more safe SecureBootCertReader and section plan layout update

The "Collect Logs" feature (b382e567) added a second opt-in path into hosted
diagnostics upload — the quick-config dialog on a session — and a new collection
trigger, neither of which the customer-facing pages described. The trust FAQ still
said hosted upload is enabled "in the settings UI", and the dialog itself named
hosted storage without stating that packages leave the tenant boundary, so the
"clearly marked disclosure" promise was not met on that path.

- CollectLogsButton: marked data-boundary disclosure in the quick-config dialog
  (leaves your Azure tenant, per-tenant isolation, blob-scoped write-only token,
  removal per Data Retention Days)
- privacy + about pages: both opt-in paths named; on-demand collection described
  (Admin/Operator of the own tenant, same content as the automatic package,
  delivered with the agent's next check-in, visible on the session timeline)
- docs repo counterpart in trust/security-faq.md (separate commit)

Distress-bell dedup: the TpmPssUnsupported one-shot bell had key-shape tests only.
New HardwareRejectionNotificationTrackerDedupTests pins the 409 dedup branch, the
fail-soft branch, the blank-input short-circuit, the disjoint hardware/tpmpss key
spaces, and the retention sweep — which also prunes tpmpss rows and thereby re-arms
that device's bell, now stated in the interface and implementation docs.

Backend tests 3313/3313, tsc clean, web vitest app/sessions 60/60.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
           cache: npm
           cache-dependency-path: src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/package-lock.json
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
           cache: npm
           cache-dependency-path: src/McpServer/autopilot-monitor-mcp/package-lock.json
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
 
       - name: Regenerate
         run: node rules/scripts/combine.js

.github/workflows/combine-rules.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '22'
 
       - name: Install ajv-cli
         run: npm install -g ajv-cli ajv-formats

.github/workflows/deploy-web.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Build and Deploy Job
+    # Dependabot PRs run without repo secrets, so the deploy token is absent.
+    # Surface it as an env var so the deploy step can gate on it — secrets
+    # cannot be referenced directly in an `if:` expression.
+    env:
+      DEPLOY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SWA_DEPLOY_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
@@ -28,6 +33,9 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Full history needed for git-based sitemap lastmod dates
       - name: Build And Deploy
         id: builddeploy
+        # Skip (green) instead of failing when the token is missing (Dependabot
+        # PRs); real deploys on main and internal PRs still have it.
+        if: env.DEPLOY_TOKEN != ''
         uses: Azure/static-web-apps-deploy@v1
         env:
           NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTRA_CLIENT_ID: ${{ vars.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTRA_CLIENT_ID }}
@@ -39,9 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           azure_static_web_apps_api_token: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SWA_DEPLOY_TOKEN }}
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Used for Github integrations (i.e. PR comments)
-          # Dependabot PRs run without repo secrets, so the deploy token is absent.
-          # Skip (green) instead of failing the check; real deploys on main still have the token.
-          skip_deploy_on_missing_secrets: true
           action: "upload"
           ###### Repository/Build Configurations - These values can be configured to match your app requirements. ######
           # For more information regarding Static Web App workflow configurations, please visit: https://aka.ms/swaworkflowconfig
@@ -54,9 +59,12 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Close Pull Request Job
+    env:
+      DEPLOY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SWA_DEPLOY_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Close Pull Request
         id: closepullrequest
+        if: env.DEPLOY_TOKEN != ''
         uses: Azure/static-web-apps-deploy@v1
         with:
           azure_static_web_apps_api_token: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SWA_DEPLOY_TOKEN }}

docs/agent/esp-policy-provider-stall.md

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+---
+type: Concept
+title: ESP Policy-Provider Stall Detection — the no-timeout Setup/Apps wait and the co-management Sidecar gap
+description: Why the ESP's Apps wait is keyed to the Intune-registered "Sidecar" provider by name — a foreign provider (ConfigMgr) with TrackingPoliciesCreated=1 does not satisfy it — plus the classic never-completes stall, and how the always-on two-arm esp_policy_provider_stalled tripwire (reason=provider_incomplete | sidecar_provider_missing, 15-min wall-clock dwell, StartupEventGate cross-restart dedup) surfaces both.
+resource: /src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspPolicyProviderProbe.cs
+tags:
+  - agent
+  - esp
+  - enrollment-status-tracking
+  - co-management
+  - stall-detection
+timestamp: 2026-07-24T00:00:00+02:00
+---
+
+# ESP Policy-Provider Stall Detection
+
+## Schema
+
+The Enrollment Status Page decides when its "Apps" category may progress from
+"Identifying" using the **EnrollmentStatusTracking CSP**
+(<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/enrollmentstatustracking-csp>),
+mirrored in the registry under
+`HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking\{Device|<UserSID>}\…`.
+Two contracts matter:
+
+1. **`Setup/Apps/PolicyProviders/<Name>`** — per the CSP doc: *"Existence of this node
+   indicates to the ESP that it shouldn't show the tracking status message until the
+   TrackingPoliciesCreated node has been set to true."* This wait has **no timeout**. A
+   registered provider that never sets `TrackingPoliciesCreated=1` parks the ESP at
+   "Apps (Identifying)" indefinitely — observed for days in the field. Exists in device
+   scope (`Device`) and user scope (`S-<SID>`, appears at sign-in).
+2. **`DevicePreparation/PolicyProviders/<Name>/InstallationState`** — must reach 2
+   (NotRequired) or 3 (Completed); 1=NotInstalled, 4=Error. Device scope only. The ESP
+   applies a default 15-minute timeout here, so these stalls self-surface as ESP errors —
+   the detector still records them for the diagnostic trail.
+
+Known provider names: **`Sidecar` is the Intune Management Extension** (the CSP doc names
+"Intune's agents, such as SideCar"); **`ConfigMgr`** is the Configuration Manager client,
+registered during Autopilot-into-co-management — the troubleshooting section of
+<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/comanage/autopilot-enrollment> queries
+exactly these registry paths. The same document states that ESP policy providers **are not
+aware of each other** and that **pre-provisioning is unsupported** with Autopilot into
+co-management.
+
+## The field case (issue #106)
+
+A tenant pre-provisions devices and installs the ConfigMgr client as a blocking app.
+Occasionally the user-phase ESP reaches "Apps (Identifying)" and never leaves it — for
+hours to days. On those devices `Device\Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders` contains **only a
+`ConfigMgr` key (no `Sidecar`)** — and, per the customer's follow-up, **`TrackingPoliciesCreated=1`
+IS set under it**. The provider is "complete" by the CSP value contract, yet the ESP
+still waits. Manually renaming the key to `Sidecar` — which creates no tracking entries,
+only satisfies the name — unblocks the ESP instantly.
+
+The naive CSP-doc reading ("any provider with TrackingPoliciesCreated=1 satisfies the
+wait") is therefore wrong for this case. What the evidence supports instead: provider
+nodes are registered **by the Intune service at enrollment**, and its ESP-policy WAP
+payload always registers `Sidecar` (ConfigMgr joins only via a co-management settings
+policy — see the payload documented by Niehaus). The ESP waits on the provider it
+expects **by name**; a foreign provider occupying the slot does not satisfy it,
+regardless of its completion values. On the affected devices the CM client (installed
+as a plain Win32 app, no co-management settings policy) evidently displaced the
+Sidecar node — consistent with Microsoft's warning that providers "aren't currently
+aware of others" and that pre-provisioning is unsupported with co-management. The exact
+CloudExperienceHost mechanism is not publicly documented; the registry signature —
+setupApps providers present, `Sidecar` absent — is deterministic either way.
+
+## Detection
+
+`EspPolicyProviderProbe` (fail-soft, static, `ScopedOverride` test seam — structural clone
+of `EspTrackingInfoProbe`) enumerates all providers in both kinds and scopes.
+`EspPolicyProviderStallDetector` evaluates a pure transition function on a 60-second tick
+from the always-on `EspPolicyProviderStallHost` — **two arms**, same 15-minute wall-clock
+dwell, one shared event type discriminated by `reason`:
+
+* **Arm 1, `reason=provider_incomplete`** — a provider **continuously incomplete for
+  ≥ 15 minutes**. The dwell clock starts at first incomplete observation and resets on
+  completion or disappearance. Missing values parse as incomplete
+  (fail-toward-observation). Catches e.g. Sidecar itself never reporting.
+* **Arm 2, `reason=sidecar_provider_missing`** — **≥ 1 `Setup\Apps` provider registered
+  but none named `Sidecar`**, continuously for ≥ 15 minutes. Deliberately ignores
+  provider completeness (the field case had `TrackingPoliciesCreated=1`). Sidecar
+  registering later — the legitimate startup ordering — clears the condition and resets
+  the clock. DevicePreparation-only snapshots don't activate it.
+* When both arms cross in the same round, ONE event is emitted and
+  `sidecar_provider_missing` wins as `reason` (it explains the hang regardless of the
+  foreign provider's state).
+* Missing root key / empty provider list = normal early enrollment: clears all dwell
+  state (both arms), never fires.
+* One `esp_policy_provider_stalled` **Warning** per newly stalled condition set
+  (`ImmediateUpload`), one-shot per condition in-process, cross-restart deduped via a
+  `StartupEventGate` fingerprint over the sorted currently-active fired conditions
+  (provider keys + a `sidecarMissing` sentinel) — a restart into the same stall stays
+  silent, a new condition joining re-reports.
+* Payload: `reason`, `providers[]` (full table: name, scope, kind, raw values, complete
+  flag), `stalledProviders[]` with `stalledForMinutes`, `sidecarMissingForMinutes`
+  (arm 2 only), `sidecarRegistered`, `dwellMinutes`.
+* **Purely observational**: emitted via `InformationalEventPost` (dispatch-guard exempt
+  pass-through) — never touches decision state. No config toggle, no ConfigVersion bump
+  (precedent: `disk_space_low`).
+
+Deliberately **not** built on `StallProbeCollector` (its idle clock resets on any session
+activity — a provider stall coexists with a chatty session) and not on the periodic
+collectors (idle-stopped after 15 minutes — exactly the dormant window the dwell must
+observe).
+
+## Guardrail companion
+
+`rules/guardrails.json` allow-lists `SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot` (category
+"Autopilot / OOBE / Setup") so tenants can build their own gather rules on the subtree —
+e.g. a `not_exists` registry rule on the `Sidecar` provider key. The subtree carries
+deployment state only (provider registrations, tracking lists, app IDs, per-user SIDs);
+sensitivity is at or below existing entries. Enforcement is agent-side (embedded
+resource), so both the detector and the guardrail change ship with the agent release.
+
+## Examples
+
+Customer-case event (abbreviated) — note the provider is "complete" by CSP values, the
+hang is carried entirely by `reason=sidecar_provider_missing`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "eventType": "esp_policy_provider_stalled",
+  "severity": "Warning",
+  "data": {
+    "reason": "sidecar_provider_missing",
+    "dwellMinutes": 15,
+    "sidecarRegistered": false,
+    "sidecarMissingForMinutes": 15.0,
+    "providers": [
+      { "name": "ConfigMgr", "scope": "device", "kind": "setupApps",
+        "trackingPoliciesCreated": 1, "installationState": null, "complete": true }
+    ],
+    "stalledProviders": []
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`reason=sidecar_provider_missing` is the co-management signature;
+`reason=provider_incomplete` with `sidecarRegistered=true` covers a stalled Sidecar or
+third-party provider — the generalized contract violation.
+
+# Citations
+
+* EnrollmentStatusTracking CSP — <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/enrollmentstatustracking-csp>
+* Windows Autopilot into co-management (requirements, provider-conflict warning, troubleshooting registry paths) — <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/comanage/autopilot-enrollment>
+* Troubleshoot the ESP (models app tracking exclusively via the `Sidecar` subkey) — <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/intune/device-enrollment/understand-troubleshoot-esp>
+* Niehaus: the Intune ESP-policy WAP payload registering the provider nodes (`Sidecar` always, `ConfigMgr` only with a co-management settings policy) — <https://oofhours.com/2023/08/25/run-an-sccm-task-sequence-during-autopilot/>
+* Niehaus: ESP tracks arbitrarily named providers when they are properly registered — <https://oofhours.com/2023/09/18/track-anything-using-esp/>
+* Agent code: `EspPolicyProviderProbe.cs`, `EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.cs`, `EspPolicyProviderStallHost.cs` (SystemSignals / Orchestration.Hosts)
+* Related: [MDM Reboot Coalescing](mdm-reboot-coalescing.md), [Gather-Rule Guardrails](../rules/gather-rule-guardrails.md)

docs/agent/secureboot-ca2023-detection.md

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+type: Concept
+title: Secure Boot CA-2023 Detection — firmware evidence vs. Windows servicing status
+description: Why ANALYZE-SEC-001 v3 reads the UEFI db/KEK variables directly (GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW + SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege) instead of trusting the SecureBoot\Servicing registry key, and how the one-sided uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed marker plus a not_exists precondition give absence-tolerant rule suppression across old and new agents.
+resource: /src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Interop/UefiSecureBootCertReader.cs
+tags:
+  - agent
+  - secureboot
+  - ca2023
+  - analyze-rules
+  - backward-compatibility
+timestamp: 2026-07-23T00:00:00+02:00
+---
+
+# Secure Boot CA-2023 Detection
+
+## Schema
+
+Two independent evidence sources describe the Windows UEFI CA 2023 rollout state:
+
+1. **Servicing registry** (`HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecureBoot\Servicing\UEFICA2023Status`)
+   — reflects whether the *Windows Update* rollout ran and self-verified. Lags reality:
+   devices whose firmware received the certificate another way (OEM factory image, WinCS
+   CLI, manual deployment) or where WU simply has not run yet show `unknown`/`notfound`.
+2. **Firmware itself** — the UEFI variables `db` (signature database, GUID
+   `{d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656f}`) and `KEK` (GUID
+   `{8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c}`). Authoritative. Certificate subject CNs are
+   ASCII bytes inside the DER signature lists, so a byte-substring search for
+   `Windows UEFI CA 2023` / `Microsoft Corporation KEK 2K CA 2023` decides presence —
+   the same check `Get-SecureBootUEFI` enables from PowerShell.
+
+`UefiSecureBootCertReader` (agent, `Monitoring/Interop`) reads both variables natively via
+`GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW` — no PowerShell runspace during OOBE. The call needs
+`SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege`: SYSTEM holds it default-disabled, so the reader enables it
+on the process token (`AdjustTokenPrivileges`) and restores the previous state afterwards.
+Fail-soft contract like `OobeStateReader`: never throws; failures map to status strings
+(`not_uefi` = legacy BIOS via `ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION`, `variable_not_found`,
+`privilege_denied`, `error_<code>`).
+
+This is the repo's only privilege-adjustment code, so it also carries the ownership rules
+any future one should copy:
+
+* The process token lives in a `SafeHandle` assigned by the P/Invoke marshaler, so the CLR
+  owns it from the moment `OpenProcessToken` returns — the critical finalizer releases it
+  even if `Dispose` never runs (async exception before the instance reaches its `using`).
+* The restore obligation is recorded immediately after the successful `AdjustTokenPrivileges`,
+  and only when the privilege was not *already* enabled; nothing that can throw sits between
+  the adjustment and that assignment. `Dispose` is idempotent, swallows a failed restore, and
+  releases the handle in a `finally`.
+* The privilege is adjusted on the **process** token, so enable → read → restore is a
+  process-wide side effect and runs under a static gate. Without it a concurrent reader would
+  see "already enabled", correctly skip its own restore, and then lose the privilege mid-read
+  when the first reader disposes — a spurious `privilege_denied` on a machine that holds it.
+
+Fields land on the existing `secureboot_status` event (once per agent start,
+restart-deduped by the StartupEventGate): `uefiFirmwareReadStatus`, per-cert booleans
+(`uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023`, `uefiDbHasWindowsProductionPca2011`,
+`uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023`, …) — emitted only when the respective read succeeded —
+plus the marker below.
+
+## The one-sided marker (absence-tolerant suppression)
+
+Rule-engine constraints (pinned by `RuleEnginePreconditionTests`):
+
+* **Conditions** never match on an absent field (null guard) — new fields must stay
+  `required: false` or the rule dies for every old agent.
+* **Preconditions**: `not_exists` passes while the field is absent/empty and fails as soon
+  as the field is present with *any* value; comparison operators fail closed on absence.
+
+A two-sided boolean therefore cannot drive suppression: `not_exists` on
+`uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023` would also suppress the rule when the field is present with
+`false`. Hence the **one-sided marker** `uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed = true`, emitted
+ONLY when the db read succeeded AND the 2023 certificate was found — never as `false`.
+ANALYZE-SEC-001 v3 adds a `not_exists` precondition on it:
+
+| Device state | Marker | Rule |
+|---|---|---|
+| Old agent (no firmware fields) | absent | evaluates exactly like v2 |
+| New agent, cert missing or firmware unreadable | absent | evaluates; optional conditions `uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023=false` (+20) / `uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023=false` (+10) raise confidence |
+| New agent, firmware confirms cert | present | silently suppressed (the customer-reported false positive) |
+
+Because the marker exists nowhere until the new agent ships, the v3 rule is safe to seed
+**before** the agent rollout.
+
+## Examples
+
+Customer-equivalent verification from PowerShell (authoritative, matches the reader):
+
+```powershell
+[Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString((Get-SecureBootUEFI -Name db).Bytes).Contains('Windows UEFI CA 2023')
+[Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString((Get-SecureBootUEFI -Name KEK).Bytes).Contains('Microsoft Corporation KEK 2K CA 2023')
+```
+
+## Citations
+
+* `src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Interop/UefiSecureBootCertReader.cs` — native reader
+* `src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/DeviceInfo/DeviceInfoCollector.NetworkAndSecurity.cs` — `CollectSecureBootStatus` / `AppendFirmwareCertFields`
+* `rules/analyze/ANALYZE-SEC-001.json` — v3.0.0 rule definition
+* `src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/RuleEnginePreconditionTests.cs` — pinned precondition semantics + v3 mirror tests
+* Microsoft: [Act now — Secure Boot certificates expire June 2026](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/act-now-secure-boot-certificates-expire-in-june-2026/4426856)

docs/backend/server-actions-on-demand-diagnostics.md

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+---
+type: Concept
+title: ServerActions & On-Demand Diagnostics Collection
+description: The queue-on-session, deliver-on-ingest ServerAction channel (terminate_session / rotate_config / request_diagnostics), the operator-tier authorization split, the portal's Collect Logs flow including the admin quick-config path, and why the offboarding cascade sweeps the hosted diagnostics prefix.
+resource: /src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Sessions/QueueSessionActionFunction.cs
+tags:
+  - backend
+  - agent
+  - web
+  - server-actions
+  - diagnostics
+  - authorization
+timestamp: 2026-07-24T00:00:00+02:00
+---
+
+# Schema
+
+**Channel.** A `ServerAction` (`Type`, `Reason`, `RuleId`, `Params`, `QueuedAt`) is queued onto
+`Sessions.PendingActionsJson` by server-side writers — the admin endpoint
+`POST /api/sessions/{sessionId}/actions`, the RuleEngine, maintenance — and delivered
+piggy-backed on the agent's next ingest response. No polling channel exists; delivery latency
+equals the agent's telemetry cadence (seconds to ~1 minute during enrollment). Delivery is
+at-least-once: the agent's `ServerActionDispatcher` dedups on `Type|RuleId|QueuedAt` and
+processes a batch sequentially in queue order. Unknown types are logged and skipped, so new
+types roll out server-first. Every action emits `server_action_received` and then
+`server_action_executed` or `server_action_failed` into the session timeline.
+
+**Authorization (two layers).** The route sits on `EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrOperator`
+(tenant Admin, tenant Operator, or Global Admin — no Viewer, no Global Reader: it is a write
+tier). Because the route serves multiple action kinds, `QueueSessionActionFunction`
+re-gates per type via `IsTypeAllowedForCaller`: Operators may queue only
+`request_diagnostics`; `terminate_session` and `rotate_config` require
+`RequestContext.IsTenantAdmin || IsGlobalAdmin` (403 otherwise). Any route on this tier with
+a multi-kind body MUST follow this same in-function re-gating pattern.
+
+**On-demand collection (`request_diagnostics`).** The dispatcher calls
+`DiagnosticsPackageService.CreateAndUploadAsync(enrollmentSucceeded: false, suffix:
+"server-requested")` — producing `AgentDiagnostics-{sessionId}-{timestamp}-server-requested.zip`.
+Passing `enrollmentSucceeded: false` is what makes on-demand collection work under
+`DiagnosticsUploadMode=OnFailure`; only `Off` (or an unconfigured destination) blocks it,
+surfacing as `server_action_failed`. The `diagnostics_uploaded` event stamps
+`DiagnosticsBlobName` + `Destination` onto the Sessions row (latest wins — an on-demand name
+is later replaced by the terminal package), and the SignalR `sessionUpdate` delta carries the
+field, so the portal's Download button flips live.
+
+**Portal flow (Collect Logs, session detail header).** The button is always rendered; the
+disabled states carry tooltips (inactive session, cross-tenant view, missing role, diagnostics
+not configured) as a deliberate nudge. Members below Admin cannot read the tenant config, so
+the member-readable feature-flags endpoint exposes `diagnosticsUploadConfigured`
+(`mode != Off && (customer SAS present || destination Hosted)`). Progress tracking is
+sequence-based (backend-assigned, monotonic), never timestamp-based — agent clock skew and
+at-least-once redelivery of older actions cannot produce false matches
+(`collectLogsLogic.ts`). Cross-tenant views are gated off because `TenantHelper.GetTenantId`
+resolves the tenant strictly from the caller's JWT.
+
+**Admin quick-config.** For an unconfigured tenant, a Tenant Admin's click opens a dialog
+that switches the tenant to `Destination=Hosted`, `Mode=OnFailure` (GET full config → patch
+exactly those two fields → PUT verbatim), then queues `rotate_config` **before**
+`request_diagnostics` — the dispatcher's sequential ordering guarantees the agent refetches
+the now-enabled config (the `RemoteConfigMerger` applies diagnostics fields live, remote wins)
+before building the package. This works against the already-deployed agent fleet; a
+"one-time override" variant would not, because the `mode=Off` check is client-side in
+`CreateAndUploadAsync` and the deployed handler reads no params.
+
+**Offboarding cascade.** Latest-wins on `DiagnosticsBlobName` means a session can leave more
+hosted blobs behind than the deletion manifest references. The cascade's Hosted branch
+therefore sweeps the canonical prefix `{tenantId}/AgentDiagnostics-{sessionId}-`
+(`HostedDiagnosticsBlobService.DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync`) plus the manifest-named blob as
+belt-and-braces; a non-GUID legacy `SessionId` degrades to the single-name delete instead of
+poisoning the cascade. The CustomerSas branch is unchanged (delete only with the `d`
+permission; the customer's lifecycle rules stay authoritative).
+
+# Examples
+
+Queue an on-demand collection (Admin or Operator, own tenant):
+
+```
+POST /api/sessions/{sessionId}/actions
+{ "type": "request_diagnostics", "reason": "On-demand log collection from portal" }
+→ 202 { "success": true, "queuedAt": "..." }
+```
+
+Operator queueing an admin-only type:
+
+```
+POST /api/sessions/{sessionId}/actions
+{ "type": "terminate_session" }
+→ 403 { "message": "Action type 'terminate_session' requires the Tenant Admin role" }
+```
+
+Timeline for a successful round trip: `server_action_received` → `server_action_executed`
+(with `blobName`) → `diagnostics_uploaded` → Sessions row + SignalR delta carry the new
+`DiagnosticsBlobName`.
+
+# Citations
+
+* `src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Sessions/QueueSessionActionFunction.cs` — allowed types, per-type caller gate.
+* `src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Security/EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog.cs` — `TenantAdminOrOperator` tier definition.
+* `src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Runtime/ServerActionDispatcher.cs` — dedup, sequential dispatch, telemetry contract.
+* `src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Runtime/DiagnosticsPackageService.cs` — mode gates, archive build, suffix.
+* `src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsBlobCascadeDeleter.cs` — hosted prefix sweep.
+* `src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/app/sessions/[sessionId]/components/collectLogsLogic.ts` — button gating matrix, sequence-based progress evaluation.

docs/index.md

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ https://docs.autopilotmonitor.com (separate repository).
 * [Build Counter Blob](agent/build-counter-blob.md) - How agent build numbers are minted: shared counter blob with ETag-CAS so local and CI builds never collide; CI additionally attests build provenance (Sigstore).
 * [Agent Endpoint Migration](agent/endpoint-migration.md) - How the backend re-homes agents to a new API base URL via the config channel (backend move or per-tenant region move): live-fetch-only, allowlist-validated on both sides, one hop, kill wins.
 * [MDM Reboot Coalescing](agent/mdm-reboot-coalescing.md) - Attributing the mid-ESP coalesced reboot ("second sign-in") to the device-assigned policy URIs that forced it: aggregated DM-Enterprise 2800 observations (neutral, flush-time watermark) + the ANALYZE-ESP-005 advisory gated on an actually-observed reboot.
+* [Secure Boot CA-2023 Detection](agent/secureboot-ca2023-detection.md) - Why ANALYZE-SEC-001 v3 reads the UEFI db/KEK variables directly instead of trusting the SecureBoot\Servicing registry, and how the one-sided uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed marker plus a not_exists precondition give absence-tolerant suppression across old and new agents.
+* [ESP Policy-Provider Stall Detection](agent/esp-policy-provider-stall.md) - The EnrollmentStatusTracking CSP's no-timeout Setup/Apps wait is keyed to the Intune-registered "Sidecar" provider by NAME: co-management's "ConfigMgr" parks the user ESP at "Apps (Identifying)" for days even with TrackingPoliciesCreated=1 (issue #106); the always-on two-arm esp_policy_provider_stalled tripwire (provider_incomplete | sidecar_provider_missing) and the SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot gather-rule allowlist entry that surface it.
 
 # Rules
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ https://docs.autopilotmonitor.com (separate repository).
 # Backend
 
 * [Business Timestamps](backend/business-timestamps.md) - Why the Azure Tables system Timestamp is never authoritative (migrations reset it), and the OccurredUtc + RowKey-decode compensation for AuditLogs/OpsEvents/Events after the 2026-07-18 migration.
+* [ServerActions & On-Demand Diagnostics](backend/server-actions-on-demand-diagnostics.md) - The queue-on-session, deliver-on-ingest action channel, the TenantAdminOrOperator tier with in-function per-type re-gating, the portal's Collect Logs flow (quick-config orders rotate_config before request_diagnostics), and the hosted-prefix sweep in the offboarding cascade.
 
 # MCP Server
 

docs/log.md

@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 # Log
 
-## 2026-07-23
+## 2026-07-25
+
+* **Update**: `agent/secureboot-ca2023-detection.md` — review follow-up on 90012d9 hardened the privilege scope, the repo's only privilege-adjustment code and therefore the precedent for any future one. The process token moved from a raw `IntPtr` to a `SafeHandle` assigned by the P/Invoke marshaler, so the CLR owns it from the moment `OpenProcessToken` returns and the critical finalizer releases it even when `Dispose` never runs — previously an async exception between the successful open and the caller's `using` leaked the handle *with the privilege enabled and no owner left to restore it*. `Dispose` became idempotent and now releases the handle in a `finally`, so a throwing restore cannot strand it; the restore obligation is recorded immediately after the successful `AdjustTokenPrivileges` with nothing throwable in between. The whole enable → read → restore sequence runs under a static gate because the privilege is adjusted on the *process* token: a concurrent reader would see "already enabled", correctly skip its own restore, and then lose the privilege mid-read when the first reader disposed, reporting `privilege_denied` on a machine that holds it.
+
+## 2026-07-24
+
+* **Creation**: Added `backend/server-actions-on-demand-diagnostics.md` — the ServerAction channel (queue on `Sessions.PendingActionsJson`, deliver piggy-backed on the next ingest response, at-least-once with `Type|RuleId|QueuedAt` dedup and sequential dispatch) and the on-demand log collection built on it: the portal's always-visible **Collect Logs** button, the new `EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrOperator` tier with the mandatory in-function per-type re-gate (Operators queue only `request_diagnostics`), the member-readable `diagnosticsUploadConfigured` feature flag, the admin quick-config path that must queue `rotate_config` before `request_diagnostics` (works against the deployed fleet — a one-time override would not, the mode gate is agent-side), sequence-based progress matching immune to agent clock skew, and the offboarding cascade's hosted-prefix sweep closing the latest-wins orphan-blob gap.
+
+* **Update**: `agent/esp-policy-provider-stall.md` — the customer's follow-up on issue #106 corrected the field-case mechanics: `TrackingPoliciesCreated=1` WAS set under the foreign `ConfigMgr` provider, so the ESP ignores a foreign provider's completion values and waits on the Intune-registered `Sidecar` provider by name (the rename to `Sidecar` creates no tracking entries yet unblocks instantly). The completeness-keyed detector would have missed exactly this — the incident it was built for. The tripwire is now two-armed under one event type discriminated by `reason`: `provider_incomplete` (unchanged dwell on continuously-incomplete providers) and `sidecar_provider_missing` (≥ 1 Setup/Apps provider registered without `Sidecar`, completeness deliberately ignored, clock reset when Sidecar registers later). Sidecar-missing wins the `reason` when both arms cross in one round; the cross-restart fingerprint gains a `sidecarMissing` sentinel; payload adds `reason` and `sidecarMissingForMinutes`. Evidence for the name-keyed wait: Niehaus' documented Intune WAP payload always registers `Sidecar` (ConfigMgr only via a co-management settings policy) and Microsoft's ESP troubleshooting models app tracking exclusively through the Sidecar subkey.
+
+* **Creation**: Added `agent/esp-policy-provider-stall.md` — a customer diagnosed that pre-provisioned devices with the ConfigMgr client as a blocking app occasionally park the user ESP at "Apps (Identifying)" for days: only a `ConfigMgr` provider is registered under `EnrollmentStatusTracking\Device\Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders` (no `Sidecar` = IME) and `TrackingPoliciesCreated` never becomes 1 — a wait the CSP defines without any timeout; renaming the key to `Sidecar` unblocks immediately. The agent now ships the always-on `esp_policy_provider_stalled` tripwire (60-s tick, 15-min continuous-incompleteness dwell, one-shot per provider, `StartupEventGate` fingerprint across restarts, purely observational via the InformationalEvent rail — no toggle, no ConfigVersion bump), generalized to any provider in both `Setup/Apps` and `DevicePreparation` kinds rather than hardcoding the ConfigMgr case. Companion change: `SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot` joins the gather-rule registry allowlist so tenants can target the subtree with custom rules (e.g. `not_exists` on the Sidecar key).
+
+* **Creation**: Added `agent/secureboot-ca2023-detection.md` — ANALYZE-SEC-001 warned on devices whose firmware already carried the 2023 certificate, because the agent only read the `SecureBoot\Servicing\UEFICA2023Status` registry value, which mirrors the Windows Update rollout rather than the firmware (customer report). The agent now reads the UEFI `db`/`KEK` variables natively (`GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW` with `SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege` enabled on the process token — first privilege-adjustment code in the repo) and emits per-certificate booleans on `secureboot_status`. Suppression rides on a one-sided marker, `uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed`, emitted only on positive confirmation: the engine's `not_exists` precondition fails on any present value, so a two-sided boolean could not distinguish "confirmed" from "checked and missing", while the marker's absence keeps old agents and firmware-missing devices on the v2 path. Rule v3.0.0 is therefore safe to seed before the agent release.
 
 * **Update**: `url-registry.md` — the first release after the alias migration surfaced Front Door caching as a correctness hazard: the alias served the previous `version.json` (`X-Cache: TCP_REMOTE_HIT`) after the origin had rotated, and since manifest and ZIP are independent cache entries, a stale manifest with a fresh ZIP fails the bootstrap SHA-256 check. Route caching on `/agent/*` is now disabled and every blob upload stamps `Cache-Control: no-cache` (CI `Send-Blob`, local `build.ps1`, `versions/*.json` manifests) — all agent-container blobs rotate in place, so nothing there is safely cacheable.
 

rules/analyze/ANALYZE-ESP-006.json

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../schema/analyze-rule.schema.json",
+  "ruleId": "ANALYZE-ESP-006",
+  "title": "ESP Failure Recovered After User Retry",
+  "description": "Detects the recovery story: the ESP reported a terminal failure (typically DeviceSetup/Apps), the user most likely pressed 'Try again' on the failure page, the failed step re-ran and completed successfully. The earlier failure did not stick — the enrollment continued past it.",
+  "severity": "info",
+  "category": "esp",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "enabled": true,
+  "baseConfidence": 85,
+  "conditions": [
+    {
+      "signal": "advisory",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_advisory",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": true
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "recovered",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": true
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "retry",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_retry_detected",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": false
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "category",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+      "dataField": "category",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": false
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "failedSubcategory",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+      "dataField": "failedSubcategory",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": false
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "likelyCulpritApps",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_advisory",
+      "dataField": "likelyCulpritApps",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": false
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "minutesSinceFailure",
+      "source": "event_type",
+      "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+      "dataField": "minutesSinceFailure",
+      "operator": "exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "required": false
+    }
+  ],
+  "confidenceFactors": [
+    { "signal": "retry", "condition": "exists", "weight": 10 },
+    { "signal": "likelyCulpritApps", "condition": "exists", "weight": 5 }
+  ],
+  "explanation": "The Enrollment Status Page reported a **failure** in the `{{category}}` phase (`{{failedSubcategory}}` subcategory, most likely app(s): `{{likelyCulpritApps}}`) — and then **recovered**: the failed step left its failed state and completed successfully about `{{minutesSinceFailure}}` min later.\n\nThat pattern is consistent with the user pressing **'Try again'** on the ESP failure page (the profile allows failure-page actions; the agent cannot observe the click itself). The failure the user saw was real, but it did not stick — the ESP re-ran the step, it succeeded, and the enrollment continued.\n\nRead the session timeline as one arc: `esp_failure_advisory` (the failure, with the likely culprit app) → `esp_failure_retry_detected` (the retry) → `esp_failure_recovered` (the recovery). If this pattern repeats across devices for the same app, that app's install is flaky on first attempt — fix the app rather than the devices. Any literal `{{…}}` placeholder means that detail was not recorded for this session.",
+  "remediation": [
+    {
+      "title": "Make the first install attempt stick",
+      "steps": [
+        "Check the likely culprit app(s) (`{{likelyCulpritApps}}`) in Intune: an app that fails on the first ESP pass but succeeds on retry usually has a dependency/ordering or detection-timing problem.",
+        "If the app shows 'never started installing' in esp_failure_settle_started, verify its assignment and applicability rules — ESP counted it as required, but IME never processed it.",
+        "If the pattern repeats across the tenant, consider removing the app from the ESP blocking list until the first-attempt install is reliable — users are seeing an avoidable failure screen.",
+        "No device-side action is needed for this session: the failure recovered and the enrollment continued."
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "tags": ["esp", "recovery", "try-again", "retry", "continue-anyway", "enrollment"]
+}

rules/analyze/ANALYZE-SEC-001.json

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "$schema": "../schema/analyze-rule.schema.json",
   "ruleId": "ANALYZE-SEC-001",
   "title": "Secure Boot UEFI CA 2023 certificate not deployed",
-  "description": "Detects devices where the Windows UEFI CA 2023 certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB. The 2011 certificates expired in June 2026 — affected devices no longer receive Secure Boot security updates until the 2023 certificate is deployed.",
+  "description": "Detects devices where the Windows UEFI CA 2023 certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB. The 2011 certificates expired in June 2026 — affected devices no longer receive Secure Boot security updates until the 2023 certificate is deployed. Since v3 the agent reads the firmware db/KEK variables directly: when the firmware itself confirms the 2023 certificate, the rule is suppressed even if the Windows servicing status has not caught up yet.",
   "severity": "warning",
   "category": "security",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "enabled": true,
   "baseConfidence": 70,
   "preconditions": [
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
       "operator": "equals",
       "value": "false",
       "description": "Skip on virtual machines — Secure Boot DB is host-controlled (Hyper-V/VMware/etc), the inside-the-VM UEFICA2023Status registry value is not the right indicator and not actionable for the VM admin."
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "event_data",
+      "eventType": "secureboot_status",
+      "dataField": "uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed",
+      "operator": "not_exists",
+      "value": "",
+      "description": "Skip when the firmware db itself confirms the Windows UEFI CA 2023 certificate — the marker is only emitted on positive firmware confirmation, so old agents (field absent) and unconfirmed devices keep evaluating the rule. The servicing registry status lags behind actual firmware state (OEM factory image, WinCS, manual deployment, or WU simply not run yet)."
     }
   ],
   "conditions": [
@@ -54,13 +62,33 @@
       "operator": "exists",
       "value": "",
       "required": false
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "db_ca2023_firmware_missing",
+      "source": "event_data",
+      "eventType": "secureboot_status",
+      "dataField": "uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023",
+      "operator": "equals",
+      "value": "false",
+      "required": false
+    },
+    {
+      "signal": "kek_2023_missing",
+      "source": "event_data",
+      "eventType": "secureboot_status",
+      "dataField": "uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023",
+      "operator": "equals",
+      "value": "false",
+      "required": false
     }
   ],
   "confidenceFactors": [
     { "signal": "ca2023_notfound", "condition": "exists", "weight": 20 },
-    { "signal": "ca2023_error", "condition": "exists", "weight": 10 }
+    { "signal": "ca2023_error", "condition": "exists", "weight": 10 },
+    { "signal": "db_ca2023_firmware_missing", "condition": "exists", "weight": 20 },
+    { "signal": "kek_2023_missing", "condition": "exists", "weight": 10 }
   ],
-  "explanation": "This device has Secure Boot enabled but the **Windows UEFI CA 2023** certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB.\n\nThe original Windows UEFI CA 2011 certificates **expired on June 27, 2026 — this deadline has passed**. The automatic pre-expiry rollout window is over: this device no longer receives Secure Boot security updates (DB/DBX) and cannot trust 2023-signed boot managers until the 2023 certificate is deployed. Deploying it now requires active remediation (Windows servicing opt-in and, on some models, an OEM firmware update) rather than waiting for an automatic update.\n\nCurrent UEFI CA 2023 status: `{{uefiCA2023Status}}`",
+  "explanation": "This device has Secure Boot enabled but the **Windows UEFI CA 2023** certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB.\n\nThe original Windows UEFI CA 2011 certificates **expired on June 27, 2026 — this deadline has passed**. The automatic pre-expiry rollout window is over: this device no longer receives Secure Boot security updates (DB/DBX) and cannot trust 2023-signed boot managers until the 2023 certificate is deployed. Deploying it now requires active remediation (Windows servicing opt-in and, on some models, an OEM firmware update) rather than waiting for an automatic update.\n\nOn devices running a current agent this finding is verified against the firmware itself: the agent reads the UEFI `db` signature database directly, and this warning is automatically suppressed when the firmware already contains the 2023 certificate — regardless of the Windows servicing status below.\n\nCurrent UEFI CA 2023 servicing status: `{{uefiCA2023Status}}`",
   "remediation": [
     {
       "title": "Deploy UEFI CA 2023 certificate now",
@@ -69,7 +97,7 @@
         "Use Intune policy to enable Secure Boot DB update (Windows UEFI CA 2023)",
         "Check with the device OEM whether a firmware update is required for the DB update to apply on this model",
         "Alternatively, use the WinCS CLI tool from Microsoft for manual deployment",
-        "Verify deployment: check registry HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SecureBoot\\Servicing\\UEFICA2023Status = 'Updated'",
+        "Verify deployment against the firmware directly: [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString((Get-SecureBootUEFI -Name db).Bytes).Contains('Windows UEFI CA 2023') — this is authoritative; the registry value HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SecureBoot\\Servicing\\UEFICA2023Status = 'Updated' only reflects the Windows Update rollout",
         "After DB update: ensure the boot manager is updated to a 2023-signed version via monthly cumulative update"
       ]
     }

rules/dist/analyze-rules.json

@@ -1884,6 +1884,110 @@
         "user-experience"
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "ruleId": "ANALYZE-ESP-006",
+      "title": "ESP Failure Recovered After User Retry",
+      "description": "Detects the recovery story: the ESP reported a terminal failure (typically DeviceSetup/Apps), the user most likely pressed 'Try again' on the failure page, the failed step re-ran and completed successfully. The earlier failure did not stick — the enrollment continued past it.",
+      "severity": "info",
+      "category": "esp",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "enabled": true,
+      "baseConfidence": 85,
+      "conditions": [
+        {
+          "signal": "advisory",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_advisory",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": true
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "recovered",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": true
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "retry",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_retry_detected",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "category",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+          "dataField": "category",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "failedSubcategory",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+          "dataField": "failedSubcategory",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "likelyCulpritApps",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_advisory",
+          "dataField": "likelyCulpritApps",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "minutesSinceFailure",
+          "source": "event_type",
+          "eventType": "esp_failure_recovered",
+          "dataField": "minutesSinceFailure",
+          "operator": "exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+        }
+      ],
+      "confidenceFactors": [
+        {
+          "signal": "retry",
+          "condition": "exists",
+          "weight": 10
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "likelyCulpritApps",
+          "condition": "exists",
+          "weight": 5
+        }
+      ],
+      "explanation": "The Enrollment Status Page reported a **failure** in the `{{category}}` phase (`{{failedSubcategory}}` subcategory, most likely app(s): `{{likelyCulpritApps}}`) — and then **recovered**: the failed step left its failed state and completed successfully about `{{minutesSinceFailure}}` min later.\n\nThat pattern is consistent with the user pressing **'Try again'** on the ESP failure page (the profile allows failure-page actions; the agent cannot observe the click itself). The failure the user saw was real, but it did not stick — the ESP re-ran the step, it succeeded, and the enrollment continued.\n\nRead the session timeline as one arc: `esp_failure_advisory` (the failure, with the likely culprit app) → `esp_failure_retry_detected` (the retry) → `esp_failure_recovered` (the recovery). If this pattern repeats across devices for the same app, that app's install is flaky on first attempt — fix the app rather than the devices. Any literal `{{…}}` placeholder means that detail was not recorded for this session.",
+      "remediation": [
+        {
+          "title": "Make the first install attempt stick",
+          "steps": [
+            "Check the likely culprit app(s) (`{{likelyCulpritApps}}`) in Intune: an app that fails on the first ESP pass but succeeds on retry usually has a dependency/ordering or detection-timing problem.",
+            "If the app shows 'never started installing' in esp_failure_settle_started, verify its assignment and applicability rules — ESP counted it as required, but IME never processed it.",
+            "If the pattern repeats across the tenant, consider removing the app from the ESP blocking list until the first-attempt install is reliable — users are seeing an avoidable failure screen.",
+            "No device-side action is needed for this session: the failure recovered and the enrollment continued."
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "tags": [
+        "esp",
+        "recovery",
+        "try-again",
+        "retry",
+        "continue-anyway",
+        "enrollment"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "ruleId": "ANALYZE-ID-001",
       "title": "Expected Machine Certificate Not Found",
@@ -2178,10 +2282,10 @@
     {
       "ruleId": "ANALYZE-SEC-001",
       "title": "Secure Boot UEFI CA 2023 certificate not deployed",
-      "description": "Detects devices where the Windows UEFI CA 2023 certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB. The 2011 certificates expired in June 2026 — affected devices no longer receive Secure Boot security updates until the 2023 certificate is deployed.",
+      "description": "Detects devices where the Windows UEFI CA 2023 certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB. The 2011 certificates expired in June 2026 — affected devices no longer receive Secure Boot security updates until the 2023 certificate is deployed. Since v3 the agent reads the firmware db/KEK variables directly: when the firmware itself confirms the 2023 certificate, the rule is suppressed even if the Windows servicing status has not caught up yet.",
       "severity": "warning",
       "category": "security",
-      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "version": "3.0.0",
       "enabled": true,
       "baseConfidence": 70,
       "preconditions": [
@@ -2192,6 +2296,14 @@
           "operator": "equals",
           "value": "false",
           "description": "Skip on virtual machines — Secure Boot DB is host-controlled (Hyper-V/VMware/etc), the inside-the-VM UEFICA2023Status registry value is not the right indicator and not actionable for the VM admin."
+        },
+        {
+          "source": "event_data",
+          "eventType": "secureboot_status",
+          "dataField": "uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed",
+          "operator": "not_exists",
+          "value": "",
+          "description": "Skip when the firmware db itself confirms the Windows UEFI CA 2023 certificate — the marker is only emitted on positive firmware confirmation, so old agents (field absent) and unconfirmed devices keep evaluating the rule. The servicing registry status lags behind actual firmware state (OEM factory image, WinCS, manual deployment, or WU simply not run yet)."
         }
       ],
       "conditions": [
@@ -2230,6 +2342,24 @@
           "operator": "exists",
           "value": "",
           "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "db_ca2023_firmware_missing",
+          "source": "event_data",
+          "eventType": "secureboot_status",
+          "dataField": "uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023",
+          "operator": "equals",
+          "value": "false",
+          "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "kek_2023_missing",
+          "source": "event_data",
+          "eventType": "secureboot_status",
+          "dataField": "uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023",
+          "operator": "equals",
+          "value": "false",
+          "required": false
         }
       ],
       "confidenceFactors": [
@@ -2242,9 +2372,19 @@
           "signal": "ca2023_error",
           "condition": "exists",
           "weight": 10
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "db_ca2023_firmware_missing",
+          "condition": "exists",
+          "weight": 20
+        },
+        {
+          "signal": "kek_2023_missing",
+          "condition": "exists",
+          "weight": 10
         }
       ],
-      "explanation": "This device has Secure Boot enabled but the **Windows UEFI CA 2023** certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB.\n\nThe original Windows UEFI CA 2011 certificates **expired on June 27, 2026 — this deadline has passed**. The automatic pre-expiry rollout window is over: this device no longer receives Secure Boot security updates (DB/DBX) and cannot trust 2023-signed boot managers until the 2023 certificate is deployed. Deploying it now requires active remediation (Windows servicing opt-in and, on some models, an OEM firmware update) rather than waiting for an automatic update.\n\nCurrent UEFI CA 2023 status: `{{uefiCA2023Status}}`",
+      "explanation": "This device has Secure Boot enabled but the **Windows UEFI CA 2023** certificate has not been deployed to the Secure Boot DB.\n\nThe original Windows UEFI CA 2011 certificates **expired on June 27, 2026 — this deadline has passed**. The automatic pre-expiry rollout window is over: this device no longer receives Secure Boot security updates (DB/DBX) and cannot trust 2023-signed boot managers until the 2023 certificate is deployed. Deploying it now requires active remediation (Windows servicing opt-in and, on some models, an OEM firmware update) rather than waiting for an automatic update.\n\nOn devices running a current agent this finding is verified against the firmware itself: the agent reads the UEFI `db` signature database directly, and this warning is automatically suppressed when the firmware already contains the 2023 certificate — regardless of the Windows servicing status below.\n\nCurrent UEFI CA 2023 servicing status: `{{uefiCA2023Status}}`",
       "remediation": [
         {
           "title": "Deploy UEFI CA 2023 certificate now",
@@ -2253,7 +2393,7 @@
             "Use Intune policy to enable Secure Boot DB update (Windows UEFI CA 2023)",
             "Check with the device OEM whether a firmware update is required for the DB update to apply on this model",
             "Alternatively, use the WinCS CLI tool from Microsoft for manual deployment",
-            "Verify deployment: check registry HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SecureBoot\\Servicing\\UEFICA2023Status = 'Updated'",
+            "Verify deployment against the firmware directly: [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString((Get-SecureBootUEFI -Name db).Bytes).Contains('Windows UEFI CA 2023') — this is authoritative; the registry value HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SecureBoot\\Servicing\\UEFICA2023Status = 'Updated' only reflects the Windows Update rollout",
             "After DB update: ensure the boot manager is updated to a 2023-signed version via monthly cumulative update"
           ]
         }

rules/guardrails.json

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
       "prefixes": [
         "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup",
         "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\OOBE",
-        "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon"
+        "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon",
+        "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Autopilot"
       ]
     },
     {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Harness/ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness
                 logFolder: Tmp.Path,
                 patterns: new List<ImeLogPattern>(),
                 logger: Logger);
+            // Mirror ImeLogHost wiring: the historic-replay guard judges staleness against the
+            // (virtual) agent clock so tests stay deterministic.
+            Tracker.UtcNowProvider = () => Clock.UtcNow;
         }
 
         public IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> DecisionSignals(DecisionSignalKind kind) =>

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/DesktopArrivalDetectorTests.cs

