feat(app): layer catalog per engine

- src/app/layers/renderers.js: the layer renderer registry
  (registerLayerRenderers(engineKind, { [layerId]: factory }),
  rendererFor(layerId, engine), layerAvailableOn(layerId, engineKind)).
  Every application layer is registered for Cesium as CESIUM_BUILTIN (it
  still draws itself until its render/cesium.js); Navara factories come with
  the layer tasks. On it, the stable availability API phase 4 injects into
  its layer list: createLayerAvailability(engineKind) →
  { engine, isAvailable(id), available(), unavailable() } with { id, name }
  rows (src/app/layers/directory.js holds the ids and names in catalog
  order; a test keeps it equal to the constructed catalog).
- createApplicationCatalog({ engineKind, availability }) constructs only the
  layers the engine can show, in the same order (shared instances made
  once, on demand); the catalog carries `availability` and the others'
  metadata (`unavailableMetadata`). Cesium builds the same 30 layers in the
  same order as before; Navara builds none yet (no Navara renderers) - the
  standalone app now asks the catalog for it instead of making an empty one.
- catalogControlServices: a role whose layer the engine leaves out gets an
  empty stand-in (absentLayerControlServices folded in); any other missing
  layer is still a wiring error.
- LayerLifecycle(viewer, { engine }): every module call (init, enable,
  update, disable, destroy) gets { signal, engine } as its second argument;
  viewer is null on Navara.
- Links: a link that turns on layers this engine leaves out keeps them in
  the durable state (re-saved links carry them; back on Cesium they turn
  on) and activates nothing; a notice names them ("NOT ON THIS ENGINE · Kept
  in the link: …"). The Navara notice lists the engine's data layers from
  the registry.
- The dev launcher's CCTV wiring check matches the new catalog form.

scripts/dev-fresh.sh

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ if [[ ! -f "$SOURCE_ROOT/src/data/cctv.js" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if ! grep -q "return createApplicationCatalog(" "$SOURCE_ROOT/src/standalone/catalog.js" || \
-   ! grep -q "^[[:space:]]*createApplicationCctv({" "$SOURCE_ROOT/src/app/constructCatalog.js"; then
+   ! grep -q "createApplicationCctv(" "$SOURCE_ROOT/src/app/constructCatalog.js"; then
   echo "error: CCTV layer not wired in src/standalone/catalog.js"
   exit 1
 fi

scripts/format-scope.json

@@ -1096,5 +1096,10 @@
   "src/globe/navara/followGestures.js",
   "src/globe/navara/followGestures.test.mjs",
   "src/globe/cpuPicks.test.mjs",
-  "scripts/qa-overlay-engines.mjs"
+  "scripts/qa-overlay-engines.mjs",
+  "src/app/layers/directory.js",
+  "src/app/layers/renderers.js",
+  "src/app/layers/renderers.test.mjs",
+  "src/data/lifecycleEngine.test.mjs",
+  "src/ui/shareRestorationEngine.test.mjs"
 ]

scripts/package-boundaries.json

@@ -702,7 +702,8 @@
       "src/geo/scaleToGeodeticSurface.js",
       "src/geo/check.js",
       "src/geo/debug.js",
-      "src/geo/developerError.js"
+      "src/geo/developerError.js",
+      "src/app/layers/directory.js"
     ],
     "external": ["cesium"]
   },
@@ -2583,7 +2584,9 @@
       "src/globe/navara/movers/modelMover.js",
       "src/globe/navara/movers/index.js",
       "src/globe/surfaceDetail.js",
-      "src/globe/navara/followGestures.js"
+      "src/globe/navara/followGestures.js",
+      "src/app/layers/directory.js",
+      "src/app/layers/renderers.js"
     ],
     "external": [
       "hls.js",
@@ -3152,7 +3155,9 @@
       "src/geo/developerError.js",
       "src/time/clock.js",
       "src/globe/follow.js",
-      "src/globe/cesium/follow.js"
+      "src/globe/cesium/follow.js",
+      "src/app/layers/directory.js",
+      "src/app/layers/renderers.js"
     ],
     "external": [
       "hls.js",
@@ -3279,7 +3284,8 @@
       "src/loadingFeedback.js",
       "src/navigationPolicy.js",
       "src/ui/shareRestoration.js",
-      "src/ui/uiLifetime.js"
+      "src/ui/uiLifetime.js",
+      "src/app/layers/directory.js"
     ],
     "external": []
   },

src/app/catalog.js

@@ -46,16 +46,25 @@ export function createLayerCatalog(layers, metadata) {
   });
 }
 
-/** Bind the current control surface to the exact instances registered by the app. */
+/**
+ * Bind the current control surface to the exact instances registered by the
+ * app. A layer the catalog leaves out on purpose (another engine's: in
+ * `catalog.unavailableMetadata`) gets an empty stand-in, so the shell's
+ * optional calls (`layer.method?.()`) do nothing; any other missing layer is
+ * a wiring error.
+ */
 export function catalogControlServices(catalog) {
   if (!catalog?.get)
     throw new TypeError('An application layer catalog is required');
+  const omitted = new Set(
+    (catalog.unavailableMetadata ?? []).map(({ id }) => id),
+  );
   return Object.fromEntries(
     Object.entries(CONTROL_LAYER_IDS).map(([role, id]) => {
       const layer = catalog.get(id);
-      if (!layer)
-        throw new TypeError(`Control layer missing from catalog: ${id}`);
-      return [role, layer];
+      if (layer) return [role, layer];
+      if (omitted.has(id)) return [role, {}];
+      throw new TypeError(`Control layer missing from catalog: ${id}`);
     }),
   );
 }

src/app/catalog.test.mjs

@@ -190,3 +190,40 @@ test('data setup without a viewer registers an empty catalog and no sonar scene'
   assert.equal(dataManager.registrationsFinalized, true);
   for (const release of releases.reverse()) await release();
 });
+
+test('a catalog for an engine gives stand-ins only for the layers it leaves out', () => {
+  const flights = { id: 'flights' };
+  const catalog = {
+    ...createLayerCatalog(
+      [flights],
+      [{ id: 'flights', disposition: 'enabled-only' }],
+    ),
+    unavailableMetadata: Object.keys({
+      traffic: 1,
+      military: 1,
+      satellites: 1,
+      cctv: 1,
+      'street-level': 1,
+      radio: 1,
+      bikeshare: 1,
+      transit: 1,
+      'ais-live-vessels': 1,
+      'military-awareness': 1,
+      'military-installations': 1,
+      'rocket-launches': 1,
+      'local-adsb': 1,
+    }).map((id) => ({ id })),
+  };
+  const services = catalogControlServices(catalog);
+  assert.equal(services.flightsLayer, flights);
+  assert.deepEqual(services.trafficLayer, {});
+  assert.notEqual(services.trafficLayer, services.militaryFlightsLayer);
+  const missing = {
+    ...catalog,
+    unavailableMetadata: catalog.unavailableMetadata.slice(1),
+  };
+  assert.throws(
+    () => catalogControlServices(missing),
+    /Control layer missing from catalog: traffic/,
+  );
+});

