Source-side report X2HCND4X, v0.69.0, received2026-09-11T06:26:26Z. Core DRI identifies listener replacement path dropping positive hosting claim when prior relay provably dead, without checking surviving broker PTY; reconciliation does not restore absent claim for already-bound endpoint. Hosted live-agent bind is known correction; normal listener establishment preserves claim.
Next causal experiment, isolated/disposable only: establish real hosted bind and listener; verify positive hosting claim and broker session. End only listener and confirm its process gone while broker PTY/session and harness remain alive. Establish replacement listener through same public adapter flow. Assert hosting claim remains positive and remote viewer remains possible. Collect before/after claim, same broker-session identity/liveness, relay process transition, advertisement, and remote refusal or success. Control: no relay death should preserve claim. Test released v0.69.0 first; no fix, deployment, live doyle/emphasys mutation, or adapter storage dependency.
If test loses claim while PTY survives, proves core defect mechanism. Historical doyle trigger still inferred without contemporaneous before/after evidence. Keep distinction explicit.