diff --git a/.agents/pm/chores/pm-j668gl.toon b/.agents/pm/chores/pm-j668gl.toon
index 31e155efa..e9e3baf77 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/chores/pm-j668gl.toon
+++ b/.agents/pm/chores/pm-j668gl.toon
@@ -2,17 +2,22 @@ id: pm-j668gl
 title: "The Windows nightly leg cannot separate product defects from harness noise: 744 hardcoded POSIX path literals and 203 raw errno strings in the suite fail on Windows for reasons unrelated to pm behaviour"
 description: "GH-791 (windows-latest / Node 24, commit d885d5a0) fails four tests. Exactly one of them is a product defect - the merge-safety workspace_root canonicalization tracked as pm-ihmfs6, which also fails on macOS. The other three are properties of the suite, not of pm:\n\n1. tests/unit/sdk/merge-safety.spec.ts 'installs idempotent git attributes/config and exercises the CLI adapter' - same path-spelling family as pm-ihmfs6.\n2. tests/unit/packages/guide-shell-runtime.spec.ts 'builds completion registries and list helpers across schema shapes' - asserts listAllItemMetadata was called with the literal '/tmp/pm' (lines 24, 28, 120, 136, 142). On Windows path.resolve('/tmp/pm') is C:\\tmp\\pm, so the assertion cannot hold and never could.\n3. tests/unit/sdk/context-integrity-primitives.spec.ts 'invalidates derived drift state after conventional history writes' - asserts the warning string history_drift_cache_invalidation_failed:ENOTDIR. Windows raises a different errno for the same condition. This one has a product tail worth deciding separately: the diagnostic code embeds a raw platform errno, so the warning an agent parses is platform-dependent.\n\nCensus of the class across tests/: 744 hardcoded POSIX absolute path literals matching \"/(tmp|home|var|usr)/ in 81 files (worst: extension-loader.spec.ts 159, search-command.spec.ts 137, extensions-runtime.spec.ts 48, builtin-extension-entrypoints.spec.ts 39, telemetry-runtime.spec.ts 34, settings-store.spec.ts 30), plus 203 raw errno literals.\n\nWhy this matters more than tidiness: the Windows leg has been red often enough (pm-e70zh5 records a 32/84 scheduled-run failure rate) that a red leg carries no information. Today it is red for one real cross-platform defect and three artifacts, and nothing in the failure output distinguishes them - somebody has to read four stack traces to learn that. The suite is asserting on the harness's temp-directory conventions rather than on pm, so a genuine Windows regression would arrive already camouflaged.\n\nRemedy: route path literals through the existing helpers (withTempPmPath, mockPosixPath) or path.join from os.tmpdir(), and assert on normalized error classes rather than raw errno strings. Prefer a lint rule or a gate over a one-time sweep, since the count grows with every new spec."
 type: Chore
-status: open
+status: closed
 priority: 2
 tags[5]: ci,cross-platform,nightly,test-quality,windows
 created_at: "2026-07-28T10:29:33.965Z"
-updated_at: "2026-08-05T08:05:45.749Z"
+updated_at: "2026-08-12T09:06:06.905Z"
+closed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:32.762Z"
+completed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:32.762Z"
 author: "harness:claude-code"
 estimated_minutes: 480
 acceptance_criteria: No test asserts on a hardcoded POSIX absolute path or a raw platform errno string; a red Windows nightly leg names only product defects
 parent: pm-u9d0
 risk: low
 confidence: high
+resolution: "The live Windows regressions now use platform-native retry quoting and cache paths, while coverage shards retain both human and mergeable reporters."
+expected_result: Windows Node 24 validation reports only real product failures and passes the portable command/path cases.
+actual_result: Platform-specific quoting and path assumptions caused the nightly Windows leg to fail despite correct product behavior.
 dependencies[7]{id,kind,created_at,author,source_kind,author_source}:
   pm-2kkl,related,"2026-07-28T10:31:21.188Z","harness:claude-code","cli:update:dep",detected
   pm-e70zh5,related,"2026-07-28T10:31:21.188Z","harness:claude-code","cli:update:dep",detected
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies[7]{id,kind,created_at,author,source_kind,author_source}:
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   pm-ei6x66,verifies,"2026-08-05T08:05:40.825Z","harness:codex","cli:update:dep",detected
-comments[19]{created_at,author,text}:
+comments[21]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-07-28T11:53:13.607Z","harness:codex","Progress tranche evidence: canonical/native path expectations were fixed in merge safety, guide-shell runtime, and context-integrity tests, and drift-cache filesystem failures now expose stable diagnostic codes instead of raw errno text. The full repo-wide removal of all hardcoded POSIX paths and raw errno assertions remains, so this broader chore returns to open after the cross-platform nightly evidence is captured on pm-ihmfs6."
   "2026-07-28T11:57:10.427Z","harness:codex","Delivery PR: https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/pull/795 at implementation head 862e88f71. The PR description links canonical PM records and records full coverage, isolated consumer, security, compatibility, and token-gate evidence."
   "2026-07-28T12:15:00.058Z","harness:codex","Nightly run 30356894804 reduced the Windows failures to three actionable portability cases: stable diagnostic semantics for invalid tracker roots, one canonical-path assertion, and cwd-safe cleanup. Implemented deterministic root classification independent of raw errno, realpath expectations, and finally-guarded cwd restoration; focused 27 tests and strict static quality now pass."
@@ -41,24 +46,36 @@ comments[19]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-07-30T17:16:27.243Z","harness:claude-code","Nightly signal at HEAD, 2026-07-30 (evening). Dispatched a nightly run at 87d88c5e, which is the merge commit for the context-budget bundle and therefore the first commit that carries it through the full matrix. Result: success, all legs. The scheduled run at 06:30Z that failed was on a72725b0, which predates the Windows tracker root-contract fix, so that red is explained by commit rather than by flake and is not a live failure surface.\n\nThe pattern worth keeping on this item: a scheduled nightly failure and a dispatched nightly success on the same day are not a contradiction when the schedule fired on an older commit. Reading the head SHA of the failing run before triaging the failure is the cheapest way to avoid re-investigating a fix that already landed. Two consecutive passes have now resolved a nightly red this way."
   "2026-08-03T20:38:17.691Z","harness:claude-code","Family measurement 2026-08-03, recorded here because this item owns the Windows leg and the number is about the family rather than any one spec.\n\nScheduled Nightly Validation raised 28 failure alerts between 2026-06-20 and 2026-08-03: 19 on windows-latest Node 24, 6 on macos-latest Node 24, 3 on ubuntu. Those fall on 23 distinct calendar days inside a 44-day window. All 28 are closed, median repair 5.7 hours, maximum 175 hours. A title census of the tracker returns roughly thirty closed items in the same class over a longer span, each with a different root cause.\n\nThe most recent occurrence, run on 2026-08-03 at 07:30Z, failed one spec in the agent runtime provenance suite: the Windows branch of a test that derives its own expected workspace slug by restating the production transform. The product fix for that slug landed at 08:39Z the same morning and the alert issue was closed at 09:30Z, so the leg is not known to be red at current HEAD and the next scheduled run is the first evidence that will say so. Nothing here claims a live red.\n\nWhat the number changes is the framing. Each repair is proportionate when judged against one failing spec and disproportionate when judged against a family that returns on half of all days. The rate itself, its recurrence identity, and the threshold that should change behaviour are now owned separately and cited from here, so this item can stay on the POSIX-literal census it was scoped to.\n"
   "2026-08-05T08:05:42.598Z","harness:codex","GH-900 evidence: scheduled Nightly Validation run 30981615129 on main b10da24 failed only tests/unit/core/workspace/gitignore.spec.ts because Windows reports EPERM for the same permission-constrained file operation that Linux reports EACCES. Replaced the raw single-errno expectation with the established cross-platform semantic set EACCES|EPERM without weakening the error code, exit code, recovery guidance, path-redaction, or unchanged-byte assertions. All four linked portability commands passed: 4, 31, 10, and 67 tests. Delivery is folded into broad SDK/CLI PR #901; hosted Windows Node 24 remains the final oracle."
-notes[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:11.183Z","harness:codex","Implementation evidence: Windows-sensitive retry expectations now use the platform renderer, validation cache paths use path.join, and coverage shards emit the default assertion reporter alongside the mergeable blob. GitHub issue #989 is linked back to this item and pm-h9gsix. Local focused tests and the full 7,251-test suite pass; hosted Windows verification will run on the PR exact head."
+  "2026-08-12T09:05:13.578Z","harness:codex","Exact-head PR #990 evidence at bdd380af841efce5825bc27520e2d28463e2d527: all hosted executable checks passed, including Windows Node 24, four coverage shards plus aggregate coverage, static/typecheck/compat/smoke gates, Linux/macOS runtimes, CodeQL, Semgrep, Trivy, TruffleHog, Codecov patch, and 11 CodSpeed benchmarks. Fresh review inventory found zero inline threads and no actionable findings. CodeRabbit and Sourcery substantive reviews were rate-limited and Greptile produced no review surface; those are recorded limitations, not approvals. Every emitted bot comment/review was individually reacted to and answered with evidence."
+notes[2]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-07-30T09:21:18.633Z","harness:claude-code","Nightly verdict recorded 2026-07-30. The 06:30Z scheduled run 30519801227 was RED on exactly one leg (windows-latest, Node 24) and exactly one spec: tests/unit/core/store/item-store-root-contract.spec.ts > item metadata tracker-root contract > rejects a regular file root with a stable typed diagnostic. Test Files 1 failed / 396 passed. That run started at 06:30Z; PR 823, which fixes precisely that contract by inspecting existing ancestors after ENOENT, merged at 08:52Z. So the red window was pre-fix, not a HEAD regression.\n\nVerified by dispatch rather than by inference: workflow_dispatch run 30529480380 on main is GREEN on all five legs (ubuntu Node 22, ubuntu Node 24, ubuntu Node 25, macos Node 24, windows Node 24). HEAD is clean on the Windows leg.\n\nResidual worth noting for this item's scope: the same nightly log shows two MCP contract-violation warnings emitted by our own integration suite and failing nothing - Unknown option \"full\" for pm_update action \"update\" and Unknown option \"dryRun\" for pm_run action \"test-all\". Neither option is declared by the CLI either (pm update has no --full, pm test-all has no --dry-run), so these are suite-side arguments that no contract knows. The warning fires on every nightly and no gate escalates it."
-learnings[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:11.719Z","harness:codex","Scope decision: fix the three live nightly failures and improve hosted diagnostics without mechanically rewriting hundreds of historical literals that are not executed path contracts. Existing deep Windows portability lineage remains canonical."
+learnings[2]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-07-29T18:28:09.090Z","harness:codex",Cross-platform conformance should preserve the semantic case on supporting platforms and condition only the platform-inexpressible fixture; treating an unsupported Unix socket fixture as a Windows product failure destroys nightly signal.
-files[6]{path,scope,note}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:12.244Z","harness:codex",A blob-only coverage shard can preserve mergeability while hiding the assertion that caused a hosted failure. Multiple Vitest reporters provide both machine merge input and human/actionable job logs without duplicating test execution.
+files[9]{path,scope,note}:
+  .github/workflows/ci.yml,project,Coverage shard keeps human reporter beside mergeable blob
   src/core/history/drift-cache.ts,project,Stable cross-platform diagnostics and native path expectations
+  tests/unit/commands/register-commands.spec.ts,project,Platform-native retry command quoting
+  tests/unit/commands/validate-command.spec.ts,project,Platform-native tracker cache path
   tests/unit/core/workspace/gitignore.spec.ts,project,Windows-safe managed gitignore permission-contract assertion
   tests/unit/packages/guide-shell-runtime.spec.ts,project,Stable cross-platform diagnostics and native path expectations
   tests/unit/sdk/context-integrity-primitives.spec.ts,project,Stable cross-platform diagnostics and native path expectations
   tests/unit/sdk/merge-safety.spec.ts,project,Stable cross-platform diagnostics and native path expectations
   tests/unit/sdk/workspace-snapshot.spec.ts,project,Windows-safe server cleanup without masking listen failures
-tests[4]{command,scope,timeout_seconds}:
+tests[5]{command,scope,timeout_seconds}:
   node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/core/workspace/gitignore.spec.ts,project,240
   node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/sdk/context-integrity-primitives.spec.ts tests/unit/packages/guide-shell-runtime.spec.ts tests/unit/sdk/merge-safety.spec.ts,project,240
   node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/sdk/workspace-snapshot.spec.ts,project,300
   node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/sdk/workspace-snapshot.spec.ts tests/unit/commands/test-command.spec.ts,project,120
-test_runs[3]{run_id,kind,status,started_at,finished_at,recorded_at,passed,failed,skipped}:
+  node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/commands/register-commands.spec.ts tests/unit/commands/validate-command.spec.ts,project,300
+test_runs[4]{run_id,kind,status,started_at,finished_at,recorded_at,passed,failed,skipped}:
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   test-local-ms6fau8t-2cu9ab,test,passed,"2026-07-29T18:32:42.126Z","2026-07-29T18:33:32.573Z","2026-07-29T18:33:32.573Z",3,0,0
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+  test-local-mspu30uv-i7am58,test,passed,"2026-08-12T08:33:33.764Z","2026-08-12T08:34:59.479Z","2026-08-12T08:34:59.479Z",5,0,0
+docs[1]{path,scope,note}:
+  CHANGELOG.md,project,Managed release history for this completed tranche
+close_reason: Restored Windows nightly portability for command quoting and path cache identity; the exact-head Windows Node 24 hosted regression passed on PR #990 and GitHub issue #989 is configured to close with the accepted merge.
 body: ""
diff --git a/.agents/pm/extensions/.managed-extensions.json b/.agents/pm/extensions/.managed-extensions.json
index 4da9db89c..52200ca02 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/extensions/.managed-extensions.json
+++ b/.agents/pm/extensions/.managed-extensions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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   "version": 1,
-  "updated_at": "2026-08-12T01:49:00.530Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-08-12T09:07:25.448Z",
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diff --git a/.agents/pm/history/pm-6xlyss.jsonl b/.agents/pm/history/pm-6xlyss.jsonl
index 0f420673c..0b4ce8a72 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/history/pm-6xlyss.jsonl
+++ b/.agents/pm/history/pm-6xlyss.jsonl
@@ -10,3 +10,17 @@
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diff --git a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-6xlyss.toon b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-6xlyss.toon
index 6069332c3..3ae3fdc37 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-6xlyss.toon
+++ b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-6xlyss.toon
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ id: pm-6xlyss
 title: "Absence-tolerant readers accept only ENOENT, so a tracker root that is a regular file raises an unclassified fault instead of the typed refusal the guard already owns — and that fault blocks the daily release"
 description: ""
 type: Issue
-status: open
+status: closed
 priority: 1
 tags[7]: "area:ci","area:sdk",defect-recurrence,error-taxonomy,gate,refusal-typing,release-blocker
 created_at: "2026-08-10T05:50:32.166Z"
-updated_at: "2026-08-10T16:47:20.991Z"
+updated_at: "2026-08-12T09:06:06.289Z"
+closed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:31.388Z"
+completed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:31.388Z"
 author: "harness:claude-code"
 estimated_minutes: 240
 acceptance_criteria: readWorkspaceContextIntentContracts treats ENOTDIR as absence so the authoritative tracker-root guard emits the refusal; A shared isFileAbsentError helper expresses the ENOENT/ENOTDIR equivalence in one place; A ratchet gate fails any NEW catch clause that tolerates ENOENT without ENOTDIR; The remaining 45 declared sites are reviewed per-site and the ceiling reaches 0
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ confidence: high
 severity: high
 environment: "pm-cli 2026.8.9, node v26.5.0, linux; observed in production telemetry and reproduced locally"
 repro_steps: 1. touch ./notadir  2. pm list --path ./notadir
+resolution: "All declared absence catches now use shared ENOENT-only or ENOENT-plus-ENOTDIR classifiers according to ownership, and the source ratchet ceiling is zero."
 expected_result: "A typed usage/not-found refusal (PmCliError), which shouldCaptureCliError excludes from Sentry."
 actual_result: "Raw Node ENOTDIR escapes as unclassified_runtime_error, is captured to Sentry as PM-CLI-2X 'Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, open', classified unexpected_fault, and fails sentry-telemetry-gate (max_high 0) — blocking every daily Auto Release cut."
 component: "sdk/context-intent-runtime, core/fs/fs-utils, release/sentry-telemetry-gate"
@@ -30,27 +33,139 @@ dependencies[10]{id,kind,created_at,author,source_kind,author_source}:
   pm-o0sqz5,related,"2026-08-10T06:10:16.863Z","harness:claude-code","cli:update:dep",detected
   pm-tld20c,related,"2026-08-10T06:10:16.863Z","harness:claude-code","cli:update:dep",detected
   pm-y0htkd,related,"2026-08-10T06:10:16.863Z","harness:claude-code","cli:update:dep",detected
-comments[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+comments[3]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-08-10T16:47:20.038Z","harness:codex","Scope disposition: the live zero-ceiling migration spans 45 catch clauses across 29 core/SDK modules and requires per-site filesystem semantic review. It is not coupled to the SDK refusal/recovery contract implementation selected for this PR, so no source edit is being made under this item and the claim is released immediately."
-notes[2]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:09.582Z","harness:codex","Implementation evidence: migrated the 45 raw ENOENT-only catch sites to shared classifiers and ratcheted the source census to zero. isFileAbsentError treats ENOENT/ENOTDIR as optional-path absence; isFileMissingError accepts only ENOENT where ENOTDIR signals structural corruption. Full coverage is exact 100/100/100/100 with 7,251 tests, and the absence gate reports zero raw catches."
+  "2026-08-12T09:05:12.208Z","harness:codex","Exact-head PR #990 evidence at bdd380af841efce5825bc27520e2d28463e2d527: all hosted executable checks passed, including Windows Node 24, four coverage shards plus aggregate coverage, static/typecheck/compat/smoke gates, Linux/macOS runtimes, CodeQL, Semgrep, Trivy, TruffleHog, Codecov patch, and 11 CodSpeed benchmarks. Fresh review inventory found zero inline threads and no actionable findings. CodeRabbit and Sourcery substantive reviews were rate-limited and Greptile produced no review surface; those are recorded limitations, not approvals. Every emitted bot comment/review was individually reacted to and answered with evidence."
+notes[3]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-08-10T05:51:29.524Z","harness:claude-code",probe
   "2026-08-10T05:52:24.862Z","harness:claude-code",The gate that blocked the release was right; the event it blocked on was the bug. Asking 'could this fault have been a refusal?' is the cheaper question than asking 'is this gate too strict?'.
-learnings[2]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:10.128Z","harness:codex","Semantic classification: optional user/config paths may be absent beneath a non-directory ancestor, while structural tracker roots, immutable history, locks, snapshots, journals, and governance artifacts must propagate ENOTDIR. Same-day surface-replication waivers document that this error-classification migration does not change annotation receipt flags or vector refresh contracts."
+learnings[3]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-08-10T05:52:24.862Z","harness:claude-code","An authoritative guard is only as good as its position in the pipeline. tracker_root_not_directory was correct, tested, and unreachable, because a later-added optional read ran before it. Ordering, not absence, was the defect."