src/app/constructCatalog.js

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { createWeatherLayer } from '../layers/weather/index.js';
 import { createCyclonesLayer } from '../layers/cyclones/index.js';
 import { createWindLayer } from '../layers/wind/index.js';
 import { createLayerCatalog } from './catalog.js';
+import { createLayerAvailability } from './layers/renderers.js';
+import { APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } from './layers/directory.js';
 import { LAYER_STATE_REGISTRY } from '../data/layerState.js';
 import { createMilitaryRegistry } from '../layers/aircraft/classification.js';
 import { createApplicationFlights } from './layers/flights.js';
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ export const APPLICATION_LAYER_METADATA = Object.freeze([
 ]);
 
 /** Construct the current catalog without choosing any source provider.
+ * `engineKind` ('cesium' | 'navara'): only the layers that engine can show
+ * (src/app/layers/renderers.js) are constructed, in the same order; the
+ * catalog keeps the others' metadata (`unavailableMetadata`) and carries
+ * the engine's `availability`.
  * Scene engines remain page-owned; layers and classification have this app's lifetime.
  * The manager owns layer destruction, while abort releases classification even if startup fails.
  */
@@ -59,6 +65,8 @@ export function createApplicationCatalog({
   resolveAsset,
   nepalBoundaryResolver,
   streetLevelProviders,
+  engineKind = 'cesium',
+  availability = createLayerAvailability(engineKind),
 }) {
   if (!signal?.addEventListener)
     throw new TypeError('An application lifetime signal is required');
@@ -79,104 +87,211 @@ export function createApplicationCatalog({
   try {
     if (sourceComposition.isConfigured('military'))
       militaryRegistry.configureSource(sources.military, { signal });
-    const flights = createApplicationFlights({
-      surface,
-      source: sources.flights,
-      militaryRegistry,
-      resolveAsset,
-    });
-    const military = createApplicationMilitary({
-      surface,
-      source: sources.military,
-      militaryRegistry,
-      resolveAsset,
-    });
-    const vessels = createApplicationVessels({
-      source: sources.vessels,
-      options: vesselOptions,
-    });
-    const installations = createApplicationInstallations({
-      surface,
-      source: sources.installations,
-    });
-    const satellites = createApplicationSatellites({
-      source: sources.satellites,
-    });
-    const catalog = createLayerCatalog(
+    // Shared instances (awareness and launches read others) are made once,
+    // when the first layer that needs them is built.
+    const once = (create) => {
+      let value;
+      return () => (value ??= create());
+    };
+    const flights = once(() =>
+      createApplicationFlights({
+        surface,
+        source: sources.flights,
+        militaryRegistry,
+        resolveAsset,
+      }),
+    );
+    const military = once(() =>
+      createApplicationMilitary({
+        surface,
+        source: sources.military,
+        militaryRegistry,
+        resolveAsset,
+      }),
+    );
+    const vessels = once(() =>
+      createApplicationVessels({
+        source: sources.vessels,
+        options: vesselOptions,
+      }),
+    );
+    const installations = once(() =>
+      createApplicationInstallations({
+        surface,
+        source: sources.installations,
+      }),
+    );
+    const satellites = once(() =>
+      createApplicationSatellites({
+        source: sources.satellites,
+      }),
+    );
+    // Catalog order: [layer id(s), construction]. Only the layers the
+    // engine can show are constructed (renderers.js).
+    const entries = [
+      ['bhote-koshi-2026', () => createBhoteKoshiEventLayer()],
       [
-        createBhoteKoshiEventLayer(),
-        createBhoteKoshiLocatorLayer({
-          boundaryResolver: nepalBoundaryResolver,
-        }),
-        flights,
-        military,
-        createApplicationLocalAdsb({
-          surface,
-          enrichment: sources.flights,
-          displayParams: () => flights.getParams(),
-          ...(resolveAsset ? { resolveAsset } : {}),
-        }),
-        createApplicationEarthquakes({ source: sources.earthquakes }),
-        createApplicationFirePerimeters({
-          source: sources['fire-perimeters'],
-        }),
-        createApplicationAlpr({ surface, source: sources.alpr }),
-        createApplicationStreetLevel({
-          surface,
-          sources: { mapillary: sources.mapillary },
-          providers: streetLevelProviders,
-        }),
-        satellites,
-        createApplicationLaunches({ source: sources.launches, satellites }),
-        createApplicationTraffic({ source: sources.traffic, surface }),
-        createApplicationCctv({ surface, source: sources.cctv }),
-        createApplicationRadio({ surface, source: sources.radio }),
-        createApplicationTransit({ surface, source: sources.transit }),
-        createApplicationBikeshare({ source: sources.bikeshare }),
-        createApplicationDirections({ source: sources.directions }),
-        createApplicationRecentImagery({ source: sources['recent-imagery'] }),
-        vessels,
-        installations,
-        createApplicationAwareness({
-          flights,
-          military,
-          vessels,
-          installations,
-        }),
-        createWindLayer({ feed: sources.wind, clock: weatherClock }),
-        createWeatherLayer({
-          feed: sources.weather,
-          id: 'weather-radar',
-          clock: weatherClock,
-        }),
-        createWeatherLayer({
-          feed: sources.weather,
-          id: 'weather-satellite',
-          clock: weatherClock,
-        }),
-        createWeatherLayer({
-          feed: sources.weather,
-          id: 'weather-lightning',
-          clock: weatherClock,
-        }),
-        createCyclonesLayer({ feed: sources.cyclones }),
-        ...createInfrastructureLayers(localGeoJsonServices),
-        createApplicationCables({ source: sources.cables }),
-        createApplicationFirms({
-          surface,
-          id: 'local-firms',
-          name: 'FIRMS Active Fires',
-          icon: '▲',
-          source: 'NASA FIRMS · LIVE',
-          feed: sources.firms,
-        }),
+        'bhote-koshi-locator',
+        () =>
+          createBhoteKoshiLocatorLayer({
+            boundaryResolver: nepalBoundaryResolver,
+          }),
       ],
-      metadata,
+      ['flights', flights],
+      ['military', military],
+      [
+        'local-adsb',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationLocalAdsb({
+            surface,
+            enrichment: sources.flights,
+            displayParams: () => flights().getParams(),
+            ...(resolveAsset ? { resolveAsset } : {}),
+          }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'earthquakes',
+        () => createApplicationEarthquakes({ source: sources.earthquakes }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'fire-perimeters',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationFirePerimeters({
+            source: sources['fire-perimeters'],
+          }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'alpr-cameras',
+        () => createApplicationAlpr({ surface, source: sources.alpr }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'street-level',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationStreetLevel({
+            surface,
+            sources: { mapillary: sources.mapillary },
+            providers: streetLevelProviders,
+          }),
+      ],
+      ['satellites', satellites],
+      [
+        'rocket-launches',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationLaunches({
+            source: sources.launches,
+            satellites: satellites(),
+          }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'traffic',
+        () => createApplicationTraffic({ source: sources.traffic, surface }),
+      ],
+      ['cctv', () => createApplicationCctv({ surface, source: sources.cctv })],
+      [
+        'radio',
+        () => createApplicationRadio({ surface, source: sources.radio }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'transit',
+        () => createApplicationTransit({ surface, source: sources.transit }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'bikeshare',
+        () => createApplicationBikeshare({ source: sources.bikeshare }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'directions',
+        () => createApplicationDirections({ source: sources.directions }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'recent-imagery',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationRecentImagery({
+            source: sources['recent-imagery'],
+          }),
+      ],
+      ['ais-live-vessels', vessels],
+      ['military-installations', installations],
+      [
+        'military-awareness',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationAwareness({
+            flights: flights(),
+            military: military(),
+            vessels: vessels(),
+            installations: installations(),
+          }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'wind',
+        () => createWindLayer({ feed: sources.wind, clock: weatherClock }),
+      ],
+      ...['weather-radar', 'weather-satellite', 'weather-lightning'].map(
+        (id) => [
+          id,
+          () =>
+            createWeatherLayer({
+              feed: sources.weather,
+              id,
+              clock: weatherClock,
+            }),
+        ],
+      ),
+      [
+        'weather-cyclones',
+        () => createCyclonesLayer({ feed: sources.cyclones }),
+      ],
+      [
+        ['local-datacenters', 'local-dams'],
+        () => createInfrastructureLayers(localGeoJsonServices),
+      ],
+      [
+        'telegeography-submarine-cables',
+        () => createApplicationCables({ source: sources.cables }),
+      ],
+      [
+        'local-firms',
+        () =>
+          createApplicationFirms({
+            surface,
+            id: 'local-firms',
+            name: 'FIRMS Active Fires',
+            icon: '▲',
+            source: 'NASA FIRMS · LIVE',
+            feed: sources.firms,
+          }),
+      ],
+    ];
+    const available = (id) => availability.isAvailable(id);
+    const layers = [];
+    for (const [ids, create] of entries) {
+      const wanted = [ids].flat().filter(available);
+      if (!wanted.length) continue;
+      for (const layer of [create()].flat())
+        if (wanted.includes(layer.id)) layers.push(layer);
+    }
+    const catalog = createLayerCatalog(
+      layers,
+      metadata.filter(({ id }) => available(id)),
     );
     return Object.freeze({
       ...catalog,
+      engineKind,
+      // Layers this engine cannot show: their metadata, so links keep their
+      // state (data.js), and the stable availability API (renderers.js).
+      unavailableMetadata: Object.freeze(
+        metadata.filter(({ id }) => !available(id)),
+      ),
+      availability,
       getSourceAvailability: sourceComposition.createAvailabilityLookup(
         catalog.layers,
+        {
+          omitted: new Set(
+            APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY.map(({ id }) => id).filter(
+              (id) => !available(id),
+            ),
+          ),
+        },
       ),
       militaryRegistry,
       surface,

