test(snapshot): use session.jsonl as the only session-log artifact (drop session.golden.jsonl)

Model-driving ACP snapshot scenarios shipped both session.jsonl (the
replay fixture) and session.golden.jsonl (the expected re-persisted log).
For recorded scenarios the normalized fixture and golden were byte-identical
— pure duplication. Remove session.golden.jsonl entirely: every model
scenario now has at most one committed session-log artifact, session.jsonl,
which doubles as the replay source AND the expected produced log.

The snapshot test compares the replay run's persisted log against the
session.jsonl fixture, normalizing BOTH sides — but each against its OWN
volatile values, not a shared context. A raw harvested fixture bakes in the
recording run's session id / cwd / timestamps, distinct from the live replay
run's; since normalizeSessionLog scrubs cwd by exact string match, the
fixture must be normalized against its own header (new fixtureContext helper)
or its stale recorded cwd would leak unscrubbed and the compare would fail.
The session side uses a normalized-string toEqual, NOT toMatchFileSnapshot,
so a run never overwrites the fixture.

Authored override scenarios (error-finish, cancel) now hold their expected
produced log in session.jsonl. Verified llm-replay ignores the fixture for
model chunks when an override exists: loadReplayScript() returns the override
array and never reads config.file, so committing the full expected log there
does not affect replay behavior.

The required-fixture guard is now per-kind: every scenario needs input.json +
stdout.golden.jsonl; model scenarios need session.jsonl; authored ones
additionally need replay.override.json. Updates the ACP-snapshot-tests RFC to
the reduced fixture set and moves the proposing RFC proposed -> implemented.

docs/rfc/README.md

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Do NOT write one for a mechanical or local choice (a variable name, a one-file r
 |---|---|
 | [Mutation testing as the coverage counterweight](proposed/testing/2026-06-11-mutation-testing.md) | 2026-06-11 |
 | [Deterministic tests, the replay invariant fixture, and race stress](proposed/testing/2026-06-11-deterministic-and-stress-testing.md) | 2026-06-11 |
-| [Use `session.jsonl` as the only snapshot session-log artifact](proposed/testing/2026-06-20-remove-redundant-snapshot-log-goldens.md) | 2026-06-20 |
 
 ## Implemented
 
@@ -138,6 +137,7 @@ Do NOT write one for a mechanical or local choice (a variable name, a one-file r
 | [Property-based testing for protocol-shaped code](implemented/testing/2026-06-11-property-based-testing.md) | 2026-06-11 |
 | [ACP snapshot tests — record-once / replay-deterministic](implemented/testing/2026-06-19-acp-snapshot-tests.md) | 2026-06-19 |
 | [Real-API e2e in CI against the external DeepSeek API](implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md) | 2026-06-19 |
+| [Use `session.jsonl` as the only snapshot session-log artifact](implemented/testing/2026-06-20-remove-redundant-snapshot-log-goldens.md) | 2026-06-20 |
 
 ## Rejected
 

docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-acp-snapshot-tests.md

@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ Recording runs the scenario with the real `llm-deepseek` adapter and the JSONL p
 
 `examples/base.yml` always loads `@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek`, whose `apply` throws when no API key is present ([packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/index.ts](../../../../packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/index.ts)). So replay cannot reuse the normal config — it uses a dedicated `examples/acp-agent/cordis.snapshot.yml` that installs `llm-replay` in place of the adapter. To avoid duplicating the rest of the tree, the providerless core is factored into `examples/base-core.yml` (shared by `base.yml = base-core + llm-deepseek` and the replay config = `base-core + llm-replay`), and the agent-loop/persistence/ACP-bridge tail into `examples/acp-agent/acp-tail.yml` (shared by `cordis.yml` and the replay config). Recording reuses the normal `cordis.yml` (real adapter) — its persistence root reads `$DSH_SNAPSHOT_SESSIONS_ROOT` when the harness sets it — so there is no separate record config. In replay mode `start.ts` skips `.env` loading so a stray key cannot trigger a live call.
 
-### Two goldens: normalize, then snapshot
+### Two surfaces: normalize, then compare
 
-A snapshot run asserts **two** normalized goldens, because the harness's external surfaces are distinct:
+A snapshot run asserts **two** normalized surfaces, because the harness's external surfaces are distinct:
 
-1. The **stdout transcript** — the framed `session/update` JSON-RPC the editor sees. Catches regressions in the ACP bridge's event→update translation (`streamSessionEventUpdate`).
-2. The **re-derived session JSONL** — the log the replay run itself persists, compared against the recorded fixture. Catches regressions in the loop, tool dispatch, and turn/step structure that never surface on stdout.
+1. The **stdout transcript** — the framed `session/update` JSON-RPC the editor sees. Catches regressions in the ACP bridge's event→update translation (`streamSessionEventUpdate`). Compared against a committed `stdout.golden.jsonl`.
+2. The **re-persisted session JSONL** — the log the replay run itself persists, compared against the scenario's `session.jsonl`. Catches regressions in the loop, tool dispatch, and turn/step structure that never surface on stdout. There is no separate session golden: `session.jsonl` is BOTH the replay source (recorded scenarios) and the expected produced log. Both sides pass through `normalizeSessionLog` before comparing — the fixture is raw-harvested (its own real session id / cwd / timestamps) and the replay output has fresh ones, so each is scrubbed against ITS OWN volatile values (the fixture's read from its header line) and the comparison is on normalized form. For an authored override scenario the same `session.jsonl` holds the expected produced log; `replay.override.json` drives the model, and `llm-replay` ignores the fixture for model chunks when an override exists, so committing the expected log there does not affect replay.
 
