fix(cli): preserve gateway log stream boundaries

* refactor(agent): extract tool execution boundary

* test(agent): use extracted tool execution boundary

README.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Activate it with `source .venv/bin/activate` on macOS/Linux or
 python -m pip install -e .
 ```
 
-After that, the normal commands are identical to a stable install. `nanobot agent` runs the TUI
+After that, the normal commands are identical to a stable install. `nanobot` runs the TUI
 from this checkout, and `nanobot webui` rebuilds stale frontend assets automatically. A later
 `git pull --ff-only` updates the Python, TUI, and WebUI source together; rerun
 `python -m pip install -e .` when Python dependencies change. Contributors should also read
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ Use `nanobot gateway --background` for the same direct entry point without keepi
 **Prefer to work entirely in the terminal?**
 
 ```bash
-nanobot agent
+nanobot
 ```
 
-This opens the native terminal client with the launch directory as its workspace. It shares saved conversations and the local gateway with the WebUI.
+This opens the native terminal client with the launch directory as its workspace. It shares saved conversations and the local gateway with the WebUI. The explicit `nanobot agent` form remains available for compatibility.
 
 - Type `/` to discover commands, `/sessions` to switch conversations, or `@` to mention an app, MCP server, or saved session.
 - Press `Enter` to send. While nanobot is working, `Enter` sends now and `Tab` sends after the current response. Press `Shift+Enter` to add a newline (`Ctrl+J` works in terminals that cannot distinguish modified Enter keys).
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Each launch starts a new session by default. Use `--session` to resume one and `
 For one request and an immediate exit, use:
 
 ```bash
-nanobot agent -m "Hello!"
+nanobot -m "Hello!"
 ```
 
 The one-shot form is useful for a quick provider check, shell scripts, and local automation. If you have not configured a model yet, run `nanobot webui` and open **Settings → Models** first.

docs/cli-reference.md

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Use this page when you know what you want to run and need the command shape. For
 | Use guided setup | `nanobot onboard --wizard` | Best when you prefer prompts over hand-editing JSON |
 | Open the browser workbench | `nanobot webui` | Prepares local WebUI settings, starts the gateway, and opens the browser |
 | Check readiness without calling a model | `nanobot status` | Summarizes config/workspace and validates the active provider/model configuration |
-| Send one test message | `nanobot agent -m "Hello!"` | First proof that install, config, provider, model, and workspace all work |
+| Send one test message | `nanobot -m "Hello!"` | First proof that install, config, provider, model, and workspace all work |
-| Chat in the terminal | `nanobot agent` | Interactive local chat; exit with `exit`, `/exit`, `:q`, or `Ctrl+D` |
+| Chat in the terminal | `nanobot` | Interactive local chat; `nanobot agent` remains an explicit alias |
 | Run the gateway directly | `nanobot gateway` | Service/ops command for WebUI, chat apps, cron, and heartbeat |
 | Deliver a local trigger | `nanobot trigger <id> "message"` | Created first with `/trigger <name>` in the target chat/session |
 | Serve an OpenAI-compatible API | `nanobot serve` | Starts `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/models`, and `/health` |
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ follow the printed WebUI **Settings → Models** or `nanobot onboard --wizard` r
 
 | Command | Description |
 |---|---|
-| `nanobot agent -m "Hello!"` | Send one message and exit |
+| `nanobot -m "Hello!"` | Send one message and exit |
-| `nanobot agent` | Start interactive terminal chat |
+| `nanobot` | Start interactive terminal chat |
-| `nanobot agent --session <id>` | Use a WebSocket session key; add `--classic` for another channel |
+| `nanobot --session <id>` | Use a WebSocket session key; add `--classic` for another channel |
-| `nanobot agent --workspace <path>` | Override workspace |
+| `nanobot --workspace <path>` | Override workspace |
-| `nanobot agent --config <path>` | Use a specific config file |
+| `nanobot --config <path>` | Use a specific config file |
-| `nanobot agent --classic` | Use the classic Python prompt instead of the native terminal UI |
+| `nanobot --classic` | Use the classic Python prompt instead of the native terminal UI |
-| `nanobot agent --theme auto\|dark\|light` | Auto-detect the terminal appearance or force a TUI palette |
+| `nanobot --theme auto\|dark\|light` | Auto-detect the terminal appearance or force a TUI palette |
-| `nanobot agent --no-markdown` | Use the classic prompt and print plain text instead of Markdown |
+| `nanobot --no-markdown` | Use the classic prompt and print plain text instead of Markdown |
-| `nanobot agent --logs` | Use the classic prompt and show runtime logs while chatting |
+| `nanobot --logs` | Use the classic prompt and show runtime logs while chatting |
 
 Inside the native TUI, `/sessions` switches saved conversations, `/new-chat` starts another saved
 conversation, and `/context` explains the compacted summary and raw session suffix available to
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Interactive mode exits with `exit`, `quit`, `/exit`, `/quit`, `:q`, or `Ctrl+D`.
 
 | Command | Description |
 |---|---|
-| `nanobot webui` | Create config/workspace if needed, enable the local WebUI channel after confirmation, start the gateway, and open `http://127.0.0.1:8765` |
+| `nanobot webui` | Create config/workspace if needed, enable the local WebUI channel after confirmation, start the gateway, open `http://127.0.0.1:8765`, and follow new gateway logs |
 | `nanobot webui --background` | Deprecated; prints the equivalent explicit `nanobot gateway --background` command and exits |
 | `nanobot webui --dev` | Start the gateway and Vite together at `http://127.0.0.1:5173`, with live frontend updates |
 | `nanobot webui --no-open` | Prepare and start the WebUI without opening a browser |
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ remain accepted as no-op compatibility aliases.
 | Command | Description |
 |---|---|
 | `nanobot provider login openai-codex --set-main` | Authenticate Codex and select its current default model |
-| `nanobot provider login xai-grok --set-main` | Authenticate an eligible X Premium / Grok subscription and select Grok 4.5; hosted X Search is enabled for models that advertise support |
+| `nanobot provider login xai-grok --set-main` | Authenticate an eligible X Premium / Grok subscription and select Grok 4.6; hosted X Search is enabled for models that advertise support |
 | `nanobot provider login github-copilot --set-main` | Authenticate GitHub Copilot and select its current default model |
 | `nanobot provider logout openai-codex` | Remove OpenAI Codex OAuth state |
 | `nanobot provider logout xai-grok --config <path>` | Remove the selected nanobot instance's xAI OAuth state |

docs/configuration.md

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ These variables are process-level switches. Set them in the same terminal, servi
 
 | Variable | Default | Description |
 |----------|---------|-------------|
-| `NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS` | `3` | Maximum concurrently running inbound agent requests. Must be an integer; set `0` or a negative value for unlimited. |
+| `NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS` | Unlimited | Maximum concurrently running inbound agent requests. Set a positive integer to apply a cap; unset, `0`, or a negative value means unlimited. |
 | `NANOBOT_LLM_TIMEOUT_S` | `300` | Wall-clock timeout, in seconds. Ordinary requests use this value; streaming requests use the greater of 300 seconds or twice this value. Set `0` to disable. Sustained-goal turns bypass this wall-clock cap. |
 | `NANOBOT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_S` | `90` | Streaming idle timeout, in seconds, used by streaming providers. Invalid or non-positive values are ignored; values above `3600` are clamped. |
 | `NANOBOT_OPENAI_COMPAT_TIMEOUT_S` | `120` | HTTP request timeout, in seconds, for OpenAI-compatible providers. Invalid or non-positive values are ignored. |
@@ -729,6 +729,11 @@ Then run:
 nanobot agent -m "Hello!"
 ```
 
+The WebUI model selector loads the models available to the signed-in account
+from Codex's online catalog. Context-window and reasoning-effort metadata come
+from that response; if discovery is unavailable, nanobot keeps a small built-in
+fallback instead of emptying the selector.
+
 Codex Fast mode can be enabled from the WebUI provider settings, or with:
 
 ```json
@@ -764,11 +769,14 @@ nanobot provider login xai-grok --set-main
 nanobot agent -m "Hello from Grok."
 ```
 
-The default model is `xai-grok/grok-4.5` with a 500,000-token context window.
+The default model is `xai-grok/grok-4.6` with a 500,000-token context window.
-The provider reads xAI's model catalog and includes the server-hosted `x_search`
+The provider reads and caches xAI's online model catalog for both WebUI model
-tool only when the selected model advertises `supportsBackendSearch`. Models
+selection and runtime capabilities. Newly available models appear automatically;
-without that capability continue normally without hosted X Search. When enabled,
+when discovery fails, the last successful catalog or built-in fallback remains
-searches run inside xAI's Responses API and citations arrive as inline links.
+available. The server-hosted `x_search` tool is included only when the selected
+model advertises support. Models without that capability continue normally
+without hosted X Search. When enabled, searches run inside xAI's Responses API
+and citations arrive as inline links.
 Hosted X Search is on by default to preserve this behavior. It can be turned off in the
 WebUI provider settings or with `providers.xaiGrok.extraBody.tools: []`.
 
@@ -805,6 +813,10 @@ a nanobot update.
 
 GitHub Copilot uses OAuth instead of API keys. Requires a [GitHub account with a plan](https://github.com/features/copilot/plans) configured. No `providers.github_copilot` block is needed in `config.json`; `nanobot provider login` stores the OAuth session outside config.
 
+After login, the WebUI loads the account-specific Copilot model catalog online.
+Only models compatible with nanobot's current chat-completions or Responses
+transport are shown.
+
 For GitHub Enterprise / Copilot for Business, set the endpoint overrides you need before login:
 ```bash
 export NANOBOT_GITHUB_COPILOT_CLIENT_ID="your-enterprise-client-id"
@@ -2213,7 +2225,7 @@ The notification gate runs on a built-in system prompt. Advanced users can overr
 
 ## Subagent Concurrency
 
-By default, nanobot only allows one spawned subagent at a time. When the limit is reached, the `spawn` tool returns an error so the agent can decide to wait or rearrange its work. This protects local LLM servers from loading multiple KV caches at once. If your provider can handle more parallel work, raise the limit:
+By default, nanobot allows four subagents to run at the same time. Additional subagents wait for capacity instead of being rejected. Lower the limit if a local model server cannot hold multiple KV caches, or raise it when the provider can handle more parallel work:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -2229,7 +2241,7 @@ The deprecated `agents.defaults.failOnToolError` field is silently ignored when
 
 | Option | Default | Description |
 |--------|---------|-------------|
-| `agents.defaults.maxConcurrentSubagents` | `1` | Maximum number of spawned subagents that may run at the same time. Attempts to spawn beyond this limit return an error. |
+| `agents.defaults.maxConcurrentSubagents` | `4` | Maximum number of subagents that may run at the same time. Additional tasks wait for capacity. |
 
 
 ## Auto Compact

docs/memory.md

@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ Memory moves through nanobot in two stages.
 
 ### Stage 1: Consolidator
 
-When a conversation grows large enough to pressure the context window, nanobot does not try to carry every old message forever.
+When a conversation grows large, the `Consolidator` summarizes older turns and appends the result to `memory/history.jsonl`, while keeping recent conversation available. Each summary preserves useful long-term facts and a short handoff for active work.
-
-Instead, the `Consolidator` summarizes the oldest safe slice of the conversation and appends that summary to `memory/history.jsonl`.
 
 This file is:
 

docs/providers.md

@@ -572,15 +572,23 @@ For OpenAI Codex:
 nanobot provider login openai-codex --set-main
 ```
 
+The WebUI reads the account's Codex model catalog online, including current
+context-window and reasoning-effort metadata. A small compatible catalog remains
+available when the service cannot be reached.
+
 For an eligible X Premium / Grok subscription:
 
 ```bash
 nanobot provider login xai-grok --set-main
 ```
 
-This selects `xai-grok/grok-4.5`. The provider reads xAI's model catalog and
+This selects `xai-grok/grok-4.6`. The WebUI model selector reads xAI's online
-exposes the hosted `x_search` tool only when the selected model advertises
+model catalog, so newly available subscription models appear without a nanobot
-`supportsBackendSearch`; otherwise the model runs without hosted X Search.
+release. Online metadata is cached and enriched with nanobot's curated labels;
+if xAI is temporarily unavailable, nanobot uses the last successful catalog or
+a small built-in fallback instead of emptying the selector. The same catalog
+controls whether the provider exposes the hosted `x_search` tool; models that do
+not advertise support continue without hosted X Search.
 When enabled, Grok can search current X posts and return inline source links
 without invoking a local nanobot tool. Credentials are stored under the
 active instance's `auth/xai.json` (normally `~/.nanobot/auth/xai.json`), not in
@@ -599,6 +607,10 @@ For GitHub Copilot:
 nanobot provider login github-copilot --set-main
 ```
 
+The WebUI reads the models enabled for the signed-in Copilot account. nanobot
+lists entries that support its current Copilot chat-completions or Responses
+transport and hides models that it cannot route safely.
+
 Each command authenticates the selected provider and makes its current default model active. OpenAI Codex and eligible GitHub Copilot models participate in [Responses state retention](./configuration.md#responses-state-and-compaction), while native compaction remains provider-capability-specific. OAuth providers are not valid automatic fallbacks. See [`troubleshooting.md`](./troubleshooting.md#provider-and-model-problems) for proxy, headless-login, model-name, and config-key errors.
 
 ## Provider Resolution

docs/quick-start.md

@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ Use `nanobot gateway logs`, `restart`, and `stop` to manage that background gate
 If you do not want the browser or need to isolate a WebUI problem, send one message directly:
 
 ```bash
-nanobot agent -m "Hello!"
+nanobot -m "Hello!"
 ```
 
 Then start an interactive terminal chat with:
 
 ```bash
-nanobot agent
+nanobot
 ```
 
 In interactive mode, `Enter` sends and `Shift+Enter` inserts a newline (`Ctrl+J` is the
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ nanobot webui
 ```
 
 The source path follows current `main` and can be newer than the published package. The editable
-install keeps Python pointed at the checkout; `nanobot agent` runs `tui/` with Bun, and
+install keeps Python pointed at the checkout; `nanobot` runs `tui/` with Bun, and
 `nanobot webui` automatically rebuilds `webui/` when its bundled assets are stale. All normal
 commands remain the same as a stable install. For development details, follow
 [`../CONTRIBUTING.md`](../CONTRIBUTING.md).

docs/webui.md

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ one is missing, starts or joins the same on-demand gateway used by the native
 TUI, and opens the browser. With a fresh config,
 it can open before a model is configured so you can finish setup in **Settings
 → Models**. The first-run path binds the WebUI to `127.0.0.1` by default, so
-it is not available from other devices on your LAN.
+it is not available from other devices on your LAN. While the launcher remains
+attached, it mirrors new log output from that exact gateway instance in the
+terminal without replaying older logs.
 
 After model setup, explicitly promote the shared gateway when you do not want to keep a client open:
 

nanobot/agent/autocompact.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class AutoCompact:
 
     def _has_unarchived_messages(self, key: str) -> bool:
         session = self.sessions.get_or_create(key)
-        return session.last_consolidated < len(session.messages)
+        return session.last_archived < len(session.messages)
 
     @classmethod
     def _is_internal_session(cls, key: str) -> bool:

nanobot/agent/loop.py

@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentManager
 from nanobot.agent.tools.context import RequestContext, bind_request_context, reset_request_context
 from nanobot.agent.tools.exec_session import ExecSessionManager
 from nanobot.agent.tools.file_state import FileStateStore, bind_file_states, reset_file_states
-from nanobot.agent.tools.message import MessageTool
+from nanobot.agent.tools.message import capture_message_deliveries
 from nanobot.agent.tools.registry import ToolRegistry
 from nanobot.agent.tools.runtime_control import AgentRuntimeControl
-from nanobot.agent.tools.self import MyTool
 from nanobot.agent.turn_delivery import (
     TurnDelivery,
     TurnDeliveryFactory,
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ class TurnContext:
     final_content: str | None = None
     all_messages: list[dict[str, Any]] = field(default_factory=list)
     stop_reason: str = ""
-    had_injections: bool = False
     streamed_content: bool = False
 
     input_persisted_early: bool = False
@@ -275,7 +273,6 @@ class AgentLoop:
         channels_config: ChannelsConfig | None = None,
         timezone: str | None = None,
         session_ttl_minutes: int = 0,
-        consolidation_ratio: float = 0.5,
         hooks: list[AgentHook] | None = None,
         hook_factories: list[AgentTurnHookFactory] | None = None,
         unified_session: bool = False,
@@ -432,8 +429,8 @@ class AgentLoop:
             ("cron", self._cron_turns),
             ("local trigger", self._local_trigger_turns),
         )
-        # NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: <=0 means unlimited; default 3.
+        # NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: unset or <=0 means unlimited.
-        _max = int(os.environ.get("NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS", "3"))
+        _max = int(os.environ.get("NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS", "0"))
         self._concurrency_gate: asyncio.Semaphore | None = (
             asyncio.Semaphore(_max) if _max > 0 else None
         )
@@ -446,7 +443,6 @@ class AgentLoop:
                 workspace_scopes=self.workspace_scopes,
                 unified_session=unified_session,
             ),
-            consolidation_ratio=consolidation_ratio,
             unified_session=unified_session,
         )
         self.auto_compact = AutoCompact(
@@ -519,7 +515,6 @@ class AgentLoop:
             disabled_skills=defaults.disabled_skills,
             session_ttl_minutes=defaults.session_ttl_minutes,
             idle_compact_check_interval_seconds=defaults.idle_compact_check_interval_seconds,
-            consolidation_ratio=defaults.consolidation_ratio,
             tools_config=config.tools,
             model_presets=preset_helpers.configured_model_presets(config),
             model_preset=defaults.model_preset,
@@ -644,20 +639,11 @@ class AgentLoop:
             timezone=self.context.timezone or "UTC",
             workspace_sandbox=self.workspace_scopes.sandbox_status,
             runtime_events=self.runtime_events,
+            runtime_control=AgentRuntimeControl(self),
         )
         loader = ToolLoader()
         registered = loader.load(ctx, self.tools)
 
-        # MyTool receives only the explicit runtime-control capability.
-        if self.tools_config.my.enable:
-            self.tools.register(
-                MyTool(
-                    runtime_control=AgentRuntimeControl(self),
-                    modify_allowed=self.tools_config.my.allow_set,
-                )
-            )
-            registered.append("my")
-
         logger.info("Registered {} tools: {}", len(registered), registered)
 
     def register_runtime_context_provider(
@@ -1733,18 +1719,12 @@ class AgentLoop:
         msg: InboundMessage,
         final_content: str,
         stop_reason: str,
-        had_injections: bool,
         streamed_content: bool,
         *,
         log_content: bool = True,
         turn_latency_ms: int | None = None,
     ) -> OutboundMessage | None:
         """Assemble the final outbound message from turn results."""
-        # MessageTool suppression
-        if (mt := self.tools.get("message")) and isinstance(mt, MessageTool) and mt._sent_in_turn:
-            if not had_injections or stop_reason == "empty_final_response":
-                return None
-
         if log_content:
             preview = final_content[:120] + "..." if len(final_content) > 120 else final_content
             logger.info("Response to {}:{}: {}", msg.channel, msg.sender_id, preview)
@@ -1900,10 +1880,6 @@ class AgentLoop:
             )
         is_subagent = ctx.kind is TurnKind.SYSTEM and ctx.msg.sender_id == "subagent"
 
-        if ctx.kind is TurnKind.USER and (message_tool := self.tools.get("message")):
-            if isinstance(message_tool, MessageTool):
-                message_tool.start_turn()
-
         _hist_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
             "max_tokens": self._replay_token_budget(runtime),
             "extend_to_user": is_subagent,
@@ -2004,6 +1980,7 @@ class AgentLoop:
         if ctx.visible_run_started_at is None:
             ctx.visible_run_started_at = time.time()
         await ctx.delivery.running(started_at=ctx.visible_run_started_at)
+        with capture_message_deliveries() as message_sends:
             result = await self._run_agent_loop(
                 ctx.initial_messages,
                 runtime=runtime,
@@ -2025,7 +2002,12 @@ class AgentLoop:
         ctx.final_content = result.final_content
         ctx.all_messages = result.messages
         ctx.stop_reason = result.stop_reason
-        ctx.had_injections = result.had_injections
+        if (
+            ctx.kind is TurnKind.USER
+            and (ctx.delivery.route.channel, ctx.delivery.route.chat_id) in message_sends
+            and (not result.had_injections or result.stop_reason == "empty_final_response")
+        ):
+            ctx.suppress_response = True
         ctx.usage = result.usage
         ctx.delivery.record_usage(ctx.usage)
         if ctx.kind is TurnKind.USER:
@@ -2094,7 +2076,6 @@ class AgentLoop:
             ctx.delivery.delivery_message,
             cast(str, ctx.final_content),
             ctx.stop_reason,
-            ctx.had_injections,
             ctx.streamed_content,
             log_content=ctx.require_session().policy.log_content,
             turn_latency_ms=ctx.turn_latency_ms,

nanobot/agent/memory.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Memory system: pure file I/O store and lightweight Consolidator."""
+"""Memory storage, transcript archiving, and legacy consolidation coordination."""
 
 # Tool schemas are installed by the ``@tool_parameters`` class decorator at
 # runtime; static analyzers cannot observe that it clears ``parameters`` from
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from nanobot.utils.gitstore import GitStore
 from nanobot.utils.helpers import (
     content_with_media_breadcrumbs,
     ensure_dir,
-    estimate_message_tokens,
     estimate_prompt_tokens_chain,
     strip_think,
     truncate_text,
@@ -785,7 +784,7 @@ class MemoryStore:
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Consolidator — lightweight token-budget triggered consolidation
+# Memory ingestion and legacy context-pressure coordination
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Individual history.jsonl writers cap their own payloads tightly; the
@@ -796,10 +795,165 @@ _ARCHIVE_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 8_000    # LLM-produced consolidation summary
 _HISTORY_ENTRY_HARD_CAP = 64_000      # emergency cap in append_history
 
 
-class Consolidator:
+class MemoryArchiver:
-    """Summarize compacted messages into history.jsonl."""
+    """Write durable transcript batches to the Memory ingestion journal.
 
-    _MAX_CONSOLIDATION_ROUNDS = 5
+    The archiver deliberately has no SessionManager dependency: it may read a
+    captured transcript batch and append to history.jsonl, but it cannot mutate
+    provider continuation state or advance a session watermark.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        store: MemoryStore,
+        build_messages: Callable[..., list[dict[str, Any]]],
+        get_tool_definitions: Callable[[], list[dict[str, Any]]],
+        resolve_prompt_context: Callable[[Session], tuple[str | None, Path | None]] | None = None,
+        unified_session: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.store = store
+        self._build_messages = build_messages
+        self._get_tool_definitions = get_tool_definitions
+        self._resolve_prompt_context = resolve_prompt_context
+        self.unified_session = unified_session
+
+    async def archive(
+        self,
+        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+        *,
+        runtime: LLMRuntime,
+        session_key: str,
+        request_messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+        request_tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """Execute a prepared archive request and persist its result."""
+        if not messages:
+            return None
+        try:
+            with llm_usage_source("dream"):
+                response = await runtime.provider.chat_with_retry(
+                    model=runtime.model,
+                    messages=request_messages,
+                    tools=request_tools,
+                    tool_choice="none",
+                    temperature=runtime.generation.temperature,
+                    max_tokens=runtime.generation.max_tokens,
+                    reasoning_effort=runtime.generation.reasoning_effort,
+                )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning("Memory archive provider call failed, raw-dumping to history")
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
+            return None
+        if response.finish_reason in {"error", "length"}:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Memory archive provider did not complete ({}), raw-dumping to history",
+                response.finish_reason,
+            )
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
+            return None
+        if response.has_tool_calls is True:
+            logger.warning("Memory archive provider returned tool calls, raw-dumping to history")
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
+            return None
+        summary = response.content
+        if not summary or not summary.strip():
+            logger.warning("Memory archive provider returned no summary, raw-dumping to history")
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
+            return None
+        if summary.strip() == "(nothing)":
+            return "(nothing)"
+        self.store.append_history(
+            summary,
+            max_chars=_ARCHIVE_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS,
+            session_key=session_key,
+        )
+        return summary
+
+    async def archive_session(
+        self,
+        session: Session,
+        *,
+        archive_end: int,
+        runtime: LLMRuntime,
+        input_token_budget: int,
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """Archive a captured session prefix without mutating the session."""
+        messages = list(session.messages[session.last_archived:archive_end])
+        if not messages:
+            return None
+        if input_token_budget <= 0:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Memory archive has no safe input budget for {}; raw-dumping",
+                session.key,
+            )
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session.key)
+            return None
+        prefix = Session(
+            key=session.key,
+            messages=list(session.messages[:archive_end]),
+            last_consolidated=session.last_archived,
+        )
+        history = prefix.get_history(max_tokens=input_token_budget)
+        archive_history = Session(
+            key=session.key,
+            messages=messages,
+        ).get_history()
+        if not archive_history or history[-len(archive_history):] != archive_history:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Memory archive cannot replay the full chunk for {}; raw-dumping",
+                session.key,
+            )
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session.key)
+            return None
+        prompt = render_template(
+            "agent/consolidator_archive.md",
+            strip=True,
+            archive_count=len(archive_history),
+        )
+        channel = session.key.split(":", 1)[0] if ":" in session.key else None
+        workspace: Path | None = None
+        if self._resolve_prompt_context is not None:
+            channel, workspace = self._resolve_prompt_context(session)
+        request_messages = self._build_messages(
+            history=history,
+            current_message=prompt,
+            channel=channel,
+            session_summary=session_summary_from_metadata(
+                session.metadata,
+                fallback_last_active=session.updated_at,
+            ),
+            workspace=workspace,
+            session_key=session.key,
+            unified_session=self.unified_session,
+        )
+        tools = self._get_tool_definitions()
+        estimated, source = estimate_prompt_tokens_chain(
+            runtime.provider,
+            runtime.model,
+            request_messages,
+            tools,
+        )
+        if estimated > input_token_budget:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Memory archive prefix exceeds budget for {}; raw-dumping: {}/{} via {}",
+                session.key,
+                estimated,
+                input_token_budget,
+                source,
+            )
+            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session.key)
+            return None
+        return await self.archive(
+            messages,
+            runtime=runtime,
+            session_key=session.key,
+            request_messages=request_messages,
+            request_tools=tools,
+        )
+
+
+class Consolidator:
+    """Legacy context-pressure coordinator backed by a MemoryArchiver."""
 
     _SAFETY_BUFFER = 1024  # extra headroom for tokenizer estimation drift
 
@@ -810,16 +964,21 @@ class Consolidator:
         build_messages: Callable[..., list[dict[str, Any]]],
         get_tool_definitions: Callable[[], list[dict[str, Any]]],
         resolve_prompt_context: Callable[[Session], tuple[str | None, Path | None]] | None = None,
-        consolidation_ratio: float = 0.5,
         unified_session: bool = False,
     ):
         self.store = store
         self.sessions = sessions
-        self.consolidation_ratio = consolidation_ratio
         self.unified_session = unified_session
         self._build_messages = build_messages
         self._get_tool_definitions = get_tool_definitions
         self._resolve_prompt_context = resolve_prompt_context
+        self.archiver = MemoryArchiver(
+            store=store,
+            build_messages=build_messages,
+            get_tool_definitions=get_tool_definitions,
+            resolve_prompt_context=resolve_prompt_context,
+            unified_session=unified_session,
+        )
         self._locks: weakref.WeakValueDictionary[str, asyncio.Lock] = (
             weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
         )
@@ -831,24 +990,19 @@ class Consolidator:
     def pick_consolidation_boundary(
         self,
         session: Session,
-        tokens_to_remove: int,
+    ) -> int | None:
-    ) -> tuple[int, int] | None:
+        """Return the fixed user-led boundary before the recent replay tail."""
-        """Pick a user-turn boundary that removes enough old prompt tokens."""
+        if not session.messages:
-        start = session.last_consolidated
-        if start >= len(session.messages) or tokens_to_remove <= 0:
             return None
-
+        boundary = max(0, len(session.messages) - MIN_COMPACTED_REPLAY_MESSAGES)
-        removed_tokens = 0
+        while boundary > 0 and session.messages[boundary].get("role") != "user":
-        last_boundary: tuple[int, int] | None = None
+            boundary -= 1
-        for idx in range(start, len(session.messages)):
+        if (
-            message = session.messages[idx]
+            boundary <= session.last_archived
-            if idx > start and message.get("role") == "user":
+            or session.messages[boundary].get("role") != "user"
-                last_boundary = (idx, removed_tokens)
+        ):
-                if removed_tokens >= tokens_to_remove:
+            return None
-                    return last_boundary
+        return boundary
-            removed_tokens += estimate_message_tokens(message)
-
-        return last_boundary
 
     @staticmethod
     def _full_replay_history(
@@ -912,48 +1066,14 @@ class Consolidator:
         request_messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
         request_tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
     ) -> str | None:
-        """Execute a prepared consolidation request and persist its result."""
+        """Compatibility wrapper for the extracted MemoryArchiver."""
-        if not messages:
+        return await self.archiver.archive(
-            return None
+            messages,
-        try:
+            runtime=runtime,
-            with llm_usage_source("dream"):
-                response = await runtime.provider.chat_with_retry(
-                    model=runtime.model,
-                    messages=request_messages,
-                    tools=request_tools,
-                    tool_choice="none",
-                    temperature=runtime.generation.temperature,
-                    max_tokens=runtime.generation.max_tokens,
-                    reasoning_effort=runtime.generation.reasoning_effort,
-                )
-        except Exception:
-            logger.warning("Consolidation provider call failed, raw-dumping to history")
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
-            return None
-        if response.finish_reason in {"error", "length"}:
-            logger.warning(
-                "Consolidation provider did not complete ({}), raw-dumping to history",
-                response.finish_reason,
-            )
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
-            return None
-        if response.has_tool_calls is True:
-            logger.warning("Consolidation provider returned tool calls, raw-dumping to history")
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
-            return None
-        summary = response.content
-        if not summary or not summary.strip():
-            logger.warning("Consolidation provider returned no summary, raw-dumping to history")
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
-            return None
-        if summary.strip() == "(nothing)":
-            return "(nothing)"
-        self.store.append_history(
-            summary,
-            max_chars=_ARCHIVE_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS,
             session_key=session_key,
+            request_messages=request_messages,
+            request_tools=request_tools,
         )
-        return summary
 
     async def archive_session(
         self,
@@ -962,82 +1082,12 @@ class Consolidator:
         archive_end: int,
         runtime: LLMRuntime,
     ) -> str | None:
-        """Archive a session prefix by appending a consolidation instruction."""
+        """Compatibility wrapper for the extracted MemoryArchiver."""
-        messages = list(session.messages[session.last_consolidated:archive_end])
+        return await self.archiver.archive_session(
-        if not messages:
+            session,
-            return None
+            archive_end=archive_end,
-        budget = self._input_token_budget(runtime)
-        if budget <= 0:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Consolidation has no safe input budget for {}; raw-dumping",
-                session.key,
-            )
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session.key)
-            return None
-        prefix = Session(
-            key=session.key,
-            messages=list(session.messages[:archive_end]),
-            last_consolidated=session.last_consolidated,
-        )
-        history = prefix.get_history(max_tokens=budget)
-        archive_history = Session(
-            key=session.key,
-            messages=messages,
-        ).get_history()
-        if (
-            not archive_history
-            or history[-len(archive_history):] != archive_history
-        ):
-            logger.debug(
-                "Consolidation cannot replay the full chunk for {}; raw-dumping",
-                session.key,
-            )
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session.key)
-            return None
-        prompt = render_template(
-            "agent/consolidator_archive.md",
-            strip=True,
-            archive_count=len(archive_history),
-        )
-        channel = session.key.split(":", 1)[0] if ":" in session.key else None
-        workspace: Path | None = None
-        if self._resolve_prompt_context is not None:
-            channel, workspace = self._resolve_prompt_context(session)
-        request_messages = self._build_messages(
-            history=history,
-            current_message=prompt,
-            channel=channel,
-            session_summary=session_summary_from_metadata(
-                session.metadata,
-                fallback_last_active=session.updated_at,
-            ),
-            workspace=workspace,
-            session_key=session.key,
-            unified_session=self.unified_session,
-        )
-        tools = self._get_tool_definitions()
-        estimated, source = estimate_prompt_tokens_chain(
-            runtime.provider,
-            runtime.model,
-            request_messages,
-            tools,
-        )
-        if estimated > budget:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Consolidation prefix exceeds budget for {}; raw-dumping: {}/{} via {}",
-                session.key,
-                estimated,
-                budget,
-                source,
-            )
-            self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session.key)
-            return None
-        return await self.archive(
-            messages,
             runtime=runtime,
-            session_key=session.key,
+            input_token_budget=self._input_token_budget(runtime),
-            request_messages=request_messages,
-            request_tools=tools,
         )
 
     async def maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(
@@ -1046,7 +1096,7 @@ class Consolidator:
         *,
         runtime: LLMRuntime,
     ) -> None:
-        """Loop: archive old messages until prompt fits within safe budget.
+        """Archive one fixed old prefix when the prompt exceeds the safe budget.
 
         The budget reserves space for completion tokens and a safety buffer
         so the LLM request never exceeds the context window.
@@ -1064,7 +1114,6 @@ class Consolidator:
                 return
 
             budget = self._input_token_budget(runtime)
-            target = int(budget * self.consolidation_ratio)
             last_summary: str | None = None
             estimated, source = self.estimate_session_prompt_tokens(
                 session,
@@ -1074,40 +1123,32 @@ class Consolidator:
                 self._persist_last_summary(session, last_summary)
                 return
             if estimated < budget:
-                unconsolidated_count = len(session.messages) - session.last_consolidated
+                unarchived_count = len(session.messages) - session.last_archived
                 logger.debug(
                     "Token consolidation idle {}: {}/{} via {}, msgs={}",
                     session.key,
                     estimated,
                     runtime.context_window_tokens,
                     source,
-                    unconsolidated_count,
+                    unarchived_count,
                 )
                 self._persist_last_summary(session, last_summary)
                 return
 
-            for round_num in range(self._MAX_CONSOLIDATION_ROUNDS):
+            end_idx = self.pick_consolidation_boundary(session)
-                if estimated <= target:
+            if end_idx is None:
-                    break
-
-                boundary = self.pick_consolidation_boundary(session, max(1, estimated - target))
-                if boundary is None:
                 logger.debug(
-                        "Token consolidation: no safe boundary for {} (round {})",
+                    "Token consolidation: no safe fixed boundary for {}",
                     session.key,
-                        round_num,
                 )
-                    break
+                return
 
-                end_idx = boundary[0]
+            chunk = session.messages[session.last_archived:end_idx]
-
-                chunk = session.messages[session.last_consolidated:end_idx]
             if not chunk:
-                    break
+                return
 
             logger.info(
-                    "Token consolidation round {} for {}: {}/{} via {}, chunk={} msgs",
+                "Token consolidation for {}: {}/{} via {}, chunk={} msgs",
-                    round_num,
                 session.key,
                 estimated,
                 runtime.context_window_tokens,
@@ -1119,26 +1160,12 @@ class Consolidator:
                 archive_end=end_idx,
                 runtime=runtime,
             )
-                # Advance the cursor either way: on success the chunk was
+            # Advance either way: archive_session raw-archives on degradation,
-                # summarized; on failure archive_session() raw-archived it as
+            # and replaying the same chunk would duplicate Memory material.
-                # a breadcrumb. Re-archiving the same chunk on the next call
-                # would just emit duplicate [RAW] entries.
             if summary:
                 last_summary = summary
-                session.last_consolidated = end_idx
+            session.last_archived = end_idx
-                session.provider_state = None
             self.sessions.save(session)
-                if not summary:
-                    # LLM is degraded — stop hammering it this call;
-                    # the next invocation can retry a fresh chunk.
-                    break
-
-                estimated, source = self.estimate_session_prompt_tokens(
-                    session,
-                    runtime=runtime,
-                )
-                if estimated <= 0:
-                    break
 
             # Persist the last summary to session metadata so it can be injected
             # into the runtime context on the next prepare_session() call, aligning
@@ -1170,7 +1197,7 @@ class Consolidator:
             self.sessions.invalidate(session_key)
             session = self.sessions.get_or_create(session_key)
 
-            archive_start = session.last_consolidated
+            archive_start = session.last_archived
             messages_to_archive = list(session.messages[archive_start:])
             if not messages_to_archive:
                 return ""
@@ -1191,8 +1218,7 @@ class Consolidator:
 
             # A turn can append while the provider call is in flight. Advance only
             # through the captured batch so new messages remain eligible next time.
-            session.last_consolidated = archive_end
+            session.last_archived = archive_end
-            session.provider_state = None
             self.sessions.save(session)
 
             visible = session.get_history(

nanobot/agent/runner.py

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ from nanobot.agent.context_governance import (
     ContextGovernor,
 )
 from nanobot.agent.hook import AgentHook, AgentHookContext, AgentRunHookContext
-from nanobot.agent.tools.registry import ToolRegistry, is_tool_error_result
+from nanobot.agent.tools.execution import execute_tool_calls
+from nanobot.agent.tools.registry import ToolRegistry
 from nanobot.llm_usage.context import (
     LLMUsageSource,
     bind_llm_usage_source,
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ from nanobot.providers.base import (
     LLMUsage,
     ProviderCallContext,
     ProviderConversationState,
-    ToolCallRequest,
 )
 from nanobot.providers.conversation_state import (
     ProviderConversationStateController,
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ from nanobot.utils.runtime import (
     build_finalization_retry_message,
     build_length_recovery_message,
     is_blank_text,
-    repeated_external_lookup_error,
-    repeated_workspace_violation_error,
 )
 
 ContinuationCallback = Callable[[], str | None]
@@ -586,13 +584,14 @@ class AgentRunner:
 
                 await hook.before_execute_tools(context)
 
-                results, new_events = await self._execute_tools(
+                results, new_events = await execute_tool_calls(
-                    spec,
+                    spec.tools,
                     response.tool_calls,
-                    external_lookup_counts,
+                    concurrent=spec.concurrent_tools,
-                    workspace_violation_counts,
+                    external_lookup_counts=external_lookup_counts,
-                    hook,
+                    workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
-                    context,
+                    hook=hook,
+                    context=context,
                 )
                 tool_events.extend(new_events)
                 tools_used.extend(
@@ -949,6 +948,7 @@ class AgentRunner:
         wants_streaming = hook.wants_streaming()
 
         active_hosted_tools: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+        native_reasoning_open = False
         request_started_at = 0.0
         first_output_at: float | None = None
         generation_started_at: float | None = None
@@ -971,9 +971,17 @@ class AgentRunner:
             generation_elapsed_s += max(0.0, time.perf_counter() - generation_started_at)
             generation_started_at = None
 
+        async def _close_native_reasoning() -> None:
+            nonlocal native_reasoning_open
+            if not native_reasoning_open:
+                return
+            native_reasoning_open = False
+            await hook.emit_reasoning_end()
+
         async def _provider_tool_event(event: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             if event.get("kind") != "hosted_tool":
                 return
+            await _close_native_reasoning()
             await hook.on_provider_tool_event(context, event)
             call_id = event.get("call_id")
             if not call_id:
@@ -991,10 +999,11 @@ class AgentRunner:
                 _generation_delta(delta)
                 if delta:
                     context.streamed_content = True
+                    await _close_native_reasoning()
                 await hook.on_stream(context, delta)
 
             async def _thinking(delta: str) -> None:
-                nonlocal thinking_buf
+                nonlocal native_reasoning_open, thinking_buf
                 if not delta:
                     return
                 _generation_delta(delta)
@@ -1004,10 +1013,12 @@ class AgentRunner:
                 incremental = new_clean[len(prev_clean):]
                 if incremental:
                     context.streamed_reasoning = True
+                    native_reasoning_open = True
                     await hook.emit_reasoning(incremental)
 
             async def _stream_recover() -> None:
                 _pause_generation()
+                await _close_native_reasoning()
                 await hook.on_stream_end(context, resuming=True)
 
             coro = spec.runtime.provider.chat_stream_with_retry(
@@ -1054,6 +1065,7 @@ class AgentRunner:
                     error_kind="timeout",
                 )
         _pause_generation()
+        await _close_native_reasoning()
         if first_output_at is not None:
             response.ttft_ms = max(0, round((first_output_at - request_started_at) * 1000))
         if generation_elapsed_s > 0:
@@ -1372,253 +1384,6 @@ class AgentRunner:
             return left
         return left + right
 
-    async def _execute_tools(
-        self,
-        spec: AgentRunSpec,
-        tool_calls: list[ToolCallRequest],
-        external_lookup_counts: dict[str, int],
-        workspace_violation_counts: dict[str, int],
-        hook: AgentHook | None = None,
-        context: AgentHookContext | None = None,
-    ) -> tuple[list[Any], list[dict[str, str]]]:
-        hook = hook or AgentHook()
-        context = context or AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[])
-        batches = self._partition_tool_batches(spec, tool_calls)
-        tool_results: list[tuple[Any, dict[str, str]]] = []
-        for batch in batches:
-            if spec.concurrent_tools and len(batch) > 1:
-                batch_results = await asyncio.gather(*(
-                    self._run_tool(
-                        spec,
-                        tool_call,
-                        external_lookup_counts,
-                        workspace_violation_counts,
-                        hook,
-                        context,
-                    )
-                    for tool_call in batch
-                ))
-                tool_results.extend(batch_results)
-            else:
-                batch_results: list[tuple[Any, dict[str, str]]] = []
-                for tool_call in batch:
-                    result = await self._run_tool(
-                        spec,
-                        tool_call,
-                        external_lookup_counts,
-                        workspace_violation_counts,
-                        hook,
-                        context,
-                    )
-                    tool_results.append(result)
-                    batch_results.append(result)
-
-        results: list[Any] = []
-        events: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-        for result, event in tool_results:
-            results.append(result)
-            events.append(event)
-        return results, events
-
-    async def _run_tool(
-        self,
-        spec: AgentRunSpec,
-        tool_call: ToolCallRequest,
-        external_lookup_counts: dict[str, int],
-        workspace_violation_counts: dict[str, int],
-        hook: AgentHook | None = None,
-        context: AgentHookContext | None = None,
-    ) -> tuple[Any, dict[str, str]]:
-        hook = hook or AgentHook()
-        context = context or AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[])
-        hint = "\n\n[Analyze the error above and try a different approach.]"
-        lookup_error = repeated_external_lookup_error(
-            tool_call.name,
-            tool_call.arguments,
-            external_lookup_counts,
-        )
-        if lookup_error:
-            event = {
-                "name": tool_call.name,
-                "status": "error",
-                "detail": "repeated external lookup blocked",
-            }
-            return lookup_error + hint, event
-        prepare_call = cast(
-            Callable[[str, Any], object] | None,
-            getattr(spec.tools, "prepare_call", None),
-        )
-        tool, params, prep_error = None, tool_call.arguments, None
-        if callable(prepare_call):
-            prepared = prepare_call(tool_call.name, tool_call.arguments)
-            if isinstance(prepared, tuple):
-                prepared_tuple = cast(tuple[object, ...], prepared)
-                if len(prepared_tuple) == 3:
-                    tool, params, prep_error = cast(tuple[Any, Any, str | None], prepared_tuple)
-        if prep_error:
-            event = {
-                "name": tool_call.name,
-                "status": "error",
-                "detail": prep_error.split(": ", 1)[-1][:120],
-            }
-            handled = self._classify_violation(
-                raw_text=prep_error,
-                soft_payload=prep_error + hint,
-                event=event,
-                tool_call=tool_call,
-                workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
-            )
-            if handled is not None:
-                return handled
-            return prep_error + hint, event
-        await hook.before_execute_tool(context, tool_call, tool, params)
-        try:
-            if tool is not None:
-                result = await tool.execute(**params)
-            else:
-                result = await spec.tools.execute(tool_call.name, params)
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            raise
-        except Exception as exc:
-            await hook.on_execute_tool_error(context, tool_call, tool, params, exc)
-            event = {
-                "name": tool_call.name,
-                "status": "error",
-                "detail": str(exc),
-            }
-            payload = f"Error: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"
-            handled = self._classify_violation(
-                raw_text=str(exc),
-                # Preserve legacy exception payloads without the retry hint.
-                soft_payload=payload,
-                event=event,
-                tool_call=tool_call,
-                workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
-            )
-            if handled is not None:
-                return handled
-            return payload, event
-
-        if is_tool_error_result(result):
-            await hook.on_execute_tool_error(context, tool_call, tool, params, result)
-            event = {
-                "name": tool_call.name,
-                "status": "error",
-                "detail": result.replace("\n", " ").strip()[:120],
-            }
-            handled = self._classify_violation(
-                raw_text=result,
-                soft_payload=result + hint,
-                event=event,
-                tool_call=tool_call,
-                workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
-            )
-            if handled is not None:
-                return handled
-            return result + hint, event
-
-        await hook.after_execute_tool(context, tool_call, tool, params, result)
-
-        detail = "" if result is None else str(result)
-        detail = detail.replace("\n", " ").strip()
-        if not detail:
-            detail = "(empty)"
-        elif len(detail) > 120:
-            detail = detail[:120] + "..."
-        return result, {"name": tool_call.name, "status": "ok", "detail": detail}
-
-    # SSRF is a hard security block at the tool boundary, but the agent turn
-    # should recover conversationally instead of aborting the runtime.
-    _SSRF_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
-        "internal/private url detected",
-        "private/internal address",
-        "private address",
-    )
-    _SSRF_BOUNDARY_NOTE: str = (
-        "This is a non-bypassable security boundary. Stop trying to access "
-        "private/internal URLs. Do not retry with curl, wget, encoded IPs, "
-        "alternate DNS, redirects, proxies, or another tool. Ask the user for "
-        "local files, logs, screenshots, or an explicit safe public URL instead. "
-        "If the user explicitly trusts this private URL, ask them to whitelist "
-        "the exact IP/CIDR via tools.ssrfWhitelist."
-    )
-
-    # Non-SSRF boundary markers returned to the LLM as recoverable tool errors.
-    _WORKSPACE_VIOLATION_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
-        "outside the configured workspace",
-        "outside allowed directory",
-        "working_dir is outside",
-        "working_dir could not be resolved",
-        "path outside working dir",
-        "path traversal detected",
-    )
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _is_ssrf_violation(cls, text: str) -> bool:
-        if not text:
-            return False
-        lowered = text.lower()
-        return any(marker in lowered for marker in cls._SSRF_MARKERS)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _is_workspace_violation(cls, text: str) -> bool:
-        """True when *text* looks like any policy boundary rejection."""
-        if not text:
-            return False
-        lowered = text.lower()
-        if cls._is_ssrf_violation(lowered):
-            return True
-        return any(marker in lowered for marker in cls._WORKSPACE_VIOLATION_MARKERS)
-
-    def _classify_violation(
-        self,
-        *,
-        raw_text: str,
-        soft_payload: str,
-        event: dict[str, str],
-        tool_call: ToolCallRequest,
-        workspace_violation_counts: dict[str, int],
-    ) -> tuple[Any, dict[str, str]] | None:
-        """Classify safety-boundary failures, or return ``None`` to pass through."""
-        if self._is_ssrf_violation(raw_text):
-            logger.warning(
-                "Tool {} blocked by SSRF guard; returning non-retryable tool error: {}",
-                tool_call.name,
-                raw_text.replace("\n", " ").strip()[:200],
-            )
-            event["detail"] = self._event_detail("ssrf_violation: ", raw_text)
-            return self._ssrf_soft_payload(raw_text), event
-
-        if self._is_workspace_violation(raw_text):
-            escalation = repeated_workspace_violation_error(
-                tool_call.name,
-                tool_call.arguments,
-                workspace_violation_counts,
-            )
-            event["detail"] = self._event_detail("workspace_violation: ", raw_text)
-            if escalation is not None:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Tool {} hit workspace boundary repeatedly; escalating hint",
-                    tool_call.name,
-                )
-                event["detail"] = self._event_detail(
-                    "workspace_violation_escalated: ",
-                    raw_text,
-                )
-                return escalation, event
-            return soft_payload, event
-
-        return None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _ssrf_soft_payload(cls, raw_text: str) -> str:
-        text = raw_text.strip() or "Error: request blocked by SSRF guard"
-        return f"{text}\n\n{cls._SSRF_BOUNDARY_NOTE}"
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _event_detail(prefix: str, text: str, limit: int = 160) -> str:
-        return (prefix + text.replace("\n", " ").strip())[:limit]
-
     async def _emit_checkpoint(
         self,
         spec: AgentRunSpec,
@@ -1648,28 +1413,3 @@ class AgentRunner:
         if messages and messages[-1].get("role") == "assistant" and not messages[-1].get("tool_calls"):
             return
         messages.append(build_assistant_message(_PERSISTED_MODEL_ERROR_PLACEHOLDER))
-
-    def _partition_tool_batches(
-        self,
-        spec: AgentRunSpec,
-        tool_calls: list[ToolCallRequest],
-    ) -> list[list[ToolCallRequest]]:
-        if not spec.concurrent_tools:
-            return [[tool_call] for tool_call in tool_calls]
-
-        batches: list[list[ToolCallRequest]] = []
-        current: list[ToolCallRequest] = []
-        for tool_call in tool_calls:
-            get_tool = cast(Callable[[str], Any] | None, getattr(spec.tools, "get", None))
-            tool = get_tool(tool_call.name) if callable(get_tool) else None
-            can_batch = bool(tool and tool.concurrency_safe)
-            if can_batch:
-                current.append(tool_call)
-                continue
-            if current:
-                batches.append(current)
-                current = []
-            batches.append([tool_call])
-        if current:
-            batches.append(current)
-        return batches