src/app/constructCatalog.test.mjs

@@ -191,3 +191,54 @@ test('Mapillary can be omitted or replaced without changing catalog membership',
     /Mapillary source/,
   );
 });
+
+test('the catalog per engine: Cesium as before, Navara only what it can show', async (t) => {
+  const { APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } = await import('./layers/directory.js');
+  const { createLayerAvailability, createRendererRegistry } =
+    await import('./layers/renderers.js');
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  t.after(() => controller.abort());
+  const build = (options) =>
+    createApplicationCatalog({
+      sources: createStandaloneLayerSources(),
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      surface: fixtureSurface(controller.signal),
+      ...options,
+    });
+  const cesium = build({});
+  // The directory is the catalog Cesium builds: ids, names and order.
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    cesium.layers.map(({ id, name }) => ({ id, name })),
+    APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY.map(({ id, name }) => ({ id, name })),
+  );
+  assert.equal(cesium.engineKind, 'cesium');
+  assert.deepEqual(cesium.unavailableMetadata, []);
+  assert.equal(cesium.availability.unavailable().length, 0);
+
+  const navara = build({ engineKind: 'navara' });
+  assert.equal(navara.layers.length, 0, 'no Navara renderers yet');
+  assert.equal(navara.unavailableMetadata.length, cesium.metadata.length);
+  assert.equal(navara.availability.engine, 'navara');
+
+  // With Navara renderers for two layers, only those are constructed, in
+  // catalog order, with their metadata.
+  const registry = createRendererRegistry();
+  registry.register('navara', {
+    satellites: () => ({}),
+    flights: () => ({}),
+  });
+  const subset = build({
+    engineKind: 'navara',
+    availability: createLayerAvailability('navara', { registry }),
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    subset.layers.map(({ id }) => id),
+    ['flights', 'satellites'],
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    subset.metadata.map(({ id }) => id),
+    ['flights', 'satellites'],
+  );
+  assert.ok(subset.unavailableMetadata.some(({ id }) => id === 'military'));
+  assert.equal(subset.get('military'), undefined);
+});

src/app/controls.js

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  absentLayerControlServices,
-  catalogControlServices,
-} from './catalog.js';
+import { catalogControlServices } from './catalog.js';
 import { StyleManager } from '../ui/composition.js';
 import { flyToAustin } from '../camera.js';
 import { initCockpitCloudEffects } from '../cockpitCloudEffects.js';
@@ -24,10 +21,9 @@ export function createApplicationControls({
       searchAndFlyTo: operations.searchAndFlyTo,
       fetchRegionalBrief: (...args) =>
         operations.requests.regional.getBrief(...args),
-      // No viewer (the Navara engine): no data layers, empty stand-ins.
-      ...(viewer
-        ? catalogControlServices(catalog)
-        : absentLayerControlServices()),
+      // The catalog's layers; the ones this engine cannot show (Navara)
+      // are empty stand-ins.
+      ...catalogControlServices(catalog),
     },
     requestServices: operations.requests,
     // The page's globe engine: the shell's overlay host runs on it.

