From 0da4d390eaf5b54cac0efeb269879d92e6a562bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daikaginza <daika.ginza@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:36:59 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 01/24] docs: add the realtime backend to the voice ownership
 table

The ownership table lists every owner except the backend, though realtimeBackend.js owns the two requests, their separate transports, the abort/timeout scope around both, and client-secret expiry.

The method signatures are already documented with application construction, so link there rather than repeat them, and state only the ownership facts written nowhere: the connection is the backend's only consumer in the application, the resolved credential is opaque to it and is handed to negotiate whole, and client-secret expiry is refused inside the backend.
---
 docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md b/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
index d5553df00..be7a6c26b 100644
--- a/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
+++ b/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The session adapter, action runner and backend interfaces remain unchanged.
 | Owner | State and responsibility |
 | --- | --- |
 | `realtimeConnection.js` | Start generation, request cancellation, peer/data channel, acquired microphone stream and playback element |
+| `realtimeBackend.js` | Token and SDP requests, their separate transports, the abort/timeout scope around both, and client-secret expiry |
 | `realtimeTurns.js` | Active and superseded responses, pending confirmations, deduplicated calls and action cancellation |
 | `realtimeRadio.js` | Speaker ducking, prepared playback, stronger-action reservations and playback observers |
 | `realtimeInput.js` | Physical Space gesture, microphone mute, input/output meters and their frame/listener lifetime |
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ The session adapter, action runner and backend interfaces remain unchanged.
 | `realtimeViewport.js` | One retained image, bounded deletion identities and capture generation |
 | `realtimeDiagnostics.js` | Bounded error history and sanitized optional diagnostics |
 
+The backend is replaceable per deployment: `realtimeController.js` accepts it as a
+`backend` option and falls back to `createRealtimeBackend()`. Its two method
+signatures live with [application construction](APPLICATION.md); what belongs here
+is the ownership. The connection is the backend's only consumer in the application.
+The resolved credential is opaque to the connection and is handed to `negotiate`
+whole. Client-secret expiry is refused inside the backend, not by the connection.
+`realtimeOwners.test.mjs` drives whole sessions through a substitute that
+implements only those two methods.
+
 Pure input policy, preferences and protocol-response policy have separate modules.
 Owners receive named readers, operations or focused collaborators. Cross-owner
 cancellation uses operations; response handling does not own Radio's reservations

From 993b1bcdb1d7871a1f39b7cabc7c16387d93dd5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:29:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 02/24] docs: add Pinokio browser performance workaround

---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88690d52f..0ff6c32e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ locked dependencies, finds a free local port, and opens the app.
 Version 8.2 fixes the launcher installation issue;
 [details from the Pinokio maintainer](https://pinokio.co/posts/01m1m4p9xxm3qw7dnnpj2wr93g).
 
+**Pinokio opens but the globe is very choppy?** Before treating that as a GPU
+compatibility or minimum-hardware problem, copy the local server URL shown by
+Pinokio and open the same URL in your normal hardware-accelerated browser. A
+Pinokio 8.2.0 Linux report reproduced severe stutter in Pinokio's embedded view
+while the same running server was smooth in an external browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+That isolates the browser/compositor path from the app server and your machine;
+it does not establish a minimum GPU requirement.
+
 ### Path 2 — Terminal / coding agent
 
 Use **Node.js 24.x (24.14.0 or later) or 26.x**. The setup doctor warns about

From 4ab530b8a83c6f56b34612c1ea5c9bc07c34e3ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:29:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 03/24] docs: distinguish embedded browser performance

---
 docs/PERFORMANCE.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
index 34b207f79..873ef8768 100644
--- a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
+++ b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ Use the same controls before attributing a difference to the application:
 6. Record live object counts before attributing a difference to the client.
 7. Treat a live-source outage as missing coverage, not as evidence of low client
    rendering cost.
+8. Record whether the app is running in Pinokio's embedded view or in an
+   external browser. The same Pinokio 8.2.0 Linux server was reported as
+   severely stuttery in the embedded view and smooth when its local URL was
+   opened directly in a normal browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+   Treat that as a browser/compositor-path difference until the GPU renderer
+   proves otherwise.
 
 ## What is not established yet
 

From c87f007e34a627bc9554c4bfe8070267f9c5e0b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daikaginza <daika.ginza@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:39:19 +0700
Subject: [PATCH 04/24] fix(build): discover unit tests under server/, not only
 src/

npm test is the only suite CI runs, and its discovery walked src/ alone, so
server/providers/transitHistory.test.mjs has never executed since it was
added. Its 8 tests pass, so this was silent coverage loss rather than a hidden
failure: the file reads like covered code in review and never ran anywhere.

Add server/ to the searched roots, and pin the property with a test that walks
the repository itself and compares the two sets, so a tree added later without
updating the roots fails loudly instead of going quiet.

Suite goes from 5090 to 5099 tests, 0 failures: the 8 tests in that file plus
the regression test added here.
---
 scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs  | 14 ++++++++--
 src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
index 9bd7e70e0..7024ea38c 100644
--- a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
@@ -21,9 +21,19 @@ export function assertNode24AllocationRuntime(version = process.versions.node) {
   return version;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Directories this runner searches for `*.test.mjs`, in stable order.
+ *
+ * `server/` belongs here because provider modules own tests of their own: a
+ * suite placed beside the module it covers must run, and `npm test` is the only
+ * thing CI invokes, so a directory missing from this list is a suite that never
+ * runs anywhere. `unitTestRunner.test.mjs` asserts the list covers every test
+ * file in the repository, so adding a tree without adding it here fails.
+ */
+export const UNIT_TEST_ROOTS = Object.freeze(['src', 'server']);
+
 /** Discover repository unit tests in stable path order. */
 export function discoverUnitTestFiles(root = process.cwd()) {
-  const sourceRoot = path.join(root, 'src');
   const files = [];
   const visit = (directory) => {
     for (const entry of readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true })) {
@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@ export function discoverUnitTestFiles(root = process.cwd()) {
       }
     }
   };
-  visit(sourceRoot);
+  for (const testRoot of UNIT_TEST_ROOTS) visit(path.join(root, testRoot));
   return files.sort();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs b/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
index 002dcb796..201f6ed8e 100644
--- a/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
+++ b/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { readFileSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import {
   ALLOCATION_TEST_FILES,
+  UNIT_TEST_ROOTS,
   allocationTestArgs,
   assertNode24AllocationRuntime,
   buildUnitTestPlan,
+  discoverUnitTestFiles,
   isCalibratedAllocationRuntime,
 } from '../scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs';
 
+const repositoryRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url));
+
+/** Every `*.test.mjs` a contributor could add, found without consulting the runner. */
+function testFilesOnDisk(root) {
+  // Build outputs and dependencies are not places a contributor writes a test,
+  // and walking them would be slow enough to matter. Everything else counts.
+  const skip = new Set(['node_modules', 'dist', 'build', 'public']);
+  const found = [];
+  const visit = (directory) => {
+    for (const entry of readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+      if (entry.name.startsWith('.') || skip.has(entry.name)) continue;
+      const absolute = path.join(directory, entry.name);
+      if (entry.isDirectory()) visit(absolute);
+      else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.test.mjs')) {
+        found.push(path.relative(root, absolute).split(path.sep).join('/'));
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  visit(root);
+  return found.sort();
+}
+
 test('unit runner serializes only GC-bracketed allocation microbenchmarks', () => {
   const ordinary = [
     'src/data/manager.test.mjs',
@@ -37,6 +63,29 @@ test('unit runner serializes only GC-bracketed allocation microbenchmarks', () =
   );
 });
 
+test('the runner discovers every test file in the repository', () => {
+  // `npm test` is the only suite CI runs, and it runs exactly what this
+  // function returns. A `*.test.mjs` outside the searched roots therefore never
+  // executes anywhere, while still reading — in review and to its author — like
+  // covered code. Compare the two sets rather than their sizes, so the failure
+  // names the files instead of only disagreeing about a count.
+  const discovered = discoverUnitTestFiles(repositoryRoot);
+  const onDisk = testFilesOnDisk(repositoryRoot);
+  const undiscovered = onDisk.filter((file) => !discovered.includes(file));
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    undiscovered,
+    [],
+    `test files the runner never executes: ${undiscovered.join(', ')}`,
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(discovered, onDisk);
+  for (const file of discovered) {
+    assert.ok(
+      UNIT_TEST_ROOTS.some((root) => file.startsWith(`${root}/`)),
+      `${file} should sit under one of ${UNIT_TEST_ROOTS.join(', ')}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
 test('allocation runtime calibration is explicit and pinned to Node 24', () => {
   assert.equal(assertNode24AllocationRuntime('24.19.0'), '24.19.0');
   assert.throws(

From de4c8343ddd3ce3a164e0d44e63cf3c7e805f477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 10:33:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 05/24] test: make Recent Imagery live gate panel-relative

