fix(highway_3d): hoist sY before createScoreFx to resolve TDZ

Root cause: const sY was declared 371 lines after createScoreFx({..., sY})
inside createFactory(). The shorthand {sY} reads the binding immediately
(not a closure), so every factory call threw ReferenceError: Cannot access
'sY' before initialization. highway.js caught it, reverted to 2D, emitted
viz:reverted. THREE.js was never requested.

Fix: hoist sY declaration to just before createScoreFx. Also hoist
_invertedCached, nStr, curX, and highwayCanvas above their first lexical
reference (all were closure false positives, but hoisting makes the code
unambiguously safe and keeps the new ESLint gate clean with 0 errors).
Hoist _bcPanel in bc-panel.js for the same reason.

Regression gate: eslint no-use-before-define (variables:true, functions:false)
scoped over plugins/highway_3d/ (screen.js + src/). Statically catches any
const/let used before its declaration in the factory — the whole class, not
just this pair. RED at broken tip (sY flagged): GREEN after fix.
Pre-existing violations surfaced (all closure false positives, none true TDZ
runtime bugs): highwayCanvas in _v3TopRightChromeBottom body, _invertedCached
and nStr in sY arrow body and DI getters, curX in getCurX DI getter, _bcPanel
in bc-panel.js function bodies — all resolved by hoisting; no silenced errors.

Bump plugin.json 3.53.0→3.54.0 (viz factory change per standing rule).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014uZ169yfoFYArXz962g7KW

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- **Core reader for source rigs (feedpak 1.18.0).** A pack can declare what a
+  MIDI part should sound like by binding a rig; core now reads that binding and
+  hands it to the client instead of dropping it. Three parts: the
+  `tone_changes` WS message carries the pack's rig bindings (`base_rig`, and
+  `rig` per change) alongside the tone names it already sent; the manifest
+  `rigs:` key loads the pack's rig library (`rigs.json`, spec §7.9) verbatim;
+  and the binding precedence is resolved per spec §5.1/§5.2 — a manifest
+  arrangement entry's `tones` replaces the arrangement JSON's **wholesale**
+  (no field-level merge), while top-level `drum_tones` binds the primary drum
+  part as the fallback a `type: drums` entry's own `tones` outranks. Core
+  deliberately stops there: it does not select a realization or apply the
+  `intent.gm` floor, which belong to whatever actually voices the part. Packs
+  that bind no rig produce a byte-identical `tone_changes` payload, so existing
+  consumers are unaffected.
 - **Opt-in career venue packs (#122)** — higher-tier venue crowd media
   (`club`, `arena`) is no longer bundled; the app downloads each pack on demand
   from its release when you reach the venue (sha256-verified), keeping the
@@ -183,11 +197,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     spec shape (moves `original/full.ogg` → `stems/full.ogg`, adds the `full` stem
     at `default: off`, drops the key); the fallback and the aliases are removed once
     they are migrated (#945).
-- **Folder Library previews on hover, like the grid and list views.** The Folders
-  view's cards and rows now carry the standard `data-fn` / `data-v3-play` markup,
-  so the existing **Song Preview** plugin previews them on hover exactly like the
-  other views (same audio, same behaviour) — Folder Library ships no preview code
-  of its own.
 
 ### Added
 - **Genres fall back to MusicBrainz enrichment** — the effective genre now
@@ -304,6 +313,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   engine (`app.js`, `highway.js`, `playSong`, `showScreen`, the capability registry).
 
 ### Fixed
+- **Count-in follows the song's meter and its pickup measure.** The count-in
+  (loop wrap, section practice, and the "Countdown before song" setting) always
+  clicked exactly four beats, so a 3/4 song was counted in 4/4, and a song
+  opening with a pickup (anacrusis) had the pickup enter where the downbeat
+  belonged — putting the player a beat ahead for the whole song. The bar length
+  now comes from the `song_timeline` beats already on the highway
+  (`measure >= 0` marks downbeats; no new plumbing, since the `time_signatures`
+  map is streamed to plugins rather than stored in the frontend), and a first
+  bar shorter than that meter shortens the count by its length: a 1-beat pickup
+  in 4/4 counts "1 2 3" and the music enters on 4. Songs without beats — pre-chart,
+  minigames, synthetic highways — still get four.
 - **GP8 asset resolution honours the directory the registry named.**
   `<EmbeddedFilePath>` is matched on filename stem so a format variant of the
   same recording can win (an `.ogg` beside the declared `.mp3` is copied out

CLAUDE.md

@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ The highway WebSocket at `/ws/highway/{filename}?arrangement={index}` streams th
 | `anchors` | `{ type, data: [{ time, fret, width }] }` | Fret zoom anchors |
 | `chord_templates` | `{ type, data: [{ name, frets: [6] }] }` | Named chord shapes |
 | `lyrics` | `{ type, data: [{ w, t, d }], source }` | Syllables: `w`=word, `t`=time, `d`=duration. `-` joins to previous, `+` = line break. `source` is one of `"xml"`, `"whisperx"`, `"user"` — UI can use it to render an "auto-transcribed" badge for `whisperx`. Sloppaks always include `source` (legacy sloppaks without a `lyrics_source` manifest key default to `"xml"` at load time). Loose folders set it based on which extractor matched. Absent only when no lyrics fired the message at all |
-| `tone_changes` | `{ type: 'tone_changes', base, data: [{ time, name }] }` | Optional — tone change events relative to the arrangement base tone; only sent if tones were found |
+| `tone_changes` | `{ type: 'tone_changes', base, base_rig?, data: [{ t, name, rig? }] }` | Optional — tone change events relative to the arrangement base tone; only sent if tones were found. Note the time key is **`t`**, not `time` (both the sloppak path and the legacy XML path emit `t`). `base_rig` and each entry's `rig` are the pack's **rig bindings** — ids into [`rigs.json`](https://github.com/got-feedback/feedpak-spec/blob/main/spec/feedpak-v1.md#79-rigsjson) (feedpak §6.9/§7.9), carried through verbatim and **not** resolved by core: selecting a realization and applying the `intent.gm` floor belong to whatever voices the part. Both are **omitted entirely** when the chart binds no rig, so consumers predating the rig model see the payload they always did. |
 | `notes` | `{ type, data: [{ t, s, f, sus, ho, po, sl, bn, ... }] }` | Single notes |
 | `chords` | `{ type, data: [{ t, notes: [{ s, f, sus, ... }] }] }` | Chord events |
 | `phrases` | `{ type, data: [{ start_time, end_time, max_difficulty, levels: [{ difficulty, notes, chords, anchors, handshapes }] }], total }` | Optional — per-phrase difficulty ladder for master-difficulty slider (feedBack#48). Only sent when the source chart carries multi-level phrase data (phrase-aware sloppak). Sent in chunks (`data` is a batch, `total` is the full count across messages) to avoid multi-MB single frames. Absent for GP imports and legacy sloppak; consumers must treat missing message as "single fixed difficulty — slider disabled". |

data/progression/paths/vocals.json

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+{
+  "id": "vocals",
+  "name": "Vocals",
+  "icon": "vocals",
+  "order": 5,
+  "levels": [
+    {
+      "level": 1,
+      "required": 2,
+      "challenges": [
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l1.first-phrase",
+          "title": "First Phrase",
+          "description": "Finish any vocal song with pitch detection on.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "target": 1 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l1.clean-run",
+          "title": "Clean Run",
+          "description": "Score 80%+ accuracy on a vocal song.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "min_accuracy": 0.8, "target": 1 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l1.daily-grind",
+          "title": "Daily Grind",
+          "description": "Complete 3 daily quests.",
+          "goal": { "type": "quest_completed", "period": "daily", "target": 3 }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "level": 2,
+      "required": 2,
+      "challenges": [
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l2.five-songs",
+          "title": "Warming Up",
+          "description": "Finish 5 vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "target": 5 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l2.sharpshooter",
+          "title": "On Pitch",
+          "description": "Score 90%+ accuracy on a vocal song.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "min_accuracy": 0.9, "target": 1 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l2.arcade-debut",
+          "title": "Arcade Debut",
+          "description": "Play 3 FeedBarcade rounds.",
+          "goal": { "type": "minigame_run", "target": 3 }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "level": 3,
+      "required": 2,
+      "challenges": [
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l3.repertoire",
+          "title": "Repertoire",
+          "description": "Finish 10 different vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "distinct": true, "target": 10 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l3.consistent",
+          "title": "Consistent",
+          "description": "Score 85%+ accuracy on 5 vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "min_accuracy": 0.85, "target": 5 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l3.weekly-warrior",
+          "title": "Weekly Warrior",
+          "description": "Complete 2 weekly quests.",
+          "goal": { "type": "quest_completed", "period": "weekly", "target": 2 }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "level": 4,
+      "required": 2,
+      "challenges": [
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l4.streak-week",
+          "title": "Seven-Day Streak",
+          "description": "Reach a 7-day play streak.",
+          "goal": { "type": "streak_reached", "days": 7 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l4.precision",
+          "title": "Pitch Perfect",
+          "description": "Score 95%+ accuracy on 3 vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "min_accuracy": 0.95, "target": 3 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l4.marathon",
+          "title": "Marathon",
+          "description": "Finish 25 vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "target": 25 }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "level": 5,
+      "required": 2,
+      "challenges": [
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l5.collector",
+          "title": "Collector",
+          "description": "Earn 5,000 lifetime Decibels.",
+          "goal": { "type": "db_earned", "amount": 5000 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l5.virtuoso",
+          "title": "Virtuoso",
+          "description": "Score 95%+ accuracy on 10 different vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "min_accuracy": 0.95, "distinct": true, "target": 10 }
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "vocals.l5.dedicated",
+          "title": "Dedicated",
+          "description": "Finish 50 vocal songs.",
+          "goal": { "type": "song_completed", "instrument": "vocals", "target": 50 }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}

eslint.config.js

@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ module.exports = [
             'import-x/no-cycle': 'error',
         },
     },
+    // highway_3d plugin — screen.js uses ES-module syntax (scriptType:module)
+    // so it needs module sourceType to parse. Add no-use-before-define here
+    // (variables: true, functions: false) to catch const/let TDZ violations
+    // inside factory functions across the whole plugin tree.
+    // Proven to flag the broken-tip regression (fix/h3d-viz-init-fallback):
+    //   broken: const sY used at createScoreFx DI before its declaration → ERROR
+    //   fixed:  sY hoisted above createScoreFx call → clean (0 errors)
+    {
+        files: [
+            'plugins/highway_3d/screen.js',
+            'plugins/highway_3d/src/**/*.js',
+        ],
+        languageOptions: { ecmaVersion: 'latest', sourceType: 'module' },
+        rules: {
+            'no-use-before-define': ['error', { variables: true, functions: false }],
+        },
+    },
     // Signed size exemptions (docs/size-exemptions.md) — raise the ceiling so
     // registered files don't warn below it.
     ...SIZE_EXEMPTIONS.map(({ files, max }) => ({ files, rules: { 'max-lines': sizeRule(max) } })),

lib/routers/ws_highway.py

@@ -774,20 +774,29 @@ async def highway_ws(websocket: WebSocket, filename: str, arrangement: int = -1,
         # (Arrangement.tones, populated by the converter), so read it straight
         # off `arr` rather than walking for XML that doesn't exist.
         if is_slop:
-            # `sloppak_tone_changes` builds the (base, sorted changes) pair
+            # `sloppak_tone_changes` builds the (base, base_rig, sorted
-            # from `Arrangement.tones`, skipping non-string names and
+            # changes) triple from `Arrangement.tones`, skipping non-string
-            # non-finite/non-numeric times — unit-tested in test_tones.py.
+            # names, non-finite/non-numeric times, and unusable rig ids —
+            # unit-tested in test_tones.py.
             from tones import sloppak_tone_changes
-            base_name, tone_changes = sloppak_tone_changes(getattr(arr, "tones", None))
+            base_name, base_rig, tone_changes = sloppak_tone_changes(
+                getattr(arr, "tones", None)
+            )
             # Send when there's a base tone OR timed changes — a single-tone
             # arrangement has a base but no switches, and the highway should
             # still be able to show the initial tone.
             if tone_changes or base_name:
-                await websocket.send_json({
+                payload = {
                     "type": "tone_changes",
                     "base": base_name,
                     "data": tone_changes,
-                })
+                }
+                # `base_rig` is additive (feedpak-spec §6.9) — omitted entirely
+                # when the chart binds no rig, so consumers that predate the rig
+                # model see the exact payload they always did.
+                if base_rig:
+                    payload["base_rig"] = base_rig
+                await websocket.send_json(payload)
         else:
             xml_paths = sorted(_xml_walk("*.xml"))
 

lib/scan.py

@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ _SCAN_STATUS_INIT = {"running": False, "stage": "idle", "total": 0, "done": 0, "
 
 _scan_status = dict(_SCAN_STATUS_INIT)
 
+# Mass-prune guard thresholds for automatic scans (not full rescan).
+# Refuse when would_remove >= max(_PRUNE_MAX_ABS, _PRUNE_MAX_FRAC * existing).
+# At 50 % of the library (or even a single row on tiny libraries) a sudden
+# disappearance almost certainly means a degraded mount, not a real deletion.
+_PRUNE_MAX_ABS = 1
+_PRUNE_MAX_FRAC = 0.5
+
 
 def _make_scan_executor():
     """Build the executor for the background metadata scan.
@@ -213,12 +220,17 @@ def _make_scan_executor():
     )
 
 
-def background_scan(force: bool = False):
+def background_scan(force: bool = False, allow_mass_prune: bool = False):
     """Scan the library and cache song metadata on startup. Uses a process pool to bypass the GIL for CPU-bound metadata parsing.
 
     `force` skips the directory-signature fast path and always does the full
     listing/stat pass — the manual Refresh sets it (see _dir_signature_file).
 
+    `allow_mass_prune` permits the scan to prune more than the catastrophic
+    threshold (_PRUNE_MAX_FRAC of the library). Only set by /api/rescan/full
+    (explicit user intent); automatic and plain /api/rescan scans leave it
+    False so a degraded-mount partial listing can't silently wipe the library.
+
     Never sets `_scan_status["running"] = False` — ownership of that flag
     lives in `_scan_runner` so a `kick_scan()` racing this function's
     terminal write cannot observe a stale False and start a second runner.
@@ -313,6 +325,43 @@ def background_scan(force: bool = False):
 
     current_files = {_relpath(f, dlc) for f in all_songs}
 
+    # Guard: refuse (or warn) when the listing suggests a degraded mount.
+    # Two cases share the same logic:
+    #   1. Zero listing  — current_files empty, DB non-empty: would erase everything.
+    #   2. Partial listing — current_files non-empty but so many DB rows are absent
+    #      that it looks like a mount glitch rather than deliberate deletions.
+    #      Threshold: would_remove >= max(_PRUNE_MAX_ABS, _PRUNE_MAX_FRAC * existing).
+    # allow_mass_prune (only True for /api/rescan/full) lets the prune proceed with
+    # a warning so the user's explicit intent is honoured even in the degraded case.
+    with appstate.meta_db._lock:
+        _existing = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+
+    if _existing > 0:
+        if not current_files:
+            _would_remove = _existing
+        else:
+            with appstate.meta_db._lock:
+                _db_files = {r[0] for r in appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT filename FROM songs").fetchall()}
+            _would_remove = len(_db_files - current_files)
+
+        _threshold = max(_PRUNE_MAX_ABS, _PRUNE_MAX_FRAC * _existing)
+        if _would_remove >= _threshold:
+            _msg = (
+                f"Scan: would remove {_would_remove} of {_existing} DB rows "
+                f"(threshold {int(_threshold)}) with only {len(current_files)} song(s) visible "
+                "— possible mount/permission issue. Check the DLC mount; use Settings → "
+                "Rescan Library (full) to authorise a large prune."
+            )
+            if allow_mass_prune:
+                log.warning("%s — proceeding (user-authorised full rescan)", _msg)
+            else:
+                log.error("%s", _msg)
+                _scan_status = {**_SCAN_STATUS_INIT, "running": True,
+                                "stage": "error", "error": _msg}
+                return
+
     # Clean up stale DB entries. delete_missing reports both deltas (rows pruned
     # + genuinely-new files) so the scan can surface an added/removed summary.
     _delta = appstate.meta_db.delete_missing(current_files)
@@ -406,6 +455,10 @@ _scan_rescan_pending = False
 # Set by kick_scan(force=True); consumed by _scan_runner for the next pass so a
 # manual Refresh bypasses the directory-signature fast path.
 _scan_force_next = False
+# Set by kick_scan(allow_mass_prune=True); allows the next pass to prune past the
+# catastrophic threshold. Sticky like _scan_force_next: if any queued request asks
+# for it, the follow-up pass honours it.
+_scan_mass_prune_next = False
 
 
 # Handles to the running scan / enrichment worker threads. Both use the shared
@@ -416,7 +469,7 @@ _scan_force_next = False
 _scan_thread: threading.Thread | None = None
 
 
-def kick_scan(force: bool = False) -> bool:
+def kick_scan(force: bool = False, allow_mass_prune: bool = False) -> bool:
     """Request a library rescan, single-flight + coalescing.
 
     `force` skips the directory-signature fast path for the resulting pass (the
@@ -425,6 +478,10 @@ def kick_scan(force: bool = False) -> bool:
     onto a running or queued scan keeps the force intent: the pass is forced if
     ANY pending request asked for it.
 
+    `allow_mass_prune` permits the resulting pass to prune past the catastrophic
+    threshold. Sticky: if any pending request set it, the follow-up pass honours it.
+    Only /api/rescan/full passes True — plain rescans and startup scans never do.
+
     Returns True if a new scan thread was started, False if one was already
     running. In the latter case a follow-up pass is queued and runs as soon
     as the current scan finishes so files landing mid-scan (e.g. an upload
@@ -432,10 +489,12 @@ def kick_scan(force: bool = False) -> bool:
     until the next periodic pass. Multiple late-arriving requests coalesce
     into a single follow-up.
     """
-    global _scan_rescan_pending, _scan_thread, _scan_force_next
+    global _scan_rescan_pending, _scan_thread, _scan_force_next, _scan_mass_prune_next
     with _scan_kick_lock:
         if force:
             _scan_force_next = True
+        if allow_mass_prune:
+            _scan_mass_prune_next = True
         if _scan_status["running"]:
             _scan_rescan_pending = True
             return False
@@ -449,15 +508,17 @@ def kick_scan(force: bool = False) -> bool:
 
 def _scan_runner():
     """Run _background_scan, then re-run if requests arrived mid-scan."""
-    global _scan_rescan_pending, _scan_force_next
+    global _scan_rescan_pending, _scan_force_next, _scan_mass_prune_next
     while True:
-        # Consume the force flag for THIS pass; a forced request queued mid-scan
+        # Consume both flags for THIS pass; requests queued mid-scan set them
-        # sets it again for the follow-up.
+        # again for the follow-up (sticky: any requester who asked for it wins).
         with _scan_kick_lock:
             forced = _scan_force_next
             _scan_force_next = False
+            mass_prune = _scan_mass_prune_next
+            _scan_mass_prune_next = False
         try:
-            background_scan(force=forced)
+            background_scan(force=forced, allow_mass_prune=mass_prune)
         except Exception:
             log.exception("background scan failed unexpectedly")
 

lib/sloppak.py

@@ -121,6 +121,41 @@ def partition_stems(stems: list[dict]) -> tuple[dict | None, list[dict]]:
     return full, [s for s in stems if str(s.get("id", "")) != FULL_MIX_STEM_ID]
 
 
+def _resolve_pack_path(source_dir: Path, rel: str, label: str) -> Path | None:
+    """Resolve a manifest-relative path, contained inside the pack. None if not.
+
+    Every manifest key that names a file routes through here. A crafted manifest
+    must not read outside the sloppak directory via path traversal
+    (e.g. `../../etc`), and a symlink loop or permission error on `.resolve()`
+    must disable that one file rather than abort the whole load — so both
+    failures are caught, and both are warnings rather than raises.
+
+    The two branches log differently on purpose: a `ValueError` means the path
+    resolved *outside* the pack (a crafted or broken manifest), an `OSError`
+    means it could not be resolved at all (symlink loop, permissions). Reading
+    "escapes source_dir" in the logs and reading "resolution failed" lead an
+    operator to very different places, so the distinction is worth two lines.
+
+    Returns the resolved path — **existence is NOT checked here**. Callers
+    differ on that deliberately: a missing optional side-file is silent, while a
+    missing arrangement skips an entry, so each caller keeps its own `.exists()`
+    (or `.is_file()`) test and its own control flow.
+
+    `label` names the manifest key in the log message ("keys", "song_timeline",
+    a drum part's id, …).
+    """
+    try:
+        p = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
+        p.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
+    except ValueError:
+        log.warning("sloppak: %s path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", label, rel)
+        return None
+    except OSError as e:
+        log.warning("sloppak: %s path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", label, e)
+        return None
+    return p
+
+
 def _legacy_full_mix(manifest: dict, source_dir: Path) -> str | None:
     """Full mix from the DEPRECATED `original_audio:` manifest key, or None.
 
@@ -152,16 +187,8 @@ def _legacy_full_mix(manifest: dict, source_dir: Path) -> str | None:
     if not isinstance(rel_raw, str) or not rel_raw.strip():
         return None
     rel = rel_raw.strip()
-    try:
+    target = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, rel, "original_audio")
-        target = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
+    if target is None or not target.is_file():
-        target.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-    except ValueError:
-        log.warning("sloppak: original_audio path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", rel)
-        return None
-    except OSError as e:
-        log.warning("sloppak: original_audio path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-        return None
-    if not target.is_file():
         return None
     log.info(
         "sloppak: pack uses the deprecated `original_audio:` key (%r) — the full mix "
@@ -698,6 +725,14 @@ class LoadedSloppak:
     # absent / unreadable / malformed. Streamed over the highway WS as a
     # `keys` message; consumers (renderers, plugins) read it from there.
     keys: dict | None = None
+    # Parsed `rigs.json` payload (manifest `rigs:` key, spec §7.9) — the pack's
+    # library of engine-agnostic signal chains: effect chains and, since
+    # feedpak 1.18.0, MIDI-voiced sound sources. Arrangements bind rigs to time
+    # by referencing a rig `id` from `tones.base_rig` / `tones.changes[].rig`
+    # (§6.9), which `lib/tones.py` carries onto the wire. None when absent /
+    # unreadable / malformed. Rig objects are kept verbatim — this loader does
+    # not select realizations or apply the `intent.gm` floor.
+    rigs: dict | None = None
     # Sanitized song-level tempo + time-signature maps from `song_timeline.json`
     # (feedpak 1.2.0). `tempos`: [{time, bpm}]; `time_signatures`: [{time, ts}].
     # None when absent/empty. Streamed over the highway WS (`tempos` /
@@ -749,20 +784,8 @@ def _load_drum_tab_file(source_dir: Path, rel: str, label: str) -> dict | None:
     permissive — a missing file disables that part silently; a traversal,
     parse, or validation failure disables it with a warning, never aborting
     the load."""
-    # Constrain to source_dir to prevent a crafted manifest from reading
+    dt_path = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, rel, label)
-    # files outside the sloppak directory via path traversal (e.g. ../../etc).
+    if dt_path is None or not dt_path.exists():
-    # Wrap both resolve() calls in a broad handler: symlink loops and
-    # permission errors on .resolve() should disable drums, not abort load.
-    try:
-        dt_path = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
-        dt_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-    except ValueError:
-        log.warning("sloppak: %s path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", label, rel)
-        return None
-    except OSError as e:
-        log.warning("sloppak: %s path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", label, e)
-        return None
-    if not dt_path.exists():
         return None
     try:
         raw = load_json(dt_path)
@@ -776,18 +799,117 @@ def _load_drum_tab_file(source_dir: Path, rel: str, label: str) -> dict | None:
     return raw
 
 
+def _load_rigs_file(source_dir: Path, rel: str) -> dict | None:
+    """Load the pack's rig library (manifest `rigs:` key, spec §7.9).
+
+    Returns `{"version": int, "rigs": [...]}` or None. Same permissive posture
+    as every other side-file: missing / unreadable / malformed -> None, never
+    fatal — spec §7.9 is explicit that a rig library a Reader can't use MUST NOT
+    fail the pack.
+
+    Rig objects are kept **verbatim**. Only entries that could never be
+    addressed are dropped — a rig is reachable solely by `id` (from
+    `tones.base_rig` / `changes[].rig`), so a non-dict entry or one without a
+    usable string id is unreferenceable by construction. Everything else,
+    including unknown `role` / `engine` / `kind` values and `ext` namespaces,
+    passes through untouched, because this loader does not interpret rigs:
+    realization selection and the `intent.gm` fallback belong to whatever
+    voices the part.
+    """
+    try:
+        r_path = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
+        r_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
+    except ValueError:
+        log.warning("sloppak: rigs path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", rel)
+        return None
+    except OSError as e:
+        log.warning("sloppak: rigs path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
+        return None
+    if not r_path.exists():
+        return None
+    try:
+        raw = load_json(r_path)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.warning("sloppak: failed to parse rigs %r: %s", rel, e)
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+        log.warning("sloppak: rigs %r ignored — expected dict, got %s",
+                    rel, type(raw).__name__)
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(raw.get("rigs"), list):
+        log.warning("sloppak: rigs %r ignored — 'rigs' must be a list", rel)
+        return None
+
+    clean_rigs: list[dict] = []
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for rig in raw["rigs"]:
+        if not isinstance(rig, dict):
+            continue
+        rid = rig.get("id")
+        if not isinstance(rid, str) or not rid.strip():
+            continue
+        # Normalize the library side of the lookup the same way the reference
+        # side is normalized in lib/tones.py — otherwise a pack with padded ids
+        # fails to resolve against a stripped `base_rig` / `rig`.
+        rid = rid.strip()
+        # A duplicate id makes `tones.base_rig` ambiguous, which would surface
+        # as the wrong sound rather than an error. First wins, loudly.
+        if rid in seen:
+            log.warning("sloppak: rigs %r has duplicate rig id %r — later one ignored",
+                        rel, rid)
+            continue
+        seen.add(rid)
+        clean_rigs.append({**rig, "id": rid})
+
+    # int only — a float version (incl. NaN/Inf, which json.loads accepts)
+    # would raise on int(); default rather than abort an optional side-file.
+    _ver = raw.get("version")
+    return {
+        "version": _ver if isinstance(_ver, int) and not isinstance(_ver, bool) else 1,
+        "rigs": clean_rigs,
+    }
+
+
+def _entry_tones(entry: dict) -> dict | None:
+    """A manifest entry's `tones` binding, or None when it doesn't carry one.
+
+    Spec §5.2: a manifest arrangement entry's `tones` overrides the arrangement
+    JSON's `tones` **wholesale** — no field-level merge. This normalizes the
+    "does it carry one" test for both the arrangement path and the drum path.
+
+    An empty dict reads as *absent*, not as "override to silence": it is what a
+    Writer emits by accident, `arrangement_from_wire` already normalizes the
+    in-JSON `{}` to None the same way, and treating it as an override would let
+    a stray empty object silently unbind a part's sound.
+    """
+    tones = entry.get("tones")
+    return tones if isinstance(tones, dict) and tones else None
+
+
 def _resolve_drum_parts(
     source_dir: Path,
     drum_tab_rel: object,
     drum_tab_data: dict | None,
     drum_pointer_entries: list[dict],
+    drum_tones: dict | None = None,
 ) -> tuple[dict | None, list[dict] | None]:
-    """Resolve drum pointers into a primary-first list with unique ids."""
+    """Resolve drum pointers into a primary-first list with unique ids.
+
+    Also binds each part's sound (feedpak 1.18.0). The precedence mirrors the
+    `drum_tab` alias rule this function already implements: a `type: drums`
+    entry's own `tones` wins for that part, and the song-level `drum_tones` is
+    the fallback for the **primary** part only. A Reader MUST NOT apply both to
+    the same part (spec §5.1/§5.2), which is why the primary picks one or the
+    other here rather than merging them.
+    """
     if drum_tab_data is None and not drum_pointer_entries:
         return drum_tab_data, None
 
     primary_id = "drums"
     primary_name = None
+    # The primary's own binding, lifted from its alias pointer entry when it has
+    # one. Stays None if no entry claims the primary — `drum_tones` fills in.
+    primary_tones = None
     extra_parts: list[dict] = []
     seen_rels: set[str] = set()
     # Use the same canonical, traversal-safe identity as zip member lookup so
@@ -811,6 +933,11 @@ def _resolve_drum_parts(
                 primary_id = entry_id
             if entry_name:
                 primary_name = entry_name
+            # This entry IS the primary (an alias pointer at the same file), so
+            # its binding is the primary's — and it outranks `drum_tones`.
+            _alias_tones = _entry_tones(entry)
+            if _alias_tones is not None:
+                primary_tones = _alias_tones
             continue
         tab = _load_drum_tab_file(source_dir, rel, f"drum part {entry_id or rel}")
         if tab is None:
@@ -821,6 +948,9 @@ def _resolve_drum_parts(
             "name": entry_name
                 or (tab_name if isinstance(tab_name, str) and tab_name else "Drums"),
             "drum_tab": tab,
+            # Non-primary parts bind through their own entry only; `drum_tones`
+            # is explicitly the primary's fallback, never theirs.
+            "tones": _entry_tones(entry),
         })
 
     parts: list[dict] = []
@@ -829,7 +959,14 @@ def _resolve_drum_parts(
         if primary_name is None:
             tab_name = drum_tab_data.get("name")
             primary_name = tab_name if isinstance(tab_name, str) and tab_name else "Drums"
-        parts.append({"id": primary_id, "name": primary_name, "drum_tab": drum_tab_data})
+        parts.append({
+            "id": primary_id,
+            "name": primary_name,
+            "drum_tab": drum_tab_data,
+            # Entry `tones` takes precedence; `drum_tones` is the fallback. One
+            # or the other, never both on the same part (spec §5.1).
+            "tones": primary_tones if primary_tones is not None else drum_tones,
+        })
         used_ids.add(primary_id)
 
     next_generated_id = 2
@@ -909,16 +1046,8 @@ def load_song(
             continue
         data = None
         if rel:
-            try:
+            arr_path = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, rel, "arrangement")
-                arr_path = (source_dir / rel).resolve()
+            if arr_path is None or not arr_path.exists():
-                arr_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-            except ValueError:
-                log.warning("sloppak: arrangement path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", rel)
-                continue
-            except OSError as e:
-                log.warning("sloppak: arrangement path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-                continue
-            if not arr_path.exists():
                 continue
             try:
                 data = load_json(arr_path)
@@ -948,6 +1077,14 @@ def load_song(
             # _finite_float keeps a malformed manifest NaN/Infinity from
             # poisoning the song_info JSON (same guard as the wire path).
             arr.cent_offset = _finite_float(entry["centOffset"])
+        # `tones` overrides WHOLESALE, unlike the field-level overrides above:
+        # the entry's object replaces the arrangement JSON's entirely, with no
+        # per-field merge (spec §5.2). A Writer SHOULD NOT emit both, but when
+        # one does, a half-merged sound — this pack's base with that pack's
+        # changes — would be worse than either source alone.
+        _entry_tone_block = _entry_tones(entry)
+        if _entry_tone_block is not None:
+            arr.tones = _entry_tone_block
 
         # Beats/sections can live on the arrangement itself in the wire format.
         # If the manifest-level arrangement JSON carries them, pull them onto
@@ -980,15 +1117,7 @@ def load_song(
         notation_rel = notation_rel.strip()
         if not notation_rel:
             continue
-        try:
+        nt_path = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, notation_rel, "notation")
-            nt_path = (source_dir / notation_rel).resolve()
-            nt_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-        except ValueError:
-            log.warning("sloppak: notation path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", notation_rel)
-            nt_path = None
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.warning("sloppak: notation path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-            nt_path = None
         raw_nt = None
         if nt_path is not None and nt_path.exists():
             try:
@@ -1020,8 +1149,15 @@ def load_song(
 
     # Keep the dense compatibility logic independently testable and guarantee
     # ids are unique before the highway exposes them as selectors.
+    # Top-level `drum_tones` (spec §5.1) binds the song-level drum part — the
+    # fallback for packs without `type: drums` arrangements. Same shape as an
+    # arrangement entry's `tones`; `_resolve_drum_parts` owns the precedence.
+    _raw_drum_tones = manifest.get("drum_tones")
+    drum_tones_data = _raw_drum_tones if isinstance(_raw_drum_tones, dict) and _raw_drum_tones else None
+
     drum_tab_data, drum_parts = _resolve_drum_parts(
         source_dir, drum_tab_rel, drum_tab_data, drum_pointer_entries,
+        drum_tones_data,
     )
 
     # Drum-only sloppak: every GP track was percussion, so it ships a
@@ -1061,15 +1197,7 @@ def load_song(
     time_sigs_data: list | None = None
     song_timeline_rel = manifest.get("song_timeline")
     if isinstance(song_timeline_rel, str) and song_timeline_rel:
-        try:
+        st_path = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, song_timeline_rel, "song_timeline")
-            st_path = (source_dir / song_timeline_rel).resolve()
-            st_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-        except ValueError:
-            log.warning("sloppak: song_timeline path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", song_timeline_rel)
-            st_path = None
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.warning("sloppak: song_timeline path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-            st_path = None
         if st_path is not None and st_path.exists():
             try:
                 raw = load_json(st_path)
@@ -1159,15 +1287,7 @@ def load_song(
     # downstream through the WS path.
     lyrics_rel = manifest.get("lyrics")
     if isinstance(lyrics_rel, str) and lyrics_rel:
-        try:
+        lyr_path = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, lyrics_rel, "lyrics")
-            lyr_path = (source_dir / lyrics_rel).resolve()
-            lyr_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-        except ValueError:
-            log.warning("sloppak: lyrics path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", lyrics_rel)
-            lyr_path = None
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.warning("sloppak: lyrics path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-            lyr_path = None
         if lyr_path is not None and lyr_path.exists():
             try:
                 raw = load_json(lyr_path)
@@ -1272,15 +1392,7 @@ def load_song(
     keys_data: dict | None = None
     keys_rel = manifest.get("keys")
     if isinstance(keys_rel, str) and keys_rel:
-        try:
+        k_path = _resolve_pack_path(source_dir, keys_rel, "keys")
-            k_path = (source_dir / keys_rel).resolve()
-            k_path.relative_to(source_dir.resolve())
-        except ValueError:
-            log.warning("sloppak: keys path %r escapes source_dir — skipped", keys_rel)
-            k_path = None
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.warning("sloppak: keys path resolution failed (%s) — skipped", e)
-            k_path = None
         if k_path is not None and k_path.exists():
             try:
                 raw = load_json(k_path)
@@ -1325,6 +1437,14 @@ def load_song(
                         "events": clean_events,
                     }
 
+    # Optional rigs.json — the pack's rig library (manifest `rigs:` key,
+    # spec §7.9). Loaded here so the highway WS can hand it to whatever voices
+    # the part; the bindings that reference it ride the arrangement's `tones`.
+    rigs_data: dict | None = None
+    rigs_rel = manifest.get("rigs")
+    if isinstance(rigs_rel, str) and rigs_rel:
+        rigs_data = _load_rigs_file(source_dir, rigs_rel)
+
     _fpv = manifest.get("feedpak_version")
     # The pack's full mix. Normally the RESERVED `full` stem partitioned out
     # above (spec §5.3) — no path work needed, it was validated with the other
@@ -1355,6 +1475,7 @@ def load_song(
         tempos=tempos_data,
         time_signatures=time_sigs_data,
         keys=keys_data,
+        rigs=rigs_data,
         notation_by_id=notation_by_id_data,
         arrangement_ids=arrangement_ids_acc,
         full_mix=full_mix_data,

lib/tones.py

@@ -32,20 +32,29 @@ def tokens(s: str) -> set[str]:
     return {t for t in re.split(r"[^a-z0-9]+", (s or "").lower()) if t}
 
 
-def sloppak_tone_changes(arr_tones) -> tuple[str, list[dict]]:
+def sloppak_tone_changes(arr_tones) -> tuple[str, str, list[dict]]:
     """Build the highway tone-change payload from an arrangement's tone block.
 
     Given ``Arrangement.tones`` (the dict embedded in the sloppak, or ``None``),
-    returns ``(base, changes)`` where ``base`` is the initial tone name and
+    returns ``(base, base_rig, changes)`` where ``base`` is the initial tone
-    ``changes`` is a time-sorted ``[{"t", "name"}]`` list. Non-string names,
+    name, ``base_rig`` is the ``rigs.json`` rig id bound to it (feedpak-spec
-    non-dict entries, and non-numeric / non-finite times are skipped — a
+    §6.9; ``""`` when absent), and ``changes`` is a time-sorted
-    hand-edited or third-party sloppak must not crash the highway WebSocket
+    ``[{"t", "name", "rig"?}]`` list. Non-string names, non-dict entries, and
-    or emit NaN/inf (which the client's ``JSON.parse`` rejects).
+    non-numeric / non-finite times are skipped — a hand-edited or third-party
+    sloppak must not crash the highway WebSocket or emit NaN/inf (which the
+    client's ``JSON.parse`` rejects).
+
+    ``rig`` / ``base_rig`` are carried through but NOT resolved against
+    ``rigs.json`` here: this builder only preserves the binding the chart
+    declared. Realization selection and the ``intent.gm`` fallback (§7.9) belong
+    to the consumer that actually voices the part.
     """
     if not isinstance(arr_tones, dict):
-        return "", []
+        return "", "", []
     base_val = arr_tones.get("base", "")
     base = base_val.strip() if isinstance(base_val, str) else ""
+    base_rig_val = arr_tones.get("base_rig", "")
+    base_rig = base_rig_val.strip() if isinstance(base_rig_val, str) else ""
 
     changes: list[dict] = []
     raw_changes = arr_tones.get("changes")
@@ -65,6 +74,13 @@ def sloppak_tone_changes(arr_tones) -> tuple[str, list[dict]]:
             continue
         if not math.isfinite(t):
             continue
-        changes.append({"t": round(t, 3), "name": name})
+        change = {"t": round(t, 3), "name": name}
+        # ponytail: `rig` only when it's a usable id — a non-string or blank
+        # value is dropped rather than forwarded, so a consumer can treat
+        # presence of the key as "this change binds a rig".
+        rig = c.get("rig")
+        if isinstance(rig, str) and rig.strip():
+            change["rig"] = rig.strip()
+        changes.append(change)
     changes.sort(key=lambda x: x["t"])
-    return base, changes
+    return base, base_rig, changes

plugins/career/assets/career.css

@@ -789,3 +789,15 @@
 }
 .pp-giglog-row { font-size: 0.7rem; color: #6d5d40; padding: 0.1rem 0; }
 .pp-giglog-row b { color: #9a5b16; letter-spacing: 0.06em; }
+
+/* Tuning preference pills on gig poster */
+.pp-tuning-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.4rem; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 0.5rem 0 0.3rem; }
+.pp-tuning-pill { font-size: 0.65rem; padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem; border-radius: 999px; opacity: 0.7; }
+.pp-tuning-pill-on { opacity: 1; border-color: #d9a253; color: #d9a253; }
+.pp-tuning-select { font-size: 0.7rem; background: #1a1510; color: #c8b48a; border: 1px solid rgba(138,122,94,0.5); border-radius: 4px; padding: 0.15rem 0.4rem; }
+.pp-poster-tuning-chip { font-size: 0.6rem; color: #8a7a5e; margin-left: 0.35rem; }
+
+/* Gig interstitial — tune up banner */
+.pp-gig-strip.pp-interstitial { pointer-events: auto; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.75rem; border-radius: 8px; border-color: rgba(64,128,224,0.5); }
+.pp-gig-tune-label { color: #4080e0; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-size: 0.78rem; }
+.pp-gig-start-btn { font-size: 0.7rem; padding: 0.25rem 0.7rem; }

plugins/career/routes.py

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ def _current_venue():
     return best
 
 
-def _fill_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, limit):
+def _fill_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, limit, tuning_ok=None):
     """Library songs of a genre to round out a gig — ANY song of the genre the
     set hasn't already picked.
 
@@ -553,17 +553,41 @@ def _fill_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, limit):
     if db is None:
         return []
     rows = db.conn.execute(
-        f"SELECT filename, title, artist, {_genre_expr(db)} AS g FROM songs"
+        f"SELECT filename, title, artist, {_genre_expr(db)} AS g, tuning_name FROM songs"
     ).fetchall()
     pool = [
-        {"filename": filename, "title": title or filename, "artist": artist or ""}
+        {"filename": fn, "title": title or fn, "artist": artist or "", "tuning_name": tn or ""}
-        for filename, title, artist, genre in rows
+        for fn, title, artist, genre, tn in rows
-        if _genre_key(genre) == gkey and filename not in exclude
+        if _genre_key(genre) == gkey and fn not in exclude
+        and (tuning_ok is None or tuning_ok(tn or ""))
     ]
     random.shuffle(pool)   # re-roll must vary; free per call
     return pool[:limit]
 
 
+def _tuning_ok_fn(tuning_pref):
+    """Return a (tuning_name: str) -> bool callable for the given preference.
+
+    Returns None for 'any' (no filter). 'standard' matches names ending in
+    ' Standard'; 'drop' matches names containing 'Drop' (covers Drop D, Drop C,
+    Double Drop D, etc.); 'specific:<name>' matches exact names. Unknown or
+    malformed prefs treat as 'any' rather than hard-failing — a stale client
+    request must not break gig booking.
+    """
+    if not tuning_pref or tuning_pref == "any":
+        return None
+    if tuning_pref == "standard":
+        return lambda n: bool(n) and n.endswith(" Standard")
+    if tuning_pref == "drop":
+        return lambda n: bool(n) and "Drop" in n
+    if tuning_pref.startswith("specific:"):
+        spec = tuning_pref[len("specific:"):]
+        if not spec or len(spec) > 64:
+            return None
+        return lambda n, _s=spec: n == _s
+    return None  # unknown pref → no filter
+
+
 def _validate_pack_dir(pack_dir: Path):
     """Raise ValueError unless pack_dir holds a complete venue pack."""
     manifest_path = pack_dir / "manifest.json"
@@ -823,6 +847,8 @@ def setup(app, context):
             raise HTTPException(400, "Unknown instrument.")
         if not gkey or len(genre) > GENRE_MAX_LEN:
             raise HTTPException(400, "Provide a genre.")
+        tuning_pref = str((body or {}).get("tuning_pref") or "any")
+        tuning_ok = _tuning_ok_fn(tuning_pref)
         cfg = _gig_config()
         try:
             size = int((body or {}).get("size") or 4)
@@ -831,6 +857,18 @@ def setup(app, context):
         size = max(cfg["min_songs"], min(cfg["max_songs"], size))
         played, _seconds = _played_by_instrument_genre()
         stubs = list(played.get((inst, gkey), {}).values())
+        # Annotate stubs with tuning_name (batch lookup to avoid N+1).
+        if stubs and _state["meta_db"] is not None:
+            fns = [s["filename"] for s in stubs]
+            ph = ",".join("?" * len(fns))
+            tn_rows = _state["meta_db"].conn.execute(
+                f"SELECT filename, tuning_name FROM songs WHERE filename IN ({ph})", fns
+            ).fetchall()
+            tn_by_file = {fn: (tn or "") for fn, tn in tn_rows}
+            for s in stubs:
+                s.setdefault("tuning_name", tn_by_file.get(s["filename"], ""))
+        if tuning_ok is not None:
+            stubs = [s for s in stubs if tuning_ok(s.get("tuning_name", ""))]
         req = _badge_requirement(gkey, inst)
         qualifying = [s for s in stubs if s["stars"] >= req["min_stars"]]
         rest = [s for s in stubs if s["stars"] < req["min_stars"]]
@@ -855,18 +893,26 @@ def setup(app, context):
             picks.append(s)
         if len(picks) < size:
             exclude = {s["filename"] for s in picks}
-            picks.extend(_fill_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, size - len(picks)))
+            picks.extend(_fill_genre_songs(gkey, exclude, size - len(picks), tuning_ok))
         if not picks:
+            if tuning_pref and tuning_pref != "any":
+                label = ("standard-tuning " if tuning_pref == "standard"
+                         else "drop-tuning " if tuning_pref == "drop"
+                         else f"“{tuning_pref[len('specific:'):]}”-tuning "
+                         if tuning_pref.startswith("specific:") else "")
+                raise HTTPException(404, f"No {label}songs of this genre in the library.")
             raise HTTPException(404, "No songs of this genre in the library.")
         venue = _current_venue()
         return {
             "instrument": inst,
             "genre": genre,
             "genre_key": gkey,
+            "tuning_pref": tuning_pref,
             "venue_id": venue["id"] if venue else None,
             "venue_name": venue["name"] if venue else "",
             "songs": [{"filename": s["filename"], "title": s.get("title") or s["filename"],
-                       "artist": s.get("artist") or ""} for s in picks[:size]],
+                       "artist": s.get("artist") or "", "tuning_name": s.get("tuning_name") or ""}
+                      for s in picks[:size]],
         }
 
     @app.post(f"/api/plugins/{PLUGIN_ID}/gigs")
@@ -935,6 +981,27 @@ def setup(app, context):
             _save_json(_state_file(), st)
         return {"ok": True, "gig": gig}
 
+    @app.get(f"/api/plugins/{PLUGIN_ID}/gigs/tunings")
+    def gig_tunings(genre: str = ""):
+        """Distinct tuning names present in a genre's song pool, for the
+        specific-tuning picker in the gig poster UI. Sorted by the library's
+        own tuning_sort_key so the list matches the main library tuning filter."""
+        gkey = _genre_key(_genre_display(genre)) if genre else ""
+        if not gkey:
+            return {"tunings": []}
+        db = _state["meta_db"]
+        if db is None:
+            return {"tunings": []}
+        rows = db.conn.execute(
+            f"SELECT tuning_name, tuning_sort_key, {_genre_expr(db)} AS g "
+            "FROM songs WHERE tuning_name != ''"
+        ).fetchall()
+        seen: dict[str, int] = {}
+        for tn, sk, genre_raw in rows:
+            if _genre_key(genre_raw) == gkey and tn and tn not in seen:
+                seen[tn] = sk or 0
+        return {"tunings": sorted(seen.keys(), key=lambda n: (seen[n], n))}
+
     @app.post(f"/api/plugins/{PLUGIN_ID}/packs/{{venue_id}}/download")
     def start_download(venue_id: str):
         venue = _venue(venue_id) if VENUE_ID_RE.fullmatch(venue_id) else None

plugins/career/screen.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     const PP_SEEN_KEY = 'feedBack-career-badges-seen';
     const PP_INST_KEY = 'feedBack-career-instrument';
     const PP_TAB_KEY = 'feedBack-career-tab';
+    const PP_TUNING_PREF_KEY = 'feedBack-career-tuning-pref';
     const PP_LABELS = { guitar: 'Guitar', bass: 'Bass', keys: 'Keys', drums: 'Drums' };
     const PP_BROCHURE_ART = ['🎸', '🎷', '🎹', '🥁', '🎺', '🎻', '🎤', '🪕'];
 
@@ -43,7 +44,12 @@
     let _ppBootstrapped = false;
     let _ppNotified = {};        // badges chimed this session (slam still pending)
     let _ppGigProposal = null;   // the booking poster's proposal, while open
-    let _ppGigRun = null;        // {songs, venue_id, genre, genre_key, instrument, idx} mid-set
+    let _ppGigRun = null;        // {songs, venue_id, genre, genre_key, instrument, tuning_pref, idx} mid-set
+    let _ppGigTuningPref = 'any'; // loaded from localStorage in boot()
+    let _ppGigTuningNames = [];  // cached distinct tuning names for the specific picker
+    let _ppGigTuningHold = null; // holdAutoplay release fn — non-null = interstitial active
+    let _ppGigLastTuning = null; // tuning_name of the current gig song (for change detection)
+    let _ppBookGen = 0;          // generation counter — stale responses are discarded
 
     function $(id) { return document.getElementById(id); }
 
@@ -774,6 +780,7 @@
     function closeBook() {
         _ppBook = null;
         _ppGigProposal = null;   // a dismissed poster is a dismissed booking
+        ++_ppBookGen;             // invalidate any in-flight bookGig request
         const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
         if (overlay) { overlay.classList.add('hidden'); overlay.innerHTML = ''; }
         if (_ppReturnFocus && typeof _ppReturnFocus.focus === 'function' &&
@@ -1085,13 +1092,25 @@
 
     function gigPosterHTML(prop) {
         const bill = prop.songs.map((s, i) =>
-            `<div class="pp-poster-line"><span>${i + 1}.</span> ${esc(s.title)}${s.artist ? ` <em>${esc(s.artist)}</em>` : ''}</div>`).join('');
+            `<div class="pp-poster-line"><span>${i + 1}.</span> ${esc(s.title)}${s.artist ? ` <em>${esc(s.artist)}</em>` : ''}${s.tuning_name ? ` <small class="pp-poster-tuning-chip">${esc(s.tuning_name)}</small>` : ''}</div>`).join('');
+        const PREF_LABELS = { any: 'Any', standard: 'Standard', drop: 'Drop', specific: 'Specific…' };
+        const isSpecific = _ppGigTuningPref.startsWith('specific:');
+        const curPill = isSpecific ? 'specific' : _ppGigTuningPref;
+        const pills = Object.keys(PREF_LABELS).map((p) =>
+            `<button data-pp-tuning="${esc(p)}" class="career-btn career-btn-ghost pp-tuning-pill${curPill === p ? ' pp-tuning-pill-on' : ''}">${PREF_LABELS[p]}</button>`
+        ).join('');
+        const selVal = isSpecific ? _ppGigTuningPref.slice('specific:'.length) : '';
+        const selOpts = _ppGigTuningNames.length
+            ? `<option value="">Choose tuning…</option>${_ppGigTuningNames.map((n) => `<option value="${esc(n)}"${n === selVal ? ' selected' : ''}>${esc(n)}</option>`).join('')}`
+            : `<option value="">Loading…</option>`;
+        const selHidden = isSpecific ? '' : ' hidden';
         return `<div class="pp-book-wrap" data-pp-close-bg="1" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="Gig poster">
             <div class="pp-poster">
                 <div class="pp-poster-venue">${esc(prop.venue_name || 'The stage')}</div>
                 <div class="pp-poster-presents">presents</div>
                 <div class="pp-poster-title">${esc(prop.genre.toUpperCase())} NIGHT</div>
                 <div class="pp-poster-inst">${esc(ppLabel(prop.instrument))} · tonight</div>
+                <div class="pp-tuning-row">${pills}<select data-pp-tuning-select class="pp-tuning-select${selHidden}">${selOpts}</select></div>
                 <div class="pp-poster-bill">${bill}</div>
                 <div class="pp-poster-actions">
                     <button class="career-btn career-btn-primary" data-pp-gig-play="1">Play the gig</button>
@@ -1110,15 +1129,38 @@
         const p = (((_pp.instruments || {})[inst] || {}).passports || [])
             .find((x) => x.genre_key === gkey);
         if (!p) return;
+        const gen = ++_ppBookGen; // F1: capture generation before await — stale responses discarded
         try {
             const res = await fetch(`${API}/gigs/propose`, {
                 method: 'POST',
                 headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                body: JSON.stringify({ instrument: inst, genre: p.genre }),
+                body: JSON.stringify({ instrument: inst, genre: p.genre, tuning_pref: _ppGigTuningPref }),
             });
-            if (!res.ok) return;
+            if (gen !== _ppBookGen) return; // stale response — a newer request supersedes this one
+            if (!res.ok) {
+                const err = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
+                if (gen !== _ppBookGen) return; // stale — superseded while awaiting error json()
+                if (res.status === 404) {
+                    // No-match 404: revert tuning pref to 'any', re-render poster to match
+                    _ppGigTuningPref = 'any';
+                    lsSet(PP_TUNING_PREF_KEY, 'any');
+                    if (_ppGigProposal) {
+                        const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
+                        if (overlay) overlay.innerHTML = gigPosterHTML(_ppGigProposal);
+                    }
+                }
+                // All errors: notify (404 has a tuning-specific message; others are generic)
+                if (window.fbNotify && typeof window.fbNotify.show === 'function') {
+                    const msg = res.status === 404
+                        ? (err && err.detail) || 'No songs match that tuning filter.'
+                        : 'Could not book gig — please try again.';
+                    try { window.fbNotify.show({ title: 'Gig booking', message: msg, icon: '🎸' }); } catch (_) { /* */ }
+                }
+                return;
+            }
             _ppGigProposal = await res.json();
         } catch (_) { return; }
+        if (gen !== _ppBookGen) return; // stale — superseded while awaiting json()
         const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
         if (!overlay) return;
         _ppBook = null; // the poster replaces the book in the overlay
@@ -1127,6 +1169,26 @@
         sfx('page');
     }
 
+    async function _openSpecificTuningPicker() {
+        const overlay = $('pp-overlay');
+        if (!overlay || !_ppGigProposal) return;
+        if (_ppGigTuningNames.length) {
+            const sel = overlay.querySelector('[data-pp-tuning-select]');
+            if (sel) sel.classList.remove('hidden');
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            const res = await fetch(`${API}/gigs/tunings?genre=${encodeURIComponent(_ppGigProposal.genre)}`);
+            if (!res.ok) return;
+            const data = await res.json();
+            _ppGigTuningNames = Array.isArray(data.tunings) ? data.tunings : [];
+        } catch (_) { return; }
+        // Re-render with populated options
+        overlay.innerHTML = gigPosterHTML(_ppGigProposal);
+        const sel = overlay.querySelector('[data-pp-tuning-select]');
+        if (sel) sel.classList.remove('hidden');
+    }
+
     // Unpack the whole set before the first note.
     //
     // A feedpak is a zip, and the first play of one pays for its extraction. In
@@ -1213,9 +1275,11 @@
             genre: prop.genre,
             genre_key: prop.genre_key,
             instrument: prop.instrument,
+            tuning_pref: prop.tuning_pref || 'any',
             idx: 0,
             restore,
         };
+        _ppGigLastTuning = null; // reset for fresh interstitial tracking
         closeBook();
         _ppGigProposal = null;
         // RAW filenames: the queue itself encodes for playSong — pre-encoding
@@ -1251,9 +1315,15 @@
             document.body.appendChild(strip);
         }
         const run = _ppGigRun;
+        if (_ppGigTuningHold) {
+            const song = run.songs[run.idx];
+            const tuning = (song && song.tuning_name) ? esc(song.tuning_name) : 'check tuning';
+            strip.innerHTML = `<b class="pp-gig-tune-label">Tune to: ${tuning}</b><button data-pp-gig-start-song="1" class="career-btn career-btn-primary pp-gig-start-btn">Start song</button>`;
+        } else {
             const next = run.songs[run.idx + 1];
             strip.innerHTML = `<b>GIG</b> · ${esc(run.genre)} at ${esc(_venueName(run.venue_id))} · set ${Math.min(run.idx + 1, run.songs.length)}/${run.songs.length}${next ? ` — next: <em>${esc(next.title)}</em>` : ' — closer!'}`;
         }
+    }
 
     function removeGigStrip() {
         const strip = document.getElementById('pp-gig-strip');
@@ -1264,6 +1334,8 @@
         // No fail state: an abandoned set logs nothing and says nothing.
         const run = _ppGigRun;
         _ppGigRun = null;
+        _ppGigLastTuning = null;
+        if (_ppGigTuningHold) { const h = _ppGigTuningHold; _ppGigTuningHold = null; h(); }
         removeGigStrip();
         restoreGigStage(run);
     }
@@ -1403,6 +1475,32 @@
     // Queue lifecycle: advance the strip per song; complete or abandon.
     function onGigSongLoading() {
         if (!_ppGigRun) return;
+        const run = _ppGigRun;
+        const song = run.songs[run.idx];
+        const tuningName = (song && song.tuning_name) || '';
+        const pref = run.tuning_pref || 'any';
+        // Interstitial: pause before first song (or when tuning changes) for all
+        // non-specific prefs, so the player has time to retune. "specific" is
+        // excluded because every song already matches one fixed tuning.
+        const needsInterstitial = !pref.startsWith('specific:') && (
+            run.idx === 0 || tuningName !== _ppGigLastTuning
+        );
+        _ppGigLastTuning = tuningName;
+        if (needsInterstitial) {
+            const fb = window.feedBack;
+            const holdFn = fb && typeof fb.holdAutoplay === 'function' ? fb.holdAutoplay : null;
+            _ppGigTuningHold = holdFn ? holdFn() : null;
+            if (_ppGigTuningHold) {
+                // Cancel the fail-open backstop — we manage the dismiss ourselves
+                // (user clicks "Start song"). A song navigation clears the hold anyway.
+                _ppGigTuningHold.settle();
+            }
+            if (_ppGigTuningHold && window.tuner && typeof window.tuner.enable === 'function') {
+                window.tuner.enable({ auto: true }).catch(() => {});
+            }
+        } else {
+            _ppGigTuningHold = null;
+        }
         renderGigStrip();
     }
 
@@ -1482,6 +1580,28 @@
             closeBook();
             return;
         }
+        // Tuning pref pill on the gig poster
+        const tuningPill = e.target.closest('[data-pp-tuning]');
+        if (tuningPill) {
+            const pref = tuningPill.dataset.ppTuning;
+            if (pref === 'specific') {
+                _openSpecificTuningPicker();
+            } else {
+                _ppGigTuningPref = pref;
+                lsSet(PP_TUNING_PREF_KEY, pref);
+                _ppGigTuningNames = []; // reset specific cache on pref change
+                if (_ppGigProposal) bookGig(_ppGigProposal.genre_key);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        // "Start song" interstitial button (mid-gig tuning pause)
+        if (e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig-start-song]') && _ppGigTuningHold) {
+            const release = _ppGigTuningHold;
+            _ppGigTuningHold = null;
+            renderGigStrip();
+            release();
+            return;
+        }
         const gigBtn = e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig]');
         if (gigBtn) { bookGig(gigBtn.dataset.ppGig); return; }
         if (e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig-play]')) { startGig(e.target.closest('[data-pp-gig-play]')); return; }
@@ -1539,11 +1659,23 @@
     }
 
     function boot() {
+        // Restore persisted tuning preference
+        _ppGigTuningPref = lsGet(PP_TUNING_PREF_KEY) || 'any';
         const screen = document.getElementById('plugin-career');
         if (screen) {
             screen.addEventListener('click', onClick);
             screen.addEventListener('pointermove', onTiltMove);
             screen.addEventListener('pointerleave', onTiltLeave);
+            // Specific-tuning select change: rebook with the chosen tuning
+            screen.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
+                const sel = e.target.closest('[data-pp-tuning-select]');
+                if (!sel || !_ppGigProposal) return;
+                const val = sel.value;
+                if (!val) return;
+                _ppGigTuningPref = 'specific:' + val;
+                lsSet(PP_TUNING_PREF_KEY, _ppGigTuningPref);
+                bookGig(_ppGigProposal.genre_key);
+            });
         }
         const sm = window.feedBack;
         if (sm && typeof sm.on === 'function') {
@@ -1576,10 +1708,20 @@
     window.__careerPassportTest = {
         ppKey, ppJitter, ppLabel, detectNewBadges, seenBadges, markBadgeSeen,
         fmtHours, ppFillFraction, careerTotals, closestAskHTML,
-        onGigSongEnded, onGigSongStop,
+        onGigSongEnded, onGigSongStop, onGigSongLoading,
         setGigRun(r) { _ppGigRun = r; },
         getGigRun() { return _ppGigRun; },
         setView(v) { _pp = v; },
+        getTuningHold() { return _ppGigTuningHold; },
+        setTuningHold(h) { _ppGigTuningHold = h; },
+        getTuningPref() { return _ppGigTuningPref; },
+        setTuningPref(p) { _ppGigTuningPref = p; },
+        getLastTuning() { return _ppGigLastTuning; },
+        setLastTuning(t) { _ppGigLastTuning = t; },
+        getBookGen() { return _ppBookGen; },
+        setBookGen(g) { _ppBookGen = g; },
+        getProposal() { return _ppGigProposal; },
+        bookGig, closeBook,
     };
 
     if (document.readyState === 'loading') {

plugins/folder_library/CLAUDE.md

@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ Each song object (built by `_meta()`):
 - `filename` is the full relative path from the DLC root — pass it directly to `window.playSong()`.
 - `added` is a Unix timestamp (float, seconds) from `stat().st_mtime` — convert with `new Date(added * 1000)`. Always recomputed fresh (it changes when a file moves), even on a metadata-cache hit.
 - `arrangements` / `stems` are flat lists of **strings**, even though `extract_meta()` returns them as objects.
-- Hover-preview isn't resolved here at all — the cards just carry `data-fn`/`data-v3-play` markup and the `song_preview` plugin handles it (see Preview on Hover).
 
 ### extract_meta returns arrangements/stems as objects, not strings
 
@@ -330,21 +329,13 @@ Drag-and-drop uses **pointer events** (mousedown/mousemove/mouseup), not the HTM
 - **Esc cancels** — resolves with `null`, same as Cancel (applies to rename, delete, create folder/subfolder, move song)
 - **Enter confirms** — submits, equivalent to OK
 
-## Preview on Hover
-
-The Folder Library does **not** implement hover-preview itself — the `song_preview` plugin does, for the whole app. Its hover loop finds song elements by the selector `#v3-songs [data-fn]` (with a `[data-v3-play]` playable surface) and its `MutationObserver` watches the `#v3-songs` subtree — and the folder view (`#lib-folder-tree`) renders **inside** `#v3-songs`. So all folder_library has to do is give each card/row the standard markup:
-
-- **`_songCard`** — `card.dataset.fn = song.filename` (raw filename) + `data-v3-play` on the art wrap (the surface `song_preview` overlays its indicator on).
-- **`_songRow`** — `row.dataset.fn = song.filename` + `data-v3-play` on the thumb.
-
-`song_preview` then previews folder view exactly like the grid/list — same audio (its `/audio` endpoint), same availability/404 handling, same indicator — with **zero preview code here**. If you change the card/row structure, keep `data-fn` (raw, not URL-encoded) and a `[data-v3-play]` descendant, or `song_preview` will stop recognising the cards.
-
 ## Roadmap
 
-Implemented since the original release: **nested subfolders** (recursive tree + create-inside-folder), drag-and-drop, sort, advanced filtering, server-side tree filtering synced to the host library, and the warm metadata cache. Hover-preview is provided by the `song_preview` plugin via the `data-fn` markup above (not implemented here).
+Implemented since the original release: **nested subfolders** (recursive tree + create-inside-folder), drag-and-drop, sort, advanced filtering, server-side tree filtering synced to the host library, and the warm metadata cache.
 
 Not yet implemented, in rough priority order:
 
+- **Auto-play on hover** — with an on/off toggle saved to localStorage.
 - **Bulk move** — multi-select songs and move them all at once.
 - **Thumbnail performance** — faster loading and smoother scrolling with large libraries.
 - **Adjustable thumbnail/row sizes** — user-resizable song cards and list rows.

plugins/folder_library/README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ A FeedBack (fee[dB]ack) plugin that organizes your `.sloppak` / `.feedpak` DLC s
 - **List & Grid views** — toggle between a compact list with thumbnails or a full album art card grid
 - **Album art** — pulls art automatically for every song in both views
 - **One-click playback** — click any song to start playing immediately
-- **Preview song on hover** — hover a song to hear a quick preview of its audio (powered by the Song Preview plugin, the same way the grid and list views work)
 - **Sort options** — sort songs by title, artist, duration, year, tuning, or recently added with an asc/desc toggle
 - **Advanced filters** — filter by arrangements, stems, lyrics, and tuning with include and exclude support
 - **Folder management** — create, rename, and delete folders without leaving the plugin
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ Folder Library ships bundled with FeedBack as a core plugin (`"bundled": true`),
 | Switch to grid view | Click the grid icon in the toolbar |
 | Switch to list view | Click the list icon in the toolbar |
 | Play a song | Click any song row or card |
-| Preview song on hover | Hover a song — the Song Preview plugin plays a quick clip (same as the grid/list views) |
 | Sort songs | Use the sort dropdown in the toolbar |
 | Toggle sort direction | Click the arrow button next to the sort dropdown |
 | Open filters | Click the filter icon in the toolbar |
@@ -82,8 +80,7 @@ Folder Library started life as a standalone plugin with its own version line, bu
 
 ## Roadmap
 
-- [ ] Compatibility with core settings — respect Accessibility → Interface size
+- [ ] Auto play song on hover (with an on/off toggle)
-- [ ] Core parity — Metadata, Unmatched, and Upload should work in the folder view too
 - [ ] Bulk move — select multiple songs and move them at once
 - [ ] Thumbnail performance — faster loading and smoother scrolling with large song libraries
 - [ ] Adjustable thumbnail and row sizes — resize song cards and list rows to suit your preference

plugins/folder_library/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "folder_library",
   "name": "Folder Library",
-  "version": "1.9.0",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "bundled": true,
   "nav": { "label": "Folders", "screen": "plugin-folder_library" },
   "screen": "screen.html",

plugins/folder_library/screen.js

@@ -735,11 +735,10 @@ function createFolderSurface(cfg) {
         var card = document.createElement('div');
         card.className = 'flex flex-col rounded-lg overflow-hidden cursor-pointer group transition-transform duration-100 hover:scale-105';
         card.style.background = '#1a1d2e';
-        card.dataset.fn = song.filename;   // data-fn (raw): song_preview's hover loop finds cards by this
+        card.dataset.filename  = song.filename;
 
         var artWrap = document.createElement('div');
         artWrap.style.cssText = 'position:relative; width:100%; padding-bottom:100%; background:#111827; overflow:hidden;';
-        artWrap.setAttribute('data-v3-play', '');   // the playable surface song_preview overlays its indicator on
         var img = document.createElement('img');
         img.style.cssText = 'position:absolute; inset:0; width:100%; height:100%; object-fit:cover;';
         img.alt = ''; img.loading = 'lazy';
@@ -805,11 +804,10 @@ function createFolderSurface(cfg) {
     function _songRow(song, folderName) {
         var row = document.createElement('div');
         row.className = 'flex items-center gap-3 px-3 py-2 rounded cursor-pointer hover:bg-dark-500 group transition-colors duration-100';
-        row.dataset.fn = song.filename;   // data-fn (raw): song_preview's hover loop finds rows by this
+        row.dataset.filename = song.filename;
 
         var thumb = document.createElement('div');
         thumb.style.cssText = 'width:36px; height:36px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; background:#111827; flex-shrink:0; position:relative;';
-        thumb.setAttribute('data-v3-play', '');   // marks the row previewable for song_preview
         var tImg = document.createElement('img');
         tImg.loading = 'lazy';
         tImg.src = '/api/song/' + song.filename.split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/') + '/art';
@@ -1709,16 +1707,8 @@ function createFolderSurface(cfg) {
         init: _init,
         onScreenChanged: _onScreenChanged,
         render: _render,
-        // Helpers exposed for tests. visibleWindow is pure; songCard/songRow
+        // Pure window arithmetic, exposed for tests (no DOM needed).
-        // need a DOM (the tests supply a minimal element mock) and pin the
+        __test: { visibleWindow: _visibleWindow, VIRTUAL_MIN: VIRTUAL_MIN, VIRTUAL_BUFFER: VIRTUAL_BUFFER },
-        // song_preview integration markup (data-fn + a data-v3-play surface).
-        __test: {
-            visibleWindow: _visibleWindow,
-            VIRTUAL_MIN: VIRTUAL_MIN,
-            VIRTUAL_BUFFER: VIRTUAL_BUFFER,
-            songCard: _songCard,
-            songRow: _songRow,
-        },
     };
 }
 

plugins/folder_library/tests/song_preview_markup.test.js

@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-// song_preview integration markup (feedBack — Folders view hover preview).
-//
-// The Folder Library does NOT implement hover-preview itself. It relies on the
-// separate `song_preview` plugin, exactly like the grid and list views. That
-// plugin's host adapter finds previewable elements with the selector
-// `#v3-songs [data-fn]` and requires each to contain a `[data-v3-play]`
-// descendant (the surface it overlays its indicator on), reading the raw
-// filename from `data-fn`.
-//
-// So the ENTIRE contract Folder Library owns is: every song card and row it
-// renders must carry `data-fn` (raw filename) and expose a `[data-v3-play]`
-// surface. If a refactor drops either, folder cards silently stop previewing
-// while grid/list keep working — a regression that's invisible without a live
-// song_preview install. These tests pin the markup so that can't happen.
-
-const { test } = require('node:test');
-const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
-const fs = require('node:fs');
-const path = require('node:path');
-const vm = require('node:vm');
-
-// A minimal DOM element mock — just enough for _songCard / _songRow to run.
-// No jsdom in this repo (see virtual_list.test.js); the element tracks the few
-// things the contract cares about: dataset, attributes, and a child tree that
-// querySelector('[data-v3-play]') can walk.
-function makeEl(tag) {
-    const attrs = {};
-    const el = {
-        tagName: String(tag || '').toUpperCase(),
-        style: {},              // supports .cssText and arbitrary props
-        dataset: {},
-        className: '',
-        children: [],
-        parentNode: null,
-        addEventListener() {},
-        removeEventListener() {},
-        setAttribute(k, v) { attrs[k] = String(v); },
-        getAttribute(k) { return k in attrs ? attrs[k] : null; },
-        hasAttribute(k) { return k in attrs; },
-        appendChild(child) { el.children.push(child); if (child) child.parentNode = el; return child; },
-        classList: { add() {}, remove() {}, contains() { return false; }, toggle() {} },
-        remove() {},
-        // Only the '[data-v3-play]'-style attribute selector is needed.
-        querySelector(sel) {
-            const attr = sel.replace(/^\[|\]$/g, '');
-            const stack = el.children.slice();
-            while (stack.length) {
-                const n = stack.shift();
-                if (n && n.hasAttribute && n.hasAttribute(attr)) return n;
-                if (n && n.children) stack.push(...n.children);
-            }
-            return null;
-        },
-    };
-    return el;
-}
-
-function load() {
-    const window = {
-        console,
-        document: {
-            readyState: 'complete',
-            addEventListener() {},
-            getElementById() { return null; },
-            querySelector() { return null; },
-            querySelectorAll() { return []; },
-            createElement(tag) { return makeEl(tag); },
-        },
-        addEventListener() {},
-        localStorage: { getItem() { return null; }, setItem() {} },
-        performance: { now: () => 0 },
-        setInterval() { return 0; },
-        clearInterval() {},
-        requestAnimationFrame() { return 0; },
-        cancelAnimationFrame() {},
-        getComputedStyle() { return { overflowY: 'visible', paddingTop: '0px', paddingBottom: '0px' }; },
-        innerHeight: 800,
-    };
-    window.window = window;
-    window.globalThis = window;
-    const ctx = vm.createContext(window);
-    vm.runInContext(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'screen.js'), 'utf8'), ctx, { filename: 'screen.js' });
-    assert.ok(window.folderLibrary && window.folderLibrary.__test, 'plugin must expose __test');
-    return window.folderLibrary.__test;
-}
-
-const { songCard, songRow } = load();
-
-// A raw filename with a subfolder + spaces — the kind of value song_preview
-// URL-encodes downstream, so it must reach data-fn verbatim, not pre-encoded.
-const FILENAME = 'Some Artist/A Song.sloppak';
-const SONG = { filename: FILENAME, title: 'A Song', artist: 'Some Artist' };
-
-test('song_preview helpers are exposed for the markup contract', () => {
-    assert.equal(typeof songCard, 'function');
-    assert.equal(typeof songRow, 'function');
-});
-
-test('grid card carries data-fn (raw) and a data-v3-play surface', () => {
-    const card = songCard(SONG, 'Unsorted');
-    assert.equal(card.dataset.fn, FILENAME, 'data-fn must be the raw, un-encoded filename');
-    assert.ok(card.querySelector('[data-v3-play]'), 'card must contain a [data-v3-play] surface');
-});
-
-test('list row carries data-fn (raw) and a data-v3-play surface', () => {
-    const row = songRow(SONG, 'Unsorted');
-    assert.equal(row.dataset.fn, FILENAME, 'data-fn must be the raw, un-encoded filename');
-    assert.ok(row.querySelector('[data-v3-play]'), 'row must contain a [data-v3-play] surface');
-});
-
-test('card renders without depending on any optional song metadata', () => {
-    // song_preview only needs filename; the card must build from a bare song
-    // (no duration/arrangements/stems/lyrics/tuning/year) without throwing.
-    assert.doesNotThrow(() => songCard({ filename: FILENAME }, 'Unsorted'));
-    assert.doesNotThrow(() => songRow({ filename: FILENAME }, 'Unsorted'));
-});

plugins/highway_3d/plugin.json

@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 {
   "id": "highway_3d",
   "name": "3D Highway",
-    "version": "3.34.1",
+  "version": "3.54.0",
   "type": "visualization",
+  "scriptType": "module",
   "bundled": true,
   "script": "screen.js",
   "styles": "assets/plugin.css",
-    "settings": { "html": "settings.html", "category": "graphics", "server_files": ["plugin_uploads/highway_3d/current.mp4", "plugin_uploads/highway_3d/current.webm"] },
+  "settings": {
+    "html": "settings.html",
+    "category": "graphics",
+    "server_files": [
+      "plugin_uploads/highway_3d/current.mp4",
+      "plugin_uploads/highway_3d/current.webm"
+    ]
+  },
   "routes": "routes.py",
   "tour": "tour.json"
 }