src/app/data.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { LayerPresentation } from './layerPresentation.js';
 import { createCyberSonarScene } from '../cyberSonarScene.js';
 /** Register the application layer catalog before allowing state restoration. */
 export function createApplicationData({
-  scene: { viewer, mapStackController },
+  scene: { viewer, engine, mapStackController },
   controls: { styleManager },
   catalog,
   allowQaRegistration,
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ export function createApplicationData({
   defer,
 }) {
   // Initialize data layer manager
+  // The modules get { signal, engine } on every call (viewer null on Navara).
   const dataManager = new LayerLifecycle(viewer, {
+    engine,
     allowQaRegistration,
     getSourceAvailability: catalog?.getSourceAvailability,
   });

src/app/layers/directory.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// The application's layers in catalog order, by id and display name: what
+// the catalog builds on Cesium. Plain data, so the availability of a layer
+// on an engine (renderers.js) can be told without constructing it.
+// constructCatalog.test.mjs keeps it equal to the constructed catalog.
+
+export const APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY = Object.freeze(
+  [
+    ['bhote-koshi-2026', 'Bhote Koshi Flood'],
+    ['bhote-koshi-locator', 'Bhote Koshi Locator'],
+    ['flights', 'Live Flights'],
+    ['military', 'Military Flights'],
+    ['local-adsb', 'Local ADS-B'],
+    ['earthquakes', 'Earthquakes (24h)'],
+    ['fire-perimeters', 'Fire Perimeters'],
+    ['alpr-cameras', 'ALPR Cameras'],
+    ['street-level', 'Street Level'],
+    ['satellites', 'Satellites'],
+    ['rocket-launches', 'Space Missions (30d)'],
+    ['traffic', 'Street Traffic'],
+    ['cctv', 'CCTV'],
+    ['radio', 'Radio'],
+    ['transit', 'Transit'],
+    ['bikeshare', 'Bikeshare'],
+    ['directions', 'Directions'],
+    ['recent-imagery', 'Recent Imagery'],
+    ['ais-live-vessels', 'Live AIS Vessels'],
+    ['military-installations', 'Mapped Installations'],
+    ['military-awareness', 'Global Context'],
+    ['wind', 'Wind'],
+    ['weather-radar', 'Rain radar'],
+    ['weather-satellite', 'Satellite clouds'],
+    ['weather-lightning', 'Lightning density'],
+    ['weather-cyclones', 'Cyclone advisories'],
+    ['local-datacenters', 'Datacenters'],
+    ['local-dams', 'Dams'],
+    ['telegeography-submarine-cables', 'Submarine Cables'],
+    ['local-firms', 'FIRMS Active Fires'],
+  ].map(([id, name]) => Object.freeze({ id, name })),
+);

src/app/layers/renderers.js

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// Which engine draws which layer: the layer renderer registry (plan, "layer
+// renderer interface") and the layer availability API built on it.
+//
+// A renderer factory `(engine, options) => renderer` draws one layer on one
+// engine kind (`render/cesium.js`, `render/navara.js` of a layer). Cesium
+// layers still draw themselves until their render/cesium.js is extracted
+// (the *a tasks): they are registered as CESIUM_BUILTIN. Cesium entries are
+// registered here, statically (main chunk); Navara factories are registered
+// by the Navara mode after its import() (src/app/navaraMode.js).
+//
+// ## Layer availability (stable API, used by phase 4's layer list)
+//
+//   import { createLayerAvailability } from './app/layers/renderers.js';
+//   const availability = createLayerAvailability(engine.kind);
+//   availability.engine              // 'cesium' | 'navara'
+//   availability.isAvailable(id)     // can this engine show layer `id`?
+//   availability.available()         // [{ id, name }] in catalog order
+//   availability.unavailable()       // [{ id, name }] the catalog leaves out
+//
+// The object is frozen; available() and unavailable() return fresh arrays.
+// It reads the registry when called, so a Navara factory registered later
+// (after the Navara mode loads) shows up. `name` is the layer's display name
+// (src/app/layers/directory.js). Phase 4 injects it as its `availability`
+// provider (`{ engine, unavailable() }` is the part it reads).
+
+import { APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } from './directory.js';
+
+const ENGINE_KINDS = new Set(['cesium', 'navara']);
+
+/** The layer draws itself on Cesium (no separate renderer yet). */
+export const CESIUM_BUILTIN = Object.freeze({ builtin: 'cesium' });
+
+const isFactory = (value) =>
+  typeof value === 'function' || value === CESIUM_BUILTIN;
+
+/** A registry of layer renderers per engine kind. */
+export function createRendererRegistry() {
+  const byEngine = new Map();
+  const entries = (engineKind) => byEngine.get(engineKind) ?? new Map();
+  return {
+    /** Adds `{ [layerId]: factory }` for an engine kind; one per layer. */
+    register(engineKind, factories) {
+      if (typeof engineKind !== 'string' || !engineKind)
+        throw new TypeError('registerLayerRenderers needs an engine kind');
+      let map = byEngine.get(engineKind);
+      if (!map) byEngine.set(engineKind, (map = new Map()));
+      for (const [layerId, factory] of Object.entries(factories ?? {})) {
+        if (!isFactory(factory))
+          throw new TypeError(
+            `Layer renderer for ${layerId} on ${engineKind} is not a factory`,
+          );
+        if (map.has(layerId))
+          throw new Error(
+            `Layer ${layerId} already has a renderer on ${engineKind}`,
+          );
+        map.set(layerId, factory);
+      }
+    },
+    /**
+     * The renderer of a layer on `engine` (factory(engine, options)), or null
+     * when the engine has none or the layer still draws itself (Cesium).
+     */
+    rendererFor(layerId, engine, options = {}) {
+      const factory = entries(engine?.kind).get(layerId);
+      return typeof factory === 'function' ? factory(engine, options) : null;
+    },
+    layerAvailableOn: (layerId, engineKind) => entries(engineKind).has(layerId),
+    availableIds: (engineKind) => [...entries(engineKind).keys()],
+  };
+}
+
+const defaultRegistry = createRendererRegistry();
+
+/** Registers layer renderers on the application's registry. */
+export const registerLayerRenderers = (engineKind, factories) =>
+  defaultRegistry.register(engineKind, factories);
+/** The application registry's renderer of a layer on an engine, or null. */
+export const rendererFor = (layerId, engine, options) =>
+  defaultRegistry.rendererFor(layerId, engine, options);
+/** Whether the application can show a layer on an engine kind. */
+export const layerAvailableOn = (layerId, engineKind) =>
+  defaultRegistry.layerAvailableOn(layerId, engineKind);
+
+// Every application layer draws itself on Cesium today.
+registerLayerRenderers(
+  'cesium',
+  Object.fromEntries(
+    APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY.map(({ id }) => [id, CESIUM_BUILTIN]),
+  ),
+);
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} LayerAvailability
+ * @property {'cesium' | 'navara'} engine
+ * @property {(layerId: string) => boolean} isAvailable
+ * @property {() => { id: string, name: string }[]} available
+ * @property {() => { id: string, name: string }[]} unavailable
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The layers an engine kind can show (stable API; see the module comment).
+ * @param {'cesium' | 'navara'} engineKind
+ * @param {{ registry?: object, directory?: { id: string, name: string }[] }} [options]
+ *   Test seams: the registry and the layer directory.
+ * @returns {LayerAvailability}
+ */
+export function createLayerAvailability(
+  engineKind,
+  { registry = defaultRegistry, directory = APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } = {},
+) {
+  if (!ENGINE_KINDS.has(engineKind))
+    throw new TypeError(`Unknown engine kind for layers: ${engineKind}`);
+  const isAvailable = (layerId) =>
+    registry.layerAvailableOn(layerId, engineKind);
+  const rows = (wanted) =>
+    directory
+      .filter(({ id }) => isAvailable(id) === wanted)
+      .map(({ id, name }) => ({ id, name }));
+  return Object.freeze({
+    engine: engineKind,
+    isAvailable,
+    available: () => rows(true),
+    unavailable: () => rows(false),
+  });
+}

