ARCADIA-Studio/harness/release-palette-native-20260910.md

# Palette native acceptance — 2026-09-10

Codex-9e8r6t `/root`, actual Windows Computer Use through the bundled `@oai/sky`
API. This is ongoing acceptance, not a release verdict.

## Candidate and isolation

Initial binary SHA256
`1B47C096624BB1101BEC8B18E63CD601A259DFF8C1BEC24581C31C6B511F9411`,
109,516,288 bytes, staged with the exact LLVM-MinGW libunwind DLL and examples
in `.local/native-qa/palette-20260910-v1/bin`. Process4852 started at
17:42:58UTC with fresh task-local APPDATA/LOCALAPPDATA and a clean Windows PATH.
`process.json` records hashes, paths and process identity; stdout/stderr are
retained there. No pre-existing Arcadia GUI was touched. Native window525310
was selected from actual returned windows.

The frozen independent fixture was copied to the run's `work` directory.
Checker self-check and baseline passed before UI work using the local toolchain
runtime on PATH. The native Open dialog loaded this copy. UIA value setting in
the Windows file dialog was unavailable (`CacheRequest`,0x80070057); actual
focused filename typing succeeded. This was a test-tool issue, not an app error.

## Observed and verified

- At1442×932 outer dimensions, expanding the palette reveals Entity/Actor,
  Activity, compatible connections and Add existing. Incompatible drawing tools
  explain their missing source. Expansion changes canvas width only.
- Entity tool → point(381,435) → focused inline field → `Rescue team` → Enter
  worked. Canvas origin remained at approximately(261,315) throughout all phases;
  the accepted card appeared at the chosen screen point. No placeholder model
  element was accepted before Enter. Opening a project had retained a camera
  pan, so this screen point was not world(120,120).
- Ctrl+S succeeded first submission. The initial fixed-coordinate entity oracle
  intentionally failed because the operator had not yet set its required world
  position: saved(90,90.20001220703125), expected(120,120). This is not evidence
  of a click-transform defect: the observed screen placement matched the click.
  The complete click-state bundle is preserved in `checkpoint-entity-click`.
- One Ctrl+Z removed the whole creation. Ctrl+S then passed the complete baseline
  model and both exact source files. Preserved in `checkpoint-entity-undo`.
  Ctrl+Y restored the same Entity/placement identity visually.
- Through the actual node context menu's Placement properties, the operator
  explicitly set X=120,Y=120 and applied. Ctrl+S passed the independent complete
  entity model and all **three** source files. Preserved in `checkpoint-entity`.
  The existing oracle was not changed to fit the observed result.
- Native border resizing reached1102×732 outer dimensions, corresponding to
  the configured1100×700 client minimum. Both expanded156px and compact36px
  palettes remained usable. The canvas origin stayed stable; the existing
  entity retained its world coordinates and visible camera position.
- Compact Actor tool → lower-right canvas point(730,673) opened the inline
  editor clamped wholly within the available canvas. A long Unicode name was
  horizontally editable without card overflow; Create/Cancel remained visible.

## Confirmed defect and next verification

**Escape from the focused inline text input does not cancel on the first key.**
It unfocuses the input while retaining the inline card and pending title state.
A separate screenshot observation confirmed the result. `app.rs`'s keyboard
subscription discards captured Escape, and Iced's text input captures it.
Palette worker is implementing narrowly scoped inline cancellation, preserving
other widgets' captured-Escape behavior. This was missed by tests that directly
sent the Cancel event. Stale-Submit visibility was independently found in source
and is being fixed in the same next candidate.

Explicit Cancel subsequently closed the draft; Ctrl+S then passed the complete
entity model and all three exact sources (`checkpoint-cancelled`). The captured
pending recovery snapshot is separately preserved in
`checkpoint-long-draft-recovery`: exact Actor name, point(439,328.2), placing=false.
It is a retained checkpoint for a recovery test, not a claimed crash test.
The Cancel footer still gave the old positioning instruction; that feedback is
also corrected in the next candidate. `escape-retains-inline.png` records the
actual first-Escape failure.

