The update skill publishes .mam/update-in-progress (pid + lstart, the
loop_lock.sh rules) while it holds .mam/update-admission.lock exclusively.
create, resume, run_loop.sh and delegate submit (decision 8) and stop and
orc-onboard (U2: a rollback would restore the registry without their write)
take that lock shared (lib.sh mam_update_admit, fd 7), refuse while the marker
is live or unknown, and hold the lock until their record is written. A stale
marker refuses nothing. lib_py.pane_lock acquire gains --shared and
--wait-env (MAM_UPDATE_ADMISSION_WAIT_S, default 120); create's wrapper path
closes fd 7 for the long-lived child. The exit-1 rows of create/resume/stop
name the refusal; skill_code_blocks.json pins follow the shifted lines.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>