fix(providerio): surface ErrStreamStalled in callers + widen flaky test margins

Address review:
- All four provider stream handlers (openai, codex, anthropic, gemini) now treat
  ErrStreamStalled in the same branch as ErrStreamIdle, via a new
  providerio.StreamTimeoutMessage helper that gives the stall a distinct, accurate
  message (it reports the content window and does NOT claim the upstream stopped
  sending data — keep-alives were still arriving). Previously a stalled stream fell
  through to the generic provider-error path.
- Widen the content-watchdog test timing margins (idle 100ms, data/keepalive every
  30ms) so CI/GC jitter can't trip the idle watchdog and mask the content path.
- Add a StreamTimeoutMessage unit test.

.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml

@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@ jobs:
       # is published under the pushed git tag. If they disagree, install.sh/install.ps1
       # and the npm postinstall all build a download URL that 404s. Fail fast so a
       # forgotten version bump can never publish mis-versioned, un-installable assets.
-      # Matches on the ref (not event_name) because release-please dispatches this
-      # workflow at the tag ref — its GITHUB_TOKEN-created tag cannot fire `push`.
       - name: Check tag matches package.json version
-        if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           pkg_version="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
@@ -80,15 +78,13 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/release/*
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      # On a `v*` tag ref (pushed manually, or dispatched at the tag by the
-      # release-please workflow), publish the packaged archive + .sha256 as GitHub
-      # Release assets so the documented `scripts/install.sh` / `install.ps1` path
-      # (which reads /releases/latest) works. Uses the preinstalled `gh` (no new
-      # action dependency); each matrix OS creates the release if absent
-      # (best-effort — release-please normally creates it first) then uploads its
-      # own assets with --clobber. Tags come from merging the release-please PR.
+      # On a `v*` tag push, publish the packaged archive + .sha256 as GitHub Release
+      # assets so the documented `scripts/install.sh` / `install.ps1` path (which reads
+      # /releases/latest) works. Uses the preinstalled `gh` (no new action dependency);
+      # each matrix OS creates the release if absent (best-effort) then uploads its own
+      # assets with --clobber. NOTE: maintainers must push the tag — this never tags.
       - name: Publish to GitHub Release
-        if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
         shell: bash
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -96,89 +92,3 @@ jobs:
           tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
           gh release create "$tag" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --title "$tag" --generate-notes 2>/dev/null || true
           gh release upload "$tag" dist/release/* --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber
-
-  # Publishes the npm wrapper (@gitlawb/zero) once every platform's release
-  # assets are live — the package's postinstall downloads its binary from the
-  # GitHub Release, so publishing before the assets exist would ship a package
-  # that fails to install.
-  #
-  # Auth is npm OIDC trusted publishing: no NPM_TOKEN secret. The package's
-  # npmjs.com settings must list this repo + workflow file as a trusted
-  # publisher, and provenance is then generated automatically. Note npm only
-  # allows configuring a trusted publisher on an EXISTING package, so the very
-  # first @gitlawb/zero publish is a one-time manual `npm publish` bootstrap.
-  publish-npm:
-    name: Publish npm package
-    needs: package
-    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Manual approval gate: this environment carries a required-reviewer rule
-    # (Settings -> Environments -> npm-publish), so the job pauses until a
-    # maintainer approves it in the Actions UI before anything reaches npm.
-    environment:
-      name: npm-publish
-      url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@gitlawb/zero
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      id-token: write # OIDC token exchange for npm trusted publishing + provenance
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
-
-      # No registry-url here on purpose: setup-node's registry-url writes an
-      # .npmrc line referencing $NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, and npm hard-fails on the
-      # unset env var. Trusted publishing needs no token at all.
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
-
-      # OIDC trusted publishing needs npm >= 11.5.1. Use the npm bundled with
-      # the pinned Node toolchain (Node 24 ships >= 11.5.1) rather than pulling
-      # npm@latest from the registry inside the publish path — an unpinned
-      # install there would be avoidable supply-chain exposure. Fail fast if a
-      # future runner/toolchain change ever regresses the bundled npm.
-      - name: Check npm supports trusted publishing
-        run: |
-          npm --version | node -e '
-            const version = require("fs").readFileSync(0, "utf8").trim();
-            const [major, minor, patch] = version.split(".").map(Number);
-            const ok =
-              major > 11 ||
-              (major === 11 && (minor > 5 || (minor === 5 && patch >= 1)));
-            if (!ok) {
-              console.error(
-                `::error::bundled npm ${version} is too old for OIDC trusted ` +
-                  `publishing (needs >= 11.5.1) — bump node-version in this job.`,
-              );
-              process.exit(1);
-            }
-            console.log(`npm ${version} supports trusted publishing.`);
-          '
-
-      # Probe the exact URLs postinstall will build (internal/release/release.go
-      # asset-name scheme) as an anonymous client. This also blocks publishing
-      # while the repo is still private — private release assets 404 without
-      # auth, exactly as they would for an installing user.
-      - name: Verify release assets are downloadable
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          version="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")"
-          base="https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/download/v${version}"
-          for asset in \
-            "zero-v${version}-linux-x64.tar.gz" \
-            "zero-v${version}-linux-arm64.tar.gz" \
-            "zero-v${version}-macos-x64.tar.gz" \
-            "zero-v${version}-macos-arm64.tar.gz" \
-            "zero-v${version}-windows-x64.zip"; do
-            for url in "${base}/${asset}" "${base}/${asset}.sha256"; do
-              if ! curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null "$url"; then
-                echo "::error::${url} is not publicly downloadable — npm postinstall would fail. Is the repo public and are all assets uploaded?" >&2
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            done
-          done
-          echo "all release assets for v${version} are publicly downloadable."
-
-      - name: Publish to npm
-        run: npm publish --access public

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Please
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write # push the release-PR branch, create the tag + GitHub Release
-  pull-requests: write # open/update the release PR
-  issues: write # create/apply release-tracking labels on the release PR
-  actions: write # dispatch release-artifacts.yml once a release is cut
-
-jobs:
-  release-please:
-    name: Release PR / tag
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Run release-please
-        id: release
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@a02a34c4d625f9be7cb89156071d8567266a2445 # v4.2.0
-
-      # Tags created with the default GITHUB_TOKEN never fire `on: push: tags`
-      # workflows (GitHub suppresses workflows triggered by workflow-created
-      # events), so release-artifacts.yml would not run for a release-please
-      # tag. workflow_dispatch invoked through the API is exempt from that
-      # suppression — dispatch the artifacts build at the new tag explicitly.
-      - name: Build and publish release artifacts
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          gh workflow run release-artifacts.yml \
-            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-            --ref "${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}"

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{".":"0.1.0"}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,32 +6,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 aims to follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) once the first release is
 tagged. Until then, source builds report the version `dev`.
 
-## 0.1.0 (2026-07-02)
-
-
-### Features
-
-* publish zero to npm via release-please ([#367](https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero/issues/367)) ([8eccc26](https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero/commit/8eccc2669887bc38d35bc16a315c888e4d9ec43a))
-* **tui:** FILES sidebar panel with click-to-select and file drill-in ([#365](https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero/issues/365)) ([142c548](https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero/commit/142c548c89a8652ce300e64ddf1228ee36df7606))
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* **auth:** propagate credentials to every provider-build surface and pin children to the live provider ([#366](https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero/issues/366)) ([6e0a665](https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero/commit/6e0a665118fe0e09c4b07d482dd18f86045acd2b))
-
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
 - `SECURITY.md` with a private vulnerability-reporting path, `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md`, this changelog, and
   GitHub issue/PR templates.
-- Interactive `/theme` picker: bare `/theme` opens a popup that live-previews each palette as you move
-  and applies on select (Esc reverts).
-- Ten built-in color themes alongside the `dark`/`light` built-ins — `dracula`, `nord`, `gruvbox`,
-  `tokyo-night`, `catppuccin`, `one-dark`, `solarized-dark`, `rose-pine`, `everforest`, and
-  `solarized-light` — selectable via `/theme <name>`, `--theme <name>`, or `ZERO_THEME`. Every palette
-  is contrast-audited to WCAG AA. The built-in light theme was reworked for legibility.
-- `--theme <name>` flag for the TUI, accepting `auto` or any registered theme (previously only the
-  `ZERO_THEME` env var existed).
+- `--theme {auto|dark|light}` flag for the TUI (previously only the `ZERO_THEME` env var existed).
 - "Accessibility / Appearance" section in the README documenting `NO_COLOR`, `ZERO_THEME`, `/theme`,
   and `ZERO_NO_FADE`.
 

README.md

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
   <a href="LICENSE"><img alt="license" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue"></a>
   <img alt="Go 1.25+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.25+-00ADD8?logo=go&logoColor=white">
   <img alt="25+ providers" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/providers-25+-34E2EA">
-  <br>
-  <strong>English</strong> | <a href="README_ZH.md">中文</a>
 </p>
 
 Zero is an AI coding agent for your local terminal. It can inspect a repository,
@@ -53,27 +51,6 @@ The npm package installs a small wrapper plus the matching Zero binary for your
 platform from GitHub Releases. It supports Linux, macOS, and Windows on x64 and
 arm64.
 
-### Bun
-
-Bun does not run dependency lifecycle scripts by default, so the `postinstall`
-that fetches the Zero binary is skipped and the first run fails with
-`No native binary found next to the npm wrapper`.
-
-Install with Bun, then fetch the binary in one of two ways:
-
-```bash
-# Option A: run the installer manually
-bun add @gitlawb/zero
-node node_modules/@gitlawb/zero/scripts/postinstall.mjs
-
-# Option B: allow the postinstall to run on install
-# add to your package.json:  "trustedDependencies": ["@gitlawb/zero"]
-bun add @gitlawb/zero
-```
-
-For global installs (`bun add -g @gitlawb/zero`), use Option A against the
-global install path, or prefer the install scripts below.
-
 ### Install scripts
 
 Linux/macOS:
@@ -144,13 +121,6 @@ the key in the wizard:
 export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
 export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...
 export GEMINI_API_KEY=...
-export LONGCAT_API_KEY=...
-```
-
-To configure Meituan LongCat (LongCat-2.0) directly, run:
-
-```bash
-zero providers setup longcat --set-active
 ```
 
 For local models, run Ollama or LM Studio and then use `zero setup` or
@@ -284,9 +254,9 @@ zero update           check for newer releases
 | Control | Effect |
 |---|---|
 | `NO_COLOR=<anything>` | disables color output |
-| `ZERO_THEME=<name>` | selects the startup theme (`auto`, `dark`, `light`, or a color theme like `dracula`, `nord`, `gruvbox`, `tokyo-night`, `catppuccin`, `one-dark`, `solarized-dark`, `rose-pine`, `everforest`, `solarized-light`) |
-| `--theme <name>` | selects the TUI theme from the CLI (same names) |
-| `/theme` | opens the theme picker inside the TUI (live preview; `/theme <name>` switches directly) |
+| `ZERO_THEME=auto|dark|light` | selects the startup theme |
+| `--theme auto|dark|light` | selects the TUI theme from the CLI |
+| `/theme auto|dark|light` | switches theme inside the TUI |
 | `ZERO_NO_FADE=1` | disables streaming fade animation |
 
 Meaning does not rely on color alone; diffs, permissions, and statuses also use

README_ZH.md

@@ -1,297 +0,0 @@
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/assets/zero-logo.png" alt="Zero" width="385">
-</p>
-
-<p align="center"><strong>一个独属于你的终端编码智能体。</strong></p>
-
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="LICENSE"><img alt="license" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue"></a>
-  <img alt="Go 1.25+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.25+-00ADD8?logo=go&logoColor=white">
-  <img alt="25+ providers" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/providers-25+-34E2EA">
-  <br>
-  <a href="README.md">English</a> | <strong>中文</strong>
-</p>
-
-Zero 是一个用于本地终端的 AI 编码智能体。它可以检查仓库、编辑文件、运行命令、使用浏览器/终端辅助工具，并在你选择模型和权限级别的同时保持持久的本地会话。
-
-```bash
-zero
-zero exec "修复 ./pkg 中失败的测试"
-zero exec --output-format stream-json < turns.jsonl
-```
-
-## 为什么选择 Zero
-
-- **使用你想要的模型。** 支持 OpenAI、Anthropic、Gemini、Groq、OpenRouter、DeepSeek、Mistral、xAI、Qwen、Kimi、GitHub Models、Ollama、LM Studio，或任何 OpenAI/Anthropic 兼容端点。
-- **保持控制权。** 文件写入、Shell 命令、网络访问和工作区外写入都经过 Zero 的权限和沙箱策略。
-- **在终端中工作。** TUI 具有模型/提供商选择器、图片输入、斜杠命令、实时计划/工具渲染、回滚滚动、主题以及恢复/分叉支持。
-- **无 TUI 也能工作。** `zero exec` 可脚本化，支持文本/JSON/stream-JSON I/O、隔离的工作树、规范优先运行，以及用于 CI 的有意义的退出码。
-- **保持上下文本地化。** 会话存储在磁盘上，可搜索、可恢复，且 Zero 不会作为遥测数据上传。
-- **可扩展。** 使用 MCP 服务器、技能、插件、钩子和来自同一 CLI 的专业子智能体。
-
-## 安装
-
-### npm
-
-```bash
-npm install -g @gitlawb/zero
-zero
-```
-
-npm 包安装一个小型包装器以及与你平台匹配的 Zero 二进制文件（从 GitHub Releases 获取）。支持 Linux、macOS 和 Windows 的 x64 和 arm64。
-
-### Bun
-
-Bun 默认不运行依赖的生命周期脚本，因此获取 Zero 二进制文件的 `postinstall` 会被跳过，首次运行会失败并显示 `No native binary found next to the npm wrapper`。
-
-使用 Bun 安装后，通过以下两种方式之一获取二进制文件：
-
-```bash
-# 选项 A：手动运行安装程序
-bun add @gitlawb/zero
-node node_modules/@gitlawb/zero/scripts/postinstall.mjs
-
-# 选项 B：允许 postinstall 在安装时运行
-# 添加到你的 package.json:  "trustedDependencies": ["@gitlawb/zero"]
-bun add @gitlawb/zero
-```
-
-对于全局安装（`bun add -g @gitlawb/zero`），请对全局安装路径使用选项 A，或使用下面的安装脚本。
-
-### 安装脚本
-
-Linux/macOS：
-
-```bash
-curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gitlawb/zero/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
-```
-
-Windows PowerShell：
-
-```powershell
-irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gitlawb/zero/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
-```
-
-### 从源码构建
-
-源码构建需要 Go 1.25+。
-
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero.git
-cd zero
-go run ./cmd/zero
-```
-
-发布安装器和 npm 包需要已发布的 GitHub Release 资源。如果你在首次公开发布之前进行测试，请从源码构建：
-
-```bash
-go build -o zero ./cmd/zero
-```
-
-在 Linux 上，如果你需要原生沙箱，还需要构建沙箱辅助程序：
-
-```bash
-go build -o zero-linux-sandbox ./cmd/zero-linux-sandbox
-go build -o zero-seccomp ./cmd/zero-seccomp   # 可选的兼容性包装器
-```
-
-将 `zero` 和 `zero-linux-sandbox` 放在 `PATH` 上的同一目录中（`~/.local/bin` 是一个好的默认选择）。macOS 不需要额外的辅助二进制文件。Windows 源码构建可以使用主 `zero.exe` 作为沙箱辅助程序；发布包仍然附带独立的 Windows 辅助可执行文件。
-
-更多安装细节：[docs/INSTALL.md](docs/INSTALL.md)。
-
-## 首次运行
-
-启动 TUI：
-
-```bash
-zero
-```
-
-设置向导帮助你选择提供商和模型。你也可以从命令行配置提供商：
-
-```bash
-zero setup
-zero providers list
-zero models list
-zero doctor
-```
-
-对于 API 提供商，在设置之前设置匹配的环境变量或在向导中输入密钥：
-
-```bash
-export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
-export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=...
-export GEMINI_API_KEY=...
-export LONGCAT_API_KEY=...
-```
-
-要直接配置美团 LongCat（LongCat-2.0），运行：
-
-```bash
-zero providers setup longcat --set-active
-```
-
-对于本地模型，运行 Ollama 或 LM Studio，然后使用 `zero setup` 或 `zero providers detect`。
-
-## 日常使用
-
-### 交互式 TUI
-
-```bash
-zero
-```
-
-常用控制：
-
-| 控制 | 操作 |
-|---|---|
-| `Enter` | 发送提示 |
-| `/` | 打开斜杠命令建议 |
-| `Shift+Tab` | 切换权限模式 |
-| `Ctrl+B` | 显示/隐藏侧边栏 |
-| `Ctrl+C` | 取消或退出 |
-
-常用斜杠命令：
-
-| 命令 | 用途 |
-|---|---|
-| `/model`、`/provider` | 切换活动模型/提供商 |
-| `/spec`、`/plan` | 在构建之前起草和审查计划 |
-| `/image` | 为视觉模型附加图片 |
-| `/resume`、`/rewind` | 继续或回滚本地会话 |
-| `/compact`、`/context` | 管理上下文使用 |
-| `/permissions`、`/tools` | 检查可用工具和策略 |
-| `/add-dir` | 为此会话授予额外的写入目录 |
-| `/theme`、`/doctor`、`/config` | 调整外观和检查设置 |
-
-### 无头 `exec` 模式
-
-```bash
-zero exec "解释 internal/agent/loop.go"
-zero exec --model claude-sonnet-4.5 "重构配置加载器"
-zero exec --use-spec "为 API 客户端添加速率限制"
-zero exec --worktree "在隔离的工作树中尝试迁移"
-zero exec --resume
-zero exec --fork <session-id> "尝试另一种方法"
-```
-
-编程使用：
-
-```bash
-zero exec --input-format stream-json --output-format stream-json < turns.jsonl
-```
-
-Stream-JSON 协议文档在 [docs/STREAM_JSON_PROTOCOL.md](docs/STREAM_JSON_PROTOCOL.md)。
-
-## 安全模型
-
-Zero 旨在使副作用可见。
-
-- 工作区读取默认允许。
-- 文件写入限制在工作区内，除非你授予其他目录。
-- Shell 命令、网络访问、破坏性命令和提权操作需要权限授权。
-- `--add-dir <path>` 和 `/add-dir <path>` 授予额外的写入根目录，而不会给智能体整个文件系统。
-- 不安全/自主模式是显式选择加入。
-- 在 Zero 控制的界面上，密钥会从工具输出和日志中被脱敏。
-
-示例：
-
-```bash
-zero --add-dir ../docs-site
-zero exec --add-dir ../shared "更新两个仓库"
-```
-
-沙箱行为可以通过以下方式检查：
-
-```bash
-zero sandbox policy
-zero sandbox grants list
-```
-
-## Web 和本地控制
-
-Zero 包含本地文件/搜索/编辑/Shell 工具、用于公共 URL 的 `web_fetch`，以及用于额外工具的 MCP 支持。
-
-对于本地开发服务器，使用 Shell 命令（如通过 `exec_command` 的 `curl`），这样正常的沙箱和权限策略就会生效。长时间运行的命令保持附加到后台终端会话，可以从 TUI 中列出或停止。
-
-npm 包还包含本地浏览器/终端工具使用的浏览器和终端辅助包。源码构建可以在它们位于 `PATH` 上或在 Zero 的本地控制设置中配置时使用相同的辅助工具。
-
-## 常用命令
-
-```text
-zero                  交互式 TUI
-zero exec             一次性或脚本化智能体运行
-zero setup            首次运行提供商设置
-zero auth             支持提供商的 OAuth/登录辅助
-zero models           模型注册表和能力
-zero providers        提供商配置和检测
-zero doctor           设置、密钥和连接检查
-zero context          上下文预算报告
-zero repo-map         确定性仓库映射
-zero repo-info        本地仓库摘要
-zero search | find    搜索本地会话历史
-zero sessions         检查、恢复、分叉和回滚会话
-zero spec             管理规范模式草稿
-zero specialist       管理专业子智能体
-zero skills           管理 Markdown 指令技能
-zero plugins          管理插件
-zero hooks            管理生命周期钩子
-zero mcp              管理 MCP 服务器和工具
-zero serve --mcp      通过 MCP stdio 暴露 Zero 工具
-zero sandbox          检查沙箱策略和授权
-zero worktrees        准备隔离的 Git 工作树
-zero verify           检测和运行本地验证检查
-zero changes          检查和提交本地 Git 变更
-zero usage            Token 使用量和估算成本
-zero cron             定时智能体任务
-zero update           检查更新版本
-```
-
-## 外观和无障碍
-
-| 控制 | 效果 |
-|---|---|
-| `NO_COLOR=<任意值>` | 禁用颜色输出 |
-| `ZERO_THEME=<名称>` | 选择启动主题（`auto`、`dark`、`light`，或颜色主题如 `dracula`、`nord`、`gruvbox`、`tokyo-night`、`catppuccin`、`one-dark`、`solarized-dark`、`rose-pine`、`everforest`、`solarized-light`） |
-| `--theme <名称>` | 从 CLI 选择 TUI 主题（相同名称） |
-| `/theme` | 在 TUI 中打开主题选择器（实时预览；`/theme <名称>` 直接切换） |
-| `ZERO_NO_FADE=1` | 禁用流式淡入动画 |
-
-含义不仅仅依赖于颜色；差异、权限和状态也使用文本或标记符号。
-
-## 开发
-
-```bash
-go test ./...
-go run ./cmd/zero-release build
-go run ./cmd/zero-release smoke
-go run ./cmd/zero-perf-bench
-```
-
-交叉编译示例：
-
-```bash
-go run ./cmd/zero-release build --goos linux --goarch amd64
-go run ./cmd/zero-release build --goos windows --goarch amd64 --output dist/zero.exe
-```
-
-## 文档
-
-- [安装](docs/INSTALL.md)
-- [更新流程](docs/UPDATE.md)
-- [Stream-JSON 协议](docs/STREAM_JSON_PROTOCOL.md)
-- [专家](docs/SPECIALISTS.md)
-- [GitHub Action](docs/GITHUB_ACTION.md)
-- [基准测试](docs/BENCHMARK.md)
-- [性能](docs/PERFORMANCE.md)
-- [智能体评估](docs/AGENT_EVALS.md)
-
-## 贡献
-
-欢迎贡献。阅读 [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)，运行相关测试，然后提交一个聚焦的拉取请求。
-
-安全报告应遵循 [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)。
-
-## 许可证
-
-Zero 基于 [MIT 许可证](LICENSE) 发布。

bin/zero.js

@@ -54,26 +54,8 @@ const nativePath = join(packageRoot, zeroBinaryName());
 const localControlHelpers = localControlHelperManifest(packageRoot);
 
 if (!existsSync(nativePath)) {
-  const postinstallScript = join(packageRoot, 'scripts', 'postinstall.mjs');
-  const ranByBun = process.execPath.includes('bun') || !!process.versions?.bun;
   console.error(
-    '[zero] No native binary found next to the npm wrapper.\n' +
-      'The platform binary is fetched at install time by a postinstall script,\n' +
-      'which did not run (or was skipped) for this install.\n' +
-      '\n' +
-      'Fix it now by running the installer manually:\n' +
-      `  node "${postinstallScript}"\n` +
-      '\n' +
-      (ranByBun
-        ? 'You installed with Bun, which does not run dependency lifecycle scripts\n' +
-          'by default. To let it run on future installs, add zero to your\n' +
-          'project\'s trustedDependencies:\n' +
-          '  "trustedDependencies": ["@gitlawb/zero"]\n' +
-          'then reinstall.\n' +
-          '\n'
-        : '') +
-      'If that fails, build from source: https://github.com/Gitlawb/zero\n' +
-      '(go run ./cmd/zero, requires Go 1.25+).',
+    '[zero] No native binary found next to the npm wrapper. Reinstall the zero package or run `go run ./cmd/zero-release build` from the repository.'
   );
   process.exit(1);
 }

docs/INSTALL.md

@@ -24,38 +24,6 @@ Requirements:
 - Node.js 18+
 - network access to npm and GitHub Releases
 
-## Bun
-
-Bun is "default-secure" and does not run lifecycle scripts of installed
-dependencies (only the installing project's own scripts), so the `postinstall`
-that fetches the Zero binary is silently skipped. The first run then fails with
-`No native binary found next to the npm wrapper`.
-
-To install with Bun, either run the installer manually after installing:
-
-```bash
-bun add @gitlawb/zero
-node node_modules/@gitlawb/zero/scripts/postinstall.mjs
-```
-
-Or allow the postinstall to run by adding the package to your project's
-`trustedDependencies` before installing:
-
-```json
-{
-  "trustedDependencies": ["@gitlawb/zero"]
-}
-```
-
-```bash
-bun add @gitlawb/zero
-```
-
-For global installs (`bun add -g @gitlawb/zero`), run the installer manually
-against the global install path, or use the install scripts below.
-
-Reference: <https://bun.sh/docs/pm/lifecycle>
-
 ## Linux And macOS Script
 
 Install the latest release:

internal/agent/compaction.go

@@ -280,25 +280,6 @@ func isContextLimitError(message string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// isStreamTimeoutError reports whether a streamed error is a provider stream
-// idle/stall timeout (providerio surfaces these as "idle timeout after …" /
-// "no output for …" / "stream stalled"). Such a turn produced nothing, so when
-// no content was forwarded yet it can be safely re-issued on a fresh connection
-// (see the stall-retry in the agent loop). Substring + case-insensitive to
-// tolerate the prefixed "provider stream error: …" wrapping.
-func isStreamTimeoutError(message string) bool {
-	lowered := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(message))
-	if lowered == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	for _, needle := range []string{"idle timeout after", "no output for", "stream stalled"} {
-		if strings.Contains(lowered, needle) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // compactionState carries the per-run state the agent loop needs to compact a
 // conversation safely. It is created once per Run and is a no-op whenever
 // options.ContextWindow <= 0.

internal/agent/decode_args_test.go

@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import "testing"
-
-// decodeToolArguments must (a) decode a normal single-object payload unchanged,
-// (b) tolerate a weak model packing multiple concatenated top-level JSON objects
-// into one arguments string by decoding the FIRST object and ignoring the rest
-// (the minimax-m3 "invalid character '{' after top-level value" failure), and
-// (c) still reject a genuinely malformed/truncated first object.
-func TestDecodeToolArguments(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("single object decodes normally", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var a map[string]any
-		if err := decodeToolArguments(`{"path":"x"}`, &a); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("err = %v, want nil", err)
-		}
-		if a["path"] != "x" {
-			t.Fatalf("decoded %v, want path=x", a)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("concatenated objects decode the first, ignore trailing", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var b map[string]any
-		if err := decodeToolArguments(`{"path":"first"}{"path":"second"}`, &b); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("multi-object should decode the first, got err = %v", err)
-		}
-		if b["path"] != "first" {
-			t.Fatalf("decoded %v, want the first object (path=first)", b)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("distinct tools' args concatenated (real minimax case): first object used", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var c map[string]any
-		if err := decodeToolArguments(`{"plan":[1,2]}{"cmd":"go version"}`, &c); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("err = %v, want nil", err)
-		}
-		if _, ok := c["plan"]; !ok || c["cmd"] != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("decoded %v, want only the first object's keys", c)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("truncated first object still errors", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var d map[string]any
-		if err := decodeToolArguments(`{"path":`, &d); err == nil {
-			t.Fatal("truncated JSON must still error")
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("non-JSON trailing garbage still errors (not masked)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var g map[string]any
-		if err := decodeToolArguments(`{"x":1}xyz`, &g); err == nil {
-			t.Fatal("a valid first object followed by non-JSON garbage must still error")
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("recoverableToolArguments: only whole-JSON trailing is tolerated", func(t *testing.T) {
-		cases := []struct {
-			in    string
-			ok    bool
-			first string
-		}{
-			{`{"a":1}`, true, `{"a":1}`},
-			{`{"a":1}{"b":2}`, true, `{"a":1}`},
-			{`{"a":1}  {"b":2}  `, true, `{"a":1}`},
-			{`{"a":1}xyz`, false, ""},
-			{`{"a":`, false, ""},
-			{`   `, false, ""},
-		}
-		for _, c := range cases {
-			first, ok := recoverableToolArguments(c.in)
-			if ok != c.ok || (ok && first != c.first) {
-				t.Fatalf("recoverableToolArguments(%q) = (%q,%v), want (%q,%v)", c.in, first, ok, c.first, c.ok)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("historySafeToolCalls recovers the first object, not {}", func(t *testing.T) {
-		out := historySafeToolCalls([]ToolCall{
-			{ID: "c1", Name: "read_file", Arguments: `{"path":"README.md"}{"path":"AGENTS.md"}`}, // concatenated -> first
-			{ID: "c2", Name: "read_file", Arguments: `{"path":"x"}xyz`},                          // garbage -> {}
-			{ID: "c3", Name: "read_file", Arguments: `{"path":"ok"}`},                            // valid -> unchanged
-		})
-		if out[0].Arguments != `{"path":"README.md"}` {
-			t.Fatalf("concatenated args should record the first object, got %q", out[0].Arguments)
-		}
-		if out[1].Arguments != "{}" {
-			t.Fatalf("garbage-trailing args should record {}, got %q", out[1].Arguments)
-		}
-		if out[2].Arguments != `{"path":"ok"}` {
-			t.Fatalf("valid args should be unchanged, got %q", out[2].Arguments)
-		}
-	})
-
-	t.Run("whitespace-only errors (caller guards empty)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var e map[string]any
-		if err := decodeToolArguments("   ", &e); err == nil {
-			t.Fatal("whitespace-only must error")
-		}
-	})
-}

internal/agent/loop.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -21,12 +20,6 @@ import (
 const maxTurnsAnswer = "Agent reached maximum number of turns without a final answer."
 const maxTurnsFinalAnswerPrompt = "You have reached the tool-turn limit. Do not call tools. Give a concise final answer now: summarize what you completed, what you found, and any remaining blockers."
 
-// maxStreamStallRetries bounds how many times a turn that timed out (idle/stall)
-// WITH NO OUTPUT yet is re-issued on a fresh connection before giving up. Only
-// the no-output case is retried (a partial turn would duplicate), so this is a
-// safe recovery for a stalled/dead pooled connection.
-const maxStreamStallRetries = 2
-
 const (
 	toolResultMetaControl       = "control"
 	toolResultControlSpecReview = "spec_review_required"
@@ -210,74 +203,55 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, prompt string, provider Provider, options Options)
 			}
 		}
 
-		// forwardedVisibleText flags forwarded final PROSE (OnText) specifically —
-		// the only output whose re-stream on a stall retry would visibly DUPLICATE
-		// answer text the user already read. Transient working indicators
-		// (reasoning previews, tool-call "writing…" previews) are deliberately NOT
-		// counted: a turn that streamed only those then stalled — the common
-		// gpt-5.x / ollama "froze mid-write_file" case — is safe to re-issue, since
-		// the TUI resets the tool-call preview on the next tool-call-start and a
-		// stalled turn is never appended to `messages` (it returns on the error
-		// before the append), so the retry re-sends clean context with no
-		// conversation-state duplication.
-		forwardedVisibleText := false
-		forwardingOpts := zeroruntime.CollectOptions{OnUsage: options.OnUsage}
-		if options.OnText != nil {
-			forwardingOpts.OnText = func(s string) { forwardedVisibleText = true; options.OnText(s) }
-		}
-		if options.OnReasoning != nil {
-			forwardingOpts.OnReasoning = func(s string) { options.OnReasoning(s) }
-		}
-		if options.OnToolCallStart != nil {
-			forwardingOpts.OnToolCallStart = func(id, name string) { options.OnToolCallStart(id, name) }
-		}
-		if options.OnToolCallDelta != nil {
-			forwardingOpts.OnToolCallDelta = func(id, fragment string) { options.OnToolCallDelta(id, fragment) }
-		}
-		// recoverStreamError applies the same non-stall recovery the initial stream
-		// gets to ANY collected error — including one from a reissued (stall-retry)
-		// stream: an image rejection gets the friendly wrapping, and a context limit
-		// gets one compaction + reactive reissue (omitting visible callbacks, since
-		// any pre-error output was already forwarded). It returns the possibly-updated
-		// collected and a non-nil stop error when the run must end now.
-		recoverStreamError := func(collected zeroruntime.CollectedStream) (zeroruntime.CollectedStream, error) {
-			if isImageRejectionError(errors.New(collected.Error)) {
-				return collected, fmt.Errorf("model %s rejected the image: %s. The model may not support image input — try switching to a vision-capable model (claude, gpt-4o, gemini)", options.Model, collected.Error)
+		collected := zeroruntime.CollectStreamWithOptions(ctx, stream, zeroruntime.CollectOptions{
+			OnText:          options.OnText,
+			OnReasoning:     options.OnReasoning,
+			OnUsage:         options.OnUsage,
+			OnToolCallStart: options.OnToolCallStart,
+			OnToolCallDelta: options.OnToolCallDelta,
+		})
+		if collected.Error != "" {
+			collectedErr := errors.New(collected.Error)
+			if isImageRejectionError(collectedErr) {
+				result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
+				return result, fmt.Errorf("model %s rejected the image: %s. The model may not support image input — try switching to a vision-capable model (claude, gpt-4o, gemini)", options.Model, collected.Error)
 			}
-			// REACTIVE compaction: the streamed error may also be a context limit
-			// (some providers surface it mid-stream). Compact and retry once.
+			// REACTIVE compaction: the streamed error may also be a context
+			// limit (some providers surface it mid-stream). Compact and retry
+			// the same turn once before giving up.
 			if compacted, retried, retryErr := compactor.recover(ctx, provider, messages, request.Tools, collected.Error); retried {
 				messages = compacted
 				if retryErr != nil {
-					return collected, retryErr
+					result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
+					return result, retryErr
 				}
-				// Reuse the SAME active-mode partition (exposed) from this turn rather
-				// than the bare toolDefinitions: exposed depends on registry+loaded (not
-				// the messages), so it stays valid after compaction.
+				// Reuse the SAME active-mode partition (exposed) from this
+				// turn rather than the bare toolDefinitions: exposed depends on
+				// registry+loaded (not the messages), so they stay valid after compaction.
+				// Routing through an empty-loaded partition here would re-hide every
+				// already-loaded deferred tool.
 				retryRequest := zeroruntime.CompletionRequest{
 					Messages:        copyMessages(messages),
 					Tools:           exposed,
 					ReasoningEffort: options.ReasoningEffort,
 				}
+				// Pre-content reconnect of a mid-stream disconnect: route the connect
+				// through the reconnect helper too (AUDIT-L1).
 				retryStream, retryStreamErr := streamWithReconnect(ctx, provider, retryRequest, reconnectNoticeFor(options))
 				if retryStreamErr != nil {
-					return collected, retryStreamErr
+					result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
+					return result, retryStreamErr
 				}
+				// Omit OnText on the reactive retry: when the original error
+				// surfaced MID-stream, partial text was already forwarded to the
+				// user. Re-streaming the retried response on top of it would
+				// duplicate output. OnUsage IS kept so token telemetry/budgeting
+				// still counts the successful retry. The retried text is captured
+				// in collected.Text and becomes the turn's assistant message.
 				collected = zeroruntime.CollectStreamWithOptions(ctx, retryStream, zeroruntime.CollectOptions{
 					OnUsage: options.OnUsage,
 				})
 			}
-			return collected, nil
-		}
-
-		collected := zeroruntime.CollectStreamWithOptions(ctx, stream, forwardingOpts)
-		if collected.Error != "" {
-			updated, stop := recoverStreamError(collected)
-			collected = updated
-			if stop != nil {
-				result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
-				return result, stop
-			}
 		}
 		// Check ctx first: on cancellation helpers.go sets collected.Error to
 		// ctx.Err().Error(), so returning errors.New(collected.Error) would lose
@@ -286,58 +260,9 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, prompt string, provider Provider, options Options)
 			result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
 			return result, ctx.Err()
 		}
-		// A stream idle/stall timeout is safely re-issued when the turn committed NO
-		// answer text — no forwarded visible prose (forwardedVisibleText) and no
-		// collected final text (collected.Text). This covers two cases:
-		//   1. Nothing streamed at all before the connection died (the original
-		//      macOS stale-pooled-connection hang past the response-header timeout).
-		//   2. The model streamed transient reasoning and began a tool call (e.g. a
-		//      large write_file) then froze mid-arguments — the common gpt-5.x /
-		//      ollama heartbeat-pause stall. That partial tool call is NEVER executed
-		//      (a turn with collected.Error returns before dispatch below) and NEVER
-		//      appended to `messages`, so a retry re-issues clean context; the only
-		//      re-render is transient previews, not duplicated answer text. This is
-		//      why the gate no longer excludes collected.ToolCalls: an incomplete
-		//      tool call from a timed-out stream is discard-and-retry, not output.
-		// A turn that forwarded real prose is NOT retried (it would duplicate visible
-		// answer text) and falls through to the error return below. Capped +
-		// exponential backoff, with a user-visible notice per attempt.
-		for attempt := 1; attempt <= maxStreamStallRetries &&
-			isStreamTimeoutError(collected.Error) && !forwardedVisibleText &&
-			collected.Text == ""; attempt++ {
-			if notify := stallRetryNoticeFor(options); notify != nil {
-				notify(attempt, maxStreamStallRetries)
-			}
-			if err := sleepWithContext(ctx, backoffFor(attempt)); err != nil {
-				result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
-				return result, err
-			}
-			retryRequest := zeroruntime.CompletionRequest{
-				Messages:        copyMessages(messages),
-				Tools:           exposed,
-				ReasoningEffort: options.ReasoningEffort,
-			}
-			retryStream, retryErr := streamWithReconnect(ctx, provider, retryRequest, reconnectNoticeFor(options))
-			if retryErr != nil {
-				result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
-				return result, retryErr
-			}
-			collected = zeroruntime.CollectStreamWithOptions(ctx, retryStream, forwardingOpts)
-		}
 		if collected.Error != "" {
-			// Route a reissued stream's non-stall error through the SAME recovery as
-			// the initial stream (image-rejection wrapping / context-limit compaction)
-			// rather than returning it raw.
