fix: verdict death — plan→teach seam inferred from first nodeId-tagged quiz

The Accept/Decline verdict gate is gone (owner ruling 2026-09-26):
presenting the plan ends the teacher's turn; the learner's next message
is a natural reply. Teaching begins at the first quiz call tagged with a
nodeId (probe quizzes carry none) — both folds (view phaseAt3, native
phaseAt3Lh) advance on the call itself, and the teach divider renders
before that whole assistant block. No backwards compat: verdict markers,
the verdict input event, optimistic appends, composer buttons, and
projection all deleted; prompts and docs rewritten to the natural flow.

components/chat.tsx

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ const useIsoLayoutEffect = typeof window === "undefined" ? useEffect : useLayout
  * as a sub-agent result — rendered as an artifact card, never a bubble. */
 /** The quiet system line (custom-message scheme rendering): centered, muted,
  *  small — the transcript's voice for events that are not speech (wake
- *  scaffolding, the learner's plan verdict). */
+ *  scaffolding). */
 function SystemLine({ children, testId }: { children: React.ReactNode; testId?: string }) {
 	return (
 		<div
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ export function Chat({
 			.catch(() => {});
 	});
 	const [setupOpen, setSetupOpen] = useState(false);
-	/** The last explicitly-sent draft (composer send, verdict note): the
+	/** The last explicitly-sent draft (composer send): the
 	 *  refusal flow restores it into the composer and Save replays it.
 	 *  Auto-continuations (probe answers) never set it — their refusal
 	 *  opens the dialog with no replay. */
@@ -575,35 +575,6 @@ export function Chat({
 	// derives its own from the same transcript).
 	const planTree = useMemo(() => latestTree(messages), [messages]);
 
-	// ── The plan verdict gate (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4) ──
-	// The plan has been presented (a tree exists) and the session still sits in
-	// the planning phase → the composer's send square becomes the stacked
-	// Accept / Decline buttons. Acceptance is the explicit plan→teach seam
-	// (a data-plan-accepted part on the message); decline asks for revision.
-	const planVerdict = useMemo(
-		() => phaseAt3(messages) === "plan" && planTree !== null,
-		[messages, planTree],
-	);
-	const sendVerdict = useCallback(
-		(accepted: boolean) => {
-			const note = text.trim();
-			if (note) draftRef.current = note; // refusal flow: the note replays as text
-			setText("");
-			// TWO REAL MESSAGES, ONE TURN (the custom-message scheme, user-decided
-			// 2026-09-12): a typed note is the learner's own user message, and the
-			// verdict is its own custom message — marker part ONLY, no human-
-			// authored text (the model-facing wording lives in toLlmMessages,
-			// the native convertToLlm seam; nothing fake is persisted as speech).
-			// ONE input event, ONE turn: the session hook appends the optimistic
-			// note + verdict marker (local ids — the settle sync lands the
-			// server canon) and POSTs {type:"verdict"}; the server persists the
-			// pair as its own write-ahead — the same single-turn mechanism
-			// syncFromServer uses, no 409 dance, no double teacher turn.
-			void send({ type: "verdict", accepted, note: note || undefined });
-		},
-		[text, send],
-	);
-
 	// ── Session usage (wave-4 stats bar) ──
 	// The money channel: the record's turns log, folded client-side by
 	// core/prices.ts. Seeded once on mount (the page doesn't carry turns),
@@ -1076,20 +1047,16 @@ export function Chat({
 								// assistant group — is gone). Never a user bubble: the wake is
 								// scaffolding; the model-facing instruction lives in the adapter.
 								<PhaseDivider key={m.id || `m-${mi}`} phase="plan" />
-							) : m.role === "user" && m.parts.some((p) => p.type === "data-verdict") ? (
+							) : m.role === "assistant" && mi > 0 && phases[mi] === "teach" && phases[mi - 1] !== "teach" ? (
-								// The learner's plan verdict (custom-message scheme): the
+							// THE INFERRED TEACH SEAM (owner ruling 2026-09-26, the verdict
-								// accept IS the phase seam — it renders the TEACHING DIVIDER
+							// death): teaching begins where the FIRST nodeId-tagged quiz is
-								// (owner ruling 2026-09-26: replaced the "✓ Plan accepted"
+							// posed — the fold (phaseTimeline, the same derivation the phase
-								// line; same spot, one signal, not two). A DECLINE is not a
+							// chip reads) flips to teach exactly AT this assistant group, so
-								// seam — it stays the quiet revision line. Never a user
+							// the divider renders before the whole block (thinking -> prose ->
-								// bubble: the model-facing wording is the adapter's, and this
+							// the quiz call) — where the explicit accept marker used to sit.
-								// is the learner's ACT, not their words (a typed note, if
+							// The boundary check (this index flips, the previous didn't)
-								// any, renders above as its own real message).
+							// guarantees exactly ONE divider per session.
-								((m.parts.find((p) => p.type === "data-verdict") as
+							<PhaseDivider key={`teach-${m.id || `m-${mi}`}`} phase="teach" />
-									| { data?: { accepted?: boolean } }
-									| undefined)?.data?.accepted)
-									? <PhaseDivider key={m.id || `m-${mi}`} phase="teach" />
-									: <SystemLine key={m.id || `m-${mi}`} testId="verdict-declined">↻ Plan revision requested</SystemLine>
 						) : (
 									<Fragment key={m.id || `m-${mi}`}>
 									<Message from={m.role} className={m.role === "assistant" ? "max-w-full" : undefined}>
@@ -1234,14 +1201,6 @@ export function Chat({
 							onStop={abortInFlightTurn}
 							canSend={canSend}
 							onEscape={dictation.active ? dictation.cancel : undefined}
-							verdict={
-								planVerdict
-									? {
-											onAccept: () => sendVerdict(true),
-											onDecline: () => sendVerdict(false),
-										}
-									: undefined
-							}
 						/>
 					}
 					onSubmitAnswer={(output) => {

components/composer.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { CheckIcon, CornerDownLeftIcon, SquareIcon, XIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import { CornerDownLeftIcon, SquareIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { Hint } from "@/components/ui/hint";
 
