Merge origin/master; re-bump to v0.42.39.0 (queue collision: 0.42.38.0 claimed by #2015)

docs/architecture/KEY_FILES.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ per-release `**vX.Y.Z:**` narration — CI enforces this
 - `src/commands/sync.ts:resolveSlugByPathOrSourcePath` — Resolves a slug by `pages.source_path` first (returns the stored slug for frontmatter-fallback pages whose path doesn't derive a slug), then falls back to `resolveSlugForPath(path)`. Threaded into all 4 delete/rename call sites (`performSync`'s un-syncable cleanup at ~:531, deletes at ~:603, rename oldSlug at ~:622). Without this, emoji-only / Thai / Arabic filenames whose slug came from frontmatter would orphan on delete/rename (the delete path would compute the wrong path-derived slug). Best-effort query — pre-migration brains fall through to the legacy path.
 - `src/core/sources-ops.ts` — Multi-source registration + clone-lifecycle ops (`addSource`, `recloneIfMissing`, `defaultCloneDir`, `isOwnedClone`, `unownedHint`). **Reclone-ownership invariant (must-never-violate): gbrain may only delete/re-clone a clone it created, NEVER a user working tree.** `recloneIfMissing` deletes `local_path`, so it gates on `isOwnedClone(src)` and throws a `SourceOpError('unmanaged_path', ...)` BEFORE any filesystem op when ownership is unprovable — fail-closed. Ownership is proven by `config.managed_clone === true` (written by `addSource`'s `--url` path, covering default-location and `--clone-dir` clones) OR `local_path === defaultCloneDir(id)` (back-compat for pre-marker clones, via exact normalized-path equality, symlink-free). A row with `remote_url` + an unowned `local_path` (a user-registered working tree, e.g. `sources add --path`) is refused untouched; re-add with `--url` to regain auto-reclone. The reclone is EXDEV-safe: clone into a SIBLING temp of `local_path` (not the shared `clones/.tmp`, which may sit on a different mount than a `--clone-dir` target), then swap (move old aside → move new in → drop old) so `local_path` is never left missing-and-unrecoverable; on swap failure the original is restored, and if restore fails the error names the `aside` path so it's never reflexively deleted. A TOCTOU re-check re-confirms ownership immediately before the destructive move and rejects a symlink leaf swapped in after the entry check (`symlink_escape`). `unownedHint(src, state)` is the shared recovery message used by both the core error and the `gbrain sync --source` CLI error; `gbrain sources restore` special-cases `unmanaged_path` to print "DB row restored; gbrain syncs this path read-only" instead of the misleading "try sync to recover" guidance. `SourceOpErrorCode` includes `unmanaged_path`. Pinned by `test/sources-ops.test.ts`, `test/sources-resync-recovery.test.ts`.
 - `src/core/utils.ts` — Shared SQL utilities extracted from postgres-engine.ts. Exports `parseEmbedding(value)` (throws on unknown input, used by migration + ingest paths where data integrity matters) and `tryParseEmbedding(value)` (returns `null` + warns once per process, used by search/rescore paths where availability matters more than strictness). `isUndefinedColumnError(err)` predicate — pattern-matches Postgres SQLSTATE 42703 / "column ... does not exist" with engine-driver shape variation tolerated; replaces bare `catch {}` blocks in `oauth-provider.ts` so genuine errors (lock timeout, network blip, permission denied) propagate while column-missing falls through to the legacy fallback. `validateSourceId(id)` throws on anything outside `^[a-z0-9_-]+$`, used by the per-source disk-layout fix in patterns.ts/synthesize.ts before any `join(brainDir, '.sources', source_id, slug+'.md')` so source_id can't traverse out of brainDir. `rowToPage` populates the required `Page.source_id` from the SELECT projection (`scripts/check-source-id-projection.sh` enforces every projection feeding `rowToPage` includes the column).
