Merge latest makepad work while preserving fork game crates and apps

Use cached transparent 2D and cube textures for unallocated optional samplers without bypassing invalid-resource, target, or framebuffer-feedback guards.

Require actual glyph draws in release smoke tests and keep shader compilation asynchronous in probe instrumentation.

AGENTS.md

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 > studio websocket bridge for all agent work. Full spec: [App Remote Control](#app-remote-control---remote).
 
 ## Execution Policy
+
+- **Designs stay local.** Design documents, plans, and reports are local files
+  (`local/agent_state/<topic>/DESIGN.md`) that lanes read from disk. Never
+  publish them to the web (no Artifacts, no hosted pages); summarize in the
+  terminal instead.
 - Launch UI programs as standalone release binaries from this checkout. Do
   not use the Studio remote bridge, `ObserveMount`, `RunItem`, or any
   `cargo-makepad studio` websocket client.
@@ -31,8 +36,56 @@
   can be run directly in the shell.
 - A standalone app's built-in screenshot/capture hook is valid for visual
   inspection.
+- **System-level screenshots are FORBIDDEN.** Never run `screencapture`,
+  `CGWindowListCreateImage`/`CGDisplayCreateImage` scripts, `xcap`,
+  `import`, `scrot`, `grim`, `xwd`, PowerShell/Win32 screen grabs, or any
+  other OS screen capture — not of the display, not of a window, not
+  "just the caption". The user's screen is private. The only image of a
+  running app you may ever take is the app's own `--remote` grab (`/g`,
+  `/gq`, `/tweak/grab`), which renders the app's own drawable and nothing
+  else. If something only shows in the OS layer (native caption buttons,
+  other apps, the desktop), ask the user for a screenshot instead of
+  taking one.
 - When adding a new example crate, update both the Cargo workspace and
   `makepad.splash`.
+- **Zero locking on the UI thread, one mechanism everywhere.** The UI
+  thread never takes a `Mutex`/`RwLock`/`Condvar` that another thread can
+  hold, and never blocks on a channel. UI → workers/audio is commands over
+  a channel (bounded, non-blocking send; a full queue is reported and
+  retried next frame). Workers/audio → UI is snapshots over atomics, a
+  triple buffer, or a channel read with `try_recv`. Large payloads (PCM,
+  stems, grids, images) travel as `Arc` through the channel; a replaced
+  payload is handed back so the UI thread does the drop, never a realtime
+  thread. A realtime callback (audio) owns its state, never takes a lock
+  the UI can hold, never allocates on the hot path. This is ONE code path
+  for native and wasm — no `cfg` fork where desktop keeps shared mutexes.
+  On wasm both the browser UI thread and the AudioWorklet thread abort on
+  `Atomics.wait`, and a spinning fallback against a busy audio callback is
+  a 100 % CPU feedback loop that kills audio and frame rate together (DJ
+  web, 2026-09-03). `lock_from_ui` is only acceptable on state provably
+  touched by the UI thread alone.
+- **Standard operating flow — who does what.** The main session (Fable)
+  designs, briefs, manages and reviews; it does not write the code itself
+  except one-line fixes. **Codex writes the code**: every implementation lane
+  is a Codex lane with a precise brief (observations, files, rules, the
+  verification commands) launched through `local/tools/delegate` /
+  `local/agent_state/webdemos/tasks/queue.sh` and landed through
+  `local/tools/integrate`. **Grok does the tests and the token-heavy work**:
+  test suites, audits, surveys, log reading, conflict resolution passes,
+  reviews of large diffs (`delegate grok` / `research-grok` / `review-grok`).
+  A Fable subagent is the exception, only for a design-level change the
+  other two cannot carry (a new platform mechanism), and it stops as soon as
+  the API is fixed so Codex can do the conversions. Keep at most six lanes
+  per provider; land everything through the integrator; the user tries the
+  result — no routine captures.
+- **No temporary threads — use the pool.** Never spawn a thread for one
+  job (`std::thread::spawn` is unsupported on wasm anyway; the platform
+  spawner works everywhere). Background work goes to the platform thread
+  pool (`cx.thread_spawner()` / the pool `TaskHandle` API) or to a
+  long-lived worker created once at start-up and fed over a channel. On
+  the web a Web Worker takes hundreds of milliseconds to come up, so a
+  per-job thread is a stall; on desktop it is still churn. One mechanism
+  on both targets.
 
 ## Standalone Launch
 1. `cargo build --release -p <package>` from this checkout.
@@ -44,6 +97,22 @@
 
 ## App Remote Control (`--remote`)
 
+> **Focus law.** A `--remote` app opens its window VISIBLE BUT UNFOCUSED and
+> stays that way: it never activates, never becomes key, and bridge clicks
+> never raise it. The user keeps typing wherever they were. Everything the
+> bridge does (grabs, `/m`, `/k`, `/t`, `/snap`) works without focus because
+> input is injected through the app's event loop, not the OS. Do not work
+> around this (`MAKEPAD_FOCUS=1` exists only for a run the user asks to see
+> in front); `MAKEPAD_NO_FOCUS=1` gives a non-remote launch the same manners.
+
+> **Who may open a visible window.** Subagent/lane verification runs HIDDEN:
+> launch with `MAKEPAD_HIDE_WINDOWS=1 <bin> --remote` — the window never
+> appears, grabs (`/g`), `/snap`, `/m`, `/k`, `/t` all still work offscreen.
+> Only the integrating session opens the one visible, unfocused window the
+> user watches; several look-alike windows on screen made the user "go
+> insane" (2026-08-26).
+
+
 Any makepad app launched with `--remote` runs a localhost HTTP server inside
 the process and prints one line before the UI appears:
 
@@ -111,6 +180,8 @@ this pattern as an executable end-to-end test across three example apps.
   `GET /gq` (or `/close` each window, then `/quit`). Never leave test windows
   on the user's screen, and never `pkill` when the protocol is available.
 - **Never touch an instance the user is running.** Launch your own.
+- **`/g` is the only camera.** No OS-level screen capture of any kind (see
+  Execution Policy) — the remote grab is what you get.
 - **A vanished window or app with `[makepad-remote] user closed …` in the log
   means the human dismissed it — it was in their way.** Do **not** treat that
   as a crash and do **not** relaunch it. The app prints
@@ -151,6 +222,59 @@ this pattern as an executable end-to-end test across three example apps.
 - **Cost when idle is zero.** The event loop only upshifts its paint clock
   while a remote request is in flight.
 
+### The TWEAKER (`/tweak/*`) — design feedback and live styling
+
+Every `--remote` app carries a design-feedback overlay (plan of record:
+repo-root `tweaker.md`; implementation: `widgets/src/tweaker.rs`). Off it
+costs nothing. On, the person (or you) points at the UI: pointer events over
+the window body are swallowed before widget dispatch — **clicking a Button in
+tweak mode outlines it and never fires it** — and the window grows a property
+sidebar next to the (compressed) app UI. Shift+F10 toggles it in-app; every edit,
+theirs or yours, lands in one shared diff log.
+
+| Route | Answer | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `/tweak` `?on=1\|0&annotate=1\|0` | `{"on":1,"annotate":0}` | toggle the overlay / the freehand draw mode (Alt-drag draws too) |
+| `/tweak/state` | `{"on":1,"sel":{path,ty,r,band},"props":[{n,v,set}],"hover":…,"diff":[…],"ann":[…]}` | the STRUCTURE feedback: pinned selection, its real reflected properties (`set:1` = explicitly applied), the edit log, annotation strokes with the widget paths they touch |
+| `/tweak/apply` (POST) | `{"ok":1,"path":…,"changed":[{path,prop,old,new}]}` | body `{"path":"a.b.c","splash":"{padding: Inset{left: 20}}"}` or the one-property shorthand `{"path":…,"prop":"draw_bg.border_radius","value":"8"}`. Evaluates the chunk onto that ONE instance through the ordinary apply machinery (`+:` merge rules intact) and triggers a full relayout. Answers after the next drawn frame |
+| `/tweak/diff` | `{"diff":[{path,prop,old,new}…]}` | the raw edit log, in order |
+| `/tweak/clear` | `{"ok":1}` | reset diff + annotations |
+| `/tweak/final` | `{"final":[…coalesced…],"ann":[…],"drew":0\|1,"png":path?}` | **read this when tweaking is done**: per (path, prop) only the original and final value, churn collapsed. When the user drew, `png` is the composited screenshot — look at it, the strokes mean something |
+| `/tweak/grab` | like `/g` | the overlay (outlines, strokes, sidebar) draws in the window's own pass, so any grab is already composited |
+
+`local/tools/tweak` wraps all of this:
+`tweak PORT on`, `tweak PORT state`, `tweak PORT apply PATH PROP VALUE`,
+`tweak PORT splash PATH 'CHUNK'`, `tweak PORT final`, …
+
+**How to listen.** Sidebar edits push to you: each one emits a marked
+`TWEAK sidebar <path> <prop> <old> -> <new>` line into the app log — the
+`/log` tail is your ear; you never poll `/tweak/state` for changes. Talk back
+on `/tweak/apply` (values or whole shader chunks) to the same selected
+instance.
+
+**Write-back (you do this part — the overlay never writes source).** When the
+session is done, take `/tweak/final` and edit the splash source:
+
+1. Resolve each entry's widget path to its DSL site: the dotted path mirrors
+   the `script_mod!` tree (`/d` shows the same ids). `-` segments are
+   anonymous containers — skip them when searching the source.
+2. Write each property at the **most specific existing site** — the widget's
+   own `name := Type{…}` block if it has one; create one only when none
+   exists.
+3. Respect the merge law: a property inside a typed sub-struct goes through
+   `+:` (`draw_bg +: { border_radius: 8 }`), never a replacing
+   `draw_bg: {…}`. Plain walk/layout values (`padding`, `margin`, `width`)
+   are set directly (`padding: Inset{left: 20}`).
+4. Values come back in source spelling (`#rrggbbaa` colors, plain numbers) —
+   paste them as-is. Mind the Rust-tokenizer hex-`e` trap in `script_mod!`:
+   `#1e1e2e` must be written `#x1e1e2e`.
+5. Rebuild and relaunch; verify the value survived with `/tweak/state` or
+   `/snap` before calling it done.
+
+Reflection truth: `props` come from the widget's live Rust fields plus the
+type's DSL-declared shader inputs (`instance()`/`uniform()`), so the list is
+what the widget actually exposes — there is no synthetic schema to drift.
+
 ### Studio remote bridge (the older path)
 