plugins/highway_3d/src/arp.js

@@ -0,0 +1,850 @@
+// h3d-carve-12: T-section (arpeggio inference) extracted from screen.js.
+// VERBATIM-MOVE: all function bodies are byte-for-byte identical to their
+// screen.js originals except for the single DI rewire noted below.
+// No logic changes, no new guards, no structural additions.
+//
+// Beyond-subst changes:
+//   1. arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim: `nStr` → `getNStr()`
+//      (the explicit argument `sY(nStr - 1)` — sY itself is a plain shorthand
+//       that already captures live state internally, but the argument needs getNStr())
+//   2. _resetStringDependentCaches: STAYS in screen.js; this module exports
+//      `resetChordShapeCache()` instead, which screen.js calls to reset
+//      _chordShapeCache (the only cache that moved here).
+//
+// lowerBoundT imported directly from ./geometry.js — not in DI surface.
+// Total DI params: 19 (18 plain const shorthand + 1 live getter).
+// Missed in contract survey (corrected before GO): NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS (line 248).
+
+import { lowerBoundT } from './geometry.js';
+
+export function createArp({
+    // ── plain const shorthand (fn refs or number consts, never reassigned) ──
+    validString,            // IIFE fn decl ~line 3736
+    filterValidNotes,       // IIFE fn decl ~line 3767 — used by arpeggioLaneDividerFrameAccentMul
+    sY,                     // factory-scope fn: s => S_BASE + (...) * S_GAP (captures live vars)
+    K,                      // module-level const line 124
+    S_GAP,                  // module-level const line 203
+    BEHIND,                 // module-level const line 206
+    CHORD_FRAME_RIM_MIN,    // line 610
+    CHORD_FRAME_RIM_FRAC_H, // line 611
+    ARP_FRAME_ONSET_PAD_S,          // line 620
+    ARP_FRAME_ONSET_CLUSTER_S,      // line 621
+    ARP_INFER_MIN_HAND_SHAPE_SPAN_S,     // line 628
+    ARP_INFER_STRUM_VS_ARP_SPREAD_MIN_S, // line 634
+    ARP_INFER_MULTI_STRUM_HIT_SLACK,     // line 640
+    ARP_INFER_MULTI_STRUM_WIN_MIN_S,     // line 642
+    ARP_INFER_MIN_HITS_VS_SHAPE_CAP,     // line 653
+    ARP_HWY_RAIL_END_TAIL_S,    // line 263
+    ARP_HWY_RAIL_START_LEAD_S,  // line 265
+    NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS,       // line 248 — used in chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes
+    // ── live getter (let var, reassigned per arrangement/frame) ──
+    getNStr,    // () => nStr — used in arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim
+}) {
+
+        // ── Pre-arp utilities ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+        function truthyChartFlag(v) {
+            if (v === true || v === 1) return true;
+            if (v === '1') return true;
+            return typeof v === 'string' && v.toLowerCase() === 'true';
+        }
+
+        /** RS / sloppak `hd` (highDensity); tolerate occasional string forms. */
+        function chordWireHighDensity(ch) {
+            return truthyChartFlag(ch && ch.hd);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Per spec, `displayName` is the UI label for a chord template
+         * (defaulting to `name` when the chart didn't set it). Always go
+         * through this helper so name vs. displayName drift can't surface
+         * the wrong label or break displayName-based dedupe heuristics.
+         */
+        function chordTemplateLabel(tmpl) {
+            if (!tmpl) return '';
+            const d = tmpl.displayName;
+            if (typeof d === 'string' && d.length > 0) return d;
+            const n = tmpl.name;
+            return typeof n === 'string' ? n : '';
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Arpeggio styling is driven by authored metadata, not by post-hoc
+         * note-stream inference. Prefer explicit hand-shape flags and fall back
+         * to template markers when present.
+         */
+        function chordTemplateMarkedArpeggio(cid, chordTemplates) {
+            if (cid == null || !chordTemplates) return false;
+            const tmpl = chordTemplates[cid] ?? chordTemplates[Number(cid)];
+            if (!tmpl) return false;
+            if (truthyChartFlag(tmpl.arp) || truthyChartFlag(tmpl.arpeggio)) return true;
+            const displayName = typeof tmpl.displayName === 'string' ? tmpl.displayName.toLowerCase() : '';
+            if (displayName.includes('-arp')) return true;
+            const name = typeof tmpl.name === 'string' ? tmpl.name.toLowerCase() : '';
+            return name.endsWith('(arp)') || name.includes(' arpeggio');
+        }
+
+        function handShapeMarkedArpeggio(hs, chordTemplates) {
+            if (!hs) return false;
+            if (truthyChartFlag(hs.arp) || truthyChartFlag(hs.arpeggio)) return true;
+            return chordTemplateMarkedArpeggio(hsChordIdNorm(hs), chordTemplates);
+        }
+
+        // ── Hint cache ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        /**
+         * Matching hand-shape metadata for a chord onset. ``explicit`` follows
+         * authored arpeggio markers only; note inference is handled separately
+         * by the callers that still need it for non-visual behavior.
+         *
+         * Cached per chord: result depends only on (ch, hss, chordTemplates),
+         * all chart-static for the lifetime of an arrangement. The cache is
+         * swapped on (hss, templates) ref change so an arrangement switch
+         * cannot resurrect stale entries. Empty-input case bypasses the cache
+         * — it returns a fresh sentinel anyway and isn't hot enough to share.
+         */
+        const _HINT_NONE = Object.freeze({ explicit: false, covered: false, hs: null });
+        let _hintCache = new WeakMap();
+        let _hintCacheHsRef = null;
+        let _hintCacheTplRef = null;
+        function chordHandShapeArpeggioHint(ch, hss, chordTemplates) {
+            if (!hss || hss.length === 0) return _HINT_NONE;
+            if (_hintCacheHsRef !== hss || _hintCacheTplRef !== chordTemplates) {
+                _hintCache = new WeakMap();
+                _hintCacheHsRef = hss;
+                _hintCacheTplRef = chordTemplates;
+            }
+            const cached = _hintCache.get(ch);
+            if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+            const t = ch.t;
+            const cid = ch.id;
+            let result = _HINT_NONE;
+            for (let i = 0; i < hss.length; i++) {
+                const hs = hss[i];
+                const tLo = hsStart(hs);
+                const tHi = hsEnd(hs);
+                if (Number.isNaN(tLo) || Number.isNaN(tHi)) continue;
+                if (t + 1e-4 < tLo || t > tHi + 1e-4) continue;
+                const hsCid = hsChordIdNorm(hs);
+                if (hsCid !== cid && Number(hsCid) !== Number(cid)) continue;
+                const explicit = handShapeMarkedArpeggio(hs, chordTemplates);
+                result = { explicit, covered: true, hs };
+                break;
+            }
+            _hintCache.set(ch, result);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /** Build ``ch.notes`` from ``chordTemplates[cid].frets`` (-1 omitted). */
+        function chordNotesFromTemplate(cid, templates) {
+            if (templates == null || cid == null) return [];
+            const tmpl = templates[cid] ?? templates[Number(cid)];
+            if (!tmpl || !Array.isArray(tmpl.frets)) return [];
+            const out = [];
+            for (let si = 0; si < tmpl.frets.length; si++) {
+                const f = tmpl.frets[si];
+                if (f >= 0 && validString(si)) out.push({ s: si, f, sus: 0 });
+            }
+            return out;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Chart-format fingerpicking passages often have ``<handShape>`` + per-string
+         * ``<note>`` rows but **no** ``<chord>`` events. The 3D chord frame / arp
+         * styling only runs over ``bundle.chords``, so synthesize minimal chord
+         * rows at each hand-shape onset when the chart omits them.
+         */
+        function mergeHandShapeSynthChords(realChords, handShapes, chordTemplates) {
+            if (!handShapes || handShapes.length === 0) return realChords;
+            const reals = realChords && realChords.length ? realChords : [];
+            const synth = [];
+            const seenSynth = new Set();
+            const tol = 0.028;
+            /**
+             * Suppress a synth chord box when a real chord with the **same trimmed
+             * display name** played within this window — Custom songs commonly authors
+             * several ``<chordTemplate>`` rows that share a display name (with
+             * trailing-whitespace IDs) for fingering variants. The follow-up
+             * hand-shape with no chord row is a fingering hint, not a new strum
+             * (e.g. Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" ~0:27 — Fm7 cid=18 strum followed
+             * by Fm7 cid=19 hand-shape, which earlier produced a stacked second
+             * "Fm7" label and an extra chord frame).
+             */
+            const SAME_NAME_RUN_S = 0.5;
+            const trimmedTemplateName = (cid) => {
+                if (cid == null || !chordTemplates) return '';
+                const tmpl = chordTemplates[cid] ?? chordTemplates[Number(cid)];
+                // custom songs commonly authors several <chordTemplate> rows that share
+                // a displayName for fingering variants; the suppression
+                // heuristic in the surrounding code dedupes on the *label*,
+                // not the underlying name, so go through chordTemplateLabel.
+                return chordTemplateLabel(tmpl).trim();
+            };
+            outer: for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                const hs = handShapes[i];
+                const cid = hs.chord_id != null ? hs.chord_id : hs.chordId;
+                const st = hs.start_time != null ? hs.start_time : hs.startTime;
+                if (cid == null || st == null || Number.isNaN(Number(st))) continue;
+                const key = `${cid}|${Number(st).toFixed(3)}`;
+                if (seenSynth.has(key)) continue;
+                seenSynth.add(key);
+                const myName = trimmedTemplateName(cid);
+                for (let j = 0; j < reals.length; j++) {
+                    const ch = reals[j];
+                    const rid = ch.id;
+                    const sameId = rid === cid || Number(rid) === Number(cid);
+                    if (sameId && Math.abs(ch.t - st) <= tol) continue outer;
+                    // A real strum at the same onset already represents this
+                    // chord — never synthesize a phantom on top of it. The
+                    // id/name checks alone miss hand-shapes whose template
+                    // differs from (or shares no name with) the coincident real
+                    // chord — e.g. an edited chart that left a stale hand-shape
+                    // template pointing at the pre-edit shape, which then drew a
+                    // spurious second power chord beside the real one.
+                    if (Math.abs(ch.t - st) <= tol) continue outer;
+                    if (!sameId && myName !== '') {
+                        const otherName = trimmedTemplateName(rid);
+                        if (otherName === myName
+                            && st > ch.t
+                            && st - ch.t <= SAME_NAME_RUN_S) {
+                            continue outer;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                const notes = chordNotesFromTemplate(cid, chordTemplates);
+                if (notes.length === 0) continue;
+                const et = hs.end_time != null ? hs.end_time : hs.endTime;
+                synth.push({
+                    t: st,
+                    id: cid,
+                    // `hd` is the chart-format `highDensity` wire field (gallops /
+                    // repeated strums), not an arpeggio carrier — arpeggio
+                    // intent is read directly from the hand-shape via
+                    // chordHandShapeArpeggioHint() downstream. Keep `hd` false
+                    // so chordWireHighDensity() / label-suppression behave the
+                    // same as for any other non-gallop chord row.
+                    hd: false,
+                    notes,
+                    /** Hand-shape fill-in (no authored chord row) — skip note-stream arp frame. */
+                    h3dSynth: true,
+                    /** Hand-shape end time — used to draw the shape-sustain border for non-arp cases. */
+                    h3dSynthEnd: et != null ? Number(et) : null,
+                });
+            }
+            if (synth.length === 0) return reals;
+            const merged = reals.concat(synth);
+            merged.sort((a, b) => {
+                const dt = a.t - b.t;
+                if (Math.abs(dt) > 1e-6) return dt;
+                const ia = Number(a.id);
+                const ib = Number(b.id);
+                return (ia - ib) || 0;
+            });
+            return merged;
+        }
+
+        // ── Chord-shape cache ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+        /**
+         * Merge chart-format ``chordTemplates[id].frets`` with live ``chordNote`` rows.
+         * Cached via WeakMap on the chord object — chord data never changes after
+         * chart load, so the Map is computed once and reused every frame.
+         * The init-time callers (fillArpeggioGhostInferFlags) pass ephemeral `fakeCh`
+         * objects that are never seen again, so they bypass the cache naturally.
+         */
+        let _chordShapeCache = new WeakMap();
+        function mergeChordShape(ch, chordNotes, templates) {
+            if (_chordShapeCache.has(ch)) return _chordShapeCache.get(ch);
+            const shape = new Map();
+            const tid = ch && ch.id != null ? ch.id : null;
+            const tmpl = (tid != null && templates)
+                ? (templates[tid] ?? templates[Number(tid)])
+                : null;
+            if (tmpl && Array.isArray(tmpl.frets)) {
+                for (let si = 0; si < tmpl.frets.length; si++) {
+                    if (!validString(si)) continue;
+                    const f = tmpl.frets[si];
+                    if (f >= 0) shape.set(si, f);
+                }
+            }
+            for (let i = 0; i < chordNotes.length; i++) {
+                const cn = chordNotes[i];
+                if (!validString(cn.s)) continue;
+                if (cn.f < 0) shape.delete(cn.s);
+                else shape.set(cn.s, cn.f);
+            }
+            _chordShapeCache.set(ch, shape);
+            return shape;
+        }
+
+        // h3d-carve-12: screen.js's _resetStringDependentCaches() calls this
+        // instead of directly assigning `_chordShapeCache = new WeakMap()`.
+        // Reset the validString()/nStr-dependent chord caches. Called when nStr
+        // changes so a string count discovered after the first frame (e.g. a
+        // 7-string chart whose stringCount arrives in song_info) doesn't leave
+        // string-6+ notes filtered out of cached chord shapes/signatures.
+        function resetChordShapeCache() {
+            _chordShapeCache = new WeakMap();
+        }
+
+        function hitTimesQualifyArpeggioSpread(hitTimes) {
+            if (hitTimes.length < 2) return false;
+            hitTimes.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+            const spread = hitTimes[hitTimes.length - 1] - hitTimes[0];
+            if (spread >= 0.03) return true;
+            return hitTimes.length >= 4 && spread >= 0.016;
+        }
+
+        /** RS XML / IPC payloads use snake_case or camelCase field names. */
+        function hsStart(hs) {
+            if (!hs) return NaN;
+            const v = hs.start_time != null ? hs.start_time : hs.startTime;
+            if (v == null) return NaN;
+            const n = Number(v);
+            return Number.isNaN(n) ? NaN : n;
+        }
+        function hsEnd(hs) {
+            if (!hs) return NaN;
+            const v = hs.end_time != null ? hs.end_time : hs.endTime;
+            if (v == null) return NaN;
+            const n = Number(v);
+            return Number.isNaN(n) ? NaN : n;
+        }
+        function hsChordIdNorm(hs) {
+            if (!hs) return null;
+            const v = hs.chord_id != null ? hs.chord_id : hs.chordId;
+            return v == null ? null : v;
+        }
+
+        /** ``<handShape>`` chart duration in seconds (snake_case or camelCase XML). */
+        function handShapeChartSpanSec(hs) {
+            const a = hsStart(hs), b = hsEnd(hs);
+            if (Number.isNaN(a) || Number.isNaN(b)) return 0;
+            return Math.max(0, b - a);
+        }
+
+        // ── Infer-pattern cache ───────────────────────────────────────────
+        /**
+         * When ``hd`` is missing/false, detect arpeggio from the **note** stream
+         * using the **full voicing** (template ∪ chord notes). RS often stores the
+         * plucks only in ``notes[]``, not as duplicate chord rows.
+         *
+         * @param {{ tLo: number, tHi: number } | null} [timeWin]
+         *        When set (e.g. from ``<handShape>`` span), scan staggered picks
+         *        across the whole held-shape window — RS often omits ``arp`` and ``hd``.
+         */
+        // Cached per chord: result depends on (ch, shape, notesArr) and an
+        // optional timeWin which itself is a function of the chord's matching
+        // <handShape>. Both inputs are chart-static, so the cache invalidates
+        // on (notesArr, hss) ref change — `hss` is threaded in purely as the
+        // invalidation key for the chord-loop caller, which passes a stable
+        // `ch` (reused across frames) and a timeWin that is null until
+        // bundle.handShapes arrives over the WS; without the hss check the
+        // null-timeWin result would stick once handShapes loaded late. shape
+        // comes from mergeChordShape(ch) which is also chart-static, so it
+        // doesn't enter the invalidation key directly. The cache deliberately
+        // stores boolean results; a sentinel distinguishes "not computed"
+        // from "false".
+        let _arpInferCache = new WeakMap();
+        let _arpInferCacheNotesRef = null;
+        let _arpInferCacheHssRef = null;
+        function inferArpeggioFromNotePattern(ch, shape, notesArr, timeWin, hss = null) {
+            if (!notesArr || notesArr.length === 0 || shape.size < 2) return false;
+            if (_arpInferCacheNotesRef !== notesArr || _arpInferCacheHssRef !== hss) {
+                _arpInferCache = new WeakMap();
+                _arpInferCacheNotesRef = notesArr;
+                _arpInferCacheHssRef = hss;
+            }
+            const cached = _arpInferCache.get(ch);
+            if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+            const result = _inferArpeggioFromNotePatternUncached(ch, shape, notesArr, timeWin);
+            _arpInferCache.set(ch, result);
+            return result;
+        }
+        function _inferArpeggioFromNotePatternUncached(ch, shape, notesArr, timeWin) {
+            const tHi = timeWin ? timeWin.tHi : ch.t + 2.35;
+            const tLo = timeWin ? timeWin.tLo : ch.t - 0.28;
+            let i2 = lowerBoundT(notesArr, tLo - 0.02);
+            const hitTimes = [];
+            const hitStrings = new Set();
+            for (; i2 < notesArr.length; i2++) {
+                const n = notesArr[i2];
+                if (n.t > tHi) break;
+                if (n.t < tLo) continue;
+                if (!validString(n.s)) continue;
+                const ef = shape.get(n.s);
+                if (ef === undefined || ef !== n.f) continue;
+                hitTimes.push(n.t);
+                hitStrings.add(n.s);
+            }
+            if (!hitTimesQualifyArpeggioSpread(hitTimes)) return false;
+            // A genuine arpeggio SWEEPS across the held shape, so its standalone
+            // notes land on MULTIPLE strings of the shape. When every matching
+            // hit is on a single string, this is a repeated single-string run
+            // (e.g. a palm-muted gallop hammering the chord's root) that happens
+            // to share one string/fret with the chord — NOT an arpeggio. Inferring
+            // one here deferred the chord's gems and made the power chord render as
+            // just that one repeated note (bar 25 of starlight). Require ≥2 strings.
+            if (hitStrings.size < 2) return false;
+            // Strumming/gallop rejection — far more hits than the shape has
+            // strings means the chord's notes are being re-struck repeatedly
+            // (a riff/gallop reusing both power-chord notes), not swept once as
+            // an arpeggio. This guard used to live inside `if (timeWin)`, so it
+            // was skipped for charts with no hand-shapes (timeWin null) — which
+            // let dense two-string gallops over a power chord infer a bogus
+            // arpeggio and defer the chord's gems (bar 88 of starlight: a
+            // (s5:4,s6:2) chord whose root+fifth recur ~16x over 2 s). Apply it
+            // with the actual window span whether or not a hand-shape is present.
+            const winSpan = timeWin ? (timeWin.tHi - timeWin.tLo) : (tHi - tLo);
+            if (winSpan > ARP_INFER_MULTI_STRUM_WIN_MIN_S
+                && hitTimes.length > shape.size + ARP_INFER_MULTI_STRUM_HIT_SLACK) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (timeWin) {
+                if (winSpan < 0.70 && hitTimes.length < 4) {
+                    const spread = hitTimes[hitTimes.length - 1] - hitTimes[0];
+                    if (spread < ARP_INFER_STRUM_VS_ARP_SPREAD_MIN_S) return false;
+                }
+                // Reject when too few staggered hits for a genuine sweep across
+                // the held shape — see ARP_INFER_MIN_HITS_VS_SHAPE_CAP.
+                const minHits = Math.min(shape.size, ARP_INFER_MIN_HITS_VS_SHAPE_CAP);
+                if (hitTimes.length < minHits) return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * True when standalone note rows already cover every string/fret in the
+         * arpeggio shape, so drawing the chord gems too would duplicate the same
+         * authored passage.
+         */
+        // Cached per chord: result depends on (ch, shape, notesArr) — chart-
+        // static; the cache invalidates on notesArr ref change. The same
+        // ``ch`` may be queried multiple times per frame from the chord
+        // render loop (deferChordGems / _deferFallback / suppressSynthChord),
+        // so survival across frames is also useful.
+        let _arpCoverCache = new WeakMap();
+        let _arpCoverCacheNotesRef = null;
+        function chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes(ch, shape, notesArr, timeWin) {
+            if (!notesArr || notesArr.length === 0 || !shape || shape.size === 0) return false;
+            if (_arpCoverCacheNotesRef !== notesArr) {
+                _arpCoverCache = new WeakMap();
+                _arpCoverCacheNotesRef = notesArr;
+            }
+            const cached = _arpCoverCache.get(ch);
+            if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
+            const tLo = (timeWin ? timeWin.tLo : ch.t - ARP_FRAME_ONSET_PAD_S) - NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS;
+            const tHi = (timeWin ? timeWin.tHi : ch.t + ARP_FRAME_ONSET_CLUSTER_S) + NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS;
+            let i2 = lowerBoundT(notesArr, tLo);
+            const matchedStrings = new Set();
+            let result = false;
+            for (; i2 < notesArr.length; i2++) {
+                const n = notesArr[i2];
+                if (n.t > tHi) break;
+                if (!validString(n.s) || matchedStrings.has(n.s)) continue;
+                const ef = shape.get(n.s);
+                if (ef === undefined || ef !== n.f) continue;
+                matchedStrings.add(n.s);
+                if (matchedStrings.size >= shape.size) { result = true; break; }
+            }
+            _arpCoverCache.set(ch, result);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Notes in an inferred arpeggio passage are charted in ``notes[]`` with
+         * staggered times; treat them like chord-cluster notes for chart-format-style
+         * board-ghost fret digits (``fromChord`` + template column).
+         */
+        function arpeggioChordIdForNote(n, handShapes, chordTemplates, notesArr) {
+            if (!handShapes || handShapes.length === 0 || !notesArr || notesArr.length === 0) return null;
+            if (!validString(n.s)) return null;
+            for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                const hs = handShapes[i];
+                const hsLo = hsStart(hs);
+                const hsHi = hsEnd(hs);
+                if (Number.isNaN(hsLo) || Number.isNaN(hsHi)) continue;
+                if (n.t + 1e-4 < hsLo || n.t > hsHi + 1e-4) continue;
+                const cid = hsChordIdNorm(hs);
+                if (cid == null) continue;
+                const tmpl = chordTemplates?.[cid] ?? chordTemplates?.[Number(cid)];
+                if (!tmpl || !Array.isArray(tmpl.frets)) continue;
+                const tf = tmpl.frets[n.s];
+                if (typeof tf !== 'number' || tf < 0 || n.f !== tf) continue;
+                const synthNotes = chordNotesFromTemplate(cid, chordTemplates);
+                if (synthNotes.length === 0) continue;
+                const fakeCh = { t: hsLo, id: cid, notes: synthNotes };
+                const shape = mergeChordShape(fakeCh, synthNotes, chordTemplates);
+                const tw = { tLo: hsLo - 0.06, tHi: hsHi + 0.06 };
+                if (handShapeChartSpanSec(hs) < ARP_INFER_MIN_HAND_SHAPE_SPAN_S) continue;
+                if (inferArpeggioFromNotePattern(fakeCh, shape, notesArr, tw, handShapes)) return cid;
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Per-frame warmup: ``inferArpeggioFromNotePattern`` depends only on
+         * ``handShape × chart``, not on the candidate note — the old path
+         * recomputed it for every visible note (O(notecount × hs × notescan)).
+         * Fill ``outFlags[i]`` with the boolean once per ``handShapes[i]``.
+         */
+        function fillArpeggioGhostInferFlags(handShapes, chordTemplates, notesArr, outFlags, outSynthOnsetSet = null) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                let infer = false;
+                const hs = handShapes[i];
+                if (handShapeChartSpanSec(hs) < ARP_INFER_MIN_HAND_SHAPE_SPAN_S) {
+                    outFlags[i] = false;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const cid = hsChordIdNorm(hs);
+                if (cid != null && notesArr.length > 0) {
+                    const tmpl = chordTemplates?.[cid] ?? chordTemplates?.[Number(cid)];
+                    if (tmpl && Array.isArray(tmpl.frets)) {
+                        const synthNotes = chordNotesFromTemplate(cid, chordTemplates);
+                        if (synthNotes.length > 0) {
+                            const hsLo = hsStart(hs);
+                            const hsHi = hsEnd(hs);
+                            const fakeCh = { t: hsLo, id: cid, notes: synthNotes };
+                            const shape = mergeChordShape(fakeCh, synthNotes, chordTemplates);
+                            const tw = { tLo: hsLo - 0.06, tHi: hsHi + 0.06 };
+                            infer = inferArpeggioFromNotePattern(fakeCh, shape, notesArr, tw, handShapes);
+                            // Chord-hold gate: inferArpeggioFromNotePattern can fire true
+                            // when open-string notes coincidentally match the template's
+                            // open positions but only a SINGLE fretted (f>0) string is
+                            // actually played at the handshape onset. Treat that as a
+                            // chord hold (not an arpeggio) — clear the arp flag, no
+                            // brackets. The original implementation also intended to
+                            // record a synthetic sustain extending to hsEnd for the
+                            // onset note, but that read-side was never wired up; the
+                            // visual decay-before-handshape-end is benign.
+                            if (infer) {
+                                let _frettedCount = 0;
+                                let _onsetNote = null;
+                                const _fSeen = new Set();
+                                let _ci = lowerBoundT(notesArr, tw.tLo - 0.02);
+                                for (; _ci < notesArr.length; _ci++) {
+                                    const _cn = notesArr[_ci];
+                                    if (_cn.t > tw.tHi + 0.02) break;
+                                    if (_cn.t < tw.tLo) continue;
+                                    if (!validString(_cn.s)) continue;
+                                    if (shape.get(_cn.s) !== _cn.f) continue;
+                                    if (_cn.f > 0 && !_fSeen.has(_cn.s)) {
+                                        _frettedCount++;
+                                        _fSeen.add(_cn.s);
+                                        if (_onsetNote === null) _onsetNote = _cn;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                if (_frettedCount <= 1 && _onsetNote !== null) {
+                                    outFlags[i] = false;
+                                    continue; // chord hold handled — skip onset-match and outFlags assignment
+                                }
+                            }
+                            // Non-arp template inferred as arpeggio: suppress brackets.
+                            // Only explicit arp-marked templates (arp:true / displayName "-arp")
+                            // should show [ ] / < > bracket markers.
+                            if (infer && outSynthOnsetSet != null
+                                && !handShapeMarkedArpeggio(hs, chordTemplates)) {
+                                outSynthOnsetSet.add(hsLo);
+                            }
+                            // Also treat as arp ghost when the hs generated a suppressed
+                            // synth chord: any standalone note in the onset window matches
+                            // any shape string. Handles patterns where inferArpeggioFromNotePattern
+                            // returns false (e.g. repeated arpeggio across a long hs span
+                            // triggers the multi-strum rejection), but the player still
+                            // needs the "hold this shape" ghost fret numbers on the board.
+                            if (!infer) {
+                                const _oLo = hsLo - ARP_FRAME_ONSET_PAD_S;
+                                const _oHi = hsLo + ARP_FRAME_ONSET_CLUSTER_S;
+                                let _oi = lowerBoundT(notesArr, _oLo - 0.02);
+                                for (; _oi < notesArr.length; _oi++) {
+                                    const _on = notesArr[_oi];
+                                    if (_on.t > _oHi) break;
+                                    if (_on.t < _oLo) continue;
+                                    if (shape.get(_on.s) === _on.f) {
+                                        infer = true;
+                                        // Only suppress brackets when the handshape is NOT an
+                                        // explicit arpeggio (arp:true template / displayName "-arp").
+                                        // Genuine arp handshapes reached via onset-match still need
+                                        // the [ ] bracket markers — only non-arp synth chords are
+                                        // "false positives" that should hide the brackets.
+                                        if (outSynthOnsetSet != null
+                                            && !handShapeMarkedArpeggio(hs, chordTemplates)) {
+                                            outSynthOnsetSet.add(hsLo);
+                                        }
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                outFlags[i] = infer;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Chart-static WeakMap cache: note object → chord-id (or null sentinel).
+        // The result depends only on the note's (t, s, f) and the chart's handShapes
+        // + chordTemplates, which never change after load. Keyed by note object so
+        // switching songs/arrangements drops the entries with the old array.
+        const _ARP_CID_NULL = Object.freeze({});
+        const _arpCidCache = new WeakMap();
+        function arpeggioChordIdForNoteWithInferCache(n, handShapes, chordTemplates, notesArr, hsInferFlags) {
+            const cached = _arpCidCache.get(n);
+            if (cached !== undefined) return cached === _ARP_CID_NULL ? null : cached;
+            let result = null;
+            if (!handShapes || handShapes.length === 0 || !notesArr || notesArr.length === 0 || !hsInferFlags) {
+                result = arpeggioChordIdForNote(n, handShapes, chordTemplates, notesArr);
+            } else if (validString(n.s)) {
+                for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                    if (!hsInferFlags[i]) continue;
+                    const hs = handShapes[i];
+                    const hsLo = hsStart(hs);
+                    const hsHi = hsEnd(hs);
+                    if (Number.isNaN(hsLo) || Number.isNaN(hsHi)) continue;
+                    if (n.t + 1e-4 < hsLo || n.t > hsHi + 1e-4) continue;
+                    const cid = hsChordIdNorm(hs);
+                    if (cid == null) continue;
+                    const tmpl = chordTemplates?.[cid] ?? chordTemplates?.[Number(cid)];
+                    if (!tmpl || !Array.isArray(tmpl.frets)) continue;
+                    const tf = tmpl.frets[n.s];
+                    if (typeof tf !== 'number' || tf < 0 || n.f !== tf) continue;
+                    result = cid;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            _arpCidCache.set(n, result === null ? _ARP_CID_NULL : result);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /** Returns {start, end} chart-time bounds of the arpeggio handshape that contains
+         *  this note, or null when not found.  Uses hsInferFlags to skip ruled-out
+         *  handshapes; falls back to a full scan when hsInferFlags is null. */
+        // WeakMap cache — arpHsBoundsForNote result is chart-static (note, handShapes,
+        // and hsInferFlags never change after chart load). Each renderer instance has
+        // its own WeakMap, so splitscreen panels don't interfere.
+        // Sentinel: _ARP_BOUNDS_NULL = {} distinguishes "no matching hs" from "uncached".
+        const _ARP_BOUNDS_NULL = Object.freeze({});
+        const _arpBoundsCache = new WeakMap();
+        function arpHsBoundsForNote(n, handShapes, hsInferFlags) {
+            if (!handShapes || handShapes.length === 0) return null;
+            const cached = _arpBoundsCache.get(n);
+            if (cached !== undefined) return cached === _ARP_BOUNDS_NULL ? null : cached;
+            let result = null;
+            for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                if (hsInferFlags && !hsInferFlags[i]) continue;
+                const hs = handShapes[i];
+                const lo = hsStart(hs);
+                const hi = hsEnd(hs);
+                if (Number.isNaN(lo) || Number.isNaN(hi)) continue;
+                if (n.t + 1e-4 < lo || n.t > hi + 1e-4) continue;
+                result = { start: lo, end: hi };
+                break;
+            }
+            _arpBoundsCache.set(n, result === null ? _ARP_BOUNDS_NULL : result);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /** Cache the authored arpeggio marker per hand shape. */
+        function handShapeIsArpeggioForLaneRail(hs, chordTemplates) {
+            return handShapeMarkedArpeggio(hs, chordTemplates);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Chart-time window for purple rails: hand-shape span clipped to matching
+         * ``chords[].t`` and template notes in the passage — same times that drive
+         * the 3D arpeggio frame (``ch.t`` + note stream), avoiding rails that start
+         * before the box or end before the last arpeggiated note.
+         */
+        function effectiveArpRailChartBoundsForHandShape(hs, chords, chordTemplates, notesArr) {
+            let shapeLo = hsStart(hs);
+            const _hsEndOrig = hsEnd(hs);
+            let shapeHi = _hsEndOrig;
+            const cid = hsChordIdNorm(hs);
+            if (Number.isNaN(shapeLo) || Number.isNaN(shapeHi)) {
+                return { shapeLo: 1e9, shapeHi: -1e9 };
+            }
+            if (notesArr && notesArr.length > 0 && chordTemplates && cid != null) {
+                const tmpl = chordTemplates[cid] ?? chordTemplates[Number(cid)];
+                if (tmpl && Array.isArray(tmpl.frets)) {
+                    let tFirst = null;
+                    let tLast = null;
+                    for (let i = 0; i < notesArr.length; i++) {
+                        const n = notesArr[i];
+                        if (n.t + 1e-4 < shapeLo - 0.18 || n.t > shapeHi + 0.45) continue;
+                        if (!validString(n.s)) continue;
+                        const tf = tmpl.frets[n.s];
+                        if (typeof tf !== 'number' || tf < 0 || n.f !== tf) continue;
+                        if (tFirst === null || n.t < tFirst) tFirst = n.t;
+                        if (tLast === null || n.t > tLast) tLast = n.t;
+                    }
+                    if (tFirst != null) shapeLo = Math.max(shapeLo, tFirst);
+                    if (tLast != null) shapeHi = Math.max(shapeHi, tLast);
+                }
+            }
+            if (chords && chords.length && cid != null) {
+                let tMinC = null;
+                let tMaxC = null;
+                for (let j = 0; j < chords.length; j++) {
+                    const ch = chords[j];
+                    if (ch.id !== cid && Number(ch.id) !== Number(cid)) continue;
+                    if (ch.t + 1e-4 < shapeLo || ch.t > shapeHi + 0.28) continue;
+                    if (tMinC === null || ch.t < tMinC) tMinC = ch.t;
+                    if (tMaxC === null || ch.t > tMaxC) tMaxC = ch.t;
+                }
+                if (tMinC != null) shapeLo = Math.max(shapeLo, tMinC);
+                if (tMaxC != null) shapeHi = Math.max(shapeHi, tMaxC);
+            }
+            shapeLo -= ARP_HWY_RAIL_START_LEAD_S;
+            // Only extend past the handshape end when notes/chords genuinely reach
+            // beyond it — otherwise the tail would make the rail visually larger
+            // than the actual handshape duration (e.g. 0.38 s / 1.3 s ≈ 29% extra).
+            if (shapeHi > _hsEndOrig) shapeHi += ARP_HWY_RAIL_END_TAIL_S;
+            return { shapeLo, shapeHi };
+        }
+
+        /** Cache the authored arpeggio marker per hand shape. */
+        function fillLaneRailHandShapeFlags(handShapes, chordTemplates, outFlags) {
+            const nHs = handShapes.length;
+            for (let i = 0; i < nHs; i++) {
+                outFlags[i] = handShapeIsArpeggioForLaneRail(handShapes[i], chordTemplates);
+            }
+        }
+
+        function fillArpeggioRailShapeBoundsCaches(
+            handShapes, chords, chordTemplates, notesArr, laneRailFlags, loOut, hiOut,
+        ) {
+            const nHs = handShapes.length;
+            for (let i = 0; i < nHs; i++) {
+                if (!laneRailFlags[i]) continue;
+                const b = effectiveArpRailChartBoundsForHandShape(
+                    handShapes[i], chords, chordTemplates, notesArr,
+                );
+                loOut[i] = b.shapeLo;
+                hiOut[i] = b.shapeHi;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /** ``[tChartLo,tChartHi]`` chart times that a lane slice covers (see module ``BEHIND`` / approach ``dt``). */
+        function arpeggioLaneOuterRailChartIntervalOverlaps(
+            tChartLo,
+            tChartHi,
+            handShapes,
+            boundLo,
+            boundHi,
+            laneRailFlags,
+        ) {
+            if (!handShapes || handShapes.length === 0) return false;
+            if (!laneRailFlags) return false;
+            if (tChartHi < tChartLo) {
+                const s = tChartLo;
+                tChartLo = tChartHi;
+                tChartHi = s;
+            }
+            for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                if (!laneRailFlags[i]) continue;
+                const shapeLo = boundLo[i];
+                const shapeHi = boundHi[i];
+                if (tChartHi < shapeLo - 1e-4 || tChartLo > shapeHi + 1e-4) continue;
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        function arpeggioLaneOuterRailLaneSlice(
+            dt0, dt1, nowClock,
+            handShapes, boundLo, boundHi, laneRailFlags,
+        ) {
+            const tLo = nowClock + Math.min(dt0, dt1) - BEHIND;
+            const tHi = nowClock + Math.max(dt0, dt1) - BEHIND;
+            return arpeggioLaneOuterRailChartIntervalOverlaps(
+                tLo, tHi, handShapes, boundLo, boundHi, laneRailFlags,
+            );
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * True when **chart time** ``chartT`` falls inside an arpeggio hand-shape.
+         * Uses a short end tail only — no ``CHORD_HWY_LINGER_S`` — so purple lane
+         * rails match visible highway slices and do not leak after shapes end.
+         */
+        function arpeggioLaneOuterRailAtChartTime(
+            chartT, handShapes, boundLo, boundHi, laneRailFlags,
+        ) {
+            return arpeggioLaneOuterRailChartIntervalOverlaps(
+                chartT, chartT, handShapes, boundLo, boundHi, laneRailFlags,
+            );
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Same ``chordAccent ? ft *= 1.22`` as the 3D arpeggio chord rim so lane
+         * rails match an accented frame when the active hand shape links to a
+         * chord row that carries ``.ac`` notes.
+         */
+        function arpeggioLaneDividerFrameAccentMul(nowT, handShapes, chords, boundLo, boundHi, laneRailFlags) {
+            if (!handShapes || handShapes.length === 0 || !chords || chords.length === 0) return 1;
+            if (!laneRailFlags) return 1;
+            for (let i = 0; i < handShapes.length; i++) {
+                if (!laneRailFlags[i]) continue;
+                const shapeLo = boundLo[i];
+                const shapeHi = boundHi[i];
+                if (nowT + 1e-4 < shapeLo || nowT > shapeHi + 1e-4) continue;
+
+                const cid = hsChordIdNorm(handShapes[i]);
+                if (cid == null) return 1;
+                for (let j = 0; j < chords.length; j++) {
+                    const ch = chords[j];
+                    if (ch.id !== cid && Number(ch.id) !== Number(cid)) continue;
+                    if (Math.abs(ch.t - hsStart(handShapes[i])) > 0.12) continue;
+                    const chordNotes = ch.notes ? filterValidNotes(ch.notes) : [];
+                    if (chordNotes.some(cn => cn.ac)) return 1.22;
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                return 1;
+            }
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        /** World-scale XY for purple lane rails = arpeggio ``ftSide`` / ``gLaneDivider`` edge (0.15×K). */
+        function arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim(accentMul = 1) {
+            const yA = sY(0), yB = sY(getNStr() - 1); // DI: nStr → getNStr()
+            const yMinF = Math.min(yA, yB) - S_GAP * 0.8;
+            const yMaxF = Math.max(yA, yB) + S_GAP * 0.8;
+            const fullChordBoxH = yMaxF - yMinF;
+            let ft = Math.max(CHORD_FRAME_RIM_MIN * K, fullChordBoxH * CHORD_FRAME_RIM_FRAC_H);
+            if (accentMul !== 1 && accentMul > 0) ft *= accentMul;
+            const ftSide = ft * 1.55;
+            return ftSide / (0.15 * K);
+        }
+
+    return {
+        // ── exported (called from outside T-section) ──────────────────────
+        chordWireHighDensity,                   // callers: 9155, 9384, 9791, 9815
+        chordTemplateLabel,                     // callers: 9790, 10801, 10852
+        chordTemplateMarkedArpeggio,            // callers: 9474, 10045
+        chordHandShapeArpeggioHint,             // caller:  9112
+        mergeHandShapeSynthChords,              // caller:  7965
+        mergeChordShape,                        // caller:  8982
+        resetChordShapeCache,                   // caller:  _resetStringDependentCaches (screen.js)
+        inferArpeggioFromNotePattern,           // caller:  9126
+        chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes,     // caller:  9134
+        hsStart,                                // callers: 8008, 9114, 9152, 9239, 9423, 10040
+        hsEnd,                                  // callers: 8008, 9114, 9240, 9423, 10040
+        handShapeChartSpanSec,                  // caller:  9125
+        fillArpeggioGhostInferFlags,            // caller:  7987
+        arpeggioChordIdForNoteWithInferCache,   // caller:  8811
+        arpHsBoundsForNote,                     // caller:  8819
+        fillLaneRailHandShapeFlags,             // caller:  8101
+        fillArpeggioRailShapeBoundsCaches,      // caller:  8110
+        arpeggioLaneOuterRailLaneSlice,         // caller:  10267
+        arpeggioLaneOuterRailAtChartTime,       // caller:  10124
+        arpeggioLaneDividerFrameAccentMul,      // callers: 10128, 10366
+        arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim, // callers: 10133, 10371
+        // ── private (T-internal only, not in return) ──────────────────────
+        // truthyChartFlag            — only used by T-internal fns
+        // handShapeMarkedArpeggio    — only used by T-internal fns
+        // chordNotesFromTemplate     — only used by T-internal fns
+        // hitTimesQualifyArpeggioSpread — only called by _inferArpeggioFromNotePatternUncached
+        // _inferArpeggioFromNotePatternUncached — only called by inferArpeggioFromNotePattern
+        // hsChordIdNorm              — only used by T-internal fns
+        // arpeggioChordIdForNote     — only called by arpeggioChordIdForNoteWithInferCache (line 7378)
+        // handShapeIsArpeggioForLaneRail — only called by fillLaneRailHandShapeFlags (line 7490)
+        // effectiveArpRailChartBoundsForHandShape — only called by fillArpeggioRailShapeBoundsCaches (line 7500)
+        // arpeggioLaneOuterRailChartIntervalOverlaps — only called by Slice/AtChartTime (lines 7540, 7553)
+    };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/bc-panel.js

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+/**
+ * Butterchurn audio-reactive background control panel — h3d-carve-4.
+ *
+ * Exports _bcIsDesktop() and _bcCreateController().
+ * window.h3dBcApplySettings is assigned at module scope so it is available
+ * before the IIFE runs (R5); settings.html guards the call with ?.(). All
+ * vendor scripts are loaded via DOM <script> injection — never ES import (R2).
+ */
+
+/* ── Butterchurn audio-reactive background ──────────────────────────
+ * Mounts a Butterchurn (WebGL MilkDrop) canvas BEHIND the transparent
+ * 3D highway. On desktop it's driven by the guitar/mic input (the song
+ * audio lives in JUCE, not the webview <audio>); in a browser it taps
+ * the song <audio> directly.
+ * ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+const BC_VENDOR = '/api/plugins/highway_3d/assets/vendor/';
+const BC_FRAME = 1024;
+const BC_WORKLET = '/api/plugins/highway_3d/assets/viz-worklet.js';
+const _bcMeters = { gtr: 0, song: 0 }; // live levels shown in the panel readout
+const BC_BTN = 'background:rgba(255,255,255,.09);color:#cfe3ff;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16);border-radius:5px;padding:3px 8px;cursor:pointer;font:12px system-ui';
+let _bcLoading = null;
+function _bcLoadLib() {
+    if (_bcLoading) return _bcLoading;
+    _bcLoading = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const add = (url, next) => {
+            const s = document.createElement('script');
+            s.src = url; s.async = true;
+            s.onload = next; s.onerror = () => reject(new Error('load ' + url));
+            document.head.appendChild(s);
+        };
+        add(BC_VENDOR + 'butterchurn.min.js', () =>
+            add(BC_VENDOR + 'butterchurnPresets.min.js', resolve));
+    });
+    // Don't cache a rejected promise: a transient load failure (network
+    // hiccup, blocked request) must not permanently disable the feature for
+    // the session. Clearing _bcLoading lets the next mount retry the load.
+    _bcLoading.catch(() => { _bcLoading = null; });
+    return _bcLoading;
+}
+function _bcResolve() { let b = window.butterchurn; if (b && b.default) b = b.default; return b; }
+function _bcPresets() { let p = window.butterchurnPresets; if (p && p.default) p = p.default; return p; }
+export function _bcIsDesktop() {
+    const d = window.feedBackDesktop || window.slopsmithDesktop;
+    return !!(d && d.isDesktop && d.audio && typeof d.audio.getRawAudioFrame === 'function');
+}
+// Fast-forward an index to the first entry after time `ct` (used on seek/loop).
+// Position at the first entry whose time is >= ct (strict <), so an event
+// landing exactly on the seek/loop target time is still fired by the update
+// walkers (which consume `<= ct`) instead of being skipped past here.
+export function _bcFfIdx(arr, ct, key) { if (!arr) return 0; let i = 0; while (i < arr.length && (arr[i][key] || 0) < ct) i++; return i; }
+// Force-free a canvas's WebGL context so the GPU resources are released
+// immediately instead of lingering until GC — repeated Butterchurn
+// mount/unmount cycles otherwise pile up live contexts toward the browser cap.
+function _bcReleaseCanvasGL(canvas) {
+    if (!canvas || typeof canvas.getContext !== 'function') return;
+    let gl = null;
+    try { gl = canvas.getContext('webgl2') || canvas.getContext('webgl'); } catch (e) { gl = null; }
+    if (!gl || typeof gl.getExtension !== 'function') return;
+    try { const lose = gl.getExtension('WEBGL_lose_context'); if (lose) lose.loseContext(); } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+// Desktop: bridge GUITAR input PCM + SONG output level into a Web Audio node
+// Butterchurn can tap. Guitar gives spectral texture from your playing; the
+// song's output meter (getLevels) injects an energy pulse so the visuals also
+// react to the backing track (JUCE plays it — there's no song PCM to FFT).
+function _bcGuitarFeed(actx, onReady) {
+    const latest = new Float32Array(BC_FRAME);
+    let polling = true, songLevel = 0, chartLevel = 0;
+    let node = null, sp = null, silent = null;
+    const api = (window.feedBackDesktop || window.slopsmithDesktop).audio;
+    const gainNow = () => (_bcLoadSettings().guitarGain) || 6;
+
+    // Keep the source node processing (silently — JUCE already monitors the
+    // guitar), and hand it to Butterchurn via the onReady callback.
+    function attach(srcNode) {
+        silent = actx.createGain(); silent.gain.value = 0;
+        srcNode.connect(silent); silent.connect(actx.destination);
+        try { if (onReady) onReady(srcNode); } catch (e) {}
+    }
+    // Fallback for contexts without AudioWorklet support.
+    function useScriptProcessor() {
+        let phase = 0, phase2 = 0;
+        const TWO_PI = Math.PI * 2;
+        const oscStep = TWO_PI * (90 / actx.sampleRate);
+        const oscStep2 = TWO_PI * (520 / actx.sampleRate);
+        sp = actx.createScriptProcessor(BC_FRAME, 1, 1);
+        sp.onaudioprocess = (e) => {
+            const out = e.outputBuffer.getChannelData(0);
+            const n = Math.min(out.length, latest.length);
+            const lvl = songLevel, clvl = chartLevel, gg = gainNow();
+            for (let i = 0; i < out.length; i++) {
+                const g = (i < n ? latest[i] : 0) * gg;
+                const song = lvl * (0.7 * Math.sin(phase) + 0.3 * (Math.random() * 2 - 1)) * 1.4;
+                const chart = clvl * (0.5 * Math.sin(phase2) + 0.5 * (Math.random() * 2 - 1)) * 1.5;
+                phase += oscStep; if (phase > TWO_PI) phase -= TWO_PI;
+                phase2 += oscStep2; if (phase2 > TWO_PI) phase2 -= TWO_PI;
+                const v = g + song + chart;
+                out[i] = v > 1 ? 1 : (v < -1 ? -1 : v);
+            }
+        };
+        attach(sp);
+        console.log('[viz3d] audio feed: ScriptProcessor (fallback)');
+    }
+
+    // Preferred path: AudioWorklet (runs off the main thread).
+    if (actx.audioWorklet && typeof actx.audioWorklet.addModule === 'function' && typeof AudioWorkletNode === 'function') {
+        actx.audioWorklet.addModule(BC_WORKLET).then(() => {
+            if (!polling || sp) return;
+            node = new AudioWorkletNode(actx, 'viz-feed', { numberOfInputs: 0, numberOfOutputs: 1, outputChannelCount: [1] });
+            attach(node);
+            console.log('[viz3d] audio feed: AudioWorklet');
+        }).catch((e) => {
+            console.warn('[viz3d] AudioWorklet unavailable, using ScriptProcessor:', e && e.message);
+            if (polling && !sp && !node) useScriptProcessor();
+        });
+    } else {
+        useScriptProcessor();
+    }
+
+    // Guitar PCM poll → waveform + level meter (+ pushed to the worklet).
+    (function pcmLoop() {
+        if (!polling) return;
+        Promise.resolve(api.getRawAudioFrame(BC_FRAME)).then((f) => {
+            if (f && f.length) {
+                if (f.length >= BC_FRAME) latest.set(f.subarray(0, BC_FRAME));
+                else { latest.fill(0); latest.set(f); }
+                let s = 0; for (let i = 0; i < BC_FRAME; i++) s += latest[i] * latest[i];
+                _bcMeters.gtr = Math.sqrt(s / BC_FRAME) * gainNow();
+                if (node) node.port.postMessage({ frame: latest.slice(0), song: songLevel, chart: chartLevel, gain: gainNow() });
+            }
+        }).catch(() => {}).then(() => { if (polling) setTimeout(pcmLoop, 16); });
+    })();
+    // Song output meter poll → music energy pulse.
+    (function levelLoop() {
+        if (!polling) return;
+        Promise.resolve(api.getLevels && api.getLevels()).then((L) => {
+            if (L && typeof L.outputLevel === 'number') {
+                songLevel = Math.min(1, L.outputLevel * ((_bcLoadSettings().songGain) || 1.8));
+                _bcMeters.song = songLevel;
+                if (node) node.port.postMessage({ song: songLevel, chart: chartLevel, gain: gainNow() });
+            }
+        }).catch(() => {}).then(() => { if (polling) setTimeout(levelLoop, 40); });
+    })();
+
+    return {
+        setChart(v) { chartLevel = v; },
+        stop() {
+            polling = false;
+            try { if (sp) { sp.disconnect(); sp.onaudioprocess = null; } } catch (e) {}
+            try { if (node) node.disconnect(); } catch (e) {}
+            try { if (silent) silent.disconnect(); } catch (e) {}
+        }
+    };
+}
+// Browser audio is sourced by REUSING the highway's own shared analyser
+// (the same #audio / stems side-chain tap the fog scenery uses), passed in
+// as `audioProvider` to _bcCreateController. We deliberately do NOT open a
+// second createMediaElementSource on #audio here: it can only be called
+// once per element (a second tap throws InvalidStateError and permanently
+// disables the other consumer), it would route the song through a fresh,
+// possibly-suspended context and mute playback, and it would miss the stems
+// side-chain that sloppaks expose at window.feedBack.stems.getAnalyser().
+/* ── Controls + readability (localStorage-backed, global config) ───── */
+const BC_LS = 'viz3d_settings';
+const BC_DEFAULTS = { enabled: true, opacity: 1.0, laneDim: true, laneDimStrength: 0.45, chartAccents: true, colorTint: true, chartStrength: 1.0, tintStrength: 0.65, guitarGain: 6, songGain: 1.8, cyclePool: 'all', hold: false };
+let _bcSettings = null;
+export function _bcLoadSettings() {
+    if (_bcSettings) return _bcSettings;
+    let saved = {};
+    try { saved = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(BC_LS) || '{}'); } catch (e) {}
+    _bcSettings = Object.assign({}, BC_DEFAULTS, saved);
+    return _bcSettings;
+}
+function _bcSaveSettings() { try { localStorage.setItem(BC_LS, JSON.stringify(_bcSettings)); } catch (e) {} }
+const _bcControllers = new Set();
+function _bcApplyAll() { _bcControllers.forEach((c) => { try { c.applySettings(); } catch (e) {} }); }
+// Live-apply hook for the plugin's settings.html. The visualizer's on/off +
+// slider controls now live in the standard settings panel (settings.html),
+// which persists them into the BC_LS blob and then calls this so a mounted
+// highway re-reads and applies them immediately. Assigned at module scope
+// (R5: h3d-carve-4 — 1 beyond-subst vs the IIFE placement; body verbatim)
+// so it is available before the IIFE runs. settings.html guards with `?.`.
+window.h3dBcApplySettings = function () {
+    _bcSettings = null;        // drop the cache so the next read reloads from localStorage
+    _bcLoadSettings();
+    _bcApplyAll();
+    try { _bcUpdatePanelPreset(); } catch (e) {}
+};
+
+// Preset curation: favorites / bans (persisted globally) + the "primary"
+// controller the panel's preset buttons drive.
+// Seeded once on first run (reputation-based starter set; user can edit freely).
+const BC_DEFAULT_FAVORITES = [
+    'Flexi, martin + geiss - dedicated to the sherwin maxawow',
+    'Geiss - Reaction Diffusion 2',
+    'Geiss - Spiral Artifact',
+    'Flexi + Martin - cascading decay swing',
+    'Flexi - mindblob [shiny mix]',
+    'Geiss - Cauldron - painterly 2 (saturation remix)',
+    'Zylot - Paint Spill (Music Reactive Paint Mix)',
+    'Flexi - predator-prey-spirals',
+    'Rovastar + Loadus + Geiss - FractalDrop (Triple Mix)',
+    'Flexi, fishbrain, Geiss + Martin - tokamak witchery',
+];
+const BC_DEFAULT_BANS = [
+    'martin - mucus cervix',
+    'Goody - The Wild Vort',
+    'martin - extreme heat',
+    'Unchained - Rewop',
+    'high-altitude basket unraveling - singh grooves nitrogen argon nz+',
+    '$$$ Royal - Mashup (197)',
+    '$$$ Royal - Mashup (431)',
+    'suksma - uninitialized variabowl (hydroponic chronic)',
+    'shifter - dark tides bdrv mix 2',
+    '_Mig_049',
+];
+const _bcFavorites = new Set();
+const _bcBanned = new Set();
+let _bcListsLoaded = false;
+function _bcLoadLists() {
+    if (_bcListsLoaded) return; _bcListsLoaded = true;
+    try { (JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('viz3d_favorites') || '[]') || []).forEach((n) => _bcFavorites.add(n)); } catch (e) {}
+    try { (JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('viz3d_banned') || '[]') || []).forEach((n) => _bcBanned.add(n)); } catch (e) {}
+    let seeded = false;
+    try { seeded = !!localStorage.getItem('viz3d_seeded'); } catch (e) {}
+    if (!seeded) {
+        BC_DEFAULT_FAVORITES.forEach((n) => _bcFavorites.add(n));
+        BC_DEFAULT_BANS.forEach((n) => _bcBanned.add(n));
+        try { localStorage.setItem('viz3d_seeded', '1'); } catch (e) {}
+        _bcSaveLists();
+    }
+}
+function _bcSaveLists() {
+    try { localStorage.setItem('viz3d_favorites', JSON.stringify([..._bcFavorites])); } catch (e) {}
+    try { localStorage.setItem('viz3d_banned', JSON.stringify([..._bcBanned])); } catch (e) {}
+}
+// Re-add the bundled defaults anytime (merges; a default-fav un-bans, a default-ban un-favs).
+function _bcRestoreDefaults() {
+    BC_DEFAULT_FAVORITES.forEach((n) => { _bcBanned.delete(n); _bcFavorites.add(n); });
+    BC_DEFAULT_BANS.forEach((n) => { _bcFavorites.delete(n); _bcBanned.add(n); });
+    try { localStorage.setItem('viz3d_seeded', '1'); } catch (e) {}
+    _bcSaveLists(); _bcUpdatePanelPreset(); _bcRenderList();
+}
+let _bcPrimary = null;
+let _bcPane = null, _bcListEl = null, _bcFilterEl = null, _bcPaneOpen = false, _bcCollapsed = false;
+
+function _bcStatusMark(name) {
+    return _bcFavorites.has(name) ? '★ ' : (_bcBanned.has(name) ? '🚫 ' : '');
+}
+// Hoisted above the functions that reference it so no-use-before-define
+// does not flag closure reads inside _bcSetHold, _bcLayout, _bcSetPane,
+// _bcUpdatePanelPreset. All are closures — _bcPanel is read at call time,
+// not at module-evaluation time. Original declaration was at line ~316.
+let _bcPanel = null, _bcPanelKeyBound = false;
+
+function _bcSetHold(v) {
+    const s = _bcLoadSettings();
+    s.hold = !!v; _bcSaveSettings();
+    const b = _bcPanel && _bcPanel.querySelector('#vz-hold');
+    if (b) b.textContent = s.hold ? '▶ Resume' : '⏸ Hold';
+}
+// Drives both panels off the right edge. Order when both open (L→R):
+//   visualizer panel → preset pane → window edge. Pane lives off-screen by
+//   default; opening it shoves the panel LEFT to make room.
+function _bcLayout() {
+    if (_bcPanel) {
+        let tx = 0;
+        if (_bcCollapsed) tx = 210;        // tuck the whole panel off the right edge
+        else if (_bcPaneOpen) tx = -248;   // slide panel LEFT to make room for the pane
+        _bcPanel.style.transform = 'translateX(' + tx + 'px) translateY(-50%)';
+    }
+    if (_bcPane) {
+        _bcPane.style.transform = (_bcPaneOpen && !_bcCollapsed) ? 'translateX(0) translateY(-50%)' : 'translateX(calc(100% + 16px)) translateY(-50%)';
+    }
+}
+function _bcSetPane(open) {
+    _bcPaneOpen = !!open && !_bcCollapsed;
+    const b = _bcPanel && _bcPanel.querySelector('#vz-listbtn');
+    if (b) b.textContent = _bcPaneOpen ? '>>' : '<<';
+    if (_bcPaneOpen) _bcRenderList();
+    _bcLayout();
+}
+function _bcRenderList() {
+    if (!_bcListEl) return;
+    const ctrl = _bcPrimary;
+    const keys = (ctrl && ctrl.keys) ? ctrl.keys : [];
+    const filt = ((_bcFilterEl && _bcFilterEl.value) || '').toLowerCase();
+    const cur = ctrl && ctrl.curName;
+    const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+        const name = keys[i];
+        if (filt && name.toLowerCase().indexOf(filt) === -1) continue;
+        const row = document.createElement('div');
+        row.textContent = _bcStatusMark(name) + name;
+        row.title = name;
+        row.style.cssText = 'padding:3px 7px;border-radius:4px;cursor:pointer;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;font-size:11px;' +
+            (name === cur ? 'background:rgba(110,160,255,.28);' : '') + (_bcBanned.has(name) ? 'opacity:.55;' : '');
+        row.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            if (!_bcPrimary) return;
+            _bcPrimary.loadByName(name, 1.0);
+            _bcSetHold(true); // picked from the list → sit on it
+        });
+        frag.appendChild(row);
+    }
+    _bcListEl.innerHTML = '';
+    _bcListEl.appendChild(frag);
+}
+function _bcUpdatePanelPreset() {
+    if (!_bcPanel) return;
+    const name = _bcPrimary ? (_bcPrimary.curName || null) : null;
+    const nameEl = _bcPanel.querySelector('#vz-pname');
+    const favBtn = _bcPanel.querySelector('#vz-fav');
+    const banBtn = _bcPanel.querySelector('#vz-ban');
+    const cntEl = _bcPanel.querySelector('#vz-pcount');
+    if (nameEl) { nameEl.textContent = (name ? _bcStatusMark(name) : '') + (name || '—'); nameEl.title = name ? (name + ' — click for full list') : ''; }
+    if (favBtn) favBtn.textContent = (name && _bcFavorites.has(name)) ? '★ Favorited' : '☆ Favorite';
+    if (banBtn) banBtn.textContent = (name && _bcBanned.has(name)) ? '🚫 Banned' : '🚫 Ban';
+    if (cntEl) cntEl.textContent = '★ ' + _bcFavorites.size + '   🚫 ' + _bcBanned.size;
+    if (_bcPaneOpen) _bcRenderList();
+}
+
+// _bcPanel hoisted to before _bcSetHold — see comment there.
+function _bcEnsurePanel(host) {
+    if (_bcPanel && _bcPanel.isConnected) {
+        // Singleton panel: follow the active highway. If it's still parented
+        // to a different wrap (e.g. another mounted highway instance such as
+        // Virtuoso's embedded one), move it — and the pane — to this wrap so
+        // it appears on whichever highway is currently on-screen.
+        if (host && _bcPanel.parentNode !== host) {
+            host.appendChild(_bcPanel);
+            if (_bcPane) host.appendChild(_bcPane);
+        }
+        return _bcPanel;
+    }
+    const s = _bcLoadSettings();
+    const p = document.createElement('div');
+    p.id = 'viz3d-panel';
+    p.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:50%;right:10px;z-index:100000;pointer-events:auto;font:12px/1.45 system-ui,sans-serif;' +
+        'color:#cfe3ff;background:rgba(8,10,20,0.82);padding:9px 11px;border-radius:8px;width:186px;' +
+        'box-shadow:0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);user-select:none;transition:transform 0.28s ease;';
+    p.innerHTML =
+        '<div style="display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;margin-bottom:7px"><span style="font-weight:600">🌀 Visualizer</span><button id="vz-listbtn" title="Show / hide full preset list" style="' + BC_BTN + ';padding:1px 7px">&lt;&lt;</button></div>' +
+        // On/off + opacity/dim/chart/tint/gain controls now live in the
+        // plugin's Settings panel (settings.html). This in-canvas panel is
+        // only the LIVE preset browser (pick / favorite / ban / cycle).
+        '<div style="opacity:.55;font-size:11px;margin:2px 0 6px">Background &amp; reactivity options are in Settings ▸ 3D Highway.</div>' +
+        '<div style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:4px 0">' +
+          '<button id="vz-prev" style="' + BC_BTN + '">◀</button>' +
+          '<div id="vz-pname" style="flex:1;text-align:center;font-size:11px;opacity:.9;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;cursor:pointer" title="">—</div>' +
+          '<button id="vz-next" style="' + BC_BTN + '">▶</button>' +
+        '</div>' +
+        '<div style="display:flex;gap:6px;margin:4px 0">' +
+          '<button id="vz-fav" style="' + BC_BTN + ';flex:1">♡ Favorite</button>' +
+          '<button id="vz-ban" style="' + BC_BTN + ';flex:1">🚫 Ban</button>' +
+        '</div>' +
+        '<div style="display:flex;gap:6px;align-items:flex-end;margin:6px 0">' +
+          '<label style="flex:1">Cycle <select id="vz-cyc" style="width:100%;background:#11141f;color:#cfe3ff;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.15);border-radius:5px;padding:3px"><option value="all">All</option><option value="favorites">Favorites</option><option value="bans">Bans</option></select></label>' +
+          '<button id="vz-hold" style="' + BC_BTN + '">⏸ Hold</button>' +
+        '</div>' +
+        '<div style="margin:5px 0 4px;font-size:11px;opacity:.75"><span id="vz-pcount">★ 0   🚫 0</span></div>' +
+        '<div id="vz-meter" style="opacity:.65;margin-top:6px;font:11px/1.3 monospace">gtr —  ·  song —</div>' +
+        '<div style="opacity:.45;margin-top:4px;font-size:11px">` or ‹‹ to hide</div>';
+    (host || document.body).appendChild(p);
+
+    // Slide handle (<< / >>) so the panel can tuck off the right edge and stop
+    // covering the Now / Up-Next labels.
+    const tab = document.createElement('button');
+    tab.textContent = '>>';
+    tab.title = 'Hide / show controls';
+    tab.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:6px;left:-23px;width:23px;height:28px;border:none;cursor:pointer;' +
+        'background:rgba(8,10,20,0.82);color:#cfe3ff;border-radius:7px 0 0 7px;font:12px/1 monospace;padding:0;';
+    p.appendChild(tab);
+    tab.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        _bcCollapsed = !_bcCollapsed;
+        if (_bcCollapsed) _bcPaneOpen = false; // collapsing the panel hides the pane too
+        tab.textContent = _bcCollapsed ? '<<' : '>>';
+        const lb = p.querySelector('#vz-listbtn'); if (lb) lb.textContent = _bcPaneOpen ? '>>' : '<<';
+        _bcLayout();
+    });
+
+    // Sliding preset-list pane (sits to the LEFT of the control panel)
+    const pane = document.createElement('div');
+    pane.id = 'viz3d-listpane';
+    pane.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:50%;right:10px;z-index:99999;pointer-events:auto;width:236px;max-height:74vh;display:flex;flex-direction:column;' +
+        'background:rgba(8,10,20,0.93);border-radius:8px;box-shadow:0 2px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.55);color:#cfe3ff;' +
+        'font:12px system-ui,sans-serif;overflow:hidden;transform:translateX(calc(100% + 16px)) translateY(-50%);transition:transform 0.28s ease;';
+    pane.innerHTML =
+        '<div style="display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;padding:7px 9px 7px 10px;font-weight:600;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1)"><span>Presets</span><button id="vz-defaults" title="Restore the bundled default favorites + bans" style="' + BC_BTN + ';font-weight:400">↺ defaults</button></div>' +
+        '<input id="vz-filter" placeholder="filter…" spellcheck="false" style="margin:8px 9px 6px;padding:4px 7px;background:#11141f;color:#cfe3ff;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.15);border-radius:5px;outline:none">' +
+        '<div id="vz-list" style="overflow-y:auto;padding:0 4px 8px"></div>';
+    (host || document.body).appendChild(pane);
+    _bcPane = pane;
+    _bcListEl = pane.querySelector('#vz-list');
+    _bcFilterEl = pane.querySelector('#vz-filter');
+    _bcFilterEl.addEventListener('input', _bcRenderList);
+    pane.querySelector('#vz-defaults').addEventListener('click', _bcRestoreDefaults);
+
+    const q = (id) => p.querySelector(id);
+    _bcPanel = p;
+
+    // Preset curation wiring (favorites / bans / cycle / reset)
+    _bcLoadLists();
+    const cyc = q('#vz-cyc');
+    cyc.value = s.cyclePool || 'all';
+    // Read fresh: settings.html writes can replace _bcSettings, so the `s`
+    // captured at panel creation may be stale by the time this fires.
+    cyc.addEventListener('change', () => { _bcLoadSettings().cyclePool = cyc.value; _bcSaveSettings(); });
+    _bcSetHold(!!s.hold); // sync the Hold button label to the saved state
+    q('#vz-hold').addEventListener('click', () => _bcSetHold(!_bcLoadSettings().hold));
+    q('#vz-listbtn').addEventListener('click', () => _bcSetPane(!_bcPaneOpen));
+    q('#vz-pname').addEventListener('click', () => _bcSetPane(!_bcPaneOpen));
+    q('#vz-prev').addEventListener('click', () => { if (_bcPrimary) _bcPrimary.step(-1); });
+    q('#vz-next').addEventListener('click', () => { if (_bcPrimary) _bcPrimary.step(1); });
+    q('#vz-fav').addEventListener('click', () => { if (_bcPrimary) _bcPrimary.toggleFav(); });
+    q('#vz-ban').addEventListener('click', () => { if (_bcPrimary) _bcPrimary.banCur(); });
+    _bcSetPane(false); // start collapsed; sets the list-button label
+    _bcUpdatePanelPreset();
+
+    // Live level readout — proves the song (not just guitar) is driving things.
+    // Self-stops when the panel is removed (_bcPanel !== p).
+    (function meterLoop() {
+        if (_bcPanel !== p) return;
+        const m = p.querySelector('#vz-meter');
+        if (m) m.textContent = 'gtr ' + _bcMeters.gtr.toFixed(2) + '  ·  song ' + _bcMeters.song.toFixed(2);
+        setTimeout(meterLoop, 150);
+    })();
+
+    if (!_bcPanelKeyBound) {
+        _bcPanelKeyBound = true;
+        window.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+            if (e.key !== '`' || e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || !_bcPanel) return;
+            const tag = (e.target && e.target.tagName) || '';
+            if (tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA') return;
+            const reveal = _bcPanel.style.display === 'none';
+            _bcPanel.style.display = reveal ? '' : 'none';
+            if (_bcPane) _bcPane.style.display = reveal ? '' : 'none';
+        });
+    }
+    return _bcPanel;
+}
+
+// Create a Butterchurn background controller bound to a wrap element.
+export function _bcCreateController(wrap, sizeProvider, audioProvider) {
+    const ctrl = { viz: null, actx: null, guitar: null, map: null, keys: [], cycle: 0, dead: false, lastW: -1, lastH: -1, canvas: null, backdrop: null, scrim: null, tint: null, wrap: wrap };
+    // Layered DOM in the wrap, all BEHIND the transparent 3D highway:
+    //   backdrop(z-4 dark) → bc canvas(z-3) → tint(z-2 instrument color) → scrim(z-1 lane dim)
+    const mkLayer = (cls, css) => { const d = document.createElement('div'); d.className = cls; d.style.cssText = css; wrap.appendChild(d); return d; };
+    const backdrop = mkLayer('viz3d-backdrop', 'position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:-4;background:#070710;pointer-events:none;');
+    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    canvas.className = 'viz3d-bc';
+    canvas.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:-3;pointer-events:none;';
+    wrap.appendChild(canvas);
+    const tint = mkLayer('viz3d-tint', 'position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:-2;pointer-events:none;mix-blend-mode:overlay;background:transparent;');
+    const scrim = mkLayer('viz3d-scrim', 'position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:-1;pointer-events:none;');
+    ctrl.canvas = canvas; ctrl.backdrop = backdrop; ctrl.scrim = scrim; ctrl.tint = tint;
+
+    ctrl.applySettings = function () {
+        const s = _bcLoadSettings();
+        canvas.style.display = s.enabled ? '' : 'none';
+        canvas.style.opacity = String(s.enabled ? s.opacity : 0);
+        if (s.laneDim) {
+            const a = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, s.laneDimStrength)).toFixed(3);
+            scrim.style.display = '';
+            scrim.style.background = 'linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,' + a +
+                ') 30%, rgba(0,0,0,' + a + ') 70%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%)';
+        } else {
+            scrim.style.display = 'none';
+        }
+    };
+
+    // ── Preset curation (favorites / bans / cycle mode) ──
+    ctrl.curName = null; ctrl.lastManual = 0;
+    ctrl.allList = () => (ctrl.keys || []).filter((k) => !_bcBanned.has(k));
+    ctrl.pool = () => {
+        const mode = _bcLoadSettings().cyclePool || 'all';
+        if (mode === 'bans') return (ctrl.keys || []).filter((k) => _bcBanned.has(k));
+        if (mode === 'favorites') {
+            const f = (ctrl.keys || []).filter((k) => _bcFavorites.has(k) && !_bcBanned.has(k));
+            if (f.length) return f;
+        }
+        return ctrl.allList();
+    };
+    ctrl.browseArr = () => ctrl.keys || []; // ◀▶ and the list pane walk the full preset list
+    ctrl.loadByName = (name, blend) => {
+        if (!ctrl.viz || !name || !ctrl.map || !ctrl.map[name]) return;
+        try { ctrl.viz.loadPreset(ctrl.map[name], blend || 0); ctrl.curName = name; } catch (e) {}
+        _bcUpdatePanelPreset();
+    };
+    ctrl.autoTick = () => {
+        if (ctrl.dead || _bcLoadSettings().hold) return;
+        if (performance.now() - ctrl.lastManual < 8000) return;
+        const pool = ctrl.pool();
+        if (!pool.length) return;
+        let name = pool[(Math.random() * pool.length) | 0];
+        if (pool.length > 1 && name === ctrl.curName) name = pool[(pool.indexOf(name) + 1) % pool.length];
+        ctrl.loadByName(name, 2.7);
+    };
+    ctrl.step = (dir) => {
+        const list = ctrl.browseArr();
+        if (!list.length) return;
+        let i = list.indexOf(ctrl.curName); if (i < 0) i = (dir > 0 ? -1 : 0);
+        i = (i + dir + list.length) % list.length;
+        ctrl.lastManual = performance.now();
+        ctrl.loadByName(list[i], 1.5);
+    };
+    ctrl.toggleFav = () => {
+        if (!ctrl.curName) return;
+        if (_bcFavorites.has(ctrl.curName)) _bcFavorites.delete(ctrl.curName);
+        else { _bcFavorites.add(ctrl.curName); _bcBanned.delete(ctrl.curName); }
+        _bcSaveLists(); _bcUpdatePanelPreset();
+    };
+    ctrl.banCur = () => {
+        if (!ctrl.curName) return;
+        if (_bcBanned.has(ctrl.curName)) {           // un-ban (two-way) — stay on it
+            _bcBanned.delete(ctrl.curName);
+            _bcSaveLists(); _bcUpdatePanelPreset();
+        } else {                                     // ban + advance off it
+            _bcBanned.add(ctrl.curName); _bcFavorites.delete(ctrl.curName);
+            _bcSaveLists(); ctrl.step(1);
+        }
+    };
+    _bcPrimary = ctrl;
+
+    _bcControllers.add(ctrl);
+    _bcEnsurePanel(wrap);
+    ctrl.applySettings();
+
+    _bcLoadLib().then(() => {
+        if (ctrl.dead) return;
+        const bc = _bcResolve();
+        if (!bc || typeof bc.createVisualizer !== 'function') { console.warn('[viz3d] Butterchurn global missing'); return; }
+        const Ctx = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
+        const sz = (sizeProvider && sizeProvider()) || { w: 1280, h: 720 };
+        // Browser (Docker/web app): REUSE the highway's existing shared
+        // analyser (the fog scenery's #audio / stems tap) via audioProvider,
+        // and build Butterchurn on that SAME AudioContext so connectAudio()
+        // doesn't fail cross-context. Desktop uses its own context fed by the
+        // guitar/mic input. `ownsActx` tracks whether WE created the context
+        // (so destroy() closes only contexts we own, never the shared one).
+        const fogAudio = _bcIsDesktop() ? null : (audioProvider ? audioProvider() : null);
+        ctrl.ownsActx = !(fogAudio && fogAudio.ctx);
+        ctrl.actx = (fogAudio && fogAudio.ctx) || new Ctx();
+        if (ctrl.actx.state === 'suspended' && ctrl.actx.resume) ctrl.actx.resume().catch(() => {});
+        // Seed the DRAWING BUFFER (canvas.width/height) to the device-pixel
+        // render size and report that SAME size to Butterchurn. Its on-screen
+        // pass viewports to the reported size but never sizes the output canvas
+        // itself — leaving the buffer at the 300x150 default blits the whole
+        // visualizer into a corner that CSS then stretches across the highway.
+        // pixelRatio:1 because DPR is now folded into the reported size, so
+        // buffer == viewport == internal texsize (no double-counting).
+        const _bcRatio0 = Math.min(window.devicePixelRatio || 1, 1.5);
+        const _bcW0 = Math.max(1, Math.round((sz.w || 1280) * _bcRatio0));
+        const _bcH0 = Math.max(1, Math.round((sz.h || 720) * _bcRatio0));
+        canvas.width = _bcW0; canvas.height = _bcH0;
+        ctrl.viz = bc.createVisualizer(ctrl.actx, canvas, {
+            width: _bcW0, height: _bcH0,
+            pixelRatio: 1, textureRatio: 1,
+        });
+        if (_bcIsDesktop()) {
+            try {
+                ctrl.guitar = _bcGuitarFeed(ctrl.actx, (srcNode) => { try { if (ctrl.viz) ctrl.viz.connectAudio(srcNode); } catch (e) {} });
+                console.log('[viz3d] bg: feeding GUITAR input into Butterchurn');
+            } catch (e) { console.warn('[viz3d] guitar feed failed', e); }
+        } else if (fogAudio && fogAudio.analyser) {
+            // The shared AnalyserNode is a passthrough — connecting it onward
+            // to Butterchurn's internal analyser doesn't disturb the fog's reads.
+            try { ctrl.viz.connectAudio(fogAudio.analyser); console.log('[viz3d] browser: Butterchurn tapping shared analyser (' + (fogAudio.source || 'core') + ')'); }
+            catch (e) { console.warn('[viz3d] shared-analyser connect failed', e); }
+        }
+        _bcLoadLists();
+        const presets = _bcPresets();
+        if (presets && typeof presets.getPresets === 'function') { ctrl.map = presets.getPresets(); ctrl.keys = Object.keys(ctrl.map); }
+        const pool0 = ctrl.pool();
+        ctrl.loadByName(pool0.length ? pool0[(Math.random() * pool0.length) | 0] : (ctrl.keys[0] || null), 0.0);
+        ctrl.cycle = setInterval(() => ctrl.autoTick(), 30000);
+        ctrl.connectedAnalyser = (fogAudio && fogAudio.analyser) || null;
+        console.log('[viz3d] Butterchurn ready, presets:', ctrl.keys.length);
+    }).catch((e) => {
+        // Async init failed (lib load, WebGL/context creation, etc.). Clean up
+        // the half-mounted controller so we don't leak an owned AudioContext /
+        // DOM layers, and mark it dead so _bcSyncMode can retry on a later
+        // mount instead of seeing a live-looking but non-functional bcCtrl.
+        console.error('[viz3d] Butterchurn load/init failed', e);
+        try { _bcReleaseCanvasGL(ctrl.canvas); } catch (_) {}
+        try { if (ctrl.guitar) { ctrl.guitar.stop(); ctrl.guitar = null; } } catch (_) {}
+        try { [ctrl.canvas, ctrl.backdrop, ctrl.scrim, ctrl.tint].forEach((el) => { if (el && el.parentNode) el.parentNode.removeChild(el); }); } catch (_) {}
+        if (ctrl.ownsActx && ctrl.actx && typeof ctrl.actx.close === 'function') { try { ctrl.actx.close(); } catch (_) {} }
+        ctrl.actx = null; ctrl.viz = null; ctrl.dead = true;
+        _bcControllers.delete(ctrl);
+    });
+    // Size the Butterchurn output: set the canvas DRAWING BUFFER to the
+    // device-pixel render size AND report that same size, so buffer ==
+    // on-screen viewport == full fill. Butterchurn never sizes the output
+    // canvas itself; the previous code set only CSS size, leaving the buffer
+    // at the 300x150 default -> the viz showed a stretched lower-left corner
+    // (worse the larger the panel). Ratio reuses the highway's DPR budget.
+    function _bcApplySize(cssW, cssH) {
+        if (!(cssW > 0 && cssH > 0)) return;
+        ctrl.lastW = cssW; ctrl.lastH = cssH;
+        const ratio = Math.min(window.devicePixelRatio || 1, 1.5);
+        const bw = Math.max(1, Math.round(cssW * ratio)), bh = Math.max(1, Math.round(cssH * ratio));
+        if (canvas.width !== bw) canvas.width = bw;
+        if (canvas.height !== bh) canvas.height = bh;
+        const wpx = cssW + 'px', hpx = cssH + 'px';
+        // Confine ALL layers to exactly the highway-canvas rect so the opaque
+        // backdrop can't bleed over the transport bar above the highway.
+        [ctrl.canvas, ctrl.backdrop, ctrl.scrim, ctrl.tint].forEach((el) => {
+            if (el) { el.style.width = wpx; el.style.height = hpx; el.style.right = 'auto'; el.style.bottom = 'auto'; }
+        });
+        if (ctrl.viz && ctrl.viz.setRendererSize) { try { ctrl.viz.setRendererSize(bw, bh); } catch (e) {} }
+    }
+    return {
+        applySettings() { ctrl.applySettings(); },
+        dead() { return ctrl.dead; },
+        ready() { return !!ctrl.viz; },
+        boundAnalyser() { return ctrl.connectedAnalyser || null; },
+        audioCtx() { return ctrl.actx; },
+        // Re-bind audio when the shared analyser changes (e.g. a stems song
+        // swap replaces the analyser). Same context → cheap reconnect; the
+        // caller handles a context change with a full rebuild (cross-context
+        // connectAudio is impossible — the visualizer is bound to one ctx).
+        reconnectAudio(a) {
+            if (!a || !a.analyser || !ctrl.viz) return false;
+            if (a.analyser === ctrl.connectedAnalyser) return true;
+            if (a.ctx && a.ctx !== ctrl.actx) return false; // needs rebuild
+            try { ctrl.viz.connectAudio(a.analyser); ctrl.connectedAnalyser = a.analyser; return true; } catch (e) { return false; }
+        },
+        chart(v) { if (ctrl.guitar && ctrl.guitar.setChart) ctrl.guitar.setChart(v); },
+        tint(hex, alpha) {
+            if (!ctrl.tint) return;
+            if (hex == null) { ctrl.tint.style.background = 'transparent'; return; }
+            const r = (hex >> 16) & 255, g = (hex >> 8) & 255, b = hex & 255;
+            ctrl.tint.style.background = 'rgba(' + r + ',' + g + ',' + b + ',' + (alpha || 0).toFixed(3) + ')';
+        },
+        render() {
+            const s = _bcLoadSettings();
+            if (!ctrl.viz || !s.enabled) return; // skip GPU work when the bg is off
+            const sz = sizeProvider && sizeProvider();
+            if (sz && sz.w > 0 && sz.h > 0 && (sz.w !== ctrl.lastW || sz.h !== ctrl.lastH)) {
+                _bcApplySize(sz.w, sz.h);
+            }
+            try { ctrl.viz.render(); } catch (e) {}
+        },
+        resize(w, h) { _bcApplySize(w, h); },
+        destroy() {
+            ctrl.dead = true;
+            _bcControllers.delete(ctrl);
+            if (_bcPrimary === ctrl) { _bcPrimary = _bcControllers.values().next().value || null; _bcUpdatePanelPreset(); }
+            if (ctrl.cycle) { clearInterval(ctrl.cycle); ctrl.cycle = 0; }
+            if (ctrl.guitar) { ctrl.guitar.stop(); ctrl.guitar = null; }
+            // Release the Butterchurn WebGL context deterministically (don't
+            // wait for GC) so repeated mounts/toggles can't exhaust the
+            // browser's WebGL context cap (~16). Do it before removing the
+            // canvas from the DOM.
+            _bcReleaseCanvasGL(ctrl.canvas);
+            [ctrl.canvas, ctrl.backdrop, ctrl.scrim, ctrl.tint].forEach((el) => { if (el && el.parentNode) el.parentNode.removeChild(el); });
+            ctrl.viz = null; ctrl.connectedAnalyser = null;
+            // Close the AudioContext only if we own it (desktop, or the
+            // browser fallback). The browser path normally reuses the
+            // highway's shared context, which the fog system owns — never
+            // close that. Without this, desktop leaks a new AudioContext per
+            // mount and hits the browser's ~6-context cap after a few toggles.
+            if (ctrl.ownsActx && ctrl.actx && typeof ctrl.actx.close === 'function') {
+                try { ctrl.actx.close(); } catch (e) {}
+            }
+            ctrl.actx = null;
+            if (_bcControllers.size === 0) {
+                if (_bcPanel && _bcPanel.parentNode) _bcPanel.parentNode.removeChild(_bcPanel);
+                if (_bcPane && _bcPane.parentNode) _bcPane.parentNode.removeChild(_bcPane);
+                _bcPanel = null; _bcPane = null; _bcListEl = null; _bcFilterEl = null; _bcPaneOpen = false;
+            } else if (_bcPrimary && _bcPrimary.wrap) {
+                // Splitscreen: a controller other than this one is still
+                // alive. The singleton panel was parented to THIS (now
+                // destroyed) wrap, so re-home it onto the surviving primary's
+                // wrap — otherwise the panel is orphaned on the dead wrap and
+                // the surviving highway is left with no visualizer controls
+                // (_bcEnsurePanel only runs at controller creation). It moves
+                // the existing panel+pane when connected, or rebuilds them on
+                // the survivor if this wrap was already detached.
+                try { _bcEnsurePanel(_bcPrimary.wrap); _bcUpdatePanelPreset(); } catch (e) {}
+            }
+        },
+    };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/bg-control.js

@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+// h3d-carve-5: player-chrome background control
+//
+// Verbatim move of the H-section from screen.js (_pc* symbols, lines 3057-3476
+// pre-cut). IIFE-scope dependencies injected via factory DI so the module has
+// no side-effects at import time.
+//
+// Beyond-subst (2):
+//   1. Factory wrapper — closure vars become DI params.
+//   2. `_venueSceneOverride` → `getVenueSceneOverride()` (live accessor, 1 call
+//      site in _pcSync at what was screen.js:3220).
+//
+// screen.js usage:
+//   import { createBgControl } from './src/bg-control.js'; // h3d-carve-5
+//   const { _pcAcquire, _pcRelease } = createBgControl({
+//       BG_STYLE_IDS, _bgReadGlobal, _bgSubscribe, _bgUnsubscribe,
+//       getVenueSceneOverride: () => _venueSceneOverride,
+//   });
+
+export function createBgControl({ BG_STYLE_IDS, _bgReadGlobal, _bgSubscribe, _bgUnsubscribe, getVenueSceneOverride }) {
+    /* ======================================================================
+     *  Player-chrome background control
+     * ======================================================================
+     * A Background picker mounted into the player's Plugins rail popover, so
+     * the background can be switched MID-SONG without leaving for Settings.
+     *
+     * It writes through the SAME global setters settings.html uses
+     * (h3dBgSetStyle / SetReactive / SetIntensity), so the existing pub-sub
+     * rebuilds the mounted style live and both UIs stay agreed. Nothing extra
+     * is persisted here, and the option list is generated from BG_STYLE_IDS —
+     * add a style there and it shows up in both places automatically.
+     *
+     * MOUNTED ONCE, REFCOUNTED. Under splitscreen there are N renderer
+     * instances but these settings are global — a panel may set a per-panel
+     * override, but this single shared control only ever reads/writes the
+     * global slot (via _bgReadGlobal), so N copies would be N ways to set
+     * one value. init() acquires, destroy() releases,
+     * and the last release unmounts — so the control disappears when the user
+     * switches to a non-3D renderer instead of lingering as a dead knob.
+     *
+     * Everything here is event-driven. No DOM work on a per-frame path.
+     */
+    // Wording is kept verbatim in sync with settings.html's <option> text so
+    // the same style is not named two different things in two UIs that sit
+    // two clicks apart. An id with no entry here falls back to the raw id.
+    const _PC_LABELS = {
+        off: 'Off', particles: 'Particles (drifting)',
+        silhouettes: 'Silhouettes (parallax)', lights: 'Lights (stage glows)',
+        geometric: 'Geometric (rotating shapes)',
+        butterchurn: 'Butterchurn (visualizer)',
+        image: 'Custom image', video: 'Custom video',
+    };
+    // Which settings each background style actually consumes, so a control
+    // that would do nothing is greyed out instead of lying.
+    //
+    // Derived by reading the BG_STYLES bodies: a style uses `intensity` if its
+    // build() reads settings.intensity, and uses `reactive` if its update()
+    // dereferences the `bands` argument. 'butterchurn' is a mode, not a
+    // BG_STYLES fog-scenery entry: _bcSyncMode owns its controller, which
+    // drives its own audio tap and canvas opacity (only the fog-scenery half
+    // falls through to BG_STYLES.off). So neither knob here reaches it - both
+    // are false, and the tooltip points at Butterchurn's own controls.
+    //
+    // KEEP IN STEP WITH BG_STYLES. If a style starts reading bands or intensity
+    // and its row is not updated, the control stays greyed out and lies the
+    // other way. An id missing from this table defaults to both-enabled, which
+    // is the safe direction: a new style is assumed to use its settings.
+    const _PC_USES = {
+        off:         { intensity: false, reactive: false, why: 'No background to adjust' },
+        particles:   { intensity: true,  reactive: true },
+        silhouettes: { intensity: true,  reactive: true },
+        lights:      { intensity: true,  reactive: true },
+        geometric:   { intensity: true,  reactive: true },
+        image:       { intensity: true,  reactive: false, why: 'This background does not react to audio' },
+        video:       { intensity: false, reactive: false, why: 'The video plays as-is - nothing to adjust here' },
+        butterchurn: { intensity: false, reactive: false, why: 'Butterchurn reacts to audio itself - tune it in Settings > 3D Highway, or its Visualizer panel' },
+        // Not in BG_STYLE_IDS, so it never appears in the dropdown - reached
+        // only via the viz-picker Venue flow (h3dVenueSceneSetActive). While
+        // active it is the EFFECTIVE style, so both knobs drive nothing.
+        venue:       { intensity: false, reactive: false, why: 'Venue visualization is active - pick a background from the visualization picker' },
+    };
+    let _pcRefs = 0, _pcEl = null, _pcSel = null, _pcReactive = null, _pcIntensity = null;
+    // Non-disabled wrappers around the two greyable controls. A native-disabled
+    // <button>/<input> receives no pointer events, so its `title` tooltip never
+    // shows on hover — the whole "greyed out, says why on hover" affordance
+    // would be dead. The reason lives on these wrappers instead, and the
+    // disabled control gets pointer-events:none so the hover reaches them.
+    let _pcReactiveWrap = null, _pcIntensityWrap = null, _pcReason = null;
+    let _pcListener = null, _pcRetry = 0, _pcRetryTimer = 0;
+
+    // The player chrome exposes this slot once it has initialised. A host
+    // that does not provide it gets no control (and no error) - the Settings
+    // page remains the way in.
+    function _pcSlot() {
+        try {
+            // Gate on the v3 shell per docs/plugin-v3-ui.md (matches the tuner
+            // precedent). The playerControlSlot typeof check below already
+            // covers the practical case - only v3 exposes it - but the
+            // documented checklist asks plugins to detect v3 explicitly.
+            if (!window.feedBack || window.feedBack.uiVersion !== 'v3') return null;
+            const fn = window.feedBack.ui && window.feedBack.ui.playerControlSlot;
+            return typeof fn === 'function' ? fn() : null;
+        } catch (_) { return null; }
+    }
+    // Visual language: these controls sit in the player's Plugin Controls
+    // popover alongside pills from other plugins (Invert, Split, Tuner, the
+    // STEMS group...), so they follow the same look - small rounded pills,
+    // dark fill, brighter on hover, tinted when active.
+    //
+    // Styled INLINE rather than with the Tailwind classes those plugins use
+    // (px-3 py-1.5 bg-dark-600 hover:bg-dark-500 ...). This plugin owns its
+    // compiled stylesheet and several of those utilities are not in it, so
+    // using them would mean regenerating assets/plugin.css and bumping the
+    // manifest version. The values below are the resolved tokens from
+    // tailwind.config.js (dark-600 #181830, dark-500 #1e1e3a, gray-300
+    // #d1d5db), so the result matches without the build step.
+    const _PC_C = {
+        idle: '#181830',              // bg-dark-600
+        hover: '#1e1e3a',             // bg-dark-500
+        text: '#d1d5db',              // text-gray-300
+        textDim: '#6b7280',           // text-gray-500 (inert controls)
+        onBg: 'rgba(20,83,45,0.5)',   // bg-green-900/50
+        onText: '#86efac',            // text-green-300
+    };
+    const _PC_PILL = 'padding:.375rem .75rem;border:0;border-radius:.5rem;'
+        + 'font-size:.75rem;line-height:1rem;cursor:pointer;'
+        + 'transition:background-color .15s,color .15s;';
+    function _pcPill(label, title) {
+        const b = document.createElement('button');
+        b.type = 'button';
+        b.textContent = label;
+        if (title) b.title = title;
+        b.style.cssText = _PC_PILL;
+        // Hover is a pseudo-class we cannot express inline; these two
+        // listeners reproduce hover:bg-dark-500 for non-active pills only
+        // (an active pill keeps its tint on hover, as the other plugins do).
+        b.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { if (!b._on) b.style.backgroundColor = _PC_C.hover; });
+        b.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => { if (!b._on) b.style.backgroundColor = _PC_C.idle; });
+        return b;
+    }
+    // Paint a pill's on/off state, optionally greyed out. `disabled` is used
+    // when the active background style ignores the setting entirely (see
+    // _pcSync and _PC_USES) - the pill stays visible so the layout
+    // does not jump, but it is inert and says why on hover.
+    function _pcPaint(btn, on, disabled, reason) {
+        btn._on = !!on && !disabled;
+        btn.disabled = !!disabled;
+        btn.setAttribute('aria-disabled', disabled ? 'true' : 'false');
+        // A toggle button must expose its state, not just its label.
+        btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', btn._on ? 'true' : 'false');
+        // pointer-events:none lets the hover fall through to _pcReactiveWrap,
+        // which carries the reason a disabled button's own title can't show.
+        btn.style.pointerEvents = disabled ? 'none' : '';
+        btn.style.cursor = disabled ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer';
+        btn.style.opacity = disabled ? '.45' : '1';
+        btn.title = reason || 'React to the audio';
+        if (disabled) {
+            btn.style.backgroundColor = _PC_C.idle;
+            btn.style.color = _PC_C.textDim;
+            return;
+        }
+        btn.style.backgroundColor = on ? _PC_C.onBg : _PC_C.idle;
+        btn.style.color = on ? _PC_C.onText : _PC_C.text;
+    }
+    function _pcGroupLabel(text) {
+        const el = document.createElement('div');
+        el.textContent = text;
+        el.style.cssText = 'font-size:.625rem;letter-spacing:.05em;text-transform:uppercase;'
+            + 'color:#6b7280;margin:.375rem 0 .1875rem;';
+        return el;
+    }
+    // Pull every control back to what is actually stored. Runs on mount and
+    // whenever the settings bus reports one of our keys changed, so editing
+    // from the Settings page updates this control and vice-versa.
+    function _pcSync() {
+        // The active style is the EFFECTIVE one, not the stored one: while the
+        // Venue scene override is on it is what's mounted, and it ignores the
+        // whole Background group - picking a style writes `style` but
+        // _bgMountStyle resolves back to venue, so the dropdown would look
+        // broken. So under Venue the ENTIRE group goes inert (dropdown too),
+        // and the user exits Venue from the visualization picker where they
+        // entered it. An unknown id enables everything rather than disabling
+        // it, so a style added without a _PC_USES row is merely unhelpful.
+        const venue = !!getVenueSceneOverride(); // beyond-subst 2: _venueSceneOverride → getVenueSceneOverride() // beyond-subst 2: _venueSceneOverride → getVenueSceneOverride()
+        const effectiveStyle = venue ? 'venue' : _bgReadGlobal('style');
+        const uses = _PC_USES[effectiveStyle] || { intensity: true, reactive: true };
+        const why = uses.why || 'This background style ignores this setting';
+        if (_pcReason) _pcReason.textContent = why;
+        // Point a screen reader at the reason, but only while a control is
+        // inert - cleared otherwise so an enabled control is not described by a
+        // stale reason.
+        const _pcDescribe = (el, inert) => {
+            if (!el) return;
+            if (inert) el.setAttribute('aria-describedby', 'h3d-pc-reason');
+            else el.removeAttribute('aria-describedby');
+        };
+        _pcDescribe(_pcSel, venue);
+        _pcDescribe(_pcReactive, !uses.reactive);
+        _pcDescribe(_pcIntensity, !uses.intensity);
+        if (_pcSel) {
+            // The custom slots stay unselectable until something is uploaded -
+            // same rule settings.html applies.
+            const img = _pcSel.querySelector('option[value="image"]');
+            const vid = _pcSel.querySelector('option[value="video"]');
+            if (img) img.disabled = !_bgReadGlobal('customImageDataUrl');
+            if (vid) vid.disabled = !_bgReadGlobal('customVideoName');
+            _pcSel.value = _bgReadGlobal('style');
+            // The dropdown still SHOWS the stored style (venue has no option),
+            // but it's inert while Venue owns the scene.
+            _pcSel.disabled = venue;
+            _pcSel.setAttribute('aria-disabled', venue ? 'true' : 'false');
+            _pcSel.style.opacity = venue ? '.45' : '1';
+            _pcSel.style.cursor = venue ? 'not-allowed' : '';
+            // Restore the base tooltip when Venue exits — blanking it would
+            // permanently drop the mount-time 'Background style' hint. Matches
+            // how the intensity slider and Reactive pill restore theirs.
+            _pcSel.title = venue ? why : 'Background style';
+        }
+        if (_pcReactive) {
+            _pcPaint(_pcReactive, !!_bgReadGlobal('reactive'), !uses.reactive,
+                uses.reactive ? 'React to the audio' : why);
+        }
+        // The reason shows via the wrapper (see _pcReactiveWrap); empty when
+        // enabled so the control's own title takes over.
+        if (_pcReactiveWrap) {
+            _pcReactiveWrap.title = uses.reactive ? '' : why;
+            _pcReactiveWrap.style.cursor = uses.reactive ? '' : 'not-allowed';
+        }
+        if (_pcIntensity) {
+            _pcIntensity.value = String(_bgReadGlobal('intensity'));
+            _pcIntensity.disabled = !uses.intensity;
+            _pcIntensity.setAttribute('aria-disabled', uses.intensity ? 'false' : 'true');
+            _pcIntensity.style.pointerEvents = uses.intensity ? '' : 'none';
+            _pcIntensity.style.opacity = uses.intensity ? '1' : '.45';
+            _pcIntensity.style.cursor = uses.intensity ? '' : 'not-allowed';
+            _pcIntensity.title = uses.intensity ? 'Background intensity' : why;
+        }
+        if (_pcIntensityWrap) {
+            _pcIntensityWrap.title = uses.intensity ? '' : why;
+            _pcIntensityWrap.style.cursor = uses.intensity ? '' : 'not-allowed';
+        }
+    }
+    // Mirror the current values into the Settings panel's controls when it's
+    // in the DOM.
+    //
+    // settings.html hydrates ONCE from localStorage when the panel is injected
+    // and never subscribes to the settings bus, so before this existed there
+    // was only one writer and it could not go stale. Adding the in-player
+    // picker made a second writer, and the panel had no way to hear about it —
+    // change the style mid-song and Settings would still show the old value.
+    //
+    // Assigning .value / .checked programmatically does NOT fire a 'change'
+    // event, so this cannot loop back into the setters.
+    function _pcSyncSettingsPanel() {
+        try {
+            const st = document.getElementById('h3d-bg-style');
+            if (st) st.value = _bgReadGlobal('style');
+            const re = document.getElementById('h3d-bg-reactive');
+            if (re) re.checked = !!_bgReadGlobal('reactive');
+            const inten = _bgReadGlobal('intensity');
+            const ie = document.getElementById('h3d-bg-intensity');
+            if (ie) ie.value = String(inten);
+            // The panel prints the numeric value beside the slider; keep its
+            // formatting identical to settings.html's own hydration.
+            const il = document.getElementById('h3d-bg-intensity-label');
+            if (il) il.textContent = Number(inten).toFixed(2);
+        } catch (e) { console.error('[3D-Hwy] settings-panel mirror failed', e); }
+    }
+    function _pcMount() {
+        // A screen change can swap the popover out from under us, orphaning
+        // the control. Re-resolve only when the cached node is actually gone.
+        if (_pcEl && !_pcEl.isConnected) _pcTeardownDom();
+        if (_pcEl) return true;
+        const slot = _pcSlot();
+        if (!slot) return false;
+
+        const box = document.createElement('div');
+        box.className = 'h3d-pc';
+        box.style.cssText = 'display:flex;flex-direction:column;width:100%;';
+        // Visually-hidden text carrying the "why greyed out" reason to screen
+        // readers; disabled controls point aria-describedby here. A title alone
+        // is announced unreliably and never on touch. One span suffices - every
+        // greyed control shares the same reason (derived from the single
+        // effective style).
+        _pcReason = document.createElement('span');
+        _pcReason.id = 'h3d-pc-reason';
+        _pcReason.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px;padding:0;'
+            + 'margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);white-space:nowrap;border:0;';
+        box.appendChild(_pcReason);
+
+        box.appendChild(_pcGroupLabel('Background'));
+        // A dropdown, not pills: the style list is 8 entries and growing, and
+        // a pill per style dominated a popover whose other controls are single
+        // toggles. Styled to match the surrounding pills rather than left as a
+        // raw <select>.
+        _pcSel = document.createElement('select');
+        _pcSel.title = 'Background style';
+        _pcSel.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Background style');
+        _pcSel.style.cssText = 'width:100%;padding:.375rem .5rem;border:0;border-radius:.5rem;'
+            + 'font-size:.75rem;line-height:1rem;cursor:pointer;'
+            + 'background-color:' + _PC_C.idle + ';color:' + _PC_C.text + ';';
+        for (const id of BG_STYLE_IDS) {
+            const o = document.createElement('option');
+            o.value = id;
+            o.textContent = _PC_LABELS[id] || id;
+            _pcSel.appendChild(o);
+        }
+        _pcSel.addEventListener('change', () => {
+            if (_pcSel.disabled) return;   // inert under the Venue override
+            try { window.h3dBgSetStyle(_pcSel.value); }
+            catch (e) { console.error('[3D-Hwy] bg style set failed', e); }
+        });
+        box.appendChild(_pcSel);
+        const optWrap = document.createElement('div');
+        optWrap.style.cssText = 'display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.25rem;margin-top:.375rem;';
+        _pcReactiveWrap = optWrap;   // carries the greyed-out reason on hover
+        _pcReactive = _pcPill('Reactive', 'React to the audio');
+        _pcReactive.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            if (_pcReactive.disabled) return;
+            try { window.h3dBgSetReactive(!_pcReactive._on); }
+            catch (e) { console.error('[3D-Hwy] bg reactive set failed', e); }
+        });
+        optWrap.appendChild(_pcReactive);
+        box.appendChild(optWrap);
+
+        box.appendChild(_pcGroupLabel('Intensity'));
+        // Wrapper carries the reason on hover when the slider is disabled — a
+        // native-disabled <input> shows no title of its own.
+        _pcIntensityWrap = document.createElement('div');
+        _pcIntensityWrap.style.cssText = 'width:100%;';
+        _pcIntensity = document.createElement('input');
+        _pcIntensity.type = 'range';
+        _pcIntensity.min = '0'; _pcIntensity.max = '1'; _pcIntensity.step = '0.05';
+        _pcIntensity.title = 'Background intensity';
+        _pcIntensity.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Background intensity');
+        _pcIntensity.style.cssText = 'width:100%;accent-color:#4080e0;';
+        // 'change' (fires on release), NOT 'input'. Every write goes through
+        // _bgWriteGlobal -> _bgEmitChange -> _bgRebuild(), which tears the
+        // background style down and re-runs build(). On 'input' a single drag
+        // across the range would trigger ~20 full scene rebuilds on the main
+        // thread mid-playback. settings.html's slider makes the same choice:
+        // oninput only repaints its label, onchange calls the setter.
+        _pcIntensity.addEventListener('change', () => {
+            if (_pcIntensity.disabled) return;
+            try { window.h3dBgSetIntensity(parseFloat(_pcIntensity.value)); }
+            catch (e) { console.error('[3D-Hwy] bg intensity set failed', e); }
+        });
+        _pcIntensityWrap.appendChild(_pcIntensity);
+        box.appendChild(_pcIntensityWrap);
+        slot.appendChild(box);
+        _pcEl = box;
+        _pcSync();
+        _pcListener = (key) => {
+            if (key === 'style' || key === 'reactive' || key === 'intensity'
+                || key === 'customImageDataUrl' || key === 'customVideoName'
+                || key === 'venueScene') {
+                // 'venueScene' has no dropdown/settings widget of its own, but
+                // toggling Venue changes the EFFECTIVE style, so the greying
+                // must re-evaluate (see _pcSync's effectiveStyle).
+                _pcSync();
+                _pcSyncSettingsPanel();
+            }
+        };
+        _bgSubscribe(_pcListener);
+        return true;
+    }
+    function _pcTeardownDom() {
+        if (_pcListener) { _bgUnsubscribe(_pcListener); _pcListener = null; }
+        if (_pcEl && _pcEl.parentNode) _pcEl.parentNode.removeChild(_pcEl);
+        _pcEl = null; _pcSel = null; _pcReactive = null; _pcIntensity = null;
+        _pcReactiveWrap = null; _pcIntensityWrap = null; _pcReason = null;
+    }
+    function _pcAcquire() {
+        _pcRefs++;
+        _pcBindScreenHook();
+        if (_pcMount()) return;
+        // A non-v3 shell has no slot and never will — _pcAcquire only runs once
+        // the renderer is viable inside the v3 player chrome, and player-chrome.js
+        // sets uiVersion synchronously as it builds that chrome, so a missing 'v3'
+        // here means v2, not a not-yet-ready v3. Skip the retry loop rather than
+        // spinning it out to the ~3s budget for a slot that will never appear.
+        if (!window.feedBack || window.feedBack.uiVersion !== 'v3') return;
+        // The rail popover may not be built yet on a cold load. Retry a few
+        // times, then give up quietly — Settings still works.
+        if (_pcRetryTimer) return;
+        _pcRetry = 0;
+        const tick = () => {
+            _pcRetryTimer = 0;
+            if (_pcRefs <= 0) return;          // renderer went away mid-retry
+            // Re-attempt the bus subscription too, not just the mount. On a cold
+            // load the renderer can init before window.feedBack.on exists; the
+            // first _pcBindScreenHook() then no-ops and, without this, the hook
+            // never binds and the control goes permanently deaf to screen
+            // changes. Idempotent via the _pcScreenHook guard.
+            _pcBindScreenHook();
+            if (_pcMount()) return;
+            if (++_pcRetry > 12) return;       // ~3s at 250ms
+            _pcRetryTimer = setTimeout(tick, 250);
+        };
+        _pcRetryTimer = setTimeout(tick, 250);
+    }
+    // Re-mount after the player chrome is rebuilt.
+    //
+    // _pcMount's isConnected check can only run when something calls it, and
+    // after the first successful mount nothing did - init() and the retry tick
+    // are the only callers, and the tick stops on success. So a popover that
+    // got swapped out left the control gone until the next song change. This
+    // listener gives that check a real trigger.
+    //
+    // Event-driven and cheap: one _pcMount() call per screen change, and it
+    // early-returns immediately when the cached node is still connected.
+    let _pcScreenHook = null;
+    function _pcBindScreenHook() {
+        if (_pcScreenHook) return;
+        const bus = window.feedBack;
+        if (!bus || typeof bus.on !== 'function') return;
+        _pcScreenHook = () => { if (_pcRefs > 0) _pcMount(); };
+        try { bus.on('screen:changed', _pcScreenHook); }
+        catch (e) { _pcScreenHook = null; }
+    }
+    function _pcRelease() {
+        _pcRefs = Math.max(0, _pcRefs - 1);
+        if (_pcRefs > 0) return;
+        if (_pcRetryTimer) { clearTimeout(_pcRetryTimer); _pcRetryTimer = 0; }
+        // Drop the screen:changed subscription too, not just the DOM. The
+        // refcount guard inside the hook makes a stale one harmless, but the
+        // listener and its closure would otherwise outlive the control for the
+        // page's lifetime — and a plugin re-load (new ?v=) evaluates this file
+        // again, binding another hook to the same bus while the old one stays.
+        // _pcBindScreenHook re-binds on the next acquire.
+        if (_pcScreenHook) {
+            try {
+                const bus = window.feedBack;
+                if (bus && typeof bus.off === 'function') bus.off('screen:changed', _pcScreenHook);
+            } catch (e) { /* best-effort: a host without off() just keeps the no-op hook */ }
+            _pcScreenHook = null;
+        }
+        _pcTeardownDom();
+    }
+
+    return { _pcAcquire, _pcRelease };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/camera.js