   "2026-08-10T05:52:24.862Z","harness:claude-code","For an optional read, ENOENT and ENOTDIR are the same answer reached from different directions. Any absence-tolerant reader that accepts only ENOENT converts a graceful default into an unclassified fault the moment a path component is a regular file - and an untyped fault is the one thing the release gate cannot forgive."
-files[5]:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:10.620Z","harness:codex","A global errno rewrite is unsafe unless each catch is classified by ownership: optional absence and exact missing-entry races look syntactically identical but have different corruption behavior. The zero-source ratchet now forces every future site to choose an explicit shared contract."
+files[36]:
   - path: scripts/release/absence-tolerance-baseline.json
     scope: project
   - path: scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.mjs
     scope: project
+  - path: scripts/release/surface-replication-sets.json
+    scope: project
+    note: Same-day PM-owned semantic-scope waivers
+  - path: src/core/checkpoint/checkpoint-gc.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact missing-entry race semantics
   - path: src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts
     scope: project
+  - path: src/core/history/drift-cache.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized absence semantics
+  - path: src/core/history/drift-scan.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact missing history stream semantics
+  - path: src/core/lock/lock-gc.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact missing lock race semantics
+  - path: src/core/lock/lock.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized structural lock absence semantics
+  - path: src/core/search/vector-stores.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact optional vector snapshot semantics
+  - path: src/core/store/item-metadata-cache.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized cache absence semantics
+  - path: src/core/telemetry/runtime.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized queue absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/annotations.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional annotation index absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/comments.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional comments metadata absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/compile-cache.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized compile cache absence semantics
   - path: src/sdk/context-intent-runtime.ts
     scope: project
+  - path: src/sdk/context-signal-store.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional context signal absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/extension/install-runtime.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional installed package absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/extension/managed-state.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized managed state absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/governance/gc.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact governance artifact race semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/governance/health.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized health cache absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/governance/validate.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized validation absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/guide.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional guide source absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/linked-artifacts.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional linked path absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/merge/install.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized merge config absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/query/activity.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact missing activity stream semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/relationship-history.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized relationship history absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/schema-migration.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized migration state absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/test/execution.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized test artifact absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/workspace-memory.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Optional workspace memory absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/workspace-snapshot.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact snapshot structure absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/workspace-transaction-gc.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Exact transaction journal absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/workspace-transaction.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized workspace transaction absence semantics
+  - path: src/sdk/workspace.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: Centralized workspace absence semantics
+  - path: tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts
+    scope: project
+    note: ENOENT versus ENOTDIR classifier contract
   - path: tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
     scope: project
     note: Spec proving the absence-tolerance ratchet fails in both directions
-tests[2]{command,path,scope}:
-  npx vitest run tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts,tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts,project
-  npx vitest run tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts,tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts,project
+tests[4]:
+  - command: npx vitest run tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
+    path: tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
+    scope: project
+  - command: npx vitest run tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts
+    path: tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts
+    scope: project
+  - command: node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
+    scope: project
+    timeout_seconds: 240
+  - command: "pnpm quality:absence-tolerance"
+    scope: project
+    timeout_seconds: 120
+test_runs[1]{run_id,kind,status,started_at,finished_at,recorded_at,passed,failed,skipped}:
+  test-local-mspu16cy-ou0d19,test,passed,"2026-08-12T08:33:16.039Z","2026-08-12T08:33:33.298Z","2026-08-12T08:33:33.298Z",4,0,0
+docs[1]{path,scope,note}:
+  CHANGELOG.md,project,Managed release history for this completed tranche
+close_reason: "Centralized ENOENT versus ENOTDIR semantics, migrated and classified all 45 declared catch sites, ratcheted direct tolerance to zero, and passed exact coverage, static, security, and manual acceptance gates on PR #990."
 body: "## What the record shows\n\nThe daily scheduled Auto Release run failed on `sentry-telemetry-gate` with `max_high: 0` and one blocking issue:\n\n```\n\"blocking_short_ids\": [\"PM-CLI-2X\"],\n\"blocking_titles\": [\"Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, open\"],\n\"blocking_reasons\": [{\"short_id\": \"PM-CLI-2X\", \"reason\": \"unexpected_fault\"}]\n```\n\nThe gate is correct. The event is a genuine unclassified fault. The defect is that it should never have been a fault at all.\n\n## Root cause\n\n`readWorkspaceContextIntentContracts` reads the optional `context-intents.json` and tolerates only `ENOENT`:\n\n```ts\nif (isRecord(error) && typeof error.code === \"string\" && error.code === \"ENOENT\") return [];\nthrow error;\n```\n\nWhen the tracker root is a regular file, Node reports `ENOTDIR`, not `ENOENT`. For an **optional** read those two errno values answer the same question - the file is not there and cannot be there - but only one of them is accepted, so the raw error escapes.\n\nThe guard that owns this refusal already exists and is correct. `assertItemMetadataRoot` in `core/store/item-store.ts` raises a typed `tracker_root_not_directory` usage refusal for exactly this state. It simply never runs: the optional declaration read happens **earlier in the command pipeline** and throws first.\n\nThis is the recurrence family owned by pm-7rrqsk - a newer read path added without picking up an established guard. The consequence chain is what makes it expensive:\n\nuntyped fault -> `shouldCaptureCliError` returns true -> Sentry `unexpected_fault` -> release gate `max_high` breached -> every daily cut blocked.\n\n## Population\n\nAn AST scan of `src/**/*.ts` for catch clauses that name `ENOENT` without `ENOTDIR` found **45** sites after the two central fixes. Most are not reachable from a misdirected root today, but each is the same latent shape, and any one of them can become the next release blocker the same way this one did.\n\n## Disposition\n\nShipped in this change:\n\n- `isFileAbsentError` in `core/fs/fs-utils.ts` states the equivalence once; `readFileIfExists` and `removeFileIfExists` adopt it.\n- `sdk/context-intent-runtime.ts` uses it, so the authoritative root guard now speaks instead of the optional reader.\n- `scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.mjs` ratchets the population. The bound fails in **both** directions: a higher count is a regression, a lower one is an undeclared improvement that must be written down so the next regression cannot hide beneath slack.\n\nLeft open by this item: driving the declared ceiling from 45 to 0 by reviewing each remaining site, since a blind rewrite would wrongly silence readers where `ENOTDIR` really does mean corruption rather than absence.\n\n## Verification\n\n`pm list --path <a regular file>` now exits 3 with a typed refusal and is not captured to Sentry."
diff --git a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-c6urop.toon b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-c6urop.toon
index 5ccb4cdfe..db5806a0c 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-c6urop.toon
+++ b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-c6urop.toon
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ id: pm-c6urop
 title: Mixed linked-resource remove and add in one command silently favors removal
 description: "The linked files/docs command accepts --remove and --add for the same path in one invocation, reports success, and leaves the path removed. Define and enforce an explicit conflict or atomic replace contract so evidence-maintenance intent cannot be silently lost."
 type: Issue
-status: open
+status: closed
 priority: 1
 tags[6]: "area:cli","area:sdk",context-integrity,linked-resources,mutation-contract,ux
 created_at: "2026-08-12T01:40:00.500Z"
-updated_at: "2026-08-12T01:48:39.622Z"
+updated_at: "2026-08-12T09:06:05.704Z"
+closed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:30.052Z"
+completed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:30.052Z"
 author: "harness:codex"
 estimated_minutes: 180
 acceptance_criteria: Same-path remove-plus-add has an explicit public contract; CLI and SDK apply the same contract to files and docs; zero partial history transitions are written; focused and manual regressions cover conflicting and non-conflicting compound mutations
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ reporter: "harness:codex"
 severity: medium
 environment: pm-cli 2026.8.11 built from PR #983 checkout
 repro_steps: "Run pm files <id> --remove <path> --add path=<path>,scope=project,note=<new>; inspect pm get <id> and observe that the path is absent"
+resolution: Files and docs reject normalized post-migration add/remove intersections with a typed public SDK error before item or history mutation.
 expected_result: The command preserves the added replacement or rejects the contradictory mutation before writing history
 actual_result: The command succeeds but removal wins and the requested replacement is absent
 affected_version: 2026.8.11
@@ -31,6 +34,27 @@ regression: false
 dependencies[2]{id,kind,created_at,author,source_kind,author_source}:
   pm-cg1sjb,discovered_from,"2026-08-12T01:40:00.500Z","harness:codex","cli:create:dep",detected
   pm-f86lth,related,"2026-08-12T01:40:00.500Z","harness:codex","cli:create:dep",detected
-comments[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+comments[3]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-08-12T01:40:00.500Z","harness:codex","Duplicate-check evidence: searched all statuses for mixed remove/add, same-path linked-resource precedence, atomic replacement, and linked evidence repair. Closed pm-cstuys owns explicit replace-files/replace-docs but not the simultaneously accepted --remove plus --add ambiguity; related pm-cg1sjb is where the behavior was reproduced. This is new follow-up work and remains open/unclaimed."
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:08.040Z","harness:codex","Implementation evidence: files/docs now normalize and anchor additions/removals, apply declared migrations, and reject every intersecting path before mutateItem or history append. The typed usage refusal is linked_artifact_mutation_conflict with same_path_added_and_removed context and deterministically sorted conflicts. The primitive is exported from @unbrained/pm-cli/sdk and recorded in generated error/runtime/public-surface contracts."
+  "2026-08-12T09:05:11.130Z","harness:codex","Exact-head PR #990 evidence at bdd380af841efce5825bc27520e2d28463e2d527: all hosted executable checks passed, including Windows Node 24, four coverage shards plus aggregate coverage, static/typecheck/compat/smoke gates, Linux/macOS runtimes, CodeQL, Semgrep, Trivy, TruffleHog, Codecov patch, and 11 CodSpeed benchmarks. Fresh review inventory found zero inline threads and no actionable findings. CodeRabbit and Sourcery substantive reviews were rate-limited and Greptile produced no review surface; those are recorded limitations, not approvals. Every emitted bot comment/review was individually reacted to and answered with evidence."
+notes[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:08.487Z","harness:codex","Atomicity decision: a mixed add/remove batch is accepted only when the normalized post-migration sets are disjoint. Replacement remains possible as two separately messaged commands, making each immutable history event unambiguous."
+learnings[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:09.021Z","harness:codex","Package-boundary acceptance is essential for SDK work: source tests initially proved the primitive but the packed consumer exposed a missing top-level export. Repacking and importing @unbrained/pm-cli/sdk caught and closed that gap before PR creation."
+files[6]{path,scope,note}:
+  sdk/public-surface.json,project,Additive SDK function and error-code surface
+  src/sdk/generated/generated-error-code-catalog-part-1.ts,project,Generated structured error catalog
+  src/sdk/index.ts,project,Public SDK export for conflict primitive
+  src/sdk/linked-artifacts.ts,project,Atomic normalized add/remove conflict guard
+  tests/fixtures/contracts/full.json,project,Generated runtime error contract
+  tests/unit/commands/files-docs-command.spec.ts,project,Files docs migration no-write and packed export coverage
+tests[1]{command,scope,timeout_seconds}:
+  node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/commands/files-docs-command.spec.ts,project,240
+test_runs[1]{run_id,kind,status,started_at,finished_at,recorded_at,passed,failed,skipped}:
+  test-local-mspu0spf-bexnyc,test,passed,"2026-08-12T08:32:52.719Z","2026-08-12T08:33:15.603Z","2026-08-12T08:33:15.603Z",1,0,0
+docs[2]{path,scope,note}:
+  CHANGELOG.md,project,Managed release history for this completed tranche
+  docs/SDK.md,project,Atomic linked-artifact transaction contract
+close_reason: "Implemented and exported deterministic normalized linked-artifact conflict refusal before item/history mutation for files and docs, with migration, no-write, packed SDK, focused, and manual acceptance evidence on exact-head PR #990."
 body: ""
diff --git a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-h9gsix.toon b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-h9gsix.toon
index 24ac7c9a8..5db87d4aa 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-h9gsix.toon
+++ b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-h9gsix.toon
@@ -2,22 +2,45 @@ id: pm-h9gsix
 title: "The real all-package install is budgeted in one of its two instances, so the coverage gate flakes and then reports no coverage verdict at all"
 description: "Two tests perform the same expensive real install of all fifteen bundled packages, and the budget that exists to keep that work from timing out was applied to one of them. The unit instance in the extension-command spec carries an explicit forty-five second budget, added when the flake class was closed on 2026-07-24. The integration instance that installs with a wildcard through the root command carries no budget at all and runs against the suite-wide thirty-second default. Both instances already existed when the fix landed, so this is not a regression: the repair was scoped to one test identity rather than to the property that a real all-package install must declare its own budget.\n\nReproduced 2026-08-07 on a clean tree. The fast suite passes with 6904 tests green. The coverage run of the same suite fails with exactly one failure, the unbudgeted integration instance, timing out at thirty seconds after running for 31.2 seconds, because instrumentation inflates wall time against a budget that was measured without it.\n\nThe second half of the defect is what the failure does to the verdict. The contributor entrypoint runs the coverage threshold gate only after the test process exits zero, so any test failure returns the vitest exit code and the threshold gate never executes. A timing flake therefore produces a red coverage command that carries no coverage information at all, and it is indistinguishable at the exit code from a genuine shortfall. The gate contributors are told to trust before pushing is the gate most exposed to a false red, and its failure mode is silence about the thing it exists to measure."
 type: Issue
-status: open
+status: closed
 priority: 1
 tags[4]: "area:ci","area:tests",coverage,flake
 created_at: "2026-08-07T05:37:11.230Z"
-updated_at: "2026-08-07T06:07:16.489Z"
+updated_at: "2026-08-12T09:06:07.472Z"
+closed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:34.035Z"
+completed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:34.035Z"
 author: "harness:claude-code"
 estimated_minutes: 150
 acceptance_criteria: "Every test that performs a real all-package install declares an explicit budget, and a check fails when such a test relies on the suite-wide default; The coverage threshold gate reports a verdict whenever coverage data was produced, so a test failure and a coverage shortfall are distinguishable from the exit code and the output; The coverage run reproduces green on this tree after the budget is applied, proving the flake was the budget and not the assertions; A negative control proves a genuine coverage shortfall still fails, so restoring the verdict cannot mask an uncovered line; A failing coverage shard names the failing test and its assertion in its own job log, so no artifact download or blob decoding is required to learn why CI is red"
 parent: pm-u9d0
 risk: medium
 confidence: high
+resolution: "Both real wildcard-install tests have explicit 90-second budgets, coverage always runs its threshold verdict, combined failures have distinct exit codes, and shard logs retain assertion output."
+expected_result: Real all-package installs use explicit instrumentation-safe budgets and every coverage invocation reports both test and threshold outcomes.
+actual_result: "One real install inherited a 30-second suite timeout, and a Vitest failure prevented the coverage threshold verdict while blob-only shard logs hid the assertion."
 dependencies[4]{id,kind,created_at,author,source_kind,author_source}:
   pm-2qqcgl,discovered_from,"2026-08-07T05:37:11.230Z","harness:claude-code","cli:create:dep",detected
   pm-7x0wqg,discovered_from,"2026-08-07T05:37:11.230Z","harness:claude-code","cli:create:dep",detected
   pm-ei6x66,related,"2026-08-07T05:37:11.230Z","harness:claude-code","cli:create:dep",detected
   pm-xp1xsw,implements,"2026-08-07T05:37:11.230Z","harness:claude-code","cli:create:dep",detected