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@ import { Hint } from "@/components/ui/hint";
  * Corner-radius math (concentric with the shell): shell rounded-2xl (16px) −
  * row padding p-1.5 (6px) = button rounded-[10px] = 25% of the 40px button.
  */
-/** What one Enter press does, in precedence order (the plan-verdict
+/** What one Enter press does, in precedence order: stop a busy stream,
- *  behavior is user-decided 2026-09-19, docs/probe-teach-split.md §4):
+ *  otherwise send the message. (The plan-verdict accept branch died
- *  stop a busy stream; ACCEPT when the plan verdict pends — typed text
+ *  2026-09-26 with the verdict itself.) Pure so the static-render harness
- *  rides the acceptance as the note (the green button's exact semantics;
+ *  can pin the decision (key events can't be simulated in
- *  an empty box accepts too, so Enter can never strand the verdict);
+ *  renderToStaticMarkup). */
- *  otherwise send the message. Pure so the static-render harness can pin
+export function enterAction(state: { busy: boolean; canSend: boolean }): "stop" | "send" | "none" {
- *  the decision (key events can't be simulated in renderToStaticMarkup). */
-export function enterAction(state: { busy: boolean; verdictPending: boolean; canSend: boolean }): "stop" | "accept" | "send" | "none" {
 	if (state.busy) return "stop";
-	if (state.verdictPending) return "accept";
 	if (state.canSend) return "send";
 	return "none";
 }
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@ export function Composer({
 	onStop,
 	canSend,
 	autoFocus,
-	verdict,
 	onEscape,
 	placeholder = "Ask, answer, or steer the lesson…",
 }: {
@@ -45,10 +41,6 @@ export function Composer({
 	onStop: () => void;
 	canSend: boolean;
 	autoFocus?: boolean;
-	/** The plan verdict gate: while the presented plan awaits the learner's
-	 *  word, the send square becomes two stacked buttons — green accept,
-	 *  red decline. Typed text rides the verdict as his note. */
-	verdict?: { onAccept: () => void; onDecline: () => void };
 	/** Escape while a dictation runs stops it (STT wave, 2026-09-17). No-op
 	 *  when absent — Esc otherwise means nothing in the composer. */
 	onEscape?: () => void;
@@ -63,9 +55,8 @@ export function Composer({
 			className="flex items-end gap-1.5 p-1.5"
 			onSubmit={(e) => {
 				e.preventDefault();
-				const action = enterAction({ busy, verdictPending: Boolean(verdict), canSend });
+				const action = enterAction({ busy, canSend });
 				if (action === "stop") onStop();
-				else if (action === "accept") verdict?.onAccept();
 				else if (action === "send") onSend();
 			}}
 		>
@@ -86,13 +77,10 @@ export function Composer({
 					// Chat convention: Enter sends, Shift+Enter is a newline.
 					// ⌘/Ctrl+Enter also sends — the universal submit shortcut
 					// across every input in the app (thinking field, answers).
-					// While the plan verdict pends, Enter ACCEPTS the plan instead
-					// (enterAction — user-decided 2026-09-19).
 					if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || !e.shiftKey)) {
 						e.preventDefault();
-							const action = enterAction({ busy, verdictPending: Boolean(verdict), canSend });
+						const action = enterAction({ busy, canSend });
 						if (action === "stop") onStop();
-							else if (action === "accept") verdict?.onAccept();
 						else if (action === "send") onSend();
 					}
 				}}
@@ -101,41 +89,9 @@ export function Composer({
 				rows={1}
 				className="field-sizing-content lh-input max-h-48 min-h-10 flex-1 resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
 			/>
-			{verdict && !busy ? (
+			{/* No tooltip on the send square — the ↵ glyph is the
-				// The plan verdict (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4): accept
+				 affordance and Enter is obvious (owner, subtlety
-				// sanctions teaching (phase plan→teach); decline sends the
+				 round 2026-09-25). */}
-					// revision request. Enter accepts too (user-decided 2026-09-19 —
-					// it formerly sent a plain message, which left the verdict
-					// pending on the next message; a side question now rides the
-					// acceptance as its note instead).
-				<div className="flex shrink-0 flex-col justify-end gap-1" data-testid="plan-verdict-buttons">
-					<Hint
-						// Enter accepts too — one press, either button (the user
-						// decided 2026-09-19; surface keys honestly per state).
-						label="Accept the plan"
-						binding="enter"
-						side="left"
-					>
-						<button
-							type="button"
-							onClick={verdict.onAccept}
-						className="flex h-[19px] items-center justify-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-emerald-600 px-3 text-xs font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-emerald-500"
-					>
-						<CheckIcon className="size-3" /> Accept plan
-					</button>
-					</Hint>
-					<button
-						type="button"
-						onClick={verdict.onDecline}
-						className="flex h-[19px] items-center justify-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-destructive px-3 text-xs font-medium text-destructive-foreground transition-colors hover:opacity-90"
-					>
-						<XIcon className="size-3" /> Decline
-					</button>
-				</div>
-			) : (
-				// No tooltip on the send square — the ↵ glyph is the
-				// affordance and Enter is obvious (owner, subtlety
-				// round 2026-09-25).
 				<button
 					type="submit"
 					aria-label={busy ? "Stop" : "Send"}
@@ -149,7 +105,6 @@ export function Composer({
 				>
 					{busy ? <SquareIcon className="size-4" /> : <CornerDownLeftIcon className="size-5" />}
 				</button>
-			)}
 		</form>
 	);
 }

components/session-core.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 	needsContinuation,
 	newAnswerResult,
 	newUserMessage,
-	newVerdictMessage,
 	projectView,
 	type ChatInput,
 	type LhMessage,
@@ -133,16 +132,6 @@ export function absorbed(m: LhMessage, record: readonly LhMessage[]): boolean {
 				(r as ToolResultMessage).toolCallId === toolCallId,
 		);
 	}
-	if (role === "custom") {
-		const marker = m as { customType?: string; details?: { accepted?: unknown } };
-		if (marker.customType !== "verdict") return false;
-		return record.some(
-			(r) =>
-				(r as { role?: string }).role === "custom" &&
-				(r as { customType?: string }).customType === "verdict" &&
-				(r as { details?: { accepted?: unknown } }).details?.accepted === marker.details?.accepted,
-		);
-	}
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -465,12 +454,6 @@ export class SessionModel {
 		else if (input.type === "answer") {
 			const tool = pendingCallTool([...this.base, ...this.tail], input.toolCallId) ?? "quiz";
 			optimistic.push({ ...newAnswerResult(input.toolCallId, tool, input.answer), id: localId() });
-		} else if (input.type === "verdict") {
-			if (input.note) optimistic.push({ ...newUserMessage(input.note), id: localId() });
-			optimistic.push({
-				...newVerdictMessage(input.accepted, new Date().toISOString()),
-				id: localId(),
-			});
 		}
 		if (optimistic.length > 0) this.mutate(() => {
 			this.tail = [...this.tail, ...optimistic];

