merge: T87 phase 3.5 docs sweep — prune shipped backlog, capture phase 3.6 residuals

T85.1 — JSON-build audit (chat/state, chat/services, chat/eventlog):
no findings. Every JSON column write in those modules already uses
``json.dumps`` (chat/state/events.py, world.py, edges.py, group_node.py,
meanwhile.py, manual_edit.py, entities.py, chat/services/snapshot.py,
chat/eventlog/log.py); chat/state/meanwhile.py:48-49 even carries an
explicit comment about the ``json.dumps`` choice for safety against
quote/backslash injection. No production changes.

T85.2 — meanwhile cancel route-level coverage:

* ``test_meanwhile_turn_cancellation_via_route`` — pins the
  end-to-end shape produced when /turns/cancel fires mid-meanwhile-
  beat: assistant_turn lands with truncated=True (and the right
  meanwhile_scene_id + speaker_id), no memory_written events fire, no
  post-turn edge_update events fire, and _in_flight_tasks is empty
  post-flight. Drives the cancel by hijacking client.stream to raise
  CancelledError on first iteration — same pattern proven by
  test_cancelled_turn_still_closes_scene_when_user_prose_signals_close
  in tests/test_turn_flow.py. The synchronous TestClient can't issue
  a second POST mid-stream from the same thread, and driving via
  task.cancel() trips GeneratorExit-on-dependency that prevents the
  conn from committing the partial; the inline-raise mirrors what
  cancel_turn produces (CancelledError delivered on next await) and
  is the standard idiom in this codebase. Combined with the existing
  test_meanwhile_turn_registered_in_in_flight_tasks (registration
  pin), the full Stop-button lifecycle for meanwhile beats is now
  covered.
* ``test_meanwhile_cancel_route_no_op_after_turn_completes`` — runs
  a meanwhile turn to completion, then POSTs /turns/cancel; asserts
  204 no-op, no error, registry stays empty. Pins the cancel
  endpoint's robustness against the racy "Stop just after stream
  finished" sequence.

Suite: 334 -> 336 passing.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -204,15 +204,7 @@ Phase 2.5 cleanup shipped end-to-end across 8 tasks (T68–T75). Two CLAUDE.md b
 
 ### Phase 2.6 / 3 backlog
 
-New follow-ups discovered during Phase 2.5 execution. None are blocking; pick up at any time.
+All items shipped — see Phase 3.5 status below.
-
-- **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.
 
 ## Phase 3 status
 
@@ -249,51 +241,49 @@ Phase 3 shipped end-to-end across 19 tasks (T49–T67). Events with full lifecyc
 
 ### Phase 3.5 / 4 backlog
 
-New follow-ups discovered during Phase 3 reviews and execution. None are blocking; pick up at any time.
+All items shipped — see Phase 3.5 status below.
 
-#### From T53 review
+## Phase 3.5 status
 
-- **`narrate_skip` `timeout_s` not piped through to `client.generate`**: parameter accepted but ignored. Fix: pass `timeout_s=timeout_s` to `client.generate(**...)`, or drop the parameter entirely if Featherless's client doesn't honor it.
+Phase 3.5 cleanup shipped end-to-end across 12 tasks (T76–T87). Two CLAUDE.md backlogs (Phase 2.6/3, Phase 3.5/4) are now empty; deferred follow-ups discovered during execution are tracked in a new "Phase 3.6 / 4 backlog" section below. Test count grew from 315 (Phase 3) to 343 (+28 new tests).
 
-#### From T57 review
+- **Wave 1 — trivial polish (parallel)**:
+  - **T76** `narrate_skip` `timeout_s` plumbed through to `client.generate`.
+  - **T77** `AddresseeDecision.confidence` typed as `Literal["high","medium","low"]`.
+  - **T78** `search_memories` docstring notes SQL-side significance bias (`SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS`).
+  - **T79** `_witness_role_for` defensive `host_bot_id is None` handling (returns `"host"` for Phase-1 chats).
+- **Wave 2 — scene_summarize polish (single)**:
+  - **T80** five T58 follow-ups: re-close suffix bloat guard, transcript scoping by scene, swallowed-exception logging in `detect_threads`, chat-clock `closed_at`, and three new tests covering T58 gaps (200-char truncation, `thread_updated`/`thread_closed` candidate paths, try/except fallback).
+- **Wave 3 — typed exception (single)**:
+  - **T81** `ChatNotFoundError` replaces string-prefix sniff in skip routes; mapped to 404 (vs 400 for other `ValueError` cases).
+- **Wave 4 — turn-flow wiring (single)**:
+  - **T82** `consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` wired into `post_turn` (closes T66 gap; meanwhile digests no longer pile up); natural-language skip dispatch now runs scene close detection first.
+- **Wave 5 — regenerate polish (single)**:
+  - **T83** five sub-fixes — cancel/stop hook (regenerate registers stream task in `_in_flight_tasks`); DRY extraction of `read_recent_dialogue` and `gather_prior_edges` into `chat/services/turn_common.py`; chat-scoped sibling-assistant-turn lookup; lifecycle-rollback warning log on regenerate; ordering-symmetry comment between post_turn and regenerate event-detection paths.
+- **Wave 6 — final polish (parallel)**:
+  - **T84** unified `record_turn_memory` API with `you_present` kwarg; `record_meanwhile_memory` becomes a thin wrapper.
+  - **T85** JSON-build audit (no findings) + meanwhile cancel route-level test.
+  - **T86** frontend `turn_html_replace` SSE handler + turn_id stamping on rendered HTML so the in-place swap actually works.
 
-- **`search_memories` docstring should mention SQL-side significance bias**: the function docstring still describes only the Python composite re-rank; add a one-line note about `SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS`.
+### Phase 3.6 / 4 backlog
 
-#### From T58 review
+New follow-ups discovered during Phase 3.5 reviews and execution. None are blocking; pick up at any time.
 
-- **Scene close re-close suffix bloat risk**: `_build_key_quotes_suffix` reads from `memories.pov_summary`. If a scene close runs twice, the second pass would read the rewritten text plus the previous "Key quotes:" suffix and append a second one. Either guard for double-suffix or source quotes from `event_log` `assistant_turn`/`user_turn` text instead.
+#### From T80 review
-- **Thread detection transcript scoping**: `_read_recent_dialogue` returns chat-wide history with no `scene_id` filter (Phase 1 turns lack one). Feeding chat-wide history to `detect_threads` will misattribute threads to the closing scene when the scene boundary falls inside the last 50 turns. Scope by `scene_id` once turns carry it, or by `started_at` against scene-open timestamp.
-- **Swallowed exceptions in `detect_threads` try/except**: bare `Exception` swallows programmer errors silently. Log at debug level so silent regressions are recoverable.
-- **Scene close `closed_at` clock divergence**: T58 uses `datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()` instead of chat-clock time. Diverges from chat-clock semantics elsewhere; revisit if event reconstructions need chat-clock ordering.
-- **Test coverage gaps in T58**: no test for 200-char quote truncation; no test for `thread_updated`/`thread_closed` candidate paths; no test for the `try/except` fallback.
 
-#### From T61 review
+- **`read_recent_dialogue` chat-id pushdown**: helper filters `chat_id` post-fetch in Python. Could push the `json_extract(payload_json, '$.chat_id') = ?` predicate into SQL (matching T83.3's pattern) for tighter LIMIT semantics. Currently a chat-with-many-other-chats can have its 50-row LIMIT consumed by foreign rows.
+- **Lifecycle warning wording in regenerate**: T83.4's warning log lists ALL lifecycle event ids that exist after the original `assistant_turn` id, not just ones produced by the superseded turn. For the typical "regenerate the most recent" flow these are identical, but if a user regenerates an OLDER turn, the warning will list intervening-turn lifecycle events that legitimately stand. Tighten warning wording to "lifecycle transitions at-or-after turn X" (operator-friendly); a code-level fix would require a schema change to add explicit back-reference from lifecycle events to their producing turn.
 
-- **Regenerate doesn't roll back lifecycle transitions from superseded turn**: `event_started`/`event_completed` rows from a superseded turn remain. Phase 3.5 should add a lifecycle-undo step. Caveat: regenerate-after-completion may double-emit promotion artifacts if the new text re-completes the same event.
+#### From T84 review
-- **Asymmetry in event-detection ordering**: post_turn runs lifecycle BETWEEN interjection and scene-close; regenerate runs lifecycle at the END. Benign because regenerate has no scene-close path, but worth tidying.
 
-#### From T62 review
+- **`record_turn_memory` legacy single-bot function** still exists alongside the unified `record_turn_memory_for_present`. Could be consolidated in a follow-up.
 
-- **Error-message prefix sniff for 404 vs 400 routing**: drawer skip routes use `str(exc).startswith("chat not found")` to distinguish 404 from 400. Fragile if error wording changes. Use a typed exception subclass.
+#### From T86 fix-up
-- **Skip command bypasses scene close detection**: a user typing "fade out, skip an hour" would skip without closing the scene. Acceptable for Phase 3 but worth noting.
 
-#### From T63 review
+- **Test fixtures + `tests/test_phase3_integration.py`** that seed turns directly via `append_event`+`project` may need updating once any new test asserts the rendered HTML carries the new turn ids end-to-end. Existing tests pass because they don't read the stamped attribute, but they're brittle if the contract evolves.
 
-- **`participants_json` JSON injection** (FIXED in T63 but worth noting in backlog as a "double-check other JSON-string-build sites" task): T63 originally used f-string interpolation; fixed to use `json.dumps`. Audit other state modules for similar patterns.
+#### Deferred items (carry-over)
 
-#### From T64 review
+- **Scene-close-on-cancel UX revisit** (Phase 2.5 carry-over): T74.3 pinned the existing behavior; revisit if real play-testing surfaces a regression.
-
+- **Cross-feature canned-queue brittleness**: meanwhile-scene close test required a canned response for T65's digest call after T64+T65 merge. Future close-path additions will keep extending the queue. Consider a structured fixture builder rather than positional canned arrays. NOT addressed in Phase 3.5.
-- **`record_meanwhile_memory` and `record_turn_memory_for_present` share private `_write_one_memory` helper**: minor DRY note; both helpers are similar enough that a unified API with a `you_present: bool` kwarg might be cleaner long-term.
+- **Lifecycle-transition rollback in regenerate**: T83.4 added a warning log; actual rollback (with proper schema linkage from lifecycle event back to producing turn) is Phase 4 work.
-- **Stop button cancellation for meanwhile turns**: T64 fix-up registered tasks in `_in_flight_tasks`; verify the `/turns/cancel` endpoint actually cancels meanwhile streams (the test pins registration but not the cancel-from-route path).
-
-#### From cross-feature interactions discovered in Wave 6b merge
-
-- **Cross-feature canned-queue brittleness**: meanwhile-scene close test required a canned response for T65's digest call after T64+T65 merge. Future close-path additions will keep extending the queue; consider a structured fixture builder rather than positional canned arrays.
-
-#### From T66 integration tests
-
-- **`consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` is defined but NOT wired into `post_turn`**: the helper lives in `chat/services/prompt.py` (T65) but `chat/web/turns.py` never calls it. Meanwhile digests stay pending forever in production. Phase 3.5 should call the helper after the first you-turn following a meanwhile close — probably right after the assistant_turn lands but before the next prompt assembly. Pinned by `tests/test_phase3_integration.py::test_meanwhile_close_digest_surfaces_then_consumed` which currently calls the helper directly.
-
-#### Discovered during Phase 3 execution
-
-- **`_witness_role_for` defensive `host_bot_id is None`** (carry-over from Phase 2.5 T71 backlog) — still pending.

chat/services/addressee.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from a fallback.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import Literal
+
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from chat.llm.classify import classify
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class AddresseeDecision(BaseModel):
     """
 
     addressee_id: str
-    confidence: str = "medium"  # "high" | "medium" | "low"
+    confidence: Literal["high", "medium", "low"] = "medium"
     reason: str = ""
 
 

chat/services/memory_write.py

@@ -134,17 +134,34 @@ def record_turn_memory_for_present(
     chat_clock_at: str | None = None,
     source: str = "direct",
     significance: int = 1,
+    you_present: bool = True,
 ) -> dict[str, tuple[int, int | None]]:
-    """Write a ``memory_written`` event for each present bot witness.
+    """Single entry-point for per-turn memory writes (T84).
 
-    Host is always written. Guest is written iff ``guest_bot_id is not
+    Writes one ``memory_written`` event per present bot witness. Host is
-    None``. Witness flags are ``[you=1, host=1, guest=1]`` when a guest
+    always written. Guest is written iff ``guest_bot_id is not None``.
-    is present, ``[you=1, host=1, guest=0]`` otherwise.
+
+    Witness flags depend on ``you_present``:
+
+    - ``you_present=True`` (default — Phase 1/2/3 you-scenes): the user
+      is a witness. Mask is ``[you=1, host=1, guest=1]`` when a guest is
+      present, ``[you=1, host=1, guest=0]`` otherwise.
+    - ``you_present=False`` (Phase 3 meanwhile scenes): the user is
+      absent. Mask is ``[you=0, host=1, guest=1]`` for both bots. Both
+      ``host_bot_id`` and ``guest_bot_id`` are required — a meanwhile
+      scene by definition has both bots, so passing ``guest_bot_id=None``
+      with ``you_present=False`` is a programming error and raises
+      :class:`ValueError`.
 
     Returns a mapping ``{bot_id: (event_id, memory_id)}`` so callers can
     look up the freshly-projected memory id per owner without re-querying
     the database.
     """
+    if not you_present and guest_bot_id is None:
+        raise ValueError("you_present=False requires guest_bot_id")
+
+    witness_you = 1 if you_present else 0
+    witness_host = 1
     witness_guest = 1 if guest_bot_id is not None else 0
 
     result: dict[str, tuple[int, int | None]] = {}
@@ -153,8 +170,8 @@ def record_turn_memory_for_present(
         owner_id=host_bot_id,
         chat_id=chat_id,
         narrative_text=narrative_text,
-        witness_you=1,
+        witness_you=witness_you,
-        witness_host=1,
+        witness_host=witness_host,
         witness_guest=witness_guest,
         scene_id=scene_id,
         chat_clock_at=chat_clock_at,
@@ -167,8 +184,8 @@ def record_turn_memory_for_present(
             owner_id=guest_bot_id,
             chat_id=chat_id,
             narrative_text=narrative_text,
-            witness_you=1,
+            witness_you=witness_you,
-            witness_host=1,
+            witness_host=witness_host,
             witness_guest=1,
             scene_id=scene_id,
             chat_clock_at=chat_clock_at,
@@ -190,46 +207,22 @@ def record_meanwhile_memory(
     source: str = "direct",
     significance: int = 1,
 ) -> dict[str, tuple[int, int | None]]:
-    """Write per-POV ``memory_written`` events for a meanwhile turn (T64).
+    """Backward-compat thin wrapper for meanwhile memory writes (T64, T84).
 
-    A meanwhile scene runs entirely between host + guest, with "you"
+    Equivalent to calling :func:`record_turn_memory_for_present` with
-    absent. Both bots are present witnesses, so each one gets a row with
+    ``you_present=False``. Kept so existing call sites in
-    witness flags ``[you=0, host=1, guest=1]`` — different from the
+    :mod:`chat.web.meanwhile` continue to work without churn. New code
-    normal-turn ``record_turn_memory_for_present`` shape, which assumes
+    should prefer the unified entry-point directly.
-    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]] = {}
+    return record_turn_memory_for_present(
-    result[host_bot_id] = _write_one_memory(
         conn,
-        owner_id=host_bot_id,
         chat_id=chat_id,
+        host_bot_id=host_bot_id,
+        guest_bot_id=guest_bot_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,
+        you_present=False,
     )
-    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

@@ -379,8 +379,15 @@ def _witness_role_for(speaker_bot_id: str, host_bot_id: str | None) -> str:
     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.
+
+    When ``host_bot_id`` is ``None`` (degenerate case from a half-seeded
+    chat or Phase-1 path), the speaker is treated as the host so the
+    query falls back to the host POV mask rather than silently masking
+    the speaker's own memories as a guest.
     """
-    return "host" if speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id else "guest"
+    if host_bot_id is None or speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id:
+        return "host"
+    return "guest"
 
 
 def _resolve_addressee(

chat/services/regenerate.py

@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ Phase 2.5 changes:
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import json
+import logging
 from sqlite3 import Connection
 
 from chat.config import Settings
@@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ 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.services.turn_common import (
+    gather_prior_edges,
+    read_recent_dialogue,
+)
 from chat.state.edges import get_edge
 from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
 from chat.state.events import list_active_events
@@ -86,6 +92,8 @@ from chat.state.world import active_scene, get_chat
 from chat.web.pubsub import publish
 from chat.web.render import render_turn_html
 
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
     conn: Connection,
@@ -104,6 +112,19 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
 
     Raises :class:`ValueError` when the chat or the assistant_turn event
     cannot be found — the FastAPI route translates this to 404.
+
+    .. note::
+       **Lifecycle-rollback limitation (T83.4, Phase 4 follow-up).**
+       When the superseded turn already produced lifecycle transitions
+       (``event_started`` / ``event_completed`` / ``event_cancelled``),
+       this function does NOT roll those rows back before re-running
+       ``detect_event_transitions`` against the regenerated text. A
+       regenerate-after-completion can therefore double-emit promotion
+       artifacts if the new text re-completes the same event. Phase 3.5
+       only documents the gap and emits a WARNING log naming the
+       affected event_log ids; the actual undo pass is invasive
+       (re-projection / inverse-handler dispatch) and is deferred to
+       Phase 4. See the ``# T83.4`` block below for the warning emit.
     """
     chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
     if chat is None:
@@ -136,6 +157,40 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
     original_assistant_payload = json.loads(row[0])
     original_user_turn_id = original_assistant_payload.get("user_turn_id")
 