@@ -405,5 +405,144 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring
             var started = trace.Events.Find(e => e.EventType == SharedEventTypes.DesktopDetectorStarted);
             Assert.Equal(0, started.Data["noCandidateThresholdMinutes"]);
         }
+
+        // ============================================================================
+        // OOBE-state flip (oobe_state_completed) — observational one-shot on the poll
+        // ============================================================================
+        // The WinRT OutOfBoxExperienceState flip in_progress->completed is an owner-
+        // independent desktop corroboration for DAD-starved sessions (4d5a0b78 class).
+        // Tests drive polls synchronously via PollOnceForTest after Stop() so the real
+        // timer cannot race, and pin the owner seams to an excluded user so a real
+        // explorer.exe on the test machine can never set _desktopArrived (which would
+        // short-circuit PollForDesktop before the flip check).
+
+        private static DesktopArrivalDetector BuildFlipDetector(TempDirectory tmp, TraceCapture trace, System.Func<string> oobeProvider)
+        {
+            var detector = new DesktopArrivalDetector(new AgentLogger(tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info), noCandidateTimeoutMinutes: 0)
+            {
+                OnTraceEvent = trace.Sink,
+                OobeStateProvider = oobeProvider,
+                SessionOwnerResolver = _ => "SYSTEM",
+                ProcessOwnerResolver = _ => "SYSTEM",
+            };
+            return detector;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Returns the queued states in order, then repeats the last one forever.</summary>
+        private static System.Func<string> StateQueue(params string[] states)
+        {
+            var queue = new Queue<string>(states);
+            var last = states[states.Length - 1];
+            return () => queue.Count > 0 ? queue.Dequeue() : last;
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OobeFlip_emits_exactly_once_with_payload()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var trace = new TraceCapture();
+            // Baseline sample happens synchronously inside Start()/ArmTimer.
+            using var detector = BuildFlipDetector(tmp, trace, StateQueue("in_progress", "completed"));
+
+            detector.Start();
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest(); // reads "completed" -> flip
+            detector.PollOnceForTest(); // still "completed" -> no second emit
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, trace.CountOf(SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted));
+            var flip = trace.Events.Find(e => e.EventType == SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted);
+            Assert.Equal("in_progress", flip.Data["previousState"]);
+            Assert.True(flip.Data.ContainsKey("pollCount"));
+            Assert.True(flip.Data.ContainsKey("minutesSinceStart"));
+            Assert.False((bool)flip.Data["desktopArrived"]);
+            Assert.True(flip.Data.ContainsKey("wmiErrorCount"));
+            Assert.True(flip.Data.ContainsKey("wtsErrorCount"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OobeFlip_does_not_emit_when_state_is_already_completed()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var trace = new TraceCapture();
+            using var detector = BuildFlipDetector(tmp, trace, StateQueue("completed"));
+
+            detector.Start();
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest();
+
+            // Productive machines read "completed" from the very first sample — the flip
+            // event must never fire there (the agent_started field already records the state).
+            Assert.Equal(0, trace.CountOf(SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OobeFlip_does_not_emit_when_in_progress_was_never_seen()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var trace = new TraceCapture();
+            using var detector = BuildFlipDetector(tmp, trace, StateQueue("unavailable", "completed"));
+
+            detector.Start();
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest();
+
+            // Old builds without the WinRT contract report "unavailable"; a later
+            // "completed" without a positively observed "in_progress" is not a flip.
+            Assert.Equal(0, trace.CountOf(SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OobeFlip_survives_transient_unavailable_between_polls()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var trace = new TraceCapture();
+            using var detector = BuildFlipDetector(tmp, trace, StateQueue("in_progress", "unavailable", "completed"));
+
+            detector.Start();
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest(); // transient reflection failure — must NOT clear the baseline
+            detector.PollOnceForTest(); // "completed" -> flip still detected
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, trace.CountOf(SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OobeFlip_provider_throwing_never_emits_and_never_pollutes_wmi_error_count()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var trace = new TraceCapture();
+            using var detector = BuildFlipDetector(tmp, trace, () => throw new System.InvalidOperationException("boom"));
+
+            detector.Start(); // baseline sample throws -> swallowed
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest();
+
+            Assert.Equal(0, trace.CountOf(SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted));
+            // The flip check has its own try/catch — a throw must not fall into
+            // PollForDesktop's outer catch, which increments the WMI error counter the
+            // session-4d5a0b78 liveness diagnostics rely on. first_poll carries that counter.
+            var firstPoll = trace.Events.Find(e => e.EventType == SharedEventTypes.DesktopDetectorFirstPoll);
+            Assert.Equal(0, firstPoll.Data["wmiErrorCount"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OobeFlip_one_shot_flag_survives_ResetForRealUserSwitch()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var trace = new TraceCapture();
+            using var detector = BuildFlipDetector(tmp, trace,
+                StateQueue("in_progress", "completed", "in_progress", "completed"));
+
+            detector.Start();
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest(); // flip #1
+            detector.ResetForRealUserSwitch(); // re-arms + re-samples baseline ("in_progress")
+            detector.Stop();
+            detector.PollOnceForTest(); // "completed" again — must NOT re-emit
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, trace.CountOf(SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted));
+        }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/Gather/GatherRuleCollectorGuardTests.cs

@@ -290,9 +290,20 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
         [InlineData(@"SAM\SAM\Domains\Account\Users")]
         [InlineData(@"SECURITY\Policy\Secrets")]
         [InlineData(@"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnrollmentsSomethingElse")]  // prefix spoofing
+        [InlineData(@"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\AutopilotSomethingElse")]  // sibling spoof of the Autopilot prefix
         public void RegistryCollector_OffAllowlistPath_IsBlockedBeforeTheHiveIsOpened(string target)
             => AssertBlocked(new RegistryCollector().Execute(Rule("registry", target), Context()), target);
 
+        // Session 5d735290: the EnrollmentStatusTracking subtree (ESP policy providers / tracking
+        // state) is allow-listed so tenants can build gather rules on the co-management stall
+        // signature the esp_policy_provider_stalled detector reports (e.g. not_exists on the
+        // Sidecar provider key).
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot")]
+        [InlineData(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking\Device\Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders\Sidecar")]
+        public void RegistryGuard_AutopilotEnrollmentTrackingSubtree_IsAllowed(string subPath)
+            => Assert.True(GatherRuleGuards.IsRegistryPathAllowed(subPath));
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("SELECT * FROM Win32_UserAccount")]
         [InlineData("SELECT * FROM Win32_ShadowCopy")]

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/Ime/ImeLogTrackerHistoricReplayGuardTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Ime
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tracker-level historic-replay guard (session eaf3d8c4 part 2): source lines > 24 h older
+    /// than now are content from a previous enrollment whose IME log survived on disk. The guard
+    /// in <c>HandlePatternMatch</c> skips app-mutating actions for such lines so replayed apps
+    /// never enter <c>_packageStates</c> / phase snapshots / persistence — keeping
+    /// app_tracking_summary, culprit lists and final-status clean. Script actions pass through
+    /// (the adapter suppresses their emissions), and SimulationMode bypasses the guard entirely.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class ImeLogTrackerHistoricReplayGuardTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime Now = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 15, 42, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        private static List<ImeLogPattern> TestPatterns() => new List<ImeLogPattern>
+        {
+            new ImeLogPattern
+            {
+                PatternId = "T-POLICIES", Category = "always", Enabled = true,
+                Pattern = @"policies discovered = (?<policies>\[.*\])",
+                Action = "policiesDiscovered",
+                Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
+            },
+            new ImeLogPattern
+            {
+                PatternId = "T-INSTALLED", Category = "always", Enabled = true,
+                Pattern = @"app (?<id>[\w-]+) installed",
+                Action = "updateStateInstalled",
+                Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
+            },
+            new ImeLogPattern
+            {
+                PatternId = "T-ESP-PHASE", Category = "always", Enabled = true,
+                Pattern = @"In EspPhase: (?<espPhase>\w+)",
+                Action = "espPhaseDetected",
+                Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
+            },
+            new ImeLogPattern
+            {
+                PatternId = "T-SCRIPT-START", Category = "always", Enabled = true,
+                Pattern = @"script (?<id>[\w-]+) started",
+                Action = "scriptStarted",
+                Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["scriptType"] = "platform" },
+            },
+        };
+
+        private static ImeLogTracker BuildTracker(TempDirectory tmp)
+        {
+            var tracker = new ImeLogTracker(
+                logFolder: tmp.Path,
+                patterns: TestPatterns(),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info));
+            tracker.UtcNowProvider = () => Now;
+            return tracker;
+        }
+
+        private const string PoliciesLine = @"policies discovered = [{""Id"":""app-1"",""Name"":""App One""}]";
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_policies_line_does_not_populate_package_states()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest(PoliciesLine, Now.AddDays(-7));
+
+            Assert.Empty(tracker.GetAllKnownPackageStates());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fresh_relog_of_same_policies_is_tracked_after_stale_skip()
+        {
+            // IME re-logs the full policy JSON on every app-policy check-in — skipping the
+            // stale copy cannot starve the current enrollment.
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest(PoliciesLine, Now.AddDays(-7));
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest(PoliciesLine, Now.AddMinutes(-2));
+
+            var all = tracker.GetAllKnownPackageStates();
+            var pkg = Assert.Single(all);
+            Assert.Equal("app-1", pkg.Id);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_state_update_against_fresh_app_is_skipped()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+            var stateChanges = 0;
+            tracker.OnAppStateChanged = (_, __, ___) => stateChanges++;
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest(PoliciesLine, Now.AddMinutes(-5));   // fresh discovery
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest("app app-1 installed", Now.AddDays(-7)); // stale mutation
+
+            Assert.Equal(0, stateChanges);
+            var pkg = Assert.Single(tracker.GetAllKnownPackageStates());
+            Assert.NotEqual(AppInstallationState.Installed, pkg.InstallationState);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_esp_phase_line_does_not_block_fresh_phase_detection()
+        {
+            // A stale "AccountSetup" would advance _currentPhaseOrder and make the fresh
+            // enrollment's DeviceSetup bounce as "backward" — the guard must skip it.
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+            var phases = new List<string>();
+            tracker.OnEspPhaseChanged = p => phases.Add(p);
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest("In EspPhase: AccountSetup", Now.AddDays(-7));
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest("In EspPhase: DeviceSetup", Now.AddMinutes(-1));
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "DeviceSetup" }, phases);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_script_line_still_reaches_script_handlers()
+        {
+            // Script tracker state is harmless for stale lines (adapter suppresses the
+            // emissions; the stale-slot hardening covers leftovers) — the guard must not
+            // swallow script actions.
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+            var started = new List<ScriptStartedInfo>();
+            tracker.OnScriptStarted = i => started.Add(i);
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest("script aaaa1111-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 started", Now.AddDays(-7));
+
+            Assert.Single(started);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SimulationMode_bypasses_the_guard()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+            tracker.SimulationMode = true;
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest(PoliciesLine, Now.AddDays(-7));
+
+            Assert.Single(tracker.GetAllKnownPackageStates());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Lines_without_timestamp_are_not_treated_as_stale()
+        {
+            // Non-CMTrace lines carry no source timestamp (entry == null) — never stale.
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = BuildTracker(tmp);
+
+            tracker.ProcessLogMessageForTest(PoliciesLine, sourceTimestampUtc: null);
+
+            Assert.Single(tracker.GetAllKnownPackageStates());
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/OobeStateReaderTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#nullable enable
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Smoke tests for the WinRT <c>SystemSetupInfo.OutOfBoxExperienceState</c> reader.
+    /// The actual state on the test machine is unknown (CI runners are post-OOBE; Server
+    /// SKUs may lack the UniversalApiContract entirely), so only the fail-soft contract
+    /// is pinned: never throw, always return a member of the known value set.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class OobeStateReaderTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void Read_never_throws_and_returns_known_value()
+        {
+            var value = OobeStateReader.Read();
+
+            Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(value));
+            Assert.True(
+                value == "not_started"
+                || value == "in_progress"
+                || value == "completed"
+                || value == OobeStateReader.Unavailable
+                || value.StartsWith("unknown_"),
+                $"unexpected reader value '{value}'");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Read_is_stable_across_repeated_calls()
+        {
+            // Exercises the cached-PropertyInfo path (second call skips resolution).
+            var first = OobeStateReader.Read();
+            var second = OobeStateReader.Read();
+
+            Assert.Equal(first, second);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/Runtime/CleanupServiceScriptIntegrationTests.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Runtime
     ///   <item>a locked tree must abort WITHOUT deleting anything (old script force-deleted
     ///     marker + state around the locks and orphaned the binaries),</item>
     ///   <item>a straggler agent process (the incident's second instance) must be found by
-    ///     NAME, killed, and the cleanup must then complete,</item>
+    ///     NAME, killed, and the cleanup must then complete — simulated via function
+    ///     shadowing, NEVER by launching a renamed executable (EDR isolation, see the test),</item>
     ///   <item>concurrent cleanup scripts must be serialized by the lock file.</item>
     /// </list>
     /// Timings are dialed down via the test-only BuildCleanupScript parameters so each case
@@ -111,60 +112,55 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Runtime
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void Straggler_process_holding_the_tree_is_killed_and_cleanup_completes()
+        public void Straggler_agent_process_is_waited_on_and_force_killed_via_name_backstop()
         {
-            // Full incident replay: a SECOND agent-named process (here: a renamed
-            // powershell.exe, matching how only the process NAME identifies agents) holds a
-            // file in the tree open. The old script waited on the launcher PID only and ran
-            // its force-delete against the live locks. The hardened script must find the
-            // straggler by name, kill it after the wait deadline, and then delete everything.
-            var fakeExe = Path.Combine(_root, _fakeProcessName + ".exe");
-            File.Copy(SystemPaths.PowerShell, fakeExe);
+            // Incident replay of the second-instance mechanics WITHOUT spawning a process:
+            // an earlier version of this test copied powershell.exe under the fake agent name
+            // and launched it — textbook MITRE T1036.003 ("Rename Legitimate Utilities"),
+            // which Defender for Endpoint answered with a machine ISOLATION on the dev box
+            // (see tasks/lessons.md). Instead, a harness script shadows Get-Process /
+            // Stop-Process with functions (PowerShell resolves functions before cmdlets, so
+            // the dot-sourced cleanup script binds to the stubs): Get-Process reports a live
+            // agent-named straggler on every probe; Stop-Process records the kill. This pins
+            // the same contract — the script polls by NAME until the deadline, then
+            // force-kills by NAME before deleting — with zero EDR-visible behavior.
+            var probeLog = Path.Combine(_root, "probe.log");
+            var cleanupScriptPath = Path.Combine(_root, $"cleanup-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.ps1");
+            File.WriteAllText(cleanupScriptPath, BuildScript(processWaitSeconds: 2));
 
-            var lockTarget = Path.Combine(_basePath, "Agent", "fake.exe").Replace("'", "''");
-            Process straggler = null;
-            try
-            {
-                straggler = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
-                {
-                    FileName = fakeExe,
-                    Arguments = "-NoProfile -Command \"$f = [IO.File]::Open('" + lockTarget +
-                                "', 'Open', 'Read', 'None'); Start-Sleep -Seconds 120\"",
-                    UseShellExecute = false,
-                    CreateNoWindow = true,
-                });
+            var harness = @"
+$probeLog = 'LOG_PATH'
+$global:AmProbeCount = 0
+function Get-Process {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param([string[]]$Name)
+    if ($Name -contains 'FAKE_NAME') {
+        $global:AmProbeCount++
+        Add-Content -Path $probeLog -Value ('probe ' + $global:AmProbeCount)
+        return [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'FAKE_NAME'; Id = 424242 }
+    }
+    Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\Get-Process @PSBoundParameters
+}
+function Stop-Process {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]$InputObject, [switch]$Force)
+    process { Add-Content -Path $probeLog -Value ('kill ' + $InputObject.Id + ' force=' + $Force) }
+}
+. 'SCRIPT_PATH'
+"
+                .Replace("LOG_PATH", probeLog)
+                .Replace("FAKE_NAME", _fakeProcessName)
+                .Replace("SCRIPT_PATH", cleanupScriptPath);
 
-                // Give the straggler time to acquire its file handle before cleanup starts.
-                var acquireDeadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(20);
-                var acquired = false;
-                while (!acquired && DateTime.UtcNow < acquireDeadline)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        using (File.Open(Path.Combine(_basePath, "Agent", "fake.exe"),
-                                   FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
-                        {
-                        }
-                    }
-                    catch (IOException)
-                    {
-                        acquired = true; // share violation ⇒ straggler holds the file
-                    }
-                    if (!acquired) System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200);
-                }
-                Assert.True(acquired, "straggler never acquired its file lock");
+            RunScript(harness);
 
-                RunScript(BuildScript(processWaitSeconds: 2));
-
-                Assert.True(straggler.HasExited, "straggler must be force-killed by the name-based backstop");
-                Assert.False(Directory.Exists(_basePath), "after the kill the tree must be fully deleted");
-                Assert.Empty(Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(_root, "*.del-*"));
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                try { if (straggler != null && !straggler.HasExited) straggler.Kill(); } catch { }
-                try { straggler?.Dispose(); } catch { }
-            }
+            var log = File.ReadAllLines(probeLog);
+            Assert.Contains("kill 424242 force=True", log);
+            Assert.True(Array.FindAll(log, l => l.StartsWith("probe")).Length >= 2,
+                "script must poll by name in the wait loop AND re-probe for the kill backstop");
+            Assert.False(Directory.Exists(_basePath), "after the kill the tree must be fully deleted");
+            Assert.Empty(Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(_root, "*.del-*"));
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(LockPath));
         }
 
         [Fact]

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/SystemSignals/EspFailureRecoveryStoryTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session 4910a5a5 (2026-07-23) — post-terminal recovery story. Field sequence:
+    /// DeviceSetup/Apps failed (culprit app never started installing) → settle window expired
+    /// → terminal EspFailureDetected → the user pressed "Try again" ~23 min later → Apps left
+    /// the failed state → 10/10 installed → DeviceSetup resolved. Pre-fix, that recovery only
+    /// appeared as a generic <c>subcategory_state_change</c>. Coverage:
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    ///   <item><c>esp_failure_retry_detected</c> fires once when the failed subcategory leaves
+    ///         the failed state AFTER the terminal fire.</item>
+    ///   <item><c>esp_failure_recovered</c> fires once when the category then resolves to
+    ///         success.</item>
+    ///   <item>An in-settle-window recovery keeps emitting only
+    ///         <c>esp_failure_settle_recovered</c> — the post-terminal pair stays silent.</item>
+    ///   <item>Apps failures carry <c>LikelyCulpritApps</c> on the EspFailureDetected args,
+    ///         never-started apps ranked first.</item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class EspFailureRecoveryStoryTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime Fixed = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 4, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        private sealed class Fixture : IDisposable
+        {
+            public TempDirectory Tmp { get; } = new TempDirectory();
+            public FakeSignalIngressSink Sink { get; } = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            public List<EspFailureDetectedEventArgs> EspFailures { get; } = new List<EspFailureDetectedEventArgs>();
+            public ProvisioningStatusTracker Tracker { get; }
+
+            public Fixture(Func<IReadOnlyList<AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppPackageState>>? packageStatesProbe = null)
+            {
+                var clock = new VirtualClock(Fixed);
+                var post = new InformationalEventPost(Sink, clock);
+                var logger = new AgentLogger(Tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+                Tracker = new ProvisioningStatusTracker(
+                    sessionId: "S1",
+                    tenantId: "T1",
+                    post: post,
+                    logger: logger,
+                    appxScanner: new FakeAppxDeploymentFailureScanner(),
+                    backgroundDispatcher: action => action(),
+                    packageStatesProbe: packageStatesProbe);
+                Tracker.EspFailureDetected += (_, args) => EspFailures.Add(args);
+            }
+
+            public IReadOnlyList<(string EventType, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> Data)> CapturedEvents()
+            {
+                return Sink.Posted
+                    .Where(p => p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent && p.Payload != null)
+                    .Select(p =>
+                    {
+                        var eventType = p.Payload!.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et) ? et : "";
+                        var data = p.TypedPayload as IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>
+                                   ?? (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>)new Dictionary<string, object>();
+                        return (eventType, data);
+                    })
+                    .ToList();
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>Drive the session-4910a5a5 shape up to the terminal fire.</summary>
+            public void DriveToTerminalDeviceSetupAppsFailure()
+            {
+                Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                    ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                    ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                    ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""inProgress"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (9 of 10 installed)""}
+                }");
+                Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                    ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                    ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                    ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""failed"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (Error)""}
+                }");
+                Tracker.TriggerSettleTimerForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status");
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                Tracker.Dispose();
+                Tmp.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PostTerminalRetry_EmitsRetryDetected_Once()
+        {
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+            f.DriveToTerminalDeviceSetupAppsFailure();
+            Assert.Single(f.EspFailures);
+
+            // "Try again": Apps leaves the failed state well after the settle window.
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""inProgress"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (Working on it...)""}
+            }");
+
+            var retry = Assert.Single(f.CapturedEvents(), e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_retry_detected");
+            Assert.Equal("DeviceSetup", (string)retry.Data["category"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Apps", (string)retry.Data["subcategory"]);
+            Assert.Equal("failed", (string)retry.Data["previousState"]);
+            Assert.Equal("inProgress", (string)retry.Data["newState"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Provisioning_DeviceSetup_Apps_Failed", (string)retry.Data["failureType"]);
+            Assert.True(retry.Data.ContainsKey("minutesSinceFailure"));
+
+            // A later unrelated transition does not re-emit.
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (10 of 10 installed)""}
+            }");
+            Assert.Single(f.CapturedEvents(), e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_retry_detected");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PostTerminalRecovery_EmitsRecovered_OnCategorySuccess()
+        {
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+            f.DriveToTerminalDeviceSetupAppsFailure();
+
+            // Retry → all apps installed → Windows resolves the category boolean.
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""inProgress"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (Working on it...)""}
+            }");
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": true,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (10 of 10 installed)""}
+            }");
+
+            var recovered = Assert.Single(f.CapturedEvents(), e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_recovered");
+            Assert.Equal("DeviceSetup", (string)recovered.Data["category"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Apps", (string)recovered.Data["failedSubcategory"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Provisioning_DeviceSetup_Apps_Failed", (string)recovered.Data["failureType"]);
+            Assert.True(recovered.Data.ContainsKey("minutesSinceFailure"));
+
+            // Duplicate category-success writes do not re-emit (fire-once).
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": true,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Security policies (1 of 1 applied)""},
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (10 of 10 installed, take 2)""}
+            }");
+            Assert.Single(f.CapturedEvents(), e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_recovered");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void InSettleWindowRecovery_KeepsPostTerminalPairSilent()
+        {
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""inProgress"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (0 of 1 installed)""}
+            }");
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""failed"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (Error)""}
+            }");
+            // Recovery INSIDE the settle window — terminal fire is suppressed.
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""inProgress"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (Working on it...)""}
+            }");
+            f.Tracker.TriggerSettleTimerForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status");
+            Assert.Empty(f.EspFailures);
+
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": true,
+                ""AppsSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""succeeded"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Apps (1 of 1 installed)""}
+            }");
+
+            var events = f.CapturedEvents();
+            Assert.Contains(events, e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_settle_recovered");
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(events, e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_retry_detected");
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(events, e => e.EventType == "esp_failure_recovered");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void AppsFailure_TerminalArgs_CarryLikelyCulprits_NeverStartedFirst()
+        {
+            var neverStarted = BuildApp("app-bg", "Teams Backgrounds v2",
+                AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Unknown,
+                downloadingSeen: false);
+            var startedButPending = BuildApp("app-slow", "Slow Installer",
+                AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Unknown,
+                downloadingSeen: true);
+            var installed = BuildApp("app-ok", "Falcon Sensor",
+                AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Installed,
+                downloadingSeen: true);
+            using var f = new Fixture(() => new[] { startedButPending, neverStarted, installed });
+
+            f.DriveToTerminalDeviceSetupAppsFailure();
+
+            var fired = Assert.Single(f.EspFailures);
+            Assert.Equal(2, fired.LikelyCulpritApps.Count);
+            // Never-started app ranked first — it starved the ESP gate without any IME event.
+            Assert.Equal("Teams Backgrounds v2", fired.LikelyCulpritApps[0]);
+            Assert.Equal("Slow Installer", fired.LikelyCulpritApps[1]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void NonAppsFailure_TerminalArgs_CarryNoCulprits()
+        {
+            var neverStarted = BuildApp("app-bg", "Teams Backgrounds v2",
+                AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Unknown,
+                downloadingSeen: false);
+            using var f = new Fixture(() => new[] { neverStarted });
+
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""inProgress"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Working""}
+            }");
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", @"{
+                ""categorySucceeded"": null,
+                ""SecurityPoliciesSubcategory"": {""subcategoryState"":""failed"",""subcategoryStatusText"":""Failed""}
+            }");
+            f.Tracker.TriggerSettleTimerForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status");
+
+            var fired = Assert.Single(f.EspFailures);
+            Assert.Empty(fired.LikelyCulpritApps);
+        }
+
+        private static AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppPackageState BuildApp(
+            string id, string name,
+            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState state,
+            bool downloadingSeen)
+        {
+            var pkg = new AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppPackageState(id, 0);
+            pkg.UpdateName(name);
+            pkg.UpdateIntent(AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppIntent.Install);
+            pkg.UpdateTargeted(AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppTargeted.Device);
+            // DownloadingOrInstallingSeen is derived inside UpdateState (Downloading..Installing
+            // range) — drive it through a Downloading transition instead of setting it directly.
+            if (downloadingSeen)
+                pkg.UpdateState(AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Downloading);
+            if (state != AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Unknown
+                && state != AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime.AppInstallationState.Downloading)
+                pkg.UpdateState(state);
+            return pkg;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/SystemSignals/EspPolicyProviderStallDetectorTests.cs

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+#nullable enable
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Persistence;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session 5d735290 — pure detection logic of <see cref="EspPolicyProviderStallDetector"/>:
+    /// the CSP completion rule and the dwell/one-shot transition. No registry, no timers.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class EspPolicyProviderStallLogicTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime T0 = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 10, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        private static readonly TimeSpan Dwell = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes);
+
+        private static PolicyProviderState SetupApps(string name, int? tracking, string scope = "device") =>
+            new PolicyProviderState(name, scope, EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, tracking, null);
+
+        private static PolicyProviderState DevicePrep(string name, int? installState) =>
+            new PolicyProviderState(name, "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindDevicePreparation, null, installState);
+
+        private static EspPolicyProviderSnapshot Snapshot(params PolicyProviderState[] providers) =>
+            new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(providers);
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------- completion rule (CSP contract)
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(1, true)]   // TrackingPoliciesCreated=true
+        [InlineData(0, false)]  // explicit false (the CSP default)
+        [InlineData(null, false)] // value missing — the field case
+        [InlineData(2, false)]  // anything else is not "true"
+        public void SetupApps_provider_complete_only_at_tracking_1(int? tracking, bool expected)
+            => Assert.Equal(expected, EspPolicyProviderProbe.IsProviderComplete(
+                EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, tracking, null));
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(2, true)]   // NotRequired
+        [InlineData(3, true)]   // Completed
+        [InlineData(1, false)]  // NotInstalled
+        [InlineData(4, false)]  // Error
+        [InlineData(null, false)]
+        public void DevicePreparation_provider_complete_at_state_2_or_3(int? state, bool expected)
+            => Assert.Equal(expected, EspPolicyProviderProbe.IsProviderComplete(
+                EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindDevicePreparation, null, state));
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TryReadInt_tolerates_dword_string_and_bool_forms()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(1, EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(1));
+            Assert.Equal(3, EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(3L));
+            Assert.Equal(1, EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(" 1 "));
+            Assert.Equal(1, EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(true));
+            Assert.Equal(0, EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(false));
+            Assert.Null(EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(null));
+            Assert.Null(EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt("not-a-number"));
+            Assert.Null(EspPolicyProviderProbe.TryReadInt(new byte[] { 1 }));
+        }
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------- dwell transition
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Empty_or_missing_snapshot_clears_dwell_state_and_never_stalls()
+        {
+            var previous = new Dictionary<string, DateTime> { ["setupApps|device|ConfigMgr"] = T0 };
+
+            var missing = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty, previous, new HashSet<string>(), T0, false, T0.AddHours(2), Dwell);
+            Assert.Empty(missing.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc);
+            Assert.Empty(missing.NewlyStalled);
+            Assert.Null(missing.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc); // arm 2 resets too
+            Assert.Null(missing.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes);
+
+            var registeredButEmpty = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(), previous, new HashSet<string>(), T0, false, T0.AddHours(2), Dwell);
+            Assert.Empty(registeredButEmpty.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc);
+            Assert.Empty(registeredButEmpty.NewlyStalled);
+            Assert.Null(registeredButEmpty.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Incomplete_provider_accrues_dwell_but_does_not_stall_before_threshold()
+        {
+            var snapshot = Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: null));
+
+            var round1 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(), new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0, Dwell);
+            Assert.Equal(T0, round1.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc["setupApps|device|ConfigMgr"]);
+            Assert.Empty(round1.NewlyStalled);
+
+            var round2 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, round1.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc, new HashSet<string>(),
+                round1.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc, false, T0.AddMinutes(14), Dwell);
+            Assert.Equal(T0, round2.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc["setupApps|device|ConfigMgr"]); // first-seen preserved
+            Assert.Empty(round2.NewlyStalled);
+            Assert.Null(round2.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes); // 14 min < dwell on arm 2 as well
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Provider_stalls_at_dwell_threshold_with_correct_minutes()
+        {
+            var snapshot = Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 0));
+            var seen = new Dictionary<string, DateTime> { ["setupApps|device|ConfigMgr"] = T0 };
+
+            var eval = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, seen, new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0.AddMinutes(15), Dwell);
+
+            var stalled = Assert.Single(eval.NewlyStalled);
+            Assert.Equal("ConfigMgr", stalled.Provider.Name);
+            Assert.Equal(15.0, stalled.StalledForMinutes, precision: 3);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Completion_or_disappearance_resets_the_dwell_clock()
+        {
+            var key = "setupApps|device|ConfigMgr";
+            var seen = new Dictionary<string, DateTime> { [key] = T0 };
+
+            // Completes mid-dwell → dropped from the map.
+            var completed = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1)), seen, new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0.AddMinutes(10), Dwell);
+            Assert.Empty(completed.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc);
+
+            // Re-appears incomplete much later → dwell restarts from the new now, no stall yet.
+            var reappeared = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 0)), completed.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc,
+                new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0.AddHours(3), Dwell);
+            Assert.Equal(T0.AddHours(3), reappeared.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc[key]);
+            Assert.Empty(reappeared.NewlyStalled);
+
+            // Disappearance behaves the same as completion.
+            var disappeared = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("Sidecar", tracking: 1)), new Dictionary<string, DateTime> { [key] = T0 },
+                new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0.AddMinutes(20), Dwell);
+            Assert.False(disappeared.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc.ContainsKey(key));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Already_fired_provider_is_never_reported_again()
+        {
+            var snapshot = Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: null));
+            var seen = new Dictionary<string, DateTime> { ["setupApps|device|ConfigMgr"] = T0 };
+            var fired = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { "setupApps|device|ConfigMgr" };
+
+            var eval = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, seen, fired, null, false, T0.AddHours(5), Dwell);
+
+            Assert.Empty(eval.NewlyStalled);
+            Assert.True(eval.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc.ContainsKey("setupApps|device|ConfigMgr")); // still tracked
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Mixed_kinds_and_scopes_are_tracked_under_distinct_keys()
+        {
+            var snapshot = Snapshot(
+                SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: null),
+                SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: null, scope: "user:S-1-5-21-1111"),
+                DevicePrep("ConfigMgr", installState: 1));
+
+            var eval = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(), new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0, Dwell);
+
+            Assert.Equal(3, eval.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc.Count);
+            Assert.Contains("setupApps|device|ConfigMgr", eval.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc.Keys);
+            Assert.Contains("setupApps|user:S-1-5-21-1111|ConfigMgr", eval.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc.Keys);
+            Assert.Contains("devicePreparation|device|ConfigMgr", eval.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc.Keys);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SidecarRegistered_matches_setupApps_sidecar_only()
+        {
+            Assert.True(Snapshot(SetupApps("Sidecar", tracking: 0)).SidecarRegistered);
+            Assert.True(Snapshot(SetupApps("sidecar", tracking: 1, scope: "user:S-1-5-21-1")).SidecarRegistered);
+            Assert.False(Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1)).SidecarRegistered);
+            Assert.False(Snapshot(DevicePrep("Sidecar", installState: 3)).SidecarRegistered); // wrong kind
+            Assert.False(EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty.SidecarRegistered);
+        }
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------- arm 2: sidecar-missing transition
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Issue106_foreign_provider_complete_but_sidecar_missing_stalls_after_dwell()
+        {
+            // The actual field case: ConfigMgr with TrackingPoliciesCreated=1 — "complete" by the
+            // CSP value contract, arm 1 never fires — yet the ESP waits on the absent Sidecar.
+            var snapshot = Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1));
+
+            var round1 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(), new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0, Dwell);
+            Assert.Empty(round1.NewlyStalled);                       // arm 1 stays silent...
+            Assert.Equal(T0, round1.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);  // ...but arm 2 starts its clock
+            Assert.Null(round1.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes);
+
+            var round2 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, round1.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc, new HashSet<string>(),
+                round1.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc, false, T0.AddMinutes(15), Dwell);
+            Assert.Empty(round2.NewlyStalled);
+            Assert.Equal(15.0, round2.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes!.Value, precision: 3);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Sidecar_registering_resets_the_sidecar_missing_clock()
+        {
+            // ConfigMgr first (legitimate startup ordering) → clock runs...
+            var round1 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1)),
+                new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(), new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0, Dwell);
+            Assert.Equal(T0, round1.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);
+
+            // ...Sidecar joins → condition clears, state resets.
+            var round2 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1), SetupApps("Sidecar", tracking: 0)),
+                round1.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc, new HashSet<string>(),
+                round1.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc, false, T0.AddMinutes(10), Dwell);
+            Assert.Null(round2.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);
+            Assert.Null(round2.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes);
+
+            // Sidecar gone again much later → clock restarts from the new now, no instant stall.
+            var round3 = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1)),
+                round2.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc, new HashSet<string>(),
+                round2.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc, false, T0.AddHours(3), Dwell);
+            Assert.Equal(T0.AddHours(3), round3.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);
+            Assert.Null(round3.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Sidecar_missing_one_shot_and_deviceprep_only_scoping()
+        {
+            // Already fired → never re-reported, but the clock keeps running.
+            var latched = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(SetupApps("ConfigMgr", tracking: 1)),
+                new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(), new HashSet<string>(), T0, true, T0.AddHours(5), Dwell);
+            Assert.Null(latched.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes);
+            Assert.Equal(T0, latched.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);
+
+            // DevicePreparation providers alone don't constitute the Setup/Apps wait — arm 2 off.
+            var devicePrepOnly = EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.EvaluateStallTransition(
+                Snapshot(DevicePrep("ConfigMgr", installState: 1)),
+                new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(), new HashSet<string>(), null, false, T0, Dwell);
+            Assert.Null(devicePrepOnly.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Emission surface of the detector via the real <see cref="InformationalEventPost"/> rail.
+    /// Static probe override → serial collection (same contract as
+    /// <c>EspConfigDetectedTrackingFieldsTests</c>).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Collection("SerialThreading")]
+    public sealed class EspPolicyProviderStallDetectorEmissionTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime At = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+
+        public void Dispose() => _tmp.Dispose();
+
+        private (EspPolicyProviderStallDetector sut, FakeSignalIngressSink sink, VirtualClock clock)
+            BuildDetector(StartupEventGate? gate = null)
+        {
+            var logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+            var sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            var clock = new VirtualClock(At);
+            var post = new InformationalEventPost(sink, clock);
+            var sut = new EspPolicyProviderStallDetector("S1", "T1", post, logger, clock, gate);
+            return (sut, sink, clock);
+        }
+
+        private static EspPolicyProviderSnapshot ConfigMgrOnly() => new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(new[]
+        {
+            new PolicyProviderState("ConfigMgr", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps,
+                trackingPoliciesCreated: null, installationState: null),
+        });
+
+        private static EspPolicyProviderSnapshot SidecarCompleteConfigMgrIncomplete() => new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(new[]
+        {
+            new PolicyProviderState("Sidecar", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, 1, null),
+            new PolicyProviderState("ConfigMgr", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, 0, null),
+        });
+
+        private static IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> StalledEvents(FakeSignalIngressSink sink) =>
+            sink.Posted.Where(p =>
+                p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == "esp_policy_provider_stalled").ToList();
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CustomerScenario_configmgr_without_sidecar_emits_one_warning_after_dwell()
+        {
+            using var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => ConfigMgrOnly());
+            var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector();
+
+            sut.Tick();                                     // first sighting — dwell starts
+            Assert.Empty(StalledEvents(sink));
+
+            clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+            sut.Tick();                                     // threshold crossed → emit
+
+            var evt = Assert.Single(StalledEvents(sink));
+            Assert.Equal(DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent, evt.Kind);
+            Assert.Equal("Warning", evt.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            Assert.Equal("true", evt.Payload[SignalPayloadKeys.ImmediateUpload]);
+            Assert.Equal(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.SourceLabel, evt.Payload[SignalPayloadKeys.Source]);
+
+            var data = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>>(evt.TypedPayload);
+            // Both arms cross in the same round (ConfigMgr incomplete AND Sidecar absent) →
+            // ONE event; sidecar-missing is the dominant reason.
+            Assert.Equal(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.ReasonSidecarMissing, data["reason"]);
+            Assert.Equal(false, data["sidecarRegistered"]);
+            Assert.Equal(15.0, data["sidecarMissingForMinutes"]);
+            Assert.Equal(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes, data["dwellMinutes"]);
+            var stalled = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyList<Dictionary<string, object>>>(data["stalledProviders"]);
+            var entry = Assert.Single(stalled);
+            Assert.Equal("ConfigMgr", entry["name"]);
+            Assert.Equal(EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, entry["kind"]);
+            Assert.Equal(15.0, entry["stalledForMinutes"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Issue106_configmgr_complete_without_sidecar_still_emits_sidecar_missing()
+        {
+            // Regression test for the customer's follow-up on issue #106: TrackingPoliciesCreated=1
+            // WAS present under ConfigMgr — the provider looks "complete", arm 1 never fires, yet
+            // the ESP hangs because Sidecar is absent. Arm 2 must catch exactly this.
+            var configMgrComplete = new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(new[]
+            {
+                new PolicyProviderState("ConfigMgr", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps,
+                    trackingPoliciesCreated: 1, installationState: null),
+            });
+            using var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => configMgrComplete);
+            var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector();
+
+            sut.Tick();
+            Assert.Empty(StalledEvents(sink));
+
+            clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+            sut.Tick();
+
+            var evt = Assert.Single(StalledEvents(sink));
+            var data = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>>(evt.TypedPayload);
+            Assert.Equal(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.ReasonSidecarMissing, data["reason"]);
+            Assert.Equal(false, data["sidecarRegistered"]);
+            Assert.Equal(15.0, data["sidecarMissingForMinutes"]);
+            Assert.Empty(Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyList<Dictionary<string, object>>>(data["stalledProviders"]));
+            var providers = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyList<Dictionary<string, object?>>>(data["providers"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, Assert.Single(providers)["complete"]); // the misleading "complete" is visible
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Sidecar_complete_configmgr_incomplete_reports_only_configmgr_with_sidecar_flag()
+        {
+            using var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => SidecarCompleteConfigMgrIncomplete());
+            var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector();
+
+            sut.Tick();
+            clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+            sut.Tick();
+
+            var evt = Assert.Single(StalledEvents(sink));
+            var data = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>>(evt.TypedPayload);
+            Assert.Equal(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.ReasonProviderIncomplete, data["reason"]); // arm 2 off — Sidecar is there
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["sidecarRegistered"]);
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("sidecarMissingForMinutes"));
+            var stalled = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyList<Dictionary<string, object>>>(data["stalledProviders"]);
+            Assert.Equal("ConfigMgr", Assert.Single(stalled)["name"]);
+            var providers = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IReadOnlyList<Dictionary<string, object?>>>(data["providers"]);
+            Assert.Equal(2, providers.Count); // full table always attached
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Latch_prevents_second_emission_for_the_same_provider()
+        {
+            using var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => ConfigMgrOnly());
+            var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector();
+
+            sut.Tick();
+            clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+            sut.Tick();
+            clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30));
+            sut.Tick();
+            sut.Tick();
+
+            Assert.Single(StalledEvents(sink));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Startup_gate_suppresses_same_stall_across_restart_but_reports_new_provider_set()
+        {
+            var logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+
+            // Run 1: fires and persists the fingerprint.
+            using (var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => ConfigMgrOnly()))
+            {
+                var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector(new StartupEventGate(_tmp.Path, logger));
+                sut.Tick();
+                clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+                sut.Tick();
+                Assert.Single(StalledEvents(sink));
+            }
+
+            // Run 2 (simulated restart — fresh detector, gate reloaded from the same state dir):
+            // identical stall re-accrues dwell but lands on the same fingerprint → suppressed.
+            using (var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => ConfigMgrOnly()))
+            {
+                var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector(new StartupEventGate(_tmp.Path, logger));
+                sut.Tick();
+                clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+                sut.Tick();
+                Assert.Empty(StalledEvents(sink));
+            }
+
+            // Run 3: a SECOND provider joins the stall → fingerprint changes → reported.
+            var widened = new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(new[]
+            {
+                new PolicyProviderState("ConfigMgr", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, null, null),
+                new PolicyProviderState("Contoso", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, 0, null),
+            });
+            using (var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => widened))
+            {
+                var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector(new StartupEventGate(_tmp.Path, logger));
+                sut.Tick();
+                clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.DwellMinutes));
+                sut.Tick();
+                Assert.Single(StalledEvents(sink));
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Healthy_or_absent_tracking_never_emits()
+        {
+            var healthy = new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(new[]
+            {
+                new PolicyProviderState("Sidecar", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps, 1, null),
+                new PolicyProviderState("ConfigMgr", "device", EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindDevicePreparation, null, 3),
+            });
+            using (var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => healthy))
+            {
+                var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector();
+                sut.Tick();
+                clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromHours(4));
+                sut.Tick();
+                Assert.Empty(StalledEvents(sink));
+            }
+
+            using (var _probe = new EspPolicyProviderProbe.ScopedOverride(_ => EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty))
+            {
+                var (sut, sink, clock) = BuildDetector();
+                sut.Tick();
+                clock.Advance(TimeSpan.FromHours(4));
+                sut.Tick();
+                Assert.Empty(StalledEvents(sink));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/UefiSecureBootCertReaderTests.cs

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+#nullable enable
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.DeviceInfo;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Pins the pure parts of the UEFI Secure Boot certificate probe: the ASCII substring
+    /// search over raw signature-list bytes and the <c>secureboot_status</c> payload shaping
+    /// (in particular the one-sided <c>uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed</c> marker whose ABSENCE
+    /// is load-bearing for ANALYZE-SEC-001's not_exists precondition). The actual firmware
+    /// read is only smoke-tested: test machines may be VMs, non-elevated, or legacy BIOS,
+    /// so only the fail-soft contract is asserted.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class UefiSecureBootCertReaderTests
+    {
+        // --- ContainsAscii ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ContainsAscii_finds_needle_embedded_in_binary_noise()
+        {
+            var bytes = Concat(new byte[] { 0x00, 0xA1, 0x30, 0x82 },
+                Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Windows UEFI CA 2023"),
+                new byte[] { 0x00, 0xFF });
+
+            Assert.True(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(bytes, "Windows UEFI CA 2023"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ContainsAscii_finds_needle_at_the_very_end()
+        {
+            var bytes = Concat(new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02 }, Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("KEK 2K CA 2023"));
+
+            Assert.True(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(bytes, "KEK 2K CA 2023"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ContainsAscii_rejects_partial_overlap_and_absent_needle()
+        {
+            var bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Windows UEFI CA 2011 something else");
+
+            Assert.False(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(bytes, "Windows UEFI CA 2023"));
+            // Repeated prefix bytes must not confuse the scan.
+            var tricky = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("ababac");
+            Assert.True(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(tricky, "abac"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ContainsAscii_handles_null_empty_and_oversized_needle()
+        {
+            Assert.False(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(null, "x"));
+            Assert.False(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(new byte[0], "x"));
+            Assert.False(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(new byte[] { 1, 2 }, ""));
+            Assert.False(UefiSecureBootCertReader.ContainsAscii(new byte[] { 1, 2 }, "abc"));
+        }
+
+        // --- Payload shaping ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Marker_emitted_only_when_db_ok_and_ca2023_present()
+        {
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+            DeviceInfoCollector.AppendFirmwareCertFields(data, new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot
+            {
+                DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk,
+                KekStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk,
+                DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 = true,
+                KekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023 = true
+            });
+
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed"]);
+            Assert.Equal("ok", data["uefiFirmwareReadStatus"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Marker_absent_when_ca2023_missing_even_though_read_succeeded()
+        {
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+            DeviceInfoCollector.AppendFirmwareCertFields(data, new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot
+            {
+                DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk,
+                KekStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk,
+                DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 = false,
+                DbHasWindowsProductionPca2011 = true
+            });
+
+            // The marker must be OMITTED, not false — not_exists fails on any present value.
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed"));
+            Assert.Equal(false, data["uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["uefiDbHasWindowsProductionPca2011"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Failed_db_read_emits_status_but_no_cert_booleans_and_no_marker()
+        {
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+            DeviceInfoCollector.AppendFirmwareCertFields(data, new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot
+            {
+                DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusPrivilegeDenied,
+                KekStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusPrivilegeDenied
+            });
+
+            Assert.Equal(UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusPrivilegeDenied, data["uefiFirmwareReadStatus"]);
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"));
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023"));
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Db_ok_but_kek_failed_keeps_db_booleans_and_reports_kek_status()
+        {
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+            DeviceInfoCollector.AppendFirmwareCertFields(data, new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot
+            {
+                DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk,
+                KekStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusVariableNotFound,
+                DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 = true
+            });
+
+            Assert.Equal(UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusVariableNotFound, data["uefiFirmwareReadStatus"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed"]);
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Null_snapshot_leaves_payload_untouched()
+        {
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "uefiSecureBootEnabled", true } };
+            DeviceInfoCollector.AppendFirmwareCertFields(data, null);
+
+            Assert.Single(data);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DescribeFirmwareVerdict_covers_all_shapes()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("unavailable", DeviceInfoCollector.DescribeFirmwareVerdict(null));
+            Assert.Equal(UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusNotUefi, DeviceInfoCollector.DescribeFirmwareVerdict(
+                new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot { DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusNotUefi }));
+            Assert.Equal("CA2023 confirmed", DeviceInfoCollector.DescribeFirmwareVerdict(
+                new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot { DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk, DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 = true }));
+            Assert.Equal("CA2023 missing", DeviceInfoCollector.DescribeFirmwareVerdict(
+                new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot { DbStatus = UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk, DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 = false }));
+        }
+
+        // --- Reader smoke (real firmware; machine state unknown) ---
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Read_never_throws_and_reports_a_status_for_both_variables()
+        {
+            var snapshot = UefiSecureBootCertReader.Read();
+
+            Assert.NotNull(snapshot);
+            Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(snapshot.DbStatus));
+            Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(snapshot.KekStatus));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege is adjusted on the PROCESS token, so the enable →
+        /// read → restore sequence is a process-wide side effect. Unserialized, a second
+        /// reader observes "already enabled", skips its own restore, and then loses the
+        /// privilege mid-read when the first reader disposes — surfacing as a privilege_denied
+        /// that disagrees with the other readers. The machine's actual privilege state does
+        /// not matter here: whatever it is, every reader must report the SAME status.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public void Read_is_serialized_across_concurrent_callers()
+        {
+            const int readers = 8;
+            var snapshots = new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot[readers];
+            var failures = new System.Exception[readers];
+
+            var threads = new System.Threading.Thread[readers];
+            for (var i = 0; i < readers; i++)
+            {
+                var index = i;
+                threads[i] = new System.Threading.Thread(() =>
+                {
+                    try { snapshots[index] = UefiSecureBootCertReader.Read(); }
+                    catch (System.Exception ex) { failures[index] = ex; }
+                });
+                threads[i].Start();
+            }
+            foreach (var thread in threads) thread.Join();
+
+            Assert.All(failures, Assert.Null);
+            Assert.All(snapshots, s => Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(s.DbStatus)));
+            Assert.All(snapshots, s => Assert.Equal(snapshots[0].DbStatus, s.DbStatus));
+            Assert.All(snapshots, s => Assert.Equal(snapshots[0].KekStatus, s.KekStatus));
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] Concat(params byte[][] parts)
+        {
+            var total = 0;
+            foreach (var part in parts) total += part.Length;
+            var result = new byte[total];
+            var offset = 0;
+            foreach (var part in parts)
+            {
+                System.Array.Copy(part, 0, result, offset, part.Length);
+                offset += part.Length;
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/SignalAdapters/ImeLogTrackerAdapterHistoricAppReplayTests.cs

