[core-be-agent]

fix(plugins/test): skip TestLocalResolver_BubblesUpCopyFailure when running as root Fixes issue #87: the test sets chmod(dst, 0o555) to make the destination read-only and asserts the copy fails. On Linux, root bypasses filesystem permissions and can write to 0o555 directories, so the copy succeeds when running as root and the assertion fails. Fix: check os.Getuid() == 0 at the start of the test and skip with a clear message. Mirrors the existing skip in TestLocalResolver_CopyFileSourceUnreadable (line 175) which already handles the same root-bypass issue for unreadable source files. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merge pull request '[core-be-agent] fix(tests): clear platform_auth cache before each test' (#181 ) from fix/workspace-tests-clear-auth-cache into main
2026-05-09 22:21:35 +00:00 · 2026-05-09 22:19:35 +00:00 · 2026-05-09 22:19:23 +00:00 · 2026-05-09 22:18:45 +00:00 · 2026-05-09 22:16:11 +00:00 · 2026-05-09 22:13:47 +00:00
44 changed files with 1906 additions and 87 deletions
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ name: E2E API Smoke Test
 #   * Pre-pull `alpine:latest` so the platform-server's provisioner
 #     (`internal/handlers/container_files.go`) can stand up its
 #     ephemeral token-write helper without a daemon.io round-trip.
-#   * Create `molecule-monorepo-net` bridge network if missing so the
+#   * Create `molecule-core-net` bridge network if missing so the
 #     provisioner's container.HostConfig {NetworkMode: ...} attach
 #     succeeds.
 # Item #1 (timeouts) — evidence on recent runs (77/3191, ae/4270, 0e/
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ jobs:
          # when the image is already present.
          docker pull alpine:latest >/dev/null
          # Provisioner attaches workspace containers to
-          # molecule-monorepo-net (workspace-server/internal/provisioner/
+          # molecule-core-net (workspace-server/internal/provisioner/
          # provisioner.go::DefaultNetwork). The bridge already exists on
          # the operator host's docker daemon — `network create` is
          # idempotent via `|| true`.
-          docker network create molecule-monorepo-net >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-          echo "alpine:latest pre-pulled; molecule-monorepo-net ensured."
+          docker network create molecule-core-net >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          echo "alpine:latest pre-pulled; molecule-core-net ensured."
      - name: Start Postgres (docker)
        if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
        run: |
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ name: Handlers Postgres Integration
 # So we sidestep `services:` entirely. The job container still uses
 # host-net (inherited from runner config; required for cache server
 # discovery on the bridge IP 172.18.0.17:42631). We launch a sibling
-# postgres on the existing `molecule-monorepo-net` bridge with a
+# postgres on the existing `molecule-core-net` bridge with a
 # UNIQUE name per run — `pg-handlers-${RUN_ID}-${RUN_ATTEMPT}` — and
 # read its bridge IP via `docker inspect`. A host-net job container
 # can reach a bridge-net container directly via the bridge IP (verified
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ name: Handlers Postgres Integration
 #   + No host-port collision; N parallel runs share the bridge cleanly
 #   + `if: always()` cleanup runs even on test-step failure
 #   - One more step in the workflow (+~3 lines)
-#   - Requires `molecule-monorepo-net` to exist on the operator host
+#   - Requires `molecule-core-net` to exist on the operator host
 #     (it does; declared in docker-compose.yml + docker-compose.infra.yml)
 #
 # Class B Hongming-owned CICD red sweep, 2026-05-08.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
      PG_NAME: pg-handlers-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
      # Bridge network already exists on the operator host (declared
      # in docker-compose.yml + docker-compose.infra.yml).
-      PG_NETWORK: molecule-monorepo-net
+      PG_NETWORK: molecule-core-net
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: workspace-server
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ cp .env.example .env
 ./infra/scripts/setup.sh
 # Boots Postgres (:5432), Redis (:6379), Langfuse (:3001),
 # and Temporal (:7233 gRPC, :8233 UI) on the shared
-# `molecule-monorepo-net` Docker network. Temporal runs with
+# `molecule-core-net` Docker network. Temporal runs with
 # no auth on localhost — dev-only; production must gate it.
 #
 # Also populates the template/plugin registry by cloning every repo
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ cp .env.example .env
 ./infra/scripts/setup.sh
 # 启动 Postgres (:5432)、Redis (:6379)、Langfuse (:3001)
 # 以及 Temporal (:7233 gRPC, :8233 UI)，全部挂在共享的
-# `molecule-monorepo-net` Docker 网络上。Temporal 默认无鉴权，
+# `molecule-core-net` Docker 网络上。Temporal 默认无鉴权，
 # 仅用于本地开发；生产环境必须加 mTLS / API Key。
 #
 # 同时会根据 manifest.json 拉取所有模板/插件仓库到
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";

-import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import {
  ReactFlow,
  ReactFlowProvider,
@@ -187,6 +187,23 @@ function CanvasInner() {
  // Pan-to-node / zoom-to-team CustomEvent listeners + viewport save.
  const { onMoveEnd } = useCanvasViewport();

+  // Screen-reader announcements — read liveAnnouncement from the store and
+  // immediately clear it so the same announcement doesn't re-fire on
+  // re-render. Using a ref avoids a setState loop while keeping the
+  // effect reactive to new announcement strings.
+  const liveAnnouncement = useCanvasStore((s) => s.liveAnnouncement);
+  const clearAnnouncement = useCanvasStore((s) => s.setLiveAnnouncement);
+  const prevAnnouncement = useRef("");
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (liveAnnouncement && liveAnnouncement !== prevAnnouncement.current) {
+      prevAnnouncement.current = liveAnnouncement;
+      // Small delay so the DOM update lands before clearing, giving
+      // screen readers time to pick up the new text.
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => clearAnnouncement(""), 500);
+      return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
+  }, [liveAnnouncement, clearAnnouncement]);
+
  // Delete-confirmation lives in the store so the dialog survives ContextMenu
  // unmounting — the prior local-in-ContextMenu state raced with the menu's
  // outside-click handler.
@@ -326,11 +343,21 @@ function CanvasInner() {
          <DropTargetBadge />
        </ReactFlow>

-        {/* Screen-reader live region: announces workspace count on canvas load or change */}
-        <div role="status" aria-live="polite" className="sr-only">
-          {nodes.filter((n) => !n.parentId).length === 0
-            ? "No workspaces on canvas"
-            : `${nodes.filter((n) => !n.parentId).length} workspace${nodes.filter((n) => !n.parentId).length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} on canvas`}
+        {/* Screen-reader live region — announces workspace count on initial load and
+            live status updates from WebSocket events (online, offline, provisioning, etc.).
+            The liveAnnouncement text is cleared after the screen reader has had time
+            to read it so the same message doesn't re-announce on re-render. */}
+        <div
+          role="status"
+          aria-live="polite"
+          aria-atomic="true"
+          className="sr-only"
+        >
+          {liveAnnouncement || (
+            nodes.filter((n) => !n.parentId).length === 0
+              ? "No workspaces on canvas"
+              : `${nodes.filter((n) => !n.parentId).length} workspace${nodes.filter((n) => !n.parentId).length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} on canvas`
+          )}
        </div>

        {nodes.length === 0 && <EmptyState />}
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
+
+interface ShortcutGroup {
+  title: string;
+  shortcuts: Array<{ keys: string[]; description: string }>;
+}
+
+const SHORTCUT_GROUPS: ShortcutGroup[] = [
+  {
+    title: "Canvas",
+    shortcuts: [
+      {
+        keys: ["Esc"],
+        description: "Close context menu, clear selection, or deselect",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Enter"],
+        description: "Descend into selected node's first child",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Shift", "Enter"],
+        description: "Ascend to selected node's parent",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Cmd", "]"],
+        description: "Bring selected node forward in z-order",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Cmd", "["],
+        description: "Send selected node backward in z-order",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Z"],
+        description: "Zoom to fit the selected team and its sub-workspaces",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Navigation",
+    shortcuts: [
+      {
+        keys: ["⌘K"],
+        description: "Open workspace search",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Palette"],
+        description: "Open the template palette to deploy a new workspace",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Dbl-click"],
+        description: "Zoom canvas to fit a team node and all its sub-workspaces",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Right-click"],
+        description: "Open the workspace context menu",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Agent",
+    shortcuts: [
+      {
+        keys: ["Chat"],
+        description: "Send a message or resume a running task",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Config"],
+        description: "Edit skills, model, secrets, and runtime settings",
+      },
+      {
+        keys: ["Audit"],
+        description: "View the activity ledger for the selected workspace",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+];
+
+interface Props {
+  open: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}
+
+export function KeyboardShortcutsDialog({ open, onClose }: Props) {
+  const dialogRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setMounted(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  // Move focus into the dialog when it opens (WCAG 2.1 SC 2.4.3)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open || !mounted) return;
+    const raf = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      dialogRef.current?.querySelector<HTMLElement>("button")?.focus();
+    });
+    return () => cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
+  }, [open, mounted]);
+
+  // Keyboard: Escape closes, Tab is trapped
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) return;
+    const handler = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key === "Escape") {
+        onClose();
+        return;
+      }
+      if (e.key === "Tab" && dialogRef.current) {
+        const focusable = Array.from(
+          dialogRef.current.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(
+            'button, [href], input, select, textarea, [tabindex]:not([tabindex="-1"])'
+          )
+        ).filter((el) => !el.hasAttribute("disabled"));
+        if (focusable.length === 0) {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          return;
+        }
+        const first = focusable[0];
+        const last = focusable[focusable.length - 1];
+        if (e.shiftKey) {
+          if (document.activeElement === first) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            last.focus();
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (document.activeElement === last) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            first.focus();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("keydown", handler);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handler);
+  }, [open, onClose]);
+
+  if (!open || !mounted) return null;
+
+  return createPortal(
+    <div className="fixed inset-0 z-[9999] flex items-center justify-center">
+      {/* Backdrop */}
+      <div
+        className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/60 backdrop-blur-sm"
+        onClick={onClose}
+      />
+
+      {/* Dialog */}
+      <div
+        ref={dialogRef}
+        role="dialog"
+        aria-modal="true"
+        aria-labelledby="keyboard-shortcuts-title"
+        className="relative bg-surface border border-line rounded-xl shadow-2xl shadow-black/60 max-w-[480px] w-full mx-4 overflow-hidden max-h-[80vh] flex flex-col"
+      >
+        {/* Header */}
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-5 py-4 border-b border-line shrink-0">
+          <h2
+            id="keyboard-shortcuts-title"
+            className="text-sm font-semibold text-ink"
+          >
+            Keyboard Shortcuts
+          </h2>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={onClose}
+            aria-label="Close keyboard shortcuts"
+            className="w-7 h-7 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-ink-mid hover:text-ink hover:bg-surface-sunken transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40"
+          >
+            ×
+          </button>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Content */}
+        <div className="overflow-y-auto p-5 space-y-5">
+          {SHORTCUT_GROUPS.map((group) => (
+            <div key={group.title}>
+              <h3 className="text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-ink-soft mb-2.5">
+                {group.title}
+              </h3>
+              <div className="space-y-2">
+                {group.shortcuts.map((shortcut, i) => (
+                  <div
+                    key={i}
+                    className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4"
+                  >
+                    <span className="text-[13px] text-ink-mid">
+                      {shortcut.description}
+                    </span>
+                    <kbd className="flex items-center gap-0.5 shrink-0">
+                      {shortcut.keys.map((k, j) => (
+                        <span key={j} className="flex items-center gap-0.5">
+                          {j > 0 && (
+                            <span className="text-[9px] text-ink-soft mx-0.5">
+                              +
+                            </span>
+                          )}
+                          <span className="inline-flex items-center rounded-md border border-line/70 bg-surface-sunken/70 px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium text-ink tabular-nums font-mono">
+                            {k}
+                          </span>
+                        </span>
+                      ))}
+                    </kbd>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Footer */}
+        <div className="px-5 py-3 border-t border-line bg-surface-sunken/30 shrink-0">
+          <p className="text-[10px] text-ink-soft text-center">
+            Press{" "}
+            <kbd className="inline-flex items-center rounded border border-line/70 bg-surface-sunken/70 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-ink font-mono">
+              Esc
+            </kbd>{" "}
+            to close
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>,
+    document.body
+  );
+}
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ConfirmDialog } from "@/components/ConfirmDialog";
 import { showToast } from "@/components/Toaster";
 import { ThemeToggle } from "@/components/ThemeToggle";
 import { statusDotClass } from "@/lib/design-tokens";
+import { KeyboardShortcutsDialog } from "@/components/KeyboardShortcutsDialog";

 export function Toolbar() {
  const nodes = useCanvasStore((s) => s.nodes);
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export function Toolbar() {
  const [restartingAll, setRestartingAll] = useState(false);
  const [restartConfirmOpen, setRestartConfirmOpen] = useState(false);
  const [helpOpen, setHelpOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [shortcutsOpen, setShortcutsOpen] = useState(false);
  const helpRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);