---
 scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
index 1460ed3b5..f9601432f 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
@@ -308,15 +308,21 @@ const CONTROLS = {
 };
 const measure = () =>
   page.evaluate((controls) => {
+    const panel = document.getElementById('recent-imagery-panel');
     const body = document.getElementById('recent-imagery-panel-body');
+    const panelRect = panel?.getBoundingClientRect();
     const out = { bodyScroll: body?.scrollTop ?? null, rects: {} };
     for (const [name, selector] of Object.entries(controls)) {
       const rect = document.querySelector(selector)?.getBoundingClientRect();
-      out.rects[name] = rect
-        ? [rect.left, rect.top, rect.width, rect.height].map(
-            (v) => Math.round(v * 10) / 10,
-          )
-        : null;
+      out.rects[name] =
+        rect && panelRect
+          ? [
+              rect.left - panelRect.left,
+              rect.top - panelRect.top,
+              rect.width,
+              rect.height,
+            ].map((v) => Math.round(v * 10) / 10)
+          : null;
     }
     return out;
   }, CONTROLS);
@@ -1042,13 +1048,13 @@ try {
       ) <=
       target * 0.01,
     fitHeight,
-    2_000,
+    4_000,
   );
   const zoomedHeight = await page.evaluate(
     () => window.__godsEyeView.viewer.camera.positionCartographic.height,
   );
   check(
-    `ZOOM IN flies to ${Math.round(fitHeight / 1000)} km within 2 s`,
+    `ZOOM IN lands at ${Math.round(fitHeight / 1000)} km`,
     zoomed,
     `height=${Math.round(zoomedHeight)} target=${Math.round(fitHeight)}`,
   );
@@ -1258,7 +1264,7 @@ try {
       );
       await wait(100);
     }
-    const tail = (key) => new Set(samples.slice(8).map((s) => s[key]));
+    const tail = (key) => new Set(samples.slice(-8).map((s) => s[key]));
     return {
       settled: tail('imagery').size === 1 && tail('cctv').size === 1,
       detail: `imagery=${samples.map((s) => s.imagery).join(',')} cctv=${samples.map((s) => s.cctv).join(',')}`,

From 8d1f69a8731b6cab3fb95f1bf6d5cd05d89f7e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 10:34:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 06/24] ci: prove Recent Imagery gate repair

---
 .../recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml      | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml b/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b613d9561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Recent Imagery gate repair proof
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - fix/recent-imagery-qa-relative-layout-20261003
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  browser-proof:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 24.14.0
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      - name: Start GEV
+        run: |
+          npm run dev -- --host 127.0.0.1 --port 4173 > /tmp/gev-dev.log 2>&1 &
+          for i in {1..90}; do
+            if curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:4173/ >/dev/null; then
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          cat /tmp/gev-dev.log
+          exit 1
+      - name: Recent Imagery live gate
+        run: node scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
+      - name: Dev log on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: cat /tmp/gev-dev.log

From f93755af488585bd745f75c7baa43bebbed5dc3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Gomes <brunoshy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 16:13:45 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 07/24] fix(cctv): start live HLS on plain-HTTP LAN pages

The client lease id came from crypto.randomUUID, which browsers only
expose in secure contexts. Opened over http://<lan-ip>:4173 (the
HOST=0.0.0.0 opt-in), starting a live camera feed threw before playback.
Fall back to a v4 UUID from crypto.getRandomValues, which the server's
lease check accepts.
---
 CHANGELOG.md                           |  6 ++++
 docs/CURRENT-STATE.md                  |  4 ++-
 src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js       | 28 +++++++++++++++++-
 src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b433f8c06..9fc367d84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
   largest cities) and `CCTV_VEGVESEN_VIDEO=0` keeps stills only. Attributed
   under NLOD 2.0.
 
+- Live HLS cameras play on a page opened over plain HTTP from another machine
+  (`HOST=0.0.0.0`). The client lease id came from `crypto.randomUUID`, which
+  browsers only expose in secure contexts, so starting a live feed threw
+  before playback. The id now falls back to a v4 UUID built from
+  `crypto.getRandomValues`, which the server's lease check accepts.
+
 ## [0.2.1] — 2026-10-02 — God's Eye View through Your Agent (with security fixes and other features)
 
 - Ship each bundled data pack once. The region, marine, admin-boundary,
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index d4fe022a8..fde1373af 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -4814,7 +4814,9 @@ its paint loop. Camera deactivation destroys the decoder, and fatal playback
 errors revert to the labeled frame fallback. Camera changes clear the old panel
 frame. hls.js is imported only when an HLS camera starts. Two live sessions may
 coexist with at most eight independent consumer leases each; no-access lease
-expiry is 15 seconds. Closing one consumer leaves other consumers running. Encrypted/fMP4/byte-range playlists fail
+expiry is 15 seconds. Closing one consumer leaves other consumers running. Lease
+ids use `crypto.randomUUID` where the page is a secure context and an equivalent
+v4 id from `crypto.getRandomValues` on plain-HTTP LAN pages. Encrypted/fMP4/byte-range playlists fail
 closed. Performance and live agency reliability require recorded validation.
 
 ## Wind forecast models
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js
index d59143b5a..48988c17c 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * A v4 UUID for the client lease. `crypto.randomUUID` only exists in secure
+ * contexts, so a page opened over plain HTTP from another machine (the
+ * HOST=0.0.0.0 LAN opt-in) has none; `getRandomValues` exists in every context
+ * and yields the same shape the server's lease check accepts.
+ */
+export function createLeaseId(cryptoImpl = globalThis.crypto) {
+  if (typeof cryptoImpl.randomUUID === 'function') {
+    return cryptoImpl.randomUUID();
+  }
+  const bytes = cryptoImpl.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(16));
+  bytes[6] = (bytes[6] & 0x0f) | 0x40;
+  bytes[8] = (bytes[8] & 0x3f) | 0x80;
+  const hex = Array.from(bytes, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'));
+  return [
+    hex.slice(0, 4),
+    hex.slice(4, 6),
+    hex.slice(6, 8),
+    hex.slice(8, 10),
+    hex.slice(10),
+  ]
+    .map((group) => group.join(''))
+    .join('-');
+}
+
 /** One decoder per active camera; both surfaces consume this video element. */
 export function attachCctvVideo(
   video,
@@ -7,13 +32,14 @@ export function attachCctvVideo(
     loadHls = () => import('hls.js'),
     onFailure = () => {},
     fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
+    cryptoImpl = globalThis.crypto,
   } = {},
 ) {
   // Preserve replay for existing finite video feeds; live HLS must not loop.
   video.loop = feedType !== 'hls';
   let disposed = false;
   let hls = null;
-  const leaseId = feedType === 'hls' ? globalThis.crypto.randomUUID() : null;
+  const leaseId = feedType === 'hls' ? createLeaseId(cryptoImpl) : null;
   const mediaUrl =
     feedType === 'hls'
       ? `${url}${url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?'}lease=${leaseId}`
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs
index 1f8c1c0bb..d1ef02539 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { attachCctvVideo } from './videoPlayback.js';
+import { webcrypto } from 'node:crypto';
+import { attachCctvVideo, createLeaseId } from './videoPlayback.js';
+
+const LEASE_V4 =
+  /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/;
+
+/** What an insecure context exposes: getRandomValues but no randomUUID. */
+const insecureCrypto = {
+  getRandomValues: (array) => webcrypto.getRandomValues(array),
+};
 function video() {
   const v = new EventTarget();
   Object.assign(v, {
@@ -69,6 +78,34 @@ test('native HLS releases its client lease without response-header access', asyn
   assert.equal(releases[0].init.method, 'DELETE');
 });
 
+test('lease ids are v4 UUIDs with or without crypto.randomUUID', () => {
+  assert.match(createLeaseId(), LEASE_V4);
+  const ids = new Set();
+  for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) ids.add(createLeaseId(insecureCrypto));
+  assert.equal(ids.size, 64);
+  for (const id of ids) assert.match(id, LEASE_V4);
+});
+
+test('HLS starts on a plain-HTTP LAN page without crypto.randomUUID', async () => {
+  const source = video();
+  source.canPlayType = () => 'probably';
+  const playback = attachCctvVideo(source, '/api/cctv/media/a', 'hls', {
+    loadHls: async () => ({ default: { isSupported: () => false } }),
+    fetchImpl: async () => {},
+    cryptoImpl: insecureCrypto,
+  });
+  try {
+    await playback.ready;
+    const lease = new URL(
+      source.src,
+      'http://192.168.1.10:4173/',
+    ).searchParams.get('lease');
+    assert.match(lease, LEASE_V4);
+  } finally {
+    playback.dispose();
+  }
+});
+
 test('finite video feeds retain looping while live HLS does not loop', async () => {
   for (const feedType of ['mp4', 'webm', 'hls']) {
     const source = video();

From 6cc05a7fcbf89a6a581e8a94cd5b42b87baad8be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:14:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 08/24] fix(ui): recut #918 src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs on
 current main

---
 src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs b/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
index 016de58fa..de5b3997b 100644
--- a/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
+++ b/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
@@ -704,6 +704,25 @@ test('narrow-screen rails pin every hosted panel glow inside its panel box', ()
   }
 });
 
+test('right layout ignores a CSS-hidden expanded panel when deciding exclusivity', () => {
+  const f = fixture('right');
+  const weather = element('weather-panel', { height: 300 });
+  weather.computed.display = 'none';
+  f.stack.children.push(weather);
+  weather.parentElement = f.stack;
+
+  f.run();
+
+  assert.equal(f.stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive'), false);
+  assert.equal(f.stack.dataset.expandedCount, '0');
+  assert.equal(f.first.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), undefined);
+  assert.equal(f.second.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), undefined);
+  assert.equal(
+    weather.style.getPropertyValue('--right-panel-allocated-height'),
+    '',
+  );
+});
+
 test('right layout ignores a hidden panel: no lane, no gap, no auto-collapse', () => {
   const f = fixture('right');
   const imagery = element('recent-imagery-panel', { height: 0 });

From 21a90b41442af3a1f7c56d86c95c376a174e92dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:14:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/24] fix(ui): recut #918 src/ui/rightPanelRail.js on current
 main

---
 src/ui/rightPanelRail.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js b/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
index 3b85bb896..b62be511c 100644
--- a/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
+++ b/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ export function layoutRightPanelRail({
   // A floating (lifted-out) panel is not laid out by the rail.
   const panels = [...stack.children].filter(
     (panel) =>
-      panel.matches('[data-panel-id]:not(.panel-floating)') && !panel.hidden,
+      panel.matches('[data-panel-id]:not(.panel-floating)') &&
+      !panel.hidden &&
+      getComputedStyle(panel).display !== 'none',
   );
   if (!hud.visible || hud.variant !== 'tactical') {
     for (const panel of panels.filter((item) =>

From 123bf55f39a7dc12cad6215b362da0acc91c6c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quanticsoul4772 <71096528+quanticsoul4772@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:52:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 10/24] fix(qa): repoint stale mutation anchors after the
 September refactors

The three mutation gates matched source text that has since moved or been
reflowed, so 37 of their 108 reverts reported STALE and could no longer
prove anything:

- qa-floorhold-mutations (2): the neighbour-floor code moved from
  src/data/groundFloor.js into src/services/groundFloor.js (ac977bd).
- qa-flyroute-mutations (8): src/cameraVerbs.js was reflowed by the
  formatter (2aca7ae); the anchors now match the formatted lines.
- qa-firstrun-mutations (27): the launcher markup, styles and startup moved
  to src/ui/templates/welcome.html, src/ui/styles/first-run.css and
  src/app/startupChrome.js; the rail default to panelPositionControls.js and
  the radio ESC handling to radioBindings.js (a67bc60 and follow-ups). The
  tool-schema pin now edits a tool description, since the context-mode enum
  it used to edit no longer lives in tools.js.