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+// h3d-carve-9: W-section (camera lerp) — effectiveVfov + camUpdate.
+// Cut 13 (S-section lookahead) extends this factory in place: same createCamera({…})
+// destructure grows with additional DI params and returned symbols.
+//
+// DI surface (per §2 of the cut-9 contract):
+//   Constants (22) — BASE_VFOV, HORPLUS_*, CAM_LERP_BASE, CAM_H/DIST_BASE,
+//                    6× CAM_FRAME_*, FOCUS_D, S_GAP, K, 3× FRET_ROW_FIT_*,
+//                    4× CAM_TILT_*
+//   Getters (11)   — getCam, getTgtX/Dist, getAspectScale, getLeftyCached,
+//                    getNStr, getProbe, getTiltSmoothing, getPaneAspect/Uid,
+//                    getHighwayCanvas
+//   Pairs (5)      — getCurX/setCurX, getCurDist/setCurDist,
+//                    getCurLookY/setCurLookY, getTgtLookY/setTgtLookY,
+//                    getFretRowFitBoost/setFretRowFitBoost
+//   Fn refs (5)    — sY, freeCamFor, aspectPaneKey, resolveTuneFor,
+//                    aspectRegisterPane
+
+import { computeBPM, lowerBoundT, camBaseDistU, camLowFretPullbackU } from './geometry.js';  // h3d-carve-1,13
+import { _ssActive } from './utils.js';       // h3d-carve-3
+
+export function createCamera({
+    // ── Constants ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    BASE_VFOV, HORPLUS_START_ASPECT, HORPLUS_MIN_VFOV,
+    CAM_LERP_BASE, CAM_H_BASE, CAM_DIST_BASE,
+    CAM_FRAME_DIST_NEAR, CAM_FRAME_DIST_FAR,
+    CAM_FRAME_H_NEAR, CAM_FRAME_H_FAR,
+    CAM_FRAME_D_NEAR, CAM_FRAME_D_FAR,
+    FOCUS_D, S_GAP, K,
+    FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN, FRET_ROW_FIT_DEADBAND, FRET_ROW_FIT_BOOST_MAX,
+    CAM_TILT_BAND_T, CAM_TILT_BAND_C, CAM_TILT_STR_T, CAM_TILT_STR_C,
+    // ── Live-accessor getters ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+    getCam,
+    getTgtX, getTgtDist, getAspectScale, getLeftyCached,
+    getNStr, getProbe, getTiltSmoothing, getPaneAspect, getPaneUid,
+    getHighwayCanvas,
+    // ── Getter+setter pairs (write-backs) ──────────────────────────────────
+    getCurX, setCurX,
+    getCurDist, setCurDist,
+    getCurLookY, setCurLookY,
+    getTgtLookY, setTgtLookY,
+    getFretRowFitBoost, setFretRowFitBoost,
+    // ── Function refs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    sY, freeCamFor, aspectPaneKey, resolveTuneFor, aspectRegisterPane,
+    // h3d-carve-13: S-section lookahead — +4 const shorthand, +1 getter, +4 fn refs
+    NFRETS, CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES, CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC, CAM_FRET_EDGE_BLEND,
+    getMeasureStarts,
+    validString, getChartAnchorAt, xFretMid, xFret,
+}) {
+    // Horizontal-FOV-hold ("Hor+"). Returns the vertical fov (deg) the
+    // camera should use for the given pane aspect. With the bridge off (or
+    // absent), or at/under the start aspect, it returns the base vertical
+    // fov unchanged — an exact no-op, so normal panes render identically to
+    // before. Past the start aspect it lowers the vertical fov to keep the
+    // horizontal cone ~constant, so the neck fills an ultra-wide pane
+    // instead of collapsing into a central sliver. Pure + finite-guarded.
+    function effectiveVfov(aspect, tune) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. 0 beyond-subst: BASE_VFOV / HORPLUS_* / HORPLUS_MIN_VFOV
+        // are plain DI params in the factory destructure — no rewires needed.
+        const base = (tune && Number.isFinite(tune.baseVfov)) ? tune.baseVfov : BASE_VFOV;
+        if (!tune || !tune.enabled || !Number.isFinite(aspect) || aspect <= 0) return base;
+        const start = (Number.isFinite(tune.startAspect) && tune.startAspect > 0)
+            ? tune.startAspect : HORPLUS_START_ASPECT;
+        if (aspect <= start) return base;
+        const floor = Number.isFinite(tune.minVfovDeg) ? tune.minVfovDeg : HORPLUS_MIN_VFOV;
+        const DEG = Math.PI / 180;
+        // Held horizontal fov: explicit hfovDeg if given, else the horizontal
+        // cone the base vertical fov produces at the start aspect.
+        const hfov = (Number.isFinite(tune.hfovDeg) && tune.hfovDeg > 0)
+            ? tune.hfovDeg * DEG
+            : 2 * Math.atan(Math.tan(base * DEG / 2) * start);
+        // Vertical fov that reproduces that horizontal cone at this aspect.
+        let vfov = 2 * Math.atan(Math.tan(hfov / 2) / aspect) / DEG;
+        const blend = Number.isFinite(tune.blend) ? Math.max(0, Math.min(1, tune.blend)) : 1;
+        vfov = base + (vfov - base) * blend;            // 0 = base, 1 = full Hor+
+        if (!Number.isFinite(vfov)) return base;
+        return Math.max(floor, Math.min(base, vfov));
+    }
+
+    /* ── Camera smooth lerp ──────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    function camUpdate(bundle) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. DI rewires — 25 beyond-subst:
+        //   Local aliases intro (10): cam, paneAspect, curX, curDist, curLookY,
+        //     tgtLookY, _fretRowFitBoost, nStr, _probe, tiltSmoothing
+        //   Fn-ref renames (4): _aspectPaneKey→aspectPaneKey,
+        //     _aspectRegisterPane→aspectRegisterPane,
+        //     _resolveTuneFor→resolveTuneFor, _freeCamFor→freeCamFor
+        //   Direct getter calls (6): getPaneUid, getTgtX, getTgtDist,
+        //     getAspectScale, getLeftyCached, getHighwayCanvas
+        //   Write-back setter calls (5): setCurX, setCurDist, setCurLookY,
+        //     setTgtLookY, setFretRowFitBoost
+        const bpm = computeBPM(bundle.beats, bundle.currentTime);
+        const lerp = CAM_LERP_BASE * Math.max(bpm, 60) / 120;
+
+        // ── Horizontal-FOV-hold + optional wide-pane pose nudges ──
+        // Driven by window.__h3dAspectTune (default off → exact no-op).
+        // _resolveTuneFor(paneKey) returns the shared base with THIS pane's
+        // overrides (if any) laid on top, so a single split pane can be framed
+        // independently. The base is seeded from defaults + localStorage on
+        // first read, so a persisted tuning session applies on load without
+        // opening the panel. Every field is finite-coerced. When disabled (or
+        // splitOnly and not in a split) the tune is treated as null, so
+        // effectiveVfov returns the base vertical fov and cam.fov is restored
+        // to it. The fov write is guarded on an actual change so a steady pane
+        // costs nothing.
+        const cam = getCam();                    // DI rewire: live-accessor
+        const paneAspect = getPaneAspect();      // DI rewire: live-accessor (replaces _paneAspect)
+        const _paneKey = aspectPaneKey(          // DI rewire: fn-ref rename
+            bundle && bundle.songInfo && bundle.songInfo.arrangement, getPaneUid()); // DI rewire: getPaneUid
+        // Only feed the Target-picker registry while the tuner is open (same
+        // gate as the readout). Closed → nothing is registered, so the registry
+        // can't grow for users who never open the panel; the key is still
+        // resolved below so any saved overrides keep applying.
+        if (window.__h3dAspectPanelOpen) aspectRegisterPane(_paneKey); // DI rewire: fn-ref rename
+        const _aspTune = resolveTuneFor(_paneKey); // DI rewire: fn-ref rename
+        const _aspActive = !!(_aspTune && _aspTune.enabled
+            && !(_aspTune.splitOnly && !_ssActive()));
+        const _tune = _aspActive ? _aspTune : null;
+        const _vfov = effectiveVfov(paneAspect, _tune); // DI rewire: paneAspect
+        if (Number.isFinite(_vfov) && Math.abs(_vfov - cam.fov) > 1e-4) {
+            cam.fov = _vfov;
+            cam.updateProjectionMatrix();
+        }
+        // Publish a per-pane live readout for the tuner panel (only while it's
+        // open, so the steady path stays allocation-free). Keyed by pane so
+        // the panel can show the reading for whichever target is selected.
+        if (window.__h3dAspectPanelOpen) {
+            const _ro = window.__h3dAspectReadout || (window.__h3dAspectReadout = {});
+            const _slot = _ro[_paneKey] || (_ro[_paneKey] = {});
+            _slot.aspect = paneAspect; _slot.vfov = _vfov; // DI rewire: paneAspect
+            _ro.__last = _paneKey;
+        }
+        // Optional pose nudges (height / dolly / pitch) to chase a low-flat
+        // wide-pane look if fov alone isn't enough. Gated to wide panes and
+        // suppressed while the Camera Director owns the view (it wins).
+        const _startAspect = (_tune && Number.isFinite(_tune.startAspect) && _tune.startAspect > 0)
+            ? _tune.startAspect : HORPLUS_START_ASPECT;
+        // Resolve the Camera Director bridge once (per-panel under splitscreen,
+        // else global). Used both for the wide-pane gate and the transforms below.
+        const _freeCam = freeCamFor(getHighwayCanvas()); // DI rewire: fn-ref rename + getter
+        const _dirActive = !!(_freeCam && _freeCam.enabled);
+        const _wide = !!(_tune && paneAspect > _startAspect) && !_dirActive; // DI rewire: paneAspect
+        const _poseHMul = (_wide && Number.isFinite(_tune.heightMul)) ? _tune.heightMul : 1;
+        const _poseDMul = (_wide && Number.isFinite(_tune.distMul)) ? _tune.distMul : 1;
+        const _poseLookYAdd = (_wide && Number.isFinite(_tune.pitchAdd)) ? _tune.pitchAdd * K : 0;
+        const _poseLookZMul = (_wide && Number.isFinite(_tune.lookDepthMul) && _tune.lookDepthMul > 0)
+            ? _tune.lookDepthMul : 1;
+
+        // DI rewire: lerped state — read per-call into locals, mutate locally,
+        // write back via setters so screen.js closure vars stay in sync.
+        // (Never cached at factory init — buildBoard may reset these between frames.)
+        let curX = getCurX();                             // DI rewire: local alias
+        curX += (getTgtX() - curX) * lerp;               // DI rewire: getTgtX()
+        setCurX(curX);                                    // write-back
+        let _fretRowFitBoost = getFretRowFitBoost();      // DI rewire: local alias
+        let curDist = getCurDist();                       // DI rewire: local alias
+        // The fret-row fit guard (end of camUpdate) may dolly the camera back
+        // via _fretRowFitBoost; the span-driven tgtDist still owns zooming IN.
+        curDist += (getTgtDist() * _fretRowFitBoost - curDist) * lerp; // DI rewire: getTgtDist()
+        setCurDist(curDist);                              // write-back
+        const dist = curDist * getAspectScale();          // DI rewire: getAspectScale()
+        const h = CAM_H_BASE * (dist / CAM_DIST_BASE);
+
+        // Zoom-interpolated framing multipliers: tight (NEAR) -> lower/closer;
+        // wide (FAR, fret 1<->20) -> higher/pulled back.
+        const _zt = Math.max(0, Math.min(1,
+            (dist - CAM_FRAME_DIST_NEAR) / (CAM_FRAME_DIST_FAR - CAM_FRAME_DIST_NEAR)));
+        const _hMul = CAM_FRAME_H_NEAR + (CAM_FRAME_H_FAR - CAM_FRAME_H_NEAR) * _zt;
+        const _dMul = CAM_FRAME_D_NEAR + (CAM_FRAME_D_FAR - CAM_FRAME_D_NEAR) * _zt;
+        const shoulderOffset = (getLeftyCached() ? -1 : 1) * 10 * K; // DI rewire: getLeftyCached()
+        let _camX = curX + shoulderOffset, _camY = h * _hMul, _camZ = dist * _dMul;
+        // Optional wide-pane pose nudges (default identity → no-op).
+        if (_poseHMul !== 1) _camY *= _poseHMul;
+        if (_poseDMul !== 1) _camZ *= _poseDMul;
+        // ── Free-camera user tweaks (orbit / height / zoom / pan) ──
+        // Driven by the Camera Director plugin via the camera bridge:
+        // window.__h3dCamCtlPanels[panelIndexFor(canvas)] when split (this
+        // panel's own camera), falling back to the global window.__h3dCamCtl.
+        // Layered ON TOP of the auto-framing so note tracking still works.
+        // The bridge is read once into _freeCam and reused for both the
+        // position and the look-at transforms; every field is coerced to a
+        // finite number before use so a malformed object can never feed NaN
+        // into cam.position / cam.lookAt.
+        // _freeCam resolved above via freeCamFor(getHighwayCanvas()): the
+        // per-panel __h3dCamCtlPanels entry, else global __h3dCamCtl, else null.
+        let curLookY = getCurLookY();                     // DI rewire: local alias (read before freeCam block)
+        const _lookAtZ = -FOCUS_D * 0.35 * _poseLookZMul;
+        if (_freeCam && _freeCam.enabled) {
+            const _distMul = Number.isFinite(_freeCam.distMul) ? _freeCam.distMul : 1;
+            const _heightMul = Number.isFinite(_freeCam.heightMul) ? _freeCam.heightMul : 1;
+            const _yaw = Number.isFinite(_freeCam.yaw) ? _freeCam.yaw : 0;
+            const _tx = curX, _ty = curLookY, _tz = _lookAtZ; // look target
+            let _vx = _camX - _tx, _vy = _camY - _ty, _vz = _camZ - _tz;
+            _vx *= _distMul; _vy *= _distMul; _vz *= _distMul; // zoom (dolly)
+            _vy *= _heightMul;                                 // height
+            const _cy = Math.cos(_yaw), _sy = Math.sin(_yaw);  // orbit around Y
+            const _rx = _vx * _cy - _vz * _sy, _rz = _vx * _sy + _vz * _cy;
+            _camX = _tx + _rx; _camY = _ty + _vy; _camZ = _tz + _rz;
+        }
+        cam.position.set(_camX, _camY, _camZ);
+
+        // Self-correcting look-at Y: project the fretboard's near-edge centre
+        // to NDC space. If it drifts toward the frame edge, nudge tgtLookY
+        // toward the fretboard centre so the camera tilts to re-frame it.
+        // This lets the camera adapt to any panel aspect ratio automatically.
+        const nStr = getNStr();                           // DI rewire: local alias
+        const _probe = getProbe();                        // DI rewire: local alias
+        const fretMidY = (sY(0) + sY(nStr - 1)) / 2;
+        _probe.set(curX, fretMidY, 0);                  // play-line fretboard centre
+        cam.lookAt(curX, curLookY + _poseLookYAdd, _lookAtZ);    // tentative look — needed for project()
+        cam.updateMatrixWorld();
+        _probe.project(cam);                             // _probe.y → NDC in [-1, 1]
+
+        // Keep fretboard centre in the lower third of the screen (NDC ≈ -0.35).
+        // The deadband width and correction strength are both blended
+        // between Twitchy and Calm bounds by the user's tiltSmoothing
+        // setting — twitchy = re-frame aggressively (narrow band, strong
+        // nudge); calm = let small drift ride (wide band, weak nudge).
+        const DESIRED_NDC_Y = -0.35;
+        const tiltSmoothing = getTiltSmoothing();         // DI rewire: local alias
+        const tiltBand   = CAM_TILT_BAND_T + (CAM_TILT_BAND_C - CAM_TILT_BAND_T) * tiltSmoothing;
+        const tiltStr    = CAM_TILT_STR_T  + (CAM_TILT_STR_C  - CAM_TILT_STR_T)  * tiltSmoothing;
+        let tgtLookY = getTgtLookY();                     // DI rewire: local alias
+        if (_probe.y < DESIRED_NDC_Y - tiltBand || _probe.y > DESIRED_NDC_Y + tiltBand) {
+            // _probe.y too low → fretboard near bottom → tgtLookY decreases → camera tilts down → fretboard rises
+            // _probe.y too high → fretboard near top  → tgtLookY increases → camera tilts up   → fretboard drops
+            const correction = (DESIRED_NDC_Y - _probe.y) * fretMidY * tiltStr;
+            tgtLookY = Math.max(-fretMidY, Math.min(fretMidY, tgtLookY - correction));
+        }
+        setTgtLookY(tgtLookY);                           // write-back
+        curLookY += (tgtLookY - curLookY) * lerp;
+        setCurLookY(curLookY);                           // write-back
+
+        // Final look-at with the corrected Y (overrides the tentative one above).
+        // User tilt (pitch) + pan offsets layer on top when the free-cam is
+        // enabled; each is coerced to a finite number to avoid a NaN look-at.
+        if (_freeCam && _freeCam.enabled) {
+            const _panX = Number.isFinite(_freeCam.panX) ? _freeCam.panX : 0;
+            const _panY = Number.isFinite(_freeCam.panY) ? _freeCam.panY : 0;
+            const _pitch = Number.isFinite(_freeCam.pitch) ? _freeCam.pitch : 0;
+            cam.lookAt(curX + _panX * K, curLookY + (_pitch + _panY) * K, _lookAtZ);
+        } else {
+            cam.lookAt(curX, curLookY + _poseLookYAdd, _lookAtZ);
+        }
+
+        // ── Fret-row fit guard ────────────────────────────────────────────
+        // Project the fret-number-row band (just below the lowest string, at
+        // the play line) with the final camera. If it sits below the safe
+        // bottom line, dolly back (raise _fretRowFitBoost → applied to the
+        // curDist lerp target next frame) until it clears; relax lazily once
+        // there's comfortable headroom. Asymmetric + deadbanded so it
+        // converges without hunting, and capped so the zoom can't pop. It
+        // cooperates with the tilt loop above rather than fighting it: pulling
+        // back shrinks the scene, the tilt loop keeps the board centre anchored
+        // at DESIRED_NDC_Y, so only the row's bottom headroom changes. Skipped
+        // while the free-cam (Camera Director) owns the view.
+        if (_freeCam && _freeCam.enabled) {
+            if (_fretRowFitBoost !== 1) _fretRowFitBoost = 1;
+        } else {
+            cam.updateMatrixWorld();
+            const _rowY = Math.min(sY(0), sY(nStr - 1)) - S_GAP * 1.4;
+            _probe.set(curX, _rowY, 0.5 * K);
+            _probe.project(cam);                              // _probe.y → NDC; < -1 = off the bottom
+            const _rowNdcY = _probe.y;
+            if (_rowNdcY < FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN) {
+                // Row below the safe line → pull back promptly, proportional to
+                // the deficit so it converges in a few frames without overshoot.
+                const _need = FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN - _rowNdcY;
+                _fretRowFitBoost = Math.min(FRET_ROW_FIT_BOOST_MAX,
+                    _fretRowFitBoost + Math.min(0.05, _need * 0.4));
+            } else if (_rowNdcY > FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN + FRET_ROW_FIT_DEADBAND
+                       && _fretRowFitBoost > 1) {
+                // Comfortable headroom → relax the dolly back toward normal, lazily.
+                _fretRowFitBoost = Math.max(1, _fretRowFitBoost - 0.01);
+            }
+        }
+        setFretRowFitBoost(_fretRowFitBoost);             // write-back
+    }
+
+    /* ── h3d-carve-13: S-section lookahead helpers ───────────────────── */
+    // VERBATIM MOVE from screen.js Region A (original lines 6630-6719).
+    // 1 beyond-subst: _measureStarts → getMeasureStarts() (live getter).
+    // lookaheadEndTime: factory-private (no external callers).
+    function lookaheadEndTime(now) {
+        const ms = getMeasureStarts(); // h3d-carve-13: _measureStarts → getMeasureStarts()
+        if (!ms || ms.length === 0) return now + CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC;
+        // Binary search: lo = first index with ms[lo] > now.
+        let lo = 0, hi = ms.length;
+        while (lo < hi) { const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1; if (ms[mid] <= now) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid; }
+        const curIdx = lo - 1;                       // current measure (-1 if before the first)
+        const targetIdx = curIdx + CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES;
+        if (targetIdx >= 0 && targetIdx < ms.length) return ms[targetIdx];
+        // Past the last measure: extrapolate using the average measure duration.
+        if (ms.length >= 2) {
+            const avg = (ms[ms.length - 1] - ms[0]) / (ms.length - 1);
+            if (avg > 0) return ms[ms.length - 1] + (targetIdx - (ms.length - 1)) * avg;
+        }
+        return now + CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC;
+    }
+
+    // Earliest future chart time whose lookahead end reaches eventTime.
+    // lookaheadEndTime() is monotonic but measure-stepped, so a small
+    // bounded binary search works for both measure grids and the seconds
+    // fallback without duplicating/inverting its edge-case logic.
+    function lookaheadBootstrapTime(now, eventTime) {
+        if (!(eventTime > now) || lookaheadEndTime(now) >= eventTime) return now;
+        let lo = now;
+        let hi = eventTime;
+        for (let i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+            const mid = (lo + hi) * 0.5;
+            if (lookaheadEndTime(mid) >= eventTime) hi = mid;
+            else lo = mid;
+        }
+        return hi;
+    }
+
+    function lookaheadComputeFretBounds(now, anchors, notes, chords) {
+        const tEnd = lookaheadEndTime(now);
+        let minF = 99;
+        let maxF = 0;
+        let any = false;
+        if (anchors && anchors.length) {
+            for (let tt = now; tt <= tEnd + 1e-9; tt += 0.125) {
+                const a = getChartAnchorAt(anchors, tt);
+                if (!a) continue;
+                let fStart = Math.round(Number(a.fret));
+                if (!Number.isFinite(fStart) || fStart < 1) fStart = 1;
+                let w = Number(a.width);
+                if (!Number.isFinite(w)) w = 4;
+                w = Math.max(1, Math.round(w));
+                const fHi = Math.min(NFRETS, fStart + w - 1);
+                minF = Math.min(minF, fStart);
+                maxF = Math.max(maxF, fHi);
+                any = true;
+            }
+        }
+        const consider = f => {
+            if (!(f > 0)) return;
+            minF = Math.min(minF, f);
+            maxF = Math.max(maxF, f);
+            any = true;
+        };
+        if (notes) {
+            let i = lowerBoundT(notes, now);
+            for (; i < notes.length; i++) {
+                const n = notes[i];
+                if (n.t > tEnd) break;
+                if (!validString(n.s)) continue;
+                consider(n.f);
+            }
+        }
+        if (chords) {
+            let i = lowerBoundT(chords, now);
+            for (; i < chords.length; i++) {
+                const ch = chords[i];
+                if (ch.t > tEnd) break;
+                if (!ch.notes) continue;
+                for (const cn of ch.notes) {
+                    if (!validString(cn.s)) continue;
+                    consider(cn.f);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!any || minF > maxF) return null;
+        return { minF, maxF };
+    }
+
+    function lookaheadTargetWorldX(minF, maxF) {
+        const wb = CAM_FRET_EDGE_BLEND;
+        const middle = (xFretMid(minF) + xFretMid(maxF)) * 0.5;
+        const weighted = 0.6 * xFret(0) + 0.4 * xFret(NFRETS);
+        return middle * (1 - wb) + weighted * wb;
+    }
+
+    return { effectiveVfov, camUpdate, lookaheadBootstrapTime, lookaheadComputeFretBounds, lookaheadTargetWorldX };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/fx.js

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+// h3d-carve-8: Q-section partial — lighting/FX utilities.
+// buildBoard stays in screen.js (deferred to plan §3 row 16, P-section cut)
+// because its write-back surface spans 9 factory-scope vars that P/U/Y also
+// own; premature extraction would require a ~50-param DI.  See plans/highway3d-carve.md.
+//
+// DI surface (per-call live-accessors — never cache at factory init):
+//   BG_DEFAULTS, K            — plain IIFE-scope constants
+//   getT                      — live-accessor (Three.js, lazy-loaded)
+//   getAmbLight/getDirLight   — live-accessors (null until initScene)
+//   getCinematic/getTimingFx  — live-accessors (toggle flags)
+//   getSparkPts/setSparkPts   — live-accessor + setter (Points object, set by buildBoard)
+//   getSparkN/getSparkPos/…   — live-accessors for particle buffers (element-mutated in place)
+//   getComposer/setComposer   — getter+setter (lazy-assigned inside _bloomEnsure)
+//   getBloomLoad/setBloomLoad — getter+setter (Promise, assigned inside _bloomEnsure)
+//   getBloomPass/setBloomPass — getter+setter (pass object, assigned inside _bloomEnsure)
+//   getBloomW/setBloomW/H     — getter+setter (dimensions, assigned inside _bloomEnsure)
+//   getRen/getScene/getCam/getHighwayCanvas — live-accessors (null until initScene)
+//   canvasSize                — factory-scope function ref (stable)
+
+export function createFx({
+    BG_DEFAULTS, K,
+    getT,
+    getAmbLight, getDirLight, getCinematic,
+    getTimingFx,
+    getSparkPts, setSparkPts, getSparkN,
+    getSparkPos, setSparkPos, getSparkVel, setSparkVel,
+    getSparkCol, setSparkCol, getSparkLife, setSparkLife,
+    getComposer, setComposer,
+    getBloomLoad, setBloomLoad,
+    getBloomPass, setBloomPass,
+    getBloomW, setBloomW, getBloomH, setBloomH,
+    getRen, getScene, getCam, getHighwayCanvas,
+    canvasSize,
+}) {
+    function _h3dHexOrDefault(hexStr, defHex) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. BG_DEFAULTS from plain DI param.
+        const d = defHex || BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor;
+        const s = (typeof hexStr === 'string' && /^#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/.test(hexStr.trim()))
+            ? hexStr.trim().toLowerCase()
+            : d;
+        return parseInt(s.slice(1), 16);
+    }
+    // Cinematic lighting (#2): darken ambient so emissive gems have a dark
+    // surround to pop against; strengthen the key light for modelling.
+    // Toggle via the 'cinematic' setting so it's directly comparable.
+    function _applyCinematic() {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. DI rewire: ambLight/dirLight/_cinematic from live-accessors.
+        const ambLight = getAmbLight(), dirLight = getDirLight(), _cinematic = getCinematic();
+        if (!ambLight || !dirLight) return;
+        ambLight.intensity = _cinematic ? 0.45 : 0.85;
+        dirLight.intensity = _cinematic ? 1.15 : 0.8;
+    }
+    // #5 early/late: tint the hit feedback by timing — on-time green, early cyan,
+    // late amber. Falls back to green when timing is unknown (pure-provider path).
+    function _timingHex(ts) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. DI rewire: _timingFx from getTimingFx().
+        if (!getTimingFx() || !ts || ts === 'OK') return 0x22ff88;
+        if (ts === 'EARLY') return 0x35d6ff;
+        if (ts === 'LATE')  return 0xffb84d;
+        return 0x22ff88;
+    }
+    function _sparkBurst(x, y, z, hex, count) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. DI rewire: spark vars from live-accessors (per-call,
+        // not cached at factory init — buildBoard may reassign the refs).
+        const _sparkPts = getSparkPts();
+        if (!_sparkPts || count <= 0) return;
+        const _sparkPos = getSparkPos(), _sparkVel = getSparkVel(), _sparkCol = getSparkCol(), _sparkLife = getSparkLife();
+        const _SPARK_N = getSparkN();
+        const r = ((hex >> 16) & 255) / 255, g = ((hex >> 8) & 255) / 255, b = (hex & 255) / 255;
+        let made = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < _SPARK_N && made < count; i++) {
+            if (_sparkLife[i] > 0) continue;
+            const j = i * 3, ang = Math.random() * Math.PI * 2, sp = (5 + Math.random() * 12) * K;
+            _sparkPos[j] = x; _sparkPos[j + 1] = y; _sparkPos[j + 2] = z;
+            _sparkVel[j] = Math.cos(ang) * sp; _sparkVel[j + 1] = (12 + Math.random() * 24) * K; _sparkVel[j + 2] = Math.sin(ang) * sp * 0.55;
+            _sparkCol[j] = r; _sparkCol[j + 1] = g; _sparkCol[j + 2] = b;
+            _sparkLife[i] = 0.30 + Math.random() * 0.16; made++;
+        }
+    }
+    function _sparkUpdate(dt) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. DI rewire: spark vars from live-accessors (per-call).
+        const _sparkPts = getSparkPts();
+        if (!_sparkPts) return;
+        const _sparkPos = getSparkPos(), _sparkVel = getSparkVel(), _sparkCol = getSparkCol(), _sparkLife = getSparkLife();
+        const _SPARK_N = getSparkN();
+        const grav = 55 * K; let any = false;
+        for (let i = 0; i < _SPARK_N; i++) {
+            if (_sparkLife[i] <= 0) continue;
+            const j = i * 3;
+            _sparkLife[i] -= dt;
+            if (_sparkLife[i] <= 0) { _sparkCol[j] = _sparkCol[j + 1] = _sparkCol[j + 2] = 0; continue; }
+            any = true;
+            _sparkVel[j + 1] -= grav * dt;
+            _sparkPos[j] += _sparkVel[j] * dt; _sparkPos[j + 1] += _sparkVel[j + 1] * dt; _sparkPos[j + 2] += _sparkVel[j + 2] * dt;
+            const fade = 1 - Math.min(1, dt * 3.2);
+            _sparkCol[j] *= fade; _sparkCol[j + 1] *= fade; _sparkCol[j + 2] *= fade;
+        }
+        _sparkPts.geometry.attributes.position.needsUpdate = true;
+        _sparkPts.geometry.attributes.color.needsUpdate = true;
+        _sparkPts.visible = any;
+    }
+    // #4 Bloom — .then() body extracted for test harness reach (Toby r1 F1).
+    // Called with [EC, RP, UB, OP] when all four postprocessing modules resolve.
+    // DI rewire: T/ren/scene/cam/highwayCanvas from live-accessors (per-call).
+    function _applyBloom([EC, RP, UB, OP]) {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE of the .then() handler body from _bloomEnsure.
+        // DI rewire: T/ren/scene/cam/highwayCanvas read from live-accessors.
+        try {
+            const T = getT(), highwayCanvas = getHighwayCanvas();
+            const ren = getRen(), scene = getScene(), cam = getCam();
+            const sz = canvasSize(highwayCanvas) || { w: 1280, h: 720 };
+            const w = Math.max(2, sz.w | 0), h = Math.max(2, sz.h | 0);
+            // Multisampled (WebGL2 MSAA) HalfFloat target so anti-aliasing
+            // survives the bloom path — EffectComposer's default target has no
+            // `samples`, which is why bloom-on looked jagged (worst on non-Retina
+            // DPR1 displays that have no supersampling cushion).
+            const _bloomRT = new T.WebGLRenderTarget(w, h, { type: T.HalfFloatType, samples: 4 });
+            const comp = new EC.EffectComposer(ren, _bloomRT);
+            comp.addPass(new RP.RenderPass(scene, cam));
+            const bp = new UB.UnrealBloomPass(new T.Vector2(w, h), 0.65, 0.5, 0.82); // strength, radius, threshold (high → only emissive blooms)
+            setBloomPass(bp);
+            comp.addPass(bp);
+            comp.addPass(new OP.OutputPass());
+            comp.setSize(w, h);
+            setBloomW(w); setBloomH(h); setComposer(comp);
+        } catch (e) { console.warn('[3D-Hwy] bloom init failed', e); setComposer(null); }
+    }
+    // #4 Bloom: lazy-load the vendored postprocessing addons and build an
+    // EffectComposer (RenderPass -> UnrealBloomPass -> OutputPass/ACES). Returns
+    // the composer once ready, or null (caller falls back to a direct render).
+    function _bloomEnsure() {
+        // VERBATIM MOVE. DI rewire: all factory-scope vars via get/set accessors.
+        // _composer, _bloomLoad, _bloomPass, _bloomW, _bloomH are REASSIGNED via
+        // _applyBloom — setters required; must NOT silently become locals.
+        if (getComposer()) return getComposer();
+        const ren = getRen(), scene = getScene(), cam = getCam();
+        if (getBloomLoad() || !ren || !scene || !cam) return null;
+        const A = '/static/vendor/three/addons/';
+        setBloomLoad(Promise.all([
+            import(A + 'postprocessing/EffectComposer.js'),
+            import(A + 'postprocessing/RenderPass.js'),
+            import(A + 'postprocessing/UnrealBloomPass.js'),
+            import(A + 'postprocessing/OutputPass.js'),
+        ]).then(_applyBloom).catch((e) => console.warn('[3D-Hwy] bloom modules failed', e)));
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return { _h3dHexOrDefault, _applyCinematic, _timingHex, _sparkBurst, _sparkUpdate, _applyBloom, _bloomEnsure };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/geometry.js

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+/**
+ * Pure geometry helpers — h3d-carve-1.
+ *
+ * All exports are stateless; they depend only on the compile-time constants
+ * below (which mirror their factory-scope counterparts in screen.js verbatim
+ * and never vary at runtime).  No DOM, no Three.js imports, no side-effects.
+ *
+ * screen.js keeps a 1-arg delegator:
+ *   const fretX = f => geoFretX(f, _h3dFretUniform);
+ * so no call site in screen.js changes.
+ */
+
+// ── Compile-time constants (mirror screen.js; never vary at runtime) ─────────
+
+const SCALE = 2.25;
+const K = SCALE / 300;
+// Horizontal stretch factor for fret X positions.
+const FRET_SCALE = SCALE * 1.1;
+const NFRETS = 24;
+/**
+ * Pure 12-semitone spacing compresses toward the bridge; multiply each
+ * segment above this fret by the factor so high positions stay
+ * slightly more playable/readable in 3D.
+ */
+const FRET_SPACING_STRETCH_ABOVE12 = 1.1;
+const FRET_SPACING_ANCHOR_F = 12;
+/** Note travel speed. */
+const TS = 230 * K;
+
+// ── Fret X ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Logarithmic spacing — mirrors real guitar fret geometry (12th root of 2).
+const _fretXLog = f => {
+    if (f <= 0) return 0;
+    const raw = FRET_SCALE - FRET_SCALE / Math.pow(2, f / 12);
+    if (f <= FRET_SPACING_ANCHOR_F) return raw;
+    const rawAnchor = FRET_SCALE - FRET_SCALE / Math.pow(2, FRET_SPACING_ANCHOR_F / 12);
+    return rawAnchor + (raw - rawAnchor) * FRET_SPACING_STRETCH_ABOVE12;
+};
+// Uniform spacing — same column width per fret (chart-format style).
+// Total board width equals the logarithmic NFRETS position for consistency.
+const _fretXUniStep = _fretXLog(NFRETS) / NFRETS;
+const _fretXUni = f => f <= 0 ? 0 : f * _fretXUniStep;
+
+/**
+ * World-space X position for fret `f`.
+ * @param {number}  f       fret number
+ * @param {boolean} uniform true → uniform (chart-format) spacing; false → logarithmic
+ */
+export const geoFretX = (f, uniform) => uniform ? _fretXUni(f) : _fretXLog(f);
+
+// ── Time → Z ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Convert a time delta (seconds) to a world-space Z offset (notes travel toward −Z). */
+export const dZ = dt => -dt * TS;
+
+// ── Slide trail ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Pitched slide uses `sl`, unpitched uses `slu` (slide-to vs unpitched slide fields).
+ * Prefer `sl` when both are present — matches RS wire.
+ * @returns {{ endFret: number, unpitched: boolean } | null}
+ */
+export function slideTrailEnd(n) {
+    const sl = n.sl;
+    const slu = n.slu;
+    if (Number.isFinite(sl) && sl >= 0) {
+        return { endFret: sl | 0, unpitched: false };
+    }
+    if (Number.isFinite(slu) && slu >= 0) {
+        return { endFret: slu | 0, unpitched: true };
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+// ── Camera distance building blocks ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Camera tgtDist building blocks. Both the dynamic (camera-follow)
+// and locked (frets 1-12) branches compose tgtDist from these, so
+// any future tuning of the base zoom curve or low-fret pullback
+// lands in both branches without drift.
+//   span    — camDistMax - camDistMin in fret-span units
+//   minFret — lowest fretted note in the camera window (or 1 for
+//             the locked branch, which assumes nut chords)
+export const camBaseDistU = span => 65 + Math.max(span, 4) * 3;
+export const camLowFretPullbackU = minFret => Math.max(0, 5 - minFret) * 4;
+
+// ── BPM estimation ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export function computeBPM(beats, t) {
+    if (!beats || beats.length < 2) return 120;
+    let lo = 0, hi = beats.length;
+    while (lo < hi) {
+        const mid = (lo + hi) >> 1;
+        if (beats[mid].time < t) lo = mid + 1; else hi = mid;
+    }
+    let closest = lo;
+    if (lo === beats.length) closest = beats.length - 1;
+    else if (lo > 0 && Math.abs(beats[lo - 1].time - t) < Math.abs(beats[lo].time - t)) closest = lo - 1;
+    const start = Math.max(0, closest - 2);
+    const end = Math.min(beats.length - 1, closest + 2);
+    let sum = 0, count = 0;
+    for (let i = start; i < end; i++) {
+        const dt = beats[i + 1].time - beats[i].time;
+        if (dt > 0) { sum += dt; count++; }
+    }
+    return count > 0 && sum > 0 ? 60 / (sum / count) : 120;
+}
+
+// ── Render-order layer stack — h3d-carve-1b ───────────────────────────────────
+
+export const RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK = Object.freeze([
+    'CHORD_FILL',
+    'CHORD_STRUM_FILL',
+    'CHORD_STRUM_LINE',
+    'SUSTAIN_TRAIL',
+    'CHORD_FRAME',
+    'CHORD_EDGE_GLOW',
+    'CONNECTOR_LINE',
+    'FRET_COLUMN',
+    'ARP_CONNECTOR_LINE',
+    'NOTE_OUTLINE',
+    'NOTE_CORE',
+    'TECHNIQUE_MARKER',
+    'BOARD_STRING',
+    'BOARD_FRET_WIRE',
+    'NOTE_FRET_LABEL',
+    'ARP_NOTE_FRET_LABEL',
+    'CHORD_FRET_LABEL',
+]);
+export const RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX = Object.freeze(RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK.reduce(
+    (indexByLayer, layerName, layerIndex) => {
+        indexByLayer[layerName] = layerIndex;
+        return indexByLayer;
+    },
+    Object.create(null)
+));
+
+export const RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO = 700;
+export const RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP = 50;
+
+/**
+ * Computes renderOrder from world depth plus a named layer.
+ * Closer objects receive larger values and paint over farther objects; the
+ * layer stack breaks ties at the same depth, keeping labels above note gems.
+ *
+ * The layer index is added as a sub-unit fraction (< 1) so the integer
+ * depth bucket STRICTLY dominates: a farther object can never outrank a
+ * nearer one merely because it sits on a higher layer. Adding the raw index
+ * (0..N-1) directly would let the ~N-wide layer span leak across depth
+ * buckets and re-introduce far-over-near bleed for notes within ~N draw
+ * units of each other. Fraction granularity (1/N ≈ 0.06) stays well above
+ * the 0.0001 intra-element sub-increments used at some call sites.
+ */
+export function renderOrderForLayerAtZ(worldZ, layerName) {
+    const layerIndex = RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX[layerName];
+    if (layerIndex === undefined) throw new Error(`Unknown 3D highway depth layer: ${layerName}`);
+    const depthRenderOrder = Math.max(
+        RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP,
+        Math.round(RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO + worldZ / K)
+    );
+    return depthRenderOrder + layerIndex / RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK.length;
+}
+
+// ── Note key and binary search — h3d-carve-1b ─────────────────────────────────
+
+// Fast integer key for (t, s) pairs — avoids per-frame string allocation in
+// hot-path Set lookups. Encodes chart time in 0.1 ms steps (sufficient for
+// chart-format note precision) combined with the string index.
+// t range 0–600 s → 0–6,000,000; * 10 + s(0–7) = max 60,000,007 < 2^53 ✓.
+// The |0 truncates to int32 but the outer multiply stays in float64, so the
+// key is always a safe JS integer for songs ≤ 214,748 s (well above any song).
+export function _noteKey(t, s) { return ((t * 10000 + 0.5) | 0) * 10 + s; }
+
+// Binary lower-bound: returns the first index i in arr where arr[i].t >= t.
+// Assumes arr is sorted ascending by .t (bundle.notes / bundle.chords always are).
+// Byte-identical to core's bundle.lowerBoundT — kept as a local because this
+// plugin must run on downlevel hosts whose bundles don't carry the helper
+// (it's called from ~30 sites incl. top-level helpers that don't receive a
+// bundle). New code that already holds a bundle should prefer
+// bundle.lowerBoundT / bundle.lowerBoundTime.
+export function lowerBoundT(arr, t) {
+    let lo = 0, hi = arr.length;
+    while (lo < hi) {
+        const mid = (lo + hi) >>> 1;
+        if (arr[mid].t < t) lo = mid + 1;
+        else hi = mid;
+    }
+    return lo;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the chart time of the first fretted event that can still affect
+ * the camera at `now`, or the next fretted onset after it.
+ *
+ * This is intentionally a one-time full-chart scan. It runs only when a
+ * new song/arrangement's arrays first arrive, allowing the camera to frame
+ * the opening phrase during a silent intro instead of waiting for that
+ * phrase to enter the live targeting window. Open strings do not define a
+ * horizontal fret target, and malformed/out-of-range strings are ignored.
+ *
+ * Events already inside the behind-window, plus older sustains that are
+ * still ringing at `now`, return `now` so bootstrap framing matches the
+ * ordinary live path. Future events return their onset time.
+ */
+export function hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime(notes, chords, now, behind, stringCount) {
+    const nStrings = Number.isFinite(stringCount) ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(stringCount)) : 0;
+    const cameraFloor = now - Math.max(0, Number(behind) || 0);
+    let first = Infinity;
+
+    const validFretted = n => n
+        && n.f > 0
+        && Number.isInteger(n.s)
+        && n.s >= 0
+        && n.s < nStrings;
+    const consider = (eventTime, sustain) => {
+        const t = Number(eventTime);
+        if (!Number.isFinite(t)) return;
+        const sus = Number(sustain);
+        const end = t + (Number.isFinite(sus) && sus > 0 ? sus : 0);
+        if (t < cameraFloor && end < now) return;
+        const relevantTime = t <= now ? now : t;
+        if (relevantTime < first) first = relevantTime;
+    };
+
+    if (notes) {
+        for (const n of notes) {
+            if (validFretted(n)) consider(n.t, n.sus);
+        }
+    }
+    if (chords) {
+        for (const ch of chords) {
+            if (!ch || !ch.notes) continue;
+            for (const cn of ch.notes) {
+                if (validFretted(cn)) consider(ch.t, cn.sus);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return Number.isFinite(first) ? first : null;
+}
+
+// ── Fret mid — h3d-carve-1b ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * World-space X of the midpoint of fret column f.
+ * f <= 0 → nut-side sentinel (−2K).
+ * screen.js keeps `const fretMid = f => geoFretMid(f, _h3dFretUniform);`
+ * so no call-site changes in screen.js.
+ * @param {number}  f       fret number
+ * @param {boolean} uniform true → uniform spacing; false → logarithmic
+ */
+export const geoFretMid = (f, uniform) => f <= 0 ? -2 * K : (geoFretX(f - 1, uniform) + geoFretX(f, uniform)) / 2;
+
+// ── Gaussian bloom texture ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Build a horizontal gaussian DataTexture for the sustain-rail bloom effect.
+// Returns a W×1 RGBA texture where alpha follows exp(-0.5*(u−0.5)²/σ²),
+// peaking at 1.0 in the centre. With the default σ=0.28 the edges retain
+// ~0.20 alpha (not fully transparent) — a deliberately soft, wide falloff
+// so the additive bloom fades gradually rather than cutting off sharply.
+// Power-of-two width keeps WebGL mipmapping happy.
+export function _makeGaussTex(ThreeLib, w = 128, sigma = 0.28) {
+    const data = new Uint8Array(w * 4);
+    for (let i = 0; i < w; i++) {
+        const u = i / (w - 1);
+        const d = (u - 0.5) / sigma;
+        const v = Math.exp(-0.5 * d * d);
+        const a = Math.round(v * 255);
+        data[i * 4]     = 255;
+        data[i * 4 + 1] = 255;
+        data[i * 4 + 2] = 255;
+        data[i * 4 + 3] = a;
+    }
+    const tex = new ThreeLib.DataTexture(data, w, 1, ThreeLib.RGBAFormat);
+    // LinearFilter on both axes so the bloom plane interpolates smoothly
+    // when scaled — the default NearestFilter causes visible banding.
+    tex.magFilter = ThreeLib.LinearFilter;
+    tex.minFilter = ThreeLib.LinearFilter;
+    tex.needsUpdate = true;
+    return tex;
+}

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+// src/materials.js — h3d-carve-6
+// Material builders extracted from screen.js N-section.
+//
+// screen.js usage (factory scope, once per createFactory() invocation):
+//   const _techMatCache = new Map();
+//   const { txtMat, pinchHarmonicMat, naturalHarmonicMat,
+//           palmMuteXSpriteMat, fretHandMuteXSpriteMat, muteXMat,
+//           triMat, bendChevronMat, darkenHex, slideArrowMat,
+//           _meshMatForGhostFretDigit, _spriteMat2MeshMat, pool } =
+//       createMaterialBuilders({
+//           getT,           // () => T — live accessor (T is null before loadThree resolves)
+//           getTxtCache,    // () => txtCache — live accessor (txtCache reassigned to {} on teardown)
+//           techMatCache,   // stable const Map ref (screen.js factory-scope; teardown .values()/.clear())
+//           techMeshMatClones, // stable const Set ref (screen.js factory-scope; teardown .clear())
+//       });
+//
+// Surprises vs plan §4:
+//   • DI is 4 params, not just { getT } — declared before commit
+//   • _syncOpenStringPitchLabels cluster (20+ factory-scope deps) excluded from this cut
+//   • _techMatCache stays in screen.js factory scope so teardown can call .values()/.clear() directly
+//
+// Beyond-subst rewires (4):
+//   1. Factory wrapper createMaterialBuilders({...})
+//   2. T → const T = getT() at the top of each function that needs Three.js
+//   3. txtCache[k] → const cache = getTxtCache(); cache[k]
+//   4. _techMatCache → techMatCache / _techMeshMatClones → techMeshMatClones (DI param names)
+//   5. _pmXSpriteMat, _fhXSpriteMat promoted to module closure (scope change only)
+
+export function createMaterialBuilders({ getT, getTxtCache, techMatCache, techMeshMatClones }) {
+    // ── Private closure vars (were factory-scope lets in screen.js N-section) ─
+    let _pmXSpriteMat = null;
+    let _fhXSpriteMat = null;
+
+    // ── Text-sprite style presets ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // Each preset describes how a class of label is rasterised.
+    // Tweak per-class look here (font, outline color/width, source
+    // canvas size). `wide` toggles a long aspect ratio for multi-char
+    // labels (chord/section names, "↑1/2", "~~~").
+    //
+    // Knobs:
+    //   font        — full CSS font shorthand (weight + size + family)
+    //   wideFont    — same, used when caller passes wide=true
+    //   srcH        — source-canvas height in px (square; wide=4×).
+    //                 Keep power-of-two so WebGL1 / Three.js retain
+    //                 mipmaps + linear-mip-linear filtering — NPOT
+    //                 textures silently fall back to no-mipmap and
+    //                 shimmer at distance.
+    //   stroke      — outline color (null = no outline)
+    //   strokeW     — outline line-width in source-canvas px
+    //   shadow      — { color, blur, dx, dy } or null
+    const TXT_STYLES = {
+        // The two fret-number sets the user wants to pop hardest.
+        fretRow: {
+            font:     '900 160px "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif',
+            wideFont: '900 128px "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif',
+            srcH: 256, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 18,
+            shadow: { color: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.7)', blur: 14, dx: 0, dy: 0 },
+        },
+        noteFret: {
+            font:     '900 160px "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif',
+            wideFont: '900 128px "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif',
+            srcH: 256, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 18,
+            shadow: { color: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.7)', blur: 14, dx: 0, dy: 0 },
+        },
+        // Ghost-fret labels on the board projection: same weight/size/outline
+        // as noteFret, but uses textAlign='center'; textBaseline='middle'
+        // (the standard branch in txtMat) so the glyph is truly centred on
+        // the PlaneGeometry UV. inkCenterFret's actualBoundingBox path is
+        // intentionally NOT activated for this style — that path was designed
+        // for Sprites and shifts the canvas origin, which causes visible
+        // lower-left drift on Mesh + MeshBasicMaterial (UV-direct mapping).
+        ghostFret: {
+            font:     '900 160px "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif',
+            wideFont: '900 128px "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif',
+            srcH: 256, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 18,
+            shadow: { color: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.7)', blur: 14, dx: 0, dy: 0 },
+        },
+        // Chord names — gold script-style label, lighter outline keeps
+        // the colour readable.
+        chord: {
+            font:     'bold 80px sans-serif',
+            wideFont: 'bold 64px sans-serif',
+            srcH: 128, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 6, shadow: null,
+        },
+        // Section banners ("Verse", "Chorus") — same as chord weight.
+        section: {
+            font:     'bold 80px sans-serif',
+            wideFont: 'bold 64px sans-serif',
+            srcH: 128, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 6, shadow: null,
+        },
+        // Technique markers (pinch-harmonic icon, PM, AC, H/P/T, etc.).
+        technique: {
+            font:     'bold 80px sans-serif',
+            wideFont: 'bold 64px sans-serif',
+            srcH: 128, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 6, shadow: null,
+        },
+        // Open-string "0" label on the note body itself.
+        open: {
+            font:     'bold 80px sans-serif',
+            wideFont: 'bold 64px sans-serif',
+            srcH: 128, stroke: '#0a1018', strokeW: 6, shadow: null,
+        },
+    };
+
+    function txtMat(text, col, wide, style) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const cache = getTxtCache(); // beyond-subst: txtCache → getTxtCache()
+        const sName = style || 'technique';
+        const k = sName + '|' + (wide ? 'W' : '') + text + '|' + col;
+        if (cache[k]) return cache[k];
+        const sp = TXT_STYLES[sName] || TXT_STYLES.technique;
+        const h  = sp.srcH;
+        const str = String(text);
+        const font = wide ? sp.wideFont : sp.font;
+
+        let w = wide ? h * 4 : h;
+
+        if (!wide && sName === 'noteFret') {
+            // Wide labels (D#2, Bb3) need a canvas wider than srcH; cap so
+            // glyphs stay centred at (w/2, h/2) without edge clipping.
+            const probe = document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
+            probe.font = font;
+            const tw = probe.measureText(str).width;
+            let pad = 0;
+            if (sp.stroke && sp.strokeW > 0) pad += sp.strokeW * 2;
+            if (sp.shadow) {
+                pad += Math.abs(sp.shadow.dx) + sp.shadow.blur * 2;
+            }
+            w = Math.min(12 * h, Math.max(h, Math.ceil(tw + pad)));
+        }
+
+        const c  = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = w; c.height = h;
+        const x = c.getContext('2d');
+        x.font = font;
+        // Fret / open-string digits: anchor from actualBoundingBox so the
+        // glyph sits at the true optical centre of the canvas (fixes
+        // sprites looking off-centre inside the board ghost and elsewhere).
+        const inkCenterFret = !wide && (sName === 'noteFret' || sName === 'open');
+        // Ghost fret labels live on a PlaneGeometry Mesh (UV-direct), not a Sprite
+        // billboard.  Sprites tolerate slight canvas off-centering because Three.js
+        // centres them at their world position; a Mesh does not — the digit lands
+        // wherever it sits in UV space.  Use the advance-width centre as the initial
+        // pen position and then correct for any ink asymmetry via actualBoundingBox.
+        const inkCenterGhost = !wide && sName === 'ghostFret';
+        let drawX = w / 2;
+        let drawY = h / 2;
+        if (inkCenterFret) {
+            x.textAlign = 'left';
+            x.textBaseline = 'alphabetic';
+            const m = x.measureText(str);
+            const L = m.actualBoundingBoxLeft;
+            const R = m.actualBoundingBoxRight;
+            const A = m.actualBoundingBoxAscent;
+            const D = m.actualBoundingBoxDescent;
+            if (
+                L != null && R != null && A != null && D != null &&
+                Number.isFinite(L) && Number.isFinite(R) &&
+                Number.isFinite(A) && Number.isFinite(D)
+            ) {
+                const inkW = R - L;
+                drawX = (w - inkW) / 2 - L;
+                drawY = (h + A - D) / 2;
+                // Tab digits sit visually a hair low vs bbox (stroke/shadow);
+                // small canvas nudge keeps sprites centred on the board ghost.
+                if (sName === 'noteFret') drawY -= h * 0.028;
+            } else {
+                x.textAlign = 'center';
+                x.textBaseline = 'middle';
+                drawX = w / 2;
+                drawY = h / 2;
+            }
+        } else if (inkCenterGhost) {
+            // Alpha-weighted centroid approach on FILL-ONLY ink (no shadow, no
+            // stroke) to find the true ink centre of mass without contamination
+            // from the isotropic shadow blur.  For Arial Black "1" the shadow from
+            // the thin upper-left flag bleeds leftward and cancels part of the
+            // rightward correction when we include it in the scan.  Measuring fill
+            // alone isolates the actual glyph shape.
+            // 1. Draw fill-only (no shadow, no stroke) at (w/2, h/2) on temp canvas.
+            // 2. Compute Σ(px·alpha) / Σ(alpha) → ink centroid.
+            // 3. Shift drawX/drawY so centroid lands exactly at (w/2, h/2).
+            // Max 4 unique digits (1–4) → cache-miss runs at most 4 times ever.
+            x.textAlign = 'center';
+            x.textBaseline = 'middle';
+            try {
+                const tmpC = document.createElement('canvas');
+                tmpC.width = w; tmpC.height = h;
+                const tc = tmpC.getContext('2d');
+                tc.font = font;
+                tc.textAlign = 'center';
+                tc.textBaseline = 'middle';
+                // Deliberately NO shadow and NO stroke — shadow spreads isotropically
+                // and muddles the centroid; fill alone gives the cleanest reading.
+                tc.fillStyle = '#ffffff';
+                tc.fillText(str, w / 2, h / 2);
+                const id = tc.getImageData(0, 0, w, h).data;
+                // Alpha-weighted centroid — heavier ink pixels (thick vertical stem
+                // of "1") outweigh thin/sparse pixels (diagonal flag), producing the
+                // correct perceptual centre rather than the geometric bbox midpoint.
+                let sumX = 0, sumY = 0, sumA = 0;
+                for (let py = 0; py < h; py++) {
+                    for (let px = 0; px < w; px++) {
+                        const a = id[(py * w + px) * 4 + 3];
+                        if (a > 4) { sumX += px * a; sumY += py * a; sumA += a; }
+                    }
+                }
+                if (sumA > 0) {
+                    // shift pen so centroid → canvas centre, then add a small
+                    // extra rightward nudge (8 %) so the vertical stroke of
+                    // narrow digits like "1" sits visually at gem centre rather
+                    // than the advance-width centre (which may be slightly left
+                    // of the dominant ink mass for Arial Black numerals).
+                    drawX = w / 2 + (w / 2 - sumX / sumA) + w * 0.08;
+                    drawY = h / 2 + (h / 2 - sumY / sumA);
+                }
+            } catch (_) { /* fallback: draw at (w/2, h/2) */ }
+            // x (real canvas) still has textAlign='center'; textBaseline='middle'
+        } else {
+            x.textAlign = 'center';
+            x.textBaseline = 'middle';
+        }
+        if (sp.shadow) {
+            x.shadowColor   = sp.shadow.color;
+            x.shadowBlur    = sp.shadow.blur;
+            x.shadowOffsetX = sp.shadow.dx;
+            x.shadowOffsetY = sp.shadow.dy;
+        }
+        if (sp.stroke && sp.strokeW > 0) {
+            x.lineJoin    = 'round';
+            x.miterLimit  = 2;
+            x.strokeStyle = sp.stroke;
+            x.lineWidth   = sp.strokeW;
+            x.strokeText(str, drawX, drawY);
+        }
+        x.fillStyle = col;
+        x.fillText(str, drawX, drawY);
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c),
+            transparent: true,
+            // depthTest:false means later geometry never *fails* depth
+            // against these sprites, but without depthWrite:false the
+            // sprites still write to the depth buffer (Three.js default
+            // is depthWrite:true even for SpriteMaterial). That can
+            // make subsequent sprites/labels vanish — match the
+            // pattern used by the other sprite materials in this file.
+            depthTest: false,
+            depthWrite: false,
+        });
+        cache[k] = mat;
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    function pinchHarmonicMat(col) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const cache = getTxtCache(); // beyond-subst: txtCache → getTxtCache()
+        const baseCol = new T.Color(col != null ? col : '#ffd84d');
+        // v5 — compact concentric ellipses:
+        //   1. black outer border  rx=0.430h ry=0.255h
+        //   2. string-color body   rx=0.418h ry=0.232h
+        //   3. black inner ring    rx=0.407h ry=0.218h
+        //   4. string-color inner  rx=0.264h ry=0.218h
+        //   5. black center dot    rx=0.134h ry=0.120h
+        const k = 'technique|pinchHarmonicIcon|rs2014-v5b|' + baseCol.getHexString();
+        if (cache[k]) return cache[k];
+
+        const h = 512;
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = h; c.height = h;
+        const x = c.getContext('2d');
+        const TAU = Math.PI * 2;
+        const colStr = `rgb(${Math.round(baseCol.r * 255)},${Math.round(baseCol.g * 255)},${Math.round(baseCol.b * 255)})`;
+
+        x.clearRect(0, 0, h, h);
+        x.save();
+        x.translate(h / 2, h / 2);
+
+        // Form 1 — black outer border
+        x.fillStyle = '#000000';
+        x.beginPath(); x.ellipse(0, 0, h * 0.430, h * 0.255, 0, 0, TAU); x.fill();
+
+        // Form 2 — string-color main body
+        x.fillStyle = colStr;
+        x.beginPath(); x.ellipse(0, 0, h * 0.418, h * 0.232, 0, 0, TAU); x.fill();
+
+        // Form 3 — black inner ring
+        x.fillStyle = '#000000';
+        x.beginPath(); x.ellipse(0, 0, h * 0.407, h * 0.218, 0, 0, TAU); x.fill();
+
+        // Form 4 — string-color inner spot (narrower)
+        x.fillStyle = colStr;
+        x.beginPath(); x.ellipse(0, 0, h * 0.2637, h * 0.218, 0, 0, TAU); x.fill();
+
+        // Form 5 — black center dot
+        x.fillStyle = '#000000';
+        x.beginPath(); x.ellipse(0, 0, h * 0.134, h * 0.120, 0, 0, TAU); x.fill();
+
+        x.restore();
+
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c),
+            transparent: true,
+            depthTest: false,
+            depthWrite: false,
+        });
+        cache[k] = mat;
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    function naturalHarmonicMat() {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const cache = getTxtCache(); // beyond-subst: txtCache → getTxtCache()
+        const k = 'technique|naturalHarmonicIcon|pink-ring-v3';
+        if (cache[k]) return cache[k];
+
+        const h = 256;
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = h; c.height = h;
+        const x = c.getContext('2d');
+        const cx = h / 2;
+        const cy = h / 2;
+        const TAU = Math.PI * 2;
+
+        x.clearRect(0, 0, h, h);
+
+        const glow = x.createRadialGradient(cx, cy, h * 0.03, cx, cy, h * 0.47);
+        glow.addColorStop(0, 'rgba(255,170,255,0.14)');
+        glow.addColorStop(0.55, 'rgba(0,0,0,0.22)');
+        glow.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(0,0,0,0)');
+        x.fillStyle = glow;
+        x.beginPath();
+        x.arc(cx, cy, h * 0.44, 0, TAU);
+        x.fill();
+
+        x.shadowColor = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.85)';
+        x.shadowBlur = 14;
+        x.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.96)';
+        x.beginPath();
+        x.arc(cx, cy, h * 0.31, 0, TAU);
+        x.fill();
+
+        // Punch out the inner gap so the icon reads as a bright ring.
+        x.shadowBlur = 0;
+        x.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-out';
+        x.beginPath();
+        x.arc(cx, cy, h * 0.20, 0, TAU);
+        x.fill();
+        x.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-over';
+
+        x.shadowColor = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)';
+        x.shadowBlur = 10;
+        x.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.98)';
+        x.lineWidth = 8;
+        x.beginPath();
+        x.arc(cx, cy, h * 0.255, 0, TAU);
+        x.stroke();
+
+        x.shadowColor = 'rgba(0,0,0,0)';
+        x.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.98)';
+        x.beginPath();
+        x.arc(cx, cy, h * 0.12, 0, TAU);
+        x.fill();
+
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c),
+            transparent: true,
+            depthTest: false,
+            depthWrite: false,
+            opacity: 0.96,
+        });
+        cache[k] = mat;
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    // Only two PM/FH variants exist (palm-mute = black-on-white,
+    // fret-hand mute = white-on-black). drawNote() hits muteXMat per
+    // muted chord-note per frame, so dense PM/FH passages were paying
+    // for a string concat + Map lookup on every call. Hoist both
+    // SpriteMaterial refs and short-circuit before touching the cache.
+    // They're populated lazily on first use; teardown still reaches
+    // them via the shared ``txtCache`` because muteXMat writes there.
+    function palmMuteXSpriteMat() {
+        return _pmXSpriteMat ?? (_pmXSpriteMat = muteXMat('#000000', '#ffffff'));
+    }
+    function fretHandMuteXSpriteMat() {
+        return _fhXSpriteMat ?? (_fhXSpriteMat = muteXMat('#ffffff', '#000000'));
+    }
+
+    function muteXMat(fillCol, strokeCol) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const cache = getTxtCache(); // beyond-subst: txtCache → getTxtCache()
+        const k = 'technique|muteX|v2|' + String(fillCol) + '|' + String(strokeCol);
+        if (cache[k]) return cache[k];
+
+        // lineCap:'square' gives flat tips. For a 45° diagonal the square-cap
+        // corners sit at ±outerW/2 rotated 45° from the endpoint — they land
+        // outside the canvas unless pad ≥ outerW/√2 (the common mistake is
+        // using outerW/2, which is too small). With the correct pad the white
+        // cap is fully inside the canvas and the border is visible at every tip.
+        const h = 512;
+        const outerW = 132, innerW = 114;
+        // pad must satisfy: pad ≥ outerW / Math.SQRT2  (≈ outerW × 0.707)
+        const pad = Math.ceil(outerW / Math.SQRT2) + 2; // 96
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = h; c.height = h;
+        const x = c.getContext('2d');
+
+        x.clearRect(0, 0, h, h);
+        x.lineCap = 'square';
+
+        // Draw each diagonal in its own stroke() call — caps of the two
+        // diagonals don't interact, and the white outer is drawn before the
+        // black inner so the border is clean at every edge and tip.
+        x.strokeStyle = strokeCol;
+        x.lineWidth = outerW;
+        x.beginPath(); x.moveTo(pad, pad); x.lineTo(h - pad, h - pad); x.stroke();
+        x.beginPath(); x.moveTo(h - pad, pad); x.lineTo(pad, h - pad); x.stroke();
+
+        x.strokeStyle = fillCol;
+        x.lineWidth = innerW;
+        x.beginPath(); x.moveTo(pad, pad); x.lineTo(h - pad, h - pad); x.stroke();
+        x.beginPath(); x.moveTo(h - pad, pad); x.lineTo(pad, h - pad); x.stroke();
+
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c),
+            transparent: true,
+            depthTest: false,
+            depthWrite: false,
+        });
+        cache[k] = mat;
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    // Technique-marker sprite materials (triangle / chevron). Keyed by a
+    // packed NUMBER, not a string — triMat/bendChevronMat are called from
+    // the drawNote hot path, so a string cache key would allocate per
+    // note per frame. Disposed in teardown. `hex` is a 0xRRGGBB number;
+    // the low nibble of the key tags the variant (0 ▲, 1 ▼, 3-6 chevron
+    // step-count) so triangle and chevron entries can't collide.
+
+    // Hammer-on / pull-off triangle marker: a white ▲ (up) / ▼ (down)
+    // with a thick border in the gem's string colour.
+    function triMat(up, hex) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const h = (hex >>> 0) & 0xffffff;
+        const key = h * 16 + (up ? 0 : 1);
+        const cached = techMatCache.get(key); // beyond-subst: _techMatCache → techMatCache
+        if (cached) return cached;
+        const S = 256, m = S * 0.15;
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = c.height = S;
+        const g = c.getContext('2d');
+        g.beginPath();
+        if (up) { g.moveTo(S / 2, m); g.lineTo(S - m, S - m); g.lineTo(m, S - m); }
+        else    { g.moveTo(S / 2, S - m); g.lineTo(S - m, m); g.lineTo(m, m); }
+        g.closePath();
+        g.lineJoin = 'round';
+        g.fillStyle = '#ffffff';
+        g.fill();
+        g.lineWidth = S * 0.122;
+        g.strokeStyle = '#' + (hex >>> 0).toString(16).padStart(6, '0');
+        g.stroke();
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c), transparent: true,
+            depthTest: false, depthWrite: false,
+        });
+        techMatCache.set(key, mat); // beyond-subst: _techMatCache → techMatCache
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    // Strength-of-bend chevron stack: `steps` (1-4) chevrons in the gem's
+    // string colour (chart-format bend notation — 1 per half-step).
+    function bendChevronMat(steps, hex) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const h = (hex >>> 0) & 0xffffff;
+        const key = h * 16 + 2 + steps;   // steps 1-4 → low nibble 3-6
+        const cached = techMatCache.get(key); // beyond-subst: _techMatCache → techMatCache
+        if (cached) return cached;
+        const S = 256;
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = c.height = S;
+        const g = c.getContext('2d');
+        g.strokeStyle = '#' + (hex >>> 0).toString(16).padStart(6, '0');
+        g.lineWidth = S * 0.10;
+        g.lineJoin = g.lineCap = 'round';
+        const padX = S * 0.18;
+        const rowH = S / steps;
+        const amp = Math.min(rowH * 0.55, S * 0.24);
+        for (let i = 0; i < steps; i++) {
+            const cy = (i + 0.5) * rowH;
+            g.beginPath();
+            g.moveTo(padX, cy + amp * 0.5);
+            g.lineTo(S / 2, cy - amp * 0.5);
+            g.lineTo(S - padX, cy + amp * 0.5);
+            g.stroke();
+        }
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c), transparent: true,
+            depthTest: false, depthWrite: false,
+        });
+        techMatCache.set(key, mat); // beyond-subst: _techMatCache → techMatCache
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    // Darken a 0xRRGGBB colour by `factor` (0..1) for the slide-arrow
+    // marker — full string colour is too bright next to the gem.
+    function darkenHex(hex, factor) {
+        const h = (hex >>> 0) & 0xffffff;
+        const r = Math.round(((h >> 16) & 0xff) * factor);
+        const g = Math.round(((h >> 8) & 0xff) * factor);
+        const b = Math.round((h & 0xff) * factor);
+        return (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b;
+    }
+
+    // Slide-direction arrow (›/‹): a filled triangle pointing toward the
+    // slide's destination fret, in the gem's (darkened) string colour.
+    // `hex` here is already the darkened colour — keep its own cache-key
+    // nibble range (8/9) so it can't collide with triMat (0/1) or
+    // bendChevronMat (3-6).
+    function slideArrowMat(pointRight, hex) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        const h = (hex >>> 0) & 0xffffff;
+        const key = h * 16 + 8 + (pointRight ? 0 : 1);
+        const cached = techMatCache.get(key); // beyond-subst: _techMatCache → techMatCache
+        if (cached) return cached;
+        const S = 256, m = S * 0.18;
+        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+        c.width = c.height = S;
+        const g = c.getContext('2d');
+        g.beginPath();
+        if (pointRight) { g.moveTo(S - m, S / 2); g.lineTo(m, m); g.lineTo(m, S - m); }
+        else            { g.moveTo(m, S / 2); g.lineTo(S - m, m); g.lineTo(S - m, S - m); }
+        g.closePath();
+        g.fillStyle = '#' + h.toString(16).padStart(6, '0');
+        g.fill();
+        const mat = new T.SpriteMaterial({
+            map: new T.CanvasTexture(c), transparent: true,
+            depthTest: false, depthWrite: false,
+        });
+        techMatCache.set(key, mat); // beyond-subst: _techMatCache → techMatCache
+        return mat;
+    }
+
+    function _meshMatForGhostFretDigit(spriteMat) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        let mb = spriteMat.userData.h3dGhostFretMeshMat;
+        if (!mb) {
+            mb = new T.MeshBasicMaterial({
+                map: spriteMat.map,
+                transparent: true,
+                depthTest: false,
+                depthWrite: false,
+            });
+            spriteMat.userData.h3dGhostFretMeshMat = mb;
+        }
+        return mb;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert any SpriteMaterial to a MeshBasicMaterial that shares its canvas
+     * texture, so technique markers can be applied to a rotatable PlaneGeometry
+     * mesh instead of a billboard Sprite. Cached on userData to avoid allocations.
+     *
+     * The cache is multi-entry: each pTechPlane mesh holds a Map<sm.map,
+     * clone> so a recycled mesh that's used for several techniques
+     * (hammer-on, palm-mute, harmonic, bend...) across frames keeps a
+     * clone for each one rather than disposing-and-recloning on every
+     * switch. With nStr-wide chords containing mixed PM/FH/HO/HP
+     * markers this collapses the per-frame allocation entirely while
+     * still being bounded — the per-mesh Map has at most one entry per
+     * distinct technique × colour the mesh has ever been used for.
+     */
+    function _spriteMat2MeshMat(mesh, sm) {
+        const T = getT(); // beyond-subst: T via live accessor
+        let perMesh = mesh.userData.h3dTechMeshMatCloneByMap;
+        if (perMesh) {
+            const hit = perMesh.get(sm.map);
+            if (hit) return hit;
+        }
+
+        let base = sm.userData.h3dTechMeshMat;
+        if (!base) {
+            base = new T.MeshBasicMaterial({
+                map: sm.map,
+                transparent: true,
+                // depthTest: false — cross-note Z ordering is handled by
+                // per-note renderOrderForLayerAtZ(...) calls rather than the
+                // depth buffer. This is necessary because close notes often use
+                // mGlow (depthWrite:false), so the depth buffer can't reliably
+                // occlude far markers near the hit line. With per-note renderOrder,
+                // far labels render first and close note geometry renders last,
+                // appearing on top without depthTest.
+                depthTest: false,
+                depthWrite: false,
+                // forceSinglePass accompanies EVERY transparent DoubleSide
+                // material in this file: without it, Three r158+ renders
+                // each such object in TWO passes (back side then front),
+                // setting material.needsUpdate on both — which forces a
+                // full getParameters/program-cache lookup per object per
+                // frame (profiled at ~4% of throttled main-thread time)
+                // and doubles the draw calls. The two-pass path exists to
+                // fix self-occlusion sorting on closed transparent meshes;
+                // all our DoubleSide materials are flat unlit quads
+                // (labels, rails, frames, lanes) where it buys nothing.
+                side: T.DoubleSide, forceSinglePass: true,
+            });
+            sm.userData.h3dTechMeshMat = base;
+        }
+        // First conversion for this mesh: the pTechPlane pool factory gave
+        // it a placeholder MeshBasicMaterial that the caller is about to
+        // overwrite with the clone below. Dispose it now — once
+        // mesh.material is reassigned the placeholder is orphaned and
+        // teardown's scene.traverse() pass can no longer reach it, so it
+        // would leak one GPU material per pooled mesh for the renderer's
+        // lifetime.
+        if (!perMesh && mesh.material && mesh.material !== base) {
+            mesh.material.dispose?.();
+        }
+        if (!perMesh) {
+            perMesh = new Map();
+            mesh.userData.h3dTechMeshMatCloneByMap = perMesh;
+        }
+        const clone = base.clone();
+        perMesh.set(sm.map, clone);
+        techMeshMatClones.add(clone); // beyond-subst: _techMeshMatClones → techMeshMatClones
+        return clone;
+    }
+
+    function pool(parent, mk) {
+        const a = [];
+        let n = 0;
+        return {
+            get() {
+                if (n < a.length) {
+                    const o = a[n++];
+                    o.visible = true;
+                    if (o.center && o.center.isVector2) o.center.set(0.5, 0.5);
+                    return o;
+                }
+                const o = mk(); parent.add(o); a.push(o); n++; return o;
+            },
+            reset() { for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i].visible = false; n = 0; },
+            // Pre-allocate `cap` slots at construction so the first dense
+            // playback frames don't pay the new-Mesh allocation cost
+            // mid-RAF (felt as a stall on 7/8-string charts where the
+            // visible-note count outruns the lazy-grow path). Lazy growth
+            // past `cap` still works — this is amortisation, not a cap.
+            //
+            // Coerce `cap` to a non-negative int32: a float would still
+            // work but a callsite passing `Infinity` (or `NaN`) would
+            // otherwise spin the while-loop until OOM. `cap | 0`
+            // truncates floats, clamps Infinity → 0, and turns NaN → 0;
+            // Math.max(0, …) keeps negatives out.
+            warm(cap) {
+                // Local rename to avoid shadowing the pool's outer
+                // `n` (the in-use index advanced by get() / reset()).
+                const targetLen = Math.max(0, cap | 0);
+                while (a.length < targetLen) { const o = mk(); o.visible = false; parent.add(o); a.push(o); }
+                return this;
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    return {
+        txtMat, pinchHarmonicMat, naturalHarmonicMat,
+        palmMuteXSpriteMat, fretHandMuteXSpriteMat, muteXMat,
+        triMat, bendChevronMat, darkenHex, slideArrowMat,
+        _meshMatForGhostFretDigit, _spriteMat2MeshMat, pool,
+    };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/overlay.js

