docs: codify evidence-driven protocol parity testing [RUST-CI-031]

ci/check-workspace-policy.py

@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ def audit_project_entrypoints(root: Path) -> None:
     for variant in (
         r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-main",
         r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-baseline",
-        r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-tracing-harness",
     ):
         app_root = resolve_workspace_path(root, variant)
         assert_path_missing(app_root / r"srchybrid\emule.sln")
@@ -645,7 +644,6 @@ def audit_powershell_boundary(root: Path) -> None:
         resolve_workspace_path(root, r"repos\emulebb"),
         resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-main"),
         resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-baseline"),
-        resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-tracing-harness"),
     )
     issues: list[str] = []
     for repo_root in scan_roots:
@@ -706,7 +704,6 @@ def audit_editorconfig_policy(root: Path) -> None:
         ("tests", resolve_workspace_path(root, r"repos\emulebb-build-tests")),
         ("app-main", resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-main")),
         ("app-community", resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-baseline")),
-        ("app-tracing-harness", resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-tracing-harness")),
     ):
         if not repo_root.is_dir():
             raise RuntimeError(f"Editorconfig audit root is missing: {repo_root}")
@@ -749,7 +746,6 @@ def collect_doc_path_issues(root: Path) -> list[str]:
         (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"repos\emulebb-build-tests"), ("README.md", "AGENTS.md")),
         (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-main"), ("README.md", "AGENTS.md")),
         (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-baseline"), ("AGENTS.md",)),
-        (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-tracing-harness"), ("AGENTS.md",)),
     )
     absolute_path_re = re.compile(r"\b[a-z]:\\", re.IGNORECASE)
     for repo_root, patterns in scan_scopes:
@@ -907,7 +903,6 @@ def audit_doc_paths(root: Path) -> None:
         (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"repos\emulebb-build-tests"), "AGENTS.md"),
         (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-main"), "AGENTS.md"),
         (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-baseline"), "AGENTS.md"),
-        (resolve_workspace_path(root, r"workspaces\workspace\app\emulebb-community-tracing-harness"), "AGENTS.md"),
     )
     for repo_root, relative_path in agent_files:
         assert_text_contains(issues, repo_root, relative_path, policy_text, "AGENTS.md must point to the central workspace policy.")

ci/policy_guards.py

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def __init__(self, issues: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
 WORKSPACE_CLEAN_REPO_PATHS = (
     "repos/emulebb",
     "repos/amule",
+    "repos/amule-stable",
     "repos/emulebb-build",
     "repos/emulebb-build-tests",
     "repos/ed2k-server",
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ def __init__(self, issues: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
     "repos/third_party/emulebb-zlib",
     "workspaces/workspace/app/emulebb-main",
     "workspaces/workspace/app/emulebb-community-baseline",
-    "workspaces/workspace/app/emulebb-community-tracing-harness",
 )
 
 

docs/active/TEST-STRATEGY.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Test Strategy
 
-Status: active lifecycle policy. Updated 2026-10-02.
+Status: active lifecycle policy. Updated 2026-11-01.
 
 There is no forward cross-product “Suite” release gate. Test depth follows each
 repository's current lifecycle and the risk of the proposed change.
@@ -10,22 +10,27 @@ repository's current lifecycle and the risk of the proposed change.
 | Lane | Required direction |
 |---|---|
 | **emulebb-rust** | Active beta. Repo-native quality, test, and cross-platform build gates are primary; add targeted workspace evidence as needed. |
-| **emulebb-mfc `0.7.x`** | Diagnostics and critical-fix maintenance. Keep it buildable and shippable; require proof proportional to the touched surface. |
-| **ed2k-server** | Sole local deterministic server and upstream-aligned Rust fork. Use minimal upstreamable changes and focused harness proof; no production-service gate. |
-| **aMule upstream** | Managed official upstream used for interoperability and protocol parity. It is not an eMuleBB product release lane. |
+| **emulebb-mfc `0.7.x`** | Preferred observable protocol oracle. Diagnostics, deterministic controls, and oracle buildability only; no product or protocol evolution. |
+| **ed2k-server** | Upstream-clean local deterministic dependency. Keep emulebb-specific protocol behavior out of the fork and adapt tests in the harness. |
+| **aMule stable** | Frozen independent protocol-parity reference at one exact release and diagnostics-only patch revision. |
+| **aMule HEAD** | Moving upstream source-analysis and future-interoperability lane; never a current parity gate. |
 
 ## Shared rules
 
 - Keep fast deterministic unit and contract checks close to the owning repo.
 - Use `emulebb-build-tests` only for cross-process, protocol, package, soak, or
   live evidence that cannot be proved cleanly in one repository.
-- MFC source/parity checks do not gate Rust beta work, and paused/frozen fork
-  coverage does not gate an unrelated Rust change.
+- MFC product-release checks do not gate Rust beta work. A selected protocol
+  campaign may require causally attributed MFC oracle evidence for the exact
+  supported states it claims to cover.
 - Public-network, VM, long soak, and destructive scenarios remain explicit,
   evidence-bound lanes rather than default fast checks.
-- Native Windows VPN integration is not a forward product priority. If a test
-  explicitly selects a VPN mode, it must fail closed and must never silently
-  fall back to a direct route.
+- The persisted native-Windows hide.me lane is discovery-only, treats provider
+  state as inherited and read-only, requires full-tunnel mode plus VPN Guard
+  Block, and must never silently fall back to a direct route.
+
+Protocol-parity evidence semantics, oracle roles, and consolidation rules are
+defined by the [Harness And Live Policy](../reference/HARNESS-LIVE-POLICY.md).
 
 The superseded cross-product planning document is recoverable from the archival
 commit recorded in the [history overview](../history/INDEX.md).

docs/products/emulebb-rust/active/INDEX.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exception; new Rust items always use the `RUST-*` form.
 | [RUST-CI-008](items/RUST-CI-008.md) | Evidence | Prove Unicode and long-path large-library behavior across platforms |
 | [RUST-CI-009](items/RUST-CI-009.md) | Evidence | Certify a Beta 3 candidate without publishing |
 | [RUST-CI-030](items/RUST-CI-030.md) | Evidence | Verify Rust FFI layouts against vendored C headers |
-| [RUST-CI-031](items/RUST-CI-031.md) | Evidence | Build persisted full-tunnel protocol parity soaks |
+| [RUST-CI-031](items/RUST-CI-031.md) | Evidence | Consolidate deterministic eD2K and Kad protocol-parity testing |
 | [CI-054](items/CI-054.md) | Evidence | Add native Windows Rust/MFC protocol-parity diagnostics campaign |
 | [RUST-REF-005](items/RUST-REF-005.md) | Refactor | Decompose oversized Rust modules by responsibility |
 | [RUST-REF-006](items/RUST-REF-006.md) | Refactor | Consolidate Rust NAT and runtime safety internals |