OOBE quality update: install events from the System log, servicing steps, a bounded engine phase in Shadow mode (D-310)

Report 3a2207978e4c: a session was failed 30 min after the ESP exit while Windows installed its
OOBE quality update. The update watcher had been blind since July and the engine had no notion
of the phase.

- Windows Update client: 19/20/43/44 come from the System log (provider-filtered XPath), as the
  provider manifest routes them; 25/26/31/41 from Operational via their own config list.
  Updates are classified os/defender/store/other: only Windows/.NET updates become rows, the
  rest is counted into windows_update_activity_summary. Per-channel watermarks persist a record
  only after its row and engine signal were handed to the ingress.
- Servicing: CBS steps from the Setup log (windows_update_servicing), client UpdateAgentLCU.
- Engine: OsUpdateActivity and OsUpdateFacts (event-time ordered) anchor an OOBE update phase
  after the ESP exit. Each state has its own bound: the update runs at most 3 h (then Failed
  oobe_update_not_finished), after it the user has 60 min to sign in (then the engine stops
  waiting without a verdict), after the sign-in one window of grace.
- The phase acts only in OobeUpdatePhaseMode=Active. Shadow, the default, reports what it would
  decide as oobe_update_phase_shadow right before today's verdict. The agent stamps the mode on
  EnrollmentFactsObserved at every start; a later stamp can take Active away, never grant it.
- Agent: a stop without a verdict ends the session like the max-lifetime watchdog
  (agent_shutting_down reason=stopped_waiting); the backend classifies it honestly (verdict
  origin stopwait), never Failed.
- Measurement: oobe_update_page (the update page and its ExpeditedUpdate_* names; a 62407 value
  only as boolean, integer or HRESULT) and oobe_update_state (NDUP and ESP-policy registry
  values), both Debug and bounded per run.
- ANALYZE-DEV-004 1.2.0 counts install and download failures only, never scan failures.
- Event types in Constants, MCP catalog and web; shared manifests regenerated; privacy page
  names Windows updates installed during the enrollment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4.38.0
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@2892aa5e19bbd11bc0cff5427e3b750a04d9e3c2 # v4.38.2
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
@@ -125,6 +125,6 @@ jobs:
         run: dotnet build AutopilotMonitor.sln --configuration Release
 
       - name: Analyze
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@b96794f015dfd88f77b49b1c93e0fa7110f94c63 # v4.38.0
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@2892aa5e19bbd11bc0cff5427e3b750a04d9e3c2 # v4.38.2
         with:
           category: /language:${{ matrix.language }}

.github/workflows/deploy-web.yml

@@ -78,6 +78,23 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ env.WEB_DIR }}
         run: npm ci
 
+      # Star counter for the GitHub star link (utils/githubStars.ts). Baked into the static HTML
+      # so visitors' browsers never call GitHub; stale until the next web deploy. The token stays
+      # in this step, never in the build. Fail-soft: without a number the link has no counter.
+      - name: Read GitHub star count (fail-soft)
+        id: stars
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          count=$(gh api "repos/$REPO" --jq .stargazers_count 2>/dev/null || true)
+          if [[ "$count" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "count=$count" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "GitHub stars: $count"
+          else
+            echo "::warning::GitHub star count unavailable - the star link renders without a counter"
+          fi
+
       # next.config output:'export' -- `next build` writes the static site to out/
       # (prebuild: sync-error-codes, generate-lastmod, generate-version, whats-new).
       - name: Build
@@ -98,6 +115,8 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
           # Docs checkout for public/whats-new.json; the prebuild fails in CI without it.
           WHATS_NEW_DOCS_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/whats-new-docs
+          # Star counter from the step above; empty when the lookup failed.
+          NEXT_PUBLIC_GITHUB_STARS: ${{ steps.stars.outputs.count }}
         run: |
           npm run build
           test -f out/version.json || { echo "out/version.json missing - export did not run"; exit 1; }

rules/analyze/ANALYZE-DEV-004.json

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "$schema": "../schema/analyze-rule.schema.json",
   "ruleId": "ANALYZE-DEV-004",
   "title": "Windows Update Failed During Enrollment",
-  "description": "Detects a Windows quality/cumulative update that FAILED to install during the OOBE / ESP enrollment window (WindowsUpdateClient EventID 20). A cumulative update failing mid-OOBE is a known cause of enrollment errors and is otherwise invisible in the Intune console.",
+  "description": "Detects a Windows quality/cumulative update that FAILED to install or download during the OOBE / ESP enrollment window (WindowsUpdateClient EventID 20 from the System log, 31 from the Operational channel). A cumulative update failing mid-OOBE is a known cause of enrollment errors and is otherwise invisible in the Intune console.",
   "severity": "high",
   "category": "device",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "enabled": true,
   "evaluateOn": [
     "enrollment_end",
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
   "conditions": [
     {
       "signal": "wu_install_failed",
-      "source": "event_type",
+      "source": "event_data",
       "eventType": "windows_update_failed",
+      "dataField": "wuEventId",
       "operator": "exists",
       "value": "",
+      "filterField": "wuPhase",
+      "filterOperator": "in",
+      "filterValue": "install,download",
       "required": true
     },
     {
@@ -31,6 +35,9 @@
       "dataField": "updateTitle",
       "operator": "exists",
       "value": "",
+      "filterField": "wuPhase",
+      "filterOperator": "in",
+      "filterValue": "install,download",
       "required": false
     },
     {
@@ -40,6 +47,9 @@
       "dataField": "hresult",
       "operator": "exists",
       "value": "",
+      "filterField": "wuPhase",
+      "filterOperator": "in",
+      "filterValue": "install,download",
       "required": false
     },
     {
@@ -49,6 +59,9 @@
       "dataField": "hresultSymbol",
       "operator": "exists",
       "value": "",
+      "filterField": "wuPhase",
+      "filterOperator": "in",
+      "filterValue": "install,download",
       "required": false
     },
     {

rules/dist/analyze-rules.json

@@ -1385,10 +1385,10 @@
     {
       "ruleId": "ANALYZE-DEV-004",
       "title": "Windows Update Failed During Enrollment",
-      "description": "Detects a Windows quality/cumulative update that FAILED to install during the OOBE / ESP enrollment window (WindowsUpdateClient EventID 20). A cumulative update failing mid-OOBE is a known cause of enrollment errors and is otherwise invisible in the Intune console.",
+      "description": "Detects a Windows quality/cumulative update that FAILED to install or download during the OOBE / ESP enrollment window (WindowsUpdateClient EventID 20 from the System log, 31 from the Operational channel). A cumulative update failing mid-OOBE is a known cause of enrollment errors and is otherwise invisible in the Intune console.",
       "severity": "high",
       "category": "device",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "enabled": true,
       "evaluateOn": [
         "enrollment_end",
@@ -1401,10 +1401,14 @@
       "conditions": [
         {
           "signal": "wu_install_failed",
-          "source": "event_type",
+          "source": "event_data",
           "eventType": "windows_update_failed",
+          "dataField": "wuEventId",
           "operator": "exists",
           "value": "",
+          "filterField": "wuPhase",
+          "filterOperator": "in",
+          "filterValue": "install,download",
           "required": true
         },
         {
@@ -1414,6 +1418,9 @@
           "dataField": "updateTitle",
           "operator": "exists",
           "value": "",
+          "filterField": "wuPhase",
+          "filterOperator": "in",
+          "filterValue": "install,download",
           "required": false
         },
         {
@@ -1423,6 +1430,9 @@
           "dataField": "hresult",
           "operator": "exists",
           "value": "",
+          "filterField": "wuPhase",
+          "filterOperator": "in",
+          "filterValue": "install,download",
           "required": false
         },
         {
@@ -1432,6 +1442,9 @@
           "dataField": "hresultSymbol",
           "operator": "exists",
           "value": "",
+          "filterField": "wuPhase",
+          "filterOperator": "in",
+          "filterValue": "install,download",
           "required": false
         },
         {

rules/dist/ime-log-patterns.json

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
       "category": "currentPhase",
       "pattern": "^\\[DO TEL\\] = (?<doTelJson>\\{.*\\})",
       "action": "updateDoTelemetry",
-      "description": "Captures Delivery Optimization telemetry JSON after a DO download completes. Contains file size, peer caching stats, download mode, and duration. IME removed the [DO TEL] emitter in 1.104 (absent in 1.104.102.0 and 1.105.103.0 decompiles, present in 1.97.107.0); kept while 1.101/1.103 devices are in the fleet — retire once those versions are gone.",
+      "description": "Captures Delivery Optimization telemetry JSON after a DO download completes. Contains file size, peer caching stats, download mode, and duration. IME removed the [DO TEL] emitter in 1.104 (absent from the 1.104.102.0 and 1.105.103.0 builds, present in 1.97.107.0); kept while 1.101/1.103 devices are in the fleet — retire once those versions are gone.",
       "enabled": true
     },
     {
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
       "category": "always",
       "pattern": "^Failed to get AAD token\\..*?errorCode = (?<errorCode>.*?)$",
       "action": "imeTokenFailure",
-      "description": "IME token acquisition failure ('Failed to get AAD token. len = N using client id ... and resource id ..., errorCode = N', IntuneTokenManager, IntuneManagementExtension.log). This line appears ROUTINELY during the device phase (no user token exists yet), so the agent holds the failure pending: any IME-TOKEN-SUCCESS match clears it, and the ime_token_failure Warning fires only when no success follows for the whole 30-min grace window (then deduped to one Warning per distinct errorCode). A genuine auth outage (WAM broken, conditional access, network) runs long enough to hit the window. Verified against IME 1.97 and 1.104 decompiled sources.",
+      "description": "IME token acquisition failure ('Failed to get AAD token. len = N using client id ... and resource id ..., errorCode = N', IntuneTokenManager, IntuneManagementExtension.log). This line appears ROUTINELY during the device phase (no user token exists yet), so the agent holds the failure pending: any IME-TOKEN-SUCCESS match clears it, and the ime_token_failure Warning fires only when no success follows for the whole 30-min grace window (then deduped to one Warning per distinct errorCode). A genuine auth outage (WAM broken, conditional access, network) runs long enough to hit the window. Verified against IME 1.97 and 1.104.",
       "enabled": true
     },
     {

rules/ime-log-patterns/IME-DO-TEL.json

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "category": "currentPhase",
   "pattern": "^\\[DO TEL\\] = (?<doTelJson>\\{.*\\})",
   "action": "updateDoTelemetry",
-  "description": "Captures Delivery Optimization telemetry JSON after a DO download completes. Contains file size, peer caching stats, download mode, and duration. IME removed the [DO TEL] emitter in 1.104 (absent in 1.104.102.0 and 1.105.103.0 decompiles, present in 1.97.107.0); kept while 1.101/1.103 devices are in the fleet — retire once those versions are gone.",
+  "description": "Captures Delivery Optimization telemetry JSON after a DO download completes. Contains file size, peer caching stats, download mode, and duration. IME removed the [DO TEL] emitter in 1.104 (absent from the 1.104.102.0 and 1.105.103.0 builds, present in 1.97.107.0); kept while 1.101/1.103 devices are in the fleet — retire once those versions are gone.",
   "enabled": true
 }

rules/ime-log-patterns/IME-TOKEN-FAILURE.json

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "category": "always",
   "pattern": "^Failed to get AAD token\\..*?errorCode = (?<errorCode>.*?)$",
   "action": "imeTokenFailure",
-  "description": "IME token acquisition failure ('Failed to get AAD token. len = N using client id ... and resource id ..., errorCode = N', IntuneTokenManager, IntuneManagementExtension.log). This line appears ROUTINELY during the device phase (no user token exists yet), so the agent holds the failure pending: any IME-TOKEN-SUCCESS match clears it, and the ime_token_failure Warning fires only when no success follows for the whole 30-min grace window (then deduped to one Warning per distinct errorCode). A genuine auth outage (WAM broken, conditional access, network) runs long enough to hit the window. Verified against IME 1.97 and 1.104 decompiled sources.",
+  "description": "IME token acquisition failure ('Failed to get AAD token. len = N using client id ... and resource id ..., errorCode = N', IntuneTokenManager, IntuneManagementExtension.log). This line appears ROUTINELY during the device phase (no user token exists yet), so the agent holds the failure pending: any IME-TOKEN-SUCCESS match clears it, and the ime_token_failure Warning fires only when no success follows for the whole 30-min grace window (then deduped to one Warning per distinct errorCode). A genuine auth outage (WAM broken, conditional access, network) runs long enough to hit the window. Verified against IME 1.97 and 1.104.",
   "enabled": true
 }

scripts/CustomerSetup/Grant-AutopilotMonitorAddOn.ps1

@@ -75,15 +75,17 @@
 .NOTES
     Requires:
       - Microsoft.Graph.Authentication PowerShell module (auto-installs if missing).
-      - Sign-in as Global Administrator OR Privileged Role Administrator OR Cloud Application Administrator.
+      - Sign-in as Global Administrator OR Privileged Role Administrator (with PIM, activate the
+        role first). Only these roles may assign Microsoft Graph application permissions;
+        Application Administrator and Cloud Application Administrator are not enough.
+      - The Autopilot Monitor app must be admin-consented in your tenant first
+        (its service principal must exist before grants can be added).
 
     Sign-in behaviour:
       In Azure Cloud Shell the script signs in via the ambient identity endpoint (a delegated
       token for the already-signed-in user) - no device-code prompt, which Conditional Access
       policies commonly block. Outside Cloud Shell it falls back to a normal interactive
       Microsoft Graph sign-in. -TenantId only applies to the interactive fallback.
-      - The Autopilot Monitor app must be admin-consented in your tenant first
-        (its service principal must exist before grants can be added).
 
     After granting:
       The Autopilot Monitor backend may cache an older token for up to ~1 hour. Use the
@@ -139,6 +141,36 @@ if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ByFeatures') {
 # ---- Constants ----
 $MicrosoftGraphAppId = '00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000'
 
+# ---- Graph failure details ----
+# Invoke-MgGraphRequest puts only "Response status code does not indicate success: ..." into the
+# exception message. Graph's own error (code + message) is the response body in ErrorDetails,
+# behind the request line, the status line and the headers. Some headers carry JSON themselves
+# (x-ms-ags-diagnostic), so the body is taken from behind the blank line that ends the headers.
+function Get-GraphFailure {
+    param([System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$ErrorRecord)
+
+    $status = 0
+    if ($ErrorRecord.Exception.PSObject.Properties['Response'] -and $ErrorRecord.Exception.Response) {
+        $status = [int]$ErrorRecord.Exception.Response.StatusCode
+    }
+
+    $text = $ErrorRecord.Exception.Message
+    if ($ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails -and $ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails.Message) {
+        $body = ($ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails.Message -split '\r?\n\r?\n', 2)[-1].Trim()
+        if ($body.StartsWith('{')) {
+            try {
+                $graphError = ($body | ConvertFrom-Json).error
+                if ($graphError.code) { $text = "$($graphError.code): $($graphError.message)" }
+            }
+            catch {
+                # Not a Graph JSON body - keep the exception message.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [pscustomobject]@{ Status = $status; Text = $text }
+}
+
 # ---- Pre-flight: module ----
 if (-not (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name Microsoft.Graph.Authentication)) {
     Write-Host "[Setup] Microsoft.Graph.Authentication not installed. Installing for current user..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
@@ -188,7 +220,7 @@ Write-Host "[Auth] Granted scopes: $($ctx.Scopes -join ', ')"
 # carries a fixed scope set (incl. Directory.AccessAsUser.All) instead of the requested scopes,
 # and its effective rights follow the signed-in user's directory role.
 if (-not $identityConnected -and -not ($ctx.Scopes -contains 'AppRoleAssignment.ReadWrite.All')) {
-    Write-Warning "Scope 'AppRoleAssignment.ReadWrite.All' was NOT granted. The signed-in user likely lacks the required role (Global Admin / Privileged Role Admin / Cloud App Admin)."
+    Write-Warning "Scope 'AppRoleAssignment.ReadWrite.All' was NOT granted. The signed-in user likely lacks the required role (Global Administrator or Privileged Role Administrator)."
     if (-not $VerifyOnly) { return }
 }
 
@@ -262,6 +294,7 @@ $action = if ($Revoke) { 'Revoke' } else { 'Grant' }
 Write-Host "[4/4] $action mode - processing $($Permissions.Count) permission(s)..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
 
 $results = @()
+$graphForbidden = $false
 foreach ($permName in $Permissions) {
     $appRole = $graphSp.appRoles | Where-Object {
         $_.value -eq $permName -and $_.allowedMemberTypes -contains 'Application'
@@ -288,7 +321,9 @@ foreach ($permName in $Permissions) {
                 $results += [pscustomobject]@{ Permission = $permName; Status = 'Revoked' }
             }
             catch {
-                Write-Warning "  [FAIL]  '$permName' revoke failed: $($_.Exception.Message)"
+                $failure = Get-GraphFailure $_
+                if ($failure.Status -eq 403) { $graphForbidden = $true }
+                Write-Warning "  [FAIL]  '$permName' revoke failed: $($failure.Text)"
                 $results += [pscustomobject]@{ Permission = $permName; Status = 'Failed' }
             }
         }
@@ -315,7 +350,9 @@ foreach ($permName in $Permissions) {
             $results += [pscustomobject]@{ Permission = $permName; Status = 'Granted' }
         }
         catch {
-            Write-Warning "  [FAIL]  '$permName' grant failed: $($_.Exception.Message)"
+            $failure = Get-GraphFailure $_
+            if ($failure.Status -eq 403) { $graphForbidden = $true }
+            Write-Warning "  [FAIL]  '$permName' grant failed: $($failure.Text)"
             $results += [pscustomobject]@{ Permission = $permName; Status = 'Failed' }
         }
     }
@@ -324,6 +361,9 @@ foreach ($permName in $Permissions) {
 Write-Host ""
 Write-Host "=========== Summary ===========" -ForegroundColor Cyan
 $results | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-Host
+if ($graphForbidden) {
+    Write-Warning "Microsoft Graph refused the change (403): the signed-in account may not manage Microsoft Graph application permissions. Sign in as Global Administrator or Privileged Role Administrator (with PIM, activate the role first) and run the script again."
+}
 Write-Host ""
 Write-Host "Note: token-cached backends may need up to ~1h to see the new permission set." -ForegroundColor Yellow
 Write-Host "      Use 'Refresh permission status' in the admin UI to apply changes immediately." -ForegroundColor Yellow

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

@@ -41,15 +41,18 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
         }
 
         private GatherRuleContext Context(bool unrestricted = false, string? imeLogPathOverride = null)
-            => new GatherRuleContext(
-                new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+        {
+            var logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+            return new GatherRuleContext(
+                logger,
                 "sess", "tenant",
                 evt => _events.Add(evt),
                 imeLogPathOverride,
-                new LogFilePositionTracker())
+                new GatherRuleSessionState("sess", null, logger))
             {
                 UnrestrictedMode = unrestricted
             };
+        }
 
         private static GatherRule Rule(string collectorType, string target,
             Dictionary<string, string>? parameters = null) => new GatherRule

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

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
         public void Context_DebugLog_is_noop_without_writer()
         {
             var context = new GatherRuleContext(
-                _logger, "sess", "tenant", _ => { }, null, new LogFilePositionTracker());
+                _logger, "sess", "tenant", _ => { }, null, new GatherRuleSessionState("sess", null, _logger));
 
             context.DebugLog("RULE-1", GatherRuleDebugLog.StageScope, "should not throw, should not write");
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An agent restart inside one enrollment session — a new <see cref="GatherRuleExecutor"/> on the
+    /// same state directory — continues where the previous run stopped: logparser rules do not
+    /// replay their log, on_change rules do not re-emit an unchanged result. Regression anchor:
+    /// session c8106021, where every restart replayed the whole HP Image Assistant log (70 events).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Collection("SerialThreading")] // startup rules execute on the shared ThreadPool
+    public sealed class GatherRuleExecutorRestartTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly TempDirectory _stateDir = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly List<EnrollmentEvent> _events = new List<EnrollmentEvent>();
+        private readonly object _eventsGate = new object();
+        private readonly List<GatherRuleExecutor> _executors = new List<GatherRuleExecutor>();
+
+        // %TEMP% lives under C:\Users (hard-blocked) — log targets sit beside the test assembly.
+        private readonly string _logDir = Path.Combine(
+            AppContext.BaseDirectory, "gather-restart-tests-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+
+        public GatherRuleExecutorRestartTests()
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(_logDir);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            foreach (var executor in _executors)
+                executor.Dispose();
+            _tmp.Dispose();
+            _stateDir.Dispose();
+            try { Directory.Delete(_logDir, recursive: true); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+        }
+
+        private string StateFile => Path.Combine(_stateDir.Path, GatherRuleStatePersistence.FileName);
+
+        private List<EnrollmentEvent> Events
+        {
+            get { lock (_eventsGate) return _events.ToList(); }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>One agent run: a fresh executor whose startup rules run once. Not disposed — a hard kill.</summary>
+        private GatherRuleExecutor AgentRun(GatherRule rule, string sessionId = "session-a", string? stateDirectory = "default",
+            Action<EnrollmentEvent>? onEvent = null, string? debugLogPath = null)
+        {
+            var executor = new GatherRuleExecutor(
+                sessionId, "tenant",
+                evt =>
+                {
+                    onEvent?.Invoke(evt);
+                    lock (_eventsGate) _events.Add(evt);
+                },
+                new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                debugLogPath: debugLogPath,
+                stateDirectory: stateDirectory == "default" ? _stateDir.Path : stateDirectory)
+            {
+                UnrestrictedMode = true
+            };
+            _executors.Add(executor);
+            executor.UpdateRules(new List<GatherRule> { rule });
+            Assert.True(executor.WaitForStartupRules(30));
+            return executor;
+        }
+
+        private static GatherRule LogRule(string path, string id = "hpia-log-collect") => new GatherRule
+        {
+            RuleId = id,
+            Title = id,
+            CollectorType = "logparser",
+            Target = path,
+            Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["pattern"] = "^(?<status>Update .+)$", ["format"] = "text" },
+            Trigger = "startup",
+            OutputEventType = "HPiA-UpdateStatus",
+            Enabled = true,
+        };
+
+        private static GatherRule OnChangeFileRule(string path) => new GatherRule
+        {
+            RuleId = "GATHER-OC-FILE",
+            Title = "file presence",
+            CollectorType = "file",
+            Target = path,
+            Trigger = "startup",
+            OutputEventType = "gather_file_presence",
+            Enabled = true,
+            EmitMode = "on_change",
+        };
+
+        private string WriteLog(string name, string content)
+        {
+            var path = Path.Combine(_logDir, name);
+            File.WriteAllText(path, content);
+            return path;
+        }
+
+        private int StatusEvents => Events.Count(e => e.EventType == "HPiA-UpdateStatus");
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Restart_does_not_replay_the_log_and_new_lines_arrive_once()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("HP Image Assistant.log", "Update one\nUpdate two\nnoise\n");
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path));
+            Assert.Equal(2, StatusEvents);
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path));                      // reboot, nothing new
+            Assert.Equal(2, StatusEvents);
+
+            File.AppendAllText(path, "Update three\n");
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path));                      // next restart picks up only the new line
+            Assert.Equal(3, StatusEvents);
+            Assert.Equal("Update three", Events.Last(e => e.EventType == "HPiA-UpdateStatus").Data["status"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Position_is_on_disk_right_after_the_run_without_a_clean_shutdown()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("hardkill.log", "Update one\n");
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path));                      // never disposed
+
+            var saved = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GatherRuleStateData>(File.ReadAllText(StateFile))!;
+            var position = Assert.Single(saved.LogPositions!);
+            Assert.Equal(new FileInfo(path).Length, position.Position);
+            Assert.Equal("session-a", saved.SessionId);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Position_is_saved_only_after_the_events_went_out()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("ordering.log", "Update one\n");
+            var savedDuringEmit = new List<bool>();
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path), onEvent: _ => savedDuringEmit.Add(File.Exists(StateFile)));
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { false }, savedDuringEmit);
+            Assert.True(File.Exists(StateFile));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_new_session_reads_the_log_from_the_beginning()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("rotated.log", "Update one\nUpdate two\n");
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path), sessionId: "session-a");
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path), sessionId: "session-b");   // session rotated on the same device
+
+            Assert.Equal(4, StatusEvents);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_log_replaced_during_the_reboot_is_read_from_the_beginning()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("replaced.log", "Update one\n");
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path, "replaced"));
+
+            // The tool writes a new log after the reboot; it is already longer than the old position.
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "Update fresh A\nUpdate fresh B\nUpdate fresh C\n");
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path, "replaced"));
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "Update one", "Update fresh A", "Update fresh B", "Update fresh C" },
+                Events.Where(e => e.EventType == "HPiA-UpdateStatus").Select(e => (string)e.Data["status"]).ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void An_unchanged_on_change_result_stays_silent_after_a_restart()
+        {
+            var watched = Path.Combine(_logDir, "marker.txt");
+
+            AgentRun(OnChangeFileRule(watched));          // absent → first result emits
+            AgentRun(OnChangeFileRule(watched));          // reboot, still absent → silent
+            Assert.Single(Events, e => e.EventType == "gather_file_presence");
+
+            File.WriteAllText(watched, "present");
+            AgentRun(OnChangeFileRule(watched));          // changed → emits
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, Events.Count(e => e.EventType == "gather_file_presence"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Without_a_state_directory_every_run_starts_over_and_writes_nothing()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("diagnostic.log", "Update one\n");
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path), stateDirectory: null);
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path), stateDirectory: null);
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, StatusEvents);
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(StateFile));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Debug_trace_says_what_was_restored_and_where_reading_continues()
+        {
+            var path = WriteLog("traced.log", "Update one\n");
+            var trace = Path.Combine(_tmp.Path, "gather-rules-debug.log");
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path));
+            File.AppendAllText(path, "Update two\n");
+
+            AgentRun(LogRule(path), debugLogPath: trace);
+
+            var text = File.ReadAllText(trace);
+            Assert.Contains("gather state: restored 1 logparser position(s) for 1 rule(s)", text);
+            Assert.Contains("hpia-log-collect | config | logparser position restored: traced.log", text);
+            Assert.Contains("traced.log: continuing at position", text);
+        }
+    }
+}

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

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <see cref="GatherRuleSessionState"/> and <see cref="GatherRuleStatePersistence"/>: what is
+    /// written, what a restart restores, what it refuses, and when the file is (not) written.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class GatherRuleSessionStateTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly TempDirectory _stateDir = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+
+        public GatherRuleSessionStateTests()
+        {
+            _logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _tmp.Dispose();
+            _stateDir.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        private string StateFile => Path.Combine(_stateDir.Path, GatherRuleStatePersistence.FileName);
+
+        private GatherRuleSessionState NewState(string sessionId = "session-a") =>
+            new GatherRuleSessionState(sessionId, new GatherRuleStatePersistence(_stateDir.Path, _logger), _logger);
+
+        private static LogFileHead Head(string text) => LogFileHead.FromBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
+
+        // ── restore ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Positions_and_emitted_hashes_survive_a_restart_of_the_same_session()
+        {
+            var first = NewState();
+            first.CommitLogPosition("RULE-1", @"C:\Logs\a.log", 120, 7, Head("2026-09-28 a.log start"), heldTailStart: -1);
+            first.CommitEmittedHash("RULE-2", "hash-value");
+
+            var second = NewState();
+
+            var position = second.PeekLogPosition("RULE-1", @"C:\Logs\a.log");
+            Assert.NotNull(position);
+            Assert.Equal(120, position!.Position);
+            Assert.Equal(7, position.LineNumber);
+            Assert.True(position.FromPreviousRun);
+            Assert.Equal("hash-value", second.GetEmittedHashes()["RULE-2"]);
+            Assert.StartsWith("restored 1 logparser position(s) for 1 rule(s) and 1 on_change value(s)", second.RestoreSummary);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void State_of_another_session_is_ignored()
+        {
+            NewState("session-a").CommitLogPosition("RULE-1", @"C:\Logs\a.log", 120, 7, Head("start"), -1);
+
+            var rotated = NewState("session-b");
+
+            Assert.Null(rotated.PeekLogPosition("RULE-1", @"C:\Logs\a.log"));
+            Assert.Contains("saved for session session-a, current session is session-b", rotated.RestoreSummary);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Missing_file_is_a_first_run_and_corrupt_file_a_fresh_start()
+        {
+            Assert.StartsWith("no saved state", NewState().RestoreSummary);
+
+            File.WriteAllText(StateFile, "not json {{{");
+            var afterCorruption = NewState();
+
+            Assert.StartsWith("saved state discarded", afterCorruption.RestoreSummary);
+            Assert.Empty(afterCorruption.GetEmittedHashes());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Tampered_entries_are_dropped_and_the_rest_restored()
+        {
+            var data = new GatherRuleStateData
+            {
+                SessionId = "session-a",
+                SavedAtUtc = DateTime.UtcNow,
+                LogPositions = new List<GatherLogPositionData>
+                {
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "OK", Path = @"C:\a.log", Position = 10, LineNumber = 1, HeadLength = 10, HeadHash = "h" },
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "NEG", Path = @"C:\b.log", Position = -5, HeadLength = 10, HeadHash = "h" },
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "", Path = @"C:\c.log", Position = 1, HeadLength = 1, HeadHash = "h" },
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "BIGHEAD", Path = @"C:\d.log", Position = 1, HeadLength = 5000, HeadHash = "h" },
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "NOHEAD", Path = @"C:\e.log", Position = 50, HeadLength = 0 },
+                },
+                OnChangeHashes = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["GOOD"] = "x", ["EMPTY"] = "" },
+            };
+            File.WriteAllText(StateFile, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data));
+
+            var state = NewState();
+
+            Assert.NotNull(state.PeekLogPosition("OK", @"C:\a.log"));
+            Assert.Null(state.PeekLogPosition("NEG", @"C:\b.log"));
+            Assert.Null(state.PeekLogPosition("BIGHEAD", @"C:\d.log"));
+            Assert.Null(state.PeekLogPosition("NOHEAD", @"C:\e.log"));
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "GOOD" }, state.GetEmittedHashes().Keys.ToArray());
+            Assert.Contains("5 invalid entries dropped", state.RestoreSummary);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_path_no_real_file_can_have_is_dropped_and_never_stops_the_executor()
+        {
+            // Path APIs throw on these characters under .NET Framework; a throw here would keep
+            // every collector host down at every restart of the session.
+            var data = new GatherRuleStateData
+            {
+                SessionId = "session-a",
+                LogPositions = new List<GatherLogPositionData>
+                {
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "BAD", Path = "C:\\Logs\\x.|og", Position = 1, HeadLength = 1, HeadHash = "h" },
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "WILD", Path = "C:\\Logs\\*.log", Position = 1, HeadLength = 1, HeadHash = "h" },
+                    new GatherLogPositionData { RuleId = "OK", Path = "C:\\Logs\\ok.log", Position = 1, HeadLength = 1, HeadHash = "h" },
+                },
+            };
+            File.WriteAllText(StateFile, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data));
+
+            var state = NewState();
+
+            Assert.NotNull(state.PeekLogPosition("OK", "C:\\Logs\\ok.log"));
+            Assert.Null(state.PeekLogPosition("BAD", "C:\\Logs\\x.|og"));
+            Assert.Contains("2 invalid entries dropped", state.RestoreSummary);
+        }
+
+        // ── where reading starts ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Reading_continues_while_the_file_head_still_matches()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+            state.CommitLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log", 30, 3, Head("2026-09-28 first line\n"), -1);
+
+            var start = GatherRuleSessionState.ResolveStart(state.PeekLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log"), 200,
+                Head("2026-09-28 first line\nsecond line\nthird"), out var how);
+
+            Assert.Equal(30, start);
+            Assert.Equal(LogReadStart.Continue, how);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_shrunk_file_and_a_replaced_file_are_read_from_the_beginning()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+            state.CommitLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log", 30, 3, Head("2026-09-28 first line\n"), -1);
+            var known = state.PeekLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log");
+
+            Assert.Equal(0, GatherRuleSessionState.ResolveStart(known, 20, Head("2026-09-28 fir"), out var shrunk));
+            Assert.Equal(LogReadStart.Shrunk, shrunk);
+
+            // Replaced and already longer than the old position: only the head tells.
+            Assert.Equal(0, GatherRuleSessionState.ResolveStart(known, 500, Head("2026-09-30 a new log entirely, much longer"), out var replaced));
+            Assert.Equal(LogReadStart.Replaced, replaced);
+
+            // Shorter than the recorded head although not shorter than the position.
+            state.CommitLogPosition("S", @"C:\b.log", 5, 1, Head("0123456789abcdef"), -1);
+            Assert.Equal(0, GatherRuleSessionState.ResolveStart(state.PeekLogPosition("S", @"C:\b.log"), 8, Head("01234567"), out var cut));
+            Assert.Equal(LogReadStart.Replaced, cut);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Positions_are_kept_per_rule_for_the_same_file()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+            state.CommitLogPosition("RULE-A", @"C:\shared.log", 100, 10, Head("x"), -1);
+
+            Assert.Null(state.PeekLogPosition("RULE-B", @"C:\shared.log"));
+            Assert.NotNull(state.PeekLogPosition("RULE-A", @"C:\SHARED.LOG")); // paths compare case-insensitively
+        }
+
+        // ── when the file is written ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void An_unchanged_commit_does_not_write_the_file()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+            state.CommitLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log", 10, 1, Head("head"), -1);
+            File.Delete(StateFile);
+
+            state.CommitLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log", 10, 1, Head("head"), -1);
+            state.CommitEmittedHash("H", "v");
+            File.Delete(StateFile);
+            state.CommitEmittedHash("H", "v");
+
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(StateFile));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_failed_save_is_retried_at_the_next_commit()
+        {
+            var blocked = Path.Combine(_stateDir.Path, "blocked");
+            File.WriteAllText(blocked, "a file where the state directory should be");
+            var state = new GatherRuleSessionState("session-a", new GatherRuleStatePersistence(blocked, _logger), _logger);
+
+            state.CommitEmittedHash("H", "v");   // Directory.CreateDirectory fails
+            File.Delete(blocked);
+            state.CommitEmittedHash("H", "v");   // unchanged, but the earlier save is still owed
+
+            Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(blocked, GatherRuleStatePersistence.FileName)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_closed_state_no_longer_writes()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+            state.Close();
+
+            state.CommitEmittedHash("H", "v");
+
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(StateFile));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Without_persistence_nothing_is_written()
+        {
+            var state = new GatherRuleSessionState("session-a", null, _logger);
+
+            state.CommitLogPosition("R", @"C:\a.log", 10, 1, Head("head"), -1);
+
+            Assert.StartsWith("persistence off", state.RestoreSummary);
+            Assert.Empty(Directory.GetFiles(_stateDir.Path));
+        }
+
+        // ── bounds and concurrency ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_rule_forgets_its_least_recently_touched_file_beyond_the_cap()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+            for (var i = 0; i < GatherRuleSessionState.MaxLogFilesPerRule; i++)
+                state.CommitLogPosition("R", $@"C:\logs\{i}.log", 1, 1, Head("h"), -1);
+            state.PeekLogPosition("R", @"C:\logs\0.log");   // touched again — survives
+
+            state.CommitLogPosition("R", @"C:\logs\new.log", 1, 1, Head("h"), -1);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(state.PeekLogPosition("R", @"C:\logs\0.log"));
+            Assert.Null(state.PeekLogPosition("R", @"C:\logs\1.log"));
+            Assert.NotNull(state.PeekLogPosition("R", @"C:\logs\new.log"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Parallel_commits_leave_a_consistent_file()
+        {
+            var state = NewState();
+
+            Parallel.For(0, 8, worker =>
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++)
+                {
+                    state.CommitLogPosition($"RULE-{worker}", $@"C:\logs\{worker}.log", i + 1, i, Head("h"), -1);
+                    state.PeekLogPosition($"RULE-{worker}", $@"C:\logs\{worker}.log");
+                    state.CommitEmittedHash($"RULE-{worker}", "hash-" + i);
+                }
+            });
+
+            var restored = NewState();
+            for (var worker = 0; worker < 8; worker++)
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(50, restored.PeekLogPosition($"RULE-{worker}", $@"C:\logs\{worker}.log")!.Position);
+                Assert.Equal("hash-49", restored.GetEmittedHashes()[$"RULE-{worker}"]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <see cref="LogLineReader"/>, <see cref="LogTextEncoding"/> and <see cref="LogFileHead"/>:
+    /// exact byte positions, StreamReader-compatible line ends, byte order marks only at offset 0,
+    /// and the code-unit view of UTF-16/UTF-32 files.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class LogLineReaderTests
+    {
+        private static byte[] Bytes(Encoding encoding, string text, bool withBom = true)
+        {
+            var body = encoding.GetBytes(text);
+            return withBom ? encoding.GetPreamble().Concat(body).ToArray() : body;
+        }
+
+        private static (List<string> Lines, List<long> EndPositions, List<bool> Terminated) ReadAll(
+            byte[] file, long start = 0, int maxLineBytes = 1024)
+        {
+            var encoding = LogFileHead.FromBytes(file.Take(LogFileHead.MaxBytes).ToArray()).Encoding;
+            using (var stream = new MemoryStream(file))
+            {
+                stream.Seek(start, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                var reader = new LogLineReader(stream, encoding, maxLineBytes);
+                var lines = new List<string>();
+                var ends = new List<long>();
+                var terminated = new List<bool>();
+                string line;
+                while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
+                {
+                    lines.Add(line);
+                    ends.Add(reader.Position);
+                    terminated.Add(reader.LastLineTerminated);
+                }
+                return (lines, ends, terminated);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Line_ends_match_StreamReader_including_a_lone_carriage_return()
+        {
+            var file = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("one\ntwo\r\nthree\rfour");
+
+            var result = ReadAll(file);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "one", "two", "three", "four" }, result.Lines);
+            Assert.Equal(new long[] { 4, 9, 15, 19 }, result.EndPositions);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { true, true, true, false }, result.Terminated);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Position_after_each_line_is_the_offset_to_resume_from()
+        {
+            var file = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("alpha\nbeta\ngamma\n");
+
+            var first = ReadAll(file);
+            var resumed = ReadAll(file, start: first.EndPositions[0]);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "beta", "gamma" }, resumed.Lines);
+            Assert.Equal(file.Length, resumed.EndPositions.Last());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Utf8_byte_order_mark_is_skipped_only_at_offset_0()
+        {
+            var file = Bytes(Encoding.UTF8, "first\nsecond\n");
+
+            var result = ReadAll(file);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "first", "second" }, result.Lines);
+            Assert.Equal(LogTextEncoding.Utf8WithBom, LogFileHead.FromBytes(file).Encoding);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("utf-16le")]
+        [InlineData("utf-16be")]
+        [InlineData("utf-32le")]
+        [InlineData("utf-32be")]
+        public void Unicode_files_are_read_in_their_code_units_from_any_resume_point(string name)
+        {
+            var encoding = name == "utf-16le" ? Encoding.Unicode
+                : name == "utf-16be" ? Encoding.BigEndianUnicode
+                : name == "utf-32le" ? Encoding.UTF32
+                : new UTF32Encoding(bigEndian: true, byteOrderMark: true);
+            var file = Bytes(encoding, "ERROR first\r\nERROR zweite Zeile mit Umlaut äöü\r\n");
+
+            var whole = ReadAll(file);
+            var resumed = ReadAll(file, start: whole.EndPositions[0]);
+
+            Assert.Equal(name, LogFileHead.FromBytes(file).Encoding.Name);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "ERROR first", "ERROR zweite Zeile mit Umlaut äöü" }, whole.Lines);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "ERROR zweite Zeile mit Umlaut äöü" }, resumed.Lines);
+            Assert.Equal(file.Length, whole.EndPositions.Last());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void File_without_byte_order_mark_is_utf8_and_ansi_bytes_decode_as_before()
+        {
+            var file = new byte[] { (byte)'M', (byte)'a', (byte)'n', 0xFC, (byte)'\n' }; // "Man" + Windows-1252 'ü'
+
+            var result = ReadAll(file);
+
+            Assert.Equal(LogTextEncoding.Utf8, LogFileHead.FromBytes(file).Encoding);
+            Assert.Equal(new StreamReader(new MemoryStream(file), Encoding.UTF8).ReadLine(), result.Lines.Single());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Carriage_return_at_end_of_file_ends_the_line_and_its_late_line_feed_is_skipped()
+        {
+            var firstWrite = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("done\r");
+            var later = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("done\r\nnext\n");
+
+            var first = ReadAll(firstWrite);
+            var resumed = ReadAll(later, start: first.EndPositions.Last());
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "done" }, first.Lines);
+            Assert.True(first.Terminated.Single());
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "next" }, resumed.Lines);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Overlong_line_is_consumed_without_being_kept_and_reading_continues_behind_it()
+        {
+            var file = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(new string('x', 50) + "\nshort\n");
+            using (var stream = new MemoryStream(file))
+            {
+                var reader = new LogLineReader(stream, LogTextEncoding.Utf8, maxLineBytes: 10);
+
+                Assert.Equal(string.Empty, reader.ReadLine());
+                Assert.True(reader.LastLineTruncated);
+                Assert.Equal(51, reader.Position);
+                Assert.Equal("short", reader.ReadLine());
+                Assert.False(reader.LastLineTruncated);
+                Assert.Null(reader.ReadLine());
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Line_spanning_many_read_buffers_is_returned_whole()
+        {
+            var longLine = new string('y', 200_000);
+            var file = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(longLine + "\nend\n");
+
+            var result = ReadAll(file, maxLineBytes: 1_000_000);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { longLine, "end" }, result.Lines);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Half_written_utf16_character_at_end_of_file_stays_in_the_unterminated_line()
+        {
+            var full = Bytes(Encoding.Unicode, "ok\r\nhalf");
+            var file = full.Concat(new byte[] { 0x41 }).ToArray(); // first byte of the next UTF-16 unit
+
+            var result = ReadAll(file);
+
+            Assert.Equal("ok", result.Lines[0]);
+            Assert.False(result.Terminated.Last());
+            Assert.Equal(file.Length, result.EndPositions.Last());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void AlignDown_snaps_to_code_units_behind_the_byte_order_mark()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(0, LogTextEncoding.Utf16LittleEndian.AlignDown(1));
+            Assert.Equal(2, LogTextEncoding.Utf16LittleEndian.AlignDown(3));
+            Assert.Equal(6, LogTextEncoding.Utf16LittleEndian.AlignDown(7));
+            Assert.Equal(8, LogTextEncoding.Utf32LittleEndian.AlignDown(11));
+            Assert.Equal(7, LogTextEncoding.Utf8.AlignDown(7));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Head_hash_of_a_prefix_matches_the_hash_of_the_shorter_file()
+        {
+            var shortFile = LogFileHead.FromBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2026-09-28 start"));
+            var grown = LogFileHead.FromBytes(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("2026-09-28 start\nmore lines"));
+
+            Assert.Equal(shortFile.Hash(shortFile.Length), grown.Hash(shortFile.Length));
+            Assert.NotEqual(shortFile.Hash(shortFile.Length), grown.Hash(grown.Length));
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
                 logger, "sess", "tenant",
                 evt => _events.Add(evt),
                 null,
-                new LogFilePositionTracker(),
+                new GatherRuleSessionState("sess", null, logger),
                 new GatherRuleDebugLog(_debugLogPath, logger))
             {
                 UnrestrictedMode = true

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

@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reading semantics of <see cref="LogParserCollector"/> across runs on one context: every
+    /// line of a growing log is matched exactly once — no line lost at a maxLines cut, no line
+    /// split by a writer that is mid-line, UTF-16 logs readable after the first run, positions
+    /// kept per rule, line numbers counted from the start of the file.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class LogParserCollectorReadingTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly List<EnrollmentEvent> _events = new List<EnrollmentEvent>();
+        private readonly GatherRuleContext _context;
+
+        // %TEMP% lives under C:\Users (hard-blocked) — parse targets sit beside the
+        // test assembly instead, admitted via UnrestrictedMode.
+        private readonly string _logDir = Path.Combine(
+            AppContext.BaseDirectory, "gather-reading-tests-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+
+        public LogParserCollectorReadingTests()
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(_logDir);
+            _context = NewContext();
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _tmp.Dispose();
+            try { Directory.Delete(_logDir, recursive: true); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+        }
+
+        private GatherRuleContext NewContext()
+        {
+            var logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+            return new GatherRuleContext(logger, "sess", "tenant",
+                evt => _events.Add(evt), null, new GatherRuleSessionState("sess", null, logger))
+            {
+                UnrestrictedMode = true
+            };
+        }
+
+        private string LogPath(string name) => Path.Combine(_logDir, name);
+
+        private static GatherRule TextRule(string ruleId, string target, string pattern,
+            string trigger = "interval", int? maxLines = null)
+        {
+            var parameters = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["pattern"] = pattern, ["format"] = "text" };
+            if (maxLines.HasValue) parameters["maxLines"] = maxLines.Value.ToString();
+            return new GatherRule
+            {
+                RuleId = ruleId,
+                Title = ruleId,
+                CollectorType = "logparser",
+                Target = target,
+                Parameters = parameters,
+                Trigger = trigger,
+                IntervalSeconds = trigger == "interval" ? 30 : (int?)null,
+                OutputEventType = "logparser_reading_test",
+            };
+        }
+
+        private List<string> Captured(string group) =>
+            _events.Select(e => e.Data.TryGetValue(group, out var v) ? (string)v : "<missing>").ToList();
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Two_rules_on_one_file_each_read_the_whole_file()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("shared.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "ERROR one\nWARN two\nERROR three\n");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(TextRule("RULE-ERRORS", path, "^ERROR (?<what>\\w+)"), _context);
+            collector.Execute(TextRule("RULE-WARNINGS", path, "^WARN (?<what>\\w+)"), _context);
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, _events.Count(e => (string)e.Data["ruleId"] == "RULE-ERRORS"));
+            Assert.Single(_events, e => (string)e.Data["ruleId"] == "RULE-WARNINGS");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void MaxLines_cut_loses_no_line_across_runs()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("long.log");
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            for (var i = 1; i <= 30; i++)
+                sb.Append("hit ").Append(i.ToString("D3")).Append(' ').Append('x', 90).Append('\n');
+            File.WriteAllText(path, sb.ToString());
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-LONG", path, "^hit (?<n>\\d{3})", maxLines: 10);
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            for (var run = 0; run < 6; run++)
+                collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+
+            var expected = Enumerable.Range(1, 30).Select(i => i.ToString("D3")).ToList();
+            Assert.Equal(expected, Captured("n"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Line_written_in_two_parts_is_matched_once_and_whole()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("partial.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "ERR");
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-PARTIAL", path, "^ERROR (?<code>0x[0-9A-F]+)$");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);          // the writer is mid-line
+            File.AppendAllText(path, "OR 0x1F\n");
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new List<string> { "0x1F" }, Captured("code"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Interval_rule_reads_a_line_still_unfinished_on_its_second_run_once()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("never-terminated.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "ERROR 0x2A");
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-UNFINISHED", path, "^ERROR (?<code>0x[0-9A-F]+)$");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);   // held: the writer may still be in the line
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);   // still unfinished — taken as it is
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);   // nothing new
+
+            Assert.Equal(new List<string> { "0x2A" }, Captured("code"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void One_shot_rule_reads_an_unfinished_line_now_and_whole_on_its_next_run()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("startup.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "ok\nERR");
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-STARTUP", path, "^ERR(?<rest>.*)$", trigger: "startup");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);   // agent start: the writer is mid-line
+            File.AppendAllText(path, "OR 0x1F\n");
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);   // next agent start
+
+            // Read twice, never split: the second read sees the whole line.
+            Assert.Equal(new List<string> { "", "OR 0x1F" }, Captured("rest"));
+            Assert.Equal(new long[] { 2, 2 }, _events.Select(e => Convert.ToInt64(e.Data["logLineNumber"])).ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Line_feed_written_after_a_trailing_carriage_return_is_consumed_without_a_line()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("cr-at-end.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "hit\r");
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-CR", path, "^hit$");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+            File.AppendAllText(path, "\n");
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+
+            Assert.Single(_events);
+            var position = _context.SessionState.PeekLogPosition("RULE-CR", path);
+            Assert.Equal(new FileInfo(path).Length, position!.Position);
+            Assert.Equal(1, position.LineNumber);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Utf16_log_appended_after_the_first_run_is_still_matched()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("transcript.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "ERROR first\r\n", Encoding.Unicode);   // UTF-16 LE with BOM
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-UTF16", path, "^ERROR (?<what>\\w+)$");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+            using (var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write))
+            {
+                var bytes = new UnicodeEncoding(bigEndian: false, byteOrderMark: false).GetBytes("ERROR second\r\n");
+                stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+            }
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new List<string> { "first", "second" }, Captured("what"));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("abc")]
+        [InlineData("0")]
+        [InlineData("-5")]
+        public void MaxLines_that_is_no_positive_number_falls_back_to_the_default(string maxLines)
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("misconfigured.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "hit 1\nhit 2\n");
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-MISCONFIGURED", path, "^hit (?<n>\\d)$");
+            rule.Parameters["maxLines"] = maxLines;
+
+            new LogParserCollector().Execute(rule, _context);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new List<string> { "1", "2" }, Captured("n"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Line_numbers_count_from_the_start_of_the_file()
+        {
+            var path = LogPath("numbers.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(path, "a\nhit\nb\n");
+            var rule = TextRule("RULE-NUMBERS", path, "^hit$");
+            var collector = new LogParserCollector();
+
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+            File.AppendAllText(path, "c\nhit\n");
+            collector.Execute(rule, _context);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new long[] { 2, 5 }, _events.Select(e => Convert.ToInt64(e.Data["logLineNumber"])).ToArray());
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Gather
                 tenantId: "tenant",
                 onEventCollected: _ => { },
                 imeLogPathOverride: null,
-                filePositionTracker: new LogFilePositionTracker())
+                sessionState: new GatherRuleSessionState("sess", null, logger))
             {
                 // Bypass the registry allowlist guard for the synthetic test path.
                 UnrestrictedMode = true

