fix: normalize permissions after qb verification

Dockerfile

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --wheel-dir /wheels .
 FROM builder AS test
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir /wheels/*.whl
 COPY tests ./tests
+COPY scripts ./scripts
 CMD ["python", "-m", "unittest", "discover", "-s", "tests", "-v"]
 
 FROM python:3.11-slim

docs/deployment-and-usage.md

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ backup_dir = "/var/backups/archive-control"
 registration_timeout = "10s" # First response must arrive within this window.
 heartbeat_interval = "15s" # Server may negotiate a different effective value.
 offline_timeout = "45s"
+outbound_enqueue_timeout = "15s" # Reconnect rather than wedging if sends stop draining.
 reconnect_initial = "1s"
 reconnect_max = "60s" # Retry forever, never wait longer than this.
 reconnect_reset_after = "60s"
@@ -262,24 +263,24 @@ control consumer, client consumer, E2E, then image publication.
 ### Reproducible multi-platform Buildx lifecycle
 
 The named Buildx builders are local acceleration/cache only; they are not a
-deployment dependency and can be removed after publication. To create a fresh
-builder, verify its platforms, publish a release, and remove it afterwards:
+deployment dependency and can be removed after publication. Use the checked-in
+publisher: it installs only the non-native binfmt handler, creates a temporary
+rootless BuildKit builder, verifies both platforms, publishes the index,
+displays its digest, then removes both temporary resources.
 
 ```bash
-docker buildx create --name archive-control-release --driver docker-container --use
-docker buildx inspect --bootstrap
-docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
-  --tag sodium/archive-clients:vX.Y.Z --push .
-docker buildx rm archive-control-release
+scripts/publish-image.sh vX.Y.Z
+scripts/publish-image.sh vX.Y.Z --also-latest
 ```
 
-`docker buildx inspect` must list both `linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64` before
-publishing. If the host has no arm64 emulation, install/configure it according
-to the host Docker distribution before the build; do not publish a partial
-single-platform tag. Retain the pushed manifest digest in the release notes
-and deploy the immutable tag or digest. The optional `archive-control-qemu`
-builder follows the same lifecycle when it is used for an emulation smoke
-build.
+The publisher deliberately uses `moby/buildkit:rootless` with
+`--oci-worker-no-process-sandbox`. On nested Docker hosts, the default OCI
+sandbox can fail while masking `/proc/acpi` for an emulated build; rootless
+BuildKit confines that compatibility setting to the disposable builder. It
+refuses to publish unless `docker buildx inspect` reports both `linux/amd64`
+and `linux/arm64`, and removes the builder and binfmt handler on success,
+failure, or interruption. Retain the displayed manifest digest in release
+notes and deploy the immutable tag or digest.
 
 ## Operator usage
 

docs/protocol.md

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ seconds. A connection stable for 60 seconds resets the backoff.
 
 ## Version and feature negotiation
 
-The envelope and registration both state the sender version. Major `1` accepts
-only major `1`; a different major is rejected. The negotiated minor is the
+The envelope and registration both state the sender version. Major `2` accepts
+only major `2`; a different major is rejected. The negotiated minor is the
 highest mutually supported minor no greater than either endpoint's advertised
 minor.
 
@@ -96,19 +96,22 @@ client state snapshot before a route can become ready.
 
 Every mutating command includes an expected job revision or immutable job
 definition plus the expected last global event sequence. A stale revision or
-sequence is rejected without side effects. The control daemon sends only one
-active step command for a job and waits for its persisted completion event
-before commanding the next participant. This single-writer lease lets whichever
-client owns the current step allocate the next global per-job event sequence;
-the following command starts from the sequence control has durably accepted.
+sequence is rejected without side effects. Assignment is represented solely by
+the durable assignment `CommandAck`; it produces no `JobEvent`. The control
+daemon sends only one active step command for a job and waits for its persisted
+completion event before commanding the next participant.
 
 ## Events, progress, and reconciliation
 
 Each client-originated job event has a unique ID, monotonically increasing
-global per-job `sequence`, and resulting job revision. Duplicate IDs/sequences
-are idempotent only when their complete content matches. Control never grants
-concurrent event-writer leases for one job. A gap or conflicting duplicate
-pauses destructive orchestration and requests snapshots.
+global per-job `sequence`, resulting job revision, and the `command_id` of its
+owning `ExecuteStepCommand` or `CancelJobCommand`. Duplicate IDs/sequences are
+idempotent only when their complete content matches. Control verifies the
+client, acknowledged command lease, expected cursor, and active step before
+accepting it. A gap, conflict, or stale lease triggers a durable authoritative
+`ReconcileJobCommand`: the client retires only the named stale command leases
+and restores that job cursor, without deleting resource data or unrelated job
+state.
 
 `fraction_complete` is current-step progress and
 `overall_fraction_complete` is the weighted five- or three-step job progress;
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ On registration, active-job cursors provide the client's revision, last event
 sequence, state, and commit flag. Reconciliation applies these rules:
 
 1. Equal cursors resume normal delivery.
-2. A client behind receives safe replay/snapshot commands.
+2. A client behind receives an authoritative reconciliation command.
 3. Control behind requests and validates the client's full job snapshot.
 4. Conflicting commit evidence reserves the resource and requires manual
    reconciliation; neither side performs cleanup.

docs/workflows.md

@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ and placement policy differ.
    and explicit save path, or apply a transactional delta to an existing
    torrent. Set selected/skipped state, run a full recheck of the target union,
    and fail immediately if qBittorrent attempts to download. Successful recheck
-   atomically advances the placement generation and is the commit point.
+   atomically advances the placement generation and is the commit point. Before
+   qBittorrent is resumed, the client applies `a+rx` to the verified resource
+   directories and `a+r` to its verified files, preserving ownership, write
+   bits, and special mode bits so other local applications can read the data.
 5. **Staging Cleanup.** Remove only job-owned staging artifacts from both
    endpoints. A post-commit cleanup failure produces `CLEANUP_REQUIRED`; it
    never rolls back or deletes the committed placement.

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "archive-clients"
-version = "0.1.19"
+version = "0.1.23"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = ["protobuf==7.35.1", "websockets==16.0"]
 

scripts/publish-image.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Publish one complete Archive Control client OCI image index.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage: scripts/publish-image.sh <semver> [--also-latest]
+
+Builds and pushes sodium/archive-clients for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64.
+Docker must already be authenticated to the target registry.
+EOF
+}
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 || ${1:-} == '-h' || ${1:-} == '--help' ]]; then
+  usage
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+tag=$1
+shift
+also_latest=false
+if [[ ${1:-} == '--also-latest' ]]; then
+  also_latest=true
+  shift
+fi
+if [[ $# -ne 0 ]]; then
+  usage
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+repository=${IMAGE_REPOSITORY:-sodium/archive-clients}
+builder=${BUILDER:-archive-control-release}
+buildkit_image=${BUILDKIT_IMAGE:-moby/buildkit:rootless}
+# Nested Docker hosts can reject default OCI /proc mount masking. Rootless
+# BuildKit confines this compatibility flag to the disposable release builder.
+buildkitd_flags=${BUILDKITD_FLAGS:---oci-worker-no-process-sandbox}
+binfmt_image=${BINFMT_IMAGE:-tonistiigi/binfmt}
+host_arch=$(docker version --format '{{.Server.Arch}}')
+case ${host_arch} in
+  arm64|aarch64) emulated_arch=amd64 ;;
+  amd64|x86_64) emulated_arch=arm64 ;;
+  *) echo "Unsupported Docker server architecture: ${host_arch}" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+
+builder_created=false
+binfmt_installed=false
+cleanup() {
+  local status=$?
+  trap - EXIT
+  if [[ ${builder_created} == true ]]; then
+    docker buildx rm "${builder}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+  if [[ ${binfmt_installed} == true ]]; then
+    docker run --privileged --rm "${binfmt_image}" --uninstall "${emulated_arch}" \
+      >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+  exit "${status}"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+docker run --privileged --rm "${binfmt_image}" --install "${emulated_arch}" \
+  >/dev/null
+binfmt_installed=true
+if docker buildx inspect "${builder}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  docker buildx rm "${builder}" >/dev/null
+fi
+docker buildx create --name "${builder}" --driver docker-container \
+  --driver-opt "image=${buildkit_image}" \
+  --buildkitd-flags "${buildkitd_flags}" --use >/dev/null
+builder_created=true
+
+platforms=$(docker buildx inspect "${builder}" --bootstrap 2>&1)
+for platform in linux/amd64 linux/arm64; do
+  if ! grep -Fq "${platform}" <<<"${platforms}"; then
+    echo "Builder ${builder} does not support ${platform}; refusing partial release." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+tags=(--tag "${repository}:${tag}")
+if [[ ${also_latest} == true ]]; then
+  tags+=(--tag "${repository}:latest")
+fi
+docker buildx build --pull --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
+  --push "${tags[@]}" .
+docker buildx imagetools inspect "${repository}:${tag}"