-			updated, stop := recoverStreamError(collected)
-			collected = updated
-			if stop != nil {
-				result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
-				return result, stop
-			}
-			if collected.Error != "" {
-				result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
-				return result, errors.New(collected.Error)
-			}
+			result.Messages = copyMessages(messages)
+			return result, errors.New(collected.Error)
 		}
 
 		// Carry the turn's terminal stop reason so a final answer cut off at the
@@ -690,20 +615,8 @@ func historySafeToolCalls(calls []ToolCall) []ToolCall {
 	for i, call := range calls {
 		safe[i] = call
 		args := strings.TrimSpace(call.Arguments)
-		switch {
-		case args == "":
+		if args == "" || !json.Valid([]byte(args)) {
 			safe[i].Arguments = "{}"
-		case json.Valid([]byte(args)):
-			// already a single valid JSON value — keep as-is
-		default:
-			// Recover the first object for the concatenated case so the replayed
-			// transcript matches what executeToolCall actually ran; otherwise (real
-			// corruption) fall back to an empty object.
-			if first, ok := recoverableToolArguments(args); ok {
-				safe[i].Arguments = first
-			} else {
-				safe[i].Arguments = "{}"
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	return safe
@@ -728,53 +641,10 @@ func toolSchemaJSON(registry *tools.Registry, name string) string {
 // is a non-nil ABORT error only when the call demands the whole run stop (a
 // canceled/timed-out ask_user prompt) rather than continuing — every ordinary
 // success or tool error returns a nil abort error.
-// recoverableToolArguments inspects a tool call's raw JSON arguments. It returns
-// the raw text of the FIRST JSON value when the payload is one value optionally
-// followed by additional WHOLE JSON values (the weak-model concatenated case, e.g.
-// `{A}{B}`). ok is false when the payload is genuinely malformed: a bad/truncated
-// first value, OR trailing NON-JSON garbage after a valid first value (e.g.
-// `{"x":1}xyz`) — that case must still error, not be silently accepted. Sharing
-// this between dispatch and replay-history keeps them consistent: only a cleanly
-// recoverable first object is ever used.
-func recoverableToolArguments(arguments string) (first string, ok bool) {
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(arguments))
-	var head json.RawMessage
-	if err := dec.Decode(&head); err != nil {
-		return "", false
-	}
-	// The remainder must be only whole JSON values (or nothing); any decode error
-	// other than EOF means trailing garbage — reject so corruption still surfaces.
-	for {
-		var rest json.RawMessage
-		if err := dec.Decode(&rest); err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-				return strings.TrimSpace(string(head)), true
-			}
-			return "", false
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// decodeToolArguments decodes a tool call's JSON arguments into v. It tolerates a
-// weaker model that packs MULTIPLE concatenated top-level JSON objects into one
-// arguments string (`{A}{B}`) — the cause of "invalid character '{' after top-level
-// value" failures with small models like minimax-m3 — by decoding the FIRST object
-// and ignoring the trailing WHOLE JSON values, so the primary intended call runs.
-// A genuinely malformed payload (bad/truncated first object, or non-JSON trailing
-// garbage) still returns the real parse error; a standard single-object payload
-// decodes exactly as before.
-func decodeToolArguments(arguments string, v any) error {
-	if first, ok := recoverableToolArguments(arguments); ok {
-		return json.Unmarshal([]byte(first), v)
-	}
-	// Not cleanly recoverable — surface the genuine parse error.
-	return json.Unmarshal([]byte(arguments), v)
-}
-
 func executeToolCall(ctx context.Context, registry *tools.Registry, call ToolCall, permissionMode PermissionMode, options Options) (ToolResult, error) {
 	args := map[string]any{}
 	if call.Arguments != "" {
-		if err := decodeToolArguments(call.Arguments, &args); err != nil {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(call.Arguments), &args); err != nil {
 			return ToolResult{
 				ToolCallID: call.ID,
 				Name:       call.Name,
@@ -2159,18 +2029,6 @@ func buildPermissionEvent(call ToolCall, tool tools.Tool, args map[string]any, p
 		}
 	}
 
-	// A command that explicitly requests additional sandbox permissions
-	// (sandbox_permissions: with_additional_permissions) is an ELEVATION the user
-	// must consent to, even when the base command's sandbox decision was Allow.
-	// shouldRequestPermission blocks on OnPermissionRequest for exactly this case,
-	// so the event MUST be a prompt — otherwise it carried Action=allow while the
-	// loop waited on a decision, and a UI that renders only prompts (the TUI)
-	// dropped it, deadlocking the run. Keep this consistent with
-	// shouldRequestPermission's own condition.
-	if action == PermissionActionAllow && !permissionGranted && shellCommandAdditionalPermissionsRequested(args) {
-		action = PermissionActionPrompt
-	}
-
 	if safety.Permission == tools.PermissionAllow && action == PermissionActionAllow && !grantMatched && block == nil {
 		return PermissionEvent{}, false
 	}

internal/agent/loop_test.go

@@ -37,35 +37,6 @@ func (provider *mockProvider) StreamCompletion(ctx context.Context, request zero
 	return ch, nil
 }
 
-type recordingWebSearchTool struct {
-	calls []map[string]any
-}
-
-func (tool *recordingWebSearchTool) Name() string        { return "web_search" }
-func (tool *recordingWebSearchTool) Description() string { return "test web search tool" }
-func (tool *recordingWebSearchTool) Parameters() tools.Schema {
-	return tools.Schema{
-		Type: "object",
-		Properties: map[string]tools.PropertySchema{
-			"query": {Type: "string"},
-		},
-		Required:             []string{"query"},
-		AdditionalProperties: false,
-	}
-}
-func (tool *recordingWebSearchTool) Safety() tools.Safety {
-	return tools.Safety{
-		SideEffect:      tools.SideEffectNetwork,
-		Permission:      tools.PermissionPrompt,
-		Reason:          "Sends model-provided search query text to the configured web search backend.",
-		AdvertiseInAuto: true,
-	}
-}
-func (tool *recordingWebSearchTool) Run(_ context.Context, args map[string]any) tools.Result {
-	tool.calls = append(tool.calls, cloneArgs(args))
-	return tools.Result{Status: tools.StatusOK, Output: "1. T — https://x.test"}
-}
-
 type sandboxDeniedRetryTool struct {
 	calls []map[string]any
 }
@@ -894,7 +865,7 @@ func TestRunRejectsLocalWebFetchBeforePermissionRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRunAdvertisesPromptedWebSearchInAutoMode(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRunAdvertisesAllowedWebSearchInAutoMode(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("ZERO_WEBSEARCH_BASE_URL", "https://search.example/api")
 	registry := tools.NewRegistry()
 	for _, tool := range tools.CoreNetworkTools() {
@@ -925,52 +896,6 @@ func TestRunAdvertisesPromptedWebSearchInAutoMode(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRunRequestsPermissionBeforeWebSearchExecution(t *testing.T) {
-	search := &recordingWebSearchTool{}
-	registry := tools.NewRegistry()
-	registry.Register(search)
-	provider := &mockProvider{
-		turns: [][]zeroruntime.StreamEvent{
-			{
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallStart, ToolCallID: "call-1", ToolName: "web_search"},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallDelta, ToolCallID: "call-1", ArgumentsFragment: `{"query":"private workspace detail"}`},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallEnd, ToolCallID: "call-1"},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventDone},
-			},
-			{
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventText, Content: "done"},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventDone},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	var requests []PermissionRequest
-
-	result, err := Run(context.Background(), "search", provider, Options{
-		Registry:       registry,
-		PermissionMode: PermissionModeAsk,
-		OnPermissionRequest: func(_ context.Context, request PermissionRequest) (PermissionDecision, error) {
-			requests = append(requests, request)
-			return PermissionDecision{Action: PermissionDecisionDeny, Reason: "network not approved"}, nil
-		},
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if result.FinalAnswer != "done" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected final answer after denied tool call, got %q", result.FinalAnswer)
-	}
-	if len(requests) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected one permission request, got %#v", requests)
-	}
-	if requests[0].ToolName != "web_search" || requests[0].Permission != string(tools.PermissionPrompt) || requests[0].SideEffect != string(tools.SideEffectNetwork) {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected permission request: %#v", requests[0])
-	}
-	if len(search.calls) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("web_search backend must not run when permission is denied, got calls %#v", search.calls)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRunFiltersAdvertisedTools(t *testing.T) {
 	root := t.TempDir()
 	registry := tools.NewRegistry()
@@ -1128,10 +1053,7 @@ func TestRunSanitizesMalformedToolCallArgumentsBeforeRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		turns: [][]zeroruntime.StreamEvent{
 			{
 				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallStart, ToolCallID: "call-1", ToolName: "read_file"},
-				// Genuinely malformed (truncated) args: still error -> sanitize -> retry.
-				// (Concatenated multi-object args are now tolerated; see
-				// TestRunRecoversFirstObjectFromConcatenatedToolArgs.)
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallDelta, ToolCallID: "call-1", ArgumentsFragment: `{"path":"README.md"`},
+				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallDelta, ToolCallID: "call-1", ArgumentsFragment: `{"path":"README.md"}{"path":"AGENTS.md"}`},
 				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallEnd, ToolCallID: "call-1"},
 				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventDone},
 			},
@@ -1181,53 +1103,6 @@ func TestRunSanitizesMalformedToolCallArgumentsBeforeRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// A weak model (e.g. minimax-m3) that packs MULTIPLE concatenated JSON objects into
-// one tool-call slot must RECOVER the first object and run the call, not fail with
-// "invalid character '{' after top-level value". The trailing object(s) are dropped
-// (the model re-issues them on a later turn if still needed).
-func TestRunRecoversFirstObjectFromConcatenatedToolArgs(t *testing.T) {
-	root := t.TempDir()
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "README.md"), []byte("hello readme"), 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	registry := tools.NewRegistry()
-	registry.Register(tools.NewReadFileTool(root))
-	provider := &mockProvider{
-		turns: [][]zeroruntime.StreamEvent{
-			{
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallStart, ToolCallID: "call-1", ToolName: "read_file"},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallDelta, ToolCallID: "call-1", ArgumentsFragment: `{"path":"README.md"}{"path":"AGENTS.md"}`},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallEnd, ToolCallID: "call-1"},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventDone},
-			},
-			{
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventText, Content: "done"},
-				{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventDone},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	result, err := Run(context.Background(), "read", provider, Options{Registry: registry, MaxTurns: 2})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if result.FinalAnswer != "done" {
-		t.Fatalf("final answer = %q, want done", result.FinalAnswer)
-	}
-	var toolResult string
-	for _, message := range provider.requests[1].Messages {
-		if message.Role == zeroruntime.MessageRoleTool {
-			toolResult = message.Content
-		}
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(toolResult, "Failed to parse arguments") {
-		t.Fatalf("concatenated args should recover the first object, not fail to parse: %q", toolResult)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(toolResult, "hello readme") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected README.md contents (the first object's path), got %q", toolResult)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRunDefersSelfCorrectFeedbackUntilAfterToolBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	// A single assistant turn with two tool calls where the first mutates and
 	// self-correct fails must keep both tool_results contiguous, with the feedback

internal/agent/permission_additional_perms_test.go

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/sandbox"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/tools"
-)
-
-// promptShellTool is a minimal shell-style tool whose Safety requires a prompt,
-// standing in for bash so buildPermissionEvent can be exercised directly.
-type promptShellTool struct{}
-
-func (promptShellTool) Name() string        { return "bash" }
-func (promptShellTool) Description() string { return "run a shell command" }
-func (promptShellTool) Parameters() tools.Schema {
-	return tools.Schema{Type: "object", AdditionalProperties: false}
-}
-func (promptShellTool) Safety() tools.Safety {
-	return tools.Safety{SideEffect: tools.SideEffectShell, Permission: tools.PermissionPrompt, Reason: "runs a shell command"}
-}
-func (promptShellTool) Run(context.Context, map[string]any) tools.Result {
-	return tools.Result{Status: tools.StatusOK}
-}
-
-// A command whose sandbox decision is Allow but that explicitly requests
-// additional sandbox permissions is an ELEVATION: it must be surfaced as a
-// prompt, never Action=allow. Previously it carried allow while the loop still
-// blocked on OnPermissionRequest, and the TUI (which renders only prompts)
-// dropped it → the run deadlocked forever. This is the exact gpt-5.5
-// folder-creation shape captured in the reported hang.
-func TestBuildPermissionEventPromptsForAdditionalPermissions(t *testing.T) {
-	call := ToolCall{ID: "call_1", Name: "bash", Arguments: `{}`}
-	args := map[string]any{
-		"command":             "mkdir foo && cd foo && go mod init foo",
-		"sandbox_permissions": string(tools.SandboxPermissionsWithAdditionalPermissions),
-	}
-	// Base command allowed by the sandbox…
-	decision := &sandbox.Decision{Action: sandbox.ActionAllow}
-
-	event, ok := buildPermissionEvent(call, promptShellTool{}, args, false, PermissionModeAsk, Options{}, decision)
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("buildPermissionEvent returned ok=false; the elevation request must produce an event")
-	}
-	if event.Action != PermissionActionPrompt {
-		t.Fatalf("Action = %q, want prompt — an additional-permissions elevation must ask the user, not auto-allow", event.Action)
-	}
-	// Sanity: shouldRequestPermission agrees the loop blocks on this.
-	if !shouldRequestPermission(promptShellTool{}, args, false, decision) {
-		t.Fatal("shouldRequestPermission must be true for an additional-permissions request")
-	}
-}
-
-// Without the additional-permissions flag, a sandbox-allowed command is NOT a
-// prompt (shouldRequestPermission is false; it just runs) — the override must
-// not over-reach and prompt for ordinary allowed commands.
-func TestBuildPermissionEventKeepsAllowForOrdinaryAllowedCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	call := ToolCall{ID: "call_2", Name: "bash", Arguments: `{}`}
-	args := map[string]any{"command": "ls"}
-	decision := &sandbox.Decision{Action: sandbox.ActionAllow}
-
-	event, _ := buildPermissionEvent(call, promptShellTool{}, args, false, PermissionModeAsk, Options{}, decision)
-	if event.Action == PermissionActionPrompt {
-		t.Fatalf("Action = prompt for an ordinary allowed command; want allow (no spurious prompt)")
-	}
-	if shouldRequestPermission(promptShellTool{}, args, false, decision) {
-		t.Fatal("shouldRequestPermission must be false for an ordinary sandbox-allowed command")
-	}
-}

internal/agent/reconnect.go

@@ -40,21 +40,6 @@ func reconnectNoticeFor(options Options) reconnectNotifier {
 	}
 }
 
-// stallRetryNoticeFor builds a notifier for the loop's content-stall retry (a
-// stream that connected and produced only transient output, then went silent).
-// Distinct wording from reconnectNoticeFor's "connection lost" because the
-// connection was fine — the model stalled. Surfaced through OnReasoning, the
-// non-content channel, so it never folds into the answer text. Nil when there
-// is no reasoning sink (the retry still happens silently).
-func stallRetryNoticeFor(options Options) reconnectNotifier {
-	if options.OnReasoning == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return func(attempt, max int) {
-		options.OnReasoning(fmt.Sprintf("\n[no output — model stalled; retrying %d/%d…]\n", attempt, max))
-	}
-}
-
 // streamWithReconnect issues request via provider.StreamCompletion and, on a
 // transient disconnect error, retries the connect up to maxStreamReconnects
 // times with exponential backoff. It returns the live stream on success, or the

internal/agent/stall_retry_test.go

@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/tools"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/zeroruntime"
-)
-
-// stallProvider connects successfully (HTTP 200) but the stream emits a stall/idle
-// timeout error for the first stallBefore calls, then succeeds with "done". The
-// pre-stall emission simulates different partial-output shapes:
-//   - partialText: forwarded PROSE (StreamEventText) — must NOT be retried
-//     (re-issuing would duplicate visible answer text).
-//   - reasoningText: transient reasoning preview — IS retried.
-//   - partialToolCall: a tool call started (+ arg delta) but never ended, the
-//     "froze mid-write_file" case — IS retried (the incomplete call is never
-//     executed or committed).
-type stallProvider struct {
-	calls           int32
-	stallBefore     int32
-	partialText     string
-	reasoningText   string
-	partialToolCall string
-}
-
-func (p *stallProvider) StreamCompletion(_ context.Context, _ zeroruntime.CompletionRequest) (<-chan zeroruntime.StreamEvent, error) {
-	n := atomic.AddInt32(&p.calls, 1)
-	ch := make(chan zeroruntime.StreamEvent, 5)
-	if n <= p.stallBefore {
-		if p.partialText != "" {
-			ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventText, Content: p.partialText}
-		}
-		if p.reasoningText != "" {
-			ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventReasoning, Content: p.reasoningText}
-		}
-		if p.partialToolCall != "" {
-			// A tool call that starts and streams a partial argument fragment but
-			// never gets StreamEventToolCallEnd, then the stream errors — exactly
-			// the gpt-5.x "began the big write_file then froze" shape.
-			ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallStart, ToolCallID: "tc_1", ToolName: p.partialToolCall}
-			ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventToolCallDelta, ToolCallID: "tc_1", ArgumentsFragment: `{"path":"x.html","content":"<!doctype`}
-		}
-		ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{
-			Type:  zeroruntime.StreamEventError,
-			Error: "provider stream error: no output for 6m (the model produced nothing)",
-		}
-		close(ch)
-		return ch, nil
-	}
-	ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventText, Content: "done"}
-	ch <- zeroruntime.StreamEvent{Type: zeroruntime.StreamEventDone}
-	close(ch)
-	return ch, nil
-}
-
-// A no-output stall is re-issued on a fresh connection and recovers — this is the
-// macOS stale-pooled-connection hang turned into an automatic recovery.
-func TestRunRetriesStreamStallWithNoOutput(t *testing.T) {
-	p := &stallProvider{stallBefore: 1}
-	result, err := Run(context.Background(), "go", p, Options{Registry: tools.NewRegistry()})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("a no-output stall should retry to success, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if result.FinalAnswer != "done" {
-		t.Fatalf("final answer = %q, want %q", result.FinalAnswer, "done")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&p.calls); got != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("want 2 calls (1 stall + 1 retry), got %d", got)
-	}
-}
-
-// A stall AFTER partial output must NOT be retried — re-issuing would duplicate
-// the already-streamed text. It surfaces the error instead.
-func TestRunDoesNotRetryStallAfterPartialOutput(t *testing.T) {
-	p := &stallProvider{stallBefore: 1, partialText: "partial"}
-	_, err := Run(context.Background(), "go", p, Options{Registry: tools.NewRegistry()})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a stall after partial output must NOT be retried; want an error")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&p.calls); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("partial-then-stall must not retry, got %d calls", got)
-	}
-}
-
-// A stall after only transient REASONING was forwarded (no prose text, no
-// completed tool call) IS retried: reasoning is a "thinking" preview, not
-// committed answer text, so re-streaming it on a clearly-signalled retry is
-// acceptable and recovers the common "reasoned then froze" stall. Only
-// forwarded final prose (OnText) blocks the retry (collected.Text is empty
-// here, so this exercises the transient-vs-prose gate specifically).
-func TestRunRetriesStallAfterOnlyReasoning(t *testing.T) {
-	p := &stallProvider{stallBefore: 1, reasoningText: "thinking hard"}
-	result, err := Run(context.Background(), "go", p, Options{
-		Registry:    tools.NewRegistry(),
-		OnReasoning: func(string) {},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("a stall after only reasoning should retry to success, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if result.FinalAnswer != "done" {
-		t.Fatalf("final answer = %q, want %q", result.FinalAnswer, "done")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&p.calls); got != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("want 2 calls (1 stall + 1 retry), got %d", got)
-	}
-}
-
-// A stall mid-way through an INCOMPLETE tool call (started + partial args, never
-// ended) IS retried — the exact gpt-5.x / ollama "began the big write_file then
-// froze" case. The incomplete call is never executed (a turn returns on the
-// stall error before dispatch) and never committed to history, so re-issuing is
-// safe and recovers to success. This is the primary scenario this change fixes.
-func TestRunRetriesStallAfterIncompleteToolCall(t *testing.T) {
-	starts := 0
-	p := &stallProvider{stallBefore: 1, reasoningText: "planning", partialToolCall: "write_file"}
-	result, err := Run(context.Background(), "go", p, Options{
-		Registry:        tools.NewRegistry(),
-		OnReasoning:     func(string) {},
-		OnToolCallStart: func(string, string) { starts++ },
-		OnToolCallDelta: func(string, string) {},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("a stall mid-incomplete-tool-call should retry to success, got %v", err)
-	}
-	if result.FinalAnswer != "done" {
-		t.Fatalf("final answer = %q, want %q", result.FinalAnswer, "done")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&p.calls); got != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("want 2 calls (1 stall + 1 retry), got %d", got)
-	}
-	if starts != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("the incomplete tool call should have been forwarded once before the stall, got %d starts", starts)
-	}
-}
-
-// A persistent stall surfaces an error after exhausting the capped retries.
-func TestRunGivesUpAfterMaxStallRetries(t *testing.T) {
-	p := &stallProvider{stallBefore: 99}
-	_, err := Run(context.Background(), "go", p, Options{Registry: tools.NewRegistry()})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a persistent stall must surface an error after exhausting retries")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&p.calls); got != int32(1+maxStreamStallRetries) {
-		t.Fatalf("want %d calls (1 + %d retries), got %d", 1+maxStreamStallRetries, maxStreamStallRetries, got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestIsStreamTimeoutError(t *testing.T) {
-	timeouts := []string{
-		"provider stream error: no output for 10m (the model produced nothing)",
-		"provider stream error: idle timeout after 5m0s (upstream stopped sending data)",
-		"stream stalled (upstream kept the connection alive but produced no output)",
-	}
-	for _, m := range timeouts {
-		if !isStreamTimeoutError(m) {
-			t.Fatalf("want timeout-classified: %q", m)
-		}
-	}
-	notTimeouts := []string{"", "context length exceeded", "rate limit error: slow down", "model not found"}
-	for _, m := range notTimeouts {
-		if isStreamTimeoutError(m) {
-			t.Fatalf("must NOT classify as timeout: %q", m)
-		}
-	}
-}

internal/agenteval/benchmark_test.go

@@ -455,15 +455,11 @@ func TestHarnessTimeoutCancelsBlockedAgent(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// The timeout is longer than materialization of the small fixture even on
 	// slower Windows CI runners, so the agent is reached before it blocks until
-	// the deadline fires. 10s wasn't generous enough in practice — it failed
-	// on an otherwise-unrelated PR merge (materialization alone consumed the
-	// full budget on a contended Windows runner, so the agent was never
-	// reached); widened for headroom, since the assertions below still bound
-	// worst-case test time via that same deadline, not this constant.
+	// the deadline fires.
 	report := harness.Run(context.Background(), suitePath, suite, BenchmarkInput{
 		TaskID:   "document-stream-json-verify-events",
 		WorkRoot: t.TempDir(),
-		Timeout:  30 * time.Second,
+		Timeout:  10 * time.Second,
 	})
 
 	if !agentReached {

internal/cli/acp.go

@@ -43,11 +43,8 @@ func runACP(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps) int
 	conn := acp.NewConn(deps.stdin, stdout)
 	acp.NewAgent(conn, acp.Deps{
 		ResolveConfig: deps.resolveConfig,
-		// deps.newProvider is wrapped in fillAppDeps to apply the stored API key,
-		// so ACP is authenticated for apiKeyStored profiles like every other
-		// surface — no ACP-specific credential handling needed.
-		NewProvider: deps.newProvider,
-		RunAgent:    agent.Run,
+		NewProvider:   deps.newProvider,
+		RunAgent:      agent.Run,
 		// Build the SCOPED registry + sandbox engine per workspace, exactly like the
 		// exec surface, so ACP shell/file tools are confined — never run unconfined.
 		BuildWorkspace: func(workspaceRoot string, resolved config.ResolvedConfig) (*tools.Registry, *sandbox.Engine, error) {

internal/cli/app.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/observability"
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/plugins"
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/providerhealth"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/providermodeldiscovery"
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/provideronboarding"
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/providers"
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/redaction"
@@ -44,43 +43,37 @@ import (
 var version = "dev"
 
 type appDeps struct {
-	getwd            func() (string, error)
-	stdin            io.Reader
-	userConfigPath   func() (string, error)
-	resolveConfig    func(workspaceRoot string, overrides config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error)
-	resolveMCPConfig func(workspaceRoot string) (config.MCPConfig, error)
-	newProvider      func(config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error)
-	// exportActiveProvider pins spawned children to the run's provider (production:
-	// config.SetActiveProviderEnv, set in defaultAppDeps — deliberately NOT filled
-	// by fillAppDeps, so tests never mutate the process environment unless they
-	// inject it). nil ⇒ no export.
-	exportActiveProvider   func(providerName string)
-	probeProviderHealth    func(context.Context, providerhealth.Options) providerhealth.Result
-	discoverProviderModels func(context.Context, config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error)
-	detectLocalRuntimes    func(context.Context, provideronboarding.LocalDetectOptions) []provideronboarding.DetectedLocalRuntime
-	newSessionStore        func() *sessions.Store
-	loadPlugins            func(plugins.LoadOptions) (plugins.LoadResult, error)
-	loadHooks              func(hooks.LoadOptions) (hooks.LoadResult, error)
-	skillsDir              func() string
-	pluginsDir             func() string
-	toolsDir               func() string
-	newMCPStore            func() (*mcp.PermissionStore, error)
-	newMCPTokenStore       func() (*mcp.TokenStore, error)
-	newSandboxStore        func() (*sandbox.GrantStore, error)
-	selectSandboxBackend   func(sandbox.BackendOptions) sandbox.Backend
-	runSandboxSetupHelper  func(path string, args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer) error
-	registerMCPTools       func(context.Context, *tools.Registry, config.MCPConfig, mcp.RegisterOptions) (mcpToolRuntime, error)
-	prepareWorktree        func(context.Context, worktrees.Options) (worktrees.Result, error)
-	detectVerifyPlan       func(string) (verify.Plan, error)
-	runVerify              func(context.Context, verify.Plan, verify.RunOptions) verify.Report
-	runSelfVerify          func(context.Context, verify.Plan, selfverify.Options) selfverify.Report
-	runAgentEval           func(context.Context, agentEvalOptions) (agentEvalReport, error)
-	inspectChanges         func(context.Context, zerogit.InspectOptions) (zerogit.ChangeSummary, error)
-	commitChanges          func(context.Context, zerogit.CommitOptions) (zerogit.CommitResult, error)
-	runTUI                 func(context.Context, tui.Options) int
-	runEditor              func(string) error
-	checkUpdate            func(context.Context, update.Options) (update.Result, error)
-	now                    func() time.Time
+	getwd                 func() (string, error)
+	stdin                 io.Reader
+	userConfigPath        func() (string, error)
+	resolveConfig         func(workspaceRoot string, overrides config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error)
+	resolveMCPConfig      func(workspaceRoot string) (config.MCPConfig, error)
+	newProvider           func(config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error)
+	probeProviderHealth   func(context.Context, providerhealth.Options) providerhealth.Result
+	detectLocalRuntimes   func(context.Context, provideronboarding.LocalDetectOptions) []provideronboarding.DetectedLocalRuntime
+	newSessionStore       func() *sessions.Store
+	loadPlugins           func(plugins.LoadOptions) (plugins.LoadResult, error)
+	loadHooks             func(hooks.LoadOptions) (hooks.LoadResult, error)
+	skillsDir             func() string
+	pluginsDir            func() string
+	toolsDir              func() string
+	newMCPStore           func() (*mcp.PermissionStore, error)
+	newMCPTokenStore      func() (*mcp.TokenStore, error)
+	newSandboxStore       func() (*sandbox.GrantStore, error)
+	selectSandboxBackend  func(sandbox.BackendOptions) sandbox.Backend
+	runSandboxSetupHelper func(path string, args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer) error
+	registerMCPTools      func(context.Context, *tools.Registry, config.MCPConfig, mcp.RegisterOptions) (mcpToolRuntime, error)
+	prepareWorktree       func(context.Context, worktrees.Options) (worktrees.Result, error)
+	detectVerifyPlan      func(string) (verify.Plan, error)
+	runVerify             func(context.Context, verify.Plan, verify.RunOptions) verify.Report
+	runSelfVerify         func(context.Context, verify.Plan, selfverify.Options) selfverify.Report
+	runAgentEval          func(context.Context, agentEvalOptions) (agentEvalReport, error)
+	inspectChanges        func(context.Context, zerogit.InspectOptions) (zerogit.ChangeSummary, error)
+	commitChanges         func(context.Context, zerogit.CommitOptions) (zerogit.CommitResult, error)
+	runTUI                func(context.Context, tui.Options) int
+	runEditor             func(string) error
+	checkUpdate           func(context.Context, update.Options) (update.Result, error)
+	now                   func() time.Time
 }
 
 type mcpToolRuntime interface {
@@ -106,10 +99,9 @@ func Run(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer) int {
 
 func defaultAppDeps() appDeps {
 	return appDeps{
-		getwd:                os.Getwd,
-		stdin:                os.Stdin,
-		userConfigPath:       config.DefaultUserConfigPath,
-		exportActiveProvider: config.SetActiveProviderEnv,
+		getwd:          os.Getwd,
+		stdin:          os.Stdin,
+		userConfigPath: config.DefaultUserConfigPath,
 		resolveConfig: func(workspaceRoot string, overrides config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error) {
 			options, err := config.DefaultResolveOptions(workspaceRoot)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -126,19 +118,13 @@ func defaultAppDeps() appDeps {
 			return config.ResolveMCP(options)
 		},
 		newProvider: func(profile config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			// Resolve the OAuth login ONCE: the bearer resolver and the login key it
-			// bound must describe the same login (the key is passed on to the Codex
-			// account-header resolver so it never re-selects independently).
-			resolver, loginKey := oauthLoginForProfile(profile)
 			return providers.New(profile, providers.Options{
 				UserAgent:     userAgent(),
-				OAuthResolver: resolver,
-				OAuthLoginKey: loginKey,
+				OAuthResolver: oauthResolverForProfile(profile),
 			})
 		},
-		probeProviderHealth:    providerhealth.Probe,
-		discoverProviderModels: defaultDiscoverProviderModels,
-		detectLocalRuntimes:    provideronboarding.DetectLocalRuntimes,
+		probeProviderHealth: providerhealth.Probe,
+		detectLocalRuntimes: provideronboarding.DetectLocalRuntimes,
 		newSessionStore: func() *sessions.Store {
 			return sessions.NewStore(sessions.StoreOptions{})
 		},
@@ -231,9 +217,9 @@ func runWithDeps(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps
 	if err != nil {
 		return writeAppError(stderr, err.Error(), 1)
 	}
-	// --theme <name> selects the TUI palette non-interactively (auto or any registered
-	// theme; populates tui.Options.Theme, which resolveThemeMode prefers over
-	// ZERO_THEME). Re-split --add-dir afterward so it may appear on either side of --theme.
+	// --theme {auto|dark|light} selects the TUI palette non-interactively (populates
+	// tui.Options.Theme, which resolveThemeMode prefers over ZERO_THEME). Re-split
+	// --add-dir afterward so it may appear on either side of --theme.
 	theme, args, err := splitLeadingThemeFlag(args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return writeAppError(stderr, err.Error(), 1)
@@ -405,14 +391,6 @@ func runWithDeps(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps
 		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "unknown command %q\n", args[0]); err != nil {
 			return 1
 		}
-		// First-run users reach for `zero login`/`zero logout` (reported in the
-		// wild); point them at the real command instead of a bare usage pointer.
-		switch strings.ToLower(args[0]) {
-		case "login", "logout":
-			if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "did you mean %q?\n", "zero auth "+strings.ToLower(args[0])); err != nil {
-				return 1
-			}
-		}
 		if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "Run zero --help for usage."); err != nil {
 			return 1
 		}
@@ -443,9 +421,6 @@ func fillAppDeps(deps appDeps) appDeps {
 	if deps.probeProviderHealth == nil {
 		deps.probeProviderHealth = defaults.probeProviderHealth
 	}
-	if deps.discoverProviderModels == nil {
-		deps.discoverProviderModels = defaults.discoverProviderModels
-	}
 	if deps.detectLocalRuntimes == nil {
 		deps.detectLocalRuntimes = defaults.detectLocalRuntimes
 	}
@@ -518,17 +493,6 @@ func fillAppDeps(deps appDeps) appDeps {
 	if deps.now == nil {
 		deps.now = defaults.now
 	}
-	// Wrap newProvider ONCE, after all defaults are filled, so every surface that
-	// builds the runtime provider gets the credential-store key applied. The
-	// resolver is pure and leaves apiKeyStored profiles keyless; an unwrapped
-	// build sends unauthenticated requests. config.ApplyStoredAPIKey is a no-op
-	// when the key is already set or the profile isn't stored-key, so this is
-	// safe and idempotent for every profile kind and every injected newProvider.
-	baseNewProvider := deps.newProvider
-	userConfigPath := deps.userConfigPath
-	deps.newProvider = func(profile config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-		return baseNewProvider(applyStoredProviderKeyAt(profile, userConfigPath))
-	}
 	return deps
 }
 
@@ -544,21 +508,7 @@ func runInteractiveTUIWithSetup(stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps, permissionMode a
 
 	resolved, err := deps.resolveConfig(workspaceRoot, config.Overrides{})
 	if err != nil {
-		// A resolve failure the setup wizard can FIX is not fatal for the
-		// interactive TUI: drop into the wizard with an empty config so the user
-		// can onboard/repair, instead of exiting with an error they can only fix
-		// by hand-editing config.json. That covers a missing/unresolvable active
-		// provider and an active provider without a model (custom endpoints have
-		// no catalog default) — previously the second shape bricked bare `zero`
-		// and `zero setup`, the exact commands that could have fixed it. Any
-		// other error (malformed JSON, directory conflict, etc.) is still fatal,
-		// and headless commands (zero config / zero exec) still fail with the
-		// actionable message.
-		if !errors.Is(err, config.ErrNoActiveProvider) && !errors.Is(err, config.ErrProviderRequiresModel) {
-			return writeAppError(stderr, err.Error(), 1)
-		}
-		resolved = config.ResolvedConfig{}
-		forceSetup = true
+		return writeAppError(stderr, err.Error(), 1)
 	}
 	userConfigPath, err := deps.userConfigPath()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -691,7 +641,6 @@ func runInteractiveTUIWithSetup(stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps, permissionMode a
 	return deps.runTUI(context.Background(), tui.Options{
 		Cwd:                  workspaceRoot,
 		Theme:                theme,
-		SavedTheme:           resolved.Preferences.Theme,
 		UserConfigPath:       userConfigPath,
 		DoctorUserConfigPath: doctorUserConfigPath,
 		ProjectConfigPath:    projectConfigPath,
@@ -770,50 +719,20 @@ func tuiSandboxSetupCommand(backend sandbox.Backend, deps appDeps) func(context.
 	}
 }
 
-// buildProvider constructs the run's provider at STARTUP — it is called only from
-// the two launch paths (interactive TUI and headless exec), never from mid-run
-// rebuilds (escalation, wizard, ACP go through deps.newProvider directly).
 func buildProvider(resolved config.ResolvedConfig, deps appDeps) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
 	if !config.HasProviderProfile(resolved.Provider) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	// deps.newProvider is wrapped in fillAppDeps to apply the stored key, so this
-	// (and every other newProvider caller) needs no per-site key handling.
-	provider, err := deps.newProvider(resolved.Provider)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// Pin spawned children (sub-agents / swarm members inherit the environment) to
-	// THIS run's provider from launch, not only after an in-session switch. Without
-	// the launch-time export a child re-resolves config.json at spawn time, so a
-	// provider switch persisted by ANOTHER zero process mid-session would silently
-	// move new children onto a different provider (and different credentials) than
-	// the parent is running. Runtime switches (/model, /provider, wizard,
-	// onboarding) re-export on commit, keeping the pin current. Injected via deps
-	// (nil in tests) because it mutates the process environment.
-	if deps.exportActiveProvider != nil {
-		deps.exportActiveProvider(resolved.Provider.Name)
-	}
-	return provider, nil
-}
-
-// applyStoredProviderKeyAt loads the API key from the encrypted credential store
-// when the resolver left it empty (the resolver is pure — no I/O — so an
-// apiKeyStored profile reaches this layer keyless). No-op for inline/env-key
-// providers and when nothing is stored. This is applied once, centrally, by the
-// deps.newProvider wrapper in fillAppDeps so EVERY surface that builds a runtime
-// provider (headless exec, the ACP builder, exec's mid-run escalation switcher,
-// and any future caller) is covered without a per-site invariant to forget.
-func applyStoredProviderKeyAt(profile config.ProviderProfile, userConfigPath func() (string, error)) config.ProviderProfile {
-	if userConfigPath == nil {
-		return profile
-	}
-	if path, perr := userConfigPath(); perr == nil {
+	// Load the API key from the encrypted credential store when it isn't already
+	// resolved from inline config or an env var. This keeps the resolver pure (no
+	// I/O) and is a no-op for env/inline-key providers and when nothing is stored.
