docs(plugins): prepare isolated Ask routing QA and preserve 020 results

application/state/usePluginAIContextHost.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { getNotesSnapshot } from './notesStore';
 import { useActiveTabId } from './activeTabStore';
 import { getAppAppLockRuntime } from './appRuntimeBridge';
 import { createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime } from '../../infrastructure/ai/plugin/trustedHostRuntime';
-import { getConfiguredPluginModel } from '../../infrastructure/ai/plugin/configuredModel';
+import { getConfiguredPluginModel, prepareConfiguredPluginModel } from '../../infrastructure/ai/plugin/configuredModel';
 import { buildSelectedPluginSources } from '../../infrastructure/ai/plugin/selectedSources';
 import { netcattyBridge } from '../../infrastructure/services/netcattyBridge';
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export function usePluginAIContextHost({ sessions, workspaces }: { sessions: Ter
     const requests = new Map<string, { runtimeId: string; controller: AbortController }>();
     const runtime = createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime({
       getModel: getConfiguredPluginModel,
+      prepareModel: prepareConfiguredPluginModel,
       isActive: () => mounted && document.visibilityState === 'visible' && getAppAppLockRuntime()?.locked === false,
       chooseSelected: (signal, runtimeId) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         if (chooser) { reject(Error('A host selection is already pending')); return; }

components/PluginAIContextHost.test.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
-test('default host adapter, real preload, mounted host chooser and installed assistant reach only the local fixture', { timeout: 20_000 }, async () => {
+test('cold plugin host reaches the local fixture through the actual main provider allowlist without the AI sidebar', { timeout: 20_000 }, async (t) => {
   // JSDOM + the in-process runtime prove app wiring; they are not native sandbox
   // evidence. All state is synthetic, with no real provider, key, Note or host.
   const rootPath = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ test('default host adapter, real preload, mounted host chooser and installed ass
   const { inProcessBrowserRuntime } = require('../electron/plugins/fixtures/inProcessBrowserRuntime.cjs');
   const { createPreloadApi } = require('../electron/preload/api.cjs');
   const aiBridge = require('../electron/bridges/aiBridge.cjs');
+  const { registerProviderHandlers } = require('../electron/bridges/aiBridge/providerHandlers.cjs');
   const { server, counts } = createAssistantProviderFixture({ delayMs: 25 });
   const oldNotes = getNotesSnapshot(); const oldLock = getAppAppLockRuntime();
   let service: ReturnType<typeof createPluginHostService> | undefined;
@@ -51,6 +52,30 @@ test('default host adapter, real preload, mounted host chooser and installed ass
   const lockListeners = new Set<(state: { locked: boolean }) => void>();
   const reviews: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
   const trustedPayloads: unknown[] = [];
+  const streamResults: Array<{ ok: boolean; statusCode?: number; allowlistRejected: boolean }> = [];
+  const providerSyncs: Array<{ count: number; selectedPresent: boolean }> = [];
+  const sdkErrorNames: string[] = [];
+  let diagnosticPhase = 'setup';
+  const originalConsoleError = console.error;
+  // node:sqlite was imported above. Node 22 delivers its ExperimentalWarning
+  // asynchronously through console.error. Let module warnings reach normal
+  // stderr before observing SDK/renderer errors; do not suppress that warning.
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  // The expected pre-fix SDK error contains request details. Keep diagnostics
+  // categorical even on the failing-before path; never print payloads/headers.
+  console.error = (value: unknown) => {
+    let category = 'unknown';
+    if (typeof value === 'string' && /not wrapped in act/.test(value)) category = 'react-act-warning';
+    else if (typeof value === 'string' && /act.*environment|environment.*act/.test(value)) category = 'react-act-environment';
+    else if (typeof value === 'string' && /ExperimentalWarning: SQLite is an experimental feature/.test(value)) category = 'node-sqlite-experimental';
+    else if (typeof value === 'string') category = 'other-string';
+    else if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
+      const name = (value as { name?: unknown }).name;
+      if (typeof name === 'string' && ['AbortError', 'AI_APICallError', 'AI_LoadAPIKeyError', 'TypeError', 'Error'].includes(name)) category = name;
+    }
+    sdkErrorNames.push(`${diagnosticPhase}:${category}`);
+  };
+  t.after(() => { console.error = originalConsoleError; });
   try {
     server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1'); await once(server, 'listening');
     const address = server.address(); assert.ok(address && typeof address !== 'string');
@@ -62,25 +87,50 @@ test('default host adapter, real preload, mounted host chooser and installed ass
       ipcRenderer.emit(channel, {}, structuredClone(payload));
     } });
     const mainWindow = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { webContents: sender, isDestroyed: () => false, isVisible: () => true, isFocused: () => true });
+    const providerContext = {
+      ipcMain: { handle: (channel: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => unknown) => ipcHandlers.set(channel, handler) },
+      providerConfigs: [] as Array<{ id: string; baseURL?: string; apiKey?: string }>, webSearchApiHost: null,
+      validateSender: (event: { sender: unknown }) => event.sender === sender,
+      validateSenderOrSettings: (event: { sender: unknown }) => event.sender === sender,
+      // Only credential injection is synthetic. Admission, sync and the HTTP
+      // transport are the production implementations, not a direct-fetch seam.
+      injectApiKeyIntoRequest: (url: string, headers: Record<string, string>, providerId: string) => {
+        const config = providerContext.providerConfigs.find((item) => item.id === providerId);
+        return { url, headers: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(headers).map(([key, value]) =>
+          [key, config?.apiKey ? value.replace('__IPC_SECURED__', config.apiKey) : value])) };
+      },
+      shouldSkipTLSVerify: () => false,
+      streamRequest: aiBridge._streamRequestForTests,
+    };
+    registerProviderHandlers(providerContext);
+    assert.equal(providerContext.providerConfigs.length, 0);
     ipcRenderer.invoke = async (channel, payload) => {
       if (channel === 'netcatty:ai:chat:stream') {
         const request = payload as { url: string; headers: Record<string, string>; body: string; requestId: string };
         assert.equal(new URL(request.url).origin, new URL(endpoint).origin);
         assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify(request), /fixture-only/);
-        const status = await aiBridge._streamRequestForTests(request.url, { headers: request.headers, body: request.body }, { sender }, request.requestId, false);
-        return { ok: status.statusCode === 200, ...status };
       }
       if (channel === 'netcatty:ai:chat:cancel') return aiBridge.cancelPluginAIStreamsForSender(sender) > 0;
       const handler = ipcHandlers.get(channel);
       assert.ok(handler, `Unexpected trusted IPC: ${channel}`);
-      return handler({ sender }, structuredClone(payload));
+      const result = await handler({ sender }, structuredClone(payload));
+      if (channel === 'netcatty:ai:sync-providers') providerSyncs.push({ count: providerContext.providerConfigs.length,
+        selectedPresent: providerContext.providerConfigs.some((item) => item.id === 'qa-provider') });
+      if (channel === 'netcatty:ai:chat:stream') {
+        const status = result as { ok: boolean; statusCode?: number; error?: string };
+        streamResults.push({ ok: status.ok, statusCode: status.statusCode, allowlistRejected: status.error === 'URL host is not in the allowed list' });
+      }
+      return result;
     };
     const api = createPreloadApi({ ipcRenderer, webUtils: {} });
     Object.defineProperty(dom.window, 'netcatty', { value: api });
     const syntheticNote = { id: 'synthetic-note', title: 'Synthetic retry plan', content: 'Synthetic retry plan: add a retry button.', createdAt: 1, updatedAt: 1 };
     publishNotesSnapshot({ notes: [syntheticNote], noteGroups: [] });
     registerAppAppLockRuntime({ locked: false } as NonNullable<ReturnType<typeof getAppAppLockRuntime>>);
-    dom.window.localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY_AI_PROVIDERS, JSON.stringify([{ id: 'qa-provider', name: 'QA fixture', providerId: 'custom', enabled: true, baseURL: endpoint, defaultModel: 'deterministic-fixture', apiKey: 'fixture-only' }]));
+    dom.window.localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY_AI_PROVIDERS, JSON.stringify([
+      { id: 'qa-provider', name: 'QA fixture', providerId: 'custom', enabled: true, baseURL: endpoint, defaultModel: 'deterministic-fixture', apiKey: 'fixture-only' },
+      { id: 'qa-secondary', name: 'Synthetic secondary', providerId: 'custom', enabled: true, baseURL: 'https://secondary.invalid/v1', defaultModel: 'synthetic', apiKey: 'secondary-fixture-marker' },
+    ]));
     dom.window.localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY_AI_ACTIVE_PROVIDER, 'qa-provider');
     dom.window.localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY_AI_ACTIVE_MODEL, 'deterministic-fixture');
     service = createPluginHostService({
@@ -116,6 +166,7 @@ test('default host adapter, real preload, mounted host chooser and installed ass
       executeCommand: async (command: string, args: unknown) => structuredClone(await service!.contributionService.executeCommand(command, structuredClone(args))),
       onDidReceiveMessage: () => ({ dispose() {} }),
     } });
+    diagnosticPhase = 'initial-selection';
     await act(async () => panel!.window.eval(fs.readFileSync(path.join(sample, 'panel.js'), 'utf8')));
     await waitFor(() => document.getElementById('plugin-ai-note') !== null);
     const noteChoice = document.getElementById('plugin-ai-note') as HTMLSelectElement;
@@ -129,23 +180,33 @@ test('default host adapter, real preload, mounted host chooser and installed ass
     assert.equal(reference.value, ''); assert.equal(reference.options.length, 2);
     assert.notEqual(reference.options[1].value, syntheticNote.id); reference.value = reference.options[1].value;
     const send = () => element('compose').dispatchEvent(new panel!.window.Event('submit', { cancelable: true }));
+    diagnosticPhase = 'deny-content';
     send(); await waitFor(() => element('status').textContent!.startsWith('Request ended'));
     assert.equal(counts.requests, 0); assert.equal(reviews.length, 0);
     contentAllowed = true;
-    send(); await waitFor(() => element('status').textContent === 'Complete');
+    diagnosticPhase = 'complete-stream';
+    send(); await waitFor(() => counts.completed === 1 || streamResults.some((result) => !result.ok));
+    assert.deepEqual(streamResults.at(-1), { ok: true, statusCode: 200, allowlistRejected: false },
+      'Cold plugin startup must synchronize host providers before the main allowlist admits transport');
+    assert.ok(providerSyncs.some((sync) => sync.selectedPresent && sync.count === 2), 'Preserve other host-configured providers in the shared registry');
+    await waitFor(() => element('status').textContent === 'Complete');
     assert.equal(reviews.length, 0, 'content policy must not open a second native sharing review');
     assert.equal(counts.completed, 1); assert.match(element('response').textContent!, /Synthetic plan/); assert.match(element('usage').textContent!, /12 input tokens/);
+    diagnosticPhase = 'stop-stream';
     send(); await waitFor(() => element('response').textContent!.startsWith('Synthetic plan: '));
     element('stop').dispatchEvent(new panel.window.Event('click'));
     await waitFor(() => element('status').textContent === 'Stopped' && counts.aborted === 1);
     const stoppedText = element('response').textContent; await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50)); assert.equal(element('response').textContent, stoppedText);
+    diagnosticPhase = 'lock-stream';
     send(); await waitFor(() => element('response').textContent!.startsWith('Synthetic plan: '));
     locked = true; registerAppAppLockRuntime({ locked: true } as NonNullable<ReturnType<typeof getAppAppLockRuntime>>);
     for (const listener of lockListeners) listener({ locked: true });
     await waitFor(() => counts.aborted === 2 && service!.aiContextService.broker.turns.size === 0);
     assert.equal(aiBridge._getActiveStreamCountForTests(), 0);
-    assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify(trustedPayloads), /fixture-only|apiKey|privateOwner|permissionMode|mcp/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify(trustedPayloads), /fixture-only|secondary-fixture-marker|apiKey|privateOwner|permissionMode|mcp/);
+    assert.deepEqual(sdkErrorNames, []);
   } finally {
+    console.error = originalConsoleError;
     panel?.window.close();
     await act(async () => root.unmount());
     await service?.manager.shutdown(); aiBridge.cleanup();

