diff --git a/tests/approval.sh b/tests/approval.sh
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index 2210d5a..0000000
--- a/tests/approval.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Phase 5c end-to-end approval flow:
-#   manager edits proposed -> commits -> request_apply_commit
-#   user approves on host -> hive-c0re applies into authoritative repo -> rebuild
-#   sub-agent container has the new package
-#
-# Runs as root on a host with services.hive-c0re enabled and the hm1nd
-# container declared. Idempotent — wipes any prior alice state.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-AGENT=alice
-PKG=htop
-
-cleanup() {
-    echo "=== cleanup ==="
-    sudo hive-c0re kill "$AGENT" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo nixos-container destroy "h-${AGENT}" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo rm -rf \
-        "/var/lib/hyperhive/agents/${AGENT}" \
-        "/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/${AGENT}"
-}
-
-echo "=== precheck: hm1nd container is up ==="
-if ! sudo machinectl status hm1nd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "  hm1nd is not running. Starting via systemd..."
-    sudo systemctl start "container@hm1nd.service" || {
-        echo "FAIL: could not start container@hm1nd.service."
-        echo "  Did you 'nixos-rebuild switch' after declaring containers.hm1nd in your host config?"
-        exit 1
-    }
-    # wait briefly for it to come up
-    for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
-        sudo machinectl status hm1nd >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
-        sleep 0.5
-    done
-fi
-echo "  hm1nd is up ✓"
-
-cleanup
-
-echo "=== spawn ${AGENT} ==="
-sudo hive-c0re spawn "$AGENT"
-
-echo "=== two-repo split visible ==="
-echo "  proposed (manager-editable):"
-sudo ls -la "/var/lib/hyperhive/agents/${AGENT}/config/" | sed 's/^/    /'
-echo "  applied (hive-c0re only):"
-sudo ls -la "/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/${AGENT}/" | sed 's/^/    /'
-
-echo "=== manager cannot see the applied repo ==="
-if sudo nixos-container run hm1nd -- ls "/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/${AGENT}" 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "FAIL: manager can see applied/ — bind-mount leak"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  manager has no path to applied/ ✓"
-
-echo "=== ${PKG} not installed in h-${AGENT} (pre-approve) ==="
-if sudo nixos-container run "h-${AGENT}" -- which "$PKG" 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "FAIL: ${PKG} already in path"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  not in path ✓"
-
-echo "=== manager: edit agent.nix + commit + request_apply_commit ==="
-sudo nixos-container run hm1nd -- bash -c "
-    set -euo pipefail
-    cd /agents/${AGENT}/config
-    cat > agent.nix <<'EOF'
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.${PKG} ];
-}
-EOF
-    git commit -am 'add ${PKG}'
-    SHA=\$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-    echo \"  manager commit SHA=\$SHA\"
-    hive-m1nd request-apply-commit ${AGENT} \$SHA
-"
-
-echo "=== pending approvals ==="
-sudo hive-c0re pending
-
-ID=$(sudo hive-c0re pending \
-    | sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*"id":[[:space:]]*([0-9]+).*/\1/p' \
-    | tail -1)
-if [ -z "$ID" ]; then
-    echo "FAIL: could not parse approval id"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  using approval id ${ID}"
-
-echo "=== approve ${ID} (advances applied/main + rebuilds h-${AGENT}) ==="
-sudo hive-c0re approve "$ID"
-
-echo "=== verify ${PKG} now in path ==="
-sudo nixos-container run "h-${AGENT}" -- which "$PKG"
-
-echo "=== applied repo git log ==="
-sudo git -C "/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/${AGENT}" log --oneline -5
-
-echo "=== approvals table ==="
-if command -v sqlite3 >/dev/null; then
-    sudo sqlite3 /var/lib/hyperhive/broker.sqlite \
-        "SELECT id, agent, substr(commit_ref,1,12) AS sha, status FROM approvals ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5;"
-else
-    echo "  (sqlite3 not on host PATH — skip)"
-fi
-
-echo
-read -r -p "press enter to tear down, Ctrl-C to leave running: "
-cleanup
diff --git a/tests/dashboard.sh b/tests/dashboard.sh
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index c268375..0000000
--- a/tests/dashboard.sh
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@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Phase 6 + 7 smoke test: dashboard HTTP, per-container web UIs,
-# approve-by-POST, SSE endpoint, and orphan-approval GC.