+	profile := resolved.Provider
+	if path, perr := deps.userConfigPath(); perr == nil {
 		if store, err := config.ProviderKeyStoreAt(filepath.Dir(path)); err == nil {
 			profile = config.ApplyStoredAPIKey(profile, store)
 		}
 	}
-	return profile
+	return deps.newProvider(profile)
 }
 
 func newCoreRegistry(workspaceRoot string) *tools.Registry {
@@ -1114,10 +1033,9 @@ func splitLeadingAddDirFlags(args []string) ([]string, []string, error) {
 	return addDirs, args, nil
 }
 
-// splitLeadingThemeFlag strips a leading --theme <auto|theme-name> (space or =form)
-// from the root argument list and validates it against the registered themes. The
-// last occurrence wins. A value outside the allowed set is a loud error rather than
-// a silent fallback.
+// splitLeadingThemeFlag strips a leading --theme {auto|dark|light} (space or =form)
+// from the root argument list and validates it. The last occurrence wins. A value
+// outside the allowed set is a loud error rather than a silent fallback.
 func splitLeadingThemeFlag(args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 	theme := ""
 	for len(args) > 0 {
@@ -1125,7 +1043,7 @@ func splitLeadingThemeFlag(args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 		switch {
 		case args[0] == "--theme":
 			if len(args) < 2 {
-				return "", nil, errors.New("--theme requires a value (auto or a theme name; try --theme auto)")
+				return "", nil, errors.New("--theme requires a value (auto, dark, or light)")
 			}
 			value = strings.TrimSpace(args[1])
 			args = args[2:]
@@ -1135,10 +1053,12 @@ func splitLeadingThemeFlag(args []string) (string, []string, error) {
 		default:
 			return theme, args, nil
 		}
-		if !tui.ValidThemeArg(value) {
-			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("--theme must be auto or a registered theme name (got %q)", value)
+		switch strings.ToLower(value) {
+		case "auto", "dark", "light":
+			theme = strings.ToLower(value)
+		default:
+			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("--theme must be auto, dark, or light (got %q)", value)
 		}
-		theme = strings.ToLower(value)
 	}
 	return theme, args, nil
 }

internal/cli/app_test.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -158,80 +157,6 @@ func TestRunNoArgsLaunchesSetupTUIWithNilProviderWhenNoProviderConfigured(t *tes
 	assertAgentOptions(t, launchedOptions, 12, agent.PermissionModeAsk)
 }
 
-func TestRunNoArgsEntersSetupWhenResolveReportsNoActiveProvider(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	cwd := t.TempDir()
-	setCLIUserConfigRoot(t)
-	userConfigPath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "zero", "config.json")
-	var launchedOptions tui.Options
-	launched := false
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{}, &stdout, &stderr, appDeps{
-		getwd: func() (string, error) {
-			return cwd, nil
-		},
-		resolveConfig: func(workspaceRoot string, overrides config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error) {
-			return config.ResolvedConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: active provider %q not found", config.ErrNoActiveProvider, "ghost")
-		},
-		newProvider: func(config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			t.Fatal("newProvider should not be called without a resolved provider")
-			return nil, nil
-		},
-		userConfigPath: func() (string, error) {
-			return userConfigPath, nil
-		},
-		registerMCPTools: func(context.Context, *tools.Registry, config.MCPConfig, mcp.RegisterOptions) (mcpToolRuntime, error) {
-			return noopMCPRuntime{}, nil
-		},
-		runTUI: func(ctx context.Context, options tui.Options) int {
-			launched = true
-			launchedOptions = options
-			return 0
-		},
-	})
-
-	if exitCode != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("exit code = %d, want 0 (setup TUI launched), stderr=%q", exitCode, stderr.String())
-	}
-	if !launched {
-		t.Fatal("TUI was not launched; expected fallback into setup instead of a fatal error")
-	}
-	if !launchedOptions.Setup.Visible || !launchedOptions.Setup.Required {
-		t.Fatalf("Setup = %#v, want visible required setup", launchedOptions.Setup)
-	}
-	if launchedOptions.Provider != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Provider = %#v, want nil for no-provider fallback", launchedOptions.Provider)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRunNoArgsFailsWhenResolveErrorIsNotProviderRelated(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	cwd := t.TempDir()
-	setCLIUserConfigRoot(t)
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{}, &stdout, &stderr, appDeps{
-		getwd: func() (string, error) {
-			return cwd, nil
-		},
-		resolveConfig: func(workspaceRoot string, overrides config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error) {
-			return config.ResolvedConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid config JSON")
-		},
-		runTUI: func(ctx context.Context, options tui.Options) int {
-			t.Fatal("TUI must not launch on a non-provider resolve error")
-			return 0
-		},
-	})
-
-	if exitCode == 0 {
-		t.Fatal("exit code = 0, want non-zero for fatal config error")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "invalid config JSON") {
-		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want the underlying config error", stderr.String())
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRunNoArgsLaunchesTUIWithMCPState(t *testing.T) {
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
@@ -1472,79 +1397,7 @@ func TestRunThemeFlagRejectsBadValue(t *testing.T) {
 	if launched {
 		t.Fatal("the TUI must not launch on a bad --theme value")
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "--theme must be auto or a registered theme name") {
+	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "--theme must be auto, dark, or light") {
 		t.Fatalf("expected a clear --theme error, got %q", stderr.String())
 	}
 }
-
-// A custom endpoint saved without a model previously bricked bare `zero` and
-// `zero setup` — the exact commands that could have fixed it (the resolve
-// error escaped before the wizard could open). The interactive TUI now treats
-// the requires-model failure as "needs onboarding", same as a missing active
-// provider. The error comes from a REAL Resolve over a real config file, so
-// this exercises the production sentinel wrapping, not a hand-built error.
-func TestRunNoArgsEntersSetupWhenActiveProviderMissesModel(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	cwd := t.TempDir()
-	setCLIUserConfigRoot(t)
-	brokenConfig := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json")
-	if err := os.WriteFile(brokenConfig, []byte(`{
-		"activeProvider": "gw",
-		"providers": [{"name": "gw", "provider_kind": "openai-compatible", "baseURL": "https://gw.example/v1", "apiKey": "sk-x"}]
-	}`), 0o600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	launched := false
-	var launchedOptions tui.Options
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{}, &stdout, &stderr, appDeps{
-		getwd: func() (string, error) { return cwd, nil },
-		resolveConfig: func(string, config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error) {
-			return config.Resolve(config.ResolveOptions{UserConfigPath: brokenConfig, Env: map[string]string{}})
-		},
-		newProvider: func(config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			t.Fatal("newProvider must not be called without a resolved provider")
-			return nil, nil
-		},
-		userConfigPath: func() (string, error) { return filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "zero", "config.json"), nil },
-		registerMCPTools: func(context.Context, *tools.Registry, config.MCPConfig, mcp.RegisterOptions) (mcpToolRuntime, error) {
-			return noopMCPRuntime{}, nil
-		},
-		runTUI: func(_ context.Context, options tui.Options) int {
-			launched = true
-			launchedOptions = options
-			return 0
-		},
-	})
-
-	if exitCode != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("exit code = %d, want 0 (setup TUI launched), stderr=%q", exitCode, stderr.String())
-	}
-	if !launched {
-		t.Fatal("TUI was not launched; a fixable requires-model config must fall into setup, not exit fatally")
-	}
-	if !launchedOptions.Setup.Visible || !launchedOptions.Setup.Required {
-		t.Fatalf("Setup = %#v, want visible required setup", launchedOptions.Setup)
-	}
-}
-
-// `zero login`/`zero logout` don't exist (it's `zero auth login`); first-run
-// users try them (reported in the wild), so the unknown-command error points at
-// the real command.
-func TestRunUnknownLoginSuggestsAuthLogin(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{"login"}, &stdout, &stderr, appDeps{})
-	if exitCode != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want 2 (unknown command)", exitCode)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), `"zero auth login"`) {
-		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want a zero auth login suggestion", stderr.String())
-	}
-	// An unrelated unknown command gets no misleading suggestion.
-	stderr.Reset()
-	runWithDeps([]string{"frobnicate"}, &stdout, &stderr, appDeps{})
-	if strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "did you mean") {
-		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, unrelated commands must not get the auth hint", stderr.String())
-	}
-}

internal/cli/auth.go

@@ -283,9 +283,6 @@ func newAuthManager(deps appDeps, out io.Writer) (*oauth.Manager, error) {
 		// carries no token material. A real browser launch is intentionally not
 		// performed (the sandbox/headless contexts make printing the safer default).
 		OpenBrowser: func(string) error { return nil },
-		// `zero auth login <preset>` (e.g. xai) should resolve the baked-in preset
-		// without the operator exporting ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS first.
-		AllowPresets: true,
 	})
 }
 

internal/cli/auth_propagation_test.go

@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/config"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/zeroruntime"
-)
-
-// seedStoredProviderKey writes key into a credential store rooted beside the
-// returned config path, and returns deps fields wired at that path — the same
-// layout applyStoredProviderKey resolves through in production.
-func seedStoredProviderKey(t *testing.T, providerName, key string) (userConfigPath string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_CRED_STORAGE", "encrypted-file") // never touch the real OS keychain in tests
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	store, err := config.ProviderKeyStoreAt(dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("ProviderKeyStoreAt: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := store.Set(providerName, key); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed stored key: %v", err)
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(dir, "config.json")
-}
-
-// applyStoredProviderKeyAt must fill APIKey from the credential store for an
-// apiKeyStored profile — the single central helper the newProvider wrapper uses.
-func TestApplyStoredProviderKeyAtFillsFromCredstore(t *testing.T) {
-	configPath := seedStoredProviderKey(t, "echo", "sk-stored-test")
-	ucp := func() (string, error) { return configPath, nil }
-
-	stored := applyStoredProviderKeyAt(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "echo", APIKeyStored: true}, ucp)
-	if stored.APIKey != "sk-stored-test" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKey = %q, want the stored key", stored.APIKey)
-	}
-
-	// A profile that did NOT opt into stored-key auth must be left unchanged —
-	// a stale store entry must not silently reactivate credentials.
-	plain := applyStoredProviderKeyAt(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "echo"}, ucp)
-	if plain.APIKey != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("non-stored profile APIKey = %q, want empty", plain.APIKey)
-	}
-}
-
-// fillAppDeps wraps newProvider so EVERY surface that builds a runtime provider
-// (buildProvider, the ACP builder — which is just deps.newProvider — and exec's
-// escalation switcher) gets the stored key applied. Passing the raw resolved
-// profile previously sent unauthenticated requests for apiKeyStored profiles,
-// the default onboarding outcome. Testing the wrap covers all those surfaces.
-func TestFillAppDepsWrapsNewProviderWithStoredKey(t *testing.T) {
-	configPath := seedStoredProviderKey(t, "echo", "sk-stored-wrap")
-
-	var captured config.ProviderProfile
-	deps := fillAppDeps(appDeps{
-		userConfigPath: func() (string, error) { return configPath, nil },
-		newProvider: func(profile config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			captured = profile
-			return nil, nil // only the captured profile matters here
-		},
-	})
-
-	if _, err := deps.newProvider(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "echo", APIKeyStored: true}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("wrapped newProvider: %v", err)
-	}
-	if captured.APIKey != "sk-stored-wrap" {
-		t.Fatalf("wrapped newProvider built with APIKey = %q, want the stored key (unauthenticated regression)", captured.APIKey)
-	}
-}
-
-// buildProvider (the TUI/exec STARTUP construction site) must export
-// ZERO_PROVIDER so children spawned at any point in the run are pinned to the
-// parent's provider from launch — not only after an in-session switch. Without
-// this, a provider switch persisted by another zero process mid-session moves
-// new children onto a different provider (and credentials) than the parent.
-func TestBuildProviderExportsActiveProviderEnv(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv(config.ActiveProviderEnv, "stale-from-elsewhere")
-	// The exporter is injected (defaultAppDeps wires config.SetActiveProviderEnv;
-	// fillAppDeps deliberately leaves it nil so ordinary tests never mutate the
-	// process env). Inject the real one here to assert the actual env effect.
-	deps := appDeps{
-		exportActiveProvider: config.SetActiveProviderEnv,
-		newProvider: func(config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			return nil, nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	resolved := config.ResolvedConfig{Provider: config.ProviderProfile{Name: "pinned", ProviderKind: config.ProviderKindAnthropic, Model: "m"}}
-	if _, err := buildProvider(resolved, deps); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("buildProvider: %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := os.Getenv(config.ActiveProviderEnv); got != "pinned" {
-		t.Fatalf("%s = %q after startup build, want %q (children would spawn on the stale provider)", config.ActiveProviderEnv, got, "pinned")
-	}
-
-	// A FAILED build must not move the pin: the process never committed to the
-	// new provider, so children must keep resolving whatever was in effect.
-	t.Setenv(config.ActiveProviderEnv, "still-current")
-	failing := appDeps{
-		exportActiveProvider: config.SetActiveProviderEnv,
-		newProvider: func(config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			return nil, errors.New("boom")
-		},
-	}
-	if _, err := buildProvider(resolved, failing); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected build error")
-	}
-	if got := os.Getenv(config.ActiveProviderEnv); got != "still-current" {
-		t.Fatalf("%s = %q after failed build, want it untouched", config.ActiveProviderEnv, got)
-	}
-
-	// No provider profile at all → no provider, no pin change.
-	if _, err := buildProvider(config.ResolvedConfig{}, deps); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("buildProvider(empty): %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := os.Getenv(config.ActiveProviderEnv); got != "still-current" {
-		t.Fatalf("%s = %q after profile-less build, want it untouched", config.ActiveProviderEnv, got)
-	}
-}
-
-// A mid-run --allow-escalation model switch previously rebuilt the provider
-// from the PURE resolved profile (the stored key lives only in buildProvider's
-// local copy), so the escalated provider was keyless and the next completion
-// call 401'd mid-run. Every profile handed to newProvider on this path must
-// carry the stored key.
-func TestRunExecEscalationSwitchKeepsStoredKey(t *testing.T) {
-	dataHome := t.TempDir()
-	t.Setenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", dataHome)
-	cwd := t.TempDir()
-
-	if _, ok := mustUpgradeTarget(t, "claude-haiku-4.5"); !ok {
-		t.Skip("registry has no upgrade target for claude-haiku-4.5")
-	}
-
-	configPath := seedStoredProviderKey(t, "echo", "sk-stored-escalation")
-
-	var builtProfiles []config.ProviderProfile
-	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{
-		"exec",
-		"--allow-escalation",
-		"--model", "claude-haiku-4.5",
-		"--init-session-id", "escalation_stored_key_run",
-		"escalate please",
-	}, &stdout, &stderr, appDeps{
-		getwd:          func() (string, error) { return cwd, nil },
-		userConfigPath: func() (string, error) { return configPath, nil },
-		resolveConfig: func(_ string, overrides config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error) {
-			model := "claude-haiku-4.5"
-			if overrides.Provider.Model != "" {
-				model = overrides.Provider.Model
-			}
-			cfg := execResolvedConfig()
-			cfg.Provider.ProviderKind = config.ProviderKindAnthropic
-			cfg.Provider.Model = model
-			cfg.Provider.APIKeyStored = true // key lives ONLY in the credstore
-			cfg.MaxTurns = 3
-			return cfg, nil
-		},
-		newProvider: func(profile config.ProviderProfile) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-			builtProfiles = append(builtProfiles, profile)
-			return &usageEmittingEscalatingProvider{escalate: len(builtProfiles) == 1}, nil
-		},
-	})
-	if exitCode != exitSuccess {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want success; stderr=%s", exitCode, stderr.String())
-	}
-	if len(builtProfiles) < 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("want at least 2 provider builds (initial + escalated), got %d", len(builtProfiles))
-	}
-	for i, profile := range builtProfiles {
-		if profile.APIKey != "sk-stored-escalation" {
-			t.Fatalf("provider build %d APIKey = %q, want the stored key (escalated build went out keyless)", i, profile.APIKey)
-		}
-	}
-}

internal/cli/command_center.go

@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ func runProviders(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, deps appDep
 	if command == "detect" {
 		return runProvidersDetect(args, stdout, stderr, deps)
 	}
-	if command == "models" {
-		return runProvidersModels(args, stdout, stderr, deps)
-	}
 	if command != "list" && command != "current" && command != "catalog" {
 		return writeExecUsageError(stderr, fmt.Sprintf("unknown providers command %q", command))
 	}
@@ -468,11 +465,9 @@ func writeProvidersHelp(w io.Writer) error {
   zero providers use <name> [flags]
   zero providers setup <catalog-id> [flags]
   zero providers detect [flags]
-  zero providers models [name] [flags]
 
 Inspects resolved provider profiles and provider catalog descriptors without printing secrets.
 Detect probes for running local runtimes (Ollama, LM Studio) and prints adopt commands plus per-provider next steps.
-Models probes a provider's live model-listing endpoint (e.g. an OpenAI-compatible /v1/models) and lists the models it serves — including custom OpenAI-/Anthropic-compatible endpoints — so a self-hosted provider needs no per-model config.
 
 Flags:
       --json                    Print JSON summary

internal/cli/exec.go

@@ -365,9 +365,6 @@ func runExec(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps) in
 	var modelSwitcher func(context.Context, string) (agent.Provider, error)
 	if options.allowEscalation {
 		modelSwitcher = func(_ context.Context, modelID string) (agent.Provider, error) {
-			// deps.newProvider is wrapped (fillAppDeps) to apply the stored key, so
-			// the escalated provider is authenticated even though resolved.Provider
-			// is the pure profile — no per-site key handling here.
 			switchedProfile := resolved.Provider
 			switchedProfile.Model = modelID
 			switchedProvider, err := deps.newProvider(switchedProfile)

internal/cli/oauth_credential_test.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ func TestProviderHasOAuthLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSetupRequiredRecognizesOAuthLogin(t *testing.T) {
 	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "tok.json")
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_STORAGE", "file") // an inherited "keyring" would ignore the temp path and hit the OS keychain
 	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH", path)
 	store, err := oauth.NewStore(oauth.StoreOptions{FilePath: path})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -46,88 +45,3 @@ func TestSetupRequiredRecognizesOAuthLogin(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("a keyless provider with no OAuth login must require onboarding")
 	}
 }
-
-// A profile renamed away from its catalog ID must still get a runtime OAuth
-// resolver when the login is stored under the catalog name — and a CASE-VARIANT
-// profile name must not drop the catalog-ID candidate (the store is
-// case-sensitive; a case-insensitive dedupe would swallow it).
-func TestOAuthResolverForProfileFallsBackToCatalogID(t *testing.T) {
-	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "tok.json")
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_STORAGE", "file") // an inherited "keyring" would ignore the temp path and hit the OS keychain
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH", path)
-	store, err := oauth.NewStore(oauth.StoreOptions{FilePath: path})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewStore: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := store.Save(oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt"), oauth.Token{AccessToken: "tok", ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Hour)}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed token: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// A renamed profile resolves the catalog-ID login, and the returned key MUST be
-	// that login's key — the same key the Codex account-header resolver reads from,
-	// so bearer and account can never come from different logins.
-	if resolver, key := oauthLoginForProfile(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "codex", CatalogID: "chatgpt"}); resolver == nil {
-		t.Fatal("renamed profile with a catalog-ID login must get a resolver (unauthenticated-children regression)")
-	} else if key != oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt") {
-		t.Fatalf("bound key = %q, want the chatgpt login key (bearer/account must share it)", key)
-	}
-	// Name differs from catalog ID only in CASE: the exact-case store key is
-	// "provider:chatgpt", so "chatgpt" must survive as a distinct candidate.
-	if resolver, key := oauthLoginForProfile(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "ChatGPT", CatalogID: "chatgpt"}); resolver == nil {
-		t.Fatal("case-variant profile name must still resolve the catalog-ID login (case-insensitive dedupe regression)")
-	} else if key != oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt") {
-		t.Fatalf("case-variant bound key = %q, want the chatgpt login key", key)
-	}
-	if resolver, _ := oauthLoginForProfile(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "chatgpt", CatalogID: "chatgpt"}); resolver == nil {
-		t.Fatal("catalog-named profile must get a resolver")
-	}
-	if resolver, key := oauthLoginForProfile(config.ProviderProfile{Name: "openai", CatalogID: "openai"}); resolver != nil || key != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("a profile with no stored login must get no resolver and an empty key, got key=%q", key)
-	}
-}
-
-// The catalog-ID fallback must NOT reach a sibling profile's OAuth login when
-// this profile has its own key — withBearer would erase the key and silently
-// bill the model call under the sibling's account (a real cross-profile
-// override the fallback introduced). A profile WITH its own resolved key gets no
-// resolver even when a catalog-shared login exists.
-func TestOAuthResolverForProfileDoesNotOverrideExplicitKey(t *testing.T) {
-	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "tok.json")
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_STORAGE", "file") // an inherited "keyring" would ignore the temp path and hit the OS keychain
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH", path)
-	store, err := oauth.NewStore(oauth.StoreOptions{FilePath: path})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewStore: %v", err)
-	}
-	// A personal login stored under the catalog name.
-	if err := store.Save(oauth.ProviderKey("anthropic"), oauth.Token{AccessToken: "personal-tok", ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Hour)}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed token: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Work profile: same catalog, its OWN resolved API key, deliberately NOT the
-	// personal OAuth account. It must keep using its key (no resolver attached).
-	work := config.ProviderProfile{Name: "anthropic-work", CatalogID: "anthropic", APIKey: "sk-work-key"}
-	if resolver, key := oauthLoginForProfile(work); resolver != nil || key != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("a profile with its own API key must not get a catalog-shared OAuth resolver (cross-profile override), got key=%q", key)
-	}
-	// A raw auth-header credential must be protected the same way.
-	header := config.ProviderProfile{Name: "anthropic-hdr", CatalogID: "anthropic", AuthHeaderValue: "Bearer byo"}
-	if resolver, _ := oauthLoginForProfile(header); resolver != nil {
-		t.Fatal("a profile with its own auth header must not get a catalog-shared OAuth resolver")
-	}
-	// A same-NAME login must not override an explicit key either (the name
-	// candidate is gated on the profile being keyless, not just the catalog one).
-	if err := store.Save(oauth.ProviderKey("anthropic-work"), oauth.Token{AccessToken: "name-tok", ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Hour)}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed name token: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resolver, _ := oauthLoginForProfile(work); resolver != nil {
-		t.Fatal("a profile with its own API key must not get an OAuth resolver even from a same-name login")
-	}
-	// Sanity: a keyless sibling on the same catalog DOES resolve the shared login.
-	keyless := config.ProviderProfile{Name: "anthropic-oauth", CatalogID: "anthropic"}
-	if resolver, key := oauthLoginForProfile(keyless); resolver == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a keyless profile should still resolve the catalog-shared login")
-	} else if key != oauth.ProviderKey("anthropic") {
-		t.Fatalf("keyless sibling bound key = %q, want the catalog login key", key)
-	}
-}

internal/cli/oauth_provider.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/config"
@@ -11,48 +12,42 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/providers/providerio"
 )
 
-// oauthLoginForProfile resolves the user's OAuth login for a provider ONCE and
-// returns both a TokenResolver that authenticates model calls with it and the
-// credential-store key it bound to. It returns (nil, "") when no login exists —
-// keeping API-key users free of any per-request store lookups, since the resolver
-// is only attached when a login is present at construction time.
-//
-// The returned key is the single source of truth for "which login is this
-// provider using": callers pass it to providers.Options.OAuthLoginKey so the
-// Codex chatgpt-account-id header reads its account from the exact login that
-// issued the bearer token, instead of doing a second, independent lookup that
-// could select a different login (a backend-rejected mismatch).
-//
-// Candidate login names (profile name, then a catalog-ID fallback, both gated on
-// the profile having no own configured credential) come from the shared
-// ProviderProfile.OAuthLoginCandidates so the runtime resolver, the Codex account
-// resolver, and the onboarding presence check never diverge.
-func oauthLoginForProfile(profile config.ProviderProfile) (providerio.TokenResolver, string) {
-	candidates := profile.OAuthLoginCandidates()
-	if len(candidates) == 0 {
-		return nil, ""
+// providerOAuthName resolves the OAuth login name for a provider profile. It is
+// the name a user logs in under (`zero auth login <name>`) whose token then
+// authenticates this provider's model calls. For now it is the profile name;
+// the provider presets map well-known kinds (openai/anthropic) to canonical
+// names on top of this.
+func providerOAuthName(profile config.ProviderProfile) string {
+	return strings.TrimSpace(profile.Name)
+}
+
+// oauthResolverForProfile returns a TokenResolver that authenticates a provider's
+// model calls with the user's OAuth login, or nil when no login exists for this
+// provider. Returning nil for the no-login case keeps API-key users free of any
+// per-request store lookups: the resolver is only attached once a login is
+// present at construction time.
+func oauthResolverForProfile(profile config.ProviderProfile) providerio.TokenResolver {
+	name := providerOAuthName(profile)
+	if name == "" {
+		return nil
 	}
 	store, err := oauth.NewStore(oauth.StoreOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ""
+		return nil
 	}
-	_, key, ok := oauth.FirstStored(store, candidates)
-	if !ok {
-		// No login under any candidate (or unreadable/invalid keys) → API-key
-		// auth, no resolver.
-		return nil, ""
+	key := oauth.ProviderKey(name)
+	if _, ok, loadErr := store.Load(key); loadErr != nil || !ok {
+		// No login (or an unreadable/invalid key) → API-key auth, no resolver.
+		return nil
 	}
 	manager, err := oauth.NewManager(oauth.ManagerOptions{
 		Store:      store,
 		HTTPClient: &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second},
-		// Refreshing a token the user logged into (possibly a preset provider like
-		// xAI) re-resolves that provider's OAuth config, which needs the preset.
-		AllowPresets: true,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ""
+		return nil
 	}
-	resolver := func(ctx context.Context, forceRefresh bool) (string, string, bool, error) {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, forceRefresh bool) (string, string, bool, error) {
 		var token string
 		var rerr error
 		if forceRefresh {
@@ -69,5 +64,4 @@ func oauthLoginForProfile(profile config.ProviderProfile) (providerio.TokenResol
 		}
 		return "Authorization", "Bearer " + token, true, nil
 	}
-	return resolver, key
 }

internal/cli/provider_catalog_onboarding_test.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ func TestProviderCatalogRuntimeProvidersShowOnboardingSetupHints(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{id: "openai", name: "OpenAI", transport: "openai", defaultModel: "gpt-4.1"},
 		{id: "groq", name: "Groq", transport: "openai-compatible", defaultModel: "llama-3.3-70b-versatile"},
-		{id: "longcat", name: "LongCat", transport: "openai-compatible", defaultModel: "LongCat-2.0"},
 		{id: "ollama-cloud", name: "Ollama Cloud", transport: "openai-compatible", defaultModel: "qwen3-coder:480b"},
 		{id: "ollama", name: "Ollama Local", transport: "openai-compatible", defaultModel: "llama3.1"},
 	}
@@ -47,21 +46,6 @@ func TestProviderCatalogRuntimeProvidersShowOnboardingSetupHints(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestProviderCatalogLongCatRequiresAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
-	output := runProviderCatalogOnboarding(t)
-	block := providerCatalogOnboardingBlock(t, output, "longcat")
-
-	for _, want := range []string{
-		"requiresAuth=true",
-		"authEnvVars=LONGCAT_API_KEY",
-		"setup: zero providers setup longcat --set-active",
-	} {
-		if !strings.Contains(block, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("expected LongCat catalog block to contain %q, got:\n%s", want, block)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestProviderCatalogOllamaCloudRequiresAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
 	output := runProviderCatalogOnboarding(t)
 	block := providerCatalogOnboardingBlock(t, output, "ollama-cloud")

internal/cli/provider_models.go

@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/config"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/providermodeldiscovery"
-)
-
-type providerModelsOptions struct {
-	name string
-	json bool
-}
-
-// runProvidersModels lists the models a saved provider actually serves by probing
-// its live model-discovery endpoint (e.g. an OpenAI-compatible `/v1/models`). It
-// works for custom OpenAI-/Anthropic-compatible providers too: discovery runs off
-// the profile's base URL + credentials, so a self-hosted endpoint serving a dozen
-// models no longer needs a config object per model — configure the provider once,
-// then run any listed model with `zero exec --model <id>` (Zero passes unknown
-// model ids through to the provider).
-func runProvidersModels(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, deps appDeps) int {
-	options, help, err := parseProviderModelsArgs(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return writeExecUsageError(stderr, err.Error())
-	}
-	if help {
-		if err := writeProvidersHelp(stdout); err != nil {
-			return exitCrash
-		}
-		return exitSuccess
-	}
-
-	resolved, exitCode := resolveCommandCenterConfig(stderr, deps)
-	if exitCode != exitSuccess {
-		return exitCode
-	}
-	profile, err := selectProviderForCheck(resolved, options.name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return writeExecUsageError(stderr, err.Error())
-	}
-
-	ctx, stop := signalContext()
-	defer stop()
-	models, err := deps.discoverProviderModels(ctx, discoveryCredentialProfile(profile))
-	if err != nil {
-		return writeAppError(stderr, err.Error(), exitProvider)
-	}
-
-	if options.json {
-		items := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(models))
-		for _, model := range models {
-			entry := map[string]any{"id": model.ID}
-			if description := strings.TrimSpace(model.Description); description != "" {
-				entry["description"] = description
-			}
-			items = append(items, entry)
-		}
-		payload := map[string]any{
-			"provider": profile.Name,
-			"count":    len(items),
-			"models":   items,
-		}
-		if err := writePrettyJSON(stdout, payload); err != nil {
-			return exitCrash
-		}
-		return exitSuccess
-	}
-
-	name := strings.TrimSpace(profile.Name)
-	if name == "" {
-		name = "provider"
-	}
-	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "Provider models (%s)\n", name); err != nil {
-		return exitCrash
-	}
-	for _, model := range models {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(model.ID)
-		if description := strings.TrimSpace(model.Description); description != "" {
-			line += " — " + description
-		}
-		if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(stdout, line); err != nil {
-			return exitCrash
-		}
-	}
-	suffix := "s"
-	if len(models) == 1 {
-		suffix = ""
-	}
-	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "%d model%s discovered\n", len(models), suffix); err != nil {
-		return exitCrash
-	}
-	if len(models) > 0 {
-		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "next: zero exec %q --model %s\n", "hello", setupCommandArg(models[0].ID)); err != nil {
-			return exitCrash
-		}
-	}
-	return exitSuccess
-}
-
-// discoveryCredentialProfile resolves the profile's API key the same way the
-// runtime does — inline, then the stored credential, then the configured env var —
-// so a `providers models` probe authenticates exactly like a real request. Mirrors
-// discoveredModelContextWindow's credential resolution.
-func discoveryCredentialProfile(profile config.ProviderProfile) config.ProviderProfile {
-	authed := profile
-	if strings.TrimSpace(authed.APIKey) == "" {
-		if store, err := config.ProviderKeyStore(); err == nil {
-			authed = config.ApplyStoredAPIKey(authed, store)
-		}
-	}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(authed.APIKey) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(authed.APIKeyEnv) != "" {
-		authed.APIKey = strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(authed.APIKeyEnv))
-	}
-	return authed
-}
-
-// defaultDiscoverProviderModels is the production discovery hook: a live probe of
-// the provider's model-listing endpoint with no curated-catalog merge or
-// coding-model filtering, so a custom provider's full model list is returned.
-func defaultDiscoverProviderModels(ctx context.Context, profile config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error) {
-	return providermodeldiscovery.Discover(ctx, profile, providermodeldiscovery.Options{})
-}
-
-func parseProviderModelsArgs(args []string) (providerModelsOptions, bool, error) {
-	options := providerModelsOptions{}
-	for index := 0; index < len(args); index++ {
-		arg := args[index]
-		switch {
-		case arg == "-h" || arg == "--help" || arg == "help":
-			return options, true, nil
-		case arg == "--json":
-			options.json = true
-		case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-"):
-			return options, false, execUsageError{fmt.Sprintf("unknown flag %q", arg)}
-		default:
-			if options.name != "" {
-				return options, false, execUsageError{fmt.Sprintf("unexpected argument %q", arg)}
-			}
-			options.name = arg
-		}
-	}
-	return options, false, nil
-}

internal/cli/provider_models_test.go

@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/config"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/providermodeldiscovery"
-)
-
-func TestRunProvidersModelsListsDiscoveredModels(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	deps := commandCenterDeps(t)
-	var probed config.ProviderProfile
-	deps.discoverProviderModels = func(_ context.Context, profile config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error) {
-		probed = profile
-		return []providermodeldiscovery.Model{
-			{ID: "team/model-a", Description: "first"},
-			{ID: "team/model-b"},
-		}, nil
-	}
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{"providers", "models"}, &stdout, &stderr, deps)
-
-	if exitCode != exitSuccess {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want %d: %s", exitCode, exitSuccess, stderr.String())
-	}
-	// No name given → the active provider is probed, with its resolved credential.
-	if probed.Name != "work" {
-		t.Fatalf("probed provider = %q, want active provider work", probed.Name)
-	}
-	out := stdout.String()
-	for _, want := range []string{"Provider models (work)", "team/model-a — first", "team/model-b", "2 models discovered", "--model team/model-a"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("output missing %q:\n%s", want, out)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRunProvidersModelsJSON(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	deps := commandCenterDeps(t)
-	deps.discoverProviderModels = func(_ context.Context, _ config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error) {
-		return []providermodeldiscovery.Model{{ID: "m1", Description: "d1"}, {ID: "m2"}}, nil
-	}
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{"providers", "models", "--json"}, &stdout, &stderr, deps)
-
-	if exitCode != exitSuccess {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want %d: %s", exitCode, exitSuccess, stderr.String())
-	}
-	var payload struct {
-		Provider string `json:"provider"`
-		Count    int    `json:"count"`
-		Models   []struct {
-			ID          string `json:"id"`
-			Description string `json:"description"`
-		} `json:"models"`
-	}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(stdout.Bytes(), &payload); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("decode json: %v\n%s", err, stdout.String())
-	}
-	if payload.Provider != "work" || payload.Count != 2 || len(payload.Models) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("payload = %#v", payload)
-	}
-	if payload.Models[0].ID != "m1" || payload.Models[0].Description != "d1" {
-		t.Fatalf("model[0] = %#v", payload.Models[0])
-	}
-	// A model with no description omits the field rather than emitting an empty string.
-	if payload.Models[1].ID != "m2" || payload.Models[1].Description != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("model[1] = %#v", payload.Models[1])
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRunProvidersModelsSelectsNamedProvider(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	deps := commandCenterDeps(t)
-	custom := config.ProviderProfile{
-		Name:         "self-hosted",
-		ProviderKind: config.ProviderKindOpenAICompatible,
-		BaseURL:      "https://models.internal/v1",
-		APIKey:       "sk-internal",
-		Model:        "house-model",
-	}
-	deps.resolveConfig = func(string, config.Overrides) (config.ResolvedConfig, error) {
-		work := config.ProviderProfile{Name: "work", ProviderKind: config.ProviderKindOpenAI, BaseURL: config.OpenAIBaseURL, APIKey: "sk", Model: "gpt-4.1"}
-		return config.ResolvedConfig{ActiveProvider: "work", Provider: work, Providers: []config.ProviderProfile{work, custom}}, nil
-	}
-	var probed config.ProviderProfile
-	deps.discoverProviderModels = func(_ context.Context, profile config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error) {
-		probed = profile
-		return []providermodeldiscovery.Model{{ID: "house-model"}}, nil
-	}
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{"providers", "models", "self-hosted"}, &stdout, &stderr, deps)
-
-	if exitCode != exitSuccess {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want %d: %s", exitCode, exitSuccess, stderr.String())
-	}
-	if probed.Name != "self-hosted" || probed.BaseURL != "https://models.internal/v1" {
-		t.Fatalf("probed = %#v, want the named custom provider", probed)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRunProvidersModelsUnknownProviderFails(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	deps := commandCenterDeps(t)
-	called := false
-	deps.discoverProviderModels = func(_ context.Context, _ config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error) {
-		called = true
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{"providers", "models", "ghost"}, &stdout, &stderr, deps)
-
-	if exitCode == exitSuccess {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want non-zero for unknown provider", exitCode)
-	}
-	if called {
-		t.Fatal("discovery must not run for an unknown provider")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), `provider "ghost" not found`) {
-		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want provider-not-found", stderr.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRunProvidersModelsSurfacesDiscoveryError(t *testing.T) {
-	var stdout bytes.Buffer
-	var stderr bytes.Buffer
-	deps := commandCenterDeps(t)
-	deps.discoverProviderModels = func(_ context.Context, _ config.ProviderProfile) ([]providermodeldiscovery.Model, error) {
-		return nil, errors.New("models endpoint returned 404")
-	}
-
-	exitCode := runWithDeps([]string{"providers", "models"}, &stdout, &stderr, deps)
-
-	if exitCode != exitProvider {
-		t.Fatalf("exit = %d, want exitProvider %d", exitCode, exitProvider)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "models endpoint returned 404") {
-		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want the discovery error", stderr.String())
-	}
-}

internal/cli/provider_setup.go

@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func validateProviderRuntimeReady(profile config.ProviderProfile) error {
 }
 
 func providerProfileHasCredential(profile config.ProviderProfile) bool {
-	return profile.HasConfiguredCredential()
+	return strings.TrimSpace(profile.APIKey) != "" || profile.APIKeyStored || strings.TrimSpace(profile.AuthHeaderValue) != ""
 }
 
 func providerKindForDescriptor(descriptor providercatalog.Descriptor) config.ProviderKind {

internal/cli/setup.go

@@ -314,14 +314,10 @@ func setupRequired(resolved config.ResolvedConfig) bool {
 }
 
 // providerHasOAuthLogin reports whether a stored OAuth login exists for the
-// provider. It uses the same ProviderProfile.OAuthLoginCandidates the runtime
-// resolver does, so the "authenticated in the UI" gate and the "authenticated at
-// runtime" resolver can never diverge. This is only consulted for a profile with
-// no usable API-key credential (setupRequired returns early otherwise), where
-// the candidate set is permissive (profile name + catalog ID).