src/archive_clients/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """Archive Control data-node daemon."""
 
-PROTO_COMMIT = "4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033"
+PROTO_COMMIT = "03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f"
 

src/archive_clients/config.py

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class ConnectionConfig:
     registration_timeout: float = 10
     heartbeat_interval: float = 15
     offline_timeout: float = 45
+    outbound_enqueue_timeout: float = 15
     reconnect_initial: float = 1
     reconnect_max: float = 60
     reconnect_reset_after: float = 60
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ def _connection(value: Any) -> ConnectionConfig:
         raise ConfigError("connection must be a table")
     _keys(value, {
         "registration_timeout", "heartbeat_interval", "offline_timeout",
+        "outbound_enqueue_timeout",
         "reconnect_initial", "reconnect_max", "reconnect_reset_after",
         "reconnect_jitter",
     }, "connection")
@@ -256,6 +258,9 @@ def _connection(value: Any) -> ConnectionConfig:
         registration_timeout=_duration(value.get("registration_timeout", "10s")),
         heartbeat_interval=_duration(value.get("heartbeat_interval", "15s")),
         offline_timeout=_duration(value.get("offline_timeout", "45s")),
+        outbound_enqueue_timeout=_duration(
+            value.get("outbound_enqueue_timeout", "15s")
+        ),
         reconnect_initial=_duration(value.get("reconnect_initial", "1s")),
         reconnect_max=_duration(value.get("reconnect_max", "60s")),
         reconnect_reset_after=_duration(value.get("reconnect_reset_after", "60s")),
@@ -265,6 +270,8 @@ def _connection(value: Any) -> ConnectionConfig:
         raise ConfigError("reconnect_initial cannot exceed reconnect_max")
     if result.offline_timeout <= result.heartbeat_interval:
         raise ConfigError("offline_timeout must exceed heartbeat_interval")
+    if result.outbound_enqueue_timeout <= 0:
+        raise ConfigError("outbound_enqueue_timeout must be positive")
     if not isinstance(result.reconnect_jitter, bool):
         raise ConfigError("reconnect_jitter must be boolean")
     return result

src/archive_clients/daemon.py

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
                 raise RuntimeError("registration response correlation mismatch")
             if response.register_response.status != client_pb2.REGISTRATION_STATUS_ACCEPTED:
                 raise RuntimeError("control rejected registration")
-            if response.register_response.negotiated_version.major != 1:
+            if response.register_response.negotiated_version.major != 2:
                 raise RuntimeError("control negotiated an unsupported protocol version")
             logger.info("control_connection_registered")
             outbound: asyncio.Queue[str] = asyncio.Queue(maxsize=100)
@@ -229,16 +229,11 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
                 # detects the missing application heartbeats and reconnects.
                 while True:
                     try:
-                        frame = await asyncio.wait_for(
-                            websocket.recv(),
-                            self.config.connection.offline_timeout,
+                        frame = await self._next_frame(
+                            websocket, writer
                         )
                     except ConnectionClosedOK:
                         return
-                    except asyncio.TimeoutError as exc:
-                        raise RuntimeError(
-                            "control heartbeat timed out"
-                        ) from exc
                     await self._handle(decode(frame), outbound, command_tasks)
             finally:
                 writer.cancel()
@@ -323,6 +318,63 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
         while True:
             await websocket.send(await outbound.get())
 
+    async def _next_frame(self, websocket: Any, writer: asyncio.Task[None]):
+        """Receive one frame while supervising the connection writer.
+
+        The previous receive-only wait let a failed writer go unnoticed until
+        the remote side happened to close or a heartbeat timeout elapsed.
+        Waiting for both directions makes a failed send an immediate,
+        reconnectable connection failure.
+        """
+
+        receiver = asyncio.create_task(websocket.recv())
+        try:
+            done, _ = await asyncio.wait(
+                {receiver, writer},
+                timeout=self.config.connection.offline_timeout,
+                return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED,
+            )
+            if writer in done:
+                if not receiver.done():
+                    receiver.cancel()
+                    await asyncio.gather(receiver, return_exceptions=True)
+                if writer.cancelled():
+                    raise RuntimeError("control writer was cancelled")
+                error = writer.exception()
+                if error is not None:
+                    raise RuntimeError("control writer failed") from error
+                raise RuntimeError("control writer stopped")
+            if receiver not in done:
+                receiver.cancel()
+                await asyncio.gather(receiver, return_exceptions=True)
+                raise RuntimeError("control heartbeat timed out")
+            return receiver.result()
+        except BaseException:
+            if not receiver.done():
+                receiver.cancel()
+                await asyncio.gather(receiver, return_exceptions=True)
+            raise
+
+    async def _enqueue(
+        self, outbound: asyncio.Queue[str], message: str
+    ) -> None:
+        """Bound connection-local backpressure so a dead writer cannot wedge I/O.
+
+        A job event is durable before it is sent, so dropping this particular
+        connection after a bounded wait is safe: reconciliation/redelivery on
+        the next session will recover it.  In contrast, indefinitely waiting
+        for a full queue can prevent heartbeat acknowledgements from being
+        read or sent, which prevents the reconnect supervisor from running.
+        """
+
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(
+                outbound.put(message),
+                timeout=self.config.connection.outbound_enqueue_timeout,
+            )
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError as exc:
+            raise RuntimeError("control outbound queue is blocked") from exc
+
     async def _handle(
         self,
         envelope: Any,
@@ -334,13 +386,20 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
             response = new_envelope()
             response.correlation_id = envelope.message_id
             response.heartbeat_ack.sequence = envelope.heartbeat.sequence
-            await outbound.put(encode(response))
+            await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response))
         elif payload == "command":
             await self._accept_command(envelope, outbound, command_tasks)
         elif payload == "protocol_error":
             logger.warning(
                 "control_reported_protocol_error",
-                extra={"error_code": envelope.protocol_error.error.code},
+                extra={
+                    "error_code": envelope.protocol_error.error.code,
+                    "error_detail": envelope.protocol_error.error.message,
+                    "offending_message_id": (
+                        envelope.protocol_error.offending_message_id
+                    ),
+                    "retryable": envelope.protocol_error.error.retryable,
+                },
             )
 
