chore: bump version to 1.0.3

fix: bundle production compose.yaml for pipx users (#293 ) (#294 )
* fix: bundle production compose.yaml for pipx users (#293) Users who install via pipx don't have a git clone, so there's no compose.yaml or Dockerfile. Bootstrap now extracts a bundled production compose file that uses pre-built ghcr.io images instead of local builds. - Add turnstone/deploy/compose.yaml (ghcr.io images, no build blocks, single-node production profile only) - Add write_compose tool to bootstrap wizard - Update bootstrap system prompt to check for and write compose.yaml - Remove stale ddgCluster profile references from system prompt - Include turnstone/deploy/*.yaml in wheel * fix: use postgresql+psycopg:// DSN scheme in compose fallbacks The Docker image ships psycopg3, not psycopg2, so the bare postgresql:// scheme fails. Also clarify PG usage comment in production compose.
2026-08-13 23:42:25 -06:00 · 2026-04-04 12:28:47 -07:00 · 2026-04-04 12:27:20 -07:00 · 2026-04-03 15:40:23 -07:00 · 2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00 · 2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00
167 changed files with 1867 additions and 12481 deletions
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@
      "matchStrings": ["mermaid-(?<currentValue>[\\d.]+)/"],
      "depNameTemplate": "mermaid",
      "datasourceTemplate": "npm"
-    },
-    {
-      "customType": "regex",
-      "description": "Track vendored hls.js version",
-      "managerFilePatterns": ["/pyproject\\.toml$/"],
-      "matchStrings": ["hls-(?<currentValue>[\\d.]+)/"],
-      "depNameTemplate": "hls.js",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "npm"
    }
  ],
  "packageRules": [
@@ -99,7 +91,7 @@
    {
      "description": "Vendored JS — CI workflow downloads files automatically",
      "groupName": "Vendored JS",
-      "matchPackageNames": ["katex", "highlight.js", "mermaid", "hls.js"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["katex", "highlight.js", "mermaid"],
      "schedule": ["before 9am on the first day of the month"],
      "automerge": false
    },
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, "stable/*"]

-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ env:

 jobs:
  docker:
-    if: >-
-      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' &&
-      github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name == github.repository
+    if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Log in to GHCR
        if: steps.tag.outputs.skip == 'false'
-        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4
+        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -67,12 +65,12 @@ jobs:
          fi
          echo "tags=${TAGS}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3
        if: steps.tag.outputs.skip == 'false'

      - name: Build and push
        if: steps.tag.outputs.skip == 'false'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@d08e5c354a6adb9ed34480a06d141179aa583294 # v7
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@14487ce63c7a62a4a324b0bfb37086795e31c6c1 # v6
        with:
          context: .
          push: true
@@ -95,22 +95,3 @@ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
-
-================================================================================
-
-hls.js 1.6.15
-https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js
-
-Copyright 2017 Dailymotion
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ turnstone/
    _config.py        Base ChannelConfig dataclass
    discord/          Discord adapter (bot, cog, views, streaming, config)
  shared_static/      Shared design system (base.css, auth.js, theme.js, toast.js, utils.js, kb.js)
-    katex-0.16.45/    Vendored KaTeX math rendering library (MIT, woff2 fonts)
+    katex-0.16.44/    Vendored KaTeX math rendering library (MIT, woff2 fonts)
  ui/
    colors.py         ANSI color constants with NO_COLOR support
    markdown.py       Streaming terminal markdown renderer (line-buffered)
@@ -547,21 +547,6 @@ expanded tools).
 **Tool naming:** `mcp__{server}__{tool}` — double underscore delimiter, validated
 at connection time (server names with `__` are rejected).

-**Resilience:** Each MCP server has an independent circuit breaker that opens
-after 3 consecutive transport failures (timeouts, broken pipes, connection
-resets). Cooldown uses capped exponential backoff (30 s base, 5 min max) with
-per-server jitter to avoid thundering herd. Protocol-level errors (`McpError`)
-from a healthy connection do not trip the breaker. When the cooldown expires
-(half-open), the next operation attempt triggers automatic reconnection. Manual
-`/mcp refresh` also clears the circuit on success. All sync bridge methods
-(`call_tool_sync`, `read_resource_sync`, `get_prompt_sync`, `refresh_sync`)
-cancel orphaned futures on timeout to prevent coroutine accumulation on the
-background event loop. Push notification refreshes are debounced (5 s per
-server) to protect against notification storms. The periodic refresh loop
-attempts reconnection for disconnected servers with exponential backoff
-(60 s–1 h). Transport stream references are pre-closed before stack teardown to
-work around the MCP SDK's anyio cancel-scope CPU busy-loop (SDK #2147).
-
 **Error isolation:** Per-server connection/refresh failures are caught and logged; other
 servers are unaffected. Tool execution errors return error strings to the LLM
 rather than crashing the session.
@@ -152,34 +152,10 @@ MCPMgr -> MCPSrv : prompts/get
 MCPSrv --> MCPMgr : GetPromptResult
 MCPMgr --> Session : messages [{role, content}]

-== Resilience: Circuit Breaker & Stream Safety ==
-
-note over MCPMgr
-  **Per-server circuit breaker**
-  CLOSED --(3 failures)--> OPEN
-  OPEN --(cooldown expires)--> half-open probe
-  Probe success --> CLOSED (trip_count decays by 1)
-  Probe failure --> OPEN (cooldown doubles, max 5 min)
-
-  McpError (protocol) does NOT trip breaker.
-  BrokenPipeError / EOFError evicts dead session.
-  All sync methods cancel orphaned futures on timeout.
-  Transport streams pre-closed before stack teardown
-  to avoid anyio cancel-scope CPU busy-loop (SDK #2147).
-end note
-
-Session -> MCPMgr : call_tool_sync()
-MCPMgr -> MCPMgr : _cb_gate(server)\n[reject if circuit open]
-MCPMgr -> MCPMgr : _cb_auto_reconnect()\n[if session gone + cooldown expired]
-MCPMgr -> MCPSrv : tools/call
-MCPSrv --> MCPMgr : result or error
-MCPMgr -> MCPMgr : _cb_record_success()\nor _cb_record_failure()
-
 == Three-Tier Refresh ==

-group Push Notifications (debounced 5s per server)
+group Push Notifications
  MCPSrv -> MCPMgr : ToolListChangedNotification
-  MCPMgr -> MCPMgr : debounce check\n(skip if < 5s since last)
  MCPMgr -> MCPMgr : _refresh_server_tools()

  MCPSrv -> MCPMgr : ResourceListChangedNotification
@@ -196,9 +172,6 @@ group Periodic Polling (default 4h)
    Only polls capabilities
    without push support.
    Staggered per-server.
-    Disconnected servers get
-    reconnect attempts with
-    exponential backoff (60s-1h).
  end note
 end

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7623df33be9baf7647ca1c2450640df57e1cd73e8be1f8168aae16e546ad683c
-size 459941
+oid sha256:a6b7769aa7e732ffbeb1eb7f5b65273a135fb3a78d9802ec36d3b92801c34f6b
+size 427745
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Turnstone uses two parallel release tracks published from a single PyPI package.

 | Track | Versions | Branch | Docker tags | PyPI install |
 |-------|----------|--------|-------------|--------------|
-| **Stable** | `1.1.0`, `1.1.1` | `stable/1.1` | `:1.1.0`, `:1.1`, `:stable`, `:latest` | `pip install turnstone` |
-| **Experimental** | `1.2.0a1`, `1.2.0a2` | `main` | `:1.2.0a1`, `:experimental` | `pip install turnstone --pre` |
+| **Stable** | `1.0.0`, `1.0.1` | `stable/1.0` | `:1.0.1`, `:1.0`, `:stable`, `:latest` | `pip install turnstone` |
+| **Experimental** | `1.1.0a1`, `1.1.0a2` | `main` | `:1.1.0a1`, `:experimental` | `pip install turnstone --pre` |

 - **Stable** receives bugfixes only. Production-grade.
 - **Experimental** receives new features. May be rough around the edges.
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"

 [project]
 name = "turnstone"
-version = "1.2.0a3"
+version = "1.0.3"
 description = "Multi-node AI orchestration platform with tool use, agent routing, and cluster simulation."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BUSL-1.1"
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ include = [
  "turnstone/console/static/*.js",
  "turnstone/shared_static/*.css",
  "turnstone/shared_static/*.js",
-  "turnstone/shared_static/katex-0.16.45/**/*",
+  "turnstone/shared_static/katex-0.16.44/**/*",
  "turnstone/shared_static/hljs-11.11.1/**/*",
  "turnstone/shared_static/mermaid-11.14.0/**/*",
-  "turnstone/shared_static/hls-1.6.15/**/*",
  "turnstone/sdk/py.typed",
  "turnstone/deploy/*.yaml",
 ]
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #   scripts/update-vendored-js.sh katex 0.16.39
 #   scripts/update-vendored-js.sh hljs 11.12.0
 #   scripts/update-vendored-js.sh mermaid 11.14.0
-#   scripts/update-vendored-js.sh hls 1.6.15
 #
 # This script:
 #   1. Downloads the new version from CDN
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ STATIC_DIR="turnstone/shared_static"
 CDN="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm"

 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 <katex|hljs|mermaid|hls> <version>"
+    echo "Usage: $0 <katex|hljs|mermaid> <version>"
    echo "Example: $0 katex 0.16.39"
    exit 1
 }
@@ -148,42 +147,12 @@ case "$LIB" in
        echo "Done. Old directory removed: ${OLD_DIR}"
        ;;

-    hls)
-        OLD_VERSION=$(detect_old_version "hls")
-        check_same_version "$OLD_VERSION" "$VERSION" "hls"
-        OLD_DIR="${STATIC_DIR}/hls-${OLD_VERSION}"
-        NEW_DIR="${STATIC_DIR}/hls-${VERSION}"
-
-        echo "Updating hls.js ${OLD_VERSION} -> ${VERSION}"
-        mkdir -p "${NEW_DIR}"
-
-        echo "  Downloading hls.min.js..."
-        curl -sSfL "${CDN}/hls.js@${VERSION}/dist/hls.min.js" -o "${NEW_DIR}/hls.min.js"
-
-        echo "  Downloading LICENSE..."
-        if ! curl -sSfL "${CDN}/hls.js@${VERSION}/LICENSE" -o "${NEW_DIR}/LICENSE" 2>/dev/null; then
-            if [[ -f "${OLD_DIR}/LICENSE" ]]; then
-                cp "${OLD_DIR}/LICENSE" "${NEW_DIR}/LICENSE"
-            else
-                echo "  WARNING: Could not obtain LICENSE for hls.js ${VERSION}"
-            fi
-        fi
-
-        update_refs "hls-${OLD_VERSION}" "hls-${VERSION}"
-        rm -rf "${OLD_DIR}"
-        echo "Done. Old directory removed: ${OLD_DIR}"
-        ;;
-
    *)
        echo "Unknown library: ${LIB}"
        usage
        ;;
 esac

-echo ""
-echo "NOTE: If you added a NEW library (not just updating a version), also update"
-echo "  the _ASSET_RE regex in turnstone/core/web_helpers.py — its negative lookahead"
-echo "  skips vendored directories to avoid double-versioning static asset URLs."
 echo ""
 echo "Verify the update:"
 echo "  git diff --stat"
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@emnapi/core": {
-      "version": "1.9.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/core/-/core-1.9.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UC+ZhH3XtczQYfOlu3lNEkdW/p4dsJ1r/bP7H8+rhao3TTTMO1ATq/4DdIi23XuGoFY+Cz0JmCbdVl0hz9jZcA==",
+      "version": "1.9.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/core/-/core-1.9.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mukuNALVsoix/w1BJwFzwXBN/dHeejQtuVzcDsfOEsdpCumXb/E9j8w11h5S54tT1xhifGfbbSm/ICrObRb3KA==",
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT",
      "optional": true,
      "peer": true,
      "dependencies": {
-        "@emnapi/wasi-threads": "1.2.1",
+        "@emnapi/wasi-threads": "1.2.0",
        "tslib": "^2.4.0"
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@emnapi/runtime": {
-      "version": "1.9.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/runtime/-/runtime-1.9.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3U4+MIWHImeyu1wnmVygh5WlgfYDtyf0k8AbLhMFxOipihf6nrWC4syIm/SwEeec0mNSafiiNnMJwbza/Is6Lw==",
+      "version": "1.9.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/runtime/-/runtime-1.9.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VYi5+ZVLhpgK4hQ0TAjiQiZ6ol0oe4mBx7mVv7IflsiEp0OWoVsp/+f9Vc1hOhE0TtkORVrI1GvzyreqpgWtkA==",
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT",
      "optional": true,
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@emnapi/wasi-threads": {
-      "version": "1.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/wasi-threads/-/wasi-threads-1.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uTII7OYF+/Mes/MrcIOYp5yOtSMLBWSIoLPpcgwipoiKbli6k322tcoFsxoIIxPDqW01SQGAgko4EzZi2BNv2w==",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/wasi-threads/-/wasi-threads-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-N10dEJNSsUx41Z6pZsXU8FjPjpBEplgH24sfkmITrBED1/U2Esum9F3lfLrMjKHHjmi557zQn7kR9R+XWXu5Rg==",
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT",
      "optional": true,
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ export interface CreateSkillResourceRequest {

 export interface BackendStatus {
  status: string;
+  circuit_state: string;
 }

 export interface WorkstreamCounts {
@@ -1145,132 +1145,6 @@ class TestJWTAudienceIssuer:
            create_jwt("user1", frozenset({"read"}), "test", self.SECRET, expiry_seconds=-1)


-class TestJWTVersionClaim:
-    SECRET = "test-secret-that-is-at-least-32-chars"
-
-    def test_create_jwt_with_version(self):
-        import jwt as pyjwt
-
-        from turnstone.core.auth import create_jwt
-
-        token = create_jwt("user1", frozenset({"read"}), "test", self.SECRET, version="1.2")
-        payload = pyjwt.decode(
-            token, self.SECRET, algorithms=["HS256"], options={"verify_aud": False}
-        )
-        assert payload["ver"] == "1.2"
-
-    def test_create_jwt_without_version(self):
-        import jwt as pyjwt
-
-        from turnstone.core.auth import create_jwt
-
-        token = create_jwt("user1", frozenset({"read"}), "test", self.SECRET)
-        payload = pyjwt.decode(
-            token, self.SECRET, algorithms=["HS256"], options={"verify_aud": False}
-        )
-        assert "ver" not in payload
-
-    def test_validate_jwt_carries_token_version(self):
-        from turnstone.core.auth import create_jwt, validate_jwt
-
-        token = create_jwt("user1", frozenset({"read"}), "test", self.SECRET, version="1.2")
-        result = validate_jwt(token, self.SECRET)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert result.user_id == "user1"
-        assert result.token_version == "1.2"
-
-    def test_validate_jwt_no_ver_returns_empty_token_version(self):
-        from turnstone.core.auth import create_jwt, validate_jwt
-
-        token = create_jwt("user1", frozenset({"read"}), "test", self.SECRET)
-        result = validate_jwt(token, self.SECRET)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert result.token_version == ""
-
-    def test_check_request_accepts_matching_version(self):
-        from turnstone.core.auth import JWT_AUD_SERVER, check_request, create_jwt
-
-        token = create_jwt(
-            "user1",
-            frozenset({"read"}),
-            "test",
-            self.SECRET,
-            audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER,
-            version="1.2",
-        )
-        allowed, _status, _msg, result = check_request(
-            "GET",
-            "/v1/api/workstreams",
-            f"Bearer {token}",
-            jwt_secret=self.SECRET,
-            jwt_audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER,
-            jwt_version="1.2",
-        )
-        assert allowed
-        assert result is not None
-
-    def test_check_request_accepts_no_ver_backward_compat(self):
-        from turnstone.core.auth import JWT_AUD_SERVER, check_request, create_jwt
-
-        # Token without ver claim should be accepted (backward compat)
-        token = create_jwt(
-            "user1",
-            frozenset({"read"}),
-            "test",
-            self.SECRET,
-            audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER,
-        )
-        allowed, _status, _msg, _result = check_request(
-            "GET",
-            "/v1/api/workstreams",
-            f"Bearer {token}",
-            jwt_secret=self.SECRET,
-            jwt_audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER,
-            jwt_version="1.2",
-        )
-        assert allowed
-
-    def test_check_request_rejects_old_version_jwt(self):
-        from turnstone.core.auth import JWT_AUD_SERVER, check_request, create_jwt
-
-        token = create_jwt(
-            "user1",
-            frozenset({"read"}),
-            "test",
-            self.SECRET,
-            audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER,
-            version="1.1",
-        )
-        allowed, status, msg, _result = check_request(
-            "GET",
-            "/v1/api/workstreams",
-            f"Bearer {token}",
-            jwt_secret=self.SECRET,
-            jwt_audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER,
-            jwt_version="1.2",
-        )
-        assert not allowed
-        assert status == 401
-        assert msg == "version_mismatch"
-
-
-class TestVersionSlot:
-    def test_returns_major_minor(self):
-        from turnstone.core.auth import jwt_version_slot
-
-        slot = jwt_version_slot()
-        parts = slot.split(".")
-        assert len(parts) == 2
-
-    def test_strips_patch_and_prerelease(self):
-        from unittest.mock import patch
-
-        with patch("turnstone.__version__", "2.3.1a5"):
-            from turnstone.core.auth import jwt_version_slot
-
-            assert jwt_version_slot() == "2.3"
-
-
 class TestServiceTokenManager:
    SECRET = "test-secret-that-is-at-least-32-chars"

@@ -1350,22 +1224,6 @@ class TestServiceTokenManager:
        )
        assert payload["aud"] == JWT_AUD_SERVER

-    def test_service_token_no_version_claim(self):
-        import jwt as pyjwt
-
-        from turnstone.core.auth import ServiceTokenManager
-
-        mgr = ServiceTokenManager(
-            user_id="svc",
-            scopes=frozenset({"read"}),
-            source="test",
-            secret=self.SECRET,
-        )
-        payload = pyjwt.decode(
-            mgr.token, self.SECRET, algorithms=["HS256"], options={"verify_aud": False}
-        )
-        assert "ver" not in payload
-

 class TestIsSecureRequest:
    def test_https_scheme(self):
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch

 import pytest

-# discord.utils.escape_markdown passes 'count' as positional to re.sub,
-# which is deprecated in Python 3.13+.  This is a discord.py bug (fixed
-# in newer releases); suppress here to keep the test output clean.
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.filterwarnings(
-    "ignore:.*'count' is passed as positional argument:DeprecationWarning"
-)
-
 discord = pytest.importorskip("discord")


@@ -260,90 +253,6 @@ class TestMessageCog:
        ts.router.send_message.assert_not_awaited()


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# /ask command — model selection
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestAskModelSelection:
-    """Tests for the /ask command's model parameter and channel default."""
-
-    def _make_cog_and_interaction(self):
-        from turnstone.channels.discord.cog import MessageCog
-
-        bot = MagicMock()
-        bot.user = MagicMock()
-        bot.user.id = 99999
-
-        ts = MagicMock()
-        ts.router = MagicMock()
-        ts.router.resolve_user = AsyncMock(return_value="u_abc")
-        ts.router.get_or_create_workstream = AsyncMock(return_value=("ws-1", True))
-        ts.router.send_message = AsyncMock()
-        ts.router.get_channel_default_alias = AsyncMock(return_value="")
-        ts.subscribe_ws = AsyncMock()
-        ts.config = MagicMock()
-        ts.config.model = "cli-model"
-        ts.config.thread_auto_archive = 1440
-        bot.turnstone = ts
-
-        cog = MessageCog(bot)
-
-        interaction = MagicMock(spec=discord.Interaction)
-        interaction.user = MagicMock()
-        interaction.user.id = 67890
-        interaction.response = MagicMock()
-        interaction.response.defer = AsyncMock()
-        interaction.followup = MagicMock()
-        interaction.followup.send = AsyncMock()
-        thread = AsyncMock(spec=discord.Thread)
-        thread.id = 111
-        thread.mention = "<#111>"
-        channel = MagicMock(spec=discord.TextChannel)
-        channel.create_thread = AsyncMock(return_value=thread)
-        interaction.channel = channel
-
-        return cog, ts, interaction
-
-    def test_explicit_model_overrides_all(self):
-        cog, ts, interaction = self._make_cog_and_interaction()
-        ts.router.get_channel_default_alias = AsyncMock(return_value="channel-default")
-
-        _run(cog._cmd_ask(interaction, "hello", model="explicit-model"))
-
-        _, kwargs = ts.router.get_or_create_workstream.call_args
-        assert kwargs["model"] == "explicit-model"
-
-    def test_channel_default_used_when_no_explicit_model(self):
-        cog, ts, interaction = self._make_cog_and_interaction()
-        ts.router.get_channel_default_alias = AsyncMock(return_value="channel-default")
-
-        _run(cog._cmd_ask(interaction, "hello"))
-
-        _, kwargs = ts.router.get_or_create_workstream.call_args
-        assert kwargs["model"] == "channel-default"
-
-    def test_cli_model_fallback(self):
-        cog, ts, interaction = self._make_cog_and_interaction()
-        # Channel default is empty → fall back to CLI --model.
-        ts.router.get_channel_default_alias = AsyncMock(return_value="")
-
-        _run(cog._cmd_ask(interaction, "hello"))
-
-        _, kwargs = ts.router.get_or_create_workstream.call_args
-        assert kwargs["model"] == "cli-model"
-
-    def test_empty_model_when_no_defaults(self):
-        cog, ts, interaction = self._make_cog_and_interaction()
-        ts.router.get_channel_default_alias = AsyncMock(return_value="")
-        ts.config.model = ""
-
-        _run(cog._cmd_ask(interaction, "hello"))
-
-        _, kwargs = ts.router.get_or_create_workstream.call_args
-        assert kwargs["model"] == ""
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # _parse_footer (views.py)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -977,192 +886,6 @@ class TestFormatToolResult:
        assert result.count("```") == 2


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Media embed detection and rendering
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestTryParseMedia:
-    """Tests for try_parse_media in _formatter.py."""
-
-    def test_stream_url_detected(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        data = json.dumps({"stream_url": "http://jf:8096/Videos/abc/stream", "container": "mp4"})
-        result = try_parse_media(data)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert result["stream_url"] == "http://jf:8096/Videos/abc/stream"
-
-    def test_media_details_detected(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        data = json.dumps({"id": "abc", "name": "Test Movie", "type": "Movie", "year": 2024})
-        result = try_parse_media(data)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert result["name"] == "Test Movie"
-
-    def test_search_results_detected(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        data = json.dumps({"results": [{"id": "1", "name": "Hit"}], "total_count": 1})
-        result = try_parse_media(data)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert len(result["results"]) == 1
-
-    def test_sessions_detected(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        data = json.dumps({"sessions": [{"id": "s1", "user_name": "ptrck"}]})
-        result = try_parse_media(data)
-        assert result is not None
-
-    def test_empty_results_returns_none(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        assert try_parse_media(json.dumps({"results": []})) is None
-
-    def test_plain_text_returns_none(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        assert try_parse_media("just a string") is None
-
-    def test_non_dict_json_returns_none(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        assert try_parse_media("[1, 2, 3]") is None
-
-    def test_unrelated_dict_returns_none(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        assert try_parse_media(json.dumps({"foo": "bar"})) is None
-
-
-class TestIsSafeImageUrl:
-    """Tests for _is_safe_image_url in _formatter.py."""
-
-    def test_http_url(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("http://jellyfin:8096/Items/abc/Images/Primary") is True
-
-    def test_https_url(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("https://jellyfin.example.com/Items/abc/Images/Primary") is True
-
-    def test_ftp_rejected(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("ftp://evil.com/image.jpg") is False
-
-    def test_file_rejected(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("file:///etc/passwd") is False
-
-    def test_userinfo_rejected(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("http://user:pass@jellyfin:8096/image") is False
-
-    def test_empty_rejected(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("") is False
-
-    def test_private_ip_allowed(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _is_safe_image_url
-
-        assert _is_safe_image_url("http://192.168.0.6:8096/Items/abc/Images/Primary") is True
-
-
-class TestBuildMediaEmbed:
-    """Tests for try_build_media_embed and embed builders."""
-
-    def test_single_item_embed_uses_web_url_not_stream_url(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        data = {
-            "name": "Test Movie",
-            "type": "Movie",
-            "year": 2024,
-            "stream_url": "http://jf:8096/Videos/abc/stream?api_key=SECRET",
-            "web_url": "http://jf:8096/web/#/details?id=abc",
-            "overview": "A test movie.",
-        }
-        parsed = try_parse_media(json.dumps(data))
-        assert parsed is not None
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _build_single_media_embed
-
-        embed = _build_single_media_embed(parsed, "mcp__mediamcp__get_stream_url")
-        # web_url should be the embed URL, never stream_url
-        assert embed.url == "http://jf:8096/web/#/details?id=abc"
-        assert "SECRET" not in str(embed.to_dict())
-
-    def test_search_results_embed_format(self):
-        import json
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_parse_media
-
-        data = {
-            "results": [
-                {"name": "Movie A", "year": 2020, "type": "Movie", "runtime_minutes": 120},
-                {"name": "Movie B", "year": 2021, "type": "Movie"},
-            ],
-            "total_count": 2,
-        }
-        parsed = try_parse_media(json.dumps(data))
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _build_search_results_embed
-
-        embed = _build_search_results_embed(parsed)
-        assert "Movie A" in embed.description
-        assert "Movie B" in embed.description
-        assert "2 of 2" in embed.footer.text
-
-    def test_build_media_embed_returns_none_for_plain_text(self):
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_build_media_embed
-
-        http = MagicMock()
-        result = _run(try_build_media_embed("tool", "plain text", http=http))
-        assert result is None
-
-    def test_season_episode_string_values(self):
-        """Season/episode numbers as strings should not raise."""
-
-        from turnstone.channels._formatter import _build_search_results_embed
-
-        data = {
-            "results": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Pilot",
-                    "type": "Episode",
-                    "series_name": "Show",
-                    "season_number": "1",
-                    "episode_number": "1",
-                },
-            ],
-            "total_count": 1,
-        }
-        embed = _build_search_results_embed(data)
-        assert "S01E01" in embed.description
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Thinking indicator lifecycle
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1380,7 +1103,6 @@ class TestToolResultEvent:
        bot._tool_info_msgs = {}
        bot._pending_approval_msgs = {}
        bot._notify_reply_channels = {}
-        bot._http_client = MagicMock()
        bot._should_auto_approve = MagicMock(return_value=False)
        bot._on_ws_event = TurnstoneBot._on_ws_event.__get__(bot, TurnstoneBot)
        return bot
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ class TestDelete:
        assert store.get("tools.timeout") == defn.default

    def test_returns_false_for_non_existent(self, store):
-        result = store.delete("tools.timeout")
-        assert result is False
+        assert store.delete("tools.timeout") is False

    def test_rejects_unknown_key(self, store):
        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unknown setting"):
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MockStorage:
        self.services: list[dict[str, str]] = []

    def list_services(self, service_type: str, max_age_seconds: int = 120) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        return list(self.services)
+        return [s for s in self.services if True]  # all services match


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -418,12 +418,13 @@ class TestCollectorDelta:
        c._nodes["node-a"] = NodeSnapshot(
            node_id="node-a",
            server_url="http://a:8080",
-            health={"status": "ok", "backend": {"status": "up"}},
+            health={"status": "ok", "backend": {"status": "up", "circuit_state": "closed"}},
        )

-        c._apply_delta("node-a", {"type": "health_changed", "backend_status": "degraded"})
+        c._apply_delta("node-a", {"type": "health_changed", "circuit_state": "open"})

        health = c._nodes["node-a"].health
+        assert health["backend"]["circuit_state"] == "open"
        assert health["backend"]["status"] == "down"
        assert health["status"] == "degraded"

@@ -1427,7 +1428,7 @@ class TestSharedStatic:
    def test_index_imports_shared_base_css(self, client):
        resp = client.get("/")
        assert resp.status_code == 200
-        assert "/shared/base.css?v=" in resp.text
+        assert '/shared/base.css"' in resp.text

    def test_index_imports_shared_scripts(self, client):
        resp = client.get("/")
@@ -1445,20 +1446,6 @@ class TestSharedStatic:
        app_pos = body.find("/static/app.js")
        assert shared_pos < app_pos

-    def test_index_cache_control_no_cache(self, client):
-        resp = client.get("/")
-        assert resp.headers.get("cache-control") == "no-cache"
-
-    def test_index_etag_present(self, client):
-        resp = client.get("/")
-        assert resp.headers.get("etag")
-
-    def test_index_etag_304(self, client):
-        resp = client.get("/")
-        etag = resp.headers.get("etag")
-        resp2 = client.get("/", headers={"If-None-Match": etag})
-        assert resp2.status_code == 304
-

 class TestProxySharedStatic:
    """Tests for proxy rewriting of /shared/ paths."""
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class TestSingleEdit:
        )
        assert result["needs_approval"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "applied 1 edit" in msg
        with open(path) as f:
            assert f.read() == "foo\nbar\nbaz\n"
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class TestSingleEdit:
        assert result["needs_approval"]
        assert "deletion" in result["preview"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        with open(sample_file) as f:
            assert f.read() == "line1\nline2\nline4\nline5\n"

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class TestBatchEdit:
        assert result["needs_approval"]
        assert "2 edits" in result["header"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "applied 2 edits" in msg
        with open(sample_file) as f:
            assert f.read() == "first\nline2\nline3\nline4\nlast\n"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class TestBatchEdit:
        )
        assert result["needs_approval"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "applied 3 edits" in msg
        with open(sample_file) as f:
            assert f.read() == "line1\nsecond\nthird\nfourth\nline5\n"
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class TestBatchEdit:
        )
        assert result["needs_approval"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "overlap" in msg.lower()
        # File should be untouched
        with open(path) as f:
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class TestBatchEdit:
        )
        assert result["needs_approval"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "applied 2 edits" in msg
        with open(path) as f:
            assert f.read() == "first_foo\nbar\nsecond_foo\nbaz\n"
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class TestBatchEdit:
        )
        assert result["needs_approval"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        with open(sample_file) as f:
            assert f.read() == "line1\nline3\nline5\n"

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class TestBatchEdit:
        # Single edit — no "(N edits)" count in header
        assert "edits)" not in result["header"]

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "applied 1 edit" in msg
        with open(sample_file) as f:
            assert f.read() == "line1\nline2\nmiddle\nline4\nline5\n"
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class TestExecEdgeCases:
        with open(sample_file, "w") as f:
            f.write("completely different content\n")

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "no longer found" in msg

    def test_file_deleted_between_prepare_and_exec(self, session, sample_file):
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ class TestExecEdgeCases:

        os.unlink(sample_file)

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "Error" in msg

    def test_batch_file_changed_partial_match(self, session, sample_file):
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class TestExecEdgeCases:
        with open(sample_file, "w") as f:
            f.write("line1\nline2\nline3\nline4\n")

-        _, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
+        call_id, msg = session._exec_edit_file(result)
        assert "no longer found" in msg
        # line1 should NOT have been edited (atomic failure)
        with open(sample_file) as f:
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class _InjectAuthMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
                    "admin.users",
                    "admin.orgs",
                    "admin.policies",
-                    "admin.prompt_policies",
                    "admin.skills",
                    "admin.usage",
                    "admin.audit",
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Tests for turnstone.core.healthcheck — passive backend health tracking."""
+"""Tests for turnstone.core.healthcheck — backend health monitor with circuit breaker."""

 from __future__ import annotations

@@ -10,16 +10,39 @@ import pytest
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from collections.abc import Generator

-from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthTracker, HealthTrackerRegistry
+from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthMonitor, CircuitState

 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fixtures
+# CircuitState enum
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestCircuitState:
+    def test_closed(self) -> None:
+        assert CircuitState.CLOSED.value == "closed"
+
+    def test_open(self) -> None:
+        assert CircuitState.OPEN.value == "open"
+
+    def test_half_open(self) -> None:
+        assert CircuitState.HALF_OPEN.value == "half_open"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# BackendHealthMonitor
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_client() -> MagicMock:
+    client = MagicMock()
+    client.models.list.return_value.data = [MagicMock(id="test-model")]
+    return client
+
+
@pytest.fixture
 def mock_metrics() -> Generator[MagicMock]:
-    """Patch the metrics singleton so set_backend_status exists."""
+    """Patch the metrics singleton so set_backend_status / set_circuit_state exist."""
    m = MagicMock()
    with (
        patch("turnstone.core.healthcheck.metrics", m, create=True),
@@ -28,185 +51,240 @@ def mock_metrics() -> Generator[MagicMock]:
        yield m


-def _make_tracker(failure_threshold: int = 3) -> BackendHealthTracker:
-    return BackendHealthTracker(failure_threshold=failure_threshold)
+def _make_monitor(
+    client: MagicMock,
+    failure_threshold: int = 3,
+    cooldown: float = 60.0,
+) -> BackendHealthMonitor:
+    return BackendHealthMonitor(
+        client=client,
+        probe_interval=1.0,
+        probe_timeout=1.0,
+        failure_threshold=failure_threshold,
+        cooldown=cooldown,
+    )


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# BackendHealthTracker
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TestBackendHealthMonitor:
+    def test_starts_closed(self, mock_client: MagicMock) -> None:
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client)
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED
+        assert mon.is_healthy is True

-
-class TestBackendHealthTracker:
-    def test_starts_healthy(self) -> None:
-        t = _make_tracker()
-        assert t.is_healthy is True
-        assert t.is_degraded is False
-        assert t.consecutive_failures == 0
-
-    def test_failures_below_threshold(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Failures below threshold do not degrade."""
-        t = _make_tracker(failure_threshold=5)
+    def test_record_failure_increments(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """Failures below threshold do not open the circuit."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=5)
        for _ in range(4):
-            t.record_failure()
-        assert t.is_healthy is True
-        assert t.consecutive_failures == 4
+            mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED

-    def test_degrades_at_threshold(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        t = _make_tracker(failure_threshold=3)
+    def test_opens_after_threshold(self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=3)
        for _ in range(3):
-            t.record_failure()
-        assert t.is_degraded is True
-        assert t.is_healthy is False
+            mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN
+        assert mon.is_healthy is False

-    def test_stays_degraded_on_more_failures(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        t = _make_tracker(failure_threshold=2)
-        for _ in range(5):
-            t.record_failure()
-        assert t.is_degraded is True
-        assert t.consecutive_failures == 5
+    def test_should_reject_when_open(self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1, cooldown=9999.0)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is False

-    def test_success_clears_degraded(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        t = _make_tracker(failure_threshold=2)
-        t.record_failure()
-        t.record_failure()
-        assert t.is_degraded is True
-        t.record_success()
-        assert t.is_healthy is True
-        assert t.consecutive_failures == 0
+    @patch("turnstone.core.healthcheck.time")
+    def test_half_open_after_cooldown(
+        self, mock_time: MagicMock, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """After cooldown elapses, should_allow_request transitions to HALF_OPEN."""
+        t = 1000.0
+        mock_time.monotonic.return_value = t

-    def test_success_resets_failure_count(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        t = _make_tracker(failure_threshold=5)
-        for _ in range(4):
-            t.record_failure()
-        t.record_success()
-        assert t.consecutive_failures == 0
-        # Should need 5 more failures to degrade
-        for _ in range(4):
-            t.record_failure()
-        assert t.is_healthy is True
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1, cooldown=60.0)
+        # Override _last_state_change to use our mocked time
+        mon._last_state_change = t
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

-    def test_state_changed_callback_on_degrade(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        events: list[str] = []
-        t = BackendHealthTracker(failure_threshold=2, on_state_changed=events.append)
-        t.record_failure()
-        assert events == []
-        t.record_failure()
-        assert events == ["degraded"]
+        # Advance past cooldown
+        mock_time.monotonic.return_value = t + 61.0
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is True
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.HALF_OPEN  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]

-    def test_state_changed_callback_on_recover(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        events: list[str] = []
-        t = BackendHealthTracker(failure_threshold=1, on_state_changed=events.append)
-        t.record_failure()
-        assert events == ["degraded"]
-        t.record_success()
-        assert events == ["degraded", "healthy"]
+    def test_success_resets(self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
+        """record_success resets failures and closes circuit from any state."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

-    def test_no_callback_when_already_degraded(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Extra failures after degraded don't fire again."""
-        events: list[str] = []
-        t = BackendHealthTracker(failure_threshold=1, on_state_changed=events.append)
-        t.record_failure()
-        t.record_failure()
-        t.record_failure()
-        assert events == ["degraded"]  # only once
+        mon.record_success()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+        assert mon.is_healthy is True
+        # Internal counter should be reset
+        assert mon._consecutive_failures == 0

-    def test_no_callback_when_already_healthy(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Success while healthy doesn't fire."""
-        events: list[str] = []
-        t = BackendHealthTracker(failure_threshold=3, on_state_changed=events.append)
-        t.record_success()
-        t.record_success()
-        assert events == []
+    def test_should_allow_when_closed(self, mock_client: MagicMock) -> None:
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client)
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is True

-    def test_no_direct_metrics_calls(self) -> None:
-        """Tracker does not touch metrics — the server callback handles it."""
-        t = _make_tracker(failure_threshold=1)
-        t.record_failure()
-        t.record_success()
-        # No assertion on metrics — the tracker delegates metric updates
-        # to the server-level callback via on_state_changed
+    def test_half_open_allows_only_one_request(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """HALF_OPEN permits exactly one probe; subsequent callers are blocked."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

+        # Force into HALF_OPEN with permit
+        with mon._lock:
+            mon._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+            mon._half_open_permit = True

-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# HealthTrackerRegistry
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        # First caller gets through
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is True
+        # Second caller is blocked
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is False
+        # Third caller is also blocked
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is False

+    def test_half_open_success_reopens_to_all(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """After probe succeeds in HALF_OPEN, circuit closes and all requests pass."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        with mon._lock:
+            mon._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+            mon._half_open_permit = False  # permit already consumed

-class TestHealthTrackerRegistry:
-    def test_same_backend_shares_tracker(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Two aliases on the same (provider, base_url) share a tracker."""
-        reg = HealthTrackerRegistry(failure_threshold=5)
-        t1 = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        t2 = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        assert t1 is t2
+        # Probe succeeds
+        mon.record_success()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+        # All callers pass now
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is True
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is True

-    def test_different_backends_independent(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Different (provider, base_url) pairs get independent trackers."""
-        reg = HealthTrackerRegistry(failure_threshold=5)
-        t_cloud = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        t_local = reg.get_tracker("openai-compatible", "http://localhost:8000/v1")
-        assert t_cloud is not t_local
+    def test_half_open_failure_blocks_all(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """After probe fails in HALF_OPEN, circuit reopens and all requests blocked."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1, cooldown=9999.0)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        with mon._lock:
+            mon._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+            mon._half_open_permit = False

-    def test_trailing_slash_normalized(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Trailing slashes on base_url are normalized away."""
-        reg = HealthTrackerRegistry(failure_threshold=5)
-        t1 = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1/")
-        t2 = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        assert t1 is t2
+        # Probe fails
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is False

-    def test_degraded_isolation(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """Degrading one backend does not affect another."""
-        reg = HealthTrackerRegistry(failure_threshold=2)
-        t_cloud = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        t_local = reg.get_tracker("openai-compatible", "http://localhost:8000/v1")
-        # Degrade the cloud tracker
-        t_cloud.record_failure()
-        t_cloud.record_failure()
-        assert t_cloud.is_degraded is True
-        # Local should be unaffected
-        assert t_local.is_healthy is True
+    def test_half_open_failure_reopens(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """A failure in HALF_OPEN re-opens the circuit immediately."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

-    def test_get_tracker_for_alias(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """get_tracker_for_alias looks up by model config's backend."""
-        from turnstone.core.model_registry import ModelConfig, ModelRegistry
+        # Force into HALF_OPEN
+        with mon._lock:
+            mon._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+            mon._update_metrics()

-        models = {
-            "cloud": ModelConfig(
-                "cloud", "https://api.openai.com/v1", "sk", "gpt-4o", provider="openai"
-            ),
-            "local": ModelConfig(
-                "local", "http://localhost:8000/v1", "x", "qwen", provider="openai-compatible"
-            ),
-        }
-        model_reg = ModelRegistry(models=models, default="cloud")
+        # Another failure should reopen
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

-        reg = HealthTrackerRegistry(failure_threshold=5)
-        # No tracker created yet — should return None
-        assert reg.get_tracker_for_alias(model_reg, "cloud") is None
+    def test_probe_success_closes(self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
+        """A successful probe closes the circuit."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=1)
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

-        # Create a tracker for the cloud backend
-        t = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        assert reg.get_tracker_for_alias(model_reg, "cloud") is t
+        # Simulate probe success
+        assert mon._probe_once() is True
+        mon.record_success()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]

-        # Local alias should still return None (no tracker for that backend)
-        assert reg.get_tracker_for_alias(model_reg, "local") is None
+    def test_probe_failure_opens(self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
+        """Enough probe failures open the circuit."""
+        mock_client.with_options.return_value.models.list.side_effect = ConnectionError("down")
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client, failure_threshold=2)

-    def test_state_changed_callback(self, mock_metrics: MagicMock) -> None:
-        """on_state_changed fires with backend key and state."""
-        events: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
-        reg = HealthTrackerRegistry(
-            failure_threshold=2,
-            on_state_changed=lambda backend, state: events.append((backend, state)),
+        assert mon._probe_once() is False
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED  # only 1 failure
+
+        assert mon._probe_once() is False
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+
+    def test_probe_loop_autonomous_recovery(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """_probe_loop transitions OPEN → HALF_OPEN → CLOSED without user requests."""
+        # Use very short intervals so the test is fast
+        mon = BackendHealthMonitor(
+            client=mock_client,
+            probe_interval=0.05,
+            probe_timeout=1.0,
+            failure_threshold=1,
+            cooldown=0.1,
        )
-        t = reg.get_tracker("openai", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-        t.record_failure()
-        t.record_failure()  # triggers degraded
-        assert len(events) == 1
-        assert events[0][0] == "openai:https://api.openai.com/v1"
-        assert events[0][1] == "degraded"
+        # Trip the circuit
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN

-    def test_backend_key_static(self) -> None:
-        """backend_key is a static method returning normalized tuple."""
-        key = HealthTrackerRegistry.backend_key("anthropic", "https://api.anthropic.com/")
-        assert key == ("anthropic", "https://api.anthropic.com")
+        # Backend is healthy — probe_once will succeed
+        mock_client.with_options.return_value.models.list.return_value = MagicMock()
+
+        # Start the probe loop and wait for autonomous recovery
+        mon.start()
+        try:
+            import time
+
+            deadline = time.monotonic() + 5.0
+            while mon.circuit_state != CircuitState.CLOSED and time.monotonic() < deadline:
+                time.sleep(0.05)
+            assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.CLOSED
+            # User requests should flow again without anyone calling acquire_request_permit
+            assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is True
+        finally:
+            mon.stop()
+            if mon._thread:
+                mon._thread.join(timeout=2.0)
+
+    def test_probe_loop_no_user_permit_during_probe(
+        self, mock_client: MagicMock, mock_metrics: MagicMock
+    ) -> None:
+        """While background probe is in HALF_OPEN, user requests are blocked."""
+        mon = BackendHealthMonitor(
+            client=mock_client,
+            probe_interval=0.05,
+            probe_timeout=1.0,
+            failure_threshold=1,
+            cooldown=0.1,
+        )
+        mon.record_failure()
+        assert mon.circuit_state == CircuitState.OPEN
+
+        # Force into HALF_OPEN as the probe loop would
+        with mon._lock:
+            mon._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+            mon._half_open_permit = False  # probe consumes it
+
+        # User requests should be blocked — only the probe gets through
+        assert mon.acquire_request_permit() is False
+
+    def test_stop_thread(self, mock_client: MagicMock) -> None:
+        """stop() signals the probe loop to exit."""
+        mon = _make_monitor(mock_client)
+        mon.start()
+        assert mon._thread is not None
+        assert mon._thread.is_alive()
+
+        mon.stop()
+        mon._thread.join(timeout=3.0)
+        assert not mon._thread.is_alive()
@@ -453,66 +453,3 @@ class TestEdgeCases:
    def test_cargo_install(self):
        v = evaluate_heuristic("bash", {"command": "cargo install ripgrep"}, "bash")
        _assert_verdict(v, risk_level="medium", recommendation="review")
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Custom rules parameter
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestCustomRulesParam:
-    """Tests for evaluate_heuristic() with custom rules kwarg."""
-
-    def test_custom_rules_override_builtins(self):
-        """Custom rules list is used instead of built-in rules."""
-        from turnstone.core.judge import _HeuristicRule, evaluate_heuristic
-
-        custom = [
-            _HeuristicRule(
-                name="custom-test",
-                risk_level="high",
-                confidence=0.95,
-                recommendation="deny",
-                tool_pattern="bash",
-                arg_patterns=[r"custom_dangerous_cmd"],
-                intent_template="Custom danger: {arg_snippet}",
-                reasoning_template="Custom rule matched.",
-            ),
-        ]
-        # Should match custom rule
-        verdict = evaluate_heuristic(
-            "bash",
-            {"command": "custom_dangerous_cmd --flag"},
-            "bash",
-            rules=custom,
-        )
-        assert verdict.risk_level == "high"
-        assert verdict.recommendation == "deny"
-        assert "custom-test" in verdict.evidence[0]
-
-    def test_custom_rules_no_match_default(self):
-        """When custom rules don't match, default medium/review verdict returned."""
-        from turnstone.core.judge import evaluate_heuristic
-
-        verdict = evaluate_heuristic(
-            "bash",
-            {"command": "ls"},
-            "bash",
-            rules=[],
-        )
-        assert verdict.risk_level == "medium"
-        assert verdict.recommendation == "review"
-        assert verdict.confidence == 0.5
-
-    def test_none_rules_uses_builtins(self):
-        """When rules=None, built-in rules are used (backward compat)."""
-        from turnstone.core.judge import evaluate_heuristic
-
-        verdict = evaluate_heuristic(
-            "bash",
-            {"command": "rm -rf /etc"},
-            "bash",
-            rules=None,
-        )
-        assert verdict.risk_level == "critical"
-        assert "rm-root" in verdict.evidence[0]
@@ -1,429 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for heuristic_rules and output_guard_patterns storage CRUD operations."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import uuid
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from turnstone.core.storage._sqlite import SQLiteBackend
-
-
-def _make_id() -> str:
-    return uuid.uuid4().hex
-
-
-class TestHeuristicRuleStorage:
-    def test_create_and_get_heuristic_rule(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        rid = _make_id()
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="dangerous-exec",
-            risk_level="critical",
-            confidence=0.95,
-            recommendation="deny",
-            tool_pattern="execute_code",
-            arg_patterns='[".*exec.*", ".*eval.*"]',
-            intent_template="User wants to run code",
-            reasoning_template="Executing arbitrary code is dangerous",
-            tier="critical",
-            priority=100,
-            builtin=True,
-            enabled=True,
-            created_by="admin",
-        )
-        r = db.get_heuristic_rule(rid)
-        assert r is not None
-        assert r["rule_id"] == rid
-        assert r["name"] == "dangerous-exec"
-        assert r["risk_level"] == "critical"
-        assert r["confidence"] == 0.95
-        assert r["recommendation"] == "deny"
-        assert r["tool_pattern"] == "execute_code"
-        assert r["arg_patterns"] == '[".*exec.*", ".*eval.*"]'
-        assert r["intent_template"] == "User wants to run code"
-        assert r["reasoning_template"] == "Executing arbitrary code is dangerous"
-        assert r["tier"] == "critical"
-        assert r["priority"] == 100
-        assert r["builtin"] is True
-        assert r["enabled"] is True
-        assert r["created_by"] == "admin"
-
-    def test_get_heuristic_rule_by_name(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        rid = _make_id()
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="by-name-lookup",
-            risk_level="high",
-            confidence=0.8,
-            recommendation="review",
-            tool_pattern="file_write",
-        )
-        r = db.get_heuristic_rule_by_name("by-name-lookup")
-        assert r is not None
-        assert r["rule_id"] == rid
-        assert r["name"] == "by-name-lookup"
-
-    def test_get_heuristic_rule_by_name_not_found(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        assert db.get_heuristic_rule_by_name("nonexistent") is None
-
-    def test_list_heuristic_rules(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=_make_id(),
-            name="low-tier-rule",
-            risk_level="low",
-            confidence=0.5,
-            recommendation="approve",
-            tool_pattern="read_file",
-            tier="low",
-            priority=10,
-        )
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=_make_id(),
-            name="critical-tier-rule",
-            risk_level="critical",
-            confidence=0.99,
-            recommendation="deny",
-            tool_pattern="delete_all",
-            tier="critical",
-            priority=50,
-        )
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=_make_id(),
-            name="medium-tier-rule",
-            risk_level="medium",
-            confidence=0.7,
-            recommendation="review",
-            tool_pattern="web_search",
-            tier="medium",
-            priority=20,
-        )
-        rules = db.list_heuristic_rules()
-        assert len(rules) == 3
-        # Ordered by tier (critical=0, medium=2, low=3) then priority desc
-        assert rules[0]["name"] == "critical-tier-rule"
-        assert rules[1]["name"] == "medium-tier-rule"
-        assert rules[2]["name"] == "low-tier-rule"
-
-    def test_list_heuristic_rules_enabled_only(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=_make_id(),
-            name="enabled-rule",
-            risk_level="medium",
-            confidence=0.7,
-            recommendation="approve",
-            tool_pattern="tool_a",
-            enabled=True,
-        )
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=_make_id(),
-            name="disabled-rule",
-            risk_level="low",
-            confidence=0.3,
-            recommendation="deny",
-            tool_pattern="tool_b",
-            enabled=False,
-        )
-        enabled = db.list_heuristic_rules(enabled_only=True)
-        assert len(enabled) == 1
-        assert enabled[0]["name"] == "enabled-rule"
-        assert enabled[0]["enabled"] is True
-
-    def test_update_heuristic_rule(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        rid = _make_id()
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="orig-name",
-            risk_level="low",
-            confidence=0.5,
-            recommendation="review",
-            tool_pattern="orig_tool",
-        )
-        ok = db.update_heuristic_rule(
-            rid,
-            name="updated-name",
-            risk_level="high",
-            confidence=0.9,
-            recommendation="deny",
-            enabled=False,
-            builtin=True,
-        )
-        assert ok is True
-        r = db.get_heuristic_rule(rid)
-        assert r is not None
-        assert r["name"] == "updated-name"
-        assert r["risk_level"] == "high"
-        assert r["confidence"] == 0.9
-        assert r["recommendation"] == "deny"
-        assert r["enabled"] is False
-        assert r["builtin"] is True
-
-    def test_update_heuristic_rule_not_found(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        ok = db.update_heuristic_rule("nonexistent", name="x")
-        assert ok is False
-
-    def test_delete_heuristic_rule(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        rid = _make_id()
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="delete-me",
-            risk_level="low",
-            confidence=0.3,
-            recommendation="review",
-            tool_pattern="temp_tool",
-        )
-        ok = db.delete_heuristic_rule(rid)
-        assert ok is True
-        assert db.get_heuristic_rule(rid) is None
-
-    def test_delete_heuristic_rule_not_found(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        ok = db.delete_heuristic_rule("nonexistent")
-        assert ok is False
-
-    def test_create_duplicate_id_noop(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        rid = _make_id()
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="first-insert",
-            risk_level="high",
-            confidence=0.8,
-            recommendation="approve",
-            tool_pattern="tool_orig",
-        )
-        # Second insert with same ID should be no-op (OR IGNORE)
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="second-insert",
-            risk_level="low",
-            confidence=0.1,
-            recommendation="deny",
-            tool_pattern="tool_new",
-        )
-        r = db.get_heuristic_rule(rid)
-        assert r is not None
-        assert r["name"] == "first-insert"  # original preserved
-        assert r["risk_level"] == "high"
-
-    def test_defaults(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        """Verify default values for optional fields."""
-        rid = _make_id()
-        db.create_heuristic_rule(
-            rule_id=rid,
-            name="defaults-test",
-            risk_level="medium",
-            confidence=0.5,
-            recommendation="review",
-            tool_pattern="some_tool",
-        )
-        r = db.get_heuristic_rule(rid)
-        assert r is not None
-        assert r["arg_patterns"] == "[]"
-        assert r["intent_template"] == ""
-        assert r["reasoning_template"] == ""
-        assert r["tier"] == "medium"
-        assert r["priority"] == 0
-        assert r["builtin"] is False
-        assert r["enabled"] is True
-        assert r["created_by"] == ""
-
-
-class TestOutputGuardPatternStorage:
-    def test_create_and_get_output_guard_pattern(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        pid = _make_id()
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=pid,
-            name="aws-key-pattern",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="high",
-            pattern=r"AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}",
-            flag_name="aws_access_key",
-            annotation="AWS access key detected",
-            pattern_flags="IGNORECASE",
-            is_credential=True,
-            redact_label="[AWS_KEY]",
-            priority=100,
-            builtin=True,
-            enabled=True,
-            created_by="system",
-        )
-        p = db.get_output_guard_pattern(pid)
-        assert p is not None
-        assert p["pattern_id"] == pid
-        assert p["name"] == "aws-key-pattern"
-        assert p["category"] == "credentials"
-        assert p["risk_level"] == "high"
-        assert p["pattern"] == r"AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}"
-        assert p["flag_name"] == "aws_access_key"
-        assert p["annotation"] == "AWS access key detected"
-        assert p["pattern_flags"] == "IGNORECASE"
-        assert p["is_credential"] is True
-        assert p["redact_label"] == "[AWS_KEY]"
-        assert p["priority"] == 100
-        assert p["builtin"] is True
-        assert p["enabled"] is True
-        assert p["created_by"] == "system"
-
-    def test_get_output_guard_pattern_by_name(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        pid = _make_id()
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=pid,
-            name="lookup-by-name",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="high",
-            pattern=r"ghp_[A-Za-z0-9_]{36}",
-            flag_name="github_pat",
-            annotation="GitHub PAT detected",
-        )
-        p = db.get_output_guard_pattern_by_name("lookup-by-name")
-        assert p is not None
-        assert p["pattern_id"] == pid
-        assert p["name"] == "lookup-by-name"
-
-    def test_get_output_guard_pattern_by_name_not_found(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        assert db.get_output_guard_pattern_by_name("nonexistent") is None
-
-    def test_list_output_guard_patterns(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=_make_id(),
-            name="secrets-high",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="high",
-            pattern=r"secret_.*",
-            flag_name="generic_secret",
-            annotation="Secret detected",
-            priority=50,
-        )
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=_make_id(),
-            name="credentials-high",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="high",
-            pattern=r"password=.*",
-            flag_name="password",
-            annotation="Password detected",
-            priority=100,
-        )
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=_make_id(),
-            name="credentials-low",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="low",
-            pattern=r"token=test",
-            flag_name="test_token",
-            annotation="Test token",
-            priority=10,
-        )
-        patterns = db.list_output_guard_patterns()
-        assert len(patterns) == 3
-        # Ordered by category then priority desc
-        assert patterns[0]["name"] == "credentials-high"
-        assert patterns[1]["name"] == "secrets-high"
-        assert patterns[2]["name"] == "credentials-low"
-
-    def test_list_output_guard_patterns_enabled_only(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=_make_id(),
-            name="active-pattern",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="high",
-            pattern=r"AKIA.*",
-            flag_name="aws_key",
-            annotation="AWS key",
-            enabled=True,
-        )
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=_make_id(),
-            name="inactive-pattern",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="low",
-            pattern=r"test_.*",
-            flag_name="test",
-            annotation="Test pattern",
-            enabled=False,
-        )
-        enabled = db.list_output_guard_patterns(enabled_only=True)
-        assert len(enabled) == 1
-        assert enabled[0]["name"] == "active-pattern"
-        assert enabled[0]["enabled"] is True
-
-    def test_update_output_guard_pattern(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        pid = _make_id()
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=pid,
-            name="orig-pattern",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="medium",
-            pattern=r"old_pattern",
-            flag_name="old_flag",
-            annotation="Old annotation",
-            is_credential=False,
-        )
-        ok = db.update_output_guard_pattern(
-            pid,
-            name="updated-pattern",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="high",
-            pattern=r"new_pattern",
-            flag_name="new_flag",
-            annotation="Updated annotation",
-            is_credential=True,
-            enabled=False,
-            builtin=True,
-        )
-        assert ok is True
-        p = db.get_output_guard_pattern(pid)
-        assert p is not None
-        assert p["name"] == "updated-pattern"
-        assert p["category"] == "credentials"
-        assert p["risk_level"] == "high"
-        assert p["pattern"] == r"new_pattern"
-        assert p["flag_name"] == "new_flag"
-        assert p["annotation"] == "Updated annotation"
-        assert p["is_credential"] is True
-        assert p["enabled"] is False
-        assert p["builtin"] is True
-
-    def test_update_output_guard_pattern_not_found(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        ok = db.update_output_guard_pattern("nonexistent", name="x")
-        assert ok is False
-
-    def test_delete_output_guard_pattern(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        pid = _make_id()
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=pid,
-            name="delete-me",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="low",
-            pattern=r"temp",
-            flag_name="temp_flag",
-            annotation="Temporary",
-        )
-        ok = db.delete_output_guard_pattern(pid)
-        assert ok is True
-        assert db.get_output_guard_pattern(pid) is None
-
-    def test_delete_output_guard_pattern_not_found(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        ok = db.delete_output_guard_pattern("nonexistent")
-        assert ok is False
-
-    def test_defaults(self, db: SQLiteBackend) -> None:
-        """Verify default values for optional fields."""
-        pid = _make_id()
-        db.create_output_guard_pattern(
-            pattern_id=pid,
-            name="defaults-test",
-            category="credentials",
-            risk_level="medium",
-            pattern=r"some_pattern",
-            flag_name="some_flag",
-            annotation="Some annotation",
-        )
-        p = db.get_output_guard_pattern(pid)
-        assert p is not None
-        assert p["pattern_flags"] == ""
-        assert p["is_credential"] is False
-        assert p["redact_label"] == ""
-        assert p["priority"] == 0
-        assert p["builtin"] is False
-        assert p["enabled"] is True
-        assert p["created_by"] == ""
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations

 import asyncio
-import concurrent.futures
 import json
-import time
 from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
 from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ class TestMcpToOpenai:
        assert result["type"] == "function"
        func = result["function"]
        assert func["name"] == "mcp__github__search_repos"
-        assert func["description"] == "Search GitHub repos"
+        assert "[MCP: github]" in func["description"]
        assert func["parameters"]["type"] == "object"
        assert "query" in func["parameters"]["properties"]

