fix(plugins): align host confirmation and refuse managed drafts

# Conflicts:
#	electron/plugins/hostService.cjs
#	packages/plugin-cli/src/manifest.ts
#	packages/plugin-contract/src/index.ts
#	packages/plugin-sdk/src/index.ts

App.tsx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { TooltipProvider } from './components/ui/tooltip';
 import { ScriptAutomationRoot } from './components/scripts/ScriptAutomationRoot';
 import { ExternalMcpApprovalsHost } from './components/ai/ExternalMcpApprovalsHost';
 import { PluginHostInteractionHost } from './components/plugins/PluginHostInteractionHost';
+import { PluginHostActionHost } from './components/plugins/PluginHostActionHost';
 import { PluginAuthenticationHost } from './components/plugins/PluginAuthenticationHost';
 import { MultilinePasteConfirmHost } from './components/terminal/MultilinePasteConfirmDialog';
 import { useExternalMcpGrantPersister } from './components/ai/useExternalMcpGrantPersister';
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ function AppWithProviders({ settings, appLock }: { settings: SettingsState; appL
               <VaultPublisher>
                 <SessionPublisher persistSessionRestore={!isPeerSessionWindow}>
                   <App />
+                  <PluginHostActionHost />
                 </SessionPublisher>
               </VaultPublisher>
             </TooltipProvider>

application/app/AppView.tsx

@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ function AppPluginKeybindingThemeHost({
   sessions: any[];
   workspaces: any[];
 }) {
-  const appThemeStyle = useAppThemeStyle();
+  // View environment is global in the current host: publish committed colors only.
+  const appThemeStyle = useAppThemeStyle(false);
   const { resolvedTheme, uiLanguage } = useSettingsChromeStore();
   const pluginThemeTokens = useMemo(
     () => selectPluginThemeTokens(appThemeStyle as Record<string, unknown>),

application/app/useAppThemeStyle.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { usePluginThemeRevision } from '../state/usePluginThemeRuntime';
 import type React from 'react';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
@@ -12,17 +13,20 @@ import { getUiThemeById } from '../../infrastructure/config/uiThemes';
  * settingsChromeStore so accent drags only re-render the leaf that applies the
  * vars, never the App shell.
  */
-export function useAppThemeStyle(): React.CSSProperties {
+export function useAppThemeStyle(includePreview = true): React.CSSProperties {
+  const pluginThemeRevision = usePluginThemeRevision();
   const { accentMode, customAccent } = useAppearanceChromeStore();
   const { resolvedTheme, darkUiThemeId, lightUiThemeId } = useSettingsChromeStore();
   return useMemo(() => {
+    void pluginThemeRevision; // getUiThemeById reads this external registry revision.
     const tokens = getUiThemeById(
       resolvedTheme,
       resolvedTheme === 'dark' ? darkUiThemeId : lightUiThemeId,
+      includePreview,
     ).tokens;
     return {
       ...buildAppThemeCssVars(tokens, accentMode, customAccent),
       colorScheme: resolvedTheme,
     } as React.CSSProperties;
-  }, [accentMode, customAccent, darkUiThemeId, lightUiThemeId, resolvedTheme]);
+  }, [accentMode, customAccent, darkUiThemeId, lightUiThemeId, resolvedTheme, pluginThemeRevision, includePreview]);
 }

application/i18n/locales/en/core.ts

@@ -1246,6 +1246,12 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   "settings.plugins.manager.remove": "Uninstall",
   "settings.plugins.manager.removeNote": "Uninstall removes package code and local KV data. User-owned settings, secrets and sync sidecars are retained.",
   "settings.plugins.permissions.statusUnknown": "Status unknown",
+  "plugins.sidebar.extensions": "Extension pages",
+  "plugins.sidebar.selectTerminal": "Select an open terminal first.",
+  "plugins.sidebar.loading": "Loading extension page…",
+  "plugins.vault.loading": "Loading plugin page…",
+  "plugins.vault.extensions": "Extensions",
+  "plugins.vault.back": "Back to hosts",
   "plugins.interaction.title": "Plugin request",
   "plugins.interaction.sharing": "Text you share becomes available to this plugin and its granted capabilities, including network access. Reading does not approve a new network destination.",
   "plugins.interaction.input": "Input text",
@@ -1274,14 +1280,35 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   "settings.plugins.manager.noPermissions": "No privileged permissions declared.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.required": "Required",
   "settings.plugins.manager.optional": "Optional",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.title": "Plugin themes",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.description": "Preview changes only this window. Apply saves this device’s selection. Personal accent, fonts and terminal overrides stay in control.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.empty": "No enabled plugin themes for this mode.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.choose": "Choose a theme",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.unavailable": "Saved theme unavailable; using the host default",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.applied": "Applied",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.preview": "Preview",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.apply": "Apply",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.cancel": "Cancel preview",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.restore": "Restore default",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.invalid": "Some theme palettes were rejected or unavailable.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.failed": "Could not apply theme.",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.dataTheme": "Theme pack: validated colors, no executable runtime.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.browser": "Browser runtime: privileged access goes through host permission brokers.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.advanced": "Advanced runtime: full Node filesystem and network authority. Broker permissions cannot restrict this access. Development preview only.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.data": "Local KV stays on this device. Only non-secret settings explicitly marked for sync participate in encrypted cloud sidecars. Packages and permission grants do not sync.",
   "settings.plugins.market.results": "{count} plugins",
   "settings.plugins.manager.lastError": "Last recorded error",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.offline": "Source unavailable. If a previously validated catalog exists for this source, it remains available for browsing only. Installation is unavailable until refresh succeeds.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.note": "This catalog is provided by the selected third party, not curated by Netcatty. Review the source domain and permissions before installing. Updates are manual.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.sourceOnly": "Source-only entry from this provider. No downloadable package is available; review the author’s build and import instructions.",
   "settings.plugins.market.offline": "Registry unavailable. Showing the last valid catalog or bundled examples. Installation is unavailable until refresh succeeds.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.details": "View details",
   "settings.plugins.manager.noDescription": "No description provided.",
+  "settings.plugins.status": "Notices: {count}",
+  "settings.plugins.info": "Plugin information",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.noVaultShort": "Secret storage unavailable",
+  "settings.plugins.market.offlineShort": "Offline catalog · installation unavailable",
+  "settings.plugins.market.readmeInfo": "About this README",
   "settings.plugins.market.installed": "Installed",
   "settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge": "Source example",
   "settings.plugins.market.title": "Marketplace",
@@ -1304,6 +1331,25 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   "settings.plugins.manager.unbounded": "No narrower resource scope is declared. Check the actual scope in the permission prompt.",
   "settings.plugins.openView": "Open",
   "settings.plugins.openManager": "Open plugin manager",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.conflict": "This ID is installed from another source. Uninstall and explicitly reset its private data before switching. Existing source:",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate": "Also clear this source’s private data, grants and secrets to reinstall from another source. This cannot be undone.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.official": "Official marketplace",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty": "Third-party marketplace",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.manage": "Manage sources",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.select": "Select a source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.empty": "Choose or add a third-party source.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.add": "Add source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.remove": "Remove source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.name": "Source name",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.address": "HTTPS source address",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.risk": "Third-party sources are not maintained or endorsed by Netcatty. Review the real domain, package permissions and author before installing.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.accept": "I trust this domain to supply plugin metadata and packages. This does not grant plugin permissions.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.removeNote": "Installed plugins and their data remain. Updates from this source stop; another source will not replace it.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.disablePlugins": "Also disable plugins installed from this source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.installConfirm": "Review third-party installation",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.source": "Source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.local": "Local import",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.all": "All sources",
   "settings.plugins.title": "Plugins",
   "settings.plugins.description": "Manage your plugins and explore the catalog.",
   'settings.plugins.loading': 'Loading plugin settings…',
@@ -1334,5 +1380,20 @@ Highlight the focused split pane:
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailed': 'Could not send the authentication response. Try again or cancel the request.',
   '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.create': 'Review host draft',
+  'plugins.hostActions.edit': 'Review host changes',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connect': 'Confirm connection',
+  'plugins.hostActions.fieldDiff': 'Changes to save',
+  'plugins.hostActions.defaultsWarning': 'Saved connection defaults apply. Changing a group can change inherited authentication, proxy settings and scripts.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.invalidDraft': 'Enter a valid host draft.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.scriptsRun': 'Saved startup, connect or output scripts may run with this connection.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.noScripts': 'No saved startup, connect or output scripts are configured for this host.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connectionNote': 'Netcatty will open this connection using the saved settings. This does not share session content with the plugin.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.localExecution': 'Local execution: this opens a shell on this device.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.managedUnsupported': 'Managed SSH config changes require the Vault host editor.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.failed': 'The request expired, was revoked, or the host changed. Select the host again.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionLimit': 'Select up to 50 current hosts.',
 
 };

application/i18n/locales/es/core.ts

@@ -1246,6 +1246,12 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   "settings.plugins.manager.remove": "Desinstalar",
   "settings.plugins.manager.removeNote": "La desinstalación elimina el código y los datos KV locales. Se conservan los ajustes del usuario, los secretos y los datos auxiliares de sincronización.",
   "settings.plugins.permissions.statusUnknown": "Estado desconocido",
+  "plugins.sidebar.extensions": "Páginas de extensiones",
+  "plugins.sidebar.selectTerminal": "Selecciona primero un terminal abierto.",
+  "plugins.sidebar.loading": "Cargando página de extensión…",
+  "plugins.vault.loading": "Cargando página del plugin…",
+  "plugins.vault.extensions": "Extensiones",
+  "plugins.vault.back": "Volver a hosts",
   "plugins.interaction.title": "Solicitud de complemento",
   "plugins.interaction.sharing": "El texto compartido estará disponible para este complemento y sus capacidades autorizadas, incluida la red. Leer no autoriza un nuevo destino de red.",
   "plugins.interaction.input": "Introducir texto",
@@ -1274,14 +1280,35 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   "settings.plugins.manager.noPermissions": "No se han declarado permisos privilegiados.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.required": "Obligatorio",
   "settings.plugins.manager.optional": "Opcional",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.title": "Temas de plugins",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.description": "La vista previa solo cambia esta ventana. Aplicar guarda la selección en este dispositivo. Se conservan los ajustes personales.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.empty": "No hay temas habilitados para este modo.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.choose": "Elegir tema",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.unavailable": "Tema guardado no disponible; se usa el predeterminado",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.applied": "Aplicado",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.preview": "Vista previa",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.apply": "Aplicar",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.cancel": "Cancelar vista previa",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.restore": "Restaurar predeterminado",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.invalid": "Algunas paletas no están disponibles o no son válidas.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.failed": "No se pudo aplicar el tema.",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.dataTheme": "Paquete de temas: colores validados, sin ejecución de código.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.browser": "Entorno de navegador: el acceso privilegiado pasa por los controles de permisos del anfitrión.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.advanced": "Entorno avanzado: acceso completo de Node al sistema de archivos y a la red. Los permisos del intermediario no restringen este acceso. Solo para desarrollo.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.data": "Los datos KV permanecen en este dispositivo. Solo los ajustes no secretos marcados para sincronización participan en los datos auxiliares cifrados. Los paquetes y las autorizaciones no se sincronizan.",
   "settings.plugins.market.results": "{count} plugins",
   "settings.plugins.manager.lastError": "Último error registrado",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.offline": "Fuente no disponible. Si existe un catálogo validado en caché de esta fuente, solo se permite consultarlo. La instalación no estará disponible hasta que se actualice correctamente.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.note": "Este catálogo lo proporciona el tercero seleccionado; Netcatty no lo selecciona ni revisa. Comprueba el dominio y los permisos antes de instalar. Las actualizaciones son manuales.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.sourceOnly": "Entrada de código fuente de este proveedor. No hay un paquete descargable; consulta las instrucciones de compilación e importación del autor.",
   "settings.plugins.market.offline": "El registro no está disponible. Se muestra el último catálogo válido o los ejemplos incluidos. La instalación requiere una actualización correcta.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.details": "Ver detalles",
   "settings.plugins.manager.noDescription": "No se proporcionó una descripción.",
+  "settings.plugins.status": "{count} avisos",
+  "settings.plugins.info": "Información de plugins",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.noVaultShort": "Almacenamiento de secretos no disponible",
+  "settings.plugins.market.offlineShort": "Catálogo sin conexión · instalación no disponible",
+  "settings.plugins.market.readmeInfo": "Acerca de este README",
   "settings.plugins.market.installed": "Instalado",
   "settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge": "Ejemplo de código",
   "settings.plugins.market.title": "Catálogo",
@@ -1304,6 +1331,25 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   "settings.plugins.manager.unbounded": "No se declara un alcance de recursos más limitado. Revisa el alcance real en la solicitud de permiso.",
   "settings.plugins.openView": "Abrir",
   "settings.plugins.openManager": "Abrir gestor de plugins",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.conflict": "This ID is installed from another source. Uninstall and explicitly reset its private data before switching. Existing source:",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate": "Also clear this source’s private data, grants and secrets to reinstall from another source. This cannot be undone.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.official": "Official marketplace",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty": "Third-party marketplace",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.manage": "Manage sources",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.select": "Select a source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.empty": "Choose or add a third-party source.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.add": "Add source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.remove": "Remove source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.name": "Source name",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.address": "HTTPS source address",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.risk": "Third-party sources are not maintained or endorsed by Netcatty. Review the real domain, package permissions and author before installing.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.accept": "I trust this domain to supply plugin metadata and packages. This does not grant plugin permissions.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.removeNote": "Installed plugins and their data remain. Updates from this source stop; another source will not replace it.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.disablePlugins": "Also disable plugins installed from this source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.installConfirm": "Review third-party installation",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.source": "Source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.local": "Local import",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.all": "All sources",
   "settings.plugins.title": "Plugins",
   "settings.plugins.description": "Gestiona tus plugins y explora el catálogo.",
   'settings.plugins.loading': 'Cargando ajustes del plugin…',
@@ -1334,5 +1380,20 @@ Resalta el panel dividido enfocado:
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailed': 'No se pudo enviar la respuesta de autenticación. Inténtalo de nuevo o cancela la solicitud.',
   '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.create': 'Revisar borrador de equipo',
+  'plugins.hostActions.edit': 'Revisar cambios del equipo',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connect': 'Confirmar conexión',
+  'plugins.hostActions.fieldDiff': 'Cambios que se guardarán',
+  'plugins.hostActions.defaultsWarning': 'Se aplican los ajustes de conexión guardados. Cambiar el grupo puede cambiar la autenticación, el proxy y los scripts heredados.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.invalidDraft': 'Introduce un borrador de equipo válido.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.scriptsRun': 'Esta conexión puede ejecutar scripts guardados de inicio, conexión o salida.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.noScripts': 'Este equipo no tiene scripts guardados de inicio, conexión o salida.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connectionNote': 'Netcatty abrirá la conexión con los ajustes guardados. Esto no comparte el contenido de la sesión con el complemento.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.localExecution': 'Ejecución local: esto abre una shell en este dispositivo.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.managedUnsupported': 'Los cambios de configuración SSH administrada requieren el editor de equipos de Vault.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.failed': 'La solicitud caducó, se revocó o el equipo cambió. Selecciona el equipo de nuevo.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionLimit': 'Selecciona hasta 50 equipos actuales.',
 
 };

application/i18n/locales/ru/core.ts

@@ -1141,6 +1141,12 @@ export const ruCoreMessages: Messages = {
   "settings.plugins.manager.remove": "Удалить",
   "settings.plugins.manager.removeNote": "Удаление очищает код пакета и локальные данные KV. Настройки пользователя, секреты и данные синхронизации сохраняются.",
   "settings.plugins.permissions.statusUnknown": "Состояние неизвестно",
+  "plugins.sidebar.extensions": "Страницы расширений",
+  "plugins.sidebar.selectTerminal": "Сначала выберите открытый терминал.",
+  "plugins.sidebar.loading": "Загрузка страницы расширения…",
+  "plugins.vault.loading": "Загрузка страницы плагина…",
+  "plugins.vault.extensions": "Расширения",
+  "plugins.vault.back": "К хостам",
   "plugins.interaction.title": "Запрос плагина",
   "plugins.interaction.sharing": "Переданный текст доступен плагину и его разрешённым возможностям, включая сеть. Чтение не разрешает новый сетевой адрес.",
   "plugins.interaction.input": "Ввести текст",
@@ -1169,14 +1175,35 @@ export const ruCoreMessages: Messages = {
   "settings.plugins.manager.noPermissions": "Привилегированные разрешения не заявлены.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.required": "Обязательно",
   "settings.plugins.manager.optional": "Необязательно",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.title": "Темы плагинов",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.description": "Предпросмотр меняет только это окно. Применение сохраняет выбор на этом устройстве. Личные настройки сохраняются.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.empty": "Нет включённых тем для этого режима.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.choose": "Выберите тему",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.unavailable": "Сохранённая тема недоступна; используется стандартная палитра",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.applied": "Применено",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.preview": "Предпросмотр",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.apply": "Применить",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.cancel": "Отменить предпросмотр",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.restore": "Сбросить тему",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.invalid": "Некоторые палитры недоступны или отклонены.",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.failed": "Не удалось применить тему.",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.dataTheme": "Пакет тем: проверенные цвета без выполнения кода.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.browser": "Браузерная среда: привилегированный доступ проходит через проверку разрешений приложения.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.advanced": "Расширенная среда: полный доступ Node к файловой системе и сети. Разрешения посредника не ограничивают этот доступ. Только для разработки.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.data": "Данные KV остаются на устройстве. Синхронизируются только явно отмеченные несекретные настройки в зашифрованных данных. Пакеты и разрешения не синхронизируются.",
   "settings.plugins.market.results": "Плагинов: {count}",
   "settings.plugins.manager.lastError": "Последняя записанная ошибка",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.offline": "Источник недоступен. Ранее проверенный каталог этого источника, если он есть в кэше, доступен только для просмотра. Установка недоступна до успешного обновления.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.note": "Этот каталог предоставляет выбранная третья сторона; Netcatty не отбирает его содержимое. Перед установкой проверьте домен источника и разрешения. Обновления выполняются вручную.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.sourceOnly": "Запись с исходным кодом от этого поставщика. Пакет для загрузки отсутствует; см. инструкции автора по сборке и импорту.",
   "settings.plugins.market.offline": "Реестр недоступен. Показан последний корректный каталог или встроенные примеры. Для установки необходимо успешно обновить каталог.",
   "settings.plugins.manager.details": "Подробнее",
   "settings.plugins.manager.noDescription": "Описание не предоставлено.",
+  "settings.plugins.status": "Уведомления: {count}",
+  "settings.plugins.info": "Информация о плагинах",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.noVaultShort": "Хранилище секретов недоступно",
+  "settings.plugins.market.offlineShort": "Каталог офлайн · установка недоступна",
+  "settings.plugins.market.readmeInfo": "Об этом README",
   "settings.plugins.market.installed": "Установлен",
   "settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge": "Пример исходного кода",
   "settings.plugins.market.title": "Каталог",
@@ -1199,6 +1226,25 @@ export const ruCoreMessages: Messages = {
   "settings.plugins.manager.unbounded": "Более узкая область ресурсов не заявлена. Проверьте фактическую область в запросе разрешения.",
   "settings.plugins.openView": "Открыть",
   "settings.plugins.openManager": "Открыть управление плагинами",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.conflict": "This ID is installed from another source. Uninstall and explicitly reset its private data before switching. Existing source:",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate": "Also clear this source’s private data, grants and secrets to reinstall from another source. This cannot be undone.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.official": "Official marketplace",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty": "Third-party marketplace",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.manage": "Manage sources",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.select": "Select a source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.empty": "Choose or add a third-party source.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.add": "Add source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.remove": "Remove source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.name": "Source name",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.address": "HTTPS source address",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.risk": "Third-party sources are not maintained or endorsed by Netcatty. Review the real domain, package permissions and author before installing.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.accept": "I trust this domain to supply plugin metadata and packages. This does not grant plugin permissions.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.removeNote": "Installed plugins and their data remain. Updates from this source stop; another source will not replace it.",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.disablePlugins": "Also disable plugins installed from this source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.installConfirm": "Review third-party installation",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.source": "Source",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.local": "Local import",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.all": "All sources",
   "settings.plugins.title": "Плагины",
   "settings.plugins.description": "Управляйте плагинами и просматривайте каталог.",
   'settings.plugins.loading': 'Загрузка настроек плагинов…',
@@ -1229,4 +1275,19 @@ export const ruCoreMessages: Messages = {
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailed': 'Не удалось отправить ответ аутентификации. Повторите попытку или отмените запрос.',
   '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.create': 'Проверить черновик хоста',
+  'plugins.hostActions.edit': 'Проверить изменения хоста',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connect': 'Подтвердить подключение',
+  'plugins.hostActions.fieldDiff': 'Изменения для сохранения',
+  'plugins.hostActions.defaultsWarning': 'Применяются сохранённые настройки подключения. Смена группы может изменить унаследованные настройки входа, прокси и скрипты.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.invalidDraft': 'Введите корректные данные хоста.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.scriptsRun': 'При подключении могут выполняться сохранённые скрипты запуска, подключения или вывода.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.noScripts': 'Для этого хоста не настроены сохранённые скрипты запуска, подключения или вывода.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connectionNote': 'Netcatty откроет подключение с сохранёнными настройками. Содержимое сеанса не передаётся плагину.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.localExecution': 'Локальное выполнение: откроется оболочка на этом устройстве.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.managedUnsupported': 'Изменяйте управляемые настройки SSH в редакторе хостов Vault.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.failed': 'Запрос истёк, был отозван или хост изменился. Выберите хост заново.',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionLimit': 'Выберите не более 50 текущих хостов.',
 };

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

@@ -1161,6 +1161,12 @@ Vaults 标签保持扁平，不使用这块背景。
   "settings.plugins.manager.remove": "卸载",
   "settings.plugins.manager.removeNote": "卸载会移除插件代码和本地 KV 数据，保留用户设置、秘密存储和同步 sidecar。",
   "settings.plugins.permissions.statusUnknown": "状态未知",
+  "plugins.sidebar.extensions": "扩展页面",
+  "plugins.sidebar.selectTerminal": "请先选择已打开的终端。",
+  "plugins.sidebar.loading": "正在加载扩展页面…",
+  "plugins.vault.loading": "正在加载插件页面…",
+  "plugins.vault.extensions": "扩展",
+  "plugins.vault.back": "返回主机",
   "plugins.interaction.title": "插件请求",
   "plugins.interaction.sharing": "分享的文本将交给此插件及其已授权的能力（包括网络访问）。读取文本不代表批准新的网络目标。",
   "plugins.interaction.input": "输入文本",
@@ -1189,14 +1195,35 @@ Vaults 标签保持扁平，不使用这块背景。
   "settings.plugins.manager.noPermissions": "未声明特权权限。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.required": "必需",
   "settings.plugins.manager.optional": "可选",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.title": "插件主题",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.description": "预览仅影响当前窗口；应用后保存在本设备。个人强调色、字体和终端覆盖设置仍然优先。",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.empty": "当前模式没有已启用的插件主题。",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.choose": "选择主题",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.unavailable": "已保存的主题不可用，正在使用宿主默认配色",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.applied": "已应用",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.preview": "预览",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.apply": "应用",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.cancel": "取消预览",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.restore": "恢复默认",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.invalid": "部分主题配色未通过验证或不可用。",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.failed": "无法应用主题。",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.dataTheme": "主题包：已验证配色，不启动代码运行时。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.browser": "浏览器运行时：特权访问通过宿主权限代理。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.advanced": "高级运行时：拥有完整 Node 文件系统和网络能力，代理权限无法限制这些访问。仅供开发预览。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.data": "本地 KV 仅保留在此设备。只有明确标记为同步的非秘密设置进入加密云 sidecar。插件包和权限授权不参与同步。",
   "settings.plugins.market.results": "{count} 个插件",
   "settings.plugins.manager.lastError": "上次记录的错误",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.offline": "来源暂不可用。如已缓存此来源通过校验的目录，仅可继续浏览；刷新成功前无法安装。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.note": "此目录由所选第三方提供，不属于 Netcatty 精选目录。安装前请核对来源域名和权限，更新需手动确认。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.sourceOnly": "此提供方仅提供源码条目，没有可下载插件包；请查看作者的构建和导入说明。",
   "settings.plugins.market.offline": "官方目录暂时不可用，正在显示上次有效目录或内置示例。刷新成功前不能从市场安装。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.details": "查看详情",
   "settings.plugins.manager.noDescription": "作者暂未提供功能简介。",
+  "settings.plugins.status": "{count} 项提醒",
+  "settings.plugins.info": "插件说明",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.noVaultShort": "凭据存储不可用",
+  "settings.plugins.market.offlineShort": "目录离线 · 暂不可安装",
+  "settings.plugins.market.readmeInfo": "README 来源说明",
   "settings.plugins.market.installed": "已安装",
   "settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge": "源码示例",
   "settings.plugins.market.title": "插件市场",
@@ -1219,6 +1246,25 @@ Vaults 标签保持扁平，不使用这块背景。
   "settings.plugins.manager.unbounded": "未声明更细的资源范围。请在权限提示中检查实际授权范围。",
   "settings.plugins.openView": "打开",
   "settings.plugins.openManager": "打开插件管理",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.conflict": "此 ID 已从其他来源安装。请先卸载并明确清理旧来源数据，再换源重装。原来源：",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate": "同时清除本来源的私有数据、授权和秘密，以便显式换源重装。此操作不可撤销。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.official": "官方市场",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty": "第三方市场",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.manage": "管理来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.select": "选择来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.empty": "选择或添加第三方来源。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.add": "添加来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.remove": "移除来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.name": "来源名称",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.address": "HTTPS 来源地址",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.risk": "第三方来源不代表 Netcatty 维护或认可。安装前请核对真实域名、插件权限与作者。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.accept": "我信任此域名提供插件目录和软件包。此操作不会授予插件权限。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.removeNote": "保留已安装插件及数据，停止此来源更新，不会自动切换到其他来源。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.disablePlugins": "同时停用来自该来源的插件",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.installConfirm": "确认第三方安装",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.source": "来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.local": "本地导入",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.all": "全部来源",
   "settings.plugins.title": "插件",
   "settings.plugins.description": "管理已安装插件，浏览精选目录。",
   'settings.plugins.loading': '正在加载插件设置…',
@@ -1249,5 +1295,20 @@ Vaults 标签保持扁平，不使用这块背景。
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailed': '无法发送认证响应。请重试或取消此请求。',
   '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.create': '预览主机草稿',
+  'plugins.hostActions.edit': '预览主机修改',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connect': '确认连接',
+  'plugins.hostActions.fieldDiff': '即将保存的修改',
+  'plugins.hostActions.defaultsWarning': '将应用已保存的连接默认设置。修改分组可能改变继承的认证、代理和脚本设置。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.invalidDraft': '请输入有效的主机草稿。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.scriptsRun': '此连接可能运行已保存的启动、连接或输出触发脚本。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.noScripts': '此主机未配置已保存的启动、连接或输出触发脚本。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connectionNote': 'Netcatty 将使用已保存的设置打开连接。这不会向插件分享会话内容。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.localExecution': '本地执行：这将在此设备上打开一个 Shell。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.managedUnsupported': '受管理的 SSH 配置变更需在 Vault 主机编辑器中完成。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.failed': '请求已过期、被撤销或主机已改变。请重新选择主机。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionLimit': '最多选择 50 个当前主机。',
 
 };

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

@@ -1164,6 +1164,12 @@ Vaults 分頁維持扁平，不使用這塊背景。
   "settings.plugins.manager.remove": "卸載",
   "settings.plugins.manager.removeNote": "卸載會移除插件代碼和本地 KV 數據，保留用戶設置、秘密存儲和同步 sidecar。",
   "settings.plugins.permissions.statusUnknown": "狀態不明",
+  "plugins.sidebar.extensions": "擴充功能頁面",
+  "plugins.sidebar.selectTerminal": "請先選擇已開啟的終端。",
+  "plugins.sidebar.loading": "正在載入擴充功能頁面…",
+  "plugins.vault.loading": "正在載入擴充功能頁面…",
+  "plugins.vault.extensions": "擴充功能",
+  "plugins.vault.back": "返回主機",
   "plugins.interaction.title": "外掛請求",
   "plugins.interaction.sharing": "分享的文字會交給此外掛及其已授權能力（包括網路存取）。讀取文字不代表核准新的網路目的地。",
   "plugins.interaction.input": "輸入文字",
@@ -1192,20 +1198,60 @@ Vaults 分頁維持扁平，不使用這塊背景。
   "settings.plugins.manager.noPermissions": "未聲明特權權限。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.required": "必需",
   "settings.plugins.manager.optional": "可選",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.title": "外掛主題",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.description": "預覽僅影響目前視窗；套用後儲存於本機。個人強調色、字型和終端覆寫設定仍然優先。",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.empty": "目前模式沒有已啟用的外掛主題。",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.choose": "選擇主題",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.unavailable": "已儲存的主題無法使用，正在使用宿主預設配色",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.applied": "已套用",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.preview": "預覽",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.apply": "套用",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.cancel": "取消預覽",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.restore": "恢復預設",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.invalid": "部分主題配色未通過驗證或無法使用。",
+  "settings.plugins.themes.failed": "無法套用主題。",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.dataTheme": "主題套件：已驗證配色，不啟動程式執行環境。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.browser": "瀏覽器運行時：特權訪問通過宿主權限代理。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.advanced": "高級運行時：擁有完整 Node 文件系統和網絡能力，代理權限無法限制這些訪問。僅供開發預覽。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.data": "本地 KV 僅保留在此設備。只有明確標記為同步的非秘密設置進入加密雲 sidecar。插件包和權限授權不參與同步。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.unbounded": "未宣告更細的資源範圍。請在權限提示中檢查實際授權範圍。",
   "settings.plugins.openView": "開啟",
   "settings.plugins.openManager": "開啟插件管理",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.conflict": "此 ID 已从其他来源安装。请先卸载并明确清理旧来源数据，再换源重装。原来源：",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate": "同时清除本来源的私有数据、授权和秘密，以便显式换源重装。此操作不可撤销。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.official": "官方市场",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty": "第三方市场",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.manage": "管理来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.select": "选择来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.empty": "选择或添加第三方来源。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.add": "添加来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.remove": "移除来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.name": "来源名称",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.address": "HTTPS 来源地址",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.risk": "第三方来源不代表 Netcatty 维护或认可。安装前请核对真实域名、插件权限与作者。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.accept": "我信任此域名提供插件目录和软件包。此操作不会授予插件权限。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.removeNote": "保留已安装插件及数据，停止此来源更新，不会自动切换到其他来源。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.disablePlugins": "同时停用来自该来源的插件",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.installConfirm": "确认第三方安装",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.source": "来源",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.local": "本地导入",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.all": "全部来源",
   "settings.plugins.title": "插件",
   "settings.plugins.description": "管理已安裝插件，瀏覽精選目錄。",
   'settings.plugins.loading': '正在載入外掛程式設定…',
   "settings.plugins.market.results": "{count} 個插件",
   "settings.plugins.manager.lastError": "上次記錄的錯誤",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.offline": "來源暫不可用。如已快取此來源通過驗證的目錄，僅可繼續瀏覽；重新整理成功前無法安裝。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.note": "此目錄由所選第三方提供，不屬於 Netcatty 精選目錄。安裝前請核對來源網域和權限，更新需手動確認。",
+  "settings.plugins.sources.sourceOnly": "此提供方僅提供原始碼項目，沒有可下載外掛套件；請查看作者的建置和匯入說明。",
   "settings.plugins.market.offline": "官方目錄暫時無法使用，正在顯示上次有效目錄或內建範例。重新整理成功前無法從市場安裝。",
   "settings.plugins.manager.details": "查看詳情",
   "settings.plugins.manager.noDescription": "作者尚未提供功能簡介。",
+  "settings.plugins.status": "{count} 項提醒",
+  "settings.plugins.info": "外掛說明",
+  "settings.plugins.manager.noVaultShort": "憑據儲存無法使用",
+  "settings.plugins.market.offlineShort": "目錄離線 · 暫時無法安裝",
+  "settings.plugins.market.readmeInfo": "README 來源說明",
   "settings.plugins.market.installed": "已安裝",
   "settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge": "原始碼範例",
   "settings.plugins.market.title": "插件市場",
@@ -1252,4 +1298,19 @@ Vaults 分頁維持扁平，不使用這塊背景。
   'plugins.authentication.responseFailed': '無法送出驗證回應。請重試或取消此要求。',
   '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.create': '預覽主機草稿',
+  'plugins.hostActions.edit': '預覽主機修改',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connect': '確認連線',
+  'plugins.hostActions.fieldDiff': '即將儲存的修改',
+  'plugins.hostActions.defaultsWarning': '將套用已儲存的連線預設設定。修改群組可能改變繼承的驗證、代理和指令碼設定。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.invalidDraft': '請輸入有效的主機草稿。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.scriptsRun': '此連線可能執行已儲存的啟動、連線或輸出觸發指令碼。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.noScripts': '此主機未設定已儲存的啟動、連線或輸出觸發指令碼。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.connectionNote': 'Netcatty 將使用已儲存的設定開啟連線。這不會向外掛分享工作階段內容。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.localExecution': '本機執行：這會在此裝置上開啟 Shell。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.managedUnsupported': '受管理的 SSH 設定變更需在 Vault 主機編輯器中完成。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.failed': '請求已過期、被撤銷或主機已變更。請重新選擇主機。',
+  'plugins.hostActions.selectionLimit': '最多選擇 50 部目前的主機。',
 };

application/state/pluginHostActionExecution.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { executePluginHostAction, type PluginHostAction, type PluginHostActionVault } from './pluginHostActionExecution';
+import { PluginHostActionResources } from './pluginHostActionResources';
+import type { Host, ManagedSource } from '../../domain/models';
+
+const synthetic: Host = { id: 'synthetic', label: 'Synthetic', hostname: 'synthetic.invalid', username: 'test', tags: [], os: 'linux', password: 'synthetic-only', startupCommand: 'synthetic-script' };
+
+function fixture() {
+  const resources = new PluginHostActionResources();
+  let active = true, authorized = 0, connections = 0, writes = 0;
+  let beforeRead: (() => void) | undefined;
+  let beforeCommit: (() => void) | undefined;
+  let duringAuthorize: (() => void) | undefined;
+  let storedSources: ManagedSource[] | undefined;
+  const vault: PluginHostActionVault = {
+    hosts: [synthetic], customGroups: [], groupConfigs: [], snippets: [], managedSources: [], isInitialized: true,
+    async readPersistedHosts() { beforeRead?.(); return [structuredClone(synthetic)]; },
+    async commitVaultImportTransaction(next, groups, sources, _configs, _expected, _lock, authorize) {
+      const nextSources = sources(storedSources ?? vault.managedSources);
+      beforeCommit?.();
+      await authorize?.();
+      writes++; vault.hosts = next;
+      return { status: 'persisted', groups: groups([]), sources: nextSources, groupConfigs: [] };
+    },
+  };
+  resources.observe(vault.hosts);
+  const target = resources.metadata(synthetic.id);
+  const options = {
+    getVault: () => vault, resources,
+    assertCurrent() { if (!active) throw new Error('Action cancelled'); },
+    async authorizeCommit() { duringAuthorize?.(); if (!active) throw new Error('Action revoked'); authorized++; },
+    connect(host: Host) { assert.equal(host, synthetic); connections++; return 'private-session-id'; },
+  };
+  return { vault, target, options, get authorized() { return authorized; }, get connections() { return connections; }, get writes() { return writes; },
+    cancel() { active = false; }, beforeRead(fn: () => void) { beforeRead = fn; }, beforeCommit(fn: () => void) { beforeCommit = fn; }, duringAuthorize(fn: () => void) { duringAuthorize = fn; },
+    storedSources(value: ManagedSource[]) { storedSources = value; },
+  };
+}
+
+test('reviewed connection dispatches through existing handler and returns no session data', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  assert.equal(await executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'connect', target: f.target }, f.options), 'requested');
+  assert.equal(f.authorized, 1); assert.equal(f.connections, 1); assert.equal(f.writes, 0);
+});
+
+test('host edit preserves credentials and scripts and claims action authority after preparation', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  assert.equal(await executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'edit', target: f.target, draft: { label: 'Reviewed' } }, f.options), 'saved');
+  assert.equal(f.vault.hosts[0].password, synthetic.password);
+  assert.equal(f.vault.hosts[0].startupCommand, synthetic.startupCommand);
+  assert.equal(f.vault.hosts[0].label, 'Reviewed');
+  assert.equal(f.authorized, 1); assert.equal(f.writes, 1); assert.equal(f.connections, 0);
+});
+
+for (const point of ['beforeRead', 'beforeCommit', 'duringAuthorize'] as const) test(`cancel/revoke at ${point} prevents the Vault write`, async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); f[point](() => f.cancel());
+  await assert.rejects(executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'edit', target: f.target, draft: { label: 'Never saved' } }, f.options), /cancelled|revoked/);
+  assert.equal(f.writes, 0); assert.equal(f.connections, 0);
+});
+
+for (const change of ['remove', 'replace', 'scripts', 'locked'] as const) test(`${change} during awaited connection preparation prevents dispatch`, async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  f.beforeRead(() => {
+    if (change === 'remove') f.vault.hosts = [];
+    if (change === 'replace') f.vault.hosts = [{ ...synthetic }];
+    if (change === 'scripts') f.vault.snippets = [];
+    if (change === 'locked') f.cancel();
+  });
+  await assert.rejects(executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'connect', target: f.target }, f.options));
+  assert.equal(f.authorized, 0); assert.equal(f.connections, 0);
+});
+
+test('create produces a saved SSH draft without executable or credential injection', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const action: PluginHostAction = { kind: 'create', draft: { hostname: 'new.invalid', label: 'New', group: 'Synthetic', password: 'untrusted', startupCommand: 'untrusted' } as never };
+  assert.equal(await executePluginHostAction(action, f.options), 'saved');
+  const created = f.vault.hosts[1];
+  assert.notEqual(created.id, synthetic.id);
+  assert.equal(created.password, undefined); assert.equal(created.startupCommand, undefined);
+});
+
+const managedSources: ManagedSource[] = [
+  { id: 'synthetic-source-a', type: 'ssh_config', filePath: '/synthetic/a.conf', groupName: 'A', lastSyncedAt: 0 },
+  { id: 'synthetic-source-b', type: 'ssh_config', filePath: '/synthetic/b.conf', groupName: 'B', lastSyncedAt: 0 },
+];
+
+for (const destination of ['B', 'Unmanaged', ''] as const) test(`managed A to ${destination || 'no group'} is refused before action authority or persistence`, async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const host = { ...synthetic, group: 'A', managedSourceId: managedSources[0].id };
+  f.vault.hosts = [host]; f.vault.managedSources = managedSources;
+  f.vault.readPersistedHosts = async () => [structuredClone(host)];
+  f.options.resources.observe(f.vault.hosts);
+  const target = f.options.resources.metadata(host.id);
+  await assert.rejects(executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'edit', target, draft: { group: destination } }, f.options), /Managed.*Vault/);
+  assert.equal(f.writes, 0); assert.equal(f.authorized, 0);
+  assert.equal(f.vault.hosts[0].managedSourceId, managedSources[0].id);
+});
+
+for (const kind of ['create', 'edit'] as const) test(`${kind} into a managed destination is refused`, async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); f.vault.managedSources = managedSources;
+  const action: PluginHostAction = kind === 'create'
+    ? { kind, draft: { hostname: 'new.invalid', group: 'B/Child' } }
+    : { kind, target: f.target, draft: { group: 'B/Child' } };
+  await assert.rejects(executePluginHostAction(action, f.options), /Managed.*Vault/);
+  assert.equal(f.writes, 0); assert.equal(f.authorized, 0);
+});
+
+test('ordinary unmanaged moves preserve the managed-source catalog without taking ownership', async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); f.vault.managedSources = managedSources;
+  assert.equal(await executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'edit', target: f.target, draft: { group: 'Unmanaged' } }, f.options), 'saved');
+  assert.equal(f.vault.hosts[0].managedSourceId, undefined);
+  assert.equal(f.vault.hosts[0].group, 'Unmanaged');
+  assert.equal(f.vault.managedSources, managedSources);
+});
+
+test('a managed-source catalog replacement during preparation prevents the write', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  f.beforeCommit(() => { f.vault.managedSources = managedSources; });
+  await assert.rejects(executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'create', draft: { hostname: 'new.invalid', group: 'B' } }, f.options), /Managed sources changed/);
+  assert.equal(f.writes, 0); assert.equal(f.authorized, 0);
+});
+
+test('a newer persisted managed-source catalog rejects a stale unmanaged preview before the claim', async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); f.storedSources(managedSources);
+  await assert.rejects(executePluginHostAction({ kind: 'create', draft: { hostname: 'new.invalid', group: 'B' } }, f.options), /Managed sources changed/);
+  assert.equal(f.writes, 0); assert.equal(f.authorized, 0);
+});

application/state/pluginHostActionExecution.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import type { Host, GroupConfig, Snippet, ManagedSource } from '../../domain/models';
+import { canonicalJsonString, normalizeJsonValue } from '../../domain/convergentSync/json';
+import { applyPluginHostEdit, normalizePluginHostDraft, pluginHostDraftTouchesManagedSource, type PluginHostDraftFields } from '../../domain/pluginHostActions';
+import { applyVaultHostCreates } from '../../domain/vaultHostCreate';
+import type { PluginHostActionResources } from './pluginHostActionResources';
+import type { AppVaultRuntime } from './appRuntimeBridge';
+
+// Application action model. Public RPC types live only in plugin-contract.
+export type PluginHostAction =
+  | { kind: 'create'; draft: PluginHostDraftFields }
+  | { kind: 'edit'; target: { resourceId: string; revision: string }; draft: PluginHostDraftFields }
+  | { kind: 'connect'; target: { resourceId: string; revision: string } };
+
+export interface PluginHostActionVault {
+  hosts: Host[];
+  customGroups: string[];
+  groupConfigs: GroupConfig[];
+  snippets: Snippet[];
+  managedSources: ManagedSource[];
+  isInitialized: boolean;
+  readPersistedHosts: () => Promise<Host[]>;
+  commitVaultImportTransaction: AppVaultRuntime['commitVaultImportTransaction'];
+}
+
+export interface PluginHostActionExecution {
+  getVault: () => PluginHostActionVault;
+  resources: PluginHostActionResources;
+  assertCurrent: () => void;
+  authorizeCommit: () => Promise<void>;
+  connect: (host: Host) => unknown;
+}
+
+const sameHost = (left: Host, right: Host) => (
+  canonicalJsonString(normalizeJsonValue(left)) === canonicalJsonString(normalizeJsonValue(right))
+);
+
+/** Execute only a host-reviewed action. authorizeCommit claims separate,
+ * one-use main-process action authority after the final asynchronous work. */
+export async function executePluginHostAction(action: PluginHostAction, options: PluginHostActionExecution): Promise<'saved' | 'requested'> {
+  const current = () => {
+    options.assertCurrent();
+    const vault = options.getVault();
+    if (!vault.isInitialized) throw new Error('Vault is unavailable');
+    options.resources.observe(vault.hosts);
+    return vault;
+  };
+  const initialVault = current();
+  const reviewedGroups = initialVault.groupConfigs;
+  const reviewedSnippets = initialVault.snippets;
+  const reviewedSources = initialVault.managedSources;
+  const selected = action.kind === 'create' ? undefined : options.resources.resolve(action.target.resourceId, action.target.revision);
+  const assertSelected = () => {
+    const vault = current();
+    if (action.kind !== 'create' && options.resources.resolve(action.target.resourceId, action.target.revision) !== selected) {
+      throw new Error('Selected host changed');
+    }
+    // A connection preview includes inherited and global automation. Any
+    // settings change while the preview is open requires fresh confirmation.
+    if (action.kind === 'connect' && (vault.groupConfigs !== reviewedGroups || vault.snippets !== reviewedSnippets)) {
+      throw new Error('Saved connection settings changed');
+    }
+    if (action.kind !== 'connect' && vault.managedSources !== reviewedSources) throw new Error('Managed sources changed during draft review');
+    return vault;
+  };
+  const persisted = await initialVault.readPersistedHosts();
+  assertSelected();
+  if (selected) {
+    const persistedHost = persisted.find((host) => host.id === selected.id);
+    if (!persistedHost || !sameHost(selected, persistedHost)) throw new Error('Selected host changed');
+  }
+  if (action.kind === 'connect') {
+    await options.authorizeCommit();
+    assertSelected();
+    // The existing host connection handler owns authentication, saved scripts,
+    // and sessions. Its return value never reaches the sandboxed plugin.
+    options.connect(selected!);
+    return 'requested';
+  }
+  const nextHost = action.kind === 'create'
+    ? normalizePluginHostDraft(action.draft, crypto.randomUUID())
+    : applyPluginHostEdit(selected!, action.draft);
+  if (pluginHostDraftTouchesManagedSource(nextHost, reviewedSources)) {
+    throw new Error('Managed SSH config changes require the Vault host editor');
+  }
+  const nextHosts = action.kind === 'create'
+    ? applyVaultHostCreates(persisted, [], [nextHost]).hosts
+    : persisted.map((host) => host.id === nextHost.id ? nextHost : host);
+  if (action.kind === 'create' && nextHosts.length !== persisted.length + 1) throw new Error('Host already exists');
+  const updateGroups = (groups: string[]) => nextHost.group && !groups.includes(nextHost.group) ? [...groups, nextHost.group] : groups;
+  const sourceSnapshot = canonicalJsonString(normalizeJsonValue(reviewedSources));
+  const keepSources = (sources: ManagedSource[]) => {
+    if (canonicalJsonString(normalizeJsonValue(sources)) !== sourceSnapshot) throw new Error('Managed sources changed during draft review');
+    return sources;
+  };
+  const result = await initialVault.commitVaultImportTransaction(
+    nextHosts, updateGroups, keepSources,
+    undefined, persisted, undefined,
+    async () => { assertSelected(); await options.authorizeCommit(); assertSelected(); },
+  );
+  if (result.status !== 'persisted') throw new Error('Vault changed before the draft was saved');
+  return 'saved';
+}

application/state/pluginHostActionResources.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { PluginHostActionResources } from './pluginHostActionResources';
+import type { Host } from '../../domain/models';
+
+const first: Host = { id: 'synthetic-1', label: 'First', hostname: 'first.invalid', username: 'test', tags: [], os: 'linux', group: 'Synthetic', password: 'synthetic-password', startupCommand: 'synthetic-script', totp: { uri: 'synthetic-totp' } as never };
+
+test('selected metadata projects only the allowlist and replacement invalidates revision', () => {
+  const resources = new PluginHostActionResources();
+  resources.observe([first]);
+  const metadata = resources.metadata(first.id);
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(metadata), ['resourceId', 'revision', 'label', 'hostname', 'username', 'protocol', 'group', 'tags']);
+  assert.equal(JSON.stringify(metadata).includes('synthetic-password'), false);
+  resources.observe([first]);
+  assert.equal(resources.resolve(first.id, metadata.revision), first);
+  resources.observe([{ ...first }]);
+  assert.throws(() => resources.resolve(first.id, metadata.revision), /changed/);
+  const replaced = resources.metadata(first.id);
+  resources.observe([]);
+  assert.throws(() => resources.resolve(first.id, replaced.revision), /changed/);
+  resources.observe([first]);
+  assert.throws(() => resources.resolve(first.id, replaced.revision), /changed/);
+});
+
+test('group choices are explicit current members and never expand to later members', () => {
+  const resources = new PluginHostActionResources();
+  resources.observe([first]);
+  const selection = [resources.metadata(first.id)];
+  resources.observe([first, { ...first, id: 'synthetic-2' }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(selection.map((item) => item.resourceId), [first.id]);
+  assert.equal(resources.resolve(first.id, selection[0].revision), first);
+});

application/state/pluginHostActionResources.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { Host } from '../../domain/models';
+
+/** Renderer-local revisions track replacement as well as visible edits. They
+ * are never authorization handles; only the main-process authority issues one. */
+export class PluginHostActionResources {
+  private entries = new Map<string, { host: Host; revision: string }>();
+
+  observe(hosts: readonly Host[]) {
+    const next = new Map<string, { host: Host; revision: string }>();
+    for (const host of hosts) {
+      const existing = this.entries.get(host.id);
+      next.set(host.id, existing?.host === host ? existing : { host, revision: crypto.randomUUID() });
+    }
+    this.entries = next;
+  }
+
+  resolve(id: string, expectedRevision: string): Host {
+    const entry = this.entries.get(id);
+    if (!entry || entry.revision !== expectedRevision) throw new Error('Selected host changed; select it again');
+    return entry.host;
+  }
+
+  metadata(id: string) {
+    const entry = this.entries.get(id);
+    if (!entry) throw new Error('Selected host is unavailable');
+    const host = entry.host;
+    return {
+      resourceId: host.id, revision: entry.revision,
+      label: host.label, hostname: host.hostname, username: host.username,
+      ...(host.port === undefined ? {} : { port: host.port }), protocol: host.protocol ?? 'ssh',
+      group: host.group ?? '', tags: [...host.tags],
+    };
+  }
+}

application/state/pluginVaultPages.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export const PLUGIN_VAULT_PAGE_PREFIX = 'plugin-vault:';
+
+export interface PluginVaultPage {
+  key: `plugin-vault:${string}`;
+  pluginId: string;
+  pluginName: string;
+  version: string;
+  viewId: string;
+  title: string;
+  icon?: NetcattyPluginIconReference;
+  order: number;
+}
+
+export function collectPluginVaultPages(plugins: NetcattyPluginContributionSnapshot['plugins']): PluginVaultPage[] {
+  return plugins.flatMap((plugin) => plugin.views
+    .filter((view) => view.location === 'vault-page' && view.visible)
+    .map((view): PluginVaultPage => ({
+      key: `${PLUGIN_VAULT_PAGE_PREFIX}${view.id}`,
+      pluginId: plugin.id, pluginName: plugin.displayName, version: plugin.version,
+      viewId: view.id, title: view.title, icon: view.icon, order: view.order ?? 0,
+    })))
+    .sort((left, right) => left.order - right.order || left.viewId.localeCompare(right.viewId));
+}
+
+export function resolvePluginVaultPage(pages: readonly PluginVaultPage[], section: string): PluginVaultPage | null {
+  return pages.find((page) => page.key === section) ?? null;
+}

application/state/pluginViewOcclusion.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/** Native child views must yield to host dialogs and overlapping portals. */
+export function isPluginViewOccluded(mount: HTMLElement): boolean {
+  const rect = mount.getBoundingClientRect();
+  if (!mount.isConnected || mount.closest('[hidden], [inert], [aria-hidden="true"]')) return true;
+  const overlays = mount.ownerDocument.querySelectorAll(
+    '[data-app-lock-overlay], [role="dialog"], [role="alertdialog"], '
+    + '[role="menu"][data-state="open"], [data-radix-popper-content-wrapper] > *, [data-native-view-occluder]',
+  );
+  return [...overlays].some((overlay) => {
+    if (mount.contains(overlay)) return false;
+    const style = getComputedStyle(overlay);
+    if (style.display === 'none' || style.visibility === 'hidden' || overlay.closest('[hidden], [inert]')) return false;
+    if (overlay.matches('[data-app-lock-overlay], [role="dialog"][aria-modal="true"], [role="alertdialog"]')) return true;
+    const other = overlay.getBoundingClientRect();
+    return other.width > 0 && other.height > 0 && other.x < rect.right && other.right > rect.x
+      && other.y < rect.bottom && other.bottom > rect.y;
+  });
+}

application/state/settingsStateDefaults.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { pluginThemeRegistry } from '../../infrastructure/config/pluginThemeRegistry';
 import {
   DEFAULT_SHIFT_ENTER_NEWLINE_TEXT,
   isLegacyDefaultShiftEnterNewlineText,
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ export const applyThemeTokens = (
   accentOverride: string,
 ) => {
   const root = window.document.documentElement;
+  root.toggleAttribute('data-plugin-theme-active', pluginThemeRegistry.isActive(resolvedTheme));
+  const securityVars = buildAppThemeCssVars(pluginThemeRegistry.securityTokens(resolvedTheme), 'theme', '');
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(securityVars)) root.style.setProperty('--host-security' + key.slice(1), value);
   root.classList.remove('light', 'dark');
   root.classList.add(resolvedTheme);
   const cssVars = buildAppThemeCssVars(tokens, accentMode, accentOverride);

application/state/terminalSidePanelTabs.ts

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import {
 } from '../../infrastructure/config/storageKeys';
 import { localStorageAdapter } from '../../infrastructure/persistence/localStorageAdapter';
 import { useToolbarItemLayout } from './useToolbarItemLayout';
-import type { SidePanelTool } from '../../domain/sidePanelLayout';
+import type { BuiltinSidePanelTool, SidePanelTool } from '../../domain/sidePanelLayout';
 
 export type TerminalSidePanelTabId = SidePanelTool;
 
