Extract subprocess execution and process contracts into @orca/process-host with explicit public entry points, independent checks, and one Node 18 compatible CommonJS runtime. Migrate application consumers and integrate package builds, dependency selection, import enforcement, and runtime resource staging.
Preserve daemon startup ownership and profile isolation, and qualify development rebuild recovery and concurrent output publication. Remove unnecessary aliases, test forwarding exports, and a duplicate output scan.
Validation: full typechecks, changed-code quality, package and artifact checks, native Windows builds/types plus 306 runtime tests, and independent native reviews.
Matched full E2E controls on original main and unchanged reviewed head both pass all 17 applicable tests (nine skips). Earlier intermittent E2E failures are documented in the PR; no assertions were weakened. The final combined-tree audit preserves both branches with no import-boundary violations.
* ci: share test transforms and remove six redundant checks
* test: remove obsolete project copies and two build string checks
* test: use the injected clock for exact launch readiness budgets
* fix: retain IME confirmation and retire disconnected Windows PTYs
* ci: include relay installer in existing Windows boundaries
* perf: import the canonical SSH manager for filesystem operations
* test: remove 42 source-spelling checks
* test: advance deadlines after real entry and await actual PTY exit
* Preserve native Windows exit acknowledgments and skip daemon-only smoke triggers
* perf(ci): share release JavaScript across packaging hosts
* fix(ci): verify the projected web entry in release archives
* fix(ci): use the Windows system archive tool for release bundles
* test(ci): retain stylesheet evidence in release build comparisons
* test(ci): verify release parity across native color rounding
* test(ci): normalize manifest asset references without changing import order
* test(ci): compare portable outputs across Windows text and color formatting
* test(ci): preserve module identity across dependent asset hashes
* fix(ci): keep SVG build inputs identical across release hosts
* fix(ci): stabilize compiler inputs and projected web bindings
* fix(ci): retain vendor minification in projected web output
* test(ci): normalize platform-specific pnpm manifest source paths
* fix(packaging): exclude shared build staging from application files
* test: align thinking-state fixtures with the current source shape
* test(mobile): reuse message fixtures within the line limit
* Reduce repeated PR setup and transcript timing waits; add hosted comparisons
* Align parallelism contract with Node-only external rebuild toolchain
* Record hosted coverage and launch package, store, and cancellation comparisons
* Apply hosted Windows setup savings and remove measured test waits
* Keep measured PR package gains and remove completed comparison jobs
* Report measured test counts with precise units
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