@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ class TestMcpToOpenai:
        tool.description = ""
        tool.inputSchema = {"type": "object", "properties": {}}
        result = _mcp_to_openai("test", tool)
-        assert result["function"]["description"] == ""
+        assert result["function"]["description"] == "[MCP: test] "


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -306,7 +304,7 @@ class TestMCPClientManager:
    def test_call_tool_sync_disconnected_server(self):
        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
        mgr._tool_map["mcp__dead__ping"] = ("dead", "ping")
-        # No session registered for "dead", no config/loop → reconnect fails
+        # No session registered for "dead"
        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="not connected"):
            mgr.call_tool_sync("mcp__dead__ping", {})

@@ -1555,407 +1553,3 @@ class TestSafeCloseStack:
            await MCPClientManager._safe_close_stack(stack)

        asyncio.run(_run())
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fix 1: Cancel orphaned futures on timeout
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestFutureCancellation:
-    """Verify future.cancel() is called when sync bridge methods time out."""
-
-    def _make_manager_with_session(self) -> MCPClientManager:
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"test": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        mock_session = MagicMock()
-        # Prevent auto-spec from creating async coroutines that trigger warnings
-        mock_session.call_tool = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mock_session.read_resource = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mock_session.get_prompt = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mgr._sessions["test"] = mock_session
-        mgr._loop = MagicMock()
-        mgr._tool_map["mcp__test__search"] = ("test", "search")
-        mgr._resource_map["file:///a.txt"] = ("test", "file:///a.txt")
-        mgr._prompt_map["mcp__test__review"] = ("test", "review")
-        return mgr
-
-    def test_call_tool_sync_cancels_future_on_timeout(self):
-        mgr = self._make_manager_with_session()
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = concurrent.futures.TimeoutError()
-        with (
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(TimeoutError, match="timed out"),
-        ):
-            mgr.call_tool_sync("mcp__test__search", {"query": "x"}, timeout=1)
-        mock_future.cancel.assert_called_once()
-
-    def test_read_resource_sync_cancels_future_on_timeout(self):
-        mgr = self._make_manager_with_session()
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = concurrent.futures.TimeoutError()
-        with (
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(TimeoutError, match="timed out"),
-        ):
-            mgr.read_resource_sync("file:///a.txt", timeout=1)
-        mock_future.cancel.assert_called_once()
-
-    def test_get_prompt_sync_cancels_future_on_timeout(self):
-        mgr = self._make_manager_with_session()
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = concurrent.futures.TimeoutError()
-        with (
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(TimeoutError, match="timed out"),
-        ):
-            mgr.get_prompt_sync("mcp__test__review", timeout=1)
-        mock_future.cancel.assert_called_once()
-
-    def test_refresh_sync_cancels_future_on_timeout(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._loop = MagicMock()
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = concurrent.futures.TimeoutError()
-        with (
-            patch.object(mgr, "_refresh_all", return_value=MagicMock()),
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(TimeoutError, match="timed out"),
-        ):
-            mgr.refresh_sync(timeout=1)
-        mock_future.cancel.assert_called_once()
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fix 2: Per-server circuit breaker
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestCircuitBreaker:
-    """Verify per-server circuit breaker behavior."""
-
-    def test_circuit_stays_closed_below_threshold(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        is_open, _ = mgr._cb_check("srv")
-        assert not is_open
-
-    def test_circuit_opens_at_threshold(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        is_open, cooldown_expired = mgr._cb_check("srv")
-        assert is_open
-        assert not cooldown_expired  # just opened, cooldown not expired
-
-    def test_circuit_half_open_after_cooldown(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        # Simulate cooldown expiry
-        mgr._circuit_open_until["srv"] = time.monotonic() - 1
-        is_open, cooldown_expired = mgr._cb_check("srv")
-        assert is_open
-        assert cooldown_expired
-
-    def test_circuit_resets_on_success(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        assert "srv" in mgr._circuit_open_until
-        mgr._cb_record_success("srv")
-        is_open, _ = mgr._cb_check("srv")
-        assert not is_open
-        assert mgr._consecutive_failures.get("srv") is None
-
-    def test_success_decays_trip_count(self):
-        """Success decays trip_count by 1 so flapping servers escalate backoff."""
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._circuit_trip_count["srv"] = 3
-        mgr._cb_record_success("srv")
-        assert mgr._circuit_trip_count["srv"] == 2
-        mgr._cb_record_success("srv")
-        assert mgr._circuit_trip_count["srv"] == 1
-        mgr._cb_record_success("srv")
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._circuit_trip_count
-
-    def test_cooldown_is_exponential(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        # First trip (trip_count starts at 0)
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        deadline1 = mgr._circuit_open_until["srv"]
-        base1 = deadline1 - time.monotonic()
-        # Reset circuit but keep trip_count at 1 (set by first trip)
-        mgr._cb_record_success("srv")
-        # trip_count decayed from 1 to 0 — manually set to 1 for test
-        mgr._circuit_trip_count["srv"] = 1
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        deadline2 = mgr._circuit_open_until["srv"]
-        base2 = deadline2 - time.monotonic()
-        # Second trip should have longer cooldown (roughly 2x, within jitter)
-        assert base2 > base1 * 1.5
-
-    def test_cooldown_capped_at_max(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._circuit_trip_count["srv"] = 100  # very high trip count
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        deadline = mgr._circuit_open_until["srv"]
-        cooldown = deadline - time.monotonic()
-        # Should not exceed max (300s) + 10% jitter = 330s
-        assert cooldown <= mgr._CB_MAX_COOLDOWN * 1.11
-
-    def test_cb_gate_rejects_when_open(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="circuit open"):
-            mgr._cb_gate("srv")
-
-    def test_cb_gate_allows_after_cooldown(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        mgr._circuit_open_until["srv"] = time.monotonic() - 1
-        # Should not raise
-        mgr._cb_gate("srv")
-        # Deadline should be removed (half-open probe allowed)
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._circuit_open_until
-
-    def test_cb_clear_removes_all_state(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        mgr._cb_clear("srv")
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._consecutive_failures
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._circuit_open_until
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._circuit_trip_count
-
-    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::pytest.PytestUnraisableExceptionWarning")
-    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:coroutine.*was never awaited:RuntimeWarning")
-    def test_call_tool_sync_records_failure_on_timeout(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"test": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        mock_session = MagicMock()
-        mock_session.call_tool = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mgr._sessions["test"] = mock_session
-        mgr._loop = MagicMock()
-        mgr._tool_map["mcp__test__ping"] = ("test", "ping")
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = concurrent.futures.TimeoutError()
-        with (
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(TimeoutError),
-        ):
-            mgr.call_tool_sync("mcp__test__ping", {}, timeout=1)
-        assert mgr._consecutive_failures.get("test", 0) == 1
-
-    def test_call_tool_sync_records_success(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"test": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        mock_session = MagicMock()
-        mock_session.call_tool = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mgr._sessions["test"] = mock_session
-        mgr._loop = MagicMock()
-        mgr._tool_map["mcp__test__ping"] = ("test", "ping")
-        # Pre-set a failure
-        mgr._consecutive_failures["test"] = 2
-        mock_result = MagicMock()
-        mock_result.content = []
-        mock_result.isError = False
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.return_value = mock_result
-        with patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future):
-            mgr.call_tool_sync("mcp__test__ping", {}, timeout=5)
-        assert mgr._consecutive_failures.get("test") is None
-
-    def test_connection_error_evicts_session(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"test": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        mock_session = MagicMock()
-        mock_session.call_tool = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mgr._sessions["test"] = mock_session
-        mgr._loop = MagicMock()
-        mgr._tool_map["mcp__test__ping"] = ("test", "ping")
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = BrokenPipeError("dead")
-        with (
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(BrokenPipeError),
-        ):
-            mgr.call_tool_sync("mcp__test__ping", {}, timeout=5)
-        assert "test" not in mgr._sessions
-
-    def test_independent_circuits_per_server(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("a")
-        is_open_a, _ = mgr._cb_check("a")
-        is_open_b, _ = mgr._cb_check("b")
-        assert is_open_a
-        assert not is_open_b
-
-    def test_mcp_error_does_not_trip_circuit(self):
-        """Protocol errors (McpError) should not count as transport failures."""
-        from mcp import McpError
-        from mcp.types import ErrorData
-
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"test": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        mock_session = MagicMock()
-        mock_session.call_tool = MagicMock(return_value="sentinel")
-        mgr._sessions["test"] = mock_session
-        mgr._loop = MagicMock()
-        mgr._tool_map["mcp__test__ping"] = ("test", "ping")
-        mock_future = MagicMock()
-        mock_future.result.side_effect = McpError(ErrorData(code=-32601, message="tool not found"))
-        with (
-            patch("asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe", return_value=mock_future),
-            pytest.raises(McpError),
-        ):
-            mgr.call_tool_sync("mcp__test__ping", {}, timeout=5)
-        # Circuit should NOT have recorded a failure
-        assert mgr._consecutive_failures.get("test", 0) == 0
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fix 3: Safe transport stream pre-close
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestSafeTransportStreams:
-    """Verify stream references are stored and pre-closed."""
-
-    def test_pre_close_streams_closes_both(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        stream_a = MagicMock()
-        stream_b = MagicMock()
-        mgr._server_streams["srv"] = (stream_a, stream_b)
-
-        async def _run():
-            await mgr._pre_close_streams("srv")
-
-        asyncio.run(_run())
-        stream_a.aclose.assert_called_once()
-        stream_b.aclose.assert_called_once()
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._server_streams
-
-    def test_pre_close_streams_ignores_missing(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-
-        async def _run():
-            await mgr._pre_close_streams("nonexistent")
-
-        asyncio.run(_run())  # should not raise
-
-    def test_pre_close_streams_suppresses_errors(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        stream_a = MagicMock()
-        stream_a.aclose.side_effect = RuntimeError("boom")
-        stream_b = MagicMock()
-        mgr._server_streams["srv"] = (stream_a, stream_b)
-
-        async def _run():
-            await mgr._pre_close_streams("srv")
-
-        asyncio.run(_run())  # should not raise despite stream_a error
-        stream_b.aclose.assert_called_once()
-
-    def test_shutdown_clears_stream_refs(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._server_streams["srv"] = (MagicMock(), MagicMock())
-        mgr.shutdown()
-        assert len(mgr._server_streams) == 0
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fix 4: Notification debounce
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestNotificationDebounce:
-    """Verify notification-triggered refreshes are debounced."""
-
-    def test_debounce_within_window(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._last_notification_refresh["srv"] = time.monotonic()
-        # We can't easily call _on_notification (it's a closure), so test
-        # the debounce logic directly via the timestamp check
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        last = mgr._last_notification_refresh.get("srv", 0.0)
-        assert now - last < mgr._NOTIFICATION_DEBOUNCE
-
-    def test_debounce_passes_after_window(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        # Set timestamp well in the past
-        mgr._last_notification_refresh["srv"] = time.monotonic() - 10
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        last = mgr._last_notification_refresh.get("srv", 0.0)
-        assert now - last >= mgr._NOTIFICATION_DEBOUNCE
-
-    def test_debounce_is_per_server(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._last_notification_refresh["srv_a"] = time.monotonic()
-        # srv_b has no timestamp — should pass debounce
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        last_b = mgr._last_notification_refresh.get("srv_b", 0.0)
-        assert now - last_b >= mgr._NOTIFICATION_DEBOUNCE
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fix 5: Periodic refresh backoff
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestPeriodicRefreshBackoff:
-    """Verify periodic refresh backoff and auto-reconnect."""
-
-    def test_backoff_set_on_failure(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._refresh_failures["srv"] = 1
-        # Simulate what _periodic_refresh does on failure
-        failures = mgr._refresh_failures.get("srv", 0) + 1
-        mgr._refresh_failures["srv"] = failures
-        backoff = min(mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2 ** (failures - 1)), mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX)
-        mgr._refresh_backoff_until["srv"] = time.monotonic() + backoff
-        assert mgr._refresh_backoff_until["srv"] > time.monotonic()
-        assert failures == 2
-
-    def test_backoff_doubles(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        b1 = min(mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2**0), mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX)
-        b2 = min(mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2**1), mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX)
-        b3 = min(mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2**2), mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX)
-        assert b1 == 60
-        assert b2 == 120
-        assert b3 == 240
-
-    def test_backoff_capped(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        b = min(mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2**20), mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX)
-        assert b == mgr._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX
-
-    def test_backoff_clears_on_success(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({})
-        mgr._refresh_failures["srv"] = 3
-        mgr._refresh_backoff_until["srv"] = time.monotonic() + 1000
-        # Simulate success
-        mgr._refresh_failures.pop("srv", None)
-        mgr._refresh_backoff_until.pop("srv", None)
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._refresh_failures
-        assert "srv" not in mgr._refresh_backoff_until
-
-    def test_server_status_includes_circuit_info(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"srv": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        status = mgr.get_server_status("srv")
-        assert "circuit_open" in status
-        assert "consecutive_failures" in status
-        assert status["circuit_open"] is False
-        assert status["consecutive_failures"] == 0
-
-    def test_server_status_shows_open_circuit(self):
-        mgr = MCPClientManager({"srv": {"type": "stdio", "command": "echo"}})
-        for _ in range(3):
-            mgr._cb_record_failure("srv")
-        status = mgr.get_server_status("srv")
-        assert status["circuit_open"] is True
-        assert status["consecutive_failures"] == 3
@@ -762,12 +762,8 @@ class TestSessionAgentModel:
    def test_agent_model_resolved(self) -> None:
        reg = ModelRegistry(
            models={
-                "main": ModelConfig(
-                    "main", "http://m/v1", "k", "main-model", provider="openai-compatible"
-                ),
-                "agent": ModelConfig(
-                    "agent", "http://a/v1", "k", "agent-model", provider="openai-compatible"
-                ),
+                "main": ModelConfig("main", "http://m/v1", "k", "main-model"),
+                "agent": ModelConfig("agent", "http://a/v1", "k", "agent-model"),
            },
            default="main",
            agent_model="agent",
@@ -952,113 +948,71 @@ class TestExtractContextWindow:
        m.model_dump.return_value = {}
        assert _extract_context_window(m, "openai") is None

-    # Model-change detection via active probes was removed.
-    # Backend health is now tracked passively (see test_healthcheck.py).

+class TestHealthMonitorModelChange:
+    def test_model_change_fires_callback(self) -> None:
+        from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthMonitor

-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# load_model_registry — DB-only startup (no CLI model)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        changes: list[tuple[str, int | None]] = []

+        def on_change(model_id: str, ctx: int | None) -> None:
+            changes.append((model_id, ctx))

-class TestLoadModelRegistryDBOnly:
-    """Tests for starting the server with models defined only in DB/config,
-    without any CLI --model argument."""
-
-    def test_db_only_no_cli_model(self) -> None:
-        """Registry builds from DB models when model='' (no CLI model)."""
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            [
-                {
-                    "alias": "cloud",
-                    "model": "gpt-5",
-                    "provider": "openai",
-                    "base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
-                    "api_key": "sk-test",
-                    "context_window": 128000,
-                    "capabilities": "{}",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                },
-            ]
+        client = MagicMock()
+        monitor = BackendHealthMonitor(
+            client=client,
+            provider="openai",
+            initial_model="model-a",
+            on_model_changed=on_change,
        )
-        with patch("turnstone.core.model_registry.load_config", return_value={}):
-            reg = load_model_registry(model="", storage=storage)
-        assert reg.count == 1
-        assert reg.has_alias("cloud")
-        # "cloud" should be picked as default since "default" doesn't exist
-        assert reg.default == "cloud"

-    def test_db_only_with_config_default(self) -> None:
-        """Config [model].default is respected when it matches a DB alias."""
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            [
-                {
-                    "alias": "fast",
-                    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
-                    "provider": "openai",
-                    "base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
-                    "api_key": "sk-test",
-                    "context_window": 128000,
-                    "capabilities": "{}",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                },
-                {
-                    "alias": "smart",
-                    "model": "gpt-5",
-                    "provider": "openai",
-                    "base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
-                    "api_key": "sk-test",
-                    "context_window": 128000,
-                    "capabilities": "{}",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                },
-            ]
+        # Simulate probe returning a different model
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        m = MagicMock()
+        m.id = "model-b"
+        m.model_dump.return_value = {"max_model_len": 131072}
+        resp.data = [m]
+
+        monitor._check_model_change(resp)
+        assert len(changes) == 1
+        assert changes[0] == ("model-b", 131072)
+        assert monitor._last_detected_model == "model-b"
+
+    def test_same_model_no_callback(self) -> None:
+        from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthMonitor
+
+        changes: list[tuple[str, int | None]] = []
+
+        def on_change(model_id: str, ctx: int | None) -> None:
+            changes.append((model_id, ctx))
+
+        client = MagicMock()
+        monitor = BackendHealthMonitor(
+            client=client,
+            provider="openai",
+            initial_model="model-a",
+            on_model_changed=on_change,
        )
-        fake_cfg: dict[str, Any] = {"model": {"default": "smart"}}
-        with patch("turnstone.core.model_registry.load_config", return_value=fake_cfg):
-            reg = load_model_registry(model="", storage=storage)
-        assert reg.default == "smart"

-    def test_config_toml_only_no_cli_model(self) -> None:
-        """Registry builds from config.toml [models.*] when model=''."""
-        fake_cfg: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "models": {
-                "local": {
-                    "model": "qwen3-32b",
-                    "base_url": "http://localhost:8000/v1",
-                    "api_key": "dummy",
-                },
-            },
-        }
-        with patch("turnstone.core.model_registry.load_config", return_value=fake_cfg):
-            reg = load_model_registry(model="")
-        assert reg.count == 1
-        assert reg.default == "local"
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        m = MagicMock()
+        m.id = "model-a"
+        m.model_dump.return_value = {}
+        resp.data = [m]

-    def test_no_models_anywhere_raises(self) -> None:
-        """ValueError when no models from CLI, config, or DB."""
-        with (
-            patch("turnstone.core.model_registry.load_config", return_value={}),
-            pytest.raises(ValueError, match="No model definitions found"),
-        ):
-            load_model_registry(model="")
+        monitor._check_model_change(resp)
+        assert len(changes) == 0

-    def test_no_default_entry_created_when_model_empty(self) -> None:
-        """When model='', no 'default' alias is created from CLI args."""
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            [
-                {
-                    "alias": "cloud",
-                    "model": "gpt-5",
-                    "provider": "openai",
-                    "base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
-                    "api_key": "sk-test",
-                    "context_window": 128000,
-                    "capabilities": "{}",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        with patch("turnstone.core.model_registry.load_config", return_value={}):
-            reg = load_model_registry(model="", storage=storage)
-        assert not reg.has_alias("default")
+    def test_no_callback_configured(self) -> None:
+        from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthMonitor
+
+        client = MagicMock()
+        monitor = BackendHealthMonitor(client=client, initial_model="model-a")
+
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        m = MagicMock()
+        m.id = "model-b"
+        resp.data = [m]
+
+        # Should not raise
+        monitor._check_model_change(resp)
@@ -1,530 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for scheduled task completion notification feature.
-
-Covers: target validation, content extraction, notification delivery
-(mock gateway), scheduler dispatch passthrough, schedule API CRUD
-with notify_targets.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
-
-import pytest
-from starlette.applications import Starlette
-from starlette.middleware import Middleware
-from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
-from starlette.routing import Mount, Route
-from starlette.testclient import TestClient
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from starlette.requests import Request
-    from starlette.responses import Response
-
-from turnstone.console.server import (
-    admin_create_schedule,
-    admin_get_schedule,
-    admin_update_schedule,
-)
-from turnstone.core.auth import AuthResult
-from turnstone.core.storage._sqlite import SQLiteBackend
-from turnstone.server import (
-    _deliver_notification,
-    _extract_last_assistant_content,
-    _fire_notify_targets,
-    _validate_notify_targets,
-)
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fixtures
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class _InjectAuthMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
-    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next: Any) -> Response:
-        request.state.auth_result = AuthResult(
-            user_id="test-admin",
-            scopes=frozenset({"approve"}),
-            token_source="config",
-            permissions=frozenset({"admin.schedules"}),
-        )
-        return await call_next(request)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def storage(tmp_path):
-    return SQLiteBackend(str(tmp_path / "test.db"))
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def client(storage):
-    app = Starlette(
-        routes=[
-            Mount(
-                "/v1",
-                routes=[
-                    Route("/api/admin/schedules", admin_create_schedule, methods=["POST"]),
-                    Route("/api/admin/schedules/{task_id}", admin_get_schedule),
-                    Route(
-                        "/api/admin/schedules/{task_id}",
-                        admin_update_schedule,
-                        methods=["PUT"],
-                    ),
-                ],
-            ),
-        ],
-        middleware=[Middleware(_InjectAuthMiddleware)],
-    )
-    app.state.auth_storage = storage
-    return TestClient(app)
-
-
-def _cron_payload(**overrides):
-    defaults = {
-        "name": "Notify test",
-        "description": "Test schedule",
-        "schedule_type": "cron",
-        "cron_expr": "0 9 * * *",
-        "target_mode": "auto",
-        "model": "gpt-5",
-        "initial_message": "Run the tests",
-    }
-    defaults.update(overrides)
-    return defaults
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Target validation
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestValidateNotifyTargets:
-    def test_empty_string(self):
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets("")
-        assert result == "[]"
-        assert err == ""
-
-    def test_none(self):
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(None)
-        assert result == "[]"
-        assert err == ""
-
-    def test_valid_channel_id(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123456"}]
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert err == ""
-        assert json.loads(result) == targets
-
-    def test_valid_user_id(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "user_id": "789"}]
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert err == ""
-        assert json.loads(result) == targets
-
-    def test_valid_list_input(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123"}]
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(targets)
-        assert err == ""
-        assert json.loads(result) == targets
-
-    def test_multiple_targets(self):
-        targets = [
-            {"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "111"},
-            {"channel_type": "discord", "user_id": "222"},
-        ]
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert err == ""
-        assert len(json.loads(result)) == 2
-
-    def test_invalid_json(self):
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets("{not json")
-        assert "valid JSON" in err
-
-    def test_not_array(self):
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets('{"key": "val"}')
-        assert "array" in err
-
-    def test_missing_channel_type(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_id": "123"}]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "channel_type" in err
-
-    def test_missing_id_field(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord"}]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "channel_id or user_id" in err
-
-    def test_non_object_element(self):
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets('["string"]')
-        assert "object" in err
-
-    def test_exceeds_max_targets(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": str(i)} for i in range(11)]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "limited to" in err
-
-    def test_max_targets_at_limit(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": str(i)} for i in range(10)]
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert err == ""
-        assert len(json.loads(result)) == 10
-
-    def test_field_too_long(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "x" * 257}]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "256 chars" in err
-
-    def test_non_string_field_value(self):
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets('[{"channel_type": 123, "channel_id": "1"}]')
-        assert "string" in err
-
-    def test_empty_string_channel_type(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "", "channel_id": "123"}]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "non-empty" in err
-
-    def test_empty_string_channel_id(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": ""}]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "non-empty" in err
-
-    def test_whitespace_only_values_stripped(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "  123  "}]
-        result, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert err == ""
-        parsed = json.loads(result)
-        assert parsed[0]["channel_id"] == "123"
-
-    def test_both_channel_id_and_user_id_rejected(self):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "1", "user_id": "2"}]
-        _, err = _validate_notify_targets(json.dumps(targets))
-        assert "only one of" in err
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Content extraction
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestExtractLastAssistantContent:
-    def test_string_content(self):
-        session = MagicMock()
-        session.messages = [
-            {"role": "user", "content": "hello"},
-            {"role": "assistant", "content": "world"},
-        ]
-        assert _extract_last_assistant_content(session) == "world"
-
-    def test_structured_content(self):
-        session = MagicMock()
-        session.messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "assistant",
-                "content": [
-                    {"type": "text", "text": "part one"},
-                    {"type": "text", "text": "part two"},
-                ],
-            },
-        ]
-        assert _extract_last_assistant_content(session) == "part one\npart two"
-
-    def test_empty_messages(self):
-        session = MagicMock()
-        session.messages = []
-        assert _extract_last_assistant_content(session) == ""
-
-    def test_no_assistant_messages(self):
-        session = MagicMock()
-        session.messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]
-        assert _extract_last_assistant_content(session) == ""
-
-    def test_picks_last_assistant(self):
-        session = MagicMock()
-        session.messages = [
-            {"role": "assistant", "content": "first"},
-            {"role": "user", "content": "question"},
-            {"role": "assistant", "content": "second"},
-        ]
-        assert _extract_last_assistant_content(session) == "second"
-
-    def test_skips_non_text_blocks(self):
-        session = MagicMock()
-        session.messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "assistant",
-                "content": [
-                    {"type": "tool_use", "id": "123"},
-                    {"type": "text", "text": "result"},
-                ],
-            },
-        ]
-        assert _extract_last_assistant_content(session) == "result"
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Notification delivery (mock gateway)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestDeliverNotification:
-    @patch("httpx.post")
-    def test_successful_delivery(self, mock_post):
-        mock_resp = MagicMock(status_code=200)
-        mock_resp.json.return_value = {"results": [{"status": "sent"}]}
-        mock_post.return_value = mock_resp
-
-        storage = MagicMock()
-        storage.list_services.return_value = [{"url": "http://gateway:8080"}]
-
-        payload = {
-            "target": {"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123"},
-            "message": "Hello",
-            "title": "Schedule: test",
-            "ws_id": "ws_001",
-        }
-        _deliver_notification(storage, payload, {"Authorization": "Bearer tok"})
-
-        mock_post.assert_called_once()
-        call_kwargs = mock_post.call_args.kwargs
-        assert call_kwargs["json"] == payload
-        assert "Authorization" in call_kwargs["headers"]
-
-    def test_no_services_retries(self):
-        storage = MagicMock()
-        storage.list_services.return_value = []
-
-        with patch("time.sleep"):
-            _deliver_notification(storage, {"ws_id": "ws_001"}, {})
-
-        assert storage.list_services.call_count == 3
-
-    @patch("httpx.post", side_effect=ConnectionError("refused"))
-    def test_http_error_continues(self, mock_post):
-        storage = MagicMock()
-        storage.list_services.return_value = [{"url": "http://gw:8080"}]
-
-        with patch("time.sleep"):
-            _deliver_notification(storage, {"ws_id": "ws_001"}, {})
-
-        assert mock_post.call_count >= 1
-
-
-class TestFireNotifyTargets:
-    @patch("turnstone.server._deliver_notification")
-    @patch(
-        "turnstone.core.session._notify_auth_headers",
-        return_value={"Authorization": "Bearer x"},
-    )
-    def test_fires_for_each_target(self, mock_auth, mock_deliver):
-        ws = MagicMock()
-        ws.id = "ws_test"
-        ws.name = "My Task"
-        ws.notify_targets = json.dumps(
-            [
-                {"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "111"},
-                {"channel_type": "discord", "user_id": "222"},
-            ]
-        )
-
-        with patch("turnstone.core.storage.get_storage") as mock_storage:
-            mock_storage.return_value = MagicMock()
-            _fire_notify_targets(ws, "Task completed successfully")
-
-        assert mock_deliver.call_count == 2
-        # First call — channel_id target
-        first_payload = mock_deliver.call_args_list[0][0][1]
-        assert first_payload["target"]["channel_id"] == "111"
-        assert first_payload["message"] == "Task completed successfully"
-        assert first_payload["title"] == "Schedule: My Task"
-        # Second call — user_id target
-        second_payload = mock_deliver.call_args_list[1][0][1]
-        assert second_payload["target"]["channel_id"] == "222"
-
-    @patch("turnstone.server._deliver_notification")
-    def test_empty_targets_skipped(self, mock_deliver):
-        ws = MagicMock()
-        ws.notify_targets = "[]"
-        _fire_notify_targets(ws, "content")
-        mock_deliver.assert_not_called()
-
-    @patch("turnstone.server._deliver_notification")
-    def test_empty_content_skipped(self, mock_deliver):
-        ws = MagicMock()
-        ws.notify_targets = '[{"channel_type":"discord","channel_id":"1"}]'
-        _fire_notify_targets(ws, "")
-        mock_deliver.assert_not_called()
-
-    @patch("turnstone.server._deliver_notification")
-    def test_invalid_json_targets_skipped(self, mock_deliver):
-        ws = MagicMock()
-        ws.notify_targets = "not json"
-        _fire_notify_targets(ws, "content")
-        mock_deliver.assert_not_called()
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Scheduler dispatch passthrough
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestSchedulerDispatch:
-    def test_notify_targets_passed_to_sdk(self):
-        collector = MagicMock()
-        storage = MagicMock()
-        # Wire up lock acquisition
-        state: dict[str, dict[str, str] | None] = {"scheduler_lock": None}
-
-        def _get(key: str, **_kw: object) -> dict[str, str] | None:
-            return state.get(key)
-
-        def _upsert(key: str, value: str, **_kw: object) -> None:
-            state[key] = {"value": value}
-
-        def _delete(key: str, **_kw: object) -> None:
-            state.pop(key, None)
-
-        storage.get_system_setting.side_effect = _get
-        storage.upsert_system_setting.side_effect = _upsert
-        storage.delete_system_setting.side_effect = _delete
-
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123"}]
-        task = {
-            "task_id": "t1",
-            "name": "Test",
-            "description": "",
-            "schedule_type": "cron",
-            "cron_expr": "0 9 * * *",
-            "at_time": "",
-            "target_mode": "auto",
-            "model": "gpt-5",
-            "initial_message": "Run it",
-            "auto_approve": 0,
-            "auto_approve_tools": "",
-            "skill": "",
-            "notify_targets": json.dumps(targets),
-            "enabled": 1,
-            "created_by": "admin",
-            "next_run": "2020-01-01T09:00:00",
-            "last_run": "",
-            "created": "2020-01-01T00:00:00",
-            "updated": "2020-01-01T00:00:00",
-        }
-
-        mock_resp = MagicMock()
-        mock_resp.ws_id = "ws_abc"
-        mock_client = MagicMock()
-        mock_client.create_workstream.return_value = mock_resp
-
-        from turnstone.console.scheduler import TaskScheduler
-
-        scheduler = TaskScheduler(collector, storage)
-
-        collector.nodes.return_value = [
-            {"node_id": "node-001", "reachable": True, "ws_total": 1, "max_ws": 10}
-        ]
-
-        with (
-            patch.object(scheduler, "_get_sdk_client", return_value=mock_client),
-            patch.object(scheduler, "_get_node_url", return_value="http://n:8000"),
-        ):
-            scheduler._dispatch_to_node(task, "node-001", "2020-01-01T09:00:00")
-
-        mock_client.create_workstream.assert_called_once()
-        call_kwargs = mock_client.create_workstream.call_args.kwargs
-        assert call_kwargs["notify_targets"] == json.dumps(targets)
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Schedule API CRUD with notify_targets
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestScheduleAPINotifyTargets:
-    def test_create_with_notify_targets(self, client):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123456"}]
-        resp = client.post(
-            "/v1/api/admin/schedules",
-            json=_cron_payload(notify_targets=targets),
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 200
-        data = resp.json()
-        assert data["notify_targets"] == targets
-
-    def test_create_without_notify_targets(self, client):
-        resp = client.post("/v1/api/admin/schedules", json=_cron_payload())
-        assert resp.status_code == 200
-        assert resp.json()["notify_targets"] == []
-
-    def test_create_invalid_notify_targets(self, client):
-        resp = client.post(
-            "/v1/api/admin/schedules",
-            json=_cron_payload(notify_targets="not json"),
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 400
-        assert "notify_targets" in resp.json()["error"]
-
-    def test_create_notify_targets_missing_channel_type(self, client):
-        targets = [{"channel_id": "123"}]
-        resp = client.post(
-            "/v1/api/admin/schedules",
-            json=_cron_payload(notify_targets=targets),
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 400
-
-    def test_create_notify_targets_missing_id(self, client):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord"}]
-        resp = client.post(
-            "/v1/api/admin/schedules",
-            json=_cron_payload(notify_targets=targets),
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 400
-
-    def test_update_notify_targets(self, client):
-        create_resp = client.post("/v1/api/admin/schedules", json=_cron_payload())
-        task_id = create_resp.json()["task_id"]
-
-        new_targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "user_id": "999"}]
-        resp = client.put(
-            f"/v1/api/admin/schedules/{task_id}",
-            json={"notify_targets": new_targets},
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 200
-        assert resp.json()["notify_targets"] == new_targets
-
-    def test_update_clear_notify_targets(self, client):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123"}]
-        create_resp = client.post(
-            "/v1/api/admin/schedules",
-            json=_cron_payload(notify_targets=targets),
-        )
-        task_id = create_resp.json()["task_id"]
-
-        resp = client.put(
-            f"/v1/api/admin/schedules/{task_id}",
-            json={"notify_targets": []},
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 200
-        assert resp.json()["notify_targets"] == []
-
-    def test_get_includes_notify_targets(self, client):
-        targets = [{"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "456"}]
-        create_resp = client.post(
-            "/v1/api/admin/schedules",
-            json=_cron_payload(notify_targets=targets),
-        )
-        task_id = create_resp.json()["task_id"]
-
-        get_resp = client.get(f"/v1/api/admin/schedules/{task_id}")
-        assert get_resp.status_code == 200
-        assert get_resp.json()["notify_targets"] == targets
-
-    def test_update_invalid_notify_targets(self, client):
-        create_resp = client.post("/v1/api/admin/schedules", json=_cron_payload())
-        task_id = create_resp.json()["task_id"]
-
-        resp = client.put(
-            f"/v1/api/admin/schedules/{task_id}",
-            json={"notify_targets": "not json"},
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 400
@@ -210,34 +210,6 @@ class TestNotifyEndpoint:
        results = resp.json()["results"]
        assert results[0]["status"] == "failed"

-    def test_adapter_timeout(self, storage, mock_adapter, monkeypatch):
-        """Adapter calls that exceed the timeout return timeout status."""
-        import asyncio
-
-        async def _hang(*_args: object) -> str:
-            await asyncio.sleep(300)
-            return ""
-
-        mock_adapter.send = _hang
-
-        # Use a very short timeout to keep the test fast
-        from turnstone.channels import _http as _http_mod
-
-        monkeypatch.setattr(_http_mod, "_NOTIFY_ADAPTER_TIMEOUT", 0.1)
-        app = create_channel_app({"discord": mock_adapter}, storage, jwt_secret=_JWT_SECRET)
-        tc = TestClient(app)
-        resp = tc.post(
-            "/v1/api/notify",
-            json={
-                "target": {"channel_type": "discord", "channel_id": "123456"},
-                "message": "Hello!",
-            },
-            headers=_auth_headers(),
-        )
-        assert resp.status_code == 200
-        results = resp.json()["results"]
-        assert results[0]["status"] == "timeout"
-
    def test_invalid_json(self, client):
        resp = client.post(
            "/v1/api/notify",
@@ -224,74 +224,3 @@ class TestTimeBudget:
        )
        # Should still find the highest-priority check
        assert r.risk_level in ("none", "high")  # either found it or ran out
-
-
-class TestConfigurablePatterns:
-    """Tests for evaluate_output() with configurable patterns kwarg."""
-
-    def test_custom_patterns_detect(self):
-        """Custom patterns detect matching output."""
-        import re
-
-        from turnstone.core.output_guard import OutputGuardPatternDef, evaluate_output
-
-        custom_patterns = {
-            "prompt_injection": (
-                OutputGuardPatternDef(
-                    name="test-pattern",
-                    category="prompt_injection",
-                    risk_level="high",
-                    compiled=re.compile(r"EVIL_MARKER"),
-                    flag_name="test_flag",
-                    annotation="Test annotation",
-                ),
-            ),
-        }
-        result = evaluate_output("This contains EVIL_MARKER in output", patterns=custom_patterns)
-        assert "test_flag" in result.flags
-        assert result.risk_level == "high"
-        assert "Test annotation" in result.annotations
-
-    def test_custom_patterns_clean_output(self):
-        """Clean output produces no flags with custom patterns."""
-        from turnstone.core.output_guard import evaluate_output
-
-        result = evaluate_output("Hello world", patterns={})
-        assert result.risk_level == "none"
-        assert result.flags == []
-
-    def test_none_patterns_uses_builtins(self):
-        """When patterns=None, legacy built-in checks are used (backward compat)."""
-        from turnstone.core.output_guard import evaluate_output
-
-        result = evaluate_output("ignore your previous instructions", patterns=None)
-        assert "prompt_injection" in result.flags
-
-    def test_custom_credential_pattern_redacts(self):
-        """Custom credential patterns trigger redaction."""
-        import re
-
-        from turnstone.core.output_guard import OutputGuardPatternDef, evaluate_output
-
-        custom_patterns = {
-            "credentials": (
-                OutputGuardPatternDef(
-                    name="test-cred",
-                    category="credentials",
-                    risk_level="high",
-                    compiled=re.compile(r"SECRET_[A-Z0-9]{10,}"),
-                    flag_name="credential_leak",
-                    annotation="Test credential detected",
-                    is_credential=True,
-                    redact_label="test_secret",
-                ),
-            ),
-        }
-        result = evaluate_output(
-            "Found key: SECRET_ABCDEF1234567890",
-            patterns=custom_patterns,
-        )
-        assert "credential_leak" in result.flags
-        assert result.sanitized is not None
-        assert "[REDACTED:test_secret]" in result.sanitized
-        assert "SECRET_ABCDEF1234567890" not in result.sanitized
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class TestMCPTemplates:


 class TestResumeDeletedTemplate:
-    def test_resume_with_deleted_template_degrades_gracefully(self, tmp_db, caplog):
+    def test_resume_with_deleted_template_degrades_gracefully(self, tmp_db, capsys):
        from turnstone.core.memory import save_message
        from turnstone.core.storage import get_storage

@@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ class TestResumeDeletedTemplate:
        content = _sys_content(session2)
        assert "EPHEMERAL_CONTENT" not in content
        # Warning should be logged via structlog
-        assert "not_found" in caplog.text
+        captured = capsys.readouterr()
+        assert "not_found" in captured.out or "not_found" in captured.err


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -9,18 +9,9 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, patch
 import pytest

 from turnstone.core.providers._openai import OpenAIProvider
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_common import (
-    apply_cache_retention,
-    apply_temperature_and_effort,
-    apply_tool_search,
-    format_citations,
-    sanitize_messages,
-)
 from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
    CompletionResult,
    LLMProvider,
-    ModelCapabilities,
    StreamChunk,
    ToolCallDelta,
    UsageInfo,
@@ -142,38 +133,38 @@ def _anthropic_event(


 class TestOpenAIProvider:
-    """Tests for the OpenAI Chat Completions provider adapter."""
+    """Tests for the OpenAI-compatible provider adapter."""

    def setup_method(self) -> None:
        self.provider = OpenAIProvider()

    def test_provider_name(self) -> None:
-        assert self.provider.provider_name == "openai-compatible"
+        assert self.provider.provider_name == "openai"

    # -- _sanitize_messages ---------------------------------------------------

    def test_sanitize_messages_none_content_no_tool_calls(self) -> None:
        msgs = [{"role": "assistant", "content": None}]
-        assert sanitize_messages(msgs) == [{"role": "assistant", "content": ""}]
+        assert self.provider._sanitize_messages(msgs) == [{"role": "assistant", "content": ""}]

    def test_sanitize_messages_none_content_with_tool_calls(self) -> None:
        msgs = [{"role": "assistant", "content": None, "tool_calls": [{"id": "1"}]}]
-        result = sanitize_messages(msgs)
+        result = self.provider._sanitize_messages(msgs)
        assert result[0]["content"] is None
        assert result[0]["tool_calls"] == [{"id": "1"}]

    def test_sanitize_messages_empty_string_passthrough(self) -> None:
        msgs = [{"role": "assistant", "content": ""}]
-        assert sanitize_messages(msgs) == msgs
+        assert self.provider._sanitize_messages(msgs) == msgs

    def test_sanitize_messages_non_assistant_unchanged(self) -> None:
        msgs = [{"role": "user", "content": None}]
-        result = sanitize_messages(msgs)
+        result = self.provider._sanitize_messages(msgs)
        assert result[0]["content"] is None

    def test_sanitize_messages_does_not_mutate_original(self) -> None:
        original = {"role": "assistant", "content": None}
-        sanitize_messages([original])
+        self.provider._sanitize_messages([original])
        assert original["content"] is None

    # -- convert_tools --------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1001,10 +992,10 @@ class TestProviderFactory:
    """Tests for create_provider and create_client factory functions."""

    def test_create_provider_openai(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers import OpenAIResponsesProvider, create_provider
+        from turnstone.core.providers import create_provider

        provider = create_provider("openai")
-        assert isinstance(provider, OpenAIResponsesProvider)
+        assert isinstance(provider, OpenAIProvider)
        assert provider.provider_name == "openai"

    def test_create_provider_anthropic(self) -> None:
@@ -1049,24 +1040,6 @@ class TestProviderFactory:

        assert not isinstance(NotAProvider(), LLMProvider)

-    def test_create_provider_openai_compatible(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers import create_provider
-
-        provider = create_provider("openai-compatible")
-        assert isinstance(provider, OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider)
-        assert provider.provider_name == "openai-compatible"
-
-    def test_create_provider_openai_vs_compatible_distinct(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers import OpenAIResponsesProvider, create_provider
-
-        openai_prov = create_provider("openai")
-        compat = create_provider("openai-compatible")
-        assert openai_prov is not compat
-        assert isinstance(openai_prov, OpenAIResponsesProvider)
-        assert isinstance(compat, OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider)
-        assert openai_prov.provider_name == "openai"
-        assert compat.provider_name == "openai-compatible"
-
    def test_create_provider_returns_singleton(self) -> None:
        from turnstone.core.providers import create_provider

@@ -1138,7 +1111,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """Unknown/local models should NOT receive top-level reasoning_effort."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("my-local-model")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="medium")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="medium")
        assert "reasoning_effort" not in kwargs
        assert kwargs["temperature"] == 0.7

@@ -1146,7 +1119,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """GPT-5 base: no temperature, reasoning_effort sent."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="high")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="high")
        assert "temperature" not in kwargs
        assert kwargs["reasoning_effort"] == "high"

@@ -1154,7 +1127,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """GPT-5.1: temperature only when reasoning_effort='none'."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5.1")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="none")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="none")
        assert kwargs["temperature"] == 0.7
        assert "reasoning_effort" not in kwargs  # "none" is skipped

@@ -1162,7 +1135,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """GPT-5.1: no temperature when reasoning is active."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5.1")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="high")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="high")
        assert "temperature" not in kwargs
        assert kwargs["reasoning_effort"] == "high"

@@ -1170,7 +1143,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """O-series: no temperature, no reasoning_effort."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("o3")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="medium")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="medium")
        assert "temperature" not in kwargs
        assert "reasoning_effort" not in kwargs

@@ -1178,7 +1151,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """GPT-5 pro only supports 'high'; unsupported values fall back to default."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5-pro")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="medium")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="medium")
        assert "temperature" not in kwargs
        assert kwargs["reasoning_effort"] == "high"  # fell back to default

@@ -1186,7 +1159,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        """GPT-5 pro accepts 'high' directly."""
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5-pro")
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="high")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="high")
        assert kwargs["reasoning_effort"] == "high"

    def test_gpt54_1m_context_and_effort(self) -> None:
@@ -1194,11 +1167,11 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5.4")
        assert caps.context_window == 1050000
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="none")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="none")
        assert kwargs["temperature"] == 0.7
        assert "reasoning_effort" not in kwargs
        kwargs2: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs2, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="xhigh")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs2, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="xhigh")
        assert "temperature" not in kwargs2
        assert kwargs2["reasoning_effort"] == "xhigh"

@@ -1207,7 +1180,7 @@ class TestOpenAIParameterGating:
        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5.4-pro")
        assert caps.context_window == 1050000
        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="low")
+        self.provider._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature=0.7, reasoning_effort="low")
        assert "temperature" not in kwargs
        assert kwargs["reasoning_effort"] == "medium"  # fell back from unsupported "low"

@@ -1854,7 +1827,7 @@ class TestOpenAIWebSearch:
        ann.url_citation = citation

        content = "Some search result text."
-        result = format_citations(content, [ann])
+        result = OpenAIProvider._format_citations(content, [ann])
        assert "Sources:" in result
        assert "[Example Page](https://example.com)" in result

@@ -1869,7 +1842,7 @@ class TestOpenAIWebSearch:
        ann2.url_citation = MagicMock(title="Page Again", url="https://example.com")

        content = "Text."
-        result = format_citations(content, [ann1, ann2])
+        result = OpenAIProvider._format_citations(content, [ann1, ann2])
        assert result.count("example.com") == 1

    def test_format_citations_skips_non_url_citation(self) -> None:
@@ -1878,7 +1851,7 @@ class TestOpenAIWebSearch:
        ann.type = "something_else"

        content = "Text."
-        result = format_citations(content, [ann])
+        result = OpenAIProvider._format_citations(content, [ann])
        assert "Sources:" not in result

    def test_format_citations_empty_title(self) -> None:
@@ -1887,7 +1860,7 @@ class TestOpenAIWebSearch:
        ann.type = "url_citation"
        ann.url_citation = MagicMock(title="", url="https://example.com")

-        result = format_citations("Text.", [ann])
+        result = OpenAIProvider._format_citations("Text.", [ann])
        assert "https://example.com" in result
        # Should not have markdown link format when title is empty
        assert "[](https://example.com)" not in result
@@ -1898,7 +1871,7 @@ class TestOpenAIWebSearch:
        ann.type = "url_citation"
        ann.url_citation = None

-        result = format_citations("Text.", [ann])
+        result = OpenAIProvider._format_citations("Text.", [ann])
        assert "Sources:" not in result

    def test_apply_web_search_with_no_tools(self) -> None:
@@ -2372,7 +2345,7 @@ class TestOpenAIToolSearch:
            },
        ]
        deferred = frozenset(["mcp__slack__send"])
-        result = apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred)
+        result = provider._apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred)
        assert result is not None
        # bash not deferred
        assert result[0].get("defer_loading") is None or result[0].get("defer_loading") is False
@@ -2384,7 +2357,7 @@ class TestOpenAIToolSearch:
        tools = [
            {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "bash", "description": "Run commands"}},
        ]
-        result = apply_tool_search(caps, tools, None)
+        result = provider._apply_tool_search(caps, tools, None)
        assert result == tools

    def test_apply_tool_search_no_op_on_unsupported_model(self, provider):
@@ -2393,7 +2366,7 @@ class TestOpenAIToolSearch:
            {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "bash", "description": "Run commands"}},
        ]
        deferred = frozenset(["some_tool"])
-        result = apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred)
+        result = provider._apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred)
        assert result == tools


@@ -2726,14 +2699,14 @@ class TestOpenAIPromptCaching:
        """GPT-5.x models get prompt_cache_retention=24h."""
        for model in ("gpt-5", "gpt-5.1", "gpt-5.2", "gpt-5.4", "gpt-5-mini", "gpt-5-pro"):
            kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-            apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
+            self.provider._apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
            assert kwargs.get("prompt_cache_retention") == "24h", f"Failed for {model}"

    def test_cache_retention_not_set_for_non_gpt5(self) -> None:
        """Non-GPT-5 models do not get cache retention."""
        for model in ("o3", "o4-mini", "local-model", "gpt-4o"):
            kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
-            apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
+            self.provider._apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
            assert "prompt_cache_retention" not in kwargs, f"Unexpected retention for {model}"

