fix(orchestration): expose unverifiable read liveness

src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-federation-control.ts

@@ -91,7 +91,18 @@ export const ORCHESTRATION_FEDERATION_CONTROL_METHODS: RpcMethod[] = [
         dispatchId: params.dispatchId,
         terminalHandle: observation.terminal.handle,
         workerState: attachment.state,
-        terminalStatus: observation.status === 'exited' ? 'exited' : 'running',
+        terminalStatus:
+          observation.status === 'exited'
+            ? 'exited'
+            : observation.status === 'unverifiable'
+              ? 'unknown'
+              : 'running',
+        terminalLiveness:
+          observation.status === 'unverifiable'
+            ? 'unverifiable'
+            : observation.status === 'exited'
+              ? 'exited'
+              : 'live',
         attachedAt: attachment.created_at,
         source: params.source,
         cursor: params.cursor,

src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-worker-control.ts

@@ -208,7 +208,18 @@ export const ORCHESTRATION_WORKER_CONTROL_METHODS: RpcMethod[] = [
         dispatchId: params.dispatch,
         terminalHandle: worker.agent_terminal_handle,
         workerState: worker.state,
-        terminalStatus: observation.status === 'exited' ? 'exited' : 'running',
+        terminalStatus:
+          observation.status === 'exited'
+            ? 'exited'
+            : observation.status === 'unverifiable'
+              ? 'unknown'
+              : 'running',
+        terminalLiveness:
+          observation.status === 'unverifiable'
+            ? 'unverifiable'
+            : observation.status === 'exited'
+              ? 'exited'
+              : 'live',
         attachedAt: worker.created_at,
         source: params.source,
         cursor: params.cursor,

src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-worker-output.test.ts

@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ describe('exact orchestration worker output', () => {
     expect(readTerminal).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('reports unverifiable liveness without claiming the terminal is running', async () => {
+    const result = await read({
+      terminalStatus: 'unknown',
+      terminalLiveness: 'unverifiable'
+    })
+
+    expect(result.status).toEqual({
+      worker: 'ready',
+      terminal: 'unknown',
+      liveness: 'unverifiable'
+    })
+  })
+
   it('reads Grok through the shared Native Chat transcript decoder', async () => {
     await writeFile(
       transcriptA,

src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-worker-output.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export async function readExactWorkerOutput(args: {
   terminalHandle: string
   workerState: string
   terminalStatus: RuntimeTerminalState
+  terminalLiveness?: 'live' | 'unverifiable' | 'exited'
   attachedAt: string
   source?: OrchestrationWorkerReadSource
   cursor?: string | number
@@ -100,7 +101,11 @@ export async function readExactWorkerOutput(args: {
       returnedMessageCount: transcript.messages.length
     },
     cursor: nextCursor,
-    status: { worker: args.workerState, terminal: args.terminalStatus },
+    status: {
+      worker: args.workerState,
+      terminal: args.terminalStatus,
+      ...(args.terminalLiveness ? { liveness: args.terminalLiveness } : {})
+    },
     fallbackReason: null,
     warnings: transcript.warnings
   }
@@ -145,7 +150,11 @@ async function readTerminalOutput(
     sourceIdentity,
     terminal: { ...terminal, tail: redactedTerminal.lines },
     cursor: nextCursor,
-    status: { worker: args.workerState, terminal: terminal.status },
+    status: {
+      worker: args.workerState,
+      terminal: args.terminalLiveness === 'unverifiable' ? args.terminalStatus : terminal.status,
+      ...(args.terminalLiveness ? { liveness: args.terminalLiveness } : {})
+    },
     fallbackReason: null,
     warnings: redactedTerminal.warnings
   }

src/shared/orchestration-worker-output.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { AgentProviderSessionMetadata } from './agent-session-resume'
 import type { AgentType, NativeChatMessage } from './native-chat-types'
 import type { RuntimeTerminalRead, RuntimeTerminalState } from './runtime-types'
+import type { PtyLivenessVerdict } from './pty-liveness-verdict'
 
 export const ORCHESTRATION_WORKER_READ_SOURCES = ['auto', 'transcript', 'terminal'] as const
 export type OrchestrationWorkerReadSource = (typeof ORCHESTRATION_WORKER_READ_SOURCES)[number]
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export type OrchestrationWorkerReadTranscriptResult = {
   status: {
     worker: string
     terminal: RuntimeTerminalState
+    liveness?: PtyLivenessVerdict['status']
   }
   fallbackReason: null
   warnings: string[]
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export type OrchestrationWorkerReadTerminalResult = {
   status: {
     worker: string
     terminal: RuntimeTerminalState
+    liveness?: PtyLivenessVerdict['status']
   }
   fallbackReason: OrchestrationWorkerReadFallbackReason | null
   warnings: string[]