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

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#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.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The completion timer a started Hello wizard runs against is the tenant's Hello wait
+    /// (<c>HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds</c>), resolved to 300..3600 s — the same budget the engine's
+    /// hello_safety window spends from the ESP exit, so a tenant allowing an hour is not cut off
+    /// by a fixed 5-min tracker timer while the user is still inside the wizard.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class HelloTrackerCompletionBudgetTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime Fixed = new DateTime(2026, 9, 29, 8, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(30, 300)]     // the old default, still stored for many tenants → the built-in window
+        [InlineData(0, 300)]
+        [InlineData(300, 300)]
+        [InlineData(1800, 1800)]
+        [InlineData(3600, 3600)]
+        [InlineData(86400, 3600)] // clamped to the ceiling
+        public void Completion_budget_is_the_resolved_tenant_hello_wait(int configured, int expected)
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            using var tracker = NewTracker(tmp, new FakeSignalIngressSink(), configured);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, tracker.CompletionTimeoutSecondsForTest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Completion_timeout_event_reports_the_tenant_budget()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var ingress = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            using var tracker = NewTracker(tmp, ingress, helloWaitTimeoutSeconds: 2400);
+
+            tracker.NotifyHelloWizardStarted();
+            Assert.True(tracker.IsCompletionTimerActiveForTest);
+            tracker.TriggerCompletionTimeoutForTest();
+
+            var timeout = ingress.Posted.Single(p =>
+                p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent
+                && p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == Constants.EventTypes.HelloCompletionTimeout);
+            var data = Assert.IsAssignableFrom<IDictionary<string, object>>(timeout.TypedPayload);
+            Assert.Equal(2400, data["timeoutSeconds"]);
+            Assert.Equal("timeout", tracker.HelloOutcome);
+        }
+
+        private static HelloTracker NewTracker(TempDirectory tmp, FakeSignalIngressSink ingress, int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds) =>
+            new HelloTracker(
+                sessionId: "S1",
+                tenantId: "T1",
+                post: new InformationalEventPost(ingress, new VirtualClock(Fixed)),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                helloWaitTimeoutSeconds: helloWaitTimeoutSeconds);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Ime
                 "Launch powershell executor in machine session",
                 new[] { "context=machine" }
             };
-            // Wording from the IME decompile (ContentDownloaderDeliveryOptimization, identical 1.97–1.105).
+            // IME wording, identical from 1.97 to 1.105.
             yield return new object[]
             {
                 "IME-DO-TIMEOUT-2",

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

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Runtime
     /// completion markers (whiteglove.complete, clean-exit) — V1 sessions had only AgentLogs/
     /// and ImeLogs/, which left forensics blind to decision-engine state and pending uploads.
     /// </summary>
+    [Collection(UserProfileResolverCollection.Name)] // replaces UserProfileResolver's static state
     public sealed class DiagnosticsPackageServiceTests
     {
         private static AgentConfiguration Cfg(string sessionId = "S1") => new AgentConfiguration

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

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+using System;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Runtime
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Serialises the test classes that replace <see cref="UserProfileResolver"/>'s static state.
+    /// </summary>
+    [CollectionDefinition(Name)]
+    public sealed class UserProfileResolverCollection
+    {
+        public const string Name = "UserProfileResolver";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The agent starts before anyone has signed in. A lookup in that window must not pin
+    /// "no user" for the rest of the process — the %LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE% gather rules and the
+    /// RealmJoin user logs of the diagnostics package would never resolve.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Collection(UserProfileResolverCollection.Name)]
+    public sealed class UserProfileResolverTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime Start = new DateTime(2026, 9, 28, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        public void Dispose() => UserProfileResolver.Reset();
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void User_who_signs_in_after_the_first_lookup_is_found_later()
+        {
+            string? signedIn = null;
+            var now = Start;
+            UserProfileResolver.SetDetectorForTesting(() => signedIn, () => now);
+
+            Assert.Null(UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath());
+
+            signedIn = @"C:\Users\enduser";
+            now += UserProfileResolver.RetryInterval;
+
+            Assert.Equal(@"C:\Users\enduser", UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void No_user_is_detected_again_only_after_the_retry_interval()
+        {
+            var detections = 0;
+            var now = Start;
+            UserProfileResolver.SetDetectorForTesting(() => { detections++; return null; }, () => now);
+
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+            now += TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+            Assert.Equal(1, detections);
+
+            now += UserProfileResolver.RetryInterval;
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+            Assert.Equal(2, detections);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_clock_stepping_backwards_does_not_delay_the_next_detection()
+        {
+            var detections = 0;
+            var now = Start;
+            UserProfileResolver.SetDetectorForTesting(() => { detections++; return null; }, () => now);
+
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+            now -= TimeSpan.FromHours(1);   // OOBE time sync
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, detections);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_found_user_is_kept_without_detecting_again()
+        {
+            var detections = 0;
+            UserProfileResolver.SetDetectorForTesting(() => { detections++; return @"C:\Users\enduser"; }, () => Start);
+
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+            UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, detections);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Pinned_no_user_stays_null_without_real_detection()
+        {
+            UserProfileResolver.SetForTesting(null!);
+
+            Assert.Null(UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath());
+            Assert.Null(UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(@"%LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE%\AppData\Local\x.log"));
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+#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.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// CloudExperienceHost navigation (D-310): one agent.log line per page start/stop and per
+    /// update-page event name, and for the OOBE update page itself (<c>OobeNDUP</c>,
+    /// <c>RebootNDUP</c>) the <c>oobe_update_page</c> telemetry plus the registry state at its live
+    /// start and stop. Descriptions follow the Shell-Core manifest templates; a 62407 value
+    /// (URLs with tenant ids) leaves the tracker only as a boolean, an integer or an HRESULT.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class ShellCoreTrackerBreadcrumbTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime At = new DateTime(2026, 10, 2, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        private const string NdupStarted = "CloudExperienceHost Web App Activity started. CXID: 'OobeNDUP'.";
+        private const string EspPageStarted = "CloudExperienceHost Web App Activity started. CXID: 'MDMProgressAfterAADRefactored'.";
+        private const string PageStopped = "CloudExperienceHost Web App Activity stopped. Result: 'success'.";
+        private const string ScanStartedName = "CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 1. Name: 'ExpeditedUpdate_startWUScanStarted'.";
+        private const string NavigateWithTenantUrl =
+            "CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 2. Name: 'Navigate', Value: '{\"httpMethod\":\"GET\",\"url\":\"https://login.microsoftonline.com/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/oauth2/authorize\"}'.";
+        private const string DownloadSucceededWithValue =
+            "CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 2. Name: 'ExpeditedUpdate_commitExpeditionDownloadInstallAsyncSucceeded', Value: '{\"url\":\"https://login.microsoftonline.com/x\"}'.";
+        private const string CspGateTrue =
+            "CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 2. Name: 'ExpeditedUpdate_isNDUPAllowedByCSPSucceeded', Value: 'true'.";
+
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly FakeSignalIngressSink _sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+        private IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState> _registry = Array.Empty<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>();
+
+        public void Dispose() => _tmp.Dispose();
+
+        private ShellCoreTracker Build() =>
+            new ShellCoreTracker("S1", "T1",
+                new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At)),
+                new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                helloTracker: null,
+                oobeUpdateRegistryReader: () => _registry);
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> ByType(string eventType) =>
+            _sink.Posted.Where(p =>
+                p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent
+                && p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == eventType).ToList();
+
+        private static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> Data(FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal posted) =>
+            (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>)posted.TypedPayload!;
+
+        private static OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState NdupKey(string line) =>
+            new OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState("setupOobeNdup", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE\NDUP",
+                exists: true, hasValues: true, line: line);
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------------------- breadcrumbs ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PageStart_NamesTheCxid()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("CXH page started: OobeNDUP",
+                ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, NdupStarted, lastPage: null));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PageStop_IsAttributedToTheLastStartedPage()
+        {
+            // 62405 names no page — it ends the one started last.
+            Assert.Equal("CXH page stopped: OobeNDUP (result=success)",
+                ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, lastPage: "OobeNDUP"));
+            Assert.Equal("CXH page stopped: ? (result=success)",
+                ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, lastPage: null));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void UpdatePageEventNames_AreLogged_FromBothEventIds()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("CXH event: ExpeditedUpdate_startWUScanStarted",
+                ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName, ScanStartedName, lastPage: null));
+            Assert.Equal("CXH event: ExpeditedUpdate_commitExpeditionDownloadInstallAsyncSucceeded",
+                ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, DownloadSucceededWithValue, lastPage: null));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void UnsafeEventValues_NeverReachTheLog()
+        {
+            var crumb = ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(
+                ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, DownloadSucceededWithValue, lastPage: null);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(crumb);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("microsoftonline", crumb);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("url", crumb!, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SafeEventValues_AreLogged()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("CXH event: ExpeditedUpdate_isNDUPAllowedByCSPSucceeded (value=true)",
+                ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, CspGateTrue, lastPage: null));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OtherEventNames_AreNotLogged()
+        {
+            // Ordinary page traffic (Navigate, Visible, ESP progress) stays out of the log.
+            Assert.Null(ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(
+                ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, NavigateWithTenantUrl, lastPage: "OobeNDUP"));
+            Assert.Null(ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(
+                ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, "CommercialOOBE_ESPProgress_Page_Exiting", lastPage: null));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        [InlineData("CloudExperienceHost Web App Activity started.")]
+        public void PageStartWithoutCxid_IsNoBreadcrumb(string description)
+        {
+            Assert.Null(ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, description, lastPage: null));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LongTokens_AreBounded()
+        {
+            var longCxid = new string('X', 500);
+            var crumb = ShellCoreTracker.FormatCxhBreadcrumb(
+                ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, $"CloudExperienceHost Web App Activity started. CXID: '{longCxid}'.", lastPage: null);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(crumb);
+            Assert.True(crumb!.Length < 200, crumb);
+            Assert.EndsWith("…", crumb);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("OobeNDUP", true)]
+        [InlineData("RebootNDUP", true)]
+        [InlineData("EarlyRebootNDUP", true)]
+        [InlineData("ExpeditedUpdate_startWUScanStarted", true)]
+        [InlineData("AADHello", false)]
+        [InlineData("MDMProgressAfterAADRefactored", false)]
+        [InlineData(null, false)]
+        public void UpdatePageTokens_AreRecognized(string? token, bool expected)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(expected, ShellCoreTracker.IsUpdatePageToken(token!));
+        }
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------------ update page records ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void UpdatePageRecords_ArePageStartsStopsAndNames_OfTheUpdatePageOnly()
+        {
+            var start = ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, NdupStarted, lastPage: null);
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStarted, start!.CxhEvent);
+            Assert.Equal("OobeNDUP", start.Page);
+
+            var stop = ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, lastPage: "RebootNDUP");
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStopped, stop!.CxhEvent);
+            Assert.Equal("RebootNDUP", stop.Page);
+            Assert.Equal("success", stop.Result);
+
+            var name = ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName, ScanStartedName, lastPage: null);
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdatePageRecord.EventName, name!.CxhEvent);
+            Assert.Equal("ExpeditedUpdate_startWUScanStarted", name.Name);
+            Assert.Null(name.Value);
+
+            // Other pages and names are no update-page records.
+            Assert.Null(ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, EspPageStarted, lastPage: null));
+            Assert.Null(ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, lastPage: "MDMProgressAfterAADRefactored"));
+            Assert.Null(ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, NavigateWithTenantUrl, lastPage: "OobeNDUP"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void UpdatePageRecord_CarriesOnlyASafeValue()
+        {
+            var unsafeValue = ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, DownloadSucceededWithValue, lastPage: null);
+            Assert.Null(unsafeValue!.Value);
+
+            var gate = ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent, CspGateTrue, lastPage: null);
+            Assert.Equal("true", gate!.Value);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("true", "true")]
+        [InlineData("FALSE", "FALSE")]
+        [InlineData("0", "0")]
+        [InlineData("-2147024891", "-2147024891")]
+        [InlineData("0x80240022", "0x80240022")]
+        [InlineData("12345678901", null)]          // more than ten digits
+        [InlineData("0x123456789", null)]          // more than eight hex digits
+        [InlineData("https://login.microsoftonline.com/x", null)]
+        [InlineData("{\"result\":0}", null)]
+        [InlineData("true and more", null)]
+        [InlineData("", null)]
+        public void SafeValues_AreBooleansIntegersAndHresults(string value, string? expected)
+        {
+            var description = $"CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 2. Name: 'ExpeditedUpdate_x', Value: '{value}'.";
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, ShellCoreTracker.ExtractSafeValue(description));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LiveUpdatePage_IsReported_WithTheRegistryState_AndRaisesNothing()
+        {
+            _registry = new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1") };
+            using var tracker = Build();
+            var raised = 0;
+            tracker.EspExited += (_, _) => raised++;
+            tracker.EspFailureDetected += (_, _) => raised++;
+            tracker.FinalizingSetupPhaseTriggered += (_, _) => raised++;
+
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, NdupStarted, At, "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core", isBackfill: false);
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName, ScanStartedName, At.AddMinutes(1), "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core", isBackfill: false);
+            _registry = new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1, EnableExpeditedUpdateSyncInstallCompleted=1") };
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, At.AddMinutes(30), "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core", isBackfill: false);
+
+            var pages = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage);
+            Assert.Equal(new object[] { "page_started", "event_name", "page_stopped" }, pages.Select(p => Data(p)["cxhEvent"]).ToArray());
+            Assert.All(pages, p => Assert.Equal(false, Data(p)["backfill"]));
+
+            var states = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState);
+            Assert.Equal(new object[] { "update_page_started", "update_page_stopped" }, states.Select(s => Data(s)["moment"]).ToArray());
+            Assert.All(states, s => Assert.Equal("OobeNDUP", Data(s)["page"]));
+
+            // Telemetry only — no ESP signal, no other event.
+            Assert.Equal(0, raised);
+            Assert.False(tracker.IsEspExitedForTest);
+            Assert.Equal(pages.Count + states.Count, _sink.Posted.Count);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OtherPages_AreNotReported()
+        {
+            _registry = new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1") };
+            using var tracker = Build();
+
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, EspPageStarted, At, "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core", isBackfill: false);
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, At.AddMinutes(1), "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core", isBackfill: false);
+
+            Assert.Empty(_sink.Posted);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Backfill_ReportsTheUpdatePage_WithItsEventTimes_ButReadsNoRegistry()
+        {
+            // The registry shows the state now, not at the record's time.
+            var reads = 0;
+            using var tracker = new ShellCoreTracker("S1", "T1",
+                new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At)),
+                new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                helloTracker: null,
+                oobeUpdateRegistryReader: () => { reads++; return new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1") }; });
+
+            tracker.ReplayBackfillRecords(new[]
+            {
+                (ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted, NdupStarted, At.AddMinutes(-4)),
+                (ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName, ScanStartedName, At.AddMinutes(-3)),
+                (ShellCoreTracker.EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped, PageStopped, At.AddMinutes(-2)),
+            });
+
+            var pages = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage);
+            Assert.Equal(3, pages.Count);
+            Assert.All(pages, p => Assert.Equal(true, Data(p)["backfill"]));
+            Assert.Equal(At.AddMinutes(-4), pages[0].OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(0, reads);
+            // Nothing else: no ESP exit or failure was in the window, so no skipped-records trace.
+            Assert.Equal(3, _sink.Posted.Count);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void AgentStartAndStop_ReportTheRegistryState_StopOnce()
+        {
+            _registry = new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1") };
+            var tracker = Build();
+
+            tracker.Start();
+            _registry = new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1, ExpeditedUpdateStatus=2") };
+            tracker.Stop();
+            tracker.Stop();
+            tracker.Dispose();
+
+            var states = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState);
+            Assert.Equal(new object[] { "agent_start", "agent_stop" }, states.Select(s => Data(s)["moment"]).ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TrackerThatNeverStarted_ReportsNothingAtStop()
+        {
+            _registry = new[] { NdupKey("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1") };
+            var tracker = Build();
+
+            tracker.Dispose();
+
+            Assert.Empty(_sink.Posted);
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
 
         // IME AppInstallStatus values (StatusServiceReports\..\Status), stable IME 1.50 .. 1.106.
         // 1001/1003 sit inside the 1000 band but are NOT terminal — IME maps every InProgress
-        // enforcement state to 1001 (verified in the decompiled 1.106 StatusServiceHelpers).
+        // enforcement state to 1001 (verified against IME 1.106).
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(1000, "installed")]
         [InlineData(1002, "installed")]

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

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#nullable enable
+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.Tests.Harness;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The OOBE update registry snapshot (D-310, S4/S5): one readable, bounded line per key, for
+    /// agent.log and the <c>oobe_update_state</c> event. The registry read itself is a thin wrapper.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshotTests
+    {
+        private static KeyValuePair<string, object> Entry(string name, object value) => new KeyValuePair<string, object>(name, value);
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Values_AreFormattedByType()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("1", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue(1));
+            Assert.Equal("5000000000", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue(5000000000L));
+            Assert.Equal("Succeeded", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue("Succeeded"));
+            Assert.Equal("a|b", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue(new[] { "a", "b" }));
+            Assert.Equal("(binary 3 bytes)", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }));
+            Assert.Equal("(null)", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue(null!));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LongValues_AreTruncated()
+        {
+            var formatted = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatValue(new string('x', 500));
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.MaxValueLength + 1, formatted.Length);
+            Assert.EndsWith("…", formatted);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Entries_AreOrderedByName()
+        {
+            var line = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatEntries(new[]
+            {
+                Entry("ExpeditedUpdateStatus", 2),
+                Entry("EnableExpeditedUpdate", 1),
+                Entry("", "default"),
+            }, oobeOnly: false);
+
+            Assert.Equal("(default)=default, EnableExpeditedUpdate=1, ExpeditedUpdateStatus=2", line);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PolicyManagerSystemKey_KeepsOnlyOobeValues()
+        {
+            // That key holds every System policy of the device; only the OOBE ones matter here.
+            var line = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatEntries(new[]
+            {
+                Entry("AllowTelemetry", 1),
+                Entry("AllowOOBEUpdates", 1),
+                Entry("AllowOOBEUpdates_ProviderSet", 1),
+            }, oobeOnly: true);
+
+            Assert.Equal("AllowOOBEUpdates=1, AllowOOBEUpdates_ProviderSet=1", line);
+            Assert.Equal("(no OOBE values)", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatEntries(new[] { Entry("AllowTelemetry", 1) }, oobeOnly: true));
+            Assert.Equal("(no values)", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatEntries(new KeyValuePair<string, object>[0], oobeOnly: false));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ManyEntries_AreCapped_AndSaySo()
+        {
+            var entries = Enumerable.Range(0, OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.MaxEntries + 5)
+                .Select(i => Entry($"Value{i:000}", i));
+
+            var line = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.FormatEntries(entries, oobeOnly: false);
+
+            Assert.EndsWith("… (+5 more)", line);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Describe_CountsOnlyOobeValues_OfThePolicyManagerSystemKey()
+        {
+            var policy = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Describe("policyManagerSystem", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.PolicyManagerSystemKey,
+                new[] { Entry("AllowTelemetry", 1) }, new string[0]);
+            Assert.True(policy.Exists);
+            Assert.False(policy.HasValues);
+
+            var oobe = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Describe("policyManagerSystem", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.PolicyManagerSystemKey,
+                new[] { Entry("AllowTelemetry", 1), Entry("AllowOOBEUpdates", 1) }, new string[0]);
+            Assert.True(oobe.HasValues);
+            Assert.Equal("AllowOOBEUpdates=1", oobe.Line);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Describe_SubkeysAlone_AreNoValues()
+        {
+            var state = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Describe("ndup", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NDUP",
+                new KeyValuePair<string, object>[0], new[] { "Updates" });
+
+            Assert.False(state.HasValues);
+            Assert.Equal("(no values) | subkeys: Updates", state.Line);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Keys_HaveDistinctAliases()
+        {
+            // The aliases are the data keys of oobe_update_state.
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Keys.Length,
+                OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Keys.Select(k => k.Alias).Distinct().Count());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Read_ReturnsEveryKey_FromTheRealRegistry()
+        {
+            var states = OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Read();
+
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Keys.Select(k => k.Path), states.Select(s => s.Path));
+            Assert.All(states.Where(s => !s.Exists), s => Assert.False(s.HasValues));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Log_ToleratesMissingLoggerOrStates()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Log(new AgentLogger(tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info), "test", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Read());
+            OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Log(null!, "test", OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Read());
+            OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Log(new AgentLogger(tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info), "test", null!);
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+#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.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Measurement telemetry of the OOBE update page (D-310): <c>oobe_update_page</c> per
+    /// update-page record and <c>oobe_update_state</c> for the registry behind it — Debug, bounded
+    /// per run, the state only when a key holds values and the content changed.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class OobeUpdateTelemetryTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime At = new DateTime(2026, 10, 2, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly FakeSignalIngressSink _sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+        private IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState> _registry = Array.Empty<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>();
+
+        public void Dispose() => _tmp.Dispose();
+
+        private OobeUpdateTelemetry Build(Func<IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>>? reader = null) =>
+            new OobeUpdateTelemetry("sess-oobe", "tenant-oobe",
+                new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At)),
+                new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                reader ?? (() => _registry));
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> ByType(string eventType) =>
+            _sink.Posted.Where(p =>
+                p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent
+                && p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == eventType).ToList();
+
+        private static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> Data(FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal posted) =>
+            (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>)posted.TypedPayload!;
+
+        private static OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState Key(string alias, string? line) =>
+            line == null
+                ? new OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState(alias, $@"SOFTWARE\{alias}", exists: false, hasValues: false, line: null)
+                : new OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState(alias, $@"SOFTWARE\{alias}", exists: true, hasValues: true, line: line);
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------------------- oobe_update_page ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Page_IsReported_WithItsEventTime_AndFields()
+        {
+            Build().ReportPage(
+                new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStopped, 62405, page: "OobeNDUP", result: "success"),
+                At.AddMinutes(-3), isBackfill: true);
+
+            var page = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage));
+            Assert.Equal(At.AddMinutes(-3), page.OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal("Debug", page.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            var data = Data(page);
+            Assert.Equal("page_stopped", data["cxhEvent"]);
+            Assert.Equal("OobeNDUP", data["page"]);
+            Assert.Equal("success", data["result"]);
+            Assert.Equal(true, data["backfill"]);
+            Assert.Equal(1, data["occurrence"]);
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("value"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void EventName_CarriesItsSafeValue()
+        {
+            Build().ReportPage(
+                new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.EventName, 62407, name: "ExpeditedUpdate_isNDUPAllowedByCSPSucceeded", value: "true"),
+                At, isBackfill: false);
+
+            var data = Data(Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage)));
+            Assert.Equal("ExpeditedUpdate_isNDUPAllowedByCSPSucceeded", data["name"]);
+            Assert.Equal("true", data["value"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SamePageOrName_IsReportedAtMostThreeTimes()
+        {
+            var telemetry = Build();
+            for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+            {
+                telemetry.ReportPage(new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.EventName, 62406, name: "ExpeditedUpdate_progress"), At.AddSeconds(i), isBackfill: false);
+            }
+            telemetry.ReportPage(new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStopped, 62405, page: "OobeNDUP", result: "success"), At.AddMinutes(1), isBackfill: false);
+
+            var pages = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage);
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateTelemetry.MaxPageEventsPerKey + 1, pages.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(new object[] { 1, 2, 3 }, pages.Take(3).Select(p => Data(p)["occurrence"]).ToArray());
+            // The repeats do not crowd out the page end.
+            Assert.Equal("page_stopped", Data(pages.Last())["cxhEvent"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PageEvents_AreCappedPerRun()
+        {
+            var telemetry = Build();
+            for (var i = 0; i < OobeUpdateTelemetry.MaxPageEventsPerRun + 20; i++)
+            {
+                telemetry.ReportPage(new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.EventName, 62406, name: $"ExpeditedUpdate_step{i}"), At, isBackfill: false);
+            }
+
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateTelemetry.MaxPageEventsPerRun, ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage).Count);
+        }
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------------------ oobe_update_state ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void State_WithoutValues_IsNotReported()
+        {
+            _registry = new[] { Key("setupOobeNdup", null), Key("policiesOobe", null) };
+
+            Build().ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStart);
+
+            Assert.Empty(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void State_ReportsOnlyKeysWithValues_UnderTheirAlias()
+        {
+            _registry = new[]
+            {
+                Key("setupOobeNdup", "EnableExpeditedUpdate=1, EnableExpeditedUpdateSyncDownloadCompleted=1"),
+                Key("ndup", null),
+                new OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState("policyManagerSystem", "x", exists: true, hasValues: false, line: "(no OOBE values)"),
+                Key("espSetupPolicy", "InstallQualityUpdates=1"),
+            };
+
+            Build().ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.UpdatePageStopped, "OobeNDUP");
+
+            var state = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState));
+            Assert.Equal("Debug", state.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            var data = Data(state);
+            Assert.Equal("update_page_stopped", data["moment"]);
+            Assert.Equal("OobeNDUP", data["page"]);
+            Assert.Equal(2, data["keysWithValues"]);
+            Assert.Equal("EnableExpeditedUpdate=1, EnableExpeditedUpdateSyncDownloadCompleted=1", data["setupOobeNdup"]);
+            Assert.Equal("InstallQualityUpdates=1", data["espSetupPolicy"]);
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("ndup"));
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("policyManagerSystem"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void UnchangedState_IsReportedOnce_AChangeAgain()
+        {
+            var telemetry = Build();
+            _registry = new[] { Key("espSetupPolicy", "InstallQualityUpdates=1") };
+
+            telemetry.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStart);
+            telemetry.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.UpdatePageStarted, "OobeNDUP");
+            _registry = new[] { Key("espSetupPolicy", "InstallQualityUpdates=1"), Key("setupOobeNdup", "EnableExpeditedUpdate=1") };
+            telemetry.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.UpdatePageStopped, "OobeNDUP");
+            telemetry.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStop);
+
+            var states = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState);
+            Assert.Equal(new object[] { "agent_start", "update_page_stopped" }, states.Select(s => Data(s)["moment"]).ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void StateEvents_AreCappedPerRun()
+        {
+            var telemetry = Build();
+            for (var i = 0; i < OobeUpdateTelemetry.MaxStateEventsPerRun + 4; i++)
+            {
+                _registry = new[] { Key("setupOobeNdup", $"ExpeditedUpdateStatus={i}") };
+                telemetry.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.UpdatePageStarted, "OobeNDUP");
+            }
+
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateTelemetry.MaxStateEventsPerRun, ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState).Count);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void LongLines_AreTruncated()
+        {
+            _registry = new[] { Key("ndupUpdates", new string('x', 3000)) };
+
+            Build().ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStart);
+
+            var line = (string)Data(Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState)))["ndupUpdates"];
+            Assert.Equal(OobeUpdateTelemetry.MaxStateLineLength + 1, line.Length);
+            Assert.EndsWith("…", line);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FailingRegistryRead_ReportsNothing_AndDoesNotThrow()
+        {
+            Build(() => throw new UnauthorizedAccessException("denied")).ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStart);
+
+            Assert.Empty(_sink.Posted);
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             using var f = new Fixture();
             Assert.False(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupActivity);
             Assert.False(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupProgress);
+            Assert.Null(f.Tracker.AccountSetupProgressIfRead);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
 
             Assert.True(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupActivity);
             Assert.False(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupProgress);
+            // Read and untouched — the only state the WhiteGlove sealing gate treats as "false".
+            Assert.False(f.Tracker.AccountSetupProgressIfRead);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
 
             Assert.True(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupActivity);
             Assert.True(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupProgress);
+            Assert.True(f.Tracker.AccountSetupProgressIfRead);
         }
 
         [Theory]
@@ -138,5 +142,18 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
 
             Assert.False(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupProgress);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OnlyDeviceSetupRead_AccountSetupProgressIsUnknown()
+        {
+            // Adversarial for the WhiteGlove sealing gate: the tracker holds DeviceSetup data but
+            // has not read the AccountSetup category — that must be "unknown", never "untouched".
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+            f.Tracker.ProcessCategoryStatusForTest("DeviceSetupCategory.Status",
+                "{\"categoryState\":\"inProgress\",\"DeviceSetup.AppsSubcategory\":{\"subcategoryState\":\"inProgress\"}}");
+
+            Assert.Null(f.Tracker.AccountSetupProgressIfRead);
+            Assert.False(f.Tracker.HasAccountSetupProgress);
+        }
     }
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+#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.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// ServicingTracker (D-310) — the CBS servicing steps of OS updates from the Setup log. The
+    /// sequence and XML shapes are those Windows 11 writes for a cumulative update installed by
+    /// <c>UpdateAgentLCU</c>: initiate Absent → Staged, Staged reached, initiate Staged → Installed,
+    /// restart required, Installed reached after the restart.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class ServicingTrackerTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime T0 = new DateTime(2026, 9, 25, 18, 52, 37, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        private const string Kb = "KB5099999";
+
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly FakeSignalIngressSink _sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+        private readonly UpdateActivityTally _tally = new UpdateActivityTally();
+        private readonly List<(string Step, string Update, DateTime At)> _osActivity = new List<(string, string, DateTime)>();
+        private readonly ServicingTracker _tracker;
+        private long _nextRecordId = 1200;
+
+        public ServicingTrackerTests()
+        {
+            _tracker = NewTracker(stateDirectory: null);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose() => _tmp.Dispose();
+
+        private ServicingTracker NewTracker(string? stateDirectory) =>
+            new ServicingTracker(
+                sessionId: "sess-cbs",
+                tenantId: "tenant-cbs",
+                post: new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(T0)),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                backfillEnabled: false,
+                stateDirectory: stateDirectory,
+                tally: _tally,
+                onOsUpdateActivity: (step, update, at) => _osActivity.Add((step, update, at)));
+
+        private void Process(
+            int eventId,
+            DateTime at,
+            string? initialState = null,
+            string? targetState = "Installed",
+            string? errorCode = null,
+            string? client = "UpdateAgentLCU",
+            string? package = Kb,
+            long? recordId = null,
+            ServicingTracker? tracker = null,
+            bool isBackfill = false)
+        {
+            (tracker ?? _tracker).ProcessEvent(
+                eventId: eventId,
+                recordId: recordId ?? _nextRecordId++,
+                timeCreatedUtc: at,
+                package: package,
+                initialState: initialState,
+                targetState: targetState,
+                errorCode: errorCode,
+                client: client,
+                isBackfill: isBackfill);
+        }
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> Servicing() =>
+            _sink.Posted.Where(p =>
+                p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent
+                && p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateServicing).ToList();
+
+        private static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> Data(FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal s) =>
+            (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>)s.TypedPayload!;
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CumulativeUpdateSequence_ListsEveryStep_AndReportsTheEngineSteps()
+        {
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_InitiatingChanges, T0, initialState: "Absent", targetState: "Staged");
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_StateReached, T0.AddMinutes(4), targetState: "Staged", errorCode: "0x0");
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_InitiatingChanges, T0.AddMinutes(29), initialState: "Staged", targetState: "Installed");
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0.AddMinutes(33), targetState: "Installed", errorCode: "0x0");
+            // Written after the restart.
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_StateReached, T0.AddMinutes(41), targetState: "Installed", errorCode: "0x0");
+
+            var rows = Servicing();
+            Assert.Equal(
+                new[] { "initiating", "state_reached", "initiating", "reboot_required", "state_reached" },
+                rows.Select(s => (string)Data(s)["step"]).ToArray());
+            Assert.All(rows, s => Assert.Equal("Info", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]));
+            Assert.All(rows, s => Assert.Equal("ServicingWatcher", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Source]));
+            Assert.All(rows, s => Assert.Equal(Kb, Data(s)["package"]));
+            Assert.All(rows, s => Assert.Equal("UpdateAgentLCU", Data(s)["client"]));
+            // ErrorCode 0x0 is success, not a decoded HRESULT.
+            Assert.All(rows, s => Assert.False(Data(s).ContainsKey("hresult")));
+            Assert.Equal("Absent", Data(rows[0])["initialState"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Staged", Data(rows[0])["targetState"]);
+            Assert.Equal(T0.AddMinutes(33), rows[3].OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Contains("needs a restart", rows[3].Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Message]);
+
+            Assert.Equal(
+                new[]
+                {
+                    OsUpdateSteps.StagingStarted, OsUpdateSteps.Staged, OsUpdateSteps.InstallStarted,
+                    OsUpdateSteps.RebootRequired, OsUpdateSteps.Installed,
+                },
+                _osActivity.Select(a => a.Step).ToArray());
+            Assert.All(_osActivity, a => Assert.Equal(Kb, a.Update));
+            Assert.Equal(T0.AddMinutes(29), _osActivity[2].At);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("CbsTask")]
+        [InlineData("DISM Package Manager Provider")]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        [InlineData(null)]
+        public void NonOsClients_AreCountedNotListed(string? client)
+        {
+            // CBS maintenance writes hundreds of these in seconds; language packs and features on
+            // demand installed by apps are not the OOBE update either.
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_InitiatingChanges, T0, initialState: "Staged", targetState: "Installed",
+                client: client, package: "Microsoft-Windows-Telnet-Client-FOD-en-US");
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_StateReached, T0, targetState: "Installed", errorCode: "0x0",
+                client: client, package: "Microsoft-Windows-Telnet-Client-FOD-en-US");
+
+            Assert.Empty(_sink.Posted);
+            Assert.Empty(_osActivity);
+            var counts = _tally.Snapshot().ToDictionary(kv => kv.Key, kv => kv.Value);
+            Assert.Equal(1, counts["servicing_other_1"]);
+            Assert.Equal(1, counts["servicing_other_2"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WindowsUpdateAgentClient_IsAnOsClient()
+        {
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0, client: "WindowsUpdateAgent", errorCode: "0x0");
+
+            Assert.Single(Servicing());
+            Assert.Equal(OsUpdateSteps.RebootRequired, Assert.Single(_osActivity).Step);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ChangeFailed_EmitsWarning_WithDecodedHResult()
+        {
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_ChangeFailed, T0, targetState: "Installed", errorCode: "0x800f0922");
+
+            var s = Assert.Single(Servicing());
+            Assert.Equal("Warning", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            var data = Data(s);
+            Assert.Equal("failed", data["step"]);
+            Assert.Equal("0x800F0922", data["hresult"]);
+            Assert.Equal("CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED", data["hresultSymbol"]);
+            Assert.Contains("FAILED", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Message]);
+            Assert.Equal(OsUpdateSteps.Failed, Assert.Single(_osActivity).Step);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PartiallyInstalled_IsAFailure_AndSaysSo()
+        {
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_PartiallyInstalled, T0, targetState: "Installed", errorCode: "0x800f0922");
+
+            var s = Assert.Single(Servicing());
+            Assert.Equal("failed", Data(s)["step"]);
+            Assert.Contains("partially installed", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Message]);
+            Assert.Equal(OsUpdateSteps.Failed, Assert.Single(_osActivity).Step);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ChangeTowardsAnotherState_IsListed_ButIsNoEngineStep()
+        {
+            // Removing a superseded package is servicing, not progress of the update install.
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_InitiatingChanges, T0, initialState: "Installed", targetState: "Absent");
+
+            Assert.Single(Servicing());
+            Assert.Empty(_osActivity);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BackfilledRecord_KeepsItsEventTime()
+        {
+            var earlier = T0.AddMinutes(-20);
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_InitiatingChanges, earlier, initialState: "Absent", targetState: "Staged", isBackfill: true);
+
+            var s = Assert.Single(Servicing());
+            Assert.Equal(earlier, s.OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(true, Data(s)["backfilled"]);
+            Assert.Equal(earlier, Assert.Single(_osActivity).At);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Watermark_SkipsEmittedRecordsAfterRestart()
+        {
+            var first = NewTracker(_tmp.Path);
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0, errorCode: "0x0", recordId: 1205, tracker: first);
+
+            var second = NewTracker(_tmp.Path);
+            second.LoadWatermark();
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0, errorCode: "0x0", recordId: 1205, tracker: second, isBackfill: true);
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_StateReached, T0.AddMinutes(8), errorCode: "0x0", recordId: 1207, tracker: second);
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "reboot_required", "state_reached" }, Servicing().Select(s => (string)Data(s)["step"]).ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SameRecordDeliveredTwice_IsListedOnce()
+        {
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0, errorCode: "0x0", recordId: 1205);
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0, errorCode: "0x0", recordId: 1205);
+
+            Assert.Single(Servicing());
+            Assert.Single(_osActivity);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseUserData_ReadsBothCbsPayloadShapes()
+        {
+            const string initiate =
+                "<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Servicing' Guid='{bd12f3b8-fc40-4a61-a307-b7a013a069c1}'/>" +
+                "<EventID>1</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>0</Level><Task>1</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>" +
+                "<TimeCreated SystemTime='2026-09-25T19:21:42.4486782Z'/><EventRecordID>1203</EventRecordID><Channel>Setup</Channel><Computer>DESKTOP-TEST</Computer>" +
+                "<Security UserID='S-1-5-18'/></System><UserData><CbsPackageInitiateChanges xmlns='http://manifests.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/windows/setup_provider'>" +
+                "<PackageIdentifier>KB5099999</PackageIdentifier><InitialPackageState>5064</InitialPackageState><InitialPackageStateTextized>Staged</InitialPackageStateTextized>" +
+                "<IntendedPackageState>5112</IntendedPackageState><IntendedPackageStateTextized>Installed</IntendedPackageStateTextized><Client>UpdateAgentLCU</Client>" +
+                "</CbsPackageInitiateChanges></UserData></Event>";
+            const string changeState =
+                "<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Servicing' Guid='{bd12f3b8-fc40-4a61-a307-b7a013a069c1}'/>" +
+                "<EventID>4</EventID><TimeCreated SystemTime='2026-09-25T19:26:07.1381462Z'/><EventRecordID>1205</EventRecordID><Channel>Setup</Channel></System>" +
+                "<UserData><CbsPackageChangeState xmlns='http://manifests.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/windows/setup_provider'><PackageIdentifier>KB5099999</PackageIdentifier>" +
+                "<IntendedPackageState>5112</IntendedPackageState><IntendedPackageStateTextized>Installed</IntendedPackageStateTextized><ErrorCode>0x0</ErrorCode>" +
+                "<Client>UpdateAgentLCU</Client></CbsPackageChangeState></UserData></Event>";
+
+            var a = ServicingTracker.ParseUserData(initiate);
+            Assert.Equal("KB5099999", a["PackageIdentifier"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Staged", a["InitialPackageStateTextized"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Installed", a["IntendedPackageStateTextized"]);
+            Assert.Equal("UpdateAgentLCU", a["client"]); // case-insensitive
+            Assert.False(a.ContainsKey("ErrorCode"));
+
+            var b = ServicingTracker.ParseUserData(changeState);
+            Assert.Equal("Installed", b["IntendedPackageStateTextized"]);
+            Assert.Equal("0x0", b["ErrorCode"]);
+            Assert.False(b.ContainsKey("InitialPackageStateTextized"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseUserData_MalformedOrWithoutUserData_ReturnsEmpty_NeverThrows()
+        {
+            Assert.Empty(ServicingTracker.ParseUserData(null));
+            Assert.Empty(ServicingTracker.ParseUserData(""));
+            Assert.Empty(ServicingTracker.ParseUserData("<not-xml"));
+            Assert.Empty(ServicingTracker.ParseUserData("<Event><System><EventID>1</EventID></System></Event>"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Watermark_PersistsOnlyAfterTheEngineSignalWasHandedOver()
+        {
+            // "Reboot required" is written right before the update's restart: its engine signal
+            // must be on its way before the watermark tells the next run's backfill to skip it.
+            var path = System.IO.Path.Combine(_tmp.Path, ServicingTracker.WatermarkStateFileName);
+            bool? watermarkOnDiskAtSignal = null;
+            var tracker = new ServicingTracker(
+                sessionId: "sess-cbs",
+                tenantId: "tenant-cbs",
+                post: new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(T0)),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                backfillEnabled: false,
+                stateDirectory: _tmp.Path,
+                tally: _tally,
+                onOsUpdateActivity: (step, update, at) => watermarkOnDiskAtSignal = System.IO.File.Exists(path));
+
+            Process(ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, T0, errorCode: "0x0", tracker: tracker);
+
+            Assert.False(watermarkOnDiskAtSignal);
+            Assert.True(System.IO.File.Exists(path));
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#nullable enable
+using System;
+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 AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A tenant-extended Hello wait runs up to 60 min — the default session_stalled threshold. While
+    /// it is pending the session waits on a bounded timer that resolves it either way, so the stall
+    /// probe holds the report back instead of flagging the session Stalled; once the wait is over
+    /// and the session is still idle the report fires, and real activity drops it. The collector
+    /// runs with no scan sources, so only the session_stalled decision is exercised.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class StallProbeHelloWaitGuardTests
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime Fixed = new DateTime(2026, 9, 29, 8, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        private const double IdleAtStallThreshold = 60;
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Session_stalled_is_held_back_while_the_hello_wait_is_pending()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var ingress = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            var collector = NewCollector(tmp, ingress, helloWaitPending: () => true);
+
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold);
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold + 1);
+
+            Assert.Equal(0, StalledCount(ingress));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Held_back_report_fires_once_the_hello_wait_is_over_and_the_session_is_still_idle()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var ingress = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            var pending = true;
+            var collector = NewCollector(tmp, ingress, helloWaitPending: () => pending);
+
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold);
+            Assert.Equal(0, StalledCount(ingress));
+
+            // hello_safety resolved (a deadline fire is no activity, so no ResetProbes): the next
+            // tick emits the held-back report — once.
+            pending = false;
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold + 1);
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold + 2);
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, StalledCount(ingress));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Real_activity_drops_the_held_back_report()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var ingress = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            var pending = true;
+            var collector = NewCollector(tmp, ingress, helloWaitPending: () => pending);
+
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold);
+            pending = false;
+            collector.ResetProbes();
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(1);
+            Assert.Equal(0, StalledCount(ingress));
+
+            // A new idle window reaches the threshold again — the fire-once report is still unused.
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold);
+            Assert.Equal(1, StalledCount(ingress));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Without_a_hello_wait_probe_session_stalled_fires_as_before()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var ingress = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            var collector = NewCollector(tmp, ingress, helloWaitPending: null);
+
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold);
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, StalledCount(ingress));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void A_throwing_hello_wait_probe_never_costs_the_stall_report()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var ingress = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+            var collector = NewCollector(tmp, ingress, helloWaitPending: () => throw new InvalidOperationException("probe down"));
+
+            collector.CheckAndRunProbes(IdleAtStallThreshold);
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, StalledCount(ingress));
+        }
+
+        private static StallProbeCollector NewCollector(TempDirectory tmp, FakeSignalIngressSink ingress, Func<bool>? helloWaitPending) =>
+            new StallProbeCollector(
+                sessionId: "S1",
+                tenantId: "T1",
+                post: new InformationalEventPost(ingress, new VirtualClock(Fixed)),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                thresholdsMinutes: new[] { 60 },
+                traceIndices: Array.Empty<int>(),
+                sources: Array.Empty<string>(),
+                sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex: 1,
+                helloWaitPending: helloWaitPending);
+
+        private static int StalledCount(FakeSignalIngressSink ingress) =>
+            ingress.Posted.Count(p =>
+                p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent
+                && p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == Constants.EventTypes.SessionStalled);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#nullable enable
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// WindowsUpdateClassifier (D-310) — decides which Windows Update client events are listed one
+    /// by one (OS updates) and which are only counted (Store, Defender, everything else). The
+    /// titles are the shapes the WU client writes on Windows 11 GA and Insider builds.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class WindowsUpdateClassifierTests
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("2026-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5099999)")]
+        [InlineData("2026-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11, version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5099998)")]
+        [InlineData("2026-09 Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5099997)")]
+        [InlineData("2026-09 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5099996)")]
+        [InlineData("Windows 11 Insider Preview Quality Update (26220.9568)")]
+        [InlineData("Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.9022)")]
+        [InlineData("Windows 11, version 25H2 Upgrade")]
+        [InlineData("2026-09 .NET Framework Security Update (KB5099995)")]
+        [InlineData("2026-08 .NET Framework Preview Update (KB5099994)")]
+        [InlineData("Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.145 (KB890830)")]
+        public void WindowsAndDotNetFrameworkUpdates_AreOs(string title)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Os, WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify(title, serviceGuid: null));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.459.505.0) - Current Channel (Broad)")]
+        [InlineData("Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus antimalware platform - KB4052623 (Version 4.18.26080.4) - Current Channel (Staged)")]
+        // Names "Windows" and "Update" — Defender must still win.
+        [InlineData("Windows 10/11 - Update for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint - KB5005292 (Version 10.8838.26060.15013) - Current Channel (Staged)")]
+        public void DefenderUpdates_AreDefender(string title)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Defender, WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify(title, serviceGuid: null));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("9NSTH9KHZDLQ-Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8")]
+        [InlineData("9NBLGGH4NNS1-Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller")]
+        // Upper-case "WINDOWS" inside the package name must not make it an OS update.
+        [InlineData("9WZDNCRFHVN5-MICROSOFT.WINDOWSCALCULATOR")]
+        [InlineData("9WZDNCRFHWKN-MICROSOFT.WINDOWSSOUNDRECORDER")]
+        [InlineData("ApplicationSet-9WZDNCRFJ3Q2-Microsoft.BingWeather")]
+        public void StoreProductTitles_AreStore(string title)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Store, WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify(title, serviceGuid: null));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("{855e8a7c-ecb4-4ca3-b045-1dfa50104289}")]
+        [InlineData("{855E8A7C-ECB4-4CA3-B045-1DFA50104289}")]
+        [InlineData("855e8a7c-ecb4-4ca3-b045-1dfa50104289")]
+        public void StoreServiceGuid_IsStore_WhateverTheTitle(string serviceGuid)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Store,
+                WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify("2026-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 (KB5099999)", serviceGuid));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OtherServiceGuid_LeavesTheTitleInCharge()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Os,
+                WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify("2026-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 (KB5099999)", "{7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d}"));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("Intel net Driver Update (24.50.0.4)")]
+        [InlineData("PowerShell v7.6.6 (x64)")]
+        [InlineData("Remote help 5.2.1040.0")]
+        [InlineData("Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 140 Update for x64 based Edge-Chromium (Build 140.0.3485.54)")]
+        [InlineData("Microsoft .NET 8.0.20 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5099993)")]
+        [InlineData("Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.234.0")]
+        [InlineData("KB5099999")]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        [InlineData("   ")]
+        [InlineData(null)]
+        public void EverythingElse_IsOther(string? title)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Other, WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify(title!, serviceGuid: null));
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
@@ -9,55 +10,81 @@ using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
 using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// WindowsUpdateTracker — surfaces quality/cumulative update activity during OOBE from the
-    /// WindowsUpdateClient/Operational channel. Drives the primitive <see cref="WindowsUpdateTracker.ProcessEvent"/>
+    /// WindowsUpdateClient provider: install events from the System log, scan/download events from
+    /// the Operational channel (D-310). Drives the primitive <see cref="WindowsUpdateTracker.ProcessEvent"/>
     /// test seam (no real EventRecord, which is abstract + Windows-only), mirroring the
-    /// ModernDeploymentTracker test pattern.
+    /// ModernDeploymentTracker test pattern. Update titles are the shapes the provider writes.
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class WindowsUpdateTrackerTests : IDisposable
     {
         private static readonly DateTime At = new DateTime(2026, 7, 8, 10, 15, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
 