docs/architecture.md

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ flowchart TB
 
 - `contracts/plan.ts` — plan tree types + derived statuses (`derivePlanStatuses`)
 - `contracts/graph.ts` — graph domain: ledgers, findings/audit shapes, snapshot, birth-session clusters
-- `contracts/chat.ts` — session records, usage/money channel, settings, verdicts
+- `contracts/chat.ts` — session records, usage/money channel, settings, handoff text
 - `contracts/jobs.ts` — the ack-and-steer protocol: job records, steer message builders, deterministic steer ids, usage accumulation
 - `contracts/probe.ts` — probe assessment + the shared zod schema
 - `contracts/models.ts` — client-safe model-catalog shapes

docs/probe-teach-split.md

@@ -95,24 +95,22 @@ That is the wrong signal and is **abolished**. The new contract:
 
 The phase chain is **event-driven**:
 
-**probe (prober)** — `probe_done` → **planning (teacher)** — `plan_init`
+**probe (prober)** — `probe_done` → **planning (teacher)** — the first
-presents the plan → **accept** → **teach (teacher)**
+`nodeId`-tagged quiz call → **teach (teacher)**
 
 - The broken derived-occupancy seam (phase-of-tree via `currentNodeId`
   nothing ever sets — the stuck-on-plan bug) is **replaced, not patched**.
-- The verdict gate is LIVE (landed 2026-09-11, same day): presenting the
+- The verdict gate is DEAD (owner ruling 2026-09-26 — simplified away):
-  plan (`plan_init`) does NOT move the phase — the learner's **accept**
+  presenting the plan ends the teacher's turn, and the learner's next
-  does. The composer's send square becomes two stacked buttons (green
+  message is a natural reply — a change request (revise, re-present, end
-  Accept plan / red Decline) while the verdict pends; accept sends a user
+  the turn again) or the go-ahead. The plan→teach seam is **inferred**:
-  message carrying a `data-verdict` data part — THE plan→teach seam
+  the first quiz call tagged with a `nodeId` (a question ABOUT a plan
-  (`phaseAt3` reads it; `convertToModelMessages` drops data parts, so the
+  node; probe quizzes carry no nodeId) is where teaching begins. The
-  teacher sees only the text). Decline asks for a revision. While the
+  phase fold (`phaseAt3`) advances there, the teaching divider renders
-  verdict pends, Enter ACCEPTS the plan — typed text rides the acceptance
+  before that whole assistant block, and the live phase indicator may lag
-  as its note, an empty box accepts too (user-decided 2026-09-19; formerly
+  until the first node's question is posed (owner-accepted). Mid-lesson
-  Enter sent a plain message, which left the verdict still pending on the
+  `plan_init` rewrites need no gate at all.
-  next message — a side question now rides the acceptance note instead).
+- The session picker phase derives from the transcript the same way.
-  Mid-lesson rewrites need no fresh verdict: acceptance happens once.
-- The session picker phase derives from transcript markers the same way.
 
 ## 5. No global-graph context in sessions (for now)
 
@@ -140,8 +138,9 @@ live-derived movement.
 
 ## 7. Deferred / later waves (designed, not now)
 
-- ~~**Accept-plan UI**~~ — **landed 2026-09-11** (see §4): stacked
+- ~~**Accept-plan UI**~~ — landed 2026-09-11, then **removed 2026-09-26**
-  Accept/Decline buttons; the `data-verdict` part is the seam.
+  (the verdict death): the seam is inferred from the first `nodeId`-tagged
+  quiz call (see §4).
 - **Assessment viewer** — the strand assessments displayed to the learner
   as a proper card (data already durable in the transcript; the plain v1
   probe-done card renders the assessment meanwhile).

next-env.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference types="next" />
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
-import "./.next/dev/types/routes.d.ts";
+import "./.next/types/routes.d.ts";
-import "./.next/dev/types/root-params.d.ts";
+import "./.next/types/root-params.d.ts";
 
 // NOTE: This file should not be edited
 // see https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/typescript for more information.

src/agent/prompts/teacher/10-planning.md

@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ Two parts:
 
 **Stress-test the roots before presenting.** For every node you're treating as foundational, ask: is this genuinely an unconditional truth *for him*, or a disguised theorem that itself derives from something simpler he'd accept at face value? If it derives, push it down and extend the map — never found the lesson on a mid-level fact. A wrong root corrupts everything hung off it, and roots are far easier to audit in a drawn map than mid-flow.
 
-**Presenting ENDS your turn.** The moment the plan is presented, his interface shows two verdict buttons — Accept plan / Decline — and the session waits for his word before any teaching is sanctioned. Do not ask a check or teach before it arrives.
+**Presenting ENDS your turn.** The plan is presented in prose and map, and then you stop — his next message is the natural next move. Do not ask a check or teach in the same turn as presenting.
 
-- **Acceptance** arrives as a message like "[Plan accepted] — begin teaching." Begin the first node.
+- If his reply asks for changes, revise: fix the map (`plan_init` again — a wholesale rewrite), present again, and end your turn once more.
-- **Decline** arrives as a revision request. Ask what he'd like changed if it isn't clear, fix the map (`plan_init` again — a wholesale rewrite), present again, and wait once more.
+- Otherwise his reply moves the lesson forward — begin the first node.
 
