_resolve_child_fallback_chain re-implemented hermes_cli.fallback_config's entry
validation to log per-index warnings, wrapped a pure function in try/except, and
carried two names (routing_cfg / fallback_cfg) for one argument. It now delegates
to get_fallback_chain() and keeps the single warning for "no usable routes";
the facade re-export is dropped (import from the defining module). Tests collapse
to the parametrized decision table plus the pin-derivation, real-config-loader,
review-ownership and activation invariants (22 -> 20 cases, 417 -> ~230 lines).
Three orchestrator failures traced through the Sep 7 gpt-6-astra campaign sessions:
1. delegation.independent_completions (new, default false). #104299 made every
ungrouped task its own completion message, so a 15-task call woke the
orchestrator up to 15 times; one chain received 132 notices and answered
130 of them with "already incorporated". A multi-task call now returns as
ONE consolidated message unless the flag is on; `group` is inert until then.
2. Queued units were killed before they started. Units of one call share a
pool slot but the executor was still sized by slots, so with 15 units live
a new unit queued behind a full pool; the stale monitor's clock ran from
dispatch, interrupted it at 450 s, and the child exited `interrupted 0.02s`
when its thread finally came up (13 such lanes in one session). The
executor now grows to the number of live units and the stall clock arms
when the runner actually starts.
3. The tool text said "do not wait or poll — just continue" without saying
that completions are delivered only BETWEEN turns. A model that never ends
its turn (one 203-minute turn, 717 API calls) never received 40 finished
results. Tool description, dispatch note and completion header now say to
finish independent work, give a one-line status, and end the turn.
For each issue anchor present in BASE 63279301bc non-test .py and absent on HEAD, the BASE comment/docstring block was re-attached at the HEAD location of the code it explained (matched by the distinctive code line / enclosing def). Sentences already covered by an existing HEAD comment were deduped; the issue number always survives. Insert-only: no code lines changed.