-- `src/core/db.ts` — Connection management, schema initialization. `resolveSessionTimeouts()` returns `statement_timeout` + `idle_in_transaction_session_timeout` (defaults 5min each, env-overridable via `GBRAIN_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT`/`GBRAIN_IDLE_TX_TIMEOUT`/`GBRAIN_CLIENT_CHECK_INTERVAL`). Both `connect()` (module singleton) and `PostgresEngine.connect()` (worker pool) consume the result via postgres.js's `connection` option, sending GUCs as startup parameters that survive PgBouncer transaction mode (`setSessionDefaults` kept as a back-compat no-op shim). `connect()` returns `Promise<boolean>` — `true` iff THIS call created the module singleton, `false` if it joined an existing one; the decision is atomic (no `await` between the `if (sql)` null-check and the synchronous `sql = postgres(...)` assignment), so two concurrent module connects can't both claim creation. `PostgresEngine` stores the return as its `_ownsModuleSingleton` token and only the creating engine may `db.disconnect()` the singleton — a borrower probe engine (lint/doctor config-lift) no-ops its disconnect, so its teardown can't null the connection the long-lived cycle owner is still using (the dream-cycle "connect() has not been called" failure). The module `sql` is only ever nulled by `db.disconnect()` (postgres.js auto-reconnects its own internal pool and never touches our reference). `disconnect()` snapshots + nulls `sql` before awaiting `s.end()` so a concurrent connect can't join a pool that's already closing.
+- `src/core/db.ts` — Connection management, schema initialization. `resolveSessionTimeouts()` returns `statement_timeout` + `idle_in_transaction_session_timeout` (defaults 5min each, env-overridable via `GBRAIN_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT`/`GBRAIN_IDLE_TX_TIMEOUT`/`GBRAIN_CLIENT_CHECK_INTERVAL`). Both `connect()` (module singleton) and `PostgresEngine.connect()` (worker pool) consume the result via postgres.js's `connection` option, sending GUCs as startup parameters that survive PgBouncer transaction mode (`setSessionDefaults` kept as a back-compat no-op shim). `connect()` returns `Promise<boolean>` — `true` iff THIS call created the module singleton, `false` if it joined an existing one; the decision is atomic (no `await` between the `if (sql)` null-check and the synchronous `sql = postgres(...)` assignment), so two concurrent module connects can't both claim creation. `PostgresEngine` stores the return as its `_ownsModuleSingleton` token and only the creating engine may `db.disconnect()` the singleton — a borrower probe engine (lint/doctor config-lift) no-ops its disconnect, so its teardown can't null the connection the long-lived cycle owner is still using (the dream-cycle "connect() has not been called" failure). The module `sql` is only ever nulled by `db.disconnect()` (postgres.js auto-reconnects its own internal pool and never touches our reference). `disconnect()` snapshots + nulls `sql` before awaiting the pool end so a concurrent connect can't join a pool that's already closing. The end routes through `endPoolBounded(pool)` (#1972) — a gbrain-owned `Promise.race` of `pool.end({ timeout: POOL_END_TIMEOUT_SECONDS })` against a hard timer — so a PgBouncer transaction-mode drain that never settles can't block teardown until the CLI's 10s force-exit fires and truncates stdout (#1959); it never throws. `connection-manager.ts` ends its direct + read pools concurrently through the same helper so the per-pool bounds don't stack.
 - `src/commands/migrate-engine.ts` — Bidirectional engine migration (`gbrain migrate --to supabase/pglite`).