+    # T83.4: scan for downstream lifecycle transitions emitted by the
+    # superseded turn — they're not being rolled back (see method
+    # docstring). Heuristic: any ``event_started`` / ``event_completed``
+    # / ``event_cancelled`` event_log row with id strictly greater than
+    # the original assistant_turn's id was emitted as part of (or after)
+    # that turn's processing. Lifecycle events don't carry ``chat_id``
+    # in their payload (their payload references an ``event_id`` FK to
+    # the ``events`` table, which holds chat_id), so we join through
+    # ``events`` to scope to this chat.
+    #
+    # A WARNING log surfaces the affected event ids so operators can
+    # spot double-emit cases until the Phase 4 rollback pass lands.
+    unrolled_lifecycle = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT el.id, el.kind FROM event_log AS el "
+        "JOIN events AS ev "
+        "  ON ev.event_id = json_extract(el.payload_json, '$.event_id') "
+        "WHERE el.kind IN ("
+        "    'event_started', 'event_completed', 'event_cancelled'"
+        "  ) "
+        "  AND ev.chat_id = ? "
+        "  AND el.id > ? "
+        "ORDER BY el.id ASC",
+        (chat_id, original_assistant_event_id),
+    ).fetchall()
+    if unrolled_lifecycle:
+        _log.warning(
+            "regenerate_assistant_turn: %d lifecycle transition(s) from "
+            "superseded turn %s are NOT being rolled back (Phase 4 "
+            "follow-up). Affected event ids: %s",
+            len(unrolled_lifecycle),
+            original_assistant_event_id,
+            [r[0] for r in unrolled_lifecycle],
+        )
+
     # 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
@@ -143,6 +198,13 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
     # 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.
+    #
+    # T83.3: push the chat_id filter into SQL via ``json_extract`` so
+    # the query doesn't scan every assistant_turn row across the whole
+    # database. ``LIMIT 50`` bounds worst-case work even when chat_id
+    # isn't selective (e.g. a single chat with many turns) — we only
+    # need the one matching sibling. Mirrors the SQL pattern in
+    # ``chat.web.meanwhile._last_meanwhile_speaker``.
     original_interjection_event_id: int | None = None
     original_interjection_payload: dict | None = None
     if original_user_turn_id is not None:
@@ -150,8 +212,11 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
             "SELECT id, payload_json FROM event_log "
             "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' "
             "  AND id != ? "
-            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL",
+            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL "
-            (original_assistant_event_id,),
+            "  AND json_extract(payload_json, '$.chat_id') = ? "
+            "ORDER BY id DESC "
+            "LIMIT 50",
+            (original_assistant_event_id, chat_id),
         )
         for sib_id, sib_payload_json in sibling_cur.fetchall():
             sib_payload = json.loads(sib_payload_json)
@@ -208,33 +273,30 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
     # assistant_turn explicitly (we haven't superseded it yet — that
     # update lands at the end so the new event_id is known) and use the
     # standard ``superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0`` filter so any
-    # prior regenerates also drop out.
+    # prior regenerates also drop out. T83.2: shared helper handles the
+    # SQL + filtering; we post-process to map speaker ids to display
+    # names for the prompt.
     you_entity = get_you(conn) or {"name": "you", "persona": ""}
     you_name = you_entity.get("name", "you")
-    cur = conn.execute(
+    raw_recent = read_recent_dialogue(
-        "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+        conn,
-        "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit', 'assistant_turn') "
+        chat_id,
-        "  AND id != ? "
+        limit=20,
-        "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+        exclude_event_id=original_assistant_event_id,
-        "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 20",
-        (original_assistant_event_id,),
     )
-    rows = list(reversed(cur.fetchall()))
     recent: list[dict] = []
-    for _eid, kind, payload_json in rows:
+    for entry in raw_recent:
-        p = json.loads(payload_json)
+        spk = entry.get("speaker", "bot")
-        if p.get("chat_id") != chat_id:
+        if spk == "you":
+            recent.append({"speaker": you_name, "text": entry.get("text", "")})
             continue
-        if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
+        if spk == host_bot_id:
-            recent.append({"speaker": you_name, "text": p.get("prose", "")})
-        else:
-            spk = p.get("speaker_id", "bot")
             spk_name = host_bot.get("name", "bot")
-            if spk == host_bot_id:
+        elif guest_bot is not None and spk == guest_bot.get("id"):
-                spk_name = host_bot.get("name", "bot")
+            spk_name = guest_bot.get("name", "bot")
-            elif guest_bot is not None and spk == guest_bot.get("id"):
+        else:
-                spk_name = guest_bot.get("name", "bot")
+            spk_name = host_bot.get("name", "bot")
-            recent.append({"speaker": spk_name, "text": p.get("text", "")})
+        recent.append({"speaker": spk_name, "text": entry.get("text", "")})
 
     # 4. Assemble the narrative prompt. ``recent`` already excludes the
     # current user prose, which we pass through ``user_turn_prose``.
@@ -250,19 +312,37 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
         guest_id=guest_bot_id,
     )
 
-    # 5. Stream the new narrative.
+    # 5. Stream the new narrative. T83.1: register the streaming Task in
+    # the chat-keyed in-flight registry so POST /chats/<id>/turns/cancel
+    # can call ``.cancel()`` on a mid-regenerate stream. We import the
+    # underscore name from turns.py deliberately — same single-process
+    # registry the cancel route reads, mirrors the meanwhile registration
+    # pattern in chat/web/meanwhile.py.
+    from chat.web.turns import _in_flight_tasks  # noqa: PLC0415
+
     accumulated: list[str] = []
-    async for chunk in client.stream(
+
-        messages,
+    async def _stream_primary() -> None:
-        model=settings.narrative_model,
+        async for chunk in client.stream(
-        max_tokens=settings.narrative_max_tokens,
+            messages,
-        temperature=settings.narrative_temperature,
+            model=settings.narrative_model,
-    ):
+            max_tokens=settings.narrative_max_tokens,
-        accumulated.append(chunk)
+            temperature=settings.narrative_temperature,
-        await publish(
+        ):
-            chat_id,
+            accumulated.append(chunk)
-            {"event": "token", "text": chunk, "speaker_id": speaker_bot_id},
+            await publish(
-        )
+                chat_id,
+                {"event": "token", "text": chunk, "speaker_id": speaker_bot_id},
+            )
+
+    stream_task = asyncio.create_task(_stream_primary())
+    _in_flight_tasks[chat_id] = stream_task
+    try:
+        await stream_task
+    finally:
+        # Always unregister so a subsequent turn / regenerate can register
+        # a fresh task. Mirrors the cleanup in turns.py::post_turn.
+        _in_flight_tasks.pop(chat_id, None)
     new_text = "".join(accumulated)
 
     # 6. Append the new assistant_turn event. ``user_turn_id`` points at
@@ -301,7 +381,10 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
         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"
+        speaker_name_for_render,
+        new_text,
+        role="bot",
+        event_id=new_assistant_event_id,
     )
     await publish(
         chat_id,
@@ -354,17 +437,8 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
         present_names[guest_bot_id] = guest_bot.get("name", "bot")
         personas[guest_bot_id] = guest_bot.get("persona") or ""
 
-    prior_edges: dict[tuple[str, str], dict] = {}
+    # T83.2: shared helper builds the directed-pair edge dict.
-    for src in present_ids:
+    prior_edges = gather_prior_edges(conn, 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,
@@ -453,34 +527,27 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
         )
 
         if decision.should_interject:
-            # Re-read recent so the just-appended primary is in the prompt.
+            # Re-read recent so the just-appended primary is in the
-            interject_cur = conn.execute(
+            # prompt. T83.2: shared helper + the same id->name mapping
-                "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+            # as the primary read above.
-                "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit', 'assistant_turn') "
+            raw_interject = read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id, limit=20)
-                "  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:
+            for entry in raw_interject:
-                p = json.loads(payload_json)
+                spk = entry.get("speaker", "bot")
-                if p.get("chat_id") != chat_id:
+                if spk == "you":
+                    interject_recent.append(
+                        {"speaker": you_name, "text": entry.get("text", "")}
+                    )
                     continue
-                if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
+                if spk == host_bot_id:
-                    interject_recent.append(
+                    spk_name = host_bot.get("name", "bot")
-                        {"speaker": you_name, "text": p.get("prose", "")}
+                elif spk == guest_bot.get("id"):
-                    )
+                    spk_name = guest_bot.get("name", "bot")
                 else:
-                    spk = p.get("speaker_id", "bot")
+                    spk_name = "bot"
-                    if spk == host_bot_id:
+                interject_recent.append(
-                        spk_name = host_bot.get("name", "bot")
+                    {"speaker": spk_name, "text": entry.get("text", "")}
-                    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]
 
@@ -497,21 +564,32 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
             )
 
             interject_accumulated: list[str] = []
-            async for chunk in client.stream(
+
-                interject_messages,
+            async def _stream_interjection() -> None:
-                model=settings.narrative_model,
+                async for chunk in client.stream(
-                max_tokens=settings.narrative_max_tokens,
+                    interject_messages,
-                temperature=settings.narrative_temperature,
+                    model=settings.narrative_model,
-            ):
+                    max_tokens=settings.narrative_max_tokens,
-                interject_accumulated.append(chunk)
+                    temperature=settings.narrative_temperature,
-                await publish(
+                ):
-                    chat_id,
+                    interject_accumulated.append(chunk)
-                    {
+                    await publish(
-                        "event": "token",
+                        chat_id,
-                        "text": chunk,
+                        {
-                        "speaker_id": silent_witness_id,
+                            "event": "token",
-                    },
+                            "text": chunk,
-                )
+                            "speaker_id": silent_witness_id,
+                        },
+                    )
+
+            # T83.1: register the interjection sub-stream in the same
+            # in-flight registry so /turns/cancel collapses it too.
+            interject_task = asyncio.create_task(_stream_interjection())
+            _in_flight_tasks[chat_id] = interject_task
+            try:
+                await interject_task
+            finally:
+                _in_flight_tasks.pop(chat_id, None)
             interject_text = "".join(interject_accumulated)
 
             new_interjection_event_id = append_event(
@@ -541,7 +619,10 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
             # 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"
+                silent_witness.get("name", "bot"),
+                interject_text,
+                role="bot",
+                event_id=new_interjection_event_id,
             )
             await publish(
                 chat_id,
@@ -573,17 +654,8 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
                     "text": interject_text,
                 }
             ]
-            prior_edges_post: dict[tuple[str, str], dict] = {}
+            # T83.2: shared helper handles the directed-pair edge dict.
-            for src in present_ids:
+            prior_edges_post = gather_prior_edges(conn, 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,
@@ -620,23 +692,28 @@ async def regenerate_assistant_turn(
                 (new_assistant_event_id, original_interjection_event_id),
             )
 
-    # 10. Event-lifecycle detection (Phase 3, T61). Mirrors the post_turn
+    # 9a. Event-lifecycle detection (Phase 3, T61). T83.5 cosmetic
-    # block: classify whether any active events transitioned in the
+    # ordering: mirrors ``chat.web.turns.post_turn``'s 8a block — runs
-    # regenerated narrative and append the corresponding event_started /
+    # AFTER the interjection branch (and AFTER the post-interjection
+    # state-update + memory passes) so the classifier sees the same
+    # narrative-text input post_turn does. Numbering uses ``9a`` to
+    # match post_turn's ``8a`` shape (the interjection branch is step 9
+    # in regenerate vs step 8 in post_turn; lifecycle is the immediate
+    # follow-on in both). Behaviour identical to the prior ``step 10``
+    # placement — the block was already structurally last in regenerate
+    # because there's no scene-close pass here.
+    #
+    # 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
+    # T83.4 follow-up: when a regenerate replaces a turn that had
-    # already produced event transitions, those original transitions are
+    # already produced event transitions, those original transitions
-    # NOT undone here. The superseded ``assistant_turn`` group keeps its
+    # are NOT undone here (Phase 4 work). A WARNING log earlier in this
-    # prior ``event_started`` / ``event_completed`` events in the log
+    # function names the affected event_log ids — see the T83.4 block
-    # (they remain projected onto the events table). Phase 3.5 will add
+    # near the function entry.
-    # 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(

chat/services/scene_summarize.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ keeps moving.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import logging
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from sqlite3 import Connection
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
 from chat.llm.classify import classify
 from chat.llm.client import LLMClient
 
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class ScenePOVSummary(BaseModel):
     """Classifier output: one witness's view of a closing scene.
@@ -123,7 +126,11 @@ async def summarize_scene(
 
 
 def _read_recent_dialogue(
-    conn: Connection, chat_id: str, *, limit: int = 50
+    conn: Connection,
+    chat_id: str,
+    *,
+    limit: int = 50,
+    since_event_id: int | None = None,
 ) -> list[dict]:
     """Pull the last ``limit`` user/assistant turns for ``chat_id``.
 
@@ -132,14 +139,29 @@ def _read_recent_dialogue(
     the most recent turns of the chat. Superseded and hidden rows are
     filtered out so regenerated turns (T29) don't bleed into the
     summary.
+
+    T80.2: ``since_event_id`` clamps the result to event_log rows whose
+    ``id >= since_event_id`` so callers needing a scene-scoped view (e.g.
+    thread detection on close) don't pull turns that landed before the
+    closing scene's ``scene_opened`` event.
     """
-    cur = conn.execute(
+    if since_event_id is None:
-        "SELECT kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+        cur = conn.execute(
-        "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'assistant_turn') "
+            "SELECT kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
-        "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+            "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'assistant_turn') "
-        "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?",
+            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
-        (limit,),
+            "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?",
-    )
+            (limit,),
+        )
+    else:
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'assistant_turn') "
+            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+            "  AND id >= ? "
+            "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?",
+            (since_event_id, limit),
+        )
     rows = list(reversed(cur.fetchall()))
     out: list[dict] = []
     for kind, payload_json in rows:
@@ -158,6 +180,65 @@ def _read_recent_dialogue(
     return out
 
 
+def _scene_opened_event_id(
+    conn: Connection, chat_id: str, scene_id: int
+) -> int | None:
+    """Return the event_log id of the ``scene_opened`` (or
+    ``meanwhile_scene_started``) event that created scene row
+    ``scene_id``. Used by T80.2 to lower-bound dialogue reads to a
+    single scene's transcript.
+
+    ``meanwhile_scene_started`` carries an explicit ``scene_id`` so we
+    match on that directly. ``scene_opened`` doesn't, so we walk the
+    chat's scene rows in id order and zip against the chat's scene-open
+    events in id order — the projector creates one scene row per
+    scene-open event, so positions correspond.
+
+    Returns ``None`` when no matching event is found; callers should
+    treat that as "fall back to chat-wide" rather than over-filter.
+    """
+    # Fast path for meanwhile children (explicit scene_id in payload).
+    for ev_id, payload_json in conn.execute(
+        "SELECT id, payload_json FROM event_log "
+        "WHERE kind = 'meanwhile_scene_started' "
+        "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0",
+    ).fetchall():
+        try:
+            p = json.loads(payload_json)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            continue
+        if p.get("chat_id") == chat_id and p.get("scene_id") == scene_id:
+            return ev_id
+    # Fallback for parent you-scenes: zip chat-scoped scene-open events
+    # against chat-scoped scene rows in id order.
+    chat_scene_ids = [
+        r[0]
+        for r in conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id FROM scenes WHERE chat_id = ? ORDER BY id ASC",
+            (chat_id,),
+        ).fetchall()
+    ]
+    if scene_id not in chat_scene_ids:
+        return None
+    chat_open_evs: list[int] = []
+    for ev_id, _kind, payload_json in conn.execute(
+        "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+        "WHERE kind IN ('scene_opened', 'meanwhile_scene_started') "
+        "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+        "ORDER BY id ASC",
+    ).fetchall():
+        try:
+            p = json.loads(payload_json)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            continue
+        if p.get("chat_id") == chat_id:
+            chat_open_evs.append(ev_id)
+    idx = chat_scene_ids.index(scene_id)
+    if idx < len(chat_open_evs):
+        return chat_open_evs[idx]
+    return None
+
+
 async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
     conn: Connection,
     client: LLMClient,
@@ -213,7 +294,11 @@ 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
+        # T80.1: a prior close may have already appended a Key quotes
+        # suffix to this row's pov_summary. Strip it here so the fresh
+        # rewrite replaces the existing suffix rather than stacking a
+        # second one on top.
+        new_value = _strip_key_quotes_suffix(pov.summary) + key_quotes_suffix
         append_and_apply(
             conn,
             kind="manual_edit",
@@ -263,6 +348,31 @@ async def _summarize_and_apply_for_witness(
     return pov
 
 
+# T80.1: header marker shared by the suffix builder and the
+# witness-write strip step. Any text starting with this marker is treated
+# as a previously-appended Key quotes suffix and stripped before reuse so
+# repeated scene closes don't compose recursive bloat.
+_KEY_QUOTES_HEADER = "\n\nKey quotes:\n"
+
+
+def _strip_key_quotes_suffix(text: str) -> str:
+    """Remove a previously-appended Key quotes suffix from ``text``.
+
+    Returns ``text`` unchanged when the marker is absent, or the prefix
+    up to (but not including) the marker when present. Used in two
+    places: (1) when sourcing quote text from a memory row that may
+    already carry the suffix from a prior close, and (2) when computing
+    the per-POV rewrite's prior_value so the new write replaces — rather
+    than stacks on — the old suffix.
+    """
+    if not text:
+        return text
+    idx = text.find(_KEY_QUOTES_HEADER)
+    if idx >= 0:
+        return text[:idx]
+    return text
+
+
 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
@@ -274,6 +384,10 @@ def _build_key_quotes_suffix(conn: Connection, scene_id: int) -> str:
     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.
+
+    T80.1: candidate text is run through :func:`_strip_key_quotes_suffix`
+    first so a re-close (whose source memories already carry a suffix from
+    the prior close) doesn't quote a quote.
     """
     row = conn.execute(
         "SELECT MAX(significance) FROM memories WHERE scene_id = ?",
@@ -288,7 +402,7 @@ def _build_key_quotes_suffix(conn: Connection, scene_id: int) -> str:
         (scene_id,),
     )
     quotes = [
-        (r[0] or "")[:200]
+        _strip_key_quotes_suffix(r[0] or "")[:200]
         for r in cur.fetchall()
     ]
     if not quotes:
@@ -454,20 +568,35 @@ async def apply_scene_close_summary(
                 },
             )
 
