Wave 7 close-out: the graphTools surface, wrapped cluster labels, the orphan sweep

Part 1 — the surface:
- Settings ▸ Agent ▸ Tools gains the prober GRAPH-TOOLS row as its FIRST
  row (owner ruling: in the Tools section, not the tool-toggles list —
  its subject is the map, its mechanism is agent capability). Writes
  agent.graphTools {enabled} (absent = on, the toggle discipline) via
  the section PUT; composeGraphTools pure seam. Its own key in the agent
  contract — never in the tools map.
- The row carries the search-row hint discipline: "Connects prior
  sessions' knowledge into new ones — the prober reads the knowledge
  map" (owner wording). The honest interplay composes both: when
  graph.enabled is off the row dims + disables with a "Graph is
  disabled" hint (the effective gate itself is server-side, per-turn
  fresh). AgentSection reads the graph section (record.graph, passed by
  the dialog) — read-only.
- Cluster labels wrap: wave 7 made labels session names and FILE PATHS,
  which the old single-line fillText could not bound. wrapRegionLabel
  (pure, exported): word-wrap first, char-split long paths (the
  node-label discipline), capped at 3 lines, overflow folded into an
  ellipsized last line (owner: wrap, cap 2–3, ellipsize). Pre-wrapped
  once per geometry build at the SCREEN-fixed size (viewer-relative
  labels — the wrap never goes stale mid-camera-move), drawn centered
  line-by-line at the centroid. Deleted-session clusters keep their
  hull-only honest silence (label null → no lines).
- The orphan sweep: StatsBar's leftSlot prop is dead (its one consumer,
  the knowledge-context slider, died in c690181) — removed, and pre-chat
  views now render NOTHING on the left (owner ruling this round: a
  "— · —" summary over an empty popover is pure noise) — the dictation
  middle just widens. Stale knowledge-context comments swept in
  chat.tsx (adoption-window + activity-nudge docs), activity-dock.tsx
  (useActivity ground rules), dictation.tsx (×2 adaptive-meter docs),
  home.tsx (pre-chat dock comment).

Part 2 — Teacher's c690181 review: clean. Imports, KIND_ICON/KIND_LABEL
entries, render branches and event seams all excised whole; the probe-
handoff branch re-indented intact and merge-adopted; tests updated in
lockstep (merge-adopted, record-adapter, render-new-session retired).
Platform's 4b60e0f roster-string fixes (labeler dropped from both
SLOT_META blocks) reviewed — consistent across agent-section +
setup-dialog.

Gates: tsc clean, 854/854 (8 new: wrapRegionLabel cases, graphTools
SSR rows ×3; stats-bar + ladder fixtures updated to the new rulings),
lint 0, build ok. Live on :3001: graphTools row first-in-group with
hint, off→{enabled:false}→on round-trip, graph-off dimming + hint +
disabled toggle, pre-chat rows summary-free, chat view keeps its
summary, long-title cluster label wrapped without console errors
(visual read unavailable this session — pure wrap is unit-pinned).

components/activity-dock.tsx

@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ export function ActivityProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
 
 /** The activity feed seam for the rest of the shell: the dock's data +
  *  its refresh nudge. The chat page nudges on turn start (owner ground
- *  rules, 2026-09-15): a background process that starts at send — the
+ *  rules, 2026-09-15): background processes that start at send —
- *  knowledge-context injection — must be visible in the dock the moment
+ *  extraction and sub-agent jobs — must be visible in the dock the
- *  it begins, without the dock polling faster while idle. */
+ *  moment they begin, without the dock polling faster while idle. */
 export function useActivity(): { feed: ActivityFeed; refresh: () => void } {
 	return useContext(ActivityContext);
 }

components/chat.tsx

@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ export function Chat({
 	}, [chatId, setMessages, sendMessage, status]);
 