 - `src/core/import-file.ts` — importFromFile + importFromContent (chunk + embed + tags). `importFromContent` and `importCodeFile` stamp `pages.embedding_signature` via `setPageEmbeddingSignature(slug, {sourceId, signature: currentEmbeddingSignature()})` when the import actually embedded (not `--no-embed`) so a model/dims swap is detectable as stale; `importCodeFile` only stamps when every chunk was freshly embedded this call (`needsEmbedIndexes.length === chunks.length`), mixed reuse-by-hash pages stay unstamped (`reindex --code --force` / `embed --stale` handle those). `importFromContent`'s tag reconciliation is ADD-ONLY: it only `addTag` (idempotent, ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING). The `tags` table has no provenance column and frontmatter tags are stripped from stored `pages.frontmatter` (markdown.ts:118), so a frontmatter-origin tag can't be distinguished from a DB-enrichment tag (auto-tag / dream synthesize / signal-detector) at re-import — deletion is unsafe (would wipe enrichment under `gbrain reindex --markdown`). Accepted trade-off: removing a tag from frontmatter no longer removes it from the DB on next sync (needs a `tag_source` provenance column). Pinned by `test/reindex-preserve-tags.test.ts` + `test/import-file.test.ts`.
 - `src/core/sync.ts` — Pure sync functions (manifest parsing, filtering, slug conversion). Exported `pruneDir(name: string): boolean` is the single source of truth for descent-time directory exclusion across walkers — blocks `node_modules` (no leading dot, so naive walkers slipped through and inflated MISSING_OPEN counts via vendor packages), dot-prefix dirs, `ops/`, and `*.raw` sidecars; `isSyncable` applies it per path segment, and `walkMarkdownFiles` in `src/commands/extract.ts` + `listTextFiles` in `src/core/cycle/transcript-discovery.ts` consult it BEFORE recursing to save the IO of walking thousands of vendor files (closes #923 + #202). `manageGitignore` worktree discriminator matches the gitdir path segment (`/modules/<name>` = submodule, `/worktrees/<name>` = worktree, per Git's documented layout) so Conductor worktrees (first-class repos) get `.gitignore` management for storage-tiering (closes #889). The sync-failure ledger (failure store, error classifier, the shared bookmark gate, and the doctor severity rule) lives in `src/core/sync-failure-ledger.ts`; `sync.ts` re-exports `classifyErrorCode`, `summarizeFailuresByCode`, `loadSyncFailures`, `unacknowledgedSyncFailures`, `acknowledgeSyncFailures`, `recordSyncFailures`, `decideSyncFailureSeverity`, `applySyncFailureGate`, and the `SyncFailure` type for backward-compatible imports — see its entry below.
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ per-release `**vX.Y.Z:**` narration — CI enforces this
 - `src/core/progress.ts` — Shared bulk-action progress reporter. Writes to stderr. Modes: `auto` (TTY `\r`-rewriting; non-TTY plain lines), `human`, `json` (JSONL), `quiet`. Rate-gated by `minIntervalMs` and `minItems`. `startHeartbeat(reporter, note)` for single long queries. `child()` composes phase paths. Singleton SIGINT/SIGTERM coordinator emits `abort` events for every live phase. EPIPE defense on both sync throws and stream `'error'` events. Zero dependencies. `emitHumanLine` is prefix-aware — inside a `withSourcePrefix(id, ...)` scope from `src/core/console-prefix.ts` it prepends `[id] ` (and TTY-rewrite mode `\r\x1b[2K` carries the prefix inside the clear-to-EOL escape); `emitJson` is intentionally NOT prefixed so NDJSON consumers don't choke on a `[id] {...}` shape.
 - `src/core/console-prefix.ts` — `AsyncLocalStorage<string>`-backed per-source line-prefix helper. Exports `withSourcePrefix(id, fn)` (runs `fn` with `id` as active prefix; nested wraps replace then restore), `getSourcePrefix()` (read-only accessor; test seam), and `slog(...)` / `serr(...)` (prefix-aware `console.log`/`console.error`). Embedded-newline-safe: a multi-line string under prefix `[foo]` emits `[foo] line1\n[foo] line2`. Outside a wrap, `slog`/`serr` fall through to bare `console.log`/`console.error` so single-source callers see identical output (back-compat invariant). Use `src.id` (slug-validated by `sources add`) NOT `src.name` (free-form) to defeat log-injection through newline/control-character names. Coverage: `src/commands/sync.ts` performSync + callees, `src/commands/embed.ts` runEmbedCore + helpers, `src/core/progress.ts` emitHumanLine.
