(); await new Promise((resolve) => { release = resolve; }); return null; };
+  const pending = service.author(query); await started; plugin = { ...plugin, archiveSha256: "b".repeat(64) }; release();
+  await assert.rejects(pending, /Installed plugin changed/);
+});
+
+test("avatar decoding validates bytes and uses the existing bounded rasterizer", async () => {
+  let calls = 0;
+  const service = imageService(async () => { calls++; throw new Error("Decode failed"); });
+  const request = { sourceId: "official", reference: avatar, read: async () => sourcePng };
+  await assert.rejects(service.resolveCatalogAvatar(request), /Decode failed/); assert.equal(calls, 1);
+  await assert.rejects(service.resolveCatalogAvatar({ ...request, read: async () => Buffer.alloc(sourcePng.length) }), /bytes/); assert.equal(calls, 1);
+  await assert.rejects(service.resolveCatalogAvatar({ ...request, reference: { ...avatar, path: `/assets/${avatar.sha256}.webp` } }), /format|signature/); assert.equal(calls, 1);
+  const cached = imageService();
+  await cached.resolveCatalogAvatar(request);
+  await assert.rejects(cached.resolveCatalogAvatar({ ...request, reference: { ...avatar, size: avatar.size + 1 } }), /bytes/);
+  await assert.rejects(cached.resolveCatalogAvatar({ ...request, reference: { ...avatar, path: `/assets/${avatar.sha256}.webp` } }), /format|signature/);
+});

electron/plugins/contributionIconService.cjs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const path = require("node:path");
+const { createHash } = require("node:crypto");
 
 const { readContainedFile } = require("./pluginProtocol.cjs");
 const { createIsolatedContributionIconRasterizer } = require("./contributionIconRasterizer.cjs");
@@ -214,6 +215,35 @@ class PluginContributionIconService {
     return pending;
   }
 
+  // Called only with a host-selected, hash-bound registry reference. It shares
+  // the existing decoder, queue, cache and pending work with package icons.
+  async resolveCatalogAvatar({ sourceId, reference, read }) {
+    const key = JSON.stringify(["catalog-avatar", sourceId, reference.path, reference.sha256, reference.size]);
+    if (this.cache.has(key)) return this.cache.get(key);
+    if (this.pending.has(key)) return this.pending.get(key);
+    if (this.pending.size >= MAX_QUEUED_ICON_RASTERIZATIONS + MAX_CONCURRENT_ICON_RASTERIZATIONS) {
+      throw new Error("Plugin image queue is full");
+    }
+    const pending = (async () => {
+      const body = await read();
+      if (!Buffer.isBuffer(body) || body.length !== reference.size || body.length > 256 * 1024
+        || createHash("sha256").update(body).digest("hex") !== reference.sha256) throw new Error("Invalid plugin avatar bytes");
+      const extension = path.extname(reference.path);
+      if (![".png", ".webp"].includes(extension)) throw new Error("Invalid plugin avatar format");
+      const inspected = inspectContributionIconSource(body, extension);
+      if (inspected.mimeType !== (extension === ".png" ? "image/png" : "image/webp")) throw new Error("Plugin avatar format mismatch");
+      const png = await this.rasterizeIcon({ body, ...inspected, maxEdge: MAX_ICON_EDGE });
+      if (!png.length || png.length > MAX_ICON_PNG_BYTES) throw new Error("Plugin avatar output is too large");
+      inspectContributionIconSource(png, ".png", MAX_ICON_EDGE);
+      const value = `data:image/png;base64,${png.toString("base64")}`;
+      if (this.cache.size >= 256) this.cache.clear();
+      this.cache.set(key, value);
+      return value;
+    })().finally(() => this.pending.delete(key));
+    this.pending.set(key, pending);
+    return pending;
+  }
+
   async #resolveUncached({ pluginId, plugin, icon, cacheKey }) {
     const packageRoot = await this.packageStore.preparePackageRoot(plugin);
     const result = Object.freeze({

electron/plugins/distribution/README.md

@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ The fixture includes no executable plugin package, avatar or credentials.
 