nanobot/agent/subagent.py

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class SubagentStatus:
     label: str
     task_description: str
     started_at: float          # time.monotonic()
-    phase: str = "initializing"  # initializing | awaiting_tools | tools_completed | final_response | done | error
+    # queued | initializing | awaiting_tools | tools_completed | final_response | done | error
+    phase: str = "initializing"
     iteration: int = 0
     tool_events: list[dict[str, str]] = field(default_factory=list)
     usage: LLMUsage | None = None
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ class SubagentManager:
             if max_concurrent_subagents is not None
             else defaults.max_concurrent_subagents
         )
+        self._run_slots = asyncio.Semaphore(self.max_concurrent_subagents)
         self.runner = AgentRunner()
         self._exec_session_manager = ExecSessionManager()
         self._llm_wall_timeout_for_session = llm_wall_timeout_for_session
@@ -363,6 +365,35 @@ class SubagentManager:
         workspace_scope: WorkspaceScope | None = None,
         *,
         announce: bool = True,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Wait for capacity, then execute one subagent task."""
+        status.phase = "queued"
+        async with self._run_slots:
+            status.phase = "initializing"
+            return await self._run_admitted_subagent(
+                task_id,
+                task,
+                label,
+                origin,
+                status,
+                runtime,
+                origin_message_id,
+                workspace_scope,
+                announce=announce,
+            )
+
+    async def _run_admitted_subagent(
+        self,
+        task_id: str,
+        task: str,
+        label: str,
+        origin: _SubagentOrigin,
+        status: SubagentStatus,
+        runtime: LLMRuntime,
+        origin_message_id: str | None = None,
+        workspace_scope: WorkspaceScope | None = None,
+        *,
+        announce: bool = True,
     ) -> str:
         """Execute the subagent task and announce the result."""
         logger.info("Subagent [{}] starting task: {}", task_id, label)

nanobot/agent/tools/context.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentManager
     from nanobot.agent.tools.exec_session import ExecSessionManager
     from nanobot.agent.tools.file_state import FileStates
+    from nanobot.agent.tools.runtime_control import RuntimeControl
     from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
     from nanobot.bus.runtime_events import RuntimeEventBus
     from nanobot.config.schema import ProviderConfig, ToolsConfig
@@ -90,3 +91,4 @@ class ToolContext:
     timezone: str = "UTC"
     workspace_sandbox: WorkspaceSandboxStatus | None = None
     runtime_events: RuntimeEventBus | None = None
+    runtime_control: RuntimeControl | None = None

nanobot/agent/tools/execution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+"""Execute tool calls and turn their outcomes into model observations."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Any, cast
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+from nanobot.agent.hook import AgentHook, AgentHookContext
+from nanobot.agent.tools.registry import ToolRegistry, is_tool_error_result
+from nanobot.providers.base import ToolCallRequest
+from nanobot.utils.runtime import (
+    repeated_external_lookup_error,
+    repeated_workspace_violation_error,
+)
+
+_RETRY_HINT = "\n\n[Analyze the error above and try a different approach.]"
+# SSRF is a hard security block at the tool boundary, but the agent turn
+# should recover conversationally instead of aborting the runtime.
+_SSRF_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    "internal/private url detected",
+    "private/internal address",
+    "private address",
+)
+_SSRF_BOUNDARY_NOTE = (
+    "This is a non-bypassable security boundary. Stop trying to access "
+    "private/internal URLs. Do not retry with curl, wget, encoded IPs, "
+    "alternate DNS, redirects, proxies, or another tool. Ask the user for "
+    "local files, logs, screenshots, or an explicit safe public URL instead. "
+    "If the user explicitly trusts this private URL, ask them to whitelist "
+    "the exact IP/CIDR via tools.ssrfWhitelist."
+)
+# Non-SSRF boundary markers returned to the model as recoverable tool errors.
+_WORKSPACE_VIOLATION_MARKERS: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    "outside the configured workspace",
+    "outside allowed directory",
+    "working_dir is outside",
+    "working_dir could not be resolved",
+    "path outside working dir",
+    "path traversal detected",
+)
+
+
+async def execute_tool_calls(
+    tools: ToolRegistry,
+    tool_calls: list[ToolCallRequest],
+    *,
+    concurrent: bool,
+    external_lookup_counts: dict[str, int],
+    workspace_violation_counts: dict[str, int],
+    hook: AgentHook,
+    context: AgentHookContext,
+) -> tuple[list[Any], list[dict[str, str]]]:
+    """Execute one model response's tool calls in stable result order."""
+    tool_results: list[tuple[Any, dict[str, str]]] = []
+    for batch in _partition_tool_batches(tools, tool_calls, concurrent=concurrent):
+        if concurrent and len(batch) > 1:
+            batch_results = await asyncio.gather(*(
+                _execute_tool_call(
+                    tools,
+                    tool_call,
+                    external_lookup_counts,
+                    workspace_violation_counts,
+                    hook,
+                    context,
+                )
+                for tool_call in batch
+            ))
+            tool_results.extend(batch_results)
+        else:
+            for tool_call in batch:
+                result = await _execute_tool_call(
+                    tools,
+                    tool_call,
+                    external_lookup_counts,
+                    workspace_violation_counts,
+                    hook,
+                    context,
+                )
+                tool_results.append(result)
+
+    results = [result for result, _event in tool_results]
+    events = [event for _result, event in tool_results]
+    return results, events
+
+
+async def _execute_tool_call(
+    tools: ToolRegistry,
+    tool_call: ToolCallRequest,
+    external_lookup_counts: dict[str, int],
+    workspace_violation_counts: dict[str, int],
+    hook: AgentHook,
+    context: AgentHookContext,
+) -> tuple[Any, dict[str, str]]:
+    lookup_error = repeated_external_lookup_error(
+        tool_call.name,
+        tool_call.arguments,
+        external_lookup_counts,
+    )
+    if lookup_error:
+        event = {
+            "name": tool_call.name,
+            "status": "error",
+            "detail": "repeated external lookup blocked",
+        }
+        return lookup_error + _RETRY_HINT, event
+
+    prepare_call = cast(
+        Callable[[str, Any], object] | None,
+        getattr(tools, "prepare_call", None),
+    )
+    tool, params, prep_error = None, tool_call.arguments, None
+    if callable(prepare_call):
+        prepared = prepare_call(tool_call.name, tool_call.arguments)
+        if isinstance(prepared, tuple):
+            prepared_tuple = cast(tuple[object, ...], prepared)
+            if len(prepared_tuple) == 3:
+                tool, params, prep_error = cast(tuple[Any, Any, str | None], prepared_tuple)
+    if prep_error:
+        event = {
+            "name": tool_call.name,
+            "status": "error",
+            "detail": prep_error.split(": ", 1)[-1][:120],
+        }
+        handled = _classify_violation(
+            raw_text=prep_error,
+            soft_payload=prep_error + _RETRY_HINT,
+            event=event,
+            tool_call=tool_call,
+            workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
+        )
+        if handled is not None:
+            return handled
+        return prep_error + _RETRY_HINT, event
+
+    await hook.before_execute_tool(context, tool_call, tool, params)
+    try:
+        if tool is not None:
+            result = await tool.execute(**params)
+        else:
+            result = await tools.execute(tool_call.name, params)
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        raise
+    except Exception as exc:
+        await hook.on_execute_tool_error(context, tool_call, tool, params, exc)
+        event = {
+            "name": tool_call.name,
+            "status": "error",
+            "detail": str(exc),
+        }
+        payload = f"Error: {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"
+        handled = _classify_violation(
+            raw_text=str(exc),
+            # Preserve legacy exception payloads without the retry hint.
+            soft_payload=payload,
+            event=event,
+            tool_call=tool_call,
+            workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
+        )
+        if handled is not None:
+            return handled
+        return payload, event
+
+    if is_tool_error_result(result):
+        await hook.on_execute_tool_error(context, tool_call, tool, params, result)
+        event = {
+            "name": tool_call.name,
+            "status": "error",
+            "detail": result.replace("\n", " ").strip()[:120],
+        }
+        handled = _classify_violation(
+            raw_text=result,
+            soft_payload=result + _RETRY_HINT,
+            event=event,
+            tool_call=tool_call,
+            workspace_violation_counts=workspace_violation_counts,
+        )
+        if handled is not None:
+            return handled
+        return result + _RETRY_HINT, event
+
+    await hook.after_execute_tool(context, tool_call, tool, params, result)
+
+    detail = "" if result is None else str(result)
+    detail = detail.replace("\n", " ").strip()
+    if not detail:
+        detail = "(empty)"
+    elif len(detail) > 120:
+        detail = detail[:120] + "..."
+    return result, {"name": tool_call.name, "status": "ok", "detail": detail}
+
+
+def is_ssrf_violation(text: str) -> bool:
+    """Return whether a tool error describes a blocked private-network request."""
+    if not text:
+        return False
+    lowered = text.lower()
+    return any(marker in lowered for marker in _SSRF_MARKERS)
+
+
+def _is_workspace_violation(text: str) -> bool:
+    """Return whether text describes any workspace or network boundary rejection."""
+    if not text:
+        return False
+    lowered = text.lower()
+    if is_ssrf_violation(lowered):
+        return True
+    return any(marker in lowered for marker in _WORKSPACE_VIOLATION_MARKERS)
+
+
+def _classify_violation(
+    *,
+    raw_text: str,
+    soft_payload: str,
+    event: dict[str, str],
+    tool_call: ToolCallRequest,
+    workspace_violation_counts: dict[str, int],
+) -> tuple[Any, dict[str, str]] | None:
+    if is_ssrf_violation(raw_text):
+        logger.warning(
+            "Tool {} blocked by SSRF guard; returning non-retryable tool error: {}",
+            tool_call.name,
+            raw_text.replace("\n", " ").strip()[:200],
+        )
+        event["detail"] = _event_detail("ssrf_violation: ", raw_text)
+        return _ssrf_soft_payload(raw_text), event
+
+    if _is_workspace_violation(raw_text):
+        escalation = repeated_workspace_violation_error(
+            tool_call.name,
+            tool_call.arguments,
+            workspace_violation_counts,
+        )
+        event["detail"] = _event_detail("workspace_violation: ", raw_text)
+        if escalation is not None:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Tool {} hit workspace boundary repeatedly; escalating hint",
+                tool_call.name,
+            )
+            event["detail"] = _event_detail(
+                "workspace_violation_escalated: ",
+                raw_text,
+            )
+            return escalation, event
+        return soft_payload, event
+
+    return None
+
+
+def _ssrf_soft_payload(raw_text: str) -> str:
+    text = raw_text.strip() or "Error: request blocked by SSRF guard"
+    return f"{text}\n\n{_SSRF_BOUNDARY_NOTE}"
+
+
+def _event_detail(prefix: str, text: str, limit: int = 160) -> str:
+    return (prefix + text.replace("\n", " ").strip())[:limit]
+
+
+def _partition_tool_batches(
+    tools: ToolRegistry,
+    tool_calls: list[ToolCallRequest],
+    *,
+    concurrent: bool,
+) -> list[list[ToolCallRequest]]:
+    if not concurrent:
+        return [[tool_call] for tool_call in tool_calls]
+
+    batches: list[list[ToolCallRequest]] = []
+    current: list[ToolCallRequest] = []
+    for tool_call in tool_calls:
+        get_tool = cast(Callable[[str], Any] | None, getattr(tools, "get", None))
+        tool = get_tool(tool_call.name) if callable(get_tool) else None
+        can_batch = bool(tool and tool.concurrency_safe)
+        if can_batch:
+            current.append(tool_call)
+            continue
+        if current:
+            batches.append(current)
+            current = []
+        batches.append([tool_call])
+    if current:
+        batches.append(current)
+    return batches

nanobot/agent/tools/message.py

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 # pyright: reportIncompatibleMethodOverride=false
 
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Generator
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from contextvars import ContextVar, Token
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, cast
+from typing import Any, cast
 
 from loguru import logger
 
@@ -16,6 +18,22 @@ from nanobot.bus.events import OutboundMessage
 from nanobot.config.paths import get_workspace_path
 from nanobot.security.workspace_access import current_tool_workspace
 
+_CURRENT_MESSAGE_SENDS: ContextVar[set[tuple[str, str]] | None] = ContextVar(
+    "message_sends",
+    default=None,
+)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def capture_message_deliveries() -> Generator[set[tuple[str, str]], None, None]:
+    """Record successful MessageTool targets within one agent run."""
+    sends: set[tuple[str, str]] = set()
+    token = _CURRENT_MESSAGE_SENDS.set(sends)
+    try:
+        yield sends
+    finally:
+        _CURRENT_MESSAGE_SENDS.reset(token)
+
 
 @tool_parameters(
     tool_parameters_schema(
@@ -68,7 +86,6 @@ class MessageTool(Tool):
         self._fallback_chat_id = default_chat_id
         self._fallback_message_id = default_message_id
         self._fallback_metadata: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        self._sent_in_turn_var: ContextVar[bool] = ContextVar("message_sent_in_turn", default=False)
         self._suppress_delivery_var: ContextVar[bool] = ContextVar(
             "message_suppress_delivery",
             default=False,
@@ -87,10 +104,6 @@ class MessageTool(Tool):
         """Set the callback for sending messages."""
         self._send_callback = callback
 
-    def start_turn(self) -> None:
-        """Reset per-turn send tracking."""
-        self._sent_in_turn = False
-
     def set_suppress_delivery(self, active: bool) -> Token[bool]:
         """Acknowledge but don't deliver tool sends (heartbeat internal check)."""
         return self._suppress_delivery_var.set(active)
@@ -99,14 +112,6 @@ class MessageTool(Tool):
         """Restore previous delivery-suppression state."""
         self._suppress_delivery_var.reset(token)
 
-    @property
-    def _sent_in_turn(self) -> bool:
-        return self._sent_in_turn_var.get()
-
-    @_sent_in_turn.setter
-    def _sent_in_turn(self, value: bool) -> None:
-        self._sent_in_turn_var.set(value)
-
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
         return "message"
@@ -244,8 +249,9 @@ class MessageTool(Tool):
 
         try:
             await self._send_callback(msg)
-            if channel == default_channel and chat_id == default_chat_id:
+            sends = _CURRENT_MESSAGE_SENDS.get()
-                self._sent_in_turn = True
+            if sends is not None:
+                sends.add((channel, chat_id))
             media_info = f" with {len(media)} attachments" if media else ""
             button_info = (
                 f" with {sum(len(row) for row in button_rows)} button(s)"

nanobot/agent/tools/self.py

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ def _is_string_mapping(value: object) -> TypeGuard[Mapping[str, object]]:
 class MyTool(Tool):
     """Check and set the agent loop's runtime configuration."""
 
-    _plugin_discoverable = False  # Requires AgentLoop reference; registered manually
     config_key = "my"
 
     @classmethod
@@ -67,7 +66,16 @@ class MyTool(Tool):
 
     @classmethod
     def enabled(cls, ctx: ToolContext) -> bool:
-        return ctx.config.my.enable
+        return ctx.runtime_control is not None and ctx.config.my.enable
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, ctx: ToolContext) -> Tool:
+        if ctx.runtime_control is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("MyTool requires a runtime control capability")
+        return cls(
+            runtime_control=ctx.runtime_control,
+            modify_allowed=ctx.config.my.allow_set,
+        )
 
     BLOCKED = frozenset({
         # Core infrastructure

nanobot/agent/tools/spawn.py

@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class SpawnTool(Tool):
             "and use a dedicated subdirectory when helpful."
         )
 
+    @property
+    def concurrency_safe(self) -> bool:
+        """Each call owns its task state; the manager serializes capacity admission."""
+        return True
+
     async def execute(
         self,
         task: str,
@@ -82,14 +87,6 @@ class SpawnTool(Tool):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> str:
         """Spawn a subagent to execute the given task."""
-        running = self._manager.get_running_count()
-        limit = self._manager.max_concurrent_subagents
-        if running >= limit:
-            return (
-                f"Cannot spawn subagent: concurrency limit reached "
-                f"({running}/{limit} running). Wait for a running subagent "
-                f"to complete before spawning a new one."
-            )
         request_ctx = current_request_context()
         if request_ctx is None or request_ctx.runtime is None:
             return ToolResult.error("Error: spawn requires an active model runtime")

nanobot/cli/commands.py

@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ app = typer.Typer(
     name="nanobot",
     context_settings={"help_option_names": ["-h", "--help"]},
     help=f"{__logo__} nanobot - Personal AI Assistant",
-    no_args_is_help=True,
+    epilog=(
+        "Run `nanobot` without a subcommand to start the terminal agent. "
+        "Use `nanobot agent --help` for agent options."
+    ),
+    invoke_without_command=True,
+    no_args_is_help=False,
 )
 
 console = Console()
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ def version_callback(value: bool):
         raise typer.Exit()
 
 
-@app.callback()
+@app.callback(invoke_without_command=True)
 def main(
     ctx: typer.Context,
     version: bool = typer.Option(
@@ -110,7 +115,11 @@ def main(
     # imports this Typer app directly instead of ``nanobot.cli.entry``. Keep the
     # role identity correct until that launcher is regenerated.
     command = ctx.invoked_subcommand
-    set_cli_process_identity([command] if command else sys.argv[1:])
+    set_cli_process_identity([command] if command else ["agent"])
+    if command is None:
+        from nanobot.cli.entry import _run_agent
+
+        _run_agent([], prog_name="nanobot")
 
 
 # ============================================================================

nanobot/cli/entry.py

@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ from contextlib import suppress
 
 from nanobot.cli.process_identity import set_cli_process_identity
 
+_ROOT_OPTIONS = frozenset(
+    {
+        "-h",
+        "--help",
+        "-v",
+        "--version",
+        "--install-completion",
+        "--show-completion",
+    }
+)
+
+
+def _agent_invocation_args(args: list[str]) -> list[str] | None:
+    """Return agent arguments when the root command should act as ``agent``."""
+    if not args:
+        return []
+    if args[0] == "agent":
+        return args[1:]
+    if args[0].startswith("-") and args[0].split("=", 1)[0] not in _ROOT_OPTIONS:
+        return args
+    return None
+
 
 def _native_tui_candidate(args: list[str]) -> bool:
     """Return whether ``agent`` can start without the classic agent stack."""
@@ -34,19 +56,35 @@ def _configure_windows_console() -> None:
                 reconfigure(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
 
 
-def main() -> None:
+def _run_agent(args: list[str], *, prog_name: str) -> None:
-    """Dispatch native TUI startup without importing the complete CLI graph."""
+    """Run the shared agent command without importing the complete CLI graph."""
-    set_cli_process_identity(sys.argv[1:])
-    _configure_windows_console()
-    if _native_tui_candidate(sys.argv[1:]):
     import typer
 
     from nanobot.cli.agent import agent
 
-        fast_app = typer.Typer(add_completion=False)
+    agent_app = typer.Typer(add_completion=False)
-        fast_app.command()(agent)
+    agent_app.command()(agent)
-        command = typer.main.get_command(fast_app)
+    command = typer.main.get_command(agent_app)
-        command.main(args=sys.argv[2:], prog_name="nanobot agent")
+    command.main(args=args, prog_name=prog_name)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Dispatch native TUI startup without importing the complete CLI graph."""
+    raw_args = sys.argv[1:]
+    # Installed completion scripts call ``nanobot`` without positional arguments
+    # and pass the request through this environment variable. Keep those requests
+    # on the root command so subcommands remain discoverable.
+    shell_completion = bool(os.environ.get("_NANOBOT_COMPLETE"))
+    agent_args = None if shell_completion else _agent_invocation_args(raw_args)
+    dispatch_args = ["agent", *agent_args] if agent_args is not None else raw_args
+    set_cli_process_identity(dispatch_args)
+    _configure_windows_console()
+    root_agent_alias = agent_args is not None and raw_args[:1] != ["agent"]
+    if agent_args is not None and (
+        root_agent_alias or _native_tui_candidate(dispatch_args)
+    ):
+        prog_name = "nanobot" if root_agent_alias else "nanobot agent"
+        _run_agent(agent_args, prog_name=prog_name)
         return
 
     from nanobot.cli.commands import app

nanobot/cli/provider.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _PROVIDER_DISPLAY: dict[str, str] = {
 
 _OAUTH_PROVIDER_DEFAULT_MODELS: dict[str, str] = {
     "openai_codex": "openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol",
-    "xai_grok": "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+    "xai_grok": "xai-grok/grok-4.6",
     "github_copilot": "github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini",
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ def _set_oauth_provider_as_main(
     config.agents.defaults.model_preset = None
     config.agents.defaults.provider = provider_name
     config.agents.defaults.model = selected_model
-    if provider_name == "xai_grok" and selected_model == "xai-grok/grok-4.5":
+    if provider_name == "xai_grok" and selected_model in {
+        "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+        "xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+    }:
         config.agents.defaults.context_window_tokens = 500_000
     save_config(config, resolved_config_path)
 

nanobot/cli/tui_launcher.py

@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ _TUI_RELEASE_LIMITS = {
 _TUI_DETACH_EXIT_CODE = 90
 _GATEWAY_READY_TIMEOUT_S = 20.0
 _GATEWAY_READY_POLL_S = 0.1
-_TUI_DEPENDENCY_METADATA = ("package.json", "bun.lock")
-_TUI_DEPENDENCY_CACHE = ".nanobot-install.sha256"
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -226,21 +224,6 @@ def _tui_source_dir(project_root: Path) -> Path | None:
 
 def _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir: Path, bun: str) -> list[str]:
     dependency = source_dir / "node_modules" / "@opentui" / "core"
-    cache = source_dir / "node_modules" / _TUI_DEPENDENCY_CACHE
-    fingerprint = _tui_dependency_fingerprint(source_dir)
-    if dependency.is_dir() and fingerprint is not None:
-        try:
-            if cache.read_text(encoding="ascii") == f"{fingerprint}\n":
-                return _source_tui_command(source_dir, bun)
-        except (OSError, UnicodeError):
-            pass
-
-    try:
-        cache.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-    except OSError as exc:
-        raise TuiUnavailableError(
-            f"could not prepare the TUI dependency install: {exc}"
-        ) from exc
     try:
         install = subprocess.run(
             [bun, "install", "--frozen-lockfile"],
@@ -255,37 +238,6 @@ def _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir: Path, bun: str) -> list[str]:
         detail = (install.stderr or install.stdout).strip().splitlines()
         suffix = f": {detail[-1]}" if detail else ""
         raise TuiUnavailableError(f"could not install TUI dependencies{suffix}")
-
-    current_fingerprint = _tui_dependency_fingerprint(source_dir)
-    if fingerprint is not None and current_fingerprint == fingerprint:
-        pending = cache.with_name(f"{cache.name}.tmp-{os.getpid()}")
-        try:
-            pending.write_text(f"{fingerprint}\n", encoding="ascii")
-            pending.replace(cache)
-        except OSError:
-            try:
-                pending.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-            except OSError:
-                pass
-
-    return _source_tui_command(source_dir, bun)
-
-
-def _tui_dependency_fingerprint(source_dir: Path) -> str | None:
-    digest = hashlib.sha256()
-    try:
-        for name in _TUI_DEPENDENCY_METADATA:
-            content = (source_dir / name).read_bytes()
-            digest.update(name.encode())
-            digest.update(b"\0")
-            digest.update(len(content).to_bytes(8, "big"))
-            digest.update(content)
-    except OSError:
-        return None
-    return digest.hexdigest()
-
-
-def _source_tui_command(source_dir: Path, bun: str) -> list[str]:
     executable = named_executable(
         bun,
         name="nanobot-tui",

nanobot/cli/webui_support.py

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 """Shared WebUI setup, URL, health, and browser helpers."""
 
+import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 import webbrowser
 from collections.abc import Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, BinaryIO
 
 import typer
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -457,27 +459,104 @@ def _print_webui_foreground_lifecycle(*, attached: bool) -> None:
         console.print("[green]WebUI is attached to the shared gateway.[/green]")
     console.print("[dim]Closing the browser does not stop channels or automations.[/dim]")
     console.print(
-        "[dim]Press Ctrl+C to detach; the gateway stops only when the last local client exits.[/dim]"
+        "[dim]Following live gateway logs. Press Ctrl+C to detach; the gateway stops "
+        "only when the last local client exits.[/dim]"
     )
 
 
+_LOG_ANCHOR_BYTES = 64
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _GatewayLogCursor:
+    offset: int = 0
+    identity: tuple[int, int] | None = None
+    anchor: bytes = b""
+    pending: bytes = b""
+
+
+def _log_anchor(handle: BinaryIO, offset: int) -> bytes:
+    size = min(offset, _LOG_ANCHOR_BYTES)
+    handle.seek(offset - size)
+    return handle.read(size)
+
+
+def _start_gateway_log_cursor(log_path: Path) -> _GatewayLogCursor:
+    """Start following at the current end of *log_path*."""
+    try:
+        with log_path.open("rb") as handle:
+            stat = os.fstat(handle.fileno())
+            offset = stat.st_size
+            return _GatewayLogCursor(
+                offset=offset,
+                identity=(stat.st_dev, stat.st_ino),
+                anchor=_log_anchor(handle, offset),
+            )
+    except OSError:
+        return _GatewayLogCursor()
+
+
+def _read_new_gateway_logs(
+    log_path: Path,
+    cursor: _GatewayLogCursor,
+    *,
+    flush: bool = False,
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Read complete gateway log lines appended after *cursor*."""
+    try:
+        with log_path.open("rb") as handle:
+            stat = os.fstat(handle.fileno())
+            identity = (stat.st_dev, stat.st_ino)
+            reset = cursor.identity != identity or stat.st_size < cursor.offset
+            if not reset and cursor.offset:
+                reset = _log_anchor(handle, cursor.offset) != cursor.anchor
+            if reset:
+                cursor.offset = 0
+                cursor.pending = b""
+
+            handle.seek(cursor.offset)
+            chunk = handle.read()
+            cursor.offset = handle.tell()
+            cursor.identity = identity
+            cursor.anchor = _log_anchor(handle, cursor.offset)
+    except OSError:
+        return []
+
+    parts = (cursor.pending + chunk).split(b"\n")
+    cursor.pending = parts.pop()
+    if flush and cursor.pending:
+        parts.append(cursor.pending)
+        cursor.pending = b""
+    return [part.removesuffix(b"\r").decode("utf-8", errors="replace") for part in parts]
+
+
 def _attach_to_background_gateway(
     runtime: "GatewayRuntime",
     *,
     poll_hook: Callable[[], None] | None = None,
     sleep: Callable[[float], None] = time.sleep,
 ) -> None:
-    """Keep a WebUI launcher attached without taking ownership of the gateway."""
+    """Keep the launcher attached and mirror this gateway's new log output."""
+    status = runtime.status()
+    log_path = status.log_path
+    cursor = _start_gateway_log_cursor(log_path)
     _print_webui_foreground_lifecycle(attached=True)
     try:
-        while runtime.status().running:
+        while status.running:
+            for line in _read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor):
+                console.print(line, markup=False, highlight=False)
             if poll_hook is not None:
                 poll_hook()
             sleep(0.5)
+            status = runtime.status()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        for line in _read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor, flush=True):
+            console.print(line, markup=False, highlight=False)
         console.print("\n[yellow]WebUI launcher detached.[/yellow]")
         return
 
+    for line in _read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor, flush=True):
+        console.print(line, markup=False, highlight=False)
     console.print("[yellow]Gateway stopped.[/yellow]")
 
 

nanobot/command/builtin.py

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ async def cmd_new(ctx: CommandContext) -> OutboundMessage:
     snapshot = list(session.messages)
     archive_snapshot = None
     runtime = None
-    if session.last_consolidated < len(snapshot):
+    if session.last_archived < len(snapshot):
         runtime = ctx.runtime or loop.runtime_for_session(session)
         archive_snapshot = replace(
             session,

nanobot/config/schema.py

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class AgentDefaults(Base):
     temperature: float = 0.1
     fallback_models: list[FallbackCandidate] = Field(default_factory=list)
     max_tool_iterations: int = 200
-    max_concurrent_subagents: int = Field(default=1, ge=1)
+    max_concurrent_subagents: int = Field(default=4, ge=1)
     max_tool_result_chars: int = 16_000
     provider_retry_mode: Literal["standard", "persistent"] = "standard"
     tool_hint_max_length: int = Field(
@@ -155,13 +155,6 @@ class AgentDefaults(Base):
         default=60,
         ge=0,
     )  # Minimum interval in seconds between scans for idle sessions
-    consolidation_ratio: float = Field(
-        default=0.5,
-        ge=0.1,
-        le=0.95,
-        validation_alias=AliasChoices("consolidationRatio"),
-        serialization_alias="consolidationRatio",
-    )  # Consolidation target ratio (0.5 = 50% of budget retained after compression)
     dream: DreamConfig = Field(default_factory=DreamConfig)
 
     @model_validator(mode="before")

nanobot/providers/github_copilot_provider.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import hashlib
 import os
 import time
 import webbrowser
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ from oauth_cli_kit.models import OAuthToken
 from oauth_cli_kit.storage import FileTokenStorage
 
 from nanobot.providers.base import LLMResponse, ProviderCallContext
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import (
+    OAuthModelCatalog,
+    OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot,
+)
 from nanobot.providers.openai_compat_provider import OpenAICompatProvider
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec, find_by_name
 
 DEFAULT_GITHUB_DEVICE_CODE_URL = "https://github.com/login/device/code"
 DEFAULT_GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token"
@@ -96,7 +102,9 @@ def login_github_copilot(
 
         device_code = str(payload["device_code"])
         user_code = str(payload["user_code"])
-        verify_url = str(payload.get("verification_uri") or payload.get("verification_uri_complete") or "")
+        verify_url = str(
+            payload.get("verification_uri") or payload.get("verification_uri_complete") or ""
+        )
         verify_complete = str(payload.get("verification_uri_complete") or verify_url)
         interval = max(1, int(payload.get("interval") or 5))
         expires_in = int(payload.get("expires_in") or 900)
@@ -180,8 +188,6 @@ class GitHubCopilotProvider(OpenAICompatProvider):
         *,
         provider_name: str = "github_copilot",
     ):
-        from nanobot.providers.registry import find_by_name
-
         self._copilot_access_token: str | None = None
         self._copilot_expires_at: float = 0.0
         self._copilot_token_lock: asyncio.Lock = asyncio.Lock()
@@ -217,7 +223,9 @@ class GitHubCopilotProvider(OpenAICompatProvider):
                 )
 
             timeout = httpx.Timeout(20.0, connect=20.0)
-            async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=timeout, follow_redirects=True, trust_env=True) as client:
+            async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+                timeout=timeout, follow_redirects=True, trust_env=True
+            ) as client:
                 response = await client.get(
                     _resolve("NANOBOT_COPILOT_TOKEN_URL", DEFAULT_COPILOT_TOKEN_URL),
                     headers=_copilot_headers(github_token.access),
@@ -296,3 +304,174 @@ class GitHubCopilotProvider(OpenAICompatProvider):
             on_tool_call_delta=on_tool_call_delta,
             provider_context=provider_context,
         )
+
+
+def get_github_copilot_model_catalog(
+    proxy: str | None = None,
+) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+    storage = get_storage()
+    token = storage.load()
+    account_key = _catalog_account_key(getattr(token, "account_id", None))
+    cache_key = (
+        f"{storage.get_token_path()}\0{account_key}\0"
+        f"{_resolve('NANOBOT_COPILOT_BASE_URL', DEFAULT_COPILOT_BASE_URL)}\0{proxy or ''}"
+    )
+    return _GITHUB_COPILOT_MODEL_CATALOG.get(cache_key=cache_key, proxy=proxy)
+
+
+def invalidate_github_copilot_model_catalog() -> None:
+    _GITHUB_COPILOT_MODEL_CATALOG.invalidate()
+
+
+def _fetch_github_copilot_models(proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    github_token = get_storage().load()
+    if not github_token or not github_token.access:
+        raise RuntimeError("GitHub Copilot is not logged in")
+
+    common_headers = {
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+        "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
+        "Editor-Version": EDITOR_VERSION,
+        "Editor-Plugin-Version": EDITOR_PLUGIN_VERSION,
+    }
+    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"timeout": 20.0, "follow_redirects": True}
+    if proxy:
+        client_kwargs.update(proxy=proxy, trust_env=False)
+    with httpx.Client(**client_kwargs) as client:
+        exchange = client.get(
+            _resolve("NANOBOT_COPILOT_TOKEN_URL", DEFAULT_COPILOT_TOKEN_URL),
+            headers={**common_headers, "Authorization": f"token {github_token.access}"},
+        )
+        exchange.raise_for_status()
+        exchange_mapping = _catalog_mapping(exchange.json())
+        copilot_token = exchange_mapping.get("token")
+        if not isinstance(copilot_token, str) or not copilot_token:
+            raise RuntimeError("GitHub Copilot token exchange returned no token")
+        endpoint_base = _catalog_first_text(
+            _catalog_mapping(exchange_mapping.get("endpoints")),
+            "api",
+        )
+        base_url = endpoint_base or _resolve(
+            "NANOBOT_COPILOT_BASE_URL",
+            DEFAULT_COPILOT_BASE_URL,
+        )
+        models_url = (
+            base_url
+            if base_url.rstrip("/").endswith("/models")
+            else f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/models"
+        )
+        response = client.get(
+            models_url,
+            headers={**common_headers, "Authorization": f"Bearer {copilot_token}"},
+        )
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    return _parse_github_copilot_models(response.json())
+
+
+def _parse_github_copilot_models(payload: Any) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    rows = cast(dict[str, Any], payload).get("data") if isinstance(payload, dict) else None
+    if not isinstance(rows, list):
+        return ()
+
+    fallback_models = _oauth_fallback_models("github_copilot")
+    fallback_by_id = {model.id.split("/", 1)[-1]: model for model in fallback_models}
+    models: list[ProviderModelSpec] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for value in cast(list[object], rows):
+        if not isinstance(value, dict):
+            continue
+        row = cast(dict[str, Any], value)
+        wire_id = _catalog_first_text(row, "id")
+        policy = _catalog_mapping(row.get("policy"))
+        endpoints = row.get("supported_endpoints")
+        if (
+            not wire_id
+            or wire_id in seen
+            or row.get("model_picker_enabled") is not True
+            or policy.get("state") == "disabled"
+            or not _copilot_transport_supported(wire_id, endpoints)
+        ):
+            continue
+        seen.add(wire_id)
+        capabilities = _catalog_mapping(row.get("capabilities"))
+        supports = _catalog_mapping(capabilities.get("supports"))
+        limits = _catalog_mapping(capabilities.get("limits"))
+        fallback = fallback_by_id.get(wire_id)
+        models.append(
+            ProviderModelSpec(
+                id=f"github-copilot/{wire_id}",
+                label=(
+                    _catalog_first_text(row, "name")
+                    or (fallback.label if fallback is not None else wire_id)
+                ),
+                description=(fallback.description if fallback is not None else ""),
+                owned_by="GitHub Copilot",
+                context_window=(
+                    _catalog_positive_int(limits, "max_context_window_tokens")
+                    or (fallback.context_window if fallback is not None else None)
+                ),
+                reasoning_efforts=_catalog_reasoning_efforts(supports.get("reasoning_effort")),
+            )
+        )
+    return tuple(models)
+
+
+def _copilot_transport_supported(wire_id: str, endpoints: object) -> bool:
+    if not isinstance(endpoints, list):
+        return True
+    supported = cast(list[object], endpoints)
+    if "/chat/completions" in supported:
+        return True
+    model = wire_id.lower()
+    return "/responses" in supported and any(
+        token in model for token in ("gpt-5", "o1", "o3", "o4")
+    )
+
+
+def _oauth_fallback_models(provider_name: str) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    spec = find_by_name(provider_name)
+    assert spec is not None
+    return spec.builtin_models
+
+
+def _catalog_account_key(account_id: object) -> str:
+    value = account_id if isinstance(account_id, str) else ""
+    return hashlib.sha256(value.encode()).hexdigest()[:16] if value else "anonymous"
+
+
+def _catalog_mapping(value: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return cast(dict[str, Any], value) if isinstance(value, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _catalog_first_text(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> str:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+            return value.strip()
+    return ""
+
+
+def _catalog_positive_int(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> int | None:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)) and not isinstance(value, bool) and value > 0:
+            return int(value)
+    return None
+
+
+def _catalog_reasoning_efforts(value: Any) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    if not isinstance(value, list):
+        return ()
+    return tuple(
+        dict.fromkeys(
+            item.strip()
+            for item in cast(list[object], value)
+            if isinstance(item, str) and item.strip()
+        )
+    )
+
+
+_GITHUB_COPILOT_MODEL_CATALOG = OAuthModelCatalog(
+    fallback_models=_oauth_fallback_models("github_copilot"),
+    fetch=_fetch_github_copilot_models,
+)

nanobot/providers/oauth_model_catalog.py

@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+"""Shared cache seam for OAuth provider model discovery."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import threading
+import time
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
+from typing import Literal
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec
+
+CatalogSource = Literal["remote", "cache", "stale", "fallback"]
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+    """One usable catalog view, including where it came from."""
+
+    models: tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]
+    source: CatalogSource
+    fetched_at: float
+    message: str | None = None
+
+    def find(self, model: str) -> ProviderModelSpec | None:
+        wire_id = model.split("/", 1)[-1]
+        return next(
+            (item for item in self.models if item.id.split("/", 1)[-1] == wire_id),
+            None,
+        )
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class _CacheEntry:
+    snapshot: OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot
+    stored_at: float
+
+
+class OAuthModelCatalog:
+    """Cache one provider's discovery behind a small failure-tolerant interface."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        fallback_models: Sequence[ProviderModelSpec],
+        fetch: Callable[[str | None], Sequence[ProviderModelSpec]],
+        fresh_ttl_s: float = 5 * 60,
+        stale_ttl_s: float = 24 * 60 * 60,
+        failure_ttl_s: float = 30,
+        max_entries: int = 8,
+        monotonic: Callable[[], float] = time.monotonic,
+        wall_clock: Callable[[], float] = time.time,
+    ) -> None:
+        if fresh_ttl_s < 0 or stale_ttl_s < fresh_ttl_s or failure_ttl_s < 0:
+            raise ValueError("catalog cache TTLs are invalid")
+        if max_entries < 1:
+            raise ValueError("catalog cache must allow at least one entry")
+        self._fallback_models = tuple(fallback_models)
+        self._fetch = fetch
+        self._fresh_ttl_s = fresh_ttl_s
+        self._stale_ttl_s = stale_ttl_s
+        self._failure_ttl_s = failure_ttl_s
+        self._max_entries = max_entries
+        self._monotonic = monotonic
+        self._wall_clock = wall_clock
+        self._condition = threading.Condition()
+        self._entries: dict[str, _CacheEntry] = {}
+        self._failures: dict[str, float] = {}
+        self._inflight: set[str] = set()
+        self._generation = 0
+
+    def get(self, *, cache_key: str, proxy: str | None = None) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+        """Return a fresh catalog, sharing concurrent work and retaining a fallback."""
+        with self._condition:
+            generation = self._generation
+            cached = self._cached_result(cache_key)
+            if cached is not None:
+                return cached
+            while cache_key in self._inflight:
+                self._condition.wait()
+                if generation != self._generation:
+                    return self._stale_or_fallback(None, self._monotonic())
+                cached = self._cached_result(cache_key)
+                if cached is not None:
+                    return cached
+            self._inflight.add(cache_key)
+
+        try:
+            models = tuple(self._fetch(proxy))
+            if not models:
+                raise ValueError("provider returned an empty model catalog")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning("OAuth model catalog refresh failed: type={}", type(exc).__name__)
+            with self._condition:
+                result = (
+                    self._stale_or_fallback(None, self._monotonic())
+                    if generation != self._generation
+                    else self._failure_result(cache_key)
+                )
+        else:
+            now = self._monotonic()
+            result = OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot(
+                models=models,
+                source="remote",
+                fetched_at=self._wall_clock(),
+            )
+            with self._condition:
+                if generation != self._generation:
+                    result = self._stale_or_fallback(None, now)
+                else:
+                    self._store(cache_key, _CacheEntry(snapshot=result, stored_at=now))
+                    self._failures.pop(cache_key, None)
+        finally:
+            with self._condition:
+                self._inflight.discard(cache_key)
+                self._condition.notify_all()
+
+        return result
+
+    def invalidate(self) -> None:
+        """Drop cached work and prevent an older identity refresh from being stored."""
+        with self._condition:
+            self._generation += 1
+            self._entries.clear()
+            self._failures.clear()
+            self._condition.notify_all()
+
+    def _cached_result(self, cache_key: str) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot | None:
+        now = self._monotonic()
+        entry = self._entries.get(cache_key)
+        if entry is not None and now - entry.stored_at < self._fresh_ttl_s:
+            return replace(entry.snapshot, source="cache")
+        failure_until = self._failures.get(cache_key)
+        if failure_until is not None and failure_until <= now:
+            self._failures.pop(cache_key, None)
+        elif failure_until is not None:
+            return self._stale_or_fallback(entry, now)
+        return None
+
+    def _failure_result(self, cache_key: str) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+        now = self._monotonic()
+        self._reserve(cache_key)
+        self._failures[cache_key] = now + self._failure_ttl_s
+        return self._stale_or_fallback(self._entries.get(cache_key), now)
+
+    def _stale_or_fallback(
+        self,
+        entry: _CacheEntry | None,
+        now: float,
+    ) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+        if entry is not None and now - entry.stored_at < self._stale_ttl_s:
+            return replace(
+                entry.snapshot,
+                source="stale",
+                message="Could not refresh the online model list; showing cached models.",
+            )
+        return OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot(
+            models=self._fallback_models,
+            source="fallback",
+            fetched_at=self._wall_clock(),
+            message="Could not load the online model list; showing built-in fallback models.",
+        )
+
+    def _store(self, cache_key: str, entry: _CacheEntry) -> None:
+        self._reserve(cache_key)
+        self._entries[cache_key] = entry
+
+    def _reserve(self, cache_key: str) -> None:
+        known = set(self._entries) | set(self._failures)
+        if cache_key in known or len(known) < self._max_entries:
+            return
+        oldest = min(
+            known,
+            key=lambda key: (
+                self._entries[key].stored_at
+                if key in self._entries
+                else self._failures[key] - self._failure_ttl_s
+            ),
+        )
+        self._entries.pop(oldest, None)
+        self._failures.pop(oldest, None)
+
+
+def get_oauth_model_catalog(
+    provider_name: str,
+    *,
+    proxy: str | None = None,
+) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+    """Discover models through the owning provider module."""
+    if provider_name == "openai_codex":
+        from nanobot.providers.openai_codex_provider import get_openai_codex_model_catalog
+
+        return get_openai_codex_model_catalog(proxy)
+    if provider_name == "xai_grok":
+        from nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider import get_xai_grok_model_catalog
+
+        return get_xai_grok_model_catalog(proxy)
+    if provider_name == "github_copilot":
+        from nanobot.providers.github_copilot_provider import get_github_copilot_model_catalog
+
+        return get_github_copilot_model_catalog(proxy)
+    raise ValueError(f"OAuth model discovery is not available for {provider_name}")
+
+
+def invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(provider_name: str) -> None:
+    """Invalidate provider discovery after its OAuth identity changes."""
+    if provider_name == "openai_codex":
+        from nanobot.providers.openai_codex_provider import (
+            invalidate_openai_codex_model_catalog,
+        )
+
+        invalidate_openai_codex_model_catalog()
+    elif provider_name == "xai_grok":
+        from nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider import invalidate_xai_grok_model_catalog
+
+        invalidate_xai_grok_model_catalog()
+    elif provider_name == "github_copilot":
+        from nanobot.providers.github_copilot_provider import (
+            invalidate_github_copilot_model_catalog,
+        )
+
+        invalidate_github_copilot_model_catalog()

nanobot/providers/openai_codex_provider.py

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ from typing import Any, cast
 import httpx
 from loguru import logger
 from oauth_cli_kit import get_token as get_codex_token
+from oauth_cli_kit.providers import OPENAI_CODEX_PROVIDER
+from oauth_cli_kit.storage import FileTokenStorage
 
+from nanobot import __version__
 from nanobot.providers.base import (
     LLMProvider,
     LLMResponse,
@@ -22,6 +25,10 @@ from nanobot.providers.base import (
     ProviderConversationState,
     resolve_stream_idle_timeout_s,
 )
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import (
+    OAuthModelCatalog,
+    OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot,
+)
 from nanobot.providers.openai_responses import (
     ResponsesStreamCapture,
     build_responses_state,
@@ -35,8 +42,11 @@ from nanobot.providers.openai_responses import (
     responses_state_items,
     responses_state_matches,
 )
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec, find_by_name
 
 DEFAULT_CODEX_URL = "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses"
+DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODELS_URL = "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/models"
+OPENAI_CODEX_CATALOG_CLIENT_VERSION = "0.144.0"
 DEFAULT_ORIGINATOR = "nanobot"
 _COMPACTION_RETAINED_CHAR_BUDGET = 256_000
 
@@ -87,9 +97,7 @@ class OpenAICodexProvider(LLMProvider):
         model = model or self.default_model
         sanitized_messages = self._sanitize_empty_content(messages)
         sanitized_state = (
-            provider_context.conversation_state
+            provider_context.conversation_state if provider_context is not None else None
-            if provider_context is not None
-            else None
         )
         if sanitized_state is not None:
             sanitized_state = sanitized_state.with_pending_messages(
@@ -168,11 +176,7 @@ class OpenAICodexProvider(LLMProvider):
                     )
 
             compact_threshold = resolve_compact_threshold(
-                (
+                (provider_context.context_window_tokens if provider_context is not None else None),
-                    provider_context.context_window_tokens
-                    if provider_context is not None
-                    else None
-                ),
                 max_tokens,
             )
             if (
@@ -236,8 +240,12 @@ class OpenAICodexProvider(LLMProvider):
             return response
 
     async def chat(
-        self, messages: list[dict[str, Any]], tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        self,
-        model: str | None = None, max_tokens: int = 4096, temperature: float = 0.7,
+        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        model: str | None = None,
+        max_tokens: int = 4096,
+        temperature: float = 0.7,
         reasoning_effort: str | None = None,
         tool_choice: str | dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         provider_context: ProviderCallContext | None = None,
@@ -264,8 +272,12 @@ class OpenAICodexProvider(LLMProvider):
         )
 
     async def chat_stream(
-        self, messages: list[dict[str, Any]], tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        self,
-        model: str | None = None, max_tokens: int = 4096, temperature: float = 0.7,
+        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        model: str | None = None,
+        max_tokens: int = 4096,
+        temperature: float = 0.7,
         reasoning_effort: str | None = None,
         tool_choice: str | dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         on_content_delta: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
@@ -344,11 +356,7 @@ def _without_response_item_ids(
             sanitized_input.append(raw_item)
             continue
         item = cast(dict[str, Any], raw_item)
-        sanitized_input.append({
+        sanitized_input.append({key: value for key, value in item.items() if key != "id"})
-            key: value
-            for key, value in item.items()
-            if key != "id"
-        })
 
     body = dict(request_body)
     body["input"] = sanitized_input
@@ -444,9 +452,7 @@ async def _request_codex(
                 raw = text.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
                 retry_after = LLMProvider._extract_retry_after_from_headers(response.headers)
                 error_type, error_code = LLMProvider._extract_error_type_code(raw)
-                compaction_unsupported = (
+                compaction_unsupported = response.status_code in {400, 404, 422} and any(
-                    response.status_code in {400, 404, 422}
-                    and any(
                     marker in raw.lower()
                     for marker in (
                         "context_management",
@@ -454,14 +460,15 @@ async def _request_codex(
                         "compaction_trigger",
                     )
                 )
-                )
                 raise _CodexHTTPError(
                     _friendly_error(response.status_code, raw),
                     status_code=response.status_code,
                     retry_after=retry_after,
                     error_type=error_type,
                     error_code=error_code,
-                    should_retry=_should_retry_status(response.status_code, error_type, error_code, raw),
+                    should_retry=_should_retry_status(
+                        response.status_code, error_type, error_code, raw
+                    ),
                     compaction_unsupported=compaction_unsupported,
                 )
             capture = ResponsesStreamCapture()
@@ -534,7 +541,9 @@ def _codex_error_response(exc: Exception) -> LLMResponse:
         default_detail = "HTTP request failed"
 
     if status_code is not None and should_retry is None:
-        retry_content = None if int(status_code) == 429 and isinstance(exc, _CodexHTTPError) else detail
+        retry_content = (
+            None if int(status_code) == 429 and isinstance(exc, _CodexHTTPError) else detail
+        )
         should_retry = _should_retry_status(
             int(status_code),
             getattr(exc, "error_type", None),
@@ -592,3 +601,139 @@ def _should_retry_status(
             )
         )
     return status_code in LLMProvider._RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES or status_code >= 500
+
+
+def get_openai_codex_model_catalog(
+    proxy: str | None = None,
+) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+    storage = FileTokenStorage(token_filename=OPENAI_CODEX_PROVIDER.token_filename)
+    token = storage.load()
+    account_id = getattr(token, "account_id", None)
+    account_key = _catalog_account_key(account_id)
+    cache_key = f"{storage.get_token_path()}\0{account_key}\0{proxy or ''}"
+    return _OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL_CATALOG.get(cache_key=cache_key, proxy=proxy)
+
+
+def invalidate_openai_codex_model_catalog() -> None:
+    _OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL_CATALOG.invalidate()
+
+
+def _fetch_openai_codex_models(proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    token = get_codex_token(proxy=proxy)
+    account_id = getattr(token, "account_id", None)
+    if not isinstance(account_id, str) or not account_id:
+        raise RuntimeError("OpenAI Codex OAuth token has no account ID")
+    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"timeout": 10.0, "follow_redirects": False}
+    if proxy:
+        client_kwargs.update(proxy=proxy, trust_env=False)
+    with httpx.Client(**client_kwargs) as client:
+        response = client.get(
+            DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODELS_URL,
+            params={"client_version": OPENAI_CODEX_CATALOG_CLIENT_VERSION},
+            headers={
+                "Authorization": f"Bearer {token.access}",
+                "chatgpt-account-id": account_id,
+                "originator": DEFAULT_ORIGINATOR,
+                "User-Agent": f"nanobot/{__version__} (python)",
+                "accept": "application/json",
+            },
+        )
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    return _parse_openai_codex_models(response.json())
+
+
+def _parse_openai_codex_models(payload: Any) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    rows = cast(dict[str, Any], payload).get("models") if isinstance(payload, dict) else None
+    if not isinstance(rows, list):
+        return ()
+
+    fallback_models = _oauth_fallback_models("openai_codex")
+    fallback_by_id = {model.id.split("/", 1)[-1]: model for model in fallback_models}
+    parsed: list[tuple[int, ProviderModelSpec]] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for value in cast(list[object], rows):
+        if not isinstance(value, dict):
+            continue
+        row = cast(dict[str, Any], value)
+        wire_id = _catalog_first_text(row, "slug", "id")
+        if not wire_id or wire_id in seen or row.get("visibility") in {"hide", "none"}:
+            continue
+        seen.add(wire_id)
+        fallback = fallback_by_id.get(wire_id)
+        priority = row.get("priority")
+        parsed.append(
+            (
+                priority if isinstance(priority, int) and not isinstance(priority, bool) else 2**31,
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id=f"openai-codex/{wire_id}",
+                    label=(
+                        _catalog_first_text(row, "display_name", "name")
+                        or (fallback.label if fallback is not None else wire_id)
+                    ),
+                    description=(
+                        _catalog_first_text(row, "description")
+                        or (fallback.description if fallback is not None else "")
+                    ),
+                    owned_by="OpenAI Codex",
+                    context_window=(
+                        _catalog_positive_int(row, "context_window")
+                        or (fallback.context_window if fallback is not None else None)
+                    ),
+                    reasoning_efforts=(
+                        _catalog_reasoning_efforts(row.get("supported_reasoning_levels"))
+                        or (fallback.reasoning_efforts if fallback is not None else ())
+                    ),
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+    parsed.sort(key=lambda item: item[0])
+    return tuple(model for _, model in parsed)
+
+
+def _oauth_fallback_models(provider_name: str) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    spec = find_by_name(provider_name)
+    assert spec is not None
+    return spec.builtin_models
+
+
+def _catalog_account_key(account_id: object) -> str:
+    value = account_id if isinstance(account_id, str) else ""
+    return hashlib.sha256(value.encode()).hexdigest()[:16] if value else "anonymous"
+
+
+def _catalog_first_text(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> str:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+            return value.strip()
+    return ""
+
+
+def _catalog_positive_int(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> int | None:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)) and not isinstance(value, bool) and value > 0:
+            return int(value)
+    return None
+
+
+def _catalog_reasoning_efforts(value: Any) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    if not isinstance(value, list):
+        return ()
+    efforts: list[str] = []
+    for item in cast(list[object], value):
+        if isinstance(item, str):
+            effort = item.strip()
+        elif isinstance(item, dict):
+            effort = _catalog_first_text(cast(dict[str, Any], item), "effort", "value", "id")
+        else:
+            effort = ""
+        if effort and effort not in efforts:
+            efforts.append(effort)
+    return tuple(efforts)
+
+
+_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL_CATALOG = OAuthModelCatalog(
+    fallback_models=_oauth_fallback_models("openai_codex"),
+    fetch=_fetch_openai_codex_models,
+)

nanobot/providers/registry.py

@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ from pydantic.alias_generators import to_snake
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ProviderModelSpec:
-    """A curated model exposed by providers without a model-list endpoint."""
+    """Curated model metadata used for fixed catalogs or online fallback."""
 