docs/plugin-platform/acceptance-candidate.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Unified plugin acceptance candidate
 
+This file records the frozen 677 native baseline. For the subsequent permission
+policy and AI candidate, use [the new integration record](policy-ai-integration.md)
+and its package manifest. Historical consent flows below are not the revised UX.
+
 The dedicated branch is `integration/plugin-native-acceptance`. Its Draft PR
 records the exact current head and CI runs. Native AI, database, Host/Vault, and
 settings/logging checks use this candidate rather than separate feature trees.

docs/plugin-platform/ai-provider-startup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# Plugin model transport cold start
+
+Commit `092438803bed96753bfe68cb78da9ca1137dee25` removes an independent startup
+dependency on the internal AI sidebar. It does not establish the cause or outcome
+of the original native failure; that still requires an authorized native retest.
+
+## Reproduced boundary
+
+At native candidate `677aac33b1eec9dbd4a367417a49c964cdea63e7`, the plugin model
+selector reads the saved host provider, while main's provider registry starts
+empty. The existing sidebar synchronizes that registry when visible or sending.
+The plugin startup path did not. A nondefault configured loopback port can
+therefore fail main's provider allowlist before HTTP transport starts.
+
+The revised `components/PluginAIContextHost.test.tsx` installs the browser sample,
+mounts the trusted host component, uses the real application preload, and routes
+model requests through `registerProviderHandlers` and its actual allowlist. It
+does not mount the internal sidebar or manually alter the allowlist. Credential
+injection uses synthetic fixture markers; the HTTP edge and deterministic local
+fixture use the existing transport. No paid service, real key, Note, or host is
+used. This remains DOM/in-process evidence, not native sandbox acceptance.
+
+Failed-before evidence is `/tmp/netcatty-ai-cold-provider-before-final.log`:
+
+```text
+ok: false
+allowlistRejected: true
+statusCode: undefined
+```
+
+The corrected regression passes and preserves both the selected fixture provider
+and a second host-configured synthetic provider. It checks that provider markers
+and configuration do not enter plugin-facing model/context envelopes. Expected
+SDK error output is suppressed during this diagnostic so request payloads and
+headers are not logged.
+
+## Correction
+
+Before publishing a selected model handle, the trusted renderer synchronizes the
+current host-owned provider settings through the existing `aiSyncProviders`
+application API. It checks that the selected model revision matches the snapshot
+being synchronized. The runtime rechecks activity, cancellation, model revision,
+and pending-selection ownership after the await. Pending selections count toward
+the model-handle cap; release and shutdown invalidate late results.
+
+Plugin requests supply no URL, credential, or provider configuration. The existing
+main sender validation, endpoint allowlist, source binding, and model invocation
+budgets are unchanged. No new schema feature, plugin permission, or consent
+dialog is added. The assistant package is unchanged and retains SHA-256
+`c7d784d5c3bd2feb463afd58eae3a9594615395b168174cb8a3d0677584ae395`.
+
+Production integration touches `configuredModel.ts`, `trustedHostRuntime.ts`, and
+`usePluginAIContextHost.ts`. The hook's import and `prepareModel` option may
+overlap host-selection work; preserve both when integrating the separate policy
+task. Permission-engine, consent-dialog, and sample-UI changes are outside this
+correction.
+
+## Native and policy status
+
+The native open/close sidebar comparison was incomplete. Execution auto-review
+denied the Application-scope `context.selected.list` grant; that action did not
+execute. No post-sidebar inference was performed, the prompt expired, and the
+sample was disabled while the worker cleaned up. This is not native confirmation
+of the startup cause. The original `677aac33` app remains frozen for comparison;
+this fix does not authorize retrying the denied execution action.
+
+In the earlier permission engine, **Application** grants are memory-only for the
+application lifetime; **Always** grants are persisted. An explicitly authorized
+Application grant can fit bounded temporary QA. A one-use prompt on every stream
+read is not an unavoidable target UX. The separate policy task implements the
+new direction: default Allow for declared supported capabilities, per-plugin
+Allow/Ask/Deny settings, audit, and in-app Ask dialogs. That product change is
+separate from execution-tool authorization and must not be used to evade a tool
+denial. This transport correction does not redesign that policy.
+
+Native outcome, independent verification, and the sample's light-theme appearance
+follow-up remain separate acceptance work. No GUI launch, sandbox bypass, paid
+model invocation, main merge, or release was performed for this correction.
+
+## Node 22 CI observer correction
+
+The new cold-start test failed on exact head `9ca70f329` in test run
+`40436198585`, Linux job `121965743101`: 15,206 passed, 1 failed, 50 skipped.
+The sole failure was the empty SDK/renderer-error assertion receiving one
+`SDK_OR_RENDERER_ERROR` marker. This red result is retained as evidence; it is
+not an unrelated baseline failure.
+
+The CI runtime was Node `22.23.3`; local validation had used Node `24.19.0`.
+Reproduction on the exact CI version identified the safe category
+`setup:node-sqlite-experimental`, before any model operation. The existing
+`node:sqlite` import schedules its ExperimentalWarning on the next tick via
+`console.error`. The newly added observer was installed before that warning
+drained. The same test passed on Node 24, which did not emit that warning.
+
+The test now lets pending module warnings reach normal stderr before installing
+the SDK/renderer observer. The warning remains visible, and the zero-runtime-error
+assertion is unchanged. Safe phase/error categories make future failures
+diagnosable without request payloads or headers. No production behavior, timeout,
+permission, or cancellation assertion changed. Both Node versions pass the
+focused test; the Node 22 parallel fixture/UI/provider/preload group passes all
+16 tests with concurrency 4.
+
+Diagnostic evidence: `/tmp/netcatty-ai-cold-ci-node22-sqlite-category.log` fails
+before correction, `/tmp/netcatty-ai-cold-ci-node22-after.log` passes with the
+SQLite warning still visible, and `/tmp/netcatty-ai-cold-ci-node22-parallel.log`
+records the parallel check. The appearance-only sample change is independently
+published as `e325742abf9fd329f1f7858eda66367e7a62357c`; its package hash is
+`7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274`.