 Schema revisions must be coordinated with the registry publisher. In particular,
 artifact/avatar are deliberately null in v1; do not expand this consumer alone.
+
+`delivery-v2.schema.json` is vendored without changes from
+`binaricat/netcatty-plugins@2ffed31ad6a430e3711a63a902305063bd2504f8`,
+`schema/delivery-v2.schema.json` (Git blob
+`7a57504fbea272ca0e873725e050d1f15352cb5b`). The v2 consumer retains the pinned v1
+schema and permits positive-size package references up to 16MiB and PNG/WebP avatar references.
+Avatar references require positive size up to 256KiB and exact content-addressed
+paths. No v3 path is added. The original bootstrap bytes remain unchanged, and
+client support does not publish or activate live metadata.

electron/plugins/distribution/delivery-v2.schema.json

@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "Netcatty static delivery v2 (reviewed avatars and packages)",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": [
+    "schemaVersion",
+    "registryCommit",
+    "plugins",
+    "catalogSha256",
+    "indexSha256",
+    "sourceLockSha256",
+    "builderSha256"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "schemaVersion": {
+      "const": 2
+    },
+    "registryCommit": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{40}$"
+    },
+    "plugins": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "maxItems": 1000,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "required": [
+          "id",
+          "version",
+          "repository",
+          "commit",
+          "readme",
+          "iconLight",
+          "iconDark",
+          "avatar",
+          "artifact"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "version": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "repository": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "commit": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{40}$"
+          },
+          "readme": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "required": [
+              "path",
+              "sha256",
+              "size"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "path": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(md|png|webp|ncpkg)$"
+              },
+              "sha256": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+              },
+              "size": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "minimum": 0,
+                "maximum": 262144
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "iconLight": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "object",
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "sha256",
+                  "size"
+                ],
+                "properties": {
+                  "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(md|png|webp|ncpkg)$"
+                  },
+                  "sha256": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                  },
+                  "size": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 0,
+                    "maximum": 262144
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "iconDark": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "object",
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "sha256",
+                  "size"
+                ],
+                "properties": {
+                  "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(md|png|webp|ncpkg)$"
+                  },
+                  "sha256": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                  },
+                  "size": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 0,
+                    "maximum": 262144
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "avatar": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "object",
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "sha256",
+                  "size"
+                ],
+                "properties": {
+                  "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.(png|webp)$"
+                  },
+                  "sha256": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                  },
+                  "size": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "maximum": 262144
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "artifact": {
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "object",
+                "additionalProperties": false,
+                "required": [
+                  "path",
+                  "sha256",
+                  "size"
+                ],
+                "properties": {
+                  "path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.ncpkg$"
+                  },
+                  "sha256": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+                  },
+                  "size": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "maximum": 16777216
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "catalogSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    },
+    "indexSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    },
+    "sourceLockSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    },
+    "builderSha256": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^[a-f0-9]{64}$"
+    }
+  }
+}

electron/plugins/distributionSnapshot.cjs

@@ -16,14 +16,7 @@ ajv.addSchema(require("./generated/plugin-contract.schema.json"));
 const validateIndex = ajv.compile(require("./distribution/index.schema.json"));
 const deliverySchema = require("./distribution/delivery.schema.json");
 const validateDelivery = ajv.compile(deliverySchema);
-const deliveryV2 = structuredClone(deliverySchema);
-deliveryV2.title = "Netcatty static delivery v2 (hash-bound packages)";
-deliveryV2.properties.schemaVersion.const = 2;
-const packageRef = structuredClone(deliveryV2.properties.plugins.items.properties.readme);
-packageRef.properties.path.pattern = "^/assets/[a-f0-9]{64}\\.ncpkg$";
-packageRef.properties.size.maximum = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
-deliveryV2.properties.plugins.items.properties.artifact = { oneOf: [{ type: "null" }, packageRef] };
-const validateDeliveryV2 = ajv.compile(deliveryV2);
+const validateDeliveryV2 = ajv.compile(require("./distribution/delivery-v2.schema.json"));
 const digest = (bytes) => createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex");
 const tuple = (entry) => JSON.stringify([entry.id, entry.version, entry.repository, entry.commit]);
 