-#
-# Runs as root on a host with services.hive-c0re enabled and the hm1nd
-# container declared. Idempotent — wipes any prior alice state.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-AGENT=alice
-PKG=htop
-HOST=${HOST:-localhost}
-DASH_PORT=${DASH_PORT:-7000}
-MGR_PORT=${MGR_PORT:-8000}
-
-cleanup() {
-    sudo hive-c0re kill "$AGENT" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo nixos-container destroy "h-${AGENT}" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo rm -rf \
-        "/var/lib/hyperhive/agents/${AGENT}" \
-        "/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/${AGENT}"
-}
-
-echo "=== precheck: hm1nd container is up ==="
-if ! sudo machinectl status hm1nd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "  starting via systemd..."
-    sudo systemctl start container@hm1nd.service
-    for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
-        sudo machinectl status hm1nd >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
-        sleep 0.5
-    done
-fi
-echo "  ✓ hm1nd is up"
-
-cleanup
-
-echo "=== dashboard reachable ==="
-curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/" | grep -q "HYPERHIVE" || {
-    echo "FAIL: dashboard not serving expected content"
-    exit 1
-}
-echo "  ✓ http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/ → HTML with HYPERHIVE banner"
-
-echo "=== /messages/stream SSE endpoint ==="
-curl -sI "http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/messages/stream" \
-    | grep -qi "content-type: text/event-stream" || {
-    echo "FAIL: /messages/stream is not SSE"
-    exit 1
-}
-echo "  ✓ Content-Type: text/event-stream"
-
-echo "=== manager UI reachable ==="
-curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${MGR_PORT}/" | grep -q "hm1nd" || {
-    echo "FAIL: manager UI not reachable at :${MGR_PORT}"
-    exit 1
-}
-echo "  ✓ http://${HOST}:${MGR_PORT}/ → hm1nd label"
-
-echo "=== spawn ${AGENT} ==="
-sudo hive-c0re spawn "$AGENT"
-
-echo "=== pick up ${AGENT}'s port from dashboard ==="
-sleep 2
-ALICE_PORT=$(curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/" \
-    | sed -nE "s|.*href=\"http://[^:]+:([0-9]+)/\">${AGENT}<.*|\\1|p" \
-    | head -1)
-if [ -z "$ALICE_PORT" ]; then
-    echo "FAIL: ${AGENT} port not found in dashboard"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  ✓ ${AGENT} port: ${ALICE_PORT}"
-
-echo "=== ${AGENT} UI reachable ==="
-for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
-    curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${ALICE_PORT}/" | grep -q "${AGENT}" && break
-    sleep 1
-done
-curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${ALICE_PORT}/" | grep -q "${AGENT}" || {
-    echo "FAIL: ${AGENT} UI not reachable at :${ALICE_PORT}"
-    exit 1
-}
-echo "  ✓ http://${HOST}:${ALICE_PORT}/ → ${AGENT} label"
-
-echo "=== ${PKG} not in path pre-approve ==="
-if sudo nixos-container run "h-${AGENT}" -- which "$PKG" 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "FAIL: ${PKG} already in path"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  ✓"
-
-echo "=== manager submits approval (via hm1nd) ==="
-sudo nixos-container run hm1nd -- bash -c "
-    set -euo pipefail
-    cd /agents/${AGENT}/config
-    cat > agent.nix <<'EOF'
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.${PKG} ];
-}
-EOF
-    git commit -am 'add ${PKG}'
-    SHA=\$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-    echo \"  manager commit SHA=\$SHA\"
-    hive-m1nd request-apply-commit ${AGENT} \$SHA
-"
-
-echo "=== pick approval id from dashboard ==="
-ID=$(curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/" \
-    | sed -nE 's|.*hive-c0re approve ([0-9]+).*|\1|p' \
-    | head -1)
-if [ -z "$ID" ]; then
-    echo "FAIL: approval id not found in dashboard"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  ✓ approval id: ${ID}"
-
-echo "=== POST /approve/${ID} (browser button equivalent) ==="
-HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' \
-    -X POST "http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/approve/${ID}")
-if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "303" ] && [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "302" ]; then
-    echo "FAIL: expected 303 redirect, got HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  ✓ HTTP ${HTTP_CODE} (redirect)"
-
-echo "=== verify ${PKG} now in h-${AGENT} ==="
-sudo nixos-container run "h-${AGENT}" -- which "$PKG"
-
-echo "=== orphan-GC: cleanup ${AGENT}, refresh dashboard, orphan disappears ==="
-sudo nixos-container run hm1nd -- bash -c "
-    set -euo pipefail
-    cd /agents/${AGENT}/config
-    echo '{ ... }: { }' > agent.nix
-    git commit -am 'noop'
-    SHA=\$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-    hive-m1nd request-apply-commit ${AGENT} \$SHA
-"
-ORPHAN_ID=$(sudo hive-c0re pending \
-    | sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*"id":[[:space:]]*([0-9]+).*/\1/p' \
-    | tail -1)
-echo "  queued orphan id: ${ORPHAN_ID}"
-cleanup
-# First dashboard render triggers GC.
