From b50c57472efa3b201a888196c6ee2cf04fd500ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennan Benson <79079362+brennanb2025@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test(native-chat): pin that a start dead before proving owes
 no settlement

The removed restart handoff test pinned this branch; nothing else did.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 ...-session-eviction-settlement-latch.test.ts | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/runtime/agent-session-eviction-settlement-latch.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/agent-session-eviction-settlement-latch.test.ts
index c6ae4fc2ffa..ebb893ef7e5 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/agent-session-eviction-settlement-latch.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/agent-session-eviction-settlement-latch.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,32 @@ describe('proven-dead agent session eviction settlement', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('owes no settlement for a start that died before proving its handle', () => {
+    const record = agentSessionRecordFixture(
+      agentSessionLeaseFixture({
+        runtimeKind: 'native',
+        claimStatus: 'reserved',
+        handoffStage: 'new-owner-proving',
+        handoffOperationId: 'attach-op-1',
+        unreconciled: true
+      })
+    )
+
+    const evicted = applyAgentSessionRestartAdjudication({
+      record,
+      probe: { outcome: 'pid-absent' },
+      now: NOW
+    })
+
+    expect(evicted.lease).toMatchObject({
+      claimStatus: 'released',
+      runtimeFence: 8,
+      handoffStage: null,
+      handoffOperationId: null
+    })
+    expect(evicted.lease).not.toHaveProperty('settlementRetryRequired')
+  })
+
   it('latches recovery eviction from the same evicted disposition', () => {
     const record = agentSessionRecordFixture(
       agentSessionLeaseFixture({ runtimeKind: 'native', handoffStage: 'recovering' })