+// provider, keyed by its profile name or catalog id.
 func providerHasOAuthLogin(profile config.ProviderProfile, oauthLogins map[string]bool) bool {
-	for _, name := range profile.OAuthLoginCandidates() {
-		if oauthLogins[name] {
+	for _, name := range []string{strings.TrimSpace(profile.Name), strings.TrimSpace(profile.CatalogID)} {
+		if name != "" && oauthLogins[name] {
 			return true
 		}
 	}

internal/cli/specialist_test.go

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/config"
 )
 
 func TestRunSpecialistListShowAndPath(t *testing.T) {
@@ -328,7 +326,7 @@ func setSpecialistConfigRoot(t *testing.T) string {
 	default:
 		t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", root)
 	}
-	configRoot, err := config.UserConfigDir()
+	configRoot, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("UserConfigDir() error = %v", err)
 	}

internal/config/active_provider_env_test.go

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// SetActiveProviderEnv must export the provider name so a child process (whose
-// resolution reads the inherited environment via the nil-map -> os.Getenv path in
-// applyEnv) resolves the SAME active provider. A blank name CLEARS it.
-func TestSetActiveProviderEnvRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv(ActiveProviderEnv, "") // register cleanup; restores the original after
-
-	if err := os.Unsetenv(ActiveProviderEnv); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unset: %v", err)
-	}
-	SetActiveProviderEnv("") // blank with nothing set stays unset
-	if got := os.Getenv(ActiveProviderEnv); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("empty name set the env to %q, want unset", got)
-	}
-
-	// Regression: switching from a named provider back to an unnamed/default profile
-	// must CLEAR a previously exported value, not leave it stale for children.
-	if err := os.Setenv(ActiveProviderEnv, "stale-provider"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("seed stale: %v", err)
-	}
-	SetActiveProviderEnv("") // blank must unset the stale value
-	if got := os.Getenv(ActiveProviderEnv); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("blank name left stale env %q, want cleared", got)
-	}
-	cfgStale := &FileConfig{}
-	applyEnv(cfgStale, nil)
-	if cfgStale.ActiveProvider != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("applyEnv still resolved stale provider %q after clear", cfgStale.ActiveProvider)
-	}
-
-	SetActiveProviderEnv("ollama-cloud")
-	if got := os.Getenv(ActiveProviderEnv); got != "ollama-cloud" {
-		t.Fatalf("env = %q, want ollama-cloud", got)
-	}
-
-	// applyEnv with a nil map is the exact path a child uses: it falls back to
-	// os.Getenv, so the inherited value selects the active provider.
-	cfg := &FileConfig{}
-	applyEnv(cfg, nil)
-	if cfg.ActiveProvider != "ollama-cloud" {
-		t.Fatalf("applyEnv ActiveProvider = %q, want ollama-cloud (inherited env not read)", cfg.ActiveProvider)
-	}
-}

internal/config/credentials.go

@@ -155,63 +155,6 @@ func MigratePlaintextProviderKeys(path string, store APIKeySetter) (int, error)
 	return migrated, nil
 }
 
-// HasConfiguredCredential reports whether the profile is set up to authenticate
-// with its own API key (inline, stored, or a raw auth header). It is the single
-// definition of "this profile is key-authed", shared by OAuthLoginCandidates and
-// the cli/tui setup surfaces so they never disagree about whether a profile is
-// keyed. APIKeyEnv is deliberately NOT included: an env var may be unset at
-// runtime while the profile actually relies on an OAuth login, so an
-// env-configured-but-empty profile must still be allowed to resolve a token.
-func (profile ProviderProfile) HasConfiguredCredential() bool {
-	return strings.TrimSpace(profile.APIKey) != "" ||
-		profile.APIKeyStored ||
-		strings.TrimSpace(profile.AuthHeaderValue) != ""
-}
-
-// OAuthLoginCandidates returns the login names to try, in order, when resolving
-// this profile's OAuth token — used by the runtime bearer resolver, the Codex
-// account-header resolver, and the onboarding presence check so all three agree.
-//
-// It returns NO candidates for a profile that carries its own configured
-// credential: attaching an OAuth resolver to such a profile makes withBearer
-// erase the key the instant a token resolves, silently routing/billing the call
-// through the OAuth account instead of the intended key (the cross-profile
-// override the review caught — and, via the profile name, a same-name login
-// overriding an explicit key). A stored-key profile that reaches this keyless
-// (e.g. a transiently unreadable keyring) is likewise treated as key-auth, so it
-// fails with a clear missing-credential error rather than silently borrowing an
-// unrelated OAuth login. APIKeyEnv is intentionally not part of that gate (an
-// env var may be unset while the profile relies on OAuth).
-//
-// For a keyless profile the profile name comes first (a login under your own
-// profile name is unambiguously yours), then the catalog ID as a FALLBACK (so a
-// profile renamed away from its catalog ID — e.g. {name:"codex",
-// catalogID:"chatgpt"} — still finds a `zero auth login chatgpt` token).
-// Candidates are trimmed, blank-skipped, and de-duplicated CASE-SENSITIVELY — the
-// OAuth token store is a case-sensitive map, so "ChatGPT" and "chatgpt" are
-// distinct keys and both must survive.
-func (profile ProviderProfile) OAuthLoginCandidates() []string {
-	if profile.HasConfiguredCredential() {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var names []string
-	add := func(s string) {
-		s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
-		if s == "" {
-			return
-		}
-		for _, existing := range names {
-			if existing == s { // case-sensitive: the store lookup is case-sensitive
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		names = append(names, s)
-	}
-	add(profile.Name)
-	add(profile.CatalogID)
-	return names
-}
-
 // ApplyStoredAPIKey fills profile.APIKey from the credential store when it is not
 // already resolved — an inline config key or a resolved APIKeyEnv always wins, so
 // this only supplies a key for providers whose secret lives in the store. A nil

internal/config/credentials_test.go

@@ -172,69 +172,3 @@ func TestProviderProfileAPIKeyStoredRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("no inline key expected, got %q", p.APIKey)
 	}
 }
-
-// OAuthLoginCandidates always offers the profile name, adds the catalog ID as a
-// fallback ONLY when the profile has no effective own credential, and dedupes
-// case-sensitively (the OAuth store is a case-sensitive map).
-func TestOAuthLoginCandidates(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name    string
-		profile ProviderProfile
-		want    []string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:    "renamed keyless profile falls back to catalog id",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "codex", CatalogID: "chatgpt"},
-			want:    []string{"codex", "chatgpt"},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "case-variant name keeps distinct catalog-id candidate",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "ChatGPT", CatalogID: "chatgpt"},
-			want:    []string{"ChatGPT", "chatgpt"},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "exact-duplicate name and catalog id collapse",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "chatgpt", CatalogID: "chatgpt"},
-			want:    []string{"chatgpt"},
-		},
-		{
-			// A configured key must block ALL candidates (name included): a login
-			// under the profile's own name would otherwise erase the key too.
-			name:    "own inline key blocks every candidate",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "anthropic-work", CatalogID: "anthropic", APIKey: "sk-work"},
-			want:    nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "own auth header blocks every candidate",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "acme", CatalogID: "anthropic", AuthHeaderValue: "Bearer x"},
-			want:    nil,
-		},
-		{
-			// APIKeyStored means key-auth even if the key isn't loaded here (e.g. a
-			// transiently unreadable keyring): don't silently borrow an OAuth login.
-			name:    "stored-key profile blocks every candidate",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "openai-stored", CatalogID: "openai", APIKeyStored: true},
-			want:    nil,
-		},
-		{
-			// APIKeyEnv is NOT a configured credential for gating: the env var may be
-			// unset while the profile relies on an OAuth login, so candidates stand.
-			name:    "env-only profile still yields candidates",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{Name: "xai", CatalogID: "xai", APIKeyEnv: "XAI_API_KEY"},
-			want:    []string{"xai"},
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "empty profile yields no candidates",
-			profile: ProviderProfile{},
-			want:    nil,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := c.profile.OAuthLoginCandidates()
-			if strings.Join(got, ",") != strings.Join(c.want, ",") {
-				t.Fatalf("OAuthLoginCandidates() = %#v, want %#v", got, c.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}

internal/config/max_turns_env_test.go

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// SetMaxTurnsEnv must export the per-run turn budget so a child process (whose
-// resolution reads the inherited environment via the nil-map -> os.Getenv path in
-// applyEnv) runs with the SAME budget the user set via /turns. n <= 0 is a no-op,
-// and a non-numeric/zero env value must not clobber the configured budget.
-func TestSetMaxTurnsEnvRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv(MaxTurnsEnv, "") // register cleanup; restores the original after
-
-	if err := os.Unsetenv(MaxTurnsEnv); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unset: %v", err)
-	}
-	SetMaxTurnsEnv(0) // non-positive must not set anything
-	if got := os.Getenv(MaxTurnsEnv); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("n<=0 set the env to %q, want unset", got)
-	}
-
-	SetMaxTurnsEnv(150)
-	if got := os.Getenv(MaxTurnsEnv); got != "150" {
-		t.Fatalf("env = %q, want 150", got)
-	}
-
-	// applyEnv with a nil map is the exact path a child uses: it falls back to
-	// os.Getenv, so the inherited value sets the budget.
-	cfg := &FileConfig{MaxTurns: defaultMaxTurns}
-	applyEnv(cfg, nil)
-	if cfg.MaxTurns != 150 {
-		t.Fatalf("applyEnv MaxTurns = %d, want 150 (inherited env not read)", cfg.MaxTurns)
-	}
-
-	// A garbage env value must leave the configured budget untouched.
-	if err := os.Setenv(MaxTurnsEnv, "not-a-number"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("set: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg2 := &FileConfig{MaxTurns: defaultMaxTurns}
-	applyEnv(cfg2, nil)
-	if cfg2.MaxTurns != defaultMaxTurns {
-		t.Fatalf("garbage env clobbered MaxTurns to %d, want default %d", cfg2.MaxTurns, defaultMaxTurns)
-	}
-
-	// An over-ceiling env value (e.g. a raw shell export that bypasses the /turns
-	// clamp) must be clamped to MaxTurnsCeiling at the read site.
-	if err := os.Setenv(MaxTurnsEnv, "999999"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("set: %v", err)
-	}
-	cfg3 := &FileConfig{MaxTurns: defaultMaxTurns}
-	applyEnv(cfg3, nil)
-	if cfg3.MaxTurns != MaxTurnsCeiling {
-		t.Fatalf("applyEnv MaxTurns = %d, want clamped to ceiling %d", cfg3.MaxTurns, MaxTurnsCeiling)
-	}
-}

internal/config/paths.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -34,32 +33,13 @@ func DefaultResolveOptions(workspaceRoot string) (ResolveOptions, error) {
 }
 
 func DefaultUserConfigPath() (string, error) {
-	userConfigDir, err := UserConfigDir()
+	userConfigDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve user config directory: %w", err)
 	}
 	return filepath.Join(userConfigDir, "zero", "config.json"), nil
 }
 
-// UserConfigDir returns the base directory Zero stores per-user config under.
-// It mirrors os.UserConfigDir everywhere except macOS: there Go defaults to
-// ~/Library/Application Support, but Zero deliberately uses ~/.config (XDG-style,
-// matching Linux and Claude Code) so a single config path works cross-platform.
-// $XDG_CONFIG_HOME still wins on macOS when set.
-func UserConfigDir() (string, error) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		if xdg := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")); xdg != "" {
-			return xdg, nil
-		}
-		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve home directory: %w", err)
-		}
-		return filepath.Join(home, ".config"), nil
-	}
-	return os.UserConfigDir()
-}
-
 func existingConfigFile(path string) (string, error) {
 	info, err := os.Stat(path)
 	if err != nil {

internal/config/paths_test.go

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func setUserConfigRoot(t *testing.T) string {
 		t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", root)
 	}
 
-	configRoot, err := UserConfigDir()
+	configRoot, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("UserConfigDir() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -130,21 +130,3 @@ func mkdirAll(t *testing.T, path string) {
 		t.Fatalf("create directory %s: %v", path, err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestDefaultUserConfigPathUsesXDGConfigOnMacOS(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS != "darwin" {
-		t.Skip("macOS-specific config path behavior")
-	}
-	home := t.TempDir()
-	t.Setenv("HOME", home)
-	t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "")
-
-	path, err := DefaultUserConfigPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("DefaultUserConfigPath() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	want := filepath.Join(home, ".config", "zero", "config.json")
-	if path != want {
-		t.Fatalf("DefaultUserConfigPath() = %q, want %q", path, want)
-	}
-}

internal/config/resolver.go

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/modelregistry"
@@ -15,40 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/sandbox"
 )
 
-// ErrNoActiveProvider marks a resolve failure caused solely by a missing or
-// unresolvable active provider. The interactive TUI treats this as "needs
-// onboarding" (drop into the setup wizard) rather than a fatal config error.
-var ErrNoActiveProvider = errors.New("no active provider configured")
-
-// ErrProviderRequiresModel marks a resolve failure caused solely by the active
-// provider missing a model with no catalog default to fall back on (custom
-// openai-/anthropic-compatible endpoints — Zero cannot guess a gateway's model).
-// Like ErrNoActiveProvider, the interactive TUI treats it as "needs onboarding"
-// and drops into the setup wizard so the user can fix it; headless commands
-// (zero config, zero exec) still fail with the actionable message.
-var ErrProviderRequiresModel = errors.New("provider requires model")
-
-// setupFixableError tags an error with a sentinel for errors.Is WITHOUT
-// changing its message: the sentinel's own text must not prefix what the user
-// sees (the wrapped message is already complete and actionable).
-type setupFixableError struct {
-	err      error
-	sentinel error
-}
-
-func (e *setupFixableError) Error() string { return e.err.Error() }
-
-func (e *setupFixableError) Unwrap() []error { return []error{e.err, e.sentinel} }
-
-// defaultMaxTurns is the per-run tool-turn budget when none is configured. 30 was
-// too low for real multi-step agentic work (agents ran out mid-task before reaching
-// later steps); 50 matches the old "deep" preset. Raise per-session with /turns.
-const defaultMaxTurns = 50
-
-// MaxTurnsCeiling caps the per-run tool-turn budget so a stray env value or typo
-// can't set an absurd ceiling. Shared between applyEnv (read site) and the /turns
-// command (write site) so the bound holds even if the env is set by a raw shell.
-const MaxTurnsCeiling = 500
+const defaultMaxTurns = 30
 
 // defaultDeferThreshold is the number of deferred-eligible (MCP) tools at which
 // Zero collapses their full JSON schemas into compact `tool_search` reminder
@@ -221,9 +186,6 @@ func mergeConfig(dst *FileConfig, src FileConfig) {
 	if src.Preferences.Recaps != nil {
 		dst.Preferences.Recaps = src.Preferences.Recaps
 	}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(src.Preferences.Theme) != "" {
-		dst.Preferences.Theme = strings.TrimSpace(src.Preferences.Theme)
-	}
 	mergeLocalControlConfig(&dst.LocalControl, src.LocalControl)
 }
 
@@ -246,17 +208,8 @@ func mergeProjectConfig(dst *FileConfig, src FileConfig) error {
 	// config: a cloned repo's .zero/config.json must not be able to grant
 	// itself write access outside the workspace. Global config and CLI flags
 	// are the only config sources for write roots.
-	//
-	// Sandbox.Network from project config may only TIGHTEN (→ "deny"), never
-	// WEAKEN (→ "allow"). A malicious repo must not be able to open network
-	// access for shell commands. Matches the AdditionalWriteRoots posture.
 	if network := strings.TrimSpace(src.Sandbox.Network); network != "" {
-		// Normalize: anything that isn't literally "allow" counts as deny.
-		if sandbox.NormalizeNetworkMode(sandbox.NetworkMode(network)) != sandbox.NetworkAllow {
-			dst.Sandbox.Network = network
-		}
-		// Silently ignore "allow" from project config — not an error, just
-		// a privilege the project scope does not have.
+		dst.Sandbox.Network = network
 	}
 	if src.Sandbox.BlockUnixSockets {
 		dst.Sandbox.BlockUnixSockets = true
@@ -405,18 +358,6 @@ func effectiveProviderKind(profile ProviderProfile) ProviderKind {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// catalogDefaultModel returns the default model of a catalog provider ("" when
-// the id is unknown), used to fill a missing profile.Model for the official-API
-// kinds so a hand-written profile without a model resolves instead of bricking
-// every command that resolves config up front (zero config, bare zero setup).
-func catalogDefaultModel(catalogID string) string {
-	descriptor, ok := providercatalog.Get(catalogID)
-	if !ok {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(descriptor.DefaultModel)
-}
-
 func catalogDescriptorForProfile(profile ProviderProfile) (providercatalog.Descriptor, bool) {
 	catalogID := providercatalog.NormalizeID(profile.CatalogID)
 	if catalogID == "" {
@@ -490,53 +431,11 @@ func mergeProfile(base ProviderProfile, next ProviderProfile) ProviderProfile {
 	return base
 }
 
-// ActiveProviderEnv selects the active provider profile by name (read in applyEnv).
-const ActiveProviderEnv = "ZERO_PROVIDER"
-
-// SetActiveProviderEnv exports the active provider name to the process environment
-// so a spawned child process (which inherits the environment) resolves the SAME
-// provider profile — and therefore the same credentials (env key / stored key /
-// OAuth) — as its parent. Without this a sub-agent re-resolves config.json's
-// default provider and can land on one whose credentials don't match the parent's
-// live selection, failing auth the instant it spawns. A blank name CLEARS the
-// variable: switching back to an unnamed/default profile must not keep exporting a
-// stale provider to children.
-func SetActiveProviderEnv(name string) {
-	name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
-	if name == "" {
-		_ = os.Unsetenv(ActiveProviderEnv)
-		return
-	}
-	_ = os.Setenv(ActiveProviderEnv, name)
-}
-
-// MaxTurnsEnv overrides the per-run tool-turn budget by name (read in applyEnv).
-const MaxTurnsEnv = "ZERO_MAX_TURNS"
-
-// SetMaxTurnsEnv exports the per-run tool-turn budget to the process environment so
-// a spawned child (sub-agent / swarm member, which inherits the environment) runs
-// with the SAME budget the user set via /turns. Without it a child re-resolves
-// config.json's default and a large delegated task can exhaust its turns mid-run
-// (exit 4 / max-turns). No-op for n <= 0.
-func SetMaxTurnsEnv(n int) {
-	if n > 0 {
-		_ = os.Setenv(MaxTurnsEnv, strconv.Itoa(n))
-	}
-}
-
 func applyEnv(cfg *FileConfig, env map[string]string) {
-	activeProvider := strings.TrimSpace(envValue(env, ActiveProviderEnv))
+	activeProvider := strings.TrimSpace(envValue(env, "ZERO_PROVIDER"))
 	if activeProvider != "" {
 		cfg.ActiveProvider = activeProvider
 	}
-	if maxTurns := strings.TrimSpace(envValue(env, MaxTurnsEnv)); maxTurns != "" {
-		if n, err := strconv.Atoi(maxTurns); err == nil && n > 0 {
-			if n > MaxTurnsCeiling {
-				n = MaxTurnsCeiling
-			}
-			cfg.MaxTurns = n
-		}
-	}
 
 	applyProviderEnv(cfg, ProviderKindOpenAI, envProfile{
 		Name:    string(ProviderKindOpenAI),
@@ -778,16 +677,11 @@ func unionStrings(base []string, extra []string) []string {
 }
 
 type normalizeOptions struct {
-	// defaultModels fills a missing profile.Model for the official-API provider
-	// kinds (openai from the model registry; anthropic/google from their catalog
-	// descriptors). Off for provider-command configs (command.go), which must
-	// surface exactly what the external command returned rather than inventing
-	// a model behind its back.
-	defaultModels bool
+	defaultOpenAIModel bool
 }
 
 func normalizeProviders(providers []ProviderProfile, activeName string, envMaps ...map[string]string) ([]ProviderProfile, ProviderProfile, error) {
-	return normalizeProvidersWithOptions(providers, activeName, normalizeOptions{defaultModels: true}, envMaps...)
+	return normalizeProvidersWithOptions(providers, activeName, normalizeOptions{defaultOpenAIModel: true}, envMaps...)
 }
 
 func normalizeProvidersWithoutModelDefaults(providers []ProviderProfile, activeName string, envMaps ...map[string]string) ([]ProviderProfile, ProviderProfile, error) {
@@ -802,7 +696,7 @@ func normalizeProvidersWithOptions(providers []ProviderProfile, activeName strin
 	}
 	if len(providers) == 0 {
 		if activeName != "" {
-			return nil, ProviderProfile{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: active provider %q not found", ErrNoActiveProvider, activeName)
+			return nil, ProviderProfile{}, fmt.Errorf("active provider %q not found", activeName)
 		}
 		return []ProviderProfile{}, ProviderProfile{}, nil
 	}
@@ -834,13 +728,10 @@ func normalizeProvidersWithOptions(providers []ProviderProfile, activeName strin
 	}
 
 	if !activeFound {
-		return nil, ProviderProfile{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: active provider %q not found", ErrNoActiveProvider, activeName)
+		return nil, ProviderProfile{}, fmt.Errorf("active provider %q not found", activeName)
 	}
 	if active.Model == "" {
-		return nil, ProviderProfile{}, &setupFixableError{
-			err:      providerError(active, "provider %s requires model — add \"model\" to its entry in config.json, or re-run: zero setup <catalog-id> --model <model>", active.Name),
-			sentinel: ErrProviderRequiresModel,
-		}
+		return nil, ProviderProfile{}, providerError(active, "provider %s requires model", active.Name)
 	}
 
 	return normalized, active, nil
@@ -887,7 +778,7 @@ func normalizeProvider(profile ProviderProfile, env map[string]string, options n
 	case ProviderKindOpenAI:
 		if profile.BaseURL == "" || isOfficialOpenAIBaseURL(profile.BaseURL) {
 			profile.BaseURL = OpenAIBaseURL
-			if options.defaultModels && profile.Model == "" {
+			if options.defaultOpenAIModel && profile.Model == "" {
 				profile.Model = modelregistry.DefaultModelID
 			}
 			return profile, nil
@@ -904,9 +795,6 @@ func normalizeProvider(profile ProviderProfile, env map[string]string, options n
 	case ProviderKindAnthropic:
 		if profile.BaseURL == "" || isOfficialAnthropicBaseURL(profile.BaseURL) {
 			profile.BaseURL = AnthropicBaseURL
-			if options.defaultModels && profile.Model == "" {
-				profile.Model = catalogDefaultModel("anthropic")
-			}
 			return profile, nil
 		}
 		return ProviderProfile{}, providerError(profile, "anthropic provider %s requires official baseURL %s", profile.Name, AnthropicBaseURL)
@@ -921,9 +809,6 @@ func normalizeProvider(profile ProviderProfile, env map[string]string, options n
 	case ProviderKindGoogle:
 		if profile.BaseURL == "" || isOfficialGoogleBaseURL(profile.BaseURL) {
 			profile.BaseURL = GoogleBaseURL
-			if options.defaultModels && profile.Model == "" {
-				profile.Model = catalogDefaultModel("google")
-			}
 			return profile, nil
 		}
 		return ProviderProfile{}, providerError(profile, "google provider %s requires official baseURL %s", profile.Name, GoogleBaseURL)

internal/config/resolver_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -884,8 +883,8 @@ func TestResolveAllowsNoConfiguredProviders(t *testing.T) {
 	if HasProviderProfile(resolved.Provider) {
 		t.Fatalf("Provider = %#v, want zero value", resolved.Provider)
 	}
-	if resolved.MaxTurns != defaultMaxTurns {
-		t.Fatalf("MaxTurns = %d, want default %d", resolved.MaxTurns, defaultMaxTurns)
+	if resolved.MaxTurns != 30 {
+		t.Fatalf("MaxTurns = %d, want 30", resolved.MaxTurns)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -899,9 +898,6 @@ func TestResolveRejectsActiveProviderWithoutConfiguredProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), `active provider "ghost" not found`) {
 		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want active provider missing message", err.Error())
 	}
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNoActiveProvider) {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %v, want errors.Is(err, ErrNoActiveProvider)", err)
-	}
 	if resolved.ActiveProvider != "" {
 		t.Fatalf("ActiveProvider = %q, want empty", resolved.ActiveProvider)
 	}
@@ -1059,130 +1055,6 @@ func TestResolveAppliesProviderCatalogDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestResolveAppliesMiniMaxCNCatalogDefaults(t *testing.T) {
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "mini-cn",
-		"providers": [{
-			"name": "mini-cn",
-			"catalog_id": "minimaxi-cn"
-		}]
-	}`)
-
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{
-		ProjectConfigPath: path,
-		Env: map[string]string{
-			"MINIMAXI_API_KEY": "sk-cn-mini",
-		},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if resolved.Provider.CatalogID != "minimaxi-cn" {
-		t.Fatalf("CatalogID = %q, want minimaxi-cn", resolved.Provider.CatalogID)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.ProviderKind != ProviderKindAnthropicCompat {
-		t.Fatalf("ProviderKind = %q, want %q", resolved.Provider.ProviderKind, ProviderKindAnthropicCompat)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.BaseURL != "https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic" {
-		t.Fatalf("BaseURL = %q, want MiniMax CN default", resolved.Provider.BaseURL)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.Model != "MiniMax-M3" {
-		t.Fatalf("Model = %q, want MiniMax-M3", resolved.Provider.Model)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.APIKeyEnv != "MINIMAXI_API_KEY" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKeyEnv = %q, want MINIMAXI_API_KEY", resolved.Provider.APIKeyEnv)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.APIKey != "sk-cn-mini" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKey = %q, want env-resolved secret", resolved.Provider.APIKey)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveAppliesZaiCNCatalogDefaults(t *testing.T) {
-	// The "zai-cn" catalog entry preserves the legacy open.bigmodel.cn endpoint
-	// for users who still target the China hosting; "zai" itself now points at
-	// api.z.ai (international). The two env-vars are intentionally distinct
-	// (ZHIPU_API_KEY for China, ZAI_API_KEY for international) so an account on
-	// one side cannot be silently used against the other.
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "zai-cn",
-		"providers": [{
-			"name": "zai-cn",
-			"catalog_id": "zai-cn"
-		}]
-	}`)
-
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{
-		ProjectConfigPath: path,
-		Env: map[string]string{
-			"ZHIPU_API_KEY": "sk-zhipu-cn",
-		},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if resolved.Provider.CatalogID != "zai-cn" {
-		t.Fatalf("CatalogID = %q, want zai-cn", resolved.Provider.CatalogID)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.ProviderKind != ProviderKindOpenAICompatible {
-		t.Fatalf("ProviderKind = %q, want %q", resolved.Provider.ProviderKind, ProviderKindOpenAICompatible)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.BaseURL != "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4" {
-		t.Fatalf("BaseURL = %q, want Z.ai China default", resolved.Provider.BaseURL)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.Model != "glm-4.5" {
-		t.Fatalf("Model = %q, want glm-4.5 (China default)", resolved.Provider.Model)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.APIKeyEnv != "ZHIPU_API_KEY" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKeyEnv = %q, want ZHIPU_API_KEY", resolved.Provider.APIKeyEnv)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.APIKey != "sk-zhipu-cn" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKey = %q, want env-resolved secret", resolved.Provider.APIKey)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveAppliesZaiInternationalCatalogDefaults(t *testing.T) {
-	// "zai" now resolves to the international endpoint; the catalog default
-	// model stays glm-4.5 (live discovery upgrades to glm-5.2 at runtime).
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "zai-intl",
-		"providers": [{
-			"name": "zai-intl",
-			"catalog_id": "zai"
-		}]
-	}`)
-
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{
-		ProjectConfigPath: path,
-		Env: map[string]string{
-			"ZAI_API_KEY": "sk-zai-intl",
-		},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if resolved.Provider.CatalogID != "zai" {
-		t.Fatalf("CatalogID = %q, want zai", resolved.Provider.CatalogID)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.ProviderKind != ProviderKindOpenAICompatible {
-		t.Fatalf("ProviderKind = %q, want %q", resolved.Provider.ProviderKind, ProviderKindOpenAICompatible)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.BaseURL != "https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4" {
-		t.Fatalf("BaseURL = %q, want Z.ai international default", resolved.Provider.BaseURL)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.Model != "glm-4.5" {
-		t.Fatalf("Model = %q, want glm-4.5 (preserved default; live discovery upgrades to glm-5.2 at runtime)", resolved.Provider.Model)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.APIKeyEnv != "ZAI_API_KEY" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKeyEnv = %q, want ZAI_API_KEY", resolved.Provider.APIKeyEnv)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.APIKey != "sk-zai-intl" {
-		t.Fatalf("APIKey = %q, want env-resolved secret", resolved.Provider.APIKey)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestResolveProviderCatalogAliasAndLocalNoAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	path := writeConfig(t, `{
 		"activeProvider": "local",
@@ -1397,45 +1269,6 @@ func TestResolveSandboxBlockUnixSocketsFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestResolveSandboxNetworkProjectConfigCannotWeaken(t *testing.T) {
-	// 1. Project config tries to set network to "allow" (should be ignored).
-	userPath := writeConfig(t, `{}`)
-	projectPath := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"sandbox": {"network": "allow"}
-	}`)
-
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{
-		UserConfigPath:    userPath,
-		ProjectConfigPath: projectPath,
-		Env:               map[string]string{},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if resolved.Sandbox.Network == "allow" {
-		t.Fatal("resolved.Sandbox.Network = allow, want empty/deny to prevent project config from weakening sandbox")
-	}
-
-	// 2. User config sets network to "allow", project config sets it to "deny" (tightening is allowed).
-	userPath2 := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"sandbox": {"network": "allow"}
-	}`)
-	projectPath2 := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"sandbox": {"network": "deny"}
-	}`)
-	resolved2, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{
-		UserConfigPath:    userPath2,
-		ProjectConfigPath: projectPath2,
-		Env:               map[string]string{},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if resolved2.Sandbox.Network != "deny" {
-		t.Fatalf("resolved.Sandbox.Network = %q, want deny (project config allowed to tighten)", resolved2.Sandbox.Network)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestResolveNotifyValid(t *testing.T) {
 	path := writeConfig(t, `{"notify":{"mode":"both","focusMode":"always"}}`)
 	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{UserConfigPath: path, Env: map[string]string{}})
@@ -1718,97 +1551,3 @@ func TestResolveMaxTurnsZeroFallsBackToDefault(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("MaxTurns = %d, want default %d", resolved.MaxTurns, defaultMaxTurns)
 	}
 }
-
-// The reported brick: a hand-written google profile with an apiKey but no
-// model made EVERY resolving command fail ("provider google requires model"),
-// including zero config and bare zero setup — the only commands that could
-// have fixed it. Official-API kinds now fall back to their catalog default
-// model, exactly like the openai kind always has.
-func TestResolveDefaultsGoogleModelFromCatalog(t *testing.T) {
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "google",
-		"providers": [{"name": "google", "provider_kind": "google", "apiKey": "AIza-x"}]
-	}`)
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{UserConfigPath: path, Env: map[string]string{}})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v, want model defaulted from the google catalog", err)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.Model != "gemini-2.5-pro" {
-		t.Fatalf("Model = %q, want the google catalog default gemini-2.5-pro", resolved.Provider.Model)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.BaseURL != GoogleBaseURL {
-		t.Fatalf("BaseURL = %q, want %q", resolved.Provider.BaseURL, GoogleBaseURL)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveDefaultsAnthropicModelFromCatalog(t *testing.T) {
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "anthropic",
-		"providers": [{"name": "anthropic", "provider_kind": "anthropic", "apiKey": "sk-ant-x"}]
-	}`)
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{UserConfigPath: path, Env: map[string]string{}})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v, want model defaulted from the anthropic catalog", err)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.Model != "claude-sonnet-4.5" {
-		t.Fatalf("Model = %q, want the anthropic catalog default claude-sonnet-4.5", resolved.Provider.Model)
-	}
-}
-
-// An explicitly configured model must always win over the catalog default.
-func TestResolveKeepsExplicitGoogleModel(t *testing.T) {
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "google",
-		"providers": [{"name": "google", "provider_kind": "google", "apiKey": "AIza-x", "model": "gemini-2.5-flash"}]
-	}`)
-	resolved, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{UserConfigPath: path, Env: map[string]string{}})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Resolve() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if resolved.Provider.Model != "gemini-2.5-flash" {
-		t.Fatalf("Model = %q, want the explicitly configured gemini-2.5-flash", resolved.Provider.Model)
-	}
-}
-
-// Provider-command configs must NOT get invented models: the without-defaults
-// path surfaces exactly what the external command returned.
-func TestNormalizeWithoutModelDefaultsStillRequiresGoogleModel(t *testing.T) {
-	_, _, err := normalizeProvidersWithoutModelDefaults(
-		[]ProviderProfile{{Name: "google", ProviderKind: ProviderKindGoogle, APIKey: "AIza-x"}},
-		"google", map[string]string{})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("provider-command path must still require an explicit model")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "requires model") {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want requires-model", err.Error())
-	}
-	// The residual error must tell the user how to fix it.
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "config.json") {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want an actionable config.json hint", err.Error())
-	}
-}
-
-// The residual requires-model failure (custom endpoint, no catalog default)
-// must be tagged setup-fixable WITHOUT changing its message: the interactive
-// TUI matches the sentinel to drop into the wizard, while headless commands
-// print the exact actionable text.
-func TestResolveRequiresModelErrorIsSetupFixable(t *testing.T) {
-	path := writeConfig(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "gw",
-		"providers": [{"name": "gw", "provider_kind": "openai-compatible", "baseURL": "https://gw.example/v1", "apiKey": "sk-x"}]
-	}`)
-	_, err := Resolve(ResolveOptions{UserConfigPath: path, Env: map[string]string{}})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected requires-model error for a custom endpoint without model")
-	}
-	if !errors.Is(err, ErrProviderRequiresModel) {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %v, want errors.Is(err, ErrProviderRequiresModel)", err)
-	}
-	// The sentinel must NOT prefix the user-facing message.
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "provider gw requires model") {
-		t.Fatalf("message = %q, want it to start with the provider error, not the sentinel text", err.Error())
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "sk-x") {
-		t.Fatalf("error leaked API key: %q", err.Error())
-	}
-}

internal/config/types.go

@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ type ToolsConfig struct {
 
 type PreferencesConfig struct {
 	FavoriteModels []string `json:"favoriteModels,omitempty"`
-	// Theme is the persisted TUI palette preference — "auto" or a registered theme
-	// name (e.g. "dracula"). Applied at startup below the --theme flag and
-	// ZERO_THEME, so a /theme choice survives restart. Empty = unset (defaults auto).
-	Theme string `json:"theme,omitempty"`
 	// Recaps is a tri-state: nil (unset) defaults to ON; an explicit false means
 	// the user turned post-turn recaps off. A *bool is its own tri-state, so no
 	// custom unmarshal is needed (unlike ToolsConfig.DeferThreshold's int).

internal/config/validate_test.go

@@ -66,13 +66,10 @@ func TestValidateFileRedactsSecretInIssue(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidateFileMissingModelWarns(t *testing.T) {
-	// An openai-compatible CUSTOM endpoint has no catalog default to fall back
-	// on, so a missing model is still a real issue — and the message must tell
-	// the user how to fix it.
 	path := writeValidateFixture(t, `{
 		"activeProvider": "main",
 		"providers": [
-			{"name": "main", "provider_kind": "openai-compatible", "baseURL": "https://gateway.example/v1"}
+			{"name": "main", "provider_kind": "anthropic"}
 		]
 	}`)
 
@@ -83,30 +80,6 @@ func TestValidateFileMissingModelWarns(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(issues[0].Message, "requires model") {
 		t.Fatalf("expected requires-model issue, got %#v", issues)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(issues[0].Message, "config.json") {
-		t.Fatalf("requires-model issue should carry an actionable hint, got %#v", issues)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestValidateFileDefaultsOfficialKindModels(t *testing.T) {
-	// Official-API kinds (anthropic/google) fall back to their catalog default
-	// model, so a hand-written model-less profile validates clean instead of
-	// bricking zero config / bare zero setup — the only commands that could
-	// have fixed it (the reported google case).
-	path := writeValidateFixture(t, `{
-		"activeProvider": "google",
-		"providers": [
-			{"name": "google", "provider_kind": "google", "apiKey": "AIza-x"},
-			{"name": "anthropic", "provider_kind": "anthropic", "apiKey": "sk-ant-x"}
-		]
-	}`)
-
-	_, issues := ValidateFile(path)
-	for _, issue := range issues {
-		if strings.Contains(issue.Message, "requires model") {
-			t.Fatalf("official-kind profiles must default their model, got issue %#v", issue)
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 func TestValidateFileValidConfigHasNoIssues(t *testing.T) {

internal/config/writer.go

@@ -154,28 +154,6 @@ func SetRecapsEnabled(path string, enabled bool) (FileConfig, error) {
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
-// SetTheme persists the TUI theme preference, mirroring SetFavoriteModels
-// (read-modify-atomic-write). A blank theme clears the stored preference.