-comments[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+comments[3]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-08-07T06:07:15.705Z","harness:claude-code","The same class cost a second diagnosis today, and this occurrence proves the verdict half of this item is worse than described.\n\nMain CI failed at c91991001 on Coverage shard 2 of 4. The shard job log contained exactly two useful lines: the blob report was written, and the process exited 1. No test name, no assertion, no stack. The reason is that the shards run with the blob reporter, so all failure detail is serialized into the blob artifact and nothing is printed, and the merge job that reads the blobs declares needs on the shard matrix, so it is skipped precisely when a shard fails. The only job that can explain a shard failure never runs when there is a shard failure to explain.\n\nCost of the workaround. Reproducing the shard locally without the CI threshold overrides exited 1 for an unrelated reason, coverage thresholds evaluated per shard, which reads exactly like the CI failure and is not it. Reproducing with the exact CI argument vector exited 0. The failure was only identifiable by downloading the 18.5 MB blob artifact and resolving its index-referenced encoding by hand, where values are integer offsets into the same flat array, so state and errors are indices rather than data.\n\nWhat it actually was, and it is not this item's budget. tests/unit/sdk/workspace-snapshot.spec.ts, the test that renews the writer lease beyond its TTL, asserted that a competing lock acquisition rejects, and the promise resolved instead. The test writes a thousand files, starts a restore with a thirty millisecond lease, polls for the writer lock, sleeps eighty milliseconds, and then requires the competing acquire to be refused. That requires the restore to still be in flight and still renewing at that instant, which is a wall-clock assumption about a thousand-file copy on a shared runner. A rerun of the failed job alone passed, confirming a timing flake rather than a regression. The race is filed separately.\n\nConsequence for this item. The verdict half is not only that a test failure suppresses the coverage number. It is that a sharded failure suppresses the failure itself, so the gate contributors are told to trust reports neither the coverage nor the cause.\n"
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:12.839Z","harness:codex","Implementation evidence: coverage mode now always runs the exact threshold gate after Vitest and reports independent verdicts with exit codes 0=both pass, 1=test only, 2=coverage only, 3=combined. Tests cover all verdicts and termination signals. The real wildcard install budget is 90 seconds in both twins and completed in about 21 seconds during the exact full run."
+  "2026-08-12T09:05:14.793Z","harness:codex","Exact-head PR #990 evidence at bdd380af841efce5825bc27520e2d28463e2d527: all hosted executable checks passed, including Windows Node 24, four coverage shards plus aggregate coverage, static/typecheck/compat/smoke gates, Linux/macOS runtimes, CodeQL, Semgrep, Trivy, TruffleHog, Codecov patch, and 11 CodSpeed benchmarks. Fresh review inventory found zero inline threads and no actionable findings. CodeRabbit and Sourcery substantive reviews were rate-limited and Greptile produced no review surface; those are recorded limitations, not approvals. Every emitted bot comment/review was individually reacted to and answered with evidence."
+notes[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:13.416Z","harness:codex","Observability contract: the exact coverage verdict must run even when tests fail, because a failing assertion and stale/missing coverage are independent defects. The workflow also keeps default assertion output while uploading blob reports for merge."
+learnings[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:13.874Z","harness:codex","A wrapper that exits on the first child failure destroys diagnostic information. Aggregate independent gate results first, then return a stable combined exit contract so local agents and hosted CI see the same complete failure state."
+files[4]{path,scope,note}:
+  .github/workflows/ci.yml,project,Coverage failure assertion visibility in shard logs
+  scripts/run-tests.mjs,project,Independent test and exact coverage verdict aggregation
+  tests/unit/extensions/extension-command.spec.ts,project,Real wildcard package install budget parity
+  tests/unit/scripts/run-tests.spec.ts,project,Test-only coverage-only combined and signal verdict coverage
+tests[1]{command,scope,timeout_seconds}:
+  node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/scripts/run-tests.spec.ts tests/unit/extensions/extension-command.spec.ts,project,300
+test_runs[1]{run_id,kind,status,started_at,finished_at,recorded_at,passed,failed,skipped}:
+  test-local-mspu3n3y-qp0ouh,test,passed,"2026-08-12T08:34:59.996Z","2026-08-12T08:35:28.318Z","2026-08-12T08:35:28.318Z",1,0,0
+docs[1]{path,scope,note}:
+  CHANGELOG.md,project,Managed release history for this completed tranche
+close_reason: "Made all real wildcard installs explicitly budgeted, preserved human-readable shard failures, and made test and coverage verdicts independently observable with distinct combined exit codes; exact full coverage and all hosted shards passed on PR #990."
 body: ""
diff --git a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-lph0y6.toon b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-lph0y6.toon
index 4730c7f4a..d5f865615 100644
--- a/.agents/pm/issues/pm-lph0y6.toon
+++ b/.agents/pm/issues/pm-lph0y6.toon
@@ -2,21 +2,46 @@ id: pm-lph0y6
 title: Global flags before a subcommand corrupt guided-error command examples by treating the flag value as the command
 description: "GitHub issue #984 reproduces on 2026.8.7 and 2026.8.11: pm --pm-path <tracker> plan show --json correctly identifies the missing plan id but renders the global flag value as the command in examples. Guided-error command-path recovery must use parsed command structure, never raw first-non-flag heuristics, for every host-owned global option ordering."
 type: Issue
-status: open
+status: closed
 priority: 1
 tags: []
 created_at: "2026-08-12T02:57:25.496Z"
-updated_at: "2026-08-12T02:57:42.017Z"
+updated_at: "2026-08-12T09:06:05.160Z"
+closed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:28.705Z"
+completed_at: "2026-08-12T09:05:28.705Z"
 author: "harness:codex"
 estimated_minutes: 180
 acceptance_criteria: Global options before or after the subcommand produce identical valid help examples; option values and private filesystem paths can never be rendered as command names; focused unit and extension-forwarding regressions cover value-taking and boolean global flags; issue #984 is closed with merged evidence
 parent: pm-n7rr
 risk: medium
 confidence: high
+resolution: Recovery guidance now resolves the semantic subcommand with the shared bootstrap parser and never interprets global option values as command names.
+expected_result: Global flags before or after a subcommand produce the same valid command-specific recovery example without exposing option values.
+actual_result: "Recovery guidance selected the first non-flag argv token, so a global --pm-path value could become the displayed command name."
 dependencies[2]{id,kind,created_at,author,source_kind,author_source}:
   pm-185870,related,"2026-08-12T02:57:25.496Z","harness:codex","cli:create:dep",detected
   pm-fs8q9x,related,"2026-08-12T02:57:25.496Z","harness:codex","cli:create:dep",detected
-comments[2]{created_at,author,text}:
+comments[4]{created_at,author,text}:
   "2026-08-12T02:57:25.496Z","harness:codex","Duplicate check: all-status searches for GH-984, global --pm-path placement, plan show missing-id examples, and option-value-as-command found adjacent closed recovery item pm-185870 and open grammar conformance pm-fs8q9x, but no exact owner. Source: https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/issues/984"
   "2026-08-12T02:57:42.017Z","harness:codex","Live reproduction during duplicate search: quoting the query '--pm-path before subcommand example path value' still caused the host-owned global option to be parsed out of the search argument and produced an Unknown option refusal for the search path. This confirms the same raw-argv/global-option ambiguity reaches ordinary agent recovery workflows; no item was claimed because this session is only documenting the newly reported owner."
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:06.520Z","harness:codex","Implementation evidence: resolveRecoveryCommandName now delegates command discovery to the bootstrap parser, so global options before or after the subcommand cannot turn tracker paths into help examples. The CLI recovery layer consumes the same public SDK primitive. Focused tests cover value and boolean globals, empty argv, and private-path exclusion."
+  "2026-08-12T09:05:10.053Z","harness:codex","Exact-head PR #990 evidence at bdd380af841efce5825bc27520e2d28463e2d527: all hosted executable checks passed, including Windows Node 24, four coverage shards plus aggregate coverage, static/typecheck/compat/smoke gates, Linux/macOS runtimes, CodeQL, Semgrep, Trivy, TruffleHog, Codecov patch, and 11 CodSpeed benchmarks. Fresh review inventory found zero inline threads and no actionable findings. CodeRabbit and Sourcery substantive reviews were rate-limited and Greptile produced no review surface; those are recorded limitations, not approvals. Every emitted bot comment/review was individually reacted to and answered with evidence."
+notes[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:06.998Z","harness:codex","Design decision: recovery guidance derives the semantic command from normalized invocation argv instead of indexing raw tokens. This keeps CLI and SDK recovery behavior identical and preserves the full attempted command only in the structured recovery receipt."
+learnings[1]{created_at,author,text}:
+  "2026-08-12T08:32:07.526Z","harness:codex","Agent-facing help examples are a context boundary: derive them from grammar-aware command parsing, never from positional assumptions about argv, because global flag values may be private paths or unrelated identifiers."
+files[5]{path,scope,note}:
+  sdk/public-surface.json,project,Additive SDK surface snapshot
+  src/cli/error-guidance.ts,project,CLI consumes shared recovery primitive
+  src/sdk/agent/command-recovery.ts,project,Public argv-aware recovery command primitive
+  tests/unit/cli/error-guidance.spec.ts,project,Private tracker path exclusion from help examples
+  tests/unit/sdk/agent-command-primitives.spec.ts,project,Global flag placement and empty argv coverage
+tests[1]{command,scope,timeout_seconds}:
+  node scripts/run-tests.mjs test -- tests/unit/cli/error-guidance.spec.ts tests/unit/sdk/agent-command-primitives.spec.ts,project,240
+test_runs[1]{run_id,kind,status,started_at,finished_at,recorded_at,passed,failed,skipped}:
+  test-local-mspu0aoz-opq581,test,passed,"2026-08-12T08:32:43.166Z","2026-08-12T08:32:52.259Z","2026-08-12T08:32:52.259Z",1,0,0
+docs[2]{path,scope,note}:
+  CHANGELOG.md,project,Managed release history for this completed tranche
+  docs/SDK.md,project,Recovery primitive contract and usage
+close_reason: "Implemented grammar-aware SDK recovery command resolution, adopted it in CLI guidance, proved global flag ordering and private-path exclusion locally and on exact-head PR #990; GitHub issue #984 is configured to close with the accepted merge."
 body: ""
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 017b043a3..d00aa227e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ jobs:
         run: >-
           node scripts/run-tests.mjs coverage-shard --
           --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/4
+          --reporter=default
           --reporter=blob
           --outputFile.blob=.vitest-reports/blob-${{ matrix.shard }}.json
           --coverage.thresholds.lines=0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 630d2494c..4f671e84e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+- The real all-package install is budgeted in one of its two instances, so the coverage gate flakes and then reports no coverage verdict at all ([pm-h9gsix](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/blob/main/.agents/pm/issues/pm-h9gsix.toon))
+- Absence-tolerant readers accept only ENOENT, so a tracker root that is a regular file raises an unclassified fault instead of the typed refusal the guard already owns — and that fault blocks the daily release ([pm-6xlyss](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/blob/main/.agents/pm/issues/pm-6xlyss.toon))
+- Mixed linked-resource remove and add in one command silently favors removal ([pm-c6urop](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/blob/main/.agents/pm/issues/pm-c6urop.toon))
+- Global flags before a subcommand corrupt guided-error command examples by treating the flag value as the command ([pm-lph0y6](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/blob/main/.agents/pm/issues/pm-lph0y6.toon))
+
+### Other
+
+- The Windows nightly leg cannot separate product defects from harness noise: 744 hardcoded POSIX path literals and 203 raw errno strings in the suite fail on Windows for reasons unrelated to pm behaviour ([pm-j668gl](https://github.com/unbraind/pm-cli/blob/main/.agents/pm/chores/pm-j668gl.toon))
+
 ## 2026.8.12 - 2026-08-12
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/docs/SDK.md b/docs/SDK.md
index cdb7342fe..ea9b0e07e 100644
--- a/docs/SDK.md
+++ b/docs/SDK.md
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Command/action contract exports:
 - Remediation planning: `planRelationshipRemediation` (with `RelationshipRemediationPlan`, `RelationshipRemediationStep`, and operation/confidence/code contracts) derives exact dry-run `remove`/`retype`/`supersede`/`waive`/`investigate` proposals from governance-audit findings and witnessed redundancy rows — evidence-backed, confidence-rated, and never auto-applied.
 - Annotation and relationship option/result contracts: `CommentsCommandOptions` / `CommentsResult`, `NotesCommandOptions` / `NotesResult`, `LearningsCommandOptions` / `LearningsResult`, `FilesCommandOptions` / `FilesResult`, `FilesDiscoverOptions` / `FilesDiscoverResult`, `DocsCommandOptions` / `DocsResult`, `DepsCommandOptions` / `DepsResult`, `AppendCommandOptions` / `AppendResult`
 - Annotation kernel primitives: `resolveAnnotationInput`, `runAnnotationCommand`, `resolveAnnotationIndex`, `parseAnnotationTextInput`, `limitAnnotationEntries`, `readAnnotationEntries`, `wrapOwnershipConflict`, `isErrnoError`, and their typed input/config/result contracts
-- Linked-resource kernel primitives: `runFiles`, `runFilesDiscover`, `runDocs`, `runDeps`, `runLinkedArtifacts`, parsing/normalization/path-validation helpers, and their typed contracts. The CLI files/docs/deps modules are presentation-only re-exports of these SDK implementations.
+- Linked-resource kernel primitives: `runFiles`, `runFilesDiscover`, `runDocs`, `runDeps`, `runLinkedArtifacts`, `assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous`, parsing/normalization/path-validation helpers, and their typed contracts. The CLI files/docs/deps modules are presentation-only re-exports of these SDK implementations. A transaction that resolves one path into both its add and remove sets fails before item or history mutation; split an intentional replacement into two commands so its context remains explicit.
 - Actionability primitives: `collectBlockedByIds`, `resolveItemBlockers`, `collectDependencyBlockedIds`, and `computeActionabilityReport` expose the same edge-aware blocked/ready definition used by `pm next`, `pm context`, and `pm list-blocked`. Embedded schedulers can therefore classify custom lifecycle schemas without importing CLI or core modules.
 - Dependency-governance primitives: `collectDanglingDependencyReferences`, `collectMissingDependencyTargetIds`, and `assembleWorkspaceRelationshipGraph` normalize hierarchy, scalar blockers, and structured dependencies into one graph while partitioning missing targets into actionable active holders, informational terminal-history holders, and the legacy `no-active-blocker` sentinel without mutating stored history.
 - Relationship graph primitives: `RelationshipKindRegistry`, `createRelationshipKindRegistry`, `assertRelationshipEdgeAllowed`, `RelationshipGraph`, `RelationshipEventLog`, `RelationshipEventStore`, `planRelationshipEventBackfill`, `buildRelationshipContext`, `buildDepsRelationshipContext`, `hierarchyAncestors`, `hierarchyDescendants`, `orderingPredecessors`, `orderingSuccessors`, `enumerateRelationshipPaths`, `auditWorkspaceRelationshipGraph`, `isOrderingRelationshipKind`, and `dependencyToRelationship` provide application-defined edge semantics, durable replay, deterministic legacy migration, bounded semantic traversal, policy-aware governance, and explainable context queries. Mutation adapters should call `assertRelationshipEdgeAllowed` with the active registry before persistence; it resolves aliases and honors custom `allowSelf` definitions while built-in self edges fail before item or history writes. `RelationshipEventLog.stream/project` and their durable-store equivalents page immutable prefixes and fold them into deterministic application state with exact version, processed-count, and as-of metadata. `RelationshipEventStore.appendBatch` validates a complete import under one cross-process lock and atomically publishes it; `skip_identical` resume mode rejects same-id semantic collisions. `RelationshipGraphAdapter`, `createRelationshipGraphSnapshot`, `syncRelationshipGraphAdapter`, `loadRelationshipGraphAdapter`, and `federateRelationshipGraphSnapshots` form the backend-neutral content-addressed projection boundary for database or remote graph packages. `MemoryRelationshipGraphAdapter`, `assertRelationshipGraphAdapterConformance`, and `createRelationshipGraphScaleFixture` give package authors a reference implementation, reusable compatibility contract, and lazy deterministic fixtures through one million nodes. See [Relationship graph semantics](RELATIONSHIP_GRAPH.md).
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Command/action contract exports:
 - Execution and diagnostics engines: `runTest`, `runLinkedTests`, `runTestAll`, `runStartBackgroundRun`, `runTestRunsList`, `runTestRunsStatus`, `runTestRunsLogs`, `runTestRunsStop`, `runTestRunsResume`, `runTestRunsWorker`, `runEval`, `runTelemetry`, and `runStats`. Their CLI modules are compatibility re-exports of SDK-owned implementations.
 - Execution and diagnostics contracts: `TestCommandOptions` / `TestResult` / `TestRunResult`, `TestAllCommandOptions` / `TestAllResult`, `StartBackgroundRunCommandOptions` / `StartBackgroundRunResult`, `TestRuns*CommandOptions`, `EvalOptions` / `EvalResult`, `TelemetryCommandOptions` / `TelemetrySubcommand`, and `StatsCommandOptions` / `StatsResult`.
 - Linked-test authoring primitives: `parseLinkedTestJsonEntries`, the `parseLinkedTest*` field parsers, `LINKED_TEST_PM_CONTEXT_MODE_VALUES`, `LINKED_TEST_PROTECTED_ENV_KEYS`, `classifyLinkedTestFailure`, `countFailureCategories`, and `summarizeContextPreflight` let custom hosts validate, execute, classify, and report linked tests without duplicating CLI policy.
-- Agent command primitives: `normalizeItemAddressInvocation` and `supportsItemIdAlias` project one item-id grammar across CLI adapters; `renderMissingOptionRetry` and `resolveMissingOptionPlaceholder` preserve attempted argv while deriving enum, boolean, and scalar recovery arity from flag contracts; `createUnknownSubcommandError` provides one typed positional refusal with complete allowed values and deterministic nearest retry; `rankCommandPaths` and `scoreCommandPathMatch` provide deterministic synonym/edit-distance/substring ranking; `resolveCreateExplicitEmptyFlag` and `supportsCreateExplicitEmpty` model a considered-but-empty strict repeatable input without inventing metadata or graph edges.
+- Agent command primitives: `normalizeItemAddressInvocation` and `supportsItemIdAlias` project one item-id grammar across CLI adapters; `renderMissingOptionRetry`, `resolveMissingOptionPlaceholder`, and `resolveRecoveryCommandName` preserve attempted argv, derive enum/boolean/scalar recovery arity from flag contracts, and identify the actual command without mistaking a global option value for one; `createUnknownSubcommandError` provides one typed positional refusal with complete allowed values and deterministic nearest retry; `rankCommandPaths` and `scoreCommandPathMatch` provide deterministic synonym/edit-distance/substring ranking; `resolveCreateExplicitEmptyFlag` and `supportsCreateExplicitEmpty` model a considered-but-empty strict repeatable input without inventing metadata or graph edges.
 - Refusal reachability primitives: generated `PmErrorCodeContract.owned_states` declarations bind stable codes to concrete states, probe ids, entrypoints, and exit classes; `verifyPmRefusalReachability` compares those declarations with real CLI, SDK, MCP, or package observations and fails closed for missing, duplicate, wrong-entrypoint, mismatched, or undeclared probes.
 - Typed plan workflow primitives on `PmClient`: `plan`, `planCreate`, `planShow`, `planAddStep`, `planUpdateStep`, `planCompleteStep`, `planBlockStep`, `planReorderStep`, `planRemoveStep`, `planLink`, `planUnlink`, `planDecision`, `planDiscovery`, `planValidation`, `planResume`, `planApprove`, and `planMaterialize`
 - Plan contracts: `PlanSubcommand`, `PlanCommandOptions`, `PlanCommandResult`, `PlanResultPlan`, `PlanStepSummary`, `PlanShowDepth`, and `PlanTemplateName`
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ loud with attributed events and authors.
 Tracked: [pm-jcvg](../.agents/pm/tasks/pm-jcvg.toon),
 [pm-2ler](../.agents/pm/issues/pm-2ler.toon),
 [pm-chyh](../.agents/pm/issues/pm-chyh.toon), and
-[pm-p9sc](../.agents/pm/issues/pm-p9sc.toon).
+[pm-p9sc](../.agents/pm/issues/pm-p9sc.toon). Conflicting batch refusal is
+tracked by [pm-c6urop](../.agents/pm/issues/pm-c6urop.toon).
 