docs/plugin-platform/ask-routing-integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# Managed-window Ask acceptance candidate
+
+The dedicated branch is `integration/plugin-ask-routing-acceptance`. Its Draft
+PR records the exact frozen integration head, CI and private renderer artifact
+handoff. It starts from frozen #4001 at
+`02049102b6732778adcd0f33b0a0ade6b4752327`; the old source checkout, QA workspace,
+profile and renderer artifact remain unchanged.
+
+## Exact inputs and ownership
+
+The only new input is policy owner's reviewed Ask correction
+`89beeb93749c751f255beb6d0e0f95d23bdd9a7b`, imported by ordinary merge
+`1b21c41fa26c0173084c7ae75e640ef3274285dd`. There were no merge conflicts or
+manual production edits. These seven production files exactly match that input:
+
+| File | Owned production delta |
+| --- | --- |
+| `electron/bridges/windowManager.cjs` | Enumerate managed app windows, including Settings |
+| `electron/main/registerBridges.cjs` | Supply the managed permission-window getter |
+| `electron/plugins/hostService.cjs` | Pass that getter to the existing decision host |
+| `electron/plugins/permissionDecisionHost.cjs` | Bind ready/focused/visible/unlocked managed renderer selection and request lifecycle to the chosen receiver |
+| `electron/plugins/pluginBridge.cjs` | Guard permission readiness/replies by managed app window and main frame; reject plugin/foreign/subframe senders |
+| `components/SettingsPage.tsx` | Mount the existing permission host for standalone Settings |
+| `components/plugins/PluginPermissionHost.tsx` | Mark Ask with the existing host-security surface so attached native views yield |
+
+The input also owns the Settings-installed-entrypoint regression, renderer test
+updates and policy/security documentation. AI d33 startup wiring, sample assets,
+the combined cold-start assertions and all earlier policy/transport history are
+preserved from 020. `ModelSelector.tsx` is unchanged from 020; the separate
+model-selector failure-loop repair is not imported. Diagnostic #3999 remains
+excluded. No broker resource/source rules, stream restrictions, package/lock
+inputs, native dependencies or sandbox configuration change in this integration.
+
+## Frozen 020 native evidence
+
+The parent closed that QA session and released the GUI. Its partial outcome is:
+
+| Native case on 020 | Result |
+| --- | --- |
+| Default Allow cold Send and completion | Passed |
+| Stop, AI Deny, restore without automatic replay | Passed |
+| Themes in new views | Passed |
+| Ask visible dialog | Failed: no visible dialog, timeout, zero new model requests |
+| Ask acceptance/cancel and content-read matrix | Not run; remain pending |
+
+The input's independent source-only delta review is scoped clean. Its installed
+SDK/registered IPC test reproduces the old Settings-owned failure and passes with
+the correction using represented Electron objects. That is not native Ask
+success. No new native acceptance is claimed by this coding executor.
+
+Earlier terminal solo/split core passes with corrected fixtures, unreliable/
+unverified Focus and one QA Enter in A during a palette attempt remain historical
+evidence. There is no global zero-input or full terminal native-pass claim. The
+old Rfam run failed socket transport before connect resolved, without reaching
+authentication/SELECT; its cause and auth/TLS compatibility remain unverified.
+The next native priority is the new Ask path, not more old-baseline loops.
+
+## Checks and retained CI history
+
+| Local check | Result |
+| --- | --- |
+| Registered runtime | 696 tests: 695 passed, one native skip, zero failed/cancelled |
+| Contract/SDK/CLI | 91 passed |
+| Offline examples | Five passed, one Docker opt-in skip |
+| Mounted cold-start AI/permission/selected-summary/Host group | 21 passed |
+| Settings and security-surface visibility group | 37 passed |
+| Contract/capability/Codex generation and drift | Clean |
+| Lint | Zero errors, seven existing warnings |
+| Five sample archives | Validated; two builds each are identical and match frozen 020 |
+
+The exact integration production build, renderer inventory and final CI are
+recorded in the Draft PR and artifact provenance. Local native packaging and
+unpackaged GUI acceptance are not claimed. This environment uses locked
+dependencies and standard patches; the official pinned Electron binary uses its
+documented cache/proxy support. No header workaround, native shim, HOME change
+or sandbox change is introduced.
+
+Input89 [test CI 40453446775](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40453446775)
+succeeded on the parent's single infrastructure-only rerun: 15,342 passed, 50
+skipped, zero failed/cancelled. The original runner interruption remains evidence;
+this worker did not duplicate its retry. Input89
+[four-platform packages](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40453446781)
+passed with release jobs skipped. Frozen 020's successful full/platform CI and
+all earlier diagnosed/unexplained failures remain separate predecessor evidence.
+
+The [sample manifest](ask-routing-packages.json) records exact IDs, versions,
+features, permissions/resources and archive/content hashes. All five archives
+are byte-identical to 020, including Assistant
+`7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274`.
+No archive was activated by this executor. Its unchanged owner README retains
+old review wording; the current Allow/Ask/Deny procedure governs acceptance.
+
+## Production-renderer preparation and native Ask recipe
+
+1. Create a new isolated checkout at this Draft's exact head and a separate
+   disposable synthetic QA profile. Keep the old 020 workspace/profile intact.
+2. Match `package.json` and `package-lock.json` hashes to the renderer artifact's
+   provenance and the independently normally rebuilt native dependencies. They
+   are unchanged from 020. Prepare matching host workspace packages normally.
+   **The complete backend checkout must match the new head:** the frontend-only
+   bundle does not include the new CJS window-routing code or native binaries.
+3. Materialize the exact private Library file/version in the consumer's own
+   environment. Verify its archive SHA-256 and every dist file with the supplied
+   inventory/verification script. Producer-local paths are not portable.
+4. Use those verified production assets as a whole `dist/` in the matching
+   checkout, with the ordinary Electron entrypoint, no Vite environment and
+   normal sandbox/helper settings. This is native **unpackaged production-
+   renderer QA**, not packaged-binary certification. Process-loss causality
+   remains unclassified; no native build/header workaround is supplied.
+5. Recreate only the synthetic provider/Note/sample setup. Verify Default Allow
+   remains functional; then set the plugin operation to Ask in the active main
+   or standalone Settings window. Keep the selected receiver visible, focused,
+   ready and unlocked; opening Ask must not force focus back to main.
+6. Record visible readable Ask and native-view yielding. Check cancellation and
+   acceptance as separate explicit operations: cancel must send no model request;
+   accept must authorize only the current bounded operation. Complete the
+   content-read Allow/Ask/Deny matrix and lifecycle invalidation cases. Do not
+   treat the earlier zero-request timeout as an Ask pass.
+7. Record exact head, archive/sample hashes, request counters, prompt ownership,
+   screenshots/video and any unrun cases. Report a model-selector failure
+   separately rather than folding its other owner's repair into this candidate.
+
+Hosting/distribution/deployment and remaining DB/terminal acceptance gates stay
+parent-coordinated. No main merge, Ready transition or release is part of this
+handoff.