    def test_streaming_cached_tokens_from_usage(self) -> None:
@@ -2872,529 +2845,3 @@ class TestMetricsCacheTokens:
        assert 'turnstone_tokens_total{type="cache_creation"} 800' in text
        assert 'turnstone_tokens_total{type="cache_read"} 200' in text
        assert 'turnstone_tokens_total{type="prompt"} 1000' in text
-
-
-# ===========================================================================
-# TestOpenAIResponsesProvider — Responses API provider
-# ===========================================================================
-
-
-class TestOpenAIResponsesProvider:
-    """Tests for the OpenAI Responses API provider."""
-
-    def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
-
-        self.provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-
-    def test_provider_name(self) -> None:
-        assert self.provider.provider_name == "openai"
-
-    def test_get_capabilities(self) -> None:
-        caps = self.provider.get_capabilities("gpt-5.4")
-        assert caps.context_window == 1050000
-        assert caps.supports_tool_search is True
-
-
-class TestResponsesMessageConversion:
-    """Tests for _convert_messages — Chat Completions format to Responses API."""
-
-    def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
-
-        self.provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-
-    def test_system_message_to_instructions(self) -> None:
-        messages = [
-            {"role": "system", "content": "You are helpful."},
-            {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"},
-        ]
-        instructions, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert instructions == "You are helpful."
-        assert len(items) == 1
-        assert items[0]["role"] == "user"
-        assert items[0]["content"] == "Hello"
-
-    def test_multiple_system_messages_concatenated(self) -> None:
-        messages = [
-            {"role": "system", "content": "Rule 1"},
-            {"role": "developer", "content": "Rule 2"},
-            {"role": "user", "content": "Hi"},
-        ]
-        instructions, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert instructions == "Rule 1\n\nRule 2"
-        assert len(items) == 1
-
-    def test_assistant_text_message(self) -> None:
-        messages = [
-            {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello back"},
-        ]
-        _, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert len(items) == 1
-        assert items[0]["type"] == "message"
-        assert items[0]["role"] == "assistant"
-        assert items[0]["content"] == "Hello back"
-
-    def test_assistant_tool_calls(self) -> None:
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "assistant",
-                "content": None,
-                "tool_calls": [
-                    {
-                        "id": "call_1",
-                        "function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "/tmp"}'},
-                    }
-                ],
-            },
-        ]
-        _, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert len(items) == 1
-        assert items[0]["type"] == "function_call"
-        assert items[0]["call_id"] == "call_1"
-        assert items[0]["name"] == "read_file"
-        assert items[0]["arguments"] == '{"path": "/tmp"}'
-
-    def test_tool_result(self) -> None:
-        messages = [
-            {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_1", "content": "file contents"},
-        ]
-        _, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert len(items) == 1
-        assert items[0]["type"] == "function_call_output"
-        assert items[0]["call_id"] == "call_1"
-        assert items[0]["output"] == "file contents"
-
-    def test_provider_content_ignored_with_store_false(self) -> None:
-        """With store=False, provider_content is ignored — rebuild from content."""
-        provider_items = [
-            {
-                "type": "message",
-                "role": "assistant",
-                "content": [{"type": "output_text", "text": "Hi"}],
-            },
-            {"type": "function_call", "call_id": "c1", "name": "f", "arguments": "{}"},
-        ]
-        messages = [
-            {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hi", "_provider_content": provider_items},
-        ]
-        _, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        # Should rebuild from content, not passthrough provider_content
-        assert len(items) == 1
-        assert items[0]["type"] == "message"
-        assert items[0]["content"] == "Hi"
-
-    def test_no_system_returns_none_instructions(self) -> None:
-        messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
-        instructions, _ = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert instructions is None
-
-    def test_assistant_with_content_and_tool_calls(self) -> None:
-        """Assistant message with both text and tool calls emits separate items."""
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "assistant",
-                "content": "I'll read that file",
-                "tool_calls": [
-                    {
-                        "id": "call_1",
-                        "function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "/tmp"}'},
-                    }
-                ],
-            },
-        ]
-        _, items = self.provider._convert_messages(messages)
-        assert len(items) == 2
-        assert items[0]["type"] == "message"
-        assert items[0]["content"] == "I'll read that file"
-        assert items[1]["type"] == "function_call"
-        assert items[1]["name"] == "read_file"
-
-
-class TestResponsesToolConversion:
-    """Tests for _convert_tools — Chat Completions tool format to Responses API."""
-
-    def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
-
-        self.provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-
-    def test_function_tool_conversion(self) -> None:
-        tools = [
-            {
-                "type": "function",
-                "function": {
-                    "name": "read_file",
-                    "description": "Read a file",
-                    "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"path": {"type": "string"}}},
-                },
-            }
-        ]
-        caps = ModelCapabilities()
-        result = self.provider._convert_tools(tools, caps)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert len(result) == 1
-        assert result[0]["type"] == "function"
-        assert result[0]["name"] == "read_file"
-        assert result[0]["description"] == "Read a file"
-        assert result[0]["strict"] is False
-
-    def test_web_search_replaced_with_native(self) -> None:
-        tools = [
-            {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "web_search", "description": "Search"}},
-            {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "read_file", "description": "Read"}},
-        ]
-        caps = ModelCapabilities(supports_web_search=True)
-        result = self.provider._convert_tools(tools, caps)
-        assert result is not None
-        names = [t.get("name", t.get("type")) for t in result]
-        assert "web_search" in names  # native web_search tool
-        assert "read_file" in names
-
-    def test_none_tools_returns_none(self) -> None:
-        caps = ModelCapabilities()
-        assert self.provider._convert_tools(None, caps) is None
-
-    def test_defer_loading_preserved(self) -> None:
-        tools = [
-            {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "f"}, "defer_loading": True},
-        ]
-        caps = ModelCapabilities()
-        result = self.provider._convert_tools(tools, caps)
-        assert result is not None
-        assert result[0].get("defer_loading") is True
-
-
-class TestResponsesParamBuilding:
-    """Tests for _build_kwargs — parameter construction for Responses API."""
-
-    def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
-
-        self.provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-
-    def test_reasoning_effort_as_dict(self) -> None:
-        kwargs = self.provider._build_kwargs(
-            model="gpt-5.4",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}],
-            tools=None,
-            max_tokens=4096,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            reasoning_effort="high",
-            deferred_names=None,
-        )
-        assert kwargs["reasoning"] == {"effort": "high"}
-        assert "reasoning_effort" not in kwargs
-
-    def test_no_reasoning_when_none_effort(self) -> None:
-        kwargs = self.provider._build_kwargs(
-            model="gpt-5.4",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}],
-            tools=None,
-            max_tokens=4096,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            reasoning_effort="none",
-            deferred_names=None,
-        )
-        assert "reasoning" not in kwargs
-
-    def test_store_is_false(self) -> None:
-        kwargs = self.provider._build_kwargs(
-            model="gpt-5.4",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}],
-            tools=None,
-            max_tokens=4096,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            reasoning_effort="medium",
-            deferred_names=None,
-        )
-        assert kwargs["store"] is False
-
-    def test_cache_retention_for_gpt5(self) -> None:
-        kwargs = self.provider._build_kwargs(
-            model="gpt-5.4",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}],
-            tools=None,
-            max_tokens=4096,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            reasoning_effort="medium",
-            deferred_names=None,
-        )
-        assert kwargs["prompt_cache_retention"] == "24h"
-
-    def test_instructions_from_system_messages(self) -> None:
-        kwargs = self.provider._build_kwargs(
-            model="gpt-5.4",
-            messages=[
-                {"role": "system", "content": "Be helpful"},
-                {"role": "user", "content": "Hi"},
-            ],
-            tools=None,
-            max_tokens=4096,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            reasoning_effort="none",
-            deferred_names=None,
-        )
-        assert kwargs["instructions"] == "Be helpful"
-
-    def test_web_search_injected_with_no_tools(self) -> None:
-        """Search-capable models get web_search tool even when tools=None."""
-        kwargs = self.provider._build_kwargs(
-            model="gpt-5-search-api",
-            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}],
-            tools=None,
-            max_tokens=4096,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            reasoning_effort="none",
-            deferred_names=None,
-        )
-        assert "tools" in kwargs
-        tool_types = [t.get("type") for t in kwargs["tools"]]
-        assert "web_search" in tool_types
-
-
-class TestResponsesCitationFormat:
-    """Test format_citations handles Responses API flat annotation format."""
-
-    def test_responses_api_flat_annotation(self) -> None:
-        """Responses API annotations have title/url directly on the object."""
-
-        class FlatAnnotation:
-            type = "url_citation"
-            url_citation = None  # Not present in Responses API
-            title = "Example"
-            url = "https://example.com"
-
-        result = format_citations("Text.", [FlatAnnotation()])
-        assert "Sources:" in result
-        assert "[Example](https://example.com)" in result
-
-
-class TestResponsesStreaming:
-    """Tests for Responses API streaming event handling."""
-
-    def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
-
-        self.provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-
-    def _make_event(self, event_type: str, **attrs: Any) -> MagicMock:
-        event = MagicMock()
-        event.type = event_type
-        for k, v in attrs.items():
-            setattr(event, k, v)
-        return event
-
-    def test_text_delta(self) -> None:
-        events = [
-            self._make_event("response.output_text.delta", delta="Hello"),
-            self._make_event("response.output_text.delta", delta=" world"),
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.completed",
-                response=MagicMock(
-                    status="completed",
-                    usage=None,
-                ),
-            ),
-        ]
-        chunks = list(self.provider._iter_stream(iter(events)))
-        text_chunks = [c for c in chunks if c.content_delta]
-        assert len(text_chunks) == 2
-        assert text_chunks[0].content_delta == "Hello"
-        assert text_chunks[0].is_first is True
-        assert text_chunks[1].content_delta == " world"
-
-    def test_reasoning_delta(self) -> None:
-        events = [
-            self._make_event("response.reasoning_text.delta", delta="thinking..."),
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.completed",
-                response=MagicMock(
-                    status="completed",
-                    usage=None,
-                ),
-            ),
-        ]
-        chunks = list(self.provider._iter_stream(iter(events)))
-        reasoning = [c for c in chunks if c.reasoning_delta]
-        assert len(reasoning) == 1
-        assert reasoning[0].reasoning_delta == "thinking..."
-        assert reasoning[0].is_first is True
-
-    def test_tool_call_streaming(self) -> None:
-        item = MagicMock()
-        item.type = "function_call"
-        item.id = "fc_abc123"
-        item.call_id = "call_1"
-        item.name = "read_file"
-
-        events = [
-            self._make_event("response.output_item.added", item=item),
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.function_call_arguments.delta",
-                item_id="fc_abc123",
-                delta='{"path":',
-            ),
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.function_call_arguments.delta",
-                item_id="fc_abc123",
-                delta='"/tmp"}',
-            ),
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.completed",
-                response=MagicMock(
-                    status="completed",
-                    usage=None,
-                ),
-            ),
-        ]
-        chunks = list(self.provider._iter_stream(iter(events)))
-        tc_chunks = [c for c in chunks if c.tool_call_deltas]
-        assert len(tc_chunks) == 3
-        # First chunk: tool call added with name
-        assert tc_chunks[0].tool_call_deltas[0].name == "read_file"
-        assert tc_chunks[0].tool_call_deltas[0].id == "call_1"
-        # Argument deltas
-        assert tc_chunks[1].tool_call_deltas[0].arguments_delta == '{"path":'
-        assert tc_chunks[2].tool_call_deltas[0].arguments_delta == '"/tmp"}'
-
-    def test_completed_event_with_usage(self) -> None:
-        usage = MagicMock()
-        usage.input_tokens = 100
-        usage.output_tokens = 50
-        usage.total_tokens = 150
-        usage.input_tokens_details = MagicMock(cached_tokens=80)
-        # Ensure Chat Completions attributes are not present
-        del usage.prompt_tokens
-        del usage.completion_tokens
-        del usage.prompt_tokens_details
-
-        events = [
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.completed",
-                response=MagicMock(
-                    status="completed",
-                    usage=usage,
-                ),
-            ),
-        ]
-        chunks = list(self.provider._iter_stream(iter(events)))
-        final = [c for c in chunks if c.finish_reason]
-        assert len(final) == 1
-        assert final[0].finish_reason == "stop"
-        assert final[0].usage is not None
-        assert final[0].usage.prompt_tokens == 100
-        assert final[0].usage.completion_tokens == 50
-        assert final[0].usage.cache_read_tokens == 80
-
-    def test_web_search_events(self) -> None:
-        events = [
-            self._make_event("response.web_search_call.searching"),
-            self._make_event("response.web_search_call.completed"),
-            self._make_event(
-                "response.completed",
-                response=MagicMock(
-                    status="completed",
-                    usage=None,
-                ),
-            ),
-        ]
-        chunks = list(self.provider._iter_stream(iter(events)))
-        info = [c for c in chunks if c.info_delta]
-        assert len(info) == 2
-        assert "Searching" in info[0].info_delta
-        assert "complete" in info[1].info_delta
-
-
-class TestResponsesCompletion:
-    """Tests for non-streaming Responses API completion."""
-
-    def setup_method(self) -> None:
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
-
-        self.provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-
-    def _make_response(
-        self,
-        text: str = "Hello",
-        tool_calls: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
-        status: str = "completed",
-    ) -> MagicMock:
-        resp = MagicMock()
-        resp.status = status
-        resp.usage = MagicMock()
-        resp.usage.input_tokens = 10
-        resp.usage.output_tokens = 5
-        resp.usage.total_tokens = 15
-        resp.usage.input_tokens_details = MagicMock(cached_tokens=0)
-        # Remove Chat Completions attributes
-        del resp.usage.prompt_tokens
-        del resp.usage.completion_tokens
-        del resp.usage.prompt_tokens_details
-
-        output: list[Any] = []
-        if text:
-            msg = MagicMock()
-            msg.type = "message"
-            text_part = MagicMock()
-            text_part.type = "output_text"
-            text_part.text = text
-            text_part.annotations = []
-            msg.content = [text_part]
-            msg.model_dump.return_value = {
-                "type": "message",
-                "content": [{"type": "output_text", "text": text}],
-            }
-            output.append(msg)
-        if tool_calls:
-            for tc in tool_calls:
-                item = MagicMock()
-                item.type = "function_call"
-                item.call_id = tc["id"]
-                item.name = tc["name"]
-                item.arguments = tc["arguments"]
-                item.model_dump.return_value = {
-                    "type": "function_call",
-                    "call_id": tc["id"],
-                    "name": tc["name"],
-                    "arguments": tc["arguments"],
-                }
-                output.append(item)
-        resp.output = output
-        return resp
-
-    def test_basic_text_completion(self) -> None:
-        resp = self._make_response(text="Hello world")
-        result = self.provider._parse_response(resp)
-        assert result.content == "Hello world"
-        assert result.tool_calls is None
-        assert result.finish_reason == "stop"
-
-    def test_completion_with_tool_calls(self) -> None:
-        resp = self._make_response(
-            text="",
-            tool_calls=[{"id": "call_1", "name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "/tmp"}'}],
-        )
-        result = self.provider._parse_response(resp)
-        assert result.tool_calls is not None
-        assert len(result.tool_calls) == 1
-        assert result.tool_calls[0]["id"] == "call_1"
-        assert result.tool_calls[0]["function"]["name"] == "read_file"
-
-    def test_provider_blocks_captured(self) -> None:
-        resp = self._make_response(text="Hello")
-        result = self.provider._parse_response(resp)
-        assert len(result.provider_blocks) > 0
-        assert result.provider_blocks[0]["type"] == "message"
-
-    def test_incomplete_status_maps_to_length(self) -> None:
-        resp = self._make_response(text="Partial", status="incomplete")
-        result = self.provider._parse_response(resp)
-        assert result.finish_reason == "length"
-
-    def test_usage_extraction(self) -> None:
-        resp = self._make_response(text="Hi")
-        result = self.provider._parse_response(resp)
-        assert result.usage is not None
-        assert result.usage.prompt_tokens == 10
-        assert result.usage.completion_tokens == 5
@@ -1,307 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for rule_registry — merge logic for heuristic rules and output guard patterns."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from turnstone.core.rule_registry import (
-    RuleRegistry,
-)
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Mock storage helper
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class _MockStorage:
-    """Minimal storage stub that returns configurable rule/pattern lists."""
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        heuristic_rows: list[dict] | None = None,
-        output_pattern_rows: list[dict] | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        self._heuristic_rows = heuristic_rows or []
-        self._output_pattern_rows = output_pattern_rows or []
-
-    def list_heuristic_rules(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict]:
-        return list(self._heuristic_rows)
-
-    def list_output_guard_patterns(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict]:
-        return list(self._output_pattern_rows)
-
-
-class _BrokenStorage(_MockStorage):
-    """Storage stub that raises on every call."""
-
-    def list_heuristic_rules(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict]:
-        raise RuntimeError("DB connection lost")
-
-    def list_output_guard_patterns(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict]:
-        raise RuntimeError("DB connection lost")
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 1. RuleRegistry with no storage — only built-in rules
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestBuiltinsOnly:
-    def test_builtin_heuristic_rules_loaded(self) -> None:
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=None)
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 37
-
-    def test_builtin_output_patterns_loaded(self) -> None:
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=None)
-        total = sum(len(pats) for pats in reg.output_patterns.values())
-        assert total == 19
-        assert len(reg.output_patterns) == 5
-
-    def test_heuristic_rules_sorted_by_tier(self) -> None:
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=None)
-        tier_order = {"critical": 0, "high": 1, "medium": 2, "low": 3}
-        tiers = [tier_order[r.tier] for r in reg.heuristic_rules]
-        assert tiers == sorted(tiers)
-
-    def test_output_patterns_grouped_by_category(self) -> None:
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=None)
-        expected_categories = {
-            "prompt_injection",
-            "credentials",
-            "encoded_payloads",
-            "adversarial_urls",
-            "info_disclosure",
-        }
-        assert set(reg.output_patterns.keys()) == expected_categories
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 2. RuleRegistry with mock storage — merge logic
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestHeuristicMerge:
-    def test_custom_rule_added(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            heuristic_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "my-custom-rule",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                    "builtin": False,
-                    "risk_level": "high",
-                    "confidence": 0.85,
-                    "recommendation": "review",
-                    "tool_pattern": "bash",
-                    "arg_patterns": '["rm -rf /tmp"]',
-                    "intent_template": "Custom: {arg_snippet}",
-                    "reasoning_template": "Custom reasoning.",
-                    "tier": "high",
-                    "priority": 0,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        names = [r.name for r in reg.heuristic_rules]
-        assert "my-custom-rule" in names
-        # Built-ins still present
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 38
-
-    def test_builtin_overridden(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            heuristic_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "rm-root",  # same name as built-in
-                    "enabled": True,
-                    "builtin": True,
-                    "risk_level": "high",  # changed from critical
-                    "confidence": 0.50,
-                    "recommendation": "review",
-                    "tool_pattern": "bash",
-                    "arg_patterns": "[]",
-                    "intent_template": "Overridden: {arg_snippet}",
-                    "reasoning_template": "Overridden reasoning.",
-                    "tier": "high",
-                    "priority": 0,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        matched = [r for r in reg.heuristic_rules if r.name == "rm-root"]
-        assert len(matched) == 1
-        assert matched[0].risk_level == "high"
-        assert matched[0].confidence == 0.50
-        assert matched[0].intent_template == "Overridden: {arg_snippet}"
-
-    def test_builtin_disabled(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            heuristic_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "rm-root",
-                    "enabled": False,
-                    "builtin": True,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        names = [r.name for r in reg.heuristic_rules]
-        assert "rm-root" not in names
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 36
-
-    def test_custom_rule_disabled_excluded(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            heuristic_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "my-disabled-rule",
-                    "enabled": False,
-                    "builtin": False,
-                    "risk_level": "medium",
-                    "confidence": 0.70,
-                    "recommendation": "review",
-                    "tool_pattern": "*",
-                    "arg_patterns": "[]",
-                    "intent_template": "",
-                    "reasoning_template": "",
-                    "tier": "medium",
-                    "priority": 0,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        names = [r.name for r in reg.heuristic_rules]
-        assert "my-disabled-rule" not in names
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 37
-
-    def test_reload_updates_rules(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage()
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 37
-
-        # Simulate admin adding a rule
-        storage._heuristic_rows.append(
-            {
-                "name": "late-addition",
-                "enabled": True,
-                "builtin": False,
-                "risk_level": "medium",
-                "confidence": 0.70,
-                "recommendation": "review",
-                "tool_pattern": "bash",
-                "arg_patterns": "[]",
-                "intent_template": "Late: {arg_snippet}",
-                "reasoning_template": "Added after init.",
-                "tier": "medium",
-                "priority": 0,
-            }
-        )
-        reg.reload()
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 38
-        assert "late-addition" in [r.name for r in reg.heuristic_rules]
-
-    def test_version_increments_on_reload(self) -> None:
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=None)
-        v1 = reg.version
-        assert v1 == 1  # __init__ calls reload() once
-        reg.reload()
-        assert reg.version == 2
-        reg.reload()
-        assert reg.version == 3
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 3. OutputGuardPatternDef merge
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestOutputPatternMerge:
-    def test_custom_output_pattern_added(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            output_pattern_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "custom-ssn",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                    "builtin": False,
-                    "category": "info_disclosure",
-                    "risk_level": "high",
-                    "pattern": r"\b\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}\b",
-                    "pattern_flags": "",
-                    "flag_name": "ssn_leak",
-                    "annotation": "Output contains what appears to be a Social Security number.",
-                    "is_credential": True,
-                    "redact_label": "ssn",
-                    "priority": 50,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        info_pats = reg.output_patterns.get("info_disclosure", ())
-        names = [p.name for p in info_pats]
-        assert "custom-ssn" in names
-
-        total = sum(len(pats) for pats in reg.output_patterns.values())
-        assert total == 20
-
-    def test_builtin_output_pattern_disabled(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            output_pattern_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "override_phrases",
-                    "enabled": False,
-                    "builtin": True,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        pi_pats = reg.output_patterns.get("prompt_injection", ())
-        names = [p.name for p in pi_pats]
-        assert "override_phrases" not in names
-
-        total = sum(len(pats) for pats in reg.output_patterns.values())
-        assert total == 18
-
-    def test_invalid_regex_skipped(self) -> None:
-        storage = _MockStorage(
-            output_pattern_rows=[
-                {
-                    "name": "bad-regex",
-                    "enabled": True,
-                    "builtin": False,
-                    "category": "credentials",
-                    "risk_level": "high",
-                    "pattern": "[invalid(",  # broken regex
-                    "pattern_flags": "",
-                    "flag_name": "bad",
-                    "annotation": "Should be skipped.",
-                    "is_credential": False,
-                    "redact_label": "",
-                    "priority": 0,
-                },
-            ]
-        )
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        all_names = [p.name for pats in reg.output_patterns.values() for p in pats]
-        assert "bad-regex" not in all_names
-        # Built-ins intact
-        total = sum(len(pats) for pats in reg.output_patterns.values())
-        assert total == 19
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 4. Edge cases
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestEdgeCases:
-    def test_storage_error_falls_back_to_builtins(self) -> None:
-        storage = _BrokenStorage()
-        reg = RuleRegistry(storage=storage)
-        assert len(reg.heuristic_rules) == 37
-        total = sum(len(pats) for pats in reg.output_patterns.values())
-        assert total == 19
-
-    def test_empty_storage_equals_builtins(self) -> None:
-        no_storage = RuleRegistry(storage=None)
-        empty_storage = RuleRegistry(storage=_MockStorage())
-        assert len(no_storage.heuristic_rules) == len(empty_storage.heuristic_rules)
-        assert set(no_storage.output_patterns.keys()) == set(empty_storage.output_patterns.keys())
-        for cat in no_storage.output_patterns:
-            no_names = {p.name for p in no_storage.output_patterns[cat]}
-            empty_names = {p.name for p in empty_storage.output_patterns[cat]}
-            assert no_names == empty_names
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ class _InjectAuthMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
                    "admin.roles",
                    "admin.orgs",
                    "admin.policies",
-                    "admin.prompt_policies",
                }
            ),
        )
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ def tmp_db():

 def _make_session(client, model_id, tmp_db, **kwargs) -> tuple[ChatSession, RecordingUI]:
    """Create a ChatSession with RecordingUI and sensible test defaults."""
-    from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider
-
    ui = RecordingUI()
    defaults = dict(
        client=client,
@@ -153,8 +151,6 @@ def _make_session(client, model_id, tmp_db, **kwargs) -> tuple[ChatSession, Reco
    )
    defaults.update(kwargs)
    session = ChatSession(**defaults)
-    # Mock-based tests use Chat Completions format (client.chat.completions)
-    session._provider = OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider()
    session.auto_approve = True
    return session, ui

@@ -756,6 +752,7 @@ class TestServerHealthMetrics:
        data = json.loads(body)
        assert "backend" in data
        assert data["backend"]["status"] in ("up", "down")
+        assert data["backend"]["circuit_state"] in ("closed", "open", "half_open")

    def test_metrics_contains_sse_connections(self):
        _, _, body = self._get("/metrics")
@@ -769,10 +766,9 @@ class TestServerHealthMetrics:
        _, _, body = self._get("/metrics")
        assert "turnstone_backend_up" in body

-    def test_metrics_no_circuit_state(self):
-        """Circuit state metric was removed (passive health tracking only)."""
+    def test_metrics_contains_circuit_state(self):
        _, _, body = self._get("/metrics")
-        assert "turnstone_circuit_state" not in body
+        assert "turnstone_circuit_state" in body

    def test_metrics_contains_eviction_counter(self):
        _, _, body = self._get("/metrics")
@@ -640,11 +640,13 @@ class TestExecReadImage:
        self._make_png(str(img))

        session = _make_session()
+        # Mock provider to report vision support
        mock_caps = MagicMock()
        mock_caps.supports_vision = True
-        with patch.object(session._provider, "get_capabilities", return_value=mock_caps):
-            item = {"call_id": "c1", "path": str(img), "offset": None, "limit": None}
-            call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)
+        session._provider.get_capabilities = MagicMock(return_value=mock_caps)
+
+        item = {"call_id": "c1", "path": str(img), "offset": None, "limit": None}
+        call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)

        assert call_id == "c1"
        assert isinstance(output, list)
@@ -667,9 +669,10 @@ class TestExecReadImage:
        session = _make_session()
        mock_caps = MagicMock()
        mock_caps.supports_vision = False
-        with patch.object(session._provider, "get_capabilities", return_value=mock_caps):
-            item = {"call_id": "c2", "path": str(img), "offset": None, "limit": None}
-            call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)
+        session._provider.get_capabilities = MagicMock(return_value=mock_caps)
+
+        item = {"call_id": "c2", "path": str(img), "offset": None, "limit": None}
+        call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)

        assert call_id == "c2"
        assert isinstance(output, str)
@@ -686,9 +689,10 @@ class TestExecReadImage:
        session = _make_session()
        mock_caps = MagicMock()
        mock_caps.supports_vision = True
-        with patch.object(session._provider, "get_capabilities", return_value=mock_caps):
-            item = {"call_id": "c3", "path": str(img), "offset": None, "limit": None}
-            call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)
+        session._provider.get_capabilities = MagicMock(return_value=mock_caps)
+
+        item = {"call_id": "c3", "path": str(img), "offset": None, "limit": None}
+        call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)

        assert call_id == "c3"
        assert isinstance(output, str)
@@ -699,14 +703,10 @@ class TestExecReadImage:
        session = _make_session()
        mock_caps = MagicMock()
        mock_caps.supports_vision = True
-        with patch.object(session._provider, "get_capabilities", return_value=mock_caps):
-            item = {
-                "call_id": "c4",
-                "path": str(tmp_path / "nope.png"),
-                "offset": None,
-                "limit": None,
-            }
-            call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)
+        session._provider.get_capabilities = MagicMock(return_value=mock_caps)
+
+        item = {"call_id": "c4", "path": str(tmp_path / "nope.png"), "offset": None, "limit": None}
+        call_id, output = session._exec_read_file(item)
        assert isinstance(output, str)
        assert "not found" in output

@@ -742,10 +742,9 @@ class TestGetCapabilitiesOverride:
            default="qwen-vl",
        )
        session = _make_session(registry=registry, model_alias="qwen-vl")
-        # Ensure provider returns a real ModelCapabilities (not MagicMock).
-        # Use patch.object so the singleton provider is restored after the test.
-        with patch.object(session._provider, "get_capabilities", return_value=ModelCapabilities()):
-            caps = session._get_capabilities()
+        # Ensure provider returns a real ModelCapabilities (not MagicMock)
+        session._provider.get_capabilities = MagicMock(return_value=ModelCapabilities())
+        caps = session._get_capabilities()
        assert caps.supports_vision is True

    def test_no_override_uses_provider_default(self, tmp_db):
@@ -922,10 +921,8 @@ class TestAgentOutputGuard:
    def test_agent_loop_calls_evaluate_output(self):
        """_run_agent passes tool output through _evaluate_output when output_guard is enabled."""
        from turnstone.core.judge import JudgeConfig
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider

        session = _make_session(judge_config=JudgeConfig(output_guard=True))
-        session._provider = OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider()

        with patch.object(session, "_evaluate_output", wraps=lambda cid, o, fn: o) as mock_eval:
            # Simulate _run_agent getting a tool call response then a text response
@@ -983,10 +980,8 @@ class TestAgentOutputGuard:
    def test_agent_loop_skips_guard_when_disabled(self):
        """_run_agent does not call _evaluate_output when output_guard is disabled."""
        from turnstone.core.judge import JudgeConfig
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider

        session = _make_session(judge_config=JudgeConfig(output_guard=False))
-        session._provider = OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider()

        with patch.object(session, "_evaluate_output") as mock_eval:
            call_count = [0]
@@ -1032,47 +1027,3 @@ class TestAgentOutputGuard:
                )

            mock_eval.assert_not_called()
-
-
-class TestProviderExtraParams:
-    """Tests for _provider_extra_params — local-only chat_template_kwargs."""
-
-    def _session_with_provider(self, provider_name: str, tmp_db) -> ChatSession:
-        from turnstone.core.providers import create_provider
-
-        session = _make_session(reasoning_effort="medium")
-        session._provider = create_provider(provider_name)
-        return session
-
-    def test_openai_compatible_returns_chat_template_kwargs(self, tmp_db):
-        session = self._session_with_provider("openai-compatible", tmp_db)
-        result = session._provider_extra_params()
-        assert result is not None
-        assert "chat_template_kwargs" in result
-        assert result["chat_template_kwargs"]["reasoning_effort"] == "medium"
-
-    def test_openai_commercial_returns_none(self, tmp_db):
-        session = self._session_with_provider("openai", tmp_db)
-        result = session._provider_extra_params()
-        assert result is None
-
-    def test_anthropic_returns_none(self, tmp_db):
-        session = self._session_with_provider("anthropic", tmp_db)
-        result = session._provider_extra_params()
-        assert result is None
-
-    def test_reasoning_effort_override(self, tmp_db):
-        session = self._session_with_provider("openai-compatible", tmp_db)
-        result = session._provider_extra_params(reasoning_effort="high")
-        assert result is not None
-        assert result["chat_template_kwargs"]["reasoning_effort"] == "high"
-
-    def test_explicit_openai_provider_overrides_session(self, tmp_db):
-        """Passing an explicit commercial OpenAI provider returns None even
-        when the session's own provider is openai-compatible."""
-        from turnstone.core.providers import create_provider
-
-        session = self._session_with_provider("openai-compatible", tmp_db)
-        openai_prov = create_provider("openai")
-        result = session._provider_extra_params(provider=openai_prov)
-        assert result is None
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ class TestSaveMessageUpdatesWorkstream:
    def test_updated_timestamp_bumped(self, tmp_db):
        register_workstream("s1")
        save_message("s1", "user", "first")
+        rows = list_workstreams_with_history()
+        _original_updated = rows[0][4]

        import time

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class TestSettingsSchema:
    def test_secret_flag(self, client):
        r = client.get("/v1/api/admin/settings/schema")
        by_key = {s["key"]: s for s in r.json()["schema"]}
-        assert by_key["tools.tavily_api_key"]["is_secret"] is True
+        assert by_key["judge.api_key"]["is_secret"] is True
        assert by_key["tools.timeout"]["is_secret"] is False


@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class TestSecretMasking:
        from turnstone.core.settings_registry import serialize_value

        storage.upsert_system_setting(
-            key="tools.tavily_api_key",
+            key="judge.api_key",
            value=serialize_value("sk-real-secret"),
            node_id="",
            is_secret=True,
@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ class TestSecretMasking:
        )
        r = client.get("/v1/api/admin/settings")
        by_key = {s["key"]: s for s in r.json()["settings"]}
-        assert by_key["tools.tavily_api_key"]["value"] == "***"
+        assert by_key["judge.api_key"]["value"] == "***"

    def test_secret_writable_via_api(self, client):
        """Secret settings can be written via API (write-only pattern)."""
        r = client.put(
-            "/v1/api/admin/settings/tools.tavily_api_key",
+            "/v1/api/admin/settings/judge.api_key",
            json={"value": "sk-secret-123"},
        )
        assert r.status_code == 200
@@ -268,19 +268,19 @@ class TestSecretMasking:
        """Submitting '***' for a secret setting is a no-op (preserve existing)."""
        # First write a real value
        r1 = client.put(
-            "/v1/api/admin/settings/tools.tavily_api_key",
+            "/v1/api/admin/settings/judge.api_key",
            json={"value": "sk-real-key"},
        )
        assert r1.status_code == 200
        # Now submit the sentinel — should return unchanged with full response shape
        r2 = client.put(
-            "/v1/api/admin/settings/tools.tavily_api_key",
+            "/v1/api/admin/settings/judge.api_key",
            json={"value": "***"},
        )
        assert r2.status_code == 200
        data = r2.json()
        assert data.get("unchanged") is True
-        assert data["key"] == "tools.tavily_api_key"
+        assert data["key"] == "judge.api_key"
        assert data["value"] == "***"
        assert data["type"] == "str"
        assert data["is_secret"] is True
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ class TestSecretMasking:
    def test_secret_still_masked_in_list(self, client):
        """After writing a secret, list still shows '***'."""
        client.put(
-            "/v1/api/admin/settings/tools.tavily_api_key",
+            "/v1/api/admin/settings/judge.api_key",
            json={"value": "sk-written-via-api"},
        )
        r = client.get("/v1/api/admin/settings")
        by_key = {s["key"]: s for s in r.json()["settings"]}
-        assert by_key["tools.tavily_api_key"]["value"] == "***"
+        assert by_key["judge.api_key"]["value"] == "***"


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class TestResetStorage:
        s1 = get_storage()
        reset_storage()
        # After reset, get_storage() auto-inits a new instance
+        monkeypatch_not_needed = True  # noqa: F841
        init_storage("sqlite", path=str(tmp_path / "test2.db"), run_migrations=False)
        s2 = get_storage()
        assert s1 is not s2
@@ -1,240 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for capacity-aware tool output truncation and context overflow recovery."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
-
-import pytest
-
-from turnstone.core.session import ChatSession
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Helpers
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def session(tmp_db, mock_openai_client):
-    """Create a ChatSession with defaults for truncation testing."""
-    return ChatSession(
-        client=mock_openai_client,
-        model="test-model",
-        ui=MagicMock(),
-        instructions=None,
-        temperature=0.5,
-        tool_timeout=10,
-        context_window=10_000,
-        max_tokens=1_000,
-    )
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# _truncate_output
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestTruncateOutput:
-    def test_no_truncation_when_under_limit(self, session):
-        result = session._truncate_output("short text")
-        assert result == "short text"
-
-    def test_truncates_to_tool_truncation_limit(self, session):
-        session.tool_truncation = 100
-        big = "x" * 500
-        result = session._truncate_output(big)
-        assert len(result) <= 200  # head + tail + marker
-        assert "chars truncated" in result
-
-    def test_budget_aware_truncation(self, session):
-        session.tool_truncation = 100_000
-        session._chars_per_token = 4.0
-        # Budget of 50 tokens = 200 chars
-        big = "x" * 1000
-        result = session._truncate_output(big, remaining_budget_tokens=50)
-        assert len(result) <= 400  # head + tail + marker
-        assert "chars truncated" in result
-
-    def test_budget_takes_precedence_when_smaller(self, session):
-        session.tool_truncation = 10_000
-        session._chars_per_token = 4.0
-        # Budget of 25 tokens = 100 chars, smaller than tool_truncation
-        big = "x" * 500
-        result = session._truncate_output(big, remaining_budget_tokens=25)
-        assert "chars truncated" in result
-
-    def test_zero_budget_returns_placeholder(self, session):
-        big = "x" * 1000
-        result = session._truncate_output(big, remaining_budget_tokens=0)
-        assert "exceeded context budget" in result
-        assert len(result) < 100
-
-    def test_negative_budget_returns_placeholder(self, session):
-        big = "x" * 1000
-        result = session._truncate_output(big, remaining_budget_tokens=-10)
-        assert "exceeded context budget" in result
-
-    def test_none_budget_uses_fixed_limit(self, session):
-        session.tool_truncation = 100
-        big = "x" * 500
-        result = session._truncate_output(big, remaining_budget_tokens=None)
-        assert "100 char limit" in result
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# _remaining_token_budget
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestRemainingTokenBudget:
-    def test_empty_session(self, session):
-        session._system_tokens = 500
-        session._msg_tokens = []
-        budget = session._remaining_token_budget()
-        # 10000 - 500 - 0 - 1000 - 500 (5%) = 8000
-        assert budget == 8000
-
-    def test_partially_full(self, session):
-        session._system_tokens = 500
-        session._msg_tokens = [2000, 3000]
-        budget = session._remaining_token_budget()
-        # 10000 - 500 - 5000 - 1000 - 500 = 3000
-        assert budget == 3000
-
-    def test_overfull_returns_zero(self, session):
-        session._system_tokens = 500
-        session._msg_tokens = [9000]
-        assert session._remaining_token_budget() == 0
-
-    def test_exactly_full_returns_zero(self, session):
-        session._system_tokens = 500
-        session._msg_tokens = [8000]
-        assert session._remaining_token_budget() == 0
-
-    def test_max_tokens_equals_context_window(self, tmp_db, mock_openai_client):
-        """Regression: max_tokens >= context_window must not zero the budget."""
-        s = ChatSession(
-            client=mock_openai_client,
-            model="test-model",
-            ui=MagicMock(),
-            instructions=None,
-            temperature=0.5,
-            tool_timeout=10,
-            context_window=32_768,
-            max_tokens=32_768,
-        )
-        s._system_tokens = 500
-        s._msg_tokens = [1000]
-        budget = s._remaining_token_budget()
-        # response_reserve = min(32768, 32768//4) = 8192
-        # safety = 32768 * 0.05 = 1638
-        # budget = 32768 - 500 - 1000 - 8192 - 1638 = 21438
-        assert budget > 20_000
-        # Tool output should NOT be collapsed to a placeholder
-        big = "x" * 5000
-        result = s._truncate_output(big, remaining_budget_tokens=budget)
-        assert result == big  # 5000 chars fits easily in 21K+ token budget
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Context overflow recovery
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class TestContextOverflowRecovery:
-    """Test that context-length errors trigger compact-and-retry."""
-
-    def test_openai_context_length_error_triggers_compact(self, session):
-        session.messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
-        session._msg_tokens = [1]
-
-        call_count = 0
-
-        def mock_create_stream(msgs):
-            nonlocal call_count
-            call_count += 1
-            if call_count == 1:
-                raise Exception("maximum context length exceeded")
-            return iter([])
-
-        compact_mock = MagicMock()
-        with (
-            patch.object(session, "_create_stream_with_retry", side_effect=mock_create_stream),
-            patch.object(session, "_compact_messages", compact_mock),
-            patch.object(
-                session, "_stream_response", return_value={"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"}
-            ),
-            patch.object(session, "_full_messages", return_value=[]),
-            patch.object(session, "_update_token_table"),
-            patch.object(session, "_print_status_line"),
-            patch.object(session, "_emit_state"),
-            patch("turnstone.core.session.save_message"),
-        ):
-            session.send("hello")
-
-        compact_mock.assert_called_once_with(auto=True)
-        assert call_count == 2
-
-    def test_anthropic_prompt_too_long_triggers_compact(self, session):
-        session.messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
-        session._msg_tokens = [1]
-
-        call_count = 0
-
-        def mock_create_stream(msgs):
-            nonlocal call_count
-            call_count += 1
-            if call_count == 1:
-                raise Exception("prompt is too long: 250000 tokens > 200000 maximum")
-            return iter([])
-
-        compact_mock = MagicMock()
-        with (
-            patch.object(session, "_create_stream_with_retry", side_effect=mock_create_stream),
-            patch.object(session, "_compact_messages", compact_mock),
-            patch.object(
-                session, "_stream_response", return_value={"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"}
-            ),
-            patch.object(session, "_full_messages", return_value=[]),
-            patch.object(session, "_update_token_table"),
-            patch.object(session, "_print_status_line"),
-            patch.object(session, "_emit_state"),
-            patch("turnstone.core.session.save_message"),
-        ):
-            session.send("hello")
-
-        compact_mock.assert_called_once_with(auto=True)
-
-    def test_non_context_error_propagates(self, session):
-        session.messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
-        session._msg_tokens = [1]
-
-        with (
-            patch.object(
-                session,
-                "_create_stream_with_retry",
-                side_effect=Exception("authentication failed"),
-            ),
-            patch.object(session, "_full_messages", return_value=[]),
-            patch.object(session, "_emit_state"),
-            patch("turnstone.core.session.save_message"),
-            pytest.raises(Exception, match="authentication failed"),
-        ):
-            session.send("hello")
-
-    def test_compact_failure_raises_original_error(self, session):
-        session.messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
-        session._msg_tokens = [1]
-
-        with (
-            patch.object(
-                session,
-                "_create_stream_with_retry",
-                side_effect=Exception("maximum context length exceeded"),
-            ),
-            patch.object(session, "_compact_messages", side_effect=RuntimeError("compact failed")),
-            patch.object(session, "_full_messages", return_value=[]),
-            patch.object(session, "_emit_state"),
-            patch("turnstone.core.session.save_message"),
-            pytest.raises(Exception, match="maximum context length exceeded"),
-        ):
-            session.send("hello")
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for turnstone.core.web_helpers — version_html() cache-busting."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-
-class TestVersionHtml:
-    def test_app_css_gets_version(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/shared/base.css">'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert "?v=" in result
-        assert "/shared/base.css?v=" in result
-
-    def test_app_js_gets_version(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/static/app.js"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert "/static/app.js?v=" in result
-
-    def test_shared_js_gets_version(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/shared/utils.js"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert "/shared/utils.js?v=" in result
-
-    def test_vendored_katex_skipped(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/shared/katex-0.16.44/katex.min.css">'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged
-
-    def test_vendored_hljs_skipped(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/shared/hljs-11.11.1/highlight.min.js"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged
-
-    def test_vendored_mermaid_skipped(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/shared/mermaid-11.14.0/mermaid.min.js"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged
-
-    def test_vendored_hls_skipped(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/shared/hls-1.6.15/hls.min.js"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged
-
-    def test_external_urls_not_modified(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = (
-            '<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono" rel="stylesheet">'
-        )
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged
-
-    def test_docs_link_not_modified(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<a href="/docs#/System:%20Settings" target="_blank">docs</a>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged
-
-    def test_multiple_tags(self):
-        from turnstone import __version__
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = (
-            '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/shared/base.css">\n'
-            '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/shared/katex-0.16.44/katex.min.css">\n'
-            '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css">\n'
-            '<script src="/shared/utils.js"></script>\n'
-            '<script src="/shared/hljs-11.11.1/highlight.min.js"></script>\n'
-            '<script src="/static/app.js"></script>'
-        )
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert f'/shared/base.css?v={__version__}"' in result
-        assert f'/static/style.css?v={__version__}"' in result
-        assert f'/shared/utils.js?v={__version__}"' in result
-        assert f'/static/app.js?v={__version__}"' in result
-        # Vendored libs unchanged
-        assert '/shared/katex-0.16.44/katex.min.css"' in result
-        assert '/shared/hljs-11.11.1/highlight.min.js"' in result
-
-    def test_version_matches_package(self):
-        from turnstone import __version__
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/static/app.js"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert f"?v={__version__}" in result
-
-    def test_double_apply_is_idempotent(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/static/app.js"></script>'
-        once = version_html(html)
-        twice = version_html(once)
-        assert once == twice
-        assert twice.count("?v=") == 1
-
-    def test_existing_query_string_preserved(self):
-        from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html
-
-        html = '<script src="/static/app.js?foo=bar"></script>'
-        result = version_html(html)
-        assert result == html  # unchanged — already has query string
@@ -130,54 +130,54 @@ class TestWorkstream:
 class TestManagerCreation:
    def test_create_first_sets_active(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.active_id == ws.id
        assert mgr.get_active() is ws

    def test_create_second_does_not_change_active(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        _ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.active_id == ws1.id

    def test_create_assigns_session(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert isinstance(ws.session, FakeSession)

    def test_create_assigns_ui(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert isinstance(ws.ui, FakeUI)
        assert ws.ui.ws_id == ws.id

    def test_create_custom_name(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(name="research", ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(name="research", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert ws.name == "research"

    def test_create_default_name(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert ws.name.startswith("ws-")

    def test_create_max_workstreams_all_active(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory, max_workstreams=3)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws3 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws3 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        # Mark all as non-idle so eviction cannot help
        mgr.set_state(ws1.id, WorkstreamState.THINKING)
        mgr.set_state(ws2.id, WorkstreamState.RUNNING)
        mgr.set_state(ws3.id, WorkstreamState.ATTENTION)
        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="All 3 workstreams are active"):
-            mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+            mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))


 class TestManagerLookup:
    def test_get_existing(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.get(ws.id) is ws

    def test_get_nonexistent(self):
@@ -186,16 +186,16 @@ class TestManagerLookup:

    def test_list_all_creation_order(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(name="a", ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(name="b", ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(name="c", ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        _ws1 = mgr.create(name="a", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        _ws2 = mgr.create(name="b", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        _ws3 = mgr.create(name="c", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        result = mgr.list_all()
        assert [w.name for w in result] == ["a", "b", "c"]

    def test_index_of(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.index_of(ws1.id) == 1
        assert mgr.index_of(ws2.id) == 2
        assert mgr.index_of("nonexistent") == 0
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ class TestManagerLookup:
    def test_count(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
        assert mgr.count == 0
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.count == 1
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.count == 2


@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ class TestManagerLookup:
 class TestManagerSwitching:
    def test_switch_by_id(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.active_id == ws1.id

        result = mgr.switch(ws2.id)
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ class TestManagerSwitching:

    def test_switch_nonexistent_returns_none(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.switch("bad-id") is None

    def test_switch_by_index(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        _ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        result = mgr.switch_by_index(2)
        assert result is ws2
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class TestManagerSwitching:

    def test_switch_by_index_out_of_range(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.switch_by_index(0) is None
        assert mgr.switch_by_index(5) is None

@@ -254,32 +254,29 @@ class TestManagerSwitching:
 class TestManagerClose:
    def test_close_removes_workstream(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        _ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

-        closed = mgr.close(ws2.id)
-        assert closed is True
+        assert mgr.close(ws2.id) is True
        assert mgr.count == 1
        assert mgr.get(ws2.id) is None

    def test_close_last_returns_false(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        closed = mgr.close(ws.id)
-        assert closed is False
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        assert mgr.close(ws.id) is False
        assert mgr.count == 1

    def test_close_nonexistent_returns_false(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        closed = mgr.close("nonexistent")
-        assert closed is False
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        assert mgr.close("nonexistent") is False

    def test_close_active_switches_to_first(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        mgr.switch(ws2.id)

        mgr.close(ws2.id)
@@ -287,9 +284,9 @@ class TestManagerClose:

    def test_close_updates_order(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(name="a", ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(name="b", ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(name="c", ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        _ws1 = mgr.create(name="a", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(name="b", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        _ws3 = mgr.create(name="c", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        mgr.close(ws2.id)
        names = [w.name for w in mgr.list_all()]
@@ -298,7 +295,7 @@ class TestManagerClose:
    def test_close_unblocks_approval_event(self):
        """Closing a workstream whose UI has a pending approval should unblock it."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        _ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        # Create a workstream with a WebUI-like approval mechanism
        from turnstone.server import WebUI
@@ -313,7 +310,7 @@ class TestManagerClose:
    def test_close_unblocks_plan_event(self):
        """Closing a workstream with pending plan review should unblock it."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        _ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        from turnstone.server import WebUI

@@ -334,13 +331,13 @@ class TestManagerEviction:
    def test_evict_oldest_idle_on_create(self):
        """At capacity with idle workstreams, create() succeeds by evicting the oldest idle."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory, max_workstreams=3)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(name="oldest", ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(name="middle", ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(name="newest", ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(name="oldest", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(name="middle", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        _ws3 = mgr.create(name="newest", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        # All three are IDLE.  Mark ws2 as RUNNING so it won't be evicted.
        mgr.set_state(ws2.id, WorkstreamState.RUNNING)
        # ws1 is oldest idle, ws3 is newer idle.  Creating should evict ws1.
-        ws4 = mgr.create(name="four", ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws4 = mgr.create(name="four", ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.count == 3
        assert mgr.get(ws1.id) is None, "oldest idle should have been evicted"
        assert mgr.get(ws4.id) is ws4
@@ -352,35 +349,35 @@ class TestManagerEviction:
    def test_create_fails_when_all_active(self):
        """At capacity with ALL non-idle workstreams, create() raises RuntimeError."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory, max_workstreams=2)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        mgr.set_state(ws1.id, WorkstreamState.THINKING)
        mgr.set_state(ws2.id, WorkstreamState.RUNNING)
        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="All 2 workstreams are active"):
-            mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+            mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

    def test_configurable_max(self):
        """Constructor accepts max_workstreams param and respects it."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory, max_workstreams=2)
-        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws1 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        ws2 = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        mgr.set_state(ws1.id, WorkstreamState.RUNNING)
        mgr.set_state(ws2.id, WorkstreamState.RUNNING)
        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
-            mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+            mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.count == 2

    def test_eviction_counter(self):
        """eviction_count increments on each auto-eviction."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory, max_workstreams=2)
        assert mgr.eviction_count == 0
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        # Both IDLE — create should evict the oldest
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.eviction_count == 1
        # Again — evict another idle one
-        mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert mgr.eviction_count == 2
        assert mgr.count == 2

@@ -393,7 +390,7 @@ class TestManagerEviction:
 class TestManagerState:
    def test_set_state(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        assert ws.state == WorkstreamState.IDLE

        mgr.set_state(ws.id, WorkstreamState.THINKING)
@@ -401,7 +398,7 @@ class TestManagerState:

    def test_set_state_with_error(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        mgr.set_state(ws.id, WorkstreamState.ERROR, error_msg="API timeout")
        assert ws.state == WorkstreamState.ERROR
@@ -413,7 +410,7 @@ class TestManagerState:

    def test_on_state_change_callback(self):
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        changes = []
        mgr._on_state_change = lambda wid, state: changes.append((wid, state))
@@ -436,7 +433,7 @@ class TestManagerThreadSafety:

        def do_create():
            try:
-                ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+                ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
                # Mark as non-idle immediately so auto-eviction cannot reclaim it
                mgr.set_state(ws.id, WorkstreamState.RUNNING)
                created.append(ws.id)
@@ -459,7 +456,7 @@ class TestManagerThreadSafety:
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
        ids = []
        for _ in range(5):
-            ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+            ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
            ids.append(ws.id)

        def do_switch(wid):
@@ -479,10 +476,10 @@ class TestManagerThreadSafety:
        """close() and list_all() running concurrently should not crash."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
        # Keep one alive to prevent closing the last
-        anchor = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        anchor = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
        targets = []
        for _ in range(5):
-            ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+            ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))
            targets.append(ws.id)

        def do_close():
@@ -881,7 +878,7 @@ class TestStateTransitions:
    def test_full_lifecycle(self):
        """Verify the expected state transition sequence."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        # Simulate the state transitions that ChatSession.send() would emit
        mgr.set_state(ws.id, WorkstreamState.THINKING)
@@ -902,7 +899,7 @@ class TestStateTransitions:
    def test_error_recovery(self):
        """After an error, sending again should transition back to thinking."""
        mgr = WorkstreamManager(_fake_factory)
-        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=FakeUI)
+        ws = mgr.create(ui_factory=lambda wid: FakeUI(wid))

        mgr.set_state(ws.id, WorkstreamState.ERROR, "API failed")
        assert ws.state == WorkstreamState.ERROR
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """turnstone - Multi-node AI orchestration platform with tool use, agent routing, and cluster simulation."""

-__version__ = "1.2.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.0.3"
@@ -876,8 +876,6 @@ class AvailableModelInfo(BaseModel):

 class ListAvailableModelsResponse(BaseModel):
    models: list[AvailableModelInfo] = Field(default_factory=list)
-    default_alias: str = ""
-    channel_default_alias: str = ""


 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -195,10 +195,6 @@ class CreateScheduleRequest(BaseModel):
    auto_approve: bool = Field(default=False)
    auto_approve_tools: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
    skill: str = Field(default="", description="Skill name (replaces default skills)")
-    notify_targets: list[dict[str, str]] = Field(
-        default_factory=list,
-        description="Notification targets on completion (channel_type + channel_id/user_id)",
-    )
    enabled: bool = Field(default=True)


@@ -216,7 +212,6 @@ class UpdateScheduleRequest(BaseModel):
    auto_approve: bool | None = None
    auto_approve_tools: list[str] | None = None
    skill: str | None = None
-    notify_targets: list[dict[str, str]] | None = None
    enabled: bool | None = None


@@ -235,7 +230,6 @@ class ScheduleInfo(BaseModel):
    auto_approve: bool = False
    auto_approve_tools: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
    skill: str = ""
-    notify_targets: list[dict[str, str]] = Field(default_factory=list)
    enabled: bool = True
    created_by: str = ""
    last_run: str | None = None
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ class CreateWorkstreamRequest(BaseModel):
        description="Workstream ID to resume atomically during creation (empty = fresh start)",
    )
    skill: str = Field(default="", description="Skill name (replaces default skills)")
-    notify_targets: str | list[dict[str, str]] = Field(
-        default="[]",
-        description=(
-            "Notification targets, accepted as either a JSON string or a structured "
-            "array of objects containing channel_type + channel_id/user_id"
-        ),
-    )
    client_type: str = Field(
        default="",
        description="Client surface type (web, cli, chat). Defaults to web for server-created sessions.",
@@ -152,6 +145,7 @@ class ListSavedWorkstreamsResponse(BaseModel):

 class BackendStatus(BaseModel):
    status: str = Field(examples=["up", "down"])
+    circuit_state: str = Field(examples=["closed", "open", "half_open"])


 class WorkstreamCounts(BaseModel):
@@ -277,5 +271,3 @@ class AvailableModelInfo(BaseModel):

 class ListAvailableModelsResponse(BaseModel):
    models: list[AvailableModelInfo] = Field(default_factory=list)
-    default_alias: str = ""
-    channel_default_alias: str = ""
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Generate with: `python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"`

 ### Docker Image
 - `TURNSTONE_IMAGE_TAG` — Docker image tag (default: `latest`). \
-Set this to pin the image version (e.g., `1.1.0`, `stable`, `experimental`).
+Set this to pin the image version (e.g., `1.1.0a3`, `stable`, `experimental`).

 ### MCP Integration (optional)
 - `MCP_CONFIG` — Path to MCP server config inside the container. \
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def _tool_write_file(project_dir: Path, args: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
            if existing == content:
                return f"File already exists with identical content: {args['path']}"
        except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
-            pass  # best-effort duplicate check
+            pass

    line_count = content.count("\n") + (1 if content and not content.endswith("\n") else 0)

@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def _tool_write_compose(project_dir: Path, args: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
            if existing == content:
                return "compose.yaml already exists with identical content."
        except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
-            pass  # best-effort duplicate check
+            pass

    line_count = content.count("\n") + (1 if content and not content.endswith("\n") else 0)

@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 """Message formatting utilities for channel adapters.

 Handles chunking long messages for platforms with character limits, formatting
-tool-approval requests, plan-review prompts, and rich media embeds for
-platforms that support them (e.g. Discord).
+tool-approval requests, and plan-review prompts.
 """

 from __future__ import annotations

-import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import httpx
+from typing import Any


 def chunk_message(text: str, max_length: int = 2000) -> list[str]:
@@ -169,298 +164,3 @@ def truncate(text: str, max_length: int = 200) -> str:
    if len(text) <= max_length:
        return text
    return text[: max_length - 1] + "\u2026"
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Rich media embed helpers (Discord)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def try_parse_media(output: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-    """Attempt to parse tool output as a media result.
-
-    Returns the parsed dict when the output looks like structured media
-    (single item, search results, or session list), otherwise ``None``.
-    """
-    try:
-        data = json.loads(output)
-    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-        return None
-    if not isinstance(data, dict):
-        return None
-    # Single item with stream URL or detailed metadata.
-    if "stream_url" in data or ("name" in data and "type" in data and "id" in data):
-        return data
-    # Search results.
-    if "results" in data and isinstance(data["results"], list) and data["results"]:
-        return data
-    # Active sessions.
-    if "sessions" in data and isinstance(data["sessions"], list):
-        return data
-    return None
-
-
-_BLOCKED_HOSTNAMES = frozenset({"localhost", "metadata.google.internal"})
-
-
-def _is_safe_image_url(url: str) -> bool:
-    """Validate that *url* uses http(s), has no embedded credentials, and does
-    not target loopback or cloud metadata endpoints.
-
-    Private/LAN IPs are intentionally allowed (media servers are typically
-    on the local network).
-    """
-    import ipaddress
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-    try:
-        parsed = urlparse(url)
-    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
-        return False
-    if parsed.scheme not in ("http", "https"):
-        return False
-    if parsed.username or parsed.password:
-        return False
-    hostname = parsed.hostname
-    if not hostname:
-        return False
-    if hostname in _BLOCKED_HOSTNAMES:
-        return False
-    try:
-        ip = ipaddress.ip_address(hostname)
-        if ip.is_loopback or ip.is_link_local:
-            return False
-    except ValueError:
-        pass  # Not an IP literal — hostname is fine
-    return True
-
-
-async def _fetch_thumbnail(
-    http: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    url: str,
-    *,
-    timeout: float = 5.0,
-    max_bytes: int = 2 * 1024 * 1024,
-) -> tuple[bytes, str] | None:
-    """Fetch a thumbnail image, returning ``(bytes, filename)`` or ``None``.
-
-    Never raises — a failed image fetch must not break tool result
-    rendering.  Private/LAN URLs are intentionally allowed (media servers
-    are typically on the local network), but scheme is restricted to
-    http(s) and userinfo is rejected.
-    """
-    if not _is_safe_image_url(url):
-        return None
-    try:
-        async with http.stream("GET", url, timeout=timeout) as resp:
-            if resp.status_code != 200:
-                return None
-            cl = resp.headers.get("content-length")
-            if cl and cl.isdigit() and int(cl) > max_bytes:
-                return None
-            content_type = resp.headers.get("content-type", "image/jpeg").lower()
-            if not content_type.startswith("image/"):
-                return None
-            ext = "jpg"
-            if "png" in content_type:
-                ext = "png"
-            elif "webp" in content_type:
-                ext = "webp"
-            data = bytearray()
-            async for chunk in resp.aiter_bytes():
-                data.extend(chunk)
-                if len(data) > max_bytes:
-                    return None
-            return bytes(data), f"poster.{ext}"
-    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
-        return None
-
-
-async def try_build_media_embed(
-    tool_name: str,
-    output: str,
-    *,
-    http: httpx.AsyncClient,
-) -> tuple[Any, Any | None] | None:
-    """Attempt to build a rich Discord embed from media tool output.
-
-    Returns ``(embed, optional_file)`` if the output is parseable as media,
-    or ``None`` to fall through to the default code-block formatter.
-
-    The ``discord`` library is imported lazily since this module is shared
-    across adapters and ``discord.py`` is an optional dependency.
-    """
-    data = try_parse_media(output)
-    if data is None:
-        return None
-
-    import io
-
-    import discord
-
-    # Dispatch on result shape.
-    if "results" in data and isinstance(data["results"], list):
-        embed = _build_search_results_embed(data)
-    elif "sessions" in data and isinstance(data["sessions"], list):
-        embed = _build_sessions_embed(data)
-    else:
-        embed = _build_single_media_embed(data, tool_name)
-
-    # Proxy thumbnail image.
-    thumbnail_url = data.get("thumbnail_url") or data.get("image_url")
-    if not thumbnail_url and data.get("results"):
-        first = data["results"][0]
-        thumbnail_url = first.get("thumbnail_url") or first.get("image_url")
-
-    file: discord.File | None = None
-    if thumbnail_url:
-        fetched = await _fetch_thumbnail(http, thumbnail_url)
-        if fetched:
-            image_bytes, filename = fetched
-            file = discord.File(io.BytesIO(image_bytes), filename=filename)
-            embed.set_thumbnail(url=f"attachment://{filename}")
-
-    return embed, file
-
-
-# -- Private embed builders ------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def _build_single_media_embed(data: dict[str, Any], tool_name: str) -> Any:
-    """Build a Discord embed for a single media item."""
-    import discord
-
-    title = data.get("name", "Unknown")
-    if data.get("year"):
-        title += f" ({data['year']})"
-
-    embed = discord.Embed(
-        title=title,
-        url=data.get("web_url"),  # safe link — NOT stream_url
-        description=truncate(data.get("overview", ""), 200),
-        color=discord.Color.teal(),
-    )
-
-    # Metadata fields (inline).
-    meta_parts: list[str] = []
-    if data.get("type"):
-        meta_parts.append(data["type"])
-    if data.get("official_rating"):
-        meta_parts.append(data["official_rating"])
-    if data.get("runtime_minutes"):
-        hours = int(data["runtime_minutes"] // 60)
-        mins = int(data["runtime_minutes"] % 60)
-        meta_parts.append(f"{hours}h {mins}m" if hours else f"{mins}m")
-    if meta_parts:
-        embed.add_field(name="Info", value=" \u00b7 ".join(meta_parts), inline=True)
-
-    if data.get("genres"):
-        embed.add_field(name="Genres", value=", ".join(data["genres"][:5]), inline=True)
-
-    if data.get("community_rating"):
-        embed.add_field(
-            name="Rating",
-            value=f"{data['community_rating']:.1f}/10",
-            inline=True,
-        )
-
-    # Extract server name from tool_name (mcp__servername__toolname).
-    parts = tool_name.split("__")
-    if len(parts) >= 3:
-        embed.set_footer(text=parts[1])
-
-    return embed
-
-
-def _build_search_results_embed(data: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
-    """Build a Discord embed for a list of search results."""
-    import discord
-
-    results = data.get("results", [])
-    total = data.get("total_count", len(results))
-
-    lines: list[str] = []
-    char_count = 0
-    for i, r in enumerate(results[:10], 1):
-        line = f"**{i}.** {r.get('name', '?')}"
-        if r.get("year"):
-            line += f" ({r['year']})"
-        meta: list[str] = []
-        if r.get("type"):
-            meta.append(r["type"])
-        if r.get("series_name"):
-            meta.append(r["series_name"])
-            if r.get("season_number") is not None and r.get("episode_number") is not None:
-                meta.append(f"S{int(r['season_number']):02d}E{int(r['episode_number']):02d}")
-        if r.get("runtime_minutes"):
-            mins = r["runtime_minutes"]
-            meta.append(f"{int(mins // 60)}h {int(mins % 60)}m" if mins >= 60 else f"{int(mins)}m")
-        if meta:
-            line += "  \u00b7  " + " \u00b7 ".join(meta)
-        if char_count + len(line) + 1 > 4000:
-            break
-        lines.append(line)
-        char_count += len(line) + 1
-
-    embed = discord.Embed(
-        title="Search results",
-        description="\n".join(lines),
-        color=discord.Color.teal(),
-    )
-    embed.set_footer(text=f"showing {len(lines)} of {total}")
-    return embed
-
-
-def _build_sessions_embed(data: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
-    """Build a Discord embed for active playback sessions."""
-    import discord
-
-    sessions = data.get("sessions", [])
-    if not sessions:
-        embed = discord.Embed(
-            title="Now Playing",
-            description="No active sessions.",
-            color=discord.Color.light_grey(),
-        )
-        return embed
-
-    lines: list[str] = []
-    has_active = False
-    for s in sessions:
-        np = s.get("now_playing")
-        device = s.get("device_name", "Unknown device")
-        user = s.get("user_name", "")
-        if np:
-            has_active = True
-            title = np.get("name", "Unknown")
-            if np.get("year"):
-                title += f" ({np['year']})"
-            ps = s.get("play_state", {}) or {}
-            pos = ps.get("position_seconds")
-            runtime_min = np.get("runtime_minutes")
-            time_str = ""
-            if pos is not None and runtime_min:
-                total_sec = int(runtime_min * 60)
-                pos_i = int(pos)
-                time_str = (
-                    f" {pos_i // 3600}:{pos_i % 3600 // 60:02d}:{pos_i % 60:02d}"
-                    f" / {total_sec // 3600}:{total_sec % 3600 // 60:02d}:{total_sec % 60:02d}"
-                )
-            paused = ps.get("is_paused", False)
-            icon = "\u23f8" if paused else "\u25b6"
-            line = f"**{title}** on {device}\n{icon}{time_str}"
-            if user:
-                line += f" \u00b7 {user}"
-            lines.append(line)
-        else:
-            line = f"*{device}* \u2014 idle"
-            if user:
-                line += f" ({user})"
-            lines.append(line)
-
-    embed = discord.Embed(
-        title="Now Playing",
-        description="\n\n".join(lines),
-        color=discord.Color.green() if has_active else discord.Color.light_grey(),
-    )
-    return embed
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:

 log = get_logger(__name__)

-_NOTIFY_ADAPTER_TIMEOUT: float = 30.0
-
 # ws_id is a hex string (8–32 chars depending on entry point).
 _WS_ID_RE = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{8,32}$")

@@ -133,12 +131,10 @@ async def _handle_notify(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
            )
            continue
        try:
-            coro = (
-                adapter.send_notification(channel_id, content, ws_id)
-                if ws_id
-                else adapter.send(channel_id, content)
-            )
-            msg_id = await asyncio.wait_for(coro, timeout=_NOTIFY_ADAPTER_TIMEOUT)
+            if ws_id:
+                msg_id = await adapter.send_notification(channel_id, content, ws_id)
+            else:
+                msg_id = await adapter.send(channel_id, content)
            results.append(
                {
                    "channel_type": channel_type,
@@ -153,19 +149,6 @@ async def _handle_notify(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
                channel_id=channel_id,
                message_id=msg_id,
            )
-        except TimeoutError:
-            log.warning(
-                "notify.timeout",
-                channel_type=channel_type,
-                channel_id=channel_id,
-            )
-            results.append(
-                {
-                    "channel_type": channel_type,
-                    "channel_id": channel_id,
-                    "status": "timeout",
-                }
-            )
        except Exception:
            log.exception(
                "notify.delivery_failed",
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ backend for persistent channel-to-workstream mappings.
 from __future__ import annotations

 import asyncio
-import time
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

 from turnstone.core.log import get_logger
 from turnstone.sdk._types import TurnstoneAPIError
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 log = get_logger(__name__)

 _WS_CREATE_TIMEOUT = 30.0  # seconds
-_CHANNEL_DEFAULT_TTL = 300.0  # cache channel default alias for 5 minutes
-_MODELS_CACHE_TTL = 30.0  # cache model list for autocomplete


 class ChannelRouter:
@@ -86,13 +83,6 @@ class ChannelRouter:
                timeout=_WS_CREATE_TIMEOUT,
            )

-        # Cached channel default alias (TTL-based).
-        self._channel_default_alias: str = ""
-        self._channel_default_ts: float = 0.0
-        # Cached model list for autocomplete (shorter TTL).
-        self._models_cache: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        self._models_cache_ts: float = 0.0
-
    # -- lifecycle -----------------------------------------------------------

    async def aclose(self) -> None:
@@ -103,48 +93,6 @@ class ChannelRouter:
            await self._console.aclose()
        log.info("channel_router.closed")