 The studio (`studio/desktop` + `studio/hub`) drives a hosted app over a

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 workspace.members = [
     # === app ===
-    "apps/mpbrowser",
-    "apps/mpterm",
-    "apps/mpwm",
+    "apps/browser",
+    "apps/terminal",
+    "apps/wm",
+    "apps/aichat",
     "apps/finance",
-    "apps/mpsheets",
-    "libs/mp_theme",
-    "libs/mp_wm_api",
-    "apps/mptask",
-    "apps/mpimage",
-    "apps/mpvideo",
-    "apps/mppdf",
-    "apps/mpfiles",
+    "apps/sheets",
+    "apps/photos",
+    "libs/wm_theme",
+    "libs/wm_api",
+    "libs/app_module",
+    "apps/task",
+    "apps/image",
+    "apps/video",
+    "apps/pdf",
+    "apps/files",
     "apps/route",
     # === arcade (game.md) — networked AI game sandbox ===
     "apps/arcade",
@@ -27,6 +30,10 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/game/assets",
     "apps/asset-ui",
     "apps/asset-server",
+    "apps/flow-server",
+    "apps/flow-ui",
+    "libs/flowgraph",
+    "libs/media_view",
     "apps/ai-hub",
     "apps/vj",
     "apps/mixer",
@@ -40,6 +47,8 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/asset/store",
     "libs/asset/chat",
     "libs/chat_ui",
+    "libs/ai/hub_ui",
+    "libs/ai/services",
     "libs/asset/annotate",
     "libs/render",
     "libs/raytrace",
@@ -50,6 +59,8 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/sim/math",
     "libs/show_control",
     "libs/asset/creator",
+    "libs/bounded_http",
+    "libs/flow",
     "libs/strict_json",
     # === remesh (FaithC port) / xatlas (jpcy port) ===
     "libs/remesh",
@@ -94,6 +105,9 @@ workspace.members = [
     "examples/render_to_texture",
     # === digital-fabrication product ===
     "apps/fab",
+    "apps/fabric",
+    "libs/fabric/measure",
+    "libs/fabric/draft",
     # === xr app ===
     "xr",
     # === studio ===
@@ -106,6 +120,8 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/score_layout",
     "libs/score_play",
     "libs/score_render",
+    "libs/score_view",
+    "libs/score_view/tests/embed_app",
     "libs/score_ai",
     "libs/score_import",
     "libs/score_pdf",
@@ -114,6 +130,8 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/midi_file",
     "libs/soundfont",
     "libs/piano_model",
+    "libs/drumkit",
+    "libs/drumkit_phys",
     "libs/musicxml",
     # === own MP3 / Ogg Vorbis decoders ===
     "libs/audio_decode",
@@ -123,6 +141,7 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/audio_lyrics",
     # === stems + lyrics side-channel bake/publish (asset-ui + VJ) ===
     "libs/audio_sidechannels",
+    "libs/vj_analysis",
     "libs/teamtalk",
     # === pictures of audio (spectrogram, wave strip, composite) ===
     "libs/audio_picture",
@@ -135,16 +154,23 @@ workspace.members = [
     "libs/frametween",
     # === archive.org search + download content input (VJ / asset-ui) ===
     "libs/archive_org",
+    # === image tile wall: HEVC tape atlases + baker CLI + TileGrid widget
+    # (the engine extracted from the Source Library picture wall) ===
+    "libs/image_tiles",
+    "examples/image_tiles",
     # === mp4 sample index for range-streaming playback ===
     "libs/mp4_index",
     # === necessary tools ===
     "platform/video",
     "tools/cargo_makepad",
+    "tools/makepad_loader",
     # === OSM PBF -> tile archive + nav artifact bake passes (CLI + in-app) ===
     "libs/map_build",
     "tools/map_tiles",
     "tools/map_bake",
     "tools/remote",
+    "tools/dj_pack",
+    "libs/system_speech",
     # === tests ===
     "platform/script/test",
 ]
@@ -163,7 +189,6 @@ workspace.exclude = [
     "libs/diffusion",
     # the AI model workspace (loader + cuda/metal stores + model crates) — aiarch.md
     "libs/ai",
-    "libs/voice",
     "widgets/test",
     "libs/stitch",
     "libs/wasm_bridge/test",
@@ -280,6 +305,9 @@ strip = true
 inherits = "release"
 debug = true
 
+[profile.test.package.makepad-stitch]
+opt-level = 1
+
 #[profile.dev.package.makepad-live-tokenizer]
 #opt-level = 3
 #[profile.dev.package.makepad-live-compiler]

apps/ai-hub/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ makepad-ai-hub = { path = "../../libs/ai/hub", default-features = false }
 # Feature passthrough: the headless node exposes exactly the library's
 # feature set, so box launch scripts keep their --features flags working.
 [features]
-default = ["flux", "paint", "paint-cuda", "llm", "tts", "indextts", "video", "interpolate", "audio", "mesh", "matte-native", "depth-native", "segment-native", "upscale-native", "motion-native", "rig-native", "splat-native"]
+default = ["flux", "paint", "paint-cuda", "llm", "tts", "indextts", "video", "interpolate", "audio", "mesh", "matte-native", "depth-native", "segment-native", "body-native", "upscale-native", "motion-native", "rig-native", "splat-native", "stems-native"]
 python-backends = ["makepad-ai-hub/python-backends"]
 flux = ["makepad-ai-hub/flux"]
 paint = ["makepad-ai-hub/paint"]
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ mesh = ["makepad-ai-hub/mesh"]
 matte-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/matte-native"]
 depth-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/depth-native"]
 segment-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/segment-native"]
+body-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/body-native"]
 upscale-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/upscale-native"]
 motion-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/motion-native"]
 splat-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/splat-native"]
 rig-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/rig-native"]
+stems-native = ["makepad-ai-hub/stems-native"]

apps/ai-hub/src/main.rs

@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), AssetAiError> {
     let mut cache_dir: Option<PathBuf> = None;
     let mut registry_path: Option<PathBuf> = None;
     let mut machine = false;
+    let mut activity_probe = None;
 
     let mut args = std::env::args().skip(1);
     while let Some(arg) = args.next() {
         match arg.as_str() {
+            "--activity-probe" => {
+                activity_probe = Some(args.next().ok_or_else(|| AssetAiError::Io("--activity-probe needs seconds (1..3600)".into()))?.parse::<u64>().map_err(|_| AssetAiError::Io("invalid activity probe seconds".into()))?);
+            }
             "--port" => {
                 let value = args
                     .next()
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), AssetAiError> {
             }
             "--help" | "-h" => {
                 println!(
-                    "{SERVICE_NAME} {SERVICE_VERSION}\nusage: {SERVICE_NAME} [--port N] [--host ADDR] [--fleet NAME] [--cache-dir PATH] [--registry PATH] [--machine]"
+                    "{SERVICE_NAME} {SERVICE_VERSION}\nusage: {SERVICE_NAME} [--port N] [--host ADDR] [--fleet NAME] [--cache-dir PATH] [--registry PATH] [--machine] [--activity-probe SECONDS]"
                 );
                 return Ok(());
             }
@@ -88,6 +92,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), AssetAiError> {
         }
     }
 