 	// ── Append-only record adoption (owner ground rules, 2026-09-15) ──
-	// Content delivered into the record server-side — the knowledge-context
+	// Content delivered into the record server-side — sub-agent
-	// block, sub-agent artifacts, abort notes — must become visible the
+	// artifacts, abort notes — must become visible the
 	// moment it persists, mid-turn included: it sits between messages, and
 	// nothing about a running turn should hide it. The full snapshot sync
 	// mid-stream is forbidden (it breaks the SDK's in-place continuation
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ export function Chat({
 	// self-terminating window of three record fetches (400ms/1s/2s) catches
 	// the insert and shows the marker during the turn, then stops. No
 	// standing poll — the window exists only for these seconds. The same
-	// instant nudges the activity feed: the knowledge-context job starts at
+	// instant nudges the activity feed: extraction and sub-agent jobs
-	// send (server-side), and the dock must say so immediately.
+	// start at send (server-side), and the dock must say so immediately.
 	const { refresh: refreshActivity } = useActivity();
 	const turnStartStatusRef = useRef(status);
 	// The window must survive the submitted→streaming flip (the stream starts

components/dictation.tsx

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import { Loader2Icon, MicIcon } from "lucide-react";
  *     only the meter. Live output may return as a toggleable setting at
  *     the settings milestone; deferred is the only behavior for now.
  *   - ADAPTIVE meter: the strip's cell count derives from its measured
- *     width (4px pitch, 8–48 cells, ResizeObserver) so narrow rows (draft/
+ *     width (4px pitch, 8–48 cells, ResizeObserver) so narrow rows (the
- *     home, where the knowledge-context slider eats the middle) show
+ *     draft view's tighter column) show fewer bars instead of
- *     fewer bars instead of overflowing under their neighbors.
+ *     overflowing under their neighbors.
  *
  * Owner round 1 (2026-09-17, first live mic test):
  *   - ONE primary transcription input at all times: the pending
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ export function DictationBar({ dictation }: { dictation: Dictation }) {
 	const [levels, setLevels] = useState<number[]>(() => new Array(METER_CELLS).fill(0));
 	const recording = phase === "recording" || phase === "stopping";
 	/** Adaptive cell count (owner round 2): derived from the meter's
-	 *  measured width — narrow rows (draft/home beside the knowledge-context
+	 *  measured width — narrow rows show fewer bars instead of
-	 *  slider) show fewer bars instead of overflowing under neighbors. */
+	 *  overflowing under neighbors. */
 	const [cellCount, setCellCount] = useState(METER_CELLS);
 	const meterRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 