src/app/layers/renderers.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import {
+  CESIUM_BUILTIN,
+  createLayerAvailability,
+  createRendererRegistry,
+  layerAvailableOn,
+} from './renderers.js';
+import { APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } from './directory.js';
+
+test('a registry knows which engine renders which layer', () => {
+  const registry = createRendererRegistry();
+  const made = [];
+  registry.register('navara', {
+    flights: (engine, options) => {
+      made.push([engine.kind, options]);
+      return { destroy() {} };
+    },
+  });
+  registry.register('cesium', {
+    flights: CESIUM_BUILTIN,
+    satellites: CESIUM_BUILTIN,
+  });
+  assert.equal(registry.layerAvailableOn('flights', 'navara'), true);
+  assert.equal(registry.layerAvailableOn('satellites', 'navara'), false);
+  assert.equal(registry.layerAvailableOn('satellites', 'cesium'), true);
+  assert.equal(registry.layerAvailableOn('flights', 'other'), false);
+  const renderer = registry.rendererFor(
+    'flights',
+    { kind: 'navara' },
+    { tint: 1 },
+  );
+  assert.ok(renderer);
+  assert.deepEqual(made, [['navara', { tint: 1 }]]);
+  // A Cesium layer that still renders itself has no separate renderer.
+  assert.equal(registry.rendererFor('flights', { kind: 'cesium' }), null);
+  assert.equal(registry.rendererFor('satellites', { kind: 'navara' }), null);
+  assert.deepEqual(registry.availableIds('cesium').sort(), [
+    'flights',
+    'satellites',
+  ]);
+  assert.throws(() => registry.register('navara', { x: 42 }), TypeError);
+  assert.throws(
+    () => registry.register('navara', { flights: () => ({}) }),
+    /already/,
+    'one renderer per layer and engine',
+  );
+});
+
+test('the default registry: every layer on Cesium, none yet on Navara', () => {
+  for (const { id } of APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY) {
+    assert.equal(layerAvailableOn(id, 'cesium'), true, id);
+    assert.equal(layerAvailableOn(id, 'navara'), false, id);
+  }
+});
+
+test('the layer availability API: engine, isAvailable, available, unavailable', () => {
+  const registry = createRendererRegistry();
+  registry.register('navara', { flights: () => ({}) });
+  const directory = [
+    { id: 'flights', name: 'Live Flights' },
+    { id: 'satellites', name: 'Satellites' },
+  ];
+  const availability = createLayerAvailability('navara', {
+    registry,
+    directory,
+  });
+  assert.equal(availability.engine, 'navara');
+  assert.equal(availability.isAvailable('flights'), true);
+  assert.equal(availability.isAvailable('satellites'), false);
+  assert.equal(availability.isAvailable('unknown'), false);
+  assert.deepEqual(availability.available(), [
+    { id: 'flights', name: 'Live Flights' },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(availability.unavailable(), [
+    { id: 'satellites', name: 'Satellites' },
+  ]);
+  // Fresh copies: a caller cannot change the answer.
+  availability.unavailable().push({ id: 'x', name: 'x' });
+  assert.equal(availability.unavailable().length, 1);
+  assert.ok(Object.isFrozen(availability));
+  const cesium = createLayerAvailability('cesium');
+  assert.equal(cesium.unavailable().length, 0);
+  assert.equal(cesium.available().length, APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY.length);
+  assert.throws(() => createLayerAvailability('vulkan'), TypeError);
+});

src/app/navaraMode.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import { DATA_CREDITS, registerDataCredits } from '../data/dataCredits.js';
 import { isEmbeddedInline } from './embed.js';
+import { createLayerAvailability } from './layers/renderers.js';
 import {
   getRenderGovernorDiagnostics,
   governorRequestRender,
@@ -16,11 +17,21 @@ import {
 const loadNavaraGlobeModule = async () =>
   (await import('../globe/navara/index.js')).createNavaraGlobe;
 