     id: str
     label: str = ""
     description: str = ""
+    owned_by: str = ""
     context_window: int | None = None
+    reasoning_efforts: tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    supports_backend_search: bool = False
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ class ProviderSpec:
     keywords: tuple[str, ...]  # model-name keywords for matching (lowercase)
     env_key: str  # env var for API key, e.g. "DASHSCOPE_API_KEY"
     display_name: str = ""  # shown in `nanobot status`
-    model_catalog: str = "auto"  # WebUI model-list source
+    model_catalog: str = "auto"  # WebUI model-list source, including builtin/hybrid
     builtin_models: tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...] = ()
     settings_alias_for: str = ""  # compatibility alias grouped under this provider in Settings
 
@@ -407,45 +410,56 @@ PROVIDERS: tuple[ProviderSpec, ...] = (
         keywords=("openai-codex",),
         env_key="",
         display_name="OpenAI Codex",
-        model_catalog="builtin",
+        model_catalog="hybrid",
         builtin_models=(
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol",
                 label="GPT-5.6-Sol",
                 description="Latest frontier agentic coding model.",
-                context_window=372000,
+                context_window=272_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra"),
             ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.6-terra",
                 label="GPT-5.6-Terra",
                 description="Balanced agentic coding model for everyday work.",
-                context_window=372000,
+                context_window=272_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra"),
             ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.6-luna",
                 label="GPT-5.6-Luna",
                 description="Fast and affordable agentic coding model.",
-                context_window=372000,
+                context_window=272_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"),
             ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.5",
                 label="GPT-5.5",
                 description="Frontier model for complex coding, research, and real-world work.",
+                context_window=272_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
             ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.4",
                 label="GPT-5.4",
                 description="Strong model for everyday coding.",
+                context_window=272_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
             ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.4-mini",
                 label="GPT-5.4-Mini",
                 description="Small, fast, and cost-efficient model for simpler coding tasks.",
+                context_window=272_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
             ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="openai-codex/gpt-5.3-codex-spark",
                 label="GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark",
                 description="Ultra-fast coding model.",
+                context_window=128_000,
+                reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
             ),
         ),
         backend="openai_codex",
@@ -459,13 +473,19 @@ PROVIDERS: tuple[ProviderSpec, ...] = (
         keywords=("xai-grok", "xai_grok"),
         env_key="",
         display_name="xAI Grok",
-        model_catalog="builtin",
+        model_catalog="hybrid",
         builtin_models=(
+            ProviderModelSpec(
+                id="xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+                label="Grok 4.6",
+                description="Grok via xAI subscription; X Search is enabled when supported.",
+                context_window=500_000,
+            ),
             ProviderModelSpec(
                 id="xai-grok/grok-4.5",
                 label="Grok 4.5",
                 description="Grok via xAI subscription; X Search is enabled when supported.",
-                context_window=500000,
+                context_window=500_000,
             ),
         ),
         backend="xai_grok",
@@ -478,6 +498,19 @@ PROVIDERS: tuple[ProviderSpec, ...] = (
         keywords=("github_copilot", "copilot"),
         env_key="",
         display_name="Github Copilot",
+        model_catalog="hybrid",
+        builtin_models=(
+            ProviderModelSpec(
+                id="github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini",
+                label="GPT-5.4 Mini",
+                description="GitHub Copilot Responses model.",
+            ),
+            ProviderModelSpec(
+                id="github-copilot/gpt-4.1",
+                label="GPT-4.1",
+                description="GitHub Copilot chat model.",
+            ),
+        ),
         backend="github_copilot",
         default_api_base="https://api.githubcopilot.com",
         strip_model_prefix=True,

nanobot/providers/xai_grok_provider.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import base64
+import hashlib
 import json
 import re
-import time
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from typing import Any, cast
@@ -22,21 +22,24 @@ from nanobot.providers.base import (
     ToolCallRequest,
     resolve_stream_idle_timeout_s,
 )
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import OAuthModelCatalog, OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot
 from nanobot.providers.openai_responses import (
     consume_sse_with_reasoning,
     convert_messages,
     convert_tools,
 )
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec, find_by_name
 from nanobot.providers.xai_oauth import (
     XAI_CLIENT_VERSION,
-    XAIToken,
+    get_xai_oauth_login_status,
+    get_xai_oauth_storage_path,
     get_xai_oauth_token,
 )
 
+DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODEL = "xai-grok/grok-4.6"
 DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_URL = "https://cli-chat-proxy.grok.com/v1/responses"
 DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL = "https://cli-chat-proxy.grok.com/v1/models"
-DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODEL = "xai-grok/grok-4.5"
+_HOSTED_SEARCH_MAX_TURNS = 5
-_MODEL_CAPABILITIES_TTL_S = 5 * 60
 _MAX_ERROR_BODY_CHARS = 1000
 _SENSITIVE_ERROR_KEYS = {
     "accesstoken",
@@ -63,6 +66,10 @@ def _is_named_x_search_tool(value: object) -> bool:
 class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
     """Call xAI's subscription proxy and expose supported hosted tools."""
 
+    # An incomplete hosted-tool stream can already have emitted answer text. Let the
+    # provider close that stream segment before its one bounded recovery attempt.
+    supports_stream_recover_callback = True
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         default_model: str = DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODEL,
@@ -75,37 +82,19 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
         self.default_model = default_model
         self.proxy = proxy or None
         self._extra_body = dict(extra_body or {})
-        self._model_capabilities: dict[str, bool] | None = None
-        self._model_capabilities_fetched_at = 0.0
 
-    async def _supports_backend_search(self, token: XAIToken, model: str) -> bool:
+    async def _supports_backend_search(self, model: str) -> bool:
-        now = time.monotonic()
+        catalog = await asyncio.to_thread(
-        capabilities = self._model_capabilities
+            get_xai_grok_model_catalog,
-        if (
+            self.proxy,
-            capabilities is None
-            or now - self._model_capabilities_fetched_at >= _MODEL_CAPABILITIES_TTL_S
-        ):
-            try:
-                capabilities = await _fetch_xai_model_capabilities(
-                    DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL,
-                    _build_model_headers(token),
-                    proxy=self.proxy,
         )
-            except Exception as exc:
+        if catalog.message:
             logger.warning(
-                    "xAI model capability lookup failed; hosted X Search disabled for model {}: "
+                "xAI model catalog unavailable; hosted X Search disabled unless cached: {}",
-                    "type={} error={}",
+                catalog.message,
-                    model,
-                    type(exc).__name__,
-                    str(exc).strip() or "unexpected error",
             )
-                capabilities = {}
+        info = catalog.find(model)
-                self._model_capabilities = capabilities
+        return bool(info and info.supports_backend_search)
-                self._model_capabilities_fetched_at = now
-            else:
-                self._model_capabilities = capabilities
-                self._model_capabilities_fetched_at = now
-        return capabilities.get(model, False)
 
     async def _call_xai(
         self,
@@ -119,6 +108,7 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
         on_content_delta: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
         on_thinking_delta: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
         on_tool_call_delta: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
+        on_stream_recover: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
     ) -> LLMResponse:
         wire_model = _strip_model_prefix(model or self.default_model)
         system_prompt, input_items = convert_messages(messages)
@@ -128,17 +118,13 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
             token = await asyncio.to_thread(get_xai_oauth_token, proxy=self.proxy)
             configured_tools = self._extra_body.get("tools")
             tools_are_explicit = "tools" in self._extra_body
-            configured_hosted_search = (
+            configured_hosted_search = isinstance(configured_tools, list) and any(
-                isinstance(configured_tools, list)
+                _is_hosted_x_search_tool(tool) for tool in cast(list[object], configured_tools)
-                and any(
-                    _is_hosted_x_search_tool(tool)
-                    for tool in cast(list[object], configured_tools)
-                )
             )
             supports_backend_search = False
             if not tools_are_explicit:
                 stage = "model_capabilities"
-                supports_backend_search = await self._supports_backend_search(token, wire_model)
+                supports_backend_search = await self._supports_backend_search(wire_model)
             converted_tools = convert_tools(tools or [])
             if isinstance(configured_tools, list):
                 converted_tools.extend(cast(list[dict[str, Any]], configured_tools))
@@ -149,6 +135,8 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
             if supports_backend_search:
                 converted_tools.append({"type": "x_search"})
 
+            hosted_search_enabled = supports_backend_search or configured_hosted_search
+
             body: dict[str, Any] = {
                 "model": wire_model,
                 "store": False,
@@ -164,17 +152,24 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
                 "temperature": temperature,
                 "reasoning": _build_reasoning_options(reasoning_effort),
             }
+            if hosted_search_enabled:
+                # xAI's global default is intentionally unspecified. Five turns is
+                # their documented balanced setting and prevents a search from
+                # stopping after a single unsuccessful lookup.
+                body["max_turns"] = _HOSTED_SEARCH_MAX_TURNS
             if self._extra_body:
-                body.update({
+                body.update(
-                    key: value
+                    {key: value for key, value in self._extra_body.items() if key != "tools"}
-                    for key, value in self._extra_body.items()
+                )
-                    if key != "tools"
-                })
                 if tools_are_explicit and not isinstance(configured_tools, list):
                     body["tools"] = configured_tools
 
             headers = _build_headers(token.access, wire_model)
             stage = "xai_request"
+            auth_retried = False
+            hosted_tool_retried = False
+            retry_usage: LLMUsage | None = None
+            while True:
                 try:
                     result = await _request_xai(
                         DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_URL,
@@ -185,30 +180,37 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
                         on_thinking_delta=on_thinking_delta,
                         on_tool_call_delta=on_tool_call_delta,
                     )
+                    break
                 except _XAIHTTPError as exc:
-                if exc.status_code != 401:
+                    if exc.status_code != 401 or auth_retried:
                         raise
+                    auth_retried = True
                     stage = "oauth_refresh"
                     token = await asyncio.to_thread(
                         get_xai_oauth_token,
                         proxy=self.proxy,
                         force_refresh=True,
                     )
-                self._model_capabilities = None
-                self._model_capabilities_fetched_at = 0.0
                     headers = _build_headers(token.access, wire_model)
-                stage = "xai_request_retry"
+                    stage = "xai_request_after_oauth_refresh"
-                result = await _request_xai(
+                except _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError as exc:
-                    DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_URL,
+                    retry_usage = _combine_usage(retry_usage, exc.usage)
-                    headers,
+                    cannot_recover_stream = exc.stream_output_emitted and on_stream_recover is None
-                    body,
+                    if hosted_tool_retried or cannot_recover_stream:
-                    proxy=self.proxy,
+                        exc.usage = retry_usage
-                    on_content_delta=on_content_delta,
+                        raise
-                    on_thinking_delta=on_thinking_delta,
+                    hosted_tool_retried = True
-                    on_tool_call_delta=on_tool_call_delta,
+                    stage = "hosted_tool_recovery"
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "xAI response ended with unfinished hosted tool(s): {}; retrying once",
+                        ", ".join(exc.tool_names),
                     )
+                    if on_stream_recover is not None:
+                        await on_stream_recover()
+                    headers = _build_headers(token.access, wire_model)
 
             content, tool_calls, finish_reason, usage, reasoning_content = result
+            usage = _combine_usage(retry_usage, usage)
             return LLMResponse(
                 content=content,
                 tool_calls=tool_calls,
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
         on_content_delta: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
         on_thinking_delta: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
         on_tool_call_delta: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
+        on_stream_recover: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
     ) -> LLMResponse:
         return await self._call_xai(
             messages,
@@ -269,6 +272,7 @@ class XAIGrokProvider(LLMProvider):
             on_content_delta,
             on_thinking_delta,
             on_tool_call_delta,
+            on_stream_recover,
         )
 
     def get_default_model(self) -> str:
@@ -288,6 +292,14 @@ def _build_reasoning_options(reasoning_effort: str | None) -> dict[str, str]:
     return options
 
 
+def _combine_usage(left: LLMUsage | None, right: LLMUsage | None) -> LLMUsage | None:
+    if left is None:
+        return right
+    if right is None:
+        return left
+    return left + right
+
+
 def _build_headers(token: str, model: str) -> dict[str, str]:
     conversation_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
     return {
@@ -308,44 +320,6 @@ def _build_headers(token: str, model: str) -> dict[str, str]:
     }
 
 
-def _build_model_headers(token: XAIToken) -> dict[str, str]:
-    headers = {
-        "Authorization": f"Bearer {token.access}",
-        "X-XAI-Token-Auth": "xai-grok-cli",
-        "x-grok-client-version": XAI_CLIENT_VERSION,
-        "x-grok-client-identifier": "nanobot",
-        "x-grok-client-mode": "headless",
-        "User-Agent": f"nanobot/{__version__} (python)",
-        "accept": "application/json",
-    }
-    claims = _decode_access_token_claims(token.access)
-    user_id = claims.get("sub")
-    if claims.get("principal_type") == "Team":
-        user_id = claims.get("principal_id") or user_id
-    if isinstance(user_id, str) and user_id:
-        headers["x-userid"] = user_id
-    email = claims.get("email")
-    if not isinstance(email, str) or "@" not in email:
-        email = token.account_id if token.account_id and "@" in token.account_id else None
-    if email:
-        headers["x-email"] = email
-    return headers
-
-
-def _decode_access_token_claims(token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Read identity hints from the signed token; the server still authenticates it."""
-    parts = token.split(".")
-    if len(parts) < 2 or not parts[1]:
-        return {}
-    payload = parts[1]
-    try:
-        decoded = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(payload + "=" * (-len(payload) % 4))
-        claims = json.loads(decoded)
-    except (ValueError, TypeError):
-        return {}
-    return cast(dict[str, Any], claims) if isinstance(claims, dict) else {}
-
-
 class _XAIHTTPError(RuntimeError):
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -367,65 +341,25 @@ class _XAIHTTPError(RuntimeError):
         self.response_body = response_body
 
 
-async def _fetch_xai_model_capabilities(
+class _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError(RuntimeError):
-    url: str,
+    """A nominally successful xAI stream ended before a hosted tool did."""
-    headers: dict[str, str],
+
+    should_retry = False  # _call_xai already performs the one safe recovery attempt.
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        active_tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
         *,
-    proxy: str | None = None,
+        usage: LLMUsage | None,
-) -> dict[str, bool]:
+        stream_output_emitted: bool = False,
-    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"timeout": 10.0, "follow_redirects": False}
+    ) -> None:
-    if proxy:
+        names = [str(event.get("name") or "hosted_tool") for event in active_tools]
-        client_kwargs.update(proxy=proxy, trust_env=False)
+        super().__init__(
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(**client_kwargs) as client:
+            "xAI ended the response before its hosted tool completed: " + ", ".join(names)
-        response = await client.get(url, headers=headers)
-    if response.status_code != 200:
-        raw = response.content.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
-        raise _build_xai_http_error(response.status_code, response.headers, raw)
-    try:
-        payload = response.json()
-    except ValueError as exc:
-        raise RuntimeError("xAI model catalog returned invalid JSON.") from exc
-    return _parse_xai_model_capabilities(payload)
-
-
-def _parse_xai_model_capabilities(payload: Any) -> dict[str, bool]:
-    if isinstance(payload, dict):
-        payload = cast(dict[str, Any], payload)
-        rows: object = payload.get("data")
-        if not isinstance(rows, list):
-            rows = payload.get("models")
-    else:
-        rows = payload
-    if not isinstance(rows, list):
-        return {}
-
-    capabilities: dict[str, bool] = {}
-    for row_value in cast(list[object], rows):
-        if not isinstance(row_value, dict):
-            continue
-        row = cast(dict[str, Any], row_value)
-        meta_value = row.get("_meta")
-        meta = cast(dict[str, Any], meta_value) if isinstance(meta_value, dict) else {}
-        support_value = row.get("supportsBackendSearch")
-        if not isinstance(support_value, bool):
-            support_value = row.get("supports_backend_search")
-        if not isinstance(support_value, bool):
-            support_value = meta.get("supportsBackendSearch")
-        if not isinstance(support_value, bool):
-            support_value = meta.get("supports_backend_search")
-        supports_backend_search = support_value if isinstance(support_value, bool) else False
-
-        identifiers = (
-            row.get("model"),
-            row.get("modelId"),
-            row.get("id"),
-            meta.get("model"),
-            meta.get("modelId"),
         )
-        for identifier in identifiers:
+        self.tool_names = tuple(names)
-            if isinstance(identifier, str) and identifier.strip():
+        self.usage = usage
-                capabilities[_strip_model_prefix(identifier.strip())] = supports_backend_search
+        self.stream_output_emitted = stream_output_emitted
-    return capabilities
 
 
 async def _request_xai(
@@ -438,10 +372,39 @@ async def _request_xai(
     on_thinking_delta: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
     on_tool_call_delta: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
 ) -> tuple[str, list[ToolCallRequest], str, LLMUsage | None, str | None]:
+    active_hosted_tools: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    stream_output_emitted = False
+
+    async def _forward_content_delta(delta: str) -> None:
+        nonlocal stream_output_emitted
+        if delta:
+            stream_output_emitted = True
+        if on_content_delta is not None:
+            await on_content_delta(delta)
+
+    async def _forward_thinking_delta(delta: str) -> None:
+        nonlocal stream_output_emitted
+        if delta:
+            stream_output_emitted = True
+        if on_thinking_delta is not None:
+            await on_thinking_delta(delta)
+
+    async def _track_and_forward_tool_event(event: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        if event.get("kind") == "hosted_tool":
+            call_id = event.get("call_id")
+            if call_id:
+                call_id = str(call_id)
+                if event.get("phase") == "start":
+                    active_hosted_tools[call_id] = dict(event)
+                elif event.get("phase") in {"end", "error"}:
+                    active_hosted_tools.pop(call_id, None)
+        if on_tool_call_delta is not None:
+            await on_tool_call_delta(event)
+
     async def _on_response_event(event: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         hosted_event = _xai_hosted_tool_event(event)
-        if hosted_event is not None and on_tool_call_delta is not None:
+        if hosted_event is not None:
-            await on_tool_call_delta(hosted_event)
+            await _track_and_forward_tool_event(hosted_event)
 
     client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"timeout": resolve_stream_idle_timeout_s()}
     if proxy:
@@ -452,13 +415,34 @@ async def _request_xai(
                 content = await response.aread()
                 raw = content.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
                 raise _build_xai_http_error(response.status_code, response.headers, raw)
-            return await consume_sse_with_reasoning(
+            result = await consume_sse_with_reasoning(
                 response,
-                on_content_delta=on_content_delta,
+                on_content_delta=(_forward_content_delta if on_content_delta is not None else None),
-                on_tool_call_delta=on_tool_call_delta,
+                # Always observe tool events so protocol validation also works for
-                on_reasoning_delta=on_thinking_delta,
+                # non-streaming callers that did not request UI progress callbacks.
-                on_response_event=_on_response_event if on_tool_call_delta else None,
+                on_tool_call_delta=_track_and_forward_tool_event,
+                on_reasoning_delta=(
+                    _forward_thinking_delta if on_thinking_delta is not None else None
+                ),
+                on_response_event=_on_response_event,
             )
+            if result[2] != "error" and active_hosted_tools:
+                active = list(active_hosted_tools.values())
+                for event in active:
+                    await _track_and_forward_tool_event(
+                        {
+                            **event,
+                            "phase": "error",
+                            "result": None,
+                            "error": "xAI ended the response before this hosted tool completed.",
+                        }
+                    )
+                raise _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError(
+                    active,
+                    usage=result[3],
+                    stream_output_emitted=stream_output_emitted,
+                )
+            return result
 
 
 def _xai_hosted_tool_event(event: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
@@ -472,19 +456,33 @@ def _xai_hosted_tool_event(event: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
             "phase": "start",
             "call_id": str(call_id),
             "name": "x_search",
-            "arguments": _xai_hosted_tool_arguments(
+            "arguments": _xai_hosted_tool_arguments(event.get("input", event.get("arguments"))),
-                event.get("input", event.get("arguments"))
-            ),
             "result": None,
         }
 
-    if event_type != "response.output_item.done":
+    if event_type not in {"response.output_item.added", "response.output_item.done"}:
         return None
     item = event.get("item")
     if not isinstance(item, dict):
         return None
     item = cast(dict[str, Any], item)
-    if item.get("type") != "custom_tool_call":
+    item_type = item.get("type")
+    if item_type == "x_search_call":
+        call_id = item.get("id") or item.get("call_id") or event.get("item_id")
+        if not call_id:
+            return None
+        phase = "start" if event_type == "response.output_item.added" else "end"
+        return {
+            "kind": "hosted_tool",
+            "phase": phase,
+            "call_id": str(call_id),
+            "name": "x_search",
+            "arguments": _xai_hosted_tool_arguments(item.get("action")),
+            "result": (
+                {"status": str(item.get("status") or "completed")} if phase == "end" else None
+            ),
+        }
+    if event_type != "response.output_item.done" or item_type != "custom_tool_call":
         return None
     tool_name = item.get("name")
     if not isinstance(tool_name, str) or not tool_name.startswith("x_"):
@@ -497,9 +495,7 @@ def _xai_hosted_tool_event(event: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
         "phase": "end",
         "call_id": str(call_id),
         "name": "x_search",
-        "arguments": _xai_hosted_tool_arguments(
+        "arguments": _xai_hosted_tool_arguments(item.get("input", item.get("arguments"))),
-            item.get("input", item.get("arguments"))
-        ),
         # Keep the useful search subtype, but do not persist large hosted results
         # in WebUI activity messages. The model answer already carries citations.
         "result": {"name": tool_name},
@@ -608,6 +604,8 @@ def _xai_error_response(exc: Exception) -> LLMResponse:
         should_retry = True if should_retry is None else should_retry
     elif isinstance(exc, _XAIHTTPError):
         error_kind = "http"
+    elif isinstance(exc, _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError):
+        error_kind = "provider"
     if status_code is not None and should_retry is None:
         should_retry = _should_retry_status(
             int(status_code),
@@ -617,9 +615,11 @@ def _xai_error_response(exc: Exception) -> LLMResponse:
         )
     message = str(exc).strip() or "unexpected error"
     retry_after = getattr(exc, "retry_after", None)
+    usage = getattr(exc, "usage", None)
     return LLMResponse(
         content=f"Error calling xAI ({type(exc).__name__}): {message}",
         finish_reason="error",
+        usage=usage if isinstance(usage, LLMUsage) else None,
         retry_after=retry_after,
         error_status_code=int(status_code) if status_code is not None else None,
         error_kind=error_kind,
@@ -647,3 +647,209 @@ def _should_retry_status(
             )
         )
     return status_code in LLMProvider._RETRYABLE_STATUS_CODES or status_code >= 500  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage]
+
+
+def get_xai_grok_model_catalog(proxy: str | None = None) -> OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot:
+    token = get_xai_oauth_login_status()
+    account_key = _catalog_account_key(getattr(token, "account_id", None))
+    cache_key = f"{get_xai_oauth_storage_path()}\0{account_key}\0{proxy or ''}"
+    return _XAI_GROK_MODEL_CATALOG.get(cache_key=cache_key, proxy=proxy)
+
+
+def invalidate_xai_grok_model_catalog() -> None:
+    _XAI_GROK_MODEL_CATALOG.invalidate()
+
+
+def _fetch_xai_grok_models(proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    token = get_xai_oauth_token(proxy=proxy)
+    client_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"timeout": 10.0, "follow_redirects": False}
+    if proxy:
+        client_kwargs.update(proxy=proxy, trust_env=False)
+    with httpx.Client(**client_kwargs) as client:
+        response = client.get(
+            DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL,
+            headers=_build_xai_model_headers(token.access, token.account_id),
+        )
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    return _parse_xai_grok_models(response.json())
+
+
+def _parse_xai_grok_models(payload: Any) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    if isinstance(payload, dict):
+        payload_mapping = cast(dict[str, Any], payload)
+        rows: object = payload_mapping.get("data")
+        if not isinstance(rows, list):
+            rows = payload_mapping.get("models")
+    else:
+        rows = payload
+    if not isinstance(rows, list):
+        return ()
+
+    fallback_models = _oauth_fallback_models("xai_grok")
+    fallback_by_id = {model.id.split("/", 1)[-1]: model for model in fallback_models}
+    models: list[ProviderModelSpec] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for value in cast(list[object], rows):
+        if not isinstance(value, dict):
+            continue
+        row = cast(dict[str, Any], value)
+        meta = _catalog_mapping(row.get("_meta"))
+        raw_id = next(
+            (
+                candidate.strip()
+                for candidate in (
+                    row.get("id"),
+                    row.get("model"),
+                    row.get("modelId"),
+                    row.get("name"),
+                    meta.get("id"),
+                    meta.get("model"),
+                    meta.get("modelId"),
+                )
+                if isinstance(candidate, str) and candidate.strip()
+            ),
+            None,
+        )
+        if raw_id is None:
+            continue
+        wire_id = raw_id.split("/", 1)[-1]
+        if wire_id in seen:
+            continue
+        seen.add(wire_id)
+        fallback = fallback_by_id.get(wire_id)
+        label = _catalog_first_text(row, "display_name", "label", "name") or _catalog_first_text(
+            meta,
+            "display_name",
+            "label",
+            "name",
+        )
+        if not label or label == raw_id:
+            label = fallback.label if fallback is not None else wire_id
+        models.append(
+            ProviderModelSpec(
+                id=f"xai-grok/{wire_id}",
+                label=label,
+                description=(
+                    _catalog_first_text(row, "description")
+                    or _catalog_first_text(meta, "description")
+                    or (fallback.description if fallback is not None else "")
+                ),
+                owned_by=(
+                    _catalog_first_text(row, "owned_by", "owner", "organization")
+                    or _catalog_first_text(meta, "owned_by", "owner", "organization")
+                    or (fallback.owned_by if fallback is not None else "xAI")
+                ),
+                context_window=(
+                    _catalog_positive_int(row, "context_window", "context_length")
+                    or _catalog_positive_int(meta, "context_window", "context_length")
+                    or (fallback.context_window if fallback is not None else None)
+                ),
+                reasoning_efforts=_catalog_reasoning_efforts(
+                    row.get("reasoning_efforts", meta.get("reasoning_efforts"))
+                ),
+                supports_backend_search=_catalog_bool_field(
+                    row,
+                    "supports_backend_search",
+                    "supportsBackendSearch",
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+    return tuple(models)
+
+
+def _build_xai_model_headers(access_token: str, account_id: str | None) -> dict[str, str]:
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
+        "X-XAI-Token-Auth": "xai-grok-cli",
+        "x-grok-client-version": XAI_CLIENT_VERSION,
+        "x-grok-client-identifier": "nanobot",
+        "x-grok-client-mode": "headless",
+        "User-Agent": f"nanobot/{__version__} (python)",
+        "accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    claims = _decode_access_token_claims(access_token)
+    user_id = claims.get("sub")
+    if claims.get("principal_type") == "Team":
+        user_id = claims.get("principal_id") or user_id
+    if isinstance(user_id, str) and user_id:
+        headers["x-userid"] = user_id
+    email = claims.get("email")
+    if not isinstance(email, str) or "@" not in email:
+        email = account_id if account_id and "@" in account_id else None
+    if email:
+        headers["x-email"] = email
+    return headers
+
+
+def _decode_access_token_claims(token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    parts = token.split(".")
+    if len(parts) < 2 or not parts[1]:
+        return {}
+    try:
+        decoded = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(parts[1] + "=" * (-len(parts[1]) % 4))
+        claims = json.loads(decoded)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return {}
+    return cast(dict[str, Any], claims) if isinstance(claims, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _oauth_fallback_models(provider_name: str) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+    spec = find_by_name(provider_name)
+    assert spec is not None
+    return spec.builtin_models
+
+
+def _catalog_account_key(account_id: object) -> str:
+    value = account_id if isinstance(account_id, str) else ""
+    return hashlib.sha256(value.encode()).hexdigest()[:16] if value else "anonymous"
+
+
+def _catalog_mapping(value: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return cast(dict[str, Any], value) if isinstance(value, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _catalog_first_text(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> str:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+            return value.strip()
+    return ""
+
+
+def _catalog_positive_int(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> int | None:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)) and not isinstance(value, bool) and value > 0:
+            return int(value)
+    return None
+
+
+def _catalog_bool_field(row: dict[str, Any], *keys: str) -> bool:
+    for key in keys:
+        value = row.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, bool):
+            return value
+    meta = row.get("_meta")
+    return _catalog_bool_field(_catalog_mapping(meta), *keys) if isinstance(meta, dict) else False
+
+
+def _catalog_reasoning_efforts(value: Any) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    if not isinstance(value, list):
+        return ()
+    efforts: list[str] = []
+    for item in cast(list[object], value):
+        if isinstance(item, str):
+            effort = item.strip()
+        elif isinstance(item, dict):
+            effort = _catalog_first_text(cast(dict[str, Any], item), "effort", "value", "id")
+        else:
+            effort = ""
+        if effort and effort not in efforts:
+            efforts.append(effort)
+    return tuple(efforts)
+
+
+_XAI_GROK_MODEL_CATALOG = OAuthModelCatalog(
+    fallback_models=_oauth_fallback_models("xai_grok"),
+    fetch=_fetch_xai_grok_models,
+)

nanobot/session/manager.py

@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ def _json_object(value: object) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return cast(dict[str, Any], value)
 
 
+def _archive_offset(data: dict[str, Any]) -> int:
+    """Read the Memory archive watermark across the field-name migration."""
+    for key in ("last_archived", "last_consolidated"):
+        offset = cast(object, data.get(key))
+        if isinstance(offset, int) and not isinstance(offset, bool):
+            return offset
+    return 0
+
+
 # TODO(0.3.2): Remove the write_stdin replay migration after 0.3.1.
 def _migrate_legacy_exec_arguments(container: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
     raw_arguments = cast(object, container.get("arguments"))
@@ -277,7 +286,10 @@ class Session:
     created_at: datetime = field(default_factory=datetime.now)
     updated_at: datetime = field(default_factory=datetime.now)
     metadata: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
-    last_consolidated: int = 0  # Number of messages already consolidated to files
+    # Legacy storage name for the Memory ingestion watermark. New code should
+    # use ``last_archived`` so this progress is not confused with model-context
+    # compaction. Keep the field while persisted sessions and SDK callers migrate.
+    last_consolidated: int = 0
     provider_state: ProviderConversationState | None = field(default=None, repr=False)
     policy: SessionPolicy = field(default_factory=SessionPolicy, repr=False, compare=False)
 
@@ -295,6 +307,15 @@ class Session:
         ):
             self.last_consolidated = 0
 
+    @property
+    def last_archived(self) -> int:
+        """Number of transcript messages already written to the Memory journal."""
+        return self.last_consolidated
+
+    @last_archived.setter
+    def last_archived(self, value: int) -> None:
+        self.last_consolidated = value
+
     def add_message(self, role: str, content: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Add a message to the session."""
         msg = {
@@ -319,9 +340,9 @@ class Session:
         A positive ``max_messages`` applies an explicit caller-owned count
         limit. The normal model path relies on ``max_tokens`` instead.
         """
-        replay_start = self.last_consolidated
+        replay_start = self.last_archived
         if replay_start:
-            # ``last_consolidated`` is archive progress, not a replay boundary.
+            # ``last_archived`` is archive progress, not a replay boundary.
             # Keep a small raw suffix for continuity, extending back to the user
             # that started an assistant/tool sequence when necessary.
             recent_start = recent_message_start_index(
@@ -335,8 +356,8 @@ class Session:
         if max_messages <= 0:
             start_idx = 0
         else:
-            unarchived_count = len(self.messages) - self.last_consolidated
+            unarchived_count = len(self.messages) - self.last_archived
-            if replay_start < self.last_consolidated and unarchived_count < max_messages:
+            if replay_start < self.last_archived and unarchived_count < max_messages:
                 # The archived replay suffix can exceed the nominal count when one
                 # tool-heavy turn spans the boundary. Preserve that complete turn.
                 start_idx = 0
@@ -459,7 +480,7 @@ class Session:
     def clear(self) -> None:
         """Clear all messages and reset session to initial state."""
         self.messages = []
-        self.last_consolidated = 0
+        self.last_archived = 0
         self.provider_state = None
         self.updated_at = datetime.now()
         self.metadata.pop("_last_summary", None)
@@ -474,11 +495,11 @@ class Session:
 
         Returns a RetentionResult with dropped messages and how many of those
         were in the already-consolidated prefix. This method mutates
-        self.messages and self.last_consolidated in place.
+        self.messages and self.last_archived in place.
         """
         if max_messages <= 0:
             dropped = list(self.messages)
-            lc = self.last_consolidated
+            lc = self.last_archived
             self.clear()
             return RetentionResult(
                 dropped=dropped,
@@ -491,7 +512,7 @@ class Session:
             )
 
         original = list(self.messages)
-        before_lc = self.last_consolidated
+        before_lc = self.last_archived
 
         start_idx = max(0, len(self.messages) - max_messages)
         if extend_to_user:
@@ -551,7 +572,7 @@ class Session:
             if i < before_lc and id(m) not in retained_ids
         )
 
-        # New last_consolidated = count of retained messages that were inside
+        # New last_archived = count of retained messages that were inside
         # the old consolidated prefix.
         new_lc = sum(
             1 for i, m in enumerate(original)
@@ -559,7 +580,7 @@ class Session:
         )
 
         self.messages = retained
-        self.last_consolidated = new_lc
+        self.last_archived = new_lc
         if dropped:
             self.provider_state = None
         self.updated_at = datetime.now()
@@ -1167,12 +1188,7 @@ class JsonlSessionStore:
                             if isinstance(updated_at_value, str) and updated_at_value
                             else None
                         )
-                        offset = cast(object, data.get("last_consolidated", 0))
+                        last_consolidated = _archive_offset(data)
-                        last_consolidated = (
-                            offset
-                            if isinstance(offset, int) and not isinstance(offset, bool)
-                            else 0
-                        )
                     elif record_type == _PROVIDER_STATE_RECORD_TYPE:
                         provider_state = ProviderConversationState.from_private_record(
                             data.get("state")
@@ -1254,12 +1270,7 @@ class JsonlSessionStore:
                         if isinstance(updated_at_value, str) and updated_at_value:
                             with suppress(ValueError):
                                 updated_at = datetime.fromisoformat(updated_at_value)
-                        offset = cast(object, data.get("last_consolidated", 0))
+                        last_consolidated = _archive_offset(data)
-                        last_consolidated = (
-                            offset
-                            if isinstance(offset, int) and not isinstance(offset, bool)
-                            else 0
-                        )
                     elif record_type == _PROVIDER_STATE_RECORD_TYPE:
                         candidate = ProviderConversationState.from_private_record(
                             data.get("state")
@@ -1419,6 +1430,9 @@ class JsonlSessionStore:
                     "created_at": session.created_at.isoformat(),
                     "updated_at": session.updated_at.isoformat(),
                     "metadata": session.metadata,
+                    "last_archived": session.last_archived,
+                    # Keep old nanobot releases able to read sessions written
+                    # during the field-name migration.
                     "last_consolidated": session.last_consolidated,
                 }
                 f.write(json.dumps(metadata_line, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
@@ -2011,8 +2025,8 @@ class SessionManager:
         for key in _FORK_VOLATILE_METADATA_KEYS:
             metadata.pop(key, None)
 
-        last_consolidated = min(source.last_consolidated, len(copied))
+        last_consolidated = min(source.last_archived, len(copied))
-        if source.last_consolidated > len(copied):
+        if source.last_archived > len(copied):
             metadata.pop("_last_summary", None)
             last_consolidated = 0
 

nanobot/templates/agent/consolidator_archive.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Use [skip] unless a fact meets all SNIP criteria:
 - Important: prevents rework or captures preferences / rules
 - Persistent: still relevant after 2 weeks
 
+Also preserve a compact working-state handoff even when it is not Persistent: the active objective, current status, completed steps, unresolved blockers, next action, and exact identifiers needed to continue without rework. Mark these facts [ephemeral].
+
 Format each fact as:
 - [mark] fact content
 

nanobot/webui/session_context.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def session_context_payload(session: Session) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "schema_version": 1,
         "session_key": session.key,
         "total_messages": len(session.messages),
-        "archived_messages": min(session.last_consolidated, len(session.messages)),
+        "archived_messages": min(session.last_archived, len(session.messages)),
         "replay_messages": len(replay),
         "estimated_replay_tokens": replay_tokens,
         "estimated_summary_tokens": summary_tokens,

nanobot/webui/settings_models.py

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ from nanobot.config.loader import resolve_config_env_vars
 from nanobot.config.schema import Config, FallbackCandidate, ModelPresetConfig, ProviderConfig
 from nanobot.providers.image_generation import get_image_gen_provider
 from nanobot.providers.oauth_guidance import OAUTH_CLI_KIT_MISSING_MESSAGE
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import (
+    get_oauth_model_catalog,
+    invalidate_oauth_model_catalog,
+)
 from nanobot.providers.registry import PROVIDERS, create_dynamic_spec, find_by_name
 from nanobot.webui.settings_contracts import (
     QueryParams,
@@ -661,6 +665,30 @@ def provider_models_payload(
             "models": rows,
             "model_count": len(rows),
         }
+    if catalog_kind == "hybrid":
+        proxy = _resolve_env_placeholders(provider_config.proxy)
+        catalog = get_oauth_model_catalog(spec.name, proxy=proxy)
+        rows = [
+            {
+                "id": model.id,
+                "label": model.label or None,
+                "description": model.description or None,
+                "owned_by": model.owned_by or spec.label,
+                "context_window": model.context_window,
+                "reasoning_efforts": list(model.reasoning_efforts),
+                "supports_backend_search": model.supports_backend_search,
+            }
+            for model in catalog.models
+        ]
+        return {
+            **base_payload,
+            "status": "available",
+            "source": catalog.source,
+            "models": rows,
+            "model_count": len(rows),
+            "message": catalog.message,
+            "fetched_at": catalog.fetched_at,
+        }
 
     api_base = _resolve_env_placeholders(provider_config.api_base) or spec.default_api_base
     if spec.name == "openai" and not api_base:
@@ -1506,6 +1534,7 @@ def login_oauth_provider(
             token = login_github_copilot(print_fn=lambda _message: None)
         if not (token and token.access):
             raise WebUISettingsError("OAuth login failed", status=401)
+        invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(spec.name)
         return settings_payload(config_path=config_path)
 
     if spec.name == "xai_grok":
@@ -1591,6 +1620,7 @@ def complete_oauth_provider(
     oauth_flows.remove(spec.name, flow_id, flow, cancel=False)
     if not token.access:
         raise WebUISettingsError("OAuth login failed", status=401)
+    invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(spec.name)
     return settings_payload(config_path=config_path)
 
 
@@ -1629,6 +1659,7 @@ def logout_oauth_provider(
 
         oauth_flows.clear(spec.name)
         logout_xai_oauth()
+        invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(spec.name)
         return settings_payload(config_path=config_path)
     else:
         raise WebUISettingsError("OAuth logout is not supported for this provider")
@@ -1636,6 +1667,7 @@ def logout_oauth_provider(
     for path in (token_path, token_path.with_suffix(".lock")):
         with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
             path.unlink()
+    invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(spec.name)
     return settings_payload(config_path=config_path)
 
 

tests/agent/test_auto_compact.py

@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ def _make_fake_compact(
         state["count"] += 1
         session = loop.sessions.get_or_create(key)
 
-        tail = list(session.messages[session.last_consolidated:])
+        tail = list(session.messages[session.last_archived:])
         if not tail:
             loop.sessions.save(session)
             return ""
-        archive_end = session.last_consolidated + len(tail)
+        archive_end = session.last_archived + len(tail)
         archive_msgs = tail
 
         last_active = session.updated_at
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def _make_fake_compact(
                 "last_active": last_active.isoformat(),
             }
 
-        session.last_consolidated = archive_end
+        session.last_archived = archive_end
         loop.sessions.save(session)
         return s
 