components/graph-canvas.ts

@@ -138,6 +138,82 @@ export interface RendererCallbacks {
 
 const LABEL_SIZE = 12; // the reference label size the wrap-width ratio is taken against
 const LABEL_WEIGHT = "500";
+
+/** Region (cluster) labels — wave 7's session names made the labels
+ *  LONG: imported-file paths and renamed chat titles. They wrap at a
+ *  screen-fixed width (the labels are viewer-relative — this px value
+ *  is exact on screen at any zoom), capped at a line count with an
+ *  ellipsis on the last line (owner, 2026-09-23: wrap, cap 2–3 lines,
+ *  ellipsize — a bounded footprint that keeps most of the path
+ *  visible). */
+const REGION_LABEL_MAX_WIDTH = 220; // screen px
+const REGION_LABEL_MAX_LINES = 3;
+const REGION_LABEL_LINE_HEIGHT = 1.3;
+
+/** Wrap one region label: word-wise first (session names), then
+ *  char-wise for words alone wider than the max (long file paths — the
+ *  node-label discipline), capped at maxLines. Overflow folds into the
+ *  last line, ellipsized to fit. measure is the canvas measureText (or a
+ *  fake in tests) — pure otherwise. */
+export function wrapRegionLabel(
+	text: string,
+	maxWidth: number,
+	maxLines: number,
+	measure: (s: string) => number,
+): string[] {
+	if (maxLines < 1) return [text];
+	if (measure(text) <= maxWidth) return [text];
+	const lines: string[] = [];
+	const pending: string[] = text.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+	// Fill up to maxLines-1 lines; the remainder becomes the last line.
+	while (pending.length > 0 && lines.length < maxLines - 1) {
+		let line = "";
+		while (pending.length > 0) {
+			let word = pending[0]!;
+			const candidate = line ? `${line} ${word}` : word;
+			if (measure(candidate) <= maxWidth) {
+				line = candidate;
+				pending.shift();
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!line) {
+				// The word alone overflows: char-split it, the remainder stays
+				// pending for the next line (paths have no spaces to help).
+				let chunk = "";
+				while (word.length > 0 && measure(chunk + word[0]) <= maxWidth) {
+					chunk += word[0];
+					word = word.slice(1);
+				}
+				if (chunk) {
+					lines.push(chunk);
+					pending[0] = word;
+				} else {
+					// Degenerate: one char exceeds the width — keep it whole so
+					// the label can never vanish entirely.
+					lines.push(word);
+					pending.shift();
+				}
+				line = "";
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+		if (line) lines.push(line);
+		if (!line && lines.length > 0 && pending.length > 0) continue;
+		if (!line && lines.length === 0) break;
+	}
+	// The remainder rides as the last line: plain if it fits, ellipsized
+	// down to the width if not.
+	let rest = pending.join(" ");
+	if (!rest) return lines;
+	if (measure(rest) <= maxWidth) {
+		lines.push(rest);
+		return lines;
+	}
+	let tail = rest;
+	while (tail.length > 1 && measure(`${tail}…`) > maxWidth) tail = tail.slice(0, -1);
+	lines.push(`${tail}…`);
+	return lines;
+}
 const LABEL_MAX_WIDTH = 170; // wrap width at the reference label size, world units
 const LABEL_GAP = 2.9; // world units between node edge and first label line (the 2px-at-fit reference ÷ 0.69)
 const LABEL_LINE_HEIGHT = 1.3;
@@ -510,7 +586,7 @@ export class GraphCanvasRenderer {
 	/** World rect the bitmap covers (drawImage target coords). */
 	private regionRect: { minX: number; minY: number; w: number; h: number } | null = null;
 	/** Region labels: cluster centroid + hue, computed at splat build. */
-	private regionMeta: { label: string | null; cx: number; cy: number; hue: number }[] = [];
+	private regionMeta: { label: string | null; lines: string[] | null; cx: number; cy: number; hue: number }[] = [];
 	private regionTuning: RegionTuning = DEFAULT_REGION_TUNING;
 	private physicsTuning: PhysicsTuning = DEFAULT_PHYSICS_TUNING;
 	/** Gravity center for the live sim (graph bbox centroid at setData). */
@@ -1200,10 +1276,29 @@ export class GraphCanvasRenderer {
 					cx: sumX / members,
 					cy: sumY / members,
 					hue: clusterHue(cluster.id),
+					lines: null,
 				});
 			}
 		});
 
+		// Wrap the region labels ONCE per geometry build, at their
+		// SCREEN-fixed size (viewer-relative labels — this px size is what
+		// lands on screen at any zoom, so the wrap never goes stale mid-
+		// camera-move). Session names are short; file paths are not (wave
+		// 7) — the cap + ellipsis keeps the footprint bounded.
+		const settings = this.settings;
+		if (settings) {
+			const ctx = this.ctx;
+			const prevFont = ctx.font;
+			ctx.font = `${LABEL_WEIGHT} ${settings.clusterLabelSize}px ${data.fontFamily}`;
+			for (const rm of this.regionMeta) {
+				rm.lines = rm.label
+					? wrapRegionLabel(rm.label, REGION_LABEL_MAX_WIDTH, REGION_LABEL_MAX_LINES, (s) => ctx.measureText(s).width)
+					: null;
+			}
+			ctx.font = prevFont;
+		}
+
 		// THE off switch (user 2026-09-15): compute is skipped, not just
 		// paint hidden — no splat, no blur, no readback, no bitmap, no
 		// blit. Everything below this return is the bitmap path.
@@ -1474,16 +1569,25 @@ export class GraphCanvasRenderer {
 		// Viewer-relative by design (UI, not graph content): drawn at the
 		// world centroid with a font of clusterLabelSize / k — a constant
 		// size on screen at any zoom (user-tunable since 2026-09-16).
+		// Wave 7: labels are session names / file paths — pre-wrapped at
+		// the geometry build (cap + ellipsis), drawn centered on the
+		// centroid line by line.
 		if (settings.clusterLabels && regionAlpha > 0.01) {
 			ctx.save();
 			ctx.globalAlpha = regionAlpha;
 			ctx.font = `${LABEL_WEIGHT} ${settings.clusterLabelSize / k}px ${data.fontFamily}`;
 			ctx.textAlign = "center";
 			ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+			// Screen px ÷ k = world units — the lines stay evenly spaced
+			// at a constant on-screen pitch at any zoom.
+			const lineH = (settings.clusterLabelSize * REGION_LABEL_LINE_HEIGHT) / k;
 			for (const rm of this.regionMeta) {
-				if (!rm.label) continue;
+				if (!rm.lines) continue;
 				ctx.fillStyle = `hsla(${rm.hue}, 55%, 78%, 0.85)`;
-				ctx.fillText(rm.label, rm.cx, rm.cy);
+				const firstOffset = (-(rm.lines.length - 1) / 2) * lineH;
+				for (let i = 0; i < rm.lines.length; i++) {
+					ctx.fillText(rm.lines[i]!, rm.cx, rm.cy + firstOffset + i * lineH);
+				}
 			}
 			ctx.restore();
 		}