## Scenario layout baseline

Opened the staged teaching example from Home at the same1102×732 outer size.
Its process view uses most of the center pane for the graph. Selected Scenario
`Repair request and measured reply`: its heading/tools pushed the idle diagram
top to approximately483px, leaving only its upper part visible. Choosing
`+ Message` shrank its diagram to approximately110px: only the Controller and
Technician headings fit; the exchanges were below the viewport. The form also
had a small independently scrolling field area. Saved evidence:
`scenario-minimum-before.png` and `scenario-minimum-pending-before.png`.
This confirms the source audit's scenario workspace problem. Explicit Cancel
restored the clean teaching model; no semantic edit was committed.

The first candidate closed cleanly through its native title-bar button. The
subsequent process check found process4852 absent and its stderr log empty.
Next: verify corrected first Escape and restored checkpoint focus, then F2,
named/existing placement, allocation, connection, transitions and history/reopen.
Minimum-size observations alone do not complete those remaining workflows.

## Candidate 2: focused Escape and recovery

The isolated `palette-20260910-v2` stage contains the rebuilt candidate with
SHA-256 `E6D6B1D975A11F242D288039E8F07D20E5474EA9C7CFCDE93F1318046EA548D4`.
Its `process.json` records process 648, the executable and runtime DLL hashes,
and its separate profile/work directories. The candidate 1 stage was preserved.

Home's Recover action restored the retained long Actor-name checkpoint. Both
the complete accepted bundle and serialized architecture draft matched the
preserved checkpoint; the comparison is retained in `checkpoint-restored-recovery`.
The inline card was visible with its full name and position, but recovery did
not automatically focus its name field (`recovered-inline-before-focus.png`).
After clicking that field, **one Escape cancelled the draft**, returned the
palette to Select, and showed `Cancelled · Select / move`. This verifies the
actual captured-key fix, not merely a directly injected Cancel event.

Ctrl+S opened Save As for the recovered copy. Submitting the full path to
`recovered-work/project.arcadia` saved successfully on the first submission.
The independent checker passed the complete Entity model and all three exact
source files; `checkpoint-recovered-save` preserves the result. A read-only
repeat after the desktop-control stop also passed the same oracle.

The user stopped Computer Use with physical Escape during the next observation.
No rename action was performed by that stopped call. Native control is paused;
F2 rename, the remaining complete basic-editing sequence, transitions and final
reopen/runtime acceptance remain pending. Source integration and packaging
continue. Recovery autofocus remains a small confirmed usability follow-up.

## Resumed native F2 check

The user subsequently explicitly reauthorized Computer Use. Continued on the
same separately staged candidate 2 (`E6D6B1D9…`), not the newly integrated source.
Selecting Rescue team and pressing F2 opened the anchored, focused name editor.
Before applying, an independent expected bundle was copied from the already
oracle-verified Entity snapshot and changed only the unique quoted name in
`oa/participants.arcadia` to `Rescue coordination team`; all other bytes and the
complete file set were retained. Enter accepted the visible name, retained the
same alias/UUID and geometry, and first-submit Ctrl+S saved it. All three saved
files matched that expectation byte-for-byte. One Undo followed by Save passed
the complete Entity model/three-source oracle. One Redo followed by Save matched
the same name-only expectation exactly. Evidence is retained as
`expected-entity-rename`, `checkpoint-entity-rename` and `rename-source-result.json`.
The last Undo/Save returned the working fixture to the original Entity baseline.

Input limitation observed: after Ctrl+A selected the original name, the first
Computer Use type_text call left an empty field. A fresh observation confirmed
that state; explicit refocus and a second type_text produced the intended name.
The cause is not established, so this is not recorded as a proven application
typing defect or as uninterrupted first-attempt typing. Applying, history and
source persistence were tested only after the correct text was visible.

## Actor continuation and clean close

Continued the ordinary root-creation sequence at 1442×932 outer size. Four minus
steps changed the 150% overview to approximately 72%; camera translation and
the existing Entity's world placement remained stable. Compact Actor tool,
blank point (817,440), `Control centre`, Enter created the Actor at that point.
The actual placement property values were approximately (680.1408,120.8218),
consistent with the fractional zoom. As the independent contract requires,
the operator explicitly set X=680 and Y=120 in Placement properties and applied.
Ctrl+S saved successfully, and `checkpoint-actor` preserves the complete bundle.
Its Actor ID is `b3cd865b-b1df-43b4-9396-2e4aaec65367`, placement ID
`ee9a090c-b322-4e37-b6d4-40e2a1af725f`. The complete `basic` oracle is still
pending the Activity, existing placement, allocation, Interaction and rename.
No complete Actor-only model oracle is claimed from the property inspection.