-func SetTheme(path string, theme string) (FileConfig, error) {
-	path = strings.TrimSpace(path)
-	if path == "" {
-		return FileConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("config path is required")
-	}
-	cfg := FileConfig{}
-	if data, err := os.ReadFile(path); err == nil {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
-			return FileConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid config JSON %s: %w", path, err)
-		}
-	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return FileConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("read config %s: %w", path, err)
-	}
-	cfg.Preferences.Theme = strings.TrimSpace(theme)
-	if err := writeConfigFile(path, cfg); err != nil {
-		return FileConfig{}, err
-	}
-	return cfg, nil
-}
-
 func normalizeFavoriteModels(models []string) []string {
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
 	favorites := make([]string, 0, len(models))

internal/config/writer_test.go

@@ -272,39 +272,6 @@ func TestSetFavoriteModelsPersistsUserPreferences(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSetThemePersistsUserPreference(t *testing.T) {
-	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "zero.json")
-	writeConfigFixture(t, path, FileConfig{
-		ActiveProvider: "openai",
-		Providers: []ProviderProfile{
-			{Name: "openai", ProviderKind: ProviderKindOpenAI, Model: "gpt-4.1"},
-		},
-	}, 0o600)
-
-	cfg, err := SetTheme(path, "  dracula  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("SetTheme() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if cfg.Preferences.Theme != "dracula" {
-		t.Fatalf("Theme = %q, want dracula (trimmed)", cfg.Preferences.Theme)
-	}
-	persisted := readConfigFixture(t, path)
-	if persisted.Preferences.Theme != "dracula" {
-		t.Fatalf("persisted Theme = %q, want dracula", persisted.Preferences.Theme)
-	}
-	if persisted.ActiveProvider != "openai" || len(persisted.Providers) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("provider config was not preserved by SetTheme: %#v", persisted)
-	}
-
-	// A blank value clears the stored preference.
-	if cfg, err = SetTheme(path, ""); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("SetTheme(\"\") error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if cfg.Preferences.Theme != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("SetTheme(\"\") should clear the theme, got %q", cfg.Preferences.Theme)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestRecapsPreferenceRoundTrips(t *testing.T) {
 	// Default (unset) is ON.
 	if !(PreferencesConfig{}).RecapsEnabled() {

internal/mcp/client_test.go

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 package mcp
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -212,85 +211,6 @@ func TestHTTPClientListsAndCallsTools(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestHTTPClientFollowsSameOriginRedirect(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	testServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-		if request.URL.Path == "/mcp" {
-			http.Redirect(response, request, "/redirected", http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
-			return
-		}
-		if request.Method != http.MethodPost || request.URL.Path != "/redirected" {
-			t.Errorf("request = %s %s, want POST /redirected", request.Method, request.URL.Path)
-			http.Error(response, "bad request", http.StatusNotFound)
-			return
-		}
-		if got := request.Header.Get("X-Api-Key"); got != "secret" {
-			t.Errorf("X-Api-Key = %q, want secret", got)
-			http.Error(response, "missing auth", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-			return
-		}
-
-		message := readHTTPRPCMessage(t, request)
-		switch message.Method {
-		case "initialize":
-			writeHTTPRPCResponse(t, response, message.ID, map[string]any{"protocolVersion": "2024-11-05"})
-		case "notifications/initialized":
-			response.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
-		default:
-			writeHTTPRPCResponse(t, response, message.ID, map[string]any{})
-		}
-	}))
-	defer testServer.Close()
-
-	client, err := Connect(ctx, Server{
-		Name:    "docs",
-		Type:    ServerTypeHTTP,
-		URL:     testServer.URL + "/mcp",
-		Headers: map[string]string{"X-Api-Key": "secret"},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Connect() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := client.Close(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Close() error = %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestHTTPClientRejectsCrossOriginRedirectBeforeSendingHeaders(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	var targetHits int32
-	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-		atomic.AddInt32(&targetHits, 1)
-		if got := request.Header.Get("X-Api-Key"); got != "" {
-			t.Errorf("redirect target received X-Api-Key = %q", got)
-		}
-		response.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	}))
-	defer target.Close()
-
-	redirector := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-		http.Redirect(response, request, target.URL+"/mcp", http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
-	}))
-	defer redirector.Close()
-
-	_, err := Connect(ctx, Server{
-		Name:    "docs",
-		Type:    ServerTypeHTTP,
-		URL:     redirector.URL + "/mcp",
-		Headers: map[string]string{"X-Api-Key": "secret"},
-	})
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cross-origin redirect") {
-		t.Fatalf("Connect() error = %v, want cross-origin redirect error", err)
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&targetHits); got != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("redirect target hits = %d, want 0", got)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSSEClientListsAndCallsToolsFromRemoteStream(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -420,53 +340,6 @@ func TestSSEClientListsAndCallsToolsFromRemoteStream(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSSEClientRejectsCrossOriginEndpointBeforeSendingHeaders(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	var targetHits int32
-	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-		atomic.AddInt32(&targetHits, 1)
-		if got := request.Header.Get("X-Api-Key"); got != "" {
-			t.Errorf("SSE endpoint target received X-Api-Key = %q", got)
-		}
-		response.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
-	}))
-	defer target.Close()
-
-	stream := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-		if got := request.Header.Get("X-Api-Key"); got != "secret" {
-			t.Errorf("X-Api-Key = %q, want secret on configured SSE server", got)
-			http.Error(response, "missing auth", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-			return
-		}
-		if request.Method != http.MethodGet || request.URL.Path != "/sse" {
-			t.Errorf("request = %s %s, want GET /sse", request.Method, request.URL.Path)
-			http.Error(response, "bad request", http.StatusNotFound)
-			return
-		}
-		response.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(response, "event: endpoint\ndata: %s/messages\n\n", target.URL)
-		if flusher, ok := response.(http.Flusher); ok {
-			flusher.Flush()
-		}
-	}))
-	defer stream.Close()
-
-	_, err := Connect(ctx, Server{
-		Name:    "docs",
-		Type:    ServerTypeSSE,
-		URL:     stream.URL + "/sse",
-		Headers: map[string]string{"X-Api-Key": "secret"},
-	})
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "endpoint origin") {
-		t.Fatalf("Connect() error = %v, want cross-origin endpoint error", err)
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&targetHits); got != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("SSE endpoint target hits = %d, want 0", got)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestHTTPClientReportsNonOKStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -520,43 +393,28 @@ func TestConnectRejectsUnsupportedTransport(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestClientRequestWaitsForMatchingResponseID(t *testing.T) {
-	// Pipes, not a pre-filled bytes.Buffer: the fake server responds only AFTER
-	// reading the outgoing request, matching production ordering. With responses
-	// pre-loaded, the client's reader goroutine could consume the matching
-	// response — and hit EOF — before request() registered its pending id,
-	// flaking as "request() error = EOF" on fast runners.
-	serverReader, clientWriter := io.Pipe() // client → server
-	clientReader, serverWriter := io.Pipe() // server → client
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		_ = clientWriter.Close()
-		_ = serverWriter.Close()
-	})
-
-	serverErr := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() {
-		requests := newMessageReader(serverReader)
-		request, err := requests.read()
-		if err != nil {
-			serverErr <- err
-			return
-		}
-		responses := newMessageWriter(serverWriter)
-		for _, message := range []rpcMessage{
-			{Method: "notifications/progress"},
-			{ID: 99, Error: &rpcError{Code: -32000, Message: "wrong response"}},
-			{ID: request.ID, Result: mustRaw(map[string]any{"value": "matched"})},
-		} {
-			if err := responses.write(message); err != nil {
-				serverErr <- err
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		serverErr <- nil
-	}()
+	var incoming bytes.Buffer
+	incomingWriter := newMessageWriter(&incoming)
+	if err := incomingWriter.write(rpcMessage{Method: "notifications/progress"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := incomingWriter.write(rpcMessage{
+		ID:    99,
+		Error: &rpcError{Code: -32000, Message: "wrong response"},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := incomingWriter.write(rpcMessage{
+		ID:     1,
+		Result: mustRaw(map[string]any{"value": "matched"}),
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
+	var outgoing bytes.Buffer
 	client := &Client{
-		reader: newMessageReader(clientReader),
-		writer: newMessageWriter(clientWriter),
+		reader: newMessageReader(&incoming),
+		writer: newMessageWriter(&outgoing),
 		nextID: 1,
 	}
 	var result struct {
@@ -568,9 +426,6 @@ func TestClientRequestWaitsForMatchingResponseID(t *testing.T) {
 	if result.Value != "matched" {
 		t.Fatalf("result.Value = %q, want matched response", result.Value)
 	}
-	if err := <-serverErr; err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("fake server error: %v", err)
-	}
 }
 
 type errorCloser struct {

internal/mcp/network_client.go

@@ -733,11 +733,7 @@ func resolveSSEEndpointURL(baseValue string, endpointValue string) (string, erro
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("parse MCP SSE endpoint URL: %w", err)
 	}
-	resolvedURL := baseURL.ResolveReference(endpointURL)
-	if !sameMCPOrigin(baseURL, resolvedURL) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("MCP SSE endpoint origin %s differs from configured server origin %s", mcpOrigin(resolvedURL), mcpOrigin(baseURL))
-	}
-	return resolvedURL.String(), nil
+	return baseURL.ResolveReference(endpointURL).String(), nil
 }
 
 func rpcResponseKey(id any) string {
@@ -877,10 +873,10 @@ func (source *storeTokenSource) Refresh(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 
 // oauthHTTPClient returns an HTTP client whose transport attaches OAuth bearer
 // tokens and refreshes them on 401 for OAuth-configured servers. Servers that do
-// not declare OAuth use the default transport with the same MCP redirect guard.
+// not declare OAuth get the default client unchanged.
 func oauthHTTPClient(server Server) (*http.Client, error) {
 	if !strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(server.Auth), ServerAuthOAuth) {
-		return mcpHTTPClient(server, nil), nil
+		return http.DefaultClient, nil
 	}
 	store, err := NewTokenStore(TokenStoreOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -892,5 +888,5 @@ func oauthHTTPClient(server Server) (*http.Client, error) {
 		httpClient: http.DefaultClient,
 		now:        time.Now,
 	}
-	return mcpHTTPClient(server, newOAuthRoundTripper(http.DefaultTransport, source, server.Name)), nil
+	return &http.Client{Transport: newOAuthRoundTripper(http.DefaultTransport, source, server.Name)}, nil
 }

internal/mcp/network_client_test.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
@@ -150,141 +149,6 @@ func TestOAuthRoundTripperDoesNotRetryAfterSuccessfulNon401(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestOAuthRoundTripperRejectsCrossOriginRedirectBeforeBearerLeak(t *testing.T) {
-	source := &fakeTokenSource{}
-	source.access.Store("access-secret")
-	source.refreshFunc = func() (string, error) { return "access-fresh", nil }
-
-	var targetHits int32
-	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		atomic.AddInt32(&targetHits, 1)
-		if got := r.Header.Get("Authorization"); got != "" {
-			t.Errorf("redirect target received Authorization = %q", got)
-		}
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	}))
-	defer target.Close()
-
-	redirector := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		http.Redirect(w, r, target.URL+"/mcp", http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
-	}))
-	defer redirector.Close()
-
-	client := mcpHTTPClient(
-		Server{Name: "oauth-docs", Type: ServerTypeHTTP},
-		newOAuthRoundTripper(http.DefaultTransport, source, "oauth-docs"),
-	)
-	resp, err := client.Get(redirector.URL + "/mcp")
-	if resp != nil {
-		_ = resp.Body.Close()
-	}
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cross-origin redirect") {
-		t.Fatalf("Get() error = %v, want cross-origin redirect error", err)
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt32(&targetHits); got != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("redirect target hits = %d, want 0", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSameMCPOriginNormalizesDefaultPorts(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		name  string
-		left  string
-		right string
-		want  bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "https default port",
-			left:  "https://example.test/mcp",
-			right: "https://EXAMPLE.test:443/other",
-			want:  true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "http default port",
-			left:  "http://example.test/mcp",
-			right: "http://example.test:80/other",
-			want:  true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "different scheme",
-			left:  "https://example.test/mcp",
-			right: "http://example.test:443/other",
-			want:  false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "different port",
-			left:  "https://example.test/mcp",
-			right: "https://example.test:8443/other",
-			want:  false,
-		},
-	} {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			left, err := url.Parse(tc.left)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			right, err := url.Parse(tc.right)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			if got := sameMCPOrigin(left, right); got != tc.want {
-				t.Fatalf("sameMCPOrigin(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", tc.left, tc.right, got, tc.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestResolveSSEEndpointURLRestrictsOrigin(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		name     string
-		base     string
-		endpoint string
-		want     string
-		wantErr  string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:     "relative endpoint",
-			base:     "https://example.test/sse",
-			endpoint: "/messages",
-			want:     "https://example.test/messages",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "absolute same origin",
-			base:     "https://example.test/sse",
-			endpoint: "https://example.test/messages",
-			want:     "https://example.test/messages",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "default port equivalent",
-			base:     "https://example.test/sse",
-			endpoint: "https://example.test:443/messages",
-			want:     "https://example.test:443/messages",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "cross origin",
-			base:     "https://example.test/sse",
-			endpoint: "https://evil.test/messages",
-			wantErr:  "differs from configured server origin",
-		},
-	} {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := resolveSSEEndpointURL(tc.base, tc.endpoint)
-			if tc.wantErr != "" {
-				if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.wantErr) {
-					t.Fatalf("resolveSSEEndpointURL() error = %v, want %q", err, tc.wantErr)
-				}
-				return
-			}
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("resolveSSEEndpointURL() error = %v", err)
-			}
-			if got != tc.want {
-				t.Fatalf("resolveSSEEndpointURL() = %q, want %q", got, tc.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestNonOAuthServerIsUnaffected(t *testing.T) {
 	// Regression: a server without auth must not get a bearer header or any
 	// OAuth round tripper, and must connect normally.

internal/mcp/network_redirect.go

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-package mcp
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-const maxMCPRedirects = 10
-
-func mcpHTTPClient(server Server, transport http.RoundTripper) *http.Client {
-	return &http.Client{
-		Transport:     transport,
-		CheckRedirect: checkMCPRedirect(server),
-	}
-}
-
-func checkMCPRedirect(server Server) func(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error {
-	return func(request *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
-		if len(via) >= maxMCPRedirects {
-			return fmt.Errorf("MCP %s server %s stopped after %d redirects", server.Type, server.Name, maxMCPRedirects)
-		}
-		if len(via) == 0 {
-			return nil
-		}
-		if !sameMCPOrigin(via[0].URL, request.URL) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("MCP %s server %s refused cross-origin redirect to %s", server.Type, server.Name, mcpOrigin(request.URL))
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
-func sameMCPOrigin(left *url.URL, right *url.URL) bool {
-	if left == nil || right == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return strings.EqualFold(left.Scheme, right.Scheme) &&
-		strings.EqualFold(left.Hostname(), right.Hostname()) &&
-		effectiveMCPPort(left) == effectiveMCPPort(right)
-}
-
-func effectiveMCPPort(value *url.URL) string {
-	if value == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if port := value.Port(); port != "" {
-		return port
-	}
-	switch strings.ToLower(value.Scheme) {
-	case "http":
-		return "80"
-	case "https":
-		return "443"
-	default:
-		return ""
-	}
-}
-
-func mcpOrigin(value *url.URL) string {
-	if value == nil {
-		return "<nil>"
-	}
-	host := value.Hostname()
-	port := effectiveMCPPort(value)
-	if port != "" {
-		host = net.JoinHostPort(host, port)
-	}
-	if value.Scheme == "" {
-		return host
-	}
-	return strings.ToLower(value.Scheme) + "://" + host
-}

internal/mcp/oauth_test.go

@@ -370,14 +370,7 @@ func TestFullFlowStoresTokens(t *testing.T) {
 		redirect := parsed.Query().Get("redirect_uri")
 		go func() {
 			cbURL := redirect + "?code=auth-code&state=" + url.QueryEscape(state)
-			for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
-				resp, err := http.Get(cbURL)
-				if err == nil {
-					resp.Body.Close()
-					return
-				}
-				time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
-			}
+			_, _ = http.Get(cbURL)
 		}()
 		return nil
 	}

internal/oauth/manager.go

@@ -44,17 +44,10 @@ type Manager struct {
 
 // ManagerOptions configures a Manager.
 type ManagerOptions struct {
-	Store      *Store
-	Registry   *Registry
-	HTTPClient *http.Client
-	Env        map[string]string
-	// AllowPresets opts this manager into the baked-in OAuth presets without the
-	// operator exporting ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS — used by the interactive wizard
-	// and CLI login (and the runtime token refresh) for a provider the user chose
-	// to sign into, whose preset client identity is public (e.g. xAI). It layers the
-	// flag onto Env (or the process environment when Env is nil), preserving any
-	// ZERO_OAUTH_<NAME>_* overrides. Leave false for hermetic tests.
-	AllowPresets  bool
+	Store         *Store
+	Registry      *Registry
+	HTTPClient    *http.Client
+	Env           map[string]string
 	Now           func() time.Time
 	RefreshBuffer time.Duration
 	Out           io.Writer
@@ -90,13 +83,9 @@ func NewManager(opts ManagerOptions) (*Manager, error) {
 	if open == nil {
 		open = func(string) error { return nil }
 	}
-	env := opts.Env
-	if opts.AllowPresets {
-		env = envWithPresetsAllowed(env)
-	}
 	return &Manager{
 		store: opts.Store, registry: registry, client: client,
-		env: env, now: now, buffer: buffer, out: out, openBrowser: open,
+		env: opts.Env, now: now, buffer: buffer, out: out, openBrowser: open,
 	}, nil
 }
 

internal/oauth/manager_test.go

@@ -52,30 +52,6 @@ func managerFor(t *testing.T, env map[string]string, openBrowser func(string) er
 	return m
 }
 
-// AllowPresets layers the opt-in onto the manager's env so a login/refresh for a
-// preset provider resolves; without it (and no Env) the env stays nil so callers
-// and tests remain hermetic.
-func TestNewManagerAllowPresetsForcesOptIn(t *testing.T) {
-	store, err := NewStore(StoreOptions{FilePath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "tok.json")})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewStore: %v", err)
-	}
-	m, err := NewManager(ManagerOptions{Store: store, AllowPresets: true})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewManager: %v", err)
-	}
-	if m.env["ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS"] != "1" {
-		t.Fatalf("AllowPresets should force the opt-in; got env[%q]=%q", "ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS", m.env["ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS"])
-	}
-	m2, err := NewManager(ManagerOptions{Store: store})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewManager: %v", err)
-	}
-	if m2.env != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("env should stay nil without AllowPresets, got %v", m2.env)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestManagerLoginLoopback(t *testing.T) {
 	fp := newFakeProvider(t, `{"access_token":"at","refresh_token":"rt","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":3600}`)
 	env := map[string]string{

internal/oauth/presets.go

@@ -1,33 +1,6 @@
 package oauth
 
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// envWithPresetsAllowed returns an env map that opts into the baked-in presets
-// (as if ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS=1 were exported) so an interactive wizard/CLI
-// login for a well-known public client (e.g. xAI) can use the preset without the
-// operator setting the flag themselves. It copies base — or snapshots the process
-// environment when base is nil — because envValue treats a non-nil map as hermetic
-// (a missing key does NOT fall back to os.Getenv), so a partial map would silently
-// drop the operator's ZERO_OAUTH_<NAME>_* overrides. The flag is then forced on.
-func envWithPresetsAllowed(base map[string]string) map[string]string {
-	env := make(map[string]string, len(base)+1)
-	if base == nil {
-		for _, kv := range os.Environ() {
-			if eq := strings.IndexByte(kv, '='); eq > 0 {
-				env[kv[:eq]] = kv[eq+1:]
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		for k, v := range base {
-			env[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-	env["ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS"] = "1"
-	return env
-}
+import "strings"
 
 // providerPreset is a baked-in default OAuth configuration for a well-known
 // provider. Every field is overridable per provider via ZERO_OAUTH_<NAME>_*

internal/oauth/presets_test.go

@@ -46,46 +46,6 @@ func TestResolveConfigUsesXAIPreset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// envWithPresetsAllowed lets a caller (the wizard / CLI login / runtime refresh)
-// opt into the preset without exporting ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS: an otherwise-inert
-// xAI config now resolves from the baked-in preset.
-func TestEnvWithPresetsAllowedEnablesPreset(t *testing.T) {
-	r := NewRegistry()
-	// Baseline: a hermetic empty map keeps the preset inert.
-	if _, _, err := r.ResolveConfig("xai", map[string]string{}); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("xai should not resolve without the opt-in")
-	}
-	// The helper forces the opt-in so the preset resolves.
-	cfg, _, err := r.ResolveConfig("xai", envWithPresetsAllowed(map[string]string{}))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("envWithPresetsAllowed should enable the xai preset: %v", err)
-	}
-	if cfg.ClientID != "b1a00492-073a-47ea-816f-4c329264a828" {
-		t.Fatalf("client_id = %q", cfg.ClientID)
-	}
-}
-
-// The helper copies the base map (never mutating it) and keeps ZERO_OAUTH_<NAME>_*
-// overrides — critical because envValue treats a non-nil map as hermetic, so a
-// partial map would silently drop them.
-func TestEnvWithPresetsAllowedPreservesOverrides(t *testing.T) {
-	base := map[string]string{"ZERO_OAUTH_XAI_CLIENT_ID": "custom-id"}
-	env := envWithPresetsAllowed(base)
-	if env["ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS"] != "1" {
-		t.Fatalf("opt-in flag not set: %v", env)
-	}
-	if _, mutated := base["ZERO_OAUTH_ALLOW_PRESETS"]; mutated {
-		t.Fatal("envWithPresetsAllowed mutated the caller's base map")
-	}
-	cfg, _, err := NewRegistry().ResolveConfig("xai", env)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("ResolveConfig with override env: %v", err)
-	}
-	if cfg.ClientID != "custom-id" {
-		t.Fatalf("override dropped through the helper: client_id = %q", cfg.ClientID)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestResolveConfigEnvOverridesPreset(t *testing.T) {
 	r := NewRegistry()
 	env := map[string]string{

internal/oauth/store.go

@@ -41,26 +41,6 @@ func ValidateKey(key string) error {
 // ProviderKey builds the store key for a provider login.
 func ProviderKey(name string) string { return KeyPrefixProvider + name }
 
-// FirstStored returns the token and its ProviderKey for the FIRST candidate name
-// that has a token in the store, with ok=false when none do. Callers pass
-// ProviderProfile.OAuthLoginCandidates() so that everything derived from a login
-// — the bearer token AND any header claim like chatgpt-account-id — comes from
-// the SAME login; selecting independently per consumer could otherwise pair a
-// bearer from one login with an account header from another. A load error on a
-// candidate is treated as a miss (skip to the next), never a hard failure.
-func FirstStored(store *Store, candidates []string) (Token, string, bool) {
-	if store == nil {
-		return Token{}, "", false
-	}
-	for _, name := range candidates {
-		key := ProviderKey(name)
-		if token, ok, err := store.Load(key); err == nil && ok {
-			return token, key, true
-		}
-	}
-	return Token{}, "", false
-}
-
 // Status is a redaction-safe summary of a stored token (no secret material).
 type Status struct {
 	Key             string    `json:"key"`

internal/providercatalog/catalog.go

@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ var descriptors = []Descriptor{
 	openAICompat("together", "Together AI", "https://api.together.xyz/v1", "meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo", []string{"TOGETHER_API_KEY"}),
 	openAICompat("dashscope", "DashScope", "https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1", "qwen-plus", []string{"DASHSCOPE_API_KEY", "QWEN_API_KEY"}, "qwen"),
 	openAICompat("moonshot", "Moonshot AI", "https://api.moonshot.ai/v1", "kimi-k2-0905-preview", []string{"MOONSHOT_API_KEY"}, "kimi"),
-	openAICompat("longcat", "LongCat", "https://api.longcat.chat/openai", "LongCat-2.0", []string{"LONGCAT_API_KEY"}, "meituan longcat", "meituan", "longcat-2.0"),
 	openAICompat("nvidia-nim", "NVIDIA NIM", "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1", "nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-70b-instruct", []string{"NVIDIA_API_KEY"}, "nvidia nim"),
 	anthropicCompat("minimax", "MiniMax", "https://api.minimax.io/anthropic", "MiniMax-M3", []string{"MINIMAX_API_KEY"}, "mini-max", "mini_max"),
-	anthropicCompat("minimaxi-cn", "MiniMax CN", "https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic", "MiniMax-M3", []string{"MINIMAXI_API_KEY"}, "minimax cn", "minimax-cn"),
 	openAICompat("mistral", "Mistral", "https://api.mistral.ai/v1", "mistral-large-latest", []string{"MISTRAL_API_KEY"}),
 	openAICompat("github", "GitHub Models", "https://models.inference.ai.azure.com", "openai/gpt-4.1", []string{"GITHUB_TOKEN"}, "github-models"),
 	transportDescriptor("bedrock", "Amazon Bedrock", TransportBedrock, "https://bedrock-runtime.${AWS_REGION}.amazonaws.com", "anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0", []string{"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AWS_PROFILE"}, []APIFormat{APIFormatBedrockConverse}, true),
@@ -135,11 +133,7 @@ var descriptors = []Descriptor{
 	openAICompat("venice", "Venice AI", "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1", "qwen-2.5-qwq-32b", []string{"VENICE_API_KEY"}),
 	openAICompat("xiaomi-mimo", "Xiaomi MiMo", "https://api.mimo.xiaomi.com/openai/v1", "mimo-vl", []string{"MIMO_API_KEY", "XIAOMI_API_KEY"}, "xiaomi mimo"),
 	openAICompat("bankr", "Bankr", "https://api.bankr.bot/v1", "bankr-large", []string{"BANKR_API_KEY"}),
-	openAICompat("zai", "Z.ai", "https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4", "glm-4.5", []string{"ZAI_API_KEY"}, "z.ai"),
-	openAICompat("zai-cn", "Z.ai CN", "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4", "glm-4.5", []string{"ZHIPU_API_KEY"}, "z.ai cn"),
-	openAICompat("kilocode", "KiloCode", "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway", "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6", []string{"KILO_API_KEY"}, "kilo", "kilo gateway"),
-	openAICompat("opencode", "OpenCode Zen", "https://opencode.ai/zen/v1", "deepseek-v4-flash", []string{"OPENCODE_API_KEY"}, "opencode zen"),
-	openAICompat("opencode-go", "OpenCode Go", "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", "deepseek-v4-pro", []string{"OPENCODE_API_KEY"}, "opencode go"),
+	openAICompat("zai", "Z.ai", "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4", "glm-4.5", []string{"ZAI_API_KEY", "ZHIPU_API_KEY"}),
 	openAICompat("atomic-chat", "Atomic Chat", "https://api.atomic.chat/v1", "gpt-4.1", []string{"ATOMIC_CHAT_API_KEY"}),
 	// ChatGPT subscription via a local OAuth proxy. A ChatGPT (Plus/Pro) OAuth
 	// token only works against ChatGPT's own backend (which is Cloudflare-gated to

internal/providercatalog/catalog_test.go

@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ var expectedCatalogIDs = []string{
 	"together",
 	"dashscope",
 	"moonshot",
-	"longcat",
 	"nvidia-nim",
 	"minimax",
-	"minimaxi-cn",
 	"mistral",
 	"github",
 	"bedrock",
@@ -36,10 +34,6 @@ var expectedCatalogIDs = []string{
 	"xiaomi-mimo",
 	"bankr",
 	"zai",
-	"zai-cn",
-	"kilocode",
-	"opencode",
-	"opencode-go",
 	"atomic-chat",
 	"chatgpt-proxy",
 	"custom-openai-compatible",
@@ -102,28 +96,6 @@ func TestRecommendedProviderEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestLongCatDescriptor(t *testing.T) {
-	descriptor, err := Require("longcat")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Require(longcat) error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if descriptor.Name != "LongCat" {
-		t.Fatalf("Name = %q, want LongCat", descriptor.Name)
-	}
-	if descriptor.DefaultBaseURL != "https://api.longcat.chat/openai" {
-		t.Fatalf("DefaultBaseURL = %q, want LongCat OpenAI-compatible endpoint", descriptor.DefaultBaseURL)
-	}
-	if descriptor.DefaultModel != "LongCat-2.0" {
-		t.Fatalf("DefaultModel = %q, want LongCat-2.0", descriptor.DefaultModel)
-	}
-	if descriptor.Transport != TransportOpenAICompatible {
-		t.Fatalf("Transport = %q, want %q", descriptor.Transport, TransportOpenAICompatible)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(descriptor.AuthEnvVars, []string{"LONGCAT_API_KEY"}) {
-		t.Fatalf("AuthEnvVars = %#v, want LONGCAT_API_KEY", descriptor.AuthEnvVars)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestCatalogDescriptorsExposeRequiredDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, descriptor := range All() {
 		if descriptor.ID == "" {
@@ -291,8 +263,8 @@ func TestListByTransportPreservesCatalogOrder(t *testing.T) {
 		TransportGoogle:          {"google"},
 		TransportBedrock:         {"bedrock"},
 		TransportVertex:          {"vertex"},
-		TransportAnthropicCompat: {"minimax", "minimaxi-cn", "custom-anthropic-compatible"},
-		TransportOpenAICompat:    {"gitlawb-opengateway", "ollama-cloud", "ollama", "lmstudio", "openrouter", "huggingface", "chatgpt", "groq", "deepseek", "together", "dashscope", "moonshot", "longcat", "nvidia-nim", "mistral", "github", "xai", "venice", "xiaomi-mimo", "bankr", "zai", "zai-cn", "kilocode", "opencode", "opencode-go", "atomic-chat", "chatgpt-proxy", "custom-openai-compatible"},
+		TransportAnthropicCompat: {"minimax", "custom-anthropic-compatible"},
+		TransportOpenAICompat:    {"gitlawb-opengateway", "ollama-cloud", "ollama", "lmstudio", "openrouter", "huggingface", "chatgpt", "groq", "deepseek", "together", "dashscope", "moonshot", "nvidia-nim", "mistral", "github", "xai", "venice", "xiaomi-mimo", "bankr", "zai", "atomic-chat", "chatgpt-proxy", "custom-openai-compatible"},
 	}
 
 	for transport, wantIDs := range cases {

internal/providermodelcatalog/catalog.go

@@ -21,22 +21,6 @@ type Model struct {
 	Source           string
 }
 
-// Shared by both "minimax" and "minimaxi-cn"; Models() rebuilds a fresh slice
-// per call, so the shared backing slice cannot be mutated by callers.
-var minimaxCuratedModels = []Model{
-	{ID: "MiniMax-M3", Description: "catalog default"},
-	{ID: "MiniMax-M2.1", Description: "agentic coding model"},
-}
-
-// Shared by both "zai" (international, api.z.ai) and "zai-cn" (China,
-// open.bigmodel.cn); same model lineup on both endpoints.
-var zaiCuratedModels = []Model{
-	{ID: "glm-4.5", Description: "catalog default"},
-	{ID: "glm-4.5-air", Description: "fast model"},
-	{ID: "glm-4.6", Description: "latest general model"},
-	{ID: "glm-z1-air", Description: "reasoning model"},
-}
-
 var curatedModels = map[string][]Model{
 	"ollama-cloud": {
 		{ID: "qwen3-coder:480b", Description: "catalog default"},
@@ -104,8 +88,10 @@ var curatedModels = map[string][]Model{
 		{ID: "meta/llama-3.1-70b-instruct", Description: "general model"},
 		{ID: "mistralai/mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1", Description: "mixture model"},
 	},
-	"minimax":     minimaxCuratedModels,
-	"minimaxi-cn": minimaxCuratedModels,
+	"minimax": {
+		{ID: "MiniMax-M3", Description: "catalog default"},
+		{ID: "MiniMax-M2.1", Description: "agentic coding model"},
+	},
 	"mistral": {
 		{ID: "mistral-large-latest", Description: "catalog default"},
 		{ID: "codestral-latest", Description: "coding model"},
@@ -137,8 +123,12 @@ var curatedModels = map[string][]Model{
 	"bankr": {
 		{ID: "bankr-large", Description: "catalog default"},
 	},
-	"zai":    zaiCuratedModels,
-	"zai-cn": zaiCuratedModels,
+	"zai": {
+		{ID: "glm-4.5", Description: "catalog default"},
+		{ID: "glm-4.5-air", Description: "fast model"},
+		{ID: "glm-4.6", Description: "latest general model"},
+		{ID: "glm-z1-air", Description: "reasoning model"},
+	},
 	// OpenGateway smart-routes by model id across its upstream providers
 	// (see /health: xiaomi-mimo, minimax, qwen, google, nvidia, z-ai). These are
 	// the curated coding defaults; the gateway accepts any model its upstreams

internal/providermodelcatalog/catalog_test.go

@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@ func TestModelsAreProviderScoped(t *testing.T) {
 			want:     []string{"mistral-large-latest", "codestral-latest"},
 			notWant:  []string{"gpt-4.1", "claude-sonnet-4.5"},
 		},
-		{
-			provider: "minimaxi-cn",
-			want:     []string{"MiniMax-M3", "MiniMax-M2.1"},
-			notWant:  []string{"gpt-4.1", "claude-sonnet-4.5"},
-		},
-		{
-			provider: "zai-cn",
-			want:     []string{"glm-4.5", "glm-4.6", "glm-4.5-air", "glm-z1-air"},
-			notWant:  []string{"gpt-4.1", "claude-sonnet-4.5"},
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -98,66 +88,3 @@ func modelIDs(models []Model) []string {
 	}
 	return ids
 }
-
-// Pins the contract that MiniMax CN exposes exactly the same model IDs as the
-// international provider; a divergence here is almost always a mistake.
-func TestMiniMaxCNModelsMirrorInternational(t *testing.T) {
-	intl, ok := providercatalog.Get("minimax")
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("provider minimax missing from catalog")
-	}
-	cn, ok := providercatalog.Get("minimaxi-cn")
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("provider minimaxi-cn missing from catalog")
-	}
-	intlModels := Models(intl)
-	cnModels := Models(cn)
-	if len(intlModels) != len(cnModels) {
-		t.Fatalf("model count mismatch: international=%d china=%d", len(intlModels), len(cnModels))
-	}
-	intlIDs := map[string]string{}
-	for _, m := range intlModels {
-		intlIDs[m.ID] = m.Description
-	}
-	for _, m := range cnModels {
-		wantDesc, ok := intlIDs[m.ID]
-		if !ok {
-			t.Fatalf("china provider exposes %q which is not in the international catalog", m.ID)
-		}
-		if m.Description != wantDesc {
-			t.Fatalf("model %q description diverged: international=%q china=%q", m.ID, wantDesc, m.Description)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// Same contract as TestMiniMaxCNModelsMirrorInternational, for Z.ai: the
-// international (api.z.ai) and China (open.bigmodel.cn) endpoints expose the
-// same model lineup.
-func TestZaiCNModelsMirrorInternational(t *testing.T) {
-	intl, ok := providercatalog.Get("zai")
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("provider zai missing from catalog")
-	}
-	cn, ok := providercatalog.Get("zai-cn")
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatal("provider zai-cn missing from catalog")
-	}
-	intlModels := Models(intl)
-	cnModels := Models(cn)
-	if len(intlModels) != len(cnModels) {
-		t.Fatalf("model count mismatch: international=%d china=%d", len(intlModels), len(cnModels))
-	}
-	intlIDs := map[string]string{}
-	for _, m := range intlModels {
-		intlIDs[m.ID] = m.Description
-	}
-	for _, m := range cnModels {
-		wantDesc, ok := intlIDs[m.ID]
-		if !ok {
-			t.Fatalf("china provider exposes %q which is not in the international catalog", m.ID)
-		}
-		if m.Description != wantDesc {
-			t.Fatalf("model %q description diverged: international=%q china=%q", m.ID, wantDesc, m.Description)
-		}
-	}
-}

internal/providermodelcatalog/remote.go

@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ func ModelsDevProviderID(provider providercatalog.Descriptor) string {
 		return "nvidia"
 	case "xiaomi-mimo":
 		return "xiaomi"
-	case "zai-cn":
-		return "zai"
-	case "minimaxi-cn":
-		return "minimax"
 	default:
 		return strings.TrimSpace(provider.ID)
 	}

internal/providermodelcatalog/remote_test.go

@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ func TestModelsDevProviderIDMapsZeroAliases(t *testing.T) {
 		"xiaomi-mimo":  "xiaomi",
 		"dashscope":    "alibaba",
 		"ollama-cloud": "ollama-cloud",
-		"zai-cn":       "zai",
-		"minimaxi-cn":  "minimax",
 	}
 	for zeroID, want := range tests {
 		provider, ok := providercatalog.Get(zeroID)

internal/providermodeldiscovery/discovery.go

@@ -85,104 +85,6 @@ func Discover(ctx context.Context, profile config.ProviderProfile, options Optio
 	}
 }
 
-// DiscoverOllamaContextWindow asks a local Ollama daemon for a model's context
-// length via its native /api/show endpoint. The generic /v1/models probe
-// (parseModelsResponse) only ever returns id/description — OpenAI-compatible
-// listings don't carry context-window metadata, and a custom/local model tag
-// (e.g. a user's own Ollama pull, including a ":cloud"-tagged model proxied
-// through the local daemon) has no curated-catalog entry to borrow one from
-// either, so modelContextWindow has nothing to show for it without this. Only
-// meaningful for the local Ollama provider (baseURL like
-// http://localhost:11434/v1) — Ollama Cloud's hosted API is a different
-// service and isn't assumed to expose the same endpoint.
-func DiscoverOllamaContextWindow(ctx context.Context, baseURL string, model string, options Options) (int, error) {
-	model = strings.TrimSpace(model)
-	if model == "" {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("model name is required")
-	}
-	endpoint, err := ollamaShowEndpoint(baseURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	payload, err := json.Marshal(struct {
-		Model string `json:"model"`
-	}{Model: model})
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, endpoint, strings.NewReader(string(payload)))
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	request.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
-
-	client := options.HTTPClient
-	if client == nil {
-		client = &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
-	}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	defer response.Body.Close()
-
-	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(response.Body, 1<<20))
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	if response.StatusCode < 200 || response.StatusCode >= 300 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("ollama show endpoint returned %s: %s", response.Status, strings.TrimSpace(string(body)))
-	}
-	return parseOllamaShowContextWindow(body)
-}
-
-// ollamaShowEndpoint derives the native Ollama API root from the
-// OpenAI-compatible base URL Zero stores for the provider (".../v1") and
-// appends /api/show.