     async def _accept_command(
@@ -368,12 +427,36 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
         accepted = None
         accepted_for_execution = False
         try:
-            accepted = await asyncio.to_thread(
-                self.store.accept_command,
-                command.command_id,
-                encode_message(command),
-                encode_message(acknowledgement),
-            )
+            if command.WhichOneof("payload") == "reconcile_job":
+                reconciliation = command.reconcile_job
+                accepted = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                    self.store.accept_reconcile_command,
+                    command.command_id,
+                    encode_message(command),
+                    encode_message(acknowledgement),
+                    job_id=reconciliation.authoritative_job.definition.job_id,
+                    definition_json=encode_message(
+                        reconciliation.authoritative_job.definition
+                    ),
+                    state=job_pb2.JobState.Name(
+                        reconciliation.authoritative_job.state
+                    ),
+                    revision=reconciliation.authoritative_job.revision,
+                    last_event_sequence=(
+                        reconciliation.authoritative_last_event_sequence
+                    ),
+                    committed=reconciliation.authoritative_job.committed,
+                    superseded_command_ids=list(
+                        reconciliation.superseded_command_ids
+                    ),
+                )
+            else:
+                accepted = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                    self.store.accept_command,
+                    command.command_id,
+                    encode_message(command),
+                    encode_message(acknowledgement),
+                )
             if accepted.duplicate:
                 acknowledgement = decode_message(
                     accepted.acknowledgement_json, control_pb2.CommandAck()
@@ -381,6 +464,7 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
                 if (
                     acknowledgement.status
                     == control_pb2.COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED
+                    and accepted.state == "accepted"
                 ):
                     accepted_for_execution = True
                     acknowledgement.status = (
@@ -398,7 +482,7 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
         response = new_envelope()
         response.correlation_id = envelope.message_id
         response.command_ack.CopyFrom(acknowledgement)
-        await outbound.put(encode(response))
+        await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response))
 
         if (
             accepted is not None
@@ -419,7 +503,7 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
                 job_snapshot.last_event_sequence = int(
                     row["last_event_sequence"]
                 )
-                await outbound.put(encode(snapshot))
+                await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(snapshot))
         elif (
             accepted is not None
             and accepted_for_execution
@@ -472,7 +556,7 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
         outbound: asyncio.Queue[str],
         command_tasks: set[asyncio.Task[None]],
     ) -> None:
-        job_commands: list[control_pb2.Command] = []
+        latest_route_commands: dict[str, control_pb2.Command] = {}
         for row in await asyncio.to_thread(self.store.list_accepted_commands):
             acknowledgement = decode_message(
                 str(row["acknowledgement_json"]), control_pb2.CommandAck()
@@ -483,28 +567,20 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
                 str(row["command_json"]), control_pb2.Command()
             )
             if command.WhichOneof("payload") == "ensure_route":
-                self._schedule_route_command(
-                    command, "", outbound, command_tasks
-                )
-            elif (
-                command.WhichOneof("payload") in {
-                    "assign_job", "execute_step", "cancel_job"
-                }
-                and self.jobs is not None
-            ):
-                if command.WhichOneof("payload") == "cancel_job":
-                    self.jobs.request_cancel(command.cancel_job.job_id)
-                job_commands.append(command)
-        if job_commands:
-            task = asyncio.create_task(
-                self._resume_job_commands(job_commands, outbound),
-                name="resume-job-commands",
-            )
-            command_tasks.add(task)
-            task.add_done_callback(
-                lambda completed: self._command_finished(
-                    completed, command_tasks
-                )
+                # A newer ensure command for the same route is sufficient to
+                # restore the process-local route path and replay its own
+                # updates.  Replaying every historical ready command causes
+                # redundant Syncthing configuration after a restart.
+                latest_route_commands[command.ensure_route.route.route_id] = command
+            # Job commands are intentionally not replayed here.  A command
+            # acknowledgement is durable on both sides; the control daemon
+            # redelivers an unacknowledged command, while registration
+            # reconciliation requests snapshots for active jobs.  Replaying
+            # every historical command re-emits overlapping event ranges and
+            # can flood the single connection's bounded outbound queue.
+        for command in latest_route_commands.values():
+            self._schedule_route_command(
+                command, "", outbound, command_tasks, restore_ready=True
             )
 
     async def _resume_route_commands(
@@ -600,34 +676,46 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
             loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
 
             def emit(event):
+                if not self.store.is_command_active(command.command_id):
+                    # Reconciliation retired this lease while its blocking
+                    # worker was still unwinding. Its durable local record is
+                    # not allowed to re-enter the control event stream.
+                    return
                 response = new_envelope()
                 response.correlation_id = correlation_id
                 response.job_event.CopyFrom(event)
                 future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
-                    outbound.put(encode(response)), loop
+                    self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response)), loop
                 )
                 try:
-                    future.result(timeout=30)
+                    future.result(
+                        timeout=self.config.connection.outbound_enqueue_timeout
+                        + 1
+                    )
                 except Exception:
                     # The event is already durable in the client DB and will
                     # be replayed after reconnect.
                     pass
 
             events = await asyncio.to_thread(
-                self.jobs.execute, command.execute_step, emit
+                self.jobs.execute, command.execute_step, emit, command.command_id
             )
             streamed = True
         elif payload == "cancel_job":
             events = await asyncio.to_thread(
-                self.jobs.cancel, command.cancel_job
+                self.jobs.cancel, command.cancel_job, command.command_id
             )
         else:
             raise JobExecutionError("job command payload is unsupported")
         for event in (() if streamed else events):
+            if not await asyncio.to_thread(
+                self.store.is_command_active, command.command_id
+            ):
+                return
             response = new_envelope()
             response.correlation_id = correlation_id
             response.job_event.CopyFrom(event)
-            await outbound.put(encode(response))
+            await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response))
 
     def _schedule_route_command(
         self,
@@ -635,12 +723,15 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
         correlation_id: str,
         outbound: asyncio.Queue[str],
         command_tasks: set[asyncio.Task[None]],
+        restore_ready: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         if command.command_id in self._active_route_commands:
             return
         self._active_route_commands.add(command.command_id)
         task = asyncio.create_task(
-            self._execute_route(command, correlation_id, outbound),
+            self._execute_route(
+                command, correlation_id, outbound, restore_ready=restore_ready
+            ),
             name=f"route-{command.ensure_route.route.route_id}",
         )
         command_tasks.add(task)
@@ -671,13 +762,14 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
             response = new_envelope()
             response.correlation_id = correlation_id
             response.inventory_chunk.CopyFrom(chunk)
-            await outbound.put(encode(response))
+            await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response))
 
     async def _execute_route(
         self,
         command: Any,
         correlation_id: str,
         outbound: asyncio.Queue[str],
+        restore_ready: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         assert self.routes is not None
         spec = command.ensure_route.route
@@ -696,21 +788,19 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
             response.route_update.CopyFrom(
                 decode_message(str(row["update_json"]), control_pb2.RouteUpdate())
             )
-            await outbound.put(encode(response))
+            await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response))
         if attempt["state"] == "ready":
-            # Route readiness is durable, but this process-local lookup is
-            # not. Reconfigure (which validates the existing Syncthing folder
-            # and recreates its local directory if necessary) before replaying
-            # the stored READY updates. This is essential after a daemon or
-            # mount restart: a previously ready route may otherwise point at a
-            # path that is no longer present, and a later source-stage command
-            # would fail with a bare ENOENT.
-            configured = await asyncio.to_thread(
-                self.routes.configure,
-                spec,
-                time.monotonic() + spec.setup_timeout_seconds,
-            )
-            self._known_route_paths[spec.route_id] = configured.local_path
+            if restore_ready:
+                # Route readiness is durable, but this process-local lookup is
+                # not. Reconfigure (which validates the existing Syncthing
+                # folder and recreates its local directory if necessary) after
+                # a daemon restart, before replaying stored READY updates.
+                configured = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                    self.routes.configure,
+                    spec,
+                    time.monotonic() + spec.setup_timeout_seconds,
+                )
+                self._known_route_paths[spec.route_id] = configured.local_path
             return
         if attempt["state"] == "failed":
             return
@@ -863,7 +953,7 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
         response = new_envelope()
         response.correlation_id = correlation_id
         response.route_update.CopyFrom(update)
-        await outbound.put(encode(response))
+        await self._enqueue(outbound, encode(response))
 