-/** The shell's notice in the experimental Navara mode (label and detail). */
-export const NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE = Object.freeze({
-  label: 'Experimental Navara engine',
-  detail: 'Layers, cockpit, director and voice are unavailable',
-});
+/**
+ * The shell's notice in the experimental Navara mode (label and detail): the
+ * data layers this engine shows (its catalog, from the renderer registry)
+ * and what it does not have.
+ * @param {import('./layers/renderers.js').LayerAvailability} availability
+ */
+export function navaraModeNotice(availability) {
+  const names = availability.available().map(({ name }) => name);
+  return Object.freeze({
+    label: 'Experimental Navara engine',
+    detail: names.length
+      ? `Data layers: ${names.join(', ')}; the other layers, cockpit, director and voice are unavailable`
+      : 'No data layers on this engine yet; cockpit, director and voice are unavailable',
+  });
+}
 
 /**
  * Data credits for what the shell uses without data layers: place search,
@@ -131,9 +142,12 @@ export function createViewerlessTools({
   };
   document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', syncVisibility);
   defer(() => document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', syncVisibility));
-  styleManager._showGlobalStatusNotice?.(NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE.label, {
+  const notice = navaraModeNotice(
+    data.catalog?.availability ?? createLayerAvailability('navara'),
+  );
+  styleManager._showGlobalStatusNotice?.(notice.label, {
     state: 'retry',
-    detail: NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE.detail,
+    detail: notice.detail,
     persistent: true,
   });
   window.__godsEyeView = {

src/app/sourceComposition.js

@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ export function resolveCatalogSources(supplied = {}) {
   return {
     sources,
     isConfigured: (name) => !missing.has(name),
-    createAvailabilityLookup(layers) {
+    /** `omitted`: layer ids the catalog leaves out on purpose (another
+     *  engine's layers); any other missing consumer is a wiring error. */
+    createAvailabilityLookup(layers, { omitted = new Set() } = {}) {
       const byId = new Map(layers.map((layer) => [layer.id, layer]));
       const availability = new Map();
       for (const [name, { layers: ids }] of Object.entries(
@@ -93,7 +95,10 @@ export function resolveCatalogSources(supplied = {}) {
       )) {
         for (const id of ids) {
           const layer = byId.get(id);
-          if (!layer) throw new Error(`Missing source consumer: ${id}`);
+          if (!layer) {
+            if (omitted.has(id)) continue;
+            throw new Error(`Missing source consumer: ${id}`);
+          }
           availability.set(
             id,
             Object.freeze({

src/app/viewerlessTools.test.mjs

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { createApplicationTools } from './tools.js';
-import { NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE } from './navaraMode.js';
+import { navaraModeNotice } from './navaraMode.js';
+import {
+  createLayerAvailability,
+  createRendererRegistry,
+} from './layers/renderers.js';
 import { createFakeEngine } from '../globe/testing/fakeEngine.js';
 import {
   _resetRenderGovernorForTest,
@@ -66,19 +70,27 @@ test('without a viewer the tools run the governor on the engine, show the notice
   assert.equal(chrome.length, 1);
   assert.equal(chrome[0].initializeWelcome, null, 'no first-run welcome');
   assert.equal(chrome[0].styleManager, styleManager);
+  const notice = navaraModeNotice(createLayerAvailability('navara'));
   assert.deepEqual(notices, [
     {
-      label: NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE.label,
+      label: notice.label,
       options: {
         state: 'retry',
-        detail: NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE.detail,
+        detail: notice.detail,
         persistent: true,
       },
     },
   ]);
   assert.match(
-    `${NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE.label}: ${NAVARA_MODE_NOTICE.detail}`,
-    /^Experimental Navara engine: layers, cockpit, director and voice are unavailable$/i,
+    `${notice.label}: ${notice.detail}`,
+    /^Experimental Navara engine: no data layers on this engine yet; cockpit, director and voice are unavailable$/i,
+  );
+  // With Navara renderers, the notice names the layers it shows.
+  const registry = createRendererRegistry();
+  registry.register('navara', { satellites: () => ({}), flights: () => ({}) });
+  assert.equal(
+    navaraModeNotice(createLayerAvailability('navara', { registry })).detail,
+    'Data layers: Live Flights, Satellites; the other layers, cockpit, director and voice are unavailable',
   );
   // The governor drives the engine's continuous rendering.
   assert.equal(isRenderGovernorInstalled(engine), true);

src/data/layerState.test.mjs

@@ -2793,3 +2793,49 @@ test('explicit provider switches reach durable state without adopting unrelated
     coordinator.destroy();
   }
 });
+
+test('a link through an engine without some layers keeps their state and activates nothing', async () => {
+  // The Navara catalog: only satellites registered.
+  const manager = new DataLayerManager({});
+  const enabled = [];
+  manager.register(
+    fakeLayer('satellites', { enable: () => (enabled.push('satellites'), true) }),
+  );
+  manager.finalizeRegistrations(
+    LAYER_STATE_REGISTRY.filter(({ id }) => id === 'satellites'),
+  );
+  const shared = normalizeLayerState({
+    enabledLayerIds: ['flights', 'ais-live-vessels', 'satellites'],
+  });
+  const sink = shareSink();
+  const coordinator = new LayerStateCoordinator(manager, sink, {
+    storage: memoryStorage(),
+  });
+  const results = await coordinator.start({
+    shareLayerState: shared,
+    shareCreatedAtMs: 1_000,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(enabled, ['satellites'], 'only the registered layer runs');
+  const missing = results
+    .filter(({ phase, targetEnabled }) => phase === 'missing' && targetEnabled)
+    .map(({ layerId }) => layerId)
+    .sort();
+  assert.deepEqual(missing, ['ais-live-vessels', 'flights']);
+  // Re-saved (the link the user copies on Navara): the state is all there.
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    sink.provider().enabledLayerIds,
+    ['ais-live-vessels', 'flights', 'satellites'],
+  );
+  // An explicit change of a layer that is here keeps the others too.
+  await manager.setEnabled('satellites', false, { origin: 'user' });
+  assert.deepEqual(sink.provider().enabledLayerIds, [
+    'ais-live-vessels',
+    'flights',
+  ]);
+  // And back on Cesium the link turns them on.
+  const decoded = decodeLayerStateParams(
+    new URLSearchParams(encode(sink.provider())),
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(decoded.enabledLayerIds, ['ais-live-vessels', 'flights']);
+  coordinator.destroy();
+});

src/data/lifecycle.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { engineFromViewer } from '../globe/cesium/engineFromViewer.js';
 import { cancelCameraArrival } from './cameraArrival.js';
 