Every revert still reintroduces the same defect. Results: floor-hold 22/22,
fly_route 19/19, first-run 67/67 caught, with all source files restored.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 scripts/qa-firstrun-mutations.mjs  | 68 ++++++++++++++++--------------
 scripts/qa-floorhold-mutations.mjs | 10 ++---
 scripts/qa-flyroute-mutations.mjs  | 20 ++++-----
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qa-firstrun-mutations.mjs b/scripts/qa-firstrun-mutations.mjs
index b8b7c9f5e..3ef331abd 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-firstrun-mutations.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-firstrun-mutations.mjs
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@ const TESTS = ['src/firstRunExperience.test.mjs', 'src/standalone/startupChrome.
 const FILES = {
   keyboard: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'ui', 'surfaceKeyboard.js'),
   module: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'firstRunExperience.js'),
-  html: path.join(ROOT, 'index.html'),
-  css: path.join(ROOT, 'style.css'),
+  html: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'ui', 'templates', 'welcome.html'),
+  css: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'ui', 'styles', 'first-run.css'),
   voiceInstructions: path.join(ROOT, 'server/providers/openai/instructions.js'),
-  voiceTools: path.join(ROOT, 'server/providers/openai/tools.js'),
-  main: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'standalone', 'startupChrome.js'),
-  ui: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'ui.js'),
+  voiceDescriptions: path.join(
+    ROOT,
+    'server/providers/openai/toolDescriptions.js',
+  ),
+  main: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'app', 'startupChrome.js'),
+  ui: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'ui', 'panelPositionControls.js'),
+  radio: path.join(ROOT, 'src', 'ui', 'radioBindings.js'),
   docs: path.join(ROOT, 'docs', 'CURRENT-STATE.md'),
 };
 
@@ -63,14 +67,14 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'the session flag is never read, so it re-nags on every reload',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "if (readStored('session', sessionStorageRef, FIRST_RUN_SESSION_KEY) === 'dismissed') return false;",
-    to: '// session check removed',
+    from: "  if (\n    readStored('session', sessionStorageRef, FIRST_RUN_SESSION_KEY) ===\n    'dismissed'\n  )\n    return false;",
+    to: '  // session check removed',
   },
   {
     defect: 'the durable flag is never read, so the checkbox does nothing',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "if (readStored('local', storage, FIRST_RUN_STORAGE_KEY) === 'suppressed') return false;",
-    to: '// durable check removed',
+    from: "  if (readStored('local', storage, FIRST_RUN_STORAGE_KEY) === 'suppressed')\n    return false;",
+    to: '  // durable check removed',
   },
   {
     defect: '?welcome=1 no longer outranks suppression, so demos cannot replay it',
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'the guarded resolver stops catching, so a hostile getter escapes',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "  try {\n    return kind === 'session' ? globalThis.sessionStorage : globalThis.localStorage;\n  } catch {\n    // Privacy-restricted storage should not make first launch silent.\n    return null;\n  }",
+    from: "  try {\n    return kind === 'session'\n      ? globalThis.sessionStorage\n      : globalThis.localStorage;\n  } catch {\n    // Privacy-restricted storage should not make first launch silent.\n    return null;\n  }",
     to: "  return kind === 'session' ? globalThis.sessionStorage : globalThis.localStorage;",
   },
   {
@@ -131,8 +135,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'nothing watches for another surface taking the screen',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "surfaceObserver?.observe(documentRef.body, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['class'] });",
-    to: '/* observer never attached */',
+    from: "    surfaceObserver?.observe(documentRef.body, {\n      attributes: true,\n      attributeFilter: ['class'],\n    });",
+    to: '    /* observer never attached */',
   },
   {
     defect: 'cockpit drops off the exclusive list and can stack with the launcher',
@@ -155,8 +159,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'isTopmost stops hit-testing, so an unclassed overlay buries the card again',
     file: 'module',
-    from: '    && root.getClientRects().length > 0\n    && !coveredByOverlay();',
-    to: '    && root.getClientRects().length > 0;',
+    from: '    root.getClientRects().length > 0 &&\n    !coveredByOverlay();',
+    to: '    root.getClientRects().length > 0;',
   },
   {
     defect: 'an inconclusive hit test reads as COVERED, so ESC quietly stops working',
@@ -174,9 +178,9 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
     // Anchored past the call so it cannot land on the cockpit disclosure's own
     // stopImmediatePropagation() a few lines below and prove nothing about this.
     defect: 'the radio disclosure returns to stopPropagation, so one ESC does two things',
-    file: 'ui',
-    from: '      event.stopImmediatePropagation();\n      const escapedFromDisclosure = event.target === this._contextRadioToggleBtn',
-    to: '      event.stopPropagation();\n      const escapedFromDisclosure = event.target === this._contextRadioToggleBtn',
+    file: 'radio',
+    from: '      event.stopImmediatePropagation();\n      const escapedFromDisclosure =\n        event.target === this._contextRadioToggleBtn ||',
+    to: '      event.stopPropagation();\n      const escapedFromDisclosure =\n        event.target === this._contextRadioToggleBtn ||',
   },
   {
     defect: 'the "no timer" decision is deleted, so the next editor re-litigates it blind',
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'the removed INFRASTRUCTURE tile comes back as a one-click globe dump',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "  environmental: Object.freeze({",
+    from: '  environmental: Object.freeze({',
     to: "  infrastructure: Object.freeze({\n    kind: 'globe',\n    layerIds: Object.freeze(['local-datacenters', 'local-dams', 'telegeography-submarine-cables']),\n    busyText: 'Mapping global infrastructure…',\n  }),\n  environmental: Object.freeze({",
   },
   {
@@ -326,8 +330,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'the Context panel is left collapsed, hiding the mode that just started',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "styleManager.setPanelCollapsed?.('global-context-panel', false, { explicit: true });",
-    to: '// panel reveal removed',
+    from: "            styleManager.setPanelCollapsed?.('global-context-panel', false, {\n              explicit: true,\n            });",
+    to: '            // panel reveal removed',
   },
   {
     defect: 'the decision table is deleted, so the next editor re-litigates it blind',
@@ -340,8 +344,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'disabling the focused tile drops the keyboard to <body> mid-flight',
     file: 'module',
-    from: "for (const button of buttons) button.setAttribute('aria-disabled', String(next));",
-    to: 'for (const button of buttons) button.disabled = next;',
+    from: "    for (const button of buttons)\n      button.setAttribute('aria-disabled', String(next));",
+    to: '    for (const button of buttons) button.disabled = next;',
   },
   {
     defect: 'Tab escapes into an app the visitor has not seen yet',
@@ -370,8 +374,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   {
     defect: 'the card stays clickable through its fade-out (double-launch)',
     file: 'css',
-    from: '  transition: opacity 220ms ease, transform 280ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1);\n  /* Inert until revealed AND again while fading out, so a click during the\n     dismiss animation cannot launch a second mission behind the fade. */\n  pointer-events: none;',
-    to: '  transition: opacity 220ms ease, transform 280ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1);',
+    from: '  transition:\n    opacity 220ms ease,\n    transform 280ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1);\n  /* Inert until revealed AND again while fading out, so a click during the\n     dismiss animation cannot launch a second mission behind the fade. */\n  pointer-events: none;',
+    to: '  transition:\n    opacity 220ms ease,\n    transform 280ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1);',
   },
   {
     defect: 'the launcher survives Clean-UI and recording mode',
@@ -403,8 +407,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
     // those instead and prove nothing about this feature.
     defect: "the launcher's reduced-motion opt-out is dropped",
     file: 'css',
-    from: '  #first-run-launcher,\n  .first-run-choices button,\n  .first-run-arrow { transition: none; }\n  /* Scrolling a tile into view must not animate either. */\n  .first-run-choices { scroll-behavior: auto; }',
-    to: '  .first-run-nothing { transition: none; }',
+    from: '  #first-run-launcher,\n  .first-run-choices button,\n  .first-run-arrow {\n    transition: none;\n  }\n  /* Scrolling a tile into view must not animate either. */\n  .first-run-choices {\n    scroll-behavior: auto;\n  }',
+    to: '  .first-run-nothing {\n    transition: none;\n  }',
   },
 