     def _local_route(
         self, spec: route_pb2.EnsureRouteSpec, state: int
@@ -990,6 +1080,17 @@ class ArchiveClientDaemon:
                 acknowledgement.error.message = "job assignment is invalid"
             else:
                 acknowledgement.status = control_pb2.COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED
+        elif command.WhichOneof("payload") == "reconcile_job":
+            record = command.reconcile_job.authoritative_job
+            if (
+                not record.definition.job_id
+                or command.reconcile_job.authoritative_last_event_sequence < 0
+            ):
+                acknowledgement.status = control_pb2.COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_REJECTED
+                acknowledgement.error.code = common_pb2.ERROR_CODE_INVALID_ARGUMENT
+                acknowledgement.error.message = "job reconciliation is invalid"
+            else:
+                acknowledgement.status = control_pb2.COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED
         elif command.WhichOneof("payload") == "execute_step":
             step = command.execute_step
             if self.jobs is None:

src/archive_clients/jobs.py

@@ -97,33 +97,25 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
     ) -> list[control_pb2.JobEvent]:
         definition = command.job
         self._validate_definition(definition)
-        replay = self._replay(
-            definition.job_id, command.expected_last_event_sequence
+        self.store.ensure_job_definition(
+            definition.job_id, encode_message(definition)
         )
-        if replay:
-            return replay
-        event = self._event(
-            definition,
-            sequence=command.expected_last_event_sequence + 1,
-            revision=command.expected_job_revision,
-            event_type=control_pb2.JOB_EVENT_TYPE_ASSIGNED,
-            state=job_pb2.JOB_STATE_PREPARING,
-            committed=False,
-        )
-        self._record(definition, event)
-        return [event]
+        # Assignment succeeds through CommandAck. It must not let a client
+        # allocate a globally ordered JobEvent cursor.
+        return []
 
     def execute(
         self,
         command: control_pb2.ExecuteStepCommand,
         event_callback: Callable[[control_pb2.JobEvent], None] | None = None,
+        command_id: str = "",
     ) -> list[control_pb2.JobEvent]:
         # asyncio cancellation of a connection-bound task cannot stop the
         # synchronous filesystem/qB operation already running in its worker
         # thread. A replay after reconnect therefore waits for that operation
         # and then reads its durable event journal instead of executing twice.
         with self._execution_lock(command.job_id):
-            return self._execute_locked(command, event_callback)
+            return self._execute_locked(command, event_callback, command_id)
 
     def _execution_lock(self, job_id: str) -> threading.Lock:
         with self._execution_locks_guard:
@@ -133,6 +125,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
         self,
         command: control_pb2.ExecuteStepCommand,
         event_callback: Callable[[control_pb2.JobEvent], None] | None = None,
+        command_id: str = "",
     ) -> list[control_pb2.JobEvent]:
         definition = self._definition(command.job_id)
         replay = self._replay(
@@ -186,6 +179,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
                 ),
                 step=command.step,
                 step_state=job_pb2.STEP_STATE_RUNNING,
+                command_id=command_id,
             )
             self._record(definition, started)
             cursor = started
@@ -228,6 +222,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
                 committed=cursor.committed,
                 step=command.step,
                 step_state=job_pb2.STEP_STATE_RUNNING,
+                command_id=command_id,
             )
             event.progress.fraction_complete = max(
                 0.0, min(float(fraction), 1.0)
@@ -258,6 +253,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
                 committed=started.committed,
                 step=command.step,
                 step_state=job_pb2.STEP_STATE_CANCELLED,
+                command_id=command_id,
             )
             cancelling.error.code = common_pb2.ERROR_CODE_CANCELLED
             cancelling.error.message = str(error)
@@ -315,6 +311,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
                 committed=started.committed,
                 step=command.step,
                 step_state=job_pb2.STEP_STATE_FAILED,
+                command_id=command_id,
             )
             failed.error.code = _job_error_code(error)
             failed.error.message = str(error) or type(error).__name__
@@ -357,6 +354,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
             committed=committed,
             step=command.step,
             step_state=job_pb2.STEP_STATE_SUCCEEDED,
+            command_id=command_id,
         )
         if result is not None:
             succeeded.observed_placement.CopyFrom(result)
@@ -367,7 +365,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
         return emitted
 
     def cancel(
-        self, command: control_pb2.CancelJobCommand
+        self, command: control_pb2.CancelJobCommand, command_id: str = ""
     ) -> list[control_pb2.JobEvent]:
         definition = self._definition(command.job_id)
         self.request_cancel(command.job_id)
@@ -418,6 +416,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
             committed=committed,
             step=job_pb2.JOB_STEP_KIND_ROLLBACK,
             step_state=job_pb2.STEP_STATE_SUCCEEDED,
+            command_id=command_id,
         )
         if placement is not None:
             event.observed_placement.CopyFrom(placement)
@@ -809,13 +808,14 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
                 fraction, 0, 0, "qBittorrent stopped recheck"
             ),
         )
-        if should_start:
-            self.qbittorrent.start(qb_torrent_id)
         verified = self.qbittorrent.get_resource(info_hash)
         if verified is None:
             raise JobExecutionError(
                 "verified qBittorrent resource disappeared"
             )
+        _normalize_verified_resource_permissions(self.qb_root, verified)
+        if should_start:
+            self.qbittorrent.start(qb_torrent_id)
         placement = resource_pb2.Placement(
             client_id=self.client_id,
             state=resource_pb2.PLACEMENT_STATE_PRESENT,
@@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
         committed: bool,
         step: int = job_pb2.JOB_STEP_KIND_UNSPECIFIED,
         step_state: int = job_pb2.STEP_STATE_UNSPECIFIED,
+        command_id: str = "",
     ) -> control_pb2.JobEvent:
         event = control_pb2.JobEvent(
             event_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
@@ -1059,6 +1060,7 @@ class ClientJobExecutor:
             type=event_type,
             state=state,
             committed=committed,
+            command_id=command_id,
         )
         event.occurred_at.GetCurrentTime()
         if step != job_pb2.JOB_STEP_KIND_UNSPECIFIED:
@@ -1190,6 +1192,78 @@ def _info_hash(definition: job_pb2.JobDefinition) -> str:
     return value
 