 function cloneLayerParams(value) {
@@ -74,12 +75,20 @@ function refreshFailureFromStats(stats, label) {
  * for real-time data overlays on the CesiumJS globe.
  */
 export class LayerLifecycle {
+  /**
+   * @param {object | null} viewer The Cesium viewer (null on Navara).
+   * @param {{ engine?: import('../globe/contract.js').GlobeEngine,
+   *   allowQaRegistration?: boolean, getSourceAvailability?: Function }} [options]
+   *   `engine` (default: the viewer's registered engine): every module call
+   *   gets `{ signal, engine }` as its second argument.
+   */
   constructor(
     viewer,
-    { allowQaRegistration = false, getSourceAvailability } = {},
+    { allowQaRegistration = false, getSourceAvailability, engine } = {},
   ) {
     this._catalogSourceAvailability = getSourceAvailability;
     this.viewer = viewer;
+    this.engine = engine ?? engineFromViewer(viewer) ?? null;
     this._activityListeners = new Set();
     this.layers = new Map(); // id → { module, enabled, initialized, intervalId, lifecycleState, lifecycleUncertain }
     this._listeners = new Set();
@@ -92,6 +101,11 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
     this._qaLayerIds = new Set();
   }
 
+  /** The second argument of every layer module call: `{ signal, engine }`. */
+  _moduleContext(signal = null) {
+    return { signal, engine: this.engine };
+  }
+
   register(layerModule) {
     if (this._registrationsFinalized) {
       throw new Error('Data-layer registrations are finalized');
@@ -292,7 +306,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
     let result;
     let failure = null;
     try {
-      result = await entry.module.update(this.viewer, { signal });
+      result = await entry.module.update(
+        this.viewer,
+        this._moduleContext(signal),
+      );
       // Even a rejected/partial update may have changed the data exposed by
       // the layer. Publish before classifying its result so observers see it.
       this._publishActivity({ type: 'data-updated', layerId });
@@ -739,7 +756,9 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
         let compensated = false;
         let compensationError = null;
         try {
-          compensated = (await entry.module.enable(this.viewer)) !== false;
+          compensated =
+            (await entry.module.enable(this.viewer, this._moduleContext())) !==
+            false;
           if (!compensated) {
             compensationError = lifecycleRejectedError(
               layerId,
@@ -757,7 +776,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
         if (!compensated) {
           try {
             cleanupConfirmed =
-              (await entry.module.disable(this.viewer)) !== false;
+              (await entry.module.disable(
+                this.viewer,
+                this._moduleContext(),
+              )) !== false;
           } catch (error) {
             console.warn(
               `[Data] ${layerId} cancelled-disable final cleanup error:`,
@@ -805,7 +827,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
         return false;
       };
       try {
-        const disabled = await entry.module.disable(this.viewer, { signal });
+        const disabled = await entry.module.disable(
+          this.viewer,
+          this._moduleContext(signal),
+        );
         if (disabled === false)
           throw lifecycleRejectedError(layerId, 'disable');
       } catch (e) {
@@ -854,7 +879,7 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
         // where an asynchronous enable finishes after this callback.
         try {
           abortCleanup = Promise.resolve(
-            entry.module.disable(this.viewer),
+            entry.module.disable(this.viewer, this._moduleContext()),
           ).catch((error) => {
             console.warn(
               `[Data] ${layerId} cancelled-enable cleanup error:`,
@@ -883,7 +908,8 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
         let cleanupConfirmed = false;
         try {
           cleanupConfirmed =
-            (await entry.module.disable(this.viewer)) !== false;
+            (await entry.module.disable(this.viewer, this._moduleContext())) !==
+            false;
         } catch (error) {
           console.warn(
             `[Data] ${layerId} cancelled-enable final cleanup error:`,
@@ -924,7 +950,8 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
         let cleanupConfirmed = false;
         try {
           cleanupConfirmed =
-            (await entry.module.disable(this.viewer)) !== false;
+            (await entry.module.disable(this.viewer, this._moduleContext())) !==
+            false;
         } catch (cleanupError) {
           console.warn(
             `[Data] ${layerId} failed-enable cleanup error:`,
@@ -950,7 +977,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
       if (!entry.initialized) {
         this._setVisibilityIntentPhase(entry, intentEpoch, 'init');
         try {
-          const initialized = await entry.module.init(this.viewer, { signal });
+          const initialized = await entry.module.init(
+            this.viewer,
+            this._moduleContext(signal),
+          );
           if (initialized === false)
             throw lifecycleRejectedError(layerId, 'init');
           entry.initialized = true;
@@ -990,7 +1020,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
       entry.lifecycleUncertain = false;
       this._setVisibilityIntentPhase(entry, intentEpoch, 'enable');
       try {
-        const enabled = await entry.module.enable(this.viewer, { signal });
+        const enabled = await entry.module.enable(
+          this.viewer,
+          this._moduleContext(signal),
+        );
         if (enabled === false) throw lifecycleRejectedError(layerId, 'enable');
       } catch (e) {
         if (signal?.aborted || isAbortError(e)) {
@@ -1006,7 +1039,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
       // First update immediately
       this._setVisibilityIntentPhase(entry, intentEpoch, 'update');
       try {
-        const updated = await entry.module.update(this.viewer, { signal });
+        const updated = await entry.module.update(
+          this.viewer,
+          this._moduleContext(signal),
+        );
         if (updated === false) throw lifecycleRejectedError(layerId, 'update');
       } catch (e) {
         if (signal?.aborted || isAbortError(e)) {
@@ -2146,7 +2182,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
     entry.latestQueuedAbsoluteIntent = null;
     if (entry.enabled) {
       try {
-        const disabled = await entry.module.disable(this.viewer);
+        const disabled = await entry.module.disable(
+          this.viewer,
+          this._moduleContext(),
+        );
         if (disabled === false)
           throw lifecycleRejectedError(layerId, 'destroy-disable');
       } catch (e) {
@@ -2165,7 +2204,10 @@ export class LayerLifecycle {
     }
     if (typeof entry.module.destroy === 'function') {
       try {
-        const destroyed = await entry.module.destroy(this.viewer);
+        const destroyed = await entry.module.destroy(
+          this.viewer,
+          this._moduleContext(),
+        );
         if (destroyed === false)
           throw lifecycleRejectedError(layerId, 'destroy');
       } catch (e) {