-The verdict is his alone to give — never ask a question whose answer would assume it, and never start teaching into an unaccepted plan. A plan he interacts with mid-lesson (a `plan_init` rewrite during teaching) needs no fresh verdict: acceptance happens once, at the first presentation.
+Never start teaching in the same turn as presenting the plan. A plan rewrite mid-lesson needs no fresh presentation gate: just re-call `plan_init` and carry on.

src/agent/teacher-agent.ts

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function baseAgentOptions(kind: AgentKind, opts: AgentBuildOptions, tools: Agent
 		steeringMode: "all",
 		// Wave B (owner-approved 2026-09-26): the model-facing conversion is
 		// THE app seam — markers flatten to their canonical user text
-		// (verdictText / HANDOFF_TEXT / steer text, all single-sourced),
+		// (HANDOFF_TEXT / steer text, all single-sourced),
 		// UI-only markers (plan-block) drop, the app's id fields strip, and
 		// an abort's dangling question call gets its INTERRUPTED result. It
 		// must never throw (pi's convertToLlm contract).

src/core/contracts/chat.ts

@@ -149,30 +149,6 @@ export interface TurnUsage {
  * block renders current node + direct parents + direct children in its own
  * small container, the current node glowing — clearly a fragment, not the
  * whole plan. Clicking either opens the full plan in a popup. */
-/** The learner's plan verdict (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4): a data part
- *  riding its own user message — the ONLY thing on that message. It is THE
- *  plan→teach phase seam (phaseAt3 reads accepted from the transcript), and
- *  both verdicts are real transcript events: accept sanctions teaching,
- *  decline asks for revision. The part is the message TYPE (the "custom
- *  message" scheme, 2026-09-12): the message carries no human-authored text,
- *  the model-facing wording is owned by toLlmMessages (native-messages.ts
- *  flattens it to verdictText below), and the UI renders the verdict
- *  marker — never a user bubble. A learner who also typed a note sends the
- *  note as its own real user message first; the verdict message follows. */
-export interface PlanVerdictData {
-	/** true = accept (sanction to teach); false = decline (revise the plan). */
-	accepted: boolean;
-	/** ISO timestamp of the click. */
-	at: string;
-}
-
-/** The model-facing text of a verdict message — single-sourced here so the
- *  adapter, the tests, and reality can't drift apart. */
-export function verdictText(accepted: boolean): string {
-	return accepted
-		? "The learner accepted the plan — begin teaching."
-		: "The learner would like the plan revised before teaching begins.";
-}
 
 /** The model-facing text of the probe→teach handoff wake (the custom-message
  *  scheme): the wake message carries only the data-probe-handoff part, and
@@ -185,14 +161,16 @@ export function verdictText(accepted: boolean): string {
  *  fragment asks for. So the wake paces it: reason out the optimal way to
  *  teach THIS person THIS thing BEFORE plan_init. Honest to the machinery
  *  — plan_init is still the first tool, the plan map still the first
- *  artifact, and presenting still waits for the verdict. */
+ *  artifact, and presenting still ends the turn (the verdict death,
+ *  2026-09-26: the learner's next message is a natural reply — a change
+ *  request or the go-ahead). */
 export const HANDOFF_TEXT =
 	"The probe is concluded — the learner assessment is recorded. " +
 	"This is the session's highest-leverage moment, and nothing has been authored yet — take your time. " +
 	"Read his assessment and the probing transcript, and reason out the optimal way to teach this person this thing: " +
 	"what he already holds and where each strand runs out, the misconceptions to route around, " +
 	"and the minimal tree from what he holds as obviously true to his goal — so every step lands as obviously true. " +
-	"When the plan is genuinely reasoned out, call plan_init and present it, then wait for his verdict.";
+	"When the plan is genuinely reasoned out, call plan_init, present it, and end your turn — his next message either asks for changes or moves the lesson forward.";
 
 
 export interface PlanBlockData {

src/core/input-events.ts

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
  *             built client-side exactly as today; a dismissal is an answer
  *             carrying its flag). Server-side this becomes the call's
  *             native tool result — fork 1's normal agent history.
- *   verdict — the plan verdict (accept/decline); an optional note is the
- *             learner's own real user message, sent first, exactly the
- *             two-real-messages scheme.
  *   continue — run the next turn on the current record (mount
  *             continuations, job-settle re-syncs: the record ends at an
  *             answered question with no teacher reaction yet).
  *
+ * (The plan verdict input died 2026-09-26 with the verdict itself — the
+ * learner's post-plan reply is a natural text message.)
+ *
  * Server-originated delivery (the wake pipeline's steers) is NOT a client
  * input — the handler accepts it on the same path (TurnInput) so every
  * turn rides one composition.
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import {
 	danglingQuestionOf,
 	newAnswerResult,
 	newUserMessage,
-	newVerdictMessage,
 } from "./native-messages.ts";
 import { QUESTION_TOOLS } from "./pending.ts";
 
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ import { QUESTION_TOOLS } from "./pending.ts";
 export type ChatInput =
 	| { type: "text"; text: string }
 	| { type: "answer"; toolCallId: string; answer: QuestionAnswerData }
-	| { type: "verdict"; accepted: boolean; note?: string }
 	| { type: "continue" };
 
 /** A wake-pipeline steer delivery — same turn composition, server-origin.
@@ -73,12 +71,6 @@ export function parseChatInput(input: unknown): ChatInput {
 				throw new ChatInputError("answer input requires the graded answer object");
 			}
 			return { type: "answer", toolCallId: i.toolCallId, answer: i.answer as QuestionAnswerData };
-		case "verdict":
-			if (typeof i.accepted !== "boolean") throw new ChatInputError("verdict input requires accepted");
-			if (i.note !== undefined && typeof i.note !== "string") {
-				throw new ChatInputError("verdict note must be a string");
-			}
-			return { type: "verdict", accepted: i.accepted, note: i.note as string | undefined };
 		case "continue":
 			return { type: "continue" };
 		default:
@@ -106,14 +98,6 @@ export function inputAppends(record: { messages: LhMessage[] }, input: ChatInput
 			}
 			return [newAnswerResult(input.toolCallId, pending.tool, input.answer)];
 		}
-		case "verdict": {
-			const appends: LhMessage[] = [];
-			if (input.note && input.note.trim().length > 0) {
-				appends.push(newUserMessage(input.note));
-			}
-			appends.push(newVerdictMessage(input.accepted, new Date().toISOString()));
-			return appends;
-		}
 		case "continue":
 			return [];
 	}

src/core/native-messages.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * sees it (verified single site, below).
  *
  * UI-ONLY CONTENT (owner ruling, fork 1 + the plan's custom-message
- * taxonomy): verdict markers, the probe→teach handoff, sub-agent steers,
+ * taxonomy): the probe→teach handoff, sub-agent steers,
  * and plan blocks are LhMarkerMessage — this app's declaration-merged
  * member of pi-agent-core's CustomAgentMessages extension point, shaped
  * exactly like pi's own CustomMessage ({role:"custom", customType,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import type { AgentMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
 import type { AssistantMessage, Message, ToolResultMessage, UserMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai";
 import { QUESTION_TOOLS } from "./pending.ts";
-import { HANDOFF_TEXT, verdictText } from "./contracts/chat.ts";
+import { HANDOFF_TEXT } from "./contracts/chat.ts";
 