@@ -101,9 +94,10 @@ function validateSet(pointer, entries, index, delivery, origin = DISTRIBUTION_OR
     if (!catalogTuples.has(key) || resources.has(key)) throw new Error("Delivery identity does not match catalog tuple");
     assertAsset(plugin.readme, ["md"]);
     for (const icon of [plugin.iconLight, plugin.iconDark]) if (icon !== null) assertAsset(icon, ["png", "webp"]);
+    if (plugin.avatar !== null) assertAsset(plugin.avatar, ["png", "webp"]);
     const entry = entries.find((item) => tuple(item) === key);
     if (plugin.artifact !== null) {
-      assertReference(plugin.artifact, `/assets/${plugin.artifact.sha256}.ncpkg`, 32 * 1024 * 1024);
+      assertReference(plugin.artifact, `/assets/${plugin.artifact.sha256}.ncpkg`, 16 * 1024 * 1024);
       if (!entry.artifact || entry.artifact.sha256 !== plugin.artifact.sha256 || entry.artifact.url !== `${origin}${plugin.artifact.path}`) throw new Error("Package delivery does not match catalog hash and source");
     } else if (entry.artifact) throw new Error("Catalog package has no delivery resource");
     resources.set(key, plugin);

electron/plugins/hostService.cjs

@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ function createPluginHostService(options) {
       themeService,
       interactionService,
       hostVaultService,
-      catalogService: new MarketSourcesService({ database, manager, fetch: options.electron.net?.fetch?.bind(options.electron.net) }),
+      catalogService: new MarketSourcesService({ database, manager, fetch: options.electron.net?.fetch?.bind(options.electron.net),
+        resolveAvatar: (request) => contributionIconService.resolveCatalogAvatar(request) }),
       companionSupervisor,
       contributionIconService,
       contributionService,

electron/plugins/marketSourcesService.cjs

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 const { PluginSourceRegistry } = require("./sourceRegistry.cjs");
 const { RegistryCatalogService } = require("./registryCatalogService.cjs");
 const { createSourceFetch } = require("./sourceFetch.cjs");
+const { isDeepStrictEqual } = require("node:util");
+
+const installedIdentity = (plugin) => JSON.stringify([plugin?.id, plugin?.activeVersion, plugin?.archiveSha256, plugin?.source, plugin?.manifest, plugin?.runtime?.quarantinedAt]);
 