+        private const string Lcu = "2026-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5099999)";
+        private const string StoreApp = "9WZDNCRFHVN5-MICROSOFT.WINDOWSCALCULATOR";
+        private const string DefenderIntelligence = "Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.459.505.0) - Current Channel (Broad)";
+
         private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
-        private readonly FakeSignalIngressSink _sink;
-        private readonly WindowsUpdateTracker _tracker;
+        private readonly FakeSignalIngressSink _sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+        private readonly UpdateActivityTally _tally = new UpdateActivityTally();
+        private readonly List<(string Step, string Update, DateTime At)> _osActivity = new List<(string, string, DateTime)>();
+        private readonly WindowsUpdateTracker _system;
+        private readonly WindowsUpdateTracker _operational;
         private long _nextRecordId = 1;
 
         public WindowsUpdateTrackerTests()
         {
-            _sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
-            var post = new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At));
-            var logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
-            _tracker = new WindowsUpdateTracker(
-                sessionId: "sess-wu",
-                tenantId: "tenant-wu",
-                post: post,
-                logger: logger,
-                backfillEnabled: false,
-                stateDirectory: null); // in-memory dedup for most tests
+            // In-memory dedup for most tests.
+            _system = NewTracker(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, stateDirectory: null);
+            _operational = NewTracker(channel: null, stateDirectory: null);
         }
 
         public void Dispose() => _tmp.Dispose();
 
-        private void Emit(int eventId, string? errorCode = null, string? updateTitle = "Cumulative Update KB5099999", long? recordId = null)
+        private WindowsUpdateTracker NewTracker(string? channel, string? stateDirectory) =>
+            new WindowsUpdateTracker(
+                sessionId: "sess-wu",
+                tenantId: "tenant-wu",
+                post: new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At)),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                backfillEnabled: false,
+                stateDirectory: stateDirectory,
+                channel: channel,
+                tally: _tally,
+                onOsUpdateActivity: (step, update, at) => _osActivity.Add((step, update, at)));
+
+        private void Emit(
+            WindowsUpdateTracker tracker,
+            int eventId,
+            string? updateTitle = Lcu,
+            string? errorCode = null,
+            long? recordId = null,
+            string? serviceGuid = null,
+            string? updateCount = null,
+            DateTime? at = null,
+            bool isBackfill = false)
         {
-            _tracker.ProcessEvent(
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(
                 eventId: eventId,
                 level: 4,
                 recordId: recordId ?? _nextRecordId++,
-                timeCreatedUtc: At,
+                timeCreatedUtc: at ?? At,
                 updateTitle: updateTitle,
                 updateGuid: "{8b1c8726-1111-2222-3333-444455556666}",
                 updateRevisionNumber: "200",
                 errorCode: errorCode,
                 formattedDescription: null,
-                isBackfill: false);
+                isBackfill: isBackfill,
+                serviceGuid: serviceGuid,
+                updateCount: updateCount);
         }
 
         private IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> ByType(string eventType) =>
@@ -70,10 +97,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
         private static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> Data(FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal s) =>
             (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>)s.TypedPayload!;
 
+        private int Counted(string key) =>
+            _tally.Snapshot().Where(kv => kv.Key == key).Select(kv => kv.Value).SingleOrDefault();
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Install events (System log)
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
         [Fact]
         public void FailureEvent_EmitsWindowsUpdateFailed_WithDecodedHResult_AndImmediateUpload()
         {
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallFailure, errorCode: "0x80240022");
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallFailure, errorCode: "0x80240022");
 
             var failed = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed);
             var s = Assert.Single(failed);
@@ -83,37 +117,44 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             var data = Data(s);
             Assert.Equal("0x80240022", data["hresult"]);
             Assert.Equal("WU_E_ALL_UPDATES_FAILED", data["hresultSymbol"]);
-            Assert.Equal("Cumulative Update KB5099999", data["updateTitle"]);
+            Assert.Equal(Lcu, data["updateTitle"]);
             Assert.Equal(20, data["wuEventId"]);
+            Assert.Equal("system", data["wuChannel"]);
+            Assert.Equal("install", data["wuPhase"]);
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateClassifier.Os, data["updateClass"]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void SuccessEvent_EmitsWindowsUpdateSucceeded_InfoSeverity()
         {
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess);
 
             var ok = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded);
             var s = Assert.Single(ok);
             Assert.Equal("Info", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
             Assert.Equal("false", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.ImmediateUpload]);
+            Assert.Equal("installed", Data(s)["wuPhase"]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void StartedAndDownloadEvents_EmitDebugStarted()
+        public void StartedAndDownloadEvents_EmitInfoStarted_WithTheirPhase()
         {
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted);
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadStarted);
+            // Info, not Debug: with only OS updates listed they are the visible progress of a
+            // long OOBE update.
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadStarted);
 
             var started = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted);
             Assert.Equal(2, started.Count);
-            Assert.All(started, s => Assert.Equal("Debug", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]));
+            Assert.All(started, s => Assert.Equal("Info", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]));
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "install", "download" }, started.Select(s => (string)Data(s)["wuPhase"]).ToArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void SameRecordId_ProcessedTwice_EmitsOnce()
         {
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 42);
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 42);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 42);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 42);
 
             Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded));
         }
@@ -125,8 +166,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             // with a higher RecordId can be processed first. An older, never-emitted backfill event
             // (lower RecordId) must NOT be suppressed as "already processed" — these early pre-agent
             // OOBE updates are the whole point of the feature. A high-water-mark dedup dropped them.
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 100); // live, high RecordId
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 50);  // backfill, older, never seen
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 100); // live, high RecordId
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 50);  // backfill, older, never seen
 
             Assert.Equal(2, ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded).Count);
         }
@@ -138,53 +179,212 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             // time, not at agent start (the ctor's default UtcNow). InformationalEventPost forwards
             // EnrollmentEvent.Timestamp as the signal's OccurredAtUtc, which drives the timeline entry.
             var eventTime = new DateTime(2026, 7, 8, 7, 5, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc); // well before `At`
-            _tracker.ProcessEvent(
-                eventId: WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallFailure,
-                level: 4,
-                recordId: 7,
-                timeCreatedUtc: eventTime,
-                updateTitle: "KB5099999",
-                updateGuid: null,
-                updateRevisionNumber: null,
-                errorCode: "0x80240022",
-                formattedDescription: null,
-                isBackfill: true);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallFailure, errorCode: "0x80240022",
+                recordId: 7, at: eventTime, isBackfill: true);
 
             var s = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed));
             Assert.Equal(eventTime, s.OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(true, Data(s)["backfilled"]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void NegativeRecordId_IsNeverDeduped()
         {
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: -1);
-            Emit(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: -1);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: -1);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: -1);
 
             Assert.Equal(2, ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded).Count);
         }
 
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Scan/download events (Operational channel)
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
         [Fact]
-        public void Watermark_PersistsAcrossTrackerInstances()
+        public void Downloaded_EmitsInfoStarted_WithDownloadedPhase()
         {
-            var post = new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At));
-            var logger = new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info);
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded);
 
-            var first = new WindowsUpdateTracker("s", "t", post, logger, backfillEnabled: false, stateDirectory: _tmp.Path);
-            first.ProcessEvent(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, 4, recordId: 500, timeCreatedUtc: At,
-                updateTitle: "KB1", updateGuid: null, updateRevisionNumber: null, errorCode: null,
-                formattedDescription: null, isBackfill: false);
+            var s = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted));
+            Assert.Equal("Info", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            Assert.Equal("downloaded", Data(s)["wuPhase"]);
+            Assert.Equal("operational", Data(s)["wuChannel"]);
+        }
 
-            // A fresh tracker (simulating an agent restart) must load the watermark and skip the
-            // already-emitted record when the OOBE backfill re-reads it.
-            var second = new WindowsUpdateTracker("s", "t", post, logger, backfillEnabled: false, stateDirectory: _tmp.Path);
-            second.LoadWatermark();
-            second.ProcessEvent(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, 4, recordId: 500, timeCreatedUtc: At,
-                updateTitle: "KB1", updateGuid: null, updateRevisionNumber: null, errorCode: null,
-                formattedDescription: null, isBackfill: true);
+        [Fact]
+        public void DownloadFailure_OfAnOsUpdate_EmitsWarning_WithDownloadPhase()
+        {
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadFailed, errorCode: "0x80248007");
+
+            var s = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed));
+            Assert.Equal("Warning", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            Assert.Equal("false", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.ImmediateUpload]);
+            var data = Data(s);
+            Assert.Equal("download", data["wuPhase"]);
+            Assert.Equal("0x80248007", data["hresult"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ScanFound_EmitsOnlyChangedCounts_AndCountsTheRepeats()
+        {
+            foreach (var count in new[] { "3", "3", "5", "5", "0" })
+                Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFound, updateTitle: null, updateCount: count);
+
+            var found = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "3", "5", "0" }, found.Select(s => (string)Data(s)["updateCount"]).ToArray());
+            Assert.All(found, s => Assert.Equal("Debug", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]));
+            Assert.All(found, s => Assert.Equal("scan", Data(s)["wuPhase"]));
+            Assert.All(found, s => Assert.False(Data(s).ContainsKey("updateClass")));
+            Assert.Contains("scan found 3 update(s)", found[0].Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Message]);
+            Assert.Equal(2, Counted("scan_found_repeat"));
+            Assert.Empty(_osActivity); // a scan result is not an update step
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ScanFound_IsCappedPerRun()
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < WindowsUpdateTracker.MaxScanFoundEmissions + 2; i++)
+                Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFound, updateTitle: null, updateCount: i.ToString());
+
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateTracker.MaxScanFoundEmissions, ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted).Count);
+            Assert.Equal(2, Counted("scan_found_repeat"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ScanFailed_EmitsEachErrorCodeOnce()
+        {
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFailed, updateTitle: null, errorCode: "0x8024401c");
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFailed, updateTitle: null, errorCode: "0x8024401c");
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFailed, updateTitle: null, errorCode: "0x80072EE2");
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFailed, updateTitle: null, errorCode: "0x8024401C");
+
+            var failed = ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed);
+            Assert.Equal(2, failed.Count);
+            Assert.All(failed, s => Assert.Equal("Warning", s.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]));
+            Assert.All(failed, s => Assert.Equal("scan", Data(s)["wuPhase"]));
+            Assert.Equal(2, Counted("scan_failed_repeat"));
+            Assert.Empty(_osActivity);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ScanFailed_IsCappedPerRun()
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < WindowsUpdateTracker.MaxScanFailedEmissions + 2; i++)
+                Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_ScanFailed, updateTitle: null, errorCode: $"0x8024000{i}");
+
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateTracker.MaxScanFailedEmissions, ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed).Count);
+            Assert.Equal(2, Counted("scan_failed_repeat"));
+        }
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Classification — only OS updates are listed, the rest is counted
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(StoreApp, null, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, "store_19")]
+        [InlineData("Some App", "{855e8a7c-ecb4-4ca3-b045-1dfa50104289}", WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded, "store_41")]
+        [InlineData(DefenderIntelligence, null, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, "defender_43")]
+        [InlineData("Intel net Driver Update (24.50.0.4)", null, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadStarted, "other_44")]
+        // A real download failure names no update at all; it must not reach ANALYZE-DEV-004 as
+        // a failed OS update.
+        [InlineData("", null, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadFailed, "other_31")]
+        [InlineData("Some App", "{855e8a7c-ecb4-4ca3-b045-1dfa50104289}", WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallFailure, "store_20")]
+        public void NonOsUpdates_AreCountedNotEmitted(string title, string? serviceGuid, int eventId, string expectedKey)
+        {
+            var tracker = WindowsUpdateTracker.IsSystemChannelEventId(eventId) ? _system : _operational;
+            Emit(tracker, eventId, updateTitle: title, serviceGuid: serviceGuid, errorCode: "0x80248007");
+
+            Assert.Empty(_sink.Posted);
+            Assert.Empty(_osActivity);
+            Assert.Equal(1, Counted(expectedKey));
+            // The census still sees the channel working.
+            Assert.Equal(1, tracker.EmittedThisRun);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CountedRecord_DeliveredTwice_IsCountedOnce()
+        {
+            // Live watcher and backfill overlap: the seen-set dedups counted records too.
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, updateTitle: StoreApp, recordId: 7);
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, updateTitle: StoreApp, recordId: 7);
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, Counted("store_19"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OsUpdateSteps_AreReportedToTheEngineCallback()
+        {
+            var t0 = At;
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadStarted, at: t0);
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded, at: t0.AddMinutes(4));
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, at: t0.AddMinutes(5));
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, at: t0.AddMinutes(31));
+            Emit(_system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallFailure, errorCode: "0x800F0922", at: t0.AddMinutes(32));
+            Emit(_operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_DownloadFailed, errorCode: "0x80248007", at: t0.AddMinutes(33));
+
+            Assert.Equal(
+                new[]
+                {
+                    OsUpdateSteps.DownloadStarted, OsUpdateSteps.Downloaded, OsUpdateSteps.InstallStarted,
+                    OsUpdateSteps.Installed, OsUpdateSteps.Failed, OsUpdateSteps.Failed,
+                },
+                _osActivity.Select(a => a.Step).ToArray());
+            Assert.All(_osActivity, a => Assert.Equal(Lcu, a.Update));
+            Assert.Equal(t0.AddMinutes(31), _osActivity[3].At);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ThrowingCallback_NeverCostsTheEvent()
+        {
+            var tracker = new WindowsUpdateTracker(
+                "s", "t", new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At)),
+                new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                backfillEnabled: false,
+                channel: WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel,
+                onOsUpdateActivity: (step, update, at) => throw new InvalidOperationException("boom"));
+
+            Emit(tracker, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess);
 
             Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded));
         }
 
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Channels and XPath
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultEventIds_FollowTheProviderManifest()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, _system.WatchedChannel);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 19, 20, 43, 44 }, _system.TargetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).ToArray());
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateTracker.Channel, _operational.WatchedChannel);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 25, 26, 31, 41 }, _operational.TargetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(16, true)]
+        [InlineData(19, true)]
+        [InlineData(20, true)]
+        [InlineData(24, true)]
+        [InlineData(27, true)]
+        [InlineData(28, true)]
+        [InlineData(32, true)]
+        [InlineData(33, true)]
+        [InlineData(43, true)]
+        [InlineData(44, true)]
+        [InlineData(212, true)]
+        [InlineData(218, true)]
+        [InlineData(25, false)]
+        [InlineData(26, false)]
+        [InlineData(31, false)]
+        [InlineData(41, false)]
+        [InlineData(15, false)]
+        [InlineData(219, false)]
+        public void IsSystemChannelEventId_MatchesTheManifest(int eventId, bool expected)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(expected, WindowsUpdateTracker.IsSystemChannelEventId(eventId));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void BuildXPath_ContainsAllTargetedIds_Ordered()
         {
@@ -192,6 +392,113 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             Assert.Equal("*[System[(EventID=19 or EventID=20 or EventID=43 or EventID=44)]]", xpath);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void BuildXPath_SharedSystemLog_FiltersTheProvider_AndTheLookback()
+        {
+            // Verified against a real System log: the provider clause keeps the other providers'
+            // EventIDs 19/20/43/44 out of the shared channel.
+            var ids = new HashSet<int> { 44, 19, 20, 43 };
+
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "*[System[Provider[@Name='Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient'] and (EventID=19 or EventID=20 or EventID=43 or EventID=44)]]",
+                WindowsUpdateTracker.BuildXPath(ids, WindowsUpdateTracker.ProviderName));
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "*[System[Provider[@Name='Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient'] and (EventID=19 or EventID=20 or EventID=43 or EventID=44) and TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= 3600000]]]",
+                WindowsUpdateTracker.BuildXPath(ids, WindowsUpdateTracker.ProviderName, lookbackMs: 3600000));
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "*[System[(EventID=25 or EventID=26) and TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= 60000]]]",
+                WindowsUpdateTracker.BuildXPath(new HashSet<int> { 26, 25 }, providerName: null, lookbackMs: 60000));
+        }
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Watermark
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Watermark_PersistsAcrossTrackerInstances()
+        {
+            var first = NewTracker(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, _tmp.Path);
+            Emit(first, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 500);
+
+            // A fresh tracker (simulating an agent restart) must load the watermark and skip the
+            // already-emitted record when the OOBE backfill re-reads it.
+            var second = NewTracker(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, _tmp.Path);
+            second.LoadWatermark();
+            Emit(second, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 500, isBackfill: true);
+
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Watermark_IsPerChannel()
+        {
+            // RecordIds are per channel: System record 500 and Operational record 500 are two
+            // different events and must not dedup each other — before or after a restart.
+            Emit(NewTracker(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, _tmp.Path), WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 500);
+            Emit(NewTracker(null, _tmp.Path), WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded, recordId: 500);
+
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded));
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted));
+            Assert.Equal(500L, ReadWatermark(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemWatermarkStateFileName));
+            Assert.Equal(500L, ReadWatermark(WindowsUpdateTracker.WatermarkStateFileName));
+
+            var system = NewTracker(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, _tmp.Path);
+            var operational = NewTracker(null, _tmp.Path);
+            system.LoadWatermark();
+            operational.LoadWatermark();
+            Emit(system, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, recordId: 500, isBackfill: true);
+            Emit(operational, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded, recordId: 500, isBackfill: true);
+
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded));
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CountedRecords_WriteNoStateFile()
+        {
+            // A Store/Defender burst must not cost a state-file write per record; only emitted
+            // records move the persisted watermark.
+            var tracker = NewTracker(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, _tmp.Path);
+            Emit(tracker, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, updateTitle: StoreApp, recordId: 600);
+            Emit(tracker, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, updateTitle: DefenderIntelligence, recordId: 601);
+
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(_tmp.Path, WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemWatermarkStateFileName)));
+
+            Emit(tracker, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, recordId: 602);
+            Assert.Equal(602L, ReadWatermark(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemWatermarkStateFileName));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Watermark_PersistsOnlyAfterTheEngineSignalWasHandedOver()
+        {
+            // A restart's backfill skips a persisted record, so the record's engine signal must be
+            // on its way before the watermark reaches the disk — never the other way round.
+            var path = Path.Combine(_tmp.Path, WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemWatermarkStateFileName);
+            bool? watermarkOnDiskAtSignal = null;
+            var tracker = new WindowsUpdateTracker(
+                sessionId: "sess-wu",
+                tenantId: "tenant-wu",
+                post: new InformationalEventPost(_sink, new VirtualClock(At)),
+                logger: new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                backfillEnabled: false,
+                stateDirectory: _tmp.Path,
+                channel: WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel,
+                tally: _tally,
+                onOsUpdateActivity: (step, update, at) => watermarkOnDiskAtSignal = File.Exists(path));
+
+            Emit(tracker, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, recordId: 700);
+
+            Assert.False(watermarkOnDiskAtSignal);
+            Assert.Equal(700L, ReadWatermark(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemWatermarkStateFileName));
+        }
+
+        private long ReadWatermark(string fileName) =>
+            JObject.Parse(File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(_tmp.Path, fileName)))["LastRecordId"]!.Value<long>();
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Parsing and HRESULT decoding
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
         [Fact]
         public void ParseEventData_ExtractsNamedFields_NamespaceAgnostic()
         {
@@ -212,6 +519,24 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             Assert.True(data.ContainsKey("UPDATETITLE"));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseEventData_ReadsTheScanFields()
+        {
+            // Event 26 (scan found N) and 25 (scan failed) carry no update title.
+            const string xml =
+                "<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'>" +
+                "<System><EventID>26</EventID></System>" +
+                "<EventData>" +
+                "<Data Name='updateCount'>3</Data>" +
+                "<Data Name='serviceGuid'>{8b24b027-1dee-babb-9a95-3517dfb9c552}</Data>" +
+                "</EventData></Event>";
+
+            var data = WindowsUpdateTracker.ParseEventData(xml);
+            Assert.Equal("3", data["updateCount"]);
+            Assert.Equal("{8b24b027-1dee-babb-9a95-3517dfb9c552}", data["serviceGuid"]);
+            Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("updateTitle"));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ParseEventData_MalformedXml_ReturnsEmpty_NeverThrows()
         {
@@ -303,10 +628,23 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
             var data = Data(s);
             Assert.Equal("21=1,25=3", data["wuClientCensus"]);
             Assert.Equal("200=2", data["updateOrchestratorCensus"]);
-            Assert.Equal("19,20,43,44", data["targetedEventIds"]);
+            Assert.Equal("25,26,31,41", data["targetedEventIds"]);
             Assert.False(data.ContainsKey("censusTruncated"));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Census_ListsTheTargetedIdsOfEveryChannel()
+        {
+            // The host runs the census on the Operational instance; the evidence must still say
+            // the System-log install IDs were watched too.
+            var tracker = BuildCensusTracker(censusEnabled: true, osBuildChanged: true);
+
+            tracker.EmitChannelCensusIfBlind(otherChannelsEmitted: 0, otherTargetedEventIds: new[] { 44, 19, 20, 43 });
+
+            var s = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateChannelCensus));
+            Assert.Equal("19,20,25,26,31,41,43,44", Data(s)["targetedEventIds"]);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Census_BuildUnchanged_EmitsNothing()
         {
@@ -320,17 +658,27 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.SystemSignals
         [Fact]
         public void Census_TargetedEventsWereEmittedThisRun_EmitsNothing()
         {
-            // The watcher captured the update through its normal path — no blind spot to report.
+            // The watcher captured activity through its normal path — no blind spot to report.
+            // Any class counts: a counted Store update proves the channel is read as well.
             var tracker = BuildCensusTracker(censusEnabled: true, osBuildChanged: true);
-            tracker.ProcessEvent(WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, 4, recordId: 9, timeCreatedUtc: At,
-                updateTitle: "KB1", updateGuid: null, updateRevisionNumber: null, errorCode: null,
-                formattedDescription: null, isBackfill: false);
+            Emit(tracker, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded, updateTitle: StoreApp, recordId: 9);
 
             tracker.EmitChannelCensusIfBlind();
 
             Assert.Empty(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateChannelCensus));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Census_AnotherChannelEmitted_EmitsNothing()
+        {
+            // The System-log watcher saw the install — the update was not missed.
+            var tracker = BuildCensusTracker(censusEnabled: true, osBuildChanged: true);
+
+            tracker.EmitChannelCensusIfBlind(otherChannelsEmitted: 1);
+
+            Assert.Empty(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateChannelCensus));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Census_DisabledByConfig_EmitsNothing()
         {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/Transport/EmergencyReporterTests.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Transport
         private sealed class FakeApiClient : BackendApiClient
         {
             public readonly List<TimeSpan?> Timeouts = new List<TimeSpan?>();
+            public readonly List<AgentErrorReport> Reports = new List<AgentErrorReport>();
             public readonly Queue<bool> Results = new Queue<bool>();
 
             public FakeApiClient() : base(
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Transport
             public override Task<bool> ReportAgentErrorAsync(AgentErrorReport report, TimeSpan? timeout = null)
             {
                 Timeouts.Add(timeout);
+                Reports.Add(report);
                 return Task.FromResult(Results.Count > 0 && Results.Dequeue());
             }
         }
@@ -139,5 +141,37 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Transport
 
             Assert.Equal(2, client.Calls);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Session_age_is_carried_in_the_report_and_absent_by_default()
+        {
+            // One reporter per report: a delivered report starts the 10-minute cooldown.
+            var client = new FakeApiClient();
+            client.Results.Enqueue(true);
+            client.Results.Enqueue(true);
+
+            await Reporter(client).TrySendAsync(AgentErrorType.SessionAgeEmergencyBreak, "m", sessionAgeHours: 478.2);
+            await Reporter(client).TrySendAsync(AgentErrorType.ConfigFetchFailed, "m");
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, client.Reports.Count);
+            Assert.Equal(478.2, client.Reports[0].SessionAgeHours);
+            Assert.Null(client.Reports[1].SessionAgeHours);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Prior_registration_failure_is_carried_in_the_report_and_absent_by_default()
+        {
+            var client = new FakeApiClient();
+            client.Results.Enqueue(true);
+            client.Results.Enqueue(true);
+            var record = new RegistrationFailureSummary { FailedRuns = 2, Outcome = "Failed", NetworkLinkUpAtEnd = false };
+
+            await Reporter(client).TrySendAsync(AgentErrorType.SessionAgeEmergencyBreak, "m", priorRegistrationFailure: record);
+            await Reporter(client).TrySendAsync(AgentErrorType.ConfigFetchFailed, "m");
+
+            Assert.Equal(2, client.Reports.Count);
+            Assert.Same(record, client.Reports[0].PriorRegistrationFailure);
+            Assert.Null(client.Reports[1].PriorRegistrationFailure);
+        }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Monitoring/Transport/GeoLocationServiceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Monitoring.Transport
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Response parsers of the geo providers. Addresses come from the RFC 5737 documentation
+    /// ranges — never real ones.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GeoLocationServiceTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseDoGeo_maps_country_and_egress_ip_and_ignores_the_do_service_fields()
+        {
+            var json = JObject.Parse(@"{
+                ""ExternalIpAddress"": ""203.0.113.7"",
+                ""CountryCode"": ""DE"",
+                ""KeyValue_EndpointFullUri"": ""https://kv601.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com/all"",
+                ""Version"": ""26A6D4D6994E8DA5"",
+                ""CacheId"": ""7"",
+                ""ContentCert"": false,
+                ""DownloadModeFailSafe"": """"
+            }");
+
+            var result = GeoLocationService.ParseDoGeo(json);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.Equal("DE", result.Country);
+            Assert.Equal("203.0.113.7", result.Ip);
+            Assert.Equal("do-geo", result.Source);
+            Assert.Null(result.Region);
+            Assert.Null(result.City);
+            Assert.Null(result.Loc);
+            Assert.Null(result.Timezone);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(@"{ ""ExternalIpAddress"": ""203.0.113.7"" }")]
+        [InlineData(@"{ ""ExternalIpAddress"": ""203.0.113.7"", ""CountryCode"": """" }")]
+        public void ParseDoGeo_without_country_is_a_failure(string body)
+        {
+            Assert.Null(GeoLocationService.ParseDoGeo(JObject.Parse(body)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseIpInfo_maps_all_fields()
+        {
+            var json = JObject.Parse(@"{
+                ""ip"": ""198.51.100.4"", ""city"": ""Stuttgart"", ""region"": ""Baden-Wurttemberg"",
+                ""country"": ""DE"", ""loc"": ""48.7823,9.1770"", ""timezone"": ""Europe/Berlin""
+            }");
+
+            var result = GeoLocationService.ParseIpInfo(json);
+
+            Assert.Equal("DE", result.Country);
+            Assert.Equal("Baden-Wurttemberg", result.Region);
+            Assert.Equal("Stuttgart", result.City);
+            Assert.Equal("48.7823,9.1770", result.Loc);
+            Assert.Equal("Europe/Berlin", result.Timezone);
+            Assert.Equal("198.51.100.4", result.Ip);
+            Assert.Equal("ipinfo", result.Source);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseIfConfigCo_joins_coordinates_and_leaves_loc_empty_without_them()
+        {
+            var withCoords = GeoLocationService.ParseIfConfigCo(JObject.Parse(@"{
+                ""ip"": ""198.51.100.4"", ""country_iso"": ""DE"", ""region_name"": ""Bavaria"",
+                ""city"": ""Munich"", ""latitude"": 48.13, ""longitude"": 11.58, ""time_zone"": ""Europe/Berlin""
+            }"));
+            var withoutCoords = GeoLocationService.ParseIfConfigCo(JObject.Parse(@"{ ""country_iso"": ""DE"" }"));
+
+            Assert.Equal("48.13,11.58", withCoords.Loc);
+            Assert.Equal("DE", withCoords.Country);
+            Assert.Equal("Bavaria", withCoords.Region);
+            Assert.Equal("ifconfig.co", withCoords.Source);
+            Assert.Equal("", withoutCoords.Loc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Describe_skips_the_parts_a_provider_did_not_return()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("Stuttgart, BW, DE", new GeoLocationResult { City = "Stuttgart", Region = "BW", Country = "DE" }.Describe());
+            Assert.Equal("DE", new GeoLocationResult { Country = "DE", Region = "" }.Describe());
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Orchestration/DecisionStepProcessorTerminalStageTests.cs

@@ -153,6 +153,62 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration
             Assert.Equal(0, callCount);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stopped_waiting_fires_callback_once_with_the_stage_still_non_terminal()
+        {
+            // D-310: the engine stopped waiting for the user without a verdict. The stage stays
+            // non-terminal, yet the agent must end the session — the callback carries the state.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            DecisionState? captured = null;
+            var callCount = 0;
+            var sut = rig.Build(DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1"),
+                onTerminal: state =>
+                {
+                    Interlocked.Increment(ref callCount);
+                    captured = state;
+                });
+
+            var builder = new DecisionStateBuilder(sut.CurrentState)
+            {
+                Stage = SessionStage.EspAccountSetup,
+                StepIndex = sut.CurrentState.StepIndex + 1,
+                StoppedWaitingReason = new SignalFact<string>(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn, 1),
+            };
+            var stopped = builder.Build();
+            var step = new DecisionStep(stopped, new DecisionTransition(
+                stepIndex: stopped.StepIndex, sessionTraceOrdinal: 1, signalOrdinalRef: 1, occurredAtUtc: At,
+                trigger: "DeadlineFired:advisory_completion:OobeUpdateSignInWaitExpired",
+                fromStage: SessionStage.SessionStarted, toStage: SessionStage.EspAccountSetup,
+                taken: true, deadEndReason: null, reducerVersion: "2.0.0.0"), Array.Empty<DecisionEffect>());
+            sut.ApplyStep(step, Sig(1, At));
+
+            // A follow-up step must not fire it again.
+            sut.ApplyStep(StepToStage(sut.CurrentState, SessionStage.EspAccountSetup, signalOrdinal: 2, at: At.AddSeconds(1)),
+                Sig(2, At.AddSeconds(1)));
+
+            Assert.Equal(1, callCount);
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStage.EspAccountSetup, captured!.Stage);
+            Assert.Equal(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn, captured.StoppedWaitingReason!.Value);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Stopped_waiting_on_load_does_not_refire_the_callback()
+        {
+            // The orchestrator ends a recovered stopped-waiting session itself at start.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            var callCount = 0;
+            var recovered = new DecisionStateBuilder(DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1"))
+            {
+                Stage = SessionStage.EspAccountSetup,
+                StoppedWaitingReason = new SignalFact<string>(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn, 7),
+            }.Build();
+
+            var sut = rig.Build(recovered, onTerminal: _ => Interlocked.Increment(ref callCount));
+            sut.ApplyStep(StepToStage(sut.CurrentState, SessionStage.EspAccountSetup, signalOrdinal: 8, at: At), Sig(8, At));
+
+            Assert.Equal(0, callCount);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Terminal_callback_null_is_supported()
         {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Orchestration/DefaultComponentFactoryGatherStateTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Configuration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The production factory hands its state directory to the gather executor. Without it every
+    /// unit test of the gather state passes while the agent keeps replaying logs after each reboot —
+    /// the one line in <see cref="DefaultComponentFactory"/> is the whole feature.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Collection("SerialThreading")] // the startup rule executes on the shared ThreadPool
+    public sealed class DefaultComponentFactoryGatherStateTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly TempDirectory _stateDir = new TempDirectory();
+
+        // %TEMP% lives under C:\Users (hard-blocked) — the log sits beside the test assembly.
+        private readonly string _logDir = Path.Combine(
+            AppContext.BaseDirectory, "factory-gather-state-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+
+        public DefaultComponentFactoryGatherStateTests() => Directory.CreateDirectory(_logDir);
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _tmp.Dispose();
+            _stateDir.Dispose();
+            try { Directory.Delete(_logDir, recursive: true); } catch { /* best effort */ }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Gather_host_built_by_the_factory_persists_logparser_positions_in_the_state_directory()
+        {
+            var log = Path.Combine(_logDir, "vendor.log");
+            File.WriteAllText(log, "Update one\n");
+
+            var factory = new DefaultComponentFactory(
+                agentConfig: new AgentConfiguration
+                {
+                    ApiBaseUrl = "https://example",
+                    TenantId = "t",
+                    SessionId = "s",
+                    UnrestrictedMode = true,
+                },
+                remoteConfig: new AgentConfigResponse
+                {
+                    Collectors = CollectorConfiguration.CreateDefault(),
+                    GatherRules = new List<GatherRule>
+                    {
+                        new GatherRule
+                        {
+                            RuleId = "vendor-log",
+                            Title = "vendor log",
+                            CollectorType = "logparser",
+                            Target = log,
+                            Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["pattern"] = "^Update", ["format"] = "text" },
+                            Trigger = "startup",
+                            OutputEventType = "vendor_update",
+                            Enabled = true,
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+                networkMetrics: null,
+                agentVersion: "test",
+                stateDirectory: _stateDir.Path,
+                startupEventGate: null);
+
+            var hosts = factory.CreateCollectorHosts(
+                sessionId: "s",
+                tenantId: "t",
+                logger: new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                whiteGloveSealingPatternIds: Array.Empty<string>(),
+                ingress: new FakeSignalIngressSink(),
+                clock: new VirtualClock(new DateTime(2026, 9, 28, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc)),
+                telemetrySpool: null,
+                timelineEvents: null).Hosts;
+            try
+            {
+                hosts.OfType<GatherRuleExecutorHost>().Single().Start();
+
+                var stateFile = Path.Combine(_stateDir.Path, GatherRuleStatePersistence.FileName);
+                Assert.True(SpinWait.SpinUntil(() => File.Exists(stateFile), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)),
+                    "the gather host did not write its state into the factory's state directory");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                foreach (var host in hosts)
+                {
+                    try { host.Dispose(); } catch { /* best-effort cleanup */ }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Orchestration/GatherRuleExecutorHostTimelineFeedTests.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration
     /// <summary>
     /// GatherRuleExecutorHost feeds its phase_change / phase_exit / on_event triggers from the
     /// POST-REDUCE <see cref="TimelineEventStream"/> (emitted timeline events), not from raw
-    /// signals. Regression anchor: session 32312a32 (rsneuffen.de) — a phase_change rule on
+    /// signals. Regression anchor: session 32312a32 — a phase_change rule on
     /// FinalizingSetup fired at the raw EspPhaseChanged(FinalizingSetup) signal (ESP exit),
     /// 7 minutes before the engine's RealmJoin-gated phase_transition(FinalizingSetup), and read
     /// a registry key before the RealmJoin package wrote it. With the timeline feed the rule

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Orchestration/RecoveryCoordinatorTests.cs

@@ -162,6 +162,28 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration
             Assert.Equal(SessionStage.AwaitingHello, result.InitialState.Stage);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Clean_snapshot_of_a_rotated_session_adopts_the_current_session_id()
+        {
+            // SESSION-OWNER-BINDING: the backend refused the persisted session id at registration,
+            // the agent rotated, and the snapshot on disk still names the old session. The
+            // enrollment state carries over; the session id must be the current one.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            var saved = DecisionState.CreateInitial("S-REFUSED", TenantId)
+                .ToBuilder()
+                .WithStage(SessionStage.EspAccountSetup)
+                .WithStepIndex(7)
+                .WithLastAppliedSignalOrdinal(6)
+                .Build();
+            SeedSnapshot(rig, saved);
+
+            var result = rig.Recover();
+
+            Assert.Equal(SessionId, result.InitialState.SessionId);
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStage.EspAccountSetup, result.InitialState.Stage);
+            Assert.Equal(7, result.InitialState.StepIndex);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Snapshot_plus_pending_tail_replays_tail_onto_snapshot()
         {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Orchestration/RecoveryPathTests.cs

@@ -174,6 +174,40 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration
             sut.Stop();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Recovered_stopped_waiting_state_ends_the_session_at_start()
+        {
+            // D-310: a crash between "the engine stopped waiting" and the termination must not
+            // leave the session running — the restart ends it the same way, with the engine's reason.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(rig.StateDir);
+
+            var stoppedState = DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1")
+                .ToBuilder()
+                .WithStage(SessionStage.EspAccountSetup)
+                .WithStepIndex(9)
+                .Build()
+                .ToBuilder();
+            stoppedState.StoppedWaitingReason = new SignalFact<string>(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn, 42);
+            new SnapshotPersistence(Path.Combine(rig.StateDir, "snapshot.json")).Save(stoppedState.Build());
+
+            var sut = rig.Build();
+            using var fired = new ManualResetEventSlim(false);
+            EnrollmentTerminatedEventArgs? captured = null;
+            sut.Terminated += (_, e) => { captured = e; fired.Set(); };
+
+            sut.Start();
+            Assert.True(fired.Wait(5000), "Terminated did not fire for the recovered stopped-waiting state.");
+
+            Assert.Equal(EnrollmentTerminationReason.StoppedWaiting, captured!.Reason);
+            Assert.Equal(EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut, captured.Outcome);
+            Assert.Equal(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn, captured.StopReason);
+            Assert.Equal(SessionStage.EspAccountSetup.ToString(), captured.StageName);
+            Assert.Contains("60 minutes", captured.Details);
+
+            sut.Stop();
+        }
+
         // ================================================================= Sonderfall 2: Segment-Quarantine
 
         [Fact]

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Orchestration/WindowsUpdateWatcherHostTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+#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.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Orchestration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// WindowsUpdateWatcherHost (D-310) — routes every configured WU EventID to the channel the
+    /// provider manifest writes it to, reports counted activity once, and feeds Windows/.NET update
+    /// steps to the decision engine unless <c>OobeUpdatePhaseMode</c> is Off. The event-log
+    /// watchers themselves are not armed here; the trackers' ProcessEvent seams drive the host.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class WindowsUpdateWatcherHostTests : IDisposable
+    {
+        private static readonly DateTime At = new DateTime(2026, 10, 1, 9, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        private const string Lcu = "2026-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5099999)";
+
+        private readonly TempDirectory _tmp = new TempDirectory();
+        private readonly FakeSignalIngressSink _sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+        private long _nextRecordId = 1;
+
+        public void Dispose() => _tmp.Dispose();
+
+        private WindowsUpdateWatcherHost Build(bool osUpdateSignalsEnabled, bool servicingWatcherEnabled = true) =>
+            new WindowsUpdateWatcherHost(
+                sessionId: "sess-wuhost",
+                tenantId: "tenant-wuhost",
+                logger: new AgentLogger(_tmp.Path, AgentLogLevel.Info),
+                ingress: _sink,
+                clock: new VirtualClock(At),
+                targetedEventIds: new[] { 19, 20, 43, 44 },
+                backfillLookbackMinutes: 0,
+                stateDirectory: _tmp.Path,
+                operationalEventIds: new[] { 25, 26, 31, 41 },
+                servicingWatcherEnabled: servicingWatcherEnabled,
+                osUpdateSignalsEnabled: osUpdateSignalsEnabled);
+
+        private void Wu(WindowsUpdateTracker tracker, int eventId, string title, DateTime at) =>
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(eventId, 4, _nextRecordId++, at, title, updateGuid: null, updateRevisionNumber: null,
+                errorCode: null, formattedDescription: null, isBackfill: false);
+
+        private void Cbs(ServicingTracker tracker, int eventId, string client, DateTime at) =>
+            tracker.ProcessEvent(eventId, _nextRecordId++, at, "KB5099999", initialState: null, targetState: "Installed",
+                errorCode: "0x0", client: client, isBackfill: false);
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> OsUpdateActivity() =>
+            _sink.Posted.Where(p => p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.OsUpdateActivity).ToList();
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<FakeSignalIngressSink.PostedSignal> ByType(string eventType) =>
+            _sink.Posted.Where(p =>
+                p.Kind == DecisionSignalKind.InformationalEvent
+                && p.Payload != null
+                && p.Payload.TryGetValue(SignalPayloadKeys.EventType, out var et)
+                && et == eventType).ToList();
+
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------- routing ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RouteEventIds_Defaults_SplitByManifest()
+        {
+            var (system, operational) = WindowsUpdateWatcherHost.RouteEventIds(new[] { 19, 20, 43, 44 }, new[] { 25, 26, 31, 41 });
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 19, 20, 43, 44 }, system);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 25, 26, 31, 41 }, operational);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RouteEventIds_MisplacedIds_EndUpOnTheirRealChannel()
+        {
+            // An old config that lists 41 under the targeted IDs, or 20 under the operational
+            // ones, must still watch the channel that carries them.
+            var (system, operational) = WindowsUpdateWatcherHost.RouteEventIds(new[] { 41, 19 }, new[] { 20, 41 });
+
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 19, 20 }, system);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 41 }, operational);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RouteEventIds_NothingConfigured_WatchesNothing()
+        {
+            var (system, operational) = WindowsUpdateWatcherHost.RouteEventIds(null, Array.Empty<int>());
+
+            Assert.Empty(system);
+            Assert.Empty(operational);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Host_BuildsOneTrackerPerChannel_AndTheServicingTracker()
+        {
+            var host = Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: false);
+
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel, host.SystemTrackerForTest!.WatchedChannel);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 19, 20, 43, 44 }, host.SystemTrackerForTest.TargetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).ToArray());
+            Assert.Equal(WindowsUpdateTracker.Channel, host.OperationalTrackerForTest!.WatchedChannel);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { 25, 26, 31, 41 }, host.OperationalTrackerForTest.TargetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).ToArray());
+            Assert.NotNull(host.ServicingTrackerForTest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ServicingWatcherDisabled_BuildsNoServicingTracker()
+        {
+            Assert.Null(Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: false, servicingWatcherEnabled: false).ServicingTrackerForTest);
+        }
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------- engine signal behind flag ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OsUpdateSignalsDisabled_ListsTheUpdate_ButPostsNoEngineSignal()
+        {
+            var host = Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: false);
+
+            Wu(host.SystemTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, Lcu, At);
+            Cbs(host.ServicingTrackerForTest!, ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, "UpdateAgentLCU", At.AddMinutes(20));
+
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted));
+            Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateServicing));
+            Assert.Empty(OsUpdateActivity());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OsUpdateSignalsEnabled_PostsOsUpdateActivity_FromBothSources()
+        {
+            var host = Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: true);
+            var wuAt = DateTime.SpecifyKind(At, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
+
+            Wu(host.SystemTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallStarted, Lcu, wuAt);
+            Cbs(host.ServicingTrackerForTest!, ServicingTracker.EventId_RebootRequired, "UpdateAgentLCU", At.AddMinutes(20));
+
+            var signals = OsUpdateActivity();
+            Assert.Equal(2, signals.Count);
+
+            var wu = signals[0];
+            Assert.Equal(OsUpdateSteps.InstallStarted, wu.Payload![OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Step]);
+            Assert.Equal("wu", wu.Payload![OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Source]);
+            Assert.Equal(Lcu, wu.Payload![OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Update]);
+            Assert.Equal("WindowsUpdateWatcher", wu.SourceOrigin);
+            Assert.Equal(EvidenceKind.Raw, wu.Evidence.Kind);
+            Assert.Equal("os-update-activity:wu", wu.Evidence.Identifier);
+            Assert.Equal(At, wu.OccurredAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(DateTimeKind.Utc, wu.OccurredAtUtc.Kind);
+            Assert.Equal(1, wu.KindSchemaVersion);
+
+            var cbs = signals[1];
+            Assert.Equal(OsUpdateSteps.RebootRequired, cbs.Payload![OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Step]);
+            Assert.Equal("servicing", cbs.Payload![OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Source]);
+            Assert.Equal("KB5099999", cbs.Payload![OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Update]);
+            Assert.Equal("ServicingWatcher", cbs.SourceOrigin);
+            Assert.Equal("os-update-activity:servicing", cbs.Evidence.Identifier);
+            Assert.Equal(At.AddMinutes(20), cbs.OccurredAtUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OsUpdateSignalsEnabled_NonOsActivity_NeverReachesTheEngine()
+        {
+            var host = Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: true);
+
+            Wu(host.SystemTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, "9NSTH9KHZDLQ-Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8", At);
+            Wu(host.OperationalTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_Downloaded,
+                "Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.459.505.0) - Current Channel (Broad)", At);
+            Cbs(host.ServicingTrackerForTest!, ServicingTracker.EventId_StateReached, "CbsTask", At);
+
+            Assert.Empty(OsUpdateActivity());
+            Assert.Empty(_sink.Posted);
+        }
+
+        // ------------------------------------------------------- activity summary ----
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ActivitySummary_IsEmittedOnce_WhenTheHostStops()
+        {
+            var host = Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: false);
+            Wu(host.SystemTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, "9NSTH9KHZDLQ-Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8", At);
+            Wu(host.SystemTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, "9NBLGGH4NNS1-Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller", At);
+            Cbs(host.ServicingTrackerForTest!, ServicingTracker.EventId_InitiatingChanges, "CbsTask", At);
+
+            // The termination path stops the host explicitly and disposes it afterwards.
+            host.Stop();
+            host.Dispose();
+
+            var summary = Assert.Single(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateActivitySummary));
+            Assert.Equal("Debug", summary.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Severity]);
+            Assert.Contains("3 event(s)", summary.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.Message]);
+            var data = (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>)summary.TypedPayload!;
+            Assert.Equal(2, data["store_19"]);
+            Assert.Equal(1, data["servicing_other_1"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ActivitySummary_NothingCounted_EmitsNothing()
+        {
+            var host = Build(osUpdateSignalsEnabled: false);
+            Wu(host.SystemTrackerForTest!, WindowsUpdateTracker.EventId_InstallSuccess, Lcu, At);
+
+            host.Stop();
+
+            Assert.Empty(ByType(Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateActivitySummary));
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Program/BackendSessionRegistrationTests.cs

@@ -118,5 +118,88 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(
                 () => BackendSessionRegistration.Register(config, auth, http, "1.0", consoleMode: false, logger: null));
         }
+
+        // ============================================================ failed-registration record
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RecordRegistrationRun_records_a_failed_run_with_its_window_and_bounded_error()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var persistence = new SessionIdPersistence(tmp.Path);
+            var started = new DateTime(2026, 8, 20, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+            BackendSessionRegistration.RecordRegistrationRun(
+                persistence, SessionRegistrationResult.Failed(new string('e', 1000)),
+                started, started.AddSeconds(1204.46), linkUpAtStart: false, linkUpAtEnd: true,
+                configFetchOutcome: "UsedDefaults", logger: NewLogger(tmp.Path));
+
+            var record = persistence.LoadRegistrationFailure();
+            Assert.NotNull(record);
+            Assert.Equal(1, record!.FailedRuns);
+            Assert.Equal("Failed", record.Outcome);
+            Assert.Equal(BackendSessionRegistration.MaxRecordedErrorLength, record.LastError!.Length);
+            Assert.False(record.NetworkLinkUpAtStart);
+            Assert.True(record.NetworkLinkUpAtEnd);
+            Assert.Equal(1204.5, record.AttemptWindowSeconds);
+            Assert.Equal("UsedDefaults", record.ConfigFetchOutcome);
+            Assert.Equal(started.AddSeconds(1204.46), record.LastFailedAtUtc);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RecordRegistrationRun_records_auth_failures_and_clears_on_success()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var persistence = new SessionIdPersistence(tmp.Path);
+            var at = new DateTime(2026, 8, 20, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+            BackendSessionRegistration.RecordRegistrationRun(
+                persistence, SessionRegistrationResult.AuthFailed(401, "unauthorized"),
+                at, at.AddSeconds(3), true, true, "Succeeded", NewLogger(tmp.Path));
+            Assert.Equal("AuthFailed", persistence.LoadRegistrationFailure()!.Outcome);
+
+            BackendSessionRegistration.RecordRegistrationRun(
+                persistence, SessionRegistrationResult.Succeeded(new RegisterSessionResponse { Success = true }),
+                at, at.AddSeconds(1), true, true, "Succeeded", NewLogger(tmp.Path));
+            Assert.Null(persistence.LoadRegistrationFailure());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RecordRegistrationRun_without_persistence_is_a_no_op()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            BackendSessionRegistration.RecordRegistrationRun(
+                null, SessionRegistrationResult.Failed("x"), DateTime.UtcNow, DateTime.UtcNow,
+                null, null, null, NewLogger(tmp.Path));
+        }
+
+        // ============================================================ emergency-break message
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Break_message_names_failed_registrations_in_invariant_culture()
+        {
+            var previous = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
+            try
+            {
+                System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");
+                var record = new RegistrationFailureSummary { FailedRuns = 3, Outcome = "Failed", NetworkLinkUpAtEnd = false };
+
+                var message = EmergencyBreakReporter.BuildMessage(478.2, 48, record);
+
+                Assert.Contains("session age 478.2h (cap 48h)", message);
+                Assert.EndsWith(" 3 earlier start(s) failed to register (last: Failed, network link at end: down).", message);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = previous;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Break_message_without_record_keeps_the_historical_text()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "Agent absolute session-age emergency break fired at session age 50.0h (cap 48h) — cleaning up and exiting.",
+                EmergencyBreakReporter.BuildMessage(50.0, 48, null));
+        }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Program/PostEnrollmentFactsObservedSignalTests.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 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 AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using Xunit;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
             var sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
             var logger = NewLogger(tmp.Path);
 
-            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, logger);
+            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds, logger);
 
             Assert.Single(sink.Posted);
             var posted = sink.Posted[0];
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
             var sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
             var logger = NewLogger(tmp.Path);
 
-            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, logger);
+            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds, logger);
 
             var payload = sink.Posted[0].Payload;
             Assert.NotNull(payload);
@@ -73,6 +74,52 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
             Assert.True(cloudPc == "true" || cloudPc == "false");
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(300)] // the default — the payload stays exactly what it was before the key existed
+        [InlineData(30)]  // the old default, still stored for many tenants
+        [InlineData(0)]
+        public void Hello_wait_not_extending_the_built_in_window_is_not_stamped(int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds)
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+
+            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, helloWaitTimeoutSeconds, NewLogger(tmp.Path));
+
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(SignalPayloadKeys.HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds, (IDictionary<string, string>)sink.Posted[0].Payload!);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(1800, "1800")]
+        [InlineData(3600, "3600")]
+        [InlineData(86400, "3600")] // the effective (clamped) value is what the engine should arm
+        public void Extended_hello_wait_is_stamped_as_its_effective_value(int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds, string expected)
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+
+            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, helloWaitTimeoutSeconds, NewLogger(tmp.Path));
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, sink.Posted[0].Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds]);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(null, "Shadow")]     // no config value — the default mode
+        [InlineData("Shadow", "Shadow")]
+        [InlineData("active", "Active")] // case-insensitive
+        [InlineData("Off", "Off")]
+        [InlineData("Enforce", "Shadow")] // unknown — changes no decision, still measures
+        public void Oobe_update_phase_mode_is_stamped_at_every_start_normalized(string? configured, string expected)
+        {
+            // D-310: stamped every time, so a later Off/Shadow can take Active away mid-session.
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var sink = new FakeSignalIngressSink();
+
+            AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(
+                sink, HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds, NewLogger(tmp.Path), configured);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, sink.Posted[0].Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.OobeUpdatePhaseMode]);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Swallows_sink_exceptions()
         {
@@ -82,7 +129,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
             var logger = NewLogger(tmp.Path);
 
             var ex = Record.Exception(() =>
-                AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, logger));
+                AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime.LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(sink, HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds, logger));
 
             Assert.Null(ex);
         }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Program/ProgramGuardsTests.cs

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
             persistence.SaveSessionCreatedAt(DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-100));
 
             var stateDir = Path.Combine(tmp.Path, "State");
+            double? reportedAgeHours = null;
 
             var tripped = AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Program.CheckSessionAgeEmergencyBreak(
                 dataDirectory: tmp.Path,
@@ -157,9 +158,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Program
                 selfDestructOnComplete: false,
                 cleanupServiceFactory: null,
                 logger: logger,
-                consoleMode: false);
+                consoleMode: false,
+                onBreakFired: ageHours => reportedAgeHours = ageHours);
 
             Assert.True(tripped);
+            // The measured age reaches the break report (the backend cannot derive it).
+            Assert.NotNull(reportedAgeHours);
+            Assert.InRange(reportedAgeHours.Value, 99.9, 100.1);
             // Marker must have been written so the next restart exits cleanly.
             Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(stateDir, "enrollment-complete.marker")));
             // Session must have been cleared.