 The two are genuinely additive: stdout is the bridge's *lossy projection* of the log (it drops `assistant/message.usage`, `step/*`, exact `seq`/`time`, and renders tool I/O differently), so a loop/tool/turn-structure regression can change the JSONL while leaving the stdout projection identical, and a bridge-translation regression can change stdout while the JSONL is untouched. Asserting the JSONL equality also echoes the proposed [universal replay fixture](../../proposed/testing/2026-06-11-deterministic-and-stress-testing.md) idea.
 
-Both surfaces contain non-deterministic values that a pure normalization function scrubs **before** the snapshot: `randomUUID()` session ids → `{{sessionId}}`, the temp `mkdtemp` cwd → `{{cwd}}` (it appears in terminal-card `_meta` and the log header), JSON-RPC ids → a stable sequence, and the log's per-event `time` (epoch ms) + header `createdAt` dropped or zeroed (the log's `seq` is left intact — it is deterministic by contract, `seq = log.length`). Real bash runs during replay, so the JSONL normalizer additionally stabilizes tool-output volatility (any embedded paths/pids/timestamps) — scenarios keep bash commands tightly constrained (`echo`, file writes; no `date`/`env`/background/large-output) so this surface is small. The goldens are themselves **JSONL** — one compact, normalized record per line, in the same shape as the surfaces they mirror (NDJSON on the wire, JSONL on disk: `stdout.golden.jsonl`, `session.golden.jsonl`), so they stay `grep`/`jq`-able and faithful to what the agent actually emits. A separate raw-purity assertion keeps the guarantee that every stdout line parses as JSON (no logger leak onto the protocol channel). Vitest's `toMatchFileSnapshot` provides the golden store and the `-u`/`--update` "accept the diff" workflow.
+Both surfaces contain non-deterministic values that a pure normalization function scrubs **before** the compare: `randomUUID()` session ids → `{{sessionId}}`, the temp `mkdtemp` cwd → `{{cwd}}` (it appears in terminal-card `_meta` and the log header), JSON-RPC ids → a stable sequence, and the log's per-event `time` (epoch ms) + header `createdAt` dropped or zeroed (the log's `seq` is left intact — it is deterministic by contract, `seq = log.length`). Real bash runs during replay, so the JSONL normalizer additionally stabilizes tool-output volatility (any embedded paths/pids/timestamps) — scenarios keep bash commands tightly constrained (`echo`, file writes; no `date`/`env`/background/large-output) so this surface is small. The committed `stdout.golden.jsonl` is itself **JSONL** — one compact, normalized record per line, in the same shape as the wire (NDJSON on the wire, JSONL on disk), so it stays `grep`/`jq`-able and faithful to what the agent actually emits. A separate raw-purity assertion keeps the guarantee that every stdout line parses as JSON (no logger leak onto the protocol channel). Vitest's `toMatchFileSnapshot` provides the stdout golden store and the `-u`/`--update` "accept the diff" workflow; the session log is checked with a plain normalized-string equality against `session.jsonl`, NOT `toMatchFileSnapshot` (which would overwrite the fixture).
 
 ### Isolation: normalization now, sandbox later
 
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ The replay plugin lives in its own package, `@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-replay` (`pack
 