@@ -399,12 +399,12 @@ class TestAutoCompact:
         await loop.aclose()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_auto_compact_respects_last_consolidated(self, tmp_path):
+    async def test_auto_compact_respects_last_archived(self, tmp_path):
-        """_archive should only archive un-consolidated messages."""
+        """_archive should process only unarchived messages."""
         loop = _make_loop(tmp_path, session_ttl_minutes=15)
         session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
         _add_turns(session, 14)
-        session.last_consolidated = 18
+        session.last_archived = 18
         loop.sessions.save(session)
 
         archived_messages = []

tests/agent/test_autocompact_unit.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def _runtime(_session: Session | None = None):
 def _make_session(
     key: str = "cli:test",
     messages: list | None = None,
-    last_consolidated: int = 0,
+    last_archived: int = 0,
     updated_at: datetime | None = None,
     metadata: dict | None = None,
 ) -> Session:
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ def _make_session(
         key=key,
         messages=messages or [],
         metadata=metadata or {},
-        last_consolidated=last_consolidated,
     )
+    session.last_archived = last_archived
     if updated_at is not None:
         session.updated_at = updated_at
     return session
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class TestCheckExpired:
         last_active = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 10, 0, 0)
         session = _make_session("cli:done", updated_at=last_active)
         _add_turns(session, 2)
-        session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages)
+        session.last_archived = len(session.messages)
         mock_sm.list_sessions.return_value = [
             {"key": "cli:done", "updated_at": last_active.isoformat()},
         ]

tests/agent/test_consolidate_offset.py

@@ -1,650 +0,0 @@
-"""Test session management with cache-friendly message handling."""
-
-import asyncio
-from collections.abc import Coroutine
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
-
-import pytest
-
-from nanobot.session.manager import Session, SessionManager
-
-# Test constants
-MEMORY_WINDOW = 50
-KEEP_COUNT = MEMORY_WINDOW // 2  # 25
-
-
-def create_session_with_messages(key: str, count: int, role: str = "user") -> Session:
-    """Create a session and add the specified number of messages.
-
-    Args:
-        key: Session identifier
-        count: Number of messages to add
-        role: Message role (default: "user")
-
-    Returns:
-        Session with the specified messages
-    """
-    session = Session(key=key)
-    for i in range(count):
-        session.add_message(role, f"msg{i}")
-    return session
-
-
-def assert_messages_content(messages: list, start_index: int, end_index: int) -> None:
-    """Assert that messages contain expected content from start to end index.
-
-    Args:
-        messages: List of message dictionaries
-        start_index: Expected first message index
-        end_index: Expected last message index
-    """
-    assert len(messages) > 0
-    assert messages[0]["content"] == f"msg{start_index}"
-    assert messages[-1]["content"] == f"msg{end_index}"
-
-
-def get_old_messages(session: Session, last_consolidated: int, keep_count: int) -> list:
-    """Extract messages that would be consolidated using the standard slice logic.
-
-    Args:
-        session: The session containing messages
-        last_consolidated: Index of last consolidated message
-        keep_count: Number of recent messages to keep
-
-    Returns:
-        List of messages that would be consolidated
-    """
-    return session.messages[last_consolidated:-keep_count]
-
-
-class TestSessionLastConsolidated:
-    """Test last_consolidated tracking to avoid duplicate processing."""
-
-    def test_initial_last_consolidated_zero(self) -> None:
-        """Test that new session starts with last_consolidated=0."""
-        session = Session(key="test:initial")
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 0
-
-    def test_last_consolidated_persistence(self, tmp_path) -> None:
-        """Test that last_consolidated persists across save/load."""
-        manager = SessionManager(Path(tmp_path))
-        session1 = create_session_with_messages("test:persist", 20)
-        session1.last_consolidated = 15
-        manager.save(session1)
-
-        session2 = manager.get_or_create("test:persist")
-        assert session2.last_consolidated == 15
-        assert len(session2.messages) == 20
-
-    def test_clear_resets_last_consolidated(self) -> None:
-        """Test that clear() resets last_consolidated to 0."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:clear", 10)
-        session.last_consolidated = 5
-
-        session.clear()
-        assert len(session.messages) == 0
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 0
-
-
-class TestSessionImmutableHistory:
-    """Test Session message immutability for cache efficiency."""
-
-    def test_initial_state(self) -> None:
-        """Test that new session has empty messages list."""
-        session = Session(key="test:initial")
-        assert len(session.messages) == 0
-
-    def test_add_messages_appends_only(self) -> None:
-        """Test that adding messages only appends, never modifies."""
-        session = Session(key="test:preserve")
-        session.add_message("user", "msg1")
-        session.add_message("assistant", "resp1")
-        session.add_message("user", "msg2")
-        assert len(session.messages) == 3
-        assert session.messages[0]["content"] == "msg1"
-
-    def test_get_history_returns_most_recent(self) -> None:
-        """Test get_history returns the most recent messages."""
-        session = Session(key="test:history")
-        for i in range(10):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
-
-        history = session.get_history(max_messages=6)
-        assert len(history) == 6
-        assert history[0]["content"] == "msg7"
-        assert history[-1]["content"] == "resp9"
-
-    def test_get_history_with_all_messages(self) -> None:
-        """Test get_history with max_messages larger than actual."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:all", 5)
-        history = session.get_history(max_messages=100)
-        assert len(history) == 5
-        assert history[0]["content"] == "msg0"
-
-    def test_get_history_stable_for_same_session(self) -> None:
-        """Test that get_history returns same content for same max_messages."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:stable", 20)
-        history1 = session.get_history(max_messages=10)
-        history2 = session.get_history(max_messages=10)
-        assert history1 == history2
-
-    def test_messages_list_never_modified(self) -> None:
-        """Test that messages list is never modified after creation."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:immutable", 5)
-        original_len = len(session.messages)
-
-        session.get_history(max_messages=2)
-        assert len(session.messages) == original_len
-
-        for _ in range(10):
-            session.get_history(max_messages=3)
-        assert len(session.messages) == original_len
-
-
-class TestSessionPersistence:
-    """Test Session persistence and reload."""
-
-    @pytest.fixture
-    def temp_manager(self, tmp_path):
-        return SessionManager(Path(tmp_path))
-
-    def test_persistence_roundtrip(self, temp_manager):
-        """Test that messages persist across save/load."""
-        session1 = create_session_with_messages("test:persistence", 20)
-        temp_manager.save(session1)
-
-        session2 = temp_manager.get_or_create("test:persistence")
-        assert len(session2.messages) == 20
-        assert session2.messages[0]["content"] == "msg0"
-        assert session2.messages[-1]["content"] == "msg19"
-
-    def test_get_history_after_reload(self, temp_manager):
-        """Test that get_history works correctly after reload."""
-        session1 = create_session_with_messages("test:reload", 30)
-        temp_manager.save(session1)
-
-        session2 = temp_manager.get_or_create("test:reload")
-        history = session2.get_history(max_messages=10)
-        assert len(history) == 10
-        assert history[0]["content"] == "msg20"
-        assert history[-1]["content"] == "msg29"
-
-    def test_clear_resets_session(self, temp_manager):
-        """Test that clear() properly resets session."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:clear", 10)
-        assert len(session.messages) == 10
-
-        session.clear()
-        assert len(session.messages) == 0
-
-
-class TestConsolidationTriggerConditions:
-    """Test consolidation trigger conditions and logic."""
-
-    def test_consolidation_needed_when_messages_exceed_window(self):
-        """Test consolidation logic: should trigger when messages exceed the window."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:trigger", 60)
-
-        total_messages = len(session.messages)
-        messages_to_process = total_messages - session.last_consolidated
-
-        assert total_messages > MEMORY_WINDOW
-        assert messages_to_process > 0
-
-        expected_consolidate_count = total_messages - KEEP_COUNT
-        assert expected_consolidate_count == 35
-
-    def test_consolidation_skipped_when_within_keep_count(self):
-        """Test consolidation skipped when total messages <= keep_count."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:skip", 20)
-
-        total_messages = len(session.messages)
-        assert total_messages <= KEEP_COUNT
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-    def test_consolidation_skipped_when_no_new_messages(self):
-        """Test consolidation skipped when messages_to_process <= 0."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:already_consolidated", 40)
-        session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages) - KEEP_COUNT  # 15
-
-        # Add a few more messages
-        for i in range(40, 42):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-
-        total_messages = len(session.messages)
-        messages_to_process = total_messages - session.last_consolidated
-        assert messages_to_process > 0
-
-        # Simulate last_consolidated catching up
-        session.last_consolidated = total_messages - KEEP_COUNT
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-
-class TestLastConsolidatedEdgeCases:
-    """Test last_consolidated edge cases and data corruption scenarios."""
-
-    def test_last_consolidated_exceeds_message_count(self):
-        """Test behavior when last_consolidated > len(messages) (data corruption)."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:corruption", 10)
-        session.last_consolidated = 20
-
-        total_messages = len(session.messages)
-        messages_to_process = total_messages - session.last_consolidated
-        assert messages_to_process <= 0
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, 5)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-    def test_last_consolidated_negative_value(self):
-        """Test behavior with negative last_consolidated (invalid state)."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:negative", 10)
-        session.last_consolidated = -5
-
-        keep_count = 3
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, keep_count)
-
-        # messages[-5:-3] with 10 messages gives indices 5,6
-        assert len(old_messages) == 2
-        assert old_messages[0]["content"] == "msg5"
-        assert old_messages[-1]["content"] == "msg6"
-
-    def test_messages_added_after_consolidation(self):
-        """Test correct behavior when new messages arrive after consolidation."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:new_messages", 40)
-        session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages) - KEEP_COUNT  # 15
-
-        # Add new messages after consolidation
-        for i in range(40, 50):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-
-        total_messages = len(session.messages)
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        expected_consolidate_count = total_messages - KEEP_COUNT - session.last_consolidated
-
-        assert len(old_messages) == expected_consolidate_count
-        assert_messages_content(old_messages, 15, 24)
-
-    def test_slice_behavior_when_indices_overlap(self):
-        """Test slice behavior when last_consolidated >= total - keep_count."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:overlap", 30)
-        session.last_consolidated = 12
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, 20)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-
-class TestArchiveAllMode:
-    """Test archive_all mode (used by /new command)."""
-
-    def test_archive_all_consolidates_everything(self):
-        """Test archive_all=True consolidates all messages."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:archive_all", 50)
-
-        archive_all = True
-        if archive_all:
-            old_messages = session.messages
-            assert len(old_messages) == 50
-
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 0
-
-    def test_archive_all_resets_last_consolidated(self):
-        """Test that archive_all mode resets last_consolidated to 0."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:reset", 40)
-        session.last_consolidated = 15
-
-        archive_all = True
-        if archive_all:
-            session.last_consolidated = 0
-
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 0
-        assert len(session.messages) == 40
-
-    def test_archive_all_vs_normal_consolidation(self):
-        """Test difference between archive_all and normal consolidation."""
-        # Normal consolidation
-        session1 = create_session_with_messages("test:normal", 60)
-        session1.last_consolidated = len(session1.messages) - KEEP_COUNT
-
-        # archive_all mode
-        session2 = create_session_with_messages("test:all", 60)
-        session2.last_consolidated = 0
-
-        assert session1.last_consolidated == 35
-        assert len(session1.messages) == 60
-        assert session2.last_consolidated == 0
-        assert len(session2.messages) == 60
-
-
-class TestCacheImmutability:
-    """Test that consolidation doesn't modify session.messages (cache safety)."""
-
-    def test_consolidation_does_not_modify_messages_list(self):
-        """Test that consolidation leaves messages list unchanged."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:immutable", 50)
-
-        original_messages = session.messages.copy()
-        original_len = len(session.messages)
-        session.last_consolidated = original_len - KEEP_COUNT
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == original_len
-        assert session.messages == original_messages
-
-    def test_get_history_does_not_modify_messages(self):
-        """Test that get_history doesn't modify messages list."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:history_immutable", 40)
-        original_messages = [m.copy() for m in session.messages]
-
-        for _ in range(5):
-            history = session.get_history(max_messages=10)
-            assert len(history) == 10
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == 40
-        for i, msg in enumerate(session.messages):
-            assert msg["content"] == original_messages[i]["content"]
-
-    def test_consolidation_only_updates_last_consolidated(self):
-        """Test that consolidation only updates last_consolidated field."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:field_only", 60)
-
-        original_messages = session.messages.copy()
-        original_key = session.key
-        original_metadata = session.metadata.copy()
-
-        session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages) - KEEP_COUNT
-
-        assert session.messages == original_messages
-        assert session.key == original_key
-        assert session.metadata == original_metadata
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 35
-
-
-class TestSliceLogic:
-    """Test the slice logic: messages[last_consolidated:-keep_count]."""
-
-    def test_slice_extracts_correct_range(self):
-        """Test that slice extracts the correct message range."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:slice", 60)
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, 0, KEEP_COUNT)
-
-        assert len(old_messages) == 35
-        assert_messages_content(old_messages, 0, 34)
-
-        remaining = session.messages[-KEEP_COUNT:]
-        assert len(remaining) == 25
-        assert_messages_content(remaining, 35, 59)
-
-    def test_slice_with_partial_consolidation(self):
-        """Test slice when some messages already consolidated."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:partial", 70)
-
-        last_consolidated = 30
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-
-        assert len(old_messages) == 15
-        assert_messages_content(old_messages, 30, 44)
-
-    def test_slice_with_various_keep_counts(self):
-        """Test slice behavior with different keep_count values."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:keep_counts", 50)
-
-        test_cases = [(10, 40), (20, 30), (30, 20), (40, 10)]
-
-        for keep_count, expected_count in test_cases:
-            old_messages = session.messages[0:-keep_count]
-            assert len(old_messages) == expected_count
-
-    def test_slice_when_keep_count_exceeds_messages(self):
-        """Test slice when keep_count > len(messages)."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:exceed", 10)
-
-        old_messages = session.messages[0:-20]
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-
-class TestEmptyAndBoundarySessions:
-    """Test empty sessions and boundary conditions."""
-
-    def test_empty_session_consolidation(self):
-        """Test consolidation behavior with empty session."""
-        session = Session(key="test:empty")
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == 0
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 0
-
-        messages_to_process = len(session.messages) - session.last_consolidated
-        assert messages_to_process == 0
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-    def test_single_message_session(self):
-        """Test consolidation with single message."""
-        session = Session(key="test:single")
-        session.add_message("user", "only message")
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == 1
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-    def test_exactly_keep_count_messages(self):
-        """Test session with exactly keep_count messages."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:exact", KEEP_COUNT)
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == KEEP_COUNT
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 0
-
-    def test_just_over_keep_count(self):
-        """Test session with one message over keep_count."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:over", KEEP_COUNT + 1)
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == 26
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 1
-        assert old_messages[0]["content"] == "msg0"
-
-    def test_very_large_session(self):
-        """Test consolidation with very large message count."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:large", 1000)
-
-        assert len(session.messages) == 1000
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-        assert len(old_messages) == 975
-        assert_messages_content(old_messages, 0, 974)
-
-        remaining = session.messages[-KEEP_COUNT:]
-        assert len(remaining) == 25
-        assert_messages_content(remaining, 975, 999)
-
-    def test_session_with_gaps_in_consolidation(self):
-        """Test session with potential gaps in consolidation history."""
-        session = create_session_with_messages("test:gaps", 50)
-        session.last_consolidated = 10
-
-        # Add more messages
-        for i in range(50, 60):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-
-        old_messages = get_old_messages(session, session.last_consolidated, KEEP_COUNT)
-
-        expected_count = 60 - KEEP_COUNT - 10
-        assert len(old_messages) == expected_count
-        assert_messages_content(old_messages, 10, 34)
-
-
-class TestNewCommandArchival:
-    """Test /new archival behavior with the simplified consolidation flow."""
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _make_loop(tmp_path: Path):
-        from nanobot.agent.loop import AgentLoop
-        from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
-        from nanobot.providers.base import GenerationSettings, LLMResponse
-
-        bus = MessageBus()
-        provider = MagicMock()
-        provider.get_default_model.return_value = "test-model"
-        provider.estimate_prompt_tokens.return_value = (10_000, "test")
-        provider.generation = GenerationSettings(max_tokens=100)
-        loop = AgentLoop(
-            bus=bus,
-            provider=provider,
-            workspace=tmp_path,
-            model="test-model",
-            context_window_tokens=1,
-        )
-        loop.provider.chat_with_retry = AsyncMock(return_value=LLMResponse(content="ok", tool_calls=[]))
-        loop.tools.get_definitions = MagicMock(return_value=[])
-        return loop
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_new_clears_session_immediately_even_if_archive_fails(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
-        """/new clears session immediately; archive is fire-and-forget."""
-        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
-
-        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
-        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-        for i in range(5):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
-        loop.sessions.save(session)
-
-        call_count = 0
-        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
-
-        async def _failing_summarize(session, *, archive_end, runtime) -> None:
-            nonlocal call_count
-            assert runtime is expected_runtime
-            assert session.key == "cli:test"
-            assert archive_end == len(session.messages)
-            call_count += 1
-
-        loop.consolidator.archive_session = _failing_summarize  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-
-        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
-        response = await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
-
-        assert response is not None
-        assert "new session started" in response.content.lower()
-
-        session_after = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-        assert len(session_after.messages) == 0
-
-        await loop.aclose()
-        assert call_count == 1
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_new_reuses_replay_prefix_and_archives_only_unconsolidated_messages(
-        self,
-        tmp_path: Path,
-    ) -> None:
-        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
-
-        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
-        loop.set_runtime_context_window(128_000)
-        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-        for i in range(5):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
-        session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages) - 2
-        ordinary_history = session.get_history()
-        assert [message["content"] for message in ordinary_history] == [
-            "msg1",
-            "resp1",
-            "msg2",
-            "resp2",
-            "msg3",
-            "resp3",
-            "msg4",
-            "resp4",
-        ]
-        loop.sessions.save(session)
-
-        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
-        scheduled: list[Coroutine[Any, Any, object]] = []
-        loop.schedule_background = scheduled.append  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-
-        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
-        response = await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
-
-        assert response is not None
-        assert "new session started" in response.content.lower()
-
-        assert len(scheduled) == 1
-        await scheduled[0]
-        await loop.aclose()
-        sent = loop.provider.chat_with_retry.call_args.kwargs["messages"]
-        assert sent[1:-1] == ordinary_history
-        assert "final 2 conversation messages" in sent[-1]["content"]
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_new_clears_session_and_responds(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
-        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
-
-        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
-        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-        for i in range(3):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
-        loop.sessions.save(session)
-        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
-
-        async def _ok_summarize(session, *, archive_end, runtime) -> str:
-            assert runtime is expected_runtime
-            assert session.key == "cli:test"
-            assert archive_end == len(session.messages)
-            return "Summary."
-
-        loop.consolidator.archive_session = _ok_summarize  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-
-        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
-        response = await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
-
-        assert response is not None
-        assert "new session started" in response.content.lower()
-        assert loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test").messages == []
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_aclose_drains_background_tasks(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
-        """aclose waits for background tasks to complete."""
-        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
-
-        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
-        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-        for i in range(3):
-            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
-            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
-        loop.sessions.save(session)
-
-        archived = asyncio.Event()
-        release_archive = asyncio.Event()
-        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
-
-        async def _slow_summarize(session, *, archive_end, runtime) -> str:
-            assert runtime is expected_runtime
-            assert session.key == "cli:test"
-            assert archive_end == len(session.messages)
-            await release_archive.wait()
-            archived.set()
-            return "Summary."
-
-        loop.consolidator.archive_session = _slow_summarize  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-
-        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
-        await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
-
-        assert not archived.is_set()
-        release_archive.set()
-        await loop.aclose()
-        assert archived.is_set()

tests/agent/test_consolidation_ratio.py

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for configurable consolidation_ratio."""
-
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
-
-import pytest
-from pydantic import ValidationError
-
-import nanobot.agent.memory as memory_module
-from nanobot.agent.loop import AgentLoop
-from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
-from nanobot.config.schema import AgentDefaults
-from nanobot.providers.base import GenerationSettings, LLMResponse
-
-
-def _make_loop(
-    tmp_path,
-    *,
-    estimated_tokens: int = 0,
-    context_window_tokens: int = 200,
-    consolidation_ratio: float = 0.5,
-) -> AgentLoop:
-    provider = MagicMock()
-    provider.get_default_model.return_value = "test-model"
-    provider.generation = GenerationSettings(max_tokens=0)
-    provider.estimate_prompt_tokens.return_value = (estimated_tokens, "test-counter")
-    _response = LLMResponse(content="ok", tool_calls=[])
-    provider.chat_with_retry = AsyncMock(return_value=_response)
-    provider.chat_stream_with_retry = AsyncMock(return_value=_response)
-
-    loop = AgentLoop(
-        bus=MessageBus(),
-        provider=provider,
-        workspace=tmp_path,
-        model="test-model",
-        context_window_tokens=context_window_tokens,
-        consolidation_ratio=consolidation_ratio,
-    )
-    loop.tools.get_definitions = MagicMock(return_value=[])
-    loop.consolidator._SAFETY_BUFFER = 0
-    return loop
-
-
-def _session_with_turns(loop: AgentLoop, *, turns: int):
-    session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-    session.messages = []
-    for i in range(turns):
-        session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"u{i}", "timestamp": f"2026-01-01T00:00:{i:02d}"})
-        session.messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": f"a{i}", "timestamp": f"2026-01-01T00:01:{i:02d}"})
-    loop.sessions.save(session)
-    return session
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("ratio", "context_window_tokens", "estimates", "expected_archives"),
-    [
-        (0.5, 200, [250, 90], 1),
-        (0.1, 1000, [1200, 800, 400, 50], 2),
-        (0.9, 200, [300, 175], 1),
-    ],
-)
-async def test_consolidation_ratio_controls_target(
-    tmp_path,
-    monkeypatch,
-    ratio: float,
-    context_window_tokens: int,
-    estimates: list[int],
-    expected_archives: int,
-) -> None:
-    loop = _make_loop(
-        tmp_path,
-        context_window_tokens=context_window_tokens,
-        consolidation_ratio=ratio,
-    )
-    loop.consolidator.archive_session = AsyncMock(return_value=True)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-    session = _session_with_turns(loop, turns=10)
-
-    remaining_estimates = list(estimates)
-
-    runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
-
-    def mock_estimate(_session, *, runtime):
-        return (remaining_estimates.pop(0), "test")
-
-    loop.consolidator.estimate_session_prompt_tokens = mock_estimate  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda _m: 100)
-
-    await loop.consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(
-        session,
-        runtime=runtime,
-    )
-
-    assert loop.consolidator.archive_session.await_count == expected_archives
-
-
-def test_ratio_propagated_from_config_schema() -> None:
-    defaults = AgentDefaults()
-    assert defaults.consolidation_ratio == 0.5
-
-    defaults = AgentDefaults.model_validate({"consolidationRatio": 0.3})
-    assert defaults.consolidation_ratio == 0.3
-
-    dumped = defaults.model_dump(by_alias=True)
-    assert dumped["consolidationRatio"] == 0.3
-
-
-def test_ratio_validation_rejects_out_of_range() -> None:
-    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
-        AgentDefaults(consolidation_ratio=0.05)
-
-    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
-        AgentDefaults(consolidation_ratio=1.0)

tests/agent/test_consolidator.py

@@ -232,17 +232,19 @@ class TestConsolidatorSummarize:
 
 
 class TestConsolidatorPromptContract:
-    def test_archive_prompt_outputs_attribute_tags_without_missing_context_claims(self):
+    def test_archive_prompt_preserves_working_state_with_memory_facts(self):
         prompt = render_template("agent/consolidator_archive.md", strip=True, archive_count=4)
 
         assert "SNIP" in prompt
         assert "final 4 conversation messages" in prompt
         for mark in ("[permanent]", "[durable]", "[ephemeral]", "[correction]", "[skip]"):
             assert mark in prompt
-        assert "check context below" not in prompt.lower()
+        assert "working-state handoff" in prompt
+        assert "exact identifiers needed to continue without rework" in prompt
         assert "Do not output facts already present in the system prompt's Recent History" in prompt
         assert "Do not mark something [skip] merely because it might already exist" in prompt
 
+
 class TestConsolidatorArchiveErrorHandling:
     """archive() must fall back when the LLM does not complete its overview.
 
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
     ):
         """No consolidation when tokens are within budget."""
         session = MagicMock()
-        session.last_consolidated = 0
+        session.last_archived = 0
         session.messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
         session.key = "test:key"
         consolidator.sessions._session_cache[session.key] = session
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="counter failed"):
             await consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(session, runtime=runtime)
 
-    async def test_estimate_uses_full_unconsolidated_tail(self, consolidator, runtime):
+    async def test_estimate_uses_full_unarchived_tail(self, consolidator, runtime):
         """Consolidation pressure must account for the full unarchived tail."""
         session = Session(key="test:full-tail")
         for i in range(160):
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         session = Session(key="test:archived-replay")
         for i in range(10):
             session.add_message("user", f"msg-{i}")
-        session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages)
+        session.last_archived = len(session.messages)
 
         captured: dict[str, list[dict]] = {}
 
@@ -420,8 +422,8 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         consolidator.estimate_session_prompt_tokens = MagicMock(
             side_effect=[(1200, "tiktoken"), (400, "tiktoken")]
         )
-        consolidator.pick_consolidation_boundary = MagicMock(return_value=(50, 800))
+        consolidator.pick_consolidation_boundary = MagicMock(return_value=50)
-        consolidator._build_messages = MagicMock(side_effect=_build_test_messages)
+        consolidator.archiver._build_messages = MagicMock(side_effect=_build_test_messages)
         mock_provider.estimate_prompt_tokens.return_value = (100, "test-counter")
         mock_provider.chat_with_retry.return_value = LLMResponse(
             content="Token overflow summary.",
@@ -437,10 +439,10 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         assert "final 50 conversation messages" in request["messages"][-1]["content"]
         assert request["tools"] == []
         assert request["tool_choice"] == "none"
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 50
+        assert session.last_archived == 50
-        assert session.provider_state is None
+        assert session.provider_state == _provider_state()
 
-    async def test_raw_archive_fallback_advances_last_consolidated(
+    async def test_raw_archive_fallback_advances_archive_watermark(
         self, consolidator, runtime
     ):
         """When archive() falls back to raw-archive (LLM failed), the cursor
@@ -448,14 +450,12 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         on every subsequent maybe_consolidate_by_tokens() call, spamming
         duplicate [RAW] entries into history.jsonl."""
         consolidator._SAFETY_BUFFER = 0
-        session = MagicMock()
+        session = Session(key="test:key")
-        session.last_consolidated = 0
+        session.provider_state = _provider_state()
-        session.key = "test:key"
         session.messages = [
             {"role": "user" if i in {0, 50} else "assistant", "content": f"m{i}"}
             for i in range(70)
         ]
-        session.metadata = {}
         consolidator.sessions._session_cache[session.key] = session
         consolidator.estimate_session_prompt_tokens = MagicMock(
             side_effect=[(1200, "tiktoken"), (400, "tiktoken")]
@@ -467,8 +467,10 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
 
         consolidator.archive_session.assert_awaited_once()
         # The chunk is considered "materialized" (as a raw-archive breadcrumb),
-        # so last_consolidated must have moved past it.
+        # so the archive watermark must have moved past it without touching
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 50
+        # the provider-owned continuation state.
+        assert session.last_archived == 50
+        assert session.provider_state == _provider_state()
 
     async def test_raw_archive_fallback_breaks_round_loop(
         self, consolidator, runtime
@@ -477,7 +479,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         same maybe_consolidate_by_tokens invocation — bail after one fallback."""
         consolidator._SAFETY_BUFFER = 0
         session = MagicMock()
-        session.last_consolidated = 0
+        session.last_archived = 0
         session.key = "test:key"
         session.messages = [
             {"role": "user" if i in {0, 20, 40, 60} else "assistant", "content": f"m{i}"}
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
 
         await consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(session, runtime=runtime)
 
-        # Exactly one fallback per call — not _MAX_CONSOLIDATION_ROUNDS.
+        # The fixed policy archives at most one prefix per call.
         assert consolidator.archive_session.await_count == 1
 
     async def test_boundary_respected_when_no_intermediate_user_turn(
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         """When boundary points past a long tool chain, the full chunk is archived."""
         consolidator._SAFETY_BUFFER = 0
         session = MagicMock()
-        session.last_consolidated = 0
+        session.last_archived = 0
         session.key = "test:key"
         session.messages = [
             {
@@ -520,8 +522,8 @@ class TestConsolidatorTokenBudget:
         await consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(session, runtime=runtime)
 
         consolidator.archive_session.assert_awaited_once()
-        # pick_consolidation_boundary finds the only boundary at idx=61
+        # The fixed recent tail expands backward to the user at idx=61.
-        assert session.last_consolidated == 61
+        assert session.last_archived == 61
 
 
 class TestCompactIdleSession:
@@ -575,8 +577,8 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
         assert len(reloaded.messages) == 40
         assert reloaded.messages[0]["content"] == "user msg 0"
-        assert reloaded.last_consolidated == 40
+        assert reloaded.last_archived == 40
-        assert reloaded.provider_state is None
+        assert reloaded.provider_state == _provider_state()
         visible = reloaded.get_history(max_messages=40)
         assert len(visible) == 8
         assert visible[0]["content"] == "user msg 16"
@@ -608,7 +610,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         mock_provider.chat_with_retry.assert_awaited_once()
         assert len(store.read_unprocessed_history(since_cursor=0)) == 1
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:short")
-        assert reloaded.last_consolidated == 2
+        assert reloaded.last_archived == 2
         assert [message["content"] for message in reloaded.get_history()] == ["hello", "hi"]
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -640,7 +642,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
             "second assistant",
         ]
         assert "final 2 conversation messages" in latest_messages[-1]["content"]
-        assert sessions.get_or_create("cli:incremental").last_consolidated == 4
+        assert sessions.get_or_create("cli:incremental").last_archived == 4
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_concurrent_append_remains_unarchived(
@@ -664,13 +666,13 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
 
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:concurrent")
         assert len(reloaded.messages) == 4
-        assert reloaded.last_consolidated == 2
+        assert reloaded.last_archived == 2
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_summarizes_retained_suffix_not_just_dropped_prefix(
         self, real_consolidator, mock_provider, runtime
     ):
-        """idleCompact must summarize over the full unconsolidated tail, including
+        """idleCompact must summarize over the full unarchived tail, including
         the recent suffix it retains. Otherwise a late user correction / final
         result that lands in the kept suffix is excluded from the persisted
         summary, leaving a stale wrong conclusion in history. Regression for #4264."""
@@ -705,6 +707,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         mock_provider.chat_with_retry.side_effect = RuntimeError("LLM unavailable")
         sessions = real_consolidator.sessions
         session = sessions.get_or_create("cli:rawdrop")
+        session.provider_state = _provider_state()
         for i in range(18):
             session.add_message("user", f"user msg {i}")
             session.add_message("assistant", f"assistant msg {i}")
@@ -723,6 +726,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:rawdrop")
         assert len(reloaded.messages) == 38
         assert reloaded.messages[-1]["content"] == "RETAINED_SUFFIX_marker"
+        assert reloaded.provider_state == _provider_state()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_idle_compact_writes_session_key_to_history(
@@ -818,7 +822,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:fail")
         assert len(reloaded.messages) == 20
         assert reloaded.messages[0]["content"] == "u0"
-        assert reloaded.last_consolidated == 20
+        assert reloaded.last_archived == 20
         assert [m["content"] for m in reloaded.get_history(max_messages=20)] == [
             "u6",
             "a6",
@@ -831,10 +835,10 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         ]
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_respects_last_consolidated(
+    async def test_respects_last_archived(
         self, real_consolidator, mock_provider, runtime
     ):
-        """30 turns with last_consolidated=50 → only unconsolidated tail considered."""
+        """30 turns with last_archived=50 → only the unarchived tail is considered."""
         mock_provider.chat_with_retry.return_value = MagicMock(
             content="Tail summary.", finish_reason="stop"
         )
@@ -843,7 +847,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         for i in range(30):
             session.add_message("user", f"u{i}")
             session.add_message("assistant", f"a{i}")
-        session.last_consolidated = 50  # Only 10 messages unconsolidated
+        session.last_archived = 50  # Only 10 messages remain unarchived
         sessions.save(session)
 
         result = await real_consolidator.compact_idle_session(
@@ -852,10 +856,10 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         assert result == "Tail summary."
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:offset")
         assert len(reloaded.messages) == 60
-        assert reloaded.last_consolidated == 60
+        assert reloaded.last_archived == 60
 
-        # Verify only the unconsolidated tail was processed:
+        # Verify only the unarchived tail was processed:
-        # All 10 unconsolidated messages (50-59) are archived exactly once.
+        # All 10 unarchived messages (50-59) are archived exactly once.
         archived_call = mock_provider.chat_with_retry.call_args
         sent_messages = archived_call.kwargs["messages"]
         sent_content = [message.get("content") for message in sent_messages]
@@ -890,7 +894,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
 
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:noncontiguous")
         assert len(reloaded.messages) == 25
-        assert reloaded.last_consolidated == 25
+        assert reloaded.last_archived == 25
         assert [m["content"] for m in reloaded.get_history(max_messages=25)] == [
             "user-14",
             "assistant-00",
@@ -905,7 +909,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
             "assistant-09",
         ]
 
-        # #4264: idle compaction now summarizes the full unconsolidated tail, so
+        # #4264: idle compaction now summarizes the full unarchived tail, so
         # the dropped head (user-00) and retained suffix (user-14 through
         # assistant-09) are all summarized.
         archived_call = mock_provider.chat_with_retry.call_args
@@ -923,7 +927,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         runtime,
     ):
         tools = [{"type": "function", "function": {"name": "lookup"}}]
-        real_consolidator._get_tool_definitions.return_value = tools
+        real_consolidator.archiver._get_tool_definitions.return_value = tools
         mock_provider.chat_with_retry.return_value = LLMResponse(
             content="Overview from the temporary turn.",
             finish_reason="stop",
@@ -997,7 +1001,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         assert len(entries) == 1
         assert entries[0]["content"].startswith("[RAW] ")
         assert "important answer" in entries[0]["content"]
-        assert sessions.get_or_create("cli:unexpected-tool").last_consolidated == 2
+        assert sessions.get_or_create("cli:unexpected-tool").last_archived == 2
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_empty_response_uses_raw_fallback(
@@ -1027,7 +1031,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         assert len(entries) == 1
         assert entries[0]["content"].startswith("[RAW] ")
         assert "important answer" in entries[0]["content"]
-        assert sessions.get_or_create("cli:empty-summary").last_consolidated == 2
+        assert sessions.get_or_create("cli:empty-summary").last_archived == 2
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_oversized_prefix_raw_archives_without_flattened_llm_retry(
@@ -1053,7 +1057,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         entries = store.read_unprocessed_history(since_cursor=0)
         assert len(entries) == 1
         assert entries[0]["content"].startswith("[RAW] ")
-        assert sessions.get_or_create("sdk:oversized").last_consolidated == 1
+        assert sessions.get_or_create("sdk:oversized").last_archived == 1
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_incremental_scope_counts_only_model_visible_messages(
@@ -1070,7 +1074,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
         session = sessions.get_or_create("cli:commands")
         session.add_message("user", "already archived user")
         session.add_message("assistant", "already archived answer")
-        session.last_consolidated = 2
+        session.last_archived = 2
         session.add_message("user", "/status", _command=True)
         session.add_message("assistant", "status output", _command=True)
         session.add_message("user", "new user")
@@ -1278,7 +1282,7 @@ class TestConsolidatorSessionRefresh:
 
         session_after = sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
         assert len(session_after.messages) == 40
-        assert session_after.last_consolidated == 40
+        assert session_after.last_archived == 40
         assert len(session_after.get_history(max_messages=40)) == 8
 
 

tests/agent/test_loop_concurrency.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+
+def _provider() -> MagicMock:
+    provider = MagicMock()
+    provider.get_default_model.return_value = "test-model"
+    provider.generation = SimpleNamespace(
+        max_tokens=4096,
+        temperature=0.1,
+        reasoning_effort=None,
+    )
+    return provider
+
+
+def test_request_concurrency_is_unlimited_by_default(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    loop_factory,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS", raising=False)
+
+    loop = loop_factory(provider=_provider(), patch_deps=True)
+
+    assert loop._concurrency_gate is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_positive_request_concurrency_keeps_explicit_cap(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    loop_factory,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NANOBOT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS", "2")
+    loop = loop_factory(provider=_provider(), patch_deps=True)
+    gate = loop._concurrency_gate
+
+    assert gate is not None
+    for _ in range(2):
+        await gate.acquire()
+    try:
+        assert gate.locked()
+    finally:
+        for _ in range(2):
+            gate.release()

tests/agent/test_loop_consolidation_tokens.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
-import nanobot.agent.memory as memory_module
 from nanobot.agent.loop import AgentLoop
 from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
 from nanobot.providers.base import LLMResponse
@@ -41,17 +40,16 @@ async def test_prompt_below_threshold_does_not_consolidate(tmp_path) -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_prompt_above_threshold_triggers_consolidation(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
+async def test_prompt_above_threshold_triggers_consolidation(tmp_path) -> None:
     loop = _make_loop(tmp_path, estimated_tokens=1000, context_window_tokens=200)
     loop.consolidator.archive_session = AsyncMock(return_value=True)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
     session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
     session.messages = [
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
+        {"role": role, "content": f"{role[0]}{turn}"}
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:01"},
+        for turn in range(10)
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:02"},
+        for role in ("user", "assistant")
     ]
     loop.sessions.save(session)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda _message: 500)
 
     await loop.process_direct("hello", session_key="cli:test")
 
@@ -59,23 +57,18 @@ async def test_prompt_above_threshold_triggers_consolidation(tmp_path, monkeypat
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_prompt_above_threshold_archives_until_next_user_boundary(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
+async def test_prompt_above_threshold_uses_fixed_recent_tail(tmp_path) -> None:
     loop = _make_loop(tmp_path, estimated_tokens=1000, context_window_tokens=200)
     loop.consolidator.archive_session = AsyncMock(return_value=True)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
 
     session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
     session.messages = [
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
+        {"role": role, "content": f"{role[0]}{turn}"}
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:01"},
+        for turn in range(10)
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:02"},
+        for role in ("user", "assistant")
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:03"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u3", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:04"},
     ]
     loop.sessions.save(session)
 
-    token_map = {"u1": 120, "a1": 120, "u2": 120, "a2": 120, "u3": 120}
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda message: token_map[message["content"]])
-
     await loop.consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(
         session,
         runtime=loop.llm_runtime(),
@@ -83,112 +76,29 @@ async def test_prompt_above_threshold_archives_until_next_user_boundary(tmp_path
 
     archive_end = loop.consolidator.archive_session.await_args.kwargs["archive_end"]
     archived_chunk = session.messages[:archive_end]
-    assert [message["content"] for message in archived_chunk] == ["u1", "a1", "u2", "a2"]
+    assert [message["content"] for message in archived_chunk] == [
-    assert session.last_consolidated == 4
+        "u0", "a0", "u1", "a1", "u2", "a2", "u3", "a3", "u4", "a4", "u5", "a5",
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_consolidation_loops_until_target_met(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
-    """Verify maybe_consolidate_by_tokens keeps looping until under threshold."""
-    loop = _make_loop(tmp_path, estimated_tokens=0, context_window_tokens=200)
-    loop.consolidator.archive_session = AsyncMock(return_value=True)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-
-    session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-    session.messages = [
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:01"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:02"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:03"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u3", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:04"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a3", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:05"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u4", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:06"},
     ]
-    loop.sessions.save(session)
+    assert session.last_archived == 12
-
-    call_count = [0]
-    def mock_estimate(_session, *, runtime):
-        call_count[0] += 1
-        if call_count[0] == 1:
-            return (500, "test")
-        if call_count[0] == 2:
-            return (300, "test")
-        return (80, "test")
-
-    loop.consolidator.estimate_session_prompt_tokens = mock_estimate  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda _m: 100)
-
-    await loop.consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(
-        session,
-        runtime=loop.llm_runtime(),
-    )
-
-    assert loop.consolidator.archive_session.await_count == 2
-    assert session.last_consolidated == 6
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_consolidation_continues_below_trigger_until_half_target(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
+async def test_consolidation_persists_summary_for_next_prepare_session(tmp_path) -> None:
-    """Once triggered, consolidation should continue until it drops below half threshold."""
-    loop = _make_loop(tmp_path, estimated_tokens=0, context_window_tokens=200)
-    loop.consolidator.archive_session = AsyncMock(return_value=True)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-
-    session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
-    session.messages = [
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:01"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:02"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:03"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u3", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:04"},
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a3", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:05"},
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u4", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:06"},
-    ]
-    loop.sessions.save(session)
-
-    call_count = [0]
-
-    def mock_estimate(_session, *, runtime):
-        call_count[0] += 1
-        if call_count[0] == 1:
-            return (500, "test")
-        if call_count[0] == 2:
-            return (150, "test")
-        return (80, "test")
-
-    loop.consolidator.estimate_session_prompt_tokens = mock_estimate  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda _m: 100)
-
-    await loop.consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(
-        session,
-        runtime=loop.llm_runtime(),
-    )
-
-    assert loop.consolidator.archive_session.await_count == 2
-    assert session.last_consolidated == 6
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_consolidation_persists_summary_for_next_prepare_session(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
     loop = _make_loop(tmp_path, estimated_tokens=0, context_window_tokens=200)
     loop.consolidator.archive_session = AsyncMock(return_value="User discussed project status.")  # type: ignore[method-assign]
 
     session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
     session.messages = [
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
+        {"role": role, "content": f"{role[0]}{turn}"}
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:01"},
+        for turn in range(5)
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:02"},
+        for role in ("user", "assistant")
     ]
     loop.sessions.save(session)
 
-    call_count = [0]
-
     def mock_estimate(_session, *, runtime):
-        call_count[0] += 1
-        if call_count[0] == 1:
         return (500, "test")
-        return (80, "test")
 
     loop.consolidator.estimate_session_prompt_tokens = mock_estimate  # type: ignore[method-assign]
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda _m: 150)
 
     await loop.consolidator.maybe_consolidate_by_tokens(
         session,
@@ -235,7 +145,7 @@ async def test_preflight_consolidation_receives_pending_summary(tmp_path) -> Non
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_preflight_consolidation_before_llm_call(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
+async def test_preflight_consolidation_before_llm_call(tmp_path) -> None:
     """Verify preflight consolidation runs before the LLM call in process_direct."""
     order: list[str] = []
 
@@ -258,13 +168,11 @@ async def test_preflight_consolidation_before_llm_call(tmp_path, monkeypatch) ->
 
     session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
     session.messages = [
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:00"},
+        {"role": role, "content": f"{role[0]}{turn}"}
-        {"role": "assistant", "content": "a1", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:01"},
+        for turn in range(10)
-        {"role": "user", "content": "u2", "timestamp": "2026-01-01T00:00:02"},
+        for role in ("user", "assistant")
     ]
     loop.sessions.save(session)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(memory_module, "estimate_message_tokens", lambda _m: 500)
-
     call_count = [0]
     def mock_estimate(_session, *, runtime):
         call_count[0] += 1

tests/agent/test_new_command_archival.py

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+"""Test /new archival behavior."""
+
+import asyncio
+from collections.abc import Coroutine
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+
+class TestNewCommandArchival:
+    """Test /new archival behavior with the structured archive flow."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _make_loop(tmp_path: Path):
+        from nanobot.agent.loop import AgentLoop
+        from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
+        from nanobot.providers.base import GenerationSettings, LLMResponse
+
+        bus = MessageBus()
+        provider = MagicMock()
+        provider.get_default_model.return_value = "test-model"
+        provider.estimate_prompt_tokens.return_value = (10_000, "test")
+        provider.generation = GenerationSettings(max_tokens=100)
+        loop = AgentLoop(
+            bus=bus,
+            provider=provider,
+            workspace=tmp_path,
+            model="test-model",
+            context_window_tokens=1,
+        )
+        loop.provider.chat_with_retry = AsyncMock(
+            return_value=LLMResponse(content="ok", tool_calls=[])
+        )
+        loop.tools.get_definitions = MagicMock(return_value=[])
+        return loop
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_new_clears_session_immediately_even_if_archive_fails(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """/new clears session immediately; archive is fire-and-forget."""
+        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
+
+        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
+        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
+        for i in range(5):
+            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
+            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
+        loop.sessions.save(session)
+
+        call_count = 0
+        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
+
+        async def _failing_summarize(session, *, archive_end, runtime) -> None:
+            nonlocal call_count
+            assert runtime is expected_runtime
+            assert session.key == "cli:test"
+            assert archive_end == len(session.messages)
+            call_count += 1
+
+        loop.consolidator.archive_session = _failing_summarize  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+
+        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
+        response = await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
+
+        assert response is not None
+        assert "new session started" in response.content.lower()
+
+        session_after = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
+        assert len(session_after.messages) == 0
+
+        await loop.aclose()
+        assert call_count == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_new_reuses_replay_prefix_and_archives_only_unarchived_messages(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
+
+        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
+        loop.set_runtime_context_window(128_000)
+        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
+        for i in range(5):
+            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
+            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
+        session.last_archived = len(session.messages) - 2
+        ordinary_history = session.get_history()
+        assert [message["content"] for message in ordinary_history] == [
+            "msg1",
+            "resp1",
+            "msg2",
+            "resp2",
+            "msg3",
+            "resp3",
+            "msg4",
+            "resp4",
+        ]
+        loop.sessions.save(session)
+
+        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
+        scheduled: list[Coroutine[Any, Any, object]] = []
+        loop.schedule_background = scheduled.append  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+
+        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
+        response = await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
+
+        assert response is not None
+        assert "new session started" in response.content.lower()
+
+        assert len(scheduled) == 1
+        await scheduled[0]
+        await loop.aclose()
+        sent = loop.provider.chat_with_retry.call_args.kwargs["messages"]
+        assert sent[1:-1] == ordinary_history
+        assert "final 2 conversation messages" in sent[-1]["content"]
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_new_clears_session_and_responds(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
+
+        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
+        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
+        for i in range(3):
+            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
+            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
+        loop.sessions.save(session)
+        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
+
+        async def _ok_summarize(session, *, archive_end, runtime) -> str:
+            assert runtime is expected_runtime
+            assert session.key == "cli:test"
+            assert archive_end == len(session.messages)
+            return "Summary."
+
+        loop.consolidator.archive_session = _ok_summarize  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+
+        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
+        response = await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
+
+        assert response is not None
+        assert "new session started" in response.content.lower()
+        assert loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test").messages == []
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_aclose_drains_background_tasks(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """aclose waits for background tasks to complete."""
+        from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage
+
+        loop = self._make_loop(tmp_path)
+        session = loop.sessions.get_or_create("cli:test")
+        for i in range(3):
+            session.add_message("user", f"msg{i}")
+            session.add_message("assistant", f"resp{i}")
+        loop.sessions.save(session)
+
+        archived = asyncio.Event()
+        release_archive = asyncio.Event()
+        expected_runtime = loop.llm_runtime()
+
+        async def _slow_summarize(session, *, archive_end, runtime) -> str:
+            assert runtime is expected_runtime
+            assert session.key == "cli:test"
+            assert archive_end == len(session.messages)
+            await release_archive.wait()
+            archived.set()
+            return "Summary."
+
+        loop.consolidator.archive_session = _slow_summarize  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+
+        new_msg = InboundMessage(channel="cli", sender_id="user", chat_id="test", content="/new")
+        await loop._process_message(new_msg, runtime=expected_runtime)
+
+        assert not archived.is_set()
+        release_archive.set()
+        await loop.aclose()
+        assert archived.is_set()

tests/agent/test_runner_errors.py

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 import pytest
 
 from agent.runner_helpers import make_run_spec
+from nanobot.agent.hook import AgentHook, AgentHookContext
 from nanobot.agent.tools import ToolResult
+from nanobot.agent.tools.execution import execute_tool_calls
 from nanobot.config.schema import AgentDefaults
 from nanobot.providers.base import LLMProvider, LLMResponse, ToolCallRequest
 
@@ -55,11 +57,7 @@ async def test_runner_returns_tool_exception_to_model_for_recovery():
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("control_error", [KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit])
-async def test_runner_propagates_tool_control_flow_exceptions(control_error: type[BaseException]):
+async def test_tool_execution_propagates_control_flow_exceptions(control_error: type[BaseException]):
-    from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner
-
-    provider = MagicMock(spec=LLMProvider)
-
     async def execute(_name, _args):
         raise control_error("stop")
 
@@ -67,22 +65,15 @@ async def test_runner_propagates_tool_control_flow_exceptions(control_error: typ
         get_definitions=lambda: [],
         execute=execute,
     )
-    runner = AgentRunner()
-    spec = make_run_spec(
-        provider,
-        initial_messages=[],
-        tools=tools,
-        model="test-model",
-        max_iterations=1,
-        max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
-    )
-
     with pytest.raises(control_error):
-        await runner._run_tool(
+        await execute_tool_calls(
-            spec,
+            tools,
-            ToolCallRequest(id="call_1", name="list_dir", arguments={}),
+            [ToolCallRequest(id="call_1", name="list_dir", arguments={})],
+            concurrent=False,
             external_lookup_counts={},
             workspace_violation_counts={},
+            hook=AgentHook(),
+            context=AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[]),
         )
 
 

tests/agent/test_runner_reasoning.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ channels, gated by ``context.streamed_reasoning`` rather than
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
 import pytest
@@ -48,6 +49,39 @@ class _StreamRecordingHook(_RecordingHook):
         self.streamed.append(delta)
 
 
+class _LifecycleRecordingHook(AgentHook):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.events: list[str] = []
+
+    def wants_streaming(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    async def emit_reasoning(self, reasoning_content: str | None) -> None:
+        if reasoning_content:
+            self.events.append(f"reasoning:{reasoning_content}")
+
+    async def emit_reasoning_end(self) -> None:
+        self.events.append("reasoning_end")
+
+    async def on_stream(self, _ctx: AgentHookContext, delta: str) -> None:
+        self.events.append(f"content:{delta}")
+
+    async def on_stream_end(self, _ctx: AgentHookContext, *, resuming: bool) -> None:
+        self.events.append(f"stream_end:{resuming}")
+
+    async def before_execute_tools(self, context: AgentHookContext) -> None:
+        names = ",".join(call.name for call in context.tool_calls)
+        self.events.append(f"local_tools:{names}")
+
+    async def on_provider_tool_event(
+        self,
+        _context: AgentHookContext,
+        event: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> None:
+        self.events.append(f"hosted_tool:{event.get('phase')}")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_runner_preserves_reasoning_fields_in_assistant_history():
     """Reasoning fields ride along on the persisted assistant message so
@@ -371,6 +405,155 @@ async def test_runner_streams_native_thinking_deltas_without_post_hoc_dup():
     assert hook.emitted == ["part1", "part2"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_runner_closes_native_reasoning_before_streaming_answer():
+    from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner
+
+    provider = MagicMock()
+
+    async def chat_stream_with_retry(
+        *, on_content_delta=None, on_thinking_delta=None, **kwargs
+    ):
+        if on_thinking_delta:
+            await on_thinking_delta("inspect")
+        if on_content_delta:
+            await on_content_delta("done")
+        return LLMResponse(content="done", tool_calls=[], usage=None)
+
+    provider.chat_stream_with_retry = chat_stream_with_retry
+    tools = MagicMock()
+    tools.get_definitions.return_value = []
+    hook = _LifecycleRecordingHook()
+
+    result = await AgentRunner().run(make_run_spec(
+        provider,
+        initial_messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "q"}],
+        tools=tools,
+        model="test-model",
+        max_iterations=1,
+        max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
+        hook=hook,
+    ))
+
+    assert result.final_content == "done"
+    assert hook.events == [
+        "reasoning:inspect",
+        "reasoning_end",
+        "content:done",
+        "stream_end:False",
+    ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_runner_closes_native_reasoning_before_local_tool_execution():
+    from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner
+
+    provider = MagicMock()
+    responses = iter([
+        LLMResponse(
+            content="",
+            finish_reason="tool_calls",
+            tool_calls=[ToolCallRequest(id="call-1", name="list_dir", arguments={"path": "."})],
+            usage=None,
+        ),
+        LLMResponse(content="done", tool_calls=[], usage=None),
+    ])
+
+    async def chat_stream_with_retry(
+        *, on_content_delta=None, on_thinking_delta=None, **kwargs
+    ):
+        response = next(responses)
+        if response.tool_calls:
+            if on_thinking_delta:
+                await on_thinking_delta("inspect")
+        elif on_content_delta:
+            await on_content_delta("done")
+        return response
+
+    provider.chat_stream_with_retry = chat_stream_with_retry
+    tools = MagicMock()
+    tools.get_definitions.return_value = []
+    tools.execute = AsyncMock(return_value="tool result")
+    hook = _LifecycleRecordingHook()
+
+    result = await AgentRunner().run(make_run_spec(
+        provider,
+        initial_messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "inspect"}],
+        tools=tools,
+        model="test-model",
+        max_iterations=2,
+        max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
+        hook=hook,
+    ))
+
+    assert result.final_content == "done"
+    assert hook.events == [
+        "reasoning:inspect",
+        "reasoning_end",
+        "stream_end:True",
+        "local_tools:list_dir",
+        "content:done",
+        "stream_end:False",
+    ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_runner_closes_native_reasoning_before_hosted_tool_event():
+    from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner
+
+    provider = MagicMock()
+
+    async def chat_stream_with_retry(
+        *, on_content_delta=None, on_thinking_delta=None, on_tool_call_delta=None, **kwargs
+    ):
+        if on_thinking_delta:
+            await on_thinking_delta("search")
+        if on_tool_call_delta:
+            await on_tool_call_delta({
+                "kind": "hosted_tool",
+                "phase": "start",
+                "call_id": "search-1",
+                "name": "web_search",
+                "arguments": {"query": "nanobot"},
+            })
+            await on_tool_call_delta({
+                "kind": "hosted_tool",
+                "phase": "end",
+                "call_id": "search-1",
+                "name": "web_search",
+                "arguments": {"query": "nanobot"},
+                "result": {"count": 1},
+            })
+        if on_content_delta:
+            await on_content_delta("done")
+        return LLMResponse(content="done", tool_calls=[], usage=None)
+
+    provider.chat_stream_with_retry = chat_stream_with_retry
+    tools = MagicMock()
+    tools.get_definitions.return_value = []
+    hook = _LifecycleRecordingHook()
+
+    result = await AgentRunner().run(make_run_spec(
+        provider,
+        initial_messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "search"}],
+        tools=tools,
+        model="test-model",
+        max_iterations=1,
+        max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
+        hook=hook,
+    ))
+
+    assert result.final_content == "done"
+    assert hook.events == [
+        "reasoning:search",
+        "reasoning_end",
+        "hosted_tool:start",
+        "hosted_tool:end",
+        "content:done",
+        "stream_end:False",
+    ]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_runner_strips_thinking_tags_from_native_thinking_deltas():
     from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner

tests/agent/test_runner_safety.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 from agent.runner_helpers import make_run_spec
 from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner
 from nanobot.agent.tools import ToolResult
+from nanobot.agent.tools.execution import is_ssrf_violation
 from nanobot.config.schema import AgentDefaults
 from nanobot.providers.base import LLMResponse, ToolCallRequest
 
@@ -66,20 +67,20 @@ async def test_runner_does_not_abort_on_workspace_violation_anymore():
 def test_is_ssrf_violation_recognizes_private_url_blocks():
     """SSRF rejections are classified separately from workspace boundaries."""
     ssrf_msg = "Error: Command blocked by safety guard (internal/private URL detected)"
-    assert AgentRunner._is_ssrf_violation(ssrf_msg) is True
+    assert is_ssrf_violation(ssrf_msg) is True
-    assert AgentRunner._is_ssrf_violation(
+    assert is_ssrf_violation(
         "URL validation failed: Blocked: host resolves to private/internal address 192.168.1.2"
     ) is True
 