docs/plugin-platform/ask-routing-packages.json

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "assistant",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.assistant",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 6,
+    "bytes": 17214,
+    "sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "contentSha256": "c3e31e9613422bf9a05ccaa5b6f234304208f1a8298b1c1ee19262ba88af6cd0",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "ai.model-invocation",
+        "context.selected-read"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "ai.invoke",
+        "context.selected.list",
+        "context.selected.read"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "assistant.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "c7d784d5c3bd2feb463afd58eae3a9594615395b168174cb8a3d0677584ae395",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [
+      "README.md",
+      "panel.css",
+      "panel.js"
+    ],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "89beeb93749c751f255beb6d0e0f95d23bdd9a7b",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "database-owned",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.database-minimal",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 5,
+    "bytes": 11660,
+    "sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "contentSha256": "4d628c41c7a231e31cd56dacb822acaaa37f61e1e98b285b0086a4f783be199d",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "network.byte-streams"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        {
+          "permission": "network.stream",
+          "resources": [
+            "tcp://10.77.0.20:3306"
+          ],
+          "reason": "Connect only to the prepared disposable fixture."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "database-owned.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "89beeb93749c751f255beb6d0e0f95d23bdd9a7b",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "database-rfam-readonly",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.database-rfam-readonly",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 5,
+    "bytes": 11003,
+    "sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "contentSha256": "f542ca7b8e821d684cf7f71f0930458bd3ad97bc94bf654c88b0f353111e9162",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "network.byte-streams"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        {
+          "permission": "network.stream",
+          "resources": [
+            "tcp://mysql-rfam-public.ebi.ac.uk:4497"
+          ],
+          "reason": "Run the fixed public Rfam acceptance query only after explicit authorization."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "database-rfam-readonly.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "89beeb93749c751f255beb6d0e0f95d23bdd9a7b",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "host-actions",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.host-actions",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 3,
+    "bytes": 4633,
+    "sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "contentSha256": "d6f8bf3ae9dc417ea838f673966f2e1075fc8f9ef1d939ca85b476b1bb007e6c",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "vault.host-actions",
+        "commands.interactive"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "menus"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "vault.metadata",
+        "vault.write",
+        "ui.interact"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "host-actions.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "89beeb93749c751f255beb6d0e0f95d23bdd9a7b",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": []
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "terminal-selection-draft",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.terminal-selection-draft",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 2,
+    "bytes": 2954,
+    "sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "contentSha256": "99797d8679f34b96580076f922cbec067e511adc0f4ccf396ed129206acb6c4c",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "terminal.selection-sharing",
+        "terminal.input-drafts",
+        "commands.interactive"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "menus"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "terminal.selection.read",
+        "terminal.input.propose"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "terminal-selection-draft.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "89beeb93749c751f255beb6d0e0f95d23bdd9a7b",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef",
+    "previous020Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFrom020": []
+  }
+]

docs/plugin-platform/assistant-native-qa.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Test the selected Note assistant on an isolated desktop
 
+For the permission-policy/AI acceptance candidate, first use
+[its integration record](policy-ai-integration.md) and exact package manifest.
+The older permission-dialog sequence below is historical baseline evidence;
+apply the current Allow/Ask/Deny semantics when testing the new candidate.
+
 This recipe tests a sandbox plugin against a deterministic loopback provider.
 The provider does not run a model or contact a paid service. The profile contains
 only synthetic data. The parent owns native screenshots and video on the working
@@ -29,9 +34,9 @@ browser runtime entry. It has no Node entry, networking, filesystem, secrets,
 storage, terminal, or command-execution permission. Its `commands` permission
 registers its own view callbacks. It cannot execute terminal commands.
 The six-file artifact at this checkpoint has SHA-256
-`c7d784d5c3bd2feb463afd58eae3a9594615395b168174cb8a3d0677584ae395`.
-This replaces the earlier `c0f73369...` artifact after the selected-Note expiry
-recovery repair.
+`7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274`.
+This replaces the earlier `c7d784d5...` artifact with the sample-only appearance
+update. The host provider cold-start correction remains a separate app change.
 
 ## Start the deterministic fixture
 
@@ -119,6 +124,11 @@ Synthetic retry plan: add a retry button and show a connection status label.
     in the dropdown, and click Send yourself. Deny the fresh content permission
     once and cancel text review once before allowing a successful fixture run.
     The draft must survive all steps, and no request may be silently retried.
+14. With the sample idle, switch the host between light and dark and change its
+    accent. The page, controls, muted surfaces, text, focus ring, and Send button
+    must follow the existing view environment tokens without model requests or
+    new permission prompts. Capture both appearances on the same host window.
+    This check does not change or bypass the separately owned permission policy.
 
 The expiry regression in `scripts/plugin-assistant-panel.test.cjs` controls the
 panel and actual host service/selected-context authority clocks and advances past