 
+def _normalize_verified_resource_permissions(
+    qb_root: Path, resource: NormalizedResource
+) -> None:
+    """Apply ``a+rx``/``a+r`` to exactly qB-verified completed content.
+
+    qBittorrent may finish a stopped recheck with restrictive modes inherited
+    from source materialization. Normalize only selected, fully completed
+    regular files and their real parent directories; never traverse a symlink
+    or broaden permissions on the configured qB root itself.
+    """
+    root_metadata = qb_root.lstat()
+    if not stat.S_ISDIR(root_metadata.st_mode):
+        raise JobExecutionError("configured qB root is not a real directory")
+    directories: set[Path] = set()
+    files: set[Path] = set()
+    for item in resource.files:
+        if not item.selected or item.completed_bytes != item.logical_bytes:
+            continue
+        relative = _resource_relative_path(item.canonical_path)
+        current = qb_root
+        for component in relative.parts[:-1]:
+            current = current / component
+            metadata = current.lstat()
+            if not stat.S_ISDIR(metadata.st_mode):
+                raise JobExecutionError(
+                    "verified resource parent is not a real directory"
+                )
+            directories.add(current)
+        candidate = current / relative.name
+        metadata = candidate.lstat()
+        if not stat.S_ISREG(metadata.st_mode):
+            raise JobExecutionError("verified resource file is not regular")
+        files.add(candidate)
+    for directory in sorted(directories, key=lambda value: len(value.parts)):
+        metadata = directory.lstat()
+        if not stat.S_ISDIR(metadata.st_mode):
+            raise JobExecutionError(
+                "verified resource parent changed during permission update"
+            )
+        os.chmod(
+            directory,
+            stat.S_IMODE(metadata.st_mode) | 0o555,
+            follow_symlinks=False,
+        )
+    for path in files:
+        metadata = path.lstat()
+        if not stat.S_ISREG(metadata.st_mode):
+            raise JobExecutionError(
+                "verified resource file changed during permission update"
+            )
+        os.chmod(
+            path,
+            stat.S_IMODE(metadata.st_mode) | 0o444,
+            follow_symlinks=False,
+        )
+
+
+def _resource_relative_path(value: str) -> PurePosixPath:
+    if (
+        not value
+        or "\x00" in value
+        or "\\" in value
+        or value.startswith("/")
+        or any(part in {"", ".", ".."} for part in value.split("/"))
+    ):
+        raise JobExecutionError("verified resource path is unsafe")
+    path = PurePosixPath(value)
+    if path.is_absolute():
+        raise JobExecutionError("verified resource path is unsafe")
+    return path
+
+
 def _fingerprint_matches(
     current: resource_pb2.ResourceStateFingerprint,
     expected: resource_pb2.ResourceStateFingerprint,

src/archive_clients/protocol.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ProtocolError(ValueError):
 
 def new_envelope() -> envelope_pb2.Envelope:
     envelope = envelope_pb2.Envelope()
-    envelope.protocol_version.major = 1
+    envelope.protocol_version.major = 2
     envelope.message_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
     envelope.sent_at.FromDatetime(datetime.now(timezone.utc))
     return envelope
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def decode(data: str | bytes, max_bytes: int = 1024 * 1024) -> envelope_pb2.Enve
         json_format.ParseError,
     ) as exc:
         raise ProtocolError("invalid control envelope") from exc
-    if envelope.protocol_version.major != 1:
+    if envelope.protocol_version.major != 2:
         raise ProtocolError("unsupported protocol major version")
     _canonical_uuid(envelope.message_id, "message_id")
     if envelope.correlation_id:

src/archive_clients/state.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class FileOperationConflict(RuntimeError):
 class CommandAcceptance:
     duplicate: bool
     acknowledgement_json: str
+    state: str
 
 
 class ClientStore:
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class ClientStore:
             connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
             existing = connection.execute(
                 """
-                SELECT payload_sha256, command_json, acknowledgement_json
+                SELECT payload_sha256, command_json, acknowledgement_json, state
                 FROM commands WHERE command_id = ?
                 """,
                 (command_id,),
@@ -93,17 +94,95 @@ class ClientStore:
             if existing:
                 if existing["payload_sha256"] != digest or existing["command_json"] != payload:
                     raise CommandConflict("command ID was reused with different content")
-                return CommandAcceptance(True, existing["acknowledgement_json"])
+                return CommandAcceptance(
+                    True, existing["acknowledgement_json"], existing["state"]
+                )
+            status = json.loads(acknowledgement).get("status")
+            state = (
+                "rejected"
+                if status is not None
+                and status != "COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"
+                else "accepted"
+            )
             connection.execute(
                 """
                 INSERT INTO commands (
                     command_id, payload_sha256, command_json,
                     acknowledgement_json, state
-                ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'received')
+                ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
                 """,
-                (command_id, digest, payload, acknowledgement),
+                (command_id, digest, payload, acknowledgement, state),
             )
-        return CommandAcceptance(False, acknowledgement)
+        return CommandAcceptance(False, acknowledgement, state)
+
+    def accept_reconcile_command(
+        self,
+        command_id: str,
+        command_json: str,
+        acknowledgement_json: str,
+        *,
+        job_id: str,
+        definition_json: str,
+        state: str,
+        revision: int,
+        last_event_sequence: int,
+        committed: bool,
+        superseded_command_ids: list[str],
+    ) -> CommandAcceptance:
+        """Atomically durably accept and apply a reconciliation command.
+
+        A reconciliation acknowledgement is meaningful only after its cursor
+        and retired leases have reached SQLite.  Keeping both operations in
+        one transaction makes a reconnect either redeliver the command or
+        observe its completed effect; it cannot observe a bare acknowledgement.
+        """
+        payload = _canonical(json.loads(command_json))
+        acknowledgement = _canonical(json.loads(acknowledgement_json))
+        definition = _canonical(json.loads(definition_json))
+        digest = hashlib.sha256(payload.encode()).hexdigest()
+        with self._connect() as connection:
+            connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+            existing = connection.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT payload_sha256, command_json, acknowledgement_json, state
+                FROM commands WHERE command_id = ?
+                """,
+                (command_id,),
+            ).fetchone()
+            if existing:
+                if existing["payload_sha256"] != digest or existing["command_json"] != payload:
+                    raise CommandConflict("command ID was reused with different content")
+                return CommandAcceptance(
+                    True, existing["acknowledgement_json"], existing["state"]
+                )
+            status = json.loads(acknowledgement).get("status")
+            command_state = (
+                "rejected"
+                if status is not None
+                and status != "COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"
+                else "accepted"
+            )
+            connection.execute(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO commands (
+                    command_id, payload_sha256, command_json,
+                    acknowledgement_json, state
+                ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                """,
+                (command_id, digest, payload, acknowledgement, command_state),
+            )
+            if command_state == "accepted":
+                self._reconcile_job_connection(
+                    connection,
+                    job_id=job_id,
+                    definition=definition,
+                    state=state,
+                    revision=revision,
+                    last_event_sequence=last_event_sequence,
+                    committed=committed,
+                    superseded_command_ids=superseded_command_ids,
+                )
+        return CommandAcceptance(False, acknowledgement, command_state)
 
     def list_active_job_cursors(self) -> list[dict[str, object]]:
         with self._connect() as connection:
@@ -122,7 +201,7 @@ class ClientStore:
             rows = connection.execute(
                 """
                 SELECT command_id, command_json, acknowledgement_json
-                FROM commands ORDER BY rowid
+                FROM commands WHERE state = 'accepted' ORDER BY rowid
                 """
             ).fetchall()
         return [dict(row) for row in rows]
@@ -199,6 +278,114 @@ class ClientStore:
                 ),
             )
 