 - `src/core/cli-options.ts` — Global CLI flag parser. `parseGlobalFlags(argv)` returns `{cliOpts, rest}` with `--quiet` / `--progress-json` / `--progress-interval=<ms>` stripped. `getCliOptions()` / `setCliOptions()` expose a module-level singleton so commands reach resolved flags without parameter threading. `cliOptsToProgressOptions()` maps to reporter options. `childGlobalFlags()` returns the flag suffix to append to `execSync('gbrain ...')` calls in migration orchestrators. `OperationContext.cliOpts` extends shared-op dispatch for MCP callers.
-- `src/core/db-lock.ts` — generic `tryAcquireDbLock(engine, lockId, ttlMinutes)` over the `gbrain_cycle_locks` table. Parameterized lock id so scopes nest cleanly: `gbrain-cycle` for the broad cycle (held by `cycle.ts`) and `gbrain-sync` (`SYNC_LOCK_ID`) for `performSync`'s narrower writer window. UPSERT-with-TTL semantics survive PgBouncer transaction pooling (unlike session-scoped `pg_try_advisory_lock`); crashed holders auto-release once their TTL expires. It also does automatic same-host dead-pid takeover: when the upsert finds a held, NOT-TTL-expired lock whose holder is on this host and provably dead, it reclaims via a guarded `DELETE WHERE id=$1 AND holder_pid=$2` + one normal-upsert retry returning the standard handle (refresh/release intact). The liveness check is the exported `classifyHolderLiveness(pid, host, ageMs, opts?)` / `isHolderDeadLocally(...)` (injectable `process.kill` seam; `HOLDER_TAKEOVER_GRACE_MS = 60_000` PID-reuse guard; EPERM classified as `alive` so a live process you don't own is never stolen). TTL-expired locks stay the upsert's job; cross-host stays TTL-only. `runBreakLock` (`src/commands/sync.ts`) consumes the same predicate. Pinned by `test/db-lock-auto-takeover.test.ts`.
+- `src/core/db-lock.ts` — generic `tryAcquireDbLock(engine, lockId, ttlMinutes)` over the `gbrain_cycle_locks` table. Parameterized lock id so scopes nest cleanly: `gbrain-cycle` for the broad cycle (held by `cycle.ts`) and `gbrain-sync` (`SYNC_LOCK_ID`) for `performSync`'s narrower writer window. UPSERT-with-TTL semantics survive PgBouncer transaction pooling (unlike session-scoped `pg_try_advisory_lock`); crashed holders auto-release once their TTL expires. It also does automatic same-host dead-pid takeover: when the upsert finds a held, NOT-TTL-expired lock whose holder is on this host and provably dead, it reclaims via a guarded `DELETE WHERE id=$1 AND holder_pid=$2` + one normal-upsert retry returning the standard handle (refresh/release intact). The liveness check is the exported `classifyHolderLiveness(pid, host, ageMs, opts?)` / `isHolderDeadLocally(...)` (injectable `process.kill` seam; `HOLDER_TAKEOVER_GRACE_MS = 60_000` PID-reuse guard; EPERM classified as `alive` so a live process you don't own is never stolen). TTL-expired locks stay the upsert's job; cross-host stays TTL-only. `runBreakLock` (`src/commands/sync.ts`) consumes the same predicate. Background reaper (#1972): `reapDeadHolderLocks(engine)` is the periodic sweep the contention path lacked — it deletes locks whose holder is `isHolderDeadLocally`, scoped to the `gbrain-sync:*` / `gbrain-cycle`/`gbrain-cycle:*` namespaces ONLY (election/supervisor/reindex locks keep TTL-only behavior, untouched), via `deleteLockRowExact(engine, id, pid, acquiredAt)` — a snapshot-matched delete (`date_trunc('milliseconds', acquired_at) = $3`, so the ms a JS Date keeps survives) that's TOCTOU-safe against a reused PID taking the lock between SELECT and DELETE. `cycle.ts` runs it at cycle start (before the sync phase); `gbrain doctor --fix` runs it for no-autopilot brains. `selectLockRows(engine, opts?)` + a shared row→`LockSnapshot` mapper are the single canonical reader now backing `inspectLock` + `listStaleLocks` + the reaper (was triplicated). Pinned by `test/db-lock-auto-takeover.test.ts` + `test/db-lock-reap.test.ts`.
 - `src/core/sync-concurrency.ts` — single source of truth for the parallel-sync policy. Exports `autoConcurrency(engine, fileCount, override?)` (PGLite always serial; explicit override clamped to >=1; auto path returns `DEFAULT_PARALLEL_WORKERS=4` when `fileCount > AUTO_CONCURRENCY_FILE_THRESHOLD=100`), `shouldRunParallel(workers, fileCount, explicit)` (explicit `--workers` bypasses the >50-file floor), and `parseWorkers(s)` (rejects `'0'`, `'-3'`, `'foo'`, `'1.5'`, trailing chars). Used by `performSync`, `performFullSync`, `runImport`, and the Minion `sync` handler so the sites can't drift. `DEFAULT_PARALLEL_SOURCES = 4` is a SEPARATE constant for the per-source fan-out under `gbrain sync --all` — kept distinct from `DEFAULT_PARALLEL_WORKERS` because total live Postgres connections per wave ≈ `DEFAULT_PARALLEL_SOURCES × DEFAULT_PARALLEL_WORKERS × 2 (per-file pool)` = 32 at both defaults (each per-file worker opens its own `PostgresEngine` with `poolSize = min(2, resolvePoolSize(2))`); `sync.ts` warns when `parallel × workers × 2 > 16`. `resolveWorkersWithClamp(engine, override, commandName, fileCount)` wraps `autoConcurrency` with a per-command stderr clamp warning on PGLite (per-(command, requested) dedup via module-scoped warned-once set with `_resetWorkersClampWarningsForTest()` seam) and is the canonical surface for every bulk-command `--workers N` flag (extract-conversation-facts, extract, edges-backfill, reindex-multimodal, reindex, reindex-code); embed.ts deliberately bypasses it and keeps `GBRAIN_EMBED_CONCURRENCY || 20`. `resolveMaxConnections()` (reads `GBRAIN_MAX_CONNECTIONS`, undefined when unset) + `clampWorkersForConnectionBudget(workers, perWorkerPool, maxConnections, parentPool)` back the opt-in single-sync connection-footprint clamp so a big sync stays under a low pooler cap (`parent_pool + workers×perWorkerPool ≤ budget`); `gbrain doctor`'s `pool_budget` check (`computePoolBudgetCheck` / `checkPoolBudget` in `src/commands/doctor.ts`) warns when the budget leaves no room for a worker, pointing at `GBRAIN_POOL_SIZE=2`. Pinned by `test/pglite-workers-clamp.test.ts`.
 - `src/core/worker-pool.ts` — Canonical sliding-pool + bounded-semaphore primitive (extracted from `src/commands/embed.ts` sliding-pool sites and `src/commands/eval-cross-modal.ts` `runWithLimit` semaphore). Two exports: `runSlidingPool<T>({items, workers, onItem, signal?, onError?, failureLabel?, onProgress?})` + `runWithLimit<TIn, TOut>({items, limit, fn, signal?})`. Atomicity invariant: `const idx = nextIdx++` is one synchronous JS statement (no `await` between read and write — guaranteed by the single-threaded event loop), documented in the module header AND enforced by `scripts/check-worker-pool-atomicity.sh` (wired into `bun run verify`), which rejects importing `worker_threads` in any consuming file and inserting `await` between the `nextIdx` read and write. `MUST_ABORT_ERROR_TAGS` set is seeded with `BUDGET_EXHAUSTED` from `src/core/budget/budget-tracker.ts`; tagged errors (matched via `err.tag === 'BUDGET_EXHAUSTED'` to avoid cross-module import) bypass `onError` and hard-abort the pool via `AbortController.abort()` to in-flight `onItem` — the budget cap is a structural ceiling under concurrency. `failures[]` shape is `{idx, label, error}` records (NOT full items; callers supply `failureLabel(item) => string`) for bounded memory under huge brains. Pinned by `test/worker-pool.test.ts` + `test/scripts/check-worker-pool-atomicity.test.ts`. Drives every `--workers N` bulk command.
 - `src/commands/embed.ts` extension — both inline sliding-pool sites (`embedAll` simple at `:458-467` and `embedAllStale` paginated + AbortSignal at `:586-632`) call `runSlidingPool` from the shared worker-pool helper. Invariant-level contract preserved (counts + cost + AbortSignal propagation + per-batch rate-limit retry via `embedBatchWithBackoff`); byte-equality on progress-event ORDERING is NOT promised. The `GBRAIN_EMBED_CONCURRENCY || 20` default is preserved and embed bypasses `resolveWorkersWithClamp` because the 20-worker default would otherwise silently change every brain's embed hot path. Pinned by `test/embed-helper-migration.test.ts` (asserts the helper is wired in AND the pre-migration `let nextIdx = 0` + `Promise.all(Array.from({length: numWorkers}, ...))` shapes are gone).
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ per-release `**vX.Y.Z:**` narration — CI enforces this
 - `src/commands/jobs.ts` extension — registers 11 Minion handlers: `reindex`, `repair-jsonb`, `orphans`, `integrity`, `purge`, `synthesize` (PROTECTED), `patterns` (PROTECTED), `consolidate` (PROTECTED), `extract_facts`, `resolve_symbol_edges`, `recompute_emotional_weight`. Phase wrappers delegate to `runCycle({phases:[name]})` so `src/core/cycle.ts` stays the single source of truth for phase semantics. The standalone `sync` handler passes `noExtract: true` to match `runPhaseSync`'s contract (doctor's remediation plan emitting `[sync, extract]` would otherwise double-extract).
 - `src/core/minions/protected-names.ts` extension — `PROTECTED_JOB_NAMES` includes `synthesize`, `patterns`, `consolidate`. These phases internally submit `subagent` children with `allowProtectedSubmit=true` and can spend Anthropic credits. Only trusted local callers (CLI, autopilot, `doctor --remediate`) can submit them; MCP requests are rejected by `submit_job`'s protected-name guard.
 - `src/commands/autopilot.ts` extension — targeted-submit loop instead of blanket `autopilot-cycle` dispatch. Each tick: cheap `engine.getHealth()` (single SQL count) + `computeRecommendations()`, then route by shape — `score >= 95 AND no plan AND <60min since last full` → sleep; `score >= 95 AND >=60min` → submit `autopilot-cycle` (60-min floor exercises phase-coupling invariants on healthy brains); `plan <= 3 steps AND est <5min` → submit individual handlers; `plan large OR score < 70` → submit full `autopilot-cycle`. The `gbrain-cycle` lock ensures targeted submissions and the full cycle can't run concurrently. `maxWaiting: 1` per submit closes the queue-fan-out vector.
-- `src/core/abort-check.ts` (#1737) — one canonical place for cooperative-abort checks across gbrain's long loops. `isAborted(signal?)` → boolean (for loops that `break` and return partial progress). `throwIfAborted(signal?, label?)` throws an `AbortError` (`name === 'AbortError'`) at phase boundaries, preferring the signal's `reason` ('wall-clock'/'lock-lost'/'shutdown') so the unwind self-describes. `anySignal(internal, external?)` composes two signals into one that fires when EITHER does (platform `AbortSignal.any` with a manual-relay fallback), returning the internal unchanged when there's no external so non-aborting callers pay nothing. The fix for the #1737 cycle-wedge: the embed phase ignored its abort signal and ran to completion, so `gbrain_cycle_locks` stayed held and later autopilot cycles skipped with `cycle_already_running`; threading these checks through `runPhaseEmbed → runEmbedCore → embedAll(Stale)/embedPage` lets the phase bail and release the lock immediately. Pinned by `test/abort-check.test.ts`.
+- `src/core/abort-check.ts` (#1737) — one canonical place for cooperative-abort checks across gbrain's long loops. `isAborted(signal?)` → boolean (for loops that `break` and return partial progress). `throwIfAborted(signal?, label?)` throws an `AbortError` (`name === 'AbortError'`) at phase boundaries, preferring the signal's `reason` ('wall-clock'/'lock-lost'/'shutdown') so the unwind self-describes. `anySignal(internal, external?)` composes two signals into one that fires when EITHER does (platform `AbortSignal.any` with a manual-relay fallback), returning the internal unchanged when there's no external so non-aborting callers pay nothing. The fix for the #1737 cycle-wedge: the embed phase ignored its abort signal and ran to completion, so `gbrain_cycle_locks` stayed held and later autopilot cycles skipped with `cycle_already_running`; threading these checks through `runPhaseEmbed → runEmbedCore → embedAll(Stale)/embedPage` lets the phase bail and release the lock immediately. Coverage now spans every long cycle-reachable phase (#1972), not just embed: `extract` (incremental `extractForSlugs` + the full-walk `extractLinksFromDir`/`extractTimelineFromDir`, all via `runSlidingPool`'s signal), `extract_facts` (per-page loop + the per-page `embed` signal + `runPhantomRedirectPass`'s 30s lock-retry), `consolidate`'s bucket loop, and `lint` (which is synchronous, so it `await`s a periodic yield to let the signal land). `runCycle` adds a terminal abort check before stamping `last_full_cycle_at` so a cancelled cycle never reports a completed full run, plus a per-phase `duration_ms` warning that names any phase overrunning the worker's 30s force-evict deadline. Pinned by `test/abort-check.test.ts` + `test/cycle-abort.test.ts`.
 - `src/core/cycle.ts` extension — `purge` phase (the cycle's 9th phase, for soft-delete TTLs) also GCs stale `op_checkpoints` rows older than 7 days. Non-fatal on pre-v67 brains (DROP-target-table check before DELETE). #1737: the cycle threads its abort signal into the embed phase (`runPhaseEmbed(engine, dryRun, signal)`) so a timed-out cycle's long embed phase honors cancellation and releases `gbrain_cycle_locks` right away instead of after a full backlog run.
 - `src/commands/embed.ts` extension — wires `--background` as the reference integration for the `maybeBackground()` helper. `gbrain embed --stale --background` submits as a Minion job, prints `job_id=N` to stdout, exits 0. Composable: `JOB=$(gbrain embed --stale --background | grep -oE 'job_id=[0-9]+' | cut -d= -f2); gbrain jobs follow $JOB`. The other six commands (`extract`, `lint`, `backlinks`, `reindex`, `integrity`, `pages`) adopt the same pattern in a follow-up wave. #1737: `runEmbedCore` accepts an optional `signal` threaded down both the `--stale` and `--all` paths (`embedAllStale`/`embedAll`/`embedPage`); each composes it with the internal wall-clock budget via `anySignal` and checks `isAborted`/`effectiveSignal.aborted` in every per-slug loop, page-claim pool, and `embedBatch` call, so a worker abort (wall-clock timeout / lock loss / SIGTERM) stops embedding within a batch. Pinned by `test/embed.serial.test.ts`.
 - `src/core/cli-options.ts` extension — `maybeBackground(opName, fingerprintArgs, runDirect)` helper. Same semantics in TTY and cron (no `--no-tty-detect` flag, no surprise behavior change between contexts): when `--background` is passed, submits the op as a Minion job via `op_checkpoints` for resumability and returns the `job_id`. `--background --follow` execs `gbrain jobs follow <id>` so the user sees the same stderr stream they'd get from a direct call. PGLite degrades to inline execution with a clear stderr note ("PGLite worker pool not yet supported; running inline"). Returns a tagged union the caller dispatches on.