 class MarketSourcesService {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -24,6 +27,33 @@ class MarketSourcesService {
   }
   list(sourceId) { return this.#catalog(sourceId).list(); }
   readme(id, token, sourceId) { return this.#catalog(sourceId).readme(id, token); }
+  async author(request) {
+    if (!request || typeof request !== "object" || Array.isArray(request)
+      || typeof request.pluginId !== "string" || !/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]{1,127}$/u.test(request.pluginId)) throw new TypeError("Invalid plugin author request");
+    if (request.kind === "catalog") {
+      if (Object.keys(request).some((key) => !["kind", "pluginId", "selectionToken", "sourceId"].includes(key))) throw new TypeError("Invalid plugin author request");
+      return this.#catalog(request.sourceId).author(request.pluginId, request.selectionToken);
+    }
+    if (request.kind !== "installed" || Object.keys(request).some((key) => !["kind", "pluginId"].includes(key))) throw new TypeError("Invalid installed author request");
+    const plugin = this.options.database.getActivePlugin(request.pluginId);
+    if (!plugin?.activeVersion) return null;
+    const captured = installedIdentity(plugin);
+    let value = { author: plugin.manifest?.publisher ?? "", avatar: null, officialMaintained: false,
+      sourceId: plugin.source.id, version: plugin.activeVersion, archiveSha256: plugin.archiveSha256 ?? null };
+    if (plugin.runtime?.quarantinedAt == null) {
+      try {
+        // Presentation reuses an already validated catalog. It never refreshes
+        // a source merely because the installed list becomes visible.
+        this.registry.get(plugin.source.id);
+        const catalog = this.catalogs.get(plugin.source.id);
+        const entry = catalog?.publicEntries.find((item) => item.id === plugin.id && item.version === plugin.activeVersion
+          && item.artifact?.sha256 === plugin.archiveSha256 && isDeepStrictEqual(item.manifest, plugin.manifest));
+        if (entry) value = await catalog.author(entry.id, entry.selectionToken);
+      } catch { /* No exact current source match confers no maintenance badge. */ }
+    }
+    if (captured !== installedIdentity(this.options.database.getActivePlugin(request.pluginId))) throw new Error("Installed plugin changed while loading its author");
+    return value;
+  }
   install(id, token, sourceId = "official", acceptedSourceId) {
     if (sourceId !== "official" && acceptedSourceId !== sourceId) throw new Error("Review and confirm this third-party source before installing");
     return this.#catalog(sourceId).install(id, token);

electron/plugins/pluginBridge.cjs

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const CHANNELS = Object.freeze({
   removeSource: "netcatty:plugins:remove-source",
   catalog: "netcatty:plugins:catalog",
   catalogReadme: "netcatty:plugins:catalog-readme",
+  author: "netcatty:plugins:author",
   catalogInstall: "netcatty:plugins:catalog-install",
   install: "netcatty:plugins:install",
   setEnabled: "netcatty:plugins:set-enabled",
@@ -679,6 +680,10 @@ function registerPluginBridge(ipcMain, options) {
   handle(CHANNELS.updateSource, async (_manager, payload) => options.catalogService.updateSource(payload));
   handle(CHANNELS.removeSource, async (_manager, payload) => options.catalogService.removeSource(payload));
   handle(CHANNELS.catalog, async (_manager, payload) => options.catalogService?.list(payload?.sourceId) ?? { entries: [], source: "builtin", error: "Plugin catalog unavailable" });
+  handle(CHANNELS.author, async (_manager, payload) => {
+    if (!options.catalogService) throw new Error("Plugin catalog unavailable");
+    return options.catalogService.author(payload);
+  });
   handle(CHANNELS.catalogReadme, async (_manager, payload) => {
     if (!options.catalogService) throw new Error("Plugin catalog unavailable");
     return options.catalogService.readme(payload?.id, payload?.selectionToken, payload?.sourceId);

electron/plugins/pluginBridge.test.cjs

@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ test("plugin management bridge checks sender ownership before invoking manager",
   );
 });
 
+test("author presentation is a trusted-app-only route and forwards no invented authority", async () => {
+  const ipcMain = createIpcMain(); const calls = [];
+  registerPluginBridge(ipcMain, { manager: { initialize: async () => {} }, isTrustedSender: createTrustedPluginBridgeSender({ devServerUrl: "http://localhost:5173" }),
+    catalogService: { author: async (request) => { calls.push(request); return { author: "Netcatty", avatar: null, officialMaintained: false }; } } });
+  const payload = { kind: "catalog", pluginId: "com.netcatty.starter", selectionToken: "a".repeat(64), sourceId: "official" };
+  for (const url of ["netcatty-plugin://plugin-runtime/index.html", "https://attacker.invalid/"]) {
+    await assert.rejects(ipcMain.handlers.get(CHANNELS.author)({ senderFrame: { url } }, payload), /Untrusted/);
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
+  const result = await ipcMain.handlers.get(CHANNELS.author)({ senderFrame: { url: "app://netcatty/index.html" } }, payload);
+  assert.equal(result.officialMaintained, false); assert.deepEqual(calls, [payload]);
+});
+
 test("plugin Vault credential catalog updates only through the trusted host bridge", async () => {
   const ipcMain = createIpcMain();
   const updates = [];