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+using System;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using SharedEventTypes = AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.EventTypes;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.SignalAdapters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Historic-replay suppression for APP events (session eaf3d8c4 part 2): 147 of 157 app
+    /// events in that session were replayed from a previous enrollment's IME log — all 10
+    /// "installed apps" were phantoms. Stale app-state transitions and DO telemetry must be
+    /// suppressed BEFORE the sub-phase declaration, the timing bookkeeping and the terminal
+    /// DecisionSignal dedup, so fire-once flags stay unconsumed and no phantom
+    /// AppInstallCompleted/Failed reaches the engine (which could spuriously re-arm the
+    /// AdvisoryCompletion window). The script twin lives in
+    /// <see cref="ImeLogTrackerAdapterHistoricReplayTests"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class ImeLogTrackerAdapterHistoricAppReplayTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime ClockNow = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 15, 42, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_terminal_app_transition_is_fully_suppressed()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+            var app = new AppPackageState("app-old", 0);
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(app, AppInstallationState.Installing, AppInstallationState.Installed);
+
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.AppInstallComplete));
+            Assert.Empty(f.DecisionSignals(DecisionSignalKind.AppInstallCompleted));
+            // Shadow download_progress (status=completed) and the summary snapshot ride the
+            // same emit — both must be gone too.
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.DownloadProgress));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.AppTrackingSummary));
+            // Timing bookkeeping must not be poisoned (feeds FinalStatusBuilder).
+            Assert.False(adapter.AppTimings.ContainsKey("app-old"));
+
+            Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fresh_run_after_suppressed_stale_run_fires_signal_timing_and_subphase()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+            var app = new AppPackageState("app-X", 0);
+
+            // Fresh ESP phase so the sub-phase declaration is armed.
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-5);
+            adapter.TriggerEspPhaseFromTest("DeviceSetup");
+
+            // Stale replay of the same app — suppressed, must consume NEITHER the sub-phase
+            // fire-once NOR the terminal-signal dedup for this appId.
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(app, AppInstallationState.Unknown, AppInstallationState.Installed);
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.PhaseTransition));
+            Assert.Empty(f.DecisionSignals(DecisionSignalKind.AppInstallCompleted));
+
+            // The app genuinely runs in THIS enrollment.
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-2);
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(app, AppInstallationState.Unknown, AppInstallationState.Installing);
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-1);
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(app, AppInstallationState.Installing, AppInstallationState.Installed);
+
+            Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.PhaseTransition));            // sub-phase fired fresh
+            Assert.Single(f.DecisionSignals(DecisionSignalKind.AppInstallCompleted)); // signal fired fresh
+            var timing = adapter.AppTimings["app-X"];
+            Assert.Equal(ClockNow.AddMinutes(-2), timing.StartedAtUtc);               // fresh stamps, not stale
+            Assert.Equal(ClockNow.AddMinutes(-1), timing.CompletedAtUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_do_telemetry_is_suppressed_fresh_emits()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+            var app = new AppPackageState("app-do", 0);
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerDoTelemetryFromTest(app);
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.DoTelemetry));
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-1);
+            adapter.TriggerDoTelemetryFromTest(app);
+            Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.DoTelemetry));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Oneshot_summary_is_shared_between_script_and_app_suppressions()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "aaa11111",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+            });
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(new AppPackageState("app-old", 0),
+                AppInstallationState.Installing, AppInstallationState.Installed);
+
+            Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FutureSkew_app_transition_still_emits()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+            var app = new AppPackageState("app-skew", 0);
+
+            // Mid-enrollment clock jump — genuine current activity, stamped to the clock.
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddHours(2);
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(app, AppInstallationState.Installing, AppInstallationState.Installed);
+
+            var info = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.AppInstallComplete));
+            Assert.Equal(ClockNow, info.OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal("true", info.Payload!["derivedTimestamp"]);
+            Assert.Single(f.DecisionSignals(DecisionSignalKind.AppInstallCompleted));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SimulationMode_bypasses_suppression_for_apps_and_scripts()
+        {
+            // The --replay-log-dir dev tool intentionally feeds historic lines.
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+            f.Tracker.SimulationMode = true;
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerAppStateFromTest(new AppPackageState("app-sim", 0),
+                AppInstallationState.Installing, AppInstallationState.Installed);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "bbb22222",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+            });
+
+            Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.AppInstallComplete));
+            Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/SignalAdapters/ImeLogTrackerAdapterHistoricReplayTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+using System;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using SharedEventTypes = AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.EventTypes;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.SignalAdapters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Historic-replay handling (session eaf3d8c4): a previous enrollment's IME log surviving
+    /// on disk made the agent replay week-old script activity — 156 phantom script_completed
+    /// events with ~170 h durations (clock-clamped completion minus RAW stale start) and an
+    /// immediate-upload flood. Script events whose source line is &gt; 24 h stale are now
+    /// suppressed entirely (one-shot <c>historic_ime_replay_detected</c> summary instead),
+    /// and durations are computed from a timeline-consistent timestamp pair with a 24 h
+    /// plausibility backstop.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class ImeLogTrackerAdapterHistoricReplayTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime ClockNow = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 15, 42, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Suppression: stale (> 24 h past) source lines are a previous enrollment
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stale_completion_is_suppressed_and_emits_oneshot_summary()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            var ancient = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ancient;
+
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "d78c1822",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Failed",
+                StartedAtUtc = ancient.AddMinutes(-30),
+                // Bootstrap marker in stdout — week-old evidence must not drive the
+                // bootstrap-detected trace either.
+                Stdout = "Bootstrap script version: v2.0",
+            });
+
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptFailed));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptTimeoutSuspected));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.AgentTrace));
+
+            var summary = f.InfoEvent(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected);
+            Assert.Equal(ancient.ToString("o"), summary.Payload!["earliestRejectedSourceTimestamp"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Summary_is_oneshot_across_started_and_completed_suppressions()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptStartedFromTest(new ScriptStartedInfo { PolicyId = "aaa11111", ScriptType = "platform" });
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7).AddMinutes(1);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "aaa11111",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+            });
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7).AddMinutes(2);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "bbb22222",
+                ScriptType = "remediation",
+                ScriptPart = "detection",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                ComplianceResult = "True",
+            });
+
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptStarted));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+            // Exactly ONE summary regardless of how many replayed lines followed — and it dates
+            // the replay window from the FIRST (earliest) suppressed line.
+            var summary = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+            Assert.Equal(ClockNow.AddDays(-7).ToString("o"), summary.Payload!["earliestRejectedSourceTimestamp"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fresh_events_after_suppression_emit_normally()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddDays(-7);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "aaa11111",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+            });
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+
+            // The agent catches up to current log content — normal emission resumes.
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-2);
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "ccc33333",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+                StartedAtUtc = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-3),
+            });
+
+            var info = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+            Assert.Equal("ccc33333", info.Payload!["policyId"]);
+            Assert.Equal("60.00", info.Payload["durationSeconds"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Clock_fallback_without_source_timestamp_still_emits()
+        {
+            // derivedFromClock with NO rejected source ts (synthetic/callback path) is not a
+            // replay — must emit, and must not trigger the summary.
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "ddd44444",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+            });
+
+            var info = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+            Assert.Equal("true", info.Payload!["derivedTimestamp"]);
+            Assert.False(info.Payload.ContainsKey("rejectedSourceTimestamp"));
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+        }
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Duration: timeline-consistent pair + plausibility backstop
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FutureSkew_completion_emits_with_clamped_stamp_and_raw_pair_duration()
+        {
+            // Mid-enrollment clock jump (WhiteGlove +1h CMTrace skew case): the source ts is
+            // rejected as future-skewed — NOT suppressed — and the duration must come from the
+            // raw source pair (both ends on the same skewed timeline), not clamped-now − raw-start.
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            var skewed = ClockNow.AddHours(2);
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = skewed;
+
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "eee55555",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Success",
+                StartedAtUtc = skewed.AddSeconds(-360),
+            });
+
+            var info = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted));
+            Assert.Equal(ClockNow, info.OccurredAtUtc);                       // stamp: clamped to clock
+            Assert.Equal("true", info.Payload!["derivedTimestamp"]);
+            Assert.Equal(skewed.ToString("o"), info.Payload["rejectedSourceTimestamp"]);
+            Assert.Equal("360.00", info.Payload["durationSeconds"]);          // duration: raw pair
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FutureSkew_failed_platform_script_timeout_heuristic_uses_raw_pair()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            var skewed = ClockNow.AddHours(2);
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = skewed;
+
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "fff66666",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Failed",
+                StartedAtUtc = skewed.AddMinutes(-26),  // past the 25-min suspicion threshold
+            });
+
+            var suspected = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptTimeoutSuspected));
+            Assert.Equal("1560.00", suspected.Payload!["durationSeconds"]);
+            Assert.Equal(ClockNow, suspected.OccurredAtUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Implausible_duration_above_24h_is_omitted()
+        {
+            // Fresh (accepted) completion paired with an ancient start — e.g. a stale pending
+            // slot a legacy path left behind. The duration would be a cross-run lie; omit it.
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddMinutes(-2);
+
+            adapter.TriggerScriptCompletedFromTest(new ScriptExecutionState
+            {
+                PolicyId = "abc12345",
+                ScriptType = "platform",
+                ExitCode = 0,
+                Result = "Failed",
+                StartedAtUtc = ClockNow.AddHours(-30),
+            });
+
+            var info = Assert.Single(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptFailed));
+            Assert.False(info.Payload!.ContainsKey("durationSeconds"));
+            Assert.False(info.Payload.ContainsKey("durationBasis"));
+            // The 30 h "duration" must not read as a hung script either.
+            Assert.Empty(f.InfoEvents(SharedEventTypes.ScriptTimeoutSuspected));
+        }
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Tracker slot hardening: stale pending start must not pair with a fresh run
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fresh_start_discards_stale_pending_slot_from_previous_enrollment()
+        {
+            using var f = new ImeLogTrackerAdapterFixture(ClockNow);
+            using var adapter = new ImeLogTrackerAdapter(f.Tracker, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            // Previous enrollment: replayed start line whose matching result never appeared
+            // (the script was mid-run when that enrollment ended).
+            f.Tracker.SeedPendingPlatformScriptForTesting("beef7777", exitCode: null, exitObservedAtUtc: null,
+                startedAtUtc: ClockNow.AddDays(-7));
+
+            // Same policy genuinely re-runs now — the fresh start must begin a NEW execution.
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow.AddSeconds(-90);
+            f.Tracker.HandlePlatformScriptStarted("beef7777");
+
+            f.Tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp = ClockNow;
+            f.Tracker.CompletePlatformScriptFromImeResultForTesting("beef7777", "Success", ClockNow);
+
+            var info = f.InfoEvent(SharedEventTypes.ScriptCompleted);
+            // Without the hardening the slot kept the 7-day-old start: the duration would have
+            // been dropped by the 24 h backstop (or, before that, shown as ~168 h).
+            Assert.Equal("90.00", info.Payload!["durationSeconds"]);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.Handlers.cs

@@ -208,39 +208,60 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
             }
             else
             {
-                // Platform script: AgentExecutor.log entries create/enrich, IME log entries also create
-                if (!_pendingPlatformScripts.ContainsKey(id))
-                {
-                    // A fresh start for this policy (no pending entry) begins a NEW execution.
-                    // Clear any emitted-marker from a prior run so IME re-evaluations / retries of
-                    // the same platform-script policy within one agent lifetime are not silently
-                    // deduped away. Within a single run the start always precedes exit/result, so
-                    // this never clears the current run's own marker.
-                    _platformScriptResultEmitted.Remove(id);
-                    _pendingPlatformScripts[id] = new ScriptExecutionState
-                    {
-                        PolicyId = id,
-                        ScriptType = "platform",
-                        // Prefer the source CMTrace timestamp so a script that started before the
-                        // agent launched (replayed log content) is dated to its real start, not now.
-                        // Set only at slot creation: the start line fires twice (agentexecutor + ime
-                        // source) but the earliest wins.
-                        StartedAtUtc = LastMatchedLogTimestamp ?? DateTime.UtcNow,
-                    };
-                    // Live "running" indicator — same signal health scripts emit. Gated on slot
-                    // creation so the duplicate start line (agentexecutor + ime source) doesn't
-                    // double-emit for the same execution.
-                    try { OnScriptStarted?.Invoke(new ScriptStartedInfo { PolicyId = id, ScriptType = "platform" }); }
-                    catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"ImeLogTracker: OnScriptStarted handler threw: {ex.Message}"); }
-                }
-                _lastPlatformScriptPolicyId = id;
-                // Started lines fire twice per script (agentexecutor + ime source) and carry no
-                // outcome — the matching `platform script completed` line below carries result+exit
-                // and stays on Info. Keep starts on Debug so Info reflects script outcomes only.
-                _logger.Debug($"ImeLogTracker: platform script started: {id} (source: {source ?? "ime"})");
+                HandlePlatformScriptStarted(id, source);
             }
         }
 
+        // Platform script: AgentExecutor.log entries create/enrich, IME log entries also create.
+        // Internal so the stale-slot hardening is directly testable (the public path arrives via
+        // a regex Match).
+        internal void HandlePlatformScriptStarted(string id, string source = null)
+        {
+            // Stale-slot hardening (session eaf3d8c4): a replayed start line from a previous
+            // enrollment whose matching result never appeared (script was mid-run when that
+            // enrollment ended) leaves a pending slot with a days-old StartedAtUtc. When the
+            // same policy genuinely re-runs now, the fresh start must begin a NEW execution —
+            // otherwise the ancient start pairs with the fresh completion and the duration
+            // lies. > 24 h mirrors the adapter's source-timestamp staleness clamp.
+            var currentStartTs = LastMatchedLogTimestamp ?? DateTime.UtcNow;
+            if (_pendingPlatformScripts.TryGetValue(id, out var pendingSlot)
+                && pendingSlot.StartedAtUtc.HasValue
+                && currentStartTs - pendingSlot.StartedAtUtc.Value > TimeSpan.FromHours(24))
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"ImeLogTracker: discarding stale pending platform-script slot for {id} (started {pendingSlot.StartedAtUtc:o})");
+                _pendingPlatformScripts.Remove(id);
+            }
+            if (!_pendingPlatformScripts.ContainsKey(id))
+            {
+                // A fresh start for this policy (no pending entry) begins a NEW execution.
+                // Clear any emitted-marker from a prior run so IME re-evaluations / retries of
+                // the same platform-script policy within one agent lifetime are not silently
+                // deduped away. Within a single run the start always precedes exit/result, so
+                // this never clears the current run's own marker.
+                _platformScriptResultEmitted.Remove(id);
+                _pendingPlatformScripts[id] = new ScriptExecutionState
+                {
+                    PolicyId = id,
+                    ScriptType = "platform",
+                    // Prefer the source CMTrace timestamp so a script that started before the
+                    // agent launched (replayed log content) is dated to its real start, not now.
+                    // Set only at slot creation: the start line fires twice (agentexecutor + ime
+                    // source) but the earliest wins.
+                    StartedAtUtc = currentStartTs,
+                };
+                // Live "running" indicator — same signal health scripts emit. Gated on slot
+                // creation so the duplicate start line (agentexecutor + ime source) doesn't
+                // double-emit for the same execution.
+                try { OnScriptStarted?.Invoke(new ScriptStartedInfo { PolicyId = id, ScriptType = "platform" }); }
+                catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"ImeLogTracker: OnScriptStarted handler threw: {ex.Message}"); }
+            }
+            _lastPlatformScriptPolicyId = id;
+            // Started lines fire twice per script (agentexecutor + ime source) and carry no
+            // outcome — the matching `platform script completed` line below carries result+exit
+            // and stays on Info. Keep starts on Debug so Info reflects script outcomes only.
+            _logger.Debug($"ImeLogTracker: platform script started: {id} (source: {source ?? "ime"})");
+        }
+
         // Routes line-by-line script-data handlers (context / exitCode / output) to the right
         // accumulator based on the pattern's scriptType parameter. Health-script lines feed the
         // single-slot _pendingHealthScript; platform-script lines feed _pendingPlatformScripts.

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.LogProcessing.cs

@@ -194,6 +194,27 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
             }
         }
 
+        // Actions that mutate app/phase tracking state (_packageStates, _phasePackageSnapshots,
+        // _currentPhaseOrder, DO telemetry) — the historic-replay guard skips these for source
+        // lines from a previous enrollment so replayed apps never enter tracked state,
+        // persistence, app_tracking_summary, culprit lists or final-status. Script actions are
+        // deliberately NOT here: their tracker state is harmless (stale-slot hardening covers
+        // leftovers) and the adapter suppresses their emissions. espphasedetected IS here — a
+        // stale "In EspPhase: AccountSetup" would advance _currentPhaseOrder and make the fresh
+        // enrollment's DeviceSetup lines bounce as "backward"; IME re-logs the phase constantly,
+        // so fresh lines re-deliver it immediately.
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> AppMutatingActions = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+        {
+            "imeshutdown", "espphasedetected", "setcurrentapp",
+            "updatestateinstalled", "updatestatedownloading", "updatestateinstalling",
+            "updatestateskipped", "updatestateerror", "updatestatepostponed",
+            "captureexitcode", "capturehresult", "captureappversion",
+            "captureapptypewinget", "captureapptypemsi", "captureattemptnumber",
+            "capturedetectionresult", "esptrackstatus", "policiesdiscovered",
+            "ignorecompletedapp", "updatename", "updatewin32appstate",
+            "cancelstuckandsetcurrent", "updatedotelemetry",
+        };
+
         private void HandlePatternMatch(CompiledPattern pattern, Match match, string message, CmTraceLogEntry entry)
         {
             LastMatchedPatternId = pattern.PatternId;
@@ -206,6 +227,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
             try { OnPatternMatched?.Invoke(pattern.PatternId); }
             catch (Exception ex) { _logger?.Warning($"OnPatternMatched handler threw: {ex.Message}"); }
 
+            // Historic-replay guard (session eaf3d8c4): a source line > 24 h older than now is
+            // content from a previous enrollment whose IME log survived on disk. App-mutating
+            // actions are skipped BEFORE _seenAppIds so replayed apps poison neither the tracked
+            // state nor the phase-change ignore list. SimulationMode (--replay-log-dir dev tool)
+            // replays historic logs on purpose and bypasses the guard.
+            var isStaleReplayLine = !SimulationMode && entry != null
+                && (UtcNowProvider() - NormalizeUtc(entry.Timestamp)) > HistoricReplayThreshold;
+            if (isStaleReplayLine && AppMutatingActions.Contains(pattern.Action?.ToLower() ?? string.Empty))
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"ImeLogTracker: skipped app action '{pattern.Action}' for historic line ({entry.Timestamp:o})");
+                return;
+            }
+
             try
             {
                 var id = match.Groups["id"]?.Value;

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.cs

@@ -71,6 +71,23 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
         public double SpeedFactor { get; set; } = 50;
         private DateTime _lastLogTimestamp = DateTime.MinValue;
 
+        // Source log lines older than this relative to now are content from a previous
+        // enrollment (IME logs surviving a re-enrollment, session eaf3d8c4). Single source of
+        // truth shared with the adapter's ResolveOccurredAt clamp and replay suppression.
+        internal static readonly TimeSpan HistoricReplayThreshold = TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
+
+        // Deterministic-time seam for the historic-replay guard; production default is the
+        // system clock, ImeLogHost rewires it to the agent IClock, tests to their VirtualClock.
+        internal Func<DateTime> UtcNowProvider { get; set; } = () => DateTime.UtcNow;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// CMTrace timestamps from IME are emitted in UTC, but DateTimeKind may arrive as
+        /// Unspecified depending on the parser path. Normalize via SpecifyKind=Utc rather than
+        /// ToUniversalTime() to avoid double-conversion when Kind is already UTC.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static DateTime NormalizeUtc(DateTime value) =>
+            value.Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc ? value : DateTime.SpecifyKind(value, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
         // Background task
         private Task _pollingTask;
         private CancellationTokenSource _cts;

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/DesktopArrivalDetector.cs

@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         internal Func<int, string> SessionOwnerResolver { get; set; }
         internal Func<int, string> ProcessOwnerResolver { get; set; }
 
+        // Test seam for the WinRT OOBE-state sample (null = OobeStateReader.Read).
+        internal Func<string> OobeStateProvider { get; set; }
+
+        // OOBE-state flip tracking (observational only — see OobeStateReader contract).
+        // _oobeCompletedEmitted is one-shot per agent lifetime and deliberately NOT reset
+        // by ResetForRealUserSwitch: the OOBE flip is a global OS transition, not per-user.
+        private string _lastOobeState;
+        private bool _oobeCompletedEmitted;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// System/service account names that should NOT be considered real users.
         /// </summary>
@@ -161,6 +170,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         {
             _startedAtUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
+            // Baseline OOBE-state sample so the first poll can already detect a flip
+            // (self-contained try/catch inside, like the Emit* helpers).
+            CheckOobeStateFlip();
+
             _pollingTimer?.Dispose();
             _pollingTimer = new Timer(
                 PollForDesktop,
@@ -186,6 +199,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
             _pollCount++;
 
+            CheckOobeStateFlip();
+
             try
             {
                 var explorerProcesses = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer");
@@ -381,6 +396,66 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Verbose($"DesktopArrivalDetector: detector-started emit failed: {ex.Message}"); }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Samples the WinRT OOBE state (<see cref="OobeStateReader"/>) and emits the one-shot
+        /// <c>oobe_state_completed</c> trace event on the in_progress-&gt;completed flip.
+        /// Observational only — an owner-independent desktop corroboration for sessions where
+        /// WTS+WMI owner resolution starves and <c>desktop_arrived</c> never fires. Often absent
+        /// in healthy sessions: the polling timer is disposed at desktop arrival, which is when
+        /// the flip lands (empirical probe, session 9c404ae9).
+        /// <para>
+        /// Self-contained try/catch: a throw here must NOT reach <see cref="PollForDesktop"/>'s
+        /// outer catch, which would inflate <see cref="_wmiErrorCountSinceStart"/> and skew the
+        /// session-4d5a0b78 liveness diagnostics. "unavailable" readings never overwrite the last
+        /// known state, so a transient reflection failure between two polls cannot mask the flip.
+        /// One-shot flag survives <see cref="ResetForRealUserSwitch"/> — the flip is a global OS
+        /// transition, not per-user.
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        private void CheckOobeStateFlip()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var current = (OobeStateProvider ?? OobeStateReader.Read)();
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(current) || current == OobeStateReader.Unavailable)
+                    return;
+
+                if (!_oobeCompletedEmitted
+                    && _lastOobeState == "in_progress"
+                    && current == "completed")
+                {
+                    _oobeCompletedEmitted = true;
+                    var minutesSinceStart = Math.Round((DateTime.UtcNow - _startedAtUtc).TotalMinutes, 1);
+                    _logger.Info("DesktopArrivalDetector: OOBE state flipped in_progress->completed (WinRT SystemSetupInfo)");
+                    OnTraceEvent?.Invoke(
+                        SharedEventTypes.OobeStateCompleted,
+                        $"OOBE state flipped in_progress->completed (WinRT SystemSetupInfo, poll {_pollCount}) — owner-independent desktop corroboration.",
+                        new Dictionary<string, object>
+                        {
+                            { "previousState", "in_progress" },
+                            { "pollCount", _pollCount },
+                            { "minutesSinceStart", minutesSinceStart },
+                            { "desktopArrived", _desktopArrived },
+                            { "wmiErrorCount", _wmiErrorCountSinceStart },
+                            { "wtsErrorCount", _wtsErrorCountSinceStart },
+                        });
+                }
+
+                _lastOobeState = current;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Verbose($"DesktopArrivalDetector: OOBE state check failed: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Drives a single synchronous poll for unit tests — the production poll is private and
+        /// timer-driven with a fixed 30 s interval (precedent: <see cref="ResolveOwner"/> is
+        /// likewise internal for direct testing).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void PollOnceForTest() => PollForDesktop(null);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Resolves the owning user of an explorer.exe candidate. Session 4d5a0b78 fix
         /// (2026-06-11): the WMI <c>Win32_Process.GetOwner</c> call failed on every poll on

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspFailureDetectedEventArgs.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 {
@@ -38,16 +39,30 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// </summary>
         public string Category { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 4910a5a5: names of the tracked apps most likely behind an Apps-subcategory
+        /// failure (capped, never-started apps ranked first — those starve ESP's app gate
+        /// without ever producing an IME install event). Snapshot from
+        /// <c>ProvisioningStatusTracker.SnapshotTrackedAppsNotCompleted</c> at failure-arming
+        /// time; empty for non-Apps failures and event-log-derived failures. Propagated onto
+        /// the EspTerminalFailure signal payload so the DecisionEngine's
+        /// <c>esp_failure_advisory</c> / <c>enrollment_failed</c> events can name the culprit
+        /// directly.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> LikelyCulpritApps { get; }
+
         public EspFailureDetectedEventArgs(
             string failureType,
             string errorCode = null,
             string failedSubcategory = null,
-            string category = null)
+            string category = null,
+            IReadOnlyList<string> likelyCulpritApps = null)
         {
             FailureType = string.IsNullOrEmpty(failureType) ? "unknown" : failureType;
             ErrorCode = string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorCode) ? null : errorCode;
             FailedSubcategory = string.IsNullOrEmpty(failedSubcategory) ? null : failedSubcategory;
             Category = string.IsNullOrEmpty(category) ? null : category;
+            LikelyCulpritApps = likelyCulpritApps ?? Array.Empty<string>();
         }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspPolicyProviderProbe.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session 5d735290 (2026-07-23) — reads the ESP's registered policy providers from
+    /// <c>HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking</c>, the registry
+    /// mirror of the EnrollmentStatusTracking CSP
+    /// (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/enrollmentstatustracking-csp).
+    /// <para>
+    /// CSP contract the ESP enforces (quotes from the doc above):
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    ///   <item><c>Setup/Apps/PolicyProviders/&lt;Name&gt;</c> — "Existence of this node indicates
+    ///     to the ESP that it shouldn't show the tracking status message until the
+    ///     TrackingPoliciesCreated node has been set to true." This wait has NO timeout: a
+    ///     registered provider that never sets <c>TrackingPoliciesCreated=1</c> parks the ESP at
+    ///     "Apps (Identifying)" indefinitely (observed for days in the field).</item>
+    ///   <item><c>DevicePreparation/PolicyProviders/&lt;Name&gt;/InstallationState</c> — must reach
+    ///     2 (NotRequired) or 3 (Completed); 1=NotInstalled, 4=Error. ESP applies a default
+    ///     15-minute timeout here, so stalls in this stage are self-surfacing — still reported
+    ///     for the diagnostic trail.</item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// Registry layout: <c>Device</c> subkey for device scope, <c>S-&lt;SID&gt;</c> subkeys for user
+    /// scope (appear at sign-in), each containing <c>Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders\&lt;Name&gt;</c>;
+    /// <c>DevicePreparation\PolicyProviders</c> exists in device scope only.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Known provider names: <c>Sidecar</c> is the Intune Management Extension ("Intune's agents,
+    /// such as SideCar" per the CSP doc); <c>ConfigMgr</c> is the Configuration Manager client
+    /// (registered during Autopilot-into-co-management, see the troubleshooting registry paths in
+    /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/comanage/autopilot-enrollment). Microsoft
+    /// warns that ESP policy providers are not aware of each other and that pre-provisioning is
+    /// unsupported with co-management. Field case that motivated this probe (issue #106): a
+    /// pre-provisioned device with the ConfigMgr client installed as a blocking app ended up with
+    /// ONLY <c>ConfigMgr</c> registered under <c>Device\Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders</c> (no
+    /// <c>Sidecar</c>) — and although <c>TrackingPoliciesCreated=1</c> WAS set under it, the user
+    /// ESP hung at "Apps (Identifying)" for hours to days; manually renaming the key to
+    /// <c>Sidecar</c> unblocked it immediately. So the ESP's Apps wait is keyed to the provider
+    /// the Intune service registered at enrollment (always <c>Sidecar</c>; ConfigMgr only joins
+    /// via a co-management settings policy — see the WAP payload documented in
+    /// https://oofhours.com/2023/08/25/run-an-sccm-task-sequence-during-autopilot/), and a
+    /// foreign provider's completion values do not satisfy it. Detection therefore keys on the
+    /// provider NAME topology, not only on completeness:
+    /// <see cref="EspPolicyProviderStallDetector"/> turns this contract into the two-arm
+    /// <c>esp_policy_provider_stalled</c> tripwire.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Fail-soft like <see cref="EspTrackingInfoProbe"/>: any failure is Debug-logged and yields
+    /// <see cref="EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty"/>; a missing root key (early enrollment,
+    /// non-Autopilot device) is not an error. Values are parsed defensively — a missing or
+    /// unparseable value counts as incomplete (fail-toward-observation).
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class EspPolicyProviderProbe
+    {
+        internal const string TrackingRootKeyPath =
+            @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking";
+
+        /// <summary>Provider kind: <c>Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders</c> (TrackingPoliciesCreated wait, no timeout).</summary>
+        internal const string KindSetupApps = "setupApps";
+
+        /// <summary>Provider kind: <c>DevicePreparation\PolicyProviders</c> (InstallationState wait, 15-min OS timeout).</summary>
+        internal const string KindDevicePreparation = "devicePreparation";
+
+        /// <summary>The IME's provider name — its absence while other providers are registered is the field-case signature.</summary>
+        internal const string SidecarProviderName = "Sidecar";
+
+        internal const string DeviceScope = "device";
+
+        private const string TrackingPoliciesCreatedValueName = "TrackingPoliciesCreated";
+        private const string InstallationStateValueName = "InstallationState";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test seam — when non-null, <see cref="Read"/> delegates to this func instead of
+        /// touching the live registry. Use <see cref="ScopedOverride"/> to guarantee cleanup.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static Func<AgentLogger, EspPolicyProviderSnapshot> TestOverride;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads all registered ESP policy providers. <see cref="EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.HasData"/>
+        /// is <c>true</c> when the EnrollmentStatusTracking root key existed and was readable
+        /// (even with no providers registered); <see cref="EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty"/> otherwise.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="logger">Optional logger — Debug-level trace only; no warn/error.</param>
+        public static EspPolicyProviderSnapshot Read(AgentLogger logger = null)
+        {
+            var probe = TestOverride;
+            if (probe != null) return probe(logger);
+
+            try
+            {
+                using (var rootKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(TrackingRootKeyPath))
+                {
+                    if (rootKey == null)
+                    {
+                        logger?.Debug("EspPolicyProviderProbe: EnrollmentStatusTracking registry key not found");
+                        return EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty;
+                    }
+
+                    var providers = new List<PolicyProviderState>();
+
+                    foreach (var scopeName in rootKey.GetSubKeyNames())
+                    {
+                        var isDevice = string.Equals(scopeName, "Device", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                        // User scope repeats the Setup structure under the signed-in user's SID.
+                        var isUserSid = scopeName.StartsWith("S-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                        if (!isDevice && !isUserSid) continue;
+
+                        var scopeLabel = isDevice ? DeviceScope : "user:" + scopeName;
+                        using (var scopeKey = rootKey.OpenSubKey(scopeName))
+                        {
+                            if (scopeKey == null) continue;
+
+                            CollectProviders(
+                                scopeKey, @"Setup\Apps\PolicyProviders", scopeLabel, KindSetupApps,
+                                TrackingPoliciesCreatedValueName, providers, logger);
+
+                            if (isDevice)
+                            {
+                                CollectProviders(
+                                    scopeKey, @"DevicePreparation\PolicyProviders", scopeLabel, KindDevicePreparation,
+                                    InstallationStateValueName, providers, logger);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    return new EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(providers);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger?.Debug($"EspPolicyProviderProbe: read threw: {ex.Message}");
+                return EspPolicyProviderSnapshot.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void CollectProviders(
+            RegistryKey scopeKey,
+            string providersSubPath,
+            string scopeLabel,
+            string kind,
+            string stateValueName,
+            List<PolicyProviderState> providers,
+            AgentLogger logger)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using (var providersKey = scopeKey.OpenSubKey(providersSubPath))
+                {
+                    if (providersKey == null) return;
+
+                    foreach (var providerName in providersKey.GetSubKeyNames())
+                    {
+                        using (var providerKey = providersKey.OpenSubKey(providerName))
+                        {
+                            if (providerKey == null) continue;
+                            var value = TryReadInt(providerKey.GetValue(stateValueName));
+                            providers.Add(new PolicyProviderState(
+                                name: providerName,
+                                scope: scopeLabel,
+                                kind: kind,
+                                trackingPoliciesCreated: kind == KindSetupApps ? value : null,
+                                installationState: kind == KindDevicePreparation ? value : null));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger?.Debug($"EspPolicyProviderProbe: '{providersSubPath}' ({scopeLabel}) read threw: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Defensive value parse: REG_DWORD expected per CSP (booleans stored as 0/1), but string
+        /// forms are tolerated. Anything missing or unparseable is <c>null</c> — which the
+        /// completion rule treats as incomplete.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static int? TryReadInt(object rawValue)
+        {
+            switch (rawValue)
+            {
+                case null: return null;
+                case int i: return i;
+                case long l when l >= int.MinValue && l <= int.MaxValue: return (int)l;
+                case string s when int.TryParse(s.Trim(), NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var parsed):
+                    return parsed;
+                case bool b: return b ? 1 : 0;
+                default: return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Pure completion rule per the CSP contract: <c>setupApps</c> providers are complete when
+        /// <c>TrackingPoliciesCreated == 1</c>; <c>devicePreparation</c> providers when
+        /// <c>InstallationState</c> is 2 (NotRequired) or 3 (Completed).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsProviderComplete(string kind, int? trackingPoliciesCreated, int? installationState)
+            => kind == KindSetupApps
+                ? trackingPoliciesCreated == 1
+                : installationState == 2 || installationState == 3;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Disposable scope that sets <see cref="TestOverride"/> for the lifetime of the scope
+        /// and restores the previous value on Dispose. Nestable. Internal test-only helper.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal sealed class ScopedOverride : IDisposable
+        {
+            private readonly Func<AgentLogger, EspPolicyProviderSnapshot> _previous;
+            private int _disposed;
+
+            public ScopedOverride(Func<AgentLogger, EspPolicyProviderSnapshot> probe)
+            {
+                _previous = TestOverride;
+                TestOverride = probe;
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                if (System.Threading.Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposed, 1) == 1) return;
+                TestOverride = _previous;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// One registered ESP policy provider with its completion-relevant state.
+    /// <see cref="Key"/> is the stable identity used for dwell tracking and one-shot latching.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal readonly struct PolicyProviderState
+    {
+        public PolicyProviderState(string name, string scope, string kind, int? trackingPoliciesCreated, int? installationState)
+        {
+            Name = name ?? string.Empty;
+            Scope = scope ?? string.Empty;
+            Kind = kind ?? string.Empty;
+            TrackingPoliciesCreated = trackingPoliciesCreated;
+            InstallationState = installationState;
+            IsComplete = EspPolicyProviderProbe.IsProviderComplete(kind, trackingPoliciesCreated, installationState);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Provider key name, e.g. "Sidecar" or "ConfigMgr".</summary>
+        public string Name { get; }
+
+        /// <summary><c>"device"</c> or <c>"user:S-1-5-21-…"</c>.</summary>
+        public string Scope { get; }
+
+        /// <summary><see cref="EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps"/> or <see cref="EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindDevicePreparation"/>.</summary>
+        public string Kind { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Raw <c>TrackingPoliciesCreated</c> value (setupApps only); <c>null</c> when missing/unparseable.</summary>
+        public int? TrackingPoliciesCreated { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Raw <c>InstallationState</c> value (devicePreparation only); <c>null</c> when missing/unparseable.</summary>
+        public int? InstallationState { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Completion per <see cref="EspPolicyProviderProbe.IsProviderComplete"/>.</summary>
+        public bool IsComplete { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Stable dwell/latch identity: <c>kind|scope|name</c>.</summary>
+        public string Key => Kind + "|" + Scope + "|" + Name;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Snapshot of all registered ESP policy providers. <see cref="HasData"/> is <c>false</c> only
+    /// when the EnrollmentStatusTracking root key was missing or unreadable — an empty provider
+    /// list with <see cref="HasData"/> = <c>true</c> is valid data (nothing registered yet).
+    /// </summary>
+    internal readonly struct EspPolicyProviderSnapshot
+    {
+        public static readonly EspPolicyProviderSnapshot Empty = default;
+
+        public EspPolicyProviderSnapshot(IReadOnlyList<PolicyProviderState> providers)
+        {
+            HasData = true;
+            Providers = providers ?? Array.Empty<PolicyProviderState>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary><c>true</c> when the EnrollmentStatusTracking root key existed and was readable.</summary>
+        public bool HasData { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>All registered providers across scopes and kinds; empty when none registered.</summary>
+        public IReadOnlyList<PolicyProviderState> Providers { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <c>true</c> when a <c>Setup\Apps</c> provider named "Sidecar" (the IME) is registered in
+        /// any scope — its absence while other providers are registered is the co-management
+        /// field-case signature.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool SidecarRegistered
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var providers = Providers;
+                if (providers == null) return false;
+                return providers.Any(p =>
+                    p.Kind == EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps &&
+                    string.Equals(p.Name, EspPolicyProviderProbe.SidecarProviderName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspPolicyProviderStallDetector.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+#nullable enable
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Persistence;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Turns the ESP policy-provider contract read by <see cref="EspPolicyProviderProbe"/> into
+    /// the one-shot <c>esp_policy_provider_stalled</c> Warning via two independent arms, each
+    /// with the same <see cref="DwellMinutes"/>-minute continuous-dwell rule and the full
+    /// provider table in the payload:
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    ///   <item><b>Arm 1 — <c>reason=provider_incomplete</c></b>: a registered provider stays
+    ///     continuously incomplete (e.g. Sidecar itself never sets TrackingPoliciesCreated).</item>
+    ///   <item><b>Arm 2 — <c>reason=sidecar_provider_missing</c></b>: at least one
+    ///     <c>Setup\Apps</c> provider is registered but none of them is <c>Sidecar</c> (the IME).
+    ///     This is the actual co-management field-case signature (issue #106): the foreign
+    ///     <c>ConfigMgr</c> provider had <c>TrackingPoliciesCreated=1</c> — i.e. was "complete"
+    ///     by the CSP value contract — yet the user ESP stayed parked at "Apps (Identifying)"
+    ///     until the key was renamed to <c>Sidecar</c>. The ESP's Apps wait is keyed to the
+    ///     Intune-registered provider by NAME, so provider completeness alone must not gate this
+    ///     detection. See the probe's header for sources.</item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Dwell semantics: arm 1's clock per provider starts when it is first observed incomplete
+    /// and RESETS when the provider completes or disappears; arm 2's clock starts when the
+    /// sidecar-missing condition is first observed and RESETS when Sidecar registers (covers the
+    /// legitimate "ConfigMgr registered before Sidecar" startup ordering) — only
+    /// <i>continuously</i> bad states fire. A missing root key / empty provider list is normal
+    /// early enrollment and clears all dwell state (probe D4). Purely observational: emission
+    /// goes through <see cref="InformationalEventPost"/> (InformationalEvent pass-through,
+    /// dispatch-guard exempt), never into decision state.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Duplicate suppression: in-process one-shot per provider key, plus a
+    /// <see cref="StartupEventGate"/> fingerprint over the sorted set of currently-stalled keys so
+    /// an agent restart into the same stall does not re-report it — while a NEW provider joining
+    /// the stall changes the fingerprint and is reported (the event carries the full list).
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class EspPolicyProviderStallDetector
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Wall-clock minutes a provider must stay continuously incomplete before it is reported.
+        /// Mirrors the CSP's own DevicePreparation default timeout; the Setup/Apps wait this
+        /// tripwire mainly targets has no OS timeout at all.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal const int DwellMinutes = 15;
+
+        internal const string SourceLabel = "EspPolicyProviderStallDetector";
+
+        /// <summary>Payload <c>reason</c>: a registered provider stayed continuously incomplete (arm 1).</summary>
+        internal const string ReasonProviderIncomplete = "provider_incomplete";
+
+        /// <summary>Payload <c>reason</c>: Setup\Apps providers registered but Sidecar absent (arm 2 — dominant when both arms fire in one round).</summary>
+        internal const string ReasonSidecarMissing = "sidecar_provider_missing";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sentinel token representing the arm-2 condition in the cross-restart fingerprint.
+        /// Cannot collide with provider keys — those always contain <c>|</c> separators.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const string SidecarMissingFingerprintToken = "sidecarMissing";
+
+        private readonly string _sessionId;
+        private readonly string _tenantId;
+        private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private readonly IClock _clock;
+        private readonly StartupEventGate? _startupGate;
+        private readonly TimeSpan _dwell;
+
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, DateTime> _firstSeenIncompleteUtc =
+            new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _firedKeys =
+            new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        /// <summary>Arm-2 dwell state: first observation of "setupApps providers without Sidecar"; null = condition not active.</summary>
+        private DateTime? _sidecarMissingSinceUtc;
+
+        /// <summary>Arm-2 in-process one-shot latch (mirror of <see cref="_firedKeys"/>).</summary>
+        private bool _sidecarMissingFired;
+
+        public EspPolicyProviderStallDetector(
+            string sessionId,
+            string tenantId,
+            InformationalEventPost post,
+            AgentLogger logger,
+            IClock clock,
+            StartupEventGate? startupGate = null,
+            TimeSpan? dwell = null)
+        {
+            _sessionId = sessionId;
+            _tenantId = tenantId;
+            _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
+            _logger = logger;
+            _clock = clock ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clock));
+            _startupGate = startupGate;
+            _dwell = dwell ?? TimeSpan.FromMinutes(DwellMinutes);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Host timer callback and test seam — one probe + evaluation round.</summary>
+        internal void Tick()
+        {
+            var snapshot = EspPolicyProviderProbe.Read(_logger);
+            var eval = EvaluateStallTransition(
+                snapshot, _firstSeenIncompleteUtc, _firedKeys,
+                _sidecarMissingSinceUtc, _sidecarMissingFired, _clock.UtcNow, _dwell);
+
+            _firstSeenIncompleteUtc.Clear();
+            foreach (var kv in eval.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc)
+                _firstSeenIncompleteUtc[kv.Key] = kv.Value;
+            _sidecarMissingSinceUtc = eval.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc;
+
+            if (eval.NewlyStalled.Count > 0 || eval.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes != null)
+                EmitStalled(snapshot, eval);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Pure evaluation of one probe round — the entire detection decision, testable without
+        /// registry, timer, or ingress (pattern: <c>PerformanceCollector.EvaluateDiskLowTransition</c>).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="snapshot">Current provider snapshot.</param>
+        /// <param name="firstSeenIncompleteUtc">Arm-1 dwell state from the previous round (provider key → first-seen-incomplete).</param>
+        /// <param name="alreadyFired">Provider keys already reported this run (never re-report).</param>
+        /// <param name="sidecarMissingSinceUtc">Arm-2 dwell state from the previous round; null = condition was not active.</param>
+        /// <param name="sidecarMissingAlreadyFired">Arm-2 one-shot latch (never re-report).</param>
+        /// <param name="nowUtc">Evaluation timestamp.</param>
+        /// <param name="dwell">Continuous-condition threshold (shared by both arms).</param>
+        internal static StallEvaluation EvaluateStallTransition(
+            EspPolicyProviderSnapshot snapshot,
+            IReadOnlyDictionary<string, DateTime> firstSeenIncompleteUtc,
+            ISet<string> alreadyFired,
+            DateTime? sidecarMissingSinceUtc,
+            bool sidecarMissingAlreadyFired,
+            DateTime nowUtc,
+            TimeSpan dwell)
+        {
+            var result = new StallEvaluation();
+
+            // Missing root key or no registered providers = normal early enrollment: clear all
+            // dwell state (a condition must be continuously OBSERVED to accrue dwell).
+            if (!snapshot.HasData || snapshot.Providers.Count == 0)
+                return result;
+
+            // Arm 1 — a registered provider continuously incomplete.
+            foreach (var provider in snapshot.Providers)
+            {
+                if (provider.IsComplete)
+                    continue; // completed → falls out of the dwell map (reset)
+
+                var firstSeen = firstSeenIncompleteUtc.TryGetValue(provider.Key, out var seen)
+                    ? seen
+                    : nowUtc;
+                result.UpdatedFirstSeenUtc[provider.Key] = firstSeen;
+
+                var stalledFor = nowUtc - firstSeen;
+                if (stalledFor >= dwell && !alreadyFired.Contains(provider.Key))
+                    result.NewlyStalled.Add(new StalledProvider(provider, stalledFor.TotalMinutes));
+            }
+
+            // Arm 2 — Setup\Apps providers registered, but none of them is Sidecar. Deliberately
+            // ignores provider completeness: the field case (issue #106) had ConfigMgr with
+            // TrackingPoliciesCreated=1 and the ESP still waited. Sidecar registering later
+            // (legitimate startup ordering) clears the condition and resets the clock.
+            if (HasSetupAppsProvider(snapshot) && !snapshot.SidecarRegistered)
+            {
+                var since = sidecarMissingSinceUtc ?? nowUtc;
+                result.UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc = since;
+
+                var missingFor = nowUtc - since;
+                if (missingFor >= dwell && !sidecarMissingAlreadyFired)
+                    result.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes = missingFor.TotalMinutes;
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        private static bool HasSetupAppsProvider(EspPolicyProviderSnapshot snapshot)
+            => snapshot.Providers.Any(p => p.Kind == EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps);
+
+        private void EmitStalled(EspPolicyProviderSnapshot snapshot, StallEvaluation eval)
+        {
+            foreach (var stalled in eval.NewlyStalled)
+                _firedKeys.Add(stalled.Provider.Key);
+            if (eval.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes != null)
+                _sidecarMissingFired = true;
+
+            // Cross-restart dedup: fingerprint = sorted set of all fired conditions that are
+            // still active (incomplete providers + the sidecar-missing sentinel). A restart into
+            // the same stall re-accrues dwell and lands on the same fingerprint → suppressed; a
+            // new condition joining the stall changes it → re-emitted.
+            var currentlyStalledKeys = snapshot.Providers
+                .Where(p => !p.IsComplete && _firedKeys.Contains(p.Key))
+                .Select(p => p.Key)
+                .ToList();
+            if (_sidecarMissingFired && HasSetupAppsProvider(snapshot) && !snapshot.SidecarRegistered)
+                currentlyStalledKeys.Add(SidecarMissingFingerprintToken);
+            currentlyStalledKeys.Sort(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var fingerprint = StartupEventGate.HashString(string.Join(";", currentlyStalledKeys));
+            if (_startupGate != null &&
+                !_startupGate.ShouldEmit(Constants.EventTypes.EspPolicyProviderStalled, fingerprint))
+            {
+                _logger?.Debug(
+                    "EspPolicyProviderStallDetector: stalled provider set already reported by a " +
+                    "previous agent run (fingerprint match) — suppressed.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Sidecar-missing is the dominant reason when both arms fire in one round: it
+            // explains the ESP hang regardless of the foreign providers' completeness.
+            var reason = eval.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes != null
+                ? ReasonSidecarMissing
+                : ReasonProviderIncomplete;
+
+            var messageParts = new List<string>();
+            if (eval.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes != null)
+            {
+                var registeredNames = string.Join(", ", snapshot.Providers
+                    .Where(p => p.Kind == EspPolicyProviderProbe.KindSetupApps)
+                    .Select(p => $"{p.Name} ({p.Scope})"));
+                messageParts.Add(
+                    $"expected IME provider '{EspPolicyProviderProbe.SidecarProviderName}' not registered for " +
+                    $">= {DwellMinutes} min while Setup/Apps providers exist: {registeredNames}");
+            }
+            var stalledNames = string.Join(", ",
+                eval.NewlyStalled.Select(s => $"{s.Provider.Name} ({s.Provider.Scope}/{s.Provider.Kind})"));
+            if (eval.NewlyStalled.Count > 0)
+                messageParts.Add($"provider(s) incomplete for >= {DwellMinutes} min: {stalledNames}");
+
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+            {
+                ["reason"] = reason,
+                ["dwellMinutes"] = DwellMinutes,
+                ["sidecarRegistered"] = snapshot.SidecarRegistered,
+                ["providers"] = snapshot.Providers.Select(p => new Dictionary<string, object?>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+                {
+                    ["name"] = p.Name,
+                    ["scope"] = p.Scope,
+                    ["kind"] = p.Kind,
+                    ["trackingPoliciesCreated"] = p.TrackingPoliciesCreated,
+                    ["installationState"] = p.InstallationState,
+                    ["complete"] = p.IsComplete,
+                }).ToList(),
+                ["stalledProviders"] = eval.NewlyStalled.Select(s => new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+                {
+                    ["name"] = s.Provider.Name,
+                    ["scope"] = s.Provider.Scope,
+                    ["kind"] = s.Provider.Kind,
+                    ["stalledForMinutes"] = Math.Round(s.StalledForMinutes, 1),
+                }).ToList(),
+            };
+            if (eval.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes != null)
+                data["sidecarMissingForMinutes"] = Math.Round(eval.SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes.Value, 1);
+
+            var message =
+                "ESP Setup/Apps tracking stalled: " + string.Join("; ", messageParts) +
+                " — the ESP waits on its app-tracking providers without any timeout";
+
+            _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                TenantId = _tenantId,
+                Timestamp = _clock.UtcNow,
+                EventType = Constants.EventTypes.EspPolicyProviderStalled,
+                Severity = EventSeverity.Warning,
+                Source = SourceLabel,
+                Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                ImmediateUpload = true,
+                Message = message,
+                Data = data
+            });
+            _startupGate?.MarkEmitted(Constants.EventTypes.EspPolicyProviderStalled);
+
+            _logger?.Warning(
+                $"EspPolicyProviderStallDetector: {string.Join("; ", messageParts)} " +
+                $"(reason={reason}, sidecarRegistered={snapshot.SidecarRegistered}).");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Result of one <see cref="EvaluateStallTransition"/> round.</summary>
+        internal sealed class StallEvaluation
+        {
+            /// <summary>Next round's arm-1 dwell state — only currently-incomplete providers survive.</summary>
+            public Dictionary<string, DateTime> UpdatedFirstSeenUtc { get; } =
+                new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            /// <summary>Providers that crossed the dwell threshold this round and were not yet reported (arm 1).</summary>
+            public List<StalledProvider> NewlyStalled { get; } = new List<StalledProvider>();
+
+            /// <summary>Next round's arm-2 dwell state; null = sidecar-missing condition not active (reset).</summary>
+            public DateTime? UpdatedSidecarMissingSinceUtc { get; set; }
+
+            /// <summary>Non-null when the sidecar-missing condition crossed the dwell threshold this round and was not yet reported (arm 2).</summary>
+            public double? SidecarMissingStalledForMinutes { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        internal readonly struct StalledProvider
+        {
+            public StalledProvider(PolicyProviderState provider, double stalledForMinutes)
+            {
+                Provider = provider;
+                StalledForMinutes = stalledForMinutes;
+            }
+
+            public PolicyProviderState Provider { get; }
+            public double StalledForMinutes { get; }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/ProvisioningStatusTracker.cs

