test: feed meanwhile digest canned response after Wave 6b cross-feature merge

Extend ParsedTurn with intent/landing_state_hint so the classifier can
flag skip-elision and skip-jump prose. The post_turn handler short-
circuits the regular narrative path when intent != "narrative":
elision runs through the shared controller in chat/web/skip.py;
jump returns 422 directing the user to the drawer's structured form
(simpler Phase 3 path — natural-language fiction-time delta parsing
is too fragile for v1 without a structured surface).

Extract the elision/jump logic that previously lived in drawer.py
into chat/web/skip.py so both the drawer T59 routes and the new
natural-language path share one canonical implementation. The drawer
routes become thin HTTP wrappers that translate ValueError to 400
and refresh the drawer partial; the existing drawer skip tests pass
unchanged.

The new natural-language elision derives ``new_time`` by bumping the
chat clock by 1 hour (Phase 3 stub) — the drawer's structured form
remains the path for picking a specific landing time.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -174,13 +174,7 @@ Deferred to Phase 2: second bot, group node, scene configurations, witness filte
 
 ### Phase 1.5 cleanup backlog
 
-Small follow-ups identified during Phase 1 reviews. Pick up at any time; none are blocking.
-
-- **`open_db` refactor.** `chat/web/bots.py:get_conn()` duplicates the context-manager body to add `check_same_thread=False`. Extend `open_db(path, *, check_same_thread=True)` and have `get_conn` call it directly — eliminates the duplicated PRAGMA setup and ensures any future PRAGMA tweak only happens in one place.
-- **Regenerate broadcasts `turn_html` over SSE.** Currently a refresh is needed (see T29 limitation above). Mirror the broadcast logic from `chat/web/turns.py:post_turn` after the new `assistant_turn` lands.
-- **`bot_reset` purges orphaned "you" activity rows** (see limitation above). Either delete `activity` rows by chat-membership or accept the noise indefinitely; the projection-layer fix is one extra `DELETE FROM activity WHERE entity_id='you' AND container_id IN (SELECT id FROM containers WHERE chat_id IN (...))` clause inside `_apply_bot_reset`.
-- **Drawer edits for the deferred v1 fields**: edge_trust slider, edge_summary textarea, memory pov_summary textarea, knowledge_facts add/remove. The `manual_edit` projector already supports `edge_trust` / `edge_summary` / `memory_pov_summary` target_kinds — only the routes are missing. Knowledge_facts needs a new dispatch branch.
-- **NICE trim order in prompt assembly** drops previous-scene first instead of last (T18 review). Greedy-cuts heuristic vs spec listing order; revisit if v1 play surfaces a real regression.
+All items shipped — see Phase 2.5 status below.
 
 ## Phase 2 status
 
@@ -194,15 +188,28 @@ Phase 2 shipped end-to-end across **13 tasks** (T36–T48 wave). The multi-entit
 
 ### Phase 2.5 / 3 backlog
 
-Carry-overs from Phase 2 reviews and implementer notes. None are blocking; pick up at any time.
+All items shipped — see Phase 2.5 status below.
 
-- **Interjection regenerate**: regenerate currently only acts on the addressee turn. Phase 2.5 should extend regenerate to cover the interjection turn too.
-- **Classifier-based addressee detection**: substring match is brittle (e.g., names that are common English words, or names appearing inside a quoted aside). A small classifier call could disambiguate.
-- **LLM-merged group meta-summary**: current `group_node.summary` is a naive concat of host + guest per-POV summaries. Phase 2.5 should polish with an LLM-merged group view.
-- **First-meeting gate**: the drawer's "have they met?" textarea fires every time. Phase 2.5 should check whether the host→guest edge already exists and offer a "they already know each other" toggle to skip re-seeding.
-- **Witness flag editing**: drawer doesn't allow editing memory witness flags (read-only). Phase 2.5+ may expose this.
-- **Significance for interjection memories**: the interjection's `memory_written` event doesn't enqueue a `SignificanceJob` (per the T44 implementer note). Phase 2.5 should wire this in so interjection memories are scored alongside primary turns.
-- **Stale guest reference defensive degrade in `post_turn`**: T44 added a degrade-to-1:1 when `chat.guest_bot_id` points at a deleted bot. T47 fixes the root cause (resets clear the reference); the degrade can probably be removed but is harmless.
-- **Scene close on cancel**: scene close runs even when the primary turn is cancelled. Behavior may be intentional but could be argued either way; revisit if it surfaces a real UX regression.
-- **Dual `ACTIVITIES:` block**: T43's prompt assembly adds a second `ACTIVITIES:` block for guest activity. Cleaner would be a single block with three bullets and per-bullet trim.
-- **Witness role hardcoded in prompt assembly**: `chat/services/prompt.py:436` hardcodes `witness_role="host"` regardless of which bot is speaking. Phase 2.5 should derive the role from chat membership (e.g. `"host" if speaker_bot_id == chat.host_bot_id else "guest"`) so guest-as-speaker prompts retrieve the right memory slice. Test contract pinned in `tests/test_witness_filter_multi.py`.
+## Phase 2.5 status
+
+Phase 2.5 cleanup shipped end-to-end across 8 tasks (T68–T75). Two CLAUDE.md backlogs (Phase 1.5 cleanup, Phase 2.5/3) are now empty; deferred follow-ups discovered during execution are tracked in a new "Phase 2.6 / 3 backlog" section below.
+
+- **`open_db` with check_same_thread parameter (T68)**: refactored `chat/db/connection.py` so `chat/web/bots.py:get_conn` no longer duplicates the PRAGMA setup. Default behavior preserved.
+- **`bot_reset` cross-chat cleanup (T69)**: now purges orphaned "you" activity rows. Note: this also fixed a latent FK constraint crash that was lurking in the projector — `activity.container_id` is FK-referenced and the prior code would have crashed on any reset of a bot whose chat had a non-NULL `container_id` "you" activity row. The bug was masked because no prior test seeded such a row.
+- **LLM-merged group meta-summary (T70)**: replaces Phase 2 T45's naive concat with a classifier merge call. Falls back to the naive concat on classifier failure.
+- **`prompt.py` polish (T71)**: witness role parametric (`host` vs `guest` derived from chat membership); single `ACTIVITIES:` block with bullet-level trim; NICE trim order kept with documented rationale (greedy cheapest-impact-first beats spec-listing order in practice).
+- **Drawer polish (T72)**: deferred v1 edits (edge_trust slider, edge_summary textarea, memory pov_summary textarea, knowledge_facts add/remove) + first-meeting gate (Add-guest form disables prose textarea when host→guest edge already exists; "re-seed anyway" toggle re-enables) + witness flag inline-edit (per-memory checkboxes for [you, host, guest] flags). Two new `manual_edit` projector branches: `edge_knowledge_fact` and `memory_witness`.
+- **Regenerate polish (T73)**: regenerate now broadcasts `turn_html_replace` over SSE (NEW event distinct from `turn_html` to avoid breaking the existing append-semantic consumer); regenerate covers interjection turns (re-detects + re-streams or supersedes); defensive stale-guest degrade removed.
+- **Turn-flow polish + addressee service (T74)**: classifier-based addressee detection (substring helper kept as no-guest fast path); SignificanceJob enqueued for interjection memories; scene-close-on-cancel pinned with comment + regression test (close detection is genuinely user-prose-only); defensive stale-guest degrade removed.
+
+### Phase 2.6 / 3 backlog
+
+New follow-ups discovered during Phase 2.5 execution. None are blocking; pick up at any time.
+
+- **Frontend handler for `turn_html_replace` SSE event (from T73.1 review)**: regenerate's backend broadcast lands, but no live tab swaps the regenerated turn until a JS handler is wired. The existing `turn_html` event uses HTMX `sse-swap` to append; `turn_html_replace` ships JSON with `supersedes_id` for replacement semantics. Phase 2.6 should wire the JS to swap the prior turn's DOM node in place.
+- **Cancel/stop hook for in-flight regenerate streams (from T73 review)**: `post_turn` registers stream tasks in `_in_flight_tasks` so the user can stop them. Regenerate doesn't. A user clicking "Stop" mid-regenerate has no cancel hook today.
+- **DRY: regenerate vs post_turn (from T73 review)**: recent-dialogue assembly and prior-edges block are duplicated between `chat/services/regenerate.py` and `chat/web/turns.py`. Extract to shared helpers analogous to `_gather_state_update_inputs`.
+- **Sibling-discovery query optimization (from T73 review)**: `regenerate.py`'s sibling-assistant-turn lookup scans all non-superseded `assistant_turn` rows globally. Adding a `chat_id` predicate via JSON extraction (or a denormalized column) bounds the cost to per-chat scale.
+- **`_witness_role_for` defensive coding (from T71 review)**: helper returns `"guest"` when `host_bot_id is None`, which is wrong for Phase-1 chats. Defensive: `return "host" if host_bot_id is None or speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id else "guest"`. Not exercised by current tests; harden as a precaution.
+- **Confidence type tightening (from T74 review)**: `chat/services/addressee.py::AddresseeDecision.confidence` could be typed as `Literal["high","medium","low"]` for stricter validation. Currently `str` with a comment.
+- **Scene-close-on-cancel UX revisit**: T74.3 pinned the existing behavior (close fires even on cancel). If real play-testing surfaces a regression, revisit.

chat/db/connection.py

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def open_db(path: Path):
+def open_db(path: Path, *, check_same_thread: bool = True):
     path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(path, check_same_thread=check_same_thread)
     conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
     conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
     try:

chat/db/migrations/0009_events.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CREATE TABLE events (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+    event_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    chat_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    kind TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'planned',
+    props_json TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+    planned_for TEXT,
+    started_at TEXT,
+    completed_at TEXT,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+CREATE INDEX events_chat_idx ON events(chat_id, status);

chat/db/migrations/0010_threads.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CREATE TABLE threads (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+    thread_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    chat_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title TEXT NOT NULL,
+    summary TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'open',
+    opened_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    closed_at TEXT,
+    last_referenced_scene_id INTEGER,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    updated_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
+);
+CREATE INDEX threads_chat_status_idx ON threads(chat_id, status);

chat/db/migrations/0011_meanwhile_scenes.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- T63: Meanwhile scene support — extend scenes with a present-set discriminator
+-- and a parent link (you-scene -> meanwhile child), plus a pending-digest queue.
+--
+-- Existing scenes table (0007) has columns:
+--   id, chat_id, container_id, started_at, ended_at, significance,
+--   participants_json
+-- It has no `status` / `closed_at` columns. We treat `ended_at IS NULL` as
+-- "active" and `ended_at IS NOT NULL` as "closed" — consistent with the
+-- existing scene_opened/scene_closed handlers.
+
+ALTER TABLE scenes ADD COLUMN present_set_kind TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'you_host';
+ALTER TABLE scenes ADD COLUMN parent_scene_id INTEGER;
+
+CREATE INDEX scenes_present_set_idx
+    ON scenes(chat_id, present_set_kind, ended_at);
+
+CREATE TABLE meanwhile_digest_pending (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+    scene_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    chat_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    summary TEXT NOT NULL,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
+    consumed_at TEXT
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX meanwhile_digest_chat_idx
+    ON meanwhile_digest_pending(chat_id) WHERE consumed_at IS NULL;

chat/services/addressee.py

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Addressee classifier service (T74.1).
+
+Phase 2 (T44) detected the addressee — host vs. guest — with a simple
+case-insensitive whole-word substring match against the bots' names.
+That worked for the obvious case ("BotB, what do you think?") but lost
+the long tail: pronouns, paraphrases, indirect address, narrative
+focus on a particular party. T74.1 swaps the substring helper for a
+classifier call that reads the prose holistically.
+
+The substring helper in :mod:`chat.web.turns` is kept as a fast-path
+for the no-guest case (only one bot present means there is nothing to
+classify) and as a non-breaking fallback for the regenerate path. The
+multi-entity branch in :func:`chat.web.turns.post_turn` calls
+:func:`detect_addressee` from this module.
+
+Failure mode: classifier flake or low-confidence response degrades to
+the host (the default speaker per Phase 2's host-keeps-the-floor
+bias). The decision carries ``confidence`` and ``reason`` so callers
+that want to log degraded decisions can distinguish a real "host" call
+from a fallback.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from chat.llm.classify import classify
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
+
+
+class AddresseeDecision(BaseModel):
+    """Which present bot the user is addressing.
+
+    ``addressee_id`` is the chosen bot's id. ``confidence`` is one of
+    ``"high"`` / ``"medium"`` / ``"low"`` — callers may treat ``"low"``
+    as a soft fallback to the host. ``reason`` is a short free-form
+    string. The classifier-failure fallback uses ``reason="fallback"``
+    so it's distinguishable from a real low-confidence call.
+    """
+
+    addressee_id: str
+    confidence: str = "medium"  # "high" | "medium" | "low"
+    reason: str = ""
+
+
+_SYSTEM = (
+    "Given a user's turn prose and the names of present bots, decide "
+    "which bot the user is addressing. If the user is speaking to no "
+    "specific bot (descriptive narration, action without dialogue), "
+    "default to the host. Output strict JSON matching the schema. "
+    "The addressee_id MUST be one of the ids supplied in the user "
+    "message — do not invent ids."
+)
+
+
+async def detect_addressee(
+    client: LLMClient,
+    *,
+    classifier_model: str,
+    user_prose: str,
+    host_id: str,
+    host_name: str,
+    guest_id: str | None,
+    guest_name: str | None,
+    timeout_s: float = 30.0,
+) -> AddresseeDecision:
+    """Classify which present bot the user is addressing.
+
+    Defaults to host on classifier failure or when the classifier picks
+    an id that isn't one of the supplied ids. The caller is expected to
+    only invoke this in the multi-entity case (a guest is present);
+    when no guest is present the substring fast-path in
+    :mod:`chat.web.turns` is used instead and this function is not
+    called.
+    """
+    fallback = AddresseeDecision(
+        addressee_id=host_id, confidence="low", reason="fallback"
+    )
+    user = (
+        f"Host: {host_name} (id={host_id})\n"
+        + (
+            f"Guest: {guest_name} (id={guest_id})\n"
+            if guest_id is not None
+            else ""
+        )
+        + f"\nUser prose:\n{user_prose}"
+    )
+    decision = await classify(
+        client,
+        model=classifier_model,
+        system=_SYSTEM,
+        user=user,
+        schema=AddresseeDecision,
+        default=fallback,
+        timeout_s=timeout_s,
+    )
+    # Defensive: if the classifier returned an id outside the supplied
+    # set, treat it as a fallback to the host. This catches pathological
+    # outputs that pass schema validation but pick a phantom id.
+    valid_ids = {host_id}
+    if guest_id is not None:
+        valid_ids.add(guest_id)
+    if decision.addressee_id not in valid_ids:
+        return fallback
+    return decision
+
+
+__all__ = ["AddresseeDecision", "detect_addressee"]

chat/services/event_lifecycle.py

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+"""Event-lifecycle detection (T52).
+
+After each turn, classify whether any active events transitioned
+(started, completed, cancelled). Conservative bias — most turns
+return empty. T61 turn flow appends one event_started/completed/
+cancelled per transition via append_and_apply.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from chat.llm.classify import classify
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
+
+
+class EventTransition(BaseModel):
+    event_id: str
+    new_status: str  # "active" | "completed" | "cancelled"
+    reason: str = ""
+
+
+class EventLifecycleDecision(BaseModel):
+    transitions: list[EventTransition] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+_SYSTEM = (
+    "You decide whether any active events transitioned this turn. "
+    "STRONGLY default to empty transitions — most turns do NOT resolve "
+    "or start a known event. Output only transitions that the narrative "
+    "text clearly resolves or starts. Each transition MUST reference an "
+    "event_id from the active_events list. new_status is one of "
+    "'active' (planned -> active), 'completed', or 'cancelled'. "
+    "Output strict JSON matching the schema."
+)
+
+
+async def detect_event_transitions(
+    client: LLMClient,
+    *,
+    classifier_model: str,
+    narrative_text: str,
+    active_events: list[dict],   # [{event_id, kind, status, props}, ...]
+    timeout_s: float = 30.0,
+) -> EventLifecycleDecision:
+    """Classify event transitions for the latest turn. Empty active_events
+    short-circuits without an LLM call."""
+    if not active_events:
+        return EventLifecycleDecision()
+
+    user_lines = ["Active events:"]
+    for ev in active_events:
+        user_lines.append(
+            f"- event_id={ev['event_id']} kind={ev['kind']} "
+            f"status={ev['status']} props={ev.get('props', {})}"
+        )
+    user_lines.append("")
+    user_lines.append("Latest narrative:")
+    user_lines.append(narrative_text.strip())
+    user = "\n".join(user_lines)
+
+    return await classify(
+        client,
+        model=classifier_model,
+        system=_SYSTEM,
+        user=user,
+        schema=EventLifecycleDecision,
+        default=EventLifecycleDecision(),
+        timeout_s=timeout_s,
+    )
+
+
+__all__ = ["EventTransition", "EventLifecycleDecision", "detect_event_transitions"]

chat/services/event_promotion.py

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+"""Event-completion promotion (T56).
+
+When an event reaches ``status='completed'``, read its ``props_json``
+and emit promotion events into the appropriate state stores.
+Synchronous, no LLM. Skips when the event status is not ``completed``
+(cancelled / expired terminate the event without promoting).
+
+Props recognized:
+
+- ``acquired_objects: list[str]`` — emits a ``manual_edit`` with
+  ``target_kind="memory_pov_summary"`` per object on the host's memory
+  row, recording the acquisition. Phase 3 is a stub: it requires both
+  ``host_bot_id`` and ``host_memory_id`` (an existing memories.id) to
+  be present in props; missing either skips that object cleanly.
+  Phase 4 will introduce a real inventory schema.
+
+- ``knowledge_facts: list[{owner_id, target_id, fact}]`` — emits an
+  ``edge_update`` event on the directed ``owner_id -> target_id`` edge
+  with the fact appended to ``knowledge_facts``. The ``edge_update``
+  projector accepts ``knowledge_facts`` as a list and extends the
+  edge's stored ``knowledge_json``.
+
+- ``relationship_change: {summary, source_id, target_id}`` — emits a
+  ``manual_edit`` with ``target_kind="edge_summary"`` overwriting the
+  edge's ``summary`` field on the directed pair.
+
+Anything else stays in the closed event record (the projector kept
+the row; no further promotion).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from sqlite3 import Connection
+
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+from chat.state.events import get_event
+
+
+def promote_completed_event(
+    conn: Connection,
+    *,
+    event_id: str,
+    chat_id: str,
+    chat_clock_at: str | None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Read the completed event's props and emit promotion events.
+
+    Returns a dict of counts keyed by promoted artifact:
+    ``{"acquired_objects", "knowledge_facts", "relationship_change"}``.
+    Skips silently if the event row is missing or its status is not
+    ``completed`` — cancelled / expired events terminate without any
+    promotion.
+    """
+    counts = {
+        "acquired_objects": 0,
+        "knowledge_facts": 0,
+        "relationship_change": 0,
+    }
+
+    event = get_event(conn, event_id)
+    if event is None or event["status"] != "completed":
+        return counts
+
+    props = event.get("props") or {}
+
+    # acquired_objects: each becomes a memory_pov_summary edit (Phase 3
+    # stub). The manual_edit projector requires a valid memory rowid as
+    # ``target_id`` (it does ``int(target_id)``), so skip cleanly when
+    # neither a host_bot_id nor a host_memory_id is supplied.
+    host_bot_id = props.get("host_bot_id")
+    host_memory_id = props.get("host_memory_id")
+    for obj in props.get("acquired_objects", []) or []:
+        if host_bot_id is None or host_memory_id is None:
+            continue
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="manual_edit",
+            payload={
+                "target_kind": "memory_pov_summary",
+                "target_id": host_memory_id,
+                "owner_id": host_bot_id,
+                "chat_id": chat_id,
+                "prior_value": "",
+                "new_value": f"Acquired: {obj}",
+                "source": "event_promotion",
+                "event_id": event_id,
+                "chat_clock_at": chat_clock_at,
+            },
+        )
+        counts["acquired_objects"] += 1
+
+    # knowledge_facts: each becomes an edge_update appending the fact.
+    for fact_entry in props.get("knowledge_facts", []) or []:
+        owner_id = fact_entry.get("owner_id")
+        target_id = fact_entry.get("target_id")
+        fact = fact_entry.get("fact", "")
+        if not owner_id or not target_id or not fact:
+            continue
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": owner_id,
+                "target_id": target_id,
+                "chat_id": chat_id,
+                "affinity_delta": 0,
+                "trust_delta": 0,
+                "knowledge_facts": [fact],
+                "last_interaction_at": chat_clock_at,
+                "last_interaction_chat_id": chat_id,
+                "source": "event_promotion",
+                "event_id": event_id,
+            },
+        )
+        counts["knowledge_facts"] += 1
+
+    # relationship_change: edge_summary manual_edit on the directed pair.
+    # The manual_edit projector for ``edge_summary`` keys on a
+    # ``target_id`` dict ``{source_id, target_id}`` (see
+    # chat/state/manual_edit.py); we shape the payload to match.
+    rc = props.get("relationship_change") or {}
+    if rc:
+        source_id = rc.get("source_id")
+        rc_target_id = rc.get("target_id")
+        summary = rc.get("summary", "")
+        if source_id and rc_target_id and summary:
+            append_and_apply(
+                conn,
+                kind="manual_edit",
+                payload={
+                    "target_kind": "edge_summary",
+                    "target_id": {
+                        "source_id": source_id,
+                        "target_id": rc_target_id,
+                    },
+                    "chat_id": chat_id,
+                    "prior_value": "",
+                    "new_value": summary,
+                    "source": "event_promotion",
+                    "event_id": event_id,
+                    "chat_clock_at": chat_clock_at,
+                },
+            )
+            counts["relationship_change"] += 1
+
+    return counts
+
+
+__all__ = ["promote_completed_event"]

chat/services/memory_write.py

@@ -176,3 +176,60 @@ def record_turn_memory_for_present(
             significance=significance,
         )
     return result
+
+
+def record_meanwhile_memory(
+    conn: Connection,
+    *,
+    chat_id: str,
+    host_bot_id: str,
+    guest_bot_id: str,
+    narrative_text: str,
+    scene_id: int | None = None,
+    chat_clock_at: str | None = None,
+    source: str = "direct",
+    significance: int = 1,
+) -> dict[str, tuple[int, int | None]]:
+    """Write per-POV ``memory_written`` events for a meanwhile turn (T64).
+
+    A meanwhile scene runs entirely between host + guest, with "you"
+    absent. Both bots are present witnesses, so each one gets a row with
+    witness flags ``[you=0, host=1, guest=1]`` — different from the
+    normal-turn ``record_turn_memory_for_present`` shape, which assumes
+    the user is always a witness (``witness_you=1``).
+
+    The ``guest_bot_id`` is required (a meanwhile scene by definition
+    has both bots) — callers passing ``None`` is a programming error.
+
+    Returns ``{bot_id: (event_id, memory_id)}`` mirroring
+    :func:`record_turn_memory_for_present` so downstream queues
+    (significance scoring) can pull memory ids without re-querying.
+    """
+    result: dict[str, tuple[int, int | None]] = {}
+    result[host_bot_id] = _write_one_memory(
+        conn,
+        owner_id=host_bot_id,
+        chat_id=chat_id,
+        narrative_text=narrative_text,
+        witness_you=0,
+        witness_host=1,
+        witness_guest=1,
+        scene_id=scene_id,
+        chat_clock_at=chat_clock_at,
+        source=source,
+        significance=significance,
+    )
+    result[guest_bot_id] = _write_one_memory(
+        conn,
+        owner_id=guest_bot_id,
+        chat_id=chat_id,
+        narrative_text=narrative_text,
+        witness_you=0,
+        witness_host=1,
+        witness_guest=1,
+        scene_id=scene_id,
+        chat_clock_at=chat_clock_at,
+        source=source,
+        significance=significance,
+    )
+    return result

chat/services/prompt.py

@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ import tiktoken
 from chat.llm.client import Message
 from chat.state.edges import get_edge, list_edges_for
 from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
+from chat.state.events import list_active_events
 from chat.state.group_node import get_group_node
+from chat.state.meanwhile import list_pending_meanwhile_digests
 from chat.state.memory import search_memories
+from chat.state.threads import list_open_threads
 from chat.state.world import (
     active_scene,
     get_activity,
@@ -227,6 +230,101 @@ def _build_group_node_block(group_node: dict | None) -> str | None:
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
 
+def _props_excerpt(props: dict | None, limit: int = 80) -> str:
+    """Return a one-line excerpt of an event's ``props`` dict.
+
+    Renders ``key=value`` pairs separated by ", " (deterministic by dict
+    insertion order) and truncates to ~``limit`` characters with a
+    trailing ellipsis. Returns empty string for falsy/empty props so the
+    caller can omit the line entirely.
+    """
+    if not props:
+        return ""
+    pieces: list[str] = []
+    for k, v in props.items():
+        pieces.append(f"{k}={v}")
+    rendered = ", ".join(pieces)
+    if len(rendered) > limit:
+        # Reserve 1 char for the ellipsis so the total never exceeds limit.
+        rendered = rendered[: max(0, limit - 1)] + "…"
+    return rendered
+
+
+def _build_active_events_block(events: list[dict]) -> str | None:
+    """Render the ``Active events:`` block for Phase 3 Task 60.
+
+    One bullet per event. The sub-label depends on status:
+      - ``planned`` → ``(planned for {planned_for})``
+      - ``active``  → ``(active, started_at={started_at})``
+    A second indented line carries a one-line excerpt of the event's
+    ``props`` (truncated ~80 chars) when non-empty. Returns ``None`` when
+    there are no active events so the caller can omit the entire block.
+    """
+    if not events:
+        return None
+    lines = ["Active events:"]
+    for ev in events:
+        kind = ev.get("kind") or "?"
+        status = ev.get("status") or ""
+        if status == "active":
+            started = ev.get("started_at") or ""
+            lines.append(f"- {kind} (active, started_at={started})")
+        else:
+            planned = ev.get("planned_for") or ""
+            lines.append(f"- {kind} (planned for {planned})")
+        excerpt = _props_excerpt(ev.get("props"))
+        if excerpt:
+            lines.append(f"  {excerpt}")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def _build_meanwhile_digests_block(digests: list[dict]) -> str | None:
+    """Render the ``Meanwhile while you were away:`` block for T65.
+
+    One bullet per pending digest, formatted as ``- {summary}`` with the
+    summary truncated to ~200 characters per spec. Returns ``None`` when
+    there are no pending digests so the caller can omit the entire block.
+
+    The block is rendered ONLY when the prompt is for a regular you-scene
+    (``present_set_kind != "host_guest"``); the caller filters before
+    constructing the digests list.
+    """
+    if not digests:
+        return None
+    lines = ["Meanwhile while you were away:"]
+    for d in digests:
+        summary = d.get("summary") or ""
+        if len(summary) > 200:
+            summary = summary[:199] + "…"
+        if summary:
+            lines.append(f"- {summary}")
+    if len(lines) == 1:
+        return None
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def _build_open_threads_block(threads: list[dict]) -> str | None:
+    """Render the ``Open threads:`` block for Phase 3 Task 60.
+
+    One bullet per thread, formatted as ``- {title}: {summary}`` with the
+    summary truncated to ~120 characters. Returns ``None`` when there are
+    no open threads so the caller can omit the entire block.
+    """
+    if not threads:
+        return None
+    lines = ["Open threads:"]
+    for t in threads:
+        title = t.get("title") or "?"
+        summary = t.get("summary") or ""
+        if len(summary) > 120:
+            summary = summary[:119] + "…"
+        if summary:
+            lines.append(f"- {title}: {summary}")
+        else:
+            lines.append(f"- {title}")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
 def _closing_instruction(speaker_name: str, addressee_name: str) -> str:
     return (
         f"Continue the scene as {speaker_name}, in their voice, responding "
@@ -273,6 +371,18 @@ def _resolve_previous_scene_summary(
     return mem[0]
 
 
+def _witness_role_for(speaker_bot_id: str, host_bot_id: str | None) -> str:
+    """Return the witness POV role for the speaker's memory query.
+
+    The host bot of a chat queries memories with ``witness_role="host"``;
+    the guest bot queries with ``witness_role="guest"``. Phase 2 T46
+    pinned the contract on ``search_memories``; this helper applies it
+    at the call site so a guest-as-speaker doesn't silently retrieve
+    memories under the wrong POV mask.
+    """
+    return "host" if speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id else "guest"
+
+
 def _resolve_addressee(
     conn: Connection, addressee: str, you: dict | None
 ) -> tuple[str, str]:
@@ -309,6 +419,7 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
     budget_hard: int = 8000,
     encoding_name: str = "cl100k_base",
     guest_id: str | None = None,
+    present_set_kind: str = "you_host",
 ) -> list[Message]:
     """Assemble the narrative prompt for ``speaker_bot_id`` to respond.
 
@@ -347,6 +458,14 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
     you = get_you(conn)
     addressee_id, addressee_name = _resolve_addressee(conn, addressee, you)
 
+    # T64: meanwhile-mode marker. When present_set_kind == "host_guest"
+    # the user ("you") is NOT a witness in the scene — bots speak only to
+    # each other. The local flag below is consumed by the activity-block
+    # builder (skip the "you" bullet entirely) and the other-edges filter
+    # (drop any speaker -> "you" rendering). Default "you_host" preserves
+    # the Phase 1/2/3 behavior for normal turns.
+    _exclude_you = present_set_kind == "host_guest"
+
     # ---- Build all components as text strings ------------------------------
 
     speaker_identity = _build_speaker_identity(bot)
@@ -356,34 +475,58 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         addressee_name,
     )
 
-    # Activity for present entities. Core (MUST): you + speaker bot.
-    # Phase 2 (SHOULD-tier): when a third party (guest) is present in
-    # the chat, append their activity in a separate block so it can be
-    # trimmed independently under tight budget.
-    activities: list[dict] = []
-    you_act = get_activity(conn, "you")
-    if you_act is not None:
-        you_act = dict(you_act)
-        you_act["_display_name"] = (you or {}).get("name") or "you"
-        activities.append(you_act)
+    # Activity for present entities — single ACTIVITIES: block with up
+    # to three bullets (you, speaker, guest). The block itself is
+    # MUST-tier and survives all trims, but bullet-level trim drops
+    # bullets in the order guest -> you, keeping the speaker bullet
+    # (the speaker's own current activity is the load-bearing slice).
+    #
+    # T71.2 chose Option B from the polish plan: pre-truncate the
+    # bullets list at trim time before _build_activity_block runs,
+    # rather than introducing a granular tier mode in the trim
+    # machinery. The single-block render avoids the dual-ACTIVITIES:
+    # header that Phase 2 T43 introduced (read by some LLMs as a
+    # duplicate-section bug).
+    you_activity: dict | None = None
+    if not _exclude_you:
+        you_act = get_activity(conn, "you")
+        if you_act is not None:
+            you_activity = dict(you_act)
+            you_activity["_display_name"] = (you or {}).get("name") or "you"
+
+    speaker_activity: dict | None = None
     bot_act = get_activity(conn, speaker_bot_id)
     if bot_act is not None:
-        bot_act = dict(bot_act)
-        bot_act["_display_name"] = bot["name"]
-        activities.append(bot_act)
-    activity_block = _build_activity_block(activities)
+        speaker_activity = dict(bot_act)
+        speaker_activity["_display_name"] = bot["name"]
 
-    # SHOULD-tier guest activity extension (Phase 2 / Task 43).
-    guest_activity_block: str | None = None
+    guest_activity: dict | None = None
     if guest_id is not None:
         guest_act = get_activity(conn, guest_id)
         if guest_act is not None:
-            guest_act = dict(guest_act)
+            guest_activity = dict(guest_act)
             guest_bot = get_bot(conn, guest_id)
-            guest_act["_display_name"] = (
+            guest_activity["_display_name"] = (
                 guest_bot["name"] if guest_bot else guest_id
             )
-            guest_activity_block = _build_activity_block([guest_act])
+
+    def _activity_block_for(
+        *, include_you: bool, include_guest: bool
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """Render the single ACTIVITIES: block with the requested bullets.
+
+        Speaker bullet is always included (it's the MUST-tier baseline);
+        ``you`` and ``guest`` bullets are toggled by the caller during
+        trim. Returns None when no bullets remain.
+        """
+        bullets: list[dict] = []
+        if include_you and you_activity is not None:
+            bullets.append(you_activity)
+        if speaker_activity is not None:
+            bullets.append(speaker_activity)
+        if include_guest and guest_activity is not None:
+            bullets.append(guest_activity)
+        return _build_activity_block(bullets)
 
     # SHOULD-tier group-node block (Phase 2 / Task 43): rendered only
     # when the group_node row is present AND it covers all three of
@@ -401,6 +544,43 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
             if required.issubset(members):
                 group_node_block = _build_group_node_block(gn)
 
+    # SHOULD-tier active events + open threads (Phase 3 / Task 60).
+    # Auto-detect both from the chat_id per the Phase 2 T43 precedent —
+    # no new function parameter. Both blocks are omit-when-empty so a
+    # Phase 1 chat with no events/threads renders identically to before.
+    active_events_block = _build_active_events_block(
+        list_active_events(conn, chat_id)
+    )
+    open_threads_block = _build_open_threads_block(
+        list_open_threads(conn, chat_id)
+    )
+
+    # SHOULD-tier meanwhile digest (Phase 3 / Task 65). Only surfaces
+    # when the prompt is for a regular you-scene (NOT for a meanwhile
+    # child scene — the absent player is the audience, not the bots
+    # currently mid-meanwhile). We distinguish via the chat's active
+    # scene's ``present_set_kind``; a missing scene row defaults to a
+    # you-scene render so the block can still surface during the
+    # post-meanwhile-close transition before the next scene opens.
+    #
+    # Consumption is INTENTIONALLY left to the post_turn flow (a
+    # ``consume_pending_meanwhile_digests`` helper, see below) rather
+    # than emitted inline here. Surfacing has no side-effects; the
+    # caller appends ``meanwhile_digest_consumed`` after the response
+    # streams. This keeps prompt assembly pure and deterministic — the
+    # Phase 1 invariant T29's regenerate flow relies on.
+    meanwhile_digests_block: str | None = None
+    active_scene_kind: str | None = None
+    if chat.get("active_scene_id"):
+        active_sc = get_scene(conn, chat["active_scene_id"])
+        if active_sc:
+            active_scene_kind = active_sc.get("present_set_kind")
+    if active_scene_kind != "host_guest":
+        pending_digests = list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, chat_id)
+        meanwhile_digests_block = _build_meanwhile_digests_block(
+            pending_digests
+        )
+
     container = None
     if chat.get("active_scene_id"):
         scene = get_scene(conn, chat["active_scene_id"])
@@ -412,9 +592,15 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         container = get_container(conn, scene["container_id"])
     scene_block = _build_scene_block(chat, container, scene)
 
-    # Other edges: speaker → non-addressee.
+    # Other edges: speaker → non-addressee. In meanwhile mode (host_guest)
+    # the speaker -> "you" edge is filtered out as well — "you" isn't
+    # part of the present set, so surfacing the speaker's relationship
+    # to the user inside a private bot-to-bot beat would leak context
+    # the bots aren't supposed to be drawing on right now.
     all_outgoing = list_edges_for(conn, speaker_bot_id)
     other_edges_raw = [e for e in all_outgoing if e.get("target_id") != addressee_id]
+    if _exclude_you:
+        other_edges_raw = [e for e in other_edges_raw if e.get("target_id") != "you"]
     for e in other_edges_raw:
         tid = e.get("target_id")
         if tid == "you":
@@ -433,7 +619,12 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         memory_summaries = []
         if query:
             try:
-                hits = search_memories(conn, speaker_bot_id, "host", query, k=4)
+                witness_role = _witness_role_for(
+                    speaker_bot_id, chat.get("host_bot_id")
+                )
+                hits = search_memories(
+                    conn, speaker_bot_id, witness_role, query, k=4
+                )
                 memory_summaries = [h["pov_summary"] for h in hits]
             except Exception:
                 memory_summaries = []
@@ -452,11 +643,18 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
     last4 = dialogue_full[-4:] if dialogue_full else []
     must_dialogue_block = _build_dialogue_block(last4, earlier_summary=None)
 
+    # MUST-tier ACTIVITIES floor: the speaker bullet alone (you and
+    # guest bullets are dropped first under bullet-level trim before
+    # the block bottoms out at speaker-only).
+    must_activity_block = _activity_block_for(
+        include_you=False, include_guest=False
+    )
+
     must_blocks: list[str | None] = [
         speaker_identity,
         edge_to_addressee,
         scene_block,
-        activity_block,
+        must_activity_block,
         must_dialogue_block,
         closing,
     ]
@@ -481,8 +679,12 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         include_previous_scene: bool,
         include_memories_top_k: int,
         dialogue_keep: int,
+        include_you_activity: bool = True,
         include_guest_activity: bool = True,
         include_group_node: bool = True,
+        include_active_events: bool = True,
+        include_open_threads: bool = True,
+        include_meanwhile_digests: bool = True,
     ) -> tuple[str, int, list[dict]]:
         # dialogue: keep the last `dialogue_keep` turns verbatim; older
         # turns become an "earlier:" placeholder line.
@@ -503,14 +705,27 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
             if include_previous_scene else None
         )
 