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Runtime/StartupEnvironmentProbesTests.cs

@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Runtime
             Assert.Equal("ipinfo.io", evt.Data["source"]);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void BuildGeoEvent_country_only_location_has_no_empty_parts_in_message()
+        {
+            var loc = new GeoLocationResult { Country = "DE", Source = "do-geo" };
+
+            var evt = StartupEnvironmentProbes.BuildGeoEvent(Config(), loc);
+
+            Assert.Equal("Device location: DE (via do-geo)", evt.Message);
+            Assert.Equal("DE", evt.Data["country"]);
+            Assert.Equal("do-geo", evt.Data["source"]);
+        }
+
         // ================================================================= Outbound IP
 
         [Fact]
@@ -98,6 +110,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Runtime
                 PrimaryError = "connection refused",
                 PrimaryRetryError = "DNS failure",
                 FallbackError = "timeout",
+                DoGeoError = "HTTP 403 (Forbidden)",
             };
 
             var evt = StartupEnvironmentProbes.BuildGeoFailureEvent(cfg, attempt);
@@ -108,6 +121,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Runtime
             Assert.Equal("connection refused", evt.Data["primaryError"]);
             Assert.Equal("DNS failure", evt.Data["primaryRetryError"]);
             Assert.Equal("timeout", evt.Data["fallbackError"]);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP 403 (Forbidden)", evt.Data["doGeoError"]);
+            Assert.Equal("do-geo", evt.Data["lastResortProvider"]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -119,6 +134,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Runtime
             Assert.Equal("unknown", evt.Data["primaryError"]);
             Assert.Equal("unknown", evt.Data["primaryRetryError"]);
             Assert.Equal("unknown", evt.Data["fallbackError"]);
+            Assert.Equal("unknown", evt.Data["doGeoError"]);
         }
 
         // ================================================================= Timezone

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Security/SessionIdPersistenceTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Harness;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Security
@@ -234,5 +235,78 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Security
             Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(tmp.Path, "session.created")));
             Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(tmp.Path, "whiteglove.complete")));
         }
+
+        // ============================================================ failed-registration record
+
+        private static RegistrationFailureSummary FailedRun(DateTime at, string outcome = "Failed", bool? linkUpAtEnd = false) =>
+            new RegistrationFailureSummary
+            {
+                FailedRuns = 1,
+                FirstFailedAtUtc = at,
+                LastFailedAtUtc = at,
+                Outcome = outcome,
+                LastError = "No such host is known.",
+                NetworkLinkUpAtStart = false,
+                NetworkLinkUpAtEnd = linkUpAtEnd,
+                AttemptWindowSeconds = 91.3,
+                ConfigFetchOutcome = "UsedDefaults",
+            };
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RecordRegistrationFailure_counts_runs_keeps_the_first_time_and_describes_the_latest_run()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var sut = new SessionIdPersistence(tmp.Path);
+            var first = new DateTime(2026, 8, 20, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+            var second = new DateTime(2026, 9, 12, 7, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+            Assert.Null(sut.LoadRegistrationFailure());
+            sut.RecordRegistrationFailure(FailedRun(first));
+            sut.RecordRegistrationFailure(FailedRun(second, outcome: "AuthFailed", linkUpAtEnd: true));
+
+            // A fresh instance reads it back from disk, as the next boot's emergency break does.
+            var record = new SessionIdPersistence(tmp.Path).LoadRegistrationFailure();
+            Assert.NotNull(record);
+            Assert.Equal(2, record!.FailedRuns);
+            Assert.Equal(first, record.FirstFailedAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal(second, record.LastFailedAtUtc);
+            Assert.Equal("AuthFailed", record.Outcome);
+            Assert.True(record.NetworkLinkUpAtEnd);
+            Assert.Equal(91.3, record.AttemptWindowSeconds);
+            Assert.Equal("UsedDefaults", record.ConfigFetchOutcome);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Registration_failure_record_is_cleared_by_success_delete_and_rotate()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var sut = new SessionIdPersistence(tmp.Path);
+            sut.GetOrCreate();
+            var at = new DateTime(2026, 8, 20, 9, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+            sut.RecordRegistrationFailure(FailedRun(at));
+            sut.ClearRegistrationFailure();
+            Assert.Null(sut.LoadRegistrationFailure());
+
+            sut.RecordRegistrationFailure(FailedRun(at));
+            sut.Rotate();
+            Assert.Null(sut.LoadRegistrationFailure());
+
+            sut.RecordRegistrationFailure(FailedRun(at));
+            sut.Delete();
+            Assert.Null(sut.LoadRegistrationFailure());
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(tmp.Path, "registration-failure.json")));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("not json")]
+        [InlineData("{\"FailedRuns\":0}")]
+        public void LoadRegistrationFailure_reports_nothing_for_a_corrupt_or_empty_record(string content)
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(tmp.Path, "registration-failure.json"), content);
+
+            Assert.Null(new SessionIdPersistence(tmp.Path).LoadRegistrationFailure());
+        }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Security/SessionRegistrationHelperTests.cs

@@ -137,6 +137,86 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Security
             Assert.Equal(originalSessionId, result.RotatedFromSessionId);
         }
 
+        private static BackendRefusalException TenantConflict()
+            => new BackendRefusalException("Backend returned 409 Conflict with error code session_owner_mismatch.", 409,
+                AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.AgentErrorCodes.SessionOwnerMismatch);
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Tenant_conflict_409_rotates_once_like_an_owner_mismatch()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var logger = NewLogger(tmp);
+            var config = NewConfig();
+            var originalSessionId = config.SessionId;
+            var rotatedTo = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+            var seenSessionIds = new System.Collections.Generic.List<string>();
+
+            var apiClient = new FakeApiClient(
+                attempt => attempt == 1
+                    ? throw TenantConflict()
+                    : new RegisterSessionResponse { Success = true, SessionId = rotatedTo, ValidatedBy = ValidatorType.AutopilotV1 },
+                onRegister: r => seenSessionIds.Add(r.SessionId));
+
+            var tracker = new AuthFailureTracker(maxFailures: 5, timeoutMinutes: 0,
+                clock: SystemClock.Instance, logger: logger);
+
+            var result = await SessionRegistrationHelper.RegisterWithRetryAsync(
+                apiClient, config, agentVersion: "0.0.0", logger: logger,
+                authFailureTracker: tracker,
+                backoffDelay: _ => throw new InvalidOperationException("rotation must retry without backoff"),
+                networkLinkWait: _ => Task.CompletedTask,
+                rotateSession: () => { config.SessionId = rotatedTo; return rotatedTo; });
+
+            Assert.Equal(SessionRegistrationOutcome.Succeeded, result.Outcome);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { originalSessionId, rotatedTo }, seenSessionIds);
+            Assert.Equal(originalSessionId, result.RotatedFromSessionId);
+            Assert.Equal(0, tracker.ConsecutiveFailures);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Coded_refusal_after_rotation_fails_without_retry_or_auth_failure()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var logger = NewLogger(tmp);
+            var config = NewConfig();
+
+            var apiClient = new FakeApiClient(_ => throw TenantConflict());
+            var tracker = new AuthFailureTracker(maxFailures: 5, timeoutMinutes: 0,
+                clock: SystemClock.Instance, logger: logger);
+
+            var result = await SessionRegistrationHelper.RegisterWithRetryAsync(
+                apiClient, config, agentVersion: "0.0.0", logger: logger,
+                authFailureTracker: tracker,
+                backoffDelay: _ => throw new InvalidOperationException("a coded refusal must not be retried"),
+                networkLinkWait: _ => Task.CompletedTask,
+                rotateSession: () => { config.SessionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); return config.SessionId; });
+
+            Assert.Equal(SessionRegistrationOutcome.Failed, result.Outcome);
+            Assert.Equal(2, apiClient.CallCount);
+            Assert.Equal(0, tracker.ConsecutiveFailures);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Rotation_hook_failure_on_a_tenant_conflict_fails_without_auth_failure()
+        {
+            using var tmp = new TempDirectory();
+            var logger = NewLogger(tmp);
+            var config = NewConfig();
+
+            var apiClient = new FakeApiClient(_ => throw TenantConflict());
+            var tracker = new AuthFailureTracker(maxFailures: 5, timeoutMinutes: 0,
+                clock: SystemClock.Instance, logger: logger);
+
+            var result = await SessionRegistrationHelper.RegisterWithRetryAsync(
+                apiClient, config, agentVersion: "0.0.0", logger: logger,
+                authFailureTracker: tracker, networkLinkWait: _ => Task.CompletedTask,
+                rotateSession: () => throw new IOException("disk full"));
+
+            Assert.Equal(SessionRegistrationOutcome.Failed, result.Outcome);
+            Assert.Equal(1, apiClient.CallCount);
+            Assert.Equal(0, tracker.ConsecutiveFailures);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task Second_owner_mismatch_after_rotation_is_an_auth_failure()
         {

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

@@ -99,6 +99,52 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.SignalAdapters
             Assert.Equal(DecisionSignalKind.WhiteGloveShellCoreSuccess, posted.Kind);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(true, "true")]
+        [InlineData(false, "false")]
+        public void WhiteGloveEvent_stamps_read_AccountSetup_progress_on_payload_and_evidence(bool progress, string expected)
+        {
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+            using var adapter = new EspAndHelloTrackerAdapter(
+                f.Coordinator, f.Ingress, f.Clock, accountSetupProgressProbe: () => progress);
+
+            adapter.TriggerWhiteGloveFromTest();
+
+            var posted = Assert.Single(f.Ingress.Posted);
+            Assert.Equal(expected, posted.Payload![SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress]);
+            Assert.Equal(expected, posted.Evidence.DerivationInputs![SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WhiteGloveEvent_with_unread_AccountSetup_registry_sends_no_progress_key()
+        {
+            // Unknown must keep the sealing classifier's AccountSetup excluder — the payload key
+            // is absent, the evidence records why.
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+            using var adapter = new EspAndHelloTrackerAdapter(
+                f.Coordinator, f.Ingress, f.Clock, accountSetupProgressProbe: () => null);
+
+            adapter.TriggerWhiteGloveFromTest();
+
+            var posted = Assert.Single(f.Ingress.Posted);
+            Assert.True(posted.Payload == null || !posted.Payload.ContainsKey(SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress));
+            Assert.Equal("unread", posted.Evidence.DerivationInputs![SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WhiteGloveEvent_default_probe_on_unstarted_coordinator_reports_unread()
+        {
+            // Production probe: the provisioning tracker does not exist before Start (and never on
+            // Device Preparation) — that is "unread", not "untouched".
+            using var f = new Fixture();
+            using var adapter = new EspAndHelloTrackerAdapter(f.Coordinator, f.Ingress, f.Clock);
+
+            adapter.TriggerWhiteGloveFromTest();
+
+            var posted = Assert.Single(f.Ingress.Posted);
+            Assert.True(posted.Payload == null || !posted.Payload.ContainsKey(SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void EspFailureEvent_emits_EspTerminalFailure_with_merged_subSource_annotation()
         {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandlerTests.cs

@@ -564,6 +564,37 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
             Assert.False(File.Exists(Path.Combine(rig.StateDir, "enrollment-complete.marker")));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Handle_whiteglove_part1_writes_marker_before_the_later_exit_steps()
+        {
+            // The technician's reseal can kill the process anywhere after the seal. The marker
+            // is what lets the next boot skip the 48-hour break and resume Part 2, so it must
+            // exist before collectors stop, diagnostics upload, grace and drain run.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            rig.State = new DecisionStateBuilder(DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1")) { Stage = SessionStage.WhiteGloveSealed }.Build();
+            bool? markerPresentAtCollectorStop = null;
+            rig.StopPeripheralCollectorsHook = () => markerPresentAtCollectorStop = rig.SessionPersistence.IsWhiteGloveResume();
+
+            rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!,
+                Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Succeeded, SessionStage.WhiteGloveSealed));
+
+            Assert.True(markerPresentAtCollectorStop, "whiteglove.complete must be written before the peripheral collectors are stopped.");
+            var emitted = rig.EmittedEventTypes.ToList();
+            Assert.True(emitted.IndexOf("agent_shutting_down") >= 0, "agent_shutting_down must still be emitted.");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Handle_non_whiteglove_termination_never_writes_the_marker()
+        {
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            rig.State = new DecisionStateBuilder(DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1")) { Stage = SessionStage.Completed }.Build();
+
+            rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!,
+                Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Succeeded, SessionStage.Completed));
+
+            Assert.False(rig.SessionPersistence.IsWhiteGloveResume());
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Handle_whiteglove_part1_stops_collectors_before_emitting_part1_complete()
         {
@@ -902,6 +933,43 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
             Assert.Equal(EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed.ToString(), (string)data["outcome"]);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Handle_propagates_stopped_waiting_reason_and_cause_in_agent_shutting_down_data()
+        {
+            // D-310: the engine stopped waiting for the user (no sign-in after the OOBE update).
+            // The backend classifies this shutdown honestly — it keys on the reason tag.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            rig.State = new DecisionStateBuilder(DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1")) { Stage = SessionStage.EspAccountSetup }.Build();
+
+            rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!, new EnrollmentTerminatedEventArgs(
+                EnrollmentTerminationReason.StoppedWaiting,
+                EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut,
+                SessionStage.EspAccountSetup.ToString(),
+                EndUtc,
+                details: StoppedWaitingReasons.Describe(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn),
+                stopReason: StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn));
+
+            var data = rig.DataOf(Constants.EventTypes.AgentShuttingDown);
+            Assert.NotNull(data);
+            Assert.Equal("stopped_waiting", (string)data!["reason"]);
+            Assert.Equal(StoppedWaitingReasons.OobeUpdateNoSignIn, (string)data["stopReason"]);
+            Assert.Equal(EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut.ToString(), (string)data["outcome"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Handle_omits_stop_reason_for_other_shutdowns()
+        {
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            rig.State = new DecisionStateBuilder(DecisionState.CreateInitial("S1", "T1")) { Stage = SessionStage.AwaitingHello }.Build();
+
+            rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!,
+                Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.MaxLifetimeExceeded, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut, SessionStage.AwaitingHello));
+
+            var data = rig.DataOf(Constants.EventTypes.AgentShuttingDown);
+            Assert.NotNull(data);
+            Assert.False(data!.ContainsKey("stopReason"));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Handle_includes_uptime_and_agent_version_in_agent_shutting_down()
         {

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Transport/BackendApiClientAuthClassificationTests.cs

@@ -88,6 +88,35 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Transport
             Assert.Null(ex.ErrorCode);
         }
 
+        // ── coded 409: a refusal, never an auth failure ─────────────────────
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Coded_409_is_a_refusal_not_an_auth_failure()
+        {
+            using var client = BuildClient(
+                HttpStatusCode.Conflict,
+                "{\"success\":false,\"message\":\"Session id is already registered to another tenant\",\"errorCode\":\"session_owner_mismatch\"}",
+                "application/json");
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<BackendRefusalException>(
+                () => client.RegisterSessionAsync(new AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models.SessionRegistration()));
+
+            Assert.Equal(409, ex.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("session_owner_mismatch", ex.ErrorCode);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Uncoded_409_stays_a_plain_http_error()
+        {
+            using var client = BuildClient(
+                HttpStatusCode.Conflict,
+                "{\"success\":false,\"message\":\"A diagnostics package with this name already exists\"}",
+                "application/json");
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<HttpRequestException>(
+                () => client.GetDiagnosticsUploadUrlAsync("tenant-1", "session-1", "package.zip"));
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(null, null)]
         [InlineData("", null)]

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Configuration/AgentConfiguration.cs

@@ -157,12 +157,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Configuration
         public double ReplaySpeedFactor { get; set; } = 50;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Wait time in seconds after ESP exit before marking Hello as skipped.
-        /// When ESP exits, we wait this duration for Hello wizard to start (event 62404).
-        /// Default: 30 seconds (reasonable for systems under load).
-        /// If Hello wizard starts within this window, we continue waiting for Hello completion (300/301).
+        /// Tenant Hello wait in seconds after the ESP exit, merged from RemoteConfig. Stamped on
+        /// <c>EnrollmentFactsObserved</c> for the decision engine's hello_safety window; the Hello
+        /// tracker gets the same remote value through the collector configuration. Both resolve it
+        /// through <see cref="HelloWaitTimeout.EffectiveSeconds"/> (at least the built-in 300 s,
+        /// at most 3600 s). Default: 300 seconds.
         /// </summary>
-        public int HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds { get; set; } = 30;
+        public int HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds { get; set; } = HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Maximum consecutive authentication failures (401/403) before the agent shuts down.

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

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
     ///   (IME service family and AgentExecutor.log: eras are byte ranges).</description></item>
     /// <item><description><see cref="TryResolveByLocalTime"/> — transfer for files written by the
     ///   SAME process as the IME service log but without their own era marker (AppWorkload.log,
-    ///   AppActionProcessor.log: plugins hosted in IntuneManagementExtension.exe, verified in the
-    ///   decompiled build). Within one process every file shares the zone belief, so a local
+    ///   AppActionProcessor.log: plugins hosted in IntuneManagementExtension.exe, verified against
+    ///   the IME build). Within one process every file shares the zone belief, so a local
     ///   timestamp places the line in the service era whose local range contains it. Disabled
     ///   entirely when the service eras' local ranges are not monotonic (a westward zone change
     ///   between two service starts makes the ranges overlap) — ambiguity must never anchor.</description></item>

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

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Tracks file read positions for incremental log file reading.
-    /// In-memory only - resets on agent restart, which is acceptable since
-    /// we start fresh per enrollment session.
+    /// Tracks the IME log tracker's file read positions for incremental log file reading.
+    /// The bookmarks survive agent restarts through the tracker's own state file
+    /// (<see cref="GetAllPositions"/> / <see cref="RestorePosition"/>); the freshness timestamps do not.
     /// </summary>
     public class LogFilePositionTracker
     {

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

@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// </summary>
         public bool HasAccountSetupProgress => _provisioningTracker?.HasAccountSetupProgress ?? false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <see cref="ProvisioningStatusTracker.AccountSetupProgressIfRead"/>; <c>null</c> also when
+        /// the provisioning tracker is not running (Device Preparation, before Start). Stamped on
+        /// the WhiteGloveShellCoreSuccess signal for the sealing classifier.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool? AccountSetupProgressIfRead => _provisioningTracker?.AccountSetupProgressIfRead;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// True once WhiteGlove start has been detected (EventID 509 or persisted from prior run).
         /// Forwarded from ModernDeploymentTracker.
@@ -234,7 +241,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             string tenantId,
             InformationalEventPost post,
             AgentLogger logger,
-            int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds = 30,
+            int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds = HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds,
             bool modernDeploymentWatcherEnabled = true,
             int modernDeploymentLogLevelMax = 3,
             bool modernDeploymentBackfillEnabled = true,

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

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Cross-restart dedup for event-log watchers that backfill a channel on start. RecordIds are
+    /// per channel, so every watched channel owns one instance with its own state file.
+    /// <para>
+    /// Two boundaries, deliberately separate: the restart watermark is the highest RecordId a
+    /// PRIOR run emitted (loaded once, immutable for this run); the seen-set holds what THIS run
+    /// processed. A single high-water mark would be wrong because the live watcher is armed before
+    /// the backfill runs: a live record with a higher RecordId can arrive first and would then
+    /// make the backfill skip every older, never-emitted record.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class EventRecordWatermark
+    {
+        private readonly string _stateFilePath;
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private readonly string _label;
+        private readonly object _lock = new object();
+        private readonly HashSet<long> _seenThisRun = new HashSet<long>();
+        private long _restartWatermark = -1;
+        private long _maxEmittedRecordId = -1;
+
+        /// <param name="stateDirectory">Directory for the state file; null keeps the dedup in memory only.</param>
+        /// <param name="stateFileName">File name inside <paramref name="stateDirectory"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="label">Watcher name for log lines.</param>
+        public EventRecordWatermark(string stateDirectory, string stateFileName, AgentLogger logger, string label)
+        {
+            _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            _label = label ?? "EventLog";
+            _stateFilePath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(stateDirectory) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(stateFileName)
+                ? null
+                : Path.Combine(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(stateDirectory), stateFileName);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Highest RecordId emitted by a prior run; -1 when none was persisted.</summary>
+        public long RestartWatermark
+        {
+            get { lock (_lock) return _restartWatermark; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>True when the record was already emitted, by a prior run or by this one.</summary>
+        public bool IsAlreadyProcessed(long recordId)
+        {
+            if (recordId < 0) return false; // no RecordId → cannot dedup, let it through
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return recordId <= _restartWatermark || _seenThisRun.Contains(recordId);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Atomically claims <paramref name="recordId"/> for this run. True on first sight (the
+        /// caller processes it), false when it was already processed. Records without a RecordId
+        /// (-1) are always claimed, never tracked. Claiming persists nothing — only
+        /// <see cref="MarkEmitted"/> does, so a record that is counted instead of emitted costs no
+        /// state-file write (CBS maintenance writes hundreds of servicing records in seconds).
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool TryClaim(long recordId)
+        {
+            if (recordId < 0) return true;
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return recordId > _restartWatermark && _seenThisRun.Add(recordId);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Persists <paramref name="recordId"/> when it raises the emitted maximum, so a restarted
+        /// agent's backfill skips it. Called after the record's event and engine signal were
+        /// handed to the ingress: a crash before that re-emits the record instead of losing it.
+        /// The ingress makes them durable only when its worker appends them to the SignalLog —
+        /// normally milliseconds later; a process killed inside that window (e.g. by a reboot)
+        /// loses the record, and the backfill does not bring it back. Counted records above the
+        /// persisted maximum are counted again after a restart, which only touches the activity
+        /// summary.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void MarkEmitted(long recordId)
+        {
+            if (recordId < 0) return;
+
+            long toPersist = -1;
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                if (recordId > _maxEmittedRecordId)
+                {
+                    _maxEmittedRecordId = recordId;
+                    toPersist = recordId;
+                }
+            }
+            if (toPersist >= 0) Persist(toPersist);
+        }
+
+        public void Load()
+        {
+            if (_stateFilePath == null || !File.Exists(_stateFilePath)) return;
+
+            try
+            {
+                var state = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<WatermarkState>(File.ReadAllText(_stateFilePath));
+                if (state == null) return;
+                lock (_lock)
+                {
+                    _restartWatermark = state.LastRecordId;
+                    _maxEmittedRecordId = state.LastRecordId;
+                }
+                _logger.Info($"{_label} watermark loaded: lastRecordId={state.LastRecordId} (persisted {state.PersistedUtc:O})");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Failed to load {_label} watermark: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void Persist(long recordId)
+        {
+            if (_stateFilePath == null) return;
+
+            try
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(_stateFilePath));
+                var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
+                    new WatermarkState { LastRecordId = recordId, PersistedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow },
+                    Formatting.Indented);
+                var tempPath = _stateFilePath + ".tmp";
+                File.WriteAllText(tempPath, json);
+                File.Copy(tempPath, _stateFilePath, overwrite: true);
+                try { File.Delete(tempPath); } catch { }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Failed to persist {_label} watermark: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal sealed class WatermarkState
+        {
+            public long LastRecordId { get; set; }
+            public DateTime PersistedUtc { get; set; }
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
         internal const string HResult_UserSkippedHello = "0x801C044F";
 
-        internal const int HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds = 300;
         internal const int BackfillLookbackMinutes = 5;
 
         private static readonly HashSet<int> TrackedUdrEventIds = new HashSet<int>
@@ -81,6 +80,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
         private readonly int _helloWaitTimeoutSeconds;
 
+        // How long a started Hello wizard may take to reach a terminal event (300/301/362): the
+        // tenant's Hello wait resolved through HelloWaitTimeout (300..3600 s). The engine's
+        // hello_safety window spends the same budget from the ESP exit, so this timer never cuts
+        // a user off inside the wizard before the tenant's budget is used up.
+        private readonly int _helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds;
+
         private EventLogWatcher _udrWatcher;
         private EventLogWatcher _helloForBusinessWatcher;
         private System.Threading.Timer _policyCheckTimer;
@@ -121,13 +126,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             string tenantId,
             InformationalEventPost post,
             AgentLogger logger,
-            int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds = 30)
+            int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds = HelloWaitTimeout.DefaultSeconds)
         {
             _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
             _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
             _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
             _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
             _helloWaitTimeoutSeconds = helloWaitTimeoutSeconds;
+            _helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds = HelloWaitTimeout.EffectiveSeconds(helloWaitTimeoutSeconds);
         }
 
         // =====================================================================
@@ -1094,7 +1100,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 if (policyKnownEnabled)
                 {
                     _logger.Info($"Hello wait timeout ({_helloWaitTimeoutSeconds}s) expired but Hello policy is enabled — " +
-                                 $"wizard not yet visible, starting long completion timer ({HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s)");
+                                 $"wizard not yet visible, starting long completion timer ({_helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s)");
 
                     _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
                     {
@@ -1105,7 +1111,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                         Source = "EspAndHelloTracker",
                         Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
                         Message = $"Hello wizard did not start within {_helloWaitTimeoutSeconds}s after ESP exit — " +
-                                  $"Hello policy is enabled, waiting up to {HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s for wizard",
+                                  $"Hello policy is enabled, waiting up to {_helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s for wizard",
                         Data = new Dictionary<string, object>
                         {
                             { "timeoutSeconds", _helloWaitTimeoutSeconds },
@@ -1205,11 +1211,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             if (_isHelloCompleted) return;
             if (_helloCompletionTimer != null) return;
 
-            _logger.Info($"Starting Hello completion timer ({HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s) - waiting for terminal Hello event (300/301/362)");
+            _logger.Info($"Starting Hello completion timer ({_helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s) - waiting for terminal Hello event (300/301/362)");
             _helloCompletionTimer = new System.Threading.Timer(
                 OnHelloCompletionTimeout,
                 null,
-                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds),
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds),
                 TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(-1));
         }
 
@@ -1230,7 +1236,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     return;
                 }
 
-                _logger.Warning($"Hello completion timeout ({HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s) expired after wizard start without terminal event");
+                _logger.Warning($"Hello completion timeout ({_helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s) expired after wizard start without terminal event");
                 _isHelloCompleted = true;
                 HelloOutcome = _helloWizardStarted ? "timeout" : "wizard_not_started";
                 StopHelloCompletionTimerLocked();
@@ -1243,10 +1249,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     Severity = EventSeverity.Warning,
                     Source = "EspAndHelloTracker",
                     Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
-                    Message = $"Hello wizard started but no terminal event (300/301/362) arrived within {HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s",
+                    Message = $"Hello wizard started but no terminal event (300/301/362) arrived within {_helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds}s",
                     Data = new Dictionary<string, object>
                     {
-                        { "timeoutSeconds", HelloCompletionTimeoutSeconds },
+                        { "timeoutSeconds", _helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds },
                         { "helloWizardStarted", _helloWizardStarted }
                     },
                     ImmediateUpload = true
@@ -1304,6 +1310,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         internal void TriggerWaitTimeoutForTest() => OnHelloWaitTimeout(null);
         internal void TriggerCompletionTimeoutForTest() => OnHelloCompletionTimeout(null);
 
+        internal int CompletionTimeoutSecondsForTest => _helloCompletionTimeoutSeconds;
         internal bool IsWaitTimerActiveForTest { get { lock (_stateLock) { return _helloWaitTimer != null; } } }
         internal bool IsCompletionTimerActiveForTest { get { lock (_stateLock) { return _helloCompletionTimer != null; } } }
         internal bool IsHelloWizardStartedForTest { get { lock (_stateLock) { return _helloWizardStarted; } } }

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

@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 : (DateTime?)null;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>StateMessageEnforcementState bands (verified against decompiled IME 1.97/1.104).</summary>
+        /// <summary>StateMessageEnforcementState bands (verified against IME 1.97/1.104).</summary>
         internal static string ClassifyEnforcementState(int state)
         {
             if (state >= 1000 && state < 2000) return "success";

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

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+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>
+    /// Reads the registry state behind the OOBE quality update (D-310, S4/S5): the NDUP state
+    /// Windows keeps while the update page runs, and both policy paths of the ESP setting "Install
+    /// Windows quality updates". <see cref="OobeUpdateTelemetry"/> logs it and reports it as
+    /// <c>oobe_update_state</c>. Read-only; the values are update-state flags and policy values,
+    /// no user data.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot
+    {
+        /// <summary>The snapshot's keys, each with the alias it carries in <c>oobe_update_state</c>.</summary>
+        internal static readonly (string Alias, string Path)[] Keys =
+        {
+            ("setupOobeNdup", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE\NDUP"),
+            ("setupOobeNdupUpdates", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE\NDUP\Updates"),
+            ("ndup", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NDUP"),
+            ("ndupUpdates", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NDUP\Updates"),
+            ("espSetupPolicy", @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking\Device\Setup\Policy"),
+            ("policyManagerSystem", PolicyManagerSystemKey),
+            ("policiesOobe", @"SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OOBE"),
+        };
+
+        // Carries every System policy of the device; only the OOBE ones belong in this snapshot.
+        internal const string PolicyManagerSystemKey = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\System";
+
+        internal const int MaxEntries = 30;
+        internal const int MaxValueLength = 200;
+
+        /// <summary>One key of the snapshot: whether it exists, whether it holds values, and its line.</summary>
+        internal sealed class KeyState
+        {
+            public KeyState(string alias, string path, bool exists, bool hasValues, string line)
+            {
+                Alias = alias;
+                Path = path;
+                Exists = exists;
+                HasValues = hasValues;
+                Line = line;
+            }
+
+            public string Alias { get; }
+            public string Path { get; }
+            public bool Exists { get; }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// True when the key holds at least one value — for <see cref="PolicyManagerSystemKey"/>
+            /// one with OOBE in its name. Subkeys alone are no values.
+            /// </summary>
+            public bool HasValues { get; }
+
+            /// <summary><see cref="FormatEntries"/> plus the subkey names; null when the key is absent.</summary>
+            public string Line { get; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Reads every key from the 64-bit view. Throws on a registry failure; the caller is fail-soft.</summary>
+        public static IReadOnlyList<KeyState> Read()
+        {
+            var states = new List<KeyState>(Keys.Length);
+            using (var hklm = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, RegistryView.Registry64))
+            {
+                foreach (var (alias, path) in Keys)
+                {
+                    using (var key = hklm.OpenSubKey(path))
+                    {
+                        if (key == null)
+                        {
+                            states.Add(new KeyState(alias, path, exists: false, hasValues: false, line: null));
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        var entries = key.GetValueNames()
+                            .Select(name => new KeyValuePair<string, object>(name, key.GetValue(name)))
+                            .ToList();
+                        states.Add(Describe(alias, path, entries, key.GetSubKeyNames()));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return states;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>The state of a present key from its values and subkey names.</summary>
+        internal static KeyState Describe(string alias, string path, IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, object>> entries, string[] subKeys)
+        {
+            var oobeOnly = string.Equals(path, PolicyManagerSystemKey, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var line = FormatEntries(entries, oobeOnly);
+            if (subKeys != null && subKeys.Length > 0)
+                line += $" | subkeys: {string.Join(", ", subKeys.Take(MaxEntries))}";
+            return new KeyState(alias, path, exists: true,
+                hasValues: entries.Any(e => !oobeOnly || IsOobeName(e.Key)), line: line);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>One agent.log line per present key, one naming the absent keys.</summary>
+        public static void Log(AgentLogger logger, string moment, IReadOnlyList<KeyState> states)
+        {
+            if (logger == null || states == null) return;
+
+            var absent = new List<string>();
+            foreach (var state in states)
+            {
+                if (!state.Exists)
+                {
+                    absent.Add(state.Path);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                logger.Info($"OOBE update registry ({moment}): HKLM\\{state.Path}: {state.Line}");
+            }
+
+            if (absent.Count > 0)
+                logger.Info($"OOBE update registry ({moment}): absent: {string.Join(", ", absent)}");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <c>name=value</c> pairs ordered by name, bounded in count and length.
+        /// <paramref name="oobeOnly"/> keeps only names that mention OOBE.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatEntries(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> entries, bool oobeOnly)
+        {
+            var selected = entries
+                .Where(e => !oobeOnly || IsOobeName(e.Key))
+                .OrderBy(e => e.Key, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                .ToList();
+            if (selected.Count == 0) return oobeOnly ? "(no OOBE values)" : "(no values)";
+
+            var shown = selected.Take(MaxEntries)
+                .Select(e => $"{(e.Key.Length == 0 ? "(default)" : e.Key)}={FormatValue(e.Value)}");
+            var line = string.Join(", ", shown);
+            return selected.Count > MaxEntries ? $"{line}, … (+{selected.Count - MaxEntries} more)" : line;
+        }
+
+        internal static string FormatValue(object value)
+        {
+            string text;
+            switch (value)
+            {
+                case null: text = "(null)"; break;
+                case int i: text = i.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); break;
+                case long l: text = l.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); break;
+                case string s: text = s; break;
+                case string[] multi: text = string.Join("|", multi); break;
+                case byte[] bytes: text = $"(binary {bytes.Length} bytes)"; break;
+                default: text = Convert.ToString(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ?? string.Empty; break;
+            }
+            return text.Length > MaxValueLength ? text.Substring(0, MaxValueLength) + "…" : text;
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsOobeName(string name) =>
+            name != null && name.IndexOf("OOBE", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// One CloudExperienceHost record of the OOBE update page, parsed by
+    /// <see cref="ShellCoreTracker.ParseUpdatePageRecord"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class OobeUpdatePageRecord
+    {
+        public const string PageStarted = "page_started";
+        public const string PageStopped = "page_stopped";
+        public const string EventName = "event_name";
+
+        public OobeUpdatePageRecord(string cxhEvent, int windowsEventId, string page = null, string result = null, string name = null, string value = null)
+        {
+            CxhEvent = cxhEvent;
+            WindowsEventId = windowsEventId;
+            Page = page;
+            Result = result;
+            Name = name;
+            Value = value;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary><see cref="PageStarted"/>, <see cref="PageStopped"/> or <see cref="EventName"/>.</summary>
+        public string CxhEvent { get; }
+        public int WindowsEventId { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The page's CXID (start), or the page a stop is attributed to.</summary>
+        public string Page { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The page result of a stop.</summary>
+        public string Result { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>The event name of a 62406/62407 record.</summary>
+        public string Name { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>A 62407 value of a safe form (boolean, integer, HRESULT); null otherwise.</summary>
+        public string Value { get; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Measurement telemetry of the OOBE quality update (D-310): the update page's
+    /// CloudExperienceHost records as <c>oobe_update_page</c> and the registry state behind it as
+    /// <c>oobe_update_state</c>. Debug, bounded per agent run, no decisions. Owned by
+    /// <see cref="ShellCoreTracker"/>, which observes the page.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class OobeUpdateTelemetry
+    {
+        internal const int MaxPageEventsPerRun = 50;
+        internal const int MaxPageEventsPerKey = 3;
+        internal const int MaxStateEventsPerRun = 6;
+        internal const int MaxStateLineLength = 1000;
+
+        /// <summary>When a registry snapshot is taken (<c>moment</c> of <c>oobe_update_state</c>).</summary>
+        internal static class Moments
+        {
+            public const string AgentStart = "agent_start";
+            public const string UpdatePageStarted = "update_page_started";
+            public const string UpdatePageStopped = "update_page_stopped";
+            public const string AgentStop = "agent_stop";
+        }
+
+        private const string Source = "ShellCoreTracker";
+
+        private readonly string _sessionId;
+        private readonly string _tenantId;
+        private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private readonly Func<IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>> _readRegistry;
+
+        private readonly object _lock = new object();
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, int> _pageEventsPerKey = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private int _pageEvents;
+        private bool _pageCapLogged;
+        private int _stateEvents;
+        private string _lastStateContent;
+
+        public OobeUpdateTelemetry(
+            string sessionId,
+            string tenantId,
+            InformationalEventPost post,
+            AgentLogger logger,
+            Func<IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>> readRegistry)
+        {
+            _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
+            _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
+            _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
+            _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            _readRegistry = readRegistry ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(readRegistry));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// One <c>oobe_update_page</c> per update-page record, at most
+        /// <see cref="MaxPageEventsPerKey"/> per page/name and <see cref="MaxPageEventsPerRun"/>
+        /// per run — a page that logs the same name in a loop cannot flood the session.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ReportPage(OobeUpdatePageRecord record, DateTime occurredAtUtc, bool isBackfill)
+        {
+            if (record == null) return;
+
+            var key = $"{record.CxhEvent}:{record.Page ?? record.Name}";
+            int occurrence;
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                if (_pageEvents >= MaxPageEventsPerRun)
+                {
+                    if (!_pageCapLogged)
+                    {
+                        _pageCapLogged = true;
+                        _logger.Info($"OOBE update page telemetry: {MaxPageEventsPerRun} events reached, the rest of this run stays in agent.log");
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+                _pageEventsPerKey.TryGetValue(key, out occurrence);
+                if (occurrence >= MaxPageEventsPerKey) return;
+                occurrence++;
+                _pageEventsPerKey[key] = occurrence;
+                _pageEvents++;
+            }
+
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { "cxhEvent", record.CxhEvent },
+                { "windowsEventId", record.WindowsEventId },
+                { "eventTime", occurredAtUtc.ToString("o") },
+                { "backfill", isBackfill },
+                { "occurrence", occurrence },
+            };
+            if (record.Page != null) data["page"] = record.Page;
+            if (record.Result != null) data["result"] = record.Result;
+            if (record.Name != null) data["name"] = record.Name;
+            if (record.Value != null) data["value"] = record.Value;
+
+            try
+            {
+                _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+                {
+                    SessionId = _sessionId,
+                    TenantId = _tenantId,
+                    Timestamp = occurredAtUtc,
+                    EventType = Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdatePage,
+                    Severity = EventSeverity.Debug,
+                    Source = Source,
+                    Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                    Message = DescribePage(record),
+                    Data = data,
+                    ImmediateUpload = false,
+                });
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"OOBE update page telemetry failed: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads the OOBE update registry state, logs it and reports it as <c>oobe_update_state</c>
+        /// — only when at least one key holds values and the content changed since the last report
+        /// of this run, at most <see cref="MaxStateEventsPerRun"/> times. Fail-soft.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ReportState(string moment, string page = null)
+        {
+            var label = page == null ? moment : $"{moment} {page}";
+            IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState> states;
+            try
+            {
+                states = _readRegistry() ?? Array.Empty<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"OOBE update registry ({label}): snapshot failed: {ex.Message}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Log(_logger, label, states);
+
+            var withValues = states.Where(s => s.HasValues).ToList();
+            if (withValues.Count == 0) return;
+
+            var content = string.Join("\n", withValues.Select(s => $"{s.Alias}={s.Line}"));
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                if (string.Equals(content, _lastStateContent, StringComparison.Ordinal)) return;
+                if (_stateEvents >= MaxStateEventsPerRun) return;
+                _lastStateContent = content;
+                _stateEvents++;
+            }
+
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { "moment", moment },
+                { "keysWithValues", withValues.Count },
+            };
+            if (page != null) data["page"] = page;
+            foreach (var state in withValues)
+            {
+                data[state.Alias] = state.Line.Length > MaxStateLineLength
+                    ? state.Line.Substring(0, MaxStateLineLength) + "…"
+                    : state.Line;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+                {
+                    SessionId = _sessionId,
+                    TenantId = _tenantId,
+                    EventType = Constants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState,
+                    Severity = EventSeverity.Debug,
+                    Source = Source,
+                    Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                    Message = $"OOBE update registry state ({label}): {withValues.Count} key(s) with values",
+                    Data = data,
+                    ImmediateUpload = false,
+                });
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"OOBE update state telemetry failed: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string DescribePage(OobeUpdatePageRecord record)
+        {
+            switch (record.CxhEvent)
+            {
+                case OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStarted:
+                    return $"OOBE update page started: {record.Page}";
+                case OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStopped:
+                    return $"OOBE update page stopped: {record.Page} (result: {record.Result})";
+                default:
+                    return record.Value == null
+                        ? $"OOBE update page event: {record.Name}"
+                        : $"OOBE update page event: {record.Name} = {record.Value}";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -254,16 +254,27 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// host to tell the real user-ESP page exit from the Device→Account handoff exit; not a
         /// completion input.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool HasAccountSetupProgress
+        public bool HasAccountSetupProgress => AccountSetupProgressIfRead == true;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tri-state form of <see cref="HasAccountSetupProgress"/>: <c>null</c> until the tracker
+        /// has actually read AccountSetup subcategories (not started yet, category not written,
+        /// empty), otherwise whether one has left <c>notStarted</c>. The WhiteGlove sealing
+        /// classifier treats only a read <c>false</c> as "user ESP untouched" — an unread
+        /// registry must never pass for an untouched one.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool? AccountSetupProgressIfRead
         {
             get
             {
                 lock (_stateLock)
                 {
                     if (_lastSubcategoryStates == null)
-                        return false;
-                    if (!_lastSubcategoryStates.TryGetValue("AccountSetupCategory.Status", out var subs) || subs == null)
-                        return false;
+                        return null;
+                    if (!_lastSubcategoryStates.TryGetValue("AccountSetupCategory.Status", out var subs)
+                        || subs == null
+                        || subs.Count == 0)
+                        return null;
                     foreach (var state in subs.Values)
                     {
                         if (!string.Equals(state, "notStarted", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -279,7 +290,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// with subcategoryState=succeeded. NOT a WhiteGlove indicator: on Win11 25H2 (build
         /// 26200+) Windows writes this property as a trivially-succeeding step in EVERY
         /// enrollment (validated 2026-08-18 — user-driven sessions f475e697/c601a24b/4219203f
-        /// all carry it). Kept for observability only (whiteglove_signal_* raw dumps); must not
+        /// all carry it). Kept for observability only (save_result_step_* raw dumps); must not
         /// be used for classification. Reliable WhiteGlove anchors are ModernDeployment
         /// EventID 509 and the Shell-Core WhiteGlove-success events.
         /// </summary>
@@ -966,8 +977,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                                     _logger.Info($"ProvisioningStatusTracker: SaveWhiteGloveSuccessResult state " +
                                                  $"transition: {previousState} -> {state}");
 
+                                    // Neutral trigger name: the step exists in every 25H2 enrollment,
+                                    // and "whiteglove_*" was read as a pre-provisioning signal.
                                     EmitRawRegistryDump(categoryLabel, jsonValue,
-                                        $"whiteglove_signal_{state}");
+                                        $"save_result_step_{state}");
 
                                     if (string.Equals(state, "succeeded", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                                     {