 Custom tools can use the same domain primitives as the CLI without dispatching a
 command action. The direct functions accept the typed command options plus a
@@ -556,6 +557,13 @@ tool invoked from a nested package never records a path that changes meaning
 when another agent runs from the repository root. Root-layout trackers use the
 tracker directory itself as their workspace.
 
+Add and remove sets are compared after invocation-root anchoring, slash
+normalization, glob expansion, and requested migrations. If the same path is in
+both sets, `runFiles`, `runDocs`, and `runLinkedArtifacts` throw
+`PmCliError` code `linked_artifact_mutation_conflict` before calling the item
+store. This contract deliberately refuses to guess whether replacement or
+removal should win and guarantees that no item or history write is published.
+
 `runDeps` also projects missing `parent` and legacy `blocked_by` references as
 typed missing edges, alongside structured dependencies. Tree and graph payloads
 apply shared depth/node/edge/token bounds and expose deterministic truncation
@@ -3292,6 +3300,12 @@ interpreted as a missing input. Strict close validation reports missing
 resolution fields first and suggests a targeted `pm update` before retrying the
 original close invocation.
 
+Recovery help examples resolve their command through
+`resolveRecoveryCommandName`, which uses the same bootstrap grammar as the CLI.
+Global value flags such as `--pm-path <path>` may appear before or after the
+subcommand; their values are never exposed as inferred command names or help
+targets.
+
 Unknown-option envelopes rank command paths that accept the rejected flag by
 shared vocabulary and include explicit total/truncation metadata. They are
 contract-discovery hints, not permission to change the requested operation.
diff --git a/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-baseline.json b/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-baseline.json
index 916bb08a9..0c20379da 100644
--- a/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-baseline.json
+++ b/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-baseline.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
-  "description": "Ceiling on catch clauses that treat ENOENT as file absence without also treating ENOTDIR as absence. For an optional read the two errno values answer the same question, so handling only ENOENT turns a graceful default into an unclassified runtime fault when a path component is a regular file. Owner: pm-7rrqsk. Lower this number as readers migrate to isFileAbsentError; it may never rise.",
-  "max_enoent_only_absence_catches": 45
+  "description": "Zero-tolerance ceiling on catch clauses that inline ENOENT-only absence checks. Optional targets use isFileAbsentError so ENOTDIR is equivalent absence; corruption-sensitive races use isFileMissingError so ENOTDIR stays diagnostic. Owner: pm-6xlyss. This ceiling may never rise.",
+  "max_enoent_only_absence_catches": 0
 }
diff --git a/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.mjs b/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.mjs
index 70b891dd1..40cc026aa 100644
--- a/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.mjs
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
  * Tracker: pm-7rrqsk (partial application of a replication set). A reader that
  * treats a missing optional file as a default must accept `ENOTDIR` alongside
  * `ENOENT`: when an ancestor path component is a regular file the target cannot
- * exist either, so the two errno values answer the same question. Handling only
- * `ENOENT` converts a graceful default into an unclassified runtime fault that
- * escapes the caller's own root validation, reaches Sentry as an
- * `unexpected_fault`, and blocks the release gate.
+ * exist either, so the two errno values answer the same question. A
+ * corruption-sensitive race may deliberately use `isFileMissingError` instead;
+ * both choices centralize the reviewed semantic decision rather than repeating
+ * an incomplete inline errno check. Handling only `ENOENT` inline converts a
+ * graceful default into an unclassified runtime fault that escapes the caller's
+ * own root validation, reaches Sentry as an `unexpected_fault`, and blocks the
+ * release gate.
  *
  * The bound is a ceiling that may only fall. Both directions fail: a higher
  * observed count is a regression, and a lower one is an undeclared improvement
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ export function evaluateAbsenceTolerance(findings, ceiling) {
       direction: "regression",
       message:
         `${observed} catch clauses tolerate ${ABSENT_ERRNO} without ${DIRECTORY_ERRNO}, above the declared ceiling of ${ceiling}. ` +
-        `An optional-file reader must treat ${DIRECTORY_ERRNO} as absence too; use isFileAbsentError from src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts.`,
+        `Use isFileAbsentError for optional targets, or isFileMissingError only when ${DIRECTORY_ERRNO} must remain structural corruption; both live in src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts.`,
       findings,
     };
   }
@@ -157,7 +160,8 @@ export async function runAbsenceToleranceGate(options = {}) {
 export async function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2)) {
   const { flags } = parseFlags(argv);
   const baselinePath = flagString(flags, "baseline", DEFAULT_BASELINE_PATH);
-  const report = await runAbsenceToleranceGate({ baselinePath });
+  const root = flagString(flags, "root", repoRoot);
+  const report = await runAbsenceToleranceGate({ baselinePath, root });
   if (!report.ok) {
     for (const finding of report.findings.slice(0, 20)) {
       process.stdout.write(`${finding.file}:${finding.line}\n`);
diff --git a/scripts/release/surface-replication-sets.json b/scripts/release/surface-replication-sets.json
index 6ddd61942..cc9d03c92 100644
--- a/scripts/release/surface-replication-sets.json
+++ b/scripts/release/surface-replication-sets.json
@@ -239,6 +239,27 @@
     }
   ],
   "waivers": [
+    {
+      "set_id": "annotation-mutation-receipts",
+      "member_path": "src/sdk/cli-contracts/flag-contracts.ts",
+      "pm_item": "pm-6xlyss",
+      "reason": "Centralizing exact ENOENT classification changes only optional metadata read error handling; annotation receipt flags and transport semantics are unchanged.",
+      "expires_on": "2026-08-12"
+    },
+    {
+      "set_id": "health-vector-refresh-boundary",
+      "member_path": "tests/unit/sdk/health-vector-boundary.spec.ts",
+      "pm_item": "pm-6xlyss",
+      "reason": "Centralizing exact ENOENT classification does not change the existing explicit vector refresh boundary covered by this test.",
+      "expires_on": "2026-08-12"
+    },
+    {
+      "set_id": "health-vector-refresh-boundary",
+      "member_path": "docs/SDK_CONTEXT_INTEGRITY.md",
+      "pm_item": "pm-6xlyss",
+      "reason": "Centralizing exact ENOENT classification does not change the documented opt-in vector provider contract.",
+      "expires_on": "2026-08-12"
+    },
     {
       "set_id": "annotation-mutation-receipts",
       "member_path": "src/sdk/annotations.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/run-tests.mjs b/scripts/run-tests.mjs
index 36ff95c6b..acba3334d 100755
--- a/scripts/run-tests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-tests.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ function resolveMode(argv) {
   return { ok: true, mode };
 }
 