components/home.tsx

@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ export function Home({ initialSettings, initialConfigured }: { initialSettings:
 						</button>
 					</form>
 					{/* Same as the chat view's under-composer stats bar (owner) — no
-					    session yet, so the free LEFT side carries the knowledge-context
+					    session yet, so the LEFT side renders nothing (wave 7 sweep)
-					    budget (session-data slot), while the RIGHT keeps the strong-
+					    while the RIGHT keeps the strong-slot control (fix wave: the
-					    slot control (fix wave: the pills write /api/settings/models). */}
+					    pills write /api/settings/models). */}
 					<StatsBar
 						dictationSlot={<DictationBar dictation={dictation} />}
 						turns={[] as TurnUsage[]}

components/settings/agent-section.tsx

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import type React from "react";
 import {
 	MODEL_SLOTS,
 	type AgentSettings,
+	type GraphSettings,
 	type ModelCatalogEntry,
 	type ModelSlotName,
 	type ModelsSettings,
@@ -99,6 +100,14 @@ export function composeTool(agent: AgentSettings | undefined, id: string, on: bo
 	return { ...agent, tools: { ...agent?.tools, [id]: on } };
 }
 
+/** Compose the prober graph-tools toggle (wave 7): its own key in the
+ *  agent section — never in the tool-toggles map (owner ruling). Absent =
+ *  ON (the toggle discipline); the write is explicit either way, so an
+ *  explicit-off record stays visible as stored. Pure — exported for tests. */
+export function composeGraphTools(agent: AgentSettings | undefined, on: boolean): AgentSettings {
+	return { ...agent, graphTools: { enabled: on } };
+}
+
 /** The research tool runs on the search port — the teacher registry DROPS
  *  it when no engine is live (chat-handler's searchAvailable, the same
  *  /api/search signal the section fetches). Pure — exported for tests.
@@ -218,12 +227,17 @@ function MenuTrigger({
 export function AgentSection({
 	agent,
 	models,
+	graph,
 	onSectionChange,
 	onModelsChange,
 }: {
 	agent: AgentSettings | undefined;
 	/** The `models` section (slot pins — engine-level, PUT /api/settings/models). */
 	models: ModelsSettings | undefined;
+	/** The `graph` section — READ ONLY here: the graphTools row composes its
+	 *  master switch (graph.enabled off dims + disables the row; the
+	 *  effective gate is server-side, per-turn fresh). */
+	graph: GraphSettings | undefined;
 	/** Writes the composed WHOLE agent section (replace-PUT discipline). */
 	onSectionChange: (next: AgentSettings) => void;
 	/** Writes the composed models section (slots — replace-PUT discipline). */
@@ -571,6 +585,31 @@ export function AgentSection({
 			</SettingsGroup>
 