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

@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Watches the CBS servicing steps of OS updates in the <c>Setup</c> log
+    /// (<c>Microsoft-Windows-Servicing</c>, D-310): 1 initiating changes (current → target state),
+    /// 2 target state reached, 3 failed, 4 a restart is needed to finish, 6 failed and partially
+    /// installed. The Windows Update client logs only the start of an installation; these steps
+    /// show the long part of it — staging, installing, "reboot required" right before the restart.
+    /// <para>
+    /// Only packages of the OS update clients (<c>UpdateAgentLCU</c> for the cumulative update,
+    /// <c>WindowsUpdateAgent</c>) are emitted as <c>windows_update_servicing</c> and reported to
+    /// the decision engine; language packs, features on demand and DISM operations started by
+    /// apps are counted into the host's <see cref="UpdateActivityTally"/>.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class ServicingTracker : IDisposable
+    {
+        internal const string Channel = "Setup";
+        internal const string ProviderName = "Microsoft-Windows-Servicing";
+
+        internal const int EventId_InitiatingChanges = 1;
+        internal const int EventId_StateReached = 2;
+        internal const int EventId_ChangeFailed = 3;
+        internal const int EventId_RebootRequired = 4;
+        internal const int EventId_PartiallyInstalled = 6;
+
+        internal static readonly int[] TargetedEventIds =
+        {
+            EventId_InitiatingChanges, EventId_StateReached, EventId_ChangeFailed, EventId_RebootRequired, EventId_PartiallyInstalled,
+        };
+
+        internal const string WatermarkStateFileName = "servicing-watermark.json";
+
+        // CBS client ids of the Windows Update installers (seen on 24H2/25H2: UpdateAgentLCU).
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> OsUpdateClients = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        {
+            "UpdateAgentLCU",
+            "WindowsUpdateAgent",
+        };
+
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private readonly string _sessionId;
+        private readonly string _tenantId;
+        private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
+        private readonly bool _backfillEnabled;
+        private readonly int _backfillLookbackMinutes;
+        private readonly UpdateActivityTally _tally;
+        private readonly Action<string, string, DateTime> _onOsUpdateActivity;
+        private readonly EventRecordWatermark _watermark;
+        private EventLogWatcher _watcher;
+
+        public ServicingTracker(
+            string sessionId,
+            string tenantId,
+            InformationalEventPost post,
+            AgentLogger logger,
+            bool backfillEnabled = true,
+            int backfillLookbackMinutes = 60,
+            string stateDirectory = null,
+            UpdateActivityTally tally = null,
+            Action<string, string, DateTime> onOsUpdateActivity = null)
+        {
+            _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
+            _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
+            _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
+            _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            _backfillEnabled = backfillEnabled;
+            _backfillLookbackMinutes = backfillLookbackMinutes;
+            _tally = tally;
+            _onOsUpdateActivity = onOsUpdateActivity;
+            _watermark = new EventRecordWatermark(stateDirectory, WatermarkStateFileName, logger, "Servicing");
+        }
+
+        public void Start()
+        {
+            _watermark.Load();
+            StartWatcher();
+
+            if (_backfillEnabled && _backfillLookbackMinutes > 0)
+                BackfillRecentEvents();
+            else
+                _logger.Info("Servicing backfill disabled by config");
+        }
+
+        public void Stop()
+        {
+            if (_watcher == null) return;
+            try
+            {
+                _watcher.Enabled = false;
+                _watcher.Dispose();
+                _logger.Info("Servicing watcher stopped");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Error("Error stopping Servicing watcher", ex);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _watcher = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose() => Stop();
+
+        internal void LoadWatermark() => _watermark.Load();
+
+        private static HashSet<int> TargetedSet => new HashSet<int>(TargetedEventIds);
+
+        private void StartWatcher()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var query = new EventLogQuery(Channel, PathType.LogName,
+                    WindowsUpdateTracker.BuildXPath(TargetedSet, ProviderName));
+                _watcher = new EventLogWatcher(query);
+                _watcher.EventRecordWritten += OnEventRecordWritten;
+                _watcher.Enabled = true;
+                _logger.Info($"Servicing watcher started: {Channel} ({ProviderName}, targetedIds={string.Join(",", TargetedEventIds)})");
+            }
+            catch (EventLogNotFoundException)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Servicing event log not found: {Channel}");
+            }
+            catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Servicing watcher access denied for {Channel}: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Error($"Failed to start Servicing watcher for {Channel}", ex);
+                CollectorDegradationReporter.Report(_post, _sessionId, _tenantId,
+                    collectorName: "ServicingTracker", reason: $"watcher_arm_failed:{Channel}", ex: ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void OnEventRecordWritten(object sender, EventRecordWrittenEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (e.EventRecord == null) return;
+            try
+            {
+                ProcessRecord(e.EventRecord, isBackfill: false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Error("Error processing Servicing event", ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void ProcessRecord(EventRecord record, bool isBackfill)
+        {
+            var recordId = record.RecordId ?? -1;
+            if (_watermark.IsAlreadyProcessed(recordId)) return;
+
+            string xml = null;
+            try { xml = record.ToXml(); }
+            catch { }
+
+            var fields = ParseUserData(xml);
+            fields.TryGetValue("PackageIdentifier", out var package);
+            fields.TryGetValue("InitialPackageStateTextized", out var initialState);
+            fields.TryGetValue("IntendedPackageStateTextized", out var targetState);
+            fields.TryGetValue("ErrorCode", out var errorCode);
+            fields.TryGetValue("Client", out var client);
+
+            ProcessEvent(
+                eventId: record.Id,
+                recordId: recordId,
+                timeCreatedUtc: record.TimeCreated?.ToUniversalTime(),
+                package: package,
+                initialState: initialState,
+                targetState: targetState,
+                errorCode: errorCode,
+                client: client,
+                isBackfill: isBackfill);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Test seam — drives the processing without a Windows-only <see cref="EventRecord"/>.</summary>
+        internal void ProcessEvent(
+            int eventId,
+            long recordId,
+            DateTime? timeCreatedUtc,
+            string package,
+            string initialState,
+            string targetState,
+            string errorCode,
+            string client,
+            bool isBackfill)
+        {
+            if (!_watermark.TryClaim(recordId)) return;
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(client) || !OsUpdateClients.Contains(client))
+            {
+                _tally?.Increment($"servicing_other_{eventId}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var pkg = string.IsNullOrEmpty(package) ? "(unknown package)" : package;
+            var target = string.IsNullOrEmpty(targetState) ? "?" : targetState;
+
+            string step;
+            string osStep;
+            string message;
+            var severity = EventSeverity.Info;
+            string hresultHex = null;
+            string hresultSymbol = null;
+            if (WindowsUpdateTracker.TryNormalizeHResult(errorCode, out var hresultValue, out var hex) && hresultValue != 0)
+            {
+                hresultHex = hex;
+                hresultSymbol = WindowsUpdateTracker.ResolveHResultSymbol(hresultValue);
+            }
+
+            switch (eventId)
+            {
+                case EventId_InitiatingChanges:
+                    step = "initiating";
+                    osStep = IsState(targetState, "Installed") ? OsUpdateSteps.InstallStarted
+                        : IsState(targetState, "Staged") ? OsUpdateSteps.StagingStarted
+                        : null;
+                    message = $"Servicing started for {pkg}: {(string.IsNullOrEmpty(initialState) ? "?" : initialState)} → {target}";
+                    break;
+                case EventId_StateReached:
+                    step = "state_reached";
+                    osStep = IsState(targetState, "Installed") ? OsUpdateSteps.Installed
+                        : IsState(targetState, "Staged") ? OsUpdateSteps.Staged
+                        : null;
+                    message = $"Servicing finished for {pkg}: now {target}";
+                    break;
+                case EventId_RebootRequired:
+                    step = "reboot_required";
+                    osStep = OsUpdateSteps.RebootRequired;
+                    message = $"Servicing needs a restart to finish {pkg} → {target}";
+                    break;
+                case EventId_ChangeFailed:
+                case EventId_PartiallyInstalled:
+                    step = "failed";
+                    osStep = OsUpdateSteps.Failed;
+                    severity = EventSeverity.Warning;
+                    message = $"Servicing FAILED for {pkg} → {target}" +
+                        (hresultHex != null ? $" ({hresultHex} {hresultSymbol})" : string.Empty) +
+                        (eventId == EventId_PartiallyInstalled ? ", package is partially installed" : string.Empty);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    return;
+            }
+
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { "servicingEventId", eventId },
+                { "step", step },
+                { "package", pkg },
+                { "client", client },
+                { "backfilled", isBackfill },
+            };
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(initialState)) data["initialState"] = initialState;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(targetState)) data["targetState"] = targetState;
+            if (hresultHex != null)
+            {
+                data["hresult"] = hresultHex;
+                data["hresultSymbol"] = hresultSymbol;
+            }
+            if (recordId >= 0) data["recordId"] = recordId;
+            if (timeCreatedUtc.HasValue) data["timeCreated"] = timeCreatedUtc.Value.ToString("o");
+
+            _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                TenantId = _tenantId,
+                Timestamp = timeCreatedUtc ?? DateTime.UtcNow,
+                EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateServicing,
+                Severity = severity,
+                Source = "ServicingWatcher",
+                Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                Message = message,
+                Data = data,
+                ImmediateUpload = false,
+            });
+
+            if (osStep != null && _onOsUpdateActivity != null)
+            {
+                try { _onOsUpdateActivity(osStep, pkg, timeCreatedUtc ?? DateTime.UtcNow); }
+                catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"Servicing: OS update activity callback failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+            }
+
+            // Last: everything this record produced has been handed to the ingress first.
+            _watermark.MarkEmitted(recordId);
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsState(string state, string expected) =>
+            string.Equals(state, expected, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Child elements of the first element under <c>UserData</c>
+        /// (<c>CbsPackageInitiateChanges</c> / <c>CbsPackageChangeState</c>), keyed by local name,
+        /// case-insensitively. Empty on null/malformed XML — never throws.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static Dictionary<string, string> ParseUserData(string xml)
+        {
+            var result = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(xml)) return result;
+
+            try
+            {
+                var doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
+                var userData = doc.Descendants().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName == "UserData");
+                var payload = userData?.Elements().FirstOrDefault();
+                if (payload == null) return result;
+
+                foreach (var el in payload.Elements())
+                {
+                    if (!result.ContainsKey(el.Name.LocalName))
+                        result[el.Name.LocalName] = el.Value;
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Malformed / unexpected XML — best effort.
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        private void BackfillRecentEvents()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var lookbackMs = (long)_backfillLookbackMinutes * 60 * 1000;
+                var xpath = WindowsUpdateTracker.BuildXPath(TargetedSet, ProviderName, lookbackMs);
+                _logger.Info($"Servicing backfill: scanning {Channel} (lookback={_backfillLookbackMinutes}min, restartWatermark={_watermark.RestartWatermark})");
+
+                int processed = 0;
+                using (var reader = new EventLogReader(new EventLogQuery(Channel, PathType.LogName, xpath)))
+                {
+                    EventRecord record;
+                    while ((record = reader.ReadEvent()) != null)
+                    {
+                        using (record)
+                        {
+                            ProcessRecord(record, isBackfill: true);
+                            processed++;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (processed > 0)
+                    _logger.Info($"Servicing backfill: scanned {processed} event(s)");
+            }
+            catch (EventLogNotFoundException)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Servicing event log not found during backfill: {Channel}");
+            }
+            catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Servicing backfill access denied: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"Servicing backfill failed: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
@@ -31,9 +32,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
     {
         internal const string ShellCoreEventLogChannel = "Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core/Operational";
         internal const int EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted = 62404;
+        internal const int EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped = 62405;
+        internal const int EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName = 62406;
         internal const int EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent = 62407;
         internal const int BackfillLookbackMinutes = 5;
 
+        // 62405 (page stopped) and 62406 (event with a name only) feed the CloudExperienceHost
+        // navigation breadcrumbs in agent.log and the OOBE update page telemetry (D-310), nothing else.
+        private const string WatchedEventIdsXPath =
+            "(EventID=62404 or EventID=62405 or EventID=62406 or EventID=62407)";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Upper bound for the caller-supplied backfill lookback. Matches the agent's max
         /// lifetime (360 min) — a window wider than the agent can ever live would only widen
@@ -45,22 +53,45 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         private static readonly HashSet<int> TrackedShellCoreEventIds = new HashSet<int>
         {
             EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted,
+            EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped,
+            EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName,
             EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent
         };
 
         private static readonly Regex EspExitingPattern = new Regex(
             @"OOBE_ESP.*Exiting", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
+        // Manifest templates: 62404 "... started. CXID: '%1'.", 62405 "... stopped. Result: '%1'.",
+        // 62406 "... Event 1. Name: '%1'.", 62407 "... Event 2. Name: '%1', Value: '%2'.". A 62407
+        // value can carry URLs with tenant ids — a value leaves the tracker only in a form that
+        // cannot (SafeValuePattern: a boolean, an integer, an HRESULT).
+        private static readonly Regex CxidPattern = new Regex(
+            @"CXID:\s*'([^']*)'", RegexOptions.CultureInvariant | RegexOptions.Compiled, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+        private static readonly Regex ResultPattern = new Regex(
+            @"Result:\s*'([^']*)'", RegexOptions.CultureInvariant | RegexOptions.Compiled, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+        private static readonly Regex NamePattern = new Regex(
+            @"Name:\s*'([^']*)'", RegexOptions.CultureInvariant | RegexOptions.Compiled, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+        private static readonly Regex ValuePattern = new Regex(
+            @"Value:\s*'([^']*)'", RegexOptions.CultureInvariant | RegexOptions.Compiled, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+        private static readonly Regex SafeValuePattern = new Regex(
+            @"^(?:true|false|-?[0-9]{1,10}|0x[0-9a-f]{1,8})$",
+            RegexOptions.CultureInvariant | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+        private const int MaxBreadcrumbTokenLength = 128;
+
         private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
         private readonly string _sessionId;
         private readonly string _tenantId;
         private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
         private readonly HelloTracker _helloTracker;
+        private readonly OobeUpdateTelemetry _oobeUpdate;
 
         private EventLogWatcher _watcher;
+        private int _started;
+        private int _stopReported;
         private bool _espExitDetected;
         private bool _whiteGloveDetected;
         private bool _helloWizardStartDetected;
+        private string _lastCxhPage; // 62405 names no page, it ends the last one started
         private readonly object _stateLock = new object();
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -99,13 +130,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             string tenantId,
             InformationalEventPost post,
             AgentLogger logger,
-            HelloTracker helloTracker)
+            HelloTracker helloTracker,
+            Func<IReadOnlyList<OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.KeyState>> oobeUpdateRegistryReader = null)
         {
             _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
             _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
             _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
             _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
             _helloTracker = helloTracker; // nullable — HelloTracker may be unavailable in some test setups
+            // Test seam: a fake registry reader; production reads the real registry.
+            _oobeUpdate = new OobeUpdateTelemetry(sessionId, tenantId, post, logger,
+                oobeUpdateRegistryReader ?? OobeUpdateRegistrySnapshot.Read);
         }
 
         internal bool IsEspExitedForTest { get { lock (_stateLock) { return _espExitDetected; } } }
@@ -113,12 +148,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
         public void Start()
         {
+            // The OOBE update registry state at every agent start — so also right after the
+            // update's restart (D-310).
+            if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _started, 1) == 0)
+                _oobeUpdate.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStart);
+
             try
             {
                 var query = new EventLogQuery(
                     ShellCoreEventLogChannel,
                     PathType.LogName,
-                    "*[System[(EventID=62404 or EventID=62407)]]");
+                    $"*[System[{WatchedEventIdsXPath}]]");
 
                 _watcher = new EventLogWatcher(query);
                 _watcher.EventRecordWritten += OnEventRecordWritten;
@@ -143,6 +183,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
         public void Stop()
         {
+            // Stop runs again from Dispose — one snapshot, and only for a tracker that started.
+            if (Volatile.Read(ref _started) == 1 && Interlocked.Exchange(ref _stopReported, 1) == 0)
+                _oobeUpdate.ReportState(OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.AgentStop);
+
             if (_watcher == null) return;
             try
             {
@@ -186,6 +230,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// </summary>
         internal void ProcessEvent(int eventId, string description, DateTime timestamp, string providerName, bool isBackfill)
         {
+            ObserveCxhRecord(eventId, description, timestamp, isBackfill);
+            if (eventId == EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped || eventId == EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName) return;
+
             string eventType;
             EventSeverity severity = EventSeverity.Info;
             string message;
@@ -388,7 +435,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 var query = new EventLogQuery(
                     ShellCoreEventLogChannel,
                     PathType.LogName,
-                    $"*[System[(EventID=62404 or EventID=62407) and TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= {lookbackMs}]]]");
+                    $"*[System[{WatchedEventIdsXPath} and TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= {lookbackMs}]]]");
 
                 var records = new List<(int Id, string Description, DateTime OccurredAtUtc)>();
                 using (var reader = new EventLogReader(query))
@@ -466,6 +513,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             foreach (var record in records)
             {
                 var description = record.Description ?? string.Empty;
+                ObserveCxhRecord(record.Id, description, record.OccurredAtUtc, isBackfill: true);
 
                 if (record.Id == EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted)
                 {
@@ -473,6 +521,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // 62405/62406 only feed the breadcrumbs and the update page telemetry above.
+                if (record.Id != EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent) continue;
+
                 var isFailure = HasEspFailurePattern(description);
                 var isExit = !isFailure && EspExitingPattern.IsMatch(description);
                 if (!isFailure && !isExit) continue;
@@ -569,6 +620,159 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
         }
 
+        // =====================================================================
+        // CloudExperienceHost navigation: breadcrumbs and OOBE update page telemetry (D-310)
+        // =====================================================================
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes one agent.log line per CloudExperienceHost page start/stop and per update-page
+        /// event name, so a diagnostics package shows the OOBE navigation. Records of the update
+        /// page itself (<c>OobeNDUP</c>, <c>RebootNDUP</c> and its <c>ExpeditedUpdate_*</c> names)
+        /// are also reported as <c>oobe_update_page</c>, and at the page's live start and stop the
+        /// registry state behind it as <c>oobe_update_state</c>. No decision.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void ObserveCxhRecord(int eventId, string description, DateTime occurredAtUtc, bool isBackfill)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string page;
+                lock (_stateLock)
+                {
+                    if (eventId == EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted)
+                        _lastCxhPage = ExtractToken(CxidPattern, description) ?? _lastCxhPage;
+                    page = _lastCxhPage;
+                }
+
+                var crumb = FormatCxhBreadcrumb(eventId, description, page);
+                if (crumb == null) return;
+                _logger.Info(isBackfill ? $"{crumb} (backfill, at {occurredAtUtc:o})" : crumb);
+
+                var record = ParseUpdatePageRecord(eventId, description, page);
+                if (record == null) return;
+                _oobeUpdate.ReportPage(record, occurredAtUtc, isBackfill);
+
+                // The registry is read now — only a live page boundary is the page's moment.
+                if (!isBackfill && record.CxhEvent != OobeUpdatePageRecord.EventName)
+                {
+                    _oobeUpdate.ReportState(
+                        record.CxhEvent == OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStarted
+                            ? OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.UpdatePageStarted
+                            : OobeUpdateTelemetry.Moments.UpdatePageStopped,
+                        record.Page);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"ShellCoreTracker: CXH record observation failed: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The breadcrumb for one Shell-Core record, or null when it is not one: a page start
+        /// (62404, its CXID), a page stop (62405, its result, attributed to the last started
+        /// page), or an update-page event name (62406/62407 — a 62407 value only in a safe form).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatCxhBreadcrumb(int eventId, string description, string lastPage)
+        {
+            switch (eventId)
+            {
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted:
+                {
+                    var cxid = ExtractToken(CxidPattern, description);
+                    return cxid == null ? null : $"CXH page started: {cxid}";
+                }
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped:
+                {
+                    var result = ExtractToken(ResultPattern, description) ?? "?";
+                    return $"CXH page stopped: {lastPage ?? "?"} (result={result})";
+                }
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName:
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent:
+                {
+                    var name = ExtractToken(NamePattern, description);
+                    if (!IsUpdatePageToken(name)) return null;
+                    var value = eventId == EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent ? ExtractSafeValue(description) : null;
+                    return value == null ? $"CXH event: {name}" : $"CXH event: {name} (value={value})";
+                }
+                default:
+                    return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The record of the OOBE update page, or null for any other CloudExperienceHost record:
+        /// the start of a page whose CXID names NDUP, the stop of such a page (62405, attributed
+        /// to the last started page), or an update-page event name from 62406/62407.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static OobeUpdatePageRecord ParseUpdatePageRecord(int eventId, string description, string lastPage)
+        {
+            switch (eventId)
+            {
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStarted:
+                {
+                    var cxid = ExtractToken(CxidPattern, description);
+                    return IsUpdatePageToken(cxid)
+                        ? new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStarted, eventId, page: cxid)
+                        : null;
+                }
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppStopped:
+                    return IsUpdatePageToken(lastPage)
+                        ? new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.PageStopped, eventId,
+                            page: lastPage, result: ExtractToken(ResultPattern, description) ?? "?")
+                        : null;
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEventName:
+                case EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent:
+                {
+                    var name = ExtractToken(NamePattern, description);
+                    if (!IsUpdatePageToken(name)) return null;
+                    var value = eventId == EventId_ShellCore_WebAppEvent ? ExtractSafeValue(description) : null;
+                    return new OobeUpdatePageRecord(OobeUpdatePageRecord.EventName, eventId, name: name, value: value);
+                }
+                default:
+                    return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static bool IsUpdatePageToken(string token) =>
+            token != null
+            && (token.IndexOf("NDUP", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
+                || token.IndexOf("ExpeditedUpdate", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The 62407 value when it is a boolean, an integer of up to ten digits or an HRESULT —
+        /// forms that cannot carry a URL or a tenant id (the CSP gate, error codes). Null for
+        /// anything else.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string ExtractSafeValue(string description)
+        {
+            var value = ExtractToken(ValuePattern, description);
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) return null;
+            try
+            {
+                return SafeValuePattern.IsMatch(value) ? value : null;
+            }
+            catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string ExtractToken(Regex pattern, string description)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(description)) return null;
+            try
+            {
+                var match = pattern.Match(description);
+                if (!match.Success) return null;
+                var token = match.Groups[1].Value;
+                return token.Length > MaxBreadcrumbTokenLength ? token.Substring(0, MaxBreadcrumbTokenLength) + "…" : token;
+            }
+            catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
         // =====================================================================
         // Pattern helpers
         // =====================================================================

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

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
     ///   - Trace-indexed probes: emit a <c>stall_probe_check</c> Trace event on quiet/activeInstalls.
     ///   - Non-trace probes: emit nothing when no anomaly is found (agent log only).
     ///   - Anomaly found: always emit <c>stall_probe_result</c> Warning (plus EspFailureDetected if terminal).
-    ///   - Probe index configured as "session-stalled": emit fire-once <c>session_stalled</c> Warning.
+    ///   - Probe index configured as "session-stalled": emit fire-once <c>session_stalled</c> Warning
+    ///     (held back while a tenant-extended Hello wait is pending, emitted once it is over).
     /// </summary>
     public class StallProbeCollector
     {
@@ -54,10 +55,20 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         private readonly HashSet<int> _harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds;
         private readonly bool _isDevicePreparation;
 
+        // True while a tenant-extended Hello wait (up to 60 min) is pending in the decision
+        // engine. It is a bounded wait that resolves the session either way — not a stall — so
+        // session_stalled is held back until it is over.
+        private readonly Func<bool> _helloWaitPending;
+
         private readonly object _stateLock = new object();
         private readonly HashSet<int> _firedProbeIndices = new HashSet<int>();
         private bool _sessionStalledFired;
 
+        // The session_stalled report held back while the Hello wait was pending (the probe result
+        // of that idle window). Emitted on a later tick once the wait is over and the session is
+        // still idle; dropped by real activity (ResetProbes).
+        private ProbeResult _deferredSessionStalled;
+
         // P2 — monotonic generation, bumped by ResetProbes. RunProbe runs OUTSIDE _stateLock; if a
         // real-activity reset lands while a probe is in flight, the post-probe "mark fired" must be
         // dropped (its generation is stale) so the next idle period can fire that probe again.
@@ -153,9 +164,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             string[] sources,
             int sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex,
             int[] harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds = null,
-            bool isDevicePreparation = false)
+            bool isDevicePreparation = false,
+            Func<bool> helloWaitPending = null)
         {
             _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
+            _helloWaitPending = helloWaitPending;
             _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
             _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
             _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
@@ -192,6 +205,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 // Always bump the generation, even when no probes are currently marked fired — a
                 // probe may be running right now (outside the lock) and must not re-mark itself.
                 _probeGeneration++;
+                _deferredSessionStalled = null;
                 if (_firedProbeIndices.Count > 0)
                 {
                     _logger.Trace($"StallProbeCollector: resetting {_firedProbeIndices.Count} fired probes");
@@ -206,6 +220,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// </summary>
         public void CheckAndRunProbes(double idleMinutes)
         {
+            EmitDeferredSessionStalledIfDue(idleMinutes);
+
             // Iterate thresholds from lowest to highest so probes fire in order.
             for (int i = 0; i < _thresholdsMinutes.Length; i++)
             {
@@ -225,7 +241,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 if (alreadyFired)
                     continue;
 
-                RunProbe(probeIndex, thresholdMinutes, idleMinutes);
+                RunProbe(probeIndex, thresholdMinutes, idleMinutes, genAtStart);
 
                 lock (_stateLock)
                 {
@@ -237,7 +253,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             }
         }
 
-        private void RunProbe(int probeIndex, int thresholdMinutes, double idleMinutes)
+        private void RunProbe(int probeIndex, int thresholdMinutes, double idleMinutes, int generation)
         {
             var started = DateTime.UtcNow;
             var result = new ProbeResult { ProbeIndex = probeIndex, IdleMinutes = Math.Round(idleMinutes, 1) };
@@ -293,8 +309,21 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
             // session_stalled is fire-once across the whole session. It fires at the configured
             // probe index UNLESS activeInstalls is observed (activeInstalls counts as progress).
+            // While a tenant Hello wait is pending it is held back, not dropped.
             if (probeIndex == _sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex && !hasActiveInstalls)
             {
+                if (IsHelloWaitPending())
+                {
+                    lock (_stateLock)
+                    {
+                        // P2: a reset that landed while this probe ran ended the idle window.
+                        if (!_sessionStalledFired && _probeGeneration == generation)
+                            _deferredSessionStalled = result;
+                    }
+                    _logger.Info($"StallProbeCollector: session_stalled held back at probe {probeIndex} — a tenant Hello wait is still pending");
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 lock (_stateLock)
                 {
                     if (_sessionStalledFired)
@@ -305,6 +334,52 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Emits the held-back session_stalled report once the Hello wait is over and the session
+        /// is still idle (no ResetProbes since), with the idle time of this tick.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void EmitDeferredSessionStalledIfDue(double idleMinutes)
+        {
+            ProbeResult deferred;
+            lock (_stateLock)
+            {
+                deferred = _deferredSessionStalled;
+                if (deferred == null || _sessionStalledFired)
+                    return;
+            }
+
+            if (IsHelloWaitPending())
+                return;
+
+            lock (_stateLock)
+            {
+                if (_sessionStalledFired || !ReferenceEquals(_deferredSessionStalled, deferred))
+                    return;
+                _sessionStalledFired = true;
+                _deferredSessionStalled = null;
+            }
+
+            deferred.IdleMinutes = Math.Round(idleMinutes, 1);
+            _logger.Info($"StallProbeCollector: Hello wait over, still idle at {deferred.IdleMinutes}min — emitting the held-back session_stalled");
+            EmitSessionStalledEvent(deferred);
+        }
+
+        private bool IsHelloWaitPending()
+        {
+            if (_helloWaitPending == null)
+                return false;
+            try
+            {
+                return _helloWaitPending();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // A failing probe must never cost the stall report — treat as not pending.
+                _logger.Warning($"StallProbeCollector: Hello-wait probe threw, treating as not pending: {ex.Message}");
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         private void RunWithTimeout(Action<ProbeResult> scan, int timeoutMs, string sourceName, ProbeResult result)
         {
             // Enforce a real hard timeout: run the source on a dedicated background thread and

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

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Thread-safe counters for update activity that is counted instead of emitted (D-310): Store,
+    /// Defender and other non-OS update events, repeated scan results, servicing steps of non-OS
+    /// packages. Shared by the update watchers of one host, which reports the totals once as
+    /// <c>windows_update_activity_summary</c> when it stops.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class UpdateActivityTally
+    {
+        private readonly object _lock = new object();
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, int> _counts = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+        public void Increment(string key)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(key)) return;
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                _counts.TryGetValue(key, out var current);
+                _counts[key] = current + 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool IsEmpty
+        {
+            get { lock (_lock) return _counts.Count == 0; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Counts ordered by key, for a stable event payload.</summary>
+        public IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, int>> Snapshot()
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return _counts.OrderBy(kv => kv.Key, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToList();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sorts a Windows Update client event into the update class that decides how it is reported
+    /// (D-310). Only <see cref="Os"/> updates — Windows quality/cumulative/servicing-stack/feature
+    /// updates, .NET Framework and the Malicious Software Removal Tool — are enrollment-relevant and
+    /// emitted one by one. Defender intelligence and Store app updates arrive every few minutes on a
+    /// fresh device (up to 171 downloads per hour in the field census) and are only counted.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class WindowsUpdateClassifier
+    {
+        public const string Os = "os";
+        public const string Defender = "defender";
+        public const string Store = "store";
+        public const string Other = "other";
+
+        /// <summary>The Microsoft Store service; WU events carry it as <c>serviceGuid</c>.</summary>
+        internal const string StoreServiceGuid = "855e8a7c-ecb4-4ca3-b045-1dfa50104289";
+
+        // Store packages are titled "<12-char product id>-<Publisher.App>", e.g. "9NBLGGH4NNS1-Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller";
+        // bundles add an "ApplicationSet-" prefix.
+        private static readonly Regex StoreProductTitle =
+            new Regex(@"^(ApplicationSet-)?[0-9A-Z]{12}-\S", RegexOptions.CultureInvariant, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+
+        private static readonly Regex DefenderTitle =
+            new Regex(@"Microsoft Defender|Windows Defender", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+
+        // "Windows" plus "Update"/"Upgrade" covers cumulative, quality, security, servicing-stack,
+        // dynamic and feature updates in both the GA and the Insider title forms.
+        private static readonly Regex WindowsUpdateTitle =
+            new Regex(@"\bWindows\b.*\b(Update|Upgrade)\b|\b(Update|Upgrade)\b.*\bWindows\b",
+                RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+
+        private static readonly Regex OsTitleExtras =
+            new Regex(@"\.NET Framework|Servicing Stack|Malicious Software Removal Tool",
+                RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+
+        public static string Classify(string updateTitle, string serviceGuid)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(serviceGuid)
+                && serviceGuid.Trim('{', '}', ' ').Equals(StoreServiceGuid, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return Store;
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(updateTitle)) return Other;
+
+            try
+            {
+                if (StoreProductTitle.IsMatch(updateTitle)) return Store;
+                if (DefenderTitle.IsMatch(updateTitle)) return Defender;
+                if (OsTitleExtras.IsMatch(updateTitle) || WindowsUpdateTitle.IsMatch(updateTitle)) return Os;
+            }
+            catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
+            {
+                // A pathological title must never cost the event — it is reported as "other".
+            }
+
+            return Other;
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -2,100 +2,106 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Services;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Watches <c>Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient/Operational</c> for quality/cumulative
-    /// update install activity that happens DURING Autopilot OOBE / ESP and forwards it as
-    /// structured <c>windows_update_succeeded</c> / <c>windows_update_failed</c> /
-    /// <c>windows_update_started</c> events.
+    /// Watches ONE channel of the <c>Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient</c> provider for update
+    /// activity during OOBE / ESP and forwards it as <c>windows_update_started</c> /
+    /// <c>windows_update_succeeded</c> / <c>windows_update_failed</c> events.
     /// <para>
-    /// This is a blind spot no other tool surfaces well: a cumulative update installing mid-OOBE
-    /// can break the enrollment (r/Intune KB5095189), and the ESP "Install Windows quality updates
-    /// during OOBE" feature makes it increasingly common. The Intune console shows none of it — it
-    /// is otherwise deep manual digging on the device.
+    /// <b>Two channels (D-310).</b> The provider manifest writes the install events — 19 success,
+    /// 20 failure (HRESULT), 43 install started, 44 download started — to the <b>System</b> log and
+    /// the scan/download events — 25 scan failed, 26 scan found N, 31 download failed, 41
+    /// downloaded — to the Operational channel. The host runs one instance per channel; RecordIds
+    /// are per channel, so each instance keeps its own watermark. The System log is shared with
+    /// every other provider, hence the provider filter in its XPath.
     /// </para>
     /// <para>
-    /// <b>Backfill.</b> OOBE updates run at the early "Getting updates" screen, frequently BEFORE the
-    /// agent starts. The WindowsUpdateClient/Operational .evtx persists across the mid-OOBE reboot,
-    /// so a startup backfill with a generous lookback catches those pre-agent events.
+    /// <b>Classification.</b> Only Windows/.NET updates (<see cref="WindowsUpdateClassifier.Os"/>)
+    /// are emitted one by one and reported to the decision engine. Store, Defender and other
+    /// updates arrive every few minutes on a fresh device and are only counted into the host's
+    /// <see cref="UpdateActivityTally"/>. Repeated scan results (26) and scan failures (25) are
+    /// deduplicated; their repeats are counted the same way.
     /// </para>
     /// <para>
-    /// <b>Cross-restart dedup.</b> Unlike the single-latch WhiteGlove backfill, WU events are many
-    /// distinct records, so an agent restart would re-read (and re-emit) events already reported in
-    /// the prior run. We persist the highest processed <see cref="EventRecord.RecordId"/> as a
-    /// watermark and skip records at/below it. Live records always carry a higher RecordId and pass.
-    /// </para>
-    /// <para>
-    /// <b>Verified EventIDs (build against these):</b> 19=install success, 20=install failure
-    /// (carries HRESULT in <c>errorCode</c>), 43=install started, 44=download started. IDs whose
-    /// semantics are unverified across sources (25/26/31, restart-required 21 vs 41) are excluded by
-    /// default and can be added via <c>CollectorConfiguration.WindowsUpdateTargetedEventIds</c>
-    /// after validation on a real device trace — no redeploy needed.
+    /// <b>Backfill.</b> Updates can start before the agent does; the .evtx survives the reboot, so
+    /// a startup backfill with a generous lookback catches them. Backfilled events keep their own
+    /// event time on the timeline.
     /// </para>
     /// </summary>
     internal sealed class WindowsUpdateTracker : IDisposable
     {
         internal const string Channel = "Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient/Operational";
+        internal const string SystemChannel = "System";
+        internal const string ProviderName = "Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient";
         internal const string OrchestratorChannel = "Microsoft-Windows-UpdateOrchestrator/Operational";
 
-        internal const int EventId_InstallSuccess  = 19;
-        internal const int EventId_InstallFailure  = 20;
+        // System channel (provider manifest).
+        internal const int EventId_InstallSuccess   = 19;
+        internal const int EventId_InstallFailure   = 20;
         internal const int EventId_InstallStarted   = 43;
         internal const int EventId_DownloadStarted  = 44;
+        // Operational channel.
+        internal const int EventId_ScanFailed       = 25;
+        internal const int EventId_ScanFound        = 26;
+        internal const int EventId_DownloadFailed   = 31;
+        internal const int EventId_Downloaded       = 41;
 
         internal const string WatermarkStateFileName = "windows-update-watermark.json";
+        internal const string SystemWatermarkStateFileName = "windows-update-system-watermark.json";
 
         // Hard bound for the unfiltered census scan — during OOBE both channels carry at most a
         // few hundred records in the lookback window; the cap only guards against a pathological
         // log. A truncated census says so in its payload (no silent caps).
         internal const int CensusRecordCap = 5000;
 
+        // Scan results repeat every few minutes; only changes are worth a timeline row.
+        internal const int MaxScanFoundEmissions = 10;
+        internal const int MaxScanFailedEmissions = 5;
+
+        private static readonly int[] DefaultSystemEventIds = { EventId_InstallSuccess, EventId_InstallFailure, EventId_InstallStarted, EventId_DownloadStarted };
+        private static readonly int[] DefaultOperationalEventIds = { EventId_ScanFailed, EventId_ScanFound, EventId_DownloadFailed, EventId_Downloaded };
+
         private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
         private readonly string _sessionId;
         private readonly string _tenantId;
         private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
+        private readonly string _channel;
+        private readonly bool _isSystemChannel;
         private readonly HashSet<int> _targetedEventIds;
         private readonly bool _backfillEnabled;
         private readonly int _backfillLookbackMinutes;
-        private readonly string _stateDirectory;
         private readonly bool _channelCensusEnabled;
         private readonly Func<bool> _osBuildChangedProvider;
+        private readonly UpdateActivityTally _tally;
+        private readonly Action<string, string, DateTime> _onOsUpdateActivity;
+        private readonly EventRecordWatermark _watermark;
 
-        // Count of targeted WU events emitted THIS run (live + backfill). Zero after the backfill
-        // while the OS build provably changed = the watcher is blind to the update's channel/IDs.
+        // Targeted events processed THIS run (any class). Zero after the backfill while the OS
+        // build provably changed = the watcher is blind to the update's channel/IDs.
         private int _emittedThisRun;
 
+        private readonly object _throttleLock = new object();
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _scanFailureCodesReported = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        private string _lastScanFoundCount;
+        private int _scanFoundEmitted;
+
         private EventLogWatcher _watcher;
 
-        // Dedup. Guarded because EventRecordWritten callbacks run concurrently with the backfill scan.
-        //
-        // Cross-restart boundary loaded from disk: the highest RecordId emitted in a PRIOR run.
-        // Immutable during this run — events at/below it were already emitted before this process
-        // started and must not be re-emitted by the backfill scan.
-        private long _restartWatermark = -1;
-        // RecordIds emitted in THIS run — the intra-run dedup set. Deliberately a HashSet, NOT a
-        // high-water mark: the live watcher is armed before the backfill runs, so a live event with a
-        // HIGHER RecordId can be processed before/during backfill. A high-water mark would then make
-        // the dedup skip every older, never-emitted backfill event (recordId <= max) — silently
-        // dropping exactly the early pre-agent OOBE updates that are this feature's whole point.
-        // WU install events are low-volume (a handful per enrollment), so the set stays tiny.
-        private readonly HashSet<long> _seenThisRun = new HashSet<long>();
-        // Highest RecordId emitted so far (max of restart watermark + this run). Persisted so the next
-        // run's restart watermark is correct.
-        private long _maxEmittedRecordId = -1;
-        private readonly object _watermarkLock = new object();
-
+        /// <param name="channel">Event log channel; defaults to the Operational channel.</param>
+        /// <param name="targetedEventIds">IDs to watch on <paramref name="channel"/>; defaults to the manifest set of that channel.</param>
+        /// <param name="tally">Counter for activity that is counted instead of emitted; null drops the counts.</param>
+        /// <param name="onOsUpdateActivity">Called for every Windows/.NET update step with (step, update title, event time).</param>
         public WindowsUpdateTracker(
             string sessionId,
             string tenantId,
@@ -106,25 +112,60 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             int backfillLookbackMinutes = 60,
             string stateDirectory = null,
             bool channelCensusEnabled = true,
-            Func<bool> osBuildChangedProvider = null)
+            Func<bool> osBuildChangedProvider = null,
+            string channel = null,
+            UpdateActivityTally tally = null,
+            Action<string, string, DateTime> onOsUpdateActivity = null)
         {
             _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
             _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
             _post = post ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(post));
             _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            _channel = string.IsNullOrEmpty(channel) ? Channel : channel;
+            _isSystemChannel = string.Equals(_channel, SystemChannel, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             _targetedEventIds = targetedEventIds != null && targetedEventIds.Length > 0
                 ? new HashSet<int>(targetedEventIds)
-                : new HashSet<int> { EventId_InstallSuccess, EventId_InstallFailure, EventId_InstallStarted, EventId_DownloadStarted };
+                : new HashSet<int>(_isSystemChannel ? DefaultSystemEventIds : DefaultOperationalEventIds);
             _backfillEnabled = backfillEnabled;
             _backfillLookbackMinutes = backfillLookbackMinutes;
-            _stateDirectory = stateDirectory != null ? Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(stateDirectory) : null;
             _channelCensusEnabled = channelCensusEnabled;
             _osBuildChangedProvider = osBuildChangedProvider;
+            _tally = tally;
+            _onOsUpdateActivity = onOsUpdateActivity;
+            _watermark = new EventRecordWatermark(
+                stateDirectory,
+                _isSystemChannel ? SystemWatermarkStateFileName : WatermarkStateFileName,
+                logger,
+                _isSystemChannel ? "WindowsUpdate (System)" : "WindowsUpdate");
         }
 
+        /// <summary>Channel this instance watches.</summary>
+        internal string WatchedChannel => _channel;
+
+        /// <summary>Targeted events processed this run, any class.</summary>
+        internal int EmittedThisRun => Volatile.Read(ref _emittedThisRun);
+
+        /// <summary>EventIDs this instance watches on <see cref="WatchedChannel"/>.</summary>
+        internal IReadOnlyCollection<int> TargetedEventIds => _targetedEventIds;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// True when the provider manifest writes <paramref name="eventId"/> to the System log
+        /// (16–24, 27, 28, 32, 33, 43, 44, 212–218); all other IDs live in the Operational channel.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsSystemChannelEventId(int eventId) =>
+            (eventId >= 16 && eventId <= 24)
+            || eventId == 27 || eventId == 28
+            || eventId == 32 || eventId == 33
+            || eventId == 43 || eventId == 44
+            || (eventId >= 212 && eventId <= 218);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Watches the channel and backfills it. The blind-spot census is NOT run here: it needs
+        /// the emissions of every channel, so the host runs it after all its trackers started.
+        /// </summary>
         public void Start()
         {
-            LoadWatermark();
+            _watermark.Load();
             StartWatcher();
 
             if (_backfillEnabled && _backfillLookbackMinutes > 0)
@@ -133,10 +174,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             }
             else
             {
-                _logger.Info("WindowsUpdate backfill disabled by config");
+                _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate backfill disabled by config ({_channel})");
             }
-
-            EmitChannelCensusIfBlind();
         }
 
         public void Stop()
@@ -146,11 +185,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             {
                 _watcher.Enabled = false;
                 _watcher.Dispose();
-                _logger.Info("WindowsUpdate watcher stopped");
+                _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate watcher stopped ({_channel})");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error("Error stopping WindowsUpdate watcher", ex);
+                _logger.Error($"Error stopping WindowsUpdate watcher ({_channel})", ex);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -160,52 +199,64 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
         public void Dispose() => Stop();
 
+        internal void LoadWatermark() => _watermark.Load();
+
         // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Watcher lifecycle
         // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+        private string ProviderFilter => _isSystemChannel ? ProviderName : null;
+
         private void StartWatcher()
         {
             if (_targetedEventIds.Count == 0)
             {
-                _logger.Warning("WindowsUpdate watcher not started: no targeted EventIDs configured");
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate watcher not started: no targeted EventIDs configured ({_channel})");
                 return;
             }
 
             try
             {
-                var xpath = BuildXPath(_targetedEventIds);
-                var query = new EventLogQuery(Channel, PathType.LogName, xpath);
+                var query = new EventLogQuery(_channel, PathType.LogName, BuildXPath(_targetedEventIds, ProviderFilter));
                 _watcher = new EventLogWatcher(query);
                 _watcher.EventRecordWritten += OnEventRecordWritten;
                 _watcher.Enabled = true;
-                _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate watcher started: {Channel} (targetedIds={_targetedEventIds.Count})");
+                _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate watcher started: {_channel} (targetedIds={string.Join(",", _targetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id))})");
             }
             catch (EventLogNotFoundException)
             {
-                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate event log not found: {Channel} (normal on non-Windows 10/11 test environments)");
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate event log not found: {_channel} (normal on non-Windows 10/11 test environments)");
             }
             catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate watcher access denied for {Channel}: {ex.Message}");
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate watcher access denied for {_channel}: {ex.Message}");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error($"Failed to start WindowsUpdate watcher for {Channel}", ex);
+                _logger.Error($"Failed to start WindowsUpdate watcher for {_channel}", ex);
                 // MON-D1: surface a dead watcher as one-shot telemetry, not just a local log line.
                 CollectorDegradationReporter.Report(_post, _sessionId, _tenantId,
-                    collectorName: "WindowsUpdateTracker", reason: $"watcher_arm_failed:{Channel}", ex: ex);
+                    collectorName: "WindowsUpdateTracker", reason: $"watcher_arm_failed:{_channel}", ex: ex);
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>Targeted-EventID XPath filter without a provider clause. Exposed for tests.</summary>
+        internal static string BuildXPath(HashSet<int> targetedEventIds) =>
+            BuildXPath(targetedEventIds, providerName: null);
+
         /// <summary>
-        /// Builds the targeted-EventID XPath filter. Exposed as internal for tests.
+        /// Targeted-EventID XPath filter, optionally restricted to <paramref name="providerName"/>
+        /// (mandatory on the shared System log) and to the last <paramref name="lookbackMs"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        internal static string BuildXPath(HashSet<int> targetedEventIds)
+        internal static string BuildXPath(HashSet<int> targetedEventIds, string providerName, long? lookbackMs = null)
         {
-            var idClauses = string.Join(" or ",
-                targetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).Select(id => $"EventID={id}"));
-            return $"*[System[({idClauses})]]";
+            var clauses = new List<string>(3);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(providerName))
+                clauses.Add($"Provider[@Name='{providerName}']");
+            clauses.Add("(" + string.Join(" or ", targetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).Select(id => $"EventID={id}")) + ")");
+            if (lookbackMs.HasValue)
+                clauses.Add($"TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= {lookbackMs.Value}]");
+            return $"*[System[{string.Join(" and ", clauses)}]]";
         }
 
         // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -230,7 +281,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             var recordId = record.RecordId ?? -1;
 
             // Cheap dedup gate BEFORE the expensive XML/FormatDescription work.
-            if (IsAlreadyProcessed(recordId))
+            if (_watermark.IsAlreadyProcessed(recordId))
                 return;
 
             string xml = null;
@@ -242,6 +293,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             eventData.TryGetValue("updateGuid", out var updateGuid);
             eventData.TryGetValue("updateRevisionNumber", out var updateRevision);
             eventData.TryGetValue("errorCode", out var errorCode);
+            eventData.TryGetValue("serviceGuid", out var serviceGuid);
+            eventData.TryGetValue("updateCount", out var updateCount);
 
             string description = null;
             try { description = record.FormatDescription(); }
@@ -257,7 +310,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 updateRevisionNumber: updateRevision,
                 errorCode: errorCode,
                 formattedDescription: description,
-                isBackfill: isBackfill);
+                isBackfill: isBackfill,
+                serviceGuid: serviceGuid,
+                updateCount: updateCount);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -275,66 +330,68 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             string updateRevisionNumber,
             string errorCode,
             string formattedDescription,
-            bool isBackfill)
+            bool isBackfill,
+            string serviceGuid = null,
+            string updateCount = null)
         {
-            if (!MarkProcessed(recordId))
+            if (!_watermark.TryClaim(recordId))
                 return; // already emitted (cross-restart or duplicate delivery)
 
-            System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(ref _emittedThisRun);
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _emittedThisRun);
 