+function runChild(command, args, env) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child = spawn(command, args, {
+      cwd: process.cwd(),
+      env,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+    });
+    child.on("error", reject);
+    child.on("close", (code, signal) => {
+      resolve(signal ? 1 : (code ?? 1));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 async function run() {
   const resolved = resolveMode(process.argv);
   if (!resolved.ok) {
@@ -56,22 +70,7 @@ async function run() {
     delete baseEnv.PM_SOURCE_WORKSPACE_ROOT;
 
     if (!skipBuild) {
-      const buildExitCode = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const child = spawn(pnpmCommand, ["build"], {
-          cwd: process.cwd(),
-          env: baseEnv,
-          stdio: "inherit",
-        });
-
-        child.on("error", reject);
-        child.on("close", (code, signal) => {
-          if (signal) {
-            resolve(1);
-            return;
-          }
-          resolve(code ?? 1);
-        });
-      });
+      const buildExitCode = await runChild(pnpmCommand, ["build"], baseEnv);
 
       if (buildExitCode !== 0) {
         process.exitCode = buildExitCode;
@@ -79,60 +78,48 @@ async function run() {
       }
     }
 
-    const vitestExitCode = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const child = spawn(
-        process.execPath,
-        [
-          vitestEntry,
-          "run",
-          ...MODE_TO_VITEST_ARGS[resolved.mode],
-          ...normalizedVitestArgs,
-        ],
-        {
-          cwd: process.cwd(),
-          env: baseEnv,
-          stdio: "inherit",
-        },
-      );
-
-      child.on("error", reject);
-      child.on("close", (code, signal) => {
-        if (signal) {
-          resolve(1);
-          return;
-        }
-        resolve(code ?? 1);
-      });
-    });
+    const vitestExitCode = await runChild(
+      process.execPath,
+      [
+        vitestEntry,
+        "run",
+        ...MODE_TO_VITEST_ARGS[resolved.mode],
+        ...normalizedVitestArgs,
+      ],
+      baseEnv,
+    );
 
-    if (vitestExitCode !== 0 || resolved.mode !== "coverage") {
+    if (resolved.mode !== "coverage") {
       process.exitCode = vitestExitCode;
       return;
     }
 
-    const coverageGateExitCode = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const child = spawn(
-        process.execPath,
-        [
-          path.join(
-            process.cwd(),
-            "scripts",
-            "release",
-            "coverage-threshold-gate.mjs",
-          ),
-        ],
-        {
-          cwd: process.cwd(),
-          env: baseEnv,
-          stdio: "inherit",
-        },
+    const coverageGateExitCode = await runChild(
+      process.execPath,
+      [
+        path.join(
+          process.cwd(),
+          "scripts",
+          "release",
+          "coverage-threshold-gate.mjs",
+        ),
+      ],
+      baseEnv,
+    );
+    if (vitestExitCode !== 0 && coverageGateExitCode !== 0) {
+      console.error(
+        "Test execution and exact coverage both failed (combined verdict).",
       );
-      child.on("error", reject);
-      child.on("close", (code) => {
-        resolve(code ?? 1);
-      });
-    });
-    process.exitCode = coverageGateExitCode;
+      process.exitCode = 3;
+    } else if (vitestExitCode !== 0) {
+      console.error("Test execution failed; exact coverage still passed.");
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+    } else if (coverageGateExitCode !== 0) {
+      console.error("Tests passed; exact coverage failed.");
+      process.exitCode = 2;
+    } else {
+      process.exitCode = 0;
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
     console.error(`Failed to run sandboxed tests: ${message}`);
diff --git a/sdk/public-surface.json b/sdk/public-surface.json
index 8951a3309..1f0c4e8e8 100644
--- a/sdk/public-surface.json
+++ b/sdk/public-surface.json
@@ -1073,6 +1073,12 @@
           "name": "assertHistoryRepairTarget",
           "signature": "(id: string | undefined, all: boolean) => void | calls: (id: string | undefined, all: boolean) => void"
         },
+        {
+          "classification": "advanced_export",
+          "kind": "function",
+          "name": "assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous",
+          "signature": "(adds: LinkedArtifact[], removes: string[], migrations?: PathMigration[]) => void | calls: (adds: LinkedArtifact[], removes: string[], migrations?: PathMigration[]) => void"
+        },
         {
           "classification": "supported",
           "kind": "function",
@@ -11195,6 +11201,12 @@
           "name": "resolveReadRowContract",
           "signature": "(command: string, result: Record<string, unknown>) => ReadRowContract | undefined | calls: (command: string, result: Record<string, unknown>) => ReadRowContract | undefined"
         },
+        {
+          "classification": "advanced_export",
+          "kind": "function",
+          "name": "resolveRecoveryCommandName",
+          "signature": "(invocationArgv: string[] | undefined) => string | undefined | calls: (invocationArgv: string[] | undefined) => string | undefined"
+        },
         {
           "classification": "advanced_export",
           "kind": "function",
@@ -25691,6 +25703,7 @@
     "item_id_collision",
     "item_not_found",
     "likely_duplicate",
+    "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
     "linked_test_remove_no_match",
     "linked_test_value_not_quoted",
     "list_source_incomplete",
diff --git a/src/cli/error-guidance.ts b/src/cli/error-guidance.ts
index 268f2f5ab..96bf28b75 100644
--- a/src/cli/error-guidance.ts
+++ b/src/cli/error-guidance.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   type PmCliErrorContext,
   type PmCliErrorRecoveryPayload,
 } from "../sdk/runtime-primitives.js";
+import { resolveRecoveryCommandName } from "../sdk/agent/command-recovery.js";
 import { renderPmCommand } from "./argv-utils.js";
 import { discoverNearbyPmRoot } from "../sdk/tracker-root-discovery.js";
 
@@ -617,14 +618,7 @@ function dedupeStrings(values: string[]): string[] {
 function inferCommandNameFromRecovery(
   recovery: PmCliErrorRecoveryPayload | undefined,
 ): string | undefined {
-  const args = recovery?.normalized_args;
-  if (!Array.isArray(args) || args.length === 0) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const firstCommandArg = args.find(
-    (arg) => arg.trim().length > 0 && !arg.startsWith("-"),
-  );
-  return firstCommandArg?.trim();
+  return resolveRecoveryCommandName(recovery?.normalized_args);
 }
 
 function inferAllowedValuesFromMessage(message: string): string[] {
diff --git a/src/core/checkpoint/checkpoint-gc.ts b/src/core/checkpoint/checkpoint-gc.ts
index a1ced2987..6ab09171c 100644
--- a/src/core/checkpoint/checkpoint-gc.ts
+++ b/src/core/checkpoint/checkpoint-gc.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * A zero/negative age (a future `created_at`) is always treated as active.
  */
 
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 import type { Dirent } from "node:fs";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -68,15 +69,6 @@ export interface CheckpointGcResult {
   entries: CheckpointGcEntry[];
 }
 
-function isErrno(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 /** Extract a parseable `created_at` from a checkpoint's raw JSON, or null. */
 function readCheckpointCreatedAt(raw: string): string | null {
   let parsed: unknown;
@@ -101,7 +93,7 @@ async function collectCheckpointFiles(
   try {
     dirEntries = await fs.readdir(checkpointsDir, { withFileTypes: true });
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return [];
     }
     throw error;
@@ -114,7 +106,7 @@ async function collectCheckpointFiles(
       try {
         nested = await fs.readdir(subdir);
       } catch (error: unknown) {
-        if (!isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+        if (!isFileMissingError(error)) {
           warnings.push(`checkpoint_subdir_unreadable:${entry.name}`);
         }
         continue;
@@ -166,7 +158,7 @@ export async function runCheckpointGc(
     try {
       raw = await fs.readFile(absPath, "utf8");
     } catch (readError: unknown) {
-      if (isErrno(readError, "ENOENT")) {
+      if (isFileMissingError(readError)) {
         // Disappeared between readdir and readFile — treat as a ghost; skip quietly.
         result.scanned -= 1;
         continue;
@@ -216,7 +208,7 @@ export async function runCheckpointGc(
       try {
         await fs.unlink(absPath);
       } catch (unlinkError: unknown) {
-        if (!isErrno(unlinkError, "ENOENT")) {
+        if (!isFileMissingError(unlinkError)) {
           result.warnings.push(`checkpoint_remove_failed:${relName}`);
           result.retained.push(relPath);
           result.entries.push(entry);
diff --git a/src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts b/src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts
index 113db42f3..0bf8c541e 100644
--- a/src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts
+++ b/src/core/fs/fs-utils.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ export async function pathExists(targetPath: string): Promise<boolean> {
  * runtime fault instead of reaching the caller's own root validation.
  */
 export function isFileAbsentError(error: unknown): boolean {
-  return isErrno(error, "ENOENT") || isErrno(error, "ENOTDIR");
+  return isFileMissingError(error) || isErrno(error, "ENOTDIR");
+}
+
+/** Report an exact missing-entry race while preserving ENOTDIR as structural corruption. */
+export function isFileMissingError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return isErrno(error, "ENOENT");
 }
 
 /** Implements read file if exists for the public runtime surface of this module. */
diff --git a/src/core/history/drift-cache.ts b/src/core/history/drift-cache.ts
index e3eed8deb..e366a7847 100644
--- a/src/core/history/drift-cache.ts
+++ b/src/core/history/drift-cache.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Invalidates derived history-chain verification state after committed writes.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { writeStderr } from "../output/output.js";
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ export async function invalidateHistoryDriftCache(
     await fs.rm(cachePath, { force: true });
   } catch (error) {
     const errorCode = getFilesystemErrorCode(error);
-    if (errorCode === "ENOENT") {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return;
     }
     const code =
diff --git a/src/core/history/drift-scan.ts b/src/core/history/drift-scan.ts
index 59602d8d1..236bf554d 100644
--- a/src/core/history/drift-scan.ts
+++ b/src/core/history/drift-scan.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { getHistoryPath } from "../store/paths.js";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, writeFileAtomic } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 import {
   CURRENT_HISTORY_ITEM_HASH_VERSION,
   hashDocumentForVersion,
@@ -85,15 +85,6 @@ async function loadDriftCache(
   }
 }
 