   // ── Markup and startup ordering ───────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -442,21 +446,21 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
     defect: 'the launcher is revealed before the loading cover yields',
     file: 'main',
     from: "      loadingScreen.classList.add('hidden');",
-    to: '      initFirstRunExperience({ styleManager, dataManager });\n      loadingScreen.classList.add(\'hidden\');',
+    to: "      revealFirstRun();\n      loadingScreen.classList.add('hidden');",
   },
   {
     defect: 'the globe missions lose their DataManager and cannot enable layers',
     file: 'main',
-    from: 'initFirstRunExperience({ styleManager, dataManager });',
-    to: 'initFirstRunExperience({ styleManager });',
+    from: 'firstRun = initializeWelcome?.({ styleManager, dataManager });',
+    to: 'firstRun = initializeWelcome?.({ styleManager });',
   },
 
   // ── Voice: schema must not drift ──────────────────────────────────────────
   {
     defect: 'the voice TOOL SCHEMA is edited (a Realtime prompt-cache bust)',
-    file: 'voiceTools',
-    from: "            'earthquakes',\n            'satellites',",
-    to: "            'earthquakes',\n            'infrastructure-mode',\n            'satellites',",
+    file: 'voiceDescriptions',
+    from: "'Counts, lists, superlatives and attribute filters over records loaded by ENABLED layers",
+    to: "'Counts, lists, superlatives, and attribute filters over records loaded by ENABLED layers",
   },
   {
     defect: 'the instruction mapping is dropped, so voice cannot reach the modes',
diff --git a/scripts/qa-floorhold-mutations.mjs b/scripts/qa-floorhold-mutations.mjs
index 0e2ac9d62..b193ff169 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-floorhold-mutations.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-floorhold-mutations.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const TESTS = [
 ];
 
 const FLIGHTS = 'src/layers/flights/motion.js';
-const FLOOR = 'src/data/groundFloor.js';
+const FLOOR = 'src/services/groundFloor.js';
 const ALT = 'src/data/renderAltitude.js';
 
 /** @type {Array<{defect: string, edits: Array<{file: string, from: string, to: string}>}>} */
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
     edits: [
       {
         file: FLOOR,
-        from: '      if (lowest == null || h < lowest) lowest = h;',
-        to: '      if (lowest == null || h > lowest) lowest = h;',
+        from: '        if (lowest == null || h < lowest) lowest = h;',
+        to: '        if (lowest == null || h > lowest) lowest = h;',
       },
     ],
   },
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
     edits: [
       {
         file: FLOOR,
-        from: '  return resolved >= NEIGHBOR_FLOOR_MIN_SAMPLES ? lowest : null;',
-        to: '  return resolved >= 1 ? lowest : null;',
+        from: '    return resolved >= NEIGHBOR_FLOOR_MIN_SAMPLES ? lowest : null;',
+        to: '    return resolved >= 1 ? lowest : null;',
       },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/scripts/qa-flyroute-mutations.mjs b/scripts/qa-flyroute-mutations.mjs
index dbece6dba..d7d3d3325 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-flyroute-mutations.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-flyroute-mutations.mjs
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   },
   {
     defect: 'heading lerps in Cartesian space and cannot cross a U-turn',
-    from: '    const turned = Cesium.Matrix3.multiplyByVector(rotation, state.headingDir, _frameDir);',
+    from: '    const turned = Cesium.Matrix3.multiplyByVector(\n      rotation,\n      state.headingDir,\n      _frameDir,\n    );',
     to: '    const turned = Cesium.Cartesian3.lerp(state.headingDir, gaze, k, _frameDir);',
   },
   {
     defect: 'the exact-180° bank direction becomes a floating-point coin toss',
-    from: '  if (cosTurn <= -1 + ANTIPODAL_EPS && Math.abs(sinLeft) < ANTIPODAL_EPS) return Math.PI;',
+    from: '  if (cosTurn <= -1 + ANTIPODAL_EPS && Math.abs(sinLeft) < ANTIPODAL_EPS)\n    return Math.PI;',
     to: '  // branch removed',
   },
   {
     defect: 'a cold cell is read as sea level (the 1.3 km underground bug)',
-    from: '    state.floorM = Number.isFinite(state.floorM) ? state.floorM : state.coldSeedFloorM;',
+    from: '    state.floorM = Number.isFinite(state.floorM)\n      ? state.floorM\n      : state.coldSeedFloorM;',
     to: '    state.floorM = carto.height;',
   },
   {
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   },
   {
     defect: 'the dolly races the fire-and-forget warm instead of arming for it',
-    from: '  if (canAnswer && !state.floorKnown && !state.departed && state.armS < ROUTE_ARM_S) {',
+    from: '  if (\n    canAnswer &&\n    !state.floorKnown &&\n    !state.departed &&\n    state.armS < ROUTE_ARM_S\n  ) {',
     to: '  if (false) {',
   },
   {
     defect: 'no mesh probe, so a permanently cold DEM is flown blind',
-    from: '  if (cold.length && !state.meshProbeSpent && typeof state.probeFn === \'function\') {',
+    from: '  if (\n    cold.length &&\n    !state.meshProbeSpent &&\n    typeof state.probeFn === \'function\'\n  ) {',
     to: '  if (false) {',
   },
   {
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   },
   {
     defect: 'the mesh probe fires every arming frame instead of once per route',
-    from: '  if (cold.length && !state.meshProbeSpent && typeof state.probeFn === \'function\') {\n    state.meshProbeSpent = true;',
-    to: '  if (cold.length && typeof state.probeFn === \'function\') {\n    state.meshProbeSpent = true;',
+    from: '    cold.length &&\n    !state.meshProbeSpent &&\n    typeof state.probeFn === \'function\'\n  ) {\n    state.meshProbeSpent = true;',
+    to: '    cold.length &&\n    typeof state.probeFn === \'function\'\n  ) {\n    state.meshProbeSpent = true;',
   },
   {
     defect: 'one warm cell resolves a corridor whose other cells are unknown',
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ const MUTATIONS = [
   },
   {
     defect: 'the hard clearance clamp reads the SMOOTHED floor, not the raw sample',
-    from: '    (Number.isFinite(sampledFloor) ? sampledFloor : state.floorM) + ROUTE_MIN_CLEARANCE_M,',
+    from: '    (Number.isFinite(sampledFloor) ? sampledFloor : state.floorM) +\n      ROUTE_MIN_CLEARANCE_M,',
     to: '    state.floorM + ROUTE_MIN_CLEARANCE_M,',
   },
   {
     defect: 'levelling also RE-FRAMES the camera (destination passed with the HPR)',
-    from: '    cam.setView({ orientation: { heading: cam.heading, pitch: cam.pitch, roll: 0 } });',
-    to: '    cam.setView({ destination: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(0, 0, 5000), orientation: { heading: cam.heading, pitch: cam.pitch, roll: 0 } });',
+    from: '    cam.setView({\n      orientation: { heading: cam.heading, pitch: cam.pitch, roll: 0 },\n    });',
+    to: '    cam.setView({\n      destination: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(0, 0, 5000),\n      orientation: { heading: cam.heading, pitch: cam.pitch, roll: 0 },\n    });',
   },
   {
     defect: 'the OS reduced-motion preference is never consulted',

From fa53eec53dd81622e68244d47c29471565e3d349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rudy Celekli <rudy@gradiahq.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:33:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/24] fix(search): refuse empty coordinate components instead
 of silently dropping them

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                    |  2 ++
 docs/CURRENT-STATE.md                           |  5 +++++
 src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/search/coordinateParser.js                  |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b24ac95ed..598588ffa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- Coordinate searches refuse empty latitude or longitude components instead of navigating to an unintended location.
+
 - Treat explicitly current, complete empty vessel coverage as a successful update,
   clearing obsolete contacts while retaining stale or incomplete snapshots.
 
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 26d56e66b..b490d308f 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -5127,3 +5127,8 @@ datacenters, dams and the Nepal locator retain that shared credit while displaye
 
 Military fragments stitch by source identity. Different mapped parcels merge only
 when their footprints touch or contain one another, never across a seam tolerance gap.
+
+
+### fix(search): refuse empty coordinate components instead of silently dropping them
+
+Require exactly two nonempty components while preserving comma, semicolon and whitespace pairs. Malformed separator input falls through to geocoding.
diff --git a/src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs b/src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48bca54ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { parseCoordinateQuery } from './coordinateParser.js';
+test('search refuses omitted components and repeated separators', () => {
+  for (const q of ['30,, -97', ',30,-97', '30,-97,', '30;; -97', '30,; -97'])
+    assert.equal(parseCoordinateQuery(q), null, q);
+  for (const q of ['30,-97', '30; -97', '30 -97', 'N 30, W 97'])
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      [parseCoordinateQuery(q).lat, parseCoordinateQuery(q).lon],
+      [30, -97],
+    );
+});
diff --git a/src/search/coordinateParser.js b/src/search/coordinateParser.js
index 261e2394c..cb8c85524 100644
--- a/src/search/coordinateParser.js
+++ b/src/search/coordinateParser.js
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ function splitComponents(query) {
   const parts = /[,;]/.test(text)
     ? text.split(/[,;]/)
     : text.split(/\s+(?=[+-]?[.\d]|[NSEW]\s*[+-]?[.\d])/i);
-  const trimmed = parts.map((part) => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-  return trimmed.length === 2 ? trimmed : null;
+  const trimmed = parts.map((part) => part.trim());
+  return trimmed.length === 2 && trimmed.every(Boolean) ? trimmed : null;
 }
 
 /** Present a parsed pair the way a coordinate is normally written. */

From 7bbf0aa55af84a6382283eff4640f2ddecde5f2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rudy Celekli <rudy@gradiahq.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:12:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/24] fix: address review feedback for PR #1022

---
 docs/CURRENT-STATE.md | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index b490d308f..8e4f58af1 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -4143,6 +4143,8 @@ and unreachable upstream (502/504) separately from road geometry.
 