+    if let Some(seconds) = activity_probe {
+        return makepad_ai_hub::activity::run_probe(seconds);
+    }
+
     let port = match port {
         Some(port) => port,
         None => match std::env::var("MAKEPAD_ASSET_AI_PORT") {

apps/aichat/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# aichat — the assistant, as an app.
+#
+# One conversation that drives every application through the AI services
+# layer. It is hosted three ways with one code base: under the window
+# manager as a special child seated in the pane slot (this binary,
+# `--stdin-loop`), standalone as its own window (this binary), and inside
+# any app's Window as the F10 overlay or inside the mobile/web superbuild
+# (this crate's lib, `makepad_aichat::script_mod` + `AiChatPanel{}`).
+#
+# The panel widget OWNS the engine: the service registry, the model, the
+# transcript. Hosts only feed it links (in-process) or bus frames (the
+# window manager's studio Custom frames) and give it a place to draw.
+#
+# Plan of record: repo-root aicontrol.md.
+
+[package]
+name = "makepad-aichat"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+default-run = "aichat"
+
+[lib]
+name = "makepad_aichat"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "aichat"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[features]
+default = ["engine"]
+# The real models (the hub's local runtime, the cloud providers). Off for a
+# build without a model runtime — the web page answers with NoModel and the
+# tool console still works.
+engine = ["makepad-ai-services/engine", "dep:makepad-asset-creator"]
+
+[dependencies]
+makepad-widgets = { path = "../../widgets" }
+makepad-wm-theme = { path = "../../libs/wm_theme" }
+makepad-wm-api = { path = "../../libs/wm_api" }
+makepad-ai-services = { path = "../../libs/ai/services", default-features = false }
+makepad-strict-json = { path = "../../libs/strict_json" }
+# The generative pipelines behind the assistant's own `gen` service
+# (src/gen.rs): the creator runner picks a fleet node and brings the
+# picture back. Native only, with the engine.
+makepad-asset-creator = { path = "../../libs/asset/creator", optional = true }

apps/aichat/src/bus.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+//! The client half of the window manager's service bus.
+//!
+//! Under the WM the other apps are not in this process. The WM forwards
+//! their up-frames to the aichat child as studio `Custom` frames, each
+//! stamped with the endpoint the WM issued to the sender, and forwards
+//! the aichat child's down-frames (which name their target endpoint) back
+//! to the right client. This adapter turns those frames into ordinary
+//! [`ServiceLink`]s in the panel's registry, so the engine never knows
+//! whether a service is a channel away or a process away.
+//!
+//! One link per endpoint. A `Register` from an endpoint the registry does
+//! not know creates the link and registers it under the WM's endpoint id
+//! (`register_as`); a later `Register` from the same endpoint is just the
+//! manifest going down the existing link, where the registry answers it.
+//! The WM tells us about a dead client by sending `Unregister` on its
+//! behalf. Everything the registry sends down a bus link is drained here
+//! and put on the wire to the WM.
+
+use makepad_ai_services::engine::ServiceRegistry;
+use makepad_ai_services::port::{ServiceLink, ServiceLinkHost};
+use makepad_ai_services::wire::*;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::studio::AppToStudio;
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct ServiceBus {
+    hosts: HashMap<EndpointId, ServiceLinkHost>,
+}
+
+impl ServiceBus {
+    /// An up-frame from the WM. `None` for frames that are not the bus's.
+    pub fn on_custom(&mut self, registry: &ServiceRegistry, json: &str) -> bool {
+        let Some(frame) = HostedUp::parse(json) else { return false };
+        let Some(from) = frame.from.clone() else { return true };
+        match (&frame.msg, self.hosts.get(&from)) {
+            (ServiceUp::Register { manifest, .. }, None) => {
+                let (link, host) = ServiceLink::pair(manifest.clone());
+                if registry.register_as(link, from.clone(), "", None).is_ok() {
+                    let _ = host.up.send(frame);
+                    self.hosts.insert(from, host);
+                }
+            }
+            (_, Some(host)) => {
+                let _ = host.up.send(frame);
+            }
+            (_, None) => {}
+        }
+        true
+    }
+
+    /// Put every frame the registry sent down a bus link on the wire.
+    /// Links whose registry side is gone are dropped.
+    pub fn relay_down(&mut self, registry: &ServiceRegistry) {
+        for frame in self.drain_down(registry) {
+            Cx::send_studio_message(AppToStudio::Custom(frame.to_json()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn drain_down(&mut self, registry: &ServiceRegistry) -> Vec<HostedDown> {
+        let mut gone: Vec<EndpointId> = Vec::new();
+        let mut frames = Vec::new();
+        for (endpoint, host) in &self.hosts {
+            loop {
+                match host.down.try_recv() {
+                    Ok(mut frame) => {
+                        // `Registered` travels without a target; the WM
+                        // routes it by the endpoint we register as.
+                        if frame.to.is_none() {
+                            frame.to = Some(endpoint.clone());
+                        }
+                        frames.push(frame);
+                    }
+                    Err(std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                    Err(std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
+                        gone.push(endpoint.clone());
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for endpoint in gone {
+            self.hosts.remove(&endpoint);
+            registry.unregister(&endpoint);
+        }
+        frames
+    }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.hosts.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.hosts.is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use makepad_ai_services::engine::{EngineCore, NoModelWithReason, RegistryUp};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hosted_subscriptions_and_messages_cross_the_adapter_unchanged() {
+        let registry = ServiceRegistry::new();
+        let mut bus = ServiceBus::default();
+        let endpoint = EndpointId("w4".into());
+        let manifest = ServiceManifest::new("flow", "Flow", "A flow.")
+            .with_topic(TopicDef::new("run", "Run events."));
+        let register = HostedUp {
+            from: Some(endpoint.clone()),
+            msg: ServiceUp::Register { manifest, port_tag: 4 },
+        };
+        assert!(bus.on_custom(&registry, &register.to_json()));
+        registry.pump();
+        let host = bus.hosts.get(&endpoint).unwrap();
+        let _registered = host.down.try_recv().unwrap();
+        assert!(registry.send(
+            &endpoint,
+            ServiceDown::Subscribe {
+                sub_id: "s1".into(),
+                topic: "run".into(),
+                filter: None,
+            },
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            host.down.try_recv().unwrap().msg,
+            ServiceDown::Subscribe { sub_id, topic, filter: None }
+                if sub_id == "s1" && topic == "run"
+        ));
+        let message = HostedUp {
+            from: Some(endpoint.clone()),
+            msg: ServiceUp::Message {
+                sub_id: "s1".into(),
+                topic: "run".into(),
+                text: "finished".into(),
+                data: None,
+                final_: true,
+            },
+        };
+        assert!(bus.on_custom(&registry, &message.to_json()));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            registry.pump().as_slice(),
+            [RegistryUp::Message { endpoint: from, sub_id, message }]
+                if from == &endpoint && sub_id == "s1" && message.final_
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn engine_shutdown_is_flushed_through_the_hosted_service_bus() {
+        let registry = ServiceRegistry::new();
+        let mut bus = ServiceBus::default();
+        let endpoint = EndpointId("w4".into());
+        let manifest = ServiceManifest::new("flow", "Flow", "A flow.")
+            .with_tool(ToolDef::new(
+                "watch",
+                "Watch a run.",
+                r#"{"type":"object","properties":{}}"#,
+                Risk::Read,
+            ))
+            .with_topic(TopicDef::new("run", "Run events."));
+        assert!(bus.on_custom(
+            &registry,
+            &HostedUp {
+                from: Some(endpoint.clone()),
+                msg: ServiceUp::Register { manifest, port_tag: 4 },
+            }
+            .to_json(),
+        ));
+        let mut engine = EngineCore::new(
+            registry.clone(),
+            Box::new(NoModelWithReason::new("not used by the tool console")),
+            None,
+            0x44,
+        );
+        engine.send("/flow.watch {}", 0.0);
+        let call_id = bus
+            .drain_down(&registry)
+            .into_iter()
+            .find_map(|frame| match frame.msg {
+                ServiceDown::Call(call) => Some(call.call_id),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .expect("the hosted service receives the call");
+        assert!(bus.on_custom(
+            &registry,
+            &HostedUp {
+                from: Some(endpoint.clone()),
+                msg: ServiceUp::Result(
+                    ToolResult::ok(call_id, "watching", "")
+                        .with_subscription(SubscriptionRequest::new("run")),
+                ),
+            }
+            .to_json(),
+        ));
+        engine.pump(0.1);
+        let sub_id = bus
+            .drain_down(&registry)
+            .into_iter()
+            .find_map(|frame| match frame.msg {
+                ServiceDown::Subscribe { sub_id, .. } => Some(sub_id),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .expect("the hosted service receives the subscription");
+        assert_eq!(sub_id, "l44-s1");
+        engine.shutdown();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            bus.drain_down(&registry).as_slice(),
+            [HostedDown { to: Some(to), msg: ServiceDown::Unsubscribe { sub_id: ended } }]
+                if to == &endpoint && ended == &sub_id
+        ));
+    }
+}