     # Workspace-bound markers are NOT classified as SSRF.
-    assert AgentRunner._is_ssrf_violation(
+    assert is_ssrf_violation(
         "Error: Command blocked by safety guard (path outside working dir)"
     ) is False
-    assert AgentRunner._is_ssrf_violation(
+    assert is_ssrf_violation(
         "Path /tmp/x is outside allowed directory /ws"
     ) is False
     # Deny / allowlist filter messages stay non-fatal too.
-    assert AgentRunner._is_ssrf_violation(
+    assert is_ssrf_violation(
         "Error: Command blocked by deny pattern filter"
     ) is False
 

tests/agent/test_runner_tool_execution.py

@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 
 from agent.runner_helpers import make_run_spec
+from nanobot.agent.hook import AgentHook, AgentHookContext
 from nanobot.agent.runner import AgentRunner
 from nanobot.agent.tools.base import Tool, ToolResult
 from nanobot.agent.tools.context import ToolContext
+from nanobot.agent.tools.execution import execute_tool_calls
 from nanobot.agent.tools.loader import ToolLoader
 from nanobot.agent.tools.registry import ToolRegistry
 from nanobot.config.schema import AgentDefaults
@@ -150,31 +153,69 @@ def _tool_message(result, tool_call_id: str) -> dict:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_runner_propagates_tool_preparation_failure():
+async def test_tool_execution_propagates_preparation_failure():
     tools = MagicMock()
     tools.prepare_call.side_effect = RuntimeError("tool preparation failed")
     tools.execute = AsyncMock()
 
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="tool preparation failed"):
-        await AgentRunner()._run_tool(
+        await execute_tool_calls(
-            make_run_spec(
+            tools,
-                MagicMock(),
+            [ToolCallRequest(id="call-1", name="demo", arguments={})],
-                initial_messages=[],
+            concurrent=False,
-                tools=tools,
+            external_lookup_counts={},
-                model="test-model",
+            workspace_violation_counts={},
-                max_iterations=1,
+            hook=AgentHook(),
-                max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
+            context=AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[]),
-            ),
-            ToolCallRequest(id="call-1", name="demo", arguments={}),
-            {},
-            {},
         )
 
     tools.execute.assert_not_awaited()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_runner_batches_read_only_tools_before_exclusive_work():
+async def test_tool_execution_propagates_cancellation_without_error_hook():
+    tools = MagicMock()
+    tools.prepare_call.return_value = (None, {}, None)
+    tools.execute = AsyncMock(side_effect=asyncio.CancelledError)
+
+    events: list[str] = []
+
+    class RecordingHook(AgentHook):
+        async def before_execute_tool(
+            self,
+            context: AgentHookContext,
+            tool_call: ToolCallRequest,
+            tool: Any,
+            params: Any,
+        ) -> None:
+            events.append("before")
+
+        async def on_execute_tool_error(
+            self,
+            context: AgentHookContext,
+            tool_call: ToolCallRequest,
+            tool: Any,
+            params: Any,
+            error: Any,
+        ) -> None:
+            events.append("error")
+
+    with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
+        await execute_tool_calls(
+            tools,
+            [ToolCallRequest(id="call-1", name="demo", arguments={})],
+            concurrent=False,
+            external_lookup_counts={},
+            workspace_violation_counts={},
+            hook=RecordingHook(),
+            context=AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[]),
+        )
+
+    assert events == ["before"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_tool_execution_batches_read_only_tools_before_exclusive_work():
     tools = ToolRegistry()
     shared_events: list[str] = []
     read_a = _DelayTool("read_a", delay=0.05, read_only=True, shared_events=shared_events)
@@ -184,24 +225,18 @@ async def test_runner_batches_read_only_tools_before_exclusive_work():
     tools.register(read_b)
     tools.register(write_a)
 
-    provider = MagicMock()
+    await execute_tool_calls(
-    runner = AgentRunner()
+        tools,
-    await runner._execute_tools(
-        make_run_spec(provider,
-            initial_messages=[],
-            tools=tools,
-            model="test-model",
-            max_iterations=1,
-            max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
-            concurrent_tools=True,
-        ),
         [
             ToolCallRequest(id="ro1", name="read_a", arguments={}),
             ToolCallRequest(id="ro2", name="read_b", arguments={}),
             ToolCallRequest(id="rw1", name="write_a", arguments={}),
         ],
-        {},
+        concurrent=True,
-        {},
+        external_lookup_counts={},
+        workspace_violation_counts={},
+        hook=AgentHook(),
+        context=AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[]),
     )
 
     assert shared_events[0:2] == ["start:read_a", "start:read_b"]
@@ -212,7 +247,7 @@ async def test_runner_batches_read_only_tools_before_exclusive_work():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_runner_does_not_batch_exclusive_read_only_tools():
+async def test_tool_execution_does_not_batch_exclusive_read_only_tools():
     tools = ToolRegistry()
     shared_events: list[str] = []
     read_a = _DelayTool("read_a", delay=0.03, read_only=True, shared_events=shared_events)
@@ -228,24 +263,18 @@ async def test_runner_does_not_batch_exclusive_read_only_tools():
     tools.register(ddg_like)
     tools.register(read_b)
 
-    provider = MagicMock()
+    await execute_tool_calls(
-    runner = AgentRunner()
+        tools,
-    await runner._execute_tools(
-        make_run_spec(provider,
-            initial_messages=[],
-            tools=tools,
-            model="test-model",
-            max_iterations=1,
-            max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
-            concurrent_tools=True,
-        ),
         [
             ToolCallRequest(id="ro1", name="read_a", arguments={}),
             ToolCallRequest(id="ddg1", name="ddg_like", arguments={}),
             ToolCallRequest(id="ro2", name="read_b", arguments={}),
         ],
-        {},
+        concurrent=True,
-        {},
+        external_lookup_counts={},
+        workspace_violation_counts={},
+        hook=AgentHook(),
+        context=AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[]),
     )
 
     assert shared_events[0] == "start:read_a"

tests/agent/test_session_manager_history.py

@@ -148,28 +148,28 @@ def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_keeps_recent_messages():
     assert session.messages[-1]["content"] == "msg9"
 
 
-def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_adjusts_last_consolidated():
+def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_adjusts_last_archived():
     session = Session(key="test:trim-cons")
     for i in range(10):
         session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"msg{i}"})
-    session.last_consolidated = 7
+    session.last_archived = 7
 
     session.retain_recent_legal_suffix(4)
 
     assert len(session.messages) == 4
-    assert session.last_consolidated == 1
+    assert session.last_archived == 1
 
 
 def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_zero_clears_session():
     session = Session(key="test:trim-zero")
     for i in range(10):
         session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"msg{i}"})
-    session.last_consolidated = 5
+    session.last_archived = 5
 
     session.retain_recent_legal_suffix(0)
 
     assert session.messages == []
-    assert session.last_consolidated == 0
+    assert session.last_archived == 0
 
 
 def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_keeps_legal_tool_boundary():
@@ -188,15 +188,15 @@ def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_keeps_legal_tool_boundary():
     assert history[0]["content"] == "keep"
 
 
-# --- last_consolidated > 0 ---
+# --- last_archived > 0 ---
 
-def test_orphan_trim_with_last_consolidated():
+def test_orphan_trim_with_last_archived():
-    """Orphan trimming works correctly when session is partially consolidated."""
+    """Orphan trimming works correctly when a session is partially archived."""
     session = Session(key="test:consolidated")
     for i in range(10):
         session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"old {i}"})
         session.messages.extend(_tool_turn("cons", i))
-    session.last_consolidated = 30
+    session.last_archived = 30
 
     session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "recent"})
     for i in range(15):
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def test_get_history_replays_recent_messages_after_full_archive():
     for i in range(10):
         session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"u{i}"})
         session.messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": f"a{i}"})
-    session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages)
+    session.last_archived = len(session.messages)
 
     history = session.get_history(max_messages=100)
 
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ def test_get_history_replays_recent_messages_after_full_archive():
     ]
 
 
-def test_get_history_extends_compacted_replay_to_preceding_user():
+def test_get_history_extends_archived_replay_to_preceding_user():
-    session = Session(key="test:compacted-tool-turn")
+    session = Session(key="test:archived-tool-turn")
     session.messages.extend(
         [
             {"role": "user", "content": "old"},
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def test_get_history_extends_compacted_replay_to_preceding_user():
             {"role": "assistant", "content": "done"},
         ]
     )
-    session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages)
+    session.last_archived = len(session.messages)
 
     history = session.get_history(max_messages=100)
 
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ def test_get_history_extends_compacted_replay_to_preceding_user():
     _assert_no_orphans(history)
 
 
-def test_compacted_tool_turn_can_extend_past_message_cap():
+def test_archived_tool_turn_can_extend_past_message_cap():
-    session = Session(key="test:long-compacted-tool-turn")
+    session = Session(key="test:long-archived-tool-turn")
     session.messages.extend(
         [
             {"role": "user", "content": "old"},
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def test_compacted_tool_turn_can_extend_past_message_cap():
     for i in range(50):
         session.messages.extend(_tool_turn("keep", i))
     session.messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": "done"})
-    session.last_consolidated = len(session.messages)
+    session.last_archived = len(session.messages)
 
     history = session.get_history(max_messages=120)
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ def test_fork_session_allows_index_equal_to_user_count(tmp_path):
     assert [m["content"] for m in forked.messages] == ["round1", "answer1"]
 
 
-def test_fork_session_drops_summary_when_fork_point_is_inside_consolidated_prefix(tmp_path):
+def test_fork_session_drops_summary_when_fork_point_is_inside_archived_prefix(tmp_path):
     manager = SessionManager(tmp_path)
     source = manager.get_or_create("websocket:source")
     source.messages = [
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def test_fork_session_drops_summary_when_fork_point_is_inside_consolidated_prefi
         {"role": "user", "content": "round2 fork me"},
         {"role": "assistant", "content": "answer2"},
     ]
-    source.last_consolidated = 4
+    source.last_archived = 4
     source.metadata["_last_summary"] = {"text": "round2 fork me and answer2"}
     manager.save(source)
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ def test_fork_session_drops_summary_when_fork_point_is_inside_consolidated_prefi
 
     assert forked is not None
     assert [m["content"] for m in forked.messages] == ["round1", "answer1"]
-    assert forked.last_consolidated == 0
+    assert forked.last_archived == 0
     assert "_last_summary" not in forked.metadata
 
 
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_returns_all_on_zero():
     session = Session(key="test:zero-return")
     for i in range(5):
         session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"msg{i}"})
-    session.last_consolidated = 3
+    session.last_archived = 3
 
     result = session.retain_recent_legal_suffix(0)
 
@@ -889,22 +889,21 @@ def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_returns_all_on_zero():
     assert session.messages == []
 
 
-def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_last_consolidated_correct_in_else_branch():
+def test_retain_recent_legal_suffix_last_archived_correct_in_else_branch():
-    """last_consolidated after retain_recent_legal_suffix should reflect how
+    """last_archived should count retained messages from the old archived prefix."""
-    many retained messages were inside the old consolidated prefix."""
     session = Session(key="test:else-lc-correct")
     # 20 messages: u0..u9, a0..a9
     for i in range(10):
         session.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"u{i}"})
     for i in range(10):
         session.messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": f"a{i}"})
-    session.last_consolidated = 12  # u0..u9, a0, a1 consolidated
+    session.last_archived = 12  # u0..u9, a0, a1 archived
 
     result = session.retain_recent_legal_suffix(4)
 
     # Retained messages start from latest user (u9) + max_messages forward
     # so retained = [u9, a0..a9][:4] → but these are from original indices 9..12
     # Of those, indices 9,10,11 are < 12 (before_lc), so new_lc = 3
-    assert session.last_consolidated == 3
+    assert session.last_archived == 3
     # already_cons should count dropped messages with original index < 12
     assert result.already_consolidated_count == 9

tests/agent/test_session_retention.py

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def test_compact_probe_keeps_delivery_in_visible_suffix():
         {"role": "assistant", "content": "a2"},
         {"role": "assistant", "content": "a3"},
     ]
-    probe = Session(key="test:probe", messages=tail, last_consolidated=0)
+    probe = Session(key="test:probe", messages=tail)
 
     probe.retain_recent_legal_suffix(3, extend_to_user=True)
 

tests/agent/test_subagent_lifecycle.py

@@ -520,6 +520,35 @@ class TestCancelBySession:
         count = await sm.cancel_by_session("nonexistent")
         assert count == 0
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_cancels_active_and_queued_tasks(self, tmp_path):
+        sm = _manager(tmp_path, max_concurrent_subagents=1)
+        active_entered = asyncio.Event()
+        queued_entered = asyncio.Event()
+
+        async def _blocked_run(spec):
+            task = spec.initial_messages[-1]["content"]
+            if task == "active":
+                active_entered.set()
+            else:
+                queued_entered.set()
+            await asyncio.Event().wait()
+
+        sm.runner.run = _blocked_run
+        runtime = _runtime()
+        await sm.spawn("active", runtime=runtime, session_key="s1")
+        await asyncio.wait_for(active_entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
+        await sm.spawn("queued", runtime=runtime, session_key="s1")
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+
+        assert not queued_entered.is_set()
+        assert await sm.cancel_by_session("s1") == 2
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+
+        assert not queued_entered.is_set()
+        assert sm._running_tasks == {}
+        assert sm._session_tasks == {}
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_already_done_not_counted(self, tmp_path):
         sm = _manager(tmp_path)

tests/agent/test_task_cancel.py

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class TestDispatch:
         assert isinstance(second.event, StreamEndEvent)
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_processing_lock_serializes(self):
+    async def test_same_session_dispatches_serialize(self):
         from nanobot.bus.events import InboundMessage, OutboundMessage
 
         loop, bus = _make_loop()

tests/agent/test_unified_session.py

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class TestCmdNewUnifiedSession:
         archived = loop.consolidator.archive_session.call_args.args[0]
         assert archived.key == "unified:default"
         assert archived.messages == expected_snapshot
-        assert archived.last_consolidated == 0
+        assert archived.last_archived == 0
         loop.consolidator.archive_session.assert_called_once_with(
             archived,
             archive_end=len(expected_snapshot),

tests/agent/tools/test_subagent_tools.py

@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ async def test_spawn_forwards_temperature_to_run_spec(tmp_path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_spawn_tool_rejects_when_at_concurrency_limit(tmp_path):
+async def test_background_spawn_waits_for_concurrency_capacity(tmp_path):
-    """SpawnTool should return an error string when the concurrency limit is reached."""
+    """Background tasks should be accepted and start when capacity becomes available."""
     from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentManager
     from nanobot.agent.tools.spawn import SpawnTool
     from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
@@ -224,14 +224,23 @@ async def test_spawn_tool_rejects_when_at_concurrency_limit(tmp_path):
         workspace=tmp_path,
         bus=bus,
         max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
+        max_concurrent_subagents=1,
     )
     mgr._announce_result = AsyncMock()
 
-    # Block the first subagent so it stays "running"
+    first_entered = asyncio.Event()
-    release = asyncio.Event()
+    second_entered = asyncio.Event()
+    release_first = asyncio.Event()
+    release_second = asyncio.Event()
 
     async def fake_run(spec):
-        await release.wait()
+        task = spec.initial_messages[-1]["content"]
+        if task == "first task":
+            first_entered.set()
+            await release_first.wait()
+        else:
+            second_entered.set()
+            await release_second.wait()
         return SimpleNamespace(
             stop_reason="done",
             final_content="done",
@@ -250,19 +259,24 @@ async def test_spawn_tool_rejects_when_at_concurrency_limit(tmp_path):
         session_key="test:c1",
         runtime=_runtime(provider),
     )):
-        # First spawn succeeds
+        first_result = await tool.execute(task="first task")
-        result = await tool.execute(task="first task")
+        assert "started" in first_result
-        assert "started" in result
+        await asyncio.wait_for(first_entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
 
-        # Second spawn should be rejected (default limit is 1)
+        second_result = await tool.execute(task="second task")
-        result = await tool.execute(task="second task")
+        assert "started" in second_result
-        assert "Cannot spawn subagent" in result
+        tasks = list(mgr._running_tasks.values())
-        assert "concurrency limit reached" in result
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        assert not second_entered.is_set()
+        phases = {status.task_description: status.phase for status in mgr._task_statuses.values()}
+        assert phases == {"first task": "initializing", "second task": "queued"}
 
-    # Release the first subagent
+    release_first.set()
-    release.set()
+    await asyncio.wait_for(second_entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
-    # Allow cleanup
+    release_second.set()
-    await asyncio.gather(*mgr._running_tasks.values(), return_exceptions=True)
+    await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0)
+    assert mgr._running_tasks == {}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -300,7 +314,7 @@ async def test_spawn_tool_waits_for_inline_result():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_inline_spawn_counts_toward_concurrency_limit(tmp_path):
+async def test_inline_spawn_waits_for_concurrency_capacity(tmp_path):
     from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentManager
     from nanobot.agent.tools.context import RequestContext, request_context
     from nanobot.agent.tools.spawn import SpawnTool
@@ -312,12 +326,19 @@ async def test_inline_spawn_counts_toward_concurrency_limit(tmp_path):
         max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
         max_concurrent_subagents=1,
     )
-    release = asyncio.Event()
+    first_entered = asyncio.Event()
-    entered = asyncio.Event()
+    second_entered = asyncio.Event()
+    release_first = asyncio.Event()
+    release_second = asyncio.Event()
 
     async def fake_run(spec):
-        entered.set()
+        task = spec.initial_messages[-1]["content"]
-        await release.wait()
+        if task == "first":
+            first_entered.set()
+            await release_first.wait()
+        else:
+            second_entered.set()
+            await release_second.wait()
         return SimpleNamespace(
             stop_reason="done",
             final_content="done",
@@ -334,19 +355,100 @@ async def test_inline_spawn_counts_toward_concurrency_limit(tmp_path):
         runtime=_runtime(MagicMock()),
     )):
         first = asyncio.create_task(tool.execute(task="first", wait=True))
-        await asyncio.wait_for(entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
+        await asyncio.wait_for(first_entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
 
-        second = await tool.execute(task="second", wait=True)
+        second = asyncio.create_task(tool.execute(task="second", wait=True))
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
 
-        assert "concurrency limit reached" in second
+        assert not second.done()
-        assert manager.get_running_count() == 1
+        assert not second_entered.is_set()
-        release.set()
+        assert manager.get_running_count() == 2
+        release_first.set()
         assert await first == "done"
+        await asyncio.wait_for(second_entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
+        release_second.set()
+        assert await second == "done"
 
     assert manager.get_running_count() == 0
     assert manager._session_tasks == {}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_runner_executes_inline_spawn_batch_concurrently(tmp_path):
+    """Adjacent blocking consultations should share one concurrent tool batch."""
+    from nanobot.agent.hook import AgentHook, AgentHookContext
+    from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentManager
+    from nanobot.agent.tools.context import RequestContext, request_context
+    from nanobot.agent.tools.execution import execute_tool_calls
+    from nanobot.agent.tools.registry import ToolRegistry
+    from nanobot.agent.tools.spawn import SpawnTool
+    from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
+    from nanobot.providers.base import ToolCallRequest
+
+    manager = SubagentManager(
+        workspace=tmp_path,
+        bus=MessageBus(),
+        max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
+        max_concurrent_subagents=2,
+    )
+    both_entered = asyncio.Event()
+    release = asyncio.Event()
+    entered: list[str] = []
+
+    async def fake_run(spec):
+        entered.append(spec.initial_messages[-1]["content"])
+        if len(entered) == 2:
+            both_entered.set()
+        await release.wait()
+        return SimpleNamespace(
+            stop_reason="done",
+            final_content=spec.initial_messages[-1]["content"],
+            error=None,
+            tool_events=[],
+        )
+
+    manager.runner.run = AsyncMock(side_effect=fake_run)
+    tools = ToolRegistry()
+    tools.register(SpawnTool(manager))
+    runtime = _runtime(MagicMock())
+    calls = [
+        ToolCallRequest(
+            id="spawn-1",
+            name="spawn",
+            arguments={"task": "first", "wait": True},
+        ),
+        ToolCallRequest(
+            id="spawn-2",
+            name="spawn",
+            arguments={"task": "second", "wait": True},
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    with request_context(RequestContext(
+        channel="test",
+        chat_id="c1",
+        session_key="test:c1",
+        runtime=runtime,
+    )):
+        execution = asyncio.create_task(execute_tool_calls(
+            tools,
+            calls,
+            concurrent=True,
+            external_lookup_counts={},
+            workspace_violation_counts={},
+            hook=AgentHook(),
+            context=AgentHookContext(iteration=0, messages=[], session_key="test:c1"),
+        ))
+        await asyncio.wait_for(both_entered.wait(), timeout=1.0)
+        release.set()
+        results, events = await execution
+
+    assert set(entered) == {"first", "second"}
+    assert results == ["first", "second"]
+    assert [event["status"] for event in events] == ["ok", "ok"]
+    assert manager._running_tasks == {}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_cancel_by_session_cancels_inline_subagent(tmp_path):
     from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentManager
@@ -391,6 +493,7 @@ def test_subagent_default_max_concurrent_matches_agent_defaults(tmp_path):
         max_tool_result_chars=_MAX_TOOL_RESULT_CHARS,
     )
 
+    assert AgentDefaults().max_concurrent_subagents == 4
     assert mgr.max_concurrent_subagents == AgentDefaults().max_concurrent_subagents
 
 

tests/cli/test_commands.py

@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def test_provider_login_can_set_xai_grok_as_main_provider(tmp_path):
 
     saved = Config.model_validate(json.loads(config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")))
     assert saved.agents.defaults.provider == "xai_grok"
-    assert saved.agents.defaults.model == "xai-grok/grok-4.5"
+    assert saved.agents.defaults.model == "xai-grok/grok-4.6"
     assert saved.agents.defaults.context_window_tokens == 500_000
     assert saved.agents.defaults.model_preset is None
     assert make_provider(saved).__class__.__name__ == "XAIGrokProvider"
@@ -2654,12 +2654,14 @@ def test_webui_foreground_attaches_to_existing_managed_gateway(monkeypatch, tmp_
     assert seen["lease_release_wait_for_stop"] is False
 
 
-def test_attach_to_background_gateway_detaches_on_ctrl_c(capsys) -> None:
+def test_attach_to_background_gateway_detaches_on_ctrl_c(capsys, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     stopped = False
+    log_path = tmp_path / "gateway.log"
+    log_path.touch()
 
     class _FakeRuntime:
         def status(self):
-            return SimpleNamespace(running=True)
+            return SimpleNamespace(running=True, log_path=log_path)
 
         def stop(self):
             nonlocal stopped
@@ -2679,10 +2681,88 @@ def test_attach_to_background_gateway_detaches_on_ctrl_c(capsys) -> None:
     assert "WebUI launcher detached" in rendered
 
 
-def test_attach_to_background_gateway_checks_owned_sidecar() -> None:
+def test_attach_to_background_gateway_follows_only_new_logs(capsys, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    log_path = tmp_path / "gateway.log"
+    log_path.write_text("historical log\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    polls = 0
+
     class _FakeRuntime:
         def status(self):
-            return SimpleNamespace(running=True)
+            return SimpleNamespace(running=True, log_path=log_path)
+
+    def _append_then_interrupt(_seconds: float) -> None:
+        nonlocal polls
+        if polls == 0:
+            with log_path.open("a", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+                handle.write("[websocket] live log\n")
+            polls += 1
+            return
+        raise KeyboardInterrupt
+
+    cli_webui_support._attach_to_background_gateway(
+        _FakeRuntime(),
+        sleep=_append_then_interrupt,
+    )
+
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "[websocket] live log" in output
+    assert "historical log" not in output
+
+
+def test_read_new_gateway_logs_recovers_after_truncation(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    log_path = tmp_path / "gateway.log"
+    log_path.write_text("a much longer historical log line\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    cursor = cli_webui_support._start_gateway_log_cursor(log_path)
+    log_path.write_text("fresh log\n", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    lines = cli_webui_support._read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor)
+
+    assert lines == ["fresh log"]
+    assert cursor.offset == log_path.stat().st_size
+
+
+def test_read_new_gateway_logs_detects_fast_rewrite_past_offset(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    log_path = tmp_path / "gateway.log"
+    log_path.write_text("historical log\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    cursor = cli_webui_support._start_gateway_log_cursor(log_path)
+    log_path.write_text("first fresh log\nsecond fresh log\n", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    lines = cli_webui_support._read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor)
+
+    assert lines == ["first fresh log", "second fresh log"]
+
+
+def test_read_new_gateway_logs_waits_for_complete_utf8_line(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    log_path = tmp_path / "gateway.log"
+    log_path.touch()
+    cursor = cli_webui_support._start_gateway_log_cursor(log_path)
+    encoded = "模型 ready\n".encode()
+    log_path.write_bytes(encoded[:2])
+
+    assert cli_webui_support._read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor) == []
+
+    with log_path.open("ab") as handle:
+        handle.write(encoded[2:])
+
+    assert cli_webui_support._read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor) == ["模型 ready"]
+
+
+def test_read_new_gateway_logs_tolerates_missing_file(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    log_path = tmp_path / "missing.log"
+    cursor = cli_webui_support._start_gateway_log_cursor(log_path)
+    lines = cli_webui_support._read_new_gateway_logs(log_path, cursor)
+
+    assert lines == []
+    assert cursor.offset == 0
+
+
+def test_attach_to_background_gateway_checks_owned_sidecar(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    log_path = tmp_path / "gateway.log"
+    log_path.touch()
+
+    class _FakeRuntime:
+        def status(self):
+            return SimpleNamespace(running=True, log_path=log_path)
 
     def sidecar_exited() -> None:
         raise WebUIDevError("WebUI development server exited unexpectedly (code 23)")

tests/cli/test_entry.py

@@ -1,4 +1,85 @@
-from nanobot.cli.entry import _native_tui_candidate
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from nanobot.cli import entry
+from nanobot.cli.entry import _agent_invocation_args, _native_tui_candidate
+
+
+def test_root_command_routes_to_agent_without_copying_agent_options() -> None:
+    assert _agent_invocation_args([]) == []
+    assert _agent_invocation_args(["agent", "--theme", "dark"]) == ["--theme", "dark"]
+    assert _agent_invocation_args(["--workspace", "./project"]) == [
+        "--workspace",
+        "./project",
+    ]
+    assert _agent_invocation_args(["-mhello"]) == ["-mhello"]
+
+
+def test_root_metadata_and_subcommands_keep_the_root_cli() -> None:
+    for args in (
+        ["--help"],
+        ["--version"],
+        ["--install-completion"],
+        ["gateway"],
+        ["webui"],
+    ):
+        assert _agent_invocation_args(args) is None
+
+
+def test_root_shell_completion_keeps_root_subcommands() -> None:
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env.update(
+        {
+            "_NANOBOT_COMPLETE": "complete_bash",
+            "COMP_WORDS": "nanobot ",
+            "COMP_CWORD": "1",
+        }
+    )
+    script = (
+        "import sys; "
+        "from nanobot.cli.entry import main; "
+        "sys.argv = ['nanobot']; "
+        "main()"
+    )
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-c", script],
+        cwd=Path(__file__).parents[2],
+        env=env,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        check=False,
+    )
+
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+    assert {"agent", "gateway", "webui"} <= set(result.stdout.splitlines())
+    assert "not supported" not in result.stderr
+
+
+def test_root_alias_dispatches_the_shared_agent_command(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    calls: dict[str, object] = {}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(entry.sys, "argv", ["nanobot", "-m", "hello"])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        entry,
+        "set_cli_process_identity",
+        lambda args: calls.__setitem__("identity", args),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(entry, "_configure_windows_console", lambda: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        entry,
+        "_run_agent",
+        lambda args, *, prog_name: calls.update(args=args, prog_name=prog_name),
+    )
+
+    entry.main()
+
+    assert calls == {
+        "identity": ["agent", "-m", "hello"],
+        "args": ["-m", "hello"],
+        "prog_name": "nanobot",
+    }
 
 
 def test_native_agent_invocations_use_the_lightweight_entrypoint() -> None:

tests/cli/test_process_identity.py

@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ def test_legacy_console_entrypoint_still_sets_subcommand_identity(
     assert commands == [["webui"]]
 
 
+def test_legacy_console_entrypoint_routes_bare_command_to_agent(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    identities: list[list[str]] = []
+    launches: list[tuple[list[str], str]] = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.commands.set_cli_process_identity", identities.append)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.cli.entry._run_agent",
+        lambda args, *, prog_name: launches.append((args, prog_name)),
+    )
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(app, [])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert identities == [["agent"]]
+    assert launches == [([], "nanobot")]
+
+
 def test_named_executable_creates_stable_role_symlink(
     tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None:

tests/cli/test_tui_launcher.py

@@ -51,14 +51,6 @@ def _release_archive(
     return payload, checksum
 
 
-def _tui_source(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
-    source_dir = tmp_path / "tui"
-    source_dir.mkdir()
-    (source_dir / "package.json").write_text('{"dependencies": {}}\n', encoding="utf-8")
-    (source_dir / "bun.lock").write_text('lockfileVersion = 1\n', encoding="utf-8")
-    return source_dir
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("session_id", "expected"),
     [
@@ -533,18 +525,18 @@ def test_classic_options_require_an_explicit_classic_prompt(
         )
 
 
-def test_source_checkout_installs_missing_locked_tui_dependencies(
+def test_source_checkout_refreshes_locked_tui_dependencies(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
     tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None:
-    source_dir = _tui_source(tmp_path)
+    source_dir = tmp_path / "tui"
-    dependency = source_dir / "node_modules" / "@opentui" / "core"
+    source_dir.mkdir()
+    (source_dir / "node_modules" / "@opentui" / "core").mkdir(parents=True)
     bun = str(tmp_path / "bun")
 
     def install(command: list[str], **kwargs: object) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
         assert command == [bun, "install", "--frozen-lockfile"]
         assert kwargs["cwd"] == source_dir
-        dependency.mkdir(parents=True)
         return subprocess.CompletedProcess(command, 0, "", "")
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.tui_launcher.subprocess.run", install)
@@ -559,82 +551,6 @@ def test_source_checkout_installs_missing_locked_tui_dependencies(
     ]
 
 
-def test_source_checkout_skips_install_when_locked_dependencies_are_current(
-    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
-    tmp_path: Path,
-) -> None:
-    source_dir = _tui_source(tmp_path)
-    dependency = source_dir / "node_modules" / "@opentui" / "core"
-    installs: list[list[str]] = []
-
-    def install(command: list[str], **_kwargs: object) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
-        installs.append(command)
-        dependency.mkdir(parents=True)
-        return subprocess.CompletedProcess(command, 0, "", "")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.tui_launcher.subprocess.run", install)
-
-    _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-    _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-
-    assert installs == [["bun", "install", "--frozen-lockfile"]]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("metadata_name", ["package.json", "bun.lock"])
-def test_source_checkout_refreshes_dependencies_when_metadata_changes(
-    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
-    tmp_path: Path,
-    metadata_name: str,
-) -> None:
-    source_dir = _tui_source(tmp_path)
-    dependency = source_dir / "node_modules" / "@opentui" / "core"
-    installs: list[list[str]] = []
-
-    def install(command: list[str], **_kwargs: object) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
-        installs.append(command)
-        dependency.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        return subprocess.CompletedProcess(command, 0, "", "")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.tui_launcher.subprocess.run", install)
-
-    _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-    with (source_dir / metadata_name).open("a", encoding="utf-8") as metadata:
-        metadata.write("changed\n")
-    _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-
-    assert installs == [
-        ["bun", "install", "--frozen-lockfile"],
-        ["bun", "install", "--frozen-lockfile"],
-    ]
-
-
-def test_failed_source_dependency_install_does_not_leave_a_valid_cache(
-    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
-    tmp_path: Path,
-) -> None:
-    source_dir = _tui_source(tmp_path)
-    dependency = source_dir / "node_modules" / "@opentui" / "core"
-    outcomes = iter((0, 1, 0))
-    installs = 0
-
-    def install(command: list[str], **_kwargs: object) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
-        nonlocal installs
-        installs += 1
-        dependency.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        returncode = next(outcomes)
-        return subprocess.CompletedProcess(command, returncode, "", "partial install")
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.tui_launcher.subprocess.run", install)
-
-    _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-    dependency.rmdir()
-    with pytest.raises(TuiUnavailableError, match="partial install"):
-        _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-    _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, "bun")
-
-    assert installs == 3
-
-
 def test_source_checkout_fails_when_locked_dependencies_cannot_be_refreshed(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
     tmp_path: Path,

tests/command/test_router_dispatchable.py

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TestMidTurnCommandDispatchedDirectly:
         loop = MagicMock()
         loop.sessions = MagicMock()
         loop.sessions.get_or_create = MagicMock(return_value=MagicMock(
-            messages=[], last_consolidated=0, clear=MagicMock(),
+            messages=[], last_archived=0, clear=MagicMock(),
         ))
         loop.sessions.save = MagicMock()
         loop.sessions.invalidate = MagicMock()

tests/providers/test_oauth_model_catalog.py

@@ -0,0 +1,504 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import json
+import threading
+import time
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import (
+    OAuthModelCatalog,
+    get_oauth_model_catalog,
+    invalidate_oauth_model_catalog,
+)
+from nanobot.providers.openai_codex_provider import (
+    DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODELS_URL,
+    OPENAI_CODEX_CATALOG_CLIENT_VERSION,
+)
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec
+from nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider import DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL
+from nanobot.providers.xai_oauth import XAIToken
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _clear_oauth_catalogs() -> None:
+    for provider in ("openai_codex", "xai_grok", "github_copilot"):
+        invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(provider)
+    yield
+    for provider in ("openai_codex", "xai_grok", "github_copilot"):
+        invalidate_oauth_model_catalog(provider)
+
+
+def _fallback_model() -> ProviderModelSpec:
+    return ProviderModelSpec(id="provider/fallback", label="Fallback")
+
+
+def test_xai_catalog_fetches_remote_models_and_reuses_capability_metadata(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    original_client = httpx.Client
+    captured: dict[str, object] = {}
+    payload = (
+        base64.urlsafe_b64encode(
+            json.dumps({"sub": "user-42", "email": "user@example.com"}).encode()
+        )
+        .decode()
+        .rstrip("=")
+    )
+    token = XAIToken(
+        access=f"header.{payload}.signature",
+        refresh="refresh-token",
+        expires=int(time.time() * 1000) + 3_600_000,
+        account_id="user@example.com",
+    )
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        captured["request"] = request
+        return httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            json={
+                "data": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "grok-4.6",
+                        "name": "Grok 4.6",
+                        "description": "Latest frontier model",
+                        "owned_by": "xAI",
+                        "context_window": 500_000,
+                        "supports_backend_search": True,
+                        "reasoning_efforts": [
+                            {"value": "xhigh"},
+                            {"value": "high"},
+                            {"value": "low"},
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "id": "grok-next",
+                        "_meta": {
+                            "name": "Grok Next",
+                            "context_window": 750_000,
+                            "reasoning_efforts": ["high", "low"],
+                        },
+                    },
+                ]
+            },
+            request=request,
+        )
+
+    def fake_client(**kwargs: object) -> httpx.Client:
+        captured["kwargs"] = kwargs
+        return original_client(
+            transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler),
+            timeout=kwargs["timeout"],
+            follow_redirects=kwargs["follow_redirects"],
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.get_xai_oauth_storage_path",
+        lambda: tmp_path / "auth" / "xai.json",
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.get_xai_oauth_login_status",
+        lambda: token,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.get_xai_oauth_token",
+        lambda **_kwargs: token,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.httpx.Client", fake_client)
+
+    catalog = get_oauth_model_catalog("xai_grok")
+
+    assert catalog.source == "remote"
+    assert [model.id for model in catalog.models] == [
+        "xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+        "xai-grok/grok-next",
+    ]
+    grok = catalog.find("grok-4.6")
+    assert grok is not None
+    assert grok.description == "Latest frontier model"
+    assert grok.context_window == 500_000
+    assert grok.reasoning_efforts == ("xhigh", "high", "low")
+    assert grok.supports_backend_search is True
+    next_model = catalog.find("xai-grok/grok-next")
+    assert next_model is not None
+    assert next_model.label == "Grok Next"
+    assert next_model.context_window == 750_000
+    assert next_model.reasoning_efforts == ("high", "low")
+
+    request = captured["request"]
+    assert isinstance(request, httpx.Request)
+    assert str(request.url) == DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL
+    assert request.headers["Authorization"] == f"Bearer {token.access}"
+    assert request.headers["X-XAI-Token-Auth"] == "xai-grok-cli"
+    assert request.headers["x-userid"] == "user-42"
+    assert request.headers["x-email"] == "user@example.com"
+    assert captured["kwargs"] == {"timeout": 10.0, "follow_redirects": False}
+    assert get_oauth_model_catalog("xai_grok").source == "cache"
+
+
+def test_openai_codex_catalog_uses_account_catalog_and_filters_hidden_models(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    original_client = httpx.Client
+    captured: dict[str, object] = {}
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        captured["request"] = request
+        return httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            json={
+                "models": [
+                    {
+                        "slug": "gpt-new",
+                        "display_name": "GPT New",
+                        "description": "New model",
+                        "context_window": 300_000,
+                        "priority": 2,
+                        "visibility": "list",
+                        "supported_reasoning_levels": [
+                            {"effort": "low"},
+                            {"effort": "high"},
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "slug": "gpt-first",
+                        "display_name": "GPT First",
+                        "priority": 1,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "slug": "internal-model",
+                        "display_name": "Internal",
+                        "visibility": "hide",
+                        "priority": 0,
+                    },
+                ]
+            },
+            request=request,
+        )
+
+    def fake_client(**kwargs: object) -> httpx.Client:
+        captured["kwargs"] = kwargs
+        return original_client(
+            transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler),
+            timeout=kwargs["timeout"],
+            follow_redirects=kwargs["follow_redirects"],
+        )
+
+    class Storage:
+        def load(self) -> SimpleNamespace:
+            return SimpleNamespace(access="secret", account_id="account-42")
+
+        def get_token_path(self) -> Path:
+            return tmp_path / "auth" / "openai-codex.json"
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.providers.openai_codex_provider.FileTokenStorage",
+        lambda **_kwargs: Storage(),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.providers.openai_codex_provider.get_codex_token",
+        lambda **_kwargs: SimpleNamespace(access="secret", account_id="account-42"),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.openai_codex_provider.httpx.Client", fake_client)
+
+    catalog = get_oauth_model_catalog("openai_codex")
+
+    assert catalog.source == "remote"
+    assert [model.id for model in catalog.models] == [
+        "openai-codex/gpt-first",
+        "openai-codex/gpt-new",
+    ]
+    assert catalog.models[1].context_window == 300_000
+    assert catalog.models[1].reasoning_efforts == ("low", "high")
+    request = captured["request"]
+    assert isinstance(request, httpx.Request)
+    assert request.url.copy_with(query=None) == httpx.URL(DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODELS_URL)
+    assert request.url.params["client_version"] == OPENAI_CODEX_CATALOG_CLIENT_VERSION
+    assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer secret"
+    assert request.headers["chatgpt-account-id"] == "account-42"
+
+
+def test_github_copilot_catalog_only_lists_compatible_chat_models(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    original_client = httpx.Client
+    captured: list[httpx.Request] = []
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        captured.append(request)
+        if request.url.path.endswith("/copilot_internal/v2/token"):
+            return httpx.Response(
+                200,
+                json={
+                    "token": "copilot-secret",
+                    "endpoints": {"api": "https://api.individual.githubcopilot.com"},
+                },
+                request=request,
+            )
+        return httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            json={
+                "data": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "claude-sonnet",
+                        "name": "Claude Sonnet",
+                        "model_picker_enabled": True,
+                        "policy": {"state": "enabled"},
+                        "supported_endpoints": ["/chat/completions"],
+                        "capabilities": {
+                            "supports": {"reasoning_effort": ["low", "high"]},
+                            "limits": {"max_context_window_tokens": 200_000},
+                        },
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "id": "gpt-5.4-mini",
+                        "name": "GPT-5.4 Mini",
+                        "model_picker_enabled": True,
+                        "supported_endpoints": ["/responses"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "id": "unknown-responses-only",
+                        "name": "Unknown Responses only",
+                        "model_picker_enabled": True,
+                        "supported_endpoints": ["/responses"],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "id": "disabled",
+                        "model_picker_enabled": True,
+                        "policy": {"state": "disabled"},
+                        "supported_endpoints": ["/chat/completions"],
+                    },
+                ]
+            },
+            request=request,
+        )
+
+    def fake_client(**kwargs: object) -> httpx.Client:
+        return original_client(
+            transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler),
+            timeout=kwargs["timeout"],
+            follow_redirects=kwargs["follow_redirects"],
+        )
+
+    class Storage:
+        def load(self) -> SimpleNamespace:
+            return SimpleNamespace(access="github-secret", account_id="octocat")
+
+        def get_token_path(self) -> Path:
+            return tmp_path / "auth" / "github-copilot.json"
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.providers.github_copilot_provider.get_storage",
+        lambda: Storage(),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.github_copilot_provider.httpx.Client", fake_client)
+
+    catalog = get_oauth_model_catalog("github_copilot")
+
+    assert catalog.source == "remote"
+    assert [model.id for model in catalog.models] == [
+        "github-copilot/claude-sonnet",
+        "github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini",
+    ]
+    assert catalog.models[0].context_window == 200_000
+    assert catalog.models[0].reasoning_efforts == ("low", "high")
+    assert len(captured) == 2
+    assert captured[0].headers["Authorization"] == "token github-secret"
+    assert captured[1].headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer copilot-secret"
+    assert str(captured[1].url) == "https://api.individual.githubcopilot.com/models"
+    assert get_oauth_model_catalog("github_copilot").source == "cache"
+    assert get_oauth_model_catalog(
+        "github_copilot",
+        proxy="http://proxy.example:8080",
+    ).source == "remote"
+    assert len(captured) == 4
+
+
+def test_catalog_single_flights_concurrent_refreshes() -> None:
+    calls = 0
+    calls_lock = threading.Lock()
+    barrier = threading.Barrier(8)
+
+    def fetch(_proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+        nonlocal calls
+        with calls_lock:
+            calls += 1
+        time.sleep(0.05)
+        return (ProviderModelSpec(id="provider/remote", label="Remote"),)
+
+    catalog = OAuthModelCatalog(fallback_models=(_fallback_model(),), fetch=fetch)
+
+    def get_catalog(_index: int):
+        barrier.wait()
+        return catalog.get(cache_key="shared")
+
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=8) as pool:
+        results = list(pool.map(get_catalog, range(8)))
+
+    assert calls == 1
+    assert {result.models[0].id for result in results} == {"provider/remote"}
+    assert [result.source for result in results].count("remote") == 1
+    assert [result.source for result in results].count("cache") == 7
+
+
+def test_catalog_invalidation_discards_an_inflight_account_refresh() -> None:
+    started = threading.Event()
+    release = threading.Event()
+    identity = ["old-account"]
+
+    def fetch(_proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+        current = identity[0]
+        if current == "old-account":
+            started.set()
+            assert release.wait(timeout=2)
+        return (ProviderModelSpec(id=f"provider/{current}", label=current),)
+
+    catalog = OAuthModelCatalog(fallback_models=(_fallback_model(),), fetch=fetch)
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as pool:
+        old_future = pool.submit(catalog.get, cache_key="old-key")
+        assert started.wait(timeout=2)
+        identity[0] = "new-account"
+        catalog.invalidate()
+        new_future = pool.submit(catalog.get, cache_key="new-key")
+        new_result = new_future.result(timeout=2)
+        release.set()
+        old_result = old_future.result(timeout=2)
+
+    assert old_result.source == "fallback"
+    assert new_result.models[0].id == "provider/new-account"
+
+    identity[0] = "old-account"
+    assert catalog.get(cache_key="old-key").models[0].id == "provider/old-account"
+
+
+def test_catalog_bounds_failure_only_keys() -> None:
+    calls = 0
+
+    def fetch(_proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+        nonlocal calls
+        calls += 1
+        raise httpx.ConnectError("offline")
+
+    catalog = OAuthModelCatalog(
+        fallback_models=(_fallback_model(),),
+        fetch=fetch,
+        max_entries=2,
+    )
+
+    for key in ("one", "two", "three"):
+        assert catalog.get(cache_key=key).source == "fallback"
+
+    assert calls == 3
+    assert catalog.get(cache_key="one").source == "fallback"
+    assert calls == 4
+
+
+def test_catalog_returns_stale_then_negative_caches_refresh_failure() -> None:
+    now = [0.0]
+    calls = 0
+
+    def fetch(_proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+        nonlocal calls
+        calls += 1
+        if calls > 1:
+            raise httpx.ConnectError("offline")
+        return (ProviderModelSpec(id="provider/remote", label="Remote"),)
+
+    catalog = OAuthModelCatalog(
+        fallback_models=(_fallback_model(),),
+        fetch=fetch,
+        fresh_ttl_s=10,
+        stale_ttl_s=100,
+        failure_ttl_s=30,
+        monotonic=lambda: now[0],
+        wall_clock=lambda: 123.0,
+    )
+
+    assert catalog.get(cache_key="one").source == "remote"
+    now[0] = 11
+    stale = catalog.get(cache_key="one")
+    assert stale.source == "stale"
+    assert stale.models[0].id == "provider/remote"
+    assert catalog.get(cache_key="one").source == "stale"
+    assert calls == 2
+
+    now[0] = 101
+    fallback = catalog.get(cache_key="one")
+    assert fallback.source == "fallback"
+    assert fallback.models[0].id == "provider/fallback"
+    assert calls == 3
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "failure",
+    [
+        httpx.ConnectError("offline"),
+        ValueError("invalid JSON"),
+        httpx.HTTPStatusError(
+            "unauthorized",
+            request=httpx.Request("GET", DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL),
+            response=httpx.Response(401),
+        ),
+        httpx.HTTPStatusError(
+            "rate limited",
+            request=httpx.Request("GET", DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL),
+            response=httpx.Response(429),
+        ),
+        httpx.HTTPStatusError(
+            "upstream failure",
+            request=httpx.Request("GET", DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL),
+            response=httpx.Response(503),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_catalog_falls_back_for_remote_failures(failure: Exception) -> None:
+    calls = 0
+
+    def fetch(_proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+        nonlocal calls
+        calls += 1
+        raise failure
+
+    catalog = OAuthModelCatalog(
+        fallback_models=(_fallback_model(),),
+        fetch=fetch,
+        failure_ttl_s=30,
+    )
+
+    first = catalog.get(cache_key="one")
+    second = catalog.get(cache_key="one")
+
+    assert first.source == "fallback"
+    assert second.source == "fallback"
+    assert first.models == (_fallback_model(),)
+    assert calls == 1
+
+
+def test_catalog_treats_empty_remote_list_as_failure_and_can_be_invalidated() -> None:
+    calls = 0
+
+    def fetch(_proxy: str | None) -> tuple[ProviderModelSpec, ...]:
+        nonlocal calls
+        calls += 1
+        return () if calls == 1 else (ProviderModelSpec(id="provider/new", label="New"),)
+
+    catalog = OAuthModelCatalog(
+        fallback_models=(_fallback_model(),),
+        fetch=fetch,
+        failure_ttl_s=30,
+    )
+
+    assert catalog.get(cache_key="one").source == "fallback"
+    catalog.invalidate()
+    refreshed = catalog.get(cache_key="one")
+    assert refreshed.source == "remote"
+    assert refreshed.models[0].id == "provider/new"
+    assert calls == 2

tests/providers/test_xai_grok_provider.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import base64
 import json
 import time
 from types import SimpleNamespace
@@ -12,21 +11,19 @@ import pytest
 from nanobot.config.schema import Config
 from nanobot.providers.base import LLMUsage
 from nanobot.providers.factory import make_provider
-from nanobot.providers.registry import find_by_name
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec, find_by_name
 from nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider import (
     DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODEL,
-    DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL,
     XAIGrokProvider,
     _bounded_error_body,
     _build_headers,
-    _build_model_headers,
     _build_reasoning_options,
     _build_xai_http_error,
-    _fetch_xai_model_capabilities,
-    _parse_xai_model_capabilities,
     _request_xai,
     _xai_error_response,
     _XAIHTTPError,
+    _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError,
 )
 
 
@@ -51,22 +48,41 @@ def _mock_model_capabilities(
     *,
     supports_backend_search: bool,
 ) -> None:
-    async def fake_fetch(*_args, **_kwargs):
+    def fake_catalog(*_args, **_kwargs):
-        return {"grok-4.5": supports_backend_search}
+        return OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot(
+            models=(
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id="xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+                    label="Grok 4.5",
+                    supports_backend_search=supports_backend_search,
+                ),
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id="xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+                    label="Grok 4.6",
+                    supports_backend_search=supports_backend_search,
+                ),
+            ),
+            source="remote",
+            fetched_at=1,
+        )
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._fetch_xai_model_capabilities",
+        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.get_xai_grok_model_catalog",
-        fake_fetch,
+        fake_catalog,
     )
 
 
-def test_xai_grok_registry_exposes_curated_x_search_model() -> None:
+def test_xai_grok_registry_exposes_curated_x_search_models() -> None:
     spec = find_by_name("xai_grok")
 
     assert spec is not None
     assert spec.is_oauth is True
     assert spec.backend == "xai_grok"
     assert spec.builtin_models[0].id == DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODEL
+    assert [model.id for model in spec.builtin_models] == [
+        "xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+        "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+    ]
     assert spec.builtin_models[0].context_window == 500000
     assert "when supported" in spec.builtin_models[0].description
 