-    # -- model listing -------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def list_models(self, *, cached: bool = False) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Fetch available model aliases and defaults from the server/console.
-
-        When *cached* is True, returns a TTL-cached result to avoid
-        per-keystroke HTTP traffic during autocomplete.
-        """
-        if cached:
-            now = time.monotonic()
-            if self._models_cache and (now - self._models_cache_ts) < _MODELS_CACHE_TTL:
-                return self._models_cache
-
-        if self._console:
-            resp: Any = await self._console.list_models()
-        else:
-            assert self._server is not None
-            resp = await self._server.list_models()
-        # SDK returns a Pydantic model; convert to dict for callers.
-        data: dict[str, Any] = resp.model_dump() if hasattr(resp, "model_dump") else resp
-
-        # Update cache regardless of `cached` flag — a fresh fetch is
-        # always worth caching for subsequent callers.
-        self._models_cache = data
-        self._models_cache_ts = time.monotonic()
-        return data
-
-    async def get_channel_default_alias(self) -> str:
-        """Return the channel default model alias (cached with TTL)."""
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        if (now - self._channel_default_ts) < _CHANNEL_DEFAULT_TTL:
-            return self._channel_default_alias
-        # Mark refresh window before awaiting so concurrent callers
-        # reuse the cached value instead of triggering duplicate fetches.
-        self._channel_default_ts = now
-        try:
-            data = await self.list_models()
-            self._channel_default_alias = data.get("channel_default_alias", "")
-        except Exception:
-            log.debug("channel_router.channel_default_fetch_failed", exc_info=True)
-        return self._channel_default_alias
-
    # -- internal helpers ----------------------------------------------------

    async def _is_ws_alive(self, ws_id: str) -> bool:
@@ -296,7 +244,7 @@ class ChannelRouter:
                    self._node_urls[ws_id] = node_url.rstrip("/")
                    return self._node_urls[ws_id]
            except Exception:
-                log.debug("Console route lookup failed for ws %s", ws_id, exc_info=True)
+                pass
        return self._server_url

    # -- user resolution -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import contextlib
 import json
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

 import httpx

@@ -558,16 +558,15 @@ class TurnstoneBot:
            # authorize this?" while the running embed says "this tool is
            # executing."  Both can coexist in the thread.
            for it in event.items:
-                raw_name = it.get("func_name") or it.get("approval_label") or "tool"
-                display_name = discord.utils.escape_markdown(raw_name)
+                name = it.get("func_name") or it.get("approval_label") or "tool"
                raw_preview = it.get("preview", "")
-                # Escape backticks to prevent markdown breakout and
-                # strip @-mentions.
+                # Sanitize preview: escape backticks to prevent markdown
+                # breakout and strip @-mentions.
                raw_preview = raw_preview.replace("`", "\\`")
                raw_preview = discord.utils.escape_mentions(raw_preview)
                preview = truncate(raw_preview, max_length=120) or None
                embed = discord.Embed(
-                    title=display_name,
+                    title=name,
                    description=preview,
                    color=discord.Color.light_grey(),
                )
@@ -582,9 +581,8 @@ class TurnstoneBot:
                else:
                    msg = await thread.send(embed=embed)
                call_id = it.get("call_id", "")
-                # Store raw (unescaped) name for matching against ToolResultEvent.name
                self._tool_info_msgs.setdefault(ws_id, []).append(
-                    (call_id, raw_name, preview or "", msg)
+                    (call_id, name, preview or "", msg)
                )

            # If no items consumed the thinking message (empty event), clean up.
@@ -616,7 +614,7 @@ class TurnstoneBot:
                status = "Error" if event.is_error else "Done"
                status_color = discord.Color.red() if event.is_error else discord.Color.dark_grey()
                status_embed = discord.Embed(
-                    title=f"{discord.utils.escape_markdown(event.name)} \u2014 {status}",
+                    title=f"{event.name} \u2014 {status}",
                    description=matched_preview or None,
                    color=status_color,
                )
@@ -626,40 +624,14 @@ class TurnstoneBot:
                    log.debug("discord.tool_info_status_edit_failed", ws_id=ws_id)

            # Send the result as a separate message.
-            if not event.is_error:
-                from turnstone.channels._formatter import try_build_media_embed
-
-                media_result = None
-                try:
-                    media_result = await try_build_media_embed(
-                        event.name,
-                        event.output,
-                        http=self._http_client,
-                    )
-                except Exception:
-                    log.debug("discord.media_embed_failed", ws_id=ws_id, tool=event.name)
-                if media_result is not None:
-                    embed, file = media_result
-                    kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {"embed": embed}
-                    if file is not None:
-                        kwargs["file"] = file
-                    await thread.send(**kwargs)
-                else:
-                    desc = format_tool_result(event.output)
-                    result_embed = discord.Embed(
-                        title=event.name,
-                        description=desc,
-                        color=discord.Color.dark_grey(),
-                    )
-                    await thread.send(embed=result_embed)
-            else:
-                desc = format_tool_result(event.output)
-                result_embed = discord.Embed(
-                    title=event.name,
-                    description=desc,
-                    color=discord.Color.red(),
-                )
-                await thread.send(embed=result_embed)
+            desc = format_tool_result(event.output)
+            color = discord.Color.red() if event.is_error else discord.Color.dark_grey()
+            result_embed = discord.Embed(
+                title=event.name,
+                description=desc,
+                color=color,
+            )
+            await thread.send(embed=result_embed)

        elif isinstance(event, ApproveRequestEvent):
            # Evaluate admin tool policies before auto-approve.
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from turnstone.core.log import get_logger

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
    import discord
-    from discord import app_commands
    from discord.ext import commands

    from turnstone.channels.discord.bot import TurnstoneBot
@@ -61,25 +60,9 @@ class MessageCog:
                await cog_self._cmd_unlink(interaction)

            @app_commands.command(name="ask", description="Start a new Turnstone workstream")
-            @app_commands.describe(
-                message="Your message to the assistant",
-                model="Model alias (leave blank for default)",
-            )
-            async def ask(
-                self_cog: _Cog,  # noqa: N805
-                interaction: discord.Interaction,
-                message: str,
-                model: str = "",
-            ) -> None:
-                await cog_self._cmd_ask(interaction, message, model=model)
-
-            @ask.autocomplete("model")
-            async def _model_autocomplete(
-                self_cog: _Cog,  # noqa: N805
-                interaction: discord.Interaction,
-                current: str,
-            ) -> list[app_commands.Choice[str]]:
-                return await cog_self._autocomplete_model(interaction, current)
+            @app_commands.describe(message="Your message to the assistant")
+            async def ask(self_cog: _Cog, interaction: discord.Interaction, message: str) -> None:  # noqa: N805
+                await cog_self._cmd_ask(interaction, message)

            @app_commands.command(name="status", description="Show workstream status")
            async def status(self_cog: _Cog, interaction: discord.Interaction) -> None:  # noqa: N805
@@ -204,14 +187,11 @@ class MessageCog:
            # first, then send the message.  With SSE the event stream is
            # reliable once connected, but we still subscribe first for
            # consistency.
-            mention_model = await self.ts.router.get_channel_default_alias()
-            if not mention_model:
-                mention_model = self.ts.config.model
            ws_id, _is_new = await self.ts.router.get_or_create_workstream(
                channel_type="discord",
                channel_id=str(thread.id),
                name=thread_name,
-                model=mention_model,
+                model=self.ts.config.model,
                initial_message="",
                client_type="chat",
            )
@@ -351,9 +331,7 @@ class MessageCog:
                ephemeral=True,
            )

-    async def _cmd_ask(
-        self, interaction: discord.Interaction, message: str, *, model: str = ""
-    ) -> None:
+    async def _cmd_ask(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, message: str) -> None:
        """Create a new thread and workstream with an initial message."""
        import discord

@@ -388,18 +366,11 @@ class MessageCog:
            )
            return

-        # Resolve model: explicit > channel default > CLI --model > server default.
-        effective_model = model
-        if not effective_model:
-            effective_model = await self.ts.router.get_channel_default_alias()
-        if not effective_model:
-            effective_model = self.ts.config.model
-
        ws_id, _is_new = await self.ts.router.get_or_create_workstream(
            channel_type="discord",
            channel_id=str(thread.id),
            name=thread_name,
-            model=effective_model,
+            model=self.ts.config.model,
            initial_message="",
            client_type="chat",
        )
@@ -418,28 +389,6 @@ class MessageCog:
            author=str(interaction.user),
        )

-    async def _autocomplete_model(
-        self, interaction: discord.Interaction, current: str
-    ) -> list[app_commands.Choice[str]]:
-        """Return model alias suggestions for the /ask autocomplete."""
-        from discord import app_commands
-
-        try:
-            data = await self.ts.router.list_models(cached=True)
-        except Exception:
-            return []
-        choices: list[app_commands.Choice[str]] = []
-        for m in data.get("models", []):
-            alias = m.get("alias", "")
-            if not alias:
-                continue
-            if current and current.lower() not in alias.lower():
-                continue
-            choices.append(app_commands.Choice(name=alias, value=alias))
-            if len(choices) >= 25:
-                break
-        return choices
-
    async def _cmd_status(self, interaction: discord.Interaction) -> None:
        """Show workstream status for the current thread."""
        import discord
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ model auto-detection, workstream management, and the main() REPL entry point.
 from __future__ import annotations

 import argparse
-import logging
 import os
 import readline
 import sys
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ class TerminalUI(SessionUI):
                            it for it in items if it.get("needs_approval") and not it.get("error")
                        ]
            except Exception:
-                logging.getLogger(__name__).debug("Policy evaluation unavailable", exc_info=True)
+                pass  # Best-effort — no policy enforcement on error

        with self._print_lock:
            # Print all headers, previews, and heuristic verdicts
@@ -177,8 +176,7 @@ class TerminalUI(SessionUI):
                else:
                    sys.stdout.write(f"  {yellow(item['header'])}\n")
                if item.get("preview"):
-                    styled = dim(item["preview"]) if not item.get("error") else red(item["preview"])
-                    sys.stdout.write(styled + "\n")
+                    sys.stdout.write(item["preview"] + "\n")
                verdict = item.get("_heuristic_verdict")
                if verdict:
                    risk = verdict.get("risk_level", "medium")
@@ -1016,6 +1014,12 @@ def main() -> None:
        default="",
        help="Model for judge (default: same as session model)",
    )
+    judge_group.add_argument(
+        "--judge-provider",
+        dest="judge_provider",
+        default="",
+        help="Provider for judge (default: same as session provider)",
+    )
    judge_group.add_argument(
        "--judge-timeout",
        dest="judge_timeout",
@@ -1113,11 +1117,15 @@ def main() -> None:
    )

    # apply_config() merges [judge] config.toml values into args as
-    # Output_guard and redact_secrets default to True, enabling the heuristic
-    # guard even when the LLM judge is disabled via --no-judge.
+    # judge_base_url, judge_api_key, etc.  Output_guard and redact_secrets
+    # default to True, enabling the heuristic guard even when the LLM judge
+    # is disabled via --no-judge.
    judge_config = JudgeConfig(
        enabled=args.judge_enabled,
        model=args.judge_model,
+        provider=args.judge_provider,
+        base_url=getattr(args, "judge_base_url", ""),
+        api_key=getattr(args, "judge_api_key", ""),
        confidence_threshold=args.judge_confidence,
        timeout=args.judge_timeout,
    )
@@ -524,14 +524,15 @@ class ClusterCollector:
                pending_events.append({"type": "ws_rename", "ws_id": ws_id, "name": name})

            elif etype == "health_changed":
-                # Update the health dict's backend status in-place
-                bstatus = data.get("backend_status", "")
-                if bstatus:
+                # Update the health dict's circuit state in-place
+                circuit = data.get("circuit_state", "")
+                if circuit:
                    if not node.health:
                        node.health = {}
                    backend = node.health.setdefault("backend", {})
-                    backend["status"] = "up" if bstatus == "healthy" else "down"
-                    node.health["status"] = "ok" if bstatus == "healthy" else "degraded"
+                    backend["circuit_state"] = circuit
+                    backend["status"] = "up" if circuit == "closed" else "down"
+                    node.health["status"] = "ok" if circuit == "closed" else "degraded"
                # Not forwarded to cluster SSE — next snapshot refreshes UI

            elif etype == "aggregate":
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ class TaskScheduler:
                auto_approve_tools=",".join(self._parse_tools(task)),
                user_id=task.get("created_by", ""),
                skill=task.get("skill", ""),
-                notify_targets=task.get("notify_targets", "[]"),
            )
            ws_id = resp.ws_id
        except Exception:
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ function showAdmin() {
    roles: "admin.roles",
    policies: "admin.policies",
    "prompt-policies": "admin.prompt_policies",
-    judge: "admin.judge",
    skills: "admin.skills",
    usage: "admin.usage",
    audit: "admin.audit",
@@ -95,29 +94,6 @@ function showAdmin() {

  // Mobile: ensure sidebar starts hidden + inert; desktop: ensure it's accessible
  var sidebar = document.getElementById("admin-sidebar");
-
-  // Inject close header for mobile drawer (once)
-  if (!document.getElementById("admin-sidebar-close")) {
-    var closeHeader = document.createElement("div");
-    closeHeader.id = "admin-sidebar-close";
-    closeHeader.className = "admin-sidebar-close";
-    var label = document.createElement("span");
-    label.textContent = "Navigation";
-    var closeBtn = document.createElement("button");
-    closeBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", "Close navigation");
-    closeBtn.textContent = "\u00d7";
-    closeBtn.addEventListener("click", function () {
-      if (_mobileSidebarOpen) {
-        _toggleMobileSidebar();
-        var mt = document.getElementById("admin-mobile-toggle");
-        if (mt) mt.focus();
-      }
-    });
-    closeHeader.appendChild(label);
-    closeHeader.appendChild(closeBtn);
-    sidebar.insertBefore(closeHeader, sidebar.firstChild);
-  }
-
  if (window.innerWidth <= 700) {
    _mobileSidebarOpen = false;
    sidebar.classList.add("collapsed");
@@ -171,20 +147,15 @@ function _injectMobileToggle(tab) {
    toggle.id = "admin-mobile-toggle";
    toggle.className = "admin-mobile-toggle";
    toggle.setAttribute("aria-label", "Open navigation");
-    toggle.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
    toggle.onclick = function () {
+      _mobileSidebarOpen = false;
      _toggleMobileSidebar();
    };
  }
  var panel = document.getElementById("admin-" + tab);
-  if (!panel) return;
-  var toolbar = panel.querySelector(".admin-toolbar");
-  if (toolbar) {
-    if (!toolbar.contains(toggle))
-      toolbar.insertBefore(toggle, toolbar.firstChild);
-  } else {
-    // Panel has no toolbar — prepend toggle directly so it remains accessible
-    if (!panel.contains(toggle)) panel.insertBefore(toggle, panel.firstChild);
+  if (panel) {
+    var toolbar = panel.querySelector(".admin-toolbar");
+    if (toolbar) toolbar.insertBefore(toggle, toolbar.firstChild);
  }
 }

@@ -198,20 +169,6 @@ function _toggleMobileSidebar() {
  else sidebar.setAttribute("inert", "");
  var backdrop = document.getElementById("admin-sidebar-backdrop");
  if (backdrop) backdrop.classList.toggle("visible", _mobileSidebarOpen);
-  // Update hamburger aria-label to reflect current state
-  var mt = document.getElementById("admin-mobile-toggle");
-  if (mt) {
-    mt.setAttribute(
-      "aria-label",
-      _mobileSidebarOpen ? "Close navigation" : "Open navigation",
-    );
-    mt.setAttribute("aria-expanded", _mobileSidebarOpen ? "true" : "false");
-  }
-  // Move focus into drawer on open; callers handle focus-return on close
-  if (_mobileSidebarOpen) {
-    var closeBtn = sidebar.querySelector(".admin-sidebar-close button");
-    if (closeBtn) closeBtn.focus();
-  }
 }

 function switchAdminTab(tab) {
@@ -243,7 +200,6 @@ function switchAdminTab(tab) {
    "tls",
    "mcp",
    "prompt-policies",
-    "judge",
  ];
  for (var p = 0; p < panels.length; p++) {
    var el = document.getElementById("admin-" + panels[p]);
@@ -269,7 +225,6 @@ function switchAdminTab(tab) {
  if (tab === "tls") loadTlsCerts();
  if (tab === "mcp") loadAdminMcp();
  if (tab === "prompt-policies") loadPromptPolicies();
-  if (tab === "judge") loadJudgeTab();

  // Update breadcrumb with active tab label
  var activeNav = document.querySelector('.admin-nav[data-tab="' + tab + '"]');
@@ -283,15 +238,6 @@ function switchAdminTab(tab) {
  // On mobile, auto-close sidebar after tab selection
  if (window.innerWidth <= 700 && _mobileSidebarOpen) {
    _toggleMobileSidebar();
-    // Move focus to the newly active panel instead of leaving it in the inert sidebar
-    var panel = document.getElementById("admin-" + tab);
-    var focusTarget =
-      panel &&
-      panel.querySelector("h2, .section-header, button:not([disabled])");
-    if (focusTarget) {
-      focusTarget.setAttribute("tabindex", "-1");
-      focusTarget.focus();
-    }
  }
 }

@@ -943,10 +889,10 @@ function _renderSchedules(schedules) {
    var schedule =
      s.schedule_type === "cron"
        ? s.cron_expr
-        : _utcToLocalDatetime(s.at_time).replace("T", " ");
+        : (s.at_time || "").slice(0, 16).replace("T", " ");
    var target = s.target_mode;
    var nextRun = s.next_run
-      ? _utcToLocalDatetime(s.next_run).replace("T", " ")
+      ? escapeHtml(s.next_run).slice(0, 16).replace("T", " ")
      : "\u2014";
    var enabled = s.enabled;
    var statusCls = enabled ? "sched-active" : "sched-disabled";
@@ -1078,140 +1024,6 @@ function confirmDeleteSchedule(taskId, name) {
  );
 }

-// --- Schedule helpers: dropdowns, notify rows, timezone ---
-
-function _populateScheduleSelect(selectId, url, labelKey, valueKey, opts) {
-  var sel = document.getElementById(selectId);
-  // Keep the first option (placeholder) and remove the rest
-  while (sel.options.length > 1) sel.remove(1);
-  // Add temporary option for pre-selected value so form is correct before fetch completes
-  if (opts && opts.selected) {
-    var tmp = document.createElement("option");
-    tmp.value = opts.selected;
-    tmp.textContent = opts.selected;
-    tmp.dataset.temporary = "1";
-    sel.appendChild(tmp);
-    sel.value = opts.selected;
-  }
-  authFetch(url)
-    .then(function (r) {
-      return r.json();
-    })
-    .then(function (data) {
-      var temp = sel.querySelector("[data-temporary]");
-      if (temp) temp.remove();
-      var items = opts && opts.listKey ? data[opts.listKey] : data;
-      if (!Array.isArray(items)) return;
-      items.forEach(function (item) {
-        var opt = document.createElement("option");
-        opt.value = item[valueKey];
-        opt.textContent =
-          opts && opts.display ? opts.display(item) : item[labelKey];
-        sel.appendChild(opt);
-      });
-      if (opts && opts.selected) sel.value = opts.selected;
-    })
-    .catch(function () {
-      /* dropdown stays with placeholder or temporary option */
-    });
-}
-
-function _addNotifyRow(prefix, targetType, targetId) {
-  var container = document.getElementById(prefix + "-notify-rows");
-  var row = document.createElement("div");
-  row.className = "notify-row";
-
-  var typeSel = document.createElement("select");
-  typeSel.setAttribute("aria-label", "Target type");
-  var optCh = document.createElement("option");
-  optCh.value = "channel_id";
-  optCh.textContent = "Channel";
-  var optUsr = document.createElement("option");
-  optUsr.value = "user_id";
-  optUsr.textContent = "User DM";
-  typeSel.appendChild(optCh);
-  typeSel.appendChild(optUsr);
-  if (targetType) typeSel.value = targetType;
-
-  var idInput = document.createElement("input");
-  idInput.type = "text";
-  idInput.placeholder = "Discord ID";
-  idInput.setAttribute("aria-label", "Discord ID");
-  idInput.spellcheck = false;
-  if (targetId) idInput.value = targetId;
-
-  var removeBtn = document.createElement("button");
-  removeBtn.type = "button";
-  removeBtn.className = "notify-row-remove";
-  removeBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", "Remove target");
-  removeBtn.textContent = "\u00d7";
-  removeBtn.onclick = function () {
-    row.remove();
-  };
-
-  row.appendChild(typeSel);
-  row.appendChild(idInput);
-  row.appendChild(removeBtn);
-  container.appendChild(row);
-  idInput.focus();
-}
-
-function _collectNotifyTargets(prefix) {
-  var rows = document
-    .getElementById(prefix + "-notify-rows")
-    .querySelectorAll(".notify-row");
-  var targets = [];
-  for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
-    var type = rows[i].querySelector("select").value;
-    var id = (rows[i].querySelector("input").value || "").trim();
-    if (!id) continue;
-    var t = { channel_type: "discord" };
-    t[type] = id;
-    targets.push(t);
-  }
-  return targets;
-}
-
-function _populateNotifyRows(prefix, targets) {
-  var container = document.getElementById(prefix + "-notify-rows");
-  while (container.firstChild) container.removeChild(container.firstChild);
-  if (!Array.isArray(targets)) return;
-  targets.forEach(function (t) {
-    var targetType = "channel_id" in t ? "channel_id" : "user_id";
-    var targetId = t[targetType] || "";
-    _addNotifyRow(prefix, targetType, targetId);
-  });
-}
-
-function _localToUtcIso(localDatetimeStr) {
-  // datetime-local gives "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM" in browser local time
-  // Convert to UTC ISO string for the server
-  var d = new Date(localDatetimeStr);
-  if (isNaN(d.getTime())) return "";
-  return d.toISOString().replace(/\.\d{3}Z$/, "+00:00");
-}
-
-function _utcToLocalDatetime(utcStr) {
-  // Convert UTC ISO string to datetime-local format in browser local time
-  if (!utcStr) return "";
-  var d = new Date(utcStr);
-  if (isNaN(d.getTime())) return utcStr.slice(0, 16);
-  var pad = function (n) {
-    return n < 10 ? "0" + n : "" + n;
-  };
-  return (
-    d.getFullYear() +
-    "-" +
-    pad(d.getMonth() + 1) +
-    "-" +
-    pad(d.getDate()) +
-    "T" +
-    pad(d.getHours()) +
-    ":" +
-    pad(d.getMinutes())
-  );
-}
-
 // --- Create Schedule Modal ---

 function toggleScheduleTypeFields() {
@@ -1242,29 +1054,10 @@ function showCreateScheduleModal() {
  document.getElementById("cs-at").value = "";
  document.getElementById("cs-target").value = "auto";
  document.getElementById("cs-node").value = "";
+  document.getElementById("cs-model").value = "";
+  document.getElementById("cs-template").value = "";
  document.getElementById("cs-message").value = "";
  document.getElementById("cs-autoapprove").checked = false;
-  _populateNotifyRows("cs", []);
-  // Populate model dropdown
-  _populateScheduleSelect("cs-model", "/v1/api/models", "alias", "alias", {
-    listKey: "models",
-    display: function (m) {
-      return m.alias === m.model ? m.alias : m.alias + " (" + m.model + ")";
-    },
-  });
-  // Populate skill dropdown
-  _populateScheduleSelect(
-    "cs-template",
-    "/v1/api/admin/skills",
-    "name",
-    "name",
-    {
-      listKey: "skills",
-      display: function (s) {
-        return s.name;
-      },
-    },
-  );
  toggleScheduleTypeFields();
  toggleScheduleNodeField();
  document.getElementById("cs-submit").disabled = false;
@@ -1297,7 +1090,6 @@ function submitCreateSchedule() {
  var message = (document.getElementById("cs-message").value || "").trim();
  var skill = (document.getElementById("cs-template").value || "").trim();
  var autoApprove = document.getElementById("cs-autoapprove").checked;
-  var notifyTargets = _collectNotifyTargets("cs");
  var errEl = document.getElementById("create-schedule-error");

  if (!name) return _showModalError(errEl, "Name is required");
@@ -1307,9 +1099,11 @@ function submitCreateSchedule() {
  if (schedType === "at" && !atTime)
    return _showModalError(errEl, "Run time is required");

-  // Convert browser local time to UTC for the server
+  // Normalize datetime-local to "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+00:00" (UTC)
  if (schedType === "at" && atTime) {
-    atTime = _localToUtcIso(atTime);
+    if (atTime.length === 16) atTime += ":00";
+    else if (atTime.length > 19) atTime = atTime.slice(0, 19);
+    atTime += "+00:00";
  }

  if (targetMode === "node") targetMode = nodeId;
@@ -1332,7 +1126,6 @@ function submitCreateSchedule() {
      initial_message: message,
      auto_approve: autoApprove,
      skill: skill,
-      notify_targets: notifyTargets,
    }),
  })
    .then(function (r) {
@@ -1386,7 +1179,7 @@ function showEditScheduleModal(taskId) {
      document.getElementById("es-desc").value = s.description || "";
      document.getElementById("es-type").value = s.schedule_type;
      document.getElementById("es-cron").value = s.cron_expr || "";
-      document.getElementById("es-at").value = _utcToLocalDatetime(s.at_time);
+      document.getElementById("es-at").value = (s.at_time || "").slice(0, 16);
      var isSpecificNode =
        s.target_mode &&
        s.target_mode !== "auto" &&
@@ -1398,32 +1191,11 @@ function showEditScheduleModal(taskId) {
      document.getElementById("es-node").value = isSpecificNode
        ? s.target_mode
        : "";
-      // Populate model dropdown with current value pre-selected
-      _populateScheduleSelect("es-model", "/v1/api/models", "alias", "alias", {
-        listKey: "models",
-        selected: s.model || "",
-        display: function (m) {
-          return m.alias === m.model ? m.alias : m.alias + " (" + m.model + ")";
-        },
-      });
-      // Populate skill dropdown with current value pre-selected
-      _populateScheduleSelect(
-        "es-template",
-        "/v1/api/admin/skills",
-        "name",
-        "name",
-        {
-          listKey: "skills",
-          selected: s.skill || "",
-          display: function (sk) {
-            return sk.name;
-          },
-        },
-      );
+      document.getElementById("es-model").value = s.model || "";
+      document.getElementById("es-template").value = s.skill || "";
      document.getElementById("es-message").value = s.initial_message || "";
      document.getElementById("es-autoapprove").checked = !!s.auto_approve;
      document.getElementById("es-enabled").checked = !!s.enabled;
-      _populateNotifyRows("es", s.notify_targets || []);
      toggleEditScheduleTypeFields();
      toggleEditScheduleNodeField();
      document.getElementById("edit-schedule-error").style.display = "none";
@@ -1463,8 +1235,12 @@ function submitEditSchedule() {
  if (targetMode === "node")
    targetMode = (document.getElementById("es-node").value || "").trim();
  var atTime = document.getElementById("es-at").value || "";
+  if (atTime) {
+    if (atTime.length === 16) atTime += ":00";
+    else if (atTime.length > 19) atTime = atTime.slice(0, 19);
+    atTime += "+00:00";
+  }

-  var editNotifyTargets = _collectNotifyTargets("es");
  var errEl = document.getElementById("edit-schedule-error");

  if (!name) return _showModalError(errEl, "Name is required");
@@ -1474,11 +1250,6 @@ function submitEditSchedule() {
  if (schedType === "at" && !atTime)
    return _showModalError(errEl, "Run time is required");

-  // Convert browser local time to UTC for the server
-  if (schedType === "at" && atTime) {
-    atTime = _localToUtcIso(atTime);
-  }
-
  var btn = document.getElementById("es-submit");
  btn.disabled = true;
  btn.textContent = "Saving\u2026";
@@ -1487,18 +1258,19 @@ function submitEditSchedule() {
    method: "PUT",
    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
    body: JSON.stringify({
-      name: name,
+      name: (document.getElementById("es-name").value || "").trim(),
      description: (document.getElementById("es-desc").value || "").trim(),
-      schedule_type: schedType,
-      cron_expr: cronExpr,
+      schedule_type: document.getElementById("es-type").value,
+      cron_expr: (document.getElementById("es-cron").value || "").trim(),
      at_time: atTime,
      target_mode: targetMode,
      model: (document.getElementById("es-model").value || "").trim(),
      skill: (document.getElementById("es-template").value || "").trim(),
-      initial_message: message,
+      initial_message: (
+        document.getElementById("es-message").value || ""
+      ).trim(),
      auto_approve: document.getElementById("es-autoapprove").checked,
      enabled: document.getElementById("es-enabled").checked,
-      notify_targets: editNotifyTargets,
    }),
  })
    .then(function (r) {
@@ -2083,10 +1855,6 @@ function _installTrap(overlayId, boxId, trapRef) {
          hideCreatePromptPolicyModal();
        else if (overlayId === "edit-ppolicy-overlay")
          hideEditPromptPolicyModal();
-        else if (overlayId === "create-hr-overlay") hideCreateHRModal();
-        else if (overlayId === "edit-hr-overlay") hideEditHRModal();
-        else if (overlayId === "create-ogp-overlay") hideCreateOGPModal();
-        else if (overlayId === "edit-ogp-overlay") hideEditOGPModal();
      }
    };
  }
@@ -2178,10 +1946,6 @@ document.addEventListener("keydown", function (e) {
    ["model-create-overlay", hideCreateModelModal],
    ["create-ppolicy-overlay", hideCreatePromptPolicyModal],
    ["edit-ppolicy-overlay", hideEditPromptPolicyModal],
-    ["create-hr-overlay", hideCreateHRModal],
-    ["edit-hr-overlay", hideEditHRModal],
-    ["create-ogp-overlay", hideCreateOGPModal],
-    ["edit-ogp-overlay", hideEditOGPModal],
  ];
  for (var gi = 0; gi < govOverlays.length; gi++) {
    var govEl = document.getElementById(govOverlays[gi][0]);
@@ -2238,20 +2002,18 @@ document.addEventListener("keydown", function (e) {
      if (!sidebar) return;
      var isMobile = window.innerWidth <= 700;
      var backdrop = document.getElementById("admin-sidebar-backdrop");
-      if (!isMobile) {
-        // Crossed into desktop: close drawer cleanly if it was open
-        if (_mobileSidebarOpen) _toggleMobileSidebar();
-        sidebar.removeAttribute("aria-hidden");
-        sidebar.removeAttribute("inert");
-        sidebar.classList.remove("collapsed", "open");
-        if (backdrop) backdrop.classList.remove("visible");
-      } else if (!_mobileSidebarOpen) {
-        // Mobile with drawer closed: ensure collapsed state
+      if (isMobile && !_mobileSidebarOpen) {
        sidebar.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
        sidebar.setAttribute("inert", "");
        sidebar.classList.add("collapsed");
        sidebar.classList.remove("open");
        if (backdrop) backdrop.classList.remove("visible");
+      } else if (!isMobile) {
+        sidebar.removeAttribute("aria-hidden");
+        sidebar.removeAttribute("inert");
+        sidebar.classList.remove("collapsed", "open");
+        if (backdrop) backdrop.classList.remove("visible");
+        _mobileSidebarOpen = false;
      }
    }, 150);
  });
@@ -2313,7 +2075,6 @@ var _settingsSectionOrder = [
  "tools",
  "server",
  "cluster",
-  "channels",
  "mcp",
  "ratelimit",
  "health",
@@ -2329,7 +2090,6 @@ function _settingsSectionLabel(section) {
    tools: "Tools",
    server: "Server",
    cluster: "Cluster",
-    channels: "Channels",
    mcp: "MCP",
    ratelimit: "Rate Limiting",
    health: "Health",
@@ -2527,15 +2287,10 @@ function loadSettings() {
      if (!r.ok) throw new Error("Failed to load schema");
      return r.json();
    }),
-    authFetch("/v1/api/admin/model-definitions").then(function (r) {
-      if (!r.ok) return { models: [] };
-      return r.json();
-    }),
  ])
    .then(function (results) {
      var valuesArr = results[0].settings || [];
      var schemaArr = results[1].schema || [];
-      var modelDefs = results[2].models || [];

      // Build schema lookup
      var schemaMap = {};
@@ -2547,7 +2302,6 @@ function loadSettings() {
      var merged = {};
      for (var j = 0; j < valuesArr.length; j++) {
        var v = valuesArr[j];
-        if (v.key.startsWith("judge.")) continue;
        var s = schemaMap[v.key] || {};
        merged[v.key] = {
          key: v.key,
@@ -2569,20 +2323,6 @@ function loadSettings() {
        };
      }

-      // Inject dynamic choices for model alias settings from model definitions.
-      var enabledAliases = [""];
-      for (var m = 0; m < modelDefs.length; m++) {
-        if (modelDefs[m].enabled) enabledAliases.push(modelDefs[m].alias);
-      }
-      if (enabledAliases.length > 1) {
-        if (merged["model.default_alias"]) {
-          merged["model.default_alias"].choices = enabledAliases;
-        }
-        if (merged["channels.default_model_alias"]) {
-          merged["channels.default_model_alias"].choices = enabledAliases;
-        }
-      }
-
      _settingsOriginal = {};

      // Group by section
@@ -2598,7 +2338,6 @@ function loadSettings() {
      _renderSettings(el, grouped);
    })
    .catch(function (err) {
-      // NOTE: escapeHtml sanitises err.message before insertion.
      el.innerHTML =
        '<div class="dashboard-empty">Failed to load settings: ' +
        escapeHtml(err.message || String(err)) +
@@ -2719,15 +2458,9 @@ function _renderSettingRow(item) {
  html += '<div class="settings-input">';
  if (item.is_secret) {
    html +=
-      '<input type="password" data-setting-key="' +
-      escapedKey +
-      '" aria-label="Secret value for ' +
+      '<span class="settings-secret" role="note" aria-label="' +
      escapedShort +
-      '" autocomplete="off" value="" placeholder="' +
-      (item.source === "storage" ? "***" : "not set") +
-      '" oninput="_onSettingChange(\'' +
-      escapedKey +
-      "')\">";
+      ': managed via config file or environment variable">(managed via config file / env)</span>';
  } else if (item.type === "bool") {
    var checked =
      item.value === true || item.value === "true" ? " checked" : "";
@@ -2752,17 +2485,8 @@ function _renderSettingRow(item) {
      "')\">";
    for (var c = 0; c < item.choices.length; c++) {
      var sel = item.choices[c] === String(item.value) ? " selected" : "";
-      var label;
-      if (item.choices[c] !== "") {
-        label = escapeHtml(item.choices[c]);
-      } else if (
-        item.key === "model.default_alias" ||
-        item.key === "channels.default_model_alias"
-      ) {
-        label = "(server default)";
-      } else {
-        label = "(none)";
-      }
+      var label =
+        item.choices[c] === "" ? "(none)" : escapeHtml(item.choices[c]);
      html +=
        '<option value="' +
        escapeHtml(item.choices[c]) +
@@ -2832,12 +2556,14 @@ function _renderSettingRow(item) {
  }

  // Save button (hidden until value changes)
-  html +=
-    '<button class="settings-save-btn" data-save-key="' +
-    escapedKey +
-    '" onclick="_saveSettingValue(\'' +
-    escapedKey +
-    "')\">save</button>";
+  if (!item.is_secret) {
+    html +=
+      '<button class="settings-save-btn" data-save-key="' +
+      escapedKey +
+      '" onclick="_saveSettingValue(\'' +
+      escapedKey +
+      "')\">save</button>";
+  }

  // Reset link (when stored — including secrets, to clear legacy overrides)
  if (item.source === "storage") {
@@ -2951,13 +2677,6 @@ function _saveSettingValue(key) {
      return;
    }
    value = Number(inp.value);
-  } else if (inp.type === "password") {
-    if (inp.value === "") {
-      // Nothing to save — user didn't enter a value.
-      if (saveBtn) saveBtn.classList.remove("visible");
-      return;
-    }
-    value = inp.value;
  } else {
    value = inp.value;
  }
@@ -2983,11 +2702,6 @@ function _saveSettingValue(key) {
      // Update original so dirty detection resets
      if (inp.type === "checkbox") {
        _settingsOriginal[key] = inp.checked;
-      } else if (inp.type === "password") {
-        // Clear the field after save; show "***" placeholder.
-        inp.value = "";
-        inp.placeholder = "***";
-        _settingsOriginal[key] = "";
      } else {
        _settingsOriginal[key] = inp.value;
      }
@@ -3031,10 +2745,7 @@ function _saveSettingValue(key) {
      }

      // Brief row flash for visual feedback
-      if (
-        row &&
-        !window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches
-      ) {
+      if (row) {
        row.style.background = "var(--accent-glow)";
        setTimeout(function () {
          row.style.background = "";
@@ -4334,7 +4045,6 @@ function _pollInstallStatus(serverId, serverName, attempt) {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 var _modelDefs = [];
-var _modelDefaultAlias = "";
 var _modelCreateTrap = null;
 var _modelCreateTrigger = null;

@@ -4346,7 +4056,6 @@ function loadAdminModels() {
    })
    .then(function (data) {
      _modelDefs = data.models || [];
-      _modelDefaultAlias = data.default_alias || "";
      _renderModels(_modelDefs);
    })
    .catch(function () {
@@ -4399,8 +4108,7 @@ function _renderModels(items) {
    row.className = "admin-row models-grid " + rowClass;
    row.setAttribute("role", "listitem");

-    // Alias + source badge + default badge
-    var isDefault = m.alias === _modelDefaultAlias;
+    // Alias + source badge
    var colAlias = document.createElement("span");
    colAlias.className = "admin-col";
    colAlias.textContent = m.alias;
@@ -4411,13 +4119,6 @@ function _renderModels(items) {
    badge.textContent = isConfig ? "config" : "db";
    colAlias.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
    colAlias.appendChild(badge);
-    if (isDefault) {
-      var defBadge = document.createElement("span");
-      defBadge.className = "scope-badge scope-default";
-      defBadge.textContent = "default";
-      colAlias.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
-      colAlias.appendChild(defBadge);
-    }
    row.appendChild(colAlias);

    // Model ID
@@ -4456,21 +4157,11 @@ function _renderModels(items) {
    // Actions
    var colActions = document.createElement("span");
    colActions.className = "admin-col";
-    if (!isDefault && m.enabled) {
-      var defBtn = document.createElement("button");
-      defBtn.className = "admin-btn-action";
-      defBtn.textContent = "set default";
-      defBtn.setAttribute("data-model-set-default", m.alias);
-      defBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", "Set " + m.alias + " as default model");
-      defBtn.setAttribute("title", "Set " + m.alias + " as default model");
-      colActions.appendChild(defBtn);
-    }
    if (!isConfig) {
      var editBtn = document.createElement("button");
      editBtn.className = "admin-btn-action";
      editBtn.textContent = "edit";
      editBtn.setAttribute("data-model-edit", m.definition_id);
-      editBtn.setAttribute("title", "Edit " + m.alias);
      colActions.appendChild(editBtn);

      var delBtn = document.createElement("button");
@@ -4478,7 +4169,6 @@ function _renderModels(items) {
      delBtn.textContent = "del";
      delBtn.setAttribute("data-model-delete", m.definition_id);
      delBtn.setAttribute("data-model-alias", m.alias);
-      delBtn.setAttribute("title", "Delete " + m.alias);
      colActions.appendChild(delBtn);
    }
    row.appendChild(colActions);
@@ -4487,30 +4177,6 @@ function _renderModels(items) {
  }

  // Bind event handlers
-  el.querySelectorAll("[data-model-set-default]").forEach(function (btn) {
-    btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
-      var alias = this.getAttribute("data-model-set-default");
-      var self = this;
-      self.disabled = true;
-      self.textContent = "setting\u2026";
-      authFetch("/v1/api/admin/settings/model.default_alias", {
-        method: "PUT",
-        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ value: alias }),
-      })
-        .then(function (r) {
-          if (!r.ok) throw new Error();
-          showToast("Default model set to " + alias);
-          _flagModelSyncPending();
-          loadAdminModels();
-        })
-        .catch(function () {
-          showToast("Failed to set default model");
-          self.disabled = false;
-          self.textContent = "set default";
-        });
-    });
-  });
  el.querySelectorAll("[data-model-edit]").forEach(function (btn) {
    btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
      showEditModelModal(this.getAttribute("data-model-edit"));
@@ -653,21 +653,25 @@ function buildNodeRow(node) {
        '%"></span>'
      : "";

-  var healthTitle = "";
+  var circuitTitle = "";
  if (node.health && node.health.backend) {
-    healthTitle = "backend: " + node.health.backend.status;
+    circuitTitle =
+      "backend: " +
+      node.health.backend.status +
+      ", circuit: " +
+      node.health.backend.circuit_state;
  }
  var degradedBadge = isDegraded
    ? '<span class="node-degraded-badge" title="' +
-      escapeHtml(healthTitle) +
+      escapeHtml(circuitTitle) +
      '" aria-label="' +
-      escapeHtml(healthTitle) +
+      escapeHtml(circuitTitle) +
      '">degraded</span>'
    : "";

  row.innerHTML =
    '<span class="node-cell node-cell-name"' +
-    (healthTitle ? ' title="' + escapeHtml(healthTitle) + '"' : "") +
+    (circuitTitle ? ' title="' + escapeHtml(circuitTitle) + '"' : "") +
    '><span class="' +
    dotClass +
    '"></span>' +
@@ -716,9 +720,7 @@ function buildNodeRow(node) {
 function toggleGroup(prefix) {
  expandedGroups[prefix] = !expandedGroups[prefix];
  var body = document.querySelector(
-    '.node-group-body[data-prefix="' +
-      prefix.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/"/g, '\\"') +
-      '"]',
+    '.node-group-body[data-prefix="' + prefix.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"]',
  );
  if (!body) return;
  var isExpanded = expandedGroups[prefix];
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
          <button id="tab-roles" class="admin-nav" data-tab="roles" role="tab" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="admin-roles" tabindex="-1" onclick="switchAdminTab('roles')">Roles</button>
          <button id="tab-policies" class="admin-nav" data-tab="policies" role="tab" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="admin-policies" tabindex="-1" onclick="switchAdminTab('policies')">Policies</button>
          <button id="tab-prompt-policies" class="admin-nav" data-tab="prompt-policies" role="tab" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="admin-prompt-policies" tabindex="-1" onclick="switchAdminTab('prompt-policies')">Prompts</button>
-          <button id="tab-judge" class="admin-nav" data-tab="judge" role="tab" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="admin-judge" tabindex="-1" onclick="switchAdminTab('judge')">Judge</button>
        </div>
        <div class="admin-sidebar-group" data-group="extensions" role="group" aria-label="Extensions">
          <div class="admin-sidebar-group-label" aria-hidden="true">Extensions</div>
@@ -279,226 +278,6 @@
      </div>
    </div>

-    <!-- Judge Tab -->
-    <div id="admin-judge" class="admin-panel" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-judge" style="display:none">
-      <div class="admin-toolbar">
-        <span class="section-header" style="margin:0">JUDGE</span>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- Sub-panel switcher -->
-      <div class="judge-section-switcher" role="tablist" aria-label="Judge sections">
-        <button id="judge-tab-settings" class="judge-section-btn active" role="tab" aria-selected="true" aria-controls="judge-settings-section" tabindex="0" data-section="judge-settings" onclick="switchJudgeSection('judge-settings')">Settings</button>
-        <button id="judge-tab-heuristic" class="judge-section-btn" role="tab" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="judge-heuristic-section" tabindex="-1" data-section="judge-heuristic" onclick="switchJudgeSection('judge-heuristic')">Heuristic Rules</button>
-        <button id="judge-tab-output-guard" class="judge-section-btn" role="tab" aria-selected="false" aria-controls="judge-output-guard-section" tabindex="-1" data-section="judge-output-guard" onclick="switchJudgeSection('judge-output-guard')">Output Guard</button>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- Settings section -->
-      <div id="judge-settings-section" class="judge-section" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="judge-tab-settings">
-        <div id="judge-settings-container" style="max-width:600px">
-          <div class="dashboard-empty">Loading settings...</div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- Heuristic Rules section -->
-      <div id="judge-heuristic-section" class="judge-section" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="judge-tab-heuristic" style="display:none">
-        <div class="admin-toolbar" style="margin-bottom:12px">
-          <span style="font-size:13px;color:var(--fg-dim)">Pattern rules for pre-execution intent validation</span>
-          <button class="admin-action-btn" onclick="showCreateHeuristicRuleModal()">+ Add rule</button>
-        </div>
-        <div class="admin-colheaders" aria-hidden="true">
-          <span class="admin-col">NAME</span>
-          <span class="admin-col admin-col-htier">TIER</span>
-          <span class="admin-col admin-col-hrisk">RISK</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">TOOL</span>
-          <span class="admin-col admin-col-hrec">REC.</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">SOURCE</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">STATUS</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">ACTIONS</span>
-        </div>
-        <div id="judge-heuristic-table-container" role="list" aria-label="Heuristic rules" aria-live="polite">
-          <div class="dashboard-empty">Loading rules...</div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- Output Guard Patterns section -->
-      <div id="judge-output-guard-section" class="judge-section" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="judge-tab-output-guard" style="display:none">
-        <div class="admin-toolbar" style="margin-bottom:12px">
-          <span style="font-size:13px;color:var(--fg-dim)">Regex patterns for post-execution output scanning</span>
-          <button class="admin-action-btn" onclick="showCreateOutputGuardPatternModal()">+ Add pattern</button>
-        </div>
-        <div class="admin-colheaders" aria-hidden="true">
-          <span class="admin-col">NAME</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">CATEGORY</span>
-          <span class="admin-col admin-col-ogrisk">RISK</span>
-          <span class="admin-col admin-col-ogflag">FLAG</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">SOURCE</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">STATUS</span>
-          <span class="admin-col">ACTIONS</span>
-        </div>
-        <div id="judge-og-table-container" role="list" aria-label="Output guard patterns" aria-live="polite">
-          <div class="dashboard-empty">Loading patterns...</div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <!-- Judge: Create Heuristic Rule Modal -->
-    <div id="create-hr-overlay" style="display:none" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="create-hr-title">
-      <div id="create-hr-box" class="admin-modal admin-modal-wide">
-        <h2 id="create-hr-title">Create Heuristic Rule</h2>
-        <div id="create-hr-error" role="alert" aria-live="assertive"></div>
-        <label for="hr-name">Name</label>
-        <input id="hr-name" type="text" placeholder="my-custom-rule" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:12px">
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="hr-tier">Tier</label>
-            <select id="hr-tier"><option>critical</option><option>high</option><option selected>medium</option><option>low</option></select>
-          </div>
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="hr-risk">Risk Level</label>
-            <select id="hr-risk"><option>critical</option><option>high</option><option selected>medium</option><option>low</option></select>
-          </div>
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="hr-rec">Recommendation</label>
-            <select id="hr-rec"><option>approve</option><option selected>review</option><option>deny</option></select>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <label for="hr-tool">Tool Pattern <span class="label-hint">fnmatch syntax: bash, write_file, mcp__*</span></label>
-        <input id="hr-tool" type="text" value="bash" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <label for="hr-args">Arg Patterns <span class="label-hint">one regex per line</span></label>
-        <textarea id="hr-args" rows="3" style="font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px"></textarea>
-        <label for="hr-conf">Confidence <span class="label-hint">0.0 – 1.0</span></label>
-        <input id="hr-conf" type="number" step="0.05" value="0.8" min="0" max="1" style="width:100px">
-        <label for="hr-intent">Intent Description</label>
-        <input id="hr-intent" type="text" placeholder="Detected dangerous operation: {arg_snippet}" autocomplete="off">
-        <label for="hr-reason">Reasoning</label>
-        <input id="hr-reason" type="text" placeholder="Explain why this is risky" autocomplete="off">
-        <div class="modal-buttons">
-          <button class="modal-cancel" onclick="hideCreateHRModal()">Cancel</button>
-          <button id="hr-submit" class="modal-submit" onclick="submitCreateHeuristicRule()">Create</button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <!-- Judge: Create Output Guard Pattern Modal -->
-    <div id="create-ogp-overlay" style="display:none" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="create-ogp-title">
-      <div id="create-ogp-box" class="admin-modal admin-modal-wide">
-        <h2 id="create-ogp-title">Create Output Guard Pattern</h2>
-        <div id="create-ogp-error" role="alert" aria-live="assertive"></div>
-        <label for="ogp-name">Name</label>
-        <input id="ogp-name" type="text" placeholder="my-pattern" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:12px">
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="ogp-cat">Category</label>
-            <select id="ogp-cat"><option>prompt_injection</option><option>credentials</option><option>encoded_payloads</option><option>adversarial_urls</option><option>info_disclosure</option></select>
-          </div>
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="ogp-risk">Risk Level</label>
-            <select id="ogp-risk"><option>high</option><option selected>medium</option><option>low</option></select>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <label for="ogp-pattern">Regex Pattern</label>
-        <input id="ogp-pattern" type="text" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" style="font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px">
-        <button class="admin-btn-action" style="margin:4px 0 8px" onclick="validateOGRegex()">Validate regex</button>
-        <span id="ogp-regex-result" role="status" aria-live="polite" style="font-size:11px;margin-left:8px"></span>
-        <label for="ogp-flag">Flag Name</label>
-        <input id="ogp-flag" type="text" placeholder="my_flag" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <label for="ogp-ann">Annotation</label>
-        <input id="ogp-ann" type="text" placeholder="Human-readable description" autocomplete="off">
-        <label for="ogp-flags">Pattern Flags <span class="label-hint">comma-separated: IGNORECASE, MULTILINE, DOTALL</span></label>
-        <input id="ogp-flags" type="text" autocomplete="off">
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:16px;margin:8px 0">
-          <label style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;font-size:12px"><input id="ogp-cred" type="checkbox"> Is Credential</label>
-          <label style="font-size:12px">Redact Label <input id="ogp-redact" type="text" placeholder="api_key" style="width:100px;margin-left:4px"></label>
-        </div>
-        <div class="modal-buttons">
-          <button class="modal-cancel" onclick="hideCreateOGPModal()">Cancel</button>
-          <button id="ogp-submit" class="modal-submit" onclick="submitCreateOGPattern()">Create</button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <!-- Judge: Edit Heuristic Rule Modal -->
-    <div id="edit-hr-overlay" style="display:none" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="edit-hr-title">
-      <div id="edit-hr-box" class="admin-modal admin-modal-wide">
-        <h2 id="edit-hr-title">Edit Heuristic Rule</h2>
-        <div id="edit-hr-error" role="alert" aria-live="assertive"></div>
-        <input id="ehr-id" type="hidden">
-        <input id="ehr-builtin" type="hidden">
-        <input id="ehr-priority" type="hidden" value="0">
-        <label for="ehr-name">Name</label>
-        <input id="ehr-name" type="text" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:12px">
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="ehr-tier">Tier</label>
-            <select id="ehr-tier"><option>critical</option><option>high</option><option>medium</option><option>low</option></select>
-          </div>
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="ehr-risk">Risk Level</label>
-            <select id="ehr-risk"><option>critical</option><option>high</option><option>medium</option><option>low</option></select>
-          </div>
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="ehr-rec">Recommendation</label>
-            <select id="ehr-rec"><option>approve</option><option>review</option><option>deny</option></select>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <label for="ehr-tool">Tool Pattern <span class="label-hint">fnmatch syntax: bash, write_file, mcp__*</span></label>
-        <input id="ehr-tool" type="text" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <label for="ehr-args">Arg Patterns <span class="label-hint">one regex per line</span></label>
-        <textarea id="ehr-args" rows="3" style="font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px"></textarea>
-        <label for="ehr-conf">Confidence <span class="label-hint">0.0 – 1.0</span></label>
-        <input id="ehr-conf" type="number" step="0.05" min="0" max="1" style="width:100px">
-        <label for="ehr-intent">Intent Description</label>
-        <input id="ehr-intent" type="text" autocomplete="off">
-        <label for="ehr-reason">Reasoning</label>
-        <input id="ehr-reason" type="text" autocomplete="off">
-        <div class="modal-buttons">
-          <button class="modal-cancel" onclick="hideEditHRModal()">Cancel</button>
-          <button id="ehr-submit" class="modal-submit" onclick="submitEditHeuristicRule()">Save</button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <!-- Judge: Edit Output Guard Pattern Modal -->
-    <div id="edit-ogp-overlay" style="display:none" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="edit-ogp-title">
-      <div id="edit-ogp-box" class="admin-modal admin-modal-wide">
-        <h2 id="edit-ogp-title">Edit Output Guard Pattern</h2>
-        <div id="edit-ogp-error" role="alert" aria-live="assertive"></div>
-        <input id="eogp-id" type="hidden">
-        <input id="eogp-builtin" type="hidden">
-        <input id="eogp-priority" type="hidden" value="0">
-        <label for="eogp-name">Name</label>
-        <input id="eogp-name" type="text" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:12px">
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="eogp-cat">Category</label>
-            <select id="eogp-cat"><option>prompt_injection</option><option>credentials</option><option>encoded_payloads</option><option>adversarial_urls</option><option>info_disclosure</option></select>
-          </div>
-          <div style="flex:1">
-            <label for="eogp-risk">Risk Level</label>
-            <select id="eogp-risk"><option>high</option><option>medium</option><option>low</option></select>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <label for="eogp-pattern">Regex Pattern</label>
-        <input id="eogp-pattern" type="text" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" style="font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px">
-        <button class="admin-btn-action" style="margin:4px 0 8px" onclick="validateEditOGRegex()">Validate regex</button>
-        <span id="eogp-regex-result" role="status" aria-live="polite" style="font-size:11px;margin-left:8px"></span>
-        <label for="eogp-flag">Flag Name</label>
-        <input id="eogp-flag" type="text" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">
-        <label for="eogp-ann">Annotation</label>
-        <input id="eogp-ann" type="text" autocomplete="off">
-        <label for="eogp-flags">Pattern Flags <span class="label-hint">comma-separated: IGNORECASE, MULTILINE, DOTALL</span></label>
-        <input id="eogp-flags" type="text" autocomplete="off">
-        <div style="display:flex;gap:16px;margin:8px 0">
-          <label style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;font-size:12px"><input id="eogp-cred" type="checkbox"> Is Credential</label>
-          <label style="font-size:12px">Redact Label <input id="eogp-redact" type="text" placeholder="api_key" style="width:100px;margin-left:4px"></label>
-        </div>
-        <div class="modal-buttons">
-          <button class="modal-cancel" onclick="hideEditOGPModal()">Cancel</button>
-          <button id="eogp-submit" class="modal-submit" onclick="submitEditOGPattern()">Save</button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
    <!-- Skills Tab -->
    <div id="admin-skills" class="admin-panel" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="tab-skills" style="display:none">
      <div class="admin-toolbar">
@@ -944,15 +723,12 @@ window.TURNSTONE_KB_SHORTCUTS = [
      <div class="modal-col">
        <div class="modal-col-heading">Execution</div>
        <label for="cs-model">Model <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-        <select id="cs-model"><option value="">Default model</option></select>
+        <input id="cs-model" type="text" placeholder="Default model" autocomplete="off">
        <label for="cs-template">Skill <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-        <select id="cs-template"><option value="">None</option></select>
+        <input id="cs-template" type="text" placeholder="Skill name" autocomplete="off">
        <label for="cs-message">Initial message</label>
        <textarea id="cs-message" rows="3" placeholder="What should the workstream do?"></textarea>
        <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="cs-autoapprove" type="checkbox"> Auto-approve tool calls</label>
-        <label>Notify on completion <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-        <div id="cs-notify-rows"></div>
-        <button type="button" class="admin-inline-add" onclick="_addNotifyRow('cs')" aria-label="Add notification target">+ Add target</button>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="modal-buttons">
@@ -1003,16 +779,13 @@ window.TURNSTONE_KB_SHORTCUTS = [
      <div class="modal-col">
        <div class="modal-col-heading">Execution</div>
        <label for="es-model">Model</label>
-        <select id="es-model"><option value="">Default model</option></select>
+        <input id="es-model" type="text" autocomplete="off">
        <label for="es-template">Skill <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-        <select id="es-template"><option value="">None</option></select>
+        <input id="es-template" type="text" autocomplete="off">
        <label for="es-message">Initial message</label>
        <textarea id="es-message" rows="3"></textarea>
        <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="es-autoapprove" type="checkbox"> Auto-approve tool calls</label>
        <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="es-enabled" type="checkbox"> Enabled</label>
-        <label>Notify on completion <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-        <div id="es-notify-rows"></div>
-        <button type="button" class="admin-inline-add" onclick="_addNotifyRow('es')" aria-label="Add notification target">+ Add target</button>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="modal-buttons">
@@ -1268,9 +1041,6 @@ window.TURNSTONE_KB_SHORTCUTS = [
      <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="csk-auto-approve" type="checkbox"> Auto-approve all tools</label>
      <label for="csk-allowed-tools">Allowed Tools <span class="label-hint">comma-separated tool names for auto-approve</span></label>
      <input id="csk-allowed-tools" type="text" placeholder="bash, read_file, write_file">
-      <label for="csk-notify-on-complete">Notify on completion <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-      <textarea id="csk-notify-on-complete" rows="2" placeholder='[{"channel_type":"discord","channel_id":"123..."}]' spellcheck="false" aria-describedby="csk-notify-hint" style="font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px"></textarea>
-      <span id="csk-notify-hint" class="label-hint" style="display:block;margin-top:3px">JSON array. Each: channel_type + channel_id or user_id</span>
      <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="csk-enabled" type="checkbox" checked> Enabled</label>
    </details>
    <details class="admin-details">
@@ -1387,9 +1157,6 @@ window.TURNSTONE_KB_SHORTCUTS = [
      <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="esk-auto-approve" type="checkbox"> Auto-approve all tools</label>
      <label for="esk-allowed-tools">Allowed Tools <span class="label-hint">comma-separated tool names for auto-approve</span></label>
      <input id="esk-allowed-tools" type="text" placeholder="bash, read_file, write_file">
-      <label for="esk-notify-on-complete">Notify on completion <span class="label-hint">optional</span></label>
-      <textarea id="esk-notify-on-complete" rows="2" placeholder='[{"channel_type":"discord","channel_id":"123..."}]' spellcheck="false" aria-describedby="esk-notify-hint" style="font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px"></textarea>
-      <span id="esk-notify-hint" class="label-hint" style="display:block;margin-top:3px">JSON array. Each: channel_type + channel_id or user_id</span>
      <label class="admin-checkbox"><input id="esk-enabled" type="checkbox" checked> Enabled</label>
    </details>
    <div id="etm-scan-section" style="display:none" class="admin-field">
@@ -768,8 +768,7 @@
  color: var(--fg-dim);
  padding: 12px 16px 4px;
 }
-.admin-sidebar-group:first-child .admin-sidebar-group-label,
-.admin-sidebar-close + .admin-sidebar-group .admin-sidebar-group-label {
+.admin-sidebar-group:first-child .admin-sidebar-group-label {
  padding-top: 4px;
 }