electron/plugins/registryCatalogService.cjs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const { createHash } = require("node:crypto");
 const { PluginCatalogService, validateCatalog, MAX_CATALOG_BYTES } = require("./catalogService.cjs");
 const { REGISTRY_URL, fetchDistribution, fetchVerified, tuple } = require("./distributionSnapshot.cjs");
+const { isOfficialMaintained } = require("./sourceIdentity.cjs");
 const tokenFor = (entry) => createHash("sha256").update(JSON.stringify(entry)).digest("hex");
 
 function prepareSnapshot(value, resources = new Map(), source) {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class RegistryCatalogService extends PluginCatalogService {
     this.source = "builtin";
     this.error = null;
     this.refreshing = null;
+    this.resolveAvatar = options.resolveAvatar;
   }
   async refresh() {
     if (this.refreshing) return this.refreshing;
@@ -58,6 +60,22 @@ class RegistryCatalogService extends PluginCatalogService {
     return entry;
   }
   artifactSize(entry) { return this.resources.get(tuple(entry))?.artifact?.size; }
+  async author(id, token) {
+    this.sourceGuard();
+    const entry = this.selected(id, token);
+    const reference = this.resources.get(tuple(entry))?.avatar;
+    let avatar = null;
+    if (reference && this.resolveAvatar) {
+      try {
+        avatar = await this.resolveAvatar({ sourceId: this.marketSource.id, reference,
+          read: () => fetchVerified(reference, this.fetch, this.origin) });
+      } catch { /* Missing or invalid imagery uses the same author placeholder. */ }
+    }
+    this.sourceGuard();
+    this.selected(id, token);
+    return { author: entry.author, avatar, officialMaintained: isOfficialMaintained(entry, this.marketSource),
+      sourceId: this.marketSource.id, version: entry.version, archiveSha256: entry.artifact?.sha256 ?? null };
+  }
   async readme(id, token) {
     const entry = this.selected(id, token);
     const resource = this.resources.get(tuple(entry))?.readme;

electron/plugins/sourceIdentity.cjs

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ const { isIP } = require("node:net");
 const OFFICIAL_ORIGIN = "https://plugins.netcatty.app";
 const OFFICIAL_SOURCE = Object.freeze({ id: "official", kind: "official", name: "Netcatty marketplace", origin: OFFICIAL_ORIGIN });
 const LOCAL_SOURCE = Object.freeze({ id: "local", kind: "local", name: "Local import", origin: null });
+// Curated first-party maintenance authority, independent of manifest publisher text.
+const FIRST_PARTY_PLUGINS = Object.freeze([
+  Object.freeze({ id: "com.netcatty.starter", repository: "binaricat/Netcatty" }),
+  Object.freeze({ id: "com.netcatty.hello", repository: "binaricat/Netcatty" }),
+]);
 const hash = (value) => createHash("sha256").update(value).digest("hex");
 
 // Source identity is host-owned. Neither a manifest nor a catalog supplies kind/id.
@@ -41,4 +46,11 @@ function privateOwner(source, pluginId) {
   return `source:${hash(assertSource(source).id)}:${pluginId}`;
 }
 
-module.exports = { OFFICIAL_SOURCE, LOCAL_SOURCE, canonicalSourceOrigin, thirdPartySource, assertSource, privateOwner };
+function isOfficialMaintained(entry, source) {
+  const trusted = assertSource(source);
+  return trusted.id === OFFICIAL_SOURCE.id && trusted.kind === OFFICIAL_SOURCE.kind
+    && trusted.origin === OFFICIAL_SOURCE.origin
+    && FIRST_PARTY_PLUGINS.some((pair) => pair.id === entry.id && pair.repository === entry.repository);
+}
+
+module.exports = { OFFICIAL_SOURCE, LOCAL_SOURCE, canonicalSourceOrigin, thirdPartySource, assertSource, privateOwner, isOfficialMaintained };