-func ollamaShowEndpoint(baseURL string) (string, error) {
-	baseURL = strings.TrimSpace(baseURL)
-	if baseURL == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("provider base URL is required for ollama model discovery")
-	}
-	parsed, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
-	if err != nil || parsed.Scheme == "" || parsed.Host == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid provider base URL %q", baseURL)
-	}
-	path := strings.TrimRight(parsed.Path, "/")
-	path = strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/v1")
-	parsed.Path = strings.TrimRight(path, "/") + "/api/show"
-	parsed.RawQuery = ""
-	parsed.Fragment = ""
-	return parsed.String(), nil
-}
-
-// parseOllamaShowContextWindow extracts the context length from an
-// /api/show response. Ollama reports it under model_info with an
-// architecture-prefixed key (e.g. "llama.context_length",
-// "qwen2.context_length") — the prefix varies by model family, so this scans
-// for any key ending in ".context_length" rather than hardcoding one.
-func parseOllamaShowContextWindow(body []byte) (int, error) {
-	// model_info mixes value types (strings like "general.architecture", numbers
-	// like "*.context_length"), so decode values generically and only try to
-	// read a number out of the one key we actually care about.
-	var payload struct {
-		ModelInfo map[string]any `json:"model_info"`
-	}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &payload); err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("decode ollama show response: %w", err)
-	}
-	for key, value := range payload.ModelInfo {
-		if !strings.HasSuffix(key, ".context_length") {
-			continue
-		}
-		if window, ok := value.(float64); ok && window > 0 {
-			return int(window), nil
-		}
-	}
-	return 0, fmt.Errorf("ollama show response did not report a context length")
-}
-
 func discoverOpenAIModels(ctx context.Context, profile config.ProviderProfile, options Options) ([]Model, error) {
 	endpoint, err := modelsEndpoint(profile.BaseURL)
 	if err != nil {

internal/providermodeldiscovery/discovery_test.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package providermodeldiscovery
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -268,61 +267,3 @@ func modelIDs(models []Model) []string {
 	}
 	return ids
 }
-
-// TestDiscoverOllamaContextWindowFetchesFromNativeShowEndpoint: the generic
-// /v1/models probe never carries context-window metadata (parseModelsResponse
-// only extracts id/description), so a custom/local Ollama model tag with no
-// curated-catalog match has no other source for it. This exercises the
-// Ollama-native /api/show fallback that fills that gap.
-func TestDiscoverOllamaContextWindowFetchesFromNativeShowEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
-	var gotPath, gotMethod, gotBody string
-	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		gotPath = r.URL.Path
-		gotMethod = r.Method
-		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
-		gotBody = string(body)
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{
-			"model_info": {
-				"general.architecture": "qwen2",
-				"qwen2.context_length": 131072
-			}
-		}`))
-	}))
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	window, err := DiscoverOllamaContextWindow(context.Background(), server.URL+"/v1", "kimi-k2.7-code:cloud", Options{HTTPClient: server.Client()})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("DiscoverOllamaContextWindow returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if window != 131072 {
-		t.Fatalf("context window = %d, want 131072", window)
-	}
-	if gotPath != "/api/show" {
-		t.Fatalf("requested path = %q, want /api/show (not under /v1)", gotPath)
-	}
-	if gotMethod != http.MethodPost {
-		t.Fatalf("method = %q, want POST", gotMethod)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(gotBody, `"kimi-k2.7-code:cloud"`) {
-		t.Fatalf("request body = %q, want it to name the model", gotBody)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDiscoverOllamaContextWindowRequiresModelName(t *testing.T) {
-	if _, err := DiscoverOllamaContextWindow(context.Background(), "http://localhost:11434/v1", "", Options{}); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected an error for an empty model name")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDiscoverOllamaContextWindowErrorsWhenShowOmitsContextLength(t *testing.T) {
-	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"model_info": {"general.architecture": "qwen2"}}`))
-	}))
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	if _, err := DiscoverOllamaContextWindow(context.Background(), server.URL+"/v1", "some-model", Options{HTTPClient: server.Client()}); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected an error when no *.context_length key is present")
-	}
-}

internal/providers/factory.go

@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	// OAuth bearer token (preferred over the API key). nil => API-key auth only.
 	// Applied to the OpenAI and Anthropic providers.
 	OAuthResolver providerio.TokenResolver
-	// OAuthLoginKey is the credential-store key OAuthResolver bound to (empty when
-	// there is no OAuth login). It is the SAME selection the bearer resolver made,
-	// resolved ONCE by the caller so the Codex chatgpt-account-id header reads its
-	// account from the exact login that issued the bearer token — never a second,
-	// independent lookup that could pick a different login (a backend-rejected
-	// mismatch).
-	OAuthLoginKey string
 }
 
 // New creates a runtime provider for a resolved provider profile.
@@ -258,22 +251,14 @@ func isCodexCatalog(profile config.ProviderProfile, _ resolvedProfile) bool {
 
 // newCodexProvider builds a Codex-flavored openai provider for the chatgpt
 // catalog. The Codex headers (`originator`, `chatgpt-account-id`) are
-// injected by the CodexProvider wrapper. The `chatgpt-account-id` is read from
-// the stored OAuth token's Account field on every request so a refresh that
-// rotates the token (and its account claim) takes effect immediately — a static
-// AccountID captured at construction would go stale on the first refresh.
-//
-// The *login* the header reads from is options.OAuthLoginKey — the SAME key the
-// bearer resolver bound, resolved ONCE by the caller. The bearer resolver
-// refreshes the token in place under that key; reading the account from the same
-// key keeps header and token on one login for the provider's life. Resolving the
-// key independently here (a second oauth.FirstStored) could, after a transient
-// per-candidate load error or a mid-session `zero auth login`, pick a different
-// login than the bearer — a mismatch the backend rejects.
+// injected by the CodexProvider wrapper. The `chatgpt-account-id` is
+// resolved dynamically from the stored OAuth token's Account field on
+// every request so a refresh that rotates the token (and its account
+// claim) takes effect immediately — a static AccountID captured at
+// construction would go stale on the first refresh.
 func newCodexProvider(profile config.ProviderProfile, resolved resolvedProfile, options Options) (zeroruntime.Provider, error) {
-	accountKey := options.OAuthLoginKey
 	resolver := openai.CodexAccountResolver(func(ctx context.Context) (string, bool, error) {
-		account := codexAccountForKey(accountKey)
+		account := codexAccountFromStore(profile.Name)
 		if account == "" {
 			return "", false, nil
 		}
@@ -303,20 +288,17 @@ func newCodexProvider(profile config.ProviderProfile, resolved resolvedProfile,
 	})
 }
 
-// codexAccountForKey reads the chatgpt_account_id from the token currently
-// stored under key. Called per-request (via the resolver) so a refresh that
-// rotates the token — saved back in place under the same key — takes effect
-// immediately without restarting the agent. Returns "" when key is empty (no
-// OAuth login), or the token is absent or carries no account claim.
-func codexAccountForKey(key string) string {
-	if key == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
+// codexAccountFromStore reads the chatgpt_account_id from the stored OAuth
+// token for the given provider name. It is called per-request (via the
+// resolver) so a refresh that rotates the token takes effect immediately
+// without restarting the agent. Returns "" when no token is stored (the
+// Codex provider then omits the header and the user sees a clear 401).
+func codexAccountFromStore(providerName string) string {
 	store, err := oauth.NewStore(oauth.StoreOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
-	token, ok, err := store.Load(key)
+	token, ok, err := store.Load(oauth.ProviderKey(providerName))
 	if err != nil || !ok {
 		return ""
 	}

internal/providers/factory_test.go

@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ func TestNewRoutesChatGPTCatalogToCodexProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	// OAuth token and the "want empty chatgpt-account-id" assertion fails locally
 	// (it still passes in CI, where no login is stored). Mirrors the isolation in
 	// TestNewRoutesChatGPTCatalogWithStoredAccountID.
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_STORAGE", "file")
 	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH", t.TempDir()+"/tokens.json")
 
 	transport := &captureTransport{
@@ -323,10 +322,11 @@ func TestNewRoutesChatGPTCatalogToCodexProvider(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNewRoutesChatGPTCatalogWithStoredAccountID(t *testing.T) {
 	// The factory reads the stored OAuth token's Account field for the
-	// chatgpt-account-id header, from the login key the CALLER supplies in
-	// Options.OAuthLoginKey (the same key the bearer resolver bound). Seed a
-	// token in an isolated temp store, then pass that key.
-	store, err := newOAuthStoreForTest(t)
+	// chatgpt-account-id header. Seed a token in a temp store and point
+	// ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH at it so the factory picks it up.
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH", dir+"/tokens.json")
+	store, err := newOAuthStoreForTest()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("NewStore: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -344,9 +344,8 @@ func TestNewRoutesChatGPTCatalogWithStoredAccountID(t *testing.T) {
 		CatalogID: "chatgpt",
 		Model:     "gpt-5",
 	}, Options{
-		HTTPClient:    &http.Client{Transport: transport},
-		UserAgent:     "zero-factory-test",
-		OAuthLoginKey: oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt"),
+		HTTPClient: &http.Client{Transport: transport},
+		UserAgent:  "zero-factory-test",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("New() error = %v", err)
@@ -408,61 +407,10 @@ func (transport *captureTransport) body() io.Reader {
 	return strings.NewReader(transport.requestBody)
 }
 
-// newOAuthStoreForTest pins the OAuth token store to a plain temp FILE and
-// returns a Store on it. Pinning ZERO_OAUTH_STORAGE matters as much as the
-// path: an inherited "keyring" value would send NewStore to the OS keychain
-// and ignore ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH entirely, making the test read/write the
-// developer's real logins. Exists so the chatgpt factory tests can seed a
-// token without copying the path-handling dance from internal/cli.
-func newOAuthStoreForTest(t *testing.T) (*oauth.Store, error) {
-	t.Helper()
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_STORAGE", "file")
-	t.Setenv("ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH", t.TempDir()+"/tokens.json")
+// newOAuthStoreForTest builds a Store pointed at the current
+// ZERO_OAUTH_TOKENS_PATH (set by the caller). It exists so the chatgpt
+// factory tests can seed a token without copying the path-handling dance
+// from internal/cli.
+func newOAuthStoreForTest() (*oauth.Store, error) {
 	return oauth.NewStore(oauth.StoreOptions{})
 }
-
-// codexAccountForKey reads the chatgpt-account-id from the token stored under a
-// FIXED key — the key the caller (cli.oauthLoginForProfile) already bound for the
-// bearer token, passed through providers.Options.OAuthLoginKey. The account is
-// therefore always read from the same login that issued the bearer (no second,
-// independent selection). It re-reads per call, so an in-place token refresh (new
-// account claim under the SAME key) is picked up; an empty key (no OAuth login)
-// or a missing/account-less token yields "".
-func TestCodexAccountForKey(t *testing.T) {
-	store, err := newOAuthStoreForTest(t)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewStore: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := store.Save(oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt"), oauth.Token{AccessToken: "tok-1", Account: "acc-catalog-7"}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Save chatgpt: %v", err)
-	}
-	// A different login WITHOUT an account claim, to prove the read stays on the
-	// requested key and never crosses to another login's account.
-	if err := store.Save(oauth.ProviderKey("codex"), oauth.Token{AccessToken: "tok-codex"}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Save codex: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if got := codexAccountForKey(oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt")); got != "acc-catalog-7" {
-		t.Fatalf("account = %q, want acc-catalog-7", got)
-	}
-	// The bound key's token has no account → "", NOT the other login's account.
-	if got := codexAccountForKey(oauth.ProviderKey("codex")); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("account = %q, want empty (must not cross to another login's account)", got)
-	}
-	// Empty key (no OAuth login) → header omitted.
-	if got := codexAccountForKey(""); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("account for empty key = %q, want empty", got)
-	}
-	// Unknown key → "".
-	if got := codexAccountForKey(oauth.ProviderKey("nope")); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("account for unknown key = %q, want empty", got)
-	}
-
-	// An in-place refresh under the bound key IS reflected per request.
-	if err := store.Save(oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt"), oauth.Token{AccessToken: "tok-refreshed", Account: "acc-rotated"}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("refresh chatgpt: %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := codexAccountForKey(oauth.ProviderKey("chatgpt")); got != "acc-rotated" {
-		t.Fatalf("account = %q, want acc-rotated (in-place refresh must be picked up)", got)
-	}
-}

internal/providers/gemini/provider.go

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (provider *Provider) geminiRequest(request zeroruntime.CompletionRequest) (
 			declarations = append(declarations, geminiFunctionDeclaration{
 				Name:        tool.Name,
 				Description: tool.Description,
-				Parameters:  sanitizeGeminiSchema(tool.Parameters),
+				Parameters:  tool.Parameters,
 			})
 		}
 		mapped.Tools = []geminiToolGroup{{FunctionDeclarations: declarations}}
@@ -350,71 +350,6 @@ func (provider *Provider) geminiRequest(request zeroruntime.CompletionRequest) (
 	return mapped, nil
 }
 
-// geminiSchemaFields is the subset of JSON Schema keywords Google's
-// functionDeclarations[].parameters accepts (the Generative AI Schema type).
-// Anything outside it — most notably OpenAI's `additionalProperties`, which Zero
-// emits on every tool's parameters and which Gemini 400s on ("Unknown name
-// \"additionalProperties\" … Cannot find field") — must be dropped before the
-// request goes out. Kept as an allowlist rather than a denylist so a schema
-// keyword Zero (or an MCP server) adds later can't silently leak an unsupported
-// field into the Gemini payload.
-var geminiSchemaFields = map[string]bool{
-	"type": true, "format": true, "title": true, "description": true,
-	"nullable": true, "enum": true, "items": true, "properties": true,
-	"required": true, "anyOf": true, "propertyOrdering": true, "default": true,
-	"minimum": true, "maximum": true, "minItems": true, "maxItems": true,
-	"minLength": true, "maxLength": true, "minProperties": true,
-	"maxProperties": true, "pattern": true, "example": true,
-}
-
-// sanitizeGeminiSchema returns a copy of a JSON-Schema map keeping only the
-// keywords Gemini supports (geminiSchemaFields), recursing through the nested
-// schemas under `properties`, `items`, and `anyOf`. Returns nil for a nil input
-// so a parameterless tool stays parameterless.
-func sanitizeGeminiSchema(schema map[string]any) map[string]any {
-	if schema == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := make(map[string]any, len(schema))
-	for key, value := range schema {
-		if !geminiSchemaFields[key] {
-			continue
-		}
-		switch key {
-		case "properties":
-			if props, ok := value.(map[string]any); ok {
-				cleaned := make(map[string]any, len(props))
-				for name, sub := range props {
-					if subMap, ok := sub.(map[string]any); ok {
-						cleaned[name] = sanitizeGeminiSchema(subMap)
-					} else {
-						cleaned[name] = sub
-					}
-				}
-				value = cleaned
-			}
-		case "items":
-			if subMap, ok := value.(map[string]any); ok {
-				value = sanitizeGeminiSchema(subMap)
-			}
-		case "anyOf":
-			if variants, ok := value.([]any); ok {
-				cleaned := make([]any, len(variants))
-				for i, variant := range variants {
-					if subMap, ok := variant.(map[string]any); ok {
-						cleaned[i] = sanitizeGeminiSchema(subMap)
-					} else {
-						cleaned[i] = variant
-					}
-				}
-				value = cleaned
-			}
-		}
-		out[key] = value
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
 func mapMessages(messages []zeroruntime.Message) (*geminiContent, []geminiContent, error) {
 	systemParts := []geminiPart{}
 	contents := []geminiContent{}

internal/providers/gemini/provider_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package gemini
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"reflect"
@@ -505,129 +504,3 @@ func eventsOfType(events []zeroruntime.StreamEvent, eventType zeroruntime.Stream
 	}
 	return matching
 }
-
-// TestSanitizeGeminiSchemaStripsUnsupportedFields: the sanitizer keeps only
-// Gemini-supported keywords and recurses into properties/items/anyOf, so no
-// OpenAI-ism (additionalProperties, $schema, patternProperties) survives at any
-// depth while legitimate fields (type/description/enum/required/default) stay.
-func TestSanitizeGeminiSchemaStripsUnsupportedFields(t *testing.T) {
-	in := map[string]any{
-		"type":                 "object",
-		"additionalProperties": false,
-		"$schema":              "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-		"required":             []string{"path"},
-		"properties": map[string]any{
-			"path": map[string]any{
-				"type":        "string",
-				"description": "a path",
-				"default":     ".",
-			},
-			"nested": map[string]any{
-				"type":                 "object",
-				"additionalProperties": false, // must be stripped at depth too
-				"properties": map[string]any{
-					"tags": map[string]any{
-						"type":  "array",
-						"items": map[string]any{"type": "string", "additionalProperties": true},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	out := sanitizeGeminiSchema(in)
-
-	assertNoAdditionalProps(t, out, "root")
-	if out["additionalProperties"] != nil {
-		t.Fatal("top-level additionalProperties must be stripped")
-	}
-	if out["$schema"] != nil {
-		t.Fatal("$schema must be stripped")
-	}
-	// Legitimate fields survive.
-	if out["type"] != "object" {
-		t.Fatalf("type should survive, got %v", out["type"])
-	}
-	props := out["properties"].(map[string]any)
-	pathProp := props["path"].(map[string]any)
-	if pathProp["description"] != "a path" || pathProp["default"] != "." {
-		t.Fatalf("legitimate property fields must survive: %#v", pathProp)
-	}
-	// nil input stays nil (parameterless tool).
-	if sanitizeGeminiSchema(nil) != nil {
-		t.Fatal("nil schema should map to nil")
-	}
-}
-
-// assertNoAdditionalProps fails if additionalProperties appears anywhere in the
-// (recursively walked) schema.
-func assertNoAdditionalProps(t *testing.T, node any, path string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	switch v := node.(type) {
-	case map[string]any:
-		if _, ok := v["additionalProperties"]; ok {
-			t.Fatalf("additionalProperties leaked at %s", path)
-		}
-		for k, sub := range v {
-			assertNoAdditionalProps(t, sub, path+"."+k)
-		}
-	case []any:
-		for i, sub := range v {
-			assertNoAdditionalProps(t, sub, fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", path, i))
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// TestGeminiRequestOmitsAdditionalPropertiesInToolSchema: end-to-end, the tool
-// parameters Zero emits (schemaToRuntimeMap always writes additionalProperties)
-// must not reach Gemini — otherwise every functionDeclaration is 400-rejected
-// ("Unknown name additionalProperties"), which broke all tool-using exec calls
-// against Google (issue #373).
-func TestGeminiRequestOmitsAdditionalPropertiesInToolSchema(t *testing.T) {
-	var gotBody map[string]any
-	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&gotBody); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("decode request body: %v", err)
-		}
-		writeSSE(w, `{"usageMetadata":{"promptTokenCount":1}}`)
-	}))
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	provider, err := New(Options{APIKey: "k", BaseURL: server.URL + "/", Model: "models/gemini-2.5-flash"})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("New returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	stream, err := provider.StreamCompletion(context.Background(), zeroruntime.CompletionRequest{
-		Messages: []zeroruntime.Message{{Role: zeroruntime.MessageRoleUser, Content: "hi"}},
-		Tools: []zeroruntime.ToolDefinition{{
-			Name:        "grep",
-			Description: "search",
-			Parameters: map[string]any{ // exactly what schemaToRuntimeMap produces
-				"type":                 "object",
-				"additionalProperties": false,
-				"required":             []string{"pattern"},
-				"properties": map[string]any{
-					"pattern": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "regex"},
-				},
-			},
-		}},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("StreamCompletion returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	drain(stream)
-
-	tools := gotBody["tools"].([]any)
-	decls := tools[0].(map[string]any)["functionDeclarations"].([]any)
-	params := decls[0].(map[string]any)["parameters"].(map[string]any)
-	if _, ok := params["additionalProperties"]; ok {
-		t.Fatalf("additionalProperties must not be sent to Gemini: %#v", params)
-	}
-	// The tool is still usable: its real schema survived.
-	if params["type"] != "object" {
-		t.Fatalf("tool parameters type should survive, got %v", params["type"])
-	}
-	props := params["properties"].(map[string]any)
-	if _, ok := props["pattern"]; !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("tool property must survive sanitization: %#v", props)
-	}
-}

internal/providers/openai/provider.go

@@ -102,11 +102,10 @@ func New(options Options) (*Provider, error) {
 		endpoint = baseURL + "/chat/completions"
 	}
 
-	// Route through providerio.HTTPClient so a missing client gets the shared,
-	// stall-hardened transport (bounded response-header wait + shorter idle-conn
-	// reuse) rather than the raw http.DefaultClient, which hangs on a reused-dead
-	// pooled connection (the macOS-only "both providers stall" bug).
-	httpClient := providerio.HTTPClient(options.HTTPClient)
+	httpClient := options.HTTPClient
+	if httpClient == nil {
+		httpClient = http.DefaultClient
+	}
 
 	maxTokens := options.MaxTokens
 	if maxTokens < 0 {

internal/providers/providerio/providerio.go

@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -27,9 +25,9 @@ var ErrStreamIdle = errors.New("idle timeout (upstream stopped sending data)")
 
 // ErrStreamStalled reports that a streaming upstream kept the connection alive
 // (SSE keep-alives reset the idle watchdog, so it never fired) but produced no
-// actual output for ContentStallTimeout(idle). Without this an upstream that
-// heartbeats-but-stalls — observed on chatgpt/gpt-5.x and ollama reasoning
-// models — would hang the agent indefinitely.
+// actual output for streamContentStallFactor × the idle timeout. Without this an
+// upstream that heartbeats-but-stalls — observed on chatgpt/gpt-5.x and ollama
+// reasoning models — would hang the agent indefinitely.
 var ErrStreamStalled = errors.New("stream stalled (upstream kept the connection alive but produced no output)")
 
 // StreamTimeoutMessage returns the human-readable detail for a stream-timeout
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ var ErrStreamStalled = errors.New("stream stalled (upstream kept the connection
 // stuck or very slow.
 func StreamTimeoutMessage(err error, idleTimeout time.Duration) string {
 	if errors.Is(err, ErrStreamStalled) {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("no output for %s (the model kept the connection alive but produced nothing — it may be stuck; try a faster model or lower reasoning effort)", ContentStallTimeout(idleTimeout))
+		return fmt.Sprintf("no output for %s (the model kept the connection alive but produced nothing — it may be stuck; try a faster model or lower reasoning effort)", idleTimeout*streamContentStallFactor)
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("idle timeout after %s (upstream stopped sending data)", idleTimeout)
 }
@@ -55,32 +53,13 @@ func StreamTimeoutMessage(err error, idleTimeout time.Duration) string {
 // Override globally with ZERO_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT.
 const DefaultStreamIdleTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
 
-// ContentStallTimeout bounds a heartbeat-but-no-output stream: keep-alives reset
-// the idle watchdog (a heartbeating upstream is not "dead"), but if NO real data
-// line arrives for this long the stream is aborted (ErrStreamStalled). Scaled
-// above idleTimeout (so a slow-but-producing request that emits data between
-// heartbeats is never killed — the watchdog only ever fires when NOTHING real
-// arrives), but only 1.2× rather than the old 2×: a genuine heartbeat-pause
-// stall on chatgpt/gpt-5.x rarely recovers, so a ~10-minute dead wait (at the 5m
-// idle default) was a terrible UX for a doomed turn. At the default idle this is
-// 6 minutes; it still scales with ZERO_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT. A returned value <= 0
-// (idle watchdog disabled) leaves the content watchdog off too.
-func ContentStallTimeout(idleTimeout time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	if idleTimeout <= 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-	// 1.2× computed as idle + idle/5 (not idle*6/5), plus a clamp: a
-	// pathologically large ZERO_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT could make idle*6 overflow
-	// int64 and wrap to a NEGATIVE duration, which would arm the content timer
-	// to fire immediately and abort every stream. Clamping to the max duration
-	// on overflow just means "effectively no content watchdog" — the sane
-	// result for an absurd idle timeout.
-	extra := idleTimeout / 5
-	if idleTimeout > math.MaxInt64-extra {
-		return math.MaxInt64
-	}
-	return idleTimeout + extra
-}
+// streamContentStallFactor bounds a heartbeat-but-no-output stream. Keep-alives
+// reset the idle watchdog (a heartbeating upstream is not "dead"), but if NO real
+// data line arrives for streamContentStallFactor × the idle timeout, the stream is
+// treated as stalled and aborted (ErrStreamStalled). It is > 1 so a slow-but-
+// producing request — one that emits data between heartbeats — is never killed; the
+// content watchdog only catches a stream that heartbeats while producing nothing.
+const streamContentStallFactor = 2
 
 // streamIdleTimeoutEnv is the global override for the stream idle timeout. It
 // accepts a Go duration ("5m", "300s", "90s") or a bare number of seconds
@@ -126,58 +105,12 @@ func NormalizeBaseURL(baseURL string, defaultBaseURL string, label string) (stri
 	return baseURL, nil
 }
 
-// sharedHTTPClient is the process-wide client used when a provider supplies none.
-// It tunes the default transport to defeat the stale-pooled-connection hang: Go
-// keeps idle keep-alive connections in a pool, and a later request can reuse one
-// the server/NAT has silently dropped. Because the model call is a POST (non-
-// idempotent), Go will NOT auto-retry it on a fresh connection — so it blocks
-// forever waiting for a response that never arrives. This is provider-agnostic
-// (every provider shares the default transport), which is why it reproduced on
-// BOTH chatgpt and ollama, and it surfaces on macOS far more than Linux because
-// macOS keeps dead pooled connections around longer.
-//
-//   - ResponseHeaderTimeout bounds the gap between finishing the request and the
-//     first response header, so a reused-dead connection fails fast (then the
-//     reconnect path re-dials) instead of hanging. It does NOT bound streaming
-//     after the 200 header arrives, so slow first tokens / long reasoning are
-//     unaffected (the stream-idle + content watchdogs cover that).
-//   - IdleConnTimeout is shortened so a connection that went idle across a pause
-//     is closed (and re-dialed fresh) rather than reused after it has gone stale.
-//   - DisableKeepAlives on darwin only: ResponseHeaderTimeout/IdleConnTimeout
-//     above catch a reused connection that's fully dead (never responds) or
-//     idle past the timeout, but not one that's alive-but-severely-degraded —
-//     e.g. reused shortly after a prior request on the same host (well within
-//     30s, common across quick retries of the same turn), where it still
-//     delivers real bytes, just at a crippled rate, resetting Zero's stream
-//     idle/content-stall watchdogs (which only fire on true silence) without
-//     ever recovering. That degraded-not-dead case is indistinguishable from
-//     genuine backend slowness from inside the stream, so the only reliable
-//     fix is removing pooling from the equation entirely on the one platform
-//     where this class of bug has actually reproduced. A fresh TCP+TLS
-//     handshake per request costs low tens of milliseconds — negligible next
-//     to the minutes-long stalls this avoids — and this doesn't touch
-//     Linux/Windows, where the underlying OS doesn't keep dead/degraded
-//     pooled connections around as long.
-var sharedHTTPClient = func() *http.Client {
-	transport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
-	// 120s, not 60s: a slow cloud proxy (e.g. ollama `*:cloud`) can withhold its
-	// 200 response header until the upstream model emits a first token, so a 60s cap
-	// risked aborting a legitimately-slow-but-alive request. 120s still bounds a
-	// truly dead reused connection (which never responds) while tolerating slow
-	// header delivery; slow first tokens after the header are covered by the idle +
-	// content-stall watchdogs.
-	transport.ResponseHeaderTimeout = 120 * time.Second
-	transport.IdleConnTimeout = 30 * time.Second
-	transport.DisableKeepAlives = runtime.GOOS == "darwin"
-	return &http.Client{Transport: transport}
-}()
-
-// HTTPClient returns the configured client or the shared, stall-hardened default.
+// HTTPClient returns the configured client or the process default.
 func HTTPClient(client *http.Client) *http.Client {
 	if client != nil {
 		return client
 	}
-	return sharedHTTPClient
+	return http.DefaultClient
 }
 
 // SendEvent writes a provider event without blocking cancellation cleanup.
@@ -322,7 +255,7 @@ func ScanSSEDataWithContext(
 		// Content watchdog: only real data lines reset it (keep-alives do not), so a
 		// stream that heartbeats without producing output is bounded instead of
 		// hanging forever.
-		contentTimeout := ContentStallTimeout(idleTimeout)
+		contentTimeout := idleTimeout * streamContentStallFactor
 		content := time.NewTimer(contentTimeout)
 		defer content.Stop()
 		contentC = content.C

internal/providers/providerio/providerio_test.go

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"math"
-	"net/http"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -205,36 +202,11 @@ func TestUpstreamUnreachable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ContentStallTimeout is 1.2× the idle timeout, disabled (0) when idle is
-// disabled, and must never overflow to a negative duration for an absurdly
-// large idle timeout (which would arm the content timer to fire immediately
-// and abort every stream).
-func TestContentStallTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		idle time.Duration
-		want time.Duration
-	}{
-		{5 * time.Minute, 6 * time.Minute},
-		{30 * time.Second, 36 * time.Second},
-		{100 * time.Millisecond, 120 * time.Millisecond},
-		{0, 0},
-		{-1, 0},
-	}
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		if got := ContentStallTimeout(c.idle); got != c.want {
-			t.Fatalf("ContentStallTimeout(%v) = %v, want %v", c.idle, got, c.want)
-		}
-	}
-	// Overflow guard: idle*6 would wrap negative; the clamp keeps it positive.
-	if got := ContentStallTimeout(math.MaxInt64); got <= 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("ContentStallTimeout(MaxInt64) = %v, must stay positive (no overflow wrap)", got)
-	}
-}
-
 // A heartbeating-but-output-less upstream must not hang forever: SSE keep-alives
 // feed the idle watchdog (so it never fires), but the content watchdog
-// (ContentStallTimeout(idle)) aborts with ErrStreamStalled when no real data
-// line arrives. This is the gpt-5.x / ollama "still generating forever" hang.
+// (idleTimeout × streamContentStallFactor) aborts with ErrStreamStalled when no
+// real data line arrives. This is the gpt-5.x / ollama "still generating forever"
+// hang.
 func TestScanSSEDataWithContextAbortsOnContentStall(t *testing.T) {
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 	defer func() { _ = pw.Close() }()
@@ -262,8 +234,7 @@ func TestScanSSEDataWithContextAbortsOnContentStall(t *testing.T) {
 
 	done := make(chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
-		// idle 100ms → content stall at 120ms (ContentStallTimeout = idle*1.2).
-		// Keep-alives reset idle but not content.
+		// idle 100ms → content stall at 200ms. Keep-alives reset idle but not content.
 		done <- ScanSSEDataWithContext(context.Background(), cancel, pr, 100*time.Millisecond, func(string) bool { return true })
 	}()
 
@@ -286,7 +257,7 @@ func TestScanSSEDataWithContextContentResetsOnData(t *testing.T) {
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 
 	go func() {
-		// One data line every 30ms for ~300ms (well past the 120ms content window,
+		// One data line every 30ms for ~300ms (well past the 200ms content window,
 		// with comfortable slack under the 100ms idle timeout), so the content
 		// watchdog keeps resetting, then close cleanly.
 		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
@@ -318,56 +289,18 @@ func TestScanSSEDataWithContextContentResetsOnData(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // StreamTimeoutMessage must give a stalled stream a distinct, accurate detail —
-// it reports the content window (ContentStallTimeout) and must NOT claim the
-// upstream "stopped sending data" (keep-alives were still arriving).
+// it reports the content window (idle × factor) and must NOT claim the upstream
+// "stopped sending data" (keep-alives were still arriving).
 func TestStreamTimeoutMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	idle := 5 * time.Minute
 	if msg := StreamTimeoutMessage(ErrStreamIdle, idle); !strings.Contains(msg, "idle timeout after 5m") {
 		t.Fatalf("idle message = %q, want it to mention the 5m idle timeout", msg)
 	}
 	stalled := StreamTimeoutMessage(ErrStreamStalled, idle)
-	if !strings.Contains(stalled, "no output for 6m") {
-		t.Fatalf("stalled message = %q, want it to report the 6m content window (idle 5m × 1.2)", stalled)
+	if !strings.Contains(stalled, "no output for 10m") {
+		t.Fatalf("stalled message = %q, want it to report the 10m content window", stalled)
 	}
 	if strings.Contains(stalled, "stopped sending data") {
 		t.Fatalf("stalled message must not claim the upstream stopped sending data: %q", stalled)
 	}
 }
-
-// HTTPClient(nil) must return the shared, stall-hardened transport (bounded
-// response-header wait + shorter idle-conn reuse) that defeats the macOS stale-
-// pooled-connection hang; an explicit client is returned untouched.
-func TestHTTPClientReturnsStallHardenedSharedClient(t *testing.T) {
-	got := HTTPClient(nil)
-	if got == nil {
-		t.Fatal("HTTPClient(nil) returned nil")
-	}
-	tr, ok := got.Transport.(*http.Transport)
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("transport type = %T, want *http.Transport", got.Transport)
-	}
-	if tr.ResponseHeaderTimeout != 120*time.Second {
-		t.Fatalf("ResponseHeaderTimeout = %v, want 120s", tr.ResponseHeaderTimeout)
-	}
-	if tr.IdleConnTimeout != 30*time.Second {
-		t.Fatalf("IdleConnTimeout = %v, want 30s", tr.IdleConnTimeout)
-	}
-	// DisableKeepAlives is the stronger mitigation scoped to darwin only: the
-	// two timeouts above catch a reused connection that's fully dead or idle
-	// too long, but not one that's alive-and-degraded (still delivers real
-	// bytes, just at a crippled rate) — which resets Zero's stream watchdogs
-	// without ever recovering. Removing pooling from the equation entirely is
-	// only worth its reconnect cost on the platform this class of bug has
-	// actually reproduced on.
-	wantDisableKeepAlives := runtime.GOOS == "darwin"
-	if tr.DisableKeepAlives != wantDisableKeepAlives {
-		t.Fatalf("DisableKeepAlives = %v, want %v (GOOS=%s)", tr.DisableKeepAlives, wantDisableKeepAlives, runtime.GOOS)
-	}
-	if HTTPClient(nil) != got {
-		t.Fatal("HTTPClient(nil) must return a shared instance so the conn pool is reused")
-	}
-	custom := &http.Client{}
-	if HTTPClient(custom) != custom {
-		t.Fatal("an explicit client must be returned unchanged")
-	}
-}

internal/sandbox/engine_test.go

@@ -9,25 +9,22 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// TestEvaluatePromptsForNetworkToolsButExemptsThemFromShellNetworkPolicy verifies
-// that first-party in-process network tools are governed by their permission
-// metadata, not by the sandboxed shell egress policy.
-func TestEvaluatePromptsForNetworkToolsButExemptsThemFromShellNetworkPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+// TestEvaluateExemptsNetworkToolsFromShellNetworkPolicy verifies that the
+// sandbox network policy gates sandboxed shell egress, not first-party
+// in-process web tools.
+func TestEvaluateExemptsNetworkToolsFromShellNetworkPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	base := Policy{Mode: ModeEnforce, Network: NetworkDeny}
 
 	engine := NewEngine(EngineOptions{Policy: base})
 	d := engine.Evaluate(context.Background(), Request{
-		ToolName: "web_search", SideEffect: SideEffectNetwork, Permission: PermissionPrompt,
+		ToolName: "web_search", SideEffect: SideEffectNetwork, Permission: PermissionAllow,
 	})
-	if d.Action != ActionPrompt || d.Block != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("web_search must prompt before permission is granted, got %#v", d)
-	}
-	if d.Reason == ReasonNetworkBlocked {
-		t.Fatalf("web_search prompt should come from tool permission, not shell network policy: %#v", d)
+	if d.Action != ActionAllow || d.Block != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("web_search must be allowed by the sandbox gate, got %#v", d)
 	}
 
 	allowed := engine.Evaluate(context.Background(), Request{
-		ToolName: "web_search", SideEffect: SideEffectNetwork, Permission: PermissionPrompt, PermissionGranted: true,
+		ToolName: "web_search", SideEffect: SideEffectNetwork, Permission: PermissionAllow, PermissionGranted: true,
 	})
 	if allowed.Action != ActionAllow || allowed.Block != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("granted web_search must be allowed under deny, got %#v", allowed)

internal/sandbox/manager.go

@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ var errWindowsSandboxNotInitialized = errors.New(
 const windowsSetupDowngradeReason = "Windows OS sandbox inactive — commands run with workspace path-confinement and " +
 	"per-command approval only. Run `zero sandbox setup` from an elevated (Administrator) terminal for full filesystem and network isolation."
 
-// windowsUnelevatedDowngradeReason is surfaced when Windows runs the sandbox in
-// the unelevated tier: the restricted-token write-jail is enforced (the command
-// runner applies the workspace ACLs itself, which needs no Administrator
-// rights), but the WFP network filters are Administrator-only and absent.
-const windowsUnelevatedDowngradeReason = "Windows sandbox running unelevated — the filesystem write-jail is enforced, but network " +
-	"isolation still relies on per-command approval. Run `zero sandbox setup` from an elevated (Administrator) terminal for OS-level network enforcement."