+    def ensure_job_definition(self, job_id: str, definition_json: str) -> None:
+        """Durably record an assignment without inventing a global event."""
+        definition = _canonical(json.loads(definition_json))
+        with self._connect() as connection:
+            connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+            existing = connection.execute(
+                "SELECT definition_json FROM jobs WHERE job_id = ?", (job_id,)
+            ).fetchone()
+            if existing is not None:
+                if existing["definition_json"] != definition:
+                    raise JobConflict("job definition is immutable")
+                return
+            connection.execute(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO jobs (job_id, definition_json, state, revision,
+                                  last_event_sequence, committed)
+                VALUES (?, ?, 'JOB_STATE_QUEUED', 0, 0, 0)
+                """,
+                (job_id, definition),
+            )
+
+    def is_command_active(self, command_id: str) -> bool:
+        with self._connect() as connection:
+            row = connection.execute(
+                "SELECT state FROM commands WHERE command_id = ?", (command_id,)
+            ).fetchone()
+        return row is not None and row["state"] == "accepted"
+
+    def reconcile_job(
+        self,
+        *,
+        job_id: str,
+        definition_json: str,
+        state: str,
+        revision: int,
+        last_event_sequence: int,
+        committed: bool,
+        superseded_command_ids: list[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        """Apply control's cursor, retiring only stale command leases.
+
+        This drops unacknowledged local journal rows beyond control's cursor;
+        resource files and operation artifacts are intentionally retained.
+        """
+        definition = _canonical(json.loads(definition_json))
+        with self._connect() as connection:
+            connection.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+            self._reconcile_job_connection(
+                connection,
+                job_id=job_id,
+                definition=definition,
+                state=state,
+                revision=revision,
+                last_event_sequence=last_event_sequence,
+                committed=committed,
+                superseded_command_ids=superseded_command_ids,
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _reconcile_job_connection(
+        connection: sqlite3.Connection,
+        *,
+        job_id: str,
+        definition: str,
+        state: str,
+        revision: int,
+        last_event_sequence: int,
+        committed: bool,
+        superseded_command_ids: list[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        existing = connection.execute(
+            "SELECT definition_json FROM jobs WHERE job_id = ?", (job_id,)
+        ).fetchone()
+        if existing is not None and existing["definition_json"] != definition:
+            raise JobConflict("reconciliation has a different job definition")
+        connection.execute(
+            "DELETE FROM events WHERE job_id = ? AND sequence > ?",
+            (job_id, last_event_sequence),
+        )
+        connection.execute(
+            """
+            INSERT INTO jobs (job_id, definition_json, state, revision,
+                              last_event_sequence, committed)
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+            ON CONFLICT(job_id) DO UPDATE SET
+                state = excluded.state, revision = excluded.revision,
+                last_event_sequence = excluded.last_event_sequence,
+                committed = excluded.committed
+            """,
+            (job_id, definition, state, revision, last_event_sequence, int(committed)),
+        )
+        if superseded_command_ids:
+            placeholders = ",".join("?" for _ in superseded_command_ids)
+            rows = connection.execute(
+                f"SELECT command_id, command_json FROM commands WHERE command_id IN ({placeholders})",
+                superseded_command_ids,
+            ).fetchall()
+            owned_ids = [
+                row["command_id"] for row in rows
+                if _command_job_id(row["command_json"]) == job_id
+            ]
+            if owned_ids:
+                owned_placeholders = ",".join("?" for _ in owned_ids)
+                connection.execute(
+                    f"UPDATE commands SET state = 'superseded' WHERE command_id IN ({owned_placeholders})",
+                    owned_ids,
+                )
+
     def begin_file_operation(
         self,
         operation_id: str,
@@ -591,6 +778,18 @@ class ClientStore:
                 connection.close()
 
 
+def _command_job_id(command_json: str) -> str:
+    """Return the job target from canonical protobuf JSON, if it has one."""
+    command = json.loads(command_json)
+    if "assignJob" in command:
+        return str(command["assignJob"].get("job", {}).get("jobId", ""))
+    if "executeStep" in command:
+        return str(command["executeStep"].get("jobId", ""))
+    if "cancelJob" in command:
+        return str(command["cancelJob"].get("jobId", ""))
+    return ""
+
+
 def _canonical(value: object) -> str:
     return json.dumps(value, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False)
 

src/archive_control/v1/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 """Generated archive_control.v1 bindings."""
 

src/archive_control/v1/client_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/client_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from archive_control.v1 import common_pb2 as _common_pb2

src/archive_control/v1/common_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/common_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2 as _timestamp_pb2

src/archive_control/v1/control_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from archive_control.v1 import common_pb2 as _common_pb2
@@ -108,8 +108,20 @@ class RequestJobSnapshotCommand(_message.Message):
     job_ids: _containers.RepeatedScalarFieldContainer[str]
     def __init__(self, job_ids: _Optional[_Iterable[str]] = ...) -> None: ...
 
+class ReconcileJobCommand(_message.Message):
+    __slots__ = ("authoritative_job", "authoritative_last_event_sequence", "superseded_command_ids", "reason")
+    AUTHORITATIVE_JOB_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+    AUTHORITATIVE_LAST_EVENT_SEQUENCE_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+    SUPERSEDED_COMMAND_IDS_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+    REASON_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+    authoritative_job: _job_pb2.JobRecord
+    authoritative_last_event_sequence: int
+    superseded_command_ids: _containers.RepeatedScalarFieldContainer[str]
+    reason: str
+    def __init__(self, authoritative_job: _Optional[_Union[_job_pb2.JobRecord, _Mapping]] = ..., authoritative_last_event_sequence: _Optional[int] = ..., superseded_command_ids: _Optional[_Iterable[str]] = ..., reason: _Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
+
 class Command(_message.Message):
-    __slots__ = ("command_id", "created_at", "assign_job", "execute_step", "cancel_job", "ensure_route", "inventory_query", "request_job_snapshot")
+    __slots__ = ("command_id", "created_at", "assign_job", "execute_step", "cancel_job", "ensure_route", "inventory_query", "request_job_snapshot", "reconcile_job")
     COMMAND_ID_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     CREATED_AT_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     ASSIGN_JOB_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
@@ -118,6 +130,7 @@ class Command(_message.Message):
     ENSURE_ROUTE_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     INVENTORY_QUERY_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     REQUEST_JOB_SNAPSHOT_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+    RECONCILE_JOB_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     command_id: str
     created_at: _timestamp_pb2.Timestamp
     assign_job: AssignJobCommand
@@ -126,7 +139,8 @@ class Command(_message.Message):
     ensure_route: EnsureRouteCommand
     inventory_query: _inventory_pb2.InventoryQuery
     request_job_snapshot: RequestJobSnapshotCommand
-    def __init__(self, command_id: _Optional[str] = ..., created_at: _Optional[_Union[datetime.datetime, _timestamp_pb2.Timestamp, _Mapping]] = ..., assign_job: _Optional[_Union[AssignJobCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., execute_step: _Optional[_Union[ExecuteStepCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., cancel_job: _Optional[_Union[CancelJobCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., ensure_route: _Optional[_Union[EnsureRouteCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., inventory_query: _Optional[_Union[_inventory_pb2.InventoryQuery, _Mapping]] = ..., request_job_snapshot: _Optional[_Union[RequestJobSnapshotCommand, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
+    reconcile_job: ReconcileJobCommand
+    def __init__(self, command_id: _Optional[str] = ..., created_at: _Optional[_Union[datetime.datetime, _timestamp_pb2.Timestamp, _Mapping]] = ..., assign_job: _Optional[_Union[AssignJobCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., execute_step: _Optional[_Union[ExecuteStepCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., cancel_job: _Optional[_Union[CancelJobCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., ensure_route: _Optional[_Union[EnsureRouteCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., inventory_query: _Optional[_Union[_inventory_pb2.InventoryQuery, _Mapping]] = ..., request_job_snapshot: _Optional[_Union[RequestJobSnapshotCommand, _Mapping]] = ..., reconcile_job: _Optional[_Union[ReconcileJobCommand, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
 
 class CommandAck(_message.Message):
     __slots__ = ("command_id", "status", "error")
@@ -139,7 +153,7 @@ class CommandAck(_message.Message):
     def __init__(self, command_id: _Optional[str] = ..., status: _Optional[_Union[CommandAckStatus, str]] = ..., error: _Optional[_Union[_common_pb2.Error, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
 