-    # T58.2: thread detection on close. Reuses the dialogue we already
+    # T58.2: thread detection on close. Failure-tolerant: classify()
-    # gathered for per-POV summarization — same {speaker, text} shape
+    # returns the empty default on retry-exhaustion, and the broad except
-    # detect_threads expects. Failure-tolerant: classify() returns the
+    # below protects the close pipeline from any other classifier/mock
-    # empty default on retry-exhaustion, and the broad except below
+    # flap.
-    # protects the close pipeline from any other classifier/mock flap.
+    #
+    # T80.2: thread detection runs against a SCENE-SCOPED transcript,
+    # not the chat-wide last-50 turns used by the per-POV summaries.
+    # Mis-attributing threads when scene boundaries fall inside the last
+    # 50 turns would otherwise close threads opened in a prior scene.
+    scene_open_ev_id = _scene_opened_event_id(conn, chat_id, scene_id)
+    if scene_open_ev_id is not None:
+        scene_dialogue = _read_recent_dialogue(
+            conn, chat_id, since_event_id=scene_open_ev_id
+        )
+    else:
+        scene_dialogue = dialogue
     try:
         thread_result = await detect_threads(
             client,
             classifier_model=classifier_model,
-            scene_transcript=dialogue,
+            scene_transcript=scene_dialogue,
             open_threads=list_open_threads(conn, chat_id),
             timeout_s=timeout_s,
         )
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception as exc:
+        # T80.3: log the swallowed exception at DEBUG so a
+        # programmer-error flap (e.g. wrong kwarg name) surfaces in
+        # local logs without breaking the close pipeline.
+        _log.debug("detect_threads failed: %s", exc, exc_info=True)
         from chat.services.thread_detection import ThreadDetectionResult
 
         thread_result = ThreadDetectionResult()
@@ -495,12 +624,20 @@ async def apply_scene_close_summary(
                 },
             )
         elif cand.action == "close" and cand.existing_thread_id:
+            # T80.4: chat-clock time, not wall clock — the rest of the
+            # close pipeline (memories, edges, scene_closed payloads)
+            # uses chat["time"] so threads must agree. Falls back to
+            # UTC now only when the chat row has no clock yet (defensive
+            # — chat_state always seeds "time" via chat_created).
+            chat_clock_at = chat.get("time") or datetime.now(
+                timezone.utc
+            ).isoformat()
             append_and_apply(
                 conn,
                 kind="thread_closed",
                 payload={
                     "thread_id": cand.existing_thread_id,
-                    "closed_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+                    "closed_at": chat_clock_at,
                 },
             )
 

chat/services/skip_narration.py

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ async def narrate_skip(
             model=narrative_model,
             max_tokens=200,
             temperature=0.7,
+            timeout_s=timeout_s,
         )
         text = (result or "").strip()
         if not text:

chat/services/turn_common.py

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+"""Shared helpers for turn flows (T83.2).
+
+Both ``chat.web.turns.post_turn`` and
+``chat.services.regenerate.regenerate_assistant_turn`` need to:
+
+1. Pull a chronological tail of user-side and assistant_turn events for
+   prompt assembly + state-update inputs.
+2. Build a directed-edge dict over a fixed set of "present" entity ids
+   for the multi-pair state-update pass (with the schema 50/50 default
+   filled in for missing rows).
+
+Before T83.2 each call site had its own copy of these blocks. The two
+copies drifted on details (T73.1 added ``user_turn_edit`` handling to
+turns.py; regenerate.py had a slightly different recent-window query).
+This module is the single source so a future change to either lands in
+both flows by construction.
+
+Note on overlap with ``chat.services.scene_summarize._read_recent_dialogue``:
+that helper has a ``since_event_id`` clamp (T80.2 thread-detection
+scope) and intentionally does NOT include ``user_turn_edit`` events —
+its callers want the *original* prose, not edits. Deduplicating it
+into here would either (a) require a new flag on the shared helper for
+``user_turn_edit`` inclusion, or (b) silently change scene_summarize's
+read shape. Both feel more invasive than the duplication is bad, so
+that helper is left alone for now.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from sqlite3 import Connection
+
+from chat.state.edges import get_edge
+
+
+def read_recent_dialogue(
+    conn: Connection,
+    chat_id: str,
+    *,
+    limit: int = 50,
+    exclude_event_id: int | None = None,
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Pull the last ``limit`` user-side / assistant_turn events for
+    ``chat_id`` as ``[{"speaker": <id-or-"you">, "text": <prose>}]``,
+    chronologically ordered (oldest first).
+
+    Filters: ``superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0`` — regenerated
+    rows drop out so the timeline reflects the current state. Includes
+    ``user_turn``, ``user_turn_edit`` (T29 edited prose substitutes for
+    the original — the original is marked superseded above), and
+    ``assistant_turn`` rows.
+
+    ``exclude_event_id`` is an optional event_log id to skip — used by
+    regenerate to drop the original assistant_turn from its prompt
+    context window before that row has been marked superseded (the
+    supersede UPDATE lands at the end so the new event_id is known).
+    """
+    if exclude_event_id is None:
+        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 ?",
+            (limit,),
+        )
+    else:
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit', 'assistant_turn') "
+            "  AND id != ? "
+            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
+            "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?",
+            (exclude_event_id, limit),
+        )
+    rows = list(reversed(cur.fetchall()))
+    out: list[dict] = []
+    for row_id, kind, payload_json in rows:
+        p = json.loads(payload_json)
+        if p.get("chat_id") != chat_id:
+            continue
+        if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
+            out.append(
+                {
+                    "speaker": "you",
+                    "text": p.get("prose", ""),
+                    "event_id": row_id,
+                }
+            )
+        else:
+            out.append(
+                {
+                    "speaker": p.get("speaker_id", "bot"),
+                    "text": p.get("text", ""),
+                    "event_id": row_id,
+                }
+            )
+    return out
+
+
+def gather_prior_edges(
+    conn: Connection, present_ids: list[str]
+) -> dict[tuple[str, str], dict]:
+    """Build ``{(src, tgt): {affinity, trust, summary}}`` for every
+    directed pair where both ``src`` and ``tgt`` are in ``present_ids``
+    and ``src != tgt``.
+
+    Missing rows fall back to the schema default 50/50 baseline (mirrors
+    the Phase 1 single-pair flow). Used by post_turn and regenerate to
+    seed the multi-pair state-update classifier.
+    """
+    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
+    return prior_edges
+
+
+__all__ = ["read_recent_dialogue", "gather_prior_edges"]

chat/state/memory.py

@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ def search_memories(
     so that stronger candidates yield smaller composite scores; the result is
     sorted ascending and truncated to ``k``. The unmodified ``fts_rank`` and a
     debug-friendly ``composite_score`` are kept on each returned dict.
+
+    The result ordering applies TWO independent significance boosts:
+
+    * **SQL-side** — ``ORDER BY (rank - significance * SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS)``
+      pushes higher-significance memories ahead in the FTS5 candidate set so
+      the over-fetch already prefers them for tied / near-tied BM25 ranks
+      (T57, §11.1).
+    * **Python-side** — a composite re-rank with ``_SIGNIFICANCE_WEIGHT``
+      reinforces the ordering after candidate retrieval, alongside the
+      recency boost above.
     """
     if witness_role not in _VALID_WITNESS_ROLES:
         raise ValueError(

chat/templates/chat.html

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <p class="muted">No turns yet. Start typing below.</p>
     {% else %}
       {% for turn in turns %}
-        <div class="turn turn-{{ turn.role }}">
+        <div{% if turn.event_id is not none %} id="turn-{{ turn.event_id }}"{% endif %} class="turn turn-{{ turn.role }}">
           <strong>{{ turn.speaker }}</strong>
           {{ turn.text|render_prose|safe }}
         </div>
@@ -119,6 +119,39 @@ document.querySelector('.drawer-toggle')?.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
     }
   });
 
+  // T86: live-swap regenerated turns. The backend (chat/services/
+  // regenerate.py) broadcasts a ``turn_html_replace`` SSE frame after
+  // appending the new assistant_turn — JSON payload of shape
+  // ``{data: <html>, turn_id: <new_id>, supersedes_id: <old_id>}``.
+  // We replace the prior turn's DOM node in-place when we can locate
+  // it by id, otherwise fall back to appending so a tab opened mid-
+  // regenerate still shows the new turn. The renderer
+  // (chat/web/render.py::render_turn_html) and the Jinja loop above
+  // both stamp ``id="turn-<event_id>"`` on each turn DIV, so the
+  // primary in-place swap path is the live one — the append fallback
+  // only kicks in when a tab opened AFTER the regenerate started (no
+  // prior turn DOM node to replace).
+  shell.addEventListener('htmx:sseMessage', (e) => {
+    if (e.detail.type !== 'turn_html_replace') return;
+    let data;
+    try { data = JSON.parse(e.detail.data); } catch (_) { return; }
+    const html = (data && data.data) || '';
+    const trimmed = html.trim();
+    if (!trimmed) return;
+    const oldNode = document.getElementById('turn-' + data.supersedes_id);
+    if (oldNode) {
+      const tmpl = document.createElement('template');
+      tmpl.innerHTML = trimmed;
+      const newNode = tmpl.content.firstChild;
+      if (newNode) oldNode.replaceWith(newNode);
+    } else {
+      // Fallback: append if the prior turn isn't in the DOM (e.g. user
+      // opened the tab AFTER the regenerate started, or the renderer
+      // hasn't yet stamped per-turn ids — see comment above).
+      timeline.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', trimmed);
+    }
+  });
+
   // SSE connection lost — show a banner and unlock so the user can
   // retry. The server commits the partial as truncated when its
   // request.is_disconnected() poll trips (T19).

chat/web/chat.py

@@ -52,12 +52,30 @@ async def chat_detail(chat_id: str, request: Request, conn=Depends(get_conn)):
     raw_turns = _read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id, limit=200)
     turns: list[dict] = []
     for t in raw_turns:
+        # event_id is forwarded so the Jinja loop can stamp
+        # ``id="turn-<event_id>"`` on each rendered turn — the
+        # ``turn_html_replace`` SSE handler in chat.html relies on this
+        # id to swap a regenerated turn in-place (T86 follow-up).
         if t["speaker"] == "you":
-            turns.append({"role": "you", "speaker": "you", "text": t["text"]})
+            turns.append(
+                {
+                    "role": "you",
+                    "speaker": "you",
+                    "text": t["text"],
+                    "event_id": t.get("event_id"),
+                }
+            )
         else:
             bot = get_bot(conn, t["speaker"])
             label = bot["name"] if bot else t["speaker"]
-            turns.append({"role": "bot", "speaker": label, "text": t["text"]})
+            turns.append(
+                {
+                    "role": "bot",
+                    "speaker": label,
+                    "text": t["text"],
+                    "event_id": t.get("event_id"),
+                }
+            )
 
     return TEMPLATES.TemplateResponse(
         request,

chat/web/drawer.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ 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 (
+    ChatNotFoundError,
     _now_iso,
     process_elision_skip,
     process_jump_skip,
@@ -993,13 +994,12 @@ async def skip_elision(
             new_time=new_time,
             landing_state_hint=landing_state_hint,
         )
+    except ChatNotFoundError as exc:
+        # Missing chat row: typed exception (T81) replaces the prior
+        # ``str(exc).startswith("chat not found")`` prefix sniff.
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=str(exc))
     except ValueError as exc:
-        # ``process_elision_skip`` raises on missing-chat or malformed /
+        # Input-validation failure (malformed or backwards new_time).
-        # 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)
 
@@ -1037,9 +1037,12 @@ async def skip_jump(
             notable_prose=notable_prose,
             reset_activity=reset_flag,
         )
+    except ChatNotFoundError as exc:
+        # Missing chat row: typed exception (T81) replaces the prior
+        # ``str(exc).startswith("chat not found")`` prefix sniff.
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=str(exc))
     except ValueError as exc:
-        if str(exc).startswith("chat not found"):
+        # Input-validation failure (malformed or backwards new_time).
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=str(exc))
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(exc))
     return await drawer(chat_id, request, conn)
 

chat/web/meanwhile.py

@@ -378,7 +378,12 @@ async def process_meanwhile_turn(
             "truncated": truncated,
         },
     )
-    turn_html = _render_turn_html(speaker_bot["name"], text, role="bot")
+    turn_html = _render_turn_html(
+        speaker_bot["name"],
+        text,
+        role="bot",
+        event_id=assistant_event_id,
+    )
     await publish(chat_id, {"event": "turn_html", "data": turn_html})
 
     if cancelled:

chat/web/render.py

@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@ def render_prose(text: str) -> str:
     return "".join(f"<p>{p}</p>" for p in paragraphs)
 
 
-def render_turn_html(speaker: str, text: str, role: str = "bot") -> str:
+def render_turn_html(
+    speaker: str,
+    text: str,
+    role: str = "bot",
+    *,
+    event_id: int | None = None,
+) -> str:
     """Render a full transcript turn as ``<div class="turn …">…</div>``.
 
     Used by both the SSE fragment publisher in :mod:`chat.web.turns`
@@ -94,12 +100,19 @@ def render_turn_html(speaker: str, text: str, role: str = "bot") -> str:
     ``role`` selects the CSS class (``turn-you`` vs ``turn-bot``); the
     speaker label and role name are HTML-escaped defensively even though
     they currently come from trusted server-side state.
+
+    ``event_id`` (T86 follow-up) stamps ``id="turn-<event_id>"`` on the
+    wrapper div so the chat-page ``turn_html_replace`` SSE handler can
+    locate the prior turn node by id and swap it in-place. When omitted
+    the id attribute is dropped so SSE-only fragments without a stable
+    event id (legacy callers) still render cleanly.
     """
     speaker_html = html.escape(speaker)
     role_html = html.escape(role)
     body_html = render_prose(text)
+    id_attr = f' id="turn-{int(event_id)}"' if event_id is not None else ""
     return (
-        f'<div class="turn turn-{role_html}">'
+        f'<div{id_attr} class="turn turn-{role_html}">'
         f"<strong>{speaker_html}</strong>"
         f"{body_html}"
         f"</div>"

chat/web/skip.py

@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ from chat.state.entities import get_bot, get_you
 from chat.state.world import get_activity, get_chat
 
 
+class ChatNotFoundError(Exception):
+    """Raised when a ``chat_id`` doesn't resolve to a chat row.
+
+    Distinguishes the missing-chat case from generic input-validation
+    failures (which still raise :class:`ValueError`). HTTP callers map
+    this to ``404`` and ``ValueError`` to ``400`` — replacing the
+    earlier ``str(exc).startswith("chat not found")`` prefix sniff
+    (T81) with a typed dispatch.
+    """
+
+
 def _parse_iso_time(value: str) -> datetime | None:
     """Permissive ISO 8601 parser shared with the drawer routes (T59).
 
@@ -93,13 +104,14 @@ async def process_elision_skip(
     ..., "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
+    Raises :class:`ChatNotFoundError` when the chat row is missing
-    can't be located (the drawer maps it to ``HTTP 400`` / ``404``
+    (HTTP ``404``) and ``ValueError`` on input-validation failure
-    respectively; the natural-language path follows the same shape).
+    (HTTP ``400``). Splitting the two lets the drawer route dispatch
+    on type instead of sniffing the error string (T81).
     """
     chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
     if chat is None:
-        raise ValueError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+        raise ChatNotFoundError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
 
     _validate_new_time(chat, new_time)
 
@@ -178,11 +190,13 @@ async def process_jump_skip(
     Returns ``{"assistant_text": ..., "speaker_id": ..., "skip_event_id":
     ..., "assistant_event_id": ...}``.
 
-    Raises ``ValueError`` on validation failure (caller maps to ``400``).
+    Raises :class:`ChatNotFoundError` on missing chat (caller maps to
+    ``404``) and ``ValueError`` on input-validation failure (caller maps
+    to ``400``).
     """
     chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
     if chat is None:
-        raise ValueError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
+        raise ChatNotFoundError(f"chat not found: {chat_id}")
 
     _validate_new_time(chat, new_time)
 
@@ -280,6 +294,7 @@ def _now_iso() -> str:
 
 
 __all__ = [
+    "ChatNotFoundError",
     "process_elision_skip",
     "process_jump_skip",
     "_now_iso",

chat/web/turns.py

@@ -64,10 +64,17 @@ 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.services.prompt import (
+    assemble_narrative_prompt,
+    consume_pending_meanwhile_digests,
+)
 from chat.services.rewind import compute_rewind_preview, execute_rewind
 from chat.services.scene_close import detect_scene_close
 from chat.services.scene_summarize import apply_scene_close_summary
+from chat.services.turn_common import (
+    gather_prior_edges,
+    read_recent_dialogue,
+)
 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
@@ -79,7 +86,11 @@ 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
+from chat.web.skip import (
+    ChatNotFoundError,
+    _parse_iso_time,
+    process_elision_skip,
+)
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -106,38 +117,13 @@ def _strip_ooc_for_prompt(parsed: ParsedTurn) -> str:
 def _read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id: str, limit: int = 200) -> list[dict]:
     """Return user-side and assistant_turn events for ``chat_id``.
 
-    Includes ``user_turn``, ``user_turn_edit`` (T29 edited prose), and
+    T83.2: thin delegate over
-    ``assistant_turn``. Ordered oldest-first; superseded/hidden rows are
+    :func:`chat.services.turn_common.read_recent_dialogue` so post_turn
-    skipped so regenerated turns (T29) drop out of the rendered timeline.
+    and regenerate share one implementation. The wrapper survives so
-    Each entry is shaped ``{"speaker": <id-or-"you">, "text": <prose>}``
+    the chat-detail template and other callers in this module don't all
-    for the prompt assembler and the chat-detail template.
+    have to update at once.
     """
-    cur = conn.execute(
+    return read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id, limit=limit)
-        "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 ?",
-        (limit,),
-    )
-    rows = cur.fetchall()
-    rows.reverse()  # back to chronological order
-    out: list[dict] = []
-    for _row_id, kind, payload_json in rows:
-        p = json.loads(payload_json)
-        if p.get("chat_id") != chat_id:
-            continue
-        if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
-            # Edited prose substitutes for the original user_turn (the
-            # original is marked superseded_by and filtered above).
-            out.append({"speaker": "you", "text": p.get("prose", "")})
-        else:
-            out.append(
-                {
-                    "speaker": p.get("speaker_id", "bot"),
-                    "text": p.get("text", ""),
-                }
-            )
-    return out
 
 
 def _detect_addressee_id(
@@ -204,17 +190,8 @@ def _gather_state_update_inputs(
         present_names[guest_bot["id"]] = guest_bot["name"]
         personas[guest_bot["id"]] = guest_bot.get("persona") or ""
 
-    prior_edges: dict[tuple[str, str], dict] = {}
+    # T83.2: directed-edge gather is shared with regenerate.py.
-    for src in present_ids:
+    prior_edges = gather_prior_edges(conn, 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
     return present_ids, present_names, personas, prior_edges
 
 
@@ -310,6 +287,49 @@ async def post_turn(
         )
 
     if intent == "skip_elision":
+        # T82.2: run scene-close detection on the user's prose BEFORE
+        # the skip controller fires. Prose like "fade out, skip an hour"
+        # carries both a close signal and a skip directive; we want the
+        # close summary to capture the closing scene's final beat (and
+        # promote per-POV memories) before the time advances. Order
+        # matters: scene close -> skip narration -> time advance.
+        #
+        # When there's no active scene (or the prose carries no close
+        # signal) ``detect_scene_close`` returns the safe
+        # ``should_close=False`` default and we drop straight to the
+        # skip controller — same behavior as today, no extra cost.
+        skip_scene = active_scene(conn, chat_id)
+        if skip_scene is not None:
+            container = None
+            if skip_scene.get("container_id") is not None:
+                container = get_container(conn, skip_scene["container_id"])
+            container_name = container["name"] if container else "unknown"
+            close_decision = await detect_scene_close(
+                client,
+                model=settings.classifier_model,
+                prose=prose,
+                current_container_name=container_name,
+            )
+            if close_decision.should_close:
+                append_and_apply(
+                    conn,
+                    kind="scene_closed",
+                    payload={
+                        "scene_id": skip_scene["id"],
+                        "ended_at": chat.get("time"),
+                        "significance": 0,
+                    },
+                )
+                await apply_scene_close_summary(
+                    conn,
+                    client,
+                    classifier_model=settings.classifier_model,
+                    chat_id=chat_id,
+                    scene_id=skip_scene["id"],
+                    host_bot_id=host_bot["id"],
+                    timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
+                )
+
         # 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
@@ -333,11 +353,15 @@ async def post_turn(
                 landing_state_hint=getattr(parsed, "landing_state_hint", "")
                 or "",
             )
+        except ChatNotFoundError as exc:
+            # Defensive: chat existence is checked above, so this only
+            # fires on a TOCTOU race where the chat row is deleted
+            # mid-request. T81 split the typed missing-chat case out of
+            # the generic ValueError so we keep the 404 mapping here.
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=str(exc))
         except ValueError as exc:
-            # The controller raises on missing chat / bad new_time.
+            # Bad new_time is a stub-derivation bug rather than user
-            # Missing chat is already handled above (we'd have 404'd);
+            # input — surface as 400 with the controller message.
-            # 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)
 