-
 // windowsSandboxInitialized reports whether the per-host Windows sandbox setup
 // marker exists. A missing marker is the common fresh-install state, so the
 // caller degrades rather than bricking the command. Indirected through a var so
@@ -181,28 +174,19 @@ func (manager SandboxManager) BuildExecutionRequest(request SandboxManagerReques
 	if request.ValidateExecution && preference == SandboxPreferenceRequire && backend.SupportLevel() != BackendSupportNative {
 		return SandboxExecutionRequest{}, nativeSandboxUnavailableError(backend)
 	}
-	// Windows: the FULL OS sandbox needs a one-time elevated `zero sandbox setup`
-	// (it applies WFP network filters + workspace ACLs and writes a marker).
-	// Without it, a restricted-filesystem profile can still run in the UNELEVATED
-	// tier: the command runner applies the workspace ACL plan itself (DACL edits
-	// on user-owned roots need no Administrator rights) and wraps the command in
-	// the write-restricted token, so the filesystem write-jail holds. Only the
-	// WFP network filters are Administrator-only, so network stays with the
-	// in-process approval gate at that tier. A profile that needs the sandbox
-	// solely for network isolation gains nothing from the unelevated tier and
-	// DEGRADES to the policy gate as before. A strict caller (--sandbox require)
-	// still gets a clear error pointing at setup.
+	// Windows: the OS sandbox needs a one-time elevated `zero sandbox setup` (it
+	// applies WFP network filters + workspace ACLs and writes a marker). Without
+	// it the command runner hard-fails — so on the default preference, DEGRADE to
+	// the in-process policy gate + per-command approval (matching Linux/macOS when
+	// their sandbox is unavailable) instead of bricking every command. A strict
+	// caller (--sandbox require) still gets a clear error pointing at setup.
 	windowsNeedsSetup := false
 	if manager.goos == "windows" && requiresPlatformSandbox && enforcementLevel == EnforcementNative && !windowsSandboxInitialized() {
 		if preference == SandboxPreferenceRequire {
 			return SandboxExecutionRequest{}, errWindowsSandboxNotInitialized
 		}
+		enforcementLevel = EnforcementDegraded
 		windowsNeedsSetup = true
-		if profile.FileSystem.Kind == FileSystemRestricted {
-			enforcementLevel = EnforcementUnelevated
-		} else {
-			enforcementLevel = EnforcementDegraded
-		}
 	}
 	targetBackend := manager.targetBackend(preference, policy, requiresPlatformSandbox)
 	downgradeReason := ""
@@ -212,11 +196,7 @@ func (manager SandboxManager) BuildExecutionRequest(request SandboxManagerReques
 			downgradeReason = windowsSetupDowngradeReason
 		}
 	}
-	if enforcementLevel == EnforcementUnelevated {
-		downgradeReason = windowsUnelevatedDowngradeReason
-	}
-	wrapped := backend.CommandWrapping && backend.Available &&
-		(enforcementLevel == EnforcementNative || enforcementLevel == EnforcementUnelevated)
+	wrapped := backend.CommandWrapping && backend.Available && enforcementLevel == EnforcementNative
 	markers := backend.SandboxEnvMarkers(policy)
 	if !wrapped && backend.Name != BackendWSL {
 		markers = nil

internal/sandbox/manager_test.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestPermissionProfileFromPolicyIncludesDefaultTempWriteRoots(t *testing.T)
 	if !writeRootsContain(profile.FileSystem.WriteRoots, tmpdir) {
 		t.Fatalf("write roots = %#v, want temp root %q", profile.FileSystem.WriteRoots, tmpdir)
 	}
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" && pathExists("/tmp") && !writeRootsContain(profile.FileSystem.WriteRoots, "/tmp") {
+	if pathExists("/tmp") && !writeRootsContain(profile.FileSystem.WriteRoots, "/tmp") {
 		t.Fatalf("write roots = %#v, want /tmp", profile.FileSystem.WriteRoots)
 	}
 }

internal/sandbox/runner_windows_integration_test.go

@@ -132,64 +132,6 @@ exit 0
 	}
 }
 
-// TestWindowsUnelevatedRealSandboxSmoke exercises the unelevated tier end to
-// end WITHOUT running the elevated setup helper: the command runner applies
-// the workspace ACLs itself, a write inside the workspace succeeds under the
-// restricted token, and a write outside every granted root is denied. Unlike
-// the elevated smoke above it needs no Administrator terminal.
-func TestWindowsUnelevatedRealSandboxSmoke(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("ZERO_SANDBOX_REAL_SMOKE") != "1" {
-		t.Skip("set ZERO_SANDBOX_REAL_SMOKE=1 to run real Windows sandbox smoke tests")
-	}
-	runnerExe := realSmokeExecutable(t, "ZERO_WINDOWS_COMMAND_RUNNER_EXE", WindowsSandboxCommandRunnerName)
-
-	root := t.TempDir()
-	outside := t.TempDir()
-	sandboxHome := filepath.Join(root, ".zero-sandbox")
-	profile := PermissionProfile{
-		FileSystem: FileSystemPolicy{
-			Kind:                 FileSystemRestricted,
-			ReadRoots:            []string{root},
-			WriteRoots:           []WritableRoot{{Root: root, ProtectedMetadataNames: []string{".git", ".zero", ".agents"}}},
-			IncludePlatformRoots: true,
-			AllowTemp:            true,
-		},
-		Network: NetworkPolicy{Mode: NetworkDeny},
-	}
-	config := WindowsSandboxCommandArgsOptions{
-		SandboxHome:       sandboxHome,
-		CommandCWD:        root,
-		WorkspaceRoots:    []string{root},
-		PermissionProfile: profile,
-		SandboxLevel:      WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated,
-	}
-
-	// cmd.exe rather than powershell.exe: managed PowerShell cannot initialize
-	// its crypto provider under a write-restricted token on some hosts
-	// (0x8009001d, the same restricted-token limitation the runner documents for
-	// Schannel), and the write-jail assertion only needs a native shell.
-	insideMarker := filepath.Join(root, "unelevated-write-ok.txt")
-	runWindowsRealSmokeCommand(t, runnerExe, config, []string{
-		"cmd.exe", "/d", "/s", "/c", "echo ok>" + insideMarker,
-	}, 0)
-	if bytes, err := os.ReadFile(insideMarker); err != nil || strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes)) != "ok" {
-		t.Fatalf("unelevated sandboxed write marker = %q, %v; want ok", bytes, err)
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerPath(sandboxHome)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expected the unelevated setup marker to be recorded: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	outsideMarker := filepath.Join(outside, "unelevated-write-denied.txt")
-	runWindowsRealSmokeCommand(t, runnerExe, config, []string{
-		"cmd.exe", "/d", "/s", "/c", "echo leaked>" + outsideMarker,
-	}, 1)
-	if _, err := os.Stat(outsideMarker); err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unelevated sandbox allowed a write outside every granted root")
-	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Fatalf("stat outside marker: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 func realSmokeExecutable(t *testing.T, envKey string, fallbackName string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 	if path := os.Getenv(envKey); path != "" {

internal/sandbox/scope_test.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package sandbox
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ func TestNewScopeNormalizesAndValidatesExtraRoots(t *testing.T) {
 	if !stringSliceContains(roots, normalizeWorkspaceRootBestEffort(extra)) {
 		t.Fatalf("Roots()=%v want extra root %q", roots, normalizeWorkspaceRootBestEffort(extra))
 	}
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" && pathExists("/tmp") && !stringSliceContains(roots, normalizeWorkspaceRootBestEffort("/tmp")) {
+	if pathExists("/tmp") && !stringSliceContains(roots, normalizeWorkspaceRootBestEffort("/tmp")) {
 		t.Fatalf("Roots()=%v want default /tmp write root", roots)
 	}
 }

internal/sandbox/types.go

@@ -143,16 +143,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	EnforcementNative EnforcementLevel = "native"
-	// EnforcementUnelevated is the Windows-only middle tier used when the
-	// elevated `zero sandbox setup` has not run: commands still wrap through the
-	// command runner with a write-restricted token and workspace ACLs (which the
-	// runner can apply without Administrator rights), but the WFP network
-	// filters are absent, so network isolation stays with the in-process
-	// approval gate.
-	EnforcementUnelevated EnforcementLevel = "unelevated"
-	EnforcementDegraded   EnforcementLevel = "degraded"
-	EnforcementDisabled   EnforcementLevel = "disabled"
+	EnforcementNative   EnforcementLevel = "native"
+	EnforcementDegraded EnforcementLevel = "degraded"
+	EnforcementDisabled EnforcementLevel = "disabled"
 )
 
 type Policy struct {

internal/sandbox/windows_command_runner_windows.go

@@ -8,21 +8,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func runWindowsSandboxCommand(config WindowsSandboxCommandConfig, stderr io.Writer) int {
-	switch config.SandboxLevel {
-	case WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken:
-		if err := ValidateWindowsSandboxSetupMarker(WindowsSandboxSetupConfigFromCommand(config)); err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(stderr, WindowsSandboxCommandRunnerName+": "+err.Error())
-			return 1
-		}
-	case WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated:
-		if err := ensureWindowsUnelevatedSetup(config); err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(stderr, WindowsSandboxCommandRunnerName+": "+err.Error())
-			return 1
-		}
-	default:
+	if config.SandboxLevel != WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "%s: unsupported Windows sandbox level %q\n", WindowsSandboxCommandRunnerName, config.SandboxLevel)
 		return 1
 	}
+	if err := ValidateWindowsSandboxSetupMarker(WindowsSandboxSetupConfigFromCommand(config)); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, WindowsSandboxCommandRunnerName+": "+err.Error())
+		return 1
+	}
 	if err := ValidateWindowsNetworkPolicy(config.PermissionProfile.Network); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, WindowsSandboxCommandRunnerName+": "+err.Error())
 		return 1
@@ -64,32 +57,3 @@ func runWindowsSandboxCommand(config WindowsSandboxCommandConfig, stderr io.Writ
 	}
 	return exitCode
 }
-
-// ensureWindowsUnelevatedSetup applies the workspace ACL plan from the current
-// (non-elevated) process so the write-restricted token has somewhere its
-// capability SIDs are granted. DACL edits on user-owned workspace and temp
-// roots need no Administrator rights; the WFP network filters DO, so this tier
-// provisions no network enforcement — the offline-marker SID composed into the
-// token stays inert until an elevated `zero sandbox setup` installs the block
-// filters. Applied plans are recorded by hash so repeat commands skip the
-// re-apply; like the elevated setup, grants are left in place (the rollback is
-// deliberately discarded) because they only name synthetic capability SIDs
-// that no other token carries.
-func ensureWindowsUnelevatedSetup(config WindowsSandboxCommandConfig) error {
-	applied, plan, err := buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	marker, err := loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(config.SandboxHome)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if marker.contains(applied) {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if _, err := applyWindowsACLPlan(plan); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("apply unelevated workspace ACLs: %w — the workspace may be on a filesystem the current user does not own; "+
-			"run `zero sandbox setup` from an elevated (Administrator) terminal, or re-run with `--sandbox forbid` to skip OS sandboxing", err)
-	}
-	return recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config.SandboxHome, applied)
-}

internal/sandbox/windows_degrade_test.go

@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ package sandbox
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// On Windows, a not-yet-set-up sandbox must fall back to the UNELEVATED tier
-// (wrapped through the runner with the write-restricted token, network left to
-// the approval gate) on the default preference — never brick the command —
-// while a strict --sandbox require still errors with a setup hint. Once the
-// marker exists, enforcement is native and the command wraps.
-func TestWindowsFallsBackUnelevatedWhenSandboxNotInitialized(t *testing.T) {
+// On Windows, a not-yet-set-up sandbox must DEGRADE (run unwrapped with a
+// downgrade reason) on the default preference — never brick the command — while
+// a strict --sandbox require still errors with a setup hint. Once the marker
+// exists, enforcement is native and the command wraps.
+func TestWindowsDegradesWhenSandboxNotInitialized(t *testing.T) {
 	restore := windowsSandboxInitialized
 	t.Cleanup(func() { windowsSandboxInitialized = restore })
 
@@ -26,70 +24,13 @@ func TestWindowsFallsBackUnelevatedWhenSandboxNotInitialized(t *testing.T) {
 		ValidateExecution: true,
 	}
 
-	// Marker missing + auto -> unelevated tier: still wrapped, with a reason
-	// documenting the missing network enforcement, no error.
+	// Marker missing + auto -> degrade (unwrapped, with a reason), no error.
 	windowsSandboxInitialized = func() bool { return false }
 	auto := base
 	auto.Preference = SandboxPreferenceAuto
 	req, err := mgr.BuildExecutionRequest(auto)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("auto must fall back, not error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if req.EnforcementLevel != EnforcementUnelevated {
-		t.Fatalf("enforcement = %v, want unelevated", req.EnforcementLevel)
-	}
-	if !req.CommandWrapped {
-		t.Fatal("unelevated command must still be wrapped through the sandbox runner")
-	}
-	if req.DowngradeReason == "" || !strings.Contains(req.DowngradeReason, "network") {
-		t.Fatalf("downgrade reason = %q, want an explanation of the missing network enforcement", req.DowngradeReason)
-	}
-
-	// Marker missing + require -> hard error pointing at setup.
-	require := base
-	require.Preference = SandboxPreferenceRequire
-	if _, err := mgr.BuildExecutionRequest(require); !errors.Is(err, errWindowsSandboxNotInitialized) {
-		t.Fatalf("require must error with the setup hint, got %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Marker present -> native, wrapped, no downgrade reason.
-	windowsSandboxInitialized = func() bool { return true }
-	req, err = mgr.BuildExecutionRequest(auto)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("initialized auto: %v", err)
-	}
-	if req.EnforcementLevel != EnforcementNative || !req.CommandWrapped {
-		t.Fatalf("initialized -> native wrapped, got enforcement=%v wrapped=%v", req.EnforcementLevel, req.CommandWrapped)
-	}
-	if req.DowngradeReason != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("native downgrade reason = %q, want empty", req.DowngradeReason)
-	}
-}
-
-// A profile that needs the platform sandbox ONLY for network isolation gains
-// nothing from the unelevated tier (which cannot enforce network), so it must
-// keep the old degrade-to-policy-gate behavior.
-func TestWindowsNetworkOnlyProfileStillDegradesWhenNotInitialized(t *testing.T) {
-	restore := windowsSandboxInitialized
-	t.Cleanup(func() { windowsSandboxInitialized = restore })
-	windowsSandboxInitialized = func() bool { return false }
-
-	mgr := NewSandboxManager(SandboxManagerOptions{
-		GOOS:    "windows",
-		Backend: Backend{Name: BackendWindowsRestrictedToken, Available: true, Executable: "zero.exe", Platform: "windows"},
-	})
-	req, err := mgr.BuildExecutionRequest(SandboxManagerRequest{
-		WorkspaceRoot: `C:\ws`,
-		Command:       CommandSpec{Name: "bash", Args: []string{"-c", "echo hi"}},
-		Policy:        DefaultPolicy(),
-		Profile: PermissionProfile{
-			FileSystem: FileSystemPolicy{Kind: FileSystemUnrestricted, IncludePlatformRoots: true, AllowTemp: true},
-			Network:    NetworkPolicy{Mode: NetworkDeny},
-		},
-		Preference: SandboxPreferenceAuto,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("network-only profile must degrade, not error: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("auto must degrade, not error: %v", err)
 	}
 	if req.EnforcementLevel != EnforcementDegraded {
 		t.Fatalf("enforcement = %v, want degraded", req.EnforcementLevel)
@@ -100,4 +41,21 @@ func TestWindowsNetworkOnlyProfileStillDegradesWhenNotInitialized(t *testing.T)
 	if req.DowngradeReason == "" {
 		t.Fatal("expected a downgrade reason explaining the missing setup")
 	}
+
+	// Marker missing + require -> hard error pointing at setup.
+	require := base
+	require.Preference = SandboxPreferenceRequire
+	if _, err := mgr.BuildExecutionRequest(require); !errors.Is(err, errWindowsSandboxNotInitialized) {
+		t.Fatalf("require must error with the setup hint, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Marker present -> native, wrapped.
+	windowsSandboxInitialized = func() bool { return true }
+	req, err = mgr.BuildExecutionRequest(auto)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("initialized auto: %v", err)
+	}
+	if req.EnforcementLevel != EnforcementNative || !req.CommandWrapped {
+		t.Fatalf("initialized -> native wrapped, got enforcement=%v wrapped=%v", req.EnforcementLevel, req.CommandWrapped)
+	}
 }

internal/sandbox/windows_runner.go

@@ -95,14 +95,8 @@ type WindowsSandboxLevel string
 
 const (
 	WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken WindowsSandboxLevel = "restricted-token"
-	// WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated is the restricted-token tier without the
-	// elevated setup: the runner applies the workspace ACL plan itself before
-	// launching (no Administrator rights needed) and skips the elevated setup
-	// marker check. Network is NOT enforced at this level — the WFP filters need
-	// the elevated setup — so callers must keep network behind the approval gate.
-	WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated WindowsSandboxLevel = "unelevated"
-	WindowsSandboxLevelElevated   WindowsSandboxLevel = "elevated"
-	WindowsSandboxLevelDisabled   WindowsSandboxLevel = "disabled"
+	WindowsSandboxLevelElevated        WindowsSandboxLevel = "elevated"
+	WindowsSandboxLevelDisabled        WindowsSandboxLevel = "disabled"
 )
 
 type WindowsSandboxCommandArgsOptions struct {
@@ -277,20 +271,13 @@ func windowsRestrictedTokenCommandPlan(execRequest SandboxExecutionRequest, poli
 		return CommandPlan{}, err
 	}
 	childEnv := windowsSandboxChildEnv(spec.Env, policy, execRequest.WorkspaceRoot)
-	// The unelevated enforcement tier maps to the runner's unelevated level: same
-	// restricted token, but the runner applies the workspace ACLs itself instead
-	// of requiring the elevated setup marker.
-	level := WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken
-	if execRequest.EnforcementLevel == EnforcementUnelevated {
-		level = WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated
-	}
 	args, err := BuildWindowsSandboxCommandArgs(WindowsSandboxCommandArgsOptions{
 		SandboxHome:       sandboxHome,
 		CommandCWD:        spec.Dir,
 		WorkspaceRoots:    []string{execRequest.WorkspaceRoot},
 		PermissionProfile: execRequest.PermissionProfile,
 		Env:               childEnv,
-		SandboxLevel:      level,
+		SandboxLevel:      WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken,
 		Command:           append([]string{spec.Name}, spec.Args...),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -394,7 +381,7 @@ func nextWindowsSandboxFlagValue(args []string, index int) (string, int, error)
 
 func validWindowsSandboxLevel(level WindowsSandboxLevel) bool {
 	switch level {
-	case WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken, WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated, WindowsSandboxLevelElevated, WindowsSandboxLevelDisabled:
+	case WindowsSandboxLevelRestrictedToken, WindowsSandboxLevelElevated, WindowsSandboxLevelDisabled:
 		return true
 	default:
 		return false

internal/sandbox/windows_unelevated.go

@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-package sandbox
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-const windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerSchemaVersion = 1
-
-// windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerMaxPlans bounds the applied-plan history so the
-// marker cannot grow without limit when a user hops between many workspaces.
-// Oldest entries are dropped first; re-applying an already-granted plan is
-// harmless, so eviction only costs a redundant ACL apply.
-const windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerMaxPlans = 64
-
-// WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan fingerprints one workspace ACL plan the
-// unelevated tier has applied. Unlike the elevated setup marker it carries no
-// network infrastructure hash: the unelevated tier never provisions WFP
-// filters, so there is nothing network-side to fingerprint.
-type WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan struct {
-	ACLPlanHash    string `json:"aclPlanHash"`
-	ACLPlanEntries int    `json:"aclPlanEntries"`
-}
-
-// WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker records which workspace ACL plans the command
-// runner has applied without elevation, keyed by plan hash, so repeat commands
-// in a known workspace skip the re-apply. One file serves every workspace under
-// a sandbox home (the elevated marker is instead a single-plan snapshot,
-// because its WFP half genuinely is machine-global).
-type WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker struct {
-	SchemaVersion int                            `json:"schemaVersion"`
-	AppliedPlans  []WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan `json:"appliedPlans,omitempty"`
-}
-
-func WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerPath(sandboxHome string) string {
-	return filepath.Join(filepath.Clean(sandboxHome), "windows-unelevated-setup.json")
-}
-
-// buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan derives the ACL plan for the command's
-// permission profile plus its marker fingerprint. The same BuildWindowsACLPlan
-// output later feeds the apply step, so the fingerprint and the applied grants
-// can never drift apart.
-func buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config WindowsSandboxCommandConfig) (WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan, WindowsACLPlan, error) {
-	plan, err := BuildWindowsACLPlan(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan{}, WindowsACLPlan{}, err
-	}
-	hash, err := WindowsACLPlanHash(plan)
-	if err != nil {
-		return WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan{}, WindowsACLPlan{}, err
-	}
-	return WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan{
-		ACLPlanHash:    hash,
-		ACLPlanEntries: len(plan.Entries),
-	}, plan, nil
-}
-
-// loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker reads the marker; a missing file is the
-// common first-run state and returns an empty marker, not an error. A marker
-// with an unexpected schema version is treated as empty so the runner re-applies
-// (and rewrites) rather than failing.
-func loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(sandboxHome string) (WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker, error) {
-	sandboxHome = strings.TrimSpace(sandboxHome)
-	if sandboxHome == "" {
-		return WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker{}, errors.New("windows sandbox home is required")
-	}
-	path := WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerPath(sandboxHome)
-	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			return WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker{SchemaVersion: windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerSchemaVersion}, nil
-		}
-		return WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker{}, fmt.Errorf("read windows unelevated setup marker: %w", err)
-	}
-	var marker WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, &marker); err != nil {
-		return WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker{}, fmt.Errorf("parse windows unelevated setup marker %s: %w", path, err)
-	}
-	if marker.SchemaVersion != windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerSchemaVersion {
-		return WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker{SchemaVersion: windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerSchemaVersion}, nil
-	}
-	return marker, nil
-}
-
-func (marker WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker) contains(applied WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan) bool {
-	if strings.TrimSpace(applied.ACLPlanHash) == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	for _, plan := range marker.AppliedPlans {
-		if plan.ACLPlanHash == applied.ACLPlanHash && plan.ACLPlanEntries == applied.ACLPlanEntries {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan appends the plan to the marker (dropping
-// the oldest entries past the cap) and writes it atomically, following the
-// temp-file-then-rename pattern of the sibling marker writers.
-func recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(sandboxHome string, applied WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan) error {
-	marker, err := loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(sandboxHome)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if marker.contains(applied) {
-		return nil
-	}
-	marker.SchemaVersion = windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerSchemaVersion
-	marker.AppliedPlans = append(marker.AppliedPlans, applied)
-	if overflow := len(marker.AppliedPlans) - windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerMaxPlans; overflow > 0 {
-		marker.AppliedPlans = append([]WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(nil), marker.AppliedPlans[overflow:]...)
-	}
-	path := WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerPath(sandboxHome)
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o700); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create windows unelevated setup marker dir: %w", err)
-	}
-	bytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(marker, "", "  ")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("marshal windows unelevated setup marker: %w", err)
-	}
-	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(path), ".windows-unelevated-setup-*.tmp")
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create windows unelevated setup marker temp file: %w", err)
-	}
-	tmpPath := tmp.Name()
-	if _, err := tmp.Write(bytes); err != nil {
-		_ = tmp.Close()
-		_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
-		return fmt.Errorf("write windows unelevated setup marker temp file: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
-		_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
-		return fmt.Errorf("close windows unelevated setup marker temp file: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil {
-		_ = os.Remove(tmpPath)
-		return fmt.Errorf("replace windows unelevated setup marker: %w", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}

internal/sandbox/windows_unelevated_test.go

@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-package sandbox
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func testWindowsUnelevatedCommandConfig(t *testing.T) WindowsSandboxCommandConfig {
-	t.Helper()
-	root := t.TempDir()
-	return WindowsSandboxCommandConfig{
-		SandboxHome:    filepath.Join(root, ".zero-sandbox"),
-		CommandCWD:     root,
-		WorkspaceRoots: []string{root},
-		PermissionProfile: PermissionProfile{
-			FileSystem: FileSystemPolicy{
-				Kind:       FileSystemRestricted,
-				ReadRoots:  []string{root},
-				WriteRoots: []WritableRoot{{Root: root, ProtectedMetadataNames: []string{".git", ".zero", ".agents"}}},
-				AllowTemp:  true,
-			},
-			Network: NetworkPolicy{Mode: NetworkDeny},
-		},
-		SandboxLevel: WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated,
-		Command:      []string{"cmd.exe", "/c", "echo hi"},
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWindowsSandboxCommandArgsRoundTripUnelevatedLevel(t *testing.T) {
-	config := testWindowsUnelevatedCommandConfig(t)
-	args, err := BuildWindowsSandboxCommandArgs(WindowsSandboxCommandArgsOptions{
-		SandboxHome:       config.SandboxHome,
-		CommandCWD:        config.CommandCWD,
-		WorkspaceRoots:    config.WorkspaceRoots,
-		PermissionProfile: config.PermissionProfile,
-		SandboxLevel:      WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated,
-		Command:           config.Command,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("BuildWindowsSandboxCommandArgs: %v", err)
-	}
-	parsed, err := ParseWindowsSandboxCommandArgs(args)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("ParseWindowsSandboxCommandArgs: %v", err)
-	}
-	if parsed.SandboxLevel != WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated {
-		t.Fatalf("round-tripped sandbox level = %q, want %q", parsed.SandboxLevel, WindowsSandboxLevelUnelevated)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBuildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlanFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
-	config := testWindowsUnelevatedCommandConfig(t)
-	applied, plan, err := buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan: %v", err)
-	}
-	if applied.ACLPlanHash == "" || applied.ACLPlanEntries == 0 || applied.ACLPlanEntries != len(plan.Entries) {
-		t.Fatalf("applied plan = %+v with %d plan entries, want a non-empty consistent fingerprint", applied, len(plan.Entries))
-	}
-	// Same config -> same fingerprint (the marker's dedupe key).
-	again, _, err := buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("rebuild: %v", err)
-	}
-	if again != applied {
-		t.Fatalf("fingerprint not stable: %+v then %+v", applied, again)
-	}
-	// An unrestricted profile has no ACL plan to apply and must error.
-	config.PermissionProfile.FileSystem.Kind = FileSystemUnrestricted
-	if _, _, err := buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected an error for an unrestricted filesystem profile")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerRecordAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
-	config := testWindowsUnelevatedCommandConfig(t)
-	applied, _, err := buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("buildWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Missing marker file is the fresh-install state: empty, no error, no match.
-	marker, err := loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(config.SandboxHome)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("load missing marker: %v", err)
-	}
-	if marker.contains(applied) {
-		t.Fatal("empty marker must not contain the plan")
-	}
-
-	if err := recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config.SandboxHome, applied); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("record: %v", err)
-	}
-	marker, err = loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(config.SandboxHome)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("load recorded marker: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !marker.contains(applied) || len(marker.AppliedPlans) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("marker = %+v, want exactly the recorded plan", marker)
-	}
-
-	// Recording the same plan again must not duplicate it.
-	if err := recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(config.SandboxHome, applied); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("re-record: %v", err)
-	}
-	marker, err = loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(config.SandboxHome)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("reload marker: %v", err)
-	}
-	if len(marker.AppliedPlans) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("marker has %d plans after duplicate record, want 1", len(marker.AppliedPlans))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerEvictsOldestPastCap(t *testing.T) {
-	home := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), ".zero-sandbox")
-	first := WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan{ACLPlanHash: "hash-0", ACLPlanEntries: 1}
-	if err := recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(home, first); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("record first: %v", err)
-	}
-	for index := 1; index <= windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerMaxPlans; index++ {
-		plan := WindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan{ACLPlanHash: fmt.Sprintf("hash-%d", index), ACLPlanEntries: index}
-		if err := recordWindowsUnelevatedAppliedPlan(home, plan); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("record %d: %v", index, err)
-		}
-	}
-	marker, err := loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(home)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
-	}
-	if len(marker.AppliedPlans) != windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerMaxPlans {
-		t.Fatalf("marker has %d plans, want the cap of %d", len(marker.AppliedPlans), windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerMaxPlans)
-	}
-	if marker.contains(first) {
-		t.Fatal("oldest plan should have been evicted past the cap")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestLoadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerResetsUnknownSchema(t *testing.T) {
-	home := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), ".zero-sandbox")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(home, 0o700); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("mkdir sandbox home: %v", err)
-	}
-	path := WindowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerPath(home)
-	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`{"schemaVersion":99,"appliedPlans":[{"aclPlanHash":"h","aclPlanEntries":1}]}`), 0o600); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write marker: %v", err)
-	}
-	marker, err := loadWindowsUnelevatedSetupMarker(home)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
-	}
-	if len(marker.AppliedPlans) != 0 || marker.SchemaVersion != windowsUnelevatedSetupMarkerSchemaVersion {
-		t.Fatalf("unknown schema must reset to empty current-schema marker, got %+v", marker)
-	}
-}

internal/specialist/exec.go

@@ -204,11 +204,7 @@ type ChildRunResult struct {
 	Events   []streamjson.Event
 	Stderr   string
 	ExitCode int
-	// Signal is a human-readable description (e.g. "signal: killed") when the child
-	// was terminated by a signal rather than exiting normally; empty otherwise. It
-	// turns an opaque exit -1 into an actionable reason (SIGKILL ~ out of memory).
-	Signal  string
-	Started bool
+	Started  bool
 }
 
 func (executor Executor) Run(ctx context.Context, params TaskParameters, options TaskRunOptions) (ExecResult, error) {
@@ -570,35 +566,17 @@ func (executor Executor) runBuiltArgs(ctx context.Context, built BuildArgsResult
 		exitCode := run.exitCodeOr(-1)
 		summary := SummarizeStream(run.Events, exitCode)
 		executor.recordSpecialistStop(accounting, summary, "error", summary.ExitCode, err, false)
-		// Carry the child session id even on a post-start failure so a caller (the
-		// swarm launcher -> FailWithSession) can still make the failed member
-		// drillable; the session exists once the child has started.
-		return ExecResult{SessionID: built.SessionID}, err
+		return ExecResult{}, err
 	}
 	summary := SummarizeStream(run.Events, run.ExitCode)
 	rolledUp := executor.rollUpSpecialistUsage(accounting, summary)
 	executor.recordSpecialistStop(accounting, summary, summary.Status, summary.ExitCode, nil, rolledUp)
 	return ExecResult{
-		Result:    BuildFinalResult(run.Events, run.Stderr, run.ExitCode, run.Signal),
+		Result:    BuildFinalResult(run.Events, run.Stderr, run.ExitCode),
 		SessionID: built.SessionID,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// availableSpecialistList renders the registered specialist names for a corrective
-// "not found" error, so a model that guessed a wrong name learns the real options.
-func availableSpecialistList(result LoadResult) string {
-	names := make([]string, 0, len(result.Specialists))
-	for _, manifest := range result.Specialists {
-		if n := strings.TrimSpace(manifest.Metadata.Name); n != "" {
-			names = append(names, n)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(names) == 0 {
-		return "(none registered)"
-	}
-	return strings.Join(names, ", ")
-}
-
 func (executor Executor) loadManifest(name string) (Manifest, error) {
 	name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
 	if name == "" {
@@ -614,12 +592,7 @@ func (executor Executor) loadManifest(name string) (Manifest, error) {
 	}
 	manifest, ok := Find(result, name)
 	if !ok {
-		// Corrective error: a model that invents a specialist name (e.g.
-		// "validator-runner", "file-writer") otherwise gets an opaque "not found"
-		// and keeps retrying made-up names. List the ACTUALLY-registered ones so it
-		// self-corrects — no hardcoded names, since a custom registry may not have
-		// worker/explorer/code-review.
-		return Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("specialist %q not found. Available: %s. Pick one of these whose tools fit the task, or omit the name to use the default", name, availableSpecialistList(result))
+		return Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("specialist %q not found", name)
 	}
 	return manifest, nil
 }
@@ -810,22 +783,15 @@ func runChildProcess(ctx context.Context, binaryPath string, args []string, prog
 	}
 	exitCode := 0
 	started := true
-	signalDesc := ""
 	if err := command.Wait(); err != nil {
 		var exitErr *osexec.ExitError
 		if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
 			exitCode = exitErr.ExitCode()
-			if exitCode < 0 && exitErr.ProcessState != nil {
-				// ExitCode() is -1 when the child was terminated by a signal rather
-				// than exiting. ProcessState.String() is the portable description
-				// (e.g. "signal: killed") — capture it so the failure isn't opaque.
-				signalDesc = exitErr.ProcessState.String()
-			}
 		} else {
 			return ChildRunResult{Events: events, Stderr: stderr.String(), ExitCode: -1, Started: started}, fmt.Errorf("run specialist child: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
-	return ChildRunResult{Events: events, Stderr: stderr.String(), ExitCode: exitCode, Signal: signalDesc, Started: started}, nil
+	return ChildRunResult{Events: events, Stderr: stderr.String(), ExitCode: exitCode, Started: started}, nil
 }
 
 func (run ChildRunResult) exitCodeOr(defaultExitCode int) int {

internal/specialist/load_manifest_error_test.go

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package specialist
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-// A model that invents a specialist name (e.g. "validator-runner", "file-writer")
-// must get a corrective error listing the real specialists, so it self-corrects to a
-// capable one instead of looping on made-up names that spawn doomed sub-agents.
-func TestLoadManifestUnknownNameListsAvailable(t *testing.T) {
-	executor := Executor{
-		Load: func(LoadOptions) (LoadResult, error) {
-			return LoadResult{Specialists: []Manifest{
-				{Metadata: Metadata{Name: "worker"}},
-				{Metadata: Metadata{Name: "explorer"}},
-				{Metadata: Metadata{Name: "code-review"}},
-			}}, nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	_, err := executor.loadManifest("validator-runner")
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("an unknown specialist name must error")
-	}
-	msg := err.Error()
-	for _, want := range []string{"validator-runner", "not found", "worker", "explorer", "code-review"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(msg, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("error %q missing %q (must steer the model to a real specialist)", msg, want)
-		}
-	}
-}

internal/specialist/manifest.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/config"
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/modelregistry"
 )
 
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ var knownToolNames = map[string]bool{
 }
 
 func DefaultPaths(workspaceRoot string) (Paths, error) {
-	userConfigDir, err := config.UserConfigDir()
+	userConfigDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return Paths{}, fmt.Errorf("resolve user config directory: %w", err)
 	}

internal/specialist/output_tool.go

@@ -260,12 +260,6 @@ func formatTaskOutputSummary(task background.Task, summary StreamResult, rawLine
 	if !task.CompletedAt.IsZero() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "completed_at: %s\n", task.CompletedAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
 		fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "exit_code: %d\n", task.ExitCode)
-		if task.ExitCode < 0 {
-			// A negative exit code means the background child was terminated by a
-			// signal rather than exiting (the int-only launcher can't carry the
-			// signal name). Give the same actionable hint the foreground path does.
-			builder.WriteString("note: terminated by a signal — killed before it finished. Likely causes: the OS out-of-memory killer (common when many sub-agents run in parallel — try fewer), a timeout, or cancellation.\n")
-		}
 	}
 
 	if summary.Text != "" {

internal/specialist/output_tool_test.go

@@ -124,16 +124,10 @@ func TestOutputToolBlocksUntilTaskCompletes(t *testing.T) {
 	tool := NewOutputTool(manager)
 	tool.PollInterval = time.Millisecond
 
-	// timeout is a ceiling, not a target: the test still returns as soon as the
-	// 5ms write lands (PollInterval keeps it responsive), it just tolerates a
-	// slow/contended CI runner without failing. A 100ms budget against a 5ms
-	// write only left 20x margin, which Windows CI runners (coarser default
-	// timer granularity, heavier scheduling contention than Linux/macOS) blew
-	// through and failed the test on an otherwise-unrelated PR merge.
 	result := tool.Run(context.Background(), map[string]any{
 		"task_id": "child_task",
 		"block":   true,
-		"timeout": 2000,
+		"timeout": 100,
 	})
 
 	if result.Status != tools.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(result.Output, "output:\nfinished") {

internal/specialist/streamer.go

@@ -134,17 +134,12 @@ func SummarizeStream(events []streamjson.Event, processExitCode int) StreamResul
 	return result
 }
 
-func BuildFinalResult(events []streamjson.Event, stderrOutput string, processExitCode int, signalDesc string) tools.Result {
+func BuildFinalResult(events []streamjson.Event, stderrOutput string, processExitCode int) tools.Result {
 	summary := SummarizeStream(events, processExitCode)
 	hasErrors := len(summary.Errors) > 0 || summary.ExitCode != 0
 	if summary.Status != "" && summary.Status != "success" && summary.Status != "ok" {
 		hasErrors = true
 	}
-	// A captured kill signal must always surface, even if a late run_end reported a
-	// clean exit just before the child was killed during teardown.
-	if strings.TrimSpace(signalDesc) != "" {
-		hasErrors = true
-	}
 	if !hasErrors {
 		output := summary.Text
 		if summary.SessionID != "" {
@@ -154,15 +149,7 @@ func BuildFinalResult(events []streamjson.Event, stderrOutput string, processExi
 	}
 
 	var builder strings.Builder
-	if signal := strings.TrimSpace(signalDesc); signal != "" {
-		// The child was terminated by a signal (exit code -1) rather than exiting.
-		// Surface the signal instead of an opaque "exit -1", and list the common
-		// causes evenhandedly — this branch also covers timeouts and cancellations,
-		// so don't assert OOM.