apps/aichat/src/gen.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+//! The assistant's own generative service: `gen.image{prompt}`.
+//!
+//! The hub's pipelines are not an app, so no app registers them; the
+//! panel registers this service in-process beside whatever apps join.
+//! An `image` call runs the creator pipeline on a worker thread (the
+//! runner is blocking: node pick over the LAN fleet, request, poll,
+//! fetch), streams the node's progress into the card, writes the picture
+//! under the makepad home's `gen` folder and answers with the path — the
+//! model then hands that path to `photos.add`, which puts it on the wall.
+//! Nothing goes through the asset store. Without the `engine` feature (the
+//! web page) the service still exists and says it cannot.
+
+use makepad_ai_services::engine::ServiceRegistry;
+use makepad_ai_services::port::{AiServicePort, PortEvent};
+use makepad_ai_services::wire::{Risk, ServiceCall, ServiceManifest, ToolDef, ToolResult};
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, TryRecvError};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+/// The service id on the bus.
+pub const SERVICE_ID: &str = "gen";
+
+pub fn manifest() -> ServiceManifest {
+    ServiceManifest::new(
+        SERVICE_ID,
+        "Generate",
+        "The machine's generative pipelines, on the fleet's GPU nodes: a \
+         picture from a prompt. The picture is saved on this machine under \
+         the makepad home's gen folder and the answer carries its path. To \
+         SHOW it, call photos.add with that path (launch Photos first with \
+         os.launch if it is not running) — the wall then glides onto it. A \
+         generation takes half a minute on a warm node, longer when a node \
+         must load the model.",
+    )
+    .with_tool(ToolDef::new(
+        "image",
+        "Generate one picture from a text prompt on a fleet image node; saves it under the makepad home's gen folder and returns the path.",
+        r#"{"type":"object","properties":{"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"what the picture shows, in plain words"},"width":{"type":"integer","description":"pixels, optional (default 1024)"},"height":{"type":"integer","description":"pixels, optional (default 1024)"}},"required":["prompt"]}"#,
+        Risk::Act,
+    ))
+}
+
+/// What the worker reports back.
+enum GenMsg {
+    Progress(String, u16),
+    Done(Result<GenDone, String>),
+}
+
+struct GenDone {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    node: String,
+}
+
+struct Job {
+    call_id: String,
+    cancel: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    rx: Receiver<GenMsg>,
+}
+
+/// The in-process port plus the jobs in flight.
+pub struct GenService {
+    port: AiServicePort,
+    jobs: Vec<Job>,
+}
+
+impl GenService {
+    /// Open the service and register it in the panel's registry. `None`
+    /// only when the manifest does not validate (a programming error).
+    pub fn open(registry: &ServiceRegistry) -> Option<GenService> {
+        let (port, link) = AiServicePort::in_process(manifest()).ok()?;
+        registry.register(link, "built in", None).ok()?;
+        Some(GenService { port, jobs: Vec::new() })
+    }
+
+    /// Drain the port and the workers; called on every panel event.
+    pub fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event) {
+        for ev in self.port.handle_event(cx, event) {
+            match ev {
+                PortEvent::Call(call) => self.start(call),
+                PortEvent::Cancel { call_id } => {
+                    if let Some(job) = self.jobs.iter().find(|j| j.call_id == call_id) {
+                        job.cancel.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    }
+                }
+                PortEvent::Registered(_)
+                | PortEvent::ChatOpen { .. }
+                | PortEvent::Subscribe { .. }
+                | PortEvent::Unsubscribe { .. } => {}
+            }
+        }
+        self.poll();
+    }
+
+    fn start(&mut self, call: ServiceCall) {
+        let id = call.call_id.clone();
+        if call.tool != "image" {
+            self.port.reply(ToolResult::refused(&id, format!("gen has no tool `{}`; it has image", call.tool)));
+            return;
+        }
+        let args = match parse_image_args(&call.args) {
+            Ok(a) => a,
+            Err(why) => {
+                self.port.reply(ToolResult::refused(&id, why));
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "engine"))]
+        {
+            let _ = args;
+            self.port.reply(ToolResult::unavailable(&id, "this build has no pipeline runtime; pictures need the native app"));
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "engine")]
+        {
+            use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::SignalToUI;
+            let cancel = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+            let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+            let worker_cancel = cancel.clone();
+            let spawned = std::thread::Builder::new().name("gen-image".into()).spawn(move || {
+                let progress_tx = tx.clone();
+                let mut progress = |note: &str, permille: u16| {
+                    let _ = progress_tx.send(GenMsg::Progress(note.to_string(), permille));
+                    SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
+                };
+                let result = run_image(&args, &worker_cancel, &mut progress);
+                let _ = tx.send(GenMsg::Done(result));
+                SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
+            });
+            match spawned {
+                Ok(_) => self.jobs.push(Job { call_id: id, cancel, rx }),
+                Err(e) => self.port.reply(ToolResult::failed(&id, format!("could not start the generation: {e}"))),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) {
+        let mut done: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
+        for (i, job) in self.jobs.iter().enumerate() {
+            loop {
+                match job.rx.try_recv() {
+                    Ok(GenMsg::Progress(note, permille)) => self.port.progress(&job.call_id, &note, permille),
+                    Ok(GenMsg::Done(Ok(out))) => {
+                        let path = out.path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                        self.port.reply(
+                            ToolResult::ok(
+                                &job.call_id,
+                                format!("saved {path} (made on {}). Show it on the wall with photos.add {{\"path\":\"{path}\"}}.", out.node),
+                                "saved",
+                            )
+                            .with_data(format!("{{\"path\":{},\"node\":{}}}", json_string(&path), json_string(&out.node))),
+                        );
+                        done.push(i);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    Ok(GenMsg::Done(Err(e))) => {
+                        let result = if e == "cancelled" { ToolResult::cancelled(&job.call_id) } else { ToolResult::failed(&job.call_id, e) };
+                        self.port.reply(result);
+                        done.push(i);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                    Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
+                        self.port.reply(ToolResult::failed(&job.call_id, "the generation worker died"));
+                        done.push(i);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for i in done.into_iter().rev() {
+            self.jobs.remove(i);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The arguments of one `image` call, checked.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ImageArgs {
+    pub prompt: String,
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+}
+
+/// Sizes are clamped to what the image nodes serve; a prompt is required.
+pub fn parse_image_args(args: &str) -> Result<ImageArgs, String> {
+    use makepad_strict_json as json;
+    let fields = match json::parse(args.as_bytes()) {
+        Ok(json::Value::Obj(fields)) => fields,
+        _ => return Err("image needs a JSON object with a `prompt`".to_string()),
+    };
+    let get = |key: &str| fields.iter().find(|(k, _)| k == key).map(|(_, v)| v.clone());
+    let prompt = get("prompt").and_then(|v| v.as_str().map(|s| s.trim().to_string())).unwrap_or_default();
+    if prompt.is_empty() {
+        return Err("image needs a `prompt`".to_string());
+    }
+    if prompt.len() > 4000 {
+        return Err("the prompt is longer than 4000 bytes".to_string());
+    }
+    let dim = |key: &str| -> Result<u32, String> {
+        match get(key) {
+            None => Ok(1024),
+            Some(json::Value::Int(i)) if (256..=2048).contains(&i) => Ok(i as u32),
+            Some(_) => Err(format!("`{key}` must be an integer from 256 to 2048")),
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(ImageArgs { prompt, width: dim("width")?, height: dim("height")? })
+}
+
+/// A short file-name-safe slug of the prompt.
+pub fn slug(prompt: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    for ch in prompt.chars().flat_map(|c| c.to_lowercase()) {
+        if ch.is_ascii_alphanumeric() {
+            out.push(ch);
+        } else if !out.ends_with('-') && !out.is_empty() {
+            out.push('-');
+        }
+        if out.len() >= 40 {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    let out = out.trim_matches('-').to_string();
+    if out.is_empty() { "picture".to_string() } else { out }
+}
+
+/// The file extension for a content type the nodes produce.
+pub fn extension_for(content_type: &str) -> &'static str {
+    match content_type.split(';').next().unwrap_or("").trim() {
+        "image/jpeg" => "jpg",
+        "image/webp" => "webp",
+        "image/gif" => "gif",
+        _ => "png",
+    }
+}
+
+fn json_string(s: &str) -> String {
+    makepad_strict_json::s(s.to_string()).to_json()
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "engine")]
+fn run_image(args: &ImageArgs, cancel: &Arc<AtomicBool>, progress: &mut dyn FnMut(&str, u16)) -> Result<GenDone, String> {
+    use makepad_asset_creator::makepad_ai_hub::home::makepad_home;
+    use makepad_asset_creator::makepad_strict_json as json;
+    use makepad_asset_creator::runner::generate_bytes;
+    let body = json::obj(vec![
+        ("prompt", json::s(args.prompt.clone())),
+        ("width", json::Value::Int(args.width as i64)),
+        ("height", json::Value::Int(args.height as i64)),
+    ]);
+    let seed = (Cx::time_now().max(0.0) * 1_000_000_000.0) as u64;
+    progress("finding an image node", 0);
+    let generated = generate_bytes("image.generate", &body, seed, cancel, progress)?;
+    let artifact = generated.artifact.ok_or("the node returned no picture")?;
+    let dir = makepad_home().join("gen");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).map_err(|e| format!("cannot make {}: {e}", dir.display()))?;
+    let stamp = Cx::time_now().max(0.0) as u64;
+    let path = dir.join(format!("{stamp}-{}.{}", slug(&args.prompt), extension_for(&artifact.content_type)));
+    std::fs::write(&path, &artifact.bytes).map_err(|e| format!("cannot write {}: {e}", path.display()))?;
+    Ok(GenDone { path, node: generated.node })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_manifest_validates_and_the_tool_acts() {
+        let m = manifest();
+        m.validate().expect("a manifest the wire accepts");
+        assert_eq!(m.id, "gen");
+        assert_eq!(m.tools.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(m.tools[0].name, "image");
+        assert_eq!(m.tools[0].risk, Risk::Act);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn image_args_need_a_prompt_and_sane_sizes() {
+        let a = parse_image_args(r#"{"prompt":"a red bicycle on the moon"}"#).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((a.width, a.height), (1024, 1024));
+        let b = parse_image_args(r#"{"prompt":"x","width":512,"height":768}"#).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((b.width, b.height), (512, 768));
+        assert!(parse_image_args(r#"{"width":512}"#).unwrap_err().contains("prompt"));
+        assert!(parse_image_args(r#"{"prompt":"x","width":16}"#).unwrap_err().contains("256"));
+        assert!(parse_image_args("nope").is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn file_names_are_slugs_with_the_right_extension() {
+        assert_eq!(slug("A red bicycle, on the Moon!"), "a-red-bicycle-on-the-moon");
+        assert_eq!(slug("   "), "picture");
+        assert!(slug(&"word ".repeat(30)).len() <= 41);
+        assert_eq!(extension_for("image/png"), "png");
+        assert_eq!(extension_for("image/jpeg; charset=binary"), "jpg");
+        assert_eq!(extension_for("application/octet-stream"), "png");
+    }
+}