@@ -459,7 +483,11 @@ async def post_turn(
 
     # 7. Append the assistant_turn with the final text. (See note above on
     # why we skip ``project`` for these transcript-only event kinds.)
-    append_event(
+    # Capture the returned event id so we can stamp ``id="turn-<n>"`` on
+    # the SSE-emitted HTML fragment — the chat-page ``turn_html_replace``
+    # handler relies on the id to swap regenerated turns in-place
+    # (T86 follow-up).
+    primary_assistant_event_id = append_event(
         conn,
         kind="assistant_turn",
         payload={
@@ -559,6 +587,7 @@ async def post_turn(
     interjection_text: str | None = None
     interjection_speaker_id: str | None = None
     interjection_truncated = False
+    interjection_event_id: int | None = None
     if (
         guest_bot is not None
         and not cancelled
@@ -646,7 +675,9 @@ async def post_turn(
 
             interjection_text = "".join(interject_accumulated)
 
-            append_event(
+            # Capture the event id (T86 follow-up) so the SSE fragment
+            # below carries ``id="turn-<n>"`` for in-place swap.
+            interjection_event_id = append_event(
                 conn,
                 kind="assistant_turn",
                 payload={
@@ -878,6 +909,15 @@ async def post_turn(
                 timeout_s=settings.classifier_timeout_s,
             )
 
+    # 9a. Consume any pending meanwhile digests now that the assistant_turn
+    # (which surfaced them in its prompt via T65's helper) has landed. The
+    # spec's "first you-turn AFTER meanwhile close consumes the digest"
+    # semantics are preserved by running this AFTER scene-close detection
+    # — anything pending right now belongs to the prompt we just answered,
+    # so it's safe to mark consumed and the NEXT turn starts clean.
+    # Idempotent: re-calling produces zero events when nothing's pending.
+    consume_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, chat_id)
+
     # 10. Broadcast a JSON completion event (for JS consumers) and an HTML
     # fragment event (for HTMX SSE swap-into-timeline). One pair per
     # written assistant_turn so the timeline ends up with both the
@@ -892,7 +932,10 @@ async def post_turn(
         },
     )
     primary_html = _render_turn_html(
-        addressee_bot["name"], primary_text, role="bot"
+        addressee_bot["name"],
+        primary_text,
+        role="bot",
+        event_id=primary_assistant_event_id,
     )
     await publish(
         chat_id, {"event": "turn_html", "data": primary_html}
@@ -916,7 +959,10 @@ async def post_turn(
             },
         )
         interject_html = _render_turn_html(
-            interject_speaker_name, interjection_text, role="bot"
+            interject_speaker_name,
+            interjection_text,
+            role="bot",
+            event_id=interjection_event_id,
         )
         await publish(
             chat_id, {"event": "turn_html", "data": interject_html}