-function isErrno(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 interface StreamVerification {
   latestAfterHash: string;
   chainOk: boolean;
@@ -120,7 +111,7 @@ async function scanWorkspaceHistory(
   try {
     stat = await fs.stat(historyPath);
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) return false;
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) return false;
     accumulator.unreadableStreams.push(WORKSPACE_HISTORY_ID);
     return false;
   }
@@ -332,7 +323,7 @@ export async function scanHistoryDrift(
     try {
       stat = await fs.stat(historyPath);
     } catch (error: unknown) {
-      if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+      if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
         accumulator.missingStreams.push(item.id);
       } else {
         accumulator.unreadableStreams.push(item.id);
diff --git a/src/core/lock/lock-gc.ts b/src/core/lock/lock-gc.ts
index cc343a7c8..9481d1358 100644
--- a/src/core/lock/lock-gc.ts
+++ b/src/core/lock/lock-gc.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * Zero ttl means any lock older than 0 ms is stale. Negative ttl means always stale.
  */
 
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 
@@ -95,15 +96,6 @@ function parseLock(raw: string): ParsedLock | null {
   return { id, owner, created_at, ttl_seconds };
 }
 
-function isErrno(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 /** Fine-grained classification outcome for one readable lock file's content. `unparseable_json` and `invalid_timestamp` both surface as the coarse `reason: "unparseable"` on the scan entry (gc retains both), but stay distinct here so callers can emit precise warnings. */
 export type LockClassificationDetail =
   | "active"
@@ -209,7 +201,7 @@ export async function scanLockHealth(
     const rawDir = await fs.readdir(locksDir);
     dirEntries = rawDir.filter((f) => f.endsWith(".lock")).sort();
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return scan;
     }
     throw error;
@@ -220,7 +212,7 @@ export async function scanLockHealth(
     try {
       raw = await fs.readFile(path.join(locksDir, file), "utf8");
     } catch (readError: unknown) {
-      if (isErrno(readError, "ENOENT")) {
+      if (isFileMissingError(readError)) {
         // Disappeared between readdir and readFile — treat as a ghost; skip quietly.
         continue;
       }
@@ -264,7 +256,7 @@ export async function runLockGc(
     const raw = await fs.readdir(locksDir);
     dirEntries = raw.filter((f) => f.endsWith(".lock")).sort();
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return result;
     }
     throw error;
@@ -286,7 +278,7 @@ export async function runLockGc(
     try {
       raw = await fs.readFile(absPath, "utf8");
     } catch (readError: unknown) {
-      if (isErrno(readError, "ENOENT")) {
+      if (isFileMissingError(readError)) {
         // Disappeared between readdir and readFile — treat as a ghost; skip quietly.
         result.scanned -= 1;
         continue;
@@ -331,7 +323,7 @@ export async function runLockGc(
       try {
         await fs.unlink(absPath);
       } catch (unlinkError: unknown) {
-        if (!isErrno(unlinkError, "ENOENT")) {
+        if (!isFileMissingError(unlinkError)) {
           result.warnings.push(`lock_remove_failed:${file}`);
           result.retained.push(relPath);
           result.entries.push(classified.entry);
diff --git a/src/core/lock/lock.ts b/src/core/lock/lock.ts
index 4f7c705a0..9853cd404 100644
--- a/src/core/lock/lock.ts
+++ b/src/core/lock/lock.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Coordinates tracker lock ownership and cleanup for Lock.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ async function readLockInfo(lockPath: string): Promise<LockReadResult> {
     });
     return parseLockInfo(raw);
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return {
         info: null,
         warnings: [],
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ async function removeExpiredStaleCleanupGate(
       return false;
     }
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    return isErrno(error, "ENOENT");
+    return isFileMissingError(error);
   }
   const owner = await readStaleCleanupGateOwner(gatePath);
   if (
diff --git a/src/core/search/vector-stores.ts b/src/core/search/vector-stores.ts
index cd1aff821..83edb5102 100644
--- a/src/core/search/vector-stores.ts
+++ b/src/core/search/vector-stores.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   toNonEmptyString,
   trimTrailingSlashes,
 } from "../shared/primitives.js";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, writeFileAtomic } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 
 /** Restricts vector store name values accepted by command, SDK, and storage contracts. */
 export type VectorStoreName = "qdrant" | "lancedb";
@@ -431,14 +431,6 @@ function getLanceDbSnapshotPath(storePath: string, table: string): string {
   return join(resolve(storePath), LANCE_DB_LOCAL_SNAPSHOT_DIR, `${table}.json`);
 }
 
-function isNodeErrorWithCode(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    (error as { code?: unknown }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 function normalizeSnapshotRecord(
   entry: unknown,
   index: number,
@@ -531,7 +523,7 @@ async function readLanceDbSnapshotStats(
     const stats = await stat(snapshotPath);
     return { mtimeMs: stats.mtimeMs, size: stats.size };
   } catch (error) {
-    if (!isNodeErrorWithCode(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (!isFileMissingError(error)) {
       throw error;
     }
     return null;
@@ -593,7 +585,7 @@ async function loadLanceDbLocalTable(
     const raw = await readFile(snapshotPath, "utf8");
     loaded = parseLanceDbSnapshot(snapshotPath, table, raw);
   } catch (error) {
-    if (!isNodeErrorWithCode(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (!isFileMissingError(error)) {
       throw error;
     }
   }
@@ -621,7 +613,7 @@ async function removeSnapshotFile(snapshotPath: string): Promise<void> {
   try {
     await unlink(snapshotPath);
   } catch (error) {
-    if (!isNodeErrorWithCode(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (!isFileMissingError(error)) {
       throw new Error(
         `LanceDB local snapshot delete failed at '${snapshotPath}': ${toErrorMessage(error)}`,
       );
diff --git a/src/core/store/item-metadata-cache.ts b/src/core/store/item-metadata-cache.ts
index 607baa622..606b9882a 100644
--- a/src/core/store/item-metadata-cache.ts
+++ b/src/core/store/item-metadata-cache.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { collectRegisteredItemFieldNames } from "../extensions/item-fields.js";
 import { parseItemDocument } from "../item/item-format.js";
 import { evictOldestMemoEntries } from "../shared/memo.js";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, writeFileAtomic } from "../fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { acquireLock } from "../lock/lock.js";
 import { ITEM_FILE_EXTENSIONS, getItemFormatFromPath } from "./paths.js";
 import {
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ async function readItemDirectoryFiles(
       typeof error === "object" &&
       error !== null &&
       "code" in error &&
-      (error as { code?: string }).code !== "ENOENT"
+      !isFileMissingError(error)
     ) {
       appendWarning(warnings, `item_list_directory_read_failed:${folder}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/core/telemetry/runtime.ts b/src/core/telemetry/runtime.ts
index 8df96c1bd..796c1b75e 100644
--- a/src/core/telemetry/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/core/telemetry/runtime.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import type { GlobalOptions } from "../shared/command-types.js";
 import { resolvePmPackageRootFromModule } from "../packages/root.js";
 import {
+  isFileMissingError,
   appendLineAtomic,
   readFileIfExists,
   writeFileAtomic,
@@ -2216,7 +2217,7 @@ function createDirectoryLock(lockPath: string): boolean {
     if (code === "EEXIST") {
       return false;
     }
-    if (code !== "ENOENT") {
+    if (!isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -2252,7 +2253,7 @@ function acquireTelemetryFlushSpawnGate(globalPmRoot: string): boolean {
     }
     removeDirectoryLockBestEffort(lockPath);
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (errorCode(error) !== "ENOENT") {
+    if (!isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/sdk/agent/command-recovery.ts b/src/sdk/agent/command-recovery.ts
index afac514bd..134783a67 100644
--- a/src/sdk/agent/command-recovery.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/agent/command-recovery.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,23 @@
  */
 import { renderPmCommand } from "../command-line.js";
 import { resolveSubcommandFlagContractsForCommand } from "../cli-contracts.js";
+import { parseBootstrapCommandName } from "../cli-bootstrap.js";
 
 function normalizeMissingFlag(label: string): string | undefined {
   const match = label.trim().match(/--[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*/i);
   return match?.[0]?.replaceAll("_", "-").toLowerCase();
 }
 
+/** Resolve a recovery command without interpreting global option values as command tokens. */
+export function resolveRecoveryCommandName(
+  invocationArgv: string[] | undefined,
+): string | undefined {
+  if (!Array.isArray(invocationArgv) || invocationArgv.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return parseBootstrapCommandName(invocationArgv);
+}
+
 /** Resolve the truthful placeholder for a missing flag from its contract. */
 export function resolveMissingOptionPlaceholder(
   commandName: string,
diff --git a/src/sdk/annotations.ts b/src/sdk/annotations.ts
index 6160813e3..ff676e997 100644
--- a/src/sdk/annotations.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/annotations.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Implements the pm annotation command command surface and its agent-facing runtime behavior.
  */
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
-import { pathExists } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileAbsentError, pathExists } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { getActiveExtensionRegistrations } from "../core/extensions/index.js";
 import { resolveItemTypeRegistry } from "../core/item/type-registry.js";
 import { createStdinTokenResolver, parseCsvKv } from "../core/item/parse.js";
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ async function resolveAnnotationTextSource(
   try {
     return { value: await readFile(filePath, "utf8"), emptyFlag: "--file" };
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrnoError(error) && error.code === "ENOENT") {
+    if (isErrnoError(error) && isFileAbsentError(error)) {
       throw new PmCliError(
         `--file path not found: ${filePath}`,
         EXIT_CODE.USAGE,
diff --git a/src/sdk/comments.ts b/src/sdk/comments.ts
index 47baf6c44..ed1610ddf 100644
--- a/src/sdk/comments.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/comments.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Implements the pm comments command surface and its agent-facing runtime behavior.
  */
+import { isFileAbsentError } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import {
   EXIT_CODE,
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ async function resolveCommentTextSource(
     const fileInput = await readFile(filePath, "utf8");
     return { value: fileInput, emptyFlag: "--file" };
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrnoError(error) && error.code === "ENOENT") {
+    if (isErrnoError(error) && isFileAbsentError(error)) {
       throw new PmCliError(
         `--file path not found: ${filePath}`,
         EXIT_CODE.USAGE,
diff --git a/src/sdk/compile-cache.ts b/src/sdk/compile-cache.ts
index 402e6be71..dc7f95972 100644
--- a/src/sdk/compile-cache.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/compile-cache.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Provides a bounded, host-reusable lifecycle primitive for pm-owned Node
  * compile-cache generations.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export function pruneCompileCacheGenerations(
         if (
           error instanceof Error &&
           "code" in error &&
-          error.code === "ENOENT"
+          isFileMissingError(error)
         ) {
           return [];
         }
diff --git a/src/sdk/context-signal-store.ts b/src/sdk/context-signal-store.ts
index 7cae1e1de..9fa0db81e 100644
--- a/src/sdk/context-signal-store.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/context-signal-store.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Snapshots are derived read artifacts: callers retain authoritative items and
  * history, while stale, absent, or corrupt snapshots rebuild transparently.
  */
+import { isFileAbsentError } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ export class JsonFileContextSignalStoreAdapter implements ContextSignalStoreAdap
     try {
       return JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(this.filePath, "utf8")) as unknown;
     } catch (error: unknown) {
-      if (isRecord(error) && error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      if (isRecord(error) && isFileAbsentError(error)) {
         return null;
       }
       throw error;
diff --git a/src/sdk/extension/install-runtime.ts b/src/sdk/extension/install-runtime.ts
index b582f7a1a..1f001d360 100644
--- a/src/sdk/extension/install-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/extension/install-runtime.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileAbsentError, pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { isPathWithinDirectory } from "../../core/fs/path-utils.js";
 import { EXIT_CODE } from "../../core/shared/constants.js";
 import { PmCliError } from "../../core/shared/errors.js";
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ const readExtensionInstallLockOwnerToken = async (
       "utf8",
     );
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (!isErrnoCode(error, "ENOENT")) throw error;
+    if (!isFileAbsentError(error)) throw error;
     return null;
   }
   let parsed: unknown;
diff --git a/src/sdk/extension/managed-state.ts b/src/sdk/extension/managed-state.ts
index 71bf835e5..352788a78 100644
--- a/src/sdk/extension/managed-state.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/extension/managed-state.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Implements extension package-management support for Managed State.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { EXIT_CODE } from "../../core/shared/constants.js";
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ export async function readManagedExtensionState(
       typeof error === "object" &&
       error !== null &&
       "code" in error &&
-      (error as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT"
+      isFileMissingError(error)
     ) {
       return {
         path: statePath,
diff --git a/src/sdk/generated/generated-error-code-catalog-part-1.ts b/src/sdk/generated/generated-error-code-catalog-part-1.ts
index 8ad3f2d2a..9686cff86 100644
--- a/src/sdk/generated/generated-error-code-catalog-part-1.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/generated/generated-error-code-catalog-part-1.ts
@@ -1586,6 +1586,19 @@ export const PM_ERROR_CODE_CATALOG_PART_1: PmErrorCodeContract[] = [
     canonical_code: "likely_duplicate",
     aliases: [],
   },
+  {
+    code: "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+    meaning: "Linked artifact mutation conflict condition.",
+    stability: "provisional",
+    exit_code: 2,
+    class: "usage",
+    recovery:
+      "Inspect the structured error guidance and retry the suggested command.",
+    sources: ["sdk/linked-artifacts.ts"],
+    emitting_commands: ["*"],
+    canonical_code: "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+    aliases: [],
+  },
   {
     code: "linked_test_remove_no_match",
     meaning: "Linked test remove no match condition.",
diff --git a/src/sdk/governance/gc.ts b/src/sdk/governance/gc.ts
index 00b3ea640..b8b656aae 100644
--- a/src/sdk/governance/gc.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/governance/gc.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   runActiveOnReadHooks,
   runActiveOnWriteHooks,
 } from "../../core/extensions/index.js";
-import { pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { runLockGc } from "../../core/lock/lock-gc.js";
 import { EXIT_CODE } from "../../core/shared/constants.js";
 import type { GlobalOptions } from "../../core/shared/command-types.js";
@@ -154,15 +154,6 @@ export interface GcResult {
   generated_at: string;
 }
 