 ### Place-search providers
 
+Coordinate input requires exactly two nonempty components; extra comma or semicolon separators decline to geocoding rather than silently choosing a location.
+
 Location search/fly-to, annotations and Radio location lookup receive one
 `placeSearch.geocode(query, { bias, signal })` service. `src/standalone` composes
 two offline providers first — a strict decimal-degree coordinate reader and an
@@ -5127,8 +5129,3 @@ datacenters, dams and the Nepal locator retain that shared credit while displaye
 
 Military fragments stitch by source identity. Different mapped parcels merge only
 when their footprints touch or contain one another, never across a seam tolerance gap.
-
-
-### fix(search): refuse empty coordinate components instead of silently dropping them
-
-Require exactly two nonempty components while preserving comma, semicolon and whitespace pairs. Malformed separator input falls through to geocoding.

From 9501dc121bce1552c4ce50dfa4d448064165f97e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:33:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 13/24] test: preserve strict default timing with opt-in slow
 CI gate

---
 .../recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml          |  2 ++
 scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs                     | 15 ++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml b/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
index b613d9561..d93925e8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           cat /tmp/gev-dev.log
           exit 1
       - name: Recent Imagery live gate
+        env:
+          QA_RECENT_IMAGERY_SLOW_RENDER: '1'
         run: node scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
       - name: Dev log on failure
         if: failure()
diff --git a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
index f9601432f..f81209b9f 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
  * Run: start the app (`./scripts/dev-fresh.sh`) and
  *   node scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
  * Env: QA_BASE_URL (default http://localhost:4173), QA_SHOT_DIR (default
- * qa-shots/recent-imagery), QA_HEADFUL=1. Every wait is bounded. Without
- * network access to NASA the run skips with exit code 0.
+ * qa-shots/recent-imagery), QA_HEADFUL=1.
+ * QA_RECENT_IMAGERY_SLOW_RENDER=1 permits loaded SwiftShader CI to use a
+ * 4 s ZOOM IN wait and 0.8 s height-stability tail (defaults: 2 s / 1.2 s).
+ * Every wait is bounded. Without NASA access the run skips with code 0.
  */
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
 const BASE_URL = process.env.QA_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:4173';
 const SHOT_DIR = process.env.QA_SHOT_DIR || 'qa-shots/recent-imagery';
 const HEADFUL = process.env.QA_HEADFUL === '1';
+const SLOW_RENDER = process.env.QA_RECENT_IMAGERY_SLOW_RENDER === '1';
+const ZOOM_TIMEOUT_MS = SLOW_RENDER ? 4_000 : 2_000;
+const HEIGHT_TAIL_SAMPLES = SLOW_RENDER ? 8 : 12;
 const STEP_TIMEOUT = 20_000;
 const AUSTIN = { lon: -97.74, lat: 30.27, height: 12_000 };
 const PANEL = '#recent-imagery-panel';
@@ -1048,13 +1053,13 @@ try {
       ) <=
       target * 0.01,
     fitHeight,
-    4_000,
+    ZOOM_TIMEOUT_MS,
   );
   const zoomedHeight = await page.evaluate(
     () => window.__godsEyeView.viewer.camera.positionCartographic.height,
   );
   check(
-    `ZOOM IN lands at ${Math.round(fitHeight / 1000)} km`,
+    `ZOOM IN flies to ${Math.round(fitHeight / 1000)} km within ${ZOOM_TIMEOUT_MS / 1_000} s`,
     zoomed,
     `height=${Math.round(zoomedHeight)} target=${Math.round(fitHeight)}`,
   );
@@ -1264,7 +1269,7 @@ try {
       );
       await wait(100);
     }
-    const tail = (key) => new Set(samples.slice(-8).map((s) => s[key]));
+    const tail = (key) => new Set(samples.slice(-HEIGHT_TAIL_SAMPLES).map((s) => s[key]));
     return {
       settled: tail('imagery').size === 1 && tail('cctv').size === 1,
       detail: `imagery=${samples.map((s) => s.imagery).join(',')} cctv=${samples.map((s) => s.cctv).join(',')}`,

From 9d59e555c2b1bd2053296561f9dc01ba64ed551b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:34:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 14/24] style: format slow-CI timing assertions

---
 scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
index f81209b9f..9c1d6700e 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ try {
     () => window.__godsEyeView.viewer.camera.positionCartographic.height,
   );
   check(
-    `ZOOM IN flies to ${Math.round(fitHeight / 1000)} km within ${ZOOM_TIMEOUT_MS / 1_000} s`,
+    `ZOOM IN reaches target within ${ZOOM_TIMEOUT_MS / 1_000} s`,
     zoomed,
     `height=${Math.round(zoomedHeight)} target=${Math.round(fitHeight)}`,
   );
@@ -1269,7 +1269,8 @@ try {
       );
       await wait(100);
     }
-    const tail = (key) => new Set(samples.slice(-HEIGHT_TAIL_SAMPLES).map((s) => s[key]));
+    const tail = (key) =>
+      new Set(samples.slice(-HEIGHT_TAIL_SAMPLES).map((s) => s[key]));
     return {
       settled: tail('imagery').size === 1 && tail('cctv').size === 1,
       detail: `imagery=${samples.map((s) => s.imagery).join(',')} cctv=${samples.map((s) => s.cctv).join(',')}`,

From 2357a1140907720f6bfc7037a992196e83057dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:36:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 15/24] ci: remove fork-only Recent Imagery proof workflow per
 review

---
 .../recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml      | 39 -------------------
 1 file changed, 39 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml b/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d93925e8c..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/recent-imagery-gate-repair-proof.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Recent Imagery gate repair proof
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - fix/recent-imagery-qa-relative-layout-20261003
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  browser-proof:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 24.14.0
-          cache: npm
-      - run: npm ci
-      - name: Start GEV
-        run: |
-          npm run dev -- --host 127.0.0.1 --port 4173 > /tmp/gev-dev.log 2>&1 &
-          for i in {1..90}; do
-            if curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:4173/ >/dev/null; then
-              exit 0
-            fi
-            sleep 1
-          done
-          cat /tmp/gev-dev.log
-          exit 1
-      - name: Recent Imagery live gate
-        env:
-          QA_RECENT_IMAGERY_SLOW_RENDER: '1'
-        run: node scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
-      - name: Dev log on failure
-        if: failure()
-        run: cat /tmp/gev-dev.log

From 6f0d1bb35f121ec69b64d136901e60416a339a05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:07:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 16/24] fix(ui): keep panels the right rail hides itself in its
 layout

Exclusive presentation hides collapsed right-rail panels with display: none.
Skipping every display: none panel also skipped those, so panels the rail had
auto-collapsed stayed collapsed after the HUD was hidden or left Tactical.
Only panels hidden by other CSS are skipped now. Adds the changelog and
current-state notes.
---
 CHANGELOG.md               |  4 ++++
 docs/CURRENT-STATE.md      |  3 +++
 src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/ui/rightPanelRail.js   |  9 +++++++--
 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7acdedf6b..7c7ada1b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- The right rail ignores panels that other CSS hides, such as during an event
+  view, so they no longer force one-panel-at-a-time layout or collapse visible
+  panels. Panels the rail collapses itself are still restored.
+
 - Bing Aerial and Bing Labels request HTTPS tiles on HTTP localhost through
   their ion-backed providers, retaining ion and per-tile attribution without
   widening the Content Security Policy.
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index c77d1d8e3..59ba91202 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1047,6 +1047,9 @@ Automatic collapse remains presentation only, prioritizes the latest explicit
 panel, and honors keyboard focus on the right. Mobile layout still releases
 desktop allocation styles. Stable Display allocation avoids unnecessary style
 writes. This extraction does not change panel positions or layout defaults.
+The right rail skips panels hidden by other CSS (computed `display: none`), but
+keeps the collapsed panels its own exclusive presentation hides, so automatic
+collapse can still be undone.
 
 ## Surface keyboard lifecycle
 
diff --git a/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs b/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
index de5b3997b..7015c89e2 100644
--- a/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
+++ b/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
@@ -723,6 +723,32 @@ test('right layout ignores a CSS-hidden expanded panel when deciding exclusivity
   );
 });
 
+test('right layout still restores panels that exclusive presentation hides', () => {
+  const f = fixture('right');
+  // Model layers.css: an exclusive rail hides its collapsed panels.
+  f.options.windowRef.getComputedStyle = (node) => ({
+    ...node.computed,
+    display:
+      f.stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive') &&
+      node.classList.contains('collapsed')
+        ? 'none'
+        : node.computed.display,
+  });
+  f.expand(f.first, 250);
+  f.second.classList.add('layout-auto-collapsed');
+  f.stack.classList.add('layout-exclusive');
+
+  f.run();
+  assert.equal(f.stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive'), true);
+  assert.equal(f.second.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true');
+
+  f.options.hud.visible = false;
+  f.run();
+  assert.equal(f.second.classList.contains('collapsed'), false);
+  assert.equal(f.second.classList.contains('layout-auto-collapsed'), false);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.collapsed, ['second']);
+});
+
 test('right layout ignores a hidden panel: no lane, no gap, no auto-collapse', () => {
   const f = fixture('right');
   const imagery = element('recent-imagery-panel', { height: 0 });
diff --git a/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js b/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
index b62be511c..be49999fd 100644
--- a/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
+++ b/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
@@ -69,12 +69,17 @@ export function layoutRightPanelRail({
   // A collapse may schedule one follow-up, which only measures and allocates.
   const isCollapseRetry = pendingCollapseRetries.delete(stack);
 
-  // A floating (lifted-out) panel is not laid out by the rail.
+  // A floating (lifted-out) panel is not laid out by the rail. Neither is one
+  // that other CSS hides, such as an event view. Exclusive presentation hides
+  // collapsed panels itself; those stay in the rail so they can be restored.
+  const hiddenByRail = (panel) =>
+    stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive') &&
+    panel.classList.contains('collapsed');
   const panels = [...stack.children].filter(
     (panel) =>
       panel.matches('[data-panel-id]:not(.panel-floating)') &&
       !panel.hidden &&
-      getComputedStyle(panel).display !== 'none',
+      (hiddenByRail(panel) || getComputedStyle(panel).display !== 'none'),
   );
   if (!hud.visible || hud.variant !== 'tactical') {
     for (const panel of panels.filter((item) =>

From 750f3da6eba3b115399ab50d8fadb9144fb7a846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HEOJUNFO <100739943+HEOJUNFO@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:48:51 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 17/24] fix(styles): keep Snow wind sway bounded over time
 (#782)

The horizontal offset multiplied elapsed time by a sine, so flakes swung faster the longer the app ran. It is now the integral of the intended sway velocity, which stays bounded at any session age; Wind still scales the amplitude.