 /** The hard-invariant wording for an aborted turn's unanswered calls —
  *  carried over verbatim from the pre-native era so the model's view
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export interface LhMarkerMessage {
 	/** Record identity (pi messages carry no id — see the file header). */
 	id: string;
 	role: "custom";
-	customType: "verdict" | "probe-handoff" | "subagent-steer" | "subagent-abort" | "plan-block";
+	customType: "probe-handoff" | "subagent-steer" | "subagent-abort" | "plan-block";
 	/** The model-facing text ("" for plan blocks — UI-only). */
 	content: string;
 	display: boolean;
@@ -125,21 +125,6 @@ export function newAnswerResult(
 	};
 }
 
-/** The plan verdict (the plan→teach seam): marker only — the model-facing
- *  wording is owned by verdictText (core/contracts/chat.ts), the UI
- *  renders the quiet accept/decline line off details. */
-export function newVerdictMessage(accepted: boolean, at: string): LhMarkerMessage {
-	return {
-		id: newMessageId(),
-		role: "custom",
-		customType: "verdict",
-		content: verdictText(accepted),
-		display: true,
-		details: { accepted, at },
-		timestamp: Date.now(),
-	};
-}
-
 /** The probe→teach handoff wake: scaffolding, not speech — the model reads
  *  HANDOFF_TEXT, the UI renders the quiet system line. */
 export function newHandoffMessage(chatId: string): LhMarkerMessage {

src/core/phases.ts

@@ -1,29 +1,36 @@
 /**
  * Phase derivation (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4) — EXPLICIT EVENTS, never
- * occupancy. The probe→teach agent split (2026-09-11) gave every phase
+ * occupancy. The probe→teach agent split (2026-09-11) gave the first
- * boundary a transcript event:
+ * boundary a transcript event; the second is INFERRED (owner ruling
+ * 2026-09-26, the verdict death):
  *
  *   probe  — until the prober's `probe_done` call CONCLUDES (a clean
  *            toolResult for it; the assessment rides the call's arguments)
- *   plan   — probe concluded, until the learner ACCEPTS the presented
+ *   plan   — probe concluded, until teaching actually BEGINS
- *            plan (the verdict marker with accepted:true — the explicit
+ *   teach  — the first quiz tool call tagged with a `nodeId` (a question
- *            verdict gate; plan_init itself is only the PRESENTATION and
+ *            ABOUT a plan node — probe quizzes carry no nodeId in their
- *            moves no phase; a declined verdict stays in plan)
+ *            schema, so nothing false-triggers). The CALL is the seam, not
- *   teach  — teaching is sanctioned
+ *            its answer: the block that poses the first node question is
+ *            where teaching starts.
+ *
+ * There is no verdict gate anymore: presenting the plan ends the teacher's
+ * turn, and the learner's next message is a natural reply (a change
+ * request, or the go-ahead). The live indicator LAGS by design (owner
+ * accepted): "teach" shows only once the first node's question is posed.
+ * A teacher that never tags a quiz would sit in "plan" visually —
+ * off-doctrine (tagging is prompt-mandated and nodeId is call-validated).
  *
  * The former derived-occupancy seam (phase-of-tree via `currentNodeId`)
- * is GONE: nothing ever writes currentNodeId (the stuck-on-plan bug — a
+ * is GONE, as is the verdict-marker fold: no backwards compatibility
- * session could never leave "plan"), and the stored tree no longer carries
+ * (legacy sessions are wiped data).
- * progress fields at all. No backwards compatibility: legacy sessions
- * without probe_done simply read as probe (they are wiped data).
  *
  * TWO FOLDS over the same events (Wave D): `phaseAt3`/`phaseTimeline` fold
  * VIEW messages (the client's dividers and dock — part shapes, pure and
  * structural); `phaseAt3Lh` folds the NATIVE record (server summaries,
  * tests) — probe→plan advances at the probe_done RESULT message, plan→teach
- * at the verdict marker. Both are strictly sequential; the two derivations
+ * at the assistant message carrying the first nodeId-tagged quiz CALL.
- * agree on every settled record (a result/marker message projects into the
+ * Both are strictly sequential; the two derivations agree on every settled
- * same view boundary).
+ * record (a call's part projects into the same view boundary).
  *
  * Pure: no imports, no runtime deps — safe on server, client, and tests.
  */
@@ -33,10 +40,22 @@ export type Phase3 = "probe" | "plan" | "teach";
 
 /**
  * Minimal structural slice of a UI message for the phase scan: parts with
- * a state and (for concluded calls) an output.
+ * a state, an input (a tool call's parsed arguments), and (for concluded
+ * calls) an output.
  */
 export interface PhaseMessage {
-	parts: ReadonlyArray<{ type: string; state?: string; output?: unknown }>;
+	parts: ReadonlyArray<{ type: string; state?: string; input?: unknown; output?: unknown }>;
+}
+
+/** A quiz call's part input carries `nodeId` iff it is tagged (teach-only —
+ *  the probe quiz schema has no nodeId field). */
+function taggedNodeId(input: unknown): boolean {
+	return (
+		typeof input === "object" &&
+		input !== null &&
+		typeof (input as { nodeId?: unknown }).nodeId === "string" &&
+		(input as { nodeId: string }).nodeId.length > 0
+	);
 }
 
 /** The phase at `upToIndex` (inclusive; default: the last message). */
@@ -52,23 +71,18 @@ export function phaseAt3(messages: readonly PhaseMessage[], upToIndex?: number):
 /** One message's advance of the phase (pure fold step). */
 function advance(
 	phase: Phase3,
-	parts: ReadonlyArray<{ type: string; state?: string; output?: unknown }> | undefined,
+	parts: ReadonlyArray<{ type: string; state?: string; input?: unknown; output?: unknown }> | undefined,
 ): Phase3 {
 	if (!parts) return phase;
 	for (const part of parts) {
 		// STRICTLY SEQUENTIAL: probe → plan only via a concluded probe_done,
-		// plan → teach only via the learner's plan acceptance (data-verdict
+		// plan → teach only via the first nodeId-tagged quiz CALL (the call,
-		// with accepted:true). A marker out of order advances nothing — the
+		// not its answer — an errored-and-retried call still proves teaching
-		// chain never skips. plan_init PRESENTS the map; only the verdict
+		// began, and the retry lands in the same group anyway).
-		// sanctions teaching (a decline stays in plan).
 		if (phase === "probe" && part.type === "tool-probe_done" && part.state === "output-available") {
 			phase = "plan";
 		}
-		if (
+		if (phase === "plan" && part.type === "tool-quiz" && taggedNodeId(part.input)) {
-			phase === "plan" &&
-			part.type === "data-verdict" &&
-			(part as { data?: { accepted?: unknown } }).data?.accepted === true
-		) {
 			phase = "teach";
 		}
 	}
@@ -94,11 +108,12 @@ export function phaseTimeline(messages: readonly PhaseMessage[]): Phase3[] {
 // ─── the native fold (Wave D: record-side phase over LhMessage[]) ───────────
 
 import type { LhMessage } from "./native-messages.ts";
-import type { ToolResultMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai";
 