@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         // failure details that fire after the settle window expires.
         private Dictionary<string, Timer> _provisioningFailureSettleTimers;
         private Dictionary<string, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs> _provisioningFailureSettleArgs;
+        // Session 4910a5a5 — post-terminal recovery story. Populated when the settle window
+        // expires and EspFailureDetected actually fires (terminal path); consumed by the
+        // esp_failure_retry_detected / esp_failure_recovered emitters so a late "Try again"
+        // recovery (23 min after the failure in the field session) is visible on the timeline
+        // instead of hiding inside a generic subcategory_state_change. Keyed by category-name.
+        private Dictionary<string, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs> _provisioningFailureTerminalArgs;
+        private Dictionary<string, DateTime> _provisioningFailureTerminalUtc;
+        private HashSet<string> _postFailureRetryEmitted;
+        private HashSet<string> _postFailureRecoveredEmitted;
         // Session 2bc884b6: AppX enrichment scan seams + fire-once guard. The scanner and the
         // dispatcher are injectable so tests never touch the real event log or the threadpool.
         private readonly IAppxDeploymentFailureScanner _appxScanner;
@@ -285,6 +294,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             _lastSubcategoryStates = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             _provisioningFailureSettleTimers = new Dictionary<string, Timer>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             _provisioningFailureSettleArgs = new Dictionary<string, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            _provisioningFailureTerminalArgs = new Dictionary<string, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            _provisioningFailureTerminalUtc = new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            _postFailureRetryEmitted = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            _postFailureRecoveredEmitted = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             _deviceSetupProvisioningCompleteFired = false;
             _deviceSetupFallbackTimer = null;
             _accountSetupProvisioningCompleteFired = false;
@@ -665,6 +678,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     // null-ing here is correctness-neutral on the start-condition side.
                     ResetAccountSetupFallbackTimer();
                     _accountSetupProvisioningCompleteFired = true;
+                    MaybeEmitPostFailureRecovered("AccountSetupCategory.Status", "AccountSetup");
                     try { AccountSetupProvisioningComplete?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty); }
                     catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Error("AccountSetupProvisioningComplete handler failed (fallback path)", ex); }
                 }
@@ -833,6 +847,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     // null-ing here is correctness-neutral on the start-condition side.
                     ResetDeviceSetupFallbackTimer();
                     _deviceSetupProvisioningCompleteFired = true;
+                    MaybeEmitPostFailureRecovered("DeviceSetupCategory.Status", "DeviceSetup");
                     try { DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty); }
                     catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Error("DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete handler failed (fallback path)", ex); }
                 }
@@ -946,12 +961,25 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                         var severity = categorySucceeded == false ? EventSeverity.Warning : EventSeverity.Info;
                         EmitProvisioningEvent(categoryLabel, categorySucceeded, statusText, subcategories, severity);
                         EmitRawRegistryDump(categoryLabel, jsonValue, $"category_resolved_{(categorySucceeded == true ? "success" : "failed")}");
+
+                        // Session 4910a5a5: category resolving to success after a terminally
+                        // fired failure = the failure recovered (fallback-path successes call
+                        // this from their own timer handlers).
+                        if (categorySucceeded == true)
+                        {
+                            MaybeEmitPostFailureRecovered(categoryName, categoryLabel);
+                        }
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         var transitions = DetectSubcategoryTransitions(categoryName, subcategories);
                         StoreSubcategoryStates(categoryName, subcategories);
 
+                        // Session 4910a5a5: after a terminally fired failure, the failed
+                        // subcategory leaving "failed" is the ESP re-running the step —
+                        // consistent with the user pressing "Try again" on the failure page.
+                        MaybeEmitPostFailureRetry(categoryName, categoryLabel, transitions);
+
                         var failureTransitions = transitions.Where(t => t.IsFailure).ToList();
                         if (transitions.Count > 0)
                         {
@@ -1025,6 +1053,21 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 $"escalating as {failureTypeName} (errorCode={errorCode ?? "n/a"})");
             _logger.Warning($"Provisioning failure detected: {failureTypeName}");
 
+            // Session 4910a5a5: name the likely culprit app(s) directly on the failure args so
+            // the DecisionEngine's advisory/terminal events carry them — never-started apps
+            // first (they starve ESP's app gate without ever producing an IME install event),
+            // capped at 3 names.
+            IReadOnlyList<string> likelyCulpritApps = null;
+            if (string.Equals(failedSubcategoryName, "Apps", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                likelyCulpritApps = SnapshotTrackedAppsNotCompleted()
+                    .OrderBy(a => a["everStartedInstalling"] is bool started && started ? 1 : 0)
+                    .Select(a => a["appName"]?.ToString())
+                    .Where(n => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(n))
+                    .Take(3)
+                    .ToList();
+            }
+
             // Caller already holds _stateLock.
             ArmFailureSettleTimer(
                 categoryName: categoryName,
@@ -1032,7 +1075,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     failureType: failureTypeName,
                     errorCode: errorCode,
                     failedSubcategory: failedSubcategoryName,
-                    category: categoryLabel));
+                    category: categoryLabel,
+                    likelyCulpritApps: likelyCulpritApps));
 
             // Settle-window owns the actual EspFailureDetected fire. The legacy "fire-after-emit"
             // path in CheckProvisioningStatus is now a no-op for this code-path; it stays in place
@@ -1292,6 +1336,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                             _provisioningCategoriesResolved.Remove(categoryName);
                         }
                     }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // Session 4910a5a5: remember the terminally fired failure so a LATE
+                        // recovery (outside the settle window — e.g. user pressing "Try again"
+                        // minutes later) can be told as esp_failure_retry_detected /
+                        // esp_failure_recovered instead of hiding in a generic state-change.
+                        _provisioningFailureTerminalArgs[categoryName] = args;
+                        _provisioningFailureTerminalUtc[categoryName] = DateTime.UtcNow;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (recovered)
@@ -1382,6 +1435,133 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             });
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 4910a5a5: after a terminally fired failure (settle window expired,
+        /// EspFailureDetected raised), the failed subcategory leaving the <c>failed</c> state
+        /// means the ESP re-ran the step — consistent with the user pressing "Try again" on
+        /// the ESP failure page (the agent cannot observe the click itself). Emits
+        /// <c>esp_failure_retry_detected</c> once per terminally fired category. Caller holds
+        /// <see cref="_stateLock"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void MaybeEmitPostFailureRetry(string categoryName, string categoryLabel, List<SubcategoryTransition> transitions)
+        {
+            if (transitions == null || transitions.Count == 0) return;
+            if (_postFailureRetryEmitted.Contains(categoryName)) return;
+            if (_provisioningFailureTerminalArgs == null
+                || !_provisioningFailureTerminalArgs.TryGetValue(categoryName, out var terminalArgs))
+            {
+                return; // No terminal fire on record — in-window recovery is settle_recovered's job.
+            }
+
+            SubcategoryTransition? retryTransition = null;
+            foreach (var t in transitions)
+            {
+                if (string.Equals(t.OldState, "failed", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && !string.Equals(t.NewState, "failed", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    retryTransition = t;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (retryTransition == null) return;
+            var retry = retryTransition.Value;
+
+            _postFailureRetryEmitted.Add(categoryName);
+
+            var minutesSinceFailure = MinutesSinceTerminalFailure(categoryName);
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { "category", categoryLabel },
+                { "subcategory", retry.SubcategoryName },
+                { "previousState", retry.OldState },
+                { "newState", retry.NewState },
+                { "failureType", terminalArgs.FailureType },
+                { "minutesSinceFailure", minutesSinceFailure },
+            };
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(terminalArgs.ErrorCode))
+                data["errorCode"] = terminalArgs.ErrorCode;
+
+            _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                TenantId = _tenantId,
+                EventType = Constants.EventTypes.EspFailureRetryDetected,
+                Severity = EventSeverity.Info,
+                Source = "EspAndHelloTracker",
+                Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                Message = $"ESP retry detected — {categoryLabel}/{retry.SubcategoryName} left the failed state " +
+                          $"({retry.OldState} → {retry.NewState}) {minutesSinceFailure} min after the failure — " +
+                          "consistent with the user pressing 'Try again' on the ESP failure page.",
+                Data = data,
+                ImmediateUpload = true
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 4910a5a5: the category behind a terminally fired failure reached success
+        /// (categorySucceeded=true or the all-subcategories-succeeded fallback) — the failure
+        /// demonstrably recovered. Emits <c>esp_failure_recovered</c> once per terminally
+        /// fired category so the timeline tells "failed → retried → recovered" instead of
+        /// leaving the stale failure as the last word. Caller holds <see cref="_stateLock"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void MaybeEmitPostFailureRecovered(string categoryName, string categoryLabel)
+        {
+            if (_postFailureRecoveredEmitted == null || _postFailureRecoveredEmitted.Contains(categoryName)) return;
+            if (_provisioningFailureTerminalArgs == null
+                || !_provisioningFailureTerminalArgs.TryGetValue(categoryName, out var terminalArgs))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _postFailureRecoveredEmitted.Add(categoryName);
+
+            var minutesSinceFailure = MinutesSinceTerminalFailure(categoryName);
+            string subcategoryStatus = null;
+            if (terminalArgs.FailedSubcategory != null
+                && _lastSubcategoryStates != null
+                && _lastSubcategoryStates.TryGetValue(categoryName, out var subs)
+                && subs.TryGetValue(terminalArgs.FailedSubcategory, out var currentState))
+            {
+                subcategoryStatus = currentState;
+            }
+
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { "category", categoryLabel },
+                { "failedSubcategory", terminalArgs.FailedSubcategory ?? "category-level" },
+                { "failureType", terminalArgs.FailureType },
+                { "minutesSinceFailure", minutesSinceFailure },
+            };
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(terminalArgs.ErrorCode))
+                data["errorCode"] = terminalArgs.ErrorCode;
+            if (subcategoryStatus != null)
+                data["subcategoryState"] = subcategoryStatus;
+
+            _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                TenantId = _tenantId,
+                EventType = Constants.EventTypes.EspFailureRecovered,
+                Severity = EventSeverity.Info,
+                Source = "EspAndHelloTracker",
+                Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                Message = $"ESP failure recovered — {categoryLabel}/{terminalArgs.FailedSubcategory ?? "category-level"} " +
+                          $"completed successfully {minutesSinceFailure} min after the failure; the earlier ESP failure no longer applies.",
+                Data = data,
+                ImmediateUpload = true
+            });
+        }
+
+        private int MinutesSinceTerminalFailure(string categoryName)
+        {
+            if (_provisioningFailureTerminalUtc != null
+                && _provisioningFailureTerminalUtc.TryGetValue(categoryName, out var firedAt))
+            {
+                return Math.Max(0, (int)Math.Round((DateTime.UtcNow - firedAt).TotalMinutes));
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         private void EmitFailureSettleStarted(EspFailureDetectedEventArgs args)
         {
             var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
@@ -1863,6 +2043,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 _provisioningFailureSettleTimers = new Dictionary<string, Timer>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             if (_provisioningFailureSettleArgs == null)
                 _provisioningFailureSettleArgs = new Dictionary<string, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (_provisioningFailureTerminalArgs == null)
+                _provisioningFailureTerminalArgs = new Dictionary<string, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (_provisioningFailureTerminalUtc == null)
+                _provisioningFailureTerminalUtc = new Dictionary<string, DateTime>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (_postFailureRetryEmitted == null)
+                _postFailureRetryEmitted = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (_postFailureRecoveredEmitted == null)
+                _postFailureRecoveredEmitted = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         }
     }
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Interop/OobeStateReader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads WinRT <c>Windows.System.Profile.SystemSetupInfo.OutOfBoxExperienceState</c>
+    /// (NotStarted=0 / InProgress=1 / Completed=2) via the CLR's built-in WinRT projection —
+    /// no NuGet package, no winmd reference; the type is resolved at runtime with
+    /// <c>ContentType=WindowsRuntime</c>, the same mechanism the bootstrap script uses from
+    /// PowerShell 5.1.
+    /// <para>
+    /// <b>Contract:</b> observational only — never feed this into decision-engine logic.
+    /// Requires Windows 10 1809+ (build 17763, UniversalApiContract 7.0) and is callable
+    /// from the SYSTEM service context (empirically validated, probe session 9c404ae9).
+    /// On older builds or SKUs without the contract the type resolves to null and
+    /// <see cref="Read"/> returns <c>"unavailable"</c>. <see cref="Read"/> never throws.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Empirical timing (Win11 24H2 probe): the state flips InProgress→Completed at desktop
+    /// arrival — it is a corroboration signal, not an early one. WDP reseal and placeholder
+    /// (fooUser) flip semantics are unverified; another reason this must stay observational.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class OobeStateReader
+    {
+        public const string Unavailable = "unavailable";
+
+        // Resolved once per process. Benign race: concurrent first calls resolve the same
+        // PropertyInfo and the assignment is idempotent — no lock needed.
+        private static PropertyInfo _stateProperty;
+        private static bool _initTried;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns <c>"not_started"</c> / <c>"in_progress"</c> / <c>"completed"</c>,
+        /// <c>"unknown_&lt;n&gt;"</c> for unexpected enum values, or <c>"unavailable"</c>
+        /// when the WinRT contract is absent or any part of the read fails. Never throws.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string Read()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (!_initTried)
+                {
+                    var type = Type.GetType(
+                        "Windows.System.Profile.SystemSetupInfo, Windows.System.Profile, ContentType=WindowsRuntime",
+                        throwOnError: false);
+                    _stateProperty = type?.GetProperty(
+                        "OutOfBoxExperienceState",
+                        BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
+                    _initTried = true;
+                }
+
+                if (_stateProperty == null)
+                    return Unavailable;
+
+                var value = Convert.ToInt32(_stateProperty.GetValue(null));
+                switch (value)
+                {
+                    case 0: return "not_started";
+                    case 1: return "in_progress";
+                    case 2: return "completed";
+                    default: return "unknown_" + value;
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return Unavailable;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Interop/UefiSecureBootCertReader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads the UEFI Secure Boot signature databases <c>db</c> and <c>KEK</c> directly from
+    /// firmware via <c>GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW</c> and checks which Microsoft
+    /// signing certificates they contain. This is the authoritative source for the 2023
+    /// certificate rollout state — the <c>SecureBoot\Servicing</c> registry key only reflects
+    /// whether the *Windows Update* rollout ran and verified, and lags behind when the
+    /// certificate reached the firmware another way (OEM factory image, WinCS, manual).
+    /// <para>
+    /// The certificate subject CNs are stored as ASCII bytes inside the DER-encoded
+    /// signature lists, so a plain byte-substring search is sufficient — the same check
+    /// Microsoft documents via <c>Get-SecureBootUEFI</c> (which wraps this exact API).
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// <b>Contract:</b> observational only — never feed this into decision-engine logic.
+    /// <see cref="Read"/> never throws. Reading firmware variables requires
+    /// <c>SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege</c>, which SYSTEM holds but must be enabled on the
+    /// process token first; the previous privilege state is restored after the read.
+    /// On legacy BIOS the API fails with <c>ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION</c> → status
+    /// <c>not_uefi</c>; every failure maps to a status string instead of an exception.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class UefiSecureBootCertReader
+    {
+        public const string StatusOk = "ok";
+        public const string StatusNotUefi = "not_uefi";
+        public const string StatusVariableNotFound = "variable_not_found";
+        public const string StatusPrivilegeDenied = "privilege_denied";
+
+        // EFI_IMAGE_SECURITY_DATABASE_GUID — namespace of the "db" variable.
+        private const string DbVariableGuid = "{d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656f}";
+        // EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE — namespace of the "KEK" variable.
+        private const string KekVariableGuid = "{8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c}";
+
+        // Subject CNs searched for in db. 2023 set per Microsoft's June-2026 expiry guidance;
+        // 2011 set kept for context (which legacy CAs are still present).
+        internal const string CertWindowsUefiCa2023 = "Windows UEFI CA 2023";
+        internal const string CertMicrosoftUefiCa2023 = "Microsoft UEFI CA 2023";
+        internal const string CertMicrosoftOptionRomCa2023 = "Microsoft Option ROM UEFI CA 2023";
+        internal const string CertWindowsProductionPca2011 = "Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011";
+        internal const string CertMicrosoftUefiCa2011 = "Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011";
+        // Subject CNs searched for in KEK.
+        internal const string CertMicrosoftKek2kCa2023 = "Microsoft Corporation KEK 2K CA 2023";
+        internal const string CertMicrosoftKekCa2011 = "Microsoft Corporation KEK CA 2011";
+
+        private const int ErrorInvalidFunction = 1;      // legacy BIOS / no UEFI
+        private const int ErrorInsufficientBuffer = 122;
+        private const int ErrorEnvvarNotFound = 203;
+        private const int ErrorPrivilegeNotHeld = 1314;
+        private const int ErrorNotAllAssigned = 1300;
+
+        private const int InitialBufferSize = 64 * 1024;
+        private const int RetryBufferSize = 256 * 1024;
+
+        // SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege is adjusted on the PROCESS token, so enable → read →
+        // restore is a process-wide side effect and must run as one atomic sequence. Without
+        // this gate a second reader would observe "already enabled", correctly skip its own
+        // restore, and then have the privilege disabled underneath it when the first reader
+        // finishes — a spurious privilege_denied on a machine that actually holds it.
+        private static readonly object FirmwareReadGate = new object();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads db and KEK and evaluates the certificate presence flags. Never throws;
+        /// per-variable failures surface as <see cref="UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot.DbStatus"/> /
+        /// <see cref="UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot.KekStatus"/>. Certificate flags are only
+        /// meaningful when the corresponding status is <see cref="StatusOk"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot Read()
+        {
+            var snapshot = new UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot();
+            try
+            {
+                // The critical section covers the whole privileged window, not just the
+                // adjustment — see FirmwareReadGate. Only synchronous kernel calls and byte
+                // scans run inside it, so it cannot block on anything else the agent does.
+                lock (FirmwareReadGate)
+                using (var privilege = SystemEnvironmentPrivilege.TryEnable())
+                {
+                    if (!privilege.Enabled)
+                    {
+                        snapshot.DbStatus = StatusPrivilegeDenied;
+                        snapshot.KekStatus = StatusPrivilegeDenied;
+                        return snapshot;
+                    }
+
+                    byte[] db;
+                    snapshot.DbStatus = TryReadVariable("db", DbVariableGuid, out db);
+                    if (snapshot.DbStatus == StatusOk)
+                    {
+                        snapshot.DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 = ContainsAscii(db, CertWindowsUefiCa2023);
+                        snapshot.DbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2023 = ContainsAscii(db, CertMicrosoftUefiCa2023);
+                        snapshot.DbHasMicrosoftOptionRomCa2023 = ContainsAscii(db, CertMicrosoftOptionRomCa2023);
+                        snapshot.DbHasWindowsProductionPca2011 = ContainsAscii(db, CertWindowsProductionPca2011);
+                        snapshot.DbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2011 = ContainsAscii(db, CertMicrosoftUefiCa2011);
+                    }
+
+                    byte[] kek;
+                    snapshot.KekStatus = TryReadVariable("KEK", KekVariableGuid, out kek);
+                    if (snapshot.KekStatus == StatusOk)
+                    {
+                        snapshot.KekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023 = ContainsAscii(kek, CertMicrosoftKek2kCa2023);
+                        snapshot.KekHasMicrosoftKekCa2011 = ContainsAscii(kek, CertMicrosoftKekCa2011);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                var status = "error_" + ex.GetType().Name;
+                if (snapshot.DbStatus == null) snapshot.DbStatus = status;
+                if (snapshot.KekStatus == null) snapshot.KekStatus = status;
+            }
+            return snapshot;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads one firmware variable into <paramref name="bytes"/> (trimmed to the actual
+        /// length). Returns a status string; <paramref name="bytes"/> is null unless the
+        /// status is <see cref="StatusOk"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static string TryReadVariable(string name, string guid, out byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            bytes = null;
+            var buffer = new byte[InitialBufferSize];
+            var length = NativeMethods.GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW(name, guid, buffer, (uint)buffer.Length, IntPtr.Zero);
+            if (length == 0)
+            {
+                var error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                if (error == ErrorInsufficientBuffer)
+                {
+                    buffer = new byte[RetryBufferSize];
+                    length = NativeMethods.GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW(name, guid, buffer, (uint)buffer.Length, IntPtr.Zero);
+                    if (length == 0)
+                        error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                }
+
+                if (length == 0)
+                {
+                    switch (error)
+                    {
+                        case ErrorInvalidFunction: return StatusNotUefi;
+                        case ErrorEnvvarNotFound: return StatusVariableNotFound;
+                        case ErrorPrivilegeNotHeld: return StatusPrivilegeDenied;
+                        default: return "error_" + error;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            bytes = new byte[length];
+            Array.Copy(buffer, bytes, (int)length);
+            return StatusOk;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Byte-level ASCII substring search (ordinal, case-sensitive). The signature lists
+        /// are at most a few hundred KB and read once per agent start — a naive scan is fine.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool ContainsAscii(byte[] haystack, string needle)
+        {
+            if (haystack == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(needle) || needle.Length > haystack.Length)
+                return false;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i <= haystack.Length - needle.Length; i++)
+            {
+                var j = 0;
+                while (j < needle.Length && haystack[i + j] == (byte)needle[j])
+                    j++;
+                if (j == needle.Length)
+                    return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables <c>SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege</c> on the process token for the lifetime
+        /// of the instance and restores the previous privilege state on dispose. SYSTEM holds
+        /// the privilege (default-disabled); without elevation <see cref="Enabled"/> stays
+        /// false and the caller reports <see cref="StatusPrivilegeDenied"/>.
+        /// <para>
+        /// <b>Crash-safety.</b> This is the repo's only privilege-adjustment code, so the
+        /// ownership rules are spelled out: the token is held in a <see cref="SafeHandle"/>
+        /// assigned by the P/Invoke marshaler, so the CLR owns it from the moment
+        /// <c>OpenProcessToken</c> returns — it is released by the critical finalizer even if
+        /// this instance never reaches the caller's <c>using</c> (async exception between the
+        /// call and the assignment). <see cref="Dispose"/> is idempotent, never throws, and
+        /// releases the handle in a <c>finally</c> so a failed restore cannot leak it. The
+        /// restore obligation is recorded immediately after the successful adjustment, so no
+        /// throw in between can strand the process with the privilege left enabled.
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        private sealed class SystemEnvironmentPrivilege : IDisposable
+        {
+            public bool Enabled { get; private set; }
+
+            private SafeTokenHandle _token;
+            private NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES _previousState;
+            private bool _restoreNeeded;
+            private bool _disposed;
+
+            public static SystemEnvironmentPrivilege TryEnable()
+            {
+                var instance = new SystemEnvironmentPrivilege();
+                try
+                {
+                    SafeTokenHandle token;
+                    if (!NativeMethods.OpenProcessToken(NativeMethods.GetCurrentProcess(),
+                            NativeMethods.TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | NativeMethods.TOKEN_QUERY, out token))
+                    {
+                        // Failed open still yields a (closed/invalid) SafeHandle instance.
+                        if (token != null) token.Dispose();
+                        return instance;
+                    }
+
+                    instance._token = token;
+
+                    NativeMethods.LUID luid;
+                    if (!NativeMethods.LookupPrivilegeValueW(null, "SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege", out luid))
+                        return instance;
+
+                    var newState = new NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
+                    {
+                        PrivilegeCount = 1,
+                        Luid = luid,
+                        Attributes = NativeMethods.SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED
+                    };
+
+                    NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES previousState;
+                    uint returnLength;
+                    if (!NativeMethods.AdjustTokenPrivileges(token, false, ref newState,
+                            (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES)),
+                            out previousState, out returnLength))
+                        return instance;
+
+                    // AdjustTokenPrivileges returns TRUE even when the privilege is not held —
+                    // the real verdict is ERROR_NOT_ALL_ASSIGNED in the last error. Nothing was
+                    // adjusted in that case, so there is nothing to restore.
+                    if (Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() == ErrorNotAllAssigned)
+                        return instance;
+
+                    // The token is now modified: record the restore obligation before anything
+                    // else can throw. Restore only when the privilege was not already enabled.
+                    instance._previousState = previousState;
+                    instance._restoreNeeded = previousState.PrivilegeCount > 0
+                        && (previousState.Attributes & NativeMethods.SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED) == 0;
+                    instance.Enabled = true;
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    // Fail-soft: Enabled stays false. Whatever was acquired before the failure
+                    // is already tracked on the instance and released by Dispose.
+                }
+                return instance;
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                if (_disposed) return;
+                _disposed = true;
+                Enabled = false;
+
+                var token = _token;
+                _token = null;
+                if (token == null) return;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    if (_restoreNeeded)
+                    {
+                        _restoreNeeded = false;
+                        NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES ignored;
+                        uint returnLength;
+                        NativeMethods.AdjustTokenPrivileges(token, false, ref _previousState,
+                            (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NativeMethods.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES)),
+                            out ignored, out returnLength);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    // Best effort — the process token privilege state is not load-bearing for
+                    // anything else the agent does, and Dispose must never throw.
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    token.Dispose();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Owns a process-token handle. <c>ReleaseHandle</c> runs on the finalizer thread when
+        /// <see cref="SystemEnvironmentPrivilege.Dispose"/> is skipped, so it must not throw —
+        /// a single <c>CloseHandle</c> P/Invoke satisfies that.
+        /// </summary>
+        private sealed class SafeTokenHandle : SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
+        {
+            public SafeTokenHandle() : base(true) { }
+
+            protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
+            {
+                return NativeMethods.CloseHandle(handle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static class NativeMethods
+        {
+            public const uint TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x0020;
+            public const uint TOKEN_QUERY = 0x0008;
+            public const uint SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x0002;
+
+            [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+            public struct LUID
+            {
+                public uint LowPart;
+                public int HighPart;
+            }
+
+            // Single-privilege variant of the variable-length native struct — sufficient here
+            // because exactly one privilege is adjusted per call.
+            [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+            public struct TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
+            {
+                public uint PrivilegeCount;
+                public LUID Luid;
+                public uint Attributes;
+            }
+
+            [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+            public static extern uint GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariableExW(
+                string lpName, string lpGuid, byte[] pBuffer, uint nSize, IntPtr pdwAttributes);
+
+            [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
+            public static extern IntPtr GetCurrentProcess();
+
+            [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+            [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+            public static extern bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr processHandle, uint desiredAccess, out SafeTokenHandle tokenHandle);
+
+            [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
+            [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+            public static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValueW(string lpSystemName, string lpName, out LUID lpLuid);
+
+            [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+            [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+            public static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(SafeTokenHandle tokenHandle, bool disableAllPrivileges,
+                ref TOKEN_PRIVILEGES newState, uint bufferLength, out TOKEN_PRIVILEGES previousState, out uint returnLength);
+
+            [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+            [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+            public static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr handle);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Result of one firmware read. Certificate flags are only meaningful when the
+    /// corresponding status equals <see cref="UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot
+    {
+        public string DbStatus { get; set; }
+        public string KekStatus { get; set; }
+
+        public bool DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 { get; set; }
+        public bool DbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2023 { get; set; }
+        public bool DbHasMicrosoftOptionRomCa2023 { get; set; }
+        public bool DbHasWindowsProductionPca2011 { get; set; }
+        public bool DbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2011 { get; set; }
+
+        public bool KekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023 { get; set; }
+        public bool KekHasMicrosoftKekCa2011 { get; set; }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/DeviceInfo/DeviceInfoCollector.NetworkAndSecurity.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security;
 using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
@@ -493,7 +494,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.DeviceInfo
                     }
                 }
 
-                EmitDeviceInfoEvent(Constants.EventTypes.SecureBootStatus, $"SecureBoot: {data["uefiSecureBootEnabled"]}, CA2023: {data["uefiCA2023Status"]}", data);
+                // Direct firmware evidence (UEFI db/KEK variables) — authoritative for the
+                // CA-2023 rollout state. The Servicing key above only mirrors whether the
+                // Windows Update rollout ran; it lags behind when the certificate reached
+                // the firmware another way (OEM factory image, WinCS, manual deployment).
+                var firmware = UefiSecureBootCertReader.Read();
+                AppendFirmwareCertFields(data, firmware);
+
+                EmitDeviceInfoEvent(Constants.EventTypes.SecureBootStatus,
+                    $"SecureBoot: {data["uefiSecureBootEnabled"]}, CA2023: {data["uefiCA2023Status"]}, firmware: {DescribeFirmwareVerdict(firmware)}",
+                    data);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -501,6 +511,50 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.DeviceInfo
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Maps a <see cref="UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot"/> onto the <c>secureboot_status</c>
+        /// payload. Certificate booleans are only emitted when the respective variable read
+        /// succeeded — an absent boolean means "firmware state unknown", never "missing".
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static void AppendFirmwareCertFields(Dictionary<string, object> data, UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot firmware)
+        {
+            if (firmware == null) return;
+
+            data["uefiFirmwareReadStatus"] = firmware.DbStatus != UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk
+                ? firmware.DbStatus
+                : firmware.KekStatus;
+
+            if (firmware.DbStatus == UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk)
+            {
+                data["uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"] = firmware.DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023;
+                data["uefiDbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2023"] = firmware.DbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2023;
+                data["uefiDbHasMicrosoftOptionRomCa2023"] = firmware.DbHasMicrosoftOptionRomCa2023;
+                data["uefiDbHasWindowsProductionPca2011"] = firmware.DbHasWindowsProductionPca2011;
+                data["uefiDbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2011"] = firmware.DbHasMicrosoftUefiCa2011;
+
+                // One-sided marker consumed by ANALYZE-SEC-001's not_exists precondition.
+                // The engine's not_exists passes only while the field is absent/empty, so the
+                // marker must be OMITTED (never emitted as false) unless the firmware db
+                // positively confirms the 2023 certificate — old agents and unconfirmed
+                // devices then keep evaluating the rule.
+                if (firmware.DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023)
+                    data["uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed"] = true;
+            }
+
+            if (firmware.KekStatus == UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk)
+            {
+                data["uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023"] = firmware.KekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023;
+                data["uefiKekHasMicrosoftKekCa2011"] = firmware.KekHasMicrosoftKekCa2011;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static string DescribeFirmwareVerdict(UefiSecureBootCertSnapshot firmware)
+        {
+            if (firmware == null) return "unavailable";
+            if (firmware.DbStatus != UefiSecureBootCertReader.StatusOk) return firmware.DbStatus ?? "unavailable";
+            return firmware.DbHasWindowsUefiCa2023 ? "CA2023 confirmed" : "CA2023 missing";
+        }
+
         private void CollectBitLockerStatus()
         {
             try

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/DefaultComponentFactory.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
     ///   <item><b>StallProbeHost</b> — <see cref="StallProbeCollector"/> +
     ///     <see cref="StallProbeCollectorAdapter"/>. Owns its 60-s idle-check timer (the
     ///     collector itself has no timer — it's a pure probe invoked from outside).</item>
+    ///   <item><b>EspPolicyProviderStallHost</b> — always-on 60-s wall-clock tick for the
+    ///     two-arm <c>esp_policy_provider_stalled</c> tripwire (EnrollmentStatusTracking CSP
+    ///     provider continuously incomplete ≥ 15 min, OR Setup\Apps providers registered
+    ///     without the expected <c>Sidecar</c>/IME provider — the no-timeout ESP wait).</item>
     /// </list>
     /// Optional peripheral hosts (driven by <see cref="CollectorConfiguration"/> toggles):
     /// <list type="bullet">
@@ -303,6 +307,21 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                     harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds: collectors.ModernDeploymentHarmlessEventIds));
             }
 
+            // ESP policy-provider stall tripwire — always-on kernel host (no config gate, like
+            // disk_space_low): a provider that never completes, or co-management "ConfigMgr"
+            // registered without the expected "Sidecar"/IME provider (issue #106 — even with
+            // TrackingPoliciesCreated=1 the ESP ignores foreign provider names), parks the user
+            // ESP at "Apps (Identifying)" WITHOUT any OS timeout. Wall-clock dwell, deliberately
+            // outside the StallProbe gate: the idle clock there resets on any session activity,
+            // and the stall must accrue regardless of it.
+            hosts.Add(new EspPolicyProviderStallHost(
+                sessionId: sessionId,
+                tenantId: tenantId,
+                logger: logger,
+                ingress: ingress,
+                clock: clock,
+                startupGate: _startupEventGate));
+
             // Deterministic update corroboration — compares the persisted OS build (CurrentBuild.UBR)
             // across agent restarts and emits os_build_changed when it differs (session 7443317c:
             // build jump proved an OOBE quality update the WU channel never showed). Must be added

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/EspPolicyProviderStallHost.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#nullable enable
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Persistence;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Drives the <see cref="EspPolicyProviderStallDetector"/> from a 60-s wall-clock tick.
+    /// Deliberately NOT idle-coupled (a policy-provider stall coexists with a chatty session —
+    /// <see cref="StallProbeHost"/>'s idle clock would keep resetting) and NOT idle-stopped
+    /// (<see cref="PeriodicCollectorLifecycleHost"/> would sleep through exactly the dormant
+    /// window the dwell must observe). Always-on kernel host, no config gate — precedent:
+    /// the <c>disk_space_low</c> tripwire.
+    /// <para>
+    /// First tick fires after 60 s, not at Start: the EnrollmentStatusTracking key legitimately
+    /// doesn't exist at agent start, and nothing can be 15 min stale at t=0.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class EspPolicyProviderStallHost : ICollectorHost
+    {
+        public string Name => "EspPolicyProviderStallDetector";
+
+        private static readonly TimeSpan PollInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60);
+
+        private readonly EspPolicyProviderStallDetector _detector;
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private Timer? _tickTimer;
+        private int _disposed;
+
+        public EspPolicyProviderStallHost(
+            string sessionId,
+            string tenantId,
+            AgentLogger logger,
+            ISignalIngressSink ingress,
+            IClock clock,
+            StartupEventGate? startupGate)
+        {
+            if (ingress == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ingress));
+            if (clock == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clock));
+            _logger = logger;
+            var post = new InformationalEventPost(ingress, clock);
+            _detector = new EspPolicyProviderStallDetector(
+                sessionId: sessionId,
+                tenantId: tenantId,
+                post: post,
+                logger: logger,
+                clock: clock,
+                startupGate: startupGate);
+        }
+
+        public void Start()
+        {
+            _tickTimer = new Timer(
+                _ => SafeTick(),
+                state: null,
+                dueTime: PollInterval,
+                period: PollInterval);
+            _logger.Info($"EspPolicyProviderStallHost: started (tick every {PollInterval.TotalSeconds}s).");
+        }
+
+        public void Stop()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _tickTimer?.Dispose();
+                _tickTimer = null;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"EspPolicyProviderStallHost: timer dispose failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposed, 1) == 1) return;
+            Stop();
+        }
+
+        private void SafeTick()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _detector.Tick();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Error("EspPolicyProviderStallHost: tick failed.", ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/ImeLogHost.cs

@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                 logger: logger,
                 matchLogPath: expandedMatchLogPath,
                 stateDirectory: stateDirectory);
+            // Historic-replay guard runs against the agent clock, not the raw system clock —
+            // keeps the tracker's staleness verdicts consistent with the adapter's clamp.
+            _tracker.UtcNowProvider = () => clock.UtcNow;
 
             if (simulationMode)
             {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/SignalAdapters/EspAndHelloTrackerAdapter.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
@@ -267,6 +268,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
                 payload["failedSubcategory"] = failedSubcategory!;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(category))
                 payload["category"] = category!;
+            // Session 4910a5a5: culprit-app names ride the signal so the DecisionEngine's
+            // esp_failure_advisory / enrollment_failed events can name them directly.
+            var culprits = args?.LikelyCulpritApps;
+            if (culprits != null && culprits.Count > 0)
+            {
+                payload["likelyCulpritApps"] = string.Join(", ", culprits);
+                payload["likelyCulpritAppCount"] = culprits.Count.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
 
             _ingress.Post(
                 kind: DecisionSignalKind.EspTerminalFailure,

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/SignalAdapters/ImeLogTrackerAdapter.cs

@@ -97,12 +97,24 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
         // bootstrap marker line. Lets MCP report "which device runs which bootstrap version".
         private bool _bootstrapDetectedPosted;
 
+        // One-shot: historic script replay detected (a previous enrollment's IME log content
+        // surviving on disk) — its script events are suppressed, and a single
+        // historic_ime_replay_detected Info event explains the gap in the timeline.
+        private bool _historicReplayNoted;
+        private int _suppressedHistoricReplayEvents;   // forensic count for the log line
+
         // A platform script whose observed run duration reaches this is treated as having hit the
         // IME script-execution timeout (default ~30 min). 25 min leaves headroom below 30 so clock
         // jitter / the agent's late replay window can't miss it, while staying well above any
         // legitimately long install wrapper that completes on its own.
         private static readonly TimeSpan ScriptTimeoutSuspectedThreshold = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(25);
 
+        // Source log lines older than this relative to the clock are pathological — shared by
+        // ResolveOccurredAt's staleness clamp, the historic-replay suppression, the duration
+        // plausibility backstop AND the tracker's app-mutation guard (single source of truth
+        // in ImeLogTracker so the layers can never drift apart).
+        private static readonly TimeSpan StaleSourceThreshold = ImeLogTracker.HistoricReplayThreshold;
+
         // Matches the deterministic marker line the bootstrap script writes via Write-Log,
         // e.g. "Bootstrap script version: v2.0" — see scripts/Bootstrap/Install-AutopilotMonitor.ps1.
         // Same shape as the web-side regex in utils/bootstrapVersion.ts; kept in sync intentionally.
@@ -289,17 +301,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
             rawSourceTimestamp = sourceTsOverride ?? _tracker.LastMatchedLogTimestamp;
             if (rawSourceTimestamp.HasValue)
             {
-                // CMTrace log timestamps from IME are emitted in UTC, but DateTimeKind may
-                // arrive as Unspecified depending on the parser path. Normalize via
-                // SpecifyKind=Utc rather than ToUniversalTime() to avoid double-conversion
-                // when Kind is already UTC.
-                var asUtc = rawSourceTimestamp.Value.Kind == DateTimeKind.Utc
-                    ? rawSourceTimestamp.Value
-                    : DateTime.SpecifyKind(rawSourceTimestamp.Value, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+                var asUtc = NormalizeUtc(rawSourceTimestamp.Value);
 
                 var clockNow = _clock.UtcNow;
                 var ageHours = (clockNow - asUtc).TotalHours;
-                if (ageHours > 24.0 || ageHours < -1.0)
+                if (ageHours > StaleSourceThreshold.TotalHours || ageHours < -1.0)
                 {
                     // Pathologically stale (>24h old) or in the future (>1h skew) — log,
                     // fall back, and let the caller flag the event.
@@ -325,6 +331,67 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
                 data["rejectedSourceTimestamp"] = rawSourceTs.Value.ToString("o", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         }
 
+        // CMTrace Kind normalization — shared implementation lives on the tracker (used by its
+        // historic-replay guard too).
+        private static DateTime NormalizeUtc(DateTime value) => ImeLogTracker.NormalizeUtc(value);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// True when an event's source log line is a historic replay: the source timestamp
+        /// was rejected as stale (> <see cref="StaleSourceThreshold"/> in the PAST). Those lines
+        /// are script runs and app installs from a previous enrollment whose IME log survived on
+        /// disk (session eaf3d8c4: 156 replayed script completions + 147 replayed app events
+        /// shown as current activity, immediate-upload flood → ingress_backpressure). Future-skew
+        /// rejections (negative age — mid-enrollment clock jump) and clock-only fallbacks (no
+        /// source timestamp at all) are NOT replay and must still emit. Emits the one-shot
+        /// <c>historic_ime_replay_detected</c> summary on the first suppression; replay is
+        /// chronological, so that first suppressed line carries the earliest rejected source
+        /// timestamp. Bypassed in <see cref="ImeLogTracker.SimulationMode"/> — the
+        /// --replay-log-dir dev tool feeds historic lines on purpose.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool SuppressIfHistoricReplay(
+            bool derivedFromClock, DateTime? rawSourceTs, string eventLabel, string entityId)
+        {
+            if (_tracker.SimulationMode) return false;
+            if (!derivedFromClock || !rawSourceTs.HasValue) return false;
+            var asUtc = NormalizeUtc(rawSourceTs.Value);
+            var clockNow = _clock.UtcNow;
+            var age = clockNow - asUtc;
+            if (age <= StaleSourceThreshold) return false;   // future-skew or fresh → emit
+
+            bool emitSummary;
+            int suppressedSoFar;
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                suppressedSoFar = ++_suppressedHistoricReplayEvents;
+                emitSummary = !_historicReplayNoted;
+                _historicReplayNoted = true;
+            }
+
+            if (emitSummary)
+            {
+                var culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
+                // Standard batch upload on purpose — no immediateUpload; the whole point of the
+                // suppression is to stop the replayed batch from flooding the ingest.
+                _post.Emit(
+                    eventType: SharedEventTypes.HistoricImeReplayDetected,
+                    source: SourceLabel,
+                    message: "Historic IME activity from a previous enrollment detected in the log "
+                           + $"(earliest source timestamp {asUtc:o}) — its script and app events are suppressed for this session.",
+                    severity: EventSeverity.Info,
+                    data: new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+                    {
+                        ["decision"] = "historic_ime_replay_suppressed",
+                        ["earliestRejectedSourceTimestamp"] = asUtc.ToString("o", culture),
+                        ["staleThresholdHours"] = StaleSourceThreshold.TotalHours.ToString("F0", culture),
+                    });
+            }
+
+            _logger?.Debug(
+                $"ImeAdapter: suppressed historic {eventLabel} for {entityId} "
+                + $"(source ts {asUtc:o}, age {age.TotalHours:F1}h, suppressed so far: {suppressedSoFar})");
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private void EmitEspPhase(string phase)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(phase)) return;
@@ -504,6 +571,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
 
             var now = ResolveOccurredAt(out var derivedFromClock, out var rawSourceTs);
 
+            // Historic replay (a previous enrollment's log) — do not emit at all. Placed BEFORE
+            // the sub-phase declaration, the timing bookkeeping and the terminal-signal dedup so
+            // a replayed app neither consumes the fire-once flags nor poisons _appTimings (which
+            // feeds FinalStatusBuilder) nor posts a phantom DecisionSignal. The early return also
+            // covers the shadow download_progress and the app_tracking_summary snapshot below.
+            if (SuppressIfHistoricReplay(derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs, $"app-state {oldState}->{newState}", app.Id))
+                return;
+
             // Plan §5 Fix 2: first app activity in a given ESP phase opens the sub-phase on
             // the UI timeline via a `phase_transition` declaration event. Fire-once per ESP
             // phase; emission happens BEFORE the actual app_* event so the UI sees the phase
@@ -819,6 +894,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(patternId)) data["patternId"] = patternId!;
 
             var now = ResolveOccurredAt(out var derivedFromClock, out var rawSourceTs);
+
+            // Historic replay — a week-old DO summary is not this enrollment's download.
+            if (SuppressIfHistoricReplay(derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs, SharedEventTypes.DoTelemetry, app.Id))
+                return;
+
             TagDerivedTimestamp(data, derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs);
 
             var label = string.IsNullOrEmpty(app.Name) ? app.Id : app.Name;
@@ -910,13 +990,27 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
                 now = ResolveOccurredAt(script.ExitObservedAtUtc, out derivedFromClock, out rawSourceTs);
             else
                 now = ResolveOccurredAt(out derivedFromClock, out rawSourceTs);
+
+            // Historic replay (a previous enrollment's log) — do not emit at all. The early
+            // return also skips MaybeEmitBootstrapDetected / MaybeEmitScriptTimeoutSuspected,
+            // which would otherwise fire on week-old evidence.
+            if (SuppressIfHistoricReplay(derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs, eventType, script.PolicyId))
+                return;
+
             TagDerivedTimestamp(data, derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs);
 
-            // Per-script run duration (start line → this completion, `now`). Surfaced on every
+            // Per-script run duration (start line → this completion). Surfaced on every
             // script completion so the UI can flag slow / inefficient scripts, not just timed-out
             // ones. Omitted when the start line was never observed (StartedAtUtc null); clamped at 0
             // against clock skew between the (possibly clock-derived) completion stamp and start.
             //
+            // When the completion timestamp was clock-derived because the source line's timestamp
+            // was rejected (future-skew CMTrace clock jump — the stale case never reaches here),
+            // `now` lives on the clock's timeline while StartedAtUtc was captured RAW from the
+            // source log. Mixing the two produced absurd durations (session eaf3d8c4: 170 h), so
+            // the duration uses the raw source pair — both ends on the same timeline, the
+            // difference is the true runtime. The event stamp stays `now` (timeline position).
+            //
             // L19 (delta review 2026-07-02): the same field name carries two different semantics —
             // start→own-end-signal (≈ script runtime) vs HS-SCRIPT-START→HS-NEW-RESULT (the whole
             // cycle INCLUDING IME's 30 s–3 min batched reporting latency, i.e. systematically
@@ -924,10 +1018,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
             // consumers never compare the two as equals. The emitting handler stamps the basis on
             // the state (health-script early-signal completions are script_runtime too); the
             // scriptType fallback covers states from paths that predate the field.
+            var completionForDuration = derivedFromClock && rawSourceTs.HasValue
+                ? NormalizeUtc(rawSourceTs.Value)
+                : now;
             if (script.StartedAtUtc.HasValue)
             {
-                var durationSeconds = (now - script.StartedAtUtc.Value).TotalSeconds;
-                if (durationSeconds >= 0)
+                var durationSeconds = (completionForDuration - script.StartedAtUtc.Value).TotalSeconds;
+                // Plausibility backstop: IME's script execution timeout is ~30 min; anything above
+                // 24 h is a cross-run artifact (e.g. a stale pending start slot from a previous
+                // enrollment paired with a fresh completion) — omit rather than lie.
+                if (durationSeconds >= 0 && durationSeconds <= StaleSourceThreshold.TotalSeconds)
                 {
                     data["durationSeconds"] = durationSeconds.ToString("F2", culture);
                     data["durationBasis"] = script.DurationBasis
@@ -979,7 +1079,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
                 $"ImeAdapter: script completed policyId={shortId} type={script.ScriptType ?? "?"} result={script.Result ?? "?"} exit={(script.ExitCode.HasValue ? script.ExitCode.Value.ToString() : "n/a")}");
 
             MaybeEmitBootstrapDetected(script, now);
-            MaybeEmitScriptTimeoutSuspected(script, now);
+            MaybeEmitScriptTimeoutSuspected(script, now, completionForDuration);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -991,15 +1091,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
         /// late start / pre-failed ESP. Advisory only: no state mutation, the underlying
         /// <c>script_failed</c> is still emitted separately. Health (remediation) scripts are
         /// excluded — they re-run on their own cadence and have a different timeout regime.
+        /// <paramref name="durationEndUtc"/> is the timeline-consistent completion for duration
+        /// math (raw source ts on rejected-timestamp emissions); <paramref name="occurredAtUtc"/>
+        /// stamps the emitted event.
         /// </summary>
-        private void MaybeEmitScriptTimeoutSuspected(ScriptExecutionState script, DateTime completionUtc)
+        private void MaybeEmitScriptTimeoutSuspected(ScriptExecutionState script, DateTime occurredAtUtc, DateTime durationEndUtc)
         {
             if (IsRemediation(script.ScriptType)) return;                 // platform scripts only
             if (!script.StartedAtUtc.HasValue) return;                    // no start ⇒ no duration
             if (!string.Equals(script.Result, "Failed", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return;
 
-            var duration = completionUtc - script.StartedAtUtc.Value;
+            var duration = durationEndUtc - script.StartedAtUtc.Value;
             if (duration < ScriptTimeoutSuspectedThreshold) return;
+            if (duration > StaleSourceThreshold) return;                  // implausible — cross-run artifact, not a hung script
 
             if (!_tracker.TryClaimScriptTimeoutSuspected(script.PolicyId)) return; // restart-safe dedup per policyId (persisted tracker state)
 