docs/plans/2026-04-26-v3.5-phase3.5-cleanup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,709 @@
+# Roleplay Engine — Phase 3.5 Cleanup Plan
+
+> **For Claude:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use `superpowers-extended-cc:executing-plans` to implement this plan task-by-task. Use the parallel-dispatch pattern documented under "Parallel-Execution Strategy" for waves that fan out to multiple subagents.
+
+**Goal:** Burn down the combined Phase 2.6/3 + Phase 3.5/4 backlog tracked in [`CLAUDE.md`](../../CLAUDE.md). 17 follow-up items consolidated into 12 tasks (file-disjoint where possible) across 7 waves so several can run in parallel.
+
+**Architecture:** No new architecture, no schema migrations, no new event kinds. Every change here is either a polish on an existing service/route, a refactor for DRY/typing/observability, or a UI affordance for state that already exists (frontend `turn_html_replace` consumer).
+
+**Tech Stack:** Same as Phase 3. No new dependencies.
+
+**Source-of-truth references:**
+
+- Backlog list: [`CLAUDE.md`](../../CLAUDE.md) §"Phase 2.6 / 3 backlog" (7 items, 6 actionable + 1 deferred) + §"Phase 3.5 / 4 backlog" (~13 items grouped by source review) = 17 items net.
+- Conventions: [`CLAUDE.md`](../../CLAUDE.md) §"Behavioral defaults" + §"Phase 3 status".
+- Phase 2.5 cleanup plan (style, file-bundling pattern): [2026-04-26-v2.5-phase2.5-cleanup.md](2026-04-26-v2.5-phase2.5-cleanup.md).
+
+When a task says "see §X", that's the requirements doc unless stated otherwise.
+
+---
+
+## Pre-flight
+
+**Branch:** create `phase-3.5` from the latest `main` after Phase 3 has merged (it has — main is at `753cec3`):
+
+```bash
+git checkout main && git pull && git checkout -b phase-3.5
+```
+
+**Schema baseline:** Phase 3 leaves the DB at version 11. Phase 3.5 adds **no migrations**. Schema-version assertion in `tests/test_world.py` stays at 11.
+
+**Pinned non-negotiables (carried forward):**
+
+- State changes go through the event log. Use `append_and_apply(conn, kind, payload)` for the live path; `apply_event` only after a fresh `append_event` returning the new id.
+- Witness filter every memory read at SQL level (hard `WHERE` constraint; never a soft signal).
+- Edges are directed; `botA → botB` and `botB → botA` are independent records.
+- Per-POV scene summaries — never write omniscient narration.
+- TDD: every task starts with a failing test (or a regression test pinning existing contract before refactor).
+- One commit per task minimum. Tasks that bundle multiple backlog items SHOULD split commits within the task — one commit per item — so review can bisect cleanly.
+
+**Verification before claiming done:** Use `superpowers-extended-cc:verification-before-completion` — run the test command, paste actual output. Don't assume green.
+
+---
+
+## Backlog item → task mapping
+
+17 items consolidated into 12 tasks by **file ownership** (so each wave's tasks stay file-disjoint). Bundled tasks split commits internally.
+
+| # | Backlog item | Source | Task |
+|---|--------------|--------|------|
+| 1 | `narrate_skip` `timeout_s` not piped through | T53 review | **T76** |
+| 2 | `AddresseeDecision.confidence` should be `Literal[...]` | T74 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over) | **T77** |
+| 3 | `search_memories` docstring missing SQL-bias note | T57 review | **T78** |
+| 4 | `_witness_role_for` defensive coding for `host_bot_id is None` | T71 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over) | **T79** |
+| 5 | Scene close re-close suffix bloat risk | T58 review | **T80** |
+| 6 | Thread detection transcript scoping (chat-wide vs scene-scoped) | T58 review | **T80** |
+| 7 | Swallowed `Exception` in `detect_threads` try/except — log at debug | T58 review | **T80** |
+| 8 | Scene close `closed_at` clock divergence | T58 review | **T80** |
+| 9 | T58 test coverage gaps (truncation, update/close, fallback) | T58 review | **T80** |
+| 10 | Error-message prefix sniff for 404 vs 400 routing in skip routes | T62 review | **T81** |
+| 11 | `consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` not wired into `post_turn` | T66 integration tests | **T82** |
+| 12 | Skip command bypasses scene close detection | T62 review | **T82** |
+| 13 | Cancel/stop hook for in-flight regenerate streams | T73 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over) | **T83** |
+| 14 | DRY: regenerate vs post_turn (recent-dialogue + prior-edges duplication) | T73 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over) | **T83** |
+| 15 | Sibling-discovery query optimization in regenerate.py | T73 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over) | **T83** |
+| 16 | Regenerate doesn't roll back lifecycle transitions from superseded turn | T61 review | **T83** |
+| 17 | Asymmetry in event-detection ordering (turns.py vs regenerate.py) | T61 review | **T83** |
+| 18 | `record_meanwhile_memory` / `record_turn_memory_for_present` unified API | T64 review | **T84** |
+| 19 | `participants_json` JSON-build audit (other state modules) | T63 review | **T85** |
+| 20 | Stop-button cancellation route-level coverage for meanwhile turns | T64 review | **T85** |
+| 21 | Frontend handler for `turn_html_replace` SSE event | T73.1 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over) | **T86** |
+| — | Docs sweep — remove shipped items, capture residuals | (this plan) | **T87** |
+
+**Deferred (not in this plan):**
+
+- **Cross-feature canned-queue brittleness** (Wave 6b cross-feature): would require a structured-fixture refactor across 3+ test files. Tracking but not in scope here — open as its own work if it surfaces a real test-maintenance pain.
+- **Scene-close-on-cancel UX revisit** (T74.3): pinned to existing behavior; no action needed unless real play surfaces a regression.
+
+---
+
+## Parallel-Execution Strategy
+
+Same pattern as Phases 2.5 and 3. Seven waves: parallel within each wave (file-disjoint), serial across waves.
+
+### How to dispatch a wave in parallel
+
+Use the **Agent tool with `isolation: "worktree"`** so each subagent gets its own git worktree. (If the controlling session's working directory is **not** the chat repo, create worktrees manually with `git worktree add .worktrees/<wave>-<task> -b <wave>/<task> phase-3.5` from inside the chat repo and pass the worktree path explicitly into each subagent prompt.)
+
+In a single message, dispatch all tasks in the wave:
+
+```
+Agent({
+  description: "Wave 1 — T76 narrate_skip timeout_s",
+  subagent_type: "general-purpose",
+  isolation: "worktree",
+  prompt: "<full task text from below>",
+})
+Agent({ ...T77... })
+Agent({ ...T78... })
+Agent({ ...T79... })
+```
+
+### After a wave completes
+
+1. Each subagent returns its worktree path and commit SHA(s).
+2. **Run a spec + code-quality reviewer subagent on each completed task.** Combined review acceptable for purely mechanical fixes (T76–T79). Separate spec + quality reviewers for bundled tasks (T80, T82, T83).
+3. **Merge the wave into `phase-3.5`** in any order (file-disjointness guarantees no conflict). Use `--no-ff`.
+4. **Run the full test suite** on the merged `phase-3.5`. If red, the wave's mutual-independence assumption was violated — bisect, fix, re-merge.
+5. **Push `phase-3.5`** to gitea.
+6. Optionally clean up worktrees: `git worktree remove .worktrees/<branch>` and `git branch -D <branch>`.
+
+### Conflict prevention checklist
+
+For each parallel wave, verify the **Files** sections of all tasks have **no overlapping paths**. Hot files in this plan: `chat/web/turns.py` (T82 only), `chat/services/regenerate.py` (T83 only), `chat/web/skip.py` + `chat/web/drawer.py` (T81 only). Each is owned by exactly one task.
+
+### Failure recovery
+
+If one subagent fails: cancel it, merge the others' successful work, re-dispatch the failed task as a single follow-up. Don't block the wave.
+
+### Why each wave is parallel-safe
+
+| Wave | Tasks | Hot files touched | Disjoint? |
+|------|-------|-------------------|-----------|
+| 1 | T76, T77, T78, T79 | 4 different services/state files; no overlap | ✅ |
+| 2 | T80 | `chat/services/scene_summarize.py` | (single task) |
+| 3 | T81 | `chat/web/skip.py` + `chat/web/drawer.py` (typed exception) | (single task) |
+| 4 | T82 | `chat/web/turns.py` | (single task) |
+| 5 | T83 | `chat/services/regenerate.py` (+ optional new shared-helpers module) | (single task) |
+| 6 | T84, T85, T86 | `chat/services/memory_write.py` (T84); audit + tests (T85); frontend HTML/JS (T86) | ✅ |
+| 7 | T87 | `CLAUDE.md` | (single task) |
+
+---
+
+## Task overview
+
+```
+Wave 1 ─┬─ T76: narrate_skip timeout_s plumbed through (skip_narration.py)
+        ├─ T77: AddresseeDecision.confidence as Literal (addressee.py)
+        ├─ T78: search_memories docstring SQL-bias note (memory.py)
+        └─ T79: _witness_role_for defensive None handling (prompt.py)
+
+Wave 2 ─── T80: scene_summarize.py polish bundle (5 T58 items)
+
+Wave 3 ─── T81: typed exception for skip controllers (skip.py + drawer.py)
+
+Wave 4 ─── T82: turns.py wiring (consume_pending_meanwhile_digests + skip-bypass scene close)
+
+Wave 5 ─── T83: regenerate.py polish bundle (cancel hook + DRY + sibling query +
+                lifecycle rollback + ordering asymmetry)
+
+Wave 6 ─┬─ T84: memory_write.py unified record-memory API
+        ├─ T85: JSON-build audit + meanwhile stop-button route-level test
+        └─ T86: frontend turn_html_replace SSE handler
+
+Wave 7 ─── T87: docs sweep — prune CLAUDE.md backlogs, capture residuals
+```
+
+Critical path: 7 sequential merge points. Total tasks: 12. Wall-clock parallelism advantage: Waves 1 and 6 dispatch concurrently (4-way and 3-way respectively). Waves 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 are single-task by hot-file constraint.
+
+---
+
+## Wave 1 — Independent small fixes (parallel, 4 tasks)
+
+All 4 tasks are tiny (1-line + tests). Fully file-disjoint.
+
+### Task 76: `narrate_skip` timeout_s plumbed through
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/services/skip_narration.py`
+- Modify: `tests/test_skip_narration.py` (add 1 test)
+
+**Spec:** `narrate_skip(timeout_s=60.0)` accepts the parameter but doesn't pass it to `client.generate(...)`. Per T53 review — fix:
+
+```python
+# Inside narrate_skip:
+result = await client.generate(
+    [
+        Message(role="system", content=system),
+        Message(role="user", content=user),
+    ],
+    model=narrative_model,
+    max_tokens=200,
+    temperature=0.7,
+    timeout_s=timeout_s,   # NEW: pipe through
+)
+```
+
+If the underlying `client.generate` doesn't honor `timeout_s` (Featherless client signature accepts `**params` so it'll ride through harmlessly), this is a no-op at runtime but documents intent. Read `chat/llm/featherless.py::FeatherlessClient.generate` to confirm.
+
+**Test added:** `test_narrate_skip_passes_timeout_through` — capture the kwargs passed to `client.generate` via a custom mock that records them; assert `timeout_s` is present with the expected value.
+
+**Commit:** `fix: plumb narrate_skip timeout_s through to client.generate (T76)`.
+
+---
+
+### Task 77: `AddresseeDecision.confidence` as Literal type
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/services/addressee.py`
+- Modify: `tests/test_addressee.py` (existing tests should still pass; add 1 test for the typed validation)
+
+**Spec:** Per T74 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over). `AddresseeDecision.confidence` is currently `str` with a comment noting valid values. Tighten to `Literal["high", "medium", "low"]`:
+
+```python
+from typing import Literal
+
+class AddresseeDecision(BaseModel):
+    addressee_id: str
+    confidence: Literal["high", "medium", "low"] = "medium"
+    reason: str = ""
+```
+
+Pydantic will reject classifier output with values outside the literal set, falling back via the `default=` in `classify(...)`. The existing fallback path returns `confidence="low"` so no behavior change for legitimate calls.
+
+**Test added:** `test_invalid_confidence_value_falls_back_to_default` — feed canned classifier output with `"confidence": "VERY_HIGH"`; assert the result is the default fallback (Pydantic validation failed → `classify` falls back).
+
+**Commit:** `fix: AddresseeDecision.confidence as Literal[high|medium|low] (T77)`.
+
+---
+
+### Task 78: `search_memories` docstring mentions SQL-bias
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/state/memory.py` — extend the `search_memories` docstring with a one-liner about `SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS`.
+- No test changes needed (docstring-only).
+
+**Spec:** Per T57 review. The current `search_memories` docstring describes only the Python-side composite re-rank with `_SIGNIFICANCE_WEIGHT`. T57 added a SQL-side `SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS` constant. Add to the docstring:
+
+```
+... (existing prose) ...
+
+The result ordering applies TWO independent significance boosts:
+- SQL-side: ``ORDER BY (rank - significance * SIGNIFICANCE_RANK_BIAS)``
+  pushes higher-significance memories ahead in the FTS5 candidate set.
+- Python-side: a composite re-rank with `_SIGNIFICANCE_WEIGHT` reinforces
+  the ordering after candidate retrieval.
+```
+
+**Commit:** `docs: search_memories docstring mentions SQL-side significance bias (T78)`.
+
+---
+
+### Task 79: `_witness_role_for` defensive None handling
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/services/prompt.py`
+- Modify: `tests/test_prompt.py` (add 1 test)
+
+**Spec:** Per T71 review (Phase 2.5 carry-over). Current `_witness_role_for(speaker_bot_id, host_bot_id)` returns `"host" if speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id else "guest"`. When `host_bot_id` is `None` (degenerate case — can happen if a chat row is half-seeded in a test), this returns `"guest"` even though the speaker is logically the host. Defensive fix:
+
+```python
+def _witness_role_for(speaker_bot_id: str, host_bot_id: str | None) -> str:
+    """..."""
+    if host_bot_id is None or speaker_bot_id == host_bot_id:
+        return "host"
+    return "guest"
+```
+
+**Test added:** `test_witness_role_for_none_host_returns_host` — call helper with `host_bot_id=None`; assert returns `"host"`.
+
+**Commit:** `fix: _witness_role_for defensive None handling (T79)`.
+
+---
+
+## Wave 2 — `scene_summarize.py` polish bundle (single task)
+
+T80 bundles 5 backlog items (4 fixes + 1 test gap) all touching `chat/services/scene_summarize.py` and its test file. Single task by hot-file constraint; split into 5 commits internally for clean review bisection.
+
+### Task 80: scene_summarize.py polish
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/services/scene_summarize.py`
+- Modify: `tests/test_per_pov_summary.py`
+
+**Spec:** Five sub-fixes per the T58 review.
+
+#### 80.1 — Re-close suffix bloat guard
+
+**Problem:** `_build_key_quotes_suffix` reads from `memories.pov_summary`. If a scene close runs twice (replay, manual re-close, idempotent retry), the second pass reads the rewritten text plus the previous "Key quotes:" suffix and appends a second one — recursive bloat.
+
+**Fix (recommended option):** source quotes from `event_log` `assistant_turn`/`user_turn` text instead of `memories.pov_summary`. The event-log text is immutable per turn, so re-close produces identical key-quote text.
+
+Implementation: in `_build_key_quotes_suffix(conn, scene_id)`, replace the SELECT from `memories` with a JOIN that pulls turn text from `event_log` filtered by scene_id (via `payload_json` JSON extraction), keeping the significance-from-memories filter.
+
+If event-log queries prove too expensive or fragile, fall back to: at the start of `_build_key_quotes_suffix`, strip any existing `"\n\nKey quotes:\n"` suffix from each `pov_summary` before computing the new one. Document the choice in a code comment.
+
+**Test added:** `test_scene_close_re_run_does_not_double_suffix` — close a scene with significance ≥ 2; assert each pov_summary contains "Key quotes:" exactly ONCE. Then call `apply_scene_close_summary` again on the same scene; assert each pov_summary STILL contains "Key quotes:" exactly ONCE (no second append).
+
+**Commit:** `fix: guard scene close key-quote suffix against re-close bloat (T80.1)`.
+
+#### 80.2 — Thread detection transcript scoping
+
+**Problem:** `_read_recent_dialogue` returns chat-wide history with no `scene_id` filter. Feeding chat-wide history to `detect_threads` will misattribute threads to the closing scene when a scene boundary falls inside the last 50 turns.
+
+**Fix:** add a `scene_started_at` lookup at the top of `apply_scene_close_summary`. Filter the transcript to turns where the event_log row's `created_at` (or `chat_clock_at`) is `>= scene_started_at`. Read `chat/state/world.py::get_scene` for the started_at column.
+
+If `get_scene` doesn't expose `started_at`, query directly: `SELECT started_at FROM scenes WHERE id = ?`.
+
+**Test added:** `test_thread_detection_uses_scene_scoped_transcript` — seed a scene with 3 turns. Then close the scene. Then start a new scene and seed 3 more turns. Then close the second scene. Mock `detect_threads` to capture its `scene_transcript` arg. Assert the second close's transcript contains ONLY the 3 second-scene turns (not the first scene's turns).
+
+**Commit:** `fix: scope thread detection transcript to closing scene (T80.2)`.
+
+#### 80.3 — Log swallowed exceptions in `detect_threads` try/except
+
+**Problem:** T58's `try/except Exception:` around `detect_threads` swallows programmer errors silently.
+
+**Fix:** add a `logging.getLogger(__name__).debug("detect_threads failed: %s", exc, exc_info=True)` (or appropriate level) inside the except block. Use the standard library `logging` module (it's already configured by Phase 1's `chat.app`).
+
+**Test added:** `test_detect_threads_failure_is_logged` — patch `detect_threads` to raise `RuntimeError("test")`. Use `caplog` (pytest fixture) to capture log output. Assert the log contains the error message.
+
+**Commit:** `fix: log swallowed exceptions in detect_threads try/except (T80.3)`.
+
+#### 80.4 — Scene close `closed_at` chat-clock semantics
+
+**Problem:** T58 uses `datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()` for `closed_at` on emitted events instead of chat-clock time. Diverges from chat-clock semantics elsewhere.
+
+**Fix:** read `chat["time"]` at the top of `apply_scene_close_summary` (already loaded for per-POV writes via `chat_clock_at`). Pass `chat_clock_at` through to `thread_closed` events' `closed_at` field instead of `datetime.now(...)`.
+
+**Test added:** `test_thread_closed_uses_chat_clock_time` — seed a chat with `chat["time"] = "2026-04-26T10:00:00+00:00"`. Mock `detect_threads` to return one `ThreadCandidate(action="close", existing_thread_id="thr_x")`. Close the scene. Inspect the emitted `thread_closed` event payload — assert `closed_at == "2026-04-26T10:00:00+00:00"`, NOT a `datetime.now(...)` value.
+
+**Commit:** `fix: thread_closed uses chat-clock time, not wall clock (T80.4)`.
+
+#### 80.5 — T58 test coverage gaps
+
+**Spec:** Per T58 review, these specific scenarios lack coverage. Add tests:
+
+1. `test_key_quote_truncation_at_200_chars` — seed a memory with significance 2 and a 500-char `pov_summary`. Close scene. Assert the key-quote bullet for that memory is exactly 200 chars (or 199 + ellipsis, depending on the truncation impl).
+
+2. `test_thread_detection_update_candidate_emits_thread_updated` — mock `detect_threads` to return `ThreadCandidate(action="update", existing_thread_id="thr_x", summary="updated")`. Close. Assert a `thread_updated` event landed.
+
+3. `test_thread_detection_close_candidate_emits_thread_closed` — same setup with `action="close"`. Assert a `thread_closed` event landed.
+
+(The `try/except` fallback test from 80.3 covers the exception path; no separate test needed.)
+
+**Commit:** `test: T58 coverage gaps (truncation, update/close paths) (T80.5)`.
+
+#### Verification gates for T80
+
+- All 5 sub-fix commits cleanly split per `git show`.
+- All 13 existing per_pov_summary tests still pass.
+- 5+ new tests pass.
+- Full suite green.
+- `git diff phase-3.5 --stat` shows ONLY `chat/services/scene_summarize.py` and `tests/test_per_pov_summary.py`.
+
+---
+
+## Wave 3 — Typed exception for skip controllers (single task)
+
+### Task 81: `ChatNotFoundError` for skip route routing
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/web/skip.py` — define a typed exception and raise it instead of generic `ValueError("chat not found")`.
+- Modify: `chat/web/drawer.py` — replace string-prefix sniff with `except ChatNotFoundError: 404`.
+- Modify: `tests/test_drawer_events_threads_skip.py` (add 1 test).
+
+**Spec:** Per T62 review. Drawer skip routes use `str(exc).startswith("chat not found")` to distinguish 404 from 400. Fragile if error wording changes. Replace with a typed exception subclass.
+
+```python
+# chat/web/skip.py top:
+class ChatNotFoundError(Exception):
+    """Raised when a chat_id doesn't resolve. Maps to 404 in HTTP routes."""
+
+# Inside process_elision_skip / process_jump_skip:
+chat = get_chat(conn, chat_id)
+if chat is None:
+    raise ChatNotFoundError(f"chat {chat_id!r} not found")
+
+# Other validation failures still raise ValueError (mapped to 400).
+```
+
+```python
+# chat/web/drawer.py skip routes:
+try:
+    result = await process_elision_skip(...)
+except ChatNotFoundError:
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="chat not found")
+except ValueError as exc:
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(exc))
+```
+
+**Test added:** `test_skip_route_raises_404_via_typed_exception` — POST to `/chats/nonexistent/drawer/skip/elision`; assert response 404. (Existing tests should still pass — they check 404 for missing chats and 400 for validation errors.)
+
+**Commit:** `fix: typed ChatNotFoundError replaces string-prefix sniff in skip routes (T81)`.
+
+---
+
+## Wave 4 — `turns.py` wiring (single task)
+
+### Task 82: post_turn meanwhile-digest consumption + skip-command scene close
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/web/turns.py`
+- Modify: `tests/test_turn_flow.py` (add 2 tests)
+- Modify: `tests/test_phase3_integration.py` (T66 test 4 currently calls `consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` directly — update it to assert the helper is now invoked AUTOMATICALLY by post_turn)
+
+**Spec:** Two related fixes both touching `post_turn`.
+
+#### 82.1 — Wire `consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` into post_turn
+
+**Problem (T66):** `chat/services/prompt.py::consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` is defined but never called. Meanwhile digests stay pending forever in production.
+
+**Fix:** call the helper at the END of `post_turn` (after the assistant_turn lands and all classifier passes finish, BEFORE the response returns). The helper appends `meanwhile_digest_consumed` events for each pending digest, marking them as surfaced. Idempotent — re-calling produces zero events.
+
+Place the call only when the chat has just-surfaced digests. The simplest pattern: always call after the primary turn — the helper short-circuits when nothing's pending. (Cost: 1 trivial DB query per turn.)
+
+```python
+from chat.services.prompt import consume_pending_meanwhile_digests
+
+# Near the end of post_turn, before publish/return:
+consume_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, chat_id)
+```
+
+**Test added:** `test_post_turn_consumes_pending_meanwhile_digests` — seed a pending digest. POST a turn. Assert: a `meanwhile_digest_consumed` event landed in event_log AND `list_pending_meanwhile_digests` is now empty.
+
+**Update existing T66 test 4:** the integration test currently calls `consume_pending_meanwhile_digests` directly to drive the consumption side-effect. After T82, the consumption happens automatically inside post_turn. Remove the explicit call in the test (or assert the count even without calling explicitly).
+
+**Commit:** `fix: post_turn consumes pending meanwhile digests (T82.1)`.
+
+#### 82.2 — Skip command runs scene close detection
+
+**Problem (T62):** A user typing "skip an hour" via natural-language skip causes the skip path to bypass scene close detection. The user's prose may have signaled close intent ("fade out, skip an hour") but the skip path returns 204 without checking.
+
+**Fix:** in the natural-language skip dispatch (T62 `intent="skip_elision"` branch), call `detect_scene_close` BEFORE the skip controller runs. If close is detected, append `scene_closed` first, then run the skip flow.
+
+Order matters: scene close → skip narration → time advance. The narration should reflect the new scene start at the new time.
+
+```python
+if parsed.intent == "skip_elision":
+    # Run scene close detection first - the user may have signaled close.
+    if scene := active_scene(conn, chat_id):
+        close_decision = await detect_scene_close(client, classifier_model=..., 
+                                                  prose=parsed.prose, ...)
+        if close_decision.should_close:
+            append_and_apply(conn, kind="scene_closed", payload={"scene_id": scene["id"], ...})
+            await apply_scene_close_summary(conn, client, ...)
+    # ... existing skip dispatch ...
+```
+
+**Test added:** `test_natural_language_skip_with_close_signal_closes_scene` — user prose "fade out, skip to morning". Mock `detect_scene_close` to return True. Mock `narrate_skip`. Assert: `scene_closed` event lands AND `time_skip_elision` event lands AND ordering is `scene_closed` BEFORE `time_skip_elision`.
+
+**Commit:** `fix: natural-language skip runs scene close detection (T82.2)`.
+
+#### Verification gates for T82
+
+- 2 new tests pass.
+- All existing turn_flow + phase3_integration tests still pass (T66 test 4 may need a small update; document in commit).
+- Full suite green.
+- `git diff phase-3.5 --stat`: only `chat/web/turns.py`, `tests/test_turn_flow.py`, `tests/test_phase3_integration.py`.
+
+---
+
+## Wave 5 — `regenerate.py` polish bundle (single task)
+
+T83 bundles 5 regenerate-related backlog items. All touch `chat/services/regenerate.py`. Single task by hot-file constraint; 5 internal commits.
+
+### Task 83: regenerate.py polish
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/services/regenerate.py`
+- Optional: create `chat/services/turn_common.py` (new shared-helpers module for 83.2 DRY extraction)
+- Modify: `chat/web/turns.py` (only if 83.2 extracts shared helpers — minimal)
+- Modify: `tests/test_regenerate.py` (add 5+ tests)
+
+**Spec:** Five sub-fixes per the T73 + T61 reviews.
+
+#### 83.1 — Cancel/stop hook for in-flight regenerate streams
+
+**Problem:** `post_turn` registers stream tasks in `_in_flight_tasks` so `/turns/cancel` cancels them. Regenerate doesn't.
+
+**Fix:** mirror the registration pattern from `post_turn` (Phase 2.5 T74.4 documented this). Wrap the regenerate stream in `asyncio.create_task(...)`, register in `_in_flight_tasks[chat_id]`, await, unregister in `finally`.
+
+**Test added:** `test_regenerate_registers_task_in_in_flight_tasks` — mid-stream snapshot pattern (mirror Phase 3 T64.fix-up's `_SnapshotMock`). Assert the chat_id is registered during streaming.
+
+**Commit:** `feat: regenerate registers stream task in _in_flight_tasks for cancellation (T83.1)`.
+
+#### 83.2 — DRY: extract recent-dialogue + prior-edges helpers
+
+**Problem:** Recent-dialogue assembly + prior-edges block are duplicated between `chat/services/regenerate.py` and `chat/web/turns.py`. Diff drift risk.
+
+**Fix:** create `chat/services/turn_common.py` with:
+
+```python
+def read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id: str, limit: int = 50) -> list[dict]:
+    """Pull the last N user_turn + assistant_turn rows for the chat as
+    structured [{speaker, text}, ...]. Filters superseded_by IS NULL
+    AND hidden = 0. Used by post_turn AND regenerate AND scene_summarize."""
+
+def gather_prior_edges(conn, chat_id: str, present_ids: list[str]) -> dict[tuple, dict]:
+    """Build {(src, tgt): {affinity, trust, summary}} dict for all directed
+    pairs where both endpoints are in present_ids."""
+```
+
+Update `chat/web/turns.py::post_turn` to use the new helpers. Update `chat/services/regenerate.py::regenerate_assistant_turn` to use them too. Existing tests should pass unchanged.
+
+**Test added:** `tests/test_turn_common.py` (NEW file) with 2-3 tests: dialogue read filters superseded; prior_edges builds correct keys.
+
+**Commit:** `refactor: extract turn_common helpers from regenerate + turns (T83.2)`.
+
+#### 83.3 — Sibling-discovery query optimization
+
+**Problem (T73):** `regenerate.py`'s sibling-assistant-turn lookup scans ALL non-superseded `assistant_turn` rows globally with no `chat_id` predicate.
+
+**Fix:** add a `json_extract(payload_json, '$.chat_id') = ?` predicate in the SQL query, plus `LIMIT 50` for safety. Mirror Phase 3 T64's `_last_meanwhile_speaker` SQL pattern.
+
+**Test added:** `test_regenerate_sibling_lookup_scoped_to_chat` — seed two chats both with regenerate-able turn groups. Regenerate in chat A. Assert the sibling lookup didn't return any chat-B rows (verify via SQL query interception or by ensuring cross-chat sibling pollution wouldn't break).
+
+**Commit:** `perf: scope regenerate sibling-lookup to chat_id (T83.3)`.
+
+#### 83.4 — Lifecycle-transition rollback on regenerate
+
+**Problem (T61):** Regenerate doesn't roll back lifecycle transitions from the superseded turn. `event_started`/`event_completed` rows from a superseded turn remain. May double-emit promotion artifacts.
+
+**Fix (Phase 3.5 first cut — minimal):** at the START of regenerate, scan the superseded turn's downstream events. For any `event_started`/`event_completed`/`event_cancelled` linked to the superseded turn (via `superseded_by` chain on the original assistant_turn AND a back-pointer in the lifecycle event payload), revert the projected state by appending compensating events:
+
+- Original was `event_started` for evt_x → emit `event_started_undone` (NEW event kind?) OR mark the original superseded.
+- Original was `event_completed` → similarly.
+
+**This is too invasive for one Phase 3.5 commit.** Instead, the simpler Phase 3.5 fix: **document the limitation explicitly** in the regenerate flow with a TODO + add an `assert` or warning when regenerate detects prior lifecycle transitions on the superseded turn. Real rollback support is a Phase 4 item.
+
+**Test added:** `test_regenerate_with_prior_lifecycle_logs_warning` — seed a turn that emits `event_completed`. Regenerate. Assert a warning log entry mentions the un-rolled-back transition.
+
+**Commit:** `chore: document regenerate lifecycle-rollback limitation (T83.4)`.
+
+(If the implementer judges that proper rollback IS feasible in the time available, they can implement it instead — but the safe Phase 3.5 default is documentation + warning. The choice is the implementer's; report which path was taken.)
+
+#### 83.5 — Event-detection ordering symmetry
+
+**Problem (T61):** `post_turn` runs lifecycle BETWEEN interjection and scene-close; `regenerate.py` runs lifecycle at the END. Benign because regenerate has no scene-close path, but worth tidying.
+
+**Fix:** move the event-detection block in `regenerate.py` to mirror `post_turn`'s position (between interjection regenerate and the function's tail). Cosmetic — no behavior change.
+
+**Test:** verify all existing regenerate tests still pass after the move.
+
+**Commit:** `refactor: regenerate event-detection ordering mirrors post_turn (T83.5)`.
+
+#### Verification gates for T83
+
+- 5 internal commits visible.
+- All 6 existing regenerate tests still pass.
+- All 10+ existing turn_flow tests still pass.
+- 5+ new tests pass.
+- Full suite green.
+- `git diff phase-3.5 --stat`: `chat/services/regenerate.py`, `chat/services/turn_common.py` (if extracted), `chat/web/turns.py` (only if helper-call sites updated), `tests/test_regenerate.py`, `tests/test_turn_common.py` (if new).
+
+---
+
+## Wave 6 — Final polish (parallel, 3 tasks)
+
+### Task 84: Unified record-memory API
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/services/memory_write.py`
+- Modify: `tests/test_memory_write.py` (add tests)
+- Modify: `chat/web/meanwhile.py` (call site update — minimal)
+
+**Spec:** Per T64 review. `record_meanwhile_memory` and `record_turn_memory_for_present` share private `_write_one_memory` but expose two separate public APIs. Unify:
+
+```python
+def record_turn_memory(
+    conn,
+    *,
+    chat_id: str,
+    host_bot_id: str,
+    guest_bot_id: str | None,
+    narrative_text: str,
+    scene_id: int | None = None,
+    chat_clock_at: str | None = None,
+    source: str = "direct",
+    significance: int = 1,
+    you_present: bool = True,   # NEW: False for meanwhile turns
+) -> dict[str, tuple[int, int | None]]:
+    """Single entry-point for memory writes. When you_present is True,
+    witnesses are [you=1, host=1, guest if present]. When False (meanwhile),
+    witnesses are [you=0, host=1, guest=1] and host_bot_id + guest_bot_id
+    are both required."""
+```
+
+`record_meanwhile_memory` becomes a thin wrapper (kept for backward compat) that calls `record_turn_memory(..., you_present=False)`. `record_turn_memory_for_present` is renamed/aliased to `record_turn_memory` for the same reason.
+
+Update `chat/web/meanwhile.py` to call the unified function with `you_present=False`. Verify the existing meanwhile turn tests still pass.
+
+**Tests added:** 2 new tests in `tests/test_memory_write.py`:
+- `test_record_turn_memory_you_present_false_writes_meanwhile_witness_mask` — assert witness `[0, 1, 1]`.
+- `test_record_turn_memory_you_present_true_default_writes_normal_witness_mask` — assert `[1, 1, 0|1]`.
+
+**Commit:** `refactor: unified record_turn_memory API with you_present kwarg (T84)`.
+
+---
+
+### Task 85: JSON-build audit + meanwhile stop-button route-level test
+
+**Files:**
+- Audit: read all `chat/state/*.py` for f-string JSON construction. NO PRODUCTION CHANGES unless an issue is found.
+- Modify (only if issue found): the affected state module.
+- Modify: `tests/test_meanwhile_turn_flow.py` (add stop-button route-level test).
+
+**Spec:** Two unrelated minor follow-ups bundled by being small.
+
+#### 85.1 — JSON-build audit (T63)
+
+T63 originally used f-string interpolation for `participants_json` (fixed during review). Audit other state modules for the same pattern. Grep:
+
+```bash
+grep -rn 'f["\']\[' chat/state/ chat/services/ chat/eventlog/
+```
+
+For each f-string that constructs a JSON string from user-controllable data, replace with `json.dumps(...)`. If NONE found (likely — most code already uses `json.dumps`), add a one-line note in the commit body confirming the audit.
+
+If issues are found, fix them and add tests asserting JSON validity for inputs containing quote/backslash characters.
+
+**Commit:** `chore: audit JSON-string construction sites; replace any f-string usages with json.dumps (T85.1)` (or "audit confirms no issues").
+
+#### 85.2 — Meanwhile stop-button route-level test
+
+T64's fix-up registered stream tasks in `_in_flight_tasks`. There's a unit test pinning registration but no test that drives `/turns/cancel` against a meanwhile turn.
+
+**Test added:** `test_meanwhile_turn_can_be_cancelled_via_route` — start a meanwhile turn (POST /turns), capture the in-flight task, immediately POST /turns/cancel, assert the task transitions to cancelled state and the assistant_turn payload has `truncated=True`.
+
+This test may be tricky to write reliably (timing). If the existing `_SnapshotMock` pattern doesn't support mid-stream cancel injection, document the limitation and add a smaller test that just verifies the cancel endpoint works on the chat (asserts no tasks remaining after cancel).
+
+**Commit:** `test: meanwhile turn cancellation via /turns/cancel route (T85.2)`.
+
+---
+
+### Task 86: Frontend `turn_html_replace` SSE handler
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `chat/templates/chat.html` (or wherever the chat page's SSE consumer lives) — add a JS event handler for `turn_html_replace`.
+- Optional: `chat/static/app.css` (if styling needs adjustment for replaced turns).
+- Modify: `tests/test_streaming_ux.py` (add 1 test).
+
+**Spec:** Per Phase 2.5 T73.1 (carry-over). Regenerate's backend broadcasts a `turn_html_replace` SSE event but no live tab swaps the prior turn. Wire the JS:
+
+```html
+<!-- In chat.html, near the existing SSE setup: -->
+<script>
+const sse = new EventSource('/chats/{{ chat.id }}/events');
+
+// Existing: turn_html appends new turn HTML.
+sse.addEventListener('turn_html', (ev) => {
+  const turnsContainer = document.getElementById('turns');
+  turnsContainer.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', ev.data);
+});
+
+// NEW: turn_html_replace swaps an existing turn's DOM in place.
+sse.addEventListener('turn_html_replace', (ev) => {
+  const data = JSON.parse(ev.data);
+  // data: {html, turn_id, supersedes_id}
+  const oldNode = document.getElementById(`turn-${data.supersedes_id}`);
+  if (oldNode) {
+    const tmpl = document.createElement('template');
+    tmpl.innerHTML = data.html.trim();
+    oldNode.replaceWith(tmpl.content.firstChild);
+  } else {
+    // Fallback: append if the prior turn isn't in the DOM (edge case).
+    document.getElementById('turns').insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', data.html);
+  }
+});
+</script>
+```
+
+(Adapt the actual template structure — read `chat/templates/chat.html` first to see the existing SSE setup. The `turn-{id}` DOM-id pattern needs to be consistent with how the backend renders turn HTML — verify by checking `chat/web/render.py`.)
+
+**Test added:** Hard to write a true browser-driven test in pytest. The simplest pin: a unit test that asserts the rendered HTML for a regenerate response contains the `turn_html_replace` SSE event AND the event payload contains the expected `supersedes_id`. (Already exists in T73.1 tests — don't duplicate.) Optionally add a Selenium/playwright test if the project has frontend testing infrastructure.
+
+If pytest-only is the available coverage, document the manual smoke step in CLAUDE.md ("multi-tab regenerate" smoke test) and rely on backend pin tests + manual verification.
+
+**Commit:** `feat: frontend turn_html_replace SSE handler (T86)`.
+
+---
+
+## Wave 7 — Docs sweep (single task)
+
+### Task 87: CLAUDE.md backlog burn-down
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `CLAUDE.md`
+
+**Spec:** Walk through the Phase 2.6/3 backlog and Phase 3.5/4 backlog sections. For each item shipped in T76–T86, remove from backlog list. Add a new section "Phase 3.5 status" near the existing "Phase 3 status" listing what shipped. Add a new "Phase 3.6 / 4 backlog" section if any new items were discovered during T76–T86 reviews (likely some — the review cycle always surfaces fresh follow-ups).
+
+If any task during T76–T86 chose to defer a sub-item (e.g., T83.4 chose documentation over rollback impl), keep that sub-item in the new "Phase 3.6+ deferred" section with the rationale.
+
+Mark §13 Phase 3 deliverables in the requirements doc as **shipped** (already done in T67) — verify and don't re-mark.
+
+**Commit:** `docs: phase 3.5 status, prune shipped backlog items (T87)`.
+
+---
+
+## Wrap-up
+
+After Wave 7 lands:
+
+1. **Run full suite** on `phase-3.5`: should be ~330+ tests passing (315 from Phase 3 + ~15-25 new across the wave).
+2. **Manual smoke** (recommended before opening the PR):
+   - Multi-tab regenerate: open two tabs on the same chat; click Regenerate on one; verify the other tab swaps the regenerated turn live (T86).
+   - Trigger a meanwhile scene; close it; resume the main chat; verify the digest renders ONCE on the next you-turn AND is consumed automatically (T82.1).
+   - Type "fade out, skip an hour" — verify both scene close + skip fire in correct order (T82.2).
+   - Plan an event, complete it via a turn, then regenerate that turn — observe the warning log mentioning un-rolled-back lifecycle transitions (T83.4).
+3. **Push `phase-3.5`** to gitea.
+4. **Open PR** `phase-3.5 → main`.
+5. **Phase 3.6+ residuals** (track in CLAUDE.md): genuine lifecycle-rollback impl, structured fixture builder for canned-queue tests, scene-close-on-cancel revisit if play-testing surfaces a regression.
+
+---
+
+## Notes for the controller running this plan
+
+- **Don't dispatch Wave 5 until Wave 4 is merged AND green.** T82 (turns.py) + T83 (regenerate.py + optionally turns.py for shared-helper extraction) both touch `turns.py`. Sequential ordering prevents merge conflict.
+- **After each parallel wave**, run a code-review subagent. Combined spec+quality review is acceptable for trivial tasks (T76, T77, T78, T79). Separate spec + quality reviewers for bundled tasks (T80, T82, T83) — each bundles 4-5 sub-fixes.
+- **Token-spend rough estimate**: Phase 3.5 should be ~50-60% the size of Phase 3 (smaller scope, all reuse, no new schema). Per-task spend similar to Phase 2.5's bundled tasks.
+- **DO NOT break existing v1/v2/v3 surface contracts.** Every test file that was green at the start of Phase 3.5 must stay green at the end. The cross-feature integration tests (`tests/test_phase3_integration.py`) are particularly load-bearing — if any of T80/T82/T83 break them, that's a regression to investigate, NOT to suppress.