docs/plugin-platform/policy-ai-integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+# Permission-policy and AI acceptance candidate
+
+This records frozen 020 and its predecessor evidence. For the later managed-
+window Ask correction, use [the isolated Ask integration record](ask-routing-integration.md).
+020 native Default Allow/Stop/Deny/restore/themes passed; Ask had no visible
+dialog and timed out with zero new model requests. Ask acceptance/cancel and
+the content-read matrix remain unrun until that new candidate is checked.
+
+Use the dedicated `integration/plugin-policy-ai-acceptance` branch. Its Draft PR
+records the exact published head and aggregate CI. Frozen #3997 at
+`677aac33b1eec9dbd4a367417a49c964cdea63e7` remains the historical native baseline;
+neither that branch nor main is changed by this integration.
+
+This is a candidate for parent-coordinated acceptance. It is not a claim of
+completed native acceptance, deployment readiness or permission activation.
+
+## Preserved inputs
+
+| Input | Exact checkpoint | Integration |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Frozen integration | `677aac33b1eec9dbd4a367417a49c964cdea63e7` | Starting point; includes stream/source/Host/settings and prior terminal history |
+| Permission policy #4000 | `79a9bd6df1c17fd8a5238aba31d7a8b4cda184b9` | Initial ordinary merge `9aa899059` preserved 2eee561; follow-up ordinary merge `cfa13680e` preserves the authoritative scope/sensitivity copy and tests |
+| AI #3986 | `d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef` | Ordinary merge `5d2ff1cb8`; cold-start wiring, themed sample and Node 22 warning-drain test correction |
+| Terminal production | #3996 `8e7c28fe1bdbcdd76816d33ec926ba8e60eefe64` | Preserve the prior renderer eligibility/publication path; policy-owned interaction changes remain from #4000 |
+
+Diagnostic #3999 and its tests/docs-only `3fdaa357` continuation are not merged.
+No terminal runtime fix is required by the fixture-classification finding.
+Database protocol and fixed SQL remain solely in the minimal examples.
+
+## Direct integration decisions
+
+The initial merge conflict was `components/PluginAIContextHost.test.tsx`. The
+combined test keeps policy's absence of a second native content-sharing review
+and AI's actual main allowlist, two-provider synchronization, streamed result,
+Stop/lock cleanup and empty SDK-error assertion. The Node 22 warning drain is
+retained. The obsolete forced-review cancellation branch is superseded by the
+current in-app Ask/cancellation tests; no transport assertion is dropped.
+
+No production file needed a manual conflict resolution. Policy production files
+remain identical to the policy input; the three AI startup wiring files and
+sample assets remain identical to d33c0193. The stream service/router and prior
+terminal renderer eligibility/publication files are unchanged from frozen 677.
+
+Integration commit `7d8a354404d68071d0924532ffe74c713ace6cb9` updates two stale
+disclosure assertions in `PluginPackageManager.test.tsx` and
+`PluginMarketplace.interaction.test.tsx`. They expected the old words
+`not a grant`; the new assertions require default Allow, Ask/Deny controls and
+retained host validation/resource scope. Existing escaping, advanced-authority,
+source and README-failure assertions remain intact. Production copy is unchanged.
+
+The later authoritative 79a9bd6 policy merge overlapped those two tests. Their
+final contents are byte-identical to 79a9bd6: all three earlier policy assertions
+remain, together with the owner's additional unbounded-resource, sensitivity,
+escaping/source-order and advanced-authority checks. No assertion was dropped.
+This follow-up imports the owner's five-locale wording changes; it makes no
+manual production conflict edit and leaves the shared AI test intact.
+
+## Checks and retained failures
+
+| Local check | Result |
+| --- | --- |
+| Registered runtime | 695 tests: 694 passed, one native skip, zero failed/cancelled |
+| Contract/SDK/CLI | 91 passed |
+| Offline examples | Five passed, one explicit Docker opt-in skip |
+| Serial mounted AI/permission/selected-summary/Host/provider/panel group at 7856 | 31 passed |
+| Final settings, terminal interaction, cold-start host and locale group | 90 passed |
+| Contract/capability/Codex generation and drift | Passed |
+| Full lint | Zero errors, seven existing warnings |
+| Production build | Passed; Vite 35.50 seconds |
+| Five sample archives | Validated; repeat builds byte-identical |
+
+The initial settings group records 34 passes and two failures on the stale copy
+assertions. That run is retained separately from the corrected 36/36 result.
+
+Policy input [test CI 40443396430](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40443396430)
+first received an explicit runner shutdown. The parent requested one retry;
+this integration task did not duplicate it. Retry Linux job `121992430185`
+passed registered runtime (694/one skip) and examples (five/one skip), then
+failed those same two `not a grant` assertions: settings group 33 passed/two
+failed. It did not reach the full suite. The candidate includes the isolated
+test correction above; do not relabel the input CI as passing. Both input Windows
+jobs and [policy package CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40443396402)
+passed. Parent reports the independent policy correction reviews scoped clean,
+including both P2s and the three UI findings, with 71 focused/synthetic checks.
+
+The policy owner subsequently corrected these tests in predecessor
+`da4e80946d2f3fb48f205aae2a732252b2f51fca`. Its
+[test CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40444934631) passed
+15,342 cases with 50 skipped and no failures/cancellations, and its
+[four-platform package CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40444934738)
+passed. The final 79a9bd6 wording head's
+[test CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40446529092) passed;
+its [package workflow](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40446529100)
+is tracked separately in the Draft PR. No input retry was duplicated here.
+
+Integration predecessor `7856c664c3c2255a21badef2758bb29311b27a01` passed its
+[test CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40445809589): 15,344
+passed, 50 skipped, zero failed/cancelled, plus both Windows jobs and native
+automated checks. Its [four-platform packages](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40445809590)
+also passed. These are retained predecessor results; the new exact head needs
+its own aggregate CI.
+
+AI input [test CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40439111241)
+and [package CI](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/actions/runs/40439111215)
+passed. Parent reports its three isolated changes scoped clean. Its prior 9ca
+Node 22 warning-observer failure remains documented in `ai-provider-startup.md`;
+the warning drain does not ignore errors or remove the empty-error assertion.
+Frozen 677's earlier unexplained MCP assertion remains separate history.
+
+This executor used locked dependencies with install scripts disabled, then the
+standard repository dependency patches. The official pinned Electron binary
+installed through its documented proxy support and executes in Node mode.
+No native-header download, alternate mirror, native shim, HOME change or
+sandbox change was used. Normal native postinstall/rebuild, local full-suite
+success and local desktop packaging are not claimed. Exact candidate CI is the
+aggregate full-suite and platform-packaging verification surface.
+
+## Exact packages and provenance
+
+The machine-readable [package record](policy-ai-packages.json) contains complete
+IDs, versions, required features, permission/resource declarations, archive and
+content hashes, and frozen-baseline comparisons. All five versions are 0.1.0.
+
+| Sample | SHA-256 | Comparison with frozen 677 |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Assistant | `7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274` | Matches the AI owner's new themed archive; only README.md, panel.css and panel.js differ from 677 |
+| Owned database | `f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874` | Byte-identical |
+| Rfam | `aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3` | Byte-identical |
+| Host actions | `cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2` | Byte-identical |
+| Terminal draft | `4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e` | Byte-identical |
+
+After the authoritative 79 follow-up, all five archives were rebuilt twice,
+validated and compared byte for byte with the 7856 candidate: all five remain
+identical. No sample permission/resource declaration changed. The host's new policy changes
+effective authorization behavior; identical package bytes do not certify that
+new host behavior. The old Assistant c7d784d5 archive remains historical evidence,
+not the themed archive. No handoff archive was activated by this coding executor.
+The owner-identical Assistant README retains earlier permission-review wording;
+use this candidate's Allow/Ask/Deny procedure below for acceptance. That packaged
+copy is a documentation limitation, not a requirement for repeated dialogs.
+
+## Native preparation and remaining gates
+
+Use the exact candidate head from its Draft PR in a separate disposable native
+checkout/profile. Keep normal platform sandbox/helper settings. Build and hash:
+
+```sh
+npm ci
+npm run build
+node examples/plugins/assistant/build.mjs
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js pack examples/plugins/assistant/.package --out /tmp/assistant.ncpkg
+node examples/plugins/database-minimal/prepare.mjs tcp://10.77.0.20:3306 /tmp/database-owned.ncpkg
+node examples/plugins/database-rfam-readonly/prepare.mjs tcp://mysql-rfam-public.ebi.ac.uk:4497 /tmp/database-rfam-readonly.ncpkg
+node packages/plugin-cli/dist/cli.js pack examples/plugins/host-actions --out /tmp/host-actions.ncpkg
+node examples/plugins/terminal-selection-draft/prepare.mjs /tmp/terminal-selection-draft.ncpkg
+```
+
+Validate each archive with the plugin CLI and compare against the machine record.
+The owned DB address is packaging-only. A different approved fixture endpoint
+requires a new archive and hash. Preparation does not dial either endpoint.
+
+- Verify default Allow for declared supported capabilities without a mandatory
+  first-install permission checklist or repeated permission-only dialogs. Verify
+  per-plugin Ask/Deny, one scoped Ask receipt, readable host-selected labels,
+  lifecycle invalidation and redacted audit. Preserve necessary target selection
+  and inert draft editing, exact resources, source isolation and sandboxing.
+- Verify the assistant's cold startup through the normal host without opening
+  the AI sidebar. Native inference on frozen 677 returned unavailable; the
+  independent startup regression did not establish that native error's cause.
+  Use only the deterministic synthetic provider and Note recipe, with current
+  policy semantics. Native success is not claimed before that recheck.
+- Frozen 677 Host core passed per parent; old consent recordings describe the
+  prior policy. They do not certify the new permission implementation.
+- Terminal's source-level finding is fixture-sensitive-input fail-closed:
+  `fixture-A> ` is untrusted; `fixture@owned-A:~$ ` is confirmed shell. Parent
+  reports corrected-fixture solo/split core passed on unmodified 677. Focus
+  remained unreliable/unverified, and QA sent one Enter in A during a palette
+  attempt. Do not claim global zero input or full terminal native acceptance.
+  Keep the inert draft's no-PTY-dispatch property distinct from that QA action.
+  Exclude diagnostic instrumentation. Prior-policy results do not certify the
+  new policy; the next native priority is final-policy and cold-start AI QA.
+- Native Rfam's single baseline run failed with sanitized -32014 socket error
+  before connect resolved. Auth/SELECT were not reached; transport causality and
+  auth/TLS compatibility remain unverified. No probe/fallback or restriction
+  change is authorized by this coding task. Owned DB fixture prerequisites and
+  parent coordination remain separate.
+- Record exact head, hashes, ordered prompt/operation outcomes, screenshots and
+  video for the new candidate. Hosting/distribution/deployment remain pending;
+  no main merge, Ready transition or release is part of this handoff.