apps/aichat/src/lib.rs

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+//! aichat as a library: the panel widget that owns the engine, the WM-bus
+//! client half, the settings, and the module root. A host links this,
+//! calls [`script_mod`] after the widgets' own, and puts `AiChatPanel{}`
+//! where the chat goes — the standalone binary and the WM pane child do
+//! that themselves; a plain `Window` does it for free through its F10
+//! slot, which instantiates `mod.widgets.AiChatOverlay{}` by name; the
+//! superbuild seats the same overlay in its pane.
+//!
+//! Linking this crate also gives the bridge its `/ai` routes: `script_mod`
+//! installs `Cx::ai_callback`, the way the widgets crate installs the
+//! tweaker's, so `/ai?on=1`, `/ai?say=…` and `/ai/transcript` drive and
+//! read the chat in a hidden instance.
+
+pub use makepad_widgets;
+use makepad_widgets::ai_slot::AiSlotRequests;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::ScriptVmCx;
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+
+pub mod bus;
+pub mod gen;
+pub mod overlay;
+pub mod panel;
+pub mod settings;
+
+pub use bus::ServiceBus;
+pub use overlay::{AiChatOverlay, AiTranscript};
+pub use panel::{AiChatPanel, AiChatPanelAction};
+pub use settings::AiSettings;
+
+/// Register the panel and the overlay, and give the bridge its `/ai`
+/// routes. Call once after `makepad_widgets::script_mod`.
+pub fn script_mod(vm: &mut ScriptVm) {
+    crate::panel::script_mod(vm);
+    crate::overlay::script_mod(vm);
+    vm.cx_mut().ai_callback = Some(ai_callback);
+}
+
+fn arg<'a>(args: &'a [(String, String)], keys: &[&str]) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    for key in keys {
+        if let Some((_, value)) = args.iter().find(|(k, _)| k == key) {
+            return Some(value.as_str());
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// The bridge's `/ai` dispatcher. `toggle` (`on=1|0`, or flip) and `say`
+/// (`say=TEXT`, opening the overlay if it is closed) are requests the
+/// slot and the overlay take on their next event; `transcript` is what
+/// the overlay last published. Never borrows a widget.
+fn ai_callback(cx: &mut Cx, op: &str, args: &[(String, String)]) -> Result<String, String> {
+    match op {
+        "toggle" => {
+            let is_open = cx.global::<AiSlotRequests>().is_open;
+            let on = match arg(args, &["on"]) {
+                Some(value) => !matches!(value, "0" | "false" | "off" | "no"),
+                None => !is_open,
+            };
+            cx.global::<AiSlotRequests>().open = Some(on);
+            // The slot takes the request on its next event: make one.
+            cx.new_next_frame();
+            cx.redraw_all();
+            Ok(format!("{{\"on\":{}}}", on as u8))
+        }
+        "say" => {
+            let text = arg(args, &["say", "t"]).unwrap_or("").trim().to_string();
+            if text.is_empty() {
+                return Err("need say=TEXT".into());
+            }
+            let req = cx.global::<AiSlotRequests>();
+            if !req.is_open {
+                req.open = Some(true);
+            }
+            req.say.push(text);
+            cx.new_next_frame();
+            cx.redraw_all();
+            Ok("{\"ok\":1}".into())
+        }
+        "transcript" => {
+            let json = cx.global::<AiTranscript>().json.clone();
+            if json.is_empty() {
+                Ok("{\"status\":\"closed\",\"provider\":\"\",\"apps\":[],\"entries\":[],\"generation\":0}".into())
+            } else {
+                Ok(json)
+            }
+        }
+        other => Err(format!("no ai op `{other}`; there are toggle, say, transcript")),
+    }
+}

apps/aichat/src/main.rs

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+//! aichat: the assistant as its own window, and as the window manager's
+//! special child. Both are this binary: standalone it is a window with
+//! the panel in it and whatever services are linked in-process (none,
+//! until an app embeds it); under the WM (`--stdin-loop`) the WM seats it
+//! in the pane slot and every other app's service reaches it over the bus
+//! as studio `Custom` frames, which the panel turns into registry links.
+
+pub use makepad_widgets;
+use makepad_aichat::AiChatPanelAction;
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+
+app_main!(App);
+
+script_mod! {
+    use mod.prelude.widgets.*
+    use mod.widgets.*
+
+    startup() do #(App::script_component(vm)){
+        ui: Root{
+            main_window := Window{
+                window.inner_size: vec2(460, 760)
+                window.title: "AI"
+                pass +: { clear_color: theme.color_bg_app }
+                body +: {
+                    panel := AiChatPanel{
+                        width: Fill
+                        height: Fill
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook)]
+pub struct App {
+    #[live]
+    ui: WidgetRef,
+}
+
+impl MatchEvent for App {
+    fn handle_startup(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) {
+        makepad_wm_api::set_title(cx, "AI");
+    }
+
+    fn handle_actions(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, actions: &Actions) {
+        for action in actions {
+            if let Some(widget_action) = action.as_widget_action() {
+                if let AiChatPanelAction::Close = widget_action.cast() {
+                    // Under the WM the pane hides; standalone the window stays.
+                    let _ = makepad_wm_api::send(cx, &makepad_wm_api::WmRequest::Close);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AppMain for App {
+    fn script_mod(vm: &mut ScriptVm) -> ScriptValue {
+        crate::makepad_widgets::script_mod(vm);
+        makepad_wm_theme::apply(vm);
+        makepad_aichat::script_mod(vm);
+        self::script_mod(vm)
+    }
+
+    fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event) {
+        // Bus frames reach the panel through its own handle_event; of the
+        // WM's own frames only the polite close is ours (the pane hides us
+        // by leaving us running; this is the desktop going down).
+        if let Event::Custom(json) = event {
+            if let Some(makepad_wm_api::WmEvent::CloseRequested) = makepad_wm_api::WmEvent::parse(json) {
+                cx.quit();
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        self.match_event(cx, event);
+        self.ui.handle_event(cx, event, &mut Scope::empty());
+    }
+}