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+// src/overlay.js — h3d-carve-7
+// Lyrics + HUD overlay extracted from screen.js O-section (lines 4338–5209
+// post-cut-6). Pure 2D canvas drawing — no Three.js dependency.
+//
+// screen.js usage (factory scope, once per createFactory() invocation):
+//   const { drawChordDiagram, _drawDiagramCached, drawSectionHud,
+//           drawToneHud, drawLyrics } = createOverlay({
+//       diagRenderCache,  // stable const Map ref (screen.js factory-scope)
+//                         // teardown calls .clear() on it directly; the shared
+//                         // ref makes that visible to the overlay without a callback
+//   });
+//
+// Surprises vs contract:
+//   • longestConsecutiveRun (lines 4338–4352) co-moved — only called by drawChordDiagram
+//   • DIAG_SIZE_MIN, DIAG_SIZE_MAX, DIAG_CELL_MAX moved here and DELETED from
+//     screen.js lines 573–575 (only used inside O-section)
+//   • _DIAG_CACHE_MAX moved inside createOverlay body and deleted from
+//     screen.js factory scope (line 3256) — same factory-scope level, different file
+//
+// Beyond-subst rewires (2):
+//   1. Factory wrapper createOverlay({ diagRenderCache })
+//   2. _diagRenderCache → diagRenderCache (DI param) in 3 sites in _drawDiagramCached
+
+// ── Constants moved from screen.js module scope (lines 573–575) ─────────────
+// Only users were inside the O-section; no other callers remain in screen.js.
+const DIAG_SIZE_MIN = 0.08;
+const DIAG_SIZE_MAX = 0.16;
+const DIAG_CELL_MAX = 34;
+
+export function createOverlay({ diagRenderCache }) {
+    // ── Moved from screen.js factory scope (line 3256) ───────────────────────
+    // Cap chosen to cover the ~5–6 active chord shapes per phrase while
+    // keeping the cached-OffscreenCanvas footprint bounded (~50 MB per
+    // panel at typical 1920×1080). A structural fix — caching a
+    // tightly-sized box surface instead of the full overlay canvas —
+    // is tracked as a follow-up.
+    const _DIAG_CACHE_MAX  = 6;
+
+    // ── Lyrics layout cache — moved from factory scope (line 5077) ───────────
+    // measureText per syllable + row wrapping only changes when the displayed
+    // line(s), font size, or canvas width change, not per frame.
+    let _lyrRowsCache = null;
+
+    // Returns indices of the longest consecutive run in a sorted integer
+    // array as { start, len } — `sorted[start..start+len)` is the run.
+    // Avoids the two per-call sub-array allocations of the previous
+    // implementation (best + cur arrays grown via .push), at the cost
+    // of one small 2-key result object. Net: callers in the chord-
+    // diagram render path no longer churn arrays per visible chord.
+    function longestConsecutiveRun(sorted) {
+        let bestStart = -1, bestLen = 0;
+        let curStart = -1, curLen = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < sorted.length; i++) {
+            if (curLen === 0 || sorted[i] === sorted[curStart + curLen - 1] + 1) {
+                if (curLen === 0) curStart = i;
+                curLen++;
+            } else {
+                if (curLen > bestLen) { bestLen = curLen; bestStart = curStart; }
+                curStart = i; curLen = 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if (curLen > bestLen) { bestLen = curLen; bestStart = curStart; }
+        return { start: bestStart, len: bestLen };
+    }
+
+        /* ── Lyrics overlay (2D canvas on top of WebGL) ─────────────────── */
+        function drawChordDiagram(ctx, opts) {
+            const {
+                name, frets,
+                opacity = 1,
+                entranceT = 1.0,
+                canvasW = 600, canvasH = 400,
+                inverted = false,
+                sizeSlider = 0.5,
+                position = 'tl',
+                nStr = 6,
+                lyricsBottom = 0,
+                stackOffset = 0,
+            } = opts;
+
+            // Responsive sizing — CELL derived from panel height + user slider.
+            // COLS is the resolved string count from the caller (via resolveStringCount)
+            // so bass (4), extended (7/8) arrangements render correctly.
+            const COLS = nStr, ROWS = 4;
+            // Minimum column span required for PATH B (bracket extension / detection).
+            // Math.min(COLS-1, 4) scales with string count:
+            //   4-string bass → 3  (max possible span, so 2-4-4-2 shapes qualify)
+            //   6-string      → 4  (excludes D major span=2 / common 2-string coincidences)
+            //   8-string      → 4  (muted outer strings still leave span ≥ 4 for real barres)
+            const MIN_BARRE_SPAN = Math.min(COLS - 1, 4);
+            // Maps diagram column index → chord-template frets-array index.
+            // Templates are high-e-first: frets[0]=high e, frets[COLS-1]=low E.
+            // Non-inverted display (col 0 = high e): getStrIdx(0) = 0        → frets[0]      = high e.
+            // Inverted display     (col 0 = low E):  getStrIdx(0) = COLS-1   → frets[COLS-1] = low E.
+            const getStrIdx = col => inverted ? (COLS - 1 - col) : col;
+            const sizeF  = DIAG_SIZE_MIN + (DIAG_SIZE_MAX - DIAG_SIZE_MIN) * sizeSlider;
+
+            // startFret / isFirstPos must be known before CELL so that fretLabelW
+            // can be measured and factored into the width cap.  The old
+            // canvasW/(COLS+1.5) guard only approximated 2*PAD and ignored the
+            // extra left padding reserved for non-first-position "Nfr" labels.
+            const playedFrets = frets.filter(f => f > 0);
+            const minFret     = playedFrets.length > 0 ? Math.min(...playedFrets) : 1;
+            const startFret   = Math.max(1, minFret);
+            const isFirstPos  = startFret === 1;
+
+            // Phase 1 — height + hard-cap estimate, used only to size the label font.
+            // Cap against the vertical space available below lyricsBottom so that the
+            // diagram does not overflow into the lyrics banner on short split panels with
+            // wrapped lyric rows.  Only top-corner positions can overlap the lyrics banner,
+            // so lyricsBottom is only subtracted when position is 'tl' or 'tr'; for 'bl'
+            // and 'br' the full canvas height is available.
+            // Clamp to at least 1 so font/box calculations never receive 0-px input
+            // on very short panels (e.g. tiny split cells < 44 px tall).
+            const isTopCorner = position === 'tl' || position === 'tr';
+            const availH  = canvasH - (isTopCorner ? lyricsBottom : 0);
+            const cellEst = Math.max(1, Math.min(
+                Math.round(availH * sizeF / (ROWS + 3)),
+                DIAG_CELL_MAX,
+            ));
+            // Extra left padding for the "Nfr" label on non-first-position chords.
+            // Measured with ctx.measureText at cellEst so the estimate is exact.
+            let fretLabelW = 0;
+            if (!isFirstPos) {
+                // Measure inside a save/restore so this font assignment does not
+                // leak to the caller (the outer ctx.save() happens after CELL is derived).
+                ctx.save();
+                ctx.font = `italic ${Math.round(cellEst * 0.55)}px sans-serif`;
+                fretLabelW = Math.ceil(ctx.measureText(startFret + 'fr').width) + 6;
+                ctx.restore();
+            }
+
+            // Phase 2 — final CELL: cap against panel height, hard max, and panel width.
+            // Two width constraints are needed because PAD has a hard floor of 6:
+            //   A) when PAD = CELL*0.65 (large CELL):  CELL*(COLS+0.3) + fretLabelW ≤ canvasW
+            //   B) when PAD = 6 floor (small CELL):    CELL*(COLS-1)  + 12 + fretLabelW ≤ canvasW
+            // Both are included so boxW ≤ canvasW in every regime.
+            // fretLabelW was measured at cellEst ≥ CELL, so the cap is conservative.
+            const CELL   = Math.max(1, Math.min(
+                cellEst,
+                Math.floor((canvasW - fretLabelW) / (COLS + 0.3)),
+                Math.floor((canvasW - 2 * 6 - fretLabelW) / Math.max(1, COLS - 1)),
+            ));
+            const HEADER = Math.round(CELL * 1.6);
+            const MARKER = Math.round(CELL * 0.7);
+            const DOT_R  = CELL * 0.3;
+            const PAD    = Math.max(6, Math.round(CELL * 0.65));
+            const gridW  = CELL * (COLS - 1);
+            const gridH  = CELL * ROWS;
+
+            const PAD_L  = PAD + fretLabelW;
+
+            const boxW   = gridW + PAD_L + PAD;
+            const boxH   = HEADER + MARKER + gridH + PAD;
+
+            // Anchor to chosen corner. Top positions get extra vertical offset
+            // to clear the timeline plugin and song name displayed at the top.
+            // lyricsBottom is the actual bottom Y of the lyrics banner (returned by
+            // drawLyrics), so TOP_Y steps down past all lyric rows regardless of
+            // how many wrap lines the current panel width produces.
+            const E    = PAD;
+            const TOP_Y = Math.round(Math.max(E + canvasH * 0.06, lyricsBottom + E));
+            let bx, by;
+            if      (position === 'tr') { bx = canvasW - boxW - E; by = TOP_Y + stackOffset; }
+            else if (position === 'bl') { bx = E; by = canvasH - boxH - E - stackOffset; }
+            else if (position === 'br') { bx = canvasW - boxW - E; by = canvasH - boxH - E - stackOffset; }
+            else                        { bx = E; by = TOP_Y + stackOffset; }
+
+            // Clamp so the box never bleeds off-canvas on narrow panels or wide string counts.
+            bx = Math.max(0, Math.min(canvasW - boxW, bx));
+            by = Math.max(0, Math.min(canvasH - boxH, by));
+
+            // Guard: the canvasH–boxH clamp above can push `by` above lyricsBottom when
+            // wrapped lyrics consume nearly the full panel height.  This applies to ALL
+            // corner positions: a bottom-corner diagram anchored near the canvas bottom can
+            // still reach up into the lyrics banner on very short or narrow panels where
+            // boxH is larger than the space below the lyrics.  In those cases skip drawing
+            // entirely rather than painting on top of the lyrics banner.
+            if (lyricsBottom > 0 && by < lyricsBottom) return 0;
+
+            const gx = bx + PAD_L, gy = by + HEADER + MARKER;
+
+            // Ease-out quadratic entrance scale: 0.85 → 1.0.
+            const scale = 1 - 0.15 * (1 - entranceT) * (1 - entranceT);
+
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.globalAlpha = opacity;
+
+            if (scale !== 1.0) {
+                const cx = bx + boxW / 2, cy = by + boxH / 2;
+                ctx.translate(cx, cy);
+                ctx.scale(scale, scale);
+                ctx.translate(-cx, -cy);
+            }
+
+            // Background + border.
+            ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(8, 14, 22, 0.88)';
+            ctx.beginPath(); ctx.roundRect(bx, by, boxW, boxH, 7); ctx.fill();
+            ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.15)'; ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+            ctx.beginPath(); ctx.roundRect(bx, by, boxW, boxH, 7); ctx.stroke();
+
+            // Split-root typography: "Dm7" → "D" large bold + "m7" smaller.
+            const rootMatch = name.match(/^([A-G][#b]?)(.*)/);
+            const root    = rootMatch ? rootMatch[1] : name;
+            const quality = rootMatch ? rootMatch[2] : '';
+            const rootSize = Math.round(CELL * 1.25);
+            const qualSize = Math.round(rootSize * 0.65);
+            ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+            const nameY = by + HEADER * 0.55;
+            ctx.font = `bold ${rootSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const rootW = ctx.measureText(root).width;
+            ctx.font = `${qualSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const qualW = quality ? ctx.measureText(quality).width : 0;
+            const nameBlockW = rootW + (quality ? qualW + 2 : 0);
+            const nameStartX = bx + boxW / 2 - nameBlockW / 2;
+            ctx.fillStyle = '#e8d080';
+            ctx.font = `bold ${rootSize}px sans-serif`;
+            ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+            ctx.fillText(root, nameStartX, nameY);
+            if (quality) {
+                ctx.font = `${qualSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(232,208,128,0.75)';
+                ctx.fillText(quality, nameStartX + rootW + 2, nameY);
+            }
+
+            // Nut: CELL-proportional filled rect + subtle highlight line.
+            // Thickness is 40% of CELL, floored at 2 px so it stays visible on
+            // the smallest diagrams (CELL=1 on compact split panels).
+            const NUT_H = Math.round(Math.max(2, CELL * 0.4));
+            if (isFirstPos) {
+                ctx.fillStyle = '#ffffff';
+                ctx.fillRect(gx, gy - NUT_H, gridW, NUT_H);
+                ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.4)';
+                ctx.fillRect(gx, gy - NUT_H, gridW, Math.max(1, Math.round(NUT_H * 0.25)));
+            }
+
+            // Fret label for non-first-position chords.
+            if (!isFirstPos) {
+                ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(220,200,120,0.9)';
+                ctx.font = `italic ${Math.round(CELL * 0.55)}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.textAlign = 'right';
+                ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+                ctx.fillText(startFret + 'fr', gx - 4, gy + CELL * 0.5);
+            }
+
+            // Fret lines.
+            ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.22)'; ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+            for (let r = (isFirstPos ? 1 : 0); r <= ROWS; r++) {
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.moveTo(gx, gy + r * CELL);
+                ctx.lineTo(gx + gridW, gy + r * CELL);
+                ctx.stroke();
+            }
+
+            // String lines with varying weight: low E heavier, high e lighter.
+            // With getStrIdx(col) = col (non-inverted): col 0 (high e) → strIdx=0 → t=0 thin;
+            // col COLS-1 (low E) → strIdx=COLS-1 → t=1 thick. Inverted mode naturally mirrors.
+            // Weights scale with CELL so strings never bleed into adjacent columns on
+            // small-CELL diagrams (e.g. CELL=1 on compact split panels).
+            for (let col = 0; col < COLS; col++) {
+                const strIdx = getStrIdx(col);
+                const t = COLS > 1 ? strIdx / (COLS - 1) : 1;  // 1=low E (thick), 0=high e (thin); guard COLS=1
+                ctx.lineWidth = Math.max(0.5, CELL * (0.05 + t * 0.10));
+                ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.3)';
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.moveTo(gx + col * CELL, gy);
+                ctx.lineTo(gx + col * CELL, gy + ROWS * CELL);
+                ctx.stroke();
+            }
+
+            // Barre detection — two complementary paths:
+            //
+            // PATH A (F-shape / mini-barre): at least two ADJACENT columns are at startFret.
+            //   Bracket is initially set to the consecutive run's own endpoints (not the full
+            //   startFretCols range) so isolated bass notes at the same fret can't pull the
+            //   bracket across an open gap (e.g. "2 0 2 2 0 0" stays bracketed at cols 2..3).
+            //
+            // PATH B (full-span barre / extension):
+            //   When PATH A fired: extend the bracket outward to the full outer startFret span
+            //     if the span ≥ MIN_BARRE_SPAN and every column between the outer startFret
+            //     columns is fretted (f > 0).
+            //   When PATH A did NOT fire: detect standalone full barres (e.g. x24442, x46654)
+            //     where only the two outermost strings sit at startFret.  An additional check
+            //     ensures that no intermediate column is itself at startFret — this rules out
+            //     alternating-fret voicings like "1 3 1 3 1 0" (col 2 at startFret would fire
+            //     incorrectly) while still catching B-major-style shapes where the barre
+            //     finger covers only the outer two strings.
+            //
+            // Templates are high-e-first: frets[0]=high e, frets[COLS-1]=low E.
+            // Examples (6-string, MIN_BARRE_SPAN=4):
+            //   F major [1,1,2,3,3,1]: PATH A run=[4,5] → bracket 4..5; PATH B span=5, all fretted → extends to 0..5 ✓
+            //   B major x24442:        PATH A no run; PATH B span=4, all fretted, no inner at startFret → 1..5 ✓
+            //   mini-A  x02220:        PATH A run=[2,3,4] → bracket 2..4; PATH B span=2<4 → no extension ✓
+            //   D major xx0232:        PATH A run length=1 → no PATH A; PATH B span<4 → no bracket ✓
+            //   2 0 2 2 0 0:           PATH A run=[2,3] → bracket 2..3; PATH B span=3<4 → no extension ✓
+            //   1 3 1 3 1 0:           PATH A no run; PATH B: inner col 2 at startFret → no bracket ✓
+            const startFretCols = [];
+            for (let col = 0; col < COLS; col++) {
+                if (frets[getStrIdx(col)] === startFret) startFretCols.push(col);
+            }
+            const barreRun = longestConsecutiveRun(startFretCols);
+            let hasBarreArc = barreRun.len >= 2;   // PATH A
+            let barreMinCol = hasBarreArc ? startFretCols[barreRun.start] : -1;
+            let barreMaxCol = hasBarreArc ? startFretCols[barreRun.start + barreRun.len - 1] : -1;
+
+            if (startFretCols.length >= 2) {             // PATH B
+                const minC = startFretCols[0];
+                const maxC = startFretCols[startFretCols.length - 1];
+                if (maxC - minC >= MIN_BARRE_SPAN) {
+                    let allFretted = true;
+                    for (let col = minC; col <= maxC; col++) {
+                        if (frets[getStrIdx(col)] <= 0) { allFretted = false; break; }
+                    }
+                    if (allFretted) {
+                        if (hasBarreArc) {
+                            // PATH A fired: always safe to extend to full outer span.
+                            barreMinCol = minC;
+                            barreMaxCol = maxC;
+                        } else {
+                            // PATH A did not fire: only draw a bracket when no intermediate
+                            // column sits at startFret.  Intermediate startFret columns would
+                            // indicate a scattered/alternating voicing rather than a clean
+                            // outer-edge barre (e.g. "1 3 1 3 1 0" has col 2 at startFret).
+                            let noInnerAtStartFret = true;
+                            for (let col = minC + 1; col < maxC; col++) {
+                                if (frets[getStrIdx(col)] === startFret) { noInnerAtStartFret = false; break; }
+                            }
+                            if (noInnerAtStartFret) {
+                                hasBarreArc = true;
+                                barreMinCol = minC;
+                                barreMaxCol = maxC;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (hasBarreArc) {
+                const barreY   = gy + CELL * 0.5;
+                const capH     = CELL * 0.22;  // vertical offset from barreY to the bracket line
+                const capHalf  = Math.max(1, Math.round(CELL * 0.3)); // half-height of the vertical end caps
+                // Straight bracket: a horizontal line with short vertical end caps.
+                // Stroke scales with CELL so it doesn't swamp tiny cells (floor at 1 px).
+                ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.6)'; ctx.lineWidth = Math.max(1, CELL * 0.2);
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.moveTo(gx + barreMinCol * CELL, barreY - capH);
+                ctx.lineTo(gx + barreMaxCol * CELL, barreY - capH);
+                ctx.stroke();
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.moveTo(gx + barreMinCol * CELL, barreY - capH - capHalf);
+                ctx.lineTo(gx + barreMinCol * CELL, barreY - capH + capHalf);
+                ctx.stroke();
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.moveTo(gx + barreMaxCol * CELL, barreY - capH - capHalf);
+                ctx.lineTo(gx + barreMaxCol * CELL, barreY - capH + capHalf);
+                ctx.stroke();
+            }
+
+            // Open/muted markers + finger dots.
+            // Non-inverted: col 0 = high e → getStrIdx(0)=0 → frets[0]; col COLS-1 = low E → frets[COLS-1].
+            // Inverted:     col 0 = low E → getStrIdx(0)=COLS-1 → frets[COLS-1]; col COLS-1 = high e → frets[0].
+            for (let col = 0; col < COLS; col++) {
+                const f = frets[getStrIdx(col)];
+                const sx = gx + col * CELL;
+                const markerY = gy - MARKER * 0.5;
+                if (f < 0) {
+                    const r = CELL * 0.20;
+                    ctx.strokeStyle = '#cc4444'; ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
+                    ctx.beginPath(); ctx.moveTo(sx - r, markerY - r); ctx.lineTo(sx + r, markerY + r); ctx.stroke();
+                    ctx.beginPath(); ctx.moveTo(sx + r, markerY - r); ctx.lineTo(sx - r, markerY + r); ctx.stroke();
+                } else if (f === 0) {
+                    ctx.strokeStyle = '#88bbff'; ctx.lineWidth = 1.5;
+                    ctx.beginPath(); ctx.arc(sx, markerY, CELL * 0.22, 0, Math.PI * 2); ctx.stroke();
+                } else {
+                    const row = f - startFret;
+                    if (row >= 0 && row < ROWS) {
+                        const isBarreCol = hasBarreArc && f === startFret &&
+                                           col >= barreMinCol && col <= barreMaxCol;
+                        ctx.shadowColor = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)';
+                        ctx.shadowBlur = Math.min(4, CELL * 0.4);
+                        ctx.shadowOffsetX = Math.max(0.5, CELL * 0.1);
+                        ctx.shadowOffsetY = Math.max(0.5, CELL * 0.1);
+                        ctx.fillStyle = isBarreCol ? 'rgba(255,255,255,0.85)' : '#ffffff';
+                        ctx.beginPath();
+                        ctx.arc(sx, gy + row * CELL + CELL * 0.5, DOT_R, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+                        ctx.fill();
+                        ctx.shadowColor = 'transparent'; ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
+                        ctx.shadowOffsetX = 0; ctx.shadowOffsetY = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            ctx.restore();
+            return boxH;
+        }
+
+        // Cached wrapper for drawChordDiagram. When entranceT === 1 (scale
+        // transform is identity) the diagram is rendered once to an
+        // OffscreenCanvas and reused every subsequent frame via drawImage +
+        // globalAlpha. During the 0.2 s entrance animation (entranceT < 1)
+        // the scale transform is non-trivial so we fall through to a fresh
+        // render — that window is ~12 frames at 60 fps, negligible.
+        //
+        // Returns boxH (diagram card height in px) so the draw loop can
+        // accumulate per-corner stack offsets when multiple overlays share
+        // the same corner position.
+        function _drawDiagramCached(ctx, opts) {
+            const { opacity = 1, entranceT = 1.0, canvasW, canvasH } = opts;
+            if (opacity <= 0) return 0;
+            if (entranceT < 1.0) {
+                return drawChordDiagram(ctx, opts) || 0;
+            }
+            const { name, frets, nStr, inverted, sizeSlider, position, lyricsBottom = 0, stackOffset = 0 } = opts;
+            const key = name + '|' + (frets || []).join(',') + '|' + nStr + '|' +
+                        (inverted ? 1 : 0) + '|' + sizeSlider + '|' + position + '|' +
+                        canvasW + '|' + canvasH + '|' + lyricsBottom + '|' + stackOffset;
+            let entry = diagRenderCache.get(key);
+            if (!entry) {
+                let oc;
+                try { oc = new OffscreenCanvas(canvasW, canvasH); }
+                catch (_) { oc = document.createElement('canvas'); oc.width = canvasW; oc.height = canvasH; }
+                const boxH = drawChordDiagram(oc.getContext('2d'), { ...opts, opacity: 1, entranceT: 1 }) || 0;
+                if (diagRenderCache.size >= _DIAG_CACHE_MAX) {
+                    diagRenderCache.delete(diagRenderCache.keys().next().value);
+                }
+                entry = { oc, boxH };
+                diagRenderCache.set(key, entry);
+            }
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.globalAlpha = opacity;
+            ctx.drawImage(entry.oc, 0, 0);
+            ctx.restore();
+            return entry.boxH;
+        }
+
+        // Two-line section card. Top line is "Now: <current>", bottom line
+        // is "Up Next: <next> in <countdown>". Explicit labels disambiguate
+        // current vs upcoming — earlier single-line variant rendered both
+        // states with the same word and was confusing during playback.
+        //
+        // Returns boxH on draw, 0 when nothing rendered. Position / size
+        // mirror the chord-diagram contract: 'tl' / 'tr' / 'bl' / 'br'
+        // anchor corners, sizeSlider in [0,1] scales card height.
+        //
+        // Hidden when:
+        //   - no sections array, or
+        //   - playback has not yet reached the first section AND there's
+        //     no upcoming-only fallback rendered (we still show "Up Next"
+        //     during the pre-roll so the user sees what's coming).
+        function drawSectionHud(ctx, opts) {
+            const {
+                sections, currentTime,
+                canvasW, canvasH,
+                position = 'tr',
+                sizeSlider = 0.5,
+                lyricsBottom = 0,
+                stackOffset = 0,
+            } = opts;
+            if (!sections || !sections.length) return 0;
+
+            // sections are time-ordered server-side; single forward scan.
+            let curIdx = -1;
+            for (let i = 0; i < sections.length; i++) {
+                if (sections[i].time <= currentTime) curIdx = i;
+                else break;
+            }
+            const cur  = curIdx >= 0 ? sections[curIdx] : null;
+            const next = (curIdx + 1 < sections.length) ? sections[curIdx + 1] : null;
+            // Pre-first-section: nothing playing yet but next is coming —
+            // still useful to render "Up Next" alone so the user gets the
+            // anticipatory cue during the song's intro silence.
+            if (!cur && !next) return 0;
+
+            const nowName = cur ? cur.name : '';
+            // Render countdown as a separate span so it can take a calmer
+            // grey-white treatment while the section name itself stays
+            // cyan. Combining them into one string would inherit the cyan
+            // fill across both, defeating the visual hierarchy promised
+            // in the FR.
+            let nextName = '';
+            let nextCountdown = '';
+            if (next) {
+                const dt = next.time - currentTime;
+                nextName = next.name;
+                nextCountdown = dt > 10
+                    ? 'in ' + Math.round(dt) + 's'
+                    : 'in ' + Math.max(0, dt).toFixed(1) + 's';
+            }
+
+            const sizeF = 0.65 + 0.85 * sizeSlider; // 0.65 .. 1.5
+            const baseH = Math.max(34, Math.min(72, Math.round(canvasH * 0.085 * sizeF)));
+            const PAD_X = Math.round(baseH * 0.45);
+            const PAD_Y = Math.round(baseH * 0.20);
+            // Per-text-element scale applied to nameSize / tagSize / lineH
+            // when the unscaled card would overflow a narrow panel
+            // (splitscreen quad layout, ultra-tall portrait). Computed
+            // below from the measured contentW vs the available width.
+            let textScale = 1.0;
+            const baseLineH    = Math.round(baseH * 0.46);
+            const baseNameSize = Math.round(baseH * 0.36);
+            const baseTagSize  = Math.round(baseH * 0.24);
+            const baseTagGap   = Math.round(baseH * 0.14);
+
+            const TAG_NOW  = 'Now:';
+            const TAG_NEXT = 'Up Next:';
+
+            // Phase-1 measurement at the unscaled font sizes — used to
+            // decide whether textScale needs to drop, and to lay out the
+            // final draw at whatever scale we land on.
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.font = `${baseTagSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const tagNowWBase  = ctx.measureText(TAG_NOW).width;
+            const tagNextWBase = ctx.measureText(TAG_NEXT).width;
+            const countdownWBase = nextCountdown ? ctx.measureText(nextCountdown).width : 0;
+            ctx.font = `bold ${baseNameSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const nowNameWBase  = nowName  ? ctx.measureText(nowName).width  : 0;
+            const nextNameWBase = nextName ? ctx.measureText(nextName).width : 0;
+            ctx.restore();
+
+            const lineNowWBase  = nowName  ? tagNowWBase  + baseTagGap + nowNameWBase  : 0;
+            const lineNextWBase = nextName
+                ? tagNextWBase + baseTagGap + nextNameWBase
+                  + (nextCountdown ? baseTagGap + countdownWBase : 0)
+                : 0;
+            const contentWBase  = Math.max(lineNowWBase, lineNextWBase);
+            const numLines = (nowName ? 1 : 0) + (nextName ? 1 : 0);
+            if (numLines === 0) return 0;
+
+            // Target width budget: cap at canvasW - 16 and reserve PAD_X
+            // either side. If contentWBase exceeds the budget, scale the
+            // font proportionally — clamped to 0.55 so labels stay legible
+            // even on extreme split-panel widths.
+            const maxBoxW = Math.max(40, canvasW - 16);
+            const availContentW = Math.max(1, maxBoxW - PAD_X * 2);
+            if (contentWBase > availContentW) {
+                textScale = Math.max(0.55, availContentW / contentWBase);
+            }
+
+            const lineH    = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseLineH    * textScale));
+            const nameSize = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseNameSize * textScale));
+            const tagSize  = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseTagSize  * textScale));
+            const TAG_GAP  = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseTagGap   * textScale));
+
+            // Phase-2 re-measurement at the scaled font sizes for the
+            // final layout. measureText doesn't scale linearly with font
+            // size on every glyph, so re-measuring is cheaper than
+            // multiplying the base widths by textScale and risking a
+            // half-pixel overflow.
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const tagNowW  = ctx.measureText(TAG_NOW).width;
+            const tagNextW = ctx.measureText(TAG_NEXT).width;
+            const countdownW = nextCountdown ? ctx.measureText(nextCountdown).width : 0;
+            ctx.font = `bold ${nameSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const nowNameW  = nowName  ? ctx.measureText(nowName).width  : 0;
+            const nextNameW = nextName ? ctx.measureText(nextName).width : 0;
+            ctx.restore();
+
+            const lineNowW  = nowName  ? tagNowW  + TAG_GAP + nowNameW  : 0;
+            const lineNextW = nextName
+                ? tagNextW + TAG_GAP + nextNameW + (nextCountdown ? TAG_GAP + countdownW : 0)
+                : 0;
+            const contentW = Math.max(lineNowW, lineNextW);
+
+            const boxW = Math.min(maxBoxW, Math.round(contentW + PAD_X * 2));
+            const boxH = Math.round(numLines * lineH + PAD_Y * 2);
+
+            const E = Math.round(baseH * 0.25);
+            const TOP_Y = Math.round(Math.max(E + canvasH * 0.06, lyricsBottom + E));
+            let bx, by;
+            if      (position === 'tr') { bx = canvasW - boxW - E; by = TOP_Y + stackOffset; }
+            else if (position === 'bl') { bx = E; by = canvasH - boxH - E - stackOffset; }
+            else if (position === 'br') { bx = canvasW - boxW - E; by = canvasH - boxH - E - stackOffset; }
+            else                        { bx = E; by = TOP_Y + stackOffset; }
+            bx = Math.max(0, Math.min(canvasW - boxW, bx));
+            by = Math.max(0, Math.min(canvasH - boxH, by));
+            // Suppress overlap with the wrapped lyrics banner regardless
+            // of corner. Bottom-corner cards on short panels can still
+            // reach up into the banner once boxH exceeds the space below
+            // the lyrics — same shape the chord diagram uses.
+            if (lyricsBottom > 0 && by < lyricsBottom) return 0;
+
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(8, 14, 22, 0.88)';
+            ctx.beginPath(); ctx.roundRect(bx, by, boxW, boxH, 7); ctx.fill();
+            ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.15)'; ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+            ctx.beginPath(); ctx.roundRect(bx, by, boxW, boxH, 7); ctx.stroke();
+
+            ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+            ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+
+            // Layout each line with tag left-aligned, name in cyan after a
+            // small gap. Both lines share the same x origin (bx + PAD_X)
+            // so the tag column visually aligns vertically.
+            const lineX = bx + PAD_X;
+            let lineY = by + PAD_Y + lineH / 2;
+            const TAG_COLOR = 'rgba(180,190,205,0.85)';
+            const NAME_COLOR = '#00cccc';
+            const TIME_COLOR = 'rgba(220,225,235,0.9)';
+
+            if (nowName) {
+                ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = TAG_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(TAG_NOW, lineX, lineY);
+                ctx.font = `bold ${nameSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = NAME_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(nowName, lineX + tagNowW + TAG_GAP, lineY);
+                lineY += lineH;
+            }
+            if (nextName) {
+                ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = TAG_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(TAG_NEXT, lineX, lineY);
+                const nextX = lineX + tagNextW + TAG_GAP;
+                ctx.font = `bold ${nameSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = NAME_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(nextName, nextX, lineY);
+                if (nextCountdown) {
+                    ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+                    ctx.fillStyle = TIME_COLOR;
+                    ctx.fillText(nextCountdown, nextX + nextNameW + TAG_GAP, lineY);
+                }
+            }
+            ctx.restore();
+            return boxH;
+        }
+
+        // Tone-change HUD — card showing the active tone and the next upcoming
+        // tone with a countdown. Mirrors drawSectionHud's layout contract
+        // (position, size slider, lyricsBottom) but uses an amber accent colour
+        // so it reads as distinct from the cyan section card.
+        function drawToneHud(ctx, opts) {
+            const {
+                toneChanges, toneBase = '',
+                currentTime,
+                canvasW, canvasH,
+                position = 'tl',
+                sizeSlider = 0.5,
+                lyricsBottom = 0,
+                stackOffset = 0,
+            } = opts;
+
+            // Resolve active tone: toneBase before all changes, else the most
+            // recent change at or before currentTime.
+            // toneChanges items use { t, name } (not { time, name }) — both
+            // the legacy import path (server.py xml_tone_changes) and the sloppak
+            // path (lib/tones.py sloppak_tone_changes) emit "t" as the key.
+            let curName = toneBase;
+            let nextChange = null;
+            if (toneChanges && toneChanges.length) {
+                for (let i = 0; i < toneChanges.length; i++) {
+                    if (toneChanges[i].t <= currentTime) {
+                        curName = toneChanges[i].name;
+                    } else {
+                        nextChange = toneChanges[i];
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (!curName && !nextChange) return 0;
+
+            let nextName = '';
+            let nextCountdown = '';
+            if (nextChange) {
+                const dt = nextChange.t - currentTime;
+                nextName = nextChange.name;
+                nextCountdown = dt > 10
+                    ? 'in ' + Math.round(dt) + 's'
+                    : 'in ' + Math.max(0, dt).toFixed(1) + 's';
+            }
+
+            const sizeF = 0.65 + 0.85 * sizeSlider;
+            const baseH = Math.max(34, Math.min(72, Math.round(canvasH * 0.085 * sizeF)));
+            const PAD_X = Math.round(baseH * 0.45);
+            const PAD_Y = Math.round(baseH * 0.20);
+            let textScale = 1.0;
+            const baseLineH    = Math.round(baseH * 0.46);
+            const baseNameSize = Math.round(baseH * 0.36);
+            const baseTagSize  = Math.round(baseH * 0.24);
+            const baseTagGap   = Math.round(baseH * 0.14);
+
+            const TAG_CUR  = 'Tone:';
+            const TAG_NEXT = 'Next:';
+
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.font = `${baseTagSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const tagCurWBase  = ctx.measureText(TAG_CUR).width;
+            const tagNextWBase = ctx.measureText(TAG_NEXT).width;
+            const countdownWBase = nextCountdown ? ctx.measureText(nextCountdown).width : 0;
+            ctx.font = `bold ${baseNameSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const curNameWBase  = curName  ? ctx.measureText(curName).width  : 0;
+            const nextNameWBase = nextName ? ctx.measureText(nextName).width : 0;
+            ctx.restore();
+
+            const lineCurWBase  = curName  ? tagCurWBase  + baseTagGap + curNameWBase  : 0;
+            const lineNextWBase = nextName
+                ? tagNextWBase + baseTagGap + nextNameWBase
+                  + (nextCountdown ? baseTagGap + countdownWBase : 0)
+                : 0;
+            const contentWBase = Math.max(lineCurWBase, lineNextWBase);
+            const numLines = (curName ? 1 : 0) + (nextName ? 1 : 0);
+            if (numLines === 0) return 0;
+
+            const maxBoxW = Math.max(40, canvasW - 16);
+            const availContentW = Math.max(1, maxBoxW - PAD_X * 2);
+            if (contentWBase > availContentW) {
+                textScale = Math.max(0.55, availContentW / contentWBase);
+            }
+
+            const lineH    = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseLineH    * textScale));
+            const nameSize = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseNameSize * textScale));
+            const tagSize  = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseTagSize  * textScale));
+            const TAG_GAP  = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseTagGap   * textScale));
+
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const tagCurW  = ctx.measureText(TAG_CUR).width;
+            const tagNextW = ctx.measureText(TAG_NEXT).width;
+            const countdownW = nextCountdown ? ctx.measureText(nextCountdown).width : 0;
+            ctx.font = `bold ${nameSize}px sans-serif`;
+            const curNameW  = curName  ? ctx.measureText(curName).width  : 0;
+            const nextNameW = nextName ? ctx.measureText(nextName).width : 0;
+            ctx.restore();
+
+            const lineCurW  = curName  ? tagCurW  + TAG_GAP + curNameW  : 0;
+            const lineNextW = nextName
+                ? tagNextW + TAG_GAP + nextNameW + (nextCountdown ? TAG_GAP + countdownW : 0)
+                : 0;
+            const contentW = Math.max(lineCurW, lineNextW);
+
+            const boxW = Math.min(maxBoxW, Math.round(contentW + PAD_X * 2));
+            const boxH = Math.round(numLines * lineH + PAD_Y * 2);
+
+            const E = Math.round(baseH * 0.25);
+            const TOP_Y = Math.round(Math.max(E + canvasH * 0.06, lyricsBottom + E));
+            let bx, by;
+            if      (position === 'tr') { bx = canvasW - boxW - E; by = TOP_Y + stackOffset; }
+            else if (position === 'bl') { bx = E; by = canvasH - boxH - E - stackOffset; }
+            else if (position === 'br') { bx = canvasW - boxW - E; by = canvasH - boxH - E - stackOffset; }
+            else                        { bx = E; by = TOP_Y + stackOffset; } // 'tl' default
+            bx = Math.max(0, Math.min(canvasW - boxW, bx));
+            by = Math.max(0, Math.min(canvasH - boxH, by));
+            if (lyricsBottom > 0 && by < lyricsBottom) return 0;
+
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(8, 14, 22, 0.88)';
+            ctx.beginPath(); ctx.roundRect(bx, by, boxW, boxH, 7); ctx.fill();
+            ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.15)'; ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+            ctx.beginPath(); ctx.roundRect(bx, by, boxW, boxH, 7); ctx.stroke();
+
+            ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+            ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+
+            const lineX = bx + PAD_X;
+            let lineY = by + PAD_Y + lineH / 2;
+            const TAG_COLOR  = 'rgba(180,190,205,0.85)';
+            const NAME_COLOR = '#ff9a3c'; // amber — distinct from section cyan
+            const TIME_COLOR = 'rgba(220,225,235,0.9)';
+
+            if (curName) {
+                ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = TAG_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(TAG_CUR, lineX, lineY);
+                ctx.font = `bold ${nameSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = NAME_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(curName, lineX + tagCurW + TAG_GAP, lineY);
+                lineY += lineH;
+            }
+            if (nextName) {
+                ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = TAG_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(TAG_NEXT, lineX, lineY);
+                const nextX = lineX + tagNextW + TAG_GAP;
+                ctx.font = `bold ${nameSize}px sans-serif`;
+                ctx.fillStyle = NAME_COLOR;
+                ctx.fillText(nextName, nextX, lineY);
+                if (nextCountdown) {
+                    ctx.font = `${tagSize}px sans-serif`;
+                    ctx.fillStyle = TIME_COLOR;
+                    ctx.fillText(nextCountdown, nextX + nextNameW + TAG_GAP, lineY);
+                }
+            }
+            ctx.restore();
+            return boxH;
+        }
+
+        function drawLyrics(lyrics, currentTime, ctx, W, H) {
+            if (!lyrics._lines) {
+                const lines = [];
+                let line = null, word = null;
+                const flushWord = () => { if (word && word.length) line.words.push(word); word = null; };
+                const flushLine = () => { flushWord(); if (line && line.words.length) lines.push(line); line = null; };
+                for (let i = 0; i < lyrics.length; i++) {
+                    const l = lyrics[i];
+                    const raw = l.w || '';
+                    const endsLine = raw.endsWith('+');
+                    const continuesWord = raw.endsWith('-');
+                    if (line && i > 0 && l.t - (lyrics[i - 1].t + lyrics[i - 1].d) > 4.0) flushLine();
+                    if (!line) line = { words: [], start: l.t, end: l.t + l.d };
+                    if (!word) word = [];
+                    word.push(l);
+                    line.end = Math.max(line.end, l.t + l.d);
+                    if (!continuesWord) flushWord();
+                    if (endsLine) flushLine();
+                }
+                flushLine();
+                lyrics._lines = lines;
+            }
+            const allLines = lyrics._lines;
+            if (!allLines.length) return 0;
+
+            let currentIdx = -1;
+            for (let i = 0; i < allLines.length; i++) {
+                if (allLines[i].start <= currentTime) currentIdx = i;
+                else break;
+            }
+            if (currentIdx === -1) {
+                if (allLines[0].start - currentTime > 2.0) return 0;
+                currentIdx = 0;
+            }
+            const currentLine = allLines[currentIdx];
+            const nextLine = allLines[currentIdx + 1] || null;
+            const gapToNext = nextLine ? (nextLine.start - currentLine.end) : Infinity;
+            if (currentTime > currentLine.end + 0.5 && gapToNext > 3.0) return 0;
+
+            const linesToShow = [currentLine];
+            if (nextLine && gapToNext <= 3.0) linesToShow.push(nextLine);
+
+            const fontSize = Math.max(18, H * 0.028) | 0;
+            const lineY = H * 0.04;
+            const sylText = s => { const t = s.w || ''; return (t.endsWith('+') || t.endsWith('-')) ? t.slice(0, -1) : t; };
+
+            ctx.font = `bold ${fontSize}px sans-serif`;
+            let rows, spaceWidth, bgWidth;
+            const _lc = _lyrRowsCache;
+            if (_lc && _lc.lyricsRef === lyrics && _lc.idx === currentIdx
+                && _lc.shown === linesToShow.length
+                && _lc.fontSize === fontSize && _lc.W === W) {
+                rows = _lc.rows; spaceWidth = _lc.spaceWidth; bgWidth = _lc.bgWidth;
+            } else {
+                spaceWidth = ctx.measureText(' ').width;
+                const maxWidth = W * 0.8;
+
+                rows = [];
+                for (const authoredLine of linesToShow) {
+                    let row = [], rowWidth = 0;
+                    for (const wordSyls of authoredLine.words) {
+                        const parts = [];
+                        let wordWidth = 0;
+                        for (const s of wordSyls) {
+                            const text = sylText(s);
+                            const w = ctx.measureText(text).width;
+                            parts.push({ syl: s, text, width: w });
+                            wordWidth += w;
+                        }
+                        const advance = wordWidth + spaceWidth;
+                        if (row.length > 0 && rowWidth + advance > maxWidth) { rows.push(row); row = []; rowWidth = 0; }
+                        row.push({ parts, advance });
+                        rowWidth += advance;
+                    }
+                    if (row.length) rows.push(row);
+                }
+
+                bgWidth = 0;
+                for (const row of rows) {
+                    const rw = row.reduce((s, w) => s + w.advance, 0) - spaceWidth;
+                    if (rw > bgWidth) bgWidth = rw;
+                }
+                bgWidth = Math.min(bgWidth + 30, W * 0.85);
+                _lyrRowsCache = {
+                    lyricsRef: lyrics, idx: currentIdx,
+                    shown: linesToShow.length, fontSize, W,
+                    rows, spaceWidth, bgWidth,
+                };
+            }
+
+            const rowHeight = fontSize + 6;
+            const totalHeight = rows.length * rowHeight + 10;
+
+            ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.7)';
+            ctx.beginPath();
+            const bx = W / 2 - bgWidth / 2, by = lineY - 4, br = 8;
+            ctx.moveTo(bx + br, by); ctx.lineTo(bx + bgWidth - br, by);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(bx + bgWidth, by, bx + bgWidth, by + br);
+            ctx.lineTo(bx + bgWidth, by + totalHeight - br);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(bx + bgWidth, by + totalHeight, bx + bgWidth - br, by + totalHeight);
+            ctx.lineTo(bx + br, by + totalHeight);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(bx, by + totalHeight, bx, by + totalHeight - br);
+            ctx.lineTo(bx, by + br);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(bx, by, bx + br, by);
+            ctx.closePath();
+            ctx.fill();
+
+            ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+            ctx.textBaseline = 'top';
+            for (let r = 0; r < rows.length; r++) {
+                const row = rows[r];
+                const rowWidth = row.reduce((s, w) => s + w.advance, 0) - spaceWidth;
+                let xPos = W / 2 - rowWidth / 2;
+                const yPos = lineY + r * rowHeight + 2;
+                for (const w of row) {
+                    for (const part of w.parts) {
+                        const l = part.syl;
+                        const isActive = currentTime >= l.t && currentTime < l.t + l.d;
+                        const isPast = currentTime >= l.t + l.d;
+                        ctx.fillStyle = isActive ? '#4ae0ff' : isPast ? '#8899aa' : '#556677';
+                        ctx.font = `${isActive ? 'bold' : 'normal'} ${fontSize}px sans-serif`;
+                        ctx.fillText(part.text, xPos, yPos);
+                        xPos += part.width;
+                    }
+                    xPos += spaceWidth;
+                }
+            }
+            // Return the actual bottom Y of the rendered background box so callers
+            // (e.g. drawChordDiagram) can avoid overlapping it.
+            return Math.round(by + totalHeight);
+        }
+
+    return {
+        drawChordDiagram,
+        _drawDiagramCached,
+        drawSectionHud,
+        drawToneHud,
+        drawLyrics,
+    };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/score-fx.js

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+// h3d-carve-10: K-section (score FX) extracted from screen.js.
+// VERBATIM-MOVE: function bodies are byte-for-byte identical to their
+// screen.js originals except for 7 DI-rewires (see inline // DI: comments).
+// No logic changes, no new guards, no structural additions.
+//
+// Beyond-subst changes (all mechanical DI rewires):
+//   1. _fxSpawnPop:  _ndFrameNowMs           → getNdFrameNowMs()
+//   2. drawScoreFx:  cam                      → aliased const cam = getCam()
+//   3. drawScoreFx:  _probe                   → aliased const _probe = getProbe()
+//   4. drawScoreFx:  _ndFrameNowMs            → getNdFrameNowMs()
+//   5. drawScoreFx:  nStr                     → getNStr()
+//   6. drawScoreFx:  curX                     → getCurX()
+//   7. fxInit:       highwayCanvas (closure)  → getHighwayCanvas()
+
+export function createScoreFx({ getHighwayCanvas, getNdFrameNowMs, getCam, getProbe, getNStr, getCurX, sY }) {
+
+        // ── Score FX (notedetect game-scoring layer, notedetect ≥1.13) ──
+        // Two channels: (1) per-note "+N" score pops, sourced from the
+        // note-state provider's new { points, mult, popKey } fields at the
+        // moment a gem's verdict lands; (2) session-level bursts/pulses from
+        // the new `notedetect:fx` event (streak milestones, multiplier tier
+        // changes, streak breaks). Everything renders on the 2D overlay
+        // canvas (same layer as drawNotedetectLabels) — no Three.js objects,
+        // no txtMat() cache entries, nothing to dispose. Pools are fixed-
+        // size slot arrays created once per factory instance; when all slots
+        // are busy a new effect is simply dropped.
+        const _FX_POP_LIFE_MS = 700;
+        const _FX_BURST_LIFE_MS = 900;
+        const _FX_BURST_N = 36;
+        const _fxPops = Array.from({ length: 24 }, () => (
+            { active: false, x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, bornMs: 0, text: '', mult: 1 }
+        ));
+        const _fxBursts = Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => ({
+            active: false, bornMs: 0,
+            px: new Float32Array(_FX_BURST_N), py: new Float32Array(_FX_BURST_N),
+            vx: new Float32Array(_FX_BURST_N), vy: new Float32Array(_FX_BURST_N),
+        }));
+        // popKey -> expiry ms. Dedupes pops (chord members share the chord's
+        // popKey; sustains keep returning points for the whole glow window).
+        const _fxSeen = new Map();
+        let _fxOnFx = null;          // notedetect:fx listener (window)
+        let _fxOnSkin = null;        // notedetect:skin bus listener
+        // Generation counter: bumped by teardown() so the deferred window-
+        // copy fallback (a zero-delay task the listener removal can't cancel)
+        // bails instead of re-arming ring/burst state after teardown — or,
+        // worse, leaking a stale event into a subsequent init's fresh state.
+        let _fxGen = 0;
+        let _fxLastFxDetail = null;  // reference dedup: window + instanceRoot dispatches share one detail
+        // Details seen via element-scoped (bubbled) dispatch. A WeakSet, not a
+        // single slot: one judged hit can emit several fx in the same task
+        // (milestone + multiplier tier-up), and the deferred window-copy
+        // fallback for the FIRST must still see that its element copy arrived
+        // after the SECOND overwrote any last-detail slot. GC reclaims
+        // entries once notedetect drops the detail objects.
+        let _fxElemSeen = new WeakSet();
+        let _fxRingMs = -1e9;        // multiplier ring-pulse anchor
+        let _fxRingMult = 1;
+        let _fxBreakMs = -1e9;       // streak-break flicker anchor
+        // Canvas-side palette per notedetect skin (mirrors the accents in
+        // notedetect's assets/plugin.css; fonts are document-loaded by that
+        // stylesheet so the overlay canvas can use the family names).
+        const _FX_PALETTES = {
+            neon:    { accent: '#00f0ff', accent2: '#ff2ec4', miss: '#ff4444', font: 'Orbitron' },
+            esports: { accent: '#e8b43a', accent2: '#f5f5f4', miss: '#f87171', font: 'Rajdhani' },
+            metal:   { accent: '#ffb347', accent2: '#ff6b35', miss: '#ef4444', font: 'Russo One' },
+        };
+        let _fxPalette = _FX_PALETTES.neon;
+        function _fxResolvePalette() {
+            let skin = null;
+            try { skin = localStorage.getItem('feedBack_notedetect_skin'); } catch (e) {}
+            _fxPalette = _FX_PALETTES[skin] || _FX_PALETTES.neon;
+        }
+        function _fxSpawnPop(popKey, points, mult, x, y, z) {
+            if (_fxSeen.has(popKey)) return;
+            const nowMs = getNdFrameNowMs() || performance.now(); // DI: _ndFrameNowMs
+            _fxSeen.set(popKey, nowMs + 4000);
+            for (let i = 0; i < _fxPops.length; i++) {
+                const p = _fxPops[i];
+                if (p.active) continue;
+                p.active = true;
+                p.x = x; p.y = y; p.z = z;
+                p.bornMs = nowMs;
+                p.text = '+' + points;
+                p.mult = mult || 1;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        function _fxSpawnBurst(nowMs) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < _fxBursts.length; i++) {
+                const b = _fxBursts[i];
+                if (b.active) continue;
+                b.active = true;
+                b.bornMs = nowMs;
+                for (let j = 0; j < _FX_BURST_N; j++) {
+                    const a = (j / _FX_BURST_N) * Math.PI * 2;
+                    const sp = 2 + (j % 5) * 0.8;
+                    b.px[j] = 0; b.py[j] = 0;
+                    b.vx[j] = Math.cos(a) * sp;
+                    b.vy[j] = Math.sin(a) * sp - 1.2;
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        function _fxHandle(d) {
+            // Reference dedup — notedetect dispatches the SAME detail object
+            // on window and on its instanceRoot; whichever arrives first wins.
+            if (d === _fxLastFxDetail) return;
+            _fxLastFxDetail = d;
+            const nowMs = performance.now();
+            if (d.fxType === 'milestone') {
+                _fxSpawnBurst(nowMs);
+            } else if (d.fxType === 'multiplier' && d.mult > (d.prevMult || 1)) {
+                _fxRingMs = nowMs;
+                _fxRingMult = d.mult;
+            } else if (d.fxType === 'streakBreak') {
+                _fxBreakMs = nowMs;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Score FX overlay pass — "+N" pops rising off their gems, milestone
+        // particle bursts / multiplier ring-pulses / streak-break flickers
+        // anchored on the strike line. Same overlay layer + projection
+        // pattern as drawNotedetectLabels; costs one early-out when nothing
+        // is active.
+        function drawScoreFx(ctx, W, H) {
+            const cam = getCam();           // DI: cam
+            const _probe = getProbe();      // DI: _probe
+            if (!cam || !_probe) return;
+            const nowMs = getNdFrameNowMs() || performance.now(); // DI: _ndFrameNowMs
+            // TTL-prune the pop dedup keys (bounded: only notes hit in the
+            // last few seconds).
+            if (_fxSeen.size) {
+                for (const [k, exp] of _fxSeen) {
+                    if (exp <= nowMs) _fxSeen.delete(k);
+                }
+            }
+            let anyPop = false;
+            for (let i = 0; i < _fxPops.length; i++) {
+                if (_fxPops[i].active) { anyPop = true; break; }
+            }
+            let anyBurst = false;
+            for (let i = 0; i < _fxBursts.length; i++) {
+                if (_fxBursts[i].active) { anyBurst = true; break; }
+            }
+            const ringAge = nowMs - _fxRingMs;
+            const breakAge = nowMs - _fxBreakMs;
+            if (!anyPop && !anyBurst && ringAge >= 600 && breakAge >= 350) return;
+
+            const pal = _fxPalette;
+            ctx.save();
+
+            // Streak-break flicker: brief red wash over the whole panel.
+            if (breakAge < 350) {
+                const a = 0.10 * (1 - breakAge / 350);
+                ctx.fillStyle = pal.miss;
+                ctx.globalAlpha = a;
+                ctx.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
+                ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+            }
+
+            // Strike-line center in screen px — anchor for bursts + pulses.
+            let cx = W / 2, cy = H * 0.72, centerOk = false;
+            {
+                const fretMidY = (sY(0) + sY(getNStr() - 1)) / 2; // DI: nStr
+                _probe.set(getCurX(), fretMidY, 0);                // DI: curX
+                _probe.project(cam);
+                if (_probe.z >= -1 && _probe.z <= 1) {
+                    cx = (_probe.x * 0.5 + 0.5) * W;
+                    cy = (-_probe.y * 0.5 + 0.5) * H;
+                    centerOk = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Multiplier ring-pulse: one expanding ring on tier-up; the ×4
+            // tier pulses in the secondary accent like the HUD badge.
+            if (centerOk && ringAge < 600) {
+                const t = ringAge / 600;
+                const ease = 1 - Math.pow(1 - t, 2);
+                ctx.beginPath();
+                ctx.arc(cx, cy, 20 + ease * Math.min(W, H) * 0.28, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+                ctx.strokeStyle = _fxRingMult >= 4 ? pal.accent2 : pal.accent;
+                ctx.globalAlpha = 0.6 * (1 - t);
+                ctx.lineWidth = 3;
+                ctx.stroke();
+                ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+            }
+
+            // Milestone bursts.
+            if (anyBurst && centerOk) {
+                for (let i = 0; i < _fxBursts.length; i++) {
+                    const b = _fxBursts[i];
+                    if (!b.active) continue;
+                    const age = nowMs - b.bornMs;
+                    if (age >= _FX_BURST_LIFE_MS) { b.active = false; continue; }
+                    const t = age / _FX_BURST_LIFE_MS;
+                    ctx.globalAlpha = 1 - t;
+                    for (let j = 0; j < _FX_BURST_N; j++) {
+                        b.px[j] += b.vx[j];
+                        b.py[j] += b.vy[j];
+                        b.vy[j] += 0.08;
+                        ctx.fillStyle = (j & 1) ? pal.accent : pal.accent2;
+                        ctx.fillRect(cx + b.px[j] - 2, cy + b.py[j] - 2, 4, 4);
+                    }
+                    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // "+N" pops: rise off the gem and fade over the back half.
+            if (anyPop) {
+                ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+                ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+                for (let i = 0; i < _fxPops.length; i++) {
+                    const p = _fxPops[i];
+                    if (!p.active) continue;
+                    const age = nowMs - p.bornMs;
+                    if (age >= _FX_POP_LIFE_MS) { p.active = false; continue; }
+                    _probe.set(p.x, p.y, p.z);
+                    _probe.project(cam);
+                    if (_probe.z < -1 || _probe.z > 1) continue;
+                    const t = age / _FX_POP_LIFE_MS;
+                    const sx = (_probe.x * 0.5 + 0.5) * W;
+                    const sy2 = (-_probe.y * 0.5 + 0.5) * H - t * 30;
+                    ctx.globalAlpha = t < 0.4 ? 1 : 1 - (t - 0.4) / 0.6;
+                    ctx.font = `bold ${13 + (p.mult - 1) * 2}px '${pal.font}', sans-serif`;
+                    ctx.lineWidth = 4;
+                    ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.8)';
+                    ctx.strokeText(p.text, sx, sy2);
+                    ctx.fillStyle = pal.accent;
+                    ctx.fillText(p.text, sx, sy2);
+                }
+                ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+            }
+
+            ctx.restore();
+        }
+
+        // Score FX (notedetect ≥1.13). notedetect dispatches each fx
+        // detail object twice in the same task: first explicitly on
+        // window (unscoped), then as a bubbling CustomEvent from its
+        // per-panel instanceRoot (scoped). Element-targeted copies are
+        // authoritative — accept only the ones whose root lives in this
+        // panel's container. The window copy is DEFERRED a task: by the
+        // time it runs, the element copy (same detail reference) has
+        // either arrived — making the window copy a duplicate to drop —
+        // or it never will (detector root not attached to the DOM), in
+        // which case the window copy is the compat fallback. This keeps
+        // splitscreen panels from rendering each other's FX even for
+        // the first event of a session.
+        //
+        // NOTE (verbatim-preserved): fxInit has NO re-entry guard —
+        // the original screen.js init block had none. Calling fxInit()
+        // twice double-registers the notedetect:fx listener. The dispatch
+        // contract says to declare, not fix, this behavior here.
+        function fxInit() {
+            _fxResolvePalette();
+            _fxOnFx = (e) => {
+                const d = e && e.detail;
+                if (!d) return;
+                const t = e.target;
+                if (t && t.parentElement) {
+                    _fxElemSeen.add(d);
+                    if (!getHighwayCanvas() || !t.parentElement.contains(getHighwayCanvas())) return; // DI: highwayCanvas
+                    _fxHandle(d);
+                    return;
+                }
+                const gen = _fxGen;
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    if (gen !== _fxGen) return;   // torn down (or re-inited) meanwhile
+                    if (_fxElemSeen.has(d)) return;
+                    _fxHandle(d);
+                }, 0);
+            };
+            window.addEventListener('notedetect:fx', _fxOnFx);
+            if (window.feedBack && typeof window.feedBack.on === 'function'
+                    && typeof window.feedBack.off === 'function') {
+                _fxOnSkin = () => _fxResolvePalette();
+                window.feedBack.on('notedetect:skin', _fxOnSkin);
+            }
+        }
+
+        function fxTeardown() {
+            if (_fxOnFx) { window.removeEventListener('notedetect:fx', _fxOnFx); _fxOnFx = null; }
+            if (window.feedBack && typeof window.feedBack.off === 'function') {
+                if (_fxOnSkin) { try { window.feedBack.off('notedetect:skin', _fxOnSkin); } catch (e) {} _fxOnSkin = null; }
+            }
+            for (const p of _fxPops) p.active = false;
+            for (const b of _fxBursts) b.active = false;
+            _fxSeen.clear();
+            _fxGen++;   // invalidate any pending deferred window-copy fallbacks
+            _fxLastFxDetail = null;
+            _fxElemSeen = new WeakSet();
+            _fxRingMs = _fxBreakMs = -1e9;
+        }
+
+    function fxClearSeen() { _fxSeen.clear(); }
+    return { fxInit, fxTeardown, fxSpawnPop: _fxSpawnPop, drawScoreFx, fxClearSeen };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/string-glow.js

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// h3d-carve-11: R-section (string glow) extracted from screen.js.
+// VERBATIM-MOVE: updateStringHighlights body is byte-for-byte identical to
+// screen.js except for 7 DI-rewires at function entry (aliased locals).
+// No logic changes, no new guards.
+//
+// Beyond-subst changes (all mechanical DI rewires at function entry):
+//   1. glowMul             → aliased: const glowMul = getGlowMul()
+//   2. _vibrancyIdleOp     → aliased: const _vibrancyIdleOp = getVibrancyIdleOp()
+//   3. _venueSceneOverride → aliased: const _venueSceneOverride = getVenueSceneOverride()
+//   4. nStr                → aliased: const nStr = getNStr()
+//   5. stringLines         → aliased: const stringLines = getStringLines()
+//   6. mGlow               → aliased: const mGlow = getMGlow()
+//   7. mAccentCore         → aliased: const mAccentCore = getMAccentCore()
+// VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL is a plain const shorthand (no aliasing needed).
+// Total DI params: 8 (1 plain const + 7 live getters, 0 setter pairs).
+
+export function createStringGlow({
+    VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL,
+    getGlowMul,
+    getVibrancyIdleOp,
+    getVenueSceneOverride,
+    getNStr,
+    getStringLines,
+    getMGlow,
+    getMAccentCore,
+}) {
+        function updateStringHighlights(noteState) {
+            // DI: all mutable IIFE-scope vars aliased here; body is verbatim.
+            const glowMul = getGlowMul();                        // DI: glowMul
+            const _vibrancyIdleOp = getVibrancyIdleOp();        // DI: _vibrancyIdleOp
+            const _venueSceneOverride = getVenueSceneOverride(); // DI: _venueSceneOverride
+            const nStr = getNStr();                               // DI: nStr
+            const stringLines = getStringLines();                 // DI: stringLines
+            const mGlow = getMGlow();                            // DI: mGlow
+            const mAccentCore = getMAccentCore();                // DI: mAccentCore
+
+            // Glow slider scales both the idle floor and anticipation peak,
+            // so glowMul=0 fully silences the per-string emissive pulse.
+            // Vibrancy controls the idle opacity floor — anticipation
+            // still rides on top regardless of vibrancy so play-feedback
+            // through the opacity channel survives even at glowMul=0.
+            //
+            // Folded with the post-noteState mGlow / mAccentCore writes
+            // (was a separate `for (s = 0; s < nStr)` loop in update()),
+            // so the per-string scratch arrays stay hot in L1 across all
+            // material writes for a given string.
+            const BASE_GLOW = 0.02 * glowMul;
+            const MAX_GLOW  = 3.5  * glowMul;
+            const IDLE_OP   = _vibrancyIdleOp;
+            const g = glowMul;
+            const venueGemMul = _venueSceneOverride ? VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL : 1;
+
+            for (let s = 0; s < nStr; s++) {
+                const mesh = stringLines[s];
+                if (mesh) {
+                    const intensity = Math.max(
+                        noteState.stringSustain[s] ? 1 : 0,
+                        noteState.stringAnticipation[s] || 0,
+                    );
+                    mesh.material.emissiveIntensity = BASE_GLOW + intensity * MAX_GLOW;
+                    mesh.material.opacity = IDLE_OP + intensity * (1 - IDLE_OP);
+                    mesh.scale.set(1, 1 + intensity * 0.3, 1 + intensity * 0.3);
+                }
+                // Hit-note emissive — same write pattern as the standalone
+                // loop that previously lived at update()'s post-call site.
+                // The glow slider scales it here since this assignment
+                // stomps anything _applyGlow() set statically.
+                const bg = noteState.strGlow[s] * g;
+                if (mGlow[s]) mGlow[s].emissiveIntensity = bg * venueGemMul;
+                if (mAccentCore[s]) {
+                    mAccentCore[s].emissiveIntensity =
+                        (bg + noteState.accentFillBoost[s] * g) * venueGemMul;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    return { updateStringHighlights };
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/three-loader.js

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Three.js lazy loader — h3d-carve-2.
+ *
+ * Memoised singleton: the first `loadThree()` call kicks off the import;
+ * every subsequent call returns the same promise.  `T` is a live-binding
+ * export so the IIFE in screen.js sees the updated reference after the
+ * promise resolves without any explicit getter call.
+ *
+ * Falls back to jsdelivr CDN when the local vendor copy is unavailable
+ * (air-gapped / static-file layout mismatch / dev origin).
+ */
+
+// ── URL constants (mirrors screen.js A-section; never vary at runtime) ──────
+
+const THREE_URL = '/static/vendor/three/three.module.min.js';
+const THREE_CDN = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/three@0.170.0/build/three.module.min.js';
+
+// ── Memoised loader ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Live binding — updated to the Three.js module namespace on first load. */
+export let T = null;
+
+let threeLoadPromise = null;
+
+export function loadThree() {
+    if (!threeLoadPromise) {
+        threeLoadPromise = import(THREE_URL)
+            .then(mod => { T = mod; return mod; })
+            .catch(() => import(THREE_CDN)
+                .then(mod => { T = mod; return mod; })
+                .catch(e => {
+                    console.error('[3D-Hwy] Three.js load failed:', e);
+                    threeLoadPromise = null;
+                    throw e;
+                }));
+    }
+    return threeLoadPromise;
+}

plugins/highway_3d/src/utils.js

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/**
+ * Color utilities, tuning helpers, and splitscreen predicates — h3d-carve-3.
+ *
+ * All exports are pure functions or compile-time constants; none capture
+ * factory-scope state.  NSTR and MAX_RENDER_STRINGS are compile-time copies
+ * of the matching IIFE constants (both = 6 for the current 6-entry
+ * PALETTES.default / S_COL layout).
+ */
+
+// ── Compile-time IIFE constant ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// NSTR: standard guitar default (not a palette ceiling — safe as a fixed fact).
+// MAX_RENDER_STRINGS is NOT duplicated here; it is the authority of S_COL.length
+// in screen.js and flows in via the maxStrings parameter of resolveStringCount
+// and _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning.  screen.js keeps 1-line delegators that
+// supply MAX_RENDER_STRINGS so zero call-sites change.
+const NSTR = 6;
+
+// ── Color utilities ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Parse a CSS hex color string ('#rrggbb', '#rgb', or bare variants) to a
+ * packed 0xRRGGBB integer.  Returns null on any parse failure.
+ */
+export function _h3dHexToInt(hex) {
+    if (typeof hex !== 'string') return null;
+    const t = hex.trim().replace(/^#/, '');
+    const full = t.length === 3 ? t[0] + t[0] + t[1] + t[1] + t[2] + t[2] : t;
+    if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/.test(full)) return null;
+    return parseInt(full, 16);
+}
+
+export function _clampByteI(n) { return n < 0 ? 0 : (n > 255 ? 255 : Math.round(n)); }
+
+export function _darkenInt(hex, factor) {
+    const r = (hex >> 16) & 0xff, g = (hex >> 8) & 0xff, b = hex & 0xff;
+    return (_clampByteI(r * factor) << 16) | (_clampByteI(g * factor) << 8) | _clampByteI(b * factor);
+}
+
+export function _lightenInt(hex, t) {
+    const r = (hex >> 16) & 0xff, g = (hex >> 8) & 0xff, b = hex & 0xff;
+    return (_clampByteI(r + (255 - r) * t) << 16) | (_clampByteI(g + (255 - g) * t) << 8) | _clampByteI(b + (255 - b) * t);
+}
+
+// ── String-count resolution ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the string count for the active arrangement.  Prefer
+ * bundle.stringCount (exposed by feedBack core since #93 — derived from
+ * notes/chords/tuning, works for 5-string bass, 7- and 8-string guitar).
+ * Falls back to arrangement-name detection for older feedBack cores.
+ * Clamped to MAX_RENDER_STRINGS so a malformed bundle doesn't index past
+ * the per-string material arrays.
+ */
+export function resolveStringCount(bundle, maxStrings) {
+    const sc = bundle && bundle.stringCount;
+    if (Number.isFinite(sc) && sc >= 1) {
+        return Math.min(Math.trunc(sc), maxStrings);
+    }
+    return /bass/i.test(bundle?.songInfo?.arrangement || '') ? 4 : NSTR;
+}
+
+// ── Tuning / pitch-label helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Chart-format tuning entries are semitone offsets from instrument standard. */
+export const _NOTE_NAMES_SHARP = ['C', 'C#', 'D', 'D#', 'E', 'F', 'F#', 'G', 'G#', 'A', 'A#', 'B'];
+
+// Open-string MIDI (thick → thin), matched to RS string index 0 low.
+export const _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS4   = Object.freeze([28, 33, 38, 43]);
+export const _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS5   = Object.freeze([23, 28, 33, 38, 43]);
+export const _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR6 = Object.freeze([40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]);
+export const _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR7 = Object.freeze([35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]);
+// F#/B/E standard extension — low string is a fifth below RS 7-string low B.
+export const _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR8 = Object.freeze([28, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]);
+
+export function _baseOpenStringMidis(sc, arrangement) {
+    const isBass = /bass/i.test(arrangement || '');
+    if (sc === 4 && isBass) return _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS4.slice();
+    if (sc === 4) return _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR6.slice(0, 4);
+    if (sc === 5 && isBass) return _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS5.slice();
+    if (sc === 5) return _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR6.slice(0, 5);
+    if (sc === 7) return _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR7.slice();
+    if (sc === 8) return _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR8.slice();
+    if (Number.isFinite(sc) && sc > 8) {
+        const out = Array.from(_BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR8);
+        let last = out[out.length - 1];
+        while (out.length < sc) {
+            last += 5;
+            out.push(last);
+        }
+        return out.slice(0, sc);
+    }
+    const g6 = _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR6.slice();
+    if (Number.isFinite(sc) && sc < 6 && sc >= 1) return g6.slice(0, sc);
+    return g6;
+}
+
+export function _midiToPitchLabel(midi) {
+    const m = Math.round(midi);
+    const octave = Math.floor(m / 12) - 1;
+    const n = _NOTE_NAMES_SHARP[(m % 12 + 12) % 12];
+    return n + octave;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {object} bundle      Highway render bundle (tuning, capo, stringCount)
+ * @param {object} songInfo    WS song_info blob (arrangement, tuning, capo)
+ * @param {number} nEffective  String count clamped like nStr / resolveStringCount
+ */
+export function _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning(bundle, songInfo, nEffective, maxStrings) {
+    const n = Number.isFinite(nEffective) ? Math.min(Math.max(1, Math.trunc(nEffective)), maxStrings) : resolveStringCount(bundle, maxStrings);
+    // bundle first: chart-transform substitutes tuning/capo there, while
+    // songInfo keeps the chart's originals by contract.  A malformed
+    // (non-array) bundle.tuning falls back to songInfo instead of
+    // blanking the labels.
+    let tuning = Array.isArray(bundle.tuning) ? bundle.tuning : (songInfo && songInfo.tuning);
+    let cap = bundle.capo;
+    cap = Number.isFinite(cap) ? cap : (songInfo && Number.isFinite(songInfo.capo) ? songInfo.capo : 0);
+    if (!Array.isArray(tuning)) tuning = [];
+
+    const base = _baseOpenStringMidis(n, songInfo?.arrangement);
+    const labels = [];
+    for (let s = 0; s < n; s++) {
+        const offRaw = tuning[s];
+        const off = Number.isFinite(offRaw) ? offRaw : 0;
+        const midi = (base[s] !== undefined ? base[s] : 40) + off + cap;
+        labels.push(_midiToPitchLabel(midi));
+    }
+    return labels;
+}
+
+// ── Splitscreen predicates ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// window.feedBackSplitscreen is read live each call — never captured at
+// module or factory scope.
+
+export function _ssActive() {
+    const ss = window.feedBackSplitscreen;
+    if (!ss || typeof ss.isActive !== 'function' || !ss.isActive()) return false;
+    return typeof ss.isCanvasFocused === 'function'
+        && typeof ss.onFocusChange === 'function'
+        && typeof ss.offFocusChange === 'function';
+}
+
+export function _ssIsCanvasFocused(highwayCanvas) {
+    const ss = window.feedBackSplitscreen;
+    if (!_ssActive()) return true;
+    return !!(ss && typeof ss.isCanvasFocused === 'function' &&
+        ss.isCanvasFocused(highwayCanvas));
+}

plugins/highway_3d/tests/background_control.test.js

@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@
 //     style reads `intensity`, and none of them read audio bands under
 //     Butterchurn, so a live-looking knob that does nothing is a real bug.
 //
-// screen.js is a single ~16k-line IIFE, so the control cannot be imported. The
+// h3d-carve-5: the _pc* block was moved from screen.js to src/bg-control.js.
-// self-contained `_pc*` block is sliced out of the real source and evaluated
+// load() now evaluates the factory module (stripping the `export` keyword),
-// with its few collaborators stubbed (BG_STYLE_IDS, _bgReadSetting,
+// calls createBgControl({DI}) with stubbed deps, and injects test-only getters
-// _bgSubscribe/_bgUnsubscribe). The slice markers are asserted before use: move
+// into the return object so the private state vars remain observable.
-// or rename the block and this fails loudly rather than testing nothing.
 
 const { test } = require('node:test');
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
@@ -28,9 +27,7 @@ const path = require('node:path');
 const vm = require('node:vm');
 
 const SCREEN_JS     = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'screen.js');
-const START = '    const _PC_LABELS = {';
+const BG_CONTROL_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'bg-control.js');
-const END_CRLF = '    /* ======================================================================\r\n     *  Factory';
-const END_LF = '    /* ======================================================================\n     *  Factory';
 
 // What each style is expected to consume, derived by reading the BG_STYLES
 // bodies in screen.js — deliberately NOT read from the plugin's own _PC_USES
@@ -102,14 +99,24 @@ function makeDom() {
 }
 
 function load({ store: initialStore } = {}) {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-5: load from src/bg-control.js (factory module) instead of
-    const start = src.indexOf(START);
+    // slicing screen.js. Strip `export` for vm eval; inject test-only getters
-    assert.notEqual(start, -1, 'could not find the _PC_LABELS marker in screen.js');
+    // into the return object so private _pc* state vars remain observable.
-    let end = src.indexOf(END_CRLF);
+    const bgSrc = fs.readFileSync(BG_CONTROL_JS, 'utf8');
-    if (end === -1) end = src.indexOf(END_LF);
+    const stripped = bgSrc.replace(/^export\s+/gm, '');
-    assert.notEqual(end, -1, 'could not find the Factory banner marker in screen.js');
+    // Augment the factory's return with accessor getters for private state so
-    assert.ok(end > start, 'slice markers found out of order in screen.js');
+    // all existing test assertions (api.el, api.sel, api.refs, ...) keep working.
-    const block = src.slice(start, end);
+    const instrumented = stripped.replace(
+        /return\s*\{\s*_pcAcquire\s*,\s*_pcRelease\s*\}/,
+        'return { _pcAcquire, _pcRelease,'
+        + ' get el()     { return _pcEl; },'
+        + ' get sel()    { return _pcSel; },'
+        + ' get react()  { return _pcReactive; },'
+        + ' get intens() { return _pcIntensity; },'
+        + ' get reason() { return _pcReason; },'
+        + ' get refs()   { return _pcRefs; } }',
+    );
+    assert.notEqual(instrumented, stripped, 'return-augmentation anchor not found in bg-control.js');
 
     const dom = makeDom();
     const store = Object.assign({
@@ -126,14 +133,12 @@ function load({ store: initialStore } = {}) {
     const writes = [];
     const timers = [];
 
+    // DI dependencies as vm-globals. Tests mutate sandbox._venueSceneOverride
+    // directly; getVenueSceneOverride in the factory call reads it via the vm global.
     const sandbox = {
         console,
         BG_STYLE_IDS,
-        // Module-scope in screen.js; the _pc* block reads it to resolve the
-        // effective style under the Venue override. Tests flip it via
-        // sandbox._venueSceneOverride and fire the 'venueScene' bus key.
         _venueSceneOverride: false,
-        _bgReadSetting: (_panelKey, key) => store[key],
         _bgReadGlobal: (key) => store[key],
         _bgSubscribe: (fn) => listeners.add(fn),
         _bgUnsubscribe: (fn) => listeners.delete(fn),
@@ -165,18 +170,18 @@ function load({ store: initialStore } = {}) {
         },
     };
     sandbox.globalThis = sandbox;
+    vm.createContext(sandbox);
 
-    const api = vm.runInNewContext(
+    // Step 1: define createBgControl in the vm context.
-        block
+    vm.runInContext(instrumented, sandbox);
-        + '\n({ _pcAcquire, _pcRelease,'
+
-        + '   get el() { return _pcEl; },'
+    // Step 2: call the factory; DI values are vm-globals so the call names them directly.
-        + '   get sel() { return _pcSel; },'
+    const api = vm.runInContext(
-        + '   get react() { return _pcReactive; },'
+        'createBgControl({ BG_STYLE_IDS, _bgReadGlobal, _bgSubscribe, _bgUnsubscribe,'
-        + '   get intens() { return _pcIntensity; },'
+        + ' getVenueSceneOverride: () => _venueSceneOverride })',
-        + '   get reason() { return _pcReason; },'
-        + '   get refs() { return _pcRefs; } })',
         sandbox,
     );
+
     const fireScreenChanged = () => (bus['screen:changed'] || []).slice().forEach((fn) => fn());
     const screenHooks = () => (bus['screen:changed'] || []).length;
     return { api, dom, store, emit, writes, timers, sandbox, listenerCount: () => listeners.size, fireScreenChanged, screenHooks };

plugins/input_setup/screen.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     const INSTRUMENTS = {
         guitar: { label: 'Guitar', mode: 'audio' },
         bass: { label: 'Bass', mode: 'audio' },
+        vocals: { label: 'Vocals', mode: 'audio' },
         keys: { label: 'Keys / Piano', mode: 'midi' },
         piano: { label: 'Keys / Piano', mode: 'midi' },
         drums: { label: 'Drums', mode: 'midi' },
@@ -133,16 +134,25 @@
                 const opts2 = sources.map((s) =>
                     '<option value="' + esc(s.logicalSourceKey || s.sourceId || '') + '"' + (s.selected ? ' selected' : '') + '>' + esc(s.label || 'Input') + '</option>').join('');
                 const hasDetector = !!(window.noteDetect && typeof window.noteDetect.launchCalibration === 'function');
+                const hasVocalCal = inst === 'vocals' && !!(window.feedBack && window.feedBack.vocalCalibration &&
+                    window.feedBack.vocalCalibration.version === 1 &&
+                    typeof window.feedBack.vocalCalibration.launch === 'function');
+                // For vocals: "Calibrate" iff vocal-cal facade present; "Continue" otherwise.
+                // For guitar/bass: "Calibrate" iff noteDetect present; "Continue" otherwise.
+                const canCalibrate = inst === 'vocals' ? hasVocalCal : hasDetector;
+                const notLoadedNotice = inst === 'vocals'
+                    ? (hasVocalCal ? '' : '<p class="text-xs text-fb-textDim mt-3">Vocal calibration isn’t available yet — you can set it up later from the player.</p>')
+                    : (hasDetector ? '' : '<p class="text-xs text-fb-textDim mt-3">The note detector isn’t loaded here — you can calibrate later from the player.</p>');
                 const body =
                     '<p class="text-sm text-fb-textDim">Pick your audio input, then run the calibration to set levels, channel and latency.</p>' +
                     (sources.length
                         ? '<label class="block text-xs uppercase tracking-wider text-fb-textDim mt-3 mb-1">Audio input</label>' +
                           '<select data-is-audio class="w-full bg-gray-800/50 border border-gray-700 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-sm text-fb-text outline-none">' + opts2 + '</select>'
                         : '<p class="text-sm text-fb-accent mt-2">No audio input detected yet — plug in your interface, or skip and set this up later.</p>') +
-                    (hasDetector ? '' : '<p class="text-xs text-fb-textDim mt-3">The note detector isn’t loaded here — you can calibrate later from the player.</p>');
+                    notLoadedNotice;
                 const foot =
                     '<button type="button" data-is-cal class="bg-fb-primary hover:bg-fb-primaryHi text-white px-5 py-2 rounded-md font-medium">' +
-                    (hasDetector ? 'Calibrate' : 'Continue') + '</button>';
+                    (canCalibrate ? 'Calibrate' : 'Continue') + '</button>';
                 shell(inst, body, foot);
 
                 const sel = host.querySelector('[data-is-audio]');
@@ -162,8 +172,42 @@
                 // Tell the tuner tables / note_detect which instrument this is.
                 try { fetch('/api/settings', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ instrument: inst }) }); } catch (_) {}
 
-                host.querySelector('[data-is-cal]').addEventListener('click', () => {
+                const calBtn = host.querySelector('[data-is-cal]');
-                    if (hasDetector) {
+                let _advancing = false; // double-click guard for the auto-advance fallback
+                calBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+                    if (inst === 'vocals') {
+                        // Vocals calibration is handled by the vocal-highway plugin's
+                        // facade. Guard: if the facade is absent (plugin disabled or
+                        // not yet loaded), mark done with a notice and continue.
+                        const vc = window.feedBack && window.feedBack.vocalCalibration;
+                        if (vc && vc.version === 1 && typeof vc.launch === 'function') {
+                            const ov = document.getElementById('input-setup-overlay');
+                            const prevDisplay = ov ? ov.style.display : '';
+                            if (ov) ov.style.display = 'none';
+                            const restore = () => {
+                                const o = document.getElementById('input-setup-overlay');
+                                if (o) o.style.display = prevDisplay;
+                            };
+                            vc.launch({
+                                requester: 'input_setup',
+                                onDone: (_result) => { restore(); advance(inst, true); },
+                                onCancel: () => { restore(); /* stay on panel; user can skip or retry */ },
+                            });
+                        } else {
+                            // ponytail: vocal-highway not loaded — mark done so wizard doesn't hang
+                            if (_advancing) return; // double-click guard: one advance per panel
+                            _advancing = true;
+                            calBtn.disabled = true;
+                            const body = host.querySelector('[data-is-body]');
+                            if (body) body.innerHTML = '<p class="text-sm text-fb-textDim">Vocal calibration will be available once the Vocal Highway plugin is enabled. Continuing…</p>';
+                            // Store timer id so advance() (via _activeCleanup) can cancel it
+                            // if the user hits Skip before the 1800ms fires — prevents the
+                            // stale timer from double-advancing the wizard and dropping the
+                            // next instrument from both completed and skipped.
+                            const _timerId = setTimeout(() => advance(inst, true), 1800);
+                            _activeCleanup = () => clearTimeout(_timerId);
+                        }
+                    } else if (hasDetector) {
                         // Hide our own full-screen overlay while note_detect's
                         // Calibration Wizard runs on top. That wizard goes
                         // transparent (pointer-events:none) when it minimizes to
@@ -352,7 +396,7 @@
 
     // Settings-panel re-entry (settings.html "Set up input devices" button).
     // Re-runs the wizard for the player's selected instrument paths, falling
-    // back to all instruments when progression isn't available.
+    // back to all instruments when progression isn’t available.
     window._inputSetupRelaunch = async function () {
         let instruments = [];
         try {
@@ -363,7 +407,7 @@
                 instruments = paths.map((p) => (typeof p === 'string' ? p : (p && p.id))).filter(Boolean);
             }
         } catch (_) { /* offline — fall back below */ }
-        if (!instruments.length) instruments = ['guitar', 'bass', 'keys', 'drums'];
+        if (!instruments.length) instruments = ['guitar', 'bass', 'vocals', 'keys', 'drums'];
         launch(instruments);
     };
 })();

server.py

@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ def trigger_full_rescan():
         # delete_missing() prunes anything genuinely gone at the end.
         meta_db.conn.execute("UPDATE songs SET mtime = -1")
         meta_db.conn.commit()
-    if not scan.kick_scan(force=True):
+    if not scan.kick_scan(force=True, allow_mass_prune=True):
         return {"message": "Scan already in progress"}
     return {"message": "Full rescan started"}
 

static/js/count-in.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Count-in — the 1-2-3-4 click before playback, plus the song-credits overlay that
+// Count-in — the one-bar click before playback, plus the song-credits overlay that
 // shares its lifecycle and timers.
 //
 // The third slice out of app.js's strongly-connected core, and the first that had to
@@ -40,6 +40,75 @@ export function playClick(high = false) {
     osc.stop(_audioCtx.currentTime + 0.08);
 }
 
+// ── How many clicks lead into `startT` ──────────────────────────────────
+// One bar, derived from the song_timeline beats: `window.highway.getBeats()`
+// is the only meter data the frontend holds (the `time_signatures` map is
+// streamed to plugins, not stored here). Beats carry `measure >= 0` on
+// downbeats, so the gap between consecutive downbeats IS the bar length —
+// which is why a 3/4 song no longer gets four clicks.
+//
+// A first bar shorter than that is a pickup (anacrusis), and the count is
+// shortened by its length so the music enters on its real beat: a 1-beat
+// pickup in 4/4 counts "1 2 3" and the pickup lands on 4. Counting a full
+// four there puts the pickup where the downbeat belongs, and the player comes
+// in a beat late for the whole song.
+export function countInBeats(startT) {
+    const DEFAULT = 4;   // pre-chart, synthetic highway (minigames), or no beats
+    let beats = null;
+    try {
+        if (window.highway && typeof window.highway.getBeats === 'function') {
+            beats = window.highway.getBeats();
+        }
+    } catch (_) { /* fall through to the default */ }
+    if (!Array.isArray(beats) || beats.length < 2) return DEFAULT;
+
+    const downbeats = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < beats.length; i++) {
+        if (beats[i] && beats[i].measure >= 0) downbeats.push(i);
+    }
+    if (downbeats.length < 2) return DEFAULT;
+
+    // Bar length = the most common gap between downbeats. The mode rather than
+    // the first gap: it ignores a short pickup bar and a short final bar, and
+    // survives an isolated meter change mid-song. The beats trailing the last
+    // downbeat count as a candidate too — otherwise a song of pickup + one bar
+    // offers only the pickup's own gap and the count collapses to it.
+    const gapCounts = new Map();
+    const addGap = (gap) => gapCounts.set(gap, (gapCounts.get(gap) || 0) + 1);
+    for (let k = 1; k < downbeats.length; k++) {
+        addGap(downbeats[k] - downbeats[k - 1]);
+    }
+    addGap(beats.length - downbeats[downbeats.length - 1]);
+    let barLen = DEFAULT;
+    let bestCount = 0;
+    for (const [gap, n] of gapCounts) {
+        // Tie → the longer bar: a pickup's short gap must not outvote the
+        // real meter when the song is too short to repeat it.
+        if (n > bestCount || (n === bestCount && gap > barLen)) {
+            barLen = gap;
+            bestCount = n;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The beat playback resumes on. The 50 ms tolerance matches the seek
+    // precision the loop-wrap path already assumes.
+    const startIdx = beats.findIndex(b => b && b.time >= startT - 0.05);
+    if (startIdx === -1) return barLen;                  // past the last beat
+    if (!(beats[startIdx].measure >= 0)) return barLen;  // resuming mid-bar
+
+    const nextDownbeat = downbeats.find(d => d > startIdx);
+    if (nextDownbeat === undefined) return barLen;       // the last downbeat
+    const thisBar = nextDownbeat - startIdx;
+    if (thisBar <= 0) return barLen;
+
+    // Only the song's FIRST bar can be a pickup. A short bar anywhere else is
+    // a meter change (or a truncated final bar), and counting it as a pickup
+    // would leave almost no count-in at all — so elsewhere we simply count
+    // that bar's own length, which is also what a mid-song meter change wants.
+    if (startIdx === downbeats[0] && thisBar < barLen) return barLen - thisBar;
+    return thisBar;
+}
+
 let _countingIn = false;
 let _countOverlay = null;
 // Generation token so teardown can cancel an in-progress count-in. Each
@@ -273,12 +342,15 @@ export async function startCountIn(opts = {}) {
     function beginCount() {
         const bpm = window.highway.getBPM(loopA);
         const beatInterval = 60 / bpm;
+        // One bar of the meter at loop A (a short bar there is counted short,
+        // same as the song-start pickup).
+        const clicks = countInBeats(loopA);
         let count = 0;
 
         function tick() {
             if (gen !== _countInGen) return; // teardown mid-count
             count++;
-            if (count > 4) {
+            if (count > clicks) {
                 hideCountOverlay();
                 _countingIn = false;
                 if (window._juceMode) {
@@ -320,7 +392,7 @@ export async function startCountIn(opts = {}) {
     }
 }
 
-// Start-of-song count-in: a 4-beat click before playback begins, gated by the
+// Start-of-song count-in: a one-bar click before playback begins, gated by the
 // "Countdown before song" setting (Gameplay tab). Mirrors the loop count-in's
 // overlay + click + gen-token cancellation, but counts from the song's current
 // position (0 at song start) with no loop A/B rewind. startCountIn() is loop-
@@ -340,14 +412,15 @@ export async function startSongCountIn() {
     if (gen !== _countInGen) return; // teardown during pause
     const startT = S.lastAudioTime || 0;
     let bpm = window.highway.getBPM(startT);
-    // Pre-chart / malformed-tempo fallback: 4 beats at 120 BPM (500 ms each).
+    // Pre-chart / malformed-tempo fallback: 120 BPM (500 ms per beat).
     if (!Number.isFinite(bpm) || bpm <= 0) bpm = 120;
     const beatInterval = 60 / bpm;
+    const clicks = countInBeats(startT);
     let count = 0;
     function tick() {
         if (gen !== _countInGen) return; // teardown mid-count
         count++;
-        if (count > 4) {
+        if (count > clicks) {
             hideCountOverlay();
             _countingIn = false;
             // Hand off to the normal play path — togglePlay() flips isPlaying,

tests/js/career_gig_tuning.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for career-gig-tuning interstitial logic (feedBack career-gig-tuning).
+ *
+ * Failure inputs:
+ *   - pref='specific' + first song → no interstitial (specific never needs a tune pause)
+ *   - pref='any'   + first song   → interstitial fires
+ *   - pref='any'   + same tuning  → no interstitial between songs
+ *   - pref='any'   + tuning diff  → interstitial fires
+ *   - holdAutoplay absent         → interstitial gracefully skipped
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+const { test, describe } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const vm = require('node:vm');
+
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
+const SCREEN_JS = fs.readFileSync(
+    path.join(ROOT, 'plugins', 'career', 'screen.js'), 'utf8'
+);
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// VM harness
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function makeCtx(opts = {}) {
+    const holdReleaseCalled = { v: false };
+    const holdSettleCalled = { v: false };
+
+    const feedBackBase = {
+        on: () => {},
+        emit: () => {},
+        holdAutoplay: opts.noHoldAutoplay ? undefined : function () {
+            const release = function () { holdReleaseCalled.v = true; };
+            release.settle = function () { holdSettleCalled.v = true; };
+            return release;
+        },
+    };
+
+    const ctx = vm.createContext({
+        window: {},
+        document: {
+            getElementById: () => null,
+            readyState: 'complete',
+            addEventListener: () => {},
+        },
+        localStorage: {
+            _store: {},
+            getItem(k) { return this._store[k] != null ? this._store[k] : null; },
+            setItem(k, v) { this._store[k] = String(v); },
+        },
+        clearTimeout: () => {},
+        setTimeout: (fn, ms) => 42,
+        fetch: () => Promise.resolve({ ok: false, json: async () => ({}) }),
+        console,
+        __holdReleaseCalled: holdReleaseCalled,
+        __holdSettleCalled: holdSettleCalled,
+    });
+
+    // Set window.feedBack inside the context so script-level refs pick it up
+    ctx.window.feedBack = feedBackBase;
+
+    vm.runInContext(SCREEN_JS, ctx);
+    return ctx;
+}
+
+function setRun(ctx, tuning_pref, songs) {
+    vm.runInContext(`
+        window.__careerPassportTest.setGigRun({
+            idx: 0,
+            tuning_pref: ${JSON.stringify(tuning_pref)},
+            songs: ${JSON.stringify(songs)},
+        });
+    `, ctx);
+}
+
+function get(ctx, expr) {
+    return vm.runInContext(expr, ctx);
+}
+
+function callOnLoading(ctx) {
+    vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.onGigSongLoading()', ctx);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('career-gig-tuning interstitial', () => {
+    test('no hold when gig run is null', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.setGigRun(null)', ctx);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.equal(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('first song fires interstitial for pref=any', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        setRun(ctx, 'any', [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }]);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.notEqual(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('first song fires interstitial for pref=standard', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        setRun(ctx, 'standard', [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }]);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.notEqual(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('first song does NOT fire interstitial for pref=specific:E Standard', () => {
+        // Failure input: bare 'specific' would pass the old wrong guard `!== 'specific'`
+        // but is impossible in production. Real value is always 'specific:<name>'.
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        setRun(ctx, 'specific:E Standard', [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }]);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.equal(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('between-songs same tuning: no interstitial', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        const songs = [
+            { filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' },
+            { filename: 'b.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' },
+        ];
+        setRun(ctx, 'any', songs);
+        vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.setLastTuning("E Standard")', ctx);
+        vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.getGigRun().idx = 1', ctx);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.equal(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('between-songs tuning change: fires interstitial for pref=any', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        const songs = [
+            { filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' },
+            { filename: 'b.sloppak', tuning_name: 'Drop D' },
+        ];
+        setRun(ctx, 'any', songs);
+        vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.setLastTuning("E Standard")', ctx);
+        vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.getGigRun().idx = 1', ctx);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.notEqual(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('lastTuning is updated after onGigSongLoading', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        setRun(ctx, 'any', [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'Drop D' }]);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.equal(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getLastTuning()'), 'Drop D');
+    });
+
+    test('clearing hold via setTuningHold(null) leaves null', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx();
+        setRun(ctx, 'any', [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }]);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.notEqual(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+        vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningHold(null)', ctx);
+        assert.equal(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+
+    test('holdAutoplay unavailable: no interstitial (graceful skip)', () => {
+        const ctx = makeCtx({ noHoldAutoplay: true });
+        setRun(ctx, 'any', [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }]);
+        callOnLoading(ctx);
+        assert.equal(get(ctx, 'window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningHold()'), null);
+    });
+});
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// bookGig — generation guard (F1) and 404-only revert (F2)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('career-gig-tuning bookGig', () => {
+    // Helper: make a ctx where bookGig is callable.
+    // fetch is overridable per-test via ctx.fetch.
+    function makeBookCtx() {
+        const ctx = vm.createContext({
+            window: {},
+            document: {
+                getElementById: () => null,
+                readyState: 'complete',
+                addEventListener: () => {},
+            },
+            localStorage: {
+                _store: {},
+                getItem(k) { return this._store[k] != null ? this._store[k] : null; },
+                setItem(k, v) { this._store[k] = String(v); },
+            },
+            clearTimeout: () => {},
+            setTimeout: () => 42,
+            fetch: null,   // set per test
+            console,
+        });
+        ctx.window.feedBack = { on: () => {}, emit: () => {} };
+        vm.runInContext(SCREEN_JS, ctx);
+        // Seed _pp so bookGig can find the passport
+        vm.runInContext(`
+            window.__careerPassportTest.setView({
+                instruments: {
+                    guitar: {
+                        passports: [{ genre_key: 'rock', genre: 'Rock' }]
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        `, ctx);
+        return ctx;
+    }
+
+    test('F1: stale response from superseded request is discarded — _ppGigProposal keeps new value', async () => {
+        // Failure input: two requests fire; second completes first; first (stale) must be dropped.
+        // Without the generation guard, the stale Drop response would overwrite the Standard proposal.
+        const ctx = makeBookCtx();
+        let resolveFirst, resolveSecond;
+        const first  = new Promise(r => { resolveFirst  = r; });
+        const second = new Promise(r => { resolveSecond = r; });
+        let callCount = 0;
+        ctx.fetch = () => {
+            callCount++;
+            return callCount === 1 ? first : second;
+        };
+
+        // Fire first request (drop), don't resolve yet
+        const p1 = vm.runInContext(`
+            window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('drop');
+            window.__careerPassportTest.bookGig('rock');
+        `, ctx);
+
+        // Fire second request (standard) — increments gen
+        const p2 = vm.runInContext(`
+            window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('standard');
+            window.__careerPassportTest.bookGig('rock');
+        `, ctx);
+
+        // Resolve SECOND first (standard wins)
+        resolveSecond({ ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => ({ songs: [{ filename: 'standard.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }], tuning_pref: 'standard' }) });
+        await p2;
+
+        // Now resolve stale FIRST (drop) — must be discarded
+        resolveFirst({ ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => ({ songs: [{ filename: 'drop.sloppak', tuning_name: 'Drop D' }], tuning_pref: 'drop' }) });
+        await p1;
+
+        // _ppGigProposal must reflect the second (standard) response, not the stale first.
+        // getProposal() exposes _ppGigProposal via the test seam.
+        const proposal = vm.runInContext('window.__careerPassportTest.getProposal()', ctx);
+        // If the generation guard is absent, stale drop overwrites standard → songs[0] is drop.sloppak
+        assert.ok(
+            proposal === null || proposal.songs[0].filename !== 'drop.sloppak',
+            'stale drop response must not overwrite the winning standard proposal'
+        );
+    });
+
+    test('F2: 500 error keeps user pref — only 404 reverts to any', async () => {
+        // Failure input: saved pref 'drop', server returns 500 → without fix, pref silently becomes 'any'
+        const ctx = makeBookCtx();
+        ctx.fetch = async () => ({ ok: false, status: 500, json: async () => ({}) });
+
+        vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('drop');`, ctx);
+        await vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.bookGig('rock');`, ctx);
+
+        const pref = vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningPref()`, ctx);
+        assert.equal(pref, 'drop', '500 error must not reset pref to any');
+    });
+
+    test('F2: 404 still reverts pref to any', async () => {
+        const ctx = makeBookCtx();
+        ctx.fetch = async () => ({ ok: false, status: 404, json: async () => ({ detail: 'No drop songs.' }) });
+
+        vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('drop');`, ctx);
+        await vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.bookGig('rock');`, ctx);
+
+        const pref = vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningPref()`, ctx);
+        assert.equal(pref, 'any', '404 must revert pref to any');
+    });
+
+    test('F1b: stale 404 json completing after newer booking must not revert newer pref', async () => {
+        // Failure input: A 404 response is received (first gen check passes), then res.json()
+        // is awaited. A new booking fires while json() is pending (increments _ppBookGen).
+        // The error branch MUST re-check gen after json() and NOT revert pref to 'any'.
+        //
+        // We simulate the race by having json() bump _ppBookGen synchronously (equivalent to
+        // a new bookGig call arriving at exactly that moment) before returning a resolved value.
+        // After the await on json()'s resolved Promise, gen !== _ppBookGen → should bail.
+        const ctx = makeBookCtx();
+
+        ctx.fetch = async () => ({
+            ok: false,
+            status: 404,
+            json: () => {
+                // Simulate: a new booking fires while json() is in progress
+                vm.runInContext(
+                    'window.__careerPassportTest.setBookGen(window.__careerPassportTest.getBookGen() + 1);',
+                    ctx
+                );
+                vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('standard');`, ctx);
+                return Promise.resolve({ detail: 'No drop songs.' });
+            },
+        });
+
+        vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('drop');`, ctx);
+        await vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.bookGig('rock');`, ctx);
+
+        const pref = vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.getTuningPref()`, ctx);
+        assert.equal(pref, 'standard', 'stale 404 json must not revert newer pref to any');
+    });
+
+    test('F2: closeBook() invalidates in-flight request — overlay stays closed', async () => {
+        // Failure input: a booking request is in flight (pending fetch), then the user
+        // closes the poster via the REAL closeBook(). Without ++_ppBookGen in closeBook,
+        // the pending response resolves and repopulates _ppGigProposal.
+        //
+        // Mutation proof: delete `++_ppBookGen` from closeBook() → test goes RED
+        //                 (proposal is non-null, assert fails). Restore → GREEN.
+        const ctx = makeBookCtx();
+        let resolvePending;
+        ctx.fetch = () => new Promise(r => { resolvePending = r; });
+
+        // Fire a booking — stays pending
+        vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.setTuningPref('any');`, ctx);
+        const pending = vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.bookGig('rock');`, ctx);
+
+        // User closes the poster — call the REAL closeBook() via the test seam
+        vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.closeBook();`, ctx);
+
+        // Now resolve the pending fetch with a valid payload
+        resolvePending({ ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => ({ songs: [{ filename: 'a.sloppak', tuning_name: 'E Standard' }], tuning_pref: 'any' }) });
+        await pending;
+
+        // Proposal must remain null — closeBook() incremented _ppBookGen so response was discarded
+        const proposal = vm.runInContext(`window.__careerPassportTest.getProposal()`, ctx);
+        assert.equal(proposal, null, 'closeBook() must invalidate in-flight request via ++_ppBookGen');
+    });
+});

tests/js/count_in_beats.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+// Verify `countInBeats(startT)` in static/js/count-in.js sizes the count-in
+// to the song's own bar rather than a hardcoded four clicks.
+//
+// Two behaviours are under test:
+//   1. Meter — a 3/4 song gets three clicks, not four.
+//   2. Pickup (anacrusis) — a first bar shorter than the meter shortens the
+//      count so the pickup enters on its real beat (1-beat pickup in 4/4 →
+//      "1 2 3", music on 4). A full four there puts the pickup where the
+//      downbeat belongs and the player comes in a beat late all song.
+//
+// The meter is read from the song_timeline beats (`window.highway.getBeats()`,
+// `measure >= 0` on downbeats) because that is the only meter data the
+// frontend holds — the `time_signatures` map is streamed to plugins, not
+// stored here.
+//
+// Same extraction approach as loop_restart.test.js: pull the function source
+// out of the module and evaluate it in a vm sandbox with a stubbed highway,
+// rather than loading the ESM module and its DOM-coupled imports.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const vm = require('node:vm');
+
+const COUNT_IN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'js', 'count-in.js');
+
+// Brace-match the function body out of the source. Brittle by design:
+// a rename fails loudly here rather than silently skipping coverage.
+function extractFunction(src, signature) {
+    const start = src.indexOf(signature);
+    if (start === -1) throw new Error(`extractFunction: '${signature}' not found`);
+    const openBrace = src.indexOf('{', start + signature.length);
+    let depth = 1;
+    let i = openBrace + 1;
+    while (i < src.length && depth > 0) {
+        const ch = src[i];
+        if (ch === '{') depth++;
+        else if (ch === '}') depth--;
+        i++;
+    }
+    if (depth !== 0) throw new Error(`extractFunction: unbalanced braces after '${signature}'`);
+    return src.slice(start, i);
+}
+
+const src = fs.readFileSync(COUNT_IN_JS, 'utf8');
+// Drop the `export` keyword so the body evaluates as a plain declaration.
+const fnSrc = extractFunction(src, 'export function countInBeats')
+    .replace(/^export\s+/, '');
+
+// `beats` is the song_timeline shape: {time, measure}, measure >= 0 only on
+// downbeats. `getBeats` may also be absent entirely (pre-chart / minigame).
+function load(beats) {
+    const sandbox = {
+        window: beats === undefined
+            ? { highway: {} }
+            : { highway: { getBeats: () => beats } },
+    };
+    vm.createContext(sandbox);
+    vm.runInContext(`${fnSrc}; globalThis.__fn = countInBeats;`, sandbox);
+    return sandbox.__fn;
+}
+
+// Build a beats array: `bars` full bars of `beatsPerBar`, optionally preceded
+// by a pickup of `pickup` beats. One beat per 0.5 s throughout.
+function makeBeats({ beatsPerBar = 4, bars = 4, pickup = 0 } = {}) {
+    const out = [];
+    let t = 0;
+    let measure = 0;
+    if (pickup > 0) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < pickup; i++) {
+            out.push({ time: t, measure: i === 0 ? measure : -1 });
+            t += 0.5;
+        }
+        measure++;
+    }
+    for (let b = 0; b < bars; b++) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < beatsPerBar; i++) {
+            out.push({ time: t, measure: i === 0 ? measure : -1 });
+            t += 0.5;
+        }
+        measure++;
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
+// ── Meter ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('countInBeats counts a full bar in 4/4', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 4);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats counts three in 3/4 (was hardcoded four)', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 3 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 3);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats counts six in 6/8', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 6 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 6);
+});
+
+// ── Pickup (anacrusis) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('countInBeats shortens the count by a 1-beat pickup in 4/4', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4, pickup: 1 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 3, 'counts 1-2-3 so the pickup lands on 4');
+});
+
+test('countInBeats shortens the count by a 2-beat pickup in 4/4', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4, pickup: 2 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 2);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats handles a pickup in 3/4', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 3, pickup: 1 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 2);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats finds the meter when the song is only a pickup plus one bar', () => {
+    // Gap counts tie (one 1-beat gap, one 4-beat gap) — the longer bar is the
+    // meter, so this must be 3 rather than 0.
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4, bars: 1, pickup: 1 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 3);
+});
+
+// ── Resuming somewhere other than the song top ───────────────────────────
+
+test('countInBeats counts a full bar at a mid-song downbeat, pickup notwithstanding', () => {
+    const beats = makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4, pickup: 1 });
+    const countInBeats = load(beats);
+    // Index 5 is the downbeat of the second full bar (1 pickup + 4 beats).
+    assert.equal(beats[5].measure >= 0, true, 'fixture sanity: index 5 is a downbeat');
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(beats[5].time), 4);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats counts a mid-song meter change by that bar, not as a pickup', () => {
+    // 4/4 throughout, except one 3-beat bar at index 8. Treating a short bar
+    // anywhere but the song's first as a pickup would count a single click.
+    const beats = [];
+    let t = 0;
+    const push = (n, measure) => {
+        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) { beats.push({ time: t, measure: i === 0 ? measure : -1 }); t += 0.5; }
+    };
+    push(4, 0); push(4, 1); push(3, 2); push(4, 3); push(4, 4);
+    const countInBeats = load(beats);
+    assert.equal(beats[8].measure, 2, 'fixture sanity: index 8 opens the 3-beat bar');
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(beats[8].time), 3, 'counts the short bar itself');
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0), 4, 'the 4/4 opening is unaffected');
+});
+
+test('countInBeats counts a full bar when resuming mid-bar', () => {
+    const beats = makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4 });
+    const countInBeats = load(beats);
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(beats[2].time), 4);   // third beat of bar 1
+});
+
+test('countInBeats tolerates a start time slightly past the beat (seek slop)', () => {
+    const countInBeats = load(makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 4, pickup: 1 }));
+    assert.equal(countInBeats(0.02), 3);
+});
+
+// ── Fallbacks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('countInBeats falls back to four without a beats array', () => {
+    assert.equal(load(undefined)(0), 4, 'no getBeats (pre-chart / minigame)');
+    assert.equal(load([])(0), 4, 'empty beats');
+    assert.equal(load(null)(0), 4, 'null beats');
+});
+
+test('countInBeats falls back to four when beats carry no downbeat labels', () => {
+    const beats = [0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0].map(time => ({ time, measure: -1 }));
+    assert.equal(load(beats)(0), 4);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats falls back to four with only one downbeat', () => {
+    const beats = [
+        { time: 0, measure: 0 },
+        { time: 0.5, measure: -1 },
+        { time: 1.0, measure: -1 },
+    ];
+    assert.equal(load(beats)(0), 4);
+});
+
+test('countInBeats counts a full bar past the last beat', () => {
+    const beats = makeBeats({ beatsPerBar: 3 });
+    assert.equal(load(beats)(9999), 3);
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_arp.test.js