Co-authored-by: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
---
 CHANGELOG.md          | 3 +++
 docs/CURRENT-STATE.md | 2 ++
 src/styles/snow.js    | 6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69a7f6823..1ef811a5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- Snow flakes sway within a fixed range instead of drifting sideways faster the
+  longer the app runs; the Wind setting still scales the sway.
+
 - The right rail ignores panels that other CSS hides, such as during an event
   view, so they no longer force one-panel-at-a-time layout or collapse visible
   panels. Panels the rail collapses itself are still restored.
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 9281f4a40..ebf7495f5 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1013,6 +1013,8 @@ and sharpen. Display supplies actions and renders settings; effect execution has
 no DOM dependency. Existing presets and the 500 ms transition remain unchanged.
 Stopping the controller revokes animation before asynchronous UI teardown; final
 destruction removes its stages and restores the borrowed bloom configuration.
+Snow's sideways sway stays within a fixed range at any session age; Wind scales
+its amplitude.
 
 ## Display control ownership
 
diff --git a/src/styles/snow.js b/src/styles/snow.js
index e2ada6ad7..b23f9bd71 100644
--- a/src/styles/snow.js
+++ b/src/styles/snow.js
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ export const snowShader = {
       float depth = 0.5 + layer * 0.5;
       float speed = 0.4 + layer * 0.3;
       float size = mix(0.01, 0.025, layer);
-      float windForce = sin(time * 0.5 + layer * 3.14) * (0.05 + wind * 0.2);
+      float windForce = 0.05 + wind * 0.2;
 
       vec2 snowUV = uv * vec2(1.0, 0.5) * (4.0 + layer * 4.0);
       snowUV.y += time * speed;
-      snowUV.x += time * windForce;
+      // Offset is the integral of a swaying velocity sin(time * 0.5 + phase) * windForce,
+      // so the sway stays bounded however long the app has been running.
+      snowUV.x -= 2.0 * cos(time * 0.5 + layer * 3.14) * windForce;
 
       vec2 cell = floor(snowUV);
       vec2 f = fract(snowUV);

From 85754bcf50c7b52fe3c753d34c653b4ae6826960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:59:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 18/24] test: say which CI job and which files the discovery
 guard covers

---
 scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs  |  9 +++++----
 src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
index 7024ea38c..6cc6aaa94 100644
--- a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ export function assertNode24AllocationRuntime(version = process.versions.node) {
  * Directories this runner searches for `*.test.mjs`, in stable order.
  *
  * `server/` belongs here because provider modules own tests of their own: a
- * suite placed beside the module it covers must run, and `npm test` is the only
- * thing CI invokes, so a directory missing from this list is a suite that never
- * runs anywhere. `unitTestRunner.test.mjs` asserts the list covers every test
- * file in the repository, so adding a tree without adding it here fails.
+ * suite placed beside the module it covers must run, and CI's unit-test job runs
+ * `npm test`, so a directory missing from this list is a suite that never runs
+ * there. `unitTestRunner.test.mjs` asserts the list covers every `*.test.mjs`
+ * outside dependencies, build output and dot-directories, so adding a tree
+ * without adding it here fails.
  */
 export const UNIT_TEST_ROOTS = Object.freeze(['src', 'server']);
 
diff --git a/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs b/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
index 201f6ed8e..80d9091e0 100644
--- a/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
+++ b/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ test('unit runner serializes only GC-bracketed allocation microbenchmarks', () =
 });
 
 test('the runner discovers every test file in the repository', () => {
-  // `npm test` is the only suite CI runs, and it runs exactly what this
-  // function returns. A `*.test.mjs` outside the searched roots therefore never
-  // executes anywhere, while still reading — in review and to its author — like
-  // covered code. Compare the two sets rather than their sizes, so the failure
-  // names the files instead of only disagreeing about a count.
+  // CI's unit-test job runs `npm test`, which runs exactly what this function
+  // returns. A `*.test.mjs` outside the searched roots therefore never runs
+  // there, while still reading — in review and to its author — like covered
+  // code. Compare the two sets rather than their sizes, so the failure names the
+  // files instead of only disagreeing about a count. The final equality also
+  // catches the reverse: files the runner finds that this walk skips.
   const discovered = discoverUnitTestFiles(repositoryRoot);
   const onDisk = testFilesOnDisk(repositoryRoot);
   const undiscovered = onDisk.filter((file) => !discovered.includes(file));

From afb3a92914b4d1bc19fa62d708456a331e0db274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:59:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 19/24] docs: say what the connection reads from the voice
 credential

It reads the token, model, transcription model and tier for diagnostics and
cost accounting, so the credential is not opaque to it. Also lists requestToken's
authMode option in APPLICATION.md.
---
 docs/APPLICATION.md     | 2 +-
 docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/APPLICATION.md b/docs/APPLICATION.md
index deafe9168..c5a2642e6 100644
--- a/docs/APPLICATION.md
+++ b/docs/APPLICATION.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ routing and regional caches. Request parameters cannot override these endpoints.
 Voice controls accept an action runner and a controller factory through
 `createVoiceCommands` (`./voice/commands`). The default Realtime controller owns
 microphone tracks, playback, push-to-talk, tool cancellation and radio handoff.
-Its backend supplies `requestToken({ tier, signal })` and
+Its backend supplies `requestToken({ tier, authMode, signal })` and
 `negotiate({ offerSdp, credential, signal })`. The Realtime-compatible adapter
 (`./voice/realtime-backend`) accepts separate token and connection transports
 and endpoints. Only the short-lived client secret reaches the SDP endpoint.
diff --git a/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md b/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
index 98b6b0c5c..bb28eb3e9 100644
--- a/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
+++ b/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ The backend is replaceable per deployment: `realtimeController.js` accepts it as
 `backend` option and falls back to `createRealtimeBackend()`. Its two method
 signatures live with [application construction](APPLICATION.md); what belongs here
 is the ownership. The connection is the backend's only consumer in the application.
-The resolved credential is opaque to the connection and is handed to `negotiate`
-whole. Client-secret expiry is refused inside the backend, not by the connection.
+The connection reads credential metadata for diagnostics and cost accounting,
+then passes the complete credential unchanged to `negotiate`. Client-secret expiry is refused inside the backend, not by the connection.
 `realtimeOwners.test.mjs` drives whole sessions through a substitute that
 implements only those two methods.
 

From 4cd7200fe445200968109b2a65cb6a98a485deb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 20/24] docs: attribute the Pinokio stutter report accurately

The workaround came from one Pinokio 8.2.0 user who did not state an OS, and a
single report suggests rather than isolates the embedded-browser cause.
---
 README.md           | 10 +++++-----
 docs/PERFORMANCE.md | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c6b1c238..50c5a4003 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ Version 8.2 fixes the launcher installation issue;
 
 **Pinokio opens but the globe is very choppy?** Before treating that as a GPU
 compatibility or minimum-hardware problem, copy the local server URL shown by
-Pinokio and open the same URL in your normal hardware-accelerated browser. A
-Pinokio 8.2.0 Linux report reproduced severe stutter in Pinokio's embedded view
-while the same running server was smooth in an external browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
-That isolates the browser/compositor path from the app server and your machine;
-it does not establish a minimum GPU requirement.
+Pinokio and open the same URL in your normal hardware-accelerated browser. One
+Pinokio 8.2.0 user reported severe stutter in Pinokio's embedded view that went
+away when the same running server was opened in an external browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+That points to the embedded browser rather than the app server or your
+hardware; it does not establish a minimum GPU requirement.
 
 ### Path 2 — Terminal / coding agent
 
diff --git a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
index 873ef8768..65d0abae9 100644
--- a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
+++ b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ Use the same controls before attributing a difference to the application:
 7. Treat a live-source outage as missing coverage, not as evidence of low client
    rendering cost.
 8. Record whether the app is running in Pinokio's embedded view or in an
-   external browser. The same Pinokio 8.2.0 Linux server was reported as
-   severely stuttery in the embedded view and smooth when its local URL was
-   opened directly in a normal browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
-   Treat that as a browser/compositor-path difference until the GPU renderer
-   proves otherwise.
+   external browser. One Pinokio 8.2.0 user reported severe stutter in the
+   embedded view that went away when the same local URL was opened in a normal
+   browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+   Do not compare embedded-view and external-browser measurements directly;
+   compare the reported GPU renderer and matched scene settings first.
 
 ## What is not established yet
 

From 91ac5c119084fdb200362b2c6dd07cb2324fb081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quanticsoul4772 <71096528+quanticsoul4772@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:23:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 21/24] test(codex): match the installed-executable stub on
 Windows (#997)

The test's access stub matched a forward-slash suffix, so on Windows the resolver's backslash path never matched and it fell back to PATH. The stub and the expected value now use the same path.join result. The Windows CI job also runs this test file now.