+        # Single ACTIVITIES: block, bullet-level trim (T71.2). Guest
+        # bullet drops first, then the you bullet; speaker bullet is the
+        # MUST-tier floor and always present when an activity row exists.
+        activity_block = _activity_block_for(
+            include_you=include_you_activity,
+            include_guest=include_guest_activity,
+        )
+
         body = _join_blocks([
             speaker_identity,
             edge_to_addressee,
             other_edges_block if include_other_edges else None,
             scene_block,
             activity_block,
-            guest_activity_block if include_guest_activity else None,
             group_node_block if include_group_node else None,
+            active_events_block if include_active_events else None,
+            open_threads_block if include_open_threads else None,
+            (
+                meanwhile_digests_block
+                if include_meanwhile_digests else None
+            ),
             prev_block,
             memories_block,
             dialogue_block,
@@ -527,25 +742,37 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
     nice_memories_k = min(4, len(memory_summaries))
     include_prev = previous_scene_summary is not None
     include_other = other_edges_block is not None
-    include_guest_activity = guest_activity_block is not None
+    include_you_activity = you_activity is not None
+    include_guest_activity = guest_activity is not None
     include_group_node = group_node_block is not None
+    include_active_events = active_events_block is not None
+    include_open_threads = open_threads_block is not None
+    include_meanwhile_digests = meanwhile_digests_block is not None
 
     def _build(*, prev: bool, mem_k: int, dlg: int, other: bool,
-               guest_act: bool, group: bool) -> tuple[str, int]:
+               you_act: bool, guest_act: bool, group: bool,
+               events: bool, threads: bool,
+               digests: bool) -> tuple[str, int]:
         body, total, _ = assemble(
             include_other_edges=other,
             include_previous_scene=prev,
             include_memories_top_k=mem_k,
             dialogue_keep=dlg,
+            include_you_activity=you_act,
             include_guest_activity=guest_act,
             include_group_node=group,
+            include_active_events=events,
+            include_open_threads=threads,
+            include_meanwhile_digests=digests,
         )
         return body, total
 
     body, total = _build(
         prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-        other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-        group=include_group_node,
+        other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+        guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+        events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+        digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
     )
 
     # If under soft, we're done.
@@ -554,12 +781,34 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
 
     # Drop NICE in order: previous scene → memories beyond top-2 →
     # older dialogue turns (collapse to 4).
+    #
+    # T71.3 — order rationale: the §6.3 spec lists NICE-tier members
+    # with previous-scene LAST, which read as a literal trim order
+    # during T18 review. We deliberately keep the greedy order shown
+    # here (previous-scene FIRST) for two reasons:
+    #
+    #   1. Cheapest-impact-first: a per-POV previous-scene summary is
+    #      a single short paragraph that loses very little narrative
+    #      continuity when dropped, while the older dialogue turns it
+    #      is competing with carry the speaker's last few beats — those
+    #      ground the next response far more concretely.
+    #   2. Greedy lookahead is more expensive than the marginal
+    #      narrative loss. Dropping previous-scene typically clears
+    #      the soft-budget slack in one step; trying memories or
+    #      dialogue first would routinely require multiple recompute
+    #      passes through the assembler.
+    #
+    # The pin test test_nice_trim_order_documented locks this order so
+    # a future refactor can't quietly invert it without surfacing the
+    # decision.
     if include_prev:
         include_prev = False
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
         if total <= budget_soft:
             return _emit(body, user_turn_prose)
@@ -568,8 +817,10 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         nice_memories_k = 2
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
         if total <= budget_soft:
             return _emit(body, user_turn_prose)
@@ -578,8 +829,10 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         nice_dialogue_keep = baseline_keep
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
         if total <= budget_soft:
             return _emit(body, user_turn_prose)
@@ -589,35 +842,93 @@ def assemble_narrative_prompt(
         nice_memories_k = max(0, nice_memories_k - 1)
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
+        )
+
+    # Drop SHOULD-tier extras in order:
+    #   1. meanwhile digests block (T65: SHOULD-tier; refers to a past
+    #      meanwhile scene — least critical to the speaker's immediate
+    #      voice, so dropped first among SHOULD)
+    #   2. open threads block  (T60: SHOULD-tier; least critical to the
+    #      speaker's immediate voice — drop next among SHOULD)
+    #   3. active events block (T60: same tier, drops next)
+    #   4. guest activity bullet (T71.2: bullet-level trim within the
+    #      single ACTIVITIES: block — guest goes first per Task 43 spec)
+    #   5. group node block
+    #   6. you activity bullet (still SHOULD-tier; speaker bullet is the
+    #      MUST-tier floor and never dropped)
+    #   7. other edges
+    if include_meanwhile_digests and total > budget_hard:
+        include_meanwhile_digests = False
+        body, total = _build(
+            prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
+        )
+
+    if include_open_threads and total > budget_hard:
+        include_open_threads = False
+        body, total = _build(
+            prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
+        )
+
+    if include_active_events and total > budget_hard:
+        include_active_events = False
+        body, total = _build(
+            prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
 
-    # Drop SHOULD-tier blocks in order: guest activity → group node →
-    # other edges. (Guest activity goes first per Task 43 spec — it's
-    # the most expendable additive context.)
     if include_guest_activity and total > budget_hard:
         include_guest_activity = False
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
 
     if include_group_node and total > budget_hard:
         include_group_node = False
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
+        )
+
+    if include_you_activity and total > budget_hard:
+        include_you_activity = False
+        body, total = _build(
+            prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
 
     if include_other and total > budget_hard:
         include_other = False
         body, total = _build(
             prev=include_prev, mem_k=nice_memories_k, dlg=nice_dialogue_keep,
-            other=include_other, guest_act=include_guest_activity,
-            group=include_group_node,
+            other=include_other, you_act=include_you_activity,
+            guest_act=include_guest_activity, group=include_group_node,
+            events=include_active_events, threads=include_open_threads,
+            digests=include_meanwhile_digests,
         )
 
     if total > budget_hard:
@@ -643,4 +954,38 @@ def _emit(system_body: str, user_turn_prose: str | None) -> list[Message]:
     return msgs
 
 
-__all__ = ["assemble_narrative_prompt"]
+def consume_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn: Connection, chat_id: str) -> int:
+    """Mark every pending meanwhile digest for ``chat_id`` as consumed.
+
+    Called by the post_turn flow AFTER the assistant response streams,
+    once for the first you-turn that surfaced any pending digests. We
+    keep this side-effect out of :func:`assemble_narrative_prompt` so
+    prompt assembly stays pure (T29's regenerate flow rebuilds prompts
+    repeatedly without state mutation).
+
+    Returns the number of digests consumed (0 when none were pending).
+    """
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+    from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+
+    pending = list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, chat_id)
+    if not pending:
+        return 0
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+    for d in pending:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_consumed",
+            payload={
+                "digest_id": d["id"],
+                "consumed_at": now,
+            },
+        )
+    return len(pending)
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "assemble_narrative_prompt",
+    "consume_pending_meanwhile_digests",
+]

chat/services/regenerate.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Phase 1 simplifications (per the plan's "bound it" guidance):
   so affinity/trust/knowledge reflect the new output.
 - The route does not broadcast a fresh ``turn_html`` SSE event; T34
   polishes UI swaps. The user refreshes the page to see the new turn.
+  *(T73.1 closed this gap — see Phase 2.5 changes below.)*
 
 Phase 2 changes (T44):
 
@@ -42,6 +43,27 @@ Phase 2 changes (T44):
   is not invoked here. If the prior turn fired an interjection it
   remains attached to the original assistant_turn (which is superseded
   alongside the regenerated turn) — Phase 2.5 will revisit.
+
+Phase 2.5 changes:
+
+- T73.1: After the new ``assistant_turn`` lands we publish a
+  ``turn_html_replace`` SSE event carrying the rendered HTML for the
+  regenerated turn plus the original assistant_turn's event_id as
+  ``supersedes_id`` so connected tabs can swap the prior DOM node
+  in-place. We use a NEW event name (rather than re-using ``turn_html``)
+  because the existing HTMX ``sse-swap="turn_html"`` consumer expects a
+  raw-HTML body and an *append* semantic; ``turn_html_replace`` is a
+  JSON payload (sse.py auto-serialises when extra keys accompany
+  ``data``) so the front-end JS can read ``supersedes_id`` and replace
+  the right node.
+- T73.2: Interjection regeneration. When the original assistant_turn
+  group included an interjection beat we redo BOTH the primary and the
+  interjection — re-running ``detect_interjection`` against the new
+  primary text. If the classifier returns False this time we supersede
+  the original interjection without appending a replacement.
+- T73.3: The defensive degrade-to-1:1 for stale ``guest_bot_id``
+  references was removed — Phase 2 T47 fixed the root cause (resets
+  clear the reference) so the guard is dead code.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -51,13 +73,18 @@ from sqlite3 import Connection
 
 from chat.config import Settings
 from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.services.event_lifecycle import detect_event_transitions
+from chat.services.event_promotion import promote_completed_event
+from chat.services.interjection import detect_interjection
 from chat.services.memory_write import record_turn_memory_for_present
 from chat.services.multi_state_update import compute_state_updates_for_present
 from chat.services.prompt import assemble_narrative_prompt
 from chat.state.edges import get_edge
 from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
+from chat.state.events import list_active_events
 from chat.state.world import active_scene, get_chat
 from chat.web.pubsub import publish
+from chat.web.render import render_turn_html
 
 
 async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
@@ -90,13 +117,13 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
 
     # Phase 2: surface the guest (if any) so the prompt assembler and
     # downstream multi-entity passes see the same shape post_turn does.
+    # Phase 2 T47 made bot_reset cascade-clear ``chat.guest_bot_id`` when
+    # the referenced bot is purged (verified by tests/test_reset.py), so
+    # we trust the column here: it's either a valid bot id or NULL.
     guest_bot_id = chat.get("guest_bot_id")
-    guest_bot: dict | None = None
-    if guest_bot_id is not None:
-        guest_bot = get_bot(conn, guest_bot_id)
-        if guest_bot is None:
-            # Stale guest reference — degrade to single-bot regenerate.
-            guest_bot_id = None
+    guest_bot: dict | None = (
+        get_bot(conn, guest_bot_id) if guest_bot_id is not None else None
+    )
 
     # 1. Locate the original assistant_turn event.
     row = conn.execute(
@@ -108,6 +135,33 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
         raise ValueError("assistant_turn event not found")
     original_assistant_payload = json.loads(row[0])
     original_user_turn_id = original_assistant_payload.get("user_turn_id")
+
+    # 1a. Look up any sibling interjection beat in the same turn group
+    # (T73.2). The original group is (primary + optional interjection),
+    # both pinned to the same ``user_turn_id``. The interjection has a
+    # populated ``interjection_of`` field in its payload — its speaker is
+    # the silent witness (the bot that wasn't the primary addressee).
+    # Filter on ``superseded_by IS NULL`` so prior regenerates of this
+    # group don't reappear as siblings.
+    original_interjection_event_id: int | None = None
+    original_interjection_payload: dict | None = None
+    if original_user_turn_id is not None:
+        sibling_cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' "
+            "  AND id != ? "
+            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL",
+            (original_assistant_event_id,),
+        )
+        for sib_id, sib_payload_json in sibling_cur.fetchall():
+            sib_payload = json.loads(sib_payload_json)
+            if sib_payload.get("user_turn_id") != original_user_turn_id:
+                continue
+            if not sib_payload.get("interjection_of"):
+                continue
+            original_interjection_event_id = sib_id
+            original_interjection_payload = sib_payload
+            break
     # Phase 2 v2 regenerates only the addressee turn — preserve whichever
     # bot the original turn was attributed to, falling back to the host
     # for legacy rows that pre-date multi-entity support.
@@ -238,6 +292,27 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
         (new_assistant_event_id, original_assistant_event_id),
     )
 
+    # 7a. Broadcast a turn_html_replace SSE event so connected tabs can
+    # swap the prior assistant_turn DOM node in-place (T73.1, Phase 1.5
+    # backlog #2). Uses a separate event name from post_turn's
+    # ``turn_html`` (which is append-only) because regenerate is a
+    # *replace* operation — see module docstring for the rationale.
+    speaker_name_for_render = (
+        speaker_bot.get("name", "bot") if speaker_bot is not None else "bot"
+    )
+    new_turn_html = render_turn_html(
+        speaker_name_for_render, new_text, role="bot"
+    )
+    await publish(
+        chat_id,
+        {
+            "event": "turn_html_replace",
+            "data": new_turn_html,
+            "turn_id": new_assistant_event_id,
+            "supersedes_id": original_assistant_event_id,
+        },
+    )
+
     # 8. Re-run downstream classifier passes (memory write + state update
     # for every directed pair across present entities). Significance is
     # intentionally skipped on regenerate (the prior score remains
@@ -317,6 +392,295 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
             },
         )
 
+    # 9. Interjection regenerate branch (T73.2). When the original
+    # assistant_turn group included a follow-on interjection beat we need
+    # to revisit that beat against the regenerated primary. Three outcomes:
+    #
+    #   - No original interjection: nothing to do; we already short-circuit
+    #     above by leaving ``original_interjection_event_id`` as None.
+    #   - Original interjection + classifier returns True: stream a fresh
+    #     interjection from the silent witness, append it (with
+    #     ``interjection_of`` linking to the new primary speaker), and
+    #     supersede the original interjection's row. Also re-run memory
+    #     + state-update so the second beat moves edges + writes memories.
+    #   - Original interjection + classifier returns False: supersede the
+    #     original interjection without appending a replacement. The
+    #     regenerated group becomes "primary only" because the new primary
+    #     no longer warrants a follow-on. No memory / state work needed
+    #     for the absent beat.
+    #
+    # ``superseded_by`` on the original interjection's row points at the
+    # *new primary* in the no-replacement case (rather than NULL or a
+    # nonexistent id) so the row is consistently hidden by the standard
+    # ``superseded_by IS NULL`` timeline filter and the back-pointer
+    # leads somewhere meaningful for an "originally said …" affordance.
+    if original_interjection_event_id is not None and guest_bot is not None:
+        # Identify the silent witness from the original interjection's
+        # speaker_id (which is the bot that interjected last time). When
+        # we regenerate we keep the *same pair of present entities*, so
+        # the silent witness is whichever bot isn't the new primary
+        # speaker — derive it from present rather than reusing the prior
+        # speaker_id verbatim, in case the regenerated primary swapped
+        # who held the floor.
+        if speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id:
+            silent_witness = guest_bot
+        else:
+            silent_witness = host_bot
+        silent_witness_id = silent_witness.get("id")
+
+        edge_w_to_addr = get_edge(conn, silent_witness_id, speaker_bot_id) or {
+            "affinity": 50,
+            "trust": 50,
+            "summary": "",
+        }
+        edge_w_to_you = get_edge(conn, silent_witness_id, "you") or {
+            "affinity": 50,
+            "trust": 50,
+            "summary": "",
+        }
+
+        decision = await detect_interjection(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+            addressee_name=speaker_bot.get("name", "bot"),
+            addressee_just_said=new_text,
+            silent_witness_name=silent_witness.get("name", "bot"),
+            silent_witness_persona=silent_witness.get("persona") or "",
+            silent_witness_edge_to_addressee=edge_w_to_addr,
+            silent_witness_edge_to_you=edge_w_to_you,
+            you_just_said=prose_for_prompt or "",
+            timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+        )
+
+        if decision.should_interject:
+            # Re-read recent so the just-appended primary is in the prompt.
+            interject_cur = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+                "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit', 'assistant_turn') "
+                "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+                "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 20",
+            )
+            interject_rows = list(reversed(interject_cur.fetchall()))
+            interject_recent: list[dict] = []
+            for _eid, kind, payload_json in interject_rows:
+                p = json.loads(payload_json)
+                if p.get("chat_id") != chat_id:
+                    continue
+                if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
+                    interject_recent.append(
+                        {"speaker": you_name, "text": p.get("prose", "")}
+                    )
+                else:
+                    spk = p.get("speaker_id", "bot")
+                    if spk == host_bot_id:
+                        spk_name = host_bot.get("name", "bot")
+                    elif spk == guest_bot.get("id"):
+                        spk_name = guest_bot.get("name", "bot")
+                    else:
+                        spk_name = "bot"
+                    interject_recent.append(
+                        {"speaker": spk_name, "text": p.get("text", "")}
+                    )
+            if interject_recent and interject_recent[-1].get("speaker") == you_name:
+                interject_recent = interject_recent[:-1]
+
+            interject_messages = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+                conn,
+                chat_id=chat_id,
+                speaker_bot_id=silent_witness_id,
+                addressee=speaker_bot_id,
+                user_turn_prose=prose_for_prompt or None,
+                recent_dialogue=interject_recent,
+                budget_soft=settings.narrative_budget_soft,
+                budget_hard=settings.narrative_budget_hard,
+                guest_id=guest_bot_id,
+            )
+
+            interject_accumulated: list[str] = []
+            async for chunk in client.stream(
+                interject_messages,
+                model=settings.narrative_model,
+                max_tokens=settings.narrative_max_tokens,
+                temperature=settings.narrative_temperature,
+            ):
+                interject_accumulated.append(chunk)
+                await publish(
+                    chat_id,
+                    {
+                        "event": "token",
+                        "text": chunk,
+                        "speaker_id": silent_witness_id,
+                    },
+                )
+            interject_text = "".join(interject_accumulated)
+
+            new_interjection_event_id = append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="assistant_turn",
+                payload={
+                    "chat_id": chat_id,
+                    "speaker_id": silent_witness_id,
+                    "text": interject_text,
+                    "truncated": False,
+                    "user_turn_id": (
+                        new_user_event_id
+                        if new_user_event_id is not None
+                        else original_user_turn_id
+                    ),
+                    "regenerated_from": original_interjection_event_id,
+                    "interjection_of": speaker_bot_id,
+                },
+            )
+
+            # Supersede the original interjection by the new one.
+            conn.execute(
+                "UPDATE event_log SET superseded_by = ? WHERE id = ?",
+                (new_interjection_event_id, original_interjection_event_id),
+            )
+
+            # Broadcast a replace event so connected tabs swap the prior
+            # interjection node in-place (mirrors T73.1's primary swap).
+            interject_html = render_turn_html(
+                silent_witness.get("name", "bot"), interject_text, role="bot"
+            )
+            await publish(
+                chat_id,
+                {
+                    "event": "turn_html_replace",
+                    "data": interject_html,
+                    "turn_id": new_interjection_event_id,
+                    "supersedes_id": original_interjection_event_id,
+                },
+            )
+
+            # Memory write for the new interjection beat (one event per
+            # present witness).
+            record_turn_memory_for_present(
+                conn,
+                chat_id=chat_id,
+                host_bot_id=host_bot_id,
+                guest_bot_id=guest_bot_id,
+                narrative_text=interject_text,
+                scene_id=scene["id"] if scene else None,
+                chat_clock_at=chat.get("time"),
+            )
+
+            # Re-run the multi-pair state-update with the post-interjection
+            # dialogue tail so deltas land on the post-primary baseline.
+            recent_post_interject = recent_for_update + [
+                {
+                    "speaker": silent_witness.get("name", "bot"),
+                    "text": interject_text,
+                }
+            ]
+            prior_edges_post: dict[tuple[str, str], dict] = {}
+            for src in present_ids:
+                for tgt in present_ids:
+                    if src == tgt:
+                        continue
+                    edge = get_edge(conn, src, tgt) or {
+                        "affinity": 50,
+                        "trust": 50,
+                        "summary": "",
+                    }
+                    prior_edges_post[(src, tgt)] = edge
+
+            state_updates_post = await compute_state_updates_for_present(
+                client,
+                classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+                present_ids=present_ids,
+                present_names=present_names,
+                personas=personas,
+                prior_edges=prior_edges_post,
+                recent_dialogue=recent_post_interject,
+                timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+            )
+            for src_id, tgt_id, update in state_updates_post:
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="edge_update",
+                    payload={
+                        "source_id": src_id,
+                        "target_id": tgt_id,
+                        "chat_id": chat_id,
+                        "affinity_delta": update.affinity_delta,
+                        "trust_delta": update.trust_delta,
+                        "knowledge_facts": update.knowledge_facts,
+                        "last_interaction_at": last_at,
+                        "last_interaction_chat_id": chat_id,
+                    },
+                )
+        else:
+            # Classifier said "no follow-on this time" — supersede the
+            # original interjection without a replacement. Point the
+            # back-pointer at the new primary so the row is consistently
+            # hidden by the standard timeline filter.
+            conn.execute(
+                "UPDATE event_log SET superseded_by = ? WHERE id = ?",
+                (new_assistant_event_id, original_interjection_event_id),
+            )
+
+    # 10. Event-lifecycle detection (Phase 3, T61). Mirrors the post_turn
+    # block: classify whether any active events transitioned in the
+    # regenerated narrative and append the corresponding event_started /
+    # event_completed / event_cancelled. ``promote_completed_event``
+    # runs inline after a completion so promotion artifacts land in the
+    # same regenerate path.
+    #
+    # Phase 3.5 follow-up: when a regenerate replaces a turn that had
+    # already produced event transitions, those original transitions are
+    # NOT undone here. The superseded ``assistant_turn`` group keeps its
+    # prior ``event_started`` / ``event_completed`` events in the log
+    # (they remain projected onto the events table). Phase 3.5 will add
+    # an "undo lifecycle" step to roll back the prior transitions before
+    # re-classifying the regenerated text. For v3 we accept that a
+    # regenerate-after-completion will double-emit promotion artifacts
+    # if the new text re-completes the same event — narratively rare,
+    # and a true fix needs the lifecycle-undo pass.
+    new_active_events = list_active_events(conn, chat_id)
+    if new_active_events:
+        lifecycle_decision = await detect_event_transitions(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+            narrative_text=new_text,
+            active_events=new_active_events,
+            timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+        )
+        for transition in lifecycle_decision.transitions:
+            if transition.new_status == "active":
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="event_started",
+                    payload={
+                        "event_id": transition.event_id,
+                        "started_at": chat.get("time"),
+                    },
+                )
+            elif transition.new_status == "completed":
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="event_completed",
+                    payload={
+                        "event_id": transition.event_id,
+                        "completed_at": chat.get("time"),
+                    },
+                )
+                promote_completed_event(
+                    conn,
+                    event_id=transition.event_id,
+                    chat_id=chat_id,
+                    chat_clock_at=chat.get("time"),
+                )
+            elif transition.new_status == "cancelled":
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="event_cancelled",
+                    payload={
+                        "event_id": transition.event_id,
+                        "completed_at": chat.get("time"),
+                    },
+                )
+
     return new_text
 
 

chat/services/scene_summarize.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ keeps moving.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from sqlite3 import Connection
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
     you_name: str,
     dialogue: list[dict],
     timeout_s: float,
+    key_quotes_suffix: str = "",
 ) -> ScenePOVSummary:
     """Run :func:`summarize_scene` for one bot witness and apply the
     three projected updates (memory pov_summary rewrite, edge summary
@@ -175,6 +178,10 @@ async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
     Tolerant of missing pieces in the same way Phase 1 was: no memory
     row -> skip the rewrite; no edge row -> skip the edge_summary write
     (the empty-default classifier output simply yields no rewrites).
+
+    ``key_quotes_suffix`` is appended verbatim to the per-POV summary
+    text before the rewrite lands (T58.1) — empty string is the no-op
+    default for low-significance scenes.
     """
     from chat.state.edges import get_edge
     from chat.state.entities import get_bot
@@ -206,6 +213,7 @@ async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
             # Empty default -> skip the memory rewrite; the seeded
             # per-turn pov_summary stays in place.
             continue
+        new_value = pov.summary + key_quotes_suffix
         append_and_apply(
             conn,
             kind="manual_edit",
@@ -213,7 +221,7 @@ async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
                 "target_kind": "memory_pov_summary",
                 "target_id": int(memory_id),
                 "prior_value": prior_pov,
-                "new_value": pov.summary,
+                "new_value": new_value,
             },
         )
 
@@ -255,6 +263,40 @@ async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
     return pov
 
 
+def _build_key_quotes_suffix(conn: Connection, scene_id: int) -> str:
+    """If the scene's max-turn-significance is >= 2, build the
+    "Key quotes:" suffix from the top-3 highest-significance memory rows
+    (per requirements §11.1). Otherwise return the empty string so the
+    per-POV summaries collapse fully (low-significance scenes lose all
+    raw text in favor of the classifier rewrite).
+
+    Quote source is each memory's current ``pov_summary`` — the raw
+    per-turn narrative seeded by T21, since this helper is called BEFORE
+    the per-POV rewrite. Texts are truncated to 200 chars to bound
+    memory row growth across many witnesses.
+    """
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT MAX(significance) FROM memories WHERE scene_id = ?",
+        (scene_id,),
+    ).fetchone()
+    max_sig = (row[0] if row else None) or 0
+    if max_sig < 2:
+        return ""
+    cur = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE scene_id = ? "
+        "ORDER BY significance DESC, id ASC LIMIT 3",
+        (scene_id,),
+    )
+    quotes = [
+        (r[0] or "")[:200]
+        for r in cur.fetchall()
+    ]
+    if not quotes:
+        return ""
+    lines = "\n".join(f'- "{q}"' for q in quotes)
+    return f"\n\nKey quotes:\n{lines}"
+
+
 async def apply_scene_close_summary(
     conn: Connection,
     client: LLMClient,
@@ -296,9 +338,11 @@ async def apply_scene_close_summary(
     """
     # Local imports to keep the module-level surface tight and avoid
     # any chance of a circular dep through chat.state.*.
+    from chat.services.thread_detection import detect_threads
     from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
     from chat.state.group_node import get_group_node
-    from chat.state.world import get_chat
+    from chat.state.threads import list_open_threads
+    from chat.state.world import get_chat, get_scene
 
     you_entity = get_you(conn) or {"name": "you", "persona": ""}
     you_name = you_entity.get("name", "you") or "you"
@@ -306,8 +350,22 @@ async def apply_scene_close_summary(
     chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id) or {}
     guest_bot_id = chat.get("guest_bot_id")
 
+    # T65: detect meanwhile child scenes via the migration-0011
+    # ``present_set_kind`` column. The mechanism is a single field read
+    # — meanwhile scenes carry ``"host_guest"``, regular you-scenes
+    # carry the default ``"you_host"``. We read this once up front so
+    # both the dialogue source and the post-summary digest emission
+    # branches can reference it.
+    closing_scene = get_scene(conn, scene_id) or {}
+    is_meanwhile = closing_scene.get("present_set_kind") == "host_guest"
+
     dialogue = _read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id)
 
+    # T58.1: build the "Key quotes:" suffix BEFORE the per-POV rewrites
+    # land — quote source is the raw seeded pov_summary text on each
+    # memory row, which the rewrite about to fire would clobber.
+    key_quotes_suffix = _build_key_quotes_suffix(conn, scene_id)
+
     host_pov = await _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
         conn,
         client,
@@ -318,6 +376,7 @@ async def apply_scene_close_summary(
         you_name=you_name,
         dialogue=dialogue,
         timeout_s=timeout_s,
+        key_quotes_suffix=key_quotes_suffix,
     )
 
     guest_pov: ScenePOVSummary | None = None
@@ -332,28 +391,187 @@ async def apply_scene_close_summary(
             you_name=you_name,
             dialogue=dialogue,
             timeout_s=timeout_s,
+            key_quotes_suffix=key_quotes_suffix,
         )
 
-    # Group node update: naive per-POV concat for v2. Only fires when
-    # both POVs ran (i.e. the guest is present) and a group_node row
-    # exists for this chat.
+    # Group node update: T70 runs a third classifier call to merge the
+    # two per-POV summaries into a coherent group-level view + a brief
+    # group-dynamic note. Falls back to the Phase 2 naive concat on
+    # classifier failure (see :func:`merge_group_summary`). Only fires
+    # when both POVs ran (i.e. the guest is present) and a group_node
+    # row exists for this chat.
     if guest_pov is not None and get_group_node(conn, chat_id) is not None:
         host_bot = get_bot(conn, host_bot_id) or {"name": host_bot_id}
         guest_bot = get_bot(conn, guest_bot_id) or {"name": guest_bot_id}
         host_name = host_bot.get("name", host_bot_id) or host_bot_id
         guest_name = guest_bot.get("name", guest_bot_id) or guest_bot_id
-        group_summary = (
-            f"{host_name}: {host_pov.summary}\n\n"
-            f"{guest_name}: {guest_pov.summary}"
+        merged = await merge_group_summary(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=classifier_model,
+            host_name=host_name,
+            host_pov_summary=host_pov.summary,
+            guest_name=guest_name,
+            guest_pov_summary=guest_pov.summary,
+            timeout_s=timeout_s,
         )
         append_and_apply(
             conn,
             kind="group_node_updated",
             payload={
                 "chat_id": chat_id,
-                "summary": group_summary,
-                "dynamic": "",
+                "summary": merged.summary,
+                "dynamic": merged.dynamic,
             },
         )
 
+    # T65: when the closing scene was a meanwhile child (host_guest
+    # present set), generate an omniscient briefing for the absent
+    # "you" and queue it as a pending digest. We reuse summarize_scene
+    # with a narrator persona so the digest text is shaped by the same
+    # classifier — only the ``summary`` field is consumed downstream.
+    # Emitted AFTER per-POV summaries land so witness memories carry
+    # their own POV text first; this mirrors how group_node_updated is
+    # ordered relative to the per-POV writes above.
+    if is_meanwhile:
+        digest_pov = await summarize_scene(
+            client,
+            model=classifier_model,
+            bot_name="Narrator",
+            bot_persona=_MEANWHILE_DIGEST_PERSONA,
+            you_name=you_name,
+            prior_edge_summary="",
+            dialogue=dialogue,
+            timeout_s=timeout_s,
+        )
+        if digest_pov.summary:
+            append_and_apply(
+                conn,
+                kind="meanwhile_digest_created",
+                payload={
+                    "chat_id": chat_id,
+                    "scene_id": scene_id,
+                    "summary": digest_pov.summary,
+                },
+            )
+
+    # T58.2: thread detection on close. Reuses the dialogue we already
+    # gathered for per-POV summarization — same {speaker, text} shape
+    # detect_threads expects. Failure-tolerant: classify() returns the
+    # empty default on retry-exhaustion, and the broad except below
+    # protects the close pipeline from any other classifier/mock flap.
+    try:
+        thread_result = await detect_threads(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=classifier_model,
+            scene_transcript=dialogue,
+            open_threads=list_open_threads(conn, chat_id),
+            timeout_s=timeout_s,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        from chat.services.thread_detection import ThreadDetectionResult
+
+        thread_result = ThreadDetectionResult()
+    for cand in thread_result.candidates:
+        if cand.action == "open":
+            new_thread_id = f"thr_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
+            append_and_apply(
+                conn,
+                kind="thread_opened",
+                payload={
+                    "thread_id": new_thread_id,
+                    "chat_id": chat_id,
+                    "title": cand.title,
+                    "summary": cand.summary,
+                },
+            )
+        elif cand.action == "update" and cand.existing_thread_id:
+            append_and_apply(
+                conn,
+                kind="thread_updated",
+                payload={
+                    "thread_id": cand.existing_thread_id,
+                    "summary": cand.summary,
+                    "last_referenced_scene_id": scene_id,
+                },
+            )
+        elif cand.action == "close" and cand.existing_thread_id:
+            append_and_apply(
+                conn,
+                kind="thread_closed",
+                payload={
+                    "thread_id": cand.existing_thread_id,
+                    "closed_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+                },
+            )
+
     return host_pov
+
+
+class GroupMetaSummary(BaseModel):
+    """Classifier output: a merged group-level view of a closed scene.
+
+    Defaults are an empty no-op so callers can use the schema's default
+    as a sentinel; in practice :func:`merge_group_summary` builds an
+    explicit naive-concat fallback rather than returning these defaults
+    directly so existing Phase 2 behavior is preserved on classifier
+    failure.
+    """
+
+    summary: str = ""
+    dynamic: str = ""
+
+
+_GROUP_MERGE_SYSTEM = (
+    "Given two per-POV scene summaries from a 3-entity scene (you + "
+    "host + guest), produce a coherent group-level summary capturing "
+    "the shared events as both witnesses experienced them, plus a "
+    "brief 'dynamic' note describing the trio's group dynamic during "
+    "the scene. Output strict JSON matching schema."
+)
+
+
+# T65: meanwhile-scene digest. The "you" player was absent during this
+# scene; the digest is a short neutral briefing they'll read on the next
+# you-scene resume. Reuses the ScenePOVSummary schema so the same
+# `summarize_scene` helper can be called with a different persona — only
+# the ``summary`` field is used downstream.
+_MEANWHILE_DIGEST_PERSONA = (
+    "an omniscient narrator briefing the absent player in 2-3 neutral "
+    "sentences on what happened while they were away — no editorializing, "
+    "no second-person address"
+)
+
+
+async def merge_group_summary(
+    client: LLMClient,
+    *,
+    classifier_model: str,
+    host_name: str,
+    host_pov_summary: str,
+    guest_name: str,
+    guest_pov_summary: str,
+    timeout_s: float = 30.0,
+) -> GroupMetaSummary:
+    """Merge two per-POV scene summaries into a coherent group-level
+    summary + group-dynamic note. Falls back to the naive concat (the
+    existing behavior) on classifier failure."""
+    user = (
+        f"{host_name} (host) POV summary:\n{host_pov_summary}\n\n"
+        f"{guest_name} (guest) POV summary:\n{guest_pov_summary}"
+    )
+    fallback = GroupMetaSummary(
+        summary=(
+            f"{host_name}: {host_pov_summary}\n\n"
+            f"{guest_name}: {guest_pov_summary}"
+        ),
+        dynamic="",
+    )
+    return await classify(
+        client,
+        model=classifier_model,
+        system=_GROUP_MERGE_SYSTEM,
+        user=user,
+        schema=GroupMetaSummary,
+        default=fallback,
+        timeout_s=timeout_s,
+    )

chat/services/skip_narration.py

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+"""Skip narration service (T53).
+
+Generates brief transition prose for elision and jump skips.
+
+Skips come in two flavors that read very differently:
+
+* **Elision** — collapses an in-progress activity into its expected
+  end-state in 1-2 sentences, narrated from the speaker bot's POV.
+  Example: "skip ahead to when we arrive" while the characters are
+  driving — output describes pulling into the lot.
+* **Jump** — bridges a longer fiction-time delta ("next morning", "a
+  week later") in 2-3 sentences, setting the scene at the new time.
+
+Output is free-form prose, not structured JSON, so this service calls
+``client.generate`` directly rather than going through the classifier
+path used by, e.g., :mod:`chat.services.scene_summarize`. A
+deterministic template fallback fires on any LLM failure so the skip
+flow keeps moving even when the model is down — important because
+skips are a UI-blocking operation; we'd rather show a parenthetical
+sentence than hang the chat indefinitely.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient, Message
+
+
+_ELISION_SYSTEM = (
+    "You write a brief 1-2 sentence transition that elides the time "
+    "between an in-progress activity and its expected end-state, "
+    "narrated from the speaker's POV. Keep it grounded and concrete. "
+    "Do not invent new events or characters."
+)
+
+_JUMP_SYSTEM = (
+    "You write a brief 2-3 sentence transition narrating a jump in "
+    "fiction time (e.g., 'next morning', 'a week later'), narrated "
+    "from the speaker's POV. Set the scene at the new time. Keep it "
+    "grounded — no invented major events. If a landing-state hint is "
+    "provided, weave it in naturally."
+)
+
+
+async def narrate_skip(
+    client: LLMClient,
+    *,
+    narrative_model: str,
+    skip_kind: str,
+    speaker_bot: dict,
+    you_name: str,
+    current_time: str,
+    new_time: str,
+    current_activity: str,
+    landing_state_hint: str = "",
+    timeout_s: float = 60.0,
+) -> str:
+    """Generate brief transition prose for a time skip.
+
+    ``skip_kind`` is ``"elision"`` or ``"jump"``; any other value short-
+    circuits to the deterministic fallback (defensive — callers
+    shouldn't be inventing new kinds without updating this service).
+
+    Returns plain text. Never raises: any LLM error, an empty/blank
+    result, or an unknown ``skip_kind`` falls back to a parenthetical
+    template like ``"(next morning: having coffee in the kitchen.)"``
+    so the skip UI always has *something* to render.
+    """
+    fallback = _build_fallback(
+        skip_kind=skip_kind,
+        new_time=new_time,
+        current_activity=current_activity,
+        landing_state_hint=landing_state_hint,
+    )
+
+    if skip_kind not in ("elision", "jump"):
+        return fallback
+
+    system = _ELISION_SYSTEM if skip_kind == "elision" else _JUMP_SYSTEM
+    user = (
+        f"Speaker: {speaker_bot.get('name', 'speaker')}\n"
+        f"Persona: {speaker_bot.get('persona', '')}\n"
+        f"Other party: {you_name}\n"
+        f"Current time: {current_time}\n"
+        f"New time: {new_time}\n"
+        f"Current activity: {current_activity}\n"
+    )
+    if landing_state_hint:
+        user += f"Landing state hint: {landing_state_hint}\n"
+
+    try:
+        result = await client.generate(
+            [
+                Message(role="system", content=system),
+                Message(role="user", content=user),
+            ],
+            model=narrative_model,
+            max_tokens=200,
+            temperature=0.7,
+        )
+        text = (result or "").strip()
+        if not text:
+            return fallback
+        return text
+    except Exception:
+        # Any failure — network blip, timeout, mock raising in tests —
+        # collapses to the deterministic template so the skip pipeline
+        # is never blocked on the LLM being available.
+        return fallback
+
+
+def _build_fallback(
+    *,
+    skip_kind: str,
+    new_time: str,
+    current_activity: str,
+    landing_state_hint: str,
+) -> str:
+    """Deterministic parenthetical narration used when the LLM fails.
+
+    Both flavors render the same shape today: ``(<new_time>:
+    <detail>.)``. They're separated as branches to make it easy to
+    diverge later (e.g. an elision-specific template) without churning
+    the call site or the public signature.
+    """
+    detail = landing_state_hint or current_activity or "moments later"
+    if skip_kind == "elision":
+        return f"({new_time}: {detail}.)"
+    return f"({new_time}: {detail}.)"
+
+
+__all__ = ["narrate_skip"]