docs/plans/2026-04-26-v3.5-phase3.5-cleanup.md.tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "planPath": "docs/plans/2026-04-26-v3.5-phase3.5-cleanup.md",
+  "tasks": [
+    {"id": 76, "subject": "T76: narrate_skip timeout_s plumbed through", "status": "pending", "wave": 1, "parallelGroup": "wave-1"},
+    {"id": 77, "subject": "T77: AddresseeDecision.confidence as Literal", "status": "pending", "wave": 1, "parallelGroup": "wave-1"},
+    {"id": 78, "subject": "T78: search_memories docstring SQL-bias note", "status": "pending", "wave": 1, "parallelGroup": "wave-1"},
+    {"id": 79, "subject": "T79: _witness_role_for defensive None handling", "status": "pending", "wave": 1, "parallelGroup": "wave-1"},
+    {"id": 80, "subject": "T80: scene_summarize.py polish bundle (re-close suffix + transcript scoping + log + clock + tests)", "status": "pending", "wave": 2, "parallelGroup": null},
+    {"id": 81, "subject": "T81: ChatNotFoundError replaces string-prefix sniff in skip routes", "status": "pending", "wave": 3, "parallelGroup": null},
+    {"id": 82, "subject": "T82: post_turn wiring (consume_pending_meanwhile_digests + skip command scene close)", "status": "pending", "wave": 4, "parallelGroup": null},
+    {"id": 83, "subject": "T83: regenerate.py polish (cancel hook + DRY + sibling query + lifecycle rollback note + ordering)", "status": "pending", "wave": 5, "parallelGroup": null, "blockedBy": [82]},
+    {"id": 84, "subject": "T84: unified record_turn_memory API with you_present kwarg", "status": "pending", "wave": 6, "parallelGroup": "wave-6", "blockedBy": [83]},
+    {"id": 85, "subject": "T85: JSON-build audit + meanwhile stop-button route-level test", "status": "pending", "wave": 6, "parallelGroup": "wave-6", "blockedBy": [83]},
+    {"id": 86, "subject": "T86: frontend turn_html_replace SSE handler", "status": "pending", "wave": 6, "parallelGroup": "wave-6", "blockedBy": [83]},
+    {"id": 87, "subject": "T87: docs sweep — prune CLAUDE.md backlogs, capture residuals", "status": "pending", "wave": 7, "parallelGroup": null, "blockedBy": [84, 85, 86]}
+  ],
+  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-26T00:00:00Z",
+  "notes": "12 tasks across 7 waves consolidating 17 backlog items (7 from Phase 2.6/3, 10 from Phase 3.5/4). Wave 1 (4-way parallel) and Wave 6 (3-way parallel) are file-disjoint. Waves 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 are single-task by hot-file constraint. Bundled tasks (T80, T82, T83) split into per-item sub-commits for clean review bisection. No schema migrations — schema baseline stays at version 11. Uses task ids T76-T87 to avoid id collision with prior phases (Phase 1: T0-T35, Phase 2: T36-T48, Phase 3: T49-T67, Phase 2.5: T68-T75)."
+}

tests/test_addressee.py

@@ -97,3 +97,38 @@ async def test_classifier_failure_falls_back_to_host():
     assert result.addressee_id == "bot_a"
     assert result.reason == "fallback"
     assert result.confidence == "low"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_invalid_confidence_value_falls_back_to_default():
+    """Pydantic rejects ``confidence`` values outside the literal set
+    (``high`` / ``medium`` / ``low``). After the retry budget is
+    exhausted, classify returns the configured fallback default —
+    here that's ``confidence="low"`` with ``reason="fallback"``.
+    """
+    canned = [
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "addressee_id": "bot_a",
+                "confidence": "VERY_HIGH",
+                "reason": "out-of-range value",
+            }
+        ),
+        "still_bad",
+        "still_bad",
+    ]
+    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.confidence == "low"
+    assert result.reason == "fallback"

tests/test_drawer_events_threads_skip.py

@@ -273,6 +273,43 @@ def test_post_skip_elision_advances_clock_and_emits_narration(client, tmp_path):
         assert tp["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
 
 
+def test_skip_route_404_via_typed_exception_class(client, tmp_path):
+    """T81: drawer skip routes 404 via :class:`ChatNotFoundError`.
+
+    Pre-T81, the route caught ``ValueError`` and recovered the 404 case
+    by sniffing ``str(exc).startswith("chat not found")`` — fragile if
+    the message ever changed wording. The controller now raises a typed
+    exception so the route dispatches on type. Asserting the 404 from
+    the unseeded chat exercises the typed branch end-to-end; importing
+    the class confirms it's a real subclass of ``Exception`` and not a
+    re-export of ``ValueError`` (which would defeat the type split).
+    """
+    # Don't seed any chat — the controller hits ``get_chat`` returning
+    # ``None`` and raises ``ChatNotFoundError``. The drawer route then
+    # maps that to ``404`` via the typed handler (no string sniff).
+    _override_llm([])
+    try:
+        response = client.post(
+            "/chats/nonexistent/drawer/skip/elision",
+            data={
+                "landing_state_hint": "x",
+                "new_time": "2026-04-26T20:30:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 404
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    # The exception class itself is importable, distinct from ValueError,
+    # and a proper Exception subclass — pinning the type-based dispatch
+    # so future refactors can't quietly collapse it back to a string sniff.
+    from chat.web.skip import ChatNotFoundError
+
+    assert ChatNotFoundError is not None
+    assert issubclass(ChatNotFoundError, Exception)
+    assert not issubclass(ChatNotFoundError, ValueError)
+
+
 def test_post_skip_elision_invalid_time_returns_400(client, tmp_path):
     _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
     _override_llm([])

tests/test_meanwhile_turn_flow.py

@@ -570,3 +570,173 @@ def test_meanwhile_turn_registered_in_in_flight_tasks(
     # 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
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_turn_cancellation_via_route(app_state_setup, tmp_path):
+    """T85.2: a cancellation that fires while a meanwhile beat is
+    streaming truncates the assistant_turn and skips the post-turn
+    memory + state-update writes — the same end-to-end shape the
+    /turns/cancel route produces.
+
+    Drives the cancel by hijacking ``client.stream`` to raise
+    CancelledError on its first iteration — the exact pattern proven
+    by ``test_cancelled_turn_still_closes_scene_when_user_prose_signals_close``
+    in ``tests/test_turn_flow.py``. This mirrors what
+    ``cancel_turn`` does in production (``task.cancel()`` schedules a
+    CancelledError on the next await); doing the raise inline avoids
+    the TestClient-loop-reentry problem that prevents driving a second
+    POST mid-stream from the same synchronous test thread, while
+    exercising the same code path: the meanwhile streamer's
+    ``except asyncio.CancelledError`` block at meanwhile.py:276 sets
+    ``cancelled=True`` + ``truncated=True``, the assistant_turn lands
+    with the partial, and the memory/state-update branch is skipped.
+
+    The ``_in_flight_tasks`` registration that wires the cancel route
+    to the meanwhile streamer is independently pinned by
+    ``test_meanwhile_turn_registered_in_in_flight_tasks`` above; this
+    test pins the downstream behavioural shape the registration
+    enables — together they cover the full Stop-button lifecycle for
+    meanwhile beats.
+
+    Behavioural pins:
+
+    * ``assistant_turn`` lands with ``truncated=True``,
+      ``meanwhile_scene_id=2``, ``speaker_id="bot_a"``.
+    * No ``memory_written`` events fire (cancel skips per-bot writes).
+    * No post-turn ``edge_update`` events fire (cancel skips state updates).
+    * ``_in_flight_tasks`` is empty post-flight.
+    """
+    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")
+
+    class _CancelOnStreamMock(MockLLMClient):
+        """Yields CancelledError on first iteration of ``stream`` —
+        simulates ``cancel_turn`` having fired ``task.cancel()`` on the
+        in-flight streaming task. ``generate`` is delegated to the
+        canned-queue base so parse_turn still resolves cleanly.
+        """
+
+        async def stream(
+            self, messages: Sequence[Message], *, model: str, **params
+        ) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+            raise asyncio.CancelledError
+            yield  # pragma: no cover — keeps this an async generator.
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "narration", "text": "they exchange a glance"}]}
+    )
+    # Canned queue: only parse_turn — the narrative slot is never pulled
+    # because stream raises before consuming it, and post-turn
+    # state-update is skipped by the cancel branch.
+    mock = _CancelOnStreamMock(canned=[canned_parse])
+    from chat.web.kickoff import get_llm_client
+
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_llm_client] = lambda: mock
+    try:
+        # The meanwhile controller re-raises CancelledError after the
+        # partial assistant_turn is recorded (meanwhile.py:387). The
+        # outer post_turn route has no catch for CancelledError on the
+        # meanwhile path (turns.py:244-254 only catches ValueError), so
+        # the exception propagates up through Starlette. TestClient
+        # surfaces that as a 500 or a propagated exception depending on
+        # Starlette/asyncio versions; we don't pin the response.
+        try:
+            app_state_setup.post(
+                "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+                data={"prose": "they exchange a glance"},
+            )
+        except BaseException:
+            pass
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        assistant_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        memory_count = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'memory_written'"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        # Edge updates AFTER the assistant_turn (i.e. excluding seeded ones).
+        max_at_row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT MAX(id) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn'"
+        ).fetchone()
+        max_at = max_at_row[0] if max_at_row[0] is not None else 0
+        post_turn_edge_updates = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'edge_update' AND id > ?",
+            (max_at,),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+
+    # The cancelled assistant_turn was still recorded with truncated=True,
+    # carrying whatever partial text accumulated before cancel propagated
+    # (zero text here since the cancel hits on the first iteration).
+    assert len(assistant_rows) == 1
+    payload = json.loads(assistant_rows[0][0])
+    assert payload["truncated"] is True, payload
+    assert payload["meanwhile_scene_id"] == 2
+    assert payload["speaker_id"] == "bot_a"
+
+    # No per-bot memory writes — cancellation short-circuits the memory
+    # + state-update branch (see chat/web/meanwhile.py:308).
+    assert memory_count == 0
+
+    # No post-turn edge_updates — same short-circuit.
+    assert post_turn_edge_updates == 0
+
+    # Post-flight: registry cleared so the cancel route won't try to
+    # re-cancel a defunct task on a follow-up POST.
+    assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks
+
+
+def test_meanwhile_cancel_route_no_op_after_turn_completes(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """T85.2: POST ``/chats/<id>/turns/cancel`` AFTER a meanwhile turn
+    has fully completed is a silent 204 no-op — there is no in-flight
+    task to cancel, the registry is empty, and the route must not error.
+
+    Pins the cancel endpoint's robustness against the common-but-racy
+    sequence where the user clicks Stop just after the stream finished
+    (the SSE channel hasn't yet flipped the client-side ``isStreaming``
+    flag). This is a complement to the snapshot test: the snapshot test
+    pins that the registry IS populated mid-flight, this test pins that
+    it isn't AFTER and that the route copes gracefully.
+    """
+    from chat.web.turns import _in_flight_tasks
+
+    _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*",
+        _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 == []
+
+    # Registry was cleaned up after the stream completed.
+    assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks
+
+    # Cancel after-the-fact: 204, no error, registry stays empty.
+    cancel_response = app_state_setup.post(
+        "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns/cancel"
+    )
+    assert cancel_response.status_code == 204
+    assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks

tests/test_memory_write.py

@@ -444,3 +444,91 @@ def test_record_for_present_dict_keys_match(tmp_path):
             narrative_text="Both bots witness this.",
         )
         assert set(result_with_guest.keys()) == {"bot_a", "bot_b"}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T84: unified record_turn_memory_for_present API with you_present kwarg.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_record_turn_memory_you_present_false_writes_meanwhile_witness_mask(tmp_path):
+    """When ``you_present=False`` the witness mask should be
+    ``[you=0, host=1, guest=1]`` for both bots — the meanwhile shape."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    _seed_two_bots(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        result = record_turn_memory_for_present(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_ab",
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+            guest_bot_id="bot_b",
+            narrative_text="BotA and BotB confer privately.",
+            scene_id=None,
+            chat_clock_at="2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+            you_present=False,
+        )
+
+        assert set(result.keys()) == {"bot_a", "bot_b"}
+
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT owner_id, witness_you, witness_host, witness_guest "
+            "FROM memories ORDER BY owner_id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 2
+        for _owner, w_you, w_host, w_guest in rows:
+            assert w_you == 0
+            assert w_host == 1
+            assert w_guest == 1
+
+        # Two memory_written events were appended.
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'memory_written'"
+        )
+        assert cur.fetchone()[0] == 2
+
+
+def test_record_turn_memory_you_present_true_default_writes_normal_witness_mask(tmp_path):
+    """Default ``you_present=True`` preserves Phase 2 behaviour:
+    ``witness_you=1`` for the host POV row."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    _seed_minimal(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # No explicit you_present arg — should default to True.
+        result = record_turn_memory_for_present(
+            conn,
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+            guest_bot_id=None,
+            narrative_text="BotA hums to herself.",
+        )
+        assert set(result.keys()) == {"bot_a"}
+
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT witness_you, witness_host, witness_guest "
+            "FROM memories WHERE owner_id = 'bot_a'"
+        ).fetchone()
+        assert row is not None
+        w_you, w_host, w_guest = row
+        assert w_you == 1
+        assert w_host == 1
+        assert w_guest == 0
+
+
+def test_record_turn_memory_you_present_false_requires_guest(tmp_path):
+    """Calling with ``you_present=False`` and no ``guest_bot_id`` is a
+    programming error — meanwhile scenes always have both bots."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    _seed_minimal(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="you_present=False requires guest_bot_id"):
+            record_turn_memory_for_present(
+                conn,
+                chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+                host_bot_id="bot_a",
+                guest_bot_id=None,
+                narrative_text="invalid",
+                you_present=False,
+            )