@@ -819,16 +818,13 @@
  z-index: 499;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
-  transition: opacity 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
+  transition: opacity 0.25s ease;
 }
 .admin-sidebar-backdrop.visible {
  opacity: 1;
  pointer-events: auto;
 }

-/* Close header — hidden on desktop, shown via mobile media query */
-.admin-sidebar-close { display: none; }
-
 /* Mobile menu toggle — visible only on mobile, lives in toolbars */
 .admin-mobile-toggle {
  display: none;
@@ -836,8 +832,8 @@
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  color: var(--fg-dim);
-  min-width: 44px;
-  min-height: 44px;
+  width: 28px;
+  height: 28px;
  cursor: pointer;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
@@ -854,10 +850,6 @@
  box-shadow: 0 4px 0 currentColor, 0 8px 0 currentColor;
 }
 .admin-mobile-toggle:hover { color: var(--fg); }
-.admin-mobile-toggle:focus-visible {
-  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
-  outline-offset: 2px;
-}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .admin-mobile-toggle { display: flex; }
 }
@@ -1033,22 +1025,6 @@
 .admin-btn-danger:hover { opacity: 1; background: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.1); }
 .admin-btn-danger:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--red); outline-offset: 2px; }

-.admin-btn-caution {
-  background: none;
-  border: 1px solid var(--yellow);
-  color: var(--yellow);
-  font-family: var(--font-display);
-  font-size: 10px;
-  font-weight: 500;
-  padding: 2px 8px;
-  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-  cursor: pointer;
-  opacity: 0.8;
-  transition: opacity 0.15s, background 0.15s;
-}
-.admin-btn-caution:hover { opacity: 1; background: rgba(251, 191, 36, 0.1); }
-.admin-btn-caution:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--yellow); outline-offset: 2px; }
-
 .admin-btn-action {
  background: none;
  border: 1px solid var(--border-strong);
@@ -1218,30 +1194,6 @@
 .admin-modal [role="alert"] { display: none; color: var(--red); font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
 .admin-modal [role="alert"].is-visible { display: block; }

-.admin-inline-add {
-  background: none; border: 1px dashed var(--border-strong); border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-  color: var(--fg-dim); font: inherit; font-size: 12px; padding: 5px 10px; cursor: pointer;
-  width: 100%; margin-top: 6px; transition: border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
-}
-.admin-inline-add:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent); }
-.admin-inline-add:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
-.notify-row {
-  display: flex; gap: 6px; margin-bottom: 4px; align-items: center;
-}
-.notify-row select, .notify-row input {
-  padding: 7px 8px;
-  background: var(--bg); border: 1px solid var(--border-strong);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-sm); color: var(--fg); font: inherit; font-size: 12px;
-}
-.notify-row select { width: 90px; flex-shrink: 0; }
-.notify-row input { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
-.notify-row-remove {
-  background: none; border: none; color: var(--fg-dim); cursor: pointer;
-  font-size: 16px; padding: 0 4px; line-height: 1; flex-shrink: 0;
-}
-.notify-row-remove:hover { color: var(--red); }
-.notify-row-remove:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--red); outline-offset: 2px; }
-
 .admin-details { margin-top: 12px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 6px; padding: 0 12px; }
 .admin-details[open] { padding-bottom: 12px; }
 .admin-details summary {
@@ -1448,8 +1400,7 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
 #memory-detail-overlay,
 #mcp-create-overlay, #mcp-import-overlay, #mcp-detail-overlay, #mcp-install-overlay,
 #github-import-overlay,
-#model-create-overlay,
-#create-hr-overlay, #edit-hr-overlay, #create-ogp-overlay, #edit-ogp-overlay {
+#model-create-overlay {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
@@ -1501,20 +1452,6 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
    grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 80px 70px 70px 70px;
  }
  .admin-col-wcmd, .admin-col-wcond, .admin-col-winterval { display: none; }
-
-  /* Judge: Heuristic Rules - hide Tier, Risk, Rec on mobile */
-  #judge-heuristic-section .admin-colheaders,
-  #judge-heuristic-section .admin-row {
-    grid-template-columns: 1fr 100px 90px 60px 160px;
-  }
-  .admin-col-htier, .admin-col-hrisk, .admin-col-hrec { display: none; }
-
-  /* Judge: Output Guard - hide Risk, Flag on mobile */
-  #judge-output-guard-section .admin-colheaders,
-  #judge-output-guard-section .admin-row {
-    grid-template-columns: 1fr 120px 90px 60px 160px;
-  }
-  .admin-col-ogrisk, .admin-col-ogflag { display: none; }
 }

 /* ==========================================================================
@@ -1527,62 +1464,18 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: auto;
-    width: 260px;
-    max-width: 80vw;
+    width: 220px;
    z-index: 500;
    background: var(--bg-surface);
    border-left: 1px solid var(--border-strong);
    border-right: none;
-    box-shadow: -4px 0 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
    transform: translateX(100%);
-    transition: transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
-    padding-top: 0;
-    overflow-y: auto;
-    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
+    transition: transform 0.25s ease;
+    padding-top: 48px;
  }
  .admin-sidebar.open { transform: translateX(0); }
-  .admin-sidebar.collapsed { transform: translateX(100%); }
+  .admin-sidebar.collapsed { transform: translateX(100%); width: 220px; }
  .admin-content { padding-right: 0; }
-
-  /* Close button at top of mobile drawer */
-  .admin-sidebar-close {
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: space-between;
-    padding: 12px 16px;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-    font-family: var(--font-display);
-    font-size: 11px;
-    font-weight: 600;
-    text-transform: uppercase;
-    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
-    color: var(--fg-dim);
-  }
-  .admin-sidebar-close button {
-    background: none;
-    border: none;
-    color: var(--fg-dim);
-    font-size: 20px;
-    line-height: 1;
-    cursor: pointer;
-    padding: 10px;
-    min-width: 44px;
-    min-height: 44px;
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: center;
-    border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-  }
-  .admin-sidebar-close button:hover { color: var(--fg); }
-  .admin-sidebar-close button:focus-visible {
-    outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
-    outline-offset: 2px;
-  }
-
-  /* Flip active indicator to left border on mobile (drawer is on right edge) */
-  .admin-nav { border-right: none; border-left: 2px solid transparent; }
-  .admin-nav:hover { border-right-color: transparent; border-left-color: var(--border-strong); }
-  .admin-nav.active { border-right-color: transparent; border-left-color: var(--accent); }
 }

 /* ==========================================================================
@@ -1649,49 +1542,6 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
  grid-template-columns: 80px 80px 1fr 120px 1.5fr;
 }

-/* ==========================================================================
-   Judge sub-section tabs
-   ========================================================================== */
-.judge-section-switcher {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 8px;
-  margin: 12px 0 16px;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-strong);
-}
-.judge-section-btn {
-  padding: 6px 14px;
-  background: none;
-  border: none;
-  border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
-  color: var(--fg-dim);
-  cursor: pointer;
-  font-family: var(--font-display);
-  font-size: 13px;
-  transition: color 0.15s, border-color 0.15s;
-}
-.judge-section-btn:hover { color: var(--fg); }
-.judge-section-btn.active {
-  border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
-  color: var(--fg);
-}
-.judge-section-btn:focus-visible {
-  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
-  outline-offset: -2px;
-}
-
-/* ==========================================================================
-   Judge: Heuristic Rules grid
-   ========================================================================== */
-#judge-heuristic-section .admin-colheaders,
-#judge-heuristic-section .admin-row {
-  grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 70px 70px 100px 70px 90px 60px 170px;
-}
-/* Judge: Output Guard Patterns grid */
-#judge-output-guard-section .admin-colheaders,
-#judge-output-guard-section .admin-row {
-  grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 120px 60px 100px 90px 60px 170px;
-}
-
 /* Audit action badges */
 .audit-badge {
  display: inline-block;
@@ -2031,7 +1881,6 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
 /* Input column */
 .settings-input input[type="text"],
 .settings-input input[type="number"],
-.settings-input input[type="password"],
 .settings-input select {
  background: var(--bg);
  color: var(--fg);
@@ -2209,6 +2058,17 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
 }
 .settings-help-ref:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

+/* Secret field — match input box height for grid alignment */
+.settings-secret {
+  color: var(--fg-dim);
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  cursor: not-allowed;
+  display: inline-block;
+  padding: 4px 0;
+  border: 1px solid transparent; /* invisible border matches input's 1px border */
+}
+
 /* Docs link in toolbar */
 .settings-docs-link {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
@@ -2231,7 +2091,6 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
  .settings-desc { display: none; }
  .settings-input input[type="text"],
  .settings-input input[type="number"],
-  .settings-input input[type="password"],
  .settings-input select { max-width: 100%; }
 }

@@ -2285,7 +2144,6 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }

 /* -- MCP source badges ---------------------------------------------------- */
 .scope-config{color:var(--magenta);border-color:rgba(192,132,252,.25)}
-.scope-default{color:var(--yellow);border-color:rgba(251,191,36,.3)}
 .scope-manual{color:var(--cyan);border-color:rgba(103,232,249,.2)}
 .scope-registry{color:var(--green);border-color:rgba(52,211,153,.2)}

@@ -2447,13 +2305,12 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
 }

 /* -- Models grid --------------------------------------------------------- */
-.models-grid{grid-template-columns:1.2fr 1.2fr 80px 90px 80px 160px;gap:0 6px}
+.models-grid{grid-template-columns:1.2fr 1.2fr 80px 90px 80px 120px;gap:0 6px}
@media(max-width:700px){
-  .models-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr 80px 160px}
+  .models-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr 80px 120px}
  .models-grid .admin-col:nth-child(2),
  .models-grid .admin-col:nth-child(3),
  .models-grid .admin-col:nth-child(4){display:none}
-  .models-grid .admin-col:last-child{white-space:normal;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:2px}
 }

 /* Model status indicators */
@@ -2482,7 +2339,7 @@ h3.skill-spec-heading { font-size: inherit; margin-block: 0; }
  .node-link, .dash-cell-node, .pagination button { transition: none; }
  .dash-row.has-link::after, .node-group-header::before { transition: none; }
  #new-ws-box select, #new-ws-box input, #new-ws-buttons button { transition: none; }
-  .admin-nav, .admin-row, .admin-btn-danger, .admin-btn-caution, .admin-btn-action, .judge-section-btn { transition: none; }
+  .admin-nav, .admin-row, .admin-btn-danger, .admin-btn-action { transition: none; }
  .settings-toggle-slider, .settings-toggle-slider::before { transition: none; }
  .settings-save-btn, .settings-reset-btn, .settings-docs-link, .settings-help-btn { transition: none; }
  .admin-sidebar, .admin-sidebar-backdrop { transition: none; }
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ _MIN_SECRET_LENGTH = 32  # 256 bits minimum for HMAC-SHA256

 VALID_SCOPES: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"read", "write", "approve", "service"})

-
-def jwt_version_slot() -> str:
-    """Return ``major.minor`` from ``__version__`` for JWT version claims.
-
-    Only major.minor is used so that patch/pre-release bumps do not
-    force every user to re-authenticate.
-    """
-    from turnstone import __version__
-
-    parts = __version__.split(".")
-    return f"{parts[0]}.{parts[1]}" if len(parts) >= 2 else __version__
-
-
 _USERNAME_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$")
 USERNAME_MAX_LEN = 64

@@ -208,7 +195,6 @@ class AuthResult:
    scopes: frozenset[str]
    token_source: str  # "jwt", "database", "password", or service origin (e.g. "console", "cli")
    permissions: frozenset[str] = frozenset()
-    token_version: str = ""  # JWT ``ver`` claim (major.minor), empty for pre-upgrade tokens

    def has_scope(self, scope: str) -> bool:
        """Return True if this result includes *scope*."""
@@ -324,7 +310,6 @@ def create_jwt(
    audience: str = "",
    permissions: frozenset[str] = frozenset(),
    expiry_seconds: int | None = None,
-    version: str | None = None,
 ) -> str:
    """Create a signed JWT with user identity, scopes, and permissions."""
    import jwt
@@ -345,8 +330,6 @@ def create_jwt(
        payload["aud"] = audience
    if permissions:
        payload["permissions"] = ",".join(sorted(permissions))
-    if version:
-        payload["ver"] = version
    return jwt.encode(payload, secret, algorithm="HS256")


@@ -356,10 +339,6 @@ def validate_jwt(token: str, secret: str, audience: str = "") -> AuthResult | No
    When *audience* is non-empty the ``aud`` claim is verified.  Tokens
    without an ``aud`` claim are accepted when *audience* is empty (backward
    compatibility during the rollout window).
-
-    The ``ver`` claim (if present) is carried through on
-    :attr:`AuthResult.token_version` so callers can enforce version gating
-    without a second decode.
    """
    import jwt

@@ -381,7 +360,6 @@ def validate_jwt(token: str, secret: str, audience: str = "") -> AuthResult | No
    scopes_str = payload.get("scopes", "")
    source = payload.get("src", "jwt")
    perms_str = payload.get("permissions", "")
-    token_ver = payload.get("ver", "")

    perms = frozenset(p for p in perms_str.split(",") if p) if perms_str else frozenset()

@@ -390,7 +368,6 @@ def validate_jwt(token: str, secret: str, audience: str = "") -> AuthResult | No
        scopes=parse_scopes(scopes_str),
        token_source=source,
        permissions=perms,
-        token_version=token_ver,
    )


@@ -477,7 +454,6 @@ def check_request(
    *,
    jwt_secret: str = "",
    jwt_audience: str = "",
-    jwt_version: str = "",
    storage: Any = None,
 ) -> tuple[bool, int, str, AuthResult | None]:
    """Validate a request.
@@ -501,21 +477,13 @@ def check_request(
    if not raw_token:
        return False, 401, "Unauthorized: missing or invalid token", None

-    # Authenticate (single decode — version checked afterward)
+    # Authenticate
    result = _authenticate_token(
-        raw_token,
-        jwt_secret=jwt_secret,
-        jwt_audience=jwt_audience,
-        storage=storage,
+        raw_token, jwt_secret=jwt_secret, jwt_audience=jwt_audience, storage=storage
    )
    if result is None:
        return False, 401, "Unauthorized: missing or invalid token", None

-    # Version gate — reject tokens minted by a different major.minor.
-    # Tokens without a ``ver`` claim are accepted (backward compat).
-    if jwt_version and result.token_version and result.token_version != jwt_version:
-        return False, 401, "version_mismatch", None
-
    # Check scope
    needed = required_scope(method, path)
    if not result.has_scope(needed):
@@ -772,10 +740,9 @@ class AuthMiddleware:
    server (``JWT_AUD_SERVER``) and the console (``JWT_AUD_CONSOLE``).
    """

-    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, jwt_audience: str = "", jwt_version: str = "") -> None:
+    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, jwt_audience: str = "") -> None:
        self.app = app
        self._jwt_audience = jwt_audience
-        self._jwt_version = jwt_version

    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> None:
        if scope["type"] != "http":
@@ -804,15 +771,10 @@ class AuthMiddleware:
            cookie_header,
            jwt_secret=jwt_secret,
            jwt_audience=self._jwt_audience,
-            jwt_version=self._jwt_version,
            storage=storage,
        )
        if not allowed:
-            body: dict[str, Any] = {"error": msg}
-            if msg == "version_mismatch":
-                body["error"] = "Unauthorized: session expired after server upgrade"
-                body["code"] = "version_mismatch"
-            response = JSONResponse(body, status_code=status)
+            response = JSONResponse({"error": msg}, status_code=status)
            await response(scope, receive, send)
            return

@@ -918,7 +880,6 @@ async def handle_auth_login(request: Request, audience: str) -> Response:
            secret=jwt_secret,
            audience=audience,
            permissions=result.permissions,
-            version=jwt_version_slot(),
        )

    role = "full" if result.has_scope("write") else "read"
@@ -1062,7 +1023,6 @@ async def handle_auth_setup(request: Request, audience: str) -> Response:
            secret=jwt_secret,
            audience=audience,
            permissions=frozenset(perms),
-            version=jwt_version_slot(),
        )

    resp_body: dict[str, str] = {
@@ -1232,7 +1192,7 @@ async def handle_oidc_callback(request: Request, audience: str) -> Response:
                jwks_data = await fetch_jwks(oidc_config.jwks_uri)
                request.app.state.jwks_data = jwks_data
            except OIDCError:
-                log.warning("JWKS fetch failed from %s", oidc_config.jwks_uri, exc_info=True)
+                pass
        if jwks_data is None:
            return RedirectResponse("/?oidc_error=OIDC+temporarily+unavailable", status_code=302)

@@ -1289,7 +1249,6 @@ async def handle_oidc_callback(request: Request, audience: str) -> Response:
            secret=jwt_secret,
            audience=jwt_audience,
            permissions=frozenset(perms),
-            version=jwt_version_slot(),
        )

    # Set cookie and redirect to app
@@ -133,7 +133,10 @@ _CONFIG_MAP: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
        "trusted_proxies": "ratelimit_trusted_proxies",
    },
    "health": {
-        "failure_threshold": "health_failure_threshold",
+        "backend_probe_interval": "health_probe_interval",
+        "backend_probe_timeout": "health_probe_timeout",
+        "circuit_breaker_threshold": "circuit_breaker_threshold",
+        "circuit_breaker_cooldown": "circuit_breaker_cooldown",
    },
    "database": {
        "backend": "db_backend",
@@ -148,6 +151,9 @@ _CONFIG_MAP: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
    "judge": {
        "enabled": "judge_enabled",
        "model": "judge_model",
+        "provider": "judge_provider",
+        "base_url": "judge_base_url",
+        "api_key": "judge_api_key",
        "confidence_threshold": "judge_confidence",
        "max_context_ratio": "judge_context_ratio",
        "timeout": "judge_timeout",
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ class ConfigStore:
        self._version = 0
        self.reload()

-    @property
-    def storage(self) -> StorageBackend:
-        """Read-only access to the underlying storage backend."""
-        return self._storage
-
    @property
    def version(self) -> int:
        """Monotonic counter incremented on every cache update."""
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-"""Per-backend health tracking via passive success/failure recording.
-
-No active probing or circuit breakers — backends are marked *degraded*
-after a configurable number of consecutive failures and recover
-automatically when a request succeeds.
-"""
+"""Background LLM backend health monitor with circuit breaker."""

 from __future__ import annotations

+import enum
 import threading
+import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any

 from turnstone.core.log import get_logger
@@ -15,39 +12,77 @@ from turnstone.core.log import get_logger
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from collections.abc import Callable

+    from openai import OpenAI
+
 log = get_logger(__name__)


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Per-backend health tracker
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class CircuitState(enum.Enum):
+    CLOSED = "closed"
+    OPEN = "open"
+    HALF_OPEN = "half_open"


-class BackendHealthTracker:
-    """Tracks LLM backend health via passive success/failure recording.
+class BackendHealthMonitor:
+    """Monitors LLM backend health via periodic probes and passive failure tracking.

-    State machine::
-
-        healthy  --(N consecutive failures)--> degraded
-        degraded --(any success)-------------> healthy
-
-    Requests are **never blocked** — the degraded flag is advisory
-    (used for observability and fallback ordering).
+    Circuit breaker state machine:
+      CLOSED  -- backend responding, all requests pass
+      OPEN    -- backend unreachable, fast-fail for cooldown period
+      HALF_OPEN -- cooldown expired, next probe decides
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
+        client: OpenAI,
+        probe_interval: float = 30.0,
+        probe_timeout: float = 5.0,
        failure_threshold: int = 5,
+        cooldown: float = 60.0,
+        *,
+        provider: str = "openai",
+        initial_model: str = "",
+        on_model_changed: Callable[[str, int | None], None] | None = None,
        on_state_changed: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
    ) -> None:
+        self._client = client
+        self._probe_interval = probe_interval
+        self._probe_timeout = probe_timeout
        self._failure_threshold = failure_threshold
+        self._cooldown = cooldown
+
+        # Model change detection
+        self._provider = provider
+        self._last_detected_model = initial_model
+        self._on_model_changed = on_model_changed
        self._on_state_changed = on_state_changed

        self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._degraded = False
+        self._state = CircuitState.CLOSED
        self._consecutive_failures = 0
+        self._last_state_change = time.monotonic()
+        # Set True on OPEN→HALF_OPEN; consumed by first acquire_request_permit() call
+        self._half_open_permit = False

-    # -- passive tracking ----------------------------------------------------
+        self._stop_event = threading.Event()
+        self._thread: threading.Thread | None = None
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Lifecycle
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        """Start background probe daemon thread."""
+        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._probe_loop, daemon=True)
+        self._thread.start()
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        """Signal the probe thread to stop."""
+        self._stop_event.set()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Passive tracking (called by request path)
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------

    def _fire_state_callback(self, state_val: str | None) -> None:
        """Fire on_state_changed callback outside the lock."""
@@ -58,121 +93,188 @@ class BackendHealthTracker:
                log.debug("on_state_changed callback error", exc_info=True)

    def record_success(self) -> None:
-        """Called on successful LLM call. Clears degraded state."""
+        """Called on successful LLM call.  Resets failure count, closes circuit."""
        state_to_dispatch: str | None = None
        with self._lock:
            self._consecutive_failures = 0
-            if self._degraded:
-                self._degraded = False
-                log.info("Backend recovered (was degraded)")
-                state_to_dispatch = "healthy"
+            if self._state != CircuitState.CLOSED:
+                prev = self._state
+                self._state = CircuitState.CLOSED
+                self._half_open_permit = False
+                self._last_state_change = time.monotonic()
+                log.info("Circuit breaker CLOSED (was %s): backend recovered", prev.value)
+                self._update_metrics()
+                state_to_dispatch = self._state.value
        self._fire_state_callback(state_to_dispatch)

    def record_failure(self) -> None:
-        """Called on LLM call failure. May mark backend as degraded."""
+        """Called on LLM call failure.  May open circuit."""
        state_to_dispatch: str | None = None
        with self._lock:
            self._consecutive_failures += 1
-            if not self._degraded and self._consecutive_failures >= self._failure_threshold:
-                self._degraded = True
+            if self._state == CircuitState.HALF_OPEN:
+                # Probe failed in HALF_OPEN — re-open immediately
+                self._state = CircuitState.OPEN
+                self._half_open_permit = False
+                self._last_state_change = time.monotonic()
+                log.warning("Circuit breaker OPEN: probe failed in HALF_OPEN")
+                self._update_metrics()
+                state_to_dispatch = self._state.value
+            elif (
+                self._state == CircuitState.CLOSED
+                and self._consecutive_failures >= self._failure_threshold
+            ):
+                self._state = CircuitState.OPEN
+                self._last_state_change = time.monotonic()
                log.warning(
-                    "Backend degraded: %d consecutive failures",
+                    "Circuit breaker OPEN: %d consecutive failures",
                    self._consecutive_failures,
                )
-                state_to_dispatch = "degraded"
+                self._update_metrics()
+                state_to_dispatch = self._state.value
        self._fire_state_callback(state_to_dispatch)

-    # -- query helpers -------------------------------------------------------
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Query helpers
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------

    @property
    def is_healthy(self) -> bool:
        with self._lock:
-            return not self._degraded
+            return self._state == CircuitState.CLOSED

    @property
-    def is_degraded(self) -> bool:
+    def circuit_state(self) -> CircuitState:
        with self._lock:
-            return self._degraded
+            return self._state

-    @property
-    def consecutive_failures(self) -> int:
-        with self._lock:
-            return self._consecutive_failures
+    def acquire_request_permit(self) -> bool:
+        """Consume one request permit if available.

-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Per-backend health tracker registry
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-class HealthTrackerRegistry:
-    """Manages per-backend health trackers keyed by ``(provider, base_url)``.
-
-    Two model aliases that point at the same backend share a single
-    :class:`BackendHealthTracker`.  Aliases on different backends get
-    independent trackers.
-
-    Thread-safe.  Trackers are created eagerly at startup (or on model
-    reload) — never lazily from the request path.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        failure_threshold: int = 5,
-        on_state_changed: Callable[[str, str], None] | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        self._failure_threshold = failure_threshold
-        # callback(backend_key_str, state_value)
-        self._on_state_changed = on_state_changed
-        self._trackers: dict[tuple[str, str], BackendHealthTracker] = {}
-        self._lock = threading.Lock()
-
-    # -- key helpers ---------------------------------------------------------
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def backend_key(provider: str, base_url: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
-        """Normalize a ``(provider, base_url)`` pair for use as a dict key."""
-        return (provider, base_url.rstrip("/"))
-
-    # -- tracker lifecycle ---------------------------------------------------
-
-    def get_tracker(
-        self,
-        provider: str,
-        base_url: str,
-    ) -> BackendHealthTracker:
-        """Get or create a tracker for the given backend.  Thread-safe."""
-        key = self.backend_key(provider, base_url)
-        with self._lock:
-            if key not in self._trackers:
-                outer = self._on_state_changed
-
-                def _state_cb(state: str, _k: tuple[str, str] = key) -> None:
-                    if outer:
-                        outer(f"{_k[0]}:{_k[1]}", state)
-
-                tracker = BackendHealthTracker(
-                    failure_threshold=self._failure_threshold,
-                    on_state_changed=_state_cb,
-                )
-                self._trackers[key] = tracker
-                log.info("Health tracker created for backend %s:%s", key[0], key[1])
-            return self._trackers[key]
-
-    def get_tracker_for_alias(
-        self,
-        registry: Any,
-        alias: str,
-    ) -> BackendHealthTracker | None:
-        """Look up the tracker for a model alias, if one exists.
-
-        Returns ``None`` if the alias is unknown or no tracker has been
-        created for its backend yet.
+        Returns True when the caller may proceed.  In HALF_OPEN, only one probe
+        request is allowed — subsequent callers are blocked until the probe
+        completes (via ``record_success`` or ``record_failure``).
        """
-        try:
-            cfg = registry.get_config(alias)
-        except (ValueError, KeyError):
-            return None
-        key = self.backend_key(cfg.provider, cfg.base_url)
        with self._lock:
-            return self._trackers.get(key)
+            if self._state == CircuitState.OPEN:
+                if (time.monotonic() - self._last_state_change) >= self._cooldown:
+                    self._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+                    self._half_open_permit = False  # consumed by this caller
+                    self._last_state_change = time.monotonic()
+                    log.info("Circuit breaker HALF_OPEN: cooldown elapsed, one probe permitted")
+                    self._update_metrics()
+                    return True  # this caller is the probe
+                return False
+            if self._state == CircuitState.HALF_OPEN:
+                # Only one probe request allowed; subsequent callers block
+                if self._half_open_permit:
+                    self._half_open_permit = False
+                    return True
+                return False
+            return True  # CLOSED
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Background probe
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _probe_loop(self) -> None:
+        """Background: probe backend every interval.
+
+        An initial jitter (derived from the PID) staggers probes across
+        cluster nodes so they don't all hit the LLM backend at once.
+        """
+        import os
+
+        # Deterministic per-process jitter: spread across half the interval
+        jitter = ((os.getpid() * 2654435761) & 0x7FFFFFFF) / 0x7FFFFFFF * (self._probe_interval / 2)
+        self._stop_event.wait(jitter)
+        while not self._stop_event.is_set():
+            self._stop_event.wait(self._probe_interval)
+            if self._stop_event.is_set():
+                break
+            # When circuit is OPEN, only probe after cooldown expires.
+            with self._lock:
+                if self._state == CircuitState.OPEN:
+                    elapsed = time.monotonic() - self._last_state_change
+                    remaining = self._cooldown - elapsed
+                    if remaining > 0:
+                        # Wait precisely for cooldown rather than skipping
+                        # a full probe_interval (which could overshoot).
+                        self._lock.release()
+                        try:
+                            self._stop_event.wait(remaining)
+                        finally:
+                            self._lock.acquire()
+                        if self._stop_event.is_set():
+                            break
+                    # Transition to HALF_OPEN for the probe.  The background
+                    # probe itself is the single HALF_OPEN request — keep
+                    # _half_open_permit False so concurrent user requests
+                    # are blocked until the probe completes.
+                    self._state = CircuitState.HALF_OPEN
+                    self._half_open_permit = False
+                    self._last_state_change = time.monotonic()
+                    log.info("Circuit breaker HALF_OPEN: cooldown elapsed, probing")
+                    self._update_metrics()
+            success = self._probe_once()
+            if success:
+                self.record_success()
+            else:
+                self.record_failure()
+
+    def _probe_once(self) -> bool:
+        """Single probe: call ``client.models.list()``.  Returns True on success."""
+        try:
+            resp = self._client.with_options(timeout=self._probe_timeout).models.list()
+            self._check_model_change(resp)
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+    def _check_model_change(self, resp: Any) -> None:
+        """Compare detected model against last known and fire callback if changed."""
+        if not self._on_model_changed or not resp.data:
+            return
+        try:
+            from turnstone.core.model_registry import (
+                _extract_context_window,
+                _select_best_model,
+            )
+
+            all_ids = [m.id for m in resp.data]
+            selected = _select_best_model(all_ids, self._provider)
+            if selected == self._last_detected_model:
+                return
+            model_obj = next((m for m in resp.data if m.id == selected), None)
+            ctx = _extract_context_window(model_obj, self._provider) if model_obj else None
+            log.info(
+                "Backend model changed: %s -> %s (ctx=%s)",
+                self._last_detected_model,
+                selected,
+                ctx,
+            )
+            self._last_detected_model = selected
+            self._on_model_changed(selected, ctx)
+        except Exception:
+            log.debug("Model change check failed", exc_info=True)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Metrics
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _update_metrics(self) -> None:
+        """Push circuit-breaker state to metrics collector.
+
+        Called with *self._lock* held. State-change callbacks are dispatched
+        by the callers (``record_success`` / ``record_failure``) after the
+        lock is released, not by this method.
+        """
+        from turnstone.core.metrics import metrics
+
+        metrics.set_backend_status(self._state == CircuitState.CLOSED)
+        state_int = {
+            CircuitState.CLOSED: 0,
+            CircuitState.OPEN: 1,
+            CircuitState.HALF_OPEN: 2,
+        }
+        metrics.set_circuit_state(state_int[self._state])
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ class JudgeConfig:

    enabled: bool = True
    model: str = ""  # empty = use session model
+    provider: str = ""  # empty = use session provider
+    base_url: str = ""
+    api_key: str = ""
    confidence_threshold: float = 0.7
    max_context_ratio: float = 0.5
    timeout: float = 60.0
@@ -684,8 +687,6 @@ def evaluate_heuristic(
    func_args: dict[str, object],
    approval_label: str,
    call_id: str = "",
-    *,
-    rules: list[_HeuristicRule] | tuple[Any, ...] | None = None,
 ) -> IntentVerdict:
    """Evaluate a tool call against the heuristic rule table.

@@ -700,10 +701,6 @@ def evaluate_heuristic(
        approval_label: Granular approval identifier (may differ from
            func_name for MCP tools).
        call_id: The tool call ID from the provider, used for correlation.
-        rules: Optional rule list override. When provided, these rules
-            are used instead of the built-in ``_HEURISTIC_RULES``.
-            Accepts both ``_HeuristicRule`` and ``HeuristicRuleDef``
-            instances (duck-typed on shared field names).

    Returns:
        An :class:`IntentVerdict` with tier ``"heuristic"``.
@@ -717,7 +714,7 @@ def evaluate_heuristic(
    except (TypeError, ValueError):
        func_args_json = str(func_args)

-    for rule in rules if rules is not None else _HEURISTIC_RULES:
+    for rule in _HEURISTIC_RULES:
        if _match_rule(rule, func_name, func_args, approval_label, arg_text):
            elapsed_ms = int((time.monotonic() - start) * 1000)
            return IntentVerdict(
@@ -896,36 +893,40 @@ class IntentJudge:
        session_client: Any,
        session_model: str,
        context_window: int = 200_000,
-        rule_registry: Any | None = None,
-        model_registry: Any | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        self._config = config
        self._context_window = context_window
-        self._rule_registry = rule_registry

-        # Resolve judge model via ModelRegistry alias, falling back to session
-        resolved = False
-        if config.model and model_registry is not None:
-            try:
-                if model_registry.has_alias(config.model):
-                    client, model_name, _ = model_registry.resolve(config.model)
-                    self._provider = model_registry.get_provider(config.model)
-                    self._client = client
-                    self._model = model_name
-                    caps = self._provider.get_capabilities(self._model)
-                    self._judge_context_window = caps.context_window
-                    resolved = True
-            except Exception:
-                log.debug("Model alias resolution failed for %r, falling back", config.model)
+        # Resolve judge model: use config override or session model
+        if config.model and config.provider:
+            from turnstone.core.providers import create_client, create_provider

-        if not resolved and config.model:
-            # Model name override with session provider
+            self._provider = create_provider(config.provider)
+            self._client = create_client(
+                config.provider,
+                base_url=config.base_url
+                or (
+                    "https://api.openai.com/v1"
+                    if config.provider == "openai"
+                    else "https://api.anthropic.com"
+                ),
+                api_key=config.api_key
+                or os.environ.get(
+                    "OPENAI_API_KEY" if config.provider == "openai" else "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
+                    "",
+                ),
+            )
+            self._model = config.model
+            caps = self._provider.get_capabilities(self._model)
+            self._judge_context_window = caps.context_window
+        elif config.model:
+            # Model override but same provider
            self._provider = session_provider
            self._client = session_client
            self._model = config.model
            caps = self._provider.get_capabilities(self._model)
            self._judge_context_window = caps.context_window
-        elif not resolved:
+        else:
            # Self-consistency: same model as session
            self._provider = session_provider
            self._client = session_client
@@ -970,10 +971,7 @@ class IntentJudge:
            approval_label = item.get("approval_label", func_name)
            call_id = item.get("call_id", item.get("tool_call_id", ""))

-            registry_rules = self._rule_registry.heuristic_rules if self._rule_registry else None
-            verdict = evaluate_heuristic(
-                func_name, func_args, approval_label, call_id, rules=registry_rules
-            )
+            verdict = evaluate_heuristic(func_name, func_args, approval_label, call_id)
            heuristic_verdicts.append(verdict)

        # Spawn daemon thread for LLM judge
@@ -1384,7 +1382,7 @@ class IntentJudge:
            confidence = float(data.get("confidence", 0.5))
            confidence = max(0.0, min(1.0, confidence))
        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            pass  # keeps default 0.5
+            pass

        evidence = data.get("evidence", [])
        if isinstance(evidence, str):
@@ -1417,7 +1415,7 @@ class IntentJudge:
            if isinstance(data, dict):
                return data
        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
-            pass  # falls through to strategy 2
+            pass

        # Strategy 2: Markdown code block
        md_match = re.search(r"```(?:json)?\s*(\{.*?\})\s*```", text, re.DOTALL)
@@ -1427,7 +1425,7 @@ class IntentJudge:
                if isinstance(data, dict):
                    return data
            except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
-                pass  # falls through to strategy 3
+                pass

        # Strategy 3: Find first { and matching }
        start = text.find("{")
@@ -1444,7 +1442,7 @@ class IntentJudge:
                            if isinstance(data, dict):
                                return data
                        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
-                            pass  # falls through to regex extraction
+                            pass
                        break

        # Strategy 4: Regex field extraction (last resort)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from collections.abc import Callable

 import mcp.types as mcp_types
-from mcp import ClientSession, McpError, StdioServerParameters
+from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def _mcp_to_openai(server_name: str, tool: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
        "type": "function",
        "function": {
            "name": f"mcp__{server_name}__{tool.name}",
-            "description": description,
+            "description": f"[MCP: {server_name}] {description}",
            "parameters": input_schema,
        },
    }
@@ -151,22 +151,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        self._refresh_interval = refresh_interval
        self._refresh_task: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None

-        # Circuit breaker (per-server) — prevents repeated calls to broken servers
-        self._consecutive_failures: dict[str, int] = {}
-        self._circuit_open_until: dict[str, float] = {}  # monotonic timestamp
-        self._circuit_trip_count: dict[str, int] = {}  # backoff exponent
-
-        # Safe transport stream refs (pre-close before stack teardown to avoid
-        # the anyio cancel-scope CPU busy-loop — MCP SDK #2147)
-        self._server_streams: dict[str, tuple[Any, Any]] = {}
-
-        # Notification debounce (per-server)
-        self._last_notification_refresh: dict[str, float] = {}
-
-        # Periodic refresh backoff (per-server)
-        self._refresh_failures: dict[str, int] = {}
-        self._refresh_backoff_until: dict[str, float] = {}  # monotonic timestamp
-
    # -- lifecycle -----------------------------------------------------------

    def start(self) -> None:
@@ -197,7 +181,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            except Exception as exc:
                log.warning("Failed to connect MCP server '%s'", name, exc_info=True)
                self._set_error(name, f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc}")
-                self._cb_record_failure(name)

        self._connected.set()

@@ -220,94 +203,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
    _CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 30  # seconds — prevents hung connections on broken remotes
    _TCP_PROBE_TIMEOUT = 5  # seconds — fast TCP pre-flight for HTTP transports

-    # Circuit breaker constants
-    _CB_FAILURE_THRESHOLD = 3
-    _CB_BASE_COOLDOWN = 30.0  # seconds
-    _CB_MAX_COOLDOWN = 300.0  # 5 minutes
-
-    # Notification debounce
-    _NOTIFICATION_DEBOUNCE = 5.0  # seconds between refreshes per server
-
-    # Periodic refresh backoff
-    _REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE = 60.0  # seconds
-    _REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX = 3600.0  # 1 hour
-
-    # -- circuit breaker (per-server) -----------------------------------------
-
-    def _cb_check(self, name: str) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
-        """Check circuit breaker state for *name*.
-
-        Returns ``(is_open, cooldown_expired)``.  When the circuit is closed
-        both values are False.  When open, *cooldown_expired* indicates
-        whether a probe attempt is allowed.
-        """
-        deadline = self._circuit_open_until.get(name)
-        if deadline is None:
-            return False, False
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        if now >= deadline:
-            return True, True  # half-open: allow one probe
-        return True, False  # still in cooldown
-
-    def _cb_record_failure(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """Record a failure against *name*, potentially opening the circuit."""
-        count = self._consecutive_failures.get(name, 0) + 1
-        self._consecutive_failures[name] = count
-        # Guard: don't extend an already-open deadline.  Additional failures
-        # while open still accumulate in _consecutive_failures, so the circuit
-        # re-opens immediately after the next half-open probe fails (count is
-        # already >= threshold).
-        if count >= self._CB_FAILURE_THRESHOLD and name not in self._circuit_open_until:
-            trips = self._circuit_trip_count.get(name, 0)
-            cooldown = min(self._CB_BASE_COOLDOWN * (2**trips), self._CB_MAX_COOLDOWN)
-            # Per-server jitter seeded from server name (varies across process
-            # restarts via PYTHONHASHSEED, which is desirable — each cluster
-            # node gets different jitter to avoid thundering herd).
-            jitter = random.Random(hash(name)).random() * cooldown * 0.1
-            self._circuit_open_until[name] = time.monotonic() + cooldown + jitter
-            self._circuit_trip_count[name] = trips + 1
-            log.warning(
-                "MCP circuit open for '%s': %d consecutive failures, cooldown %.0fs",
-                name,
-                count,
-                cooldown + jitter,
-            )
-
-    def _cb_record_success(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """Record a successful operation for *name*, decaying circuit state.
-
-        Decays trip count by 1 rather than resetting to 0, so a chronically
-        flapping server escalates its backoff over time instead of always
-        restarting at the minimum cooldown.
-        """
-        self._consecutive_failures.pop(name, None)
-        self._circuit_open_until.pop(name, None)
-        trips = self._circuit_trip_count.get(name, 0)
-        if trips > 1:
-            self._circuit_trip_count[name] = trips - 1
-        else:
-            self._circuit_trip_count.pop(name, None)
-
-    def _cb_clear(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """Remove all circuit breaker state for *name*."""
-        self._consecutive_failures.pop(name, None)
-        self._circuit_open_until.pop(name, None)
-        self._circuit_trip_count.pop(name, None)
-
-    # -- safe transport helpers ------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def _pre_close_streams(self, name: str) -> None:
-        """Close MCP transport streams before stack teardown.
-
-        Pre-closing unblocks anyio transport tasks stuck on zero-buffer
-        ``send()`` calls, preventing the CPU busy-loop from SDK #2147.
-        """
-        streams = self._server_streams.pop(name, None)
-        if streams:
-            for s in streams:
-                with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-                    await s.aclose()
-
    async def _tcp_probe(self, name: str, url: str) -> None:
        """Fast TCP connect check before entering the MCP transport context.

@@ -356,16 +251,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            log.error("MCP server name '%s' contains '__' (reserved delimiter), skipping", name)
            return

-        # Guard: tear down stale session/stack so we don't leak.  Checks both
-        # _sessions and _per_server_stacks because transport errors in the sync
-        # dispatch methods evict the session but leave the stack behind.
-        if name in self._sessions or name in self._per_server_stacks:
-            self._sessions.pop(name, None)
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
-            old_stack = self._per_server_stacks.pop(name, None)
-            if old_stack:
-                await self._safe_close_stack(old_stack)
-
        # Per-server exit stack for clean per-server lifecycle management
        stack = AsyncExitStack()
        await stack.__aenter__()
@@ -386,9 +271,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
                    ),
                    timeout=self._CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
                )
-                # Stash stream refs so _pre_close_streams can unblock anyio
-                # transport tasks before the cancel scope fires (SDK #2147).
-                self._server_streams[name] = (read, write)
            else:
                # Default: stdio transport
                command = cfg.get("command", "")
@@ -405,29 +287,24 @@ class MCPClientManager:
                    env=env,
                )
                read, write = await stack.enter_async_context(stdio_client(params))
-                self._server_streams[name] = (read, write)
        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            # Stray CancelledError from broken anyio cancel scope -- treat as
+            # Stray CancelledError from broken anyio cancel scope — treat as
            # connection failure.  But if the task is genuinely being cancelled
            # (shutdown), re-raise so we don't block teardown.
            task = asyncio.current_task()
            if task is not None and task.cancelling():
-                await self._pre_close_streams(name)
                await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
                raise
            log.warning("MCP server '%s' connection failed (anyio cancel)", name)
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise TimeoutError(f"Connection failed for '{name}'") from None
        except TimeoutError:
            log.warning(
                "MCP server '%s' connection timed out after %ds", name, self._CONNECT_TIMEOUT
            )
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise TimeoutError(f"Connection timed out after {self._CONNECT_TIMEOUT}s") from None
        except Exception:
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise

@@ -439,30 +316,15 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            if not isinstance(msg, mcp_types.ServerNotification):
                return
            root = msg.root
-
-            # Debounce: skip if we refreshed this server very recently
-            now = time.monotonic()
-            last = self._last_notification_refresh.get(name, 0.0)
-            if now - last < self._NOTIFICATION_DEBOUNCE:
-                log.debug(
-                    "Debouncing notification from '%s' (%.1fs since last refresh)",
-                    name,
-                    now - last,
-                )
-                return
-
            try:
                if isinstance(root, mcp_types.ToolListChangedNotification):
                    log.info("Received tools/list_changed from '%s'", name)
-                    self._last_notification_refresh[name] = now
                    await self._refresh_server_tools(name)
                elif isinstance(root, mcp_types.ResourceListChangedNotification):
                    log.info("Received resources/list_changed from '%s'", name)
-                    self._last_notification_refresh[name] = now
                    await self._refresh_server_resources(name)
                elif isinstance(root, mcp_types.PromptListChangedNotification):
                    log.info("Received prompts/list_changed from '%s'", name)
-                    self._last_notification_refresh[name] = now
                    await self._refresh_server_prompts(name)
                self._last_error.pop(name, None)
            except Exception as exc:
@@ -474,7 +336,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
                ClientSession(read, write, message_handler=_on_notification)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
            )
        except Exception:
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise

@@ -485,20 +346,16 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            self._per_server_stacks.pop(name, None)
            task = asyncio.current_task()
            if task is not None and task.cancelling():
-                await self._pre_close_streams(name)
                await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
                raise
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise TimeoutError(f"MCP handshake failed for '{name}'") from None
        except TimeoutError:
            self._per_server_stacks.pop(name, None)
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise TimeoutError(f"MCP handshake timed out after {self._CONNECT_TIMEOUT}s") from None
        except Exception:
            self._per_server_stacks.pop(name, None)
-            await self._pre_close_streams(name)
            await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
            raise
        self._sessions[name] = session
@@ -691,14 +548,12 @@ class MCPClientManager:
                    if cfg:
                        log.info("Reconnecting MCP server '%s'", name)
                        await self._connect_one(name, cfg)
-                        self._cb_record_success(name)
                        new_names = [
                            t["function"]["name"] for t in self._per_server_tools.get(name, [])
                        ]
                        results[name] = (new_names, [])
                    continue
                added, removed = await self._refresh_server(name)
-                self._cb_record_success(name)
                results[name] = (added, removed)
            except Exception as exc:
                log.warning("Refresh failed for MCP server '%s'", name, exc_info=True)
@@ -722,18 +577,10 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        """
        assert self._loop is not None
        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self._refresh_all(server_name), self._loop)
-        try:
-            return future.result(timeout=timeout)
-        except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
-            future.cancel()
-            raise TimeoutError(f"MCP refresh timed out after {timeout}s") from None
+        return future.result(timeout=timeout)

    async def _periodic_refresh(self) -> None:
-        """Periodically refresh servers that lack push notifications.
-
-        Applies per-server exponential backoff on failure and attempts
-        reconnection for disconnected servers.
-        """
+        """Periodically refresh servers that lack push notifications."""
        # Stagger start using a launch-time seed so cluster nodes don't
        # all hit MCP servers simultaneously.
        seed = random.Random(time.monotonic_ns() ^ os.getpid()).random()
@@ -741,42 +588,8 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        await asyncio.sleep(initial_delay)
        while True:
            for name in list(self._server_configs):
-                now = time.monotonic()
-
-                # Check per-server backoff
-                backoff_until = self._refresh_backoff_until.get(name, 0.0)
-                if now < backoff_until:
-                    continue  # still in backoff
-
                if name not in self._sessions:
-                    # Attempt reconnection for disconnected servers
-                    cfg = self._server_configs.get(name)
-                    if cfg:
-                        try:
-                            log.info("Periodic reconnect attempt for '%s'", name)
-                            await self._connect_one(name, cfg)
-                            self._refresh_failures.pop(name, None)
-                            self._refresh_backoff_until.pop(name, None)
-                            self._cb_record_success(name)
-                        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                            raise
-                        except Exception as exc:
-                            failures = self._refresh_failures.get(name, 0) + 1
-                            self._refresh_failures[name] = failures
-                            backoff = min(
-                                self._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2 ** (failures - 1)),
-                                self._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX,
-                            )
-                            self._refresh_backoff_until[name] = time.monotonic() + backoff
-                            log.warning(
-                                "Periodic reconnect failed for '%s' (attempt %d, backoff %.0fs)",
-                                name,
-                                failures,
-                                backoff,
-                            )
-                            self._set_error(name, f"Reconnect failed: {exc}")
-                    continue
-
+                    continue  # not connected — skip (reconnect on manual refresh)
                try:
                    if not self._supports_list_changed.get(name, False):
                        await self._refresh_server_tools(name)
@@ -785,26 +598,9 @@ class MCPClientManager:
                    if not self._supports_prompt_list_changed.get(name, False):
                        await self._refresh_server_prompts(name)
                    self._last_error.pop(name, None)
-                    self._refresh_failures.pop(name, None)
-                    self._refresh_backoff_until.pop(name, None)
                except Exception as exc:
-                    failures = self._refresh_failures.get(name, 0) + 1
-                    self._refresh_failures[name] = failures
-                    backoff = min(
-                        self._REFRESH_BACKOFF_BASE * (2 ** (failures - 1)),
-                        self._REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX,
-                    )
-                    self._refresh_backoff_until[name] = time.monotonic() + backoff
-                    log.warning(
-                        "Periodic refresh failed for '%s' (attempt %d, backoff %.0fs)",
-                        name,
-                        failures,
-                        backoff,
-                    )
+                    log.warning("Periodic refresh failed for '%s'", name, exc_info=True)
                    self._set_error(name, f"Periodic refresh failed: {exc}")
-            # Note: per-server backoff (max 1h) is only meaningful when
-            # refresh_interval is shorter than _REFRESH_BACKOFF_MAX.  With
-            # the default 4h interval this sleep already bounds retry frequency.
            await asyncio.sleep(self._refresh_interval)

    # -- resource refresh ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -1144,9 +940,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        if self._loop and self._per_server_stacks:

            async def _close_all_stacks() -> None:
-                # Pre-close streams to prevent anyio CPU busy-loop during teardown
-                for srv_name in list(self._server_streams):
-                    await self._pre_close_streams(srv_name)
                for stack in self._per_server_stacks.values():
                    await self._safe_close_stack(stack)

@@ -1192,14 +985,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        self._listeners.clear()
        self._resource_listeners.clear()
        self._prompt_listeners.clear()
-        # Clear resilience state
-        self._consecutive_failures.clear()
-        self._circuit_open_until.clear()
-        self._circuit_trip_count.clear()
-        self._server_streams.clear()
-        self._last_notification_refresh.clear()
-        self._refresh_failures.clear()
-        self._refresh_backoff_until.clear()

        log.info("MCP client shut down")

@@ -1264,7 +1049,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            async def _remove() -> None:
                # Close session + transport via per-server stack
                self._sessions.pop(name, None)
-                await self._pre_close_streams(name)
                stack = self._per_server_stacks.pop(name, None)
                if stack is not None:
                    await self._safe_close_stack(stack)
@@ -1278,10 +1062,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
                self._supports_prompts.pop(name, None)
                self._supports_prompt_list_changed.pop(name, None)
                self._last_error.pop(name, None)
-                self._last_notification_refresh.pop(name, None)
-                self._refresh_failures.pop(name, None)
-                self._refresh_backoff_until.pop(name, None)
-                self._cb_clear(name)
                # Rebuild merged state (serialized with notification handlers)
                self._rebuild_tools()
                self._rebuild_resources()
@@ -1295,7 +1075,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        else:
            # No event loop (tests / pre-start) — mutate directly
            self._sessions.pop(name, None)
-            self._server_streams.pop(name, None)
            self._per_server_tools.pop(name, None)
            self._per_server_resources.pop(name, None)
            self._per_server_prompts.pop(name, None)
@@ -1305,10 +1084,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            self._supports_prompts.pop(name, None)
            self._supports_prompt_list_changed.pop(name, None)
            self._last_error.pop(name, None)
-            self._last_notification_refresh.pop(name, None)
-            self._refresh_failures.pop(name, None)
-            self._refresh_backoff_until.pop(name, None)
-            self._cb_clear(name)
            self._rebuild_tools()
            self._rebuild_resources()
            self._rebuild_prompts()
@@ -1332,8 +1107,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        connected = name in self._sessions
        cfg = self._server_configs.get(name, {})
        transport = cfg.get("type", "stdio")
-        cb_deadline = self._circuit_open_until.get(name)
-        cb_open = cb_deadline is not None and time.monotonic() < cb_deadline
        return {
            "connected": connected,
            "tools": len(self._per_server_tools.get(name, [])) if connected else 0,
@@ -1343,8 +1116,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:
            "transport": transport,
            "command": cfg.get("command", "") if transport == "stdio" else "",
            "url": cfg.get("url", "") if transport != "stdio" else "",
-            "circuit_open": cb_open,
-            "consecutive_failures": self._consecutive_failures.get(name, 0),
        }

    def get_all_server_status(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
@@ -1474,55 +1245,6 @@ class MCPClientManager:

    # -- tool invocation -----------------------------------------------------

-    def _cb_gate(self, server_name: str) -> None:
-        """Check circuit breaker before dispatching to *server_name*.
-
-        Raises ``RuntimeError`` if the circuit is open and cooldown has not
-        expired.  When the cooldown has expired (half-open), clears the
-        deadline so the probe attempt is allowed through.
-        """
-        is_open, cooldown_expired = self._cb_check(server_name)
-        if is_open and not cooldown_expired:
-            remaining = self._circuit_open_until.get(server_name, 0) - time.monotonic()
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                f"MCP server '{server_name}' circuit open "
-                f"(cooldown {remaining:.0f}s remaining). "
-                f"Use '/mcp refresh {server_name}' to retry manually."
-            )
-        if cooldown_expired:
-            # Remove deadline so concurrent callers aren't rejected while the
-            # probe is in-flight.  This intentionally allows multiple callers
-            # through rather than a single probe: reconnects serialize on the
-            # event loop via _connect_one's guard, and if the server is truly
-            # broken the first failure re-trips the circuit immediately.
-            self._circuit_open_until.pop(server_name, None)
-
-    def _cb_auto_reconnect(self, server_name: str) -> Any:
-        """Attempt reconnection for a disconnected server during half-open probe.
-
-        Returns the new session on success, or raises on failure.
-        """
-        cfg = self._server_configs.get(server_name)
-        if not cfg or self._loop is None:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' is not connected")
-        reconnect_future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
-            self._connect_one(server_name, cfg), self._loop
-        )
-        try:
-            reconnect_future.result(timeout=self._CONNECT_TIMEOUT)
-        except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
-            reconnect_future.cancel()
-            self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
-            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' reconnect timed out") from None
-        except Exception as exc:
-            self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
-            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' reconnect failed: {exc}") from None
-        session = self._sessions.get(server_name)
-        if session is None:
-            self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
-            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' reconnect produced no session")
-        return session
-
    def call_tool_sync(
        self,
        func_name: str,
@@ -1532,19 +1254,15 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        """Execute an MCP tool call synchronously (blocks the calling thread).