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+// h3d-carve-12: Regression coverage for T-section (arpeggio inference) extracted
+// into plugins/highway_3d/src/arp.js.
+//
+// Test classes:
+//   - Source-level: module shape, DI param presence, screen.js wiring
+//   - Wiring-correspondence guard (naming-class invariant, PINNED_RENAMES = {})
+//   - Amendment 2 behavioral kill: resetChordShapeCache identity (gut reset → RED)
+//   - Amendment 3 behavioral kill: WeakMap re-keying guard (gut ref-keying → RED)
+//   - Per-export behavioral kills: mergeHandShapeSynthChords, mergeChordShape,
+//     chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes, chordWireHighDensity, chordTemplateLabel
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const { pathToFileURL } = require('node:url');
+
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const ARP_JS    = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'arp.js');
+
+const src    = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+const arpSrc = fs.readFileSync(ARP_JS,   'utf8');
+
+// ── Module shape ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('arp.js exports createArp', () => {
+    assert.match(arpSrc, /export\s+function\s+createArp\s*\(/,
+        'arp.js must export createArp');
+});
+
+const EXPECTED_EXPORTS = [
+    'chordWireHighDensity', 'chordTemplateLabel', 'chordTemplateMarkedArpeggio',
+    'chordHandShapeArpeggioHint', 'mergeHandShapeSynthChords', 'mergeChordShape',
+    'resetChordShapeCache', 'inferArpeggioFromNotePattern',
+    'chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes', 'hsStart', 'hsEnd', 'handShapeChartSpanSec',
+    'fillArpeggioGhostInferFlags', 'arpeggioChordIdForNoteWithInferCache',
+    'arpHsBoundsForNote', 'fillLaneRailHandShapeFlags', 'fillArpeggioRailShapeBoundsCaches',
+    'arpeggioLaneOuterRailLaneSlice', 'arpeggioLaneOuterRailAtChartTime',
+    'arpeggioLaneDividerFrameAccentMul', 'arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim',
+];
+
+test('createArp return object declares all 21 exported symbols', () => {
+    for (const sym of EXPECTED_EXPORTS) {
+        assert.match(arpSrc, new RegExp('\\b' + sym + '\\b'),
+            `arp.js must mention '${sym}'`);
+    }
+    // The factory return is the last `return {` in the file (inner returns are earlier)
+    const lastReturnIdx = arpSrc.lastIndexOf('return {');
+    assert.ok(lastReturnIdx >= 0, 'createArp must have a return { ... } block');
+    const returnBlock = arpSrc.slice(lastReturnIdx);
+    const returnMatch = returnBlock.match(/return\s*\{([^}]+)\}/s);
+    assert.ok(returnMatch, 'factory return block must be parseable');
+    for (const sym of EXPECTED_EXPORTS) {
+        assert.ok(
+            returnMatch[1].includes(sym),
+            `return block must include '${sym}'`,
+        );
+    }
+});
+
+test('arp.js imports lowerBoundT directly from geometry.js (not via DI)', () => {
+    assert.match(arpSrc,
+        /import\s*\{\s*lowerBoundT\s*\}\s*from\s*'\.\/geometry\.js'/,
+        'lowerBoundT must be imported from geometry.js');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(arpSrc, /lowerBoundT\s*,/,
+        'lowerBoundT must not appear in the DI parameter list');
+});
+
+// ── DI surface checks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS is in the DI parameter list (late-found in survey)', () => {
+    // Must appear as a destructured parameter, not just in usage
+    const paramBlock = arpSrc.match(/export\s+function\s+createArp\s*\(\s*\{([^}]+)\}/s);
+    assert.ok(paramBlock, 'must find createArp parameter block');
+    assert.ok(
+        paramBlock[1].includes('NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS'),
+        'NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS must be listed as a DI parameter',
+    );
+});
+
+test('getNStr getter is used in arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim body (DI rewire)', () => {
+    assert.match(arpSrc, /getNStr\(\)/,
+        'getNStr() must be called somewhere in arp.js');
+    assert.match(arpSrc,
+        /arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim[\s\S]{1,400}getNStr\(\)/,
+        'getNStr() must appear inside arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim body');
+});
+
+// ── screen.js wiring ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('screen.js imports createArp from src/arp.js', () => {
+    assert.match(src,
+        /import\s*\{\s*createArp\s*\}\s*from\s*'\.\/src\/arp\.js'/,
+        'screen.js must import createArp');
+});
+
+test('screen.js T-section body is gone (truthyChartFlag function removed)', () => {
+    // truthyChartFlag lived only in the T-section and is private (not exported)
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /function\s+truthyChartFlag\s*\(/,
+        'truthyChartFlag must not remain as a function declaration in screen.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js no longer contains _chordShapeCache = new WeakMap() direct assignment', () => {
+    // After cut, _chordShapeCache lives in arp.js; screen.js only calls resetChordShapeCache()
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /_chordShapeCache\s*=\s*new\s+WeakMap\(\)/,
+        '_chordShapeCache direct assignment must be gone from screen.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js _resetStringDependentCaches calls resetChordShapeCache()', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /resetChordShapeCache\(\)/,
+        'screen.js must call resetChordShapeCache() in _resetStringDependentCaches');
+});
+
+test('screen.js callsite uses createArp factory destructure', () => {
+    assert.match(src,
+        /const\s*\{[\s\S]*chordWireHighDensity[\s\S]*\}\s*=\s*createArp\s*\(/,
+        'screen.js must destructure from createArp()');
+});
+
+// ── Wiring-correspondence guard ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Every entry in createArp({…}) must satisfy its naming class.
+// PINNED_RENAMES = {} (all entries follow standard convention).
+// Kills param swaps like `getNStr: () => nStr` → `getNStr: () => mStr`.
+
+test('createArp({...}) wiring has correct naming correspondence (no param swaps)', () => {
+    const PINNED_RENAMES = {};
+
+    const ANCHOR = '} = createArp({';
+    const callStart = src.indexOf(ANCHOR);
+    assert.ok(callStart >= 0, 'createArp call must be findable in screen.js');
+    const blockStart = callStart + ANCHOR.length - 1;
+    assert.equal(src[blockStart], '{', 'expected { at computed blockStart');
+
+    let depth = 0, blockEnd = -1;
+    for (let i = blockStart; i < src.length; i++) {
+        if (src[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (src[i] === '}' && --depth === 0) { blockEnd = i; break; }
+    }
+    assert.ok(blockEnd > blockStart, 'createArp argument block must have balanced braces');
+
+    const inner = src.slice(blockStart + 1, blockEnd);
+    const rawEntries = [];
+    let current = '', d = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < inner.length; i++) {
+        const ch = inner[i];
+        if (ch === '{') d++;
+        else if (ch === '}') d--;
+        if (ch === ',' && d === 0) {
+            const t = current.trim();
+            if (t) rawEntries.push(t);
+            current = '';
+        } else {
+            current += ch;
+        }
+    }
+    if (current.trim()) rawEntries.push(current.trim());
+
+    const entries = rawEntries
+        .map(e => e.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '').trim())
+        .filter(Boolean);
+
+    assert.ok(entries.length >= 19, `expected at least 19 entries, got ${entries.length}`);
+
+    const violations = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        if (!entry.includes(':')) continue; // shorthand (UPPERCASE or camelCase plain ref)
+
+        const colonIdx = entry.indexOf(':');
+        const key = entry.slice(0, colonIdx).trim();
+        const value = entry.slice(colonIdx + 1).trim();
+
+        if (key in PINNED_RENAMES) {
+            if (value !== PINNED_RENAMES[key])
+                violations.push(`${key}: pinned to '${PINNED_RENAMES[key]}' but got '${value}'`);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (key.startsWith('get')) {
+            const expectedStem = key[3].toLowerCase() + key.slice(4);
+            const m = value.match(/^\(\)\s*=>\s*_?(\w+)$/);
+            if (!m) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter value '${value}' does not match () => [_]var`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m[1] !== expectedStem) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter body references var stem '${m[1]}' but expected '${expectedStem}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        violations.push(`${key}: key:value entry not in PINNED_RENAMES and not a get-arrow`);
+    }
+
+    assert.deepEqual(violations, [], 'createArp wiring violations found');
+});
+
+// ── Behavioral fixture ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Provides a default createArp instance with all 19 DI params stubbed.
+
+async function makeArp(overrides = {}) {
+    const { createArp } = await import(pathToFileURL(ARP_JS).href + '?t=' + Date.now());
+    const defaults = {
+        validString:   (s) => s >= 0 && s < 6,
+        filterValidNotes: (notes) => notes.filter(n => n.s >= 0 && n.s < 6),
+        sY:            (s) => s * 10,
+        K:             5.0,
+        S_GAP:         10,
+        BEHIND:        100,
+        CHORD_FRAME_RIM_MIN:    0.01,
+        CHORD_FRAME_RIM_FRAC_H: 0.1,
+        ARP_FRAME_ONSET_PAD_S:            0.01,
+        ARP_FRAME_ONSET_CLUSTER_S:        0.03,
+        ARP_INFER_MIN_HAND_SHAPE_SPAN_S:  0.1,
+        ARP_INFER_STRUM_VS_ARP_SPREAD_MIN_S: 0.03,
+        ARP_INFER_MULTI_STRUM_HIT_SLACK:  0.02,
+        ARP_INFER_MULTI_STRUM_WIN_MIN_S:  0.1,
+        ARP_INFER_MIN_HITS_VS_SHAPE_CAP:  0.5,
+        ARP_HWY_RAIL_END_TAIL_S:    0.2,
+        ARP_HWY_RAIL_START_LEAD_S:  0.1,
+        NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS:       0.001,
+        getNStr: () => 6,
+        ...overrides,
+    };
+    return createArp(defaults);
+}
+
+// ── Amendment 2: resetChordShapeCache identity-based kill ─────────────────────
+// r1 = mergeChordShape(ch,...); r2 = same call → assert r1 === r2 (cache hit).
+// resetChordShapeCache(); r3 = same call → assert r3 !== r1 (recomputed object).
+// Gut the reset (no-op instead of new WeakMap) → r3 === r1 → RED.
+
+test('Amendment 2: resetChordShapeCache invalidates the WeakMap — identity kill', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    const ch = { id: 0, t: 0 };
+    const notes = [{ s: 0, f: 3 }];
+    const templates = {};
+
+    const r1 = arp.mergeChordShape(ch, notes, templates);
+    const r2 = arp.mergeChordShape(ch, notes, templates);
+    assert.ok(r1 === r2, 'second call with same chord ref must return the cached Map (identity hit)');
+
+    arp.resetChordShapeCache();
+
+    const r3 = arp.mergeChordShape(ch, notes, templates);
+    assert.ok(r3 !== r1,
+        'call after resetChordShapeCache() must return a NEW Map object — gut the reset → r3 === r1 → RED');
+    // Sanity: content must still be the same even though the object changed
+    assert.deepEqual([...r3.entries()], [...r1.entries()], 'reset must not change computed shape data');
+});
+
+// ── Amendment 3: WeakMap re-keying guard ──────────────────────────────────────
+// Simulates a song-switch: old chord objects dropped (new refs arrive).
+// Same-refs: r1 === r2 (cache hit by object identity).
+// New-refs:  r3 !== r1 (WeakMap miss → recompute — not stale).
+// Gut the ref-compare (switch to string-keyed Map by ch.id) → r3 === r1 → RED
+// when ch2 has the same id as ch1.
+
+test('Amendment 3: WeakMap re-keying — same-ref hit, new-ref recompute (song-switch guard)', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    const ch1 = { id: 7, t: 1.0 };
+    const ch2 = { id: 7, t: 1.0 }; // same data, different object reference
+    const notes = [];
+    const templates = { 7: { frets: [0, 1, 2, -1, -1, -1] } };
+
+    const r1 = arp.mergeChordShape(ch1, notes, templates);
+    const r2 = arp.mergeChordShape(ch1, notes, templates);
+    assert.ok(r1 === r2, 'same chord ref must get a cache hit (r1 === r2)');
+
+    const r3 = arp.mergeChordShape(ch2, notes, templates);
+    assert.ok(r3 !== r1,
+        'different chord ref (song-switch) must NOT get the stale cached entry — gut ref-keying → r3 === r1 → RED');
+    // Content must still be equal (same inputs)
+    assert.deepEqual([...r3.entries()], [...r1.entries()], 'recomputed shape must equal original');
+});
+
+// ── mergeChordShape behavioral kill ──────────────────────────────────────────
+// Chord note override must win over template fret for the same string.
+
+test('mergeChordShape: chord note overrides template fret on same string', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    const ch = { id: 5, t: 2.0 };
+    const notes = [{ s: 0, f: 7 }]; // override string 0 fret to 7
+    const templates = { 5: { frets: [3, 5, -1, -1, -1, -1] } }; // template says s0=3, s1=5
+
+    const shape = arp.mergeChordShape(ch, notes, templates);
+    assert.equal(shape.get(0), 7, 'chord note fret must override template fret on string 0');
+    assert.equal(shape.get(1), 5, 'template fret for string 1 must be preserved');
+});
+
+// ── mergeHandShapeSynthChords behavioral kill ─────────────────────────────────
+// A hand shape with no coincident real chord must produce a synth chord entry.
+
+test('mergeHandShapeSynthChords: synthesizes chord when hand-shape has no matching real chord', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    const templates = { 3: { frets: [0, 2, 2, -1, -1, -1] } };
+    const realChords = [];
+    const handShapes = [{ chord_id: 3, start_time: 1.0, end_time: 2.0 }];
+
+    const merged = arp.mergeHandShapeSynthChords(realChords, handShapes, templates);
+    assert.ok(merged.length === 1, 'one synth chord must be produced from the hand shape');
+    assert.ok(merged[0].h3dSynth === true, 'synth chord must be flagged h3dSynth');
+    assert.equal(merged[0].id, 3, 'synth chord must carry the hand-shape chord_id');
+    assert.ok(merged[0].notes.length > 0, 'synth chord must have notes from template');
+});
+
+test('mergeHandShapeSynthChords: real chord at same onset suppresses synth (no duplicate)', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    const templates = { 3: { frets: [0, 2, 2, -1, -1, -1] } };
+    const realChords = [{ t: 1.0, id: 3, notes: [] }];
+    const handShapes = [{ chord_id: 3, start_time: 1.0, end_time: 2.0 }];
+
+    const merged = arp.mergeHandShapeSynthChords(realChords, handShapes, templates);
+    assert.equal(merged.length, 1, 'real chord at same onset must suppress synth — no duplicate');
+    assert.ok(!merged[0].h3dSynth, 'the surviving entry must be the real chord, not synth');
+});
+
+// ── chordWireHighDensity / chordTemplateLabel simple kills ────────────────────
+
+test('chordWireHighDensity returns true when chord.hd is truthy (boolean, 1, or "1")', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    assert.ok(arp.chordWireHighDensity({ hd: true }));
+    assert.ok(arp.chordWireHighDensity({ hd: 1 }));
+    assert.ok(arp.chordWireHighDensity({ hd: '1' }));
+    assert.ok(!arp.chordWireHighDensity({ hd: false }));
+    assert.ok(!arp.chordWireHighDensity({ hd: 0 }));
+});
+
+test('chordTemplateLabel returns displayName over name, empty string for null', async () => {
+    const arp = await makeArp();
+    assert.equal(arp.chordTemplateLabel({ displayName: 'Gm', name: 'Gm7' }), 'Gm');
+    assert.equal(arp.chordTemplateLabel({ name: 'Am' }), 'Am');
+    assert.equal(arp.chordTemplateLabel(null), '');
+    assert.equal(arp.chordTemplateLabel({}), '');
+});
+
+// ── arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim DI rewire check ──────────────────
+// getNStr() must be called to look up nStr; if it were hardcoded to a constant
+// the test would break when getNStr returns a different value.
+
+test('arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim uses getNStr() for string count (DI rewire)', async () => {
+    const calls = [];
+    const arp = await makeArp({ getNStr: () => { calls.push(true); return 4; } });
+    // Call the function (it uses sY(0) and sY(getNStr()-1), both derived from nStr)
+    arp.arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim(1.0);
+    assert.ok(calls.length > 0, 'getNStr() must be called inside arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_arp_deferral.test.js

@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+// h3d-carve-12: chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes moved to src/arp.js
+const ARP_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'arp.js');
+// h3d-carve-15: deferChordGems / noteStreamCoversArpShape moved to src/renderer.js
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
 
 test('chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes helper exists with the expected signature', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(ARP_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /function\s+chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes\s*\(\s*ch\s*,\s*shape\s*,\s*notesArr\s*,\s*timeWin\s*\)/,
-        'helper that scans the note stream for shape coverage must remain on screen.js',
+        'helper that scans the note stream for shape coverage must be in src/arp.js (moved from screen.js by h3d-carve-12)',
     );
 });
 
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ test('deferChordGems gates both synth and explicit+covered branches on note-stre
     // Either branch firing without coverage produces the empty-lavender-frame
     // regression PR #262 fixed. Pin both predicates so a refactor that drops
     // one gate fails the test.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /const\s+deferChordGems\s*=\s*\(\s*ch\.h3dSynth\s*&&\s*noteStreamCoversArpShape\(\)\s*\)\s*\|\|\s*inferredArpPattern\s*\|\|\s*\(\s*hsHintFrame\.explicit\s*&&\s*hsHintFrame\.covered\s*&&\s*noteStreamCoversArpShape\(\)\s*\)/,
@@ -37,14 +41,14 @@ test('noteStreamCoversArpShape is computed lazily (called, not eagerly bound)',
     // Eager allocation regressed perf on dense charts (Copilot review on PR
     // #262). The shape must be a callable so short-circuit evaluation skips
     // the note-stream scan when neither gating branch needs it.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /const\s+noteStreamCoversArpShape\s*=\s*(?:\(\s*\)\s*=>|function(?:\s+\w+)?\s*\(\s*\))/,
         'noteStreamCoversArpShape must be an arrow/function so the scan is lazy',
     );
     assert.doesNotMatch(
-        src,
+        fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8'),
         /const\s+noteStreamCoversArpShape\s*=\s*chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes\(/,
         'noteStreamCoversArpShape must not eagerly invoke the coverage helper',
     );

tests/js/highway_3d_bc_panel.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+// Class-killer tests for src/bc-panel.js — h3d-carve-4.
+//
+// Most tests are source-scan (grep for structural invariants that protect
+// against specific mutations).  Two tests eval _bcIsDesktop in isolation
+// (a pure function that only reads window.*) using new Function so Node
+// can run it without a browser.  Screen.js wiring is verified by scanning
+// the import declaration and checking that moved symbols are gone from the
+// IIFE.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const BC_PANEL_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'bc-panel.js');
+const SCREEN_JS   = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+let _src;
+function src() { if (!_src) _src = fs.readFileSync(BC_PANEL_JS, 'utf8'); return _src; }
+
+let _screenSrc;
+function screenSrc() { if (!_screenSrc) _screenSrc = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8'); return _screenSrc; }
+
+// ── Eval helper for _bcIsDesktop (pure; only reads window.*) ──────────────────
+
+let _isDesktopFn;
+function isDesktopFn() {
+    if (_isDesktopFn) return _isDesktopFn;
+    // Strip 'export' keywords; extract just _bcIsDesktop body for eval.
+    const stripped = src().replace(/^export\s+/gm, '');
+    // Wrap in a factory that returns _bcIsDesktop after evaluating the whole
+    // module (so inner references resolve).  window is the only global needed.
+    const factory = new Function('window', stripped + '\nreturn _bcIsDesktop;');
+    _isDesktopFn = factory;
+    return _isDesktopFn;
+}
+
+// ── 1. _bcLoading reset on rejection ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_bcLoading reset to null when lib-load promise rejects', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove `.catch(() => { _bcLoading = null; })` from _bcLoadLib.
+    // Without it, a rejected load-promise is cached forever; every subsequent
+    // mount returns the rejected promise immediately → Butterchurn permanently
+    // disabled for the session with no retry.
+    assert.match(src(), /_bcLoading\s*=\s*null/,
+        '_bcLoadLib must reset _bcLoading to null in a .catch handler so failed loads retry');
+    // Verify the reset appears in a .catch context (not just an early-return path).
+    assert.match(src(), /\.catch\s*\([\s\S]{1,60}_bcLoading\s*=\s*null/,
+        '_bcLoading = null must appear inside a .catch callback');
+});
+
+// ── 2. window.h3dBcApplySettings at module scope ──────────────────────────────
+
+test('window.h3dBcApplySettings is assigned at module scope (not inside a function)', () => {
+    // Mutation: move assignment inside _bcCreateController → it isn't available
+    // until first mount; settings.html's `?.` call silently no-ops → settings
+    // changes (opacity, enabled, cycle mode) never apply until the user visits
+    // the player for the first time.
+    //
+    // Structural check: the assignment must appear BEFORE the first `function`
+    // or `export function` declaration in bc-panel.js (i.e. at module scope).
+    const s = src();
+    // Line-anchored regex: `^window.` matches only an unindented assignment.
+    // A comment mention or an indented assignment (inside a function body) both
+    // fail to match and return -1 — so this single check is sufficient.
+    const assignIdx = s.search(/^window\.h3dBcApplySettings\s*=/m);
+    assert.ok(assignIdx >= 0,
+        'window.h3dBcApplySettings must be assigned at line-start (module scope) in bc-panel.js — ' +
+        'an indented assignment (inside a function) would not match /^window\\./m');
+});
+
+// ── 3. _bcIsDesktop guards all three required conditions ──────────────────────
+
+test('_bcIsDesktop checks isDesktop, .audio, and typeof getRawAudioFrame', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove any one guard → non-desktop host (Docker/web app) enters
+    // the desktop guitar-feed path → audioProvider is wrong; pcmLoop errors
+    // every 16 ms trying to call an undefined getRawAudioFrame.
+    const s = src();
+    assert.match(s, /d\.isDesktop/,
+        '_bcIsDesktop must guard on d.isDesktop');
+    assert.match(s, /d\.audio/,
+        '_bcIsDesktop must guard on d.audio');
+    assert.match(s, /typeof\s+d\.audio\.getRawAudioFrame\s*===\s*'function'/,
+        "_bcIsDesktop must guard typeof d.audio.getRawAudioFrame === 'function'");
+});
+
+// ── 4. _bcIsDesktop eval: returns false when window has no desktop bridge ─────
+
+test('_bcIsDesktop returns false when window.feedBackDesktop is absent', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove the `d && ...` guard → accessing .isDesktop on undefined
+    // throws in the browser; the whole highway init crashes.
+    const fn = isDesktopFn()({ feedBackDesktop: undefined, slopsmithDesktop: undefined });
+    assert.strictEqual(fn(), false,
+        '_bcIsDesktop must return false when neither feedBackDesktop nor slopsmithDesktop is set');
+});
+
+// ── 5. _bcIsDesktop eval: returns false when isDesktop is missing from bridge ─
+
+test('_bcIsDesktop returns false when bridge has audio but no isDesktop flag', () => {
+    // Mutation: rely on truthy bridge presence alone (drop isDesktop check) → any host
+    // that exposes feedBackDesktop for non-guitar purposes (e.g. file manager) would
+    // be misidentified as the guitar-input desktop host.
+    const fn = isDesktopFn()({
+        feedBackDesktop: { audio: { getRawAudioFrame: () => new Float32Array(512) } },
+        slopsmithDesktop: undefined,
+    });
+    assert.strictEqual(fn(), false,
+        '_bcIsDesktop must return false when feedBackDesktop lacks the isDesktop flag');
+});
+
+// ── 6. destroy() removes controller from _bcControllers ──────────────────────
+
+test('destroy() calls _bcControllers.delete(ctrl)', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove delete call → dead controller stays in _bcControllers;
+    // _bcApplyAll iterates the Set and calls applySettings() on the dead controller;
+    // null canvas/scrim refs throw; multiple repeated mounts eventually saturate Set.
+    assert.match(src(), /_bcControllers\.delete\s*\(\s*ctrl\s*\)/,
+        'destroy() must call _bcControllers.delete(ctrl) to remove the dead controller');
+});
+
+// ── 7. _bcReleaseCanvasGL called in destroy() ─────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_bcReleaseCanvasGL is called inside destroy()', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove the release call from destroy() → WebGL context not freed on
+    // dismount; browsers allow ~16 concurrent contexts; repeated mount/toggles
+    // exhaust the cap; subsequent mounts get null from getContext('webgl') →
+    // Butterchurn init silently fails.
+    //
+    // The call appears in two places: destroy() method and the .catch error handler.
+    // Both are required.  This test checks that destroy() includes it.
+    const s = src();
+    // `destroy() {` (with space+brace) anchors the actual method definition,
+    // not comment references like "so destroy() closes only ...".
+    const destroyIdx = s.indexOf('destroy() {');
+    assert.ok(destroyIdx >= 0, 'destroy() method must exist in the returned controller object');
+    // Find the release call after the destroy label (within 1000 chars).
+    const destroyBlock = s.slice(destroyIdx, destroyIdx + 1000);
+    assert.match(destroyBlock, /_bcReleaseCanvasGL/,
+        '_bcReleaseCanvasGL must be called inside destroy() to free the WebGL context');
+});
+
+// ── 8. _bcReleaseCanvasGL called in async-init failure handler ────────────────
+
+test('_bcReleaseCanvasGL is called in the _bcLoadLib().catch handler', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove from .catch → half-initialised failure (lib load, WebGL
+    // context creation) leaves a bound WebGL context on the abandoned canvas;
+    // the context is never freed; same cap exhaustion as above.
+    const s = src();
+    // The error handler's .catch takes a named error param (e) and logs via
+    // console.error — that's how we distinguish it from the narrow no-op catches.
+    // Look for `_bcReleaseCanvasGL` inside a `.catch((e) => {` block.
+    assert.match(s, /\.catch\s*\(\s*\(e\)[\s\S]{1,600}_bcReleaseCanvasGL/,
+        '_bcReleaseCanvasGL must appear in the error-handler .catch((e) => {}) block');
+});
+
+// ── 9. _bcLoadSettings merges saved state with BC_DEFAULTS ───────────────────
+
+test('_bcLoadSettings uses Object.assign with BC_DEFAULTS as base', () => {
+    // Mutation: return raw parsed JSON without merging → missing keys from
+    // localStorage (fresh install, partial save) become undefined;
+    // s.enabled → undefined → bg disabled on first launch.
+    assert.match(src(), /Object\.assign\s*\(\s*\{\s*\}\s*,\s*BC_DEFAULTS/,
+        '_bcLoadSettings must merge with BC_DEFAULTS so missing keys get defaults');
+});
+
+// ── 10. screen.js imports both exports from src/bc-panel.js ──────────────────
+
+test('screen.js imports _bcCreateController and _bcIsDesktop from src/bc-panel.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove import → H-section call to _bcCreateController throws
+    // ReferenceError at the first butterchurn mount; the 3D highway becomes
+    // permanently broken when butterchurn bg is selected.
+    const s = screenSrc();
+    assert.match(s,
+        /import\s+\{[^}]*_bcCreateController[^}]*\}\s+from\s+['"]\.\/src\/bc-panel\.js['"]/,
+        'screen.js must import _bcCreateController from ./src/bc-panel.js');
+    assert.match(s,
+        /import\s+\{[^}]*_bcIsDesktop[^}]*\}\s+from\s+['"]\.\/src\/bc-panel\.js['"]/,
+        'screen.js must import _bcIsDesktop from ./src/bc-panel.js');
+});
+
+// ── 12. screen.js has no bare caller references to private bc-panel.js symbols ─
+
+test('every bc-panel.js export referenced in screen.js IIFE is in the import statement', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove _bcLoadSettings (or any other export) from the screen.js import
+    // → symbol is exported by bc-panel.js, referenced in the IIFE, but not bound via
+    // import → ReferenceError at runtime.  This is the class Creed HIGH found on
+    // cut 4 (screen.js:15396-15402: _bcLoadSettings + _bcFfIdx called but not imported).
+    //
+    // Method (generalised):
+    //   exported  = all _bc* symbols with `export` keyword in bc-panel.js
+    //   imported  = all symbols in screen.js's `from './src/bc-panel.js'` import clause
+    //   leaked    = exported symbols that appear as bare refs in screen.js IIFE
+    //               but are NOT in imported
+    // Adding a new export and a new caller without updating the import → leaked is
+    // non-empty → test RED.
+    const bcSrc = src();
+    const scrSrc = screenSrc();
+
+    // All exported _bc* symbols from bc-panel.js.
+    const exported = new Set(
+        [...bcSrc.matchAll(/^export\s+(?:const|let|var|function)\s+(_bc\w+)/mg)].map(m => m[1])
+    );
+
+    // Symbols actually imported from bc-panel.js in screen.js.
+    const importMatch = scrSrc.match(/import\s+\{([^}]+)\}\s+from\s+['"]\.\/src\/bc-panel\.js['"]/);
+    const imported = new Set(
+        importMatch ? importMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean) : []
+    );
+
+    // IIFE body: strip import lines and line comments to avoid false positives.
+    const noImports  = scrSrc.replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    const noComments = noImports.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+
+    // Exported symbols referenced in the IIFE body but absent from the import list.
+    const leaked = [...exported].filter(
+        sym => new RegExp('\\b' + sym + '\\b').test(noComments) && !imported.has(sym)
+    );
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(leaked, [],
+        'screen.js references bc-panel.js exports that are not in its import clause: ' +
+        leaked.join(', ') +
+        ' — add them to the import { … } from \'./src/bc-panel.js\' line in screen.js');
+});
+
+// ── 11. screen.js IIFE no longer defines moved B-section symbols ──────────────
+
+test('screen.js IIFE does not redeclare _bcCreateController or _bcLoadLib', () => {
+    // Mutation: re-add function _bcCreateController() to the IIFE → double definition;
+    // the IIFE-scope function shadows the imported one inside the factory; bc-panel.js
+    // private state is split: the IIFE copy has its own _bcControllers, _bcSettings, etc.
+    // The panel never shows, controller objects leak, applySettings no-ops.
+    const s = screenSrc();
+    // Strip import lines so we only scan the IIFE body.
+    const iife = s.replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+_bcCreateController\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redeclare _bcCreateController');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+_bcLoadLib\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redeclare _bcLoadLib');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_bg_control.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+// Class-killer tests for src/bg-control.js — h3d-carve-5.
+//
+// bg-control.js uses a factory export (createBgControl({DI})) because its
+// dependencies are IIFE-scope values that cannot be ES-module imports.
+// screen.js destructures { _pcAcquire, _pcRelease } from the factory result.
+//
+// Test strategy:
+//   - Source-scan tests check structural invariants (critical paths, DI wiring,
+//     accessor call site, tombstone).
+//   - Screen.js wiring tests check the import clause and destructure form.
+//   - Generic stranded-caller test (adapted from bc-panel.js test 12) checks
+//     that every _pc* symbol in the bg-control.js factory return is also in
+//     screen.js's createBgControl destructure — a bare _pcFoo reference in the
+//     IIFE that isn't in the destructure is the same stranded-caller bug class.
+//   - Construction-order test: createBgControl call must appear AFTER all DI
+//     definitions in screen.js and BEFORE createFactory.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const BG_CONTROL_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'bg-control.js');
+const SCREEN_JS     = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+let _src;
+function src() { if (!_src) _src = fs.readFileSync(BG_CONTROL_JS, 'utf8'); return _src; }
+
+let _screenSrc;
+function screenSrc() { if (!_screenSrc) _screenSrc = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8'); return _screenSrc; }
+
+// ── 1. createBgControl is exported (not private) ──────────────────────────────
+
+test('createBgControl is exported from bg-control.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove `export` → screen.js import throws SyntaxError /
+    // "does not provide an export" at module-graph load time → highway never
+    // initialises; all 3D-Hwy users see a blank canvas.
+    assert.match(src(), /^export\s+function\s+createBgControl\s*\(/m,
+        'createBgControl must be a line-start export function declaration');
+});
+
+// ── 2. DI params declared (all five) ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createBgControl destructures all five DI params', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove one DI param → that function is `undefined` inside the
+    // factory → every call to e.g. _bgReadGlobal throws TypeError: not a function.
+    const s = src();
+    const sig = s.match(/export\s+function\s+createBgControl\s*\(\s*\{([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(sig, 'createBgControl signature must use destructuring params');
+    const params = sig[1];
+    assert.match(params, /BG_STYLE_IDS/, 'DI must include BG_STYLE_IDS');
+    assert.match(params, /_bgReadGlobal/, 'DI must include _bgReadGlobal');
+    assert.match(params, /_bgSubscribe/, 'DI must include _bgSubscribe');
+    assert.match(params, /_bgUnsubscribe/, 'DI must include _bgUnsubscribe');
+    assert.match(params, /getVenueSceneOverride/, 'DI must include getVenueSceneOverride');
+});
+
+// ── 3. getVenueSceneOverride() called as function (not captured at construction) ──
+
+test('_pcSync calls getVenueSceneOverride() not _venueSceneOverride directly', () => {
+    // Mutation: revert beyond-subst 2 to `!!_venueSceneOverride` → factory
+    // captures the initial `false` at construction time; the accessor is never
+    // called; Venue-active state is always `false` → UI never goes inert under
+    // Venue; user can "pick" a background while Venue scene is active but the
+    // pick goes nowhere because Venue owns the mount.
+    const s = src();
+    // Must call the accessor (with parens).
+    assert.match(s, /getVenueSceneOverride\(\)/,
+        '_pcSync must call getVenueSceneOverride() rather than capturing the var at construction');
+    // Must NOT contain the raw closure variable name in executable code (bare, without call
+    // parens). Strip line comments first so the comment-doc in the file header doesn't fire.
+    const noLineComments = s.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(noLineComments, /\b_venueSceneOverride\b/,
+        'bg-control.js must not reference bare _venueSceneOverride in code — use getVenueSceneOverride()');
+});
+
+// ── 4. _bgSubscribe called inside _pcMount ────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_bgSubscribe is called inside _pcMount to register the settings listener', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove _bgSubscribe call → control mounts but never receives
+    // settings-bus events; a style change from Settings page never syncs back
+    // to the in-player picker; the two UIs drift permanently.
+    const s = src();
+    const mountIdx = s.indexOf('function _pcMount()');
+    assert.ok(mountIdx >= 0, '_pcMount must be defined in bg-control.js');
+    const mountBlock = s.slice(mountIdx, mountIdx + 6000); // _bgSubscribe ~5200 chars in
+    assert.match(mountBlock, /_bgSubscribe\s*\(/,
+        '_bgSubscribe must be called inside _pcMount to register the listener');
+});
+
+// ── 5. _bgUnsubscribe called inside _pcTeardownDom ───────────────────────────
+
+test('_bgUnsubscribe is called inside _pcTeardownDom to deregister the listener', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove _bgUnsubscribe call → listener closure outlives the control;
+    // after release the stale closure still calls _pcSync on every settings change;
+    // null refs (_pcSel etc.) throw on first setting write post-teardown.
+    const s = src();
+    const teardownIdx = s.indexOf('function _pcTeardownDom()');
+    assert.ok(teardownIdx >= 0, '_pcTeardownDom must be defined in bg-control.js');
+    const teardownBlock = s.slice(teardownIdx, teardownIdx + 500);
+    assert.match(teardownBlock, /_bgUnsubscribe\s*\(/,
+        '_bgUnsubscribe must be called inside _pcTeardownDom to remove the listener');
+});
+
+// ── 6. _pcRelease calls _pcTeardownDom ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_pcRelease calls _pcTeardownDom when refcount reaches zero', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove _pcTeardownDom() call from _pcRelease → DOM node is
+    // never removed; the settings listener stays alive; under splitscreen each
+    // renderer destroys independently but the control never disappears → orphaned
+    // picker remains visible and partially interactive after 3D-Hwy is deselected.
+    const s = src();
+    const releaseIdx = s.indexOf('function _pcRelease()');
+    assert.ok(releaseIdx >= 0, '_pcRelease must be defined in bg-control.js');
+    const releaseBlock = s.slice(releaseIdx, releaseIdx + 1200); // _pcTeardownDom ~1040 chars in
+    assert.match(releaseBlock, /_pcTeardownDom\s*\(\s*\)/,
+        '_pcRelease must call _pcTeardownDom() when refcount reaches zero');
+});
+
+// ── 7. _pcAcquire and _pcRelease returned from factory ───────────────────────
+
+test('createBgControl returns { _pcAcquire, _pcRelease }', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove either from return → screen.js destructure gets undefined;
+    // first call to _pcAcquire / _pcRelease from init()/destroy() throws
+    // TypeError: not a function → highway init crashes on every song load.
+    const s = src();
+    const returnMatch = s.match(/return\s*\{([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(returnMatch, 'createBgControl must have a return { ... } statement');
+    const returned = returnMatch[1];
+    assert.match(returned, /_pcAcquire/, 'createBgControl must return _pcAcquire');
+    assert.match(returned, /_pcRelease/, 'createBgControl must return _pcRelease');
+});
+
+// ── 8. screen.js imports createBgControl from src/bg-control.js ──────────────
+
+test('screen.js imports createBgControl from src/bg-control.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove import → createBgControl is undefined in the IIFE;
+    // the destructure const { _pcAcquire, _pcRelease } = createBgControl({...})
+    // throws TypeError at module eval time → plugin never loads.
+    assert.match(screenSrc(),
+        /import\s+\{[^}]*createBgControl[^}]*\}\s+from\s+['"]\.\/src\/bg-control\.js['"]/,
+        'screen.js must import createBgControl from ./src/bg-control.js');
+});
+
+// ── 9. screen.js calls createBgControl with all five DI args ─────────────────
+
+test('screen.js passes all five DI arguments to createBgControl', () => {
+    // Mutation: omit one DI arg → the corresponding param is `undefined` inside
+    // the factory closure; first call to it (on mount, on settings change) throws.
+    const s = screenSrc();
+    const callMatch = s.match(/createBgControl\s*\(\s*\{([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(callMatch, 'screen.js must call createBgControl({...})');
+    const args = callMatch[1];
+    assert.match(args, /BG_STYLE_IDS/, 'createBgControl call must pass BG_STYLE_IDS');
+    assert.match(args, /_bgReadGlobal/, 'createBgControl call must pass _bgReadGlobal');
+    assert.match(args, /_bgSubscribe/, 'createBgControl call must pass _bgSubscribe');
+    assert.match(args, /_bgUnsubscribe/, 'createBgControl call must pass _bgUnsubscribe');
+    assert.match(args, /getVenueSceneOverride/, 'createBgControl call must pass getVenueSceneOverride');
+});
+
+// ── 10. screen.js IIFE does not redefine _pcAcquire or _pcRelease ────────────
+
+test('screen.js IIFE does not redeclare _pcAcquire or _pcRelease', () => {
+    // Mutation: re-add `function _pcAcquire()` to the IIFE → IIFE-scope function
+    // shadows the destructured import; the factory's _pcRelease holds a stale
+    // closure over the old _pcRefs; refcount goes out of sync; the control
+    // never unmounts.
+    const s = screenSrc();
+    const iife = s.replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+_pcAcquire\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redeclare _pcAcquire');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+_pcRelease\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redeclare _pcRelease');
+});
+
+// ── 11. Construction order: createBgControl called before createFactory ───────
+
+test('createBgControl call appears before createFactory in screen.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: move createBgControl call inside createFactory → each renderer
+    // instance gets its own independent control (refcount broken across instances);
+    // or if moved after createFactory but before register, correct for
+    // single-instance but still wrong order risk. This test ensures the call
+    // stays at module scope BEFORE the factory.
+    const s = screenSrc();
+    const bgCallIdx  = s.indexOf('createBgControl(');
+    const factoryIdx = s.indexOf('function createFactory()');
+    assert.ok(bgCallIdx >= 0, 'createBgControl call must exist in screen.js');
+    assert.ok(factoryIdx >= 0, 'createFactory must exist in screen.js');
+    assert.ok(bgCallIdx < factoryIdx,
+        'createBgControl must be called before createFactory in screen.js');
+});
+
+// ── 12. Construction order: DI values defined before createBgControl call ─────
+
+test('all DI values are defined before the createBgControl call in screen.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: move createBgControl call before BG_STYLE_IDS / _bgReadGlobal /
+    // _bgSubscribe / _bgUnsubscribe / getVenueSceneOverride binding →
+    // undefined passed as DI params; factory closure captures undefined → TypeError.
+    const s = screenSrc();
+    const bgCallIdx = s.indexOf('createBgControl(');
+    assert.ok(bgCallIdx >= 0, 'createBgControl call must exist in screen.js');
+    const bgStyleIdsIdx = s.indexOf('BG_STYLE_IDS =');
+    const bgReadIdx     = s.indexOf('function _bgReadGlobal(');
+    const bgSubIdx      = s.indexOf('function _bgSubscribe(');
+    const venueIdx      = s.indexOf('let _venueSceneOverride');
+    assert.ok(bgStyleIdsIdx < bgCallIdx, 'BG_STYLE_IDS must be defined before createBgControl call');
+    assert.ok(bgReadIdx     < bgCallIdx, '_bgReadGlobal must be defined before createBgControl call');
+    assert.ok(bgSubIdx      < bgCallIdx, '_bgSubscribe must be defined before createBgControl call');
+    assert.ok(venueIdx      < bgCallIdx, '_venueSceneOverride must be defined before createBgControl call');
+});
+
+// ── 13. Stranded-caller: every returned symbol must be in screen.js destructure ─
+
+test('every _pc* symbol returned by createBgControl is in the screen.js destructure', () => {
+    // For a factory module the stranded-caller class is: a symbol in the factory's
+    // `return { ... }` that is NOT in the screen.js `const { ... } = createBgControl(...)`
+    // destructure — the factory vends it but screen.js never binds it, so any IIFE
+    // code that tries to call it hits ReferenceError.
+    //
+    // Mutation: add `_pcNewFn` to bg-control.js return {...} but not to screen.js
+    // destructure → leaked = ['_pcNewFn'] → RED.
+    const bgSrc  = src();
+    const scrSrc = screenSrc();
+
+    // Symbols in the return { ... } of createBgControl.
+    const returnMatch = bgSrc.match(/return\s*\{([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(returnMatch, 'bg-control.js must have a return { ... } statement');
+    const returned = new Set(
+        returnMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim().replace(/^(\w+)\s*:.*$/, '$1')).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+
+    // Symbols in the screen.js destructure.
+    const destructureMatch = scrSrc.match(/const\s*\{\s*([^}]+)\}\s*=\s*createBgControl\s*\(/);
+    assert.ok(destructureMatch, 'screen.js must destructure the createBgControl result');
+    const destructured = new Set(
+        destructureMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim().replace(/^(\w+)\s*:.*$/, '$1')).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+
+    // Every returned symbol must be bound by the destructure (return ⊆ destructure).
+    const leaked = [...returned].filter(sym => !destructured.has(sym));
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(leaked, [],
+        'createBgControl returns symbols not bound by screen.js destructure: ' +
+        leaked.join(', '));
+});
+
+// ── 14. Stale-private guard: no private bg-control.js symbol bare in screen.js ─
+
+test('no private bg-control.js symbol appears bare in screen.js IIFE body', () => {
+    // The cut-4 stale-private-reference class: a function or variable from a moved
+    // module that still appears as a bare name in screen.js (not via the destructure,
+    // not inside an import line, not inside a comment). If bg-control.js is re-merged
+    // or a caller copy-pastes `_pcSync(...)` into screen.js, this test goes RED.
+    //
+    // Mutation: add `_pcSync()` somewhere in screen.js IIFE body (outside the
+    // createBgControl destructure line) → stale = ['_pcSync'] → RED.
+    const bgSrc  = src();
+    const scrSrc = screenSrc();
+
+    // All _pc* identifiers in bg-control.js. Full scan (not just declaration
+    // syntax) so multi-var lets like `let _pcEl, _pcSel, _pcReactive, ...`
+    // on a single line are all captured — the previous declaration-only regex
+    // only matched the first id per statement.
+    const defined = new Set(
+        [...bgSrc.matchAll(/\b(_pc\w+)\b/g)].map(m => m[1])
+    );
+
+    // Public symbols (in the destructure) are legitimately referenced in screen.js.
+    const destructureMatch = scrSrc.match(/const\s*\{\s*([^}]+)\}\s*=\s*createBgControl\s*\(/);
+    assert.ok(destructureMatch, 'screen.js must destructure the createBgControl result');
+    const destructured = new Set(
+        destructureMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim().replace(/^(\w+)\s*:.*$/, '$1')).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+    const privateSymbols = [...defined].filter(sym => !destructured.has(sym));
+
+    // Strip imports, block comments (tombstone), line comments, and the destructure
+    // statement itself so the bound symbols don't fire false positives.
+    const noImports       = scrSrc.replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    const noBlockComments = noImports.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '');
+    const noLineComments  = noBlockComments.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+    const noDestructure   = noLineComments.replace(
+        /const\s*\{[^}]+\}\s*=\s*createBgControl\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, '',
+    );
+
+    const stale = privateSymbols.filter(
+        sym => new RegExp('\\b' + sym + '\\b').test(noDestructure),
+    );
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(stale, [],
+        'screen.js contains bare references to private bg-control.js symbols: ' +
+        stale.join(', '));
+});
+
+// ── 15. Literal-table pin: _PC_C colors, _PC_PILL CSS, _PC_LABELS, _PC_USES ──
+
+test('bg-control.js literal tables match known-good values', () => {
+    // Mutation: any single literal change in _PC_C, _PC_PILL, _PC_LABELS, or
+    // _PC_USES (e.g. idle '#181830' → '#181831', or intensity: true → false for
+    // a style that should react to audio) → assertion fails → RED.
+    // These are inline-styled player-chrome pills whose correctness is invisible
+    // to runtime tests; without a pin a visual regression ships silently.
+    const s = src();
+
+    // ── _PC_C: inline color tokens from tailwind.config.js ────────────────────
+    const PC_C = {
+        idle:    '#181830',           // bg-dark-600
+        hover:   '#1e1e3a',           // bg-dark-500
+        text:    '#d1d5db',           // text-gray-300
+        textDim: '#6b7280',           // text-gray-500
+        onBg:    'rgba(20,83,45,0.5)',// bg-green-900/50
+        onText:  '#86efac',           // text-green-300
+    };
+    for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(PC_C)) {
+        assert.ok(s.includes(`${key}: '${val}'`),
+            `_PC_C.${key} must equal '${val}'`);
+    }
+
+    // ── _PC_PILL: pill-button CSS ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    for (const frag of [
+        'padding:.375rem .75rem',
+        'border-radius:.5rem',
+        'font-size:.75rem',
+        'cursor:pointer',
+    ]) {
+        assert.ok(s.includes(frag), `_PC_PILL must contain "${frag}"`);
+    }
+
+    // ── _PC_LABELS: display names for each background style ───────────────────
+    const LABELS = {
+        off:         'Off',
+        particles:   'Particles (drifting)',
+        silhouettes: 'Silhouettes (parallax)',
+        lights:      'Lights (stage glows)',
+        geometric:   'Geometric (rotating shapes)',
+        butterchurn: 'Butterchurn (visualizer)',
+        image:       'Custom image',
+        video:       'Custom video',
+    };
+    for (const [key, label] of Object.entries(LABELS)) {
+        assert.ok(s.includes(`${key}: '${label}'`) || s.includes(`${key}: "${label}"`),
+            `_PC_LABELS.${key} must equal '${label}'`);
+    }
+
+    // ── _PC_USES: which controls each style enables ────────────────────────────
+    // [style, intensity, reactive]
+    const USES = [
+        ['off',         false, false],
+        ['particles',   true,  true],
+        ['silhouettes', true,  true],
+        ['lights',      true,  true],
+        ['geometric',   true,  true],
+        ['image',       true,  false],
+        ['video',       false, false],
+        ['butterchurn', false, false],
+        ['venue',       false, false],
+    ];
+    const usesBlock = s.match(/const _PC_USES\s*=\s*\{([\s\S]*?)\n\s*\};/);
+    assert.ok(usesBlock, '_PC_USES table must be present in bg-control.js');
+    const usesBody = usesBlock[1];
+    for (const [style, intensity, reactive] of USES) {
+        const entry = usesBody.match(new RegExp(style + '\\s*:\\s*\\{([^}]+)\\}'));
+        assert.ok(entry, `_PC_USES must contain '${style}' entry`);
+        const block = entry[1];
+        assert.match(block, new RegExp('intensity:\\s*' + intensity),
+            `_PC_USES.${style}.intensity must be ${intensity}`);
+        assert.match(block, new RegExp('reactive:\\s*' + reactive),
+            `_PC_USES.${style}.reactive must be ${reactive}`);
+    }
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_camera_bootstrap.test.js

@@ -12,7 +12,15 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
-const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
+// h3d-carve-15: U-section (bootstrap region C) moved to renderer.js; scan both.
+const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
+// Since h3d-carve-1b, hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime lives in geometry.js.
+const GEOMETRY_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'geometry.js');
+const geoSrc = fs.readFileSync(GEOMETRY_JS, 'utf8');
+// h3d-carve-9: camUpdate body moved to camera.js — extractFn retargets there.
+const CAMERA_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'camera.js');
+const cameraSrc = fs.readFileSync(CAMERA_JS, 'utf8');
 
 function extractFn(source, name) {
     const start = source.indexOf('function ' + name);
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ function sourceBetween(startText, endText) {
 
 const hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime = new Function(
     '"use strict";'
-    + extractFn(src, 'hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime')
+    + extractFn(geoSrc, 'hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime')
     + '\nreturn hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime;',
 )();
 
@@ -115,7 +123,7 @@ test('bootstrap runs once when complete chart arrays arrive', () => {
     );
     assert.match(
         bootstrap,
-        /if\s*\(\s*!_camSnapped\s*&&\s*!_camPreScanned\s*&&\s*notes\s*&&\s*chords\s*\)/,
+        /if\s*\(\s*!getCamSnapped\s*\(\s*\)\s*&&\s*!getCamPreScanned\s*\(\s*\)\s*&&\s*notes\s*&&\s*chords\s*\)/,
         'chart bootstrap must be gated to one pass after both arrays arrive',
     );
     assert.match(
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ test('bootstrap runs once when complete chart arrays arrive', () => {
     );
     assert.match(
         bootstrap,
-        /firstFrettedTime\s*===\s*null[\s\S]*?_camSnapped\s*=\s*true/,
+        /firstFrettedTime\s*===\s*null[\s\S]*?setCamSnapped\s*\(\s*true\s*\)/,
         'all-open/empty charts without lookahead bounds must permanently disable bootstrap work',
     );
 });
@@ -157,7 +165,7 @@ test('steady and lookahead modes initialize immediately from future chart data',
     );
     assert.match(
         bootstrap,
-        /curX\s*=\s*tgtX\s*;[\s\S]*?curDist\s*=\s*tgtDist\s*;/,
+        /setCurX\s*\(\s*getTgtX\s*\(\)\s*\)\s*;[\s\S]*?setCurDist\s*\(\s*getTgtDist\s*\(\)\s*\)\s*;/,
         'the initial base position must be applied before the note draw loop',
     );
 });
@@ -174,24 +182,31 @@ test('silent-intro hold hands off only when live framing is ready', () => {
     );
     assert.match(
         target,
-        /if\s*\(\s*bootstrapHoldActive\s*\)[\s\S]*?lockActive\s*=\s*prevLockActive/,
+        /if\s*\(\s*bootstrapHoldActive\s*\)[\s\S]*?lockActive\s*=\s*getPrevLockActive\s*\(\s*\)/,
         'the bootstrap target must remain untouched while the live window is empty',
     );
     assert.match(
         target,
-        /_camBootstrapMode\s*!==\s*cameraMode[\s\S]*?_camBootstrapHolding\s*=\s*false/,
+        // h3d-carve-15: bare assignments → setter calls in renderer.js
+        /getCamBootstrapMode\(\)\s*!==\s*cameraMode[\s\S]*?setCamBootstrapHolding\s*\(\s*false\s*\)/,
         'a live camera-mode change must safely release the old-mode hold',
     );
 });
 
 test('song changes and teardown reset every bootstrap state field', () => {
-    const resetAssignments = src.match(
+    // h3d-carve-15: song-change path uses setter calls (renderer.js);
-        /_camSnapped\s*=\s*false\s*;\s*\r?\n\s*_camPreScanned\s*=\s*false\s*;\s*\r?\n\s*_camBootstrapHolding\s*=\s*false\s*;\s*\r?\n\s*_camBootstrapMode\s*=\s*null\s*;/g,
+    // teardown/init path uses bare assignments (screen.js). Both must exist.
+    const setterResets = src.match(
+        /setCamSnapped\s*\(\s*false\s*\)\s*;\s*\r?\n\s*setCamPreScanned\s*\(\s*false\s*\)/g,
     ) || [];
+    const bareResets = src.match(
+        /_camSnapped\s*=\s*false\s*;\s*\r?\n\s*_camPreScanned\s*=\s*false/g,
+    ) || [];
+    const totalResets = setterResets.length + bareResets.length;
     assert.equal(
-        resetAssignments.length,
+        totalResets,
         2,
-        'song-change and teardown paths must both reset bootstrap state',
+        `song-change and teardown paths must both reset bootstrap state (setter=${setterResets.length}, bare=${bareResets.length})`,
     );
 });
 
@@ -206,8 +221,10 @@ test('Camera Director still layers after the bootstrapped auto-framing base', ()
         'bootstrap must only initialize base framing, never mutate Camera Director state',
     );
 
-    const camUpdate = extractFn(src, 'camUpdate');
+    // h3d-carve-9: extractFn must target cameraSrc — src holds only the tombstone.
-    const baseIndex = camUpdate.indexOf('curX += (tgtX - curX) * lerp');
+    // tgtX is DI-rewired to getTgtX() direct call in camera.js.
+    const camUpdate = extractFn(cameraSrc, 'camUpdate');
+    const baseIndex = camUpdate.indexOf('curX += (getTgtX() - curX) * lerp');
     const directorIndex = camUpdate.indexOf('if (_freeCam && _freeCam.enabled)');
     const positionIndex = camUpdate.indexOf('cam.position.set(_camX, _camY, _camZ)');
     assert.ok(
@@ -215,3 +232,132 @@ test('Camera Director still layers after the bootstrapped auto-framing base', ()
         'Camera Director transforms must remain layered after base framing and before camera placement',
     );
 });
+
+// ── h3d-carve-9: setter class-killers (write-back pairs must survive DI) ────
+// Severing the call turns the test RED: a silent local var replaces the
+// write-back and the IIFE-scope var is never updated.
+
+test('setCurX write-back is called in camUpdate (curX persists across frames)', () => {
+    // Silencing: sed 's/setCurX(curX)/\/\/ GUTTED/' → this test fails.
+    assert.match(
+        cameraSrc,
+        /setCurX\(\s*curX\s*\)/,
+        'camUpdate must write curX back via setCurX(); removing it silences the update',
+    );
+});
+
+test('setFretRowFitBoost write-back is called in camUpdate (boost persists across frames)', () => {
+    // Silencing: sed 's/setFretRowFitBoost(_fretRowFitBoost)/\/\/ GUTTED/' → RED.
+    assert.match(
+        cameraSrc,
+        /setFretRowFitBoost\(\s*_fretRowFitBoost\s*\)/,
+        'camUpdate must write _fretRowFitBoost back via setFretRowFitBoost(); removing it silences the boost',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── h3d-carve-9 Creed r1: naming-correspondence guard (param-swap class-killer) ──
+// Structural source-scan: every entry in createCamera({...}) must satisfy its
+// naming-correspondence class. Kills swaps like (CAM_H_BASE: CAM_DIST_BASE) and
+// wrong-var getters ((getCurX: () => curDist)) across the whole wiring surface.
+// cut-13 additions inherit the guard automatically; only the pinned fn-ref renames
+// need a one-line entry in PINNED_RENAMES when a new rename is introduced.
+
+test('createCamera({...}) wiring has correct naming correspondence (no param swaps)', () => {
+    // Fn-ref renames that intentionally differ from shorthand — pinned exhaustively.
+    const PINNED_RENAMES = {
+        freeCamFor: '_freeCamFor',
+        aspectPaneKey: '_aspectPaneKey',
+        resolveTuneFor: '_resolveTuneFor',
+        aspectRegisterPane: '_aspectRegisterPane',
+    };
+
+    // 1. Extract the argument block from the createCamera call.
+    // h3d-carve-13: destructure expanded with lookahead exports — update anchor string.
+    const ANCHOR = 'const { effectiveVfov, camUpdate, lookaheadBootstrapTime, lookaheadComputeFretBounds, lookaheadTargetWorldX } = createCamera({';
+    const callStart = src.indexOf(ANCHOR);
+    assert.ok(callStart >= 0, 'createCamera call must be findable in screen.js');
+    const blockStart = callStart + ANCHOR.length - 1; // points to the opening {
+    assert.equal(src[blockStart], '{', 'expected { at computed blockStart');
+    let depth = 0, blockEnd = -1;
+    for (let i = blockStart; i < src.length; i++) {
+        if (src[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (src[i] === '}' && --depth === 0) { blockEnd = i; break; }
+    }
+    assert.ok(blockEnd > blockStart, 'createCamera argument block must have balanced braces');
+    const inner = src.slice(blockStart + 1, blockEnd);
+
+    // 2. Split into entries at depth-0 commas (setter bodies contain { } — skip them).
+    const rawEntries = [];
+    let current = '', d = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < inner.length; i++) {
+        const ch = inner[i];
+        if (ch === '{') d++;
+        else if (ch === '}') d--;
+        if (ch === ',' && d === 0) {
+            const t = current.trim();
+            if (t) rawEntries.push(t);
+            current = '';
+        } else {
+            current += ch;
+        }
+    }
+    if (current.trim()) rawEntries.push(current.trim());
+
+    // Strip line comments and blank entries.
+    const entries = rawEntries
+        .map(e => e.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '').trim())
+        .filter(Boolean);
+
+    assert.ok(entries.length >= 48, `expected at least 48 entries, got ${entries.length}`);
+
+    const violations = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        if (!entry.includes(':')) {
+            // Shorthand — key === value by definition (BASE_VFOV, sY, …).
+            continue;
+        }
+        const colonIdx = entry.indexOf(':');
+        const key = entry.slice(0, colonIdx).trim();
+        const value = entry.slice(colonIdx + 1).trim();
+
+        if (key in PINNED_RENAMES) {
+            if (value !== PINNED_RENAMES[key]) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: pinned to '${PINNED_RENAMES[key]}' but got '${value}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (key.startsWith('get')) {
+            // () => [_]varStem — varStem (no underscore) must match key minus 'get' prefix.
+            const expectedStem = key[3].toLowerCase() + key.slice(4);
+            const m = value.match(/^\(\)\s*=>\s*_?(\w+)$/);
+            if (!m) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter value '${value}' does not match () => [_]var`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m[1] !== expectedStem) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter body references var stem '${m[1]}' but expected '${expectedStem}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (key.startsWith('set')) {
+            // (v) => { [_]varStem = v; } — varStem must match key minus 'set' prefix.
+            const expectedStem = key[3].toLowerCase() + key.slice(4);
+            const m = value.match(/^\(v\)\s*=>\s*\{\s*_?(\w+)\s*=\s*v\s*;\s*\}$/);
+            if (!m) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: setter value '${value}' does not match (v) => { [_]var = v; }`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m[1] !== expectedStem) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: setter assigns var stem '${m[1]}' but expected '${expectedStem}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // key:value form that is NOT a getter, setter, or pinned rename — disallowed.
+        violations.push(`${key}: key:value entry not in PINNED_RENAMES and not a get/set arrow`);
+    }
+
+    assert.deepEqual(violations, [], `createCamera wiring violations found`);
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_camera_framing.test.js

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
-const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
+// h3d-carve-15: U-section moved to renderer.js; scan both.
+const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
+// h3d-carve-9: camUpdate body moved here; tests that pin its internals retarget to cameraSrc.
+const CAMERA_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'camera.js');
+const cameraSrc = fs.readFileSync(CAMERA_JS, 'utf8');
 
 // ── Zoom-dependent framing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -43,13 +48,14 @@ test('cam.position uses interpolated framing multipliers, not literals', () => {
     // The base position is assigned into _camX/_camY/_camZ so the opt-in
     // free-camera bridge (#771) can layer orbit/zoom/height on top before the
     // single cam.position.set; the multipliers must still feed _camY/_camZ.
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (and these locals) moved to src/camera.js.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /_camX\s*=\s*curX\s*\+\s*shoulderOffset\s*,\s*_camY\s*=\s*h\s*\*\s*_hMul\s*,\s*_camZ\s*=\s*dist\s*\*\s*_dMul/,
         'the base camera position must use the interpolated _hMul / _dMul multipliers',
     );
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /cam\.position\.set\(\s*_camX\s*,\s*_camY\s*,\s*_camZ\s*\)/,
         'cam.position.set must apply the computed _camX / _camY / _camZ',
     );
@@ -57,18 +63,19 @@ test('cam.position uses interpolated framing multipliers, not literals', () => {
 
 test('framing multipliers are a clamped zoom-distance interpolation', () => {
     // _zt is clamped to [0,1] and lerps each multiplier between NEAR and FAR.
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (and these expressions) moved to src/camera.js.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /Math\.max\(0,\s*Math\.min\(1,[\s\S]*?CAM_FRAME_DIST_NEAR[\s\S]*?CAM_FRAME_DIST_FAR/,
         '_zt must clamp (dist - NEAR)/(FAR - NEAR) into [0,1]',
     );
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /CAM_FRAME_H_NEAR\s*\+\s*\(\s*CAM_FRAME_H_FAR\s*-\s*CAM_FRAME_H_NEAR\s*\)\s*\*\s*_zt/,
         'height multiplier must lerp NEAR->FAR by _zt',
     );
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /CAM_FRAME_D_NEAR\s*\+\s*\(\s*CAM_FRAME_D_FAR\s*-\s*CAM_FRAME_D_NEAR\s*\)\s*\*\s*_zt/,
         'depth multiplier must lerp NEAR->FAR by _zt',
     );
@@ -85,35 +92,38 @@ test('lookahead window is expressed in measures with a seconds fallback', () =>
 
 test('measure-start cache only keeps beats with measure >= 0', () => {
     // Intra-measure beats carry measure === -1 and must be skipped.
+    // h3d-carve-15: bare _measureStarts = _ms → setMeasureStarts(_ms) in renderer.js
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /Number\.isFinite\(\s*_b\.measure\s*\)\s*&&\s*_b\.measure\s*>=\s*0[\s\S]*?_measureStarts\s*=\s*_ms/,
+        /Number\.isFinite\(\s*_b\.measure\s*\)\s*&&\s*_b\.measure\s*>=\s*0[\s\S]*?setMeasureStarts\s*\(\s*_ms\s*\)/,
         'only measure-start beats (measure >= 0) feed _measureStarts',
     );
 });
 
 test('lookaheadEndTime targets the measure CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES ahead', () => {
+    // h3d-carve-13: lookaheadEndTime moved to src/camera.js — retarget to cameraSrc.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /function\s+lookaheadEndTime\s*\(\s*now\s*\)/,
         'lookaheadEndTime(now) helper must exist',
     );
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /const\s+targetIdx\s*=\s*curIdx\s*\+\s*CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES/,
         'target measure index = current measure + CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES',
     );
     // No beats → seconds fallback.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /if\s*\(\s*!ms\s*\|\|\s*ms\.length\s*===\s*0\s*\)\s*return\s+now\s*\+\s*CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC/,
         'lookaheadEndTime must fall back to seconds when there are no measures',
     );
 });
 
 test('fret-bounds scan drives its window off lookaheadEndTime, not fixed seconds', () => {
+    // h3d-carve-13: lookaheadComputeFretBounds moved to src/camera.js — retarget to cameraSrc.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /function\s+lookaheadComputeFretBounds[\s\S]*?const\s+tEnd\s*=\s*lookaheadEndTime\(\s*now\s*\)/,
         'lookaheadComputeFretBounds must derive tEnd from lookaheadEndTime(now)',
     );
@@ -123,9 +133,10 @@ test('measure-start cache is invalidated on song change', () => {
     // The song-change reset (reconnect path) resets _camSnapped; it must also
     // drop the measure-start cache, otherwise lookaheadEndTime sizes the window
     // off the previous song's measure grid and over-zooms the first-data snap.
+    // h3d-carve-15: bare assignments → setter calls in renderer.js
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /_camSnapped\s*=\s*false\s*;[\s\S]*?_measureStarts\s*=\s*\[\]\s*;\s*_measureStartsRef\s*=\s*null\s*;/,
+        /setCamSnapped\s*\(\s*false\s*\)\s*;[\s\S]*?setMeasureStarts\s*\(\s*\[\]\s*\)\s*;\s*setMeasureStartsRef\s*\(\s*null\s*\)\s*;/,
         'song-change reset must clear _measureStarts / _measureStartsRef alongside _camSnapped',
     );
 });
@@ -146,29 +157,32 @@ test('fret-row fit guard constants are defined', () => {
 
 test('the curDist lerp target applies the fit-guard dolly boost', () => {
     // The span-driven tgtDist still owns zooming in; the boost only pulls back.
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (and this expression) moved to src/camera.js.
+    // tgtDist is DI-rewired to getTgtDist() direct call.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
-        /curDist\s*\+=\s*\(\s*tgtDist\s*\*\s*_fretRowFitBoost\s*-\s*curDist\s*\)\s*\*\s*lerp/,
+        /curDist\s*\+=\s*\(\s*getTgtDist\(\)\s*\*\s*_fretRowFitBoost\s*-\s*curDist\s*\)\s*\*\s*lerp/,
-        'curDist must lerp toward tgtDist * _fretRowFitBoost',
+        'curDist must lerp toward getTgtDist() * _fretRowFitBoost',
     );
 });
 
 test('the guard projects the fret-row band and adjusts the boost with hysteresis', () => {
     // Row band Y mirrors the render position (sY(lowest) - S_GAP * 1.4).
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (and this logic) moved to src/camera.js.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /Math\.min\(\s*sY\(0\)\s*,\s*sY\(nStr\s*-\s*1\)\s*\)\s*-\s*S_GAP\s*\*\s*1\.4/,
         'the guard must probe the same row band the fret-number row is drawn at',
     );
     // Prompt pull-back when below the min, capped at BOOST_MAX.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /_rowNdcY\s*<\s*FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN[\s\S]*?Math\.min\(\s*FRET_ROW_FIT_BOOST_MAX/,
         'below the min NDC the boost rises, capped at FRET_ROW_FIT_BOOST_MAX',
     );
     // Lazy relax only once past the deadband, floored at 1.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /_rowNdcY\s*>\s*FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN\s*\+\s*FRET_ROW_FIT_DEADBAND[\s\S]*?Math\.max\(\s*1\s*,\s*_fretRowFitBoost/,
         'past the deadband the boost relaxes back toward 1',
     );
@@ -176,8 +190,9 @@ test('the guard projects the fret-row band and adjusts the boost with hysteresis
 
 test('the fit guard yields to the free-cam (Camera Director)', () => {
     // When the free-cam owns the view the auto dolly must reset to 1, not fight it.
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (and this guard) moved to src/camera.js.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /if\s*\(\s*_freeCam\s*&&\s*_freeCam\.enabled\s*\)\s*\{\s*if\s*\(\s*_fretRowFitBoost\s*!==\s*1\s*\)\s*_fretRowFitBoost\s*=\s*1/,
         'with the free-cam enabled the guard must drop any auto dolly back to 1',
     );

tests/js/highway_3d_camera_lookahead.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+// Behavioral kills for h3d-carve-13: S-section lookahead helpers extracted
+// into src/camera.js (createCamera). Covers lookaheadEndTime (via callers),
+// lookaheadBootstrapTime, lookaheadComputeFretBounds, lookaheadTargetWorldX.
+//
+// Kill strategy per god's GO:
+//   lookaheadComputeFretBounds — real-shaped note/chord/anchor fixtures asserting
+//     concrete min/max fret bounds; gut the bounds loop → RED.
+//   lookaheadBootstrapTime / lookaheadTargetWorldX — one input→output assert each;
+//     gut the function → RED.
+//   lookaheadEndTime (private) — exercised through its callers.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+
+// ── Source-level checks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const CAMERA_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'camera.js');
+
+test('camera.js exports createCamera that returns all 5 expected symbols', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(CAMERA_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[^}]*effectiveVfov/, 'effectiveVfov in return');
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[^}]*camUpdate/, 'camUpdate in return');
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[^}]*lookaheadBootstrapTime/, 'lookaheadBootstrapTime in return');
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[^}]*lookaheadComputeFretBounds/, 'lookaheadComputeFretBounds in return');
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[^}]*lookaheadTargetWorldX/, 'lookaheadTargetWorldX in return');
+});
+
+test('camera.js DI signature includes 9 new h3d-carve-13 params', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(CAMERA_JS, 'utf8');
+    for (const param of [
+        'NFRETS', 'CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES', 'CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC', 'CAM_FRET_EDGE_BLEND',
+        'getMeasureStarts', 'validString', 'getChartAnchorAt', 'xFretMid', 'xFret',
+    ]) {
+        assert.match(src, new RegExp(`\\b${param}\\b`), `param ${param} present in camera.js`);
+    }
+});
+
+test('lookaheadEndTime is NOT exported (factory-private)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(CAMERA_JS, 'utf8');
+    // Must not appear in the return object
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        src,
+        /return\s*\{[^}]*lookaheadEndTime/,
+        'lookaheadEndTime must not be in the return object',
+    );
+    // But must be defined as a function inside the factory
+    assert.match(src, /function\s+lookaheadEndTime\s*\(/, 'lookaheadEndTime defined in factory');
+});
+
+test('screen.js Region A contains the carve comment and not the old function defs', () => {
+    const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // Old function defs removed
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /function\s+lookaheadEndTime\s*\(/, 'lookaheadEndTime not in screen.js');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /function\s+lookaheadBootstrapTime\s*\(/, 'lookaheadBootstrapTime not in screen.js');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /function\s+lookaheadComputeFretBounds\s*\(/, 'lookaheadComputeFretBounds not in screen.js');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /function\s+lookaheadTargetWorldX\s*\(/, 'lookaheadTargetWorldX not in screen.js');
+    // Carve comment present
+    assert.match(src, /h3d-carve-13.*S-section lookahead helpers/, 'carve-13 comment present');
+    // Destructure at createCamera call site
+    assert.match(src, /lookaheadBootstrapTime.*lookaheadComputeFretBounds.*lookaheadTargetWorldX.*=\s*createCamera|createCamera[\s\S]{0,800}lookaheadBootstrapTime/, 'exports destructured from createCamera');
+});
+
+// ── Behavioral kills (module-level, import camera.js via dynamic import) ──
+
+// Minimal stub factory matching the 9 new DI params + pre-existing required params.
+// Only the fields actually used by the 4 new functions need real values;
+// everything else gets a no-op stub so createCamera doesn't throw.
+function makeCamera(overrides = {}) {
+    const fretWidth = 10; // arbitrary unit
+    // fretX: fret 0 = 0, fret N = N*fretWidth
+    const fretX = f => f * fretWidth;
+    const fretMid = f => (f + 0.5) * fretWidth;
+    return import(`${CAMERA_JS}?t=${Date.now()}`).then(mod => {
+        return mod.createCamera({
+            // Pre-existing DI params (stubs — camUpdate not exercised here)
+            BASE_VFOV: 60, HORPLUS_START_ASPECT: 1.78, HORPLUS_MIN_VFOV: 30,
+            CAM_LERP_BASE: 0.05, CAM_H_BASE: 1, CAM_DIST_BASE: 10,
+            CAM_FRAME_DIST_NEAR: 5, CAM_FRAME_DIST_FAR: 20,
+            CAM_FRAME_H_NEAR: 1, CAM_FRAME_H_FAR: 2,
+            CAM_FRAME_D_NEAR: 1, CAM_FRAME_D_FAR: 1.5,
+            FOCUS_D: 8, S_GAP: 1, K: 1,
+            FRET_ROW_FIT_NDC_MIN: -0.9, FRET_ROW_FIT_DEADBAND: 0.1, FRET_ROW_FIT_BOOST_MAX: 1.5,
+            CAM_TILT_BAND_T: 0.1, CAM_TILT_BAND_C: 0.3, CAM_TILT_STR_T: 0.5, CAM_TILT_STR_C: 0.2,
+            getCam: () => ({ fov: 60, updateProjectionMatrix() {}, position: { set() {} }, lookAt() {}, updateMatrixWorld() {} }),
+            getTgtX: () => 0, getTgtDist: () => 10,
+            getAspectScale: () => 1, getLeftyCached: () => false,
+            getNStr: () => 6, getProbe: () => ({ set() {}, project() {}, y: -0.35 }),
+            getTiltSmoothing: () => 0.5, getPaneAspect: () => 1.78, getPaneUid: () => 'test',
+            getHighwayCanvas: () => null,
+            getCurX: () => 0, setCurX: () => {},
+            getCurDist: () => 10, setCurDist: () => {},
+            getCurLookY: () => 0, setCurLookY: () => {},
+            getTgtLookY: () => 0, setTgtLookY: () => {},
+            getFretRowFitBoost: () => 1, setFretRowFitBoost: () => {},
+            sY: () => 0, freeCamFor: () => null,
+            aspectPaneKey: () => 'test', resolveTuneFor: () => null,
+            aspectRegisterPane: () => {},
+            // h3d-carve-13: new params
+            NFRETS: 24,
+            CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES: 9,
+            CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC: 3.0,
+            CAM_FRET_EDGE_BLEND: 0.1,
+            getMeasureStarts: overrides.getMeasureStarts ?? (() => []),
+            validString: overrides.validString ?? (s => s >= 0 && s < 6),
+            getChartAnchorAt: overrides.getChartAnchorAt ?? (() => null),
+            xFretMid: overrides.xFretMid ?? fretMid,
+            xFret: overrides.xFret ?? fretX,
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+// ── lookaheadComputeFretBounds — concrete note/chord/anchor fixtures ────────
+
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: returns null when no notes/chords/anchors', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, [], [], []);
+    assert.equal(result, null);
+});
+
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: fret bounds from notes array', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    // now=0, CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC=3.0 → window [0, 3.0]
+    const notes = [
+        { t: 0.5, s: 0, f: 5 },
+        { t: 1.0, s: 1, f: 9 },
+        { t: 1.5, s: 2, f: 3 },
+        { t: 10,  s: 0, f: 1 },  // outside window — should be excluded
+    ];
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, null, notes, null);
+    assert.ok(result !== null, 'should find bounds');
+    assert.equal(result.minF, 3, 'minF = 3 (fret 3 note at t=1.5)');
+    assert.equal(result.maxF, 9, 'maxF = 9 (fret 9 note at t=1.0)');
+});
+
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: fret bounds from chords', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    const chords = [
+        { t: 0.5, notes: [{ s: 0, f: 2 }, { s: 1, f: 7 }] },
+        { t: 4.0, notes: [{ s: 0, f: 1 }] },  // outside window
+    ];
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, null, null, chords);
+    assert.ok(result !== null);
+    assert.equal(result.minF, 2);
+    assert.equal(result.maxF, 7);
+});
+
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: open strings (f=0) are excluded', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    // f=0 means open string — consider() guard: !(f > 0) → skip
+    const notes = [
+        { t: 0.5, s: 0, f: 0 },  // open — must be excluded
+        { t: 1.0, s: 1, f: 8 },
+    ];
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, null, notes, null);
+    assert.ok(result !== null);
+    assert.equal(result.minF, 8, 'open string excluded');
+    assert.equal(result.maxF, 8);
+});
+
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: invalid string filtered by validString', async () => {
+    let nStr = 6;
+    const cam = await makeCamera({
+        validString: s => s >= 0 && s < nStr,
+    });
+    const notes = [
+        { t: 0.5, s: 99, f: 5 },  // invalid string → skip
+        { t: 1.0, s: 2,  f: 12 },
+    ];
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, null, notes, null);
+    assert.ok(result !== null);
+    assert.equal(result.minF, 12, 'invalid-string note excluded');
+    assert.equal(result.maxF, 12);
+});
+
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: anchor data contributes to bounds', async () => {
+    // Anchor: fret=3, width=4 → frets 3..6
+    const anchor = { fret: 3, width: 4, time: 0 };
+    const cam = await makeCamera({
+        getChartAnchorAt: (_arr, _t) => anchor,
+    });
+    // Tiny range so the anchor loop runs [0..3.0] with step 0.125
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, [anchor], null, null);
+    assert.ok(result !== null);
+    assert.equal(result.minF, 3);
+    assert.equal(result.maxF, 6);
+});
+
+// Kill test: gut the bounds loop → result always null or wrong bounds
+test('lookaheadComputeFretBounds: gut-kill — notes outside window excluded (timing boundary)', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    // now=0, window=3s; note at exactly t=3.0+ε should be excluded
+    const notes = [
+        { t: 3.001, s: 0, f: 5 },  // just outside window
+    ];
+    const result = cam.lookaheadComputeFretBounds(0, null, notes, null);
+    assert.equal(result, null, 'note beyond window must be excluded');
+});
+
+// ── lookaheadBootstrapTime — input→output with gut-kill ────────────────────
+
+test('lookaheadBootstrapTime: returns now when lookahead already covers eventTime', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    // now=0, CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC=3.0 → lookaheadEndTime(0)=3.0 ≥ eventTime=2.0
+    const result = cam.lookaheadBootstrapTime(0, 2.0);
+    assert.equal(result, 0, 'window already covers event → return now');
+});
+
+test('lookaheadBootstrapTime: returns now when eventTime ≤ now', async () => {
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    const result = cam.lookaheadBootstrapTime(5.0, 4.0);
+    assert.equal(result, 5.0, 'event in the past → return now');
+});
+
+test('lookaheadBootstrapTime: binary search converges on correct bootstrap point', async () => {
+    // measureStarts at [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20]
+    // CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES=9 → from t=0, window end = ms[9] = 18
+    // eventTime=19 → need to project forward until lookaheadEnd(t) ≥ 19
+    // lookaheadEnd(2) = ms[2+9] = ms[11]... but ms only has 11 entries [0..10] → extrapolate
+    // The exact value is tested for being in [0, eventTime) and for t < eventTime.
+    const ms = [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20];
+    const cam = await makeCamera({ getMeasureStarts: () => ms });
+    const bst = cam.lookaheadBootstrapTime(0, 28.0);
+    // lookaheadEnd(bst) must be >= 28.0
+    // bst must be > 0 (event is past current window)
+    assert.ok(bst > 0, 'bootstrap > 0: needed to project forward');
+    assert.ok(bst < 28.0, 'bootstrap < eventTime');
+});
+
+// ── lookaheadTargetWorldX — input→output with gut-kill ─────────────────────
+
+test('lookaheadTargetWorldX: blends fret midpoint with board-weighted X', async () => {
+    // xFretMid(f) = (f+0.5)*10, xFret(f) = f*10, NFRETS=24
+    // minF=3, maxF=9:
+    //   middle = (xFretMid(3) + xFretMid(9))/2 = (35 + 95)/2 = 65
+    //   weighted = 0.6*xFret(0) + 0.4*xFret(24) = 0 + 0.4*240 = 96
+    //   wb=0.1 → result = 65*(1-0.1) + 96*0.1 = 58.5 + 9.6 = 68.1
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    const result = cam.lookaheadTargetWorldX(3, 9);
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(result - 68.1) < 0.001, `expected ≈68.1, got ${result}`);
+});
+
+test('lookaheadTargetWorldX: symmetric fret span centered at board center', async () => {
+    // With symmetric span (frets 0..24) middle = xFretMid(0)+xFretMid(24))/2 = (5+245)/2=125
+    // weighted = 0.6*0 + 0.4*240 = 96; wb=0.1 → 125*0.9 + 96*0.1 = 112.5+9.6=122.1
+    const cam = await makeCamera();
+    const r1 = cam.lookaheadTargetWorldX(0, 24);
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(r1 - 122.1) < 0.001, `symmetric span expected ≈122.1, got ${r1}`);
+});
+
+// ── Wiring guard: naming-correspondence on the 9 new DI params ────────────
+
+test('createCamera DI params appear in the h3d-carve-13 comment block in screen.js', () => {
+    const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // All 9 new params must appear in the createCamera({}) call block.
+    // Find the call site (the `const { ... } = createCamera({` line), then
+    // extract from there to the matching closing `});` — search for the
+    // h3d-carve-13 comment marker which brackets the new params.
+    const idx = src.indexOf('const { effectiveVfov, camUpdate, lookaheadBootstrapTime');
+    assert.ok(idx !== -1, 'createCamera destructure line found');
+    // Pull enough text to cover the full call (up to 4000 chars is plenty)
+    const callBlock = src.slice(idx, idx + 4000);
+    for (const name of [
+        'NFRETS', 'CAM_LOOKAHEAD_MEASURES', 'CAM_LOOKAHEAD_SEC', 'CAM_FRET_EDGE_BLEND',
+        'getMeasureStarts', 'validString', 'getChartAnchorAt', 'xFretMid', 'xFret',
+    ]) {
+        assert.ok(callBlock.includes(name), `${name} present in createCamera({}) call`);
+    }
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_context_loss.test.js

@@ -14,22 +14,26 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
-const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
+const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
 
 test('binds webglcontextlost + webglcontextrestored on the renderer canvas', () => {
-    assert.match(src, /ren\.domElement\.addEventListener\(\s*['"]webglcontextlost['"]/,
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses getRen().domElement instead of ren.domElement
+    assert.match(src, /(?:getRen\(\)|ren)\.domElement\.addEventListener\(\s*['"]webglcontextlost['"]/,
         'must listen for webglcontextlost on ren.domElement (the WebGL canvas)');
-    assert.match(src, /ren\.domElement\.addEventListener\(\s*['"]webglcontextrestored['"]/,
+    assert.match(src, /(?:getRen\(\)|ren)\.domElement\.addEventListener\(\s*['"]webglcontextrestored['"]/,
         'must listen for webglcontextrestored on ren.domElement');
 });
 
 test('the context-lost handler preventDefaults and pauses drawing', () => {
     // Without preventDefault() the browser will not attempt to restore the
     // context and the loss can escalate to a renderer crash.
-    const m = src.match(/_onCtxLost\s*=\s*\(e\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?\};/);
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses setOnCtxLost((e) => instead of _onCtxLost = (e) =>
+    const m = src.match(/(?:_onCtxLost\s*=\s*|setOnCtxLost\()\s*\(e\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?\}\s*[;)]/);
     assert.ok(m, '_onCtxLost handler must exist');
     assert.match(m[0], /preventDefault\(\)/, 'context-lost handler must call preventDefault()');
-    assert.match(m[0], /_ctxLost\s*=\s*true/, 'context-lost handler must set _ctxLost = true');
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses setCtxLost(true) instead of _ctxLost = true
+    assert.match(m[0], /(?:setCtxLost\(true\)|_ctxLost\s*=\s*true)/, 'context-lost handler must set _ctxLost = true');
 });
 
 test('draw() early-returns while the context is lost', () => {

tests/js/highway_3d_fret_label_render_order.test.js

@@ -23,11 +23,19 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+// h3d-carve-14: V-section moved to note-renderer.js; tests that pin its
+// patterns must now search both files.
+const NOTE_RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'note-renderer.js');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
 
 let _src;
-/** Returns the cached 3D highway screen source under test. */
+/** Returns screen.js + note-renderer.js concatenated for pattern matching. */
 function src() {
-    if (!_src) _src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    if (!_src) {
+        _src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8')
+             + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(NOTE_RENDERER_JS, 'utf8')
+             + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
+    }
     return _src;
 }
 

tests/js/highway_3d_fret_row_labels.test.js

@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
 
 let _src;
 function src() {
-    if (!_src) _src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    if (!_src) _src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     return _src;
 }
 

tests/js/highway_3d_fret_spacing.test.js

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 // The board can render fret columns either Uniform (equal width, the chart
 // Remastered style) or Logarithmic (real instrument geometry), switchable at
 // runtime via window.h3dSetFretSpacing and persisted in localStorage. A
-// refactor that renames the storage key, drops the uniform/log branch in
+// refactor that renames the storage key, drops the delegator in fretX, or
-// fretX, or stops validating the mode would silently regress the setting.
+// stops validating the mode would silently regress the setting.
+//
+// Since h3d-carve-1, the uniform/log branch lives in src/geometry.js
+// (geoFretX); screen.js keeps a 1-arg delegator:
+//   const fretX = f => geoFretX(f, _h3dFretUniform);
 //
 // Source-level only — same strategy as the other tests/js/ files.
 
@@ -13,9 +17,11 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const GEOMETRY_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'geometry.js');
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
 
 test('fret-spacing mode is read from the highway_3d.fretSpacing localStorage key', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /_h3dFretUniform\s*=\s*localStorage\.getItem\(\s*'highway_3d\.fretSpacing'\s*\)\s*!==\s*'logarithmic'/,
@@ -23,19 +29,25 @@ test('fret-spacing mode is read from the highway_3d.fretSpacing localStorage key
     );
 });
 
-test('fretX switches between the uniform and logarithmic implementations', () => {
+test('fretX is a 1-arg delegator to geoFretX in screen.js (h3d-carve-1)', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /const\s+fretX\s*=\s*f\s*=>\s*_h3dFretUniform\s*\?\s*_fretXUni\(f\)\s*:\s*_fretXLog\(f\)/,
+        /const\s+fretX\s*=\s*f\s*=>\s*geoFretX\(\s*f\s*,\s*_h3dFretUniform\s*\)/,
-        'fretX must pick _fretXUni when _h3dFretUniform else _fretXLog',
+        'screen.js fretX must delegate to geoFretX(f, _h3dFretUniform) from geometry.js',
+    );
+    const geo = fs.readFileSync(GEOMETRY_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(
+        geo,
+        /export\s+const\s+geoFretX\s*=\s*\(\s*f\s*,\s*uniform\s*\)\s*=>/,
+        'geometry.js must export geoFretX as a 2-arg function (fret, uniform)',
     );
 });
 
 test('h3dSetFretSpacing validates the mode against the two supported values', () => {
     // An unexpected input must not be persisted verbatim — it is coerced to
     // one of 'logarithmic' | 'uniform' before writing to localStorage.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /window\.h3dSetFretSpacing\s*=\s*mode\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?mode\s*===\s*'logarithmic'\s*\?\s*'logarithmic'\s*:\s*'uniform'[\s\S]*?localStorage\.setItem\(\s*'highway_3d\.fretSpacing'/,
@@ -49,7 +61,7 @@ test('h3dSetFretSpacing applies the change live, not via a page reload', () => {
     // a 'fretSpacing' change so mounted panels rebuild in place — same path as
     // every other 3D-highway setting. Reintroducing location.reload() here is
     // the regression this guards against.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
     const setter = src.match(/window\.h3dSetFretSpacing\s*=\s*mode\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?\n    \};/);
     assert.ok(setter, 'h3dSetFretSpacing assignment must be present');
     assert.doesNotMatch(
@@ -65,10 +77,11 @@ test('h3dSetFretSpacing applies the change live, not via a page reload', () => {
 });
 
 test('the fretSpacing change rebuilds a mounted board live', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses getFretG() getter
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /changedKey\s*===\s*'fretSpacing'[\s\S]*?if\s*\(fretG\)\s*buildBoard\(\)/,
+        /changedKey\s*===\s*'fretSpacing'[\s\S]*?if\s*\((?:fretG|getFretG\(\))\)\s*buildBoard\(\)/,
         'the panel bg listener must rebuild the board when fretSpacing changes',
     );
 });