chat/services/synthesized_memories.py

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""Synthesized-memories service (T54).
+
+When the user jump-skips with 'anything notable happen?' prose, parse
+that prose into 1-N synthesized memories per present bot. Each memory
+carries source="synthesized" and reliability=0.7 (lower than direct).
+Caller (T62 skip flow) writes the memories via record_turn_memory_for_present.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from chat.llm.classify import classify
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
+
+
+class SynthesizedMemory(BaseModel):
+    text: str
+    significance: int = 1   # 0..3, default 1
+    affinity_delta: int = 0
+    trust_delta: int = 0
+
+
+class SynthesizedDigest(BaseModel):
+    memories: list[SynthesizedMemory] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+_SYSTEM = (
+    "You parse a short user-supplied prose describing 'anything notable' "
+    "that happened during a time skip into 1-N synthesized memories from "
+    "a single bot's POV. Each memory has: text (one factual sentence "
+    "from that bot's perspective), significance (0-3, default 1; only "
+    "use 2 or 3 for genuinely scene-level or relationship-altering "
+    "events), affinity_delta and trust_delta (-10..+10, default 0; "
+    "use small adjustments only when prose explicitly describes a shift). "
+    "Empty/whitespace prose returns an empty memories list. Output "
+    "strict JSON matching the schema."
+)
+
+
+async def synthesize_memories(
+    client: LLMClient,
+    *,
+    classifier_model: str,
+    prose: str,
+    bot_name: str,
+    bot_persona: str,
+    you_name: str,
+    timeout_s: float = 30.0,
+) -> SynthesizedDigest:
+    """Parse 'anything notable' prose into structured memories from a
+    single bot's POV. Empty/whitespace prose short-circuits to an
+    empty digest (no LLM call)."""
+    if not prose or not prose.strip():
+        return SynthesizedDigest()
+
+    user = (
+        f"Bot: {bot_name}\n"
+        f"Persona: {bot_persona}\n"
+        f"Other party: {you_name}\n\n"
+        f"Prose:\n{prose.strip()}"
+    )
+    return await classify(
+        client,
+        model=classifier_model,
+        system=_SYSTEM,
+        user=user,
+        schema=SynthesizedDigest,
+        default=SynthesizedDigest(),
+        timeout_s=timeout_s,
+    )
+
+
+__all__ = ["SynthesizedMemory", "SynthesizedDigest", "synthesize_memories"]

chat/services/thread_detection.py

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""Thread-detection service (T55).
+
+On scene close, classify the transcript into thread open/update/close
+candidates. Returns ThreadCandidate list; caller (T58 scene compression)
+emits one thread_opened/thread_updated/thread_closed event per candidate.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from chat.llm.classify import classify
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
+
+
+class ThreadCandidate(BaseModel):
+    action: str  # "open" | "update" | "close"
+    title: str = ""        # required for "open"; ignored otherwise
+    summary: str = ""
+    existing_thread_id: str | None = None  # required for "update" / "close"
+
+
+class ThreadDetectionResult(BaseModel):
+    candidates: list[ThreadCandidate] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+_SYSTEM = (
+    "You analyze a closed scene's transcript to identify narrative "
+    "threads (unresolved arcs, dangling questions, promises made, "
+    "open obligations). Choose actions:\n"
+    "- 'open': a NEW thread the scene introduced. Provide title (short "
+    "noun phrase) + summary (one sentence).\n"
+    "- 'update': an EXISTING open thread that the scene developed. "
+    "Provide existing_thread_id + new summary.\n"
+    "- 'close': an EXISTING open thread that the scene resolved. "
+    "Provide existing_thread_id; summary may capture the resolution.\n"
+    "Conservative bias: most scenes do NOT open new threads. Only "
+    "produce candidates when the transcript clearly justifies them. "
+    "Output strict JSON matching the schema."
+)
+
+
+async def detect_threads(
+    client: LLMClient,
+    *,
+    classifier_model: str,
+    scene_transcript: list[dict],   # [{speaker, text}, ...]
+    open_threads: list[dict],       # [{thread_id, title, summary}, ...]
+    timeout_s: float = 30.0,
+) -> ThreadDetectionResult:
+    """Classify scene close into thread open/update/close candidates."""
+    if not scene_transcript:
+        return ThreadDetectionResult()
+
+    transcript_lines = [
+        f"{turn.get('speaker', 'unknown')}: {turn.get('text', '')}"
+        for turn in scene_transcript
+    ]
+    threads_lines = []
+    if open_threads:
+        threads_lines.append("Currently open threads:")
+        for t in open_threads:
+            threads_lines.append(
+                f"- thread_id={t['thread_id']} "
+                f"title={t.get('title', '')} "
+                f"summary={t.get('summary', '')}"
+            )
+    else:
+        threads_lines.append("No currently open threads.")
+
+    user = (
+        "Scene transcript:\n"
+        + "\n".join(transcript_lines)
+        + "\n\n"
+        + "\n".join(threads_lines)
+    )
+
+    return await classify(
+        client,
+        model=classifier_model,
+        system=_SYSTEM,
+        user=user,
+        schema=ThreadDetectionResult,
+        default=ThreadDetectionResult(),
+        timeout_s=timeout_s,
+    )
+
+
+__all__ = ["ThreadCandidate", "ThreadDetectionResult", "detect_threads"]

chat/services/turn_parse.py

@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ nested quotes, mixed punctuation), so v1 delegates the segmentation to
 the classifier. The configurable ``Settings.ooc_marker`` is *not* read
 here: the classifier figures OOC out from ``((`` ``))`` regardless of
 config-time choice; marker-based stripping is a downstream concern.
+
+T62 extends the parser with an ``intent`` field so the turn flow can
+short-circuit time-skip phrases before the regular narrative path.
+``intent`` defaults to ``"narrative"``; the classifier may set it to
+``"skip_elision"`` when prose like "skip to when we arrive" or
+``"skip_jump"`` when prose like "next morning" / "a week later" is
+detected. ``landing_state_hint`` carries the residual descriptor for
+elision skips (the "to when we ..." phrase). Existing callers that
+don't read ``intent`` continue to work because the default keeps the
+narrative path intact.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -39,9 +49,19 @@ class TurnSegment(BaseModel):
 
 
 class ParsedTurn(BaseModel):
-    """A turn split into ordered, typed segments."""
+    """A turn split into ordered, typed segments.
+
+    ``intent`` distinguishes a regular narrative beat (the default) from
+    a natural-language time-skip command (T62). ``landing_state_hint``
+    captures the descriptor following "skip to when we ..." for elision
+    skips so the downstream skip controller can pass it to the
+    narration helper. Both fields are optional and default-empty so
+    older fixtures and tests that don't supply them keep working.
+    """
 
     segments: list[TurnSegment]
+    intent: str = "narrative"  # "narrative" | "skip_elision" | "skip_jump"
+    landing_state_hint: str = ""
 
 
 _SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
@@ -52,13 +72,24 @@ _SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
     "- ((text in double parens)) is an OOC (out-of-character) segment — "
     "the author talking to the system, not the in-fiction bot.\n\n"
     "Output a JSON object with shape "
-    '{"segments": [{"kind": "...", "text": "..."}, ...]} '
-    "where each ``kind`` is exactly one of: dialogue, action, ooc. "
-    "Preserve the original substring text as ``text``: do not rewrite, "
-    "translate, or normalize punctuation — strip only the marker "
-    "characters (asterisks, surrounding quotes, double parens) so "
-    "``text`` is the inner content. Emit segments in the order they "
-    "appear in the input."
+    '{"segments": [{"kind": "...", "text": "..."}, ...], '
+    '"intent": "...", "landing_state_hint": "..."} '
+    "where each segment ``kind`` is exactly one of: dialogue, action, "
+    "ooc. Preserve the original substring text as ``text``: do not "
+    "rewrite, translate, or normalize punctuation — strip only the "
+    "marker characters (asterisks, surrounding quotes, double parens) "
+    "so ``text`` is the inner content. Emit segments in the order they "
+    "appear in the input.\n\n"
+    "``intent`` is exactly one of: narrative, skip_elision, skip_jump. "
+    "Default to ``narrative``. Use ``skip_elision`` when the prose is a "
+    "directive to fast-forward an in-progress activity to a near-term "
+    "landing state — e.g. 'skip to when we arrive', 'fast-forward to "
+    "after dinner'. Use ``skip_jump`` when the prose denotes a longer "
+    "fiction-time bridge — e.g. 'next morning', 'a week later', 'the "
+    "following day'.\n"
+    "``landing_state_hint`` is a short descriptor of the landing state "
+    "for ``skip_elision`` (e.g. 'we arrive at the park'). Empty string "
+    "for ``skip_jump`` and ``narrative``."
 )
 
 

chat/state/entities.py

@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ def _apply_bot_reset(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
             "SELECT id FROM chats WHERE host_bot_id = ?", (bot_id,)
         ).fetchall()
     ]
+    # T69: purge orphaned "you" activity rows pointing at containers in this
+    # bot's chats BEFORE the containers/chats themselves are deleted, otherwise
+    # the subqueries find nothing and the FK constraint on activity.container_id
+    # blocks the container delete.
+    conn.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM activity WHERE entity_id = 'you' "
+        "AND container_id IN (SELECT id FROM containers WHERE chat_id IN ("
+        "    SELECT id FROM chats WHERE host_bot_id = ?"
+        "))",
+        (bot_id,),
+    )
     for chat_id in chat_ids:
         conn.execute("DELETE FROM scenes WHERE chat_id = ?", (chat_id,))
         conn.execute("DELETE FROM containers WHERE chat_id = ?", (chat_id,))
@@ -74,8 +85,6 @@ def _apply_bot_reset(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
         (bot_id,),
     )
     # NOTE: bots row itself is preserved (identity, kickoff_prose intact).
-    # NOTE: "you" activity (entity_id="you") may linger from a deleted chat;
-    # acceptable for v1 — Phase 1.5 cleanup if needed.
 
 
 def get_bot(conn: Connection, bot_id: str) -> dict | None:

chat/state/events.py

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+import json
+from sqlite3 import Connection
+
+from chat.eventlog.projector import on
+from chat.eventlog.log import Event
+
+
+_TERMINAL_STATUSES = {"completed", "cancelled", "expired"}
+
+
+@on("event_planned")
+def _apply_event_planned(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO events "
+        "(event_id, chat_id, kind, status, props_json, planned_for) "
+        "VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'planned', ?, ?)",
+        (
+            p["event_id"],
+            p["chat_id"],
+            p["kind"],
+            json.dumps(p.get("props", {})),
+            p.get("planned_for"),
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+@on("event_started")
+def _apply_event_started(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    # Idempotent: only transition from non-terminal status.
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE events SET status = 'active', started_at = ?, updated_at = datetime('now') "
+        "WHERE event_id = ? AND status NOT IN ('completed','cancelled','expired')",
+        (p.get("started_at"), p["event_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+@on("event_completed")
+def _apply_event_completed(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE events SET status = 'completed', completed_at = ?, updated_at = datetime('now') "
+        "WHERE event_id = ? AND status NOT IN ('completed','cancelled','expired')",
+        (p.get("completed_at"), p["event_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+@on("event_cancelled")
+def _apply_event_cancelled(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE events SET status = 'cancelled', completed_at = ?, updated_at = datetime('now') "
+        "WHERE event_id = ? AND status NOT IN ('completed','cancelled','expired')",
+        (p.get("completed_at"), p["event_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+@on("event_expired")
+def _apply_event_expired(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE events SET status = 'expired', completed_at = ?, updated_at = datetime('now') "
+        "WHERE event_id = ? AND status NOT IN ('completed','cancelled','expired')",
+        (p.get("completed_at"), p["event_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+def get_event(conn: Connection, event_id: str) -> dict | None:
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT event_id, chat_id, kind, status, props_json, planned_for, "
+        "started_at, completed_at, created_at, updated_at "
+        "FROM events WHERE event_id = ?",
+        (event_id,),
+    ).fetchone()
+    if not row:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "event_id": row[0],
+        "chat_id": row[1],
+        "kind": row[2],
+        "status": row[3],
+        "props": json.loads(row[4]),
+        "planned_for": row[5],
+        "started_at": row[6],
+        "completed_at": row[7],
+        "created_at": row[8],
+        "updated_at": row[9],
+    }
+
+
+def list_active_events(conn: Connection, chat_id: str) -> list[dict]:
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT event_id, chat_id, kind, status, props_json, planned_for, "
+        "started_at, completed_at, created_at, updated_at "
+        "FROM events WHERE chat_id = ? AND status IN ('planned','active') "
+        "ORDER BY id ASC",
+        (chat_id,),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {
+            "event_id": r[0], "chat_id": r[1], "kind": r[2], "status": r[3],
+            "props": json.loads(r[4]),
+            "planned_for": r[5], "started_at": r[6], "completed_at": r[7],
+            "created_at": r[8], "updated_at": r[9],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+def list_events_in_status(conn: Connection, chat_id: str, status: str) -> list[dict]:
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT event_id, chat_id, kind, status, props_json, planned_for, "
+        "started_at, completed_at, created_at, updated_at "
+        "FROM events WHERE chat_id = ? AND status = ? ORDER BY id ASC",
+        (chat_id, status),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {
+            "event_id": r[0], "chat_id": r[1], "kind": r[2], "status": r[3],
+            "props": json.loads(r[4]),
+            "planned_for": r[5], "started_at": r[6], "completed_at": r[7],
+            "created_at": r[8], "updated_at": r[9],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]

chat/state/manual_edit.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ be reversed by emitting an inverse ``manual_edit`` later. This module
 applies the new value to the appropriate target table; the snapshot of
 ``prior_value`` is taken by the route handler before this fires.
 
-Phase 1 covers four target kinds:
+Phase 1 covers five target kinds:
 - ``edge_affinity`` and ``edge_trust`` — slider edits on a specific edge,
   clamped to 0..100.
 - ``memory_significance`` — dropdown edit, clamped to 0..3.
@@ -17,8 +17,18 @@ Phase 1 covers four target kinds:
   field. Driven by T27 from the classifier's ``relationship_summary``
   output combined with the prior summary.
 
-Other §6.4 editable fields (activity verb / attention / posture,
-knowledge_facts list manipulation) are deferred to Phase 1.5.
+T72.1 (Phase 2.5) adds one list-shaped edit:
+- ``edge_knowledge_fact`` — add/remove a single fact on an edge's
+  ``knowledge_json`` list. Payload carries an ``action`` of ``"add"`` or
+  ``"remove"`` and a ``fact`` string; remove matches the first occurrence
+  by string equality so the route handler doesn't have to track fact
+  indices across re-renders.
+
+T72.3 adds a per-flag witness toggle:
+- ``memory_witness`` — flip one of ``witness_you`` / ``witness_host`` /
+  ``witness_guest`` on a memory row. Payload's ``new_value`` is a dict
+  ``{"flag": "you"|"host"|"guest", "value": 0|1}`` and ``prior_value``
+  mirrors the same shape so an inverse edit can restore the flag.
 
 Pin toggles intentionally use the existing ``memory_pin_changed`` event
 (registered in :mod:`chat.state.memory`) rather than ``manual_edit`` so
@@ -27,11 +37,14 @@ the projection writes both ``pinned`` and ``auto_pinned`` atomically.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from sqlite3 import Connection
 
 from chat.eventlog.log import Event
 from chat.eventlog.projector import on
 
+_VALID_WITNESS_FLAGS = {"you", "host", "guest"}
+
 
 def _clamp(value: int, lo: int, hi: int) -> int:
     return max(lo, min(hi, value))
@@ -87,5 +100,43 @@ def _apply_manual_edit(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
                 target_id["target_id"],
             ),
         )
+    elif kind == "edge_knowledge_fact":
+        # T72.1: add or remove a single fact on an edge's knowledge list.
+        # ``target_id`` is the {"source_id", "target_id"} edge pair;
+        # ``new_value`` carries ``{"action": "add"|"remove", "fact": str}``.
+        # Remove matches by string equality (first occurrence) so callers
+        # don't have to thread a fact_index through re-rendered drawers.
+        action = new_value["action"]
+        fact = str(new_value["fact"])
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT knowledge_json FROM edges "
+            "WHERE source_id = ? AND target_id = ?",
+            (target_id["source_id"], target_id["target_id"]),
+        ).fetchone()
+        if row is not None:
+            knowledge = json.loads(row[0])
+            if action == "add":
+                knowledge.append(fact)
+            elif action == "remove" and fact in knowledge:
+                knowledge.remove(fact)
+            conn.execute(
+                "UPDATE edges SET knowledge_json = ? "
+                "WHERE source_id = ? AND target_id = ?",
+                (
+                    json.dumps(knowledge),
+                    target_id["source_id"],
+                    target_id["target_id"],
+                ),
+            )
+    elif kind == "memory_witness":
+        # T72.3: toggle one of the three witness flags on a memory row.
+        # ``new_value`` is the dict ``{"flag", "value"}``; ``prior_value``
+        # mirrors the same shape so an inverse edit restores the flag.
+        flag = new_value["flag"]
+        if flag in _VALID_WITNESS_FLAGS:
+            conn.execute(
+                f"UPDATE memories SET witness_{flag} = ? WHERE id = ?",
+                (1 if int(new_value["value"]) else 0, int(target_id)),
+            )
     # Unknown target_kind: silently no-op for v1. Future kinds (activity
-    # fields, knowledge_facts list manipulation) extend the dispatch above.
+    # fields, etc.) extend the dispatch above.

chat/state/meanwhile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+"""Meanwhile-scene projection (T63).
+
+A "meanwhile" scene is a 2-bot scene where ``present_set = {host_bot_id,
+guest_bot_id}`` and "you" is absent. It runs alongside an active you-scene
+(its parent) so bots can have private interactions whose outcome later
+surfaces back to the you-scene as a pending digest.
+
+The underlying ``scenes`` table (migration 0007) has no explicit ``status``
+column; "active" is encoded as ``ended_at IS NULL`` and "closed" as
+``ended_at IS NOT NULL``. This module preserves that convention and adds
+two new columns introduced by migration 0011:
+
+- ``present_set_kind`` — ``'you_host'`` (default) for normal scenes,
+  ``'host_guest'`` for meanwhile child scenes.
+- ``parent_scene_id`` — the you-scene a meanwhile child hangs off of.
+
+Pending meanwhile digests live in their own table
+(``meanwhile_digest_pending``) and are consumed when their summary is
+surfaced in the next you-scene's prompt.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import json
+from sqlite3 import Connection
+
+from chat.eventlog.projector import on
+from chat.eventlog.log import Event
+
+
+@on("meanwhile_scene_started")
+def _apply_meanwhile_scene_started(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    """Insert a new scenes row for the meanwhile child.
+
+    The caller supplies an explicit ``scene_id`` so subsequent events
+    (close, digest) can reference it without round-tripping through
+    ``lastrowid``.
+    """
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO scenes ("
+        "id, chat_id, started_at, ended_at, significance, "
+        "participants_json, present_set_kind, parent_scene_id"
+        ") VALUES (?, ?, ?, NULL, 0, ?, 'host_guest', ?)",
+        (
+            p["scene_id"],
+            p["chat_id"],
+            p.get("started_at"),
+            # participants_json mirrors the present_set: host + guest bot.
+            # json.dumps ensures bot ids with quotes/backslashes can't corrupt the JSON literal.
+            json.dumps([p["host_bot_id"], p["guest_bot_id"]]),
+            p["parent_scene_id"],
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+@on("meanwhile_scene_closed")
+def _apply_meanwhile_scene_closed(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    """Mark the meanwhile scene closed by stamping ``ended_at``."""
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE scenes SET ended_at = ? "
+        "WHERE id = ? AND present_set_kind = 'host_guest' "
+        "AND ended_at IS NULL",
+        (p.get("closed_at"), p["scene_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+@on("meanwhile_digest_created")
+def _apply_meanwhile_digest_created(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    """Queue a digest for surfacing to the next you-scene's prompt."""
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO meanwhile_digest_pending (scene_id, chat_id, summary) "
+        "VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+        (p["scene_id"], p["chat_id"], p["summary"]),
+    )
+
+
+@on("meanwhile_digest_consumed")
+def _apply_meanwhile_digest_consumed(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    """Mark a pending digest as consumed (idempotent on re-projection)."""
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE meanwhile_digest_pending SET consumed_at = ? "
+        "WHERE id = ? AND consumed_at IS NULL",
+        (p.get("consumed_at"), p["digest_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+def _scene_row_to_dict(row: tuple) -> dict:
+    """Shape a meanwhile-scene row.
+
+    ``status`` is derived from ``ended_at`` for callers that prefer the
+    higher-level vocabulary; ``closed_at`` aliases ``ended_at`` for the
+    same reason. The underlying column remains ``ended_at``.
+    """
+    ended_at = row[5]
+    return {
+        "id": row[0],
+        "chat_id": row[1],
+        "started_at": row[2],
+        "present_set_kind": row[3],
+        "parent_scene_id": row[4],
+        "closed_at": ended_at,
+        "status": "closed" if ended_at is not None else "active",
+    }
+
+
+def list_meanwhile_scenes(
+    conn: Connection, chat_id: str, status: str = "active"
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Return meanwhile scenes for ``chat_id`` filtered by derived status."""
+    if status == "active":
+        ended_clause = "s.ended_at IS NULL"
+    elif status == "closed":
+        ended_clause = "s.ended_at IS NOT NULL"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"unknown status: {status!r}")
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT s.id, s.chat_id, s.started_at, s.present_set_kind, "
+        "s.parent_scene_id, s.ended_at "
+        "FROM scenes s "
+        "WHERE s.chat_id = ? AND s.present_set_kind = 'host_guest' "
+        f"AND {ended_clause} "
+        "ORDER BY s.id ASC",
+        (chat_id,),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [_scene_row_to_dict(r) for r in rows]
+
+
+def get_parent_scene(conn: Connection, scene_id: int) -> dict | None:
+    """Given a meanwhile scene id, return its parent (you-scene) row."""
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT s.id, s.chat_id, s.started_at, s.present_set_kind, "
+        "s.parent_scene_id, s.ended_at "
+        "FROM scenes s JOIN scenes m ON m.parent_scene_id = s.id "
+        "WHERE m.id = ?",
+        (scene_id,),
+    ).fetchone()
+    if row is None:
+        return None
+    return _scene_row_to_dict(row)
+
+
+def list_pending_meanwhile_digests(
+    conn: Connection, chat_id: str
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Return digests for ``chat_id`` that haven't been consumed yet."""
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT id, scene_id, chat_id, summary, created_at "
+        "FROM meanwhile_digest_pending "
+        "WHERE chat_id = ? AND consumed_at IS NULL "
+        "ORDER BY id ASC",
+        (chat_id,),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {
+            "id": r[0],
+            "scene_id": r[1],
+            "chat_id": r[2],
+            "summary": r[3],
+            "created_at": r[4],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]

chat/state/memory.py

@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ def get_pinned(conn: Connection, owner_id: str) -> list[dict]:
 _SIGNIFICANCE_WEIGHT = 0.3
 _RECENCY_WEIGHT = 0.5
 
+# T57 (Phase 3, §11.1): significance multiplier applied to the SQL ORDER BY in
+# ``search_memories`` so that the FTS over-fetch already prefers
+# higher-significance rows for tied / near-tied BM25 ranks. Module-level so it
+# can be tuned without a code change. BM25 ``rank`` is lower-is-better, so the
+# bias is *subtracted* from rank in the ASC ordering — equivalent to multiplying
+# a higher-is-better score by a positive constant per the spec wording.
+SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS = 0.5
+
 
 def search_memories(
     conn: Connection,
@@ -137,10 +145,15 @@ def search_memories(
         "JOIN memories m ON m.id = memories_fts.rowid "
         f"WHERE m.owner_id = ? AND m.{witness_col} = 1 "
         "AND memories_fts MATCH ? "
-        "ORDER BY memories_fts.rank "
+        # T57: significance multiplier biases the FTS over-fetch order. BM25
+        # ``rank`` is lower-is-better, so subtracting ``significance * BIAS``
+        # surfaces higher-significance rows above lower-significance rows with
+        # equal/near-equal match strength. Equivalent to ``score × constant``
+        # per §11.1 once the rank is inverted to a higher-is-better score.
+        "ORDER BY (memories_fts.rank - m.significance * ?) ASC "
         "LIMIT ?"
     )
-    cur = conn.execute(sql, (owner_id, query, over_fetch))
+    cur = conn.execute(sql, (owner_id, query, SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS, over_fetch))
     rows = cur.fetchall()
     if not rows:
         return []

chat/state/threads.py

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+from sqlite3 import Connection
+
+from chat.eventlog.projector import on
+from chat.eventlog.log import Event
+
+
+@on("thread_opened")
+def _apply_thread_opened(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO threads "
+        "(thread_id, chat_id, title, summary, status) "
+        "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'open')",
+        (
+            p["thread_id"],
+            p["chat_id"],
+            p["title"],
+            p.get("summary", ""),
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+@on("thread_updated")
+def _apply_thread_updated(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    # Idempotent: closed threads ignore subsequent updates.
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE threads SET summary = ?, last_referenced_scene_id = ?, "
+        "updated_at = datetime('now') "
+        "WHERE thread_id = ? AND status = 'open'",
+        (
+            p.get("summary", ""),
+            p.get("last_referenced_scene_id"),
+            p["thread_id"],
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+@on("thread_closed")
+def _apply_thread_closed(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE threads SET status = 'closed', closed_at = ?, "
+        "updated_at = datetime('now') "
+        "WHERE thread_id = ? AND status = 'open'",
+        (p.get("closed_at"), p["thread_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+def get_thread(conn: Connection, thread_id: str) -> dict | None:
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT thread_id, chat_id, title, summary, status, "
+        "opened_at, closed_at, last_referenced_scene_id, "
+        "created_at, updated_at "
+        "FROM threads WHERE thread_id = ?",
+        (thread_id,),
+    ).fetchone()
+    if not row:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "thread_id": row[0],
+        "chat_id": row[1],
+        "title": row[2],
+        "summary": row[3],
+        "status": row[4],
+        "opened_at": row[5],
+        "closed_at": row[6],
+        "last_referenced_scene_id": row[7],
+        "created_at": row[8],
+        "updated_at": row[9],
+    }
+
+
+def list_open_threads(conn: Connection, chat_id: str) -> list[dict]:
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT thread_id, chat_id, title, summary, status, "
+        "opened_at, closed_at, last_referenced_scene_id, "
+        "created_at, updated_at "
+        "FROM threads WHERE chat_id = ? AND status = 'open' "
+        "ORDER BY id ASC",
+        (chat_id,),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {
+            "thread_id": r[0], "chat_id": r[1], "title": r[2],
+            "summary": r[3], "status": r[4],
+            "opened_at": r[5], "closed_at": r[6],
+            "last_referenced_scene_id": r[7],
+            "created_at": r[8], "updated_at": r[9],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+def list_threads(conn: Connection, chat_id: str, status: str | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+    if status is None:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT thread_id, chat_id, title, summary, status, "
+            "opened_at, closed_at, last_referenced_scene_id, "
+            "created_at, updated_at "
+            "FROM threads WHERE chat_id = ? ORDER BY id ASC",
+            (chat_id,),
+        ).fetchall()
+    else:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT thread_id, chat_id, title, summary, status, "
+            "opened_at, closed_at, last_referenced_scene_id, "
+            "created_at, updated_at "
+            "FROM threads WHERE chat_id = ? AND status = ? "
+            "ORDER BY id ASC",
+            (chat_id, status),
+        ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {
+            "thread_id": r[0], "chat_id": r[1], "title": r[2],
+            "summary": r[3], "status": r[4],
+            "opened_at": r[5], "closed_at": r[6],
+            "last_referenced_scene_id": r[7],
+            "created_at": r[8], "updated_at": r[9],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]

chat/state/world.py

@@ -29,6 +29,34 @@ def _apply_chat_created(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
     )
 
 
+@on("time_skip_elision")
+def _apply_time_skip_elision(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE chat_state SET time = ? WHERE chat_id = ?",
+        (p["new_time"], p["chat_id"]),
+    )
+
+
+@on("time_skip_jump")
+def _apply_time_skip_jump(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
+    p = e.payload
+    chat_id = p["chat_id"]
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE chat_state SET time = ? WHERE chat_id = ?",
+        (p["new_time"], chat_id),
+    )
+    if p.get("reset_activity", False):
+        # Activity rows are keyed by entity_id with a container_id FK.
+        # Each chat owns its containers, so deleting activity rows whose
+        # container_id belongs to this chat clears every present entity.
+        conn.execute(
+            "DELETE FROM activity "
+            "WHERE container_id IN (SELECT id FROM containers WHERE chat_id = ?)",
+            (chat_id,),
+        )
+
+
 @on("guest_added")
 def _apply_guest_added(conn: Connection, e: Event) -> None:
     p = e.payload

chat/templates/_drawer.html

@@ -41,6 +41,121 @@
         {% endif %}
       </div>
     {% endfor %}
+
+    <details class="skip-controls">
+      <summary>Elision skip</summary>
+      <form class="inline-edit"
+            hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/skip/elision"
+            hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+        <label>
+          Landing state hint:
+          <input type="text" name="landing_state_hint"
+                 placeholder="e.g. arriving at the office">
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          New time (ISO 8601):
+          <input type="text" name="new_time" required
+                 placeholder="2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00">
+        </label>
+        <button type="submit">Skip ahead</button>
+      </form>
+    </details>
+
+    <details class="skip-controls">
+      <summary>Jump skip</summary>
+      <form class="inline-edit"
+            hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/skip/jump"
+            hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+        <label>
+          New time (ISO 8601):
+          <input type="text" name="new_time" required
+                 placeholder="2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00">
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          Anything notable happen? (optional)
+          <textarea name="notable_prose" rows="3"
+                    placeholder="leave blank to jump without synthesizing memories"></textarea>
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          <input type="checkbox" name="reset_activity" value="1">
+          Reset activity at landing
+        </label>
+        <button type="submit">Jump ahead</button>
+      </form>
+    </details>
+  </section>
+
+  <section class="drawer-section">
+    <h3>Events</h3>
+    {% if active_events %}
+      <ul class="event-list">
+        {% for ev in active_events %}
+          <li class="event-row">
+            <strong>{{ ev.kind }}</strong>
+            <span class="muted"> ({{ ev.status }})</span>
+            {% if ev.planned_for %}
+              <p class="muted">planned for: {{ ev.planned_for }}</p>
+            {% endif %}
+            {% if ev.props %}
+              <p class="muted">{{ ev.props|tojson }}</p>
+            {% endif %}
+            <form class="inline-edit"
+                  hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/event/cancel/{{ ev.event_id }}"
+                  hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+              <button type="submit">Cancel</button>
+            </form>
+          </li>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+    {% else %}
+      <p class="muted">No active events.</p>
+    {% endif %}
+    <details>
+      <summary>Plan event</summary>
+      <form class="inline-edit"
+            hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/event/plan"
+            hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+        <label>
+          Kind:
+          <input type="text" name="kind" required
+                 placeholder="e.g. dinner_reservation">
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          Planned for (ISO 8601):
+          <input type="text" name="planned_for" required
+                 placeholder="2026-04-26T19:00:00+00:00">
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          Props (JSON):
+          <textarea name="props_json" rows="3"
+                    placeholder='{"location": "Bistro X"}'>{}</textarea>
+        </label>
+        <button type="submit">Plan event</button>
+      </form>
+    </details>
+  </section>
+
+  <section class="drawer-section">
+    <h3>Threads</h3>
+    {% if open_threads %}
+      <ul class="thread-list">
+        {% for th in open_threads %}
+          <li class="thread-row">
+            <strong>{{ th.title }}</strong>
+            {% if th.summary %}
+              <p>{{ th.summary }}</p>
+            {% endif %}
+            <form class="inline-edit"
+                  hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/thread/close/{{ th.thread_id }}"
+                  hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+              <button type="submit">Close</button>
+            </form>
+          </li>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </ul>
+    {% else %}
+      <p class="muted">No open threads.</p>
+    {% endif %}
   </section>
 
   {% if guest_bot %}
@@ -100,24 +215,71 @@
   <section class="drawer-section">
     <h3>Add guest</h3>
     {% if available_guests %}
-      <form class="inline-edit"
+      {% set first_guest_id = available_guests[0].id %}
+      {% set first_existing = existing_guest_edges.get(first_guest_id, False) %}
+      <form class="inline-edit add-guest-form"
             hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/guest/add"
             hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
         <label>
           Bot:
-          <select name="guest_bot_id" required>
+          <select name="guest_bot_id" required class="add-guest-select">
             {% for b in available_guests %}
-              <option value="{{ b.id }}">{{ b.name }}</option>
+              <option value="{{ b.id }}"
+                      data-existing-edge="{{ 'true' if existing_guest_edges.get(b.id) else 'false' }}">
+                {{ b.name }}{% if existing_guest_edges.get(b.id) %} (already met){% endif %}
+              </option>
             {% endfor %}
           </select>
         </label>
+        <p class="muted add-guest-existing-note"
+           {% if not first_existing %}hidden{% endif %}>
+          they already know each other (edge exists from a prior chat)
+        </p>
+        <label class="add-guest-reseed-label"
+               {% if not first_existing %}hidden{% endif %}>
+          <input type="checkbox" name="reseed" value="1" class="add-guest-reseed">
+          re-seed anyway
+        </label>
         <label>
           Have they met before? Describe how (leave blank if not):
           <textarea name="relationship_prose" rows="3"
+                    class="add-guest-prose"
+                    {% if first_existing %}disabled{% endif %}
                     placeholder="e.g. Old college friends who studied physics together."></textarea>
         </label>
         <button type="submit">Add guest</button>
       </form>
+      <script>
+        (function () {
+          var form = document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;
+          while (form && !form.classList.contains('add-guest-form')) {
+            form = form.previousElementSibling;
+          }
+          if (!form) return;
+          var sel = form.querySelector('.add-guest-select');
+          var prose = form.querySelector('.add-guest-prose');
+          var reseed = form.querySelector('.add-guest-reseed');
+          var note = form.querySelector('.add-guest-existing-note');
+          var reseedLabel = form.querySelector('.add-guest-reseed-label');
+          function refresh() {
+            var opt = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex];
+            var existing = opt && opt.getAttribute('data-existing-edge') === 'true';
+            if (existing) {
+              note.removeAttribute('hidden');
+              reseedLabel.removeAttribute('hidden');
+              prose.disabled = !reseed.checked;
+            } else {
+              note.setAttribute('hidden', '');
+              reseedLabel.setAttribute('hidden', '');
+              reseed.checked = false;
+              prose.disabled = false;
+            }
+          }
+          sel.addEventListener('change', refresh);
+          reseed.addEventListener('change', refresh);
+          refresh();
+        })();
+      </script>
     {% else %}
       <p class="muted">No other bots authored yet.</p>
     {% endif %}
@@ -156,19 +318,95 @@
           </label>
           <button type="submit">Save</button>
         </form>
-        {% if edge_b2y.summary %}<p class="muted">{{ edge_b2y.summary }}</p>{% endif %}
-        {% if edge_b2y.knowledge %}
-          <details><summary>Knowledge ({{ edge_b2y.knowledge|length }})</summary>
-            <ul>{% for fact in edge_b2y.knowledge %}<li>{{ fact }}</li>{% endfor %}</ul>
-          </details>
-        {% endif %}
+        <form class="inline-edit"
+              hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/edge/trust"
+              hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+          <input type="hidden" name="source_id" value="{{ host_bot.id }}">
+          <input type="hidden" name="target_id" value="you">
+          <label>
+            Trust:
+            <input type="range" name="new_value" min="0" max="100"
+                   value="{{ edge_b2y.trust }}"
+                   oninput="this.nextElementSibling.value = this.value">
+            <output>{{ edge_b2y.trust }}</output>
+          </label>
+          <button type="submit">Save</button>
+        </form>
+        <form class="inline-edit"
+              hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/edge/summary"
+              hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+          <input type="hidden" name="source_id" value="{{ host_bot.id }}">
+          <input type="hidden" name="target_id" value="you">
+          <label>
+            Summary:
+            <textarea name="new_summary" rows="3" maxlength="2000">{{ edge_b2y.summary or "" }}</textarea>
+          </label>
+          <button type="submit">Save summary</button>
+        </form>
+        <details>
+          <summary>Knowledge ({{ (edge_b2y.knowledge or [])|length }})</summary>
+          {% if edge_b2y.knowledge %}
+            <ul>
+              {% for fact in edge_b2y.knowledge %}
+                <li>
+                  {{ fact }}
+                  <form class="inline-edit"
+                        hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts"
+                        hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+                    <input type="hidden" name="source_id" value="{{ host_bot.id }}">
+                    <input type="hidden" name="target_id" value="you">
+                    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="remove">
+                    <input type="hidden" name="fact" value="{{ fact }}">
+                    <button type="submit">Remove</button>
+                  </form>
+                </li>
+              {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
+          {% endif %}
+          <form class="inline-edit"
+                hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts"
+                hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+            <input type="hidden" name="source_id" value="{{ host_bot.id }}">
+            <input type="hidden" name="target_id" value="you">
+            <input type="hidden" name="action" value="add">
+            <label>
+              Add fact:
+              <input type="text" name="fact" maxlength="500" required>
+            </label>
+            <button type="submit">Add</button>
+          </form>
+        </details>
       </div>
     {% endif %}
     {% if edge_y2b %}
       <div class="edge-row">
         <strong>you &rarr; {{ host_bot.name }}</strong>
         <p>Affinity: {{ edge_y2b.affinity }}/100 &middot; Trust: {{ edge_y2b.trust }}/100</p>
-        {% if edge_y2b.summary %}<p class="muted">{{ edge_y2b.summary }}</p>{% endif %}
+        <form class="inline-edit"
+              hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/edge/trust"
+              hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+          <input type="hidden" name="source_id" value="you">
+          <input type="hidden" name="target_id" value="{{ host_bot.id }}">
+          <label>
+            Trust:
+            <input type="range" name="new_value" min="0" max="100"
+                   value="{{ edge_y2b.trust }}"
+                   oninput="this.nextElementSibling.value = this.value">
+            <output>{{ edge_y2b.trust }}</output>
+          </label>
+          <button type="submit">Save</button>
+        </form>
+        <form class="inline-edit"
+              hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/edge/summary"
+              hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+          <input type="hidden" name="source_id" value="you">
+          <input type="hidden" name="target_id" value="{{ host_bot.id }}">
+          <label>
+            Summary:
+            <textarea name="new_summary" rows="3" maxlength="2000">{{ edge_y2b.summary or "" }}</textarea>
+          </label>
+          <button type="submit">Save summary</button>
+        </form>
       </div>
     {% endif %}
     {% if not edge_b2y and not edge_y2b %}
@@ -224,6 +462,33 @@
               <input type="hidden" name="pinned" value="{{ 0 if m.pinned else 1 }}">
               <button type="submit">{{ 'Unpin' if m.pinned else 'Pin' }}</button>
             </form>
+            <div class="witness-row">
+              {% for flag in ['you', 'host', 'guest'] %}
+                {% set witnessed = m['witness_' ~ flag] %}
+                <form class="inline-edit"
+                      hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/memory/witness"
+                      hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+                  <input type="hidden" name="memory_id" value="{{ m.id }}">
+                  <input type="hidden" name="flag" value="{{ flag }}">
+                  <input type="hidden" name="new_value" value="{{ 0 if witnessed else 1 }}">
+                  <label>
+                    <input type="checkbox" {% if witnessed %}checked{% endif %}
+                           onchange="this.form.requestSubmit()">
+                    {{ flag }}
+                  </label>
+                </form>
+              {% endfor %}
+            </div>
+            <details>
+              <summary>Edit POV summary</summary>
+              <form class="inline-edit"
+                    hx-post="/chats/{{ chat.id }}/drawer/memory/pov-summary"
+                    hx-target="#drawer" hx-swap="innerHTML">
+                <input type="hidden" name="memory_id" value="{{ m.id }}">
+                <textarea name="new_summary" rows="3" maxlength="2000">{{ m.pov_summary }}</textarea>
+                <button type="submit">Save</button>
+              </form>
+            </details>
           </li>
         {% endfor %}
       </ul>

chat/web/bots.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-import sqlite3
 from pathlib import Path
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Form, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse, HTMLResponse
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
 from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
 from chat.eventlog.projector import project
 from chat.state.entities import list_bots
@@ -19,15 +19,8 @@ REQUIRED_FIELDS = ("id", "name", "persona", "initial_relationship_to_you", "kick
 def get_conn(request: Request):
     settings = request.app.state.settings
     db_path: Path = settings.db_path
-    db_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path, check_same_thread=False)
-    conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
-    conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
-    try:
+    with open_db(db_path, check_same_thread=False) as conn:
         yield conn
-        conn.commit()
-    finally:
-        conn.close()
 
 
 def _split_voice_samples(text: str) -> list[str]:

chat/web/drawer.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Chat drawer — read view (T24) and inline edits (T25).
+"""Chat drawer — read view (T24) and inline edits (T25, T72).
 