 class JobEvent(_message.Message):
-    __slots__ = ("event_id", "job_id", "sequence", "job_revision", "type", "state", "committed", "progress", "error", "observed_resource", "observed_placement", "occurred_at")
+    __slots__ = ("event_id", "job_id", "sequence", "job_revision", "type", "state", "committed", "progress", "error", "observed_resource", "observed_placement", "occurred_at", "command_id")
     EVENT_ID_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     JOB_ID_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     SEQUENCE_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
@@ -152,6 +166,7 @@ class JobEvent(_message.Message):
     OBSERVED_RESOURCE_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     OBSERVED_PLACEMENT_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     OCCURRED_AT_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
+    COMMAND_ID_FIELD_NUMBER: _ClassVar[int]
     event_id: str
     job_id: str
     sequence: int
@@ -164,7 +179,8 @@ class JobEvent(_message.Message):
     observed_resource: _resource_pb2.ResourceStateFingerprint
     observed_placement: _resource_pb2.Placement
     occurred_at: _timestamp_pb2.Timestamp
-    def __init__(self, event_id: _Optional[str] = ..., job_id: _Optional[str] = ..., sequence: _Optional[int] = ..., job_revision: _Optional[int] = ..., type: _Optional[_Union[JobEventType, str]] = ..., state: _Optional[_Union[_job_pb2.JobState, str]] = ..., committed: _Optional[bool] = ..., progress: _Optional[_Union[_job_pb2.JobProgress, _Mapping]] = ..., error: _Optional[_Union[_common_pb2.Error, _Mapping]] = ..., observed_resource: _Optional[_Union[_resource_pb2.ResourceStateFingerprint, _Mapping]] = ..., observed_placement: _Optional[_Union[_resource_pb2.Placement, _Mapping]] = ..., occurred_at: _Optional[_Union[datetime.datetime, _timestamp_pb2.Timestamp, _Mapping]] = ...) -> None: ...
+    command_id: str
+    def __init__(self, event_id: _Optional[str] = ..., job_id: _Optional[str] = ..., sequence: _Optional[int] = ..., job_revision: _Optional[int] = ..., type: _Optional[_Union[JobEventType, str]] = ..., state: _Optional[_Union[_job_pb2.JobState, str]] = ..., committed: _Optional[bool] = ..., progress: _Optional[_Union[_job_pb2.JobProgress, _Mapping]] = ..., error: _Optional[_Union[_common_pb2.Error, _Mapping]] = ..., observed_resource: _Optional[_Union[_resource_pb2.ResourceStateFingerprint, _Mapping]] = ..., observed_placement: _Optional[_Union[_resource_pb2.Placement, _Mapping]] = ..., occurred_at: _Optional[_Union[datetime.datetime, _timestamp_pb2.Timestamp, _Mapping]] = ..., command_id: _Optional[str] = ...) -> None: ...
 
 class JobSnapshot(_message.Message):
     __slots__ = ("job", "last_event_sequence", "in_flight_command_ids")

src/archive_control/v1/envelope_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/envelope_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from archive_control.v1 import client_pb2 as _client_pb2

src/archive_control/v1/inventory_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/inventory_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 from archive_control.v1 import common_pb2 as _common_pb2
 from archive_control.v1 import resource_pb2 as _resource_pb2
 from google.protobuf.internal import containers as _containers

src/archive_control/v1/job_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/job_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from archive_control.v1 import common_pb2 as _common_pb2

src/archive_control/v1/resource_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/resource_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2 as _timestamp_pb2

src/archive_control/v1/route_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/route_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2 as _timestamp_pb2

src/archive_control/v1/transfer_pb2.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
 # NO CHECKED-IN PROTOBUF GENCODE

src/archive_control/v1/transfer_pb2.pyi

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# archive-control-proto commit: 4ec852014dad74606d4078b3ae1aa208c814b033
+# archive-control-proto commit: 03b6751d420e8e4e4cc9aeef4f76b13e28a7265f
 import datetime
 
 from archive_control.v1 import resource_pb2 as _resource_pb2

tests/test_daemon.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class DaemonTransportTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             response.register_response.status = (
                 client_pb2.REGISTRATION_STATUS_ACCEPTED
             )
-            response.register_response.negotiated_version.major = 1
+            response.register_response.negotiated_version.major = 2
             await websocket.send(encode(response))
             # Deliberately keep TCP/WebSocket open but send no application
             # heartbeats. This models a stale proxy/server-side session.
@@ -110,6 +110,123 @@ class DaemonTransportTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
                 ):
                     await asyncio.wait_for(daemon._connection(), 1)
 
+    async def test_failed_writer_ends_connection_without_waiting_for_heartbeat(self):
+        """A send failure must immediately reach the reconnect supervisor."""
+
+        async def control(websocket):
+            registration = decode(await websocket.recv())
+            response = new_envelope()
+            response.correlation_id = registration.message_id
+            response.register_response.status = (
+                client_pb2.REGISTRATION_STATUS_ACCEPTED
+            )
+            response.register_response.negotiated_version.major = 2
+            await websocket.send(encode(response))
+            await websocket.wait_closed()
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            token = root / "token"
+            token.write_text("shared-secret", encoding="utf-8")
+            os.chmod(token, 0o600)
+            async with serve(control, "127.0.0.1", 0, ping_interval=None) as server:
+                port = server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+                service = ServiceConfig("http://local", PurePosixPath("/api"), root)
+                config = ClientConfig(
+                    "cache-1", "Cache 1", "cache",
+                    f"ws://127.0.0.1:{port}", token,
+                    root / "state.db", root / "backups", service, service,
+                )
+                probe = FilesystemProbe(root, True, True, True, True, True)
+                daemon = ArchiveClientDaemon(config, [probe, probe], [])
+                await asyncio.to_thread(daemon.store.initialize)
+
+                async def failed_writer(websocket, outbound):
+                    raise OSError("simulated broken socket")
+
+                daemon._writer = failed_writer
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "writer failed"):
+                    await asyncio.wait_for(daemon._connection(), 1)
+
+    async def test_full_outbound_queue_aborts_connection_instead_of_blocking_heartbeats(self):
+        """Bulk output cannot indefinitely block the receive/heartbeat loop."""
+
+        async def control(websocket):
+            registration = decode(await websocket.recv())
+            response = new_envelope()
+            response.correlation_id = registration.message_id
+            response.register_response.status = (
+                client_pb2.REGISTRATION_STATUS_ACCEPTED
+            )
+            response.register_response.negotiated_version.major = 2
+            await websocket.send(encode(response))
+            for sequence in range(1, 102):
+                heartbeat = new_envelope()
+                heartbeat.heartbeat.sequence = sequence
+                await websocket.send(encode(heartbeat))
+            await websocket.wait_closed()
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            token = root / "token"
+            token.write_text("shared-secret", encoding="utf-8")
+            os.chmod(token, 0o600)
+            async with serve(control, "127.0.0.1", 0, ping_interval=None) as server:
+                port = server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+                service = ServiceConfig("http://local", PurePosixPath("/api"), root)
+                config = ClientConfig(
+                    "cache-1", "Cache 1", "cache",
+                    f"ws://127.0.0.1:{port}", token,
+                    root / "state.db", root / "backups", service, service,
+                    ConnectionConfig(outbound_enqueue_timeout=0.01),
+                )
+                probe = FilesystemProbe(root, True, True, True, True, True)
+                daemon = ArchiveClientDaemon(config, [probe, probe], [])
+                await asyncio.to_thread(daemon.store.initialize)
+
+                async def stopped_writer(websocket, outbound):
+                    await asyncio.Event().wait()
+
+                daemon._writer = stopped_writer
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "outbound queue is blocked"):
+                    await asyncio.wait_for(daemon._connection(), 2)
+
+    async def test_reconnect_resume_skips_historical_job_commands(self):
+        """Registration reconciliation, not command replay, recovers job state."""
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            token = root / "token"
+            token.write_text("shared-secret", encoding="utf-8")
+            os.chmod(token, 0o600)
+            service = ServiceConfig("http://local", PurePosixPath("/api"), root)
+            config = ClientConfig(
+                "cache-1", "Cache 1", "cache", "ws://control", token,
+                root / "state.db", root / "backups", service, service,
+            )
+            probe = FilesystemProbe(root, True, True, True, True, True)
+            daemon = ArchiveClientDaemon(config, [probe, probe], [])
+            await asyncio.to_thread(daemon.store.initialize)
+            command = control_pb2.Command(command_id=str(uuid4()))
+            command.execute_step.job_id = str(uuid4())
+            command.execute_step.expected_last_event_sequence = 1
+            acknowledgement = control_pb2.CommandAck(
+                command_id=command.command_id,
+                status=control_pb2.COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED,
+            )
+            await asyncio.to_thread(
+                daemon.store.accept_command,
+                command.command_id,
+                encode_message(command),
+                encode_message(acknowledgement),
+            )
+            daemon.jobs = Mock()
+            outbound = asyncio.Queue()
+            tasks = set()
+            await daemon._resume_commands(outbound, tasks)
+            self.assertEqual(tasks, set())
+            self.assertTrue(outbound.empty())
+
     async def test_eviction_assignment_and_steps_are_admitted(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
             root = Path(directory)
@@ -368,7 +485,7 @@ class DaemonTransportTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
             response = new_envelope()
             response.correlation_id = registration.message_id
             response.register_response.status = client_pb2.REGISTRATION_STATUS_ACCEPTED
-            response.register_response.negotiated_version.major = 1
+            response.register_response.negotiated_version.major = 2
             await websocket.send(encode(response))
             heartbeat = new_envelope()
             heartbeat.heartbeat.sequence = 7