  // Suppress toast on the very first connect at page load; only fire on reconnects.
@@ -127,6 +129,29 @@ export function Toolbar() {
    };
  }, []);

+  // Global ? shortcut opens the shortcuts dialog (mirrors the help button).
+  // Skip when the user is typing in an input so ? in a text field doesn't
+  // steal focus. Also skip when a modal/dialog is already open.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handler = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key !== "?") return;
+      const tag = (e.target as HTMLElement).tagName;
+      const inInput =
+        tag === "INPUT" ||
+        tag === "TEXTAREA" ||
+        tag === "SELECT" ||
+        (e.target as HTMLElement).isContentEditable;
+      if (inInput) return;
+      // Don't fire when a modal/dialog is already mounted (canvas modals,
+      // side panel, etc. use z-50 or above).
+      if (document.querySelector('[role="dialog"][aria-modal="true"]')) return;
+      e.preventDefault();
+      setShortcutsOpen(true);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("keydown", handler);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handler);
+  }, []);
+
  return (
    <div
      className="fixed top-3 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 z-20 flex items-center gap-3 bg-surface-sunken/80 backdrop-blur-md border border-line/60 rounded-xl px-4 py-2 shadow-xl shadow-black/20 transition-[margin-left] duration-200"
@@ -321,6 +346,14 @@ export function Toolbar() {
              <HelpRow shortcut="Config" text="Use the Config tab for skills, model, secrets, and runtime settings." />
              <HelpRow shortcut="Dbl-click / Z" text="Zoom canvas to fit a team node and all its sub-workspaces." />
            </div>
+            {/* Link to the full keyboard shortcuts dialog */}
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => { setHelpOpen(false); setShortcutsOpen(true); }}
+              className="mt-3 w-full text-center text-[10px] text-ink-soft hover:text-accent transition-colors focus:outline-none focus-visible:underline"
+            >
+              See all shortcuts →
+            </button>
          </div>
        )}
      </div>
@@ -340,6 +373,11 @@ export function Toolbar() {
        onConfirm={restartAll}
        onCancel={() => setRestartConfirmOpen(false)}
      />
+
+      <KeyboardShortcutsDialog
+        open={shortcutsOpen}
+        onClose={() => setShortcutsOpen(false)}
+      />
    </div>
  );
 }
@@ -513,7 +513,20 @@ function GroupedCommsView({
      />
      <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-3 space-y-2">
        {visible.map((msg) =>
-          msg.status === "error" ? (
+          // Only render the error UI when there is NO usable response
+          // content. A "error" status from the platform means the HTTP
+          // transport layer had a problem — but the agent response text
+          // may have arrived and been stored in response_body.text.
+          // Delegation results set responseText via extractResponseText
+          // once that function learned to parse body.text, so checking
+          // !msg.responseText here correctly identifies "no actual reply
+          // was received" vs. "reply arrived but status=error".
+          //
+          // Without this guard, successful delegation results were
+          // rendered as error banners, PMs saw "restart" prompts and
+          // restarted working agents, and retry storms formed as the
+          // platform re-delivered the same completed work (issue #159).
+          msg.status === "error" && !msg.responseText ? (
            <ErrorMessage key={msg.id} msg={msg} />
          ) : (
            <NormalMessage key={msg.id} msg={msg} />
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";

 // API mock — tests can override per case via apiGetMock.mockImplementationOnce.
 const apiGetMock = vi.fn<(url: string) => Promise<unknown>>();
+const apiPostMock = vi.fn<(url: string, body?: unknown) => Promise<unknown>>();
 vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => ({
  api: {
    get: (url: string) => apiGetMock(url),
+    post: (url: string, body?: unknown) => apiPostMock(url, body),
  },
 }));

@@ -16,17 +18,23 @@ vi.mock("@/hooks/useSocketEvent", () => ({
  useSocketEvent: () => {},
 }));

-// Canvas store — peer name resolution.
-vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => ({
-  useCanvasStore: {
-    getState: () => ({
-      nodes: [
-        { id: "ws-self", data: { name: "Self" } },
-        { id: "ws-peer", data: { name: "Peer Agent" } },
-      ],
-    }),
-  },
-}));
+// Canvas store — peer name resolution + ErrorMessage requires selectNode
+// (Zustand hook usage). The mock must support BOTH:
+//   useCanvasStore.getState().nodes  (plain object with getState)
+//   useCanvasStore((s) => s.selectNode)  (Zustand hook with selector)
+vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => {
+  const state = {
+    nodes: [
+      { id: "ws-self", data: { name: "Self" } },
+      { id: "ws-peer", data: { name: "Peer Agent" } },
+    ],
+    selectNode: vi.fn(),
+  };
+  const hook = (selector?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    selector ? selector(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  return { useCanvasStore: hook };
+});

 // Toaster shim — AgentCommsPanel imports showToast.
 vi.mock("../../Toaster", () => ({
@@ -41,6 +49,8 @@ import { AgentCommsPanel } from "../AgentCommsPanel";
 const scrollSpy = vi.fn<(opts?: ScrollIntoViewOptions | boolean) => void>();
 beforeEach(() => {
  apiGetMock.mockReset();
+  apiPostMock.mockReset();
+  apiPostMock.mockResolvedValue({});
  scrollSpy.mockReset();
  Element.prototype.scrollIntoView = scrollSpy as unknown as Element["scrollIntoView"];
 });
@@ -49,6 +59,81 @@ afterEach(() => {
  vi.clearAllMocks();
 });

+// Regression test: when a delegation succeeds but the platform persisted
+// status="error" (transport-layer HTTP failure, not agent failure), the
+// canvas had the response text in msg.text but rendered ErrorMessage
+// anyway, burying the real content in an "Underlying error" banner and
+// prompting PMs to restart working agents (issue #159).
+describe("AgentCommsPanel — error rendering guard (issue #159)", () => {
+  it("renders NormalMessage when status=error but msg.text is present (successful delegation)", async () => {
+    // Simulate a delegation result where status="error" (HTTP transport
+    // failed) but response_body.text carries the actual agent response.
+    // The correct behaviour: show the content as a normal inbound bubble,
+    // NOT an error banner.
+    apiGetMock.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      {
+        id: "act-1",
+        activity_type: "delegation",
+        method: "delegate_result",
+        source_id: "ws-self",
+        target_id: "ws-peer",
+        summary: "Delegation completed",
+        request_body: null,
+        // delegation.go stores response_body as {text: "...", delegation_id: "..."}
+        response_body: {
+          text: "PR #149: tier-check fails NO REVIEWS (author needs engineers/managers/ceo approval)",
+          delegation_id: "delg_01jx8q4n3k",
+        },
+        status: "error", // transport-layer error, not agent failure
+        created_at: "2026-04-25T18:00:00Z",
+      },
+    ]);
+    render(<AgentCommsPanel workspaceId="ws-self" />);
+
+    // The response text should appear in a normal inbound bubble, NOT in
+    // an error banner. Specifically: no "Failed to deliver" or "returned
+    // an error" text should appear.
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByText(/failed to deliver/i)).toBeNull();
+      expect(screen.queryByText(/returned an error/i)).toBeNull();
+    });
+    // The actual content must be visible.
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(
+        screen.getByText(/tier-check fails NO REVIEWS/i),
+      ).toBeDefined(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("renders ErrorMessage when status=error and msg.text is absent (true failure)", async () => {
+    // True delivery failure: no response body, no text. The error banner
+    // IS appropriate here.
+    apiGetMock.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      {
+        id: "act-1",
+        activity_type: "a2a_send",
+        source_id: "ws-self",
+        target_id: "ws-peer",
+        method: "message/send",
+        summary: "A2A send failed",
+        request_body: null,
+        response_body: null,
+        status: "error",
+        created_at: "2026-04-25T18:00:00Z",
+      },
+    ]);
+    render(<AgentCommsPanel workspaceId="ws-self" />);
+
+    // Error banner IS shown for true failures (no content).
+    // jsdom doesn't reliably match role="alert" in getByRole, so use
+    // getByText instead.
+    const errorBanner = await waitFor(() =>
+      screen.getByText(/failed to deliver/i),
+    );
+    expect(errorBanner).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("AgentCommsPanel — initial-state parity with ChatTab my-chat", () => {
  it("shows loading text while history fetch is in flight", () => {
    apiGetMock.mockReturnValueOnce(new Promise(() => { /* never resolves */ }));
@@ -64,6 +64,54 @@ describe("extractRequestText", () => {
    };
    expect(extractRequestText(body)).toBe("");
  });
+
+  // Regression: delegation.go stores request_body as {"task": "...", "delegation_id": "..."}.
+  // extractRequestText was checking only the A2A params.message.parts path, so
+  // outbound delegation messages were rendered as blank bubbles.
+  // Fix: check body.task first (delegation format), then fall back to A2A.
+  it("extracts text from body.task (delegation format)", () => {
+    const body = {
+      task: "Deploy the staging environment for this sprint's release",
+      delegation_id: "delg_01jx8q4n3k",
+    };
+    expect(extractRequestText(body)).toBe(
+      "Deploy the staging environment for this sprint's release"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("prefers body.task over A2A params when both present", () => {
+    const body = {
+      task: "Delegation text wins",
+      params: {
+        message: {
+          parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "A2A text" }],
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    // body.task is checked first; delegation wins for delegation activities.
+    expect(extractRequestText(body)).toBe("Delegation text wins");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to A2A format when body.task is absent", () => {
+    const body = {
+      params: {
+        message: {
+          parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "A2A fallback" }],
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(extractRequestText(body)).toBe("A2A fallback");
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string when body.task is empty string", () => {
+    const body = { task: "" };
+    expect(extractRequestText(body)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string when body.task is not a string", () => {
+    const body = { task: 42 };
+    expect(extractRequestText(body)).toBe("");
+  });
 });

 describe("extractResponseText", () => {
@@ -161,6 +209,43 @@ describe("extractResponseText", () => {
    };
    expect(extractResponseText(body)).toBe("Summary\nDetail block one\nDetail block two");
  });
+
+  // Regression: delegation.go stores response_body as
+  // {"text": "...", "delegation_id": "..."} — no "result" wrapper.
+  // Without body.text handling, extractResponseText returns "" for
+  // delegate_result rows, causing the error UI to fire even when the
+  // delegation succeeded (issue #159).
+  it("extracts from body.text (delegation response_body shape)", () => {
+    const body = {
+      text: "PR #149: tier-check fails NO REVIEWS (author needs engineers/managers/ceo approval)",
+      delegation_id: "delg_01jx8q4n3k",
+    };
+    expect(extractResponseText(body)).toBe(
+      "PR #149: tier-check fails NO REVIEWS (author needs engineers/managers/ceo approval)"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("prefers body.result over body.text when both present", () => {
+    const body = {
+      result: { parts: [{ kind: "text", text: "A2A result wins" }] },
+      text: "Delegation text",
+    };
+    // result path is checked first; A2A wins when both present.
+    expect(extractResponseText(body)).toBe("A2A result wins");
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string when body.text is empty string", () => {
+    expect(extractResponseText({ text: "" })).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("extracts from body.response_preview (DELEGATION_COMPLETE WS event shape)", () => {
+    const body = {
+      response_preview: "PR #149: tier-check fails NO REVIEWS (author needs engineers/managers/ceo approval)",
+    };
+    expect(extractResponseText(body)).toBe(
+      "PR #149: tier-check fails NO REVIEWS (author needs engineers/managers/ceo approval)"
+    );
+  });
 });

 describe("extractTextsFromParts", () => {
@@ -114,9 +114,15 @@ function basename(uri: string): string {
  return slash >= 0 ? cleaned.slice(slash + 1) : cleaned || "file";
 }

-/** Extract user message text from an activity log request_body */
+/** Extract user message text from an activity log request_body.
+ *
+ *  Delegation activities from delegation.go store the task text directly
+ *  at `body.task` as a plain string: {"task": "...", "delegation_id": "..."}.
+ *  Check this first before falling back to the A2A JSON-RPC format
+ *  (`body.params.message.parts[].text`). */
 export function extractRequestText(body: Record<string, unknown> | null): string {
  if (!body) return "";
+  if (typeof body.task === "string" && body.task) return body.task;
  const params = body.params as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
  const msg = params?.message as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
  const parts = msg?.parts as Array<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined;
@@ -162,10 +168,10 @@ export function extractResponseText(body: Record<string, unknown>): string {
      if (rootTexts.length > 0) collected.push(rootTexts.join("\n"));

      // Task shape: {result: {artifacts: [{parts: [...]}]}}
-      const artifacts = result.artifacts as Array<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined;
+      const artifacts = result.artifacts as Array<Record<string, unknown> | undefined>;
      if (artifacts) {
        for (const a of artifacts) {
-          const t = extractTextsFromParts(a.parts);
+          const t = extractTextsFromParts(a?.parts);
          if (t) collected.push(t);
        }
      }
@@ -173,6 +179,20 @@ export function extractResponseText(body: Record<string, unknown>): string {
      if (collected.length > 0) return collected.join("\n");
    }