-            string eventType;
-            EventSeverity severity;
-            bool immediateUpload;
-            ClassifyEventId(eventId, out eventType, out severity, out immediateUpload);
+            var shape = ShapeFor(eventId);
+            var title = string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateTitle) ? "(unknown update)" : updateTitle;
+
+            // Scan-level events name no update: deduplicate instead of classifying. Every other
+            // event is classified; only Windows/.NET updates are listed, the rest is counted —
+            // so windows_update_succeeded/failed always mean an OS update (ANALYZE-DEV-004/005).
+            string updateClass = null;
+            if (eventId == EventId_ScanFound)
+            {
+                if (!ClaimScanFoundEmission(updateCount)) { _tally?.Increment("scan_found_repeat"); return; }
+            }
+            else if (eventId == EventId_ScanFailed)
+            {
+                if (!ClaimScanFailedEmission(errorCode)) { _tally?.Increment("scan_failed_repeat"); return; }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                updateClass = WindowsUpdateClassifier.Classify(updateTitle, serviceGuid);
+                if (updateClass != WindowsUpdateClassifier.Os)
+                {
+                    _tally?.Increment($"{updateClass}_{eventId}");
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
 
             var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
             {
                 { "wuEventId", eventId },
+                { "wuChannel", _isSystemChannel ? "system" : "operational" },
+                { "wuPhase", shape.Phase },
                 { "backfilled", isBackfill },
             };
+            if (updateClass != null) data["updateClass"] = updateClass;
             if (recordId >= 0) data["recordId"] = recordId;
             if (level.HasValue) data["level"] = level.Value;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateTitle)) data["updateTitle"] = updateTitle;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateGuid)) data["updateGuid"] = updateGuid;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateRevisionNumber)) data["updateRevisionNumber"] = updateRevisionNumber;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateCount)) data["updateCount"] = updateCount;
             if (timeCreatedUtc.HasValue) data["timeCreated"] = timeCreatedUtc.Value.ToString("o");
 
             // Decode the HRESULT for failure events (and any event that carries a non-empty errorCode).
-            string hresultHex;
-            if (TryNormalizeHResult(errorCode, out var hresultValue, out hresultHex))
+            if (TryNormalizeHResult(errorCode, out var hresultValue, out var hresultHex))
             {
                 data["hresult"] = hresultHex;
                 data["hresultSymbol"] = ResolveHResultSymbol(hresultValue);
             }
 
-            var title = string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateTitle) ? "(unknown update)" : updateTitle;
-            string message;
-            switch (eventId)
-            {
-                case EventId_InstallSuccess:
-                    message = $"Windows Update installed during enrollment: {title}";
-                    break;
-                case EventId_InstallFailure:
-                    message = data.TryGetValue("hresultSymbol", out var sym)
-                        ? $"Windows Update FAILED during enrollment: {title} ({data["hresult"]} {sym})"
-                        : $"Windows Update FAILED during enrollment: {title}";
-                    break;
-                case EventId_DownloadStarted:
-                    message = $"Windows Update download started during enrollment: {title}";
-                    break;
-                case EventId_InstallStarted:
-                    message = $"Windows Update install started during enrollment: {title}";
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    message = $"Windows Update activity (EventID {eventId}) during enrollment: {title}";
-                    break;
-            }
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(formattedDescription))
             {
-                var truncated = formattedDescription.Length > 1000
+                data["description"] = formattedDescription.Length > 1000
                     ? formattedDescription.Substring(0, 1000) + "…"
                     : formattedDescription;
-                data["description"] = truncated;
             }
 
             _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
@@ -343,46 +400,107 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 TenantId = _tenantId,
                 // Use the WU event's own time, not the default UtcNow the ctor stamps: backfilled
                 // pre-agent OOBE updates must land on the timeline at when the update actually
-                // installed, not at agent start. InformationalEventPost forwards this as occurredAtUtc,
+                // happened, not at agent start. InformationalEventPost forwards this as occurredAtUtc,
                 // which drives the timeline entry's timestamp (EventTimelineEmitter).
                 Timestamp = timeCreatedUtc ?? DateTime.UtcNow,
-                EventType = eventType,
-                Severity = severity,
+                EventType = shape.EventType,
+                Severity = shape.Severity,
                 Source = "WindowsUpdateWatcher",
                 Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
-                Message = message,
+                Message = BuildMessage(eventId, title, updateCount, data),
                 Data = data,
-                ImmediateUpload = immediateUpload,
+                ImmediateUpload = shape.Immediate,
             });
+
+            if (updateClass == WindowsUpdateClassifier.Os && shape.OsStep != null && _onOsUpdateActivity != null)
+            {
+                try { _onOsUpdateActivity(shape.OsStep, updateTitle, timeCreatedUtc ?? DateTime.UtcNow); }
+                catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate: OS update activity callback failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+            }
+
+            // Last: everything this record produced has been handed to the ingress first.
+            _watermark.MarkEmitted(recordId);
         }
 
-        private static void ClassifyEventId(int eventId, out string eventType, out EventSeverity severity, out bool immediateUpload)
+        private struct EventShape
+        {
+            public string EventType;
+            public EventSeverity Severity;
+            public bool Immediate;
+            public string Phase;
+            /// <summary>Step reported to the decision engine for OS updates; null = not a step.</summary>
+            public string OsStep;
+        }
+
+        private static EventShape ShapeFor(int eventId)
         {
             switch (eventId)
             {
-                case EventId_InstallFailure:
-                    eventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed;
-                    severity = EventSeverity.Error;
-                    immediateUpload = true; // a mid-OOBE update failure is high-signal — surface it fast
-                    break;
                 case EventId_InstallSuccess:
-                    eventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded;
-                    severity = EventSeverity.Info;
-                    immediateUpload = false;
-                    break;
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateSucceeded, Severity = EventSeverity.Info, Phase = "installed", OsStep = OsUpdateSteps.Installed };
+                case EventId_InstallFailure:
+                    // A mid-OOBE install failure is high-signal — surface it fast.
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed, Severity = EventSeverity.Error, Immediate = true, Phase = "install", OsStep = OsUpdateSteps.Failed };
                 case EventId_InstallStarted:
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted, Severity = EventSeverity.Info, Phase = "install", OsStep = OsUpdateSteps.InstallStarted };
                 case EventId_DownloadStarted:
-                    eventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted;
-                    severity = EventSeverity.Debug; // timeline context only
-                    immediateUpload = false;
-                    break;
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted, Severity = EventSeverity.Info, Phase = "download", OsStep = OsUpdateSteps.DownloadStarted };
+                case EventId_Downloaded:
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted, Severity = EventSeverity.Info, Phase = "downloaded", OsStep = OsUpdateSteps.Downloaded };
+                case EventId_DownloadFailed:
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed, Severity = EventSeverity.Warning, Phase = "download", OsStep = OsUpdateSteps.Failed };
+                case EventId_ScanFailed:
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateFailed, Severity = EventSeverity.Warning, Phase = "scan" };
+                case EventId_ScanFound:
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted, Severity = EventSeverity.Debug, Phase = "scan" };
                 default:
-                    // A newly-enabled (still-being-validated) EventID: keep it visible (Info, not Debug)
-                    // so it can be assessed on real traces.
-                    eventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted;
-                    severity = EventSeverity.Info;
-                    immediateUpload = false;
-                    break;
+                    // An EventID enabled via config whose meaning has not been mapped: keep it
+                    // visible (Info, not Debug) so it can be assessed on real traces.
+                    return new EventShape { EventType = Constants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateStarted, Severity = EventSeverity.Info, Phase = "activity" };
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string BuildMessage(int eventId, string title, string updateCount, Dictionary<string, object> data)
+        {
+            var hresultSuffix = data.TryGetValue("hresultSymbol", out var sym)
+                ? $" ({data["hresult"]} {sym})"
+                : string.Empty;
+
+            switch (eventId)
+            {
+                case EventId_InstallSuccess:  return $"Windows Update installed during enrollment: {title}";
+                case EventId_InstallFailure:  return $"Windows Update FAILED during enrollment: {title}{hresultSuffix}";
+                case EventId_InstallStarted:  return $"Windows Update install started during enrollment: {title}";
+                case EventId_DownloadStarted: return $"Windows Update download started during enrollment: {title}";
+                case EventId_Downloaded:      return $"Windows Update downloaded during enrollment: {title}";
+                case EventId_DownloadFailed:  return $"Windows Update download FAILED during enrollment: {title}{hresultSuffix}";
+                case EventId_ScanFailed:      return $"Windows Update scan failed during enrollment{hresultSuffix}";
+                case EventId_ScanFound:
+                    return string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateCount)
+                        ? "Windows Update scan completed during enrollment"
+                        : $"Windows Update scan found {updateCount} update(s) during enrollment";
+                default:                      return $"Windows Update activity (EventID {eventId}) during enrollment: {title}";
+            }
+        }
+
+        private bool ClaimScanFoundEmission(string updateCount)
+        {
+            lock (_throttleLock)
+            {
+                if (_scanFoundEmitted >= MaxScanFoundEmissions) return false;
+                if (string.Equals(_lastScanFoundCount, updateCount ?? string.Empty, StringComparison.Ordinal)) return false;
+                _lastScanFoundCount = updateCount ?? string.Empty;
+                _scanFoundEmitted++;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private bool ClaimScanFailedEmission(string errorCode)
+        {
+            lock (_throttleLock)
+            {
+                if (_scanFailureCodesReported.Count >= MaxScanFailedEmissions) return false;
+                return _scanFailureCodesReported.Add(errorCode ?? string.Empty);
             }
         }
 
@@ -496,14 +614,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             try
             {
                 var lookbackMs = (long)_backfillLookbackMinutes * 60 * 1000;
-                var idClauses = string.Join(" or ",
-                    _targetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id).Select(id => $"EventID={id}"));
-                var xpath = $"*[System[({idClauses}) and TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= {lookbackMs}]]]";
+                var xpath = BuildXPath(_targetedEventIds, ProviderFilter, lookbackMs);
 
-                _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate backfill: scanning {Channel} " +
-                    $"(lookback={_backfillLookbackMinutes}min, targetedIds={_targetedEventIds.Count}, restartWatermark={_restartWatermark})");
+                _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate backfill: scanning {_channel} " +
+                    $"(lookback={_backfillLookbackMinutes}min, targetedIds={_targetedEventIds.Count}, restartWatermark={_watermark.RestartWatermark})");
 
-                var query = new EventLogQuery(Channel, PathType.LogName, xpath);
+                var query = new EventLogQuery(_channel, PathType.LogName, xpath);
 
                 int processed = 0;
                 using (var reader = new EventLogReader(query))
@@ -520,21 +636,21 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                 }
 
                 if (processed == 0)
-                    _logger.Debug($"WindowsUpdate backfill: no targeted events in last {_backfillLookbackMinutes} minutes");
+                    _logger.Debug($"WindowsUpdate backfill: no targeted events in last {_backfillLookbackMinutes} minutes ({_channel})");
                 else
-                    _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate backfill: scanned {processed} event(s)");
+                    _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate backfill: scanned {processed} event(s) ({_channel})");
             }
             catch (EventLogNotFoundException)
             {
-                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate event log not found during backfill: {Channel} (normal on non-Windows 10/11 test environments)");
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate event log not found during backfill: {_channel} (normal on non-Windows 10/11 test environments)");
             }
             catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate backfill access denied: {ex.Message}");
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate backfill access denied ({_channel}): {ex.Message}");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate backfill failed: {ex.Message}");
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdate backfill failed ({_channel}): {ex.Message}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -544,17 +660,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Self-evidencing blind spot diagnosis. Session 7443317c: an OOBE quality update
-        /// provably installed (OS build changed across the mid-enrollment reboot) yet neither
-        /// the live watcher nor two 60-min backfills captured a single targeted event — the
-        /// update logged via a channel/EventID set the watcher is blind to. With diagnostics
-        /// upload tenant-disabled there is no client-log path to find out which one; so when
-        /// the blind spot provably occurred (build changed AND zero targeted events emitted
-        /// this run), emit a one-shot unfiltered EventID histogram of both update channels
-        /// over the lookback window. The histogram arrives via normal event upload and tells
-        /// us which IDs to add to <c>WindowsUpdateTargetedEventIds</c> via remote config —
-        /// no agent redeploy, no diagnostics access needed.
+        /// provably installed (OS build changed across the mid-enrollment reboot) yet the watcher
+        /// captured nothing — it read the install IDs from the Operational channel, while the
+        /// manifest writes them to the System log (D-310). When the blind spot occurs again
+        /// (build changed AND zero targeted events on every channel this run), emit a one-shot
+        /// unfiltered EventID histogram of the Operational and UpdateOrchestrator channels.
         /// </summary>
-        internal void EmitChannelCensusIfBlind()
+        /// <param name="otherChannelsEmitted">Targeted events the host's other update watchers processed this run.</param>
+        /// <param name="otherTargetedEventIds">EventIDs the host's other update watchers target, listed with this instance's own.</param>
+        internal void EmitChannelCensusIfBlind(int otherChannelsEmitted = 0, IEnumerable<int> otherTargetedEventIds = null)
         {
             if (!_channelCensusEnabled) return;
 
@@ -562,7 +676,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
             {
                 if (_osBuildChangedProvider == null || !_osBuildChangedProvider())
                     return;
-                if (System.Threading.Volatile.Read(ref _emittedThisRun) > 0)
+                if (EmittedThisRun + otherChannelsEmitted > 0)
                     return;
 
                 var lookback = _backfillLookbackMinutes > 0 ? _backfillLookbackMinutes : 60;
@@ -581,8 +695,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
                     { "wuClientCensus", wuClientHistogram },
                     { "updateOrchestratorCensus", orchestratorHistogram },
                     { "lookbackMinutes", lookback },
-                    { "restartWatermark", _restartWatermark },
-                    { "targetedEventIds", string.Join(",", _targetedEventIds.OrderBy(id => id)) },
+                    { "restartWatermark", _watermark.RestartWatermark },
+                    { "targetedEventIds", string.Join(",", _targetedEventIds.Concat(otherTargetedEventIds ?? Enumerable.Empty<int>()).Distinct().OrderBy(id => id)) },
                 };
                 if (wuClient.Truncated || orchestrator.Truncated)
                     data["censusTruncated"] = true;
@@ -666,102 +780,5 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// <summary>Compact "id=count" form ordered by EventID, e.g. "19=2,25=1,43=2".</summary>
         internal static string FormatHistogram(Dictionary<int, int> histogram) =>
             string.Join(",", histogram.OrderBy(kv => kv.Key).Select(kv => $"{kv.Key}={kv.Value}"));
-
-        // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // Watermark dedup (cross-restart)
-        // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-        private bool IsAlreadyProcessed(long recordId)
-        {
-            if (recordId < 0) return false; // no RecordId → cannot dedup, let it through
-            lock (_watermarkLock)
-            {
-                return recordId <= _restartWatermark || _seenThisRun.Contains(recordId);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Atomically claims <paramref name="recordId"/>. Returns true if this is the first time we
-        /// see it (caller should emit), false if it was already processed — either in a PRIOR run
-        /// (at/below the restart watermark) or already this run (in the seen-set). Only advances +
-        /// persists the max on a genuinely-new, higher RecordId. Records without a RecordId (-1) are
-        /// always emitted, never tracked or persisted.
-        /// </summary>
-        private bool MarkProcessed(long recordId)
-        {
-            if (recordId < 0) return true;
-
-            long toPersist = -1;
-            lock (_watermarkLock)
-            {
-                // Prior run, or already emitted this run. Note: a lower RecordId that was never
-                // emitted this run (e.g. a backfill record read after a higher live record) is NOT
-                // in _seenThisRun and is above the restart watermark, so it is correctly emitted.
-                if (recordId <= _restartWatermark || !_seenThisRun.Add(recordId))
-                    return false;
-
-                if (recordId > _maxEmittedRecordId)
-                {
-                    _maxEmittedRecordId = recordId;
-                    toPersist = _maxEmittedRecordId;
-                }
-            }
-            if (toPersist >= 0) PersistWatermark(toPersist);
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        internal void LoadWatermark()
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_stateDirectory)) return;
-
-            var filePath = Path.Combine(_stateDirectory, WatermarkStateFileName);
-            if (!File.Exists(filePath)) return;
-
-            try
-            {
-                var json = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
-                var state = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<WatermarkState>(json);
-                if (state != null)
-                {
-                    lock (_watermarkLock)
-                    {
-                        _restartWatermark = state.LastRecordId;
-                        _maxEmittedRecordId = state.LastRecordId;
-                    }
-                    _logger.Info($"WindowsUpdate watermark loaded: lastRecordId={state.LastRecordId} (persisted {state.PersistedUtc:O})");
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                _logger.Warning($"Failed to load WindowsUpdate watermark: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        private void PersistWatermark(long recordId)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_stateDirectory)) return;
-
-            try
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(_stateDirectory);
-                var filePath = Path.Combine(_stateDirectory, WatermarkStateFileName);
-                var state = new WatermarkState { LastRecordId = recordId, PersistedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow };
-                var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(state, Formatting.Indented);
-                var tempPath = filePath + ".tmp";
-                File.WriteAllText(tempPath, json);
-                File.Copy(tempPath, filePath, overwrite: true);
-                try { File.Delete(tempPath); } catch { }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                _logger.Warning($"Failed to persist WindowsUpdate watermark: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        internal sealed class WatermarkState
-        {
-            public long LastRecordId { get; set; }
-            public DateTime PersistedUtc { get; set; }
-        }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Runtime/DiagnosticsPackageService.cs

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime
 
                         // Expand BEFORE the guard: the guard must judge the path that is read,
                         // and an unresolved token is not a path it can judge.
-                        var expandedPath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(entry.Path);
+                        var expandedPath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(entry.Path, userProfilePath);
                         if (expandedPath == null)
                         {
                             _logger.Warning($"Diagnostics path skipped (no user session for token): {entry.Path}");

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Runtime/UserProfileResolver.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime
     /// The agent runs as SYSTEM, so standard environment variables like %USERPROFILE% or
     /// %LOCALAPPDATA% resolve to the SYSTEM profile — not the logged-on user. This class
     /// detects the real user via explorer.exe ownership (WTS session query, WMI fallback —
-    /// see <see cref="Interop.ProcessOwnerLookup"/>) and caches the result for the agent's lifetime.
+    /// see <see cref="Interop.ProcessOwnerLookup"/>) and caches the first user it finds for the
+    /// agent's lifetime. "No user yet" is not cached: the agent usually starts before anyone has
+    /// signed in, so detection is retried — at most every <see cref="RetryInterval"/>.
     ///
     /// Usage in paths: %LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE%\AppData\Local\RealmJoin\Logs\*.log
     /// </summary>
@@ -23,9 +26,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime
         // Spelled once, in Shared: the built-in diagnostics catalog uses the same token.
         public const string Token = Shared.Models.DiagnosticsBuiltInSections.UserProfileToken;
 
+        /// <summary>Minimum time between two detections while no user has been found.</summary>
+        internal static readonly TimeSpan RetryInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
+
         private static readonly object Lock = new object();
-        private static bool _resolved;
-        private static string _userProfilePath; // e.g. C:\Users\JohnDoe — null if no user detected
+        private static string _userProfilePath; // e.g. C:\Users\JohnDoe — null until a user is detected
+        private static DateTime _lastFailedDetectionUtc = DateTime.MinValue;
+
+        // Seams for tests; production uses the real detection and clock.
+        private static Func<string> _detector = DetectLoggedOnUserProfile;
+        private static Func<DateTime> _utcNow = () => DateTime.UtcNow;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the logged-on user's profile path (e.g. C:\Users\JohnDoe) or null
@@ -34,17 +44,28 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime
         /// </summary>
         public static string GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath()
         {
-            if (_resolved)
-                return _userProfilePath;
+            var cached = Volatile.Read(ref _userProfilePath);
+            if (cached != null)
+                return cached;
 
             lock (Lock)
             {
-                if (_resolved)
+                if (_userProfilePath != null)
                     return _userProfilePath;
 
-                _userProfilePath = DetectLoggedOnUserProfile();
-                _resolved = true;
-                return _userProfilePath;
+                // A clock that stepped backwards (common during OOBE) never delays the retry.
+                var now = _utcNow();
+                var sinceLastFailure = now - _lastFailedDetectionUtc;
+                if (_lastFailedDetectionUtc != DateTime.MinValue
+                    && sinceLastFailure >= TimeSpan.Zero && sinceLastFailure < RetryInterval)
+                    return null;
+
+                var detected = _detector();
+                if (detected != null)
+                    Volatile.Write(ref _userProfilePath, detected);
+                else
+                    _lastFailedDetectionUtc = now;
+                return detected;
             }
         }
 
@@ -53,18 +74,26 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime
         /// Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables for standard tokens.
         /// Returns null if the path contains the token but no user is logged on.
         /// </summary>
-        public static string ExpandCustomTokens(string rawPath)
+        public static string ExpandCustomTokens(string rawPath) =>
+            ExpandCustomTokens(rawPath, ContainsUserProfileToken(rawPath) ? GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath() : null);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Same, with the profile path the caller already resolved for its guard. Callers that
+        /// guard the expanded path must use this overload: while detection is still retrying, a
+        /// second lookup can find the user the first one missed, and the guard would then judge a
+        /// C:\Users path without the profile that admits it.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ExpandCustomTokens(string rawPath, string userProfilePath)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(rawPath))
                 return rawPath;
 
             if (rawPath.IndexOf(Token, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
             {
-                var profilePath = GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath();
-                if (profilePath == null)
+                if (userProfilePath == null)
                     return null; // No user detected — caller should skip this path
 
-                rawPath = ReplaceCaseInsensitive(rawPath, Token, profilePath);
+                rawPath = ReplaceCaseInsensitive(rawPath, Token, userProfilePath);
             }
 
             return Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(rawPath);
@@ -80,26 +109,37 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Runtime
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Resets the cached state. Only used for testing.
+        /// Resets the cached state and the seams. Only used for testing.
         /// </summary>
         internal static void Reset()
         {
             lock (Lock)
             {
-                _resolved = false;
                 _userProfilePath = null;
+                _lastFailedDetectionUtc = DateTime.MinValue;
+                _detector = DetectLoggedOnUserProfile;
+                _utcNow = () => DateTime.UtcNow;
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Allows tests to inject a specific profile path without WMI.
+        /// Allows tests to inject a specific profile path without WMI. Null pins "no user signed in"
+        /// — detection keeps answering null instead of finding the developer's own session.
         /// </summary>
         internal static void SetForTesting(string profilePath)
+        {
+            SetDetectorForTesting(() => profilePath, () => DateTime.UtcNow);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Replaces detection and clock, clearing what was cached. Only used for testing.</summary>
+        internal static void SetDetectorForTesting(Func<string> detector, Func<DateTime> utcNow)
         {
             lock (Lock)
             {
-                _userProfilePath = profilePath;
-                _resolved = true;
+                _userProfilePath = null;
+                _lastFailedDetectionUtc = DateTime.MinValue;
+                _detector = detector ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(detector));
+                _utcNow = utcNow ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(utcNow));
             }
         }
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/Collectors/FileCollector.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
             // Expand custom tokens (%LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE%) and standard environment variables
             var userProfilePath = UserProfileResolver.ContainsUserProfileToken(filePath)
                 ? UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath() : null;
-            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath);
+            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath, userProfilePath);
             if (filePath == null)
                 return data; // Token present but no user logged on — skip silently
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/Collectors/JsonCollector.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
             // Expand custom tokens (%LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE%) and standard environment variables
             var userProfilePath = UserProfileResolver.ContainsUserProfileToken(filePath)
                 ? UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath() : null;
-            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath);
+            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath, userProfilePath);
             if (filePath == null)
                 return data; // Token present but no user logged on — skip silently
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/Collectors/LogLineReader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Text encoding of a log file as the logparser reads it. Chosen from the byte order mark at
+    /// the start of the file in <see cref="StreamReader"/>'s detection order; without one the file
+    /// is UTF-8, which is also how ANSI logs were always read (invalid bytes decode to U+FFFD).
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class LogTextEncoding
+    {
+        public static readonly LogTextEncoding Utf8 = new LogTextEncoding("utf-8", new UTF8Encoding(false), 1, 0);
+        public static readonly LogTextEncoding Utf8WithBom = new LogTextEncoding("utf-8 with bom", new UTF8Encoding(false), 1, 3);
+        public static readonly LogTextEncoding Utf16LittleEndian = new LogTextEncoding("utf-16le", new UnicodeEncoding(false, false), 2, 2);
+        public static readonly LogTextEncoding Utf16BigEndian = new LogTextEncoding("utf-16be", new UnicodeEncoding(true, false), 2, 2);
+        public static readonly LogTextEncoding Utf32LittleEndian = new LogTextEncoding("utf-32le", new UTF32Encoding(false, false), 4, 4);
+        public static readonly LogTextEncoding Utf32BigEndian = new LogTextEncoding("utf-32be", new UTF32Encoding(true, false), 4, 4);
+
+        private LogTextEncoding(string name, Encoding encoding, int unitSize, int byteOrderMarkLength)
+        {
+            Name = name;
+            Encoding = encoding;
+            UnitSize = unitSize;
+            ByteOrderMarkLength = byteOrderMarkLength;
+            LineFeed = encoding.GetBytes("\n");
+            CarriageReturn = encoding.GetBytes("\r");
+        }
+
+        public string Name { get; }
+        public Encoding Encoding { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Bytes per code unit; every line boundary lies on a unit boundary.</summary>
+        public int UnitSize { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Length of the byte order mark at offset 0 — skipped, never part of a line.</summary>
+        public int ByteOrderMarkLength { get; }
+
+        public byte[] LineFeed { get; }
+        public byte[] CarriageReturn { get; }
+
+        public static LogTextEncoding Detect(byte[] head)
+        {
+            if (StartsWith(head, 0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF)) return Utf8WithBom;
+            if (StartsWith(head, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0x00, 0x00)) return Utf32LittleEndian;
+            if (StartsWith(head, 0xFF, 0xFE)) return Utf16LittleEndian;
+            if (StartsWith(head, 0xFE, 0xFF)) return Utf16BigEndian;
+            if (StartsWith(head, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFE, 0xFF)) return Utf32BigEndian;
+            return Utf8;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>The last code-unit boundary at or before <paramref name="position"/>.</summary>
+        public long AlignDown(long position)
+        {
+            if (position <= ByteOrderMarkLength) return position < ByteOrderMarkLength ? 0 : position;
+            return position - (position - ByteOrderMarkLength) % UnitSize;
+        }
+
+        private static bool StartsWith(byte[] bytes, params byte[] prefix)
+        {
+            if (bytes.Length < prefix.Length) return false;
+            for (var i = 0; i < prefix.Length; i++)
+                if (bytes[i] != prefix[i]) return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The first bytes of a log file: they carry its byte order mark and identify the file, so a
+    /// file replaced under the same name is recognised even when it is already longer than the
+    /// position read so far.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class LogFileHead
+    {
+        internal const int MaxBytes = 4096;
+
+        private readonly byte[] _bytes;
+
+        private LogFileHead(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            _bytes = bytes;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Up to <see cref="MaxBytes"/> from offset 0. Leaves the stream at an undefined position.</summary>
+        public static LogFileHead Read(Stream stream)
+        {
+            stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            var buffer = new byte[(int)Math.Min(MaxBytes, stream.Length)];
+            var read = 0;
+            while (read < buffer.Length)
+            {
+                var n = stream.Read(buffer, read, buffer.Length - read);
+                if (n <= 0) break;
+                read += n;
+            }
+            if (read < buffer.Length) Array.Resize(ref buffer, read);
+            return new LogFileHead(buffer);
+        }
+
+        internal static LogFileHead FromBytes(byte[] bytes) => new LogFileHead(bytes);
+
+        public int Length => _bytes.Length;
+
+        public LogTextEncoding Encoding => LogTextEncoding.Detect(_bytes);
+
+        /// <summary>SHA-256 of the first <paramref name="length"/> bytes, Base64.</summary>
+        public string Hash(int length)
+        {
+            using (var sha = SHA256.Create())
+                return Convert.ToBase64String(sha.ComputeHash(_bytes, 0, length));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Byte-exact line reader for the logparser collector. <see cref="Position"/> is the file
+    /// offset right behind the last line returned, so a caller that stops after any line can
+    /// resume exactly there — <see cref="StreamReader"/> only exposes its read-ahead boundary.
+    /// <para>
+    /// Line ends are those of <see cref="StreamReader.ReadLine"/>: "\r\n", "\n" and a lone "\r",
+    /// in code units of the file's <see cref="LogTextEncoding"/>. A "\n" directly after the start
+    /// position is skipped when the unit before it is "\r": the previous run ended on a "\r" whose
+    /// "\n" had not been written yet. A line at end of file without a line end is returned with
+    /// <see cref="LastLineTerminated"/> false; the caller decides whether the writer is still in
+    /// it. A line longer than the cap is consumed without being kept: <see cref="ReadLine"/>
+    /// returns an empty string and sets <see cref="LastLineTruncated"/>.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class LogLineReader
+    {
+        private const int ReadBufferSize = 64 * 1024;
+
+        private readonly Stream _stream;
+        private readonly LogTextEncoding _encoding;
+        private readonly int _unit;
+        private readonly int _maxLineBytes;
+        private readonly byte[] _buffer = new byte[ReadBufferSize];
+        private int _pos;
+        private int _len;
+        private long _bufferOffset;
+        private bool _eof;
+        private bool _skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn;
+
+        private byte[] _line = new byte[4096];
+        private int _lineLength;
+
+        /// <param name="stream">Seekable stream positioned at a code-unit boundary.</param>
+        public LogLineReader(Stream stream, LogTextEncoding encoding, int maxLineBytes)
+        {
+            if (stream == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stream));
+            if (encoding == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(encoding));
+            if (maxLineBytes <= 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(maxLineBytes));
+            _stream = stream;
+            _encoding = encoding;
+            _unit = encoding.UnitSize;
+            _maxLineBytes = maxLineBytes;
+            _bufferOffset = stream.Position;
+            _skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn = PrecededByCarriageReturn();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>File offset of the next unread byte, exact.</summary>
+        public long Position => _bufferOffset + _pos;
+
+        /// <summary>File offset of the first byte of the line most recently returned.</summary>
+        public long LastLineStart { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>False for a line that reached end of file without a line end.</summary>
+        public bool LastLineTerminated { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>True when the last line was longer than the cap; it was consumed, not returned.</summary>
+        public bool LastLineTruncated { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>The next line without its line end, or null at end of file.</summary>
+        public string ReadLine()
+        {
+            if (Position == 0 && _encoding.ByteOrderMarkLength > 0 && Ensure(_encoding.ByteOrderMarkLength))
+                _pos += _encoding.ByteOrderMarkLength;
+
+            if (_skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn)
+            {
+                _skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn = false;
+                if (Ensure(_unit) && UnitAt(_pos, _encoding.LineFeed))
+                    _pos += _unit;
+            }
+
+            LastLineStart = Position;
+            LastLineTerminated = false;
+            LastLineTruncated = false;
+            _lineLength = 0;
+
+            while (true)
+            {
+                if (!Ensure(_unit))
+                {
+                    // End of file. A partial code unit (a writer mid-character) belongs to the line.
+                    var rest = _len - _pos;
+                    if (rest > 0)
+                    {
+                        Append(_pos, rest);
+                        _pos = _len;
+                    }
+                    return Position > LastLineStart ? Decode() : null;
+                }
+
+                // Scan the whole code units in the buffer for the next line end and take the text
+                // before it in one copy.
+                var end = _pos + (_len - _pos) / _unit * _unit;
+                var scan = _pos;
+                while (scan < end && !IsLineEnd(scan))
+                    scan += _unit;
+                if (scan > _pos)
+                {
+                    Append(_pos, scan - _pos);
+                    _pos = scan;
+                }
+                if (scan == end)
+                    continue;   // no line end in the buffer yet — refill
+
+                var carriageReturn = !UnitAt(_pos, _encoding.LineFeed);
+                _pos += _unit;
+                if (carriageReturn && Ensure(_unit) && UnitAt(_pos, _encoding.LineFeed))
+                    _pos += _unit;
+                LastLineTerminated = true;
+                return Decode();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private bool IsLineEnd(int offset)
+        {
+            if (_unit == 1)
+            {
+                var b = _buffer[offset];
+                return b == (byte)'\n' || b == (byte)'\r';
+            }
+            return UnitAt(offset, _encoding.LineFeed) || UnitAt(offset, _encoding.CarriageReturn);
+        }
+
+        private bool PrecededByCarriageReturn()
+        {
+            var start = _bufferOffset;
+            if (start - _unit < _encoding.ByteOrderMarkLength) return false;
+            var previous = new byte[_unit];
+            _stream.Seek(start - _unit, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            var read = 0;
+            while (read < _unit)
+            {
+                var n = _stream.Read(previous, read, _unit - read);
+                if (n <= 0) break;
+                read += n;
+            }
+            _stream.Seek(start, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            if (read < _unit) return false;
+            for (var i = 0; i < _unit; i++)
+                if (previous[i] != _encoding.CarriageReturn[i]) return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>At least <paramref name="count"/> unread bytes in the buffer, unless the file ends first.</summary>
+        private bool Ensure(int count)
+        {
+            while (_len - _pos < count)
+            {
+                if (_eof) return false;
+                var remaining = _len - _pos;
+                if (_pos > 0)
+                {
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_buffer, _pos, _buffer, 0, remaining);
+                    _bufferOffset += _pos;
+                    _pos = 0;
+                    _len = remaining;
+                }
+                var read = _stream.Read(_buffer, _len, _buffer.Length - _len);
+                if (read <= 0)
+                {
+                    _eof = true;
+                    return _len - _pos >= count;
+                }
+                _len += read;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private bool UnitAt(int offset, byte[] unit)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < _unit; i++)
+                if (_buffer[offset + i] != unit[i]) return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private void Append(int offset, int count)
+        {
+            var room = _maxLineBytes - _lineLength;
+            if (count > room)
+            {
+                LastLineTruncated = true;
+                count = room;
+                if (count <= 0) return;
+            }
+            if (_lineLength + count > _line.Length)
+            {
+                var grown = new byte[Math.Max(_line.Length * 2, _lineLength + count)];
+                Buffer.BlockCopy(_line, 0, grown, 0, _lineLength);
+                _line = grown;
+            }
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(_buffer, offset, _line, _lineLength, count);
+            _lineLength += count;
+        }
+
+        private string Decode() =>
+            _lineLength == 0 || LastLineTruncated ? string.Empty : _encoding.Encoding.GetString(_line, 0, _lineLength);
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/Collectors/LogParserCollector.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
     {
         public string CollectorType => "logparser";
 
+        /// <summary>A wildcard target reads at most this many files per run, the newest first.</summary>
+        internal const int MaxFilesPerRun = 20;
+
+        /// <summary>Lines one run reads from one file unless the rule sets <c>maxLines</c>.</summary>
+        internal const int DefaultMaxLines = 1000;
+
+        /// <summary>The IME tracker's line bound: a longer physical line is skipped, never matched.</summary>
+        internal const int MaxLineBytes = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Executes the log parser rule. Returns null because logparser emits events directly
         /// via context.OnEventCollected rather than returning a single result dictionary.
@@ -34,7 +43,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
             // Expand custom tokens (%LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE%) and standard environment variables
             var userProfilePath = UserProfileResolver.ContainsUserProfileToken(filePath)
                 ? UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath() : null;
-            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath);
+            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath, userProfilePath);
             if (filePath == null)
             {
                 context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
@@ -84,10 +93,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
             if (rule.Parameters.TryGetValue("trackPosition", out trackPositionStr))
                 bool.TryParse(trackPositionStr, out trackPosition);
 
+            // A value that is no positive number keeps the default: a run capped at 0 lines would
+            // never advance its position, and the rule would read nothing for the whole session.
             string maxLinesStr;
-            int maxLines = 1000;
+            int maxLines = DefaultMaxLines;
             if (rule.Parameters.TryGetValue("maxLines", out maxLinesStr))
-                int.TryParse(maxLinesStr, out maxLines);
+            {
+                int parsedMaxLines;
+                if (int.TryParse(maxLinesStr, out parsedMaxLines) && parsedMaxLines > 0)
+                    maxLines = parsedMaxLines;
+                else
+                    context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
+                        $"maxLines '{maxLinesStr}' is not a positive number — using {DefaultMaxLines}");
+            }
 
             // Determine format: "cmtrace" (default) or "text" for plain text logs
             string formatStr;
@@ -144,7 +162,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
         /// as the event data). Stops after <see cref="MaxTracedMatchesPerFile"/> matches.
         /// </summary>
         private static void TraceMatch(GatherRuleContext context, GatherRule rule, string fileName,
-            int lineNumber, Match match, Regex pattern, int matchNumber)
+            long lineNumber, Match match, Regex pattern, int matchNumber)
         {
             if (matchNumber > MaxTracedMatchesPerFile)
             {
@@ -195,14 +213,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
 
             try
             {
-                // Return matched files sorted by last write time (newest first), capped at 20
+                // Return matched files sorted by last write time (newest first), capped at MaxFilesPerRun
                 var allMatches = Directory.GetFiles(directory, fileNamePart);
-                if (allMatches.Length > 20)
+                if (allMatches.Length > MaxFilesPerRun)
                     context.DebugLog(ruleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
-                        $"wildcard matched {allMatches.Length} files — capped to the 20 newest");
+                        $"wildcard matched {allMatches.Length} files — capped to the {MaxFilesPerRun} newest");
                 return allMatches
                     .OrderByDescending(f => new FileInfo(f).LastWriteTimeUtc)
-                    .Take(20)
+                    .Take(MaxFilesPerRun)
                     .ToList();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -216,183 +234,248 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
         private static void ProcessLogFile(string filePath, GatherRule rule, Regex pattern,
             bool trackPosition, int maxLines, bool isTextMode, GatherRuleContext context)
         {
+            var fileName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
             try
             {
-                var fileInfo = new FileInfo(filePath);
-                long startPosition = trackPosition
-                    ? context.FilePositionTracker.GetSafePosition(filePath, fileInfo.Length)
-                    : 0;
+                var state = context.SessionState;
+                var known = trackPosition ? state.PeekLogPosition(rule.RuleId, filePath) : null;
 
-                // Nothing new to read
-                if (startPosition >= fileInfo.Length)
+                // Nothing new since the last run — decided from the length alone, without opening the file.
+                var length = new FileInfo(filePath).Length;
+                if (known != null && known.Position == length)
                 {
                     context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
-                        $"{Path.GetFileName(filePath)}: no new content (position {startPosition} >= length {fileInfo.Length}) — trackPosition=true, nothing re-read");
+                        $"{fileName}: no new content (position {known.Position} >= length {length}) — trackPosition=true, nothing re-read" +
+                        (known.FromPreviousRun ? "; position saved by a previous agent run" : ""));
                     return;
                 }
 
+                // A last line without a line end is usually one its writer is still in. An interval
+                // rule leaves it for its next run, once. A one-shot trigger may have no next run, so it
+                // reads the line now but saves the position before it: the next run reads it again,
+                // whole — at worst a match repeats, it is never split.
+                var isInterval = string.Equals(rule.Trigger, "interval", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                var mayHoldTail = trackPosition && isInterval;
+                var tailReadAgainNextRun = false;
+
                 int matchCount = 0;
                 int linesRead = 0;
+                int committedLines = 0;
                 int parseFailCount = 0;
                 int timeoutCount = 0;
-                long endPosition = startPosition;
+                int oversizedCount = 0;
+                long startPosition;
+                long endPosition;
+                long lineNumberBase;
+                long fileLength;
+                long heldTailStart = -1;
+                LogFileHead head;
+                LogTextEncoding encoding;
 
                 using (var stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
                 {
+                    fileLength = stream.Length;
+                    head = LogFileHead.Read(stream);
+                    encoding = head.Encoding;
+
+                    LogReadStart start;
+                    startPosition = encoding.AlignDown(GatherRuleSessionState.ResolveStart(known, fileLength, head, out start));
+                    lineNumberBase = start == LogReadStart.Continue ? known.LineNumber : 0;
+                    TraceReadStart(context, rule, fileName, known, start, fileLength);
+
                     stream.Seek(startPosition, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                    var reader = new LogLineReader(stream, encoding, MaxLineBytes);
+                    endPosition = startPosition;
 
-                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
+                    while (linesRead < maxLines)
                     {
-                        string line;
-                        while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null && linesRead < maxLines)
+                        var line = reader.ReadLine();
+                        if (line == null)
                         {
-                            linesRead++;
-
-                            if (isTextMode)
-                            {
-                                // Text mode: match regex directly against the raw line
-                                Match match;
-                                try
-                                {
-                                    match = pattern.Match(line);
-                                }
-                                catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
-                                {
-                                    timeoutCount++;
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-                                if (!match.Success)
-                                    continue;
-
-                                var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
-                                foreach (var groupName in pattern.GetGroupNames())
-                                {
-                                    if (groupName == "0") continue;
-                                    var group = match.Groups[groupName];
-                                    if (group.Success)
-                                        data[groupName] = group.Value;
-                                }
-
-                                data["logLine"] = TruncateMessage(line, 500);
-                                data["logLineNumber"] = linesRead;
-                                data["logFile"] = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
-                                data["ruleId"] = rule.RuleId;
-                                data["ruleTitle"] = rule.Title;
-                                GatherRuleExecutor.StampRuleMarkers(rule, data);
-
-                                var eventType = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(rule.OutputEventType)
-                                    ? rule.OutputEventType
-                                    : "logparser_match";
-                                var severity = GatherRuleContext.ParseSeverity(rule.OutputSeverity);
-
-                                context.OnEventCollected(new EnrollmentEvent
-                                {
-                                    SessionId = context.SessionId,
-                                    TenantId = context.TenantId,
-                                    Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
-                                    EventType = eventType,
-                                    Severity = severity,
-                                    Source = GatherRuleExecutor.SourceName,
-                                    Message = $"Gather: {rule.Title}",
-                                    Data = data
-                                });
-
-                                matchCount++;
-                                TraceMatch(context, rule, Path.GetFileName(filePath), linesRead, match, pattern, matchCount);
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // CMTrace mode: parse line as CMTrace format, match regex against message
-                                CmTraceLogEntry entry;
-                                if (!CmTraceLogParser.TryParseLine(line, out entry))
-                                {
-                                    parseFailCount++;
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-
-                                Match match;
-                                try
-                                {
-                                    match = pattern.Match(entry.Message);
-                                }
-                                catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
-                                {
-                                    timeoutCount++;
-                                    continue;
-                                }
-                                if (!match.Success)
-                                    continue;
-
-                                var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
-                                foreach (var groupName in pattern.GetGroupNames())
-                                {
-                                    if (groupName == "0") continue;
-                                    var group = match.Groups[groupName];
-                                    if (group.Success)
-                                        data[groupName] = group.Value;
-                                }
-
-                                // Gather-rule logs are arbitrary files this collector does not
-                                // tail, so no writer offset can be measured for them; the
-                                // reader-zone fallback carries its known defect (see
-                                // ResolveUtcAssumingReaderZone). Behaviour unchanged from before
-                                // the parser split.
-                                var entryUtc = entry.TimestampUtc
-                                    ?? (entry.HasTimestamp
-                                        ? CmTraceLogParser.ResolveUtcAssumingReaderZone(entry.LocalTimestamp)
-                                        : DateTime.UtcNow);
-                                data["logTimestamp"] = entryUtc.ToString("o");
-                                data["logComponent"] = entry.Component;
-                                data["logType"] = entry.Type;
-                                data["logMessage"] = TruncateMessage(entry.Message, 500);
-                                data["logFile"] = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
-                                data["ruleId"] = rule.RuleId;
-                                data["ruleTitle"] = rule.Title;
-                                GatherRuleExecutor.StampRuleMarkers(rule, data);
-
-                                var eventType = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(rule.OutputEventType)
-                                    ? rule.OutputEventType
-                                    : "logparser_match";
-                                var severity = MapCmTraceTypeToSeverity(entry.Type, rule.OutputSeverity);
-
-                                context.OnEventCollected(new EnrollmentEvent
-                                {
-                                    SessionId = context.SessionId,
-                                    TenantId = context.TenantId,
-                                    Timestamp = entryUtc,
-                                    EventType = eventType,
-                                    Severity = severity,
-                                    Source = GatherRuleExecutor.SourceName,
-                                    Message = $"Gather: {rule.Title}",
-                                    Data = data
-                                });
-
-                                matchCount++;
-                                TraceMatch(context, rule, Path.GetFileName(filePath), linesRead, match, pattern, matchCount);
-                            }
+                            // End of file. A "\n" the reader skipped behind the "\r" the previous run
+                            // ended on is consumed too — unless a kept tail must be read again.
+                            if (!tailReadAgainNextRun)
+                                endPosition = reader.Position;
+                            break;
                         }
 
-                        // Capture the final stream position after reading
-                        endPosition = stream.Position;
+                        var unfinished = !reader.LastLineTerminated;
+                        if (unfinished && mayHoldTail
+                            && (known == null || known.HeldTailStart != reader.LastLineStart))
+                        {
+                            heldTailStart = reader.LastLineStart;
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        linesRead++;
+                        var lineNumber = lineNumberBase + linesRead;
+                        if (unfinished && trackPosition && !isInterval)
+                        {
+                            tailReadAgainNextRun = true;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            endPosition = reader.Position;
+                            committedLines = linesRead;
+                        }
+
+                        if (reader.LastLineTruncated)
+                        {
+                            oversizedCount++;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if (isTextMode)
+                        {
+                            // Text mode: match regex directly against the raw line
+                            Match match;
+                            try
+                            {
+                                match = pattern.Match(line);
+                            }
+                            catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
+                            {
+                                timeoutCount++;
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            if (!match.Success)
+                                continue;
+
+                            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+                            foreach (var groupName in pattern.GetGroupNames())
+                            {
+                                if (groupName == "0") continue;
+                                var group = match.Groups[groupName];
+                                if (group.Success)
+                                    data[groupName] = group.Value;
+                            }
+
+                            data["logLine"] = TruncateMessage(line, 500);
+                            data["logLineNumber"] = lineNumber;
+                            data["logFile"] = fileName;
+                            data["ruleId"] = rule.RuleId;
+                            data["ruleTitle"] = rule.Title;
+                            GatherRuleExecutor.StampRuleMarkers(rule, data);
+
+                            var eventType = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(rule.OutputEventType)
+                                ? rule.OutputEventType
+                                : "logparser_match";
+                            var severity = GatherRuleContext.ParseSeverity(rule.OutputSeverity);
+
+                            context.OnEventCollected(new EnrollmentEvent
+                            {
+                                SessionId = context.SessionId,
+                                TenantId = context.TenantId,
+                                Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
+                                EventType = eventType,
+                                Severity = severity,
+                                Source = GatherRuleExecutor.SourceName,
+                                Message = $"Gather: {rule.Title}",
+                                Data = data
+                            });
+
+                            matchCount++;
+                            TraceMatch(context, rule, fileName, lineNumber, match, pattern, matchCount);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // CMTrace mode: parse line as CMTrace format, match regex against message
+                            CmTraceLogEntry entry;
+                            if (!CmTraceLogParser.TryParseLine(line, out entry))
+                            {
+                                parseFailCount++;
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
+                            Match match;
+                            try
+                            {
+                                match = pattern.Match(entry.Message);
+                            }
+                            catch (RegexMatchTimeoutException)
+                            {
+                                timeoutCount++;
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            if (!match.Success)
+                                continue;
+
+                            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+                            foreach (var groupName in pattern.GetGroupNames())
+                            {
+                                if (groupName == "0") continue;
+                                var group = match.Groups[groupName];
+                                if (group.Success)
+                                    data[groupName] = group.Value;
+                            }
+
+                            // Gather-rule logs are arbitrary files this collector does not
+                            // tail, so no writer offset can be measured for them; the
+                            // reader-zone fallback carries its known defect (see
+                            // ResolveUtcAssumingReaderZone). Behaviour unchanged from before
+                            // the parser split.
+                            var entryUtc = entry.TimestampUtc
+                                ?? (entry.HasTimestamp
+                                    ? CmTraceLogParser.ResolveUtcAssumingReaderZone(entry.LocalTimestamp)
+                                    : DateTime.UtcNow);
+                            data["logTimestamp"] = entryUtc.ToString("o");
+                            data["logComponent"] = entry.Component;
+                            data["logType"] = entry.Type;
+                            data["logMessage"] = TruncateMessage(entry.Message, 500);
+                            data["logFile"] = fileName;
+                            data["ruleId"] = rule.RuleId;
+                            data["ruleTitle"] = rule.Title;
+                            GatherRuleExecutor.StampRuleMarkers(rule, data);
+
+                            var eventType = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(rule.OutputEventType)
+                                ? rule.OutputEventType
+                                : "logparser_match";
+                            var severity = MapCmTraceTypeToSeverity(entry.Type, rule.OutputSeverity);
+
+                            context.OnEventCollected(new EnrollmentEvent
+                            {
+                                SessionId = context.SessionId,
+                                TenantId = context.TenantId,
+                                Timestamp = entryUtc,
+                                EventType = eventType,
+                                Severity = severity,
+                                Source = GatherRuleExecutor.SourceName,
+                                Message = $"Gather: {rule.Title}",
+                                Data = data
+                            });
+
+                            matchCount++;
+                            TraceMatch(context, rule, fileName, lineNumber, match, pattern, matchCount);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
+                // Saved only now, after every event of this file went out: a process that dies
+                // before this line repeats the file's new lines after the restart, never skips them.
                 if (trackPosition)
-                    context.FilePositionTracker.SetPosition(filePath, endPosition);
+                    state.CommitLogPosition(rule.RuleId, filePath, endPosition, lineNumberBase + committedLines, head, heldTailStart);
 
                 if (matchCount > 0)
-                    context.Logger.Debug($"LogParser rule {rule.RuleId}: {matchCount} matches from {linesRead} lines in {Path.GetFileName(filePath)}");
+                    context.Logger.Debug($"LogParser rule {rule.RuleId}: {matchCount} matches from {linesRead} lines in {fileName}");
 