@@ -117,7 +133,7 @@ async def test_provider_injects_hosted_x_search_and_required_proxy_headers(monke
     assert response.content == "answer [[1]](https://x.com/example/status/1)"
     url, headers, body = calls[0]
     assert url == "https://cli-chat-proxy.grok.com/v1/responses"
-    assert body["model"] == "grok-4.5"
+    assert body["model"] == "grok-4.6"
     assert body["tools"] == [
         {
             "type": "function",
@@ -132,12 +148,13 @@ async def test_provider_injects_hosted_x_search_and_required_proxy_headers(monke
     assert body["stream_tool_calls"] is True
     assert body["reasoning"] == {"summary": "concise", "effort": "high"}
     assert body["store"] is False
+    assert body["max_turns"] == 5
     assert headers["Authorization"] == "Bearer subscription-token"
     assert headers["X-XAI-Token-Auth"] == "xai-grok-cli"
     assert headers["x-authenticateresponse"] == "authenticate-response"
     assert headers["x-grok-client-identifier"] == "nanobot"
     assert headers["x-grok-client-mode"] == "headless"
-    assert headers["x-grok-model-override"] == "grok-4.5"
+    assert headers["x-grok-model-override"] == "grok-4.6"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -147,7 +164,7 @@ async def test_explicit_parameterized_x_search_is_preserved_without_catalog_look
     _mock_token(monkeypatch)
     bodies: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
 
-    async def unexpected_catalog_lookup(*_args, **_kwargs):
+    def unexpected_catalog_lookup(*_args, **_kwargs):
         raise AssertionError("explicit raw tools must not depend on model catalog metadata")
 
     async def fake_request(_url, _headers, body, **_kwargs):
@@ -155,7 +172,7 @@ async def test_explicit_parameterized_x_search_is_preserved_without_catalog_look
         return "ok", [], "stop", {}, None
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._fetch_xai_model_capabilities",
+        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.get_xai_grok_model_catalog",
         unexpected_catalog_lookup,
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._request_xai", fake_request)
@@ -164,10 +181,12 @@ async def test_explicit_parameterized_x_search_is_preserved_without_catalog_look
         "allowed_x_handles": ["nanobot_ai"],
         "from_date": "2026-01-01",
     }
-    provider = XAIGrokProvider(extra_body={
+    provider = XAIGrokProvider(
+        extra_body={
             "parallel_tool_calls": False,
             "tools": [hosted_tool, {"type": "code_interpreter", "container": "auto"}],
-    })
+        }
+    )
 
     response = await provider.chat(
         [{"role": "user", "content": "search"}],
@@ -210,7 +229,7 @@ async def test_explicit_empty_tools_disables_catalog_lookup_and_hosted_tool(monk
     _mock_token(monkeypatch)
     bodies: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
 
-    async def unexpected_catalog_lookup(*_args, **_kwargs):
+    def unexpected_catalog_lookup(*_args, **_kwargs):
         raise AssertionError("explicitly disabled X Search must not fetch model capabilities")
 
     async def fake_request(_url, _headers, body, **_kwargs):
@@ -218,7 +237,7 @@ async def test_explicit_empty_tools_disables_catalog_lookup_and_hosted_tool(monk
         return "ok", [], "stop", {}, None
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._fetch_xai_model_capabilities",
+        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.get_xai_grok_model_catalog",
         unexpected_catalog_lookup,
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._request_xai", fake_request)
@@ -226,23 +245,28 @@ async def test_explicit_empty_tools_disables_catalog_lookup_and_hosted_tool(monk
 
     response = await provider.chat(
         [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
-        tools=[{
+        tools=[
+            {
                 "type": "function",
                 "function": {
                     "name": "read_file",
                     "description": "Read a file",
                     "parameters": {"type": "object"},
                 },
-        }],
+            }
+        ],
     )
 
     assert response.content == "ok"
-    assert bodies[0]["tools"] == [{
+    assert bodies[0]["tools"] == [
+        {
             "type": "function",
             "name": "read_file",
             "description": "Read a file",
             "parameters": {"type": "object"},
-    }]
+        }
+    ]
+    assert "max_turns" not in bodies[0]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -281,35 +305,8 @@ async def test_provider_keeps_local_x_search_when_model_does_not_support_hosted_
             "parameters": {"type": "object"},
         }
     ]
-
+    assert "max_turns" not in bodies[0]
-
+    assert bodies[0]["instructions"] == ""
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_provider_fails_closed_and_caches_model_catalog_failure(monkeypatch) -> None:
-    _mock_token(monkeypatch)
-    fetch_calls = 0
-    bodies: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-
-    async def failing_fetch(*_args, **_kwargs):
-        nonlocal fetch_calls
-        fetch_calls += 1
-        raise httpx.ConnectError("catalog unavailable")
-
-    async def fake_request(_url, _headers, body, **_kwargs):
-        bodies.append(body)
-        return "ok", [], "stop", {}, None
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._fetch_xai_model_capabilities",
-        failing_fetch,
-    )
-    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._request_xai", fake_request)
-    provider = XAIGrokProvider()
-
-    await provider.chat([{"role": "user", "content": "first"}])
-    await provider.chat([{"role": "user", "content": "second"}])
-
-    assert fetch_calls == 1
-    assert all({"type": "x_search"} not in body["tools"] for body in bodies)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -395,7 +392,10 @@ async def test_factory_builds_xai_provider_and_applies_explicit_body_overrides(m
             "providers": {
                 "xaiGrok": {
                     "proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:7890",
-                    "extraBody": {"parallel_tool_calls": False},
+                    "extraBody": {
+                        "parallel_tool_calls": False,
+                        "max_turns": 2,
+                    },
                 }
             },
         }
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ async def test_factory_builds_xai_provider_and_applies_explicit_body_overrides(m
     assert provider.proxy == "http://127.0.0.1:7890"
     assert response.content == "ok"
     assert bodies[0]["parallel_tool_calls"] is False
+    assert bodies[0]["max_turns"] == 2
     assert {"type": "x_search"} in bodies[0]["tools"]
 
 
@@ -527,75 +528,183 @@ async def test_raw_response_request_streams_hosted_x_search_lifecycle(monkeypatc
     assert "large hosted result" not in json.dumps(tool_events)
 
 
-def test_model_capabilities_follow_upstream_aliases_and_default_to_disabled() -> None:
-    capabilities = _parse_xai_model_capabilities(
-        {
-            "data": [
-                {"id": "grok-4.5", "supportsBackendSearch": False},
-                {
-                    "model": "grok-search",
-                    "supports_backend_search": True,
-                },
-                {
-                    "modelId": "grok-meta",
-                    "_meta": {"supportsBackendSearch": True},
-                },
-                {"id": "grok-unknown"},
-            ]
-        }
-    )
-
-    assert capabilities == {
-        "grok-4.5": False,
-        "grok-search": True,
-        "grok-meta": True,
-        "grok-unknown": False,
-    }
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_model_capability_request_uses_subscription_headers(monkeypatch) -> None:
+async def test_raw_response_request_streams_official_x_search_lifecycle(monkeypatch) -> None:
     original_client = httpx.AsyncClient
-    captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    events = [
+        {
+            "type": "response.output_item.added",
+            "item": {
+                "type": "x_search_call",
+                "id": "x-search-1",
+                "status": "in_progress",
+                "action": {"query": "nanobot oauth"},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "response.output_item.done",
+            "item": {
+                "type": "x_search_call",
+                "id": "x-search-1",
+                "status": "completed",
+                "action": {"query": "nanobot oauth"},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "response.completed",
+            "response": {"status": "completed", "usage": {}},
+        },
+    ]
+    content = "".join(f"data: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n" for event in events)
 
     def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
-        captured["request"] = request
+        return httpx.Response(200, content=content, request=request)
-        return httpx.Response(
-            200,
-            json={"data": [{"id": "grok-search", "supportsBackendSearch": True}]},
-            request=request,
-        )
 
     def fake_client(**kwargs) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
-        captured["kwargs"] = kwargs
         return original_client(
             transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler),
             timeout=kwargs["timeout"],
-            follow_redirects=kwargs["follow_redirects"],
         )
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.httpx.AsyncClient", fake_client)
-    payload = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(
+    tool_events: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-        json.dumps({"sub": "user-42", "email": "user@example.com"}).encode()
-    ).decode().rstrip("=")
-    access_token = f"header.{payload}.signature"
-    headers = _build_model_headers(_token(access_token))
 
-    capabilities = await _fetch_xai_model_capabilities(
+    await _request_xai(
-        DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL,
+        "https://cli-chat-proxy.grok.com/v1/responses",
-        headers,
+        _build_headers("secret", "grok-4.6"),
+        {"model": "grok-4.6", "tools": [{"type": "x_search"}]},
+        on_tool_call_delta=lambda event: _append(tool_events, event),
     )
 
-    request = captured["request"]
+    assert [(event["phase"], event["name"]) for event in tool_events] == [
-    assert isinstance(request, httpx.Request)
+        ("start", "x_search"),
-    assert request.method == "GET"
+        ("end", "x_search"),
-    assert str(request.url) == DEFAULT_XAI_GROK_MODELS_URL
+    ]
-    assert request.headers["Authorization"] == f"Bearer {access_token}"
+    assert tool_events[-1]["result"] == {"status": "completed"}
-    assert request.headers["X-XAI-Token-Auth"] == "xai-grok-cli"
+
-    assert request.headers["x-userid"] == "user-42"
+
-    assert request.headers["x-email"] == "user@example.com"
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
-    assert captured["kwargs"] == {"timeout": 10.0, "follow_redirects": False}
+async def test_raw_response_rejects_unfinished_hosted_tool_and_closes_progress(
-    assert capabilities == {"grok-search": True}
+    monkeypatch,
+) -> None:
+    original_client = httpx.AsyncClient
+    events = [
+        {
+            "type": "response.custom_tool_call_input.done",
+            "item_id": "x-search-1",
+            "input": '{"query":"nanobot oauth"}',
+        },
+        {"type": "response.output_text.delta", "delta": "I will keep searching."},
+        {
+            "type": "response.completed",
+            "response": {
+                "status": "completed",
+                "usage": {"input_tokens": 8, "output_tokens": 4, "total_tokens": 12},
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+    content = "".join(f"data: {json.dumps(event)}\n\n" for event in events)
+
+    def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        return httpx.Response(200, content=content, request=request)
+
+    def fake_client(**kwargs) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+        return original_client(
+            transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler),
+            timeout=kwargs["timeout"],
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider.httpx.AsyncClient", fake_client)
+    tool_events: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    with pytest.raises(_XAIIncompleteHostedToolError) as caught:
+        await _request_xai(
+            "https://cli-chat-proxy.grok.com/v1/responses",
+            _build_headers("secret", "grok-4.6"),
+            {"model": "grok-4.6", "tools": [{"type": "x_search"}]},
+            on_tool_call_delta=lambda event: _append(tool_events, event),
+        )
+
+    assert caught.value.usage == LLMUsage.reported(input_tokens=8, output_tokens=4)
+    assert [event["phase"] for event in tool_events] == ["start", "error"]
+    assert "before this hosted tool completed" in tool_events[-1]["error"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_provider_recovers_unfinished_hosted_tool_once_and_preserves_usage(
+    monkeypatch,
+) -> None:
+    _mock_token(monkeypatch)
+    _mock_model_capabilities(monkeypatch, supports_backend_search=True)
+    attempts = 0
+    request_ids: list[str] = []
+    streamed: list[str] = []
+    recovered: list[bool] = []
+    first_usage = LLMUsage.reported(input_tokens=10, output_tokens=2)
+    second_usage = LLMUsage.reported(input_tokens=11, output_tokens=4)
+
+    async def fake_request(_url, headers, body, **kwargs):
+        nonlocal attempts
+        attempts += 1
+        request_ids.append(headers["x-grok-req-id"])
+        assert body["max_turns"] == 5
+        if attempts == 1:
+            await kwargs["on_content_delta"]("I will keep searching.")
+            raise _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError(
+                [{"name": "x_search", "call_id": "search-1"}],
+                usage=first_usage,
+            )
+        await kwargs["on_content_delta"]("Final researched answer.")
+        return "Final researched answer.", [], "stop", second_usage, None
+
+    async def on_recover() -> None:
+        recovered.append(True)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._request_xai", fake_request)
+    provider = XAIGrokProvider()
+
+    response = await provider.chat_stream_with_retry(
+        [{"role": "user", "content": "Search X"}],
+        on_content_delta=lambda delta: _append(streamed, delta),
+        on_stream_recover=on_recover,
+    )
+
+    assert attempts == 2
+    assert len(set(request_ids)) == 2
+    assert recovered == [True]
+    assert streamed == ["I will keep searching.", "Final researched answer."]
+    assert response.content == "Final researched answer."
+    assert response.usage == first_usage + second_usage
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_provider_preserves_usage_when_hosted_tool_recovery_also_fails(
+    monkeypatch,
+) -> None:
+    _mock_token(monkeypatch)
+    _mock_model_capabilities(monkeypatch, supports_backend_search=True)
+    attempts = 0
+    usage = LLMUsage.reported(input_tokens=10, output_tokens=2)
+
+    async def fake_request(*_args, **_kwargs):
+        nonlocal attempts
+        attempts += 1
+        raise _XAIIncompleteHostedToolError(
+            [{"name": "x_search", "call_id": f"search-{attempts}"}],
+            usage=usage,
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.providers.xai_grok_provider._request_xai", fake_request)
+    provider = XAIGrokProvider()
+
+    response = await provider.chat_stream_with_retry(
+        [{"role": "user", "content": "Search X"}],
+        on_stream_recover=lambda: _append([], True),
+    )
+
+    assert attempts == 2
+    assert response.finish_reason == "error"
+    assert response.usage == usage + usage
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio

tests/session/test_consolidated_offset_clamp.py

@@ -57,9 +57,41 @@ def test_loaded_corrupt_offset_keeps_messages(tmp_path: Path):
 def test_valid_offset_is_preserved():
     session = _session(10, 4)
     assert session.last_consolidated == 4
+    assert session.last_archived == 4
     assert len(session.get_history()) == 8
 
 
+def test_last_archived_field_migrates_with_legacy_alias(tmp_path: Path):
+    manager = SessionManager(tmp_path)
+    path = manager._get_session_path("chan:chat")
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    messages = [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "first"},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "second"},
+    ]
+    path.write_text(
+        "\n".join([
+            json.dumps({
+                "_type": "metadata",
+                "key": "chan:chat",
+                "metadata": {},
+                "last_archived": 1,
+            }),
+            *(json.dumps(message) for message in messages),
+        ]) + "\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    session = manager.get_or_create("chan:chat")
+
+    assert session.last_archived == 1
+    assert session.last_consolidated == 1
+    manager.save(session)
+    metadata = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()[0])
+    assert metadata["last_archived"] == 1
+    assert metadata["last_consolidated"] == 1
+
+
 def test_loaded_null_metadata_becomes_empty_dict(tmp_path: Path):
     """Session jsonl metadata:null must load as {} so agent .pop/.get work."""
     manager = SessionManager(tmp_path)

tests/tools/test_message_tool_suppress.py

@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ class TestMessageToolSuppressLogic:
     """Final reply suppressed only when message tool sends to the same target."""
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_suppress_when_sent_to_same_target(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("ephemeral", [False, True])
+    async def test_suppress_when_sent_to_same_target(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        ephemeral: bool,
+    ) -> None:
         loop = _make_loop(tmp_path)
         tool_call = ToolCallRequest(
             id="call1", name="message",
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ class TestMessageToolSuppressLogic:
             mt.set_send_callback(AsyncMock(side_effect=lambda m: sent.append(m)))
 
         msg = InboundMessage(channel="feishu", sender_id="user1", chat_id="chat123", content="Send")
-        result = await loop._process_message(msg)
+        result = await loop._process_message(msg, ephemeral=ephemeral)
 
         assert len(sent) == 1
         assert result is None  # suppressed
@@ -87,6 +92,34 @@ class TestMessageToolSuppressLogic:
         assert result is not None
         assert "Hello" in result.content
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_internal_message_check_keeps_final_response(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        loop = _make_loop(tmp_path)
+        tool_call = ToolCallRequest(
+            id="call1", name="message",
+            arguments={"content": "all clear", "channel": "feishu", "chat_id": "chat123"},
+        )
+        calls = iter([
+            LLMResponse(content="", tool_calls=[tool_call]),
+            LLMResponse(content="Heartbeat summary", tool_calls=[]),
+        ])
+        loop.provider.chat_with_retry = AsyncMock(side_effect=lambda *a, **kw: next(calls))
+        loop.tools.get_definitions = MagicMock(return_value=[])
+
+        mt = loop.tools.get("message")
+        assert isinstance(mt, MessageTool)
+        token = mt.set_suppress_delivery(True)
+        try:
+            msg = InboundMessage(
+                channel="feishu", sender_id="user1", chat_id="chat123", content="Check",
+            )
+            result = await loop._process_message(msg)
+        finally:
+            mt.reset_suppress_delivery(token)
+
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.content == "Heartbeat summary"
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_injected_followup_with_message_tool_does_not_emit_empty_fallback(
         self, tmp_path: Path
@@ -154,22 +187,7 @@ class TestMessageToolSuppressLogic:
             ('read foo.txt', True),
         ]
 
-class TestMessageToolTurnTracking:
+class TestMessageToolSchema:
-
-    def test_sent_in_turn_tracks_same_target(self) -> None:
-        tool = MessageTool()
-        from nanobot.agent.tools.context import RequestContext, request_context
-
-        with request_context(RequestContext(channel="feishu", chat_id="chat1")):
-            assert not tool._sent_in_turn
-            tool._sent_in_turn = True
-            assert tool._sent_in_turn
-
-    def test_start_turn_resets(self) -> None:
-        tool = MessageTool()
-        tool._sent_in_turn = True
-        tool.start_turn()
-        assert not tool._sent_in_turn
 
     def test_schema_discourages_current_chat_replies(self) -> None:
         tool = MessageTool()

tests/tools/test_tool_loader.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def test_tool_context_has_required_fields():
         "config", "workspace", "bus", "subagent_manager",
         "cron_service", "exec_session_manager", "file_state_store",
         "provider_snapshot_loader", "image_generation_provider_configs", "timezone",
+        "runtime_control",
     }
     assert required <= field_names
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def test_tool_context_defaults():
     assert ctx.exec_session_manager is None
     assert ctx.provider_snapshot_loader is None
     assert ctx.image_generation_provider_configs is None
+    assert ctx.runtime_control is None
     assert ctx.timezone == "UTC"
 
 
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ def test_discover_finds_concrete_tools():
     assert "ExecTool" in class_names
     assert "CliAppsTool" in class_names
     assert "MessageTool" in class_names
+    assert "MyTool" in class_names
     assert "SpawnTool" in class_names
     assert "ExecSessionTool" in class_names
 
@@ -373,12 +376,26 @@ def test_my_tool_enabled():
     from nanobot.agent.tools.self import MyTool
     mock_config = MagicMock()
     mock_config.my.enable = True
-    ctx = ToolContext(config=mock_config, workspace="/tmp")
+    ctx = ToolContext(
+        config=mock_config,
+        workspace="/tmp",
+        runtime_control=MagicMock(),
+    )
     assert MyTool.enabled(ctx) is True
     mock_config.my.enable = False
     assert MyTool.enabled(ctx) is False
 
 
+def test_my_tool_requires_runtime_control():
+    from nanobot.agent.tools.self import MyTool
+
+    mock_config = MagicMock()
+    mock_config.my.enable = True
+    ctx = ToolContext(config=mock_config, workspace="/tmp")
+
+    assert MyTool.enabled(ctx) is False
+
+
 def test_mcp_wrappers_not_discoverable():
     from nanobot.agent.tools.mcp import MCPPromptWrapper, MCPResourceWrapper, MCPToolWrapper
     assert MCPToolWrapper._plugin_discoverable is False
@@ -411,6 +428,7 @@ def test_loader_registers_same_tools_as_old_hardcoded():
     mock_config.web.user_agent = None
     mock_config.image_generation.enabled = False
     mock_config.my.enable = True
+    mock_config.my.allow_set = False
 
     ctx = ToolContext(
         config=mock_config,
@@ -419,6 +437,7 @@ def test_loader_registers_same_tools_as_old_hardcoded():
         subagent_manager=MagicMock(),
         cron_service=MagicMock(),
         timezone="UTC",
+        runtime_control=MagicMock(),
     )
     registry = ToolRegistry()
     loader = ToolLoader()
@@ -429,6 +448,7 @@ def test_loader_registers_same_tools_as_old_hardcoded():
         "find_files", "grep", "exec", "exec_session", "list_exec_sessions",
         "web_search", "web_fetch",
         "message", "spawn", "cron",
+        "my",
     }
     actual = set(registered)
     assert expected <= actual, f"Missing tools: {expected - actual}"

tests/webui/test_session_context.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def test_session_context_separates_archive_progress_from_replay() -> None:
     session = Session(
         key="websocket:context",
         messages=messages,
-        last_consolidated=2,
         metadata={
             "_last_summary": {
                 "text": "The archived conversation settled the old question.",
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ def test_session_context_separates_archive_progress_from_replay() -> None:
         },
     )
 
+    session.last_archived = 2
     replay = session.get_history(max_messages=0, include_runtime_context=False)
     replay_tokens = sum(estimate_message_tokens(message) for message in replay)
     summary_tokens = estimate_message_tokens(

tests/webui/test_settings_api.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ from nanobot.config.schema import Config, InlineFallbackConfig, ModelPresetConfi
 from nanobot.llm_usage import get_llm_usage_store
 from nanobot.llm_usage.models import LLMCallRecord
 from nanobot.providers.base import LLMUsage
-from nanobot.providers.registry import find_by_name
+from nanobot.providers.oauth_model_catalog import OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot
+from nanobot.providers.registry import ProviderModelSpec, find_by_name
 from nanobot.session.manager import SessionManager
 from nanobot.session.model_selection import SESSION_MODEL_PRESET_METADATA_KEY
 from nanobot.webui.settings_api import (
@@ -183,11 +184,13 @@ def test_update_api_settings_requires_key_for_network_access(
     with pytest.raises(WebUISettingsError, match="API key"):
         update_api_settings({"host": ["0.0.0.0"], "port": ["8900"]})
 
-    payload = update_api_settings({
+    payload = update_api_settings(
+        {
             "host": ["0.0.0.0"],
             "port": ["9900"],
             "api_key": ["secret-token"],
-    })
+        }
+    )
     saved = load_config(config_path)
     assert saved.api.host == "0.0.0.0"
     assert saved.api.port == 9900
@@ -346,13 +349,15 @@ def test_create_model_configuration_rejects_dynamic_custom_provider_without_api_
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
     config_path = tmp_path / "config.json"
-    config = Config.model_validate({
+    config = Config.model_validate(
+        {
             "providers": {
                 DYNAMIC_PROVIDER_NAME: {
                     "apiKey": "sk-test",
                 }
             }
-    })
+        }
+    )
     save_config(config, config_path)
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.config.loader._current_config_path", config_path)
 
@@ -497,9 +502,7 @@ def test_update_model_configuration_rolls_back_sessions_when_config_save_fails(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
     config_path = tmp_path / "config.json"
-    config = Config(
+    config = Config(model_presets={"openai": ModelPresetConfig(model="openai/gpt-4.1")})
-        model_presets={"openai": ModelPresetConfig(model="openai/gpt-4.1")}
-    )
     save_config(config, config_path)
     calls: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
 
@@ -890,11 +893,13 @@ def test_update_provider_settings_updates_and_clears_oauth_proxy(
         },
     )
 
-    payload = update_provider_settings({
+    payload = update_provider_settings(
+        {
             "provider": [provider_name],
             "proxy": [" http://127.0.0.1:7890 "],
             "extraBody": [json.dumps({"tools": []})],
-    })
+        }
+    )
 
     providers = {row["name"]: row for row in payload["providers"]}
     assert providers[provider_name]["proxy"] == "http://127.0.0.1:7890"
@@ -1099,7 +1104,8 @@ def test_settings_payload_groups_opencode_compatibility_alias(tmp_path, monkeypa
 
 def test_settings_payload_keeps_configured_opencode_legacy_alias(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
     config_path = tmp_path / "config.json"
-    config = Config.model_validate({
+    config = Config.model_validate(
+        {
             "providers": {"opencodeZen": {"apiKey": "legacy-key"}},
             "agents": {
                 "defaults": {
@@ -1107,7 +1113,8 @@ def test_settings_payload_keeps_configured_opencode_legacy_alias(tmp_path, monke
                     "model": "opencode/deepseek-v4-pro",
                 }
             },
-    })
+        }
+    )
     save_config(config, config_path)
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.config.loader._current_config_path", config_path)
 
@@ -1124,13 +1131,15 @@ def test_settings_payload_marks_dynamic_custom_provider_without_api_base_unconfi
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
     config_path = tmp_path / "config.json"
-    config = Config.model_validate({
+    config = Config.model_validate(
+        {
             "providers": {
                 DYNAMIC_PROVIDER_NAME: {
                     "apiKey": "sk-test",
                 }
             }
-    })
+        }
+    )
     save_config(config, config_path)
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.config.loader._current_config_path", config_path)
 
@@ -1466,7 +1475,8 @@ def test_settings_payload_includes_token_usage_summary(
     config = Config()
     save_config(config, config_path)
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.config.loader._current_config_path", config_path)
-    get_llm_usage_store().record(LLMCallRecord(
+    get_llm_usage_store().record(
+        LLMCallRecord(
             started_at_ms=int(time.time() * 1000),
             duration_ms=1,
             provider="openai",
@@ -1475,7 +1485,8 @@ def test_settings_payload_includes_token_usage_summary(
             stream=False,
             finish_reason="stop",
             usage=LLMUsage.reported(input_tokens=10, output_tokens=5),
-    ))
+        )
+    )
 
     payload = settings_payload()
 
@@ -1496,7 +1507,8 @@ def test_settings_usage_payload_returns_lightweight_token_usage(
     config = Config()
     save_config(config, config_path)
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.config.loader._current_config_path", config_path)
-    get_llm_usage_store().record(LLMCallRecord(
+    get_llm_usage_store().record(
+        LLMCallRecord(
             started_at_ms=int(time.time() * 1000),
             duration_ms=1,
             provider="openai",
@@ -1505,7 +1517,8 @@ def test_settings_usage_payload_returns_lightweight_token_usage(
             stream=False,
             finish_reason="stop",
             usage=LLMUsage.reported(input_tokens=20, output_tokens=2),
-    ))
+        )
+    )
 
     payload = settings_usage_payload()
 
@@ -1929,9 +1942,7 @@ def test_xai_grok_login_reports_upstream_failure_as_bad_gateway(
         )
 
     assert exc.value.status == 502
-    assert str(exc.value) == (
+    assert str(exc.value) == ("xAI OAuth login failed: Could not reach xAI sign-in: ConnectError.")
-        "xAI OAuth login failed: Could not reach xAI sign-in: ConnectError."
-    )
     assert exc.value.__cause__ is failure
 
 
@@ -1995,39 +2006,126 @@ def test_provider_models_payload_fetches_openai_compatible_models(
     assert payload["models"][1]["context_window"] == 65536
 
 
-def test_provider_models_payload_returns_curated_openai_codex_models() -> None:
+def test_provider_models_payload_returns_online_openai_codex_models(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.webui.settings_models.get_oauth_model_catalog",
+        lambda *_args, **_kwargs: OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot(
+            models=(
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id="openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol",
+                    label="GPT-5.6-Sol",
+                    description="Latest frontier agentic coding model.",
+                    owned_by="OpenAI Codex",
+                    context_window=272_000,
+                    reasoning_efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra"),
+                ),
+            ),
+            source="remote",
+            fetched_at=123,
+        ),
+    )
+
     payload = provider_models_payload({"provider": ["openai_codex"]})
 
     assert payload["status"] == "available"
-    assert payload["catalog_kind"] == "builtin"
+    assert payload["catalog_kind"] == "hybrid"
-    assert payload["model_count"] == 7
+    assert payload["source"] == "remote"
+    assert payload["model_count"] == 1
     assert payload["models"][0] == {
         "id": "openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol",
         "label": "GPT-5.6-Sol",
         "description": "Latest frontier agentic coding model.",
         "owned_by": "OpenAI Codex",
-        "context_window": 372000,
+        "context_window": 272000,
+        "reasoning_efforts": ["low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra"],
+        "supports_backend_search": False,
     }
-    assert [model["id"] for model in payload["models"][:3]] == [
-        "openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol",
-        "openai-codex/gpt-5.6-terra",
-        "openai-codex/gpt-5.6-luna",
-    ]
 
 
-def test_provider_models_payload_returns_xai_grok_model() -> None:
+def test_provider_models_payload_returns_online_github_copilot_models(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.webui.settings_models.get_oauth_model_catalog",
+        lambda *_args, **_kwargs: OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot(
+            models=(
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id="github-copilot/claude-sonnet",
+                    label="Claude Sonnet",
+                    owned_by="GitHub Copilot",
+                    context_window=200_000,
+                ),
+            ),
+            source="remote",
+            fetched_at=123,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    payload = provider_models_payload({"provider": ["github_copilot"]})
+
+    assert payload["status"] == "available"
+    assert payload["catalog_kind"] == "hybrid"
+    assert payload["source"] == "remote"
+    assert payload["models"][0]["id"] == "github-copilot/claude-sonnet"
+
+
+def test_provider_models_payload_returns_online_xai_grok_models(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.webui.settings_models.get_oauth_model_catalog",
+        lambda *_args, **_kwargs: OAuthModelCatalogSnapshot(
+            models=(
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id="xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+                    label="Grok 4.6",
+                    description="Latest frontier model",
+                    owned_by="xAI",
+                    context_window=500_000,
+                    reasoning_efforts=("xhigh", "high", "medium", "low"),
+                    supports_backend_search=True,
+                ),
+                ProviderModelSpec(
+                    id="xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+                    label="Grok 4.5",
+                    owned_by="xAI",
+                    context_window=500_000,
+                    reasoning_efforts=("high", "medium", "low"),
+                    supports_backend_search=True,
+                ),
+            ),
+            source="remote",
+            fetched_at=123,
+        ),
+    )
+
     payload = provider_models_payload({"provider": ["xai_grok"]})
 
     assert payload["status"] == "available"
-    assert payload["catalog_kind"] == "builtin"
+    assert payload["catalog_kind"] == "hybrid"
+    assert payload["source"] == "remote"
+    assert payload["fetched_at"] == 123
     assert payload["models"] == [
+        {
+            "id": "xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+            "label": "Grok 4.6",
+            "description": "Latest frontier model",
+            "owned_by": "xAI",
+            "context_window": 500000,
+            "reasoning_efforts": ["xhigh", "high", "medium", "low"],
+            "supports_backend_search": True,
+        },
         {
             "id": "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
             "label": "Grok 4.5",
-            "description": "Grok via xAI subscription; X Search is enabled when supported.",
+            "description": None,
-            "owned_by": "xAI Grok",
+            "owned_by": "xAI",
             "context_window": 500000,
-        }
+            "reasoning_efforts": ["high", "medium", "low"],
+            "supports_backend_search": True,
+        },
     ]
 
 
@@ -2160,7 +2258,9 @@ def test_model_catalog_kind_uses_provider_spec_metadata() -> None:
     assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("anthropic")) == "unsupported"
     assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("openrouter")) == "catalog"
     assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("orcarouter")) == "catalog"
-    assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("openai_codex")) == "builtin"
+    assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("openai_codex")) == "hybrid"
+    assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("xai_grok")) == "hybrid"
+    assert _model_catalog_kind(find_by_name("github_copilot")) == "hybrid"
 