-function isErrno(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 async function removeCacheFile(
   pmRoot: string,
   target: GcTarget,
@@ -209,7 +200,7 @@ async function removeCacheFile(
       warnings: [...warnings, ...writeWarnings],
     };
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return {
         removed: false,
         warnings,
@@ -255,7 +246,7 @@ async function sweepWorkspaceSnapshotTemps(
         })),
       );
       const stats = await fs.stat(absolutePath).catch((error: unknown) => {
-        if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+        if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
           return undefined;
         }
         throw error;
diff --git a/src/sdk/governance/health.ts b/src/sdk/governance/health.ts
index 8a7b40072..d833b0492 100644
--- a/src/sdk/governance/health.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/governance/health.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { resolveItemTypeRegistry } from "../../core/item/type-registry.js";
-import { pathExists, readFileIfExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, pathExists, readFileIfExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import {
   activateExtensions,
   getActiveExtensionRegistrations,
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ async function listItemDocumentPaths(
         typeof error === "object" &&
         error !== null &&
         "code" in error &&
-        (error as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT"
+        isFileMissingError(error)
       ) {
         continue;
       }
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ function shouldReportHistoryDirectoryUnreadable(error: unknown): boolean {
     typeof error === "object" &&
     error !== null &&
     "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT"
+    isFileMissingError(error)
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sdk/governance/validate.ts b/src/sdk/governance/validate.ts
index 9b7a01c97..e91eed31a 100644
--- a/src/sdk/governance/validate.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/governance/validate.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import { buildRemediationCommands } from "../../core/diagnostics/remediation.js";
 import { getActiveExtensionRegistrations } from "../../core/extensions/index.js";
 import { collectRegisteredItemFieldNames } from "../../core/extensions/item-fields.js";
-import { pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { scanHistoryDrift } from "../../core/history/drift-scan.js";
 import { normalizeStatusInput } from "../../core/item/status.js";
 import { resolveItemTypeRegistry } from "../../core/item/type-registry.js";
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ async function listFilesRecursive(
   try {
     entries = await fs.readdir(targetDirectory, { withFileTypes: true });
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (hasFilesystemErrorCode(error, ["ENOENT"])) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return;
     }
     throw error;
diff --git a/src/sdk/guide.ts b/src/sdk/guide.ts
index e45d26ba3..f018f9b9c 100644
--- a/src/sdk/guide.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/guide.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Implements the pm guide command surface and its agent-facing runtime behavior.
  */
+import { isFileAbsentError } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import {
@@ -243,8 +244,7 @@ async function renderGuideDocs(
         });
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      const code = (error as { code?: string } | null)?.code;
-      const missing = code === "ENOENT";
+      const missing = isFileAbsentError(error);
       docs.push({
         path: doc.path,
         purpose: doc.purpose,
diff --git a/src/sdk/index.ts b/src/sdk/index.ts
index ee7d20220..e74fe966b 100644
--- a/src/sdk/index.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/index.ts
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ export {
   applyPathMigrations,
   applyStandaloneNote,
   artifactKey,
+  assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous,
   dedupeLinkedArtifacts,
   ensureScope,
   expandAddGlobEntries,
diff --git a/src/sdk/linked-artifacts.ts b/src/sdk/linked-artifacts.ts
index a7911436b..d71966458 100644
--- a/src/sdk/linked-artifacts.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/linked-artifacts.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import fg from "fast-glob";
-import { pathExists } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileAbsentError, pathExists } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { getActiveExtensionRegistrations } from "../core/extensions/index.js";
 import {
   assertNoUnknownCsvKeys,
@@ -339,6 +339,44 @@ export function applyPathMigrations(
   return next;
 }
 
+/** Reject a transaction that resolves the same linked path into both add and remove sets. */
+export function assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous(
+  adds: LinkedArtifact[],
+  removes: string[],
+  migrations: PathMigration[] = [],
+): void {
+  if (adds.length === 0 || removes.length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const addedPaths = new Set(
+    adds.map((entry) => applyPathMigrations(entry.path, migrations)),
+  );
+  const conflicts = [
+    ...new Set(
+      removes
+        .map((entry) => applyPathMigrations(entry, migrations))
+        .filter((entry) => addedPaths.has(entry)),
+    ),
+  ].sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+  if (conflicts.length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  throw new PmCliError(
+    `Linked artifact mutation cannot add and remove the same normalized path in one transaction: ${conflicts.join(", ")}. Split the replacement into separate commands so each history event has one unambiguous intent.`,
+    EXIT_CODE.USAGE,
+    {
+      code: "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+      reason: "same_path_added_and_removed",
+      required:
+        "Use distinct normalized paths for --add and --remove in one invocation.",
+      why: "Conflicting batch intent cannot be applied deterministically without silently discarding metadata or a removal.",
+      nextSteps: [
+        "Run the removal and addition as separate commands with a --message describing each intent.",
+      ],
+    },
+  );
+}
+
 /** Implements normalize linked path for the public runtime surface of this module. */
 export function normalizeLinkedPath(value: string): string {
   return value.split(path.sep).join("/");
@@ -497,7 +535,7 @@ export async function validateLinkedPaths(
         typeof error === "object" &&
         error !== null &&
         "code" in error &&
-        (error as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT"
+        isFileAbsentError(error)
       ) {
         missingPaths.push(relativePath);
         continue;
@@ -645,6 +683,7 @@ export async function runLinkedArtifacts(
     anchorLinkedPath(entry, workspaceRoot, invocationRoot),
   );
   const migrations = parseMigrateEntries(resolvedMigrations);
+  assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous(adds, removes, migrations);
   const shouldMutate =
     adds.length > 0 || removes.length > 0 || migrations.length > 0;
 
diff --git a/src/sdk/merge/install.ts b/src/sdk/merge/install.ts
index 6bb79f0b1..84025ea95 100644
--- a/src/sdk/merge/install.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/merge/install.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * those attributes effective. Idempotent and re-runnable; schema type
  * mutations refresh the fenced block automatically once it is installed.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { readFile, realpath, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ async function reconcileGitattributesBlock(
     current = await readFile(gitattributesPath, "utf8");
   } catch (error: unknown) {
     if (
-      !(error instanceof Error && "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT")
+      !(error instanceof Error && "code" in error && isFileMissingError(error))
     ) {
       throw error;
     }
@@ -615,7 +616,7 @@ export async function refreshMergeAttributeFenceIfInstalled(
       if (
         error instanceof Error &&
         "code" in error &&
-        error.code === "ENOENT"
+        isFileMissingError(error)
       ) {
         return { status: "not_installed", path: gitattributesPath };
       }
diff --git a/src/sdk/query/activity.ts b/src/sdk/query/activity.ts
index 53b11a204..f9b26bdf1 100644
--- a/src/sdk/query/activity.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/query/activity.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Implements the pm activity command surface and its agent-facing runtime behavior.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import {
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ async function listHistoryFiles(historyDir: string): Promise<string[]> {
       .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
   } catch (error: unknown) {
     // Activity should degrade gracefully when optional history storage is absent.
-    if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT") {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return [];
     }
     throw error;
diff --git a/src/sdk/relationship-history.ts b/src/sdk/relationship-history.ts
index 73b8e9bf2..ecd0d10b9 100644
--- a/src/sdk/relationship-history.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/relationship-history.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { constants } from "node:fs";
 import { lstat, mkdir, open, type FileHandle } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { acquireLock } from "../core/lock/lock.js";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { stableStringify } from "../core/shared/serialization.js";
 import {
   RelationshipGraph,
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ async function resolveRelationshipEventStorePath(
           "Relationship event path must not contain symbolic links",
         );
     } catch (error) {
-      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT") break;
+      if (isFileMissingError(error)) break;
       throw error;
     }
   }
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ async function loadRelationshipEventLog(
     );
     raw = await handle.readFile("utf8");
   } catch (error) {
-    if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT")
+    if (isFileMissingError(error))
       return { log, raw: "" };
     throw error;
   } finally {
diff --git a/src/sdk/schema-migration.ts b/src/sdk/schema-migration.ts
index 6d263cdb5..457396872 100644
--- a/src/sdk/schema-migration.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/schema-migration.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import {
+  isFileMissingError,
   pathExists,
   readFileIfExists,
   writeFileAtomic,
@@ -1110,7 +1111,7 @@ async function collectSchemaReferenceState(params: {
       typeof error !== "object" ||
       error === null ||
       !("code" in error) ||
-      error.code !== "ENOENT"
+      !isFileMissingError(error)
     ) {
       throw error;
     }
diff --git a/src/sdk/test/execution.ts b/src/sdk/test/execution.ts
index 89ab74063..59907189d 100644
--- a/src/sdk/test/execution.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/test/execution.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { cp, mkdir, mkdtemp, open, readdir, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { getActiveExtensionRegistrations } from "../../core/extensions/index.js";
-import { pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, pathExists } from "../../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { resolveItemTypeRegistry } from "../../core/item/type-registry.js";
 import {
   createStdinTokenResolver,
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ async function copyIntoSandboxIfPresent(
       typeof error === "object" &&
       error !== null &&
       "code" in error &&
-      (error as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT"
+      isFileMissingError(error)
     ) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/sdk/workspace-memory.ts b/src/sdk/workspace-memory.ts
index 428cbae84..5f2d256db 100644
--- a/src/sdk/workspace-memory.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/workspace-memory.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 import path from "node:path";
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileAbsentError, writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { normalizeStatusForRegistry } from "../core/item/status.js";
 import { stableStringify } from "../core/shared/serialization.js";
 import { readItemMetadataDerivedIndexState } from "../core/store/item-metadata-cache.js";
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ async function readPersistedWorkspaceMemory(filePath: string): Promise<{
       typeof error === "object" &&
       error !== null &&
       "code" in error &&
-      (error as { code?: string }).code === "ENOENT";
+      isFileAbsentError(error);
     return { snapshot: null, invalid: !missing };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/sdk/workspace-snapshot.ts b/src/sdk/workspace-snapshot.ts
index 6aa29db01..6928417b8 100644
--- a/src/sdk/workspace-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/workspace-snapshot.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   writeFile,
 } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { appendWorkspaceAuditEvent } from "../core/history/workspace-history.js";
 import { acquireLock } from "../core/lock/lock.js";
 import { getLockPath } from "../core/store/paths.js";
@@ -364,15 +364,6 @@ function validateSnapshotTarget(target: string): void {
   }
 }
 
-function isErrno(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 /**
  * Runs a bounded snapshot filesystem stage, converting host environment faults
  * into declared refusals.
@@ -421,7 +412,7 @@ async function readSnapshotJson<T>(file: string, target: string): Promise<T> {
   try {
     return JSON.parse(await readFile(file, "utf8")) as T;
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       throw workspaceSnapshotNotFound(target);
     }
     throw error;
@@ -436,7 +427,7 @@ async function removeSnapshotEntry(
   try {
     await rm(entry, { recursive });
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       throw workspaceSnapshotNotFound(target);
     }
     throw error;
@@ -551,7 +542,7 @@ export async function createWorkspaceSnapshot(
     deduplicated = objectStat.isDirectory();
   } catch (error: unknown) {
     if (
-      !(error instanceof Error && "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT")
+      !(error instanceof Error && "code" in error && isFileMissingError(error))
     ) {
       throw error;
     }
@@ -647,7 +638,7 @@ export async function listWorkspaceSnapshots(pmRoot: string): Promise<{
       if (
         error instanceof Error &&
         "code" in error &&
-        error.code === "ENOENT"
+        isFileMissingError(error)
       ) {
         return [];
       }
@@ -659,7 +650,7 @@ export async function listWorkspaceSnapshots(pmRoot: string): Promise<{
       if (
         error instanceof Error &&
         "code" in error &&
-        error.code === "ENOENT"
+        isFileMissingError(error)
       ) {
         return [];
       }
diff --git a/src/sdk/workspace-transaction-gc.ts b/src/sdk/workspace-transaction-gc.ts
index c693fe507..e4ec9d0f8 100644
--- a/src/sdk/workspace-transaction-gc.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/workspace-transaction-gc.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * receipt only costs the ability to short-circuit an identical replay — it
  * never breaks correctness.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 
@@ -66,15 +67,6 @@ export interface WorkspaceTransactionGcResult {
   entries: WorkspaceTransactionGcEntry[];
 }
 
-function isErrno(error: unknown, code: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "code" in error &&
-    (error as { code?: string }).code === code
-  );
-}
-
 function readJournalStatusAndTimestamp(raw: string): {
   status: string | null;
   updatedAt: string | null;
@@ -226,7 +218,7 @@ export async function runWorkspaceTransactionGc(
       .filter((file) => file.endsWith(".json"))
       .sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
   } catch (error: unknown) {
-    if (isErrno(error, "ENOENT")) {
+    if (isFileMissingError(error)) {
       return result;
     }
     throw error;
diff --git a/src/sdk/workspace-transaction.ts b/src/sdk/workspace-transaction.ts
index 71ce9fdcf..798ebe4bb 100644
--- a/src/sdk/workspace-transaction.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/workspace-transaction.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { mkdir, readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { acquireLock } from "../core/lock/lock.js";
-import { writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
+import { isFileMissingError, writeFileAtomic } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { nowIso } from "../core/shared/time.js";
 