tests/test_per_pov_summary.py

@@ -1418,3 +1418,528 @@ def test_consumed_digest_does_not_render_again(tmp_path):
         body2 = msgs2[0].content
         assert "Meanwhile while you were away:" not in body2
         assert digest_text not in body2
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T80: scene_summarize polish bundle.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_scene_close_re_run_does_not_double_suffix(tmp_path):
+    """T80.1: re-running ``apply_scene_close_summary`` on the same scene
+    must NOT stack a second "Key quotes:" suffix on each pov_summary. The
+    builder strips any existing suffix from candidate text before
+    composing the new one, and the per-POV write replaces (not appends
+    to) the existing suffix.
+    """
+    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)
+        # Significance >= 2 triggers the Key quotes suffix path.
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya quote one", significance=3)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary="Maya quote two", significance=2)
+        project(conn)
+
+        # First close.
+        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 pov.count("Key quotes:") == 1
+
+        # Second close on the same scene with fresh canned responses.
+        client2 = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned, no_threads])
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client2,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        rows2 = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE scene_id = 1"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert rows2
+        for (pov,) in rows2:
+            # Still exactly ONE "Key quotes:" suffix — no recursive bloat.
+            assert pov.count("Key quotes:") == 1
+            # And no nested-quote artifacts (the suffix wasn't sourced
+            # from a row whose text already contained the suffix).
+            inner_count = pov.count("Key quotes:")
+            assert inner_count == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_thread_detection_uses_scene_scoped_transcript(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """T80.2: when a chat has multiple closed scenes, the second scene's
+    close must hand ``detect_threads`` ONLY the second scene's turns —
+    not the chat-wide last-50, which would bleed in the first scene's
+    transcript and risk mis-closing threads."""
+    from chat.services import thread_detection as td_mod
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a quick chat.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Steady.",
+        }
+    )
+
+    captured_transcripts: list[list[dict]] = []
+
+    async def capturing_detect_threads(client, **kwargs):
+        captured_transcripts.append(list(kwargs["scene_transcript"]))
+        return td_mod.ThreadDetectionResult()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(td_mod, "detect_threads", capturing_detect_threads)
+
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # Seed scene 1 + 3 turns + close.
+        _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
+        # Add two extra distinct turns inside scene 1 so the transcript
+        # has clearly-scene-1 markers we can assert on.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "prose": "SCENE_ONE_USER_TURN",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+                "text": "SCENE_ONE_BOT_TURN",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": 2,
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+        # Close scene 1.
+        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",
+        )
+
+        # Open scene 2 with distinct dialogue. Use append_and_apply so
+        # the new events project incrementally without re-running the
+        # already-applied seed events.
+        from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="scene_opened",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "container_id": 1,
+                "started_at": "2026-04-26T21:00:00+00:00",
+                "participants": ["you", "bot_a"],
+            },
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="memory_written",
+            payload={
+                "owner_id": "bot_a",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "scene_id": 2,
+                "pov_summary": "Original (scene 2)",
+                "witness_you": 1,
+                "witness_host": 1,
+                "witness_guest": 0,
+                "significance": 1,
+            },
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "prose": "SCENE_TWO_USER_TURN",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+                "text": "SCENE_TWO_BOT_TURN",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": 3,
+            },
+        )
+
+        # Close scene 2.
+        client2 = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client2,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=2,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        # The second close's transcript holds only scene-2 markers.
+        assert len(captured_transcripts) == 2
+        scene_two_transcript = captured_transcripts[1]
+        joined = " ".join(t.get("text", "") for t in scene_two_transcript)
+        assert "SCENE_TWO" in joined
+        assert "SCENE_ONE" not in joined
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_detect_threads_failure_is_logged(tmp_path, monkeypatch, caplog):
+    """T80.3: when ``detect_threads`` raises, the broad except must log
+    the failure at DEBUG so a programmer-error flap surfaces in local
+    logs even though the close pipeline keeps moving."""
+    import logging
+
+    from chat.services import thread_detection as td_mod
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a quick chat.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Steady.",
+        }
+    )
+
+    async def boom(client, **kwargs):
+        raise RuntimeError("test-detect-threads-boom")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(td_mod, "detect_threads", boom)
+
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene(conn)
+        project(conn)
+
+        caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="chat.services.scene_summarize")
+        client = MockLLMClient(canned=[canned])
+        # Close should NOT raise even though detect_threads did.
+        await apply_scene_close_summary(
+            conn,
+            client,
+            classifier_model="x",
+            chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+            scene_id=1,
+            host_bot_id="bot_a",
+        )
+
+        # Log carries the error message.
+        assert any(
+            "detect_threads failed" in rec.message
+            and "test-detect-threads-boom" in rec.message
+            for rec in caplog.records
+        ), [r.message for r in caplog.records]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_thread_closed_uses_chat_clock_time(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """T80.4: emitted ``thread_closed`` events stamp ``closed_at`` with
+    the chat-clock time (chat["time"]), not the host's wall clock. The
+    rest of the close pipeline already does this; threads must agree
+    so timeline reconstruction stays consistent."""
+    from chat.services import thread_detection as td_mod
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a quick chat.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Steady.",
+        }
+    )
+
+    async def fake_detect_threads(client, **kwargs):
+        return td_mod.ThreadDetectionResult(
+            candidates=[
+                td_mod.ThreadCandidate(
+                    action="close",
+                    existing_thread_id="thr_x",
+                    summary="resolved",
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+
+    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)
+        # Pre-seed an open thread so the "close" candidate has something
+        # real to close, and pin the chat clock to a known value.
+        from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+        import chat.state.threads  # noqa: F401
+
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_x",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "Lingering question",
+                "summary": "What did Maya hide?",
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+        # UPDATE chat_state AFTER project so the re-projection doesn't
+        # overwrite the pinned clock value.
+        chat_clock = "2026-04-26T10:00:00+00:00"
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE chat_state SET time = ? WHERE chat_id = ?",
+            (chat_clock, "chat_bot_a"),
+        )
+
+        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_closed'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["thread_id"] == "thr_x"
+        assert payload["closed_at"] == chat_clock
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# T80.5: T58 coverage gaps (truncation, thread update/close emissions).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_key_quote_truncation_at_200_chars(tmp_path):
+    """T80.5: when a memory's pov_summary exceeds 200 chars, the
+    Key-quote bullet truncates the source text to exactly 200 chars
+    (no ellipsis — a hard slice, per the existing T58 implementation)."""
+    db = tmp_path / "t.db"
+    apply_migrations(db)
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a heavy talk.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Things shifted.",
+        }
+    )
+    no_threads = json.dumps({"candidates": []})
+    long_text = "X" * 500  # 500 X's; expected slice is 200 X's.
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        _seed_single_bot_scene_no_memory(conn)
+        _seed_memory(conn, pov_summary=long_text, 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",
+        )
+
+        new_pov = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT pov_summary FROM memories WHERE scene_id = 1"
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert "Key quotes:" in new_pov
+        # The bullet should contain exactly 200 X's, not 500.
+        # Format from _build_key_quotes_suffix: ``- "<text>"``.
+        bullet_marker = '- "'
+        idx = new_pov.index(bullet_marker)
+        # Count consecutive X's after the bullet marker.
+        x_run = 0
+        for ch in new_pov[idx + len(bullet_marker):]:
+            if ch == "X":
+                x_run += 1
+            else:
+                break
+        assert x_run == 200, (
+            f"expected 200-char truncation, got {x_run}"
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_thread_detection_update_candidate_emits_thread_updated(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """T80.5: a detect_threads ``update`` candidate produces a
+    ``thread_updated`` event with the candidate's summary and a
+    last_referenced_scene_id pointing at the closed scene."""
+    from chat.services import thread_detection as td_mod
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a quick chat.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Steady.",
+        }
+    )
+
+    async def fake_detect_threads(client, **kwargs):
+        return td_mod.ThreadDetectionResult(
+            candidates=[
+                td_mod.ThreadCandidate(
+                    action="update",
+                    existing_thread_id="thr_x",
+                    summary="updated summary",
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+
+    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)
+        from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+        import chat.state.threads  # noqa: F401
+
+        # Pre-seed the open thread so the update has a row to target.
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_x",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "Lingering question",
+                "summary": "old summary",
+            },
+        )
+        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_updated'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["thread_id"] == "thr_x"
+        assert payload["summary"] == "updated summary"
+        assert payload["last_referenced_scene_id"] == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_thread_detection_close_candidate_emits_thread_closed(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    """T80.5: a detect_threads ``close`` candidate produces a
+    ``thread_closed`` event for the existing thread."""
+    from chat.services import thread_detection as td_mod
+
+    canned = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA had a quick chat.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "Steady.",
+        }
+    )
+
+    async def fake_detect_threads(client, **kwargs):
+        return td_mod.ThreadDetectionResult(
+            candidates=[
+                td_mod.ThreadCandidate(
+                    action="close",
+                    existing_thread_id="thr_x",
+                    summary="resolved",
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+
+    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)
+        from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+        import chat.state.threads  # noqa: F401
+
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="thread_opened",
+            payload={
+                "thread_id": "thr_x",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "title": "Lingering question",
+                "summary": "open",
+            },
+        )
+        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_closed'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        payload = json.loads(rows[0][0])
+        assert payload["thread_id"] == "thr_x"
+        # closed_at field is present (T80.4 verifies its value).
+        assert "closed_at" in payload

tests/test_phase3_integration.py

@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ Cross-feature notes discovered while writing these tests:
   swallowed. Tests that don't care about thread coverage can omit the
   slot; test 2 includes a valid thread response to exercise the path.
 - ``consume_pending_meanwhile_digests`` is defined in chat.services.prompt
-  but is NOT currently wired into the post_turn flow. The digest stays
+  and is wired into the END of post_turn (after scene-close detection)
-  pending across turns until the helper is called explicitly. Test 4
+  by T82.1. Test 4 still drives the helper directly because it asserts
-  reflects this: it asserts the digest renders pre-consumption AND
+  the helper's contract in isolation (no post_turn round-trip in scope);
-  post-consumption (driven via the helper directly), and that the
+  the explicit call doubles as defensive coverage and is idempotent — a
-  meanwhile_digest_consumed event lands in the event_log.
+  second call on already-consumed digests is a no-op.
 - The host-only ``apply_scene_close_summary`` canned queue layout is
   ``[host_pov, thread_detection]`` (2 slots) when a single bot is present
   and there are dialogue rows, with thread_detection being optional /
@@ -769,10 +769,11 @@ def test_meanwhile_close_digest_surfaces_then_consumed(
     — the digest is gone, and a meanwhile_digest_consumed event landed.
 
     Cross-feature finding: ``consume_pending_meanwhile_digests`` is
-    defined in chat.services.prompt but is NOT wired into the post_turn
+    defined in chat.services.prompt and wired into post_turn by T82.1
-    flow. The digest stays pending across turns until callers invoke
+    (after scene-close detection). This test exercises the helper
-    the helper. Test exercises the helper directly so the consumption
+    directly so the consumption contract is pinned in isolation from
-    contract is pinned independent of any future post_turn integration.
+    the post_turn round-trip; T82.1's wiring is covered by a dedicated
+    test in tests/test_turn_flow.py.
 
     Canned queue for the meanwhile turn:
       1. parse_turn

tests/test_prompt.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ 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
+from chat.services.prompt import _witness_role_for, assemble_narrative_prompt
 
 
 def _seed_basic(conn) -> None:
@@ -852,3 +852,10 @@ def test_assemble_with_open_thread_renders_block(tmp_path):
     body = msgs[0].content
     assert "Open threads:" in body
     assert "Maya's job hunt" in body
+
+
+def test_witness_role_for_none_host_returns_host():
+    assert _witness_role_for("bot_a", None) == "host"
+    # Sanity check: existing semantics preserved.
+    assert _witness_role_for("bot_a", "bot_a") == "host"
+    assert _witness_role_for("bot_a", "bot_b") == "guest"

tests/test_regenerate.py

@@ -662,3 +662,356 @@ def test_regenerate_drops_interjection_when_classifier_returns_false(
         new_primary_payload = json.loads(cur[0][0])
         assert new_primary_payload["text"] == "New primary text."
         assert "interjection_of" not in new_primary_payload
+
+
+def test_regenerate_with_prior_lifecycle_logs_warning(tmp_path, monkeypatch, caplog):
+    """T83.4: when the superseded assistant_turn already produced
+    lifecycle transitions (event_started / event_completed /
+    event_cancelled), regenerate emits a WARNING naming the un-rolled-
+    back transitions. Phase 3.5 documents the gap; the actual rollback
+    is Phase 4 work.
+    """
+    import asyncio
+    import logging
+
+    from chat.config import Settings
+    from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+    from chat.eventlog.log import append_and_apply
+    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)
+
+    # After the assistant_turn lands, simulate that the turn flow
+    # produced an event_completed transition. ``append_and_apply`` is
+    # the standard path so the events projection updates.
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_planned",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_x",
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "kind": "story_event",
+                "props": {},
+                "planned_for": "2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_started",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_x",
+                "started_at": "2026-04-30T19:00:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+        completed_id = append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="event_completed",
+            payload={
+                "event_id": "evt_x",
+                "completed_at": "2026-04-30T19:30:00+00:00",
+            },
+        )
+    assert completed_id is not None
+
+    state_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+    mock_client = MockLLMClient(
+        canned=["Refreshed reply.", state_canned, state_canned]
+    )
+    settings = Settings(featherless_api_key="test")
+
+    caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING, logger="chat.services.regenerate")
+
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        asyncio.run(
+            regenerate_assistant_turn(
+                conn,
+                mock_client,
+                settings=settings,
+                chat_id="chat_bot_a",
+                original_assistant_event_id=at_id,
+            )
+        )
+
+    # The warning records the count and at least one of the affected
+    # event_log ids (event_started + event_completed = at minimum 2).
+    warnings = [
+        r for r in caplog.records if r.levelname == "WARNING"
+    ]
+    matching = [w for w in warnings if "lifecycle transition" in w.getMessage()]
+    assert matching, (
+        "expected a WARNING about un-rolled-back lifecycle transitions; "
+        f"got: {[w.getMessage() for w in warnings]}"
+    )
+    msg = matching[0].getMessage()
+    # Reference the original superseded turn's id and the event_completed
+    # row's id.
+    assert str(at_id) in msg
+    assert str(completed_id) in msg
+
+
+def test_regenerate_sibling_lookup_scoped_to_chat(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """T83.3: regenerate's sibling-interjection lookup is scoped to the
+    chat being regenerated.
+
+    Setup: TWO chats, each with a primary + interjection turn group whose
+    rows happen to share the same ``user_turn_id`` value (the projector
+    assigns event_log ids monotonically across the whole database, so
+    when each chat is seeded back-to-back the chat A primary lands on a
+    different ``user_turn_id`` than chat B's — but in older versions the
+    sibling query had no chat predicate, so it could in principle latch
+    onto a row from a different chat if ids collided in some unusual
+    flow). We construct the seeding so chat B's interjection has the
+    SAME ``interjection_of`` value as the chat A primary's speaker_id —
+    pre-T83.3 the global query could have picked it up.
+
+    Assert: regenerating the chat A primary leaves chat B's rows
+    untouched (no supersede), and the regenerated chat A turn group's
+    interjection (the only one regenerate should regenerate) has its
+    ``regenerated_from`` pointing at the chat A original interjection,
+    not chat B's.
+    """
+    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)
+
+    # Seed chat A's interjection group.
+    a_ut_id, a_primary_id, a_interjection_id = _seed_with_interjection_group(
+        db_path
+    )
+
+    # Seed chat B with the same shape but a different chat_id and bot
+    # ids, then add an interjection group whose ``interjection_of``
+    # points at "bot_a" so a global (unscoped) query could collide.
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        for bot_id, name in (("bot_c", "BotC"), ("bot_d", "BotD")):
+            append_event(
+                conn,
+                kind="bot_authored",
+                payload={
+                    "id": bot_id,
+                    "name": name,
+                    "persona": "",
+                    "voice_samples": [],
+                    "traits": [],
+                    "backstory": "",
+                    "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+                    "kickoff_prose": "",
+                },
+            )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_other",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_c",
+                "guest_bot_id": "bot_d",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        b_ut_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_other",
+                "prose": "different chat",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        b_primary_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_other",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_c",
+                "text": "Other primary.",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": b_ut_id,
+            },
+        )
+        # The chat B interjection's ``interjection_of`` references
+        # "bot_a" — the chat A primary's speaker. Pre-T83.3 the global
+        # sibling query could mis-match this row.
+        b_interjection_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_other",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_d",
+                "text": "Cross-chat noise.",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": b_ut_id,
+                "interjection_of": "bot_a",
+            },
+        )
+
+    # Stub the interjection classifier to return True so the regenerate
+    # actively walks the sibling-discovery path.
+    async def _stub_should_interject(*_args, **_kwargs):
+        return InterjectionDecision(should_interject=True, reason="fired")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        regenerate_module, "detect_interjection", _stub_should_interject
+    )
+
+    state_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+    canned: list[str] = (
+        ["New chat A primary."]
+        + [state_canned] * 6
+        + ["New chat A interjection."]
+        + [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=a_primary_id,
+            )
+        )
+        assert new_text == "New chat A primary."
+
+        # Chat B rows are untouched — neither superseded nor referenced.
+        b_primary_super = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT superseded_by FROM event_log WHERE id = ?",
+            (b_primary_id,),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        b_interjection_super = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT superseded_by FROM event_log WHERE id = ?",
+            (b_interjection_id,),
+        ).fetchone()[0]
+        assert b_primary_super is None
+        assert b_interjection_super is None
+
+        # Chat A's regenerated interjection has its ``regenerated_from``
+        # pointing at chat A's original interjection — NOT chat B's.
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'assistant_turn' "
+            "  AND id NOT IN (?, ?, ?, ?) "
+            "  AND superseded_by IS NULL",
+            (a_primary_id, a_interjection_id, b_primary_id, b_interjection_id),
+        ).fetchall()
+        # Two new rows: regenerated primary + regenerated interjection.
+        assert len(cur) == 2
+        payloads = [json.loads(row[0]) for row in cur]
+        # Find the regenerated interjection (carries interjection_of).
+        new_interject_payloads = [
+            p for p in payloads if p.get("interjection_of")
+        ]
+        assert len(new_interject_payloads) == 1
+        assert new_interject_payloads[0]["regenerated_from"] == a_interjection_id
+        # Pin chat scope on every new row.
+        for p in payloads:
+            assert p["chat_id"] == "chat_multi"
+
+
+def test_regenerate_registers_task_in_in_flight_tasks(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """T83.1: regenerate's streaming Task is registered in the chat-keyed
+    ``_in_flight_tasks`` dict so the /turns/cancel route can cancel a
+    mid-regenerate stream. Mirrors the meanwhile registration pattern
+    pinned by tests/test_meanwhile_turn_flow.py.
+
+    Snapshot pattern: a custom MockLLMClient subclass captures the
+    presence of the chat_id in ``_in_flight_tasks`` at the first stream
+    yield (when the regenerate coroutine is awaiting our generator and
+    the task is alive). Post-flight, the entry must be cleaned up so the
+    next regenerate / turn registers a fresh task.
+    """
+    import asyncio
+    from typing import AsyncIterator, Sequence
+
+    from chat.config import Settings
+    from chat.db.migrate import apply_migrations
+    from chat.llm.client import Message
+    from chat.services.regenerate import regenerate_assistant_turn
+    from chat.web.turns import _in_flight_tasks
+
+    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)
+
+    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:
+                    in_flight_snapshot["present"] = (
+                        "chat_bot_a" in _in_flight_tasks
+                    )
+                    in_flight_snapshot["task"] = _in_flight_tasks.get(
+                        "chat_bot_a"
+                    )
+                yield ch
+
+    state_canned = json.dumps(
+        {"affinity_delta": 0, "trust_delta": 0, "knowledge_facts": []}
+    )
+    mock_client = _SnapshotMock(
+        canned=["Refreshed reply.", state_canned, state_canned]
+    )
+
+    settings = Settings(featherless_api_key="test")
+
+    # Pre-condition: registry empty for this chat.
+    assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks
+
+    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 == "Refreshed reply."
+
+    # Mid-flight: the streaming task was present in the registry, and
+    # the captured value was an asyncio.Task.
+    assert in_flight_snapshot.get("present") is True, (
+        "_in_flight_tasks was empty at first yield — regenerate stream "
+        "isn't registering its task"
+    )
+    assert isinstance(in_flight_snapshot.get("task"), asyncio.Task)
+    # Post-flight: the entry has been cleaned up.
+    assert "chat_bot_a" not in _in_flight_tasks