apps/aichat/src/overlay.rs

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+//! The chat's module root: what a host seats in-process.
+//!
+//! `mod.widgets.AiChatOverlay{}` is what the Window's AI slot
+//! (`widgets/src/ai_slot.rs`) instantiates by name on F10, and what the
+//! superbuild seats in its pane. It is a `View` with the panel in it and
+//! three duties around it: adopt the in-process service links the apps
+//! parked on `Cx` ([`PendingServiceLinks`]) into the panel's registry,
+//! send the lines the bridge asked to say ([`AiSlotRequests::say`]),
+//! and publish the transcript as JSON ([`AiTranscript`]) after each draw
+//! so `/ai/transcript` answers without touching a widget. The panel's
+//! Escape (an idle, empty composer) asks the slot to close.
+
+use crate::panel::{AiChatPanel, AiChatPanelAction};
+use makepad_ai_services::port::PendingServiceLinks;
+use makepad_ai_services::state::{Entry, EngineState, Status, ToolStatus};
+use makepad_widgets::ai_slot::AiSlotRequests;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_micro_serde::*;
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+
+script_mod! {
+    use mod.prelude.widgets_internal.*
+    use mod.widgets.*
+
+    mod.widgets.AiChatOverlayBase = #(AiChatOverlay::register_widget(vm))
+    mod.widgets.AiChatOverlay = set_type_default() do mod.widgets.AiChatOverlayBase{
+        width: Fill
+        height: Fill
+        panel := AiChatPanel{
+            width: Fill
+            height: Fill
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The transcript as the bridge reads it: a `Cx` global the overlay
+/// rewrites after every draw of the panel.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct AiTranscript {
+    pub json: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(SerJson)]
+struct TranscriptRow {
+    kind: String,
+    text: String,
+    title: String,
+    status: String,
+    note: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(SerJson)]
+struct Transcript {
+    status: String,
+    provider: String,
+    apps: Vec<String>,
+    entries: Vec<TranscriptRow>,
+    generation: u64,
+}
+
+/// The transcript JSON for a state: `status`, `provider`, the connected
+/// apps, and one row per entry with what its card says.
+pub fn transcript_json(state: &EngineState) -> String {
+    let status = match &state.status {
+        Status::Idle => "idle".to_string(),
+        Status::Loading { phase, fraction } => format!("loading {phase} {:.0}%", fraction * 100.0),
+        Status::Thinking => "thinking".to_string(),
+        Status::Streaming => "streaming".to_string(),
+        Status::WaitingForTool => "waiting_for_tool".to_string(),
+        Status::Error(e) => format!("error: {e}"),
+    };
+    let entries = state
+        .entries
+        .iter()
+        .map(|entry| match entry {
+            Entry::User { text } => TranscriptRow {
+                kind: "user".into(),
+                text: text.clone(),
+                title: String::new(),
+                status: String::new(),
+                note: String::new(),
+            },
+            Entry::Event(event) => TranscriptRow {
+                kind: "event".into(),
+                text: event.text.clone(),
+                title: format!("{} · {}", event.service_label, event.topic),
+                status: if event.final_ { "final".into() } else { "message".into() },
+                note: if event.dropped == 0 {
+                    format!("sub_id: {}", event.sub_id)
+                } else {
+                    format!("sub_id: {} · dropped: {}", event.sub_id, event.dropped)
+                },
+            },
+            Entry::Assistant { text, streaming } => TranscriptRow {
+                kind: "assistant".into(),
+                text: text.clone(),
+                title: String::new(),
+                status: if *streaming { "streaming".into() } else { "done".into() },
+                note: String::new(),
+            },
+            Entry::Tool(t) => {
+                let (status, note, text) = match &t.status {
+                    ToolStatus::Confirm => ("confirm".to_string(), String::new(), String::new()),
+                    ToolStatus::Running { note, permille } => ("running".to_string(), format!("{note} {permille}‰"), String::new()),
+                    ToolStatus::Done { outcome, note, text } => (outcome.slug().to_string(), note.clone(), text.clone()),
+                };
+                TranscriptRow { kind: "tool".into(), text, title: t.title.clone(), status, note }
+            }
+            Entry::System { text } => TranscriptRow {
+                kind: "system".into(),
+                text: text.clone(),
+                title: String::new(),
+                status: String::new(),
+                note: String::new(),
+            },
+        })
+        .collect();
+    Transcript {
+        status,
+        provider: state.provider_label.clone(),
+        apps: state.services.iter().filter(|s| s.connected).map(|s| s.label.clone()).collect(),
+        entries,
+        generation: state.generation,
+    }
+    .serialize_json()
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook, Widget)]
+pub struct AiChatOverlay {
+    #[source]
+    source: ScriptObjectRef,
+    #[deref]
+    view: View,
+    /// The state generation last published as JSON.
+    #[rust]
+    published: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl AiChatOverlay {
+    /// The transcript JSON, rewritten when the engine's state moved — on
+    /// every event as well as every draw, so a closed slot (no draws) still
+    /// answers `/ai/transcript` with the turn that finished behind it.
+    fn publish_transcript(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) {
+        let json = self
+            .view
+            .widget(cx, ids!(panel))
+            .borrow::<AiChatPanel>()
+            .and_then(|panel| {
+                let state = panel.state()?;
+                if self.published == Some(state.generation) {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                Some((state.generation, transcript_json(state)))
+            });
+        if let Some((generation, json)) = json {
+            self.published = Some(generation);
+            cx.global::<AiTranscript>().json = json;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The links the apps parked and the lines the bridge asked for, into
+    /// the panel.
+    fn adopt_requests(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) {
+        let links = cx.global::<PendingServiceLinks>().take();
+        let says = std::mem::take(&mut cx.global::<AiSlotRequests>().say);
+        if links.is_empty() && says.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let panel = self.view.widget(cx, ids!(panel));
+        let Some(mut panel) = panel.borrow_mut::<AiChatPanel>() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        for link in links {
+            let label = link.manifest.label.clone();
+            match panel.registry().register(link, "in this window", None) {
+                Ok(endpoint) => log!("aichat: {label} joined in-process as {}", endpoint.as_str()),
+                Err(e) => log!("aichat: {label} refused: {e}"),
+            }
+        }
+        for text in says {
+            panel.say(cx, text);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Widget for AiChatOverlay {
+    fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event, scope: &mut Scope) {
+        self.adopt_requests(cx);
+        self.view.handle_event(cx, event, scope);
+        self.publish_transcript(cx);
+        if let Event::Actions(actions) = event {
+            for action in actions {
+                if let Some(widget_action) = action.as_widget_action() {
+                    if let AiChatPanelAction::Close = widget_action.cast() {
+                        cx.global::<AiSlotRequests>().open = Some(false);
+                        cx.redraw_all();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn draw_walk(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx2d, scope: &mut Scope, walk: Walk) -> DrawStep {
+        let step = self.view.draw_walk(cx, scope, walk);
+        if step.is_done() {
+            self.publish_transcript(cx);
+        }
+        step
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use makepad_ai_services::state::{EventEntry, ServiceInfo, ToolEntry};
+    use makepad_ai_services::wire::ToolOutcome;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_transcript_reads_as_json_rows() {
+        let mut state = EngineState::default();
+        state.provider_label = "No model".into();
+        state.services.push(ServiceInfo {
+            id: "sheets".into(),
+            endpoint: "e1".into(),
+            label: "Sheets".into(),
+            parent: None,
+            location: "in this window".into(),
+            connected: true,
+            launchable: false,
+            tool_count: 1,
+        });
+        state.entries.push(Entry::User { text: "/sheets.summary {}".into() });
+        state.entries.push(Entry::Event(EventEntry {
+            sub_id: "s1".into(),
+            service_label: "Sheets".into(),
+            topic: "changes".into(),
+            text: "A1 changed".into(),
+            data: None,
+            dropped: 2,
+            final_: false,
+        }));
+        state.entries.push(Entry::Tool(ToolEntry {
+            call_id: "c1".into(),
+            service: "sheets".into(),
+            service_label: "Sheets".into(),
+            tool: "summary".into(),
+            title: "Sheets · summary".into(),
+            args: "{}".into(),
+            status: ToolStatus::Done { outcome: ToolOutcome::Ok, note: "3 × 4".into(), text: "Sheet1, 3 rows".into() },
+            preview: false,
+            expanded: false,
+        }));
+        state.generation = 7;
+        let json = transcript_json(&state);
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""status":"idle""#), "{json}");
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""apps":["Sheets"]"#), "{json}");
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""kind":"user""#) && json.contains(r#""kind":"tool""#), "{json}");
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""kind":"event""#) && json.contains("sub_id: s1") && json.contains("dropped: 2"), "{json}");
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""title":"Sheets · summary""#) && json.contains(r#""status":"ok""#), "{json}");
+        assert!(json.contains(r#""generation":7"#), "{json}");
+    }
+}