 /** The phase at `upToIndex` (inclusive; default: the last message) of a
  *  NATIVE record. probe→plan advances at the probe_done call's clean
- *  toolResult; plan→teach at the verdict marker (details.accepted true). */
+ *  toolResult; plan→teach at the assistant message carrying the first
+ *  nodeId-tagged quiz CALL (mirrors the view fold — same seam, native
+ *  shape). */
 export function phaseAt3Lh(messages: readonly LhMessage[], upToIndex?: number): Phase3 {
 	let phase: Phase3 = "probe";
 	const last = Math.min(upToIndex ?? messages.length - 1, messages.length - 1);
@@ -106,7 +121,7 @@ export function phaseAt3Lh(messages: readonly LhMessage[], upToIndex?: number):
 		const m = messages[i]!;
 		const role = (m as { role?: string }).role;
 		if (role === "toolResult") {
-			const result = m as ToolResultMessage;
+			const result = m as { toolName?: string; isError?: boolean };
 			if (
 				phase === "probe" &&
 				result.toolName === "probe_done" &&
@@ -114,14 +129,19 @@ export function phaseAt3Lh(messages: readonly LhMessage[], upToIndex?: number):
 			) {
 				phase = "plan";
 			}
-		} else if (role === "custom") {
+		} else if (role === "assistant") {
-			const marker = m as { customType?: string; details?: { accepted?: unknown } };
+			const content = (m as { content?: ReadonlyArray<{ type?: string; name?: string; arguments?: unknown }> }).content ?? [];
+			if (phase === "plan") {
+				for (const block of content) {
 					if (
-				phase === "plan" &&
+						block.type === "toolCall" &&
-				marker.customType === "verdict" &&
+						block.name === "quiz" &&
-				marker.details?.accepted === true
+						taggedNodeId(block.arguments)
 					) {
 						phase = "teach";
+						break;
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/core/view.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import type { AssistantMessage, ToolResultMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai"
 import type { LhMarkerMessage, LhMessage } from "./native-messages.ts";
 import { QUESTION_TOOLS } from "./pending.ts";
 import type { SubagentArtifactData, SubagentResultMeta } from "./contracts/jobs.ts";
-import type { PlanBlockData, PlanVerdictData } from "./contracts/chat.ts";
+import type { PlanBlockData } from "./contracts/chat.ts";
 
 /** A view part — the loose part vocabulary the renderers consume (the same
  *  shape names the pre-Wave-D UIMessage dialect used, so the renderer
@@ -248,18 +248,9 @@ function applyResultTo(part: LhViewPart | undefined, result: ToolResultMessage):
 	// rendered nothing) is dropped from the view — the record keeps it.
 }
 
-/** A marker's projected message (verdict/handoff/steers) or splice (plan block). */
+/** A marker's projected message (handoff/steers) or splice (plan block). */
 function projectMarker(marker: LhMarkerMessage, out: LhViewMessage[]): void {
 	switch (marker.customType) {
-		case "verdict": {
-			const data = marker.details as PlanVerdictData;
-			out.push({
-				id: marker.id,
-				role: "user",
-				parts: [{ type: "data-verdict", id: `vd_${marker.id}`, data }],
-			});
-			return;
-		}
 		case "probe-handoff": {
 			out.push({
 				id: marker.id,

tests/composer-verdict.test.tsx

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
-import { describe, it } from "node:test";
-import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { Composer } from "../components/composer.tsx";
-
-// The plan verdict gate (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4): while the presented
-// plan awaits the learner's word, the composer's send square becomes two
-// stacked buttons — green Accept plan, red Decline.
-
-describe("Composer verdict buttons", () => {
-	const noop = () => {};
-
-	it("no verdict: the normal send square renders", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
-			<Composer busy={false} value="" onChange={noop} onSend={noop} onStop={noop} canSend />,
-		);
-		assert.ok(!html.includes("plan-verdict-buttons"));
-		assert.ok(html.includes('aria-label="Send"'));
-	});
-
-	it("verdict pending: two stacked buttons replace the send square; stop square gone", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
-			<Composer
-				busy={false}
-				value=""
-				onChange={noop}
-				onSend={noop}
-				onStop={noop}
-				canSend
-				verdict={{ onAccept: noop, onDecline: noop }}
-			/>,
-		);
-		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="plan-verdict-buttons"'));
-		assert.ok(html.includes("Accept plan"));
-		assert.ok(html.includes("Decline"));
-		assert.ok(!html.includes('aria-label="Send"'), "no send square while the verdict pends");
-	});
-
-	it("busy: the stop square wins even while a verdict pends (no verdict mid-turn)", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
-			<Composer
-				busy
-				value=""
-				onChange={noop}
-				onSend={noop}
-				onStop={noop}
-				canSend={false}
-				verdict={{ onAccept: noop, onDecline: noop }}
-			/>,
-		);
-		assert.ok(html.includes('aria-label="Stop"'));
-		assert.ok(!html.includes("plan-verdict-buttons"));
-	});
-});

tests/phases.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * phases — the event-driven phase chain (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4).
  *
- * probe ends at the first CONCLUDED probe_done (output-available); planning
+ * probe ends at the first CONCLUDED probe_done (output-available); teaching
- * ends at the LEARNER'S plan acceptance (a data-verdict part with accepted:true
+ * begins at the FIRST nodeId-tagged quiz CALL (the inferred seam, owner
- * accept button's user message — plan_init only PRESENTS the map). No
+ * ruling 2026-09-26 — the verdict death: presenting the plan ends the
+ * teacher's turn, the learner's reply is natural text, and nothing flips
+ * the phase until a question ABOUT a plan node is actually posed). No
  * stored-tree seam: the phase is a pure fold over the transcript, so it can
  * never stick (the old currentNodeId-based phaseOfTree read a field nothing
  * ever set).
@@ -31,30 +33,21 @@ function assistantTool(
 	};
 }
 
