Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into worktree/ci-native-windows-20260808

packages/core/agent-loop/tests/loop.spec.ts

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ describe('agent loop', () => {
     expect(adapter.requests[0]!.system).toBe('You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.\n\nYou run on mock.')
   })
 
-  it('omits the system field when a system-prompt/assemble veto empties the assembly', async () => {
+  it('omits the system field when system-prompt/assemble short-circuits with an empty assembly', async () => {
     // The documented escape valve: a deployment that must drop the harness
     // openers short-circuits the assemble waterfall; the request then carries
     // NO system field at all (not an empty string).

packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts

@@ -3306,7 +3306,7 @@ export const TYPE_API: readonly TypeApiEntry[] = [
 /** The inherited `ctx` surface (cordis core + loader/hmr/timer), in curated order. */
 export const INHERITED_CTX_API: readonly InheritedApiEntry[] = [
   { name: 'ctx.on / ctx.once', summary: 'Register an event listener (disposable).' },
-  { name: 'ctx.emit / ctx.parallel / ctx.serial / ctx.bail / ctx.waterfall', summary: 'Dispatch an event (sync / awaited / first-bail / veto-chain).' },
+  { name: 'ctx.emit / ctx.parallel / ctx.serial / ctx.bail / ctx.waterfall', summary: 'Dispatch an event (sync / awaited / first-bail / short-circuit chain).' },
   { name: 'ctx.plugin / ctx.inject', summary: 'Load a plugin / declare required services.' },
   { name: 'ctx.effect', summary: 'Register a disposable side effect tied to the fiber.' },
   { name: 'ctx.get / ctx.set / ctx.provide / ctx.accessor / ctx.mixin', summary: 'Low-level service-store access and binding.' },

packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/index.ts

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
       + 'Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no `as`, no type annotations). '
       + 'Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a '
       + 'trailing `next` callback which MUST be called — returning without `next()` '
-      + 'VETOES the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to '
+      + 'SHORT-CIRCUITS the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to '
       + 'intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current '
       + 'turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). '
       + '(3) Your `ctx` is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe '

packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/src/inspect.ts

@@ -224,6 +224,6 @@ export function describeEvents(events: readonly EventApiEntry[] = EVENT_API, nam
     entry.push(`    ${event.signature}`)
     return entry
   })
-  lines.push('waterfall listeners receive a trailing next() and MUST call it to delegate — returning without next() vetoes the chain.')
+  lines.push('waterfall listeners receive a trailing next() and MUST call it to delegate — returning without next() short-circuits the chain.')
   return lines
 }

packages/self-modification/tool-cordis/tests/inspect.spec.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('cordis_inspect', () => {
     expect(report).toContain('- tools/change [emit]')
     expect(report).toContain('- tools/pre-execute [waterfall]')
     expect(report).toMatch(/'agent\/status'\(/)
-    expect(report).toContain('returning without next() vetoes the chain')
+    expect(report).toContain('returning without next() short-circuits the chain')
     expect(report).not.toContain('/**')
     expect(report).not.toContain('@mode waterfall')
   })
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ describe('inspect renderers (direct)', () => {
 
   it('describeEvents renders an empty catalog as just the waterfall caution', () => {
     expect(describeEvents([])).toEqual([
-      'waterfall listeners receive a trailing next() and MUST call it to delegate — returning without next() vetoes the chain.',
+      'waterfall listeners receive a trailing next() and MUST call it to delegate — returning without next() short-circuits the chain.',
     ])
   })
 })