One attempted Y replacement appended text after a multi-click selection. The
operator observed it, explicitly selected all and cleared, then entered `120`;
only the visibly correct X/Y values were applied. User input interrupted one
typing attempt; root reobserved before continuing. These automation observations
remain distinct from a demonstrated application defect.

The candidate closed through its title-bar button with all changes saved.
The subsequent process query found process 648 absent; stderr was empty. Root
transferred the exclusive native-input lease to the independent Capella creation
workflow investigator. A future current-build session can resume from the whole
`checkpoint-actor` directory without redoing earlier accepted fixture creation.

## Candidate 3: complete basic model and counterpart persistence

Root resumed on 2026-09-10/11 with the whole Actor checkpoint in
`.local/native-qa/palette-20260910-v3/resume-actor`. Executable SHA256
`9BA479FB3B6DF2139E77D992396CEB0108EE039A916F694AB3BD19F54677FBE6`,
process9312, isolated profile and runtime inputs in the stage's `process.json`.
This binary includes the earlier scenario workspace but predates its corrected
Sensor identity; it is not accepted for current scenario behavior or creation.

At 1442×932 outer size, ordinary Activity tool → chosen point → focused name
`Assess incident` → Enter created the root Activity at the clicked location.
The canvas origin remained stable through the naming phases. Its independently
required placement was explicitly set to (160,300), size224×94. The complete
four-source intermediate bundle is retained as `checkpoint-activity`.

Add existing showed only the compatible unplaced `Report status`; the unrelated
SA Function and OA Capability were absent. Including already shown elements
offered three Locate actions and one Add. The existing activity retained its
seed UUID and was explicitly placed at (680,300). The interrupted earlier click
had not placed it; a fresh observation established that before root continued.

An explicit relationship form created Allocation `Performs`, Rescue team →
Assess incident. The diagram then visibly nested the work beneath its performer,
without changing the activity's semantic parent. The Interaction palette gesture
connected Assess incident → Report status. F2 changed the activity display name
to `Assess rescue incident`; its alias and the original authored Interaction
name remained unchanged. Save passed the unchanged independent checker:
**complete basic model and all four exact SourceBundle files**. The expected
model adopted only fresh UUIDs proven through literal roles, never geometry or
other observed metadata. `checkpoint-basic` and `basic-check.log` retain evidence.

The native transition explicitly selected **System actor**, **Selected only**,
and **System rescue architecture**. Apply opened that Allocation view, selected
the new SystemActor, and retained the OA source. Its placement (60,60),224×94,
typed trace, both decoy views and every source field matched the independent
transition contract. The incompatible StateMachine destination was absent;
Capabilities remained a legitimate but unchosen destination, visibly described
as not an allocation view. **Complete transition model and six exact sources
passed**, preserved as `checkpoint-transition` and `transition-check.log`.

One Ctrl+Z followed by Save passed the complete four-source basic oracle;
one Ctrl+Y followed by Save passed the six-source transition oracle. Distinct
`checkpoint-transition-undo` and `checkpoint-transition-redo` copies and logs
preserve those boundaries. Reopening the actual entry through the file picker
succeeded. Reopening counterpart creation then displayed `Rescue team · SA`
and `Reuse · Rescue team`, with review wording instead of a new counterpart.
Cancel and Save passed the transition oracle again. All six physical files
matched the pre-reopen snapshot byte-for-byte, including stable identities;
`transition-reopen-bytes.json`, `transition-reopen-check.log` and
`checkpoint-transition-reopen` retain that evidence. A durable wide OA image is
`basic-reopened-oa.png`.

This closes the declared main model/transition/history/reopen sequence at wide
size. It does not close the supplementary meaningful-move/pan/zoom, invalid raw
draft, minimum-size, allocated-work and recovered-focus matrix. An attempted
border drag and native Size command did not visibly resize candidate3; no new
minimum-window pass is claimed. Earlier candidate1/2 observations remain scoped
to those executables. The app remains open pending the next verified GUI stage.