@@ -1026,7 +1130,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
                 message: $"Platform script {shortId} ran {durationMinutes:F0} min and was marked Failed — suspected IME script timeout blocking the enrollment.",
                 severity: EventSeverity.Warning,
                 data: data,
-                occurredAtUtc: completionUtc);
+                occurredAtUtc: occurredAtUtc);
 
             _logger?.Info(
                 $"ImeAdapter: script_timeout_suspected policyId={shortId} duration={durationMinutes:F1}min result={script.Result} espPhase={espPhase ?? "(none)"}");
@@ -1081,6 +1185,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(patternId)) data["patternId"] = patternId!;
 
             var now = ResolveOccurredAt(out var derivedFromClock, out var rawSourceTs);
+
+            // Historic replay — suppressing here also kills the immediateUpload flood the
+            // replayed batch caused (session eaf3d8c4: 3× ingress_backpressure).
+            if (SuppressIfHistoricReplay(derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs, SharedEventTypes.ScriptStarted, info.PolicyId))
+                return;
+
             TagDerivedTimestamp(data, derivedFromClock, rawSourceTs);
 
             var label = IsRemediation(info.ScriptType) ? "Health script" : "Platform script";

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandler.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Configuration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Runtime;
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
         // correction between agent start and termination no longer skews bootToStartSeconds.
         private readonly ulong _bootAnchorTickMs;
         private readonly DateTime _bootAnchorUtc;
+        // WinRT OOBE state at construction (handler is built at agent start) — corroborates
+        // the late-start heuristic: "completed" here means OOBE was already over on arrival.
+        private readonly string _oobeStateAtAgentStart;
         private int _handled;
 
         public EnrollmentTerminationHandler(
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
 
             _bootAnchorTickMs = ObservationCoverage.CurrentTickMs();
             _bootAnchorUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            _oobeStateAtAgentStart = OobeStateReader.Read();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -658,6 +663,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
                         { "agentUptimeSeconds", Math.Round(uptimeSeconds, 1) },
                         { "deviceBootUtc", deviceBootUtc.ToString("o") },
                         { "agentStartUtc", _agentStartTimeUtc.ToString("o") },
+                        { "oobeStateAtAgentStart", _oobeStateAtAgentStart },
                         { "outcome", args.Outcome.ToString() },
                         { "note", "The agent's bootstrap (an Intune platform script) ran only near the end of the enrollment, so the agent observed the already-decided end-state rather than the failure window. Treat the diagnosis as a post-mortem; check for a platform/remediation script that hung ahead of the bootstrap (see script_timeout_suspected)." },
                     },

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Runtime/LifecycleEmitters.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Configuration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Interop;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security;
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                     { "configVersion", configVersion },
                     { "remoteConfigFetched", outcome == RemoteConfigFetchOutcome.Succeeded },
                     { "remoteConfigOutcome", outcome.ToString() },
+                    // WinRT OOBE state sampled at this start. Together with previousExitType
+                    // this makes late starts provable: "completed" on a first_run means OOBE
+                    // was already over when the agent arrived (e.g. IME queue blocked).
+                    { "oobeStateAtAgentStart", OobeStateReader.Read() },
                 };
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(previousExit?.CrashExceptionType))

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Tests/AdvisoryRecoveryTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Serialization;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session 4910a5a5 (2026-07-23) — advisory recovery. Field failure: DeviceSetup/Apps
+    /// failed (culprit app never started installing), the advisory defang armed the
+    /// <c>advisory_completion</c> window, the user pressed "Try again" ~23 min later, the apps
+    /// re-ran to 10/10 and <c>DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete</c> arrived — yet the window
+    /// fired 30 min after the advisory and un-defanged the stale failure
+    /// (<c>enrollment_failed: esp_terminal_failure</c>) on a live enrollment mid-AccountSetup,
+    /// because the advisory variant was exempt from ALL re-arm/rebase guards. Coverage:
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    ///   <item>The advisory records the failed category + culprit apps.</item>
+    ///   <item>A ProvisioningComplete of the SAME category sets the resolved fact + emits
+    ///         <c>esp_failure_advisory_resolved</c>; a different category does not.</item>
+    ///   <item>Deadline fire after recovery + enforcement progress → re-arm, not Failed.</item>
+    ///   <item>Deadline fire after recovery without progress → Failed with the truthful
+    ///         <c>esp_recovered_without_completion_evidence</c> reason and
+    ///         LastFailureTrigger=DeadlineFired (likely-stuck promotion off).</item>
+    ///   <item>Unrecovered advisory keeps the legacy un-defang exactly (regression guard).</item>
+    ///   <item>Reboot re-bases a recovered-advisory window (and still does NOT touch an
+    ///         unrecovered one).</item>
+    ///   <item>Snapshot round-trip + census surfacing of the new facts.</item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class AdvisoryRecoveryTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime T0 = new DateTime(2026, 7, 23, 3, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        private static DecisionSignal MakeSignal(
+            long ordinal,
+            DecisionSignalKind kind,
+            DateTime occurredAtUtc,
+            IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>? payload = null)
+        {
+            return new DecisionSignal(
+                sessionSignalOrdinal: ordinal,
+                sessionTraceOrdinal: ordinal,
+                kind: kind,
+                kindSchemaVersion: 1,
+                occurredAtUtc: occurredAtUtc,
+                sourceOrigin: "test",
+                evidence: new Evidence(EvidenceKind.Synthetic, $"{kind}-{ordinal}", "test"),
+                payload: payload);
+        }
+
+        private static DecisionSignal DeadlineFired(long ordinal, DateTime occurredAtUtc) =>
+            MakeSignal(ordinal, DecisionSignalKind.DeadlineFired, occurredAtUtc,
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.Deadline] = DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion });
+
+        private static DecisionEffect? FindTimelineEffect(DecisionStep step, string eventType) =>
+            step.Effects.FirstOrDefault(e =>
+                e.Kind == DecisionEffectKind.EmitEventTimelineEntry
+                && e.Parameters != null
+                && e.Parameters.TryGetValue("eventType", out var et)
+                && et == eventType);
+
+        private static ActiveDeadline? FindDeadline(DecisionState state, string name) =>
+            state.Deadlines.FirstOrDefault(d => d.Name == name);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Replays the session-4910a5a5 shape up to (but excluding) the ESP terminal failure:
+        /// Classic UserDriven, ContinueAnyway profile, Hello disabled, DeviceSetup entered,
+        /// AccountSetup entered (04:18, BEFORE the 04:34 DeviceSetup/Apps failure — the IME
+        /// phase line landed while device apps were still at 9/10).
+        /// </summary>
+        private static DecisionState SetupSession(DecisionEngine engine)
+        {
+            var state = DecisionState.CreateInitial("sess-4910a5a5", "tenant-e46bc88e", T0);
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(0, DecisionSignalKind.SessionStarted, T0)).NewState;
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                5, DecisionSignalKind.EspConfigDetected, T0.AddMinutes(1),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    [SignalPayloadKeys.SkipUserEsp] = "false",
+                    [SignalPayloadKeys.SkipDeviceEsp] = "false",
+                    [SignalPayloadKeys.EspSyncFailureTimeoutMinutes] = "60",
+                    [SignalPayloadKeys.EspAllowContinueAnyway] = "true",
+                })).NewState;
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                8, DecisionSignalKind.HelloPolicyDetected, T0.AddMinutes(2),
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.HelloEnabled] = "false" })).NewState;
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                10, DecisionSignalKind.EspPhaseChanged, T0.AddMinutes(6),
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.EspPhase] = "DeviceSetup" })).NewState;
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                20, DecisionSignalKind.EspPhaseChanged, T0.AddMinutes(48),
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.EspPhase] = "AccountSetup" })).NewState;
+            return state;
+        }
+
+        private static DecisionStep ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(DecisionEngine engine, DecisionState state, long ordinal = 50) =>
+            engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                ordinal, DecisionSignalKind.EspTerminalFailure, T0.AddMinutes(64),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["failureType"] = "Provisioning_DeviceSetup_Apps_Failed",
+                    ["failedSubcategory"] = "Apps",
+                    ["category"] = "DeviceSetup",
+                    ["likelyCulpritApps"] = "Oriflame Cosmectics - Teams Backgroundsv v2",
+                    ["likelyCulpritAppCount"] = "1",
+                }));
+
+        private static DecisionStep ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(DecisionEngine engine, DecisionState state, long ordinal = 60) =>
+            engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                ordinal, DecisionSignalKind.DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete, T0.AddMinutes(87)));
+
+        // ================================================== advisory arming context ====
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Advisory_RecordsFailedCategory_AndCulpritApps()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+
+            var step = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc);
+            Assert.Equal("DeviceSetup", step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory?.Value);
+            Assert.Null(step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc);
+
+            var advisory = FindTimelineEffect(step, "esp_failure_advisory");
+            Assert.NotNull(advisory);
+            Assert.Equal("Oriflame Cosmectics - Teams Backgroundsv v2", advisory!.Parameters!["likelyCulpritApps"]);
+        }
+
+        // ===================================================== recovery hook ====
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeviceSetupComplete_SameCategory_ResolvesAdvisory_AndEmitsStoryEvent()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            var step = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(60, step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc!.SourceSignalOrdinal);
+            // The anchor itself stays — the advisory happened; it just no longer blocks.
+            Assert.NotNull(step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc);
+
+            var resolved = FindTimelineEffect(step, "esp_failure_advisory_resolved");
+            Assert.NotNull(resolved);
+            Assert.Equal("DeviceSetup", resolved!.Parameters!["category"]);
+            Assert.Equal("23", resolved.Parameters["minutesSinceAdvisory"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeviceSetupComplete_DifferentCategory_DoesNotResolve()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            // Advisory for AccountSetup — DeviceSetup resolving must not defuse it.
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                50, DecisionSignalKind.EspTerminalFailure, T0.AddMinutes(64),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["failureType"] = "Provisioning_AccountSetup_Apps_Failed",
+                    ["failedSubcategory"] = "Apps",
+                    ["category"] = "AccountSetup",
+                })).NewState;
+
+            var step = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state);
+
+            Assert.Null(step.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc);
+            Assert.Null(FindTimelineEffect(step, "esp_failure_advisory_resolved"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeviceSetupComplete_Duplicate_ResolvesOnlyOnce()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            // Post-reboot duplicate (AnchorAlreadySet passthrough branch).
+            var duplicate = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                65, DecisionSignalKind.DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete, T0.AddMinutes(92)));
+
+            Assert.Equal(60, duplicate.NewState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc!.SourceSignalOrdinal);
+            Assert.Null(FindTimelineEffect(duplicate, "esp_failure_advisory_resolved"));
+        }
+
+        // ================================================ deadline fire semantics ====
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeadlineFire_AfterRecovery_WithEnforcementProgress_ReArmsInsteadOfFailing()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+            // Post-reboot IME re-assert of AccountSetup (session shape: 05:02:59, ordinal 654)
+            // — user-phase enforcement demonstrably progressed since the arming at ordinal 50.
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                70, DecisionSignalKind.EspPhaseChanged, T0.AddMinutes(92),
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.EspPhase] = "AccountSetup" })).NewState;
+
+            var step = engine.Reduce(state, DeadlineFired(80, T0.AddMinutes(94)));
+
+            // Not failed — the window re-arms with fresh baselines instead.
+            Assert.Null(step.NewState.Outcome);
+            Assert.NotEqual(SessionStage.Failed, step.NewState.Stage);
+            var rearmed = FindDeadline(step.NewState, DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion);
+            Assert.NotNull(rearmed);
+            Assert.Equal(T0.AddMinutes(94).AddMinutes(30), rearmed!.DueAtUtc);
+            Assert.Contains(step.Effects, e => e.Kind == DecisionEffectKind.ScheduleDeadline);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeadlineFire_AfterRecovery_NoProgress_FailsWithRecoveredReason()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            var step = engine.Reduce(state, DeadlineFired(80, T0.AddMinutes(94)));
+
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStage.Failed, step.NewState.Stage);
+            Assert.Equal(SessionOutcome.EnrollmentFailed, step.NewState.Outcome);
+
+            var failed = FindTimelineEffect(step, "enrollment_failed");
+            Assert.NotNull(failed);
+            // Truthful reason: the original failure recovered — do not blame it.
+            Assert.Equal("esp_recovered_without_completion_evidence", failed!.Parameters!["reason"]);
+            Assert.Equal("true", failed.Parameters["failureRecovered"]);
+            Assert.Equal("advisory_recovered_window_expired_without_completion_evidence", failed.Parameters["advisoryReason"]);
+            // Likely-stuck app promotion stays off: apps are not stuck, they succeeded.
+            Assert.Equal(nameof(DecisionSignalKind.DeadlineFired), step.NewState.LastFailureTrigger?.Value);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeadlineFire_WithoutRecovery_KeepsLegacyUndefang()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            // No recovery — even with enforcement progress the advisory variant must
+            // un-defang exactly as before (its anchor failure never un-happened).
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                70, DecisionSignalKind.EspPhaseChanged, T0.AddMinutes(92),
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.EspPhase] = "AccountSetup" })).NewState;
+
+            var step = engine.Reduce(state, DeadlineFired(80, T0.AddMinutes(94)));
+
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStage.Failed, step.NewState.Stage);
+            var failed = FindTimelineEffect(step, "enrollment_failed");
+            Assert.NotNull(failed);
+            Assert.Equal("esp_terminal_failure", failed!.Parameters!["reason"]);
+            Assert.Equal(nameof(DecisionSignalKind.EspTerminalFailure), step.NewState.LastFailureTrigger?.Value);
+        }
+
+        // ======================================================= reboot rebase ====
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Reboot_AfterRecovery_RebasesAdvisoryWindow()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            var step = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                70, DecisionSignalKind.SystemRebootObserved, T0.AddMinutes(92)));
+
+            Assert.Contains(step.Effects, e =>
+                e.Kind == DecisionEffectKind.CancelDeadline
+                && e.CancelDeadlineName == DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion);
+            var rebased = FindDeadline(step.NewState, DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion);
+            Assert.NotNull(rebased);
+            Assert.Equal(T0.AddMinutes(92).AddMinutes(30), rebased!.DueAtUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Reboot_WithoutRecovery_DoesNotTouchAdvisoryWindow()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            var originalDue = FindDeadline(state, DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion)!.DueAtUtc;
+
+            var step = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                70, DecisionSignalKind.SystemRebootObserved, T0.AddMinutes(92)));
+
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(step.Effects, e => e.Kind == DecisionEffectKind.CancelDeadline);
+            Assert.Equal(originalDue, FindDeadline(step.NewState, DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion)!.DueAtUtc);
+        }
+
+        // ============================================== full session-4910a5a5 replay ====
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Session4910a5a5_FailureRecoveryRebootFire_DoesNotFailTheLiveEnrollment()
+        {
+            // Field ordinals: 527 EspTerminalFailure → 611 DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete
+            // (post "Try again", apps 10/10) → 635 SystemRebootObserved → 654 AccountSetup
+            // re-assert → 671 DeadlineFired. Pre-fix outcome: enrollment_failed at the fire.
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state, ordinal: 527).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state, ordinal: 611).NewState;
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                635, DecisionSignalKind.SystemRebootObserved, T0.AddMinutes(92))).NewState;
+            state = engine.Reduce(state, MakeSignal(
+                654, DecisionSignalKind.EspPhaseChanged, T0.AddMinutes(93),
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { [SignalPayloadKeys.EspPhase] = "AccountSetup" })).NewState;
+
+            var step = engine.Reduce(state, DeadlineFired(671, T0.AddMinutes(94)));
+
+            Assert.Null(step.NewState.Outcome);
+            Assert.NotEqual(SessionStage.Failed, step.NewState.Stage);
+            Assert.NotNull(FindDeadline(step.NewState, DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion));
+        }
+
+        // =============================================== serialization + census ====
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SnapshotRoundTrip_PreservesRecoveryFacts()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            var roundtripped = StateSerializer.Deserialize(StateSerializer.Serialize(state));
+
+            Assert.Equal("DeviceSetup", roundtripped.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory?.Value);
+            Assert.Equal(state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc!.Value, roundtripped.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc?.Value);
+            Assert.Equal(state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc.SourceSignalOrdinal, roundtripped.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc?.SourceSignalOrdinal);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LegacySnapshot_WithoutRecoveryFacts_DeserializesToNull()
+        {
+            // Simulate a snapshot written by a pre-fix agent: strip the new properties from
+            // the JSON entirely — deserialization must default them to null (additive compat).
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            var legacy = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(StateSerializer.Serialize(state));
+            foreach (var prop in legacy.Properties()
+                .Where(p => p.Name.IndexOf("EspAdvisoryFailureResolved", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
+                         || p.Name.IndexOf("EspAdvisoryFailureCategory", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
+                .ToList())
+            {
+                prop.Remove();
+            }
+
+            var roundtripped = StateSerializer.Deserialize(legacy.ToString());
+            Assert.Null(roundtripped.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc);
+            Assert.Null(roundtripped.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory);
+            // The pre-existing advisory anchor still round-trips.
+            Assert.NotNull(roundtripped.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Census_SurfacesAdvisoryResolved()
+        {
+            var engine = new DecisionEngine();
+            var state = SetupSession(engine);
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupAppsFailure(engine, state).NewState;
+            state = ApplyDeviceSetupResolved(engine, state).NewState;
+
+            var census = DecisionStateSignalCensus.Build(state);
+
+            Assert.Contains("esp_advisory_failure_resolved", census.SignalsSeen);
+            Assert.True(census.SignalTimestamps.ContainsKey("espAdvisoryFailureResolved"));
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Tests/DecisionStateSnapshotBuilderTests.cs

@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Tests
             // state-change-only dedupe anchor for the completion_waiting event → 17.
             // Session 772fe502 (2026-07-13) added `helloWizardStartedUtc` — genuine
             // Shell-Core 62404 wizard launch; vetoes the policy-disabled Hello skip → 18.
-            Assert.Equal(18, facts.Count);
+            // Session 4910a5a5 (2026-07-23) added `espAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc` (the failed
+            // category recovered — lifts the advisory's re-arm/rebase guard exemption) and
+            // `espAdvisoryFailureCategory` (which category the advisory was for) → 20.
+            Assert.Equal(20, facts.Count);
             Assert.All(facts.Values, v => Assert.Null(v));
         }
 
@@ -236,10 +239,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Tests
             // `completionWaitingFingerprint` as the state-change-only dedupe anchor for
             // the completion_waiting event → 17. Session 772fe502 (2026-07-13) added
             // `helloWizardStartedUtc` — the genuine Shell-Core 62404 wizard-launch fact
-            // that vetoes/retracts the policy-disabled Hello skip → 18. If this number
-            // ever changes, both the count expectation AND the actual snapshot output
-            // need to evolve in lockstep.
-            Assert.Equal(18, expectedFactKeys.Count);
+            // that vetoes/retracts the policy-disabled Hello skip → 18. Session 4910a5a5
+            // (2026-07-23) added `espAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc` + `espAdvisoryFailureCategory`
+            // — advisory-recovery facts that lift the AdvisoryCompletion guard exemption → 20.
+            // If this number ever changes, both the count expectation AND the actual snapshot
+            // output need to evolve in lockstep.
+            Assert.Equal(20, expectedFactKeys.Count);
 
             var snapshot = DecisionStateSnapshotBuilder.Build(DecisionState.CreateInitial("s", "t"));
             var facts = (Dictionary<string, object?>)snapshot["facts"]!;

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/AppsAnalyticsFailureRateTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.DataAccess;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Pins the terminal-only failure-rate convention on the Apps dashboard aggregations
+/// (<see cref="AppsAnalyticsHelper"/>): every failureRate is Failed / (Failed + Succeeded) —
+/// finished installs only. "InProgress" rows (still installing, or orphaned by a session that
+/// died mid-install) sit in the install counts but never dilute a rate, matching the enrollment
+/// success-rate convention. Responses are anonymous projections, so tests assert on the
+/// JSON wire shape like the sibling suites.
+/// </summary>
+public class AppsAnalyticsFailureRateTests
+{
+    private const string TenantId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000fa1";
+
+    private static AppInstallSummary A(
+        string status,
+        string appName = "Contoso App",
+        DateTime? startedAt = null,
+        string sessionId = "s-1",
+        string appVersion = "")
+        => new()
+        {
+            TenantId = TenantId,
+            SessionId = sessionId,
+            AppName = appName,
+            AppVersion = appVersion,
+            Status = status,
+            StartedAt = startedAt ?? DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-2),
+            DurationSeconds = status == "Succeeded" ? 30 : 0,
+        };
+
+    // ── /apps/list ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void List_FailureRate_IsOverFinishedInstalls_InProgressExcluded()
+    {
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary>
+        {
+            A("Failed"),
+            A("Succeeded"),
+            A("InProgress"),
+            A("InProgress"),
+        };
+
+        var root = JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement(
+            AppsAnalyticsHelper.BuildAppsListResponse(summaries, days: 30));
+
+        var app = root.GetProperty("apps")[0];
+        Assert.Equal(4, app.GetProperty("totalInstalls").GetInt32());
+        // 1 / (1 + 1) = 50% (over finished), NOT 1 / 4 = 25% (over all installs).
+        Assert.Equal(50d, app.GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void List_FailureRate_IsZero_WhenNothingFinishedYet()
+    {
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary> { A("InProgress"), A("InProgress") };
+
+        var root = JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement(
+            AppsAnalyticsHelper.BuildAppsListResponse(summaries, days: 30));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0d, root.GetProperty("apps")[0].GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void List_Trend_UsesFinishedRates_AndGatesOnFinishedSamples()
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var firstHalf = now.AddDays(-20);  // days: 30 → midpoint at now - 15d
+        var secondHalf = now.AddDays(-5);
+
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary>();
+        // First half: 1 failed / 5 finished = 20%.
+        summaries.Add(A("Failed", startedAt: firstHalf));
+        for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) summaries.Add(A("Succeeded", startedAt: firstHalf));
+        // Second half: 3 failed / 5 finished = 60% — plus 10 in-flight installs that
+        // previously dragged the half's rate down to 20% and masked the regression.
+        for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) summaries.Add(A("Failed", startedAt: secondHalf));
+        for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) summaries.Add(A("Succeeded", startedAt: secondHalf));
+        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) summaries.Add(A("InProgress", startedAt: secondHalf));
+
+        var root = JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement(
+            AppsAnalyticsHelper.BuildAppsListResponse(summaries, days: 30));
+
+        var app = root.GetProperty("apps")[0];
+        Assert.Equal("worsening", app.GetProperty("trend").GetString());
+        Assert.Equal(40d, app.GetProperty("trendDelta").GetDouble());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void List_Trend_StaysStable_WhenAHalfLacksFiveFinishedInstalls()
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary>();
+        // First half: 5 finished. Second half: 4 finished + many in-flight — the old
+        // install-count gate would have passed; the finished-sample gate must not.
+        for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) summaries.Add(A("Succeeded", startedAt: now.AddDays(-20)));
+        for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) summaries.Add(A("Failed", startedAt: now.AddDays(-5)));
+        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) summaries.Add(A("InProgress", startedAt: now.AddDays(-5)));
+
+        var root = JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement(
+            AppsAnalyticsHelper.BuildAppsListResponse(summaries, days: 30));
+
+        var app = root.GetProperty("apps")[0];
+        Assert.Equal("stable", app.GetProperty("trend").GetString());
+        Assert.Equal(JsonValueKind.Null, app.GetProperty("trendDelta").ValueKind);
+    }
+
+    // ── /apps/{appName}/analytics ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private static async Task<JsonElement> BuildAnalyticsAsync(
+        List<AppInstallSummary> summaries, ISessionRepository? sessionRepo = null)
+    {
+        if (sessionRepo == null)
+        {
+            var mock = new Mock<ISessionRepository>();
+            mock.Setup(r => r.GetSessionAsync(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>()))
+                .ReturnsAsync((SessionSummary?)null);
+            sessionRepo = mock.Object;
+        }
+        var result = await AppsAnalyticsHelper.BuildAnalyticsResponseAsync(
+            summaries, sessionRepo, "Contoso App", days: 30);
+        return JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Analytics_SummaryVersionAndTimeSeriesRates_AreOverFinishedInstalls()
+    {
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary>
+        {
+            A("Failed", appVersion: "1.0"),
+            A("Succeeded", appVersion: "1.0"),
+            A("InProgress", appVersion: "1.0"),
+            A("InProgress", appVersion: "1.0"),
+        };
+
+        var root = await BuildAnalyticsAsync(summaries);
+
+        // Summary: 1 / (1 + 1) = 50%, NOT 1 / 4 = 25%.
+        var summary = root.GetProperty("summary");
+        Assert.Equal(4, summary.GetProperty("totalInstalls").GetInt32());
+        Assert.Equal(50d, summary.GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+
+        var version = root.GetProperty("versionBreakdown")[0];
+        Assert.Equal(4, version.GetProperty("installs").GetInt32());
+        Assert.Equal(50d, version.GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+
+        // All four installs land in today's bucket → same terminal-only rate there.
+        var buckets = root.GetProperty("timeSeries").EnumerateArray().ToList();
+        var todayBucket = buckets.Single(b => b.GetProperty("installs").GetInt32() > 0);
+        Assert.Equal(50d, todayBucket.GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Analytics_DeviceModelBreakdown_RatesAndSampleFloor_UseFinishedInstalls()
+    {
+        var sessionRepo = new Mock<ISessionRepository>();
+        sessionRepo.Setup(r => r.GetSessionAsync(TenantId, It.IsAny<string>()))
+            .ReturnsAsync((string _, string sessionId) => new SessionSummary
+            {
+                TenantId = TenantId,
+                SessionId = sessionId,
+                Manufacturer = "Contoso",
+                Model = sessionId.StartsWith("s-a") ? "ModelA" : "ModelB",
+            });
+
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary>();
+        // ModelA: 5 finished (1 failed → 20%) + 3 in-flight → ranked, rate undiluted.
+        summaries.Add(A("Failed", sessionId: "s-a-0"));
+        for (var i = 1; i <= 4; i++) summaries.Add(A("Succeeded", sessionId: $"s-a-{i}"));
+        for (var i = 5; i <= 7; i++) summaries.Add(A("InProgress", sessionId: $"s-a-{i}"));
+        // ModelB: 4 finished + 6 in-flight — 10 installs, but below the 5-finished floor.
+        for (var i = 0; i <= 3; i++) summaries.Add(A("Failed", sessionId: $"s-b-{i}"));
+        for (var i = 4; i <= 9; i++) summaries.Add(A("InProgress", sessionId: $"s-b-{i}"));
+
+        var root = await BuildAnalyticsAsync(summaries, sessionRepo.Object);
+
+        var breakdown = root.GetProperty("deviceModelBreakdown");
+        var model = Assert.Single(breakdown.EnumerateArray());
+        Assert.Equal("ModelA", model.GetProperty("model").GetString());
+        Assert.Equal(8, model.GetProperty("installs").GetInt32());
+        Assert.Equal(20d, model.GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/ConfigRedactionTests.cs

@@ -183,4 +183,13 @@ public class ConfigRedactionTests
     public void CanViewSecrets_PureDelegatedReader_False()
         => Assert.False(GetTenantConfigurationFunction.CanViewSecrets(
             new RequestContext { IsDelegatedReader = true, TenantId = TenantA, TargetTenantId = TenantB }));
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(Constants.TenantRoles.Operator)]
+    [InlineData(Constants.TenantRoles.Viewer)]
+    public void CanViewSecrets_OwnTenantOperatorOrViewer_False(string role)
+        // Member-tier read-only Settings view (config GET is MemberRead): an own-tenant
+        // Operator/Viewer arrives with IsTenantAdmin=false ⇒ always the redacted copy.
+        => Assert.False(GetTenantConfigurationFunction.CanViewSecrets(
+            new RequestContext { UserRole = role, TenantId = TenantA, TargetTenantId = TenantA }));
 }

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/CrossTenantAccessTests.cs

@@ -324,4 +324,42 @@ public class CrossTenantAccessTests
         Assert.NotNull(entry);
         Assert.Equal(TenantScoping.QueryParam, entry.TenantScoping);
     }
+
+    // ── Cross-tenant rule WRITES: global/rules/{gather,analyze}/{ruleId} ──
+    // Bug (2026-07-24): a Global Admin editing a foreign tenant's rule via the JWT-scoped
+    // rules/{type}/{ruleId} route silently upserted into the GA's OWN tenant (200 → false "saved");
+    // the reload re-read the foreign tenant and showed the unchanged rule. Fix: dedicated cross-tenant
+    // write routes. They MUST be GlobalAdminOnly (a write tier → no delegated-read rescue, so a
+    // tenant-admin / delegated caller can never cross into another tenant's rules) + QueryParam (the
+    // tenant is named by ?tenantId=, not the {ruleId} segment). A downgrade to a tenant tier, or a slip
+    // to TenantScoping.None (which would ignore ?tenantId= and re-introduce the home-tenant misroute),
+    // is caught here.
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("PUT",    "global/rules/gather/{ruleId}")]
+    [InlineData("DELETE", "global/rules/gather/{ruleId}")]
+    [InlineData("PUT",    "global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}")]
+    [InlineData("DELETE", "global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}")]
+    public void GlobalRuleWriteRoutes_AreGlobalAdminOnly_QueryParam(string httpMethod, string routeTemplate)
+    {
+        var entry = EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog.Entries
+            .FirstOrDefault(e => e.HttpMethod == httpMethod.ToUpperInvariant() && e.RouteTemplate == routeTemplate);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(entry);
+        Assert.Equal(EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly, entry!.Policy);
+        Assert.Equal(TenantScoping.QueryParam, entry.TenantScoping);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("PUT",    "/api/global/rules/gather/rule-1")]
+    [InlineData("DELETE", "/api/global/rules/gather/rule-1")]
+    [InlineData("PUT",    "/api/global/rules/analyze/rule-1")]
+    [InlineData("DELETE", "/api/global/rules/analyze/rule-1")]
+    public void GlobalRuleWrite_CrossTenant_GlobalAdmin_IsAllowed(string httpMethod, string path)
+    {
+        var (isBlocked, targetTenantId) = SimulateQueryParamCheck(httpMethod, path, TenantA, hasGlobalScope: true, queryTenantId: TenantB);
+
+        Assert.False(isBlocked, $"Global Admin should reach the target tenant on the cross-tenant write route: {httpMethod} {path}");
+        Assert.Equal(TenantB, targetTenantId);
+    }
 }

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/DiagnosticsBlobCascadeDeleterTests.cs

@@ -154,6 +154,80 @@ public class DiagnosticsBlobCascadeDeleterTests
         Assert.Equal(0, deleter.HostedDeleteCalls);
     }
 
+    // ── REAL DeleteAsync, Hosted branch — prefix sweep + belt-and-braces name delete ──
+    // The RecordingDeleter above replaces DeleteAsync wholesale, so these run the REAL
+    // base implementation against a fake storage service to pin the sweep behaviour.
+
+    private const string SessionGuid = "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa";
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RealDeleteAsync_Hosted_SweepsSessionPrefix_AndDeletesManifestBlob()
+    {
+        var storage = new RecordingHostedStorage();
+        var deleter = RealDeleter(storage);
+        var manifest = ManifestWith(blobName: $"{TenantA}/{Filename}", destination: "Hosted");
+        manifest.SessionId = SessionGuid;
+
+        var outcome = await deleter.DeleteAsync(manifest);
+
+        Assert.Equal(DiagnosticsBlobDeleteOutcome.HostedDeleted, outcome);
+        Assert.Equal((TenantA, SessionGuid), storage.SweptSession);
+        Assert.Equal($"{TenantA}/{Filename}", storage.DeletedBlobPath);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RealDeleteAsync_Hosted_NonGuidSessionId_SkipsSweep_StillDeletesManifestBlob()
+    {
+        // Legacy manifests may carry a malformed/empty SessionId — the sweep must degrade
+        // to the single-blob delete, never throw into the cascade poison path.
+        var storage = new RecordingHostedStorage();
+        var deleter = RealDeleter(storage);
+        var manifest = ManifestWith(blobName: $"{TenantA}/{Filename}", destination: "Hosted");
+        manifest.SessionId = "not-a-guid";
+
+        var outcome = await deleter.DeleteAsync(manifest);
+
+        Assert.Equal(DiagnosticsBlobDeleteOutcome.HostedDeleted, outcome);
+        Assert.Null(storage.SweptSession);
+        Assert.Equal($"{TenantA}/{Filename}", storage.DeletedBlobPath);
+    }
+
+    private static DiagnosticsBlobCascadeDeleter RealDeleter(RecordingHostedStorage storage)
+        // TenantConfigurationService is only consulted on the CustomerSas branch; the
+        // Hosted-branch tests never reach it, so null keeps the harness Azure-free.
+        => new(
+            storage,
+            tenantConfig: null!,
+            Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.NullLogger<DiagnosticsBlobCascadeDeleter>.Instance);
+
+    private sealed class RecordingHostedStorage : HostedDiagnosticsBlobService
+    {
+        public (string TenantId, string SessionId)? SweptSession { get; private set; }
+        public string? DeletedBlobPath { get; private set; }
+
+        public RecordingHostedStorage()
+            : base(
+                new Azure.Storage.Blobs.BlobServiceClient("UseDevelopmentStorage=true"),
+                Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.NullLogger<HostedDiagnosticsBlobService>.Instance,
+                usesManagedIdentity: false)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public override Task<int> DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(
+            string tenantId, string sessionId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            SweptSession = (tenantId, sessionId);
+            return Task.FromResult(1);
+        }
+
+        public override Task<bool> DeleteIfExistsAsync(
+            string blobPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            DeletedBlobPath = blobPath;
+            return Task.FromResult(true);
+        }
+    }
+
     // ── BuildBlobUrl helper (CustomerSas URL construction) ─────────────────────────
 
     [Fact]

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/EndpointPolicyCatalogCompletenessTests.cs

@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ public class EndpointPolicyCatalogCompletenessTests
 
         Assert.NotNull(getConfig);
         Assert.NotNull(putConfig);
-        // GET config read is admin-tier read (own-tenant Admin / GA / read-only GlobalReader);
-        // PUT config write stays Admin/GA only.
-        Assert.Equal(EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGlobalReader, getConfig.Policy);
+        // GET config read is member-tier (Operators/Viewers get the redacted read-only Settings
+        // view; the handler redacts for every non-admin caller); PUT config write stays Admin/GA only.
+        Assert.Equal(EndpointPolicy.MemberRead, getConfig.Policy);
         Assert.Equal(EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA, putConfig.Policy);
 
         var getRules = EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog.FindPolicy("GET", "/api/rules/gather");
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public class EndpointPolicyCatalogCompletenessTests
     [InlineData("POST", "/api/agent/telemetry",          true)]   // DeviceOrBootstrapAuth
     [InlineData("GET",  "/api/bootstrap/validate/ABC123", true)]  // PublicAnonymous (param route)
     [InlineData("GET",  "/api/sessions",                 false)]  // MemberRead
-    [InlineData("GET",  "/api/config/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001", false)] // TenantAdminOrGlobalReader
+    [InlineData("GET",  "/api/config/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001", false)] // MemberRead
     [InlineData("GET",  "/api/global/sessions",          false)]  // GlobalReadOrAdmin
     [InlineData("GET",  "/api/nonexistent",              false)]  // unregistered → fail-closed
     public void SkipsJwtValidation_MatchesPolicyTier(string method, string path, bool expectedExempt)

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/FleetHealthPayloadTests.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
 /// <summary>
 /// Covers the server-side Fleet Health aggregation in
 /// <see cref="MetricsMath.BuildFleetHealthPayload"/>, the single source of truth shared by the
-/// tenant (metrics/fleet-health) and global (global/metrics/fleet-health) functions. These assert
-/// the semantics ported verbatim from the previous client-side aggregation — notably success rate
-/// over ALL sessions and average duration over non-in-progress sessions (failures included).
+/// tenant (metrics/fleet-health) and global (global/metrics/fleet-health) functions. Success and
+/// failure rates follow the SLA convention — over finished enrollments (Succeeded + Failed) only,
+/// so in-flight sessions never dilute them. Average duration stays over non-in-progress sessions
+/// that carry a duration (failures included).
 /// </summary>
 public class FleetHealthPayloadTests
 {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class FleetHealthPayloadTests
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void SuccessRate_IsOverAllSessions_NotJustTerminal()
+    public void SuccessRate_IsOverFinishedSessions_InFlightAndIncompleteExcluded()
     {
         var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
         {
@@ -63,16 +64,34 @@ public class FleetHealthPayloadTests
             S(SessionStatus.Succeeded),
             S(SessionStatus.Failed),
             S(SessionStatus.InProgress),
+            S(SessionStatus.Pending),
+            S(SessionStatus.Incomplete), // terminal but non-failure — stays out of the rate
         };
 
         var payload = MetricsMath.BuildFleetHealthPayload(sessions, days: 7);
 
-        Assert.Equal(4, payload.Stats.Total);
+        Assert.Equal(6, payload.Stats.Total);
         Assert.Equal(2, payload.Stats.Succeeded);
         Assert.Equal(1, payload.Stats.Failed);
         Assert.Equal(1, payload.Stats.InProgress);
-        // 2 / 4 = 50% (over total), NOT 2 / 3 = 66.7% (over terminal).
-        Assert.Equal(50d, payload.Stats.SuccessRate);
+        Assert.Equal(1, payload.Stats.Incomplete);
+        // 2 / (2 + 1) = 66.7% (over finished), NOT 2 / 6 = 33.3% (over total).
+        Assert.Equal(66.7d, payload.Stats.SuccessRate);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SuccessRate_IsZero_WhenNothingFinishedYet()
+    {
+        var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
+        {
+            S(SessionStatus.InProgress),
+            S(SessionStatus.Pending),
+        };
+
+        var payload = MetricsMath.BuildFleetHealthPayload(sessions, days: 7);
+
+        // No finished enrollments → no rate; clients render "—" off Succeeded + Failed == 0.
+        Assert.Equal(0d, payload.Stats.SuccessRate);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -111,6 +130,27 @@ public class FleetHealthPayloadTests
         Assert.DoesNotContain(payload.ModelHealth, m => m.Model == "Contoso Model1");
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ModelHealth_CountsFailedSeparately_InFlightInTotalOnly()
+    {
+        var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
+        {
+            S(SessionStatus.Succeeded, model: "X"),
+            S(SessionStatus.Failed, model: "X"),
+            S(SessionStatus.InProgress, model: "X"),
+        };
+
+        var payload = MetricsMath.BuildFleetHealthPayload(sessions, days: 7);
+
+        var m = Assert.Single(payload.ModelHealth);
+        // Total keeps the full device count; the client derives the rate from
+        // Succeeded / (Succeeded + Failed), so the in-flight session must land
+        // in Total but in neither outcome bucket.
+        Assert.Equal(3, m.Total);
+        Assert.Equal(1, m.Succeeded);
+        Assert.Equal(1, m.Failed);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ModelKey_FallsBackToUnknown_WhenManufacturerAndModelBlank()
     {
@@ -147,10 +187,13 @@ public class FleetHealthPayloadTests
     {
         var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
         {
-            // Model A: 1 failed of 2 → 50%
+            // Model A: 1 failed / 2 finished → 50%; the 2 in-flight sessions widen Total
+            // but must not dilute the rate (over-total it would read 25%).
             S(SessionStatus.Failed, model: "A"),
             S(SessionStatus.Succeeded, model: "A"),
-            // Model B: 2 failed of 2 → 100%
+            S(SessionStatus.InProgress, model: "A"),
+            S(SessionStatus.Pending, model: "A"),
+            // Model B: 2 failed of 2 finished → 100%
             S(SessionStatus.Failed, model: "B"),
             S(SessionStatus.Failed, model: "B"),
             // Model C: no failures → excluded entirely
@@ -164,35 +207,37 @@ public class FleetHealthPayloadTests
         Assert.Equal(2, payload.TopFailingModels[0].Failed);
         Assert.Equal(100, payload.TopFailingModels[0].FailureRate);
         Assert.Equal("Contoso A", payload.TopFailingModels[1].Model);
+        Assert.Equal(4, payload.TopFailingModels[1].Total);
         Assert.Equal(50, payload.TopFailingModels[1].FailureRate);
         Assert.DoesNotContain(payload.TopFailingModels, m => m.Model == "Contoso C");
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void FailureReasons_TruncateLongReasons_AndTakeTopFive()
+    public void FailureReasons_GroupByPrefix_KeepFullestText_AndTakeTopFive()
     {
         var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>();
-        // 6 distinct reasons with descending frequency 6..1 → only top 5 kept.
-        for (int freq = 6; freq >= 1; freq--)
+        // 5 distinct short reasons with descending frequency 5..1.
+        for (int freq = 5; freq >= 1; freq--)
             for (int i = 0; i < freq; i++)
                 sessions.Add(S(SessionStatus.Failed, failureReason: $"Reason {freq}"));
-        // A null reason folds into "Unknown".
-        sessions.Add(S(SessionStatus.Failed, failureReason: null));
-        // An over-long reason is collapsed to a 50-char prefix + ellipsis.
-        var longReason = new string('x', 60);
-        sessions.Add(S(SessionStatus.Failed, failureReason: longReason));
+
+        // Two variants that share the first 50 characters collapse into one group;
+        // the longest variant is kept for display so the UI can show the full text.
+        var prefix = new string('x', 50);
+        var shortVariant = prefix + " short";
+        var longVariant = prefix + " a much longer tail that must survive intact";
+        for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+            sessions.Add(S(SessionStatus.Failed, failureReason: shortVariant));
+        sessions.Add(S(SessionStatus.Failed, failureReason: longVariant));
 
         var payload = MetricsMath.BuildFleetHealthPayload(sessions, days: 30);
 
         Assert.Equal(5, payload.FailureReasons.Count);
-        Assert.Equal("Reason 6", payload.FailureReasons[0].Reason);
-        Assert.Equal(6, payload.FailureReasons[0].Count);
-        // The collapsed long reason exists in the tally (50 chars + "...").
-        var collapsed = new string('x', 50) + "...";
-        Assert.True(
-            sessions.Count(s => s.FailureReason == longReason) == 1,
-            "sanity: exactly one long-reason session");
-        Assert.Equal(53, collapsed.Length);
+        // The grouped cluster (6 + 1 = 7) outranks every "Reason N".
+        Assert.Equal(7, payload.FailureReasons[0].Count);
+        // The full, longest text survives end-to-end — no 50-char truncation.
+        Assert.Equal(longVariant, payload.FailureReasons[0].Reason);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("...", payload.FailureReasons[0].Reason);
     }
 
     [Fact]

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/GeographicMetricsSuccessRateTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Metrics;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Pins the success-rate semantics of the geographic aggregation
+/// (<see cref="GetGeographicMetricsFunction.ComputeGeographicMetrics"/>): the rate is an outcome
+/// quota over finished enrollments (Succeeded + Failed) following the SLA convention. In-flight
+/// sessions (InProgress/Pending/Stalled/AwaitingUser) and Incomplete (terminal, non-failure) sit
+/// in SessionCount but never dilute the rate — the customer-visible symptom this pins against was
+/// a site mid-rollout showing a poor rate despite zero actual failures.
+/// </summary>
+public class GeographicMetricsSuccessRateTests
+{
+    private static SessionSummary S(SessionStatus status, string city = "Frankfurt")
+        => new()
+        {
+            TenantId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000fe0",
+            SessionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            Status = status,
+            StartedAt = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-2),
+            GeoCountry = "DE",
+            GeoRegion = "Hessen",
+            GeoCity = city,
+            GeoLoc = "50.11,8.68",
+        };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SuccessRate_IsOverFinishedSessions_InFlightAndIncompleteExcluded()
+    {
+        var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
+        {
+            S(SessionStatus.Succeeded),
+            S(SessionStatus.Succeeded),
+            S(SessionStatus.Succeeded),
+            S(SessionStatus.Failed),
+            S(SessionStatus.InProgress),
+            S(SessionStatus.Pending),
+            S(SessionStatus.AwaitingUser),
+            S(SessionStatus.Incomplete), // terminal but non-failure — stays out of the rate
+        };
+
+        var result = GetGeographicMetricsFunction.ComputeGeographicMetrics(
+            sessions, new List<AppInstallSummary>(), "city");
+
+        var loc = Assert.Single(result.Locations);
+        Assert.Equal(8, loc.SessionCount);
+        Assert.Equal(3, loc.Succeeded);
+        Assert.Equal(1, loc.Failed);
+        // 3 / (3 + 1) = 75% (over finished), NOT 3 / 8 = 37.5% (over all sessions).
+        Assert.Equal(75d, loc.SuccessRate);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SuccessRate_IsZero_WhenNothingFinishedYet()
+    {
+        var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
+        {
+            S(SessionStatus.InProgress),
+            S(SessionStatus.Pending),
+        };
+
+        var result = GetGeographicMetricsFunction.ComputeGeographicMetrics(
+            sessions, new List<AppInstallSummary>(), "city");
+
+        var loc = Assert.Single(result.Locations);
+        // No finished enrollments → no rate; the frontend renders "—" off Succeeded + Failed == 0.
+        Assert.Equal(0d, loc.SuccessRate);
+        Assert.Equal(0, loc.Succeeded + loc.Failed);
+        Assert.Equal(2, loc.SessionCount);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SuccessRate_IsPerLocation_NotGlobal()
+    {
+        var sessions = new List<SessionSummary>
+        {
+            // Frankfurt: 1 / 1 finished → 100% despite the in-flight session.
+            S(SessionStatus.Succeeded, city: "Frankfurt"),
+            S(SessionStatus.InProgress, city: "Frankfurt"),
+            // Berlin: 1 / 2 finished → 50%.
+            S(SessionStatus.Succeeded, city: "Berlin"),
+            S(SessionStatus.Failed, city: "Berlin"),
+        };
+
+        var result = GetGeographicMetricsFunction.ComputeGeographicMetrics(
+            sessions, new List<AppInstallSummary>(), "city");
+
+        var frankfurt = result.Locations.Single(l => l.City == "Frankfurt");
+        var berlin = result.Locations.Single(l => l.City == "Berlin");
+        Assert.Equal(100d, frankfurt.SuccessRate);
+        Assert.Equal(50d, berlin.SuccessRate);
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/GetTenantFeatureFlagsPayloadTests.cs

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class GetTenantFeatureFlagsPayloadTests
         Assert.Equal(new[]
         {
             "bootstrapTokenEnabled",
+            "diagnosticsUploadConfigured",
             "edition",
             "enableIntegrityBypassAnalyzer",
             "enableSoftwareInventoryAnalyzer",
@@ -114,6 +115,35 @@ public class GetTenantFeatureFlagsPayloadTests
         Assert.DoesNotContain("webhookUrl", json, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     }
 
+    // ── diagnosticsUploadConfigured (drives the session-detail "Collect Logs" button) ──
+
+    [Theory]
+    // mode Off (or unset) → never configured, regardless of destination
+    [InlineData(null, null, null, false)]
+    [InlineData("Off", "https://x.blob.core.windows.net/c?sv=1", "CustomerSas", false)]
+    [InlineData("Off", null, "Hosted", false)]
+    // mode active + Hosted destination → configured without any SAS
+    [InlineData("OnFailure", null, "Hosted", true)]
+    [InlineData("Always", null, "Hosted", true)]
+    // mode active + CustomerSas → configured only when a SAS URL is present
+    [InlineData("OnFailure", "https://x.blob.core.windows.net/c?sv=1", "CustomerSas", true)]
+    [InlineData("OnFailure", null, "CustomerSas", false)]
+    [InlineData("Always", "", null, false)]
+    public void Payload_DiagnosticsUploadConfigured_ModeAndDestinationMatrix(
+        string? mode, string? sasUrl, string? destination, bool expected)
+    {
+        // Null-forgiving: the model declares these non-nullable with defaults, but table
+        // round-trips can produce null at runtime — the payload must tolerate that shape.
+        var element = Serialize(new TenantConfiguration
+        {
+            DiagnosticsUploadMode = mode!,
+            DiagnosticsBlobSasUrl = sasUrl!,
+            DiagnosticsUploadDestination = destination!,
+        });
+
+        Assert.Equal(expected, element.GetProperty("diagnosticsUploadConfigured").GetBoolean());
+    }
+
     // ── Edition / trial surface ─────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     [Fact]