tests/js/highway_3d_fx.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+// Source + behavioural guards for h3d-carve-8: Q-helpers (lighting/FX utilities)
+// extracted to src/fx.js.
+//
+// Class-killers guaranteed:
+//   1. Module exports createFx (source)
+//   2. createFx return set covers all 7 required symbols (source)
+//   3. Stranded-caller: every returned symbol in screen.js destructure (source)
+//   4. Private-guard: factory-depth-1 privates not bare in screen.js (source)
+//   5. _timingHex returns EARLY tint when ts='EARLY' and _timingFx truthy (behavioural)
+//   6. _sparkBurst writes to getSparkPos() array NOT a stale init-time capture
+//      (live-accessor class-killer: set new arrays after factory init → RED if stale-cached)
+//   7. _sparkUpdate sets needsUpdate=true on pts reached via live getSparkPts()
+//      (F2 fix: AND assertions; no longer vacuously true via .visible === false)
+//   8. _bloomEnsure calls setBloomLoad (synchronous write-back: assignment silenced → RED)
+//  8b. _bloomEnsure reads getComposer() live (not init-cached: setComposer after init → RED)
+//   9. _applyBloom calls all 4 write-backs (setBloomPass/setBloomW/setBloomH/setComposer)
+//      (F1 fix: named function testable with mock modules; each sever → RED)
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const vm = require('node:vm');
+
+const FX_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'fx.js');
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+function stripComments(s) {
+    return s.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '').replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+}
+
+function src() { return fs.readFileSync(FX_JS, 'utf8'); }
+function screenSrc() { return fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8'); }
+
+// ── 1. Module exports createFx ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+test('fx.js exports createFx', () => {
+    assert.match(src(), /export\s+function\s+createFx\s*\(/);
+});
+
+// ── 2. Return set covers all 6 required symbols ──────────────────────────────
+test('createFx returns all 6 required symbols', () => {
+    const stripped = stripComments(src());
+    const REQUIRED = ['_h3dHexOrDefault', '_applyCinematic', '_timingHex', '_sparkBurst', '_sparkUpdate', '_applyBloom', '_bloomEnsure'];
+    // Factory-level return block: 4-space indent inside createFx body.
+    const retMatch = stripped.match(/\n {4}return\s*\{\s*([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'factory-level return block must be present');
+    const returned = retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+    for (const sym of REQUIRED) {
+        assert.ok(returned.includes(sym), `return set must include ${sym}`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 3. Stranded-caller: returned ⊆ screen.js destructure ────────────────────
+test('every createFx returned symbol appears in screen.js destructure', () => {
+    const stripped = stripComments(src());
+    const retMatch = stripped.match(/\n {4}return\s*\{\s*([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'factory-level return block must be present');
+    const returned = retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+
+    const scrRaw = screenSrc();
+    const destrMatch = scrRaw.match(/const\s*\{([^}]+)\}\s*=\s*createFx\s*\(/);
+    assert.ok(destrMatch, 'screen.js must have a createFx destructure');
+    const destructured = destrMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+
+    for (const sym of returned) {
+        assert.ok(destructured.includes(sym),
+            `returned symbol '${sym}' must appear in screen.js createFx destructure`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 4. Private-guard: factory-depth-1 privates not bare in screen.js ─────────
+test('factory-private symbols in fx.js do not appear bare in screen.js', () => {
+    const stripped = stripComments(src());
+    // Collect factory-level return symbols.
+    const retMatch = stripped.match(/\n {4}return\s*\{\s*([^}]+)\}/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'factory-level return block must be present');
+    const returned = new Set(retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean));
+
+    // Factory-depth-1: exactly 4-space indented const/let inside createFx.
+    // (There are none in this module — all vars are per-call locals inside functions.)
+    const privateSyms = [];
+    for (const m of stripped.matchAll(/^ {4}(?:const|let)\s+(\w+)/gm)) {
+        const sym = m[1];
+        if (!returned.has(sym)) privateSyms.push(sym);
+    }
+    // Guard: if there ARE any factory-depth-1 privates, they must not be bare in screen.js.
+    let scr = screenSrc().replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    scr = stripComments(scr);
+    scr = scr.replace(/const\s*\{[^}]+\}\s*=\s*createFx\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, '');
+
+    const violations = privateSyms.filter(sym => new RegExp('\\b' + sym + '\\b').test(scr));
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(violations, [],
+        'screen.js must not reference factory-private fx.js symbols: ' + violations.join(', '));
+});
+
+// ── Behavioural vm sandbox ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function loadFxModule(di) {
+    const raw = fs.readFileSync(FX_JS, 'utf8');
+    // Strip ES export keyword so the script runs in a vm context.
+    const code = raw.replace(/^export\s+function\s+createFx/m, 'function createFx');
+    // Provide Promise so Promise.all() in _bloomEnsure is defined.
+    // dynamic import() inside the vm will reject (no module resolution),
+    // but setBloomLoad() is called BEFORE the rejection fires — it receives
+    // the pending Promise synchronously, which is what the write-back test checks.
+    const sandbox = { console, Promise, __exports: {} };
+    vm.createContext(sandbox);
+    vm.runInContext(code + '\n__exports.createFx = createFx;', sandbox);
+    return sandbox.__exports.createFx(di);
+}
+
+function makeDi(overrides = {}) {
+    // Minimal valid DI for behavioural tests.
+    const state = {
+        ambLight: null, dirLight: null, _cinematic: false, _timingFx: false,
+        _sparkPts: null, _SPARK_N: 10,
+        _sparkPos: new Float32Array(30), _sparkVel: new Float32Array(30),
+        _sparkCol: new Float32Array(30), _sparkLife: new Float32Array(10),
+        _composer: null, _bloomLoad: null, _bloomPass: null, _bloomW: 0, _bloomH: 0,
+        ren: null, scene: null, cam: null, highwayCanvas: null,
+        T: null,
+    };
+    return Object.assign({
+        BG_DEFAULTS: { nutColor: '#cccccc' },
+        K: 0.01,
+        getT: () => state.T, getAmbLight: () => state.ambLight,
+        getDirLight: () => state.dirLight, getCinematic: () => state._cinematic,
+        getTimingFx: () => state._timingFx,
+        getSparkPts: () => state._sparkPts, setSparkPts: (v) => { state._sparkPts = v; },
+        getSparkN: () => state._SPARK_N,
+        getSparkPos: () => state._sparkPos, setSparkPos: (v) => { state._sparkPos = v; },
+        getSparkVel: () => state._sparkVel, setSparkVel: (v) => { state._sparkVel = v; },
+        getSparkCol: () => state._sparkCol, setSparkCol: (v) => { state._sparkCol = v; },
+        getSparkLife: () => state._sparkLife, setSparkLife: (v) => { state._sparkLife = v; },
+        getComposer: () => state._composer, setComposer: (v) => { state._composer = v; },
+        getBloomLoad: () => state._bloomLoad, setBloomLoad: (v) => { state._bloomLoad = v; },
+        getBloomPass: () => state._bloomPass, setBloomPass: (v) => { state._bloomPass = v; },
+        getBloomW: () => state._bloomW, setBloomW: (v) => { state._bloomW = v; },
+        getBloomH: () => state._bloomH, setBloomH: (v) => { state._bloomH = v; },
+        getRen: () => state.ren, getScene: () => state.scene,
+        getCam: () => state.cam, getHighwayCanvas: () => state.highwayCanvas,
+        canvasSize: () => ({ w: 800, h: 600 }),
+        _state: state,
+    }, overrides);
+}
+
+// ── 5. _timingHex returns EARLY tint when ts='EARLY' and timingFx truthy ─────
+test('_timingHex returns EARLY hex when ts=EARLY and timingFx is truthy', () => {
+    // Mutation that goes RED: remove the EARLY branch → returns 0x22ff88 instead.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    di._state._timingFx = true;
+    const { _timingHex } = loadFxModule(di);
+    assert.equal(_timingHex('EARLY'), 0x35d6ff, 'EARLY timing must return cyan 0x35d6ff');
+    assert.equal(_timingHex('LATE'), 0xffb84d, 'LATE timing must return amber 0xffb84d');
+    assert.equal(_timingHex('OK'), 0x22ff88, 'OK timing must return green');
+});
+
+// ── 6. _sparkBurst live-accessor class-killer ─────────────────────────────────
+test('_sparkBurst writes to the sparkPos array returned by getSparkPos (live, not init-cached)', () => {
+    // Mutation that goes RED: if _sparkBurst caches `const _sparkPos = getSparkPos()` at
+    // factory init time instead of per-call, then calling setSparkPos(newArray) after init
+    // and triggering a burst will write to the STALE array → newArray stays all zeros → RED.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    // Bootstrap: provide a sparkPts stub so _sparkBurst doesn't bail early.
+    di._state._sparkPts = { geometry: { attributes: { position: { needsUpdate: false }, color: { needsUpdate: false } } }, visible: false };
+    // Set a dead particle slot so _sparkBurst can spawn into it.
+    di._state._sparkLife[0] = 0;
+    const { _sparkBurst } = loadFxModule(di);
+
+    // Burst writes into initial array.
+    _sparkBurst(1, 2, 3, 0xff0000, 1);
+    const firstArr = di._state._sparkPos;
+    // At least x position should be set (= 1).
+    assert.equal(firstArr[0], 1, 'sparkPos[0] should be x=1 after burst into initial array');
+
+    // Now rebuild: replace sparkPos with a fresh zero array.
+    const newPos = new Float32Array(30);
+    di.setSparkPos(newPos);
+    // Reset life for slot 0 so burst fires again.
+    di._state._sparkLife[0] = 0;
+    _sparkBurst(5, 6, 7, 0x00ff00, 1);
+
+    assert.equal(newPos[0], 5,
+        '_sparkBurst must write into the NEW sparkPos after setSparkPos rebuild; ' +
+        'if 0 it cached the initial array at factory init time (live-accessor broken)');
+});
+
+// ── 7. _sparkUpdate live-accessor class-killer (F2 fix) ───────────────────────
+test('_sparkUpdate sets needsUpdate=true on pts reached via live getSparkPts()', () => {
+    // Mutation that goes RED: if getSparkPts() result is cached at factory init,
+    // setSparkPts(newPts) after init → _sparkUpdate still references stale (null) pts
+    // → needsUpdate flags never set → BOTH assertions fail → RED.
+    //
+    // F2 fix: previous test used `|| pts.visible === false` which is vacuously true
+    // (no living sparks → visible stays false) — a NO-OP _sparkUpdate passed the test.
+    // Now we assert needsUpdate=true (set unconditionally after the loop) via AND.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    const { _sparkUpdate } = loadFxModule(di);
+
+    // No sparkPts yet — short-circuit (must not throw).
+    _sparkUpdate(0.016);
+
+    // Now provide sparkPts (simulates buildBoard completing after factory init).
+    const pts = {
+        geometry: { attributes: {
+            position: { needsUpdate: false },
+            color: { needsUpdate: false },
+        }},
+        visible: true,
+    };
+    di.setSparkPts(pts);
+    _sparkUpdate(0.016);
+
+    // _sparkUpdate sets needsUpdate unconditionally after the particle loop.
+    // If _sparkUpdate cached the stale null ptr at factory init, both stay false.
+    assert.ok(pts.geometry.attributes.position.needsUpdate === true,
+        '_sparkUpdate must set position.needsUpdate=true (reached via live getSparkPts)');
+    assert.ok(pts.geometry.attributes.color.needsUpdate === true,
+        '_sparkUpdate must set color.needsUpdate=true (reached via live getSparkPts)');
+});
+
+// ── 8. _bloomEnsure write-back class-killer: setBloomLoad called ──────────────
+test('_bloomEnsure calls setBloomLoad when ren/scene/cam are available', () => {
+    // Mutation that goes RED: if _bloomEnsure does `const bl = Promise.all(...)` (local)
+    // instead of `setBloomLoad(Promise.all(...))`, getBloomLoad() stays null after the
+    // call → every subsequent frame re-enters init → duplicate composers → visual glitch.
+    // This is the synchronously verifiable half of the write-back contract.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    // Provide non-null ren/scene/cam so the guard passes.
+    di._state.ren = {}; di._state.scene = {}; di._state.cam = {};
+    di._state.T = { WebGLRenderTarget() {}, HalfFloatType: 1, Vector2() {} };
+    const { _bloomEnsure } = loadFxModule(di);
+
+    const result = _bloomEnsure();
+    assert.equal(result, null, '_bloomEnsure returns null on first call (async init started)');
+    assert.ok(di.getBloomLoad() instanceof Promise,
+        'setBloomLoad must have been called with the init Promise; ' +
+        'if getBloomLoad() is null the assignment silently became a local (write-back broken)');
+
+    // A second call must short-circuit on the existing bloomLoad (not start a second init).
+    const result2 = _bloomEnsure();
+    assert.equal(result2, null, 'second call must return null (init still in flight, not re-started)');
+});
+
+// ── 8b. _bloomEnsure getComposer live-accessor ────────────────────────────────
+test('_bloomEnsure returns composer set via setComposer (reads live via getComposer)', () => {
+    // Mutation that goes RED: if _bloomEnsure caches `const _composer = getComposer()`
+    // at factory init time, a later setComposer(comp) is invisible → returns null forever.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    const { _bloomEnsure } = loadFxModule(di);
+    // Initially null.
+    assert.equal(_bloomEnsure(), null, 'must return null when composer not yet set');
+    // Simulate bloom async chain resolving.
+    const fakeComp = { render() {}, setSize() {} };
+    di.setComposer(fakeComp);
+    // Now must return the composer (reads via live getComposer(), not init-cached).
+    assert.equal(_bloomEnsure(), fakeComp,
+        '_bloomEnsure must return composer set via setComposer; ' +
+        'null means it cached the initial null value at factory init time');
+});
+
+// ── 9. _applyBloom calls all 4 write-backs (F1 fix) ──────────────────────────
+test('_applyBloom calls setBloomPass/setBloomW/setBloomH/setComposer with mock modules', () => {
+    // Mutation scenarios (all 4 must go RED when severed individually):
+    //   sever setBloomPass(bp) → getBloomPass() stays null → RED
+    //   sever setBloomW(w)     → getBloomW() stays 0      → RED
+    //   sever setBloomH(h)     → getBloomH() stays 0      → RED
+    //   sever setComposer(comp)→ getComposer() stays null  → RED
+    //
+    // F1 Toby fix: _applyBloom is named at factory scope and in the return set,
+    // so the harness calls it directly with mock [EC, RP, UB, OP] — no import() needed.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    di._state.T = {
+        WebGLRenderTarget: function(w, h, opts) { return { _w: w, _h: h }; },
+        HalfFloatType: 1,
+        Vector2: function(w, h) { return { w, h }; },
+    };
+    di._state.ren = { isRenderer: true };
+    di._state.scene = { isScene: true };
+    di._state.cam = { isCamera: true };
+
+    const { _applyBloom } = loadFxModule(di);
+
+    // Mock module objects matching the destructure [EC, RP, UB, OP].
+    const fakeComp = { addPass() {}, setSize() {} };
+    const fakePass = { isBloomPass: true };
+    const mods = [
+        { EffectComposer: function(ren, rt) { return fakeComp; } },
+        { RenderPass: function(scene, cam) { return {}; } },
+        { UnrealBloomPass: function(v2, s, r, t) { return fakePass; } },
+        { OutputPass: function() { return {}; } },
+    ];
+
+    _applyBloom(mods);
+
+    assert.equal(di.getComposer(), fakeComp,
+        'setComposer must be called: if severed, getComposer() stays null → bloom never activates');
+    assert.equal(di.getBloomPass(), fakePass,
+        'setBloomPass must be called: if severed, pass ref lost → resize/tuning broken');
+    assert.ok(di.getBloomW() > 0,
+        'setBloomW must be called with positive width');
+    assert.ok(di.getBloomH() > 0,
+        'setBloomH must be called with positive height');
+});
+
+// ── 10. _applyCinematic discriminating test (Creed gap fix) ──────────────────
+test('_applyCinematic sets light intensities per _cinematic flag (both paths)', () => {
+    // Mutation that goes RED: `return` inserted at _applyCinematic entry
+    // → intensities never change → all 4 assertions fail → RED.
+    const di = makeDi();
+    const ambLight = { intensity: 0 };
+    const dirLight = { intensity: 0 };
+    di._state.ambLight = ambLight;
+    di._state.dirLight = dirLight;
+
+    const { _applyCinematic } = loadFxModule(di);
+
+    // Cinematic ON: darken ambient, strengthen key light.
+    di._state._cinematic = true;
+    _applyCinematic();
+    assert.equal(ambLight.intensity, 0.45,
+        'cinematic=true: ambLight.intensity must be 0.45 (darken for emissive pop)');
+    assert.equal(dirLight.intensity, 1.15,
+        'cinematic=true: dirLight.intensity must be 1.15 (stronger key)');
+
+    // Cinematic OFF: standard balanced lighting.
+    di._state._cinematic = false;
+    _applyCinematic();
+    assert.equal(ambLight.intensity, 0.85,
+        'cinematic=false: ambLight.intensity must be 0.85 (standard ambient)');
+    assert.equal(dirLight.intensity, 0.8,
+        'cinematic=false: dirLight.intensity must be 0.8 (standard key)');
+});
+
+// ── 11. _h3dHexOrDefault — source-scan fixture + literal-pin (Creed r2 fix) ──
+test('_h3dHexOrDefault parses valid hex and falls back to BG_DEFAULTS (source-scan fixture)', () => {
+    // Source-scan: extract the REAL BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor from screen.js so the
+    // fixture uses the production default, not an invented value.
+    //
+    // Guard assertions fail if BG_DEFAULTS is removed or restructured in screen.js —
+    // drift becomes loud, not silent.
+    const scr = screenSrc();
+    const bgDefMatch = scr.match(/const BG_DEFAULTS\s*=\s*\{[^}]+\}/);
+    assert.ok(bgDefMatch, 'BG_DEFAULTS object literal must be present in screen.js');
+    const nutColorMatch = bgDefMatch[0].match(/nutColor:\s*'([^']+)'/);
+    assert.ok(nutColorMatch, 'BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor key must be extractable from screen.js source');
+    const PROD_NUT_COLOR = nutColorMatch[1];
+    // Literal-pin: if production nutColor drifts this assertion fails loudly.
+    // To update intentionally: change the pinned value below to match the new production value.
+    assert.equal(PROD_NUT_COLOR, '#f5f3f0',
+        'BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor in screen.js has changed — update this pin if the change is intentional');
+
+    // Build fixture using the real production nutColor (not an invented '#cccccc').
+    // Mutation that goes RED: return BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor unconditionally
+    // → valid-hex assertion returns fallback instead of parsed value → RED.
+    const di = makeDi({ BG_DEFAULTS: { nutColor: PROD_NUT_COLOR } });
+    const { _h3dHexOrDefault } = loadFxModule(di);
+
+    // Valid 6-digit hex with # → parsed integer.
+    assert.equal(_h3dHexOrDefault('#a1b2c3', null), 0xa1b2c3,
+        'valid hex string must be parsed to its integer value');
+
+    // Hex without # → regex requires #, falls back to BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor.
+    assert.equal(_h3dHexOrDefault('a1b2c3', null), parseInt(PROD_NUT_COLOR.slice(1), 16),
+        'hex without # must fall back to BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor (regex requires leading #)');
+
+    // Gibberish → BG_DEFAULTS fallback.
+    assert.equal(_h3dHexOrDefault('not-a-color', null), parseInt(PROD_NUT_COLOR.slice(1), 16),
+        'invalid string must fall back to BG_DEFAULTS.nutColor');
+
+    // Explicit defHex overrides BG_DEFAULTS.
+    assert.equal(_h3dHexOrDefault('not-a-color', '#ffffff'), 0xffffff,
+        'invalid string with explicit defHex must use defHex, not BG_DEFAULTS');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_geometry.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Class-killer for src/geometry.js — h3d-carve-1.
+//
+// Uses dynamic import() (not the vm source-scan pattern) so Node actually
+// evaluates the ES module and its exports are the real runtime values.
+// A refactor that renames geoFretX, changes the uniform/logarithmic
+// decision, removes slideTrailEnd, or breaks computeBPM's BPM estimate
+// would be caught here before any other test.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const GEOMETRY_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'geometry.js');
+
+test('geoFretX returns 0 for fret 0 in both modes', async () => {
+    const { geoFretX } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(geoFretX(0, true),  0, 'uniform: fret 0 must be 0');
+    assert.strictEqual(geoFretX(0, false), 0, 'logarithmic: fret 0 must be 0');
+});
+
+test('geoFretX uniform spacing is linear — fret N is N × fret 1', async () => {
+    const { geoFretX } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    const step = geoFretX(1, true);
+    assert.ok(step > 0, 'uniform step must be positive');
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(geoFretX(5, true) - 5 * step) < 1e-9, 'fret 5 must be 5 × step');
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(geoFretX(12, true) - 12 * step) < 1e-9, 'fret 12 must be 12 × step');
+});
+
+test('geoFretX logarithmic spacing is non-linear — frets compress toward the bridge', async () => {
+    const { geoFretX } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    const d1 = geoFretX(1, false);
+    const d2 = geoFretX(2, false) - geoFretX(1, false);
+    const d3 = geoFretX(3, false) - geoFretX(2, false);
+    assert.ok(d1 > d2, 'fret 1 gap must be wider than fret 2 gap (compression toward bridge)');
+    assert.ok(d2 > d3, 'fret 2 gap must be wider than fret 3 gap');
+});
+
+test('geoFretX uniform and logarithmic agree at fret 24 (total board width)', async () => {
+    const { geoFretX } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    // By construction: _fretXUniStep = _fretXLog(24) / 24, so geoFretX(24, uniform)
+    // equals geoFretX(24, logarithmic). This is the board-width invariant.
+    const uniWidth = geoFretX(24, true);
+    const logWidth = geoFretX(24, false);
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(uniWidth - logWidth) < 1e-9, 'board width must be identical in both modes');
+});
+
+test('dZ converts positive dt to a negative Z delta', async () => {
+    const { dZ } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.ok(dZ(1) < 0, 'positive time delta must produce negative Z (notes travel toward camera)');
+    assert.ok(dZ(0) === 0, 'zero dt must produce zero dZ');
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(dZ(2) / dZ(1) - 2) < 1e-9, 'dZ must be linear in dt');
+});
+
+test('slideTrailEnd returns null for notes with no slide fields', async () => {
+    const { slideTrailEnd } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(slideTrailEnd({}), null);
+    assert.strictEqual(slideTrailEnd({ sl: -1 }), null, 'negative sl must be ignored');
+});
+
+test('slideTrailEnd prefers sl over slu and marks pitched/unpitched correctly', async () => {
+    const { slideTrailEnd } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(slideTrailEnd({ sl: 7 }),         { endFret: 7, unpitched: false });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(slideTrailEnd({ slu: 5 }),        { endFret: 5, unpitched: true });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(slideTrailEnd({ sl: 7, slu: 5 }), { endFret: 7, unpitched: false });
+});
+
+test('computeBPM returns 120 for degenerate inputs', async () => {
+    const { computeBPM } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(computeBPM(null, 0), 120);
+    assert.strictEqual(computeBPM([], 0),   120);
+    assert.strictEqual(computeBPM([{ time: 0 }], 0), 120, 'single beat has no interval');
+});
+
+test('computeBPM estimates 120 BPM from evenly-spaced beats', async () => {
+    const { computeBPM } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    // 120 BPM = 0.5 s per beat
+    const beats = [0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0].map(time => ({ time }));
+    const bpm = computeBPM(beats, 1.0);
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(bpm - 120) < 0.01, `expected ~120 BPM, got ${bpm}`);
+});
+
+// Toby r1 findings: camBaseDistU, camLowFretPullbackU, _makeGaussTex had no
+// class-killer tests. Each test below names the concrete mutation it catches.
+
+test('camBaseDistU clamps span to minimum 4 — span=0 gives 77 not 65', async () => {
+    // Mutation: Math.max(span,4) → span
+    // camBaseDistU(0) mutant = 65+0*3 = 65 (wrong); original = 65+4*3 = 77
+    const { camBaseDistU } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(camBaseDistU(0),  77, 'span=0: floor=4 so 65+4*3=77, not 65');
+    assert.strictEqual(camBaseDistU(10), 95, 'span=10: 65+10*3=95');
+});
+
+test('camLowFretPullbackU is clamped to zero — high fret gives 0 not negative', async () => {
+    // Mutation: drop Math.max(0,...) clamp
+    // camLowFretPullbackU(10) mutant = (5-10)*4 = -20 (wrong); original = 0
+    const { camLowFretPullbackU } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(camLowFretPullbackU(0),  20, 'fret 0: (5-0)*4=20');
+    assert.strictEqual(camLowFretPullbackU(5),   0, 'fret 5: (5-5)*4=0');
+    assert.strictEqual(camLowFretPullbackU(10),  0, 'fret 10: clamped to 0, not -20');
+});
+
+// ── Cut 1b class-killers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK has 17 layers with CHORD_FILL first and CHORD_FRET_LABEL last', async () => {
+    const { RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK.length, 17, 'stack must have exactly 17 layers');
+    assert.strictEqual(RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK[0], 'CHORD_FILL', 'first layer must be CHORD_FILL');
+    assert.strictEqual(RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK[RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK.length - 1], 'CHORD_FRET_LABEL', 'last layer must be CHORD_FRET_LABEL');
+});
+
+test('RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX maps CHORD_FILL to 0 and NOTE_CORE to 10', async () => {
+    // Mutation: wrong layer order → NOTE_CORE would not map to 10.
+    const { RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX['CHORD_FILL'], 0, 'CHORD_FILL must be index 0 (bottom of stack)');
+    assert.strictEqual(RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX['NOTE_CORE'], 10, 'NOTE_CORE must be index 10');
+});
+
+test('renderOrderForLayerAtZ applies the far clamp — worldZ=-5 gives 50 not 33', async () => {
+    // Mutation: remove Math.max(RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP, ...) clamp.
+    // K=2.25/300=0.0075; Math.round(700+(-5)/0.0075)=Math.round(33.33)=33; max(50,33)=50.
+    // Without clamp: 33 + 0/17 ≈ 33. Test pins the clamped value.
+    const { renderOrderForLayerAtZ } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(renderOrderForLayerAtZ(-5, 'CHORD_FILL'), 50, 'far objects must be clamped to RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP=50');
+});
+
+test('renderOrderForLayerAtZ throws for unknown layer names', async () => {
+    const { renderOrderForLayerAtZ } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.throws(() => renderOrderForLayerAtZ(0, 'NONEXISTENT'), /Unknown 3D highway depth layer/);
+});
+
+test('_noteKey integer-truncates float times — _noteKey(1.5, 3) is 150003 not 150008', async () => {
+    // Mutation: drop |0 → (15000.5)*10+3 = 150008.
+    const { _noteKey } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(_noteKey(1.5, 3), 150003, '|0 truncation must give 150003, not float-derived 150008');
+    assert.strictEqual(_noteKey(0, 0), 0);
+});
+
+test('lowerBoundT returns first index where arr[i].t >= t (strict lower bound)', async () => {
+    // Mutation: < → <= causes lowerBoundT([{t:1},{t:3},{t:5}], 3) → 2 instead of 1.
+    const { lowerBoundT } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    const arr = [{ t: 1 }, { t: 3 }, { t: 5 }];
+    assert.strictEqual(lowerBoundT(arr, 3), 1, 'strict lower-bound: first index where .t >= 3 is 1 (not 2)');
+    assert.strictEqual(lowerBoundT(arr, 0), 0, 'value before all: must return 0');
+    assert.strictEqual(lowerBoundT(arr, 6), 3, 'value after all: must return length');
+});
+
+test('hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime returns null for empty/all-open input', async () => {
+    const { hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    assert.strictEqual(hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime([], [], 0, 0.2, 6), null);
+});
+
+test('geoFretMid returns -2K sentinel for f<=0, positive for f=1', async () => {
+    // Mutation: drop f<=0 guard → geoFretMid(0, true) returns (0+0)/2=0, not -0.015.
+    const { geoFretMid } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    const K = 2.25 / 300;
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(geoFretMid(0, true) - (-2 * K)) < 1e-10, 'f=0 must return -2K sentinel (≈-0.015)');
+    assert.ok(geoFretMid(1, true) > 0, 'f=1 must return positive X');
+    // In uniform mode: geoFretX(0,true)=0, geoFretX(1,true)=step, so mid=step/2.
+    // geoFretMid(2,true) = (step+2step)/2 = 1.5step. Ratio 3 catches wrong f offset.
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(geoFretMid(2, true) / geoFretMid(1, true) - 3) < 1e-9, 'uniform mid(2)/mid(1) must equal 3');
+});
+
+test('_makeGaussTex peak alpha is 255 at the centre pixel', async () => {
+    // Mutation: default sigma changed to 0 → (u-0.5)/0 = NaN chain → all Uint8Array writes
+    // become 0 (TypedArray coerces NaN to 0). Test calls without explicit sigma so the
+    // default is exercised directly — changing the default is what is being guarded.
+    // Use odd width=3: i=1 gives u=0.5 exactly (d=(u-0.5)/sigma=0, peak=1, alpha=255).
+    const { _makeGaussTex } = await import(GEOMETRY_JS);
+    let capturedData;
+    const ThreeStub = {
+        DataTexture: class { constructor(d) { capturedData = d; } },
+        RGBAFormat: 1,
+        LinearFilter: 2,
+    };
+    _makeGaussTex(ThreeStub, 3); // no sigma arg — exercises the default (0.28)
+    // Pixel i=1: RGBA layout [4,5,6,7]; alpha is at index 7
+    assert.strictEqual(capturedData[7], 255, 'centre pixel (i=1 of w=3) alpha must be 255 at default sigma');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_lean_sustain.test.js

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+// h3d-carve-14: sustain trail code moved to note-renderer.js; trail tests
+// must now search both files.
+const NOTE_RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'note-renderer.js');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
+const _noteRendererSrc = fs.readFileSync(NOTE_RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
+const _rendererSrc = fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
 
 test('lean sustain rendering is the default (_leanSus starts true)', () => {
     const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
@@ -30,34 +36,37 @@ test('lean sustain rendering is the default (_leanSus starts true)', () => {
 });
 
 test('the full-quality look is an opt-out via localStorage h3d_full_sus', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-15: lean poll + setLeanSus call now in renderer.js update()
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /_leanSus\s*=\s*localStorage\.getItem\(\s*['"]h3d_full_sus['"]\s*\)\s*!==\s*['"]1['"]/,
+        /setLeanSus\s*\(\s*localStorage\.getItem\(\s*['"]h3d_full_sus['"]\s*\)\s*!==\s*['"]1['"]\s*\)/,
         "lean must stay on unless localStorage.h3d_full_sus === '1' opts back into the full look",
     );
 });
 
 test('exactly one element is gated behind the lean flag, and it is the rail bloom', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-15: lean gate moved to renderer.js; getter form getLeanSus()
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     // Only the additive rail bloom may hide behind the lean flag. If a future
-    // edit re-gates the trail or ribbon outline behind !_leanSus, this count
+    // edit re-gates the trail or ribbon outline behind !getLeanSus(), this count
     // climbs above 1 and the test fails — that's the regression guard.
-    const gates = src.match(/if\s*\(\s*!_leanSus\s*\)/g) || [];
+    const gates = src.match(/if\s*\(\s*!getLeanSus\s*\(\s*\)\s*\)/g) || [];
     assert.equal(
         gates.length,
         1,
-        'expected exactly one `if (!_leanSus)` gate (the rail bloom); the outline must stay ungated',
+        'expected exactly one `if (!getLeanSus())` gate (the rail bloom); the outline must stay ungated',
     );
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /if\s*\(\s*!_leanSus\s*\)\s*\{[\s\S]{0,200}?pSusRailBloom\.get\(\)/,
+        /if\s*\(\s*!getLeanSus\s*\(\s*\)\s*\)\s*\{[\s\S]{0,200}?pSusRailBloom\.get\(\)/,
         'the single lean gate must be the one that wraps pSusRailBloom.get()',
     );
 });
 
 test('the trail + ribbon outline always draw and use the hit/miss-aware material', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-14: sustain trail body now in note-renderer.js
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + _noteRendererSrc;
     // Outline material is hit/miss aware: miss -> mMissOutline, confirmed hit
     // -> bright, otherwise the default mSusOutline white border.
     assert.match(

tests/js/highway_3d_lefty.test.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
 const HIGHWAY_JS = path.join(ROOT, 'static', 'highway.js');
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(ROOT, 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
 const CLAUDE_MD = path.join(ROOT, 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'CLAUDE.md');
+// h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (including shoulderOffset + _camX) moved to camera.js.
+const CAMERA_JS = path.join(ROOT, 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'camera.js');
 
 function src(file) {
     return fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
@@ -69,12 +71,14 @@ test('draw(bundle) handles lefty changes by flipping camera X state and rebuildi
 });
 
 test('camera shoulder offset follows the cached lefty orientation', () => {
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate (shoulderOffset + _camX) moved to src/camera.js;
+    // _leftyCached is DI-rewired to getLeftyCached() direct call.
     assert.match(
-        src(SCREEN_JS),
+        src(CAMERA_JS),
         // The shoulder offset now feeds the base _camX (which the opt-in
         // free-camera bridge layers on top of) before cam.position.set (#771).
-        /const\s+shoulderOffset\s*=\s*\(\s*_leftyCached\s*\?\s*-1\s*:\s*1\s*\)\s*\*\s*10\s*\*\s*K\s*;[\s\S]*?_camX\s*=\s*curX\s*\+\s*shoulderOffset/,
+        /const\s+shoulderOffset\s*=\s*\(\s*getLeftyCached\(\)\s*\?\s*-1\s*:\s*1\s*\)\s*\*\s*10\s*\*\s*K\s*;[\s\S]*?_camX\s*=\s*curX\s*\+\s*shoulderOffset/,
-        'camera shoulder offset must flip with _leftyCached',
+        'camera shoulder offset must flip with getLeftyCached()',
     );
 });
 

tests/js/highway_3d_materials.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+// Contract tests for h3d-carve-6: src/materials.js (createMaterialBuilders).
+//
+// Class-killer tests — each names the mutation that makes it RED.
+// Source-scan + vm-sandbox pattern (no canvas, no WebGL lifecycle).
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const vm = require('node:vm');
+
+const MATERIALS_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'materials.js');
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+function src() { return fs.readFileSync(MATERIALS_JS, 'utf8'); }
+function screenSrc() { return fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8'); }
+
+// Strip block and line comments from JS source for identifier-presence checks.
+function stripComments(s) {
+    return s
+        .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '')   // block comments
+        .replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');         // line comments
+}
+
+// ── vm sandbox helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// Evaluate materials.js in a sandbox and return the createMaterialBuilders export.
+// Three.js is stubbed; canvas ops are no-ops.
+function loadFactory() {
+    const raw = src();
+    // materials.js uses `export function` — strip the `export` keyword for vm.
+    const code = raw.replace(/^export\s+/m, '');
+    const sandbox = {
+        document: {
+            createElement: () => ({
+                getContext: () => ({
+                    font: '', textAlign: '', textBaseline: '',
+                    clearRect() {}, beginPath() {}, moveTo() {}, lineTo() {},
+                    closePath() {}, fill() {}, stroke() {}, fillText() {},
+                    strokeText() {}, save() {}, restore() {}, translate() {},
+                    ellipse() {}, arc() {}, createRadialGradient: () => ({
+                        addColorStop() {},
+                    }),
+                    measureText: () => ({
+                        width: 10,
+                        actualBoundingBoxLeft: 0, actualBoundingBoxRight: 10,
+                        actualBoundingBoxAscent: 8, actualBoundingBoxDescent: 2,
+                    }),
+                    getImageData: (x, y, w, h) => ({ data: new Uint8Array(w * h * 4) }),
+                    fillStyle: '', strokeStyle: '', lineWidth: 0,
+                    lineJoin: '', lineCap: '', shadowColor: '',
+                    shadowBlur: 0, shadowOffsetX: 0, shadowOffsetY: 0,
+                    miterLimit: 0, globalCompositeOperation: '',
+                }),
+                width: 0, height: 0,
+            }),
+        },
+        Math,
+        Number,
+        Map,
+        Set,
+        String,
+        Object,
+        Array,
+    };
+    vm.createContext(sandbox);
+    vm.runInContext(code, sandbox, { filename: MATERIALS_JS });
+    return sandbox.createMaterialBuilders;
+}
+
+// Build a minimal DI bundle for testing factory internals.
+function makeDI(overrides = {}) {
+    let txtCache = {};
+    const techMatCache = new Map();
+    const techMeshMatClones = new Set();
+    const T = {
+        SpriteMaterial: class { constructor(o) { Object.assign(this, o); this.map = o.map; this.userData = {}; } clone() { const c = new T.SpriteMaterial(this); return c; } dispose() {} },
+        MeshBasicMaterial: class { constructor(o) { Object.assign(this, o); this.userData = {}; } clone() { return new T.MeshBasicMaterial(this); } dispose() {} },
+        CanvasTexture: class { constructor(c) { this._c = c; } dispose() {} },
+        Color: class { constructor(v) { this.r = 1; this.g = 1; this.b = 1; } getHexString() { return 'ffffff'; } },
+        DoubleSide: 2,
+    };
+    return {
+        getT: () => T,
+        getTxtCache: () => txtCache,
+        techMatCache,
+        techMeshMatClones,
+        _resetCache: () => { txtCache = {}; },
+        ...overrides,
+    };
+}
+
+// ── 1. Module exports createMaterialBuilders ────────────────────────────────
+test('src/materials.js exports createMaterialBuilders', () => {
+    // Mutation: rename to createMaterials → RED.
+    assert.match(src(), /export\s+function\s+createMaterialBuilders\s*\(/, 'must export createMaterialBuilders');
+});
+
+// ── 2. Return set covers all expected symbols ───────────────────────────────
+test('createMaterialBuilders returns all required symbols', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove `pool` from return {...} → RED.
+    const createMaterialBuilders = loadFactory();
+    const di = makeDI();
+    const result = createMaterialBuilders(di);
+    const EXPECTED = [
+        'txtMat', 'pinchHarmonicMat', 'naturalHarmonicMat',
+        'palmMuteXSpriteMat', 'fretHandMuteXSpriteMat', 'muteXMat',
+        'triMat', 'bendChevronMat', 'darkenHex', 'slideArrowMat',
+        '_meshMatForGhostFretDigit', '_spriteMat2MeshMat', 'pool',
+    ];
+    for (const sym of EXPECTED) {
+        assert.ok(sym in result, `createMaterialBuilders must return ${sym}`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 3. Stranded-caller: every returned symbol in screen.js destructure ───────
+test('every symbol returned by createMaterialBuilders is in the screen.js destructure', () => {
+    // Mutation: add _newHelper to return{} but not the screen.js destructure → leaked=['_newHelper'] → RED.
+    const matSrc = stripComments(src());
+    const scr = screenSrc();
+
+    // Extract the module-level return block — anchored by the first symbol
+    // (txtMat) so pool's inner return { get, reset, warm } can't shadow it.
+    // Mutation: remove txtMat from the return → anchor fails → RED.
+    const retMatch = matSrc.match(/return\s*\{\s*\n\s*(txtMat\s*,[\s\S]+?)\n\s*\};/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'createMaterialBuilders must end with return { txtMat, ... }');
+    const returned = new Set(
+        retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+
+    // Extract destructured names from the screen.js tombstone.
+    const dsMatch = scr.match(/const\s*\{([^}]+)\}\s*=\s*createMaterialBuilders\s*\(/);
+    assert.ok(dsMatch, 'screen.js must have createMaterialBuilders destructure');
+    const destructured = new Set(
+        dsMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim().split(/\s+/).pop()).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+
+    const leaked = [...returned].filter(sym => !destructured.has(sym));
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(leaked, [],
+        'createMaterialBuilders returns symbols not in screen.js destructure: ' + leaked.join(', '));
+});
+
+// ── 4. Stale-private guard: factory-private symbols not bare in screen.js ──────
+test('factory-private symbols in materials.js do not appear bare in screen.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: add bare TXT_STYLES to screen.js body → violations=['TXT_STYLES'] → RED.
+    // Kills the whole class: any factory-depth-1 const/let NOT in the return set
+    // must not leak into screen.js. Catches TXT_STYLES, _pmXSpriteMat, _fhXSpriteMat
+    // and any future factory-private additions automatically.
+    const matSrc = stripComments(src());
+    const scrRaw = screenSrc();
+
+    // Extract the returned symbol set (reuse test 3's anchor).
+    const retMatch = matSrc.match(/return\s*\{\s*\n\s*(txtMat\s*,[\s\S]+?)\n\s*\};/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'return block must be present');
+    const returned = new Set(
+        retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+
+    // Factory-depth-1 const/let declarations: exactly 4-space indent.
+    // These are factory-private vars (_pmXSpriteMat, _fhXSpriteMat, TXT_STYLES …).
+    // Depth-2 locals (const T = getT() etc.) have 8+ spaces — excluded by anchor.
+    const privateSyms = [];
+    for (const m of matSrc.matchAll(/^ {4}(?:const|let)\s+(\w+)/gm)) {
+        const sym = m[1];
+        if (!returned.has(sym)) privateSyms.push(sym);
+    }
+    assert.ok(privateSyms.length > 0, 'factory must have at least one private depth-1 declaration');
+
+    // Strip screen.js of import lines, comments, and the destructure line.
+    let scr = scrRaw.replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    scr = stripComments(scr);
+    scr = scr.replace(/const\s*\{[^}]+\}\s*=\s*createMaterialBuilders\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, '');
+
+    const violations = privateSyms.filter(sym =>
+        new RegExp('\\b' + sym + '\\b').test(scr)
+    );
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(violations, [],
+        'screen.js must not reference factory-private materials.js symbols: ' + violations.join(', '));
+});
+
+// ── 5. DI: T is accessed via getT() at call time, not factory construction ───
+test('material builder functions call getT() at call time', () => {
+    // Mutation: top-level `const T = getT()` at factory construction → RED.
+    // Each function must call getT() inside its own body.
+    const s = src();
+    // Must NOT have `const T = getT()` at the top level of the factory
+    // (outside any function body). Check that it's scoped inside function bodies.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        s,
+        /createMaterialBuilders\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\{[^}]*const T = getT\(\)/,
+        'T must not be captured at factory construction — only inside function bodies'
+    );
+    // Each T-using function must contain getT() in its body.
+    for (const fn of ['txtMat', 'pinchHarmonicMat', 'naturalHarmonicMat', 'muteXMat',
+                      'triMat', 'bendChevronMat', 'slideArrowMat',
+                      '_meshMatForGhostFretDigit', '_spriteMat2MeshMat']) {
+        const fnIdx = s.indexOf(`function ${fn}(`);
+        assert.ok(fnIdx !== -1, `${fn} must exist in materials.js`);
+        // Find the body of this function (brace-balanced).
+        const openBrace = s.indexOf('{', fnIdx);
+        let depth = 1, i = openBrace + 1;
+        while (i < s.length && depth > 0) {
+            if (s[i] === '{') depth++;
+            else if (s[i] === '}') depth--;
+            i++;
+        }
+        const body = s.slice(openBrace, i);
+        assert.match(body, /const T = getT\(\)/, `${fn} must call getT() inside its body`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 6. DI: txtCache is accessed via getTxtCache() inside each function ────────
+test('txtCache-using functions access cache via getTxtCache()', () => {
+    // Mutation: use bare `txtCache[k]` instead → RED (and also a runtime bug).
+    const s = stripComments(src());
+    // The module code must never reference a bare `txtCache` identifier.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(s, /\btxtCache\b/, 'materials.js code must not reference bare txtCache — use getTxtCache()');
+    // Each cache-using function must call getTxtCache().
+    for (const fn of ['txtMat', 'pinchHarmonicMat', 'naturalHarmonicMat', 'muteXMat']) {
+        assert.ok(s.includes(`function ${fn}(`), `${fn} must exist`);
+        const fnIdx = s.indexOf(`function ${fn}(`);
+        const openBrace = s.indexOf('{', fnIdx);
+        let depth = 1, i = openBrace + 1;
+        while (i < s.length && depth > 0) {
+            if (s[i] === '{') depth++;
+            else if (s[i] === '}') depth--;
+            i++;
+        }
+        const body = s.slice(openBrace, i);
+        assert.match(body, /getTxtCache\(\)/, `${fn} must call getTxtCache() inside its body`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 7. DI: techMatCache param used (not bare _techMatCache) ──────────────────
+test('triMat/bendChevronMat/slideArrowMat use techMatCache DI param', () => {
+    // Mutation: use `_techMatCache.get(key)` → RED (and runtime ReferenceError).
+    const s = stripComments(src());
+    assert.doesNotMatch(s, /\b_techMatCache\b/, 'materials.js code must not reference _techMatCache — use DI param techMatCache');
+});
+
+// ── 8. DI: techMeshMatClones param used (not bare _techMeshMatClones) ─────────
+test('_spriteMat2MeshMat uses techMeshMatClones DI param', () => {
+    // Mutation: use `_techMeshMatClones.add(clone)` → RED.
+    const s = stripComments(src());
+    assert.doesNotMatch(s, /\b_techMeshMatClones\b/, 'materials.js code must not reference _techMeshMatClones — use DI param');
+});
+
+// ── 9. TXT_STYLES literal pin ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+test('TXT_STYLES presets match known-good values', () => {
+    // Mutation: change technique.srcH from 128 to 256 → RED.
+    const s = src();
+    // fretRow / noteFret / ghostFret — srcH 256, strokeW 18
+    for (const key of ['fretRow', 'noteFret', 'ghostFret']) {
+        assert.match(s, new RegExp(key + '[\\s\\S]{0,400}srcH:\\s*256'), `${key}.srcH must be 256`);
+        assert.match(s, new RegExp(key + '[\\s\\S]{0,400}strokeW:\\s*18'), `${key}.strokeW must be 18`);
+    }
+    // All three large presets share this stroke color.
+    assert.ok(s.includes("stroke: '#0a1018'"), "fretRow/noteFret/ghostFret stroke must be '#0a1018'");
+    // chord / section / technique / open — srcH 128, strokeW 6
+    for (const key of ['chord', 'section', 'technique', 'open']) {
+        assert.match(s, new RegExp(key + '[\\s\\S]{0,400}srcH:\\s*128'), `${key}.srcH must be 128`);
+        assert.match(s, new RegExp(key + '[\\s\\S]{0,400}strokeW:\\s*6'), `${key}.strokeW must be 6`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 10. darkenHex is pure (no T dependency) ──────────────────────────────────
+test('darkenHex has no getT() call', () => {
+    // Mutation: add getT() call → RED (no T needed for a pure bit-twiddler).
+    const s = src();
+    const fnIdx = s.indexOf('function darkenHex(');
+    assert.ok(fnIdx !== -1, 'darkenHex must exist');
+    const openBrace = s.indexOf('{', fnIdx);
+    let depth = 1, i = openBrace + 1;
+    while (i < s.length && depth > 0) {
+        if (s[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (s[i] === '}') depth--;
+        i++;
+    }
+    const body = s.slice(openBrace, i);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(body, /getT\(\)/, 'darkenHex must not call getT() — it is a pure bit-twiddler');
+});
+
+// ── 11. pool has no getT() call ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+test('pool has no getT() call', () => {
+    // Mutation: add getT() call → RED (pool creates no Three.js objects).
+    const s = src();
+    const fnIdx = s.indexOf('function pool(parent, mk)');
+    assert.ok(fnIdx !== -1, 'pool must exist in materials.js');
+    const openBrace = s.indexOf('{', fnIdx);
+    let depth = 1, i = openBrace + 1;
+    while (i < s.length && depth > 0) {
+        if (s[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (s[i] === '}') depth--;
+        i++;
+    }
+    const body = s.slice(openBrace, i);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(body, /getT\(\)/, 'pool must not call getT() — it is a pure container factory');
+});
+
+// ── 12. screen.js tombstone is present ───────────────────────────────────────
+test('screen.js has the h3d-carve-6 tombstone comment', () => {
+    // Mutation: delete the tombstone block → RED.
+    assert.match(screenSrc(), /h3d-carve-6: material builders/, 'tombstone comment must be present');
+    assert.match(screenSrc(), /const _techMatCache = new Map\(\)/, '_techMatCache must be hoisted to screen.js factory scope');
+});
+
+// ── 13. _techMatCache NOT declared in materials.js code ───────────────────────
+test('_techMatCache is not declared in materials.js code', () => {
+    // Mutation: move const _techMatCache = new Map() into materials.js → RED
+    // (teardown accesses it directly via the factory-scope const).
+    assert.doesNotMatch(stripComments(src()), /const _techMatCache\s*=/,
+        '_techMatCache must not be declared in materials.js — it stays in screen.js factory scope for teardown');
+});
+
+// ── 14. txtMat caches and returns a SpriteMaterial ───────────────────────────
+test('txtMat creates and caches a SpriteMaterial on cache miss', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove `cache[k] = mat` → txtMat allocates a new material every call → RED.
+    const createMaterialBuilders = loadFactory();
+    const di = makeDI();
+    const { txtMat } = createMaterialBuilders(di);
+
+    const m1 = txtMat('5', '#ff0000', false, 'noteFret');
+    assert.ok(m1, 'txtMat must return a material');
+    const m2 = txtMat('5', '#ff0000', false, 'noteFret');
+    assert.strictEqual(m1, m2, 'txtMat must return the same instance on cache hit');
+    const m3 = txtMat('5', '#00ff00', false, 'noteFret');
+    assert.notStrictEqual(m1, m3, 'different color → different material');
+});
+
+// ── 15. triMat cache uses techMatCache (DI param), not a local Map ───────────
+test('triMat stores results in techMatCache and returns cached entry', () => {
+    // Mutation: return a fresh material every call → RED.
+    const createMaterialBuilders = loadFactory();
+    const di = makeDI();
+    const { triMat } = createMaterialBuilders(di);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(di.techMatCache.size, 0, 'techMatCache starts empty');
+    const m1 = triMat(true, 0xff0000);
+    assert.strictEqual(di.techMatCache.size, 1, 'triMat must populate techMatCache');
+    const m2 = triMat(true, 0xff0000);
+    assert.strictEqual(m1, m2, 'triMat cache hit must return same object');
+});
+
+// ── 16. pool warm() pre-allocates and warm() is idempotent ───────────────────
+test('pool.warm pre-allocates up to cap and is idempotent past cap', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove while-loop in warm() → warm() allocates nothing → RED.
+    const createMaterialBuilders = loadFactory();
+    const di = makeDI();
+    const { pool } = createMaterialBuilders(di);
+
+    const parent = { add() {} };
+    let mkCount = 0;
+    const p = pool(parent, () => { mkCount++; return { visible: true, center: null }; });
+
+    p.warm(5);
+    assert.strictEqual(mkCount, 5, 'warm(5) must pre-allocate 5 objects');
+    p.warm(3); // below current length — must be idempotent
+    assert.strictEqual(mkCount, 5, 'warm(3) after warm(5) must not allocate more');
+    p.warm(8);
+    assert.strictEqual(mkCount, 8, 'warm(8) after warm(5) must allocate 3 more');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_note_renderer.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,474 @@
+// h3d-carve-14: V-section (note renderer) pin tests.
+//
+// Guards:
+//   1. Wiring: createNoteRenderer factory exists in note-renderer.js and the
+//      wiring in screen.js contains the exact expected DI param count (136).
+//   2. Behavioral kill: chordHarmonyLabels is directly testable (pure fn);
+//      we gut and restore to prove the kill fires RED.
+//   3. Export contract: all 4 exports exist and are functions.
+//   4. Getter-aliasing: private helpers used by drawNote reference DI names.
+
+'use strict';
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const NOTE_RENDERER_JS = path.join(
+    __dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'note-renderer.js'
+);
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(
+    __dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js'
+);
+
+const src = fs.readFileSync(NOTE_RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
+const screenSrc = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+
+// ── 1. Wiring guard ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createNoteRenderer is exported from note-renderer.js', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /export function createNoteRenderer/,
+        'note-renderer.js must export createNoteRenderer');
+});
+
+test('screen.js imports createNoteRenderer from note-renderer.js', () => {
+    assert.match(screenSrc, /import.*createNoteRenderer.*from.*note-renderer\.js/,
+        'screen.js must import createNoteRenderer');
+});
+
+test('screen.js wiring block contains all 128 DI params', () => {
+    // Locate the wiring call; count getter arrows, setter arrows, and
+    // shorthand entries. Each property in the object literal is one entry.
+    // Strategy: extract the createNoteRenderer({...}) call text and count.
+    const wiringMatch = screenSrc.match(
+        /createNoteRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/
+    );
+    assert.ok(wiringMatch, 'screen.js must contain createNoteRenderer({...}) call');
+    const wiringBody = wiringMatch[1];
+
+    // Count getter arrows  getX: () => _x,
+    const getterCount = (wiringBody.match(/\bget[A-Z]\w+\s*:/g) || []).length;
+    // Count setter arrows  setX: (v) => { ... },
+    const setterCount = (wiringBody.match(/\bset[A-Z]\w+\s*:/g) || []).length;
+    // Count shorthand identifiers: lines without '=>' and without a leading '//'
+    // can have multiple shorthands per line (e.g. "K, NFRETS, NW, NH, AHEAD,").
+    // Match each identifier followed by a comma or closing paren on such lines.
+    const shorthandCount = wiringBody.split('\n').reduce((acc, line) => {
+        const t = line.trim();
+        if (!t || t.startsWith('//') || t.includes('=>')) return acc;
+        const ids = t.match(/\b[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\b(?=\s*,)/g) || [];
+        return acc + ids.length;
+    }, 0);
+
+    const total = getterCount + setterCount + shorthandCount;
+    // 128 = 56 shorthands + 69 getters + 3 setters
+    // 130 → 128: removed PROJ_WIN + PROJ_WIN_G (scope-check phantoms — never
+    //   declared in screen.js; note-renderer.js body uses hardcoded 0.6 /
+    //   _PROJ_WIN_ARP, not these DI params; only appeared in comments).
+    //   Caught by r2 scope-check test in highway_3d_renderer.test.js.
+    assert.strictEqual(total, 128,
+        `DI param count must be exactly 128 (got getters:${getterCount} setters:${setterCount} shorthands:${shorthandCount} = ${total})`);
+});
+
+// ── 2. Factory returns all 4 exports ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createNoteRenderer returns drawNote', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[\s\S]*?\bdrawNote\b[\s\S]*?\}/,
+        'factory must return drawNote');
+});
+
+test('createNoteRenderer returns drawArpBrackets', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[\s\S]*?\bdrawArpBrackets\b[\s\S]*?\}/,
+        'factory must return drawArpBrackets');
+});
+
+test('createNoteRenderer returns drawNotedetectLabels', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[\s\S]*?\bdrawNotedetectLabels\b[\s\S]*?\}/,
+        'factory must return drawNotedetectLabels');
+});
+
+test('createNoteRenderer returns chordHarmonyLabels', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[\s\S]*?\bchordHarmonyLabels\b[\s\S]*?\}/,
+        'factory must return chordHarmonyLabels');
+});
+
+// ── 3. Behavioral kill — chordHarmonyLabels (pure fn, testable directly) ────
+
+// Extract and eval chordHarmonyLabels from the source for node testing.
+// The function is defined inside createNoteRenderer; we pull it out as-is.
+function extractChordHarmonyLabels(moduleSrc) {
+    // The function is declared as:  function chordHarmonyLabels(fn, voicing, caged, guideTones) { ... }
+    // Find the opening and use bracket-depth to find closing.
+    const start = moduleSrc.indexOf('function chordHarmonyLabels(');
+    if (start === -1) return null;
+    let depth = 0;
+    let i = moduleSrc.indexOf('{', start);
+    const open = i;
+    for (; i < moduleSrc.length; i++) {
+        if (moduleSrc[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (moduleSrc[i] === '}') {
+            depth--;
+            if (depth === 0) break;
+        }
+    }
+    const fnSrc = moduleSrc.slice(start, i + 1);
+    // Wrap in a closure to evaluate
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new-func
+    return new Function(`return (${fnSrc})`)();
+}
+
+const chordHarmonyLabels = extractChordHarmonyLabels(src);
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels extracted from source is a function', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof chordHarmonyLabels, 'function',
+        'chordHarmonyLabels must be extractable and be a function');
+});
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels — valid RN + voicing', () => {
+    const fn = { rn: 'IV' };
+    const r = chordHarmonyLabels(fn, 'drop2', null, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(r.rn, 'IV');
+    assert.strictEqual(r.voicing, 'drop2');
+    assert.strictEqual(r.caged, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(r.guideTones, '');
+});
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels — valid CAGED shape', () => {
+    const r = chordHarmonyLabels(null, null, 'E', null);
+    assert.strictEqual(r.caged, 'CAGED: E');
+});
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels — invalid CAGED shape rejected', () => {
+    const r = chordHarmonyLabels(null, null, 'X', null);
+    assert.strictEqual(r.caged, '');
+});
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels — guideTones array', () => {
+    const r = chordHarmonyLabels(null, null, null, [4, 10]);
+    assert.strictEqual(r.guideTones, 'gt 4,10');
+});
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels — out-of-range guideTone filtered', () => {
+    const r = chordHarmonyLabels(null, null, null, [4, 12]);
+    assert.strictEqual(r.guideTones, 'gt 4');
+});
+
+test('chordHarmonyLabels — all null → all empty', () => {
+    const r = chordHarmonyLabels(null, null, null, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(r.rn, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(r.voicing, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(r.caged, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(r.guideTones, '');
+});
+
+// ── 4. Getter-aliasing discipline ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('drawNote aliases getLeftyCached at function entry', () => {
+    assert.match(src,
+        /function drawNote[\s\S]*?const _leftyCached\s*=\s*getLeftyCached\(\)/,
+        'drawNote must alias getLeftyCached() once at entry');
+});
+
+test('drawNote aliases getPNote pool at entry', () => {
+    assert.match(src,
+        /function drawNote[\s\S]*?const pNote\s*=\s*getPNote\(\)/,
+        'drawNote must alias getPNote() pool getter once at entry');
+});
+
+test('drawNote aliases getMStr material at entry', () => {
+    assert.match(src,
+        /function drawNote[\s\S]*?const mStr\s*=\s*getMStr\(\)/,
+        'drawNote must alias getMStr() material getter once at entry');
+});
+
+// ── 5. Beyond-subst rewires present ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('setNdVerdictSawAlpha beyond-subst: setter called, not direct assignment', () => {
+    // Strip single-line comments so comment-docs don't trigger the check
+    const codeOnly = src.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(codeOnly, /_ndVerdictSawAlpha\s*=\s*(true|false)/,
+        'V-section code must not directly assign _ndVerdictSawAlpha (beyond-subst: use setter)');
+    assert.match(src, /setNdVerdictSawAlpha\(true\)/,
+        'V-section must call setNdVerdictSawAlpha(true)');
+});
+
+test('setStreakHits beyond-subst: setter called, not direct assignment', () => {
+    const codeOnly = src.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(codeOnly, /_streakHits\s*=\s*0/,
+        'V-section code must not directly assign _streakHits = 0 (beyond-subst: use setStreakHits)');
+    assert.match(src, /setStreakHits\(0\)/,
+        'V-section must call setStreakHits(0) instead of _streakHits = 0');
+    assert.match(src, /setStreakHits\(getStreakHits\(\)\s*\+\s*1\)/,
+        'V-section must call setStreakHits(getStreakHits() + 1) for increment');
+});
+
+// ── 6. Tombstone present in screen.js ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('screen.js V-section tombstone is present', () => {
+    assert.match(screenSrc,
+        /h3d-carve-14.*V-section.*note-renderer/,
+        'screen.js must have the h3d-carve-14 tombstone comment');
+});
+
+test('screen.js no longer contains slideRibbonUpdatePositions body', () => {
+    // After carve-14, only the module import/wrapper level should contain the
+    // function name (in the tombstone or import comments); the function body
+    // (with its internal `const pa =` assignment) must be gone.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(screenSrc, /function slideRibbonUpdatePositions/,
+        'screen.js must not contain the original slideRibbonUpdatePositions body after carve-14');
+});
+
+test('screen.js no longer contains raw drawNote function body', () => {
+    // The function definition moved to note-renderer.js; screen.js must only
+    // destructure the export — not declare the function body itself.
+    const drawNoteBodyMatches = [
+        ...screenSrc.matchAll(/function drawNote\b/g)
+    ];
+    assert.strictEqual(drawNoteBodyMatches.length, 0,
+        'screen.js must not declare function drawNote after carve-14');
+});
+
+// ── 7. Behavioral kill — drawNote early-exit vs gem path ────────────────────
+// Loads createNoteRenderer via new Function (strips ESM import/export so it
+// runs in a CJS context) with full DI stubs, then calls drawNote directly.
+// Tracks pool.get() calls on the pNote pool to distinguish the early-exit
+// path (no gem emitted) from the in-window gem path (pNote.get() × 2).
+//
+// Kill proof:
+//   Gut line 452  (`return` in the smart-cull block) → negative test RED
+//   Gut pNote.get() at lines 826+873                 → positive test RED
+
+const _nrSrcStripped = (() => {
+    const raw = src; // already read above as fs.readFileSync(NOTE_RENDERER_JS)
+    return raw
+        // Strip the single ESM import line (including trailing comment); geometry stubs come from outer fn params
+        .replace(/^import\s+\{[^}]+\}\s+from\s+['"][^'"]+['"][^\n]*/m, '')
+        .replace('export function createNoteRenderer', 'function createNoteRenderer');
+})();
+
+// Build the factory via new Function so geometry imports come from params (closure).
+// new Function executes in global scope → Math/Map/Set/Array/… are all available.
+const _createNoteRendererFn = new Function(
+    'dZ', 'slideTrailEnd', 'renderOrderForLayerAtZ',
+    _nrSrcStripped + '\nreturn createNoteRenderer;',
+)(() => 0, () => null, () => 0);
+
+function _buildDrawNote(overrides) {
+    let pNoteGetCount = 0;
+    const fakeMat = { opacity: 1, depthTest: true };
+    const fakeMesh = {
+        position: { set: () => {} },
+        rotation: { set: () => {}, z: 0 },
+        scale: { set: () => {}, multiplyScalar: () => {} },
+        renderOrder: 0, visible: true, material: fakeMat, geometry: null,
+    };
+    const pNotePool = { get: () => { pNoteGetCount++; return fakeMesh; }, release: () => {} };
+    const noopPool  = { get: () => fakeMesh, release: () => {} };
+    const A6 = (v) => [v, v, v, v, v, v];
+    // Creed F2 fix: distinguishable materials so getMStr/getMGlow swap is visible.
+    const mStrMats = [0,1,2,3,4,5].map(i => ({ opacity: 1, depthTest: true, name: `mStr[${i}]` }));
+    const mGlowMats = [0,1,2,3,4,5].map(i => ({ opacity: 1, depthTest: true, name: `mGlow[${i}]` }));
+
+    const di = Object.assign({
+        // Constants
+        K: 1, NFRETS: 24, NW: 1, NH: 0.1, AHEAD: 1,
+        GHOST_HOLD_AFTER_ONSET: 0.1, NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS: 0.001,
+        NOTEDETECT_GEM_VERDICT_WINDOW: 0.3,
+        SLIDE_RIBBON_SAMPLES: 8, S_GAP: 1,
+        BEND_HALFSTEP_WORLD_Y: 0.1, PROJ_WIN: 0.6, PROJ_WIN_G: 0.3, PROJ_GROW_MIN: 0,
+        GHOST_FRET_LBL_FADE_S: 0.1,
+        BEND_ENV_RISE_FRAC: 0.3, BEND_ENV_RELEASE_FRAC: 0.7,
+        VIBRATO_HALF_WAVE_S: 0.1, TREMOLO_BUMP_S: 0.1,
+        ACCENT_RIM_XY_SCALE_MUL: 1, ACCENT_RIM_Z_SCALE_MUL: 1,
+        CHORD_FRAME_RIM_FRAC_H: 0.1, CHORD_FRAME_RIM_MIN: 0.01,
+        FRET_LABEL_GOLD_HEX: '#e8c040', SINGLE_SUS_OFFSETS: [0],
+        TS: 1, _ND_TIME_EPS: 0.001,
+        // Function refs (after r1 fix: 24 live fn-refs)
+        slideOffsetWorldX: () => 0,
+        hwyPostHitTailFadeMul: () => 1,
+        anchorLaneBoundsAt: () => null,
+        validString: (s) => s >= 0 && s < 6,
+        sY: () => 0,
+        xFretMid: () => 0,
+        _firstEventTimeGreaterThan: () => Infinity,
+        _setLabelMap: () => {},
+        _spriteMat2MeshMat: () => fakeMat,
+        _meshMatForGhostFretDigit: () => fakeMat,
+        fretLabelScaleForFret: () => 1,
+        fretMid: () => 0,
+        txtMat: () => fakeMat,
+        darkenHex: (h) => h,
+        palmMuteXSpriteMat: () => fakeMat,
+        fretHandMuteXSpriteMat: () => fakeMat,
+        triMat: () => fakeMat,
+        bendChevronMat: () => fakeMat,
+        slideArrowMat: () => fakeMat,
+        pinchHarmonicMat: () => fakeMat,
+        naturalHarmonicMat: () => fakeMat,
+        _timingHex: () => '#ffffff',
+        _sparkBurst: () => {},
+        _fxSpawnPop: () => {},
+        // Frame-state getters
+        getLeftyCached: () => false,
+        getInvertedCached: () => false,
+        getDrawNextByString: () => null,
+        getDrawRecentByString: () => null,
+        getDrawAnchors: () => null,
+        getDrawChordTemplates: () => null,
+        getDrawTeachingMarks: () => false,
+        getShowFingerHints: () => false,
+        getTextSizeMul: () => 1,
+        getNdGetNoteState: () => null,
+        getNdHasProvider: () => true,
+        getNdHitMarks: () => [],
+        getNdMissMarks: () => [],
+        getNdLabels: () => [],
+        getCam: () => ({}),
+        getProbe: () => null,
+        getCurX: () => 0,
+        getNStr: () => 6,
+        getAccentShellsByString: () => A6([]),
+        getNdVerdictMaxAlpha: () => 0,
+        setNdVerdictSawAlpha: () => {},
+        setNdVerdictMaxAlpha: () => {},
+        getStreakHits: () => 0,
+        setStreakHits: () => {},
+        getGNote: () => ({}),
+        getGNoteGrad: () => A6(null),
+        getActivePalette: () => A6(null),
+        getHitFx: () => 0,
+        getSparks: () => null,
+        getVerdictMarks: () => false,
+        getStreakFx: () => false,
+        getStreakHeat: () => 0,
+        getSlideArrowApproachVisible: () => false,
+        getSlideArrowNeckVisible: () => false,
+        getSlideArrowChainPreviewVisible: () => false,
+        getVibrancyProjOp: () => 0.15,
+        getFretLabelAllowed: () => new Set(),
+        getProjMeshArr: () => null,
+        getProjectionVisible: () => false,
+        getGlowMul: () => 1,
+        getShowFretOnNote: () => false,
+        getFretNumberGhostScope: () => null,
+        // Pool getters — pNote uses the tracking pool; others use noopPool
+        getPNote: () => pNotePool,
+        getPNoteEdge: () => noopPool,
+        getPSus: () => noopPool,
+        getPSusOutline: () => noopPool,
+        getPSusRibbon: () => noopPool,
+        getPSusRibbonOl: () => noopPool,
+        getPTapChevron: () => noopPool,
+        getPAccentHalo: () => noopPool,
+        getPArpBracket: () => noopPool,
+        getPConnectorLine: () => noopPool,
+        getPDropLine: () => noopPool,
+        getPGhostFretLbl: () => noopPool,
+        getPNoteFretLabel: () => noopPool,
+        getPTeachMarkLbl: () => noopPool,
+        getPTechPlane: () => noopPool,
+        // Material getters
+        getMStr: () => mStrMats,
+        getMGlow: () => mGlowMats,
+        getMSus: () => fakeMat,
+        getMSusOutline: () => fakeMat,
+        getMHitBright: () => A6(fakeMat),
+        getMHitBrightArrays: () => A6(null),
+        getMmissOutline: () => fakeMat,
+        getMmissEdgeArrays: () => [],
+        getMRimFlash: () => A6(fakeMat),
+        getMAccentHaloNear: () => A6(null),
+        getMAccentOutline: () => A6(fakeMat),
+        getMAccentCore: () => A6(fakeMat),
+        getMStrHitOutline: () => A6(fakeMat),
+        getMHitSusOutline: () => fakeMat,
+        getMWhiteOutline: () => fakeMat,
+        // Stable refs
+        _susVerdictLatch: new Map(),
+        _fwHitIn: new Array(26).fill(0),
+        _fwChordAcc: new Map(),
+        _scrGhostUpcomingCount: new Array(6).fill(0),
+        _rimFlashIn: new Array(6).fill(0),
+        _sparkSeen: new Map(),
+        _frameLabeledKeys: new Set(),
+    }, overrides || {});
+
+    const { drawNote } = _createNoteRendererFn(di);
+    return { drawNote, getPNoteGetCount: () => pNoteGetCount, mStrMats, mGlowMats, getFakeMesh: () => fakeMesh };
+}
+
+test('drawNote: past-linger note exits before pNote.get() (early-exit kill)', () => {
+    // note.t=0, now=999 → dt = -999 << -NOTEDETECT_GEM_VERDICT_WINDOW (0.3)
+    // → _overLinger=true, enters smart-cull block, exits at line 452 before any pNote.get().
+    // Kill proof: gut line 452 `return` → code falls through into gem body → pNoteGetCount > 0 → RED.
+    const { drawNote, getPNoteGetCount } = _buildDrawNote();
+    drawNote({ s: 0, f: 5, t: 0, sus: 0 }, /*now=*/999, 0, false, false, 0.10);
+    assert.strictEqual(getPNoteGetCount(), 0,
+        'pNote.get() must NOT be called when dt is far past the verdict window (early exit)');
+});
+
+test('drawNote: in-window note reaches pNote.get() × 2 (gem-path kill)', () => {
+    // note.t=5, now=5 → dt=0 → _overLinger=false (linger=0.10, deadline=5.10)
+    // → skips smart-cull block entirely → enters gem body → pNote.get() for outline + core.
+    // getNdHasProvider=false so smart-cull block is also bypassed (not _overLinger path).
+    // Kill proof: gut pNote.get() at line 826 or 873 → count drops below 2 → RED.
+    const { drawNote, getPNoteGetCount } = _buildDrawNote({ getNdHasProvider: () => false });
+    drawNote({ s: 0, f: 5, t: 5, sus: 0 }, /*now=*/5, 0, false, false, 0.10);
+    assert.ok(getPNoteGetCount() >= 2,
+        `pNote.get() must be called at least twice (outline + core) for an in-window note (got ${getPNoteGetCount()})`);
+});
+
+test('drawNote: gem core.material is mStr[s], not mGlow[s] (material-identity kill)', () => {
+    // Creed F2: fake materials were identical; swapping getMStr/getMGlow in the wiring
+    // stayed green. Now mStrMats/mGlowMats are distinct objects.
+    // Kill: swap getMStr/getMGlow in _buildDrawNote overrides → core.material === mGlowMats[0] → RED.
+    const s = 0;
+    const { drawNote, mStrMats, mGlowMats, getFakeMesh } = _buildDrawNote({ getNdHasProvider: () => false });
+    drawNote({ s, f: 5, t: 5, sus: 0 }, /*now=*/5, 0, false, false, 0.10);
+    const mesh = getFakeMesh();
+    assert.strictEqual(mesh.material, mStrMats[s],
+        `gem core.material must be mStr[${s}] (got: ${mesh.material && mesh.material.name})`);
+    assert.notStrictEqual(mesh.material, mGlowMats[s],
+        'gem core.material must NOT be mGlow (getMStr/getMGlow swap must be visible)');
+});
+
+test('slideRibbonUpdatePositions: all vertex positions finite for n.tr sustain (NaN-arg kill)', () => {
+    // Creed F1: tremoloOffsetWorldX(n, Tk) dropped tw → undefined*…=NaN for all ribbon vertices.
+    // Fix: tremoloOffsetWorldX(n, Tk, tw). Kill: drop tw arg again → NaN in posArray → RED.
+    const S = 8; // matches DI SLIDE_RIBBON_SAMPLES
+    const posArray = new Float32Array((S + 1) * 4 * 3);
+    posArray.fill(NaN); // pre-fill NaN: if path not taken, assertion catches it (test setup bug)
+    let geoWritten = false;
+    const makeRibbonMesh = () => ({
+        position: { set: () => {} },
+        rotation: { set: () => {}, z: 0 },
+        scale: { set: () => {} },
+        renderOrder: 0, visible: true, material: null,
+        geometry: {
+            attributes: {
+                position: {
+                    array: posArray,
+                    set needsUpdate(v) { if (v) geoWritten = true; },
+                },
+            },
+        },
+    });
+    const ribbonPool = { get: makeRibbonMesh, release: () => {} };
+
+    const { drawNote } = _buildDrawNote({
+        getNdHasProvider: () => false,
+        getPSusRibbon:    () => ribbonPool,
+        getPSusRibbonOl:  () => ribbonPool,
+        SLIDE_RIBBON_SAMPLES: S,
+    });
+
+    // sus=0.5 (remSus=0.5>0.01), tr=1 → ribbonSusTrail=true → slideRibbonUpdatePositions called
+    drawNote({ s: 0, f: 5, t: 5, sus: 0.5, tr: 1 }, /*now=*/5, 0, false, false, 0.10);
+
+    assert.ok(geoWritten, 'geometry.needsUpdate must be set — ribbon path must be reached');
+    for (let i = 0; i < posArray.length; i++) {
+        assert.ok(Number.isFinite(posArray[i]),
+            `posArray[${i}] must be finite; NaN = dropped tw arg in tremoloOffsetWorldX`);
+    }
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_overlay.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+// Source + behavioural guards for h3d-carve-7: O-section (lyrics + HUD overlay)
+// extracted to src/overlay.js.
+//
+// Class-killers guaranteed:
+//   1. Module exports createOverlay (source)
+//   2. createOverlay return set covers all 5 required symbols (source)
+//   3. Stranded-caller: every returned symbol appears in screen.js destructure (source)
+//   4. Private-guard: factory-depth-1 privates not bare in screen.js (source)
+//   5. Moved constants absent from screen.js (source — deletion check)
+//   6. _diagRenderCache ref-identity: teardown .clear() reaches the same Map passed to
+//      createOverlay (behavioural — mutation: new Map() breaks it → RED)
+//   7. drawSectionHud returns 0 when no sections (behavioural)
+//   8. drawLyrics returns a number (behavioural)
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const vm = require('node:vm');
+
+const OVERLAY_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'overlay.js');
+const SCREEN_JS  = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+function stripComments(s) {
+    return s.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '').replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+}
+
+function src() {
+    return fs.readFileSync(OVERLAY_JS, 'utf8');
+}
+function screenSrc() {
+    return fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+}
+
+// ── 1. Module exports createOverlay ─────────────────────────────────────────
+test('overlay.js exports createOverlay', () => {
+    assert.match(src(), /export\s+function\s+createOverlay\s*\(/);
+});
+
+// ── 2. Return set covers all 5 required symbols ──────────────────────────────
+test('createOverlay returns all 5 required symbols', () => {
+    const stripped = stripComments(src());
+    const REQUIRED = ['drawChordDiagram', '_drawDiagramCached', 'drawSectionHud', 'drawToneHud', 'drawLyrics'];
+    // Match the factory-level return block (4-space indent inside createOverlay).
+    // Inner function returns like longestConsecutiveRun's are at 8+ spaces.
+    const retMatch = stripped.match(/\n {4}return\s*\{\s*\n([\s\S]+?)\n {4}\};/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'factory-level return block must be present');
+    const returned = retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+    for (const sym of REQUIRED) {
+        assert.ok(returned.includes(sym), `return set must include ${sym}`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 3. Stranded-caller: returned ⊆ screen.js destructure ────────────────────
+test('every createOverlay returned symbol appears in screen.js destructure', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove _drawDiagramCached from screen.js destructure → missing → RED.
+    const stripped = stripComments(src());
+    const retMatch = stripped.match(/\n {4}return\s*\{\s*\n([\s\S]+?)\n {4}\};/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'factory-level return block must be present');
+    const returned = retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+
+    const scrRaw = screenSrc();
+    const destrMatch = scrRaw.match(/const\s*\{([^}]+)\}\s*=\s*createOverlay\s*\(/);
+    assert.ok(destrMatch, 'screen.js must have a createOverlay destructure');
+    const destructured = destrMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+
+    for (const sym of returned) {
+        assert.ok(destructured.includes(sym),
+            `returned symbol '${sym}' must appear in screen.js createOverlay destructure`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 4. Private-guard: factory-depth-1 privates not bare in screen.js ─────────
+test('factory-private symbols in overlay.js do not appear bare in screen.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: add bare _DIAG_CACHE_MAX to screen.js → violations → RED.
+    const stripped = stripComments(src());
+
+    // Collect returned symbols (factory-level return, 4-space indent).
+    const retMatch = stripped.match(/\n {4}return\s*\{\s*\n([\s\S]+?)\n {4}\};/);
+    assert.ok(retMatch, 'factory-level return block must be present');
+    const returned = new Set(
+        retMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+    );
+
+    // Factory-depth-1 const/let: exactly 4-space indent inside createOverlay body.
+    const privateSyms = [];
+    for (const m of stripped.matchAll(/^ {4}(?:const|let)\s+(\w+)/gm)) {
+        const sym = m[1];
+        if (!returned.has(sym)) privateSyms.push(sym);
+    }
+    assert.ok(privateSyms.length > 0, 'factory must have at least one private depth-1 declaration');
+
+    let scr = screenSrc().replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    scr = stripComments(scr);
+    scr = scr.replace(/const\s*\{[^}]+\}\s*=\s*createOverlay\s*\([^)]*\)\s*;/, '');
+
+    const violations = privateSyms.filter(sym =>
+        new RegExp('\\b' + sym + '\\b').test(scr)
+    );
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(violations, [],
+        'screen.js must not reference factory-private overlay.js symbols: ' + violations.join(', '));
+});
+
+// ── 5. Moved constants absent from screen.js ─────────────────────────────────
+test('DIAG_SIZE_MIN, DIAG_SIZE_MAX, DIAG_CELL_MAX, _DIAG_CACHE_MAX absent from screen.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: add const DIAG_SIZE_MIN = 0.08 back to screen.js → RED.
+    const scr = stripComments(screenSrc());
+    for (const sym of ['DIAG_SIZE_MIN', 'DIAG_SIZE_MAX', 'DIAG_CELL_MAX', '_DIAG_CACHE_MAX']) {
+        assert.doesNotMatch(scr, new RegExp('const\\s+' + sym + '\\b'),
+            `const ${sym} must not appear in screen.js (it moved to overlay.js)`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 6. Ref-identity class-killer: source-scan ────────────────────────────────
+test('screen.js passes _diagRenderCache (not a new Map) to createOverlay', () => {
+    // This is the primary ref-severing class-killer god requested.
+    // Mutation: change createOverlay({ diagRenderCache: _diagRenderCache })
+    //   to     createOverlay({ diagRenderCache: new Map() })
+    // → teardown .clear() on screen.js's _diagRenderCache no longer reaches the
+    //   overlay cache → cache leaks → this test goes RED.
+    const scr = stripComments(screenSrc());
+    assert.match(
+        scr,
+        /createOverlay\s*\(\s*\{\s*diagRenderCache\s*:\s*_diagRenderCache\s*\}\s*\)/,
+        'screen.js must pass _diagRenderCache (not a new Map or other value) as diagRenderCache to createOverlay',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── 6b–8: Behavioural tests in a vm sandbox ──────────────────────────────────
+// createOverlay needs a diagRenderCache Map (stable ref).  The functions under
+// test do canvas 2D drawing; we stub ctx with the minimal surface they call.
+function makeCtx() {
+    return {
+        save() {}, restore() {}, beginPath() {}, fill() {}, stroke() {},
+        moveTo() {}, lineTo() {}, arc() {}, roundRect() {}, closePath() {},
+        fillText() {}, strokeText() {}, quadraticCurveTo() {},
+        fillRect() {}, strokeRect() {}, drawImage() {},
+        measureText(t) { return { width: t.length * 7 }; },
+        fillStyle: '', strokeStyle: '', lineWidth: 1,
+        globalAlpha: 1, font: '', textAlign: '', textBaseline: '',
+        shadowColor: '', shadowBlur: 0, shadowOffsetX: 0, shadowOffsetY: 0,
+    };
+}
+
+function loadModule(diagRenderCache) {
+    const raw = fs.readFileSync(OVERLAY_JS, 'utf8');
+    // Strip the ES module export keyword so the script runs in a vm CommonJS-style.
+    // Use /m flag so ^ matches line starts (file begins with a comment block).
+    const code = raw.replace(/^export\s+function\s+createOverlay/m, 'function createOverlay');
+    const sandbox = {
+        OffscreenCanvas: class { constructor(w, h) { this.width=w; this.height=h; }
+            getContext() { return makeCtx(); } },
+        document: {
+            createElement() {
+                return { width: 0, height: 0, getContext() { return makeCtx(); } };
+            }
+        },
+        console,
+        __exports: {},
+    };
+    vm.createContext(sandbox);
+    vm.runInContext(code + '\n__exports.createOverlay = createOverlay;', sandbox);
+    return sandbox.__exports.createOverlay({ diagRenderCache });
+}
+
+// ── 6. _diagRenderCache ref-identity ────────────────────────────────────────
+test('diagRenderCache passed to createOverlay is the same Map reached by teardown .clear()', () => {
+    // This is the class-killer god requested.
+    //
+    // Mutation: in screen.js, change
+    //   createOverlay({ diagRenderCache: _diagRenderCache })
+    // to
+    //   createOverlay({ diagRenderCache: new Map() })
+    // → the overlay populates its own Map, but screen.js teardown clears _diagRenderCache
+    //   (a different object) → overlay cache leaks → both Map sizes diverge → RED.
+    //
+    // Here we verify the ref is the same Map by populating a sentinel key via
+    // _drawDiagramCached (which writes to diagRenderCache) and then confirming
+    // the original Map reference sees the write.
+    const sharedMap = new Map();
+    const { _drawDiagramCached } = loadModule(sharedMap);
+
+    const ctx = makeCtx();
+    // entranceT < 1 bypasses cache; entranceT = 1.0 triggers the cache write.
+    // Set opacity=0 to short-circuit before the cache write → use opacity=1.
+    _drawDiagramCached(ctx, {
+        name: 'Am', frets: [0, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0], nStr: 6,
+        inverted: false, sizeSlider: 0.5, position: 'tl',
+        canvasW: 600, canvasH: 400, opacity: 1, entranceT: 1.0,
+        lyricsBottom: 0, stackOffset: 0,
+    });
+
+    // The overlay must have written to sharedMap (the same ref we passed in).
+    assert.ok(sharedMap.size > 0,
+        'overlay must write to the diagRenderCache Map reference passed in via DI; ' +
+        'if size=0 the ref was severed (createOverlay got a different Map)');
+
+    // Simulating teardown: clear the same Map as screen.js would.
+    sharedMap.clear();
+    assert.equal(sharedMap.size, 0, 'Map cleared by teardown must now be empty');
+
+    // A second call re-populates the shared Map (not a separate internal one).
+    _drawDiagramCached(ctx, {
+        name: 'G', frets: [3, 2, 0, 0, 3, 3], nStr: 6,
+        inverted: false, sizeSlider: 0.5, position: 'tl',
+        canvasW: 600, canvasH: 400, opacity: 1, entranceT: 1.0,
+        lyricsBottom: 0, stackOffset: 0,
+    });
+    assert.ok(sharedMap.size > 0, 'cache repopulated via the same shared Map reference');
+});
+
+// ── 7. drawSectionHud returns 0 for no sections ───────────────────────────────
+test('drawSectionHud returns 0 when sections array is empty', () => {
+    const { drawSectionHud } = loadModule(new Map());
+    const ctx = makeCtx();
+    const result = drawSectionHud(ctx, {
+        sections: [], currentTime: 10,
+        canvasW: 800, canvasH: 600,
+    });
+    assert.equal(result, 0);
+});
+
+// ── 8. drawLyrics returns a number ───────────────────────────────────────────
+test('drawLyrics returns a finite number', () => {
+    const { drawLyrics } = loadModule(new Map());
+    const ctx = makeCtx();
+    const lyrics = [
+        { w: 'Hel-', t: 0, d: 0.3 }, { w: 'lo+', t: 0.3, d: 0.3 },
+        { w: 'World', t: 0.6, d: 0.4 },
+    ];
+    const result = drawLyrics(lyrics, 0.15, ctx, 800, 600);
+    assert.ok(typeof result === 'number' && isFinite(result),
+        'drawLyrics must return a finite number (bottom Y of lyrics banner)');
+});
+
+// Recording ctx — captures fillText/roundRect/fill for discriminating render assertions.
+// Only used by tests 9 and 10 below; makeCtx() remains the non-recording stub.
+function makeRecordingCtx() {
+    const calls = [];
+    const base = makeCtx();
+    return new Proxy(base, {
+        get(t, prop) {
+            if (prop === '_calls') return calls;
+            if (prop === 'fillText') {
+                return function(text, x, y) { calls.push({ method: 'fillText', text }); };
+            }
+            if (prop === 'roundRect') {
+                return function(...args) { calls.push({ method: 'roundRect' }); };
+            }
+            if (prop === 'fill') {
+                return function() { calls.push({ method: 'fill' }); };
+            }
+            return typeof t[prop] === 'function' ? t[prop].bind(t) : t[prop];
+        },
+        set(t, prop, val) { t[prop] = val; return true; },
+    });
+}
+
+// ── 9. drawToneHud real rendering path — discriminating (class-killer) ────────
+test('drawToneHud renders tone name and HUD card when tone state is non-empty', () => {
+    // Mutation that must go RED: `return 0` inserted at overlay.js:631 (Creed's exact
+    // injection, top of drawToneHud body after the destructure).
+    // With that mutation: _calls stays empty, boxH=0 → all three assertions fail → RED.
+    //
+    // Scenario: t=5, toneBase='Clean', one upcoming change at t=10 ('Lead').
+    const { drawToneHud } = loadModule(new Map());
+    const ctx = makeRecordingCtx();
+
+    const boxH = drawToneHud(ctx, {
+        toneBase: 'Clean',
+        toneChanges: [{ t: 10, name: 'Lead' }],
+        currentTime: 5,
+        canvasW: 800, canvasH: 600,
+        position: 'tl', sizeSlider: 0.5,
+    });
+
+    assert.ok(boxH > 0,
+        'drawToneHud must return boxH > 0 with non-empty tone state (current=Clean, next=Lead)');
+    const texts = ctx._calls.filter(c => c.method === 'fillText').map(c => c.text);
+    assert.ok(texts.some(t => t.includes('Clean')),
+        'drawToneHud must fillText the current tone name; got: ' + JSON.stringify(texts));
+    assert.ok(texts.some(t => t.includes('Lead')),
+        'drawToneHud must fillText the next tone name; got: ' + JSON.stringify(texts));
+    assert.ok(ctx._calls.some(c => c.method === 'fill'),
+        'drawToneHud must call ctx.fill() (background card) with non-empty state');
+});
+
+// ── 10. drawSectionHud real rendering path — discriminating (class-killer) ────
+test('drawSectionHud renders section name and HUD card when sections are non-empty', () => {
+    // Mutation that must go RED: `return 0` inserted after the early-exit guard
+    // (after the `if (!sections || !sections.length) return 0;` line), gutting the
+    // non-empty rendering branch of drawSectionHud.
+    // With that mutation: _calls stays empty, boxH=0 → all three assertions fail → RED.
+    //
+    // Scenario: two sections, currentTime in the first one.
+    const { drawSectionHud } = loadModule(new Map());
+    const ctx = makeRecordingCtx();
+
+    const boxH = drawSectionHud(ctx, {
+        sections: [{ time: 0, name: 'Intro' }, { time: 10, name: 'Verse' }],
+        currentTime: 5,
+        canvasW: 800, canvasH: 600,
+        position: 'tr', sizeSlider: 0.5,
+    });
+
+    assert.ok(boxH > 0,
+        'drawSectionHud must return boxH > 0 with non-empty sections (cur=Intro, next=Verse)');
+    const texts = ctx._calls.filter(c => c.method === 'fillText').map(c => c.text);
+    assert.ok(texts.some(t => t.includes('Intro')),
+        'drawSectionHud must fillText the current section name; got: ' + JSON.stringify(texts));
+    assert.ok(texts.some(t => t.includes('Verse')),
+        'drawSectionHud must fillText the next section name; got: ' + JSON.stringify(texts));
+    assert.ok(ctx._calls.some(c => c.method === 'fill'),
+        'drawSectionHud must call ctx.fill() (background card) with non-empty state');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_panel_controls.test.js

@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ function loadHighway3dStatics() {
         1,
         'expected exactly one factory-registration anchor in screen.js',
     );
-    const instrumented = src.replace(
+    // Since h3d-carve-1 screen.js starts with ES module import statements.
+    // vm.runInContext does not support static import — strip all leading import
+    // lines and provide stub implementations of the exports in the sandbox.
+    const stripped = src.replace(/^(import\s+\{[^}]+\}\s+from\s+['"][^'"]+['"];\s*\/\/[^\n]*\n)+/m, '');
+    const instrumented = stripped.replace(
         ANCHOR,
         `${ANCHOR}\n    window.__h3dTestExports = { BG_DEFAULTS };`,
     );
@@ -50,6 +54,87 @@ function loadHighway3dStatics() {
                 register() {},
             },
         },
+        // Geometry stubs — panel-controls test only reads factory statics;
+        // it never invokes the render path where these are called (h3d-carve-1b).
+        geoFretX: (f, _uniform) => f * 0.1,
+        dZ: dt => -dt,
+        slideTrailEnd: () => null,
+        camBaseDistU: span => span,
+        camLowFretPullbackU: () => 0,
+        computeBPM: () => 120,
+        _makeGaussTex: () => ({}),
+        RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK: Object.freeze([]),
+        RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX: Object.freeze(Object.create(null)),
+        RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO: 700,
+        RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP: 50,
+        renderOrderForLayerAtZ: () => 0,
+        _noteKey: () => 0,
+        lowerBoundT: () => 0,
+        hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime: () => null,
+        geoFretMid: (f, _uniform) => f * 0.1,
+        // h3d-carve-2: T and loadThree moved to src/three-loader.js.
+        T: null,
+        loadThree: () => Promise.resolve(),
+        // h3d-carve-3: color/tuning/splitscreen utils moved to src/utils.js.
+        _h3dHexToInt: () => null,
+        _clampByteI: n => n,
+        _darkenInt: (hex) => hex,
+        _lightenInt: (hex) => hex,
+        resolveStringCount: () => 6,
+        _NOTE_NAMES_SHARP: ['C', 'C#', 'D', 'D#', 'E', 'F', 'F#', 'G', 'G#', 'A', 'A#', 'B'],
+        _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS4: Object.freeze([28, 33, 38, 43]),
+        _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS5: Object.freeze([23, 28, 33, 38, 43]),
+        _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR6: Object.freeze([40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]),
+        _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR7: Object.freeze([35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]),
+        _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR8: Object.freeze([28, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]),
+        _baseOpenStringMidis: () => [40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64],
+        _midiToPitchLabel: () => 'A4',
+        _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning: () => [],
+        _ssActive: () => false,
+        _ssIsCanvasFocused: () => true,
+        // h3d-carve-4: Butterchurn panel moved to src/bc-panel.js.
+        _bcIsDesktop: () => false,
+        _bcCreateController: (wrap, sizeProvider, audioProvider) => ({
+            applySettings() {}, dead() { return false; }, ready() { return false; },
+            boundAnalyser() { return null; }, audioCtx() { return null; },
+            reconnectAudio() { return false; }, chart() {}, tint() {}, render() {},
+            resize() {}, destroy() {},
+        }),
+        // h3d-carve-5: player-chrome bg-control moved to src/bg-control.js.
+        createBgControl: () => ({
+            _pcAcquire() {}, _pcRelease() {},
+        }),
+        // h3d-carve-6: material builders moved to src/materials.js.
+        createMaterialBuilders: () => ({
+            txtMat() {}, pinchHarmonicMat() {}, naturalHarmonicMat() {},
+            palmMuteXSpriteMat() {}, fretHandMuteXSpriteMat() {}, muteXMat() {},
+            triMat() {}, bendChevronMat() {}, darkenHex: (hex) => hex, slideArrowMat() {},
+            _meshMatForGhostFretDigit() {}, _spriteMat2MeshMat() {},
+            pool: () => ({ get() {}, reset() {}, warm() { return this; } }),
+        }),
+        // h3d-carve-7: overlay (lyrics + HUD) moved to src/overlay.js.
+        createOverlay: () => ({
+            drawChordDiagram() { return 0; },
+            _drawDiagramCached() { return 0; },
+            drawSectionHud() { return 0; },
+            drawToneHud() { return 0; },
+            drawLyrics() { return 0; },
+        }),
+        // h3d-carve-8: Q-helpers (lighting/FX) moved to src/fx.js.
+        createFx: () => ({
+            _h3dHexOrDefault() { return 0; },
+            _applyCinematic() {},
+            _timingHex() { return 0x22ff88; },
+            _sparkBurst() {},
+            _sparkUpdate() {},
+            _applyBloom() {},
+            _bloomEnsure() { return null; },
+        }),
+        // h3d-carve-9: W-section (camera lerp) moved to src/camera.js.
+        createCamera: () => ({
+            effectiveVfov() { return 70; },
+            camUpdate() {},
+        }),
     };
     vm.createContext(sandbox);
     vm.runInContext(instrumented, sandbox, { filename: SCREEN_JS });

tests/js/highway_3d_pool_warm.test.js

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
+// h3d-carve-6: pool() moved to src/materials.js; warm() call-sites remain in screen.js.
+const MATERIALS_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'materials.js');
 
 // Brace-balanced extraction so warm() / coercion checks scope to the
 // `function pool(...)` body (matching the helper shape used in
@@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ function extractBlock(src, signature) {
 }
 
 test('pool factory exposes warm(cap)', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-6: pool() lives in src/materials.js (createMaterialBuilders).
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(MATERIALS_JS, 'utf8');
     // The pool() factory's return object must include a `warm(cap)`
     // method. Scope the match to the factory body so an unrelated
     // future `warm(cap)` helper elsewhere in the file can't satisfy
@@ -49,7 +53,8 @@ test('pool factory exposes warm(cap)', () => {
 });
 
 test('pool.warm coerces cap to a non-negative integer', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-6: pool() lives in src/materials.js (createMaterialBuilders).
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(MATERIALS_JS, 'utf8');
     // Same scoping discipline as above — the coercion must live
     // inside the pool factory's warm() body, not anywhere else.
     const poolBody = extractBlock(src, 'function pool(parent, mk)');
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ test('pool.warm coerces cap to a non-negative integer', () => {
 });
 
 test('warm() is called at boardInit with renderer-scoped cap constants', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
     // The note / chord / lane / beat cap constants live inside the
     // boardInit/initScene path (renderer-instance scope, not module
     // scope); each must exist as a const and drive at least one .warm()

tests/js/highway_3d_render_order.test.js

@@ -41,21 +41,41 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+// Since h3d-carve-1b, RENDER_ORDER_* constants and renderOrderForLayerAtZ
+// live in geometry.js; screen.js imports them.
+const GEOMETRY_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'geometry.js');
+// h3d-carve-14: V-section moved to note-renderer.js; renderOrder tests must
+// search both files.
+const NOTE_RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'note-renderer.js');
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 let _src;
-/** Returns the cached 3D highway screen source under test. */
+/** Returns screen.js + note-renderer.js concatenated for pattern matching. */
 function src() {
-    if (!_src) _src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    if (!_src) {
+        _src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8')
+             + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(NOTE_RENDERER_JS, 'utf8')
+             + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8')
+             + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8'); // h3d-carve-16
+    }
     return _src;
 }
 
-/** Parses the declared render-order layer stack from screen.js. */
+let _geo;
+/** Returns the cached geometry source (render-order constants + renderOrderForLayerAtZ). */
+function geo() {
+    if (!_geo) _geo = fs.readFileSync(GEOMETRY_JS, 'utf8');
+    return _geo;
+}
+
+/** Parses the declared render-order layer stack from geometry.js. */
 function layers() {
-    const match = src().match(/const\s+RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK\s*=\s*Object\.freeze\(\s*\[([\s\S]*?)\]\s*\)/);
+    const match = geo().match(/const\s+RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK\s*=\s*Object\.freeze\(\s*\[([\s\S]*?)\]\s*\)/);
     assert.ok(match, 'RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK must be declared');
     return Array.from(match[1].matchAll(/'([^']+)'/g), m => m[1]);
 }
@@ -70,7 +90,7 @@ function layerIndex(name) {
 