        Dispatches an async ``tools/call`` to the background event loop and
-        waits for the result.  Includes circuit-breaker gating and automatic
-        reconnection for servers recovering from failure.
+        waits for the result.
        """
        mapping = self._tool_map.get(func_name)
        if mapping is None:
            raise ValueError(f"Unknown MCP tool: {func_name}")
        server_name, original_name = mapping
-
-        self._cb_gate(server_name)
-
        session = self._sessions.get(server_name)
        if session is None:
-            session = self._cb_auto_reconnect(server_name)
+            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' is not connected")
        assert self._loop is not None

        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
@@ -1553,19 +1271,7 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        try:
            result = future.result(timeout=timeout)
        except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
-            future.cancel()
-            self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
            raise TimeoutError(f"MCP tool call timed out after {timeout}s") from None
-        except Exception as exc:
-            # Protocol errors (McpError) come from a healthy connection that
-            # rejected the request — only transport errors trip the breaker.
-            if not isinstance(exc, McpError):
-                self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
-            if isinstance(exc, (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError, EOFError)):
-                self._sessions.pop(server_name, None)
-            raise
-
-        self._cb_record_success(server_name)

        # Extract text from the content array
        texts: list[str] = []
@@ -1614,29 +1320,16 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        if mapping is None:
            raise ValueError(f"Unknown MCP resource: {uri}")
        server_name, _ = mapping
-
-        self._cb_gate(server_name)
-
        session = self._sessions.get(server_name)
        if session is None:
-            session = self._cb_auto_reconnect(server_name)
+            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' is not connected")
        assert self._loop is not None

        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(session.read_resource(uri), self._loop)
        try:
            result = future.result(timeout=timeout)
        except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
-            future.cancel()
-            self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
            raise TimeoutError(f"MCP resource read timed out after {timeout}s") from None
-        except Exception as exc:
-            if not isinstance(exc, McpError):
-                self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
-            if isinstance(exc, (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError, EOFError)):
-                self._sessions.pop(server_name, None)
-            raise
-
-        self._cb_record_success(server_name)

        parts: list[str] = []
        for item in result.contents:
@@ -1664,12 +1357,9 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        if mapping is None:
            raise ValueError(f"Unknown MCP prompt: {prefixed_name}")
        server_name, original_name = mapping
-
-        self._cb_gate(server_name)
-
        session = self._sessions.get(server_name)
        if session is None:
-            session = self._cb_auto_reconnect(server_name)
+            raise RuntimeError(f"MCP server '{server_name}' is not connected")
        assert self._loop is not None

        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
@@ -1678,17 +1368,7 @@ class MCPClientManager:
        try:
            result = future.result(timeout=timeout)
        except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
-            future.cancel()
-            self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
            raise TimeoutError(f"MCP prompt retrieval timed out after {timeout}s") from None
-        except Exception as exc:
-            if not isinstance(exc, McpError):
-                self._cb_record_failure(server_name)
-            if isinstance(exc, (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError, EOFError)):
-                self._sessions.pop(server_name, None)
-            raise
-
-        self._cb_record_success(server_name)

        messages: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
        for msg in result.messages:
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class MetricsCollector:
        self._context_ratio: float = 0.0
        self._sse_connections: int = 0  # gauge: active SSE connections
        self._backend_up: bool = True  # gauge: 1 if up, 0 if down
+        self._circuit_state: int = 0  # gauge: 0=closed, 1=open, 2=half_open
        # counters (continued)
        self._ratelimit_rejects: int = 0  # counter: total 429 responses
        self._evictions: int = 0  # counter: workstreams evicted
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ class MetricsCollector:
        with self._lock:
            self._backend_up = up

+    def set_circuit_state(self, state: int) -> None:
+        """0=closed, 1=open, 2=half_open."""
+        with self._lock:
+            self._circuit_state = state
+
    def record_eviction(self) -> None:
        with self._lock:
            self._evictions += 1
@@ -166,6 +172,7 @@ class MetricsCollector:
            sse_connections = self._sse_connections
            ratelimit_rejects = self._ratelimit_rejects
            backend_up = self._backend_up
+            circuit_state = self._circuit_state
            evictions = self._evictions
            judge_verdicts = dict(self._judge_verdicts)
            judge_latency = dict(self._judge_latency)
@@ -270,6 +277,13 @@ class MetricsCollector:
            1 if backend_up else 0,
        )

+        # turnstone_circuit_state
+        gauge(
+            "turnstone_circuit_state",
+            "Circuit breaker state (0=closed, 1=open, 2=half_open)",
+            circuit_state,
+        )
+
        # turnstone_workstreams_evicted_total
        counter(
            "turnstone_workstreams_evicted_total",
@@ -199,22 +199,10 @@ def _resolve_env_vars(value: str) -> str:
    return re.sub(r"\$\{([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\}", _replace, value)


-def _resolve_openai_provider(provider: str, base_url: str) -> str:
-    """Distinguish commercial OpenAI from local OpenAI-compatible servers.
-
-    When ``provider`` is ``"openai"`` but the ``base_url`` does not point to
-    ``api.openai.com``, the model is on a local server (vLLM, llama.cpp, etc.)
-    and should use the Chat Completions provider (``"openai-compatible"``).
-    """
-    if provider == "openai" and base_url and "api.openai.com" not in base_url:
-        return "openai-compatible"
-    return provider
-
-
 def load_model_registry(
-    base_url: str = "",
-    api_key: str = "",
-    model: str = "",
+    base_url: str,
+    api_key: str,
+    model: str,
    context_window: int = 32768,
    provider: str = "openai",
    storage: Any | None = None,
@@ -253,16 +241,15 @@ def load_model_registry(
                        if isinstance(parsed, dict):
                            caps = parsed
                    except (_json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                        pass  # falls back to empty capabilities
-                row_base_url = _resolve_env_vars(row.get("base_url", ""))
-                row_provider = _resolve_openai_provider(row.get("provider", "openai"), row_base_url)
+                        pass
+                row_provider = row.get("provider", "openai")
                row_model = row["model"]
                # 0 = auto-detect: inherit CLI-detected context_window,
                # same fallback chain as config.toml models
                row_ctx = row.get("context_window", 0) or context_window
                configs[alias] = ModelConfig(
                    alias=alias,
-                    base_url=row_base_url,
+                    base_url=_resolve_env_vars(row.get("base_url", "")),
                    api_key=_resolve_env_vars(row.get("api_key", "")),
                    model=row_model,
                    context_window=row_ctx,
@@ -281,14 +268,13 @@ def load_model_registry(
        if not model_name:
            log.warning("Model entry '%s' has no model name, skipping", alias)
            continue
-        entry_base_url = _resolve_env_vars(entry.get("base_url", base_url))
        configs[alias] = ModelConfig(
            alias=alias,
-            base_url=entry_base_url,
-            api_key=_resolve_env_vars(entry.get("api_key", api_key)),
+            base_url=entry.get("base_url", base_url),
+            api_key=entry.get("api_key", api_key),
            model=model_name,
            context_window=entry.get("context_window", context_window),
-            provider=_resolve_openai_provider(entry.get("provider", "openai"), entry_base_url),
+            provider=entry.get("provider", "openai"),
            capabilities=entry.get("capabilities", {})
            if isinstance(entry.get("capabilities"), dict)
            else {},
@@ -296,36 +282,22 @@ def load_model_registry(
        )

    # 3. Ensure a "default" entry from CLI args (only if not already defined
-    # by config.toml or DB — those take precedence, and only when a CLI
-    # model was actually provided)
-    if "default" not in configs and model:
+    # by config.toml or DB — those take precedence)
+    if "default" not in configs:
        configs["default"] = ModelConfig(
            alias="default",
            base_url=base_url,
            api_key=api_key,
            model=model,
            context_window=context_window,
-            provider=_resolve_openai_provider(provider, base_url),
-        )
-
-    if not configs:
-        raise ValueError(
-            "No model definitions found. Provide --model, configure [models.*] "
-            "in config.toml, or add model definitions in the admin panel."
+            provider=provider,
        )

    # Determine default alias
    default_alias = model_section.get("default", "default")
    if default_alias not in configs:
-        if "default" in configs:
-            default_alias = "default"
-        else:
-            default_alias = next(iter(configs))
-            log.info(
-                "No '%s' model alias; using '%s' as default",
-                model_section.get("default", "default"),
-                default_alias,
-            )
+        log.warning("Configured default model '%s' not found, using 'default'", default_alias)
+        default_alias = "default"

    # Fallback chain
    fallback_raw = model_section.get("fallback", [])
@@ -574,11 +546,7 @@ def _detect_openai_compat(
            result["context_window"] = known["context_window"]

    # Server type heuristics
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-    _normalized = (base_url if "://" in base_url else f"https://{base_url}") if base_url else ""
-    _hostname = urlparse(_normalized).hostname or "" if _normalized else ""
-    if base_url and (_hostname == "api.openai.com" or _hostname.endswith(".openai.com")):
+    if base_url and "api.openai.com" in base_url:
        result["server_type"] = "openai"
    elif meta is not None and "n_ctx_train" in meta:
        result["server_type"] = "llama.cpp"
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Mapping
+from typing import Any

 # -- Priority 1: Prompt injection markers (HIGH) ---------------------------

@@ -171,225 +168,6 @@ def _clean() -> OutputAssessment:
    return OutputAssessment()


-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class OutputGuardPatternDef:
-    """A pattern definition for output guard scanning."""
-
-    name: str
-    category: str  # prompt_injection/credentials/encoded_payloads/adversarial_urls/info_disclosure
-    risk_level: str  # high/medium/low
-    compiled: re.Pattern[str]  # pre-compiled regex
-    flag_name: str  # e.g. "prompt_injection", "credential_leak"
-    annotation: str  # human-readable message
-    is_credential: bool = False  # triggers redaction
-    redact_label: str = ""  # e.g. "api_key"
-    priority: int = 0  # order within category (higher = first)
-
-
-# -- Built-in pattern definitions (consumed by rule_registry.RuleRegistry) ---
-
-_BUILTIN_OG_PATTERNS: list[OutputGuardPatternDef] = [
-    # -- prompt_injection (priority 1, high) --
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="override_phrases",
-        category="prompt_injection",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=_RE_OVERRIDE_PHRASES,
-        flag_name="prompt_injection",
-        annotation="Output contains phrases that attempt to override agent instructions.",
-        priority=40,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="role_injection",
-        category="prompt_injection",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=_RE_ROLE_INJECTION,
-        flag_name="role_injection",
-        annotation="Output contains role/message injection markers.",
-        priority=30,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="instruction_override",
-        category="prompt_injection",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=_RE_INSTRUCTION_OVERRIDE,
-        flag_name="instruction_override",
-        annotation="Output contains instruction-override keywords (MANDATORY, OVERRIDE, etc.).",
-        priority=20,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="meta_injection",
-        category="prompt_injection",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=_RE_META_INJECTION,
-        flag_name="meta_injection",
-        annotation="Output attempts to redefine the agent's identity or persona.",
-        priority=10,
-    ),
-    # -- credentials (priority 2, high) --
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_sk_proj",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"sk-proj-[a-zA-Z0-9\-]{20,}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=90,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_sk",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=80,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_ghp",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"ghp_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=70,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_gho",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"gho_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=60,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_akia",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=50,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_aiza",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"AIza[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{35}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=40,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_bearer",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"Bearer\s+[a-zA-Z0-9._~+/=\-]{20,}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=30,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_token_param",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"token=[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=20,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="credential_key_param",
-        category="credentials",
-        risk_level="high",
-        compiled=re.compile(r"key=[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}"),
-        flag_name="credential_leak",
-        annotation="Output contains what appears to be an API key or token.",
-        is_credential=True,
-        redact_label="api_key",
-        priority=10,
-    ),
-    # NOTE: private_key_block and connection_string are NOT in _BUILTIN_OG_PATTERNS
-    # because they require custom redaction logic (preserve protocol/username in
-    # connection strings, match PEM block boundaries).  They are handled by
-    # _check_credentials_complex() instead.
-    # -- encoded_payloads (priority 3, medium) --
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="script_data_uri",
-        category="encoded_payloads",
-        risk_level="medium",
-        compiled=_RE_SCRIPT_DATA_URI,
-        flag_name="script_data_uri",
-        annotation="Output contains a data URI with executable content.",
-        priority=30,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="hex_shellcode",
-        category="encoded_payloads",
-        risk_level="medium",
-        compiled=_RE_HEX_SHELLCODE,
-        flag_name="hex_shellcode",
-        annotation="Output contains hex-encoded byte sequences resembling shellcode.",
-        priority=20,
-    ),
-    # -- adversarial_urls (priority 4, medium) --
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="url_cred_param",
-        category="adversarial_urls",
-        risk_level="medium",
-        compiled=_RE_URL_CRED_PARAM,
-        flag_name="url_credential_param",
-        annotation="Output contains URLs with credential-bearing query parameters.",
-        priority=20,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="cloud_metadata",
-        category="adversarial_urls",
-        risk_level="medium",
-        compiled=_RE_CLOUD_METADATA,
-        flag_name="cloud_metadata_access",
-        annotation="Output references cloud metadata endpoints.",
-        priority=10,
-    ),
-    # -- info_disclosure (priority 5, low) --
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="cloud_identity_doc",
-        category="info_disclosure",
-        risk_level="low",
-        compiled=_RE_CLOUD_IDENTITY_DOC,
-        flag_name="cloud_identity_disclosure",
-        annotation="Output contains cloud instance identity metadata.",
-        priority=20,
-    ),
-    OutputGuardPatternDef(
-        name="sensitive_path",
-        category="info_disclosure",
-        risk_level="low",
-        compiled=_RE_SENSITIVE_PATH,
-        flag_name="sensitive_path_disclosure",
-        annotation="Output references sensitive file paths (.env, .ssh/, .aws/, etc.).",
-        priority=10,
-    ),
-]
-
-
 # -- Check functions (one per priority tier) --------------------------------


@@ -498,168 +276,6 @@ def _redact_credentials(text: str) -> str:
    return result


-# -- Configurable-mode helpers (used when patterns kwarg is provided) --------
-
-# Category → parent flag (idempotently added for each pattern match in that category)
-_CATEGORY_PARENT_FLAGS: dict[str, str] = {
-    "prompt_injection": "prompt_injection",
-    "credentials": "credential_leak",
-}
-
-
-def _check_patterns(
-    text: str,
-    category_patterns: tuple[OutputGuardPatternDef, ...],
-    flags: list[str],
-    ann: list[str],
-    parent_flag: str = "",
-) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
-    """Run configurable patterns for a category.  Returns (risk, sanitized_or_None)."""
-    risk = "none"
-    sanitized: str | None = None
-    need_redact = False
-    for pat in category_patterns:
-        if pat.compiled.search(text):
-            if parent_flag:
-                _add_flag(flags, parent_flag)
-            _add_flag(flags, pat.flag_name)
-            if pat.annotation not in ann:
-                ann.append(pat.annotation)
-            risk = _max_risk(risk, pat.risk_level)
-            if pat.is_credential:
-                need_redact = True
-    if need_redact:
-        sanitized = _redact_with_patterns(text, category_patterns)
-    return risk, sanitized
-
-
-def _redact_with_patterns(
-    text: str,
-    patterns: tuple[OutputGuardPatternDef, ...],
-) -> str:
-    """Redact text using credential patterns from the given pattern set."""
-    result = text
-    for pat in patterns:
-        if pat.is_credential and pat.redact_label:
-            result = pat.compiled.sub(f"[REDACTED:{pat.redact_label}]", result)
-    return result
-
-
-def _check_credentials_complex(
-    text: str,
-    flags: list[str],
-    ann: list[str],
-) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
-    """Complex credential checks that require custom redaction logic.
-
-    Handles private key blocks, connection strings (need targeted sub-replacement
-    to preserve protocol/username), env-line parsing (two-regex pipeline), and
-    JSON secret detection (capture group redaction).
-    """
-    risk = "none"
-    found = False
-
-    if _RE_PRIVATE_KEY_BLOCK.search(text):
-        _add_flag(flags, "credential_leak")
-        _add_flag(flags, "private_key_leak")
-        ann.append("Output contains a PEM-encoded private key block.")
-        found = True
-        risk = "high"
-
-    if _RE_CONNECTION_STRING.search(text):
-        _add_flag(flags, "credential_leak")
-        _add_flag(flags, "connection_string_leak")
-        ann.append("Output contains a connection string with embedded credentials.")
-        found = True
-        risk = "high"
-
-    env_lines = _RE_ENV_SECRET_LINE.findall(text)
-    if any(_RE_ENV_SECRET_KEY.search(ln.split("=", 1)[0]) for ln in env_lines):
-        _add_flag(flags, "credential_leak")
-        _add_flag(flags, "env_file_leak")
-        ann.append("Output contains .env-style assignments with secret-bearing keys.")
-        found = True
-        risk = "high"
-
-    if _RE_JSON_SECRET.search(text):
-        _add_flag(flags, "credential_leak")
-        _add_flag(flags, "json_secret_leak")
-        ann.append(
-            "Output contains JSON with secret-bearing keys (api_key, password, token, etc.)."
-        )
-        found = True
-        risk = "high"
-
-    sanitized = _redact_credentials_complex(text) if found else None
-    return risk, sanitized
-
-
-def _redact_credentials_complex(text: str) -> str:
-    """Redact private keys, connection strings, env-lines, and JSON secrets.
-
-    Uses targeted sub-replacement to preserve context (protocol, username)
-    in connection strings and PEM block boundaries.
-    """
-    result = _RE_PRIVATE_KEY_BLOCK.sub("[REDACTED:private_key]", text)
-
-    def _redact_conn(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
-        return re.sub(r"://([^:@\s]+):([^@\s]+)@", r"://\1:[REDACTED:password]@", m.group())
-
-    result = _RE_CONNECTION_STRING.sub(_redact_conn, result)
-
-    def _redact_env(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
-        key = m.group().split("=", 1)[0]
-        return key + "=[REDACTED:secret]" if _RE_ENV_SECRET_KEY.search(key) else m.group()
-
-    result = _RE_ENV_SECRET_LINE.sub(_redact_env, result)
-
-    def _redact_json_secret(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
-        start = m.start(1) - m.start()
-        end = m.end(1) - m.start()
-        full = m.group()
-        return full[:start] + "[REDACTED:secret]" + full[end:]
-
-    result = _RE_JSON_SECRET.sub(_redact_json_secret, result)
-    return result
-
-
-def _check_encoded_payloads_complex(
-    text: str,
-    flags: list[str],
-    ann: list[str],
-) -> str:
-    """Complex encoded payload check (base64 context analysis)."""
-    risk = "none"
-    for m in _RE_LARGE_BASE64.finditer(text):
-        ctx = text[max(0, m.start() - 100) : m.start()].lower()
-        if _RE_BASE64_IMAGE_CONTEXT.search(ctx):
-            continue
-        if _RE_BASE64_EXEC_CONTEXT.search(ctx):
-            _add_flag(flags, "encoded_payload")
-            ann.append("Output contains a large base64 block in an executable context.")
-            risk = _max_risk(risk, "medium")
-            break
-    return risk
-
-
-def _check_info_disclosure_complex(
-    text: str,
-    flags: list[str],
-    ann: list[str],
-) -> str:
-    """Complex info disclosure check (private IP with 127.0.0.1 exclusion)."""
-    risk = "none"
-    private_ips = [ip for ip in _RE_PRIVATE_IP.findall(text) if ip != "127.0.0.1"]
-    if private_ips:
-        _add_flag(flags, "private_ip_disclosure")
-        ann.append("Output contains internal/private IP addresses (RFC 1918 ranges).")
-        risk = "low"
-    return risk
-
-
-# -- Legacy check functions (one per priority tier) -------------------------
-
-
 def _check_encoded_payloads(text: str, flags: list[str], ann: list[str]) -> str:
    """Priority 3: encoded / obfuscated payloads."""
    risk = "none"
@@ -723,22 +339,12 @@ def _check_info_disclosure(text: str, flags: list[str], ann: list[str]) -> str:
 # -- Public API -------------------------------------------------------------


-_CATEGORY_ORDER = (
-    "prompt_injection",
-    "credentials",
-    "encoded_payloads",
-    "adversarial_urls",
-    "info_disclosure",
-)
-
-
 def evaluate_output(
    output: str,
    *,
    func_name: str = "",
    call_id: str = "",
    budget_seconds: float = 5.0,
-    patterns: Mapping[str, tuple[OutputGuardPatternDef, ...]] | None = None,
 ) -> OutputAssessment:
    """Evaluate tool output for security signals.

@@ -750,10 +356,6 @@ def evaluate_output(
        func_name: Name of the tool that produced the output (for future use).
        call_id: Unique call identifier (for future correlation).
        budget_seconds: Maximum wall-clock seconds to spend on evaluation.
-        patterns: Optional category-grouped patterns from :class:`RuleRegistry`.
-            When provided, configurable patterns are used instead of the
-            hard-coded check functions.  Complex multi-step checks (env-line
-            parsing, base64 context analysis, etc.) always run regardless.

    Returns:
        Frozen OutputAssessment with flags, risk level, annotations, and
@@ -768,46 +370,6 @@ def evaluate_output(
    risk = "none"
    sanitized: str | None = None

-    if patterns is not None:
-        # Configurable mode: use registry patterns + complex checks
-        for cat in _CATEGORY_ORDER:
-            cat_pats = patterns.get(cat, ())
-            if cat_pats:
-                parent = _CATEGORY_PARENT_FLAGS.get(cat, "")
-                pat_risk, pat_sanitized = _check_patterns(
-                    output,
-                    cat_pats,
-                    flags,
-                    ann,
-                    parent,
-                )
-                risk = _max_risk(risk, pat_risk)
-                if pat_sanitized:
-                    sanitized = pat_sanitized if sanitized is None else pat_sanitized
-            # Run hard-coded complex checks for categories that need them
-            if cat == "credentials":
-                # Chain redaction: apply complex checks to already-sanitized text
-                cred_input = sanitized if sanitized is not None else output
-                cred_risk, cred_san = _check_credentials_complex(cred_input, flags, ann)
-                risk = _max_risk(risk, cred_risk)
-                if cred_san:
-                    sanitized = cred_san
-            elif cat == "encoded_payloads":
-                risk = _max_risk(
-                    risk,
-                    _check_encoded_payloads_complex(output, flags, ann),
-                )
-            elif cat == "info_disclosure":
-                risk = _max_risk(
-                    risk,
-                    _check_info_disclosure_complex(output, flags, ann),
-                )
-            if time.monotonic() > deadline:
-                return _build(flags, risk, ann, sanitized)
-        return _build(flags, risk, ann, sanitized)
-
-    # Legacy mode: hard-coded patterns (backward compat)
-
    # Priority 1: prompt injection (always run, highest priority)
    risk = _max_risk(risk, _check_prompt_injection(output, flags, ann))
    if time.monotonic() > deadline:
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import threading
 from typing import Any

 from turnstone.core.providers._openai import OpenAIProvider
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
 from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
    CompletionResult,
    LLMProvider,
@@ -21,9 +19,7 @@ __all__ = [
    "CompletionResult",
    "LLMProvider",
    "ModelCapabilities",
-    "OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider",
    "OpenAIProvider",
-    "OpenAIResponsesProvider",
    "StreamChunk",
    "ToolCallDelta",
    "UsageInfo",
@@ -35,18 +31,15 @@ __all__ = [

 # Singleton instances (stateless, safe to share)
 _provider_lock = threading.Lock()
-_openai_provider = OpenAIResponsesProvider()
-_openai_compat_provider = OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider()
+_openai_provider = OpenAIProvider()
 _anthropic_provider: LLMProvider | None = None


 def create_provider(provider_name: str) -> LLMProvider:
    """Return a provider adapter for the given provider name. Thread-safe."""
    global _anthropic_provider  # noqa: PLW0603
-    if provider_name == "openai":
+    if provider_name in ("openai", "openai-compatible"):
        return _openai_provider
-    if provider_name == "openai-compatible":
-        return _openai_compat_provider
    if provider_name == "anthropic":
        with _provider_lock:
            if _anthropic_provider is None:
@@ -106,9 +99,9 @@ def lookup_model_capabilities(provider: str, model: str) -> dict[str, Any] | Non
 def list_known_models(provider: str) -> list[str]:
    """Return the model name prefixes in the static capability table."""
    if provider == "openai":
-        from turnstone.core.providers._openai_common import OPENAI_CAPABILITIES
+        from turnstone.core.providers._openai import _OPENAI_CAPABILITIES

-        return sorted(OPENAI_CAPABILITIES.keys())
+        return sorted(_OPENAI_CAPABILITIES.keys())
    if provider == "anthropic":
        from turnstone.core.providers._anthropic import _ANTHROPIC_CAPABILITIES

@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ class AnthropicProvider:
                        parsed = json.loads(info["input_json"])
                        query = parsed.get("query", "")
                    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                        pass  # best-effort query extraction for status
+                        pass
                    sc.info_delta = f"[Searching: {query}]" if query else "[Searching...]"

            elif event_type == "message_delta":
@@ -1,30 +1,577 @@
-"""Re-export shim for backwards compatibility.
+"""OpenAI-compatible provider — wraps current behavior with zero semantic change.

-The OpenAI provider family is split into:
- ``_openai_chat.py``      — Chat Completions API (local model servers)
- ``_openai_responses.py`` — Responses API (commercial OpenAI)
- ``_openai_common.py``    — shared capability table, helpers
-
-``OpenAIProvider`` is preserved as an alias for ``OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider``
-so existing code that imports it directly continues to work.
+Handles OpenAI, vLLM, llama.cpp, and any server that speaks the
+OpenAI Chat Completions API.
 """

-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import (
-    OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider,
-)
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_chat import (
-    OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider as OpenAIProvider,
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+import structlog
+
+from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
+    CompletionResult,
+    ModelCapabilities,
+    StreamChunk,
+    ToolCallDelta,
+    UsageInfo,
+    _lookup_capabilities,
 )

-# Backwards-compatible aliases for the capability tables
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_common import (
-    OPENAI_CAPABILITIES as _OPENAI_CAPABILITIES,  # noqa: F401
-)
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_common import OPENAI_DEFAULT as _OPENAI_DEFAULT  # noqa: F401
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
+log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

-__all__ = [
-    "OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider",
-    "OpenAIProvider",
-    "OpenAIResponsesProvider",
-]
+# -- model capabilities -------------------------------------------------------
+
+_OPENAI_CAPABILITIES: dict[str, ModelCapabilities] = {
+    # GPT-5 base — NO temperature support
+    "gpt-5": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("minimal", "low", "medium", "high"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "gpt-5-mini": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("minimal", "low", "medium", "high"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "gpt-5-nano": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("minimal", "low", "medium", "high"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5 pro — high reasoning only, extended output
+    "gpt-5-pro": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=272000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("high",),
+        default_reasoning_effort="high",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5.1 — temperature OK when reasoning_effort=none (default)
+    "gpt-5.1": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="none",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5.2 — adds xhigh
+    "gpt-5.2": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="none",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5.2 pro — always-reasoning variant
+    "gpt-5.2-pro": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("medium", "high", "xhigh"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5.3 — same capabilities as 5.2 (matches gpt-5.3-chat-latest, codex)
+    "gpt-5.3": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="none",
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5.4 — 1M context window, native tool search
+    "gpt-5.4": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=1050000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="none",
+        supports_tool_search=True,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # GPT-5.4 pro — always-reasoning, 1M context, native tool search
+    "gpt-5.4-pro": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=1050000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        reasoning_effort_values=("medium", "high", "xhigh"),
+        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
+        supports_tool_search=True,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # O-series reasoning models
+    "o1": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=200000,
+        max_output_tokens=100000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_streaming=False,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "o1-mini": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=128000,
+        max_output_tokens=65536,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_streaming=False,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "o3": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=200000,
+        max_output_tokens=100000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "o3-mini": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=200000,
+        max_output_tokens=100000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "o3-pro": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=200000,
+        max_output_tokens=100000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_streaming=False,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    "o4-mini": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=200000,
+        max_output_tokens=100000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+    # Search models — always search on every request, no reasoning_effort
+    "gpt-5-search-api": ModelCapabilities(
+        context_window=400000,
+        max_output_tokens=128000,
+        supports_temperature=False,
+        supports_web_search=True,
+        reasoning_effort_values=(),
+        supports_vision=True,
+    ),
+}
+
+# Default for unknown models (local servers: vLLM, llama.cpp, etc.)
+_OPENAI_DEFAULT = ModelCapabilities()
+
+
+class OpenAIProvider:
+    """Provider for OpenAI-compatible APIs (OpenAI, vLLM, llama.cpp, etc.)."""
+
+    @property
+    def provider_name(self) -> str:
+        return "openai"
+
+    def get_capabilities(self, model: str) -> ModelCapabilities:
+        return _lookup_capabilities(model, _OPENAI_CAPABILITIES, _OPENAI_DEFAULT)
+
+    # -- shared param logic --------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _apply_model_params(
+        self,
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+        caps: ModelCapabilities,
+        temperature: float,
+        reasoning_effort: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Conditionally add temperature and reasoning_effort to *kwargs*.
+
+        - Models with ``supports_temperature=False`` (GPT-5 base, O-series)
+          never receive temperature.
+        - Models that list ``"none"`` in their effort values (GPT-5.1/5.2)
+          only receive temperature when reasoning is inactive.
+        - ``reasoning_effort`` is forwarded as a first-class API parameter
+          only for models that declare supported effort values.
+        """
+        if caps.supports_temperature:
+            # GPT-5.1/5.2: temperature only valid when reasoning_effort is "none"
+            if "none" in caps.reasoning_effort_values and reasoning_effort not in (
+                "none",
+                "",
+            ):
+                pass  # Skip temperature when reasoning is active
+            else:
+                kwargs["temperature"] = temperature
+        if caps.reasoning_effort_values and reasoning_effort and reasoning_effort != "none":
+            # Validate against supported values; fall back to model default
+            if reasoning_effort in caps.reasoning_effort_values:
+                kwargs["reasoning_effort"] = reasoning_effort
+            elif caps.default_reasoning_effort and caps.default_reasoning_effort != "none":
+                kwargs["reasoning_effort"] = caps.default_reasoning_effort
+
+    # -- web search ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _apply_web_search(
+        self,
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any],
+        caps: ModelCapabilities,
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None,
+    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]] | None:
+        """Inject ``web_search_options`` for search models.
+
+        For models with ``supports_web_search``, the web search function tool
+        is removed (the model searches automatically) and ``web_search_options``
+        is added to the request kwargs.
+
+        Returns the (possibly filtered) tools list.
+        """
+        if not caps.supports_web_search:
+            return tools
+        # Remove web_search function tool — model has built-in search
+        if tools:
+            tools = [t for t in tools if t.get("function", {}).get("name") != "web_search"]
+            if not tools:
+                tools = None
+        kwargs["web_search_options"] = {}
+        return tools
+
+    # -- prompt cache retention -----------------------------------------------
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _apply_cache_retention(kwargs: dict[str, Any], model: str) -> None:
+        """Enable 24-hour extended prompt cache retention for GPT-5.x models.
+
+        OpenAI caching is automatic (no code changes for basic caching), but
+        the default TTL is only 5-10 minutes.  Extended retention keeps cached
+        KV tensors for up to 24 hours at no additional cost, which is valuable
+        for workstreams with bursty activity patterns.
+        """
+        # GPT-5, GPT-5.1, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.3, GPT-5.4 and variants
+        if model.startswith("gpt-5"):
+            kwargs["prompt_cache_retention"] = "24h"
+
+    # -- tool search ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _apply_tool_search(
+        self,
+        caps: ModelCapabilities,
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None,
+        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]] | None:
+        """Mark deferred tools with ``defer_loading: true`` for native search.
+
+        For GPT-5.4+ models that support tool search, OpenAI's API handles
+        discovery automatically — no explicit search tool is needed.
+        """
+        if not caps.supports_tool_search or not deferred_names or not tools:
+            return tools
+        result = []
+        for tool in tools:
+            name = tool.get("function", {}).get("name", "")
+            if name in deferred_names:
+                result.append({**tool, "defer_loading": True})
+            else:
+                result.append(tool)
+        return result
+
+    # -- message sanitisation ------------------------------------------------
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _sanitize_messages(
+        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Ensure assistant messages always have ``content`` or ``tool_calls``.
+
+        OpenAI-compatible APIs reject assistant messages that have neither.
+        This is a defensive catch-all; the upstream layers should already
+        guarantee well-formed messages.
+        """
+        out: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        for msg in messages:
+            if (
+                msg.get("role") == "assistant"
+                and msg.get("content") is None
+                and not msg.get("tool_calls")
+            ):
+                msg = {**msg, "content": ""}
+            out.append(msg)
+        return out
+
+    # -- streaming -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def create_streaming(
+        self,
+        *,
+        client: Any,
+        model: str,
+        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        max_tokens: int = 4096,
+        temperature: float = 0.5,
+        reasoning_effort: str = "medium",
+        extra_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
+        cancel_ref: list[Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
+        caps = self.get_capabilities(model)
+        messages = self._sanitize_messages(messages)
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "model": model,
+            "messages": messages,
+            caps.token_param: max_tokens,
+            "stream": True,
+            "stream_options": {"include_usage": True},
+        }
+        self._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature, reasoning_effort)
+        self._apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
+        tools = self._apply_web_search(kwargs, caps, tools)
+        tools = self._apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred_names)
+        if tools:
+            kwargs["tools"] = tools
+        if extra_params:
+            kwargs["extra_body"] = extra_params
+
+        log.debug(
+            "openai.request",
+            model=model,
+            stream=True,
+            max_tokens=max_tokens,
+            message_count=len(messages),
+            tool_count=len(tools) if tools else 0,
+        )
+        stream = client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs)
+        if cancel_ref is not None:
+            cancel_ref.append(stream)
+        return self._iter_stream(stream)
+
+    def _iter_stream(self, stream: Any) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
+        """Convert OpenAI stream chunks to normalized StreamChunks."""
+        first = True
+        annotations: list[Any] = []
+        content_len = 0
+        tool_call_count = 0
+        last_finish_reason: str | None = None
+        completion_tokens: int | None = None
+        for chunk in stream:
+            sc = StreamChunk()
+
+            # Finish reason
+            if chunk.choices and chunk.choices[0].finish_reason:
+                sc.finish_reason = chunk.choices[0].finish_reason
+                last_finish_reason = sc.finish_reason
+
+            # Usage from final chunk
+            if hasattr(chunk, "usage") and chunk.usage is not None:
+                u = chunk.usage
+                pt = getattr(u, "prompt_tokens", None)
+                ct = getattr(u, "completion_tokens", None)
+                tt = getattr(u, "total_tokens", None)
+                completion_tokens = ct
+                if pt is not None and ct is not None:
+                    # Extract cached_tokens from prompt_tokens_details.
+                    # OpenAI caching is automatic with no write premium, so
+                    # cache_creation_tokens is always 0 (only Anthropic reports it).
+                    ptd = getattr(u, "prompt_tokens_details", None)
+                    cached = getattr(ptd, "cached_tokens", 0) if ptd else 0
+                    sc.usage = UsageInfo(
+                        prompt_tokens=pt,
+                        completion_tokens=ct,
+                        total_tokens=tt or (pt + ct),
+                        cache_read_tokens=cached or 0,
+                    )
+
+            if not chunk.choices:
+                if sc.usage:
+                    yield sc
+                continue
+
+            delta = chunk.choices[0].delta
+
+            # Reasoning field (vLLM --reasoning-parser, llama.cpp)
+            rc = getattr(delta, "reasoning", None) or getattr(delta, "reasoning_content", None)
+            if rc:
+                sc.reasoning_delta = rc
+
+            # Content
+            if delta.content:
+                sc.content_delta = delta.content
+                content_len += len(delta.content)
+
+            # Tool calls
+            if delta.tool_calls:
+                for tc_delta in delta.tool_calls:
+                    tcd = ToolCallDelta(index=tc_delta.index)
+                    if tc_delta.id:
+                        tcd.id = tc_delta.id
+                    if tc_delta.function:
+                        if tc_delta.function.name:
+                            tcd.name = tc_delta.function.name
+                        if tc_delta.function.arguments:
+                            tcd.arguments_delta = tc_delta.function.arguments
+                    sc.tool_call_deltas.append(tcd)
+                    tool_call_count += 1
+
+            # Accumulate url_citation annotations from search models
+            delta_anns = getattr(delta, "annotations", None)
+            if delta_anns:
+                annotations.extend(delta_anns)
+
+            has_content = sc.content_delta or sc.reasoning_delta or sc.tool_call_deltas
+            if has_content and first:
+                sc.is_first = True
+                first = False
+
+            if has_content or sc.finish_reason or sc.usage:
+                yield sc
+
+        log.debug(
+            "openai.response",
+            stream=True,
+            finish_reason=last_finish_reason,
+            content_length=content_len,
+            tool_call_deltas=tool_call_count,
+            completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
+        )
+
+        # Emit accumulated citations as a final info chunk
+        if annotations:
+            citation_text = self._format_citations("", annotations).strip()
+            if citation_text:
+                yield StreamChunk(info_delta=citation_text)
+
+    # -- non-streaming -------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def create_completion(
+        self,
+        *,
+        client: Any,
+        model: str,
+        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        max_tokens: int = 4096,
+        temperature: float = 0.5,
+        reasoning_effort: str = "medium",
+        extra_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> CompletionResult:
+        caps = self.get_capabilities(model)
+        messages = self._sanitize_messages(messages)
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "model": model,
+            "messages": messages,
+            caps.token_param: max_tokens,
+            "stream": False,
+        }
+        self._apply_model_params(kwargs, caps, temperature, reasoning_effort)
+        self._apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
+        tools = self._apply_web_search(kwargs, caps, tools)
+        tools = self._apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred_names)
+        if tools:
+            kwargs["tools"] = tools
+        if extra_params:
+            kwargs["extra_body"] = extra_params
+
+        log.debug(
+            "openai.request",
+            model=model,
+            stream=False,
+            max_tokens=max_tokens,
+            message_count=len(messages),
+            tool_count=len(tools) if tools else 0,
+        )
+        response = client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs)
+        choice = response.choices[0]
+        msg = choice.message
+
+        tool_calls = None
+        if msg.tool_calls:
+            tool_calls = [
+                {
+                    "id": tc.id,
+                    "type": "function",
+                    "function": {
+                        "name": tc.function.name,
+                        "arguments": tc.function.arguments,
+                    },
+                }
+                for tc in msg.tool_calls
+            ]
+
+        # Extract url_citation annotations from web search models
+        content = msg.content or ""
+        annotations = getattr(msg, "annotations", None)
+        if annotations:
+            content = self._format_citations(content, annotations)
+
+        usage = None
+        if hasattr(response, "usage") and response.usage:
+            u = response.usage
+            ptd = getattr(u, "prompt_tokens_details", None)
+            cached = getattr(ptd, "cached_tokens", 0) if ptd else 0
+            usage = UsageInfo(
+                prompt_tokens=u.prompt_tokens,
+                completion_tokens=u.completion_tokens,
+                total_tokens=getattr(u, "total_tokens", None)
+                or (u.prompt_tokens + u.completion_tokens),
+                cache_read_tokens=cached or 0,
+            )
+
+        result = CompletionResult(
+            content=content,
+            tool_calls=tool_calls,
+            finish_reason=choice.finish_reason or "stop",
+            usage=usage,
+        )
+        log.debug(
+            "openai.response",
+            stream=False,
+            finish_reason=result.finish_reason,
+            content_length=len(content),
+            tool_call_count=len(tool_calls) if tool_calls else 0,
+            completion_tokens=usage.completion_tokens if usage else None,
+        )
+        return result
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _format_citations(content: str, annotations: list[Any]) -> str:
+        """Append url_citation sources as footnotes at the end of the content."""
+        seen_urls: set[str] = set()
+        sources: list[str] = []
+        for ann in annotations:
+            ann_type = getattr(ann, "type", None)
+            if ann_type == "url_citation":
+                citation = getattr(ann, "url_citation", None)
+                if citation:
+                    title = getattr(citation, "title", "")
+                    url = getattr(citation, "url", "")
+                    if url and url not in seen_urls:
+                        seen_urls.add(url)
+                        sources.append(f"[{title}]({url})" if title else url)
+        if sources:
+            content += "\n\nSources:\n" + "\n".join(f"- {s}" for s in sources)
+        return content
+
+    # -- tool conversion -----------------------------------------------------
+
+    def convert_tools(
+        self,
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        return tools  # Already in OpenAI format
+
+    # -- retryable errors ----------------------------------------------------
+
+    @property
+    def retryable_error_names(self) -> frozenset[str]:
+        return frozenset(
+            {
+                "APIError",
+                "APIConnectionError",
+                "RateLimitError",
+                "Timeout",
+                "APITimeoutError",
+            }
+        )
@@ -1,296 +0,0 @@
-"""Chat Completions provider — for local model servers (vLLM, llama.cpp, SGLang).
-
-Wraps the OpenAI Chat Completions API (``/v1/chat/completions``).
-Commercial OpenAI models should use ``OpenAIResponsesProvider`` instead.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Iterator
-
-import structlog
-
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_common import (
-    RETRYABLE_ERROR_NAMES,
-    apply_cache_retention,
-    apply_temperature_and_effort,
-    apply_tool_search,
-    extract_usage,
-    format_citations,
-    lookup_openai_capabilities,
-    sanitize_messages,
-)
-from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
-    CompletionResult,
-    ModelCapabilities,
-    StreamChunk,
-    ToolCallDelta,
-)
-
-log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-class OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider:
-    """Provider for local OpenAI-compatible servers (vLLM, llama.cpp, SGLang).
-
-    Uses the Chat Completions API (``/v1/chat/completions``).
-    """
-
-    @property
-    def provider_name(self) -> str:
-        return "openai-compatible"
-
-    def get_capabilities(self, model: str) -> ModelCapabilities:
-        return lookup_openai_capabilities(model)
-
-    # -- web search ----------------------------------------------------------
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _apply_web_search(
-        kwargs: dict[str, Any],
-        caps: ModelCapabilities,
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]] | None:
-        """Inject ``web_search_options`` for search models.
-
-        For models with ``supports_web_search``, the web search function tool
-        is removed (the model searches automatically) and ``web_search_options``
-        is added to the request kwargs.
-
-        Returns the (possibly filtered) tools list.
-        """
-        if not caps.supports_web_search:
-            return tools
-        if tools:
-            tools = [t for t in tools if t.get("function", {}).get("name") != "web_search"]
-            if not tools:
-                tools = None
-        kwargs["web_search_options"] = {}
-        return tools
-
-    # -- streaming -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_streaming(
-        self,
-        *,
-        client: Any,
-        model: str,
-        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 4096,
-        temperature: float = 0.5,
-        reasoning_effort: str = "medium",
-        extra_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
-        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
-        cancel_ref: list[Any] | None = None,
-    ) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
-        caps = self.get_capabilities(model)
-        messages = sanitize_messages(messages)
-        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "model": model,
-            "messages": messages,
-            caps.token_param: max_tokens,
-            "stream": True,
-            "stream_options": {"include_usage": True},
-        }
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature, reasoning_effort)
-        apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
-        tools = self._apply_web_search(kwargs, caps, tools)
-        tools = apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred_names)
-        if tools:
-            kwargs["tools"] = tools
-        if extra_params:
-            kwargs["extra_body"] = extra_params
-
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.chat.request",
-            model=model,
-            stream=True,
-            max_tokens=max_tokens,
-            message_count=len(messages),
-            tool_count=len(tools) if tools else 0,
-        )
-        stream = client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs)
-        if cancel_ref is not None:
-            cancel_ref.append(stream)
-        return self._iter_stream(stream)
-
-    def _iter_stream(self, stream: Any) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
-        """Convert OpenAI Chat Completions stream chunks to StreamChunks."""
-        first = True
-        annotations: list[Any] = []
-        content_len = 0
-        tool_call_count = 0
-        last_finish_reason: str | None = None
-        completion_tokens: int | None = None
-        for chunk in stream:
-            sc = StreamChunk()
-
-            # Finish reason
-            if chunk.choices and chunk.choices[0].finish_reason:
-                sc.finish_reason = chunk.choices[0].finish_reason
-                last_finish_reason = sc.finish_reason
-
-            # Usage from final chunk
-            if hasattr(chunk, "usage") and chunk.usage is not None:
-                sc.usage = extract_usage(chunk.usage)
-                if sc.usage:
-                    completion_tokens = sc.usage.completion_tokens
-
-            if not chunk.choices:
-                if sc.usage:
-                    yield sc
-                continue
-
-            delta = chunk.choices[0].delta
-
-            # Reasoning field (vLLM --reasoning-parser, llama.cpp)
-            rc = getattr(delta, "reasoning", None) or getattr(delta, "reasoning_content", None)
-            if rc:
-                sc.reasoning_delta = rc
-
-            # Content
-            if delta.content:
-                sc.content_delta = delta.content
-                content_len += len(delta.content)
-
-            # Tool calls
-            if delta.tool_calls:
-                for tc_delta in delta.tool_calls:
-                    tcd = ToolCallDelta(index=tc_delta.index)
-                    if tc_delta.id:
-                        tcd.id = tc_delta.id
-                    if tc_delta.function:
-                        if tc_delta.function.name:
-                            tcd.name = tc_delta.function.name
-                        if tc_delta.function.arguments:
-                            tcd.arguments_delta = tc_delta.function.arguments
-                    sc.tool_call_deltas.append(tcd)
-                    tool_call_count += 1
-
-            # Accumulate url_citation annotations from search models
-            delta_anns = getattr(delta, "annotations", None)
-            if delta_anns:
-                annotations.extend(delta_anns)
-
-            has_content = sc.content_delta or sc.reasoning_delta or sc.tool_call_deltas
-            if has_content and first:
-                sc.is_first = True
-                first = False
-
-            if has_content or sc.finish_reason or sc.usage:
-                yield sc
-
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.chat.response",
-            stream=True,
-            finish_reason=last_finish_reason,
-            content_length=content_len,
-            tool_call_deltas=tool_call_count,
-            completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
-        )
-
-        # Emit accumulated citations as a final info chunk
-        if annotations:
-            citation_text = format_citations("", annotations).strip()
-            if citation_text:
-                yield StreamChunk(info_delta=citation_text)
-
-    # -- non-streaming -------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_completion(
-        self,
-        *,
-        client: Any,
-        model: str,
-        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 4096,
-        temperature: float = 0.5,
-        reasoning_effort: str = "medium",
-        extra_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
-        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
-    ) -> CompletionResult:
-        caps = self.get_capabilities(model)
-        messages = sanitize_messages(messages)
-        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "model": model,
-            "messages": messages,
-            caps.token_param: max_tokens,
-            "stream": False,
-        }
-        apply_temperature_and_effort(kwargs, caps, temperature, reasoning_effort)
-        apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
-        tools = self._apply_web_search(kwargs, caps, tools)
-        tools = apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred_names)
-        if tools:
-            kwargs["tools"] = tools
-        if extra_params:
-            kwargs["extra_body"] = extra_params
-
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.chat.request",
-            model=model,
-            stream=False,
-            max_tokens=max_tokens,
-            message_count=len(messages),
-            tool_count=len(tools) if tools else 0,
-        )
-        response = client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs)
-        choice = response.choices[0]
-        msg = choice.message
-
-        tool_calls = None
-        if msg.tool_calls:
-            tool_calls = [
-                {
-                    "id": tc.id,
-                    "type": "function",
-                    "function": {
-                        "name": tc.function.name,
-                        "arguments": tc.function.arguments,
-                    },
-                }
-                for tc in msg.tool_calls
-            ]
-
-        # Extract url_citation annotations from web search models
-        content = msg.content or ""
-        annotations = getattr(msg, "annotations", None)
-        if annotations:
-            content = format_citations(content, annotations)
-
-        usage = extract_usage(getattr(response, "usage", None))
-
-        result = CompletionResult(
-            content=content,
-            tool_calls=tool_calls,
-            finish_reason=choice.finish_reason or "stop",
-            usage=usage,
-        )
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.chat.response",
-            stream=False,
-            finish_reason=result.finish_reason,
-            content_length=len(content),
-            tool_call_count=len(tool_calls) if tool_calls else 0,
-            completion_tokens=usage.completion_tokens if usage else None,
-        )
-        return result
-
-    # -- tool conversion -----------------------------------------------------
-
-    def convert_tools(
-        self,
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
-    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        return tools  # Already in OpenAI Chat Completions format
-
-    # -- retryable errors ----------------------------------------------------
-
-    @property
-    def retryable_error_names(self) -> frozenset[str]:
-        return RETRYABLE_ERROR_NAMES
@@ -1,378 +0,0 @@
-"""Shared helpers for OpenAI-family providers (Chat Completions & Responses).
-
-Capability table, temperature/reasoning gating, cache retention, citation
-formatting, and message sanitisation live here so both
-``OpenAIChatCompletionsProvider`` and ``OpenAIResponsesProvider`` stay DRY.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from typing import Any
-
-from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
-    ModelCapabilities,
-    UsageInfo,
-    _lookup_capabilities,
-)
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Model capability table
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-OPENAI_CAPABILITIES: dict[str, ModelCapabilities] = {
-    # GPT-5 base — NO temperature support
-    "gpt-5": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("minimal", "low", "medium", "high"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "gpt-5-mini": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("minimal", "low", "medium", "high"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "gpt-5-nano": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("minimal", "low", "medium", "high"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5 pro — high reasoning only, extended output
-    "gpt-5-pro": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=272000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("high",),
-        default_reasoning_effort="high",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5.1 — temperature OK when reasoning_effort=none (default)
-    "gpt-5.1": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="none",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5.2 — adds xhigh
-    "gpt-5.2": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="none",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5.2 pro — always-reasoning variant
-    "gpt-5.2-pro": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("medium", "high", "xhigh"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5.3 — same capabilities as 5.2 (matches gpt-5.3-chat-latest, codex)
-    "gpt-5.3": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="none",
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5.4 — 1M context window, native tool search
-    "gpt-5.4": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=1050000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("none", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="none",
-        supports_tool_search=True,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # GPT-5.4 pro — always-reasoning, 1M context, native tool search
-    "gpt-5.4-pro": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=1050000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        reasoning_effort_values=("medium", "high", "xhigh"),
-        default_reasoning_effort="medium",
-        supports_tool_search=True,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # O-series reasoning models
-    "o1": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=200000,
-        max_output_tokens=100000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_streaming=False,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "o1-mini": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=128000,
-        max_output_tokens=65536,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_streaming=False,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "o3": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=200000,
-        max_output_tokens=100000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "o3-mini": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=200000,
-        max_output_tokens=100000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "o3-pro": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=200000,
-        max_output_tokens=100000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_streaming=False,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    "o4-mini": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=200000,
-        max_output_tokens=100000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-    # Search models — always search on every request, no reasoning_effort
-    "gpt-5-search-api": ModelCapabilities(
-        context_window=400000,
-        max_output_tokens=128000,
-        supports_temperature=False,
-        supports_web_search=True,
-        reasoning_effort_values=(),
-        supports_vision=True,
-    ),
-}
-
-# Default for unknown models (local servers: vLLM, llama.cpp, etc.)
-OPENAI_DEFAULT = ModelCapabilities()
-
-
-def lookup_openai_capabilities(model: str) -> ModelCapabilities:
-    """Find capabilities for *model* by longest prefix match."""
-    return _lookup_capabilities(model, OPENAI_CAPABILITIES, OPENAI_DEFAULT)
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Temperature and reasoning effort gating
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def apply_temperature(
-    kwargs: dict[str, Any],
-    caps: ModelCapabilities,
-    temperature: float,
-    reasoning_effort: str,
-) -> None:
-    """Conditionally add temperature to *kwargs*.
-
-    - Models with ``supports_temperature=False`` (GPT-5 base, O-series)
-      never receive temperature.
-    - Models that list ``"none"`` in their effort values (GPT-5.1/5.2)
-      only receive temperature when reasoning is inactive.
-    """
-    if not caps.supports_temperature:
-        return
-    if "none" in caps.reasoning_effort_values and reasoning_effort not in ("none", ""):
-        return  # Skip temperature when reasoning is active
-    kwargs["temperature"] = temperature
-
-
-def resolve_reasoning_effort(caps: ModelCapabilities, reasoning_effort: str) -> str | None:
-    """Return the validated reasoning effort value, or ``None`` to omit.
-
-    Validates against supported values and falls back to model default.
-    """
-    if not caps.reasoning_effort_values or not reasoning_effort or reasoning_effort == "none":
-        return None
-    if reasoning_effort in caps.reasoning_effort_values:
-        return reasoning_effort
-    if caps.default_reasoning_effort and caps.default_reasoning_effort != "none":
-        return caps.default_reasoning_effort
-    return None
-
-
-def apply_temperature_and_effort(
-    kwargs: dict[str, Any],
-    caps: ModelCapabilities,
-    temperature: float,
-    reasoning_effort: str,
-) -> None:
-    """Conditionally add temperature and reasoning_effort to *kwargs*.
-
-    Chat Completions API version — reasoning effort is a flat parameter.
-    """
-    apply_temperature(kwargs, caps, temperature, reasoning_effort)
-    effort = resolve_reasoning_effort(caps, reasoning_effort)
-    if effort:
-        kwargs["reasoning_effort"] = effort
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Cache retention
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def apply_cache_retention(kwargs: dict[str, Any], model: str) -> None:
-    """Enable 24-hour extended prompt cache retention for GPT-5.x models.
-
-    OpenAI caching is automatic (no code changes for basic caching), but
-    the default TTL is only 5-10 minutes.  Extended retention keeps cached
-    KV tensors for up to 24 hours at no additional cost, which is valuable
-    for workstreams with bursty activity patterns.
-    """
-    if model.startswith("gpt-5"):
-        kwargs["prompt_cache_retention"] = "24h"
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Tool search (native deferred loading)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def apply_tool_search(
-    caps: ModelCapabilities,
-    tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None,
-    deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
-) -> list[dict[str, Any]] | None:
-    """Mark deferred tools with ``defer_loading: true`` for native search.
-
-    For GPT-5.4+ models that support tool search, OpenAI's API handles
-    discovery automatically — no explicit search tool is needed.
-    """
-    if not caps.supports_tool_search or not deferred_names or not tools:
-        return tools
-    result = []
-    for tool in tools:
-        name = tool.get("function", {}).get("name", "")
-        if name in deferred_names:
-            result.append({**tool, "defer_loading": True})
-        else:
-            result.append(tool)
-    return result
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Citation formatting
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def format_citations(content: str, annotations: list[Any]) -> str:
-    """Append url_citation sources as footnotes at the end of the content."""
-    seen_urls: set[str] = set()
-    sources: list[str] = []
-    for ann in annotations:
-        ann_type = getattr(ann, "type", None)
-        if ann_type == "url_citation":
-            title: str = ""
-            url: str = ""
-            citation = getattr(ann, "url_citation", None)
-            if citation is not None:
-                # Chat Completions API: nested url_citation object
-                title = getattr(citation, "title", "") or ""
-                url = getattr(citation, "url", "") or ""
-            elif hasattr(ann, "url") and isinstance(getattr(ann, "url", None), str):
-                # Responses API: attributes directly on the annotation
-                title = getattr(ann, "title", "") or ""
-                url = getattr(ann, "url", "") or ""
-            if url and url not in seen_urls:
-                seen_urls.add(url)
-                sources.append(f"[{title}]({url})" if title else url)
-    if sources:
-        content += "\n\nSources:\n" + "\n".join(f"- {s}" for s in sources)
-    return content
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Message sanitisation (Chat Completions specific but shared for compat)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def sanitize_messages(
-    messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Ensure assistant messages always have ``content`` or ``tool_calls``.
-
-    OpenAI-compatible APIs reject assistant messages that have neither.
-    This is a defensive catch-all; the upstream layers should already
-    guarantee well-formed messages.
-    """
-    out: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-    for msg in messages:
-        if (
-            msg.get("role") == "assistant"
-            and msg.get("content") is None
-            and not msg.get("tool_calls")
-        ):
-            msg = {**msg, "content": ""}
-        out.append(msg)
-    return out
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Usage extraction
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-def extract_usage(usage_obj: Any) -> UsageInfo | None:
-    """Normalize usage from either Chat Completions or Responses API.
-
-    Chat Completions uses ``prompt_tokens`` / ``completion_tokens``.
-    Responses API uses ``input_tokens`` / ``output_tokens``.
-    We check for each in order, preferring the real SDK attribute names.
-    """
-    if usage_obj is None:
-        return None
-
-    # Token counts — prefer Chat Completions names, fall back to Responses API
-    pt = getattr(usage_obj, "prompt_tokens", None)
-    if not isinstance(pt, int):
-        pt = getattr(usage_obj, "input_tokens", None)
-    ct = getattr(usage_obj, "completion_tokens", None)
-    if not isinstance(ct, int):
-        ct = getattr(usage_obj, "output_tokens", None)
-    tt = getattr(usage_obj, "total_tokens", None)
-    if not isinstance(pt, int) or not isinstance(ct, int):
-        return None
-
-    # Cache tokens — Chat Completions: prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens,
-    # Responses API: input_tokens_details.cached_tokens
-    ptd = getattr(usage_obj, "prompt_tokens_details", None)
-    if ptd is None:
-        ptd = getattr(usage_obj, "input_tokens_details", None)
-    cached = getattr(ptd, "cached_tokens", 0) if ptd is not None else 0
-
-    return UsageInfo(
-        prompt_tokens=pt,
-        completion_tokens=ct,
-        total_tokens=tt if isinstance(tt, int) else (pt + ct),
-        cache_read_tokens=cached if isinstance(cached, int) else 0,
-    )
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Retryable error names (shared across both OpenAI providers)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-RETRYABLE_ERROR_NAMES: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
-    {
-        "APIError",
-        "APIConnectionError",
-        "RateLimitError",
-        "Timeout",
-        "APITimeoutError",
-    }
-)
@@ -1,556 +0,0 @@
-"""Responses API provider — for commercial OpenAI models (GPT-5.x, O-series).
-
-Uses the OpenAI Responses API (``/v1/responses``) which natively supports
-reasoning, tool use, web search, and tool search without the limitations
-of the Chat Completions endpoint.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Iterator
-
-import structlog
-
-from turnstone.core.providers._openai_common import (
-    RETRYABLE_ERROR_NAMES,
-    apply_cache_retention,
-    apply_temperature,
-    apply_tool_search,
-    extract_usage,
-    format_citations,
-    lookup_openai_capabilities,
-    resolve_reasoning_effort,
-)
-from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import (
-    CompletionResult,
-    ModelCapabilities,
-    StreamChunk,
-    ToolCallDelta,
-)
-
-log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-def _convert_content_parts(parts: list[Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Convert Chat Completions content parts to Responses API format.
-
-    Handles text and image_url parts.  The Responses API uses
-    ``input_image`` instead of ``image_url``.
-    """
-    converted: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-    for part in parts:
-        if not isinstance(part, dict):
-            continue
-        ptype = part.get("type", "")
-        if ptype == "text":
-            converted.append({"type": "input_text", "text": part.get("text", "")})
-        elif ptype == "image_url":
-            url_data = part.get("image_url", {})
-            url = url_data.get("url", "") if isinstance(url_data, dict) else ""
-            converted.append({"type": "input_image", "image_url": url})
-        else:
-            converted.append(part)
-    return converted
-
-
-class OpenAIResponsesProvider:
-    """Provider for commercial OpenAI models via the Responses API.
-
-    Translates between turnstone's internal OpenAI Chat Completions-like
-    message format and the Responses API input/output format.
-    """
-
-    @property
-    def provider_name(self) -> str:
-        return "openai"
-
-    def get_capabilities(self, model: str) -> ModelCapabilities:
-        return lookup_openai_capabilities(model)
-
-    # -- message conversion --------------------------------------------------
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _convert_messages(
-        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-    ) -> tuple[str | None, list[dict[str, Any]]]:
-        """Convert Chat Completions messages to Responses API input items.
-
-        Returns ``(instructions, input_items)`` where *instructions* is the
-        concatenated system/developer messages (or ``None``) and *input_items*
-        is the Responses API ``input`` array.
-        """
-        instructions_parts: list[str] = []
-        items: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-
-        for msg in messages:
-            role = msg.get("role", "")
-            content = msg.get("content")
-
-            if role in ("system", "developer"):
-                if isinstance(content, str) and content:
-                    instructions_parts.append(content)
-                elif isinstance(content, list):
-                    # Content parts — extract text
-                    for part in content:
-                        if isinstance(part, dict) and part.get("type") == "text":
-                            instructions_parts.append(part["text"])
-                continue
-
-            if role == "user":
-                item: dict[str, Any] = {"type": "message", "role": "user"}
-                if isinstance(content, str):
-                    item["content"] = content
-                elif isinstance(content, list):
-                    # Vision: content parts (text + image_url)
-                    item["content"] = _convert_content_parts(content)
-                else:
-                    item["content"] = content or ""
-                items.append(item)
-
-            elif role == "assistant":
-                # With store=False, provider_blocks cannot be replayed as input
-                # (output format != input format, and IDs aren't persisted).
-                # Rebuild from the normalized content/tool_calls instead.
-
-                # Text content → assistant message (plain string for input)
-                if content:
-                    items.append(
-                        {
-                            "type": "message",
-                            "role": "assistant",
-                            "content": content,
-                        }
-                    )
-
-                # Tool calls → function_call items
-                for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
-                    func = tc.get("function", {})
-                    items.append(
-                        {
-                            "type": "function_call",
-                            "call_id": tc.get("id", ""),
-                            "name": func.get("name", ""),
-                            "arguments": func.get("arguments", ""),
-                        }
-                    )
-
-            elif role == "tool":
-                # Tool result → function_call_output
-                output = content
-                if isinstance(content, list):
-                    # Structured content (e.g. vision) — serialize to string
-                    output = json.dumps(content)
-                items.append(
-                    {
-                        "type": "function_call_output",
-                        "call_id": msg.get("tool_call_id", ""),
-                        "output": output or "",
-                    }
-                )
-
-        instructions = "\n\n".join(instructions_parts) if instructions_parts else None
-        return instructions, items
-
-    # -- tool conversion -----------------------------------------------------
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _convert_tools(
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None,
-        caps: ModelCapabilities,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]] | None:
-        """Convert Chat Completions tool format to Responses API format.
-
-        Chat Completions: ``{"type": "function", "function": {"name", "description", "parameters"}}``
-        Responses API:    ``{"type": "function", "name", "description", "parameters", "strict": false}``
-
-        Also handles web_search injection for models that support it.
-        """
-        if not tools:
-            return None
-
-        converted: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-        has_web_search_func = False
-
-        for tool in tools:
-            func = tool.get("function")
-            if not func:
-                converted.append(tool)
-                continue
-
-            name = func.get("name", "")
-
-            # web_search function tool → native web_search_tool
-            if name == "web_search" and caps.supports_web_search:
-                has_web_search_func = True
-                continue
-
-            item: dict[str, Any] = {
-                "type": "function",
-                "name": name,
-                "description": func.get("description", ""),
-                "parameters": func.get("parameters", {}),
-                "strict": False,
-            }
-            # Preserve defer_loading for tool search
-            if tool.get("defer_loading"):
-                item["defer_loading"] = True
-            converted.append(item)
-
-        # Inject native web search tool
-        if has_web_search_func or caps.supports_web_search:
-            converted.append({"type": "web_search"})
-
-        # Responses API requires a tool_search tool when defer_loading is used
-        if any(t.get("defer_loading") for t in converted):
-            converted.append({"type": "tool_search"})
-
-        return converted if converted else None
-
-    # -- parameter building --------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _build_kwargs(
-        self,
-        model: str,
-        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None,
-        max_tokens: int,
-        temperature: float,
-        reasoning_effort: str,
-        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None,
-    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Build the kwargs dict for ``client.responses.create/stream``."""
-        caps = self.get_capabilities(model)
-
-        instructions, input_items = self._convert_messages(messages)
-        tools = apply_tool_search(caps, tools, deferred_names)
-        converted_tools = self._convert_tools(tools, caps)
-
-        # Ensure web search is always injected for search-capable models,
-        # even when no function tools are registered (e.g. creative mode).
-        if caps.supports_web_search:
-            converted_tools = converted_tools or []
-            if not any(t.get("type") == "web_search" for t in converted_tools):
-                converted_tools.append({"type": "web_search"})
-
-        kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
-            "model": model,
-            "input": input_items,
-            "max_output_tokens": max_tokens,
-            "store": False,
-        }
-
-        if instructions:
-            kwargs["instructions"] = instructions
-
-        if converted_tools:
-            kwargs["tools"] = converted_tools
-
-        apply_temperature(kwargs, caps, temperature, reasoning_effort)
-
-        # Reasoning effort → {"effort": value} dict (Responses API format)
-        effort = resolve_reasoning_effort(caps, reasoning_effort)
-        if effort:
-            kwargs["reasoning"] = {"effort": effort}
-
-        apply_cache_retention(kwargs, model)
-        return kwargs
-
-    # -- streaming -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_streaming(
-        self,
-        *,
-        client: Any,
-        model: str,
-        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 4096,
-        temperature: float = 0.5,
-        reasoning_effort: str = "medium",
-        extra_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
-        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
-        cancel_ref: list[Any] | None = None,
-    ) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
-        if extra_params:
-            log.debug("openai.responses: extra_params ignored (not supported by Responses API)")
-        kwargs = self._build_kwargs(
-            model,
-            messages,
-            tools,
-            max_tokens,
-            temperature,
-            reasoning_effort,
-            deferred_names,
-        )
-        kwargs["stream"] = True
-
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.responses.request",
-            model=model,
-            stream=True,
-            max_tokens=max_tokens,
-            input_items=len(kwargs.get("input", [])),
-            tool_count=len(kwargs.get("tools", [])),
-        )
-
-        stream = client.responses.create(**kwargs)
-        if cancel_ref is not None:
-            cancel_ref.append(stream)
-        return self._iter_stream(stream)
-
-    def _iter_stream(self, stream: Any) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
-        """Convert Responses API stream events to StreamChunks."""
-        first = True
-        content_len = 0
-        tool_call_count = 0
-        last_finish: str | None = None
-        completion_tokens: int | None = None
-        # Track tool call indices by call_id for consistent ToolCallDelta.index
-        tool_call_indices: dict[str, int] = {}
-        # Collect output items for provider_blocks
-        provider_blocks: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-        # Collect annotations across text parts
-        annotations: list[Any] = []
-
-        for event in stream:
-            event_type = getattr(event, "type", "")
-
-            # -- text content deltas --
-            if event_type == "response.output_text.delta":
-                delta_text = getattr(event, "delta", "")
-                if delta_text:
-                    sc = StreamChunk(content_delta=delta_text)
-                    content_len += len(delta_text)
-                    if first:
-                        sc.is_first = True
-                        first = False
-                    yield sc
-                continue
-
-            # -- reasoning deltas --
-            if event_type in (
-                "response.reasoning_text.delta",
-                "response.reasoning_summary_text.delta",
-            ):
-                delta_text = getattr(event, "delta", "")
-                if delta_text:
-                    sc = StreamChunk(reasoning_delta=delta_text)
-                    if first:
-                        sc.is_first = True
-                        first = False
-                    yield sc
-                continue
-
-            # -- new tool call (function_call output item added) --
-            if event_type == "response.output_item.added":
-                item = getattr(event, "item", None)
-                if item and getattr(item, "type", "") == "function_call":
-                    call_id = getattr(item, "call_id", "")
-                    item_id = getattr(item, "id", "")
-                    name = getattr(item, "name", "")
-                    idx = len(tool_call_indices)
-                    # Index by item_id — argument deltas reference this, not call_id
-                    tool_call_indices[item_id] = idx
-                    sc = StreamChunk(
-                        tool_call_deltas=[ToolCallDelta(index=idx, id=call_id, name=name)]
-                    )
-                    tool_call_count += 1
-                    if first:
-                        sc.is_first = True
-                        first = False
-                    yield sc
-                continue
-
-            # -- tool call argument deltas --
-            if event_type == "response.function_call_arguments.delta":
-                item_id = getattr(event, "item_id", "")
-                delta_args = getattr(event, "delta", "")
-                if delta_args:
-                    idx = tool_call_indices.get(item_id, 0)
-                    yield StreamChunk(
-                        tool_call_deltas=[ToolCallDelta(index=idx, arguments_delta=delta_args)]
-                    )
-                continue
-
-            # -- web search status --
-            if event_type == "response.web_search_call.searching":
-                yield StreamChunk(info_delta="[Searching…]")
-                continue
-            if event_type == "response.web_search_call.completed":
-                yield StreamChunk(info_delta="[Search complete]")
-                continue
-
-            # -- output item done (capture for provider_blocks) --
-            if event_type == "response.output_item.done":
-                item = getattr(event, "item", None)
-                if item:
-                    item_dict = item.model_dump() if hasattr(item, "model_dump") else {}
-                    if item_dict:
-                        provider_blocks.append(item_dict)
-                    # Collect annotations from completed text parts
-                    if getattr(item, "type", "") == "message":
-                        for content_part in getattr(item, "content", []):
-                            part_anns = getattr(content_part, "annotations", None)
-                            if part_anns:
-                                annotations.extend(part_anns)
-                continue
-
-            # -- response completed --
-            if event_type == "response.completed":
-                response = getattr(event, "response", None)
-                if response:
-                    status = getattr(response, "status", "completed")
-                    last_finish = "stop" if status == "completed" else "length"
-                    usage = extract_usage(getattr(response, "usage", None))
-                    if usage:
-                        completion_tokens = usage.completion_tokens
-                    sc = StreamChunk(
-                        finish_reason=last_finish,
-                        usage=usage,
-                    )
-                    if provider_blocks:
-                        sc.provider_blocks = provider_blocks
-                    yield sc
-                continue
-
-            # -- error --
-            if event_type == "response.failed":
-                response = getattr(event, "response", None)
-                error = getattr(response, "error", None) if response else None
-                error_msg = getattr(error, "message", "Unknown error") if error else "Unknown error"
-                raise RuntimeError(f"Responses API error: {error_msg}")
-
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.responses.response",
-            stream=True,
-            finish_reason=last_finish,
-            content_length=content_len,
-            tool_call_count=tool_call_count,
-            completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
-        )
-
-        # Emit accumulated citations as a final info chunk
-        if annotations:
-            citation_text = format_citations("", annotations).strip()
-            if citation_text:
-                yield StreamChunk(info_delta=citation_text)
-
-    # -- non-streaming -------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_completion(
-        self,
-        *,
-        client: Any,
-        model: str,
-        messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 4096,
-        temperature: float = 0.5,
-        reasoning_effort: str = "medium",
-        extra_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
-        deferred_names: frozenset[str] | None = None,
-    ) -> CompletionResult:
-        if extra_params:
-            log.debug("openai.responses: extra_params ignored (not supported by Responses API)")
-        kwargs = self._build_kwargs(
-            model,
-            messages,
-            tools,
-            max_tokens,
-            temperature,
-            reasoning_effort,
-            deferred_names,
-        )
-
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.responses.request",
-            model=model,
-            stream=False,
-            max_tokens=max_tokens,
-            input_items=len(kwargs.get("input", [])),
-            tool_count=len(kwargs.get("tools", [])),
-        )
-
-        response = client.responses.create(**kwargs)
-        return self._parse_response(response)
-
-    def _parse_response(self, response: Any) -> CompletionResult:
-        """Convert a Responses API ``Response`` object to ``CompletionResult``."""
-        content_parts: list[str] = []
-        tool_calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-        provider_blocks: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-        all_annotations: list[Any] = []
-
-        for item in getattr(response, "output", []):
-            item_type = getattr(item, "type", "")
-
-            if item_type == "message":
-                for content_part in getattr(item, "content", []):
-                    part_type = getattr(content_part, "type", "")
-                    if part_type == "output_text":
-                        content_parts.append(getattr(content_part, "text", ""))
-                        anns = getattr(content_part, "annotations", None)
-                        if anns:
-                            all_annotations.extend(anns)
-                    elif part_type == "refusal":
-                        content_parts.append(f"[Refused: {getattr(content_part, 'refusal', '')}]")
-
-            elif item_type == "function_call":
-                tool_calls.append(
-                    {
-                        "id": getattr(item, "call_id", ""),
-                        "type": "function",
-                        "function": {
-                            "name": getattr(item, "name", ""),
-                            "arguments": getattr(item, "arguments", ""),
-                        },
-                    }
-                )
-
-            # Capture all output items for provider_blocks (multi-turn)
-            item_dict = item.model_dump() if hasattr(item, "model_dump") else {}
-            if item_dict:
-                provider_blocks.append(item_dict)
-
-        content = "".join(content_parts)
-        if all_annotations:
-            content = format_citations(content, all_annotations)
-
-        status = getattr(response, "status", "completed")
-        finish_reason = "stop" if status == "completed" else "length"
-        usage = extract_usage(getattr(response, "usage", None))
-
-        result = CompletionResult(
-            content=content,
-            tool_calls=tool_calls if tool_calls else None,
-            finish_reason=finish_reason,
-            usage=usage,
-            provider_blocks=provider_blocks,
-        )
-        log.debug(
-            "openai.responses.response",
-            stream=False,
-            finish_reason=finish_reason,
-            content_length=len(content),
-            tool_call_count=len(tool_calls),
-            completion_tokens=usage.completion_tokens if usage else None,
-        )
-        return result
-
-    # -- tool conversion (public interface) ----------------------------------
-
-    def convert_tools(
-        self,
-        tools: list[dict[str, Any]],
-    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        return tools  # Conversion happens internally in _build_kwargs
-
-    # -- retryable errors ----------------------------------------------------
-
-    @property
-    def retryable_error_names(self) -> frozenset[str]:
-        return RETRYABLE_ERROR_NAMES
@@ -1,245 +0,0 @@
-"""Rule registry — thread-safe merged view of built-in + DB rules.
-
-Provides the heuristic rule table and output guard pattern set used by
-the intent judge (Facet 1) and output guard (Facet 2).  Built-in rules
-are defined in ``judge.py`` and ``output_guard.py``.  Custom rules are
-stored in the ``heuristic_rules`` and ``output_guard_patterns`` tables.
-
-Merge strategy (per name):
-  - DB row with matching name → replaces built-in
-  - DB row with builtin=1, enabled=0 → disables built-in
-  - DB row with builtin=0 → new custom rule
-  - No DB row → built-in used as-is
-
-The registry is thread-safe: ``reload()`` acquires a lock, rebuilds the
-merged view, then atomically swaps the cached snapshots.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import logging
-import re
-import threading
-import types
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
-
-from turnstone.core.output_guard import OutputGuardPatternDef as OutputGuardPatternDef
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from turnstone.core.storage._protocol import StorageBackend
-
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# -- Public dataclasses ------------------------------------------------------
-
-_TIER_ORDER = {"critical": 0, "high": 1, "medium": 2, "low": 3}
-_RE_FLAGS_MAP = {
-    "IGNORECASE": re.IGNORECASE,
-    "MULTILINE": re.MULTILINE,
-    "DOTALL": re.DOTALL,
-}
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class HeuristicRuleDef:
-    """A heuristic pattern-matching rule for intent validation."""
-
-    name: str
-    risk_level: str  # critical/high/medium/low
-    confidence: float  # 0.0-1.0
-    recommendation: str  # approve/review/deny
-    tool_pattern: str  # fnmatch pattern for func_name
-    arg_patterns: list[str]  # regex patterns matched against args
-    intent_template: str  # may use {func_name}, {arg_snippet}
-    reasoning_template: str
-    tier: str  # critical/high/medium/low — evaluation order
-    priority: int = 0  # within-tier ordering (higher = first)
-
-
-def _compile_flags(flags_str: str) -> int:
-    """Parse comma-separated flag names into regex flags integer."""
-    if not flags_str:
-        return 0
-    result = 0
-    for f in flags_str.split(","):
-        f = f.strip()
-        if f in _RE_FLAGS_MAP:
-            result |= _RE_FLAGS_MAP[f]
-    return result
-
-
-class RuleRegistry:
-    """Thread-safe in-memory cache of merged built-in + DB rules.
-
-    When ``storage`` is None (standalone CLI, tests), only built-in rules
-    are used.  Call ``reload()`` after admin writes to refresh the cache.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, storage: StorageBackend | None = None) -> None:
-        self._storage = storage
-        self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._heuristic_rules: tuple[HeuristicRuleDef, ...] = ()
-        self._output_patterns: dict[str, tuple[OutputGuardPatternDef, ...]] = {}
-        self._version = 0
-        self.reload()
-
-    def reload(self) -> None:
-        """Re-read DB, merge with built-ins, and swap cache atomically."""
-        h_rules = self._merge_heuristic_rules()
-        o_patterns = self._merge_output_patterns()
-        with self._lock:
-            self._heuristic_rules = tuple(h_rules)
-            self._output_patterns = {cat: tuple(pats) for cat, pats in o_patterns.items()}
-            self._version += 1
-
-    @property
-    def heuristic_rules(self) -> tuple[HeuristicRuleDef, ...]:
-        """Immutable snapshot of merged heuristic rules."""
-        return self._heuristic_rules
-
-    @property
-    def output_patterns(
-        self,
-    ) -> types.MappingProxyType[str, tuple[OutputGuardPatternDef, ...]]:
-        """Immutable snapshot of output guard patterns grouped by category."""
-        return types.MappingProxyType(self._output_patterns)
-
-    @property
-    def version(self) -> int:
-        """Monotonic counter incremented on each reload."""
-        return self._version
-
-    # -- Merge logic -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _merge_heuristic_rules(self) -> list[HeuristicRuleDef]:
-        """Merge built-in heuristic rules with DB overrides/custom rules."""
-        from turnstone.core.judge import _HEURISTIC_RULES
-
-        # Start with built-ins keyed by name
-        by_name: dict[str, HeuristicRuleDef] = {}
-        for rule in _HEURISTIC_RULES:
-            by_name[rule.name] = HeuristicRuleDef(
-                name=rule.name,
-                risk_level=rule.risk_level,
-                confidence=rule.confidence,
-                recommendation=rule.recommendation,
-                tool_pattern=rule.tool_pattern,
-                arg_patterns=list(rule.arg_patterns),
-                intent_template=rule.intent_template,
-                reasoning_template=rule.reasoning_template,
-                tier=rule.risk_level,  # built-in tier = risk_level
-                priority=0,
-            )
-
-        if self._storage is None:
-            return self._sort_heuristic(list(by_name.values()))
-
-        # Overlay DB rules
-        try:
-            db_rules = self._storage.list_heuristic_rules()
-        except Exception:
-            log.exception("Failed to load heuristic rules from storage")
-            return self._sort_heuristic(list(by_name.values()))
-
-        disabled_builtins: set[str] = set()
-        for row in db_rules:
-            name = row["name"]
-            if row.get("builtin") and not row.get("enabled"):
-                disabled_builtins.add(name)
-                continue
-            if not row.get("enabled"):
-                continue
-            import json
-
-            arg_patterns_raw: Any = row.get("arg_patterns", "[]")
-            if isinstance(arg_patterns_raw, str):
-                try:
-                    arg_patterns_raw = json.loads(arg_patterns_raw)
-                except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                    arg_patterns_raw = []
-            by_name[name] = HeuristicRuleDef(
-                name=name,
-                risk_level=row.get("risk_level", "medium"),
-                confidence=row.get("confidence", 0.7),
-                recommendation=row.get("recommendation", "review"),
-                tool_pattern=row.get("tool_pattern", "*"),
-                arg_patterns=arg_patterns_raw,
-                intent_template=row.get("intent_template", ""),
-                reasoning_template=row.get("reasoning_template", ""),
-                tier=row.get("tier", "medium"),
-                priority=row.get("priority", 0),
-            )
-
-        for name in disabled_builtins:
-            by_name.pop(name, None)
-
-        return self._sort_heuristic(list(by_name.values()))
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _sort_heuristic(rules: list[HeuristicRuleDef]) -> list[HeuristicRuleDef]:
-        """Sort: critical first, then high, medium, low; within tier by priority desc."""
-        return sorted(
-            rules,
-            key=lambda r: (_TIER_ORDER.get(r.tier, 4), -r.priority),
-        )
-
-    def _merge_output_patterns(self) -> dict[str, list[OutputGuardPatternDef]]:
-        """Merge built-in output guard patterns with DB overrides/custom patterns."""
-        from turnstone.core.output_guard import _BUILTIN_OG_PATTERNS
-
-        by_name: dict[str, OutputGuardPatternDef] = {}
-        for pat in _BUILTIN_OG_PATTERNS:
-            by_name[pat.name] = pat
-
-        if self._storage is None:
-            return self._group_by_category(list(by_name.values()))
-
-        try:
-            db_patterns = self._storage.list_output_guard_patterns()
-        except Exception:
-            log.exception("Failed to load output guard patterns from storage")
-            return self._group_by_category(list(by_name.values()))
-
-        disabled_builtins: set[str] = set()
-        for row in db_patterns:
-            name = row["name"]
-            if row.get("builtin") and not row.get("enabled"):
-                disabled_builtins.add(name)
-                continue
-            if not row.get("enabled"):
-                continue
-            try:
-                flags_int = _compile_flags(row.get("pattern_flags", ""))
-                compiled = re.compile(row["pattern"], flags_int)
-            except re.error:
-                log.warning("Invalid regex in output guard pattern %r, skipping", name)
-                continue
-            by_name[name] = OutputGuardPatternDef(
-                name=name,
-                category=row.get("category", "info_disclosure"),
-                risk_level=row.get("risk_level", "medium"),
-                compiled=compiled,
-                flag_name=row.get("flag_name", name),
-                annotation=row.get("annotation", ""),
-                is_credential=bool(row.get("is_credential")),
-                redact_label=row.get("redact_label", ""),
-                priority=row.get("priority", 0),
-            )
-
-        for name in disabled_builtins:
-            by_name.pop(name, None)
-
-        return self._group_by_category(list(by_name.values()))
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _group_by_category(
-        patterns: list[OutputGuardPatternDef],
-    ) -> dict[str, list[OutputGuardPatternDef]]:
-        """Group patterns by category, sorted by priority desc within each."""
-        grouped: dict[str, list[OutputGuardPatternDef]] = {}
-        for pat in patterns:
-            grouped.setdefault(pat.category, []).append(pat)
-        for cat in grouped:
-            grouped[cat].sort(key=lambda p: -p.priority)
-        return grouped
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@ def _math_exec_in_process(code: str, result_queue: multiprocessing.Queue[tuple[s
            ):
                ns[name] = getattr(sympy, name)
        except ImportError:
-            pass  # optional dependency
+            pass