-const DONE_ASSESSMENT = { assessment: { strands: [{ strand: "s", assessment: "a" }] } };
+/** A quiz call with its parsed input — `nodeId` present iff tagged. */
-const PLAN_OK = { ok: true, tree: { nodes: [{ id: "n1", title: "N" }], edges: [] } };
+function assistantQuiz(input: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): LhViewMessage {
-
-/** The verdict button's user message (the custom-message scheme): its own
- *  message carrying ONLY the data-verdict marker part — no human-authored
- *  text; the model-facing wording is toLlmMessages' (native-messages.ts). */
-function verdict(accepted: boolean): LhViewMessage {
 	return {
-		id: `u_verdict_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6)}`,
+		id: `a_quiz_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6)}`,
-		role: "user",
+		role: "assistant",
-		parts: [
+		parts: [{ type: "tool-quiz", ...(input !== undefined ? { input } : {}) } as never],
-			{ type: "data-verdict", id: "vd_1", data: { accepted, at: "2026-09-12T00:00:00Z" } } as never,
-		],
 	};
 }
 
-/** The accept button's message. */
+const DONE_ASSESSMENT = { assessment: { strands: [{ strand: "s", assessment: "a" }] } };
-function planAccepted(): LhViewMessage {
+const PLAN_OK = { ok: true, tree: { nodes: [{ id: "n1", title: "N" }], edges: [] } };
-	return verdict(true);
-}
 
-test("phaseAt3: probe until a concluded probe_done; plan until the learner ACCEPTS; teach after", () => {
+test("phaseAt3: probe until a concluded probe_done; plan until the first nodeId-tagged quiz; teach after", () => {
-	const probe = phaseAt3([user("teach me calculus"), assistantTool("quiz", "output-available")]);
+	const probe = phaseAt3([user("teach me calculus"), assistantQuiz({ question: "q", correctAnswer: "a" })]);
-	assert.equal(probe, "probe", "quiz answers alone never end the probe");
+	assert.equal(probe, "probe", "an UNTAGGED quiz alone never ends the probe (probe quizzes carry no nodeId)");
 
 	const concluded = phaseAt3([
 		user("teach me"),
@@ -66,49 +59,43 @@ test("phaseAt3: probe until a concluded probe_done; plan until the learner ACCEP
 		user("teach me"),
 		assistantTool("probe_done", "output-available", DONE_ASSESSMENT),
 		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-available", PLAN_OK),
+		user("looks good, go"),
 	]);
-	assert.equal(presented, "plan", "a successful plan_init PRESENTS the map — planning continues until the verdict");
+	assert.equal(presented, "plan", "plan_init + the learner's go-ahead TEXT present and sanction nothing");
 
-	const accepted = phaseAt3([
+	const teaching = phaseAt3([
 		user("teach me"),
 		assistantTool("probe_done", "output-available", DONE_ASSESSMENT),
 		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-available", PLAN_OK),
-		planAccepted(),
+		user("looks good, go"),
+		assistantQuiz({ question: "q", nodeId: "gravity-basics", correctAnswer: "a" }),
 	]);
-	assert.equal(accepted, "teach", "the learner's acceptance ends planning");
+	assert.equal(teaching, "teach", "the first nodeId-tagged quiz CALL is where teaching begins");
-
-	const declined = phaseAt3([
-		user("teach me"),
-		assistantTool("probe_done", "output-available", DONE_ASSESSMENT),
-		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-available", PLAN_OK),
-		verdict(false),
-		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-available", PLAN_OK),
-	]);
-	assert.equal(declined, "plan", "a DECLINED verdict is a real event but stays in planning until a later acceptance");
 
 	const failedPlan = phaseAt3([
 		user("teach me"),
 		assistantTool("probe_done", "output-available", DONE_ASSESSMENT),
 		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-error", { ok: false, error: "bad mermaid" }),
-		planAccepted(),
+		assistantQuiz({ question: "q", nodeId: "n1", correctAnswer: "a" }),
 	]);
-	assert.equal(failedPlan, "teach", "acceptance sanctions teaching even after a failed init attempt — the verdict is his");
+	assert.equal(failedPlan, "teach", "a tagged quiz begins teaching even after a failed init attempt");
 });
 
-test("phaseAt3: the verdict marker is explicit — anonymous learner text never sanctions teaching", () => {
+test("phaseAt3: the tag is the seam — natural text and untagged questions never start teaching", () => {
 	const plainText = phaseAt3([
 		user("teach me"),
 		assistantTool("probe_done", "output-available", DONE_ASSESSMENT),
 		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-available", PLAN_OK),
-		user("The plan is accepted — begin teaching."), // words alone, no marker
+		user("The plan is accepted — begin teaching."), // words alone
+		assistantQuiz({ question: "ad-hoc check", correctAnswer: "a" }), // untagged
 	]);
-	assert.equal(plainText, "plan", "only the data-verdict part is the seam — text can never fake it");
+	assert.equal(plainText, "plan", "only a nodeId-tagged quiz flips the seam — text and ad-hoc checks never do");
 