 /** Reads the render-order base used for objects at z = 0. */
 function zZeroRenderOrder() {
-    const match = src().match(/const\s+RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO\s*=\s*(-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*;/);
+    const match = geo().match(/const\s+RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO\s*=\s*(-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*;/);
     assert.ok(match, 'RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO must be declared');
     return Number(match[1]);
 }
@@ -122,7 +142,8 @@ test('board-projection frame mesh uses renderOrder 14', () => {
     // Anchor to the board-projection pool (projMeshArr = activePalette.map(...))
     // so the assertion only passes when THAT block seeds renderOrder = 14 —
     // not any unrelated renderOrder = 14 elsewhere in the source.
-    const boardProjRO = /projMeshArr\s*=\s*activePalette\.map\b[\s\S]{0,1200}?m\.renderOrder\s*=\s*14\s*;/;
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses setProjMeshArr(getActivePalette().map(...))
+    const boardProjRO = /(?:projMeshArr\s*=\s*activePalette|setProjMeshArr\s*\(\s*getActivePalette\s*\(\s*\)\s*)\.map\b[\s\S]{0,1200}?m\.renderOrder\s*=\s*14\s*;/;
     assert.match(
         src(),
         boardProjRO,
@@ -171,9 +192,10 @@ test('static fret wires use bowed TubeGeometry + MeshStandardMaterial, named boa
         /FRET_BOW_DZ\s*\*\s*zm/,
         'fret tube path must bow in Z by FRET_BOW_DZ so the neck reads as curved',
     );
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses getFretTubeGeo() getter
     assert.match(
         s,
-        /new\s+T\.Mesh\(\s*fretTubeGeo\s*,\s*mat\s*\)/,
+        /new\s+T\.Mesh\(\s*(?:fretTubeGeo|getFretTubeGeo\(\))\s*,\s*mat\s*\)/,
         'buildBoard fret wires must reuse the shared fretTubeGeo (not T.Line)',
     );
     assert.match(
@@ -301,14 +323,15 @@ test('chordFrameRenderOrder uses renderOrderForLayerAtZ(z, CHORD_FRAME)', () =>
         /const\s+chordFrameRenderOrder\s*=\s*renderOrderForLayerAtZ\(\s*z\s*,\s*'CHORD_FRAME'\s*\)\s*;/,
         'chordFrameRenderOrder must use renderOrderForLayerAtZ(z, CHORD_FRAME)',
     );
-    assert.match(src(), /const\s+RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX\s*=\s*Object\.freeze\(\s*RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK\.reduce\(/);
+    // renderOrderForLayerAtZ implementation lives in geometry.js since h3d-carve-1b.
-    assert.match(src(), /const\s+layerIndex\s*=\s*RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX\[layerName\]\s*;/);
+    assert.match(geo(), /const\s+RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX\s*=\s*Object\.freeze\(\s*RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK\.reduce\(/);
-    assert.match(src(), /if\s*\(\s*layerIndex\s*===\s*undefined\s*\)\s*throw\s+new\s+Error\(`Unknown 3D highway depth layer: \$\{layerName\}`\)\s*;/);
+    assert.match(geo(), /const\s+layerIndex\s*=\s*RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_INDEX\[layerName\]\s*;/);
-    assert.match(src(), /const\s+depthRenderOrder\s*=\s*Math\.max\(\s*RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP\s*,\s*Math\.round\(\s*RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO\s*\+\s*worldZ\s*\/\s*K\s*\)\s*\)\s*;/);
+    assert.match(geo(), /if\s*\(\s*layerIndex\s*===\s*undefined\s*\)\s*throw\s+new\s+Error\(`Unknown 3D highway depth layer: \$\{layerName\}`\)\s*;/);
+    assert.match(geo(), /const\s+depthRenderOrder\s*=\s*Math\.max\(\s*RENDER_ORDER_FAR_CLAMP\s*,\s*Math\.round\(\s*RENDER_ORDER_AT_Z_ZERO\s*\+\s*worldZ\s*\/\s*K\s*\)\s*\)\s*;/);
     // Layer is a sub-unit fraction so the integer depth bucket strictly
     // dominates (a farther object can't outrank a nearer one via a higher
     // layer); the layer only breaks ties within the same depth bucket.
-    assert.match(src(), /return\s+depthRenderOrder\s*\+\s*layerIndex\s*\/\s*RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK\.length\s*;/);
+    assert.match(geo(), /return\s+depthRenderOrder\s*\+\s*layerIndex\s*\/\s*RENDER_ORDER_LAYER_STACK\.length\s*;/);
     assert.ok(layerIndex('CHORD_FRAME') < layerIndex('NOTE_OUTLINE'));
 });
 

tests/js/highway_3d_renderer.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,701 @@
+// h3d-carve-15: U-section (per-frame renderer) pin tests.
+//
+// Guards:
+//   1. Wiring: createRenderer factory exists in renderer.js and screen.js
+//      imports + calls it with the expected DI param count (179).
+//   2. Kill tests: extracted private helpers are live in renderer.js; gut and
+//      restore proves RED.
+//   3. Export contract: { update } returned by createRenderer.
+//   4. Caller-list corrections: _applyNoteCamTargets and lookaheadSmoothCamStep
+//      have exactly the audited caller counts.
+//   5. screen.js tombstone: original U-section bodies are absent from screen.js.
+//   6. Wiring scope check: every shorthand identifier in every factory wiring call
+//      in screen.js resolves to a declared name — no phantoms (RED at 7623ad8 on
+//      BEAT_HEAD_SEC).
+
+'use strict';
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(
+    __dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js'
+);
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(
+    __dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js'
+);
+
+const src       = fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
+const screenSrc = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+
+// ── 1. Wiring guard ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createRenderer is exported from renderer.js', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /export function createRenderer/,
+        'renderer.js must export createRenderer');
+});
+
+test('screen.js imports createRenderer from renderer.js', () => {
+    assert.match(screenSrc, /import.*createRenderer.*from.*renderer\.js/,
+        'screen.js must import createRenderer');
+});
+
+test('screen.js wiring block contains expected DI param count (321)', () => {
+    // 321 = 117 getters + 60 setters + 144 shorthands
+    // 315→321: Creed re-check — 6 plain-value shorthands converted to getter+setter pairs:
+    //   _drawAnchors, _drawChordTemplates, _drawNextByString, _drawRecentByString,
+    //   _drawTeachingMarks, _showFingerHints. -6 shorthands, +6 getters, +6 setters = net +6.
+    // 313→315: +2 Toby r3 F1 fix: _CV_KEY_TIME_MUL, _CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT restored to
+    //   screen.js scope and added as shorthands (were wrongly moved to renderer closure).
+    // 184→313: +129 carve-15 full completion:
+    //   +43 Category B consts, +37 Category C fn-refs, +3 Category D getters,
+    //   +27 Category E getter/setter pairs + 1 stable ref,
+    //   +11 Category F (5 stable + 6 getter/setter), +5 Category G getters,
+    //   +2 extra (chordFrameGradTex/Arp getters).
+    // 177→184: +7 Creed r1 F3 fixes: TS, S_BASE, FRET_LABEL_GOLD_HEX, FRET_LABEL_IDLE_HEX,
+    //   lookaheadBootstrapTime, lookaheadComputeFretBounds, lookaheadTargetWorldX.
+    // 241→177: removed 44 phantom consts, 2 undefined fn-refs, 16 dead params,
+    //   2 shadowed locals camAhead/camTau.
+    const wiringMatch = screenSrc.match(/createRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/);
+    assert.ok(wiringMatch, 'screen.js must contain createRenderer({...}) call');
+    const body = wiringMatch[1];
+
+    const getterCount    = (body.match(/\bget[A-Z]\w+\s*:/g) || []).length;
+    const setterCount    = (body.match(/\bset[A-Z]\w+\s*:/g) || []).length;
+    const shorthandCount = body.split('\n').reduce((acc, line) => {
+        const t = line.trim();
+        if (!t || t.startsWith('//') || t.includes('=>')) return acc;
+        return acc + (t.match(/\b[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\b(?=\s*,)/g) || []).length;
+    }, 0);
+
+    const total = getterCount + setterCount + shorthandCount;
+    assert.strictEqual(total, 321,
+        `DI param count mismatch: got ${total} (getters=${getterCount}, setters=${setterCount}, shorthands=${shorthandCount})`);
+});
+
+// ── 2. Tombstone — original bodies must be absent from screen.js ─────────────
+
+test('screen.js does not contain function lookaheadSmoothCamStep body', () => {
+    // Body was: Math.min(0.2, Math.max(1e-4, dtSec))
+    assert.doesNotMatch(screenSrc, /function lookaheadSmoothCamStep/,
+        'lookaheadSmoothCamStep body must be in renderer.js, not screen.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js does not contain function _applyNoteCamTargets body', () => {
+    assert.doesNotMatch(screenSrc, /function _applyNoteCamTargets/,
+        '_applyNoteCamTargets body must be in renderer.js, not screen.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js does not contain function _buildFretLabelSet body', () => {
+    assert.doesNotMatch(screenSrc, /function _buildFretLabelSet/,
+        '_buildFretLabelSet body must be in renderer.js, not screen.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js does not contain function smoothNow body', () => {
+    // The name smoothNow also appears in camera.js; key is it should not
+    // appear in screen.js after the carve.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(screenSrc, /function smoothNow\b/,
+        'smoothNow body must be in renderer.js, not screen.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js does not contain function update body (per-frame draw loop)', () => {
+    // The IIFE-level update() is gone. Key distinctive pattern: the region C
+    // song-change detection block (const newSongKey) only appears inside update().
+    // The wiring call has `const { update } = createRenderer(...)` not `function update(`.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(screenSrc, /function update\s*\(bundle\)/,
+        'function update(bundle) body must not appear in screen.js');
+});
+
+// ── 3. Renderer exports update ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('renderer.js return value exports update, _prewarmStatic, _prewarmChart', () => {
+    // F1 fix: callers need _prewarmStatic/_prewarmChart from the factory return.
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{\s*update\s*,\s*_prewarmStatic\s*,\s*_prewarmChart\s*\}/,
+        'createRenderer must return { update, _prewarmStatic, _prewarmChart }');
+});
+
+// ── 4. Caller-list corrections (contract §6) ─────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_applyNoteCamTargets has exactly 2 call sites in renderer.js', () => {
+    const calls = src.match(/_applyNoteCamTargets\s*\(/g) || [];
+    // Subtract 1 for the function declaration itself
+    const callSites = calls.length - 1;
+    assert.strictEqual(callSites, 2,
+        `_applyNoteCamTargets must have exactly 2 caller sites; found ${callSites}`);
+});
+
+test('lookaheadSmoothCamStep has exactly 3 call sites in renderer.js', () => {
+    // Strip comment lines before counting to avoid matching the comment mention.
+    const noComments = src.split('\n').filter(l => !l.trim().startsWith('//')).join('\n');
+    const calls = noComments.match(/lookaheadSmoothCamStep\s*\(/g) || [];
+    const callSites = calls.length - 1; // subtract function declaration
+    assert.strictEqual(callSites, 3,
+        `lookaheadSmoothCamStep must have exactly 3 caller sites (9963/9974/9978); found ${callSites}`);
+});
+
+// ── 5. smoothNow return-value semantics (correction 3) ───────────────────────
+
+test('smoothNow setter-return pattern: no bare return (_frameNow = ...) in renderer.js', () => {
+    // Must not use compound-assignment return; must use const v / setFrameNow / return v
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /return\s*\(\s*_frameNow\s*=/,
+        'smoothNow must not use return (_frameNow = raw); use setFrameNow + return v');
+});
+
+test('smoothNow uses setFrameNow before return in renderer.js', () => {
+    assert.match(src, /setFrameNow\(/,
+        'smoothNow must call setFrameNow() to persist frameNow');
+});
+
+// ── 6. Structural guard: createRenderer is after sub-factories in screen.js ──
+
+test('createRenderer wiring is after createNoteRenderer in screen.js', () => {
+    const nrPos  = screenSrc.indexOf('createNoteRenderer({');
+    const renPos = screenSrc.indexOf('createRenderer({');
+    assert.ok(renPos > nrPos,
+        'createRenderer({}) wiring must appear after createNoteRenderer({}) in screen.js');
+});
+
+test('createRenderer wiring is after createCamera in screen.js', () => {
+    const camPos = screenSrc.indexOf('createCamera({');
+    const renPos = screenSrc.indexOf('createRenderer({');
+    assert.ok(renPos > camPos,
+        'createRenderer({}) wiring must appear after createCamera({}) in screen.js');
+});
+
+// ── 7. Wiring scope check — every shorthand in all factory wirings is declared ──
+// This test is the source-scan mitigation for wiring specifically:
+// it was RED at 7623ad8 (BEAT_HEAD_SEC phantom failed; 44 phantoms total) and
+// GREEN at the r2 fix tip.
+//
+// Strategy: for each wiring call block, extract shorthand identifier lines
+// (no => arrow, no key: pattern), strip comment lines, collect identifier tokens.
+// Then verify each appears in screen.js OUTSIDE the wiring block itself.
+// A phantom never appears outside — so it fails here with a clear name.
+
+test('all shorthand identifiers in factory wiring calls are declared in screen.js scope', () => {
+    // Extract shorthand tokens from the wiring body of a factory call.
+    // Lines containing '=>' are getter/setter arrow functions (skip).
+    // Lines whose only non-whitespace content is identifiers + commas are shorthand lines.
+    function extractShorthands(wiringBody) {
+        const names = new Set();
+        for (const line of wiringBody.split('\n')) {
+            const t = line.trim();
+            if (!t || t.startsWith('//')) continue;
+            if (t.includes('=>')) continue;
+            // If line contains 'word:' pattern it's a key:value line — skip key (param name, not scope ref)
+            if (/\b\w+\s*:/.test(t)) continue;
+            const toks = t.match(/\b[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\b/g) || [];
+            for (const tok of toks) names.add(tok);
+        }
+        return names;
+    }
+
+    // Build corpus = screen.js with each wiring block blanked out.
+    // Names that only exist inside the wiring block → not in corpus → fail.
+    // Each wiring block is identified by its factory call signature.
+    const factoryPatterns = [
+        /createArp\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/,
+        /createNoteRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/,
+        /createCamera\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/,
+        // After F1-prewarm fix the destructure has multiple names; match any {…update…} form.
+        /const \{[^}]*update[^}]*\} = createRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/,
+    ];
+
+    // Build scope corpus: screenSrc with all wiring blocks blanked
+    let corpus = screenSrc;
+    for (const pat of factoryPatterns) {
+        corpus = corpus.replace(pat, (m) => ' '.repeat(m.length));
+    }
+
+    const allMissing = [];
+    for (const pat of factoryPatterns) {
+        const m = screenSrc.match(pat);
+        if (!m) continue;
+        const shorthands = extractShorthands(m[m.length - 1]); // last capture group = body
+        for (const name of shorthands) {
+            // Check the name appears in the corpus (outside all wiring blocks)
+            if (!new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`).test(corpus)) {
+                allMissing.push(name);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Anti-vacuity: if the createRenderer regex fails to match the wiring block
+    // (e.g. the destructure pattern changed), shorthands would be 0 and the loop
+    // silently passes with no actual checks. Assert a realistic floor.
+    {
+        const renPat = /const \{[^}]*update[^}]*\} = createRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\)/;
+        const renM = screenSrc.match(renPat);
+        assert.ok(renM, 'createRenderer wiring regex must match screen.js — regex vacuity guard');
+        const renShorthands = extractShorthands(renM[renM.length - 1]);
+        assert.ok(renShorthands.size >= 150,
+            `createRenderer wiring must have >=150 shorthand params (got ${renShorthands.size}) — ` +
+            `regex matched too little or wiring block shrank unexpectedly`);
+    }
+
+    assert.deepEqual(allMissing.sort(), [],
+        `Shorthand identifiers not declared in screen.js scope (phantoms): ${allMissing.sort().join(', ')}\n` +
+        `This test was RED at 7623ad8 on BEAT_HEAD_SEC (44 phantoms). ` +
+        `Fix: delete undefined names from both the DI signature and wiring call.`);
+});
+
+// ── 8. Creed r1 execution-readiness guards (RED at 7180eff, GREEN at fix tip) ─
+//
+// Creed r1 review at 7180eff raised THREE HIGH findings — all runtime failures:
+//   F1: _prewarmStatic/_prewarmChart not returned → callers get undefined at
+//       screen.js:7377 and :7461
+//   F2: cameraLockLow/cameraLockZoom free vars in _applyNoteCamTargets → any
+//       fretted note in view triggers ReferenceError (cameraLockLow)
+//   F3: dZ/renderOrderForLayerAtZ not imported from geometry.js; TS/S_BASE/
+//       FRET_LABEL_* not DI'd → chord/beat/lane render paths crash (dZ)
+// Plus: broken camera.js import (3 names not exported from camera.js) →
+//   module-load SyntaxError prevents renderer.js from loading at all.
+//
+// These source-scan guards are RED at 7180eff and GREEN at the fix commit.
+
+test('F1: renderer.js returns _prewarmStatic and _prewarmChart', () => {
+    // RED at 7180eff: return { update } only — prewarm callers crash with TypeError
+    // GREEN at fix tip: return { update, _prewarmStatic, _prewarmChart }
+    assert.match(src, /_prewarmStatic\s*,\s*_prewarmChart/,
+        'return must include _prewarmStatic and _prewarmChart (F1 fix)');
+    assert.match(src, /return\s*\{[^}]*_prewarmStatic/,
+        '_prewarmStatic must be in return statement');
+});
+
+test('F2: _applyNoteCamTargets uses getCameraLockLow() not bare cameraLockLow', () => {
+    // Extract _applyNoteCamTargets body (from function decl to next top-level fn)
+    const fnStart = src.indexOf('function _applyNoteCamTargets(');
+    const fnEnd   = src.indexOf('\nfunction ', fnStart + 1);
+    // Strip line comments so identifiers in comments don't trip the checks
+    const fnBody  = src.slice(fnStart, fnEnd).replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '');
+
+    // RED at 7180eff: cameraLockLow (free var, line 131); getCameraLockLow() absent
+    assert.doesNotMatch(fnBody, /\bcameraLockLow\b(?!\s*\()/,
+        '_applyNoteCamTargets must not read bare cameraLockLow (F2: use getCameraLockLow())');
+    assert.match(fnBody, /getCameraLockLow\(\)/,
+        '_applyNoteCamTargets must call getCameraLockLow() (F2 fix)');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(fnBody, /\bcameraLockZoom\b(?!\s*\()/,
+        '_applyNoteCamTargets must not read bare cameraLockZoom (F2: use getCameraLockZoom())');
+    assert.match(fnBody, /getCameraLockZoom\(\)/,
+        '_applyNoteCamTargets must call getCameraLockZoom() (F2 fix)');
+});
+
+test('F3: renderer.js imports dZ and renderOrderForLayerAtZ from geometry.js', () => {
+    // RED at 7180eff: neither name in geometry.js import — dZ calls crash
+    const importLine = src.match(/import\s*\{[^}]+\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/geometry\.js['"]/);
+    assert.ok(importLine, 'renderer.js must have a geometry.js import');
+    assert.match(importLine[0], /\bdZ\b/,
+        'geometry.js import must include dZ (F3 fix)');
+    assert.match(importLine[0], /\brenderOrderForLayerAtZ\b/,
+        'geometry.js import must include renderOrderForLayerAtZ (F3 fix)');
+});
+
+test('F3: createRenderer DI includes TS, S_BASE, FRET_LABEL_GOLD_HEX, FRET_LABEL_IDLE_HEX', () => {
+    // RED at 7180eff: none of these in DI signature → undefined in hot render paths
+    const diMatch = src.match(/export function createRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/);
+    assert.ok(diMatch, 'createRenderer DI signature not found');
+    const di = diMatch[1];
+    for (const name of ['TS', 'S_BASE', 'FRET_LABEL_GOLD_HEX', 'FRET_LABEL_IDLE_HEX']) {
+        assert.match(di, new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`),
+            `createRenderer DI must include ${name} (F3 fix)`);
+    }
+});
+
+test('camera import fix: renderer.js does not import lookahead fns from camera.js', () => {
+    // At 7180eff camera.js only exports createCamera; importing the 3 lookahead names
+    // caused: SyntaxError: does not provide an export named 'lookaheadBootstrapTime'
+    // RED at 7180eff: those names in camera.js import → module-load failure
+    // GREEN at fix tip: removed from camera import, added to DI from screen.js
+    const cameraImport = src.match(/import\s*\{[^}]+\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/camera\.js['"]/);
+    if (cameraImport) {
+        for (const name of ['lookaheadBootstrapTime', 'lookaheadComputeFretBounds', 'lookaheadTargetWorldX']) {
+            assert.doesNotMatch(cameraImport[0], new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`),
+                `renderer.js must not import ${name} from camera.js (not exported — causes module-load SyntaxError)`);
+        }
+    }
+    // Verify the 3 names appear in the DI signature instead
+    const diMatch = src.match(/export function createRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/);
+    assert.ok(diMatch, 'createRenderer DI not found');
+    const di = diMatch[1];
+    for (const name of ['lookaheadBootstrapTime', 'lookaheadComputeFretBounds', 'lookaheadTargetWorldX']) {
+        assert.match(di, new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\b`),
+            `createRenderer DI must include ${name} (camera import fix — DI'd from screen.js instead)`);
+    }
+});
+
+test('F1: screen.js destructures _prewarmStatic and _prewarmChart from createRenderer', () => {
+    // RED at 7180eff: const { update } = createRenderer({...}) — prewarm fns undefined
+    assert.match(screenSrc, /const\s*\{\s*update\s*,\s*_prewarmStatic\s*,\s*_prewarmChart\s*\}/,
+        'screen.js must destructure _prewarmStatic and _prewarmChart from createRenderer return');
+});
+
+// ── 26. Toby r3 F1 kill test — _CV_KEY_TIME consts in screen.js scope ────────
+// _encodeChordVerdictKey is defined in screen.js IIFE scope and reads
+// _CV_KEY_TIME_MUL / _CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT from that same scope. These were
+// incorrectly moved to renderer.js closure in 06e4fe3, making them invisible to
+// _encodeChordVerdictKey → ReferenceError on any chord-template chart frame.
+// RED at 06e4fe3: consts absent from screen.js. GREEN at fix tip: restored.
+test('_CV_KEY_TIME_MUL and _CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT are declared in screen.js before _encodeChordVerdictKey', () => {
+    const mulIdx    = screenSrc.indexOf('const _CV_KEY_TIME_MUL');
+    const slotIdx   = screenSrc.indexOf('const _CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT');
+    const fnIdx     = screenSrc.indexOf('function _encodeChordVerdictKey');
+    assert.ok(mulIdx  !== -1, '_CV_KEY_TIME_MUL must be declared in screen.js (not only in renderer.js closure)');
+    assert.ok(slotIdx !== -1, '_CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT must be declared in screen.js');
+    assert.ok(fnIdx   !== -1, '_encodeChordVerdictKey must still exist in screen.js');
+    assert.ok(mulIdx  < fnIdx, '_CV_KEY_TIME_MUL must be declared before _encodeChordVerdictKey in screen.js');
+    assert.ok(slotIdx < fnIdx, '_CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT must be declared before _encodeChordVerdictKey in screen.js');
+});
+
+// ── 27. Class-killer guard — no DI param assigned inside renderer.js ─────────
+// Any assignment to a DI param name inside renderer.js is a silent state fork:
+// the write lands in the local copy; the shared screen.js store never updates.
+// This was the Creed re-check HIGH finding at a55dca7 (6 names: _drawAnchors,
+// _drawChordTemplates, _drawNextByString, _drawRecentByString, _drawTeachingMarks,
+// _showFingerHints). RED at a55dca7, GREEN at fix tip.
+test('renderer.js does not assign to any DI param name (no silent state forks)', () => {
+    // Extract DI param names from the createRenderer({...}) signature.
+    const diMatch = src.match(/export function createRenderer\(\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/);
+    assert.ok(diMatch, 'createRenderer DI signature not found');
+    const diBody = diMatch[1];
+    // Collect tokens from the DI body. Skip getter/setter keys (word:) and arrow bodies.
+    const diNames = new Set();
+    for (const line of diBody.split('\n')) {
+        const t = line.trim();
+        if (!t || t.startsWith('//') || t.includes('=>') || /\b\w+\s*:/.test(t)) continue;
+        for (const tok of (t.match(/\b[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\b/g) || [])) diNames.add(tok);
+    }
+    assert.ok(diNames.size >= 100, `DI name extraction found only ${diNames.size} names — regex may have failed`);
+
+    // Strip line and block comments from the module body.
+    const body = src
+        .replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '')
+        .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '');
+
+    // Find any assignment to a DI param: `name =`, `name +=`, etc.
+    // Exclude the DI destructure line itself and get/set decl lines.
+    const forks = [];
+    for (const name of diNames) {
+        // Match `name =` or `name +=` etc. NOT preceded by `get/set/const/let/var `.
+        const assignPat = new RegExp(`(?<!\\bconst |\\blet |\\bvar |\\bfunction )\\b${name}\\b\\s*[+\\-*\\/&|^%]?=(?!=)`, 'g');
+        const matches = [...body.matchAll(assignPat)];
+        if (matches.length > 0) forks.push(`${name} (${matches.length} assignment${matches.length > 1 ? 's' : ''})`);
+    }
+    assert.deepEqual(forks, [],
+        `DI params assigned in renderer.js (silent state fork): ${forks.join(', ')}\n` +
+        `Fix: replace \`name = value\` with \`setName(value)\` and add the setter to DI.`);
+});
+
+// ── 23–25. ACTUAL EXECUTION SMOKE TEST ──────────────────────────────────────
+// Loads createRenderer via new Function (strips ESM import/export) so it runs
+// in a CJS test context with fully-stub DI. Proves update() does not throw.
+//
+// ⚠ new Function sloppy-mode hole: the stripped module runs outside strict mode.
+// Reading an undeclared variable throws ReferenceError in BOTH strict and sloppy
+// mode — only WRITING to an undeclared variable differs (sloppy creates a global;
+// strict throws). So a missing DI param whose value is read will still throw here.
+// The hole is the opposite: an undeclared DI param name that is only ever written
+// (assigned) would silently create a global instead of throwing, making the smoke
+// pass when the ES-module would have thrown at the assignment site. The compensating
+// layer is eslint no-undef on renderer.js (enforced at commit time), which catches
+// every undeclared read AND write regardless of assignment-vs-read. These two gates
+// together provide the full guarantee: eslint=0 proves no undeclared names; smoke
+// proves update() executes end-to-end without ReferenceError on the read paths.
+//
+// RED at d475899: first execution would crash with
+//   ReferenceError: ACCENT_NOTE_FILL_BOOST is not defined
+// because Category-B consts were read from renderer.js scope but were never
+// declared inside it (they lived only in screen.js's IIFE and ES-module scope
+// never chains into an IIFE). GREEN at this commit: all 313+ DI params wired.
+{
+    // Stub window for Node (renderer.js reads window.feedBack, guarded by &&)
+    if (typeof global.window === 'undefined') global.window = {};
+
+    // ── Geometry stubs (replace the geometry.js import) ──────────────────────
+    const _geo = {
+        lowerBoundT(arr, t) {
+            let lo = 0, hi = arr.length;
+            while (lo < hi) { const m = (lo + hi) >> 1; if (arr[m].t < t) lo = m + 1; else hi = m; }
+            return lo;
+        },
+        camBaseDistU: () => 0,
+        camLowFretPullbackU: () => 0,
+        dZ: () => 0,
+        renderOrderForLayerAtZ: () => 0,
+    };
+
+    // Strip ESM: remove import lines, rename export function
+    const _stripped = src
+        .replace(/^import\s+\{[^}]+\}\s+from\s+['"][^'"]+['"]\s*;?[^\n]*/mg, '')
+        .replace('export function createRenderer', 'function createRenderer');
+
+    // Wrap in a function that closes over geometry helpers and returns the factory
+    const _getFactory = new Function(
+        'lowerBoundT', 'camBaseDistU', 'camLowFretPullbackU', 'dZ', 'renderOrderForLayerAtZ',
+        _stripped + '\nreturn createRenderer;',
+    );
+    const _createRenderer = _getFactory(
+        _geo.lowerBoundT, _geo.camBaseDistU, _geo.camLowFretPullbackU,
+        _geo.dZ, _geo.renderOrderForLayerAtZ,
+    );
+
+    // ── Build a minimal-stub DI covering all 313 params ──────────────────────
+    const N  = () => {};
+    const NAR = new Float32Array(0);
+    const NSTR = 6, NFRETS = 24;
+    function _makeDI() {
+        return {
+            // B — consts
+            K: 1, NFRETS, NW: 1, NH: 0.1, AHEAD: 1.5, BEHIND: 0.2, S_GAP: 1,
+            CAM_FOCUS_BLEND_RATE: 0.1, CAM_LOCK_ZOOM_MIN: 0.5, CAM_LOCK_ZOOM_MAX: 2,
+            CAM_LOCK_CENTER_FRET: 7, LOOKAHEAD_LOCK_ENGAGE_MAXF: 3, LOOKAHEAD_LOCK_RELEASE_MAXF: 5,
+            DEFAULT_LOOKAHEAD_FRET_SPAN: 8, FRET_WIDTH_MID: 0.05, CAM_TGT_BEHIND: 0.2,
+            CAM_DIST_BASE: 5, VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL: 1.5, NOTEDETECT_GEM_VERDICT_WINDOW: 0.3,
+            INLAY_LABEL_FRETS: [3,5,7,9,12], GHOST_HOLD_AFTER_ONSET: 0.1,
+            CHORD_FRAME_RIM_MIN: 0.01, CHORD_FRAME_RIM_FRAC_H: 0.1,
+            TS: 1, S_BASE: 0.1, FRET_LABEL_GOLD_HEX: '#e8c040', FRET_LABEL_IDLE_HEX: '#9ab8cc',
+            ACCENT_NOTE_FILL_BOOST: 0.3, ACCENT_NOTE_LINGER_EPS: 0.05, ACCENT_NOTE_STR_GLOW: 0.5,
+            ARPEGGIO_RIM_BLUE_HEX: '#4080ff', ARP_FRAME_ONSET_CLUSTER_S: 0.1,
+            ARP_FRAME_ONSET_PAD_S: 0.05, ARP_INFER_MIN_HAND_SHAPE_SPAN_S: 0.2,
+            CAM_DIST_HYST_C: 0.1, CAM_DIST_HYST_T: 0.1, CAM_TGT_AHEAD_C: 0.1,
+            CAM_TGT_AHEAD_T: 0.1, CAM_TGT_HYST_C: 0.05, CAM_TGT_HYST_T: 0.05,
+            CAM_TGT_TAU_C: 0.2, CAM_TGT_TAU_T: 0.2, CHORD_BOX_EDGE_ALPHA: 0.7,
+            CHORD_BOX_HIT_BRIGHT_HEX: '#fff', CHORD_BOX_MISS_DARK_HEX: '#333',
+            CHORD_BOX_TEAL_HEX: '#00ac', CHORD_FRAME_RIM_Z_MIN: 0.1,
+            CHORD_FRAME_RIM_Z_SCAL: 1, CHORD_HWY_FADE_S: 0.3, CHORD_HWY_LINGER_S: 2,
+            DIAG_CROSSFADE_S: 0.15, DIAG_ENTRANCE_S: 0.2, DIAG_LINGER_S: 1.5,
+            DOTS: [3,5,7,9,12,15,17,19,21], FRET_COOLDOWN: 0.15, FRET_EMISSIVE: 2,
+            FRET_WIRE_ACTIVE_HEX: '#80c0ff', FRET_WIRE_ACTIVE_OP: 0.9,
+            FRET_WIRE_HIT_DECAY: 0.9, FRET_WIRE_HIT_INTENSITY: 3, FRET_WIRE_HIT_OP: 1,
+            FRET_WIRE_IDLE_HEX: '#aaa', FRET_WIRE_IDLE_OP: 0.3,
+            HWY_LANE_STRIPE_OP_BASE: 0.3, HWY_LANE_STRIPE_OP_INT: 0.15,
+            HWY_LANE_TIME_SLICES: 8, NEXT_ON_STRING_T_EPS: 0.01,
+            _ND_UNMATCHED_LATCH_AFTER: 0.2, VENUE_LANE_OP_BOOST: 0.5,
+            _CV_KEY_TIME_MUL: 1e4, _CV_KEY_TIME_SLOT: 1e6,
+            MAX_RENDER_STRINGS: 8,
+            // C — fn-refs
+            sY: (s) => s * 0.1, xFret: (f) => f * 0.05, xFretMid: (f) => f * 0.05,
+            fretLabelScaleForFret: () => 1, pbBeg: N, pbEnd: N, pbReportTick: N,
+            hwyFirstRelevantFrettedTime: () => Infinity, _syncOpenStringPitchLabels: N,
+            txtMat: () => ({ opacity: 1, map: null, color: { lerp: N }, emissive: { lerp: N }, emissiveIntensity: 1 }),
+            _setLabelMap: N, drawNote: N, drawArpBrackets: N, chordHarmonyLabels: N,
+            camUpdate: N, lookaheadBootstrapTime: N,
+            lookaheadComputeFretBounds: () => ({ lo: 0, hi: 12 }),
+            lookaheadTargetWorldX: () => 0, chordWireHighDensity: () => false,
+            chordTemplateLabel: () => null, chordTemplateMarkedArpeggio: () => false,
+            chordHandShapeArpeggioHint: () => false,
+            mergeHandShapeSynthChords: () => [], mergeChordShape: () => null,
+            inferArpeggioFromNotePattern: N, chordShapeCoveredByStandaloneNotes: () => false,
+            hsStart: () => 0, hsEnd: () => 0, handShapeChartSpanSec: () => 0.5,
+            fillArpeggioGhostInferFlags: N, arpeggioChordIdForNoteWithInferCache: () => -1,
+            arpHsBoundsForNote: () => null, fillLaneRailHandShapeFlags: N,
+            fillArpeggioRailShapeBoundsCaches: N,
+            arpeggioLaneOuterRailLaneSlice: () => null,
+            arpeggioLaneOuterRailAtChartTime: () => null,
+            arpeggioLaneDividerFrameAccentMul: () => 1,
+            arpeggioLaneDividerXYScaleMatchFrameRim: () => 1,
+            validString: (s) => s >= 0 && s < NSTR, filterValidNotes: (n) => n,
+            activePalette: new Array(NSTR).fill(0xffffff),
+            anchorLaneBoundsAt: () => null, anchorPlayedFretSpanAt: () => null,
+            boardSpanX: 1, chordShapeSignature: () => '',
+            // Shared-mutable-state pairs (Creed re-check fix: was plain-value shorthands)
+            getDrawAnchors: () => [], setDrawAnchors: N,
+            getDrawChordTemplates: () => [], setDrawChordTemplates: N,
+            getDrawNextByString: () => new Array(NSTR).fill(null), setDrawNextByString: N,
+            getDrawRecentByString: () => new Array(NSTR).fill(null), setDrawRecentByString: N,
+            getDrawTeachingMarks: () => false, setDrawTeachingMarks: N,
+            getShowFingerHints: () => false, setShowFingerHints: N,
+            _encodeChordVerdictKey: (t, s, f) => `${t}_${s}_${f}`,
+            _firstEventTimeGreaterThan: () => Infinity,
+            fretColumnMarkerCadence: 0, fretColumnMarkersForAnchor: () => [],
+            fretDividersVisible: true, fretLastActiveTime: new Float32Array(NFRETS + 1),
+            _fretMarkerWaveCache: {}, fretWireMats: [],
+            fretX: (f) => f * 0.05,
+            getChartAnchorAt: () => ({ fret: 0, width: 12 }), hwyPostHitTailFadeMul: () => 1,
+            imFHTech: null, imFHXFill: null, imFHXLines: null,
+            imPMTech: null, imPMXFill: null, imPMXLines: null,
+            laneBoundsFromAnchor: () => ({ lo: 0, hi: 12 }), sectionLabelsOnHighway: false,
+            updateStringHighlights: N,
+            _noteKey: (t, s) => `${t}_${s}`,
+            bendChevronMat: () => null, darkenHex: (h) => h, slideArrowMat: () => null,
+            triMat: () => null, palmMuteXSpriteMat: () => null,
+            fretHandMuteXSpriteMat: () => null, fxClearSeen: N,
+            // D — ren/scene/cam getters
+            getRen: () => null, getScene: () => null, getCam: () => null,
+            // E — shared mutable (getter/setter)
+            getDiagChord: () => null, setDiagChord: N,
+            getDiagEntranceT: () => 1, setDiagEntranceT: N,
+            getDiagLastKey: () => null, setDiagLastKey: N,
+            getDiagPrev: () => null, setDiagPrev: N,
+            getDiagPrevOpacity: () => 0, setDiagPrevOpacity: N,
+            getDiagPrevStartOpacity: () => 0, setDiagPrevStartOpacity: N,
+            getDiagPrevStartT: () => null, setDiagPrevStartT: N,
+            getMergeCacheResult: () => null, setMergeCacheResult: N,
+            _scrEventTimes: new Float64Array(256),
+            getScrEventTimesLen: () => 0, setScrEventTimesLen: N,
+            getSlideTargetChordsRef: () => null, setSlideTargetChordsRef: N,
+            getSlideTargetNotesRef: () => null, setSlideTargetNotesRef: N,
+            getSlideTargetSet: () => null, setSlideTargetSet: N,
+            // F — stable refs + getter/setter
+            _fwChordAcc: new Map(), _fwHitGlow: new Float32Array(NFRETS + 1),
+            _fwHitIn: new Float32Array(NFRETS + 1), _rimFlashIn: new Float32Array(NSTR),
+            _susVerdictLatch: new Map(),
+            getFwHitColor: () => null, getFwHitEmissive: () => null,
+            getFwHitPrevTime: () => -Infinity, setFwHitPrevTime: N,
+            getMBeatM: () => null, getMBeatQ: () => null, getMRimFlash: () => [],
+            // G — lane materials
+            getMLaneDivider: () => ({ opacity: 1, color: { lerp: N }, emissive: { lerp: N } }),
+            getMLaneDividerArp: () => ({ opacity: 1 }),
+            getMLaneDividerExt: () => ({ opacity: 1 }),
+            getMLaneEven: () => ({ opacity: 1 }),
+            getMLaneOdd:  () => ({ opacity: 1 }),
+            // Extra
+            getChordFrameGradTex: () => null, getChordFrameGradTexArp: () => null,
+            // Pool getters (33)
+            getPNote: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPNoteEdge: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSus: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSusOutline: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSusRibbon: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSusRibbonOl: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPTapChevron: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPAccentHalo: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPLbl: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPArpBracket: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPBeat: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSec: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPFretLbl: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPLane: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPLaneDivider: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPGhostFretLbl: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPChordBox: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPChordFrameFill: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPChordLbl: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPBarreLine: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPHaloBar: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPPMXFill: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPFHXFill: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPMuteXLines: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPFHXLines: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPNoteFretLabel: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPConnectorLine: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPDropLine: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPTeachMarkLbl: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPFretColMarker: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSusRail: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPSusRailBloom: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            getPTechPlane: () => ({ get: () => ({}), release: N, resetCount: N, reset: N }),
+            // Material/scene getters
+            getMHitBright: () => [], getMHitSusOutline: () => null,
+            getGlowMul: () => 1, getVenueSceneOverride: () => false, getProjMeshArr: () => [],
+            // Render settings
+            getTextSize: () => 12, getCameraMode: () => 'smooth',
+            getCameraSmoothing: () => 0.5, getZoomSmoothing: () => 0.5,
+            getCameraLockLow: () => false, getCameraLockZoom: () => 0,
+            getNStr: () => NSTR, getLeftyCached: () => false, getInverted: () => false,
+            // Camera state getters
+            getTgtX: () => 0.3, getTgtDist: () => 5, getCurX: () => 0.3,
+            getPrevLowFretBonus: () => 0, getPrevLockActive: () => false,
+            getLookaheadCamX: () => 0.3, getLookaheadFretSpan: () => 8,
+            getLookaheadLowBonusU: () => 0, getLookaheadHiNeckLatch: () => false,
+            getLookaheadCamPrevNow: () => 0,
+            getFrameNow: () => 0, getClkAudioT: () => 0, getClkPerf: () => 0,
+            getClkRate: () => 1, getCamSnapped: () => true, getCamPreScanned: () => true,
+            getCamBootstrapHolding: () => false, getCamBootstrapMode: () => 'snap',
+            getSongKey: () => 'smoke-test', getNdVerdictSawAlpha: () => false,
+            getNdVerdictMaxAlpha: () => 0, getNdFrameNowMs: () => 0,
+            getInlayLabels: () => [], getLeanSusPollCounter: () => 0, getLeanSus: () => true,
+            getTextSizeMul: () => 1, getTextSizeMulApplied: () => 1,
+            getImPMTechCount: () => 0, getImFHTechCount: () => 0,
+            getMeasureStartsRef: () => [],
+            // Stable object refs
+            _frameLabeledKeys: new Set(), _ndLabels: [],
+            _scrGhostUpcomingCount: new Int32Array(NSTR),
+            _ndHitMarks: [], _ndMissMarks: [],
+            // Setters
+            setNdVerdictSawAlpha: N, setNdVerdictMaxAlpha: N, setNdFrameNowMs: N,
+            setLeanSus: N, setLeanSusPollCounter: N,
+            setTextSizeMul: N, setTextSizeMulApplied: N,
+            setImPMTechCount: N, setImFHTechCount: N,
+            setImPMXFillCount: N, setImPMXLinesCount: N,
+            setImFHXFillCount: N, setImFHXLinesCount: N,
+            setLookaheadCamX: N, setLookaheadFretSpan: N,
+            setLookaheadCamPrevNow: N, setLookaheadHiNeckLatch: N,
+            setLookaheadLowBonusU: N, setTgtX: N, setTgtDist: N,
+            setPrevLowFretBonus: N, setPrevLockActive: N,
+            setCurX: N, setCurDist: N, setSongKey: N, setCamSnapped: N,
+            setCamPreScanned: N, setCamBootstrapHolding: N, setCamBootstrapMode: N,
+            setMeasureStarts: N, setMeasureStartsRef: N,
+            setClkAudioT: N, setClkPerf: N, setClkRate: N, setFrameNow: N,
+        };
+    }
+
+    function _makeBundle(o) {
+        return Object.assign({
+            currentTime: 1.0, notes: [], chords: [], beats: [], sections: [],
+            anchors: [{ time: 0, fret: 0, width: 12 }], chordTemplates: [],
+            stringCount: NSTR, lyricsVisible: false, toneChanges: [], phrases: null,
+            isReady: true, mastery: 1, hasPhraseData: false,
+            songInfo: { arrangement: 'lead', tuning: [0,0,0,0,0,0], capo: 0, centOffset: 0 },
+            lowerBoundT: _geo.lowerBoundT,
+            lowerBoundTime: (arr, t) => _geo.lowerBoundT(arr, t),
+            project: () => ({ x: 0, y: 0 }), fretX: (f) => f * 0.05,
+            getNoteState: () => null,
+        }, o);
+    }
+
+    test('smoke: createRendererFn constructs without throw', () => {
+        assert.doesNotThrow(() => _createRenderer(_makeDI()),
+            'createRenderer(stub-DI) must not throw — all names must be provided');
+    });
+
+    test('smoke: update() with empty bundle throws no ReferenceError (proves no undeclared names)', () => {
+        // RED at d475899: ACCENT_NOTE_FILL_BOOST is not defined (Category B, not DI'd).
+        // GREEN at this commit: all 313 DI params wired in createRenderer signature.
+        // TypeErrors from stub DI (incomplete Three.js objects) are expected and accepted;
+        // what must NOT happen is a ReferenceError for an undeclared name.
+        const renderer = _createRenderer(_makeDI());
+        try {
+            renderer.update(_makeBundle({}));
+        } catch (e) {
+            assert.notStrictEqual(e.constructor, ReferenceError,
+                `update() must not throw ReferenceError — undeclared name: ${e.message}`);
+        }
+    });
+
+    test('smoke: update() backward seek (region C) throws no ReferenceError', () => {
+        // Backward seek triggers _susVerdictLatch.clear() and slide-target reset.
+        // TypeErrors from stub DI are expected; ReferenceError proves an undeclared name.
+        const di = _makeDI();
+        di.getFrameNow = () => 2.0;
+        const renderer = _createRenderer(di);
+        try { renderer.update(_makeBundle({ currentTime: 2.0 })); } catch (_) {}
+        try {
+            renderer.update(_makeBundle({ currentTime: 0.5 })); // backward seek
+        } catch (e) {
+            assert.notStrictEqual(e.constructor, ReferenceError,
+                `update() backward seek must not throw ReferenceError: ${e.message}`);
+        }
+    });
+
+    // Kill test — shared-state setter pairs actually mutate backing store (Creed re-check)
+    test('kill test: setDrawNextByString call mutates backing store (not a local fork)', () => {
+        // RED at a55dca7: `_drawNextByString = nextNoteByString` wrote the DI local only;
+        //   backing store (screen.js closure) stayed at sentinel null — drawNote saw stale null.
+        // GREEN here: `setDrawNextByString(nextNoteByString)` calls the setter in the DI,
+        //   which updates the backing let. Sentinel = null (same as initial screen.js value).
+        //   After one update() with a future note, drawNextByString_store must be non-null.
+        const SENTINEL = null;
+        let drawNextByString_store = SENTINEL;
+        const di = _makeDI();
+        di.setDrawNextByString = (v) => { drawNextByString_store = v; };
+        di.getDrawNextByString = () => drawNextByString_store;
+        const renderer = _createRenderer(di);
+        const futureNote = { t: 10, s: 0, f: 5, sus: 0, ho: false, po: false };
+        try { renderer.update(_makeBundle({ notes: [futureNote] })); } catch (_) {}
+        assert.notStrictEqual(drawNextByString_store, SENTINEL,
+            `setDrawNextByString was never called — backing store stayed at sentinel null. ` +
+            `RED at a55dca7 (plain assignment forked the DI local). GREEN here: setter call.`);
+    });
+}

tests/js/highway_3d_scene_init.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,465 @@
+// Source-level guards for src/scene-init.js (h3d-carve-16).
+// Validates wiring, DI contract, class-killer, export surface, and kill tests
+// for initScene / buildBoard / _bgUnmountStyle / _bcSyncMode.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const sceneInitJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js');
+const screen3dJs  = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const pluginJson  = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'plugin.json');
+
+// ── §1 Wiring guard ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('scene-init exports createSceneInit as a named ES export', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /^export\s+function\s+createSceneInit\s*\(/m,
+        'must have: export function createSceneInit(');
+});
+
+test('screen.js imports createSceneInit from ./src/scene-init.js', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(screen3dJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /import\s*\{[^}]*createSceneInit[^}]*\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/src\/scene-init\.js['"]/,
+        'screen.js must import createSceneInit from ./src/scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('screen.js wires the four exports from createSceneInit', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(screen3dJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /const\s*\{[^}]*initScene[^}]*\}\s*=\s*createSceneInit\s*\(/,
+        'screen.js must destructure initScene from createSceneInit(...)');
+    assert.match(src, /const\s*\{[^}]*buildBoard[^}]*\}\s*=\s*createSceneInit\s*\(/,
+        'screen.js must destructure buildBoard from createSceneInit(...)');
+    assert.match(src, /const\s*\{[^}]*_bgUnmountStyle[^}]*\}\s*=\s*createSceneInit\s*\(/,
+        'screen.js must destructure _bgUnmountStyle from createSceneInit(...)');
+    assert.match(src, /const\s*\{[^}]*_bcSyncMode[^}]*\}\s*=\s*createSceneInit\s*\(/,
+        'screen.js must destructure _bcSyncMode from createSceneInit(...)');
+});
+
+// ── §2 Export surface ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createSceneInit returns exactly { initScene, buildBoard, _bgUnmountStyle, _bcSyncMode }', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    // The return statement at the bottom of createSceneInit must name exactly these four
+    assert.match(src,
+        /return\s*\{\s*initScene\s*,\s*buildBoard\s*,\s*_bgUnmountStyle\s*,\s*_bcSyncMode\s*\}/,
+        'return surface must be exactly { initScene, buildBoard, _bgUnmountStyle, _bcSyncMode }');
+});
+
+test('createSceneInit does NOT export _bgLoadSettings (internal function)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    // _bgLoadSettings is internal; must not appear in the return object
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src,
+        /return\s*\{[^}]*_bgLoadSettings[^}]*\}/,
+        '_bgLoadSettings must NOT be in the return surface');
+});
+
+// ── §3 Class-killer guard ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createSceneInit body never assigns to a DI parameter name (class-killer)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    // Extract the DI parameter block (between first { and the closing }) of the factory signature
+    const sigStart = src.indexOf('export function createSceneInit({');
+    assert.ok(sigStart !== -1, 'createSceneInit signature not found');
+    const bodyOpen = src.indexOf(') {', sigStart);
+    assert.ok(bodyOpen !== -1, 'factory body open not found');
+    const paramBlock = src.slice(sigStart, bodyOpen);
+    // Collect setter names (setX) from the DI block
+    const setterNames = [...paramBlock.matchAll(/\bset([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)\b/g)].map(m => m[0]);
+    assert.ok(setterNames.length > 10, `expected many setter params, got ${setterNames.length}`);
+    const body = src.slice(bodyOpen);
+    for (const name of setterNames) {
+        // Assignment to the bare DI name (not a call) would be: `name = ` or `name=`
+        const assignPat = new RegExp(`\\b${name}\\s*=(?!=)`, 'g');
+        const hits = body.match(assignPat);
+        assert.ok(!hits, `class-killer: body assigns to DI param '${name}' (${hits && hits.length} hit(s))`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── §4 DI anti-vacuity ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('createSceneInit receives ≥150 DI parameters (anti-vacuity floor)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    const sigStart = src.indexOf('export function createSceneInit({');
+    const bodyOpen = src.indexOf('\n}) {', sigStart);
+    const paramBlock = src.slice(sigStart, bodyOpen);
+    const names = new Set();
+    for (const line of paramBlock.split('\n')) {
+        const t = line.trim();
+        if (!t || t.startsWith('//') || t.startsWith('/*') || t.startsWith('*')) continue;
+        const m = t.match(/^([A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]*)/);
+        if (m && m[1] !== 'export' && m[1] !== 'function' && m[1] !== 'createSceneInit') {
+            names.add(m[1]);
+        }
+    }
+    // Anti-vacuity floor — if regex changes and extracts 0, this fails loudly
+    assert.ok(names.size >= 150, `anti-vacuity: expected ≥150 DI params, got ${names.size}`);
+    // Exact pinned count — update this if DI surface intentionally changes
+    // Cut-16 tip: 183. After F2 (remove 5 dead-param lines): 178. Cut-17 alias removal: 179.
+    // (removing the alias moved setHighwayCanvas to line-start, adding it to the line-first count)
+    assert.strictEqual(names.size, 179,
+        `exact DI param count must be 179 (got ${names.size}) — update if DI surface changes`);
+});
+
+// ── §5 Import correctness ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('scene-init imports geoFretX and geoFretMid from geometry.js (not bare fretX/fretMid)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /import\s*\{[^}]*geoFretX[^}]*\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/geometry\.js['"]/,
+        'must import geoFretX from ./geometry.js');
+    assert.match(src, /import\s*\{[^}]*geoFretMid[^}]*\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/geometry\.js['"]/,
+        'must import geoFretMid from ./geometry.js');
+    // Should NOT import the bare names that don't exist in geometry.js
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src,
+        /import\s*\{[^}]*(?<!\w)fretX(?!\w)[^}]*\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/geometry\.js['"]/,
+        'must NOT import bare fretX from geometry.js (it exports geoFretX)');
+});
+
+test('scene-init rebuilds fretX/fretMid as closures over getH3dFretUniform()', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /const\s+fretX\s*=\s*f\s*=>\s*geoFretX\s*\(\s*f\s*,\s*getH3dFretUniform\s*\(\s*\)\s*\)/,
+        'fretX must be rebuilt as: f => geoFretX(f, getH3dFretUniform())');
+    assert.match(src, /const\s+fretMid\s*=\s*f\s*=>\s*geoFretMid\s*\(\s*f\s*,\s*getH3dFretUniform\s*\(\s*\)\s*\)/,
+        'fretMid must be rebuilt as: f => geoFretMid(f, getH3dFretUniform())');
+});
+
+// ── §6 Key functions present ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('initScene is defined as a function inside createSceneInit body', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /function\s+initScene\s*\(\s*\)/,
+        'initScene() must be defined inside scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('buildBoard is defined as a function inside createSceneInit body', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /function\s+buildBoard\s*\(\s*\)/,
+        'buildBoard() must be defined inside scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('_bgUnmountStyle is defined as a function inside createSceneInit body', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /function\s+_bgUnmountStyle\s*\(\s*\)/,
+        '_bgUnmountStyle() must be defined inside scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('_bcSyncMode is defined as a function inside createSceneInit body', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /function\s+_bcSyncMode\s*\(\s*\)/,
+        '_bcSyncMode() must be defined inside scene-init.js');
+});
+
+// ── §7 Kill tests — functions that must NOT survive in screen.js ───────────────
+
+test('initScene no longer defined in screen.js (moved to scene-init.js)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(screen3dJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /^\s*function\s+initScene\s*\(\s*\)/m,
+        'initScene() must not be defined in screen.js — it moved to scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('buildBoard no longer defined in screen.js (moved to scene-init.js)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(screen3dJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /^\s*function\s+buildBoard\s*\(\s*\)/m,
+        'buildBoard() must not be defined in screen.js — it moved to scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('_bgUnmountStyle no longer defined in screen.js (moved to scene-init.js)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(screen3dJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /^\s*function\s+_bgUnmountStyle\s*\(\s*\)/m,
+        '_bgUnmountStyle() must not be defined in screen.js — it moved to scene-init.js');
+});
+
+test('_bcSyncMode no longer defined in screen.js (moved to scene-init.js)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(screen3dJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(src, /^\s*function\s+_bcSyncMode\s*\(\s*\)/m,
+        '_bcSyncMode() must not be defined in screen.js — it moved to scene-init.js');
+});
+
+// ── §8 plugin.json version bump ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('plugin.json version is 3.53.0 (bumped for cut-17)', () => {
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pluginJson, 'utf8'));
+    assert.equal(pkg.version, '3.53.0',
+        'plugin.json must be bumped to 3.53.0 for cut-17');
+});
+
+// ── §9 Setter-call kill tests (§10 of contract) ───────────────────────────────
+// Each asserts the setter is called inside the moved function body.
+// Gut the call → test goes RED. Catches omission (function stops writing to
+// factory scope silently), not caught by class-killer (which only catches
+// assignment to DI param names, not missing setter calls).
+
+test('kill: initScene body calls setRen(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetRen\s*\(/,
+        'initScene must call setRen() — gut it and the renderer ref is never stored');
+});
+
+test('kill: initScene body calls setScene(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetScene\s*\(/,
+        'initScene must call setScene() — gut it and the Three.js scene ref is never stored');
+});
+
+test('kill: initScene body calls setPNote(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetPNote\s*\(/,
+        'initScene must call setPNote() — gut it and note pool is never stored; draw() cannot recycle gems');
+});
+
+test('kill: initScene body calls setWrap(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetWrap\s*\(/,
+        'initScene must call setWrap() — gut it and the DOM overlay element is never stored');
+});
+
+test('kill: buildBoard body calls setBoardStringStartX(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetBoardStringStartX\s*\(/,
+        'buildBoard must call setBoardStringStartX() — gut it and renderer.js reads stale fretX(0) forever');
+});
+
+test('kill: buildBoard body calls setFretWireMats(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetFretWireMats\s*\(/,
+        'buildBoard must call setFretWireMats() — gut it and wire material array is never updated after rebuild');
+});
+
+test('kill: _bgLoadSettings body calls setActivePalette(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetActivePalette\s*\(/,
+        '_bgLoadSettings must call setActivePalette() — gut it and renderer.js reads stale palette (silent fork class)');
+});
+
+test('kill: _bgLoadSettings body calls setCameraMode(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetCameraMode\s*\(/,
+        '_bgLoadSettings must call setCameraMode() — gut it and camera mode never updates after settings change');
+});
+
+test('kill: _bgLoadSettings body calls setGlowMul(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetGlowMul\s*\(/,
+        '_bgLoadSettings must call setGlowMul() — gut it and emissive intensity never updates after vibrancy change');
+});
+
+test('kill: _bcSyncMode body calls setBcCtrl(', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /\bsetBcCtrl\s*\(/,
+        '_bcSyncMode must call setBcCtrl() — gut it and bcCtrl in screen.js scope is never updated; BC stays dead');
+});
+
+// F1 kill: ternary must be INSIDE the setter argument (not truncated to boolean).
+// Mutation: add extra ) after _bgHasStored(...) closing paren → argument becomes a bare boolean
+// → argument text has no '?' → RED.
+// A helper to extract the full argument (handles nested parens).
+function extractSetterArg(src, fnName) {
+    const idx = src.indexOf(fnName + '(');
+    if (idx === -1) return null;
+    let depth = 0, argStart = -1, i = idx + fnName.length;
+    while (i < src.length) {
+        if (src[i] === '(') { if (depth === 0) argStart = i + 1; depth++; }
+        else if (src[i] === ')') { depth--; if (depth === 0) return src.slice(argStart, i); }
+        i++;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+test('kill: setZoomSmoothing argument contains ternary ? (not truncated to boolean)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    const arg = extractSetterArg(src, 'setZoomSmoothing');
+    assert.ok(arg !== null, 'setZoomSmoothing call must exist in scene-init.js');
+    assert.ok(arg.includes('?'),
+        'setZoomSmoothing argument must include ternary ? — ' +
+        'if missing, the boolean condition was stored instead of the camera-smoothing value (F1 regression)');
+});
+
+test('kill: setTiltSmoothing argument contains ternary ? (not truncated to boolean)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    const arg = extractSetterArg(src, 'setTiltSmoothing');
+    assert.ok(arg !== null, 'setTiltSmoothing call must exist in scene-init.js');
+    assert.ok(arg.includes('?'),
+        'setTiltSmoothing argument must include ternary ? — ' +
+        'if missing, the boolean condition was stored instead of the camera-smoothing value (F1 regression)');
+});
+
+// ── §9 Naming-correspondence guard ────────────────────────────────────────────
+// For every getX in the DI signature, assert a matching setX exists — or the
+// getter is in READ_ONLY (stable state never written by scene-init).
+// Mutation: rename setWrap → setWrp in scene-init.js DI → getWrap has no pair → RED.
+
+test('createSceneInit DI: every getX has a corresponding setX (naming correspondence)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    const sigStart = src.indexOf('export function createSceneInit({');
+    const bodyOpen = src.indexOf('\n}) {', sigStart);
+    const paramBlock = src.slice(sigStart, bodyOpen);
+
+    const setters = new Set(
+        [...paramBlock.matchAll(/\bset([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)\b/g)].map(m => m[1])
+    );
+    const getters = [
+        ...paramBlock.matchAll(/\bget([A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)\b/g)
+    ].map(m => m[1]);
+
+    // Stable read-only refs: screen.js never writes these after initial capture.
+    // scene-init receives getX but has no setX because it never needs to update them.
+    // Pinned: update only when a new stable-ref getter is added to the DI.
+    const READ_ONLY = new Set([
+        'BgReactiveOptOut', 'H3dFretUniform', 'InstanceId',
+        'LeftyCached', 'NStr', 'VenueSceneOverride',
+    ]);
+
+    for (const g of getters) {
+        if (READ_ONLY.has(g)) continue;
+        assert.ok(setters.has(g),
+            `DI naming gap: get${g} has no matching set${g} — ` +
+            `add setter to DI or add to READ_ONLY list in this test`);
+    }
+});
+
+// ── §10 Execution smoke (§11 gate-2 of contract) ─────────────────────────────
+// new-Function harness: wrap scene-init.js in a function call, inject recording
+// DI stubs, invoke createSceneInit and then initScene(). The expected failure
+// is a TypeError on null T (T.WebGLRenderer) — assert the setters reached
+// before that throw were called.
+// Documented gap: WRITE paths in sloppy-mode new-Function differ from strict;
+// ESLint no-undef on src/scene-init.js (gate-3) compensates.
+
+test('smoke: createSceneInit factory returns expected 4-key surface', () => {
+    // Source-scan variant (no DOM/WebGL needed): verify factory return statement.
+    // Find the LAST return { ... } in the file — that is the factory's return.
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    const lastReturnIdx = src.lastIndexOf('return {');
+    assert.ok(lastReturnIdx >= 0, 'createSceneInit must have a return { ... } statement');
+    const ret = src.slice(lastReturnIdx, src.indexOf('}', lastReturnIdx) + 1);
+    for (const name of ['initScene', 'buildBoard', '_bgUnmountStyle', '_bcSyncMode']) {
+        assert.ok(ret.includes(name), `factory return must include ${name}`);
+    }
+    // Must NOT export private helpers
+    for (const priv of ['_bgLoadSettings', '_applyBgTheme', '_bgRebuild', '_bgMountStyle']) {
+        assert.ok(!ret.includes(priv), `factory return must NOT include private ${priv}`);
+    }
+});
+
+test('smoke: new-Function harness — factory construction + null-canvas early guard', () => {
+    const rawSrc = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+
+    // Strip ES module syntax for new Function
+    let src = rawSrc
+        .replace(/^\/\*\s*global[^*]*\*\//m, '')
+        .replace(/^import\s+\{[^}]+\}\s+from\s+['"][^'"]+['"]\s*;?/gm, '')
+        .replace(/^export\s+/gm, '');
+
+    // Recording setter stubs
+    const called = new Set();
+    function makeSetter(name) { return (...a) => called.add(name); }
+    function makeGetter(val) { return () => val; }
+
+    // Minimal fake T that lets initScene advance past wrap creation before dying
+    const fakeT = null; // null T causes first `new T.WebGLRenderer(...)` to throw
+
+    const di = {
+        // Constants (scene-init needs these to not ReferenceError at DI destructure)
+        K: 1, NW: 0.5, NH: 0.5, ND: 1, NFRETS: 24,
+        S_BASE: 0, S_GAP: 0.1,
+        FOG_START: 10, FOG_END: 100, BASE_VFOV: 45,
+        HWY_LANE_STRIPE_ODD_HEX: '#111', HWY_LANE_STRIPE_EVEN_HEX: '#222',
+        CHORD_BOX_TEAL_HEX: '#0ff', CHORD_BOX_TEAL_DARK_HEX: '#0aa',
+        CHORD_BOX_FILL_GRAD_ALPHA: 0.5,
+        ARPEGGIO_BOX_BLUE_HEX: '#00f', ARPEGGIO_BOX_BLUE_DARK_HEX: '#008',
+        ARPEGGIO_RIM_BLUE_HEX: '#0af', FRET_LABEL_GOLD_HEX: '#fa0',
+        CHORD_BOX_EDGE_ALPHA: 0.8,
+        BG_DEFAULTS: {}, BG_STYLES: [], PALETTES: {},
+        IM_TECH_CAP: 64, IM_STRUM_CAP: 64, MAX_RENDER_STRINGS: 7,
+        SLIDE_RIBBON_SAMPLES: 8, SLIDE_RIBBON_INDICES_ARR: new Uint16Array(0),
+        DEFAULT_GEM_GRADIENTS: [], INLAY_LABEL_FRETS: [],
+        SPARK_N: 256, _ND_TTL_MS: 1000, _ND_TIME_EPS: 0.01,
+        FRET_WIRE_HIT_HEX: '#fff', FRET_WIRE_HIT_EMISSIVE: 1,
+        FRET_WIRE_IDLE_HEX: '#888', FRET_WIRE_IDLE_OP: 0.5,
+        ACCENT_RIM_BASE_EMISSIVE: 0.5,
+        ACCENT_HALO_OP_NEAR: 0.8, ACCENT_HALO_OP_MID: 0.5, ACCENT_HALO_OP_FAR: 0.2,
+        ACCENT_HALO_XY_INNER: 0.1, ACCENT_HALO_XY_MID: 0.2, ACCENT_HALO_XY_OUTER: 0.3,
+        ACCENT_HALO_Z_INNER: 0, ACCENT_HALO_Z_MID: 0.1, ACCENT_HALO_Z_OUTER: 0.2,
+        STR_THICK: 0.02, FRET_BOW_DZ: 0.1, FRET_TUBE_RADIUS: 0.02,
+        FRET_TUBE_SEG: 4, FRET_TUBE_RADIAL: 4,
+        FRET_METALNESS: 0.5, FRET_ROUGHNESS: 0.5, FRET_EMISSIVE: 0.1,
+        AHEAD: 4, TS: 1, DOTS: [], DDOTS: [],
+        // Fn-refs (no-ops)
+        sY: () => 0, fretLabelScaleForFret: () => 1,
+        pool: () => ({ reset(){}, get(){ return {}; } }),
+        txtMat: () => ({}),
+        palmMuteXSpriteMat: () => ({}), fretHandMuteXSpriteMat: () => ({}),
+        _applyCinematic: () => {}, _h3dHexOrDefault: (h) => h || '#000',
+        _bgPanelKey: () => '', _bgReadSetting: () => null,
+        _bgGetAnalyser: () => null, _bgBackgroundColors: () => [],
+        _bgHighwayColors: () => [], _bgSubscribe: () => (() => {}),
+        _bgHasStored: () => false, _bgMemFallback: () => null,
+        _venueSwapPlateIfNeeded: () => {}, _darkenInt: (v) => v,
+        _lightenInt: (v) => v, _h3dHexToInt: () => 0,
+        boardSpanX: () => 10, _bcCreateController: () => ({}),
+        canvasSize: () => ({ w: 800, h: 600 }),
+        applySize: () => {}, fxInit: () => {},
+        _disposeOpenStringPitchSprites: () => {},
+        // Stable refs
+        _ownedSharedMats: [], _ownedSharedGeos: [],
+        _imPMTechAlphaArr: new Float32Array(64), _imFHTechAlphaArr: new Float32Array(64),
+        _imPMXFillAlphaArr: new Float32Array(64), _imPMXLinesAlphaArr: new Float32Array(64),
+        _imFHXFillAlphaArr: new Float32Array(64), _imFHXLinesAlphaArr: new Float32Array(64),
+        fretLastActiveTime: new Float32Array(25), _fwHitGlow: new Float32Array(25),
+        _customPalette: null, _outlinePalette: null, _tuningLabelSprites: {},
+        // Getters
+        getH3dFretUniform: makeGetter(false),
+        getHighwayCanvas: makeGetter(null), // null canvas → initScene returns false immediately
+        getInstanceId: makeGetter(1),
+        getLeftyCached: makeGetter(false), getNStr: makeGetter(6),
+        getActivePalette: makeGetter([0xff0000, 0x00ff00, 0x0000ff, 0xffff00, 0xff00ff, 0x00ffff]),
+        getTextSize: makeGetter(1), getGlowMul: makeGetter(1),
+        getVibrancyIdleOp: makeGetter(0.5), getVibrancyProjOp: makeGetter(0.3),
+        getBgReactiveOptOut: makeGetter(false),
+        getVenueSceneOverride: makeGetter(null),
+        getVibrancy: makeGetter(0.5),
+    };
+
+    // Add recording setter stubs for every setter the DI might declare
+    // (use a Proxy-like approach: any property access on di returns a no-op setter)
+    const diProxy = new Proxy(di, {
+        get(target, prop) {
+            if (prop in target) return target[prop];
+            // Unknown getter → return a no-op getter
+            if (typeof prop === 'string' && prop.startsWith('get')) return makeGetter(null);
+            // Unknown setter → return a recording stub
+            if (typeof prop === 'string' && prop.startsWith('set')) return makeSetter(prop);
+            return undefined;
+        }
+    });
+
+    let factory;
+    try {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-new-func
+        const fn = new Function('di', src + '\n return createSceneInit(di);');
+        factory = fn(diProxy);
+    } catch (e) {
+        assert.fail(`createSceneInit construction threw unexpectedly: ${e.message}`);
+    }
+
+    assert.ok(factory && typeof factory.initScene === 'function',
+        'factory must return object with initScene');
+
+    // Call initScene() — with null canvas it returns false immediately (no T used)
+    // This tests the early-guard path: canvas null → immediate return false
+    const result = factory.initScene();
+    assert.strictEqual(result, false,
+        'initScene with null canvas must return false (early guard)');
+
+    // The smoke test documents the WebGL gap: we cannot reach T.WebGLRenderer
+    // without a real canvas. Source-scan kill tests above cover the setter-call
+    // paths that require WebGL. ESLint no-undef is the compensating layer for
+    // WRITE paths in sloppy-mode new-Function.
+});
+
+test('_getHighwayCanvasAlias does not appear in scene-init.js (dead alias removed in cut-17)', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
+    assert.ok(!src.includes('_getHighwayCanvasAlias'),
+        '_getHighwayCanvasAlias must not appear in scene-init.js — dead alias was removed in cut-17');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_score_fx.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,508 @@
+// h3d-carve-10: Regression coverage for score FX (notedetect ≥1.13) extracted
+// into plugins/highway_3d/src/score-fx.js.
+//
+// Strategy (source-level, matching the rest of tests/js/):
+//   - gut-audit every export + internal path via source-scan
+//   - class-killers: fxTeardown listener removal, _fxGen increment
+//   - verbatim-declaration of the no-re-entry-guard behavior in fxInit
+//   - wiring-correspondence guard for createScoreFx({...}) in screen.js
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const SCREEN_JS   = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const SCORE_FX_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'score-fx.js');
+
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
+const src       = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS,   'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
+const scoreFxSrc = fs.readFileSync(SCORE_FX_JS, 'utf8');
+
+// ── Module shape ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('score-fx.js exports createScoreFx', () => {
+    assert.match(scoreFxSrc, /export\s+function\s+createScoreFx\s*\(/,
+        'score-fx.js must export createScoreFx');
+});
+
+test('createScoreFx returns all four expected exports', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /return\s*\{[^}]*fxInit[^}]*fxTeardown[^}]*fxSpawnPop\s*:\s*_fxSpawnPop[^}]*drawScoreFx[^}]*\}/,
+        'factory must return { fxInit, fxTeardown, fxSpawnPop: _fxSpawnPop, drawScoreFx, ... }',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── DI rewires — all 7 beyond-subst changes ─────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_fxSpawnPop uses getNdFrameNowMs() DI getter, not _ndFrameNowMs directly', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /getNdFrameNowMs\(\)\s*\|\|\s*performance\.now\(\)/,
+        '_fxSpawnPop must call getNdFrameNowMs() for the current-time sample',
+    );
+    // Sever: replace getNdFrameNowMs() with a literal → nowMs is always a
+    // stale value and the TTL dedup fires wrong. The test goes RED.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /const\s+nowMs\s*=\s*_ndFrameNowMs\s*\|\|/,
+        '_ndFrameNowMs must not appear bare in the module (must use DI getter)',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx aliases cam and _probe from DI getters at function entry', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /const\s+cam\s*=\s*getCam\(\)/,
+        'drawScoreFx must alias cam via getCam()',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /const\s+_probe\s*=\s*getProbe\(\)/,
+        'drawScoreFx must alias _probe via getProbe()',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx calls getNStr() and getCurX() inline (no bare nStr / curX)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /sY\(\s*getNStr\(\)\s*-\s*1\s*\)/,
+        'drawScoreFx must call getNStr() for the string-count probe',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_probe\.set\(\s*getCurX\(\)/,
+        'drawScoreFx must call getCurX() for the strike-line X coordinate',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxInit uses getHighwayCanvas() inside the event closure, not a captured ref', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /getHighwayCanvas\(\)\s*\|\|\s*!t\.parentElement\.contains\(\s*getHighwayCanvas\(\)\s*\)/,
+        'fxInit closure must call getHighwayCanvas() per-event for panel scoping',
+    );
+    // Sever: bake in a captured ref → panel isolation breaks on canvas swap.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /const\s+hc\s*=\s*getHighwayCanvas\(\)[\s\S]*?t\.parentElement\.contains\(\s*hc\s*\)/,
+        'fxInit must not capture highwayCanvas into a local (must re-read per event)',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── fxInit gut-audit ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('fxInit calls _fxResolvePalette before registering the listener', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /function\s+fxInit[\s\S]*?_fxResolvePalette\(\)[\s\S]*?window\.addEventListener\('notedetect:fx'/,
+        'fxInit must resolve the palette before arming the event listener',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxInit registers the notedetect:fx listener on window', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /window\.addEventListener\(\s*'notedetect:fx'\s*,\s*_fxOnFx\s*\)/,
+        'fxInit must register _fxOnFx on window for notedetect:fx',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxInit registers the notedetect:skin skin-change listener via feedBack bus', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /window\.feedBack\.on\(\s*'notedetect:skin'\s*,\s*_fxOnSkin\s*\)/,
+        'fxInit must register _fxOnSkin for skin changes',
+    );
+});
+
+// CLASS-KILLER: no re-entry guard (VERBATIM-PRESERVED from original screen.js)
+// The original init block had no guard. Adding one without a corresponding
+// double-register test is a silent behavior change. This test asserts the
+// absence so any accidental addition turns RED.
+test('fxInit has no re-entry guard (verbatim-preserved: original had none)', () => {
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /function\s+fxInit[\s\S]{0,80}if\s*\(\s*_fxOnFx\s*\)\s*return/,
+        'fxInit must not have a re-entry guard (verbatim from original; see cut-10 dispatch)',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── fxTeardown gut-audit + class-killers ────────────────────────────────────
+
+// CLASS-KILLER (a): sever fxTeardown listener removal → listeners live on.
+// If window.removeEventListener call is deleted, this test fails because
+// the pattern is gone. Combined with the _fxGen increment test below these
+// two together cover the complete teardown contract.
+test('fxTeardown removes the notedetect:fx listener (class-killer: sever → RED)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /window\.removeEventListener\(\s*'notedetect:fx'\s*,\s*_fxOnFx\s*\)/,
+        'fxTeardown must remove the notedetect:fx listener from window',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxTeardown removes the notedetect:skin skin listener via feedBack bus', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /window\.feedBack\.off\(\s*'notedetect:skin'\s*,\s*_fxOnSkin\s*\)/,
+        'fxTeardown must remove the skin listener to avoid palette updates after teardown',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxTeardown resets all pop and burst slots to inactive', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /for\s*\(\s*const\s+p\s+of\s+_fxPops\s*\)\s*p\.active\s*=\s*false/,
+        'fxTeardown must deactivate every pop slot',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /for\s*\(\s*const\s+b\s+of\s+_fxBursts\s*\)\s*b\.active\s*=\s*false/,
+        'fxTeardown must deactivate every burst slot',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxTeardown clears _fxSeen and resets ring/break anchors', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_fxSeen\.clear\(\)/,
+        'fxTeardown must clear the pop-dedup map',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_fxRingMs\s*=\s*_fxBreakMs\s*=\s*-1e9/,
+        'fxTeardown must reset ring and break anchors to -1e9',
+    );
+});
+
+// CLASS-KILLER (b): sever _fxGen increment → deferred window-copy fallback
+// fires after teardown and can arm state on the next fresh init. If the
+// increment line is deleted this test fails.
+test('fxTeardown increments _fxGen to invalidate deferred window-copy fallbacks (class-killer: sever → RED)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_fxGen\+\+/,
+        'fxTeardown must increment _fxGen so setTimeout callbacks from the prior session bail',
+    );
+});
+
+test('fxTeardown resets _fxElemSeen to a fresh WeakSet', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_fxElemSeen\s*=\s*new\s+WeakSet\(\)/,
+        'fxTeardown must reset _fxElemSeen so stale details from the prior session are not re-deduplicated',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── _fxHandle gut-audit ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_fxHandle deduplicates on reference equality with _fxLastFxDetail', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /if\s*\(\s*d\s*===\s*_fxLastFxDetail\s*\)\s*return/,
+        '_fxHandle must bail on duplicate detail reference',
+    );
+});
+
+test('_fxHandle routes milestone → burst, multiplier-up → ring, streakBreak → break', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /d\.fxType\s*===\s*'milestone'[\s\S]*?_fxSpawnBurst\(\s*nowMs\s*\)/,
+        'milestone must spawn a burst',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /d\.fxType\s*===\s*'multiplier'\s*&&\s*d\.mult\s*>\s*\(\s*d\.prevMult\s*\|\|\s*1\s*\)[\s\S]*?_fxRingMs\s*=\s*nowMs/,
+        'multiplier tier-up must arm the ring pulse',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /d\.fxType\s*===\s*'streakBreak'[\s\S]*?_fxBreakMs\s*=\s*nowMs/,
+        'streakBreak must arm the flicker',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── drawScoreFx gut-audit ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('drawScoreFx returns early when cam or probe is falsy', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /if\s*\(\s*!cam\s*\|\|\s*!_probe\s*\)\s*return/,
+        'drawScoreFx must early-exit when cam or probe is unavailable',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx early-exits when all effects are expired', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /if\s*\(\s*!anyPop\s*&&\s*!anyBurst\s*&&\s*ringAge\s*>=\s*600\s*&&\s*breakAge\s*>=\s*350\s*\)\s*return/,
+        'drawScoreFx must skip canvas work entirely when all effect TTLs are expired',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx TTL-prunes _fxSeen each frame', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /for\s*\(\s*const\s+\[k\s*,\s*exp\]\s+of\s+_fxSeen\s*\)[\s\S]*?_fxSeen\.delete\(\s*k\s*\)/,
+        'drawScoreFx must prune expired pop-dedup keys every frame',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx renders streak-break flicker as a fill-rect wash', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /breakAge\s*<\s*350[\s\S]*?ctx\.fillRect\(\s*0\s*,\s*0\s*,\s*W\s*,\s*H\s*\)/,
+        'streak-break flicker must fill the entire panel',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx computes strike-line center via _probe.project(cam)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_probe\.set\(\s*getCurX\(\)\s*,\s*fretMidY\s*,\s*0\s*\)[\s\S]*?_probe\.project\(\s*cam\s*\)/,
+        'strike-line center must be projected from getCurX() via _probe',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx renders multiplier ring-pulse as an expanding arc', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /ringAge\s*<\s*600[\s\S]*?ctx\.arc\([\s\S]*?Math\.PI\s*\*\s*2\s*\)/,
+        'ring-pulse must draw an expanding arc when active',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx renders burst particles with gravity', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /b\.vy\[j\]\s*\+=\s*0\.08/,
+        'burst particles must apply gravity each frame',
+    );
+});
+
+test('drawScoreFx renders "+N" pops that rise and fade over their lifetime', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /sy2\s*=[\s\S]*?H\s*-\s*t\s*\*\s*30/,
+        'pops must rise (subtract t*30) over their lifetime',
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /ctx\.globalAlpha\s*=\s*t\s*<\s*0\.4\s*\?\s*1\s*:\s*1\s*-\s*\(\s*t\s*-\s*0\.4\s*\)\s*\/\s*0\.6/,
+        'pops must fade over the back half of their lifetime',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── _fxSpawnPop gut-audit ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_fxSpawnPop deduplicates via _fxSeen.has(popKey)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_fxSeen\.has\(\s*popKey\s*\)/,
+        '_fxSpawnPop must reject duplicate popKeys via _fxSeen',
+    );
+});
+
+test('_fxSpawnPop sets a 4-second expiry in _fxSeen', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /_fxSeen\.set\(\s*popKey\s*,\s*nowMs\s*\+\s*4000\s*\)/,
+        '_fxSpawnPop must register the popKey with a 4s TTL',
+    );
+});
+
+test('_fxSpawnPop fills the first inactive slot and returns early (pool-full = drop)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        scoreFxSrc,
+        /if\s*\(\s*p\.active\s*\)\s*continue[\s\S]*?p\.active\s*=\s*true/,
+        '_fxSpawnPop must scan for an inactive slot and claim it',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── screen.js wiring ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('screen.js imports createScoreFx from src/score-fx.js', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        src,
+        /import\s*\{\s*createScoreFx\s*\}\s*from\s*'\.\/src\/score-fx\.js'/,
+        'screen.js must import createScoreFx',
+    );
+});
+
+test('screen.js destroys original K-section state block (no _fxPops let/const in IIFE scope)', () => {
+    // The state block is now inside the factory. If any line leaked back into
+    // screen.js this assertion fails.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        src,
+        /const\s+_fxPops\s*=/,
+        '_fxPops must not be declared in screen.js after extraction',
+    );
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        src,
+        /const\s+_fxBursts\s*=/,
+        '_fxBursts must not be declared in screen.js after extraction',
+    );
+});
+
+test('screen.js init callsite replaced with fxInit()', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        src,
+        /fxInit\(\)\s*;/,
+        'screen.js init path must call fxInit()',
+    );
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        src,
+        /window\.addEventListener\(\s*'notedetect:fx'/,
+        'screen.js must not directly register notedetect:fx after extraction',
+    );
+});
+
+test('screen.js teardown callsite replaced with fxTeardown()', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        src,
+        /fxTeardown\(\)\s*;/,
+        'screen.js teardown path must call fxTeardown()',
+    );
+    // The _fxOnFx removal now lives in fxTeardown — not in screen.js.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        src,
+        /window\.removeEventListener\(\s*'notedetect:fx'/,
+        'screen.js must not directly unregister notedetect:fx after extraction',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── Wiring-correspondence guard (extends cut-9 pattern) ─────────────────────
+// Structural source-scan: every entry in createScoreFx({...}) must satisfy
+// its naming-correspondence class. Kills swaps like (getCam: () => _probe).
+// PINNED_RENAMES is empty — all 6 getters are plain convention, sY is shorthand.
+
+test('createScoreFx({...}) wiring has correct naming correspondence (no param swaps)', () => {
+    const PINNED_RENAMES = {};
+
+    const ANCHOR = 'const { fxInit, fxTeardown, fxSpawnPop: _fxSpawnPop, drawScoreFx, fxClearSeen } = createScoreFx({';
+    const callStart = src.indexOf(ANCHOR);
+    assert.ok(callStart >= 0, 'createScoreFx call must be findable in screen.js');
+    const blockStart = callStart + ANCHOR.length - 1;
+    assert.equal(src[blockStart], '{', 'expected { at computed blockStart');
+    let depth = 0, blockEnd = -1;
+    for (let i = blockStart; i < src.length; i++) {
+        if (src[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (src[i] === '}' && --depth === 0) { blockEnd = i; break; }
+    }
+    assert.ok(blockEnd > blockStart, 'createScoreFx argument block must have balanced braces');
+    const inner = src.slice(blockStart + 1, blockEnd);
+
+    const rawEntries = [];
+    let current = '', d = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < inner.length; i++) {
+        const ch = inner[i];
+        if (ch === '{') d++;
+        else if (ch === '}') d--;
+        if (ch === ',' && d === 0) {
+            const t = current.trim();
+            if (t) rawEntries.push(t);
+            current = '';
+        } else {
+            current += ch;
+        }
+    }
+    if (current.trim()) rawEntries.push(current.trim());
+
+    const entries = rawEntries
+        .map(e => e.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '').trim())
+        .filter(Boolean);
+
+    assert.ok(entries.length >= 7, `expected at least 7 entries, got ${entries.length}`);
+
+    const violations = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        if (!entry.includes(':')) continue; // shorthand
+
+        const colonIdx = entry.indexOf(':');
+        const key = entry.slice(0, colonIdx).trim();
+        const value = entry.slice(colonIdx + 1).trim();
+
+        if (key in PINNED_RENAMES) {
+            if (value !== PINNED_RENAMES[key]) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: pinned to '${PINNED_RENAMES[key]}' but got '${value}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (key.startsWith('get')) {
+            const expectedStem = key[3].toLowerCase() + key.slice(4);
+            const m = value.match(/^\(\)\s*=>\s*_?(\w+)$/);
+            if (!m) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter value '${value}' does not match () => [_]var`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m[1] !== expectedStem) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter body references var stem '${m[1]}' but expected '${expectedStem}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (key.startsWith('set')) {
+            const expectedStem = key[3].toLowerCase() + key.slice(4);
+            const m = value.match(/^\(v\)\s*=>\s*\{\s*_?(\w+)\s*=\s*v\s*;\s*\}$/);
+            if (!m) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: setter value '${value}' does not match (v) => { [_]var = v; }`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m[1] !== expectedStem) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: setter assigns var stem '${m[1]}' but expected '${expectedStem}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        violations.push(`${key}: key:value entry not in PINNED_RENAMES and not a get/set arrow`);
+    }
+
+    assert.deepEqual(violations, [], 'createScoreFx wiring violations found');
+});
+
+// ── TDZ regression guard (fix/h3d-viz-init-fallback) ────────────────────────
+// Input that FAILS at broken tip: calling window.feedBackViz_highway_3d()
+// (i.e. createFactory()) throws ReferenceError: Cannot access 'sY' before
+// initialization — const sY was declared 371 lines AFTER createScoreFx({...,
+// sY}), putting sY in the temporal dead zone on every factory invocation.
+// Result: viz picker fell back to 2D immediately; THREE.js never requested.
+//
+// Guard: ESLint no-use-before-define (variables:true, functions:false) scoped
+// over screen.js and src/ — statically flags ANY const/let used before its
+// declaration in the factory, catching the entire class not just this pair.
+// At the broken tip this rule errors on sY; after the fix it is clean.
+// Prefer this semantic gate over source-scan byte-offset comparisons, which
+// miss TDZ bugs invisible to regex (this was the FOURTH such break).
+test('no-use-before-define gate is clean on highway_3d screen.js and src/ (fix/h3d-viz-init-fallback)', () => {
+    const { execSync } = require('node:child_process');
+    const repoRoot = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
+    let stdout;
+    try {
+        stdout = execSync(
+            'npx --yes eslint@9.39.4 --format json plugins/highway_3d/screen.js plugins/highway_3d/src/',
+            { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8' },
+        );
+    } catch (err) {
+        // eslint exits non-zero when errors exist; output is still on stdout.
+        stdout = err.stdout || '';
+    }
+    const results = JSON.parse(stdout);
+    const tdzErrors = [];
+    for (const file of results) {
+        for (const msg of file.messages) {
+            if (msg.ruleId === 'no-use-before-define' && msg.severity === 2) {
+                tdzErrors.push(`${path.relative(repoRoot, file.filePath)}:${msg.line} — ${msg.message}`);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    assert.deepEqual(
+        tdzErrors,
+        [],
+        'no-use-before-define errors found in highway_3d — a const/let is used before its ' +
+        'declaration in the factory (real TDZ risk). At the broken tip, sY was used in ' +
+        'createScoreFx({..., sY}) 371 lines before its declaration.\n' + tdzErrors.join('\n'),
+    );
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_slide_target.test.js

@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+// h3d-carve-14: V-section moved to note-renderer.js
+const NOTE_RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'note-renderer.js');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
+const _noteSrc = fs.readFileSync(NOTE_RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
 
 test('a _slideTargetSet pre-pass builds the suppressed-gem set from bundle.notes', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + _noteSrc + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /const\s+checkSrc\s*=\s*\([^)]*\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?stSet\.add\(/,
@@ -25,16 +29,16 @@ test('a _slideTargetSet pre-pass builds the suppressed-gem set from bundle.notes
     );
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /if\s*\(\s*stSet\.size\s*>\s*0\s*\)\s*_slideTargetSet\s*=\s*stSet/,
+        /if\s*\(\s*stSet\.size\s*>\s*0\s*\)\s*(?:_slideTargetSet\s*=\s*stSet|setSlideTargetSet\s*\(\s*stSet\s*\))/,
         '_slideTargetSet must be assigned from the pre-pass result',
     );
 });
 
 test('_isSlideTgt is derived from _slideTargetSet membership', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + _noteSrc + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /_isSlideTgt\s*=\s*!!\(\s*_slideTargetSet\s*&&\s*_slideTargetSet\.has\(/,
+        /_isSlideTgt\s*=\s*!!\(\s*(?:_slideTargetSet|getSlideTargetSet\(\))\s*&&\s*(?:_slideTargetSet|getSlideTargetSet\(\))\.has\(/,
         '_isSlideTgt must test _slideTargetSet membership',
     );
 });
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ test('_isSlideTgt is derived from _slideTargetSet membership', () => {
 test('_isSlideTgt is threaded into drawNote as the skipBody argument', () => {
     // drawNote(n, now, openX, skipLabel, skipBody, ...) — _isSlideTgt sits in
     // the 5th (skipBody) position so the gem body is suppressed.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + _noteSrc + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /drawNote\(\s*n\s*,\s*now\s*,\s*singleOpenX\s*,\s*skipLabel\s*,\s*_isSlideTgt\s*,/,
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ test('_isSlideTgt is threaded into drawNote as the skipBody argument', () => {
 test('the sustain trail renders for all notes, including skipBody slide targets', () => {
     // The trail block must stay outside the !skipBody gem gate so suppressed
     // slide-target gems still show their slide trail.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + _noteSrc + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /Rendered for ALL notes with sustain, including skipBody=true/,

tests/js/highway_3d_smooth_clock_pause.test.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const path = require('node:path');
 
 const highwayJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'highway.js');
 const highway3dJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
 
 // Brace-balanced extraction (same helper shape as highway_note_state.test.js).
 function extractBlock(src, signature) {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ test('core _makeBundle exposes isPlaying derived from the chart-clock anchor', (
 });
 
 test('smoothNow returns raw and re-anchors when the host reports not playing', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     const fn = extractBlock(src, 'function smoothNow(bundle)');
     // Strict === false so downlevel hosts (isPlaying undefined) fall through
     // to the existing staleness-based interpolation cap.
@@ -69,14 +70,16 @@ test('smoothNow returns raw and re-anchors when the host reports not playing', (
 
     // The pause branch re-anchors the clock state and returns the raw sample
     // (no forward extrapolation).
+    // h3d-carve-15: bare assignments → DI setter calls in renderer.js
     const branch = fn.slice(guardIdx);
-    assert.match(branch, /_clkAudioT\s*=\s*raw/, 'pause branch must re-anchor _clkAudioT to raw');
+    assert.match(branch, /setClkAudioT\s*\(\s*raw\s*\)/, 'pause branch must re-anchor _clkAudioT to raw');
-    assert.match(branch, /_clkPerf\s*=\s*p/, 'pause branch must re-anchor _clkPerf to now');
+    assert.match(branch, /setClkPerf\s*\(\s*p\s*\)/, 'pause branch must re-anchor _clkPerf to now');
-    assert.match(branch, /return\s*\(\s*_frameNow\s*=\s*raw\s*\)/, 'pause branch must return raw');
+    assert.match(branch, /setFrameNow\s*\([^)]+\)/, 'pause branch must call setFrameNow (return raw)');
 
     // The pause gate must come before the new-sample re-anchor / interpolation
     // path so a frozen clock never extrapolates forward.
-    const newSampleIdx = fn.search(/if\s*\(\s*raw\s*!==\s*_clkAudioT\s*\)/);
+    // h3d-carve-15: _clkAudioT accessed via getClkAudioT() getter in renderer.js
+    const newSampleIdx = fn.search(/if\s*\(\s*raw\s*!==\s*(?:_clkAudioT|getClkAudioT\s*\(\s*\))\s*\)/);
     assert.ok(newSampleIdx !== -1, 'smoothNow new-sample branch not found');
     assert.ok(guardIdx < newSampleIdx, 'isPlaying pause gate must precede the interpolation path');
 });

tests/js/highway_3d_string_glow.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+// h3d-carve-11: Regression coverage for updateStringHighlights extracted into
+// plugins/highway_3d/src/string-glow.js.
+//
+// Two test classes:
+//   - Source-level: module shape, DI wiring in screen.js, wiring-correspondence guard
+//   - Behavioral: calls updateStringHighlights with fake mesh/material objects,
+//     asserts actual emissive + opacity writes (RED when loop body is gutted)
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const { pathToFileURL } = require('node:url');
+
+const SCREEN_JS     = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const STRING_GLOW_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'string-glow.js');
+
+const src          = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS,     'utf8');
+const stringGlowSrc = fs.readFileSync(STRING_GLOW_JS, 'utf8');
+
+// ── Module shape ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('string-glow.js exports createStringGlow', () => {
+    assert.match(stringGlowSrc, /export\s+function\s+createStringGlow\s*\(/,
+        'string-glow.js must export createStringGlow');
+});
+
+test('createStringGlow returns { updateStringHighlights }', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        stringGlowSrc,
+        /return\s*\{\s*updateStringHighlights\s*\}/,
+        'factory must return { updateStringHighlights }',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── DI rewires (source-level) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('all 7 getter DI params aliased at updateStringHighlights entry', () => {
+    for (const [alias, getter] of [
+        ['glowMul',            'getGlowMul'],
+        ['_vibrancyIdleOp',    'getVibrancyIdleOp'],
+        ['_venueSceneOverride','getVenueSceneOverride'],
+        ['nStr',               'getNStr'],
+        ['stringLines',        'getStringLines'],
+        ['mGlow',              'getMGlow'],
+        ['mAccentCore',        'getMAccentCore'],
+    ]) {
+        assert.match(
+            stringGlowSrc,
+            new RegExp('const\\s+' + alias.replace('_', '\\_?') + '\\s*=\\s*' + getter + '\\(\\)'),
+            `${getter}() must be aliased to ${alias} at function entry`,
+        );
+    }
+});
+
+test('VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL is used as a plain const (no getter call)', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        stringGlowSrc,
+        /VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL/,
+        'VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL must appear in the module',
+    );
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        stringGlowSrc,
+        /getVenueGemEmissiveMul/,
+        'VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL must not be wrapped in a getter',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── screen.js wiring ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('screen.js imports createStringGlow from src/string-glow.js', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        src,
+        /import\s*\{\s*createStringGlow\s*\}\s*from\s*'\.\/src\/string-glow\.js'/,
+        'screen.js must import createStringGlow',
+    );
+});
+
+test('screen.js original updateStringHighlights body is gone (no bare glowMul const inside)', () => {
+    // After extraction the function definition no longer lives in screen.js.
+    // The clearest signal: `const BASE_GLOW = 0.02 * glowMul` was inside the
+    // function body and must not appear in screen.js post-extraction.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        src,
+        /const\s+BASE_GLOW\s*=\s*0\.02\s*\*\s*glowMul/,
+        'BASE_GLOW constant must not remain in screen.js after extraction',
+    );
+});
+
+test('screen.js callsite uses createStringGlow factory destructure', () => {
+    assert.match(
+        src,
+        /const\s*\{\s*updateStringHighlights\s*\}\s*=\s*createStringGlow\s*\(/,
+        'screen.js must destructure updateStringHighlights from createStringGlow()',
+    );
+});
+
+// ── Wiring-correspondence guard (cut-9 pattern, empty PINNED_RENAMES) ────────
+// Verifies every entry in createStringGlow({…}) satisfies its naming class.
+// Kills swaps like getMGlow: () => mAccentCore.
+
+test('createStringGlow({...}) wiring has correct naming correspondence (no param swaps)', () => {
+    const PINNED_RENAMES = {}; // all entries are plain shorthand or standard get-arrows
+
+    const ANCHOR = 'const { updateStringHighlights } = createStringGlow({';
+    const callStart = src.indexOf(ANCHOR);
+    assert.ok(callStart >= 0, 'createStringGlow call must be findable in screen.js');
+    const blockStart = callStart + ANCHOR.length - 1;
+    assert.equal(src[blockStart], '{', 'expected { at computed blockStart');
+    let depth = 0, blockEnd = -1;
+    for (let i = blockStart; i < src.length; i++) {
+        if (src[i] === '{') depth++;
+        else if (src[i] === '}' && --depth === 0) { blockEnd = i; break; }
+    }
+    assert.ok(blockEnd > blockStart, 'createStringGlow argument block must have balanced braces');
+    const inner = src.slice(blockStart + 1, blockEnd);
+
+    const rawEntries = [];
+    let current = '', d = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < inner.length; i++) {
+        const ch = inner[i];
+        if (ch === '{') d++;
+        else if (ch === '}') d--;
+        if (ch === ',' && d === 0) {
+            const t = current.trim();
+            if (t) rawEntries.push(t);
+            current = '';
+        } else {
+            current += ch;
+        }
+    }
+    if (current.trim()) rawEntries.push(current.trim());
+
+    const entries = rawEntries
+        .map(e => e.replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/g, '').trim())
+        .filter(Boolean);
+
+    assert.ok(entries.length >= 8, `expected at least 8 entries, got ${entries.length}`);
+
+    const violations = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        if (!entry.includes(':')) continue; // shorthand (VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL, etc.)
+
+        const colonIdx = entry.indexOf(':');
+        const key = entry.slice(0, colonIdx).trim();
+        const value = entry.slice(colonIdx + 1).trim();
+
+        if (key in PINNED_RENAMES) {
+            if (value !== PINNED_RENAMES[key]) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: pinned to '${PINNED_RENAMES[key]}' but got '${value}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (key.startsWith('get')) {
+            const expectedStem = key[3].toLowerCase() + key.slice(4);
+            const m = value.match(/^\(\)\s*=>\s*_?(\w+)$/);
+            if (!m) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter value '${value}' does not match () => [_]var`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m[1] !== expectedStem) {
+                violations.push(`${key}: getter body references var stem '${m[1]}' but expected '${expectedStem}'`);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        violations.push(`${key}: key:value entry not in PINNED_RENAMES and not a get/set arrow`);
+    }
+
+    assert.deepEqual(violations, [], 'createStringGlow wiring violations found');
+});
+
+// ── Behavioral kill test ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Calls updateStringHighlights with fake mesh/material objects and asserts
+// the emissive and opacity writes actually happened. RED when loop body is gutted.
+
+test('updateStringHighlights writes emissive intensity and opacity to string meshes (behavioral kill: gut loop → RED)', async () => {
+    const { createStringGlow } = await import(pathToFileURL(STRING_GLOW_JS).href);
+
+    // Fake material that records writes.
+    const mat0 = { emissiveIntensity: 0, opacity: 0 };
+    const mat1 = { emissiveIntensity: 0, opacity: 0 };
+    const scaleSet = [];
+    const stringLines = [
+        { material: mat0, scale: { set(...args) { scaleSet.push([0, ...args]); } } },
+        { material: mat1, scale: { set(...args) { scaleSet.push([1, ...args]); } } },
+    ];
+    const mGlow        = [{ emissiveIntensity: 0 }, { emissiveIntensity: 0 }];
+    const mAccentCore  = [{ emissiveIntensity: 0 }, { emissiveIntensity: 0 }];
+
+    const { updateStringHighlights } = createStringGlow({
+        VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL: 1.12,
+        getGlowMul:            () => 1,
+        getVibrancyIdleOp:     () => 0.4,
+        getVenueSceneOverride: () => false,
+        getNStr:               () => 2,
+        getStringLines:        () => stringLines,
+        getMGlow:              () => mGlow,
+        getMAccentCore:        () => mAccentCore,
+    });
+
+    // String 0: sustaining (stringSustain=true) + strGlow=0.8
+    // String 1: anticipating (stringAnticipation=0.5) + strGlow=0.3
+    const noteState = {
+        stringSustain:    [true,  false],
+        stringAnticipation: [0,   0.5],
+        strGlow:          [0.8,   0.3],
+        accentFillBoost:  [0,     0],
+    };
+
+    updateStringHighlights(noteState);
+
+    // String 0 — sustain intensity=1: BASE_GLOW=0.02, MAX_GLOW=3.5
+    const expectedEI0 = 0.02 + 1 * 3.5; // 3.52
+    assert.strictEqual(
+        mat0.emissiveIntensity,
+        expectedEI0,
+        `string 0 emissiveIntensity must be BASE_GLOW + MAX_GLOW = ${expectedEI0}`,
+    );
+    // IDLE_OP=0.4, intensity=1 → opacity = 0.4 + 1*(1-0.4) = 1.0
+    assert.strictEqual(mat0.opacity, 1.0, 'string 0 opacity must be 1 when sustaining');
+
+    // String 1 — anticipation=0.5: emissive = 0.02 + 0.5*3.5 = 1.77
+    const expectedEI1 = 0.02 + 0.5 * 3.5;
+    assert.strictEqual(mat1.emissiveIntensity, expectedEI1,
+        `string 1 emissiveIntensity must be BASE_GLOW + 0.5*MAX_GLOW = ${expectedEI1}`);
+
+    // mGlow writes: bg = strGlow * glowMul; venueGemMul = 1 (no venue override)
+    assert.strictEqual(mGlow[0].emissiveIntensity, 0.8, 'mGlow[0] must receive strGlow[0] * glowMul');
+    assert.strictEqual(mGlow[1].emissiveIntensity, 0.3, 'mGlow[1] must receive strGlow[1] * glowMul');
+
+    // scale.set was called for both strings (intensity > 0)
+    assert.ok(scaleSet.length === 2, 'scale.set must be called for both strings');
+});
+
+test('updateStringHighlights respects venueSceneOverride multiplier on mGlow (behavioral)', async () => {
+    const { createStringGlow } = await import(pathToFileURL(STRING_GLOW_JS).href);
+
+    const mGlow = [{ emissiveIntensity: 0 }];
+    const mAccentCore = [{ emissiveIntensity: 0 }];
+
+    const { updateStringHighlights } = createStringGlow({
+        VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL: 1.12,
+        getGlowMul:            () => 1,
+        getVibrancyIdleOp:     () => 0.4,
+        getVenueSceneOverride: () => true, // venue override ON
+        getNStr:               () => 1,
+        getStringLines:        () => [null], // no mesh → only glow write
+        getMGlow:              () => mGlow,
+        getMAccentCore:        () => mAccentCore,
+    });
+
+    updateStringHighlights({
+        stringSustain:    [false],
+        stringAnticipation: [0],
+        strGlow:          [1.0],
+        accentFillBoost:  [0],
+    });
+
+    // bg=1.0, venueGemMul=1.12 → mGlow[0].emissiveIntensity = 1.12
+    assert.ok(
+        Math.abs(mGlow[0].emissiveIntensity - 1.12) < 1e-9,
+        `mGlow emissiveIntensity must be bg * VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL = 1.12, got ${mGlow[0].emissiveIntensity}`,
+    );
+});
+
+test('updateStringHighlights skips null stringLines entries without throwing (behavioral)', async () => {
+    const { createStringGlow } = await import(pathToFileURL(STRING_GLOW_JS).href);
+
+    const mGlow = [{ emissiveIntensity: 0 }, { emissiveIntensity: 0 }];
+    const mAccentCore = [{ emissiveIntensity: 0 }, { emissiveIntensity: 0 }];
+
+    const { updateStringHighlights } = createStringGlow({
+        VENUE_GEM_EMISSIVE_MUL: 1.12,
+        getGlowMul:            () => 1,
+        getVibrancyIdleOp:     () => 0.4,
+        getVenueSceneOverride: () => false,
+        getNStr:               () => 2,
+        getStringLines:        () => [null, null], // no meshes at all
+        getMGlow:              () => mGlow,
+        getMAccentCore:        () => mAccentCore,
+    });
+
+    // Must not throw; mGlow writes still happen
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => updateStringHighlights({
+        stringSustain:    [true, true],
+        stringAnticipation: [0, 0],
+        strGlow:          [0.5, 0.5],
+        accentFillBoost:  [0, 0],
+    }));
+    assert.strictEqual(mGlow[0].emissiveIntensity, 0.5, 'mGlow writes must still happen for null mesh slots');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_sustain_bloom.test.js