+    // Delegation results from delegation.go store response_body as
+    // {"text": "...", "delegation_id": "..."} — no "result" wrapper.
+    // Check this after the body.result path so A2A responses take
+    // precedence when both shapes are somehow present.
+    // Without this, responseText is always "" for delegate_result rows,
+    // causing the error UI to fire even when the delegation succeeded
+    // (issue #159).
+    if (typeof body.text === "string" && body.text) return body.text;
+    // DELEGATION_COMPLETE event (via canvas-events WS handler) stores
+    // response_body as {response_preview: "..."}. Handle this too.
+    if (typeof body.response_preview === "string" && body.response_preview) {
+      return body.response_preview;
+    }
+
    // {task: "text"} — request body format, shouldn't be in response but handle it
    if (typeof body.task === "string") return body.task;
  } catch { /* ignore */ }
@@ -835,3 +835,181 @@ describe("handleCanvasEvent – unknown event", () => {
    ).not.toThrow();
  });
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Screen-reader live announcements
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("handleCanvasEvent – liveAnnouncement", () => {
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_ONLINE with node name", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Alpha" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({ event: "WORKSPACE_ONLINE", workspace_id: "ws-1" }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("Alpha is now online");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_OFFLINE with node name", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Beta" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({ event: "WORKSPACE_OFFLINE", workspace_id: "ws-1" }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("Beta is now offline");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_PAUSED with node name", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Gamma" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({ event: "WORKSPACE_PAUSED", workspace_id: "ws-1" }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("Gamma has been paused");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_DEGRADED with node name", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Delta" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "WORKSPACE_DEGRADED",
+        workspace_id: "ws-1",
+        payload: { sample_error: "connection timeout" },
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("Delta is degraded");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_PROVISIONING for new workspace with payload name", () => {
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "WORKSPACE_PROVISIONING",
+        workspace_id: "ws-new",
+        payload: { name: "NewBot" },
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("NewBot is provisioning");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_PROVISIONING for new workspace with default name", () => {
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "WORKSPACE_PROVISIONING",
+        workspace_id: "ws-new",
+        payload: {},
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("New Workspace is provisioning");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_REMOVED with node name", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Gamma" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({ event: "WORKSPACE_REMOVED", workspace_id: "ws-1" }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("Gamma was removed");
+  });
+
+  it("announces WORKSPACE_PROVISION_FAILED with node name", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Delta" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "WORKSPACE_PROVISION_FAILED",
+        workspace_id: "ws-1",
+        payload: { error: "docker pull failed" },
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement).toBe("Delta provisioning failed");
+  });
+
+  it("does not announce for TASK_UPDATED", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Alpha" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "TASK_UPDATED",
+        workspace_id: "ws-1",
+        payload: { current_task: "building release", active_tasks: 1 },
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    // TASK_UPDATED is noisy (every heartbeat); it should not announce
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement ?? "").toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("does not announce for AGENT_MESSAGE", () => {
+    const node = makeNode("ws-1", { name: "Alpha" });
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([node]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "AGENT_MESSAGE",
+        workspace_id: "ws-1",
+        payload: { message: "hello from the agent" },
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement ?? "").toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("uses payload name for ONLINE when node not found in store", () => {
+    const { get, set, state } = makeStore([]);
+
+    handleCanvasEvent(
+      makeMsg({
+        event: "WORKSPACE_ONLINE",
+        workspace_id: "ws-1",
+        payload: { name: "FromPayload" },
+      }),
+      get,
+      set
+    );
+
+    // ONLINE when node doesn't exist just buffers _pendingOnline;
+    // no announcement should be set
+    expect(state.liveAnnouncement ?? "").toBe("");
+  });
+});
+});
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
  switch (msg.event) {
    case "WORKSPACE_ONLINE": {
      const existing = nodes.find((n) => n.id === msg.workspace_id);
+      const nodeName = existing?.data.name ?? (msg.payload.name as string) ?? "Workspace";
      if (!existing) {
        // PROVISIONING event hasn't been applied yet (WS reorder or
        // this tab joined mid-deploy). Buffer so the later PROVISIONING
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
            ? { ...n, data: { ...n.data, status: "online" } }
            : n,
        ),
+        liveAnnouncement: `${nodeName} is now online`,
      });
      // Remove the laser class after its keyframe ends so the edge
      // settles into the app's default solid styling. Fire-and-forget.
@@ -123,28 +125,36 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
    }

    case "WORKSPACE_OFFLINE": {
+      const offlineNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id === msg.workspace_id);
+      const offlineName = offlineNode?.data.name ?? "Workspace";
      set({
        nodes: nodes.map((n) =>
          n.id === msg.workspace_id
            ? { ...n, data: { ...n.data, status: "offline" } }
            : n
        ),
+        liveAnnouncement: `${offlineName} is now offline`,
      });
      break;
    }

    case "WORKSPACE_PAUSED": {
+      const pausedNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id === msg.workspace_id);
+      const pausedName = pausedNode?.data.name ?? "Workspace";
      set({
        nodes: nodes.map((n) =>
          n.id === msg.workspace_id
            ? { ...n, data: { ...n.data, status: "paused", currentTask: "" } }
            : n
        ),
+        liveAnnouncement: `${pausedName} has been paused`,
      });
      break;
    }

    case "WORKSPACE_DEGRADED": {
+      const degradedNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id === msg.workspace_id);
+      const degradedName = degradedNode?.data.name ?? "Workspace";
      set({
        nodes: nodes.map((n) =>
          n.id === msg.workspace_id
@@ -160,6 +170,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
              }
            : n
        ),
+        liveAnnouncement: `${degradedName} is degraded`,
      });
      break;
    }
@@ -230,6 +241,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
        // removed per demo feedback. A2A edges (showA2AEdges) still
        // render when enabled — those represent runtime traffic,
        // which nesting doesn't express.
+        const newNodeName = (msg.payload.name as string) ?? "New Workspace";
        set({
          nodes: [
            ...nodes,
@@ -244,7 +256,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
              ...(parentId ? { parentId } : {}),
              className: "mol-deploy-spawn",
              data: {
-                name: (msg.payload.name as string) ?? "New Workspace",
+                name: newNodeName,
                status: "provisioning",
                tier: (msg.payload.tier as number) ?? 1,
                agentCard: null,
@@ -261,6 +273,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
              },
            },
          ],
+          liveAnnouncement: `${newNodeName} is provisioning`,
        });

        // Grow the parent to fit the just-landed child. DEBOUNCED
@@ -345,6 +358,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(

    case "WORKSPACE_REMOVED": {
      const removedNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id === msg.workspace_id);
+      const removedName = removedNode?.data.name ?? "Workspace";
      const parentOfRemoved = removedNode?.data.parentId ?? null;
      set({
        nodes: nodes
@@ -363,6 +377,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
            e.source !== msg.workspace_id && e.target !== msg.workspace_id
        ),
        selectedNodeId: selectedNodeId === msg.workspace_id ? null : selectedNodeId,
+        liveAnnouncement: `${removedName} was removed`,
      });
      break;
    }
@@ -445,6 +460,8 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(

    case "WORKSPACE_PROVISION_FAILED": {
      const errorMsg = (msg.payload.error as string) ?? "Unknown provisioning error";
+      const failedNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id === msg.workspace_id);
+      const failedName = failedNode?.data.name ?? "Workspace";
      set({
        nodes: nodes.map((n) =>
          n.id === msg.workspace_id
@@ -458,6 +475,7 @@ export function handleCanvasEvent(
              }
            : n
        ),
+        liveAnnouncement: `${failedName} provisioning failed`,
      });
      break;
    }
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ interface CanvasState {
  /** Whether the A2A topology overlay is visible. Persisted to localStorage. Default: true. */
  showA2AEdges: boolean;
  setShowA2AEdges: (show: boolean) => void;
+  /** Screen-reader announcement text. Set by handleCanvasEvent on significant
+   *  status changes; consumed and cleared by the aria-live region in Canvas.tsx
+   *  so the same announcement doesn't re-fire on re-render. */
+  liveAnnouncement: string;
+  setLiveAnnouncement: (msg: string) => void;
 }

 export const useCanvasStore = create<CanvasState>((set, get) => ({
@@ -321,6 +326,8 @@ export const useCanvasStore = create<CanvasState>((set, get) => ({
      localStorage.setItem("molecule:show-a2a-edges", String(show));
    }
  },
+  liveAnnouncement: "",
+  setLiveAnnouncement: (msg) => set({ liveAnnouncement: msg }),

  viewport: { x: 0, y: 0, zoom: 1 },

@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ export default defineConfig({
  test: {
    environment: 'node',
    exclude: ['e2e/**', 'node_modules/**', '**/dist/**'],
+    // Issue #22 / vitest pool investigation:
+    //
+    // The forks pool spawns one Node.js worker per concurrent slot.
+    // Each jsdom-environment worker bootstraps a full DOM (~30-50 MB resident
+    // set) at cold-start.  With the default maxWorkers derived from CPU
+    // count, multiple jsdom workers can start simultaneously, exhausting
+    // memory on the 2-CPU Gitea Actions runner and causing pool workers to
+    // fail to respond with "[vitest-pool]: Timeout starting … runner."
+    //
+    // Fix: cap maxWorkers at 1 so only one worker is alive at any time.
+    // Tests still run in parallel within that single worker's process (via
+    // node's EventLoop) — this is the same parallelism as the `threads`
+    // pool but without the per-worker jsdom cold-start overhead.  51 test
+    // files that previously took 5070 s with 5 failures now run
+    // sequentially through one worker, eliminating the memory spike.
+    maxWorkers: 1,
    // CI-conditional test timeout (issue #96).
    //
    // Vitest's 5000ms default is too tight for the first test in any
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ services:

 networks:
  default:
-    name: molecule-monorepo-net
+    name: molecule-core-net
    external: true

 volumes:
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Include infra services (Temporal, Langfuse) so `docker compose up` starts the full stack.
+include:
+  - docker-compose.infra.yml
+
 services:
  # --- Infrastructure ---
  postgres:
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ services:
    volumes:
      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER:-dev}"]
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ services:
          psql -h postgres -U "$${POSTGRES_USER}" -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE langfuse"
        fi
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ services:
    volumes:
      - redisdata:/data
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ services:
    volumes:
      - clickhousedata:/var/lib/clickhouse
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:8123/ping || exit 1"]
      interval: 5s
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ services:
    ports:
      - "3001:3000"
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000/api/public/health || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ services:
    ports:
      - "${PLATFORM_PUBLISH_PORT:-8080}:${PLATFORM_PORT:-8080}"
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      # Plain GET — `--spider` would issue HEAD, which returns 404 because
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ services:
    ports:
      - "${CANVAS_PUBLISH_PORT:-3000}:${CANVAS_PORT:-3000}"
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO /dev/null --tries=1 http://127.0.0.1:${CANVAS_PORT:-3000} || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
@@ -291,7 +295,7 @@ services:
      OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ${OPENROUTER_API_KEY:-}
      LITELLM_MASTER_KEY: ${LITELLM_MASTER_KEY:-sk-molecule}
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:4000/health || exit 1"]
@@ -316,7 +320,7 @@ services:
    volumes:
      - ollamadata:/root/.ollama
    networks:
-      - molecule-monorepo-net
+      - molecule-core-net
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "ollama list || exit 1"]
@@ -326,8 +330,8 @@ services:
      start_period: 20s

 networks:
-  molecule-monorepo-net:
-    name: molecule-monorepo-net
+  molecule-core-net:
+    name: molecule-core-net

 volumes:
  pgdata:
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ On-demand fits naturally with how agents work — an agent only needs to know ab

 This is acceptable for MVP because:
 - All workspaces are provisioned by the same platform on trusted infrastructure
- Docker network isolation (`molecule-monorepo-net`) limits who can reach workspace endpoints
+- Docker network isolation (`molecule-core-net`) limits who can reach workspace endpoints
 - The tool is self-hosted — the operator controls the network

 **Known gap:** Once workspace A caches workspace B's URL, nothing stops A from calling B directly even after the hierarchy changes and A is no longer supposed to reach B. The cached URL remains valid until the container is restarted or the URL changes.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Six runtime adapters ship production-ready on `main`: LangGraph, DeepAgents, Cla
 | Platform ↔ Redis | TCP | Ephemeral state (liveness TTL), caching, pub/sub |
 | Workspace ↔ Workspace | HTTP (A2A JSON-RPC 2.0) | Direct peer-to-peer, **platform not in data path** |
 | Workspace → Langfuse | HTTP | Automatic OpenTelemetry tracing |
-| Docker Network | `molecule-monorepo-net` | Internal-only by default, no exposed DB/Redis ports |
+| Docker Network | `molecule-core-net` | Internal-only by default, no exposed DB/Redis ports |

 ### Core Components

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Unknown tier values default to T2 for safety. Applied via `provisioner.ApplyTier

 ### Docker Networking

- All containers join `molecule-monorepo-net` private network
+- All containers join `molecule-core-net` private network
 - Container naming: `ws-{workspace_id[:12]}`
 - Ephemeral host port binding: `127.0.0.1:0→8000/tcp`

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The provisioner is the platform component that deploys workspace containers and

 ## Docker Networking (Tier 1-3, Tier 4 uses host)

-All workspace containers join the `molecule-monorepo-net` Docker network. Containers are named `ws-{id[:12]}` (first 12 chars of workspace UUID). Two exported helpers in `provisioner` package provide the canonical naming:
+All workspace containers join the `molecule-core-net` Docker network. Containers are named `ws-{id[:12]}` (first 12 chars of workspace UUID). Two exported helpers in `provisioner` package provide the canonical naming:

 - `provisioner.ContainerName(workspaceID)` → `ws-{id[:12]}`
 - `provisioner.InternalURL(workspaceID)` → `http://ws-{id[:12]}:8000`
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ This URL is pre-stored in both Postgres and Redis before the agent registers. Wh

 **Why not use Docker-internal URLs?** In local dev, the platform runs on the host (not in Docker), so it cannot resolve Docker container hostnames. The ephemeral port mapping lets the A2A proxy reach agents via localhost. In production (platform in Docker), the Docker-internal URL (`http://ws-{id}:8000`) would work directly.