 The GET endpoint renders an HTML partial showing the current scene +
 container, per-entity activity, host <-> you edges, pinned memories with
@@ -13,18 +13,22 @@ returning the refreshed drawer partial so HTMX can swap it in:
 * pin toggle on a memory (emits ``memory_pin_changed`` with
   ``auto_pinned=0`` so a manual pin is not subject to auto-eviction).
 
+T72 (Phase 2.5) extends the inline-edit set to cover the remaining
+§6.4 editable fields whose state-layer support already lands in the
+``manual_edit`` projector: edge trust slider, edge summary textarea,
+memory POV summary textarea, and per-edge knowledge-fact add/remove. It
+also exposes a witness-flag toggle (``you/host/guest``) per memory row
+and a "first-meeting gate" on the Add-guest form so an existing edge
+isn't quietly overwritten by a re-seed.
+
 Each ``manual_edit`` payload snapshots the prior value alongside the new
 one so a later inverse edit can restore state (§6.4 final paragraph).
-
-Other §6.4 editable fields (activity verb/attention/posture, edge_trust,
-edge summary, knowledge_facts list, memory pov_summary) are deferred to
-a Phase 1.5 follow-up — the dispatch in :mod:`chat.state.manual_edit`
-already accepts more ``target_kind`` values, so adding their routes is a
-mechanical extension.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Form, HTTPException, Request
@@ -36,11 +40,18 @@ from chat.services.relationship_seed import seed_inter_bot_edges
 from chat.services.scene_summarize import apply_scene_close_summary
 from chat.state.edges import get_edge
 from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you, list_bots
+from chat.state.events import list_active_events
 from chat.state.group_node import get_group_node
 from chat.state.memory import get_pinned
+from chat.state.threads import list_open_threads
 from chat.state.world import active_scene, get_activity, get_chat, get_container
 from chat.web.bots import get_conn
 from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+from chat.web.skip import (
+    _now_iso,
+    process_elision_skip,
+    process_jump_skip,
+)
 
 TEMPLATES = Jinja2Templates(
     directory=str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "templates")
@@ -55,6 +66,13 @@ PIN_CAP = 8
 # Recent-memories list is bounded to keep the drawer cheap to render.
 RECENT_LIMIT = 10
 
+# T72.1 caps on free-form textarea edits. Edge summaries and per-POV
+# memory summaries are drawer-driven prose — bound them so a stray paste
+# can't blow up the projected row size or the SSE drawer refresh payload.
+EDGE_SUMMARY_MAX = 2000
+MEMORY_POV_SUMMARY_MAX = 2000
+KNOWLEDGE_FACT_MAX = 500
+
 
 @router.get("/chats/{chat_id}/drawer", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def drawer(chat_id: str, request: Request, conn=Depends(get_conn)):
@@ -104,14 +122,25 @@ async def drawer(chat_id: str, request: Request, conn=Depends(get_conn)):
         available_guests = [
             b for b in list_bots(conn) if b["id"] != chat["host_bot_id"]
         ]
+    # T72.2 first-meeting gate: pre-compute whether a host->candidate edge
+    # already exists. Template renders the prose textarea disabled and the
+    # POST handler skips ``seed_inter_bot_edges`` (preserving the existing
+    # edge content) unless the user explicitly toggles "re-seed anyway".
+    existing_guest_edges = {
+        b["id"]: get_edge(conn, chat["host_bot_id"], b["id"]) is not None
+        for b in available_guests
+    }
     group_node = get_group_node(conn, chat_id)
 
     # Recent memories from host's POV (witness_host = 1), most recent first.
     # Raw query keeps this read self-contained — no projector helper exposes
-    # "latest N for an owner" yet and the drawer is the only consumer.
+    # "latest N for an owner" yet and the drawer is the only consumer. The
+    # three witness flags ride along so T72.3's per-row checkboxes can
+    # render the current state without a second query per memory.
     recent_rows = conn.execute(
         """
-        SELECT id, pov_summary, significance, pinned, created_at
+        SELECT id, pov_summary, significance, pinned, created_at,
+               witness_you, witness_host, witness_guest
         FROM memories
         WHERE owner_id = ? AND witness_host = 1
         ORDER BY id DESC
@@ -126,12 +155,19 @@ async def drawer(chat_id: str, request: Request, conn=Depends(get_conn)):
             "significance": r[2],
             "pinned": r[3],
             "created_at": r[4],
+            "witness_you": r[5],
+            "witness_host": r[6],
+            "witness_guest": r[7],
         }
         for r in recent_rows
     ]
 
     pinned = get_pinned(conn, chat["host_bot_id"])
 
+    # T59: active events + open threads for the new drawer sections.
+    active_events = list_active_events(conn, chat_id)
+    open_threads = list_open_threads(conn, chat_id)
+
     return TEMPLATES.TemplateResponse(
         request,
         "_drawer.html",
@@ -152,10 +188,13 @@ async def drawer(chat_id: str, request: Request, conn=Depends(get_conn)):
             "edge_y2g": edge_y2g,
             "edge_g2y": edge_g2y,
             "available_guests": available_guests,
+            "existing_guest_edges": existing_guest_edges,
             "group_node": group_node,
             "recent_memories": recent_memories,
             "pinned": pinned,
             "pin_cap": PIN_CAP,
+            "active_events": active_events,
+            "open_threads": open_threads,
         },
     )
 
@@ -342,6 +381,281 @@ async def toggle_memory_pin(
     return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
 
 
+# --- T72.1 deferred v1 drawer edits --------------------------------------
+#
+# These four endpoints round out the §6.4 editable surface — the
+# ``manual_edit`` projector already dispatches ``edge_trust``,
+# ``edge_summary``, and ``memory_pov_summary`` (T25); ``edge_knowledge_fact``
+# is a new dispatch branch added alongside this commit. Each route follows
+# the T25 pattern: snapshot the prior value, append + apply ``manual_edit``,
+# then re-render the drawer partial.
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/edge/trust",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def edit_edge_trust(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    source_id: str = Form(...),
+    target_id: str = Form(...),
+    new_value: int = Form(...),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    if not 0 <= int(new_value) <= 100:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"trust must be in [0, 100], got {new_value}",
+        )
+
+    edge = get_edge(conn, source_id, target_id)
+    if edge is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=f"edge not found: {source_id}->{target_id}",
+        )
+
+    prior = int(edge["trust"])
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="manual_edit",
+        payload={
+            "target_kind": "edge_trust",
+            "target_id": {"source_id": source_id, "target_id": target_id},
+            "prior_value": prior,
+            "new_value": int(new_value),
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/edge/summary",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def edit_edge_summary(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    source_id: str = Form(...),
+    target_id: str = Form(...),
+    new_summary: str = Form(...),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    if len(new_summary) > EDGE_SUMMARY_MAX:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=(
+                f"edge summary exceeds {EDGE_SUMMARY_MAX} chars "
+                f"(got {len(new_summary)})"
+            ),
+        )
+
+    edge = get_edge(conn, source_id, target_id)
+    if edge is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=f"edge not found: {source_id}->{target_id}",
+        )
+
+    prior = edge.get("summary") or ""
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="manual_edit",
+        payload={
+            "target_kind": "edge_summary",
+            "target_id": {"source_id": source_id, "target_id": target_id},
+            "prior_value": prior,
+            "new_value": new_summary,
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/memory/pov-summary",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def edit_memory_pov_summary(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    memory_id: int = Form(...),
+    new_summary: str = Form(...),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    if len(new_summary) > MEMORY_POV_SUMMARY_MAX:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=(
+                f"memory pov_summary exceeds {MEMORY_POV_SUMMARY_MAX} chars "
+                f"(got {len(new_summary)})"
+            ),
+        )
+
+    # 404 when the memory either doesn't exist or belongs to a different
+    # chat — the drawer never surfaces cross-chat memories so editing one
+    # would be a path-traversal-style mistake.
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE id = ? AND chat_id = ?",
+        (int(memory_id), chat_id),
+    ).fetchone()
+    if row is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=f"memory not found in chat: {memory_id}",
+        )
+
+    prior = row[0] or ""
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="manual_edit",
+        payload={
+            "target_kind": "memory_pov_summary",
+            "target_id": int(memory_id),
+            "prior_value": prior,
+            "new_value": new_summary,
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def edit_edge_knowledge_facts(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    source_id: str = Form(...),
+    target_id: str = Form(...),
+    action: str = Form(...),
+    fact: str = Form(...),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    """Add or remove a single knowledge_fact on an edge.
+
+    Remove semantics are by string match (first occurrence) — the drawer
+    re-renders after every edit so threading a stable index through is
+    fragile when concurrent ``edge_update`` events can append more facts
+    between renders. The projector is a no-op when the fact isn't found,
+    keeping the route idempotent for stale form submissions.
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    if action not in ("add", "remove"):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"action must be 'add' or 'remove', got {action!r}",
+        )
+
+    if len(fact) > KNOWLEDGE_FACT_MAX:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=(
+                f"fact exceeds {KNOWLEDGE_FACT_MAX} chars (got {len(fact)})"
+            ),
+        )
+    if not fact.strip():
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="fact must not be empty")
+
+    edge = get_edge(conn, source_id, target_id)
+    if edge is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=f"edge not found: {source_id}->{target_id}",
+        )
+
+    prior = list(edge.get("knowledge") or [])
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="manual_edit",
+        payload={
+            "target_kind": "edge_knowledge_fact",
+            "target_id": {"source_id": source_id, "target_id": target_id},
+            "prior_value": prior,
+            "new_value": {"action": action, "fact": fact},
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+# --- T72.3 witness flag inline-edit --------------------------------------
+#
+# Witness flags decide which entities can recall a memory (§7 retrieval).
+# Editing them is rare but high-impact — flipping ``witness_guest`` from 0
+# to 1 makes the memory available to the guest's prompt context. The route
+# follows the T25 / T72.1 pattern: snapshot prior, append + apply
+# ``manual_edit`` with a ``{flag, value}`` payload, refresh the partial.
+
+
+_VALID_WITNESS_FLAGS = ("you", "host", "guest")
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/memory/witness",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def edit_memory_witness(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    memory_id: int = Form(...),
+    flag: str = Form(...),
+    new_value: int = Form(...),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    if flag not in _VALID_WITNESS_FLAGS:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=(
+                f"flag must be one of {list(_VALID_WITNESS_FLAGS)}, "
+                f"got {flag!r}"
+            ),
+        )
+
+    row = conn.execute(
+        f"SELECT witness_{flag} FROM memories "
+        "WHERE id = ? AND chat_id = ?",
+        (int(memory_id), chat_id),
+    ).fetchone()
+    if row is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=404,
+            detail=f"memory not found in chat: {memory_id}",
+        )
+
+    prior_int = int(row[0])
+    new_int = 1 if int(new_value) else 0
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="manual_edit",
+        payload={
+            "target_kind": "memory_witness",
+            "target_id": int(memory_id),
+            "prior_value": {"flag": flag, "value": prior_int},
+            "new_value": {"flag": flag, "value": new_int},
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
 # --- T42 guest add/remove -------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Adding a guest fans out into up to four events: a ``guest_added`` to flip
@@ -381,6 +695,7 @@ async def add_guest(
     request: Request,
     guest_bot_id: str = Form(...),
     relationship_prose: str = Form(""),
+    reseed: str = Form(""),
     conn=Depends(get_conn),
     client=Depends(get_llm_client),
 ):
@@ -412,17 +727,32 @@ async def add_guest(
             detail=f"host bot not found: {chat['host_bot_id']}",
         )
 
-    settings = request.app.state.settings
-    seed = await seed_inter_bot_edges(
-        client,
-        classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
-        bot_a_id=chat["host_bot_id"],
-        bot_a_name=host_bot["name"],
-        bot_b_id=guest_bot_id,
-        bot_b_name=guest_bot["name"],
-        relationship_prose=relationship_prose,
-        timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+    # T72.2 first-meeting gate: when an edge already exists from a prior
+    # chat, the textarea is rendered disabled. Submission without the
+    # explicit "re-seed anyway" toggle skips ``seed_inter_bot_edges``
+    # entirely so the existing edge content (affinity, trust, knowledge,
+    # summaries) survives. ``guest_added`` and ``group_node_initialized``
+    # still fire so the chat picks up the new participant.
+    existing_edge = (
+        get_edge(conn, chat["host_bot_id"], guest_bot_id) is not None
     )
+    reseed_requested = reseed.lower() in ("1", "true", "on", "yes")
+    skip_seed = existing_edge and not reseed_requested
+
+    settings = request.app.state.settings
+    if skip_seed:
+        seed = None
+    else:
+        seed = await seed_inter_bot_edges(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+            bot_a_id=chat["host_bot_id"],
+            bot_a_name=host_bot["name"],
+            bot_b_id=guest_bot_id,
+            bot_b_name=guest_bot["name"],
+            relationship_prose=relationship_prose,
+            timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+        )
 
     append_and_apply(
         conn,
@@ -437,7 +767,7 @@ async def add_guest(
     # per-direction summary is set via the per-pov scene-close path
     # (T27), not direct edge_update. We therefore drop seed.*_summary
     # here; the deltas + knowledge_facts are what materializes.
-    if not _seed_is_default(seed):
+    if seed is not None and not _seed_is_default(seed):
         append_and_apply(
             conn,
             kind="edge_update",
@@ -524,3 +854,224 @@ async def remove_guest(
     )
 
     return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+# --- T59 events / threads / skip controls --------------------------------
+#
+# Five drawer-driven endpoints that emit Phase 3 event-log entries:
+#
+# * ``event_planned`` / ``event_cancelled`` for the events panel — props
+#   arrive as a JSON-encoded form field so the user can author arbitrary
+#   structured side-info without a custom HTMX widget per kind.
+# * ``time_skip_elision`` / ``time_skip_jump`` for the skip panel —
+#   each emits the projector event AND an ``assistant_turn`` carrying the
+#   narration prose from :mod:`chat.services.skip_narration`. Jump skips
+#   ALSO write per-bot synthesized memories from any user-supplied
+#   ``notable_prose`` via :func:`synthesize_memories` +
+#   :func:`record_turn_memory_for_present`.
+# * ``thread_closed`` for the threads panel.
+#
+# Skip narration is appended via plain ``append_event`` (assistant_turn
+# has no projector handler — it's a transcript-only kind, see
+# :func:`chat.web.turns._read_recent_dialogue`). The user will see the
+# new turn on the next chat-detail page load; we do NOT broadcast via
+# ``publish`` here because the SSE channel is scoped to the chat-detail
+# page and the drawer partial is the response body — adding cross-cutting
+# SSE here would require dragging the publish import + chat-channel state
+# into the drawer module without a meaningful UX gain (the drawer only
+# rerenders itself on these submissions).
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/event/plan",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def plan_event(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    kind: str = Form(...),
+    planned_for: str = Form(...),
+    props_json: str = Form("{}"),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    """Append an ``event_planned`` row from the drawer's "Plan event" form.
+
+    ``props_json`` is parsed into a dict before being attached to the
+    payload so the projector can treat it as structured data. Bad JSON
+    yields ``400`` — the form template renders an inline error in that
+    case so the user can fix-and-resubmit without losing their input.
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    try:
+        props = json.loads(props_json) if props_json.strip() else {}
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400, detail=f"props_json must be valid JSON: {exc}"
+        )
+    if not isinstance(props, dict):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400, detail="props_json must encode a JSON object"
+        )
+
+    event_id = f"evt_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="event_planned",
+        payload={
+            "event_id": event_id,
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "kind": kind,
+            "props": props,
+            "planned_for": planned_for,
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/event/cancel/{event_id}",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def cancel_event(
+    chat_id: str,
+    event_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    """Append an ``event_cancelled`` row for ``event_id``.
+
+    ``completed_at`` is sourced from the chat clock (so cancellations
+    timeline-align with the rest of the fiction) with a UTC-now fallback
+    when the clock isn't set. The projector is idempotent on terminal
+    statuses so a stale double-submit is harmless.
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    completed_at = chat.get("time") or _now_iso()
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="event_cancelled",
+        payload={
+            "event_id": event_id,
+            "completed_at": completed_at,
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/skip/elision",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def skip_elision(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    landing_state_hint: str = Form(""),
+    new_time: str = Form(...),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+    client=Depends(get_llm_client),
+):
+    """Elision skip: collapse in-progress activity into its end-state.
+
+    Thin HTTP wrapper around :func:`chat.web.skip.process_elision_skip`
+    (T62 extracted the controller). Validation failures surface as
+    ``400`` and the route still returns the refreshed drawer partial on
+    success so HTMX swaps in the new chat clock.
+    """
+    settings = request.app.state.settings
+    try:
+        await process_elision_skip(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            settings,
+            chat_id=chat_id,
+            new_time=new_time,
+            landing_state_hint=landing_state_hint,
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        # ``process_elision_skip`` raises on missing-chat or malformed /
+        # backwards new_time. The drawer used to 404 / 400 these
+        # separately — preserve the 404-vs-400 split by sniffing the
+        # error message so existing tests keep passing without changes.
+        if str(exc).startswith("chat not found"):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=str(exc))
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(exc))
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/skip/jump",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def skip_jump(
+    chat_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    new_time: str = Form(...),
+    notable_prose: str = Form(""),
+    reset_activity: str = Form(""),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+    client=Depends(get_llm_client),
+):
+    """Jump skip: bridge a longer fiction-time delta.
+
+    Thin HTTP wrapper around :func:`chat.web.skip.process_jump_skip`
+    (T62 extracted the controller). ``reset_activity`` is parsed
+    permissively here ("1" / "true" / "on" / "yes" — same shape as the
+    add-guest reseed flag) since HTML checkboxes typically post the
+    literal "1" or omit the field entirely.
+    """
+    reset_flag = reset_activity.lower() in ("1", "true", "on", "yes")
+    settings = request.app.state.settings
+    try:
+        await process_jump_skip(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            settings,
+            chat_id=chat_id,
+            new_time=new_time,
+            notable_prose=notable_prose,
+            reset_activity=reset_flag,
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        if str(exc).startswith("chat not found"):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=str(exc))
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(exc))
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/chats/{chat_id}/drawer/thread/close/{thread_id}",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+)
+async def close_thread(
+    chat_id: str,
+    thread_id: str,
+    request: Request,
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    """Append a ``thread_closed`` row for ``thread_id``.
+
+    Mirrors :func:`cancel_event` — chat-clock-or-now timestamp, projector
+    handles idempotency. The drawer's open-threads list is sourced from
+    ``list_open_threads`` which filters by ``status='open'`` so a stale
+    double-submit is a no-op visually.
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    closed_at = chat.get("time") or _now_iso()
+    append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="thread_closed",
+        payload={
+            "thread_id": thread_id,
+            "closed_at": closed_at,
+        },
+    )
+    return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)

chat/web/meanwhile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,398 @@
+"""Meanwhile-mode turn controller (T64).
+
+A meanwhile scene is a private 2-bot scene running alongside an active
+you-scene (its parent). The user manually advances it by POSTing to the
+existing ``/chats/<id>/turns`` endpoint; the route detects an active
+meanwhile scene at the start of ``post_turn`` and dispatches here.
+
+Unlike the normal turn flow, "you" is NOT a witness to the scene. The
+controller mirrors ``post_turn`` shape but with:
+
+- Speaker alternation derived from the latest meanwhile ``assistant_turn``
+  scoped to this scene_id (host first, then alternating).
+- Prompt assembly with ``present_set_kind="host_guest"`` so the prompt
+  builder drops the "you" activity bullet and any speaker -> "you" edge.
+- Memory writes via ``record_meanwhile_memory`` — both bots get rows
+  with witness flags ``[you=0, host=1, guest=1]``.
+- State updates over exactly 2 directed pairs (host <-> guest); no
+  you-related pairs fire.
+- The ``assistant_turn`` payload carries ``meanwhile_scene_id`` and
+  ``present_set_kind="host_guest"`` so downstream filters (alternation
+  lookup, drawer rendering, scene-close detection) can scope to the
+  meanwhile slice without conflating it with the parent you-scene's
+  history.
+
+Scene-close detection for meanwhile scenes is not auto-fired here —
+T65 covers the close + digest pipeline. The controller's job ends
+after the post-turn classifier passes land.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+
+from chat.config import Settings
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
+from chat.services.memory_write import record_meanwhile_memory
+from chat.services.multi_state_update import compute_state_updates_for_present
+from chat.services.prompt import assemble_narrative_prompt
+from chat.services.turn_parse import parse_turn
+from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+from chat.state.entities import get_bot
+from chat.state.meanwhile import list_meanwhile_scenes
+from chat.state.world import get_chat
+from chat.web.pubsub import publish
+from chat.web.render import render_turn_html as _render_turn_html
+
+
+def _strip_ooc_for_prompt(parsed) -> str:
+    """Mirror of the helper in turns.py — concatenate non-OOC segments."""
+    keep = [s.text for s in parsed.segments if s.kind != "ooc"]
+    return " ".join(keep).strip()
+
+
+def _read_recent_meanwhile_dialogue(
+    conn, chat_id: str, scene_id: int, limit: int = 50
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Return the meanwhile scene's prior turns shaped as
+    ``{"speaker": <id>, "text": <prose>}``.
+
+    Pulls ``user_turn`` rows for the chat (the user-side prose driving
+    this meanwhile scene rides through the same chat) plus only those
+    ``assistant_turn`` rows whose ``meanwhile_scene_id`` matches the
+    given scene id. Other meanwhile scenes on the same chat — and the
+    parent you-scene's assistant_turns — are excluded so the prompt
+    context stays scoped to the private beat.
+
+    Filters chat_id (and meanwhile_scene_id for assistant_turn) via
+    ``json_extract`` in SQL so SQLite stops at the first ``limit`` rows
+    that already match — avoids an unbounded scan as ``event_log``
+    grows. The user-side rows match on chat_id only since they aren't
+    tagged with a scene id (they ride the chat-wide log).
+    """
+    cur = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+        "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit', 'assistant_turn') "
+        "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+        "  AND json_extract(payload_json, '$.chat_id') = ? "
+        "  AND ("
+        "    kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit') "
+        "    OR json_extract(payload_json, '$.meanwhile_scene_id') = ?"
+        "  ) "
+        "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?",
+        (chat_id, scene_id, limit),
+    )
+    rows = cur.fetchall()
+    rows.reverse()
+    out: list[dict] = []
+    for _row_id, kind, payload_json in rows:
+        p = json.loads(payload_json)
+        if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
+            out.append({"speaker": "you", "text": p.get("prose", "")})
+        else:
+            out.append(
+                {
+                    "speaker": p.get("speaker_id", "bot"),
+                    "text": p.get("text", ""),
+                }
+            )
+    return out
+
+
+def _last_meanwhile_speaker(conn, chat_id: str, scene_id: int) -> str | None:
+    """Return the speaker_id of the latest assistant_turn linked to
+    ``scene_id`` for ``chat_id``, or ``None`` if no prior turn exists.
+
+    Used to alternate the speaker across consecutive meanwhile turns —
+    the OTHER bot speaks next. Pushes both filters into SQL via
+    ``json_extract`` and bounds with ``LIMIT 1`` so SQLite stops at the
+    first match instead of scanning the whole assistant_turn slice.
+    """
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT json_extract(payload_json, '$.speaker_id') AS speaker "
+        "FROM event_log "
+        "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' "
+        "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+        "  AND json_extract(payload_json, '$.chat_id') = ? "
+        "  AND json_extract(payload_json, '$.meanwhile_scene_id') = ? "
+        "ORDER BY id DESC "
+        "LIMIT 1",
+        (chat_id, scene_id),
+    ).fetchone()
+    return row[0] if row else None
+
+
+async def process_meanwhile_turn(
+    conn,
+    client: LLMClient,
+    settings: Settings,
+    *,
+    chat_id: str,
+    prose: str,
+) -> dict:
+    """Run one meanwhile turn end-to-end.
+
+    Returns a small dict shape ``{"assistant_text": ..., "speaker_id":
+    ..., "scene_id": ..., "user_turn_id": ..., "assistant_event_id":
+    ...}`` so callers can introspect the produced beat (HTTP route maps
+    to a ``204``; future SSE rebroadcast may use the dict directly).
+
+    Raises ``ValueError`` when there is no active meanwhile scene on
+    ``chat_id`` — the caller (turns.py) only dispatches here after a
+    positive ``list_meanwhile_scenes`` lookup, but the defensive raise
+    keeps the controller usable in isolation.
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    scenes = list_meanwhile_scenes(conn, chat_id, status="active")
+    if not scenes:
+        raise ValueError(f"no active meanwhile scene on chat: {chat_id}")
+    scene = scenes[0]
+    scene_id = scene["id"]
+
+    host_bot_id = chat["host_bot_id"]
+    guest_bot_id = chat.get("guest_bot_id")
+    if guest_bot_id is None:
+        # A meanwhile scene without a guest is a schema violation —
+        # the projector requires both ids on meanwhile_scene_started.
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"meanwhile scene {scene_id} on chat {chat_id} lacks a guest"
+        )
+
+    host_bot = get_bot(conn, host_bot_id)
+    guest_bot = get_bot(conn, guest_bot_id)
+    if host_bot is None or guest_bot is None:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"meanwhile bots missing: host={host_bot_id} guest={guest_bot_id}"
+        )
+
+    # 1. Parse the user prose with the classifier — same shape as the
+    # normal turn flow so OOC-stripping, segment-typing, etc. all work.
+    parsed = await parse_turn(
+        client, model=settings.classifier_model, prose=prose
+    )
+    prompt_prose = _strip_ooc_for_prompt(parsed)
+
+    # 2. Append user_turn — kept on the chat-wide log so the user can
+    # see their own prose in the timeline. Tagged with the meanwhile
+    # scene_id so future renderers can group it with the right scene.
+    user_turn_event_id = append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="user_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "prose": prose,
+            "segments": [s.model_dump() for s in parsed.segments],
+            "meanwhile_scene_id": scene_id,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # 3. Alternate the speaker. First turn -> host speaks; each
+    # subsequent turn -> the OTHER bot from the previous beat. Lookup
+    # is scoped by ``meanwhile_scene_id`` so unrelated assistant_turns
+    # on the same chat don't perturb the alternation.
+    last_speaker = _last_meanwhile_speaker(conn, chat_id, scene_id)
+    if last_speaker is None or last_speaker == guest_bot_id:
+        speaker_bot = host_bot
+        addressee_bot = guest_bot
+    else:
+        speaker_bot = guest_bot
+        addressee_bot = host_bot
+
+    # 4. Placeholder marker so SSE observers see "in flight". No
+    # projector handler is registered for this kind — it's transcript-
+    # only, same as the normal turn flow.
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn_started",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "speaker_id": speaker_bot["id"],
+            "user_turn_id": user_turn_event_id,
+            "meanwhile_scene_id": scene_id,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # 5. Build the narrative prompt. ``present_set_kind="host_guest"``
+    # tells the assembler to drop the "you" activity bullet and any
+    # speaker -> "you" edge — both irrelevant inside a private beat.
+    # Addressee is the OTHER bot, not "you".
+    recent_dialogue = _read_recent_meanwhile_dialogue(conn, chat_id, scene_id)
+    if recent_dialogue and recent_dialogue[-1].get("speaker") == "you":
+        recent_dialogue = recent_dialogue[:-1]
+    messages = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+        conn,
+        chat_id=chat_id,
+        speaker_bot_id=speaker_bot["id"],
+        addressee=addressee_bot["id"],
+        user_turn_prose=prompt_prose if prompt_prose else None,
+        recent_dialogue=recent_dialogue,
+        budget_soft=settings.narrative_budget_soft,
+        budget_hard=settings.narrative_budget_hard,
+        guest_id=guest_bot_id,
+        present_set_kind="host_guest",
+    )
+
+    # 6. Stream + accumulate. Same SSE pattern as the normal flow —
+    # tokens publish under the speaker's id so the UI can label the
+    # right bubble. Register the streaming task in the chat-keyed
+    # in-flight registry so POST /chats/<id>/turns/cancel can call
+    # ``.cancel()`` on it; without this, the Stop button is a no-op for
+    # meanwhile beats. We import the underscore name from turns.py
+    # deliberately — it's the same single-process registry the cancel
+    # route reads, and exposing it via a public alias would require
+    # touching every existing call site for no behavioural gain.
+    from chat.web.turns import _in_flight_tasks  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+    accumulated: list[str] = []
+    truncated = False
+    cancelled = False
+
+    async def _stream() -> None:
+        async for chunk in client.stream(
+            messages,
+            model=settings.narrative_model,
+            max_tokens=settings.narrative_max_tokens,
+            temperature=settings.narrative_temperature,
+        ):
+            accumulated.append(chunk)
+            await publish(
+                chat_id,
+                {
+                    "event": "token",
+                    "text": chunk,
+                    "speaker_id": speaker_bot["id"],
+                },
+            )
+
+    stream_task = asyncio.create_task(_stream())
+    _in_flight_tasks[chat_id] = stream_task
+    try:
+        await stream_task
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        truncated = True
+        cancelled = True
+    except Exception:
+        truncated = True
+    finally:
+        # Always unregister so a subsequent turn can register a fresh
+        # task. Mirrors the cleanup in turns.py::post_turn.
+        _in_flight_tasks.pop(chat_id, None)
+
+    text = "".join(accumulated)
+
+    # 7. Append assistant_turn — tagged with meanwhile_scene_id so the
+    # next turn's alternation lookup can find it, and present_set_kind
+    # so downstream renderers / digesters can filter scope.
+    assistant_event_id = append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "speaker_id": speaker_bot["id"],
+            "text": text,
+            "truncated": truncated,
+            "user_turn_id": user_turn_event_id,
+            "meanwhile_scene_id": scene_id,
+            "present_set_kind": "host_guest",
+        },
+    )
+
+    # 8. Per-turn memory writes — both bots get a row with witness flags
+    # [you=0, host=1, guest=1]. Skipped on cancellation so we don't
+    # record memory for a partial beat the user never read.
+    if not cancelled and text.strip():
+        record_meanwhile_memory(
+            conn,
+            chat_id=chat_id,
+            host_bot_id=host_bot_id,
+            guest_bot_id=guest_bot_id,
+            narrative_text=text,
+            scene_id=scene_id,
+            chat_clock_at=chat.get("time"),
+        )
+
+        # 9. Post-turn state-update — exactly 2 directed pairs over the
+        # bot pair. No you-related pairs fire (you isn't present).
+        present_ids = [host_bot_id, guest_bot_id]
+        present_names = {
+            host_bot_id: host_bot["name"],
+            guest_bot_id: guest_bot["name"],
+        }
+        personas = {
+            host_bot_id: host_bot.get("persona") or "",
+            guest_bot_id: guest_bot.get("persona") or "",
+        }
+        prior_edges: dict[tuple[str, str], dict] = {}
+        for src in present_ids:
+            for tgt in present_ids:
+                if src == tgt:
+                    continue
+                edge = get_edge(conn, src, tgt) or {
+                    "affinity": 50,
+                    "trust": 50,
+                    "summary": "",
+                }
+                prior_edges[(src, tgt)] = edge
+
+        state_updates = await compute_state_updates_for_present(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+            present_ids=present_ids,
+            present_names=present_names,
+            personas=personas,
+            prior_edges=prior_edges,
+            recent_dialogue=recent_dialogue,
+            timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+        )
+        last_at = chat.get("time")
+        for src_id, tgt_id, update in state_updates:
+            append_and_apply(
+                conn,
+                kind="edge_update",
+                payload={
+                    "source_id": src_id,
+                    "target_id": tgt_id,
+                    "chat_id": chat_id,
+                    "affinity_delta": update.affinity_delta,
+                    "trust_delta": update.trust_delta,
+                    "knowledge_facts": update.knowledge_facts,
+                    "last_interaction_at": last_at,
+                    "last_interaction_chat_id": chat_id,
+                },
+            )
+
+    # 10. SSE broadcast for the timeline UI — completion event + an HTML
+    # fragment for the HTMX SSE swap. Same pattern as the normal turn
+    # flow so the rendered transcript shows the meanwhile beat inline.
+    await publish(
+        chat_id,
+        {
+            "event": "assistant_turn_complete",
+            "speaker_id": speaker_bot["id"],
+            "text": text,
+            "truncated": truncated,
+        },
+    )
+    turn_html = _render_turn_html(speaker_bot["name"], text, role="bot")
+    await publish(chat_id, {"event": "turn_html", "data": turn_html})
+
+    if cancelled:
+        # Re-raise after the partial-turn has been recorded so callers
+        # see the cancel propagate (mirrors normal turn flow).
+        raise asyncio.CancelledError
+
+    return {
+        "assistant_text": text,
+        "speaker_id": speaker_bot["id"],
+        "scene_id": scene_id,
+        "user_turn_id": user_turn_event_id,
+        "assistant_event_id": assistant_event_id,
+    }
+
+
+__all__ = ["process_meanwhile_turn"]