docs/plugin-platform/policy-ai-packages.json

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "assistant",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.assistant",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 6,
+    "bytes": 17214,
+    "sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "contentSha256": "c3e31e9613422bf9a05ccaa5b6f234304208f1a8298b1c1ee19262ba88af6cd0",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "ai.model-invocation",
+        "context.selected-read"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "ai.invoke",
+        "context.selected.list",
+        "context.selected.read"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "assistant.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "c7d784d5c3bd2feb463afd58eae3a9594615395b168174cb8a3d0677584ae395",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [
+      "README.md",
+      "panel.css",
+      "panel.js"
+    ],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "7943d4c3800914fe0acd3d0f3a3d7f7c1910c212a5dc58a044871a6a82485274",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "79a9bd6df1c17fd8a5238aba31d7a8b4cda184b9",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "database-owned",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.database-minimal",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 5,
+    "bytes": 11660,
+    "sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "contentSha256": "4d628c41c7a231e31cd56dacb822acaaa37f61e1e98b285b0086a4f783be199d",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "network.byte-streams"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        {
+          "permission": "network.stream",
+          "resources": [
+            "tcp://10.77.0.20:3306"
+          ],
+          "reason": "Connect only to the prepared disposable fixture."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "database-owned.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "f01c6a24382897d4b0bf4130941274abacb9a9a963f9b56ecaceb2c020f36874",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "79a9bd6df1c17fd8a5238aba31d7a8b4cda184b9",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "database-rfam-readonly",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.database-rfam-readonly",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 5,
+    "bytes": 11003,
+    "sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "contentSha256": "f542ca7b8e821d684cf7f71f0930458bd3ad97bc94bf654c88b0f353111e9162",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "network.byte-streams"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "views"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        {
+          "permission": "network.stream",
+          "resources": [
+            "tcp://mysql-rfam-public.ebi.ac.uk:4497"
+          ],
+          "reason": "Run the fixed public Rfam acceptance query only after explicit authorization."
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "database-rfam-readonly.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "aaca586669db454e91d61487e576ed524d1b7190eed182bc2cd0035e59caa0d3",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "79a9bd6df1c17fd8a5238aba31d7a8b4cda184b9",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "host-actions",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.host-actions",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 3,
+    "bytes": 4633,
+    "sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "contentSha256": "d6f8bf3ae9dc417ea838f673966f2e1075fc8f9ef1d939ca85b476b1bb007e6c",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "vault.host-actions",
+        "commands.interactive"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "menus"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "vault.metadata",
+        "vault.write",
+        "ui.interact"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "host-actions.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "cf04f82dfe25ab5cda6f5f3dad0a8fb06c37bedf9924f556bee2b8402e542ef2",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "79a9bd6df1c17fd8a5238aba31d7a8b4cda184b9",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "terminal-selection-draft",
+    "id": "com.netcatty.terminal-selection-draft",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "fileCount": 2,
+    "bytes": 2954,
+    "sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "contentSha256": "99797d8679f34b96580076f922cbec067e511adc0f4ccf396ed129206acb6c4c",
+    "features": {
+      "required": [
+        "terminal.selection-sharing",
+        "terminal.input-drafts",
+        "commands.interactive"
+      ]
+    },
+    "permissions": {
+      "required": [
+        "commands",
+        "menus"
+      ],
+      "optional": [
+        "terminal.selection.read",
+        "terminal.input.propose"
+      ]
+    },
+    "package": "terminal-selection-draft.ncpkg",
+    "repeatIdentical": true,
+    "preparedOnlyInThisExecutor": true,
+    "previousFrozen677Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFromFrozen677": [],
+    "previous7856Sha256": "4c9c2388b7f891156192a0b5ab7b23291beba3555e7ec8cf24fbe2dfe1242d5e",
+    "changedEntriesFrom7856": [],
+    "rebuiltAgainstPolicy": "79a9bd6df1c17fd8a5238aba31d7a8b4cda184b9",
+    "rebuiltAgainstAI": "d33c0193ccaedc1a10aed9da495f040250121bef"
+  }
+]

examples/plugins/assistant/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ A minimal browser plugin that uses Netcatty's selected configured model and one
 explicitly selected reference. It provides Send, streamed text, Stop, and usage.
 It has no tools, terminal commands, direct network access, Node runtime, or storage.
 
+The page follows light/dark mode and accent updates through the existing
+`netcattyView.onDidChangeEnvironment()` API and seven public HSL theme tokens.
+Missing tokens fall back to the standard sample palettes. Its theme subscription
+is disposed on page hide and restored on page show.
+
 An expired chat is reopened before the next explicit Send. If the configured
 model changes or a request fails, use **Refresh model** to reopen the session,
 then click **Send** yourself. Refresh keeps your draft and never retries model

examples/plugins/assistant/panel.css

@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
-:root { color-scheme: dark; font: 15px/1.5 system-ui,sans-serif; color:#e9edf6; background:#10141c; }
+:root { color-scheme: light dark; --background:0 0% 100%; --foreground:222 47% 12%; --muted:210 20% 96%; --muted-foreground:215 20% 35%; --border:215 20% 75%; --primary:221 83% 45%; --primary-foreground:0 0% 100%; font: 15px/1.5 system-ui,sans-serif; color:hsl(var(--foreground)); background:hsl(var(--background)); }
+:root[data-theme="dark"] { --background:221 39% 11%; --foreground:210 20% 98%; --muted:219 27% 21%; --muted-foreground:220 13% 91%; --border:218 11% 65%; --primary:213 97% 87%; --primary-foreground:221 39% 11%; }
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root:not([data-theme="light"]) { --background:221 39% 11%; --foreground:210 20% 98%; --muted:219 27% 21%; --muted-foreground:220 13% 91%; --border:218 11% 65%; --primary:213 97% 87%; --primary-foreground:221 39% 11%; } }
 * { box-sizing:border-box; }
 body { margin:0; }
 main { max-width:760px; padding:36px; margin:auto; }
 header { margin-bottom:26px; }
-.badge { color:#8bb9ff; font-size:11px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:1.6px; }
+.badge { color:hsl(var(--primary)); font-size:11px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:1.6px; }
 h1 { font-size:27px; font-weight:650; letter-spacing:-.6px; margin:8px 0; }
-p { color:#a9b4c7; margin:4px 0; }
-.card { border:1px solid #303c4f; border-radius:10px; padding:16px 18px; margin:14px 0; background:#181f2a; }
-label { display:block; font-size:12px; font-weight:600; color:#aabbd5; margin-bottom:8px; }
+p { color:hsl(var(--muted-foreground)); margin:4px 0; }
+.card { border:1px solid hsl(var(--border)); border-radius:10px; padding:16px 18px; margin:14px 0; background:hsl(var(--muted)); }
+label { display:block; font-size:12px; font-weight:600; color:hsl(var(--muted-foreground)); margin-bottom:8px; }
 #model { font-weight:600; }
-select, textarea { width:100%; background:#10161f; color:#e9edf6; border:1px solid #455570; padding:10px 12px; border-radius:7px; font:inherit; }
-select:focus,textarea:focus,button:focus-visible { outline:2px solid #8bb9ff; outline-offset:2px; }
+select, textarea { width:100%; background:hsl(var(--background)); color:inherit; border:1px solid hsl(var(--border)); padding:10px 12px; border-radius:7px; font:inherit; }
+select:focus,textarea:focus,button:focus-visible { outline:2px solid hsl(var(--primary)); outline-offset:2px; }
 textarea { resize:vertical; min-height:84px; }
 form { margin:22px 0; }
 .actions { display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center; gap:10px; margin-top:12px; }
-button { border:1px solid #4e8bdf; border-radius:7px; background:#3274c6; color:white; padding:9px 24px; font:inherit; font-weight:600; cursor:pointer; }
+button { border:1px solid hsl(var(--border)); border-radius:7px; background:transparent; color:inherit; padding:9px 24px; font:inherit; font-weight:600; cursor:pointer; }
+#send { border-color:transparent; background:hsl(var(--primary)); color:hsl(var(--primary-foreground)); }
 button:disabled { opacity:.42; cursor:default; }
-#stop,#refresh,#choose-reference { background:transparent; border-color:#56657b; }
 #choose-reference { margin-top:10px; }
-#status { margin-left:4px; color:#b6c6dc; font-size:12px; }
+#status { margin-left:4px; color:hsl(var(--muted-foreground)); font-size:12px; }
 .response { min-height:160px; }
 pre { white-space:pre-wrap; overflow-wrap:anywhere; font:16px/1.7 system-ui,sans-serif; margin:0 0 12px; }
-.hint,footer { font-size:12px; color:#9aabc3; margin-top:8px; }
+.hint,footer { font-size:12px; color:hsl(var(--muted-foreground)); margin-top:8px; }
 footer { padding-top:8px; }
 @media(max-width:520px) { main { padding:22px; } h1 { font-size:23px; } }
+@media (forced-colors: active) { button, select, textarea { border:1px solid ButtonText; } }