 
 def test_create_model_configuration_accepts_configured_oauth_provider(

tui/README.md

@@ -9,19 +9,17 @@ bun run --cwd tui test
 bun run --cwd tui build
 ```
 
-`nanobot agent` launches this client, leases the shared local gateway or starts it on demand, and passes the local bootstrap endpoint through environment variables. The client paints before gateway readiness, retries bootstrap in the background, and obtains fresh WebSocket and REST credentials for each connection. Other terminals and the WebUI keep that gateway alive; the final interactive launcher to exit releases the on-demand process. `/detach` closes the TUI after promoting the gateway to persistent background mode, keeping any active agent turn running without clients; the restored terminal prints the exact stop command for that config and explicit workspace. `nanobot gateway --background` can start or promote it persistently before opening a client. Source checkouts automatically align dependencies with `bun.lock` before launch; released installs use a version-matched, checksum-verified archive that keeps the executable together with its licenses, notices, corresponding application source, source offer, and relinking instructions. Startup fails explicitly if the native client is unavailable. The legacy Python prompt is only selected with `nanobot agent --classic`.
+`nanobot` (or the explicit `nanobot agent` form) launches this client, leases the shared local gateway or starts it on demand, and passes the local bootstrap endpoint through environment variables. The client paints before gateway readiness, retries bootstrap in the background, and obtains fresh WebSocket and REST credentials for each connection. Other terminals and the WebUI keep that gateway alive; the final interactive launcher to exit releases the on-demand process. `/detach` closes the TUI after promoting the gateway to persistent background mode, keeping any active agent turn running without clients; the restored terminal prints the exact stop command for that config and explicit workspace. `nanobot gateway --background` can start or promote it persistently before opening a client. Source checkouts automatically align dependencies with `bun.lock` before launch; released installs use a version-matched, checksum-verified archive that keeps the executable together with its licenses, notices, corresponding application source, source offer, and relinking instructions. Startup fails explicitly if the native client is unavailable. The legacy Python prompt is selected with `nanobot --classic` or `nanobot agent --classic`.
 
-Standalone terminals use OpenTUI's retained full-screen layout: the transcript reflows with the terminal while the composer stays fixed at the bottom. Mouse and keyboard scrolling operate inside the transcript, and leaving the TUI restores the previous terminal screen.
+The TUI uses OpenTUI's retained full-screen layout: the transcript reflows with the terminal while the composer stays fixed at the bottom. Mouse and keyboard scrolling operate inside the transcript, and leaving the TUI restores the previous terminal screen.
 
 Assistant math written with `$...$`, `$$...$$`, `\\(...\\)`, or `\\[...\\]` is presented as
 Unicode plain text so formulas remain readable in terminals without a math renderer. Currency and
 LaTeX inside inline or fenced code remain literal.
 
-## Herdr host mode
+## Herdr pane titles
 
-When Herdr supplies `HERDR_ENV=1` and `HERDR_PANE_ID`, nanobot becomes a quiet hosted client. It uses OpenTUI's main-screen mode instead of hiding the whole run in a temporary alternate screen, removes the launch card and persistent session/model/task chrome, and keeps only the transcript, compact progress, and composer. Herdr remains responsible for workspace, tab, pane, task, and attention navigation, while nanobot keeps its application-level session, new-chat, and branch commands.
+When Herdr supplies `HERDR_ENV=1` and `HERDR_PANE_ID`, nanobot keeps the same full-screen layout, controls, and navigation available in any other terminal. Its only host-specific behavior is reporting the latest user task as the Herdr pane title through the supported pane CLI. Creating a new chat, switching to a chat without a task, and exiting the TUI clear that title. Nanobot does not report agent lifecycle, session, model, Git branch, workspace, or action metadata to Herdr.
-
-The TUI reports its WebSocket session ID, model, Git branch, workspace, last task, and current action through Herdr's supported pane CLI. Sending work reports `working`; a persisted explicit nanobot goal block reports `blocked`; a completed turn reports `idle`; exit releases lifecycle authority. The gateway session remains the durable transcript and resume path. Standalone terminals keep the richer full-screen navigation described below.
 
 The model preset and workspace access labels above the composer are live controls. Click either
 label, then click a choice; arrow keys, `Enter`, and `Esc` provide the same flow without a mouse.
@@ -29,7 +27,10 @@ Changes reuse the gateway's normal model command and workspace policy checks.
 
 When you scroll away from the latest output, the scrollbar and `Ctrl+End` hint appear only until
 you return to the bottom. Large pastes are represented by a short editable placeholder in the
-composer; nanobot sends the original text unchanged.
+composer; nanobot sends the original text unchanged. Press `Ctrl+V` or `Alt+V` while the composer
+is focused to attach an image from the system clipboard. Image bytes stay behind removable
+`[Image #n]` placeholders until the message is sent; each placeholder behaves as one unit, and
+deleting it removes its image.
 
 While nanobot is working, the composer prompt becomes
 `Enter send now · Tab send next`; narrow terminals shorten it to `Enter now · Tab next`.

tui/src/app.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
-import { BoxRenderable, CliRenderEvents, TextareaRenderable, TextRenderable } from "@opentui/core"
+import {
+  BoxRenderable,
+  CliRenderEvents,
+  StyledText,
+  TextareaRenderable,
+  TextAttributes,
+  TextRenderable,
+} from "@opentui/core"
 import {
   MockTreeSitterClient,
   createTestRenderer,
@@ -14,8 +21,9 @@ import type {
   SlashCommand,
   WorkspaceScopePayload,
 } from "./protocol"
-import type { HostAgentState, HostMetadata, TuiHost } from "./host"
+import type { TuiHost } from "./host"
-import type { Transcript } from "./transcript"
+import type { ClipboardImageReader } from "./clipboard-image"
+import { userMessageText, type Transcript } from "./transcript"
 
 const options: AppOptions = {
   wsUrl: "ws://localhost.invalid/ws",
@@ -51,6 +59,20 @@ test("formats a reusable session ID after exit", () => {
   )
 })
 
+test("projects image media as stable placeholders without exposing filenames", () => {
+  expect(userMessageText("What is this?", [
+    { name: "clipboard-image-2.png" },
+    { kind: "image", name: "screenshot.png" },
+    { kind: "file", name: "report.pdf" },
+  ])).toBe([
+    "What is this? [Image #2] [Image #1]",
+    "Attachments: report.pdf",
+  ].join("\n"))
+  expect(userMessageText("What is this?", [
+    { name: "clipboard-image-1.png" },
+  ], "What is this? [Image #1]")).toBe("What is this? [Image #1]")
+})
+
 function contrastRatio(foreground: string, background: string): number {
   const luminance = (color: string) => {
     const channel = (offset: number) => {
@@ -306,6 +328,277 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
     expect(ui.composer.plainText).toBe("")
   })
 
+  test("pastes clipboard images into removable placeholders and sends their data", async () => {
+    const sent: string[] = []
+    const sentOptions: MessageOptions[] = []
+    let disposed = false
+    const clipboard: ClipboardImageReader = {
+      read: async () => ({
+        mimeType: "image/png",
+        dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAEC/w==",
+      }),
+      dispose: async () => { disposed = true },
+    }
+    setup = await createRenderer({ width: 72, height: 20, screenMode: "alternate-screen" })
+    const transport = client(sent, [], [], sentOptions)
+    const recordSend = transport.send
+    transport.send = (content, messageOptions) => {
+      recordSend(content, messageOptions)
+      return `image-turn-${sent.length}`
+    }
+    const app = NanobotTui.mount(
+      setup.renderer,
+      options,
+      transport,
+      new MockTreeSitterClient({ autoResolveTimeout: 0 }),
+      undefined,
+      clipboard,
+    )
+    app.accept({ event: "attached", chat_id: "chat" })
+    await waitUntil(() => (app as unknown as { ready: boolean }).ready)
+    const ui = app as unknown as {
+      composer: TextareaRenderable
+      draft: { imageCount: number }
+      promptHistory: string[]
+      status: { plainText: string }
+      transcript: {
+        userMessages: Set<{ renderable: TextRenderable }>
+      }
+    }
+
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "[Image #1] ")
+    expect(ui.status.plainText).toContain("Pasted Image #1")
+    const placeholderStyle = ui.composer.syntaxStyle?.getStyle("image.placeholder")
+    expect(placeholderStyle?.bold).toBeTrue()
+    expect(placeholderStyle?.fg?.toInts().slice(0, 3)).toEqual([239, 142, 48])
+    const placeholderStyleId = ui.composer.syntaxStyle?.getStyleId("image.placeholder")
+    if (placeholderStyleId === null || placeholderStyleId === undefined) {
+      throw new Error("image placeholder style was not registered")
+    }
+    expect(ui.composer.getLineHighlights(0)).toEqual([{
+      start: 0,
+      end: 10,
+      styleId: placeholderStyleId,
+      priority: 100,
+      hlRef: 0,
+    }])
+    ui.composer.setText("")
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.draft.imageCount === 0)
+    expect(ui.composer.getLineHighlights(0)).toEqual([])
+
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "[Image #1] ")
+    await setup.mockInput.typeText("[Image #1]")
+    ui.composer.submit()
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.status.plainText.includes("Duplicate image placeholder"))
+    expect(sent).toEqual([])
+    ui.composer.setText("[Image #1]")
+    ui.composer.submit()
+    await waitUntil(() => sent.length === 1)
+    expect(sent).toEqual([""])
+    expect(ui.promptHistory).toEqual([])
+    expect(sentOptions[0]?.media).toEqual([{
+      data_url: "data:image/png;base64,AAEC/w==",
+      name: "clipboard-image-1.png",
+    }])
+    expect(sentOptions[0]).not.toHaveProperty("displayContent")
+    await setup.flush()
+    const frame = setup.captureCharFrame()
+    expect(frame).toContain("[Image #1]")
+    expect(frame).not.toContain("clipboard-image-1.png")
+    const userContent = [...ui.transcript.userMessages].at(-1)?.renderable.content
+    expect(userContent).toBeInstanceOf(StyledText)
+    const imageChunk = (userContent as StyledText).chunks.find(({ text }) => text === "[Image #1]")
+    expect(imageChunk?.attributes).toBe(TextAttributes.BOLD)
+    expect(imageChunk?.fg?.toInts().slice(0, 3)).toEqual([239, 142, 48])
+
+    await setup.mockInput.typeText("这是什么？ ")
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "这是什么？ [Image #1] ")
+    setup.mockInput.pressTab()
+    expect(ui.status.plainText).toContain("Images cannot be queued")
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText).toBe("这是什么？ [Image #1] ")
+    ui.composer.submit()
+    await waitUntil(() => sent.length === 2)
+    expect(sent[1]).toBe("这是什么？")
+    expect(sentOptions[1]?.media).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(sentOptions[1]).not.toHaveProperty("displayContent")
+    await setup.flush()
+    expect(setup.captureCharFrame()).toContain("这是什么？ [Image #1]")
+
+    setup.renderer.destroy()
+    expect(disposed).toBeTrue()
+  })
+
+  test("keeps image placeholders atomic for cursor movement and deletion", async () => {
+    const clipboard: ClipboardImageReader = {
+      read: async () => ({
+        mimeType: "image/png",
+        dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAEC/w==",
+      }),
+      dispose: async () => undefined,
+    }
+    setup = await createRenderer({ width: 72, height: 20, screenMode: "alternate-screen" })
+    const app = NanobotTui.mount(
+      setup.renderer,
+      options,
+      client(),
+      new MockTreeSitterClient({ autoResolveTimeout: 0 }),
+      undefined,
+      clipboard,
+    )
+    app.accept({ event: "attached", chat_id: "chat" })
+    await waitUntil(() => (app as unknown as { ready: boolean }).ready)
+    const ui = app as unknown as {
+      composer: TextareaRenderable
+      draft: { imageCount: number }
+      status: { plainText: string }
+    }
+
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "[Image #1] ")
+    await setup.flush()
+    await setup.mockMouse.click(ui.composer.x + 5, ui.composer.y)
+    expect(ui.composer.cursorOffset > 0 && ui.composer.cursorOffset < 10).toBeFalse()
+    ui.composer.cursorOffset = 0
+    setup.mockInput.pressArrow("right")
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.cursorOffset === 10)
+    setup.mockInput.pressArrow("left")
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.cursorOffset === 0)
+
+    setup.mockInput.pressArrow("right", { shift: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.cursorOffset === 10)
+    await setup.mockInput.typeText("replacement")
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.draft.imageCount === 0)
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText).toContain("replacement")
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText).not.toContain("Image #1")
+
+    ui.composer.setText("")
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "[Image #1] ")
+    ui.composer.cursorOffset = 0
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("DELETE")
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.draft.imageCount === 0)
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText.trim()).toBe("")
+    expect(ui.status.plainText).toContain("Removed Image #1")
+
+    ui.composer.setText("")
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "[Image #1] ")
+    ui.composer.cursorOffset = 10
+    setup.mockInput.pressBackspace()
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.draft.imageCount === 0)
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText.trim()).toBe("")
+
+    ui.composer.setText("")
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "[Image #1] ")
+    ui.composer.setText("Image #1] ")
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.draft.imageCount === 0)
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText.trim()).toBe("")
+  })
+
+  test("keeps clipboard failures visible while an agent turn is active", async () => {
+    const sent: string[] = []
+    const clipboard: ClipboardImageReader = {
+      read: async () => { throw new Error("No image in clipboard") },
+      dispose: async () => undefined,
+    }
+    setup = await createRenderer({ width: 72, height: 20, screenMode: "alternate-screen" })
+    const app = NanobotTui.mount(
+      setup.renderer,
+      options,
+      client(sent),
+      new MockTreeSitterClient({ autoResolveTimeout: 0 }),
+      undefined,
+      clipboard,
+    )
+    app.accept({ event: "attached", chat_id: "chat" })
+    await waitUntil(() => (app as unknown as { ready: boolean }).ready)
+    const composer = (app as unknown as { composer: TextareaRenderable }).composer
+    composer.setText("start")
+    composer.submit()
+    await waitUntil(() => sent.length === 1)
+
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => setup?.captureCharFrame().includes("No image in clipboard") === true)
+  })
+
+  test("keeps image placeholders out of command arguments", async () => {
+    const sent: string[] = []
+    const clipboard: ClipboardImageReader = {
+      read: async () => ({
+        mimeType: "image/png",
+        dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAEC/w==",
+      }),
+      dispose: async () => undefined,
+    }
+    setup = await createRenderer({ width: 72, height: 20, screenMode: "alternate-screen" })
+    const app = NanobotTui.mount(
+      setup.renderer,
+      options,
+      client(sent),
+      new MockTreeSitterClient({ autoResolveTimeout: 0 }),
+      undefined,
+      clipboard,
+    )
+    app.accept({ event: "attached", chat_id: "chat" })
+    await waitUntil(() => (app as unknown as { ready: boolean }).ready)
+    const ui = app as unknown as {
+      composer: TextareaRenderable
+      status: { plainText: string }
+      commandMenu: { setCommands(commands: SlashCommand[]): void }
+    }
+    ui.commandMenu.setCommands([{
+      command: "/model",
+      title: "Model",
+      description: "Show or switch model presets",
+      argHint: "[preset]",
+      lifecycle: "side_channel",
+      acceptsArgs: true,
+    }])
+
+    await setup.mockInput.typeText("/model ")
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.composer.plainText === "/model [Image #1] ")
+    ui.composer.submit()
+    await waitUntil(() => ui.status.plainText.includes("Images cannot be used with commands"))
+
+    expect(sent).toEqual([])
+    expect(ui.composer.plainText).toBe("/model [Image #1] ")
+  })
+
+  test("ignores a clipboard result that finishes after the renderer is destroyed", async () => {
+    let resolveRead: ((image: {
+      mimeType: "image/png"
+      dataUrl: string
+    }) => void) | undefined
+    let disposed = false
+    const clipboard: ClipboardImageReader = {
+      read: () => new Promise((resolve) => { resolveRead = resolve }),
+      dispose: async () => { disposed = true },
+    }
+    setup = await createRenderer({ width: 72, height: 20, screenMode: "alternate-screen" })
+    const app = NanobotTui.mount(
+      setup.renderer,
+      options,
+      client(),
+      new MockTreeSitterClient({ autoResolveTimeout: 0 }),
+      undefined,
+      clipboard,
+    )
+    app.accept({ event: "attached", chat_id: "chat" })
+    await waitUntil(() => (app as unknown as { ready: boolean }).ready)
+
+    setup.mockInput.pressKey("v", { ctrl: true })
+    await waitUntil(() => resolveRead !== undefined)
+    setup.renderer.destroy()
+    resolveRead?.({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    await Bun.sleep(10)
+    expect(disposed).toBeTrue()
+  })
+
   test("steers with Enter, queues with Tab, and restores queued text with Alt+Up", async () => {
     const sent: string[] = []
     const sentOptions: MessageOptions[] = []
@@ -412,6 +705,11 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
       turn_id: "remote-steer",
       active_turn_id: "remote-turn",
       starts_turn: false,
+      media_urls: [{
+        kind: "image",
+        url: "/api/media/sig/image",
+        name: "clipboard-image-2.png",
+      }],
     })
     await setup.flush()
 
@@ -420,6 +718,9 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
     expect(occurrences(frame, "hello from terminal A")).toBe(1)
     expect(occurrences(frame, "Attachments: report.pdf")).toBe(1)
     expect(occurrences(frame, "one more remote detail")).toBe(1)
+    expect(occurrences(frame, "[Image #2]")).toBe(1)
+    expect(frame).toContain("one more remote detail [Image #2]")
+    expect(frame).not.toContain("clipboard-image-2.png")
     expect(state.activeTurn).toBeTrue()
     expect(state.activeTurnId).toBe("remote-turn")
 
@@ -1790,19 +2091,26 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
       composer: {
         backgroundColor: { intent: string; toInts(): number[] }
         textColor: { toInts(): number[] }
+        syntaxStyle: { getStyle(name: string): { fg?: { toInts(): number[] } } | undefined } | null
       }
       transcript: {
         markdown: Set<{ syntaxStyle: object }>
         frames: Set<{ borderColor: { toInts(): number[] } }>
         userRows: Set<{ backgroundColor: { intent: string; toInts(): number[] } }>
-        user(content: string): void
+        userMessages: Set<{ renderable: TextRenderable }>
+        user(content: string, turnId?: string, media?: Array<{ kind: "image"; name: string }>): void
       }
     }
-    internals.transcript.user("Existing question")
+    internals.transcript.user("Existing question", undefined, [{
+      kind: "image",
+      name: "clipboard-image-1.png",
+    }])
     const userRow = [...internals.transcript.userRows][0]
+    const userMessage = [...internals.transcript.userMessages][0]
     const markdown = [...internals.transcript.markdown][0]
     const sessionFrame = [...internals.transcript.frames][0]
     const darkSyntax = markdown?.syntaxStyle
+    const darkComposerSyntax = internals.composer.syntaxStyle
 
     expect(userRow?.backgroundColor.intent).toBe("default")
 
@@ -1821,6 +2129,12 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
     expect(sessionFrame?.borderColor.toInts().slice(0, 3)).toEqual([212, 212, 216])
     expect(userRow?.backgroundColor.toInts().slice(0, 3)).toEqual([240, 240, 240])
     expect(markdown?.syntaxStyle).not.toBe(darkSyntax)
+    expect(internals.composer.syntaxStyle).not.toBe(darkComposerSyntax)
+    expect(internals.composer.syntaxStyle?.getStyle("image.placeholder")?.fg?.toInts().slice(0, 3))
+      .toEqual([185, 77, 11])
+    const recolored = userMessage?.renderable.content as StyledText
+    expect(recolored.chunks.find(({ text }) => text === "[Image #1]")?.fg?.toInts().slice(0, 3))
+      .toEqual([185, 77, 11])
   })
 
   test("distinguishes the composer with a quiet focus edge", async () => {
@@ -2760,23 +3074,18 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe("NanobotTui in a Herdr pane", () => {
+describe("NanobotTui with a Herdr pane title reporter", () => {
-  test("keeps local navigation while reporting task, session, lifecycle, and metadata", async () => {
+  test("keeps the full terminal experience while reporting task titles", async () => {
-    const setup = await createTestRenderer({ width: 80, height: 22, screenMode: "main-screen" })
+    const setup = await createTestRenderer({ width: 80, height: 22, screenMode: "alternate-screen" })
-    const states: Array<{ state: HostAgentState; message?: string }> = []
+    const titles: string[] = []
-    const metadata: HostMetadata[] = []
-    const sessions: string[] = []
     let released = false
     const host: TuiHost = {
-      hosted: true,
+      reportTitle(title) { titles.push(title) },
-      reportState(state, message) { states.push({ state, ...(message ? { message } : {}) }) },
-      reportSession(sessionId) { sessions.push(sessionId) },
-      reportMetadata(value) { metadata.push(value) },
       release() { released = true },
     }
     const app = NanobotTui.mount(
       setup.renderer,
-      { ...options, branch: "feat/herdr" },
+      options,
       client(),
       new MockTreeSitterClient({ autoResolveTimeout: 0 }),
       host,
@@ -2812,10 +3121,14 @@ describe("NanobotTui in a Herdr pane", () => {
     })
     await setup.flush()
     const activeFrame = setup.captureCharFrame()
+    expect(activeFrame).toContain(">_  nanobot")
+    expect(activeFrame).toContain("test/model")
     expect(occurrences(activeFrame, "› Ship the Herdr integration")).toBe(1)
     expect(occurrences(activeFrame, "app.ts")).toBe(1)
     expect(ui.composer.placeholder).toBe("Enter send now · Tab send next")
     expect(ui.composerFrame.height).toBe(3)
+    expect(titles).toEqual(["Ship the Herdr integration"])
+
     app.accept({
       event: "turn_end",
       chat_id: "chat",
@@ -2826,27 +3139,6 @@ describe("NanobotTui in a Herdr pane", () => {
         ui_summary: "Approval required",
       },
     })
-    await setup.flush()
-    const frame = setup.captureCharFrame()
-
-    expect(sessions).toEqual(["chat"])
-    expect(occurrences(frame, "› Ship the Herdr integration")).toBe(1)
-    expect(frame).not.toContain(">_  nanobot")
-    expect(frame).not.toContain("test/model")
-    expect(states.some(({ state }) => state === "working")).toBe(true)
-    expect(states.at(-1)).toEqual({ state: "blocked", message: "Approval required" })
-    expect(metadata.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
-      model: "default · test/model",
-      branch: "feat/herdr",
-      workspace: "/tmp/nanobot-workspace",
-      task: "Ship the Herdr integration",
-      action: "Approval required",
-    })
-
-    setup.resize(42, 6)
-    await setup.renderOnce()
-    expect(setup.captureCharFrame()).toContain("› Ship the Herdr integration")
-
     app.accept({
       event: "user_message",
       chat_id: "chat",
@@ -2854,13 +3146,8 @@ describe("NanobotTui in a Herdr pane", () => {
       turn_id: "turn-2",
       starts_turn: true,
     })
-    app.accept({
+
-      event: "turn_end",
+    expect(titles).toEqual(["Ship the Herdr integration", "Approved"])
-      chat_id: "chat",
-      turn_id: "turn-2",
-      goal_state: { active: false },
-    })
-    expect(states.at(-1)?.state).toBe("idle")
 
     app.stop()
     expect(released).toBe(true)

tui/src/app.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ import {
   type TranscriptNavigation,
   type TranscriptTheme,
 } from "./transcript"
-import { ComposerDraft } from "./composer-draft"
+import { ComposerDraft, MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES } from "./composer-draft"
+import {
+  createClipboardImageReader,
+  type ClipboardImageReader,
+} from "./clipboard-image"
 import { BranchMenu, branchPoints } from "./branch-menu"
 import {
   MentionMenu,
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ import {
   type FooterMode,
   type FooterHintTheme,
 } from "./footer-hints"
-import { createTuiHost, currentGitBranch, type TuiHost } from "./host"
+import { createTuiHost, type TuiHost } from "./host"
 
 interface AppOptions {
   wsUrl?: string
@@ -103,8 +107,6 @@ interface AppOptions {
   model: string
   modelPreset: string
   workspace: string
-  hostWorkspace?: string
-  branch?: string
   version: string
   access: string
   theme: "auto" | ThemeMode
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ const LIGHT: Palette = {
 const COMPOSER_PLACEHOLDER = "Ask nanobot anything"
 const ACTIVE_COMPOSER_PLACEHOLDER = "Enter send now · Tab send next"
 const COMPACT_ACTIVE_COMPOSER_PLACEHOLDER = "Enter now · Tab next"
+const IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER_STYLE = "image.placeholder"
 const SHIMMER_PAUSE = 16
 const SHIMMER_BAND = 4
 const SHIMMER_INTERVAL_MS = 80
@@ -259,6 +262,12 @@ function syntaxStyle(palette: Palette): SyntaxStyle {
   })
 }
 
+function composerSyntaxStyle(palette: Palette): SyntaxStyle {
+  return SyntaxStyle.fromStyles({
+    [IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER_STYLE]: { fg: RGBA.fromHex(palette.accent), bold: true },
+  })
+}
+
 function transcriptTheme(palette: Palette, backgroundKnown: boolean): TranscriptTheme {
   return {
     text: palette.text,
@@ -393,10 +402,6 @@ function connectionStatusText(
   return "Session ended"
 }
 
-function singleLine(value: string, limit = 120): string {
-  return value.replace(/\s+/gu, " ").trim().slice(0, limit)
-}
-
 export function sessionExitMessage(chatId: string): string {
   const sessionId = `websocket:${chatId}`
   return `Resume with: nanobot agent --session ${sessionId}\n`
@@ -440,6 +445,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   private readonly titleText: TextRenderable
   private readonly composerFrame: BoxRenderable
   private readonly composer: TextareaRenderable
+  private composerSyntax: SyntaxStyle
   private readonly status: TextRenderable
   private readonly meta: TextRenderable
   private readonly host: TuiHost
@@ -453,7 +459,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   private activeTurnId: string | null = null
   private activeLabel = "Thinking"
   private activeStartedAt = 0
-  private lastProgress = ""
   private finalMessage = ""
   private turnHadAnswer = false
   private historyLoaded = false
@@ -502,16 +507,17 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   private readonly silentCommandTurns = new Set<string>()
   private currentFileEdits: FileEditEvent[] = []
   private lastFileEdits: FileEditEvent[] = []
-  private currentTask = ""
-  private currentAction = ""
-  private hostBlocked = false
   private recoveryState: RecoveryState | null = null
   private recoveryPending = false
-  private hostWorkspace: string
-  private hostBranch: string
   private readonly apiReauthenticator: ApiReauthenticator | undefined
+  private readonly clipboardImageReader: ClipboardImageReader
   private apiRefreshPromise: Promise<GatewayApiConnection> | null = null
   private skillLoadId = 0
+  private clipboardImagePending = false
+  private clipboardPasteGeneration = 0
+  private composerValue = ""
+  private composerCursor = 0
+  private reconcilingComposer = false
 
   private constructor(
     renderer: CliRenderer,
@@ -519,14 +525,14 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     client?: ChatClient,
     treeSitterClient = getTreeSitterClient(),
     host: TuiHost = createTuiHost({}),
+    clipboardImageReader: ClipboardImageReader = createClipboardImageReader(),
   ) {
     this.renderer = renderer
+    this.clipboardImageReader = clipboardImageReader
     this.defaultModelName = options.model
     this.defaultModelPreset = options.modelPreset
     this.modelName = options.model
     this.modelPreset = options.modelPreset
-    this.hostWorkspace = options.hostWorkspace || options.workspace
-    this.hostBranch = options.branch || ""
     this.apiReauthenticator = options.bootstrapUrl
       ? (rejectedApiToken) => this.refreshApiConnection(rejectedApiToken)
       : undefined
@@ -534,13 +540,13 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.backgroundKnown = options.theme !== "auto" || renderer.themeMode !== null
     this.activeThemeMode = this.resolveThemeMode(renderer.themeMode)
     this.palette = this.activeThemeMode === "light" ? LIGHT : DARK
+    this.composerSyntax = composerSyntaxStyle(this.palette)
     this.host = host
     this.transcript = new Transcript(
       renderer,
       transcriptTheme(this.palette, this.backgroundKnown),
       treeSitterClient,
       (state) => this.handleTranscriptNavigation(state),
-      !host.hosted,
       options.workspace,
     )
     this.commandMenu = new CommandMenu(renderer, commandMenuTheme(this.palette))
@@ -651,7 +657,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       truncate: true,
       fg: this.palette.muted,
       selectable: false,
-      ...(host.hosted ? {} : {
       onMouseOver: () => { this.titleText.fg = this.palette.accent },
       onMouseOut: () => this.renderTitleColor(),
       onMouseDown: (event) => {
@@ -665,7 +670,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         }
         void this.openSessions()
       },
-      }),
     })
     this.runtimeControls = new RuntimeControls(
       renderer,
@@ -700,11 +704,9 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       },
     )
     this.title.add(this.titleText)
-    if (!host.hosted) {
     this.title.add(this.runtimeControls.modelText)
     this.title.add(this.runtimeControls.accessText)
     this.title.add(this.runtimeControls.contextText)
-    }
     const composerSurface = this.composerSurface()
     this.composerFrame = new BoxRenderable(renderer, {
       id: "nanobot-tui-composer-frame",
@@ -730,6 +732,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       backgroundColor: composerSurface,
       focusedBackgroundColor: composerSurface,
       cursorColor: this.palette.accent,
+      syntaxStyle: this.composerSyntax,
       // A steady line cursor avoids the block-cell trails produced by some
       // terminals when a retained full-screen UI redraws around the composer.
       cursorStyle: { style: "line", blinking: false },
@@ -743,23 +746,14 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         { name: "return", action: "submit" },
       ],
       onCursorChange: () => {
+        this.keepComposerCursorOutsideImages()
         if (!this.sessionMenu.visible && !this.branchMenu.visible) this.syncComposerMenus()
       },
-      onContentChange: () => {
+      onContentChange: () => this.handleComposerContentChange(),
-        this.draft.prune(this.composer.plainText)
+      onMouseDown: () => queueMicrotask(() => this.keepComposerCursorOutsideImages()),
-        const clearedUnsent = this.unsentSubmit && !this.composer.plainText.trim()
+      onMouseUp: () => queueMicrotask(() => this.keepComposerCursorOutsideImages()),
-        if (clearedUnsent) this.unsentSubmit = false
+      onMouseDrag: () => queueMicrotask(() => this.keepComposerCursorOutsideImages()),
-        this.runtimeControls.hide()
+      onMouseDragEnd: () => queueMicrotask(() => this.keepComposerCursorOutsideImages()),
-        if (this.contextPanel.visible && this.composer.plainText) this.contextPanel.hide()
-        this.syncComposerPlaceholder()
-        if (this.sessionMenu.visible) this.syncSessionMenu()
-        else if (this.branchMenu.visible) this.syncBranchMenu()
-        else this.syncComposerMenus()
-        this.resizeComposer()
-        if (clearedUnsent && !this.activeTurn) {
-          this.status.content = this.ready ? this.readyStatus() : this.connectionMessage
-        }
-      },
       // IMEs may commit their final composed glyph after Enter. Matching the
       // OpenCode/OpenTUI integration, defer twice before reading plainText.
       onSubmit: () => this.deferSubmit(),
@@ -806,7 +800,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.shell.add(this.branchMenu.root)
     this.shell.add(this.contextPanel.root)
     this.shell.add(this.runtimeControls.menuRoot)
-    if (!host.hosted) this.shell.add(this.title)
+    this.shell.add(this.title)
     this.shell.add(this.queuePreview.root)
     this.shell.add(this.recoveryNotice.root)
     this.shell.add(this.composerFrame)
@@ -823,7 +817,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.handleResize()
     this.composer.focus()
     this.transcript.header(options)
-    this.syncHostMetadata()
   }
 
   static async create(options: AppOptions): Promise<NanobotTui> {
@@ -832,7 +825,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       targetFps: 30,
       exitOnCtrlC: false,
       useMouse: true,
-      screenMode: host.hosted ? "main-screen" : "alternate-screen",
+      screenMode: "alternate-screen",
       externalOutputMode: "passthrough",
       consoleMode: "disabled",
     })
@@ -845,15 +838,22 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     client?: ChatClient,
     treeSitterClient?: TreeSitterClient,
     host?: TuiHost,
+    clipboardImageReader?: ClipboardImageReader,
   ): NanobotTui {
-    return new NanobotTui(renderer, options, client, treeSitterClient, host)
+    return new NanobotTui(
+      renderer,
+      options,
+      client,
+      treeSitterClient,
+      host,
+      clipboardImageReader,
+    )
   }
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
     // Network setup and small menu payloads do not depend on terminal colors.
     // Start them while OSC theme detection is in flight instead of serializing
     // up to one second of otherwise independent startup work.
-    this.host.reportState("unknown", "Getting ready")
     this.client.connect()
     void this.loadCommands()
     void this.loadMentions()
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   private submit(): void {
     if (this.quitting || this.composer.isDestroyed) return
     const visibleContent = this.composer.plainText.trim()
-    const content = this.draft.expand(visibleContent).trim()
     if (this.sessionLoading) {
       this.status.content = "Loading sessions…"
       return
@@ -945,6 +944,10 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       return
     }
     const command = this.commandMenu.resolve(visibleContent)
+    if ((command || visibleContent.startsWith("!")) && this.draft.media(visibleContent).length) {
+      this.status.content = "Images cannot be used with commands · remove the image first"
+      return
+    }
     if (command?.source === "tui") {
       if (command.command.action === "sessions") void this.openSessions()
       else if (command.command.action === "context") void this.openContext()
@@ -968,7 +971,8 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.markSubmitUnsent()
       return
     }
-    const prompt = { content, options: mentionOptions(content, this.availableMentions()) }
+    const prompt = this.composerPrompt()
+    if (!this.canSendPrompt(prompt)) return
     if (this.activeTurn) {
       this.sendPrompt(prompt, true)
       return
@@ -990,9 +994,13 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.mentionMenu.hide()
     this.skillMenu.hide()
     this.recordPrompt(prompt.content)
-    this.transcript.user(prompt.content, turnId)
+    this.transcript.user(
-    this.hostBlocked = false
+      prompt.content,
-    this.setCurrentTask(prompt.content)
+      turnId,
+      prompt.options.media,
+      prompt.displayContent,
+    )
+    this.host.reportTitle(prompt.content)
     if (steering) {
       this.renderActiveStatus()
       this.updateMeta()
@@ -1007,12 +1015,9 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.readyDetail = ""
     this.finalMessage = ""
     this.turnHadAnswer = false
-    this.lastProgress = ""
     this.activeLabel = "Thinking"
     this.currentFileEdits = []
-    this.setCurrentAction("Thinking")
     this.setActive(true, startedAt)
-    this.reportHostWorking()
   }
 
   private reconcileTurnOwnership(event: {
@@ -1035,7 +1040,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     if (event.event === "attached") {
       const switchedSession = Boolean(this.currentChatId && this.currentChatId !== event.chat_id)
       this.currentChatId = event.chat_id
-      this.host.reportSession(event.chat_id)
       if (event.usage) this.lastUsage = event.usage
       if (event.model_preset !== undefined) {
         this.applyModelPreset(event.model_preset)
@@ -1080,23 +1084,20 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         this.reconcileTurnOwnership(event)
         return
       case "user_message": {
-        const attachments = event.media_urls?.map((media) => media.name).filter(Boolean) || []
+        if (this.transcript.user(
-        const content = [
           event.text,
-          attachments.length ? `Attachments: ${attachments.join(", ")}` : "",
+          event.turn_id,
-        ].filter(Boolean).join("\n")
+          event.media_urls,
-        if (this.transcript.user(content, event.turn_id)) this.recordPrompt(event.text)
+        )) {
-        this.hostBlocked = false
+          this.recordPrompt(event.text)
-        this.setCurrentTask(event.text)
+        }
+        this.host.reportTitle(event.text)
         this.reconcileTurnOwnership(event)
-        if (this.activeTurn) this.reportHostWorking()
         return
       }
       case "delta":
         this.setActive(true)
         this.activeLabel = "Writing"
-        if (!this.currentAction) this.setCurrentAction("Writing")
-        this.reportHostWorking()
         this.turnHadAnswer = true
         this.transcript.stream(event.text)
         return
@@ -1116,11 +1117,8 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         }
         if (event.kind) {
           this.activeLabel = event.kind === "tool_hint" ? "Working" : "Thinking"
-          this.lastProgress = this.transcript.progress(event.text, event.tool_events)
+          this.transcript.progress(event.text, event.tool_events)
-          if (this.lastProgress) this.setCurrentAction(this.lastProgress)
-          else if (!this.currentAction) this.setCurrentAction(this.activeLabel)
           this.setActive(true)
-          this.reportHostWorking()
         } else {
           this.finalMessage = event.text
         }
@@ -1129,10 +1127,8 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         this.activeLabel = "Editing"
         this.currentFileEdits = mergeFileEdits(this.currentFileEdits, event.edits)
         if (this.diffViewer.visible) this.diffViewer.update(this.currentFileEdits)
-        this.lastProgress = this.transcript.fileEdits(event.edits)
+        this.transcript.fileEdits(event.edits)
-        this.setCurrentAction(this.lastProgress || "Editing")
         this.setActive(true)
-        this.reportHostWorking()
         return
       case "reasoning_delta":
         this.activeLabel = "Thinking"
@@ -1166,7 +1162,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         if (typeof event.context_window_tokens === "number") {
           this.contextWindowTokens = event.context_window_tokens
         }
-        this.applyHostGoalState(event.goal_state)
         this.updateTitle()
         this.setActive(false)
         // A synthetic/rehydrated turn may already be idle, in which case
@@ -1176,7 +1171,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
           ? `${(event.latency_ms / 1000).toFixed(1)}s`
           : ""
         this.status.content = this.readyStatus()
-        this.reportHostResting()
         if (this.contextTokens !== null) void this.refreshContextEstimate(event.chat_id)
         this.sendNextFollowUp()
         return
@@ -1185,17 +1179,12 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         if (event.status === "running") {
           if (event.turn_id) this.activeTurnId = event.turn_id
           this.activeLabel = "Working"
-          if (!this.currentAction) this.setCurrentAction("Working")
           this.setActive(true, typeof event.started_at === "number" ? event.started_at * 1000 : undefined)
-          this.reportHostWorking()
         } else {
           this.setActive(false)
-          this.reportHostResting()
         }
         return
       case "goal_state":
-        this.applyHostGoalState(event.goal_state)
-        if (!this.activeTurn) this.reportHostResting()
         return
       case "recovery_state":
         this.applyRecoveryState(event)
@@ -1242,8 +1231,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         this.turnHadAnswer = false
         this.restoreQueuedPrompts()
         this.setActive(false)
-        this.setCurrentAction(event.reason || event.detail || "Error")
-        this.reportHostResting()
         return
     }
   }
@@ -1281,11 +1268,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         this.restorePromptHistory(history.messages)
         const reversedHistory = [...history.messages].reverse()
         const lastUser = reversedHistory.find((message) => message.role === "user")
-        if (lastUser) this.setCurrentTask(lastUser.content)
+        if (lastUser) this.host.reportTitle(lastUser.content)
-        const lastActivity = reversedHistory.find((message) => message.role === "activity")
-        if (lastActivity) {
-          this.setCurrentAction(lastActivity.fileEdits?.length ? "Edited" : lastActivity.content)
-        }
         this.lastFileEdits = latestTurnFileEdits(history.messages)
         if (this.diffViewer.visible) this.diffViewer.update(this.lastFileEdits)
       }
@@ -1297,7 +1280,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.ready = true
       if (!this.activeTurn) {
         this.status.content = this.readyStatus()
-        this.reportHostResting()
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1323,35 +1305,24 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.recoveryPending = false
     if (state.status === "resuming") {
       this.recoveryNotice.hide()
-      this.hostBlocked = false
       this.activeLabel = "Continuing"
-      this.setCurrentAction("Continuing interrupted task")
       this.setActive(true)
-      this.reportHostWorking()
       return
     }
     if (state.status === "awaiting_user" || state.status === "failed") {
       this.activeTurnId = null
       this.setActive(false)
-      this.hostBlocked = true
       this.recoveryNotice.show(state)
-      const detail = state.reason || (state.status === "failed"
-        ? "Recovery failed"
-        : "Task interrupted")
-      this.setCurrentAction(detail)
       this.status.content = state.can_continue === false
         ? "Interrupted · dismiss to start a new message"
         : "Interrupted · continue or dismiss"
-      this.host.reportState("blocked", detail)
       this.composer.focus()
       return
     }
     this.clearRecoveryState()
     this.activeTurnId = null
-    this.hostBlocked = false
     this.setActive(false)
     if (this.ready) this.status.content = this.readyStatus()
-    this.reportHostResting()
   }
 
   private async updateRecovery(action: "continue" | "dismiss"): Promise<void> {
@@ -1383,7 +1354,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.recoveryPending = false
       this.recoveryNotice.setBusy(false)
       this.status.content = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-      this.host.reportState("blocked", state.reason || "Task interrupted")
     } finally {
       this.composer.focus()
     }
@@ -1437,13 +1407,11 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.connectionMessage = connectionStatusText(status, info)
     if (status === "connected") {
       this.ready = false
-      this.host.reportState("unknown", "Getting ready")
       this.renderConnectionMessage()
       return
     }
     if (["starting", "connecting", "reconnecting", "unavailable"].includes(status)) {
       this.ready = false
-      this.host.reportState("unknown", this.connectionMessage)
       if (status === "reconnecting" || status === "unavailable") this.setActive(false)
       this.renderConnectionMessage()
       return
@@ -1451,14 +1419,12 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     if (status === "error") {
       if (info) this.ready = false
       this.setActive(false)
-      this.host.reportState("unknown", this.connectionMessage)
       this.renderConnectionMessage()
       return
     }
     if (!this.quitting) {
       this.ready = false
       this.setActive(false)
-      this.host.reportState("unknown", "Disconnected")
       this.renderConnectionMessage()
     }
   }
@@ -1498,7 +1464,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     }
     if (this.shimmerTimer) clearInterval(this.shimmerTimer)
     this.shimmerTimer = null
-    this.lastProgress = ""
     this.status.content = this.readyStatus()
   }
 
@@ -1544,6 +1509,36 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     return queue
   }
 
+  private composerPrompt(): QueuedPrompt {
+    const visible = this.composer.plainText.trim()
+    const content = this.draft.expand(visible).trim()
+    const media = this.draft.media(visible)
+    const displayContent = this.draft.display(visible).trim()
+    return {
+      content,
+      ...(media.length ? { displayContent } : {}),
+      options: {
+        ...mentionOptions(content, this.availableMentions()),
+        ...(media.length ? { media } : {}),
+      },
+    }
+  }
+
+  private hasPrompt(prompt: QueuedPrompt): boolean {
+    return Boolean(prompt.content || prompt.options.media?.length)
+  }
+
+  private canSendPrompt(prompt: QueuedPrompt): boolean {
+    if (this.draft.hasImageLabelConflict(this.composer.plainText)) {
+      this.status.content = "Duplicate image placeholder text · rename or remove it before sending"
+      return false
+    }
+    if (!this.hasPrompt(prompt)) return false
+    if ((prompt.options.media?.length || 0) <= MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES) return true
+    this.status.content = `Remove images until ${MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES} or fewer remain`
+    return false
+  }
+
   private restoreQueuedPrompts(): void {
     const queued = this.promptQueue.restore()
     if (!queued.length) return
@@ -1555,6 +1550,10 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   private queueFollowUp(): void {
     if (!this.activeTurn || !this.ready) return
     const visibleContent = this.composer.plainText.trim()
+    if (this.draft.media(visibleContent).length) {
+      this.status.content = "Images cannot be queued · press Enter to send now"
+      return
+    }
     const content = this.draft.expand(visibleContent).trim()
     if (!content) return
     this.promptQueue.enqueue({
@@ -1719,6 +1718,18 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         return
       }
     }
+    if (
+      (key.ctrl || key.meta)
+      && key.name.toLocaleLowerCase() === "v"
+      && !this.sessionLoading
+      && !this.sessionMenu.visible
+      && !this.branchMenu.visible
+      && !this.contextPanel.visible
+    ) {
+      key.preventDefault()
+      void this.pasteClipboardImage()
+      return
+    }
     if (this.activeTurn && !key.ctrl && !key.meta && key.name === "tab") {
       this.queueFollowUp()
       key.preventDefault()
@@ -1735,6 +1746,20 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       key.preventDefault()
       return
     }
+    if (!key.ctrl && !key.meta && !key.shift && (key.name === "left" || key.name === "right")) {
+      const direction = key.name === "left" ? -1 : 1
+      const target = this.draft.moveImageCursor(
+        this.composer.plainText,
+        this.composerStringCursor(),
+        direction,
+      )
+      if (target !== null) {
+        this.composerCursor = target
+        this.setComposerStringCursor(this.composer.plainText, target)
+        key.preventDefault()
+        return
+      }
+    }
     if (!key.ctrl && !key.meta && (key.name === "up" || key.name === "down")) {
       const direction = key.name === "up" ? -1 : 1
       const boundary = direction < 0 ? 0 : this.composer.plainText.length
@@ -1795,7 +1820,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   }
 
   private navigateHistory(direction: -1 | 1): boolean {
-    if (this.promptHistory.length === 0) return false
+    if (this.promptHistory.length === 0 || this.draft.imageCount) return false
     if (direction < 0) {
       if (this.historyCursor === this.promptHistory.length) this.historyDraft = this.composer.plainText
       if (this.historyCursor === 0) return false
@@ -1846,6 +1871,11 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.composer.textColor = this.palette.text
     this.composer.focusedTextColor = this.palette.text
     this.composer.cursorColor = this.palette.accent
+    const previousComposerSyntax = this.composerSyntax
+    this.composerSyntax = composerSyntaxStyle(this.palette)
+    this.composer.syntaxStyle = this.composerSyntax
+    this.syncComposerImageHighlights(this.composer.plainText)
+    void this.renderer.idle().catch(() => {}).finally(() => previousComposerSyntax.destroy())
     this.renderTitleColor()
     this.status.fg = this.palette.muted
     this.meta.fg = this.palette.faint
@@ -1857,7 +1887,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     this.syncComposerPlaceholder()
     this.contextPanel.resize(this.renderer.height)
     this.diffViewer.resize(this.renderer.width)
-    if (!this.host.hosted) this.title.visible = this.renderer.height >= 14
+    this.title.visible = this.renderer.height >= 14
     this.runtimeControls.resize(this.renderer.width)
     this.updateTitle()
     this.updateMeta()
@@ -1926,10 +1956,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   }
 
   private updateTitle(): void {
-    if (this.host.hosted) {
-      this.syncHostMetadata()
-      return
-    }
     const identity = this.sessionTitle.trim() || "nanobot"
     this.titleText.maxWidth = Math.max(8, Math.floor(this.renderer.width * 0.38))
     this.titleText.content = identity
@@ -1940,69 +1966,14 @@ export class NanobotTui {
         : ""} ctx`
     this.runtimeControls.updateModel(this.modelName, this.modelPreset)
     this.runtimeControls.updateContext(context)
-    this.syncHostMetadata()
   }
 
   private renderTitleColor(): void {
-    this.titleText.fg = !this.host.hosted && (this.sessionLoading || this.sessionMenu.visible)
+    this.titleText.fg = this.sessionLoading || this.sessionMenu.visible
       ? this.palette.accent
       : this.palette.muted
   }
 
-  private setCurrentTask(task: string): void {
-    const next = singleLine(task)
-    if (!next || next === this.currentTask) return
-    this.currentTask = next
-    this.updateTitle()
-  }
-
-  private setCurrentAction(action: string): void {
-    const next = singleLine(action.replace(/^\s*[·›✓×]\s*/u, ""), 80)
-    if (!next || next === this.currentAction) return
-    this.currentAction = next
-    this.syncHostMetadata()
-  }
-
-  private clearHostContext(): void {
-    this.currentTask = ""
-    this.currentAction = ""
-    this.hostBlocked = false
-    this.updateTitle()
-  }
-
-  private syncHostMetadata(): void {
-    const model = [this.modelPreset, this.modelName].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")
-    this.host.reportMetadata({
-      model,
-      branch: this.hostBranch,
-      workspace: this.hostWorkspace,
-      task: this.currentTask,
-      action: this.currentAction,
-    })
-  }
-
-  private applyHostGoalState(state: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): void {
-    if (!state) return
-    this.hostBlocked = state.status === "blocked"
-    if (!this.hostBlocked) return
-    const summary = typeof state.ui_summary === "string" ? state.ui_summary : ""
-    const recap = typeof state.recap === "string" ? state.recap : ""
-    const objective = typeof state.objective === "string" ? state.objective : ""
-    this.setCurrentAction(summary || recap || objective || "Needs input")
-    this.host.reportState("blocked", summary || recap || objective || this.currentTask)
-  }
-
-  private reportHostResting(): void {
-    this.host.reportState(
-      this.hostBlocked ? "blocked" : "idle",
-      this.hostBlocked ? this.currentAction || this.currentTask : this.currentAction,
-    )
-  }
-
-  private reportHostWorking(): void {
-    if (!this.hostBlocked) this.host.reportState("working", this.currentTask)
-  }
-
   private resizeComposer(): void {
     const verticalPadding = this.renderer.height >= 12 ? 1 : 0
     const maxContentHeight = Math.max(1, Math.min(12, Math.floor(this.renderer.height / 3)))
@@ -2116,7 +2087,58 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     return this.composer.editBuffer.getTextRange(0, this.composer.cursorOffset).length
   }
 
+  private keepComposerCursorOutsideImages(): void {
+    if (this.reconcilingComposer) return
+    const value = this.composer.plainText
+    const cursor = this.composerStringCursor()
+    const target = this.draft.snapImageCursor(value, cursor, this.composerCursor)
+    this.composerCursor = target
+    if (target !== cursor) this.setComposerStringCursor(value, target)
+  }
+
+  private handleComposerContentChange(): void {
+    if (this.reconcilingComposer) return
+    let value = this.composer.plainText
+    let cursor = this.composerStringCursor()
+    const edit = this.draft.reconcileImageEdit(this.composerValue, value, cursor)
+    if (edit.value !== value) {
+      this.reconcilingComposer = true
+      try {
+        this.composer.replaceText(edit.value)
+        this.composer.clearSelection()
+        this.setComposerStringCursor(edit.value, edit.cursor)
+      } finally {
+        this.reconcilingComposer = false
+      }
+      value = edit.value
+      cursor = edit.cursor
+    }
+    this.composerValue = value
+    this.composerCursor = cursor
+    this.draft.prune(value)
+    this.syncComposerImageHighlights(value)
+    const clearedUnsent = this.unsentSubmit && !value.trim()
+    if (clearedUnsent) this.unsentSubmit = false
+    this.runtimeControls.hide()
+    if (this.contextPanel.visible && value) this.contextPanel.hide()
+    this.syncComposerPlaceholder()
+    if (this.sessionMenu.visible) this.syncSessionMenu()
+    else if (this.branchMenu.visible) this.syncBranchMenu()
+    else this.syncComposerMenus()
+    this.resizeComposer()
+    if (clearedUnsent && !this.activeTurn) {
+      this.status.content = this.ready ? this.readyStatus() : this.connectionMessage
+    }
+    if (edit.removedImages.length) {
+      this.status.content = `Removed ${edit.removedImages.join(", ")}`
+    }
+  }
+
   private setComposerStringCursor(value: string, cursor: number): void {
+    this.composer.cursorOffset = this.composerOffsetForStringIndex(value, cursor)
+  }
+
+  private composerOffsetForStringIndex(value: string, cursor: number): number {
     const target = Math.min(Math.max(cursor, 0), value.length)
     const before = value.slice(0, target)
     const row = before.split("\n").length - 1
@@ -2130,10 +2152,25 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       if (candidateLength > target) break
       if (candidateLength === target) offset = candidate
     }
-    this.composer.cursorOffset = offset
+    return offset
+  }
+
+  private syncComposerImageHighlights(value: string): void {
+    this.composer.clearAllHighlights()
+    const styleId = this.composerSyntax.getStyleId(IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER_STYLE)
+    if (styleId === null) return
+    for (const range of this.draft.imagePlaceholderRanges(value)) {
+      this.composer.addHighlightByCharRange({
+        start: this.composerOffsetForStringIndex(value, range.start),
+        end: this.composerOffsetForStringIndex(value, range.end),
+        styleId,
+        priority: 100,
+      })
+    }
   }
 
   private setComposer(content: string): void {
+    this.clipboardPasteGeneration += 1
     this.draft.clear()
     this.composer.setText(content)
     this.composer.cursorOffset = content.length
@@ -2141,8 +2178,42 @@ export class NanobotTui {
 
   private clearComposer(): void {
     this.unsentSubmit = false
-    this.draft.clear()
+    this.setComposer("")
-    this.composer.setText("")
+  }
+
+  private async pasteClipboardImage(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.clipboardImagePending) return
+    if (this.draft.imageCount >= MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES) {
+      this.status.content = `A message can include up to ${MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES} images`
+      return
+    }
+    const generation = this.clipboardPasteGeneration
+    this.clipboardImagePending = true
+    this.status.content = "Reading clipboard image…"
+    try {
+      const image = await this.clipboardImageReader.read()
+      if (this.quitting || generation !== this.clipboardPasteGeneration) return
+      const insertion = this.draft.image(image, this.composer.plainText)
+      if (!insertion) {
+        this.status.content = `A message can include up to ${MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES} images`
+        return
+      }
+      this.composer.insertText(insertion.text)
+      this.status.content = `Pasted ${insertion.description} · review before sending`
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (
+        this.quitting
+        || this.composer.isDestroyed
+        || generation !== this.clipboardPasteGeneration
+      ) return
+      const message = error instanceof Error
+        ? error.message
+        : "Clipboard image paste is unavailable"
+      this.status.content = message
+      this.transcript.notice(message, true)
+    } finally {
+      this.clipboardImagePending = false
+    }
   }
 
   private handlePaste(event: PasteEvent): void {
@@ -2188,11 +2259,6 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   }
 
   private applyWorkspaceScope(scope: WorkspaceScopePayload): void {
-    if (scope.project_path) {
-      this.hostWorkspace = scope.project_path
-      this.hostBranch = currentGitBranch(scope.project_path)
-      this.syncHostMetadata()
-    }
     this.runtimeControls.updateWorkspaceScope(scope)
     this.updateTitle()
     if (!this.activeTurn && this.ready) this.status.content = this.readyStatus()
@@ -2284,8 +2350,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.clearPromptQueue()
       this.sessionMetadataId += 1
       this.sessionTitle = `Fork · ${preview.slice(0, 48)}`
-      this.clearHostContext()
+      this.host.reportTitle(preview)
-      this.setCurrentTask(preview)
       this.contextTokens = null
       this.lastUsage = null
       this.readyDetail = ""
@@ -2382,7 +2447,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.clearRecoveryState()
       this.queuePreview.update([])
       this.sessionMetadataId += 1
-      this.clearHostContext()
+      this.host.reportTitle("")
       this.sessionTitle = sessionLabel(session)
       this.applySessionModel(session)
       this.applySessionScope(session)
@@ -2418,7 +2483,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.clearRecoveryState()
       this.clearPromptQueue()
       this.sessionMetadataId += 1
-      this.clearHostContext()
+      this.host.reportTitle("")
       this.sessionTitle = "New chat"
       this.sessionModelPreset = null
       this.modelName = this.defaultModelName
@@ -2465,17 +2530,13 @@ export class NanobotTui {
     if (!silent) this.recordPrompt(content)
 
     if (lifecycle === "agent_turn") {
-      this.hostBlocked = false
+      this.host.reportTitle(content)
-      this.setCurrentTask(content)
       this.activeTurnId = turnId
       this.finalMessage = ""
       this.turnHadAnswer = false
-      this.lastProgress = ""
       this.activeLabel = "Thinking"
       this.currentFileEdits = []
-      this.setCurrentAction("Thinking")
       this.setActive(true)
-      this.reportHostWorking()
     } else if (lifecycle === "finalize_active_turn") {
       this.activeTurnId = null
       this.transcript.finishStream(this.turnHadAnswer ? "" : this.finalMessage)
@@ -2483,12 +2544,10 @@ export class NanobotTui {
       this.finalMessage = ""
       this.turnHadAnswer = false
       this.setActive(false)
-      this.reportHostResting()
       this.status.content = "Resetting chat…"
     } else if (lifecycle === "stop_active_turn") {
       this.activeTurnId = null
       this.setActive(false)
-      this.reportHostResting()
       this.status.content = "Stopping…"
     } else if (!this.activeTurn) {
       this.status.content = `Running ${content.split(/\s+/u, 1)[0]}…`
@@ -2496,6 +2555,7 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   }
 
   private recordPrompt(content: string): void {
+    if (!content) return
     if (this.promptHistory.at(-1) !== content) this.promptHistory.push(content)
     if (this.promptHistory.length > 50) this.promptHistory.shift()
     this.historyCursor = this.promptHistory.length
@@ -2723,10 +2783,14 @@ export class NanobotTui {
   }
 
   private handleDestroy = (): void => {
+    this.quitting = true
+    this.clipboardPasteGeneration += 1
     if (this.shimmerTimer) clearInterval(this.shimmerTimer)
     this.stopSessionRefresh()
+    this.composerSyntax.destroy()
     this.transcript.destroy()
     this.diffViewer.destroy()
+    void this.clipboardImageReader.dispose().catch(() => {})
     this.host.release()
     this.client.close()
   }

tui/src/clipboard-image.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import type { ClipboardReadResult, HostClipboardService } from "@opentui/core"
+
+import { createClipboardImageReader } from "./clipboard-image"
+
+function clipboard(result: ClipboardReadResult) {
+  let disposed = false
+  const service = {
+    maxWriteBytes: 1,
+    read: async () => result,
+    writeText: async () => ({ status: "unsupported" as const }),
+    clear: async () => ({ status: "unsupported" as const }),
+    dispose: async () => { disposed = true },
+  } satisfies HostClipboardService
+  return { service, disposed: () => disposed }
+}
+
+describe("clipboard image reader", () => {
+  test("encodes supported native clipboard bytes as a data URL", async () => {
+    const fake = clipboard({
+      status: "read",
+      representation: { mimeType: "image/png", bytes: Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2, 255]) },
+    })
+    const reader = createClipboardImageReader(() => fake.service)
+
+    expect(await reader.read()).toEqual({
+      mimeType: "image/png",
+      dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAEC/w==",
+    })
+    await reader.dispose()
+    expect(fake.disposed()).toBeTrue()
+  })
+
+  test.each([
+    ["empty", "No image in clipboard"],
+    ["limit-exceeded", "Clipboard image is larger than 6 MB"],
+    ["timed-out", "Clipboard image read timed out"],
+    ["unsupported", "Clipboard image paste is unavailable"],
+  ] as const)("reports %s without exposing native details", async (status, message) => {
+    const fake = clipboard({ status })
+    const reader = createClipboardImageReader(() => fake.service)
+
+    await expect(reader.read()).rejects.toThrow(message)
+    await reader.dispose()
+  })
+})