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunctionTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Reports;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.DataAccess;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for the TPM-PSS-unsupported aggregation logic extracted from
+/// GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction. All tests target the pure static BuildAggregatedResult
+/// method — no HTTP or DI needed. Aggregation is by serial number (the TPM incompatibility
+/// is a per-device condition, not a per-model one — firmware levels differ within a model).
+/// </summary>
+public class GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunctionTests
+{
+    private static readonly DateTime T0 = new(2026, 3, 1, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Empty / no matching reports
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_EmptyList_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        var (aggregated, totalRawReports) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult([]);
+
+        Assert.Empty(aggregated);
+        Assert.Equal(0, totalRawReports);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_FiltersTpmPssUnsupportedOnly()
+    {
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", T0),
+            MakeEntry("DeviceNotRegistered", "Lenovo", "ThinkPad T14", "SN2", T0.AddMinutes(1)),
+            MakeEntry("AuthCertificateRejected", "HP", "EliteBook", "SN3", T0.AddMinutes(2)),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, totalRawReports) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        Assert.Single(aggregated);
+        Assert.Equal(1, totalRawReports);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Aggregation by serial number
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_AggregatesBySerialCaseInsensitive()
+    {
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "S4SQ8685", T0),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "s4sq8685", T0.AddMinutes(1)),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", " S4SQ8685 ", T0.AddMinutes(2)),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, totalRawReports) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        Assert.Single(aggregated);
+        Assert.Equal(3, totalRawReports);
+        var item = ToDynamic(aggregated[0]);
+        Assert.Equal(3, (int)item.attemptCount);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_DistinctSerials_ProduceDistinctRows()
+    {
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", T0),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN2", T0.AddMinutes(1)),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Microsoft", "Surface Book", "SN3", T0.AddMinutes(2)),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, totalRawReports) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        Assert.Equal(3, aggregated.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(3, totalRawReports);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_UsesMostRecentManufacturerModel()
+    {
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "OldMfr", "OldModel", "SN1", T0),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", T0.AddMinutes(5)),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, _) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        var item = ToDynamic(aggregated[0]);
+        Assert.Equal("Lenovo", (string)item.manufacturer);
+        Assert.Equal("ThinkCentre M720q", (string)item.model);
+        Assert.Equal("SN1", (string)item.serialNumber);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Timestamps
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_FirstSeenLastSeen_Correct()
+    {
+        var t1 = T0;
+        var t2 = T0.AddHours(1);
+        var t3 = T0.AddHours(2);
+
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", t2),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", t1),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", t3),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, _) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        var item = ToDynamic(aggregated[0]);
+        Assert.Equal(t1, (DateTime)item.firstSeen);
+        Assert.Equal(t3, (DateTime)item.lastSeen);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_OrderedByLastSeenDescending()
+    {
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "SN1", T0),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkPad X13", "SN2", T0.AddHours(2)),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720s", "SN3", T0.AddHours(1)),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, _) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        Assert.Equal(3, aggregated.Count);
+        var first = ToDynamic(aggregated[0]);
+        var second = ToDynamic(aggregated[1]);
+        var third = ToDynamic(aggregated[2]);
+
+        Assert.True((DateTime)first.lastSeen > (DateTime)second.lastSeen);
+        Assert.True((DateTime)second.lastSeen > (DateTime)third.lastSeen);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Null / empty serial number
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildAggregatedResult_NullOrEmptySerials_GroupedIntoSingleBucket()
+    {
+        var reports = new List<DistressReportEntry>
+        {
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", null, T0),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "", T0.AddMinutes(1)),
+            MakeEntry("TpmPssUnsupported", "Lenovo", "ThinkCentre M720q", "   ", T0.AddMinutes(2)),
+        };
+
+        var (aggregated, _) = GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+        Assert.Single(aggregated);
+        var item = ToDynamic(aggregated[0]);
+        Assert.Equal(3, (int)item.attemptCount);
+    }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // Helpers
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    private static DistressReportEntry MakeEntry(
+        string errorType, string? manufacturer, string? model, string? serial, DateTime ingestedAt) =>
+        new()
+        {
+            TenantId = "test-tenant",
+            ErrorType = errorType,
+            Manufacturer = manufacturer,
+            Model = model,
+            SerialNumber = serial,
+            IngestedAt = ingestedAt,
+            AgentTimestamp = ingestedAt,
+        };
+
+    private static dynamic ToDynamic(object obj)
+    {
+        var type = obj.GetType();
+        var dict = new System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject() as IDictionary<string, object?>;
+        foreach (var prop in type.GetProperties())
+        {
+            dict[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(obj);
+        }
+        return dict;
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/HardwareRejectionNotificationTrackerDedupTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.DataAccess.TableStorage;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services;
+using Azure;
+using Azure.Data.Tables;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Behavioural coverage for <see cref="TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker"/> — the dedup
+/// store behind the two distress-driven bell notifications (hardware rejection per model,
+/// TPM-PSS incompatibility per serial). <see cref="HardwareRejectionNotificationTrackerKeyTests"/>
+/// pins the RowKey shape; this file pins what the tracker DOES with those keys.
+///
+/// CORRECTNESS GUARD: the "one bell ever" promise rests entirely on the 409 branch of
+/// <c>AddEntityAsync</c> — a rewrite to Upsert or a get-then-add would silently start ringing
+/// the bell on every distress report (a device with an incompatible TPM retries forever, so
+/// "every report" means a notification storm, not a second bell).
+///
+/// The retention sweep is covered here too because <c>DeleteOlderThanAsync</c> prunes BOTH key
+/// spaces from the shared table: pruning a <c>tpmpss|</c> row re-arms that device's bell.
+/// </summary>
+public class HardwareRejectionNotificationTrackerDedupTests
+{
+    private const string TenantId = "77777777-7777-7777-7777-777777777777";
+    private const string OtherTenantId = "88888888-8888-8888-8888-888888888888";
+    private const string Serial = "S4SQ8685";
+
+    // ── TPM PSS: first bell, then never again ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TpmPss_FirstReport_RegistersRowAndReturnsTrue()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        var isFirst = await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial);
+
+        Assert.True(isFirst);
+        var entity = Assert.Single(harness.Store.Values);
+        Assert.Equal(TenantId.ToLowerInvariant(), entity.PartitionKey);
+        Assert.Equal("tpmpss|s4sq8685", entity.RowKey);
+        // Serialization guard: the row must carry the fields the cleanup sweep and any future
+        // operator query rely on — losing FirstNotifiedAt would make the row immortal.
+        Assert.Equal(TenantId, entity.GetString("TenantId"));
+        Assert.Equal(Serial, entity.GetString("SerialNumber"));
+        Assert.NotNull(entity.GetDateTime("FirstNotifiedAt"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TpmPss_SecondReport_SameSerial_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.Single(harness.Store);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("s4sq8685")]
+    [InlineData("  S4SQ8685  ")]
+    [InlineData("S4Sq8685")]
+    public async Task TpmPss_SecondReport_CasingOrWhitespaceVariant_StillDeduped(string variant)
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, variant));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TpmPss_DifferentSerial_OrDifferentTenant_RingsAgain()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, "OTHER123"));
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(OtherTenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.Equal(3, harness.Store.Count);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("", Serial)]
+    [InlineData("   ", Serial)]
+    [InlineData(TenantId, "")]
+    [InlineData(TenantId, "   ")]
+    public async Task TpmPss_BlankInput_ReturnsFalse_WithoutTouchingTheTable(string tenantId, string serial)
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(tenantId, serial));
+        Assert.Empty(harness.Store);
+        harness.Table.Verify(
+            c => c.AddEntityAsync(It.IsAny<TableEntity>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()),
+            Times.Never);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task TpmPss_UnexpectedTableFailure_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        // Fail-soft in the SUPPRESSING direction: the write may or may not have landed, so the
+        // caller must not fire a bell it might fire again on the next report.
+        var harness = new Harness { AddFailure = new RequestFailedException(503, "ServerBusy") };
+
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+    }
+
+    // ── Hardware rejection: same contract, disjoint key space ──────────────────────
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HardwareRejection_SecondReport_SameModel_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync(TenantId, "Lenovo", "ThinkPad X1"));
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync(TenantId, "LENOVO", " thinkpad x1 "));
+        Assert.Single(harness.Store);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HardwareRejection_AndTpmPss_DoNotDedupEachOtherInTheSharedTable()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync(TenantId, "Lenovo", Serial));
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.Equal(2, harness.Store.Count);
+    }
+
+    // ── Retention sweep ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteOlderThanAsync_PrunesTpmPssRows_AndReArmsThatDevicesBell()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        harness.AgeRows(TimeSpan.FromDays(31));
+
+        var deleted = await harness.Sut.DeleteOlderThanAsync(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-30));
+
+        Assert.Equal(1, deleted);
+        Assert.Empty(harness.Store);
+        // A device whose TPM was never fixed keeps reporting; after the retention window it is
+        // worth one more bell rather than permanent silence.
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteOlderThanAsync_KeepsRowsInsideTheWindow_DedupSurvives()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync(TenantId, "Lenovo", "ThinkPad X1"));
+
+        var deleted = await harness.Sut.DeleteOlderThanAsync(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-30));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, deleted);
+        Assert.Equal(2, harness.Store.Count);
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.False(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync(TenantId, "Lenovo", "ThinkPad X1"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteOlderThanAsync_FiltersOnFirstNotifiedAt_NotTimestamp()
+    {
+        // Rows are insert-once, so FirstNotifiedAt is the creation time. Timestamp would look
+        // equivalent but is rewritten by a table restore/copy, which would silently re-arm every
+        // bell in the tenant at once.
+        var harness = new Harness();
+        var cutoff = new DateTime(2026, 7, 25, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        await harness.Sut.DeleteOlderThanAsync(cutoff);
+
+        var filter = Assert.Single(harness.QueryFilters);
+        Assert.Equal("FirstNotifiedAt lt datetime'2026-07-25T12:00:00Z'", filter);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteOlderThanAsync_ContinuesAfterASingleRowFailure()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness();
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, Serial));
+        Assert.True(await harness.Sut.TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(TenantId, "OTHER123"));
+        harness.AgeRows(TimeSpan.FromDays(31));
+        harness.FailDeleteForRowKeys.Add("tpmpss|s4sq8685");
+
+        var deleted = await harness.Sut.DeleteOlderThanAsync(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-30));
+
+        Assert.Equal(1, deleted);
+        Assert.Equal("tpmpss|s4sq8685", Assert.Single(harness.Store.Values).RowKey);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteOlderThanAsync_QueryFailure_ReturnsZero()
+    {
+        var harness = new Harness { QueryFailure = new RequestFailedException(500, "Boom") };
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, await harness.Sut.DeleteOlderThanAsync(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-30)));
+    }
+
+    // ── Harness ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private sealed class Harness
+    {
+        private static readonly Regex CutoffFilter =
+            new(@"^FirstNotifiedAt lt datetime'(?<cutoff>[^']+)'$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        public TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker Sut { get; }
+        public Mock<TableClient> Table { get; }
+        public Dictionary<(string Pk, string Rk), TableEntity> Store { get; } = new();
+        public List<string> QueryFilters { get; } = new();
+        public HashSet<string> FailDeleteForRowKeys { get; } = new();
+
+        /// <summary>Non-409 failure injected into AddEntityAsync (fail-soft path).</summary>
+        public Exception? AddFailure { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>Failure injected into QueryAsync enumeration (sweep fail-soft path).</summary>
+        public Exception? QueryFailure { get; init; }
+
+        public Harness()
+        {
+            Table = new Mock<TableClient>();
+
+            Table.Setup(c => c.AddEntityAsync(It.IsAny<TableEntity>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                .Returns<TableEntity, CancellationToken>((e, _) =>
+                {
+                    if (AddFailure != null) throw AddFailure;
+                    if (Store.ContainsKey((e.PartitionKey, e.RowKey)))
+                        throw new RequestFailedException(409, "Conflict", "EntityAlreadyExists", null);
+                    Store[(e.PartitionKey, e.RowKey)] = e;
+                    return Task.FromResult(new Mock<Response>().Object);
+                });
+
+            Table.Setup(c => c.QueryAsync<TableEntity>(
+                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    It.IsAny<int?>(),
+                    It.IsAny<IEnumerable<string>>(),
+                    It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                .Returns<string, int?, IEnumerable<string>, CancellationToken>((filter, _, _, _) =>
+                {
+                    if (QueryFailure != null) throw QueryFailure;
+                    QueryFilters.Add(filter);
+                    var rows = Store.Values.Where(e => MatchesCutoff(filter, e)).ToList();
+                    return AsyncPageable<TableEntity>.FromPages(new[]
+                    {
+                        Page<TableEntity>.FromValues(rows, null, new Mock<Response>().Object),
+                    });
+                });
+
+            Table.Setup(c => c.DeleteEntityAsync(
+                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    It.IsAny<ETag>(),
+                    It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                .Returns<string, string, ETag, CancellationToken>((pk, rk, _, _) =>
+                {
+                    if (FailDeleteForRowKeys.Contains(rk))
+                        throw new RequestFailedException(500, "DeleteFailed");
+                    Store.Remove((pk, rk));
+                    return Task.FromResult(new Mock<Response>().Object);
+                });
+
+            var serviceClient = new Mock<TableServiceClient>();
+            serviceClient.Setup(s => s.GetTableClient(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns(Table.Object);
+
+            Sut = new TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker(
+                new TableStorageService(serviceClient.Object, NullLogger<TableStorageService>.Instance),
+                NullLogger<TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker>.Instance);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Backdates every stored row so a retention sweep sees it as expired.</summary>
+        public void AgeRows(TimeSpan age)
+        {
+            foreach (var entity in Store.Values)
+                entity["FirstNotifiedAt"] = DateTime.UtcNow - age;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Minimal server-side emulation of the OData filter the tracker builds. An unrecognised
+        /// filter matches nothing, so a rewrite that no longer selects expired rows fails loudly
+        /// here instead of leaving dead rows in production.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static bool MatchesCutoff(string filter, TableEntity entity)
+        {
+            var match = CutoffFilter.Match(filter ?? string.Empty);
+            if (!match.Success) return false;
+
+            var cutoff = DateTime.Parse(
+                match.Groups["cutoff"].Value,
+                null,
+                System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal | System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal);
+            var firstNotified = entity.GetDateTime("FirstNotifiedAt");
+            return firstNotified.HasValue && firstNotified.Value.ToUniversalTime() < cutoff;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/HardwareRejectionNotificationTrackerKeyTests.cs

@@ -59,4 +59,35 @@ public class HardwareRejectionNotificationTrackerKeyTests
         var key = TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.BuildRowKey("", "");
         Assert.Equal("|", key);
     }
+
+    // =========================================================================
+    // TPM PSS row keys (same table, "tpmpss|" prefix — dedup per serial)
+    // =========================================================================
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildTpmPssRowKey_LowercasesTrimsAndPrefixes()
+    {
+        var key = TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.BuildTpmPssRowKey("  S4SQ8685 ");
+        Assert.Equal("tpmpss|s4sq8685", key);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("S4SQ8685", "s4sq8685")]
+    [InlineData("s4Sq8685", "S4SQ8685")]
+    public void BuildTpmPssRowKey_IsCaseInsensitive(string serialA, string serialB)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(
+            TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.BuildTpmPssRowKey(serialA),
+            TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.BuildTpmPssRowKey(serialB));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildTpmPssRowKey_DoesNotCollideWithHardwareKeyOfSameText()
+    {
+        // A hardware key is "{mfr}|{model}"; the TPM key's fixed "tpmpss|" prefix keeps the
+        // two key spaces disjoint within the shared table.
+        var hardwareKey = TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.BuildRowKey("Lenovo", "S4SQ8685");
+        var tpmKey = TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.BuildTpmPssRowKey("S4SQ8685");
+        Assert.NotEqual(hardwareKey, tpmKey);
+    }
 }

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/HostedDiagnosticsBlobServiceTests.cs

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services.Diagnostics;
+using Azure;
 using Azure.Storage.Blobs;
+using Azure.Storage.Blobs.Models;
 using Azure.Storage.Sas;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Moq;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
@@ -172,6 +175,119 @@ public class HostedDiagnosticsBlobServiceTests
         Assert.StartsWith(TenantB + "/", b.BlobPath);
     }
 
+    // ── DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync — cascade sweep for multi-package sessions ──────
+
+    private const string SessionA = "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa";
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("not-a-guid", SessionA)]
+    [InlineData(TenantA, "not-a-guid")]
+    public async Task DeleteBySessionPrefix_RejectsNonGuidInputs(string tenantId, string sessionId)
+    {
+        var svc = new PrefixDeleteFake(containerExists: true);
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ArgumentException>(
+            () => svc.DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(tenantId, sessionId));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteBySessionPrefix_MissingContainer_IsNoOp()
+    {
+        var svc = new PrefixDeleteFake(containerExists: false);
+        var deleted = await svc.DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(TenantA, SessionA);
+        Assert.Equal(0, deleted);
+        Assert.Null(svc.CapturedPrefix);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteBySessionPrefix_UsesSessionScopedPrefix_AndDeletesEveryMatch()
+    {
+        // Two packages for the session: an on-demand (server-requested) one and the terminal
+        // one. The sweep must issue a delete for BOTH even though the Sessions row (and thus
+        // the deletion manifest) only references the last.
+        var svc = new PrefixDeleteFake(
+            containerExists: true,
+            blobNames: new[]
+            {
+                $"{TenantA}/AgentDiagnostics-{SessionA}-20260724T100000-server-requested.zip",
+                $"{TenantA}/AgentDiagnostics-{SessionA}-20260724T113000.zip",
+            });
+
+        var deleted = await svc.DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(TenantA, SessionA);
+
+        Assert.Equal(2, deleted);
+        Assert.Equal($"{TenantA}/AgentDiagnostics-{SessionA}-", svc.CapturedPrefix);
+        Assert.Equal(2, svc.DeletedBlobNames.Count);
+        Assert.All(svc.DeletedBlobNames, n => Assert.StartsWith(svc.CapturedPrefix!, n));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DeleteBySessionPrefix_NoMatches_ReturnsZero()
+    {
+        var svc = new PrefixDeleteFake(containerExists: true, blobNames: Array.Empty<string>());
+        var deleted = await svc.DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(TenantA, SessionA);
+        Assert.Equal(0, deleted);
+        Assert.Equal($"{TenantA}/AgentDiagnostics-{SessionA}-", svc.CapturedPrefix);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Overrides <c>GetContainerClient</c> with a Moq'd <see cref="BlobContainerClient"/> whose
+    /// enumeration returns a canned page for the CAPTURED prefix. Prefix filtering itself is
+    /// the Azure SDK's contract — these tests pin what prefix we ask for and that every
+    /// returned item is deleted.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class PrefixDeleteFake : HostedDiagnosticsBlobService
+    {
+        private readonly Mock<BlobContainerClient> _container;
+
+        public string? CapturedPrefix { get; private set; }
+        public List<string> DeletedBlobNames { get; } = new();
+
+        public PrefixDeleteFake(bool containerExists, string[]? blobNames = null)
+            : base(
+                new BlobServiceClient("UseDevelopmentStorage=true"),
+                NullLogger<HostedDiagnosticsBlobService>.Instance,
+                usesManagedIdentity: false)
+        {
+            _container = new Mock<BlobContainerClient>();
+            _container
+                .Setup(c => c.ExistsAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                .ReturnsAsync(Response.FromValue(containerExists, Mock.Of<Response>()));
+
+            _container
+                .Setup(c => c.GetBlobsAsync(
+                    It.IsAny<BlobTraits>(), It.IsAny<BlobStates>(), It.IsAny<string?>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                .Returns((BlobTraits _, BlobStates _, string? prefix, CancellationToken _) =>
+                {
+                    CapturedPrefix = prefix;
+                    var items = (blobNames ?? Array.Empty<string>())
+                        .Select(n => BlobsModelFactory.BlobItem(name: n))
+                        .ToList();
+                    return AsyncPageable<BlobItem>.FromPages(new[]
+                    {
+                        Page<BlobItem>.FromValues(items, continuationToken: null, Mock.Of<Response>()),
+                    });
+                });
+
+            _container
+                .Setup(c => c.GetBlobClient(It.IsAny<string>()))
+                .Returns((string name) =>
+                {
+                    var blob = new Mock<BlobClient>();
+                    blob
+                        .Setup(b => b.DeleteIfExistsAsync(
+                            It.IsAny<DeleteSnapshotsOption>(), It.IsAny<BlobRequestConditions>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+                        .ReturnsAsync(() =>
+                        {
+                            DeletedBlobNames.Add(name);
+                            return Response.FromValue(true, Mock.Of<Response>());
+                        });
+                    return blob.Object;
+                });
+        }
+
+        protected override BlobContainerClient GetContainerClient() => _container.Object;
+    }
+
     // ── Constants ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     [Fact]

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/IngestHistoricImeReplayTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Session eaf3d8c4 (2026-07-23): a previous enrollment's IME log surviving on disk made the
+/// agent replay a week-old script history — 156 replayed <c>script_completed</c> events
+/// inflated the session's RemediationScriptCount. Newer agents suppress the replay at the
+/// source; this predicate covers the fleet of not-yet-updated agents by skipping the script
+/// counter increment for events whose <c>rejectedSourceTimestamp</c> (the source log line's
+/// own time, preserved by the agent's staleness clamp) is more than 24 h older than the
+/// event's clock-clamped stamp.
+/// </summary>
+public class IngestHistoricImeReplayTests
+{
+    private static readonly DateTime EventStamp = new(2026, 7, 23, 15, 42, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+    private static EnrollmentEvent ScriptEvent(object? rejectedSourceTimestamp, bool includeKey = true)
+    {
+        var evt = new EnrollmentEvent
+        {
+            EventType = "script_completed",
+            Timestamp = EventStamp,
+            Data = new Dictionary<string, object> { ["scriptType"] = "remediation" },
+        };
+        if (includeKey)
+            evt.Data["rejectedSourceTimestamp"] = rejectedSourceTimestamp!;
+        return evt;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void StaleRejectedSourceTimestamp_IsHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        var evt = ScriptEvent(EventStamp.AddDays(-7).ToString("o"));
+        Assert.True(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(evt));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void StaleAppInstallEvent_IsHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        // The predicate is event-type-agnostic — it also guards AggregateAppInstallEvent
+        // (AppInstallSummaries would otherwise be overwritten with week-old runs).
+        var evt = new EnrollmentEvent
+        {
+            EventType = "app_install_completed",
+            Timestamp = EventStamp,
+            Data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                ["appName"] = "Contoso App",
+                ["rejectedSourceTimestamp"] = EventStamp.AddDays(-7).ToString("o"),
+            },
+        };
+        Assert.True(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(evt));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void JustOver24h_IsHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        var evt = ScriptEvent(EventStamp.AddHours(-25).ToString("o"));
+        Assert.True(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(evt));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Within24h_IsNotHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        var evt = ScriptEvent(EventStamp.AddHours(-23).ToString("o"));
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(evt));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FutureSkewRejection_IsNotHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        // A rejected source timestamp AHEAD of the event stamp is a mid-enrollment clock
+        // jump (WhiteGlove +1h CMTrace skew), not replayed history.
+        var evt = ScriptEvent(EventStamp.AddHours(2).ToString("o"));
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(evt));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MissingKey_IsNotHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(ScriptEvent(null, includeKey: false)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NullData_IsNotHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        var evt = new EnrollmentEvent { EventType = "script_completed", Timestamp = EventStamp, Data = null! };
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(evt));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("not-a-date")]
+    public void UnparseableValue_IsNotHistoricReplay(string raw)
+    {
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(ScriptEvent(raw)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NullEvent_IsNotHistoricReplay()
+    {
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsHistoricImeReplay(null));
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/IngestOnDemandDiagnosticsTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Session 8e4cc4ae (2026-07-24): two on-demand ("Collect Logs") uploads landed in hosted
+/// storage, but the portal never flipped to Download — the agent's ServerActionDispatcher
+/// confirms the upload via <c>server_action_executed(actionType=request_diagnostics,
+/// blobName=…)</c> and emits NO <c>diagnostics_uploaded</c> (only the terminal path does),
+/// so the Sessions row was never stamped. These tests pin the classification predicate and
+/// the destination inference that close that gap backend-side (no agent release needed).
+/// </summary>
+public class IngestOnDemandDiagnosticsTests
+{
+    private const string TenantId = "b54dc1af-5320-4f60-b5d4-821e0cf2a359";
+    private const string HostedBlob =
+        TenantId + "/AgentDiagnostics-8e4cc8ae-1111-2222-3333-444455556666-20260724170902-server-requested.zip";
+
+    private static EnrollmentEvent Evt(
+        string eventType = "server_action_executed",
+        string? actionType = "request_diagnostics",
+        string? blobName = HostedBlob)
+    {
+        var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+        if (actionType != null) data["actionType"] = actionType;
+        if (blobName != null) data["blobName"] = blobName;
+        return new EnrollmentEvent { EventType = eventType, Data = data };
+    }
+
+    // -------- IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation --------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExecutedRequestDiagnosticsWithBlobName_IsConfirmation()
+    {
+        Assert.True(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(Evt()));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ActionTypeIsCaseInsensitive()
+    {
+        Assert.True(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(
+            Evt(actionType: "Request_Diagnostics")));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("server_action_received")]
+    [InlineData("server_action_failed")]
+    [InlineData("diagnostics_uploaded")]
+    public void OtherEventTypes_AreNotConfirmations(string eventType)
+    {
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(Evt(eventType: eventType)));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("rotate_config")]
+    [InlineData("terminate_session")]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    public void OtherActionTypes_AreNotConfirmations(string? actionType)
+    {
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(Evt(actionType: actionType)));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    public void MissingOrEmptyBlobName_IsNotAConfirmation(string? blobName)
+    {
+        // A failed upload never reaches server_action_executed, but an executed event without
+        // blobName (defensive) must not wipe/stamp the row either.
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(Evt(blobName: blobName)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NullEventOrData_IsNotAConfirmation()
+    {
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(null));
+        // Data is non-nullable on the model but the JSON deserializer can still hand us null
+        // for a payload without "data" — null! pins the guard the predicate actually has.
+        Assert.False(EventIngestProcessor.IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(
+            new EnrollmentEvent { EventType = "server_action_executed", Data = null! }));
+    }
+
+    // -------- InferDiagnosticsDestination --------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ExplicitDestination_AlwaysWins()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("CustomerSas",
+            EventIngestProcessor.InferDiagnosticsDestination("CustomerSas", HostedBlob, TenantId));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TenantPrefixedBlobName_InfersHosted()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("Hosted",
+            EventIngestProcessor.InferDiagnosticsDestination(null, HostedBlob, TenantId));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TenantPrefixMatch_IsCaseInsensitive()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("Hosted",
+            EventIngestProcessor.InferDiagnosticsDestination(null, HostedBlob.ToUpperInvariant(), TenantId));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BareFilename_InfersNothing()
+    {
+        // CustomerSas uploads persist the bare zip filename — repo must leave the
+        // destination column unchanged (read-time default CustomerSas).
+        Assert.Null(EventIngestProcessor.InferDiagnosticsDestination(
+            null, "AgentDiagnostics-x-20260724.zip", TenantId));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ForeignTenantPrefix_InfersNothing()
+    {
+        Assert.Null(EventIngestProcessor.InferDiagnosticsDestination(
+            null, "99999999-9999-9999-9999-999999999999/x.zip", TenantId));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NullBlobName_InfersNothing()
+    {
+        Assert.Null(EventIngestProcessor.InferDiagnosticsDestination(null, null, TenantId));
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/MetricsMathAppPayloadTests.cs

@@ -119,6 +119,24 @@ public class MetricsMathAppPayloadTests
         Assert.Equal(2, topCode.GetProperty("count").GetInt32());
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void FailureRate_IsOverFinishedInstalls_InProgressExcluded()
+    {
+        var summaries = new List<AppInstallSummary>
+        {
+            new() { AppName = "App A", Status = "Failed" },
+            new() { AppName = "App A", Status = "Succeeded", DurationSeconds = 10 },
+            new() { AppName = "App A", Status = "InProgress" },
+            new() { AppName = "App A", Status = "InProgress" },
+        };
+
+        var app = Build(summaries).GetProperty("topFailingApps")[0];
+
+        Assert.Equal(4, app.GetProperty("totalInstalls").GetInt32());
+        // 1 / (1 + 1) = 50% (over finished), NOT 1 / 4 = 25% (over all installs).
+        Assert.Equal(50d, app.GetProperty("failureRate").GetDouble());
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void SlowestApps_DropsAppsBelowSampleFloor()
     {

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/PolicyEnforcementMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Security.Claims;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Config;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Middleware;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Security;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services;
@@ -205,8 +206,101 @@ public class PolicyEnforcementMiddlewareTests
         Assert.Equal(403, result.StatusCode);
     }
 
-    // ── config GET (TenantAdminOrGlobalReader): own-tenant admin view vs reader view ──
-    // GetTenantConfigurationFunction redacts only when IsGlobalReader && !(IsTenantAdmin && Target==Tenant).
+    // ── TenantAdminOrOperator (POST sessions/{id}/actions — "Collect Logs") ────────
+
+    private const string SessionA = "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa";
+
+    private static void AsTenantMemberRole(Harness h, string tenantId, string upn, string role) =>
+        h.Repo.Setup(r => r.GetTenantMemberAsync(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>()))
+            .ReturnsAsync(new TenantMember { Upn = upn, TenantId = tenantId, Role = role, IsEnabled = true });
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SessionActions_TenantOperator_IsAllowed_WithOperatorRoleOnContext()
+    {
+        const string upn = "operator@contoso.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        AsTenantMemberRole(h, TenantA, upn, Constants.TenantRoles.Operator);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync(
+            "POST", $"/api/sessions/{SessionA}/actions", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.True(result.Allowed);
+        // The function's per-type gate depends on these exact flags: an Operator must arrive
+        // with IsTenantAdmin=false + UserRole=Operator so terminate_session/rotate_config 403.
+        Assert.False(result.Context!.IsTenantAdmin);
+        Assert.Equal(Constants.TenantRoles.Operator, result.Context!.UserRole);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SessionActions_TenantAdmin_IsAllowed_WithAdminFlag()
+    {
+        const string upn = "admin@contoso.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        h.AsTenantAdmin(TenantA, upn);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync(
+            "POST", $"/api/sessions/{SessionA}/actions", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.True(result.Allowed);
+        Assert.True(result.Context!.IsTenantAdmin);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SessionActions_TenantViewer_IsForbidden()
+    {
+        const string upn = "viewer@contoso.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        AsTenantMemberRole(h, TenantA, upn, Constants.TenantRoles.Viewer);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync(
+            "POST", $"/api/sessions/{SessionA}/actions", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.False(result.Allowed);
+        Assert.Equal(403, result.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SessionActions_NonMember_IsForbidden()
+    {
+        var h = BuildHarness(); // defaults: no membership, no global role
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync(
+            "POST", $"/api/sessions/{SessionA}/actions", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, "outsider@contoso.com"));
+
+        Assert.False(result.Allowed);
+        Assert.Equal(403, result.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SessionActions_GlobalAdmin_IsAllowed()
+    {
+        const string upn = "ga@platform.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        h.AsGlobalRole(Constants.GlobalRoles.GlobalAdmin);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync(
+            "POST", $"/api/sessions/{SessionA}/actions", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.True(result.Allowed);
+        Assert.True(result.Context!.IsGlobalAdmin);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SessionActions_PureGlobalReader_IsForbidden_WriteTier()
+    {
+        const string upn = "reader@platform.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        h.AsGlobalRole(Constants.GlobalRoles.GlobalReader);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync(
+            "POST", $"/api/sessions/{SessionA}/actions", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.False(result.Allowed);
+        Assert.Equal(403, result.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    // ── config GET (MemberRead): own-tenant admin view vs redacted reader/member view ──
+    // GetTenantConfigurationFunction redacts unless GA or own-tenant Admin (CanViewSecrets).
     // These lock in the RequestContext that drives that decision.
 
     [Fact]
@@ -243,6 +337,38 @@ public class PolicyEnforcementMiddlewareTests
         Assert.Equal(TenantB, rc.TargetTenantId);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ConfigGet_OwnTenantOperator_IsAllowed_RedactedMemberView()
+    {
+        // Read-only Settings view for troubleshooting staff: an own-tenant Operator is admitted
+        // (MemberRead) but arrives with IsTenantAdmin=false, so CanViewSecrets ⇒ redacted copy.
+        const string upn = "operator@contoso.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        AsTenantMemberRole(h, TenantA, upn, Constants.TenantRoles.Operator);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync("GET", $"/api/config/{TenantA}", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.True(result.Allowed);
+        var rc = result.Context!;
+        Assert.False(rc.IsTenantAdmin);
+        Assert.False(GetTenantConfigurationFunction.CanViewSecrets(rc));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ConfigGet_CrossTenantOperator_IsForbidden()
+    {
+        // Membership is resolved against the caller's JWT tenant — an Operator of A naming
+        // tenant B in the route is a cross-tenant read and must stay 403.
+        const string upn = "operator@contoso.com";
+        var h = BuildHarness();
+        AsTenantMemberRole(h, TenantA, upn, Constants.TenantRoles.Operator);
+
+        var result = await h.Middleware.DecideAsync("GET", $"/api/config/{TenantB}", null, AuthedPrincipal(TenantA, upn));
+
+        Assert.False(result.Allowed);
+        Assert.Equal(403, result.StatusCode);
+    }
+
     // ── Cross-tenant read: GlobalReader crosses tenants (HasGlobalScope gate) ───────
 
     [Fact]

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/RuleEnginePreconditionTests.cs

@@ -235,6 +235,80 @@ public class RuleEnginePreconditionTests
         Assert.Single(outcome.Results);
     }
 
+    // ===== ANALYZE-SEC-001 v3: firmware-confirmation marker (uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed) =====
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// v3 core fix: when the agent's direct UEFI db read confirms the 2023 certificate, the
+    /// one-sided marker is present and the not_exists precondition suppresses the rule — even
+    /// though the servicing status ("unknown") would still satisfy both required conditions.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Sec001V3_FirmwareConfirmed_MarkerSuppressesRule()
+    {
+        var rule = MakeSecureBootRuleV3();
+        var events = new List<EnrollmentEvent>
+        {
+            HardwareSpecEvent(isVirtualMachine: "false"),
+            SecureBootStatusEvent(uefiCA2023Status: "unknown", secureBootEnabled: "true",
+                extraData: new Dictionary<string, object>
+                {
+                    ["uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"] = true,
+                    ["uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed"] = true
+                })
+        };
+
+        var outcome = await RunAsync(rule, events);
+
+        Assert.Empty(outcome.Results);
+        Assert.Single(outcome.EvaluatedRules);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Backward compatibility: an old-agent payload (no firmware fields at all) must behave
+    /// exactly like v2 — marker absent → precondition passes → rule fires on the servicing
+    /// status, at base confidence (no firmware factors).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Sec001V3_OldAgentPayload_FiresLikeV2()
+    {
+        var rule = MakeSecureBootRuleV3();
+        var events = new List<EnrollmentEvent>
+        {
+            HardwareSpecEvent(isVirtualMachine: "false"),
+            SecureBootStatusEvent(uefiCA2023Status: "unknown", secureBootEnabled: "true")
+        };
+
+        var outcome = await RunAsync(rule, events);
+
+        Assert.Single(outcome.Results);
+        Assert.Equal(70, outcome.Results[0].ConfidenceScore);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// New agent, firmware-verified missing: the marker is omitted (never emitted as false),
+    /// so the rule fires and the firmware evidence raises confidence (+20 db, +10 KEK).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Sec001V3_FirmwareVerifiedMissing_RaisesConfidence()
+    {
+        var rule = MakeSecureBootRuleV3();
+        var events = new List<EnrollmentEvent>
+        {
+            HardwareSpecEvent(isVirtualMachine: "false"),
+            SecureBootStatusEvent(uefiCA2023Status: "unknown", secureBootEnabled: "true",
+                extraData: new Dictionary<string, object>
+                {
+                    ["uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023"] = false,
+                    ["uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023"] = false
+                })
+        };
+
+        var outcome = await RunAsync(rule, events);
+
+        Assert.Single(outcome.Results);
+        Assert.Equal(100, outcome.Results[0].ConfidenceScore);
+    }
+
     // ===== Helpers =====
 
     private static AnalyzeRule MakeSecureBootRule(List<RulePrecondition>? preconditions)
@@ -258,6 +332,29 @@ public class RuleEnginePreconditionTests
         };
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Mirrors the shipped ANALYZE-SEC-001 v3.0.0 (rules/analyze/ANALYZE-SEC-001.json):
+    /// VM-skip + firmware-confirmed-marker preconditions, the two required servicing
+    /// conditions, and the optional firmware conditions with their confidence weights.
+    /// Keep in sync when the rule JSON changes.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static AnalyzeRule MakeSecureBootRuleV3()
+    {
+        var rule = MakeSecureBootRule(preconditions: new List<RulePrecondition>
+        {
+            new() { Source = "event_data", EventType = "hardware_spec", DataField = "isVirtualMachine", Operator = "equals", Value = "false" },
+            new() { Source = "event_data", EventType = "secureboot_status", DataField = "uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed", Operator = "not_exists", Value = "" }
+        });
+        rule.Conditions.Add(new RuleCondition { Signal = "db_ca2023_firmware_missing", Source = "event_data", EventType = "secureboot_status", DataField = "uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023", Operator = "equals", Value = "false", Required = false });
+        rule.Conditions.Add(new RuleCondition { Signal = "kek_2023_missing", Source = "event_data", EventType = "secureboot_status", DataField = "uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023", Operator = "equals", Value = "false", Required = false });
+        rule.ConfidenceFactors = new List<ConfidenceFactor>
+        {
+            new() { Signal = "db_ca2023_firmware_missing", Condition = "exists", Weight = 20 },
+            new() { Signal = "kek_2023_missing", Condition = "exists", Weight = 10 }
+        };
+        return rule;
+    }
+
     private static EnrollmentEvent HardwareSpecEvent(string isVirtualMachine) => new()
     {
         EventId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
@@ -280,20 +377,29 @@ public class RuleEnginePreconditionTests
         Data = new Dictionary<string, object> { ["edition"] = edition }
     };
 
-    private static EnrollmentEvent SecureBootStatusEvent(string uefiCA2023Status, string secureBootEnabled) => new()
+    private static EnrollmentEvent SecureBootStatusEvent(string uefiCA2023Status, string secureBootEnabled,
+        Dictionary<string, object>? extraData = null)
     {
-        EventId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
-        TenantId = TenantId,
-        SessionId = SessionId,
-        EventType = "secureboot_status",
-        Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
-        Sequence = 3,
-        Data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+        var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
         {
             ["uefiCA2023Status"] = uefiCA2023Status,
             ["uefiSecureBootEnabled"] = secureBootEnabled
-        }
-    };
+        };
+        if (extraData != null)
+            foreach (var kvp in extraData)
+                data[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
+
+        return new EnrollmentEvent
+        {
+            EventId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            TenantId = TenantId,
+            SessionId = SessionId,
+            EventType = "secureboot_status",
+            Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            Sequence = 3,
+            Data = data
+        };
+    }
 
     private static async Task<AnalysisOutcome> RunAsync(AnalyzeRule rule, List<EnrollmentEvent> events)
     {

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/ServerActionQueueTests.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Sessions;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
@@ -11,6 +12,35 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests;
 /// </summary>
 public class ServerActionQueueTests
 {
+    // ── Per-type caller gate (route tier is TenantAdminOrOperator; the function must
+    //    re-gate admin-only types for Operators) ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+    [Theory]
+    // Operator (neither admin flag): only request_diagnostics
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.RequestDiagnostics, false, false, true)]
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.TerminateSession, false, false, false)]
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.RotateConfig, false, false, false)]
+    // Tenant Admin: everything
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.TerminateSession, true, false, true)]
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.RotateConfig, true, false, true)]
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.RequestDiagnostics, true, false, true)]
+    // Global Admin: everything
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.TerminateSession, false, true, true)]
+    [InlineData(ServerActionTypes.RotateConfig, false, true, true)]
+    public void IsTypeAllowedForCaller_Matrix(
+        string actionType, bool isTenantAdmin, bool isGlobalAdmin, bool expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(expected,
+            QueueSessionActionFunction.IsTypeAllowedForCaller(actionType, isTenantAdmin, isGlobalAdmin));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsTypeAllowedForCaller_IsCaseInsensitive_ForOperator()
+    {
+        Assert.True(QueueSessionActionFunction.IsTypeAllowedForCaller(
+            "Request_Diagnostics", isTenantAdmin: false, isGlobalAdmin: false));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void DeserializePendingActions_NullOrEmpty_ReturnsEmpty()
     {

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/SessionDeletionWorkerTests.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
         };
         harness.EnqueueMessage(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(envelope), dequeueCount: QueuePollingWorkerBase.DefaultMaxDequeueCount + 1);
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         // Poison queue received the body and main queue deleted the original.
         harness.PoisonQueue.Verify(q => q.SendMessageAsync(
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 },
                 "etag-mock"));
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         var poisoned = Assert.Single(harness.OpsEventCalls, e => e.EventType == "SessionDeletionPoisoned");
         Assert.Contains($"\"observedResidualCount\":{capObservation}", poisoned.RawDetails);
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 },
                 "etag-mock"));
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         var poisoned = Assert.Single(harness.OpsEventCalls, e => e.EventType == "SessionDeletionPoisoned");
         Assert.Contains("\"observedResidualCount\":3", poisoned.RawDetails);
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 },
                 "etag-mock"));
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         var poisoned = Assert.Single(harness.OpsEventCalls, e => e.EventType == "SessionDeletionPoisoned");
         Assert.True(poisoned.RawDetails.Length < 4096,
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 return Task.FromResult(Response.FromValue(receipt, new Mock<Response>().Object));
             });
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         var casIdx = callOrder.IndexOf("cas-running-to-poisoned");
         var poisonIdx = callOrder.IndexOf("poison-queue-send");
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 CurrentState = SessionDeletionState.Poisoned,
             });
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         // Both CAS attempts fired, and the poison-queue send still completed.
         harness.StorageMock.Verify(s => s.CasSetSessionDeletionStateAsync(
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 CurrentState = "Unknown",
             });
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.OpsEventRecorded());
 
         harness.PoisonQueue.Verify(q => q.SendMessageAsync(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()),
             Times.AtLeastOnce);
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
         var harness = new Harness();
         harness.EnqueueMessage("{ \"this is not valid JSON for an envelope: garbage", dequeueCount: 1);
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.MainQueueDeleted());
 
         harness.HandlerMock.Verify(h => h.HandleAsync(
             It.IsAny<SessionDeletionEnvelope>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()),
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
                 await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(350), ct);
             });
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(800));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.HeartbeatCount() >= 3);
 
         // Heartbeat called at least 3× while the handler was busy (350ms / 50ms ≈ 7, minus a few
         // due to scheduling jitter). One call is enough to prove the heartbeat task is wired.
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
         };
         harness.EnqueueMessage(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(envelope), dequeueCount: 1);
 
-        await harness.RunForAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        await harness.RunUntilAsync(() => harness.MainQueueDeleted());
 
         harness.HandlerMock.Verify(h => h.HandleAsync(
             It.IsAny<SessionDeletionEnvelope>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()),
@@ -663,7 +663,9 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
             opsRepo.Setup(r => r.SaveOpsEventAsync(It.IsAny<OpsEventEntry>()))
                 .Returns<OpsEventEntry>(e =>
                 {
-                    OpsEventCalls.Add(CapturedOpsEvent.From(e));
+                    // Locked so RunUntilAsync's condition poll can read Count from the test
+                    // thread while the worker thread appends.
+                    lock (OpsEventCalls) OpsEventCalls.Add(CapturedOpsEvent.From(e));
                     return Task.CompletedTask;
                 });
             var alertDispatch = new OpsAlertDispatchService(
@@ -721,6 +723,41 @@ public class SessionDeletionWorkerTests
             try { await Sut.StopAsync(CancellationToken.None); }
             catch (OperationCanceledException) { /* expected */ }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// De-flake (CI run 30047512186): <see cref="RunForAsync"/>'s fixed wall-clock window
+        /// raced the worker's background poll loop on loaded CI runners — positive assertions
+        /// (delete issued, ops event recorded) could fire before the loop ever processed the
+        /// message. Runs the worker until <paramref name="condition"/> observes the awaited
+        /// side effect (polled every 25 ms); the ceiling only bounds a genuinely broken worker,
+        /// the asserts after this call remain the source of truth. Same pattern as the watchdog
+        /// event-gate de-flake. Only for POSITIVE expectations — Times.Never-style tests keep
+        /// the fixed window (there is no event to wait for).
+        /// </summary>
+        public async Task RunUntilAsync(Func<bool> condition, TimeSpan? timeout = null)
+        {
+            var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + (timeout ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+            using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            try { await Sut.StartAsync(cts.Token); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { /* expected */ }
+            while (!condition() && DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+                await Task.Delay(25);
+            cts.Cancel();
+            try { await Sut.StopAsync(CancellationToken.None); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { /* expected */ }
+        }
+
+        // Condition probes for RunUntilAsync. Moq's Invocations list snapshots under its
+        // internal lock, so polling it from the test thread while the worker invokes the
+        // mock is safe. OpsEventCalls is guarded by its own lock (see the repo callback).
+        public bool MainQueueDeleted() =>
+            MainQueue.Invocations.Any(i => i.Method.Name == nameof(QueueClient.DeleteMessageAsync));
+        public int HeartbeatCount() =>
+            MainQueue.Invocations.Count(i => i.Method.Name == nameof(QueueClient.UpdateMessageAsync));
+        public bool OpsEventRecorded()
+        {
+            lock (OpsEventCalls) return OpsEventCalls.Count > 0;
+        }
     }
 
     private sealed record AuditEntry(

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Tests/TenantNotificationAudienceCatalogTests.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class TenantNotificationAudienceCatalogTests
 {
     [Theory]
     [InlineData("hardware_rejection", NotificationAudience.Admin)]
+    [InlineData("tpm_pss_unsupported", NotificationAudience.Admin)]
     [InlineData("sla_breach", NotificationAudience.Member)]
     [InlineData("sla_consecutive_failures", NotificationAudience.Member)]
     [InlineData("sla_resolved", NotificationAudience.Member)]

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/DataAccess/TableStorage/TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.DataAccess.TableStorage
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Table Storage implementation of <see cref="IHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker"/>.
-    /// PartitionKey = tenantId (lowercased), RowKey = "{manufacturer-lower}|{model-lower}" (trimmed).
+    /// PartitionKey = tenantId (lowercased). RowKey encodes the dedup subject:
+    ///   - hardware rejection: "{manufacturer-lower}|{model-lower}" (trimmed)
+    ///   - TPM PSS unsupported: "tpmpss|{serial-lower}" (trimmed; the literal "tpmpss" prefix
+    ///     cannot collide with a hardware key because no real manufacturer is named "tpmpss")
     /// Race-safe via AddEntityAsync: Azure Table Storage returns 409 Conflict if the entity already exists.
     /// </summary>
     public class TableHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker : IHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker
@@ -68,14 +71,54 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.DataAccess.TableStorage
             }
         }
 
+        public async Task<bool> TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(string tenantId, string serialNumber)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tenantId) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(serialNumber))
+                return false;
+
+            var partitionKey = tenantId.ToLowerInvariant();
+            var rowKey = BuildTpmPssRowKey(serialNumber);
+
+            var entity = new TableEntity(partitionKey, rowKey)
+            {
+                ["TenantId"] = tenantId,
+                ["SerialNumber"] = serialNumber,
+                ["FirstNotifiedAt"] = DateTime.UtcNow
+            };
+
+            try
+            {
+                await _table.AddEntityAsync(entity);
+                _logger.LogInformation(
+                    "TpmPssUnsupported tracker registered: tenant={TenantId} sn={SerialNumber}",
+                    tenantId, serialNumber);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (RequestFailedException ex) when (ex.Status == 409)
+            {
+                // Already notified for this (tenant, serial) — no second bell.
+                return false;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex,
+                    "TpmPssUnsupported tracker failed: tenant={TenantId} sn={SerialNumber}",
+                    tenantId, serialNumber);
+                // On unexpected failure, return false so we do not double-fire if the row was actually written.
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         public async Task<int> DeleteOlderThanAsync(DateTime cutoffUtc)
         {
             try
             {
                 // Rows are insert-once (AddEntityAsync, never updated), so FirstNotifiedAt == creation time.
-                // Pruning here resets the lifetime dedup for a given model: if the same model is rejected
-                // again after the cutoff, the bell fires once more — acceptable, since the portal only
-                // surfaces recent rejections anyway.
+                // Pruning here resets the lifetime dedup for BOTH key spaces in this table: a hardware
+                // model rejected again after the cutoff rings once more, and so does a TPM-PSS device
+                // that reports again ("tpmpss|{serial}" rows are pruned by the same sweep). Acceptable
+                // in both cases — the portal only surfaces recent rejections anyway, and a device whose
+                // TPM was never fixed is worth surfacing again after a month of silence.
                 var filter = $"FirstNotifiedAt lt datetime'{cutoffUtc:yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss}Z'";
                 var query = _table.QueryAsync<TableEntity>(filter: filter, select: new[] { "PartitionKey", "RowKey" });
 
@@ -111,5 +154,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.DataAccess.TableStorage
             var mdl = (model ?? string.Empty).Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
             return $"{mfr}|{mdl}";
         }
+
+        internal static string BuildTpmPssRowKey(string serialNumber)
+        {
+            var sn = (serialNumber ?? string.Empty).Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+            return $"tpmpss|{sn}";
+        }
     }
 }

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Apps/AppsAnalyticsHelper.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.Threading;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Helpers;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.DataAccess;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 
@@ -146,24 +147,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
                 var succeeded = g.Count(s => s.Status == "Succeeded");
                 var failed = g.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed");
                 var completed = g.Where(s => s.Status == "Succeeded").ToList();
-                var failureRate = total > 0 ? Math.Round((double)failed / total * 100, 1) : 0;
+                var failureRate = MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(failed, succeeded);
 