        try:
            import numpy as _np

            ns["np"] = ns["numpy"] = _np
        except ImportError:
-            pass  # optional dependency
+            pass

        try:
            import scipy  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def _math_exec_in_process(code: str, result_queue: multiprocessing.Queue[tuple[s
            ns["gamma"] = scipy.special.gamma
            ns["beta"] = scipy.special.beta
        except ImportError:
-            pass  # optional dependency
+            pass

        # Strip __builtins__ from all pre-imported modules so
        # module.__builtins__['__import__'] can't bypass _safe_import.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from collections.abc import Iterator

    from turnstone.core.config_store import ConfigStore
-    from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthTracker, HealthTrackerRegistry
+    from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthMonitor
    from turnstone.core.judge import IntentJudge, JudgeConfig
    from turnstone.core.mcp_client import MCPClientManager
    from turnstone.core.model_registry import ModelConfig, ModelRegistry
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class ChatSession:
        mcp_client: MCPClientManager | None = None,
        registry: ModelRegistry | None = None,
        model_alias: str | None = None,
-        health_registry: HealthTrackerRegistry | None = None,
+        health_monitor: BackendHealthMonitor | None = None,
        node_id: str | None = None,
        ws_id: str | None = None,
        tool_search: str = "auto",
@@ -307,12 +307,12 @@ class ChatSession:
        self.model = model
        self._registry = registry
        self._model_alias = model_alias
-        self._health_registry = health_registry
+        self._health_monitor = health_monitor
        # Resolve provider for the current model
        self._provider: LLMProvider = (
            registry.get_provider(model_alias)
            if registry and model_alias
-            else create_provider("openai-compatible")
+            else create_provider("openai")
        )
        self._cached_capabilities: ModelCapabilities | None = None
        self.ui = ui
@@ -340,15 +340,6 @@ class ChatSession:
        self._username = username
        self._client_type = client_type
        self._config_store = config_store
-        # Initialize rule registry for configurable judge rules
-        self._rule_registry = None
-        if config_store is not None:
-            try:
-                from turnstone.core.rule_registry import RuleRegistry
-
-                self._rule_registry = RuleRegistry(storage=config_store.storage)
-            except Exception:
-                log.debug("rule_registry.init_failed", exc_info=True)
        self._memory_config = memory_config or MemoryConfig()
        self._ws_id = ws_id or uuid.uuid4().hex
        self._title_generated = False
@@ -465,7 +456,7 @@ class ChatSession:
    def _judge_cfg(self) -> JudgeConfig | None:
        """Live judge behavioral config — reads from ConfigStore when available.

-        The model alias stays frozen
+        LLM client fields (model, provider, base_url, api_key) stay frozen
        from session creation time since changing them would require tearing
        down and rebuilding the IntentJudge instance.
        """
@@ -480,6 +471,9 @@ class ChatSession:
        return JudgeConfig(
            enabled=cs.get("judge.enabled"),
            model=jc.model,
+            provider=jc.provider,
+            base_url=jc.base_url,
+            api_key=jc.api_key,
            confidence_threshold=cs.get("judge.confidence_threshold"),
            max_context_ratio=cs.get("judge.max_context_ratio"),
            timeout=cs.get("judge.timeout"),
@@ -501,19 +495,9 @@ class ChatSession:
        """Return a web search client for the configured backend, or None."""
        from turnstone.core.web_search import resolve_web_search_client

-        # ConfigStore (DB) takes precedence over config.toml / env var
-        tavily_key: str | None = None
-        cs = getattr(self, "_config_store", None)
-        if cs is not None:
-            db_key = cs.get("tools.tavily_api_key")
-            if db_key:
-                tavily_key = str(db_key)
-        if not tavily_key:
-            tavily_key = get_tavily_key()
-
        return resolve_web_search_client(
            backend=self._get_web_search_backend(),
-            tavily_key=tavily_key,
+            tavily_key=get_tavily_key(),
            mcp_client=self._mcp_client,
            timeout=self.tool_timeout,
        )
@@ -902,34 +886,9 @@ class ChatSession:
            self._tool_error_flags[call_id] = True
        self.ui.on_tool_result(call_id, name, output, is_error=is_error)

-    def _remaining_token_budget(self) -> int:
-        """Estimate how many tokens are available for new content.
-
-        Reserves a response budget (capped at 25% of context window, since
-        ``max_tokens`` is an upper bound, not guaranteed consumption) plus
-        a 5% safety margin.  Returns at least 0.
-        """
-        used = self._system_tokens + sum(self._msg_tokens)
-        response_reserve = min(self.max_tokens, self.context_window // 4)
-        safety_margin = int(self.context_window * 0.05)
-        return max(0, self.context_window - used - response_reserve - safety_margin)
-
-    def _truncate_output(self, output: str, remaining_budget_tokens: int | None = None) -> str:
-        """Truncate tool output, keeping head + tail.
-
-        The effective limit is the *minimum* of:
-        - ``self.tool_truncation`` (fixed cap, defaults to 50% of context)
-        - ``remaining_budget_tokens`` converted to chars (if provided)
-
-        This ensures a single tool result cannot overflow the context window
-        even when the conversation is already partially full.
-        """
+    def _truncate_output(self, output: str) -> str:
+        """Truncate tool output to self.tool_truncation chars, keeping head + tail."""
        limit = self.tool_truncation
-        if remaining_budget_tokens is not None:
-            budget_chars = int(remaining_budget_tokens * self._chars_per_token)
-            limit = min(limit, budget_chars)
-        if limit <= 0:
-            return f"[Output truncated — {len(output)} chars exceeded context budget]"
        if len(output) <= limit:
            return output
        half = limit // 2
@@ -1112,38 +1071,29 @@ class ChatSession:
        self._chat_template_kwargs_base: dict[str, Any] = {
            "reasoning_effort": self.reasoning_effort,
        }
+        self._chat_template_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = dict(self._chat_template_kwargs_base)

        # -- Developer message --
        if self.creative_mode:
            dev_parts = [
                "# Instructions",
                "",
-                (
-                    "You are a creative writing partner. Use the analysis channel to "
-                    "think through structure, voice, and intent before drafting."
-                ),
+                "You are a creative writing partner. Use the analysis channel to "
+                "think through structure, voice, and intent before drafting.",
                "",
                "Craft principles:",
                "- Ground scenes in concrete sensory detail — what is seen, heard, felt.",
-                (
-                    "- Vary rhythm. Short sentences hit hard. Longer ones carry the reader "
-                    "through texture and nuance, building toward something."
-                ),
-                (
-                    "- Dialogue should do at least two things: reveal character AND advance "
-                    "plot or tension. Cut anything that's just exchanging information."
-                ),
-                (
-                    "- Earn your abstractions. Don't say 'she felt sad' — show the thing "
-                    "that makes the reader feel it."
-                ),
+                "- Vary rhythm. Short sentences hit hard. Longer ones carry the reader "
+                "through texture and nuance, building toward something.",
+                "- Dialogue should do at least two things: reveal character AND advance "
+                "plot or tension. Cut anything that's just exchanging information.",
+                "- Earn your abstractions. Don't say 'she felt sad' — show the thing "
+                "that makes the reader feel it.",
                "- Trust subtext. Leave room for the reader.",
                "",
-                (
-                    "Match the user's genre and tone. If they want literary fiction, write "
-                    "literary fiction. If they want pulp, write pulp with conviction. "
-                    "Never condescend to the form."
-                ),
+                "Match the user's genre and tone. If they want literary fiction, write "
+                "literary fiction. If they want pulp, write pulp with conviction. "
+                "Never condescend to the form.",
            ]
        else:
            # Compose system message from modular components
@@ -1155,7 +1105,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                if storage:
                    db_policies = storage.list_prompt_policies()
            except Exception:
-                log.debug("Failed to load prompt policies from storage", exc_info=True)
+                pass
            now = datetime.now().astimezone()
            ctx = SessionContext(
                current_datetime=now.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M"),
@@ -1258,10 +1208,6 @@ class ChatSession:
        except Exception:
            log.warning("session.skill_catalog_failed", exc_info=True)
            search_skills = []
-        # Exclude the already-applied skill from the catalog so the model
-        # doesn't suggest activating a skill that is already loaded.
-        applied_name = self._skill_name or ""
-        search_skills = [sk for sk in search_skills if sk.get("name", "") != applied_name]
        if search_skills:
            catalog_lines = ["<available-skills>"]
            for sk in search_skills[:30]:
@@ -1321,14 +1267,9 @@ class ChatSession:
        reasoning_effort: str | None = None,
        provider: LLMProvider | None = None,
    ) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        """Build provider-specific extra parameters.
-
-        ``chat_template_kwargs`` is only meaningful for local model servers
-        (``openai-compatible``).  Commercial OpenAI rejects it as an unknown
-        parameter, and handles ``reasoning_effort`` natively.
-        """
+        """Build provider-specific extra parameters."""
        prov = provider or self._provider
-        if prov.provider_name == "openai-compatible":
+        if prov.provider_name == "openai":
            kwargs = dict(self._chat_template_kwargs_base)
            if reasoning_effort:
                kwargs["reasoning_effort"] = reasoning_effort
@@ -1421,90 +1362,45 @@ class ChatSession:
    _MAX_RETRIES = 3
    _RETRY_BASE_DELAY = 1.0  # seconds

-    def _get_health_tracker(self) -> BackendHealthTracker | None:
-        """Get the health tracker for this session's current backend.
-
-        Uses a read-only lookup — only returns trackers that were already
-        created eagerly at startup or during model reload.
-
-        Returns ``None`` when no health registry is configured, the model
-        alias is unknown, or no tracker exists for this backend yet.
-        """
-        if not self._health_registry or not self._registry or not self._model_alias:
-            return None
-        return self._health_registry.get_tracker_for_alias(self._registry, self._model_alias)
-
    def _create_stream_with_retry(self, msgs: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> Iterator[StreamChunk]:
        """Create a streaming request with retry on transient errors.

        If all retries fail and a fallback chain is configured, tries each
-        fallback model in order before giving up.  Records success/failure
-        on the per-backend health tracker for observability.
+        fallback model in order before giving up.  Checks the circuit breaker
+        before attempting a call — fast-fails when the backend is unreachable.
        """
-        tracker = self._get_health_tracker()
+        # Circuit breaker check — fast-fail if backend is known to be down
+        if self._health_monitor and not self._health_monitor.acquire_request_permit():
+            raise ConnectionError("Backend unreachable (circuit breaker open)")

        try:
            result = self._try_stream(self.client, self.model, msgs)
-            if tracker:
-                tracker.record_success()
+            if self._health_monitor:
+                self._health_monitor.record_success()
            return result
-        except Exception as primary_err:
-            if tracker:
-                tracker.record_failure()
+        except BaseException as primary_err:
+            if self._health_monitor:
+                self._health_monitor.record_failure()
+            if isinstance(primary_err, (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit)):
+                raise
            if not self._registry or not self._registry.fallback:
                raise
-            # Try each fallback model.  Prefer non-degraded backends first,
-            # but still try degraded ones as a last resort.
-            degraded_fallbacks: list[str] = []
+            # Try each fallback model.  Fallbacks may use different backends;
+            # we intentionally do NOT call record_success/failure for fallbacks —
+            # recovery of the primary backend is detected by the background probe.
            for alias in self._registry.fallback:
                if alias == self._model_alias:
                    continue
-                # Skip degraded backends on the first pass
-                if self._health_registry:
-                    fb_tracker = self._health_registry.get_tracker_for_alias(self._registry, alias)
-                    if fb_tracker and fb_tracker.is_degraded:
-                        degraded_fallbacks.append(alias)
-                        continue
-                stream = self._try_fallback(alias, msgs)
-                if stream is not None:
-                    return stream
-            # Second pass: try degraded backends as last resort
-            for alias in degraded_fallbacks:
-                self.ui.on_info(f"[Fallback {alias} is degraded, trying anyway]")
-                stream = self._try_fallback(alias, msgs)
-                if stream is not None:
-                    return stream
+                try:
+                    fb_client, fb_model, _ = self._registry.resolve(alias)
+                    fb_provider = self._registry.get_provider(alias)
+                    self.ui.on_info(f"[Primary model failed, falling back to {alias}]")
+                    return self._try_stream(fb_client, fb_model, msgs, provider=fb_provider)
+                except Exception as fb_err:
+                    self.ui.on_info(f"[Fallback {alias} also failed: {fb_err}]")
+                    continue
            raise primary_err

-    def _try_fallback(self, alias: str, msgs: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> Iterator[StreamChunk] | None:
-        """Attempt a single fallback model. Returns stream or None.
-
-        Records success/failure on the fallback's health tracker so
-        the two-pass ordering (healthy-first, then degraded) learns
-        across request cycles.
-
-        Caller must ensure ``self._registry`` is not ``None``.
-        """
-        assert self._registry is not None
-        fb_tracker = (
-            self._health_registry.get_tracker_for_alias(self._registry, alias)
-            if self._health_registry
-            else None
-        )
-        try:
-            fb_client, fb_model, _ = self._registry.resolve(alias)
-            fb_provider = self._registry.get_provider(alias)
-            self.ui.on_info(f"[Primary model failed, falling back to {alias}]")
-            result = self._try_stream(fb_client, fb_model, msgs, provider=fb_provider)
-            if fb_tracker:
-                fb_tracker.record_success()
-            return result
-        except Exception as fb_err:
-            if fb_tracker:
-                fb_tracker.record_failure()
-            self.ui.on_info(f"[Fallback {alias} also failed: {fb_err}]")
-            return None
-
    def _try_stream(
        self,
        client: Any,
@@ -1672,44 +1568,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                self._emit_state("thinking")
                self.ui.on_thinking_start()
                try:
-                    try:
-                        stream = self._create_stream_with_retry(msgs)
-                    except Exception as ctx_err:
-                        # Context overflow recovery: if the API rejects the
-                        # request due to exceeding the context window, compact
-                        # the conversation and retry once.
-                        err_text = str(ctx_err).lower()
-                        is_ctx_overflow = any(
-                            s in err_text
-                            for s in (
-                                "context length",
-                                "maximum context",
-                                "too many tokens",
-                                "prompt is too long",
-                                "input tokens",
-                            )
-                        )
-                        if not is_ctx_overflow:
-                            raise
-                        log.warning(
-                            "Context overflow detected (%s), compacting and retrying",
-                            type(ctx_err).__name__,
-                        )
-                        self.ui.on_info("\n[Context overflow — auto-compacting and retrying]")
-                        # Stop thinking indicator before compact (which has
-                        # its own thinking start/stop) to avoid nested spinners.
-                        self.ui.on_thinking_stop()
-                        try:
-                            self._compact_messages(auto=True)
-                            msgs = self._full_messages()
-                            self.ui.on_thinking_start()
-                            stream = self._create_stream_with_retry(msgs)
-                        except Exception:
-                            log.warning(
-                                "Compact-and-retry failed, raising original error",
-                                exc_info=True,
-                            )
-                            raise ctx_err from None
+                    stream = self._create_stream_with_retry(msgs)
                    assistant_msg = self._stream_response(stream, my_generation)
                finally:
                    # Only clear if this generation is still active —
@@ -1875,12 +1734,6 @@ class ChatSession:
                                        tc_id, p["text"], _tc_names.get(tc_id, "")
                                    )

-                    # Safety truncation: clamp output to remaining context budget
-                    # so a single large result cannot overflow the context window.
-                    if isinstance(output, str):
-                        budget = self._remaining_token_budget()
-                        output = self._truncate_output(output, remaining_budget_tokens=budget)
-
                    tool_msg: dict[str, Any] = {
                        "role": "tool",
                        "tool_call_id": tc_id,
@@ -2732,6 +2585,7 @@ class ChatSession:
            return None
        if self._judge is not None:
            return self._judge
+            return None
        # Frozen config required for IntentJudge init (LLM client fields).
        # _judge_cfg already returns None when _judge_config is None, but
        # this guard makes the dependency explicit for type narrowing.
@@ -2747,8 +2601,6 @@ class ChatSession:
                session_client=self.client,
                session_model=self.model,
                context_window=caps.context_window,
-                rule_registry=self._rule_registry,
-                model_registry=self._registry,
            )
        except Exception:
            log.warning("judge.init_failed", exc_info=True)
@@ -2834,13 +2686,7 @@ class ChatSession:
        """
        from turnstone.core.output_guard import evaluate_output

-        og_patterns = None
-        rule_reg = self._rule_registry
-        if rule_reg is not None:
-            og_patterns = rule_reg.output_patterns
-        assessment = evaluate_output(
-            output, func_name=func_name, call_id=call_id, patterns=og_patterns
-        )
+        assessment = evaluate_output(output, func_name=func_name, call_id=call_id)
        if assessment.risk_level == "none":
            return output

@@ -2958,8 +2804,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                continue

            cid, output = results[i]
-            if not isinstance(output, str):
-                raise TypeError(f"plan_agent must return str, got {type(output).__name__}")
+            assert isinstance(output, str)  # plan always returns text
            plan_path = f".plan-{self._ws_id}.md"

            if not self.auto_approve:
@@ -3012,10 +2857,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                    with open(plan_path, "w") as f:
                        f.write(output)
                except OSError:
-                    log.warning("Failed to write plan to %s", plan_path, exc_info=True)
-                    output += "\n\n---\nPlan could not be saved to disk."
-                    results[i] = (cid, output)
-                    continue
+                    pass

            # Always include file path in the tool result so the
            # outer model knows where the plan lives on disk.
@@ -3094,7 +2936,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                    "call_id": call_id,
                    "func_name": func_name,
                    "header": f"\u2717 {func_name}: {exc}",
-                    "preview": f"    {preview}",
+                    "preview": f"    {RED}{preview}{RESET}",
                    "needs_approval": False,
                    "error": (
                        f"JSON parse error for tool '{func_name}': {exc}\n"
@@ -3484,10 +3326,9 @@ class ChatSession:
                "error": "Error: provide old_string/new_string or edits array, not both",
            }
        if has_batch:
-            # raw_edits is guaranteed to be a list by the has_batch check above
-            batch_edits: list[Any] = raw_edits  # type: ignore[assignment]
+            assert isinstance(raw_edits, list)
            edits: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
-            for i, e in enumerate(batch_edits):
+            for i, e in enumerate(raw_edits):
                if not isinstance(e, dict):
                    return {
                        "call_id": call_id,
@@ -3687,7 +3528,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                "call_id": call_id,
                "func_name": "man",
                "header": "\u2717 man: invalid page name",
-                "preview": f"    {page}",
+                "preview": f"    {RED}{page}{RESET}",
                "needs_approval": False,
                "error": f"Error: invalid page name {page!r}",
            }
@@ -3733,7 +3574,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                "call_id": call_id,
                "func_name": "web_fetch",
                "header": "\u2717 web_fetch: invalid url",
-                "preview": f"    {url}",
+                "preview": f"    {RED}{url}{RESET}",
                "needs_approval": False,
                "error": f"Error: URL must start with http:// or https:// (got {url!r})",
            }
@@ -3744,12 +3585,12 @@ class ChatSession:
                "call_id": call_id,
                "func_name": "web_fetch",
                "header": "\u2717 web_fetch: blocked (private network)",
-                "preview": f"    {url}",
+                "preview": f"    {RED}{url}{RESET}",
                "needs_approval": False,
                "error": f"Error: {ssrf_err}",
            }
        q_preview = question[:200] + ("..." if len(question) > 200 else "")
-        preview = f"    {url}\n    Q: {q_preview}"
+        preview = f"    {DIM}{url}\n    Q: {q_preview}{RESET}"
        return {
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": "web_fetch",
@@ -3795,7 +3636,7 @@ class ChatSession:
        if topic not in ("general", "news", "finance"):
            topic = "general"
        q_preview = query[:200] + ("..." if len(query) > 200 else "")
-        preview = f"    {q_preview}"
+        preview = f"    {DIM}{q_preview}{RESET}"
        return {
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": "web_search",
@@ -3834,7 +3675,7 @@ class ChatSession:
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": "tool_search",
            "header": f"\u2699 tool_search: {query[:80]}",
-            "preview": f"    {query}",
+            "preview": f"    {DIM}{query}{RESET}",
            "needs_approval": False,
            "execute": self._exec_tool_search,
            "query": query,
@@ -3868,7 +3709,7 @@ class ChatSession:
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": "task_agent",
            "header": "\u2699 task_agent (autonomous agent)",
-            "preview": f"    {preview_text}",
+            "preview": f"    {DIM}{preview_text}{RESET}",
            "needs_approval": True,
            "approval_label": "task_agent",
            "execute": self._exec_task,
@@ -3892,7 +3733,7 @@ class ChatSession:
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": "plan_agent",
            "header": "\u2699 plan_agent (planning agent)",
-            "preview": f"    {preview_text}",
+            "preview": f"    {DIM}{preview_text}{RESET}",
            "needs_approval": True,
            "approval_label": "plan_agent",
            "execute": self._exec_plan,
@@ -4373,7 +4214,7 @@ class ChatSession:
                    if isinstance(parsed, list):
                        return " ".join(str(t) for t in parsed)
                except (ValueError, TypeError):
-                    pass  # falls back to raw string
+                    pass
                return raw

            # Build corpus from name + description + tags + category
@@ -4446,7 +4287,7 @@ class ChatSession:
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": func_name,
            "header": f"\u2699 mcp:{display}",
-            "preview": preview,
+            "preview": f"{DIM}{preview}{RESET}",
            "needs_approval": True,
            "approval_label": func_name,
            "execute": self._exec_mcp_tool,
@@ -4524,7 +4365,7 @@ class ChatSession:
            "call_id": call_id,
            "func_name": "read_resource",
            "header": "\u2699 read_resource",
-            "preview": f"    uri: {uri}",
+            "preview": f"{DIM}    uri: {uri}{RESET}",
            "needs_approval": True,
            "approval_label": f"mcp_resource__{self._normalize_resource_uri(uri)}",
            "execute": self._exec_read_resource,
@@ -5001,12 +4842,6 @@ class ChatSession:
            label_b = "(provided content)"
            lines_b = (content_b or "").splitlines(keepends=True)

-        # When content_b is a baseline, swap so diff reads as "what changed"
-        # (--- old/baseline, +++ new/current file).
-        if content_b is not None:
-            lines_a, lines_b = lines_b, lines_a
-            path_a, label_b = label_b, path_a
-
        # Stream diff with early cutoff to avoid large allocations
        max_chars = self.tool_truncation or 262_144
        chunks: list[str] = []
@@ -5064,10 +4899,12 @@ class ChatSession:
            tools = _without_tool(tools, "web_search")

        # Build extra params for agent calls
-        agent_extra = self._provider_extra_params(
-            reasoning_effort=reasoning_effort,
-            provider=agent_provider,
-        )
+        agent_extra: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+        if agent_provider.provider_name == "openai":
+            agent_kwargs = dict(self._chat_template_kwargs_base)
+            if reasoning_effort:
+                agent_kwargs["reasoning_effort"] = reasoning_effort
+            agent_extra = {"chat_template_kwargs": agent_kwargs}

        def _api_call(
            messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
@@ -6429,7 +6266,6 @@ class ChatSession:
            self._report_tool_result(call_id, "web_search", msg, is_error=True)
            return call_id, msg

-        output = self._truncate_output(output)
        self._report_tool_result(call_id, "web_search", output)
        return call_id, output

@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@ def _build_registry() -> dict[str, SettingDef]:
            "model",
            help="Which AI model to use for conversations. Leave empty to use the provider's default.",
        ),
-        SettingDef(
-            "model.default_alias",
-            "str",
-            "",
-            "Default model alias for new sessions (empty = use config.toml [model].default)",
-            "model",
-            help="Which named model alias to use for new sessions. When empty, falls back to "
-            "the [model].default setting in config.toml (which defaults to 'default'). "
-            "Change this at runtime to switch all new sessions to a different model "
-            "without restarting.",
-        ),
        SettingDef(
            "model.temperature",
            "float",
@@ -207,18 +196,6 @@ def _build_registry() -> dict[str, SettingDef]:
            min_value=1,
            max_value=50,
        ),
-        SettingDef(
-            "tools.tavily_api_key",
-            "str",
-            "",
-            "Tavily API key for web search (write-only)",
-            "tools",
-            is_secret=True,
-            help="API key for the Tavily web search service. When set, enables the Tavily "
-            "backend for web_search tool calls (higher quality than DuckDuckGo). "
-            "Overrides $TAVILY_API_KEY and config.toml [api] tavily_key.",
-            reference_url="https://tavily.com",
-        ),
        SettingDef(
            "tools.web_search_backend",
            "str",
@@ -283,17 +260,6 @@ def _build_registry() -> dict[str, SettingDef]:
            "database. Each node only connects to the servers it needs, so this "
            "limit is on definitions, not active connections.",
        ),
-        # -- channels -------------------------------------------------------
-        SettingDef(
-            "channels.default_model_alias",
-            "str",
-            "",
-            "Default model alias for channel workstreams (empty = use server default)",
-            "channels",
-            help="Which model alias to use when a channel adapter (Discord, etc.) "
-            "creates a new workstream without an explicit model. When empty, falls "
-            "back to the server-wide model.default_alias.",
-        ),
        # -- mcp ------------------------------------------------------------
        SettingDef(
            "mcp.config_path",
@@ -369,15 +335,43 @@ def _build_registry() -> dict[str, SettingDef]:
        ),
        # -- health ---------------------------------------------------------
        SettingDef(
-            "health.failure_threshold",
+            "health.backend_probe_interval",
+            "int",
+            30,
+            "Backend health probe interval in seconds",
+            "health",
+            min_value=5,
+            help="How often to check whether the AI model backend (e.g. OpenAI API) is reachable.",
+        ),
+        SettingDef(
+            "health.backend_probe_timeout",
            "int",
            5,
-            "Consecutive failures before backend is marked degraded",
+            "Backend health probe timeout in seconds",
            "health",
            min_value=1,
-            help="If the AI backend fails this many times in a row, it is marked as degraded. "
-            "Degraded backends are deprioritised in the fallback chain but requests are never "
-            "blocked. The backend recovers automatically when a request succeeds.",
+        ),
+        SettingDef(
+            "health.circuit_breaker_threshold",
+            "int",
+            5,
+            "Consecutive failures before circuit opens",
+            "health",
+            min_value=1,
+            help="If the AI backend fails this many times in a row, the circuit breaker trips "
+            "and stops sending requests for a cooldown period. This prevents cascading failures "
+            "and wasted API calls when the backend is down.",
+            reference_url="https://martinfowler.com/bliki/CircuitBreaker.html",
+        ),
+        SettingDef(
+            "health.circuit_breaker_cooldown",
+            "int",
+            60,
+            "Seconds before half-open retry",
+            "health",
+            min_value=5,
+            help="After the circuit breaker trips, wait this long before sending a single test "
+            "request to see if the backend has recovered.",
        ),
        # -- judge ----------------------------------------------------------
        SettingDef(
@@ -400,6 +394,16 @@ def _build_registry() -> dict[str, SettingDef]:
            "to use the same model (self-consistency), or specify a different model for "
            "cross-model evaluation.",
        ),
+        SettingDef("judge.provider", "str", "", "Provider for judge model", "judge"),
+        SettingDef("judge.base_url", "str", "", "Base URL for judge model API", "judge"),
+        SettingDef(
+            "judge.api_key",
+            "str",
+            "",
+            "API key for judge model",
+            "judge",
+            is_secret=True,
+        ),
        SettingDef(
            "judge.confidence_threshold",
            "float",
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ async def _fetch_resource_contents(
                if resp.status_code == 200:
                    return rf["path"], resp.text
            except httpx.HTTPError:
-                pass  # best-effort fetch, skip on failure
+                pass
        return None

    results = await asyncio.gather(*[_fetch_one(rf) for rf in resource_files])
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ async def fetch_skills_from_github_repo(url: str) -> list[SkillPackage]:
                    if r.status_code == 200 and len(r.content) <= _MAX_SKILL_MD_SIZE:
                        return p, r.text
                except httpx.HTTPError:
-                    pass  # best-effort fetch, skip on failure
+                    pass
            return None

        md_results = await asyncio.gather(*[_fetch_skill_md(p) for p in skill_md_paths])
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
    channel_users,
    conversations,
    hash_ring_buckets,
-    heuristic_rules,
    intent_verdicts,
    mcp_servers,
    metadata,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
    oidc_pending_states,
    orgs,
    output_assessments,
-    output_guard_patterns,
    prompt_templates,
    roles,
    scheduled_task_runs,
@@ -55,9 +53,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
 from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
    prompt_policies as prompt_policies_t,
 )
-from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
-    HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE as _HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE,
-)
 from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
    MCP_SERVER_MUTABLE as _MCP_SERVER_MUTABLE,
 )
@@ -67,9 +62,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
 from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
    ORG_MUTABLE as _ORG_MUTABLE,
 )
-from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
-    OUTPUT_GUARD_PATTERN_MUTABLE as _OGP_MUTABLE,
-)
 from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
    POLICY_MUTABLE as _POLICY_MUTABLE,
 )
@@ -926,7 +918,6 @@ class PostgreSQLBackend:
        created_by: str,
        next_run: str,
        skill: str = "",
-        notify_targets: str = "[]",
    ) -> None:
        from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql

@@ -947,7 +938,6 @@ class PostgreSQLBackend:
                    auto_approve=1 if auto_approve else 0,
                    auto_approve_tools=",".join(auto_approve_tools),
                    skill=skill,
-                    notify_targets=notify_targets,
                    enabled=1,
                    created_by=created_by,
                    next_run=next_run,
@@ -989,7 +979,6 @@ class PostgreSQLBackend:
            "auto_approve",
            "auto_approve_tools",
            "skill",
-            "notify_targets",
            "enabled",
            "last_run",
            "next_run",
@@ -3229,225 +3218,6 @@ class PostgreSQLBackend:
            conn.commit()
            return result.rowcount > 0

-    # -- Heuristic rules -------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_heuristic_rule(
-        self,
-        rule_id: str,
-        name: str,
-        risk_level: str,
-        confidence: float,
-        recommendation: str,
-        tool_pattern: str,
-        arg_patterns: str = "[]",
-        intent_template: str = "",
-        reasoning_template: str = "",
-        tier: str = "medium",
-        priority: int = 0,
-        builtin: bool = False,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        created_by: str = "",
-    ) -> None:
-        from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
-
-        now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            conn.execute(
-                postgresql.insert(heuristic_rules)
-                .values(
-                    rule_id=rule_id,
-                    name=name,
-                    risk_level=risk_level,
-                    confidence=confidence,
-                    recommendation=recommendation,
-                    tool_pattern=tool_pattern,
-                    arg_patterns=arg_patterns,
-                    intent_template=intent_template,
-                    reasoning_template=reasoning_template,
-                    tier=tier,
-                    priority=priority,
-                    builtin=1 if builtin else 0,
-                    enabled=1 if enabled else 0,
-                    created_by=created_by,
-                    created=now,
-                    updated=now,
-                )
-                .on_conflict_do_nothing()
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-
-    def get_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(heuristic_rules).where(heuristic_rules.c.rule_id == rule_id)
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin")
-
-    def get_heuristic_rule_by_name(self, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(heuristic_rules).where(heuristic_rules.c.name == name)
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin")
-
-    def list_heuristic_rules(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-
-        tier_order = sa.case(
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "critical", 0),
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "high", 1),
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "medium", 2),
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "low", 3),
-            else_=4,
-        )
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            q = sa.select(heuristic_rules).order_by(tier_order, heuristic_rules.c.priority.desc())
-            if enabled_only:
-                q = q.where(heuristic_rules.c.enabled == 1)
-            rows = conn.execute(q).fetchall()
-            return [_row_to_dict(r, "enabled", "builtin") for r in rows]
-
-    def update_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str, **fields: Any) -> bool:
-
-        fields = {k: v for k, v in fields.items() if k in _HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE}
-        fields["updated"] = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        if "enabled" in fields:
-            fields["enabled"] = 1 if fields["enabled"] else 0
-        if "builtin" in fields:
-            fields["builtin"] = 1 if fields["builtin"] else 0
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.update(heuristic_rules)
-                .where(heuristic_rules.c.rule_id == rule_id)
-                .values(**fields)
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
-    def delete_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str) -> bool:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.delete(heuristic_rules).where(heuristic_rules.c.rule_id == rule_id)
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
-    # -- Output guard patterns -------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_output_guard_pattern(
-        self,
-        pattern_id: str,
-        name: str,
-        category: str,
-        risk_level: str,
-        pattern: str,
-        flag_name: str,
-        annotation: str,
-        pattern_flags: str = "",
-        is_credential: bool = False,
-        redact_label: str = "",
-        priority: int = 0,
-        builtin: bool = False,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        created_by: str = "",
-    ) -> None:
-        from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
-
-        now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            conn.execute(
-                postgresql.insert(output_guard_patterns)
-                .values(
-                    pattern_id=pattern_id,
-                    name=name,
-                    category=category,
-                    risk_level=risk_level,
-                    pattern=pattern,
-                    pattern_flags=pattern_flags,
-                    flag_name=flag_name,
-                    annotation=annotation,
-                    is_credential=1 if is_credential else 0,
-                    redact_label=redact_label,
-                    priority=priority,
-                    builtin=1 if builtin else 0,
-                    enabled=1 if enabled else 0,
-                    created_by=created_by,
-                    created=now,
-                    updated=now,
-                )
-                .on_conflict_do_nothing()
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-
-    def get_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(output_guard_patterns).where(
-                    output_guard_patterns.c.pattern_id == pattern_id
-                )
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin", "is_credential")
-
-    def get_output_guard_pattern_by_name(self, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(output_guard_patterns).where(output_guard_patterns.c.name == name)
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin", "is_credential")
-
-    def list_output_guard_patterns(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            q = sa.select(output_guard_patterns).order_by(
-                output_guard_patterns.c.category, output_guard_patterns.c.priority.desc()
-            )
-            if enabled_only:
-                q = q.where(output_guard_patterns.c.enabled == 1)
-            rows = conn.execute(q).fetchall()
-            return [_row_to_dict(r, "enabled", "builtin", "is_credential") for r in rows]
-
-    def update_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str, **fields: Any) -> bool:
-
-        fields = {k: v for k, v in fields.items() if k in _OGP_MUTABLE}
-        fields["updated"] = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        if "enabled" in fields:
-            fields["enabled"] = 1 if fields["enabled"] else 0
-        if "builtin" in fields:
-            fields["builtin"] = 1 if fields["builtin"] else 0
-        if "is_credential" in fields:
-            fields["is_credential"] = 1 if fields["is_credential"] else 0
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.update(output_guard_patterns)
-                .where(output_guard_patterns.c.pattern_id == pattern_id)
-                .values(**fields)
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
-    def delete_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str) -> bool:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.delete(output_guard_patterns).where(
-                    output_guard_patterns.c.pattern_id == pattern_id
-                )
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
    # -- TLS / ACME ------------------------------------------------------------

    def save_tls_account_key(self, key_id: str, key_pem: str) -> None:
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ class StorageBackend(Protocol):
        created_by: str,
        next_run: str,
        skill: str = "",
-        notify_targets: str = "[]",
    ) -> None:
        """Create a scheduled task. No-op if task_id already exists."""
        ...
@@ -1067,90 +1066,6 @@ class StorageBackend(Protocol):
        """Delete a prompt policy. Returns True if existed."""
        ...

-    # -- Heuristic rules -------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_heuristic_rule(
-        self,
-        rule_id: str,
-        name: str,
-        risk_level: str,
-        confidence: float,
-        recommendation: str,
-        tool_pattern: str,
-        arg_patterns: str = "[]",
-        intent_template: str = "",
-        reasoning_template: str = "",
-        tier: str = "medium",
-        priority: int = 0,
-        builtin: bool = False,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        created_by: str = "",
-    ) -> None:
-        """Create a heuristic rule. No-op if rule_id already exists."""
-        ...
-
-    def get_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        """Return heuristic rule dict or None."""
-        ...
-
-    def get_heuristic_rule_by_name(self, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        """Return heuristic rule dict by name or None."""
-        ...
-
-    def list_heuristic_rules(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Return heuristic rules ordered by tier priority then rule priority."""
-        ...
-
-    def update_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str, **fields: Any) -> bool:
-        """Update specified fields on a heuristic rule. Returns True if found."""
-        ...
-
-    def delete_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Delete a heuristic rule. Returns True if existed."""
-        ...
-
-    # -- Output guard patterns -------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_output_guard_pattern(
-        self,
-        pattern_id: str,
-        name: str,
-        category: str,
-        risk_level: str,
-        pattern: str,
-        flag_name: str,
-        annotation: str,
-        pattern_flags: str = "",
-        is_credential: bool = False,
-        redact_label: str = "",
-        priority: int = 0,
-        builtin: bool = False,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        created_by: str = "",
-    ) -> None:
-        """Create an output guard pattern. No-op if pattern_id already exists."""
-        ...
-
-    def get_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        """Return output guard pattern dict or None."""
-        ...
-
-    def get_output_guard_pattern_by_name(self, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-        """Return output guard pattern dict by name or None."""
-        ...
-
-    def list_output_guard_patterns(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Return output guard patterns ordered by category then priority."""
-        ...
-
-    def update_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str, **fields: Any) -> bool:
-        """Update specified fields on an output guard pattern. Returns True if found."""
-        ...
-
-    def delete_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Delete an output guard pattern. Returns True if existed."""
-        ...
-
    # -- TLS / ACME (lacme Store) ----------------------------------------------

    def save_tls_account_key(self, key_id: str, key_pem: str) -> None:
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ scheduled_tasks = sa.Table(
    sa.Column("auto_approve", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
    sa.Column("auto_approve_tools", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
    sa.Column("skill", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-    sa.Column("notify_targets", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default="[]"),
    sa.Column("enabled", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="1"),
    sa.Column("created_by", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
    sa.Column("last_run", sa.Text),
@@ -653,59 +652,3 @@ tls_certificates = sa.Table(
    sa.Column("expires_at", sa.Text, nullable=False),
    sa.Column("meta", sa.Text, nullable=True),
 )
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Heuristic rules — configurable intent validation patterns (admin-managed)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-heuristic_rules = sa.Table(
-    "heuristic_rules",
-    metadata,
-    sa.Column("rule_id", sa.Text, primary_key=True),
-    sa.Column("name", sa.Text, nullable=False, unique=True),
-    sa.Column("risk_level", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("confidence", sa.Float, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("recommendation", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("tool_pattern", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("arg_patterns", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default="[]"),
-    sa.Column("intent_template", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("reasoning_template", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("tier", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("priority", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-    sa.Column("builtin", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-    sa.Column("enabled", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="1"),
-    sa.Column("created_by", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-    sa.Column("created", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("updated", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-)
-
-sa.Index("idx_heuristic_rules_enabled", heuristic_rules.c.enabled)
-sa.Index("idx_heuristic_rules_tier", heuristic_rules.c.tier)
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Output guard patterns — configurable output scanning patterns (admin-managed)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-output_guard_patterns = sa.Table(
-    "output_guard_patterns",
-    metadata,
-    sa.Column("pattern_id", sa.Text, primary_key=True),
-    sa.Column("name", sa.Text, nullable=False, unique=True),
-    sa.Column("category", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("risk_level", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("pattern", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("pattern_flags", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-    sa.Column("flag_name", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("annotation", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("is_credential", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-    sa.Column("redact_label", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-    sa.Column("priority", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-    sa.Column("builtin", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-    sa.Column("enabled", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="1"),
-    sa.Column("created_by", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-    sa.Column("created", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    sa.Column("updated", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-)
-
-sa.Index("idx_ogp_enabled", output_guard_patterns.c.enabled)
-sa.Index("idx_ogp_category", output_guard_patterns.c.category)
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
    channel_users,
    conversations,
    hash_ring_buckets,
-    heuristic_rules,
    intent_verdicts,
    mcp_servers,
    metadata,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
    oidc_pending_states,
    orgs,
    output_assessments,
-    output_guard_patterns,
    prompt_templates,
    roles,
    scheduled_task_runs,
@@ -55,9 +53,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
 from turnstone.core.storage._schema import (
    prompt_policies as prompt_policies_t,
 )
-from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
-    HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE as _HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE,
-)
 from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
    MCP_SERVER_MUTABLE as _MCP_SERVER_MUTABLE,
 )
@@ -67,9 +62,6 @@ from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
 from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
    ORG_MUTABLE as _ORG_MUTABLE,
 )
-from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
-    OUTPUT_GUARD_PATTERN_MUTABLE as _OGP_MUTABLE,
-)
 from turnstone.core.storage._utils import (
    POLICY_MUTABLE as _POLICY_MUTABLE,
 )
@@ -997,7 +989,6 @@ class SQLiteBackend:
        created_by: str,
        next_run: str,
        skill: str = "",
-        notify_targets: str = "[]",
    ) -> None:

        now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
@@ -1017,7 +1008,6 @@ class SQLiteBackend:
                    "auto_approve": 1 if auto_approve else 0,
                    "auto_approve_tools": ",".join(auto_approve_tools),
                    "skill": skill,
-                    "notify_targets": notify_targets,
                    "enabled": 1,
                    "created_by": created_by,
                    "next_run": next_run,
@@ -1058,7 +1048,6 @@ class SQLiteBackend:
            "auto_approve",
            "auto_approve_tools",
            "skill",
-            "notify_targets",
            "enabled",
            "last_run",
            "next_run",
@@ -3280,221 +3269,6 @@ class SQLiteBackend:
            conn.commit()
            return result.rowcount > 0

-    # -- Heuristic rules -------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_heuristic_rule(
-        self,
-        rule_id: str,
-        name: str,
-        risk_level: str,
-        confidence: float,
-        recommendation: str,
-        tool_pattern: str,
-        arg_patterns: str = "[]",
-        intent_template: str = "",
-        reasoning_template: str = "",
-        tier: str = "medium",
-        priority: int = 0,
-        builtin: bool = False,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        created_by: str = "",
-    ) -> None:
-
-        now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            conn.execute(
-                sa.insert(heuristic_rules).prefix_with("OR IGNORE"),
-                {
-                    "rule_id": rule_id,
-                    "name": name,
-                    "risk_level": risk_level,
-                    "confidence": confidence,
-                    "recommendation": recommendation,
-                    "tool_pattern": tool_pattern,
-                    "arg_patterns": arg_patterns,
-                    "intent_template": intent_template,
-                    "reasoning_template": reasoning_template,
-                    "tier": tier,
-                    "priority": priority,
-                    "builtin": 1 if builtin else 0,
-                    "enabled": 1 if enabled else 0,
-                    "created_by": created_by,
-                    "created": now,
-                    "updated": now,
-                },
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-
-    def get_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(heuristic_rules).where(heuristic_rules.c.rule_id == rule_id)
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin")
-
-    def get_heuristic_rule_by_name(self, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(heuristic_rules).where(heuristic_rules.c.name == name)
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin")
-
-    def list_heuristic_rules(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-
-        tier_order = sa.case(
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "critical", 0),
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "high", 1),
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "medium", 2),
-            (heuristic_rules.c.tier == "low", 3),
-            else_=4,
-        )
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            q = sa.select(heuristic_rules).order_by(tier_order, heuristic_rules.c.priority.desc())
-            if enabled_only:
-                q = q.where(heuristic_rules.c.enabled == 1)
-            rows = conn.execute(q).fetchall()
-            return [_row_to_dict(r, "enabled", "builtin") for r in rows]
-
-    def update_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str, **fields: Any) -> bool:
-
-        fields = {k: v for k, v in fields.items() if k in _HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE}
-        fields["updated"] = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        if "enabled" in fields:
-            fields["enabled"] = 1 if fields["enabled"] else 0
-        if "builtin" in fields:
-            fields["builtin"] = 1 if fields["builtin"] else 0
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.update(heuristic_rules)
-                .where(heuristic_rules.c.rule_id == rule_id)
-                .values(**fields)
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
-    def delete_heuristic_rule(self, rule_id: str) -> bool:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.delete(heuristic_rules).where(heuristic_rules.c.rule_id == rule_id)
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
-    # -- Output guard patterns -------------------------------------------------
-
-    def create_output_guard_pattern(
-        self,
-        pattern_id: str,
-        name: str,
-        category: str,
-        risk_level: str,
-        pattern: str,
-        flag_name: str,
-        annotation: str,
-        pattern_flags: str = "",
-        is_credential: bool = False,
-        redact_label: str = "",
-        priority: int = 0,
-        builtin: bool = False,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        created_by: str = "",
-    ) -> None:
-
-        now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            conn.execute(
-                sa.insert(output_guard_patterns).prefix_with("OR IGNORE"),
-                {
-                    "pattern_id": pattern_id,
-                    "name": name,
-                    "category": category,
-                    "risk_level": risk_level,
-                    "pattern": pattern,
-                    "pattern_flags": pattern_flags,
-                    "flag_name": flag_name,
-                    "annotation": annotation,
-                    "is_credential": 1 if is_credential else 0,
-                    "redact_label": redact_label,
-                    "priority": priority,
-                    "builtin": 1 if builtin else 0,
-                    "enabled": 1 if enabled else 0,
-                    "created_by": created_by,
-                    "created": now,
-                    "updated": now,
-                },
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-
-    def get_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(output_guard_patterns).where(
-                    output_guard_patterns.c.pattern_id == pattern_id
-                )
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin", "is_credential")
-
-    def get_output_guard_pattern_by_name(self, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            row = conn.execute(
-                sa.select(output_guard_patterns).where(output_guard_patterns.c.name == name)
-            ).fetchone()
-            if row is None:
-                return None
-            return _row_to_dict(row, "enabled", "builtin", "is_credential")
-
-    def list_output_guard_patterns(self, enabled_only: bool = False) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            q = sa.select(output_guard_patterns).order_by(
-                output_guard_patterns.c.category, output_guard_patterns.c.priority.desc()
-            )
-            if enabled_only:
-                q = q.where(output_guard_patterns.c.enabled == 1)
-            rows = conn.execute(q).fetchall()
-            return [_row_to_dict(r, "enabled", "builtin", "is_credential") for r in rows]
-
-    def update_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str, **fields: Any) -> bool:
-
-        fields = {k: v for k, v in fields.items() if k in _OGP_MUTABLE}
-        fields["updated"] = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-        if "enabled" in fields:
-            fields["enabled"] = 1 if fields["enabled"] else 0
-        if "builtin" in fields:
-            fields["builtin"] = 1 if fields["builtin"] else 0
-        if "is_credential" in fields:
-            fields["is_credential"] = 1 if fields["is_credential"] else 0
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.update(output_guard_patterns)
-                .where(output_guard_patterns.c.pattern_id == pattern_id)
-                .values(**fields)
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
-    def delete_output_guard_pattern(self, pattern_id: str) -> bool:
-
-        with self._conn() as conn:
-            result = conn.execute(
-                sa.delete(output_guard_patterns).where(
-                    output_guard_patterns.c.pattern_id == pattern_id
-                )
-            )
-            conn.commit()
-            return result.rowcount > 0
-
    # -- TLS / ACME ------------------------------------------------------------

    def save_tls_account_key(self, key_id: str, key_pem: str) -> None:
@@ -109,38 +109,6 @@ MODEL_DEFINITION_MUTABLE = frozenset(
    }
 )
 PROMPT_POLICY_MUTABLE = frozenset({"name", "content", "tool_gate", "priority", "enabled"})
-HEURISTIC_RULE_MUTABLE = frozenset(
-    {
-        "name",
-        "risk_level",
-        "confidence",
-        "recommendation",
-        "tool_pattern",
-        "arg_patterns",
-        "intent_template",
-        "reasoning_template",
-        "tier",
-        "priority",
-        "builtin",
-        "enabled",
-    }
-)
-OUTPUT_GUARD_PATTERN_MUTABLE = frozenset(
-    {
-        "name",
-        "category",
-        "risk_level",
-        "pattern",
-        "pattern_flags",
-        "flag_name",
-        "annotation",
-        "is_credential",
-        "redact_label",
-        "priority",
-        "builtin",
-        "enabled",
-    }
-)
 VERDICT_MUTABLE = frozenset(
    {
        "user_decision",
@@ -181,7 +149,7 @@ def scan_skill_content(content: str, allowed_tools: str) -> tuple[str, str, str]
                    if not tools:
                        tools = None
            except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                pass  # falls back to None (no tool filter)
+                pass
        result = scan_skill(content, tools)
        return result.tier, json.dumps(result.to_dict(), ensure_ascii=False), SCANNER_VERSION
    except Exception:
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-"""Grant admin.prompt_policies permission to builtin-admin role.
-
-Migration 031 created the prompt_policies table but did not add the
-corresponding permission to the builtin-admin role, causing 403 on
-/v1/api/admin/prompt-policies for all users.
-
-Revision ID: 032
-Revises: 031
-Create Date: 2026-04-05
-"""
-
-import sqlalchemy as sa
-from alembic import op
-
-revision = "032"
-down_revision = "031"
-branch_labels = None
-depends_on = None
-
-
-def upgrade() -> None:
-    conn = op.get_bind()
-    conn.execute(
-        sa.text(
-            "UPDATE roles SET permissions = permissions || ',admin.prompt_policies' "
-            "WHERE role_id = 'builtin-admin' "
-            "AND permissions NOT LIKE '%admin.prompt_policies%'"
-        )
-    )
-
-
-def downgrade() -> None:
-    conn = op.get_bind()
-    conn.execute(
-        sa.text(
-            "UPDATE roles SET permissions = REPLACE(permissions, ',admin.prompt_policies', '') "
-            "WHERE role_id = 'builtin-admin'"
-        )
-    )
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-"""Create heuristic_rules and output_guard_patterns tables for configurable judge.
-
-Revision ID: 033
-Revises: 032
-Create Date: 2026-04-04
-"""
-
-import sqlalchemy as sa
-from alembic import op
-
-revision = "033"
-down_revision = "032"
-branch_labels = None
-depends_on = None
-
-
-def upgrade() -> None:
-    op.create_table(
-        "heuristic_rules",
-        sa.Column("rule_id", sa.Text, primary_key=True),
-        sa.Column("name", sa.Text, nullable=False, unique=True),
-        sa.Column("risk_level", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("confidence", sa.Float, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("recommendation", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("tool_pattern", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("arg_patterns", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default="[]"),
-        sa.Column("intent_template", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("reasoning_template", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("tier", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("priority", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-        sa.Column("builtin", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-        sa.Column("enabled", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="1"),
-        sa.Column("created_by", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-        sa.Column("created", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("updated", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    )
-    op.create_index("idx_heuristic_rules_enabled", "heuristic_rules", ["enabled"])
-    op.create_index("idx_heuristic_rules_tier", "heuristic_rules", ["tier"])
-
-    op.create_table(
-        "output_guard_patterns",
-        sa.Column("pattern_id", sa.Text, primary_key=True),
-        sa.Column("name", sa.Text, nullable=False, unique=True),
-        sa.Column("category", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("risk_level", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("pattern", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("pattern_flags", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-        sa.Column("flag_name", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("annotation", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("is_credential", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-        sa.Column("redact_label", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-        sa.Column("priority", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-        sa.Column("builtin", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="0"),
-        sa.Column("enabled", sa.Integer, nullable=False, server_default="1"),
-        sa.Column("created_by", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default=""),
-        sa.Column("created", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-        sa.Column("updated", sa.Text, nullable=False),
-    )
-    op.create_index("idx_ogp_enabled", "output_guard_patterns", ["enabled"])
-    op.create_index("idx_ogp_category", "output_guard_patterns", ["category"])
-
-    # Grant admin.judge permission to builtin-admin role
-    conn = op.get_bind()
-    conn.execute(
-        sa.text(
-            "UPDATE roles SET permissions = permissions || ',admin.judge' "
-            "WHERE role_id = 'builtin-admin' "
-            "AND permissions NOT LIKE '%admin.judge%'"
-        )
-    )
-
-
-def downgrade() -> None:
-    op.drop_table("output_guard_patterns")
-    op.drop_table("heuristic_rules")
-    conn = op.get_bind()
-    conn.execute(
-        sa.text(
-            "UPDATE roles SET permissions = REPLACE(permissions, ',admin.judge', '') "
-            "WHERE role_id = 'builtin-admin'"
-        )
-    )
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-"""Add notify_targets column to scheduled_tasks.
-
-Revision ID: 034
-Revises: 033
-Create Date: 2026-04-05
-"""
-
-import sqlalchemy as sa
-from alembic import op
-
-revision = "034"
-down_revision = "033"
-branch_labels = None
-depends_on = None
-
-
-def upgrade() -> None:
-    op.add_column(
-        "scheduled_tasks",
-        sa.Column("notify_targets", sa.Text, nullable=False, server_default="[]"),
-    )
-
-
-def downgrade() -> None:
-    op.drop_column("scheduled_tasks", "notify_targets")
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class WatchRunner:
                    created_dt = datetime.fromisoformat(created).replace(tzinfo=UTC)
                    elapsed_secs = (now - created_dt).total_seconds()
                except (ValueError, TypeError):
-                    pass  # elapsed stays 0.0
+                    pass

            message = format_watch_message(
                name=watch_row["name"],
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 import json
 import os
-import re
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -74,34 +73,3 @@ def cors_middleware(origins: list[str]) -> Middleware:
        allow_methods=["GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"],
        allow_headers=["Content-Type", "Authorization"],
    )
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Static asset cache-busting
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Matches src="/static/..." and href="/shared/..." (and vice-versa) but skips
-# vendored libraries whose directory names already contain a version number
-# (e.g. katex-0.16.44/, hljs-11.11.1/) and URLs that already have a query
-# string (prevents double-append if called twice).
-_ASSET_RE = re.compile(
-    r'(?P<attr>(?:src|href)=")'
-    r"(?P<path>/(?:static|shared)/)"
-    r"(?!(?:katex|hljs|hls|mermaid)-\d)"
-    r'(?P<file>[^"?]+)"'
-)
-
-
-def version_html(html: str) -> str:
-    """Inject ``?v=VERSION`` into ``/static/`` and ``/shared/`` asset URLs.
-
-    Vendored libraries with version-bearing directory names are skipped.
-    URLs that already contain a query string are left unchanged.
-    Called once at startup when loading HTML into memory.
-    """
-    from turnstone import __version__
-
-    def _repl(m: re.Match[str]) -> str:
-        return f'{m.group("attr")}{m.group("path")}{m.group("file")}?v={__version__}"'
-
-    return _ASSET_RE.sub(_repl, html)
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ class Workstream:
    worker_thread: threading.Thread | None = None
    error_message: str = ""
    last_active: float = field(default_factory=time.monotonic, repr=False)
-    notify_targets: str = "[]"
    _lock: threading.Lock = field(default_factory=threading.Lock, repr=False)

    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ _MCP_ONLY_TOOLS = frozenset({"read_resource", "use_prompt"})

 def _detect_provider(base_url: str) -> str:
    """Infer provider name from a base URL."""
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-    normalized = base_url if "://" in base_url else f"https://{base_url}"
-    hostname = urlparse(normalized).hostname or ""
-    if hostname == "anthropic.com" or hostname.endswith(".anthropic.com"):
+    if "anthropic.com" in base_url:
        return "anthropic"
    return "openai"

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from turnstone.api.console_schemas import (
    ImportMcpConfigResponse,
    ListAdminMemoriesResponse,
    ListAuditEventsResponse,
-    ListAvailableModelsResponse,
    ListMcpServersResponse,
    ListOrgsResponse,
    ListRolesResponse,
@@ -186,14 +185,6 @@ class AsyncTurnstoneConsole(_BaseClient):
            response_model=ConsoleCreateWsResponse,
        )

-    # -- models --------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def list_models(self) -> ListAvailableModelsResponse:
-        """GET /v1/api/models — available model aliases and defaults."""
-        return await self._request(
-            "GET", "/v1/api/models", response_model=ListAvailableModelsResponse
-        )
-
    # -- routing proxy -------------------------------------------------------

    async def route_create_workstream(
@@ -1059,11 +1050,6 @@ class TurnstoneConsole:
            )
        )

-    # -- models --------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def list_models(self) -> ListAvailableModelsResponse:
-        return self._runner.run(self._async.list_models())
-
    # -- routing proxy -------------------------------------------------------

    def route_create_workstream(
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ class NodeSnapshotEvent(ClusterEvent):

@dataclass
 class HealthChangedEvent(ClusterEvent):
-    """Backend health state transition on a server node."""
+    """Circuit breaker state transition on a server node."""

    type: str = "health_changed"
-    backend_status: str = ""  # "healthy" or "degraded"
+    circuit_state: str = ""


@dataclass
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ from turnstone.api.server_schemas import (
    CreateWorkstreamResponse,
    DashboardResponse,
    HealthResponse,
-    ListAvailableModelsResponse,
    ListMemoriesResponse,
    ListSavedWorkstreamsResponse,
    ListSkillSummaryResponse,
@@ -88,12 +87,6 @@ class AsyncTurnstoneServer(_BaseClient):
    async def dashboard(self) -> DashboardResponse:
        return await self._request("GET", "/v1/api/dashboard", response_model=DashboardResponse)

-    async def list_models(self) -> ListAvailableModelsResponse:
-        """GET /v1/api/models — available model aliases and defaults."""
-        return await self._request(
-            "GET", "/v1/api/models", response_model=ListAvailableModelsResponse
-        )
-
    async def create_workstream(
        self,
        *,
@@ -107,7 +100,6 @@ class AsyncTurnstoneServer(_BaseClient):
        user_id: str = "",
        ws_id: str = "",
        client_type: str = "",
-        notify_targets: str = "",
    ) -> CreateWorkstreamResponse:
        body: dict[str, Any] = {}
        if name:
@@ -130,8 +122,6 @@ class AsyncTurnstoneServer(_BaseClient):
            body["ws_id"] = ws_id
        if client_type:
            body["client_type"] = client_type
-        if notify_targets and notify_targets != "[]":
-            body["notify_targets"] = notify_targets
        return await self._request(
            "POST",
            "/v1/api/workstreams/new",
@@ -477,9 +467,6 @@ class TurnstoneServer:
    def dashboard(self) -> DashboardResponse:
        return self._runner.run(self._async.dashboard())

-    def list_models(self) -> ListAvailableModelsResponse:
-        return self._runner.run(self._async.list_models())
-
    def create_workstream(
        self,
        *,
@@ -493,7 +480,6 @@ class TurnstoneServer:
        user_id: str = "",
        ws_id: str = "",
        client_type: str = "",
-        notify_targets: str = "",
    ) -> CreateWorkstreamResponse:
        return self._runner.run(
            self._async.create_workstream(
@@ -507,7 +493,6 @@ class TurnstoneServer:
                user_id=user_id,
                ws_id=ws_id,
                client_type=client_type,
-                notify_targets=notify_targets,
            )
        )

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import argparse
 import asyncio
 import contextlib
 import functools
-import hashlib
 import json
 import os
 import queue
@@ -41,13 +40,12 @@ from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from turnstone import __version__
 from turnstone.api.docs import make_docs_handler, make_openapi_handler
 from turnstone.api.server_spec import build_server_spec
-from turnstone.core.auth import JWT_AUD_SERVER, AuthMiddleware, jwt_version_slot
+from turnstone.core.auth import JWT_AUD_SERVER, AuthMiddleware
 from turnstone.core.log import get_logger
 from turnstone.core.metrics import metrics as _metrics
 from turnstone.core.ratelimit import resolve_client_ip
 from turnstone.core.session import ChatSession, GenerationCancelled, SessionUI  # noqa: F401
 from turnstone.core.tools import TOOLS  # noqa: F401 — available for introspection
-from turnstone.core.web_helpers import version_html as _version_html
 from turnstone.core.workstream import Workstream, WorkstreamManager, WorkstreamState
 from turnstone.prompts import ClientType

@@ -64,8 +62,7 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)

 _STATIC_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "ui" / "static"
 _SHARED_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "shared_static"
-_HTML = _version_html((_STATIC_DIR / "index.html").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
-_HTML_ETAG = '"' + hashlib.md5(_HTML.encode()).hexdigest()[:16] + '"'  # noqa: S324
+_HTML = (_STATIC_DIR / "index.html").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 _VALID_WS_ID = re.compile(r"^[0-9a-f]{32}$")


@@ -847,14 +844,9 @@ def _audit_context(request: Request) -> tuple[str, str]:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


-async def index(request: Request) -> Response:
+async def index(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
    """GET / — serve the embedded HTML client."""
-    if request.headers.get("If-None-Match") == _HTML_ETAG:
-        return Response(status_code=304, headers={"ETag": _HTML_ETAG, "Cache-Control": "no-cache"})
-    resp = HTMLResponse(_HTML)
-    resp.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache"
-    resp.headers["ETag"] = _HTML_ETAG
-    return resp
+    return HTMLResponse(_HTML)


 async def events_sse(request: Request) -> Response:
@@ -931,7 +923,7 @@ async def events_sse(request: Request) -> Response:
                        return
                    yield {"data": json.dumps(event)}
                except queue.Empty:
-                    pass  # poll timeout, retry
+                    pass
        finally:
            _metrics.record_sse_disconnect()
            ui._unregister_listener(client_queue)
@@ -1053,7 +1045,7 @@ async def global_events_sse(request: Request) -> Response:
                    )
                    yield {"data": json.dumps(event)}
                except queue.Empty:
-                    pass  # poll timeout, retry
+                    pass
        finally:
            _metrics.record_sse_disconnect()
            with listeners_lock:
@@ -1203,28 +1195,7 @@ async def list_available_models(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
                "provider": cfg.provider,
            }
        )
-    # Include effective defaults for clients (web UI, channel gateway).
-    cs = getattr(request.app.state, "config_store", None)
-    default_alias = ""
-    channel_default_alias = ""
-    if cs is not None:
-        default_alias = cs.get("model.default_alias") or ""
-        channel_default_alias = cs.get("channels.default_model_alias") or ""
-    if not default_alias:
-        default_alias = registry.default
-    # Clear defaults that point to unknown/disabled aliases.
-    enabled_aliases = set(registry.list_aliases())
-    if default_alias and default_alias not in enabled_aliases:
-        default_alias = ""
-    if channel_default_alias and channel_default_alias not in enabled_aliases:
-        channel_default_alias = ""
-    return JSONResponse(
-        {
-            "models": models,
-            "default_alias": default_alias,
-            "channel_default_alias": channel_default_alias,
-        }
-    )
+    return JSONResponse({"models": models})


 def _count_ws_states(wss: list[Workstream]) -> dict[str, int]:
@@ -1243,20 +1214,8 @@ def _build_health_dict(app_state: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
    mgr: WorkstreamManager = app_state.workstreams
    wss = mgr.list_all()
    states = _count_ws_states(wss)
-    health_reg = getattr(app_state, "health_registry", None)
-    registry = getattr(app_state, "registry", None)
-    tracker = None
-    if health_reg and registry:
-        # Prefer ConfigStore runtime override, fall back to registry default
-        config_store = getattr(app_state, "config_store", None)
-        effective_alias = None
-        if config_store:
-            effective_alias = config_store.get("model.default_alias") or None
-        if effective_alias:
-            tracker = health_reg.get_tracker_for_alias(registry, effective_alias)
-        if tracker is None:
-            tracker = health_reg.get_tracker_for_alias(registry, registry.default)
-    backend_ok = tracker.is_healthy if tracker else True
+    monitor = getattr(app_state, "health_monitor", None)
+    backend_ok = monitor.is_healthy if monitor else True
    data: dict[str, Any] = {
        "status": "ok" if backend_ok else "degraded",
        "version": __version__,
@@ -1267,6 +1226,7 @@ def _build_health_dict(app_state: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
        "workstreams": {"total": len(wss), **states},
        "backend": {
            "status": "up" if backend_ok else "down",
+            "circuit_state": monitor.circuit_state.value if monitor else "closed",
        },
    }
    mc = getattr(app_state, "mcp_client", None)
@@ -1629,178 +1589,6 @@ async def command(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
    return JSONResponse({"status": "ok"})


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Notification helpers — completion delivery for scheduled workstreams
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-_MAX_NOTIFY_TARGETS = 10
-
-
-def _validate_notify_targets(raw: Any) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    """Validate and normalize notify_targets input.
-
-    Returns (json_string, error_message). Error is empty on success.
-    """
-    if not raw:
-        return "[]", ""
-    if isinstance(raw, str):
-        try:
-            parsed = json.loads(raw)
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-            return "[]", "notify_targets must be valid JSON"
-    elif isinstance(raw, list):
-        parsed = raw
-    else:
-        return "[]", "notify_targets must be a JSON array or string"
-
-    if not isinstance(parsed, list):
-        return "[]", "notify_targets must be a JSON array"
-
-    if len(parsed) > _MAX_NOTIFY_TARGETS:
-        return "[]", f"notify_targets limited to {_MAX_NOTIFY_TARGETS} entries"
-
-    normalized: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-    for i, t in enumerate(parsed):
-        if not isinstance(t, dict):
-            return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}] must be an object"
-        if "channel_type" not in t:
-            return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}] missing channel_type"
-
-        has_channel_id = "channel_id" in t and t.get("channel_id") is not None
-        has_user_id = "user_id" in t and t.get("user_id") is not None
-        if has_channel_id and has_user_id:
-            return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}] must specify only one of channel_id or user_id"
-        if not has_channel_id and not has_user_id:
-            return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}] requires channel_id or user_id"
-
-        normalized_target: dict[str, str] = {}
-        for key in ("channel_type", "channel_id", "user_id"):
-            val = t.get(key)
-            if val is None:
-                continue
-            if not isinstance(val, str):
-                return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}].{key} must be a non-empty string <= 256 chars"
-            stripped = val.strip()
-            if not stripped:
-                return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}].{key} must be a non-empty string <= 256 chars"
-            if len(stripped) > 256:
-                return "[]", f"notify_targets[{i}].{key} must be a non-empty string <= 256 chars"
-            normalized_target[key] = stripped
-
-        normalized.append(normalized_target)
-
-    return json.dumps(normalized), ""
-
-
-def _extract_last_assistant_content(session: Any) -> str:
-    """Return the text content of the last assistant message."""
-    for msg in reversed(session.messages):
-        if msg.get("role") == "assistant":
-            content = msg.get("content", "")
-            if isinstance(content, str):
-                return content
-            if isinstance(content, list):
-                parts = []
-                for block in content:
-                    if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get("type") == "text":
-                        text = block.get("text")
-                        if isinstance(text, str) and text:
-                            parts.append(text)
-                return "\n".join(parts)
-    return ""
-
-
-def _fire_notify_targets(ws: Any, content: str) -> None:
-    """Send completion notifications to all configured targets."""
-    if not content or not ws.notify_targets:
-        return
-
-    try:
-        targets = json.loads(ws.notify_targets)
-    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-        return
-    if not targets or not isinstance(targets, list):
-        return
-
-    from turnstone.core.session import _notify_auth_headers
-    from turnstone.core.storage import get_storage
-
-    storage = get_storage()
-    auth_headers = _notify_auth_headers()
-    task_name = ws.name or ws.id[:8]
-
-    for target in targets:
-        if not isinstance(target, dict):
-            continue
-        channel_type = target.get("channel_type", "")
-        resolved: dict[str, str] = {}
-        if "channel_id" in target:
-            resolved = {"channel_type": channel_type, "channel_id": target["channel_id"]}
-        elif "user_id" in target:
-            resolved = {"channel_type": channel_type, "channel_id": target["user_id"]}
-        else:
-            continue
-
-        payload = {
-            "target": resolved,
-            "message": content,
-            "title": f"Schedule: {task_name}",
-            "ws_id": ws.id,
-        }
-
-        _deliver_notification(storage, payload, auth_headers)
-
-
-def _deliver_notification(
-    storage: Any,
-    payload: dict[str, Any],
-    auth_headers: dict[str, str],
-) -> None:
-    """POST to channel gateway /v1/api/notify with retry."""
-    import httpx
-
-    for attempt in range(3):
-        services = storage.list_services("channel", max_age_seconds=120)
-        if not services:
-            if attempt < 2:
-                time.sleep(1.0 if attempt == 0 else 3.0)
-                continue
-            log.warning("notify_completion.no_services")
-            return
-
-        for svc in services:
-            url = svc["url"].rstrip("/") + "/v1/api/notify"
-            if not url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
-                continue
-            try:
-                resp = httpx.post(url, json=payload, timeout=10, headers=auth_headers)
-                if resp.status_code < 300:
-                    # Verify at least one target was delivered (mirrors _exec_notify)
-                    try:
-                        data = resp.json()
-                        results = data.get("results") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
-                        if isinstance(results, list) and any(
-                            isinstance(r, dict) and r.get("status") == "sent" for r in results
-                        ):
-                            log.info("notify_completion.delivered", ws_id=payload.get("ws_id"))
-                            return
-                    except Exception:
-                        log.debug("notify_completion.response_parse_error", url=url, exc_info=True)
-                    log.warning("notify_completion.no_successful_delivery", url=url)
-                    continue
-                log.warning(
-                    "notify_completion.failed",
-                    status=resp.status_code,
-                    url=url,
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                log.exception("notify_completion.error", url=url)
-                continue
-
-        if attempt < 2:
-            time.sleep(1.0 if attempt == 0 else 3.0)
-
-
 async def create_workstream(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
    """POST /v1/api/workstreams/new — create a new workstream."""
    from turnstone.core.web_helpers import read_json_or_400
@@ -1864,8 +1652,7 @@ async def create_workstream(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
            ws_id=requested_ws_id,
            client_type=body.get("client_type", "") or "",
        )
-        if not isinstance(ws.ui, WebUI):
-            raise TypeError(f"Expected WebUI, got {type(ws.ui).__name__}")
+        assert isinstance(ws.ui, WebUI)
        if skip or body.get("auto_approve", False):
            ws.ui.auto_approve = True
        # Register watch runner for this workstream
@@ -1952,22 +1739,6 @@ async def create_workstream(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
                sess._applied_skill_content = skill_data["content"]
            sess._save_config()

-        # Resolve notify_targets: schedule targets override skill targets
-        notify_targets_raw = body.get("notify_targets", "[]")
-        if isinstance(notify_targets_raw, list):
-            notify_targets_raw = json.dumps(notify_targets_raw)
-        nt_str, nt_err = _validate_notify_targets(notify_targets_raw)
-        if nt_err:
-            return JSONResponse({"error": nt_err}, status_code=400)
-        # Skill fallback (only if schedule didn't specify targets)
-        if nt_str == "[]" and skill_data:
-            skill_notify = skill_data.get("notify_on_complete", "[]")
-            if skill_notify and skill_notify != "{}" and skill_notify != "[]":
-                fallback_str, fallback_err = _validate_notify_targets(skill_notify)
-                if not fallback_err:
-                    nt_str = fallback_str
-        ws.notify_targets = nt_str
-
        # Pin locally-created workstreams so the console routes to this node.
        # Console-routed creates pass ws_id in the request body — those are
        # already bucket-aligned and don't need an override. Direct creates
@@ -1981,7 +1752,7 @@ async def create_workstream(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:

                    _gs().set_workstream_override(ws.id, node_id, reason="local")
                except Exception:
-                    log.debug("Failed to set routing override for %s", ws.id, exc_info=True)
+                    pass  # best-effort; routing will still work via resume

        # If an initial_message was provided, send it as the first user message.
        # This replaces the old bridge behavior where CreateWorkstreamMessage
@@ -1997,12 +1768,6 @@ async def create_workstream(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
                    if isinstance(ws.ui, WebUI):
                        ws.ui.on_stream_end()
                        ws.ui.on_state_change("idle")
-                finally:
-                    try:
-                        last_content = _extract_last_assistant_content(session)
-                        _fire_notify_targets(ws, last_content)
-                    except Exception:
-                        log.warning("notify_completion.hook_error", ws_id=ws.id, exc_info=True)

            t = threading.Thread(target=_run_initial, daemon=True, name=f"ws-init-{ws.id[:8]}")
            ws.worker_thread = t
@@ -2383,18 +2148,10 @@ def internal_model_reload(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
        provider=cli_args["provider"],
        storage=get_storage(),
    )
-    # Allow runtime override of the default alias via ConfigStore
-    effective_default = new_registry.default
-    cs = getattr(request.app.state, "config_store", None)
-    if cs:
-        cs_alias = cs.get("model.default_alias")
-        if cs_alias and cs_alias in new_registry.models:
-            effective_default = cs_alias
-
    try:
        registry.reload(
            new_registry.models,
-            effective_default,
+            new_registry.default,
            new_registry.fallback,
            new_registry.agent_model,
        )
@@ -2402,14 +2159,6 @@ def internal_model_reload(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
        return JSONResponse({"status": "error", "reason": str(exc)}, status_code=422)
    finally:
        new_registry.shutdown()
-
-    # Ensure health trackers exist for any newly-added backends
-    health_reg = getattr(request.app.state, "health_registry", None)
-    if health_reg:
-        for alias in registry.list_aliases():
-            cfg = registry.get_config(alias)
-            health_reg.get_tracker(provider=cfg.provider, base_url=cfg.base_url)
-
    return JSONResponse({"status": "ok", "aliases": registry.list_aliases()})


@@ -2461,51 +2210,13 @@ async def internal_migrate(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


-def _emit_health_changed(
-    status: str, gq: queue.Queue[dict[str, Any]], app_state: Any = None
-) -> None:
+def _emit_health_changed(circuit_state: str, gq: queue.Queue[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
    """Push a health_changed event onto the global SSE queue.

-    Called from the BackendHealthTracker callback on state transitions.
-    *status* is ``"healthy"`` or ``"degraded"``.
-
-    Also updates the global ``turnstone_backend_up`` metric using the
-    effective default backend's health (not the backend that triggered
-    this callback, which may be a non-default fallback).
+    Called from the BackendHealthMonitor callback on circuit breaker transitions.
    """
-    if app_state is not None:
-        _update_backend_metric(app_state)
    with contextlib.suppress(queue.Full):
-        gq.put_nowait(
-            {
-                "type": "health_changed",
-                "backend_status": status,
-            }
-        )
-
-
-def _update_backend_metric(app_state: Any) -> None:
-    """Update ``turnstone_backend_up`` from the effective default's tracker.
-
-    Called on any backend state change.  Only the effective default
-    backend drives this global metric — fallback backend transitions
-    do not affect it.
-    """
-    health_reg = getattr(app_state, "health_registry", None)
-    registry = getattr(app_state, "registry", None)
-    if not health_reg or not registry:
-        return
-    config_store = getattr(app_state, "config_store", None)
-    effective = None
-    if config_store:
-        effective = config_store.get("model.default_alias") or None
-    tracker = None
-    if effective:
-        tracker = health_reg.get_tracker_for_alias(registry, effective)
-    if tracker is None:
-        tracker = health_reg.get_tracker_for_alias(registry, registry.default)
-    if tracker is not None:
-        _metrics.set_backend_status(tracker.is_healthy)
+        gq.put_nowait({"type": "health_changed", "circuit_state": circuit_state})


 def _aggregate_emitter_thread(
@@ -2708,7 +2419,8 @@ async def _lifespan(app: Starlette) -> AsyncGenerator[None, None]:
        await tls_client.stop_renewal()
    if app.state.watch_runner:
        app.state.watch_runner.stop()
-    # health_registry is stateless (no background threads) — nothing to stop
+    if app.state.health_monitor:
+        app.state.health_monitor.stop()
    if app.state.mcp_client:
        app.state.mcp_client.shutdown()
    if app.state.registry:
@@ -2733,7 +2445,7 @@ def _build_middleware(cors_origins: list[str] | None = None) -> list[Middleware]
        stack.append(cors_middleware(cors_origins))
    stack.extend(
        [
-            Middleware(AuthMiddleware, jwt_audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER, jwt_version=jwt_version_slot()),
+            Middleware(AuthMiddleware, jwt_audience=JWT_AUD_SERVER),
            Middleware(RateLimitMiddleware),
        ]
    )
@@ -2749,7 +2461,7 @@ def create_app(
    skip_permissions: bool,
    jwt_secret: str = "",
    auth_storage: Any = None,
-    health_registry: Any = None,
+    health_monitor: Any = None,
    rate_limiter: Any = None,
    mcp_client: Any = None,
    mcp_ref: list[Any] | None = None,
@@ -2829,7 +2541,7 @@ def create_app(
    app.state.skip_permissions = skip_permissions
    app.state.jwt_secret = jwt_secret
    app.state.auth_storage = auth_storage
-    app.state.health_registry = health_registry
+    app.state.health_monitor = health_monitor
    app.state.rate_limiter = rate_limiter
    app.state.mcp_client = mcp_client
    app.state.mcp_ref = mcp_ref
@@ -2971,7 +2683,7 @@ def main() -> None:
            if host and host != "localhost":
                return f"{host}_{suffix}"
        except OSError:
-            pass  # hostname unavailable, fall back to UUID
+            pass
        return uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]

    _node_id = os.environ.get("TURNSTONE_NODE_ID") or _default_node_id()
@@ -3022,10 +2734,10 @@ def main() -> None:

        model, detected_ctx = detect_model(client, provider=provider_name, fatal=False)
        if model is None:
-            # LLM backend unreachable — no CLI model specified.
-            # Set empty so load_model_registry skips the CLI "default"
-            # entry and relies on DB / config.toml models instead.
-            model = ""
+            # LLM backend unreachable — start with a placeholder model name.
+            # The health monitor will report degraded and the circuit breaker
+            # will prevent requests until the backend comes up.
+            model = "unavailable"

    # Use detected context window, fall back to ConfigStore override or 32768
    cfg_ctx = config_store.get("model.context_window")
@@ -3050,11 +2762,6 @@ def main() -> None:
        storage=_get_storage(),
    )

-    # Apply runtime default alias override from ConfigStore (if set)
-    cs_default_alias = config_store.get("model.default_alias")
-    if cs_default_alias and registry.has_alias(cs_default_alias):
-        registry.reload(registry.models, cs_default_alias, registry.fallback, registry.agent_model)
-
    # Initialize MCP client (connects to configured MCP servers, if any)
    from turnstone.core.mcp_client import create_mcp_client

@@ -3068,33 +2775,56 @@ def main() -> None:
    # including ones created by internal_mcp_reload after startup.
    _mcp_ref: list[Any] = [mcp_client]

-    # Per-backend passive health tracking (no active probes / circuit breakers)
-    from turnstone.core.healthcheck import HealthTrackerRegistry
+    # Backend health monitor with circuit breaker
+    from turnstone.core.healthcheck import BackendHealthMonitor
+
+    def _handle_model_change(new_model_id: str, new_ctx: int | None) -> None:
+        """Called from health probe thread when backend model changes."""
+        cli_args = getattr(getattr(app, "state", None), "cli_model_args", None)
+        if not cli_args or cli_args.get("_user_specified_model"):
+            return
+        old_model = cli_args["model"]
+        ctx = new_ctx or cli_args["context_window"]
+        log.info("Backend model changed: %s -> %s (ctx=%s)", old_model, new_model_id, ctx)
+        new_reg = None
+        try:
+            new_reg = load_model_registry(
+                base_url=cli_args["base_url"],
+                api_key=cli_args["api_key"],
+                model=new_model_id,
+                context_window=ctx,
+                provider=cli_args["provider"],
+                storage=get_storage(),
+            )
+            registry.reload(new_reg.models, new_reg.default, new_reg.fallback, new_reg.agent_model)
+            # Update cli_model_args only after successful reload
+            cli_args["model"] = new_model_id
+            cli_args["context_window"] = ctx
+        except Exception:
+            log.warning("Model change reload failed", exc_info=True)
+        finally:
+            if new_reg is not None:
+                new_reg.shutdown()

    # Set up global event queue for state-change broadcasts (created early so
-    # the health tracker callback can reference it).
+    # the health monitor callback can reference it).
    global_queue: queue.Queue[dict[str, Any]] = queue.Queue(maxsize=10000)
    global_listeners: list[queue.Queue[dict[str, Any]]] = []
    global_listeners_lock = threading.Lock()
    WebUI._global_queue = global_queue

-    # Mutable ref so the health callback can access app.state after app
-    # creation (same pattern as _mcp_ref).
-    _app_ref: list[Any] = [None]
-
-    health_registry = HealthTrackerRegistry(
-        failure_threshold=config_store.get("health.failure_threshold"),
-        on_state_changed=lambda _backend, state: _emit_health_changed(
-            state, global_queue, _app_ref[0].state if _app_ref[0] else None
-        ),
+    health_monitor = BackendHealthMonitor(
+        client=client,
+        probe_interval=config_store.get("health.backend_probe_interval"),
+        probe_timeout=config_store.get("health.backend_probe_timeout"),
+        failure_threshold=config_store.get("health.circuit_breaker_threshold"),
+        cooldown=config_store.get("health.circuit_breaker_cooldown"),
+        provider=provider_name,
+        initial_model=model,
+        on_model_changed=_handle_model_change,
+        on_state_changed=lambda state: _emit_health_changed(state, global_queue),
    )
-
-    # Eagerly create trackers for all registered backends.  Sessions use
-    # read-only lookups (get_tracker_for_alias) and never create trackers
-    # on the hot path, so every backend must be registered here.
-    for _alias in registry.list_aliases():
-        _cfg = registry.get_config(_alias)
-        health_registry.get_tracker(provider=_cfg.provider, base_url=_cfg.base_url)
+    health_monitor.start()

    # Per-IP rate limiter
    from turnstone.core.ratelimit import RateLimiter
@@ -3115,6 +2845,9 @@ def main() -> None:
        return JudgeConfig(
            enabled=config_store.get("judge.enabled"),
            model=config_store.get("judge.model"),
+            provider=config_store.get("judge.provider"),
+            base_url=config_store.get("judge.base_url"),
+            api_key=config_store.get("judge.api_key"),
            confidence_threshold=config_store.get("judge.confidence_threshold"),
            max_context_ratio=config_store.get("judge.max_context_ratio"),
            timeout=config_store.get("judge.timeout"),
@@ -3141,17 +2874,6 @@ def main() -> None:
        )

    # Session factory — captures shared config (including config_store for hot-reload)
-    def _effective_default_alias() -> str:
-        """Return the runtime-effective default model alias.
-
-        Checks ConfigStore for a ``model.default_alias`` override first,
-        then falls back to the registry's static default.
-        """
-        cs_alias: str = config_store.get("model.default_alias")
-        if cs_alias and registry.has_alias(cs_alias):
-            return cs_alias
-        return registry.default
-
    def session_factory(
        ui: SessionUI | None,
        model_alias: str | None = None,
@@ -3161,9 +2883,6 @@ def main() -> None:
        client_type: str = "",
    ) -> ChatSession:
        assert ui is not None
-        # Resolve the effective alias once and use it consistently
-        # for both client resolution and ChatSession.model_alias.
-        model_alias = model_alias or _effective_default_alias()
        r_client, r_model, r_cfg = registry.resolve(model_alias)
        # Read MCP client from shared ref — may have been replaced after startup
        # by internal_mcp_reload (Sync to Nodes) when no --mcp-config was passed.
@@ -3182,7 +2901,7 @@ def main() -> None:
                    if _u:
                        _username = _u.get("username", "")
            except Exception:
-                log.debug("Failed to resolve username for uid %s", uid, exc_info=True)
+                pass

        # Re-resolve from ConfigStore so new workstreams pick up hot-reloaded settings.
        live_memory_config = _build_memory_config()
@@ -3204,8 +2923,8 @@ def main() -> None:
            tool_truncation=config_store.get("tools.truncation"),
            mcp_client=live_mcp_client,
            registry=registry,
-            model_alias=model_alias,
-            health_registry=health_registry,
+            model_alias=model_alias or registry.default,
+            health_monitor=health_monitor,
            node_id=_node_id,
            ws_id=ws_id,
            tool_search=config_store.get("tools.search"),
@@ -3270,8 +2989,7 @@ def main() -> None:
        name="default",
        ui_factory=lambda wid: WebUI(ws_id=wid),
    )
-    if not isinstance(ws.ui, WebUI):
-        raise TypeError(f"Expected WebUI, got {type(ws.ui).__name__}")
+    assert isinstance(ws.ui, WebUI)
    if config_store.get("tools.skip_permissions"):
        ws.ui.auto_approve = True

@@ -3328,7 +3046,7 @@ def main() -> None:
        skip_permissions=_skip_perms,
        jwt_secret=jwt_secret,
        auth_storage=get_storage(),
-        health_registry=health_registry,
+        health_monitor=health_monitor,
        rate_limiter=rate_limiter,
        mcp_client=mcp_client,
        mcp_ref=_mcp_ref,
@@ -3342,9 +3060,6 @@ def main() -> None:
        advertise_url=_advertise_url,
    )

-    # Wire app ref so health callbacks can access app.state for metrics
-    _app_ref[0] = app
-
    # Store CLI model args for hot-reload (internal_model_reload reads these)
    app.state.cli_model_args = {
        "base_url": base_url,
@@ -3366,8 +3081,9 @@ def main() -> None:
            log.info("MCP tools: %d from %d server(s)", len(mcp_tools), mcp_client.server_count)
        mcp_client.set_storage(get_storage())
    log.info(
-        "Health tracking: failure_threshold=%s",
-        config_store.get("health.failure_threshold"),
+        "Health monitor: probe every %ss, circuit breaker threshold=%s",
+        config_store.get("health.backend_probe_interval"),
+        config_store.get("health.circuit_breaker_threshold"),
    )
    if rate_limiter.enabled:
        log.info(
@@ -12,39 +12,12 @@ var _AUTH_TITLE = window.TURNSTONE_AUTH_TITLE || "turnstone";
 var _loginTrapHandler = null;
 var _loginBusy = false;
 var _authMode = "login"; // "login", "setup", "token"
-var _authUpgradeReload = false;
-
-// Cross-tab auth sync — when one tab logs in/out, others follow.
-var _authChannel =
-  typeof BroadcastChannel !== "undefined"
-    ? new BroadcastChannel("turnstone_auth")
-    : null;
-if (_authChannel) {
-  _authChannel.onmessage = function (e) {
-    if (e.data === "login") {
-      hideLogin();
-      if (typeof window.onLoginSuccess === "function") window.onLoginSuccess();
-    } else if (e.data === "logout") {
-      showLogin();
-    }
-  };
-}

 async function authFetch(url, opts) {
  var maxRetries = 2;
  for (var attempt = 0; attempt <= maxRetries; attempt++) {
    var r = await fetch(url, opts);
    if (r.status === 401) {
-      try {
-        var body = await r.clone().json();
-        if (body && body.code === "version_mismatch") {
-          _authUpgradeReload = true;
-          showLogin("upgrade");
-          throw new Error("auth");
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        if (e.message === "auth") throw e;
-      }
      showLogin();
      throw new Error("auth");
    }
@@ -106,7 +79,7 @@ function initLogin() {

 function _buildLoginHTML() {
  return (
-    '<form id="login-box" aria-describedby="login-subtitle">' +
+    '<form id="login-box">' +
    '<h2 id="login-title">' +
    escapeHtml(_AUTH_TITLE) +
    "</h2>" +
@@ -259,7 +232,7 @@ function _showError(msg) {
  }
 }

-function showLogin(reason) {
+function showLogin() {
  var overlay = document.getElementById("login-overlay");
  if (!overlay) return;
  overlay.style.display = "flex";
@@ -269,7 +242,6 @@ function showLogin(reason) {
  _clearError();

  // Check auth status to determine mode
-  var _loginReason = reason;
  fetch("/v1/api/auth/status")
    .then(function (r) {
      return r.json();
@@ -279,12 +251,6 @@ function showLogin(reason) {
        _switchMode("setup");
      } else {
        _switchMode("login");
-        if (_loginReason === "upgrade") {
-          var subtitle = document.getElementById("login-subtitle");
-          if (subtitle)
-            subtitle.textContent =
-              "The server was updated \u2014 please sign in again";
-        }
      }
      _updateOIDCUI(data);
    })
@@ -499,24 +465,15 @@ function _setBusy(busy, label) {
 }

 function _onSuccess() {
-  // After a version-triggered re-auth, reload the page to pick up fresh
-  // JS/CSS via the updated ?v= query strings in the new HTML.
-  if (_authUpgradeReload) {
-    _authUpgradeReload = false;
-    window.location.reload();
-    return;
-  }
  hideLogin();
  var logoutBtn = document.getElementById("logout-btn");
  if (logoutBtn) logoutBtn.style.display = "";
-  if (_authChannel) _authChannel.postMessage("login");
  if (typeof window.onLoginSuccess === "function") window.onLoginSuccess();
 }

 function logout() {
  fetch("/v1/api/auth/logout", { method: "POST" }).then(function () {
    sessionStorage.removeItem("turnstone_permissions");
-    if (_authChannel) _authChannel.postMessage("logout");
    if (typeof window.onLogout === "function") window.onLogout();
    showLogin();
  });
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  --accent-dim: rgba(140, 94, 27, 0.1);
  --accent-glow: rgba(140, 94, 27, 0.05);
  --green: #047857;
-  --red: #b91c1c;
+  --red: #dc2626;
  --yellow: #b45309;
  --cyan: #0e7490;
  --magenta: #7c3aed;
@@ -512,10 +512,6 @@ body {
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
-#toast.toast-error {
-  border-color: var(--red, #c44);
-  color: var(--red, #c44);
-}
 #toast.show {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(0);
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2017 Dailymotion (http://www.dailymotion.com)
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-
-src/remux/mp4-generator.js and src/demux/exp-golomb.ts implementation in this project
-are derived from the HLS library for video.js (https://github.com/videojs/videojs-contrib-hls)
-
-That work is also covered by the Apache 2 License, following copyright:
-Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Brightcove
-
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Patrick Buckley	79eec8194f	chore: bump version to 1.0.3	2026-04-04 12:28:47 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	425d1a7d8f	fix: bundle production compose.yaml for pipx users (#293 ) (#294 ) * fix: bundle production compose.yaml for pipx users (#293) Users who install via pipx don't have a git clone, so there's no compose.yaml or Dockerfile. Bootstrap now extracts a bundled production compose file that uses pre-built ghcr.io images instead of local builds. - Add turnstone/deploy/compose.yaml (ghcr.io images, no build blocks, single-node production profile only) - Add write_compose tool to bootstrap wizard - Update bootstrap system prompt to check for and write compose.yaml - Remove stale ddgCluster profile references from system prompt - Include turnstone/deploy/.yaml in wheel fix: use postgresql+psycopg:// DSN scheme in compose fallbacks The Docker image ships psycopg3, not psycopg2, so the bare postgresql:// scheme fails. Also clarify PG usage comment in production compose.	2026-04-04 12:27:20 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	06c41f0a59	chore: bump version to 1.0.2	2026-04-03 15:40:23 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	d107e6edf0	Fix/web fetch reliability (#290 ) * fix: improve web_fetch reliability — strip scripts, dynamic truncation, more tokens - strip_html() now removes <script>, <style>, <template>, <noscript> element content instead of just their tags - Truncation budget scales with context window (75% in chars, 50k floor) and takes from the beginning only instead of head+tail splice - max_tokens bumped from 2000 to 8192 so thinking models don't starve the visible extraction answer - reasoning_effort="low" on summarization call to avoid wasting tokens - Empty responses and empty extractions now report as tool errors * refactor: extract _utility_completion to fix reasoning_effort duplication Callers previously had to pass reasoning_effort both as a direct keyword (for commercial providers) and via _provider_extra_params (for local model servers). This duplication was easy to get wrong — web_fetch was already missing the direct keyword. _utility_completion threads it through both paths from a single call, used by title generation, compaction, and web_fetch extraction. * fix: disable thinking when max_tokens too small, cap extraction at 500k _reasoning_params now returns empty dict when max_tokens can't fit a thinking budget (e.g. title gen with max_tokens=200). Previously produced budget_tokens >= max_tokens which is an API error on manual-thinking Anthropic models. Also caps web_fetch content truncation at 500k chars — the dynamic context-window calc was producing 3M chars on 1M-context models. * fix: clamp utility max_tokens to model output limit, add strip_html tests _utility_completion now clamps max_tokens to the model's advertised max_output_tokens so small/local models don't reject 8192-token requests. Adds 8 tests for invisible element stripping (script, style, template, noscript) including multiline, case-insensitive, and attribute cases. * fix: mock get_capabilities in title retry tests for _utility_completion _utility_completion calls _get_capabilities to clamp max_tokens. The existing title tests mocked _provider as a bare MagicMock, so caps.max_output_tokens was a truthy MagicMock instead of an int. Set get_capabilities to return a real ModelCapabilities instance.	2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	22c20a8dbd	fix: share single Docker image across all compose services Build the image once via the profileless console service and reference it as turnstone:local from server/channel. Prevents stale images when users run docker compose build without --profile.	2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	179143431d	fix: include prompt .md files in wheel, add wheel-completeness CI (#289 ) (#291 ) * fix: include prompt .md files in wheel, add wheel-completeness CI (#289) Prompt markdown files were missing from PyPI wheels since the modular prompts refactor, causing FileNotFoundError on startup for pip-installed users. Add the missing include pattern and a new CI job that diffs source-tree data files against wheel contents so omissions are caught before merge. * fix: sanitise ALLOW patterns in wheel-completeness check Strip blank lines and leading whitespace from the allowlist before passing to grep -vFxf so empty patterns cannot silently match all lines.	2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	d4a6866045	fix: log clean one-liner when PostgreSQL becomes unavailable (#288 ) * fix: log clean one-liner when PostgreSQL becomes unavailable Wrap all 174 connection sites in PostgreSQLBackend through a _conn() context manager that catches OperationalError, emits a single database.unavailable log line (with connection URL), and suppresses repeats until the connection is restored (database.connection_restored). * fix: add StorageUnavailableError and cover all heartbeat loops Address review feedback: - Separate connect-phase from execution-phase in _conn() so that OperationalError during caller code (e.g. BEGIN IMMEDIATE lock contention) is not misclassified as a connectivity failure. - Add StorageUnavailableError exception class so callers can distinguish transient DB outages without redundant tracebacks. - Apply the same _conn() wrapper to SQLiteBackend for consistency. - Catch StorageUnavailableError in all 7 periodic loops: watch runner, server heartbeat, channel heartbeat, console heartbeat, collector discovery, rebalancer, and scheduler. - Guard dedup flag with threading.Lock. - Add tests for dedup logging and PostgreSQL path.	2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	c4abd62226	fix: add concurrency groups to publish workflows Multiple CI completions for the same commit (tag push + branch push) caused duplicate publish and docker runs. Concurrency group keyed on head_sha ensures only one publish runs per commit.	2026-04-03 15:39:34 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	b3926c372a	chore: bump version to 1.0.1	2026-04-02 20:29:02 -07:00
Patrick Buckley	5efe52d433	fix: chunk IN clauses to stay within DB parameter limits (#286 ) * fix: chunk IN clauses to stay within DB parameter limits psycopg caps query parameters at 65 535 and SQLite defaults to 999. assign_buckets, prune_workstreams, and count_skill_resources_bulk were passing unbounded lists into single IN(...) clauses, causing OperationalError during rebalancer runs on full-size hash rings. Chunk sizes: 10 000 (PostgreSQL), 500 (SQLite). * fix: deduplicate assign_buckets input, add chunking regression tests Address review feedback: deduplicate bucket list before chunking to prevent inflated rowcount from cross-chunk duplicates. Add tests that exercise the multi-chunk path (1200 buckets > SQLite chunk_size of 500) and verify dedup preserves accurate counts.	2026-04-02 20:28:54 -07:00