                 // Per-file outcome — always written so a "matched 0" run is visible too.
                 context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
-                    $"{Path.GetFileName(filePath)}: read {linesRead} lines from position {startPosition}->{endPosition}, " +
-                    $"matched {matchCount}, parseFailures={parseFailCount}, regexTimeouts={timeoutCount}, mode={(isTextMode ? "text" : "cmtrace")}");
+                    $"{fileName}: read {linesRead} lines from position {startPosition}->{endPosition}, " +
+                    $"matched {matchCount}, parseFailures={parseFailCount}, regexTimeouts={timeoutCount}, mode={(isTextMode ? "text" : "cmtrace")}, encoding={encoding.Name}" +
+                    (oversizedCount > 0 ? $", skipped {oversizedCount} line(s) over {MaxLineBytes / (1024 * 1024)} MB" : ""));
+
+                if (heldTailStart >= 0)
+                    context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
+                        $"{fileName}: last line has no line end yet — left for the next run, read then even if still unfinished");
+                else if (tailReadAgainNextRun)
+                    context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
+                        $"{fileName}: last line has no line end yet — read now and again by the next run, position kept before it");
 
                 if (!isTextMode && linesRead > 0 && parseFailCount == linesRead)
                     context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
                         "every line failed CMTrace parsing — if this is a plain-text log, set parameter format=text");
 
-                if (linesRead == maxLines)
+                if (linesRead == maxLines && endPosition < fileLength)
                     context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
                         $"stopped at maxLines={maxLines} — remaining content is deferred to the next run");
             }
@@ -403,6 +486,27 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
             }
         }
 
+        private static void TraceReadStart(GatherRuleContext context, GatherRule rule, string fileName,
+            LogPositionSnapshot known, LogReadStart start, long fileLength)
+        {
+            if (start == LogReadStart.Shrunk)
+            {
+                context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
+                    $"{fileName}: file is shorter than the saved position (length {fileLength} < {known.Position}) — truncated or recreated, reading from the beginning");
+            }
+            else if (start == LogReadStart.Replaced)
+            {
+                context.Logger.Info($"LogParser rule {rule.RuleId}: {fileName} was replaced since the last read — reading it from the beginning");
+                context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
+                    $"{fileName}: file start changed since the last read (replaced or rewritten) — saved position {known.Position} discarded, reading from the beginning");
+            }
+            else if (start == LogReadStart.Continue && known.FromPreviousRun)
+            {
+                context.DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageLogParser,
+                    $"{fileName}: continuing at position {known.Position} (after line {known.LineNumber}) saved by a previous agent run");
+            }
+        }
+
         private static EventSeverity MapCmTraceTypeToSeverity(int cmTraceType, string ruleOverride)
         {
             // If the rule specifies a severity, use it

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/Collectors/XmlCollector.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors
             // Expand custom tokens (%LOGGED_ON_USER_PROFILE%) and standard environment variables
             var userProfilePath = UserProfileResolver.ContainsUserProfileToken(filePath)
                 ? UserProfileResolver.GetLoggedOnUserProfilePath() : null;
-            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath);
+            filePath = UserProfileResolver.ExpandCustomTokens(filePath, userProfilePath);
             if (filePath == null)
                 return data; // Token present but no user logged on — skip silently
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/GatherRuleContext.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment;
-using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
@@ -19,7 +18,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
         public string TenantId { get; }
         public Action<EnrollmentEvent> OnEventCollected { get; }
         public string ImeLogPathOverride { get; }
-        public LogFilePositionTracker FilePositionTracker { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Logparser positions per (rule, file) and on_change values; survives agent restarts when persisted.</summary>
+        public GatherRuleSessionState SessionState { get; }
+
         public bool UnrestrictedMode { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
             string tenantId,
             Action<EnrollmentEvent> onEventCollected,
             string imeLogPathOverride,
-            LogFilePositionTracker filePositionTracker,
+            GatherRuleSessionState sessionState,
             GatherRuleDebugLog debugLog = null)
         {
             Logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
             TenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
             OnEventCollected = onEventCollected ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(onEventCollected));
             ImeLogPathOverride = imeLogPathOverride;
-            FilePositionTracker = filePositionTracker ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(filePositionTracker));
+            SessionState = sessionState ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionState));
             DebugWriter = debugLog;
         }
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/GatherRuleExecutor.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment;
-using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
 
         private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
         private readonly GatherRuleDebugLog _debug;   // null unless EnableGatherRuleDebugLog / --gather-debug-log
+        private readonly GatherRuleSessionState _state;
         private readonly GatherRuleContext _context;
         private readonly Dictionary<string, IGatherRuleCollector> _collectors;
 
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
 
         // Phase-scope + emit-mode state (ActivePhases / ActiveFromPhase / EmitMode on GatherRule).
         // Guarded by _scopeLock; collector work always runs outside the lock. The state deliberately
-        // survives UpdateRules config refreshes — an agent restart causes at most one re-emit per
-        // on_change rule (acceptable under the per-enrollment lifecycle).
+        // survives UpdateRules config refreshes. Across agent restarts only the last emitted hash
+        // survives: it is seeded from _state and committed there after each emit, so an unchanged
+        // on_change result stays silent after a reboot. Phase latches, dedup sets and the
+        // suppression streak are process-scoped.
         private readonly object _scopeLock = new object();
         private EnrollmentPhase _currentPhase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown;
         private readonly HashSet<string> _fromPhaseLatched = new HashSet<string>();
         private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _lastEmittedHash = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _hashFromPreviousRun = new HashSet<string>();
         private readonly Dictionary<string, (int Count, DateTime SinceUtc)> _suppressed =
             new Dictionary<string, (int Count, DateTime SinceUtc)>();
         private readonly HashSet<string> _scopeBypassLogged = new HashSet<string>();
@@ -77,9 +80,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
             set { _context.UnrestrictedMode = value; }
         }
 
+        /// <param name="stateDirectory">
+        /// Where logparser positions and on_change values are kept across agent restarts. Null keeps
+        /// them in memory — required for <c>--run-gather-rules</c>, which runs beside the live agent
+        /// under a throwaway session id and must not overwrite the session's file.
+        /// </param>
         public GatherRuleExecutor(string sessionId, string tenantId, Action<EnrollmentEvent> onEventCollected,
             AgentLogger logger, string imeLogPathOverride = null, string debugLogPath = null,
-            Action<string> debugEcho = null)
+            Action<string> debugEcho = null, string stateDirectory = null)
         {
             if (sessionId == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
             if (tenantId == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
@@ -89,8 +97,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
             _logger = logger;
             _debug = string.IsNullOrEmpty(debugLogPath) ? null : new GatherRuleDebugLog(debugLogPath, logger, debugEcho);
 
-            var filePositionTracker = new LogFilePositionTracker();
-            _context = new GatherRuleContext(logger, sessionId, tenantId, onEventCollected, imeLogPathOverride, filePositionTracker, _debug);
+            var persistence = string.IsNullOrEmpty(stateDirectory) ? null : new GatherRuleStatePersistence(stateDirectory, logger);
+            _state = new GatherRuleSessionState(sessionId, persistence, logger);
+            _context = new GatherRuleContext(logger, sessionId, tenantId, onEventCollected, imeLogPathOverride, _state, _debug);
+
+            foreach (var hash in _state.GetEmittedHashes())
+            {
+                _lastEmittedHash[hash.Key] = hash.Value;
+                _hashFromPreviousRun.Add(hash.Key);
+            }
+            _logger.Info($"GatherRuleExecutor: gather state {_state.RestoreSummary}");
+            DebugLog(null, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageConfig, $"gather state: {_state.RestoreSummary}");
+            foreach (var detail in _state.RestoredDetails)
+                DebugLog(detail.Key, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageConfig, detail.Value);
 
             // Register all collector strategies
             var collectorList = new IGatherRuleCollector[]
@@ -480,14 +499,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
                     // empty result never reaches this point, so an emitOnlyIfExists miss neither
                     // emits nor updates the hash — composing to "one event on appearance, then
                     // only on change".
+                    string emittedHash = null;
                     if (IsOnChangeMode(rule))
                     {
                         string hashPrefix;
                         int suppressedStreak;
-                        if (!ShouldEmitOnChange(rule, result, out hashPrefix, out suppressedStreak))
+                        bool comparedWithPreviousRun;
+                        if (!ShouldEmitOnChange(rule, result, out emittedHash, out hashPrefix, out suppressedStreak, out comparedWithPreviousRun))
                         {
                             DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageSuppress,
-                                $"result unchanged (hash {hashPrefix}) — emit suppressed (on_change), suppressed streak={suppressedStreak}");
+                                $"result unchanged (hash {hashPrefix}) — emit suppressed (on_change), suppressed streak={suppressedStreak}" +
+                                (comparedWithPreviousRun ? "; compared with the value a previous agent run emitted" : ""));
                             return;
                         }
                         DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageEmit,
@@ -524,6 +546,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
                         Message = $"Gather: {rule.Title}",
                         Data = result
                     });
+
+                    // Committed only after the event went out: a process that dies in between emits
+                    // the result once more after the restart instead of never.
+                    if (emittedHash != null)
+                        _state.CommitEmittedHash(rule.RuleId, emittedHash);
+
                     DebugLog(rule.RuleId, GatherRuleDebugLog.StageEmit,
                         $"emitted {eventType} (severity={severity}, {result.Count} fields)");
                 }
@@ -679,9 +707,23 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
         internal bool ShouldEmitOnChange(GatherRule rule, Dictionary<string, object> result,
             out string hashPrefix, out int suppressedStreak)
         {
-            var hash = ComputeCanonicalHash(result);
+            string hash;
+            bool comparedWithPreviousRun;
+            return ShouldEmitOnChange(rule, result, out hash, out hashPrefix, out suppressedStreak, out comparedWithPreviousRun);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Full form: <paramref name="hash"/> is the result's canonical hash, committed to the session
+        /// state once the event went out; <paramref name="comparedWithPreviousRun"/> says a suppression
+        /// compared against the value a previous agent run emitted.
+        /// </summary>
+        private bool ShouldEmitOnChange(GatherRule rule, Dictionary<string, object> result,
+            out string hash, out string hashPrefix, out int suppressedStreak, out bool comparedWithPreviousRun)
+        {
+            hash = ComputeCanonicalHash(result);
             hashPrefix = hash.Length > 8 ? hash.Substring(0, 8) : hash;
             suppressedStreak = 0;
+            comparedWithPreviousRun = false;
             bool emit;
             lock (_scopeLock)
             {
@@ -693,11 +735,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
                         ? (streak.Count + 1, streak.SinceUtc)
                         : (1, DateTime.UtcNow);
                     suppressedStreak = _suppressed[rule.RuleId].Count;
+                    comparedWithPreviousRun = _hashFromPreviousRun.Contains(rule.RuleId);
                     emit = false;
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     _lastEmittedHash[rule.RuleId] = hash;
+                    _hashFromPreviousRun.Remove(rule.RuleId);
                     (int Count, DateTime SinceUtc) streak;
                     if (_suppressed.TryGetValue(rule.RuleId, out streak) && streak.Count > 0)
                     {
@@ -820,6 +864,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
             StopAllTimers();
             _startupRulesLatch?.Dispose();
             _startupRulesLatch = null;
+            // A rule still finishing on a pool thread keeps its in-memory state but no longer writes:
+            // the agent may be removing its own folder right now.
+            _state.Close();
         }
     }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/GatherRuleSessionState.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,399 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.Collectors;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gather-rule state of one enrollment session that survives agent restarts: where each
+    /// logparser rule stopped reading each file, and the on_change value each rule last emitted.
+    /// <para>
+    /// Positions are kept per (rule, file) — two rules parsing the same log each read all of it.
+    /// Every position carries a fingerprint of the file's first bytes, so a file replaced under
+    /// the same name is read from the beginning even when it is already longer than the position.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Every commit is written to disk synchronously, AFTER the events it covers were handed on:
+    /// a process that dies in between repeats that one pass after the restart instead of losing it.
+    /// The lock guards memory and file write together and is never taken under the executor's
+    /// scope lock. Without a persistence (diagnostic mode, tests) the state lives in memory only.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class GatherRuleSessionState
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Files remembered per rule. A run reads at most <see cref="LogParserCollector.MaxFilesPerRun"/>
+        /// files; the least recently touched entry beyond the cap is dropped, and its file — should it
+        /// come back — is simply read again.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal const int MaxLogFilesPerRule = 5 * LogParserCollector.MaxFilesPerRun;
+
+        private static readonly char[] WildcardChars = { '*', '?' };
+
+        private readonly object _gate = new object();
+        private readonly string _sessionId;
+        private readonly GatherRuleStatePersistence _persistence;
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Entry>> _logPositions =
+            new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Entry>>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _emittedHashes = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private readonly List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> _restoredDetails = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
+        private long _touchCounter;
+        private bool _unsaved;
+        private bool _saveFailureLogged;
+        private bool _closed;
+
+        private sealed class Entry
+        {
+            public long Position;
+            public long LineNumber;
+            public int HeadLength;
+            public string HeadHash;
+            public bool FromPreviousRun;
+            public long HeldTailStart = -1;
+            public long LastTouched;
+        }
+
+        public GatherRuleSessionState(string sessionId, GatherRuleStatePersistence persistence, AgentLogger logger)
+        {
+            _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
+            _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            _persistence = persistence;
+            RestoreSummary = Restore();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>One line on what the constructor found on disk — for the agent log and the debug trace.</summary>
+        public string RestoreSummary { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>(ruleId, message) per restored position and on_change value — for the debug trace.</summary>
+        internal IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, string>> RestoredDetails => _restoredDetails;
+
+        // ===== logparser positions =====
+
+        /// <summary>The recorded position of <paramref name="filePath"/> for the rule, or null when it has none.</summary>
+        internal LogPositionSnapshot PeekLogPosition(string ruleId, string filePath)
+        {
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                Dictionary<string, Entry> files;
+                Entry entry;
+                if (!_logPositions.TryGetValue(ruleId, out files) || !files.TryGetValue(filePath, out entry))
+                    return null;
+                entry.LastTouched = ++_touchCounter;
+                return new LogPositionSnapshot(entry.Position, entry.LineNumber, entry.HeadLength, entry.HeadHash,
+                    entry.FromPreviousRun, entry.HeldTailStart);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Records where the rule stopped in the file and saves the state when it changed.
+        /// <paramref name="heldTailStart"/> (in memory only) marks an unfinished last line left for
+        /// the next run; -1 when none.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void CommitLogPosition(string ruleId, string filePath, long position, long lineNumber,
+            LogFileHead head, long heldTailStart)
+        {
+            var headLength = head.Length;
+            var headHash = headLength > 0 ? head.Hash(headLength) : null;
+
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                Dictionary<string, Entry> files;
+                if (!_logPositions.TryGetValue(ruleId, out files))
+                {
+                    files = new Dictionary<string, Entry>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    _logPositions[ruleId] = files;
+                }
+
+                Entry entry;
+                var changed = false;
+                if (!files.TryGetValue(filePath, out entry))
+                {
+                    entry = new Entry();
+                    files[filePath] = entry;
+                    changed = true;
+                }
+
+                if (changed || entry.Position != position || entry.LineNumber != lineNumber
+                    || entry.HeadLength != headLength || !string.Equals(entry.HeadHash, headHash, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                {
+                    entry.Position = position;
+                    entry.LineNumber = lineNumber;
+                    entry.HeadLength = headLength;
+                    entry.HeadHash = headHash;
+                    entry.FromPreviousRun = false;
+                    changed = true;
+                }
+                entry.HeldTailStart = heldTailStart;
+                entry.LastTouched = ++_touchCounter;
+
+                if (files.Count > MaxLogFilesPerRule)
+                    EvictLeastRecentlyTouched(ruleId, files);
+
+                if (changed || _unsaved)
+                    SaveLocked();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Where to continue reading: the recorded position while the file is still the one it was
+        /// recorded for, otherwise 0 with the reason.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static long ResolveStart(LogPositionSnapshot known, long fileLength, LogFileHead head, out LogReadStart start)
+        {
+            if (known == null)
+            {
+                start = LogReadStart.FirstRead;
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (fileLength < known.Position)
+            {
+                start = LogReadStart.Shrunk;
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (known.HeadLength > 0
+                && (head.Length < known.HeadLength
+                    || !string.Equals(head.Hash(known.HeadLength), known.HeadHash, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
+            {
+                start = LogReadStart.Replaced;
+                return 0;
+            }
+            start = LogReadStart.Continue;
+            return known.Position;
+        }
+
+        // ===== on_change values =====
+
+        /// <summary>Rule id → hash of the result the rule last emitted.</summary>
+        internal Dictionary<string, string> GetEmittedHashes()
+        {
+            lock (_gate)
+                return new Dictionary<string, string>(_emittedHashes, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Records the hash of a result that was just emitted and saves the state when it changed.</summary>
+        internal void CommitEmittedHash(string ruleId, string hash)
+        {
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                string current;
+                var changed = !_emittedHashes.TryGetValue(ruleId, out current)
+                              || !string.Equals(current, hash, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+                _emittedHashes[ruleId] = hash;
+                if (changed || _unsaved)
+                    SaveLocked();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Retries a save that failed earlier, then stops writing (executor disposed).</summary>
+        internal void Close()
+        {
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                if (_unsaved)
+                    SaveLocked();
+                _closed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // ===== persistence =====
+
+        private void SaveLocked()
+        {
+            if (_persistence == null || _closed)
+            {
+                _unsaved = false;
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var data = new GatherRuleStateData
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                SavedAtUtc = DateTime.UtcNow,
+                LogPositions = _logPositions
+                    .SelectMany(rule => rule.Value.Select(file => new { RuleId = rule.Key, Path = file.Key, Entry = file.Value }))
+                    .OrderBy(x => x.Entry.LastTouched)
+                    .Select(x => new GatherLogPositionData
+                    {
+                        RuleId = x.RuleId,
+                        Path = x.Path,
+                        Position = x.Entry.Position,
+                        LineNumber = x.Entry.LineNumber,
+                        HeadLength = x.Entry.HeadLength,
+                        HeadHash = x.Entry.HeadHash,
+                    })
+                    .ToList(),
+                OnChangeHashes = new Dictionary<string, string>(_emittedHashes, StringComparer.Ordinal),
+            };
+
+            if (_persistence.Save(data))
+            {
+                _unsaved = false;
+                _saveFailureLogged = false;
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _unsaved = true;
+            if (!_saveFailureLogged)
+            {
+                _saveFailureLogged = true;
+                _logger.Warning($"GatherRuleSessionState: saving {_persistence.StateFilePath} failed — kept in memory, retried at the next change");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string Restore()
+        {
+            if (_persistence == null)
+                return "persistence off (no state directory) — positions and on_change values live in memory only";
+
+            string discardReason;
+            var data = _persistence.Load(_sessionId, out discardReason);
+            if (data == null)
+            {
+                return discardReason == null
+                    ? "no saved state — first agent run of this session"
+                    : $"saved state discarded ({discardReason}) — starting fresh";
+            }
+
+            // The file is input like any other: whatever it holds, the executor must come up. A
+            // failure here would otherwise stop every collector host, at every restart of the session.
+            try
+            {
+                return RestoreFrom(data);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logPositions.Clear();
+                _emittedHashes.Clear();
+                _restoredDetails.Clear();
+                _logger.Warning($"GatherRuleSessionState: restoring {_persistence.StateFilePath} failed, starting fresh: {ex.Message}");
+                return $"saved state discarded (restore failed: {ex.Message}) — starting fresh";
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string RestoreFrom(GatherRuleStateData data)
+        {
+            var dropped = 0;
+            foreach (var position in data.LogPositions ?? new List<GatherLogPositionData>())
+            {
+                if (!IsValid(position))
+                {
+                    dropped++;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                Dictionary<string, Entry> files;
+                if (!_logPositions.TryGetValue(position.RuleId, out files))
+                {
+                    files = new Dictionary<string, Entry>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                    _logPositions[position.RuleId] = files;
+                }
+                files[position.Path] = new Entry
+                {
+                    Position = position.Position,
+                    LineNumber = position.LineNumber,
+                    HeadLength = position.HeadLength,
+                    HeadHash = position.HeadLength > 0 ? position.HeadHash : null,
+                    FromPreviousRun = true,
+                    LastTouched = ++_touchCounter,
+                };
+                if (files.Count > MaxLogFilesPerRule)
+                    EvictLeastRecentlyTouched(position.RuleId, files);
+            }
+
+            foreach (var hash in data.OnChangeHashes ?? new Dictionary<string, string>())
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(hash.Key) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(hash.Value))
+                {
+                    dropped++;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                _emittedHashes[hash.Key] = hash.Value;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var rule in _logPositions)
+            {
+                foreach (var file in rule.Value)
+                {
+                    _restoredDetails.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>(rule.Key,
+                        $"logparser position restored: {Path.GetFileName(file.Key)} at byte {file.Value.Position}, after line {file.Value.LineNumber}"));
+                }
+            }
+            foreach (var hash in _emittedHashes)
+            {
+                _restoredDetails.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>(hash.Key,
+                    $"on_change value restored (hash {Prefix(hash.Value)}) — an unchanged result stays silent"));
+            }
+
+            var positionCount = _logPositions.Sum(rule => rule.Value.Count);
+            return $"restored {positionCount} logparser position(s) for {_logPositions.Count} rule(s) and {_emittedHashes.Count} on_change value(s), " +
+                   $"saved {data.SavedAtUtc:yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ} by a previous agent run of this session" +
+                   (dropped > 0 ? $"; {dropped} invalid entr{(dropped == 1 ? "y" : "ies")} dropped" : "") +
+                   " — logparser rules continue after their saved position, on_change rules stay silent until their result changes";
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsValid(GatherLogPositionData position)
+        {
+            if (position == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(position.RuleId) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(position.Path))
+                return false;
+            // A real resolved path never carries these; Path APIs throw on them under .NET Framework.
+            if (position.Path.IndexOfAny(Path.GetInvalidPathChars()) >= 0 || position.Path.IndexOfAny(WildcardChars) >= 0)
+                return false;
+            if (position.Position < 0 || position.LineNumber < 0)
+                return false;
+            if (position.HeadLength < 0 || position.HeadLength > LogFileHead.MaxBytes)
+                return false;
+            if (position.HeadLength > 0 && string.IsNullOrEmpty(position.HeadHash))
+                return false;
+            // Reading any byte records a non-empty head; a position without one cannot be verified.
+            return position.Position == 0 || position.HeadLength > 0;
+        }
+
+        private void EvictLeastRecentlyTouched(string ruleId, Dictionary<string, Entry> files)
+        {
+            var oldest = files.OrderBy(file => file.Value.LastTouched).First();
+            files.Remove(oldest.Key);
+            _logger.Info($"GatherRuleSessionState: rule {ruleId} tracks more than {MaxLogFilesPerRule} files — forgot the position of {Path.GetFileName(oldest.Key)}");
+        }
+
+        private static string Prefix(string hash) => hash.Length > 8 ? hash.Substring(0, 8) : hash;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Immutable copy of a recorded logparser position.</summary>
+    internal sealed class LogPositionSnapshot
+    {
+        public LogPositionSnapshot(long position, long lineNumber, int headLength, string headHash,
+            bool fromPreviousRun, long heldTailStart)
+        {
+            Position = position;
+            LineNumber = lineNumber;
+            HeadLength = headLength;
+            HeadHash = headHash;
+            FromPreviousRun = fromPreviousRun;
+            HeldTailStart = heldTailStart;
+        }
+
+        public long Position { get; }
+        public long LineNumber { get; }
+        public int HeadLength { get; }
+        public string HeadHash { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Restored from disk and not advanced by this process yet.</summary>
+        public bool FromPreviousRun { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Start of an unfinished last line left for this run by the previous one; -1 when none.</summary>
+        public long HeldTailStart { get; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>How <see cref="GatherRuleSessionState.ResolveStart"/> decided where reading starts.</summary>
+    internal enum LogReadStart
+    {
+        FirstRead,
+        Continue,
+        Shrunk,
+        Replaced,
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Telemetry/Gather/GatherRuleStatePersistence.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Persists <see cref="GatherRuleSessionState"/> in the agent's state directory so one
+    /// enrollment's logparser positions and on_change values survive agent restarts, reboots and
+    /// the WhiteGlove Part 2 resume.
+    /// <para>
+    /// The state is only resumed for the SAME session id: the state directory is one fixed folder
+    /// that a session rotation does not clear, and the new session starts empty in the backend, so
+    /// it must read its logs from the beginning.
+    /// </para>
+    /// Fail-soft like <c>BandwidthStatePersistence</c>: I/O errors never throw; a missing, corrupt
+    /// or foreign file loads as null (fresh start — the pre-persistence behavior).
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GatherRuleStatePersistence
+    {
+        public const string FileName = "gather-rule-state.json";
+
+        private const string SourceName = "GatherRuleStatePersistence";
+
+        private readonly string _stateDirectory;
+        private readonly string _stateFilePath;
+        private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+
+        public GatherRuleStatePersistence(string stateDirectory, AgentLogger logger)
+        {
+            _stateDirectory = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(stateDirectory);
+            _stateFilePath = Path.Combine(_stateDirectory, FileName);
+            _logger = logger;
+        }
+
+        public string StateFilePath => _stateFilePath;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads the persisted state, or null when absent, unreadable, or written for a different
+        /// session. <paramref name="discardReason"/> is null when there simply was no file.
+        /// </summary>
+        public GatherRuleStateData Load(string expectedSessionId, out string discardReason)
+        {
+            discardReason = null;
+            if (!File.Exists(_stateFilePath)) return null;
+            try
+            {
+                var json = File.ReadAllText(_stateFilePath);
+                var state = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GatherRuleStateData>(json);
+                if (state == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(state.SessionId))
+                {
+                    discardReason = "state file empty or invalid";
+                    _logger.Warning($"[{SourceName}] persisted state file was empty or invalid — starting fresh");
+                    return null;
+                }
+                if (!string.Equals(state.SessionId, expectedSessionId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    discardReason = $"saved for session {state.SessionId}, current session is {expectedSessionId}";
+                    _logger.Warning($"[{SourceName}] persisted state belongs to session {state.SessionId}, not {expectedSessionId} — starting fresh");
+                    return null;
+                }
+                return state;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                discardReason = $"state file unreadable: {ex.Message}";
+                _logger.Warning($"[{SourceName}] failed to load persisted state, starting fresh: {ex.Message}");
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Persists the state (atomic write via temp file). Never throws; false when the write failed.</summary>
+        public bool Save(GatherRuleStateData state)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(_stateDirectory);
+                var tempPath = _stateFilePath + ".tmp";
+                File.WriteAllText(tempPath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(state));
+                if (File.Exists(_stateFilePath))
+                {
+                    File.Replace(tempPath, _stateFilePath, destinationBackupFileName: null, ignoreMetadataErrors: true);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    File.Move(tempPath, _stateFilePath);
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug($"[{SourceName}] failed to save state: {ex.Message}");
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ---- DTOs for state serialization ----
+
+    public class GatherRuleStateData
+    {
+        public string SessionId { get; set; }
+        public DateTime SavedAtUtc { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>Least recently used first, so a restore keeps the eviction order.</summary>
+        public List<GatherLogPositionData> LogPositions { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>Rule id → canonical hash of the result the rule last emitted (on_change).</summary>
+        public Dictionary<string, string> OnChangeHashes { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class GatherLogPositionData
+    {
+        public string RuleId { get; set; }
+        public string Path { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>File offset right behind the last line the rule processed.</summary>
+        public long Position { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>Lines before <see cref="Position"/> — the base for <c>logLineNumber</c>.</summary>
+        public long LineNumber { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>Bytes from the start of the file the fingerprint covers (0..4096).</summary>
+        public int HeadLength { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>SHA-256 of those bytes, Base64; null when <see cref="HeadLength"/> is 0.</summary>
+        public string HeadHash { get; set; }
+    }
+}

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Transport/BackendApiClient.cs

@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
                 using (response)
                 {
                     await ThrowOnAuthFailureAsync(response).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await ThrowOnCodedConflictAsync(response).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
                     var responseJson = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -338,6 +339,38 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
                 errorCode: errorCode);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Throws <see cref="BackendRefusalException"/> for a 409 whose JSON body carries a
+        /// machine-readable <c>errorCode</c> — register-session answers
+        /// <c>session_owner_mismatch</c> when another tenant claimed the session id, which no retry
+        /// can clear but a session rotation can. A 409 without a code falls through to
+        /// <c>EnsureSuccessStatusCode</c> as before.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task ThrowOnCodedConflictAsync(HttpResponseMessage response)
+        {
+            if (response.StatusCode != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Conflict)
+                return;
+
+            string body = null;
+            try
+            {
+                body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // No body, no code — the generic 409 handling applies.
+            }
+
+            var errorCode = TryExtractErrorCode(body);
+            if (errorCode == null)
+                return;
+
+            throw new BackendRefusalException(
+                $"Backend returned 409 Conflict with error code {errorCode}.",
+                (int)response.StatusCode,
+                errorCode);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Pulls <c>errorCode</c> out of a backend JSON error body. Tolerant: any parse failure
         /// or a non-string value yields null, never an exception.
@@ -471,4 +504,24 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
             ErrorCode = errorCode;
         }
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Thrown when the backend refuses a request on a non-auth status (409) with a machine-readable
+    /// code from Shared <c>Constants.AgentErrorCodes</c>. Unlike <see cref="BackendAuthException"/>
+    /// it says nothing about the device's authorization and must never feed the auth-failure tracker.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BackendRefusalException : Exception
+    {
+        /// <summary>HTTP status code returned by the backend (409).</summary>
+        public int StatusCode { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Machine-readable code from the backend's JSON body (never null).</summary>
+        public string ErrorCode { get; }
+
+        public BackendRefusalException(string message, int statusCode, string errorCode) : base(message)
+        {
+            StatusCode = statusCode;
+            ErrorCode = errorCode;
+        }
+    }
 }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Transport/EmergencyReporter.cs

@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
         /// exist for callers whose process is about to exit and cannot come back later
         /// (emergency break): retries stay INSIDE the one reservation, so they never
         /// multiply against the per-session budget.
+        ///
+        /// <paramref name="sessionAgeHours"/> is the emergency break's measured session age
+        /// (<see cref="AgentErrorReport.SessionAgeHours"/>) and <paramref name="priorRegistrationFailure"/>
+        /// its record of earlier starts that never registered
+        /// (<see cref="AgentErrorReport.PriorRegistrationFailure"/>); null for every other error type.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual async Task TrySendAsync(
             AgentErrorType errorType,
@@ -87,7 +92,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
             long? sequenceNumber = null,
             int attempts = 1,
             TimeSpan? perAttemptTimeout = null,
-            TimeSpan? retryDelay = null)
+            TimeSpan? retryDelay = null,
+            double? sessionAgeHours = null,
+            RegistrationFailureSummary priorRegistrationFailure = null)
         {
             // Deduplicate by error type + status code: same failure category sent only once per session.
             // All anti-flood checks are protected by a lock to prevent race conditions when
@@ -135,6 +142,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
                 Message = message,
                 HttpStatusCode = httpStatusCode,
                 SequenceNumber = sequenceNumber,
+                SessionAgeHours = sessionAgeHours,
+                PriorRegistrationFailure = priorRegistrationFailure,
                 AgentVersion = _agentVersion,
                 Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow
             };

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Transport/GeoLocationService.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
         /// </summary>
         public string Ip { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>"City, Region, Country" without the parts a provider did not return.</summary>
+        public string Describe() =>
+            string.Join(", ", new[] { City, Region, Country }.Where(p => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(p)));
+
         public Dictionary<string, object> ToDictionary()
         {
             return new Dictionary<string, object>
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
         public string PrimaryError { get; set; }
         public string PrimaryRetryError { get; set; }
         public string FallbackError { get; set; }
+        public string DoGeoError { get; set; }
     }
 
     public static class GeoLocationService
@@ -52,6 +58,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
         private static readonly TimeSpan RequestTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
         private static readonly TimeSpan RetryDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
 
+        internal const string IpInfoUrl = "https://ipinfo.io/json";
+        internal const string IfConfigCoUrl = "https://ifconfig.co/json";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Delivery Optimization's own geo endpoint. Country and egress IP only (no region, city,
+        /// coordinates or timezone), but it is part of the Windows Update / DO endpoint set that
+        /// Autopilot needs anyway, so it stays reachable in networks that block public geo services.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal const string DoGeoUrl = "https://geo.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com/geo";
+
         // Static HttpClient to avoid socket exhaustion from repeated short-lived instances.
         // HttpClient is designed to be reused across requests.
         private static readonly HttpClient SharedHttpClient = CreateSharedHttpClient();
@@ -68,7 +84,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
             var attempt = new GeoLocationAttemptResult();
 
             // Try ipinfo.io first
-            var (result, error) = await TryIpInfo(logger);
+            var (result, error) = await TryProvider("ipinfo.io", IpInfoUrl, ParseIpInfo, logger);
             if (result != null)
             {
                 attempt.Location = result;
@@ -80,7 +96,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
             logger?.Info($"GeoLocation: Retrying ipinfo.io after {RetryDelay.TotalSeconds}s...");
             await Task.Delay(RetryDelay);
 
-            (result, error) = await TryIpInfo(logger);
+            (result, error) = await TryProvider("ipinfo.io", IpInfoUrl, ParseIpInfo, logger);
             if (result != null)
             {
                 attempt.Location = result;
@@ -89,7 +105,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
             attempt.PrimaryRetryError = error;
 
             // Fallback to ifconfig.co
-            (result, error) = await TryIfConfigCo(logger);
+            (result, error) = await TryProvider("ifconfig.co", IfConfigCoUrl, ParseIfConfigCo, logger);
             if (result != null)
             {
                 attempt.Location = result;
@@ -97,108 +113,111 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Transport
             }
             attempt.FallbackError = error;
 
+            // Last resort: Delivery Optimization geo — country only, but better than no location
+            (result, error) = await TryProvider("do-geo", DoGeoUrl, ParseDoGeo, logger);
+            if (result != null)
+            {
+                attempt.Location = result;
+                return attempt;
+            }
+            attempt.DoGeoError = error;
+
             logger?.Warning("GeoLocation: All providers failed, skipping location event");
             return attempt;
         }
 
-        private static async Task<(GeoLocationResult result, string error)> TryIpInfo(AgentLogger logger)
+        private static async Task<(GeoLocationResult result, string error)> TryProvider(
+            string name, string url, Func<JObject, GeoLocationResult> parse, AgentLogger logger)
         {
             try
             {
-                logger?.Info("GeoLocation: Querying ipinfo.io...");
+                logger?.Info($"GeoLocation: Querying {name}...");
 
-                using (var httpResponse = await SharedHttpClient.GetAsync("https://ipinfo.io/json"))
+                using (var httpResponse = await SharedHttpClient.GetAsync(url))
                 {
                     if (!httpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                     {
                         var error = $"HTTP {(int)httpResponse.StatusCode} ({httpResponse.ReasonPhrase})";
-                        logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: ipinfo.io failed: {error}");
+                        logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: {name} failed: {error}");
                         return (null, error);
                     }
 
                     var response = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-                    var json = JObject.Parse(response);
-
-                    var result = new GeoLocationResult
+                    var result = parse(JObject.Parse(response));
+                    if (result == null)
                     {
-                        Country = json.Value<string>("country"),
-                        Region = json.Value<string>("region"),
-                        City = json.Value<string>("city"),
-                        Loc = json.Value<string>("loc"),
-                        Timezone = json.Value<string>("timezone"),
-                        Ip = json.Value<string>("ip"),
-                        Source = "ipinfo"
-                    };
+                        var error = "No country in response";
+                        logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: {name} failed: {error}");
+                        return (null, error);
+                    }
 
-                    logger?.Info($"GeoLocation: ipinfo.io returned {result.City}, {result.Region}, {result.Country}");
+                    logger?.Info($"GeoLocation: {name} returned {result.Describe()}");
                     return (result, null);
                 }
             }
             catch (TaskCanceledException)
             {
-                var error = "Timeout (5s)";
-                logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: ipinfo.io failed: {error}");
+                var error = $"Timeout ({RequestTimeout.TotalSeconds}s)";
+                logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: {name} failed: {error}");
                 return (null, error);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 var error = ex.Message;
-                logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: ipinfo.io failed: {error}");
+                logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: {name} failed: {error}");
                 return (null, error);
             }
         }
 
-        private static async Task<(GeoLocationResult result, string error)> TryIfConfigCo(AgentLogger logger)
+        internal static GeoLocationResult ParseIpInfo(JObject json) =>
+            new GeoLocationResult
+            {
+                Country = json.Value<string>("country"),
+                Region = json.Value<string>("region"),
+                City = json.Value<string>("city"),
+                Loc = json.Value<string>("loc"),
+                Timezone = json.Value<string>("timezone"),
+                Ip = json.Value<string>("ip"),
+                Source = "ipinfo"
+            };
+
+        internal static GeoLocationResult ParseIfConfigCo(JObject json)
         {
-            try
+            var latitude = json.Value<string>("latitude") ?? "";
+            var longitude = json.Value<string>("longitude") ?? "";
+            var loc = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(latitude) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(longitude)
+                ? $"{latitude},{longitude}"
+                : "";
+
+            return new GeoLocationResult
             {
-                logger?.Info("GeoLocation: Falling back to ifconfig.co...");
+                Country = json.Value<string>("country_iso"),
+                Region = json.Value<string>("region_name"),
+                City = json.Value<string>("city"),
+                Loc = loc,
+                Timezone = json.Value<string>("time_zone"),
+                Ip = json.Value<string>("ip"),
+                Source = "ifconfig.co"
+            };
+        }
 
-                using (var httpResponse = await SharedHttpClient.GetAsync("https://ifconfig.co/json"))
-                {
-                    if (!httpResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode)
-                    {
-                        var error = $"HTTP {(int)httpResponse.StatusCode} ({httpResponse.ReasonPhrase})";
-                        logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: ifconfig.co failed: {error}");
-                        return (null, error);
-                    }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The DO geo response carries DO service configuration next to the geo fields; only
+        /// <c>CountryCode</c> and <c>ExternalIpAddress</c> are location data. Without a country
+        /// the response is worthless as a location, so it counts as a failure (null).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static GeoLocationResult ParseDoGeo(JObject json)
+        {
+            var country = json.Value<string>("CountryCode");
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(country))
+                return null;
 
-                    var response = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-                    var json = JObject.Parse(response);
-
-                    var latitude = json.Value<string>("latitude") ?? "";
-                    var longitude = json.Value<string>("longitude") ?? "";
-                    var loc = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(latitude) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(longitude)
-                        ? $"{latitude},{longitude}"
-                        : "";
-
-                    var result = new GeoLocationResult
-                    {
-                        Country = json.Value<string>("country_iso"),
-                        Region = json.Value<string>("region_name"),
-                        City = json.Value<string>("city"),
-                        Loc = loc,
-                        Timezone = json.Value<string>("time_zone"),
-                        Ip = json.Value<string>("ip"),
-                        Source = "ifconfig.co"
-                    };
-
-                    logger?.Info($"GeoLocation: ifconfig.co returned {result.City}, {result.Region}, {result.Country}");
-                    return (result, null);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (TaskCanceledException)
+            return new GeoLocationResult
             {
-                var error = "Timeout (5s)";
-                logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: ifconfig.co failed: {error}");
-                return (null, error);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                var error = ex.Message;
-                logger?.Warning($"GeoLocation: ifconfig.co failed: {error}");
-                return (null, error);
-            }
+                Country = country,
+                Ip = json.Value<string>("ExternalIpAddress"),
+                Source = "do-geo"
+            };
         }
     }
 }

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

@@ -132,12 +132,21 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             _informationalEvents = informationalEvents;
             _parkedTripwireDwell = parkedTripwireDwell ?? DefaultParkedTripwireDwell;
 
-            // If recovery loaded a state that already sits on a terminal stage (e.g. a crash
-            // after a success-path step but before Stop()), treat it as already-notified so we
-            // do not re-fire the hook.
-            _terminalNotified = initialState.Stage.IsTerminal();
+            // If recovery loaded a state that already ends the session (e.g. a crash after a
+            // success-path step but before Stop()), treat it as already-notified so we do not
+            // re-fire the hook — the orchestrator handles that state at start.
+            _terminalNotified = EndsSession(initialState);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// True when the state ends this agent's session: a terminal stage, or the engine stopped
+        /// waiting for the user without a verdict (<see cref="DecisionState.StoppedWaitingReason"/>,
+        /// D-310) — the stage stays non-terminal there, and the agent ends the session like its
+        /// max-lifetime watchdog.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool EndsSession(DecisionState state) =>
+            state.Stage.IsTerminal() || state.StoppedWaitingReason != null;
+
         public DecisionState CurrentState => _currentState;
 
         /// <summary>Test-Observability — anzahl aufeinanderfolgender Journal-Failures.</summary>
@@ -284,7 +293,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             //    orchestrator turns this into the public EnrollmentTerminated event so peripheral
             //    consumers (CleanupService, SummaryDialog, DiagnosticsPackageService) can react
             //    without touching the kernel state machine.
-            if (!_terminalNotified && _currentState.Stage.IsTerminal())
+            if (!_terminalNotified && EndsSession(_currentState))
             {
                 _terminalNotified = true;
                 try { _onTerminalStageReached?.Invoke(_currentState); }
@@ -405,7 +414,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         /// </summary>
         private static bool IsParkedWithoutDeadline(DecisionState state)
         {
-            if (state.Stage.IsTerminal()) return false;
+            if (EndsSession(state)) return false;
             if (state.Stage == SessionStage.Unknown || state.Stage == SessionStage.SessionStarted) return false;
 
             // WDP (afee7ae0): Device Preparation has no ESP, so neither the AccountSetup

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

@@ -479,6 +479,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
 
             if (collectors.StallProbeEnabled)
             {
+                // A pending tenant Hello wait (up to 60 min) is a bounded wait that resolves the
+                // session either way — the probe holds session_stalled back until it is over.
+                Func<bool>? helloWaitPending = null;
+                if (decisionStateProbe != null)
+                    helloWaitPending = () => DecisionEngine.IsTenantHelloWaitPending(decisionStateProbe(), clock.UtcNow);
+
                 hosts.Add(new StallProbeHost(
                     sessionId: sessionId,
                     tenantId: tenantId,
@@ -490,7 +496,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                     sources: collectors.StallProbeSources,
                     sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex: collectors.SessionStalledAfterProbeIndex,
                     harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds: collectors.ModernDeploymentHarmlessEventIds,
-                    isDevicePreparation: isDevicePreparation));
+                    isDevicePreparation: isDevicePreparation,
+                    helloWaitPending: helloWaitPending));
             }
 
             // ESP policy-provider stall tripwire — always-on kernel host (no config gate, like
@@ -540,9 +547,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                 stateDirectory: _stateDirectory);
             hosts.Add(osBuildChangeHost);
 
-            // Windows Update during OOBE watcher — subscribes to WindowsUpdateClient/Operational and
-            // backfills recent events (OOBE quality updates run before the agent starts). Surfaces
-            // quality/cumulative updates installing/failing DURING enrollment — otherwise invisible.
+            // OS update watchers (D-310) — the Windows Update client on the System log (install
+            // events) and its Operational channel (scan/download), plus the CBS servicing steps on
+            // the Setup log; each backfills recent events because updates can start before the
+            // agent does. Surfaces Windows/.NET updates installing/failing DURING enrollment and,
+            // unless OobeUpdatePhaseMode is Off, feeds them into the engine's OOBE update phase.
             if (collectors.WindowsUpdateWatcherEnabled)
             {
                 hosts.Add(new WindowsUpdateWatcherHost(
@@ -555,7 +564,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                     backfillLookbackMinutes: collectors.WindowsUpdateBackfillLookbackMinutes,
                     stateDirectory: _stateDirectory,
                     channelCensusEnabled: collectors.WindowsUpdateChannelCensusEnabled,
-                    osBuildChangedProvider: () => osBuildChangeHost.BuildChanged));
+                    osBuildChangedProvider: () => osBuildChangeHost.BuildChanged,
+                    operationalEventIds: collectors.WindowsUpdateOperationalEventIds,
+                    servicingWatcherEnabled: collectors.ServicingWatcherEnabled,
+                    osUpdateSignalsEnabled: DecisionCore.State.OobeUpdatePhaseModes.PostsSignals(collectors.OobeUpdatePhaseMode)));
             }
 
             // MDM reboot-policy watcher — subscribes to DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics-
@@ -729,7 +741,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                     imeLogPathOverride: _agentConfig.ImeLogPathOverride,
                     unrestrictedMode: _agentConfig.UnrestrictedMode,
                     gatherDebugLogPath: _agentConfig.GatherRuleDebugLogPath,
-                    timelineEvents: timelineEvents));
+                    timelineEvents: timelineEvents,
+                    stateDirectory: _stateDirectory));
             }
             else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_agentConfig.GatherRuleDebugLogPath))
             {

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

@@ -740,7 +740,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             //     itself is constructed inside the onIngressReady hook (step 13b), which has
             //     already fired by this point — so when our recovery-fire propagates through
             //     Task.Run, the handler is fully wired.
-            if (initialState.Stage == SessionStage.Completed || initialState.Stage == SessionStage.Failed)
+            //     The same applies to a state in which the engine stopped waiting (D-310): a
+            //     crash between that step and the termination must not leave the session running.
+            if (initialState.Stage == SessionStage.Completed || initialState.Stage == SessionStage.Failed
+                || initialState.StoppedWaitingReason != null)
             {
                 _logger.Warning(
                     $"EnrollmentOrchestrator: post-recovery initialState already terminal " +
@@ -869,25 +872,40 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             // Stop the max-lifetime watchdog — the real terminal arrived before it could trip.
             try { _maxLifetimeTimer?.Dispose(); _maxLifetimeTimer = null; } catch { }
 
-            var outcome = terminalState.Stage switch
-            {
-                SessionStage.Completed or SessionStage.WhiteGloveSealed
-                    => EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Succeeded,
-                SessionStage.Failed => EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed,
-                _ => EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut,
-            };
+            // D-310: the engine stopped waiting for the user without a verdict. The stage stays
+            // non-terminal; the session ends like the max-lifetime watchdog ends it (TimedOut), so
+            // the backend classifies it honestly — never as a failure.
+            var stoppedWaiting = !terminalState.Stage.IsTerminal() && terminalState.StoppedWaitingReason != null;
+
+            var outcome = stoppedWaiting
+                ? EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut
+                : terminalState.Stage switch
+                {
+                    SessionStage.Completed or SessionStage.WhiteGloveSealed
+                        => EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Succeeded,
+                    SessionStage.Failed => EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed,
+                    _ => EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.TimedOut,
+                };
+            var reason = stoppedWaiting
+                ? EnrollmentTerminationReason.StoppedWaiting
+                : EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage;
 