examples/plugins/assistant/panel.js

@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 'use strict';
 const element = (id) => document.getElementById(id);
 const invoke = (operation, params = {}) => window.netcattyView.executeCommand(`com.netcatty.assistant.${operation}`, params);
+// Follow the same seven public semantic tokens as the other browser samples.
+// Only this page's own DOM is updated; no host settings or DOM access is used.
+(() => {
+  const names = ['--background', '--foreground', '--muted', '--muted-foreground', '--border', '--primary', '--primary-foreground'];
+  let subscription;
+  const subscribe = () => {
+    if (subscription) return;
+    subscription = window.netcattyView.onDidChangeEnvironment?.((environment) => {
+      const root = document.documentElement;
+      const theme = ['light', 'dark'].includes(environment.theme) ? environment.theme : 'system';
+      root.dataset.theme = theme;
+      root.style.colorScheme = theme === 'system' ? 'light dark' : theme;
+      root.dataset.reducedMotion = String(Boolean(environment.reducedMotion));
+      root.dataset.highContrast = String(Boolean(environment.highContrast));
+      for (const name of names) {
+        const value = environment.themeTokens?.[name];
+        if (typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 && value.length <= 96) root.style.setProperty(name, value);
+        else root.style.removeProperty(name);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+  subscribe();
+  window.addEventListener('pagehide', () => { subscription?.dispose(); subscription = undefined; });
+  window.addEventListener('pageshow', subscribe);
+})();
 let chat;
 let turn;
 let generation = 0;

infrastructure/ai/plugin/configuredModel.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { localStorageAdapter } from '../../persistence/localStorageAdapter';
 import { STORAGE_KEY_AI_ACTIVE_MODEL, STORAGE_KEY_AI_ACTIVE_PROVIDER, STORAGE_KEY_AI_PROVIDERS } from '../../config/storageKeys';
 import type { ProviderConfig } from '../types';
+import { netcattyBridge } from '../../services/netcattyBridge';
 
 // Host renderer only. Read the existing configured provider/model without
 // loading AgentRuntime or syncing/inheriting the Agent's permission policy.
 export function getConfiguredPluginModel() {
   const providers = localStorageAdapter.read<ProviderConfig[]>(STORAGE_KEY_AI_PROVIDERS) ?? [];
+  return selectedModel(providers);
+}
+
+function selectedModel(providers: ProviderConfig[]) {
   const activeProviderId = localStorageAdapter.readString(STORAGE_KEY_AI_ACTIVE_PROVIDER);
   const activeModelId = localStorageAdapter.readString(STORAGE_KEY_AI_ACTIVE_MODEL);
   const provider = providers.find((item) => item.id === activeProviderId && item.enabled);
@@ -14,3 +19,15 @@ export function getConfiguredPluginModel() {
   if (!config.defaultModel) return null;
   return { config, label: `${config.name} · ${config.defaultModel}`.slice(0, 160), revision: JSON.stringify(config) };
 }
+
+// The existing main provider transport needs its host-owned registry for both
+// credentials and endpoint admission. Do not depend on mounting the AI sidebar,
+// or replace the registry with a plugin-supplied URL / just one selected entry.
+export async function prepareConfiguredPluginModel(revision: string) {
+  const providers = localStorageAdapter.read<ProviderConfig[]>(STORAGE_KEY_AI_PROVIDERS) ?? [];
+  if (selectedModel(providers)?.revision !== revision) throw Error('Selected model changed');
+  const bridge = netcattyBridge.require();
+  if (!bridge.aiSyncProviders || !(await bridge.aiSyncProviders(providers)).ok) {
+    throw Error('Host provider configuration is unavailable');
+  }
+}

infrastructure/ai/plugin/trustedHostRuntime.test.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const syntheticModel = { config: { id: 'synthetic', name: 'Synthetic', providerI
 
 test('renderer-owned model handles never serialize provider config and cannot cross runtimes', async () => {
   let active = true;
-  const runtime = createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime({ getModel: () => syntheticModel, chooseSelected: async () => [], isActive: () => active });
+  const runtime = createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime({ getModel: () => syntheticModel, prepareModel: async () => {}, chooseSelected: async () => [], isActive: () => active });
   const model = await runtime.handle('model.select', {}, 'runtime-a') as { hostHandle: string; label: string };
   assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify(model), /synthetic-not-a-secret|apiKey|providerId|config/);
   await assert.rejects(runtime.handle('model.current', model, 'runtime-b'));
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test('selected metadata uses explicit safe projections and current resource iden
 
 test('selected summaries never read content; late resource changes and runtime release deny content', async () => {
   let current = true; let reads = 0; let resolve: (text: string) => void;
-  const runtime = createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime({ getModel: () => syntheticModel, isActive: () => true,
+  const runtime = createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime({ getModel: () => syntheticModel, prepareModel: async () => {}, isActive: () => true,
     chooseSelected: async () => [{ key: 'note', scope: 'note', title: 'Synthetic', version: '1', isCurrent: () => current,
       readText: () => { reads++; return new Promise<string>((r) => { resolve = r; }); } }] });
   const result = await runtime.handle('context.select', {}, 'runtime-a') as { items: Array<{ hostHandle: string; version: string }> };
@@ -46,3 +46,22 @@ test('selected summaries never read content; late resource changes and runtime r
   await new Promise(setImmediate); current = false; resolve!('Late synthetic text'); await assert.rejects(reading);
   runtime.releaseRuntime('runtime-a'); await assert.rejects(runtime.handle('context.current', reference, 'runtime-a')); runtime.shutdown();
 });
+
+test('provider preparation failures and late results cannot publish a model handle after release, cancellation or model change', async () => {
+  for (const action of ['failure', 'release', 'cancel', 'change', 'shutdown']) {
+    let resume!: () => void; let current = syntheticModel;
+    const waiting = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { resume = resolve; });
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const runtime = createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime({ getModel: () => current, isActive: () => true, chooseSelected: async () => [],
+      prepareModel: async () => { await waiting; if (action === 'failure') throw Error('Synthetic sync denied'); } });
+    const selecting = runtime.handle('model.select', {}, 'runtime-a', controller.signal);
+    const rejection = assert.rejects(selecting);
+    if (action === 'release') runtime.releaseRuntime('runtime-a');
+    if (action === 'cancel') controller.abort();
+    if (action === 'change') current = { ...syntheticModel, revision: '2' };
+    if (action === 'shutdown') runtime.shutdown();
+    resume(); await rejection;
+    await assert.rejects(runtime.handle('model.current', { hostHandle: 'not-published' }, 'runtime-a'));
+    runtime.shutdown();
+  }
+});

infrastructure/ai/plugin/trustedHostRuntime.ts

@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ type Owned<T> = T & { runtimeId: string };
 