Co-authored-by: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml        | 2 +-
 src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 375bc9077..491f2468d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run check:boundaries
 
       - name: Run focused onboarding tests
-        run: node --test src/setupDoctor.test.mjs src/pinokioEnvironment.test.mjs src/pinokioPreflight.test.mjs src/pinokioLauncherContract.test.mjs src/keySetupHardening.test.mjs src/mapStartup.test.mjs src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs
+        run: node --test src/setupDoctor.test.mjs src/pinokioEnvironment.test.mjs src/pinokioPreflight.test.mjs src/pinokioLauncherContract.test.mjs src/keySetupHardening.test.mjs src/mapStartup.test.mjs src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
 
       - name: Build production bundle
         run: npm run build
diff --git a/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs b/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
index 07e1a7dcc..4a577ac70 100644
--- a/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
+++ b/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
@@ -145,17 +145,20 @@ test('Codex OAuth reader enforces expiry margin and bounds tokens without exp by
 
 test('Codex login resolves an installed executable before PATH and starts browser auth detached', async () => {
   const checked = [];
+  // Built with path.join so the stub matches the resolver on Windows too,
+  // where the separators are backslashes.
+  const installed = path.join('/home/fixture', '.local', 'bin', 'codex');
   assert.equal(
     resolveCodexExecutable({
       environment: {},
       home: '/home/fixture',
       access(candidate) {
         checked.push(candidate);
-        if (candidate.endsWith('/.local/bin/codex')) return;
+        if (candidate === installed) return;
         throw new Error('missing');
       },
     }),
-    path.join('/home/fixture', '.local', 'bin', 'codex'),
+    installed,
   );
   assert.equal(checked.length, 1);
 

From 8daaa065d2b410380e18a5702112d7cad7e2e900 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:16:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 22/24] qa: log the Recent Imagery gate's stability mode and
 document its flag

---
 docs/CURRENT-STATE.md         | 2 +-
 scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index ebf7495f5..91ba81591 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -4451,7 +4451,7 @@ are omitted rather than framing the wrong part of the globe.
 - **Esri surface and the swipe.** While any image is on the map (a preview included) the layer holds the map lease (`acquireImageryComparison`, owner `recent-imagery`, `esri-if-photoreal`): on Google 3D the map switches to Esri, because 30 m pixels over 3D buildings do not read, and Cesium's split only works on the globe. The lease is handed back, and Google 3D restored unless the operator changed maps meanwhile, when the last image leaves the map or the layer is disabled; the notice line says so while it holds. While a day is shown the imagery keeps Esri: a manual switch that lands on Google 3D is answered at once with a new lease under the same policy (`keepEsri`), the notice reads `Imagery stays on Esri · CLEAR to use Google 3D`, and the divider never suspends because of a map switch. It re-leases once per switch generation and only for a manual one (`MapSourceController#getSwitchOrigin()` is `manual` for an outside `setStack`, `automatic` for the controller's own fallback or recovery), never for the lease's own switch and never while releasing, so CLEAR and disable still return to Google 3D; a lease another owner holds stays refused. When Esri fails and the controller falls back to Google 3D on its own, the layer lets the lease go without restoring anything, both days drape on the tileset without a swipe and the guidance reads `Esri map unavailable · no swipe`; only the next manual switch to Google 3D takes Esri again, so a failing Esri map is never retried in a loop. Switching between globe stacks (Esri, OSM, Bing) only rebinds. On a tileset host both images drape without a swipe. The split control (`createImagerySplit`, labels A / B, or IMAGE / BASEMAP) exists only while a swipe is live, recentres on every new comparison (not while scrubbing the second day), except once for a split restored from a link. There is no keyboard shortcut (Space is the app's push-to-talk): SWAP (`#ri-swap`, in the controls row, its slot reserved and the button disabled while no swipe is live) trades the two sides, A to the right and B to the left, or the image to the right of the basemap, and a second click restores; the hint reads `Drag the divider · SWAP trades sides`. The swap is not in the share link, and every new comparison starts unswapped. One opacity applies to both drapes. Another owner holding the lease is reported and the images still drape.
 - **Panel.** `#recent-imagery-panel` is static rail markup in `src/ui/templates/context.html` beside `#weather-panel`, registered in `PanelLayoutController`, `PanelChrome` and the share panel state (`ui` token `i`), hidden while the layer is off and opened on first appearance unless a stored or shared collapse choice exists (`dataset.collapsedPreference`). `LayerPanel.attachRecentImagery(factory)` mounts the readout (`createRecentImageryPanel` in `src/ui/recentImagery.js`) into its `data-rail-scroller` body, as the weather readout is mounted. The body is a fixed stack in which no block changes height and no control moves in any state: `#ri-actions` (SELECT BOX · USE VIEW · CLEAR, rail-card actions), `#ri-notice` (one line: `#ri-notice-text` with the refusal, error, CLEAR notice or the Esri note, and `#ri-zoom-in` in a fixed slot at its right end, reserved unless an oversized box or view can be fitted), `#ri-strip` (day cards newest first: thumbnail, date, sensor, cloud, START HERE, PREVIEW, and a SHOW chip or A and B chips; ← → Home End move, S / A / B pin, Enter previews), `#ri-hint` (one line: the next step), `#ri-selection` (`#ri-mode` IMAGE · VS BASEMAP · A / B, then `#ri-slot-a` and `#ri-slot-b` with `#ri-unpin-a` / `#ri-unpin-b` kept in place when empty), `#ri-controls` (`#ri-opacity`, EXPORT / EXPORT A and EXPORT B) and `#ri-details`, a collapsed rail card holding the focused day's acquisition, coverage and granules, catalog notes, the empty-days toggle and the imagery credit. Absent controls are reserved (invisible), never removed. Every render preserves the body's `scrollTop`.
 - **Share links.** Layer options (token `1`): box edges as integers at degrees × 100000, pins `a` and `b` as compact days (`S20260918`), `m` mode (0 image, 1 basemap, 2 A / B), `p` split percent (share-link only: never stored locally) and `v` for the daily overview. Row chips: `MORE DETAIL · 30 m` (on) and `DAILY OVERVIEW · 250 m` (off).
-- Regression surface: the colocated `*.test.mjs` beside each module (shared doubles in `src/layers/recentImagery/testDoubles.mjs`; `src/ui/recentImagery.test.mjs` includes a DOM-structure guard: every control keeps its place in the tree, nothing is hidden, and every fixed-height block keeps the class the stylesheet fixes its height by; it has no layout, so it cannot see movement), `src/ui/layerPanel.test.mjs` (mount), `src/maps/controller.test.mjs` (`subscribe`), `src/data/layerState.test.mjs` (codec), `src/sharelink.celestial.test.mjs` (panel token), and the live gate `scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs`, which also measures every control's rect across the transitions within 1 px; that measurement is the real layout-shift check.
+- Regression surface: the colocated `*.test.mjs` beside each module (shared doubles in `src/layers/recentImagery/testDoubles.mjs`; `src/ui/recentImagery.test.mjs` includes a DOM-structure guard: every control keeps its place in the tree, nothing is hidden, and every fixed-height block keeps the class the stylesheet fixes its height by; it has no layout, so it cannot see movement), `src/ui/layerPanel.test.mjs` (mount), `src/maps/controller.test.mjs` (`subscribe`), `src/data/layerState.test.mjs` (codec), `src/sharelink.celestial.test.mjs` (panel token), and the live gate `scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs`, which also measures every control's rect, relative to the panel, across the transitions within 1 px; that measurement is the real layout-shift check. `QA_RECENT_IMAGERY_SLOW_RENDER=1` gives loaded software renderers a 4 s zoom deadline and an 8-sample stability tail; the default stays 2 s and 12 samples.
 
 ### 3D Aircraft + Tracking (June 2026)
 
diff --git a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
index 9c1d6700e..5d42279dc 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-recent-imagery.mjs
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ try {
   const initialStack = await page.evaluate(() => window.__riQa.activeStack());
   const photoreal = initialStack === 'photoreal';
   console.log(`initial map stack: ${initialStack}`);
+  console.log(
+    `stability: ${SLOW_RENDER ? 'slow-render' : 'default'} (zoom ${ZOOM_TIMEOUT_MS} ms, last ${HEIGHT_TAIL_SAMPLES} samples)`,
+  );
   const onPhotorealOnly = (name, passed, detail) =>
     photoreal
       ? check(name, passed, detail)

From 4cacd4cc0021858c009d38a977095fac73a49136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: quanticsoul4772 <71096528+quanticsoul4772@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:48:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 23/24] fix(qa): exit QA gates gracefully on Windows (#1064)

process.exit(2) after a successful fetch trips a libuv assertion on Windows and turns the exit code into 127. The four gates set process.exitCode and return instead, and discard the unread reachability response so an early exit does not wait for the server to finish the body.