 			<SettingsGroup label="Tools" testid="group-tools">
+				{/* The prober's graph tools (wave 7, owner ruling 2026-09-23):
+				    FIRST row of the group — its subject is the map, its
+				    mechanism is agent capability, so it lives in Tools but
+				    NOT in the tool-toggles list. Its own agent-section key
+				    (agent.graphTools), the search-row hint discipline: a
+				    smaller line under it explaining what it is — this
+				    connects prior sessions' knowledge into new ones. */}
+				{(() => {
+					const graphOn = graph?.enabled ?? true;
+					return (
+						<SettingsRow
+							label="Graph tools"
+							hint={graphOn ? "Connects prior sessions' knowledge into new ones — the prober reads the knowledge map" : "Graph is disabled"}
+							testid="graph-tools-row"
+							dimmed={!graphOn}
+						>
+							<Toggle
+								checked={agent?.graphTools?.enabled ?? true}
+								disabled={!graphOn}
+								label="graph tools"
+								onChange={(on) => onSectionChange(composeGraphTools(agent, on))}
+							/>
+						</SettingsRow>
+					);
+				})()}
 				{TOGGLE_TOOLS.map((id) => {
 					// Research needs a live search engine; the row + toggle gray
 					// on the same signal the registry drops the tool on (see

components/settings/settings-dialog.tsx

@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ export function SettingsDialogBody({
 									<AgentSection
 										agent={record.agent}
 										models={record.models}
+										graph={record.graph}
 										onModelsChange={(next: ModelsSettings) =>
 											void write("models", next)
 										}

components/stats-bar.tsx

@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ import { ModelControl } from "@/components/model-picker";
  * LEFT-aligned: context window + session cost; RIGHT-aligned: model +
  * thinking level. Clicking the left side opens the per-turn detail popover.
  *
- *  Pre-chat views (home, /chat/new) pass `leftSlot`: with no session there
+ *  Pre-chat views (home, /chat/new) render NO left side at all (owner,
- *  IS no session data (the summary would just read "—"), so that left side
+ *  wave 7 sweep: the knowledge-context budget slider that used to live
- *  is free real estate — the knowledge-context budget slider lives there
+ *  there died with the injection; a "— · —" summary over an empty
- *  (vision-context-injection.md), vertically centered beside the model +
+ *  popover is pure noise) — the dictation strip's middle simply widens.
- *  thinking pills by the row's own geometry.
  *
  * All folds come from core/prices.ts (sessionCost, contextWindow, turnCost)
  * — no cost math lives here. Absent data renders "—", never zero (the
@@ -29,13 +28,9 @@ import { ModelControl } from "@/components/model-picker";
  */
 export function StatsBar({
 	turns,
-	leftSlot,
 	dictationSlot,
 }: {
 	turns: TurnUsage[];
-	/** Pre-chat only: replaces the (empty) session-data summary — home and
-	 *  the /chat/new draft mount the knowledge-context slider here. */
-	leftSlot?: ReactNode;
 	/** The dictation strip (STT wave, 2026-09-17): the row's middle is dead
 	 *  space between the session data and the model control — the mic
 	 *  button lives there, and while recording the meter unfurls to fill
@@ -84,9 +79,9 @@ export function StatsBar({
 			    outside-close ref anchors HERE too (owner, round 3): on the whole
 			    bar it wrapped the model control, so clicking model/thinking never
 			    counted as outside — the asymmetry the owner observed. */}
-			{/* The left side: the session-data summary, or — pre-chat — the
+			{/* The left side: the session-data summary — only once a session
-			    caller's slot (the knowledge-context slider) in its place. */}
+			    exists (turns). Pre-chat renders nothing (see the header). */}
-			{leftSlot ?? (
+			{turns.length > 0 && (
 			<div ref={barRef} className="relative">
 				<button
 					type="button"

tests/graph-canvas.test.ts

@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
  */
 
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import { describe, it as test } from "node:test";
+import { describe, it, it as test } from "node:test";
 import {
 	arrowGeometry,
 	boxBlurRound,
 	fitTransform,
 	labelAlpha,
 	pickNearest,
+	wrapRegionLabel,
 	zoomRatioOf,
 	LABELS_FADE_RATIO,
 } from "../components/graph-canvas.ts";
@@ -262,3 +263,54 @@ describe("sanitizePhysicsTuning (physics controls)", () => {
 	});
 });
 