tests/test_jobs.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import hashlib
+import os
+import stat
 import tempfile
 import threading
 import unittest
@@ -10,12 +12,13 @@ from archive_clients.bencode import encode
 from archive_clients.jobs import (
     ClientJobExecutor,
     JobExecutionError,
+    _normalize_verified_resource_permissions,
     _resource_fingerprint,
 )
 from archive_clients.syncthing import RouteSetupError, SyncthingTransferStatus
-from archive_clients.resources import normalize_resource
+from archive_clients.resources import NormalizedResource, normalize_resource
 from archive_clients.state import ClientStore
-from archive_control.v1 import control_pb2, job_pb2
+from archive_control.v1 import control_pb2, job_pb2, resource_pb2
 
 
 class CompleteSyncthing:
@@ -39,6 +42,50 @@ class SlowRescanSyncthing(CompleteSyncthing):
 
 
 class ClientJobHappyPathTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_verified_resource_permissions_are_readable_by_other_apps(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory) / "qb"
+            resource_directory = root / "resource"
+            resource_directory.mkdir(parents=True)
+            completed = resource_directory / "complete.bin"
+            incomplete = resource_directory / "incomplete.bin"
+            completed.write_bytes(b"complete")
+            incomplete.write_bytes(b"incomplete")
+            os.chmod(resource_directory, 0o300)
+            os.chmod(completed, 0o200)
+            os.chmod(incomplete, 0o200)
+            resource = NormalizedResource(
+                resource_pb2.ResourceSummary(),
+                (
+                    resource_pb2.TorrentFile(
+                        file_index=0,
+                        canonical_path="resource/complete.bin",
+                        logical_bytes=len(b"complete"),
+                        completed_bytes=len(b"complete"),
+                        selected=True,
+                    ),
+                    resource_pb2.TorrentFile(
+                        file_index=1,
+                        canonical_path="resource/incomplete.bin",
+                        logical_bytes=len(b"incomplete"),
+                        completed_bytes=0,
+                        selected=True,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                Mock(),
+            )
+            _normalize_verified_resource_permissions(root, resource)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                stat.S_IMODE(resource_directory.stat().st_mode) & 0o555,
+                0o555,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(
+                stat.S_IMODE(completed.stat().st_mode) & 0o444, 0o444
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(
+                stat.S_IMODE(incomplete.stat().st_mode), 0o200
+            )
+
     def test_syncthing_api_outage_during_transfer_is_retried(self):
         """A transient local REST outage must not terminally fail the job."""
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
@@ -436,19 +483,19 @@ class ClientJobHappyPathTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         source_assigned = source.assign(control_pb2.AssignJobCommand(
             job=definition,
-            expected_job_revision=1,
+            expected_job_revision=0,
             expected_last_event_sequence=0,
         ))
         target_assigned = target.assign(control_pb2.AssignJobCommand(
             job=definition,
-            expected_job_revision=1,
-            expected_last_event_sequence=1,
+            expected_job_revision=0,
+            expected_last_event_sequence=0,
         ))
-        self.assertEqual(source_assigned[0].sequence, 1)
-        self.assertEqual(target_assigned[0].sequence, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(source_assigned, [])
+        self.assertEqual(target_assigned, [])
 
-        cursor_revision = 1
-        cursor_sequence = 2
+        cursor_revision = 0
+        cursor_sequence = 0
         pipeline = (
             (source, job_pb2.JOB_STEP_KIND_SOURCE_STAGE),
             (target, job_pb2.JOB_STEP_KIND_SYNCTHING_TRANSFER),

tests/test_state.py

@@ -177,6 +177,67 @@ class ClientStoreTests(unittest.TestCase):
                     "job-1", "baseline", {"selected": [2]}
                 )
 
+    def test_reconciliation_retires_only_stale_job_leases(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            store = ClientStore(Path(directory) / "state.db")
+            store.initialize()
+            stale = store.accept_command(
+                "stale", '{"executeStep":{"jobId":"job-1"}}',
+                '{"status":"COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"}',
+            )
+            store.accept_command(
+                "other", '{"executeStep":{"jobId":"job-2"}}',
+                '{"status":"COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"}',
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(stale.state, "accepted")
+            store.save_job(
+                "job-1", '{"jobId":"job-1"}', "JOB_STATE_RUNNING", 3, 3, False,
+            )
+            store.reconcile_job(
+                job_id="job-1", definition_json='{"jobId":"job-1"}',
+                state="JOB_STATE_QUEUED", revision=0,
+                last_event_sequence=0, committed=False,
+                superseded_command_ids=["stale"],
+            )
+            self.assertFalse(store.is_command_active("stale"))
+            self.assertTrue(store.is_command_active("other"))
+            row = store.job_snapshot_rows(["job-1"])[0]
+            self.assertEqual(row["last_event_sequence"], 0)
+            self.assertEqual(row["state"], "JOB_STATE_QUEUED")
+
+    def test_reconciliation_acknowledgement_and_state_are_atomic(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            store = ClientStore(Path(directory) / "state.db")
+            store.initialize()
+            store.accept_command(
+                "stale", '{"executeStep":{"jobId":"job-1"}}',
+                '{"status":"COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"}',
+            )
+            accepted = store.accept_reconcile_command(
+                "reconcile-1", '{"reconcileJob":{"authoritativeJob":{}}}',
+                '{"status":"COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"}',
+                job_id="job-1", definition_json='{"jobId":"job-1"}',
+                state="JOB_STATE_QUEUED", revision=0,
+                last_event_sequence=0, committed=False,
+                superseded_command_ids=["stale"],
+            )
+            self.assertFalse(accepted.duplicate)
+            self.assertEqual(accepted.state, "accepted")
+            self.assertTrue(store.is_command_active("reconcile-1"))
+            self.assertFalse(store.is_command_active("stale"))
+            self.assertEqual(
+                store.job_snapshot_rows(["job-1"])[0]["last_event_sequence"], 0
+            )
+            duplicate = store.accept_reconcile_command(
+                "reconcile-1", '{"reconcileJob":{"authoritativeJob":{}}}',
+                '{"status":"COMMAND_ACK_STATUS_ACCEPTED"}',
+                job_id="job-1", definition_json='{"jobId":"job-1"}',
+                state="JOB_STATE_QUEUED", revision=0,
+                last_event_sequence=0, committed=False,
+                superseded_command_ids=["stale"],
+            )
+            self.assertTrue(duplicate.duplicate)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()