Co-authored-by: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
---
 scripts/qa-firms.mjs             | 8 ++++++--
 scripts/qa-traffic-jamviz-ab.mjs | 8 ++++++--
 scripts/qa-traffic-preset-ab.mjs | 8 ++++++--
 scripts/qa-traffic.mjs           | 8 ++++++--
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qa-firms.mjs b/scripts/qa-firms.mjs
index d32ede533..27c8663bf 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-firms.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-firms.mjs
@@ -230,16 +230,20 @@ async function main() {
 
   try {
     const res = await fetch(APP_URL);
+    // Only the status matters; an unread body can hold the socket open.
+    await res.body?.cancel();
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`\x1b[31mDev server not reachable at ${APP_URL} (${e.message}).\x1b[0m`);
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
 
   const status = await fetch(`${APP_URL}/api/firms/status`).then((r) => r.json()).catch(() => null);
   if (!FIXTURES && !status?.hasKey) {
     console.error('\x1b[31mServer has no FIRMS key — run against the keyed dev server (:4420).\x1b[0m');
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
 
   fs.mkdirSync(SHOTS_DIR, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/scripts/qa-traffic-jamviz-ab.mjs b/scripts/qa-traffic-jamviz-ab.mjs
index 73d28ca60..b236ab0b1 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-traffic-jamviz-ab.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-traffic-jamviz-ab.mjs
@@ -139,15 +139,19 @@ async function main() {
 
   try {
     const res = await fetch(APP_URL);
+    // Only the status matters; an unread body can hold the socket open.
+    await res.body?.cancel();
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`Dev server not reachable at ${APP_URL} (${e.message}).`);
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
   const status = await fetch(`${APP_URL}/api/tomtom/status`).then((r) => r.json()).catch(() => null);
   if (!status?.hasKey) {
     console.error('Server has no TomTom key — the A/B needs live flow.');
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
 
   fs.mkdirSync(OUT_DIR, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/scripts/qa-traffic-preset-ab.mjs b/scripts/qa-traffic-preset-ab.mjs
index 44319af0d..d1b4950fd 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-traffic-preset-ab.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-traffic-preset-ab.mjs
@@ -145,15 +145,19 @@ async function main() {
 
   try {
     const res = await fetch(APP_URL);
+    // Only the status matters; an unread body can hold the socket open.
+    await res.body?.cancel();
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`Dev server not reachable at ${APP_URL} (${e.message}).`);
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
   const status = await fetch(`${APP_URL}/api/tomtom/status`).then((r) => r.json()).catch(() => null);
   if (!status?.hasKey) {
     console.error('Server has no TomTom key — the A/B needs live flow.');
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
 
   fs.mkdirSync(OUT_DIR, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/scripts/qa-traffic.mjs b/scripts/qa-traffic.mjs
index 2a04d5595..424f3486e 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-traffic.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-traffic.mjs
@@ -113,17 +113,21 @@ async function main() {
 
   try {
     const res = await fetch(APP_URL);
+    // Only the status matters; an unread body can hold the socket open.
+    await res.body?.cancel();
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`\x1b[31mDev server not reachable at ${APP_URL} (${e.message}).\x1b[0m`);
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
 
   const statusBefore = FIXTURES ? {hasKey:true,dailyCount:0} : await fetch(`${APP_URL}/api/tomtom/status`).then((r) => r.json()).catch(() => null);
   if (FIXTURES) console.log('Source mode: synthetic roads and recorded flow tiles; live quota is not qualified.');
   if (!statusBefore?.hasKey) {
     console.error('\x1b[31mServer has no TomTom key — run against the keyed dev server (:4410).\x1b[0m');
-    process.exit(2);
+    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return;
   }
 
   fs.mkdirSync(SHOTS_DIR, { recursive: true });

From 504d56ba2b3d73dcad45c14cd0715764c8cb2955 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Blenke <ian@blenke.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:58:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 24/24] test: fix flaky timing and timeout guards (#969)

Clears the timeout guards once each race settles, measures the 15,000-vehicle transit ingestion with main-thread CPU time instead of wall time, and times the region-timeout case from the boundary lookup with a 2 s ceiling, below the 3 s default budget, so an ignored budget still fails.

Co-authored-by: Sameh Khamis <sameh@halfpixel.ai>
---
 server/providers/transitHistory.test.mjs | 16 +++++++++-------
 src/annotations/regionRing.test.mjs      |  7 +++++--
 src/data/manager.test.mjs                | 14 ++++++++++----
 src/sdr/controller.test.mjs              |  9 +++++----
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/providers/transitHistory.test.mjs b/server/providers/transitHistory.test.mjs
index 6ea9209f1..cb06c182a 100644
--- a/server/providers/transitHistory.test.mjs
+++ b/server/providers/transitHistory.test.mjs
@@ -142,9 +142,11 @@ test('three identical-order 15000-vehicle snapshots retain paths within a bounde
     const rows = Array.from({ length: 15000 }, (_, i) =>
       row(now, `vehicle-${i}`),
     );
-    const start = performance.now();
+    // Main-thread CPU: excludes scheduler waits and parallel GC helper threads.
+    const start = process.threadCpuUsage();
     h.ingest(feed, rows, now);
-    times.push(performance.now() - start);
+    const usage = process.threadCpuUsage(start);
+    times.push((usage.user + usage.system) / 1000);
   }
   assert.equal(h.diagnostics().keys, 15000);
   for (let i = 0; i < 15000; i++) {
@@ -154,12 +156,12 @@ test('three identical-order 15000-vehicle snapshots retain paths within a bounde
   }
   assert.ok(h.diagnostics().allocatedBytes < 16 * 1024 * 1024);
   t.diagnostic(
-    `15000-vehicle ingestion ms: ${times.map((n) => n.toFixed(1)).join('/')}`,
+    `15000-vehicle ingestion CPU ms: ${times.map((n) => n.toFixed(1)).join('/')}`,
   );
-  // A ceiling that says "not quadratic", not a benchmark: 15,000 rows in
-  // well under two seconds on a loaded laptop or a slow CI runner. The
-  // per-run figure above is the diagnostic to read.
-  assert.ok(Math.max(...times) < 2000, `ingestion ms: ${times}`);
+  // CPU time measures ingestion work without counting scheduler delays on
+  // loaded runners. Keep the two-second ceiling as a guard against quadratic
+  // work, not a benchmark; the per-poll figures above show any slowdown.
+  assert.ok(Math.max(...times) < 2000, `ingestion CPU ms: ${times}`);
 });
 
 test('snapshot capacity pressure preserves members not yet visited and discloses recreated history', (t) => {
diff --git a/src/annotations/regionRing.test.mjs b/src/annotations/regionRing.test.mjs
index 09814247b..cd8ad6447 100644
--- a/src/annotations/regionRing.test.mjs
+++ b/src/annotations/regionRing.test.mjs
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ test('region ring: Natural Earth names resolve without a geocoder', async () =>
 test('region ring: a slow admin-boundary lookup returns region-timeout within the budget', async () => {
   let adminSignal;
   let release;
+  let lookupStarted;
   const { resolveRegionRingForQuery } = createAnnotationResolver({
     featureSource: featureSource({
       getAdministrativeAreas(_point, { signal }) {
+        lookupStarted = Date.now();
         adminSignal = signal;
         return new Promise((resolve) => {
           release = resolve;
@@ -61,7 +63,6 @@ test('region ring: a slow admin-boundary lookup returns region-timeout within th
       },
     }),
   });
-  const started = Date.now();
   const region = await resolveRegionRingForQuery(
     'Atlantis',
     undefined,
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ test('region ring: a slow admin-boundary lookup returns region-timeout within th
     ring: null,
     error: 'region-timeout',
   });
+  // Timed from the boundary lookup, so the bundled pack scans before it do not
+  // count. Under the 3 s default budget, so an ignored budgetMs still fails.
   assert.ok(
-    Date.now() - started < 1000,
+    Date.now() - lookupStarted < 2_000,
     'returns at the budget, not the lookup',
   );
   // The lookup is left running so it can fill the boundary cache.
diff --git a/src/data/manager.test.mjs b/src/data/manager.test.mjs
index fce64ae8f..23641c962 100644
--- a/src/data/manager.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/manager.test.mjs
@@ -2398,10 +2398,13 @@ test('a newer absolute intent aborts a hung guard-compensation instead of starvi
   removeGuard();
   // The newest intent must be able to abort the hung compensation and run.
   const pendingFinalOn = mgr.setEnabled('flights', true, { origin: 'user' });
+  let giveUpTimer;
   const finalOn = await Promise.race([
     pendingFinalOn,
-    new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve('starved'), 2000)),
-  ]);
+    new Promise((resolve) => {
+      giveUpTimer = setTimeout(() => resolve('starved'), 2000);
+    }),
+  ]).finally(() => clearTimeout(giveUpTimer));
   assert.notEqual(finalOn, 'starved', 'newest intent must not starve behind the compensation');
   assert.equal(compensationAborted, true, 'the hung compensation was aborted');
   assert.equal(await pendingBlockedOn, false, 'the guard-blocked request stays unfulfilled');
@@ -2451,10 +2454,13 @@ test('re-entrant setEnabled from a blocked-adoption listener supersedes the comp
   releaseFirstDisable();
 
   const blockedOn = await pendingBlockedOn;
+  let giveUpTimer;
   const reentrant = await Promise.race([
     (async () => reentrantResult === null ? 'never-fired' : await reentrantResult)(),
-    new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve('starved'), 2000)),
-  ]);
+    new Promise((resolve) => {
+      giveUpTimer = setTimeout(() => resolve('starved'), 2000);
+    }),
+  ]).finally(() => clearTimeout(giveUpTimer));
   await pendingOff;
   await mgr.waitForLayerSettled('flights');
   unsubscribe();
diff --git a/src/sdr/controller.test.mjs b/src/sdr/controller.test.mjs
index 95b1eb5f2..f8078dbe5 100644
--- a/src/sdr/controller.test.mjs
+++ b/src/sdr/controller.test.mjs
@@ -357,10 +357,11 @@ test('WebUSB picker remains available when no authorized receiver matches', asyn
 
 /** Resolve with the promise's value, or 'timed out' after `ms`. */
 function within(promise, ms = 1_000) {
-  return Promise.race([
-    promise,
-    new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve('timed out'), ms)),
-  ]);
+  let timer;
+  const timeout = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    timer = setTimeout(() => resolve('timed out'), ms);
+  });
+  return Promise.race([promise, timeout]).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
 }
 
 /**