+
+
+describe("wrapRegionLabel (wave 7: session names / file paths)", () => {
+	// A fake measure: chars are 5px wide, spaces 4px — enough to drive
+	// wrap decisions deterministically.
+	const measure = (s: string) => s.length * 5;
+	const W = 20; // 4 chars per line
+
+	it("fits → single line, untouched", () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(wrapRegionLabel("Plato", 100, 3, measure), ["Plato"]);
+	});
+
+	it("wraps words, no cap hit", () => {
+		// W=20 at 5px/char = 3 chars a line: every word lands alone, four
+		// lines, cap 4 never reached, no ellipsis.
+		assert.deepEqual(wrapRegionLabel("aaa bbb ccc ddd", W, 4, measure), [
+			"aaa",
+			"bbb",
+			"ccc",
+			"ddd",
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("caps at maxLines with an ellipsis on the last line", () => {
+		const lines = wrapRegionLabel("aaaa bbbb cccc dddd eeee", W, 2, measure);
+		assert.equal(lines.length, 2);
+		assert.ok(lines[1]!.endsWith("…"), "last line ellipsized");
+		for (const line of lines) assert.ok(measure(line) <= W || line.length <= 2, "each line fits");
+	});
+
+	it("char-splits an unbroken path longer than the width (the notes case)", () => {
+		const path = "/users/amos/notes/physics/lecture-notes.md";
+		const lines = wrapRegionLabel(path, W, 3, measure);
+		assert.equal(lines.length, 3);
+		// every kept line fits the width; the last carries the ellipsis
+		assert.ok(lines[2]!.endsWith("…"), "long path capped with ellipsis");
+		assert.ok(measure(lines[0]!) <= W, "first chunk fits");
+		assert.ok(measure(lines[1]!) <= W, "second chunk fits");
+	});
+
+	it("a remainder that FITS the width rides as a plain last line (no false ellipsis)", () => {
+		// W=25 at 5px/char = 5 chars a line: "aa bb" fits exactly, the
+		// tail "cc dd" fits too — two plain lines, cap never binds.
+		assert.deepEqual(wrapRegionLabel("aa bb cc dd", 25, 3, measure), ["aa bb", "cc dd"]);
+	});
+
+	it("the ellipsis itself never exceeds the width", () => {
+		const lines = wrapRegionLabel("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", W, 2, measure);
+		assert.ok(measure(lines[1]!) <= W, "ellipsized tail fits");
+	});
+});

tests/render-settings.test.tsx

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe("SettingsDialog (the designed surface, SSR)", () => {
 
 describe("AgentSection (thin SSR)", () => {
 	it("renders the three model SLOT rows (slots-only, fix wave: unpicked reads —, no Default option)", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
 		for (const slot of ["strong", "cheap", "vision"]) {
 			assert.ok(html.includes(`data-testid="slot-row-${slot}"`), slot);
 			// The shared model-picker dropdown as the opened menu (owner,
@@ -87,26 +87,58 @@ describe("AgentSection (thin SSR)", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("the search-engine row renders with its live reason (search wave 2026-09-20)", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
 		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="search-engine-row"'), "the row");
 		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="search-engine-trigger"'), "the trigger");
 		// SSR: /api/search never fired → no reason line yet, trigger reads Automatic
 		assert.ok(html.includes("Automatic"), "unset engine reads Automatic");
 		// the explicit preference shows the chosen engine in the trigger
 		const html2 = renderToStaticMarkup(
-			<AgentSection agent={{ search: { engine: "tavily" } }} models={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />,
+			<AgentSection agent={{ search: { engine: "tavily" } }} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />,
 		);
 		assert.ok(html2.includes("Tavily"), "pinned engine visible in the trigger");
 	});
 