-                // Trend: compare failure rate in first half vs second half of window.
-                // Only emit non-stable trend if BOTH halves have >= 5 installs (too noisy otherwise).
                 var firstHalf = g.Where(s => s.StartedAt < midpoint).ToList();
                 var secondHalf = g.Where(s => s.StartedAt >= midpoint).ToList();
-
-                double? trendDelta = null;
-                string trend = "stable";
-                if (firstHalf.Count >= 5 && secondHalf.Count >= 5)
-                {
-                    var fhRate = (double)firstHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed") / firstHalf.Count * 100;
-                    var shRate = (double)secondHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed") / secondHalf.Count * 100;
-                    var delta = Math.Round(shRate - fhRate, 1);
-                    trendDelta = delta;
-                    if (delta < -1) trend = "improving";
-                    else if (delta > 1) trend = "worsening";
-                }
+                var (trend, trendDelta) = ComputeFailureTrend(firstHalf, secondHalf);
 
                 return new
                 {
@@ -275,7 +263,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
             var succeeded = summaries.Count(s => s.Status == "Succeeded");
             var failed = summaries.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed");
             var completed = summaries.Where(s => s.Status == "Succeeded").ToList();
-            var failureRate = Math.Round((double)failed / total * 100, 1);
+            var failureRate = MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(failed, succeeded);
             var avgDurationSeconds = completed.Count > 0 ? Math.Round(completed.Average(s => s.DurationSeconds), 0) : 0;
             var p95DurationSeconds = Percentile(completed.Select(s => s.DurationSeconds).ToList(), 0.95);
             var avgDownloadBytes = completed.Count > 0 ? (long)completed.Average(s => s.DownloadBytes) : 0;
@@ -283,16 +271,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
             // Trend (same rule as list endpoint).
             var firstHalf = summaries.Where(s => s.StartedAt < midpoint).ToList();
             var secondHalf = summaries.Where(s => s.StartedAt >= midpoint).ToList();
-            double? trendDelta = null;
-            string trend = "stable";
-            if (firstHalf.Count >= 5 && secondHalf.Count >= 5)
-            {
-                var fhRate = (double)firstHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed") / firstHalf.Count * 100;
-                var shRate = (double)secondHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed") / secondHalf.Count * 100;
-                trendDelta = Math.Round(shRate - fhRate, 1);
-                if (trendDelta < -1) trend = "improving";
-                else if (trendDelta > 1) trend = "worsening";
-            }
+            var (trend, trendDelta) = ComputeFailureTrend(firstHalf, secondHalf);
 
             var flakinessScore = total > 0
                 ? Math.Round((double)summaries.Count(s => s.AttemptNumber > 1) / total, 3)
@@ -308,12 +287,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
                 {
                     var vTotal = g.Count();
                     var vFailed = g.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed");
+                    var vSucceeded = g.Count(s => s.Status == "Succeeded");
                     return new
                     {
                         appVersion = g.Key,
                         installs = vTotal,
                         failed = vFailed,
-                        failureRate = vTotal > 0 ? Math.Round((double)vFailed / vTotal * 100, 1) : 0
+                        failureRate = MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(vFailed, vSucceeded)
                     };
                 })
                 .OrderByDescending(v => v.installs)
@@ -359,12 +339,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
                     Model = sessionLookup[$"{s.TenantId}|{s.SessionId}"].Model ?? "Unknown"
                 })
                 .GroupBy(x => new { x.Manufacturer, x.Model })
-                .Where(g => g.Count() >= 5)
+                // Sample floor on FINISHED installs — the displayed metric is the terminal-only
+                // failure rate, so a model with many in-flight installs but few outcomes is still
+                // too noisy to rank.
+                .Where(g => g.Count(x => x.Summary.Status == "Failed" || x.Summary.Status == "Succeeded") >= 5)
                 .Select(g =>
                 {
                     var modelTotal = g.Count();
                     var modelFailed = g.Count(x => x.Summary.Status == "Failed");
-                    var modelFailureRate = Math.Round((double)modelFailed / modelTotal * 100, 1);
+                    var modelSucceeded = g.Count(x => x.Summary.Status == "Succeeded");
+                    var modelFailureRate = MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(modelFailed, modelSucceeded);
                     var lift = failureRate > 0
                         ? Math.Round(modelFailureRate / failureRate, 2)
                         : 0;
@@ -496,6 +480,30 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
 
         // ── Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Failure-rate trend between the two halves of the window, shared by the list and
+        /// analytics endpoints. Rates follow the terminal-only convention
+        /// (<see cref="MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct"/>), and a non-stable trend requires
+        /// at least 5 FINISHED installs in BOTH halves — too noisy otherwise, and a half made
+        /// up of in-flight installs has no outcome to trend on.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static (string Trend, double? TrendDelta) ComputeFailureTrend(
+            List<AppInstallSummary> firstHalf, List<AppInstallSummary> secondHalf)
+        {
+            var fhFailed = firstHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed");
+            var fhSucceeded = firstHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Succeeded");
+            var shFailed = secondHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Failed");
+            var shSucceeded = secondHalf.Count(s => s.Status == "Succeeded");
+            if (fhFailed + fhSucceeded < 5 || shFailed + shSucceeded < 5)
+                return ("stable", null);
+
+            var delta = Math.Round(
+                MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(shFailed, shSucceeded)
+                - MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(fhFailed, fhSucceeded), 1);
+            var trend = delta < -1 ? "improving" : delta > 1 ? "worsening" : "stable";
+            return (trend, delta);
+        }
+
         private static List<object> BuildTimeSeries(List<AppInstallSummary> summaries, DateTime cutoff, DateTime now, string bucket)
         {
             var start = bucket == "week" ? StartOfWeek(cutoff) : cutoff.Date;
@@ -531,7 +539,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Apps
                         installs = bTotal,
                         succeeded = bSucceeded,
                         failed = bFailed,
-                        failureRate = bTotal > 0 ? Math.Round((double)bFailed / bTotal * 100, 1) : 0,
+                        failureRate = MetricsMath.TerminalFailureRatePct(bFailed, bSucceeded),
                         avgDurationSeconds = bCompleted.Count > 0 ? Math.Round(bCompleted.Average(s => s.DurationSeconds), 0) : 0
                     };
                 })

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Config/GetTenantConfigurationFunction.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Config
         {
             try
             {
-                // Authentication + TenantAdminOrGA authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware
+                // Authentication + MemberRead authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware —
+                // Operators/Viewers are admitted for a READ-ONLY view (secrets redacted below).
                 var requestCtx = req.GetRequestContext();
                 var userIdentifier = requestCtx.UserPrincipalName;
 
@@ -39,8 +40,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Config
 
                 // Only a caller with WRITE authority over THIS target tenant sees the full config including
                 // DiagnosticsBlobSasUrl / webhook URLs / custom headers (they manage those in the Settings
-                // UI). Everyone else admitted to this read tier — a cross-tenant Global Reader, or a
-                // delegated reader viewing one of their managed tenants — gets the secrets redacted (returns
+                // UI). Everyone else admitted to this read tier — an own-tenant Operator/Viewer, a
+                // cross-tenant Global Reader, or a delegated reader viewing one of their managed
+                // tenants — gets the secrets redacted (returns
                 // a copy; the cached instance is never mutated). Redact-by-default: only Global Admin (any
                 // tenant) or the tenant's OWN admin clears secrets. The own-tenant check (target == JWT
                 // tenant) is what keeps a delegated reader — whose target is a DIFFERENT tenant — redacted
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Config
         /// <summary>
         /// Redact-by-default secret clearance for the config GET. Only a caller with WRITE authority over
         /// THIS target tenant sees the unredacted secrets (SAS URLs, webhook URLs, custom headers): a Global
-        /// Admin (any tenant), or the tenant's OWN admin. Everyone else admitted to this read tier — a
-        /// cross-tenant Global Reader, or a delegated reader viewing one of their managed tenants — is
+        /// Admin (any tenant), or the tenant's OWN admin. Everyone else admitted to this read tier — an
+        /// own-tenant Operator/Viewer (read-only Settings view), a cross-tenant Global Reader, or a
+        /// delegated reader viewing one of their managed tenants — is
         /// redacted. The own-tenant check (target == JWT tenant) is what keeps a delegated reader redacted
         /// even when they are an admin of their own home tenant, since their target is a DIFFERENT tenant.
         /// Extracted as a pure static so the security decision is unit-testable without an HttpRequestData mock.

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Config/GetTenantFeatureFlagsFunction.cs

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Config
             return new
             {
                 bootstrapTokenEnabled = config.BootstrapTokenEnabled,
+                // Session-detail "Collect Logs" button: whether an on-demand diagnostics upload can
+                // succeed right now (mode not Off + a usable destination). Members below Admin cannot
+                // read the full config, so this boolean is their only signal. Deliberately exposes no
+                // destination detail — just "would an upload work".
+                diagnosticsUploadConfigured =
+                    !string.Equals(config.DiagnosticsUploadMode ?? "Off", "Off", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && GetAgentConfigFunction.ResolveDiagnosticsUploadEnabled(
+                        config.DiagnosticsBlobSasUrl, config.DiagnosticsUploadDestination),
                 // Drives the "Autopilot Device Validation disabled" dashboard banner
                 // (useTenantSecurityConfig).
                 validateAutopilotDevice = config.ValidateAutopilotDevice,

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Ingest/ReportDistressFunction.cs

@@ -269,6 +269,36 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Ingest
                     }
                 }
 
+                // In-app bell notification on first-ever TPM-PSS incompatibility per (tenant, serial).
+                // Same lifetime-dedup pattern as the hardware-rejection bell above. No webhook —
+                // volume is tiny and the remediation (TPM firmware update / device replacement)
+                // is not time-critical. Reports without a serial number cannot be deduped and
+                // fire no bell; they still appear in the tenant insights panel.
+                if (report.ErrorType == DistressErrorType.TpmPssUnsupported
+                    && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(serialNumber))
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var isFirst = await _hardwareBellTracker
+                            .TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(tenantId, serialNumber);
+                        if (isFirst)
+                        {
+                            var deviceLabel = string.Join(" ",
+                                new[] { manufacturer, model }.Where(s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)));
+                            await _tenantNotificationService.CreateNotificationAsync(
+                                tenantId,
+                                type: "tpm_pss_unsupported",
+                                title: "Device with incompatible TPM detected",
+                                message: $"Device {serialNumber}{(deviceLabel.Length > 0 ? $" ({deviceLabel})" : "")} reported a TPM that cannot perform RSA-PSS signing — the agent on this device cannot authenticate. A TPM firmware update or device replacement is required.",
+                                href: "/settings/tenant/hardware-whitelist");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception bellEx)
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogWarning(bellEx, "TpmPssUnsupported bell notification failed for tenant {TenantId}", tenantId);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Structured log (Warning, not Critical — data is unverified)
                 _logger.LogWarning(
                     "AgentDistress [{ErrorType}] tenant={TenantId} mfr={Manufacturer} model={Model} sn={SerialNumber} http={HttpStatusCode} ver={AgentVersion} certState={CertSourceState} thumbprint={CertThumbprint}: {Message}",

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Metrics/GetGeographicMetricsFunction.cs

@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Metrics
                 var first = group.First();
                 var succeeded = group.Where(s => s.Status == SessionStatus.Succeeded).ToList();
                 var failed = group.Where(s => s.Status == SessionStatus.Failed).ToList();
+                // Success rate is an outcome quota over finished enrollments only
+                // (Succeeded + Failed), matching the SLA convention. In-flight sessions
+                // (InProgress/Pending/Stalled/AwaitingUser) and Incomplete (terminal,
+                // non-failure) must not dilute it — a site mid-rollout would otherwise
+                // show a poor rate despite zero actual failures. 0 finished → 0; the
+                // frontend renders "—" off Succeeded+Failed instead of a 0% badge.
+                var finished = succeeded.Count + failed.Count;
 
                 // Duration stats from succeeded sessions with valid duration
                 var durations = succeeded
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Metrics
                     SessionCount = group.Count(),
                     Succeeded = succeeded.Count,
                     Failed = failed.Count,
-                    SuccessRate = group.Count() > 0 ? Math.Round((double)succeeded.Count / group.Count() * 100, 1) : 0,
+                    SuccessRate = finished > 0 ? Math.Round((double)succeeded.Count / finished * 100, 1) : 0,
                     AvgDurationMinutes = Math.Round(avgDuration, 1),
                     MedianDurationMinutes = Math.Round(medianDuration, 1),
                     P95DurationMinutes = Math.Round(p95Duration, 1),

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Reports/GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Helpers;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.DataAccess;
+using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker;
+using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Http;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Reports
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tenant-scoped endpoint: returns devices whose TPM-backed client certificate cannot
+    /// perform RSA-PSS signing (Schannel silently drops the cert from TLS client-auth on
+    /// Windows 11 25H2+, so the agent can never authenticate), aggregated by serial number.
+    /// Data comes from distress reports with ErrorType == "TpmPssUnsupported".
+    ///
+    /// Informational only — the remediation is a TPM firmware update or device replacement,
+    /// not a portal action. The 14-day horizon is enforced by the distress-report retention
+    /// cleanup, not by this function.
+    /// Authentication + MemberRead authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction
+    {
+        private readonly ILogger<GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction> _logger;
+        private readonly IDistressReportRepository _repository;
+
+        public GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction(
+            ILogger<GetTpmPssUnsupportedFunction> logger,
+            IDistressReportRepository repository)
+        {
+            _logger = logger;
+            _repository = repository;
+        }
+
+        [Function("GetTpmPssUnsupported")]
+        public async Task<HttpResponseData> Run(
+            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", Route = "audit/tpm-pss-unsupported")] HttpRequestData req)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string tenantId = TenantHelper.GetTenantId(req);
+
+                var reports = await _repository.GetDistressReportsAsync(tenantId, maxResults: 200);
+                var (aggregated, totalRawReports) = BuildAggregatedResult(reports);
+
+                return await req.OkAsync(new
+                {
+                    success = true,
+                    aggregated,
+                    totalRawReports,
+                    dataQualityNotice = "This data is from pre-authentication distress reports and is UNVERIFIED. Devices reported here have a TPM that cannot perform RSA-PSS signing, so their agent cannot authenticate to the backend. Serial number, manufacturer, and model values are self-reported by devices."
+                });
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                return await req.InternalServerErrorAsync(_logger, ex, "Get TPM PSS unsupported devices");
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Filters distress reports to TpmPssUnsupported and aggregates by serial number.
+        /// Reports with no serial number are grouped into a single "unknown serial" bucket.
+        /// Extracted as public static for testability.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static (List<object> aggregated, int totalRawReports) BuildAggregatedResult(
+            List<DistressReportEntry> reports)
+        {
+            var tpmReports = reports
+                .Where(r => string.Equals(r.ErrorType, "TpmPssUnsupported", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .ToList();
+
+            var aggregated = tpmReports
+                .GroupBy(r => (r.SerialNumber ?? "").Trim().ToLowerInvariant())
+                .Select(g =>
+                {
+                    var mostRecent = g.OrderByDescending(r => r.IngestedAt).First();
+
+                    return new
+                    {
+                        serialNumber = mostRecent.SerialNumber ?? "",
+                        manufacturer = mostRecent.Manufacturer ?? "",
+                        model = mostRecent.Model ?? "",
+                        attemptCount = g.Count(),
+                        firstSeen = g.Min(r => r.IngestedAt),
+                        lastSeen = g.Max(r => r.IngestedAt)
+                    };
+                })
+                .OrderByDescending(a => a.lastSeen)
+                .ToList<object>();
+
+            return (aggregated, tpmReports.Count);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Reports/SubmitDiagFilesReportFunction.cs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Reports
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Tenant-admin entry point for submitting diagnostic files (logs, JSON state files,
-    /// screenshots) without a session context. Lands in the same SessionReports table +
+    /// Tenant-admin/-operator entry point for submitting diagnostic files (logs, JSON state
+    /// files, screenshots) without a session context. Lands in the same SessionReports table +
     /// session-reports blob container as session reports, distinguished by
     /// <see cref="SessionReportMetadata.ReportType"/> = "diagFiles".
     /// </summary>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Reports
 
             try
             {
-                // Authentication + TenantAdminOrGA authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware
+                // Authentication + TenantAdminOrOperator authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware
                 var requestCtx = req.GetRequestContext();
                 var tenantId = requestCtx.TenantId;
                 var userIdentifier = requestCtx.UserPrincipalName;

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Rules/GlobalRulesFunction.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 using System.Net;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker;
 using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Rules
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Global Admin endpoints for viewing rules across tenants.
-    /// Reads tenantId from query string (not JWT) so global admins can inspect any tenant.
+    /// Global Admin endpoints for viewing AND mutating rules across tenants.
+    /// Reads tenantId from the ?tenantId= query string (not JWT) so a Global Admin can inspect
+    /// or edit any tenant. The write routes exist because the JWT-scoped GatherRulesFunction /
+    /// AnalyzeRulesFunction resolve the tenant from the caller's own token: a GA editing a foreign
+    /// tenant via those routes would silently upsert into its HOME tenant (200 → false "saved"),
+    /// while the reload re-reads the foreign tenant and shows the unchanged rule. These routes are
+    /// GlobalAdminOnly + TenantScoping.QueryParam so cross-tenant write stays platform-admin-only
+    /// (no tenant-admin / delegated rescue — the delegated grant applies to READ tiers only).
     /// </summary>
     public class GlobalRulesFunction
     {
@@ -77,5 +85,163 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Rules
             await response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success = true, rules });
             return response;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// PUT /api/global/rules/gather/{ruleId}?tenantId=X - Update a gather rule in any tenant (Global Admin only).
+        /// Cross-tenant counterpart of GatherRulesFunction.UpdateRule; the tenant comes from the query, not the JWT.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Function("UpdateGlobalGatherRule")]
+        public async Task<HttpResponseData> UpdateGatherRule(
+            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "put", Route = "global/rules/gather/{ruleId}")] HttpRequestData req,
+            string ruleId)
+        {
+            // Authentication + GlobalAdminOnly authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.
+            var tenantId = ResolveTenantId(req, out var tenantError);
+            if (tenantError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, tenantError);
+
+            var (rule, bodyError) = await ReadRuleBodyAsync<GatherRule>(req);
+            if (bodyError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, bodyError);
+
+            rule!.RuleId = ruleId;
+
+            var scopeError = GatherRulesFunction.ValidateScopeAndEmitMode(rule);
+            if (scopeError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, scopeError);
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Global admin updating gather rule {RuleId} for tenant {TenantId}", ruleId, tenantId);
+
+            var success = await _gatherRuleService.UpdateRuleAsync(tenantId, rule);
+            var response = req.CreateResponse(success ? HttpStatusCode.OK : HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
+            await response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success, message = success ? "Rule updated" : "Failed to update rule" });
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// DELETE /api/global/rules/gather/{ruleId}?tenantId=X - Delete a gather rule in any tenant (Global Admin only).
+        /// </summary>
+        [Function("DeleteGlobalGatherRule")]
+        public async Task<HttpResponseData> DeleteGatherRule(
+            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "delete", Route = "global/rules/gather/{ruleId}")] HttpRequestData req,
+            string ruleId)
+        {
+            // Authentication + GlobalAdminOnly authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.
+            var tenantId = ResolveTenantId(req, out var tenantError);
+            if (tenantError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, tenantError);
+
+            // Load the rule to determine its type (built-in/community vs. custom).
+            var rules = await _gatherRuleService.GetAllRulesForTenantAsync(tenantId);
+            var rule = rules.FirstOrDefault(r => r.RuleId == ruleId);
+            if (rule == null)
+            {
+                var notFound = req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
+                await notFound.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success = false, message = "Rule not found" });
+                return notFound;
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Global admin deleting gather rule {RuleId} for tenant {TenantId}", ruleId, tenantId);
+
+            var success = await _gatherRuleService.DeleteRuleAsync(tenantId, rule);
+            var response = req.CreateResponse(success ? HttpStatusCode.OK : HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
+            await response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success, message = success ? "Rule deleted" : "Failed to delete rule" });
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// PUT /api/global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}?tenantId=X - Update an analyze rule in any tenant (Global Admin only).
+        /// Cross-tenant counterpart of AnalyzeRulesFunction.UpdateRule.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Function("UpdateGlobalAnalyzeRule")]
+        public async Task<HttpResponseData> UpdateAnalyzeRule(
+            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "put", Route = "global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}")] HttpRequestData req,
+            string ruleId)
+        {
+            // Authentication + GlobalAdminOnly authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.
+            var tenantId = ResolveTenantId(req, out var tenantError);
+            if (tenantError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, tenantError);
+
+            var (rule, bodyError) = await ReadRuleBodyAsync<AnalyzeRule>(req);
+            if (bodyError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, bodyError);
+
+            rule!.RuleId = ruleId;
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Global admin updating analyze rule {RuleId} for tenant {TenantId}", ruleId, tenantId);
+
+            var success = await _analyzeRuleService.UpdateRuleAsync(tenantId, rule);
+            var response = req.CreateResponse(success ? HttpStatusCode.OK : HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
+            await response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success, message = success ? "Rule updated" : "Failed to update rule" });
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// DELETE /api/global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}?tenantId=X - Delete an analyze rule in any tenant (Global Admin only).
+        /// </summary>
+        [Function("DeleteGlobalAnalyzeRule")]
+        public async Task<HttpResponseData> DeleteAnalyzeRule(
+            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "delete", Route = "global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}")] HttpRequestData req,
+            string ruleId)
+        {
+            // Authentication + GlobalAdminOnly authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.
+            var tenantId = ResolveTenantId(req, out var tenantError);
+            if (tenantError != null)
+                return await BadRequestAsync(req, tenantError);
+
+            // Load the rule to determine its type (built-in/community vs. custom).
+            var rules = await _analyzeRuleService.GetAllRulesForTenantAsync(tenantId);
+            var rule = rules.FirstOrDefault(r => r.RuleId == ruleId);
+            if (rule == null)
+            {
+                var notFound = req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
+                await notFound.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success = false, message = "Rule not found" });
+                return notFound;
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("Global admin deleting analyze rule {RuleId} for tenant {TenantId}", ruleId, tenantId);
+
+            var success = await _analyzeRuleService.DeleteRuleAsync(tenantId, rule);
+            var response = req.CreateResponse(success ? HttpStatusCode.OK : HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError);
+            await response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success, message = success ? "Rule deleted" : "Failed to delete rule" });
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resolves the target tenant from the ?tenantId= query string (the write routes are
+        /// TenantScoping.QueryParam). Sets <paramref name="error"/> when the parameter is missing.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static string ResolveTenantId(HttpRequestData req, out string? error)
+        {
+            var tenantId = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(req.Url.Query ?? "").Get("tenantId");
+            error = string.IsNullOrEmpty(tenantId) ? "tenantId query parameter is required" : null;
+            return tenantId ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads and deserializes a rule body with the same 1 MB guard the JWT-scoped functions apply.
+        /// Returns (rule, null) on success or (null, errorMessage) for a 400.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task<(T? rule, string? error)> ReadRuleBodyAsync<T>(HttpRequestData req) where T : class
+        {
+            if (req.Headers.TryGetValues("Content-Length", out var clValues)
+                && long.TryParse(clValues.FirstOrDefault(), out var contentLength)
+                && contentLength > 1_048_576) // 1 MB limit
+            {
+                return (null, "Request body too large");
+            }
+
+            var body = await new StreamReader(req.Body).ReadToEndAsync();
+            var rule = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(body);
+            return rule == null ? (null, "Invalid rule data") : (rule, null);
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<HttpResponseData> BadRequestAsync(HttpRequestData req, string message)
+        {
+            var badRequest = req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
+            await badRequest.WriteAsJsonAsync(new { success = false, message });
+            return badRequest;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Functions/Sessions/QueueSessionActionFunction.cs

@@ -32,6 +32,28 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Sessions
             ServerActionTypes.RequestDiagnostics
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Action types an Operator may queue. The route is TenantAdminOrOperator so troubleshooting
+        /// staff can trigger an on-demand diagnostics collection; everything with config or lifecycle
+        /// impact (terminate_session, rotate_config) stays Admin/GA-only via <see cref="IsTypeAllowedForCaller"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> OperatorAllowedTypes = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        {
+            ServerActionTypes.RequestDiagnostics
+        };
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Type-level authorization on top of the route policy: Admins and Global Admins may queue
+        /// every allowed type, Operators only the types in <see cref="OperatorAllowedTypes"/>.
+        /// Internal-static so tests can pin the matrix without an HTTP host.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsTypeAllowedForCaller(string actionType, bool isTenantAdmin, bool isGlobalAdmin)
+        {
+            if (isTenantAdmin || isGlobalAdmin)
+                return true;
+            return OperatorAllowedTypes.Contains(actionType);
+        }
+
         public QueueSessionActionFunction(
             ILogger<QueueSessionActionFunction> logger,
             ISessionRepository sessionRepo,
@@ -53,9 +75,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Sessions
         {
             try
             {
-                // Authentication + TenantAdminOrGA authorization enforced by PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.
+                // Authentication + TenantAdminOrOperator authorization enforced by
+                // PolicyEnforcementMiddleware; per-type re-gating for Operators happens below.
                 var tenantId = TenantHelper.GetTenantId(req);
                 var userIdentifier = TenantHelper.GetUserIdentifier(req);
+                var requestCtx = req.GetRequestContext();
 
                 string body;
                 using (var reader = new StreamReader(req.Body))
@@ -78,6 +102,20 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Functions.Sessions
                 if (!AllowedTypes.Contains(action.Type))
                     return await BadRequestAsync(req, $"Unknown action type '{action.Type}'. Allowed: {string.Join(", ", AllowedTypes)}");
 
+                if (!IsTypeAllowedForCaller(action.Type, requestCtx.IsTenantAdmin, requestCtx.IsGlobalAdmin))
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning(
+                        "Operator {User} denied queueing admin-only action '{Type}' for session {SessionId}",
+                        userIdentifier, action.Type, sessionId);
+                    var forbidden = req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden);
+                    await forbidden.WriteAsJsonAsync(new
+                    {
+                        success = false,
+                        message = $"Action type '{action.Type}' requires the Tenant Admin role"
+                    });
+                    return forbidden;
+                }
+
                 // Stamp server-side fields — never trust client timestamps, and never let the caller
                 // forge a RuleId (that's reserved for the RuleEngine).
                 action.QueuedAt = DateTime.UtcNow;

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Helpers/MetricsMath.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Helpers;
 /// </summary>
 public static class MetricsMath
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// App-install failure rate over finished installs only: Failed / (Failed + Succeeded), one
+    /// decimal, 0 when nothing finished. The same outcome-quota convention as the enrollment
+    /// success rate — "InProgress" rows (still installing, or orphaned by a session that died
+    /// mid-install) never dilute the rate. Shared by the app-metrics payload and the Apps
+    /// dashboard aggregations so the definition can't drift between panes.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static double TerminalFailureRatePct(int failed, int succeeded)
+    {
+        var finished = failed + succeeded;
+        return finished > 0 ? Math.Round((double)failed / finished * 100, 1) : 0;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Builds the complete app-metrics response object from a (pre-time-filtered) set of app
     /// install summaries. Single source of truth for both the tenant (<c>metrics/app</c>) and
@@ -40,7 +53,7 @@ public static class MetricsMath
                 totalInstalls = total,
                 succeeded = completed.Count,
                 failed = failed.Count,
-                failureRate = total > 0 ? Math.Round((double)failed.Count / total * 100, 1) : 0,
+                failureRate = TerminalFailureRatePct(failed.Count, completed.Count),
                 avgDurationSeconds = completed.Count > 0 ? Math.Round(completed.Average(s => s.DurationSeconds), 0) : 0,
                 maxDurationSeconds = completed.Count > 0 ? completed.Max(s => s.DurationSeconds) : 0,
                 avgDownloadBytes = completed.Count > 0 ? (long)completed.Average(s => s.DownloadBytes) : 0,
@@ -93,9 +106,10 @@ public static class MetricsMath
     /// Single source of truth for the tenant (<c>metrics/fleet-health</c>) and global
     /// (<c>global/metrics/fleet-health</c>) functions. Replaces the previous client-side path that
     /// drained up to 200k raw sessions into the browser and ran these aggregations on the main
-    /// thread. Semantics are preserved verbatim from that client code, notably: success rate is
-    /// over ALL sessions (not just terminal ones), and average duration counts every
-    /// non-in-progress session that carries a positive duration (failures included).
+    /// thread. Success rate follows the SLA convention: Succeeded / (Succeeded + Failed) — finished
+    /// enrollments only, so in-flight sessions and Incomplete (terminal, non-failure) never dilute
+    /// it. Average duration counts every non-in-progress session that carries a positive duration
+    /// (failures included).
     /// </summary>
     public static FleetHealthMetrics BuildFleetHealthPayload(IReadOnlyList<SessionSummary> sessions, int days)
     {
@@ -121,6 +135,7 @@ public static class MetricsMath
         }
 
         int total = sessions.Count;
+        int finished = succeeded + failed;
         var stats = new FleetHealthStats
         {
             Total = total,
@@ -128,7 +143,7 @@ public static class MetricsMath
             Failed = failed,
             InProgress = inProgress,
             Incomplete = incomplete,
-            SuccessRate = total > 0 ? Math.Round((double)succeeded / total * 100, 1) : 0,
+            SuccessRate = finished > 0 ? Math.Round((double)succeeded / finished * 100, 1) : 0,
             AvgDurationMinutes = completedWithDurationCount > 0
                 ? (int)Math.Round((double)completedDurationSeconds / completedWithDurationCount / 60.0, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)
                 : 0,
@@ -179,19 +194,29 @@ public static class MetricsMath
 
     private static List<FleetFailureReason> BuildFleetFailureReasons(IReadOnlyList<SessionSummary> sessions)
     {
-        var reasons = new Dictionary<string, int>();
+        // Group near-identical messages by a 50-char prefix so variants collapse
+        // into one row, but keep the longest full reason as the display value. The
+        // UI truncates and expands it on demand, so the complete text must survive.
+        var groups = new Dictionary<string, (string Display, int Count)>();
         foreach (var s in sessions)
         {
             if (s.Status != SessionStatus.Failed) continue;
             var reason = string.IsNullOrEmpty(s.FailureReason) ? "Unknown" : s.FailureReason;
-            // Collapse very long reasons to a 50-char prefix so near-identical messages group.
-            if (reason.Length > 50) reason = reason.Substring(0, 50) + "...";
-            reasons[reason] = reasons.GetValueOrDefault(reason) + 1;
+            var key = reason.Length > 50 ? reason.Substring(0, 50) : reason;
+            if (groups.TryGetValue(key, out var g))
+            {
+                var display = reason.Length > g.Display.Length ? reason : g.Display;
+                groups[key] = (display, g.Count + 1);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                groups[key] = (reason, 1);
+            }
         }
-        return reasons
-            .OrderByDescending(kv => kv.Value)
+        return groups
+            .OrderByDescending(kv => kv.Value.Count)
             .Take(5)
-            .Select(kv => new FleetFailureReason { Reason = kv.Key, Count = kv.Value })
+            .Select(kv => new FleetFailureReason { Reason = kv.Value.Display, Count = kv.Value.Count })
             .ToList();
     }
 
@@ -208,6 +233,7 @@ public static class MetricsMath
             }
             m.Total++;
             if (s.Status == SessionStatus.Succeeded) m.Succeeded++;
+            else if (s.Status == SessionStatus.Failed) m.Failed++;
         }
         return models.Values
             .OrderByDescending(m => m.Total)
@@ -240,15 +266,18 @@ public static class MetricsMath
 
     private static List<FleetFailingModel> BuildFleetTopFailingModels(IReadOnlyList<SessionSummary> sessions)
     {
-        var acc = new Dictionary<string, (int Failed, int Total)>();
+        var acc = new Dictionary<string, (int Failed, int Succeeded, int Total)>();
         foreach (var s in sessions)
         {
             var key = FleetModelKey(s);
             acc.TryGetValue(key, out var cur);
             cur.Total++;
             if (s.Status == SessionStatus.Failed) cur.Failed++;
+            else if (s.Status == SessionStatus.Succeeded) cur.Succeeded++;
             acc[key] = cur;
         }
+        // FailureRate over finished enrollments only (mirror of the success-rate convention);
+        // the Where(Failed > 0) guard also keeps the denominator non-zero.
         return acc
             .Where(kv => kv.Value.Failed > 0)
             .Select(kv => new FleetFailingModel
@@ -256,7 +285,8 @@ public static class MetricsMath
                 Model = kv.Key,
                 Failed = kv.Value.Failed,
                 Total = kv.Value.Total,
-                FailureRate = (int)Math.Round((double)kv.Value.Failed / kv.Value.Total * 100, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero),
+                FailureRate = (int)Math.Round(
+                    (double)kv.Value.Failed / (kv.Value.Failed + kv.Value.Succeeded) * 100, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero),
             })
             .OrderByDescending(m => m.Failed)
             .Take(5)

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Middleware/PolicyEnforcementMiddleware.cs

@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ public class PolicyEnforcementMiddleware : IFunctionsWorkerMiddleware
             case EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGlobalReader:
                 return await EvaluateTenantAdminOrGlobalReaderAsync(tenantId, upn, principal, userIdentifier);
 
+            case EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrOperator:
+                return await EvaluateTenantAdminOrOperatorAsync(tenantId, upn, principal, userIdentifier);
+
             case EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA:
                 return await EvaluateTenantAdminOrGAAsync(tenantId, upn, principal, userIdentifier);
 
@@ -469,6 +472,28 @@ public class PolicyEnforcementMiddleware : IFunctionsWorkerMiddleware
         return CatalogDecisionResult.Deny(userIdentifier, role?.Role ?? "NonMember", "NotAdminOrGA");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Operational write tier: own-tenant Admin or Operator (no Viewer), or Global Admin.
+    /// The admitted member's role flows onto RequestContext.UserRole so a function that
+    /// serves multiple operation kinds can re-gate the admin-only ones on IsTenantAdmin.
+    /// The read-only Global Reader is deliberately NOT admitted — this is a write tier.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<CatalogDecisionResult> EvaluateTenantAdminOrOperatorAsync(
+        string? tenantId, string? upn, ClaimsPrincipal? principal, string userIdentifier)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tenantId) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(upn))
+            return CatalogDecisionResult.Deny(userIdentifier, "N/A", "MissingClaims");
+
+        if (await _globalAdminService.IsGlobalAdminAsync(upn))
+            return CatalogDecisionResult.Allow(userIdentifier, "GlobalAdmin", "GABypass");
+
+        var role = await ResolveEffectiveRoleAsync(tenantId, upn, principal);
+        if (role?.Role == Constants.TenantRoles.Admin || role?.Role == Constants.TenantRoles.Operator)
+            return CatalogDecisionResult.Allow(userIdentifier, role.Role, "TenantAdminOrOperator");
+
+        return CatalogDecisionResult.Deny(userIdentifier, role?.Role ?? "NonMember", "NotAdminOperatorOrGA");
+    }
+
     private async Task<CatalogDecisionResult> EvaluateBootstrapManagerOrGAAsync(
         string? tenantId, string? upn, ClaimsPrincipal? principal, string userIdentifier)
     {

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Security/EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog.cs

@@ -55,11 +55,22 @@ public enum EndpointPolicy
     /// </summary>
     MemberRead,
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Own-tenant Admin or Operator (no Viewer), OR Global Admin. Tenant-scoped OPERATIONAL write
+    /// access: actions a troubleshooting operator may take on a session/device without holding
+    /// config-level admin power. Routes on this tier whose function accepts multiple operation
+    /// kinds MUST re-gate the admin-only kinds in the function on
+    /// <c>RequestContext.IsTenantAdmin || IsGlobalAdmin</c> (see QueueSessionActionFunction).
+    /// </summary>
+    TenantAdminOrOperator,
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Own-tenant Admin, OR a platform role (Global Admin / Global Reader). Tenant-scoped admin-tier
-    /// READ access (e.g. GET config/{tenantId}). Like <see cref="TenantAdminOrGA"/> but additionally
-    /// admits the read-only Global Reader — used only on GET routes so the reader gets visibility
-    /// without write power, while tenant Operators/Viewers still cannot read admin-tier config.
+    /// READ access (e.g. GET tenants/{tenantId}/graph-permissions/status). Like
+    /// <see cref="TenantAdminOrGA"/> but additionally admits the read-only Global Reader — used only
+    /// on GET routes so the reader gets visibility without write power, while tenant
+    /// Operators/Viewers stay excluded. (GET config/{tenantId} moved OFF this tier to MemberRead:
+    /// its handler redacts secrets for every non-admin caller, so member-tier read is safe there.)
     /// </summary>
     TenantAdminOrGlobalReader,
 
@@ -233,12 +244,18 @@ public static class EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog
         new("GET",    "audit/logs",                EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
         new("GET",    "audit/hardware-rejected", EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
         new("GET",    "audit/device-not-registered", EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
+        new("GET",    "audit/tpm-pss-unsupported", EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
         new("GET",    "diagnostics/download-url",  EndpointPolicy.MemberRead, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
         new("POST",   "diagnostics/download-ticket", EndpointPolicy.MemberRead, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
         new("GET",    "rules/gather",              EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
         new("GET",    "rules/analyze",             EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
         new("GET",    "rules/ime-log-patterns",    EndpointPolicy.MemberRead),
-        new("GET",    "config/{tenantId}",         EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGlobalReader, TenantScoping.RouteParam),
+        // Member tier so Operators/Viewers can see their tenant's configuration read-only in the
+        // Settings UI. Safe because the handler redacts by default: only a Global Admin or the
+        // tenant's OWN admin gets the unredacted secrets — every other admitted caller (Operator,
+        // Viewer, read-only Global Reader, delegated reader) receives RedactedCopyForReader()
+        // (see GetTenantConfigurationFunction.CanViewSecrets). Writes stay TenantAdminOrGA below.
+        new("GET",    "config/{tenantId}",         EndpointPolicy.MemberRead, TenantScoping.RouteParam),
         new("GET",    "config/{tenantId}/feature-flags", EndpointPolicy.MemberRead, TenantScoping.RouteParam),
 
         // ── TenantAdminOrGA ─────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -254,9 +271,15 @@ public static class EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog
         new("PUT",    "rules/ime-log-patterns/{patternId}", EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA),
         new("POST",   "sessions/{sessionId}/mark-failed",     EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA),
         new("POST",   "sessions/{sessionId}/mark-succeeded", EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA),
-        new("POST",   "sessions/{sessionId}/actions",          EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA),
+        // Operator tier so troubleshooting staff can queue request_diagnostics ("Collect Logs" in
+        // the portal); the function re-gates the admin-only action types (terminate_session,
+        // rotate_config) on RequestContext.IsTenantAdmin || IsGlobalAdmin.
+        new("POST",   "sessions/{sessionId}/actions",          EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrOperator),
         new("POST",   "sessions/{sessionId}/report",        EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA),
-        new("POST",   "diagnostics/files",                  EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA),
+        // Operator tier: submitting diagnostic files to the Autopilot Monitor team is a
+        // troubleshooting action, not a config change — a support-driven Operator may use it.
+        // Viewer and the read-only Global Reader stay excluded (the tier admits no Viewer/Reader).
+        new("POST",   "diagnostics/files",                  EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrOperator),
         new("DELETE", "sessions/{sessionId}",      EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
         new("GET",    "tenants/{tenantId}/admins",           EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA, TenantScoping.RouteParam),
         new("POST",   "tenants/{tenantId}/admins",           EndpointPolicy.TenantAdminOrGA, TenantScoping.RouteParam),
@@ -388,6 +411,15 @@ public static class EndpointAccessPolicyCatalog
         new("PATCH",  "global/session-reports/{reportId}/note", EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly),
         new("GET",    "global/rules/gather",        EndpointPolicy.GlobalReadOrAdmin, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
         new("GET",    "global/rules/analyze",       EndpointPolicy.GlobalReadOrAdmin, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
+        // Cross-tenant rule WRITES (edit/toggle/delete an existing rule in a foreign tenant). GlobalAdminOnly
+        // — a write tier, so the delegated-read rescue never fires: only a platform admin may mutate another
+        // tenant's rules. QueryParam because the tenant is named by ?tenantId= (the {ruleId} segment is not a
+        // tenant). No global CREATE route: creating rules in a foreign tenant stays disabled (the portal hides
+        // Create in the cross-tenant override), so the JWT-scoped POST routes remain the only create path.
+        new("PUT",    "global/rules/gather/{ruleId}",  EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
+        new("DELETE", "global/rules/gather/{ruleId}",  EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
+        new("PUT",    "global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}", EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
+        new("DELETE", "global/rules/analyze/{ruleId}", EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly, TenantScoping.QueryParam),
         new("GET",    "global/devices/blocked",     EndpointPolicy.GlobalReadOrAdmin),
         new("GET",    "devices/blocked",            EndpointPolicy.GlobalReadOrAdmin),
         new("POST",   "devices/block",              EndpointPolicy.GlobalAdminOnly),

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsBlobCascadeDeleter.cs

@@ -75,10 +75,23 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services.Diagnostics
 
             if (destination == DestinationHosted)
             {
+                // Prefix sweep first: the session may have produced several packages (on-demand
+                // server-requested uploads plus the terminal one) while the manifest carries only
+                // the last row-referenced name. Guarded by TryParse because a malformed legacy
+                // manifest must degrade to the single-blob delete, not poison the cascade.
+                var swept = 0;
+                if (Guid.TryParse(manifest.SessionId, out _))
+                {
+                    swept = await _hostedDiagnostics.DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(
+                        manifest.TenantId, manifest.SessionId, cancellationToken);
+                }
+
+                // Belt-and-braces: the manifest-named blob covers any shape outside the canonical
+                // {tenantId}/AgentDiagnostics-{sessionId}- layout. Idempotent (404 = no-op).
                 await _hostedDiagnostics.DeleteIfExistsAsync(manifest.DiagnosticsBlobName, cancellationToken);
                 _logger.LogInformation(
-                    "Cascade deleted hosted diagnostics blob tenant={TenantId} blob={Blob}",
-                    manifest.TenantId, manifest.DiagnosticsBlobName);
+                    "Cascade deleted hosted diagnostics blobs tenant={TenantId} blob={Blob} sweptByPrefix={Swept}",
+                    manifest.TenantId, manifest.DiagnosticsBlobName, swept);
                 return DiagnosticsBlobDeleteOutcome.HostedDeleted;
             }
 

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/Diagnostics/HostedDiagnosticsBlobService.cs

@@ -165,6 +165,40 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services.Diagnostics
             return response.Value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deletes every hosted diagnostics blob belonging to one session
+        /// (prefix <c>{tenantId}/AgentDiagnostics-{sessionId}-</c>). A session can leave more
+        /// than one blob behind — an on-demand ("Collect Logs" / server-requested) upload is
+        /// later overwritten on the Sessions row by the terminal package, so deleting only the
+        /// row-referenced name would strand the earlier blobs at offboarding.
+        /// Returns the number of blobs deleted. Idempotent; a missing container is a no-op.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual async Task<int> DeleteBySessionPrefixAsync(
+            string tenantId, string sessionId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            SecurityValidator.EnsureValidGuid(tenantId, nameof(tenantId));
+            SecurityValidator.EnsureValidGuid(sessionId, nameof(sessionId));
+
+            var containerClient = GetContainerClient();
+            if (!await containerClient.ExistsAsync(cancellationToken))
+                return 0;
+
+            // Trailing dash bounds the match to this exact session id (GUIDs are fixed-length,
+            // but the explicit separator keeps the invariant obvious and layout-proof).
+            var prefix = $"{tenantId}/AgentDiagnostics-{sessionId}-";
+            var deleted = 0;
+            await foreach (var item in containerClient.GetBlobsAsync(
+                BlobTraits.None, BlobStates.None, prefix: prefix, cancellationToken: cancellationToken))
+            {
+                var response = await containerClient.GetBlobClient(item.Name)
+                    .DeleteIfExistsAsync(cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                if (response.Value)
+                    deleted++;
+            }
+
+            return deleted;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Enumerates blobs under a single tenant's prefix (<c>{tenantId}/</c>).
         /// Used by ad-hoc operator scripts and (later) any orphan-scan job.