-	const acceptOutOfOrder = phaseAt3([
+	const taggedOutOfOrder = phaseAt3([
 		user("teach me"),
-		verdict(true), // before any probe_done: out of order, advances nothing
+		assistantQuiz({ question: "q", nodeId: "n1", correctAnswer: "a" }), // before probe_done
 	]);
-	assert.equal(acceptOutOfOrder, "probe", "the chain never skips");
+	assert.equal(taggedOutOfOrder, "probe", "the chain never skips");
 });
 
 test("phaseAt3: a mere probe_done CALL (input-available, not yet concluded) keeps the probe open", () => {
@@ -128,13 +115,69 @@ test("phaseTimeline: folds messages into phase spans for the dividers", () => {
 		assistantTool("probe_done", "output-available", DONE_ASSESSMENT),
 		assistantTool("plan_init", "output-available", PLAN_OK),
 		user("what does node 1 mean?"), // side question — still planning
-		planAccepted(),
 		user("go on"),
+		assistantQuiz({ question: "q", nodeId: "n1", correctAnswer: "a" }),
+		assistantQuiz({ question: "q2", nodeId: "n2", correctAnswer: "a" }),
 	]);
-	assert.deepEqual(timeline satisfies Phase3[], ["probe", "probe", "plan", "plan", "plan", "teach", "teach"]);
+	assert.deepEqual(timeline satisfies Phase3[], ["probe", "probe", "plan", "plan", "plan", "plan", "teach", "teach"]);
-	assert.equal(timeline.length, 7);
+	assert.equal(timeline.length, 8);
 });
 
 test("phaseAt3: empty transcript is probe", () => {
 	assert.equal(phaseAt3([]), "probe");
 });
+
+// ─── the native fold (phaseAt3Lh over LhMessage[]) ──────────────────────────
+
+import type { LhMessage } from "../src/core/native-messages.ts";
+import { phaseAt3Lh } from "../src/core/phases.ts";
+
+/** A native toolResult (the probe_done conclusion). */
+function toolResult(toolName: string, isError = false): LhMessage {
+	return {
+		id: `tr_${toolName}_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6)}`,
+		role: "toolResult",
+		toolCallId: `call_${toolName}`,
+		toolName,
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: "ok" }],
+		isError,
+		timestamp: Date.now(),
+	} as LhMessage;
+}
+
+/** A native assistant message carrying a quiz toolCall — arguments carry
+ *  `nodeId` iff tagged (exactly what the wire would persist). */
+function assistantQuizCall(arguments_: Record<string, unknown>): LhMessage {
+	return {
+		id: `a_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 6)}`,
+		role: "assistant",
+		content: [{ type: "toolCall", id: "call_quiz", name: "quiz", arguments: arguments_ }],
+		stopReason: "toolUse",
+		usage: undefined,
+		timestamp: Date.now(),
+	} as unknown as LhMessage;
+}
+
+test("phaseAt3Lh (native fold): probe→plan at the clean probe_done result; plan→teach at the first tagged quiz CALL", () => {
+	const done = toolResult("probe_done");
+	const tagged = assistantQuizCall({ question: "q", nodeId: "gravity-basics", correctAnswer: "a" });
+	const untagged = assistantQuizCall({ question: "q", correctAnswer: "a" });
+
+	assert.equal(phaseAt3Lh([done, untagged]), "plan", "an untagged quiz call never starts teaching");
+	assert.equal(phaseAt3Lh([done, tagged]), "teach", "the tagged quiz CALL is the seam");
+	assert.equal(phaseAt3Lh([tagged]), "probe", "the chain never skips (tag before probe_done)");
+	assert.equal(
+		phaseAt3Lh([toolResult("probe_done", true), tagged]),
+		"probe",
+		"an ERRORED probe_done concludes nothing",
+	);
+	// The two folds agree on the same settled transcript (the view projection
+	// of the tagged call carries its arguments as the part input).
+	assert.equal(
+		phaseAt3Lh([done, tagged]),
+		phaseAt3([
+			{ parts: [{ type: "tool-probe_done", state: "output-available" } as never] },
+			{ parts: [{ type: "tool-quiz", input: { nodeId: "gravity-basics" } } as never] },
+		]),
+	);
+});

tests/render-composer.test.tsx

@@ -57,24 +57,17 @@ describe("Composer", () => {
 	});
 });
 
-// The Enter decision (user-decided 2026-09-19, docs/probe-teach-split.md §4):
+// The Enter decision: stop a busy stream, otherwise send. (The plan-verdict
-// while the plan verdict pends, Enter must ACCEPT the plan — formerly it sent
+// accept branch died 2026-09-26 with the verdict itself — the post-plan
-// a plain message, leaving the verdict pending again on the next message.
+// reply is a natural text message.) Pure function so the static-render
-// Pure function so the static-render harness can pin it (key events can't be
+// harness can pin it (key events can't be simulated in renderToStaticMarkup).
-// simulated in renderToStaticMarkup).
 describe("enterAction", () => {
-	it("busy stream: Enter stops — verdict or not", () => {
+	it("busy stream: Enter stops", () => {
-		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: true, verdictPending: false, canSend: true }), "stop");
+		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: true, canSend: true }), "stop");
-		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: true, verdictPending: true, canSend: true }), "stop");
 	});
 
-	it("verdict pends: Enter ACCEPTS — with text (the note rides) and with an empty box alike", () => {
+	it("idle: send when there is text, nothing when there is not", () => {
-		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: false, verdictPending: true, canSend: true }), "accept", "typed text rides the acceptance note");
+		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: false, canSend: true }), "send");
-		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: false, verdictPending: true, canSend: false }), "accept", "empty box still accepts — Enter can never strand the verdict");
+		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: false, canSend: false }), "none");
-	});
-
-	it("no verdict: send when there is text, nothing when there is not", () => {
-		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: false, verdictPending: false, canSend: true }), "send");
-		assert.equal(enterAction({ busy: false, verdictPending: false, canSend: false }), "none");
 	});
 });

tests/session-core.test.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, it } from "node:test";
 import { absorbed, pendingCallTool, SessionModel } from "../components/session-core.ts";
 import type { ChatInput } from "../src/core/input-events.ts";
 import type { LhMessage } from "../src/core/native-messages.ts";
-import { newUserMessage, newAnswerResult, newVerdictMessage, needsContinuation } from "../src/core/native-messages.ts";
+import { newUserMessage, newAnswerResult, needsContinuation } from "../src/core/native-messages.ts";
 
 const realFetch = globalThis.fetch;
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -589,10 +589,6 @@ describe("adoptRecord — append-only adoption", () => {
 			absorbed(answer, [{ ...newAnswerResult("call-1", "quiz", { correct: true }), id: "srv_10" } as LhMessage]),
 			"the answer result absorbs by toolCallId",
 		);
-		// A verdict marker absorbs by accepted (the timestamps differ by design).
-		const verdict = { ...newVerdictMessage(true, "2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z"), id: "c_local_3" } as LhMessage;
-		const serverVerdict = { ...newVerdictMessage(true, "2026-09-26T00:00:01.000Z"), id: "srv_11" } as LhMessage;
-		assert.ok(absorbed(verdict, [serverVerdict]), "the verdict absorbs by accepted");
 	});
 
 	it("setMessages is the full snapshot swap (the idle settle sync)", () => {