-export const TERMINAL_SIDE_PANEL_TAB_DEFAULT_ORDER: TerminalSidePanelTabId[] = [
+export const TERMINAL_SIDE_PANEL_TAB_DEFAULT_ORDER: BuiltinSidePanelTool[] = [
   'sftp',
   'browser',
   'scripts',

application/state/useActiveChromeTheme.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { pluginThemeRegistry } from '../../infrastructure/config/pluginThemeRegistry';
+import { usePluginThemeRevision } from './usePluginThemeRuntime';
+import { useSettingsChromeStore } from './settingsChromeStore';
 import { useLayoutEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import type { TerminalTheme } from "../../domain/models";
 import {
@@ -271,12 +274,15 @@ export function useActiveChromeTheme({
   activeTheme: TerminalTheme | null;
   applyAppTheme: () => void;
 }) {
+  const pluginThemeRevision = usePluginThemeRevision();
+  const { resolvedTheme } = useSettingsChromeStore();
+  const effectiveTheme = pluginThemeRegistry.isActive(resolvedTheme) ? null : activeTheme;
   const applyAppThemeRef = useRef(applyAppTheme);
   applyAppThemeRef.current = applyAppTheme;
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    syncActiveChromeTheme(activeTheme, applyAppTheme);
-  }, [activeTheme, applyAppTheme]);
+    syncActiveChromeTheme(effectiveTheme, applyAppTheme);
+  }, [effectiveTheme, applyAppTheme, pluginThemeRevision]);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     return () => {

application/state/useEmbeddedPluginView.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { PluginViewLifecycleController, type HostedPluginViewState } from './pluginViewLifecycle';
+import { resolvePluginViewWindowScope } from './pluginViewScopes';
+import { isPluginViewOccluded } from './pluginViewOcclusion';
+import type { UsePluginContributionsResult } from './usePluginContributions';
+
+type ViewAdapter = Pick<UsePluginContributionsResult, 'openView' | 'closeView' | 'focusView' | 'setViewBounds' | 'setViewVisibility' | 'onViewClosed' | 'onViewFocused'>;
+
+/** Host-owned mounting only. No plugin router, DOM, session or vault data API. */
+export function useEmbeddedPluginView({ viewId, version, slot, active, context, adapter, subscribeHidden, unavailable, focused, focusOnReveal = false }: {
+  viewId: string;
+  version: string;
+  slot: string;
+  active: boolean;
+  context: Record<string, unknown>;
+  adapter: ViewAdapter;
+  subscribeHidden(listener: () => void): () => void;
+  unavailable(): void;
+  focused?(): void;
+  focusOnReveal?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const mountRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const adapterRef = useRef(adapter);
+  const unavailableRef = useRef(unavailable);
+  const focusedRef = useRef(focused);
+  const revealFocusRef = useRef(focusOnReveal);
+  const requestFocusRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {});
+  revealFocusRef.current = focusOnReveal;
+  focusedRef.current = focused;
+  adapterRef.current = adapter;
+  unavailableRef.current = unavailable;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const mount = mountRef.current;
+    if (!active || !mount) return;
+    let cancelled = false;
+    const lifecycle = new PluginViewLifecycleController<HostedPluginViewState>();
+    const instanceId = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const scopeId = resolvePluginViewWindowScope({ pathname: window.location.pathname,
+      search: window.location.search, hash: `${window.location.hash}|plugin-slot:${slot}` });
+    const { openView, closeView, focusView, setViewBounds, setViewVisibility, onViewClosed, onViewFocused } = adapterRef.current;
+    const close = () => {
+      if (cancelled) return;
+      cancelled = true;
+      lifecycle.markViewClosed(viewId);
+      void closeView(instanceId).catch(() => {});
+    };
+    const failCurrent = () => {
+      if (cancelled) return;
+      close();
+      unavailableRef.current();
+    };
+    const unsubscribe = onViewClosed((event) => {
+      lifecycle.handleHostClose(event.instanceId);
+      if (event.instanceId === instanceId && !cancelled) {
+        close();
+        unavailableRef.current();
+      }
+    });
+    const stopOnHide = subscribeHidden(close);
+    const stopOnFocus = onViewFocused((event) => {
+      if (!cancelled && event.instanceId === instanceId) focusedRef.current?.();
+    });
+    const bounds = () => {
+      const rect = mount.getBoundingClientRect();
+      return { x: Math.round(rect.x), y: Math.round(rect.y), width: Math.max(1, Math.round(rect.width)), height: Math.max(1, Math.round(rect.height)) };
+    };
+    let opened = false;
+    let lastBounds = '';
+    let visible = false;
+    const focus = () => {
+      if (!cancelled && opened && visible && revealFocusRef.current && !isPluginViewOccluded(mount)) void focusView(instanceId).catch(() => {});
+    };
+    requestFocusRef.current = focus;
+    const updateVisibility = () => {
+      if (!opened || cancelled) return;
+      const rect = mount.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const next = rect.width > 0 && rect.height > 0 && !isPluginViewOccluded(mount);
+      if (visible === next) return;
+      visible = next;
+      void setViewVisibility(instanceId, next).then(() => { if (next) focus(); }).catch(failCurrent);
+    };
+    const resize = () => {
+      if (opened && !cancelled) {
+        const next = bounds();
+        const key = JSON.stringify(next);
+        if (key !== lastBounds) { lastBounds = key; void setViewBounds(instanceId, next).catch(failCurrent); }
+      }
+      updateVisibility();
+    };
+    const observer = typeof ResizeObserver === 'undefined' ? null : new ResizeObserver(resize);
+    observer?.observe(mount);
+    const mutations = new MutationObserver(resize);
+    mutations.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: true,
+      attributeFilter: ['class', 'style', 'hidden', 'inert', 'role', 'aria-modal', 'aria-hidden', 'data-state', 'data-app-lock-overlay', 'data-radix-popper-content-wrapper', 'data-native-view-occluder'] });
+    window.addEventListener('resize', resize);
+    document.addEventListener('scroll', resize, true);
+    setLoading(true);
+    const opening = lifecycle.beginOpen({ viewKey: viewId });
+    void openView({ viewId, instanceId, scopeId, bounds: bounds(), context }).then(async (result) => {
+      if (cancelled || lifecycle.shouldCloseOpen(opening) || lifecycle.consumeHostClose(result.instanceId)) {
+        await closeView(result.instanceId);
+        return;
+      }
+      opened = true;
+      lifecycle.setCurrent({ id: result.instanceId, viewId, scopeId, retainContextWhenHidden: false });
+      resize();
+      setLoading(false);
+    }).catch(() => {
+      if (!cancelled) { close(); unavailableRef.current(); }
+    }).finally(() => lifecycle.finishOpen({ token: opening, viewKey: viewId }));
+    return () => {
+      close(); unsubscribe(); stopOnHide(); stopOnFocus(); observer?.disconnect(); mutations.disconnect();
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', resize); document.removeEventListener('scroll', resize, true);
+    };
+  }, [active, context, slot, subscribeHidden, version, viewId]);
+  useEffect(() => { if (focusOnReveal) requestFocusRef.current(); }, [focusOnReveal]);
+  return { mountRef, loading };
+}

application/state/usePluginCatalog.test.ts

@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ test('offline snapshot stays browsable, retry clears warning, and operations bin
   offline = false;
   await act(async () => state.retryList());
   assert.equal(state.listError, null); assert.equal(state.source, 'registry');
-  assert.deepEqual(reads.at(-1), [entry.id, 'second']);
+  assert.deepEqual(reads.at(-1), [entry.id, 'second', 'official']);
   await act(async () => state.install(entry.id));
-  assert.deepEqual(installs, [[entry.id, 'second']]);
+  assert.deepEqual(installs, [[entry.id, 'second', 'official', undefined]]);
   await act(async () => renderer.unmount());
 });

application/state/usePluginCatalog.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
 
 type ReadmeState = { id: string; token?: string; attempt: number; status: 'loading' | 'ready' | 'error'; text: string; error: string | null };
-export function usePluginCatalog(selectedId: string | null) {
+export function usePluginCatalog(selectedId: string | null, sourceId = 'official') {
   const [entries, setEntries] = useState<NetcattyPluginCatalogEntry[]>([]);
   const [listStatus, setListStatus] = useState<'loading' | 'ready' | 'error'>('loading');
   const [source, setSource] = useState<NetcattyPluginCatalogSnapshot['source']>('builtin');
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export function usePluginCatalog(selectedId: string | null) {
   const [readmeAttempt, setReadmeAttempt] = useState(0);
   const [installError, setInstallError] = useState<{ id: string; message: string } | null>(null);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+  const [sourceBinding, setSourceBinding] = useState<NetcattyPluginSource | null>(null);
   const installing = useRef(false);
   const mounted = useRef(false);
   useEffect(() => { mounted.current = true; return () => { mounted.current = false; }; }, []);
@@ -22,12 +23,18 @@ export function usePluginCatalog(selectedId: string | null) {
       try {
         const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
         if (!bridge?.listPluginCatalog) throw new Error('Catalog browsing unavailable');
-        const list = await bridge.listPluginCatalog();
+        const list = await bridge.listPluginCatalog(sourceId);
         if (active) { setEntries(list.entries); setSource(list.source); setListError(list.error); setListStatus('ready'); }
       } catch (cause) { if (active) { setListStatus('error'); setListError(String(cause)); } }
     })();
     return () => { active = false; };
-  }, [listAttempt]);
+  }, [listAttempt, sourceId]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let active = true;
+    setSourceBinding(null);
+    if (selectedId) void netcattyBridge.get()?.getPluginSourceBinding?.(selectedId).then((binding) => { if (active) setSourceBinding(binding); }).catch((cause) => { if (active) setInstallError({ id: selectedId, message: String(cause) }); });
+    return () => { active = false; };
+  }, [selectedId, sourceId]);
   const selectionToken = entries.find((entry) => entry.id === selectedId)?.selectionToken;
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!selectedId) return;
@@ -38,15 +45,15 @@ export function usePluginCatalog(selectedId: string | null) {
       try {
         const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
         if (!bridge?.getPluginCatalogReadme) throw new Error('README retrieval unavailable');
-        const text = await bridge.getPluginCatalogReadme(selectedId, selectionToken);
+        const text = await bridge.getPluginCatalogReadme(selectedId, selectionToken, sourceId);
         if (active) setReadmeState({ ...base, status: 'ready', text });
       } catch (cause) { if (active) setReadmeState({ ...base, status: 'error', error: String(cause) }); }
     })();
     return () => { active = false; };
-  }, [selectedId, selectionToken, readmeAttempt]);
+  }, [selectedId, selectionToken, readmeAttempt, sourceId]);
   const currentReadme = readmeState?.id === selectedId && readmeState.token === selectionToken && readmeState.attempt === readmeAttempt ? readmeState : null;
   return {
-    entries, listStatus, listError, source,
+    entries, listStatus, listError, source, sourceBinding,
     readme: currentReadme?.status === 'ready' ? currentReadme.text : null,
     readmeStatus: currentReadme?.status ?? (selectedId ? 'loading' : 'idle'),
     readmeError: currentReadme?.error ?? null,
@@ -54,14 +61,19 @@ export function usePluginCatalog(selectedId: string | null) {
     busy,
     retryList: () => setListAttempt((attempt) => attempt + 1),
     retryReadme: () => setReadmeAttempt((attempt) => attempt + 1),
-    async install(id: string) {
+    async install(id: string, acceptedSourceId?: string, clearPreviousSource = false) {
       if (installing.current) return;
       installing.current = true;
       setBusy(true); setInstallError(null);
       try {
         const bridge = netcattyBridge.require();
         if (!bridge.installCatalogPlugin) throw new Error('Catalog installation unavailable');
-        await bridge.installCatalogPlugin(id, entries.find((entry) => entry.id === id)?.selectionToken);
+        if (clearPreviousSource && sourceBinding && sourceBinding.id !== sourceId) {
+          if (!bridge.resetPluginSource) throw new Error('Source reset unavailable');
+          await bridge.resetPluginSource(id, sourceBinding.id);
+          setSourceBinding(null);
+        }
+        await bridge.installCatalogPlugin(id, entries.find((entry) => entry.id === id)?.selectionToken, sourceId, acceptedSourceId);
         window.dispatchEvent(new Event('netcatty:plugin-packages-changed'));
       } catch (cause) { if (mounted.current) setInstallError({ id, message: String(cause) }); }
       finally { installing.current = false; if (mounted.current) setBusy(false); }

application/state/usePluginContributions.ts

@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ export interface UsePluginContributionsResult {
   selectSettingPath(kind: 'file' | 'directory', title: string, defaultPath?: string): Promise<string | null>;
   openView(payload: NetcattyPluginViewOpenRequest): Promise<{ instanceId: string }>;
   closeView(instanceId: string): Promise<void>;
+  focusView(instanceId: string): Promise<void>;
   setViewBounds(instanceId: string, bounds: { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number }): Promise<void>;
   setViewVisibility(instanceId: string, visible: boolean): Promise<void>;
   setEnvironment(environment: NetcattyPluginEnvironment): Promise<void>;
   onViewClosed(callback: (event: NetcattyPluginViewClosedEvent) => void): () => void;
+  onViewFocused(callback: (event: import('@netcatty/plugin-contract').PluginViewFocusEvent) => void): () => void;
 }
 
 export function usePluginContributions(
@@ -196,6 +198,9 @@ export function usePluginContributions(
     if (!bridge?.closePluginView) return;
     await bridge.closePluginView(instanceId);
   }, [bridge]);
+  const focusView = useCallback(async (instanceId: string) => {
+    await bridge?.focusPluginView?.({ instanceId });
+  }, [bridge]);
 
   const setViewBounds = useCallback(async (
     instanceId: string,
@@ -218,6 +223,9 @@ export function usePluginContributions(
   const onViewClosed = useCallback((callback: (event: NetcattyPluginViewClosedEvent) => void) => (
     bridge?.onPluginViewClosed?.(callback) ?? (() => {})
   ), [bridge]);
+  const onViewFocused = useCallback((callback: (event: import('@netcatty/plugin-contract').PluginViewFocusEvent) => void) => (
+    bridge?.onPluginViewFocused?.(callback) ?? (() => {})
+  ), [bridge]);
 
   const currentLoadState = resolvePluginContributionLoadState({
     currentQueryKey: queryKey,
@@ -239,9 +247,11 @@ export function usePluginContributions(
     selectSettingPath,
     openView,
     closeView,
+    focusView,
     setViewBounds,
     setViewVisibility,
     setEnvironment,
     onViewClosed,
+    onViewFocused,
   };
 }

application/state/usePluginHostActions.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import type { HostInteractionPrompt, VaultHostActionRequest } from '@netcatty/plugin-contract';
+import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
+import { getAppHandlers } from '../app/appHandlersBridge';
+import { getAppAppLockRuntime, getAppVaultRuntime } from './appRuntimeBridge';
+import { PluginHostActionResources } from './pluginHostActionResources';
+import { executePluginHostAction, type PluginHostAction } from './pluginHostActionExecution';
+import { pluginHostRunsSavedScripts, type PluginHostDraftFields } from '../../domain/pluginHostActions';
+import type { Host, GroupConfig, ManagedSource, Snippet } from '../../domain/models';
+
+export type VaultHostPrompt = Omit<HostInteractionPrompt, 'request'> & { request: VaultHostActionRequest };
+type Review = {
+  prompt: VaultHostPrompt;
+  candidates: Host[];
+  candidateRevisions: Map<string, string>;
+  customGroups: string[];
+  host?: Host;
+  groups: GroupConfig[];
+  snippets: Snippet[];
+  managedSources: ManagedSource[];
+  scriptsRun: boolean;
+  claimed: boolean;
+  completionToken?: string;
+};
+
+export function usePluginHostActions() {
+  const [review, setReview] = useState<Review | null>(null);
+  const [selectedIds, setSelectedIds] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState(false);
+  const current = useRef<Review | null>(null);
+  const resources = useRef(new PluginHostActionResources());
+  const responding = useRef(false);
+
+  const getVault = useCallback(() => {
+    const vault = getAppVaultRuntime();
+    const lock = getAppAppLockRuntime();
+    if (!vault?.isInitialized || !lock?.initialized || lock.locked) throw new Error('Vault is locked or unavailable');
+    const actionState = vault.readCurrentHostActionState();
+    resources.current.observe(actionState.hosts);
+    return { ...vault, ...actionState };
+  }, []);
+
+  const assertCurrent = useCallback((entry: Review) => {
+    if (current.current !== entry || Date.now() >= entry.prompt.expiresAt) throw new Error('Host action expired');
+    const vault = getVault();
+    const target = entry.prompt.vaultTarget;
+    if (target && resources.current.resolve(target.resourceId, target.revision) !== entry.host) throw new Error('Selected host changed');
+    if (entry.prompt.request.kind === 'vault.requestConnect' && (vault.groupConfigs !== entry.groups || vault.snippets !== entry.snippets)) {
+      throw new Error('Saved connection settings changed');
+    }
+    if (entry.prompt.request.kind === 'vault.requestHostDraft' && vault.managedSources !== entry.managedSources) throw new Error('Managed sources changed during draft review');
+  }, [getVault]);
+
+  const fail = useCallback(async (entry: Review) => {
+    if (current.current !== entry) return;
+    setError(true);
+    try {
+      await netcattyBridge.get()?.respondPluginInteraction?.({
+        requestId: entry.prompt.requestId, actionToken: entry.completionToken ?? entry.prompt.actionToken, action: 'fail',
+      });
+    } catch { /* A stopped runtime or closed window already invalidates it. */ }
+  }, []);
+
+  const execute = useCallback(async (entry: Review) => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.respondPluginInteraction) return fail(entry);
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      assertCurrent(entry);
+      const request = entry.prompt.request;
+      const target = entry.prompt.vaultTarget;
+      let action: PluginHostAction;
+      if (request.kind === 'vault.requestConnect' && target) action = { kind: 'connect', target };
+      else if (request.kind === 'vault.requestHostDraft' && entry.prompt.reviewedDraft) {
+        action = target ? { kind: 'edit', target, draft: entry.prompt.reviewedDraft } : { kind: 'create', draft: entry.prompt.reviewedDraft };
+      } else throw new Error('Host action is invalid');
+      await executePluginHostAction(action, {
+        getVault, resources: resources.current,
+        assertCurrent: () => assertCurrent(entry),
+        authorizeCommit: async () => {
+          assertCurrent(entry);
+          const receipt = await bridge.respondPluginInteraction!({ requestId: entry.prompt.requestId, actionToken: entry.prompt.actionToken, action: 'commit' });
+          if (!receipt || typeof receipt !== 'object' || !receipt.completionToken) throw new Error('Host action was revoked');
+          entry.completionToken = receipt.completionToken;
+          entry.claimed = true;
+          assertCurrent(entry);
+        },
+        connect: (host) => {
+          const connect = getAppHandlers()?.handleConnectToHost;
+          if (typeof connect !== 'function') throw new Error('Host connection flow unavailable');
+          return connect(host);
+        },
+      });
+      await bridge.respondPluginInteraction({ requestId: entry.prompt.requestId, actionToken: entry.completionToken!, action: 'complete' });
+    } catch { await fail(entry); }
+  }, [assertCurrent, fail, getVault]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+    if (!bridge?.onPluginInteraction) return;
+    const unsubscribe = bridge.onPluginInteraction((event) => {
+      if ('closed' in event) {
+        if (current.current?.prompt.requestId !== event.requestId) return;
+        current.current = null; setReview(null); setBusy(false); responding.current = false;
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!event.request.kind.startsWith('vault.')) return;
+      const prompt = event as VaultHostPrompt;
+      try {
+        if (prompt.phase === 'commit') {
+          const entry = current.current;
+          if (!entry || entry.prompt.requestId !== prompt.requestId || entry.prompt.request.kind !== prompt.request.kind) throw new Error('Host review is unavailable');
+          entry.prompt = prompt;
+          setReview({ ...entry });
+          void execute(entry);
+          return;
+        }
+        const vault = getVault();
+        const candidates = [...vault.hosts];
+        const host = prompt.vaultTarget ? resources.current.resolve(prompt.vaultTarget.resourceId, prompt.vaultTarget.revision) : undefined;
+        const entry: Review = {
+          prompt, candidates, candidateRevisions: new Map(candidates.map((candidate) => [candidate.id, resources.current.metadata(candidate.id).revision])),
+          customGroups: vault.customGroups, host, groups: vault.groupConfigs, snippets: vault.snippets,
+          managedSources: vault.managedSources,
+          scriptsRun: host ? pluginHostRunsSavedScripts(host, vault.groupConfigs, vault.snippets) : false,
+          claimed: false,
+        };
+        current.current = entry; setReview(entry); setSelectedIds([]); setBusy(false); setError(false); responding.current = false;
+      } catch {
+        void bridge.respondPluginInteraction?.({ requestId: prompt.requestId, actionToken: prompt.actionToken, action: 'fail' }).catch(() => {});
+      }
+    });
+    return () => {
+      const entry = current.current;
+      current.current = null;
+      unsubscribe();
+      if (entry && !entry.claimed) void bridge.respondPluginInteraction?.({ requestId: entry.prompt.requestId, actionToken: entry.prompt.actionToken, action: 'cancel' }).catch(() => {});
+    };
+  }, [execute, getVault]);
+
+  const respond = useCallback(async (action: 'cancel' | 'submit', draft?: PluginHostDraftFields) => {
+    const entry = current.current;
+    if (!entry || responding.current || (action === 'cancel' && entry.claimed)) return;
+    responding.current = true; setBusy(true); setError(false);
+    try {
+      assertCurrent(entry);
+      const request = entry.prompt.request;
+      const selected = request.kind === 'vault.selectHosts' && action === 'submit' ? selectedIds.map((id) => {
+        const revision = entry.candidateRevisions.get(id);
+        if (!revision) throw new Error('Host was not part of the current selection');
+        resources.current.resolve(id, revision);
+        return resources.current.metadata(id);
+      }) : undefined;
+      await netcattyBridge.require().respondPluginInteraction?.({
+        requestId: entry.prompt.requestId, actionToken: entry.prompt.actionToken, action,
+        ...(selected === undefined ? {} : { resources: selected }),
+        ...(draft === undefined ? {} : { draft }),
+        ...(request.kind === 'vault.requestConnect' && action === 'submit' ? { scriptsRun: entry.scriptsRun } : {}),
+      });
+    } catch { await fail(entry); }
+    finally {
+      if (current.current === entry && entry.prompt.phase === 'request') { responding.current = false; setBusy(false); }
+    }
+  }, [assertCurrent, fail, selectedIds]);
+
+  return { review, selectedIds, setSelectedIds, busy, error, respond };
+}

application/state/usePluginHostInteractions.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import type { HostInteractionPrompt, HostInteractionResponse } from '@netcatty/plugin-contract';
+import type { HostInteractionPrompt, HostInteractionRequest, HostInteractionResponse } from '@netcatty/plugin-contract';
 import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
 
 export function usePluginHostInteractions() {
-  const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState<HostInteractionPrompt | null>(null);
+  type UiPrompt = Omit<HostInteractionPrompt, 'request'> & { request: HostInteractionRequest };
+  const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState<UiPrompt | null>(null);
   const [value, setValue] = useState('');
   const [error, setError] = useState(false);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-  const current = useRef<HostInteractionPrompt | null>(null);
+  const current = useRef<UiPrompt | null>(null);
   const pending = useRef(false);
   useEffect(() => {
     const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ export function usePluginHostInteractions() {
         if (current.current?.requestId !== event.requestId) return;
         current.current = null; setPrompt(null);
       } else {
-        current.current = event; setPrompt(event);
+        if (event.request.kind.startsWith('vault.')) return;
+        current.current = event as UiPrompt; setPrompt(event as UiPrompt);
         setValue(event.request.kind === 'input' ? event.request.initialValue ?? '' : '');
       }
       pending.current = false; setBusy(false); setError(false);

application/state/usePluginManager.ts

@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ export function usePluginManager() {
       if (!bridge.setPluginEnabled) throw new Error('Plugin management unavailable');
       return bridge.setPluginEnabled(id, enabled);
     }),
-    uninstall: (id: string) => run(async (bridge) => {
+    uninstall: (id: string, clearSource = false) => run(async (bridge) => {
       if (!bridge.uninstallPlugin) throw new Error('Plugin management unavailable');
-      return bridge.uninstallPlugin(id);
+      const source = clearSource ? await bridge.getPluginSourceBinding?.(id) : null;
+      await bridge.uninstallPlugin(id);
+      if (clearSource && source) {
+        if (!bridge.resetPluginSource) throw new Error('Private source reset unavailable');
+        await bridge.resetPluginSource(id, source.id);
+      }
     }),
   };
 }

application/state/usePluginSources.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
+
+export function usePluginSources() {
+  const [sources, setSources] = useState<NetcattyPluginSource[]>([]);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+  const reload = useCallback(async () => {
+    const values = await netcattyBridge.require().listPluginSources?.();
+    if (!values) throw new Error('Source management unavailable');
+    setSources(values);
+  }, []);
+  useEffect(() => { void reload().catch((cause) => setError(String(cause))); }, [reload]);
+  const mutate = async (operation: () => Promise<unknown>) => {
+    setBusy(true); setError(null);
+    try { await operation(); await reload(); window.dispatchEvent(new Event('netcatty:plugin-packages-changed')); return true; }
+    catch (cause) { setError(String(cause)); return false; }
+    finally { setBusy(false); }
+  };
+  return { sources, error, busy,
+    add: (name: string, address: string) => mutate(async () => netcattyBridge.require().addPluginSource?.({ name, address })),
+    update: (source: NetcattyPluginSource, name: string, enabled: boolean) => mutate(async () => netcattyBridge.require().updatePluginSource?.({ id: source.id, name, enabled })),
+    remove: (id: string, disablePlugins: boolean) => mutate(async () => netcattyBridge.require().removePluginSource?.(id, disablePlugins)),
+  };
+}

application/state/usePluginTerminalSidebar.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
+import { useI18n } from '../i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { toast } from '../../components/ui/toast';
+import { collectSidePanelPanes, isPluginSidePanelTool, type SidePanelLayout } from '../../domain/sidePanelLayout';
+import { activeTabStore, useActiveTabId } from './activeTabStore';
+import { getSidePanelLiveSnapshot, subscribeSidePanelLiveSnapshot } from './sidePanelLiveStore';
+import { usePluginContributions } from './usePluginContributions';
+import { OPEN_PLUGIN_VIEW_EVENT, type OpenPluginViewDetail } from './usePluginViewLifecycle';
+
+export const OPEN_PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_EVENT = 'netcatty:open-plugin-terminal-sidebar';
+export const PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_CONTEXT = Object.freeze({ 'netcatty.surface': 'terminal-sidebar' });
+/** Required production view-context projection, not a plugin-facing API. */
+export interface PluginSidebarHostActions {
+  getActiveTerminalSessionId(): string | null;
+  handleSwitchSidePanelTab(tool: import('../../domain/sidePanelLayout').SidePanelTool): void;
+  handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane(tabId: string, paneId: string, expectedTool: import('../../domain/sidePanelLayout').SidePanelTool): void;
+}
+export interface PluginTerminalSidebarPage {
+  tool: `plugin-view:${string}`;
+  viewId: string;
+  pluginId: string;
+  pluginName: string;
+  version: string;
+  title: string;
+  icon?: NetcattyPluginIconReference;
+  order: number;
+}
+export function collectPluginTerminalSidebarPages(plugins: NetcattyPluginContributionSnapshot['plugins']): PluginTerminalSidebarPage[] {
+  return plugins.flatMap((plugin) => plugin.views.filter((view) => view.location === 'terminal-sidebar' && view.visible)
+    .map((view): PluginTerminalSidebarPage => ({ tool: `plugin-view:${view.id}`, viewId: view.id, pluginId: plugin.id,
+      pluginName: plugin.displayName, version: plugin.version, title: view.title, icon: view.icon, order: view.order ?? 0 })))
+    .sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order || a.viewId.localeCompare(b.viewId));
+}
+export function requestOpenPluginTerminalSidebar(viewId: string, sessionId: string) {
+  window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(OPEN_PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_EVENT, { detail: { viewId, sessionId } }));
+}
+export function usePluginTerminalSidebar(host: {
+  layouts: ReadonlyMap<string, SidePanelLayout>;
+  getSession(): string | null;
+  isTerminalTab(tabId: string): boolean;
+  select(tool: `plugin-view:${string}`): void;
+  withdraw(tabId: string, paneId: string, tool: `plugin-view:${string}`): void;
+}) {
+  const { locale, t } = useI18n();
+  const activeTabId = useActiveTabId();
+  // Follow workspace focus without subscribing the whole sidebar to cwd/title
+  // or forwarding the host's live session DTO to a plugin.
+  useSyncExternalStore((listener) => subscribeSidePanelLiveSnapshot(true, listener),
+    () => getSidePanelLiveSnapshot(true).focusedSessionId, () => null);
+  const hostRef = useRef(host); hostRef.current = host;
+  const contributions = usePluginContributions({ locale, context: PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_CONTEXT });
+  const pages = useMemo(() => collectPluginTerminalSidebarPages(contributions.snapshot.plugins), [contributions.snapshot.plugins]);
+  const sessionId = activeTabId && host.isTerminalTab(activeTabId) ? host.getSession() : null;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const open = (event: Event) => {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<OpenPluginViewDetail & { sessionId?: string }>).detail;
+      const page = pages.find((item) => item.viewId === detail?.viewId);
+      if (!page) return;
+      const tabId = activeTabStore.getActiveTabId();
+      const current = hostRef.current.getSession();
+      if (!hostRef.current.isTerminalTab(tabId) || !current || (detail.sessionId && detail.sessionId !== current)) {
+        toast.info(t('plugins.sidebar.selectTerminal'));
+        return;
+      }
+      hostRef.current.select(page.tool);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener(OPEN_PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_EVENT, open);
+    window.addEventListener(OPEN_PLUGIN_VIEW_EVENT, open);
+    return () => { window.removeEventListener(OPEN_PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_EVENT, open); window.removeEventListener(OPEN_PLUGIN_VIEW_EVENT, open); };
+  }, [pages, t]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (contributions.loading) return;
+    const allowed = new Set(pages.map((page) => page.tool));
+    for (const [tabId, layout] of host.layouts) for (const pane of collectSidePanelPanes(layout.root)) {
+      if (isPluginSidePanelTool(pane.tool) && !allowed.has(pane.tool)) host.withdraw(tabId, pane.id, pane.tool);
+    }
+  }, [contributions.loading, host, pages]);
+  return { pages, contributions, tabId: activeTabId, sessionId };
+}

application/state/usePluginThemeRuntime.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { useEffect, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+import { netcattyBridge } from "../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge";
+import { pluginThemeRegistry } from "../../infrastructure/config/pluginThemeRegistry";
+export function usePluginThemeRevision() {
+  return useSyncExternalStore(
+    pluginThemeRegistry.subscribe,
+    pluginThemeRegistry.getRevision,
+    pluginThemeRegistry.getRevision,
+  );
+}
+/** Host-owned selection; never stored in plugin KV or cloud sidecars. */
+let runtimeUsers = 0;
+let disconnectRuntime: (() => void) | undefined;
+function connectRuntime() {
+  const bridge = netcattyBridge.get();
+  let active = true,
+    request = 0;
+  const refresh = async () => {
+    const current = ++request;
+    try {
+      const catalog = await bridge?.getPluginThemes?.();
+      if (active && current === request && catalog)
+        pluginThemeRegistry.setCatalog(catalog);
+    } catch {
+      /* Keep the last host-validated selection; never apply unvalidated data. */
+    }
+  };
+  void refresh();
+  const dispose = bridge?.onPluginThemesChanged?.(() => {
+    pluginThemeRegistry.invalidate();
+    void refresh();
+  });
+  const forced = window.matchMedia?.("(forced-colors: active)"),
+    contrast = window.matchMedia?.("(prefers-contrast: more)");
+  const update = () =>
+    pluginThemeRegistry.setHighContrast(
+      Boolean(forced?.matches || contrast?.matches),
+    );
+  update();
+  forced?.addEventListener?.("change", update);
+  contrast?.addEventListener?.("change", update);
+  return () => {
+    active = false;
+    request++;
+    dispose?.();
+    forced?.removeEventListener?.("change", update);
+    contrast?.removeEventListener?.("change", update);
+  };
+}
+export function usePluginThemeRuntime() {
+  const revision = usePluginThemeRevision();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (runtimeUsers++ === 0) disconnectRuntime = connectRuntime();
+    return () => {
+      if (--runtimeUsers === 0) {
+        disconnectRuntime?.();
+        disconnectRuntime = undefined;
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
+  return revision;
+}
+export async function applyPluginThemeSelection(
+  mode: "light" | "dark",
+  choice: import("@netcatty/plugin-contract").ThemePackChoice | null,
+) {
+  if (choice === null && !pluginThemeRegistry.isActive(mode))
+    return pluginThemeRegistry.getCatalog();
+  const bridge = netcattyBridge.require();
+  if (!bridge.applyPluginTheme) throw new Error("Plugin themes unavailable");
+  const next = await bridge.applyPluginTheme({
+    mode,
+    choice,
+    expectedRevision: pluginThemeRegistry.getCatalog().selection.revision,
+  });
+  return next; // The host change event refreshes every window; never publish a potentially stale apply response.
+}

application/state/usePluginVaultPages.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
+import { activeTabStore, useActiveTabId } from './activeTabStore';
+import { collectPluginVaultPages, PLUGIN_VAULT_PAGE_PREFIX, resolvePluginVaultPage } from './pluginVaultPages';
+import { usePluginContributions } from './usePluginContributions';
+import { OPEN_PLUGIN_VIEW_EVENT, type OpenPluginViewDetail } from './usePluginViewLifecycle';
+
+const CONTEXT = Object.freeze({ 'netcatty.surface': 'vault-page' });
+
+export function usePluginVaultPages({ locale, section, select }: {
+  locale: string;
+  section: string;
+  select(section: 'hosts' | `plugin-vault:${string}`): void;
+}) {
+  const active = useActiveTabId() === 'vault';
+  const sectionRef = useRef(section);
+  const focusFrame = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  sectionRef.current = section;
+  useEffect(() => () => { if (focusFrame.current !== null) cancelAnimationFrame(focusFrame.current); }, []);
+  const contributions = usePluginContributions({ locale, context: CONTEXT });
+  const pages = useMemo(() => collectPluginVaultPages(contributions.snapshot.plugins), [contributions.snapshot.plugins]);
+  const selected = resolvePluginVaultPage(pages, section);
+  const fallback = useCallback(() => {
+    select('hosts');
+    if (focusFrame.current !== null) cancelAnimationFrame(focusFrame.current);
+    focusFrame.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      focusFrame.current = null;
+      if (sectionRef.current === 'hosts' && activeTabStore.getActiveTabId() === 'vault') {
+        document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-plugin-vault-fallback]')?.focus();
+      }
+    });
+  }, [select]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!contributions.loading && section.startsWith(PLUGIN_VAULT_PAGE_PREFIX) && !selected) fallback();
+  }, [contributions.loading, fallback, section, selected]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const open = (event: Event) => {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<OpenPluginViewDetail>).detail;
+      const page = pages.find((item) => item.viewId === detail?.viewId);
+      if (!page) return;
+      activeTabStore.setActiveTabId('vault');
+      select(page.key);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener(OPEN_PLUGIN_VIEW_EVENT, open);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(OPEN_PLUGIN_VIEW_EVENT, open);
+  }, [pages, select]);
+  return { pages, selected, active, select, fallback, contributions, context: CONTEXT };
+}

application/state/usePluginViewLifecycle.ts

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function usePluginViewLifecycle({
   const mountRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const resolvedActiveView = useMemo(() => viewContributions.snapshot.plugins
     .flatMap((plugin) => plugin.views.map((view) => ({ plugin, view })))
-    .find(({ view }) => view.id === effectiveRequested?.viewId && view.visible) ?? null,
+    .find(({ view }) => view.id === effectiveRequested?.viewId && view.visible && !['vault-page', 'terminal-sidebar'].includes(view.location)) ?? null,
   [effectiveRequested?.viewId, viewContributions.snapshot.plugins]);
   const stableActiveViewRef = useRef<PluginViewSnapshotSelection<ResolvedPluginView> | null>(null);
   const activeView = resolvePluginViewSnapshotSelection({

application/state/useSettingsState.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { usePluginThemeRuntime } from './usePluginThemeRuntime';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type SetStateAction } from 'react';
 
 import { runThemeTransition, type ThemeTransitionMode } from './themeTransition';
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ import {
 } from './appearanceSync';
 
 export const useSettingsState = (options: { enableSettingsSync?: boolean; enableSystemEffects?: boolean } = {}) => {
+  const pluginThemeRevision = usePluginThemeRuntime();
   const enableSettingsSync = options.enableSettingsSync !== false;
   const enableSystemEffects = options.enableSystemEffects !== false;
   const initialCustomKeyBindingsRecord =
@@ -1212,7 +1214,7 @@ export const useSettingsState = (options: { enableSettingsSync?: boolean; enable
         notifySettingsChanged(STORAGE_KEY_COLOR, customAccentRecord);
       }
     }
-  }, [theme, resolvedTheme, lightUiThemeId, darkUiThemeId, accentMode, customAccent, customAccentRecord, notifySettingsChanged]);
+  }, [theme, resolvedTheme, lightUiThemeId, darkUiThemeId, accentMode, customAccent, customAccentRecord, notifySettingsChanged, pluginThemeRevision]);
 
   // Listen for OS color scheme changes to keep systemPreference in sync
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -1979,9 +1981,10 @@ export const useSettingsState = (options: { enableSettingsSync?: boolean; enable
   }, [setTerminalSettings]);
 
   const applyAppTheme = useCallback(() => {
+    void pluginThemeRevision; // Invalidate the closure when host theme data changes.
     const tokens = getUiThemeById(resolvedTheme, resolvedTheme === 'dark' ? darkUiThemeId : lightUiThemeId).tokens;
     applyThemeTokens(theme, resolvedTheme, tokens, accentMode, customAccent);
-  }, [theme, resolvedTheme, lightUiThemeId, darkUiThemeId, accentMode, customAccent]);
+  }, [theme, resolvedTheme, lightUiThemeId, darkUiThemeId, accentMode, customAccent, pluginThemeRevision]);
 
   const setEditorWordWrap = useCallback((enabled: boolean) => {
     setEditorWordWrapState(enabled);

application/state/useVaultState.ts

@@ -776,6 +776,13 @@ export const useVaultState = (options?: UseVaultStateOptions) => {
     }
   }, [waitForPendingVaultWrites]);
 