             _logger.Info(
-                $"EnrollmentOrchestrator: decision terminal stage reached (stage={terminalState.Stage}, outcome={outcome}) — dispatching Terminated(DecisionTerminalStage) off worker.");
+                $"EnrollmentOrchestrator: decision ended the session (stage={terminalState.Stage}, outcome={outcome}, reason={reason}) — dispatching Terminated off worker.");
+
+            string? details = null;
+            if (stoppedWaiting)
+                details = StoppedWaitingReasons.Describe(terminalState.StoppedWaitingReason!.Value);
+            else if (terminalState.Stage.IsPauseBeforePart2())
+                details = "WhiteGlove Part 1 sealed — session will resume on Part 2 post-reboot; self-destruct suppressed.";
 
             var terminatedArgs = new EnrollmentTerminatedEventArgs(
-                reason: EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage,
+                reason: reason,
                 outcome: outcome,
                 stageName: terminalState.Stage.ToString(),
                 terminatedAtUtc: _clock.UtcNow,
-                details: terminalState.Stage.IsPauseBeforePart2()
-                    ? "WhiteGlove Part 1 sealed — session will resume on Part 2 post-reboot; self-destruct suppressed."
-                    : null);
+                details: details,
+                stopReason: stoppedWaiting ? terminalState.StoppedWaitingReason!.Value : null);
 
             // Codex Finding 2 — off-worker dispatch. Task.Run unblocks the ingress worker
             // immediately; the worker keeps draining the channel (including events the

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

@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         /// longer than the configured cap without reaching a terminal stage.
         /// </summary>
         MaxLifetimeExceeded,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The DecisionEngine stopped waiting for the user without a verdict — a bounded wait
+        /// expired (<c>DecisionState.StoppedWaitingReason</c>, D-310). Ends the session like
+        /// <see cref="MaxLifetimeExceeded"/> (outcome TimedOut), with the engine's reason.
+        /// </summary>
+        StoppedWaiting,
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -60,18 +67,26 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         public DateTime TerminatedAtUtc { get; }
         public string? Details { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The engine's reason code for <see cref="EnrollmentTerminationReason.StoppedWaiting"/>
+        /// (e.g. <c>oobe_update_no_sign_in</c>); null for every other reason.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string? StopReason { get; }
+
         public EnrollmentTerminatedEventArgs(
             EnrollmentTerminationReason reason,
             EnrollmentTerminationOutcome outcome,
             string? stageName,
             DateTime terminatedAtUtc,
-            string? details = null)
+            string? details = null,
+            string? stopReason = null)
         {
             Reason = reason;
             Outcome = outcome;
             StageName = stageName;
             TerminatedAtUtc = terminatedAtUtc;
             Details = details;
+            StopReason = stopReason;
         }
     }
 }

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

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         // V1 fired these from MonitoringService on every emitted EnrollmentEvent; the first V2
         // wiring subscribed to SignalIngress.SignalPosted instead, which fires at enqueue time
         // with the RAW collector payload — before the reducer has applied gates like the
-        // RealmJoin completion gate. Consequence (session 32312a32, rsneuffen.de): a phase_change
+        // RealmJoin completion gate. Consequence (session 32312a32): a phase_change
         // rule on FinalizingSetup fired at the raw EspPhaseChanged(FinalizingSetup) signal (ESP
         // exit / Hello wizard), 7 minutes before the engine declared phase_transition(FinalizingSetup)
         // on the timeline — and before the RealmJoin package wrote the registry key the rule was
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             string? imeLogPathOverride,
             bool unrestrictedMode = false,
             string? gatherDebugLogPath = null,
-            TimelineEventStream? timelineEvents = null)
+            TimelineEventStream? timelineEvents = null,
+            string? stateDirectory = null)
         {
             if (ingress == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ingress));
             if (clock == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clock));
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             var post = new InformationalEventPost(ingress, clock, logger);
             _executor = new Monitoring.Telemetry.Gather.GatherRuleExecutor(
                 sessionId, tenantId, evt => post.Emit(evt), logger, imeLogPathOverride,
-                debugLogPath: gatherDebugLogPath);
+                debugLogPath: gatherDebugLogPath, stateDirectory: stateDirectory);
             _timelineEvents = timelineEvents;
         }
 

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

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             string[]? sources,
             int sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex,
             int[]? harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds,
-            bool isDevicePreparation = false)
+            bool isDevicePreparation = false,
+            Func<bool>? helloWaitPending = null)
         {
             if (ingress == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ingress));
             if (clock == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clock));
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                 sources: sources ?? new[] { "provisioning_registry", "diagnostics_registry", "eventlog", "appworkload_log" },
                 sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex: sessionStalledAfterProbeIndex,
                 harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds: harmlessModernDeploymentEventIds,
-                isDevicePreparation: isDevicePreparation);
+                isDevicePreparation: isDevicePreparation,
+                helloWaitPending: helloWaitPending);
 
             _adapter = new StallProbeCollectorAdapter(_collector, ingress, clock);
             _observableIngress = ingress as SignalIngress;

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

@@ -1,26 +1,41 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals;
 using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Engine;
 using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.Signals;
+using AutopilotMonitor.DecisionCore.State;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using SharedConstants = AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Standalone host for the <see cref="WindowsUpdateTracker"/> — watches
-    /// <c>Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient/Operational</c> for quality/cumulative update
-    /// activity during OOBE / ESP and forwards it via the shared single-rail ingress.
-    /// Mirrors <see cref="StallProbeHost"/>: builds its own <see cref="InformationalEventPost"/>
-    /// and delegates Start/Stop to the tracker.
+    /// Hosts the OS-update watchers (D-310): the Windows Update client on the System log
+    /// (install events) and on its Operational channel (scan/download events), plus the CBS
+    /// servicing steps on the Setup log. Routes every configured WU EventID to the channel the
+    /// provider manifest assigns it, runs the blind-spot census across all channels, reports the
+    /// counted (non-OS) activity once on stop, and — unless <c>OobeUpdatePhaseMode</c> is Off —
+    /// feeds Windows/.NET update steps into the decision engine as
+    /// <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.OsUpdateActivity"/>.
     /// </summary>
     internal sealed class WindowsUpdateWatcherHost : ICollectorHost
     {
         public string Name => "WindowsUpdateTracker";
 
-        private readonly WindowsUpdateTracker _tracker;
+        private readonly WindowsUpdateTracker? _systemTracker;
+        private readonly WindowsUpdateTracker? _operationalTracker;
+        private readonly ServicingTracker? _servicingTracker;
+        private readonly UpdateActivityTally _tally = new UpdateActivityTally();
+        private readonly InformationalEventPost _post;
+        private readonly ISignalIngressSink _ingress;
         private readonly AgentLogger _logger;
+        private readonly string _sessionId;
+        private readonly string _tenantId;
+        private int _summaryEmitted;
         private int _disposed;
 
         public WindowsUpdateWatcherHost(
@@ -33,36 +48,125 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             int backfillLookbackMinutes,
             string stateDirectory,
             bool channelCensusEnabled = true,
-            Func<bool>? osBuildChangedProvider = null)
+            Func<bool>? osBuildChangedProvider = null,
+            int[]? operationalEventIds = null,
+            bool servicingWatcherEnabled = true,
+            bool osUpdateSignalsEnabled = false)
         {
-            if (ingress == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ingress));
             if (clock == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clock));
+            _ingress = ingress ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ingress));
             _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            _sessionId = sessionId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sessionId));
+            _tenantId = tenantId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(tenantId));
+            _post = new InformationalEventPost(ingress, clock, logger);
 
-            var post = new InformationalEventPost(ingress, clock, logger);
-            _tracker = new WindowsUpdateTracker(
-                sessionId: sessionId,
-                tenantId: tenantId,
-                post: post,
-                logger: logger,
-                targetedEventIds: targetedEventIds,
-                backfillEnabled: backfillLookbackMinutes > 0,
-                backfillLookbackMinutes: backfillLookbackMinutes,
-                stateDirectory: stateDirectory,
-                channelCensusEnabled: channelCensusEnabled,
-                osBuildChangedProvider: osBuildChangedProvider);
+            var (systemIds, operationalIds) = RouteEventIds(targetedEventIds, operationalEventIds);
+
+            Action<string, string, DateTime>? wuActivity = null;
+            Action<string, string, DateTime>? servicingActivity = null;
+            if (osUpdateSignalsEnabled)
+            {
+                wuActivity = (step, update, at) => PostOsUpdateActivity(step, "wu", update, at);
+                servicingActivity = (step, update, at) => PostOsUpdateActivity(step, "servicing", update, at);
+            }
+
+            if (systemIds.Length > 0)
+            {
+                _systemTracker = new WindowsUpdateTracker(
+                    sessionId: sessionId,
+                    tenantId: tenantId,
+                    post: _post,
+                    logger: logger,
+                    targetedEventIds: systemIds,
+                    backfillEnabled: backfillLookbackMinutes > 0,
+                    backfillLookbackMinutes: backfillLookbackMinutes,
+                    stateDirectory: stateDirectory,
+                    channelCensusEnabled: false,
+                    channel: WindowsUpdateTracker.SystemChannel,
+                    tally: _tally,
+                    onOsUpdateActivity: wuActivity);
+            }
+
+            if (operationalIds.Length > 0)
+            {
+                _operationalTracker = new WindowsUpdateTracker(
+                    sessionId: sessionId,
+                    tenantId: tenantId,
+                    post: _post,
+                    logger: logger,
+                    targetedEventIds: operationalIds,
+                    backfillEnabled: backfillLookbackMinutes > 0,
+                    backfillLookbackMinutes: backfillLookbackMinutes,
+                    stateDirectory: stateDirectory,
+                    channelCensusEnabled: channelCensusEnabled,
+                    osBuildChangedProvider: osBuildChangedProvider,
+                    channel: WindowsUpdateTracker.Channel,
+                    tally: _tally,
+                    onOsUpdateActivity: wuActivity);
+            }
+
+            if (servicingWatcherEnabled)
+            {
+                _servicingTracker = new ServicingTracker(
+                    sessionId: sessionId,
+                    tenantId: tenantId,
+                    post: _post,
+                    logger: logger,
+                    backfillEnabled: backfillLookbackMinutes > 0,
+                    backfillLookbackMinutes: backfillLookbackMinutes,
+                    stateDirectory: stateDirectory,
+                    tally: _tally,
+                    onOsUpdateActivity: servicingActivity);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Test seams — expose the trackers so unit tests can drive their ProcessEvent seams.
+        internal WindowsUpdateTracker? SystemTrackerForTest => _systemTracker;
+        internal WindowsUpdateTracker? OperationalTrackerForTest => _operationalTracker;
+        internal ServicingTracker? ServicingTrackerForTest => _servicingTracker;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Splits the configured WU EventIDs by the channel the provider manifest writes them to.
+        /// An ID configured in either list ends up on its real channel, so a misplaced ID still
+        /// works instead of watching a channel that never carries it.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static (int[] systemIds, int[] operationalIds) RouteEventIds(int[]? targetedEventIds, int[]? operationalEventIds)
+        {
+            var all = (targetedEventIds ?? Array.Empty<int>())
+                .Concat(operationalEventIds ?? Array.Empty<int>())
+                .Distinct()
+                .OrderBy(id => id)
+                .ToArray();
+            return (
+                all.Where(WindowsUpdateTracker.IsSystemChannelEventId).ToArray(),
+                all.Where(id => !WindowsUpdateTracker.IsSystemChannelEventId(id)).ToArray());
         }
 
         public void Start()
         {
-            _tracker.Start();
+            _systemTracker?.Start();
+            _operationalTracker?.Start();
+            _servicingTracker?.Start();
+
+            // The census asks "did ANY channel see the update?" — only answerable after every
+            // backfill ran.
+            _operationalTracker?.EmitChannelCensusIfBlind(
+                otherChannelsEmitted: _systemTracker?.EmittedThisRun ?? 0,
+                otherTargetedEventIds: _systemTracker?.TargetedEventIds);
+
             _logger.Info("WindowsUpdateWatcherHost: started.");
         }
 
         public void Stop()
         {
-            try { _tracker.Stop(); }
-            catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdateWatcherHost: stop failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+            try { _systemTracker?.Stop(); }
+            catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdateWatcherHost: system watcher stop failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+            try { _operationalTracker?.Stop(); }
+            catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdateWatcherHost: operational watcher stop failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+            try { _servicingTracker?.Stop(); }
+            catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdateWatcherHost: servicing watcher stop failed: {ex.Message}"); }
+
+            EmitActivitySummaryOnce();
         }
 
         public void Dispose()
@@ -70,5 +174,61 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposed, 1) == 1) return;
             Stop();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// One summary of everything that was counted instead of emitted. Stop runs twice on the
+        /// termination path (explicit stop, then dispose), hence the once-guard.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void EmitActivitySummaryOnce()
+        {
+            if (_tally.IsEmpty) return;
+            if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _summaryEmitted, 1) == 1) return;
+
+            try
+            {
+                var counts = _tally.Snapshot();
+                var data = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+                foreach (var kv in counts) data[kv.Key] = kv.Value;
+                var total = counts.Sum(kv => kv.Value);
+
+                _post.Emit(new EnrollmentEvent
+                {
+                    SessionId = _sessionId,
+                    TenantId = _tenantId,
+                    EventType = SharedConstants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateActivitySummary,
+                    Severity = EventSeverity.Debug,
+                    Source = "WindowsUpdateWatcher",
+                    Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
+                    Message = $"Update activity counted instead of listed: {total} event(s) " +
+                        "(Store, Defender and other non-OS updates, repeated scan results, servicing of non-OS packages)",
+                    Data = data,
+                    ImmediateUpload = false,
+                });
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning($"WindowsUpdateWatcherHost: activity summary failed: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void PostOsUpdateActivity(string step, string source, string update, DateTime occurredAtUtc)
+        {
+            var payload = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+            {
+                [OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Step] = step,
+                [OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Source] = source,
+            };
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(update)) payload[OsUpdatePayloadKeys.Update] = update;
+
+            _ingress.Post(
+                kind: DecisionSignalKind.OsUpdateActivity,
+                occurredAtUtc: DateTime.SpecifyKind(occurredAtUtc, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                sourceOrigin: source == "servicing" ? "ServicingWatcher" : "WindowsUpdateWatcher",
+                evidence: new Evidence(
+                    kind: EvidenceKind.Raw,
+                    identifier: $"os-update-activity:{source}",
+                    summary: string.IsNullOrEmpty(update) ? step : $"{step}: {update}"),
+                payload: payload);
+        }
     }
 }

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

@@ -420,7 +420,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
                 // Re-stamp AgentBootUtc so the current run's deadlines floor at "now" — the
                 // persisted boot anchor is from the prior run and using it would let replayed
                 // tail signals arm deadlines that are already past-due (premature fire).
-                seed = loadedState.ToBuilder().WithAgentBootUtc(agentBootUtc).Build();
+                // Re-stamp SessionId too: after a session rotation at registration
+                // (SESSION-OWNER-BINDING) the snapshot still names the refused session, and the
+                // timeline emitter takes each event's SessionId from this state.
+                var seedBuilder = loadedState.ToBuilder().WithAgentBootUtc(agentBootUtc);
+                seedBuilder.SessionId = sessionId;
+                seed = seedBuilder.Build();
                 signalsToReplay = CollectSignalLogTailAfter(signalLog, loadedState.LastAppliedSignalOrdinal);
                 branchTag = signalsToReplay.Count > 0 ? "b-tail-replay" : "b-snapshot-current";
             }

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

@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
             SharedConstants.EventTypes.ImePatternHits,
             // Bookkeeping of runs that were deliberately not reported as activity.
             SharedConstants.EventTypes.ScriptRecurrenceSummary,
+            // Same for the update watchers' tally of Store/Defender/other update events (D-310):
+            // emitted on stop, never progress. Windows/.NET update steps stay activity.
+            SharedConstants.EventTypes.WindowsUpdateActivitySummary,
+            // The OOBE update registry snapshot (D-310) is observation at agent start/stop and at
+            // the update page — the page's own records (oobe_update_page) stay activity.
+            SharedConstants.EventTypes.OobeUpdateState,
         };
 
         /// <summary>

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Runtime/StartupEnvironmentProbes.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Runtime
     /// </para>
     /// <list type="bullet">
     ///   <item><b>device_location</b> (or <c>agent_trace</c> on failure) — IP-based geo via
-    ///     <see cref="GeoLocationService"/>. Skipped when <c>EnableGeoLocation=false</c>.</item>
+    ///     <see cref="GeoLocationService"/>. Skipped when <c>EnableGeoLocation=false</c>. The
+    ///     last-resort provider (DO geo) yields a country-only location without timezone.</item>
     ///   <item><b>timezone_auto_set</b> — only when <c>EnableTimezoneAutoSet=true</c> AND the
     ///     geo lookup returned an IANA timezone. Uses <see cref="TimezoneService"/> (tzutil).</item>
     ///   <item><b>ntp_time_check</b> — NTP offset from <c>NtpServer</c> (default time.windows.com).
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Runtime
                 Source = "StartupEnvironmentProbes",
                 Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
                 Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow,
-                Message = $"Device location: {location.City}, {location.Region}, {location.Country} (via {location.Source})",
+                Message = $"Device location: {location.Describe()} (via {location.Source})",
                 Data = location.ToDictionary(),
                 ImmediateUpload = true,
             };
@@ -266,8 +267,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Runtime
                     { "primaryError", attempt?.PrimaryError ?? "unknown" },
                     { "primaryRetryError", attempt?.PrimaryRetryError ?? "unknown" },
                     { "fallbackError", attempt?.FallbackError ?? "unknown" },
+                    { "doGeoError", attempt?.DoGeoError ?? "unknown" },
                     { "primaryProvider", "ipinfo.io" },
                     { "fallbackProvider", "ifconfig.co" },
+                    { "lastResortProvider", "do-geo" },
                 },
             };
 

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Security/SessionIdPersistence.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Models;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
 {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
         private readonly string _sessionFilePath;
         private readonly string _sessionCreatedFilePath;
         private readonly string _whiteGloveMarkerPath;
+        private readonly string _registrationFailurePath;
         private readonly object _lockObject = new object();
 
         public SessionIdPersistence(string dataDirectory)
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
             _sessionFilePath = Path.Combine(dataDirectory, "session.id");
             _sessionCreatedFilePath = Path.Combine(dataDirectory, "session.created");
             _whiteGloveMarkerPath = Path.Combine(dataDirectory, "whiteglove.complete");
+            _registrationFailurePath = Path.Combine(dataDirectory, "registration-failure.json");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -164,6 +168,55 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
             lock (_lockObject) TryDelete(_whiteGloveMarkerPath, logger);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Folds one failed registration run into <c>registration-failure.json</c>: the run
+        /// counter grows, the first failure time is kept, everything else describes the latest
+        /// run. A run that never registers exits and leaves nothing else behind — the emergency
+        /// break reads this file so the backend learns why the session never appeared.
+        /// Best-effort; never throws.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void RecordRegistrationFailure(RegistrationFailureSummary latestRun, AgentLogger logger = null)
+        {
+            if (latestRun == null) return;
+            lock (_lockObject)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var previous = LoadRegistrationFailureInternal();
+                    var merged = new RegistrationFailureSummary
+                    {
+                        FailedRuns = (previous?.FailedRuns ?? 0) + 1,
+                        FirstFailedAtUtc = previous?.FirstFailedAtUtc ?? latestRun.LastFailedAtUtc,
+                        LastFailedAtUtc = latestRun.LastFailedAtUtc,
+                        Outcome = latestRun.Outcome,
+                        LastError = latestRun.LastError,
+                        NetworkLinkUpAtStart = latestRun.NetworkLinkUpAtStart,
+                        NetworkLinkUpAtEnd = latestRun.NetworkLinkUpAtEnd,
+                        AttemptWindowSeconds = latestRun.AttemptWindowSeconds,
+                        ConfigFetchOutcome = latestRun.ConfigFetchOutcome,
+                    };
+                    File.WriteAllText(_registrationFailurePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(merged));
+                    logger?.Info($"SessionIdPersistence: recorded failed registration run #{merged.FailedRuns}.");
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    logger?.Warning($"SessionIdPersistence: RecordRegistrationFailure failed: {ex.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>The failed-registration record since the last success, or <c>null</c> (none, unreadable).</summary>
+        public RegistrationFailureSummary LoadRegistrationFailure()
+        {
+            lock (_lockObject) return LoadRegistrationFailureInternal();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Drops the failed-registration record — called once registration succeeds.</summary>
+        public void ClearRegistrationFailure(AgentLogger logger = null)
+        {
+            lock (_lockObject) TryDelete(_registrationFailurePath, logger);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>Deletes the persisted SessionId. Next <see cref="GetOrCreate"/> starts a fresh session.</summary>
         public void Delete(AgentLogger logger = null)
         {
@@ -172,6 +225,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
                 TryDelete(_sessionFilePath, logger);
                 TryDelete(_sessionCreatedFilePath, logger);
                 TryDelete(_whiteGloveMarkerPath, logger);
+                TryDelete(_registrationFailurePath, logger);
             }
         }
 
@@ -191,11 +245,28 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
                 var fresh = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
                 WriteAtomic(fresh, logger);
                 SaveSessionCreatedAtInternal(DateTime.UtcNow);
+                // Earlier failed runs belonged to the refused session id.
+                TryDelete(_registrationFailurePath, logger);
                 logger?.Info($"SessionIdPersistence: rotated SessionId to {fresh}.");
                 return fresh;
             }
         }
 
+        private RegistrationFailureSummary LoadRegistrationFailureInternal()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (!File.Exists(_registrationFailurePath)) return null;
+                var record = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RegistrationFailureSummary>(File.ReadAllText(_registrationFailurePath));
+                return record != null && record.FailedRuns > 0 ? record : null;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Corrupt record: report nothing rather than a half-read account.
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
         private static void TryDelete(string path, AgentLogger logger)
         {
             try { if (File.Exists(path)) File.Delete(path); }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Security/SessionRegistrationHelper.cs

@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
     ///     <see cref="AuthFailureTracker"/> (which fires the first-failure distress + may trip
     ///     the shutdown threshold) and return <see cref="SessionRegistrationOutcome.AuthFailed"/>
     ///     without retrying — the backend has definitively rejected the device cert.</item>
-    ///   <item>Exception to the above — a 403 carrying error code
+    ///   <item>Exception to the above — a 403 or 409 carrying error code
     ///     <c>session_owner_mismatch</c> (SESSION-OWNER-BINDING): the persisted SessionId names a
-    ///     session bound to another device identity (typically an Intune re-enrollment without a
-    ///     wipe, where <c>session.id</c> survived but the certificate identity changed). That is
-    ///     not an auth failure: the session is rotated through <c>rotateSession</c> and
-    ///     registration retried exactly once. The tracker is NOT fed — five of these would
-    ///     otherwise soft-shutdown a perfectly authorized agent.</item>
+    ///     session that is not this device's — bound to another device identity (403, typically an
+    ///     Intune re-enrollment without a wipe, where <c>session.id</c> survived but the certificate
+    ///     identity changed) or claimed by another tenant (409). That is not an auth failure: the
+    ///     session is rotated through <c>rotateSession</c> and registration retried exactly once.
+    ///     The tracker is NOT fed — five of these would otherwise soft-shutdown a perfectly
+    ///     authorized agent.</item>
+    ///   <item>Any other coded 409 (<see cref="BackendRefusalException"/>) → <see cref="SessionRegistrationOutcome.Failed"/>
+    ///     without retrying — a refusal with a code does not clear by waiting.</item>
     ///   <item>Any other exception on the last attempt → <see cref="EmergencyReporter.TrySendAsync"/>
     ///     with <c>AgentErrorType.RegisterSessionFailed</c> so operators see the final cause.</item>
     /// </list>
@@ -113,14 +116,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
                     lastError = response?.Message ?? "(null response)";
                     logger.Warning($"Session registration failed: {lastError}");
                 }
-                catch (BackendAuthException ex) when (
-                    ex.ErrorCode == Constants.AgentErrorCodes.SessionOwnerMismatch
+                catch (Exception ex) when (
+                    IsSessionOwnerMismatch(ex)
                     && rotateSession != null
                     && rotatedFromSessionId == null)
                 {
-                    // SESSION-OWNER-BINDING: the id on disk belongs to a session this device
-                    // identity does not own. Become a new session and register once more —
-                    // immediately, no backoff, no auth-failure bookkeeping.
+                    // SESSION-OWNER-BINDING: the id on disk names a session this device does not
+                    // own. Become a new session and register once more — immediately, no backoff,
+                    // no auth-failure bookkeeping.
                     rotatedFromSessionId = registration.SessionId;
                     string newSessionId;
                     try
@@ -130,15 +133,25 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
                     catch (Exception rotateEx)
                     {
                         logger.Error($"Session owner mismatch reported by backend but session rotation failed: {rotateEx.Message}", rotateEx);
-                        authFailureTracker?.RecordFailure(ex.StatusCode, "agent/register-session", ex.EndpointUnavailable);
-                        return SessionRegistrationResult.AuthFailed(ex.StatusCode, ex.Message);
+                        if (ex is BackendAuthException authEx)
+                        {
+                            authFailureTracker?.RecordFailure(authEx.StatusCode, "agent/register-session", authEx.EndpointUnavailable);
+                            return SessionRegistrationResult.AuthFailed(authEx.StatusCode, authEx.Message);
+                        }
+                        return SessionRegistrationResult.Failed(ex.Message);
                     }
                     logger.Warning(
                         $"Backend refused registration with {Constants.AgentErrorCodes.SessionOwnerMismatch}: session {rotatedFromSessionId} " +
-                        $"is bound to another device identity (re-enrollment without wipe?). Rotated to {newSessionId}; re-registering.");
+                        $"is not this device's (bound to another device identity after a re-enrollment without wipe, or claimed by another tenant). " +
+                        $"Rotated to {newSessionId}; re-registering.");
                     registration = BuildRegistration(agentConfig, agentVersion, deviceHardware);
                     continue;
                 }
+                catch (BackendRefusalException ex)
+                {
+                    logger.Error($"Session registration refused ({ex.StatusCode}, {ex.ErrorCode}): {ex.Message}");
+                    return SessionRegistrationResult.Failed(ex.Message);
+                }
                 catch (BackendAuthException ex)
                 {
                     logger.Error($"Session registration authentication failed ({ex.StatusCode}): {ex.Message}");
@@ -195,6 +208,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Security
             return SessionRegistrationResult.Failed(lastError ?? "max retries exceeded");
         }
 
+        private static bool IsSessionOwnerMismatch(Exception ex)
+        {
+            var code = (ex as BackendAuthException)?.ErrorCode ?? (ex as BackendRefusalException)?.ErrorCode;
+            return code == Constants.AgentErrorCodes.SessionOwnerMismatch;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>V1 parity exponential backoff: 2^attempt seconds.</summary>
         private static Task DefaultBackoffDelay(int attempt)
             => Task.Delay(((int)Math.Pow(2, attempt)) * 1000);

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

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
     /// <list type="bullet">
     ///   <item><c>HelloCompleted</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.HelloResolved"/></item>
     ///   <item><c>FinalizingSetupPhaseTriggered</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.EspPhaseChanged"/> (phase=FinalizingSetup)</item>
-    ///   <item><c>WhiteGloveCompleted</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.WhiteGloveShellCoreSuccess"/></item>
+    ///   <item><c>WhiteGloveCompleted</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.WhiteGloveShellCoreSuccess"/> (payload: registry AccountSetup progress at that moment)</item>
     ///   <item><c>EspFailureDetected</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.EspTerminalFailure"/> (merged aus ShellCore + Provisioning)</item>
     ///   <item><c>DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.DeviceSetupProvisioningComplete"/></item>
     ///   <item><c>AccountSetupProvisioningComplete</c> → <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.AccountSetupProvisioningComplete"/> (session 330f73f3 fix — strong AccountSetup-done gate)</item>
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
         private readonly EspAndHelloTracker _coordinator;
         private readonly ISignalIngressSink _ingress;
         private readonly IClock _clock;
+        private readonly Func<bool?> _accountSetupProgressProbe;
 
         private bool _helloPosted;
         private bool _helloWizardStartedPosted;
@@ -60,11 +61,14 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
         public EspAndHelloTrackerAdapter(
             EspAndHelloTracker coordinator,
             ISignalIngressSink ingress,
-            IClock clock)
+            IClock clock,
+            Func<bool?>? accountSetupProgressProbe = null)
         {
             _coordinator = coordinator ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(coordinator));
             _ingress = ingress ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ingress));
             _clock = clock ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clock));
+            // Test seam; production reads the provisioning tracker's registry-derived flag.
+            _accountSetupProgressProbe = accountSetupProgressProbe ?? (() => _coordinator.AccountSetupProgressIfRead);
 
             _coordinator.HelloCompleted += OnHelloCompleted;
             _coordinator.FinalizingSetupPhaseTriggered += OnFinalizing;
@@ -216,13 +220,29 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
             if (_whiteGloveSuccessPosted) return;
             _whiteGloveSuccessPosted = true;
 
+            // Registry AccountSetup progress at the moment of the success page. The sealing
+            // classifier lifts its AccountSetup excluder only on an explicit "false" — IME logs
+            // AccountSetup from the device session once the device apps are done, which is no
+            // user activity. Sampled here so replay reads it from the SignalLog (L.2/L.5). An
+            // unread registry sends no key: unknown must keep the excluder, never lift it.
+            var progress = _accountSetupProgressProbe();
+            var progressText = progress.HasValue ? (progress.Value ? "true" : "false") : null;
+
             var now = ResolveOccurredAt(out var derivedFromClock);
             var derivationInputs = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
             {
                 ["subSource"] = "ShellCoreTracker",
+                [SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress] = progressText ?? "unread",
             };
             TagDerivedTimestamp(derivationInputs, derivedFromClock);
 
+            var payload = progressText == null
+                ? null
+                : new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal)
+                {
+                    [SignalPayloadKeys.AccountSetupProgress] = progressText,
+                };
+
             _ingress.Post(
                 kind: DecisionSignalKind.WhiteGloveShellCoreSuccess,
                 occurredAtUtc: now,
@@ -231,7 +251,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.SignalAdapters
                     kind: EvidenceKind.Derived,
                     identifier: DetectorId,
                     summary: "WhiteGlove sealing success (coordinator-forwarded)",
-                    derivationInputs: derivationInputs));
+                    derivationInputs: derivationInputs),
+                payload: payload);
         }
 
         private void EmitEspFailure(EspFailureDetectedEventArgs args)

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

@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
                 _logger.Info(
                     $"EnrollmentTerminationHandler: handling Terminated (reason={args.Reason}, outcome={args.Outcome}, stage={args.StageName}).");
 
+                // The seal is already persisted in the decision snapshot. The marker goes down
+                // before anything else: the technician's reseal can kill this process at any
+                // later step, and a missing marker makes the next boot run the 48-hour break
+                // against the Part-1 session age instead of resuming Part 2.
+                if (isWhiteGlovePart1)
+                {
+                    TrySaveWhiteGloveComplete();
+                }
+
                 var state = TryGetCurrentState();
 
                 // M4.6.δ — shutdown analyzers run BEFORE the dialog / diagnostics upload so
@@ -254,7 +263,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
 
                 // WhiteGlove Part-1 exit: keep the session alive, but announce the handoff so
                 // the timeline clearly marks the transition. The `whiteglove.complete` marker
-                // lets the next agent boot classify itself as a Part-2 resume.
+                // (written at the top of this handler) lets the next agent boot classify itself
+                // as a Part-2 resume.
                 if (isWhiteGlovePart1)
                 {
                     // Stop peripheral collectors BEFORE the Part-1-complete marker so their
@@ -298,7 +308,6 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
                     DelayLateEventGrace();
                     DrainSpool();
 
-                    TrySaveWhiteGloveComplete();
                     // Option 2 (WG Part 1 graceful-exit hardening, 2026-04-30): write the
                     // clean-exit marker BEFORE _signalShutdown returns control to the main
                     // thread. The AppDomain.ProcessExit handler still writes it as a second
@@ -1218,11 +1227,25 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
                 case EnrollmentTerminationReason.MaxLifetimeExceeded:
                     reasonTag = "max_lifetime";
                     break;
+                case EnrollmentTerminationReason.StoppedWaiting:
+                    // The backend classifies this shutdown honestly, exactly like max_lifetime.
+                    reasonTag = "stopped_waiting";
+                    break;
                 default:
                     reasonTag = args.Reason.ToString();
                     break;
             }
 
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { "reason", reasonTag },
+                { "outcome", args.Outcome.ToString() },
+                { "stage", args.StageName ?? string.Empty },
+                { "uptimeMinutes", uptimeMinutes },
+                { "agentVersion", _agentVersion },
+            };
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.StopReason)) data["stopReason"] = args.StopReason;
+
             EmitEventSafe(new EnrollmentEvent
             {
                 SessionId = _configuration.SessionId,
@@ -1231,15 +1254,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
                 Severity = EventSeverity.Info,
                 Source = "EnrollmentTerminationHandler",
                 Phase = EnrollmentPhase.Unknown,
-                Message = $"Agent shutting down (reason={reasonTag}, outcome={args.Outcome}).",
-                Data = new Dictionary<string, object>
-                {
-                    { "reason", reasonTag },
-                    { "outcome", args.Outcome.ToString() },
-                    { "stage", args.StageName ?? string.Empty },
-                    { "uptimeMinutes", uptimeMinutes },
-                    { "agentVersion", _agentVersion },
-                },
+                Message = args.Reason == EnrollmentTerminationReason.StoppedWaiting && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Details)
+                    ? $"Agent shutting down (reason={reasonTag}, outcome={args.Outcome}): {args.Details}"
+                    : $"Agent shutting down (reason={reasonTag}, outcome={args.Outcome}).",
+                Data = data,
                 ImmediateUpload = true,
             });
         }

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Program.GatherRulesMode.cs

@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2
                     logger.Info($"--run-gather-rules: debug trace -> {gatherDebugLogPath}");
                     if (consoleMode) Console.WriteLine($"Debug trace: {gatherDebugLogPath}");
 
+                    // No stateDirectory on purpose: this mode runs beside the live agent under a
+                    // throwaway session id and must neither resume nor overwrite the session's
+                    // gather state (logparser positions, on_change values).
                     using (var executor = new GatherRuleExecutor(sessionId, tenantId, emitEvent, logger, config.ImeLogPathOverride,
                         debugLogPath: gatherDebugLogPath,
                         debugEcho: consoleMode ? (Action<string>)(line => Console.WriteLine($"  {line}")) : null))

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Program.Guards.cs

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2
             Func<CleanupService> cleanupServiceFactory,
             AgentLogger logger,
             bool consoleMode,
-            Action onBreakFired = null)
+            Action<double> onBreakFired = null)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2
                 // (tasks/enrollment-status-reclassification.md). Fired BEFORE cleanup, while the
                 // session state and network are still intact. Never throws — a send failure (e.g. no
                 // network) must not block the cleanup/exit that is the whole point of this guard.
-                try { onBreakFired?.Invoke(); }
+                try { onBreakFired?.Invoke(sessionAgeHours); }
                 catch (Exception cbEx) { logger.Debug($"Emergency-break notify callback failed: {cbEx.Message}"); }
 
                 // Write enrollment-complete.marker so the next start exits cleanly even if

src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Program.cs

@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2
             var registration = Runtime.BackendSessionRegistration.Register(
                 bootstrap.AgentConfig, auth, telemetry.MtlsHttpClient, GetAgentVersion(), consoleMode, logger,
                 rotateSession: () => Runtime.BackendSessionRegistration.RotateSession(
-                    bootstrap.AgentConfig, bootstrap.SessionPersistence, auth, transportDir, logger));
+                    bootstrap.AgentConfig, bootstrap.SessionPersistence, auth, transportDir, logger),
+                sessionPersistence: bootstrap.SessionPersistence,
+                configFetchOutcome: runtimeConfig.RemoteConfigService.LastFetchOutcome.ToString());
             if (registration.ShouldExit)
             {
                 return registration.ExitCode;

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

@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                     cleanupServiceFactory, logger, consoleMode,
                     // Best-effort: surface the otherwise-silent 48h break to the backend before cleanup
                     // (tasks/enrollment-status-reclassification.md). Never blocks the exit.
-                    onBreakFired: () => EmergencyBreakReporter.TrySend(agentConfig, Program.GetAgentVersion(), logger)))
+                    // The failed-registration record is read here, before the break deletes the
+                    // session files.
+                    onBreakFired: sessionAgeHours => EmergencyBreakReporter.TrySend(
+                        agentConfig, Program.GetAgentVersion(), sessionAgeHours,
+                        sessionPersistence.LoadRegistrationFailure(), logger)))
             {
                 logger.Info("Emergency break fired — agent exiting.");
                 return BootstrapResult.Exit(0);

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

@@ -526,7 +526,11 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                         // analytics. WhiteGlove Part-2 resume runs as a fresh Classic
                         // enrollment after PR-A's archive-and-reset, so the engine state is
                         // empty and needs the facts re-seeded — same as a first boot.
-                        LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(orchestrator.IngressSink, logger);
+                        LifecycleEmitters.PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(
+                            orchestrator.IngressSink,
+                            agentConfig.HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds,
+                            logger,
+                            remoteConfig.Collectors?.OobeUpdatePhaseMode);
 
                         // V2 parity — post SessionStarted so the reducer establishes the session
                         // anchor (HandleSessionStartedV1 in DecisionEngine.Shared.cs). Skipped only

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Configuration;
 using AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Logging;
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
     /// <c>IncrementSessionEventCountAsync</c> / <c>UpdateSessionStatusAsync</c> silently
     /// no-op and session status / phase / admin-overrides / validator reconcile all break.
     /// On registration failure we follow V1's rule: collectors MUST NOT start and the
-    /// agent exits cleanly so the next Scheduled-Task tick can retry.
+    /// agent exits cleanly; the Scheduled Task has only a boot trigger, so the next attempt is
+    /// the next boot. The failed run is recorded for the emergency break report.
     /// </summary>
     internal static class BackendSessionRegistration
     {
@@ -28,12 +30,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
             string agentVersion,
             bool consoleMode,
             AgentLogger logger,
-            Func<string> rotateSession = null)
+            Func<string> rotateSession = null,
+            SessionIdPersistence sessionPersistence = null,
+            string configFetchOutcome = null)
         {
             if (agentConfig == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(agentConfig));
             if (auth == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(auth));
             if (logger == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
 
+            // Wall clock on purpose: a window far above the retry schedule is the evidence that
+            // the device slept or was suspended while this run tried to register.
+            var startedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            var linkUpAtStart = TryIsNetworkLinkUp();
+
             var registrationResult = SessionRegistrationHelper.RegisterWithRetryAsync(
                 apiClient: auth.BackendApiClient,
                 agentConfig: agentConfig,
@@ -48,6 +57,10 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                 rotateSession: rotateSession)
                 .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
+            RecordRegistrationRun(
+                sessionPersistence, registrationResult, startedUtc, DateTime.UtcNow,
+                linkUpAtStart, TryIsNetworkLinkUp(), configFetchOutcome, logger);
+
             if (registrationResult.Outcome != SessionRegistrationOutcome.Succeeded)
             {
                 logger.Error(
@@ -65,13 +78,71 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
             return SessionRegistrationOutcomeResult.Continue(registrationResult);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>Longest <see cref="RegistrationFailureSummary.LastError"/> kept on disk and on the wire.</summary>
+        internal const int MaxRecordedErrorLength = 256;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Keeps <c>registration-failure.json</c> in step with this run: a failed run is folded
+        /// into the record (the emergency break later reports it — for a session that never
+        /// registered, the only account of why), a successful one clears it. Never throws.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static void RecordRegistrationRun(
+            SessionIdPersistence sessionPersistence,
+            SessionRegistrationResult registrationResult,
+            DateTime startedUtc,
+            DateTime endedUtc,
+            bool? linkUpAtStart,
+            bool? linkUpAtEnd,
+            string configFetchOutcome,
+            AgentLogger logger)
+        {
+            if (sessionPersistence == null || registrationResult == null) return;
+            try
+            {
+                if (registrationResult.Outcome == SessionRegistrationOutcome.Succeeded)
+                {
+                    sessionPersistence.ClearRegistrationFailure(logger);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                var error = registrationResult.ErrorMessage;
+                if (error != null && error.Length > MaxRecordedErrorLength)
+                    error = error.Substring(0, MaxRecordedErrorLength);
+
+                sessionPersistence.RecordRegistrationFailure(new RegistrationFailureSummary
+                {
+                    FailedRuns = 1,
+                    FirstFailedAtUtc = endedUtc,
+                    LastFailedAtUtc = endedUtc,
+                    Outcome = registrationResult.Outcome.ToString(),
+                    LastError = error,
+                    NetworkLinkUpAtStart = linkUpAtStart,
+                    NetworkLinkUpAtEnd = linkUpAtEnd,
+                    AttemptWindowSeconds = Math.Round(Math.Max(0, (endedUtc - startedUtc).TotalSeconds), 1),
+                    ConfigFetchOutcome = configFetchOutcome,
+                }, logger);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger?.Warning($"Registration run record failed (best-effort): {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static bool? TryIsNetworkLinkUp()
+        {
+            try { return NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable(); }
+            catch { return null; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// SESSION-OWNER-BINDING: the one place that turns "backend says this session id is not
         /// ours" into a new session. Rotates the persisted id, points the runtime config at it,
         /// drops the transport spool (its lines carry the refused session's partition key and
         /// would otherwise be uploaded against it after the rotation) and re-targets the
-        /// emergency reporter, which snapshotted the id before registration. Everything else
-        /// reads <c>agentConfig.SessionId</c> live after Phase 6.
+        /// emergency reporter, which snapshotted the id before registration. Everything else that
+        /// holds a session id (orchestrator, emitters, spool) is built in Phase 7 from the rotated
+        /// <c>agentConfig.SessionId</c> — keep it that way: a component built before Phase 6 needs
+        /// its own re-target here.
         /// </summary>
         internal static string RotateSession(
             AgentConfiguration agentConfig,

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

@@ -36,15 +36,20 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
         // Upper bound for the blocking wait: NIC wait + 3×15s attempts + 2×5s delays + slack.
         private static readonly TimeSpan OverallBudget = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(75);
 
-        public static void TrySend(AgentConfiguration agentConfig, string agentVersion, AgentLogger logger)
+        public static void TrySend(
+            AgentConfiguration agentConfig,
+            string agentVersion,
+            double sessionAgeHours,
+            RegistrationFailureSummary priorRegistrationFailure,
+            AgentLogger logger)
         {
             try
             {
                 WaitForNetwork(logger);
 
                 var auth = BackendClientFactory.BuildAuthClients(agentConfig, agentVersion, logger);
-                var message =
-                    $"Agent absolute session-age emergency break fired (cap {agentConfig.AbsoluteMaxSessionHours}h) — cleaning up and exiting.";
+                var roundedAgeHours = Math.Round(sessionAgeHours, 1);
+                var message = BuildMessage(roundedAgeHours, agentConfig.AbsoluteMaxSessionHours, priorRegistrationFailure);
 
                 // The process is about to exit, so block on the otherwise fire-and-forget send
                 // rather than let it be abandoned mid-flight. TrySendAsync swallows its own HTTP
@@ -56,7 +61,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                         message,
                         attempts: SendAttempts,
                         perAttemptTimeout: PerAttemptTimeout,
-                        retryDelay: RetryDelay)
+                        retryDelay: RetryDelay,
+                        sessionAgeHours: roundedAgeHours,
+                        priorRegistrationFailure: priorRegistrationFailure)
                     .Wait(OverallBudget);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -65,6 +72,25 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Invariant culture: the text lands in the backend's ops feed and timeline, and a device
+        /// locale would otherwise print "478,2h". The registration clause names what the ops feed
+        /// cannot otherwise show for a session that never registered.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string BuildMessage(double roundedAgeHours, int capHours, RegistrationFailureSummary priorRegistrationFailure)
+        {
+            var message = FormattableString.Invariant(
+                $"Agent absolute session-age emergency break fired at session age {roundedAgeHours:F1}h (cap {capHours}h) — cleaning up and exiting.");
+            if (priorRegistrationFailure != null && priorRegistrationFailure.FailedRuns > 0)
+            {
+                message += FormattableString.Invariant(
+                    $" {priorRegistrationFailure.FailedRuns} earlier start(s) failed to register (last: {priorRegistrationFailure.Outcome}, network link at end: {FormatLink(priorRegistrationFailure.NetworkLinkUpAtEnd)}).");
+            }
+            return message;
+        }
+
+        private static string FormatLink(bool? up) => up == null ? "unknown" : (up.Value ? "up" : "down");
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Boot-time NIC grace: the break fires during bootstrap, often seconds after boot while
         /// Wi-Fi is still associating. Polls the cheap link-level signal — it cannot prove backend

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

@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
         /// <see cref="DecisionSignalKind.EnrollmentFactsObserved"/> signal carrying the
         /// registry-derived enrollment facts (<c>enrollmentType</c> + <c>isHybridJoin</c>)
         /// so the reducer can seed <see cref="State.EnrollmentScenarioProfile"/> via the
-        /// stage-agnostic <c>HandleEnrollmentFactsObservedV1</c> handler.
+        /// stage-agnostic <c>HandleEnrollmentFactsObservedV1</c> handler — plus the tenant's
+        /// Hello wait when it extends the engine's built-in hello_safety window, and the mode of
+        /// the OOBE update phase (D-310).
         /// <para>
         /// Posted immediately before <see cref="PostSessionStarted"/> so the Inspector
         /// timeline reads naturally (facts → anchor) — but the reducer correctness does
@@ -329,7 +331,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
         /// </summary>
         public static void PostEnrollmentFactsObserved(
             ISignalIngressSink ingressSink,
-            AgentLogger logger)
+            int helloWaitTimeoutSeconds,
+            AgentLogger logger,
+            string oobeUpdatePhaseMode = null)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -352,6 +356,22 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                     ["isCloudPc"] = isCloudPc ? "true" : "false",
                 };
 
+                // Tenant Hello wait (remote config, not a registry fact) — stamped only when it
+                // widens the engine's built-in hello_safety window, so sessions on the default
+                // post the same payload as before.
+                var helloWaitSeconds = HelloWaitTimeout.EffectiveSeconds(helloWaitTimeoutSeconds);
+                if (helloWaitSeconds > HelloWaitTimeout.BuiltInSeconds)
+                {
+                    payload[SignalPayloadKeys.HelloWaitTimeoutSeconds] =
+                        helloWaitSeconds.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                }
+
+                // OOBE update phase mode (remote config) — stamped at every start, the same value
+                // the update watchers were wired with: the engine lets the phase act only while
+                // every start of the session said Active, so Off or Shadow is a kill switch.
+                var phaseMode = OobeUpdatePhaseModes.Normalize(oobeUpdatePhaseMode);
+                payload[SignalPayloadKeys.OobeUpdatePhaseMode] = phaseMode;
+
                 var evidence = new Evidence(
                     kind: EvidenceKind.Synthetic,
                     identifier: "enrollment_registry_facts_read",
@@ -364,7 +384,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                     evidence: evidence,
                     payload: payload);
 
-                logger.Debug($"EnrollmentFactsObserved signal posted (enrollmentType={enrollmentType}, isHybridJoin={isHybridJoin}, isSelfDeployingProfile={isSelfDeploying}, isCloudPc={isCloudPc}).");
+                logger.Debug($"EnrollmentFactsObserved signal posted (enrollmentType={enrollmentType}, isHybridJoin={isHybridJoin}, isSelfDeployingProfile={isSelfDeploying}, isCloudPc={isCloudPc}, helloWaitSeconds={helloWaitSeconds}, oobeUpdatePhaseMode={phaseMode}).");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {