Reproduced on release candidate 7f44ccd047: WARNING to EMERGENCY retained severity but dispatched only once instead of twice. Backport the existing delivery repair and acknowledgement/rate-budget lifecycle regression coverage; no new product scope.
Backport-of: 4752d5b4b7 (code and tests), b116d05592
Validation: five focused race repetitions passed; pre-fix active transition failed. Appliance/provider receipt and restarted candidate soak remain outstanding.
Change-source: pulse-maintainer
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