src/data/lifecycleEngine.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { LayerLifecycle } from './lifecycle.js';
+import { createFakeEngine } from '../globe/testing/fakeEngine.js';
+
+// A layer module that records the second argument of every lifecycle call.
+function recordingLayer(id) {
+  const calls = [];
+  const record = (name) => (_viewer, context) => {
+    calls.push([name, context]);
+    return true;
+  };
+  return {
+    calls,
+    module: {
+      id,
+      name: id,
+      icon: '',
+      source: 'test',
+      init: record('init'),
+      enable: record('enable'),
+      update: record('update'),
+      disable: record('disable'),
+      destroy: record('destroy'),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+test('every layer module call gets { signal, engine }, also with no viewer', async () => {
+  const engine = createFakeEngine({ kind: 'navara' });
+  const lifecycle = new LayerLifecycle(null, { engine });
+  assert.equal(lifecycle.engine, engine);
+  const layer = recordingLayer('probe');
+  lifecycle.register(layer.module);
+  lifecycle.finalizeRegistrations([
+    { id: 'probe', disposition: 'enabled-only', token: 'z' },
+  ]);
+  await lifecycle.setEnabled('probe', true, { origin: 'user' });
+  await lifecycle.setEnabled('probe', false, { origin: 'user' });
+  await lifecycle.destroyAll();
+  const names = layer.calls.map(([name]) => name);
+  for (const name of ['init', 'enable', 'disable', 'destroy'])
+    assert.ok(names.includes(name), `${name} was called: ${names}`);
+  for (const [name, context] of layer.calls) {
+    assert.equal(context?.engine, engine, `${name} got the engine`);
+    assert.ok('signal' in context, `${name} got a signal slot`);
+  }
+});

src/devCctv.test.mjs

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function launch(overrides = {}, dotenv = '', omitCctv = false) {
     await fs.writeFile(path.join(root, 'src', 'standalone', 'catalog.js'), catalog);
     await fs.mkdir(path.join(root, 'src', 'app'), { recursive: true });
     const assembly = await fs.readFile(new URL('./app/constructCatalog.js', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
-    await fs.writeFile(path.join(root, 'src', 'app', 'constructCatalog.js'), omitCctv ? assembly.replace(/^\s*createApplicationCctv\(.*$/m, '') : assembly);
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(root, 'src', 'app', 'constructCatalog.js'), omitCctv ? assembly.replace(/^.*createApplicationCctv\(.*$/m, '') : assembly);
     await fs.mkdir(path.join(root, 'node_modules'));
     await fs.symlink(fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.resolve('vite/package.json'))), path.join(root, 'node_modules', 'vite'), 'dir');
     await fs.writeFile(path.join(root, '.env'), dotenv);

src/standalone/application.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { createStandaloneControls } from './controls.js';
 import { createStandaloneData } from './data.js';
 import { createStandaloneTools } from './tools.js';
 import { createGoogleTokenSource } from '../maps/googleTokens.js';
-import { createLayerCatalog } from '../app/catalog.js';
 import { resolveEngineKind } from '../app/engineChoice.js';
 
 // The existing controls and layer catalog contain page-scoped state.
@@ -63,13 +62,11 @@ export function createStandaloneApplication({
         loaderStatus,
         engineKind,
       });
-      // The experimental Navara engine runs without data layers: an empty
-      // catalog with the same interface.
-      if (engineKind === 'navara') {
-        catalog = createLayerCatalog([], []);
-        return scene;
-      }
+      // The catalog of this engine: on Navara only the layers with a Navara
+      // renderer (src/app/layers/renderers.js; none yet), the others' state
+      // kept for links.
       catalog = createStandaloneCatalog({
+        engineKind,
         sources,
         streetLevelProviders,
         nepalBoundaryResolver: (signal) =>

src/standalone/catalog.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export { createStandaloneReferenceSources } from './layerSources.js';
 /** Create fresh layer instances using the existing standalone source choices. */
 export function createStandaloneCatalog({
   nepalBoundaryResolver,
+  engineKind = 'cesium',
   sources = {},
   streetLevelProviders,
   signal = new AbortController().signal,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export function createStandaloneCatalog({
   }),
 } = {}) {
   return createApplicationCatalog({
+    engineKind,
     nepalBoundaryResolver,
     surface,
     sources: createStandaloneLayerSources(sources),

src/ui/shareRestoration.js

@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 import { LayerStateCoordinator } from '../data/layerStateCoordinator.js';
+import { APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY } from '../app/layers/directory.js';
+
+/** Names of the layers a link turned on that this engine does not have. */
+export function layersNotOnThisEngine(results) {
+  return results
+    .filter(({ phase, targetEnabled }) => phase === 'missing' && targetEnabled)
+    .map(
+      ({ layerId }) =>
+        APPLICATION_LAYER_DIRECTORY.find(({ id }) => id === layerId)?.name ??
+        layerId,
+    );
+}
 import { stampInitialShareGesture } from '../navigationPolicy.js';
 import { canPresentDeferredStatusNotice } from '../loadingFeedback.js';
 import { UiLifetime } from './uiLifetime.js';
@@ -159,11 +171,26 @@ export class ShareRestoration {
           { clearSelection: true },
         );
       }
-      void this._layerStateRestorePromise.then(() => {
+      void this._layerStateRestorePromise.then((results) => {
         this.syncModels3d(this._layerStateCoordinator?.getDurableState());
+        this._noticeLayersNotOnThisEngine(results);
       });
     }
   }
+  /**
+   * A link that turns on layers this engine's catalog leaves out (Navara):
+   * they stay off here, their state stays in the link, and the notice names
+   * them.
+   */
+  _noticeLayersNotOnThisEngine(results) {
+    if (this._disposed || !Array.isArray(results)) return;
+    const names = layersNotOnThisEngine(results);
+    if (!names.length) return;
+    this.showStatus('NOT ON THIS ENGINE', {
+      state: 'retry',
+      detail: `Kept in the link: ${names.join(', ')}`,
+    });
+  }
   cancelSelection() {
     if (
       this._hasShareState &&

src/ui/shareRestorationEngine.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { layersNotOnThisEngine } from './shareRestoration.js';
+
+test('the notice names the link layers this engine leaves out', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    layersNotOnThisEngine([
+      { layerId: 'flights', phase: 'missing', targetEnabled: true },
+      { layerId: 'ais-live-vessels', phase: 'missing', targetEnabled: true },
+      { layerId: 'traffic', phase: 'missing', targetEnabled: false },
+      { layerId: 'satellites', phase: 'settled', targetEnabled: true },
+    ]),
+    ['Live Flights', 'Live AIS Vessels'],
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(layersNotOnThisEngine([]), []);
+});