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 // stops using additive blending, or bumps the bloom renderOrder above the
 // core rail (16) would silently regress or invert the effect.
 //
+// Since h3d-carve-1, _makeGaussTex is defined in src/geometry.js and
+// imported into screen.js; the call site (_bloomGaussTex = _makeGaussTex(...))
+// remains in screen.js.
+//
 // Source-level only — same strategy as the other tests/js/ files.
 
 const { test } = require('node:test');
@@ -13,14 +17,17 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const GEOMETRY_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'geometry.js');
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
 
 test('a gaussian DataTexture helper (_makeGaussTex) drives the bloom falloff', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const geo = fs.readFileSync(GEOMETRY_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        geo,
-        /function\s+_makeGaussTex\s*\(/,
+        /export\s+function\s+_makeGaussTex\s*\(/,
-        '_makeGaussTex must exist to build the bloom gaussian texture',
+        '_makeGaussTex must be exported from geometry.js to build the bloom gaussian texture',
     );
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
         src,
         /_bloomGaussTex\s*=\s*_makeGaussTex\(/,
@@ -29,10 +36,11 @@ test('a gaussian DataTexture helper (_makeGaussTex) drives the bloom falloff', (
 });
 
 test('the bloom rail material uses additive blending', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses _mSusRailBloomBase (local alias)
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /mSusRailBloomBase\s*=\s*new\s+T\.MeshBasicMaterial\(\{[\s\S]*?blending:\s*T\.AdditiveBlending[\s\S]*?\}\)/,
+        /(?:_m)?SusRailBloomBase\s*=\s*new\s+T\.MeshBasicMaterial\(\{[\s\S]*?blending:\s*T\.AdditiveBlending[\s\S]*?\}\)/,
         'mSusRailBloomBase must blend additively so it brightens what is behind it',
     );
 });
@@ -40,10 +48,11 @@ test('the bloom rail material uses additive blending', () => {
 test('the bloom pool seeds meshes at renderOrder 4, behind the core rail (5)', () => {
     // renderOrder 4 keeps the bloom behind the core sustain rail (5) so the
     // glow reads as a trail rather than occluding the rail.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses _pSusRailBloom (local alias); pool first arg may be a getter call
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /pSusRailBloom\s*=\s*pool\([^)]*,\s*\(\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?m\.renderOrder\s*=\s*4\s*;[\s\S]*?\}\s*\)/,
+        /(?:_p)?SusRailBloom\s*=\s*pool\([\s\S]{0,100}?,\s*\(\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?m\.renderOrder\s*=\s*4\s*;[\s\S]*?\}\s*\)/,
         'pSusRailBloom pool must seed meshes with renderOrder = 4',
     );
 });

tests/js/highway_3d_sustain_rail.test.js

@@ -13,23 +13,27 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
 
 test('sustain rails are gated on multi-note chords with a known box width within AHEAD', () => {
     // Each chord in a sequence (including repeats) draws a rail from its onset
     // to the next chord's onset, chaining together to cover the full handshape
     // duration visually. Single notes have no chord frame to anchor a rail to.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-15: sustain-rail block moved to renderer.js
+    const rendererSrc = fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        rendererSrc,
         /if\s*\(\s*chShape\.size\s*>\s*1\s*&&\s*chordOpenBoxW\s*!=\s*null\s*&&\s*chDt\s*<\s*AHEAD\s*\)/,
         'sustain-rail block must stay gated on chShape.size > 1, chordOpenBoxW and chDt < AHEAD',
     );
 });
 
 test('sustain rails pick arpeggio color for arpeggio frames, teal otherwise', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-15: rail color expression moved to renderer.js
+    const rendererSrc = fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        rendererSrc,
         /chordHighwayLavenderArpVisual\s*\?\s*ARPEGGIO_RIM_BLUE_HEX\s*:\s*CHORD_BOX_TEAL_HEX/,
         'rail color must select ARPEGGIO_RIM_BLUE_HEX for arpeggio frames and CHORD_BOX_TEAL_HEX for chords',
     );
@@ -40,10 +44,11 @@ test('sustain-rail pool meshes keep renderOrder 5 so strings (7) stay on top', (
     // of the rail. Chord frame edges are Z-proportional [48,698] and note gems
     // are Z-proportional [50,700], so the flat seed value does not conflict —
     // emitSusStrip() assigns its own Z-proportional RO per segment at draw time.
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-16: DI form uses _pSusRail (local alias); pool first arg may be a getter call
     assert.match(
         src,
-        /pSusRail\s*=\s*pool\([^)]*,\s*\(\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?m\.renderOrder\s*=\s*5\s*;[\s\S]*?\}\s*\)/,
+        /(?:_p)?SusRail\s*=\s*pool\([\s\S]{0,100}?,\s*\(\)\s*=>\s*\{[\s\S]*?m\.renderOrder\s*=\s*5\s*;[\s\S]*?\}\s*\)/,
         'pSusRail pool must seed meshes with renderOrder = 5',
     );
 });

tests/js/highway_3d_three_loader.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Class-killer for src/three-loader.js — h3d-carve-2.
+//
+// The loader is a memoised async import with a CDN fallback. Runtime calls
+// import(url) which only resolves against a live server, so the behavioural
+// contract is pinned by source-scan regex that name the concrete mutation
+// each assertion catches.
+//
+// Source-scan is sufficient here: the loader's correctness depends entirely
+// on its static structure (memoisation guard, T-assignment, CDN fallback)
+// rather than on runtime values — the same pattern used for all other
+// source-level tests in this suite.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const LOADER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'three-loader.js');
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+let _loader;
+function loader() {
+    if (!_loader) _loader = fs.readFileSync(LOADER_JS, 'utf8');
+    return _loader;
+}
+
+test('loadThree is exported from three-loader.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: rename or remove the export → the import in screen.js throws.
+    assert.match(loader(), /export\s+function\s+loadThree\s*\(\s*\)/,
+        'loadThree must be exported so screen.js can import it');
+});
+
+test('T is exported as a live let-binding from three-loader.js', () => {
+    // Mutation: export const T — const bindings cannot be reassigned from within
+    // the module, so T = mod in loadThree() would throw a TypeError.
+    assert.match(loader(), /export\s+let\s+T\s*=\s*null/,
+        'T must be exported as a mutable let-binding so the .then handler can update it');
+});
+
+test('loadThree assigns T = mod in both the primary and CDN .then handlers', () => {
+    // Mutation 1: remove all T = mod — T stays null forever; T.WebGLRenderer throws.
+    // Two assignments exist: primary .then and CDN fallback .then.
+    // Mutation 2 (Toby r1): `const T = mod` inside .then bodies — count=2 still
+    // matches, but shadows the module-level export; live-binding T stays null forever.
+    const matches = loader().match(/T\s*=\s*mod\s*;/g) || [];
+    assert.ok(matches.length >= 2,
+        'T = mod must appear in both the primary and CDN .then handlers (found ' + matches.length + ')');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(loader(), /(?:const|let|var)\s+T\s*=\s*mod/,
+        'T = mod must be a bare assignment, not a declaration that shadows the live-binding export');
+});
+
+test('loadThree memoises the promise — returns existing promise on repeated calls', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove the !threeLoadPromise guard — a new promise is kicked off on
+    // every call, racing against previous loads and resetting T on each resolution.
+    assert.match(loader(), /if\s*\(\s*!threeLoadPromise\s*\)/,
+        'memoisation guard must prevent duplicate simultaneous import() calls');
+});
+
+test('loadThree has a CDN fallback for the local vendor copy', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove the .catch(() => import(THREE_CDN) chain — offline / mis-routed
+    // deploys that fail to reach /static/vendor/three/ get no fallback and throw.
+    assert.match(loader(), /\.catch\s*\(\s*\(\s*\)\s*=>\s*import\s*\(\s*THREE_CDN\s*\)/,
+        'CDN fallback must kick in when the local vendor copy is unavailable');
+});
+
+test('loadThree resets threeLoadPromise to null on total failure', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove threeLoadPromise = null in the final catch — a failed load
+    // permanently memoises the rejected promise; a page reload recovers but a plugin
+    // re-init (same session) can never retry the import.
+    assert.match(loader(), /threeLoadPromise\s*=\s*null/,
+        'failed load must reset threeLoadPromise so a retry can succeed');
+});
+
+test('screen.js imports loadThree and T from three-loader.js', () => {
+    // Confirms the import line is present and the live-binding is wired.
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src,
+        /import\s+\{\s*loadThree\s*,\s*T\s*\}\s*from\s*['"]\.\/src\/three-loader\.js['"]/,
+        'screen.js must import both loadThree and T from the loader module');
+});
+
+test('screen.js IIFE no longer declares local let T or let threeLoadPromise', () => {
+    // Mutation: leave the old local declarations in place — the IIFE's local T shadows
+    // the live-binding import so T is always null inside the factory.
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // Strip the import lines at the top of the file before searching the IIFE body.
+    const iife = src.replace(/^import\s+.*?\n/gm, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /\blet\s+T\s*=\s*null\s*;/,
+        'IIFE must not redeclare T — the local shadow would defeat the live-binding export');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /\blet\s+threeLoadPromise\s*=\s*null\s*;/,
+        'IIFE must not redeclare threeLoadPromise — it belongs to the loader module now');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_utils.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+// Class-killer tests for src/utils.js — h3d-carve-3.
+//
+// Pure functions are evaluated by stripping 'export' keywords and wrapping
+// the source in a new Function so the whole module runs in a controlled
+// scope.  _ssActive and _ssIsCanvasFocused use `window` (live global), so
+// they are covered by source-scan only.  Screen.js wiring is verified by
+// scanning the import declaration.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const UTILS_JS  = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'utils.js');
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+
+let _utils;
+function utils() { if (!_utils) _utils = fs.readFileSync(UTILS_JS, 'utf8'); return _utils; }
+
+// Evaluate all pure exports in a CommonJS-compatible scope.
+// Strips 'export' keywords; _ssActive/_ssIsCanvasFocused access window
+// which is not available here — skip them in the pure eval.
+let _fns;
+function fns() {
+    if (_fns) return _fns;
+    const src = utils().replace(/^export\s+/gm, '');
+    // provide a minimal window stub so _ssActive / _ssIsCanvasFocused don't
+    // throw at declaration time (they only READ window inside their bodies).
+    const factory = new Function('window', src + `
+return {
+    _h3dHexToInt, _clampByteI, _darkenInt, _lightenInt,
+    resolveStringCount,
+    _NOTE_NAMES_SHARP,
+    _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS4, _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_BASS5,
+    _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR6, _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR7, _BASE_OPEN_MIDI_GUITAR8,
+    _baseOpenStringMidis, _midiToPitchLabel, _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning,
+    _ssActive, _ssIsCanvasFocused,
+};`);
+    _fns = factory({ feedBackSplitscreen: null });
+    return _fns;
+}
+
+// ── _h3dHexToInt ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_h3dHexToInt: 6-char hex parses to integer', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove parseInt → returns NaN; renderer sees non-numeric color.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt('#ff0000'), 0xff0000);
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt('00ff00'), 0x00ff00);
+});
+
+test('_h3dHexToInt: 3-char shorthand expands to 6', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove the t[0]+t[0] expansion → 'fff' parses as 0x0fff (wrong).
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt('#fff'), 0xffffff,
+        '#fff must expand to #ffffff, not 0x0fff');
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt('abc'), 0xaabbcc);
+});
+
+test('_h3dHexToInt: invalid input returns null', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove the regex guard → parseInt('gg0000', 16) returns NaN, not null.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt('gg0000'), null);
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt(null), null);
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._h3dHexToInt(42), null);
+});
+
+// ── _clampByteI ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_clampByteI: clamps below 0', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove < 0 guard → returns negative value; bitshift corrupts high channels.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._clampByteI(-1), 0);
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._clampByteI(-999), 0);
+});
+
+test('_clampByteI: clamps above 255 and rounds', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove > 255 guard or Math.round → oversaturated channels / float bits.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._clampByteI(256), 255);
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._clampByteI(127.7), 128,
+        'must round 127.7 to 128, not truncate to 127');
+});
+
+// ── _darkenInt / _lightenInt ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_darkenInt: halves each channel of pure white', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove _clampByteI call → channel value not clamped; bitshift carries.
+    const result = fns()._darkenInt(0xffffff, 0.5);
+    const r = (result >> 16) & 0xff, g = (result >> 8) & 0xff, b = result & 0xff;
+    assert.strictEqual(r, 128, 'red channel must be Math.round(255*0.5)=128');
+    assert.strictEqual(g, 128);
+    assert.strictEqual(b, 128);
+});
+
+test('_lightenInt: mixing pure black toward white by 1.0 yields white', () => {
+    // Mutation: swap r+(255-r)*t → r*(1-t) → wrong formula for lightening.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._lightenInt(0x000000, 1.0), 0xffffff,
+        'black mixed t=1 toward white must equal 0xffffff');
+});
+
+// ── resolveStringCount ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('resolveStringCount: uses bundle.stringCount and clamps to maxStrings', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove Math.min → returns 8 for a chart that declares 8 strings;
+    // per-string material arrays index OOB.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns().resolveStringCount({ stringCount: 8 }, 6), 6,
+        'stringCount=8 exceeds maxStrings=6; must clamp');
+    assert.strictEqual(fns().resolveStringCount({ stringCount: 4 }, 6), 4);
+});
+
+test('resolveStringCount: maxStrings param is authoritative, not a hardcoded 6', () => {
+    // Mutation: re-hardcode maxStrings=6 inside utils.js → resolveStringCount({stringCount:7}, 7)
+    // returns 6; 7th-string notes are silently never drawn and no test fails.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns().resolveStringCount({ stringCount: 7 }, 7), 7,
+        'maxStrings=7 must allow stringCount=7 through without clamping to a hardcoded 6');
+    assert.strictEqual(fns().resolveStringCount({ stringCount: 10 }, 7), 7,
+        'stringCount exceeding maxStrings must clamp to maxStrings, not 6');
+});
+
+test('resolveStringCount: falls back to 4 for bass arrangement', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove /bass/i test → bass charts get 6 strings; 5th/6th string
+    // material slots are undefined and T.WebGLRenderer calls throw.
+    assert.strictEqual(
+        fns().resolveStringCount({ songInfo: { arrangement: 'Bass' } }, 6),
+        4,
+        'arrangement containing "Bass" must fall back to 4 strings');
+});
+
+test('resolveStringCount: defaults to NSTR=6 when bundle has no string info', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(fns().resolveStringCount({}, 6), 6);
+});
+
+// ── _NOTE_NAMES_SHARP ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_NOTE_NAMES_SHARP: 12 entries, correct spot values', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove 'F#' → midiToPitchLabel returns 'G' for F# notes; tuner wrong.
+    const n = fns()._NOTE_NAMES_SHARP;
+    assert.strictEqual(n.length, 12, 'chromatic octave must have 12 entries');
+    assert.strictEqual(n[0], 'C');
+    assert.strictEqual(n[6], 'F#', 'index 6 must be F#');
+    assert.strictEqual(n[11], 'B');
+});
+
+// ── _baseOpenStringMidis ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_baseOpenStringMidis: 4-string bass returns standard bass4 tuning', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove sc===4 && isBass branch → returns guitar4 slice instead.
+    const result = fns()._baseOpenStringMidis(4, 'Bass');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(result, [28, 33, 38, 43],
+        '4-string bass must use standard E-A-D-G bass open-string MIDIs');
+});
+
+test('_baseOpenStringMidis: 6-string default returns guitar6 tuning', () => {
+    const result = fns()._baseOpenStringMidis(6, 'Lead');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(result, [40, 45, 50, 55, 59, 64]);
+});
+
+// ── _midiToPitchLabel ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_midiToPitchLabel: MIDI 60 = C4, MIDI 69 = A4', () => {
+    // Mutation: remove "- 1" from octave calc → C4 becomes C5.
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._midiToPitchLabel(60), 'C4',
+        'MIDI 60 is middle C (C4); the "- 1" octave offset is required');
+    assert.strictEqual(fns()._midiToPitchLabel(69), 'A4',
+        'MIDI 69 is concert A (A4)');
+});
+
+// ── _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('_openStringPitchLabelsForTuning: standard guitar in E returns correct labels', () => {
+    // Smoke: 6 zero-offset strings with guitar6 MIDI base. maxStrings=6 passed explicitly
+    // (mirrors the delegator in screen.js which supplies MAX_RENDER_STRINGS).
+    const labels = fns()._openStringPitchLabelsForTuning(
+        { tuning: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], capo: 0, stringCount: 6 },
+        { arrangement: 'Lead' },
+        6,
+        6, // maxStrings
+    );
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(labels, ['E2', 'A2', 'D3', 'G3', 'B3', 'E4'],
+        'standard guitar open-string labels must be E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4');
+});
+
+// ── _ssActive / _ssIsCanvasFocused — source-scan ─────────────────────────────
+
+test('_ssActive reads window.feedBackSplitscreen live', () => {
+    // Mutation: capture window.feedBackSplitscreen at module scope → old reference
+    // used after splitscreen enables mid-session; ss.isActive() never true.
+    assert.match(utils(), /window\.feedBackSplitscreen/,
+        '_ssActive must read window.feedBackSplitscreen without caching it');
+});
+
+test('_ssIsCanvasFocused calls _ssActive', () => {
+    // Mutation: inline _ssActive logic → test becomes two separate paths to maintain;
+    // one diverges silently.
+    assert.match(utils(), /_ssIsCanvasFocused[\s\S]{1,200}_ssActive\(\)/,
+        '_ssIsCanvasFocused must delegate to _ssActive()');
+});
+
+// ── screen.js wiring ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('screen.js imports all Cut 3 utils from src/utils.js', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src,
+        /import\s+\{[^}]*_ssActive[^}]*\}\s+from\s+['"]\.\/src\/utils\.js['"]/,
+        'screen.js must import _ssActive (and other utils) from ./src/utils.js');
+    assert.match(src, /_resolveStringCountBase/,
+        'resolveStringCount must be imported with an alias so the delegator can shadow it');
+    assert.match(src, /_h3dHexToInt/,
+        '_h3dHexToInt must appear in the utils.js import line');
+});
+
+test('screen.js delegator passes MAX_RENDER_STRINGS to resolveStringCount', () => {
+    // Mutation: delegator omits MAX_RENDER_STRINGS → resolveStringCount called with
+    // maxStrings=undefined; Math.min(sc, undefined)=NaN; string count is always NaN.
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /_resolveStringCountBase\s*\(.*MAX_RENDER_STRINGS/,
+        'delegator must supply MAX_RENDER_STRINGS so palette growth is auto-respected');
+});
+
+test('screen.js delegator passes MAX_RENDER_STRINGS to _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning', () => {
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(src, /_openStringPitchLabelsForTuningBase\s*\(.*MAX_RENDER_STRINGS/,
+        'delegator must forward MAX_RENDER_STRINGS as the maxStrings argument');
+});
+
+test('screen.js IIFE no longer declares the moved symbols', () => {
+    // Strip import lines first so we only scan the IIFE body.
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    const iife = src.replace(/^import\s+.*\n/gm, '');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+_h3dHexToInt\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redefine _h3dHexToInt');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+_ssActive\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redefine _ssActive');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /const\s+_NOTE_NAMES_SHARP\s*=/,
+        'IIFE must not redefine _NOTE_NAMES_SHARP');
+    assert.doesNotMatch(iife, /function\s+resolveStringCount\s*\(/,
+        'IIFE must not redefine resolveStringCount');
+});

tests/js/highway_3d_wide_fov.test.js

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 const SCREEN_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
-const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+const CAMERA_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'camera.js'); // h3d-carve-9
+const SCENE_INIT_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
+const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(SCENE_INIT_JS, 'utf8');
+const cameraSrc = fs.readFileSync(CAMERA_JS, 'utf8'); // h3d-carve-9: effectiveVfov/camUpdate moved here
 
 // ── Constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -53,16 +56,18 @@ test('the Hor+ start-aspect and min-vfov defaults exist', () => {
 test('effectiveVfov returns the base fov when the bridge is off/absent', () => {
     // The disabled / malformed-input guard returns `base` before any Hor+ math,
     // so normal panes are unaffected when __h3dAspectTune is missing or off.
+    // h3d-carve-9: effectiveVfov moved to src/camera.js — retarget to cameraSrc.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /function\s+effectiveVfov\s*\(\s*aspect\s*,\s*tune\s*\)\s*\{[\s\S]*?if\s*\(\s*!tune\s*\|\|\s*!tune\.enabled[\s\S]*?return\s+base\s*;/,
         'effectiveVfov must short-circuit to the base fov when disabled',
     );
 });
 
 test('effectiveVfov is a no-op at/under the start aspect', () => {
+    // h3d-carve-9: effectiveVfov moved to src/camera.js — retarget to cameraSrc.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /if\s*\(\s*aspect\s*<=\s*start\s*\)\s*return\s+base\s*;/,
         'effectiveVfov must return base when aspect <= start (no-op for normal/2x2 panes)',
     );
@@ -121,10 +126,11 @@ test('applySize caches the pane aspect for camUpdate', () => {
 });
 
 test('camUpdate resolves a per-pane tune and respects splitOnly', () => {
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate moved to src/camera.js; resolveTuneFor is DI-renamed.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
-        /const\s+_aspTune\s*=\s*_resolveTuneFor\(\s*_paneKey\s*\)\s*;[\s\S]*?_aspTune\.splitOnly\s*&&\s*!_ssActive\(\)/,
+        /const\s+_aspTune\s*=\s*resolveTuneFor\(\s*_paneKey\s*\)\s*;[\s\S]*?_aspTune\.splitOnly\s*&&\s*!_ssActive\(\)/,
-        'camUpdate must resolve the tune per pane via _resolveTuneFor(_paneKey) and gate splitOnly',
+        'camUpdate must resolve the tune per pane via resolveTuneFor(_paneKey) and gate splitOnly',
     );
 });
 
@@ -170,7 +176,8 @@ test('a Target select and pane registry drive the per-pane picker', () => {
         'the panel must build a Target <select>');
     assert.match(src, /function\s+_aspectRegisterPane\s*\(/,
         '_aspectRegisterPane must record live panes for the picker');
-    assert.match(src, /if\s*\(\s*window\.__h3dAspectPanelOpen\s*\)\s*_aspectRegisterPane\(\s*_paneKey\s*\)/,
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate moved to camera.js; fn-ref DI-renamed (no underscore).
+    assert.match(cameraSrc, /if\s*\(\s*window\.__h3dAspectPanelOpen\s*\)\s*aspectRegisterPane\(\s*_paneKey\s*\)/,
         'camUpdate must register its pane only while the tuner panel is open');
 });
 
@@ -183,9 +190,11 @@ test('panes are keyed by arrangement (stable across songs, no split-API dep)', (
         /function\s+_aspectPaneKey\s*\(\s*arrangement\s*,\s*uid\s*\)[\s\S]*?'arr:'\s*\+\s*a[\s\S]*?'pane:'\s*\+\s*uid/,
         '_aspectPaneKey must prefer arr:<name> and fall back to pane:<uid>',
     );
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate moved to camera.js; fn-ref DI-renamed (no underscore),
+    // _paneUid replaced by getPaneUid() accessor call.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
-        /const\s+_paneKey\s*=\s*_aspectPaneKey\(\s*[\s\S]*?songInfo[\s\S]*?arrangement\s*,\s*_paneUid\s*\)\s*;/,
+        /const\s+_paneKey\s*=\s*aspectPaneKey\(\s*[\s\S]*?songInfo[\s\S]*?arrangement\s*,\s*getPaneUid\(\)\s*\)\s*;/,
         'camUpdate must key the pane by arrangement (with the uid fallback)',
     );
 });
@@ -286,8 +295,9 @@ test('the panel has a dismiss (close) control', () => {
 test('camUpdate only writes cam.fov when it actually changes', () => {
     // Guarding the write avoids a per-frame updateProjectionMatrix on a steady
     // pane and keeps the disabled path free.
+    // h3d-carve-9: camUpdate moved to src/camera.js — retarget to cameraSrc.
     assert.match(
-        src,
+        cameraSrc,
         /Math\.abs\(\s*_vfov\s*-\s*cam\.fov\s*\)\s*>\s*1e-4[\s\S]*?cam\.fov\s*=\s*_vfov\s*;[\s\S]*?cam\.updateProjectionMatrix\(\)/,
         'camUpdate must guard the cam.fov write behind a change check',
     );

tests/js/highway_bend_curve.test.js

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ function loadFn(file, name) {
 // R3c: the PURE geometry/label primitives were carved out of highway.js into
 // static/js/highway-geometry.js. Same bodies, byte-for-byte — only the file moved.
 const bnvNormalizedPoints = loadFn('static/js/highway-geometry.js', 'bnvNormalizedPoints');
-const bnvSampleAt = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/screen.js', 'bnvSampleAt');
+// h3d-carve-14: bnvSampleAt moved to note-renderer.js (private helper inside createNoteRenderer)
+const bnvSampleAt = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/src/note-renderer.js', 'bnvSampleAt');
 
 // ── bnvNormalizedPoints (2D) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 

tests/js/highway_chart_transform.test.js

@@ -331,7 +331,12 @@ test('default 2D draw path prefers the staged views (drawNotes/drawChords/drawSu
 });
 
 test('highway_3d nut labels prefer the transform-aware bundle tuning/capo', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js'), 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-3: _openStringPitchLabelsForTuning (let tuning / let cap) moved to src/utils.js
+    const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
+    const UTILS_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'utils.js');
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js'), 'utf8')
+              + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8')
+              + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(UTILS_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(src, /let tuning = Array\.isArray\(bundle\.tuning\) \? bundle\.tuning : \(songInfo && songInfo\.tuning\)/,
         'label derivation reads a well-formed bundle.tuning first, songInfo otherwise');
     assert.match(src, /let cap = bundle\.capo;/,

tests/js/highway_chord_harmony.test.js

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ function loadFn(file, name) {
 // R3c: the PURE geometry/label primitives were carved out of highway.js into
 // static/js/highway-geometry.js. Same bodies, byte-for-byte — only the file moved.
 const labels2D = loadFn('static/js/highway-geometry.js', 'chordHarmonyLabels');
-const labels3D = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/screen.js', 'chordHarmonyLabels');
+// h3d-carve-14: chordHarmonyLabels moved to note-renderer.js
+const labels3D = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/src/note-renderer.js', 'chordHarmonyLabels');
 
 for (const [name, fn] of [['2D', labels2D], ['3D', labels3D]]) {
     test(`chordHarmonyLabels (${name}) surfaces rn + voicing + caged + guideTones`, () => {

tests/js/highway_note_state.test.js

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ const highwayJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'highway.js');
 // cannot import per-instance state without two panels sharing it.
 const primitivesJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'js', 'highway-state-primitives.js');
 const highway3dJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const RENDERER_JS = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'renderer.js');
+// h3d-carve-14: V-section (drawNote) moved to note-renderer.js; tests that
+// pin its patterns must now also search note-renderer.js.
+const _h3dNoteRendererJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'note-renderer.js');
+const _h3dNoteRendererSrc = fs.readFileSync(_h3dNoteRendererJs, 'utf8');
 
 // Brace-balanced extraction (same helper shape as highway_visibility.test.js).
 function extractBlock(src, signature) {
@@ -138,7 +143,10 @@ test('default 2D renderer threads note state into drawNote / drawSustains / chor
 });
 
 test('3D highway captures bundle.getNoteState and overrides legacy hit/miss with the provider verdict', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-14: _ndGetNoteState captured in update() (screen.js); _showHit
+    // and its drawNote body are now in note-renderer.js — search both.
+    // h3d-carve-15: _ndGetNoteState / _ndHasProvider captures moved to renderer.js update()
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8') + '\n' + _h3dNoteRendererSrc + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     assert.match(src, /_ndGetNoteState\s*=\s*\(bundle\s*&&\s*typeof\s+bundle\.getNoteState\s*===\s*['"]function['"]\)\s*\?\s*bundle\.getNoteState\s*:\s*null/, 'update() must capture bundle.getNoteState into _ndGetNoteState');
     // Provider verdict wins: miss => not _showHit; otherwise provider state
     // or the legacy fallback (`hit`) plus the pre-hit ghost window preview.
@@ -146,7 +154,8 @@ test('3D highway captures bundle.getNoteState and overrides legacy hit/miss with
 });
 
 test('3D highway captures _ndHasProvider via bundle.getNoteStateProvider (feedBack#254)', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8');
+    // h3d-carve-15: _ndGetNoteState / _ndHasProvider captures moved to renderer.js update()
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8') + '\n' + _h3dNoteRendererSrc + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(RENDERER_JS, 'utf8');
     // Detect-mode behavior — verdict-window cull extension, chord-frame
     // hold floor, and the smart drawNote cull — must be gated on a real
     // provider being registered, not on the always-present bundle.

tests/js/highway_string_colors.test.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const path = require('node:path');
 
 const highwayJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'highway.js');
 const highway3dJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const sceneInitJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
 // The highway string-colour manager was carved out of app.js into its own
 // module (R3a).
 const appJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'js', 'highway-colors.js');
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ test('2D public API exposes getStringColors / setStringColors', () => {
 // ── 3D highway (plugins/highway_3d/screen.js) ─────────────────────────────
 
 test('3D adds a custom palette path + h3dBgSetStringColors setter', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8');
+    // _bgLoadSettings (lines 89-90) moved to scene-init.js in h3d-carve-16 — combine both
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8') + '\n' + fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
     assert.match(src, /window\.h3dBgSetStringColors\s*=/, 'window.h3dBgSetStringColors must be defined');
     assert.match(src, /_bgWriteGlobal\('customColors'/, 'setter must persist customColors');
     assert.match(src, /_bgWriteGlobal\('palette',\s*'custom'\)/, "setter must flip palette to 'custom'");
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@ test('3D adds a custom palette path + h3dBgSetStringColors setter', () => {
 });
 
 test('3D gem-body gradients follow the active palette (not hardcoded)', () => {
-    const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8');
+    // _recolorGemGradients + _applyPaletteToMaterials moved to scene-init.js in h3d-carve-16
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
     // The gem bodies (strings 0..5) are a baked per-vertex gradient; a custom
     // palette must recolor them, else gems/sustain/vibrato heads stay stock.
     assert.match(src, /function _recolorGemGradients\(\)/, '_recolorGemGradients must exist');

tests/js/highway_teaching_marks.test.js

@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ function loadFn(file, name) {
 // static/js/highway-geometry.js. Same bodies, byte-for-byte — only the file moved.
 const fingerLabel2D = loadFn('static/js/highway-geometry.js', 'teachingFingerLabel');
 const degreeLabel2D = loadFn('static/js/highway-geometry.js', 'teachingDegreeLabel');
-const fingerLabel3D = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/screen.js', 'teachingFingerLabel');
+// h3d-carve-14: teachingFingerLabel/Degree moved to note-renderer.js
-const degreeLabel3D = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/screen.js', 'teachingDegreeLabel');
+const fingerLabel3D = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/src/note-renderer.js', 'teachingFingerLabel');
+const degreeLabel3D = loadFn('plugins/highway_3d/src/note-renderer.js', 'teachingDegreeLabel');
 const strumGroupBuckets = loadFn('static/js/highway-draw.js', 'strumGroupBuckets');
 
 // ── teachingFingerLabel (fg) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────

tests/js/highway_visibility.test.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const path = require('node:path');
 
 const highwayJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'static', 'highway.js');
 const highway3dJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'screen.js');
+const sceneInitJs = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugins', 'highway_3d', 'src', 'scene-init.js'); // h3d-carve-16
 
 // Brace-balanced extraction so a future method that grows guards or
 // nested blocks doesn't get truncated by a naive `[^}]*\}` regex.
@@ -131,10 +132,10 @@ test('api.setVisible accepts bool / null and re-emits inline', () => {
 });
 
 test('3D Highway subscribes to highway:visibility and toggles wrap on hide', () => {
+    // initScene moved to scene-init.js in h3d-carve-16; teardown stays in screen.js
+    const sceneInitSrc = fs.readFileSync(sceneInitJs, 'utf8');
     const src = fs.readFileSync(highway3dJs, 'utf8');
-    // Scope to lifecycle blocks so unrelated / commented mentions
+    const initSceneBlock = extractBlock(sceneInitSrc, 'function initScene()');
-    // elsewhere in screen.js can't cause false positives.
-    const initSceneBlock = extractBlock(src, 'function initScene()');
     const teardownBlock = extractBlock(src, 'function teardown()');
 
     // Listener registration with the documented event name (in init).
@@ -146,23 +147,25 @@ test('3D Highway subscribes to highway:visibility and toggles wrap on hide', ()
     // Handler filters by canvas identity so splitscreen panels don't
     // hide each other's overlays — every instance receives every event
     // on the shared feedBack bus, so this gate is essential.
-    assert.match(
+    // Accept DI-rewritten form (getHighwayCanvas()) as well as original (highwayCanvas) — h3d-carve-16
-        initSceneBlock,
+    assert.ok(
-        /e\.detail\.canvas\s*!==\s*highwayCanvas/,
+        /e\.detail\.canvas\s*!==\s*highwayCanvas/.test(initSceneBlock) ||
+        /e\.detail\.canvas\s*!==\s*getHighwayCanvas\(\)/.test(initSceneBlock),
         'handler must filter on event.detail.canvas !== highwayCanvas (splitscreen-safe)',
     );
-    // Handler toggles wrap.style.display based on visible === false.
+    // Handler toggles wrap/getWrap() display based on visible === false.
-    assert.match(
+    assert.ok(
-        initSceneBlock,
+        /wrap\.style\.display\s*=\s*v\s*===\s*false\s*\?\s*['"]none['"]\s*:\s*['"]/.test(initSceneBlock) ||
-        /wrap\.style\.display\s*=\s*v\s*===\s*false\s*\?\s*['"]none['"]\s*:\s*['"]['"]/,
+        /getWrap\(\)\.style\.display\s*=\s*v\s*===\s*false\s*\?\s*['"]none['"]\s*:\s*['"]/.test(initSceneBlock),
         'handler must hide the wrap when visible === false',
     );
     // Initial-sync on bind so renderers that mount while the canvas
     // is already hidden (e.g. plugin loaded mid-splitscreen) don't
     // leave the wrap stuck in the wrong state.
-    assert.match(
+    // Accept DI-rewritten form (getHighwayCanvas()) as well as direct ref — h3d-carve-16
-        initSceneBlock,
+    assert.ok(
-        /highwayCanvas\.offsetParent\s*!==\s*null/,
+        /highwayCanvas\.offsetParent\s*!==\s*null/.test(initSceneBlock) ||
+        /getHighwayCanvas\(\)\.offsetParent\s*!==\s*null/.test(initSceneBlock),
         'initScene must compute initial visibility from local highwayCanvas (splitscreen-safe)',
     );
     // Subscribes to highway:canvas-replaced so the identity gate
@@ -173,9 +176,10 @@ test('3D Highway subscribes to highway:visibility and toggles wrap on hide', ()
         /window\.feedBack\.on\(\s*['"]highway:canvas-replaced['"]/,
         'initScene must track canvas swaps so the visibility gate keeps matching',
     );
-    assert.match(
+    // Accept DI-rewritten form for canvas-replaced handler — h3d-carve-16
-        initSceneBlock,
+    assert.ok(
-        /highwayCanvas\s*=\s*e\.detail\.newCanvas/,
+        /highwayCanvas\s*=\s*e\.detail\.newCanvas/.test(initSceneBlock) ||
+        /setHighwayCanvas\(\s*e\.detail\.newCanvas\s*\)/.test(initSceneBlock),
         'canvas-replaced handler must update the local highwayCanvas reference',
     );
     // Teardown unbinds both listeners.

tests/js/loop_restart.test.js

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ function buildSandbox() {
         playClick: () => {},
         showCountOverlay: () => {},
         hideCountOverlay: () => {},
+        // beginCount sizes the count to the bar at loop A; the wrap-path
+        // assertions below don't depend on how many clicks it decides on.
+        // Covered directly in count_in_beats.test.js.
+        countInBeats: () => 4,
 
         // Stubbed DOM access. Anything querying for a button just gets a
         // permissive object that ignores writes.

tests/js/vocal_calibration_handoff.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+// Tests: vocals path + input_setup vocal-calibration handoff.
+//
+// Failure input for INSTRUMENTS absence: instrument id 'vocals' not in the map
+//   → wizard queue filters it out and the step is silently skipped.
+// Failure input for facade absent: window.feedBack.vocalCalibration undefined
+//   → Calibrate click must NOT throw and must call advance (via setTimeout).
+// Failure input for facade present: vocalCalibration.launch never called
+//   → missed the vocals branch, fell through to noteDetect path.
+
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const vm = require('node:vm');
+
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
+const SCREEN_JS = path.join(ROOT, 'plugins', 'input_setup', 'screen.js');
+const VOCALS_PATH = path.join(ROOT, 'data', 'progression', 'paths', 'vocals.json');
+
+// ── helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function makeEl(tag, attrs) {
+    const el = {
+        tagName: (tag || 'DIV').toUpperCase(),
+        id: (attrs && attrs.id) || '',
+        className: '',
+        innerHTML: '',
+        textContent: '',
+        disabled: false,
+        hidden: false,
+        style: {},
+        children: [],
+        __handlers: {},
+        getAttribute(a) { return this[a] != null ? String(this[a]) : null; },
+        setAttribute(a, v) { this[a] = v; },
+        addEventListener(type, fn) {
+            (this.__handlers[type] || (this.__handlers[type] = [])).push(fn);
+        },
+        click() { (this.__handlers.click || []).forEach((fn) => fn()); },
+        _fire(type, arg) { (this.__handlers[type] || []).forEach((fn) => fn(arg)); },
+        appendChild(child) { this.children.push(child); return child; },
+        remove() {},
+        querySelector(sel) { return _qs(this, sel); },
+        querySelectorAll(sel) { const h = _qs(this, sel); return h ? [h] : []; },
+        get value() { return this._value || ''; },
+        set value(v) { this._value = v; },
+    };
+    // Rebuild querySelector list on innerHTML set via a simple data-attr stub.
+    // We patch innerHTML so the wizard's shell() and body replacements work.
+    let _html = '';
+    Object.defineProperty(el, 'innerHTML', {
+        get() { return _html; },
+        set(v) {
+            _html = v;
+            // Harvest known data-attrs the wizard queries after setting innerHTML.
+            el._namedChildren = {};
+            const RE = /data-([\w-]+)/g;
+            let m;
+            while ((m = RE.exec(v)) !== null) {
+                const key = m[1];
+                if (!el._namedChildren[key]) {
+                    const child = makeEl('div', {});
+                    child._attr = `data-${key}`;
+                    child.className = '';
+                    el._namedChildren[key] = child;
+                }
+            }
+        },
+    });
+    return el;
+}
+
+function _qs(el, sel) {
+    // Support [data-is-*] selectors used by the wizard.
+    const m = sel.match(/^\[data-([\w-]+)\]$/);
+    if (!m) return null;
+    if (el._namedChildren) return el._namedChildren[m[1]] || null;
+    return null;
+}
+
+function makeDocument(extraById) {
+    const byId = Object.assign({}, extraById || {});
+    return {
+        createElement(tag) { return makeEl(tag, {}); },
+        getElementById(id) { return byId[id] || null; },
+        body: makeEl('body', {}),
+    };
+}
+
+function loadScreenJs(windowOverrides) {
+    const code = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    // The IIFE runs in the global scope — bare `document`, `setTimeout`, etc.
+    // must be top-level context properties, not nested under `window`.
+    const doc = (windowOverrides && windowOverrides.document) || makeDocument();
+    let _timeoutFn = null;
+    const timeoutImpl = (windowOverrides && windowOverrides.setTimeout)
+        || function(fn, _ms) { fn(); };
+
+    const clearTimeoutImpl = (windowOverrides && windowOverrides.clearTimeout) || function(_id) {};
+
+    const ctx = {
+        window: Object.assign({
+            feedBack: {
+                capabilities: null,
+                midiInput: null,
+                vocalCalibration: undefined,
+            },
+            feedBackInputSetup: undefined,
+            noteDetect: undefined,
+        }, windowOverrides),
+        document: doc,
+        localStorage: (() => {
+            const store = {};
+            return {
+                getItem(k) { return store[k] != null ? store[k] : null; },
+                setItem(k, v) { store[k] = String(v); },
+                removeItem(k) { delete store[k]; },
+            };
+        })(),
+        fetch() { return Promise.resolve({ ok: true }); },
+        setTimeout: timeoutImpl,
+        clearTimeout: clearTimeoutImpl,
+        console,
+    };
+    vm.createContext(ctx);
+    vm.runInContext(code, ctx);
+    return ctx.window;
+}
+
+// ── 1. vocals.json shape ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('vocals.json exists and has correct id, name, icon, and 5 levels', () => {
+    const raw = fs.readFileSync(VOCALS_PATH, 'utf8');
+    const json = JSON.parse(raw);
+    assert.equal(json.id, 'vocals');
+    assert.equal(json.name, 'Vocals');
+    assert.ok(json.icon, 'icon field must be present');
+    assert.equal(typeof json.order, 'number');
+    assert.equal(json.levels.length, 5);
+    // Every challenge id must be namespaced under vocals.*
+    for (const lvl of json.levels) {
+        assert.ok(Number.isInteger(lvl.level), 'level must be integer');
+        assert.ok(Array.isArray(lvl.challenges), 'challenges must be array');
+        for (const ch of lvl.challenges) {
+            assert.ok(ch.id.startsWith('vocals.'), `challenge id must start with vocals.: ${ch.id}`);
+        }
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 2. INSTRUMENTS map contains vocals ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+test('screen.js INSTRUMENTS includes vocals with mode audio', () => {
+    const w = loadScreenJs();
+    // feedBackInputSetup.status should return a status object including vocals.
+    const status = w.feedBackInputSetup.status(['vocals']);
+    assert.ok('vocals' in status, 'vocals must appear in status output — meaning INSTRUMENTS has it');
+    assert.equal(status.vocals, 'needs-setup', 'fresh window → vocals needs-setup');
+});
+
+// ── 3. vocalCalibration facade absent → fallback notice, no throw ─────────────
+
+test('renderAudioPanel for vocals falls back gracefully when vocalCalibration is absent', async () => {
+    // Override setTimeout to capture the delay+advance without waiting.
+    let timeoutFn = null;
+    const w = loadScreenJs({
+        feedBack: {
+            capabilities: null,
+            midiInput: null,
+            vocalCalibration: undefined, // absent
+        },
+        // setTimeout override — loadScreenJs reads it as the top-level ctx.setTimeout.
+        setTimeout(fn, _ms) { timeoutFn = fn; },
+    });
+
+    // We need a host element. wire a minimal one.
+    const hostEl = makeEl('div', {});
+
+    // We'll call mount() directly — it returns a promise that resolves to
+    // {completed, skipped}. Because capabilities is null, the domain owner
+    // registration is skipped, and the wizard just renders panels.
+    const mountPromise = w.feedBackInputSetup.mount(hostEl, { instruments: ['vocals'] });
+
+    // At this point renderAudioPanel has been called, which is async — wait a tick.
+    await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+    // The shell sets innerHTML which populates _namedChildren with data-is-cal.
+    const calBtn = hostEl._namedChildren && hostEl._namedChildren['is-cal'];
+    assert.ok(calBtn, 'Calibrate button must be rendered for vocals audio panel');
+
+    // Click the Calibrate button — should NOT throw.
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => calBtn.click());
+
+    // A setTimeout should have been scheduled (the fallback path), and the
+    // data-is-body should now hold the notice text.
+    assert.ok(timeoutFn, 'fallback must schedule a setTimeout to auto-advance');
+
+    // Fire the timeout — advances the wizard which resolves the promise.
+    timeoutFn();
+    const result = await mountPromise;
+    // Compare primitives to avoid cross-realm Array.prototype issues (VM context).
+    assert.equal(result.completed.length, 1, 'fallback must mark vocals completed');
+    assert.equal(result.completed[0], 'vocals', 'completed[0] must be vocals');
+});
+
+// ── 3b. double-click guard: second click must NOT queue a second advance ───────
+// Failure input: vocalCalibration absent, instruments ['vocals','guitar'],
+//   two clicks on Calibrate before the 1800ms timer fires.
+// Without guard: two timers queued → second fires on guitar panel → idx
+//   increments past guitar → finish() prematurely → guitar silently dropped.
+
+test('double-click on fallback Calibrate does not double-advance the wizard', async () => {
+    const timers = [];
+    const w = loadScreenJs({
+        feedBack: { capabilities: null, midiInput: null, vocalCalibration: undefined },
+        setTimeout(fn, _ms) { timers.push(fn); },
+    });
+
+    // Two-instrument queue: vocals then guitar (guitar has noteDetect absent too,
+    // so it would also auto-advance — but we only care about the vocals panel here).
+    const hostEl = makeEl('div', {});
+    // Mount with ['vocals'] only so we can isolate the guard without needing a
+    // full multi-panel render (guitar panel is MIDI-unrelated complexity).
+    // The guard must prevent a second timer from being queued at all.
+    const mountPromise = w.feedBackInputSetup.mount(hostEl, { instruments: ['vocals'] });
+    await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+    const calBtn = hostEl._namedChildren && hostEl._namedChildren['is-cal'];
+    assert.ok(calBtn, 'button must exist');
+
+    // Two rapid clicks.
+    calBtn.click();
+    calBtn.click();
+
+    // Only ONE timer must have been queued (button disabled after first click).
+    assert.equal(timers.length, 1, 'double-click must only queue one advance timer — input: two clicks before timer fires');
+
+    timers[0]();
+    const result = await mountPromise;
+    assert.equal(result.completed.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(result.completed[0], 'vocals');
+});
+
+// ── 3c. Calibrate-then-Skip stale-timer bug (Creed finding) ──────────────────
+// Failure input: vocalCalibration absent, ['vocals'] queue, user clicks
+//   Calibrate (queues 1800ms timer) then clicks Skip before timer fires.
+// Without fix: Skip calls advance('vocals', false) → wizard resolves, then
+//   the stale timer fires advance('vocals', true) → completed array mutated
+//   AFTER promise settled → result.completed gains 'vocals' retroactively;
+//   with a 2-instrument queue, idx is also double-incremented, dropping the
+//   next instrument from both lists.
+// Fix: _activeCleanup = () => clearTimeout(_timerId) — advance() drains it.
+
+test('Skip before fallback timer fires cancels the timer — no stale advance', async () => {
+    const timers = []; // collect scheduled timers without auto-firing
+    const cancelled = [];
+    const w = loadScreenJs({
+        feedBack: { capabilities: null, midiInput: null, vocalCalibration: undefined },
+        setTimeout(fn, _ms) { const id = timers.length; timers.push(fn); return id; },
+        clearTimeout(id) { cancelled.push(id); timers[id] = null; },
+    });
+
+    const hostEl = makeEl('div', {});
+    const mountPromise = w.feedBackInputSetup.mount(hostEl, { instruments: ['vocals'] });
+    await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+    const calBtn = hostEl._namedChildren && hostEl._namedChildren['is-cal'];
+    assert.ok(calBtn, 'Calibrate button must exist');
+
+    // Step 1: click Calibrate — queues the 1800ms timer
+    calBtn.click();
+    assert.equal(timers.length, 1, 'one timer must be queued after Calibrate');
+
+    // Step 2: click Skip BEFORE the timer fires
+    const skipBtn = hostEl._namedChildren && hostEl._namedChildren['is-skip'];
+    assert.ok(skipBtn, 'Skip button must exist');
+    skipBtn.click();
+
+    // The promise resolves via Skip's advance('vocals', false)
+    const result = await mountPromise;
+
+    // vocals must be in skipped, NOT completed
+    assert.equal(result.skipped.length, 1, 'vocals must be skipped');
+    assert.equal(result.skipped[0], 'vocals');
+    assert.equal(result.completed.length, 0, 'completed must be empty after skip');
+
+    // The timer must have been cancelled — input that FAILS without the fix:
+    // if clearTimeout was NOT called, firing the stale timer now would mutate
+    // the completed array retrospectively.
+    assert.ok(cancelled.length > 0, 'clearTimeout must be called — stale timer must be cancelled');
+
+    // Verify: firing the (now-cancelled) timer is a no-op (timers[0] nulled out)
+    if (timers[0] !== null) {
+        // If the fix is missing, this would push 'vocals' into completed
+        timers[0]();
+        assert.equal(result.completed.length, 0, 'stale timer must not mutate completed after skip');
+    }
+});
+
+// ── 4. vocalCalibration facade present → launch() called, not noteDetect ──────
+
+test('renderAudioPanel for vocals calls vocalCalibration.launch when facade present', async () => {
+    let launchArgs = null;
+    const facade = {
+        version: 1,
+        launch(args) { launchArgs = args; },
+    };
+
+    const w = loadScreenJs({
+        feedBack: {
+            capabilities: null,
+            midiInput: null,
+            vocalCalibration: facade,
+        },
+    });
+
+    let noteDetectCalled = false;
+    w.noteDetect = {
+        launchCalibration() { noteDetectCalled = true; },
+    };
+
+    const hostEl = makeEl('div', {});
+    const mountPromise = w.feedBackInputSetup.mount(hostEl, { instruments: ['vocals'] });
+    await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+    const calBtn = hostEl._namedChildren && hostEl._namedChildren['is-cal'];
+    assert.ok(calBtn, 'Calibrate button must be rendered');
+    calBtn.click();
+
+    assert.ok(launchArgs, 'vocalCalibration.launch must have been called');
+    assert.equal(launchArgs.requester, 'input_setup');
+    assert.equal(typeof launchArgs.onDone, 'function');
+    assert.equal(typeof launchArgs.onCancel, 'function');
+    assert.equal(noteDetectCalled, false, 'noteDetect.launchCalibration must NOT be called for vocals');
+
+    // Simulate the facade calling onDone to settle the promise.
+    launchArgs.onDone({ latencyMs: 12, range: null, noiseFloorDb: null, micStatus: 'ok' });
+    const result = await mountPromise;
+    assert.equal(result.completed.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(result.completed[0], 'vocals');
+});
+
+// ── 5. _inputSetupRelaunch fallback includes 'vocals' (F2) ───────────────────
+// Failure input: window._inputSetupRelaunch called when fetch('/api/progression')
+//   rejects — the fallback instrument list must include 'vocals' or Settings
+//   re-calibration silently skips it.
+
+test('_inputSetupRelaunch fallback list includes vocals when API call fails', () => {
+    let launchedWith = null;
+    const w = loadScreenJs({
+        feedBack: { capabilities: null, midiInput: null, vocalCalibration: undefined },
+        // Reject the fetch to trigger the fallback path.
+        fetch() { return Promise.reject(new Error('network error')); },
+    });
+    // Patch launch() to capture the instruments without spinning up a full overlay.
+    w.feedBackInputSetup._captureNextLaunch = (list) => { launchedWith = list; };
+    // We can't easily intercept the internal `launch()` from outside the IIFE.
+    // Instead, verify the status API: after _inputSetupRelaunch is awaited,
+    // the fallback list is ['guitar','bass','vocals','keys','drums'] by reading
+    // the source directly (static code check via the status call on each).
+    // The definitive check: call status() for 'vocals' — it must be in INSTRUMENTS.
+    const status = w.feedBackInputSetup.status(['vocals', 'guitar', 'bass', 'keys', 'drums']);
+    assert.ok('vocals' in status, 'vocals must be in the status map — confirming INSTRUMENTS includes it');
+    // Structural read: _inputSetupRelaunch is a closure we cannot easily inspect,
+    // but the bug was the string literal ['guitar','bass','keys','drums'].
+    // Verify by reading the source file for the fixed literal.
+    const src = fs.readFileSync(SCREEN_JS, 'utf8');
+    assert.ok(
+        src.includes("'guitar', 'bass', 'vocals', 'keys', 'drums'") ||
+        src.includes("'guitar','bass','vocals','keys','drums'"),
+        "fallback list must include 'vocals' — input: /api/progression fetch failure"
+    );
+});
+
+// ── 6. button label keys off vocalCalibration for vocals (F3) ─────────────────
+// Failure input: vocalCalibration present but noteDetect absent.
+//   Without fix: label reads 'Continue' (keyed off hasDetector=false).
+//   With fix: label reads 'Calibrate' (keyed off hasVocalCal=true).
+
+test('Calibrate button shows Calibrate when vocalCalibration present and noteDetect absent', async () => {
+    const facade = { version: 1, launch(_args) {} };
+    const w = loadScreenJs({
+        feedBack: { capabilities: null, midiInput: null, vocalCalibration: facade },
+        // noteDetect is absent — without F3 fix, label would be 'Continue'
+    });
+    // noteDetect deliberately not set
+
+    const hostEl = makeEl('div', {});
+    w.feedBackInputSetup.mount(hostEl, { instruments: ['vocals'] });
+    await new Promise((r) => setImmediate(r));
+
+    // The shell sets innerHTML; we check the captured HTML for the button label.
+    // The innerHTML of hostEl reflects the last shell() call.
+    const html = hostEl.innerHTML || '';
+    assert.ok(
+        html.includes('Calibrate'),
+        'button must read Calibrate when vocalCalibration present (even if noteDetect absent) — input: facade present, noteDetect absent'
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+        html.includes('>Continue<'),
+        false,
+        'must NOT read Continue when vocalCalibration is present'
+    );
+});

tests/plugins/career/conftest.py

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class FakeMetaDb:
         self.conn.execute(
             """CREATE TABLE songs (
                    filename TEXT, title TEXT, artist TEXT,
-                   genre TEXT DEFAULT '', arrangements TEXT
+                   genre TEXT DEFAULT '', arrangements TEXT,
+                   tuning_name TEXT DEFAULT '', tuning_sort_key INTEGER DEFAULT 0
                )"""
         )
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class FakeMetaDb:
                            last_played_at, seconds_total))
         if in_library:
             self.conn.execute(
-                "INSERT INTO songs SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?, ? WHERE NOT EXISTS "
+                "INSERT INTO songs SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, '', 0 WHERE NOT EXISTS "
                 "(SELECT 1 FROM songs WHERE filename = ?)",
                 (filename, filename.replace(".feedpak", "").title(), "Test Artist",
                  genre,
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ class FakeMetaDb:
                  filename))
         self.conn.commit()
 
-    def add_song_only(self, filename, genre=""):
+    def add_song_only(self, filename, genre="", tuning_name=""):
         """A library song with no plays — feeds the genre (brochure) list."""
-        self.conn.execute("INSERT INTO songs VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+        self.conn.execute("INSERT INTO songs VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 0)",
-                          (filename, filename, "Test Artist", genre, None))
+                          (filename, filename, "Test Artist", genre, None, tuning_name))
         self.conn.commit()
 
 

tests/test_career_gig_tuning.py

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""Tests for career gig tuning preference filtering (feedBack career-gig-tuning)."""
+import importlib
+import sys
+import types
+import pytest
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers to import the career routes module in isolation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _load_routes():
+    """Import plugins/career/routes.py with minimal stubs for non-fastapi deps."""
+    import importlib.util, pathlib
+
+    path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / "plugins" / "career" / "routes.py"
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("career_routes_test", path)
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    # Stub out lib.* deps only — fastapi IS installed and must not be stubbed
+    lib_stubs = ["lib.song", "lib.audio", "lib.sloppak"]
+    for s in lib_stubs:
+        if s not in sys.modules:
+            sys.modules[s] = types.ModuleType(s)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    return mod
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def career():
+    return _load_routes()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# _tuning_ok_fn — classification logic
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestTuningOkFn:
+    def test_any_returns_none(self, career):
+        assert career._tuning_ok_fn("any") is None
+
+    def test_empty_returns_none(self, career):
+        assert career._tuning_ok_fn("") is None
+
+    def test_unknown_returns_none(self, career):
+        assert career._tuning_ok_fn("bogus") is None
+
+    def test_standard_matches_e_standard(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("standard")
+        assert fn("E Standard") is True
+
+    def test_standard_matches_eb_standard(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("standard")
+        assert fn("Eb Standard") is True
+
+    def test_standard_rejects_drop_d(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("standard")
+        assert not fn("Drop D")
+
+    def test_standard_rejects_empty(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("standard")
+        assert not fn("")
+
+    def test_drop_matches_drop_d(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("drop")
+        assert fn("Drop D") is True
+
+    def test_drop_matches_double_drop_d(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("drop")
+        assert fn("Double Drop D") is True
+
+    def test_drop_rejects_e_standard(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("drop")
+        assert not fn("E Standard")
+
+    def test_drop_rejects_empty(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("drop")
+        assert not fn("")
+
+    def test_specific_exact_match(self, career):
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("specific:Open G")
+        assert fn("Open G") is True
+        assert not fn("Open A")
+
+    def test_specific_empty_value_returns_none(self, career):
+        # "specific:" with no value is degenerate — treated as any (None)
+        assert career._tuning_ok_fn("specific:") is None
+
+    def test_specific_too_long_returns_none(self, career):
+        assert career._tuning_ok_fn("specific:" + "x" * 65) is None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# _fill_genre_songs — tuning filter forwarded correctly
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TestFillGenreSongs:
+    """Smoke-test that _fill_genre_songs respects tuning_ok."""
+
+    def _patch_db(self, career, rows):
+        fake_db = types.SimpleNamespace(
+            conn=types.SimpleNamespace(execute=lambda q: types.SimpleNamespace(fetchall=lambda: rows))
+        )
+        career._state["meta_db"] = fake_db
+
+    def test_no_filter_returns_all(self, career):
+        rows = [
+            ("a.sloppak", "Song A", "Artist", "rock", "E Standard"),
+            ("b.sloppak", "Song B", "Artist", "rock", "Drop D"),
+        ]
+        self._patch_db(career, rows)
+        result = career._fill_genre_songs("rock", set(), 10, tuning_ok=None)
+        assert len(result) == 2
+
+    def test_standard_filter_excludes_drop(self, career):
+        rows = [
+            ("a.sloppak", "Song A", "Artist", "rock", "E Standard"),
+            ("b.sloppak", "Song B", "Artist", "rock", "Drop D"),
+        ]
+        self._patch_db(career, rows)
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("standard")
+        result = career._fill_genre_songs("rock", set(), 10, tuning_ok=fn)
+        assert len(result) == 1
+        assert result[0]["filename"] == "a.sloppak"
+
+    def test_empty_result_when_no_match(self, career):
+        rows = [("a.sloppak", "Song A", "Artist", "rock", "Drop D")]
+        self._patch_db(career, rows)
+        fn = career._tuning_ok_fn("standard")
+        result = career._fill_genre_songs("rock", set(), 10, tuning_ok=fn)
+        assert result == []

tests/test_progression.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ BUNDLED_CONTENT = REPO_ROOT / "data" / "progression"
 def test_bundled_content_loads_clean():
     content, warnings = load_content(BUNDLED_CONTENT)
     assert warnings == []
-    assert set(content["paths"]) == {"guitar", "bass", "drums", "keys"}
+    assert set(content["paths"]) == {"guitar", "bass", "drums", "keys", "vocals"}
     assert content["challenge_index"]
     assert content["quests"]["daily"]["count"] == 3
     assert content["quests"]["weekly"]["count"] == 2

tests/test_scan_prune_guard.py

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+"""Scan prune guard — background_scan() must refuse to prune when the listing looks
+degraded (feedBack#P1-libpurge).
+
+Three cases:
+
+Case A — zero listing (original guard):
+    Failing input: dlc dir completely empty, songs table has 1 row.
+    Without guard: delete_missing({}) fires → all rows deleted.
+    With guard:    scan aborts with stage='error', row survives.
+
+Case B — partial listing (Creed r1 HIGH):
+    Failing input: DB has 2 rows, dlc dir shows only 1 file (neither DB row visible).
+    Without guard: delete_missing prunes both invisible rows → catastrophic loss.
+    With guard:    would_remove(2) >= threshold(1) → stage='error', both rows survive.
+
+Case C — full rescan bypass:
+    Same partial-degraded setup, but scan.kick_scan(allow_mass_prune=True).
+    Guard logs a warning and proceeds; delete_missing runs normally.
+"""
+import importlib
+import sys
+import unittest.mock as mock
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def prune_guard_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch, reset_scan_state):
+    """Isolated scan env with seeding mocked out, in-process executor, pre-populated DB."""
+    import concurrent.futures
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CONFIG_DIR", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DLC_DIR", raising=False)
+
+    # Empty dlc dir — no feedpak/sloppak/wem files anywhere
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "config.json").write_text('{"dlc_dir": "%s"}' % dlc)
+
+    # Mock out builtin seeding so the dlc dir stays empty (simulates a RO FUSE
+    # mount where seed writes fail silently and the listing returns nothing).
+    monkeypatch.setattr("builtin_content.seed_builtin_diagnostic_sloppaks",
+                        lambda *a, **kw: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("builtin_content.seed_builtin_starter_content",
+                        lambda *a, **kw: None)
+
+    sys.modules.pop("server", None)
+    mod = importlib.import_module("server")
+
+    import scan as scan_mod
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        scan_mod, "_make_scan_executor",
+        lambda: concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1),
+    )
+
+    yield mod, scan_mod
+
+    conn = getattr(getattr(mod, "meta_db", None), "conn", None)
+    if conn is not None:
+        getattr(sys.modules.get("server"), "_join_background_db_threads", lambda: None)()
+        conn.close()
+
+
+def test_empty_listing_refuses_prune_when_db_nonempty(prune_guard_env):
+    """background_scan() with 0 discovered songs + 1 DB row → stage=error, row survives.
+
+    Failing input: dlc dir empty (no feedpak/sloppak/wem), songs table has 1 row.
+    Expected:      row count unchanged, scan_status['stage'] == 'error'.
+    """
+    mod, scan_mod = prune_guard_env
+    import appstate
+
+    # Pre-populate the songs table with one row
+    appstate.meta_db.put(
+        "song_that_must_survive.feedpak", 12345.0, 1000,
+        {"title": "Survivor", "artist": "Test", "album": "", "duration": 1.0,
+         "tuning": "", "arrangements": [], "format": "archive"},
+    )
+    count_before = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+    assert count_before == 1, f"pre-condition: 1 row in DB, got {count_before}"
+
+    # Run scan — dlc dir is empty, seeding mocked → listing finds 0 songs
+    scan_mod.background_scan()
+
+    count_after = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+
+    assert count_after == count_before, (
+        f"prune guard must refuse delete_missing when listing returns 0 songs; "
+        f"DB had {count_before} row(s), now has {count_after}"
+    )
+    assert scan_mod._scan_status["stage"] == "error", (
+        f"scan must set stage='error' when the guard fires, "
+        f"got {scan_mod._scan_status['stage']!r}"
+    )
+    assert scan_mod._scan_status["error"] is not None, "error message must be set"
+
+
+# ── Case B: partial listing (Creed r1 HIGH) ───────────────────────────────────
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def partial_prune_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch, reset_scan_state):
+    """DB has 2 rows (neither on disk), dlc dir shows 1 unrelated visible file."""
+    import concurrent.futures
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CONFIG_DIR", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DLC_DIR", raising=False)
+
+    dlc = tmp_path / "dlc"
+    dlc.mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "config.json").write_text('{"dlc_dir": "%s"}' % dlc)
+
+    # One visible .feedpak file on disk — makes current_files non-empty so the
+    # old zero-listing guard would not fire, but both DB rows are absent.
+    import zipfile
+    visible = dlc / "only-visible.feedpak"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(visible, "w") as zf:
+        zf.writestr("manifest.yaml", "title: Visible\nartist: Test\n")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("builtin_content.seed_builtin_diagnostic_sloppaks",
+                        lambda *a, **kw: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("builtin_content.seed_builtin_starter_content",
+                        lambda *a, **kw: None)
+
+    sys.modules.pop("server", None)
+    mod = importlib.import_module("server")
+
+    import scan as scan_mod
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        scan_mod, "_make_scan_executor",
+        lambda: concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1),
+    )
+
+    yield mod, scan_mod
+
+    conn = getattr(getattr(mod, "meta_db", None), "conn", None)
+    if conn is not None:
+        getattr(sys.modules.get("server"), "_join_background_db_threads", lambda: None)()
+        conn.close()
+
+
+def test_partial_listing_refuses_prune_when_mass_threshold_exceeded(partial_prune_env):
+    """Creed r1 HIGH: 2 DB rows absent from listing, 1 visible file → auto scan refused.
+
+    Failing input:
+        - DB: lost-one.feedpak, lost-two.feedpak (neither on disk)
+        - dlc dir: only-visible.feedpak (not in DB)
+        - Auto scan (allow_mass_prune=False)
+    Expected:
+        - Both DB rows survive (count unchanged)
+        - stage='error', error message set
+    Fails on f6e9727 (old zero-only guard): would_remove=2, current_files non-empty
+    → old guard skips → delete_missing prunes both rows.
+    """
+    mod, scan_mod = partial_prune_env
+    import appstate
+
+    _song_meta = {"title": "T", "artist": "A", "album": "", "duration": 1.0,
+                  "tuning": "", "arrangements": [], "format": "archive"}
+    appstate.meta_db.put("lost-one.feedpak", 11111.0, 500, _song_meta)
+    appstate.meta_db.put("lost-two.feedpak", 22222.0, 500, _song_meta)
+
+    count_before = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+    assert count_before == 2, f"pre-condition: 2 rows in DB, got {count_before}"
+
+    # Auto scan — allow_mass_prune stays False (default)
+    scan_mod.background_scan()
+
+    count_after = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+    assert count_after == count_before, (
+        f"mass-prune guard must refuse when would_remove={count_before - count_after} "
+        f"exceeds threshold; DB had {count_before} row(s), now has {count_after}"
+    )
+    assert scan_mod._scan_status["stage"] == "error", (
+        f"scan must set stage='error' when the guard fires, "
+        f"got {scan_mod._scan_status['stage']!r}"
+    )
+    assert scan_mod._scan_status["error"] is not None, "error message must be set"
+
+
+# ── Case C: full rescan bypasses the guard ────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_full_rescan_allows_prune_past_threshold(partial_prune_env):
+    """Full rescan (allow_mass_prune=True) proceeds even when would_remove >= threshold.
+
+    Same partial-degraded setup as Case B, but the user explicitly invoked
+    /api/rescan/full which sets allow_mass_prune=True. The guard logs a warning
+    and does not abort; delete_missing runs and prunes the absent rows.
+
+    Failing input: same as Case B.
+    Expected:      both absent rows pruned, stage='complete' (or 'scanning').
+    """
+    mod, scan_mod = partial_prune_env
+    import appstate
+
+    _song_meta = {"title": "T", "artist": "A", "album": "", "duration": 1.0,
+                  "tuning": "", "arrangements": [], "format": "archive"}
+    appstate.meta_db.put("lost-one.feedpak", 11111.0, 500, _song_meta)
+    appstate.meta_db.put("lost-two.feedpak", 22222.0, 500, _song_meta)
+
+    count_before = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+    assert count_before == 2
+
+    # Full rescan — allow_mass_prune=True (user-authorised)
+    scan_mod.background_scan(allow_mass_prune=True)
+
+    count_after = appstate.meta_db.conn.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM songs").fetchone()[0]
+    # The two absent rows are pruned; only-visible may or may not have been indexed
+    # (it has a minimal manifest so sloppak detection may skip it — that's fine,
+    # the key invariant is that the guard did NOT abort).
+    assert scan_mod._scan_status["stage"] != "error", (
+        f"full rescan must not abort on mass-prune threshold; "
+        f"got stage={scan_mod._scan_status['stage']!r}"
+    )
+    assert count_after < count_before, (
+        f"full rescan must have pruned the absent rows; "
+        f"DB had {count_before} row(s), now has {count_after}"
+    )

tests/test_sloppak_rigs_load.py

@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+"""End-to-end test for the sloppak loader recognising a `rigs:` manifest key
+(rigs.json — the pack-level library of engine-agnostic rigs, spec §7.9) and
+surfacing the payload on the LoadedSloppak.
+
+The governing posture: rig objects pass through VERBATIM. This loader does not
+select realizations or apply the `intent.gm` floor — it only makes the library
+addressable by `id`, which is what `tones.base_rig` / `tones.changes[].rig`
+reference."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+import sloppak as sloppak_mod
+
+
+def _write_dir_sloppak(root: Path, manifest_extras: dict, rigs_payload) -> Path:
+    """Minimal directory-form sloppak; writes rigs.json when a payload is given.
+
+    Unique filename per test (tmp_path leaf) so the module-level
+    resolve_source_dir cache isn't poisoned across tests."""
+    pak = root / f"{root.name}.sloppak"
+    pak.mkdir()
+    arr_dir = pak / "arrangements"
+    arr_dir.mkdir()
+    arr = {
+        "name": "Lead", "tuning": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "capo": 0,
+        "notes": [], "chords": [], "anchors": [], "handshapes": [],
+        "templates": [], "beats": [], "sections": [],
+    }
+    (arr_dir / "lead.json").write_text(json.dumps(arr))
+
+    manifest = {
+        "title": "Test", "artist": "Tester", "album": "", "year": 2026,
+        "duration": 10.0,
+        "arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"}],
+        "stems": [{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": True}],
+    }
+    manifest.update(manifest_extras)
+    (pak / "manifest.yaml").write_text(yaml.safe_dump(manifest, sort_keys=False))
+
+    if rigs_payload is not None:
+        (pak / "rigs.json").write_text(json.dumps(rigs_payload))
+    return pak
+
+
+def _load(pak_path: Path, tmp_path: Path):
+    dlc_root = pak_path.parent
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    return sloppak_mod.load_song(pak_path.name, dlc_root, cache)
+
+
+# ── Happy path ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_load_song_attaches_rigs_when_manifest_opts_in(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A source rig (spec §7.9 1.18.0) survives the load intact — including the
+    `soundfont` realization and the `intent.gm` floor a consumer needs to voice
+    the part."""
+    payload = {
+        "version": 1,
+        "rigs": [
+            {
+                "id": "grand-piano",
+                "name": "Grand Piano",
+                "instrument": "keys",
+                "blocks": [
+                    {
+                        "role": "source",
+                        "name": "Concert Grand",
+                        "intent": {"kind": "instrument", "gm": {"program": 0}},
+                        "realizations": [
+                            {"engine": "soundfont", "format": "sf2",
+                             "ref": "sounds/grand.sf2", "bank": 0, "program": 0},
+                        ],
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, payload)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.rigs is not None
+    assert loaded.rigs["version"] == 1
+    assert loaded.rigs["rigs"] == payload["rigs"]
+
+
+def test_load_song_rigs_absent_without_manifest_key(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The file alone must not opt a pack in — the manifest is the opt-in
+    (spec §9.1, "manifest opt-in, file off to the side")."""
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {}, {"version": 1, "rigs": []})
+    assert _load(pak, tmp_path).rigs is None
+
+
+# ── Verbatim passthrough ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_load_song_preserves_unknown_rig_content(tmp_path: Path):
+    """Unknown `role` / `engine` / `kind` values and `ext` namespaces MUST
+    survive (spec §7.9) — core does not interpret rigs, so it must not prune
+    what a newer writer or a plugin put there."""
+    payload = {
+        "version": 2,
+        "rigs": [
+            {
+                "id": "future-rig",
+                "blocks": [
+                    {"role": "quantum-flux", "intent": {"kind": "not-yet-invented"},
+                     "realizations": [{"engine": "some-future-engine", "ref": "x.bin"}],
+                     "ext": {"vendor.custom": {"anything": [1, 2, 3]}}},
+                ],
+                "graph": {"nodes": ["input", "output"], "edges": [["input", "output"]]},
+                "ext": {"vendor.rig": "kept"},
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, payload)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.rigs["version"] == 2
+    assert loaded.rigs["rigs"] == payload["rigs"]
+
+
+# ── Addressability ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_load_song_drops_unaddressable_rigs_and_normalizes_ids(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A rig is reachable only by `id`, so entries without a usable one are
+    unreferenceable by construction. Ids are stripped to match the reference
+    side, which lib/tones.py strips before it reaches the wire."""
+    payload = {
+        "rigs": [
+            "not-a-dict",
+            {"name": "no id at all"},
+            {"id": "", "name": "blank id"},
+            {"id": "   ", "name": "whitespace id"},
+            {"id": 7, "name": "non-string id"},
+            {"id": "  padded-rig  ", "name": "Padded"},
+            {"id": "plain-rig", "name": "Plain"},
+        ],
+    }
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, payload)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert [r["id"] for r in loaded.rigs["rigs"]] == ["padded-rig", "plain-rig"]
+    # Everything except the normalized id is untouched.
+    assert loaded.rigs["rigs"][0]["name"] == "Padded"
+    # `version` defaults when the file omits it.
+    assert loaded.rigs["version"] == 1
+
+
+def test_load_song_first_rig_wins_on_duplicate_id(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A duplicate id makes `tones.base_rig` ambiguous, which would surface as
+    the wrong sound rather than an error."""
+    payload = {
+        "rigs": [
+            {"id": "dupe", "name": "First"},
+            {"id": "dupe", "name": "Second"},
+            {"id": " dupe ", "name": "Third, padded into a collision"},
+        ],
+    }
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, payload)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert len(loaded.rigs["rigs"]) == 1
+    assert loaded.rigs["rigs"][0]["name"] == "First"
+
+
+# ── Permissive posture (spec §7.9: never fail the pack) ──────────────────────
+
+def test_load_song_survives_malformed_rigs(tmp_path: Path):
+    """Malformed / missing / traversing rig libraries disable rigs, never the
+    pack — the song itself must still load."""
+    cases = [
+        {"version": 1, "rigs": "not-a-list"},   # wrong `rigs` type
+        ["top-level-not-a-dict"],               # wrong document type
+        {"version": 1},                         # no `rigs` key at all
+    ]
+    for i, payload in enumerate(cases):
+        sub = tmp_path / f"case{i}"
+        sub.mkdir()
+        pak = _write_dir_sloppak(sub, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, payload)
+        loaded = _load(pak, sub)
+        assert loaded.rigs is None, f"case {i} should disable rigs"
+        assert loaded.song is not None, f"case {i} must not fail the pack"
+
+
+def test_load_song_survives_unparseable_rigs(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, None)
+    (pak / "rigs.json").write_text("{ not json at all ")
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.rigs is None
+    assert loaded.song is not None
+
+
+def test_load_song_survives_missing_rigs_file(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "rigs.json"}, None)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.rigs is None
+    assert loaded.song is not None
+
+
+def test_load_song_rejects_traversing_rigs_path(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A crafted manifest must not read outside the pack."""
+    (tmp_path / "outside.json").write_text(json.dumps({"rigs": [{"id": "leaked"}]}))
+    pak = _write_dir_sloppak(tmp_path, {"rigs": "../outside.json"}, None)
+    loaded = _load(pak, tmp_path)
+    assert loaded.rigs is None
+    assert loaded.song is not None

tests/test_sloppak_tones_precedence.py

@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+"""Loader coverage for the manifest-vs-in-JSON `tones` precedence cascade
+(feedpak 1.18.0, spec §5.1 / §5.2).
+
+Two rules, both about *which* sound binding wins, neither about interpreting it:
+
+  - A manifest arrangement entry's `tones` replaces the arrangement JSON's
+    `tones` **WHOLESALE** — no field-level merge. A half-merged block (this
+    source's `base` with that source's `changes`) would be a sound nobody
+    authored, so the two never blend.
+  - Top-level `drum_tones` binds the song-level (primary) drum part and is the
+    fallback; a `type: drums` entry's own `tones` takes precedence, and a
+    Reader MUST NOT apply both to the same part.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+import sloppak as sloppak_mod
+
+
+IN_JSON_TONES = {
+    "base": "In-JSON Clean",
+    "base_rig": "injson-clean",
+    "changes": [{"t": 5.0, "name": "In-JSON Lead", "rig": "injson-lead"}],
+}
+ENTRY_TONES = {
+    "base": "Entry Grand",
+    "base_rig": "entry-grand",
+    "changes": [{"t": 9.0, "name": "Entry Rhodes", "rig": "entry-rhodes"}],
+}
+
+
+def _tab(name: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "version": 1,
+        "name": name,
+        "kit": [{"id": "kick", "name": "Kick"}],
+        "hits": [{"t": 1.0, "p": "kick", "v": 100}],
+    }
+
+
+def _write_pak(root: Path, manifest_extras: dict, arr_tones: dict | None = None,
+               files: dict[str, dict] | None = None) -> Path:
+    """Directory-form sloppak with one Lead arrangement, optionally carrying an
+    in-JSON `tones` block, plus any extra files."""
+    pak = root / f"{root.name}.sloppak"
+    pak.mkdir()
+    arr_dir = pak / "arrangements"
+    arr_dir.mkdir()
+    arr = {
+        "name": "Lead", "tuning": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "capo": 0,
+        "notes": [], "chords": [], "anchors": [], "handshapes": [],
+        "templates": [], "beats": [], "sections": [],
+    }
+    if arr_tones is not None:
+        arr["tones"] = arr_tones
+    (arr_dir / "lead.json").write_text(json.dumps(arr))
+
+    manifest = {
+        "title": "Test", "artist": "Tester", "album": "", "year": 2026,
+        "duration": 10.0,
+        "arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"}],
+        "stems": [{"id": "full", "file": "stems/full.ogg", "default": True}],
+    }
+    manifest.update(manifest_extras)
+    (pak / "manifest.yaml").write_text(yaml.safe_dump(manifest, sort_keys=False))
+    for rel, payload in (files or {}).items():
+        (pak / rel).write_text(json.dumps(payload))
+    return pak
+
+
+def _load(pak_path: Path, tmp_path: Path):
+    cache = tmp_path / "cache"
+    cache.mkdir()
+    return sloppak_mod.load_song(pak_path.name, pak_path.parent, cache)
+
+
+# ── Arrangement entry vs in-JSON (§5.2) ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_entry_tones_replaces_in_json_wholesale(tmp_path: Path):
+    """The entry object replaces the in-JSON one entirely — no key survives
+    from the loser, not even ones the winner doesn't define."""
+    entry_tones = {"base": "Entry Only"}          # no base_rig, no changes
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead",
+                           "file": "arrangements/lead.json",
+                           "tones": entry_tones}]},
+        arr_tones=IN_JSON_TONES,
+    )
+    arr = _load(pak, tmp_path).song.arrangements[0]
+    assert arr.tones == entry_tones
+    # The in-JSON `base_rig` and `changes` must NOT have been merged in.
+    assert "base_rig" not in arr.tones
+    assert "changes" not in arr.tones
+
+
+def test_in_json_tones_survive_when_entry_has_none(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pak(tmp_path, {}, arr_tones=IN_JSON_TONES)
+    assert _load(pak, tmp_path).song.arrangements[0].tones == IN_JSON_TONES
+
+
+def test_empty_entry_tones_is_absent_not_an_override(tmp_path: Path):
+    """`{}` reads as "didn't specify", not "override to silence" — otherwise a
+    stray empty object silently unbinds the part's sound."""
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead",
+                           "file": "arrangements/lead.json", "tones": {}}]},
+        arr_tones=IN_JSON_TONES,
+    )
+    assert _load(pak, tmp_path).song.arrangements[0].tones == IN_JSON_TONES
+
+
+def test_malformed_entry_tones_is_ignored(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A non-dict `tones` must not override, and must not crash the load."""
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"arrangements": [{"id": "lead", "name": "Lead",
+                           "file": "arrangements/lead.json",
+                           "tones": ["not", "a", "dict"]}]},
+        arr_tones=IN_JSON_TONES,
+    )
+    assert _load(pak, tmp_path).song.arrangements[0].tones == IN_JSON_TONES
+
+
+def test_entry_tones_binds_a_notation_only_arrangement(tmp_path: Path):
+    """§5.2: entry `tones` is available whether or not the arrangement has a
+    `file` — a keys part is a notation-only entry, and binding its sound is the
+    whole point of the 1.18.0 work."""
+    notation = {"version": 1, "measures": []}
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"arrangements": [{"id": "keys", "name": "Keys",
+                           "notation": "notation_keys.json",
+                           "tones": ENTRY_TONES}]},
+        files={"notation_keys.json": notation},
+    )
+    arr = _load(pak, tmp_path).song.arrangements[0]
+    assert arr.name == "Keys"
+    assert arr.tones == ENTRY_TONES
+
+
+# ── drum_tones vs entry tones (§5.1) ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_drum_tones_binds_the_primary_part(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"drum_tab": "drum_tab.json", "drum_tones": ENTRY_TONES},
+        files={"drum_tab.json": _tab("Drums")},
+    )
+    parts = _load(pak, tmp_path).drum_parts
+    assert len(parts) == 1
+    assert parts[0]["tones"] == ENTRY_TONES
+
+
+def test_entry_tones_outrank_drum_tones_on_the_primary(tmp_path: Path):
+    """An alias pointer entry naming the same file IS the primary, so its own
+    binding wins — and `drum_tones` must not also be applied."""
+    alias_tones = {"base": "Alias Kit", "base_rig": "alias-kit"}
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {
+            "drum_tab": "drum_tab.json",
+            "drum_tones": ENTRY_TONES,
+            "arrangements": [
+                {"id": "lead", "name": "Lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"},
+                {"id": "drums", "name": "Drums", "type": "drums",
+                 "drum_tab": "drum_tab.json", "tones": alias_tones},
+            ],
+        },
+        files={"drum_tab.json": _tab("Drums")},
+    )
+    parts = _load(pak, tmp_path).drum_parts
+    assert len(parts) == 1
+    assert parts[0]["tones"] == alias_tones
+
+
+def test_drum_tones_does_not_leak_to_secondary_parts(tmp_path: Path):
+    """`drum_tones` is the PRIMARY's fallback only. A second drummer with no
+    binding of its own gets None — not the primary's kit."""
+    live_tones = {"base": "Live Kit", "base_rig": "live-kit"}
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {
+            "drum_tab": "drum_tab.json",
+            "drum_tones": ENTRY_TONES,
+            "arrangements": [
+                {"id": "lead", "name": "Lead", "file": "arrangements/lead.json"},
+                {"id": "drums-live", "name": "Drums (Live)", "type": "drums",
+                 "drum_tab": "drum_tab_live.json", "tones": live_tones},
+                {"id": "drums-prog", "name": "Drums (Prog)", "type": "drums",
+                 "drum_tab": "drum_tab_prog.json"},
+            ],
+        },
+        files={
+            "drum_tab.json": _tab("Drums"),
+            "drum_tab_live.json": _tab("Drums Live"),
+            "drum_tab_prog.json": _tab("Drums Prog"),
+        },
+    )
+    parts = {p["id"]: p for p in _load(pak, tmp_path).drum_parts}
+    assert parts["drums"]["tones"] == ENTRY_TONES        # primary, from drum_tones
+    assert parts["drums-live"]["tones"] == live_tones    # own entry
+    assert parts["drums-prog"]["tones"] is None          # no binding, no leak
+
+
+def test_drum_parts_carry_none_when_pack_binds_nothing(tmp_path: Path):
+    """A pack with drums and no sound binding at all still loads, with the key
+    present and None — consumers can read `part["tones"]` unconditionally."""
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"drum_tab": "drum_tab.json"},
+        files={"drum_tab.json": _tab("Drums")},
+    )
+    parts = _load(pak, tmp_path).drum_parts
+    assert parts[0]["tones"] is None
+
+
+def test_malformed_drum_tones_is_ignored(tmp_path: Path):
+    pak = _write_pak(
+        tmp_path,
+        {"drum_tab": "drum_tab.json", "drum_tones": "not-a-dict"},
+        files={"drum_tab.json": _tab("Drums")},
+    )
+    assert _load(pak, tmp_path).drum_parts[0]["tones"] is None

tests/test_tones.py

@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ from tones import sloppak_tone_changes
 # ── sloppak_tone_changes (highway payload builder) ───────────────────────────
 
 def test_sloppak_tone_changes_sorts_and_returns_base():
-    base, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({
+    base, base_rig, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({
         "base": "Clean",
         "changes": [{"t": 12.5, "name": "Drive"}, {"t": 3.0, "name": "Clean"}],
     })
     assert base == "Clean"
+    assert base_rig == ""
     assert changes == [{"t": 3.0, "name": "Clean"}, {"t": 12.5, "name": "Drive"}]
 
 
 def test_sloppak_tone_changes_skips_malformed_markers():
-    _, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({
+    _, _, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({
         "changes": [
             {"t": "nan", "name": "BadStr"},
             {"t": float("inf"), "name": "Inf"},
@@ -29,18 +30,66 @@ def test_sloppak_tone_changes_skips_malformed_markers():
 
 
 def test_sloppak_tone_changes_handles_none_and_bad_base():
-    assert sloppak_tone_changes(None) == ("", [])
+    assert sloppak_tone_changes(None) == ("", "", [])
-    base, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({"base": 123, "changes": []})
+    base, base_rig, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({"base": 123, "changes": []})
-    assert base == "" and changes == []
+    assert base == "" and base_rig == "" and changes == []
 
 
 def test_sloppak_tone_changes_non_dict_input():
     """A truthy non-dict payload must not crash."""
-    assert sloppak_tone_changes(["not", "a", "dict"]) == ("", [])
+    assert sloppak_tone_changes(["not", "a", "dict"]) == ("", "", [])
-    assert sloppak_tone_changes("nope") == ("", [])
+    assert sloppak_tone_changes("nope") == ("", "", [])
 
 
 def test_sloppak_tone_changes_non_list_changes():
     """A truthy non-list `changes` value must not raise on iteration."""
-    base, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({"base": "Clean", "changes": 1})
+    base, _, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({"base": "Clean", "changes": 1})
     assert base == "Clean" and changes == []
+
+
+# ── rig bindings (feedpak-spec 1.18.0 §6.9) ──────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_sloppak_tone_changes_carries_rig_bindings():
+    """`base_rig` and per-change `rig` reach the wire — the binding a chart
+    declares is what core must hand the consumer that voices the part."""
+    base, base_rig, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({
+        "base": "Clean Rhythm",
+        "base_rig": "clean-rhythm",
+        "changes": [
+            {"t": 12.5, "name": "Lead Drive", "rig": "lead-drive"},
+            {"t": 48.0, "name": "Clean Rhythm", "rig": "clean-rhythm"},
+        ],
+    })
+    assert base == "Clean Rhythm"
+    assert base_rig == "clean-rhythm"
+    assert changes == [
+        {"t": 12.5, "name": "Lead Drive", "rig": "lead-drive"},
+        {"t": 48.0, "name": "Clean Rhythm", "rig": "clean-rhythm"},
+    ]
+
+
+def test_sloppak_tone_changes_omits_unusable_rig_ids():
+    """A non-string or blank `rig` is dropped rather than forwarded, so a
+    consumer can treat presence of the key as "this change binds a rig"."""
+    _, base_rig, changes = sloppak_tone_changes({
+        "base_rig": "   ",
+        "changes": [
+            {"t": 1.0, "name": "A", "rig": 7},
+            {"t": 2.0, "name": "B", "rig": ""},
+            {"t": 3.0, "name": "C", "rig": None},
+            {"t": 4.0, "name": "D", "rig": "  padded-id  "},
+        ],
+    })
+    assert base_rig == ""
+    assert changes == [
+        {"t": 1.0, "name": "A"},
+        {"t": 2.0, "name": "B"},
+        {"t": 3.0, "name": "C"},
+        {"t": 4.0, "name": "D", "rig": "padded-id"},
+    ]
+
+
+def test_sloppak_tone_changes_non_string_base_rig():
+    """A non-string `base_rig` must not crash or leak a non-id onto the wire."""
+    _, base_rig, _ = sloppak_tone_changes({"base": "Clean", "base_rig": 42})
+    assert base_rig == ""