+  // Host-owned action guards need the synchronous mutation snapshot, including
+  // edits that React has not published yet. This accessor never crosses RPC.
+  const readCurrentHostActionState = useCallback(() => ({
+    hosts: hostsRef.current, groupConfigs: groupConfigsRef.current, snippets: snippetsRef.current,
+    managedSources: managedSourcesRef.current,
+  }), []);
+
   const updateKeys = useCallback((data: SSHKey[]) => {
     const cleaned = normalizeVaultOrder(data);
     setKeys(cleaned);
@@ -1248,6 +1255,7 @@ export const useVaultState = (options?: UseVaultStateOptions) => {
     updateGroupConfigs?: (current: GroupConfig[]) => GroupConfig[],
     expectedHosts?: Host[],
     lock?: VaultLockHandle | null,
+    assertAuthorized?: () => void | Promise<void>,
   ): Promise<
     | {
       status: "persisted";
@@ -1322,6 +1330,10 @@ export const useVaultState = (options?: UseVaultStateOptions) => {
         encryptHosts(cleanedHosts),
         encryptGroupConfigs(nextGroupConfigs),
       ]);
+      // Optional plugin draft guard: runtime/source/revoke/lock authority must
+      // still hold after encryption, immediately before the existing atomic
+      // persistence boundary. Ordinary imports retain their existing behavior.
+      if (assertAuthorized) await assertAuthorized();
       if (
         version !== hostsWriteVersion.current
         || groupConfigsVersion !== groupConfigsWriteVersion.current
@@ -2519,6 +2531,7 @@ export const useVaultState = (options?: UseVaultStateOptions) => {
     groupConfigs,
     updateHosts,
     readPersistedHosts,
+    readCurrentHostActionState,
     updateKeys,
     importOrReuseKey,
     updateIdentities,

components/HostDetailsPanel.securityTheme.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+import { compile } from '@tailwindcss/node';
+import postcss from 'postcss';
+import HostDetailsPanel from './HostDetailsPanel';
+import { Card } from './ui/card';
+import { TooltipProvider } from './ui/tooltip';
+import { PluginPermissionPanel } from './settings/tabs/PluginPermissionPanel';
+import { I18nProvider } from '../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+
+test('real Host form cards, inputs and Save consume scoped security aliases without freezing an ordinary card', async () => {
+  const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><TooltipProvider>
+    <HostDetailsPanel availableKeys={[]} identities={[]} groups={[]} terminalThemeId="default" terminalFontSize={14} onSave={() => assert.fail('test never saves a host')} onCancel={() => {}} />
+    <PluginPermissionPanel pluginId="com.example.synthetic" onChanged={async () => {}} />
+    <Card id="ordinary-card">Outside the security surface</Card>
+  </TooltipProvider></I18nProvider>);
+  const dom = new JSDOM(`<!doctype html><html data-plugin-theme-active><body>${markup}</body></html>`);
+  try {
+    const panel = dom.window.document.querySelector('[data-section="host-details-panel"]')!;
+    assert.ok(panel, 'exercise the actual HostDetailsPanel and AsidePanel');
+    assert.ok(panel.querySelector('.bg-card'), 'General/Address/Credentials use real Card components');
+    assert.ok(panel.querySelector('input.bg-background'), 'exercise actual Input utilities');
+    assert.ok(panel.querySelector('button.bg-primary'), 'exercise the actual Save button');
+    const permissions = dom.window.document.querySelector('[data-host-security-surface]')!;
+    assert.ok(permissions.querySelector('[role="status"]'), 'exercise the real grant-panel security root without loading or changing any grants');
+    const source = await readFile(new URL('../index.css', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+    const compiler = await compile(source, {base: path.resolve('.'), onDependency() {}});
+    const classes = [...new Set([...dom.window.document.querySelectorAll('[class]')].flatMap(el => [...el.classList]))];
+    const css = compiler.build(classes);
+    const parsed = postcss.parse(css);
+    const rules: postcss.Rule[] = [];
+    parsed.walkRules(rule => { rules.push(rule); });
+    const rule = rules.find(node => node.selector.startsWith(':root[data-plugin-theme-active]'));
+    assert.ok(rule && rule.type === 'rule');
+    const matches = [...dom.window.document.querySelectorAll(rule.selector)];
+    assert.ok(matches.includes(panel));
+    assert.ok(matches.includes(permissions));
+    assert.ok(!matches.includes(dom.window.document.getElementById('ordinary-card')!), 'security selector stays within the existing marked surfaces');
+    const declarations = new Map(rule.nodes.filter(node => node.type === 'decl').map(node => [node.prop, node]));
+    for (const name of ['background','foreground','card','card-foreground','popover','popover-foreground','primary','primary-foreground','secondary','secondary-foreground','muted','muted-foreground','accent','accent-foreground','destructive','destructive-foreground','border','input','ring']) {
+      const declaration = declarations.get(`--color-${name}`);
+      assert.equal(declaration?.value, `hsl(var(--host-security-${name}))`, `Tailwind alias ${name} cannot inherit the plugin value`);
+      assert.equal(declaration.important, true);
+    }
+    for (const name of ['card','background','primary']) {
+      const utility = rules.find(node => node.selector === `.bg-${name}`);
+      assert.ok(utility && utility.type === 'rule');
+      assert.ok(utility.nodes.some(node => node.type === 'decl' && node.prop === 'background-color' && node.value === `var(--color-${name})`), 'verify what the actual compiled utility consumes');
+    }
+    const mutedText = rules.find(node => node.selector === '.text-muted-foreground');
+    assert.ok(mutedText?.nodes.some(node => node.type === 'decl' && node.prop === 'color' && node.value === 'var(--color-muted-foreground)'));
+  } finally { dom.window.close(); }
+});

components/KeychainManager.tsx

@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ echo $3 >> "$FILE"`);
       {/* Slide-out Panel */}
       {panel.type !== "closed" && (
         <AsidePanel
+          dataSection="keychain-security-panel"
           open={true}
           onClose={closePanel}
           title={panelTitle}

components/PluginHostActions.entrypoint.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { mkdtemp, cp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+import { sanitizeHost } from '../domain/host';
+import type { ConnectionLog, Host, ManagedSource } from '../domain/models';
+import { applyGroupDefaults, resolveGroupDefaults } from '../domain/groupConfig';
+import type { HostInteractionEvent, HostInteractionPrompt, VaultHostSelectionResult, VaultHostActionResult, VaultHostRef } from '@netcatty/plugin-contract';
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+test('installed sample entrypoint uses real SDK, source authority, signed host dialogs and renderer action guards', { timeout: 45_000 }, async (t) => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></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', 'HTMLButtonElement', 'Element', 'SVGElement', 'Node', 'NodeFilter', 'MutationObserver', 'CustomEvent', 'Event', 'KeyboardEvent', 'MouseEvent']) {
+    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);
+  install('ResizeObserver', class { observe() {} unobserve() {} disconnect() {} });
+  const { default: React, act } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import('../application/i18n/I18nProvider');
+  const { PluginHostActionHost } = await import('./plugins/PluginHostActionHost');
+  const { handleConnectToHostImpl } = await import('../application/app/AppHandlers');
+  const runtime = await import('../application/state/appRuntimeBridge');
+  const { registerAppHandlers } = await import('../application/app/appHandlersBridge');
+  const { createPluginHostService } = require('../electron/plugins/hostService.cjs');
+  const { inProcessBrowserRuntime } = require('../electron/plugins/fixtures/inProcessBrowserRuntime.cjs');
+  const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'netcatty-host-entry-'));
+  const listeners = new Set<(event: unknown) => void>();
+  const prompts: HostInteractionPrompt[] = [];
+  const sender = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { id: 77, isDestroyed: () => false, send(_channel: string, event: HostInteractionEvent) { if (!('closed' in event)) prompts.push(event); for (const listener of listeners) listener(event); } });
+  const owner = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { webContents: sender, isFocused: () => true, isVisible: () => true, isDestroyed: () => false });
+  let locked = false;
+  let onLock: ((state: { locked: boolean }) => void) | undefined;
+  const service = createPluginHostService({
+    app: { getAppPath: () => process.cwd(), getPath: () => directory, getVersion: () => '0.0.0' }, electron: {}, env: {},
+    getInteractionWindow: () => owner, isAppLocked: () => locked,
+    subscribeAppLock: (callback: typeof onLock) => { onLock = callback; return () => {}; },
+    requestPermissionDecision: async (request: { requestId: string; permission: string }) => ({ requestId: request.requestId, decision: 'allow', scope: ['vault.metadata', 'vault.write', 'ui.interact'].includes(request.permission) ? 'once' : 'application' }),
+  });
+  let requestClock = Date.now();
+  service.interactionService.clock = () => requestClock;
+  service.runtimeSupervisor.runtimeFactories.browser = inProcessBrowserRuntime;
+  Object.assign(dom.window, { netcatty: {
+    onPluginInteraction(callback: (event: unknown) => void) { listeners.add(callback); return () => listeners.delete(callback); },
+    respondPluginInteraction: (response: unknown) => service.interactionService.respond(sender, response),
+  } });
+  const first = sanitizeHost({ id: 'synthetic-first', label: 'Synthetic first', hostname: 'first.invalid', username: 'test', port: 22, protocol: 'ssh', os: 'linux', tags: ['synthetic'], group: 'Synthetic', password: 'synthetic-password', startupCommand: 'synthetic-script' });
+  const second = sanitizeHost({ ...first, id: 'synthetic-second', label: 'Synthetic second', hostname: 'second.invalid', password: undefined, startupCommand: undefined });
+  let hosts: Host[] = [first, second];
+  let persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+  let beforeCommit: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
+  let saves = 0;
+  const connections: Host[] = [];
+  const vault = {
+    hosts, customGroups: ['Synthetic'], groupConfigs: [], snippets: [], managedSources: [] as ManagedSource[], isInitialized: true,
+    readCurrentHostActionState: () => ({ hosts, groupConfigs: vault.groupConfigs, snippets: vault.snippets, managedSources: vault.managedSources }),
+    async readPersistedHosts() { return persisted.map((host) => structuredClone(host)); },
+    async commitVaultImportTransaction(next: Host[], groups: (groups: string[]) => string[], sources: (sources: ManagedSource[]) => ManagedSource[], _configs: unknown, _expected: unknown, _lock: unknown, authorize: () => Promise<void>) {
+      const nextSources = sources(vault.managedSources);
+      await beforeCommit?.();
+      await authorize();
+      saves++; hosts = next; persisted = next.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      return { status: 'persisted', groups: groups(vault.customGroups), sources: nextSources, groupConfigs: [] };
+    },
+  };
+  const publish = () => {
+    runtime.registerAppVaultRuntime(vault as never);
+    runtime.registerAppAppLockRuntime({ initialized: true, locked } as never);
+  };
+  publish();
+  registerAppHandlers({ handleConnectToHost: (host: Host) => { connections.push(host); return 'private-session-id'; } });
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
+  const settle = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+  const waitFor = async (predicate: () => boolean) => {
+    for (let count = 0; count < 80; count++) { await act(async () => { await settle(); }); if (predicate()) return; }
+    assert.fail(`Expected host UI state; current text: ${document.body.textContent}`);
+  };
+  const button = (text: string) => Array.from(document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button')).find((item) => item.textContent === text)!;
+  const click = async (element: HTMLElement) => { assert.ok(element); await act(async () => { element.click(); await settle(); }); };
+  const begin = async (name: string) => {
+    requestClock += 60_001;
+    let promise!: Promise<VaultHostSelectionResult | VaultHostActionResult>;
+    await act(async () => { promise = service.contributionService.executeCommand(`com.netcatty.host-actions.${name}`); void promise.catch(() => {}); await settle(); });
+    await waitFor(() => document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]') !== null);
+    return { promise };
+  };
+  const chooseGroup = async () => {
+    await click(document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[role="option"] button[aria-pressed]')!);
+    await click(Array.from(document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button')).find((item) => item.textContent?.startsWith('Continue ('))!);
+  };
+  try {
+    await service.manager.initialize();
+    const packageRoot = path.join(directory, 'source');
+    await cp(new URL('../examples/plugins/host-actions/', import.meta.url), packageRoot, { recursive: true });
+    const { buildPluginPackage } = await import('@netcatty/plugin-cli');
+    const archive = path.join(directory, 'fixture.ncpkg');
+    await buildPluginPackage(packageRoot, archive);
+    await service.manager.install(archive, { enable: true });
+    service.interactionService.setReady(sender, true);
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginHostActionHost /></I18nProvider>));
+
+    let selectedTarget: VaultHostRef;
+    await t.test('group selection shares only explicit current members and grants no connection', async () => {
+      const run = await begin('select');
+      await click(document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[role="option"] button[aria-pressed]')!);
+      hosts = [...hosts, sanitizeHost({ ...second, id: 'synthetic-future', hostname: 'future.invalid' })];
+      persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      await click(Array.from(document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button')).find((item) => item.textContent?.startsWith('Continue ('))!);
+      const result = await run.promise;
+      assert.ok('hosts' in result);
+      assert.equal(result.hosts.length, 2); assert.equal(result.groups[0].members.length, 2);
+      assert.equal(result.hosts.some((host) => host.metadata.hostname === 'future.invalid'), false);
+      assert.equal(result.hosts[0].target.scope, 'metadata');
+      selectedTarget = result.hosts[0].target;
+      for (const text of ['synthetic-password', 'synthetic-script', 'resourceId', 'private-session-id']) assert.equal(JSON.stringify(result).includes(text), false);
+      assert.equal(connections.length, 0); assert.equal(saves, 0);
+    });
+
+    await t.test('registered boundaries reject AI text, caller owners, tampered targets and stale expected revisions', async () => {
+      const identity = service.runtimeSupervisor.getRuntimeIdentity('com.netcatty.host-actions');
+      const routes = service.rpcRegistry.createRoutes({ ...identity, manifest: service.database.getActivePlugin(identity.pluginId).manifest });
+      const transport = { signal: new AbortController().signal };
+      for (const target of [
+        { handle: 'text-only', version: 'v1', scope: 'host' },
+        { ...selectedTarget, handle: 'synthetic-tampered-selection-handle-0000' },
+      ]) await assert.rejects(routes.requestHandlers['vault.requestConnect']({ target, expectedRevision: selectedTarget.revision }, transport), /invalid|expired|changed/);
+      await assert.rejects(routes.requestHandlers['vault.requestConnect']({ target: selectedTarget, expectedRevision: 'stale' }, transport), /expired|changed/);
+      await assert.rejects(routes.requestHandlers['vault.requestHostDraft']({ privateOwner: 'spoof', draft: { hostname: 'synthetic.invalid' } }, transport), /invalid/);
+      assert.equal(service.interactionService.pending.size, 0); assert.equal(connections.length, 0);
+    });
+
+    await t.test('cancel creates no draft or connection', async () => {
+      const run = await begin('create'); await click(button('Cancel'));
+      assert.deepEqual(await run.promise, { cancelled: true }); assert.equal(saves, 0); assert.equal(connections.length, 0);
+    });
+
+    await t.test('reviewed create saves only the synthetic SSH draft', async () => {
+      const run = await begin('create');
+      assert.match(document.body.textContent ?? '', /Changes to save/);
+      await click(button('Save Host'));
+      assert.deepEqual(await run.promise, { cancelled: false, status: 'saved' });
+      assert.equal(saves, 1);
+      const saved = hosts.find((host) => host.hostname === 'synthetic.invalid')!;
+      assert.equal(saved.protocol, 'ssh'); assert.equal(saved.password, undefined); assert.equal(saved.startupCommand, undefined);
+    });
+
+    for (const change of ['remove', 'replace'] as const) await t.test(`${change} after selection prevents a stale edit`, async () => {
+      hosts = [first, second]; persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      const run = await begin('edit'); await chooseGroup();
+      await waitFor(() => document.body.textContent?.includes('Changes to save') === true);
+      hosts = change === 'remove' ? [second] : [{ ...first }, second];
+      await click(button('Save Host'));
+      await assert.rejects(run.promise, /changed|cancelled|complete/);
+      assert.equal(saves, 1); assert.equal(connections.length, 0);
+    });
+
+    await t.test('connection confirmation discloses saved scripts before dispatch and returns no session', async () => {
+      hosts = [first, second]; persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      const run = await begin('connect'); await chooseGroup();
+      await waitFor(() => document.body.textContent?.includes('Saved startup, connect or output scripts may run') === true);
+      assert.equal(connections.length, 0); assert.equal(document.body.textContent?.includes('synthetic-script'), false);
+      await click(button('Connect'));
+      assert.deepEqual(await run.promise, { cancelled: false, status: 'requested' });
+      assert.equal(connections.length, 1); assert.equal(connections[0], first);
+    });
+
+    await t.test('Vault lock cancels a pending connection', async () => {
+      const run = await begin('connect'); await chooseGroup();
+      await waitFor(() => button('Connect') !== undefined);
+      await act(async () => { locked = true; publish(); onLock?.({ locked: true }); await settle(); });
+      await assert.rejects(run.promise, /cancelled/); assert.equal(connections.length, 1);
+      locked = false; publish();
+    });
+
+    await t.test('revoke during asynchronous preparation prevents the write', async () => {
+      hosts = [first, second]; persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      let release!: () => void; let preparing = false;
+      beforeCommit = async () => { preparing = true; await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve; }); };
+      const run = await begin('edit'); await chooseGroup();
+      await waitFor(() => button('Save Host') !== undefined); await click(button('Save Host'));
+      await waitFor(() => preparing);
+      await act(async () => { service.permissionEngine.revokeApplication('com.netcatty.host-actions', 'vault.write'); release(); await settle(); });
+      await assert.rejects(run.promise, /revoked|cancelled/); assert.equal(saves, 1); beforeCommit = undefined;
+    });
+
+    await t.test('source replacement during review cannot use the old action authority', async () => {
+      const run = await begin('create');
+      const original = service.database.getRetainedPluginSource;
+      service.database.getRetainedPluginSource = () => ({ id: 'changed-source', kind: 'local', origin: null });
+      try { await click(button('Save Host')); await assert.rejects(run.promise, /source binding/); }
+      finally { service.database.getRetainedPluginSource = original; }
+      assert.equal(saves, 1); assert.equal(connections.length, 1);
+    });
+
+    await t.test('managed A to B stays in the Vault editor and cannot acquire file-write effects', async () => {
+      const candidate = sanitizeHost({ ...first, group: 'A', managedSourceId: 'synthetic-source-a' });
+      hosts = [candidate]; persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      vault.managedSources = [
+        { id: 'synthetic-source-a', type: 'ssh_config', filePath: '/synthetic/a.conf', groupName: 'A', lastSyncedAt: 0 },
+        { id: 'synthetic-source-b', type: 'ssh_config', filePath: '/synthetic/b.conf', groupName: 'B', lastSyncedAt: 0 },
+      ];
+      const run = await begin('edit'); await chooseGroup();
+      await waitFor(() => button('Save Host') !== undefined);
+      const group = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('label')).find((label) => label.querySelector('span')?.textContent === 'Group')?.querySelector('input');
+      assert.ok(group);
+      const setValue = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(dom.window.HTMLInputElement.prototype, 'value')!.set!;
+      await act(async () => { setValue.call(group, 'B'); group.dispatchEvent(new dom.window.Event('input', { bubbles: true })); await settle(); });
+      assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /"A"\s*\u2192\s*"B"/u);
+      assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="alert"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Managed SSH config changes require the Vault host editor/);
+      assert.equal(button('Save Host').disabled, true);
+      await click(button('Save Host')); assert.equal(saves, 1);
+      await click(button('Cancel')); assert.deepEqual(await run.promise, { cancelled: true });
+      assert.equal(hosts[0].group, 'A'); assert.equal(hosts[0].managedSourceId, 'synthetic-source-a');
+      vault.managedSources = [];
+    });
+
+    await t.test('creating into a managed group is explicitly unavailable in the small draft UI', async () => {
+      vault.managedSources = [{ id: 'synthetic-source-b', type: 'ssh_config', filePath: '/synthetic/b.conf', groupName: 'Samples', lastSyncedAt: 0 }];
+      const run = await begin('create');
+      assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="alert"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Managed SSH config changes require the Vault host editor/);
+      assert.equal(button('Save Host').disabled, true);
+      await click(button('Cancel')); assert.deepEqual(await run.promise, { cancelled: true });
+      assert.equal(saves, 1); vault.managedSources = [];
+    });
+
+    for (const transport of [
+      { name: 'Mosh', expected: 'mosh', overrides: { moshEnabled: true } },
+      { name: 'ET', expected: 'et', overrides: { etEnabled: true } },
+      { name: 'implicit localhost shell', expected: 'local', overrides: { hostname: 'localhost' } },
+    ] as const) await t.test(`${transport.name} confirmation matches the real connection handler`, async () => {
+      const candidate = sanitizeHost({ ...second, id: `synthetic-${transport.expected}`, label: `Synthetic ${transport.expected}`, ...transport.overrides });
+      hosts = [candidate]; persisted = hosts.map((host) => structuredClone(host));
+      const dispatched: Host[] = [];
+      const logs: Array<Pick<ConnectionLog, 'protocol'>> = [];
+      registerAppHandlers({ handleConnectToHost: (host: Host) => handleConnectToHostImpl(() => ({
+        resolveEffectiveHost: (saved: Host) => applyGroupDefaults(saved, saved.group ? resolveGroupDefaults(saved.group, vault.groupConfigs) : {}),
+        discoveredShells: [], terminalSettings: {}, resolveShellSetting: () => null,
+        systemInfoRef: { current: { username: 'synthetic-local-user', hostname: 'synthetic-device' } },
+        keys: [], identities: [], resolveHostAuth: () => ({ username: 'synthetic-user' }),
+        connectToHost: (resolved: Host) => { dispatched.push(resolved); return 'synthetic-transport-session'; },
+        addConnectionLog: (entry: Pick<ConnectionLog, 'protocol'>) => logs.push(entry),
+      }), host) });
+      const run = await begin('connect');
+      try {
+        await chooseGroup(); await waitFor(() => button('Connect') !== undefined);
+        const confirmation = document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '';
+        assert.match(confirmation, new RegExp(`\\(${transport.expected}\\)`));
+        assert.equal(confirmation.includes('Local execution: this opens a shell on this device.'), transport.expected === 'local');
+        if (transport.expected === 'local') assert.doesNotMatch(confirmation, /test@localhost:22/u);
+        assert.equal(dispatched.length, 0);
+        await click(button('Connect'));
+        assert.deepEqual(await run.promise, { cancelled: false, status: 'requested' });
+        assert.equal(dispatched.length, 1);
+        assert.equal(logs[0].protocol, transport.expected);
+      } finally {
+        if (button('Cancel')) await click(button('Cancel'));
+        await run.promise.catch(() => {});
+        registerAppHandlers({ handleConnectToHost: (host: Host) => { connections.push(host); return 'private-session-id'; } });
+      }
+    });
+
+    await t.test('runtime removal rejects old signed replies', async () => {
+      const run = await begin('create');
+      const old = prompts.at(-1)!;
+      await act(async () => { await service.manager.setEnabled('com.netcatty.host-actions', false); await settle(); });
+      await assert.rejects(run.promise);
+      assert.equal(await service.interactionService.respond(sender, { requestId: old.requestId, actionToken: old.actionToken, action: 'submit', draft: { hostname: 'late.invalid' } }), false);
+      assert.equal(saves, 1); assert.equal(connections.length, 1);
+    });
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => { root.unmount(); await settle(); });
+    await service.manager.shutdown();
+    runtime.registerAppVaultRuntime(null); runtime.registerAppAppLockRuntime(null); registerAppHandlers(null);
+    dom.window.close(); await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) { if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key); }
+  }
+});

components/PluginHostDraftPreview.test.tsx

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import React from 'react';
+import { I18nProvider } from '../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { PluginHostDraftPreview } from './plugins/PluginHostDraftPreview';
+import { createDomRenderer, dispatchDomEvent, installDomEnvironment } from './test-support/renderReactDom';
+import type { Host } from '../domain/models';
+import type { PluginHostDraftFields } from '../domain/pluginHostActions';
+
+test('host-owned draft preview shows a field diff and submits only reviewed editable fields', async () => {
+  const dom = installDomEnvironment();
+  const renderer = await createDomRenderer(dom.document);
+  const host: Host = { id: 'synthetic', label: 'Before', hostname: 'host.invalid', username: 'test', tags: [], os: 'linux', password: 'synthetic-password', startupCommand: 'synthetic-script' };
+  const submitted: PluginHostDraftFields[] = [];
+  try {
+    await renderer.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginHostDraftPreview before={host} draft={{ label: 'After' }} busy={false} onConfirm={(draft) => submitted.push(draft)} /></I18nProvider>);
+    assert.equal(dom.document.querySelectorAll('input').length, 3);
+    assert.match(renderer.container.textContent ?? '', /Before.*After/u);
+    assert.equal(renderer.container.innerHTML.includes('synthetic-password'), false);
+    assert.equal(renderer.container.innerHTML.includes('synthetic-script'), false);
+    const save = dom.document.querySelector('button');
+    assert.ok(save);
+    await dispatchDomEvent(save, new dom.window.MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true }));
+    assert.deepEqual(submitted, [{ label: 'After', group: '', tags: [] }]);
+  } finally { await renderer.unmount(); dom.cleanup(); }
+});
+
+test('invalid create draft cannot be confirmed', async () => {
+  const dom = installDomEnvironment();
+  const renderer = await createDomRenderer(dom.document);
+  try {
+    await renderer.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginHostDraftPreview draft={{ hostname: 'invalid host' }} busy={false} onConfirm={() => { throw new Error('Invalid draft was submitted'); }} /></I18nProvider>);
+    assert.ok(dom.document.querySelector('[role="alert"]'));
+    const save = dom.document.querySelector('button');
+    assert.ok(save?.disabled);
+    await dispatchDomEvent(save, new dom.window.MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true }));
+  } finally { await renderer.unmount(); dom.cleanup(); }
+});

components/PluginTerminalSidebar.test.tsx

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+
+test('terminal extension pages use actual split panes, focus and session ownership without sharing session data', async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></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', 'SVGElement', 'Node', 'NodeFilter', 'MutationObserver', 'CustomEvent', 'Event', 'KeyboardEvent', 'MouseEvent']) {
+    install(key, key === 'window' ? dom.window : dom.window[key as keyof typeof dom.window]);
+  }
+  install('PointerEvent', dom.window.MouseEvent);
+  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);
+  let rectX = 200;
+  dom.window.HTMLElement.prototype.getBoundingClientRect = () => new dom.window.DOMRect(rectX, 100, 400, 300);
+  const { default: React, act, useCallback, useRef, useState } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import('../application/i18n/I18nProvider');
+  const { activeTabStore } = await import('../application/state/activeTabStore');
+  const { sidePanelLiveStore, SIDE_PANEL_INACTIVE_LIVE_SNAPSHOT } = await import('../application/state/sidePanelLiveStore');
+  const { useTerminalSidePanelLayoutState } = await import('../application/state/useTerminalSidePanelLayoutState');
+  const { usePluginTerminalSidebar } = await import('../application/state/usePluginTerminalSidebar');
+  const { PluginTerminalSidebarLauncher, PluginTerminalSidebarPageHost } = await import('./plugins/PluginTerminalSidebar');
+  const { SidePanelLayoutTree } = await import('./terminalLayer/TerminalLayerSidePanelSection');
+  const { PersistentSidePanelPortal } = await import('./terminalLayer/terminalLayerSidePanelSlots');
+  const { collectSidePanelPanes } = await import('../domain/sidePanelLayout');
+  type Tool = import('../domain/sidePanelLayout').SidePanelTool;
+  let selectedSession = 'synthetic-session-a';
+  const getSession = () => selectedSession;
+  const a = { id: 'com.example.sidebar.first', title: 'First page', location: 'terminal-sidebar', entry: 'page.html', visible: true };
+  const b = { ...a, id: 'com.example.sidebar.second', title: 'Second page' };
+  let snapshot = { locale: 'en', plugins: [{ id: 'com.example.sidebar', displayName: 'Synthetic plugin', version: '1.0.0', commands: [], keybindings: [], menus: [], settings: [], views: [a, b] }] };
+  const changed = new Set<() => void>(), focusListeners = new Set<(event: { instanceId: string }) => void>();
+  const opens: NetcattyPluginViewOpenRequest[] = [], closes: string[] = [], focus: string[] = [], bounds: Array<{ instanceId: string; x: number }> = [];
+  const visible = new Map<string, boolean>();
+  Object.assign(dom.window, { netcatty: {
+    async getPluginRuntimeStatus() { return { available: true }; }, async getPluginContributions() { return snapshot; },
+    onPluginContributionsChanged(fn: () => void) { changed.add(fn); return () => { changed.delete(fn); }; },
+    onPluginViewClosed() { return () => {}; },
+    onPluginViewFocused(fn: (event: { instanceId: string }) => void) { focusListeners.add(fn); return () => { focusListeners.delete(fn); }; },
+    async openPluginView(payload: NetcattyPluginViewOpenRequest) { opens.push(payload); return { instanceId: payload.instanceId! }; },
+    async closePluginView(id: string) { closes.push(id); },
+    async setPluginViewBounds(id: string, rect: { x: number }) { bounds.push({ instanceId: id, x: rect.x }); },
+    async setPluginViewVisibility(id: string, value: boolean) { visible.set(id, value); },
+    async focusPluginView(event: { instanceId: string }) { focus.push(event.instanceId); for (const fn of focusListeners) fn(event); },
+  } });
+  let split!: () => void;
+  function Fixture() {
+    const state = useTerminalSidePanelLayoutState(); const latest = useRef(state); latest.current = state;
+    const model = usePluginTerminalSidebar({ layouts: state.sidePanelLayouts, getSession, isTerminalTab: (id) => id === 'workspace-synthetic' || id === 'synthetic-local-terminal',
+      select: (tool) => state.selectSidePanelToolForTab(activeTabStore.getActiveTabId(), tool),
+      withdraw: (tabId, paneId, tool) => {
+        const layout = state.sidePanelLayoutsRef.current.get(tabId);
+        if (layout && collectSidePanelPanes(layout.root).some((pane) => pane.id === paneId && pane.tool === tool)) state.closePane(tabId, paneId);
+      } });
+    const [hosts, setHosts] = useState(new Map<Tool, HTMLElement>()); const parking = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+    const register = useCallback((tool: Tool, host: HTMLElement | null) => setHosts((prior) => {
+      if ((prior.get(tool) ?? null) === host) return prior;
+      const next = new Map(prior); if (host) next.set(tool, host); else next.delete(tool); return next;
+    }), []);
+    const focusPane = useCallback((id: string) => latest.current.focusPane(activeTabStore.getActiveTabId(), id), []);
+    const closePane = useCallback((id: string) => { latest.current.closePane(activeTabStore.getActiveTabId(), id); }, []);
+    const resize = useCallback(() => {}, []);
+    const layout = model.tabId ? state.sidePanelLayouts.get(model.tabId) : null;
+    const panes = layout ? collectSidePanelPanes(layout.root) : [];
+    split = () => state.splitPane('workspace-synthetic', `plugin-view:${b.id}`, 'vertical', { paneId: 'second-pane', splitId: 'plugin-split' }, 600);
+    return <><PluginTerminalSidebarLauncher sessionId={selectedSession} />
+      {layout && <SidePanelLayoutTree node={layout.root} layout={layout} paneCount={panes.length} labels={new Map(model.pages.map((page) => [page.tool, page.title]))}
+        onClose={closePane} onFocus={focusPane} onHostChange={register} onResize={resize} separator="#777" accent="#4488cc" closePaneLabel="Close pane" resizeLabel="Resize" />}
+      <div ref={parking} hidden aria-hidden="true" />
+      {model.sessionId && panes.map((pane) => {
+        const page = model.pages.find((item) => item.tool === pane.tool); const target = hosts.get(pane.tool) ?? parking.current;
+        if (!page || !target) return null;
+        return <PersistentSidePanelPortal key={`${pane.id}:${model.sessionId}`} portalKey={`plugin-${pane.id}`} target={target}>
+          <PluginTerminalSidebarPageHost page={page} tabId={model.tabId!} sessionId={model.sessionId} getSession={getSession} adapter={model.contributions}
+            focusOnReveal={layout?.focusedPaneId === pane.id} focused={() => focusPane(pane.id)} unavailable={() => closePane(pane.id)} />
+        </PersistentSidePanelPortal>;
+      })}</>;
+  }
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!); const settle = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40));
+  try {
+    activeTabStore.setActiveTabId('workspace-synthetic'); sidePanelLiveStore.update({ ...SIDE_PANEL_INACTIVE_LIVE_SNAPSHOT, focusedSessionId: selectedSession });
+    await act(async () => { root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><Fixture /></I18nProvider>); await settle(); });
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Extension pages"]')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    const firstButton = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((button) => button.textContent?.includes('First page'))!;
+    await act(async () => { firstButton.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[data-section="terminal-side-panel-pane"]').length, 1);
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-pane-tool] [data-plugin-view-slot="terminal-sidebar"]'));
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 1); assert.deepEqual(opens[0].context, { 'netcatty.surface': 'terminal-sidebar' });
+    await act(async () => { split(); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[data-section="terminal-side-panel-pane"]').length, 2);
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 2);
+    const firstId = opens.find((item) => item.viewId === a.id)!.instanceId!;
+    await act(async () => { for (const fn of focusListeners) fn({ instanceId: firstId }); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector(`[data-pane-tool="plugin-view:${a.id}"]`)?.getAttribute('data-focused'), 'true');
+    const dialog = document.createElement('div'); dialog.setAttribute('role', 'dialog'); dialog.setAttribute('aria-modal', 'true');
+    await act(async () => { document.body.append(dialog); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(opens.every((item) => visible.get(item.instanceId!) === false));
+    focus.length = 0;
+    await act(async () => { dialog.remove(); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(focus.length > 0); assert.ok(focus.every((id) => id === firstId), 'restoring panes focuses only the host-selected pane');
+    const old = opens.map((item) => item.instanceId!);
+    await act(async () => { selectedSession = 'synthetic-session-b'; sidePanelLiveStore.update({ ...SIDE_PANEL_INACTIVE_LIVE_SNAPSHOT, focusedSessionId: selectedSession });
+      assert.ok(old.every((id) => closes.includes(id)), 'workspace focus cancels old native owners synchronously'); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 4);
+    assert.notEqual(opens[0].scopeId, opens[2].scopeId);
+    assert.ok(opens.every((item) => JSON.stringify(item.context) === JSON.stringify({ 'netcatty.surface': 'terminal-sidebar' })));
+    await act(async () => { rectX = 260; snapshot = { ...snapshot, plugins: [{ ...snapshot.plugins[0], views: [{ ...a, visible: false }, b] }] }; for (const fn of changed) fn(); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[data-section="terminal-side-panel-pane"]').length, 1);
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-pane-tool]')?.getAttribute('data-pane-tool'), `plugin-view:${b.id}`);
+    assert.ok(bounds.some((item) => item.x === 260), 'portal relocation updates native geometry');
+    const last = opens.at(-1)!.instanceId!;
+    await act(async () => { activeTabStore.setActiveTabId('vault'); assert.ok(closes.includes(last)); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-terminal-sidebar]'), null);
+    await act(async () => { selectedSession = 'synthetic-local-terminal'; activeTabStore.setActiveTabId(selectedSession); await settle(); });
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Extension pages"]')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    const localPage = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((button) => button.textContent?.includes('Second page'))!;
+    await act(async () => { localPage.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-view-slot="terminal-sidebar"]'), 'standalone Local Terminal is a valid navigation owner');
+    assert.deepEqual(opens.at(-1)!.context, { 'netcatty.surface': 'terminal-sidebar' });
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => { root.unmount(); await settle(); }); dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) { if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key); }
+  }
+});

components/PluginVaultPages.test.tsx

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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+
+test('Vault navigation mounts a real content slot, yields to host dialogs, and withdraws stale pages', async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></div></body></html>', { pretendToBeVisual: true, url: 'http://localhost' });
+  const previous = new Map<string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined>();
+  for (const key of ['window', 'document', 'navigator', 'HTMLElement', 'Element', 'Node', 'MutationObserver', 'CustomEvent', 'Event']) {
+    previous.set(key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key));
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, { configurable: true, writable: true, value: key === 'window' ? dom.window : dom.window[key as keyof Window] });
+  }
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries({ getComputedStyle: dom.window.getComputedStyle.bind(dom.window),
+    requestAnimationFrame: dom.window.requestAnimationFrame.bind(dom.window), cancelAnimationFrame: dom.window.cancelAnimationFrame.bind(dom.window), IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true })) {
+    previous.set(key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key)); Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, { configurable: true, writable: true, value });
+  }
+  dom.window.HTMLElement.prototype.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({ x: 200, y: 100, width: 640, height: 480, top: 100, left: 200, right: 840, bottom: 580, toJSON() {} });
+  const { default: React, act, useState } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const { usePluginVaultPages } = await import('../application/state/usePluginVaultPages');
+  const { PluginVaultNavigation, PluginVaultPage } = await import('./plugins/PluginVaultPages');
+  const { activeTabStore } = await import('../application/state/activeTabStore');
+  const { requestOpenPluginView } = await import('../application/state/usePluginViewLifecycle');
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import('../application/i18n/I18nProvider');
+  const page = { id: 'com.example.page.main', title: 'Synthetic page', location: 'vault-page', entry: 'page.html', visible: true };
+  let snapshot = { locale: 'en', plugins: [{ id: 'com.example.page', version: '1.0.0', displayName: 'Synthetic plugin', commands: [], keybindings: [], menus: [], settings: [], views: [page] }] };
+  let changed: (() => void) | undefined;
+  const listeners = new Set<(event: NetcattyPluginViewClosedEvent) => void>();
+  const opens: NetcattyPluginViewOpenRequest[] = [], closes: string[] = [], visibility: boolean[] = [];
+  let defer: ((value: { instanceId: string }) => void) | undefined;
+  let deferOpen = false;
+  let delayLayout = false;
+  const rejectOldLayout: Array<(error: Error) => void> = [];
+  const layoutResult = () => delayLayout ? new Promise<void>((_resolve, reject) => { rejectOldLayout.push(reject); }) : Promise.resolve();
+  Object.assign(dom.window, { netcatty: {
+    async getPluginRuntimeStatus() { return { available: true }; },
+    async getPluginContributions() { return snapshot; },
+    onPluginContributionsChanged(fn: () => void) { changed = fn; return () => { changed = undefined; }; },
+    onPluginViewClosed(fn: (event: NetcattyPluginViewClosedEvent) => void) { listeners.add(fn); return () => { listeners.delete(fn); }; },
+    async openPluginView(payload: NetcattyPluginViewOpenRequest) { opens.push(payload); return deferOpen ? new Promise<{ instanceId: string }>((resolve) => { defer = resolve; }) : { instanceId: payload.instanceId! }; },
+    async closePluginView(id: string) { closes.push(id); }, async setPluginViewBounds() { await layoutResult(); },
+    async setPluginViewVisibility(_id: string, visible: boolean) { visibility.push(visible); await layoutResult(); },
+  } });
+  let selectSection!: (section: 'hosts' | `plugin-vault:${string}`) => void;
+  function Fixture() {
+    const [section, select] = useState<'hosts' | `plugin-vault:${string}`>('hosts'); selectSection = select;
+    const model = usePluginVaultPages({ locale: 'en', section, select });
+    return <><aside><button data-plugin-vault-fallback onClick={() => select('hosts')}>Hosts</button><PluginVaultNavigation model={model} collapsed={false} /></aside>
+      <main data-section="vault-main">{model.selected ? <PluginVaultPage key={model.selected.key} model={model} /> : <p>Built-in hosts</p>}</main></>;
+  }
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
+  const settle = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 35));
+  const clickPage = async () => { await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Synthetic page — Synthetic plugin"]')!.click(); await settle(); }); };
+  try {
+    activeTabStore.setActiveTabId('vault');
+    await act(async () => { root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><Fixture /></I18nProvider>); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 0, 'catalog enumeration does not activate the plugin');
+    await clickPage();
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[data-section="vault-main"] [data-plugin-view-slot="vault-page"]'));
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(opens[0].context, { 'netcatty.surface': 'vault-page' }, 'no Vault/session data accompanies navigation');
+    assert.equal(visibility.at(-1), true);
+    const dialog = document.createElement('div'); dialog.setAttribute('role', 'dialog'); dialog.setAttribute('aria-modal', 'true');
+    await act(async () => { document.body.append(dialog); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(visibility.at(-1), false, 'native content yields to host security/settings dialogs');
+    await act(async () => { dialog.remove(); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(visibility.at(-1), true);
+    await act(async () => { activeTabStore.setActiveTabId('terminal:synthetic'); assert.ok(closes.includes(opens[0].instanceId!)); await settle(); });
+    await act(async () => { activeTabStore.setActiveTabId('vault'); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 2);
+    await act(async () => { snapshot = { ...snapshot, plugins: [] }; changed?.(); await settle(); });
+    await act(async () => { await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(closes.includes(opens[1].instanceId!));
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-vault-page]'), null);
+    assert.equal(document.activeElement?.textContent, 'Hosts');
+    await act(async () => { selectSection('plugin-vault:missing'); await settle(); });
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('main')!.textContent!, /Built-in hosts/);
+    await act(async () => { snapshot = { ...snapshot, plugins: [{ id: 'com.example.page', version: '1.0.0', displayName: 'Synthetic plugin', commands: [], keybindings: [], menus: [], settings: [], views: [page] }] }; changed?.(); await settle(); });
+    deferOpen = true;
+    await act(async () => { requestOpenPluginView({ viewId: page.id }); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(opens.length, 3);
+    await act(async () => { selectSection('hosts'); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(closes.includes(opens[2].instanceId!), 'cancel reserved instance before its open response');
+    await act(async () => { defer!({ instanceId: opens[2].instanceId! }); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-vault-page]'), null, 'late open cannot restore withdrawn page');
+    assert.ok(closes.filter((id) => id === opens[2].instanceId).length >= 2, 'late native response is also closed');
+    deferOpen = false;
+    const second = { ...page, id: 'com.example.page.second', title: 'Second page' };
+    await act(async () => { snapshot = { ...snapshot, plugins: [{ ...snapshot.plugins[0], views: [page, second] }] }; changed?.(); await settle(); });
+    delayLayout = true;
+    await clickPage();
+    assert.ok(rejectOldLayout.length >= 2, 'old page has both bounds and visibility IPC in flight');
+    await act(async () => { selectSection('hosts'); await settle(); });
+    delayLayout = false;
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Second page — Synthetic plugin"]')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    await act(async () => { for (const reject of rejectOldLayout) reject(new Error('old page layout failed')); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[data-plugin-vault-page]')?.getAttribute('aria-label'), 'Second page', 'old bounds/visibility failures cannot withdraw the newly selected page');
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => { root.unmount(); await settle(); }); dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) { if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key); }
+  }
+});

components/SelectHostPanelContent.tsx

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export interface SelectHostPanelContentProps {
   /** Preferred multi-select path for host/group toggles (selection resolves to host ids). */
   onSelectionChange?: (selectedHostIds: string[]) => void;
   onConfirm: () => void;
+  confirmDisabled?: boolean;
   onNewHost?: () => void;
   availableKeys?: SSHKey[];
   identities?: import('../domain/models').Identity[];
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export const SelectHostPanelContent: React.FC<SelectHostPanelContentProps> = ({
   onSelect,
   onSelectionChange,
   onConfirm,
+  confirmDisabled = false,
   onNewHost,
   availableKeys = [],
   identities = [],
@@ -643,7 +645,7 @@ export const SelectHostPanelContent: React.FC<SelectHostPanelContentProps> = ({
         <div className="px-4 py-3 border-t border-border/60 shrink-0">
           <Button
             className="w-full"
-            disabled={selectedHostIds.length === 0}
+            disabled={confirmDisabled || selectedHostIds.length === 0}
             onClick={onConfirm}
           >
             {multiSelect

components/SettingsPage.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { useAppThemeStyle } from "../application/app/useAppThemeStyle";
+import { selectPluginThemeTokens } from "../application/state/pluginContributionEnvironment";
 /**
  * Settings Page - Standalone settings window content
  * This component is rendered in a separate Electron window
@@ -322,6 +324,9 @@ const SettingsSyncTabWithVault: React.FC<{ onSettingsApplied?: () => void }> = (
 };
 
 const SettingsPageContent: React.FC<{ settings: SettingsState; appLock?: AppLockState }> = ({ settings, appLock }) => {
+    // This publisher also runs in detached Settings: never broadcast a local preview.
+    const committedAppThemeStyle = useAppThemeStyle(false);
+    const pluginThemeTokens = useMemo(() => selectPluginThemeTokens(committedAppThemeStyle as Record<string, unknown>), [committedAppThemeStyle]);
     const { t } = useI18n();
     const { request, clearFocus, openSearch } = useSettingsFocus();
     const { notifyRendererReady, closeSettingsWindow, onWindowCommandCloseRequested } = useWindowControls();
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ const SettingsPageContent: React.FC<{ settings: SettingsState; appLock?: AppLock
             </Tabs>
         </div>
         <ExternalMcpApprovalsHost />
-        <PluginContributionHost locale={settings.uiLanguage} theme={settings.resolvedTheme} />
+        <PluginContributionHost locale={settings.uiLanguage} theme={settings.resolvedTheme} themeTokens={pluginThemeTokens} />
         </>
     );
 };

components/TerminalLayer.tsx

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ import {
 import { classifyDistroId, hostRestrictsExtraSshChannels, shouldProbeSessionCwd } from '../domain/host';
 import {
   collectSidePanelPanes,
+  isPluginSidePanelTool,
   sidePanelLayoutHasTool,
   type SidePanelLayout,
   type SidePanelSplitDirection,
@@ -1933,6 +1934,16 @@ const TerminalLayerInner: React.FC<TerminalLayerProps> = ({
     resizeSidePanelSplitForTab(tabId, splitId, sizes);
   }, [resizeSidePanelSplitForTab]);
 
+  const handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane = useCallback((tabId: string, paneId: string, expectedTool: SidePanelTab) => {
+    if (!isPluginSidePanelTool(expectedTool)) return;
+    const layout = sidePanelLayoutsRef.current.get(tabId);
+    const pane = layout && collectSidePanelPanes(layout.root).find((item) => item.id === paneId);
+    if (pane?.tool !== expectedTool) return;
+    setMagnifiedPane((current) => current?.tabId === tabId && current.target.kind === 'side-panel'
+      && current.target.paneId === paneId ? null : current);
+    closeSidePanelPaneForTab(tabId, paneId);
+  }, [closeSidePanelPaneForTab, sidePanelLayoutsRef]);
+
   // Toggle SFTP from activity bar header
   const handleToggleSftpFromBar = useCallback(() => {
     handleSwitchSidePanelTab('sftp');
@@ -2617,6 +2628,9 @@ const TerminalLayerInner: React.FC<TerminalLayerProps> = ({
     handleOpenAI,
     handleOpenSystem,
     handleOpenNotes,
+    getActiveTerminalSessionId,
+    handleSwitchSidePanelTab,
+    handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane,
     handleOpenBrowser,
     handleFocusSidePanelPane,
     handleMagnifySidePanelPane,

components/VaultView.tsx

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ import { VaultViewLayout } from "./vault/VaultViewLayout";
 import { useVaultHostCollections } from "./vault/useVaultHostCollections";
 import { useVaultImportHandlers } from "../application/state/useVaultImportHandlers";
 import { useVaultGroupDragHandlers } from "./vault/useVaultGroupDragHandlers";
+import { usePluginVaultPages } from "../application/state/usePluginVaultPages";
 
 const LazyProtocolSelectDialog = lazy(() => import("./ProtocolSelectDialog"));
 const LazyConnectionLogsManager = lazy(() => import("./ConnectionLogsManager"));
@@ -178,7 +179,8 @@ export type VaultSection =
   | "notes"
   | "port"
   | "knownhosts"
-  | "logs";
+  | "logs"
+  | `plugin-vault:${string}`;
 
 const haveSameHostOrderResult = (previous: Host[], next: Host[]) => {
   if (previous.length !== next.length) return false;
@@ -365,11 +367,12 @@ const VaultViewInner: React.FC<VaultViewProps> = ({
   onVaultFocusRequestHandled,
   terminalSettings,
 }) => {
-  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const { t, locale } = useI18n();
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const hostsRef = useRef(hosts);
   hostsRef.current = hosts;
   const [currentSection, setCurrentSection] = useState<VaultSection>("hosts");
+  const pluginVault = usePluginVaultPages({ locale, section: currentSection, select: setCurrentSection });
   const [search, setSearch] = useState("");
   const [selectedGroupPath, setSelectedGroupPath] = useState<string | null>(
     null,
@@ -1522,6 +1525,7 @@ const VaultViewInner: React.FC<VaultViewProps> = ({
           ContextMenuTrigger,
           Copy,
           currentSection,
+          pluginVault,
           customGroups,
           deleteGroupPath,
           deleteGroupPaths,

components/plugins/PluginHostActionHost.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { useI18n } from '../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { usePluginHostActions } from '../../application/state/usePluginHostActions';
+import { applyGroupDefaults, resolveGroupDefaults } from '../../domain/groupConfig';
+import { resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol } from '../../domain/terminalProtocol';
+import { SelectHostPanelContent } from '../SelectHostPanelContent';
+import { Button } from '../ui/button';
+import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogDescription, DialogFooter, DialogHeader, DialogTitle } from '../ui/dialog';
+import { PluginHostDraftPreview } from './PluginHostDraftPreview';
+
+export function PluginHostActionHost() {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const state = usePluginHostActions();
+  const entry = state.review;
+  if (!entry) return null;
+  const request = entry.prompt.request;
+  const selection = request.kind === 'vault.selectHosts';
+  const connection = request.kind === 'vault.requestConnect';
+  const effective = entry.host ? applyGroupDefaults(entry.host, entry.host.group ? resolveGroupDefaults(entry.host.group, entry.groups) : {}) : undefined;
+  const protocol = effective ? resolveEffectiveTerminalProtocol(effective) : undefined;
+  return <Dialog open onOpenChange={(open) => { if (!open) void state.respond('cancel'); }}>
+    <DialogContent className={selection ? 'max-w-md h-[min(85vh,640px)] flex flex-col p-0 gap-0 overflow-hidden' : 'sm:max-w-[560px] max-h-[85vh] overflow-y-auto'} hideCloseButton>
+      <DialogHeader className={selection ? 'px-4 pt-4 pb-2 shrink-0 border-b border-border/60' : undefined}>
+        <DialogTitle>{t(selection ? 'plugins.hostActions.select' : connection ? 'plugins.hostActions.connect' : entry.host ? 'plugins.hostActions.edit' : 'plugins.hostActions.create')}</DialogTitle>
+        <DialogDescription className="break-all">{entry.prompt.pluginId} · {entry.prompt.pluginVersion}</DialogDescription>
+      </DialogHeader>
+      {selection ? <>
+        <p className="px-4 pt-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.hostActions.selectionNote')}</p>
+        <p className="px-4 pt-2 text-sm font-medium break-words">{request.title}</p>
+        {state.selectedIds.length > 50 && <p role="alert" className="px-4 text-sm text-destructive">{t('plugins.hostActions.selectionLimit')}</p>}
+        <SelectHostPanelContent hosts={entry.candidates} customGroups={entry.customGroups} selectedHostIds={state.selectedIds} multiSelect className="flex-1 min-h-0" confirmDisabled={state.busy || state.selectedIds.length > 50} onSelect={(host) => state.setSelectedIds((ids) => ids.includes(host.id) ? ids.filter((id) => id !== host.id) : [...ids, host.id])} onSelectionChange={state.setSelectedIds} onConfirm={() => { if (!state.busy && state.selectedIds.length <= 50) void state.respond('submit'); }} />
+      </> : connection && effective ? <>
+        <p className="break-all text-sm font-medium">{effective.label}</p>
+        <p className="break-all text-sm">{protocol !== 'local' && effective.username ? `${effective.username}@` : ''}{effective.hostname}{protocol !== 'local' && effective.port ? `:${effective.port}` : ''} ({protocol})</p>
+        {protocol === 'local' && <p className="text-sm font-medium" role="note">{t('plugins.hostActions.localExecution')}</p>}
+        <p className="text-sm" role="note">{t(entry.scriptsRun ? 'plugins.hostActions.scriptsRun' : 'plugins.hostActions.noScripts')}</p>
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.hostActions.connectionNote')}</p>
+      </> : request.kind === 'vault.requestHostDraft' ? <PluginHostDraftPreview key={entry.prompt.requestId} before={entry.host} draft={request.draft} managedSources={entry.managedSources} busy={state.busy} onConfirm={(draft) => void state.respond('submit', draft)} /> : null}
+      {state.error && <p role="alert" className="text-sm text-destructive">{t('plugins.hostActions.failed')}</p>}
+      <DialogFooter className={selection ? 'p-3 border-t' : undefined}>
+        <Button variant="outline" disabled={state.busy} onClick={() => void state.respond('cancel')}>{t('common.cancel')}</Button>
+        {connection && <Button disabled={state.busy} onClick={() => void state.respond('submit')}>{t('common.connect')}</Button>}
+      </DialogFooter>
+    </DialogContent>
+  </Dialog>;
+}

components/plugins/PluginHostDraftPreview.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useI18n } from '../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { applyPluginHostEdit, normalizePluginHostDraft, pluginHostDraftTouchesManagedSource, pluginHostFieldDiff, PLUGIN_HOST_CREATE_FIELDS, PLUGIN_HOST_EDIT_FIELDS, type PluginHostDraftFields } from '../../domain/pluginHostActions';
+import type { Host, ManagedSource } from '../../domain/models';
+import { Button } from '../ui/button';
+import { Input } from '../ui/input';
+
+/** Host-owned editable draft and exact normalized field diff. The containing
+ * dialog owns confirmation, expiry and cancellation; this body has no IPC. */
+export function PluginHostDraftPreview({ before, draft, busy, onConfirm, managedSources = [] }: {
+  before?: Host;
+  draft: PluginHostDraftFields;
+  busy: boolean;
+  onConfirm: (draft: PluginHostDraftFields) => void;
+  managedSources?: ManagedSource[];
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const [fields, setFields] = useState<Record<string, string>>(() => ({
+    label: draft.label ?? before?.label ?? '',
+    hostname: draft.hostname ?? '', username: draft.username ?? '',
+    port: String(draft.port ?? 22), group: draft.group ?? before?.group ?? '',
+    tags: (draft.tags ?? before?.tags ?? []).join(', '),
+  }));
+  const preview = useMemo(() => {
+    const value = {
+      label: fields.label, group: fields.group,
+      tags: fields.tags.split(',').map((tag) => tag.trim()).filter(Boolean),
+      ...(!before ? { hostname: fields.hostname, username: fields.username, port: Number(fields.port) } : {}),
+    };
+    try {
+      const after = before ? applyPluginHostEdit(before, value) : normalizePluginHostDraft(value, 'preview');
+      return { value: {
+        label: after.label, group: after.group ?? '', tags: after.tags,
+        ...(!before ? { hostname: after.hostname, username: after.username, port: after.port } : {}),
+      }, diff: pluginHostFieldDiff(before, after), managed: pluginHostDraftTouchesManagedSource(after, managedSources) };
+    } catch { return null; }
+  }, [before, fields, managedSources]);
+  return <div className="space-y-4">
+    <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+      {(before ? PLUGIN_HOST_EDIT_FIELDS : PLUGIN_HOST_CREATE_FIELDS).map((field) => <label key={field} className="space-y-1 text-sm">
+        <span>{t(`hostForm.field.${field}`)}</span>
+        <Input value={fields[field]} type={field === 'port' ? 'number' : 'text'} min={field === 'port' ? 1 : undefined} max={field === 'port' ? 65535 : undefined} maxLength={field === 'tags' ? 32_896 : 1024} autoComplete="off" disabled={busy} onChange={(event) => setFields((previous) => ({ ...previous, [field]: event.target.value }))} />
+      </label>)}
+    </div>
+    <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.hostActions.defaultsWarning')}</p>
+    {preview?.managed && <p role="alert" className="text-sm text-destructive">{t('plugins.hostActions.managedUnsupported')}</p>}
+    {preview ? <div className="max-h-48 overflow-auto rounded-md border p-3">
+      <p className="mb-2 text-sm font-medium">{t('plugins.hostActions.fieldDiff')}</p>
+      <dl className="space-y-2 text-xs">
+        {preview.diff.map((change) => <div key={change.field} className="break-all">
+          <dt className="font-medium">{t(`hostForm.field.${change.field}`)}</dt>
+          <dd>{JSON.stringify(change.before)} &rarr; {JSON.stringify(change.after)}</dd>
+        </div>)}
+      </dl>
+    </div> : <p role="alert" className="text-sm text-destructive">{t('plugins.hostActions.invalidDraft')}</p>}
+    <Button className="w-full" disabled={busy || !preview || preview.managed || preview.diff.length === 0} onClick={() => { if (preview && !preview.managed) onConfirm(preview.value); }}>{t('hostForm.saveHost')}</Button>
+  </div>;
+}

components/plugins/PluginTerminalSidebar.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { Blocks } from 'lucide-react';
+import { useI18n } from '../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { activeTabStore } from '../../application/state/activeTabStore';
+import { subscribeSidePanelLiveSnapshot } from '../../application/state/sidePanelLiveStore';
+import { useEmbeddedPluginView } from '../../application/state/useEmbeddedPluginView';
+import { usePluginContributions } from '../../application/state/usePluginContributions';
+import { collectPluginTerminalSidebarPages, PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_CONTEXT, requestOpenPluginTerminalSidebar,
+  type PluginTerminalSidebarPage } from '../../application/state/usePluginTerminalSidebar';
+import { PluginContributionIcon } from './PluginContributionIcon';
+import { Button } from '../ui/button';
+import { Popover, PopoverClose, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from '../ui/popover';
+
+export function PluginTerminalSidebarLauncher({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string }) {
+  const { locale, t } = useI18n();
+  const contributions = usePluginContributions({ locale, context: PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_CONTEXT });
+  const pages = collectPluginTerminalSidebarPages(contributions.snapshot.plugins);
+  if (!pages.length) return null;
+  return <Popover><PopoverTrigger asChild><Button variant="ghost" size="icon" className="h-6 w-6" aria-label={t('plugins.sidebar.extensions')}><Blocks size={14} /></Button></PopoverTrigger>
+    <PopoverContent align="end" className="max-h-80 w-64 overflow-y-auto p-1">
+      <p className="px-2 py-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.sidebar.extensions')}</p>
+      {pages.map((page) => <PopoverClose asChild key={page.tool}><button type="button" className="flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded px-2 py-2 text-left text-sm hover:bg-accent"
+        onClick={() => requestOpenPluginTerminalSidebar(page.viewId, sessionId)}>
+        <PluginContributionIcon pluginId={page.pluginId} icon={page.icon} /><span className="min-w-0"><span className="block truncate">{page.title}</span><span className="block truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{page.pluginName}</span></span>
+      </button></PopoverClose>)}
+    </PopoverContent></Popover>;
+}
+
+export function PluginTerminalSidebarPageHost({ page, tabId, sessionId, adapter, getSession, unavailable, focused, focusOnReveal }: {
+  page: PluginTerminalSidebarPage;
+  tabId: string;
+  sessionId: string;
+  adapter: ReturnType<typeof usePluginContributions>;
+  getSession(): string | null;
+  unavailable(): void;
+  focused(): void;
+  focusOnReveal: boolean;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const subscribeHidden = useMemo(() => (hide: () => void) => {
+    const stopTab = activeTabStore.subscribeSync((id) => { if (id !== tabId) hide(); });
+    const stopSession = subscribeSidePanelLiveSnapshot(true, () => { if (getSession() !== sessionId) hide(); });
+    return () => { stopTab(); stopSession(); };
+  }, [getSession, sessionId, tabId]);
+  const { mountRef, loading } = useEmbeddedPluginView({ viewId: page.viewId, version: page.version,
+    slot: `terminal-sidebar:${tabId}:${sessionId}`, active: true, context: PLUGIN_TERMINAL_SIDEBAR_CONTEXT,
+    adapter, subscribeHidden, unavailable, focused, focusOnReveal });
+  // The native page never receives these internal ownership IDs. Its state is
+  // scoped by the host; this does not authorize reading the terminal session.
+  return <section className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col overflow-hidden" aria-label={`${page.title} — ${page.pluginName}`} data-plugin-terminal-sidebar>
+    <header className="flex h-7 shrink-0 items-center gap-2 border-b border-border px-2 text-xs"><PluginContributionIcon pluginId={page.pluginId} icon={page.icon} size={12} /><span className="truncate">{page.title} · {page.pluginName}</span></header>
+    <div ref={mountRef} className="relative min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-hidden" data-plugin-view-slot="terminal-sidebar">
+      {loading && <p role="status" className="p-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.sidebar.loading')}</p>}
+    </div>
+  </section>;
+}

components/plugins/PluginVaultPages.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { activeTabStore } from '../../application/state/activeTabStore';
+import { useI18n } from '../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { useEmbeddedPluginView } from '../../application/state/useEmbeddedPluginView';
+import type { usePluginVaultPages } from '../../application/state/usePluginVaultPages';
+import { PluginContributionIcon } from './PluginContributionIcon';
+import { Button } from '../ui/button';
+
+type VaultPages = ReturnType<typeof usePluginVaultPages>;
+const subscribeHidden = (hide: () => void) => activeTabStore.subscribeSync((id) => { if (id !== 'vault') hide(); });
+
+export function PluginVaultNavigation({ model, collapsed }: { model: VaultPages; collapsed: boolean }) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  if (!model.pages.length) return null;
+  return <div role="group" aria-label={t('plugins.vault.extensions')} className="mt-3 space-y-1 border-t border-border/50 pt-3">
+    {!collapsed && <p className="px-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.vault.extensions')}</p>}
+    {model.pages.map((page) => <Button key={page.key} type="button"
+      variant={model.selected?.key === page.key ? 'secondary' : 'ghost'}
+      className={`w-full ${collapsed ? 'justify-center px-0' : 'justify-start gap-3'}`}
+      title={`${page.title} — ${page.pluginName}`}
+      aria-label={`${page.title} — ${page.pluginName}`}
+      aria-current={model.selected?.key === page.key ? 'page' : undefined}
+      onClick={() => model.select(page.key)}>
+      <PluginContributionIcon pluginId={page.pluginId} icon={page.icon} className="shrink-0" />
+      {!collapsed && <span className="truncate">{page.title}</span>}
+    </Button>)}
+  </div>;
+}
+
+export function PluginVaultPage({ model }: { model: VaultPages }) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const page = model.selected!;
+  const { mountRef, loading } = useEmbeddedPluginView({ viewId: page.viewId, version: page.version, slot: 'vault-page',
+    active: model.active, context: model.context, adapter: model.contributions, subscribeHidden, unavailable: model.fallback });
+  return <section className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col" aria-label={page.title} data-plugin-vault-page={page.key}>
+    <header className="app-no-drag flex h-12 shrink-0 items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-border px-4">
+      <div className="min-w-0"><h2 className="truncate text-sm font-medium">{page.title}</h2>
+        <p className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{page.pluginName} · {page.version}</p></div>
+      <Button variant="ghost" onClick={model.fallback}>{t('plugins.vault.back')}</Button>
+    </header>
+    <div ref={mountRef} className="relative min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-hidden" data-plugin-view-slot="vault-page">
+      {loading && <p role="status" className="p-4 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('plugins.vault.loading')}</p>}
+    </div>
+  </section>;
+}

components/settings/tabs/PluginInfo.interaction.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+
+test('information previews on hover/focus, pins on click and Escape returns focus without closing the manager', async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></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', 'MutationObserver', 'CustomEvent', 'Event', 'KeyboardEvent', 'MouseEvent']) {
+    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, useState } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const { PluginInfo } = await import('./PluginInfo');
+  const { PluginManagementDialog } = await import('./PluginManagementDialog');
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import('../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider');
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
+  const settle = (ms = 60) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+  try {
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginManagementDialog><PluginInfo label="Plugin help">Packages remain disabled until reviewed.</PluginInfo><button data-other>Other control</button></PluginManagementDialog></I18nProvider>));
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    const trigger = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Plugin help"]')!;
+    const other = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-other]')!;
+    assert.ok(trigger); assert.equal(trigger.getAttribute('title'), null, 'not a native title-only hint');
+    await act(async () => { other.focus(); await settle(); });
+    const hover = new MouseEvent('pointermove', { bubbles: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(hover, 'pointerType', { value: 'mouse' });
+    await act(async () => { trigger.dispatchEvent(hover); await settle(260); });
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Packages remain disabled/);
+    await act(async () => { trigger.focus(); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]'));
+    await act(async () => { trigger.click(); await settle(); });
+    const pinned = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[role="dialog"][aria-label="Plugin help"]');
+    assert.ok(pinned, 'click exposes a persistent readable popover');
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]'), null);
+    await act(async () => { pinned.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true, cancelable: true })); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"][aria-label="Plugin help"]'), null);
+    assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[role="dialog"]').length, 1, 'Escape closes only the information layer');
+    assert.equal(document.activeElement, trigger);
+    assert.equal(Boolean(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]')), false, 'Escape does not immediately reopen the focus preview');
+    await act(async () => { other.focus(); trigger.focus(); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]'), 'a subsequent deliberate focus still previews help');
+
+    const { PluginMarketplaceContent } = await import('./PluginMarketplace');
+    const entry = { id: 'com.example.guide', name: 'Guide', author: 'Example', version: '1.0.0', license: 'MIT', repository: 'example/plugin', commit: 'a'.repeat(40), description: 'Synthetic metadata',
+      manifest: { id: 'com.example.guide', name: 'Guide', publisher: 'Example', main: { browser: 'index.js' }, engines: { netcatty: '*', api: '0.1.0-internal' } },
+    } as NetcattyPluginCatalogEntry;
+    const catalog = { entries: [entry], source: 'registry', sourceBinding: null, listStatus: 'ready', listError: null, readme: '# Guide', readmeStatus: 'ready', readmeError: null, error: null, busy: false, retryList() {}, retryReadme() {}, async install() {} } as ReturnType<typeof import('../../../application/state/usePluginCatalog').usePluginCatalog>;
+    function Browser() {
+      const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string | null>(null);
+      const [toolbar, setToolbar] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+      return <I18nProvider locale="en"><div data-toolbar ref={setToolbar} /><div data-settings-scroll-pane><PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={catalog} installed={[]} selected={selected} onSelect={setSelected} toolbarContainer={toolbar} /></div></I18nProvider>;
+    }
+    await act(async () => { root.render(<Browser />); await settle(); });
+    const pane = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-settings-scroll-pane]')!;
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[data-toolbar]')?.textContent ?? '', /Refresh/);
+    pane.scrollTop = 450;
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-plugin-id]')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('.plugin-marketplace-catalog'), null, 'detail replaces the candidate list');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(document.querySelector('[data-toolbar]')?.textContent ?? '', /Refresh/, 'list refresh stays out of detail');
+    assert.equal(pane.scrollTop, 0);
+    assert.equal(document.activeElement?.tagName, 'H4');
+    assert.equal(document.activeElement?.textContent, 'Guide');
+    const back = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('button')).find((button) => button.textContent?.includes('All plugins'))!;
+    await act(async () => { back.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.equal(pane.scrollTop, 450);
+    assert.equal(document.activeElement?.getAttribute('data-plugin-id'), entry.id);
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[data-toolbar]')?.textContent ?? '', /Refresh/);
+
+    const { PluginStatus } = await import('./PluginStatus');
+    function StatusHarness() {
+      const [offline, setOffline] = useState(true);
+      const [noVault, setNoVault] = useState(true);
+      return <I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginStatus noVault={noVault} offlineError={offline ? 'Network unavailable' : null} retry={() => setOffline(false)} /><button onClick={() => setNoVault(false)}>Restore vault</button></I18nProvider>;
+    }
+    await act(async () => { root.render(<StatusHarness />); await settle(); });
+    const status = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label$="Notices: 2"]')!;
+    await act(async () => { status.focus(); await settle(); });
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Network unavailable/);
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"] button'), null, 'hover preview never contains an interactive Retry');
+    await act(async () => { status.click(); await settle(); });
+    const retry = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[role="dialog"] button')!;
+    assert.equal(retry.textContent, 'Retry');
+    assert.equal(status.textContent, '2', 'only the number badge is visible, not a second text label');
+    assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('button[aria-label*="Notices:"]').length, 1);
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Updates are manual/);
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"] hr'));
+    await act(async () => { retry.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.ok(document.querySelector('button[aria-label$="Notices: 1"]'));
+    assert.doesNotMatch(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Network unavailable/);
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')!.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true, cancelable: true })); await settle(); });
+    assert.match(document.activeElement?.getAttribute('aria-label') ?? '', /Notices: 1$/);
+    await act(async () => { Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('button')).find((button) => button.textContent === 'Restore vault')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    const healthy = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Plugin information"]')!;
+    assert.ok(healthy, 'one information control remains when healthy');
+    assert.equal(healthy.querySelector('span[aria-hidden="true"]'), null, 'healthy control has no count badge');
+    await act(async () => { healthy.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Updates are manual/);
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')!.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true, cancelable: true })); await settle(); });
+    const thirdParty: NetcattyPluginSource = { id: 'third-party:synthetic', kind: 'third-party', name: 'Independent source', origin: 'https://example.com' };
+    await act(async () => { root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent marketSource={thirdParty} catalog={{ ...catalog, entries: [], listError: 'ECONNREFUSED', source: 'cached' }} installed={[]} selected={null} onSelect={() => {}} /></I18nProvider>); await settle(); });
+    const thirdStatus = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label$="Notices: 1"]')!;
+    await act(async () => { thirdStatus.focus(); await settle(); });
+    const thirdPreview = document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"]')?.textContent ?? '';
+    assert.match(thirdPreview, /provided by the selected third party/);
+    assert.match(thirdPreview, /If a previously validated catalog exists for this source/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(thirdPreview, /bundled examples|Curated open-source|First-party/);
+    assert.equal(document.querySelector('[role="tooltip"] button'), null);
+    await act(async () => { thirdStatus.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /ECONNREFUSED/);
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Retry/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /bundled examples|Curated open-source/);
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')!.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true, cancelable: true })); await settle(); });
+    await act(async () => { root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent marketSource={thirdParty} catalog={catalog} installed={[]} selected={entry.id} onSelect={() => {}} /></I18nProvider>); await settle(); });
+    const sourceInfo = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Source example"]')!;
+    await act(async () => { sourceInfo.click(); await settle(); });
+    assert.match(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /Source-only entry from this provider/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')?.textContent ?? '', /First-party/);
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector('[role="dialog"]')!.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true, cancelable: true })); await settle(); });
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => { root.unmount(); await settle(); });
+    dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) {
+      if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key);
+    }
+  }
+});

components/settings/tabs/PluginInfo.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { Info } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Button } from '../../ui/button';
+import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from '../../ui/popover';
+import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipProvider, TooltipTrigger } from '../../ui/tooltip';
+
+/** Hover/focus previews explanatory text; click pins it in the existing accessible popover. */
+export function PluginInfo({ label, children, badgeCount, previewContent }: { label: string; children: React.ReactNode; badgeCount?: number; previewContent?: React.ReactNode }) {
+  const [pinned, setPinned] = useState(false);
+  const [preview, setPreview] = useState(false);
+  const suppressFocusPreview = useRef(false);
+  return <Popover open={pinned} onOpenChange={(open) => { setPinned(open); setPreview(false); }}>
+    <TooltipProvider delayDuration={200}>
+      <Tooltip open={!pinned && preview} onOpenChange={(open) => { if (!open || !suppressFocusPreview.current) setPreview(open); }}>
+        <TooltipTrigger asChild><PopoverTrigger asChild>
+          <Button type="button" variant="ghost" size="sm" className="relative h-8 w-8 shrink-0 p-0 text-muted-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring" aria-label={label} onBlur={() => { suppressFocusPreview.current = false; }} onPointerMove={() => { suppressFocusPreview.current = false; }}>
+            <Info size={15} />{Boolean(badgeCount) && <span aria-hidden="true" className="absolute right-0 top-0 flex h-3.5 min-w-3.5 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-muted px-0.5 text-[9px] font-medium leading-none text-foreground">{badgeCount}</span>}
+          </Button>
+        </PopoverTrigger></TooltipTrigger>
+        <TooltipContent className="max-w-xs space-y-2 bg-popover p-3 text-xs leading-5 text-popover-foreground shadow-sm">{previewContent ?? children}</TooltipContent>
+      </Tooltip>
+    </TooltipProvider>
+    <PopoverContent onEscapeKeyDown={() => { suppressFocusPreview.current = true; }} aria-label={label} align="end" className="max-w-xs space-y-2 text-xs leading-5">{children}</PopoverContent>
+  </Popover>;
+}

components/settings/tabs/PluginMarketplace.interaction.test.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import test from 'node:test';
+import test, { before, after } from 'node:test';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer';
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
@@ -8,13 +9,26 @@ import { I18nProvider } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
 import { PluginMarketplaceContent } from './PluginMarketplace';
 import type { usePluginCatalog } from '../../../application/state/usePluginCatalog';
 
+const infoDom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body></body></html>');
+const previousWindow = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, 'window');
+const previousDocument = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, 'document');
+before(() => {
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { configurable: true, value: infoDom.window });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { configurable: true, value: infoDom.window.document });
+});
+after(() => {
+  infoDom.window.close();
+  if (previousWindow) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', previousWindow); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, 'window');
+  if (previousDocument) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', previousDocument); else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, 'document');
+});
+
 const entries = ['Alpha', 'Beta'].map((name) => ({
   id: `com.example.${name.toLowerCase()}`, name, author: 'Example', version: '1.0.0', license: 'MIT',
   description: `${name} local utility`, repository: 'example/plugins', commit: 'a'.repeat(40),
   manifest: { manifestVersion: 1, id: `com.example.${name.toLowerCase()}`, name, version: '1.0.0', publisher: 'Example', engines: { netcatty: '>=1.0.0', api: '0.1.0-internal' }, main: { browser: 'index.js' }, permissions: { required: ['settings.read'] } },
 })) as NetcattyPluginCatalogEntry[];
 const catalog = {
-  entries, source: 'registry', listStatus: 'ready', listError: null, readme: '# Author documentation', readmeStatus: 'ready', readmeError: null,
+  entries, source: 'registry', sourceBinding: null, listStatus: 'ready', listError: null, readme: '# Author documentation', readmeStatus: 'ready', readmeError: null,
   error: null, busy: false, retryList() {}, retryReadme() {}, async install() {},
 } as ReturnType<typeof usePluginCatalog>;
 
@@ -28,7 +42,7 @@ test('catalog keeps search during selection/back, switches detail, and displays
   function Harness() {
     const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string | null>(null);
     return <I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={catalog} selected={selected} onSelect={setSelected}
-      installed={[{ id: entries[0].id, activeVersion: '0.9.0', enabled: false, runtime: { lastError: 'Incompatible with this host' } } as NetcattyInstalledPlugin]} /></I18nProvider>;
+      installed={[{ id: entries[0].id, activeVersion: '0.9.0', enabled: false, source: { id: 'official', kind: 'official', name: 'Official', origin: 'https://plugins.netcatty.app' }, runtime: { lastError: 'Incompatible with this host' } } as NetcattyInstalledPlugin]} /></I18nProvider>;
   }
   try {
     await act(async () => { renderer = create(<Harness />); });
@@ -39,16 +53,13 @@ test('catalog keeps search during selection/back, switches detail, and displays
     assert.equal(cards().length, 1);
     await act(async () => cards()[0].props.onClick());
     assert.equal(renderer.root.findByType('article').props['aria-label'], 'Alpha');
-    assert.equal(cards()[0].props['aria-current'], 'true');
+    assert.equal(cards().length, 0, 'detail replaces the entire grid at every width');
+    assert.equal(renderer.root.findAllByType('input').length, 0);
     const detailText = JSON.stringify(renderer.toJSON());
     assert.match(detailText, /0.9.0/);
     assert.match(detailText, /Disabled/);
     assert.match(detailText, /Incompatible with this host/);
     assert.match(detailText, /Last recorded error/);
-    assert.match(cards()[0].props.className, /bg-primary\/10/);
-    assert.match(cards()[0].props.className, /border-primary\/40/);
-    assert.doesNotMatch(cards()[0].props.className, /bg-accent|text-accent-foreground/);
-    assert.match(detailText, /1 plugins/);
     assert.equal(renderer.root.findAllByType('details').length, 0, 'permissions are not hidden in a disclosure');
     assert.equal(renderer.root.findAll((node) => node.type === 'button' && node.children.includes('Install this version (disabled)')).length, 0, 'source-only cards have no install action');
     const back = () => renderer.root.findAllByType('button').find((node) => node.children.includes('All plugins'))!;
@@ -56,15 +67,12 @@ test('catalog keeps search during selection/back, switches detail, and displays
     assert.equal(renderer.root.findAllByType('article').length, 0);
     assert.equal(input().props.value, 'Alpha');
     await act(async () => input().props.onChange({ target: { value: '' } }));
-    await act(async () => cards()[0].props.onClick());
     await act(async () => cards()[1].props.onClick());
     assert.equal(renderer.root.findByType('article').props['aria-label'], 'Beta');
-    assert.equal(cards()[1].props['aria-current'], 'true');
-    assert.equal(cards()[0].props['aria-current'], undefined);
+    assert.equal(cards().length, 0);
+    await act(async () => back().props.onClick());
     await act(async () => input().props.onChange({ target: { value: 'no match' } }));
     assert.equal(cards().length, 0);
-    assert.equal(renderer.root.findByType('article').props['aria-label'], 'Beta', 'filtering does not erase the selected detail');
-    await act(async () => back().props.onClick());
     assert.equal(input().props.value, 'no match');
     await act(async () => renderer.unmount());
   } finally {
@@ -81,29 +89,29 @@ test('README failure leaves the permissions and source visible, before the failu
   assert.match(html, /Compatibility and permissions/);
   assert.match(html, /settings.read/);
   assert.match(html, /not a grant/);
-  assert.match(html, /Build with the local CLI/);
+  assert.match(html, /Source example/);
   assert.ok(html.indexOf('settings.read') < html.indexOf('Network unavailable'));
   assert.match(html, /Retry/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(html, /<details/);
 });
 
-test('responsive layout is scoped to marketplace content width, with a narrow detail-only fallback', () => {
+test('cards use subtle shadows and details have no breakpoint-specific columns or nested scroller', () => {
   const css = readFileSync(new URL('./plugin-marketplace.css', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
-  assert.match(css, /\.plugin-marketplace \{ container-type: inline-size;/);
-  assert.match(css, /@container \(min-width: 820px\)/);
-  assert.match(css, /grid-template-columns: 248px minmax\(0, 1fr\)/);
-  assert.match(css, /plugin-marketplace-browser--selected \.plugin-marketplace-catalog \{ display: none;/);
+  assert.match(css, /box-shadow: 0 1px 4px/);
+  assert.match(css, /\.dark \.plugin-card/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(css, /@container|248px|max-height|overflow-y/);
 });
 
-test('narrow detail starts at the top and back restores the settings scroll and card focus', async () => {
+test('full-page detail starts at the top and back restores the settings scroll and card focus', async () => {
   const previousRaf = globalThis.requestAnimationFrame;
-  globalThis.requestAnimationFrame = (callback) => { callback(0); return 0; };
+  const frames: FrameRequestCallback[] = [];
+  globalThis.requestAnimationFrame = (callback) => { frames.push(callback); return frames.length; };
   const actGlobal = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean };
   const previousActEnvironment = actGlobal.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
   actGlobal.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
   const pane = { scrollTop: 450 };
   let focused = false;
-  const list = { scrollTop: 0, closest: (selector: string) => selector === '.plugin-marketplace' ? { clientWidth: 700 } : pane,
+  const list = { scrollTop: 0, closest: (selector: string) => selector === '.plugin-marketplace' ? { clientWidth: 1100 } : pane,
     querySelectorAll: () => [{ dataset: { pluginId: entries[0].id }, focus: () => { focused = true; } }] };
   let renderer!: ReactTestRenderer;
   function Harness() {
@@ -111,12 +119,14 @@ test('narrow detail starts at the top and back restores the settings scroll and
     return <I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={catalog} selected={selected} onSelect={setSelected} installed={[]} /></I18nProvider>;
   }
   try {
-    await act(async () => { renderer = create(<Harness />, { createNodeMock: (element) => element.type === 'div' ? list : { scrollTo() {}, focus() {} } }); });
+    await act(async () => { renderer = create(<Harness />, { createNodeMock: (element) => element.type === 'div' && (element.props as { className?: string }).className?.includes('plugin-marketplace-catalog') ? list : null }); });
     const card = renderer.root.findAll((node) => node.type === 'button' && node.props['data-plugin-id'] === entries[0].id)[0];
     await act(async () => card.props.onClick());
+    frames.splice(0).forEach((frame) => frame(0));
     assert.equal(pane.scrollTop, 0);
     const back = renderer.root.findAllByType('button').find((node) => node.children.includes('All plugins'))!;
     await act(async () => back.props.onClick());
+    frames.splice(0).forEach((frame) => frame(0));
     assert.equal(pane.scrollTop, 450);
     assert.equal(focused, true);
     await act(async () => renderer.unmount());
@@ -131,11 +141,10 @@ test('offline catalog warning keeps details visible and disables market installa
   const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent
     catalog={{ ...catalog, entries: [downloadable], listError: 'Registry offline', source: 'cached' }}
     selected={downloadable.id} onSelect={() => {}} installed={[]} /></I18nProvider>);
-  assert.match(html, /Registry offline/);
-  assert.match(html, /Installation is unavailable until refresh succeeds/);
+  assert.match(html, /Offline catalog · installation unavailable/);
   assert.match(html, /Compatibility and permissions/);
   assert.match(html, /<button[^>]*disabled=""[^>]*>Install this version/);
-  assert.match(html, /Retry/);
+  assert.match(html, /Notices: 1/);
 });
 
 test('manual refresh remains available after success and is disabled while loading', () => {
@@ -144,3 +153,26 @@ test('manual refresh remains available after success and is disabled while loadi
   const loading = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={{ ...catalog, listStatus: 'loading' }} selected={null} onSelect={() => {}} installed={[]} /></I18nProvider>);
   assert.match(loading, /<button[^>]*disabled=""[^>]*>Refresh<\/button>/);
 });
+
+test('replacing an installed plugin discloses that its running version will stop beside the install action', () => {
+  const downloadable = { ...entries[0], artifact: { url: 'https://github.com/example/plugin/releases/download/v1/plugin.ncpkg', sha256: 'a'.repeat(64) } };
+  const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent
+    catalog={{ ...catalog, entries: [downloadable] }} selected={downloadable.id} onSelect={() => {}}
+    installed={[{ id: downloadable.id, activeVersion: '0.9.0', enabled: true, source: { id: 'official', kind: 'official', name: 'Official', origin: 'https://plugins.netcatty.app' } } as NetcattyInstalledPlugin]} /></I18nProvider>);
+  assert.match(html, /<p[^>]*>This replaces and stops the installed version\./);
+  assert.ok(html.indexOf('This replaces and stops') < html.indexOf('Install this version (disabled)'));
+});
+
+test('a mirror cannot claim another source installation or offer cross-source replacement', () => {
+  const mirror = { id: 'third-party:mirror', kind: 'third-party' as const, name: 'Netcatty', origin: 'https://mirror.example.com' };
+  const existing = { id: entries[0].id, activeVersion: '1.0.0', enabled: true, source: { id: 'official', kind: 'official', name: 'Official', origin: 'https://plugins.netcatty.app' } } as NetcattyInstalledPlugin;
+  const list = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={catalog}
+    marketSource={mirror} selected={null} onSelect={() => {}} installed={[existing]} /></I18nProvider>);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(list, />Installed</);
+  const downloadable = { ...entries[0], artifact: { url: `${mirror.origin}/assets/${'a'.repeat(64)}.ncpkg`, sha256: 'a'.repeat(64) } };
+  const detail = renderToStaticMarkup(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={{ ...catalog, entries: [downloadable] }}
+    marketSource={mirror} selected={downloadable.id} onSelect={() => {}} installed={[existing]} /></I18nProvider>);
+  assert.match(detail, /installed from another source/);
+  assert.match(detail, /https:\/\/plugins.netcatty.app/);
+  assert.match(detail, /disabled=""[^>]*>Install this version/);
+});

components/settings/tabs/PluginMarketplace.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
+import { PluginStatus } from './PluginStatus';
+import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogDescription, DialogTitle } from '../../ui/dialog';
+import { PluginInfo } from './PluginInfo';
 import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { PluginBrandIcon } from '../../plugins/PluginBrandIcon';
 import { ArrowLeft } from 'lucide-react';
@@ -5,18 +9,20 @@ import { useI18n } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
 import { usePluginCatalog } from '../../../application/state/usePluginCatalog';
 import { Input } from '../../ui/input';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/button';
-import { SettingCard } from '../settings-ui';
 import { PluginPackageDetails } from './PluginPackageManager';
 import { PluginReadme } from './PluginReadme';
 
-export function PluginMarketplace({ installed = [] }: { installed?: NetcattyInstalledPlugin[] }) {
+export function PluginMarketplace({ installed = [], toolbarContainer, noVault, source }: { source?: NetcattyPluginSource; noVault?: boolean; installed?: NetcattyInstalledPlugin[]; toolbarContainer?: HTMLElement | null }) {
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const catalog = usePluginCatalog(selected);
-  return <PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={catalog} installed={installed} selected={selected} onSelect={setSelected} />;
+  const catalog = usePluginCatalog(selected, source?.id);
+  return <PluginMarketplaceContent catalog={catalog} marketSource={source} installed={installed} selected={selected} onSelect={setSelected} toolbarContainer={toolbarContainer} noVault={noVault} />;
 }
 
 // The browser owns only presentation state; installation and README policy stay in the existing hook.
-export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelect }: {
+export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelect, toolbarContainer, noVault, marketSource }: {
+  marketSource?: NetcattyPluginSource;
+  noVault?: boolean;
+  toolbarContainer?: HTMLElement | null;
   catalog: ReturnType<typeof usePluginCatalog>;
   installed: NetcattyInstalledPlugin[];
   selected: string | null;
@@ -24,24 +30,26 @@ export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelec
 }) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
+  const [confirmInstall, setConfirmInstall] = useState(false);
+  const [clearPreviousSource, setClearPreviousSource] = useState(false);
   const listRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const detailRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
+  const detailRef = useRef<HTMLHeadingElement>(null);
+  const installButtonRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   const lastSelection = useRef<string | null>(null);
-  const listScroll = useRef(0);
   const pageScroll = useRef(0);
   const entry = catalog.entries.find((item) => item.id === selected);
   const filtered = filterPluginCatalog(catalog.entries, search);
-  const installedEntry = installed.find((item) => item.id === entry?.id);
+  const sourceId = marketSource?.id ?? 'official';
+  const sameSource = (plugin: NetcattyInstalledPlugin) => (plugin.source?.id ?? 'local') === sourceId;
+  const installedEntry = installed.find((item) => item.id === entry?.id && sameSource(item));
+  const conflictingInstall = installed.find((item) => item.id === entry?.id && !sameSource(item));
   const choose = (id: string) => {
-    listScroll.current = listRef.current?.scrollTop ?? 0;
-    if (!entry) pageScroll.current = listRef.current?.closest('[data-settings-scroll-pane]')?.scrollTop ?? 0;
+    const pane = listRef.current?.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-settings-scroll-pane]');
+    pageScroll.current = pane?.scrollTop ?? 0;
     lastSelection.current = id;
     onSelect(id);
     requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-      detailRef.current?.scrollTo?.(0, 0);
-      const container = listRef.current?.closest<HTMLElement>('.plugin-marketplace');
-      const pane = listRef.current?.closest('[data-settings-scroll-pane]');
-      if (container && container.clientWidth < 820 && pane) pane.scrollTop = 0;
+      if (pane) pane.scrollTop = 0;
       detailRef.current?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
     });
   };
@@ -49,7 +57,6 @@ export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelec
     onSelect(null);
     requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       if (listRef.current) {
-        listRef.current.scrollTop = listScroll.current;
         const pane = listRef.current.closest('[data-settings-scroll-pane]');
         if (pane) pane.scrollTop = pageScroll.current;
         const button = Array.from(listRef.current.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-plugin-id]'))
@@ -58,46 +65,54 @@ export function PluginMarketplaceContent({ catalog, installed, selected, onSelec
       }
     });
   };
+  const refresh = !entry && <Button variant="outline" size="sm" disabled={catalog.listStatus === 'loading'} onClick={catalog.retryList}>{t('common.refresh')}</Button>;
   return <section className="plugin-marketplace space-y-4" aria-label={t('settings.plugins.market.title')}>
-    <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3"><p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.note')}</p><Button variant="outline" size="sm" disabled={catalog.listStatus === 'loading'} onClick={catalog.retryList}>{t('common.refresh')}</Button></div>
-    {catalog.listStatus === 'ready' && catalog.listError && <div role="status" className="space-y-2 rounded-lg border p-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground"><p>{t('settings.plugins.market.offline')}</p><p>{catalog.listError}</p><Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={catalog.retryList}>{t('settings.plugins.market.retry')}</Button></div>}
+    {toolbarContainer ? createPortal(<><PluginStatus sourceKind={marketSource?.kind} noVault={noVault} offlineError={catalog.listError} retry={catalog.retryList} />{refresh}</>, toolbarContainer) : <div className="flex items-center gap-2"><PluginStatus sourceKind={marketSource?.kind} noVault={noVault} offlineError={catalog.listError} retry={catalog.retryList} />{refresh}</div>}
     {catalog.error && <p role="alert" className="text-xs text-destructive">{catalog.error}</p>}
-    <div className={`plugin-marketplace-browser${entry ? ' plugin-marketplace-browser--selected' : ''}`}>
-      <div className="plugin-marketplace-catalog space-y-3" ref={listRef}>
-        <Input value={search} onChange={(event) => setSearch(event.target.value)} placeholder={t('settings.plugins.market.search')} aria-label={t('settings.plugins.market.search')} />
-        {catalog.listStatus === 'ready' && <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground" aria-live="polite">{t('settings.plugins.market.results', { count: filtered.length })}</p>}
+    <div className="plugin-marketplace-browser">
+      {!entry && <div className="plugin-marketplace-catalog space-y-3" ref={listRef}>
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3"><Input value={search} onChange={(event) => setSearch(event.target.value)} placeholder={t('settings.plugins.market.search')} aria-label={t('settings.plugins.market.search')} />
+        {catalog.listStatus === 'ready' && <p className="shrink-0 text-xs text-muted-foreground" aria-live="polite">{t('settings.plugins.market.results', { count: filtered.length })}</p>}</div>
         {catalog.listStatus === 'ready' && catalog.entries.length > 0 && filtered.length === 0 && <p className="rounded-lg border border-dashed p-6 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.noResults')}</p>}
         {catalog.listStatus === 'loading' && <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.loading')}</p>}
         {catalog.listStatus === 'error' && <div role="alert" className="space-y-2 text-xs text-destructive"><p>{catalog.listError}</p><Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={catalog.retryList}>{t('settings.plugins.market.retry')}</Button></div>}
         {catalog.listStatus === 'ready' && catalog.entries.length === 0 && <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.empty')}</p>}
         <div className="plugin-marketplace-grid">{filtered.map((item) => {
-          const isInstalled = installed.some((plugin) => plugin.id === item.id);
+          const isInstalled = installed.some((plugin) => plugin.id === item.id && sameSource(plugin));
           return <button key={item.id} type="button" data-plugin-id={item.id} aria-current={selected === item.id ? 'true' : undefined} onClick={() => choose(item.id)}
-            className={`min-w-0 flex flex-col gap-3 rounded-lg border p-4 text-left ${entry ? '' : 'min-h-[200px]'} transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring ${selected === item.id ? 'border-primary/40 bg-primary/10 text-foreground' : 'border-border bg-card hover:bg-muted/50'}`}>
-            <div className="flex items-start gap-2"><PluginBrandIcon entry={item} size={32} className="mt-0.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" /><span className="min-w-0 break-words text-sm font-semibold">{item.name}</span></div>
+            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>
             <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 border px-2 py-0.5">{t('settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge')}</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>
           </button>;
         })}</div>
-      </div>
-      {entry && <article key={entry.id} ref={detailRef} tabIndex={-1} aria-label={entry.name} className="plugin-marketplace-detail min-w-0 space-y-5 rounded-lg border bg-card p-4 focus:outline-none">
+      </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 className="break-words text-xl font-semibold">{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><p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{entry.author} · {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>}
         <p className="text-sm leading-6 text-muted-foreground">{entry.description}</p>
         <a className="block break-all text-xs text-primary underline underline-offset-4" href={`https://github.com/${entry.repository}/tree/${entry.commit}`} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">{entry.repository} @ {entry.commit.slice(0, 12)}</a>
-        {entry.artifact ? <div className="space-y-2"><p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.installNote')}</p><Button size="sm" disabled={catalog.busy || Boolean(catalog.listError)} onClick={() => void catalog.install(entry.id)}>{t('settings.plugins.market.install')}</Button></div> : <p className="rounded-lg bg-muted/40 p-3 text-xs leading-5">{t('settings.plugins.market.sourceOnly')}</p>}
-        <SettingCard padded><h4 className="mb-3 text-sm font-semibold">{t('settings.plugins.market.manifest')}</h4><PluginPackageDetails plugin={{ id: entry.id, activeVersion: entry.version, enabled: false, manifest: entry.manifest, archiveSha256: entry.artifact?.sha256, runtime: { status: 'stopped', kind: null, lastError: null, quarantinedAt: null } }} /></SettingCard>
-        <div className="min-w-0 border-t pt-4"><h4 className="text-sm font-semibold">README</h4><p className="mt-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.readmeNote')}</p>{catalog.readmeStatus === 'loading' && <p className="mt-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.loading')}</p>}
+        {conflictingInstall && <p role="status" className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.sources.conflict')} {conflictingInstall.source?.origin ?? t('settings.plugins.sources.local')}</p>}
+        {entry.artifact ? <div className="space-y-2"><p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.installNote')}</p>{catalog.listError && <p role="status" className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.offlineShort')}</p>}<Button ref={installButtonRef} size="sm" disabled={catalog.busy || Boolean(catalog.listError) || Boolean(conflictingInstall)} onClick={() => { if (marketSource?.kind === 'third-party' || (catalog.sourceBinding && catalog.sourceBinding.id !== (marketSource?.id ?? 'official'))) { setClearPreviousSource(false); setConfirmInstall(true); } else void catalog.install(entry.id); }}>{t('settings.plugins.market.install')}</Button></div> : <div className="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground"><span>{t('settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge')}</span><PluginInfo label={t('settings.plugins.market.sourceBadge')}>{t(marketSource?.kind === 'third-party' ? 'settings.plugins.sources.sourceOnly' : 'settings.plugins.market.sourceOnly')}</PluginInfo></div>}
+        <section><h4 className="mb-3 text-sm font-semibold">{t('settings.plugins.market.manifest')}</h4><PluginPackageDetails plugin={{ id: entry.id, activeVersion: entry.version, enabled: false, manifest: entry.manifest, archiveSha256: entry.artifact?.sha256, runtime: { status: 'stopped', kind: null, lastError: null, quarantinedAt: null } }} /></section>
+        <div className="min-w-0 border-t pt-4"><div className="flex items-center gap-1"><h4 className="text-sm font-semibold">README</h4><PluginInfo label={t('settings.plugins.market.readmeInfo')}>{t('settings.plugins.market.readmeNote')}</PluginInfo></div>{catalog.readmeStatus === 'loading' && <p className="mt-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.loading')}</p>}
           {catalog.readmeStatus === 'error' && <div role="alert" className="mt-3 space-y-2 text-xs text-destructive"><p>{catalog.readmeError}</p><Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={catalog.retryReadme}>{t('settings.plugins.market.retry')}</Button></div>}
           {catalog.readmeStatus === 'ready' && (catalog.readme?.trim() ? <PluginReadme markdown={catalog.readme} /> : <p className="mt-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.emptyReadme')}</p>)}
         </div>
       </article>}
     </div>
+    <Dialog open={confirmInstall && Boolean(entry)} onOpenChange={setConfirmInstall}><DialogContent className="max-h-[85vh] overflow-y-auto" onCloseAutoFocus={(event) => { event.preventDefault(); installButtonRef.current?.focus(); }}>
+      <DialogTitle>{t('settings.plugins.sources.installConfirm')}</DialogTitle><DialogDescription>{t('settings.plugins.sources.risk')}</DialogDescription>
+      <p className="break-all text-sm font-medium">{marketSource?.origin}</p>
+      {entry && <PluginPackageDetails plugin={{ id: entry.id, activeVersion: entry.version, enabled: false, manifest: entry.manifest, source: marketSource, archiveSha256: entry.artifact?.sha256, runtime: { status: 'stopped', kind: null, lastError: null, quarantinedAt: null } }} />}
+      {catalog.sourceBinding && catalog.sourceBinding.id !== (marketSource?.id ?? 'official') && <label className="flex items-start gap-2 text-xs"><input type="checkbox" checked={clearPreviousSource} onChange={(event) => setClearPreviousSource(event.target.checked)} />{t('settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate')}<span className="break-all">{catalog.sourceBinding.origin ?? t('settings.plugins.sources.local')}</span></label>}
+      <Button disabled={catalog.busy || Boolean(catalog.listError) || Boolean(catalog.sourceBinding && catalog.sourceBinding.id !== (marketSource?.id ?? 'official') && !clearPreviousSource)} onClick={() => { if (entry) void catalog.install(entry.id, marketSource?.id, clearPreviousSource).then(() => setConfirmInstall(false)); }}>{t('settings.plugins.market.install')}</Button>
+    </DialogContent></Dialog>
   </section>;
 }
 

components/settings/tabs/PluginPackageManager.tsx

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function PluginPackageDetails({ plugin }: { plugin: NetcattyInstalledPlug
       <dt className="text-muted-foreground">API</dt><dd>{manifest.engines.api}</dd>
       <dt className="text-muted-foreground">SHA-256</dt><dd className="break-all font-mono">{plugin.archiveSha256 ?? '-'}</dd>
     </dl>
-    <p className={!policy.browserOnly ? 'text-destructive' : 'text-muted-foreground'}>{t(`settings.plugins.manager.${runtimeLabel}`)}</p>
+    <p className={!policy.browserOnly && !policy.dataOnly ? 'text-destructive' : 'text-muted-foreground'}>{policy.dataOnly ? t('settings.plugins.manager.dataTheme') : t(`settings.plugins.manager.${runtimeLabel}`)}</p>
     <div className="space-y-2">
       <h4 className="font-medium">{t('settings.plugins.manager.permissions')}</h4>
       <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.manager.permissionNote')}</p>
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export function PluginPackageManager({ manager, onSelectionChange }: { manager:
   const { t, resolvedLocale } = useI18n();
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
+  const [sourceFilter, setSourceFilter] = useState('');
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
   const scrollTop = useRef(0);
   const lastSelection = useRef<string | null>(null);
@@ -72,18 +73,19 @@ export function PluginPackageManager({ manager, onSelectionChange }: { manager:
       else Array.from(rootRef.current?.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-plugin-card]') ?? []).find((button) => button.dataset.pluginCard === lastSelection.current)?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
     });
   };
-  const visible = selectedPlugin ? [selectedPlugin] : manager.plugins.filter((plugin) => [nameOf(plugin), plugin.manifest?.publisher, plugin.manifest?.description, plugin.id].some((value) => JSON.stringify(value ?? '').toLocaleLowerCase().includes(search.trim().toLocaleLowerCase())));
+  const visible = selectedPlugin ? [selectedPlugin] : manager.plugins.filter((plugin) => (!sourceFilter || (plugin.source?.id ?? 'local') === sourceFilter) && [nameOf(plugin), plugin.manifest?.publisher, plugin.manifest?.description, plugin.id].some((value) => JSON.stringify(value ?? '').toLocaleLowerCase().includes(search.trim().toLocaleLowerCase())));
   const [removing, setRemoving] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [clearSource, setClearSource] = useState(false);
   if (!manager.available) return null;
   return <section ref={rootRef} className="space-y-4" aria-label={t('settings.plugins.manager.installed')}>
-    <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.manager.preview')}</p>
     {selectedPlugin && <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onClick={() => choose(null)}><ArrowLeft size={14} className="mr-2" />{t('settings.plugins.manager.installed')}</Button>}
+    {!selectedPlugin && manager.plugins.length > 0 && <select aria-label={t('settings.plugins.sources.source')} value={sourceFilter} onChange={(event) => setSourceFilter(event.target.value)} className="h-9 rounded-md border border-input bg-background px-3 text-sm"><option value="">{t('settings.plugins.sources.all')}</option>{[...new Map(manager.plugins.map((plugin) => [plugin.source?.id ?? 'local', plugin.source])).entries()].map(([id, source]) => <option key={id} value={id}>{source?.origin ?? t('settings.plugins.sources.local')}</option>)}</select>}
     {!selectedPlugin && manager.plugins.length > 0 && <Input value={search} onChange={(event) => setSearch(event.target.value)} placeholder={t('settings.plugins.market.search')} aria-label={t('settings.plugins.market.search')} />}
     {!selectedPlugin && manager.plugins.length > 0 && visible.length === 0 && <p className="p-6 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.market.noResults')}</p>}
     {manager.error && <p role="alert" className="text-sm text-destructive">{manager.error}</p>}
     {!manager.plugins.length && <div className="rounded-xl border border-dashed border-border p-8 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.manager.empty')}</div>}
     <div className={selectedPlugin ? 'space-y-4' : 'grid grid-cols-[repeat(auto-fill,minmax(min(100%,280px),1fr))] gap-3'}>
-    {visible.map((plugin) => <article key={plugin.id} data-plugin-detail={selectedPlugin ? true : undefined} tabIndex={selectedPlugin ? -1 : undefined} aria-label={nameOf(plugin)} className={`min-w-0 rounded-lg border bg-card p-4 focus:outline-none ${selectedPlugin ? 'space-y-4' : 'flex min-h-[200px] flex-col gap-3'}`}>
+    {visible.map((plugin) => <article key={plugin.id} data-plugin-detail={selectedPlugin ? true : undefined} tabIndex={selectedPlugin ? -1 : undefined} aria-label={nameOf(plugin)} className={`min-w-0 rounded-lg focus:outline-none ${selectedPlugin ? 'space-y-4' : 'plugin-card flex min-h-[200px] flex-col gap-3 bg-card p-4'}`}>
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
         <div className="flex h-12 w-12 shrink-0 items-center justify-center"><PluginBrandIcon plugin={plugin} size={32} /></div>
         <button type="button" data-plugin-card={plugin.id} className="min-w-0 flex-1 rounded text-left focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring" aria-expanded={selected === plugin.id} onClick={() => choose(selected === plugin.id ? null : plugin.id)}>
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ export function PluginPackageManager({ manager, onSelectionChange }: { manager:
           {t(manager.statusKnown === false ? 'settings.plugins.permissions.statusUnknown' : plugin.enabled ? 'settings.plugins.manager.enabled' : 'settings.plugins.manager.disabled')}
         </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>}
       <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">
@@ -112,9 +115,10 @@ export function PluginPackageManager({ manager, onSelectionChange }: { manager:
         <PluginPermissionPanel key={plugin.id} pluginId={plugin.id} onChanged={async () => { await manager.refresh(); }} />
         {removing === plugin.id ? <div className="space-y-2 rounded-lg border border-destructive/30 p-3">
           <p className="text-xs">{t('settings.plugins.manager.removeNote')}</p>
-          <Button variant="destructive" size="sm" disabled={manager.busy} onClick={() => { void manager.uninstall(plugin.id); setRemoving(null); }}>{t('settings.plugins.manager.remove')}</Button>
+          <label className="flex items-start gap-2 text-xs"><input type="checkbox" checked={clearSource} onChange={(event) => setClearSource(event.target.checked)} />{t('settings.plugins.sources.clearPrivate')}</label>
+          <Button variant="destructive" size="sm" disabled={manager.busy} onClick={() => { void manager.uninstall(plugin.id, clearSource); setRemoving(null); }}>{t('settings.plugins.manager.remove')}</Button>
           <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onClick={() => setRemoving(null)}>{t('common.cancel')}</Button>
-        </div> : <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" disabled={manager.busy} onClick={() => setRemoving(plugin.id)}>{t('settings.plugins.manager.remove')}</Button>}
+        </div> : <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" disabled={manager.busy} onClick={() => { setClearSource(false); setRemoving(plugin.id); }}>{t('settings.plugins.manager.remove')}</Button>}
       </>}
     </article>)}
     </div>

components/settings/tabs/PluginPermissionPanel.tsx

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function PluginPermissionPanel({ pluginId, onChanged }: {
       pending.current = false; setBusy(false);
     }
   };
-  return <section className="space-y-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-4 text-sm" aria-label={t('settings.plugins.permissions.title')}>
+  return <section data-host-security-surface="" className="space-y-3 border-t border-border/60 pt-4 text-sm" aria-label={t('settings.plugins.permissions.title')}>
     <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
       <h4 className="font-medium">{t('settings.plugins.permissions.title')}</h4>
       <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" disabled={busy} onClick={() => void refresh()}>{t('settings.plugins.permissions.refresh')}</Button>

components/settings/tabs/PluginStatus.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useI18n } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { Button } from '../../ui/button';
+import { PluginInfo } from './PluginInfo';
+
+export function PluginStatus({ noVault, offlineError, retry, sourceKind }: { sourceKind?: NetcattyPluginSource['kind']; noVault?: boolean; offlineError?: string | null; retry?: () => void }) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const count = Number(Boolean(noVault)) + Number(Boolean(offlineError));
+  const explanation = <>{noVault && <p>{t('settings.plugins.manager.noVault')}</p>}{offlineError && <><p>{t(sourceKind === 'third-party' ? 'settings.plugins.sources.offline' : 'settings.plugins.market.offline')}</p><p className="break-words">{offlineError}</p></>}</>;
+  const label = count ? `${t('settings.plugins.info')} · ${t('settings.plugins.status', { count })}` : t('settings.plugins.info');
+  const help = <><p>{t('settings.plugins.manager.preview')}</p><p>{t(sourceKind === 'third-party' ? 'settings.plugins.sources.note' : 'settings.plugins.market.note')}</p></>;
+  const preview = <>{count > 0 && <p>{t('settings.plugins.status', { count })}</p>}{explanation}{help}</>;
+  return <PluginInfo label={label} badgeCount={count} previewContent={preview}>{explanation}{offlineError && retry && <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={retry}>{t('settings.plugins.market.retry')}</Button>}{count > 0 && <hr className="border-border/60" />}{help}</PluginInfo>;
+}

components/settings/tabs/PluginThemePicker.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { JSDOM } from "jsdom";
+import type {
+  ThemePackCatalog,
+  ThemePackEntry,
+} from "@netcatty/plugin-contract";
+
+test("host theme picker previews without persistence, applies, restores, and cancels stale owners safely", async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM(
+    '<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></div></body></html>',
+    { url: "http://localhost", pretendToBeVisual: true },
+  );
+  const previous = new Map<string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined>();
+  for (const key of [
+    "window",
+    "document",
+    "navigator",
+    "HTMLElement",
+    "Element",
+    "Node",
+    "Event",
+    "MouseEvent",
+    "IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT",
+  ]) {
+    previous.set(key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key));
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, {
+      configurable: true,
+      writable: true,
+      value:
+        key === "IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT"
+          ? true
+          : key === "window"
+            ? dom.window
+            : dom.window[key as keyof typeof dom.window],
+    });
+  }
+  const { default: React, act, useLayoutEffect } = await import("react");
+  const { createRoot } = await import("react-dom/client");
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import(
+    "../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider"
+  );
+  const { PluginThemePicker } = await import("./PluginThemePicker");
+  const { pluginThemeRegistry: registry } = await import(
+    "../../../infrastructure/config/pluginThemeRegistry"
+  );
+  const { usePluginThemeRevision } = await import(
+    "../../../application/state/usePluginThemeRuntime"
+  );
+  const { getUiThemeById } = await import(
+    "../../../infrastructure/config/uiThemes"
+  );
+  const { applyThemeTokens } = await import(
+    "../../../application/state/settingsStateDefaults"
+  );
+  const entry: ThemePackEntry = {
+    ref: {
+      pluginId: "com.example.theme",
+      themeId: "com.example.theme.forest",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      digest: "a".repeat(64),
+      variant: "light",
+    },
+    label: "Forest",
+    pluginName: "Synthetic Theme",
+    dataOnly: true,
+    palette: { formatVersion: 1, base: "light", colors: { accent: "#166534" } },
+  };
+  let writes = 0,
+    restores = 0;
+  let catalog: ThemePackCatalog = {
+    selection: {
+      formatVersion: 1,
+      revision: registry.getCatalog().selection.revision + 1,
+      light: null,
+      dark: null,
+    },
+    entries: [entry],
+    diagnostics: [],
+  };
+  registry.setCatalog(catalog);
+  Object.assign(dom.window, {
+    netcatty: {
+      async applyPluginTheme(request: {
+        expectedRevision: number;
+        choice: ThemePackCatalog["selection"]["light"];
+      }) {
+        assert.equal(request.expectedRevision, catalog.selection.revision);
+        writes++;
+        catalog = {
+          ...catalog,
+          selection: {
+            ...catalog.selection,
+            revision: catalog.selection.revision + 1,
+            light: request.choice,
+          },
+        };
+        registry.setCatalog(catalog);
+        return catalog;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  function Fixture() {
+    const revision = usePluginThemeRevision();
+    useLayoutEffect(
+      () =>
+        applyThemeTokens(
+          "light",
+          "light",
+          getUiThemeById("light", "snow").tokens,
+          "theme",
+          "",
+        ),
+      [revision],
+    );
+    return (
+      <I18nProvider locale="en">
+        <PluginThemePicker mode="light" onRestore={() => restores++} />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+  }
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!);
+  const button = (label: string) =>
+    [...document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>("button")].find(
+      (b) => b.textContent === label,
+    )!;
+  try {
+    await act(async () => root.render(<Fixture />));
+    const original =
+      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue("--primary");
+    await act(async () => {
+      const select = document.querySelector("select")!;
+      select.value = `${entry.ref.pluginId}/${entry.ref.themeId}`;
+      select.dispatchEvent(new Event("change", { bubbles: true }));
+    });
+    await act(async () => button("Preview").click());
+    assert.equal(writes, 0);
+    assert.equal(
+      getUiThemeById("light", "snow", false).tokens.primary,
+      original,
+      "local preview does not enter the global plugin view environment",
+    );
+    assert.notEqual(
+      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"),
+      original,
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      document.documentElement.hasAttribute("data-plugin-theme-active"),
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue(
+        "--host-security-primary",
+      ),
+    );
+    await act(async () => button("Cancel preview").click());
+    assert.equal(
+      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"),
+      original,
+    );
+    assert.equal(writes, 0);
+    await act(async () => {
+      button("Preview").click();
+      button("Apply").click();
+    });
+    assert.equal(writes, 1);
+    assert.equal(catalog.selection.light?.ref.themeId, entry.ref.themeId);
+    await act(async () => button("Restore default").click());
+    assert.equal(writes, 2);
+    assert.equal(restores, 1);
+    assert.equal(catalog.selection.light, null);
+    await act(async () => {
+      registry.startPreview("old-owner", entry);
+      registry.startPreview("new-owner", entry);
+      registry.cancelPreview("old-owner");
+    });
+    assert.notEqual(
+      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"),
+      original,
+    );
+    await act(async () =>
+      registry.setCatalog({
+        ...catalog,
+        selection: {
+          ...catalog.selection,
+          revision: catalog.selection.revision + 1,
+        },
+        entries: [],
+      }),
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"),
+      original,
+      "package withdrawal cancels previews",
+    );
+    await act(async () =>
+      registry.setCatalog({
+        ...catalog,
+        selection: {
+          ...catalog.selection,
+          revision: catalog.selection.revision + 2,
+          light: { ref: entry.ref },
+        },
+        entries: [],
+      }),
+    );
+    assert.equal(getUiThemeById("light", "snow").id, "host-plugin-fallback");
+    await act(async () => registry.setHighContrast(true));
+    assert.equal(getUiThemeById("light", "snow").id, "host-high-contrast");
+  } finally {
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.unmount();
+      registry.setHighContrast(false);
+      registry.setCatalog({
+        ...catalog,
+        selection: {
+          formatVersion: 1,
+          revision: registry.getCatalog().selection.revision + 1,
+          light: null,
+          dark: null,
+        },
+        entries: [],
+      });
+    });
+    dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) {
+      if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key);
+    }
+  }
+});

components/settings/tabs/PluginThemePicker.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import { useEffect, useId, useState } from "react";
+import { useI18n } from "../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider";
+import {
+  applyPluginThemeSelection,
+  usePluginThemeRevision,
+} from "../../../application/state/usePluginThemeRuntime";
+import { pluginThemeRegistry } from "../../../infrastructure/config/pluginThemeRegistry";
+import { Button } from "../../ui/button";
+
+export function PluginThemePicker({
+  mode,
+  onRestore,
+}: {
+  mode: "light" | "dark";
+  onRestore: () => void;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  usePluginThemeRevision();
+  const owner = useId();
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState(""),
+    [pending, setPending] = useState(false),
+    [error, setError] = useState("");
+  const catalog = pluginThemeRegistry.getCatalog();
+  const entries = catalog.entries.filter((e) => e.palette.base === mode);
+  const applied = catalog.selection[mode];
+  const appliedAvailable =
+    applied &&
+    entries.some(
+      (e) =>
+        e.ref.pluginId === applied.ref.pluginId &&
+        e.ref.themeId === applied.ref.themeId &&
+        e.ref.version === applied.ref.version &&
+        e.ref.digest === applied.ref.digest,
+    );
+  const entry = entries.find(
+    (e) => `${e.ref.pluginId}/${e.ref.themeId}` === selected,
+  );
+  useEffect(
+    () => () => pluginThemeRegistry.cancelPreview(owner),
+    [owner, mode],
+  );
+  async function apply(restore = false) {
+    if (pending || (!restore && !entry)) return;
+    setPending(true);
+    setError("");
+    try {
+      await applyPluginThemeSelection(
+        mode,
+        restore ? null : { ref: entry!.ref },
+      );
+      pluginThemeRegistry.cancelPreview(owner);
+      if (restore) {
+        setSelected("");
+        onRestore();
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(
+        e instanceof Error ? e.message : t("settings.plugins.themes.failed"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      setPending(false);
+    }
+  }
+  return (
+    <section
+      className="space-y-3 py-3"
+      aria-label={t("settings.plugins.themes.title")}
+    >
+      <div>
+        <h4 className="text-sm font-medium">
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.title")}
+        </h4>
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.description")}
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      {entries.length === 0 ? (
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.empty")}
+        </p>
+      ) : (
+        <select
+          className="h-9 w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-background px-3 text-sm"
+          aria-label={t("settings.plugins.themes.choose")}
+          value={entry ? selected : ""}
+          disabled={pending}
+          onChange={(e) => {
+            pluginThemeRegistry.cancelPreview(owner);
+            setSelected(e.target.value);
+            setError("");
+          }}
+        >
+          <option value="">{t("settings.plugins.themes.choose")}</option>
+          {entries.map((e) => (
+            <option
+              key={`${e.ref.pluginId}/${e.ref.themeId}`}
+              value={`${e.ref.pluginId}/${e.ref.themeId}`}
+            >
+              {e.label} — {e.pluginName} {e.ref.version}
+            </option>
+          ))}
+        </select>
+      )}
+      {catalog.selection[mode] && (
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          {t(
+            appliedAvailable
+              ? "settings.plugins.themes.applied"
+              : "settings.plugins.themes.unavailable",
+          )}
+          : {catalog.selection[mode]!.ref.themeId} ·{" "}
+          {catalog.selection[mode]!.ref.version}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="outline"
+          disabled={!entry || pending}
+          onClick={() => {
+            if (entry) pluginThemeRegistry.startPreview(owner, entry);
+          }}
+        >
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.preview")}
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          disabled={!entry || pending}
+          onClick={() => {
+            void apply();
+          }}
+        >
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.apply")}
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="ghost"
+          disabled={pending}
+          onClick={() => pluginThemeRegistry.cancelPreview(owner)}
+        >
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.cancel")}
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="outline"
+          disabled={pending}
+          onClick={() => {
+            void apply(true);
+          }}
+        >
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.restore")}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+      {catalog.diagnostics.length > 0 && (
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          {t("settings.plugins.themes.invalid")}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {error && (
+        <p role="alert" className="text-xs text-destructive">
+          {error}
+        </p>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  );
+}

components/settings/tabs/PluginThirdPartyMarket.interaction.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
+
+test('source management requires consent and Escape restores either opener inside the plugin window', async () => {
+  const dom = new JSDOM('<!doctype html><html><body><div id="root"></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', 'MutationObserver', 'CustomEvent', 'Event', 'KeyboardEvent', 'MouseEvent']) {
+    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);
+  // Install a synthetic preload surface on the isolated DOM window.
+  Object.defineProperty(dom.window, 'netcatty', { value: { listPluginSources: async () => [] }, configurable: true });
+  const { default: React, act } = await import('react');
+  const { createRoot } = await import('react-dom/client');
+  const { PluginThirdPartyMarket } = await import('./PluginThirdPartyMarket');
+  const { PluginManagementDialog } = await import('./PluginManagementDialog');
+  const { I18nProvider } = await import('../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider');
+  const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!);
+  const settle = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60));
+  try {
+    await act(async () => root.render(<I18nProvider locale="en"><PluginManagementDialog><PluginThirdPartyMarket installed={[]} /></PluginManagementDialog></I18nProvider>));
+    await act(async () => { document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button')!.click(); await settle(); });
+    for (const label of ['Manage sources', 'Add source']) {
+      const opener = [...document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button')].find((button) => button.textContent === label)!;
+      assert.ok(opener);
+      await act(async () => { opener.focus(); opener.click(); await settle(); });
+      assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[role="dialog"]').length, 2);
+      const dialogs = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[role="dialog"]');
+      const dialog = dialogs[dialogs.length - 1];
+      assert.match(dialog.textContent ?? '', /real domain/);
+      assert.equal(dialog.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('input[type="checkbox"]')?.checked, false);
+      assert.equal(dialog.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[type="submit"]')?.disabled, true);
+      await act(async () => { dialog.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true, cancelable: true })); await settle(); });
+      assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('[role="dialog"]').length, 1);
+      assert.equal(document.activeElement, opener);
+    }
+  } finally {
+    // Radix schedules unmount autofocus on a timer. Drain it while the DOM's
+    // Event constructor is still installed (Node 22 has a distinct global Event).
+    await act(async () => { root.unmount(); await settle(); });
+    dom.window.close();
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of previous) {
+      if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, key);
+    }
+  }
+});

components/settings/tabs/PluginThirdPartyMarket.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { usePluginSources } from '../../../application/state/usePluginSources';
+import { useI18n } from '../../../application/i18n/I18nProvider';
+import { Button } from '../../ui/button';
+import { Input } from '../../ui/input';
+import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogDescription, DialogTitle } from '../../ui/dialog';
+import { PluginMarketplace } from './PluginMarketplace';
+
+export function PluginThirdPartyMarket({ installed, toolbarContainer, noVault }: {
+  installed: NetcattyInstalledPlugin[]; toolbarContainer?: HTMLElement | null; noVault?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n();
+  const model = usePluginSources();
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState('');
+  const [visited, setVisited] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [managing, setManaging] = useState(false);
+  const opener = useRef<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
+  const openManager = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => { opener.current = event.currentTarget; setManaging(true); };
+  const [name, setName] = useState('');
+  const [address, setAddress] = useState('');
+  const [accepted, setAccepted] = useState(false);
+  const [removing, setRemoving] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [disablePlugins, setDisablePlugins] = useState(false);
+  const sources = model.sources.filter((source) => source.kind === 'third-party');
+  const source = sources.find((item) => item.id === selected && item.enabled);
+  let domain = '';
+  try { domain = new URL(address).host; } catch { /* Host validates before saving. */ }
+  return <div className="space-y-4">
+    <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
+      <select aria-label={t('settings.plugins.sources.select')} value={selected} onChange={(event) => { setSelected(event.target.value); setVisited((items) => [...new Set([...items, event.target.value])]); }} className="h-9 min-w-0 rounded-md border border-input bg-background px-3 text-sm">
+        <option value="">{t('settings.plugins.sources.select')}</option>
+        {sources.filter((item) => item.enabled).map((item) => <option key={item.id} value={item.id}>{item.name} — {new URL(item.origin!).hostname}</option>)}
+      </select>
+      <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={openManager}>{t('settings.plugins.sources.manage')}</Button>
+    </div>
+    {!source && <div className="py-8 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground"><p>{t('settings.plugins.sources.empty')}</p><Button className="mt-3" variant="outline" onClick={openManager}>{t('settings.plugins.sources.add')}</Button></div>}
+    {/* Keep each visited source mounted to preserve its own selection/search/scroll. */}
+    {sources.filter((item) => item.enabled && (item.id === selected || visited.includes(item.id))).map((item) => {
+      return <div key={item.id} hidden={item.id !== source?.id}><PluginMarketplace source={item} installed={installed} toolbarContainer={item.id === source?.id ? toolbarContainer : undefined} noVault={noVault} /></div>;
+    })}
+    <Dialog open={managing} onOpenChange={setManaging}><DialogContent className="max-h-[85vh] overflow-y-auto" onCloseAutoFocus={(event) => { event.preventDefault(); opener.current?.focus(); }}>
+      <DialogTitle>{t('settings.plugins.sources.manage')}</DialogTitle><DialogDescription>{t('settings.plugins.sources.risk')}</DialogDescription>
+      {model.error && <p role="alert" className="text-sm text-destructive">{model.error}</p>}
+      <div className="space-y-3">{sources.map((item) => <div key={item.id} className="space-y-2 rounded-lg bg-muted/30 p-3">
+        <Input aria-label={t('settings.plugins.sources.name')} defaultValue={item.name} onBlur={(event) => { if (event.target.value !== item.name) void model.update(item, event.target.value, Boolean(item.enabled)); }} disabled={model.busy} />
+        <p className="break-all text-xs text-muted-foreground">{item.origin}</p>
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between"><label className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm"><input type="checkbox" checked={Boolean(item.enabled)} disabled={model.busy} onChange={(event) => void model.update(item, item.name, event.target.checked)} />{t('settings.plugins.manager.enabled')}</label><Button variant="ghost" size="sm" disabled={model.busy} onClick={() => { setRemoving(item.id); setDisablePlugins(false); }}>{t('settings.plugins.sources.remove')}</Button></div>
+        {removing === item.id && <div className="space-y-2 text-sm"><p>{t('settings.plugins.sources.removeNote')}</p><label className="flex items-center gap-2"><input type="checkbox" checked={disablePlugins} onChange={(event) => setDisablePlugins(event.target.checked)} />{t('settings.plugins.sources.disablePlugins')}</label><Button size="sm" variant="destructive" disabled={model.busy} onClick={() => void model.remove(item.id, disablePlugins).then((ok) => { if (ok) setRemoving(null); })}>{t('settings.plugins.sources.remove')}</Button></div>}
+      </div>)}</div>
+      <form className="space-y-3" onSubmit={(event) => { event.preventDefault(); if (accepted) void model.add(name, address).then((ok) => { if (ok) { setName(''); setAddress(''); setAccepted(false); } }); }}>
+        <Input required value={name} onChange={(event) => setName(event.target.value)} placeholder={t('settings.plugins.sources.name')} aria-label={t('settings.plugins.sources.name')} />
+        <Input required type="url" value={address} onChange={(event) => { setAddress(event.target.value); setAccepted(false); }} placeholder="https://plugins.example.com" aria-label={t('settings.plugins.sources.address')} />
+        {domain && <p className="break-all text-sm font-medium">{domain}</p>}
+        <label className="flex items-start gap-2 text-xs"><input type="checkbox" checked={accepted} onChange={(event) => setAccepted(event.target.checked)} />{t('settings.plugins.sources.accept')}</label>
+        <Button type="submit" disabled={model.busy || !accepted}>{t('settings.plugins.sources.add')}</Button>
+      </form>
+    </DialogContent></Dialog>
+  </div>;
+}

components/settings/tabs/SettingsAppearanceTab.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { PluginThemePicker } from './PluginThemePicker';
+import { applyPluginThemeSelection, usePluginThemeRevision } from '../../../application/state/usePluginThemeRuntime';
+import { pluginThemeRegistry } from '../../../infrastructure/config/pluginThemeRegistry';
 import React, { memo, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { applyCustomCssToDocument } from "../../../lib/customCss";
 import { DebouncedTextarea } from "../DebouncedTextarea";
@@ -70,6 +73,8 @@ function SettingsAppearanceTab(props: {
   setAppIconVariant: (variant: AppIconVariant) => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
+  usePluginThemeRevision();
+  const [pluginThemeError, setPluginThemeError] = useState('');
   const availableUIFonts = useAvailableUIFonts();
   // Note code fonts come from the monospace-only store (fontStore); the note
   // body font follows the UI font setting instead.
@@ -231,8 +236,12 @@ function SettingsAppearanceTab(props: {
   );
 
   const visibleUiThemes = resolvedTheme === "dark" ? DARK_UI_THEMES : LIGHT_UI_THEMES;
-  const visibleUiThemeId = resolvedTheme === "dark" ? darkUiThemeId : lightUiThemeId;
-  const setVisibleUiThemeId = resolvedTheme === "dark" ? setDarkUiThemeId : setLightUiThemeId;
+  const visibleUiThemeId = pluginThemeRegistry.isActive(resolvedTheme) ? "" : resolvedTheme === "dark" ? darkUiThemeId : lightUiThemeId;
+  const setVisibleUiThemeId = (id: string) => {
+    void applyPluginThemeSelection(resolvedTheme, null).then(() => {
+      (resolvedTheme === "dark" ? setDarkUiThemeId : setLightUiThemeId)(id);setPluginThemeError('');
+    }).catch((error: unknown) => setPluginThemeError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : t('settings.plugins.themes.failed')));
+  };
 
   return (
     <SettingsTabContent value="appearance">
@@ -339,6 +348,8 @@ function SettingsAppearanceTab(props: {
             {renderThemeSwatches(visibleUiThemes, visibleUiThemeId, setVisibleUiThemeId)}
           </div>
         </SettingsAnchor>
+        <PluginThemePicker mode={resolvedTheme} onRestore={() => (resolvedTheme === "dark" ? setDarkUiThemeId : setLightUiThemeId)(resolvedTheme === "dark" ? "midnight" : "snow")} />
+        {pluginThemeError && <p role="alert" className="text-xs text-destructive">{pluginThemeError}</p>}
         <SettingRow
           anchorId="appearance-accent-mode"
           label={t("settings.appearance.accentColor.mode")}

components/settings/tabs/SettingsPluginsTab.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import { PluginThirdPartyMarket } from './PluginThirdPartyMarket';
 import { usePluginManager } from '../../../application/state/usePluginManager';
 import { PluginManagementDialog } from './PluginManagementDialog';
 import { PluginMarketplace } from './PluginMarketplace';
 import { PluginPackageManager } from './PluginPackageManager';
 import { FolderOpen } from 'lucide-react';
+import { PluginStatus } from './PluginStatus';
 import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { normalizePluginKeyboardEvent } from '../../../application/state/pluginKeybindings';
@@ -286,8 +288,9 @@ export function PluginSettingField({
 function PluginManagementContent({ handoff }: { handoff: (action: () => void) => void }) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const manager = usePluginManager();
+  const [catalogToolbar, setCatalogToolbar] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const [selectedInstalled, setSelectedInstalled] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [pluginView, setPluginView] = useState<'installed' | 'marketplace'>('installed');
+  const [pluginView, setPluginView] = useState<'installed' | 'marketplace' | 'thirdparty'>('installed');
   const availableFonts = useAvailableFonts();
   const scopeCatalog = usePluginSettingScopeCatalog();
   const [scopeIds, setScopeIds] = useState<Partial<Record<NetcattyPluginSettingScopeKind, string>>>({});
@@ -308,16 +311,21 @@ function PluginManagementContent({ handoff }: { handoff: (action: () => void) =>
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-5">
-        <Tabs value={pluginView} onValueChange={(value) => { setSelectedInstalled(null); setPluginView(value as 'installed' | 'marketplace'); }} className="space-y-5">
+        <Tabs value={pluginView} onValueChange={(value) => { setSelectedInstalled(null); setPluginView(value as 'installed' | 'marketplace' | 'thirdparty'); }} className="space-y-5">
         <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3">
           <TabsList className="h-auto flex-wrap justify-start bg-muted/50">
             <TabsTrigger value="installed">{t('settings.plugins.manager.installed')} <span className="ml-2 text-muted-foreground">{manager.plugins.length}</span></TabsTrigger>
-            <TabsTrigger value="marketplace">{t('settings.plugins.market.title')}</TabsTrigger>
+            <TabsTrigger value="marketplace">{t('settings.plugins.sources.official')}</TabsTrigger>
+            <TabsTrigger value="thirdparty">{t('settings.plugins.sources.thirdparty')}</TabsTrigger>
           </TabsList>
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+          {pluginView === 'installed' && <PluginStatus noVault={manager.credentialStorageAvailable === false} />}
+          <div ref={setCatalogToolbar} className="flex items-center gap-2" />
           <Button variant="outline" size="sm" disabled={!manager.available || manager.busy} onClick={() => { setPluginView('installed'); void manager.importPackage(); }}><FolderOpen size={14} className="mr-2" />{t('settings.plugins.manager.import')}</Button>
+          </div>
         </div>
-        {manager.credentialStorageAvailable === false && <p role="status" className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('settings.plugins.manager.noVault')}</p>}
-        <TabsContent value="marketplace" className="m-0 space-y-6"><PluginMarketplace installed={manager.plugins} /></TabsContent>
+        <TabsContent forceMount hidden={pluginView !== 'marketplace'} value="marketplace" className="m-0 space-y-6"><PluginMarketplace installed={manager.plugins} toolbarContainer={pluginView === 'marketplace' ? catalogToolbar : undefined} noVault={manager.credentialStorageAvailable === false} /></TabsContent>
+        <TabsContent forceMount hidden={pluginView !== 'thirdparty'} value="thirdparty" className="m-0 space-y-6"><PluginThirdPartyMarket installed={manager.plugins} toolbarContainer={pluginView === 'thirdparty' ? catalogToolbar : undefined} noVault={manager.credentialStorageAvailable === false} /></TabsContent>
         <TabsContent value="installed" className="m-0 space-y-6">
         <PluginPackageManager manager={manager} onSelectionChange={setSelectedInstalled} />
         {contextualScopes.size > 0 && (

components/settings/tabs/plugin-marketplace.css

@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-/* Container breakpoints account for the Settings sidebar, unlike viewport breakpoints. */
-.plugin-marketplace { container-type: inline-size; }
-.plugin-marketplace-browser { display: grid; gap: 16px; min-width: 0; }
+.plugin-marketplace-browser { min-width: 0; }
 .plugin-marketplace-catalog { min-width: 0; }
-.plugin-marketplace-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(100%, 280px), 1fr)); gap: 12px; }
-.plugin-marketplace-browser--selected .plugin-marketplace-catalog { display: none; }
+.plugin-marketplace-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(min(100%, 280px), 1fr)); gap: 16px; }
+/* Details use only the manager's main scrolling surface at every width. */
 .plugin-marketplace-detail { overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
-@container (min-width: 820px) {
-  .plugin-marketplace-browser--selected { grid-template-columns: 248px minmax(0, 1fr); align-items: start; }
-  .plugin-marketplace-browser--selected .plugin-marketplace-catalog { display: block; max-height: min(680px, 65vh); overflow-y: auto; padding: 2px; }
-  .plugin-marketplace-browser--selected .plugin-marketplace-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }
-  .plugin-marketplace-browser--selected .plugin-marketplace-detail { max-height: min(680px, 65vh); overflow-y: auto; }
-}
+.plugin-card { box-shadow: 0 1px 4px hsl(var(--foreground) / 0.06); }
+.plugin-card:hover { box-shadow: 0 2px 8px hsl(var(--foreground) / 0.09); }
+.dark .plugin-card { background: hsl(var(--muted) / 0.2); box-shadow: none; }
+.dark .plugin-card:hover { background: hsl(var(--muted) / 0.3); box-shadow: none; }

components/terminal/TerminalHostKeyVerification.tsx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const TerminalHostKeyVerification: React.FC<TerminalHostKeyVerificationPr
     const Icon = isChanged ? AlertTriangle : Fingerprint;
 
     return (
-        <div className="space-y-3 animate-in fade-in-0 slide-in-from-bottom-1 duration-200">
+        <div data-host-security-surface="" className="space-y-3 animate-in fade-in-0 slide-in-from-bottom-1 duration-200">
             <div
                 className={cn(
                     "rounded-xl border px-3 py-2.5",

components/terminal/TerminalToolbar.tsx

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { collectOwnedPluginMenus, comparePluginMenus, usePluginContributions } f
 import { buildTerminalPluginContributionContext } from '../../application/state/pluginContributionContexts';
 import { PluginContributionIcon } from '../plugins/PluginContributionIcon';
 import { isPluginHostProtocol } from '../../domain/pluginConnection';
+import { PluginTerminalSidebarLauncher } from '../plugins/PluginTerminalSidebar';
 
 export const TERMINAL_TOOLBAR_ITEM_IDS = [
   'highlight',
@@ -1158,6 +1159,7 @@ export const TerminalToolbar: React.FC<TerminalToolbarProps> = ({
         )}
         </ToolbarCustomizeContextMenu>
 
+        {!compactToolbar && <PluginTerminalSidebarLauncher sessionId={sessionId} />}
         {pluginToolbarMenus.map((menu) => (
         <Tooltip key={menu.id}>
           <TooltipTrigger asChild>

components/terminalLayer/TerminalLayerSidePanelSection.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React, { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef,
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import * as SelectPrimitive from '@radix-ui/react-select';
 
-import { useActiveTabId } from '../../application/state/activeTabStore';
+import { activeTabStore, useActiveTabId } from '../../application/state/activeTabStore';
 import {
   getSidePanelLiveSnapshot,
   subscribeSidePanelLiveSnapshot,
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
   MAX_SIDE_PANEL_PANES,
   canSplitSidePanelPaneAtSize,
   collectSidePanelPanes,
+  isPluginSidePanelTool,
   getFocusedSidePanelPane,
   getSidePanelNodeMinimumPixels,
   getSidePanelSplitResizeBounds,
@@ -60,7 +61,10 @@ import {
   type SidePanelSplitNode,
 } from '../../domain/sidePanelLayout';
 import { terminalLayerSidePanelStableCtxEqual } from './terminalLayerViewMemo';
-import { SidePanelMountedContent } from './terminalLayerSidePanelSlots';
+import { PersistentSidePanelPortal, SidePanelMountedContent } from './terminalLayerSidePanelSlots';
+import { usePluginTerminalSidebar } from '../../application/state/usePluginTerminalSidebar';
+import { PluginTerminalSidebarPageHost } from '../plugins/PluginTerminalSidebar';
+import { PluginContributionIcon } from '../plugins/PluginContributionIcon';
 import { getPaneMagnificationShortcutLabel } from '../../domain/paneMagnification';
 
 const MemoizedSidePanelMountedContent = memo(
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ function SidePanelSplitView({
   );
 }
 
-function SidePanelLayoutTree({
+export function SidePanelLayoutTree({
   node,
   layout,
   paneCount,
@@ -568,6 +572,9 @@ function hasMountedSidePanelContent(ctx: SidePanelContext): boolean {
     && Array.from((sidePanelOpenTabs as Map<string, SidePanelTab>).values()).includes('history');
   const anyNotesOpen = sidePanelOpenTabs instanceof Map
     && Array.from((sidePanelOpenTabs as Map<string, SidePanelTab>).values()).includes('notes');
+  const anyPluginOpen = ctx.sidePanelLayouts instanceof Map
+    && [...(ctx.sidePanelLayouts as Map<string, SidePanelLayout>).values()]
+      .some((layout) => collectSidePanelPanes(layout.root).some((pane) => isPluginSidePanelTool(pane.tool)));
 
   return !(
     browserMountedTabIds.length === 0
@@ -579,10 +586,16 @@ function hasMountedSidePanelContent(ctx: SidePanelContext): boolean {
     && themeMountedTabIds.length === 0
     && !anyHistoryOpen
     && !anyNotesOpen
+    && !anyPluginOpen
   );
 }
 
 function TerminalLayerSidePanelSectionInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext }) {
+  const pluginSidebar = usePluginTerminalSidebar({ layouts: ctx.sidePanelLayouts ?? new Map(),
+    getSession: ctx.getActiveTerminalSessionId ?? (() => null),
+    isTerminalTab: (tabId) => (ctx.sessions ?? []).some((session: { id: string }) => session.id === tabId) || !!ctx.workspaceById?.has(tabId),
+    select: (tool) => ctx.handleSwitchSidePanelTab?.(tool),
+    withdraw: (tabId, paneId, tool) => ctx.handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane?.(tabId, paneId, tool) });
   if (!hasMountedSidePanelContent(ctx)) {
     // Keep AI scope maintenance alive even with zero mounted tool panels so
     // merge/dissolve handoff still runs when the user closed AI before the
@@ -604,7 +617,7 @@ function TerminalLayerSidePanelSectionInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext })
       </AISidePanelStateRoot>
     );
   }
-  return <TerminalLayerSidePanelInner ctx={ctx} />;
+  return <TerminalLayerSidePanelInner ctx={ctx} pluginSidebar={pluginSidebar} />;
 }
 
 /** Skip chrome rebuilds when only live/workspace-focus ticks change. */
@@ -614,7 +627,7 @@ export const TerminalLayerSidePanelSection = memo(
 );
 TerminalLayerSidePanelSection.displayName = 'TerminalLayerSidePanelSection';
 
-function TerminalLayerSidePanelInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext }) {
+function TerminalLayerSidePanelInner({ ctx, pluginSidebar }: { ctx: SidePanelContext; pluginSidebar: ReturnType<typeof usePluginTerminalSidebar> }) {
   const activeTabId = useActiveTabId();
   const sidePanelOpenTabs = ctx.sidePanelOpenTabs as Map<string, SidePanelTab>;
   const sidePanelLayouts = ctx.sidePanelLayouts as Map<string, SidePanelLayout>;
@@ -630,6 +643,7 @@ function TerminalLayerSidePanelInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext }) {
     handleOpenAI,
     handleOpenHistory,
     handleOpenNotes,
+    handleSwitchSidePanelTab,
     handleOpenBrowser,
     handleOpenScripts,
     handleOpenSystem,
@@ -1046,6 +1060,9 @@ function TerminalLayerSidePanelInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext }) {
     { id: 'system' as const, label: t('terminal.layer.system'), icon: <Activity size={15} />, onClick: handleOpenSystem },
     { id: 'notes' as const, label: t('terminal.layer.notes'), icon: <NotebookText size={15} />, onClick: handleOpenNotes },
     { id: 'ai' as const, label: t('terminal.layer.aiChat'), icon: <MessageSquare size={15} />, onClick: handleOpenAI },
+    ...pluginSidebar.pages.map((page) => ({ id: page.tool, label: `${page.title} · ${page.pluginName}`,
+      icon: <PluginContributionIcon pluginId={page.pluginId} icon={page.icon} size={15} />,
+      onClick: () => handleSwitchSidePanelTab?.(page.tool) })),
   ], [
     handleOpenAI,
     handleOpenHistory,
@@ -1056,6 +1073,8 @@ function TerminalLayerSidePanelInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext }) {
     handleOpenTheme,
     handleToggleSftpFromBar,
     t,
+    handleSwitchSidePanelTab,
+    pluginSidebar.pages,
   ]);
   const sidePanelTabItemById = useMemo(
     () => new Map(sidePanelTabItems.map((item) => [item.id, item])),
@@ -1491,6 +1510,19 @@ function TerminalLayerSidePanelInner({ ctx }: { ctx: SidePanelContext }) {
             paneHosts={panePortalHosts}
             parkingHost={parkingHost}
           />
+          {activeTabId && pluginSidebar.sessionId && activeSidePanelPanes.map((pane) => {
+            const page = pluginSidebar.pages.find((item) => item.tool === pane.tool);
+            const target = panePortalHosts.get(pane.tool) ?? parkingHost;
+            if (!page || !target) return null;
+            const sessionId = pluginSidebar.sessionId!;
+            return <PersistentSidePanelPortal key={`${activeTabId}:${pane.id}:${sessionId}`} portalKey={`plugin-${pane.id}`} target={target}>
+              <PluginTerminalSidebarPageHost page={page} tabId={activeTabId} sessionId={sessionId}
+                focusOnReveal={activeSidePanelLayout?.focusedPaneId === pane.id}
+                adapter={pluginSidebar.contributions} getSession={ctx.getActiveTerminalSessionId}
+                unavailable={() => ctx.handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane?.(activeTabId, pane.id, page.tool)}
+                focused={() => { if (activeTabStore.getActiveTabId() === activeTabId) ctx.handleFocusSidePanelPane?.(pane.id); }} />
+            </PersistentSidePanelPortal>;
+          })}
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>

components/terminalLayer/TerminalLayerTabBridge.test.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ test('terminal layer bridge passes vault open callbacks into the side panel cont
   assert.match(source, /onOpenVaultSectionFromChat: s\.onOpenVaultSectionFromChat/);
 });
 
+test('production terminal layer context forwards extension sidebar owner and pane callbacks', () => {
+  const contextProjection = source.slice(source.indexOf('const ctx = useMemo('));
+  for (const callback of ['getActiveTerminalSessionId', 'handleSwitchSidePanelTab', 'handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane']) {
+    assert.match(contextProjection, new RegExp(`${callback}: s\\.${callback}\\b`));
+  }
+});
+
 test('terminal layer bridge updates side panel live state after render', () => {
   assert.match(source, /const sidePanelLiveSnapshot = useMemo<SidePanelLiveSnapshot>/);
   assert.match(

components/terminalLayer/TerminalLayerTabBridge.tsx

@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ export function TerminalLayerTabBridge({ stableRef }: { stableRef: StableRef })
     handleFontWeightResetForFocusedSession: themeState.handleFontWeightResetForFocusedSession,
     handleOpenAI: s.handleOpenAI,
     handleOpenNotes: s.handleOpenNotes,
+    getActiveTerminalSessionId: s.getActiveTerminalSessionId,
+    handleSwitchSidePanelTab: s.handleSwitchSidePanelTab,
+    handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane: s.handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane,
     handleOpenBrowser: s.handleOpenBrowser,
     handleOpenSystem: s.handleOpenSystem,
     handleOpenHistory: s.handleOpenHistory,

components/terminalLayer/TerminalLayerView.tsx

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import { TerminalLayerWorkspaceSection } from './TerminalLayerWorkspaceSection';
 import { terminalLayerViewCtxEqual } from './terminalLayerViewMemo';
 import { useTerminalHostTreeLayoutWidth } from '../../application/state/terminalHostTreeStore';
 import { resolveTerminalLayerSurfaceStyle } from '../terminalPaneVisibility';
+import type { PluginSidebarHostActions } from '../../application/state/usePluginTerminalSidebar';
 
-type TerminalLayerViewContext = Record<string, any>;
+type TerminalLayerViewContext = Record<string, any> & PluginSidebarHostActions;
 
 function TerminalLayerViewInner({ ctx }: { ctx: TerminalLayerViewContext }) {
   const hostTreeLayoutWidth = useTerminalHostTreeLayoutWidth();

components/terminalLayer/terminalLayerSidePanelSlots.tsx

@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ export function movePersistentPortalNode(
   }
 }
 
-function PersistentSidePanelPortal({
+export function PersistentSidePanelPortal({
   portalKey,
   target,
   children,

components/terminalLayer/terminalLayerViewMemo.ts

@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ const SIDE_PANEL_STABLE_CTX_KEYS = [
   'handleOpenTheme',
   'handleOpenAI',
   'handleOpenNotes',
+  'getActiveTerminalSessionId',
+  'handleSwitchSidePanelTab',
+  'handleWithdrawPluginSidebarPane',
   'handleOpenBrowser',
   'handleBackFromNotes',
   'handleOpenHostFromNotes',

components/vault/VaultViewLayout.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { LazyLoadBoundary } from "../ui/lazy-load-boundary";
 import { toast } from "../ui/toast";
 import { AppWordmark } from "../AppWordmark";
 import { openHostBrowser } from "../../application/hostBrowser";
+import { PluginVaultNavigation, PluginVaultPage } from '../plugins/PluginVaultPages';
 
 type VaultViewLayoutContext = Record<string, any>;
 
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ export function VaultViewLayout({ ctx }: { ctx: VaultViewLayoutContext }) {
     ContextMenuTrigger,
     Copy,
     currentSection,
+    pluginVault,
     customGroups,
     deleteGroupPaths,
     deleteGroupWithHosts,
@@ -595,12 +597,13 @@ export function VaultViewLayout({ ctx }: { ctx: VaultViewLayoutContext }) {
           </div>
 
           <div
-            className={cn("space-y-1", sidebarCollapsed ? "px-1.5" : "px-2.5")}
+            className={cn("min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto space-y-1", sidebarCollapsed ? "px-1.5" : "px-2.5")}
           >
             <Tooltip>
               <TooltipTrigger asChild>
                 <RippleButton
                   variant={currentSection === "hosts" ? "secondary" : "ghost"}
+                  data-plugin-vault-fallback
                   className={cn(
                     "w-full h-10",
                     sidebarCollapsed
@@ -805,11 +808,12 @@ export function VaultViewLayout({ ctx }: { ctx: VaultViewLayoutContext }) {
                 </TooltipContent>
               )}
             </Tooltip>
+            {pluginVault && <PluginVaultNavigation model={pluginVault} collapsed={sidebarCollapsed} />}
           </div>
 
           <div
             className={cn(
-              "mt-auto pb-4 space-y-2",
+              "mt-auto shrink-0 pb-4 space-y-2",
               sidebarCollapsed ? "px-1.5" : "px-2.5",
             )}
           >
@@ -864,6 +868,7 @@ export function VaultViewLayout({ ctx }: { ctx: VaultViewLayoutContext }) {
             className="flex-1 min-w-0 flex flex-col min-h-0 relative"
             data-section="vault-main"
           >
+            {pluginVault?.selected && <PluginVaultPage key={pluginVault.selected.key} model={pluginVault} />}
             <VaultPageHeader
               className={cn(!isHostsSectionActive && "hidden")}
               dataSection="vault-hosts-header"

docs/plugin-platform/ai-context-wip.md

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+# Plugin AI and selected context: implementation checkpoint
+
+Base: ThemePack #3978, `91b8927c56314e68c06e2c008e84559ddfb96d78`.
+Branch: `feat/plugin-ai-context`.
+Status: isolated host internals and fixture-tested transport reuse. Public contract,
+production adapters, installable example, independent review, and native acceptance
+are pending. This source is not ready to merge or release.
+
+## Proposed public boundaries
+
+The proposed optional features are `ai.model-invocation` and
+`context.selected-read`. The parent has not confirmed these names. No canonical
+schema, generated contract, SDK, runtime peer, hostService, or installer changes
+are included in this checkpoint.
+
+The model API uses a host-selected configured model. Plugins receive a chat
+handle, a display label, an expiry, turn handles, text chunks, and usage totals.
+Plugins do not supply provider IDs, URLs, credentials, tools, or Agent policies.
+The internal operations are `open`, `start`, `read`, `stop`, and `close`.
+`read` pulls one chunk with one pending read per turn. The parent can map this
+iterator onto the existing stream router after the canonical contract is agreed.
+
+Context summary enumeration returns only references explicitly shared with the
+current runtime and source owner. Content reads require an opaque handle and an
+expected version. Summary enumeration never calls the content reader. Supported
+selected scopes are workspace, tab, session, host, and Note. There is no inventory
+or arbitrary entity-ID lookup.
+
+## File ownership
+
+| Owner | Files or responsibility |
+| --- | --- |
+| This task | `electron/plugins/ai/`, `electron/plugins/context/`, `infrastructure/ai/plugin/`, `examples/plugins/assistant/`, this document |
+| This task | Opt-in `requireBridge` and `maxStreamBytes` request context in `infrastructure/ai/sdk/providers.ts` |
+| Parent coordination | Canonical schema, generated files, SDK, runtime forwarding, hostService registration, trusted renderer adapters |
+| Market task | Source identity, private data-owner namespace, installer database, marketplace UI |
+| Transport task | Generic TCP and TLS streams |
+| Logging task | Optional local plugin logs |
+
+The existing `feat/plugin-terminal-sharing` commit
+`3cdc97782ef3262969eee9d540e03ebe6fdee210` is preserved. Its
+`terminal-sharing-wip.md` describes incomplete selection publication and review.
+This branch does not claim that workflow is complete.
+
+## Implemented authority
+
+`ModelInvocationBroker` requires host-provided `resolveDataOwner` and
+`selectModel` adapters. It keeps chats and turns in memory. It stores no chat
+history and makes no database changes. Data owners are opaque host identities;
+no private storage is keyed by `pluginId`.
+
+Each handle is bound to a data owner, a runtime ID, and a plugin version.
+Every read rechecks runtime authority, the current model, handle lifetime, and
+selected context versions. Revocation aborts pending turns. Late provider results
+are discarded. Another source with the same plugin ID cannot read, cancel, or
+close the original source's handles.
+
+`SelectedContextAuthority.share` is a trusted host operation. A plugin must never
+call it directly. Its descriptor accepts only a scope, a title, a version, a text
+reader, and a current-selection guard. Unknown Host fields are rejected. Content
+has a 16 KiB cap, excludes NUL, and rejects PEM private keys. The production host
+reader must project safe fields explicitly and exclude passwords, private keys,
+TOTP values, identity credentials, startup commands, and environment variables.
+Free-form Notes can contain secrets that field projection cannot detect. The
+trusted sharing UI must preview the selected text before sharing it.
+
+`createPluginModelAdapter` calls the existing `createModelFromConfig` and
+`streamText`, through the existing host provider transport. Credential injection
+stays in Netcatty. Direct-fetch fallback is disabled for this adapter. Incoming
+SSE payloads have an aggregate 128 KiB cap before SDK buffering. SDK retries are
+disabled. Only text and allowlisted token totals reach the broker. Provider
+errors, raw chunks, reasoning, headers, and tool payloads do not cross it.
+
+No AgentRuntime, internal prompt, full MCP catalog, tool executor, Node runtime,
+raw host IPC, or global renderer store is exposed to plugins. A model tool request
+ends the turn without executing an action. Notes edits and terminal input are
+outside this checkpoint. No command is written to a terminal or followed by Enter.
+
+The default broker limits are defined in `MODEL_INVOCATION_LIMITS` and
+`SELECTED_CONTEXT_LIMITS`. They include concurrent handles, turn and chat lifetime,
+input and output bytes, output token caps, event count, requests per minute, and
+reserved tokens per minute. Input token reservation uses UTF-8 bytes plus 1,024
+bytes for framing and the output token cap. This is a conservative estimate, not
+a tokenizer or a monetary billing cap. Provider usage is reported separately.
+Reservations are not refunded after cancellation. Rate limits survive runtime
+restart within the broker's lifetime. Host shutdown clears this in-memory state.
+
+## Required host adapters
+
+Production integration is blocked on these parent-owned contracts:
+
+1. `resolveDataOwner(context)` must return the current private source owner from
+   host provenance. A plugin-supplied source value or plugin ID is insufficient.
+2. `selectModel(context)` must return a trusted invocation adapter for the model
+   explicitly selected in the main UI. No provider configuration crosses RPC.
+3. The renderer adapter must validate the current window, selected resource,
+   lifecycle generation, version, and owner before and after asynchronous reads.
+   Reconnect, tab or session close, navigation, lock, disable, and permission
+   revocation must invalidate handles and abort turns.
+4. Summary enumeration, content reads, and model invocation need separate
+   permissions. Only the canonical schema can define their wire format.
+   Model invocation permission does not grant context or action permissions.
+5. Host review must show selected content before it becomes model input.
+   A command-palette or menu ID is never resource authority.
+6. The shared hostService adapter must register teardown and permission-revoke
+   hooks, and discard results if its renderer owner changes.
+
+## QA evidence
+
+The domain suites and transport suite use synthetic data only. The transport
+suite starts a deterministic OpenAI-compatible HTTP server on loopback and
+checks this path:
+
+`ModelInvocationBroker` -> `createPluginModelAdapter` -> `createModelFromConfig`
+-> `createBridgeFetchForSDK` -> existing `_streamRequestForTests` main transport
+-> local fixture -> text and usage.
+
+This is not real model inference or paid API testing. It uses no paid keys, real
+Notes, hosts, or chat history. The credential value is a fixed synthetic marker;
+the existing model factory replaces it with its IPC placeholder. The test does
+not exercise native credential storage or production credential injection.
+
+The tests cover source, runtime, and version denial; separate summaries and
+content reads; context invalidation; provider cancellation and late results;
+deadlines; request, token, event, input, output, and stream-byte limits; and
+allowlisted response serialization. Raw provider diagnostics remain inside the
+host.
+
+Commands:
+
+```sh
+node --test electron/plugins/modelInvocation.test.cjs
+node --test --import tsx infrastructure/ai/plugin/modelInvocationAdapter.test.ts
+npx eslint infrastructure/ai/plugin/*.ts infrastructure/ai/sdk/providers.ts examples/plugins/assistant/panel.js
+```
+
+The final focused domain run passes 16 tests. The transport suite passes three
+tests, including the actual assistant panel's Send, streaming, usage, and Stop
+handlers in JSDOM. The test bridge uses structured clones to model the existing
+view command boundary. It does not replace installed-plugin or native coverage.
+The wider plugin runtime run passes 556 tests with one skipped. The existing
+provider regression suites pass 34 tests.
+
+The full repository typecheck fails in existing code, including provider tool-call
+inference and plugin CLI test manifest literals. No new adapter type errors were
+reported. The focused lint passes.
+
+Native Electron launch aborts because the bundled `chrome-sandbox` is not owned
+by root with mode 4755. No sandbox bypass was attempted. Native screenshots,
+video, installed-plugin UI tests, packaged builds, and independent review are
+pending on the parent's working desktop after shared integration. The panel
+source alone is not evidence of native acceptance.

docs/plugin-platform/byte-stream-checkpoint.md

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# Byte stream integration checkpoint
+
+The branch starts at #3978 `91b8927c56314e68c06e2c008e84559ddfb96d78`.
+It integrates source APIs from #3981 `ab8764a31752fd2d226c9d029c4d65498ba7b063`
+and AI service/adapters from #3986 `264f1d983cd1ed83fe4873974a614fff2f47f989`.
+No source database or sync implementation is changed by the transport delta.
+
+## Registered transport
+
+Canonical definitions are in `packages/plugin-contract/schema/plugin-contract.schema.json`.
+`network.byte-streams` negotiates the capability. The separate `network.stream`
+permission requires explicit `tcp://host:port` or `tls://host:port` resources.
+Wildcard declarations and grants cannot authorize raw streams. HTTP grants and
+payload limits are unchanged.
+
+The SDK exposes `context.network.connect({ endpoint }, cancellationToken?)`.
+The returned connection has `endpoint`, `readable`, `writable`, `close()`, and
+`dispose()`. The control methods are `network.stream.connect`,
+`network.stream.attach`, and `network.stream.close`. Descriptors, request
+shapes, feature names, limits, generated SDK types, and host validators share
+the canonical schema. Unknown request properties are rejected.
+
+The registered service authenticates the host runtime before source lookup.
+Runtime startup captures the existing opaque source owner. Every asynchronous
+commit revalidates the runtime, active and retained source, and opaque owner
+through the source task's APIs. Caller-supplied owner/source parameters are
+rejected. Audit commits also verify the source binding.
+
+Connection and stream IDs are host-issued and bound to that runtime and owner.
+The SDK prepares its incoming waiter before attach starts the host producer.
+Both directions reuse the existing binary stream router and credit windows.
+Input credit returns after the socket write callback. Output backpressure
+bounds the producer. The router has one optional producer `onClose` hook;
+peer cancellation releases the socket even while it is idle.
+
+The host validates all DNS answers and pins a literal IP. Production rejects
+loopback, link-local, unspecified, multicast, mapped local addresses, selected
+IPv6 tunnel forms, and the machine's own interface addresses. The production
+host constructor never forwards the core's explicit local-test override.
+There is no proxy discovery, reconnect, UDP, listen, generic IPC, shell, Node
+plugin runtime, or filesystem escape.
+
+Limits are four connections per runtime, 64 globally, 64 KiB chunks and socket
+buffer thresholds, and 8 MiB combined bytes per connection, plus the existing
+runtime byte quota. Connect, idle, and lifetime deadlines are 10, 30, and 120
+seconds. Close tombstones are capped at 256 small identity records. Revocation,
+runtime stop, disable, shutdown, and stream cancellation release resources.
+
+TLS requires trust and original-hostname validation with TLS 1.2 or later.
+Plugins cannot set custom CAs, SNI, or validation exceptions. STARTTLS is not
+implemented. Generic audit records contain endpoint, runtime, handle, and byte
+counts. The host does not inspect SQL or record payloads or credentials.
+
+## Additive AI interface for the parallel owner
+
+The same canonical schema defines the relayed `AI_CONTEXT_ROUTES` types.
+The SDK/runtime expose `context.ai.openChat/startTurn/readTurn/stopTurn/closeChat`
+and `context.selectedContext.list/read`. Host registration advertises
+`ai.model-invocation` and `context.selected-read`, and wires runtime cleanup,
+plugin disable, revocation through the service, and shutdown.
+
+The trusted host adapter constructor option is `pluginAIHostAdapter`. It has
+the service owner's `assertActive`, `selectModel`, `listSelected`, `reviewText`,
+and optional lifecycle callbacks. These callbacks are never exposed to plugin
+views. The default adapter rejects model invocation, returns no selected
+resources, and refuses text review. The AI owner still owns real renderer
+wiring and model/context UX. A registered synthetic adapter test is not proof
+of that remaining production wiring.
+
+## Database example
+
+`examples/plugins/database-minimal` is an ordinary browser plugin. Its developer
+preparation tool creates an `.ncpkg` for one exact disposable private IPv4
+endpoint. The output contains a browser bundle, a normal manifest, and view
+assets. The preparation tool and its Node dependencies are not in the plugin.
+
+Only the example contains the database protocol: common protocol 4.1,
+`mysql_native_password`, and
+`SELECT value FROM plugin_demo.example_result LIMIT 1`.
+The view accepts session-only fixture credentials and clears its password
+field before dispatch. It does not save view state, settings, logs, or secrets.
+The host never exposes SSH or AI credentials. JavaScript does not promise
+memory zeroization. The account's server-side SELECT grant enforces read-only
+access. The fixed query is not a SQL security classifier.
+
+The example has no query editor, schema browser, pool, arbitrary SQL, or host
+connection-management subsystem. See the example README for native setup.
+
+## Evidence and limits
+
+- Both source-reviewed races have executable real-loopback regressions here.
+  Delayed final-byte consumption previously lost EOF after the socket closed.
+  Double-microtask cancellation previously created an untracked late socket.
+  Each regression failed before its respective fix and passed afterward.
+- The broker tests use real TCP/TLS sockets, including trusted fixture CA,
+  untrusted certificate and wrong-hostname denial. Connect and idle deadline
+  cases use mock clocks around real sockets or delayed DNS.
+- The installed entrypoint test builds and installs a normal package, executes
+  its actual browser entry module through SDK/RPC/binary streams, and exercises
+  grant denial, exact resources, unknown-field rejection, close, revoke, and
+  disable. It also exercises registered AI/context SDK routes with a synthetic
+  trusted adapter. Its runtime harness is Node and is explicitly not a browser
+  sandbox or OS sandbox test.
+- The disposable MariaDB test checks a synthetic SELECT result and server-side
+  INSERT denial. It creates an internal network, publishes no host ports, and
+  removes the container and network. Database transport is plain TCP inside
+  that disposable network, not database TLS.
+
+Normal native BrowserWindow, full app/package checks, exact-head independent
+review, and screenshot/video acceptance remain separate required evidence.
+Do not disable the Chromium sandbox to obtain that evidence.

docs/plugin-platform/capability-coverage.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mean complete. Existing APIs remain available.
 | Terminal providers | Decorations, links, completion, snapshots through provider requests | Session change delivery follows prior provider request and non-once grant | Preserve providers. Standalone selected-session watch planned | Hostnames, session state, endpoint identity | Host-selected session, runtime identity | Session-close and revoke cleanup, bounded event rate | Existing provider tests. Ordinary views cannot independently subscribe today |
 | Current context and host picker | Host context keys are boolean state | `vault.metadata` enumeration is not generic SDK | Selected host/session DTO from an explicit whitelist | Labels and endpoint metadata are sensitive | Host-owned user-action context, selected host/session | TTL, runtime and session invalidation, redacted audit | Planned. Never reuse agent `sanitizeHostForAgent` as plugin DTO |
 | Terminal selection and input draft | Provider-supplied snapshots, completion suggestions | No explicit selection-share or draft API | User shares selection, plugin proposes a visible editable draft | Terminal plaintext, accidental execution | Host action token plus exact live session/endpoint | Single-use token, size cap, no plaintext audit, active identity before commit | Planned. Reject Enter/control characters for draft insertion. No full history or direct shell |
-| Native interactions and clipboard | Native permission dialogs; new browser SDK host choice/input and explicit copy/share workflow | Progress/toast remain unimplemented | Host-owned prompts, two-phase clipboard snapshot/share, exact copy preview | Clipboard and input may contain secrets; UI discloses granted network capability; prompt spam | `ui.interact`, clipboard direction, host-signed window/runtime/version/phase/TTL action | Admission before permission prompt, byte/rate/concurrency limits, lock/blur/close/revoke cleanup, active guard, content-free audit | [Host interaction slice](./host-interactions.md) implemented and synthetic-tested; native acceptance/review/CI pending. Progress/toast still planned. No background reads or trusted plugin `userGesture` boolean |
+| Native interactions and clipboard | Native permission dialogs; new browser SDK host choice/input and explicit copy/share workflow | Progress/toast remain unimplemented | Host-owned prompts, two-phase clipboard snapshot/share, exact copy preview | Clipboard and input may contain secrets; UI discloses granted network capability; prompt spam | `ui.interact`, clipboard direction, host-signed window/runtime/version/phase/TTL action | Admission before permission prompt, byte/rate/concurrency limits, lock/blur/close/revoke cleanup, active guard, content-free audit | [Host interaction slice](./host-interactions.md) implemented and synthetic-tested. 8e4dd0c exact test/packaging CI and independent delta review passed. Parent native compose and explicit Preview/Share/copy succeeded; a separately approved 0.1.1 compose ran about 86 seconds, beyond the old 30-second deadline and within the declared 180-second budget, with no fresh command-timeout error. All five permissions were Once; cleanup is parent-owned. New navigation slices retain separate acceptance gates. Progress/toast still planned. No background reads or trusted plugin `userGesture` boolean |
 | Local filesystem | Read file, stat, overwrite existing regular file | Directory listing lacks same-handle native adapter | Keep current boundary, evaluate file picker handles | Arbitrary local file content and writes | Canonical exact path or selected file handle | Inode checks, no symlink alias, bounded bytes, active runtime | Existing filesystem tests. Directory enumeration and new arbitrary-path creation deferred until portable safe native adapter exists |
 | SFTP and remote files | No generic plugin API | `sftp.read` and `sftp.write` enumerated only | Host-selected session/path/mode/TTL handles, read and explicit save/upload | Remote secrets and destructive overwrite | Live endpoint identity, exact path, read/write split | Cancel streams, byte quota, overwrite confirmation, close/revoke cleanup | Batch 2 planned. Never forward arbitrary MCP catalog or session ID alone |
 | Editor and Notes | No plugin document API | No versioned snapshot or edit preview | Explicit snapshot and versioned proposed edit | Document secrets, lost updates, executable files | Selected document plus revision and action token | Version conflict check, preview, bounded bytes, revocation | Planned evaluation after shared action context. No unattended edits |
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ mean complete. Existing APIs remain available.
 | Vault and keychain | Credential references and import preview/commit | Metadata/write enums do not grant a generic Vault SDK | Only user-selected whitelist DTOs and drafts | Notes, environmentVariables, startupCommand, keys and credentials | Selected object plus field/direction | Explicit preview, identity checks, redacted audit | Full Vault export and secret reads deferred indefinitely. No agent field-exclusion DTO reuse |
 | System manager and Docker | No plugin system API | Agent/MCP adapters are separate authority | Typed read-only summaries excluding args/env/inspect | Process command lines and Docker inspect can expose secrets | Selected live session and summary kind | Bounded result, endpoint identity, cancellation | Planned evaluation. Arbitrary process/inspect forwarding deferred |
 | Port forwarding | No generic plugin API | Existing agent start is write-sensitive | Selected rule status and open host form | Rule endpoints and local exposure | Selected rule plus host action | Bounded DTO, session close and revoke | Planned evaluation. Direct start deferred until binding/listener approval design |
-| Themes, settings, appearance, i18n | Terminal theme/background Providers, isolated view CSS, scoped settings and environment updates | No host global theme contribution. Personal customCSS is not plugin authority | Accepted ThemePack stage: static palette registry, selector, local preview, revision-safe apply/cancel/reset, terminal linkage | Unreadable palettes and misleading security UI. Nineteen UiThemeTokens fields are not independent: accent derives primary/ring/foregrounds | User explicitly selects a theme; static contribution enablement separate from code permissions | Immutable version/hash, bounded JSON, contrast/security-surface gates, preview owner/revision and safe fallback | Planned independent implementation after current controlled workflow/navigation. No arbitrary DOM/CSS, remote assets, layout replacement or security UI customization |
+| Themes, settings, appearance, i18n | Terminal theme/background Providers, isolated view CSS, scoped settings and environment updates | No host global theme contribution. Personal customCSS is not plugin authority | Accepted ThemePack stage: static palette registry, selector, local preview, revision-safe apply/cancel/reset, terminal linkage | Unreadable palettes and misleading security UI. Nineteen UiThemeTokens fields are not independent: accent derives primary/ring/foregrounds | User explicitly selects a theme; static contribution enablement separate from code permissions | Immutable version/hash, bounded JSON, contrast/security-surface gates, preview owner/revision and safe fallback | First host color layer implemented; [contract/lifecycle/evidence](./theme-packs.md). Exact-SHA CI, independent review and native acceptance pending. Static terminal linkage not yet accepted; no arbitrary DOM/CSS, remote assets, layout replacement or security UI customization |
 | Transfer center | Host transfer queue exists, no plugin entry | No ownership-bound task API | Observe and cancel only plugin-created tasks | Paths and host endpoints reveal user data. Cancel may leave partial files | Own transfer handle plus source/destination authority | Shared backpressure, cancel/close cleanup, honest partial status | Planned with batch 2. Do not broadcast or cancel other tasks |
 | AI, MCP, automation | Host agent catalog and harness exist separately | No generic plugin AI or tool forwarding | Selection-to-proposal workflow through the same controlled primitives | Content disclosure, account authority and model cost | Explicit content sharing plus service origin/budget | No inherited history, tools, account, or hidden cron | Controlled workflow planned. Generic host AI and visible schedules deferred to distinct product decision |
 | Known hosts, app lock and global security | Host security management UI | No plugin management API | Future allowlisted security-page navigation | Host-key trust, unlock, keys and security policy affect all sessions | Host navigation action only | No mutation or sensitive DTO | Security policy mutation, private-key reads, auto-trust and unlocking deferred indefinitely |
 | Plugin blob/cache | Local KV exists | No exclusive blob cache | Evaluate bounded plugin-owned cache when a real workflow needs it | Disk growth and lifecycle ambiguity | Plugin namespace, no arbitrary path | Size quota, eviction and uninstall policy required | Deferred until a concrete larger-than-KV workflow establishes value and retention policy |
-| Vault and terminal navigation | `tab` mounts a sandbox page through TopTabs/QuickSwitcher; aside/panel are overlays | No Vault subpage registry or terminal side-panel plugin tool. `settings` is a detail entry, not a new settings category | Accepted independent slice: host-owned namespaced Vault pages in an Extensions group, mounted in the Vault content area through existing ViewHost; then terminal pane/split pages for the selected session | Navigation cannot disclose session contents or replace built-in/security navigation | Declared page contribution plus host selection. Content reads have independent permissions | Host order/when/focus, cancellation of late open, view cleanup on hide/update/disable/uninstall, safe invalid-link fallback | Planned after host interaction/selected-context workflow. A button that merely opens a top tab does not satisfy Vault-page acceptance. No arbitrary router/DOM API |
+| Vault and terminal navigation | `tab` mounts a sandbox page through TopTabs/QuickSwitcher; aside/panel are overlays | No Vault subpage registry or terminal side-panel plugin tool. `settings` is a detail entry, not a new settings category | Accepted independent slice: host-owned namespaced Vault pages in an Extensions group, mounted in the Vault content area through existing ViewHost; then terminal pane/split pages for the selected session | Navigation cannot disclose session contents or replace built-in/security navigation | Declared page contribution plus host selection. Content reads have independent permissions | Host order/when/focus, cancellation of late open, view cleanup on hide/update/disable/uninstall, safe invalid-link fallback | [Vault page slice](./vault-pages.md) implemented and synthetic-tested: actual Vault content slot, private Scratchpad, catalog withdrawal, host occlusion, reserved-open cancellation, owner/crash/lock cleanup. Exact CI/independent/native acceptance pending. [Terminal sidebar slice](./terminal-sidebar.md) also implemented with actual pane/split mounting, owner focus and session-change cleanup; no automatic session data. Exact CI/independent/native acceptance pending for the new stack. No arbitrary router/DOM API |
 | Distribution and runtimes | Browser-only public catalog, immutable packages, advanced developer gate | Signing/trust and release remain separate phase | Retain existing boundary | Package execution and publisher trust | Pinned catalog selection, hash, engine/features | Existing install transaction, quarantine and cleanup | No merge/release. Do not extend to arbitrary Node, IPC, shell, or global capabilities |
 
 ## Delivery order and stopping rule
@@ -83,3 +83,84 @@ Baseline code references: `electron/plugins/hostService.cjs`,
 implementations under `electron/capabilities/catalog/` are reference material,
 not plugin authority. `infrastructure/ai/vaultAgentBridgeClient.ts` is not a
 plugin DTO sanitizer.
+
+## Navigation slice checkpoint
+
+The Vault stage adds `views.vault-pages`, the `vault-page` location, and the
+existing `views` permission. It grants no Vault/session data. The ordinary
+browser Scratchpad example uses only its own bounded view-state API and
+explicit user input. It is not a Notes API or automatic sync feature.
+
+The independent integration base includes #3956 UI polish and #3960 d4ca fixes;
+frozen evidence heads and prior PR bases are unchanged. Related UI changes in
+this stage are limited to VaultView/VaultViewLayout, new independent plugin
+components/hooks, and localized strings. PluginMarketplace/PluginPackageManager
+layouts are not rewritten. Native acceptance belongs to the parent with a new
+fixture-specific own-views approval. Sidebar, ThemePack, selected context and
+SFTP remain unfinished; this checkpoint is not overall completion.
+
+## Terminal sidebar checkpoint
+
+`views.terminal-sidebar` exposes one more existing sandbox view placement,
+using only the existing own-views permission. The host owns navigation,
+selection, split/close and focus. Its context is a surface string only; no
+terminal DTO or resource authority is implied. The Session Scratchpad fixture
+uses explicitly typed synthetic text and its own view state.
+
+This stage builds on ordinary merges containing #3960 8e4dd0c and the #3971
+stale-layout callback fix. Prior QA heads and PR bases are not rewritten. The
+ThemePack implementation, selected-context/drafts and file handles remain
+unfinished; parent review/native gates still apply to each delivered head.
+
+## Color-pack and remaining workflow checkpoint
+
+The first [ThemePack color layer](./theme-packs.md) now has an implemented host
+catalog, data-only admission, Appearance selector, local preview, revision-safe
+application/reset, missing-version fallback and host security palette boundary.
+It is not native-accepted until the new exact head is independently reviewed,
+built by CI and exercised through normal Settings. Terminal palette linkage is
+not accepted by this contract yet, so a declared but ignored linkage cannot be
+counted as coverage. Font/density/icon/background packs remain separate product
+and accessibility decisions, rather than arbitrary CSS permissions.
+
+Parent native evidence for sidebar `a8adeb86` now covers the original Local
+Terminal blocker, own-views Once, save, magnify/restore, a split with empty Notes,
+and side/bottom docking. `733f44c` adds only the production bridge projection
+regression. The older `0c097a1` CI run `40308057623` remains **failed and
+unattributed**: 9447 top-level TAP results are `ok`, the aggregate footer is
+missing and the process exits 1. A newer passing run does not change that record.
+The native Vault success retains its original `0c097a1` evidence label.
+
+The next implementation stages are bounded by useful workflows:
+
+1. **Selected terminal sharing and drafts (A).** Reuse host-signed action
+   contexts for an explicit selection preview/share, then let the plugin submit
+   a bounded input draft to the host compose surface. No Enter, raw PTY, history
+   enumeration or background terminal listener. First add a host-selected
+   session handle with a minimal from-scratch DTO and independent lifecycle
+   watch; navigation alone grants no content. Bind handles to actual session and
+   connection identity, runtime/version, owner, mode and TTL. Cover cancel,
+   reconnect, close, revoke and late draft results with synthetic terminals.
+2. **Selected file conversion/transfer (A).** The host picker issues read or
+   explicit-destination write handles. Start with one file, stat/read and saveAs
+   or upload, not recursive traversal or arbitrary paths. Require destination
+   preview/overwrite confirmation, byte/concurrency limits, cancellation,
+   session/endpoint identity and final active checks. Observe/cancel only the
+   plugin's own transfer. Real native SFTP targets require parent-coordinated
+   concrete approval; local tests use isolated fixtures.
+3. **Versioned document proposals (selected B).** Reuse snapshot/handle and host
+   review primitives for one explicitly shared editor document or Note. Apply
+   only an expected-version patch to its buffer after a visible diff; saving a
+   remote file remains a separate file operation. Reuse the draft path for a
+   selected snippet or new snippet template; do not run scripts or add onConnect
+   bindings. Cover edits after snapshot, detached ownership, closure and revoke.
+4. **Final reassessment.** Recheck the matrix by actual workflow and eight gates.
+   Read-only system aggregates, selected port-rule status and bounded navigation
+   may be added only where the shared primitives leave a concrete useful gap.
+   Full process arguments/env/inspect, tunnel start, arbitrary AI/MCP tools,
+   background jobs, general KV sync and raw high-privilege access remain deferred
+   or retained boundaries. Do not invent new C work to prolong the task.
+
+These stages remain unfinished work, not API-name coverage. Exact schemas and
+ordering will follow the existing brokers/adapters rather than a parallel RPC
+stack or one namespace per product module.

docs/plugin-platform/contract-and-sdk.md

@@ -630,3 +630,13 @@ negotiated API version and runtime initialization uses and verifies that exact
 version. Host version bounds remain independently enforced; unknown required
 features still fail closed. No old manifest is rewritten and no permission grant
 is migrated by this revision.
+
+## Declarative host color contributions
+
+`appearance.theme-packs` adds `contributes.themes` and generated palette/reference
+schemas. A pure package uses `main: { "data": "theme" }`, contributes only themes
+and omits permissions/activation/companions. It has no executable runtime. Normal
+admission accepts this data-only form alongside browser-only code packages; Node
+and arbitrary IPC remain advanced/unsupported public boundaries. Selection is a
+trusted host Appearance action, not an SDK setter or `appearance.write` grant.
+See [Theme packs](./theme-packs.md) for limits, preview, persistence and fallback.

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

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# 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.
+
+Base: source integration #3981 at
+`4213d8e6726c44e7a479418ece3adf16ea494782`.
+The published stream/AI branch point `c4433d496` is preserved through an ordinary
+merge. Its owner was still completing integration checks when it was published.
+
+## Reusable boundaries
+
+| Concern | Existing contract | Reuse |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Host picker | `components/SelectHostPanelContent.tsx` | Controlled `selectedHostIds` and `onSelectionChange`; group toggles resolve to explicit host IDs. |
+| Typed drafts | `ImporterHostDraft` in `packages/plugin-contract/schema/plugin-contract.schema.json` | Create allowlist: label, hostname, username, port, group, tags. Edit allowlist: label, group, tags. |
+| Validation and preview | `normalizePluginImporterRecords`, `buildVaultHostFromDraft` | Validate the raw address, normalize the importer draft, validate the normalized result, and show the normalized field diff. |
+| Vault writes | `useVaultState.commitVaultImportTransaction` | Existing shared Vault lock, expected host snapshot, encryption, stale-write checks, and journaled persistence. Optional authorization guard runs after encryption. |
+| Connection | `AppSideEffects.handleConnectToHost` | Existing saved-settings, group defaults, authentication, logging, and session creation flow. |
+| Script disclosure | `applyGroupDefaults`, `hasHostConnectAutomation`, `snippetAppliesToOutputTrigger` | Boolean disclosure covers inherited startup commands, global/group/host connect scripts, unresolved bindings, host output triggers, and applicable global output scripts. Script contents remain host-owned. |
+| Lifecycle | `PluginHostInteractionService`, `PluginPermissionEngine`, runtime route `assertActive` | Existing window ownership, focus, lock, signed replies, cancellation, and revocation patterns. |
+| Source identity | `PluginDatabase` | `getActivePlugin`, `getRetainedPluginSource`, `privateOwner`, and `publicPluginId`; no caller-supplied owner or bare-ID fallback. |
+
+## Public methods
+
+| Method | Parameters | Result |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `vault.selectHosts` | `{ title: string }` | `{ cancelled: true }`, or `{ cancelled: false, hosts, groups }`. |
+| `vault.requestHostDraft` | Create: `{ draft: { label?, hostname, username?, port?, group?, tags? } }`. Edit: `{ target, expectedRevision, draft: { label?, group?, tags? } }`. | Cancelled, or `{ cancelled: false, status: "saved" }`. |
+| `vault.requestConnect` | `{ target, expectedRevision }` | Cancelled, or `{ cancelled: false, status: "requested" }`; no session identifier or content. |
+
+Selected metadata contains label, hostname, username, optional port, protocol,
+group path, and tags. Each host result contains `{ target, metadata }`. Host IDs
+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.
+
+All requests are bounded and cancel on runtime stop, source replacement, revoke,
+Vault lock, owner window replacement, expiry, or user cancellation. The host
+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
+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.
+
+Creates produce saved SSH drafts. An empty group clears the saved group. Edits
+preserve connection endpoints and credentials. Changing a group can change
+inherited authentication, proxies, and scripts; the draft review states this.
+Drafts involving managed SSH-config hosts or SSH destinations inside managed
+groups are explicitly unavailable in this small API. The review disables saving
+and directs the user to the Vault host editor. The execution adapter enforces the
+same restriction before claiming action authority, using the existing
+`applyVaultHostUpdate` ownership rules. It also checks the live and persisted
+managed-source catalog for changes before writing. This API does not initiate
+managed-file sync or expose plugin file access.
+
+The API excludes Vault and renderer stores, the internal MCP catalog, plaintext
+credentials, private keys, TOTP configuration, startup scripts, and arbitrary
+execution. Host selection and action UI live in Netcatty. Plugin business logic
+stays in the sandboxed plugin.
+
+## Typed target and action authority
+
+`VaultHostRef` is a signed `host.selection` reference with `scope: "metadata"`,
+an opaque handle, a revision, and an expiry. It identifies an exact chosen host.
+It does not authorize editing, connecting, terminal input, or terminal output.
+
+References bind source, private owner, plugin version, runtime, window owner and
+generation, exact host ID, revision, and expiry. They live for five minutes at
+most, with at most 500 retained references. Another selection replaces that
+runtime's previous references. Lock, revoke, window replacement, and runtime stop
+invalidate the affected references. Removal or replacement of a host makes its
+renderer revision stale, even if its visible fields are identical.
+
+`PluginAISourceBinding` supplies the existing host-only source identity primitive.
+It revalidates after asynchronous authentication. AI selected-context handles are
+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.
+
+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.
+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
+username and port.
+
+## Sample and validation
+
+`examples/plugins/host-actions` adds four commands through the existing command
+palette slot. Its create draft uses `synthetic.invalid`; it requests no network,
+filesystem, terminal-content, or credential permissions.
+
+`components/PluginHostActions.entrypoint.test.tsx` installs that sample and drives
+its actual entrypoint, SDK, RPC registry, source binding, signed replies,
+production React dialog, and renderer execution adapter. It covers explicit
+selection, cancel, stale revisions, locked Vault, host removal and replacement,
+revoke, source replacement, runtime removal, and connection confirmation. Registry
+checks reject text handles, tampered references, caller owners, and mismatched
+expected revisions. Only synthetic resources are used. The Node transport fixture
+does not certify the operating-system sandbox.
+Focused action tests compare Mosh, ET, and localhost confirmations with the real
+`handleConnectToHostImpl` dispatcher while replacing terminal creation with a
+synthetic recorder. Managed A-to-B/outside moves, managed destinations, ordinary
+unmanaged saves, and catalog changes use synthetic source records; no SSH config
+files are read or written.
+
+Native screenshots and video run on the parent's existing cloud GUI. This branch
+does not change Electron sandbox or helper permissions. Tests use synthetic hosts
+and credentials. No real host connection or credential access is authorized.

docs/plugin-platform/isolated-runtime.md

@@ -300,3 +300,8 @@ installs plugins but fails to start them outside the repository checkout.
 separate `npm run test:plugin-runtime:electron` smoke launches both a real
 sandboxed BrowserWindow plugin and a real utilityProcess plugin, verifies
 bidirectional storage RPC, and checks the recorded runtime ownership.
+
+Static `appearance.theme-packs` packages are an explicit non-executable admission
+form: `main.data = "theme"`, theme-only contributions and no permissions,
+activation events or companions. The runtime supervisor never starts them. This
+exception does not admit Node code or arbitrary host access in normal Settings.

docs/plugin-platform/market-sources.md

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# Market sources (unreleased)
+
+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.
+
+## Add a source
+
+Enter a public HTTPS origin, for example `https://plugins.example.com`, or that
+origin's `/v1/snapshot.json`. Names can change; identity is derived by the host
+from the canonical origin. Credentials, query strings, fragments, custom ports,
+IP literals and local hostnames are rejected. The initial third-party transport
+requires public IPv4 DNS records, pins the checked address to the TLS connection,
+and rejects private/reserved destinations. IPv6-only sources are not supported
+in this revision. No cookies, login tokens, redirects or GitHub fallback are used.
+
+Third-party sources begin empty. A failed request never substitutes the official
+catalog. Each source has its own in-memory last-known-good snapshot and selection
+tokens; an offline snapshot is browse-only. A process restart requires a fresh
+third-party fetch. The official source remains fixed to `plugins.netcatty.app`
+and retains its bundled source examples when unavailable.
+
+## Publish a static source
+
+Use the existing snapshot protocol in the registry project's
+`docs/STATIC-DISTRIBUTION.md`. Every source
+serves `/v1/snapshot.json`, pointing to hash/size-bound catalog, index and delivery
+JSON under `/snapshots/<delivery-sha256>/`. All resources remain on the source's
+origin under content-addressed `/assets/` paths. Whole-JSON budgets, schema,
+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:
+
+```json
+{"path":"/assets/<64-lowercase-hex-sha256>.ncpkg","sha256":"<same-sha256>","size":12345}
+```
+
+Packages are at most 32 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.
+Existing official bootstrap entries are not changed or made installable.
+
+Before every install, refresh and validate the entire snapshot again. A changed
+selection, withdrawal, unavailable source, altered hash or size prevents install;
+there is no fallback to another source or latest release. Packages install disabled.
+
+## Ownership and changing source
+
+A public plugin ID can have only one installed source. The package's host install
+metadata and durable database binding record that source, including across
+recovery and uninstall. Cross-source install or update is rejected, even when
+version and package bytes match. Local imports are a separate source.
+
+Private settings, view state, persistent and in-memory grants, secrets, and cloud
+sidecars are namespaced by host-derived source identity. Every source, including local imports, uses an opaque encoded owner; public plugin IDs are never storage-owner aliases in sync payloads. Before each sync entry and after every awaited contribution update/reset, the host rechecks that owner against the live source and contributions. Hydration captures its owner before yielding and never remaps a public ID for a later write. KV keys are qualified
+inside the existing per-plugin FK. Code, permissions and source configuration do
+not participate in cloud sync. Old-source cloud settings may remain orphaned;
+they cannot hydrate the same plugin ID from a different source. Generic KV still
+is not cloud-synced. No host/Vault/input migration changes are made.
+
+To change source, uninstall and explicitly select **clear this source's private
+data, grants and secrets**. The host serializes shutdown, revocation, private-file
+cleanup and binding reset. This is destructive and is never selected by default.
+Then install from the new source and review permissions again. An uninstall that
+retains data deliberately retains the binding and continues to reject other sources.
+
+Removing a market keeps its installed plugins and data. Updates stop; optionally
+disable its plugins. No other market silently takes over. Disabling a source only
+stops browsing/install/update access; it does not silently revoke existing plugins.
+
+## Validation limits
+
+Tests use synthetic source responses and first-party packages. Passing tests is
+not a sandbox certification. Native UI, real third-party hosting, network
+availability and multi-device encrypted-sync acceptance must be reported
+separately. No real credentials or untrusted community code are needed for tests.
+
+## Source-owner integration
+
+Use `PluginDatabase.getActivePlugin(context.pluginId)` to require a current host
+installation, then `database.privateOwner(plugin.id)` for an opaque data partition.
+`plugin.source` is host-owned `{id, kind, name, origin}`.
+`getRetainedPluginSource(pluginId)` returns a retained uninstall binding or null.
+`publicPluginId(owner)` resolves only an encoded owner matching the current source;
+it rejects raw public IDs and stale owners. Never accept owner/source from a plugin
+request or invent a `pluginId` fallback. Capture owner/source at async operation
+start and revalidate before committing; follow runtime lifecycle cancellation.
+
+Plugin database schema 7 atomically converts existing raw local private rows and
+KV keys to the same encoded-owner model without deleting them. This is a one-time
+conversion, not a parallel runtime compatibility path. A conflicting conversion
+fails without publishing schema 7. Old raw-ID cloud entries remain orphaned and
+cannot hydrate an installed plugin. Host/Vault/input schemas are unchanged.

docs/plugin-platform/registry-client.md

@@ -1,56 +1,84 @@
-# Official registry client
+# Official static distribution client
 
-The Community page refreshes the fixed endpoint
-`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/binaricat/netcatty-plugins/main/catalog.json`
-in the main process. The renderer cannot choose a registry URL. This endpoint
-must be published separately; client implementation and synthetic tests do not
-prove the repository or an online artifact is available.
+Community starts at the fixed main-process endpoint
+`https://plugins.netcatty.app/v1/snapshot.json`. The renderer cannot choose an
+endpoint. All automatic catalog, README and potential package reads allow only
+that exact HTTPS origin: no credentials, query, fragment, noncanonical URL or
+redirect. No GitHub API/raw/avatar/release fallback exists. Explicit user-opened
+source links may still open GitHub in an external browser.
 
-## Catalog contract
+## Snapshot contract
 
-`catalog.json` is an array of at most 1,000 current entries. Each entry supplies
-`id`, `version`, `name`, `description`, `author`, `repository` (`owner/repository`),
-`commit` (full 40-character SHA), `license`, `readme` (relative Markdown path),
-and `manifest`. Optional `artifact` contains `url` and SHA-256 `sha256`.
-Unknown catalog-entry and artifact fields are rejected. The whole JSON value,
-including manifest defaults, uses the existing 128-level / 100,000-value budget
-and finite-number validation. The existing manifest schema, browser-only distribution policy, identity/version
-and license checks apply. Source-only entries remain build-and-import examples.
-No download counts, ratings, or timestamps are invented. Brand previews remain
-bundled and reviewed; arbitrary author image URLs are never loaded.
+This client implements the version-1 contract from
+`binaricat/netcatty-plugins@7bfe23e5627e16ba63806de6dded5b2667c02984`.
+The source catalog/index remain unchanged; **no `readmeAsset` field is added**.
 
-Reads are anonymous HTTPS, redirect-free for the registry, bounded to 2 MiB,
-and time out after 30 seconds. All entries must validate, safely clone, and generate every selection token before
-atomically replacing the current snapshot. Invalid JSON/schema, network failure, and oversized responses
-leave the previous good snapshot intact. Errors and Retry remain visible. The Community header also has Refresh, including
-when the last refresh succeeded; it is disabled while a request is pending.
-The last good catalog is retained **in memory for this application session**;
-a fresh offline launch uses bundled examples. There is no new disk cache,
-database migration, cloud sync record, or credential requirement.
+The pointer contains `schemaVersion: 1`, `registryCommit`, `snapshotId`, and
+`catalog`, `index`, `delivery` references, each `{path, sha256, size}`. Paths must
+be `/snapshots/<snapshotId>/<name>.json`; `snapshotId` equals the raw delivery
+SHA-256. The host checks the pointer before requesting its three documents,
+then checks raw byte counts/hashes, JSON budgets, schemas and cross-document
+identity. The three documents must all validate before replacing any cache.
 
-## Selection and installation
+Delivery contains `schemaVersion`, `registryCommit`, `catalogSha256`,
+`indexSha256`, `sourceLockSha256`, `builderSha256` and `plugins`. Each item matches
+one exact catalog `id/version/repository/commit` tuple and supplies `readme`,
+`iconLight`, `iconDark`, `avatar`, `artifact`. Asset references are
+`{path, sha256, size}`, with `/assets/<sha256>.md` for README and `.png`/`.webp`
+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.
 
-Each returned entry has a host-generated `selectionToken` covering its complete
-JSON contents. This is a concurrency check, **not a signature or trust proof**.
-README requests must still match that selection and fetch its pinned source
-commit. A changed entry requires refresh and renewed review.
+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
+plugin: this is catalog admission, not a remote installed-code kill switch.
 
-A manual install must first refresh the official catalog successfully and match
-the selected token again. Failed refresh is browse-only, even if the cached
-entry has an artifact. Withdrawal, version changes, permission changes, README
-changes, or artifact hash changes cannot silently replace the selected package.
-Archive download then uses the existing approved-host, size, exact SHA-256,
-manifest and package validation pipeline. Installation leaves the plugin disabled;
-existing authorization gates still apply on activation/use.
+Schemas are vendored under `electron/plugins/distribution/`, with provenance and
+fixtures described there. All schema references resolve locally; schema validation
+does not fetch GitHub or netcatty.com.
 
-`index.json` release history and withdrawal records are not consumed by this
-first client. Removing an entry does **not** disable, uninstall, update, or delete
-data from an already installed plugin. There are no background code updates.
+## Bounds, cache and selection
 
-## Verification boundary
+Pointer reads are bounded to 16 KiB, each JSON document to 2 MiB, and each README
+to 256 KiB. Reads time out after 30 seconds. Whole JSON values retain the existing
+128-level / 100,000-value / finite-number boundary. Catalogs contain at most 1,000
+entries. Existing manifest identity, license and browser-only policies remain.
 
-Service regressions use synthetic network responses and package bytes; the
-existing package manager tests cover archive admission. No third-party plugin,
-real credential, real sync account, or live registry write is used. Native QA
-must separately verify the visible offline/retry state and eventual real catalog
-availability once the repository is published.
+The host prepares private entries, private delivery resources and all public
+selection tokens before one synchronous cache publication. Parse, integrity,
+schema, clone, tuple or network failures preserve the last complete good snapshot.
+The cache remains **in memory for this app session**; a fresh offline launch lists
+bundled examples. No new disk database, sync record or credential is introduced.
+
+A host-generated selection token binds the complete entry and its delivery item.
+This prevents silent selection changes; it is **not a signature**. README requests
+capture the matched static reference and verify its exact byte count and digest.
+Missing/offline snapshots show an error/Retry; they never synthesize a raw GitHub URL.
+README HTML and remote images remain inert in the existing safe renderer.
+
+The current v1 distribution cannot install packages. A later publishing/client
+schema revision must jointly introduce reviewed package mirroring, keep source
+manifest/hash admission, and recheck the current pointer and fresh root withdrawal
+ledger before any install. A historical snapshot alone cannot establish availability.
+The existing lower-level package downloader accepts only official static URLs and
+exact SHA-256 bytes; it does not relax those future gates or auto-enable code.
+
+## Network inventory
+
+| Path | Automatic source | Failure behavior |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Pointer / manual refresh | Fixed `/v1/snapshot.json` | Complete session cache, or bundled source-only entries |
+| Catalog/index/delivery | Pointer-bound same-origin immutable paths | Reject partial or mixed snapshots |
+| 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 |
+| 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 |
+
+The real PR3 bootstrap is retained as a test fixture with its original bytes and
+hashes. Tests also verify its brand-icon asset bytes; this does not claim a new
+remote icon renderer. The static publisher is not a proxy. Client tests do not
+prove deployment, mainland reachability or successful native CDN access. Native
+QA must independently verify the published endpoint and visible failure state.

docs/plugin-platform/terminal-sidebar.md

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Terminal sidebar pages
+
+The `terminal-sidebar` view location requires `views.terminal-sidebar` and the
+existing `views` permission. This adds navigation and plugin-owned content to
+the existing terminal pane/split system. It is not a session-data capability,
+Provider subscription, terminal history reader or command execution API.
+
+## Host-owned navigation
+
+An Extension pages menu in the normal terminal toolbar lists visible pages
+with their plugin source. Selecting one switches the existing focused pane;
+selecting an already-open tool focuses that pane. Existing split menus include
+the same contributions and enforce unique tools and the eight-pane limit.
+Host-generated `plugin-view:<namespaced-view-id>` keys cannot replace built-in
+tools. Declared order and ID determine listing order; existing host docking,
+split resizing, magnification and close controls remain authoritative.
+
+The manager's internal Open event can select a page only when an open terminal
+is already selected. Otherwise the host asks the user to select a terminal; it
+does not connect or open a saved host. Launcher events target the session from
+the actual host terminal toolbar and are rechecked against current selection.
+These are internal host UI events, not public SDK router methods or trusted
+plugin `userGesture` flags.
+
+## Session ownership without data sharing
+
+The renderer binds each page to the actual terminal tab/workspace and current
+focused child session. It passes only `netcatty.surface: terminal-sidebar` as
+the view context. Internal ownership IDs are used for host state scoping, not
+returned to the page or treated as resource grants. A future selected-session
+data API must establish its own live endpoint authority and permissions.
+
+Changing terminal tabs or workspace focus closes the old native view before
+the new one can receive focus. Session removal, pane close, withdrawal of a
+visible contribution, disable/update/uninstall and runtime loss remove the
+affected page. Unknown saved routes are pruned without opening them; restoring
+a layout never grants the page or any session-data permission. State buckets
+are for the plugin's own UI data, not an isolation boundary against that same
+plugin's already-authorized own-state API. Ordinary KV does not become synced.
+
+PersistentSidePanelPortal moves a stable mount between the actual pane,
+magnification host and hidden parking host. There is no fallback native view
+over the entire terminal layer. Native geometry follows host DOM relocation,
+resize and scrolling; duplicate geometry updates are suppressed. Hidden/inert
+or parked mounts cannot reveal a native view.
+
+## Focus and security surfaces
+
+The existing sandbox ViewHost, immutable package/protocol checks, own-command
+and view-state boundaries are reused. Embedded pages start hidden. Host
+dialogs and overlapping portals hide them, and main-process App Lock closes
+them. Escape is host-owned and closes the plugin pane.
+
+Native WebContents focus is reported only to its actual owner's trusted
+renderer using a canonical instance-ID event. It updates the selected pane;
+it does not expose an Electron object to the plugin. Revealing multiple panes
+does not focus all of them: only the host-selected pane can request focus.
+The main process verifies actual owner, visibility, foreground and unlocked
+state before honoring that request. A plugin has no SDK method to invoke the
+host focus bridge. No session or page text is added to focus/audit logs.
+
+## Example and evidence
+
+`com.netcatty.session-scratchpad` 0.1.0 asks only for its own `views`. It saves,
+reopens and clears explicitly typed synthetic text. Package instructions and
+minimal native actions are in its README. Repository tests use real split
+tree, layout state, persistent portal, launcher and embedded-view components;
+host tests cover owner-bound focus, hidden/locked refusal and withdrawal.
+Feature and permission admission, limits, old APIs and previous Vault/command
+fixes are checked on the same stack. Independent review, exact-SHA CI and
+parent native QA remain separate acceptance gates recorded on the Draft PR.
+
+ThemePack, selected context/terminal drafts and SFTP handles remain subsequent
+bounded stages. Adding a sidebar page does not count as implementing them.

docs/plugin-platform/theme-packs.md

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# Host color theme packs
+
+Theme packs contribute validated light and dark host colors. They cannot inject
+CSS, access host DOM, change layout, load remote resources, replace security
+controls, or apply themselves. The feature is `appearance.theme-packs`.
+
+## Install and select
+
+Use normal Settings > Plugins to install and enable a package. In Appearance,
+choose a plugin theme for the current light or dark mode, then select Preview or
+Apply. Preview changes only the current window and writes no preference. Cancel,
+closing Appearance, changing mode, package withdrawal, or a newer committed
+revision ends that preview. Apply saves a host-owned, device-local choice and
+refreshes other application windows. Restore default clears the plugin choice
+for that mode and selects Snow or Midnight. Selecting a built-in swatch also
+clears that mode's plugin choice. Failures remain visible and are not reported as
+successful applications.
+
+The current view environment is globally broadcast. To keep temporary previews
+local, it publishes **committed** theme tokens only. Plugin pages follow an
+applied theme through their existing environment subscription; they do not
+receive another window's temporary preview. This does not add an owner-local
+view environment API.
+
+## Data-only package
+
+A pure theme uses `main: { "data": "theme" }`, contributes only `themes`, and
+omits permissions, activation events and companions. Its code runtime is never
+started, including by the runtime supervisor's startup or explicit-start path.
+Browser code plugins may also declare themes; choosing a theme does not start a
+runtime or grant their functional permissions. Only enabled packages appear.
+
+```json
+{
+  "features": { "required": ["appearance.theme-packs"] },
+  "main": { "data": "theme" },
+  "contributes": {
+    "themes": [{
+      "id": "com.example.colors.forest",
+      "label": "Forest",
+      "variant": "light",
+      "entry": "forest.json"
+    }]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+This fragment belongs in an otherwise complete manifest. Contribution IDs use
+the package namespace. Palette paths are package-relative JSON files, included
+and checked by the normal CLI/package store. Hosts lacking the required feature
+reject compatibility deterministically.
+
+```json
+{ "formatVersion": 1, "base": "light", "colors": { "accent": "#166534" } }
+```
+
+Colors merge onto a fixed accessible light/dark host base. Only opaque `#RRGGBB`
+values and canonical semantic keys are accepted. The 15 editable keys cover
+background/foreground, card and popover pairs, secondary and muted pairs, accent,
+destructive and its foreground, border and input. Primary, ring and the accent
+foregrounds are derived together, matching the existing theme conversion.
+Nineteen output fields are not nineteen independent controls.
+
+Each package has at most 32 themes; each palette is at most 64 KiB; the catalog
+and validated cache contain at most 256 entries. Schema and contrast checks run
+before catalog publication. Text pairs and state colors require at least 4.5:1;
+control borders and focus information require at least 3:1 against their
+surfaces. Invalid palettes produce bounded, content-free diagnostics and cannot
+be previewed or applied. Files are read from verified immutable package roots,
+with bounded reads and a no-follow final file open.
+
+## Ownership, recovery and security appearance
+
+The host stores selections separately from plugin KV, settings sidecars and
+cloud sync. A reference binds plugin ID, theme ID, exact version, archive digest
+and variant. Application uses a revision check plus an active-package check just
+before the atomic preference/audit transaction. An audit write failure rolls
+back the selection. Audit records contain revision/action metadata, not palette
+or user content.
+
+Disable, uninstall, update, missing entries and integrity failures withdraw the
+palette. A saved missing reference remains visible as unavailable while the
+same-mode safe host palette is used; a changed package is not automatically
+applied. Preview owner and committed revision checks prevent a late cancellation
+from replacing another preview or a newer application.
+
+Host dialogs, App Lock, grant/revoke, host details, keychain panels, host-key
+prompts and the credential picker use fixed host security variables while a
+plugin theme is active. The pack controls no font, icon, opacity, CSS selector,
+button text or ordering. System forced-colors/high-contrast preferences use a
+fixed host high-contrast fallback. Personal accent, fonts, terminal choices and
+accessibility preferences retain their authority. Existing personal custom CSS
+remains a user setting and is not exposed to plugins.
+
+This first layer changes host semantic colors. Static terminal palette linkage,
+custom high-contrast variants, fonts, density, icons and backgrounds remain
+separate bounded follow-ups; their fields are not silently accepted here.
+
+## Example and validation
+
+`examples/plugins/forest-theme-pack` is a four-file data package with light and
+dark Forest accents. It requests no permissions and contains no JavaScript.
+The starter, Vault Scratchpad and Session Scratchpad pages now subscribe to the
+existing seven public HSL tokens through `theme.js`, dispose on page hide, and
+use responsive host-colored controls. No new styling RPC is needed.
+
+Local evidence includes normal CLI validation/packing, schema/admission and
+no-runtime checks; host catalog/identity/size/contrast/CAS/migration/atomic-audit
+checks; picker preview/apply/cancel/reset and stale-owner/withdrawal/high-contrast
+checks; and view-template initial/live environment/disposal checks. Exact-SHA
+CI, independent review and parent native multi-window/security-surface acceptance
+remain separate delivery gates. Local production builds do not establish them.
+
+### First review / CI delta
+
+The first review found that muted text was validated only against its namesake
+muted surface, although host descriptions and statuses also use it on background,
+card and popover surfaces. The validator now checks generic and muted text on
+all neutral surfaces that reuse those tokens. The white-on-white counterexample
+is rejected both by the pure validator and the host catalog. Forest light/dark
+palettes remain valid.
+
+The first exact-head test run `40317690002` failed with 15187 passing tests,
+one failure and 50 skips. Its single failure was the unchanged TERM-SSHD
+concurrent failure-release test expecting a particular invocation to reach OPEN
+first. Both calls perform asynchronous local-file preparation. The test now
+requires exactly one explicit Permission denied result, one successful result
+with matching bytes, and no rejected concurrent handle; it retains concurrency
+without assuming filesystem completion order. No transfer implementation changed.
+The test file's original SHA256 was identical in e5bd294c, 733f44c and fdeeaf74:
+`8b200d9f6a05ac5cd91fe4e0a95ea36a770d22267a6a0162b4c9fc927beb52a7`.
+This is source identity and a source-based ordering diagnosis, not a claim that a
+baseline runtime failure was reproduced locally. The updated test needs the new
+exact-head CI result. That same first run passed the added Vite browser-import
+smoke, resolving the earlier local temp-directory limitation for that head.
+
+### Native security-color delta
+
+Parent native acceptance at f868 verified zero-permission installation/enabling,
+light/dark Preview and Cancel, Apply across main/Settings windows, Restore
+default, restart persistence, and Disable fallback with the unavailable notice.
+The isolated schema-3 profile was not touched. These core results remain valid.
+
+Native QA also found Forest-colored inner New Host cards/inputs/Save and some
+grant-panel text inside an otherwise fixed security container. The cause was
+Tailwind's derived `--color-*` aliases: changing only raw semantic tokens at the
+boundary does not recompute aliases already resolved on an ancestor. The same
+existing security rule now fixes both raw tokens and those color aliases. The
+selector and protected regions are unchanged; ordinary application cards remain
+theme-controlled. No host, credential or grant operation changed.
+
+The regression renders the actual HostDetailsPanel (including General, Address,
+Credentials cards, real Inputs and Save), plus the real grant-panel root. It
+compiles the production Tailwind source, verifies which aliases those utilities
+consume, checks the fixed declarations, and verifies an ordinary card is outside
+the security selector. This is component/compiled-CSS coverage, not a claim of
+native computed-color acceptance. The parent's native color delta remains the
+final visual check. A local Chromium probe aborted because its SUID sandbox was
+not configured; sandboxing was not disabled to retry.

docs/plugin-platform/vault-pages.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Vault extension pages
+
+`views.vault-pages` adds the `vault-page` view location. A package must require
+the feature and declare the existing `views` permission. Hosts without the
+feature reject the package deterministically. Existing view locations and API
+versions keep their behavior; there is no public plugin router or new Vault
+read/write permission.
+
+## User workflow
+
+Visible, enabled contributions appear in Vault's **Extensions** group. The
+host generates a namespaced route from the declared view ID, orders by declared
+order and ID, localizes the label, and resolves the declared icon through the
+existing safe icon pipeline. Built-in navigation and security entry points
+remain host-owned. Collapsed navigation retains source-labelled accessible
+buttons.
+
+Selecting a page mounts its existing sandbox WebContentsView in the Vault main
+content area. It does not create a top tab, use an aside overlay, open a
+connection, or share host/session/Vault records. The trusted host context
+contains only `netcatty.surface: vault-page`. The manager's existing Open action
+can select the same page through an internal host event; this is not exposed
+as a generic SDK navigation capability.
+
+The `vault-scratchpad` browser example lets the user type synthetic text, save
+it in the plugin's own view state, return to Hosts, reopen, and clear it. It
+does not create a Vault Note or enable automatic cloud sync. The fixture asks
+for only `views`; granting it does not approve another plugin or data access.
+
+## Ownership and lifecycle
+
+The host owns the route and validates the selected contribution against the
+current visible catalog. Missing IDs, disable/uninstall/update, a false `when`,
+failed activation or a host close return to Hosts. Focus restoration checks
+the current section and active tab so an old fallback cannot steal focus after
+a newer selection. Catalog listing does not activate a plugin.
+
+The embedded host reuses PluginViewHost, its ephemeral session, CSP, no-Node
+preload, protocol validation, own-command checks, and bounded own view state.
+No DOM or Electron object enters the SDK. A window-route-and-slot scope separates
+this page's state from other view placements; actual BrowserWindow ownership is
+validated separately and does not rely on that state key. This initial embedded slice
+closes on navigation away even if `retainContextWhenHidden` is declared.
+
+Each opening reserves an instance ID owned by its actual BrowserWindow before
+asynchronous activation. Close can cancel that reservation before native
+construction. Owner closure, shutdown and renderer cleanup prevent a late open
+from attaching; late responses are also closed by the renderer lifecycle
+controller. Current plugin version/runtime and `when` are checked before
+attachment and on subsequent contribution changes. Existing owner checks apply
+to bounds, visibility, close and view-state IPC.
+
+Host reload/renderer exit and a view renderer crash close the associated native
+page. Plain Escape in a Vault page is handled by the host and returns to Hosts;
+it does not dispatch a plugin command or expose a general navigation API.
+
+Native child views sit above React portals. A Vault page starts hidden; the
+trusted renderer reveals it only after checking the mount and host dialogs,
+menus, popovers, overlay panels and lock surfaces. Overlapping host surfaces
+hide the page. App Lock additionally closes all hosted plugin views and
+cancels pending opens in the main process; showing a view while locked fails.
+
+The shared manifest bound remains 128 views per package. Only one Vault page is
+mounted per owner; listing and routing do not create a background view queue.
+View-state JSON size limits and existing runtime/permission quotas remain in
+force. No page text or state is added to audit logs by this adapter.
+
+## Validation status
+
+Source tests cover normal catalog selection, the actual embedded content slot,
+host-modal occlusion, synchronous tab-away cleanup, withdrawn and invalid
+routes, internal host selection, delayed open cancellation, feature/permission
+admission, host ownership, `when` withdrawal and App Lock. Production build,
+aggregate host tests and precise-SHA CI are reported on the accompanying Draft
+PR. Parent native acceptance must use the packed browser example through
+normal Settings and record its exact source SHA/package hash. Unit tests do
+not substitute for that native acceptance.
+
+Terminal sidebar pages and selected-session DTOs remain separate stages. This
+page location does not make those capabilities available.

domain/pluginHostActions.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { applyPluginHostEdit, normalizePluginHostDraft, pluginHostFieldDiff, pluginHostRunsSavedScripts } from './pluginHostActions';
+import type { Host, Snippet } from './models';
+
+const host: Host = { id: 'synthetic-host', label: 'Synthetic', hostname: 'host.invalid', username: 'test', os: 'linux', tags: [], password: 'synthetic-secret', startupCommand: 'synthetic-script' };
+
+test('host action drafts reuse importer normalization and discard credential/executable fields', () => {
+  const created = normalizePluginHostDraft({ ...host, password: 'untrusted', protocol: 'local' } as never, 'host-owned-id');
+  assert.equal(created.id, 'host-owned-id');
+  assert.equal(created.protocol, 'ssh');
+  assert.equal(created.password, undefined);
+  assert.equal(created.startupCommand, undefined);
+  assert.throws(() => normalizePluginHostDraft({ hostname: 'host.invalid', port: 0 }, 'id'));
+  assert.throws(() => normalizePluginHostDraft({ hostname: 'host.invalid\ninvalid' }, 'id'));
+  assert.throws(() => normalizePluginHostDraft({ hostname: 'host.invalid other.invalid' }, 'id'));
+});
+
+test('edit draft preserves saved connection and credentials and diff includes only approved metadata', () => {
+  const edited = applyPluginHostEdit(host, { label: ' Renamed ', tags: ['new'], hostname: 'attacker.invalid', password: 'untrusted' } as never);
+  assert.equal(edited.password, host.password);
+  assert.equal(edited.hostname, host.hostname);
+  assert.equal(edited.startupCommand, host.startupCommand);
+  assert.throws(() => applyPluginHostEdit(host, { label: ' ' }), /required/);
+  assert.deepEqual(pluginHostFieldDiff(host, edited), [
+    { field: 'label', before: 'Synthetic', after: 'Renamed' },
+    { field: 'tags', before: [], after: ['new'] },
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(JSON.stringify(pluginHostFieldDiff(undefined, normalizePluginHostDraft(host, 'id'))).includes('synthetic-secret'), false);
+});
+
+test('connection warning covers host, inherited, global and output automation without returning script content', () => {
+  const clean = { ...host, startupCommand: undefined };
+  assert.equal(pluginHostRunsSavedScripts(clean, [], []), false);
+  assert.equal(pluginHostRunsSavedScripts(host, [], []), true);
+  assert.equal(pluginHostRunsSavedScripts({ ...clean, group: 'Synthetic' }, [{ path: 'Synthetic', startupCommand: 'synthetic-group-script' }], []), true);
+  assert.equal(pluginHostRunsSavedScripts(clean, [], [{ id: 'global', label: 'Global', command: 'synthetic', kind: 'script', trigger: 'onConnect', targetsAllHosts: true } as Snippet]), true);
+  assert.equal(pluginHostRunsSavedScripts(clean, [], [{ id: 'output', label: 'Output', command: 'synthetic', kind: 'script', trigger: 'onOutput', triggerPattern: 'ready' } as Snippet]), true);
+  assert.equal(pluginHostRunsSavedScripts({ ...clean, outputTriggers: [{ id: 't', pattern: 'ready', scriptId: 'synthetic' }] }, [], []), true);
+});

domain/pluginHostActions.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import type { ImporterHostDraft } from '@netcatty/plugin-contract';
+import type { GroupConfig, Host, ManagedSource, Snippet } from './models';
+import { applyGroupDefaults, resolveGroupDefaults } from './groupConfig';
+import { hasHostConnectAutomation } from './hostConnectScripts';
+import { normalizePluginImporterRecords } from './pluginImporter';
+import { applyVaultHostUpdate, buildVaultHostFromDraft } from './vaultHostCreate';
+import { isScriptSnippet } from './snippetScript';
+import { snippetAppliesToOutputTrigger } from './snippetTargets';
+
+// Keep the public host draft a subset of the existing typed importer. In
+// particular, references to credentials, plugin configuration and executable
+// settings are never accepted by this surface.
+export type PluginHostDraftFields = Pick<ImporterHostDraft,
+  'label' | 'hostname' | 'username' | 'port' | 'group' | 'tags'>;
+export type PluginHostEditFields = Pick<PluginHostDraftFields, 'label' | 'group' | 'tags'>;
+
+export const PLUGIN_HOST_CREATE_FIELDS = ['label', 'hostname', 'username', 'port', 'group', 'tags'] as const;
+export const PLUGIN_HOST_EDIT_FIELDS = ['label', 'group', 'tags'] as const;
+
+export function normalizePluginHostDraft(draft: PluginHostDraftFields, id: string): Host {
+  const fields = Object.fromEntries(PLUGIN_HOST_CREATE_FIELDS.flatMap((field) => (
+    draft[field] === undefined ? [] : [[field, draft[field]]]
+  )));
+  // Validate before sanitization as well: an invalid address must not become
+  // a different, valid endpoint when the importer removes control characters.
+  const raw = { ...fields, hostname: draft.hostname ?? '', protocol: 'ssh' as const };
+  if (!buildVaultHostFromDraft(raw).ok) throw new Error('Host draft is invalid');
+  const normalized = normalizePluginImporterRecords([{
+    type: 'draft', draft: { kind: 'host', value: raw },
+  }]);
+  if (normalized.errors.length || normalized.hosts.length !== 1) {
+    throw new Error('Host draft is invalid');
+  }
+  const validated = buildVaultHostFromDraft(normalized.hosts[0]);
+  if (!validated.ok) throw new Error('Host draft is invalid');
+  return { ...validated.host, id };
+}
+
+export function applyPluginHostEdit(host: Host, draft: PluginHostEditFields): Host {
+  if (draft.label !== undefined && !draft.label.trim()) throw new Error('Host label is required');
+  const normalized = normalizePluginHostDraft({
+    label: draft.label ?? host.label,
+    hostname: 'draft.invalid', username: '',
+    group: draft.group ?? host.group, tags: draft.tags ?? host.tags,
+  }, host.id);
+  return { ...host, label: normalized.label, group: normalized.group, tags: normalized.tags };
+}
+
+export function pluginHostFieldDiff(before: Host | undefined, after: Host) {
+  const fields = before ? PLUGIN_HOST_EDIT_FIELDS : PLUGIN_HOST_CREATE_FIELDS;
+  return fields.flatMap((field) => {
+    const previous = before?.[field];
+    const value = after[field];
+    return JSON.stringify(previous) === JSON.stringify(value) ? [] : [{
+      field, before: previous ?? null, after: value ?? null,
+    }];
+  });
+}
+
+/** Managed SSH-config writes stay in the full Vault editor. Reuse its group
+ * ownership rules without opening or syncing any managed file here. */
+export function pluginHostDraftTouchesManagedSource(host: Host, managedSources: ManagedSource[]): boolean {
+  if (host.managedSourceId) return true;
+  if (managedSources.length === 0) return false;
+  const reconciled = applyVaultHostUpdate([host], [], host.id, { group: host.group ?? '' }, { managedSources });
+  if (!reconciled.ok) throw new Error('Host draft is invalid');
+  return Boolean(reconciled.updatedHost.managedSourceId);
+}
+
+/** Only the host UI consumes this disclosure; script text never crosses RPC. */
+export function pluginHostRunsSavedScripts(host: Host, groups: GroupConfig[], snippets: Snippet[]): boolean {
+  const effective = applyGroupDefaults(host, host.group ? resolveGroupDefaults(host.group, groups) : {});
+  return Boolean(effective.startupCommand?.trim())
+    || hasHostConnectAutomation(effective, snippets)
+    || snippets.some((snippet) => isScriptSnippet(snippet) && snippetAppliesToOutputTrigger(snippet, effective))
+    || Boolean(effective.outputTriggers?.length);
+}

domain/pluginPermissionDescriptions.cjs

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const PERMISSION_DESCRIPTIONS = {
   menus: [false, "Menu entries", "Add this plugin's actions to host menus.", "菜单入口", "将此插件的操作加入应用菜单。"],
   "ui.interact": [false, "Host prompts", "Ask the host to show bounded input and choice dialogs.", "宿主交互", "请求宿主显示有界的输入和选择对话框。"],
   views: [false, "Plugin panels", "Display plugin-owned panels inside the app.", "插件面板", "在应用中显示插件自己的面板。"],
+  "ai.invoke": [true, "Use configured AI model", "Send plugin prompts and separately approved selected text to the configured model. Provider charges may apply. Does not grant tools or host actions.", "使用已配置的 AI 模型", "向已配置的模型发送插件提示和另行批准的所选文本。模型提供商可能收费。此权限不授予工具或宿主操作权限。"],
+  "context.selected.list": [true, "Selected context summaries", "Ask you to share summaries of selected workspace, tab, session, host, or Note references. Does not read their text.", "所选上下文摘要", "请求你分享所选工作区、标签页、会话、主机或笔记引用的摘要。此权限不会读取其文本。"],
+  "context.selected.read": [true, "Read selected context", "Read text from references you explicitly select and approve. It may contain private data.", "读取所选上下文", "读取你明确选择并批准的引用中的文本，其中可能包含隐私信息。"],
   "clipboard.read": [true, "Read clipboard", "Read copied text, which may contain passwords or other sensitive data.", "读取剪贴板", "读取复制的文本，其中可能包含密码或其他敏感数据。"],
   "clipboard.write": [true, "Write clipboard", "Replace clipboard content that you may paste elsewhere.", "写入剪贴板", "替换剪贴板内容，可能影响你随后粘贴的数据。"],
   "terminal.metadata": [true, "Terminal metadata", "Read terminal/session details that may identify hosts and activity.", "终端元数据", "读取终端和会话信息，可能暴露主机及操作活动。"],
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ const PERMISSION_DESCRIPTIONS = {
   "sftp.read": [true, "Read remote files", "Read remote file content through supported host APIs.", "读取远程文件", "通过支持的宿主 API 读取远程文件内容。"],
   "sftp.write": [true, "Change remote files", "Write or change remote files through supported host APIs.", "修改远程文件", "通过支持的宿主 API 写入或修改远程文件。"],
   network: [true, "Network requests", "Contact approved origins. Data sent to them leaves this device.", "网络请求", "访问已批准的网络来源。发送的数据会离开此设备。"],
+  "network.stream": [true, "TCP and TLS connections", "Send and receive data over TCP or TLS at approved endpoints. Data may leave this device.", "TCP 和 TLS 连接", "通过 TCP 或 TLS 与已批准的端点收发数据。数据可能离开此设备。"],
   "filesystem.read": [true, "Read local files", "Read approved local paths, which may contain sensitive files.", "读取本地文件", "读取已批准的本地路径，其中可能包含敏感文件。"],
   "filesystem.write": [true, "Change local files", "Write to approved local paths; existing content may be changed.", "修改本地文件", "写入已批准的本地路径，可能改变现有文件内容。"],
   secrets: [true, "Plugin secrets", "Store and use this plugin's secrets through OS-backed storage and controlled leases.", "插件秘密", "通过系统密钥存储与受控租约保存和使用此插件的秘密。"],

domain/pluginRuntimePolicy.cjs

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 // Shared by host placement, release admission, and the installed-package UI.
 // A Node entrypoint does not change default placement, but is not admitted to
 // the normal browser-only product path.
+function isStaticThemePack(manifest) {
+  return manifest?.main?.data === "theme" && Object.keys(manifest.main).length === 1
+    && Array.isArray(manifest.contributes?.themes) && manifest.contributes.themes.length > 0
+    && Object.keys(manifest.contributes).every((key) => key === "themes")
+    && !Object.keys(manifest.permissions ?? {}).length && !manifest.activationEvents?.length
+    && !manifest.companionExecutables?.length
+    && manifest.features?.required?.includes("appearance.theme-packs");
+}
 function describePluginRuntime(manifest) {
   const providers = manifest?.contributes?.providers ?? [];
   const permissions = [...(manifest?.permissions?.required ?? []), ...(manifest?.permissions?.optional ?? [])];
@@ -18,19 +26,20 @@ function describePluginRuntime(manifest) {
   const hasNode = Boolean(manifest?.main?.node);
   const defaultRuntimeKind = hasBrowser && !hasCompanions && !hasInterceptors ? "browser" : "utility";
   return {
-    defaultRuntimeKind,
+    defaultRuntimeKind: isStaticThemePack(manifest) ? "data" : defaultRuntimeKind,
+    dataOnly: isStaticThemePack(manifest),
     hasNode,
     declaresAdvanced,
-    browserOnly: hasBrowser && !hasNode && !hasCompanions && !hasInterceptors && !declaresAdvanced,
+    browserOnly: !manifest?.main?.data && hasBrowser && !hasNode && !hasCompanions && !hasInterceptors && !declaresAdvanced,
   };
 }
 
 function assertBrowserOnlyPlugin(manifest) {
-  if (!describePluginRuntime(manifest).browserOnly) {
+  if (!describePluginRuntime(manifest).browserOnly && !isStaticThemePack(manifest)) {
     const error = new Error("This package requires advanced developer mode; normal plugin management accepts browser-only packages");
     error.code = "PLUGIN_UNSUPPORTED_RUNTIME";
     throw error;
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { describePluginRuntime, assertBrowserOnlyPlugin };
+module.exports = { describePluginRuntime, assertBrowserOnlyPlugin, isStaticThemePack };

domain/pluginRuntimePolicy.test.cjs

@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ test('normal release admission rejects advanced declarations and privileged prov
   assert.equal(describePluginRuntime(manifest).defaultRuntimeKind, 'utility');
   assert.throws(() => assertBrowserOnlyPlugin(manifest), /developer mode/);
 });
+
+test('normal admission accepts only explicit non-executable theme-only data packages',()=>{
+ const manifest={main:{data:'theme'},features:{required:['appearance.theme-packs']},contributes:{themes:[{id:'com.example.theme.light'}]}};
+ assert.doesNotThrow(()=>assertBrowserOnlyPlugin(manifest));assert.equal(describePluginRuntime(manifest).dataOnly,true);assert.equal(describePluginRuntime(manifest).defaultRuntimeKind,'data');
+ for(const change of [{main:{data:'theme',browser:'index.js'}},{permissions:{required:['network']}},{activationEvents:['onStartupFinished']},{contributes:{themes:[],commands:[]}}])assert.throws(()=>assertBrowserOnlyPlugin({...manifest,...change}),/developer mode/);
+});

domain/pluginThemePack.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+"use strict";
+// Pure color projection. Package/wire schema validation belongs to the host.
+const LIGHT = Object.freeze({
+  background: "#ffffff",
+  foreground: "#161a1d",
+  card: "#ffffff",
+  cardForeground: "#161a1d",
+  popover: "#ffffff",
+  popoverForeground: "#161a1d",
+  secondary: "#e5e7eb",
+  secondaryForeground: "#161a1d",
+  muted: "#f0f2f4",
+  mutedForeground: "#374151",
+  accent: "#1d4ed8",
+  destructive: "#b91c1c",
+  destructiveForeground: "#ffffff",
+  border: "#6b7280",
+  input: "#6b7280",
+});
+const DARK = Object.freeze({
+  background: "#111827",
+  foreground: "#f9fafb",
+  card: "#1f2937",
+  cardForeground: "#f9fafb",
+  popover: "#1f2937",
+  popoverForeground: "#f9fafb",
+  secondary: "#374151",
+  secondaryForeground: "#ffffff",
+  muted: "#273244",
+  mutedForeground: "#e5e7eb",
+  accent: "#93c5fd",
+  destructive: "#fca5a5",
+  destructiveForeground: "#111827",
+  border: "#9ca3af",
+  input: "#9ca3af",
+});
+function rgb(hex) {
+  return [1, 3, 5].map(
+    (offset) => parseInt(hex.slice(offset, offset + 2), 16) / 255,
+  );
+}
+function luminance(hex) {
+  return rgb(hex)
+    .map((v) => (v <= 0.04045 ? v / 12.92 : ((v + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4))
+    .reduce((s, v, i) => s + v * [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722][i], 0);
+}
+function contrast(a, b) {
+  const x = luminance(a),
+    y = luminance(b);
+  return (Math.max(x, y) + 0.05) / (Math.min(x, y) + 0.05);
+}
+function toHsl(hex) {
+  const [r, g, b] = rgb(hex),
+    max = Math.max(r, g, b),
+    min = Math.min(r, g, b),
+    delta = max - min,
+    l = (max + min) / 2;
+  let h = 0;
+  if (delta)
+    h =
+      (max === r
+        ? ((g - b) / delta + 6) % 6
+        : max === g
+          ? (b - r) / delta + 2
+          : (r - g) / delta + 4) * 60;
+  const s = delta ? delta / (1 - Math.abs(2 * l - 1)) : 0;
+  return `${h.toFixed(3)} ${(s * 100).toFixed(3)}% ${(l * 100).toFixed(3)}%`;
+}
+// A small margin covers rounding when hex colors become HSL CSS components.
+function resolveThemePalette(palette) {
+  const colors = {
+    ...(palette.base === "dark" ? DARK : LIGHT),
+    ...palette.colors,
+  };
+  for (const value of Object.values(colors))
+    if (!/^#[0-9a-f]{6}$/i.test(value)) throw new Error("Invalid theme color");
+  const pairs = [
+    ["foreground", "background"],
+    ["cardForeground", "card"],
+    ["popoverForeground", "popover"],
+    ["secondaryForeground", "secondary"],
+    ["mutedForeground", "muted"],
+    ["destructiveForeground", "destructive"],
+  ];
+  for (const [a, b] of pairs)
+    if (contrast(colors[a], colors[b]) < 4.51)
+      throw new Error("Theme text contrast is below 4.5:1");
+  // Host labels and descriptions reuse these text tokens across neutral
+  // surfaces; they do not always sit on their namesake background token.
+  for (const surface of ["background", "card", "popover", "secondary", "muted"])
+    for (const key of ["foreground", "mutedForeground"])
+      if (contrast(colors[key], colors[surface]) < 4.51)
+        throw new Error("Theme neutral-surface text contrast is below 4.5:1");
+  for (const surface of ["background", "card", "popover"]) {
+    for (const key of ["accent", "destructive"])
+      if (contrast(colors[key], colors[surface]) < 4.51)
+        throw new Error("Theme state contrast is below 4.5:1");
+    for (const key of ["border", "input"])
+      if (contrast(colors[key], colors[surface]) < 3.01)
+        throw new Error("Theme control contrast is below 3:1");
+  }
+  const foreground =
+    contrast(colors.accent, "#000000") >= contrast(colors.accent, "#ffffff")
+      ? "#000000"
+      : "#ffffff";
+  const tokens = Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(colors).map(([k, v]) => [k, toHsl(v)]),
+  );
+  return Object.freeze({
+    ...tokens,
+    primary: tokens.accent,
+    primaryForeground: toHsl(foreground),
+    accentForeground: toHsl(foreground),
+    ring: tokens.accent,
+  });
+}
+function securityThemeTokens(mode, highContrast = false) {
+  const colors = highContrast
+    ? mode === "dark"
+      ? {
+          background: "#000000",
+          card: "#000000",
+          popover: "#000000",
+          foreground: "#ffffff",
+          cardForeground: "#ffffff",
+          popoverForeground: "#ffffff",
+          accent: "#ffff00",
+          border: "#ffffff",
+          input: "#ffffff",
+        }
+      : {
+          background: "#ffffff",
+          card: "#ffffff",
+          popover: "#ffffff",
+          foreground: "#000000",
+          cardForeground: "#000000",
+          popoverForeground: "#000000",
+          accent: "#000080",
+          border: "#000000",
+          input: "#000000",
+        }
+    : {};
+  return resolveThemePalette({ base: mode, colors });
+}
+module.exports = { resolveThemePalette, securityThemeTokens, contrast, toHsl };

domain/pluginThemePack.test.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const test = require("node:test");
+const {
+  resolveThemePalette,
+  securityThemeTokens,
+  contrast,
+} = require("./pluginThemePack.cjs");
+test("opaque accessible palettes derive coupled accent tokens and fixed high contrast fallback", () => {
+  for (const mode of ["light", "dark"]) {
+    const tokens = resolveThemePalette({ base: mode, colors: {} });
+    assert.equal(tokens.primary, tokens.accent);
+    assert.equal(tokens.ring, tokens.accent);
+    assert.equal(tokens.primaryForeground, tokens.accentForeground);
+    assert.ok(securityThemeTokens(mode, true));
+  }
+  assert.ok(contrast("#000000", "#ffffff") > 20);
+  assert.throws(
+    () =>
+      resolveThemePalette({ base: "light", colors: { foreground: "#ffffff" } }),
+    /contrast/,
+  );
+});
+
+test("generic and muted text stay readable on the neutral surfaces that use them", () => {
+  for (const colors of [
+    { muted: "#000000", mutedForeground: "#ffffff" },
+    { card: "#000000", cardForeground: "#ffffff" },
+    { popover: "#000000", popoverForeground: "#ffffff" },
+    { secondary: "#000000", secondaryForeground: "#ffffff" },
+  ]) {
+    assert.throws(() => resolveThemePalette({ base: "light", colors }), /contrast/);
+  }
+});

domain/sidePanelLayout.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type SidePanelTool =
+export type BuiltinSidePanelTool =
   | 'sftp'
   | 'browser'
   | 'scripts'
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ export type SidePanelTool =
   | 'system'
   | 'notes';
 
+export type SidePanelTool = BuiltinSidePanelTool | `plugin-view:${string}`;
+
+export function isPluginSidePanelTool(value: unknown): value is `plugin-view:${string}` {
+  return typeof value === 'string' && value.length <= 256 && /^plugin-view:[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/.test(value);
+}
+
 export type SidePanelSplitDirection = 'horizontal' | 'vertical';
 
 export type SidePanelPaneNode = {

domain/workspaceLayoutPreset.test.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ test('sanitize accepts a valid saved preset and rejects malformed data', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('plugin panes keep split uniqueness and limits; saved routes grant no availability and can be pruned', () => {
+  const tool = 'plugin-view:com.example.plugin.page' as const;
+  let layout = createSidePanelLayout('notes', 'notes');
+  layout = splitSidePanelPane(layout, 'notes', tool, 'vertical', { paneId: 'plugin', splitId: 'root' }, 600);
+  const unique = splitSidePanelPane(layout, 'notes', tool, 'vertical', { paneId: 'duplicate', splitId: 'unused' }, 600);
+  assert.equal(collectSidePanelPanes(unique.root).length, 2);
+  assert.equal(getFocusedSidePanelPane(unique).tool, tool);
+  assert.ok(createWorkspaceLayoutPreset(layout));
+  assert.equal(withoutUnavailableSidePanelTools(layout, (item) => item === 'notes')?.root.type, 'pane');
+  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) layout = splitSidePanelPane(layout, getFocusedSidePanelPane(layout).id,
+    `plugin-view:com.example.plugin.page${i}`, 'horizontal', { paneId: `p${i}`, splitId: `s${i}` }, 600);
+  assert.equal(collectSidePanelPanes(layout.root).length, 8);
+  assert.equal(sanitizeWorkspaceLayoutPreset({ version: 1, layout: { root: { id: 'invalid', type: 'pane', tool: 'plugin-view:../outside' }, focusedPaneId: 'invalid' } }), null);
+});
+
 test('sanitize rejects duplicate node ids', () => {
   assert.equal(
     sanitizeWorkspaceLayoutPreset({

domain/workspaceLayoutPreset.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   closeSidePanelPane,
   collectSidePanelPanes,
   getFocusedSidePanelPane,
+  isPluginSidePanelTool,
   type SidePanelLayout,
   type SidePanelLayoutNode,
   type SidePanelTool,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ const SIDE_PANEL_TOOLS: ReadonlySet<SidePanelTool> = new Set([
 ]);
 
 function isSidePanelTool(value: unknown): value is SidePanelTool {
-  return typeof value === 'string' && SIDE_PANEL_TOOLS.has(value as SidePanelTool);
+  return typeof value === 'string' && (SIDE_PANEL_TOOLS.has(value as SidePanelTool) || isPluginSidePanelTool(value));
 }
 
 function sanitizeSidePanelLayoutNode(

electron-builder.config.cjs

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'domain/terminalPromptSecurity.shared.cjs',
         'domain/pluginRuntimePolicy.cjs',
         'domain/pluginPermissionDescriptions.cjs',
+        'domain/pluginThemePack.cjs',
         // Main-process SSH, SFTP, and port-forward bridges share this matcher.
         // TypeScript under domain/ is excluded below, so the .cjs must be listed.
         'domain/systemManager/containerRuntime.shared.cjs',

electron/bridges/transferBridge.termSshd.test.cjs

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ test("TERM-SSHD queued cancellation releases its turn without closing the owner
   assert.equal(transferBridge._getSessionFastDownloadWaiterCountForTests(fixture.sftp), 0);
 });
 
-test("TERM-SSHD failed transfer releases the physical channel for the next alias", async (t) => {
+test("TERM-SSHD failed transfer releases the physical channel for the next alias", { timeout: 5_000 }, async (t) => {
   const fixture = await createSequentialTransferFixture(t);
   const originalOpen = fixture.sftp.open;
   let rejectFirst = true;
@@ -321,10 +321,16 @@ test("TERM-SSHD failed transfer releases the physical channel for the next alias
       args.at(-1)(Object.assign(new Error("Permission denied"), { code: 3 }));
     } else originalOpen(...args);
   };
-  const [first, next] = await Promise.all([fixture.start("download"), fixture.start("download", "alias")]);
-  assert.match(first.result.error || "", /Permission denied/);
-  assert.equal(next.result.error, undefined);
-  assert.deepEqual(await fs.readFile(next.targetPath), fixture.payload);
+  const transfers = await Promise.all([fixture.start("download"), fixture.start("download", "alias")]);
+  // Both calls await local file preparation before acquiring the shared channel.
+  // Either invocation may reach the injected first OPEN failure; retain the
+  // concurrent release check without assuming filesystem completion order.
+  const failed = transfers.filter((transfer) => transfer.result.error !== undefined);
+  const succeeded = transfers.filter((transfer) => transfer.result.error === undefined);
+  assert.equal(failed.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(succeeded.length, 1);
+  assert.match(failed[0].result.error, /Permission denied/);
+  assert.deepEqual(await fs.readFile(succeeded[0].targetPath), fixture.payload);
   assert.equal(fixture.rejectedOpens(), 0);
 });
 

electron/main/registerBridges.cjs

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ function createBridgeRegistrar(context) {
       },
       resolveBrandIcon: (pluginId) => pluginHostService?.contributionIconService?.resolveBrand(pluginId),
       resolveContributionIcon: (payload) => pluginHostService?.contributionIconService?.resolve(payload),
+      themeService: pluginHostService?.themeService,
       viewHost: pluginHostService?.viewHost,
       env: process.env,
       isTrustedSender: createTrustedPluginBridgeSender({ devServerUrl: effectiveDevServerUrl }),

electron/plugins/ai/aiContextService.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const { PluginRpcError, RPC_ERRORS } = require("../rpcRouter.cjs");
+const { createDefinitionValidator } = require("../contractValidator.cjs");
+const { ModelInvocationBroker } = require("./modelInvocationBroker.cjs");
+const { SelectedContextAuthority } = require("../context/selectedContextAuthority.cjs");
+const { PluginAISourceBinding } = require("./sourceBinding.cjs");
+const fail = (code, message) => new PluginRpcError(RPC_ERRORS[code], message);
+const FEATURES = Object.freeze(["ai.model-invocation", "context.selected-read"]);
+const ROUTES = Object.freeze([
+  ["ai.openChat", "PluginAIEmptyParams", "PluginAIChatResult", "ai.invoke", "open"],
+  ["ai.startTurn", "PluginAIStartTurnParams", "PluginAITurnResult", "ai.invoke", "start"],
+  ["ai.readTurn", "PluginAITurnRef", "PluginAIStreamEvent", "ai.invoke", "read"],
+  ["ai.stopTurn", "PluginAITurnRef", "PluginAIBooleanResult", "ai.invoke", "stop"],
+  ["ai.closeChat", "PluginAIChatRef", "PluginAIBooleanResult", "ai.invoke", "close"],
+  ["context.selected.list", "PluginAIEmptyParams", "PluginSelectedContextListResult", "context.selected.list", "list"],
+  ["context.selected.read", "PluginSelectedContextRef", "PluginSelectedContextContent", "context.selected.read", "readSelected"],
+]);
+
+class PluginAIContextService {
+  constructor(options) {
+    this.host = options.hostAdapter;
+    for (const method of ["selectModel", "listSelected", "reviewText", "assertActive"]) {
+      if (typeof this.host?.[method] !== "function") throw new TypeError(`AI host adapter ${method} required`);
+    }
+    this.source = new PluginAISourceBinding(options);
+    this.permissionEngine = options.permissionEngine;
+    this.resolveOwner = (context) => this.source.resolve(context);
+    this.selected = new SelectedContextAuthority({ resolveDataOwner: this.resolveOwner });
+    this.runtimeContexts = new Map();
+    this.registrations = [];
+    this.broker = new ModelInvocationBroker({ resolveDataOwner: this.resolveOwner,
+      selectModel: async (context) => {
+        await this.#guard(context);
+        const model = await this.host.selectModel(context);
+        await this.#guard(context);
+        return model;
+      },
+      contexts: {
+        read: (reference, context) => this.readSelected(reference, context),
+        assertCurrent: (reference, context) => this.selected.assertCurrent(reference, context),
+        onDidInvalidate: (listener) => this.selected.onDidInvalidate(listener),
+        releaseRuntime: (runtimeId) => this.selected.releaseRuntime(runtimeId),
+        releaseOwner: (owner) => this.selected.releaseOwner(owner),
+      },
+    });
+    this.revocation = this.permissionEngine.onDidRevoke((event) => this.releasePlugin(event.pluginId));
+    this.unsubscribeHost = this.host.onDidInvalidate?.(() => this.releaseAll());
+  }
+
+  async #guard(context) {
+    const owner = await this.resolveOwner(context);
+    await this.host.assertActive(context);
+    if (await this.resolveOwner(context) !== owner) throw fail("permissionDenied", "Plugin source changed");
+    return owner;
+  }
+
+  #authorization(permission, params) {
+    const resource = permission === "context.selected.read" ? `selected:${params.handle}:${params.version}` : "*";
+    return { permission, resources: [resource],
+      reason: permission === "ai.invoke" ? "Use the model selected in Netcatty without tools"
+        : permission === "context.selected.list" ? "List summaries of the current selected context"
+          : "Review and share this selected context version",
+      ...(permission === "context.selected.read" ? { allowedScopes: ["once"] } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  registerRpcCapabilities(registry) {
+    if (this.registrations.length) throw new Error("AI/context routes are already registered");
+    // Canonical validators are created only when transport integration registers
+    // this service. There is no second plugin wire schema in these modules.
+    const prepared = ROUTES.map(([method, paramsType, resultType, permission, operation]) => ({
+      method, permission, operation,
+      validateParams: createDefinitionValidator(paramsType),
+      validateResult: createDefinitionValidator(resultType),
+    }));
+    for (const route of prepared) {
+      this.registrations.push(registry.registerRequest(route.method, async (params, context) => {
+        await this.#guard(context);
+        const result = await this[route.operation](params, context);
+        await this.#guard(context);
+        if (!route.validateResult(result)) throw fail("internal", "AI/context response is invalid");
+        return result;
+      }, {
+        metadata: { capability: "plugin-ai-context", mutating: false, permission: route.permission },
+        validateParams: (params) => {
+          if (!route.validateParams(params)) throw fail("invalidArgument", "AI/context request is invalid");
+          return Object.freeze(structuredClone(params));
+        },
+        authorization: async (params, context) => {
+          await this.#guard(context);
+          if (route.operation === "readSelected") await this.selected.assertCurrent(params, context);
+          return this.#authorization(route.permission, params);
+        },
+      }));
+    }
+  }
+
+  open(_params, context) { return this.broker.open(context); }
+  start(params, context) { return this.broker.start(params, context); }
+  read({ turnHandle }, context) { return this.broker.read(turnHandle, context); }
+  async stop({ turnHandle }, context) { return { ok: await this.broker.stop(turnHandle, context) }; }
+  async close({ chatHandle }, context) { return { ok: await this.broker.close(chatHandle, context) }; }
+
+  async list(_params, context) {
+    const owner = await this.#guard(context);
+    const selections = await this.host.listSelected(context);
+    await this.#guard(context);
+    if (!Array.isArray(selections) || selections.length > 5 || new Set(selections.map((item) => item.scope)).size !== selections.length) {
+      throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Selected scope limit reached");
+    }
+    const previous = this.runtimeContexts.get(context.runtimeId);
+    if (previous?.owner === owner && previous.keys === JSON.stringify(selections.map(({ key, version }) => [key, version]))) {
+      return { items: await this.selected.summaries(context) };
+    }
+    this.selected.releaseRuntime(context.runtimeId);
+    const created = [];
+    try {
+      for (const { key, scope, title, version, readText, isCurrent } of selections) {
+        if (typeof key !== "string" || !key || key.length > 256) throw fail("invalidArgument", "Host selection key is invalid");
+        const summary = await this.selected.share({ scope, title, version, readText, isCurrent }, context);
+        created.push(summary.handle);
+      }
+      await this.#guard(context);
+      this.runtimeContexts.set(context.runtimeId, { owner, keys: JSON.stringify(selections.map(({ key, version }) => [key, version])) });
+      return { items: await this.selected.summaries(context) };
+    } catch (error) { for (const handle of created) this.selected.release(handle); throw error; }
+  }
+
+  async readSelected(reference, context) {
+    await this.#guard(context);
+    await this.selected.assertCurrent(reference, context);
+    const authorization = this.#authorization("context.selected.read", reference);
+    // Direct RPC reads have already passed the registry permission middleware.
+    // A model turn must obtain its separate content grant here.
+    if (context.method !== "context.selected.read" || context.authorization?.permission !== authorization.permission
+      || context.authorization.resources?.[0] !== authorization.resources[0]) {
+      await this.permissionEngine.authorize(context, authorization);
+    }
+    await this.#guard(context);
+    const selected = await this.selected.read(reference, context);
+    await this.#guard(context);
+    if (!await this.host.reviewText({ scope: selected.scope, title: selected.title, version: selected.version,
+      text: selected.text, pluginId: context.pluginId }, context)) throw fail("cancelled", "Selected context sharing was cancelled");
+    await this.#guard(context);
+    await this.selected.assertCurrent(reference, context);
+    return selected;
+  }
+
+  releaseRuntime(runtimeId) {
+    this.broker.releaseRuntime(runtimeId);
+    this.runtimeContexts.delete(runtimeId);
+    this.source.releaseRuntime(runtimeId);
+    this.host.releaseRuntime?.(runtimeId);
+  }
+  releasePlugin(pluginId) {
+    for (const [runtimeId, { owner }] of [...this.runtimeContexts]) if (owner.pluginId === pluginId) this.releaseRuntime(runtimeId);
+    for (const binding of [...this.source.bindings.values()]) if (binding.pluginId === pluginId) this.releaseRuntime(binding.runtimeId);
+    this.source.releasePlugin(pluginId);
+  }
+  releaseAll() { for (const binding of [...this.source.bindings.values()]) this.releaseRuntime(binding.runtimeId); }
+  shutdown() {
+    for (const registration of this.registrations.splice(0)) registration.dispose();
+    this.releaseAll(); this.broker.shutdown(); this.selected.shutdown(); this.source.shutdown();
+    this.revocation.dispose(); this.unsubscribeHost?.(); this.host.shutdown?.();
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { PluginAIContextService, PLUGIN_AI_CONTEXT_FEATURES: FEATURES, AI_CONTEXT_ROUTES: ROUTES };

electron/plugins/ai/modelInvocationBroker.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const { randomUUID } = require("node:crypto");
+const { PluginRpcError, RPC_ERRORS } = require("../rpcRouter.cjs");
+const { assertPluginJsonValue } = require("../jsonBoundary.cjs");
+const fail = (code, message) => new PluginRpcError(RPC_ERRORS[code], message);
+const LIMITS = Object.freeze({ chats: 32, perRuntime: 2, turnMs: 60_000, chatMs: 300_000,
+  inputBytes: 16_384, outputBytes: 32_768, outputTokens: 2_048, requestsPerMinute: 8,
+  reservedTokensPerMinute: 65_536, contexts: 4, chunkBytes: 4_096, events: 8_192, rateOwners: 128 });
+
+function boundedLimits(overrides) {
+  return Object.freeze(Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(LIMITS).map(([key, max]) => {
+    const value = overrides[key] ?? max;
+    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(value) || value < 1 || value > max) throw new TypeError(`Invalid ${key} limit`);
+    return [key, value];
+  })));
+}
+
+function abortable(promise, signal) {
+  signal.throwIfAborted();
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const abort = () => reject(signal.reason);
+    signal.addEventListener("abort", abort, { once: true });
+    Promise.resolve(promise).then(resolve, reject).finally(() => signal.removeEventListener("abort", abort));
+  });
+}
+
+// In-memory, source-isolated handles. No AgentRuntime, tools, chat persistence,
+// provider configuration, URLs, credentials or arbitrary system prompts cross it.
+class ModelInvocationBroker {
+  constructor({ resolveDataOwner, selectModel, contexts, clock = Date.now, limits = {} }) {
+    if (typeof resolveDataOwner !== "function" || typeof selectModel !== "function") throw new TypeError("Host adapters required");
+    this.resolveDataOwner = resolveDataOwner;
+    this.selectModel = selectModel;
+    this.contexts = contexts;
+    this.clock = clock;
+    this.limits = boundedLimits(limits);
+    this.chats = new Map();
+    this.turns = new Map();
+    this.rates = new Map();
+    this.closed = false;
+    this.contextSubscription = contexts?.onDidInvalidate((handle) => {
+      for (const turn of [...this.turns.values()]) {
+        if (turn.references.some((reference) => reference.handle === handle)) {
+          this.#end(turn, fail("cancelled", "Selected context was revoked"));
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async #binding(context) {
+    await context.assertActive();
+    const owner = await this.resolveDataOwner(context);
+    await context.assertActive();
+    if (!owner || (typeof owner !== "object" && typeof owner !== "string")) throw fail("permissionDenied", "Host data owner is unavailable");
+    return { owner, runtimeId: context.runtimeId, pluginVersion: context.pluginVersion };
+  }
+
+  async #ownedChat(chat, context) {
+    const binding = await this.#binding(context);
+    if (this.closed || this.chats.get(chat.handle) !== chat
+      || chat.owner !== binding.owner || chat.runtimeId !== binding.runtimeId || chat.pluginVersion !== binding.pluginVersion) {
+      throw fail("permissionDenied", "Plugin chat is unavailable");
+    }
+  }
+
+  async #check(chat, context) {
+    await this.#ownedChat(chat, context);
+    if (!await chat.model.isCurrent()) throw fail("permissionDenied", "Selected model changed");
+    const currentOwner = await this.resolveDataOwner(context);
+    await context.assertActive();
+    if (currentOwner !== chat.owner || this.closed || this.chats.get(chat.handle) !== chat || chat.expiresAt <= this.clock()) {
+      throw fail("permissionDenied", "Plugin chat is unavailable");
+    }
+  }
+
+  #prune() {
+    for (const chat of [...this.chats.values()]) if (chat.expiresAt <= this.clock()) this.#close(chat);
+    for (const [owner, rate] of this.rates) if (rate.startedAt + 60_000 <= this.clock()) this.rates.delete(owner);
+  }
+
+  async open(context) {
+    const binding = await this.#binding(context);
+    // Host chooses from configured models. Plugin parameters cannot override it.
+    const model = await this.selectModel(context);
+    await context.assertActive();
+    if (!model || typeof model.invoke !== "function" || typeof model.isCurrent !== "function"
+      || typeof model.label !== "string" || model.label.length > 160 || !await model.isCurrent()) {
+      throw fail("unavailable", "Choose a configured model in the host first");
+    }
+    await context.assertActive();
+    this.#prune();
+    if (this.closed || this.chats.size >= this.limits.chats
+      || [...this.chats.values()].filter((chat) => chat.runtimeId === context.runtimeId).length >= this.limits.perRuntime) {
+      throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Plugin chat limit reached");
+    }
+    const chat = { ...binding, handle: randomUUID(), model, expiresAt: this.clock() + this.limits.chatMs, turn: null };
+    this.chats.set(chat.handle, chat);
+    return { chatHandle: chat.handle, model: model.label, expiresAt: chat.expiresAt };
+  }
+
+  async start({ chatHandle, prompt, contexts = [] }, context) {
+    assertPluginJsonValue({ chatHandle, prompt, contexts }, { maxBytes: this.limits.inputBytes + 2048 });
+    if (typeof prompt !== "string" || !prompt.trim() || prompt.includes("\0") || !Array.isArray(contexts)
+      || contexts.length > this.limits.contexts || Buffer.byteLength(prompt) > this.limits.inputBytes) {
+      throw fail("invalidArgument", "Invalid model input");
+    }
+    const references = contexts.map((reference) => {
+      if (!reference || Array.isArray(reference) || Object.keys(reference).some((key) => !["handle", "version"].includes(key))
+        || typeof reference.handle !== "string" || !reference.handle || reference.handle.length > 128
+        || typeof reference.version !== "string" || !reference.version || reference.version.length > 128) {
+        throw fail("invalidArgument", "Invalid context reference");
+      }
+      return Object.freeze({ handle: reference.handle, version: reference.version });
+    });
+    const chat = this.chats.get(chatHandle);
+    if (!chat) throw fail("permissionDenied", "Plugin chat is unavailable");
+    await this.#check(chat, context);
+    if (chat.turn) throw fail("resourceExhausted", "A turn is already active");
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const turn = { handle: randomUUID(), chat, controller, reading: false, bytes: 0, sequence: 0, iterator: null, references: Object.freeze(references) };
+    chat.turn = turn;
+    this.turns.set(turn.handle, turn);
+    const abort = () => this.#end(turn, fail("cancelled", "Model turn cancelled"));
+    context.signal?.addEventListener("abort", abort, { once: true });
+    turn.cleanup = () => context.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", abort);
+    turn.timer = setTimeout(() => this.#end(turn, fail("deadlineExceeded", "Model turn timed out")), this.limits.turnMs);
+    try {
+      await this.#guard(turn, context);
+      const selected = [];
+      let bytes = Buffer.byteLength(prompt);
+      for (const reference of references) {
+        const result = await abortable(this.contexts.read(reference, { ...context, signal: controller.signal }), controller.signal);
+        bytes += Buffer.byteLength(result.text);
+        if (bytes > this.limits.inputBytes) throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Model input byte budget exceeded");
+        selected.push(result.text);
+      }
+      await this.#guard(turn, context);
+      this.#prune();
+      const rate = this.rates.get(chat.owner) ?? { startedAt: this.clock(), count: 0, tokens: 0 };
+      // Reserve conservatively using UTF-8 input bytes plus the output cap. Do
+      // not refund unknown provider usage after cancellation or disconnect.
+      const reserved = bytes + 1_024 + this.limits.outputTokens;
+      if ((!this.rates.has(chat.owner) && this.rates.size >= this.limits.rateOwners) || rate.count >= this.limits.requestsPerMinute || rate.tokens + reserved > this.limits.reservedTokensPerMinute) {
+        throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Model request/token budget reached");
+      }
+      rate.count++; rate.tokens += reserved; this.rates.set(chat.owner, rate);
+      await this.#guard(turn, context);
+      const iterator = await abortable(chat.model.invoke({ prompt, contexts: selected, signal: controller.signal,
+        maxOutputTokens: this.limits.outputTokens, maxChunkBytes: this.limits.chunkBytes }), controller.signal);
+      await this.#guard(turn, context);
+      if (!iterator || typeof iterator.next !== "function") throw fail("internal", "Model adapter failed");
+      turn.iterator = iterator;
+      return { turnHandle: turn.handle, maxOutputTokens: this.limits.outputTokens, reservedTokens: reserved };
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.#end(turn, error);
+      throw this.#safe(error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async #guard(turn, context) {
+    turn.controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+    await abortable(this.#check(turn.chat, context), turn.controller.signal);
+    for (const reference of turn.references) {
+      await abortable(this.contexts.assertCurrent(reference, { ...context, signal: turn.controller.signal }), turn.controller.signal);
+    }
+    turn.controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+    if (this.turns.get(turn.handle) !== turn || turn.chat.turn !== turn) throw fail("cancelled", "Model turn ended");
+  }
+
+  #safe(error) {
+    // SDK/provider errors may contain headers, URLs or echoed request content.
+    return error instanceof PluginRpcError ? error : fail("unavailable", "Model invocation failed");
+  }
+
+  async read(turnHandle, context) {
+    const turn = this.turns.get(turnHandle);
+    if (!turn) throw fail("permissionDenied", "Model turn is unavailable");
+    // Validate owner before mutating/aborting another caller's turn.
+    await this.#ownedChat(turn.chat, context);
+    if (turn.reading || !turn.iterator) throw fail("resourceExhausted", "A model read is already pending");
+    turn.reading = true;
+    const abort = () => this.#end(turn, fail("cancelled", "Model read cancelled"));
+    context.signal?.addEventListener("abort", abort, { once: true });
+    try {
+      if (context.signal?.aborted) abort();
+      await this.#guard(turn, context);
+      if (turn.sequence >= this.limits.events) throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Model event budget exceeded");
+      const next = await abortable(turn.iterator.next(), turn.controller.signal);
+      await this.#guard(turn, context);
+      if (next.done) {
+        this.#end(turn);
+        return { kind: "end", sequence: turn.sequence++ };
+      }
+      const event = next.value;
+      if (event?.kind === "text" && typeof event.text === "string") {
+        const bytes = Buffer.byteLength(event.text);
+        if (bytes > this.limits.chunkBytes || turn.bytes + bytes > this.limits.outputBytes) {
+          throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Model output byte budget exceeded");
+        }
+        turn.bytes += bytes;
+        return { kind: "text", sequence: turn.sequence++, text: event.text };
+      }
+      if (event?.kind === "usage") {
+        const usage = {};
+        for (const key of ["inputTokens", "outputTokens", "totalTokens"]) {
+          if (event[key] !== undefined) {
+            if (!Number.isSafeInteger(event[key]) || event[key] < 0) throw fail("internal", "Invalid model usage");
+            usage[key] = event[key];
+          }
+        }
+        if ((usage.outputTokens ?? 0) > this.limits.outputTokens) throw fail("resourceExhausted", "Model output token budget exceeded");
+        return { kind: "usage", sequence: turn.sequence++, ...usage };
+      }
+      // A model's tool request is data, never host authorization. This phase
+      // exposes no execution path, and drops raw tool payloads/reasoning/errors.
+      throw fail("permissionDenied", "Model tools and unsupported events are disabled");
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.#end(turn, error);
+      throw this.#safe(error);
+    } finally { turn.reading = false; context.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", abort); }
+  }
+
+  async stop(turnHandle, context) {
+    const turn = this.turns.get(turnHandle);
+    if (!turn) return false;
+    await this.#ownedChat(turn.chat, context);
+    this.#end(turn, fail("cancelled", "Model turn cancelled"));
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  #end(turn, reason = fail("cancelled", "Model turn ended")) {
+    if (this.turns.get(turn.handle) !== turn) return;
+    this.turns.delete(turn.handle);
+    if (turn.chat.turn === turn) turn.chat.turn = null;
+    clearTimeout(turn.timer); turn.cleanup?.(); turn.controller.abort(reason);
+    // Never wait for a provider which ignores cancellation. Its late next()
+    // result is observed by abortable() and cannot re-enter the output path.
+    try { Promise.resolve(turn.iterator?.return?.()).catch(() => {}); } catch {}
+    turn.iterator = null;
+  }
+
+  #close(chat) {
+    if (chat.turn) this.#end(chat.turn);
+    this.chats.delete(chat.handle);
+  }
+  async close(chatHandle, context) {
+    const chat = this.chats.get(chatHandle);
+    if (!chat) return false;
+    await this.#ownedChat(chat, context); this.#close(chat); return true;
+  }
+  releaseRuntime(runtimeId) {
+    for (const chat of [...this.chats.values()]) if (chat.runtimeId === runtimeId) this.#close(chat);
+    this.contexts?.releaseRuntime(runtimeId);
+  }
+  releaseOwner(owner) {
+    for (const chat of [...this.chats.values()]) if (chat.owner === owner) this.#close(chat);
+    this.contexts?.releaseOwner(owner);
+  }
+  shutdown() { this.closed = true; for (const chat of [...this.chats.values()]) this.#close(chat); this.rates.clear(); this.contextSubscription?.dispose(); }
+}
+
+module.exports = { ModelInvocationBroker, MODEL_INVOCATION_LIMITS: LIMITS };