chat/web/skip.py

@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+"""Shared skip-flow controllers (T62).
+
+Both the drawer skip routes (T59) and the natural-language skip parse
+(T62) call into these controllers. Keep the controllers free of HTTP
+concerns — they take ``conn`` + ``client`` + ``settings`` and structured
+args, append events, and return a small result dict the caller can map
+to whatever response shape it owes (drawer partial, 204, 422, etc.).
+
+``ValueError`` is the controller-level signal for caller-mappable
+validation failure (bad ISO timestamp, backwards skip). The drawer
+routes translate it to ``HTTP 400``; the natural-language path either
+swallows it (the parser handed us a degenerate hint) or surfaces it the
+same way. Anything else (LLM failure, unexpected exception) propagates
+uncaught — :func:`narrate_skip` already has its own deterministic
+fallback for the routine LLM-down case, so a real exception here means
+something we want to see.
+
+The two controllers mirror the drawer T59 logic closely so the v1
+guarantees (``time_skip_*`` lands first → memory writes ride the
+post-skip clock → narration ``assistant_turn`` is appended last) hold
+identically across the two entry points.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from sqlite3 import Connection
+
+from chat.config import Settings
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
+from chat.services.memory_write import record_turn_memory_for_present
+from chat.services.skip_narration import narrate_skip
+from chat.services.synthesized_memories import synthesize_memories
+from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
+from chat.state.world import get_activity, get_chat
+
+
+def _parse_iso_time(value: str) -> datetime | None:
+    """Permissive ISO 8601 parser shared with the drawer routes (T59).
+
+    ``datetime.fromisoformat`` doesn't accept a trailing ``Z`` until
+    Python 3.11; we normalize it to ``+00:00`` so older interpreters
+    parse the same set of strings the drawer accepts.
+    """
+    if not value:
+        return None
+    try:
+        v = value.strip()
+        if v.endswith("Z"):
+            v = v[:-1] + "+00:00"
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(v)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def _validate_new_time(chat: dict, new_time: str) -> None:
+    """Raise ``ValueError`` if ``new_time`` is unparseable or backwards.
+
+    The drawer route maps the raised error to ``HTTP 400``; the
+    natural-language path may also surface it as a ``400``. Centralizing
+    the rule here means both entry points enforce the same invariant
+    (no causality-corrupting backwards jumps).
+    """
+    new_dt = _parse_iso_time(new_time)
+    if new_dt is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"new_time must be ISO 8601, got {new_time!r}")
+    cur_dt = _parse_iso_time(chat.get("time") or "")
+    if cur_dt is not None and new_dt < cur_dt:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "new_time must not be earlier than the current chat clock"
+        )
+
+
+async def process_elision_skip(
+    conn: Connection,
+    client: LLMClient,
+    settings: Settings,
+    *,
+    chat_id: str,
+    new_time: str,
+    landing_state_hint: str = "",
+) -> dict:
+    """Run an elision skip end-to-end.
+
+    Validates ``new_time`` against the current chat clock, appends a
+    ``time_skip_elision`` event (chat clock advances), generates a
+    transition narration via :func:`narrate_skip`, and appends an
+    ``assistant_turn`` carrying the narration. ``narrate_skip`` has its
+    own deterministic fallback so this never blocks on the model.
+
+    Returns ``{"assistant_text": ..., "speaker_id": ..., "skip_event_id":
+    ..., "assistant_event_id": ...}`` so callers can introspect the
+    generated turn (e.g. for SSE rebroadcast or test assertions).
+
+    Raises ``ValueError`` on validation failure or when the chat row
+    can't be located (the drawer maps it to ``HTTP 400`` / ``404``
+    respectively; the natural-language path follows the same shape).
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    _validate_new_time(chat, new_time)
+
+    host_bot = get_bot(conn, chat["host_bot_id"]) or {
+        "id": chat["host_bot_id"],
+        "name": "host",
+        "persona": "",
+    }
+    you_entity = get_you(conn) or {"name": "you"}
+
+    # The drawer route reaches into the host bot's current activity to
+    # surface the verb to the narration helper — we do the same so both
+    # entry points produce the same prose for the same chat state.
+    bot_activity = get_activity(conn, chat["host_bot_id"]) or {}
+    current_activity = (bot_activity.get("action") or {}).get("verb") or ""
+
+    narration = await narrate_skip(
+        client,
+        narrative_model=settings.narrative_model,
+        skip_kind="elision",
+        speaker_bot=host_bot,
+        you_name=you_entity.get("name") or "you",
+        current_time=chat.get("time") or "",
+        new_time=new_time,
+        current_activity=current_activity,
+        landing_state_hint=landing_state_hint,
+        timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+    )
+
+    skip_event_id = append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="time_skip_elision",
+        payload={"chat_id": chat_id, "new_time": new_time},
+    )
+    speaker_id = host_bot.get("id") or chat["host_bot_id"]
+    assistant_event_id = append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "speaker_id": speaker_id,
+            "text": narration,
+            "truncated": False,
+        },
+    )
+
+    return {
+        "assistant_text": narration,
+        "speaker_id": speaker_id,
+        "skip_event_id": skip_event_id,
+        "assistant_event_id": assistant_event_id,
+    }
+
+
+async def process_jump_skip(
+    conn: Connection,
+    client: LLMClient,
+    settings: Settings,
+    *,
+    chat_id: str,
+    new_time: str,
+    notable_prose: str = "",
+    reset_activity: bool = False,
+) -> dict:
+    """Run a jump skip end-to-end.
+
+    Same validations as :func:`process_elision_skip`. Emits
+    ``time_skip_jump`` *before* synthesizing memories so per-bot writes
+    record the post-jump chat clock (mirroring how a regular turn's
+    memory carries the chat clock). When ``notable_prose`` is non-empty,
+    runs :func:`synthesize_memories` once per present bot witness, then
+    fans the resulting memories out via
+    :func:`record_turn_memory_for_present` with ``source="synthesized"``.
+    Finally appends the narration ``assistant_turn``.
+
+    Returns ``{"assistant_text": ..., "speaker_id": ..., "skip_event_id":
+    ..., "assistant_event_id": ...}``.
+
+    Raises ``ValueError`` on validation failure (caller maps to ``400``).
+    """
+    chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+    if chat is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+
+    _validate_new_time(chat, new_time)
+
+    host_bot = get_bot(conn, chat["host_bot_id"]) or {
+        "id": chat["host_bot_id"],
+        "name": "host",
+        "persona": "",
+    }
+    you_entity = get_you(conn) or {"name": "you"}
+    you_name = you_entity.get("name") or "you"
+    guest_bot_id = chat.get("guest_bot_id")
+    guest_bot = get_bot(conn, guest_bot_id) if guest_bot_id else None
+
+    # Emit time_skip_jump up front so subsequent memory writes ride the
+    # post-jump chat clock (matches the drawer T59 behavior pinned by
+    # test_post_skip_jump_with_notable_prose_writes_synthesized_memories).
+    skip_event_id = append_and_apply(
+        conn,
+        kind="time_skip_jump",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "new_time": new_time,
+            "reset_activity": reset_activity,
+        },
+    )
+
+    # Synthesize per-bot memories when prose is non-empty. The helper
+    # short-circuits on whitespace prose, but gating the loop here keeps
+    # the canned-LLM-queue accounting predictable for tests.
+    if notable_prose.strip():
+        present_bots: list[dict] = [host_bot]
+        if guest_bot is not None:
+            present_bots.append(guest_bot)
+        for bot in present_bots:
+            digest = await synthesize_memories(
+                client,
+                classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+                prose=notable_prose,
+                bot_name=bot.get("name") or "",
+                bot_persona=bot.get("persona") or "",
+                you_name=you_name,
+                timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+            )
+            for mem in digest.memories:
+                # ``record_turn_memory_for_present`` writes one row per
+                # present bot per call — we already iterate by bot here,
+                # so guest_bot_id=None avoids double-writing the guest's
+                # row when bot==guest.
+                record_turn_memory_for_present(
+                    conn,
+                    chat_id=chat_id,
+                    host_bot_id=bot["id"],
+                    guest_bot_id=None,
+                    narrative_text=mem.text,
+                    chat_clock_at=new_time,
+                    source="synthesized",
+                    significance=mem.significance,
+                )
+
+    narration = await narrate_skip(
+        client,
+        narrative_model=settings.narrative_model,
+        skip_kind="jump",
+        speaker_bot=host_bot,
+        you_name=you_name,
+        current_time=chat.get("time") or "",
+        new_time=new_time,
+        current_activity="",
+        landing_state_hint=notable_prose,
+        timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+    )
+    speaker_id = host_bot.get("id") or chat["host_bot_id"]
+    assistant_event_id = append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "speaker_id": speaker_id,
+            "text": narration,
+            "truncated": False,
+        },
+    )
+
+    return {
+        "assistant_text": narration,
+        "speaker_id": speaker_id,
+        "skip_event_id": skip_event_id,
+        "assistant_event_id": assistant_event_id,
+    }
+
+
+def _now_iso() -> str:
+    """UTC ISO timestamp used by callers as a chat-clock fallback."""
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "process_elision_skip",
+    "process_jump_skip",
+    "_now_iso",
+    "_parse_iso_time",
+]

chat/web/turns.py

@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ import html
 import json
 import re
 
+from datetime import timedelta
+
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Form, HTTPException, Request
-from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse, Response
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, RedirectResponse, Response
 
 from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.services.addressee import detect_addressee
 from chat.services.background import SignificanceJob
+from chat.services.event_lifecycle import detect_event_transitions
+from chat.services.event_promotion import promote_completed_event
 from chat.services.interjection import detect_interjection
 from chat.services.memory_write import record_turn_memory_for_present
 from chat.services.multi_state_update import compute_state_updates_for_present
@@ -66,11 +71,15 @@ from chat.services.scene_summarize import apply_scene_close_summary
 from chat.services.turn_parse import ParsedTurn, parse_turn
 from chat.state.edges import get_edge
 from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
+from chat.state.events import list_active_events
+from chat.state.meanwhile import list_meanwhile_scenes
 from chat.state.world import active_scene, get_chat, get_container
 from chat.web.bots import get_conn
 from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+from chat.web.meanwhile import process_meanwhile_turn
 from chat.web.pubsub import publish
 from chat.web.render import render_turn_html as _render_turn_html
+from chat.web.skip import _parse_iso_time, process_elision_skip
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -235,20 +244,103 @@ async def post_turn(
     guest_bot = None
     guest_bot_id = chat.get("guest_bot_id")
     if guest_bot_id is not None:
+        # T47's bot_reset cascade clears guest_bot_id from any chat that
+        # referenced the deleted bot, so by the time we read it here it's
+        # either None or a live bot id. The previous defensive
+        # degrade-to-1:1 block (T44) was rendered dead by T47 and removed
+        # in T74.4 — get_bot now returns a real row.
         guest_bot = get_bot(conn, guest_bot_id)
-        # If the chat references a deleted guest we degrade to single-bot
-        # rather than 404 — the chat is still usable as a 1:1.
-        if guest_bot is None:
-            guest_bot_id = None
 
     settings = request.app.state.settings
 
+    # 0. Meanwhile-mode short-circuit (T64). When an active meanwhile
+    # scene is running on this chat, the turn flow is entirely between
+    # the two bots — "you" is absent. The meanwhile controller mirrors
+    # the post_turn shape but with no-you semantics: present_set_kind
+    # ``host_guest`` in the prompt assembler, ``record_meanwhile_memory``
+    # for witness flags, only 2 directed pairs in the state update, and
+    # the assistant_turn payload tagged with ``meanwhile_scene_id`` so
+    # alternation lookups can scope to this scene specifically. The
+    # T62 skip-intent dispatch and the regular narrative path below
+    # are skipped — a meanwhile beat is its own self-contained flow.
+    if list_meanwhile_scenes(conn, chat_id, status="active"):
+        try:
+            await process_meanwhile_turn(
+                conn,
+                client,
+                settings,
+                chat_id=chat_id,
+                prose=prose,
+            )
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(exc))
+        return Response(status_code=204)
+
     # 1. Parse turn (classifier).
     parsed = await parse_turn(
         client, model=settings.classifier_model, prose=prose
     )
     prompt_prose = _strip_ooc_for_prompt(parsed)
 
+    # 1a. Skip-command short-circuit (T62). The parser may classify the
+    # prose as a time-skip directive — in which case the regular
+    # narrative path (addressee detection, narrative stream, post-turn
+    # state-update + scene-close passes) is skipped entirely. Elision
+    # runs through the shared controller in :mod:`chat.web.skip`; jump
+    # is drawer-only for Phase 3 (the natural-language path returns
+    # 422 directing the user to the drawer's jump form, where they can
+    # supply structured ``notable_prose`` and a target time). Anything
+    # not matching these intents falls through to the narrative branch.
+    intent = getattr(parsed, "intent", "narrative") or "narrative"
+    if intent == "skip_jump":
+        # Drawer-only jump for Phase 3: parsing a free-form fiction-time
+        # delta out of natural language ("next morning" -> ?) is fragile
+        # enough that we'd rather route the user to the drawer form,
+        # where they pick a concrete ISO time and an optional notable-
+        # prose field. 422 = "request shape is understood, but the
+        # required structured input lives on a different surface".
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {
+                "error": (
+                    "Jump skip requires the drawer's jump form for "
+                    "notable_prose."
+                )
+            },
+            status_code=422,
+        )
+
+    if intent == "skip_elision":
+        # Derive ``new_time`` from the chat clock. Phase 3 stub: bump by
+        # 1 hour. The drawer's elision form is the structured path when
+        # the author wants a specific landing time; here the goal is
+        # "elide the dull bit" and any sensible forward step is fine —
+        # ``narrate_skip`` weaves the landing-state hint into the
+        # transition prose so the prose carries the semantic time, not
+        # the timestamp itself.
+        cur_dt = _parse_iso_time(chat.get("time") or "")
+        new_time = (
+            (cur_dt + timedelta(hours=1)).isoformat()
+            if cur_dt is not None
+            else (chat.get("time") or "")
+        )
+        try:
+            await process_elision_skip(
+                conn,
+                client,
+                settings,
+                chat_id=chat_id,
+                new_time=new_time,
+                landing_state_hint=getattr(parsed, "landing_state_hint", "")
+                or "",
+            )
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            # The controller raises on missing chat / bad new_time.
+            # Missing chat is already handled above (we'd have 404'd);
+            # a bad new_time here is a stub-derivation bug rather than
+            # user input — surface as 400 with the controller message.
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(exc))
+        return Response(status_code=204)
+
     # 2. Append user_turn event.
     user_turn_event_id = append_event(
         conn,
@@ -262,8 +354,25 @@ async def post_turn(
 
     # 3. Determine the addressee. Done before assistant_turn_started so the
     # placeholder reflects the bot the user is actually talking to (host
-    # in 1:1, host-or-guest in multi-entity).
-    addressee_id = _detect_addressee_id(prose, host_bot, guest_bot)
+    # in 1:1, host-or-guest in multi-entity). T74.1 routes the multi-entity
+    # case through the addressee classifier; the no-guest case still uses
+    # the substring fast-path because there is nothing to classify when
+    # only one bot is present (and a classifier round-trip there would
+    # just be throughput overhead).
+    if guest_bot is None:
+        addressee_id = _detect_addressee_id(prose, host_bot, guest_bot)
+    else:
+        decision = await detect_addressee(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+            user_prose=prose,
+            host_id=host_bot["id"],
+            host_name=host_bot["name"],
+            guest_id=guest_bot["id"],
+            guest_name=guest_bot["name"],
+            timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+        )
+        addressee_id = decision.addressee_id
     addressee_bot = (
         guest_bot if (guest_bot is not None and addressee_id == guest_bot["id"])
         else host_bot
@@ -598,7 +707,7 @@ async def post_turn(
 
                 # Memory write for the interjection beat — a second pair
                 # of memory_written events (host + guest POVs).
-                record_turn_memory_for_present(
+                interject_memory_results = record_turn_memory_for_present(
                     conn,
                     chat_id=chat_id,
                     host_bot_id=host_bot["id"],
@@ -608,6 +717,103 @@ async def post_turn(
                     chat_clock_at=chat.get("time"),
                 )
 
+                # T74.2: enqueue a significance pass for the interjection
+                # memory. Mirrors the primary-turn enqueue pattern above —
+                # we score on the host's memory id since the prose is
+                # identical across both POVs (per-POV rewrite happens at
+                # scene close in T45). Without this enqueue the
+                # interjection beat lands in memory but never gets scored,
+                # so it can never auto-pin even when it carries a pivotal
+                # moment.
+                interject_host_event = interject_memory_results.get(
+                    host_bot["id"]
+                )
+                interject_host_memory_id = (
+                    interject_host_event[1] if interject_host_event else None
+                )
+                if (
+                    worker is not None
+                    and interject_host_memory_id is not None
+                ):
+                    worker.enqueue(
+                        SignificanceJob(
+                            memory_id=interject_host_memory_id,
+                            narrative_text=interjection_text,
+                            prior_dialogue=recent_post_interject,
+                            host_bot_id=host_bot["id"],
+                        )
+                    )
+
+    # 8a. Event-lifecycle detection (Phase 3, T61). Runs after the post-turn
+    # classifier passes (memory write + state update + optional
+    # interjection) and BEFORE scene-close detection. The classifier reads
+    # ``primary_text`` against the chat's currently-active events and
+    # returns a (usually empty) list of transitions. Each transition lands
+    # an ``event_started`` / ``event_completed`` / ``event_cancelled``
+    # event via ``append_and_apply`` so the events projection updates
+    # synchronously. A completion is followed inline by
+    # ``promote_completed_event`` so any structured artifacts the event
+    # carries (knowledge_facts, relationship_change, acquired_objects)
+    # land in state in the same turn — see chat/services/event_promotion.
+    #
+    # ``detect_event_transitions`` short-circuits when ``active_events``
+    # is empty (per T52), so chats without active events don't pay a
+    # classifier round-trip and existing fixtures need no extra canned
+    # slots.
+    active_events = list_active_events(conn, chat_id)
+    if active_events:
+        lifecycle_decision = await detect_event_transitions(
+            client,
+            classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+            narrative_text=primary_text,
+            active_events=active_events,
+            timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+        )
+        for transition in lifecycle_decision.transitions:
+            if transition.new_status == "active":
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="event_started",
+                    payload={
+                        "event_id": transition.event_id,
+                        "started_at": chat.get("time"),
+                    },
+                )
+            elif transition.new_status == "completed":
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="event_completed",
+                    payload={
+                        "event_id": transition.event_id,
+                        "completed_at": chat.get("time"),
+                    },
+                )
+                # Run promotion inline so the artifact-emitting events
+                # (edge_update / manual_edit) land synchronously after
+                # the completion. ``promote_completed_event`` is
+                # synchronous (no await) and skips silently when the
+                # event row's status isn't 'completed' — a safety net
+                # for races, not expected to trigger in practice.
+                promote_completed_event(
+                    conn,
+                    event_id=transition.event_id,
+                    chat_id=chat_id,
+                    chat_clock_at=chat.get("time"),
+                )
+            elif transition.new_status == "cancelled":
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="event_cancelled",
+                    payload={
+                        "event_id": transition.event_id,
+                        "completed_at": chat.get("time"),
+                    },
+                )
+            # Any other ``new_status`` value falls through silently —
+            # the lifecycle service constrains the schema to the three
+            # valid transitions, and a defensive no-op here keeps the
+            # turn flow tolerant of unexpected outputs.
+
     # 9. Scene-close detection (Plan §7.2, T26). Runs AFTER assistant_turn
     # and the optional interjection so the bots' responses are part of
     # the closing scene's final beat — closing before narrative would
@@ -623,6 +829,15 @@ async def post_turn(
     # close in the same chat) — we have nothing to close. T13 (kickoff)
     # is the only scene-opener path in v1; Phase 2-3 will handle
     # automatic re-opening with the next container.
+    #
+    # T74.3: this branch deliberately runs even when ``cancelled`` is
+    # True. Close detection consumes only the user's prose (which is
+    # fully appended to the event_log BEFORE streaming starts) and the
+    # current container name; it does NOT consume the bot's output.
+    # A user who types "we're done here, fade out" and then hits Stop
+    # mid-stream still meant to close the scene — the cancelled bot
+    # beat doesn't invalidate that intent. Pinned by
+    # test_cancelled_turn_still_closes_scene_when_user_prose_signals_close.
     if scene is not None and prose.strip():
         container = None
         if scene.get("container_id") is not None:

tests/test_addressee.py

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+"""Addressee classifier service tests (T74.1).
+
+Covers :func:`chat.services.addressee.detect_addressee`:
+
+- Classifier picks the guest -> ``addressee_id == guest_id``.
+- Classifier picks the host -> ``addressee_id == host_id``.
+- Classifier flakes (3 bad-JSON responses, exhausting the built-in
+  retry budget in :func:`chat.llm.classify.classify`) -> fallback to
+  the host with ``reason="fallback"``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+from chat.services.addressee import AddresseeDecision, detect_addressee
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_classifier_picks_guest():
+    """Classifier returns the guest id verbatim — caller propagates it."""
+    canned = [
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "addressee_id": "bot_b",
+                "confidence": "high",
+                "reason": "user named BotB",
+            }
+        )
+    ]
+    client = MockLLMClient(canned=canned)
+
+    result = await detect_addressee(
+        client,
+        classifier_model="test-model",
+        user_prose="BotB, what do you think?",
+        host_id="bot_a",
+        host_name="BotA",
+        guest_id="bot_b",
+        guest_name="BotB",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, AddresseeDecision)
+    assert result.addressee_id == "bot_b"
+    assert result.confidence == "high"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_classifier_picks_host():
+    """Classifier returns the host id — caller propagates it."""
+    canned = [
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "addressee_id": "bot_a",
+                "confidence": "medium",
+                "reason": "narration aimed at host",
+            }
+        )
+    ]
+    client = MockLLMClient(canned=canned)
+
+    result = await detect_addressee(
+        client,
+        classifier_model="test-model",
+        user_prose="I lean back and stretch.",
+        host_id="bot_a",
+        host_name="BotA",
+        guest_id="bot_b",
+        guest_name="BotB",
+    )
+
+    assert result.addressee_id == "bot_a"
+    assert result.confidence == "medium"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_classifier_failure_falls_back_to_host():
+    """Three bad-JSON responses exhaust the retry budget and the
+    classifier-failure fallback returns ``host_id`` with
+    ``reason="fallback"``."""
+    canned = ["not json", "still not json", "garbage"]
+    client = MockLLMClient(canned=canned)
+
+    result = await detect_addressee(
+        client,
+        classifier_model="test-model",
+        user_prose="anything",
+        host_id="bot_a",
+        host_name="BotA",
+        guest_id="bot_b",
+        guest_name="BotB",
+    )
+
+    assert result.addressee_id == "bot_a"
+    assert result.reason == "fallback"
+    assert result.confidence == "low"

tests/test_drawer_edits_extended.py

@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+"""T72: deferred v1 drawer edits + witness flag inline-edit.
+
+T25 shipped affinity / significance / pin. T72.1 fills in the rest of the
+§6.4 editable surface whose ``manual_edit`` projector dispatch was already
+in place (or, for ``edge_knowledge_fact``, added alongside the route):
+
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/edge/trust`` — slider 0..100.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/edge/summary`` — textarea, capped 2000.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/memory/pov-summary`` — textarea, capped.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts`` — add/remove fact.
+
+T72.3 layers a witness-flag toggle on top:
+
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/memory/witness`` — ``manual_edit`` with
+  ``target_kind`` = ``memory_witness`` and a ``{flag, value}`` payload.
+
+Each test asserts (a) the ``manual_edit`` event lands in the log,
+(b) the projected table reflects the new value, and (c) the response is
+the refreshed drawer partial.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from chat.app import app
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db))
+    with TestClient(app) as c:
+        if hasattr(app.state, "background_worker"):
+            app.state.background_worker.enabled = False
+        yield c
+
+
+def _seed(db: Path) -> None:
+    """Seed a chat with one host bot, one host->you edge with a fact and
+    summary already set, and one memory authored by ``bot_a`` witnessed by
+    all three roles. Tests reach into projected state to verify edits.
+    """
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": "bot_a",
+                "name": "BotA",
+                "persona": "...",
+                "voice_samples": [],
+                "traits": [],
+                "backstory": "",
+                "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+                "kickoff_prose": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        # Materialise edge bot_a -> you with a knowledge_fact already on it
+        # so the remove path has something to consume.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": "bot_a",
+                "target_id": "you",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "affinity_delta": 0,
+                "knowledge_facts": ["studied physics together"],
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="memory_written",
+            payload={
+                "owner_id": "bot_a",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "pov_summary": "Original summary text.",
+                "witness_you": 1,
+                "witness_host": 1,
+                "witness_guest": 0,
+                "significance": 1,
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+
+# --- T72.1 tests ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_trust_emits_manual_edit_and_updates(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/trust",
+        data={"source_id": "bot_a", "target_id": "you", "new_value": "73"},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    # Refresh shows the new trust value somewhere in the partial.
+    assert "73" in response.text
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "edge_trust"
+        assert payload["prior_value"] == 50
+        assert payload["new_value"] == 73
+        assert payload["target_id"] == {
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+        }
+
+        from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+
+        edge = get_edge(conn, "bot_a", "you")
+        assert edge["trust"] == 73
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_trust_400_on_out_of_range(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/trust",
+        data={"source_id": "bot_a", "target_id": "you", "new_value": "150"},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_summary_emits_manual_edit_and_updates(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/summary",
+        data={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "new_summary": "BotA respects you and shares lab notes.",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "edge_summary"
+        assert payload["new_value"].startswith("BotA respects")
+        assert payload["target_id"] == {
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+        }
+
+        summary = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT summary FROM edges "
+            "WHERE source_id = ? AND target_id = ?",
+            ("bot_a", "you"),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert "respects" in summary
+
+    # And the refreshed partial echoes the new summary back.
+    assert "respects" in response.text
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_summary_400_on_overflow(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/summary",
+        data={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "new_summary": "x" * 2001,
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_edit_memory_pov_summary_emits_manual_edit_and_updates(
+    client, tmp_path
+):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        memory_id = conn.execute("SELECT id FROM memories LIMIT 1").fetchone()[0]
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/memory/pov-summary",
+        data={
+            "memory_id": str(memory_id),
+            "new_summary": "Cleaner per-POV restatement of the moment.",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "memory_pov_summary"
+        assert payload["prior_value"] == "Original summary text."
+        assert payload["new_value"].startswith("Cleaner per-POV")
+        assert payload["target_id"] == memory_id
+
+        pov = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE id = ?", (memory_id,)
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert pov.startswith("Cleaner per-POV")
+
+    assert "Cleaner per-POV" in response.text
+
+
+def test_edit_memory_pov_summary_404_when_wrong_chat(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        memory_id = conn.execute("SELECT id FROM memories LIMIT 1").fetchone()[0]
+        # Re-home the memory to a different chat to confirm the route's
+        # cross-chat guard fires.
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE memories SET chat_id = 'other_chat' WHERE id = ?",
+            (memory_id,),
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/memory/pov-summary",
+        data={"memory_id": str(memory_id), "new_summary": "..."},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_knowledge_facts_add_emits_event_and_appends(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts",
+        data={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "action": "add",
+            "fact": "lent you a textbook",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "edge_knowledge_fact"
+        assert payload["new_value"] == {
+            "action": "add",
+            "fact": "lent you a textbook",
+        }
+        # Prior value snapshots the entire knowledge list before the edit.
+        assert payload["prior_value"] == ["studied physics together"]
+
+        from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+
+        edge = get_edge(conn, "bot_a", "you")
+        assert "lent you a textbook" in edge["knowledge"]
+        assert "studied physics together" in edge["knowledge"]
+
+    assert "lent you a textbook" in response.text
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_knowledge_facts_remove_drops_matching_fact(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts",
+        data={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "action": "remove",
+            "fact": "studied physics together",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+
+        edge = get_edge(conn, "bot_a", "you")
+        assert "studied physics together" not in edge["knowledge"]
+
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "edge_knowledge_fact"
+        assert payload["new_value"]["action"] == "remove"
+
+
+def test_edit_edge_knowledge_facts_400_on_bad_action(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/edge/knowledge-facts",
+        data={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "action": "delete",
+            "fact": "x",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+
+# --- T72.3 tests (witness flag inline-edit) -------------------------------
+
+
+def test_witness_flag_toggle_updates_memory_row(client, tmp_path):
+    """Memory seeded with witness [you=1, host=1, guest=0]; toggling
+    ``guest`` to 1 lands as ``witness_guest = 1`` after projection.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        memory_id = conn.execute("SELECT id FROM memories LIMIT 1").fetchone()[0]
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/memory/witness",
+        data={
+            "memory_id": str(memory_id),
+            "flag": "guest",
+            "new_value": "1",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT witness_you, witness_host, witness_guest "
+            "FROM memories WHERE id = ?",
+            (memory_id,),
+        ).fetchone()
+        assert row == (1, 1, 1)
+
+
+def test_witness_flag_toggle_emits_manual_edit_event(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        memory_id = conn.execute("SELECT id FROM memories LIMIT 1").fetchone()[0]
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/memory/witness",
+        data={
+            "memory_id": str(memory_id),
+            "flag": "guest",
+            "new_value": "1",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "memory_witness"
+        assert payload["target_id"] == memory_id
+        assert payload["prior_value"] == {"flag": "guest", "value": 0}
+        assert payload["new_value"] == {"flag": "guest", "value": 1}
+
+
+def test_witness_flag_toggle_400_on_bad_flag(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        memory_id = conn.execute("SELECT id FROM memories LIMIT 1").fetchone()[0]
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/memory/witness",
+        data={
+            "memory_id": str(memory_id),
+            "flag": "narrator",
+            "new_value": "1",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+

tests/test_drawer_events_threads_skip.py

@@ -0,0 +1,452 @@
+"""T59: drawer events / threads / skip controls.
+
+Extends the chat drawer with three new sections (Events, Threads, Skip)
+and five new POST endpoints:
+
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/event/plan`` — emits ``event_planned``.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/event/cancel/{event_id}`` — emits
+  ``event_cancelled``.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/skip/elision`` — validates new_time,
+  emits ``time_skip_elision`` plus an ``assistant_turn`` carrying the
+  narrated transition prose from :mod:`chat.services.skip_narration`.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/skip/jump`` — validates new_time, emits
+  ``time_skip_jump`` plus per-bot synthesized ``memory_written`` events
+  derived from the user-supplied "anything notable" prose, and an
+  ``assistant_turn`` carrying the narration.
+* ``POST /chats/{chat_id}/drawer/thread/close/{thread_id}`` — emits
+  ``thread_closed``.
+
+Each route returns the refreshed drawer partial (HTMX swap target) so
+the tests assert both the persisted event_log effect AND the rendered
+section content. Wire-up follows the T42 ``MockLLMClient`` pattern.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from chat.app import app
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db))
+    with TestClient(app) as c:
+        if hasattr(app.state, "background_worker"):
+            app.state.background_worker.enabled = False
+        yield c
+
+
+def _bot_payload(bot_id: str, name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": bot_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "persona": "...",
+        "voice_samples": [],
+        "traits": [],
+        "backstory": "",
+        "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+        "kickoff_prose": "",
+    }
+
+
+def _seed_chat(db: Path, *, with_scene: bool = True) -> None:
+    """Seed a chat hosted by ``bot_a`` (with ``bot_b`` authored as a
+    candidate guest) so the skip-jump path can write per-bot synthesized
+    memories when a guest is present.
+    """
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB"))
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="you_authored",
+            payload={"name": "Me", "pronouns": "they/them", "persona": ""},
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        if with_scene:
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="scene_opened",
+                payload={
+                    "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                    "container_id": None,
+                    "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                    "participants": ["you", "bot_a"],
+                },
+            )
+        project(conn)
+
+
+def _override_llm(canned: list[str]):
+    """Wire a ``MockLLMClient`` into the drawer's LLM dependency."""
+    from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_llm_client] = lambda: MockLLMClient(
+        canned=list(canned)
+    )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. Empty drawer state — Events + Threads sections render but show
+#    empty-state copy (no row markup) when no events / threads exist.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_get_drawer_with_no_events_or_threads_omits_sections(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    response = client.get("/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+
+    # Sections render with empty-state copy — deterministic markers.
+    assert "<h3>Events</h3>" in body
+    assert "<h3>Threads</h3>" in body
+    assert "No active events" in body
+    assert "No open threads" in body
+    # Skip controls always render under Activity (gated by chat clock).
+    assert "Elision skip" in body
+    assert "Jump skip" in body
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. POST event/plan — event_planned lands and the drawer lists it.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_post_event_plan_appends_event_planned_and_renders(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/event/plan",
+        data={
+            "kind": "dinner_reservation",
+            "planned_for": "2026-04-26T19:00:00+00:00",
+            "props_json": json.dumps({"restaurant": "Bistro X"}),
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'event_planned'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["kind"] == "dinner_reservation"
+        assert payload["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert payload["planned_for"] == "2026-04-26T19:00:00+00:00"
+        assert payload["props"] == {"restaurant": "Bistro X"}
+        assert payload["event_id"].startswith("evt_")
+
+    # Refreshed partial lists the new event by kind.
+    body = response.text
+    assert "dinner_reservation" in body
+
+
+def test_post_event_plan_invalid_props_json_returns_400(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/event/plan",
+        data={
+            "kind": "dinner_reservation",
+            "planned_for": "2026-04-26T19:00:00+00:00",
+            "props_json": "not valid json {",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. POST event/cancel — event_cancelled lands and the active list drops it.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_post_event_cancel_appends_event_cancelled(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Plan first via the route so the test exercises both sides.
+    plan_resp = client.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/event/plan",
+        data={
+            "kind": "doctor_visit",
+            "planned_for": "2026-04-27T09:00:00+00:00",
+            "props_json": "{}",
+        },
+    )
+    assert plan_resp.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'event_planned' "
+            "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1"
+        ).fetchone()
+        event_id = json.loads(row[0])["event_id"]
+
+    cancel_resp = client.post(
+        f"/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/event/cancel/{event_id}"
+    )
+    assert cancel_resp.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        cancelled = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'event_cancelled'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(cancelled) == 1
+        cp = json.loads(cancelled[0][0])
+        assert cp["event_id"] == event_id
+
+        # Active-events query should no longer surface this event.
+        from chat.state.events import list_active_events
+
+        assert list_active_events(conn, "chat_bot_a") == []
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. POST skip/elision — emits time_skip_elision + assistant_turn narration.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_post_skip_elision_advances_clock_and_emits_narration(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    canned_narration = "We pull up to the curb just before sunset."
+    _override_llm([canned_narration])
+    try:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/skip/elision",
+            data={
+                "landing_state_hint": "arriving at the venue",
+                "new_time": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        from chat.state.world import get_chat
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["time"] == "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00"
+
+        skip_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'time_skip_elision'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(skip_rows) == 1
+        sp = json.loads(skip_rows[0][0])
+        assert sp["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert sp["new_time"] == "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00"
+
+        # An assistant_turn event landed with the narration text.
+        turn_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(turn_rows) == 1
+        tp = json.loads(turn_rows[0][0])
+        assert tp["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert tp["text"].strip()  # non-empty narration
+        assert tp["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
+
+
+def test_post_skip_elision_invalid_time_returns_400(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    _override_llm([])
+    try:
+        # Garbled ISO timestamp.
+        bad_resp = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/skip/elision",
+            data={"landing_state_hint": "x", "new_time": "not-a-time"},
+        )
+        assert bad_resp.status_code == 400
+
+        # Backwards-in-time skip: chat seeded at 20:00, asking 19:00.
+        backwards_resp = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/skip/elision",
+            data={
+                "landing_state_hint": "x",
+                "new_time": "2026-04-26T19:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        assert backwards_resp.status_code == 400
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 5. POST skip/jump — synthesized memories per present bot + narration.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_post_skip_jump_with_notable_prose_writes_synthesized_memories(
+    client, tmp_path
+):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Single host present (no guest) — exactly one synthesize call,
+    # one narration call. The synthesize digest carries two memories so
+    # we can assert N writes lands the right shape.
+    digest_json = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "memories": [
+                {
+                    "text": "We bumped into an old friend at the cafe.",
+                    "significance": 1,
+                    "affinity_delta": 0,
+                    "trust_delta": 0,
+                },
+                {
+                    "text": "It started raining on the walk home.",
+                    "significance": 1,
+                    "affinity_delta": 0,
+                    "trust_delta": 0,
+                },
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    narration = "The afternoon slipped by quickly."
+    _override_llm([digest_json, narration])
+    try:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/skip/jump",
+            data={
+                "new_time": "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00",
+                "notable_prose": (
+                    "We ran into an old friend, and it rained on the way back."
+                ),
+                "reset_activity": "1",
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        from chat.state.world import get_chat
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["time"] == "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00"
+
+        jump_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'time_skip_jump'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(jump_rows) == 1
+        jp = json.loads(jump_rows[0][0])
+        assert jp["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert jp["new_time"] == "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00"
+        assert jp["reset_activity"] is True
+
+        # Two synthesized memories land for the lone host bot
+        # (record_turn_memory_for_present writes one row per present bot
+        # per call — host only here, so 2 memories x 1 bot = 2 events).
+        mem_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'memory_written'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        synth_payloads = [
+            json.loads(r[0])
+            for r in mem_rows
+            if json.loads(r[0]).get("source") == "synthesized"
+        ]
+        assert len(synth_payloads) == 2
+        for p in synth_payloads:
+            assert p["owner_id"] == "bot_a"
+            assert p["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+
+        # And the assistant_turn narration landed.
+        turn_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(turn_rows) == 1
+        tp = json.loads(turn_rows[0][0])
+        assert tp["text"].strip()
+        assert tp["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
+
+
+def test_post_skip_jump_with_empty_prose_skips_memory_writes(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Empty prose short-circuits in synthesize_memories before any LLM call,
+    # so the canned queue only needs the narration.
+    narration = "(next morning: still in the kitchen.)"
+    _override_llm([narration])
+    try:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/skip/jump",
+            data={
+                "new_time": "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00",
+                "notable_prose": "   ",
+                "reset_activity": "",
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        synth = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'memory_written' "
+            "AND payload_json LIKE '%synthesized%'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert synth == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 6. POST thread/close — thread_closed lands and the open list drops it.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_post_thread_close_appends_thread_closed(client, tmp_path):
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Open a thread directly via append_and_apply so the test focuses on
+    # the close route's effect.
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_alpha",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "the missing key",
+                "summary": "Couldn't find the key.",
+            },
+        )
+
+    response = client.post("/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/thread/close/thr_alpha")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        closed = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'thread_closed'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(closed) == 1
+        cp = json.loads(closed[0][0])
+        assert cp["thread_id"] == "thr_alpha"
+
+        from chat.state.threads import list_open_threads
+
+        assert list_open_threads(conn, "chat_bot_a") == []

tests/test_drawer_guest.py

@@ -265,6 +265,162 @@ def test_drawer_remove_guest_clears_and_closes_scene(client, tmp_path):
         assert kinds.index("scene_closed") < kinds.index("guest_removed")
 