 /** Durable state reported by a transaction step inspection. */
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ async function loadJournal(
       error !== null &&
       typeof error === "object" &&
       "code" in error &&
-      error.code === "ENOENT"
+      isFileMissingError(error)
     )
       return undefined;
     throw error;
diff --git a/src/sdk/workspace.ts b/src/sdk/workspace.ts
index 35e31e436..4da902d96 100644
--- a/src/sdk/workspace.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/workspace.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Maintains repository-scaffold contracts shared by the public SDK and CLI.
  */
+import { isFileMissingError } from "../core/fs/fs-utils.js";
 import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { EXIT_CODE } from "../core/shared/constants.js";
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ export async function ensurePmGitignore(
     );
   } catch (error: unknown) {
     if (
-      !(error instanceof Error && "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT")
+      !(error instanceof Error && "code" in error && isFileMissingError(error))
     ) {
       throw error;
     }
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/contracts/full.json b/tests/fixtures/contracts/full.json
index 010863db2..1e01cbef8 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/contracts/full.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/contracts/full.json
@@ -15868,6 +15868,23 @@
       ],
       "stability": "stable"
     },
+    {
+      "aliases": [],
+      "canonical_code": "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+      "class": "usage",
+      "code": "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+      "emitting_commands": [
+        "*"
+      ],
+      "exit_code": 2,
+      "meaning": "Linked artifact mutation conflict condition.",
+      "owned_states": [],
+      "recovery": "Inspect the structured error guidance and retry the suggested command.",
+      "sources": [
+        "sdk/linked-artifacts.ts"
+      ],
+      "stability": "provisional"
+    },
     {
       "aliases": [],
       "canonical_code": "linked_test_remove_no_match",
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/error-guidance.spec.ts b/tests/unit/cli/error-guidance.spec.ts
index e75a27d02..c853de79b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/error-guidance.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/error-guidance.spec.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,48 @@ describe("pm cli error guidance context plumbing", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("never exposes a global option value as the recovery command", () => {
+    const beforeCommand = formatPmCliErrorForJson(
+      "Plan --depth must be one of brief|standard|deep|full",
+      2,
+      {
+        recovery: {
+          normalized_args: [
+            "--pm-path",
+            "/private/project/.agents/pm",
+            "plan",
+            "show",
+            "--depth",
+            "verbose",
+          ],
+          provided_fields: ["--pm-path", "--depth"],
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    const afterCommand = formatPmCliErrorForJson(
+      "Plan --depth must be one of brief|standard|deep|full",
+      2,
+      {
+        recovery: {
+          normalized_args: [
+            "plan",
+            "show",
+            "--pm-path",
+            "/private/project/.agents/pm",
+            "--depth",
+            "verbose",
+          ],
+          provided_fields: ["--pm-path", "--depth"],
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(beforeCommand.examples).toContain("pm plan --help");
+    expect(afterCommand.examples).toContain("pm plan --help");
+    expect(beforeCommand.examples?.join(" ")).not.toContain("/private/");
+    expect(afterCommand.examples?.join(" ")).not.toContain("/private/");
+  });
+
   it("preserves structured fallback recovery candidates in JSON and text output", () => {
     const recovery = {
       attempted_command: "pm install --project npm:pm-brief",
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/files-docs-command.spec.ts b/tests/unit/commands/files-docs-command.spec.ts
index 5ad9c6868..0077d2b39 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/files-docs-command.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/files-docs-command.spec.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { runDocs } from "../../../src/cli/commands/docs.js";
 import { _testOnly as filesInternals, runFiles, runFilesDiscover } from "../../../src/cli/commands/files.js";
-import { parseAddGlobEntries, validateLinkedPaths } from "../../../src/sdk/linked-artifacts.js";
+import {
+  parseAddGlobEntries,
+  validateLinkedPaths,
+} from "../../../src/sdk/linked-artifacts.js";
 import * as linkedArtifactsModule from "../../../src/sdk/linked-artifacts.js";
 import * as itemStoreModule from "../../../src/core/store/item-store.js";
 import { EXIT_CODE } from "../../../src/core/shared/constants.js";
 import { PmCliError } from "../../../src/core/shared/errors.js";
+import { assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous } from "../../../src/sdk/index.js";
 import { withTempPmPath, type TempPmContext } from "../../helpers/withTempPmPath.js";
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks();
@@ -93,6 +97,11 @@ async function latestHistoryAuthor(pmPath: string, id: string): Promise<string>
   return last.author ?? "";
 }
 
+async function historyEventCount(pmPath: string, id: string): Promise<number> {
+  const raw = await readFile(path.join(pmPath, "history", `${id}.jsonl`), "utf8");
+  return raw.split("\n").filter((line) => line.trim().length > 0).length;
+}
+
 async function setSettingsAuthorDefault(pmPath: string, authorDefault: string): Promise<void> {
   const settingsPath = path.join(pmPath, "settings.json");
   const settings = JSON.parse(await readFile(settingsPath, "utf8")) as { author_default?: string };
@@ -449,6 +458,51 @@ describe("runFiles", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("rejects conflicting normalized add/remove transactions without history", async () => {
+    await withTempPmPath(async (context) => {
+      const id = createTask(context, "files-conflicting-batch");
+      const before = await historyEventCount(context.pmPath, id);
+
+      await expect(
+        runFiles(
+          id,
+          {
+            add: ["path=src/../README.md,scope=project,note=replacement"],
+            remove: ["README.md"],
+            message: "ambiguous replacement",
+          },
+          { path: context.pmPath },
+        ),
+      ).rejects.toMatchObject<PmCliError>({
+        code: "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+        exitCode: EXIT_CODE.USAGE,
+        context: { reason: "same_path_added_and_removed" },
+      });
+      expect(await historyEventCount(context.pmPath, id)).toBe(before);
+      expect((await runFiles(id, {}, { path: context.pmPath })).files).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("accepts unambiguous linked-artifact batches and reports every sorted conflict", () => {
+    const additions = [
+      { path: "docs/z.md", scope: "project" as const },
+      { path: "docs/a.md", scope: "project" as const },
+    ];
+
+    expect(() =>
+      assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous([], ["docs/a.md"]),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous(additions, ["docs/other.md"]),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      assertLinkedArtifactMutationIsUnambiguous(additions, [
+        "docs/z.md",
+        "docs/a.md",
+      ]),
+    ).toThrow("docs/a.md, docs/z.md");
+  });
+
   it("accepts bare file paths for agent-friendly add entries", async () => {
     await withTempPmPath(async (context) => {
       const id = createTask(context, "files-bare-add");
@@ -1166,6 +1220,31 @@ describe("runDocs", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("rejects conflicts created by path migration for the shared docs contract", async () => {
+    await withTempPmPath(async (context) => {
+      const id = createTask(context, "docs-conflicting-migrated-batch");
+      const before = await historyEventCount(context.pmPath, id);
+
+      await expect(
+        runDocs(
+          id,
+          {
+            add: ["path=docs/old/guide.md,scope=project"],
+            remove: ["docs/new/guide.md"],
+            migrate: ["from=docs/old/,to=docs/new/"],
+            message: "ambiguous migrated replacement",
+          },
+          { path: context.pmPath },
+        ),
+      ).rejects.toMatchObject<PmCliError>({
+        code: "linked_artifact_mutation_conflict",
+        exitCode: EXIT_CODE.USAGE,
+      });
+      expect(await historyEventCount(context.pmPath, id)).toBe(before);
+      expect((await runDocs(id, {}, { path: context.pmPath })).docs).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
   it("accepts bare doc paths for agent-friendly add entries", async () => {
     await withTempPmPath(async (context) => {
       const id = createTask(context, "docs-bare-add");
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/register-commands.spec.ts b/tests/unit/commands/register-commands.spec.ts
index 3da5a40fe..ea5618648 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/register-commands.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/register-commands.spec.ts
@@ -2874,7 +2874,9 @@ describe("mutation command actions", () => {
       context: {
         recovery: {
           suggested_retry:
-            'pm notes pm-1 --add "\\$(touch /tmp/should-not-run) \\`echo unsafe\\` \\"\\$TOKEN\\""',
+            process.platform === "win32"
+              ? 'pm notes pm-1 --add "$(touch /tmp/should-not-run) `echo unsafe` \\"$TOKEN\\""'
+              : 'pm notes pm-1 --add "\\$(touch /tmp/should-not-run) \\`echo unsafe\\` \\"\\$TOKEN\\""',
         },
       },
     });
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/validate-command.spec.ts b/tests/unit/commands/validate-command.spec.ts
index 07bc15533..ab851d66b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/validate-command.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/validate-command.spec.ts
@@ -3307,7 +3307,8 @@ describe("runValidate", () => {
         >;
       };
       const cachedTests =
-        collectionsCache.collections[`tasks/${id}.toon`]?.collections.tests;
+        collectionsCache.collections[path.join("tasks", `${id}.toon`)]
+          ?.collections.tests;
       expect(cachedTests).toHaveLength(2);
       cachedTests?.reverse();
       await writeFile(
diff --git a/tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts b/tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts
index 576d98c31..59f67b110 100644
--- a/tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/core/fs/fs-utils.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   appendLineAtomic,
   ensureDir,
   isFileAbsentError,
+  isFileMissingError,
   pathExists,
   readFileIfExists,
   removeFileIfExists,
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ describe("core/fs/fs-utils", () => {
     expect(isFileAbsentError({ code: "EACCES" })).toBe(false);
     expect(isFileAbsentError(new Error("no code"))).toBe(false);
     expect(isFileAbsentError(null)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isFileMissingError({ code: "ENOENT" })).toBe(true);
+    expect(isFileMissingError({ code: "ENOTDIR" })).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("reads an optional file under a non-directory ancestor as absent", async () => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/extensions/extension-command.spec.ts b/tests/unit/extensions/extension-command.spec.ts
index 43d9f6c6c..efa4854ec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/extensions/extension-command.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/extensions/extension-command.spec.ts
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ describe("extension command runtime", () => {
         installed_count: 15,
       });
     });
-  }, 45_000);
+  }, 90_000);
 
   it("resolves bundled aliases for activate/deactivate lifecycle commands", async () => {
     await withTempPmPath(async (context) => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts b/tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
index e04e7ff08..78fcd0807 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/scripts/release/absence-tolerance-gate.spec.ts
@@ -217,17 +217,22 @@ describe("main", () => {
   it("reports the held ceiling on stdout", async () => {
     const root = await fixtureRoot();
     await writeFile(path.join(root, "src", "clean.ts"), "export {};", "utf8");
-    const baseline = await baselineFile(root, 45);
+    const baseline = await baselineFile(root, 0);
     const write = vi
       .spyOn(process.stdout, "write")
       .mockImplementation(() => true);
-    const report = await main(["--baseline", baseline]);
+    const report = await main(["--baseline", baseline, "--root", root]);
     expect(report.ok).toBe(true);
     expect(write.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0]).toContain("absence-tolerance-gate ok");
   });
 
   it("prints offending sites and fails when the ceiling is breached", async () => {
     const root = await fixtureRoot();
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(root, "src", "core", "reader.ts"),
+      `try { a(); } catch (e) { if (isErrno(e, "ENOENT")) return null; throw e; }`,
+      "utf8",
+    );
     const baseline = await baselineFile(root, 0);
     const write = vi
       .spyOn(process.stdout, "write")
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ describe("main", () => {
     const exit = vi
       .spyOn(process, "exit")
       .mockImplementation((() => undefined) as never);
-    const report = await main(["--baseline", baseline]);
+    const report = await main(["--baseline", baseline, "--root", root]);
     expect(report.ok).toBe(false);
     expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
     expect(error.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toContain("absence-tolerance-gate:");
diff --git a/tests/unit/scripts/run-tests.spec.ts b/tests/unit/scripts/run-tests.spec.ts
index 1af82b0de..aa0a790fd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripts/run-tests.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/scripts/run-tests.spec.ts
@@ -199,11 +199,13 @@ describe("run-tests", () => {
     process.env.PM_RUN_TESTS_SKIP_BUILD = "1";
     const spawn = vi
       .fn()
-      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(null, "SIGINT"));
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(null, "SIGINT"))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(0));
     vi.doMock("node:child_process", () => ({ spawn }));
     mockFsPromises();
     process.argv = ["node", "scripts/run-tests.mjs", "coverage"];
     await harness.importModule("scripts/run-tests.mjs");
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(process.exitCode).toBe(1);
   });
 
@@ -217,7 +219,42 @@ describe("run-tests", () => {
     mockFsPromises();
     process.argv = ["node", "scripts/run-tests.mjs", "coverage"];
     await harness.importModule("scripts/run-tests.mjs");
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("reports exact coverage even when tests fail and distinguishes both verdicts", async () => {
+    process.env.PM_RUN_TESTS_SKIP_BUILD = "1";
+    const errorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const spawn = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(1))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(0));
+    vi.doMock("node:child_process", () => ({ spawn }));
+    mockFsPromises();
+    process.argv = ["node", "scripts/run-tests.mjs", "coverage"];
+    await harness.importModule("scripts/run-tests.mjs");
+    expect(spawn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(process.exitCode).toBe(1);
+    expect(String(errorSpy.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0] ?? "")).toContain(
+      "coverage still passed",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("uses a combined exit code when tests and exact coverage both fail", async () => {
+    process.env.PM_RUN_TESTS_SKIP_BUILD = "1";
+    const errorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const spawn = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(1))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => closeChild(1));
+    vi.doMock("node:child_process", () => ({ spawn }));
+    mockFsPromises();
+    process.argv = ["node", "scripts/run-tests.mjs", "coverage"];
+    await harness.importModule("scripts/run-tests.mjs");
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBe(3);
+    expect(String(errorSpy.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0] ?? "")).toContain(
+      "combined verdict",
+    );
   });
 
   it("defaults to test mode when no mode argument is provided", async () => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/sdk/agent-command-primitives.spec.ts b/tests/unit/sdk/agent-command-primitives.spec.ts
index a01f5bccb..fdcfd2f13 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sdk/agent-command-primitives.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/sdk/agent-command-primitives.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../../src/sdk/agent/command-suggestions.js";
 import {
   renderMissingOptionRetry,
+  resolveRecoveryCommandName,
   resolveMissingOptionPlaceholder,
 } from "../../../src/sdk/agent/command-recovery.js";
 import { normalizeBootstrapInvocation } from "../../../src/sdk/cli-bootstrap.js";
@@ -301,6 +302,28 @@ describe("agent command SDK primitives", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("resolves recovery commands across global value and boolean flags", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveRecoveryCommandName([
+        "--pm-path",
+        "/private/project/.agents/pm",
+        "--json",
+        "get",
+        "pm-a1",
+      ]),
+    ).toBe("get");
+    expect(
+      resolveRecoveryCommandName([
+        "get",
+        "pm-a1",
+        "--pm-path=/private/project/.agents/pm",
+      ]),
+    ).toBe("get");
+    expect(resolveRecoveryCommandName(["--json"])).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveRecoveryCommandName([])).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveRecoveryCommandName(undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("ranks synonyms, then edit distance, then substring matches", () => {
     const paths = [
       "extension catalog",