apps/aichat/src/panel.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,589 @@
+//! The chat panel: the one widget every host shows. It owns the engine —
+//! the service registry, the model, the transcript — and draws
+//! `EngineState` as a transcript of user lines, assistant text, tool cards
+//! (running, done, waiting for a confirm), and system lines, over a
+//! composer.
+//!
+//! Hosts talk to it in two ways: they hand it service links
+//! (`registry()`) or bus frames (`on_custom`), and they listen for
+//! [`AiChatPanelAction`]s. The engine runs on the panel's own events: every
+//! event pumps it, and while a turn is in flight the panel asks for the
+//! next frame so streaming, deadlines and the cloud provider's polling all
+//! advance without a host timer.
+
+use crate::bus::ServiceBus;
+use crate::gen::GenService;
+use crate::settings::AiSettings;
+#[cfg(feature = "engine")]
+use makepad_ai_services::engine::models::{build_model, provider_rows};
+use makepad_ai_services::engine::NoModelWithReason;
+use makepad_ai_services::engine::{EngineCore, EngineEvent, ServiceRegistry};
+use makepad_ai_services::state::*;
+use makepad_ai_services::wire::ToolOutcome;
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+
+script_mod! {
+    use mod.prelude.widgets_internal.*
+    use mod.widgets.*
+
+    mod.widgets.AiChatPanelBase = #(AiChatPanel::register_widget(vm))
+
+    let Line = Label{
+        width: Fill
+        height: Fit
+        draw_text +: {
+            color: theme.color_text
+            text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 9.5}
+        }
+    }
+
+    let Row = View{
+        width: Fill
+        height: Fit
+        flow: Down
+        padding: Inset{left: 14 right: 14 top: 4 bottom: 4}
+    }
+
+    mod.widgets.AiChatPanel = set_type_default() do mod.widgets.AiChatPanelBase{
+        width: Fill
+        height: Fill
+        flow: Down
+        draw_bg +: { color: theme.color_bg_app }
+
+        header := SolidView{
+            width: Fill
+            height: 36
+            flow: Right
+            spacing: 10
+            padding: Inset{left: 14 right: 8}
+            align: Align{y: 0.5}
+            draw_bg +: { color: theme.color_bg_container }
+            title := Label{
+                text: "AI"
+                draw_text +: {
+                    color: theme.color_text
+                    text_style: theme.font_bold{font_size: 10.5}
+                }
+            }
+            provider := Label{
+                width: Fill
+                text: ""
+                draw_text +: {
+                    color: theme.color_text_meta
+                    text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+                }
+            }
+            clear_button := ButtonFlatter{ text: "Clear" }
+        }
+
+        apps_row := Label{
+            width: Fill
+            height: Fit
+            padding: Inset{left: 14 right: 14 top: 6 bottom: 2}
+            max_lines: 2
+            text: ""
+            draw_text +: {
+                color: theme.color_text_meta
+                text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+            }
+        }
+
+        transcript := PortalList{
+            width: Fill
+            height: Fill
+            auto_tail: true
+
+            UserRow := Row{
+                padding: Inset{left: 14 right: 14 top: 10 bottom: 4}
+                user_text := Line{
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text
+                        text_style: theme.font_bold{font_size: 9.5}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            EventRow := Row{
+                margin: Inset{left: 10 right: 10 top: 5 bottom: 5}
+                padding: Inset{left: 10 right: 10 top: 7 bottom: 7}
+                draw_bg +: { color: theme.color_bg_container }
+                event_title := Line{
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text_hl
+                        text_style: theme.font_bold{font_size: 8.5}
+                    }
+                }
+                event_text := Line{}
+                event_meta := Line{
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text_meta
+                        text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.0}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            AssistantRow := Row{
+                assistant_md := Markdown{
+                    width: Fill
+                    height: Fit
+                    body: ""
+                }
+            }
+            StreamRow := Row{
+                stream_text := Line{}
+            }
+            ToolRow := Row{
+                padding: Inset{left: 22 right: 14 top: 3 bottom: 3}
+                tool_head := View{
+                    width: Fill
+                    height: Fit
+                    cursor: MouseCursor.Hand
+                    tool_title := Line{
+                        draw_text +: {
+                            color: theme.color_text_meta
+                            text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                tool_note := Line{
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text_meta
+                        text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+                    }
+                }
+                tool_bar := SolidView{
+                    width: Fill
+                    height: 2
+                    margin: Inset{top: 3}
+                    draw_bg +: { color: theme.color_text_hl }
+                }
+                tool_detail := Line{
+                    visible: false
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text_meta
+                        text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.0}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            ConfirmRow := Row{
+                padding: Inset{left: 22 right: 14 top: 6 bottom: 6}
+                confirm_title := Line{
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text
+                        text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 9.0}
+                    }
+                }
+                confirm_buttons := View{
+                    width: Fill
+                    height: Fit
+                    flow: Right
+                    spacing: 8
+                    margin: Inset{top: 4}
+                    run_button := Button{ text: "Run" }
+                    deny_button := ButtonFlat{ text: "Cancel" }
+                }
+            }
+            SystemRow := Row{
+                system_text := Line{
+                    draw_text +: {
+                        color: theme.color_text_hl
+                        text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        status := Label{
+            width: Fill
+            height: Fit
+            padding: Inset{left: 14 right: 14 top: 4 bottom: 2}
+            max_lines: 2
+            text: ""
+            draw_text +: {
+                color: theme.color_text_meta
+                text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+            }
+        }
+
+        composer := View{
+            width: Fill
+            height: Fit
+            flow: Right
+            spacing: 8
+            padding: Inset{left: 12 right: 12 top: 6 bottom: 10}
+            align: Align{y: 0.5}
+            input := TextInput{
+                width: Fill
+                height: Fit
+                empty_text: "Ask AI"
+                // The prompt is a hint, not text: a dark grey in every state,
+                // never the typed colour (the composer is always focused).
+                draw_text +: {
+                    color_empty: #666666
+                    color_empty_hover: #777777
+                    color_empty_focus: #666666
+                }
+            }
+            send_button := Button{ text: "Send" }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// What the panel tells its host.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Default)]
+pub enum AiChatPanelAction {
+    /// Esc with an empty composer and no turn in flight: the host may hide
+    /// the pane.
+    Close,
+    #[default]
+    None,
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook, Widget)]
+pub struct AiChatPanel {
+    #[source]
+    source: ScriptObjectRef,
+    #[deref]
+    view: View,
+    #[rust]
+    engine: Option<EngineCore>,
+    #[rust]
+    registry: ServiceRegistry,
+    #[rust]
+    bus: ServiceBus,
+    /// The assistant's own `gen` service (pictures from the fleet), joined
+    /// to the registry with the engine.
+    #[rust]
+    gen: Option<GenService>,
+    #[rust]
+    settings: Option<AiSettings>,
+    #[rust]
+    drawn_generation: u64,
+    #[rust]
+    next_frame: NextFrame,
+    /// The composer took the keyboard once it existed on screen — a
+    /// focus set before the first draw lands on no area at all.
+    #[rust]
+    composer_focused: bool,
+}
+
+impl AiChatPanel {
+    /// The registry a host plugs in-process links into.
+    pub fn registry(&self) -> &ServiceRegistry {
+        &self.registry
+    }
+
+    /// A studio `Custom` frame that may be a bus frame from the WM.
+    pub fn on_custom(&mut self, json: &str) -> bool {
+        self.bus.on_custom(&self.registry, json)
+    }
+
+    pub fn state(&self) -> Option<&EngineState> {
+        self.engine.as_ref().map(|e| e.state())
+    }
+
+    fn settings(&mut self) -> &AiSettings {
+        if self.settings.is_none() {
+            self.settings = Some(AiSettings::load());
+        }
+        self.settings.as_ref().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    /// The engine comes up on first use — a local model is a long load
+    /// and no host pays it before the person opens the pane.
+    fn ensure_engine(&mut self) -> &mut EngineCore {
+        if self.engine.is_none() {
+            let lease_id = self.widget_uid().0;
+            let settings = self.settings().clone();
+            // The real models ride the `engine` feature; a build without a
+            // runtime (the web page) says so and keeps the tool console.
+            #[cfg(feature = "engine")]
+            let (model, rows): (Box<dyn makepad_ai_services::Model>, Vec<ProviderRow>) = (
+                match build_model(&settings.provider, settings.local_only) {
+                    Ok(m) => m,
+                    Err(reason) => Box::new(NoModelWithReason::new(reason)),
+                },
+                provider_rows(settings.local_only),
+            );
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "engine"))]
+            let (model, rows): (Box<dyn makepad_ai_services::Model>, Vec<ProviderRow>) =
+                (Box::new(NoModelWithReason::new("this build has no model runtime")), Vec::new());
+            let mut core = EngineCore::new(self.registry.clone(), model, None, lease_id);
+            // The state is the panel's window into the core; the core owns
+            // it, so provider facts go in through the core.
+            core.set_provider_facts(settings.provider.clone(), rows, settings.local_only);
+            self.engine = Some(core);
+            self.gen = GenService::open(&self.registry);
+        }
+        self.engine.as_mut().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn now(cx: &Cx) -> f64 {
+        cx.seconds_since_app_start()
+    }
+
+    /// A line as if typed and sent — the bridge's `/ai?say=`.