tui/src/clipboard-image.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import {
+  createHostClipboard,
+  type HostClipboardService,
+} from "@opentui/core"
+
+const IMAGE_MIME_TYPES = [
+  "image/png",
+  "image/jpeg",
+  "image/webp",
+  "image/gif",
+] as const
+const MAX_IMAGE_BYTES = 6 * 1024 * 1024
+
+export interface ClipboardImage {
+  dataUrl: string
+  mimeType: typeof IMAGE_MIME_TYPES[number]
+}
+
+export interface ClipboardImageReader {
+  read(): Promise<ClipboardImage>
+  dispose(): Promise<void>
+}
+
+type ClipboardFactory = () => HostClipboardService
+
+function readFailure(status: string): Error {
+  if (status === "empty") return new Error("No image in clipboard")
+  if (status === "limit-exceeded") return new Error("Clipboard image is larger than 6 MB")
+  if (status === "timed-out") return new Error("Clipboard image read timed out")
+  return new Error("Clipboard image paste is unavailable")
+}
+
+/** Lazily owns OpenTUI's native host clipboard so ordinary TUI startup does no clipboard work. */
+export function createClipboardImageReader(
+  createClipboard: ClipboardFactory = () => createHostClipboard({ maxReadBytes: MAX_IMAGE_BYTES }),
+): ClipboardImageReader {
+  let clipboard: HostClipboardService | null = null
+  let disposed = false
+
+  return {
+    async read(): Promise<ClipboardImage> {
+      if (disposed) throw new Error("Clipboard image paste is unavailable")
+      clipboard ||= createClipboard()
+      const result = await clipboard.read({ preferredTypes: IMAGE_MIME_TYPES })
+      if (result.status !== "read") throw readFailure(result.status)
+      const normalizedMime = result.representation.mimeType.toLowerCase()
+      const mimeType = IMAGE_MIME_TYPES.find((candidate) => candidate === normalizedMime)
+      if (!mimeType) throw new Error("Clipboard does not contain a supported image")
+      const bytes = result.representation.bytes
+      if (!bytes.length) throw new Error("Clipboard image is empty")
+      if (bytes.length > MAX_IMAGE_BYTES) throw new Error("Clipboard image is larger than 6 MB")
+      return {
+        mimeType,
+        dataUrl: `data:${mimeType};base64,${Buffer.from(bytes).toString("base64")}`,
+      }
+    },
+    async dispose(): Promise<void> {
+      if (disposed) return
+      disposed = true
+      await clipboard?.dispose()
+      clipboard = null
+    },
+  }
+}

tui/src/composer-draft.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
 
-import { ComposerDraft } from "./composer-draft"
+import { ComposerDraft, MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES } from "./composer-draft"
 
 describe("ComposerDraft", () => {
   test("keeps ordinary pastes editable as ordinary text", () => {
@@ -25,4 +25,127 @@ describe("ComposerDraft", () => {
     expect(draft.expand(first.text.trim())).toBe(first.text.trim())
     expect(draft.expand(second.text.trim())).toBe(content)
   })
+
+  test("keeps image bytes outside the editor and drops attachments with deleted placeholders", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const first = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    const second = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/jpeg", dataUrl: "data:image/jpeg;base64,BBBB" })
+
+    expect(first?.text).toBe("[Image #1] ")
+    expect(second?.text).toBe("[Image #2] ")
+    const visible = `compare ${second?.text}${first?.text}`
+    expect(draft.expand(visible)).toBe("compare   ")
+    expect(draft.display(visible)).toBe(visible)
+    expect(draft.media(visible)).toEqual([
+      { data_url: "data:image/jpeg;base64,BBBB", name: "clipboard-image-2.jpg" },
+      { data_url: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA", name: "clipboard-image-1.png" },
+    ])
+
+    draft.prune(first?.text || "")
+    expect(draft.imageCount).toBe(1)
+    expect(draft.media(second?.text || "")).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test("removes a partially edited image placeholder as one atomic unit", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const image = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    const previous = `before ${image?.text}after`
+    const value = previous.replace("[Image #1]", "Image #1]")
+
+    expect(draft.reconcileImageEdit(previous, value, 7)).toEqual({
+      value: "before  after",
+      cursor: 7,
+      removedImages: ["Image #1"],
+    })
+    expect(draft.imageCount).toBe(0)
+    expect(draft.media(value)).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test("removes an edited duplicate occurrence without leaving a placeholder fragment", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const image = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    const label = image?.text.trim() || ""
+    const previous = `${label} ${label}`
+
+    expect(draft.reconcileImageEdit(previous, previous.slice(1), 0)).toEqual({
+      value: ` ${label}`,
+      cursor: 0,
+      removedImages: [],
+    })
+    expect(draft.imageCount).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  test("snaps cursor movement across complete image placeholders", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const image = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    const visible = `a ${image?.text}b`
+
+    expect(draft.snapImageCursor(visible, 3, 2)).toBe(12)
+    expect(draft.snapImageCursor(visible, 11, 12)).toBe(2)
+    expect(draft.snapImageCursor(visible, 2, 0)).toBe(2)
+    expect(draft.snapImageCursor(visible, 12, 13)).toBe(12)
+    expect(draft.moveImageCursor(visible, 2, 1)).toBe(12)
+    expect(draft.moveImageCursor(visible, 12, -1)).toBe(2)
+  })
+
+  test("allocates image labels around literal composer text", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const content = "Explain [Image #1]"
+    const insertion = draft.image(
+      { mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" },
+      content,
+    )
+
+    expect(insertion?.text).toBe("[Image #2] ")
+    expect(draft.expand(`${content} ${insertion?.text}`.trim())).toBe(`${content} `)
+  })
+
+  test("detects image labels duplicated after insertion without deleting text", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const image = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    const visible = `${image?.text}Explain [Image #1]`
+
+    expect(draft.hasImageLabelConflict(visible)).toBeTrue()
+    expect(draft.expand(visible)).toBe(visible)
+  })
+
+  test("detects image labels inside compacted paste text added afterward", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const image = draft.image({ mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" })
+    const content = ["Explain [Image #1]", ...Array.from({ length: 11 }, () => "detail")].join("\n")
+    const paste = draft.paste(content)
+    const visible = `${image?.text}${paste.text}`
+
+    expect(draft.hasImageLabelConflict(visible)).toBeTrue()
+    expect(draft.expand(visible)).toContain("Explain [Image #1]")
+  })
+
+  test("allocates image labels around hidden compacted paste text", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    const content = ["Explain [Image #1]", ...Array.from({ length: 11 }, () => "detail")].join("\n")
+    const paste = draft.paste(content)
+    const image = draft.image(
+      { mimeType: "image/png", dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA" },
+      paste.text,
+    )
+
+    expect(image?.text).toBe("[Image #2] ")
+    expect(draft.expand(`${paste.text}${image?.text}`)).toContain("Explain [Image #1]")
+  })
+
+  test("matches the gateway image count before accepting another placeholder", () => {
+    const draft = new ComposerDraft()
+    for (let index = 0; index < MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES; index += 1) {
+      expect(draft.image({
+        mimeType: "image/png",
+        dataUrl: `data:image/png;base64,${index}`,
+      })).not.toBeNull()
+    }
+
+    expect(draft.image({
+      mimeType: "image/png",
+      dataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,overflow",
+    })).toBeNull()
+    expect(draft.imageCount).toBe(MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES)
+  })
 })

tui/src/composer-draft.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+import type { OutboundMedia } from "./protocol"
+
 const LARGE_PASTE_CHARS = 1_000
 const LARGE_PASTE_LINES = 10
+export const MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES = 4
 
 export interface PasteInsertion {
   text: string
@@ -7,9 +10,32 @@ export interface PasteInsertion {
   description: string
 }
 
-/** Keeps large pasted text out of the editor without changing what is sent. */
+export interface DraftEditReconciliation {
+  value: string
+  cursor: number
+  removedImages: string[]
+}
+
+const IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {
+  "image/png": "png",
+  "image/jpeg": "jpg",
+  "image/webp": "webp",
+  "image/gif": "gif",
+} as const
+
+interface DraftImage {
+  dataUrl: string
+  mimeType: keyof typeof IMAGE_EXTENSIONS
+}
+
+/** Keeps large pasted text and image payloads out of the editable composer surface. */
 export class ComposerDraft {
   private readonly pastes = new Map<string, string>()
+  private readonly images = new Map<string, OutboundMedia>()
+
+  get imageCount(): number {
+    return this.images.size
+  }
 
   paste(value: string): PasteInsertion {
     const text = value.replace(/\r\n/gu, "\n").replace(/\r/gu, "\n")
@@ -26,19 +52,148 @@ export class ComposerDraft {
     return { text: `${label} `, compacted: true, description }
   }
 
-  expand(visible: string): string {
+  private imageLabelInUse(label: string, visible: string): boolean {
+    if (this.images.has(label) || visible.includes(label)) return true
+    for (const content of this.pastes.values()) {
+      if (content.includes(label)) return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
+  private nextImageIndex(visible: string): number {
+    let index = 1
+    while (this.imageLabelInUse(`[Image #${index}]`, visible)) index += 1
+    return index
+  }
+
+  image(image: DraftImage, visible = ""): PasteInsertion | null {
+    if (this.images.size >= MAX_DRAFT_IMAGES) return null
+    const index = this.nextImageIndex(visible)
+    const label = `[Image #${index}]`
+    this.images.set(label, {
+      data_url: image.dataUrl,
+      name: `clipboard-image-${index}.${IMAGE_EXTENSIONS[image.mimeType]}`,
+    })
+    return { text: `${label} `, compacted: true, description: label.slice(1, -1) }
+  }
+
+  private expandPastes(visible: string): string {
     let expanded = visible
     for (const [label, content] of this.pastes) expanded = expanded.split(label).join(content)
     return expanded
   }
 
+  private labelOccurrences(content: string, label: string): number {
+    return content.split(label).length - 1
+  }
+
+  imagePlaceholderRanges(visible: string): Array<{ start: number; end: number }> {
+    const ranges: Array<{ start: number; end: number }> = []
+    for (const label of this.images.keys()) {
+      let start = visible.indexOf(label)
+      while (start >= 0) {
+        ranges.push({ start, end: start + label.length })
+        start = visible.indexOf(label, start + label.length)
+      }
+    }
+    return ranges.sort((left, right) => left.start - right.start)
+  }
+
+  snapImageCursor(visible: string, cursor: number, previousCursor: number): number {
+    const range = this.imagePlaceholderRanges(visible)
+      .find(({ start, end }) => cursor > start && cursor < end)
+    if (!range) return cursor
+    if (previousCursor <= range.start) return range.end
+    if (previousCursor >= range.end) return range.start
+    return cursor - range.start < range.end - cursor ? range.start : range.end
+  }
+
+  moveImageCursor(visible: string, cursor: number, direction: -1 | 1): number | null {
+    const range = this.imagePlaceholderRanges(visible).find(({ start, end }) => (
+      direction < 0
+        ? cursor > start && cursor <= end
+        : cursor >= start && cursor < end
+    ))
+    if (!range) return null
+    return direction < 0 ? range.start : range.end
+  }
+
+  reconcileImageEdit(
+    previous: string,
+    value: string,
+    cursor: number,
+  ): DraftEditReconciliation {
+    let oldStart = 0
+    const sharedLength = Math.min(previous.length, value.length)
+    while (oldStart < sharedLength && previous[oldStart] === value[oldStart]) oldStart += 1
+
+    let oldEnd = previous.length
+    let newEnd = value.length
+    while (
+      oldEnd > oldStart
+      && newEnd > oldStart
+      && previous[oldEnd - 1] === value[newEnd - 1]
+    ) {
+      oldEnd -= 1
+      newEnd -= 1
+    }
+
+    const ranges = this.imagePlaceholderRanges(previous).filter(({ start, end }) => (
+      oldStart === oldEnd
+        ? oldStart > start && oldStart < end
+        : oldStart < end && oldEnd > start
+    ))
+    if (!ranges.length) return { value, cursor, removedImages: [] }
+
+    const replaceStart = Math.min(oldStart, ...ranges.map((range) => range.start))
+    const replaceEnd = Math.max(oldEnd, ...ranges.map((range) => range.end))
+    const inserted = value.slice(oldStart, newEnd)
+    const reconciled = previous.slice(0, replaceStart) + inserted + previous.slice(replaceEnd)
+    const missing = [...this.images.keys()].filter((label) => !reconciled.includes(label))
+    for (const label of missing) this.images.delete(label)
+    return {
+      value: reconciled,
+      cursor: replaceStart + inserted.length,
+      removedImages: missing.map((label) => label.slice(1, -1)),
+    }
+  }
+
+  hasImageLabelConflict(visible: string): boolean {
+    const expanded = this.expandPastes(visible)
+    return [...this.images.keys()]
+      .some((label) => this.labelOccurrences(expanded, label) !== 1)
+  }
+
+  expand(visible: string): string {
+    let expanded = this.expandPastes(visible)
+    for (const label of this.images.keys()) {
+      if (this.labelOccurrences(expanded, label) === 1) expanded = expanded.replace(label, "")
+    }
+    return expanded
+  }
+
+  display(visible: string): string {
+    return this.expandPastes(visible)
+  }
+
+  media(visible: string): OutboundMedia[] {
+    return [...this.images]
+      .filter(([label]) => visible.includes(label))
+      .sort(([left], [right]) => visible.indexOf(left) - visible.indexOf(right))
+      .map(([, media]) => media)
+  }
+
   prune(visible: string): void {
     for (const label of this.pastes.keys()) {
       if (!visible.includes(label)) this.pastes.delete(label)
     }
+    for (const label of this.images.keys()) {
+      if (!visible.includes(label)) this.images.delete(label)
+    }
   }
 
   clear(): void {
     this.pastes.clear()
+    this.images.clear()
   }
 }

tui/src/host.test.ts

@@ -1,82 +1,67 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
 
-import { createTuiHost, currentGitBranch } from "./host"
+import { createTuiHost } from "./host"
 
 async function settle(): Promise<void> {
-  await Bun.sleep(40)
+  await Bun.sleep(0)
   await Bun.sleep(0)
 }
 
 describe("TUI host integration", () => {
-  test("reads the current workspace branch without leaking git errors", () => {
-    expect(currentGitBranch(process.cwd())).not.toBe("")
-    expect(currentGitBranch("/definitely/not/a/repository")).toBe("")
-  })
-
   test("standalone terminals remain a no-op", async () => {
     const commands: string[][] = []
     const host = createTuiHost({}, async (command) => { commands.push([...command]) })
 
-    host.reportState("working", "task")
+    host.reportTitle("task")
-    host.reportSession("chat")
-    host.reportMetadata({ model: "gpt", task: "task" })
     host.release()
     await settle()
 
-    expect(host.hosted).toBe(false)
     expect(commands).toEqual([])
   })
 
-  test("reports semantic lifecycle, session identity, metadata, and release", async () => {
+  test("requires both Herdr environment markers", async () => {
+    const commands: string[][] = []
+    const run = async (command: readonly string[]) => { commands.push([...command]) }
+
+    createTuiHost({ HERDR_ENV: "1" }, run).reportTitle("missing pane")
+    createTuiHost({ HERDR_PANE_ID: "w1:p2" }, run).reportTitle("missing host")
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(commands).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test("reports only normalized pane title changes and clears the title on release", async () => {
     const commands: string[][] = []
     const host = createTuiHost(
       { HERDR_ENV: "1", HERDR_PANE_ID: "w1:p2", HERDR_BIN_PATH: "/bin/herdr" },
       async (command) => { commands.push([...command]) },
     )
 
-    host.reportMetadata({
+    host.reportTitle("  Fix\nHerdr  integration ")
-      model: "openai/gpt",
+    host.reportTitle("Fix Herdr integration")
-      branch: "feat/host",
+    host.reportTitle("Review results")
-      workspace: "/repo",
-      task: "  Fix\nHerdr  integration ",
-      action: "Testing",
-    })
-    host.reportSession("chat-1")
-    host.reportState("working", "Fix Herdr integration")
-    host.reportState("working", "Fix Herdr integration")
-    host.reportState("blocked", "Approval required")
     host.release()
+    host.reportTitle("ignored after release")
     await settle()
 
-    expect(host.hosted).toBe(true)
+    expect(commands).toEqual([
-    expect(commands).toHaveLength(6)
+      [
-    expect(commands[0]).toContain("pane")
+        "/bin/herdr", "pane", "report-metadata", "w1:p2",
-    expect(commands[0]).toContain("report-metadata")
+        "--source", "nanobot:tui:metadata", "--seq", "1",
-    expect(commands[0]).toContain("task=Fix Herdr integration")
+        "--title", "Fix Herdr integration",
-    expect(commands[1]).toContain("report-agent-session")
+      ],
-    expect(commands[1]).toContain("chat-1")
+      [
-    expect(commands[2]).toContain("working")
+        "/bin/herdr", "pane", "report-metadata", "w1:p2",
-    expect(commands[2]).toContain("--agent-session-id")
+        "--source", "nanobot:tui:metadata", "--seq", "2",
-    expect(commands[3]).toContain("blocked")
+        "--title", "Review results",
-    expect(commands[4]).toContain("--clear-token")
+      ],
-    expect(commands[5]).toContain("release-agent")
+      [
-  })
+        "/bin/herdr", "pane", "report-metadata", "w1:p2",
-
+        "--source", "nanobot:tui:metadata", "--seq", "3", "--clear-title",
-  test("metadata patches only changed tokens", async () => {
+      ],
-    const commands: string[][] = []
+    ])
-    const host = createTuiHost(
+    expect(commands.flat()).not.toContain("report-agent")
-      { HERDR_ENV: "1", HERDR_PANE_ID: "w1:p2" },
+    expect(commands.flat()).not.toContain("report-agent-session")
-      async (command) => { commands.push([...command]) },
+    expect(commands.flat()).not.toContain("--token")
-    )
-
-    host.reportMetadata({ model: "gpt", branch: "main" })
-    host.reportMetadata({ model: "gpt", branch: "main" })
-    host.reportMetadata({ model: "gpt", branch: "" })
-    await settle()
-
-    expect(commands).toHaveLength(1)
-    expect(commands[0]).toContain("model=gpt")
-    expect(commands[0]).toContain("--clear-token")
-    expect(commands[0]).toContain("branch")
   })
 })

tui/src/host.ts

@@ -1,60 +1,22 @@
-export type HostAgentState = "idle" | "working" | "blocked" | "unknown"
-
-export interface HostMetadata {
-  model?: string
-  branch?: string
-  workspace?: string
-  task?: string
-  action?: string
-}
-
 export interface TuiHost {
-  readonly hosted: boolean
+  reportTitle(title: string): void
-  reportState(state: HostAgentState, message?: string): void
-  reportSession(sessionId: string): void
-  reportMetadata(metadata: HostMetadata): void
   release(): void
 }
 
-export function currentGitBranch(workspace: string): string {
-  const path = workspace.trim()
-  if (!path) return ""
-  try {
-    const branch = spawnText(["git", "-C", path, "branch", "--show-current"])
-    if (branch) return branch
-    const revision = spawnText(["git", "-C", path, "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
-    return revision ? `@${revision}` : ""
-  } catch {
-    return ""
-  }
-}
-
 type Environment = Record<string, string | undefined>
 type CommandRunner = (command: readonly string[]) => Promise<void>
 
-const AGENT = "nanobot"
-const LIFECYCLE_SOURCE = "nanobot:tui"
 const METADATA_SOURCE = "nanobot:tui:metadata"
-const METADATA_KEYS = ["model", "branch", "workspace", "task", "action"] as const
-const METADATA_FLUSH_MS = 32
 
 class StandaloneHost implements TuiHost {
-  readonly hosted = false
+  reportTitle(): void {}
-  reportState(): void {}
-  reportSession(): void {}
-  reportMetadata(): void {}
   release(): void {}
 }
 
 class HerdrHost implements TuiHost {
-  readonly hosted = true
   private sequence = 0
   private released = false
-  private lastState = ""
+  private lastTitle = ""
-  private lastSession = ""
-  private metadata: HostMetadata = {}
-  private readonly pendingMetadata = new Set<typeof METADATA_KEYS[number]>()
-  private metadataTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
   private queue: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve()
 
   constructor(
@@ -63,97 +25,25 @@ class HerdrHost implements TuiHost {
     private readonly run: CommandRunner,
   ) {}
 
-  reportState(state: HostAgentState, message = ""): void {
+  reportTitle(title: string): void {
     if (this.released) return
-    const cleanMessage = normalize(message)
+    const cleanTitle = normalize(title)
-    const fingerprint = `${state}\0${cleanMessage}\0${this.lastSession}`
+    if (cleanTitle === this.lastTitle) return
-    if (fingerprint === this.lastState) return
+    this.lastTitle = cleanTitle
-    this.lastState = fingerprint
-    // Preserve causal ordering when a semantic state transition follows a
-    // pending metadata snapshot; repeated working heartbeats still stay free.
-    this.flushMetadata()
-    const args = [
-      "pane", "report-agent", this.paneId,
-      "--source", LIFECYCLE_SOURCE,
-      "--agent", AGENT,
-      "--state", state,
-      "--seq", String(this.nextSequence()),
-    ]
-    if (cleanMessage) args.push("--message", cleanMessage)
-    if (this.lastSession) args.push("--agent-session-id", this.lastSession)
-    this.enqueue(args)
-  }
-
-  reportSession(sessionId: string): void {
-    if (this.released) return
-    const cleanSession = normalize(sessionId, 256)
-    if (!cleanSession || cleanSession === this.lastSession) return
-    this.lastSession = cleanSession
-    this.lastState = ""
-    this.flushMetadata()
-    this.enqueue([
-      "pane", "report-agent-session", this.paneId,
-      "--source", LIFECYCLE_SOURCE,
-      "--agent", AGENT,
-      "--agent-session-id", cleanSession,
-      "--seq", String(this.nextSequence()),
-    ])
-  }
-
-  reportMetadata(next: HostMetadata): void {
-    if (this.released) return
-    for (const key of METADATA_KEYS) {
-      if (!(key in next)) continue
-      const value = normalize(next[key])
-      if (value === normalize(this.metadata[key])) continue
-      this.pendingMetadata.add(key)
-    }
-    if (!this.pendingMetadata.size) return
-    this.metadata = { ...this.metadata, ...next }
-    if (this.metadataTimer) return
-    this.metadataTimer = setTimeout(() => this.flushMetadata(), METADATA_FLUSH_MS)
-  }
-
-  private flushMetadata(): void {
-    if (this.metadataTimer) clearTimeout(this.metadataTimer)
-    this.metadataTimer = null
-    if (!this.pendingMetadata.size) return
     const args = [
       "pane", "report-metadata", this.paneId,
       "--source", METADATA_SOURCE,
-      "--agent", AGENT,
-      "--display-agent", AGENT,
       "--seq", String(this.nextSequence()),
+      cleanTitle ? "--title" : "--clear-title",
     ]
-    const task = normalize(this.metadata.task)
+    if (cleanTitle) args.push(cleanTitle)
-    args.push(task ? "--title" : "--clear-title")
-    if (task) args.push(task)
-    for (const key of this.pendingMetadata) {
-      const value = normalize(this.metadata[key])
-      args.push(value ? "--token" : "--clear-token", value ? `${key}=${value}` : key)
-    }
-    this.pendingMetadata.clear()
     this.enqueue(args)
   }
 
   release(): void {
     if (this.released) return
-    this.flushMetadata()
+    this.reportTitle("")
     this.released = true
-    const clear = [
-      "pane", "report-metadata", this.paneId,
-      "--source", METADATA_SOURCE,
-      "--clear-title", "--clear-display-agent", "--clear-state-labels",
-      "--seq", String(this.nextSequence()),
-    ]
-    for (const key of METADATA_KEYS) clear.push("--clear-token", key)
-    this.enqueue(clear)
-    this.enqueue([
-      "pane", "release-agent", this.paneId,
-      "--source", LIFECYCLE_SOURCE,
-      "--agent", AGENT,
-      "--seq", String(this.nextSequence()),
-    ])
   }
 
   private nextSequence(): number {
@@ -167,8 +57,8 @@ class HerdrHost implements TuiHost {
   }
 }
 
-function normalize(value: string | undefined, limit = 80): string {
+function normalize(value: string, limit = 80): string {
-  return (value || "").replace(/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]+/gu, " ").replace(/\s+/gu, " ").trim().slice(0, limit)
+  return value.replace(/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f]+/gu, " ").replace(/\s+/gu, " ").trim().slice(0, limit)
 }
 
 async function runCommand(command: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
@@ -176,12 +66,6 @@ async function runCommand(command: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
   await child.exited
 }
 
-function spawnText(command: readonly string[]): string {
-  const result = Bun.spawnSync([...command], { stdout: "pipe", stderr: "ignore" })
-  if (result.exitCode !== 0) return ""
-  return new TextDecoder().decode(result.stdout).trim()
-}
-
 export function createTuiHost(
   environment: Environment = process.env,
   run: CommandRunner = runCommand,

tui/src/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { NanobotTui, sessionExitMessage, type AppOptions } from "./app"
-import { currentGitBranch } from "./host"
 
 // Keep in sync with _TUI_DETACH_EXIT_CODE in nanobot/cli/tui_launcher.py.
 const TUI_DETACH_EXIT_CODE = 90
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ function themePreference(): AppOptions["theme"] {
 }
 
 const workspace = process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_WORKSPACE?.trim() || ""
-const hostWorkspace = process.cwd()
 const bootstrapUrl = process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_BOOTSTRAP_URL?.trim() || ""
 const wsUrl = process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_WS_URL?.trim() || ""
 const healthUrl = process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_HEALTH_URL?.trim() || ""
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ const options: AppOptions = {
   model: process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_MODEL?.trim() || "unknown model",
   modelPreset: process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_MODEL_PRESET?.trim() || "default",
   workspace,
-  hostWorkspace,
-  branch: currentGitBranch(hostWorkspace),
   version: process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_VERSION?.trim() || "dev",
   access: process.env.NANOBOT_TUI_ACCESS?.trim() || "workspace access",
   theme: themePreference(),

tui/src/prompt-queue.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { MessageOptions } from "./protocol"
 
 export interface QueuedPrompt {
   content: string
+  displayContent?: string
   options: MessageOptions
 }
 

tui/src/protocol.test.ts

@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ describe("gateway protocol", () => {
         }),
       })
       client.send("hello", {
+        media: [{ data_url: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA", name: "clipboard-image-1.png" }],
         cliApps: [{ name: "github" }],
         sessionMentions: [{ name: "plan", session_key: "websocket:plan" }],
         userShell: true,
@@ -477,6 +478,9 @@ describe("gateway protocol", () => {
       expect(outbound[1]?.chat_id).toBe("terminal")
       expect(outbound[1]?.content).toBe("hello")
       expect(outbound[1]?.user_shell).toBe(true)
+      expect(outbound[1]?.media).toEqual([
+        { data_url: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA", name: "clipboard-image-1.png" },
+      ])
       expect(outbound[1]?.cli_apps).toEqual([{ name: "github" }])
       expect(outbound[1]?.session_mentions).toEqual([
         { name: "plan", session_key: "websocket:plan" },
@@ -875,6 +879,12 @@ describe("gateway protocol", () => {
       return Promise.resolve(new Response(JSON.stringify({
         messages: [
           { role: "user", content: "hello", turnId: "turn-1" },
+          {
+            role: "user",
+            content: "",
+            turnId: "turn-image",
+            media: [{ kind: "image", url: "/api/media/sig/image", name: "shot.png" }],
+          },
           {
             role: "tool",
             kind: "trace",
@@ -883,7 +893,7 @@ describe("gateway protocol", () => {
             toolEvents: [{ phase: "end", call_id: "read-1", name: "read_file" }],
           },
           { role: "assistant", kind: "reasoning", content: "private thought" },
-          { role: "assistant", content: "hi", forkIndex: 1 },
+          { role: "assistant", content: "hi", forkIndex: 2 },
         ],
         page: { has_more_before: true, before_cursor: "older-1" },
       })))
@@ -894,12 +904,18 @@ describe("gateway protocol", () => {
       expect(history).toEqual({
         messages: [
           { role: "user", content: "hello", turnId: "turn-1" },
+          {
+            role: "user",
+            content: "",
+            turnId: "turn-image",
+            media: [{ kind: "image", url: "/api/media/sig/image", name: "shot.png" }],
+          },
           {
             role: "activity",
             content: "read_file",
             toolEvents: [{ phase: "end", call_id: "read-1", name: "read_file" }],
           },
-          { role: "assistant", content: "hi", forkIndex: 1 },
+          { role: "assistant", content: "hi", forkIndex: 2 },
         ],
         hasMoreBefore: true,
         beforeCursor: "older-1",

tui/src/protocol.ts

@@ -53,12 +53,17 @@ interface FileDiff {
   text?: string
 }
 
-interface MediaAttachment {
+export interface MediaAttachment {
   kind: "image" | "video" | "file"
   url: string
   name?: string
 }
 
+export interface OutboundMedia {
+  data_url: string
+  name?: string
+}
+
 export interface WorkspaceScopePayload {
   project_path: string
   project_name?: string
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ type OutboundEvent =
       turn_id: string
       webui: true
       workspace_scope?: WorkspaceScopePayload
+      media?: OutboundMedia[]
       cli_apps?: Array<{ name: string }>
       mcp_presets?: Array<{ name: string }>
       session_mentions?: SessionMention[]
@@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ export interface HistoryMessage {
   role: "user" | "assistant" | "activity"
   content: string
   turnId?: string
+  media?: MediaAttachment[]
   toolEvents?: ToolProgressEvent[]
   fileEdits?: FileEditEvent[]
   forkIndex?: number
@@ -288,6 +295,7 @@ export interface SkillCandidate {
 }
 
 export interface MessageOptions {
+  media?: OutboundMedia[]
   cliApps?: Array<{ name: string }>
   mcpPresets?: Array<{ name: string }>
   sessionMentions?: SessionMention[]
@@ -623,18 +631,20 @@ export async function fetchHistory(
       (role !== "user" && role !== "assistant")
       || message.kind === "reasoning"
       || typeof content !== "string"
-      || !content.trim()
     ) {
       continue
     }
+    const media = Array.isArray(message.media) ? message.media.filter(isMediaAttachment) : []
     if (role === "user") {
+      if (!content.trim() && !media.length) continue
       userIndex += 1
       messages.push({
         role: "user",
         content,
+        ...(media.length ? { media } : {}),
         ...(typeof message.turnId === "string" ? { turnId: message.turnId } : {}),
       })
-    } else {
+    } else if (content.trim()) {
       messages.push({ role: "assistant", content, forkIndex: userIndex })
     }
   }
@@ -1190,6 +1200,7 @@ export class NanobotClient {
       webui: true,
       ...(this.workspaceScope ? { workspace_scope: this.workspaceScope } : {}),
       ...(options.userShell ? { user_shell: true } : {}),
+      ...(options.media?.length ? { media: options.media } : {}),
       ...(options.cliApps?.length ? { cli_apps: options.cliApps } : {}),
       ...(options.mcpPresets?.length ? { mcp_presets: options.mcpPresets } : {}),
       ...(options.sessionMentions?.length

tui/src/transcript.ts

@@ -3,14 +3,21 @@ import {
   MarkdownRenderable,
   RGBA,
   ScrollBoxRenderable,
+  StyledText,
   SyntaxStyle,
   TextAttributes,
   TextRenderable,
   type CliRenderer,
+  type TextChunk,
   type TreeSitterClient,
 } from "@opentui/core"
 
-import type { FileEditEvent, HistoryMessage, ToolProgressEvent } from "./protocol"
+import type {
+  FileEditEvent,
+  HistoryMessage,
+  MediaAttachment,
+  ToolProgressEvent,
+} from "./protocol"
 import { renderLatexAsUnicode } from "./latex"
 import { hideScrollbars } from "./scrollbox"
 import { mergeToolEvent, renderToolEvent } from "./tool-renderers"
@@ -58,6 +65,54 @@ const ACTIVITY_PREVIEW_LINES = 4
 // subsequent deltas to the renderer cadence.
 const STREAM_FLUSH_MS = 32
 
+export interface UserMessageMedia {
+  kind?: MediaAttachment["kind"]
+  name?: string
+}
+
+interface UserMessageProjection {
+  imageLabels: string[]
+  attachmentNames: string[]
+}
+
+function projectUserMessage(media: readonly UserMessageMedia[]): UserMessageProjection {
+  const imageNames: Array<string | undefined> = []
+  const attachmentNames: string[] = []
+  for (const item of media) {
+    // Outbound TUI media has no explicit kind because this path currently only
+    // sends clipboard images. Gateway and history media carry the kind.
+    if (item.kind === undefined || item.kind === "image") imageNames.push(item.name)
+    else if (item.name) attachmentNames.push(item.name)
+  }
+
+  const used = new Set<number>()
+  let next = 1
+  const imageLabels = imageNames.map((name) => {
+    const match = name?.match(/^clipboard-image-(\d+)\.[^.]+$/iu)
+    const preferred = match ? Number(match[1]) : 0
+    let index = Number.isSafeInteger(preferred) && preferred > 0 && !used.has(preferred)
+      ? preferred
+      : next
+    while (used.has(index)) index += 1
+    used.add(index)
+    while (used.has(next)) next += 1
+    return `[Image #${index}]`
+  })
+  return { imageLabels, attachmentNames }
+}
+
+export function userMessageText(
+  content: string,
+  media: readonly UserMessageMedia[] = [],
+  displayContent?: string,
+): string {
+  const { imageLabels, attachmentNames } = projectUserMessage(media)
+  return [
+    displayContent ?? [content, imageLabels.join(" ")].filter(Boolean).join(" "),
+    attachmentNames.length ? `Attachments: ${attachmentNames.join(", ")}` : "",
+  ].filter(Boolean).join("\n")
+}
+
 /** Projects gateway events into retained, reflowable conversation cells. */
 export class Transcript {
   readonly root: ScrollBoxRenderable
@@ -71,6 +126,12 @@ export class Transcript {
   private readonly activities = new Set<Activity>()
   private readonly frames = new Set<BoxRenderable>()
   private readonly userRows = new Set<BoxRenderable>()
+  private readonly userMessages = new Set<{
+    renderable: TextRenderable
+    content: string
+    media: UserMessageMedia[]
+    displayContent?: string
+  }>()
   private readonly userTurnIds = new Set<string>()
   private wrote = false
   private nextId = 0
@@ -84,7 +145,6 @@ export class Transcript {
     private theme: TranscriptTheme,
     private readonly treeSitterClient: TreeSitterClient,
     private readonly onNavigationChange?: (state: TranscriptNavigation) => void,
-    private readonly showHeader = true,
     private readonly workspace = "",
   ) {
     this.root = new ScrollBoxRenderable(renderer, {
@@ -116,6 +176,13 @@ export class Transcript {
     const previousSyntax = this.theme.syntax
     this.theme = theme
     for (const { renderable, tone } of this.styledText) renderable.fg = theme[tone]
+    for (const message of this.userMessages) {
+      message.renderable.content = this.userMessageContent(
+        message.content,
+        message.media,
+        message.displayContent,
+      )
+    }
     for (const renderable of this.markdown) renderable.syntaxStyle = theme.syntax
     for (const frame of this.frames) frame.borderColor = theme.border
     for (const row of this.userRows) {
@@ -130,7 +197,6 @@ export class Transcript {
   }
 
   header(options: TranscriptHeader): void {
-    if (!this.showHeader) return
     const row = new BoxRenderable(this.renderer, {
       id: this.id("header-row"),
       width: "100%",
@@ -171,6 +237,7 @@ export class Transcript {
     this.activities.clear()
     this.frames.clear()
     this.userRows.clear()
+    this.userMessages.clear()
     this.userTurnIds.clear()
     this.wrote = false
     this.nextId = 0
@@ -182,7 +249,9 @@ export class Transcript {
 
   history(messages: HistoryMessage[]): void {
     for (const message of messages) {
-      if (message.role === "user") this.user(message.content, message.turnId)
+      if (message.role === "user") {
+        this.user(message.content, message.turnId, message.media)
+      }
       else if (message.role === "assistant") this.assistant(message.content)
       else if (message.fileEdits?.length) this.fileEdits(message.fileEdits)
       else this.progress(message.content, message.toolEvents)
@@ -194,11 +263,11 @@ export class Transcript {
     if (messages.length === 0) return
     const previousTop = this.root.scrollTop
     const previousHeight = this.root.scrollHeight
-    let index = this.showHeader ? 1 : 0
+    let index = 1 // Keep the launch header first.
     for (const message of messages) {
       if (message.role === "user") {
         if (message.turnId && this.userTurnIds.has(message.turnId)) continue
-        this.writeRole("›", message.content, "user", index++)
+        this.writeUser(message.content, message.media, index++)
         if (message.turnId) this.userTurnIds.add(message.turnId)
       } else if (message.role === "assistant") {
         this.writeMarkdown(message.content, false, index++)
@@ -224,11 +293,16 @@ export class Transcript {
     return this.root.scrollTop <= 0
   }
 
-  user(content: string, turnId?: string): boolean {
+  user(
+    content: string,
+    turnId?: string,
+    media: readonly UserMessageMedia[] = [],
+    displayContent?: string,
+  ): boolean {
     if (turnId && this.userTurnIds.has(turnId)) return false
     this.noteOutput()
     this.finishActivity()
-    this.writeRole("›", content, "user")
+    this.writeUser(content, media, undefined, displayContent)
     if (turnId) this.userTurnIds.add(turnId)
     return true
   }
@@ -336,6 +410,7 @@ export class Transcript {
     this.activity = null
     this.frames.clear()
     this.userRows.clear()
+    this.userMessages.clear()
     this.theme.syntax.destroy()
   }
 
@@ -468,7 +543,7 @@ export class Transcript {
   }
 
   private createText(
-    content: string,
+    content: string | StyledText,
     tone: "text" | "muted" | "error" | "user",
     bold = false,
     id = "text",
@@ -487,10 +562,10 @@ export class Transcript {
 
   private writeRole(
     marker: string,
-    content: string,
+    content: string | StyledText,
     tone: "muted" | "error" | "user",
     index?: number,
-  ): void {
+  ): TextRenderable {
     const row = this.createRow(tone === "user" ? "user" : "notice", "row")
     if (tone === "user") {
       row.backgroundColor = this.theme.userBackground
@@ -509,6 +584,76 @@ export class Transcript {
     row.add(text)
     this.root.add(row, index)
     this.wrote = true
+    return text
+  }
+
+  private writeUser(
+    content: string,
+    media: readonly UserMessageMedia[] = [],
+    index?: number,
+    displayContent?: string,
+  ): void {
+    const retainedMedia = [...media]
+    const renderable = this.writeRole(
+      "›",
+      this.userMessageContent(content, retainedMedia, displayContent),
+      "user",
+      index,
+    )
+    this.userMessages.add({ renderable, content, media: retainedMedia, displayContent })
+  }
+
+  private userMessageContent(
+    content: string,
+    media: readonly UserMessageMedia[],
+    displayContent?: string,
+  ): StyledText {
+    const { imageLabels, attachmentNames } = projectUserMessage(media)
+    const chunks: TextChunk[] = []
+    const append = (text: string) => {
+      if (text) chunks.push({ __isChunk: true, text })
+    }
+    const nextLine = () => {
+      if (chunks.length) append("\n")
+    }
+
+    if (displayContent !== undefined) {
+      const ranges = imageLabels
+        .map((label) => ({ label, start: displayContent.indexOf(label) }))
+        .filter(({ start }) => start >= 0)
+        .sort((left, right) => left.start - right.start)
+      let cursor = 0
+      for (const { label, start } of ranges) {
+        append(displayContent.slice(cursor, start))
+        chunks.push({
+          __isChunk: true,
+          text: label,
+          fg: RGBA.fromHex(this.theme.user),
+          attributes: TextAttributes.BOLD,
+        })
+        cursor = start + label.length
+      }
+      append(displayContent.slice(cursor))
+    } else {
+      append(content)
+    }
+    if (displayContent === undefined && imageLabels.length) {
+      if (chunks.length) append(" ")
+      for (const [index, label] of imageLabels.entries()) {
+        if (index > 0) append(" ")
+        chunks.push({
+          __isChunk: true,
+          text: label,
+          fg: RGBA.fromHex(this.theme.user),
+          attributes: TextAttributes.BOLD,
+        })
+      }
+    }
+    if (attachmentNames.length) {
+      nextLine()
+      append(`Attachments: ${attachmentNames.join(", ")}`)
+    }
+    return new StyledText(chunks)
   }
 
   private createMarkdown(content: string, streaming: boolean, id = "markdown"): MarkdownRenderable {

webui/src/App.tsx

@@ -2154,9 +2154,16 @@ function Shell({
     const hasAutomations = (pendingDelete.automations?.length ?? 0) > 0;
     const deletingActive = activeKey !== null && deletingKeys.has(activeKey);
     const currentIndex = topicSessions.findIndex((s) => s.key === activeKey);
+    const availableKeys = new Set(topicSessions.map((session) => session.key));
+    const siblingFallbackKey = deletingActive
+      ? activeTabState?.paneKeys.find((key) => (
+          !deletingKeys.has(key) && availableKeys.has(key)
+        )) ?? null
+      : null;
     const fallbackKey = deletingActive
       ? (
-          topicSessions.slice(currentIndex + 1).find((session) => (
+          siblingFallbackKey
+          ?? topicSessions.slice(currentIndex + 1).find((session) => (
             !deletingKeys.has(session.key)
           ))?.key
           ?? topicSessions.slice(0, Math.max(0, currentIndex)).reverse().find((session) => (
@@ -2191,7 +2198,7 @@ function Shell({
     } catch (e) {
       console.error("Failed to delete session", e);
     }
-  }, [pendingDelete, deleteChat, activeKey, navigate, topicSessions]);
+  }, [pendingDelete, deleteChat, activeKey, activeTabState, navigate, topicSessions]);
 
   const onRequestDeleteMany = useCallback(async (items: SidebarDeleteItem[]) => {
     const uniqueItems = Array.from(new Map(items.map((item) => [item.key, item])).values());

webui/src/components/settings/SkillsMarketplace.tsx

@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ function MarketplaceSkillRow({
         <div className="mt-1 flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1.5 truncate text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">
           {skill.source}
           {skill.version ? <span>· v{skill.version}</span> : null}
+          {skill.provider === "skills_sh" ? (
+            <>
               <span>·</span>
               {skill.metric === "installs_24h"
                 ? t("settings.skills.marketplaceInstalls24h", {
@@ -539,6 +541,8 @@ function MarketplaceSkillRow({
                     formattedCount: skill.installs.toLocaleString(),
                     defaultValue: "{{formattedCount}} installs",
                   })}
+            </>
+          ) : null}
         </div>
       </div>
       {skill.provider === "skills_sh" ? <TrendSparkline values={trend} /> : null}

webui/src/components/settings/models/ModelsSettings.tsx

@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export function ModelsSettings({
           >
             {saving || creatingSaving
               ? tx("settings.actions.saving", "Saving...")
-              : tx("settings.actions.savePreset", "Save preset")}
+              : tx("settings.actions.savePreset", "Save")}
           </Button>
         </div>
       </div>

webui/src/components/settings/shared/ModelControls.tsx

@@ -204,13 +204,15 @@ export function ModelIdPicker({
   const providerConfigured = settingsProviderConfigured(settings, effectiveProvider);
   const providerRequiresConfiguration =
     !hasStaticModels && hasConcreteProvider && !providerConfigured;
-  const providerHasBuiltinModels = providerRow?.model_catalog === "builtin";
+  const providerHasManagedModels = ["builtin", "hybrid"].includes(
+    providerRow?.model_catalog ?? "",
+  );
   const providerUsesManualModelIds =
     !hasStaticModels &&
     hasConcreteProvider &&
     providerConfigured &&
     providerRow?.auth_type === "oauth" &&
-    !providerHasBuiltinModels;
+    !providerHasManagedModels;
   const canFetchModels =
     !hasStaticModels &&
     hasConcreteProvider && providerConfigured && !providerUsesManualModelIds;

webui/src/components/workbench/workbench-model.ts

@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ function normalizeTab(value: unknown): WorkbenchTabState {
     ...requestedLayoutPaneKeys,
     ...paneKeys.filter((key) => !requestedLayoutPaneKeys.includes(key)),
   ];
+  const title = normalizeTitle(candidate.title);
   return {
-    explicit: candidate.explicit === true,
+    explicit: candidate.explicit === true || title !== null,
-    title: normalizeTitle(candidate.title),
+    title,
     paneKeys,
     layoutPaneKeys,
     layout: isLayout(candidate.layout) ? candidate.layout : "columns",
@@ -309,7 +310,9 @@ export function renameWorkbenchTab(
   const normalized = normalizeTitle(title);
   if (!normalized) return state;
   return updateTab(state, tabKey, (tab) => (
-    tab.title === normalized ? tab : { ...tab, title: normalized }
+    tab.title === normalized && tab.explicit
+      ? tab
+      : { ...tab, explicit: true, title: normalized }
   ));
 }
 

webui/src/i18n/locales/en/common.json

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
       "save": "Save",
       "saving": "Saving",
       "saveOrder": "Save order",
-      "savePreset": "Save preset",
+      "savePreset": "Save",
       "edit": "Edit",
       "delete": "Delete",
       "deleting": "Deleting...",

webui/src/i18n/locales/es/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "Guardar",
       "saving": "Guardando",
       "saveOrder": "Guardar orden",
-      "savePreset": "Guardar preajuste",
+      "savePreset": "Guardar",
       "delete": "Eliminar",
       "deleting": "Eliminando...",
       "edit": "Editar",

webui/src/i18n/locales/fr/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "Enregistrer",
       "saving": "Enregistrement",
       "saveOrder": "Enregistrer l’ordre",
-      "savePreset": "Enregistrer le préréglage",
+      "savePreset": "Enregistrer",
       "delete": "Supprimer",
       "deleting": "Suppression...",
       "edit": "Modifier",

webui/src/i18n/locales/id/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "Simpan",
       "saving": "Menyimpan",
       "saveOrder": "Simpan urutan",
-      "savePreset": "Simpan prasetel",
+      "savePreset": "Simpan",
       "delete": "Hapus",
       "deleting": "Menghapus...",
       "edit": "Ubah",

webui/src/i18n/locales/ja/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "保存",
       "saving": "保存中",
       "saveOrder": "順序を保存",
-      "savePreset": "プリセットを保存",
+      "savePreset": "保存",
       "delete": "削除",
       "deleting": "削除中...",
       "edit": "編集",

webui/src/i18n/locales/ko/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "저장",
       "saving": "저장 중",
       "saveOrder": "순서 저장",
-      "savePreset": "프리셋 저장",
+      "savePreset": "저장",
       "delete": "삭제",
       "deleting": "삭제 중...",
       "edit": "편집",

webui/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/common.json

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
       "save": "Salvar",
       "saving": "Salvando",
       "saveOrder": "Salvar ordem",
-      "savePreset": "Salvar predefinição",
+      "savePreset": "Salvar",
       "delete": "Excluir",
       "deleting": "Excluindo...",
       "edit": "Editar",

webui/src/i18n/locales/vi/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "Lưu",
       "saving": "Đang lưu",
       "saveOrder": "Lưu thứ tự",
-      "savePreset": "Lưu cấu hình đặt trước",
+      "savePreset": "Lưu",
       "delete": "Xóa",
       "deleting": "Đang xóa...",
       "edit": "Sửa",

webui/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN/common.json

@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
       "save": "保存",
       "saving": "正在保存",
       "saveOrder": "保存顺序",
-      "savePreset": "保存预设",
+      "savePreset": "保存",
       "edit": "编辑",
       "delete": "删除",
       "deleting": "正在删除...",

webui/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW/common.json

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       "save": "儲存",
       "saving": "正在儲存",
       "saveOrder": "儲存順序",
-      "savePreset": "儲存預設",
+      "savePreset": "儲存",
       "delete": "刪除",
       "deleting": "正在刪除…",
       "edit": "編輯",

webui/src/lib/types.ts

@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ interface ProviderModelInfo {
   description?: string | null;
   owned_by?: string | null;
   context_window?: number | null;
+  reasoning_efforts?: string[];
+  supports_backend_search?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ProviderModelsPayload {
@@ -521,7 +523,15 @@ export interface ProviderModelsPayload {
     | "not_configured"
     | "missing_api_base"
     | "error";
-  catalog_kind: "builtin" | "official" | "catalog" | "local" | "custom" | "unsupported";
+  catalog_kind:
+    | "builtin"
+    | "hybrid"
+    | "official"
+    | "catalog"
+    | "local"
+    | "custom"
+    | "unsupported";
+  source?: "remote" | "cache" | "stale" | "fallback";
   models: ProviderModelInfo[];
   model_count: number;
   message?: string | null;

webui/src/tests/app-layout.test.tsx

@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ describe("App layout", () => {
     expect(screen.getAllByText("SkillHub")).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(screen.getAllByText("skills.sh")).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(screen.getByText(/14,481 installs \/ 24h/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/11,831 installs/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: "SkillHub" }));
     expect(screen.getByText("ima-skills")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByText("find-skills")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -2530,7 +2531,7 @@ describe("App layout", () => {
     ).toBe(true);
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Select model" }));
     await user.click(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: /openai\/gpt-4o-mini/ }));
-    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" })).toBeEnabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" })).toBeEnabled();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }));
     expect(screen.queryByText("Up to date.")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     fireEvent.click(
@@ -3414,6 +3415,23 @@ describe("App layout", () => {
       expect(restoredGrid).toHaveAttribute("data-layout", "rows");
     });
 
+    const alphaGroupButton = within(sidebar).getByRole("button", {
+      name: "Group: Alpha",
+    });
+    const alphaGroup = alphaGroupButton.closest("[data-sidebar-tab-group]") as HTMLElement;
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(within(alphaGroup).getByLabelText("Topic actions for Alpha"), {
+      button: 0,
+      ctrlKey: false,
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("menuitem", { name: "Rename" }));
+    const renameDialog = await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Rename group" });
+    fireEvent.change(within(renameDialog).getByPlaceholderText("Group name"), {
+      target: { value: "Research" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(within(renameDialog).getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
+    expect(await within(sidebar).findByRole("button", { name: "Group: Research" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
+
     fireEvent.pointerDown(within(sidebar).getByRole("button", {
       name: "New topic pane actions",
     }), { button: 0, ctrlKey: false });
@@ -3421,9 +3439,93 @@ describe("App layout", () => {
       name: "Remove",
     }));
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("pane-grid").children).toHaveLength(1));
+    const researchGroup = within(sidebar).getByRole("button", {
+      name: "Group: Research",
+    }).closest("[data-sidebar-tab-group]") as HTMLElement;
+    expect(within(researchGroup).getByRole("list", { name: "Panes in Research" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(researchGroup).getByRole("button", { name: "Alpha" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(sidebar).getAllByRole("button", { name: "New topic" })).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
+  it("keeps a named group and its remaining pane active after deleting a pane", async () => {
+    mockSessions = [
+      {
+        key: "websocket:new-pane",
+        channel: "websocket",
+        chatId: "new-pane",
+        createdAt: "2026-08-05T12:00:00Z",
+        updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:00:00Z",
+        title: "New topic",
+        preview: "",
+      },
+      {
+        key: "websocket:unrelated",
+        channel: "websocket",
+        chatId: "unrelated",
+        createdAt: "2026-08-05T11:00:00Z",
+        updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:00:00Z",
+        title: "Unrelated",
+        preview: "",
+      },
+      {
+        key: "websocket:alpha",
+        channel: "websocket",
+        chatId: "alpha",
+        createdAt: "2026-08-05T10:00:00Z",
+        updatedAt: "2026-08-05T10:00:00Z",
+        title: "Alpha",
+        preview: "",
+      },
+    ];
+    window.history.replaceState(null, "", "/#/chat/websocket%3Anew-pane");
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn().mockImplementation(async (url: string | URL | Request) => {
+      if (String(url) === "/api/webui/sidebar-state") {
+        return {
+          ok: true,
+          json: async () => ({
+            workbench: {
+              version: 1,
+              tabs: {
+                "tab:websocket:alpha": {
+                  explicit: false,
+                  title: "Research",
+                  paneKeys: ["websocket:alpha", "websocket:new-pane"],
+                  layoutPaneKeys: ["websocket:alpha", "websocket:new-pane"],
+                  layout: "columns",
+                  splitRatios: [],
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        };
+      }
+      return { ok: false, status: 404 };
+    }));
+
+    render(<App />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(connectSpy).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    const sidebar = screen.getByRole("navigation", { name: "Sidebar navigation" });
+    expect(await within(sidebar).findByRole("button", { name: "Group: Research" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(within(sidebar).getByRole("button", {
+      name: "New topic pane actions",
+    }), { button: 0, ctrlKey: false });
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("menuitem", { name: "Delete" }));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Delete this topic?")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Delete" }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(deleteChatSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("websocket:new-pane"));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(window.location.hash).toBe("#/chat/websocket%3Aalpha"));
+    expect(within(sidebar).getByRole("button", { name: "Group: Research" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("pane-grid").children).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("pane-grid").firstElementChild)
+      .toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Alpha");
+  }, 15_000);
+
   it("opens search from the keyboard shortcut", async () => {
     mockSessions = [
       {

webui/src/tests/settings-models.test.tsx

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
     fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Temperature"), {
       target: { value: "0.4" },
     });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(requestMutationMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
 
     const nameInput = screen.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Preset name" });
     fireEvent.change(nameInput, { target: { value: "Codex" } });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
 
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(requestMutationMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
 
     const nameInput = screen.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Preset name" });
     fireEvent.change(nameInput, { target: { value: "Codex" } });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
 
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
       "A preset with this name already exists.",
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
 
     expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Save order" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByLabelText("Temperature")).toHaveValue(0.4);
-    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" })).toBeEnabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" })).toBeEnabled();
   });
 
   it("keeps repeated fallback preset rows stable when changing the primary preset", async () => {
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
     );
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New model preset" }));
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog", { name: "New model preset" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" })).toBeDisabled();
     expect(
       screen.queryByText("Complete the preset before saving."),
     ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
       target: { value: "openai/gpt-4o-mini" },
     });
     fireEvent.keyDown(modelSearch, { key: "Enter" });
-    const saveButton = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" });
+    const saveButton = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" });
     expect(saveButton).toBeEnabled();
     fireEvent.click(saveButton);
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
     });
     fireEvent.change(modelSearch, { target: { value: "openai/gpt-4o-mini" } });
     fireEvent.keyDown(modelSearch, { key: "Enter" });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
 
     expect(requestMutationMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(nameInput).toHaveAttribute("aria-invalid", "true");
@@ -1295,6 +1295,88 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("loads hybrid online models for configured OAuth providers", async () => {
+    const base = settingsPayload();
+    const payload: SettingsPayload = {
+      ...base,
+      agent: {
+        ...base.agent,
+        model: "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+        provider: "xai_grok",
+        resolved_provider: "xai_grok",
+      },
+      model_presets: [
+        {
+          ...base.model_presets[0],
+          model: "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+          provider: "xai_grok",
+        },
+      ],
+      providers: [
+        {
+          name: "xai_grok",
+          label: "xAI Grok",
+          configured: true,
+          auth_type: "oauth",
+          api_key_required: false,
+          api_key_hint: null,
+          api_base: null,
+          default_api_base: "https://cli-chat-proxy.grok.com/v1",
+          model_catalog: "hybrid",
+          oauth_account: "acct-test",
+          oauth_expires_at: null,
+          oauth_login_supported: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+      if (url === "/api/settings/provider-models?provider=xai_grok") {
+        return jsonResponse({
+          provider: "xai_grok",
+          label: "xAI Grok",
+          status: "available",
+          catalog_kind: "hybrid",
+          source: "remote",
+          models: [
+            {
+              id: "xai-grok/grok-4.6",
+              label: "Grok 4.6",
+              description: "Latest frontier model",
+              owned_by: "xAI",
+              context_window: 500_000,
+            },
+            {
+              id: "xai-grok/grok-4.5",
+              label: "Grok 4.5",
+              owned_by: "xAI",
+              context_window: 500_000,
+            },
+          ],
+          model_count: 2,
+          fetched_at: 1,
+        });
+      }
+      return { ok: false, status: 404, json: async () => ({}) } as Response;
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    renderSettingsView({ initialSection: "models", initialSettings: payload });
+
+    await togglePresetEditor();
+    const modelButtons = await screen.findAllByRole("button", {
+      name: /xai-grok\/grok-4\.5/i,
+    });
+    await openPopover(modelButtons[modelButtons.length - 1]);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Grok 4.6")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Latest frontier model/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "/api/settings/provider-models?provider=xai_grok",
+      expect.objectContaining({ headers: { Authorization: "Bearer tok" } }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("creates presets in the inline editor and can cancel without opening a dialog", async () => {
     vi.stubGlobal(
       "fetch",
@@ -1417,7 +1499,7 @@ describe("Settings models", () => {
     fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Reasoning effort"), {
       target: { value: "provider-native-mode" },
     });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save preset" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
 
     await waitFor(() =>
       expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(

webui/src/tests/workbench-model.test.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe("workbench model", () => {
     state = renameWorkbenchTab(state, tabKey, "Research");
 
     expect(workbenchTab(state, tabKey)).toEqual({
-      explicit: false,
+      explicit: true,
       title: "Research",
       paneKeys: ["pane-a", "pane-b"],
       layoutPaneKeys: ["pane-a", "pane-b"],
@@ -62,6 +62,24 @@ describe("workbench model", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("preserves a named group when a pane is detached", () => {
+    let state = addWorkbenchPane(EMPTY_WORKBENCH_STATE, "pane-a", "pane-b");
+    const tabKey = workbenchTabForPane(state, "pane-a").tabKey;
+    state = renameWorkbenchTab(state, tabKey, "Research");
+    state = detachWorkbenchPane(state, tabKey, "pane-b");
+
+    expect(workbenchTab(state, tabKey)).toEqual({
+      explicit: true,
+      title: "Research",
+      paneKeys: ["pane-a"],
+      layoutPaneKeys: ["pane-a"],
+      layout: "columns",
+      splitRatios: [],
+    });
+    expect(normalizeWorkbenchState(state)).toEqual(state);
+    expect(reconcileWorkbench(state, new Set(["pane-a"]))).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
   it("detaches a pane without persisting its standalone projection", () => {
     let state = addWorkbenchPane(EMPTY_WORKBENCH_STATE, "pane-a", "pane-b");
     const tabKey = workbenchTabForPane(state, "pane-a").tabKey;
@@ -198,7 +216,7 @@ describe("workbench model", () => {
     );
 
     expect(workbenchTab(reconciled, "alpha")).toEqual({
-      explicit: false,
+      explicit: true,
       title: "Alpha",
       paneKeys: ["pane-a", "pane-b"],
       layoutPaneKeys: ["pane-a", "pane-b"],