electron/preload/api.cjs

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ function createPreloadApi(ctx) {
   updatePluginSource: (source) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:update-source", source),
   removePluginSource: (id, disablePlugins) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:remove-source", { id, disablePlugins }),
   listPluginCatalog: (sourceId) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:catalog", { sourceId }),
+  getPluginAuthorPresentation: (request) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:author", request),
   getPluginCatalogReadme: (id, selectionToken, sourceId) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:catalog-readme", { id, selectionToken, sourceId }),
   installCatalogPlugin: (id, selectionToken, sourceId, acceptedSourceId) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:catalog-install", { id, selectionToken, sourceId, acceptedSourceId }),
   setPluginAIHostReady: (ready) => ipcRenderer.invoke("netcatty:plugins:ai-host-ready", ready),

examples/plugins/host-actions/README.md

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ Group results contain the chosen current members and never include future member
 label change for the first chosen host. Netcatty displays editable fields and the
 normalized field diff before either action saves.
 
-`connect` asks Netcatty to confirm a saved-host connection. The confirmation shows
-whether saved scripts can run. The acknowledgement contains no session identifier
-or terminal data. Selecting metadata never authorizes a connection by itself.
+`connect` requests a saved-host connection under the plugin's permission settings.
+Ask displays the target and whether saved scripts can run; Allow can dispatch
+without that permission-only dialog, and Deny blocks the request. Normal SSH
+authentication still applies. The acknowledgement contains no session identifier
+or terminal data. Selecting metadata does not change those permission settings.
 
 All sample test resources use synthetic hostnames. Native acceptance must use
 synthetic hosts and must not establish a real host connection.

global.d.ts

@@ -355,6 +355,18 @@ declare global {
     artifact?: { url: string; sha256: string };
   }
 
+  type NetcattyPluginAuthorRequest =
+    | { kind: 'catalog'; pluginId: string; selectionToken: string; sourceId: string }
+    | { kind: 'installed'; pluginId: string };
+  interface NetcattyPluginAuthorPresentation {
+    author: string;
+    avatar: string | null;
+    officialMaintained: boolean;
+    sourceId: string;
+    version: string;
+    archiveSha256: string | null;
+  }
+
   type PluginPermissionMode = 'allow' | 'ask' | 'deny';
   type NetcattyPluginPermissionPrompt = import('@netcatty/plugin-contract').PermissionRequest & {
     actionToken: string; resources: string[];
@@ -477,6 +489,7 @@ declare global {
     updatePluginSource?(source: { id: string; name: string; enabled: boolean }): Promise<NetcattyPluginSource>;
     removePluginSource?(id: string, disablePlugins: boolean): Promise<void>;
     listPluginCatalog?(sourceId?: string): Promise<NetcattyPluginCatalogSnapshot>;
+    getPluginAuthorPresentation?(request: NetcattyPluginAuthorRequest): Promise<NetcattyPluginAuthorPresentation | null>;
     getPluginCatalogReadme?(id: string, selectionToken?: string, sourceId?: string): Promise<string>;
     installCatalogPlugin?(id: string, selectionToken?: string, sourceId?: string, acceptedSourceId?: string): Promise<NetcattyInstalledPlugin>;
     setPluginAIHostReady?(ready: boolean): Promise<boolean>;

packages/plugin-sdk/src/index.ts

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ export interface PluginHostUI {
 }
 
 /** Saved-host selection does not grant editing, connecting or session access.
- * Each action uses the host's separate review and confirmation UI. */
+ * Later actions follow the plugin's permission settings. Host drafts retain
+ * the host editor; connections retain normal authentication. */
 export interface PluginVault {
   selectHosts(params: import("@netcatty/plugin-contract").VaultSelectHostsParams): Promise<import("@netcatty/plugin-contract").VaultHostSelectionResult>;
   /** Managed SSH-config drafts require the full Vault host editor. */