fix(issue-50): a waiter whose own attempt is already running answers clear, not superseded

The registry wait judged its record by one rule: not this attempt's
pending record in this session -> superseded (redispatched, moved or
closed by someone else). That also caught the record's own `started`
landing before the prompt went out - the Issue #14 registry ack winning
over an unreachable broker, as test_issue30_stall_watch_stop acknowledges
at registration - and the wrapper left on exit 5 instead of its
broker_unavailable path (rc 3).

A record that is running under this attempt's token in this session is
this attempt's own progress: the waiter answers `clear` at once, writes
no admission and starts no hold. Another token, another session or a
terminal status stay `superseded` (review 55219be1 R1 unchanged).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.agents/skills/lib_py/delegation/wrapper.py

@@ -334,6 +334,16 @@ def _own(rec: Optional[dict], token: Optional[str], session: str) -> bool:
         and _bare(str(rec.get("agent_session") or "")) == _bare(session)
 
 
+def _started_own(rec: Optional[dict], token: Optional[str], session: str) -> bool:
+    """This attempt's record, in this session, already `running`: its own
+    `started` landed before the prompt went out (the registry ack of Issue
+    #14 wins over an unreachable broker; a test that acknowledges at
+    registration). Nothing was redispatched, moved or closed by someone else
+    - there is just nothing left to wait for."""
+    return bool(rec) and bool(token) and rec.get("status") == "running" and rec.get("dispatch_token") == token \
+        and _bare(str(rec.get("agent_session") or "")) == _bare(session)
+
+
 def _merge_own(registry_dir: str, job_id: str, token: Optional[str], session: str, source: str, fields: dict,
                guard=None) -> bool:
     """One merge through the engine, committed only while the record re-read
@@ -434,7 +444,9 @@ def wait_open_jobs(a: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
     and its admission is committed (_admit); `busy <ids>` when the bound runs
     out first; `superseded` once the record is not this attempt's pending one
     in this session any more (redispatched, moved, closed by someone else) -
-    nothing is written or closed then, the record is its owner's. The bound
+    nothing is written or closed then, the record is its owner's; `clear`
+    at once, with no admission, when it is this attempt's and already
+    running (_started_own). The bound
     is min(--wait-s, this job's remaining wall clock). The identity is pinned
     at the start: --dispatch-token (the token the wrapper read for this
     attempt), else the record's token read once. Every DISPATCH_SIGNAL_EVERY s
@@ -450,8 +462,9 @@ def wait_open_jobs(a: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
     last_signal = None
     while True:
         now = _now()
-        if not _own(_load_record(a.registry_dir, a.job), token, a.agent_session):
+        rec = _load_record(a.registry_dir, a.job)
-            return "superseded"
+        if not _own(rec, token, a.agent_session):
+            return "clear" if _started_own(rec, token, a.agent_session) else "superseded"
         live, stale = open_jobs(a.registry_dir, a.agent_session, a.job, now)
         for other, reason in stale:
             if other not in reported:

tests/test_issue50_dispatch.py

@@ -422,6 +422,32 @@ def test_u3g_a_waiter_whose_attempt_changed_in_place_leaves_the_admission_to_the
             proc.communicate()
 
 
+def test_u3i_an_attempt_already_running_under_its_own_token_is_clear_not_superseded(tmp_path):
+    # the Issue #14 registry ack: the agent's `started` for this attempt lands
+    # before the prompt goes out (test_issue30_stall_watch_stop). Nothing to
+    # wait for, nothing foreign: `clear` at once, no admission written
+    a = _register(tmp_path, status="running")
+    _event(tmp_path, a, time.time())
+    me = _register(tmp_path)
+    tok = _rec(tmp_path, me)["dispatch_token"]
+    _edit(tmp_path, me, status="running")
+    before = _rec(tmp_path, me)
+    t0 = time.time()
+    assert decide.wait_open_jobs(_ns(tmp_path, me, wait_s=30)) == "clear"
+    assert time.time() - t0 < 5 and _rec(tmp_path, me) == before, "no wait, no write"
+    res = _cli(tmp_path, "wait-open-jobs", "--job", me, "--agent-session", "herdr:s", "--registry-dir", str(tmp_path),
+               "--wait-s", "30", "--timeout", "3600", "--dispatch-token", tok, "--hold")
+    assert res.stdout.strip() == "clear" and not _hold_pids(me), res.stderr
+    # running under another attempt's token, or in another session, is still someone else's
+    assert decide.wait_open_jobs(_ns(tmp_path, me, session="herdr:t")) == "superseded"
+    _edit(tmp_path, me, dispatch_token="another-attempt")
+    res = _cli(tmp_path, "wait-open-jobs", "--job", me, "--agent-session", "herdr:s", "--registry-dir", str(tmp_path),
+               "--wait-s", "30", "--timeout", "3600", "--dispatch-token", tok)
+    assert res.stdout.strip() == "superseded", res.stderr
+    _edit(tmp_path, me, dispatch_token=tok, status="completed")
+    assert decide.wait_open_jobs(_ns(tmp_path, me)) == "superseded"
+
+
 def test_u3h_the_pinned_token_is_the_wrappers_not_the_records(tmp_path):
     # the record's token changed before the waiter started (a redispatch raced
     # the wrapper): the waiter given the old token is superseded at once