 
+# --- T72.2 first-meeting gate ----------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _seed_host_to_guest_edge(db: Path) -> None:
+    """Materialise a bot_a -> bot_b edge so the gate's check fires."""
+    from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": "bot_a",
+                "target_id": "bot_b",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "affinity_delta": 0,
+                "knowledge_facts": ["already met before"],
+            },
+        )
+
+
+def test_add_guest_form_disables_prose_when_edge_exists(client, tmp_path):
+    """When host->candidate edge already exists, the GET partial renders
+    the textarea disabled and surfaces the "already know each other"
+    message so the user knows submitting will skip the seed.
+    """
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    _seed_host_to_guest_edge(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    response = client.get("/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+    # Note + disabled state both present. The textarea sits next to the
+    # ``add-guest-prose`` class so we can match it specifically.
+    assert "already know each other" in body
+    assert 'class="add-guest-prose"' in body
+    # The textarea for the first (auto-selected) candidate should be
+    # disabled in the initial markup since an edge exists.
+    assert "disabled" in body.split('class="add-guest-prose"', 1)[1].split(">", 1)[0]
+    # And the option carries the ``data-existing-edge="true"`` attribute
+    # the inline JS uses to flip state on subsequent select changes.
+    assert 'data-existing-edge="true"' in body
+
+
+def test_add_guest_with_existing_edge_skips_seed_call(client, tmp_path):
+    """Submitting the Add-guest form WITHOUT toggling re-seed must skip
+    ``seed_inter_bot_edges`` entirely. We assert this via an empty mock
+    queue: if the seed function had been called it would have consumed
+    a canned response (or raised because none was available).
+    """
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    _seed_host_to_guest_edge(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Empty queue: any classifier call would raise inside MockLLMClient.
+    canned_queue: list[str] = []
+    _override_llm(canned_queue)
+    try:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/guest/add",
+            data={
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "relationship_prose": "ignored prose",
+                # NO reseed flag — gate should suppress the seed call.
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+        from chat.state.world import get_chat
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["guest_bot_id"] == "bot_b"
+
+        # The pre-seeded knowledge fact survives — proof the seed didn't run
+        # and overwrite the existing edge.
+        edge = get_edge(conn, "bot_a", "bot_b")
+        assert "already met before" in edge["knowledge"]
+
+        # Exactly one guest_added; no new edge_update events between
+        # bot_a and bot_b (the pre-seed edge_update from the test setup
+        # is the only edge_update on this pair).
+        added = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'guest_added'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert added == 1
+
+        edge_updates = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'edge_update'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        # Only the pre-seed edge_update from _seed_host_to_guest_edge.
+        ab_updates = [
+            json.loads(p[0])
+            for p in edge_updates
+            if {
+                json.loads(p[0]).get("source_id"),
+                json.loads(p[0]).get("target_id"),
+            }
+            == {"bot_a", "bot_b"}
+        ]
+        assert len(ab_updates) == 1
+        assert ab_updates[0]["knowledge_facts"] == ["already met before"]
+
+
+def test_add_guest_with_existing_edge_and_reseed_runs_seed(client, tmp_path):
+    """Toggling ``re-seed anyway`` flips the gate off — the existing
+    flow runs (seed produces deltas, two ``edge_update`` events fire).
+    """
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    _seed_host_to_guest_edge(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "a_to_b_summary": "reconnected",
+            "a_to_b_knowledge_facts": ["new fact"],
+            "a_to_b_affinity_delta": 2,
+            "a_to_b_trust_delta": 1,
+            "b_to_a_summary": "reconnected",
+            "b_to_a_knowledge_facts": [],
+            "b_to_a_affinity_delta": 1,
+            "b_to_a_trust_delta": 0,
+        }
+    )
+    _override_llm([canned])
+    try:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/drawer/guest/add",
+            data={
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "relationship_prose": "fresh prose",
+                "reseed": "1",
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        edge_updates = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'edge_update'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        # Pre-seed (1) + two from the re-seed = 3 edge_updates total.
+        ab_updates = [
+            json.loads(p[0])
+            for p in edge_updates
+            if {
+                json.loads(p[0]).get("source_id"),
+                json.loads(p[0]).get("target_id"),
+            }
+            == {"bot_a", "bot_b"}
+        ]
+        assert len(ab_updates) == 3
+
+
 def test_drawer_with_guest_renders_guest_and_group_sections(client, tmp_path):
     _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
     from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply

tests/test_event_lifecycle.py

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+"""Tests for the event-lifecycle detection service (T52).
+
+Per Phase 3, after each narrated turn we ask a classifier whether any
+active events transitioned (started, completed, cancelled). The bias is
+strongly toward an empty result — most turns do NOT resolve or start a
+known event, and the turn-flow caller (T61) only appends an
+event_started/completed/cancelled record when this service yields one.
+
+These tests cover:
+
+* The classifier returning a single transition is honored end-to-end.
+* An empty ``active_events`` list short-circuits before any LLM call,
+  so callers that hold no live events pay zero classifier cost.
+* Three rounds of malformed JSON exhaust ``classify``'s retries and we
+  fall back to the empty default — graceful degradation per §3.3.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+from chat.services.event_lifecycle import (
+    EventLifecycleDecision,
+    detect_event_transitions,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_detects_one_transition_happy_path():
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "transitions": [
+                {
+                    "event_id": "evt_1",
+                    "new_status": "completed",
+                    "reason": "they arrived at the park",
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+    result = await detect_event_transitions(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        narrative_text="They walked through the park gate, finally there.",
+        active_events=[
+            {
+                "event_id": "evt_1",
+                "kind": "date_at_park",
+                "status": "active",
+                "props": {},
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, EventLifecycleDecision)
+    assert len(result.transitions) == 1
+    assert result.transitions[0].event_id == "evt_1"
+    assert result.transitions[0].new_status == "completed"
+    assert result.transitions[0].reason == "they arrived at the park"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_empty_active_events_short_circuits_without_classifier_call():
+    """No active events -> no classifier call.
+
+    The mock has an empty canned list; any ``generate`` call would raise
+    ``IndexError`` from ``list.pop(0)``. The test passing proves the
+    short-circuit holds.
+    """
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[])
+    result = await detect_event_transitions(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        narrative_text="Just a quiet moment between them.",
+        active_events=[],
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, EventLifecycleDecision)
+    assert result.transitions == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_classifier_failure_returns_empty_default():
+    """``classify`` retries 3 times; after all fail it returns the empty
+    default so the turn flow keeps moving (§3.3 graceful degradation)."""
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=["bad", "bad", "bad"])
+    result = await detect_event_transitions(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        narrative_text="Some text the classifier will choke on.",
+        active_events=[
+            {
+                "event_id": "evt_1",
+                "kind": "date_at_park",
+                "status": "active",
+                "props": {},
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, EventLifecycleDecision)
+    assert result.transitions == []

tests/test_event_promotion.py

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+"""Tests for the event-completion promotion service (T56).
+
+When an event reaches ``status='completed'``, the orchestrator promotes
+structured artifacts the event carried (``acquired_objects``,
+``knowledge_facts``, ``relationship_change``) into the appropriate
+state stores via downstream events. Cancelled / expired events do NOT
+promote — the closed event row is left in place but no follow-on
+events fire.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+from chat.services.event_promotion import promote_completed_event
+from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+import chat.state.edges  # noqa: F401  - register edge_update handler
+import chat.state.entities  # noqa: F401  - register handlers
+import chat.state.events  # noqa: F401  - register events handlers
+import chat.state.manual_edit  # noqa: F401  - register manual_edit handler
+import chat.state.world  # noqa: F401  - register handlers
+
+
+def _bot_payload(bot_id: str, name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": bot_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "persona": "thoughtful, observant",
+        "voice_samples": [],
+        "traits": [],
+        "backstory": "",
+        "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+        "kickoff_prose": "",
+    }
+
+
+def _chat_payload(chat_id: str = "chat_bot_a") -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": chat_id,
+        "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+        "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+        "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+        "narrative_anchor": "Day 1 evening",
+        "weather": "clear",
+    }
+
+
+def _seed_chat(conn) -> None:
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB"))
+    append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+
+
+def _seed_event(
+    conn,
+    *,
+    event_id: str,
+    props: dict,
+    terminal_kind: str = "event_completed",
+) -> None:
+    """Append event_planned, then a terminal transition (default completed)."""
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="event_planned",
+        payload={
+            "event_id": event_id,
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "kind": "story_event",
+            "props": props,
+            "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind=terminal_kind,
+        payload={
+            "event_id": event_id,
+            "completed_at": "2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+        },
+    )
+    project(conn)
+
+
+def _max_event_id(conn) -> int:
+    return conn.execute("SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0) FROM event_log").fetchone()[0]
+
+
+def _events_after(conn, after_id: int, kind: str) -> list[dict]:
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+        "WHERE id > ? AND kind = ? ORDER BY id ASC",
+        (after_id, kind),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {"id": r[0], "kind": r[1], "payload": json.loads(r[2])} for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+def test_empty_props_no_op(tmp_path):
+    """Completed event with empty props produces no promotion events."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        _seed_event(conn, event_id="evt_empty", props={})
+
+        before = _max_event_id(conn)
+        counts = promote_completed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_empty",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            chat_clock_at="2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+        )
+
+        assert counts == {
+            "acquired_objects": 0,
+            "knowledge_facts": 0,
+            "relationship_change": 0,
+        }
+        # No new edge_update or manual_edit rows after the promote call.
+        assert _events_after(conn, before, "edge_update") == []
+        assert _events_after(conn, before, "manual_edit") == []
+
+
+def test_knowledge_facts_emits_edge_update(tmp_path):
+    """A knowledge_facts entry promotes to an edge_update on the directed edge."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        _seed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_kf",
+            props={
+                "knowledge_facts": [
+                    {
+                        "owner_id": "bot_a",
+                        "target_id": "you",
+                        "fact": "Maya prefers tea over coffee",
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+        )
+
+        before = _max_event_id(conn)
+        counts = promote_completed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_kf",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            chat_clock_at="2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+        )
+
+        assert counts["knowledge_facts"] == 1
+        assert counts["acquired_objects"] == 0
+        assert counts["relationship_change"] == 0
+
+        # An edge_update event landed in the event_log AFTER the promote call.
+        new_edge_updates = _events_after(conn, before, "edge_update")
+        assert len(new_edge_updates) == 1
+        payload = new_edge_updates[0]["payload"]
+        assert payload["source_id"] == "bot_a"
+        assert payload["target_id"] == "you"
+        assert payload["knowledge_facts"] == ["Maya prefers tea over coffee"]
+
+        # And the projected edge has the fact applied.
+        edge = get_edge(conn, "bot_a", "you")
+        assert edge is not None
+        assert "Maya prefers tea over coffee" in edge["knowledge"]
+
+
+def test_relationship_change_emits_manual_edit(tmp_path):
+    """A relationship_change promotes to a manual_edit edge_summary."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        _seed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_rc",
+            props={
+                "relationship_change": {
+                    "source_id": "bot_a",
+                    "target_id": "you",
+                    "summary": "they're now dating",
+                }
+            },
+        )
+
+        before = _max_event_id(conn)
+        counts = promote_completed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_rc",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            chat_clock_at="2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+        )
+
+        assert counts["relationship_change"] == 1
+        assert counts["knowledge_facts"] == 0
+        assert counts["acquired_objects"] == 0
+
+        new_manual_edits = _events_after(conn, before, "manual_edit")
+        # Filter to edge_summary only — Phase 3 stub may also emit
+        # memory_pov_summary entries for acquired_objects, but here there
+        # are none.
+        edge_summary_edits = [
+            m for m in new_manual_edits
+            if m["payload"].get("target_kind") == "edge_summary"
+        ]
+        assert len(edge_summary_edits) == 1
+        payload = edge_summary_edits[0]["payload"]
+        assert payload["target_kind"] == "edge_summary"
+        assert payload["target_id"] == {"source_id": "bot_a", "target_id": "you"}
+        assert payload["new_value"] == "they're now dating"
+
+
+def test_cancelled_event_does_not_promote(tmp_path):
+    """Cancelled events have promotable props ignored — no follow-on events."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        _seed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_canx",
+            props={
+                "knowledge_facts": [
+                    {"owner_id": "bot_a", "target_id": "you", "fact": "x"}
+                ],
+                "relationship_change": {
+                    "source_id": "bot_a",
+                    "target_id": "you",
+                    "summary": "ignored",
+                },
+            },
+            terminal_kind="event_cancelled",
+        )
+
+        before = _max_event_id(conn)
+        counts = promote_completed_event(
+            conn,
+            event_id="evt_canx",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            chat_clock_at="2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+        )
+
+        assert counts == {
+            "acquired_objects": 0,
+            "knowledge_facts": 0,
+            "relationship_change": 0,
+        }
+        assert _events_after(conn, before, "edge_update") == []
+        assert _events_after(conn, before, "manual_edit") == []

tests/test_events_state.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+import chat.state.entities  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.world  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.group_node  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.events  # registers handlers
+from chat.state.events import (
+    get_event,
+    list_active_events,
+    list_events_in_status,
+)
+
+
+def _bot_payload(bot_id: str, name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": bot_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "persona": "thoughtful, observant",
+        "voice_samples": [],
+        "traits": [],
+        "backstory": "",
+        "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+        "kickoff_prose": "",
+    }
+
+
+def _chat_payload(chat_id: str = "chat_bot_a") -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": chat_id,
+        "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+        "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+        "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+        "narrative_anchor": "Day 1 evening",
+        "weather": "clear",
+    }
+
+
+def _seed_chat(conn) -> None:
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB"))
+    append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+
+
+def test_event_planned_creates_row(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_planned",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "kind": "date_at_park",
+                "props": {"location": "park"},
+                "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        ev = get_event(conn, "evt_abc")
+        assert ev is not None
+        assert ev["event_id"] == "evt_abc"
+        assert ev["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert ev["kind"] == "date_at_park"
+        assert ev["status"] == "planned"
+        assert ev["props"]["location"] == "park"
+        assert ev["planned_for"] == "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00"
+        assert ev["started_at"] is None
+        assert ev["completed_at"] is None
+
+
+def test_event_started_then_completed_updates_status(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_planned",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "kind": "date_at_park",
+                "props": {},
+                "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_started",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-30T18:01:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_completed",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "completed_at": "2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        ev = get_event(conn, "evt_abc")
+        assert ev is not None
+        assert ev["status"] == "completed"
+        assert ev["started_at"] == "2026-04-30T18:01:00+00:00"
+        assert ev["completed_at"] == "2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00"
+
+
+def test_event_cancelled_terminal_subsequent_transitions_ignored(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_planned",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "kind": "date_at_park",
+                "props": {},
+                "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_cancelled",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "completed_at": "2026-04-30T17:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        ev = get_event(conn, "evt_abc")
+        assert ev is not None
+        assert ev["status"] == "cancelled"
+        assert ev["completed_at"] == "2026-04-30T17:00:00+00:00"
+
+        # Subsequent event_started must be no-oped because status is terminal.
+        # Use append_and_apply so we apply ONLY this new event without
+        # replaying earlier non-idempotent handlers (e.g. chat_created).
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_started",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_abc",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-30T18:01:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+
+        ev2 = get_event(conn, "evt_abc")
+        assert ev2 is not None
+        assert ev2["status"] == "cancelled"
+        assert ev2["started_at"] is None
+        # completed_at unchanged from the cancelled transition
+        assert ev2["completed_at"] == "2026-04-30T17:00:00+00:00"
+
+
+def test_list_active_events_filters_to_planned_and_active(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_chat(conn)
+        # Four events: one planned, one active, one completed, one cancelled.
+        for ev_id, kind in [
+            ("evt_planned", "date_at_park"),
+            ("evt_active", "movie_night"),
+            ("evt_done", "dinner"),
+            ("evt_canx", "trip"),
+        ]:
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="event_planned",
+                payload={
+                    "event_id": ev_id,
+                    "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                    "kind": kind,
+                    "props": {},
+                    "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+                },
+            )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_started",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_active",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-30T18:01:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_started",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_done",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-30T18:01:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_completed",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_done",
+                "completed_at": "2026-04-30T20:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_cancelled",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_canx",
+                "completed_at": "2026-04-30T17:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        active = list_active_events(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        active_ids = {e["event_id"] for e in active}
+        assert active_ids == {"evt_planned", "evt_active"}
+
+        completed = list_events_in_status(conn, "chat_bot_a", "completed")
+        assert [e["event_id"] for e in completed] == ["evt_done"]
+
+        cancelled = list_events_in_status(conn, "chat_bot_a", "cancelled")
+        assert [e["event_id"] for e in cancelled] == ["evt_canx"]

tests/test_meanwhile_state.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+import chat.state.entities  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.world  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.meanwhile  # registers handlers
+from chat.state.meanwhile import (
+    get_parent_scene,
+    list_meanwhile_scenes,
+    list_pending_meanwhile_digests,
+)
+from chat.state.world import active_scene
+
+
+def _bot_payload(bot_id: str, name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": bot_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "persona": "thoughtful, observant",
+        "voice_samples": [],
+        "traits": [],
+        "backstory": "",
+        "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+        "kickoff_prose": "",
+    }
+
+
+def _chat_payload(chat_id: str = "chat_bot_a") -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": chat_id,
+        "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+        "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+        "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+        "narrative_anchor": "Day 1 evening",
+        "weather": "clear",
+    }
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_started_creates_scene_with_correct_present_set_kind(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA")
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB")
+        )
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        # Parent (you-scene) — uses existing scene_opened handler. Will get
+        # the default present_set_kind='you_host' from the new column.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="scene_opened",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "participants": ["you", "bot_a", "bot_b"],
+            },
+        )
+        # Now the meanwhile child scene — bot_a + bot_b only.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_started",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "parent_scene_id": 1,
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        meanwhile_scenes = list_meanwhile_scenes(
+            conn, "chat_bot_a", status="active"
+        )
+        assert len(meanwhile_scenes) == 1
+        m = meanwhile_scenes[0]
+        assert m["id"] == 2
+        assert m["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert m["status"] == "active"
+        assert m["present_set_kind"] == "host_guest"
+        assert m["parent_scene_id"] == 1
+        assert m["started_at"] == "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00"
+        assert m["closed_at"] is None
+
+        # Parent linkage helper.
+        parent = get_parent_scene(conn, 2)
+        assert parent is not None
+        assert parent["id"] == 1
+        assert parent["present_set_kind"] == "you_host"
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_closed_marks_scene_closed(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA")
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB")
+        )
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="scene_opened",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "participants": ["you", "bot_a", "bot_b"],
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_started",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "parent_scene_id": 1,
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_closed",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "closed_at": "2026-04-26T20:15:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        assert list_meanwhile_scenes(conn, "chat_bot_a", status="active") == []
+        closed = list_meanwhile_scenes(conn, "chat_bot_a", status="closed")
+        assert len(closed) == 1
+        assert closed[0]["id"] == 2
+        assert closed[0]["status"] == "closed"
+        assert closed[0]["closed_at"] == "2026-04-26T20:15:00+00:00"
+
+
+def test_active_you_scene_can_coexist_with_active_meanwhile_scene(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA")
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB")
+        )
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="scene_opened",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "participants": ["you", "bot_a", "bot_b"],
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_started",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "parent_scene_id": 1,
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        # The you-scene is still the active scene from the chat's POV.
+        you_scene = active_scene(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert you_scene is not None
+        assert you_scene["id"] == 1
+
+        # And the meanwhile child is independently active.
+        meanwhile_scenes = list_meanwhile_scenes(
+            conn, "chat_bot_a", status="active"
+        )
+        assert len(meanwhile_scenes) == 1
+        assert meanwhile_scenes[0]["id"] == 2
+        assert meanwhile_scenes[0]["present_set_kind"] == "host_guest"
+
+        # Cross-check via raw query: one row per present_set_kind, both unended.
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, present_set_kind FROM scenes "
+            "WHERE chat_id = ? AND ended_at IS NULL ORDER BY id",
+            ("chat_bot_a",),
+        ).fetchall()
+        kinds = sorted(r[1] for r in rows)
+        assert kinds == ["host_guest", "you_host"]
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_digest_created_and_consumed(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA")
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB")
+        )
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="scene_opened",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "participants": ["you", "bot_a", "bot_b"],
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_started",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "parent_scene_id": 1,
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_created",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "summary": "BotA confides in BotB about the missing file.",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        pending = list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert len(pending) == 1
+        digest_id = pending[0]["id"]
+        assert pending[0]["scene_id"] == 2
+        assert pending[0]["summary"].startswith("BotA confides")
+
+        # Use append_and_apply for the second beat: re-running project()
+        # would re-fire non-idempotent handlers (chat_created, scene_opened)
+        # whose INSERTs conflict on UNIQUE constraints.
+        from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_consumed",
+            payload={
+                "digest_id": digest_id,
+                "consumed_at": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+
+        assert list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, "chat_bot_a") == []

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+"""Meanwhile-mode turn flow (T64).
+
+A meanwhile scene runs entirely between two bots — host + guest — with
+"you" absent. The user manually advances the scene by POSTing prose to
+the existing ``/chats/<id>/turns`` endpoint; the route detects the active
+meanwhile scene at the start of ``post_turn`` and dispatches to the
+``process_meanwhile_turn`` controller in ``chat/web/meanwhile.py``.
+
+Coverage:
+
+1. Memory writes for a meanwhile turn carry witness ``[you=0, host=1,
+   guest=1]`` for both the host's and the guest's per-POV memory rows.
+2. State updates after a meanwhile turn run for exactly 2 directed pairs
+   (host -> guest, guest -> host) — no you-related pairs fire.
+3. Speakers alternate across consecutive meanwhile turns: the host
+   speaks first (no prior meanwhile assistant_turn), the guest speaks
+   second (the prior turn's speaker was the host, so this turn's
+   speaker is the OTHER bot).
+4. Scene-close on a meanwhile scene writes per-POV summaries for host +
+   guest only — no "you" POV row is written, mirroring the no-you
+   present_set of the meanwhile scene.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from chat.app import app
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+import chat.state.meanwhile  # noqa: F401  (registers handlers)
+
+
+def _bot_payload(bot_id: str, name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": bot_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "persona": f"persona for {name}",
+        "voice_samples": [],
+        "traits": [],
+        "backstory": "",
+        "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+        "kickoff_prose": "...",
+    }
+
+
+def _seed_meanwhile_chat(db_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Seed two bots, you, a chat with both wired in, an open parent
+    you-scene, AND an active meanwhile child scene with bot_a + bot_b.
+
+    Edges are seeded for both directed pairs between bot_a and bot_b at
+    schema-default 50/50 so post-turn state-update writes land cleanly.
+    Activities for both bots are recorded so the prompt assembler has
+    something to render.
+    """
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB"))
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="you_authored",
+            payload={"name": "Me", "pronouns": "they/them", "persona": ""},
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="container_created",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "name": "office",
+                "type": "workplace",
+                "properties": {},
+            },
+        )
+        # Parent (you-scene) opens first.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="scene_opened",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "container_id": 1,
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "participants": ["you", "bot_a", "bot_b"],
+            },
+        )
+        # Meanwhile child scene — bot_a + bot_b only, parent linked.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_started",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "parent_scene_id": 1,
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        # Seed both directed edges between the bots so state-update
+        # writes land on initialized rows.
+        for src, tgt in [("bot_a", "bot_b"), ("bot_b", "bot_a")]:
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="edge_update",
+                payload={
+                    "source_id": src,
+                    "target_id": tgt,
+                    "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                    "knowledge_facts": [],
+                },
+            )
+        for entity_id, verb in [("bot_a", "listening"), ("bot_b", "talking")]:
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="activity_change",
+                payload={
+                    "entity_id": entity_id,
+                    "posture": "sitting",
+                    "action": {
+                        "verb": verb,
+                        "interruptible": True,
+                        "required_attention": "low",
+                        "expected_duration": "ongoing",
+                    },
+                    "attention": "",
+                    "holding": [],
+                    "status": {},
+                },
+            )
+        project(conn)
+
+
+def _override_llm(canned: list[str]) -> MockLLMClient:
+    from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=list(canned))
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_llm_client] = lambda: mock
+    return mock
+
+
+def _zero_state() -> str:
+    return json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def app_state_setup(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db))
+    with TestClient(app) as c:
+        app.state.background_worker.enabled = False
+        yield c
+    app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_turn_writes_memories_with_witness_0_1_1(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """A meanwhile turn writes one ``memory_written`` event per bot — host
+    and guest — with witness flags ``[you=0, host=1, guest=1]``. "You" is
+    not present in the scene, so the witness_you flag must be 0 for both
+    rows.
+
+    Canned queue (4 calls):
+      1. parse_turn (user prose classification)
+      2. narrative stream (host speaks first; no prior meanwhile turn)
+      3. state-update for bot_a -> bot_b
+      4. state-update for bot_b -> bot_a
+    """
+    _seed_meanwhile_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "they exchange a glance"}]}
+    )
+    canned = [
+        canned_parse,
+        "BotA leans in. *quietly* Tell me what you saw.",
+        _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(),
+    ]
+    mock = _override_llm(canned)
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+            data={"prose": "they exchange a glance"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'memory_written' "
+            "ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        payloads = [json.loads(r[0]) for r in rows]
+
+    assert len(payloads) == 2
+    owners = sorted(p["owner_id"] for p in payloads)
+    assert owners == ["bot_a", "bot_b"]
+    for p in payloads:
+        assert p["witness_you"] == 0, p
+        assert p["witness_host"] == 1, p
+        assert p["witness_guest"] == 1, p
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_turn_emits_2_edge_updates_only(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """A meanwhile turn runs state-update for exactly 2 directed pairs:
+    host -> guest and guest -> host. No you-related pairs fire.
+    """
+    _seed_meanwhile_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "they whisper"}]}
+    )
+    canned = [
+        canned_parse,
+        "BotA whispers. *softly* I noticed something today.",
+        _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(),
+    ]
+    mock = _override_llm(canned)
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "they whisper"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        # Edge updates landed AFTER the assistant_turn (i.e. excluding
+        # the seed updates done before the request).
+        max_at = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT MAX(id) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'edge_update' AND id > ? ORDER BY id",
+            (max_at,),
+        ).fetchall()
+        payloads = [json.loads(r[0]) for r in rows]
+
+    # Exactly 2 post-turn edge_update events.
+    assert len(payloads) == 2
+    pairs = sorted((p["source_id"], p["target_id"]) for p in payloads)
+    assert pairs == [("bot_a", "bot_b"), ("bot_b", "bot_a")]
+    # And NO you-related pair leaked in.
+    for p in payloads:
+        assert p["source_id"] != "you", p
+        assert p["target_id"] != "you", p
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_turn_alternates_speaker(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """Successive meanwhile turns alternate which bot speaks.
+
+    The first turn has no prior meanwhile ``assistant_turn`` linked to
+    this scene, so the host speaks. The second turn finds the latest
+    such ``assistant_turn``'s speaker (the host) and picks the OTHER
+    bot, so the guest speaks. Each ``assistant_turn`` payload carries
+    ``meanwhile_scene_id`` so the alternation lookup is unambiguous.
+    """
+    _seed_meanwhile_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse_1 = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "they pause"}]}
+    )
+    canned_1 = [
+        canned_parse_1,
+        "BotA speaks first. *quietly*",
+        _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(),
+    ]
+    mock = _override_llm(canned_1)
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "they pause"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    canned_parse_2 = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "and again"}]}
+    )
+    canned_2 = [
+        canned_parse_2,
+        "BotB replies. *thoughtfully*",
+        _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(),
+    ]
+    mock = _override_llm(canned_2)
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "and again"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        payloads = [json.loads(r[0]) for r in rows]
+
+    assert len(payloads) == 2
+    # First turn — host speaks.
+    assert payloads[0]["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
+    # Second turn — guest speaks (alternation).
+    assert payloads[1]["speaker_id"] == "bot_b"
+    # Both payloads tag this meanwhile scene id so the alternation
+    # lookup can scope to it specifically (not any other assistant_turn
+    # that might exist on the chat).
+    assert payloads[0]["meanwhile_scene_id"] == 2
+    assert payloads[1]["meanwhile_scene_id"] == 2
+    # Both also carry the present_set_kind discriminator for downstream
+    # filters (digest creation, drawer rendering).
+    assert payloads[0]["present_set_kind"] == "host_guest"
+    assert payloads[1]["present_set_kind"] == "host_guest"
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_scene_close_writes_per_pov_for_both_bots_only(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """When a meanwhile scene closes, per-POV summary rewrites land for
+    the host and the guest. No write fires for "you" — there is no
+    "you" memory store and no "you" POV in the meanwhile present set.
+    """
+    from chat.services.scene_summarize import apply_scene_close_summary
+    from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+
+    _seed_meanwhile_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Run a meanwhile turn first so each bot has a memory row scoped to
+    # the meanwhile scene_id (=2). The per-POV rewrite targets these
+    # rows by ``scene_id``.
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "they speak quietly"}]}
+    )
+    canned = [
+        canned_parse,
+        "BotA speaks. *quietly*",
+        _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(),
+    ]
+    mock = _override_llm(canned)
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+            data={"prose": "they speak quietly"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    # Close the meanwhile scene and run the close-summary pipeline.
+    # Two POV summaries (host + guest) — no "you" POV.
+    pov_payload_host = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA reflects on the quiet moment with BotB.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "",
+        }
+    )
+    pov_payload_guest = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotB notices BotA's reserved manner.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "",
+        }
+    )
+    # T65 added a meanwhile digest summarize call after per-POV writes
+    # for meanwhile scenes. T58's thread detection is wrapped in try/except
+    # so its IndexError is swallowed gracefully.
+    digest_payload = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "While you were away, BotA and BotB talked quietly.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "",
+        }
+    )
+    close_mock = MockLLMClient(
+        canned=[pov_payload_host, pov_payload_guest, digest_payload]
+    )
+
+    import asyncio as _asyncio
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        # asyncio.run() can't nest under TestClient's loop, but the
+        # close pipeline is awaitable — drive it via a fresh loop here.
+        _loop = _asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        # Mark the meanwhile scene closed via the projector handler.
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_scene_closed",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "closed_at": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # apply_scene_close_summary takes host_bot_id; here we tell it to
+        # operate on the meanwhile scene id (2). With no "you" memory
+        # row to rewrite (witness_you=0 means "you" doesn't have a
+        # memory for this scene), the call must produce per-POV writes
+        # ONLY for bot_a and bot_b.
+        try:
+            _loop.run_until_complete(
+                apply_scene_close_summary(
+                    conn,
+                    close_mock,
+                    classifier_model="x",
+                    chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+                    scene_id=2,
+                    host_bot_id="bot_a",
+                )
+            )
+        finally:
+            _loop.close()
+
+        # Per-POV memory rewrites: count manual_edits with target_kind
+        # ``memory_pov_summary`` whose target_id maps to a memory row
+        # scoped to scene 2.
+        edits = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'manual_edit'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        pov_edits = []
+        for (raw,) in edits:
+            payload = json.loads(raw)
+            if payload.get("target_kind") != "memory_pov_summary":
+                continue
+            mem_row = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT owner_id, scene_id FROM memories WHERE id = ?",
+                (payload["target_id"],),
+            ).fetchone()
+            if mem_row is None or mem_row[1] != 2:
+                continue
+            pov_edits.append({"owner": mem_row[0], "new": payload["new_value"]})
+
+        # Verify the actual current pov_summary on each bot's memory row
+        # for scene 2 reflects the rewrite.
+        host_pov = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE owner_id = ? AND scene_id = ?",
+            ("bot_a", 2),
+        ).fetchone()
+        guest_pov = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE owner_id = ? AND scene_id = ?",
+            ("bot_b", 2),
+        ).fetchone()
+        # No "you" memory row should exist for the meanwhile scene —
+        # "you" was never a witness.
+        you_row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id FROM memories WHERE owner_id = 'you' AND scene_id = ?",
+            (2,),
+        ).fetchone()
+
+    # Exactly two memory_pov_summary rewrites — one per bot witness.
+    assert len(pov_edits) == 2
+    owners = sorted(e["owner"] for e in pov_edits)
+    assert owners == ["bot_a", "bot_b"]
+    assert host_pov is not None and "BotA reflects" in host_pov[0]
+    assert guest_pov is not None and "BotB notices" in guest_pov[0]
+    # No "you" POV row — meanwhile scenes don't surface a you-memory.
+    assert you_row is None
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_turn_registered_in_in_flight_tasks(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """A meanwhile turn registers its streaming task in the chat-keyed
+    ``_in_flight_tasks`` registry the cancel route reads from, and clears
+    the entry after the stream completes.
+
+    Without registration, ``POST /chats/<id>/turns/cancel`` would be a
+    silent no-op for meanwhile beats — the Stop button wouldn't actually
+    stop them. We pin the behaviour via a streaming mock that snapshots
+    ``_in_flight_tasks`` at the moment of its first yield (mid-flight),
+    then assert the entry is removed after the response returns.
+    """
+    from typing import AsyncIterator, Sequence
+
+    from chat.llm.client import Message
+    from chat.web.turns import _in_flight_tasks
+
+    _seed_meanwhile_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    # Snapshot of (chat_id-present?, registered task object) captured
+    # at the first stream yield. The closure runs inside the streaming
+    # coroutine, so when it executes the task is alive and registered.
+    in_flight_snapshot: dict = {}
+
+    class _SnapshotMock(MockLLMClient):
+        async def stream(
+            self, messages: Sequence[Message], *, model: str, **params
+        ) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+            text = self._canned.pop(0)
+            for i, ch in enumerate(text):
+                if i == 0:
+                    # Snapshot at first yield — the post_turn coroutine
+                    # is awaiting our generator and the streaming Task
+                    # is registered in _in_flight_tasks[chat_id].
+                    in_flight_snapshot["present"] = (
+                        "chat_bot_a" in _in_flight_tasks
+                    )
+                    in_flight_snapshot["task"] = _in_flight_tasks.get(
+                        "chat_bot_a"
+                    )
+                yield ch
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "they exchange a glance"}]}
+    )
+    mock = _SnapshotMock(
+        canned=[
+            canned_parse,
+            "BotA leans in. *quietly*",
+            _zero_state(),
+            _zero_state(),
+        ]
+    )
+    from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_llm_client] = lambda: mock
+    try:
+        # Pre-condition: registry is empty for this chat.
+        assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+            data={"prose": "they exchange a glance"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    # Mid-flight: the streaming task was present in the registry, and
+    # the captured value was an asyncio.Task (not None / not some other
+    # placeholder).
+    import asyncio
+
+    assert in_flight_snapshot.get("present") is True, (
+        "_in_flight_tasks was empty at first yield — meanwhile stream "
+        "isn't registering its task"
+    )
+    assert isinstance(in_flight_snapshot.get("task"), asyncio.Task)
+    # Post-flight: the entry has been cleaned up so the next turn (or
+    # the cancel route) doesn't see a stale task.
+    assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks

tests/test_memory_search.py

@@ -125,3 +125,37 @@ def test_search_invalid_witness_role_raises(tmp_path):
     with open_db(db) as conn:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             search_memories(conn, "bot_a", "invalid_role", "anything", k=4)
+
+
+def test_higher_significance_outranks_equal_rank(tmp_path):
+    """T57: significance multiplier biases the SQL ORDER BY.
+
+    Two memories with IDENTICAL FTS-matching text yield (effectively) equal
+    BM25 ranks. The significance bias applied in the SQL ORDER BY must
+    surface the higher-significance row first.
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    _seed(
+        db,
+        memory_specs=[
+            # Identical pov_summary text -> FTS BM25 rank is the same for both.
+            {"pov_summary": "she swore an oath", "significance": 0},
+            {"pov_summary": "she swore an oath", "significance": 3},
+        ],
+    )
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        out = search_memories(conn, "bot_a", "host", "oath", k=5)
+        assert len(out) == 2
+        # Higher significance wins despite tied FTS rank.
+        assert out[0]["significance"] == 3
+        assert out[1]["significance"] == 0
+
+
+def test_significance_bias_is_constant_module_level():
+    """T57: pin ``SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS`` as a tunable module-level numeric."""
+    from chat.state.memory import SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS
+
+    assert isinstance(SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS, (int, float))
+    # Must be non-negative -- a negative bias would invert the desired
+    # "higher significance ranks higher" semantics.
+    assert SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS >= 0

tests/test_open_db_threading.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+import sqlite3
+import threading
+
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+
+
+def test_open_db_default_uses_check_same_thread_true(tmp_path):
+    """Default open_db must reject cross-thread use (safe default)."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    captured: list[BaseException | None] = []
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        conn.execute("CREATE TABLE t (x INTEGER)")
+
+        def worker():
+            try:
+                conn.execute("SELECT 1").fetchall()
+                captured.append(None)
+            except BaseException as e:  # noqa: BLE001
+                captured.append(e)
+
+        t = threading.Thread(target=worker)
+        t.start()
+        t.join()
+
+    assert len(captured) == 1
+    err = captured[0]
+    assert isinstance(err, sqlite3.ProgrammingError), (
+        f"expected sqlite3.ProgrammingError on cross-thread use, got {err!r}"
+    )
+
+
+def test_open_db_can_disable_check_same_thread(tmp_path):
+    """open_db(check_same_thread=False) must allow cross-thread use."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    captured: list[BaseException | None] = []
+    rows: list[object] = []
+
+    with open_db(db, check_same_thread=False) as conn:
+        conn.execute("CREATE TABLE t (x INTEGER)")
+        conn.execute("INSERT INTO t (x) VALUES (42)")
+
+        def worker():
+            try:
+                result = conn.execute("SELECT x FROM t").fetchall()
+                rows.extend(result)
+                captured.append(None)
+            except BaseException as e:  # noqa: BLE001
+                captured.append(e)
+
+        t = threading.Thread(target=worker)
+        t.start()
+        t.join()
+
+    assert captured == [None], f"worker thread raised: {captured}"
+    assert rows == [(42,)]

tests/test_per_pov_summary.py

@@ -504,13 +504,15 @@ async def test_close_with_no_guest_matches_phase1(tmp_path):
             "relationship_summary": "BotA leaned in supportively.",
         }
     )
+    no_threads = json.dumps({"candidates": []})
     with open_db(db) as conn:
         _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
         project(conn)
 
-        # canned has 2 entries to detect any over-call; the assertion below
-        # confirms only one was consumed.
-        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned, canned])
+        # 1 host-POV entry + 1 thread-detection entry (T58.2) + 1 spare
+        # to detect any over-call. Assertion below confirms exactly two
+        # were consumed.
+        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned, no_threads, canned])
         await apply_scene_close_summary(
             conn,
             client,
@@ -520,8 +522,8 @@ async def test_close_with_no_guest_matches_phase1(tmp_path):
             host_bot_id="bot_a",
         )
 
-        # Exactly one classifier call -> exactly one canned entry consumed,
-        # leaving the second untouched.
+        # Host POV + thread detection -> exactly two canned entries
+        # consumed, leaving the spare untouched.
         assert len(client._canned) == 1
 
         # Host memory rewritten with the per-POV summary content.
@@ -636,8 +638,10 @@ async def test_close_with_guest_updates_both_edges(tmp_path):
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_close_with_group_node_updates_group_summary(tmp_path):
     """When a group_node row exists, scene close emits group_node_updated
-    with a non-empty summary that mentions both bots' names (v2 naive
-    concat of per-POV summaries)."""
+    with a non-empty summary that mentions both bots' names. T70 swapped
+    the Phase 2 naive concat for an LLM-merged summary; this regression
+    test feeds bad-JSON merge responses so the helper falls back to the
+    original naive-concat shape, preserving the original assertions."""
     db = tmp_path / "t.db"
     apply_migrations(db)
     import chat.state.group_node  # noqa: F401  -- register handlers
@@ -660,7 +664,11 @@ async def test_close_with_group_node_updates_group_summary(tmp_path):
         _seed_two_bot_scene(conn, with_group_node=True)
         project(conn)
 
-        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[host_canned, guest_canned])
+        # 2 valid (host POV, guest POV) + 3 bad-JSON merge attempts ->
+        # merge_group_summary falls back to the naive concat default.
+        client = MockLLMClient(
+            canned=[host_canned, guest_canned, "bad1", "bad2", "bad3"]
+        )
         await apply_scene_close_summary(
             conn,
             client,
@@ -675,8 +683,738 @@ async def test_close_with_group_node_updates_group_summary(tmp_path):
         gn = get_group_node(conn, "chat_bot_a")
         assert gn is not None
         assert gn["summary"]  # non-empty
-        # Naive concat surfaces both bot names in the group summary.
+        # Naive-concat fallback surfaces both bot names in the group summary.
         assert "BotA" in gn["summary"]
         assert "BotB" in gn["summary"]
-        # Phase 2 v2 keeps dynamic empty (Phase 3 polishes).
+        # Naive-concat fallback keeps dynamic empty.
         assert gn["dynamic"] == ""
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T70: LLM-merged group meta-summary on scene close.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_group_summary_merges_per_pov_via_classifier_when_guest_present(
+    tmp_path,
+):
+    """With a guest present and a group_node row, scene close runs the
+    merge classifier as a third call after the two per-POV summarize_scene
+    calls; its output drives the group_node summary + dynamic fields."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    import chat.state.group_node  # noqa: F401  -- register handlers
+
+    host_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA appreciated the calm.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotA felt steady.",
+        }
+    )
+    guest_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotB found the room friendly.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotB warmed up.",
+        }
+    )
+    merge_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"summary": "merged group view", "dynamic": "warm rapport"}
+    )
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_two_bot_scene(conn, with_group_node=True)
+        project(conn)
+
+        # Canned-queue layout matches the production call order in
+        # apply_scene_close_summary: host POV summarize_scene runs first,
+        # then guest POV summarize_scene, then merge_group_summary.
+        client = MockLLMClient(
+            canned=[host_canned, guest_canned, merge_canned]
+        )
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        # All three canned entries consumed -> classifier ran exactly 3x.
+        assert client._canned == []
+
+        from chat.state.group_node import get_group_node
+
+        gn = get_group_node(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert gn is not None
+        assert gn["summary"] == "merged group view"
+        assert gn["dynamic"] == "warm rapport"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_group_summary_falls_back_to_naive_concat_on_classifier_failure(
+    tmp_path,
+):
+    """If the merge classifier flaps (bad JSON across all 3 retries), the
+    helper falls back to the original Phase 2 naive concat shape and
+    leaves dynamic empty."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    import chat.state.group_node  # noqa: F401  -- register handlers
+
+    host_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA appreciated the calm.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotA felt steady.",
+        }
+    )
+    guest_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotB found the room friendly.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotB warmed up.",
+        }
+    )
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_two_bot_scene(conn, with_group_node=True)
+        project(conn)
+
+        # 2 valid POV summaries + 3 bad-JSON merge attempts trip the
+        # classifier's retry-then-default path; the default is the naive
+        # concat fallback.
+        client = MockLLMClient(
+            canned=[host_canned, guest_canned, "bad1", "bad2", "bad3"]
+        )
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        from chat.state.group_node import get_group_node
+
+        gn = get_group_node(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert gn is not None
+        expected = (
+            "BotA: BotA appreciated the calm.\n\n"
+            "BotB: BotB found the room friendly."
+        )
+        assert gn["summary"] == expected
+        assert gn["dynamic"] == ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_group_summary_skipped_when_no_guest(tmp_path):
+    """No-guest path: scene close does NOT invoke merge_group_summary
+    and emits no group_node_updated event. Confirms the existing
+    `if guest_bot_id is not None` gating at the call site."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA helped you talk through the deadline anxiety.",
+            "knowledge_facts": ["Deadline next Friday."],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotA leaned in supportively.",
+        }
+    )
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
+        project(conn)
+
+        # Only 1 canned entry; if merge_group_summary were called the
+        # MockLLMClient would IndexError on the empty queue.
+        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        # Exactly the host POV call consumed, nothing else.
+        assert client._canned == []
+
+        # No group_node_updated event was emitted.
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT 1 FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'group_node_updated'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert rows == []
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T58: significance-driven quote retention + thread detection on close.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _seed_single_bot_scene_no_memory(conn) -> None:
+    """Like ``_seed_single_bot_scene`` but skips the memory_written event so
+    callers can seed memories with custom significance / text themselves."""
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="you_authored",
+        payload={"name": "Me", "pronouns": "they/them", "persona": "engineer"},
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="chat_created",
+        payload={
+            "id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+            "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+            "weather": "",
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="container_created",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "name": "office",
+            "type": "workplace",
+            "properties": {},
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="scene_opened",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "container_id": 1,
+            "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            "participants": ["you", "bot_a"],
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="edge_update",
+        payload={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="user_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "prose": "Quick chat about the deadline",
+            "segments": [],
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+            "text": "It's going to be okay.",
+            "truncated": False,
+            "user_turn_id": 1,
+        },
+    )
+
+
+def _seed_memory(conn, *, pov_summary: str, significance: int) -> None:
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="memory_written",
+        payload={
+            "owner_id": "bot_a",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "scene_id": 1,
+            "pov_summary": pov_summary,
+            "witness_you": 1,
+            "witness_host": 1,
+            "witness_guest": 0,
+            "significance": significance,
+        },
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_low_significance_scene_omits_quotes(tmp_path):
+    """When the scene's max-turn-significance is < 2, the per-POV summary
+    rewrite collapses fully — no "Key quotes:" suffix is appended."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a low-key chat with you.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Nothing major shifted.",
+        }
+    )
+    no_threads = json.dumps({"candidates": []})
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene_no_memory(conn)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya rambled about coffee", significance=1)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya glanced at the clock", significance=0)
+        project(conn)
+
+        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned, no_threads])
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE scene_id = 1"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert rows
+        for (pov,) in rows:
+            assert "Key quotes:" not in pov
+            assert "BotA had a low-key chat" in pov
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_high_significance_scene_includes_top_3_quotes(tmp_path):
+    """When max-turn-significance is >= 2, each per-POV summary text gains
+    a "Key quotes:" suffix listing the top-3 highest-significance memory
+    rows verbatim, ordered by (significance DESC, id ASC)."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a heavy talk with you.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Things shifted.",
+        }
+    )
+    no_threads = json.dumps({"candidates": []})
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene_no_memory(conn)
+        # Insertion order matches id ASC. Top-3 by (sig DESC, id ASC):
+        # quote 1 (sig 3) -> quote 2 (sig 2, lower id) -> quote 4 (sig 2,
+        # higher id). quote 3 (sig 1) is dropped.
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya quote one", significance=3)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya quote two", significance=2)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya quote three", significance=1)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya quote four", significance=2)
+        project(conn)
+
+        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned, no_threads])
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE scene_id = 1"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert rows
+        for (pov,) in rows:
+            assert "Key quotes:" in pov
+            assert '"Maya quote one"' in pov
+            assert '"Maya quote two"' in pov
+            assert '"Maya quote four"' in pov
+            # The sig-1 quote falls outside the top-3 cap.
+            assert '"Maya quote three"' not in pov
+            # Ordering: sig 3 first, then the two sig-2s by id ASC.
+            i_one = pov.index('"Maya quote one"')
+            i_two = pov.index('"Maya quote two"')
+            i_four = pov.index('"Maya quote four"')
+            assert i_one < i_two < i_four
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_thread_detection_emits_events(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """On scene close, ``detect_threads`` is invoked and each "open"
+    candidate yields a ``thread_opened`` event with a fresh thread_id."""
+    from chat.services import thread_detection as td_mod
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA noticed something unresolved.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Tension lingered.",
+        }
+    )
+
+    async def fake_detect_threads(client, **kwargs):
+        return td_mod.ThreadDetectionResult(
+            candidates=[
+                td_mod.ThreadCandidate(
+                    action="open",
+                    title="Test thread",
+                    summary="A test",
+                    existing_thread_id=None,
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(td_mod, "detect_threads", fake_detect_threads)
+
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
+        project(conn)
+
+        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'thread_opened'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["title"] == "Test thread"
+        assert payload["summary"] == "A test"
+        assert payload["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert payload["thread_id"].startswith("thr_")
+
+        # The threads-table projection ran via append_and_apply.
+        from chat.state.threads import list_open_threads
+
+        open_threads = list_open_threads(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert len(open_threads) == 1
+        assert open_threads[0]["title"] == "Test thread"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T65: meanwhile summary digest emitted on meanwhile-scene close, surfaced in
+# the next you-scene's prompt as a SHOULD-tier "Meanwhile while you were away:"
+# block, then consumed so it never re-renders.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _seed_meanwhile_scene(conn) -> None:
+    """Seed a parent you-scene + a meanwhile child scene with one assistant
+    turn so apply_scene_close_summary has dialogue to summarize.
+
+    The meanwhile scene id is 2 (parent is scene 1). The meanwhile dialogue
+    is appended via assistant_turn events under chat_bot_a; the
+    _read_recent_dialogue helper picks them up by chat_id.
+    """
+    import chat.state.meanwhile  # noqa: F401  -- register handlers
+
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+    append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_b", "BotB"))
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="you_authored",
+        payload={"name": "Me", "pronouns": "they/them", "persona": "engineer"},
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="chat_created",
+        payload={
+            "id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+            "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+            "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+            "weather": "",
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="container_created",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "name": "office",
+            "type": "workplace",
+            "properties": {},
+        },
+    )
+    # Parent you-scene (scene_id=1).
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="scene_opened",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "container_id": 1,
+            "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            "participants": ["you", "bot_a", "bot_b"],
+        },
+    )
+    # Meanwhile child scene (scene_id=2) — bot_a + bot_b only.
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="meanwhile_scene_started",
+        payload={
+            "scene_id": 2,
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "parent_scene_id": 1,
+            "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+            "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+            "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:05:00+00:00",
+        },
+    )
+    # Edges so per-POV apply has rows to update.
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="edge_update",
+        payload={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="edge_update",
+        payload={
+            "source_id": "bot_b",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+        },
+    )
+    # One memory per witness in the meanwhile scene.
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="memory_written",
+        payload={
+            "owner_id": "bot_a",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "scene_id": 2,
+            "pov_summary": "Original raw narrative (host, meanwhile)",
+            "witness_you": 0,
+            "witness_host": 1,
+            "witness_guest": 1,
+            "significance": 1,
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="memory_written",
+        payload={
+            "owner_id": "bot_b",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "scene_id": 2,
+            "pov_summary": "Original raw narrative (guest, meanwhile)",
+            "witness_you": 0,
+            "witness_host": 1,
+            "witness_guest": 1,
+            "significance": 1,
+        },
+    )
+    # A bot-bot turn happens during the meanwhile scene.
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+            "text": "Did you hear what happened with the missing file?",
+            "truncated": False,
+            "user_turn_id": None,
+        },
+    )
+    append_event(
+        conn,
+        kind="assistant_turn",
+        payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "speaker_id": "bot_b",
+            "text": "I have a theory but no proof yet.",
+            "truncated": False,
+            "user_turn_id": None,
+        },
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_meanwhile_close_creates_digest(tmp_path):
+    """When apply_scene_close_summary runs on a meanwhile scene
+    (present_set_kind == 'host_guest'), it emits a meanwhile_digest_created
+    event after the per-POV summaries land; the meanwhile_digest_pending
+    table then holds a row with non-empty summary text."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    host_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA confided in BotB about the missing file.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotA leaned on BotB.",
+        }
+    )
+    guest_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotB listened and offered to help investigate.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "BotB grew protective.",
+        }
+    )
+    digest_canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": (
+                "While you were away, BotA confided in BotB about a "
+                "missing file; BotB offered to help quietly investigate."
+            ),
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "",
+        }
+    )
+    no_threads = json.dumps({"candidates": []})
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_meanwhile_scene(conn)
+        project(conn)
+
+        # Order: host POV summary, guest POV summary, digest summary,
+        # thread detection.
+        client = MockLLMClient(
+            canned=[host_canned, guest_canned, digest_canned, no_threads]
+        )
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=2,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        # The meanwhile_digest_pending row was written.
+        from chat.state.meanwhile import list_pending_meanwhile_digests
+
+        pending = list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert len(pending) == 1
+        assert pending[0]["scene_id"] == 2
+        assert pending[0]["summary"]
+        assert "missing file" in pending[0]["summary"]
+
+        # And the meanwhile_digest_created event was logged.
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'meanwhile_digest_created'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert payload["scene_id"] == 2
+        assert "missing file" in payload["summary"]
+
+
+def test_pending_digest_renders_in_you_scene_prompt(tmp_path):
+    """A pending meanwhile digest (created via direct event append) renders
+    as a 'Meanwhile while you were away:' SHOULD-tier block in the
+    assembled you-scene narrative prompt."""
+    from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+    from chat.services.prompt import assemble_narrative_prompt
+    import chat.state.meanwhile  # noqa: F401  -- register handlers
+    import chat.state.threads  # noqa: F401
+    import chat.state.events  # noqa: F401
+
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
+        project(conn)
+
+        digest_text = (
+            "While you were away, BotA confided in BotB about a missing file."
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_created",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "summary": digest_text,
+            },
+        )
+
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+        body = msgs[0].content
+        assert "Meanwhile while you were away:" in body
+        assert digest_text in body
+
+
+def test_consumed_digest_does_not_render_again(tmp_path):
+    """After meanwhile_digest_consumed lands for a digest, reassembling the
+    you-scene prompt must NOT include that digest's text — the pending
+    list is filtered by ``consumed_at IS NULL``."""
+    from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+    from chat.services.prompt import assemble_narrative_prompt
+    import chat.state.meanwhile  # noqa: F401  -- register handlers
+    import chat.state.threads  # noqa: F401
+    import chat.state.events  # noqa: F401
+
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
+        project(conn)
+
+        digest_text = (
+            "While you were away, BotA confided in BotB about a missing file."
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_created",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "summary": digest_text,
+            },
+        )
+
+        # Sanity: it renders before consumption.
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+        assert digest_text in msgs[0].content
+
+        # Look up the pending digest id, then consume it.
+        from chat.state.meanwhile import list_pending_meanwhile_digests
+
+        pending = list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert len(pending) == 1
+        digest_id = pending[0]["id"]
+
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_consumed",
+            payload={
+                "digest_id": digest_id,
+                "consumed_at": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+
+        msgs2 = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+        body2 = msgs2[0].content
+        assert "Meanwhile while you were away:" not in body2
+        assert digest_text not in body2

tests/test_prompt.py

@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ import pytest
 
 from chat.db.connection import open_db
 from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
-from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
 from chat.eventlog.projector import project
 import chat.state.entities  # noqa: F401  (registers handlers)
 import chat.state.edges  # noqa: F401
 import chat.state.memory  # noqa: F401
 import chat.state.world  # noqa: F401
+import chat.state.events  # noqa: F401
+import chat.state.threads  # noqa: F401
 from chat.llm.client import Message
 from chat.services.prompt import assemble_narrative_prompt
 
@@ -452,6 +454,273 @@ def test_assemble_when_speaker_is_guest_orients_edges_correctly(tmp_path):
     assert "68/100" in body
 
 
+def test_speaker_is_guest_uses_guest_witness_role(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """T71.1: when the guest is the speaker, ``search_memories`` is
+    called with ``witness_role="guest"``, not the previously-hardcoded
+    ``"host"``. Pins the parametric witness role at the prompt call site
+    so guest-as-speaker honours the witness mask via Phase 2 T46.
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    captured: dict = {}
+
+    def _fake_search(conn, owner_id, witness_role, query, k=4):
+        captured["owner_id"] = owner_id
+        captured["witness_role"] = witness_role
+        captured["query"] = query
+        return []
+
+    # Patch the imported reference inside the prompt module so the
+    # production call site uses the fake.
+    import chat.services.prompt as prompt_mod
+    monkeypatch.setattr(prompt_mod, "search_memories", _fake_search)
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_with_guest(conn)
+        # Guest as speaker — must request memories with witness_role="guest".
+        assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_b",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            # retrieved_memory_summaries=None forces the search path.
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=None,
+        )
+    assert captured["owner_id"] == "bot_b"
+    assert captured["witness_role"] == "guest"
+
+
+def test_speaker_is_host_uses_host_witness_role(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """T71.1 (regression): host-as-speaker still queries with
+    ``witness_role="host"``."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    captured: dict = {}
+
+    def _fake_search(conn, owner_id, witness_role, query, k=4):
+        captured["witness_role"] = witness_role
+        return []
+
+    import chat.services.prompt as prompt_mod
+    monkeypatch.setattr(prompt_mod, "search_memories", _fake_search)
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_with_guest(conn)
+        assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",  # host as speaker
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=None,
+        )
+    assert captured["witness_role"] == "host"
+
+
+def test_single_activities_block_with_three_bullets_when_3_entities(tmp_path):
+    """T71.2: with you + host + guest present, the assembled prompt
+    contains exactly ONE ``ACTIVITIES:`` header and bullets for all
+    three entities (no duplicate header from the prior dual-block
+    rendering).
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_with_guest(conn)
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+    body = msgs[0].content
+    # Exactly one ACTIVITIES: header.
+    assert body.count("ACTIVITIES:") == 1
+    # Bullets for all three entities (you=Sam, host=Aria, guest=Iris)
+    # — pin on the unique action verbs from the seed data.
+    assert "finishing emails" in body  # you bullet
+    assert "pretending to work" in body  # speaker (host) bullet
+    assert "smirking-distinctively" in body  # guest bullet
+
+
+def test_tight_budget_drops_guest_activity_bullet_first(tmp_path):
+    """T71.2: under tight budget the speaker bullet survives but the
+    guest activity bullet is the first ACTIVITIES: bullet to drop. The
+    block as a whole stays present (it's MUST-tier); only its body
+    contracts.
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_with_guest(conn)
+        dialogue = [
+            {"speaker": "you", "text": "line-16 hi there"},
+            {"speaker": "bot_a", "text": "line-17 hey"},
+            {"speaker": "you", "text": "line-18 quiet night"},
+            {"speaker": "bot_a", "text": "line-19 indeed"},
+        ]
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=dialogue,
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+            budget_soft=250,
+            budget_hard=340,
+        )
+    body = msgs[0].content
+    # Speaker bullet survives (MUST-tier floor).
+    assert "pretending to work" in body
+    assert "ACTIVITIES:" in body
+    # Guest bullet is dropped first under budget pressure.
+    assert "smirking-distinctively" not in body
+
+
+def test_nice_trim_order_documented(tmp_path):
+    """T71.3: pin the NICE-tier trim order so a future refactor can't
+    quietly invert it.
+
+    Order under NICE pressure is:
+      1. previous-scene summary (dropped FIRST)
+      2. memories beyond top-2
+      3. older dialogue turns (collapsed to last-4)
+
+    We size the budget so that all-NICE-included is over soft, but
+    dropping ONLY previous-scene gets us back under soft. The observed
+    behaviour we pin: previous-scene gone, memories/dialogue intact.
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    # Heavy previous-scene summary — large enough that dropping it
+    # alone clears the soft-budget overage. Defined out here so the
+    # marker is in scope for the assertions below.
+    prev_scene_blob = "PREVSCENE-MARKER " + ("filler " * 200)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # Append all events first, project once at the end (project is
+        # not idempotent — it replays every event in the log).
+        from chat.eventlog.log import append_event as _append
+        _append(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload={
+            "id": "bot_a",
+            "name": "Aria",
+            "persona": "reserved coworker who notices things",
+            "voice_samples": ["I — sorry, I didn't mean to."],
+            "traits": ["introverted"],
+            "backstory": "An archivist who joined the firm last spring.",
+            "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+            "kickoff_prose": "you stay late at the office",
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="you_authored", payload={
+            "name": "Sam",
+            "pronouns": "they/them",
+            "persona": "tired analyst",
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="chat_created", payload={
+            "id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+            "guest_bot_id": None,
+            "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            "narrative_anchor": "Day 1 evening",
+            "weather": "clear",
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="container_created", payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "name": "office bullpen",
+            "type": "workplace",
+            "properties": {"public": False, "moving": False, "audible_range": "room"},
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="edge_update", payload={
+            "source_id": "bot_a",
+            "target_id": "you",
+            "affinity_delta": 12,
+            "trust_delta": 5,
+            "knowledge_facts": ["they work on the same floor"],
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="activity_change", payload={
+            "entity_id": "you",
+            "container_id": 1,
+            "posture": "sitting at your desk",
+            "action": {"verb": "finishing emails"},
+            "attention": "the screen",
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="activity_change", payload={
+            "entity_id": "bot_a",
+            "container_id": 1,
+            "posture": "sitting at her desk",
+            "action": {"verb": "pretending to work"},
+            "attention": "you, in glances",
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="scene_opened", payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "container_id": 1,
+            "started_at": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            "participants": ["you", "bot_a"],
+        })
+        # Close the seeded scene and write a per-POV summary memory so
+        # _resolve_previous_scene_summary returns a non-empty string.
+        _append(conn, kind="scene_closed", payload={
+            "scene_id": 1,
+            "ended_at": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+            "significance": 2,
+        })
+        _append(conn, kind="memory_written", payload={
+            "owner_id": "bot_a",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "scene_id": 1,
+            "pov_summary": prev_scene_blob,
+            "witness_you": 1,
+            "witness_host": 1,
+            "witness_guest": 0,
+            "source": "direct",
+            "reliability": 1.0,
+            "significance": 2,
+        })
+        project(conn)
+
+        # Six dialogue turns — last 4 plus 2 older. If older turns are
+        # dropped under NICE pressure, the unique markers for turns 0/1
+        # disappear; we'll assert they REMAIN to prove dialogue trim
+        # didn't fire.
+        dialogue = [
+            {"speaker": "you", "text": "DLG-OLD-00 hello"},
+            {"speaker": "bot_a", "text": "DLG-OLD-01 hi"},
+            {"speaker": "you", "text": "DLG-LAST-16 ok"},
+            {"speaker": "bot_a", "text": "DLG-LAST-17 sure"},
+            {"speaker": "you", "text": "DLG-LAST-18 night"},
+            {"speaker": "bot_a", "text": "DLG-LAST-19 indeed"},
+        ]
+        # Four small memories — if "memories beyond top-2" trim fires,
+        # MEM-C/MEM-D disappear; we'll assert they REMAIN to prove
+        # memories trim didn't fire either.
+        memories = ["MEM-A short", "MEM-B short", "MEM-C short", "MEM-D short"]
+
+        # Soft tuned so the all-NICE config (with the heavy previous
+        # scene summary) overflows, but dropping just previous-scene
+        # fits comfortably. Hard set high so SHOULD-tier never trims.
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=dialogue,
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=memories,
+            budget_soft=400,
+            budget_hard=8000,
+        )
+    body = msgs[0].content
+    # Previous-scene summary was the FIRST NICE drop — its unique
+    # marker must be absent.
+    assert "PREVSCENE-MARKER" not in body
+    # Memories beyond top-2 stayed (proves memories trim did NOT fire).
+    assert "MEM-A" in body
+    assert "MEM-B" in body
+    assert "MEM-C" in body
+    assert "MEM-D" in body
+    # Older dialogue turns stayed (proves dialogue trim did NOT fire).
+    assert "DLG-OLD-00" in body
+    assert "DLG-OLD-01" in body
+    # Last-4 dialogue turns of course present.
+    assert "DLG-LAST-19" in body
+
+
 def test_assemble_with_tight_budget_drops_guest_activity_first(tmp_path):
     """Under tight budget MUST blocks survive but SHOULD-tier guest
     activity is dropped first."""
@@ -494,3 +763,92 @@ def test_assemble_with_tight_budget_drops_guest_activity_first(tmp_path):
     import tiktoken
     enc = tiktoken.get_encoding("cl100k_base")
     assert len(enc.encode(body)) <= 340
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Task 60: Active events + open threads in prompt assembly
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_assemble_with_no_events_or_threads_omits_blocks(tmp_path):
+    """Regression: with the basic 2-entity scenario (no events seeded, no
+    threads seeded), the assembled prompt must NOT contain the
+    ``Active events:`` or ``Open threads:`` headers — both blocks are
+    omit-when-empty."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_basic(conn)
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+    body = msgs[0].content
+    assert "Active events:" not in body
+    assert "Open threads:" not in body
+
+
+def test_assemble_with_active_events_renders_block(tmp_path):
+    """Seed a planned event then transition it to active; the assembled
+    prompt should render the ``Active events:`` block listing the event
+    by kind."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_basic(conn)
+        # event_planned then event_started → status="active". Use
+        # append_and_apply because _seed_basic already projected; calling
+        # project() again would replay every prior event (and trip
+        # UNIQUE constraints on chat_created etc.).
+        append_and_apply(conn, kind="event_planned", payload={
+            "event_id": "evt_park",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "kind": "date_at_park",
+            "props": {"location": "Riverside Park", "vibe": "casual"},
+            "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+        })
+        append_and_apply(conn, kind="event_started", payload={
+            "event_id": "evt_park",
+            "started_at": "2026-04-30T18:05:00+00:00",
+        })
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+    body = msgs[0].content
+    assert "Active events:" in body
+    assert "date_at_park" in body
+
+
+def test_assemble_with_open_thread_renders_block(tmp_path):
+    """Seed a single open thread; the assembled prompt should render the
+    ``Open threads:`` block listing the thread by title."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_basic(conn)
+        # _seed_basic already projected; use append_and_apply for the
+        # post-seed event so we don't re-trigger UNIQUE constraint
+        # collisions on the prior chat_created/etc. events.
+        append_and_apply(conn, kind="thread_opened", payload={
+            "thread_id": "thr_job",
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "title": "Maya's job hunt",
+            "summary": "Maya is looking for a new job",
+        })
+        msgs = assemble_narrative_prompt(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            speaker_bot_id="bot_a",
+            recent_dialogue=[],
+            retrieved_memory_summaries=[],
+        )
+    body = msgs[0].content
+    assert "Open threads:" in body
+    assert "Maya's job hunt" in body

tests/test_regenerate.py

@@ -271,3 +271,394 @@ def test_regenerate_404_when_assistant_turn_missing(client, tmp_path):
         assert response.status_code == 404
     finally:
         app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+
+def _seed_with_interjection_group(db_path):
+    """Seed a multi-entity scene with a (primary + interjection) group.
+
+    Returns ``(user_turn_id, primary_at_id, interjection_at_id)``.
+
+    The primary speaker is the host (bot_a); the silent witness who
+    interjected is the guest (bot_b). Mirrors the convention in
+    chat/web/turns.py — both assistant_turns share the same
+    ``user_turn_id`` and the interjection's payload carries
+    ``interjection_of=<primary speaker_id>``.
+    """
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        for bot_id, name, persona in (
+            ("bot_a", "BotA", "thoughtful"),
+            ("bot_b", "BotB", "loud"),
+        ):
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="bot_authored",
+                payload={
+                    "id": bot_id,
+                    "name": name,
+                    "persona": persona,
+                    "voice_samples": [],
+                    "traits": [],
+                    "backstory": "",
+                    "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+                    "kickoff_prose": "",
+                },
+            )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_multi",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        for src, tgt in (
+            ("bot_a", "you"),
+            ("you", "bot_a"),
+            ("bot_b", "you"),
+            ("you", "bot_b"),
+            ("bot_a", "bot_b"),
+            ("bot_b", "bot_a"),
+        ):
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="edge_update",
+                payload={
+                    "source_id": src,
+                    "target_id": tgt,
+                    "chat_id": "chat_multi",
+                },
+            )
+        for entity_id in ("you", "bot_a", "bot_b"):
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="activity_change",
+                payload={
+                    "entity_id": entity_id,
+                    "posture": "sitting",
+                    "action": {"verb": "talking"},
+                    "attention": "",
+                    "holding": [],
+                    "status": {},
+                },
+            )
+        ut_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_multi",
+                "prose": "hello",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        primary_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_multi",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+                "text": "Original primary.",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": ut_id,
+            },
+        )
+        interjection_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_multi",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_b",
+                "text": "Original interjection!",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": ut_id,
+                "interjection_of": "bot_a",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+        return ut_id, primary_id, interjection_id
+
+
+def test_regenerate_broadcasts_turn_html_over_sse(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """T73.1: regenerate publishes a ``turn_html_replace`` SSE event so
+    connected tabs swap the prior turn's DOM node in place.
+
+    The event carries:
+    - ``data``: rendered HTML for the new turn
+    - ``turn_id``: event_id of the new assistant_turn
+    - ``supersedes_id``: event_id of the original assistant_turn
+    """
+    import asyncio
+
+    from chat.config import Settings
+    from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+    from chat.services import regenerate as regenerate_module
+    from chat.services.regenerate import regenerate_assistant_turn
+
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db_path))
+    apply_migrations(db_path)
+
+    ut_id, at_id = _seed_with_one_turn(db_path)
+
+    published: list[tuple[str, dict]] = []
+
+    async def _capture(chat_id, event):
+        published.append((chat_id, event))
+
+    # Patch the imported reference inside the regenerate module so the
+    # service's call site goes through our spy.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(regenerate_module, "publish", _capture)
+
+    narrative_canned = "Refreshed reply."
+    state_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+    canned = [narrative_canned, state_canned, state_canned]
+    mock_client = MockLLMClient(canned=list(canned))
+
+    settings = Settings(featherless_api_key="test")
+
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        new_text = asyncio.run(
+            regenerate_assistant_turn(
+                conn,
+                mock_client,
+                settings=settings,
+                chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+                original_assistant_event_id=at_id,
+            )
+        )
+        assert new_text == narrative_canned
+
+        # Find the new assistant_turn event_id for cross-checking.
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' AND id != ? "
+            "AND superseded_by IS NULL",
+            (at_id,),
+        ).fetchone()
+        new_at_id = cur[0]
+
+    # Filter out per-token publishes; we want the replace broadcast.
+    replace_calls = [
+        ev for (_cid, ev) in published if ev.get("event") == "turn_html_replace"
+    ]
+    assert len(replace_calls) == 1
+    payload = replace_calls[0]
+    assert payload["supersedes_id"] == at_id
+    assert payload["turn_id"] == new_at_id
+    # The HTML carries the new narrative text and the speaker name.
+    assert "Refreshed reply." in payload["data"]
+    assert "BotA" in payload["data"]
+    # Sanity: every publish targeted this chat.
+    for cid, _ev in published:
+        assert cid == "chat_bot_a"
+
+
+def test_regenerate_with_interjection_redoes_both_turns(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """T73.2: when the original turn group included an interjection, both
+    the primary and the interjection are regenerated.
+
+    Setup: 3-entity scene (host BotA + guest BotB + you) with a prior
+    (primary by BotA + interjection by BotB) group. Mock the
+    interjection classifier to return ``should_interject=True`` so the
+    follow-on regenerates too.
+
+    Assert: 2 new assistant_turns exist for the same user_turn_id, the
+    second carrying ``interjection_of`` pointing at the new primary's
+    speaker_id. Both originals are superseded.
+    """
+    import asyncio
+
+    from chat.config import Settings
+    from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+    from chat.services import regenerate as regenerate_module
+    from chat.services.interjection import InterjectionDecision
+    from chat.services.regenerate import regenerate_assistant_turn
+
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db_path))
+    apply_migrations(db_path)
+
+    ut_id, primary_id, interjection_id = _seed_with_interjection_group(db_path)
+
+    # Stub detect_interjection so the classifier "fires" with new prose.
+    async def _stub_should_interject(*_args, **_kwargs):
+        return InterjectionDecision(should_interject=True, reason="fired")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        regenerate_module, "detect_interjection", _stub_should_interject
+    )
+
+    # Canned queue:
+    #   1. New primary narrative stream.
+    #   2-7. Six state-update classifier calls (one per directed pair
+    #        across host/you/guest = 6 pairs) for the primary pass.
+    #   8.   New interjection narrative stream.
+    #   9-14. Six state-update classifier calls for the post-interjection
+    #         pass.
+    state_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+    canned: list[str] = []
+    canned.append("New primary text.")
+    canned.extend([state_canned] * 6)
+    canned.append("New interjection text!")
+    canned.extend([state_canned] * 6)
+    mock_client = MockLLMClient(canned=list(canned))
+
+    settings = Settings(featherless_api_key="test")
+
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        new_text = asyncio.run(
+            regenerate_assistant_turn(
+                conn,
+                mock_client,
+                settings=settings,
+                chat_id="chat_multi",
+                original_assistant_event_id=primary_id,
+            )
+        )
+        assert new_text == "New primary text."
+
+        # Both originals are superseded.
+        primary_super = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT superseded_by FROM event_log WHERE id = ?", (primary_id,)
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        interjection_super = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT superseded_by FROM event_log WHERE id = ?",
+            (interjection_id,),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert primary_super is not None
+        assert interjection_super is not None
+
+        # Two NEW assistant_turn events exist (the regenerated primary
+        # and the regenerated interjection), both pinned to the same
+        # user_turn_id as the originals.
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' AND id NOT IN (?, ?) "
+            "ORDER BY id",
+            (primary_id, interjection_id),
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(cur) == 2
+        new_primary_id, new_primary_payload_json = cur[0]
+        new_interjection_id, new_interjection_payload_json = cur[1]
+        new_primary_payload = json.loads(new_primary_payload_json)
+        new_interjection_payload = json.loads(new_interjection_payload_json)
+
+        assert new_primary_payload["text"] == "New primary text."
+        assert new_primary_payload["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
+        assert new_primary_payload["user_turn_id"] == ut_id
+        assert new_primary_payload["regenerated_from"] == primary_id
+        assert "interjection_of" not in new_primary_payload
+
+        assert new_interjection_payload["text"] == "New interjection text!"
+        assert new_interjection_payload["speaker_id"] == "bot_b"
+        assert new_interjection_payload["user_turn_id"] == ut_id
+        assert new_interjection_payload["regenerated_from"] == interjection_id
+        # interjection_of links to the new primary's speaker (matches
+        # the existing convention in chat/web/turns.py).
+        assert new_interjection_payload["interjection_of"] == "bot_a"
+
+        # The originals' supersede pointers reach the new ones.
+        assert primary_super == new_primary_id
+        assert interjection_super == new_interjection_id
+
+
+def test_regenerate_drops_interjection_when_classifier_returns_false(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """T73.2: when the original group included an interjection but the
+    classifier returns False this time, the new group is primary-only.
+
+    The original interjection is still superseded (we don't leave it
+    visible in the timeline alongside a regenerated primary it no longer
+    follows from), but no replacement assistant_turn is appended.
+    """
+    import asyncio
+
+    from chat.config import Settings
+    from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+    from chat.services import regenerate as regenerate_module
+    from chat.services.interjection import InterjectionDecision
+    from chat.services.regenerate import regenerate_assistant_turn
+
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db_path))
+    apply_migrations(db_path)
+
+    ut_id, primary_id, interjection_id = _seed_with_interjection_group(db_path)
+
+    async def _stub_no_interject(*_args, **_kwargs):
+        return InterjectionDecision(
+            should_interject=False, reason="quiet"
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        regenerate_module, "detect_interjection", _stub_no_interject
+    )
+
+    # Canned queue: primary narrative + 6 state-update calls. No
+    # interjection stream because the classifier short-circuits.
+    state_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+    canned: list[str] = ["New primary text."] + [state_canned] * 6
+    mock_client = MockLLMClient(canned=list(canned))
+
+    settings = Settings(featherless_api_key="test")
+
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        new_text = asyncio.run(
+            regenerate_assistant_turn(
+                conn,
+                mock_client,
+                settings=settings,
+                chat_id="chat_multi",
+                original_assistant_event_id=primary_id,
+            )
+        )
+        assert new_text == "New primary text."
+
+        # Original primary superseded by the new primary.
+        primary_super = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT superseded_by FROM event_log WHERE id = ?", (primary_id,)
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        # Original interjection ALSO superseded — we don't leave a
+        # dangling beat attached to a regenerated primary that no longer
+        # warrants a follow-on. Back-pointer goes to the new primary.
+        interjection_super = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT superseded_by FROM event_log WHERE id = ?",
+            (interjection_id,),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert primary_super is not None
+        assert interjection_super is not None
+        assert interjection_super == primary_super  # both point at new primary
+
+        # Exactly ONE new assistant_turn — the primary; no replacement
+        # interjection.
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' AND id NOT IN (?, ?) "
+            "AND superseded_by IS NULL",
+            (primary_id, interjection_id),
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(cur) == 1
+        new_primary_payload = json.loads(cur[0][0])
+        assert new_primary_payload["text"] == "New primary text."
+        assert "interjection_of" not in new_primary_payload

tests/test_reset.py

@@ -292,6 +292,189 @@ def test_reset_clears_guest_reference_in_other_chats(client, tmp_path):
         ).fetchone()[0] == 1
 