+	it("the prober graph-tools row: FIRST in the Tools group, default ON, its own key (wave 7)", () => {
+		// Default state: graph on, graphTools absent → ON, the describing
+		// hint rides (the search-row hint discipline).
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
+		const toolsGroup = html.split('data-testid="group-tools"')[1] ?? "";
+		const rows = [...toolsGroup.matchAll(/data-testid="(graph-tools-row|tool-row-\w+)"/g)].map((m) => m[1]);
+		assert.equal(rows[0], "graph-tools-row", "graph tools is the FIRST row of the Tools group");
+		// (the apostrophe in "sessions'" HTML-escapes — match up to it)
+		assert.ok(html.includes("Connects prior sessions"), "the describing hint");
+		assert.ok((html.split('data-testid="graph-tools-row"')[1] ?? "").includes('aria-checked="true"'), "absent = on");
+		const rowHtml = html.split('data-testid="graph-tools-row"')[1]?.split('data-testid="tool-row-')[0] ?? "";
+		assert.ok(!rowHtml.includes("opacity-40"), "lit while the graph is on (the search row may dim — no keys in SSR)");
+	});
+
+	it("graph disabled dims the graph-tools row with the honest hint (the predicate composes)", () => {
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+			<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={{ enabled: false }} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />,
+		);
+		const row = html.split('data-testid="graph-tools-row"')[1]?.split('data-testid="tool-row-')[0] ?? "";
+		assert.ok(row.includes("opacity-40"), "row dims when the graph is off");
+		assert.ok(row.includes("Graph is disabled"), "the reason hint replaces the description");
+		assert.ok(row.includes("disabled"), "toggle untouchable while the graph is off");
+	});
+
+	it("an explicit graphTools off shows stored-off (the record never lies)", () => {
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+			<AgentSection agent={{ graphTools: { enabled: false } }} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />,
+		);
+		const row = html.split('data-testid="graph-tools-row"')[1] ?? "";
+		assert.ok(row.includes('aria-checked="false"'), "stored-off renders off");
+	});
+
 	it("renders the owner's FINAL tool list — research, demo, visual, pdf", () => {
 		assert.deepEqual([...TOGGLE_TOOLS], ["research", "demo", "visual", "pdf"]);
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
 		for (const id of TOGGLE_TOOLS) assert.ok(html.includes(`data-testid="tool-row-${id}"`), id);
 	});
 
 	it("tools default ON (absent key = enabled)", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
 		for (const id of TOGGLE_TOOLS) {
 			assert.ok(tagOf(html, `toggle-tool-${id}`).includes('aria-checked="true"'), `${id} defaults on`);
 		}
@@ -129,7 +161,7 @@ describe("AgentSection (thin SSR)", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("prompts show the loading state under SSR (effects never fire)", () => {
-		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AgentSection agent={undefined} models={undefined} graph={undefined} onSectionChange={() => {}} onModelsChange={() => {}} />);
 		assert.ok(html.includes("Loading prompt segments"));
 	});
 });

tests/render-stats-bar.test.tsx

@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ function turn(over: Partial<TurnUsage> = {}): TurnUsage {
 }
 
 describe("stats bar", () => {
-	it("renders — everywhere when the record has no turns yet (doctrine)", () => {
+	it("renders NOTHING on the left when there are no turns yet (owner, wave 7 sweep)", () => {
 		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
 			<StatsBar turns={[]} />,
 		);
 		assert.match(html, /data-testid="stats-bar"/);
-		assert.match(html, /data-testid="stats-context">—</);
+		// pre-chat: no summary button, no "—" theater (the knowledge-context
-		assert.match(html, /data-testid="stats-cost">—</);
+		// slider died with the injection — the left side is simply empty)
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="stats-summary"'), "no summary button pre-chat");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="stats-context"'), "no context figure pre-chat");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="stats-cost"'), "no cost figure pre-chat");
 		// no turns, no settings, catalog not loaded → both control labels
 		// "—" (the thinking button shows just the level, like the model
 		// button shows just the model name — no prefix, no dot separator)