-**Workspace-to-workspace discovery:** When a workspace discovers another workspace (via `X-Workspace-ID` header on `GET /registry/discover/:id`), the platform returns the Docker-internal URL (`http://ws-{first12chars}:8000`) so containers can reach each other directly on `molecule-monorepo-net`. The internal URL is cached in Redis at provision time and also synthesized as a fallback if the cache misses (only for online/degraded workspaces).
+**Workspace-to-workspace discovery:** When a workspace discovers another workspace (via `X-Workspace-ID` header on `GET /registry/discover/:id`), the platform returns the Docker-internal URL (`http://ws-{first12chars}:8000`) so containers can reach each other directly on `molecule-core-net`. The internal URL is cached in Redis at provision time and also synthesized as a fallback if the cache misses (only for online/degraded workspaces).

 For external HTTPS access (multi-host mode), Nginx on the host handles TLS termination and proxies to the container.

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+# Canvas Architecture Audit — VERIFIED
+
+> **Status:** VERIFIED — Cross-referenced against molecule-core/canvas/src/ (2026-05-09)
+> **Author:** Core-FE (draft), Core-UIUX (verification)
+> **Updated:** 2026-05-09 with architecture structure + known issues
+
+## Canvas Stack (Verified)
+
+| Technology | Version | Purpose |
+|-----------|--------|---------|
+| React Flow | `@xyflow/react` v12 | Node/edge rendering |
+| Framework | Next.js 14 App Router | Routing, SSR |
+| Styling | Tailwind v4 | CSS with custom properties |
+| State | Zustand | Client state management |
+
+## Directory Structure (Verified)
+
+```
+canvas/src/
+├── components/
+│   ├── Canvas.tsx           # Viewport management, ReactFlow wrapper
+│   ├── Toolbar.tsx          # Add node/edge controls
+│   ├── ContextMenu.tsx      # Right-click menu
+│   ├── SidePanel.tsx        # Properties panel
+│   ├── WorkspaceNode.tsx     # Node rendering
+│   ├── A2AEdge.tsx          # Edge rendering
+│   └── [tests]/             # Accessibility + component tests
+├── stores/
+│   └── secrets-store.ts     # ⚠️ getGrouped() performance issue
+├── hooks/
+│   ├── useSocketEvent.ts
+│   ├── useTemplateDeploy.tsx
+│   └── useWorkspaceName.ts
+└── lib/
+    ├── api.ts
+    ├── auth.ts
+    ├── canvas-actions.ts
+    ├── design-tokens.ts     # STATUS_CONFIG, TIER_CONFIG
+    ├── theme.ts
+    └── theme-provider.tsx   # ThemeProvider, useTheme()
+
+## Known Issues
+
+### ✅ MEDIUM: secrets-store.ts Performance (mitigated)
+**File:** `canvas/src/stores/secrets-store.ts`
+**Issue:** `getGrouped()` selector creates new objects every call. Not memoized.
+**Impact:** Mitigated — `SecretsTab.tsx` wraps the call in `useMemo`, so no active re-render issues in the single consumer. The store-level fix (memoizing `getGrouped` itself) is optional but low priority now.
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: Pre-commit Hook Verification
+**Issue:** Pre-commit hook checks 'use client' on hook-using components but unclear if it actually fails on violations.
+**Action:** Verify the hook is enforcing the rule correctly.
+
+## Verified Findings
+
+### Node Rendering ✅ (with notes)
+- **Framework:** `@xyflow/react` (React Flow) — DOM-based, not SVG/Canvas
+- **Node selection:** `aria-pressed` + border ring (`border-accent/70`) + shadow
+- **Node drag:** React Flow native drag — mouse only, no keyboard alternative yet
+- **Node resize:** `NodeResizer` component visible on selected card, keyboard-inaccessible
+- **Status:** Accessible via `aria-label` on node cards — "Alpha Workspace workspace — online"
+
+### Edge Wiring ✅
+- **Edge rendering:** React Flow SVG paths
+- **Edge click target:** 1.5px stroke (CSS `stroke-width: 1.5 !important` in globals.css)
+- **Edge creation:** React Flow drag-from-handle
+- **Edge anchors:** Visible on hover (`hover:!bg-blue-400`), not keyboard accessible
+- **Status:** Partial — mouse users only
+
+### Canvas Controls ✅
+- **Zoom:** React Flow Controls component (verify if keyboard accessible)
+- **Pan:** Space+drag, mouse drag
+- **Minimap:** Not present (MiniMap mocked as null in tests)
+- **Status:** Basic keyboard support via viewport shortcuts
+
+### Keyboard Shortcuts ⚠️ PARTIAL
+- Exists in `useKeyboardShortcuts.ts` but no `aria-describedby` on trigger buttons
+- No dedicated keyboard shortcut help dialog
+- **Gap:** Users can't discover shortcuts visually
+
+### Focus Management ✅ (strong)
+- Skip link → `#canvas-main` ✅
+- `aria-label` on ReactFlow container ✅
+- Focus trap in modals via Radix ✅
+- Focus ring: `focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-950`
+
+### Accessibility Tree ⚠️ PARTIAL
+- Canvas is in accessibility tree (React Flow DOM nodes)
+- Node state changes not announced to screen readers (no `aria-live` region)
+- Context menus announced via `role="menu"` ✅
+
+### Context Menus ✅ (strong)
+- `role="menu"`, `role="menuitem"`, `role="separator"` ✅
+- `aria-label` with workspace name ✅
+- ArrowUp/Down navigation with wrap-around ✅
+- Escape + Tab close menu ✅
+- Auto-focus first item on open ✅
+
+### Drag and Drop ⚠️ PARTIAL
+- **Mouse drag:** React Flow native
+- **Drop target:** Visual indicator (`bg-emerald-950/40 border-emerald-400/60`) ✅
+- **Keyboard alternative:** None — nodes repositioned only via mouse drag
+- **Status:** Mouse-only. Keyboard users cannot rearrange nodes.
+
+---
+
+## Remaining Gaps (Priority Order)
+
+| Priority | Item | Files | Status |
+|----------|------|-------|--------|
+| ~~HIGH~~ | ~~Screen reader announcements for canvas state changes~~ | ~~Canvas.tsx, canvas-events.ts, canvas.ts~~ | ✅ Done — PR #172 |
+| MEDIUM | Keyboard shortcut help dialog | useKeyboardShortcuts.ts | ✅ Done (PR #175) |
+| MEDIUM | Keyboard-accessible node drag | WorkspaceNode.tsx, useDragHandlers.ts | Not started |
+| LOW | Edge anchor keyboard accessibility | A2AEdge.tsx | Not started |
+| LOW | Node resize keyboard accessibility | WorkspaceNode.tsx (NodeResizer) | Not started |
+
+---
+
+*Verified 2026-05-09 by Core-UIUX against molecule-core/canvas/src/*
+*Updated 2026-05-09: screen reader announcements (PR #172) + keyboard shortcut dialog (PR #175) completed*
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+# Canvas Design System v1 — VERIFIED
+
+> **Status:** VERIFIED — Cross-referenced against molecule-core/canvas/src/ (2026-05-09)
+> **Authors:** Core-FE (draft), Core-UIUX (verification + updates)
+> **Source files verified:**
+> - `canvas/src/app/globals.css`
+> - `canvas/src/styles/theme-tokens.css`
+> - `canvas/src/lib/design-tokens.ts`
+> - `canvas/src/components/Tooltip.tsx`
+> - `canvas/src/components/ContextMenu.tsx`
+> - `canvas/src/components/Canvas.tsx`
+> - `canvas/src/components/__tests__/Canvas.a11y.test.tsx`
+> - `canvas/src/components/__tests__/ContextMenu.keyboard.test.tsx`
+> - `canvas/src/components/__tests__/MissingKeysModal.a11y.test.tsx`
+> - `canvas/src/components/__tests__/ConversationTraceModal.a11y.test.tsx`
+
+---
+
+## 1. Color Palette — Three-Mode Theme System
+
+Canvas supports **three themes**: System (follows OS), Light, Dark. Controlled via `ThemeProvider` in `theme-provider.tsx` with preference persisted in `mol_theme` cookie.
+
+**Key principle: Use semantic tokens, NOT raw zinc values for surfaces.**
+
+### 1.1 Theme-Mutable Tokens (use these for surfaces)
+
+Defined in `globals.css` via Tailwind v4 `@theme` block. Automatically flip between light/dark.
+
+**Light theme (warm paper):**
+
+| Token | Tailwind Class | Hex | Usage |
+|-------|--------------|-----|-------|
+| `--color-surface` | `bg-surface` | `#fafaf7` | Page background |
+| `--color-surface-elevated` | `bg-surface-elevated` | `#ffffff` | Elevated cards, modals |
+| `--color-surface-sunken` | `bg-surface-sunken` | `#f3f1ec` | Input fields, recessed areas |
+| `--color-surface-card` | `bg-surface-card` | `#efece4` | Node cards, chips |
+| `--color-line` | `border-line` | `#e6e2d8` | Dividers, borders |
+| `--color-line-soft` | `border-line-soft` | `#efece4` | Subtle dividers |
+| `--color-ink` | `text-ink` | `#15181c` | Primary text |
+| `--color-ink-mid` | `text-ink-mid` | `#5a5e66` | Secondary text |
+| `--color-ink-soft` | `text-ink-soft` | `#8b8e95` | Tertiary text, placeholders |
+| `--color-accent` | `text-accent` | `#3b5bdb` | Links, primary actions |
+| `--color-accent-strong` | `text-accent-strong` | `#1a2f99` | Emphasized accent |
+| `--color-warm` | `text-warm` | `#c0532b` | Warnings |
+| `--color-good` | `text-good` | `#2f7a4d` | Success states |
+| `--color-bad` | `text-bad` | `#b94e4a` | Error states |
+
+**Dark theme:**
+
+| Token | Hex | Usage |
+|-------|-----|-------|
+| `--color-surface` | `#0e1014` | Page background |
+| `--color-surface-elevated` | `#15181c` | Elevated cards |
+| `--color-surface-sunken` | `#0a0b0e` | Input fields |
+| `--color-surface-card` | `#1a1d23` | Node cards |
+| `--color-line` | `#2a2f3a` | Dividers |
+| `--color-ink` | `#f4f1e9` | Primary text |
+| `--color-ink-mid` | `#c8c2b4` | Secondary text |
+| `--color-ink-soft` | `#8d92a0` | Tertiary text |
+| `--color-accent` | `#6883e8` | Links (brighter for AA contrast) |
+| `--color-accent-strong` | `#8aa1ee` | Emphasized accent |
+| `--color-warm` | `#d96f48` | Warnings |
+| `--color-good` | `#4ca06e` | Success |
+| `--color-bad` | `#d27773` | Errors |
+
+### 1.2 Always-Dark Tokens (terminal surfaces)
+
+Terminals, console modal, log streams **stay dark** in all themes — readable green-on-black doesn't translate to light.
+
+| Token | Tailwind Class | Hex | Usage |
+|-------|--------------|-----|-------|
+| `--color-bg` | `bg-bg` | `rgb(9 9 11)` / zinc-950 | Terminal background |
+| `--color-bg-elev` | `bg-bg-elev` | `rgb(24 24 27)` / zinc-900 | Elevated terminal surfaces |
+| `--color-bg-card` | `bg-bg-card` | `rgb(39 39 42)` / zinc-800 | Terminal cards |
+| `--color-line-strong` | `border-line-strong` | `rgb(63 63 70)` / zinc-700 | Strong borders |
+| `--color-ink-mute` | `text-ink-mute` | `rgb(161 161 170)` / zinc-400 | Muted text |
+| `--color-ink-dim` | `text-ink-dim` | `rgb(113 113 122)` / zinc-500 | Dim text |
+
+### 1.3 Raw Zinc Usage Rules
+
+**Use raw zinc for:**
+- Borders: `border-zinc-700`, `border-zinc-800`
+- Disabled states: `text-zinc-600`, `bg-zinc-800`
+- Code highlighting: `bg-zinc-900`, `text-zinc-300`
+- Terminal surfaces: `bg-zinc-950` (always-dark)
+
+**NEVER use for surfaces:**
+- `bg-zinc-900` or `bg-zinc-950` as page/card backgrounds — use `bg-surface`
+- `text-zinc-50` or `text-zinc-100` as primary text — use `text-ink`
+- `bg-white`, `bg-gray-50/100` for surfaces — use semantic tokens
+
+### 1.4 Accessibility Contrast
+
+| Pair | Ratio | WCAG |
+|------|-------|------|
+| `text-ink` on `bg-surface` (light) | ~14.5:1 | AAA |
+| `text-ink` on `bg-surface` (dark) | ~15.8:1 | AAA |
+| `text-ink-mid` on `bg-surface` (light) | ~5.2:1 | AA |
+| `text-ink-mid` on `bg-surface` (dark) | ~5.9:1 | AA |
+| `text-accent` on `bg-surface` (light) | ~4.8:1 | AA |
+| `text-accent` on `bg-surface` (dark) | ~4.6:1 | AA |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Typography Scale
+
+**Actual font stack** (from `globals.css`):
+```
+-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif
+```
+No custom fonts loaded — uses OS-native system stack.
+
+| Size Token | Tailwind | Usage |
+|------------|----------|-------|
+| `text-[10px]` | 10px | Micro badges, tier labels |
+| `text-[11px]` | 11px | Tooltip text |
+| `text-xs` / `text-[12px]` | 12px | Badges, timestamps |
+| `text-sm` / `text-[13px]` | 13–14px | Secondary labels, node titles |
+| `text-base` / `text-[16px]` | 16px | Body text |
+| `text-lg` | 18px | Section headers |
+| `text-xl` | 20px | Modal titles |
+
+**Line height:** `leading-tight` (1.25) for headings, `leading-relaxed` (1.625) for body/tooltips.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Animation / Motion Tokens
+
+**Defined in `canvas/src/styles/theme-tokens.css`** — use these, don't hardcode ms values.
+
+| Token | Value | Usage |
+|-------|-------|-------|
+| `--mol-duration-fast` | 150ms | Hover states, button feedback |
+| `--mol-duration-base` | 300ms | Standard transitions |
+| `--mol-duration-spawn` | 350ms | Node spawn animation |
+| `--mol-duration-root-complete` | 700ms | Org-deploy root glow |
+| `--mol-duration-fit-view` | 800ms | Canvas fit-viewport |
+
+| Token | Value | Usage |
+|-------|-------|-------|
+| `--mol-easing-standard` | `cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)` | Default ease |
+| `--mol-easing-bounce-out` | `cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1.05)` | Node spawn bounce |
+| `--mol-easing-emphasize` | `cubic-bezier(0.3, 0, 0, 1)` | Modal/drawer enter |
+
+**CSS usage:**
+```css
+/* Good — reference the token */
+transition: all var(--mol-duration-fast) ease;
+
+/* Bad — hardcoded value */
+transition: all 150ms ease;
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Component Patterns (Verified)
+
+### 4.1 Buttons
+
+```tsx
+// Primary — accent background, ink text
+<button className="bg-accent hover:bg-accent/90 active:scale-95
+                   text-ink px-4 py-2 rounded-md text-sm font-medium
+                   focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500
+                   focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900
+                   disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed">
+  Primary
+</button>
+
+// Secondary — surface-card background, border-line
+<button className="bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-elevated border border-line
+                   text-ink px-4 py-2 rounded-md text-sm font-medium
+                   focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500
+                   focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900">
+  Secondary
+</button>
+
+// Ghost — no background, hover surface
+<button className="hover:bg-surface-card text-ink-mid hover:text-ink
+                   px-4 py-2 rounded-md text-sm font-medium">
+  Ghost
+</button>
+
+// Danger — bad color, requires confirmation dialog
+<button className="bg-bad hover:bg-bad/90 text-white px-4 py-2
+                   rounded-md text-sm font-medium">
+  Delete
+</button>
+```
+
+**States:** default, hover, active (`scale-95`), focus (`ring-2 ring-blue-500 ring-offset-2 ring-offset-zinc-900`), disabled (`opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed`).
+
+### 4.2 Inputs
+
+```tsx
+// Text input — use semantic tokens for surfaces
+<input
+  className="bg-surface-sunken border border-line text-ink
+             placeholder:text-ink-soft px-3 py-2 rounded-md text-sm
+             focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500
+             focus:border-transparent
+             disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
+  placeholder="Enter workspace name"
+/>
+
+// Error state
+<input
+  className="border-bad focus:ring-bad"
+  aria-invalid="true"
+  aria-describedby="error-message"
+/>
+```
+
+**Label:** `text-sm font-medium text-ink mb-1`
+**Error:** `text-xs text-bad mt-1`
+
+### 4.3 Cards
+
+```tsx
+// Workspace node card (from WorkspaceNode.tsx)
+<div className="bg-surface-sunken/90 border border-line/80
+                rounded-xl p-3.5 py-2.5
+                hover:border-zinc-500/60 shadow-lg shadow-black/30
+                focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/70
+                focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-950">
+```
+
+### 4.4 Modals (Radix Dialog)
+
+```tsx
+// Backdrop
+<div className="fixed inset-0 bg-black/70 backdrop-blur-sm z-50"
+     aria-hidden="true" />
+
+// Dialog — use surface-card + border-line
+<div className="bg-surface-card border border-line rounded-xl
+                shadow-2xl p-6 max-w-md w-full mx-4">
+  {/* Modal content */}
+</div>
+```
+
+Note: Uses `--color-surface-sunken` for sunken areas (node cards). Cards use `bg-surface-card`.
+
+**Important:** Use `@radix-ui/react-dialog` — it provides WCAG 2.1 compliance automatically (focus trap, Escape key, aria-modal, aria-labelledby).
+
+### 4.5 Tooltips
+
+**Verified implementation** (`canvas/src/components/Tooltip.tsx`):
+
+```tsx
+// Trigger wraps children
+<span aria-describedby="tooltip-id">
+  {children}
+</span>
+
+// Tooltip portal (shows on hover + focus, 400ms delay)
+<div id="tooltip-id"
+     role="tooltip"
+     className="fixed z-[9999] max-w-[400px] max-h-[300px] overflow-y-auto
+                px-3 py-2 bg-surface-card border border-line
+                rounded-lg shadow-2xl shadow-black/60 pointer-events-none">
+  <div className="text-[11px] text-ink whitespace-pre-wrap break-words leading-relaxed">
+    {text}
+  </div>
+</div>
+```
+
+**WCAG 1.4.13 compliance:** Escape key dismisses tooltip without moving pointer/focus.
+
+### 4.6 Theme Switching
+
+Use `useTheme()` hook from `theme-provider.tsx`:
+
+```tsx
+import { useTheme } from "@/lib/theme-provider";
+
+function ThemeToggle() {
+  const { theme, resolvedTheme, setTheme } = useTheme();
+  return (
+    <select
+      value={theme}
+      onChange={(e) => setTheme(e.target.value as ThemePreference)}
+    >
+      <option value="system">System</option>
+      <option value="light">Light</option>
+      <option value="dark">Dark</option>
+    </select>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+**Theme types:**
+```ts
+type ThemePreference = "system" | "light" | "dark";
+type ResolvedTheme = "light" | "dark";
+```
+
+**Cookie:** `mol_theme` with `Domain=.moleculesai.app` — persists across surfaces.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Accessibility Rules (WCAG 2.1 AA) — VERIFIED
+
+### 5.1 Focus Management ✅ VERIFIED
+- All interactive elements have `focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-950`
+- No `outline-none` without equivalent focus ring
+- Radix Dialog traps focus automatically
+
+### 5.2 Semantic HTML ✅ VERIFIED
+- Buttons use `<button>` — verified in WorkspaceNode.tsx, ContextMenu.tsx
+- Form inputs have associated `<label>` patterns
+- Radix Dialog provides role="dialog" + aria-modal
+
+### 5.3 ARIA ✅ VERIFIED
+- Icon-only buttons: `aria-label` with descriptive text (not "X")
+  - Example: `aria-label="Extract ${name} from team"` in WorkspaceNode.tsx
+- Live regions: `aria-live="polite"` on Toast component
+- Modals: Radix provides `role="dialog"`, `aria-modal="true"`, `aria-labelledby`
+- Error messages: `aria-invalid="true"`, `aria-describedby` linking to error text
+- Tooltips: `role="tooltip"` + `aria-describedby` on trigger
+
+### 5.4 Keyboard Navigation ✅ VERIFIED
+- ContextMenu: ArrowUp/Down wraps, Enter/Space selects, Escape closes, Tab closes
+- Modals: Escape closes (Radix), focus returns to trigger
+- `prefers-reduced-motion` ✅ (verified in globals.css)
+
+### 5.5 Color Independence ✅
+- Status indicators use text labels + icons, not color alone
+- `STATUS_CONFIG` has text labels: "Online", "Offline", "Failed", etc.
+
+---
+
+## 6. React Flow Canvas Specifics
+
+Canvas uses `@xyflow/react` (React Flow).
+
+### Canvas Container ✅ VERIFIED
+```tsx
+// Canvas.tsx wraps ReactFlow with:
+<ReactFlow
+  aria-label="Molecule AI workspace canvas"
+  // ...
+/>
+```
+
+### Node Accessibility ✅ VERIFIED
+- `role="button"` on workspace node cards
+- `tabIndex={0}` for keyboard focus
+- `aria-pressed` for selection state
+- `aria-label` with workspace name + status
+
+### Skip Link ✅ VERIFIED
+```tsx
+<a href="#canvas-main">Skip to canvas</a>
+<main id="canvas-main" role="main">
+```
+
+---
+
+## 7. Enforcement Checklist
+
+### Color Token Rules
+- [x] No `bg-white` / `bg-zinc-50` for surfaces — use `bg-surface`
+- [x] No `text-zinc-50` / `text-zinc-100` for surfaces — use `text-ink`
+- [x] No `bg-zinc-900` / `bg-zinc-950` for surfaces — use `bg-surface` or `bg-surface-card`
+- [x] Raw zinc OK for: borders, disabled states, code, terminal surfaces
+
+### Accessibility Rules
+- [x] All buttons have focus rings (verified in tests)
+- [x] All modals use Radix Dialog (verified)
+- [x] All tooltips use `role="tooltip"` + `aria-describedby` (verified)
+- [x] No `outline-none` without focus ring (verified)
+- [x] All inputs have visible labels (verified pattern)
+- [x] Contrast ratios at 4.5:1 minimum (verified above)
+- [x] `prefers-reduced-motion` suppresses all animations (verified in globals.css)
+- [x] Context menu has keyboard navigation (verified in ContextMenu.keyboard.test.tsx)
+- [x] Theme switching works: System/Light/Dark modes verified
+
+---
+
+## 8. Canvas Architecture (Verified)
+
+**Stack:**
+- `@xyflow/react` v12 (React Flow) — node/edge rendering
+- Next.js 14 App Router
+- Tailwind v4 with CSS custom properties
+- Zustand for state management
+
+**Directory Structure:**
+```
+canvas/src/
+├── components/        # Canvas.tsx, Toolbar.tsx, ContextMenu.tsx, SidePanel.tsx, WorkspaceNode.tsx, A2AEdge.tsx
+├── stores/           # secrets-store.ts (only store)
+├── hooks/            # useSocketEvent.ts, useTemplateDeploy.tsx, useWorkspaceName.ts
+├── lib/              # api.ts, auth.ts, canvas-actions.ts, design-tokens.ts, theme.ts, theme-provider.tsx
+└── app/             # Next.js App Router
+```
+
+## 9. Known Issues (Technical Debt)
+
+### Performance Issues
+- **secrets-store.ts getGrouped() selector** — Creates new objects every call (Object.fromEntries + arrays) — not memoized. Causes performance issues with frequent re-renders. Needs selector optimization.
+
+### Code Quality
+- Check for `any` types in canvas/ directory
+- Verify pre-commit hook actually fails on 'use client' violations (unverified)
+- Verify all Zustand selectors avoid object creation (see getGrouped issue above)
+- Check 'use client' directive on hook-using components
+
+### Testing
+- Add axe-core integration for automated accessibility testing
+- Visual regression tests — no screenshot tests exist yet (KI-006)
+- Target >80% test coverage on changed files
+
+## 10. Remaining Open Items
+
+### Accessibility Gaps
+1. **Screen reader announcements** — Node/edge changes not announced. Need `aria-live="polite"` region.
+2. **Keyboard shortcut help dialog** — No dedicated dialog. Shortcuts exist in `useKeyboardShortcuts.ts` but no `aria-describedby` hints on buttons.
+3. **Edge anchor accessibility** — React Flow handles purely visual. Need ARIA annotations for screen readers.
+4. **Drag-and-drop keyboard alternative** — Mouse only. Need keyboard equivalent for node rearrangement.
+
+### Performance
+5. **secrets-store.ts getGrouped()** — Not memoized, creates new objects every call.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ These are applied after CORS middleware on every response.

 ## 14. No Exposed Database Ports

-Postgres and Redis must not expose host ports. They communicate exclusively over the internal Docker network (`molecule-monorepo-net`). Use `docker compose exec` for direct access during development.
+Postgres and Redis must not expose host ports. They communicate exclusively over the internal Docker network (`molecule-core-net`). Use `docker compose exec` for direct access during development.

 ## Related Docs

@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@ runner-wide setting, not per-job. Source: gitea/act_runner config docs

 Flipping the global `container.network` to `bridge` would break every
 other workflow in the repo (cache server discovery,
-`molecule-monorepo-net` peer access during integration tests, etc.) —
+`molecule-core-net` peer access during integration tests, etc.) —
 unacceptable blast radius for a per-test bug.

 ## Fix shape

 `handlers-postgres-integration.yml` no longer uses `services: postgres:`.
 It launches a sibling postgres container manually on the existing
-`molecule-monorepo-net` bridge network with a per-run unique name:
+`molecule-core-net` bridge network with a per-run unique name:

 ```yaml
 env:
  PG_NAME: pg-handlers-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
-  PG_NETWORK: molecule-monorepo-net
+  PG_NETWORK: molecule-core-net

 steps:
  - name: Start sibling Postgres on bridge network
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ host-network runner config. Translate using this same pattern:
 1. Drop the `services:` block.
 2. Use `${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}` for unique
   container name.
-3. Launch on `molecule-monorepo-net` (already trusted bridge in
+3. Launch on `molecule-core-net` (already trusted bridge in
   `docker-compose.infra.yml`).
 4. Read back the bridge IP via `docker inspect` and export as a step env.
 5. `if: always()` cleanup step at the end.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ in one place.
 - Issue #88 (closed by #92): localhost → 127.0.0.1 fix that unmasked
  this collision; the IPv6 fix is correct, port collision is the new
  layer.
- Issue #94 created `molecule-monorepo-net` + `alpine:latest` as
+- Issue #94 created `molecule-core-net` + `alpine:latest` as
  prereqs.
 - Saved memory `feedback_act_runner_github_server_url` documents
  another act_runner-vs-GHA divergence (server URL).
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"

 echo "==> Ensuring shared docker network exists..."
-docker network create molecule-monorepo-net 2>/dev/null || true
+docker network create molecule-core-net 2>/dev/null || true

 # Populate the template / plugin registry.
 # workspace-configs-templates/, org-templates/, and plugins/ are intentionally
@@ -268,10 +268,11 @@ molecule-mcp = "molecule_runtime.mcp_cli:main"

 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["."]
-include = ["molecule_runtime*"]
+include = ["molecule_runtime*", "plugins_registry*"]

 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "molecule_runtime" = ["py.typed"]
+"plugins_registry" = ["py.typed"]
 """


@@ -473,6 +474,18 @@ def main() -> int:
    py_files = copy_tree_filtered(src, pkg_dir)
    print(f"[build] copied {len(py_files)} .py files")

+    # Install plugins_registry/ at the wheel TOP LEVEL so that plugin adapter
+    # code (workspace-template-*) can use bare `from plugins_registry import ...`.
+    # The molecule-runtime package (molecule_runtime/) also ships it at
+    # molecule_runtime/plugins_registry/ (satisfies the rewritten
+    # `from molecule_runtime.plugins_registry import ...` in adapter_base.py).
+    # Both copies coexist: they serve different import namespaces.
+    plugins_src = src / "plugins_registry"
+    plugins_dst = out / "plugins_registry"
+    if plugins_src.is_dir():
+        shutil.copytree(plugins_src, plugins_dst)
+        print(f"[build] installed plugins_registry/ at top level (bare-import shim)")
+
    # Ensure top-level package marker exists. workspace/ doesn't have one
    # (it's not a package in monorepo), but the published artifact must.
    init = pkg_dir / "__init__.py"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ echo "=== NUKE ==="
 docker compose -f "$ROOT/docker-compose.yml" down -v 2>/dev/null || true
 docker ps -a --format "{{.Names}}" | grep "^ws-" | xargs -r docker rm -f 2>/dev/null || true
 docker volume ls --format "{{.Name}}" | grep "^ws-" | xargs -r docker volume rm 2>/dev/null || true
-docker network rm molecule-monorepo-net 2>/dev/null || true
+docker network rm molecule-core-net 2>/dev/null || true
 echo "  cleaned"

 echo "=== POPULATE MANIFEST DIRS ==="
@@ -490,7 +490,14 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) proxyA2ARequest(ctx context.Context, workspaceID stri
 		if logActivity && deliveryConfirmed {
 			h.logA2ASuccess(ctx, workspaceID, callerID, body, respBody, a2aMethod, resp.StatusCode, durationMs)
 		}
-		return 0, nil, &proxyA2AError{
+		// Preserve the actual HTTP status code and any body bytes already read.
+		// Previously this returned (0, nil, error) which discarded both.
+		// Preserving them allows executeDelegation's new condition
+		//   proxyErr != nil && len(respBody) > 0 && status >= 200 && status < 300
+		// to correctly route delivery-confirmed responses (where the agent completed
+		// the work but the TCP connection dropped before the full body was received)
+		// to success instead of failure (#159).
+		return resp.StatusCode, respBody, &proxyA2AError{
 			Status: http.StatusBadGateway,
 			Response: gin.H{
 				"error":              "failed to read agent response",
@@ -342,6 +342,18 @@ func (h *DelegationHandler) executeDelegation(sourceID, targetID, delegationID s
 		}
 	}

+	// When proxyA2ARequest returns an error but we have a non-empty response body
+	// with a 2xx status code, the agent completed the work successfully — the error
+	// is a delivery/transport error (e.g., connection reset after response was
+	// received). Treat as success: the response body is valid and the work is done.
+	// This prevents "retry storms" where the canvas sees error + Restart-workspace
+	// suggestion even though the delegation actually completed.
+	if isDeliveryConfirmedSuccess(proxyErr, status, respBody) {
+		log.Printf("Delegation %s: completed with delivery error (status=%d, respBody=%d bytes, proxyErr=%v) — treating as success",
+			delegationID, status, len(respBody), proxyErr.Error())
+		goto handleSuccess
+	}
+
 	if proxyErr != nil {
 		log.Printf("Delegation %s: failed — %s", delegationID, proxyErr.Error())
 		h.updateDelegationStatus(sourceID, delegationID, "failed", proxyErr.Error())
@@ -361,6 +373,8 @@ func (h *DelegationHandler) executeDelegation(sourceID, targetID, delegationID s
 		return
 	}

+handleSuccess:
+
 	// 202 + {queued: true} means the target was busy and the proxy
 	// enqueued the request for the next drain tick — NOT a completion.
 	// Treat it as such: write a clean 'queued' activity row with no
@@ -671,6 +685,34 @@ func isTransientProxyError(err *proxyA2AError) bool {
 	return false
 }

+// isDeliveryConfirmedSuccess reports whether the proxy's `(status, body, err)`
+// triple represents a delivery-confirmed success: the proxy hit a transport-
+// layer error AFTER receiving a complete 2xx response with a non-empty body.
+// In that case the agent did the work — the error is on the wire, not in the
+// agent — so the delegation should be marked succeeded rather than failed
+// (preventing the retry-storm + restart-suggest cascade described in #159).
+//
+// Caller invariants:
+//   - proxyErr != nil: a delivery error fired (e.g. connection reset).
+//   - len(respBody) > 0: a response body was received before the error.
+//   - 200 <= status < 300: the partial response carried a 2xx code.
+//
+// All three must hold. nil proxyErr → no decision to make (success path
+// already chosen upstream). Empty body → no work-result to recover. Non-2xx →
+// the agent itself signalled failure or transient state; don't promote it.
+func isDeliveryConfirmedSuccess(proxyErr *proxyA2AError, status int, respBody []byte) bool {
+	if proxyErr == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(respBody) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if status < 200 || status >= 300 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // isQueuedProxyResponse reports whether the proxy returned a body shaped like
 // `{"queued": true, "queue_id": ..., "queue_depth": ..., "message": ...}` —
 // the busy-target enqueue path in a2a_proxy_helpers.go. Caller checks this
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

@@ -376,6 +378,44 @@ func TestIsTransientProxyError_RetriesOnRestartRaceStatuses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+// TestIsDeliveryConfirmedSuccess — regression guard for #159: the proxy can
+// return a complete 2xx body and THEN raise a transport error (e.g. the TCP
+// connection drops after the response is received but before close). In that
+// case the agent did the work; marking the delegation "failed" causes the
+// retry-storm + Restart-workspace cascade described in #159. The new helper
+// distinguishes this from genuine failures.
+func TestIsDeliveryConfirmedSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	connErr := &proxyA2AError{Status: http.StatusOK, Response: gin.H{}}
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		proxyErr *proxyA2AError
+		status   int
+		body     []byte
+		expect   bool
+	}{
+		// The new branch: 2xx + body + transport error → recover as success.
+		{"200 + body + connreset (THE bug fix path)", connErr, http.StatusOK, []byte(`{"text":"ok"}`), true},
+		{"299 + body + connreset (boundary high)", connErr, 299, []byte(`{"text":"ok"}`), true},
+		{"200 + body + connreset (boundary low)", connErr, 200, []byte(`{"x":1}`), true},
+		// Negative cases: any one of the three preconditions failing → false.
+		{"nil proxyErr (no decision to make)", nil, http.StatusOK, []byte(`{"text":"ok"}`), false},
+		{"empty body (no work-result to recover)", connErr, http.StatusOK, []byte{}, false},
+		{"nil body (no work-result to recover)", connErr, http.StatusOK, nil, false},
+		{"4xx with body — agent signalled failure, do not promote", connErr, http.StatusBadRequest, []byte(`{"err":"bad"}`), false},
+		{"5xx with body — agent signalled failure, do not promote", connErr, http.StatusInternalServerError, []byte(`{"err":"crash"}`), false},
+		{"3xx with body — redirect, not a result", connErr, 301, []byte(`{"loc":"/x"}`), false},
+		{"199 status (under 200) — not a 2xx", connErr, 199, []byte(`{"x":1}`), false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := isDeliveryConfirmedSuccess(tc.proxyErr, tc.status, tc.body); got != tc.expect {
+				t.Errorf("isDeliveryConfirmedSuccess(%v, %d, %q) = %v, want %v",
+					tc.proxyErr, tc.status, string(tc.body), got, tc.expect)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsQueuedProxyResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	// Regression guard for the chat-leak bug: when the proxy returns
 	// 202 with a queued-shape body, executeDelegation must classify it
@@ -918,3 +958,308 @@ func TestInsertDelegationOutcome_ZeroValueIsUnknown(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("insertOutcomeUnknown must not collide with insertOK")
 	}
 }
+
+// ==================== executeDelegation — delivery-confirmed proxy error regression tests ====================
+//
+// These test the fix for issue #159: when proxyA2ARequest returns an error but we have a
+// non-empty response body with a 2xx status code, executeDelegation must treat it as success.
+// The error is a delivery/transport error (e.g., connection reset after response was received).
+// Previously, executeDelegation marked these as "failed" even though the work was done,
+// causing retry storms and "error" rendering in canvas despite the response being available.
+//
+// Test strategy: spin up a mock A2A agent server, set up the source/target DB rows, call
+// executeDelegation directly, and verify the activity_logs status and delegation status.
+
+const testDelegationID = "del-159-test"
+const testSourceID = "ws-source-159"
+const testTargetID = "ws-target-159"
+
+// expectExecuteDelegationBase sets up sqlmock expectations for the DB queries that
+// executeDelegation always makes, regardless of outcome.
+func expectExecuteDelegationBase(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
+	// updateDelegationStatus: dispatched
+	// Uses prefix match — sqlmock regexes match the full query string.
+	mock.ExpectExec("UPDATE activity_logs SET status").
+		WithArgs("dispatched", "", testSourceID, testDelegationID).
+		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
+
+	// CanCommunicate (source=target self-call is always allowed — no DB lookup needed)
+	// resolveAgentURL: reads ws:{id}:url from Redis, falls back to DB for target
+	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT url, status FROM workspaces WHERE id = ").
+		WithArgs(testTargetID).
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"url", "status"}).AddRow("", "online"))
+}
+
+// expectExecuteDelegationSuccess sets up expectations for a completed delegation.
+func expectExecuteDelegationSuccess(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock, respBody string) {
+	// INSERT activity_logs for delegation completion (response_body status = 'completed')
+	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO activity_logs").
+		WithArgs(sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), "completed").
+		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
+
+	// updateDelegationStatus: completed
+	mock.ExpectExec("UPDATE activity_logs SET status").
+		WithArgs("completed", "", testSourceID, testDelegationID).
+		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
+}
+
+// expectExecuteDelegationFailed sets up expectations for a failed delegation.
+func expectExecuteDelegationFailed(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
+	// INSERT activity_logs for delegation failure (response_body status = 'failed')
+	mock.ExpectExec("INSERT INTO activity_logs").
+		WithArgs(sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg(), "failed").
+		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
+
+	// updateDelegationStatus: failed
+	mock.ExpectExec("UPDATE activity_logs SET status").
+		WithArgs("failed", sqlmock.AnyArg(), testSourceID, testDelegationID).
+		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
+}
+
+// TestExecuteDelegation_DeliveryConfirmedProxyError_TreatsAsSuccess is the primary regression
+// test for issue #159. The scenario:
+//   - Attempt 1: server sends 200 OK headers + partial body, then closes connection.
+//     proxyA2ARequest: body read gets io.EOF (partial body read), returns (200, <partial>, BadGateway).
+//     isTransientProxyError(BadGateway) = TRUE → retry.
+//   - Attempt 2: server does the same thing (closes after partial body).
+//     proxyA2ARequest: same (200, <partial>, BadGateway).
+//     isTransientProxyError(BadGateway) = TRUE → retry AGAIN (but outer context will fire soon,
+//     or we get one more attempt). For the test we let it run.
+//     POST-FIX: the executeDelegation new condition sees status=200, body=<partial>, err!=nil
+//     and routes to handleSuccess immediately.
+//
+// The key pre/post-fix difference: pre-fix, executeDelegation received status=0 (hardcoded)
+// even when the server sent 200, so the condition always failed. Post-fix, status=200 is
+// preserved through the error return path (proxyA2ARequest now returns resp.StatusCode, respBody).
+// In this test the retry ultimately succeeds (server eventually sends full body), but
+// the critical assertion is that a 2xx partial-body delivery-confirmed response is never
+// classified as "failed" — it always routes to success.
+func TestExecuteDelegation_DeliveryConfirmedProxyError_TreatsAsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := setupTestDB(t)
+	mr := setupTestRedis(t)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
+	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
+	dh := NewDelegationHandler(wh, broadcaster)
+
+	// Server that sends a 200 response with declared Content-Length but closes
+	// the connection before sending all bytes. Go's http.Client sees io.EOF on
+	// the body read. proxyA2ARequest captures the partial body + status=200 and
+	// returns (200, <partial>, error). executeDelegation's new condition sees
+	// status=200 + body > 0 + error != nil → routes to handleSuccess.
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer ln.Close()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		conn, err := ln.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		// Consume the HTTP request
+		buf := make([]byte, 2048)
+		conn.Read(buf)
+		// Send 200 OK with Content-Length: 100 but only 74 bytes of body
+		// (less than declared length → io.LimitReader returns io.EOF after reading all 74)
+		resp := "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 100\r\n\r\n"
+		resp += `{"result":{"parts":[{"text":"work completed successfully"}]}}` // 74 bytes
+		conn.Write([]byte(resp))
+		// Close immediately — client gets io.EOF on body read
+	}()
+
+	agentURL := "http://" + ln.Addr().String()
+	mr.Set(fmt.Sprintf("ws:%s:url", testTargetID), agentURL)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	expectExecuteDelegationBase(mock)
+	expectExecuteDelegationSuccess(mock, `{"result":{"parts":[{"text":"work completed successfully"}]}}`)
+
+	// Execute synchronously (not as a goroutine) so we can check DB state immediately.
+	// The handler fires it as goroutine; we call it directly for deterministic testing.
+	a2aBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"jsonrpc": "2.0",
+		"id":      "1",
+		"method":  "message/send",
+		"params": map[string]interface{}{
+			"message": map[string]interface{}{
+				"role":  "user",
+				"parts": []map[string]string{{"type": "text", "text": "do work"}},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	dh.executeDelegation(testSourceID, testTargetID, testDelegationID, a2aBody)
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // let DB writes settle
+
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestExecuteDelegation_ProxyErrorNon2xx_RemainsFailed verifies that the pre-fix failure
+// path is unchanged when proxyA2ARequest returns a delivery-confirmed error with a non-2xx
+// status code (e.g., 500 Internal Server Error with partial body read before connection drop).
+// The new condition requires status >= 200 && status < 300, so non-2xx always routes to failure.
+func TestExecuteDelegation_ProxyErrorNon2xx_RemainsFailed(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := setupTestDB(t)
+	mr := setupTestRedis(t)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
+	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
+	dh := NewDelegationHandler(wh, broadcaster)
+
+	// Server returns 500 with declared Content-Length but closes connection early.
+	// proxyA2ARequest: reads 500 headers, partial body, then connection drop → body read error.
+	// Returns (500, <partial_body>, BadGateway).
+	// New condition: status=500 is NOT >= 200 && < 300 → routes to failure.
+	// isTransientProxyError(500) = false → no retry.
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer ln.Close()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		conn, err := ln.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		buf := make([]byte, 2048)
+		conn.Read(buf)
+		// 500 with Content-Length: 100 but only ~60 bytes of body
+		resp := "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: 100\r\n\r\n"
+		resp += `{"error":"agent crashed"}` // ~24 bytes, less than declared
+		conn.Write([]byte(resp))
+		// Close immediately — client gets io.EOF on body read
+	}()
+
+	agentURL := "http://" + ln.Addr().String()
+	mr.Set(fmt.Sprintf("ws:%s:url", testTargetID), agentURL)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	expectExecuteDelegationBase(mock)
+	expectExecuteDelegationFailed(mock)
+
+	a2aBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "1", "method": "message/send",
+		"params": map[string]interface{}{
+			"message": map[string]interface{}{
+				"role":  "user",
+				"parts": []map[string]string{{"type": "text", "text": "do work"}},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	dh.executeDelegation(testSourceID, testTargetID, testDelegationID, a2aBody)
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestExecuteDelegation_ProxyErrorEmptyBody_RemainsFailed verifies that the pre-fix failure
+// path is unchanged when proxyA2ARequest returns an error with a 2xx status but empty body.
+// The new condition requires len(respBody) > 0, so empty body routes to failure.
+func TestExecuteDelegation_ProxyErrorEmptyBody_RemainsFailed(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := setupTestDB(t)
+	mr := setupTestRedis(t)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
+	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
+	dh := NewDelegationHandler(wh, broadcaster)
+
+	// Server returns 502 Bad Gateway — proxyA2ARequest returns 502, body="" (empty), error != nil.
+	// New condition: proxyErr != nil && len(respBody) > 0 && status >= 200 && status < 300
+	// → len(respBody) == 0 → condition FALSE → falls through to failure.
+	// isTransientProxyError(502) is TRUE → retry → same result → failure.
+	agentServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadGateway)
+		// No body — connection closes normally
+	}))
+	defer agentServer.Close()
+
+	mr.Set(fmt.Sprintf("ws:%s:url", testTargetID), agentServer.URL)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	// First attempt: updateDelegationStatus(dispatched) — from expectExecuteDelegationBase
+	expectExecuteDelegationBase(mock)
+	// Second attempt (retry): updateDelegationStatus(dispatched) again
+	mock.ExpectExec("UPDATE activity_logs SET status").
+		WithArgs("dispatched", "", testSourceID, testDelegationID).
+		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
+	// Failure: INSERT + UPDATE (failed)
+	expectExecuteDelegationFailed(mock)
+
+	a2aBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "1", "method": "message/send",
+		"params": map[string]interface{}{
+			"message": map[string]interface{}{
+				"role":  "user",
+				"parts": []map[string]string{{"type": "text", "text": "do work"}},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	dh.executeDelegation(testSourceID, testTargetID, testDelegationID, a2aBody)
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestExecuteDelegation_CleanProxyResponse_Unchanged verifies that a clean proxy response
+// (no error, 200 with body) is unaffected by the new condition. This is the baseline:
+// proxyErr == nil so the new condition never fires.
+func TestExecuteDelegation_CleanProxyResponse_Unchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := setupTestDB(t)
+	mr := setupTestRedis(t)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	broadcaster := newTestBroadcaster()
+	wh := NewWorkspaceHandler(broadcaster, nil, "http://localhost:8080", t.TempDir())
+	dh := NewDelegationHandler(wh, broadcaster)
+
+	agentServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"result":{"parts":[{"text":"all good"}]}}`))
+	}))
+	defer agentServer.Close()
+
+	mr.Set(fmt.Sprintf("ws:%s:url", testTargetID), agentServer.URL)
+	allowLoopbackForTest(t)
+
+	expectExecuteDelegationBase(mock)
+	expectExecuteDelegationSuccess(mock, `{"result":{"parts":[{"text":"all good"}]}}`)
+
+	a2aBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "1", "method": "message/send",
+		"params": map[string]interface{}{
+			"message": map[string]interface{}{
+				"role":  "user",
+				"parts": []map[string]string{{"type": "text", "text": "do work"}},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	dh.executeDelegation(testSourceID, testTargetID, testDelegationID, a2aBody)
+
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+}
@@ -25,6 +25,35 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Molecule-AI/molecule-monorepo/platform/internal/registry"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
+// insertMCPDelegationRow writes a delegation activity row so the canvas
+// Agent Comms tab can show the task text for MCP-initiated delegations.
+// Mirrors insertDelegationRow (delegation.go) for the MCP tool path.
+func insertMCPDelegationRow(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, workspaceID, targetID, delegationID, task string) error {
+	taskJSON, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"task":          task,
+		"delegation_id": delegationID,
+	})
+	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, `
+		INSERT INTO activity_logs (workspace_id, activity_type, method, source_id, target_id, summary, request_body, status)
+		VALUES ($1, 'delegation', 'delegate', $2, $3, $4, $5::jsonb, 'pending')
+	`, workspaceID, workspaceID, targetID, "Delegating to "+targetID, string(taskJSON))
+	return err
+}
+
+// updateMCPDelegationStatus updates a delegation activity row's status.
+// Mirrors updateDelegationStatus (delegation.go) for the MCP tool path.
+func updateMCPDelegationStatus(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, workspaceID, delegationID, status, errorDetail string) {
+	if _, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, `
+		UPDATE activity_logs
+		SET status = $1, error_detail = CASE WHEN $2 = '' THEN error_detail ELSE $2 END
+		WHERE workspace_id = $3
+		  AND method = 'delegate'
+		  AND request_body->>'delegation_id' = $4
+	`, status, errorDetail, workspaceID, delegationID); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("MCP Delegation %s: status update failed: %v", delegationID, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Tool implementations
 // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -154,6 +183,13 @@ func (h *MCPHandler) toolDelegateTask(ctx context.Context, callerID string, args
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("workspace %s is not authorised to communicate with %s", callerID, targetID)
 	}

+	// Issue #158: write delegation row so canvas Agent Comms tab shows the task text.
+	delegationID := uuid.New().String()
+	if err := insertMCPDelegationRow(ctx, h.database, callerID, targetID, delegationID, task); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("MCP delegate_task: failed to record delegation row: %v", err)
+		// Non-fatal: still make the A2A call even if activity log write fails.
+	}
+
 	agentURL, err := mcpResolveURL(ctx, h.database, targetID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -197,10 +233,16 @@ func (h *MCPHandler) toolDelegateTask(ctx context.Context, callerID string, args

 	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(httpReq)
 	if err != nil {
+		updateMCPDelegationStatus(ctx, h.database, callerID, delegationID, "failed", err.Error())
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("A2A call failed: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()

+	// A 200/500 from the peer still means the call was dispatched — only
+	// network errors are truly "failed". Status 'dispatched' is correct for
+	// any HTTP response (peer's A2A layer handles the actual processing).
+	updateMCPDelegationStatus(ctx, h.database, callerID, delegationID, "dispatched", "")
+
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<20))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read response: %w", err)
@@ -223,7 +265,16 @@ func (h *MCPHandler) toolDelegateTaskAsync(ctx context.Context, callerID string,
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("workspace %s is not authorised to communicate with %s", callerID, targetID)
 	}

-	taskID := uuid.New().String()
+	delegationID := uuid.New().String()
+
+	// Issue #158: write delegation row so canvas Agent Comms tab shows the task text.
+	// Insert with 'dispatched' status since the goroutine won't update it.
+	if err := insertMCPDelegationRow(ctx, h.database, callerID, targetID, delegationID, task); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("MCP delegate_task_async: failed to record delegation row: %v", err)
+		// Non-fatal: still fire the A2A call.
+	} else {
+		updateMCPDelegationStatus(ctx, h.database, callerID, delegationID, "dispatched", "")
+	}

 	// Fire and forget in a detached goroutine. Use a background context so
 	// the call is not cancelled when the HTTP request completes.
@@ -244,7 +295,7 @@ func (h *MCPHandler) toolDelegateTaskAsync(ctx context.Context, callerID string,

 		a2aBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
 			"jsonrpc": "2.0",
-			"id":      taskID,
+			"id":      delegationID,
 			"method":  "message/send",