-		fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "Subagent terminated by a signal (%s) — it was killed before it finished. Common causes: an out-of-memory kill, a timeout, or cancellation; check the signal to tell which. If you were running many sub-agents in parallel, reduce the concurrency.\n", signal)
-	} else {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "Subagent failed (exit %d)\n", summary.ExitCode)
-	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "Subagent failed (exit %d)\n", summary.ExitCode)
 	if len(summary.Errors) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "errors: %s\n", strings.Join(summary.Errors, "; "))
 	}

internal/specialist/streamer_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestParseStreamAndBuildFinalResultSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	if summary.SessionID != "child" || summary.Text != "done" || summary.ExitCode != 0 || len(summary.Tools) != 1 || summary.Tools[0] != "grep" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected summary: %#v", summary)
 	}
-	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "", 0, "")
+	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "", 0)
 	if result.Status != tools.StatusOK || result.Output != "session_id: child\ndone" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected final result: %#v", result)
 	}
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestBuildFinalResultUsesTextDeltasWhenFinalMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("ParseStream returned error: %v", err)
 	}
-	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "", 0, "")
+	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "", 0)
 	if result.Status != tools.StatusOK || result.Output != "session_id: child\nhello world" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected final result: %#v", result)
 	}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestBuildFinalResultErrorIncludesDiagnostics(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("ParseStream returned error: %v", err)
 	}
-	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "stderr text", 0, "")
+	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "stderr text", 0)
 	if result.Status != tools.StatusError {
 		t.Fatalf("Status = %s, want error", result.Status)
 	}
@@ -93,33 +93,6 @@ func TestBuildFinalResultErrorIncludesDiagnostics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// A child terminated by a signal (exit code -1) must surface the signal + an
-// actionable hint, not an opaque "Subagent failed (exit -1)".
-func TestBuildFinalResultSurfacesKillSignal(t *testing.T) {
-	events, err := ParseStream(strings.NewReader(strings.Join([]string{
-		`{"schemaVersion":2,"type":"run_start","runId":"run_1","sessionId":"child"}`,
-		`{"schemaVersion":2,"type":"tool_call","runId":"run_1","id":"call_1","name":"read_file"}`,
-		"",
-	}, "\n")))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("ParseStream returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	result := BuildFinalResult(events, "", -1, "signal: killed")
-	if result.Status != tools.StatusError {
-		t.Fatalf("Status = %s, want error", result.Status)
-	}
-	// Surfaces the signal + lists causes (OOM/timeout/cancellation) without asserting
-	// OOM as the sole cause.
-	for _, want := range []string{"terminated by a signal", "signal: killed", "out-of-memory", "timeout", "cancellation"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(result.Output, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("kill output missing %q:\n%s", want, result.Output)
-		}
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(result.Output, "Subagent failed (exit") {
-		t.Fatalf("signaled child should not show the opaque exit line:\n%s", result.Output)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestParseStreamRejectsInvalidLines(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := ParseStream(strings.NewReader(`{"schemaVersion":2,"runId":"run_1"}` + "\n"))
 	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "type is required") {

internal/swarm/coordinator.go

@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ func (c *Coordinator) Fail(id, errMsg string) error {
 	return c.finish(id, StatusFailed, "", errMsg, "")
 }
 
-// FailWithSession marks a task failed but keeps its child session id, so a member
-// that ran and failed (e.g. exited non-zero / hit max-turns) is still drillable.
-func (c *Coordinator) FailWithSession(id, errMsg, sessionID string) error {
-	return c.finish(id, StatusFailed, "", errMsg, sessionID)
-}
-
 func (c *Coordinator) finish(id string, status TaskStatus, result, errMsg, sessionID string) error {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()

internal/swarm/launcher_specialist.go

@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package swarm
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/specialist"
-	"github.com/Gitlawb/zero/internal/tools"
 )
 
 // NewSpecialistLauncher adapts internal/specialist.Executor into a
@@ -56,18 +54,7 @@ func NewSpecialistLauncher(executor specialist.Executor) MemberLauncher {
 			MemberAutonomy: true,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			// Preserve the child session id on a post-start failure too (exec.go
-			// returns it on the error path) so lifecycle's FailWithSession can keep
-			// the failed member drillable, not just the StatusError case below.
-			return MemberResult{SessionID: res.SessionID}, err
-		}
-		if res.Result.Status == tools.StatusError {
-			// The child ran but its task FAILED (e.g. non-zero exit / max-turns).
-			// Surface it as a member failure so the swarm marks it [failed], not
-			// [done] — otherwise the orchestrator (which can't see the AGENTS panel)
-			// trusts incomplete work. Keep the session id so the failed member is
-			// still drillable, and carry its report as the failure message.
-			return MemberResult{SessionID: res.SessionID}, errors.New(res.Result.Output)
+			return MemberResult{}, err
 		}
 		return MemberResult{Result: res.Result.Output, SessionID: res.SessionID}, nil
 	}}

internal/swarm/launcher_specialist_test.go

@@ -67,50 +67,3 @@ func TestSpecialistLauncherRunsUnregisteredSwarmAgent(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("member args missing agent type: %#v", gotArgs)
 	}
 }
-
-// A member whose child exits non-zero (e.g. exit 4 / max-turns) must be reported as
-// a FAILURE — otherwise the swarm marks it [done] and the orchestrator trusts
-// incomplete work. The failed member keeps its session id (drill-in) and the child
-// report rides along as the failure message.
-func TestSpecialistLauncherMarksNonZeroExitAsFailed(t *testing.T) {
-	four := 4
-	executor := specialist.Executor{
-		BinaryPath:   "/usr/local/bin/zero",
-		NewSessionID: func() (string, error) { return "member_task", nil },
-		Load: func(specialist.LoadOptions) (specialist.LoadResult, error) {
-			return specialist.LoadResult{}, nil
-		},
-		RunChild: func(ctx context.Context, binaryPath string, args []string, progress func(streamjson.Event)) (specialist.ChildRunResult, error) {
-			return specialist.ChildRunResult{
-				Events: []streamjson.Event{
-					{Type: streamjson.EventRunStart, SessionID: "member_task"},
-					{Type: streamjson.EventFinal, Text: "i could not finish the objective"},
-					{Type: streamjson.EventRunEnd, Status: "error", ExitCode: &four},
-				},
-				ExitCode: 4,
-			}, nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	handle, err := NewSpecialistLauncher(executor).Launch(context.Background(), MemberSpec{
-		ID:           "m1",
-		TaskID:       "m1",
-		AgentType:    "subagent",
-		Team:         "probe",
-		Task:         "a task too big for the budget",
-		SystemPrompt: "You are a subagent spawned to complete a specific task.",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("launch: %v", err)
-	}
-	res, err := handle.Wait()
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("a member that exited non-zero must be reported as FAILED, got nil error")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "exit 4") {
-		t.Fatalf("failure should carry the child report (exit 4), got %q", err.Error())
-	}
-	if res.SessionID != "member_task" {
-		t.Fatalf("a failed member must keep its session id for drill-in, got %q", res.SessionID)
-	}
-}

internal/swarm/lifecycle.go

@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ func (s *Swarm) watch(t *Team, m *Member, spec MemberSpec) {
 			}
 			// fall through to record the original error if relaunch fails
 		}
-		// res.SessionID is preserved by the handle even on error, so a member that
-		// ran then failed stays drillable; a pure launch error carries an empty id.
-		_ = s.coord.FailWithSession(m.TaskID, memberError(err), res.SessionID)
+		_ = s.coord.Fail(m.TaskID, memberError(err))
 	} else {
 		_ = s.coord.CompleteWithSession(m.TaskID, res.Result, res.SessionID)
 	}

internal/tools/edit_file.go

@@ -79,25 +79,6 @@ func (tool editFileTool) RunWithOptions(_ context.Context, args map[string]any,
 	content := string(contentBytes)
 	occurrences := strings.Count(content, oldString)
 
-	// CRLF fallback: read_file normalizes \r\n → \n before presenting content to
-	// the model, so the model's old_string will use \n line endings. When the raw
-	// file uses \r\n (common on Windows), the \n-based old_string won't match.
-	// Detect this and transparently normalize: if the direct match fails, translate
-	// old_string's line endings to \r\n and search again. If found, use the CRLF-translated
-	// old_string and new_string for the replacement to preserve the file's existing EOL style
-	// without rewriting EOLs in unrelated parts of the file.
-	if occurrences == 0 && strings.Contains(content, "\r\n") && !strings.Contains(oldString, "\r\n") {
-		crlfOldString := strings.ReplaceAll(oldString, "\n", "\r\n")
-		normalizedOccurrences := strings.Count(content, crlfOldString)
-		if normalizedOccurrences > 0 {
-			occurrences = normalizedOccurrences
-			oldString = crlfOldString
-			if !strings.Contains(newString, "\r\n") {
-				newString = strings.ReplaceAll(newString, "\n", "\r\n")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	if occurrences == 0 {
 		return errorResult("Error: Could not find the exact string to replace in " + relativePath + ". The old_string must match the file byte-for-byte.")
 	}

internal/tools/exec_command.go

@@ -28,17 +28,8 @@ const (
 	completedSessionRetention = 30 * time.Second
 	maxExecSessions           = 64
 	recentExecOutputBytes     = 4096
-	// maxExecOutputBufferBytes caps the undrained output an unpolled session can
-	// accumulate. Without a cap, a long-lived background session nobody polls
-	// again (e.g. a dev server left running after its initiating run was
-	// cancelled) grows this buffer forever as long as the process keeps writing
-	// output, with no ceiling — this previously ran a session's memory into the
-	// tens of gigabytes over several hours and got the whole zero process
-	// OOM-killed by the OS.
-	maxExecOutputBufferBytes         = 2 * 1024 * 1024
-	execSessionStopTimeout           = 3 * time.Second
-	execSessionEvictedMessage        = "[zero] session evicted: too many background terminals\n"
-	execOutputBufferTruncatedMessage = "[zero] output buffer truncated: undrained output exceeded 2MiB, oldest output dropped"
+	execSessionStopTimeout    = 3 * time.Second
+	execSessionEvictedMessage = "[zero] session evicted: too many background terminals\n"
 )
 
 type execSessionManager struct {
@@ -242,10 +233,6 @@ type ExecSessionSnapshot struct {
 	Status       string
 	ExitCode     *int
 	RecentOutput string
-	// OutputTruncated reflects the buffer's last-known truncation state (see
-	// execOutputBuffer.peekTruncated), so a session listing (/ps) still shows
-	// this even if the session is reaped before ever being polled again.
-	OutputTruncated bool
 }
 
 type ExecSessionController interface {
@@ -330,26 +317,24 @@ func (session *execSession) snapshot() ExecSessionSnapshot {
 		status = "exited"
 	}
 	return ExecSessionSnapshot{
-		ID:              session.id,
-		Command:         session.commandText,
-		Cwd:             session.cwd,
-		RelativeCwd:     session.relativeCwd,
-		StartedAt:       startedAt,
-		LastUsedAt:      lastUsedAt,
-		TTY:             session.tty,
-		Status:          status,
-		ExitCode:        copiedExit,
-		RecentOutput:    session.output.recentString(),
-		OutputTruncated: session.output.peekTruncated(),
+		ID:           session.id,
+		Command:      session.commandText,
+		Cwd:          session.cwd,
+		RelativeCwd:  session.relativeCwd,
+		StartedAt:    startedAt,
+		LastUsedAt:   lastUsedAt,
+		TTY:          session.tty,
+		Status:       status,
+		ExitCode:     copiedExit,
+		RecentOutput: session.output.recentString(),
 	}
 }
 
 type execOutputBuffer struct {
-	mu        sync.Mutex
-	data      []byte
-	recent    []byte
-	truncated bool
-	notify    chan struct{}
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	data   []byte
+	recent []byte
+	notify chan struct{}
 }
 
 func newExecOutputBuffer() *execOutputBuffer {
@@ -359,10 +344,6 @@ func newExecOutputBuffer() *execOutputBuffer {
 func (buffer *execOutputBuffer) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	buffer.mu.Lock()
 	buffer.data = append(buffer.data, p...)
-	if len(buffer.data) > maxExecOutputBufferBytes {
-		buffer.data = buffer.data[len(buffer.data)-maxExecOutputBufferBytes:]
-		buffer.truncated = true
-	}
 	buffer.recent = append(buffer.recent, p...)
 	if len(buffer.recent) > recentExecOutputBytes {
 		buffer.recent = buffer.recent[len(buffer.recent)-recentExecOutputBytes:]
@@ -392,34 +373,6 @@ func (buffer *execOutputBuffer) drainString() string {
 	return out
 }
 
-// consumeTruncated reports whether the buffer has dropped output to stay
-// within maxExecOutputBufferBytes since the last call, resetting the flag.
-// Kept as an out-of-band signal rather than text embedded in drainString's
-// result: an earlier version prefixed a notice directly into the drained
-// string, but that notice always sat ~maxExecOutputBufferBytes (2MiB) before
-// the end of the combined output, far outside the byte-budget head/tail
-// window truncateExecOutput keeps afterward (at most 400KB even at the
-// tool's maximum max_output_tokens) — so the notice was reliably swallowed
-// or chopped by that second, unrelated truncation pass. Surfacing it as a
-// separate bool lets the caller report it regardless of where in the byte
-// stream the overflow happened.
-func (buffer *execOutputBuffer) consumeTruncated() bool {
-	buffer.mu.Lock()
-	defer buffer.mu.Unlock()
-	truncated := buffer.truncated
-	buffer.truncated = false
-	return truncated
-}
-
-// peekTruncated reports the buffer's last-known truncation state without
-// clearing it, for status views (e.g. /ps) that shouldn't consume the signal
-// a subsequent poll is still meant to report via consumeTruncated.
-func (buffer *execOutputBuffer) peekTruncated() bool {
-	buffer.mu.Lock()
-	defer buffer.mu.Unlock()
-	return buffer.truncated
-}
-
 type execCommandTool struct {
 	baseTool
 	workspaceRoot string
@@ -532,28 +485,25 @@ func (tool execCommandTool) run(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any, engine
 	if err != nil {
 		return errorResult("Error starting exec_command: " + err.Error())
 	}
-	output, outputTruncated := session.collect(ctx, time.Duration(yieldTimeMS)*time.Millisecond)
+	output := session.collect(ctx, time.Duration(yieldTimeMS)*time.Millisecond)
 	if ctx != nil && ctx.Err() != nil && !session.doneClosed() {
 		session.terminate()
-		more, moreTruncated := session.collect(context.Background(), time.Second)
-		output += more
-		outputTruncated = outputTruncated || moreTruncated
+		output += session.collect(context.Background(), time.Second)
 	}
 	exitCode, exited := session.exitStatus()
 	if exited {
 		tool.manager.remove(session.id)
 	}
 	return execToolResult(execToolResultInput{
-		commandText:           commandText,
-		output:                output,
-		outputBufferTruncated: outputTruncated,
-		sessionID:             session.id,
-		exitCode:              exitCode,
-		exited:                exited,
-		relativeCwd:           relativeCwd,
-		tty:                   session.tty,
-		plan:                  session.plan,
-		maxOutputTokens:       maxOutputTokens,
+		commandText:     commandText,
+		output:          output,
+		sessionID:       session.id,
+		exitCode:        exitCode,
+		exited:          exited,
+		relativeCwd:     relativeCwd,
+		tty:             session.tty,
+		plan:            session.plan,
+		maxOutputTokens: maxOutputTokens,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -608,49 +558,26 @@ func (tool execCommandTool) startSession(commandText string, absoluteCwd string,
 	return session, nil
 }
 
-// collect drains the session's output buffer, returning the accumulated text
-// and whether the buffer ever had to drop output to stay within
-// maxExecOutputBufferBytes since the last collect call.
-func (session *execSession) collect(ctx context.Context, wait time.Duration) (string, bool) {
+func (session *execSession) collect(ctx context.Context, wait time.Duration) string {
 	if ctx == nil {
 		ctx = context.Background()
 	}
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(wait)
 	var builder strings.Builder
-	truncated := false
-	finish := func() (string, bool) {
-		if session.output.consumeTruncated() {
-			truncated = true
-		}
-		return builder.String(), truncated
-	}
 	for {
 		if chunk := session.output.drainString(); chunk != "" {
 			builder.WriteString(chunk)
-			if session.output.consumeTruncated() {
-				truncated = true
-			}
-			// A background process that keeps writing output faster than this
-			// loop can drain it (a chatty dev server, a watch-mode rebuild loop,
-			// a crash-restart spew) would otherwise never let drainString return
-			// empty, so the deadline check below — only reached on an empty
-			// drain — would never fire. That turns `wait` into an unbounded
-			// block regardless of what the caller asked for. Check it here too,
-			// so continuous output can never starve the timeout.
-			if time.Now().After(deadline) {
-				return finish()
-			}
 			continue
 		}
 		if session.doneClosed() {
 			if chunk := session.output.drainString(); chunk != "" {
 				builder.WriteString(chunk)
 			}
-			return finish()
+			return builder.String()
 		}
 		remaining := time.Until(deadline)
 		if remaining <= 0 {
-			return finish()
+			return builder.String()
 		}
 		timer := time.NewTimer(remaining)
 		select {
@@ -675,9 +602,9 @@ func (session *execSession) collect(ctx context.Context, wait time.Duration) (st
 				default:
 				}
 			}
-			return finish()
+			return builder.String()
 		case <-timer.C:
-			return finish()
+			return builder.String()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -774,23 +701,22 @@ func (tool writeStdinTool) RunWithOptions(ctx context.Context, args map[string]a
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	output, outputTruncated := session.collect(ctx, time.Duration(yieldTimeMS)*time.Millisecond)
+	output := session.collect(ctx, time.Duration(yieldTimeMS)*time.Millisecond)
 	exitCode, exited := session.exitStatus()
 	if exited {
 		tool.manager.remove(session.id)
 	}
 	return execToolResult(execToolResultInput{
-		commandText:           session.commandText,
-		output:                output,
-		outputBufferTruncated: outputTruncated,
-		sessionID:             session.id,
-		exitCode:              exitCode,
-		exited:                exited,
-		relativeCwd:           session.relativeCwd,
-		tty:                   session.tty,
-		interrupted:           interrupted,
-		plan:                  session.plan,
-		maxOutputTokens:       maxOutputTokens,
+		commandText:     session.commandText,
+		output:          output,
+		sessionID:       session.id,
+		exitCode:        exitCode,
+		exited:          exited,
+		relativeCwd:     session.relativeCwd,
+		tty:             session.tty,
+		interrupted:     interrupted,
+		plan:            session.plan,
+		maxOutputTokens: maxOutputTokens,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -815,22 +741,16 @@ func shouldInterruptExecSession(chars string, tty bool) bool {
 }
 
 type execToolResultInput struct {
-	commandText string
-	output      string
-	// outputBufferTruncated is true when the session's undrained output buffer
-	// had to drop bytes to stay within maxExecOutputBufferBytes since it was
-	// last collected — data that is gone for good, unlike the head/tail
-	// truncation below (which the caller can recover by polling again or
-	// raising max_output_tokens).
-	outputBufferTruncated bool
-	sessionID             int
-	exitCode              int
-	exited                bool
-	relativeCwd           string
-	tty                   bool
-	interrupted           bool
-	plan                  zeroSandbox.CommandPlan
-	maxOutputTokens       int
+	commandText     string
+	output          string
+	sessionID       int
+	exitCode        int
+	exited          bool
+	relativeCwd     string
+	tty             bool
+	interrupted     bool
+	plan            zeroSandbox.CommandPlan
+	maxOutputTokens int
 }
 
 func execToolResult(input execToolResultInput) Result {
@@ -851,26 +771,16 @@ func execToolResult(input execToolResultInput) Result {
 	} else {
 		meta["session_id"] = strconv.Itoa(input.sessionID)
 	}
-	if input.outputBufferTruncated {
-		meta["output_buffer_truncated"] = "true"
-	}
 
 	status := StatusOK
 	if input.exited && ((input.exitCode != 0 && !input.interrupted) || meta[SandboxLikelyDeniedMeta] == "true") {
 		status = StatusError
 	}
 	body := formatExecCommandOutput(output, input.sessionID, input.exited, input.exitCode, input.interrupted)
-	if input.outputBufferTruncated {
-		// Appended after truncateExecOutput's own head/tail slicing, not
-		// embedded in the text that goes through it — a marker inside that
-		// text can land in the discarded middle or get chopped at a small
-		// max_output_tokens budget. Appending here guarantees it survives.
-		body += "\n" + execOutputBufferTruncatedMessage
-	}
 	return Result{
 		Status:    status,
 		Output:    body,
-		Truncated: truncated || input.outputBufferTruncated,
+		Truncated: truncated,
 		Meta:      meta,
 		Display: Display{
 			Summary: execDisplaySummary(input.commandText, input.sessionID, input.exited, input.exitCode),

internal/tools/exec_command_test.go

@@ -363,152 +363,6 @@ func TestStartExecProcessFallsBackAfterPTYStartMutation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestExecOutputBufferCapsUndrainedData: a session nobody polls must not grow
-// its undrained buffer without bound — a long-lived background process that
-// keeps writing while unpolled previously ran a session's memory into the
-// tens of gigabytes and got the whole zero process OOM-killed by the OS.
-func TestExecOutputBufferCapsUndrainedData(t *testing.T) {
-	buffer := newExecOutputBuffer()
-
-	chunk := strings.Repeat("x", 1024)
-	writes := (maxExecOutputBufferBytes / len(chunk)) + 10 // comfortably over the cap
-	for i := 0; i < writes; i++ {
-		if _, err := buffer.Write([]byte(chunk)); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Write: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	buffer.mu.Lock()
-	dataLen := len(buffer.data)
-	buffer.mu.Unlock()
-	if dataLen > maxExecOutputBufferBytes {
-		t.Fatalf("undrained buffer grew to %d bytes, want <= %d", dataLen, maxExecOutputBufferBytes)
-	}
-
-	out := buffer.drainString()
-	// drainString itself carries no truncation marker: a marker embedded in
-	// the drained text would always sit ~maxExecOutputBufferBytes before the
-	// end of the string, past any realistic head/tail truncation window a
-	// caller applies afterward (see execToolResult), so it's reliably lost.
-	// The signal lives out of band on consumeTruncated/peekTruncated instead.
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(out, chunk) {
-		t.Fatal("drained output should keep the most recent bytes, not the oldest")
-	}
-	if len(out) > maxExecOutputBufferBytes {
-		t.Fatalf("drained output = %d bytes, want <= %d (no marker text mixed in)", len(out), maxExecOutputBufferBytes)
-	}
-
-	if !buffer.peekTruncated() {
-		t.Fatal("peekTruncated should report the overflow without clearing it")
-	}
-	if !buffer.peekTruncated() {
-		t.Fatal("a second peekTruncated call should still report it — peek must not consume")
-	}
-	if !buffer.consumeTruncated() {
-		t.Fatal("consumeTruncated should report the overflow")
-	}
-	if buffer.consumeTruncated() {
-		t.Fatal("consumeTruncated should reset after being read once")
-	}
-	if buffer.peekTruncated() {
-		t.Fatal("peekTruncated should reflect the reset state after consumeTruncated")
-	}
-
-	// A second drain with no intervening writes must be empty.
-	if got := buffer.drainString(); got != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("drainString after a full drain = %q, want empty", got)
-	}
-}
-
-// TestExecToolResultSurfacesBufferTruncationOutsideByteBudget: an earlier
-// version embedded the truncation notice directly in the drained text, which
-// a review found sits ~maxExecOutputBufferBytes before the end of the
-// string — far past the head/tail window truncateExecOutput keeps even at
-// the tool's smallest allowed max_output_tokens, so the notice was reliably
-// swallowed or chopped. The notice must survive regardless of how small the
-// byte budget is, and it must not count against that budget.
-func TestExecToolResultSurfacesBufferTruncationOutsideByteBudget(t *testing.T) {
-	hugeOutput := strings.Repeat("y", maxExecOutputBufferBytes+1024)
-
-	result := execToolResult(execToolResultInput{
-		commandText:           "cmd",
-		output:                hugeOutput,
-		outputBufferTruncated: true,
-		sessionID:             1,
-		exited:                false,
-		maxOutputTokens:       1, // the schema's own declared minimum
-	})
-
-	if !strings.Contains(result.Output, execOutputBufferTruncatedMessage) {
-		t.Fatalf("result output should contain the buffer-truncation notice even at the smallest max_output_tokens, got %q", result.Output[:min(len(result.Output), 200)])
-	}
-	if result.Meta["output_buffer_truncated"] != "true" {
-		t.Fatalf("result meta should flag output_buffer_truncated, got %#v", result.Meta)
-	}
-	if !result.Truncated {
-		t.Fatal("result should report Truncated when the buffer dropped output")
-	}
-}
-
-// TestCollectRespectsDeadlineUnderContinuousOutput asserts collect() returns
-// close to its requested deadline even while output keeps arriving. Before
-// the corresponding fix, the deadline was only checked in the branch reached
-// when drainString returns empty — a background process producing output
-// fast/continuously enough to keep the buffer perpetually non-empty could
-// theoretically starve that check indefinitely. This synthetic writer
-// (8 goroutines, tight loop) did not reliably reproduce that starvation under
-// Go's scheduler in practice — the reader still won the race often enough —
-// so this test doesn't prove the old code could hang; it just pins down the
-// intended behavior (bounded by wait) going forward.
-func TestCollectRespectsDeadlineUnderContinuousOutput(t *testing.T) {
-	session := &execSession{
-		id:     1000,
-		output: newExecOutputBuffer(),
-		done:   make(chan struct{}),
-	}
-
-	stop := make(chan struct{})
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	// Several concurrent writers, each pushing a decent-sized chunk in a tight
-	// loop: a single slow writer lets the reader win the race often enough
-	// (the runtime schedules a gap between writes) to mask the bug. Enough
-	// parallel writers keep the buffer non-empty essentially continuously,
-	// closer to a real chatty process whose PTY reads land in bursts.
-	const writers = 8
-	chunk := []byte(strings.Repeat("x", 256))
-	wg.Add(writers)
-	for i := 0; i < writers; i++ {
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			for {
-				select {
-				case <-stop:
-					return
-				default:
-					session.output.Write(chunk)
-				}
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		close(stop)
-		wg.Wait()
-	})
-
-	const wait = 200 * time.Millisecond
-	start := time.Now()
-	_, _ = session.collect(context.Background(), wait)
-	elapsed := time.Since(start)
-
-	// Generous slack over `wait` for scheduling jitter under a continuously
-	// writing goroutine — this must stay a small multiple of wait, not
-	// "however long the writer keeps going" (which is what the bug produced:
-	// this test would hang past the 30s test timeout without the fix).
-	if elapsed > 3*wait {
-		t.Fatalf("collect took %v under continuous output, want close to the %v deadline", elapsed, wait)
-	}
-}
-
 // resilientTempDir is like t.TempDir() but tolerates the Windows handle-release
 // lag: a SIGKILL'd child process that had the dir as its cwd may not have
 // released it the instant it is reaped, so the immediate RemoveAll t.TempDir()

internal/tools/registry_test.go

@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func TestCoreNetworkToolsExposeSafetyMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	if property, ok := search.Parameters().Properties["query"]; !ok || property.Type != "string" {
 		t.Fatalf("web_search must expose a string query property, got %#v", search.Parameters().Properties["query"])
 	}
-	if safety := search.Safety(); safety.Permission != PermissionPrompt || !safety.AdvertiseInAuto {
-		t.Fatalf("web_search safety = %#v, want prompt and advertised in auto", safety)
+	if safety := search.Safety(); safety.Permission != PermissionAllow || safety.AdvertiseInAuto {
+		t.Fatalf("web_search safety = %#v, want allow without prompt-advertise override", safety)
 	}
 }
 

internal/tools/web_search.go

@@ -81,14 +81,13 @@ func newWebSearchToolWithBackend(backend searchBackend) Tool {
 				Required:             []string{"query"},
 				AdditionalProperties: false,
 			},
-			// Hosted search sends model-provided query text to a configured network
-			// backend. Keep it visible in auto mode, but guard execution through the
-			// normal permission flow like web_fetch.
+			// Hosted search is a read-only discovery action. It remains marked as
+			// network for metadata, but sandbox network policy is the shell egress
+			// boundary; web_search keeps its own result-domain filtering safeguards.
 			safety: Safety{
-				SideEffect:      SideEffectNetwork,
-				Permission:      PermissionPrompt,
-				Reason:          "Sends model-provided search query text to the configured web search backend.",
-				AdvertiseInAuto: true,
+				SideEffect: SideEffectNetwork,
+				Permission: PermissionAllow,
+				Reason:     "Performs a web search over the network.",
 			},
 		},
 		backend: backend,
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ func newWebSearchToolWithBackend(backend searchBackend) Tool {
 }
 
 // RunWithSandbox follows the normal web_search path. The sandbox network policy
-// gates sandboxed shell egress; this in-process hosted search tool is guarded by
-// the permission flow plus backend and result-domain safeguards.
+// gates sandboxed shell egress, not this in-process hosted search tool.
 func (tool webSearchTool) RunWithSandbox(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any, engine *zeroSandbox.Engine) Result {
 	return tool.Run(ctx, args)
 }

internal/tools/web_search_test.go

@@ -116,52 +116,17 @@ func TestWebSearchRegisteredInCoreNetworkTools(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestWebSearchSafetyPromptsForHostedSearchButAdvertisesInAuto(t *testing.T) {
+func TestWebSearchSafetyAllowsHostedSearchWithoutPrompt(t *testing.T) {
 	tool := newWebSearchToolWithBackend(&fakeSearchBackend{})
 	safety := tool.Safety()
 	if safety.SideEffect != SideEffectNetwork {
 		t.Fatalf("side effect = %s, want network", safety.SideEffect)
 	}
-	if safety.Permission != PermissionPrompt {
-		t.Fatalf("permission = %s, want prompt", safety.Permission)
+	if safety.Permission != PermissionAllow {
+		t.Fatalf("permission = %s, want allow", safety.Permission)
 	}
-	if !safety.AdvertiseInAuto {
-		t.Fatal("web_search should be advertised in auto mode while still requiring permission")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWebSearchRegistryRequiresPermissionBeforeBackendCall(t *testing.T) {
-	backend := &fakeSearchBackend{results: []searchResult{{Title: "T", URL: "https://x.test"}}}
-	registry := NewRegistry()
-	registry.Register(newWebSearchToolWithBackend(backend))
-
-	res := registry.Run(context.Background(), "web_search", map[string]any{"query": "private workspace detail"})
-
-	if res.Status != StatusError {
-		t.Fatalf("expected permission error, got %s: %s", res.Status, res.Output)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(res.Output, "Permission required for web_search") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected permission-required output, got %q", res.Output)
-	}
-	if backend.gotQuery != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("backend must not be called before permission, got query %q", backend.gotQuery)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWebSearchRegistryRunsAfterPermissionGranted(t *testing.T) {
-	backend := &fakeSearchBackend{results: []searchResult{{Title: "T", URL: "https://x.test"}}}
-	registry := NewRegistry()
-	registry.Register(newWebSearchToolWithBackend(backend))
-
-	res := registry.RunWithOptions(context.Background(), "web_search", map[string]any{"query": "go errors"}, RunOptions{
-		PermissionGranted: true,
-	})
-
-	if res.Status != StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected ok, got %s: %s", res.Status, res.Output)
-	}
-	if backend.gotQuery != "go errors" {
-		t.Fatalf("backend query = %q, want %q", backend.gotQuery, "go errors")
+	if safety.AdvertiseInAuto {
+		t.Fatal("web_search should not need the prompt-tool auto advertisement override")
 	}
 }
 

internal/tools/write_tools_test.go

@@ -250,29 +250,6 @@ func TestEditFileToolReplacesExactStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestEditFileToolReplacesCRLF(t *testing.T) {
-	root := t.TempDir()
-	path := filepath.Join(root, "code.go")
-	writeTestFile(t, path, "const a = 1\r\nconst b = 2\r\n")
-
-	result := NewEditFileTool(root).Run(context.Background(), map[string]any{
-		"path":       "code.go",
-		"old_string": "const a = 1\nconst b = 2",
-		"new_string": "const a = 42\nconst b = 24",
-	})
-
-	if result.Status != StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("expected edit ok, got %s: %s", result.Status, result.Output)
-	}
-	content, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if string(content) != "const a = 42\r\nconst b = 24\r\n" {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected edited content: %q", string(content))
-	}
-}
-
 func TestEditFileToolEmitsUnifiedDiff(t *testing.T) {
 	root := t.TempDir()
 	writeTestFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "code.go"), "const a = 1\nconst b = 2\n")

internal/tui/background_terminals.go

@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ func formatBackgroundTerminalRow(session tools.ExecSessionSnapshot, now time.Tim
 	}
 	preview := compactCommandOutputText(session.RecentOutput)
 	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("%d · %s · %s · %s", session.ID, session.Status, age, cwd)
-	if session.OutputTruncated {
-		prefix += " · output truncated"
-	}
 	if preview != "" {
 		return prefix + " · " + command + " · " + preview
 	}

internal/tui/clipboard.go

@@ -56,13 +56,6 @@ func pasteFromClipboardCmd() tea.Cmd {
 // spec prompt, the MCP manager, an open picker, the detailed transcript) swallow
 // the paste; empty content is a no-op.
 func (m model) routePaste(content string) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
-	// A paste is a deliberate action, same as a keypress or click — it means
-	// the user moved on to something else, so it disarms a stale Esc
-	// cancel-confirmation. tea.PasteMsg/clipboardReadMsg aren't
-	// tea.KeyPressMsg, so they don't go through that generic keypress hook;
-	// do it once here, before any early return, so both the bracketed-paste
-	// and right-click-paste paths are covered uniformly.
-	m = m.disarmCancelConfirmation()
 	if content == "" {
 		// Empty text clipboard — the user may have pasted a screenshot.
 		// Probe the OS clipboard for image content asynchronously.

internal/tui/command_center.go

@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ func (m model) handleModelCommand(args string) (model, string) {
 	m.providerProfile = nextProfile
 	m.provider = nextProvider
 	m.providerName = displayValue(nextProfile.Name, string(metadata.ProviderKind))
-	// Keep sub-agent child processes on the same provider we just switched to.
-	config.SetActiveProviderEnv(nextProfile.Name)
 	m.modelName = target.modelID
 	resetEffort := false
 	if m.reasoningEffort != "" && !reasoningEffortAllowed(target.reasoningEfforts, m.reasoningEffort) {
@@ -490,16 +488,16 @@ func (m model) handleModelCommand(args string) (model, string) {
 // picker calls this when a model from a non-active provider is chosen, so the
 // picker can list every saved provider and switch across them (like a unified
 // provider+model selector). The key is loaded from the encrypted store / env.
-func (m model) switchProviderModel(providerName, modelID string) (model, string, tea.Cmd) {
+func (m model) switchProviderModel(providerName, modelID string) (model, string) {
 	if m.pending {
-		return m, "Model\nCannot switch providers while a run is active.", nil
+		return m, "Model\nCannot switch providers while a run is active."
 	}
 	if m.newProvider == nil {
-		return m, "Model\nProvider rebuild is not available for this TUI session.", nil
+		return m, "Model\nProvider rebuild is not available for this TUI session."
 	}
 	target, ok := m.savedProviderByName(providerName)
 	if !ok {
-		return m, "Model\nunknown provider " + strconv.Quote(providerName), nil
+		return m, "Model\nunknown provider " + strconv.Quote(providerName)
 	}
 	target = m.profileWithCredential(target)
 	target.Model = strings.TrimSpace(modelID)
@@ -508,35 +506,21 @@ func (m model) switchProviderModel(providerName, modelID string) (model, string,
 	// was deleted/unreadable the marker can still be set, and building a keyless
 	// provider would only fail later with a 401. Local/no-auth providers need no key.
 	if strings.TrimSpace(target.APIKey) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(target.AuthHeaderValue) == "" && !(hasDescriptor && descriptor.Local) {
-		return m, "Model\nprovider " + strconv.Quote(providerName) + " has no usable credential — run setup or `zero auth login " + providerName + "`.", nil
+		return m, "Model\nprovider " + strconv.Quote(providerName) + " has no usable credential — run setup or `zero auth login " + providerName + "`."
 	}
 	next, err := m.newProvider(target)
 	if err != nil {
-		return m, "Model\n" + redaction.RedactString(err.Error(), redaction.Options{ExtraSecretValues: []string{target.APIKey}}), nil
+		return m, "Model\n" + redaction.RedactString(err.Error(), redaction.Options{ExtraSecretValues: []string{target.APIKey}})
 	}
 	m.provider = next
 	m.providerProfile = target
 	m.providerName = target.Name
 	m.modelName = target.Model
-	// Keep sub-agent child processes on the same provider we just switched to.
-	config.SetActiveProviderEnv(target.Name)
 	if strings.TrimSpace(m.userConfigPath) != "" {
 		_, _ = config.SetActiveProvider(m.userConfigPath, target.Name)
 		_, _ = config.SetProviderModel(m.userConfigPath, target.Name, target.Model)
 	}
-	// Warm discovery for the provider we just switched to, same as Init() does
-	// for the provider active at launch — otherwise the context-usage gauge has
-	// no window for this provider until /model happens to be opened separately.
-	var cmds []tea.Cmd
-	if hasDescriptor {
-		if cmd := m.modelPickerProviderDiscoveryCmd(descriptor, target); cmd != nil {
-			cmds = append(cmds, cmd)
-		}
-		if cmd := m.ollamaContextWindowDiscoveryCmd(descriptor, target.BaseURL, target.Model); cmd != nil {
-			cmds = append(cmds, cmd)
-		}
-	}
-	return m, fmt.Sprintf("Model\nSwitched to %s · %s", target.Name, target.Model), tea.Batch(cmds...)
+	return m, fmt.Sprintf("Model\nSwitched to %s · %s", target.Name, target.Model)
 }
 
 // profileWithCredential fills a profile's APIKey for provider construction the same