 export function createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime(options: {
   getModel: () => { config: ProviderConfig; label: string; revision: string } | null;
+  prepareModel: (revision: string) => Promise<void>;
   chooseSelected: (signal: AbortSignal, runtimeId: string) => Promise<HostSelectedSource[]>;
   isActive: () => boolean;
 }) {
   const models = new Map<string, Owned<{ model: Model }>>();
+  const selections = new Set<{ runtimeId: string; active: boolean }>();
   const turns = new Map<string, Owned<{ iterator: Iterator; controller: AbortController; reading: boolean }>>();
   const sources = new Map<string, Owned<{ source: HostSelectedSource }>>();
   let closed = false;
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export function createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime(options: {
     void turn.iterator.return(undefined).catch(() => {});
   };
   const releaseRuntime = (runtimeId: string) => {
+    for (const selection of selections) if (selection.runtimeId === runtimeId) { selection.active = false; selections.delete(selection); }
     for (const [handle, turn] of turns) if (turn.runtimeId === runtimeId) cancel(handle);
     for (const [handle, model] of models) if (model.runtimeId === runtimeId) models.delete(handle);
     for (const [handle, source] of sources) if (source.runtimeId === runtimeId) sources.delete(handle);
@@ -50,12 +53,19 @@ export function createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime(options: {
       if (kind === 'model.select') {
         const selected = options.getModel();
         if (!selected || !selected.config.enabled || !selected.config.defaultModel) throw Error('Choose a configured model first');
-        if (models.size >= 32) throw Error('Model handle limit reached');
-        const handle = crypto.randomUUID();
-        const model = createPluginModelAdapter({ config: selected.config, label: selected.label, transportTag: runtimeId,
-          isCurrent: () => !closed && options.isActive() && options.getModel()?.revision === selected.revision });
-        models.set(handle, { runtimeId, model });
-        return { hostHandle: handle, label: selected.label };
+        if (models.size + selections.size >= 32) throw Error('Model handle limit reached');
+        const selection = { runtimeId, active: true };
+        selections.add(selection);
+        try {
+          await options.prepareModel(selected.revision);
+          signal.throwIfAborted(); assertActive();
+          if (!selection.active || options.getModel()?.revision !== selected.revision) throw Error('Selected model changed');
+          const handle = crypto.randomUUID();
+          const model = createPluginModelAdapter({ config: selected.config, label: selected.label, transportTag: runtimeId,
+            isCurrent: () => !closed && options.isActive() && options.getModel()?.revision === selected.revision });
+          models.set(handle, { runtimeId, model });
+          return { hostHandle: handle, label: selected.label };
+        } finally { selections.delete(selection); }
       }
       if (kind === 'model.release') { owned(models, payload.hostHandle, runtimeId); models.delete(String(payload.hostHandle)); return { ok: true }; }
       if (kind === 'model.current') return { current: await owned(models, payload.hostHandle, runtimeId).model.isCurrent() };
@@ -138,6 +148,6 @@ export function createTrustedPluginAIHostRuntime(options: {
       throw Error('Unsupported host operation');
     },
     releaseRuntime,
-    shutdown() { closed = true; for (const handle of [...turns.keys()]) cancel(handle); models.clear(); sources.clear(); },
+    shutdown() { closed = true; for (const selection of selections) selection.active = false; selections.clear(); for (const handle of [...turns.keys()]) cancel(handle); models.clear(); sources.clear(); },
   };
 }

scripts/plugin-assistant-panel.test.cjs

@@ -9,12 +9,24 @@ async function fixture(t, options = {}) {
   const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "../examples/plugins/assistant");
   const dom = new JSDOM(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "panel.html"), "utf8"), { runScripts: "outside-only" });
   t.after(() => dom.window.close());
+  const stylesheet = dom.window.document.createElement("style");
+  stylesheet.textContent = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "panel.css"), "utf8");
+  dom.window.document.head.append(stylesheet);
   let now = 0; let opens = 0; let modelCalls = 0; let changed = false;
   const calls = [];
+  const environmentListeners = new Set(); let environment;
   const element = (id) => dom.window.document.getElementById(id);
   dom.window.Date.now = options.clock ?? (() => now);
   Object.defineProperty(dom.window, "netcattyView", { value: {
     onDidReceiveMessage: () => () => {},
+    onDidChangeEnvironment: (listener) => {
+      environmentListeners.add(listener);
+      if (environment) {
+        const replay = environment;
+        queueMicrotask(() => { if (environmentListeners.has(listener) && replay === environment) listener(replay); });
+      }
+      return { dispose: () => environmentListeners.delete(listener) };
+    },
     executeCommand: async (id, params) => {
       const operation = id.replace("com.netcatty.assistant.", ""); calls.push({ operation, params });
       if (options.commands) return options.commands(operation, structuredClone(params));
@@ -45,11 +57,43 @@ async function fixture(t, options = {}) {
   dom.window.eval(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "panel.js"), "utf8"));
   await waitFor(() => element("status").textContent === "Ready");
   element("prompt").value = "Synthetic draft must survive session recovery";
-  return { element, calls, waitFor, opens: () => opens, modelCalls: () => modelCalls,
+  return { element, calls, waitFor, window: dom.window, opens: () => opens, modelCalls: () => modelCalls,
+    emitEnvironment: (value) => { environment = value; for (const listener of environmentListeners) listener(value); },
+    environmentListeners: () => environmentListeners.size,
     timeTo: (value) => { now = value; }, changeModel: () => { changed = true; },
     send: () => element("compose").dispatchEvent(new dom.window.Event("submit", { cancelable: true })) };
 }
 
+test("assistant follows host light/dark and accent updates with safe fallbacks and subscription cleanup", async (t) => {
+  const f = await fixture(t); const root = f.window.document.documentElement;
+  const computed = () => f.window.getComputedStyle(root);
+  const calls = f.calls.length;
+  assert.equal(computed().colorScheme, "light dark");
+  assert.equal(computed().getPropertyValue("--background").trim(), "0 0% 100%");
+  assert.equal(f.environmentListeners(), 1);
+  f.emitEnvironment({ theme: "light", themeTokens: { "--background": "20 20% 98%", "--primary": "145 60% 35%", "--muted": "30 10% 90%", "--private-token": "ignored" } });
+  assert.equal(root.style.colorScheme, "light"); assert.equal(root.dataset.theme, "light");
+  assert.equal(root.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"), "145 60% 35%");
+  assert.equal(root.style.getPropertyValue("--private-token"), "");
+  f.emitEnvironment({ theme: "dark", themeTokens: { "--background": "220 20% 10%", "--primary": "280 80% 75%" } });
+  assert.equal(root.style.colorScheme, "dark");
+  assert.equal(root.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"), "280 80% 75%");
+  assert.equal(root.style.getPropertyValue("--muted"), "");
+  assert.equal(computed().getPropertyValue("--muted").trim(), "219 27% 21%");
+  f.emitEnvironment({ theme: "light", themeTokens: { "--primary": "x".repeat(97) } });
+  assert.equal(root.style.colorScheme, "light"); assert.equal(root.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"), "");
+  assert.equal(computed().getPropertyValue("--background").trim(), "0 0% 100%");
+  f.emitEnvironment({ theme: "system" }); assert.equal(root.style.colorScheme, "light dark");
+  assert.equal(f.calls.length, calls); assert.equal(f.modelCalls(), 0);
+  f.window.dispatchEvent(new f.window.Event("pagehide")); assert.equal(f.environmentListeners(), 0);
+  f.emitEnvironment({ theme: "dark", themeTokens: { "--primary": "210 90% 70%" } });
+  assert.equal(root.style.colorScheme, "light dark");
+  f.window.dispatchEvent(new f.window.Event("pageshow"));
+  await new Promise(setImmediate);
+  assert.equal(f.environmentListeners(), 1); assert.equal(root.style.colorScheme, "dark");
+  assert.equal(root.style.getPropertyValue("--primary"), "210 90% 70%");
+});
+
 test("expired sample chat reopens before one explicit send and preserves the draft", async (t) => {
   const f = await fixture(t); f.timeTo(300_001); f.send();
   await f.waitFor(() => !f.element("prompt").disabled);