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/EventIngestProcessor.AppInstall.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services
 
             if (!isRelevant) return;
 
+            // Legacy-agent stale-replay guard (session eaf3d8c4): app events replayed from a
+            // previous enrollment's IME log carry a rejectedSourceTimestamp > 24 h older than
+            // the event stamp. They would create/overwrite this session's AppInstallSummaries
+            // rows with week-old runs. The fixed agent suppresses them at the source; this
+            // covers agents not yet rolled out.
+            if (IsHistoricImeReplay(evt)) return;
+
             var appName = evt.Data?.ContainsKey("appName") == true ? evt.Data["appName"]?.ToString()?.Trim() : null;
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(appName)) return;
 

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/EventIngestProcessor.Classification.cs

@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services
                     case "diagnostics_uploaded":
                         classification.DiagnosticsUploadedEvent = evt;
                         break;
+                    case "server_action_executed":
+                        // The on-demand ("Collect Logs") path confirms its upload via
+                        // server_action_executed carrying blobName — the agent's dispatcher does
+                        // NOT emit diagnostics_uploaded there (only the terminal path does).
+                        // Treat it as the upload confirmation so the Sessions row gets stamped
+                        // and the portal's Download button flips. Null-guard: a real
+                        // diagnostics_uploaded in the same batch wins (it carries destination).
+                        if (classification.DiagnosticsUploadedEvent == null
+                            && IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(evt))
+                        {
+                            classification.DiagnosticsUploadedEvent = evt;
+                        }
+                        break;
                     case "whiteglove_complete":
                         classification.WhiteGloveEvent = evt;
                         break;
@@ -82,6 +95,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services
                         break;
                     case "script_completed":
                     case "script_failed":
+                        // Legacy-agent stale-replay guard: events flagged with a
+                        // rejectedSourceTimestamp > 24 h older than the event stamp are replayed
+                        // history from a previous enrollment (session eaf3d8c4 inflated
+                        // RemediationScriptCount to 156 in a 7-min session). The fixed agent
+                        // suppresses them at the source; this covers agents not yet rolled out.
+                        if (IsHistoricImeReplay(evt))
+                            break;
                         var scriptType = evt.Data?.ContainsKey("scriptType") == true
                             ? evt.Data["scriptType"]?.ToString() : null;
                         if (string.Equals(scriptType, "platform", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -109,6 +129,43 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services
         /// reasons (decision_terminal, ctrl_c, process_exit, unhandled_exception, ...) either
         /// follow a real terminal event or imply nothing terminal.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <summary>
+        /// True for a <c>server_action_executed</c> event that confirms an on-demand
+        /// ("Collect Logs") diagnostics upload: <c>actionType=request_diagnostics</c> with a
+        /// non-empty <c>blobName</c>. The agent's ServerActionDispatcher emits no
+        /// <c>diagnostics_uploaded</c> on that path — this event IS the upload confirmation
+        /// and must stamp the Sessions row (session 8e4cc4ae: two successful uploads landed
+        /// in hosted storage but the portal never flipped because the row stayed empty).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsOnDemandDiagnosticsUploadConfirmation(EnrollmentEvent? evt)
+        {
+            if (evt?.Data == null || !string.Equals(evt.EventType, "server_action_executed", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                return false;
+            var actionType = evt.Data.ContainsKey("actionType") ? evt.Data["actionType"]?.ToString() : null;
+            if (!string.Equals(actionType, "request_diagnostics", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                return false;
+            var blobName = evt.Data.ContainsKey("blobName") ? evt.Data["blobName"]?.ToString() : null;
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(blobName);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Destination fallback for upload confirmations that carry no <c>destination</c>
+        /// (the on-demand server_action_executed path, and legacy agents). Only the Hosted
+        /// path persists the backend-built <c>{tenantId}/{filename}</c> shape
+        /// (HostedDiagnosticsBlobService.BuildBlobPath); CustomerSas blobs are bare filenames.
+        /// Returns the explicit destination when present, "Hosted" for a tenant-prefixed blob
+        /// name, otherwise null (repo leaves the column unchanged; read-time default is
+        /// CustomerSas).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string? InferDiagnosticsDestination(string? destination, string? blobName, string tenantId)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(destination))
+                return destination;
+            if (blobName?.StartsWith(tenantId + "/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true)
+                return "Hosted";
+            return null;
+        }
+
         internal static bool IsMaxLifetimeAgentShutdown(EnrollmentEvent? evt)
         {
             if (evt == null || !string.Equals(evt.EventType, "agent_shutting_down", StringComparison.Ordinal))
@@ -119,6 +176,28 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services
             return string.Equals(reason, "max_lifetime", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// True for an agent event whose <c>Data.rejectedSourceTimestamp</c> is more than 24 h
+        /// older than the event's own (clock-clamped) timestamp: the agent replayed IME log
+        /// content from a previous enrollment that survived on disk. Such runs happened days ago
+        /// and must not count as this session's script executions. A rejected source timestamp
+        /// in the FUTURE (negative difference) is a mid-enrollment clock jump, not a replay.
+        /// The 24 h bound mirrors the agent's source-timestamp staleness clamp.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsHistoricImeReplay(EnrollmentEvent? evt)
+        {
+            if (evt?.Data == null || !evt.Data.ContainsKey("rejectedSourceTimestamp"))
+                return false;
+            var raw = evt.Data["rejectedSourceTimestamp"]?.ToString();
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(raw))
+                return false;
+            if (!DateTime.TryParse(raw, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                    System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal | System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal,
+                    out var rejected))
+                return false;
+            return evt.Timestamp - rejected > TimeSpan.FromHours(24);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// True for an <c>enrollment_failed</c> event whose <c>Data.failureType</c> is
         /// <c>agent_timeout</c> — the V1-parity companion of the max-lifetime watchdog shutdown

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/EventIngestProcessor.cs

@@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Functions.Services
                 var destination = data?.ContainsKey("destination") == true
                     ? data["destination"]?.ToString()
                     : null;
+                // server_action_executed (on-demand collection) carries no destination at all —
+                // infer Hosted from the tenant-prefixed blob-name shape. Without this the
+                // download route would look in the customer's container for a hosted blob.
+                destination = InferDiagnosticsDestination(destination, blobName, request.TenantId);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(blobName))
                 {
                     await _sessionRepo.UpdateSessionDiagnosticsBlobAsync(

src/Backend/AutopilotMonitor.Functions/Services/TenantNotificationAudienceCatalog.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public static class TenantNotificationAudienceCatalog
     private static readonly Dictionary<string, NotificationAudience> _map = new(System.StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
     {
         ["hardware_rejection"]       = NotificationAudience.Admin,
+        ["tpm_pss_unsupported"]      = NotificationAudience.Admin,
         ["sla_breach"]               = NotificationAudience.Member,
         ["sla_consecutive_failures"] = NotificationAudience.Member,
         ["sla_resolved"]             = NotificationAudience.Member,

src/McpServer/autopilot-monitor-mcp/package.json

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   "version": "1.5.1",
   "description": "MCP server for Autopilot-Monitor — enables AI agents to query enrollment sessions, device properties, events and vulnerabilities",
   "type": "module",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=22"
+  },
   "bin": {
     "autopilot-monitor-mcp": "./dist/index.js"
   },

src/McpServer/autopilot-monitor-mcp/src/__tests__/historic-replay-filter.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * Historic-replay predicate (session eaf3d8c4): legacy agents replay IME log content from a
+ * previous enrollment; the replayed events carry `data.rejectedSourceTimestamp` > 24 h older
+ * than the event stamp. `get_session_summary` filters them out so appInstalls counts,
+ * errorCount (replayed app_install_failed are Error-severity) and the keyEvents triage
+ * timeline reflect only this enrollment's activity.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { isHistoricImeReplay } from '../tools/sessions.js';
+
+const BASE = Date.UTC(2026, 6, 23, 15, 42, 0);
+const DAY_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+const evt = (rejected?: unknown, timestamp: string = new Date(BASE).toISOString()): Record<string, unknown> => ({
+  timestamp,
+  eventType: 'app_install_completed',
+  data: rejected === undefined ? {} : { rejectedSourceTimestamp: rejected },
+});
+
+describe('isHistoricImeReplay', () => {
+  it('detects a rejected source timestamp > 24h older than the event stamp', () => {
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(new Date(BASE - 7 * DAY_MS).toISOString()))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(new Date(BASE - 25 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps within-24h rejections', () => {
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(new Date(BASE - 23 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps future-skew rejections (clock jump, not replay)', () => {
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(new Date(BASE + 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps events without or with malformed rejectedSourceTimestamp', () => {
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt())).toBe(false);
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(''))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt('not-a-date'))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(12345))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay({ timestamp: new Date(BASE).toISOString() })).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps events with an unparseable event timestamp', () => {
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(evt(new Date(BASE - 7 * DAY_MS).toISOString(), 'garbage'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('reads the snake_case wire variant', () => {
+    const e = {
+      timestamp: new Date(BASE).toISOString(),
+      data: { rejected_source_timestamp: new Date(BASE - 7 * DAY_MS).toISOString() },
+    };
+    expect(isHistoricImeReplay(e)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

src/McpServer/autopilot-monitor-mcp/src/resource-catalog.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export const EVENT_TYPES_CATALOG = {
     'esp_failure_advisory',
     'esp_failure_settle_started',
     'esp_failure_settle_recovered',
+    'esp_failure_retry_detected',
+    'esp_failure_recovered',
+    'esp_failure_advisory_resolved',
     'esp_exiting',
     'mdm_policy_reboot_required',
     'esp_config_detected',
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ export const EVENT_TYPES_CATALOG = {
     'desktop_detector_started',
     'desktop_detector_first_poll',
     'desktop_detector_no_candidate',
+    'oobe_state_completed',
   ],
   whiteglove_events: [
     'whiteglove_complete',
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ export const EVENT_TYPES_CATALOG = {
     'office_install_failed',
     'office_preinstalled_detected',
   ],
-  script_events: ['script_started', 'script_completed', 'script_failed', 'script_timeout_suspected'],
+  script_events: ['script_started', 'script_completed', 'script_failed', 'script_timeout_suspected', 'historic_ime_replay_detected'],
   network_events: [
     'network_state_change',
     'network_connectivity_check',
@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ export const EVENT_TYPES_CATALOG = {
     'telemetry_upload_blocked',
     'session_parked_without_deadline',
     'disk_space_low',
+    'esp_policy_provider_stalled',
     'agent_late_start',
   ],
   metrics_events: ['performance_snapshot', 'agent_metrics_snapshot', 'ingress_backpressure'],
@@ -248,6 +253,12 @@ export const DEVICE_PROPERTIES_CATALOG = {
   },
   secureboot_status: {
     'secureboot_status.uefiSecureBootEnabled': { type: 'boolean', description: 'Secure Boot enabled' },
+    'secureboot_status.uefiCA2023Status': { type: 'string', description: 'Windows servicing rollout status of the UEFI CA 2023 certificate (registry; "Updated" = rollout verified). Lags behind actual firmware state — prefer the firmware fields below' },
+    'secureboot_status.uefiFirmwareReadStatus': { type: 'string', description: 'Result of the direct UEFI variable read: ok, not_uefi (legacy BIOS), variable_not_found, privilege_denied, or error_<code>' },
+    'secureboot_status.uefiDbHasWindowsUefiCa2023': { type: 'boolean', description: 'Firmware db contains "Windows UEFI CA 2023" (authoritative 2023-cert deployment state; read directly from UEFI, only present when the read succeeded)' },
+    'secureboot_status.uefiDbHasWindowsProductionPca2011': { type: 'boolean', description: 'Firmware db still contains the expired "Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011"' },
+    'secureboot_status.uefiKekHasMicrosoftKek2kCa2023': { type: 'boolean', description: 'Firmware KEK contains "Microsoft Corporation KEK 2K CA 2023" (required to keep receiving db/dbx updates after the 2011 KEK expiry)' },
+    'secureboot_status.uefiCa2023FirmwareConfirmed': { type: 'boolean', description: 'One-sided marker: present (true) only when the firmware db positively confirms the 2023 certificate — suppresses ANALYZE-SEC-001 via not_exists precondition. Never emitted as false' },
   },
   bitlocker_status: {
     'bitlocker_status.systemDriveProtected': { type: 'boolean', description: 'System drive (C:) BitLocker protection' },

src/McpServer/autopilot-monitor-mcp/src/tools/sessions.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export const KEY_EVENT_TYPES = new Set([
   'enrollment_complete', 'enrollment_failed', 'completion_check',
   'desktop_arrived', 'hello_policy_detected', 'waiting_for_hello', 'hello_completion_timeout',
   'agent_started', 'agent_shutdown', 'agent_shutting_down', 'agent_trace',
-  'script_started', 'script_completed', 'script_failed', 'vulnerability_report',
+  'script_started', 'script_completed', 'script_failed', 'historic_ime_replay_detected',
+  'vulnerability_report',
 ]);
 // Phase-defining events promoted to the top of the triage timeline. Module-level
 // (not handler-local) so the same drift test can validate it.
@@ -36,6 +37,27 @@ export const PHASE_EVENT_TYPES = new Set([
   'phase_transition', 'esp_phase_changed', 'enrollment_type_detected',
   'enrollment_complete', 'enrollment_failed', 'desktop_arrived',
 ]);
+
+// Mirrors the agent's 24 h source-timestamp staleness clamp (session eaf3d8c4).
+const HISTORIC_REPLAY_THRESHOLD_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+/**
+ * True when an event is replayed history from a previous enrollment: legacy agents replay
+ * IME log content surviving a re-enrollment, stamping the rejected source-line time as
+ * `data.rejectedSourceTimestamp` — more than 24 h older than the event stamp means the
+ * activity happened during a previous enrollment. Newer agents suppress these at the
+ * source; this filter covers sessions recorded by older agents. A rejected timestamp in
+ * the FUTURE (clock jump) is genuine current activity and passes through. Exported so the
+ * unit tests can pin the predicate.
+ */
+export function isHistoricImeReplay(e: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
+  const data = e.data as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+  const rejected = data?.rejectedSourceTimestamp ?? data?.rejected_source_timestamp;
+  if (typeof rejected !== 'string' || rejected.length === 0) return false;
+  const rej = Date.parse(rejected);
+  const ts = Date.parse(String(e.timestamp ?? ''));
+  return Number.isFinite(rej) && Number.isFinite(ts) && ts - rej > HISTORIC_REPLAY_THRESHOLD_MS;
+}
 // Permissive ISO-8601 guard: rejects unparseable junk (which the backend would
 // silently treat as no filter) while still accepting the date-only and
 // timezone-offset forms the backend honors.
@@ -482,7 +504,12 @@ export function registerSessionTools(server: McpServer, ga: boolean, delegated:
             : null,
         };
 
-        const allEvents = (eventsData?.events ?? []) as Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
+        // Historic-replay filter: replayed app_install_failed events are Error-severity and
+        // would inflate errorCount; replayed app_install_* would inflate the appInstalls
+        // stats; replayed events would pollute the keyEvents triage timeline. One filter
+        // cleans all three. stats.totalEvents therefore counts non-replayed events.
+        const allEvents = ((eventsData?.events ?? []) as Array<Record<string, unknown>>)
+          .filter((e) => !isHistoricImeReplay(e));
 
         let errorCount = 0;
         let warningCount = 0;

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/Engine/DecisionEngine.Edge.cs

@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
         /// The advisory variant (<see cref="DecisionState.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc"/>
         /// set) is deliberately NOT touched: its anchor is a real ESP terminal failure and
         /// a reboot does not un-happen that failure — the window must still un-defang it.
+        /// EXCEPTION (session 4910a5a5, 2026-07-23): when
+        /// <see cref="DecisionState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc"/> is set the failed
+        /// category demonstrably recovered to success — the failure DID un-happen, and a
+        /// reboot mid-recovery (ESP continuing into AccountSetup) must re-base the window
+        /// exactly like the esp-exit variant instead of letting it fail a live enrollment.
         /// </para>
         /// Returns the effects (cancel + schedule + a fingerprint-bypassing
         /// <c>completion_waiting</c> carrying the re-based due-time, mirroring the
@@ -84,7 +89,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             DecisionStateBuilder builder,
             DecisionSignal signal)
         {
-            if (state.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc != null || !HasAdvisoryCompletionDeadline(state))
+            var unresolvedAdvisoryAnchored = state.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc != null
+                && state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc == null;
+            if (unresolvedAdvisoryAnchored || !HasAdvisoryCompletionDeadline(state))
             {
                 return Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>();
             }
@@ -139,6 +146,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             "mayHaveContinuedAnyway",
             "continueAnywayHint",
             "advisoryReason",
+            // Session 4910a5a5 — recovery story context.
+            "failureRecovered",
+            "likelyCulpritApps",
+            "likelyCulpritAppCount",
         };
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -408,10 +419,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             string reason,
             Dictionary<string, string> parameters)
         {
+            // Session 4910a5a5: remember WHICH category failed so the recovery hook
+            // (TryResolveAdvisoryOnCategoryRecovery) can later match a ProvisioningComplete
+            // signal of the same category against this advisory. Absent on event-log-derived
+            // failures — the hook then never matches.
+            string? failedCategory = null;
+            signal.Payload?.TryGetValue("category", out failedCategory);
+
             var builder = state.ToBuilder()
                 .WithStepIndex(nextStep)
                 .WithLastAppliedSignalOrdinal(signal.SessionSignalOrdinal)
-                .WithEspAdvisoryFailureRecorded(signal.OccurredAtUtc, signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
+                .WithEspAdvisoryFailureRecorded(signal.OccurredAtUtc, signal.SessionSignalOrdinal, failedCategory);
 
             // Stage / Outcome deliberately untouched — monitoring continues. The session's
             // normal completion paths (Hello/Desktop, IME pattern, AccountSetup provisioning
@@ -454,6 +472,63 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             return new DecisionStep(newState, transition, effects);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 4910a5a5 (2026-07-23) — recovery hook for a defanged ESP failure. When a
+        /// <c>DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete</c> / <c>AccountSetupProvisioningComplete</c>
+        /// signal reports the SAME category the advisory failure was recorded for, the failure
+        /// demonstrably un-happened (DeviceSetup/Apps failed → user pressed "Try again" ~23 min
+        /// later → apps re-ran to 10/10 → category resolved). Sets the set-once
+        /// <see cref="DecisionState.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc"/> fact on
+        /// <paramref name="builder"/> and returns an <c>esp_failure_advisory_resolved</c>
+        /// timeline effect telling the recovery story; returns null (builder untouched) when
+        /// there is no advisory, it is already resolved, or the category does not match.
+        /// <para>
+        /// The fact lifts the advisory variant's exemption from the AdvisoryCompletion
+        /// re-arm/rebase guards (see <see cref="HandleAdvisoryCompletionDeadlineFired"/> and
+        /// <see cref="RebaseEspExitVariantAdvisoryWindowOnReboot"/>) — without it the window
+        /// un-defangs the stale failure and fails a live enrollment mid-AccountSetup.
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        private static DecisionEffect? TryResolveAdvisoryOnCategoryRecovery(
+            DecisionState state,
+            DecisionStateBuilder builder,
+            DecisionSignal signal,
+            string resolvedCategory)
+        {
+            if (state.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc == null) return null;
+            if (state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc != null) return null;
+
+            var advisoryCategory = state.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory?.Value;
+            if (!string.Equals(advisoryCategory, resolvedCategory, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            builder.WithEspAdvisoryFailureResolved(signal.OccurredAtUtc, signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
+
+            var minutesSinceAdvisory = Math.Max(0,
+                (int)Math.Round((signal.OccurredAtUtc - state.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc.Value).TotalMinutes));
+            var continueAnywayAllowed = state.ScenarioObservations?.EspAllowContinueAnyway?.Value == true;
+
+            var parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>
+            {
+                ["eventType"] = SharedConstants.EventTypes.EspFailureAdvisoryResolved,
+                ["source"] = "DecisionEngine",
+                ["severity"] = "Info",
+                ["immediateUpload"] = "false",
+                ["message"] = $"ESP failure advisory resolved: {resolvedCategory} completed successfully "
+                    + $"{minutesSinceAdvisory} min after the advisory — the ESP re-ran the failed step "
+                    + "(consistent with a user-initiated retry on the ESP failure page"
+                    + (continueAnywayAllowed ? "; the profile allows Try again / Continue anyway" : "")
+                    + "). The earlier failure no longer blocks completion.",
+                ["category"] = resolvedCategory,
+                ["minutesSinceAdvisory"] = minutesSinceAdvisory.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+                ["espAllowContinueAnyway"] = continueAnywayAllowed ? "true" : "false",
+            };
+
+            return new DecisionEffect(DecisionEffectKind.EmitEventTimelineEntry, parameters: parameters);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// <see cref="DeadlineNames.AdvisoryCompletion"/> fired — the resolution window after a
         /// completion dead-end expired without one of the normal completion paths terminating
@@ -511,6 +586,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             var deadlineStillArmed = armedDeadline != null;
 
             var hasAdvisoryAnchor = state.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc != null;
+            // Session 4910a5a5: once the failed category demonstrably recovered
+            // (TryResolveAdvisoryOnCategoryRecovery set the fact), the advisory variant's
+            // "a real ESP terminal failure does not un-happen" premise is disproven — the
+            // guards below that protect live enrollments (enforcement-progress re-arm,
+            // hello-never-observed promote) apply to it again.
+            var advisoryResolved = state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc != null;
             // Presence-only anchor (L5, delta review 2026-07-02). The esp-exit arming site only
             // runs when AccountSetupEnteredUtc is already set, so both facts being present is
             // the anchor; `deadlineStillArmed` below is what rejects stray timer fires. The old
@@ -635,8 +716,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             // When user-phase enforcement demonstrably progressed since arming, the dead-end
             // shape is disproven: re-arm a fresh window with updated baselines instead of
             // failing a live enrollment mid-install. The advisory variant is exempt — its
-            // anchor is a real ESP terminal failure that a busy IME does not un-happen.
-            if (!hasAdvisoryAnchor && HasEnforcementProgressSinceArming(state, armedDeadline!))
+            // anchor is a real ESP terminal failure that a busy IME does not un-happen —
+            // UNLESS the failed category later resolved to success (session 4910a5a5:
+            // DeviceSetup/Apps failed, user retried, apps reached 10/10, DeviceSetup resolved
+            // — the failure DID un-happen, so a live AccountSetup must not be failed on the
+            // stale advisory). Convergent either way: each re-arm renews the baselines, so a
+            // session that stalls after the recovery still fails one window later.
+            if ((!hasAdvisoryAnchor || advisoryResolved) && HasEnforcementProgressSinceArming(state, armedDeadline!))
             {
                 var rearmedDeadline = BuildAdvisoryCompletionDeadline(state, signal);
                 builder.AddDeadline(rearmedDeadline);
@@ -692,7 +778,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             // through Finalizing. Deliberately does NOT require the IME user-session gate —
             // the FP sessions never saw an IME user-session completion (that gate guards
             // completion evidence, not user presence; presence is the DAD-validated desktop).
-            if (!hasAdvisoryAnchor
+            if ((!hasAdvisoryAnchor || advisoryResolved)
                 && desktopArrived
                 && state.HelloResolvedUtc == null
                 && state.HelloPolicyEnabled == null
@@ -741,7 +827,30 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             // stays the deadline, not EspTerminalFailure).
             string reason;
             Dictionary<string, string> parameters;
-            if (hasAdvisoryAnchor)
+            if (hasAdvisoryAnchor && advisoryResolved)
+            {
+                // Session 4910a5a5: the original ESP failure demonstrably recovered (failed
+                // category resolved to success after the advisory), so claiming
+                // `esp_terminal_failure` would blame a failure that un-happened. The device
+                // recovered its device phase but then produced no completion evidence for a
+                // whole (re-armed, progress-gated) window. LastFailureTrigger stays the
+                // deadline so the EnrollmentTerminationHandler's likely-stuck app promotion
+                // stays OFF — the apps are not stuck, they succeeded.
+                reason = "esp_recovered_without_completion_evidence";
+                parameters = BuildEspFailureParameters(
+                    signal: signal,
+                    reason: reason,
+                    advisoryPath: false,
+                    observations: state.ScenarioObservations);
+                parameters["advisoryReason"] = "advisory_recovered_window_expired_without_completion_evidence";
+                parameters["failureRecovered"] = "true";
+                if (state.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory != null)
+                {
+                    parameters["category"] = state.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory.Value;
+                }
+                builder.WithLastFailureTrigger(nameof(DecisionSignalKind.DeadlineFired), signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
+            }
+            else if (hasAdvisoryAnchor)
             {
                 // Registry-derived failure context (failureType/errorCode/...) lived on the
                 // original signal and is already on the wire via the esp_failure_advisory
@@ -885,6 +994,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                     parameters["failedSubcategory"] = failedSubcategory;
                 if (signal.Payload.TryGetValue("category", out var category) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(category))
                     parameters["category"] = category;
+                // Session 4910a5a5 — tracker-snapshotted culprit-app names for Apps failures,
+                // so the advisory/terminal event tells WHICH app ESP most likely failed on.
+                if (signal.Payload.TryGetValue("likelyCulpritApps", out var culpritApps) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(culpritApps))
+                    parameters["likelyCulpritApps"] = culpritApps;
+                if (signal.Payload.TryGetValue("likelyCulpritAppCount", out var culpritCount) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(culpritCount))
+                    parameters["likelyCulpritAppCount"] = culpritCount;
             }
 
             // FirstSync-derived ESP failure-handling settings — observable hint that

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/Engine/DecisionEngine.SelfDeploying.cs

@@ -98,17 +98,28 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
             // was already armed (or already cancelled by AccountSetup). Pass-through.
             if (state.DeviceSetupResolvedUtc != null)
             {
-                var passthroughState = state.ToBuilder()
+                var passthroughBuilder = state.ToBuilder()
                     .WithStepIndex(nextStep)
-                    .WithLastAppliedSignalOrdinal(signal.SessionSignalOrdinal)
-                    .Build();
+                    .WithLastAppliedSignalOrdinal(signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
+                // Session 4910a5a5 recovery hook: a duplicate arrival (e.g. the post-reboot
+                // registry re-read) can still be the first evidence that the advisory's failed
+                // category recovered — set-once + category-match inside the helper keep this
+                // a no-op everywhere else.
+                var passthroughResolveEffect = TryResolveAdvisoryOnCategoryRecovery(
+                    state, passthroughBuilder, signal, resolvedCategory: "DeviceSetup");
+                var passthroughState = passthroughBuilder.Build();
                 var passthroughTransition = BuildTakenTransition(
                     before: state,
                     signal: signal,
                     toStage: state.Stage,
                     nextStepIndex: nextStep,
                     trigger: nameof(DecisionSignalKind.DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete) + ":AnchorAlreadySet");
-                return new DecisionStep(passthroughState, passthroughTransition, Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>());
+                return new DecisionStep(
+                    passthroughState,
+                    passthroughTransition,
+                    passthroughResolveEffect != null
+                        ? new[] { passthroughResolveEffect }
+                        : Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>());
             }
 
             // Step 2 — Set the DeviceSetupResolvedUtc anchor UNCONDITIONALLY. Even when Classic
@@ -119,6 +130,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                 .WithLastAppliedSignalOrdinal(signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
             builder.DeviceSetupResolvedUtc = new SignalFact<DateTime>(signal.OccurredAtUtc, signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
 
+            // Session 4910a5a5 recovery hook: DeviceSetup resolving to success while a
+            // DeviceSetup advisory failure is on record means the failure un-happened (user
+            // "Try again" retry). Sets the set-once resolved fact + emits the
+            // esp_failure_advisory_resolved story event; no-op otherwise.
+            var advisoryResolveEffect = TryResolveAdvisoryOnCategoryRecovery(
+                state, builder, signal, resolvedCategory: "DeviceSetup");
+
             // Step 3 — Classic-path short-circuit: AccountSetup already started. The DeviceOnly
             // deadline is moot (already cancelled by HandleEspPhaseChangedV1's AccountSetup branch,
             // or never armed under the new code). No deadline arm here.
@@ -136,7 +154,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                     toStage: state.Stage,
                     nextStepIndex: nextStep,
                     trigger: nameof(DecisionSignalKind.DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete) + ":AccountSetupAlreadyEntered");
-                return new DecisionStep(classicState, classicTransition, Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>());
+                return new DecisionStep(
+                    classicState,
+                    classicTransition,
+                    advisoryResolveEffect != null
+                        ? new[] { advisoryResolveEffect }
+                        : Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>());
             }
 
             // Step 4 — Arm the deadline. Cancel any existing DeviceOnlyEspDetection first
@@ -156,13 +179,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                 nextStepIndex: nextStep,
                 trigger: nameof(DecisionSignalKind.DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete) + ":DeadlineArmed");
 
-            var effects = new[]
+            var effects = new List<DecisionEffect>(3)
             {
                 new DecisionEffect(DecisionEffectKind.CancelDeadline, cancelDeadlineName: DeadlineNames.DeviceOnlyEspDetection),
                 new DecisionEffect(DecisionEffectKind.ScheduleDeadline, deadline: deadline),
             };
+            if (advisoryResolveEffect != null) effects.Add(advisoryResolveEffect);
 
-            return new DecisionStep(newState, transition, effects);
+            return new DecisionStep(newState, transition, effects.ToArray());
         }
 
         /// <summary>

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/Engine/DecisionEngine.Shared.cs

@@ -836,6 +836,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                 .WithStepIndex(nextStep)
                 .WithLastAppliedSignalOrdinal(signal.SessionSignalOrdinal);
 
+            // Session 4910a5a5 recovery hook (AccountSetup counterpart): the user-phase
+            // category resolving to success while an AccountSetup advisory failure is on
+            // record means that failure un-happened. Sets the set-once resolved fact + emits
+            // the esp_failure_advisory_resolved story event; no-op otherwise.
+            var advisoryResolveEffect = TryResolveAdvisoryOnCategoryRecovery(
+                state, builder, signal, resolvedCategory: "AccountSetup");
+
             var alreadyRecorded = state.AccountSetupProvisioningSucceededUtc != null;
             if (!alreadyRecorded)
             {
@@ -876,10 +883,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                     toStage: state.Stage,
                     nextStepIndex: nextStep,
                     trigger: nameof(DecisionSignalKind.AccountSetupProvisioningComplete));
-                return new DecisionStep(
-                    newState,
-                    transition,
-                    waitingEffect != null ? new[] { waitingEffect } : Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>());
+                var noPromoteEffects = new List<DecisionEffect>(2);
+                if (advisoryResolveEffect != null) noPromoteEffects.Add(advisoryResolveEffect);
+                if (waitingEffect != null) noPromoteEffects.Add(waitingEffect);
+                return new DecisionStep(newState, transition, noPromoteEffects.ToArray());
             }
 
             // Deferred-completion parity (session caa6cf50 fix, 2026-06-11): when the strong gate
@@ -910,14 +917,18 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                     builder.CancelDeadline(DeadlineNames.HelloSafety);
                 }
 
+                var deferredLeadingEffects = new List<DecisionEffect>(2);
+                if (advisoryResolveEffect != null) deferredLeadingEffects.Add(advisoryResolveEffect);
+                if (helloSafetyCancelEffect != null) deferredLeadingEffects.Add(helloSafetyCancelEffect);
+
                 return CompleteThroughFinalizingOrDefer(
                     state: state,
                     signal: signal,
                     preparedBuilder: builder,
                     nextStepIndex: nextStep,
                     trigger: nameof(DecisionSignalKind.AccountSetupProvisioningComplete) + ":DeferredCompletion",
-                    leadingEffects: helloSafetyCancelEffect != null
-                        ? new[] { helloSafetyCancelEffect }
+                    leadingEffects: deferredLeadingEffects.Count > 0
+                        ? deferredLeadingEffects.ToArray()
                         : null);
             }
 
@@ -946,12 +957,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                 nextStepIndex: nextStep,
                 trigger: nameof(DecisionSignalKind.AccountSetupProvisioningComplete) + ":DeferredPromote");
 
-            var promotedEffects = new[]
+            var promotedEffects = new List<DecisionEffect>(2)
             {
                 new DecisionEffect(DecisionEffectKind.ScheduleDeadline, deadline: helloSafety),
             };
+            if (advisoryResolveEffect != null) promotedEffects.Add(advisoryResolveEffect);
 
-            return new DecisionStep(promotedState, promotedTransition, promotedEffects);
+            return new DecisionStep(promotedState, promotedTransition, promotedEffects.ToArray());
         }
 
         /// <summary>

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/Engine/DecisionStateSignalCensus.cs

@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                 timestamps["imeUserSessionCompleted"] = FormatUtc(state.ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc.Value);
                 evidence["imeUserSessionCompleted"] = TimestampedEvidence(state.ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc);
             }
+            // Session 4910a5a5 — the ESP category behind a defanged advisory failure later
+            // resolved to success (user "Try again" recovery). Surfaced so terminal audit
+            // trails show that the original failure demonstrably un-happened — the
+            // discriminant between "failed and stayed failed" and "failed, recovered, but
+            // produced no completion evidence".
+            if (state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc != null)
+            {
+                seen.Add("esp_advisory_failure_resolved");
+                timestamps["espAdvisoryFailureResolved"] = FormatUtc(state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc.Value);
+                evidence["espAdvisoryFailureResolved"] = TimestampedEvidence(state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc);
+            }
             // Session 772fe502 — genuine Hello-wizard launch (Shell-Core 62404, CXID AADHello/
             // NGC). Surfaced in the census so terminal audit trails show whether a wizard was
             // observed — the discriminant between "Hello skipped by policy" and "Hello skipped

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/Engine/DecisionStateSnapshotBuilder.cs

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine
                 ["helloPolicyEnabled"]             = SerializeFact(state.HelloPolicyEnabled, v => (object)v),
                 ["lastFailureTrigger"]             = SerializeFact(state.LastFailureTrigger, v => v),
                 ["espAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc"]  = SerializeFact(state.EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc, FormatUtc),
+                ["espAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc"]  = SerializeFact(state.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc, FormatUtc),
+                ["espAdvisoryFailureCategory"]     = SerializeFact(state.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory, v => v),
                 ["imeUserSessionCompletedUtc"]     = SerializeFact(state.ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc, FormatUtc),
                 ["completionWaitingFingerprint"]   = SerializeFact(state.CompletionWaitingFingerprint, v => v),
                 ["helloWizardStartedUtc"]          = SerializeFact(state.HelloWizardStartedUtc, FormatUtc),

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/State/DecisionState.cs

@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
             SignalFact<DateTime>? espAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc = null,
             SignalFact<DateTime>? imeUserSessionCompletedUtc = null,
             SignalFact<string>? completionWaitingFingerprint = null,
-            SignalFact<DateTime>? helloWizardStartedUtc = null)
+            SignalFact<DateTime>? helloWizardStartedUtc = null,
+            SignalFact<DateTime>? espAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc = null,
+            SignalFact<string>? espAdvisoryFailureCategory = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sessionId))
             {
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
             ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc = imeUserSessionCompletedUtc;
             CompletionWaitingFingerprint = completionWaitingFingerprint;
             HelloWizardStartedUtc = helloWizardStartedUtc;
+            EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc = espAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc;
+            EspAdvisoryFailureCategory = espAdvisoryFailureCategory;
         }
 
         public string SessionId { get; }
@@ -320,6 +324,36 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
         /// </summary>
         public SignalFact<DateTime>? HelloWizardStartedUtc { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set when the ESP category behind a recorded advisory failure
+        /// (<see cref="EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc"/>) later resolves to success — i.e. the
+        /// failure demonstrably un-happened. Session 4910a5a5 (2026-07-23): DeviceSetup/Apps
+        /// failed, the user pressed "Try again" ~23 min later, the apps re-ran to 10/10 and
+        /// <c>DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete</c> arrived — yet the <c>AdvisoryCompletion</c>
+        /// window still un-defanged the stale failure and failed the live enrollment.
+        /// <para>
+        /// Set-once by the shared recovery hook in the ProvisioningComplete handlers when the
+        /// resolved category matches the <c>armFailedCategory</c> carried on the armed
+        /// <c>AdvisoryCompletion</c> deadline. Once set, the advisory variant loses its
+        /// exemption from the enforcement-progress re-arm, the reboot rebase and the Hello
+        /// promotes — those guards exist to protect live enrollments, and with this fact the
+        /// "a real ESP terminal failure does not un-happen" premise is disproven for this
+        /// session. Additive-nullable, no snapshot-schema bump.
+        /// </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        public SignalFact<DateTime>? EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The ESP category (<c>DeviceSetup</c> / <c>AccountSetup</c>) named by the advisory
+        /// failure's signal payload, recorded alongside <see cref="EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc"/>.
+        /// Lives on state — not on the <c>AdvisoryCompletion</c> deadline payload — because
+        /// re-arm and reboot-rebase sites rebuild that deadline and would silently drop a
+        /// payload-carried category. Null when the arming signal carried no category (e.g.
+        /// event-log-derived failures); the recovery hook then never matches and behavior is
+        /// unchanged. Additive-nullable, no snapshot-schema bump.
+        /// </summary>
+        public SignalFact<string>? EspAdvisoryFailureCategory { get; }
+
         public string SchemaVersion { get; }
 
         /// <summary>

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore/State/DecisionStateBuilder.cs

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
             ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc = source.ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc;
             CompletionWaitingFingerprint = source.CompletionWaitingFingerprint;
             HelloWizardStartedUtc = source.HelloWizardStartedUtc;
+            EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc = source.EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc;
+            EspAdvisoryFailureCategory = source.EspAdvisoryFailureCategory;
         }
 
         public string SessionId { get; set; }
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
         public SignalFact<DateTime>? ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc { get; set; }
         public SignalFact<string>? CompletionWaitingFingerprint { get; set; }
         public SignalFact<DateTime>? HelloWizardStartedUtc { get; set; }
+        public SignalFact<DateTime>? EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc { get; set; }
+        public SignalFact<string>? EspAdvisoryFailureCategory { get; set; }
         public string SchemaVersion { get; set; }
 
         // ---------- fluent helpers for the most common reducer operations ----------
@@ -197,9 +201,25 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
         /// Fire-once gate: subsequent <c>EspTerminalFailure</c> signals see this fact set and
         /// dead-end without further effect.
         /// </summary>
-        public DecisionStateBuilder WithEspAdvisoryFailureRecorded(DateTime utc, long sourceSignalOrdinal)
+        public DecisionStateBuilder WithEspAdvisoryFailureRecorded(
+            DateTime utc, long sourceSignalOrdinal, string? failedCategory = null)
         {
             EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc = new SignalFact<DateTime>(utc, sourceSignalOrdinal);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(failedCategory))
+            {
+                EspAdvisoryFailureCategory = new SignalFact<string>(failedCategory!, sourceSignalOrdinal);
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Record that the ESP category behind the recorded advisory failure later resolved to
+        /// success (session 4910a5a5 — "Try again" recovery). Set-once; lifts the advisory
+        /// variant's exemption from the AdvisoryCompletion re-arm/rebase guards.
+        /// </summary>
+        public DecisionStateBuilder WithEspAdvisoryFailureResolved(DateTime utc, long sourceSignalOrdinal)
+        {
+            EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc = new SignalFact<DateTime>(utc, sourceSignalOrdinal);
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -236,6 +256,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State
                 espAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc: EspAdvisoryFailureRecordedUtc,
                 imeUserSessionCompletedUtc: ImeUserSessionCompletedUtc,
                 completionWaitingFingerprint: CompletionWaitingFingerprint,
-                helloWizardStartedUtc: HelloWizardStartedUtc);
+                helloWizardStartedUtc: HelloWizardStartedUtc,
+                espAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc: EspAdvisoryFailureResolvedUtc,
+                espAdvisoryFailureCategory: EspAdvisoryFailureCategory);
     }
 }

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/Constants.cs

@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared
             public const string DesktopDetectorStarted      = "desktop_detector_started";    // 1x on Start() / ResetForRealUserSwitch()
             public const string DesktopDetectorFirstPoll    = "desktop_detector_first_poll"; // 1x after first PollForDesktop() completes
             public const string DesktopDetectorNoCandidate  = "desktop_detector_no_candidate"; // 1x after threshold polls without resolution (configurable)
+            // 1x when WinRT SystemSetupInfo.OutOfBoxExperienceState flips InProgress->Completed,
+            // sampled on the DAD 30s poll. Observational only (no decision-engine involvement) —
+            // an owner-independent desktop corroboration for sessions where WTS+WMI owner
+            // resolution starves and desktop_arrived never fires. Often absent in healthy
+            // sessions: the DAD timer is disposed at desktop arrival, which is when the flip lands.
+            public const string OobeStateCompleted          = "oobe_state_completed";
             public const string CompletionCheck     = "completion_check";
             // Liveness plan PR2 — emitted (state-change-only, deduped via the
             // CompletionWaitingFingerprint state fact) whenever the DecisionEngine blocks or
@@ -334,6 +340,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared
             // start→completion duration (works on replay since start carries the source log
             // timestamp). Warning, advisory ("suspected"); no state mutation.
             public const string ScriptTimeoutSuspected = "script_timeout_suspected";
+            // One-shot per agent run: the IME adapter detected replayed log content from a
+            // previous enrollment (source lines > 24 h stale, e.g. IME logs surviving a
+            // re-enrollment) and suppressed the historic script (script_started/completed/
+            // failed) and app (app_install_*/download_progress/do_telemetry) events.
+            // Data.earliestRejectedSourceTimestamp dates the replayed content so operators
+            // know why those events are missing (session eaf3d8c4).
+            public const string HistoricImeReplayDetected = "historic_ime_replay_detected";
             public const string EspProvisioningStatus = "esp_provisioning_status";
             public const string SoftwareInventoryAnalysis = "software_inventory_analysis";
             public const string VulnerabilityReport       = "vulnerability_report";
@@ -362,6 +375,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared
             public const string TelemetryUploadBlocked          = "telemetry_upload_blocked";          // Warning (one-shot) when the drain is blocked by a retained unknown permanent 4xx (400 contract bug / 404 route mismatch / tenant-validation). Data is NOT discarded. LOCAL diagnostic (agent log + diag ZIP): this marker is queued behind the blocking batch and only reaches the backend after the block clears — no out-of-band bypass by design.
             public const string SessionParkedWithoutDeadline    = "session_parked_without_deadline";   // One-shot Warning tripwire (liveness plan PR1): a non-terminal session entered the post-AccountSetup dead-end zone (ESP final exit or advisory failure) with NO resolution-capable deadline armed. After the 2026-06-12 dead-end fixes this must never fire in production — every occurrence is a bug report for an unknown parking variant.
             public const string DiskSpaceLow                    = "disk_space_low";                    // One-shot Warning (state-change-only, 1 GB hysteresis — NOT periodic) when the system drive drops below 2 GB free. Review MON-B10: disk-full was previously only visible inside Debug performance_snapshot payloads (filtered out of timelines), so a disk-starved enrollment carried no actionable threshold signal.
+            public const string EspPolicyProviderStalled        = "esp_policy_provider_stalled";       // One-shot-per-provider Warning: a registered EnrollmentStatusTracking CSP policy provider stayed incomplete >= 15 min (Setup/Apps TrackingPoliciesCreated != 1, or DevicePreparation InstallationState not in {2,3}). The ESP waits on Setup/Apps providers WITHOUT any OS timeout — e.g. pre-provisioning + co-management leaves only "ConfigMgr" registered (no "Sidecar" = IME) and the user ESP sits at "Apps (Identifying)" for days. Observational only; payload carries the full provider list. See EspPolicyProviderProbe.
             public const string KeepAwakeEngaged                = "keep_awake_engaged";                // Info (state-change, NOT periodic) emitted by the opt-in UserEspKeepAwake host when it holds the device awake (system + display) on entering the User-ESP/AccountSetup phase, so idle standby cannot stall app installs / account provisioning. Reboots are unaffected. Per-tenant toggle (AnalyzerConfiguration.KeepAwakeDuringUserEsp, default off).
             public const string KeepAwakeReleased               = "keep_awake_released";               // Info (Warning when reason=safety_cap) emitted when the keep-awake hold is released — reason = account_setup_complete | host_stop | safety_cap. Brackets KeepAwakeEngaged; the OS also auto-clears the hold on process exit/reboot.
 
@@ -532,6 +546,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared
             public const string EspFailureSettleRecovered = "esp_failure_settle_recovered"; // The failed subcategory left the "failed" state during the settle window (e.g. ESP "Try again" retry, session c071e92b) — the terminal EspFailureDetected fire is suppressed and monitoring continues; a subsequent failure re-arms a fresh settle window.
             public const string EspAppxFailureAnalysis    = "esp_appx_failure_analysis"; // One-shot AppXDeploymentServer/Operational scan during the ESP failure settle window: candidate MSIX/Store packages behind an "Apps (0x…)" subcategory failure invisible to ImeLogTracker (session 2bc884b6). Assessment, not a confirmed root cause.
             public const string EspProvisioningRaw        = "esp_provisioning_raw";
+            // Recovery story AFTER a terminally fired ESP failure (session 4910a5a5, 2026-07-23 —
+            // DeviceSetup/Apps failed, user pressed "Try again" ~23 min later, apps re-ran to
+            // 10/10). Distinct from EspFailureSettleRecovered, which covers recovery INSIDE the
+            // 30s settle window (terminal fire suppressed); these fire when the failure already
+            // went terminal (advisory/enrollment_failed) and the registry later disproves it.
+            public const string EspFailureRetryDetected   = "esp_failure_retry_detected";   // failed subcategory left "failed" post-terminal — consistent with the user pressing "Try again"
+            public const string EspFailureRecovered       = "esp_failure_recovered";        // previously failed category reached all-subcategories-succeeded post-terminal
+            // DecisionEngine counterpart (survives reboots via snapshot, unlike the in-run tracker
+            // pair above): the category behind a defanged esp_failure_advisory later resolved to
+            // success — the advisory no longer blocks; re-arm/rebase guards apply again.
+            public const string EspFailureAdvisoryResolved = "esp_failure_advisory_resolved";
             public const string EspFailure                = "esp_failure";
             public const string EspExiting                = "esp_exiting";
 

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/DataAccess/IHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker.cs

@@ -4,23 +4,37 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared.DataAccess
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Tracks which (tenant, manufacturer, model) combinations have already triggered a bell
-    /// notification. Used by ReportDistressFunction to fire a tenant-admin notification at most
-    /// once per model per tenant (lifetime dedup).
+    /// First-notification dedup store for distress-driven bell notifications. Used by
+    /// ReportDistressFunction to fire each tenant-admin notification at most once per subject
+    /// (lifetime dedup): hardware rejections per (tenant, manufacturer, model) and TPM PSS
+    /// incompatibilities per (tenant, serial number).
     /// </summary>
     public interface IHardwareRejectionNotificationTracker
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Atomically records a first-time notification for the given (tenantId, manufacturer, model).
+        /// Atomically records a first-time hardware-rejection notification for the given
+        /// (tenantId, manufacturer, model).
         /// Returns true if this is the first time (caller should fire the notification),
         /// false if an entry already exists (caller should skip).
         /// Manufacturer and model are matched case-insensitively after trim.
         /// </summary>
         Task<bool> TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync(string tenantId, string manufacturer, string model);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Atomically records a first-time TPM-PSS-unsupported notification for the given
+        /// (tenantId, serialNumber). Same semantics as
+        /// <see cref="TryRegisterFirstNotificationAsync"/>; the serial number is matched
+        /// case-insensitively after trim.
+        /// </summary>
+        Task<bool> TryRegisterFirstTpmPssNotificationAsync(string tenantId, string serialNumber);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Retention cleanup: deletes tracker rows whose FirstNotifiedAt is older than
-        /// <paramref name="cutoffUtc"/>. Pruning re-arms the dedup for that model. Returns rows deleted.
+        /// <paramref name="cutoffUtc"/>. Both key spaces live in one table, so pruning re-arms the
+        /// dedup for BOTH subjects: a hardware model rejected again after the cutoff rings once more,
+        /// and so does a TPM-PSS-incompatible device that reports again. That is intended — a bell
+        /// that can never ring a second time would go silent on a device the tenant never fixed.
+        /// Returns rows deleted.
         /// </summary>
         Task<int> DeleteOlderThanAsync(DateTime cutoffUtc);
     }

src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/Models/FleetHealthModels.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models
         public int InProgress { get; set; }
         /// <summary>Terminal, non-failure sessions (timeout reclassification). Surfaced as its own count; not a failure.</summary>
         public int Incomplete { get; set; }
-        /// <summary>Succeeded / total * 100 (one decimal). Note: over all sessions, not just terminal.</summary>
+        /// <summary>Succeeded / (Succeeded + Failed) * 100 (one decimal) — finished enrollments only,
+        /// matching the SLA convention. 0 when nothing has finished yet (clients render "—").</summary>
         public double SuccessRate { get; set; }
         /// <summary>Average duration in minutes over non-in-progress sessions that carry a duration.</summary>
         public int AvgDurationMinutes { get; set; }
@@ -58,8 +59,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models
     public sealed class FleetModelHealth
     {
         public string Model { get; set; } = default!;
+        /// <summary>All sessions on this model in the window, including in-flight ones.</summary>
         public int Total { get; set; }
         public int Succeeded { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>Clients derive the per-model rate as Succeeded / (Succeeded + Failed).</summary>
+        public int Failed { get; set; }
     }
 
     public sealed class FleetSlowModel
@@ -73,7 +77,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models
     {
         public string Model { get; set; } = default!;
         public int Failed { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>All sessions on this model in the window, including in-flight ones.</summary>
         public int Total { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>Failed / (Failed + Succeeded) * 100, rounded — finished enrollments only.</summary>
         public int FailureRate { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/app/about/page.tsx

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ const FEATURES = [
   {
     title: "Diagnostics Collection",
     description:
-      "Collect agent logs, IME logs, agent state, and device information as a ZIP bundle at the end of an enrollment — then download it from the session view without touching the device.",
+      "Collect agent logs, IME logs, agent state, and device information as a ZIP bundle — automatically at the end of an enrollment, or on demand while one is still running — then download it from the session view without touching the device.",
     color: "green",
-    bullets: ["Configurable upload: off, always, or on failure", "Agent, IME & device information bundle", "Configurable additional log paths"],
+    bullets: ["Configurable upload: off, always, or on failure", "On-demand collection from a running enrollment", "Agent, IME & device information bundle", "Configurable additional log paths"],
   },
   {
     title: "Detailed Event Timeline",

src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/app/admin/components/IgnoredSoftwareTab.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { api } from "@/lib/api";
 import { authenticatedFetch } from "@/lib/authenticatedFetch";
+import TruncatedLabel from "@/components/TruncatedLabel";
 import { trackEvent } from "@/lib/appInsights";
 import type { AutoResolveResult, IgnoredSoftwareEntry } from "./SoftwareMappingTypes";
 
@@ -211,8 +212,8 @@ export function IgnoredSoftwareTab({
 
                   return (
                     <tr key={key} className="hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-700/30 transition-colors">
-                      <td className="px-3 py-3 text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 truncate">
-                        {entry.softwareName}
+                      <td className="px-3 py-3">
+                        <TruncatedLabel text={entry.softwareName} className="block text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100" />
                       </td>
                       <td className="px-3 py-3 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 truncate">
                         {entry.publisher || <span className="text-gray-300 dark:text-gray-600 italic">unknown</span>}

src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/app/admin/components/OpsEventsSection.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { api } from "@/lib/api";
+import TruncatedLabel from "@/components/TruncatedLabel";
 import { authenticatedFetch, TokenExpiredError } from "@/lib/authenticatedFetch";
 import { extractContinuation } from "@/lib/paginationLink";
 import { extractSessionId, buildAutoReason } from "./opsEventSessionHelpers";
@@ -445,8 +446,8 @@ export function OpsEventsSection({
                       <td className="px-3 py-2.5 text-sm font-mono text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 whitespace-nowrap">
                         {evt.eventType}
                       </td>
-                      <td className="px-3 py-2.5 text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 max-w-[300px] truncate">
-                        {evt.message}
+                      <td className="px-3 py-2.5 max-w-[300px]">
+                        <TruncatedLabel interactive={false} text={evt.message ?? ""} className="block text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300" />
                       </td>
                       <td className="px-3 py-2.5 text-sm font-mono text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
                         {evt.tenantId ? (evt.tenantId.length > 8 ? `${evt.tenantId.slice(0, 8)}...` : evt.tenantId) : <span className="text-gray-300 dark:text-gray-600">-</span>}

src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/app/admin/components/SessionReportsSection.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { api } from "@/lib/api";
 import { authenticatedFetch, TokenExpiredError } from "@/lib/authenticatedFetch";
+import TruncatedLabel from "@/components/TruncatedLabel";
 import { extractContinuation } from "@/lib/paginationLink";
 import { isGuid } from "@/utils/inputValidation";
 import { trackEvent } from "@/lib/appInsights";
@@ -355,8 +356,10 @@ export function SessionReportsSection({
                     <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
                       {r.submittedBy}
                     </td>
-                    <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 truncate max-w-xs">
-                      {r.comment || <span className="text-gray-400 italic">no comment</span>}
+                    <td className="px-4 py-3 max-w-xs">
+                      {r.comment
+                        ? <TruncatedLabel interactive={false} text={r.comment} className="block text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300" />
+                        : <span className="text-sm text-gray-400 italic">no comment</span>}
                     </td>
                     <td className="px-4 py-3 text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
                       {r.adminNote ? (
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ export function SessionReportsSection({
                           <svg className="w-4 h-4 text-indigo-500 dark:text-indigo-400 shrink-0" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                             <path d="M3 17.25V21h3.75L17.81 9.94l-3.75-3.75L3 17.25zM20.71 7.04a1 1 0 000-1.41l-2.34-2.34a1 1 0 00-1.41 0l-1.83 1.83 3.75 3.75 1.83-1.83z" />
                           </svg>
-                          <span className="truncate max-w-[140px]">{r.adminNote}</span>
+                          <TruncatedLabel interactive={false} text={r.adminNote} className="max-w-[140px]" />
                         </div>
                       ) : (
                         <span className="text-gray-300 dark:text-gray-600">—</span>