 ### Two subcommands, replay in the default gate
 
-`pnpm run test:snapshot` runs replay (keyless) and is composed into the default `pnpm run test` gate so every PR gets the regression check (the main `vitest.config.ts` include stays narrow; the gate is `test && test:snapshot`). `pnpm run test:snapshot:record` requires `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` (loaded from repo `.env` first), hits the real API, harvests the produced `session.jsonl`, and `--update`s both goldens in one pass. Both forward a scenario filter. A missing fixture in replay **fails loud** with a "record first" message rather than self-skipping (the e2e self-skip rule is a CI-secret accommodation, not appropriate here — a committed-fixture test that silently vanishes is a coverage hole). A no-model scenario's `session.jsonl` simply has no `assistant/chunk` events (empty derived script); fail-loud still applies if a model call happens with no entry. An orphan-fixture guard test fails on a golden/fixture not referenced by any scenario (Vitest does not prune orphaned raw goldens).
+`pnpm run test:snapshot` runs replay (keyless) and is composed into the default `pnpm run test` gate so every PR gets the regression check (the main `vitest.config.ts` include stays narrow; the gate is `test && test:snapshot`). `pnpm run test:snapshot:record` requires `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` (loaded from repo `.env` first), hits the real API, harvests the produced `session.jsonl` (the replay source AND the expected-log artifact), and `--update`s the stdout golden in one pass. Both forward a scenario filter. A missing fixture in replay **fails loud** with a "record first" message rather than self-skipping (the e2e self-skip rule is a CI-secret accommodation, not appropriate here — a committed-fixture test that silently vanishes is a coverage hole). A no-model scenario's `session.jsonl` simply has no `assistant/chunk` events (empty derived script); fail-loud still applies if a model call happens with no entry. An orphan-fixture guard test fails on a golden/fixture not referenced by any scenario (Vitest does not prune orphaned raw goldens), and a per-kind required-fixture guard asserts each scenario ships exactly the files its kind needs (`input.json` + `stdout.golden.jsonl` for all; `session.jsonl` for model scenarios; `replay.override.json` additionally for authored ones).
 
 ## Consequences
 
-A new test tier and its fixtures to maintain: each scenario is a directory of `input.json` (the client stdin script) + `session.jsonl` (the recorded log) + an optional `replay.override.json` + an optional `workspace/` seed dir + the two `*.golden.jsonl` files, committed and reviewed. A scenario that needs the agent to operate on existing files (read, edit, grep) ships a `<scenario>/workspace/` directory; the harness copies its contents into the temp cwd before the run, so the seeded files are present for both record and replay (the cwd is normalized in the goldens, so the seeded paths stay stable). Re-recording when the model's phrasing changes churns the goldens — visible in review, which is the point of committing them. Bought: deterministic, keyless, full-transcript regression coverage that boots the real Loader (so it still guards the export-shape bug class), exercises the real bash executor, and gives a one-command accept-the-diff loop. The tier is ACP-first but the harness (subprocess + tee + input-DSL + workspace seeding + normalization + JSONL-derived replay) is example-agnostic and extends to other examples.
+A new test tier and its fixtures to maintain: each scenario is a directory of `input.json` (the client stdin script) + `session.jsonl` (the recorded log, which doubles as the expected re-persisted log) + an optional `replay.override.json` + an optional `workspace/` seed dir + the `stdout.golden.jsonl`, committed and reviewed. A scenario that needs the agent to operate on existing files (read, edit, grep) ships a `<scenario>/workspace/` directory; the harness copies its contents into the temp cwd before the run, so the seeded files are present for both record and replay (the cwd is normalized in the goldens, so the seeded paths stay stable). Re-recording when the model's phrasing changes churns the fixture and the stdout golden — visible in review, which is the point of committing them. Bought: deterministic, keyless, full-transcript regression coverage that boots the real Loader (so it still guards the export-shape bug class), exercises the real bash executor, and gives a one-command accept-the-diff loop. The tier is ACP-first but the harness (subprocess + tee + input-DSL + workspace seeding + normalization + JSONL-derived replay) is example-agnostic and extends to other examples.
 
 This RFC relates to but does not supersede the [proposed determinism RFC](../../proposed/testing/2026-06-11-deterministic-and-stress-testing.md): that proposal's "universal replay fixture" re-derives session *message history* after every test (an internal-consistency invariant), whereas snapshot tests pin the *external protocol output*. They are complementary — one guards the event-sourcing invariant, the other guards the editor-facing contract.

docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-20-remove-redundant-snapshot-log-goldens.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RFC: Use `session.jsonl` as the only snapshot session-log artifact
 
-Status: proposed
+Status: implemented (proposed and accepted 2026-06-20)
 
 ## Problem
 
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ Stdout goldens remain unchanged; they are the editor-facing projection and are n
 ## What we give up
 
 Reviewers lose one artifact name that made the expected persisted log visually separate from the replay fixture. The stdout golden still protects the editor transcript, and comparing replay output to `session.jsonl` preserves the loop/persistence regression check without duplicating files.
+
+## Implementation note
+
+The comparison normalizes BOTH sides, but each against its OWN volatile values, not a shared context. A raw harvested `session.jsonl` bakes in the recording run's session id, cwd, and timestamps; the replay run produces fresh ones. `normalizeSessionLog` scrubs cwd by exact string match, so normalizing the fixture against the *replay* run's cwd would leave the recorded cwd in the header unscrubbed and the compare would fail. The harness therefore derives the fixture's normalize context from its OWN header line (`{ type:'session', id, cwd }`) — `fixtureContext()` in `acp.snapshot.ts` — so both sides scrub to the same `{{sessionId}}`/`{{cwd}}` tokens. An authored fixture copied from the old golden already carries the normalized header (`id:'{{sessionId}}'`, `cwd:'{{cwd}}'`), which yields those tokens as the volatile values and scrubs idempotently. The session-log side uses a plain normalized-string `toEqual`, NOT `toMatchFileSnapshot`, so a run never overwrites the fixture.