 
+def test_reset_purges_orphaned_you_activity_rows(client, tmp_path):
+    """T69: when a bot's chats are deleted, "you" activity rows tied to those
+    chats' containers should also be purged (otherwise they linger orphaned)."""
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": "bot_a",
+                "name": "BotA",
+                "persona": "thoughtful",
+                "voice_samples": [],
+                "traits": [],
+                "backstory": "",
+                "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+                "kickoff_prose": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="container_created",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "name": "office",
+                "type": "workplace",
+                "properties": {},
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="activity_change",
+            payload={
+                "entity_id": "you",
+                "container_id": 1,
+                "posture": "standing",
+                "action": {"verb": "watching"},
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+        # Sanity: the "you" activity row exists and points at the container.
+        assert conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM activity WHERE entity_id = 'you'"
+        ).fetchone()[0] == 1
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/bots/bot_a/reset",
+        data={"confirm_name": "BotA"},
+        follow_redirects=False,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 303
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # The orphaned "you" activity row tied to bot_a's purged container is gone.
+        assert conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM activity WHERE entity_id = 'you'"
+        ).fetchone()[0] == 0
+
+
+def test_reset_does_not_purge_you_activity_in_other_chats(client, tmp_path):
+    """T69: resetting bot_a must leave a "you" activity row pointing at
+    bot_b's container intact — only orphans from the reset bot's chats go."""
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # bot_a + its chat + container.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": "bot_a",
+                "name": "BotA",
+                "persona": "thoughtful",
+                "voice_samples": [],
+                "traits": [],
+                "backstory": "",
+                "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+                "kickoff_prose": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="container_created",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "name": "office",
+                "type": "workplace",
+                "properties": {},
+            },
+        )
+        # bot_b + its chat + container.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": "bot_b",
+                "name": "BotB",
+                "persona": "curious",
+                "voice_samples": [],
+                "traits": [],
+                "backstory": "",
+                "initial_relationship_to_you": "friend",
+                "kickoff_prose": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_bot_b",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_b",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="container_created",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_b",
+                "name": "kitchen",
+                "type": "home",
+                "properties": {},
+            },
+        )
+        # The activity table is keyed on entity_id (PRIMARY KEY), so only one
+        # "you" row exists at a time. Point it at bot_b's container so reset of
+        # bot_a should NOT touch it.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="activity_change",
+            payload={
+                "entity_id": "you",
+                "container_id": 2,  # kitchen, in chat_bot_b
+                "posture": "sitting",
+                "action": {"verb": "reading"},
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+        # Sanity: the "you" activity row is in bot_b's container.
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT container_id FROM activity WHERE entity_id = 'you'"
+        ).fetchone()
+        assert row is not None and row[0] == 2
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/bots/bot_a/reset",
+        data={"confirm_name": "BotA"},
+        follow_redirects=False,
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 303
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # The "you" activity in bot_b's container is preserved.
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT container_id FROM activity WHERE entity_id = 'you'"
+        ).fetchone()
+        assert row is not None
+        assert row[0] == 2
+
+
 def test_reset_purges_guest_memories_from_other_chats(client, tmp_path):
     db = tmp_path / "test.db"
     _seed_two_bots_with_guest_link(

tests/test_skip_narration.py

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+"""Skip narration service tests (T53).
+
+The skip-narration service generates short transition prose between an
+in-progress moment and a post-skip moment. Two flavors:
+
+* ``elision`` — collapses an in-progress activity to its expected
+  end-state in 1-2 sentences (e.g. "skip ahead to when we arrive").
+* ``jump`` — bridges a longer fiction-time delta in 2-3 sentences
+  (e.g. "next morning", "a week later").
+
+Output is free-form prose, not structured JSON, so the service goes
+through ``client.generate`` directly rather than the classifier path.
+A deterministic template fallback fires on any LLM failure so the skip
+flow never blocks even when the model is down.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import AsyncIterator, Sequence
+
+import pytest
+
+from chat.llm.client import Message
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+from chat.services.skip_narration import narrate_skip
+
+
+_SPEAKER = {
+    "id": "bot1",
+    "name": "Aria",
+    "persona": "thoughtful, observant",
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_narrate_elision_returns_classifier_output():
+    canned = (
+        "She closes her laptop and slings her bag over her shoulder. "
+        "The office shrinks behind her as she steps into the late "
+        "afternoon light."
+    )
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+    result = await narrate_skip(
+        mock,
+        narrative_model="x",
+        skip_kind="elision",
+        speaker_bot=_SPEAKER,
+        you_name="Me",
+        current_time="3:42 PM",
+        new_time="5:10 PM",
+        current_activity="finishing up at her desk",
+        landing_state_hint="walking out into the parking lot",
+    )
+    assert "office" in result or result == canned
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_narrate_jump_returns_classifier_output():
+    canned = (
+        "Morning light spills through the kitchen window. The coffee "
+        "maker hums. She's already at the table, scrolling her phone."
+    )
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+    result = await narrate_skip(
+        mock,
+        narrative_model="x",
+        skip_kind="jump",
+        speaker_bot=_SPEAKER,
+        you_name="Me",
+        current_time="late evening",
+        new_time="next morning",
+        current_activity="winding down for the night",
+        landing_state_hint="having coffee in the kitchen",
+    )
+    assert result
+    lower = result.lower()
+    assert "morning" in lower or "coffee" in lower
+
+
+class _RaisingMock:
+    """Mock LLMClient whose ``generate`` always raises.
+
+    ``MockLLMClient.generate`` raises ``IndexError`` once the canned
+    list is empty, but the test wants a clear, unambiguous failure
+    regardless of canned-list state, so we ship a tiny dedicated mock
+    instead.
+    """
+
+    async def generate(
+        self, messages: Sequence[Message], *, model: str, **params
+    ) -> str:
+        raise RuntimeError("LLM is down")
+
+    async def stream(
+        self, messages: Sequence[Message], *, model: str, **params
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+        raise RuntimeError("LLM is down")
+        yield  # pragma: no cover - make this a generator
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_narrate_falls_back_on_generation_failure():
+    new_time = "next morning"
+    result = await narrate_skip(
+        _RaisingMock(),
+        narrative_model="x",
+        skip_kind="jump",
+        speaker_bot=_SPEAKER,
+        you_name="Me",
+        current_time="late evening",
+        new_time=new_time,
+        current_activity="winding down for the night",
+        landing_state_hint="having coffee in the kitchen",
+    )
+    # Fallback template includes the new_time so callers can see *what*
+    # we skipped to even when the LLM never answered.
+    assert new_time in result

tests/test_synthesized_memories.py

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""Tests for the synthesized-memories service (T54).
+
+When the user jump-skips ("a week later") they are prompted "anything
+notable happen?" If they answer with prose, this service parses it into
+1-N synthesized memories per present bot. Each memory carries
+``source="synthesized"`` and ``reliability=0.7`` (the caller — T62 skip
+flow — applies those tags when persisting; this service just produces
+the structured digest).
+
+These tests cover:
+
+* The happy path: a canned classifier response parses cleanly into a
+  populated :class:`SynthesizedDigest` with one memory.
+* Empty prose short-circuits before any classifier call — the mock has
+  no canned responses, so an accidental call would raise
+  ``IndexError``.
+* Classifier failure (3 bad responses, exhausting :func:`classify`'s
+  retry budget) falls back to an empty default digest.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+from chat.services.synthesized_memories import (
+    SynthesizedDigest,
+    SynthesizedMemory,
+    synthesize_memories,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_synthesize_parses_canned_prose():
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "memories": [
+                {
+                    "text": "Maya started a new pottery class.",
+                    "significance": 1,
+                    "affinity_delta": 0,
+                    "trust_delta": 0,
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+    result = await synthesize_memories(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        prose="we saw each other at her pottery class once",
+        bot_name="Maya",
+        bot_persona="warm potter, mid-30s",
+        you_name="Sam",
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, SynthesizedDigest)
+    assert len(result.memories) == 1
+    mem = result.memories[0]
+    assert isinstance(mem, SynthesizedMemory)
+    assert mem.text == "Maya started a new pottery class."
+    assert mem.significance == 1
+    assert mem.affinity_delta == 0
+    assert mem.trust_delta == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_empty_prose_returns_empty_digest():
+    """Empty prose short-circuits — the classifier must not be called."""
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[])
+    result = await synthesize_memories(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        prose="",
+        bot_name="Maya",
+        bot_persona="warm potter, mid-30s",
+        you_name="Sam",
+    )
+    assert result == SynthesizedDigest()
+    assert result.memories == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_classifier_failure_returns_empty_default():
+    """Three bad responses exhaust the classifier's retry budget; the
+    service then returns the empty default digest."""
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=["bad", "bad", "bad"])
+    result = await synthesize_memories(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        prose="we saw each other at her pottery class once",
+        bot_name="Maya",
+        bot_persona="warm potter, mid-30s",
+        you_name="Sam",
+    )
+    assert result == SynthesizedDigest()
+    assert result.memories == []

tests/test_thread_detection.py

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+"""Tests for the thread-detection service (T55).
+
+On scene close, the transcript is classified to detect open threads
+(unresolved arcs, dangling questions, promises made). The service can
+also signal **update** to an existing thread when the scene developed
+it, or **close** when the scene resolved it.
+
+These tests cover:
+
+* A new thread the scene introduced — action="open" with a fresh title.
+* An update to an existing thread — action="update" with
+  ``existing_thread_id`` referencing the prior thread.
+* Classifier failure — three bad responses degrade to an empty
+  candidates list (graceful degradation, §3.3).
+* Empty transcript short-circuits before any classifier call.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
+from chat.services.thread_detection import (
+    ThreadCandidate,
+    ThreadDetectionResult,
+    detect_threads,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_detects_new_thread_open():
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "candidates": [
+                {
+                    "action": "open",
+                    "title": "Maya's job hunt",
+                    "summary": "Maya is looking for a new job",
+                    "existing_thread_id": None,
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+    result = await detect_threads(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        scene_transcript=[
+            {"speaker": "Maya", "text": "I need to find a new job soon."},
+            {"speaker": "Sam", "text": "What kind of role are you looking for?"},
+        ],
+        open_threads=[],
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, ThreadDetectionResult)
+    assert len(result.candidates) == 1
+    cand = result.candidates[0]
+    assert isinstance(cand, ThreadCandidate)
+    assert cand.action == "open"
+    assert cand.title == "Maya's job hunt"
+    assert cand.summary == "Maya is looking for a new job"
+    assert cand.existing_thread_id is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_detects_update_to_existing_thread():
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "candidates": [
+                {
+                    "action": "update",
+                    "title": "",
+                    "summary": "Maya interviewed at Acme today",
+                    "existing_thread_id": "thr_jobhunt",
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+    result = await detect_threads(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        scene_transcript=[
+            {"speaker": "Maya", "text": "I had the Acme interview today."},
+            {"speaker": "Sam", "text": "How did it go?"},
+        ],
+        open_threads=[
+            {
+                "thread_id": "thr_jobhunt",
+                "title": "Maya's job hunt",
+                "summary": "Maya is looking for a new job",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    assert len(result.candidates) == 1
+    cand = result.candidates[0]
+    assert cand.action == "update"
+    assert cand.existing_thread_id == "thr_jobhunt"
+    assert cand.summary == "Maya interviewed at Acme today"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_classifier_failure_returns_empty():
+    """Three malformed classifier responses → empty candidates list."""
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=["not json", "still not json", "{bad"])
+    result = await detect_threads(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        scene_transcript=[
+            {"speaker": "Maya", "text": "Anything could happen here."},
+        ],
+        open_threads=[],
+    )
+    assert result.candidates == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_empty_transcript_short_circuits():
+    """Empty transcript short-circuits — classifier must not be called."""
+    mock = MockLLMClient(canned=[])
+    result = await detect_threads(
+        mock,
+        classifier_model="x",
+        scene_transcript=[],
+        open_threads=[],
+    )
+    assert result.candidates == []

tests/test_threads_state.py

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+import chat.state.entities  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.world  # registers handlers
+import chat.state.threads  # registers handlers
+from chat.state.threads import get_thread, list_open_threads
+
+
+def _bot_payload(bot_id: str, name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": bot_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "persona": "thoughtful, observant",
+        "voice_samples": [],
+        "traits": [],
+        "backstory": "",
+        "initial_relationship_to_you": "coworker",
+        "kickoff_prose": "",
+    }
+
+
+def _chat_payload(chat_id: str = "chat_bot_a") -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": chat_id,
+        "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+        "guest_bot_id": "bot_b",
+        "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+        "narrative_anchor": "Day 1 evening",
+        "weather": "clear",
+    }
+
+
+def test_thread_opened_creates_row(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_abc",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "Maya's job hunt",
+                "summary": "Maya is looking for a new job",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        t = get_thread(conn, "thr_abc")
+        assert t is not None
+        assert t["thread_id"] == "thr_abc"
+        assert t["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert t["title"] == "Maya's job hunt"
+        assert t["summary"] == "Maya is looking for a new job"
+        assert t["status"] == "open"
+        assert t["closed_at"] is None
+        assert t["last_referenced_scene_id"] is None
+
+
+def test_thread_updated_changes_summary_and_last_referenced(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_abc",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "Maya's job hunt",
+                "summary": "Maya is looking for a new job",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_updated",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_abc",
+                "summary": "Maya landed an interview at a startup",
+                "last_referenced_scene_id": 42,
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        t = get_thread(conn, "thr_abc")
+        assert t is not None
+        assert t["summary"] == "Maya landed an interview at a startup"
+        assert t["last_referenced_scene_id"] == 42
+        assert t["status"] == "open"
+
+
+def test_thread_closed_terminal(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_abc",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "Maya's job hunt",
+                "summary": "Maya is looking for a new job",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_closed",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_abc",
+                "closed_at": "2026-04-26T21:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        t = get_thread(conn, "thr_abc")
+        assert t is not None
+        assert t["status"] == "closed"
+        assert t["closed_at"] == "2026-04-26T21:00:00+00:00"
+
+        # Subsequent updates to a closed thread are no-ops.
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_updated",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_abc",
+                "summary": "should not be applied",
+            },
+        )
+
+        t2 = get_thread(conn, "thr_abc")
+        assert t2 is not None
+        assert t2["summary"] == "Maya is looking for a new job"
+        assert t2["status"] == "closed"
+
+
+def test_list_open_threads_filters_to_open_only(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        append_event(conn, kind="bot_authored", payload=_bot_payload("bot_a", "BotA"))
+        append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+        for tid, title in [
+            ("thr_1", "Arc 1"),
+            ("thr_2", "Arc 2"),
+            ("thr_3", "Arc 3"),
+        ]:
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="thread_opened",
+                payload={
+                    "thread_id": tid,
+                    "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                    "title": title,
+                    "summary": "",
+                },
+            )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_closed",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_3",
+                "closed_at": "2026-04-26T21:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        open_threads = list_open_threads(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert len(open_threads) == 2
+        ids = {t["thread_id"] for t in open_threads}
+        assert ids == {"thr_1", "thr_2"}

tests/test_time_skip_handlers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+import chat.state.world  # registers handlers
+from chat.state.world import get_activity, get_chat
+
+
+def _chat_payload(**overrides):
+    payload = {
+        "id": "chat_bot_a",
+        "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+        "guest_bot_id": None,
+        "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+        "narrative_anchor": "Day 1 evening",
+        "weather": "clear",
+    }
+    payload.update(overrides)
+    return payload
+
+
+def _container_payload(**overrides):
+    payload = {
+        "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+        "name": "office",
+        "type": "workplace",
+        "properties": {
+            "public": True,
+            "moving": False,
+            "audible_range": "normal",
+            "slots": [],
+        },
+        "parent_id": None,
+    }
+    payload.update(overrides)
+    return payload
+
+
+def _activity_payload(**overrides):
+    payload = {
+        "entity_id": "bot_a",
+        "container_id": 1,
+        "slot": "desk_chair",
+        "posture": "sitting",
+        "action": {"verb": "writing email"},
+        "attention": "the screen",
+        "holding": ["pen"],
+        "status": {"hungry": False},
+    }
+    payload.update(overrides)
+    return payload
+
+
+def _seed_events(conn):
+    """Append seed events but do NOT project — caller appends more then projects once."""
+    append_event(conn, kind="chat_created", payload=_chat_payload())
+    append_event(conn, kind="container_created", payload=_container_payload())
+    append_event(conn, kind="activity_change", payload=_activity_payload())
+
+
+def test_elision_advances_chat_clock_only(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_events(conn)
+        append_event(conn, kind="time_skip_elision", payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "new_time": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+        })
+        project(conn)
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["time"] == "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00"
+
+        # Activity row preserved with the same fields it was seeded with.
+        a = get_activity(conn, "bot_a")
+        assert a is not None
+        assert a["entity_id"] == "bot_a"
+        assert a["container_id"] == 1
+        assert a["slot"] == "desk_chair"
+        assert a["posture"] == "sitting"
+        assert a["action"] == {"verb": "writing email"}
+        assert a["attention"] == "the screen"
+        assert a["holding"] == ["pen"]
+        assert a["status"] == {"hungry": False}
+
+
+def test_jump_with_reset_clears_activity(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_events(conn)
+        append_event(conn, kind="time_skip_jump", payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "new_time": "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00",
+            "reset_activity": True,
+        })
+        project(conn)
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["time"] == "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00"
+
+        count = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM activity "
+            "WHERE container_id IN (SELECT id FROM containers WHERE chat_id = ?)",
+            ("chat_bot_a",),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert count == 0
+        assert get_activity(conn, "bot_a") is None
+
+
+def test_jump_without_reset_preserves_activity(tmp_path):
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_events(conn)
+        append_event(conn, kind="time_skip_jump", payload={
+            "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+            "new_time": "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00",
+            "reset_activity": False,
+        })
+        project(conn)
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["time"] == "2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00"
+
+        a = get_activity(conn, "bot_a")
+        assert a is not None
+        assert a["posture"] == "sitting"
+        assert a["action"]["verb"] == "writing email"

tests/test_turn_flow.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
 from chat.app import app
 from chat.db.connection import open_db
-from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply, append_event
 from chat.eventlog.projector import project
 from chat.llm.mock import MockLLMClient
 
@@ -405,14 +405,15 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_no_interjection(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
     1 user_turn + 1 assistant_turn + 6 *post-turn* edge_updates + 2
     memory_written events. Single turn_html broadcast.
 
-    Canned queue (8 calls):
+    Canned queue (11 calls):
       1. parse_turn
-      2. narrative stream (primary, addressee = host because the prose
+      2. detect_addressee (T74.1) -> host
+      3. narrative stream (primary, addressee = host because the prose
          doesn't name the guest)
-      3-8. 6 state-update calls (one per directed pair across {you,
+      4-9. 6 state-update calls (one per directed pair across {you,
          bot_a, bot_b})
-      9. detect_interjection -> should_interject=False
-      10. detect_scene_close -> should_close=False
+      10. detect_interjection -> should_interject=False
+      11. detect_scene_close -> should_close=False
     """
     _seed_chat_with_guest(tmp_path / "test.db")
     canned_parse = json.dumps(
@@ -420,6 +421,9 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_no_interjection(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
     )
     canned = [
         canned_parse,
+        json.dumps(
+            {"addressee_id": "bot_a", "confidence": "medium", "reason": "host"}
+        ),
         "Greetings.",
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
@@ -474,14 +478,15 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_with_interjection(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
     1 user_turn + 2 assistant_turns + (6 + 6) post-turn edge_updates +
     4 memory_written events.
 
-    Canned queue (16 calls):
+    Canned queue (17 calls):
       1. parse_turn
-      2. narrative stream (primary)
-      3-8. 6 state-update calls (post-primary)
-      9. detect_interjection -> should_interject=True
-      10. narrative stream (interjection)
-      11-16. 6 state-update calls (post-interjection)
-      17. detect_scene_close -> should_close=False
+      2. detect_addressee (T74.1) -> host
+      3. narrative stream (primary)
+      4-9. 6 state-update calls (post-primary)
+      10. detect_interjection -> should_interject=True
+      11. narrative stream (interjection)
+      12-17. 6 state-update calls (post-interjection)
+      18. detect_scene_close -> should_close=False
     """
     _seed_chat_with_guest(tmp_path / "test.db")
     canned_parse = json.dumps(
@@ -489,6 +494,9 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_with_interjection(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
     )
     canned = [
         canned_parse,
+        json.dumps(
+            {"addressee_id": "bot_a", "confidence": "medium", "reason": "host"}
+        ),
         "Primary beat.",
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
@@ -555,14 +563,15 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_scene_close_writes_per_pov_summaries(
     rewrites fire for both bots (memory.pov_summary changes for each).
     Interjection short-circuits at False so the queue stays compact.
 
-    Canned queue (12 calls):
+    Canned queue (13 calls):
       1. parse_turn
-      2. narrative stream (primary)
-      3-8. 6 state-update calls
-      9. detect_interjection -> False (no follow-on stream)
-      10. detect_scene_close -> True
-      11. apply_scene_close_summary host POV
-      12. apply_scene_close_summary guest POV
+      2. detect_addressee (T74.1) -> host
+      3. narrative stream (primary)
+      4-9. 6 state-update calls
+      10. detect_interjection -> False (no follow-on stream)
+      11. detect_scene_close -> True
+      12. apply_scene_close_summary host POV
+      13. apply_scene_close_summary guest POV
     """
     _seed_chat_with_guest(tmp_path / "test.db")
     canned_parse = json.dumps(
@@ -588,6 +597,9 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_scene_close_writes_per_pov_summaries(
     )
     canned = [
         canned_parse,
+        json.dumps(
+            {"addressee_id": "bot_a", "confidence": "medium", "reason": "host"}
+        ),
         "Goodnight.",
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
@@ -639,12 +651,20 @@ def test_multi_bot_turn_scene_close_writes_per_pov_summaries(
 
 
 def test_addressee_detection_routes_to_named_bot(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
-    """Prose that names the guest by name routes the primary turn to the
-    guest. Interjection (when fired) makes the host the silent witness
-    and the second assistant_turn carries the host as speaker.
+    """T74.1: the multi-entity addressee call goes through the classifier;
+    when the classifier returns the guest, the primary turn routes there.
+    Interjection (when fired) makes the host the silent witness and the
+    second assistant_turn carries the host as speaker.
 
-    Canned queue: same shape as the with-interjection test (16 calls)
-    plus the trailing scene_close decision.
+    Canned queue (with classifier-led addressee = guest):
+      1. parse_turn
+      2. detect_addressee -> bot_b (the guest)
+      3. narrative stream (primary, addressee = guest)
+      4-9. 6 state-update calls
+      10. detect_interjection -> True
+      11. interjection narrative stream
+      12-17. 6 state-update calls (post-interjection)
+      18. detect_scene_close -> False
     """
     _seed_chat_with_guest(tmp_path / "test.db")
     canned_parse = json.dumps(
@@ -652,6 +672,13 @@ def test_addressee_detection_routes_to_named_bot(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
     )
     canned = [
         canned_parse,
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "addressee_id": "bot_b",
+                "confidence": "high",
+                "reason": "user named BotB",
+            }
+        ),
         "BotB pondering.",
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
         _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
@@ -680,9 +707,613 @@ def test_addressee_detection_routes_to_named_bot(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
         primary_payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
         interjection_payload = json.loads(rows[1][0])
 
-    # Primary speaker is the guest because the prose names BotB and not
-    # BotA (case-insensitive whole-word match).
+    # Primary speaker is the guest because the addressee classifier
+    # picked bot_b for the prose ("BotB, what do you think?").
     assert primary_payload["speaker_id"] == "bot_b"
     # Interjection follow-on goes to the silent witness — the host.
     assert interjection_payload["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
     assert interjection_payload["interjection_of"] == "bot_b"
+
+
+def test_cancelled_turn_still_closes_scene_when_user_prose_signals_close(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """T74.3 regression: a cancelled primary stream still triggers scene
+    close when the user prose carries a hard close signal.
+
+    Rationale (also documented in turns.py near the close-detection
+    branch): close detection only consumes the user's prose, which is
+    fully appended to the event_log BEFORE streaming starts. The
+    cancelled bot beat doesn't invalidate the user's intent to close.
+
+    Implementation: install a MockLLMClient whose ``stream`` raises
+    CancelledError on the first iteration. The classifier calls (parse,
+    addressee, scene_close, per-POV summaries) are still served from
+    the canned queue. The post_turn route ultimately re-raises
+    CancelledError after recording the partial — TestClient surfaces
+    that as an exception, so we drive the request inside ``with
+    pytest.raises``. Despite the exception, the scene_closed event
+    must land in the event_log.
+    """
+    from typing import AsyncIterator, Sequence
+
+    _seed_chat_with_guest(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "we are done here, fade out"}]}
+    )
+    pov_payload = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA noticed the day winding down.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "warmer",
+        }
+    )
+    pov_payload_guest = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotB watched the scene close.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "warmer",
+        }
+    )
+    # Canned queue: parse + addressee + 6 state-updates +
+    # scene_close=True + 2 per-POV summaries. NO interjection slot
+    # because the cancel path short-circuits the interjection branch.
+    canned = [
+        canned_parse,
+        json.dumps(
+            {"addressee_id": "bot_a", "confidence": "medium", "reason": "host"}
+        ),
+        # NOTE: no narrative slot — the stream is hijacked below to
+        # raise CancelledError on first iteration; it never pulls a
+        # canned response.
+        _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
+        json.dumps({"should_close": True, "reason": "fade out signaled"}),
+        pov_payload,
+        pov_payload_guest,
+    ]
+
+    class _CancelOnStreamMock:
+        """Mock LLM client that serves ``generate`` from a canned queue
+        and raises CancelledError on the FIRST iteration of ``stream``.
+
+        Mirrors :class:`chat.llm.mock.MockLLMClient` for ``generate`` but
+        diverges on ``stream`` to simulate a mid-stream cancel.
+        """
+
+        def __init__(self, canned: list[str]) -> None:
+            self._canned = list(canned)
+
+        async def generate(
+            self, messages: Sequence, *, model: str, **params
+        ) -> str:
+            return self._canned.pop(0)
+
+        async def stream(
+            self, messages: Sequence, *, model: str, **params
+        ) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+            # Yield a CancelledError on first iteration to simulate the
+            # /turns/cancel route firing mid-stream.
+            raise asyncio.CancelledError
+            yield  # pragma: no cover — keeps this an async generator.
+
+    from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+
+    mock = _CancelOnStreamMock(canned=list(canned))
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_llm_client] = lambda: mock
+
+    try:
+        # FastAPI/Starlette handles the re-raised CancelledError as an
+        # internal failure — TestClient surfaces it as a 500 response.
+        # We don't assert on the status here; the regression is whether
+        # the scene_closed event still landed in the event_log.
+        try:
+            app_state_setup.post(
+                "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+                data={"prose": "we are done here, fade out"},
+            )
+        except BaseException:
+            # Some Starlette/asyncio versions propagate the
+            # CancelledError out of the test client; that's fine — the
+            # partial-record + scene-close still ran before the raise.
+            pass
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        scene_close_count = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'scene_closed'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assistant_payload = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+
+    # Scene close lands despite the cancel.
+    assert scene_close_count == 1
+    # The cancelled assistant_turn was still recorded (truncated=True).
+    assert len(assistant_payload) == 1
+    assert json.loads(assistant_payload[0][0])["truncated"] is True
+
+
+def test_interjection_enqueues_significance_job(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """T74.2: when an interjection fires, the interjection memory is
+    enqueued for significance scoring just like the primary memory.
+
+    Capture enqueued ``SignificanceJob``s by replacing the background
+    worker's ``enqueue`` method with a list-append. Without T74.2, the
+    interjection memory would never be scored — only the primary's
+    enqueue would land. We therefore expect TWO jobs after a turn that
+    has both a primary and an interjection beat: one for the primary
+    memory, one for the interjection memory.
+    """
+    _seed_chat_with_guest(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "dialogue", "text": "tell me"}]}
+    )
+    canned = [
+        canned_parse,
+        json.dumps(
+            {"addressee_id": "bot_a", "confidence": "medium", "reason": "host"}
+        ),
+        "Primary beat.",
+        _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
+        json.dumps({"should_interject": True, "reason": "jealous"}),
+        "Interjection beat!",
+        _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
+        _zero_state(), _zero_state(), _zero_state(),
+        json.dumps({"should_close": False, "reason": "no signal"}),
+    ]
+    _override_llm(canned)
+
+    captured_jobs: list = []
+    worker = app.state.background_worker
+    # Re-enable enqueue capture even though the worker's loop is disabled
+    # — we want to count enqueues without the loop running classifier work.
+    worker.enabled = True
+    original_enqueue = worker.enqueue
+    worker.enqueue = captured_jobs.append  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "tell me"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        worker.enqueue = original_enqueue  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        worker.enabled = False
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    # Expect 2 enqueues: 1 for the primary memory + 1 for the
+    # interjection memory.
+    assert len(captured_jobs) == 2
+
+    # Both jobs should reference distinct memory ids — the primary's
+    # host-POV memory and the interjection's host-POV memory.
+    memory_ids = [job.memory_id for job in captured_jobs]
+    assert len(set(memory_ids)) == 2
+    # The two narrative texts should be the two streamed beats.
+    narrative_texts = sorted(job.narrative_text for job in captured_jobs)
+    assert narrative_texts == ["Interjection beat!", "Primary beat."]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Phase 3 (T61) — per-turn event-lifecycle detection + completion promotion.
+#
+# After the post-turn classifier passes (memory write, state update,
+# interjection check) and BEFORE scene-close detection, ``post_turn``
+# calls :func:`detect_event_transitions`. Each transition becomes one
+# of ``event_started`` / ``event_completed`` / ``event_cancelled``. A
+# completed event is followed inline by ``promote_completed_event`` so
+# the props it carries (knowledge_facts, etc.) land in state
+# synchronously.
+#
+# When no active events are seeded the classifier short-circuits without
+# an LLM call (per T52) — the canned queue therefore needs ZERO extra
+# slots in that case.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_turn_with_event_transition_appends_started_event(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """A planned event becomes active when the classifier reports a
+    ``new_status='active'`` transition for that event_id.
+
+    Canned queue (5 calls — single-bot, no scene seeded):
+      1. parse_turn
+      2. narrative stream
+      3. state-update bot_a -> you
+      4. state-update you -> bot_a
+      5. detect_event_transitions -> 1 transition (active)
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    # Seed a planned event so list_active_events returns 1 row. Use
+    # append_and_apply so we don't re-replay the prior chat_created event
+    # (whose handler is INSERT-not-IGNORE and would 409 on replay).
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_planned",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_1",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "kind": "story_event",
+                "props": {},
+                "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "dialogue", "text": "they arrived"}]}
+    )
+    canned_event_decision = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "transitions": [
+                {
+                    "event_id": "evt_1",
+                    "new_status": "active",
+                    "reason": "they arrived",
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    mock = _override_llm(
+        [
+            canned_parse,
+            "They walk in.",
+            _zero_state(),
+            _zero_state(),
+            canned_event_decision,
+        ]
+    )
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "they arrived"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    # All 5 canned slots consumed.
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        # event_started landed in event_log.
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'event_started' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        started_payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert started_payload["event_id"] == "evt_1"
+        assert started_payload["started_at"] == "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00"
+
+        # The events projection row reflects the active status.
+        ev_row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT status, started_at FROM events WHERE event_id = ?",
+            ("evt_1",),
+        ).fetchone()
+        assert ev_row is not None
+        assert ev_row[0] == "active"
+        assert ev_row[1] == "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00"
+
+
+def test_turn_with_event_completion_runs_promotion(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """An active event with knowledge_facts in props completes; the
+    inline call to ``promote_completed_event`` emits the corresponding
+    ``edge_update``.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    # Seed: planned -> started so the event is currently active. Props
+    # carry a knowledge_fact that promotion will turn into an edge_update.
+    # Use append_and_apply (not project) to avoid re-replaying chat_created.
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_planned",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_2",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "kind": "story_event",
+                "props": {
+                    "knowledge_facts": [
+                        {
+                            "owner_id": "bot_a",
+                            "target_id": "you",
+                            "fact": "Maya likes pottery",
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_started",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_2",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-30T19:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+
+    # Snapshot the max event_log id so we can assert on rows AFTER the turn.
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        before_id = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0) FROM event_log"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "dialogue", "text": "we wrap it up"}]}
+    )
+    canned_event_decision = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "transitions": [
+                {
+                    "event_id": "evt_2",
+                    "new_status": "completed",
+                    "reason": "wrapped",
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    )
+    mock = _override_llm(
+        [
+            canned_parse,
+            "They wrap it up.",
+            _zero_state(),
+            _zero_state(),
+            canned_event_decision,
+        ]
+    )
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "we wrap it up"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        # event_completed landed.
+        completed_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'event_completed' AND id > ? ORDER BY id",
+            (before_id,),
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(completed_rows) == 1
+        completed_payload = json.loads(completed_rows[0][1])
+        assert completed_payload["event_id"] == "evt_2"
+        completed_id = completed_rows[0][0]
+
+        # promote_completed_event ran inline AFTER event_completed: the
+        # follow-on edge_update carries the knowledge fact and is tagged
+        # with source=event_promotion.
+        promo_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'edge_update' AND id > ? ORDER BY id",
+            (completed_id,),
+        ).fetchall()
+        promo_facts: list[str] = []
+        for (payload_json,) in promo_rows:
+            p = json.loads(payload_json)
+            if p.get("source") == "event_promotion":
+                promo_facts.extend(p.get("knowledge_facts") or [])
+
+    assert "Maya likes pottery" in promo_facts
+
+
+def test_turn_with_no_active_events_skips_classifier(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """When no active events are seeded, ``detect_event_transitions``
+    short-circuits without an LLM call (per T52). The canned queue must
+    therefore have ZERO event-detection slots — same shape as the
+    Phase 2 no-guest baseline.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "dialogue", "text": "hello"}]}
+    )
+    # Only 4 slots: parse + narrative + 2 state-updates. NO extra slot for
+    # event-detection — non-existent active_events causes the helper to
+    # short-circuit before pulling from the queue.
+    mock = _override_llm(
+        [canned_parse, "Hi there.", _zero_state(), _zero_state()]
+    )
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "hello"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    # Queue fully drained — no canned slot was consumed by event detection.
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        for kind in ("event_started", "event_completed", "event_cancelled"):
+            count = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = ?", (kind,)
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+            assert count == 0, f"expected zero {kind} events, got {count}"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Phase 3 (T62) — natural-language skip-command surface.
+#
+# The classifier may flag prose as a time-skip directive via
+# ``ParsedTurn.intent``. Elision runs through the shared controller in
+# :mod:`chat.web.skip` and short-circuits the regular narrative path;
+# jump returns 422 directing the user to the drawer's structured form
+# (Phase 3 simpler path — natural-language jump time derivation is too
+# fragile for v1 without the structured surface).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_elision_skip_via_natural_language(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """User prose 'skip to when we arrive at the park' classifies as
+    ``intent='skip_elision'``. The post_turn handler short-circuits the
+    narrative path, advances the chat clock by an hour stub, appends a
+    ``time_skip_elision`` event AND an ``assistant_turn`` carrying the
+    canned narration. No ``user_turn`` is emitted on the skip path.
+
+    Canned queue: 1 parse_turn (intent=skip_elision) + 1 narration
+    string (consumed by ``narrate_skip``). No state-update / scene-close
+    / event-detection slots — those branches are bypassed entirely.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "segments": [
+                {"kind": "dialogue", "text": "skip to when we arrive at the park"}
+            ],
+            "intent": "skip_elision",
+            "landing_state_hint": "we arrive at the park",
+        }
+    )
+    canned_narration = "We pull up to the park entrance, sun low in the sky."
+    mock = _override_llm([canned_parse, canned_narration])
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+            data={"prose": "skip to when we arrive at the park"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    # Both canned slots drained — no other classifier branches ran.
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        # time_skip_elision landed.
+        skip_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'time_skip_elision' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(skip_rows) == 1
+        sp = json.loads(skip_rows[0][0])
+        assert sp["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        # 1-hour stub from the seeded chat clock (20:00 -> 21:00).
+        assert sp["new_time"].startswith("2026-04-26T21:00:00")
+
+        # Chat clock advanced via the projector.
+        from chat.state.world import get_chat
+
+        chat = get_chat(conn, "chat_bot_a")
+        assert chat["time"].startswith("2026-04-26T21:00:00")
+
+        # An assistant_turn carrying the canned narration was appended.
+        turn_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(turn_rows) == 1
+        tp = json.loads(turn_rows[0][0])
+        assert tp["chat_id"] == "chat_bot_a"
+        assert tp["text"] == canned_narration
+        assert tp["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
+        assert tp["truncated"] is False
+
+        # No user_turn lands on the skip path — the natural-language
+        # skip is a command, not a beat the bots should remember.
+        user_count = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'user_turn'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert user_count == 0
+
+
+def test_jump_skip_via_natural_language_returns_422(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """User prose 'next morning' classifies as ``intent='skip_jump'``.
+    The handler returns 422 with a guidance payload pointing the author
+    at the drawer's structured jump form. No event is emitted — the
+    drawer form is the only entry point for jump skips in Phase 3.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "segments": [{"kind": "dialogue", "text": "next morning"}],
+            "intent": "skip_jump",
+            "landing_state_hint": "",
+        }
+    )
+    # Only one canned slot — parse — because the 422 fallback short-
+    # circuits before any other classifier runs.
+    mock = _override_llm([canned_parse])
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns", data={"prose": "next morning"}
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 422
+        body = response.json()
+        # Guidance payload mentions the drawer so the client can surface
+        # the right CTA; we don't pin the exact wording.
+        assert "drawer" in body.get("error", "").lower()
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    # Parse slot consumed; no follow-on classifier calls.
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        for kind in (
+            "user_turn",
+            "assistant_turn",
+            "time_skip_elision",
+            "time_skip_jump",
+        ):
+            count = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = ?", (kind,)
+            ).fetchone()[0]
+            assert count == 0, f"expected zero {kind} on jump-via-NL, got {count}"
+
+
+def test_skip_command_does_not_run_narrative_classifier(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """The skip dispatch branch must bypass the narrative-prompt assembly
+    entirely. We monkeypatch ``assemble_narrative_prompt`` (re-bound on
+    the ``chat.web.turns`` module since the handler imports it by name)
+    and assert the call count is zero after the elision skip lands.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "segments": [
+                {"kind": "dialogue", "text": "skip to when we arrive at the park"}
+            ],
+            "intent": "skip_elision",
+            "landing_state_hint": "we arrive at the park",
+        }
+    )
+    canned_narration = "We arrive moments later."
+    mock = _override_llm([canned_parse, canned_narration])
+
+    call_counter = {"n": 0}
+
+    def _spy(*args, **kwargs):
+        call_counter["n"] += 1
+        return []
+
+    # Patch the symbol at the handler's import site so we can assert
+    # the skip path bypasses prompt assembly even when the symbol still
+    # exists in the module namespace.
+    from chat.web import turns as turns_mod
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(turns_mod, "assemble_narrative_prompt", _spy)
+
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+            data={"prose": "skip to when we arrive at the park"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    assert mock._canned == []
+    assert call_counter["n"] == 0, (
+        "assemble_narrative_prompt was called on the skip path; the "
+        "natural-language skip dispatch must bypass narrative assembly."
+    )

tests/test_world.py

@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ def test_get_scene_returns_none_for_missing(tmp_path):
         assert active_scene(conn, "chat_missing") is None
 
 
-def test_schema_version_after_migration_is_8(tmp_path):
+def test_schema_version_after_migration_is_11(tmp_path):
     db = tmp_path / "t.db"
     apply_migrations(db)
     with open_db(db) as conn:
         row = conn.execute(
             "SELECT value FROM meta WHERE key = 'schema_version'"
         ).fetchone()
-        assert int(row[0]) == 8
+        assert int(row[0]) == 11