tests/test_render.py

@@ -85,3 +85,26 @@ def test_render_prose_mixed_full_message():
     assert '<em class="action">looks up</em>' in out
     # The apostrophe in ``she's`` is HTML-escaped to ``&#x27;``.
     assert '<span class="ooc">((she&#x27;s tired))</span>' in out
+
+
+def test_render_turn_html_stamps_event_id_when_provided():
+    """T86 follow-up: when ``event_id`` is supplied the wrapper DIV
+    carries ``id="turn-<event_id>"`` so the chat-page
+    ``turn_html_replace`` SSE handler can locate the prior turn DOM
+    node by id and swap it in-place. Without the id the handler's
+    ``getElementById('turn-' + supersedes_id)`` lookup misses and
+    the regenerated turn appends instead of replaces.
+    """
+    out = render_turn_html("BotA", "Hello.", role="bot", event_id=42)
+    assert 'id="turn-42"' in out
+    # The id must sit on the wrapper DIV, not somewhere nested inside.
+    assert out.startswith('<div id="turn-42" class="turn turn-bot">')
+
+
+def test_render_turn_html_omits_id_when_event_id_missing():
+    """Legacy callers (no ``event_id`` passed) get a clean DIV with no
+    id attribute — preserves the pre-T86 fragment shape.
+    """
+    out = render_turn_html("BotA", "Hello.", role="bot")
+    assert "id=" not in out
+    assert out.startswith('<div class="turn turn-bot">')

tests/test_skip_narration.py

@@ -98,6 +98,49 @@ class _RaisingMock:
         yield  # pragma: no cover - make this a generator
 
 
+class _RecordingMock:
+    """Mock LLMClient that records the kwargs passed to ``generate``.
+
+    Used to assert that callers plumb through optional parameters like
+    ``timeout_s`` instead of swallowing them. Returns a fixed string so
+    the surrounding fallback path is not exercised.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.captured_kwargs: dict | None = None
+
+    async def generate(
+        self, messages: Sequence[Message], *, model: str, **params
+    ) -> str:
+        self.captured_kwargs = dict(params)
+        return "ok"
+
+    async def stream(
+        self, messages: Sequence[Message], *, model: str, **params
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[str]:
+        raise RuntimeError("not used")
+        yield  # pragma: no cover - make this a generator
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_narrate_skip_passes_timeout_through():
+    mock = _RecordingMock()
+    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",
+        timeout_s=12.5,
+    )
+    assert mock.captured_kwargs is not None
+    assert mock.captured_kwargs.get("timeout_s") == 12.5
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_narrate_falls_back_on_generation_failure():
     new_time = "next morning"

tests/test_streaming_ux.py

@@ -174,3 +174,74 @@ def test_chat_html_includes_stop_streaming_script(client, tmp_path):
     assert "stop-streaming" in body or "isStreaming" in body
     # Cancel route reference must be wired so the Stop button can call it.
     assert "/turns/cancel" in body
+
+
+def test_chat_html_has_turn_html_replace_listener(client, tmp_path):
+    """T86: the chat shell wires a JS handler for the ``turn_html_replace``
+    SSE event so regenerate-driven swaps land in connected tabs without a
+    page refresh.
+
+    This is a presence / string-check test: it verifies the handler is
+    embedded in the rendered template but does NOT drive a real browser
+    (no headless runner is wired into this test environment). The end-to-
+    end behaviour — receiving the event over SSE and replacing the prior
+    turn's DOM node — is therefore not exercised here; a manual smoke
+    check or future browser-driven test would close that gap.
+    """
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.get("/chats/chat_bot_a")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+    # The handler must be wired against the SSE event name the backend
+    # publishes (chat.services.regenerate -> "turn_html_replace").
+    assert "turn_html_replace" in body
+    # Confirm the handler reads the JSON payload's ``supersedes_id`` so
+    # it can locate the prior turn node. The exact lookup mechanism may
+    # vary, but the field name is part of the contract with the backend.
+    assert "supersedes_id" in body
+
+
+def test_rendered_turn_html_includes_event_id(client, tmp_path):
+    """T86 follow-up: the chat-detail Jinja loop stamps
+    ``id="turn-<event_id>"`` on every rendered turn DIV. Without this id
+    the ``turn_html_replace`` SSE handler's ``getElementById`` lookup
+    misses, falls through to ``insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', …)``, and
+    the regenerated turn appears APPENDED instead of swapped in-place
+    (rendering the primary handler path dead code — exactly the gap the
+    T86 reviewer flagged).
+
+    Seed a user_turn + assistant_turn, GET the chat page, and assert the
+    response body carries both turns' event ids on the wrapper DIVs.
+    """
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    _seed_chat(db_path)
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        ut_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "prose": "hello bot",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        at_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+                "text": "Hi there.",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": ut_id,
+            },
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+
+    response = client.get("/chats/chat_bot_a")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+    # Both seeded turns must carry ``id="turn-<event_id>"`` so the SSE
+    # in-place swap can find them.
+    assert f'id="turn-{ut_id}"' in body
+    assert f'id="turn-{at_id}"' in body

tests/test_turn_common.py

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+"""Shared turn helpers (T83.2).
+
+``chat.services.turn_common`` extracts two snippets that were duplicated
+between ``chat.web.turns`` and ``chat.services.regenerate``: the recent
+user-side / assistant_turn read, and the directed-pair edge gather for
+the multi-pair state-update pass. These tests pin the helpers' behavior
+independently of either call site.
+"""
+
+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
+from chat.services.turn_common import gather_prior_edges, read_recent_dialogue
+
+
+def _seed_basic_chat(db_path):
+    """Seed bot + chat + a couple of edges + one round of user/assistant
+    turns. Returns ``(user_turn_id, assistant_turn_id)``.
+    """
+    apply_migrations(db_path)
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": "bot_a",
+                "name": "BotA",
+                "persona": "thoughtful",
+                "voice_samples": [],
+                "traits": [],
+                "backstory": "",
+                "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+                "kickoff_prose": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": "chat_a",
+                "host_bot_id": "bot_a",
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": "bot_a",
+                "target_id": "you",
+                "chat_id": "chat_a",
+                "affinity_delta": 7,
+                "trust_delta": 3,
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": "you",
+                "target_id": "bot_a",
+                "chat_id": "chat_a",
+                "affinity_delta": 2,
+                "trust_delta": 1,
+            },
+        )
+        ut_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_a",
+                "prose": "hello",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        at_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_a",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+                "text": "Original.",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": ut_id,
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+    return ut_id, at_id
+
+
+def test_read_recent_dialogue_returns_chronological_pairs(tmp_path):
+    """``read_recent_dialogue`` returns oldest-first ``{speaker, text}``
+    entries scoped to the requested chat. Speaker is "you" for user-side
+    rows and the assistant_turn's ``speaker_id`` for bot rows.
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    _seed_basic_chat(db)
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        out = read_recent_dialogue(conn, "chat_a", limit=10)
+
+    # Each entry now carries the source ``event_log.id`` as ``event_id``
+    # (T86 follow-up) so the chat-detail Jinja loop can stamp
+    # ``id="turn-<n>"`` on each rendered turn DIV — needed by the
+    # ``turn_html_replace`` SSE handler for in-place regenerate swaps.
+    speakers = [(e["speaker"], e["text"]) for e in out]
+    assert speakers == [
+        ("you", "hello"),
+        ("bot_a", "Original."),
+    ]
+    assert all("event_id" in e and isinstance(e["event_id"], int) for e in out)
+
+
+def test_read_recent_dialogue_filters_superseded_and_other_chats(tmp_path):
+    """Superseded rows drop out (regenerate-aware). Rows scoped to a
+    different chat are also filtered. ``exclude_event_id`` excludes a
+    specific row even when it isn't superseded yet (regenerate uses this
+    to drop the original assistant_turn before the supersede UPDATE
+    lands).
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    ut_id, at_id = _seed_basic_chat(db)
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        # Append a second user/assistant pair.
+        ut_id2 = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_a",
+                "prose": "how are you",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        at_id2 = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="assistant_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_a",
+                "speaker_id": "bot_a",
+                "text": "Second.",
+                "truncated": False,
+                "user_turn_id": ut_id2,
+            },
+        )
+        # And a row scoped to a different chat — must NOT appear.
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "other_chat",
+                "prose": "should be filtered",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        # Mark the first assistant_turn as superseded — must drop out.
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE event_log SET superseded_by = ? WHERE id = ?",
+            (at_id2, at_id),
+        )
+
+        out = read_recent_dialogue(conn, "chat_a", limit=10)
+        # First (superseded) assistant turn dropped; "other_chat" rows
+        # filtered; first user_turn still present.
+        speakers = [(e["speaker"], e["text"]) for e in out]
+        assert speakers == [
+            ("you", "hello"),
+            ("you", "how are you"),
+            ("bot_a", "Second."),
+        ]
+
+        # exclude_event_id drops at_id2 even though it's not superseded.
+        out2 = read_recent_dialogue(
+            conn, "chat_a", limit=10, exclude_event_id=at_id2
+        )
+        speakers2 = [(e["speaker"], e["text"]) for e in out2]
+        assert ("bot_a", "Second.") not in speakers2
+        assert ("you", "how are you") in speakers2
+
+    # Ensure ut_id is still part of the dataset (sanity for the seed).
+    assert ut_id is not None
+
+
+def test_gather_prior_edges_fills_missing_with_default(tmp_path):
+    """``gather_prior_edges`` returns one entry per directed pair across
+    ``present_ids``. Missing rows fall back to the schema default
+    50/50 baseline; existing rows carry their stored values.
+    """
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    _seed_basic_chat(db)
+
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        out = gather_prior_edges(conn, ["bot_a", "you"])
+
+    # 2 entities -> 2 directed pairs (a->b and b->a, no self-pairs).
+    assert set(out.keys()) == {("bot_a", "you"), ("you", "bot_a")}
+    bot_to_you = out[("bot_a", "you")]
+    you_to_bot = out[("you", "bot_a")]
+    # Both edges seeded with deltas — they must reflect the projected
+    # affinity/trust (not the default 50/50).
+    assert bot_to_you["affinity"] == 57  # 50 + 7
+    assert bot_to_you["trust"] == 53  # 50 + 3
+    assert you_to_bot["affinity"] == 52
+    assert you_to_bot["trust"] == 51
+
+    # A pair with no row yet falls back to 50/50.
+    with open_db(db) as conn:
+        out_with_missing = gather_prior_edges(
+            conn, ["bot_a", "you", "ghost_bot"]
+        )
+    # 3 entities -> 6 directed pairs.
+    assert len(out_with_missing) == 6
+    fallback = out_with_missing[("bot_a", "ghost_bot")]
+    assert fallback["affinity"] == 50
+    assert fallback["trust"] == 50
+    assert fallback["summary"] == ""

tests/test_turn_flow.py

@@ -1317,3 +1317,247 @@ def test_skip_command_does_not_run_narrative_classifier(
         "assemble_narrative_prompt was called on the skip path; the "
         "natural-language skip dispatch must bypass narrative assembly."
     )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Phase 3.5 (T82.1) — post_turn consumes pending meanwhile digests.
+#
+# The helper ``consume_pending_meanwhile_digests`` lives in
+# chat.services.prompt and is now wired into the END of post_turn (after
+# scene-close detection, before the response broadcast). This pins the
+# wiring so future refactors don't accidentally drop the call and leave
+# digests pending forever.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_post_turn_consumes_pending_meanwhile_digests(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """Seed a pending meanwhile digest via ``meanwhile_digest_created``,
+    POST a regular you-turn through post_turn, and assert:
+
+    1. A ``meanwhile_digest_consumed`` event lands in the event_log.
+    2. ``list_pending_meanwhile_digests`` returns empty after the turn.
+
+    The post_turn flow surfaces the digest in the prompt (T65) and then
+    consumes it (T82.1) so the next turn starts clean.
+    """
+    _seed(tmp_path / "test.db")
+
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    # Seed a pending digest directly via the projection event. The scene_id
+    # field doesn't need to reference an existing meanwhile scene for the
+    # digest table — the FK is on the digest payload only.
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        append_and_apply(
+            conn,
+            kind="meanwhile_digest_created",
+            payload={
+                "scene_id": 99,
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "summary": "While you were away, the bots talked.",
+            },
+        )
+        # Confirm the digest is pending before the turn lands.
+        from chat.state.meanwhile import list_pending_meanwhile_digests
+
+        assert len(list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, "chat_bot_a")) == 1
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {"segments": [{"kind": "dialogue", "text": "hello"}]}
+    )
+    # Standard 4-slot queue: parse + narrative + 2 state-updates. No
+    # active scene so scene-close detection short-circuits without an LLM
+    # call (consistent with the no-guest regression test).
+    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()
+    # All canned slots drained — no extra classifier calls fired.
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        # A meanwhile_digest_consumed event landed for the seeded digest.
+        consumed_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT payload_json FROM event_log "
+            "WHERE kind = 'meanwhile_digest_consumed' ORDER BY id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(consumed_rows) == 1
+
+        # The pending list is empty after consumption.
+        from chat.state.meanwhile import list_pending_meanwhile_digests
+
+        assert list_pending_meanwhile_digests(conn, "chat_bot_a") == []
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Phase 3.5 (T82.2) — natural-language skip runs scene close detection.
+#
+# A user typing "fade out, skip an hour" should close the scene FIRST
+# (so the close summary captures the closing scene's final beat) and
+# THEN run the elision skip. Without this wiring, the skip dispatch
+# branch bypasses scene close entirely.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_natural_language_skip_with_close_signal_closes_scene(
+    app_state_setup, tmp_path
+):
+    """Prose that hard-signals a close ("fade out, skip to morning") and
+    parses as ``intent=skip_elision`` must:
+
+    1. Land a ``scene_closed`` event before any skip event.
+    2. Run ``apply_scene_close_summary`` for the closing scene.
+    3. Land a ``time_skip_elision`` event AFTER the scene_closed.
+
+    Order matters — the scene_closed id must be lower than the
+    time_skip_elision id in the event_log.
+
+    Canned queue (single-bot, scene seeded, NO prior dialogue rows):
+      1. parse_turn -> intent=skip_elision
+      2. detect_scene_close -> should_close=True
+      3. apply_scene_close_summary host POV
+      4. narrate_skip narration
+
+    detect_threads (T58.2 fires on every close) short-circuits when the
+    scene-scoped transcript is empty — in this test no user/assistant
+    turns landed in scene 1 before the close, so no thread-detection
+    slot is needed.
+    """
+    # Seed an open scene so detect_scene_close has something to act on.
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": "bot_a",
+                "name": "BotA",
+                "persona": "thoughtful, observant",
+                "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": "",
+            },
+        )
+        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",
+                "knowledge_facts": ["coworker"],
+            },
+        )
+        for entity_id, verb in [("you", "talking"), ("bot_a", "listening")]:
+            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)
+
+    canned_parse = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "segments": [
+                {"kind": "narration", "text": "fade out, skip to morning"}
+            ],
+            "intent": "skip_elision",
+            "landing_state_hint": "morning at home",
+        }
+    )
+    canned_close = json.dumps(
+        {"should_close": True, "reason": "fade out signaled"}
+    )
+    canned_pov = json.dumps(
+        {
+            "summary": "BotA noticed the day winding down.",
+            "knowledge_facts": [],
+            "relationship_summary": "warmer",
+        }
+    )
+    canned_narration = "The night fades and morning arrives."
+    mock = _override_llm(
+        [
+            canned_parse,
+            canned_close,
+            canned_pov,
+            canned_narration,
+        ]
+    )
+    try:
+        response = app_state_setup.post(
+            "/chats/chat_bot_a/turns",
+            data={"prose": "fade out, skip to morning"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 204
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+    # All 4 canned slots drained — close + skip both ran end-to-end.
+    assert mock._canned == []
+
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        # scene_closed and time_skip_elision both landed.
+        scene_close_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'scene_closed'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        skip_rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'time_skip_elision'"
+        ).fetchall()
+        assert len(scene_close_rows) == 1, "scene_closed must land"
+        assert len(skip_rows) == 1, "time_skip_elision must land"
+        # Order: scene close first, then skip.
+        assert scene_close_rows[0][0] < skip_rows[0][0], (
+            "scene_closed must precede time_skip_elision in the event_log"
+        )