-curl -sf "http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/" >/dev/null
-sleep 0.5
-if sudo hive-c0re pending | grep -q "\"id\": ${ORPHAN_ID}"; then
-    echo "FAIL: orphan ${ORPHAN_ID} still pending after dashboard render"
-    exit 1
-fi
-echo "  ✓ orphan ${ORPHAN_ID} cleaned up"
-
-echo
-echo "=== summary ==="
-echo "  dashboard   http://${HOST}:${DASH_PORT}/"
-echo "  manager UI  http://${HOST}:${MGR_PORT}/"
-echo "  (alice torn down)"
diff --git a/tests/roundtrip.sh b/tests/roundtrip.sh
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--- a/tests/roundtrip.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Phase 3 end-to-end smoke test: spawn alice + bob, send alice→bob, observe
-# bob's harness echo-reply land in alice's journal.
-#
-# Run as root (uses nixos-container + hive-c0re). Idempotent — wipes any prior
-# h-alice / h-bob first.
-#
-# With claude not logged in inside the containers, both fall back to echo and
-# the chain terminates after one round trip (the "echo: " guard).
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-cleanup() {
-    echo "=== cleaning up any prior test agents ==="
-    sudo hive-c0re kill alice 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo hive-c0re kill bob 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo nixos-container destroy h-alice 2>/dev/null || true
-    sudo nixos-container destroy h-bob 2>/dev/null || true
-}
-
-cleanup
-
-echo "=== spawn alice + bob ==="
-sudo hive-c0re spawn alice
-sudo hive-c0re spawn bob
-
-echo "=== wait for harnesses to come up ==="
-sleep 3
-
-T=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-echo "test start: $T"
-
-echo "=== alice → bob: 'ping' ==="
-sudo nixos-container run h-alice -- hive-ag3nt send bob "ping"
-
-echo "=== wait for bob to reply, alice to receive ==="
-sleep 4
-
-echo
-echo "=== bob's journal since test start ==="
-sudo journalctl -M h-bob -u hive-ag3nt --since "$T" --no-pager | tail -20 || true
-
-echo
-echo "=== alice's journal since test start ==="
-sudo journalctl -M h-alice -u hive-ag3nt --since "$T" --no-pager | tail -20 || true
-
-echo
-echo "=== broker rows (last 10) ==="
-sudo sqlite3 /var/lib/hyperhive/broker.sqlite \
-    "SELECT id, sender, recipient, substr(body,1,60) AS body, sent_at, delivered_at FROM messages ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10;" \
-    2>/dev/null || echo "(sqlite3 not available — skip)"
-
-echo
-echo "=== expected ==="
-echo "  bob's journal:   'inbox from=alice body=ping' then 'claude failed; falling back to echo'"
-echo "  alice's journal: 'inbox from=bob body=echo: ping' (no reply, echo guard stopped the chain)"
-echo "  broker rows:     2 messages — alice→bob 'ping' (delivered) and bob→alice 'echo: ping' (delivered)"
-
-echo
-read -r -p "Press enter to tear down test agents, Ctrl-C to leave them up: "
-cleanup