 			"params": map[string]interface{}{
 				"message": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -273,7 +324,7 @@ func (h *MCPHandler) toolDelegateTaskAsync(ctx context.Context, callerID string,
 		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
 	}()

-	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"task_id":%q,"status":"dispatched","target_id":%q}`, taskID, targetID), nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"task_id":%q,"status":"dispatched","target_id":%q}`, delegationID, targetID), nil
 }

 func (h *MCPHandler) toolCheckTaskStatus(ctx context.Context, callerID string, args map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
@@ -607,7 +607,16 @@ func (h *OrgHandler) Import(c *gin.Context) {
 		orgFile := filepath.Join(orgBaseDir, "org.yaml")
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(orgFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": fmt.Sprintf("org template not found: %s", body.Dir)})
+			// Audit 2026-05-09 (Core-Security): the prior message echoed
+			// the user-supplied `body.Dir` verbatim. Path traversal is
+			// already blocked by resolveInsideRoot above, but echoing
+			// the raw input back lets a client probe for the existence
+			// of relative paths inside h.orgDir (a 404 with the input
+			// vs. a 400 from resolveInsideRoot is itself a signal).
+			// Drop the input from the message; log full context server-
+			// side via the resolved path for operator triage.
+			log.Printf("OrgImport: failed to read %s (requested dir=%q): %v", orgFile, body.Dir, err)
+			c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound, gin.H{"error": "org template not found"})
 			return
 		}
 		// Expand !include directives before unmarshal. Splits org.yaml
@@ -267,22 +267,16 @@ func (h *TemplatesHandler) ReplaceFiles(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}

-	// Container offline — try ephemeral container to write to volume
+	// Container offline — write to the config volume via ephemeral container.
+	// Do NOT fall back to the host-side template dir: the restart handler
+	// reads from the volume, not the template dir, so a template-dir write
+	// would silently succeed (200) while the file change is invisible to
+	// restarted containers (#151). Surface the error so the caller retries
+	// when Docker is available instead of believing the change persisted.
 	volName := provisioner.ConfigVolumeName(workspaceID)
 	if err := h.writeViaEphemeral(ctx, volName, body.Files); err != nil {
-		// Last resort: write to host-side template dir
-		destDir := h.resolveTemplateDir(wsName)
-		if destDir == "" {
-			log.Printf("ReplaceFiles: writeViaEphemeral failed and no template dir for %s: %v", workspaceID, err)
-			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "failed to write files to workspace"})
-			return
-		}
-		os.MkdirAll(destDir, 0o755)
-		if err := writeFiles(destDir, body.Files); err != nil {
-			c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "invalid request body"})
-			return
-		}
-		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"status": "replaced", "workspace": workspaceID, "files": len(body.Files), "source": "template"})
+		log.Printf("ReplaceFiles: writeViaEphemeral failed for %s (workspace %s offline): %v", wsName, workspaceID, err)
+		c.JSON(http.StatusServiceUnavailable, gin.H{"error": "workspace offline — retry after it starts"})
 		return
 	}

@@ -452,3 +452,43 @@ func TestReplaceFiles_PathTraversal(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestReplaceFiles_OfflineDocker_Returns503 ensures that when the workspace
+// container is offline AND the ephemeral Docker write fails (docker unavailable),
+// ReplaceFiles returns 503 instead of silently falling back to the template
+// directory. A template-dir write would be invisible after restart because
+// the restart handler reads from the Docker volume, not the template dir (#151).
+func TestReplaceFiles_OfflineDocker_Returns503(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := setupTestDB(t)
+	setupTestRedis(t)
+
+	// nil docker → TemplatesHandler.docker == nil → findContainer returns "" (offline)
+	// → writeViaEphemeral returns error (docker not available) → handler should
+	// return 503, NOT fall back to the host-side template dir.
+	handler := NewTemplatesHandler(t.TempDir(), nil, nil)
+
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`SELECT name, COALESCE\(instance_id, ''\), COALESCE\(runtime, ''\) FROM workspaces WHERE id =`).
+		WithArgs("ws-offline").
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "instance_id", "runtime"}).AddRow("Offline Agent", "", ""))
+
+	body := `{"files": {"initial-prompt.md": "updated prompt"}}`
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Params = gin.Params{{Key: "id", Value: "ws-offline"}}
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/workspaces/ws-offline/files", bytes.NewBufferString(body))
+	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	handler.ReplaceFiles(c)
+
+	if w.Code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+		t.Errorf("expected 503, got %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(w.Body.String(), "offline") {
+		t.Errorf("response should mention 'offline': %s", w.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmet sqlmock expectations: %v", err)
+	}
+}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (h *TranscriptHandler) Get(c *gin.Context) {
 //   - block cloud metadata endpoints (IMDS, GCP, Azure)
 //   - block link-local IPs (169.254/16 IPv4, fe80::/10 IPv6)
 //   - loopback is allowed — local dev runs workspaces on 127.0.0.1
-//   - Docker internal hostnames (host.docker.internal, *.molecule-monorepo-net)
+//   - Docker internal hostnames (host.docker.internal, *.molecule-core-net)
 //     are allowed; the whole threat model assumes the platform already
 //     trusts peers on that network
 func validateWorkspaceURL(u *url.URL) error {
@@ -331,8 +331,14 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) Delete(c *gin.Context) {
 	// stay in this handler.
 	descendantIDs, stopErrs, err := h.CascadeDelete(ctx, id)
 	if err != nil {
+		// Audit 2026-05-09 (Core-Security): raw `err.Error()` here was
+		// exposed to HTTP clients verbatim, including wrapped lib/pq
+		// driver strings that disclose schema column names + index
+		// hints. Log full error server-side; return a sanitized message
+		// to the client. Operators trace via the log line below using
+		// the workspace id.
 		log.Printf("Delete: CascadeDelete(%s) failed: %v", id, err)
-		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": "internal error processing delete request"})
 		return
 	}
 	allIDs := append([]string{id}, descendantIDs...)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (h *WorkspaceHandler) provisionWorkspaceOpts(workspaceID, templatePath stri
 			log.Printf("Provisioner: failed to cache URL for %s: %v", workspaceID, cacheErr)
 		}
 		// Also cache the Docker-internal URL for workspace-to-workspace discovery.
-		// Containers on molecule-monorepo-net can reach each other by container name.
+		// Containers on molecule-core-net can reach each other by container name.
 		internalURL := provisioner.InternalURL(workspaceID)
 		if cacheErr := db.CacheInternalURL(ctx, workspaceID, internalURL); cacheErr != nil {
 			log.Printf("Provisioner: failed to cache internal URL for %s: %v", workspaceID, cacheErr)
@@ -133,7 +133,13 @@ func TestLocalResolver_HonoursContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {

 func TestLocalResolver_BubblesUpCopyFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	// Source file the copyTree walk would read; make dst unwritable so
-	// the copyFile step fails.
+	// the copyFile step fails. Skip when running as root — Linux
+	// filesystem permissions are advisory-only for uid 0, so chmod 0o555
+	// does not prevent writes and the test passes vacuously instead of
+	// exercising the error path (issue #87).
+	if os.Getuid() == 0 {
+		t.Skip("skipping: chmod 0o555 is ineffective when running as root")
+	}
 	base := t.TempDir()
 	writePlugin(t, base, "demo", map[string]string{
 		"plugin.yaml": "name: demo\n",
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var DefaultImage = RuntimeImage(defaultRuntime)

 const (
 	// DefaultNetwork is the Docker network workspaces join.
-	DefaultNetwork = "molecule-monorepo-net"
+	DefaultNetwork = "molecule-core-net"

 	// DefaultPort is the port the A2A server listens on inside the container.
 	DefaultPort = "8000"
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Start(ctx context.Context, cfg WorkspaceConfig) (string, e
 	// Apply tier-based container configuration
 	ApplyTierConfig(hostCfg, cfg, configMount, name)

-	// Network config — join molecule-monorepo-net with container name as alias
+	// Network config — join molecule-core-net with container name as alias
 	networkCfg := &network.NetworkingConfig{
 		EndpointsConfig: map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
 			DefaultNetwork: {
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ async def main():  # pragma: no cover

    async def _transcript_handler(request):
        # Require workspace bearer token — the same token issued at registration
-        # and stored in /configs/.auth_token. Any container on molecule-monorepo-net
+        # and stored in /configs/.auth_token. Any container on molecule-core-net
        # could otherwise read the full session log. Closes #287.
        #
        # #328: fail CLOSED when the token file is unavailable. get_token()
@@ -401,6 +401,35 @@ if "a2a" not in sys.modules:
 # tests now live in the claude-code template repo, where the real SDK
 # IS installed via Dockerfile, so no stub is needed.

+
+# ==================== Test isolation fixtures ====================
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function", autouse=True)
+def _clear_platform_auth_cache():
+    """Reset platform_auth._cached_token before each test.
+
+    Fixes issue #160: tests that use monkeypatch.delenv("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN")
+    to simulate "no token in env" fail when platform_auth._cached_token was already
+    set from a prior test's MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN value. The cache is populated
+    at module import or first get_token() call and persists for the process lifetime
+    — monkeypatch.delenv removes the env var but not the module-level cache.
+
+    Run at function scope so each test starts with a clean slate regardless of
+    what the previous test set. The import is inside the fixture (not at file
+    top-level) because conftest.py runs during test collection before
+    platform_auth might be available in all test environments. If the module is
+    absent (import error), the fixture is a no-op.
+    """
+    try:
+        import platform_auth as _pa
+        _pa.clear_cache()
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    yield  # run the test, then fixture teardown has nothing to do
+
 if "langchain_core" not in sys.modules:
    _make_langchain_mocks()

@@ -184,9 +184,14 @@ class TestPlatformAuthRegistry:
        assert b["Authorization"] == "Bearer tok-b"
        assert a["Origin"] == "https://example.test"

-    def test_auth_headers_with_no_arg_uses_legacy_path(self, monkeypatch):
+    def test_auth_headers_with_no_arg_uses_legacy_path(self, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
        import platform_auth

+        # Wipe the module-level token cache and redirect _token_file() to a
+        # non-existent path so the env var isolation is clean. Without this,
+        # the real /configs/.auth_token pollutes the result.
+        platform_auth.clear_cache()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(platform_auth, "_token_file", lambda: tmp_path / ".auth_token")
        monkeypatch.setenv("PLATFORM_URL", "https://example.test")
        monkeypatch.setenv("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN", "legacy-tok")
        # Multi-workspace registry populated, but auth_headers() with
@@ -199,10 +204,15 @@ class TestPlatformAuthRegistry:
        assert h["Authorization"] == "Bearer legacy-tok"

    def test_auth_headers_with_unknown_workspace_falls_back_to_legacy(
-        self, monkeypatch
+        self, monkeypatch, tmp_path
    ):
        import platform_auth

+        # Wipe the module-level token cache and redirect _token_file() to a
+        # non-existent path so the env var isolation is clean. Without this,
+        # the real /configs/.auth_token pollutes the result.
+        platform_auth.clear_cache()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(platform_auth, "_token_file", lambda: tmp_path / ".auth_token")
        monkeypatch.setenv("PLATFORM_URL", "https://example.test")
        monkeypatch.setenv("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN", "legacy-tok")
        platform_auth.register_workspace_token("ws-a", "tok-a")
@@ -166,9 +166,15 @@ def test_resolve_token_returns_value_and_label_for_env(monkeypatch):
    assert mcp_doctor._resolve_token_summary() == label


-def test_resolve_token_returns_none_when_missing(monkeypatch):
+def test_resolve_token_returns_none_when_missing(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
    monkeypatch.delenv("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN", raising=False)
    monkeypatch.delenv("MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN_FILE", raising=False)
+    # The .auth_token file at /configs/.auth_token (present in container env)
+    # must not pollute the test. Patch configs_dir.resolve() to return a
+    # bare temp dir so the disk-file fallback in _resolve_token() has
+    # nothing to find.
+    import configs_dir
+    monkeypatch.setattr(configs_dir, "resolve", lambda: tmp_path)
    val, label = mcp_doctor._resolve_token()
    assert val is None
    assert label is None
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ the workspace auth token is not yet on disk.

 Prior behaviour (regressed in #287): `if expected:` skipped the auth
 check when `get_token()` returned None, so any container on
-`molecule-monorepo-net` could read the full session log during the
+`molecule-core-net` could read the full session log during the
 bootstrap window. The fix lifts the guard into transcript_auth.py for
 testability.
 """