electron/plugins/ai/modelInvocationBroker.test.cjs

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+"use strict";
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const test = require("node:test");
+const { ModelInvocationBroker } = require("./modelInvocationBroker.cjs");
+const { SelectedContextAuthority } = require("../context/selectedContextAuthority.cjs");
+const { RPC_ERRORS } = require("../rpcRouter.cjs");
+const deferred = () => { let resolve; const promise = new Promise((r) => { resolve = r; }); return { promise, resolve }; };
+const denied = (error) => error.code === RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied;
+function fixture(options = {}) {
+  const owner = {}; let currentOwner = owner; let current = true; let active = true; let now = 0;
+  const request = new AbortController();
+  const context = { pluginId: "same-id", pluginVersion: "1", runtimeId: "r1", signal: request.signal,
+    assertActive: async () => { request.signal.throwIfAborted(); if (!active) throw Error("stopped"); } };
+  const calls = [];
+  const model = { label: "Host selected model", isCurrent: () => current,
+    invoke: (input) => { calls.push(input); return (async function* () { yield { kind: "text", text: "Summary" };
+      yield { kind: "usage", inputTokens: 7, outputTokens: 2, totalTokens: 9, secret: "DO_NOT_SERIALIZE" }; })(); }, ...options.model };
+  const resolveDataOwner = async () => currentOwner;
+  const contexts = new SelectedContextAuthority({ resolveDataOwner, clock: () => now });
+  const broker = new ModelInvocationBroker({ resolveDataOwner, selectModel: async () => model, contexts,
+    clock: () => now, limits: options.limits });
+  return { broker, context, contexts, calls, request, owner, model, setOwner: (value) => { currentOwner = value; },
+    setCurrent: (value) => { current = value; }, setActive: (value) => { active = value; }, setTime: (value) => { now = value; } };
+}
+
+test("selected synthetic Note traverses actual broker; text/usage are projected without configuration or secrets", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(); t.after(() => f.broker.shutdown());
+  const note = await f.contexts.share({ scope: "note", title: "Synthetic note", version: "v1",
+    readText: () => "Synthetic release: add retry button", isCurrent: () => true }, f.context);
+  assert.equal(f.calls.length, 0);
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Summarize", contexts: [{ handle: note.handle, version: note.version }] }, f.context);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.calls[0].contexts, ["Synthetic release: add retry button"]);
+  assert.equal(f.calls[0].tools, undefined);
+  const events = [await f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), await f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), await f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context)];
+  assert.equal(events[0].text, "Summary");
+  assert.deepEqual(events[1], { kind: "usage", sequence: 1, inputTokens: 7, outputTokens: 2, totalTokens: 9 });
+  assert.equal(events[2].kind, "end");
+  assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify({ chat, turn, events, note }), /apiKey|config|DO_NOT_SERIALIZE/);
+});
+
+test("same pluginId with another source owner, runtime or version cannot use handles or stop victim turns", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(); t.after(() => f.broker.shutdown());
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  for (const changed of [{ runtimeId: "r2" }, { pluginVersion: "2" }]) {
+    await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, { ...f.context, ...changed }), denied);
+    await assert.rejects(f.broker.stop(turn.turnHandle, { ...f.context, ...changed }), denied);
+  }
+  f.setOwner({});
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), denied);
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.close(chat.chatHandle, f.context), denied);
+  f.setOwner(f.owner);
+  assert.equal((await f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context)).text, "Summary");
+});
+
+test("pending read cancels promptly and a provider's late result never escapes", async (t) => {
+  const pending = deferred(); let signal;
+  const f = fixture({ model: { invoke: (input) => { signal = input.signal; return { next: () => pending.promise }; } } });
+  t.after(() => f.broker.shutdown());
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  const reading = f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context);
+  await new Promise(setImmediate);
+  assert.equal(await f.broker.stop(turn.turnHandle, f.context), true);
+  await assert.rejects(reading, (e) => e.code === RPC_ERRORS.cancelled);
+  assert.equal(signal.aborted, true);
+  pending.resolve({ value: { kind: "text", text: "Late output" } });
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), denied);
+});
+
+test("runtime teardown, owner revoke and request abort discard pending results", async () => {
+  for (const action of ["runtime", "owner", "abort"]) {
+    const pending = deferred();
+    const f = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => ({ next: () => pending.promise }) } });
+    const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+    const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+    const reading = f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context);
+    await new Promise(setImmediate);
+    if (action === "runtime") f.broker.releaseRuntime("r1");
+    if (action === "owner") f.broker.releaseOwner(f.owner);
+    if (action === "abort") f.request.abort();
+    await assert.rejects(reading);
+    pending.resolve({ value: { kind: "text", text: "Late" } });
+    assert.equal(f.broker.turns.size, 0); f.broker.shutdown();
+  }
+});
+
+test("deadline also aborts providers that ignore AbortSignal", async () => {
+  const f = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => ({ next: () => new Promise(() => {}) }) }, limits: { turnMs: 20 } });
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), (e) => e.code === RPC_ERRORS.deadlineExceeded);
+  assert.equal(f.broker.turns.size, 0); f.broker.shutdown();
+});
+
+test("model switch and chat expiration reject results", async () => {
+  for (const action of ["model", "expiry"]) {
+    const pending = deferred(); const f = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => ({ next: () => pending.promise }) } });
+    const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+    const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+    const reading = f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context); await new Promise(setImmediate);
+    if (action === "model") f.setCurrent(false); else f.setTime(300_001);
+    pending.resolve({ value: { kind: "text", text: "Late" } });
+    await assert.rejects(reading, denied); f.broker.shutdown();
+  }
+});
+
+test("bounds cover request rate, output bytes/tokens, concurrent read and raw error serialization", async () => {
+  const f = fixture({ limits: { requestsPerMinute: 1 } });
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  await f.broker.stop(turn.turnHandle, f.context);
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context), (e) => e.code === RPC_ERRORS.resourceExhausted);
+  f.broker.releaseRuntime("r1");
+  const again = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.start({ chatHandle: again.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context), (e) => e.code === RPC_ERRORS.resourceExhausted);
+  f.broker.shutdown();
+  for (const event of [{ kind: "text", text: "X".repeat(4097) }, { kind: "usage", outputTokens: 2049 }, { kind: "tool-call", command: "rm -rf /" }]) {
+    const instance = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => (async function* () { yield event; })() } });
+    const selected = await instance.broker.open(instance.context);
+    const started = await instance.broker.start({ chatHandle: selected.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, instance.context);
+    await assert.rejects(instance.broker.read(started.turnHandle, instance.context));
+    assert.equal(instance.broker.turns.size, 0); instance.broker.shutdown();
+  }
+  const broken = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => { throw Error("api-key secret request body"); } } });
+  const selected = await broken.broker.open(broken.context);
+  await assert.rejects(broken.broker.start({ chatHandle: selected.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, broken.context), (e) => !/secret|api-key/.test(e.message));
+  broken.broker.shutdown();
+});
+
+test("revoking selected context aborts an in-flight turn; changing its version suppresses late output", async () => {
+  for (const action of ["revoke", "version"]) {
+    let current = true; const pending = deferred();
+    const f = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => ({ next: () => pending.promise }) } });
+    const note = await f.contexts.share({ scope: "note", title: "Synthetic", version: "1",
+      readText: () => "Synthetic", isCurrent: () => current }, f.context);
+    const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+    const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi", contexts: [{ handle: note.handle, version: note.version }] }, f.context);
+    const reading = f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context); await new Promise(setImmediate);
+    if (action === "revoke") f.contexts.release(note.handle); else current = false;
+    pending.resolve({ value: { kind: "text", text: "Late" } });
+    await assert.rejects(reading); f.broker.shutdown();
+  }
+});
+
+test("input, aggregate output, reserved token and concurrent read bounds", async () => {
+  const cases = [
+    { limits: { inputBytes: 2 }, prompt: "too big", start: true },
+    { limits: { reservedTokensPerMinute: 1 }, prompt: "Hi", start: true },
+    { limits: { outputBytes: 2 }, prompt: "Hi", start: false },
+  ];
+  for (const scenario of cases) {
+    const f = fixture({ limits: scenario.limits }); const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+    const start = () => f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: scenario.prompt }, f.context);
+    if (scenario.start) await assert.rejects(start());
+    else { const turn = await start(); await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context)); }
+    assert.equal(f.broker.turns.size, 0); f.broker.shutdown();
+  }
+  const pending = deferred(); const f = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => ({ next: () => pending.promise }) } });
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context); const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  const reading = f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context); await new Promise(setImmediate);
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), (e) => e.code === RPC_ERRORS.resourceExhausted);
+  pending.resolve({ value: { kind: "text", text: "OK" } }); assert.equal((await reading).text, "OK"); f.broker.shutdown();
+});
+
+test("the owner can stop or close after a model switch; read request cancellation aborts the provider", async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  f.setCurrent(false); assert.equal(await f.broker.stop(turn.turnHandle, f.context), true);
+  assert.equal(await f.broker.close(chat.chatHandle, f.context), true); f.broker.shutdown();
+  const pending = deferred(); const instance = fixture({ model: { invoke: () => ({ next: () => pending.promise }) } });
+  const selected = await instance.broker.open(instance.context);
+  const started = await instance.broker.start({ chatHandle: selected.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, instance.context);
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const reading = instance.broker.read(started.turnHandle, { ...instance.context, signal: controller.signal });
+  await new Promise(setImmediate); controller.abort(); await assert.rejects(reading);
+  assert.equal(instance.broker.turns.size, 0); pending.resolve({ done: true }); instance.broker.shutdown();
+});
+
+test("event and handle caps prevent cheap empty streams and unbounded allocation", async () => {
+  const f = fixture({ limits: { perRuntime: 1, events: 1 }, model: { invoke: () => (async function* () {
+    yield { kind: "text", text: "" }; yield { kind: "text", text: "" };
+  })() } });
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context); await assert.rejects(f.broker.open(f.context));
+  const turn = await f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi" }, f.context);
+  assert.equal((await f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context)).text, "");
+  await assert.rejects(f.broker.read(turn.turnHandle, f.context), (e) => e.code === RPC_ERRORS.resourceExhausted); f.broker.shutdown();
+});
+
+test("malformed context cannot publish a turn or interrupt two-handle runtime revocation", async (t) => {
+  const entered = deferred(); const resume = deferred(); let checks = 0;
+  const f = fixture({ model: { isCurrent: async () => { if (++checks === 3) { entered.resolve(); await resume.promise; } return true; } } });
+  t.after(() => { resume.resolve(); f.broker.shutdown(); });
+  const selection = { scope: "note", title: "Synthetic", version: "1", readText: () => "Synthetic", isCurrent: () => true };
+  await f.contexts.share(selection, f.context); await f.contexts.share(selection, f.context);
+  const chat = await f.broker.open(f.context);
+  const start = f.broker.start({ chatHandle: chat.chatHandle, prompt: "Hi", contexts: [null] }, f.context);
+  const outcome = start.then(() => "accepted", (error) => error);
+  // On the old implementation, reach the reported post-publication model guard.
+  // On the fixed implementation, validation rejects before that await exists.
+  await Promise.race([entered.promise, outcome]);
+  assert.doesNotThrow(() => f.contexts.releaseRuntime("r1"));
+  assert.equal(f.contexts.handles.size, 0);
+  resume.resolve();
+  const error = await outcome;
+  assert.equal(error.code, RPC_ERRORS.invalidArgument);
+  assert.equal(f.broker.turns.size, 0);
+  assert.equal(f.calls.length, 0);
+  f.broker.shutdown();
+});

electron/plugins/ai/sourceBinding.cjs

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+"use strict";
+
+const { PluginRpcError, RPC_ERRORS } = require("../rpcRouter.cjs");
+const denied = () => new PluginRpcError(RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied, "Plugin source binding is unavailable");
+
+// Consume the market task's host-owned API. No source or owner is read from RPC
+// parameters, and a missing API/retained source fails closed.
+class PluginAISourceBinding {
+  constructor({ database, getRuntimeIdentity }) {
+    for (const method of ["getActivePlugin", "getRetainedPluginSource", "privateOwner", "publicPluginId"]) {
+      if (typeof database?.[method] !== "function") throw new TypeError(`Source database ${method} is required`);
+    }
+    if (typeof getRuntimeIdentity !== "function") throw new TypeError("Runtime identity resolver required");
+    this.database = database;
+    this.getRuntimeIdentity = getRuntimeIdentity;
+    this.bindings = new Map();
+  }
+
+  #snapshot(context) {
+    const identity = this.getRuntimeIdentity(context.pluginId);
+    if (!identity || identity.pluginId !== context.pluginId || identity.runtimeId !== context.runtimeId
+      || identity.pluginVersion !== context.pluginVersion || identity.runtimeKind !== "browser") throw denied();
+    const plugin = this.database.getActivePlugin(identity.pluginId);
+    const source = plugin?.source;
+    const retained = this.database.getRetainedPluginSource(identity.pluginId);
+    if (!plugin?.enabled || plugin.activeVersion !== identity.pluginVersion || !source || !retained
+      || !["starting", "running"].includes(plugin.runtime?.status)
+      || typeof source.id !== "string" || typeof source.kind !== "string"
+      || source.id !== retained.id || source.kind !== retained.kind || source.origin !== retained.origin) throw denied();
+    const privateOwner = this.database.privateOwner(identity.pluginId);
+    if (typeof privateOwner !== "string" || !privateOwner || this.database.publicPluginId(privateOwner) !== identity.pluginId) throw denied();
+    return { runtimeId: identity.runtimeId, pluginId: identity.pluginId, pluginVersion: identity.pluginVersion,
+      sourceKey: JSON.stringify([source.id, source.kind, source.origin ?? null]), privateOwner };
+  }
+
+  async resolve(context) {
+    // Authenticate first. Even the database source lookup follows this guard.
+    await context.assertActive();
+    context.signal?.throwIfAborted();
+    const snapshot = this.#snapshot(context);
+    const previous = this.bindings.get(snapshot.runtimeId);
+    if (previous && (previous.sourceKey !== snapshot.sourceKey || previous.privateOwner !== snapshot.privateOwner
+      || previous.pluginId !== snapshot.pluginId || previous.pluginVersion !== snapshot.pluginVersion)) throw denied();
+    await context.assertActive();
+    context.signal?.throwIfAborted();
+    const current = this.#snapshot(context);
+    if (current.sourceKey !== snapshot.sourceKey || current.privateOwner !== snapshot.privateOwner) throw denied();
+    if (previous) return previous;
+    const binding = Object.freeze(snapshot);
+    this.bindings.set(binding.runtimeId, binding);
+    return binding;
+  }
+
+  releaseRuntime(runtimeId) { this.bindings.delete(runtimeId); }
+  releasePlugin(pluginId) {
+    for (const [runtimeId, binding] of this.bindings) if (binding.pluginId === pluginId) this.bindings.delete(runtimeId);
+  }
+  shutdown() { this.bindings.clear(); }
+}
+
+module.exports = { PluginAISourceBinding };

electron/plugins/ai/sourceBinding.test.cjs

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+"use strict";
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const test = require("node:test");
+const { PluginAISourceBinding } = require("./sourceBinding.cjs");
+function fixture() {
+  let source = { id: "source-a", kind: "third-party", origin: "https://registry.example" };
+  let owner = "source:opaque-a:com.example.assistant"; let active = true; let runtimeId = "r1"; let reads = 0;
+  const context = { pluginId: "com.example.assistant", pluginVersion: "1", runtimeId: "r1", assertActive: async () => { if (!active) throw Error("Inactive"); } };
+  const database = {
+    getActivePlugin: () => { reads++; return { source, enabled: true, activeVersion: "1", runtime: { status: "running" } }; },
+    getRetainedPluginSource: () => source,
+    privateOwner: () => owner,
+    publicPluginId: (value) => value === owner ? context.pluginId : null,
+  };
+  const binding = new PluginAISourceBinding({ database, getRuntimeIdentity: () => ({ ...context, runtimeId, runtimeKind: "browser" }) });
+  return { binding, context, database, reads: () => reads, activeTo: (v) => { active = v; }, runtimeTo: (v) => { runtimeId = v; },
+    sourceTo: (v) => { source = v; }, ownerTo: (v) => { owner = v; } };
+}
+
+test("host authentication precedes database access; forged runtime and missing provenance fail closed", async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); f.activeTo(false); await assert.rejects(f.binding.resolve(f.context)); assert.equal(f.reads(), 0);
+  f.activeTo(true); f.runtimeTo("different"); await assert.rejects(f.binding.resolve(f.context)); assert.equal(f.reads(), 0);
+  f.runtimeTo("r1"); f.database.getRetainedPluginSource = () => null; await assert.rejects(f.binding.resolve(f.context));
+  assert.throws(() => new PluginAISourceBinding({ database: {}, getRuntimeIdentity: () => null }));
+});
+
+test("opaque host owner remains stable and source changes cannot resume the old runtime", async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); const owner = await f.binding.resolve({ ...f.context, source: "attacker", privateOwner: "attacker" });
+  assert.equal(owner.privateOwner, "source:opaque-a:com.example.assistant");
+  assert.equal(await f.binding.resolve(f.context), owner);
+  f.sourceTo({ id: "source-b", kind: "third-party", origin: "https://other.example" });
+  f.ownerTo("source:opaque-b:com.example.assistant"); await assert.rejects(f.binding.resolve(f.context));
+  // A fresh authenticated runtime may acquire its own distinct binding.
+  f.binding.releaseRuntime("r1"); const next = await f.binding.resolve(f.context); assert.notEqual(next, owner);
+});
+
+test("source/owner changes during asynchronous authentication cannot commit a binding", async () => {
+  const f = fixture(); let checks = 0;
+  const context = { ...f.context, assertActive: async () => { if (++checks === 2) f.ownerTo("changed-owner"); } };
+  await assert.rejects(f.binding.resolve(context)); assert.equal(f.binding.bindings.size, 0);
+});

electron/plugins/browserPluginRuntime.cjs

@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ class BrowserPluginRuntime {
     this.router.notify(method, params);
   }
 
-  openStream(streamId, windowBytes) {
+  openStream(streamId, windowBytes, options) {
     if (!this.router) return Promise.reject(new Error("Plugin browser runtime is not connected"));
-    return this.router.streams.openOutgoing(streamId, windowBytes);
+    return this.router.streams.openOutgoing(streamId, windowBytes, options);
   }
 
   getProcessId() {

electron/plugins/byteStreamBroker.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// Host-only transport core. No protocol, credential lookup, or plugin-supplied
+// Node runs here. The registered service authenticates source-bound runtimes.
+const net = require("node:net");
+const tls = require("node:tls");
+const dns = require("node:dns/promises");
+const { randomUUID } = require("node:crypto");
+const { PluginRpcError, RPC_ERRORS, raceWithAbort } = require("./rpcRouter.cjs");
+
+const LIMITS = Object.freeze(require("./generated/plugin-contract.schema.json").$defs.ByteStreamLimits.const);
+const { canonicalizeStreamEndpoint, isLocalControlAddress } = require("./byteStreamEndpoint.cjs");
+
+function failure(code, message) { return new PluginRpcError(RPC_ERRORS[code], message); }
+
+class PluginByteStreamBroker {
+  constructor(options) {
+    this.permissionEngine = options.permissionEngine;
+    this.quotaManager = options.quotaManager;
+    this.audit = options.audit ?? (() => {});
+    this.lookup = options.lookup ?? dns.lookup;
+    this.connectSocket = options.connectSocket ?? ((params) => net.createConnection(params));
+    this.connectTls = options.connectTls ?? ((params) => tls.connect(params));
+    // Only a host test harness can opt a specific loopback endpoint in. The
+    // production default excludes all loopback/link-local control surfaces.
+    this.testLocalEndpoints = new Set(options.testLocalEndpoints ?? []);
+    this.isControlEndpoint = options.isControlEndpoint ?? (() => false);
+    this.connections = new Map();
+    this.closeListeners = new Set();
+    this.closed = false;
+    this.revocation = this.permissionEngine.onDidRevoke((event) => {
+      for (const state of this.connections.values()) {
+        if (state.pluginId === event.pluginId
+          && (event.permission === undefined || event.permission === "network.stream")
+          && (event.resource === undefined || event.resource === state.endpoint)) {
+          this.finish(state, failure("permissionDenied", "Byte stream permission was revoked"));
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  record(state, operation) {
+    // Audit only host-observed generic operations, never bytes or peer messages.
+    try { this.audit(state.pluginId, `network.stream.${operation}`, {
+      runtimeId: state.runtimeId, endpoint: state.endpoint,
+      handleId: state.id, bytesRead: state.bytesRead, bytesWritten: state.bytesWritten,
+    }, state); } catch { /* An audit sink cannot keep a revoked socket alive. */ }
+  }
+
+  finish(state, reason) {
+    if (state.closed) return;
+    state.closed = true;
+    clearTimeout(state.connectTimer);
+    clearTimeout(state.idleTimer);
+    clearTimeout(state.lifetimeTimer);
+    state.error = reason;
+    this.connections.delete(state.id);
+    state.controller.abort(reason ?? failure("cancelled", "Byte stream closed"));
+    state.socket?.destroy();
+    this.record(state, "close");
+    for (const listener of this.closeListeners) {
+      try { listener(state, reason); } catch {}
+    }
+  }
+
+  onDidClose(listener) {
+    this.closeListeners.add(listener);
+    return { dispose: () => this.closeListeners.delete(listener) };
+  }
+
+  touch(state) {
+    clearTimeout(state.idleTimer);
+    state.idleTimer = setTimeout(() => this.finish(state,
+      failure("deadlineExceeded", "Byte stream idle timeout")), LIMITS.idleMs);
+    state.idleTimer.unref?.();
+  }
+
+  async active(state, context) {
+    this.assertCommit(state, context);
+    await context.assertActive();
+    this.assertCommit(state, context);
+  }
+
+  assertCommit(state, context) {
+    if (this.closed || state.closed || this.connections.get(state.id) !== state) {
+      throw state.error ?? failure("unavailable", "Byte stream is closed");
+    }
+    state.controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+    context.signal?.throwIfAborted();
+    context.assertCommit?.();
+  }
+
+  async connect(endpoint, context) {
+    let target;
+    try { target = canonicalizeStreamEndpoint(endpoint); }
+    catch { throw failure("invalidArgument", "Byte stream endpoint is invalid"); }
+    if (this.closed) throw failure("unavailable", "Byte stream broker stopped");
+    if (!context.runtimeId || !context.pluginId || typeof context.assertActive !== "function") {
+      throw failure("unauthenticated", "Byte streams require a host runtime identity");
+    }
+    const count = [...this.connections.values()].filter((state) => state.runtimeId === context.runtimeId).length;
+    if (count >= LIMITS.connectionsPerRuntime || this.connections.size >= LIMITS.connectionsTotal) {
+      throw failure("resourceExhausted", "Byte stream connection limit exceeded");
+    }
+    const state = {
+      ...target, id: randomUUID(), pluginId: context.pluginId, runtimeId: context.runtimeId,
+      controller: new AbortController(), bytesRead: 0, bytesWritten: 0,
+      sourceOwner: context.sourceOwner, sourceId: context.sourceId,
+      closed: false, reading: false, writing: false, socket: null,
+    };
+    this.connections.set(state.id, state);
+    const onAbort = () => this.finish(state, failure("cancelled", "Byte stream connection cancelled"));
+    context.signal?.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    try {
+      await this.active(state, context);
+      this.assertCommit(state, context);
+      await raceWithAbort(Promise.resolve(this.permissionEngine.authorize({ ...context, signal: state.controller.signal }, {
+        permission: "network.stream", resources: [target.endpoint],
+        reason: `Open byte stream to ${target.endpoint}`,
+        operationId: `network.stream:${target.endpoint}`,
+        validateBeforeGrant: () => this.assertCommit(state, context),
+      })), state.controller.signal);
+      await this.active(state, context);
+      state.connectTimer = setTimeout(() => this.finish(state,
+        failure("deadlineExceeded", "Byte stream connect timeout")), LIMITS.connectMs);
+      const addresses = net.isIP(target.host)
+        ? [{ address: target.host, family: net.isIP(target.host) }]
+        : await raceWithAbort(Promise.resolve(this.lookup(target.host, { all: true, verbatim: true })), state.controller.signal);
+      await this.active(state, context);
+      if (!Array.isArray(addresses) || addresses.length === 0 || addresses.length > 64) {
+        throw failure("unavailable", "Byte stream hostname could not be resolved");
+      }
+      // Validate the whole DNS answer and pin one literal address. No second
+      // lookup, redirect, proxy discovery, or reconnect can change the peer.
+      for (const peer of addresses) {
+        if (![4, 6].includes(peer.family) || net.isIP(peer.address) !== peer.family) {
+          throw failure("unavailable", "Byte stream resolver returned an invalid address");
+        }
+        const local = isLocalControlAddress(peer.address);
+        const allowedTestPeer = this.testLocalEndpoints.has(target.endpoint)
+          && !this.isControlEndpoint(peer.address, target.port);
+        if ((local && !allowedTestPeer) || (!local && this.isControlEndpoint(peer.address, target.port))) {
+          throw failure("permissionDenied", "Byte streams cannot reach local or application control endpoints");
+        }
+      }
+      const peer = addresses[0];
+      const params = {
+        host: peer.address, port: target.port, family: peer.family,
+        highWaterMark: LIMITS.bufferBytes,
+      };
+      if (target.transport === "tls") {
+        Object.assign(params, {
+          rejectUnauthorized: true, minVersion: "TLSv1.2",
+          ...(net.isIP(target.host) ? {} : { servername: target.host }),
+          checkServerIdentity: (_name, certificate) => tls.checkServerIdentity(target.host, certificate),
+        });
+      }
+      this.assertCommit(state, context);
+      const socket = target.transport === "tls" ? this.connectTls(params) : this.connectSocket(params);
+      state.socket = socket;
+      if (state.closed) { socket.destroy(); throw state.error ?? failure("cancelled", "Byte stream connection cancelled"); }
+      socket.on("error", () => this.finish(state, failure("unavailable", "Byte stream transport failed")));
+      // Preserve one EOF observation for a delayed consumer. This reservation
+      // still counts toward quotas and expires on the existing idle/life timer.
+      socket.on("close", () => {
+        if (!state.eof) this.finish(state, failure("unavailable", "Byte stream transport closed"));
+      });
+      socket.on("end", () => { state.eof = true; });
+      socket.pause();
+      await raceWithAbort(new Promise((resolve) => socket.once(
+        target.transport === "tls" ? "secureConnect" : "connect", resolve,
+      )), state.controller.signal);
+      await this.active(state, context);
+      if (target.transport === "tls" && !socket.authorized) {
+        throw failure("permissionDenied", "Byte stream TLS validation failed");
+      }
+      clearTimeout(state.connectTimer);
+      state.lifetimeTimer = setTimeout(() => this.finish(state,
+        failure("deadlineExceeded", "Byte stream lifetime exceeded")), LIMITS.lifetimeMs);
+      state.lifetimeTimer.unref?.();
+      this.touch(state);
+      this.assertCommit(state, context);
+      this.record(state, "open");
+      return Object.freeze({ handleId: state.id, endpoint: state.endpoint });
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.finish(state, error);
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      context.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+    }
+  }
+
+  get(id, context) {
+    const state = this.connections.get(id);
+    if (!state || state.pluginId !== context.pluginId || state.runtimeId !== context.runtimeId
+      || state.sourceOwner !== context.sourceOwner || state.sourceId !== context.sourceId) {
+      throw failure("permissionDenied", "Byte stream handle does not belong to this runtime");
+    }
+    return state;
+  }
+
+  charge(state, direction, size) {
+    if (state.bytesRead + state.bytesWritten + size > LIMITS.connectionBytes) {
+      throw failure("resourceExhausted", "Byte stream byte limit exceeded");
+    }
+    this.quotaManager?.chargeBytes(state.runtimeId, "network.stream", size);
+    state[direction] += size;
+    this.touch(state);
+  }
+
+  async read(id, context) {
+    const state = this.get(id, context);
+    if (state.reading) throw failure("failedPrecondition", "Byte stream has a pending read");
+    state.reading = true;
+    const onAbort = () => this.finish(state, failure("cancelled", "Byte stream read cancelled"));
+    context.signal?.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    try {
+      await this.active(state, context);
+      while (true) {
+        this.assertCommit(state, context);
+        const available = state.socket.readableLength;
+        const bytes = state.socket.read(Math.min(available || LIMITS.chunkBytes, LIMITS.chunkBytes));
+        if (bytes !== null) {
+          this.charge(state, "bytesRead", bytes.byteLength);
+          await this.active(state, context);
+          this.assertCommit(state, context);
+          return new Uint8Array(bytes);
+        }
+        if (state.eof || state.socket.readableEnded) { this.finish(state); return null; }
+        await raceWithAbort(new Promise((resolve) => {
+          const readable = () => {
+            state.socket.off("end", readable);
+            state.socket.off("readable", readable);
+            state.controller.signal.removeEventListener("abort", readable);
+            resolve();
+          };
+          state.socket.once("readable", readable);
+          state.socket.once("end", readable);
+          // Remove listeners even when cancellation wins the race.
+          state.controller.signal.addEventListener("abort", readable, { once: true });
+        }), state.controller.signal);
+        await this.active(state, context);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.finish(state, error);
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      context.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+      state.reading = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async write(id, bytes, context) {
+    const state = this.get(id, context);
+    if (!(bytes instanceof Uint8Array) || bytes.byteLength < 1 || bytes.byteLength > LIMITS.chunkBytes) {
+      throw failure("invalidArgument", "Byte stream chunk size is invalid");
+    }
+    if (state.writing) throw failure("resourceExhausted", "Byte stream has a pending write");
+    state.writing = true;
+    const onAbort = () => this.finish(state, failure("cancelled", "Byte stream write cancelled"));
+    context.signal?.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    try {
+      await this.active(state, context);
+      this.assertCommit(state, context);
+      this.charge(state, "bytesWritten", bytes.byteLength);
+      const owned = Buffer.from(bytes);
+      await raceWithAbort(new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        state.socket.write(owned, (error) => error ? reject(error) : resolve());
+      }), state.controller.signal);
+      await this.active(state, context);
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.finish(state, error);
+      throw error;
+    } finally {
+      context.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+      state.writing = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  close(id, context) { this.finish(this.get(id, context)); }
+
+  releaseRuntime(runtimeId) {
+    for (const state of this.connections.values()) {
+      if (state.runtimeId === runtimeId) this.finish(state,
+        failure("unavailable", "Byte stream runtime stopped"));
+    }
+  }
+
+  shutdown() {
+    this.closed = true;
+    for (const state of this.connections.values()) this.finish(state,
+      failure("unavailable", "Byte stream broker stopped"));
+    this.revocation.dispose();
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { LIMITS, PluginByteStreamBroker, canonicalizeStreamEndpoint, isLocalControlAddress };

electron/plugins/byteStreamBroker.test.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const { test } = require("node:test");
+const net = require("node:net");
+const tls = require("node:tls");
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const os = require("node:os");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const { execFileSync } = require("node:child_process");
+const { once } = require("node:events");
+const { LIMITS, PluginByteStreamBroker, canonicalizeStreamEndpoint, isLocalControlAddress } = require("./byteStreamBroker.cjs");
+const { RPC_ERRORS } = require("./rpcRouter.cjs");
+
+function context(runtimeId = "runtime-a", controller = new AbortController()) {
+  return { pluginId: "test.stream", runtimeId, signal: controller.signal,
+    assertActive: async () => controller.signal.throwIfAborted() };
+}
+
+async function server(t, listener, options) {
+  const sockets = new Set();
+  const instance = options ? tls.createServer(options, listener) : net.createServer(listener);
+  instance.on("connection", (socket) => {
+    sockets.add(socket);
+    socket.on("error", () => {});
+    socket.on("close", () => sockets.delete(socket));
+  });
+  instance.on("tlsClientError", () => {});
+  instance.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+  await once(instance, "listening");
+  t.after(async () => {
+    for (const socket of sockets) socket.destroy();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => instance.close(resolve));
+  });
+  return instance;
+}
+
+function broker(t, endpoint, options = {}) {
+  const audit = [];
+  const requests = [];
+  let revoke;
+  const instance = new PluginByteStreamBroker({
+    permissionEngine: {
+      authorize: async (_ctx, request) => requests.push(request),
+      onDidRevoke(listener) { revoke = listener; return { dispose() {} }; },
+    },
+    audit: (...args) => audit.push(args),
+    testLocalEndpoints: endpoint ? [endpoint] : [],
+    ...options,
+  });
+  t.after(() => instance.shutdown());
+  return { instance, requests, audit, revoke: (event) => revoke(event) };
+}
+
+test("stream endpoint canonicalization requires one exact host, transport and port", () => {
+  assert.equal(canonicalizeStreamEndpoint("tls://EXAMPLE.test:443").endpoint, "tls://example.test:443");
+  assert.equal(canonicalizeStreamEndpoint("tcp://[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]:3306").endpoint, "tcp://[::1]:3306");
+  for (const value of ["*", "tcp://*:3306", "tcp://x:0", "tcp://x:01", "tcp://x:65536", "udp://x:22",
+    "tcp://x", "tcp://x:22/", "tcp://user@x:22", "tcp://127.1:22", "tcp://x:22?x", "tcp://x.:22",
+    "tcp://[::1%25lo]:22", "tcp://x:22#x", "tcp://-x:22"]) {
+    assert.throws(() => canonicalizeStreamEndpoint(value), TypeError, value);
+  }
+});
+
+test("local/control address classification handles mapped IPv6 and alternate literals", () => {
+  for (const address of ["127.0.0.1", "127.9.8.7", "0.0.0.0", "169.254.169.254", "224.0.0.1",
+    "::1", "::", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::ffff:7f00:1", "fe80::1", "ff02::1", "2002:7f00:1::"]) {
+    assert.equal(isLocalControlAddress(address), true, address);
+  }
+  for (const address of ["192.168.1.2", "10.0.0.8", "203.0.113.1", "2001:db8::1", "fd00::1"]) {
+    assert.equal(isLocalControlAddress(address), false, address);
+  }
+});
+
+test("real TCP transport exchanges binary bytes and records no payloads", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, (socket) => socket.on("data", (bytes) => socket.write(bytes)));
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance, requests, audit } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  const ctx = context();
+  const handle = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const bytes = Uint8Array.from([0, 255, 1, 254, 19]);
+  await instance.write(handle.handleId, bytes, ctx);
+  assert.deepEqual(await instance.read(handle.handleId, ctx), bytes);
+  instance.close(handle.handleId, ctx);
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(requests[0].resources, [endpoint]);
+  assert.equal(requests[0].permission, "network.stream");
+  assert.deepEqual(audit.map((entry) => entry[1]), ["network.stream.open", "network.stream.close"]);
+  assert.equal(audit[1][2].bytesRead, bytes.byteLength);
+  assert.equal(audit[1][2].bytesWritten, bytes.byteLength);
+  assert.equal(JSON.stringify(audit).includes("data"), false);
+});
+
+test("remote EOF returns the final bytes and releases the connection", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, (socket) => socket.end("synthetic final bytes"));
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const chunks = [];
+  while (true) {
+    const chunk = await instance.read(handleId, ctx);
+    if (chunk === null) break;
+    chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk));
+  }
+  assert.equal(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString(), "synthetic final bytes");
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("a delayed consumer can observe EOF after the real socket has closed", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, (socket) => socket.end("final"));
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance, revoke } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const socket = instance.connections.get(handleId).socket;
+  const closed = once(socket, "close");
+  assert.equal(Buffer.from(await instance.read(handleId, ctx)).toString(), "final");
+  await closed;
+  await assert.rejects(instance.read(handleId, context("other-runtime")), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+  assert.equal(await instance.read(handleId, ctx), null);
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+  const second = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const secondClosed = once(instance.connections.get(second.handleId).socket, "close");
+  await instance.read(second.handleId, ctx);
+  await secondClosed;
+  revoke({ pluginId: ctx.pluginId, permission: "network.stream", resource: endpoint });
+  await assert.rejects(instance.read(second.handleId, ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+});
+
+test("denial happens before DNS or a socket is created", async (t) => {
+  let lookedUp = false;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, null, {
+    permissionEngine: { authorize: async () => { throw new Error("denied"); }, onDidRevoke: () => ({ dispose() {} }) },
+    lookup: () => { lookedUp = true; },
+  });
+  await assert.rejects(instance.connect("tcp://example.test:22", context()), /denied/u);
+  assert.equal(lookedUp, false);
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("production rejects loopback, mixed DNS answers, and app control peers", async (t) => {
+  const endpoint = "tcp://example.test:22";
+  const { instance } = broker(t, null, {
+    lookup: async () => [{ address: "203.0.113.1", family: 4 }, { address: "127.0.0.1", family: 4 }],
+  });
+  await assert.rejects(instance.connect(endpoint, context()), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+  await assert.rejects(instance.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:22", context()), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+  const protectedBroker = broker(t, "tcp://127.0.0.1:22", { isControlEndpoint: () => true }).instance;
+  await assert.rejects(protectedBroker.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:22", context()), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+});
+
+test("runtime handles cannot cross runtime or plugin boundaries", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, () => {});
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  for (const other of [context("runtime-b"), { ...ctx, pluginId: "test.other" }]) {
+    await assert.rejects(instance.read(handleId, other), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+    assert.throws(() => instance.close(handleId, other), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+  }
+  instance.close(handleId, ctx);
+  await assert.rejects(instance.write(handleId, Uint8Array.of(1), ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+});
+
+test("revocation and runtime release cancel pending real reads", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, () => {});
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance, revoke } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  const ctx = context();
+  let handle = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const reading = instance.read(handle.handleId, ctx);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  revoke({ pluginId: ctx.pluginId, permission: "network.stream", resource: endpoint });
+  await assert.rejects(reading, { code: RPC_ERRORS.permissionDenied });
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+  handle = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const secondRead = instance.read(handle.handleId, ctx);
+  instance.releaseRuntime(ctx.runtimeId);
+  await assert.rejects(secondRead, { code: RPC_ERRORS.unavailable });
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("cancellation during DNS rejects promptly and ignores late resolution", async (t) => {
+  let resolveDns;
+  let dialed = false;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, null, {
+    lookup: () => new Promise((resolve) => { resolveDns = resolve; }),
+    connectSocket: () => { dialed = true; },
+  });
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const pending = instance.connect("tcp://example.test:22", context("runtime-a", controller));
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  controller.abort();
+  await assert.rejects(pending, { code: RPC_ERRORS.cancelled });
+  resolveDns([{ address: "203.0.113.1", family: 4 }]);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  assert.equal(dialed, false);
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("cancellation after the last async guard cannot create a late real socket", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, () => {});
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  let dialed = false;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, endpoint, { connectSocket(options) {
+    dialed = true;
+    const socket = net.createConnection(options);
+    t.after(() => socket.destroy());
+    return socket;
+  } });
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  let guards = 0;
+  const ctx = context("runtime-a", controller);
+  ctx.assertActive = async () => {
+    controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+    if (++guards === 3) queueMicrotask(() => queueMicrotask(() => controller.abort()));
+  };
+  await assert.rejects(instance.connect(endpoint, ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.cancelled });
+  assert.equal(dialed, false);
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("connect and idle deadlines close resources and reject pending operations", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, () => {});
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  t.mock.timers.enable({ apis: ["setTimeout"] });
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const reading = instance.read(handleId, ctx);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  t.mock.timers.tick(LIMITS.idleMs);
+  await assert.rejects(reading, { code: RPC_ERRORS.deadlineExceeded });
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+  let resolveDns;
+  let dialed = false;
+  const slow = broker(t, null, {
+    lookup: () => new Promise((resolve) => { resolveDns = resolve; }),
+    connectSocket: () => { dialed = true; },
+  }).instance;
+  const pending = slow.connect("tcp://example.test:22", ctx);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  t.mock.timers.tick(LIMITS.connectMs);
+  await assert.rejects(pending, { code: RPC_ERRORS.deadlineExceeded });
+  resolveDns([{ address: "203.0.113.1", family: 4 }]);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  assert.equal(dialed, false);
+  assert.equal(slow.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("concurrent operations and oversized writes cannot grow an unbounded queue", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, () => {});
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, endpoint);
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  const pending = instance.read(handleId, ctx);
+  await assert.rejects(instance.read(handleId, ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.failedPrecondition });
+  await assert.rejects(instance.write(handleId, new Uint8Array(LIMITS.chunkBytes + 1), ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.invalidArgument });
+  const writing = instance.write(handleId, Uint8Array.of(1), ctx);
+  await assert.rejects(instance.write(handleId, Uint8Array.of(2), ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.resourceExhausted });
+  await writing;
+  instance.close(handleId, ctx);
+  await assert.rejects(pending, { code: RPC_ERRORS.cancelled });
+});
+
+test("connection reservations bound concurrent DNS operations", async (t) => {
+  const { instance } = broker(t, null, { lookup: () => new Promise(() => {}) });
+  const ctx = context();
+  const pending = Array.from({ length: LIMITS.connectionsPerRuntime }, () => instance.connect("tcp://example.test:22", ctx));
+  const results = Promise.allSettled(pending);
+  await assert.rejects(instance.connect("tcp://example.test:22", ctx), { code: RPC_ERRORS.resourceExhausted });
+  instance.releaseRuntime(ctx.runtimeId);
+  assert.ok((await results).every((result) => result.status === "rejected"));
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("real unread TCP output stays bounded and byte quota closes the socket", async (t) => {
+  const peer = await server(t, (socket) => {
+    const flood = () => { while (!socket.destroyed && socket.write(Buffer.alloc(LIMITS.chunkBytes))) {} };
+    socket.on("drain", flood);
+    flood();
+  });
+  const endpoint = `tcp://127.0.0.1:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const { instance } = broker(t, endpoint, { quotaManager: {
+    chargeBytes() { throw new Error("quota reached"); },
+  } });
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await instance.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 30));
+  const state = instance.connections.get(handleId);
+  assert.ok(state.socket.readableLength <= LIMITS.bufferBytes + LIMITS.chunkBytes);
+  await assert.rejects(instance.read(handleId, ctx), /quota reached/u);
+  assert.equal(instance.connections.size, 0);
+});
+
+test("real TLS validates trust and the original hostname against a pinned IP", async (t) => {
+  const directory = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "netcatty-stream-tls-test-"));
+  t.after(() => fs.rmSync(directory, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const keyPath = path.join(directory, "test.key");
+  const certPath = path.join(directory, "test.crt");
+  execFileSync("openssl", ["req", "-x509", "-newkey", "rsa:2048", "-nodes", "-keyout", keyPath,
+    "-out", certPath, "-days", "1", "-subj", "/CN=stream-fixture.test", "-addext", "subjectAltName=DNS:stream-fixture.test"],
+  { stdio: "ignore" });
+  const cert = fs.readFileSync(certPath);
+  const peer = await server(t, (socket) => socket.on("data", (data) => socket.write(data)), {
+    key: fs.readFileSync(keyPath), cert,
+  });
+  const endpoint = `tls://stream-fixture.test:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const lookup = async () => [{ address: "127.0.0.1", family: 4 }];
+  const untrusted = broker(t, endpoint, { lookup }).instance;
+  await assert.rejects(untrusted.connect(endpoint, context()), { code: RPC_ERRORS.unavailable });
+  let dialOptions;
+  const trusted = broker(t, endpoint, { lookup,
+    connectTls: (options) => { dialOptions = options; return tls.connect({ ...options, ca: cert }); },
+  }).instance;
+  const ctx = context();
+  const { handleId } = await trusted.connect(endpoint, ctx);
+  assert.equal(dialOptions.host, "127.0.0.1");
+  assert.equal(dialOptions.servername, "stream-fixture.test");
+  assert.equal(dialOptions.rejectUnauthorized, true);
+  await trusted.write(handleId, Uint8Array.of(42), ctx);
+  assert.deepEqual(await trusted.read(handleId, ctx), Uint8Array.of(42));
+  trusted.close(handleId, ctx);
+  const wrongEndpoint = `tls://wrong-fixture.test:${peer.address().port}`;
+  const wrong = broker(t, wrongEndpoint, { lookup, connectTls: (options) => tls.connect({ ...options, ca: cert }) }).instance;
+  await assert.rejects(wrong.connect(wrongEndpoint, context()), { code: RPC_ERRORS.unavailable });
+});