+    pub fn say(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, text: String) {
+        self.send(cx, text);
+    }
+
+    fn send(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, text: String) {
+        let now = Self::now(cx);
+        self.ensure_engine().send(&text, now);
+        let input = self.view.text_input(cx, ids!(input));
+        input.set_text(cx, "");
+        // The widget drops the keyboard on submit; a chat composer keeps
+        // it, so the next line can be typed straight away.
+        input.take_key_focus(cx);
+        self.view.redraw(cx);
+    }
+
+    fn apps_line(&self, state: &EngineState) -> String {
+        if state.services.is_empty() {
+            return "No apps connected.".into();
+        }
+        state
+            .services
+            .iter()
+            .map(|s| if s.connected { s.label.clone() } else { format!("{} (not running)", s.label) })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join("  ·  ")
+    }
+
+    fn status_line(state: &EngineState) -> String {
+        let rate = state.rate.map(|r| format!("  ·  {r:.0} tok/s")).unwrap_or_default();
+        match &state.status {
+            Status::Idle => rate.trim_start_matches("  ·  ").to_string(),
+            Status::Loading { phase, fraction } => format!("loading {phase} {:.0}%", fraction * 100.0),
+            Status::Thinking => {
+                if state.thinking.is_empty() {
+                    "thinking…".to_string()
+                } else {
+                    let tail: String = state.thinking.chars().rev().take(120).collect::<Vec<_>>().into_iter().rev().collect();
+                    format!("thinking… {tail}")
+                }
+            }
+            Status::Streaming => format!("writing{rate}"),
+            Status::WaitingForTool => "waiting for the app…".to_string(),
+            Status::Error(e) => e.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for AiChatPanel {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // The engine only enqueues Unsubscribe frames. Flush them while the
+        // hosted bus and registry still exist; field destruction is too late.
+        if let Some(engine) = self.engine.as_mut() {
+            engine.shutdown();
+        }
+        self.bus.relay_down(&self.registry);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Widget for AiChatPanel {
+    fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event, scope: &mut Scope) {
+        if let Event::Custom(json) = event {
+            self.on_custom(json);
+        }
+        // Esc: stop a running turn; with nothing running and an empty
+        // composer, ask the host to hide the pane.
+        if let Event::KeyDown(ke) = event {
+            if ke.key_code == KeyCode::Escape {
+                let busy = self.engine.as_ref().map(|e| e.state().status.is_busy()).unwrap_or(false);
+                let empty = self.view.text_input(cx, ids!(input)).text().trim().is_empty();
+                if busy {
+                    let now = Self::now(cx);
+                    self.ensure_engine().cancel(now);
+                    self.view.redraw(cx);
+                } else if empty {
+                    cx.widget_action(self.widget_uid(), AiChatPanelAction::Close);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // The built-in services answer before the engine pumps, so a
+        // finished picture lands in this same event.
+        if let Some(gen) = self.gen.as_mut() {
+            gen.handle_event(cx, event);
+        }
+        // Drive the engine on every event; the bus relays what it sent.
+        let now = Self::now(cx);
+        let mut changed = false;
+        let mut busy = false;
+        if let Some(engine) = self.engine.as_mut() {
+            for ev in engine.pump(now) {
+                match ev {
+                    EngineEvent::Changed => changed = true,
+                    EngineEvent::Confirm { .. } => changed = true,
+                }
+            }
+            busy = engine.needs_pump()
+                || engine.state().status.is_busy()
+                || matches!(engine.state().status, Status::Loading { .. });
+        }
+        self.bus.relay_down(&self.registry);
+        if changed {
+            self.view.redraw(cx);
+        }
+        if busy {
+            self.next_frame = cx.new_next_frame();
+        }
+        self.view.handle_event(cx, event, scope);
+        self.widget_match_event(cx, event, scope);
+    }
+
+    fn draw_walk(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx2d, scope: &mut Scope, walk: Walk) -> DrawStep {
+        // The engine exists once the panel is on screen.
+        let _ = self.ensure_engine();
+        let state = self.engine.as_ref().unwrap().state().clone();
+        self.drawn_generation = state.generation;
+        self.view.label(cx, ids!(provider)).set_text(cx, &format!("{}{}", state.provider_label, if state.local_only { "  ·  local only" } else { "" }));
+        self.view.label(cx, ids!(apps_row)).set_text(cx, &self.apps_line(&state));
+        self.view.label(cx, ids!(status)).set_text(cx, &Self::status_line(&state));
+        while let Some(item) = self.view.draw_walk(cx, scope, walk).step() {
+            let Some(mut list) = item.borrow_mut::<PortalList>() else { continue };
+            let total = state.entries.len();
+            list.set_item_range(cx, 0, total);
+            while let Some(index) = list.next_visible_item(cx) {
+                if index >= total {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let entry = &state.entries[index];
+                let row = match entry {
+                    Entry::User { text } => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(UserRow));
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(user_text)).set_text(cx, text);
+                        row
+                    }
+                    Entry::Event(event) => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(EventRow));
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(event_title))
+                            .set_text(cx, &format!("→ {} · {}", event.service_label, event.topic));
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(event_text)).set_text(cx, &event.text);
+                        let mut meta = format!("sub_id: {}", event.sub_id);
+                        if event.dropped != 0 {
+                            meta.push_str(&format!(" · dropped: {}", event.dropped));
+                        }
+                        if event.final_ {
+                            meta.push_str(" · final");
+                        }
+                        if let Some(data) = &event.data {
+                            meta.push_str(&format!("\n{data}"));
+                        }
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(event_meta)).set_text(cx, &meta);
+                        row
+                    }
+                    Entry::Assistant { text, streaming: false } => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(AssistantRow));
+                        // No text, no row: a blank block above a card is a gap.
+                        row.set_visible(cx, !text.trim().is_empty());
+                        if let Some(mut md) = row.widget(cx, ids!(assistant_md)).borrow_mut::<Markdown>() {
+                            md.set_text(cx, text);
+                        }
+                        row
+                    }
+                    Entry::Assistant { text, streaming: true } => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(StreamRow));
+                        row.set_visible(cx, !text.trim().is_empty());
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(stream_text)).set_text(cx, text);
+                        row
+                    }
+                    Entry::Tool(t) if matches!(t.status, ToolStatus::Confirm) => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(ConfirmRow));
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(confirm_title)).set_text(cx, &format!("{}  —  this changes things outside the app. Run it?", t.title));
+                        row
+                    }
+                    Entry::Tool(t) => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(ToolRow));
+                        let (glyph, note, permille, detail) = match &t.status {
+                            ToolStatus::Running { note, permille } => ("›", note.clone(), *permille, String::new()),
+                            ToolStatus::Done { outcome, note, text } => {
+                                let glyph = if outcome.is_ok() { "✓" } else { "✗" };
+                                let note = if note.is_empty() { outcome.slug().to_string() } else { note.clone() };
+                                (glyph, note, 1000, text.clone())
+                            }
+                            ToolStatus::Confirm => ("?", String::new(), 0, String::new()),
+                        };
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(tool_title)).set_text(cx, &format!("{glyph} {}", t.title));
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(tool_note)).set_text(cx, &note);
+                        let bar_visible = matches!(t.status, ToolStatus::Running { .. });
+                        row.view(cx, ids!(tool_bar)).set_visible(cx, bar_visible);
+                        if bar_visible {
+                            // The bar is a fraction of the row's inner width
+                            // (the row's rect is last frame's; the first
+                            // frame of a card draws it at a token width).
+                            let inner = (row.area().rect(cx).size.x - 36.0).max(24.0);
+                            let px = inner * (permille as f64 / 1000.0).max(0.05);
+                            let mut bar = row.view(cx, ids!(tool_bar));
+                            script_apply_eval!(cx, bar, { width: #(px) });
+                        }
+                        let detail_label = row.label(cx, ids!(tool_detail));
+                        detail_label.set_visible(cx, t.expanded && !detail.is_empty());
+                        if t.expanded {
+                            detail_label.set_text(cx, &format!("{}\n{}", t.args, detail));
+                        }
+                        let _ = matches!(t.status, ToolStatus::Done { outcome: ToolOutcome::Ok, .. });
+                        row
+                    }
+                    Entry::System { text } => {
+                        let row = list.item(cx, index, id!(SystemRow));
+                        row.label(cx, ids!(system_text)).set_text(cx, text);
+                        row
+                    }
+                };
+                row.draw_all(cx, &mut Scope::empty());
+            }
+        }
+        if !self.composer_focused {
+            self.composer_focused = true;
+            self.view.text_input(cx, ids!(input)).take_key_focus(cx);
+        }
+        DrawStep::done()
+    }
+}
+
+impl WidgetMatchEvent for AiChatPanel {
+    fn handle_actions(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, actions: &Actions, scope: &mut Scope) {
+        let input = self.view.text_input(cx, ids!(input));
+        let returned = input.returned(actions).map(|(text, _)| text);
+        if let Some(text) = returned {
+            self.send(cx, text);
+        } else if self.view.button(cx, ids!(send_button)).clicked(actions) {
+            let text = input.text();
+            self.send(cx, text);
+        }
+        if self.view.button(cx, ids!(clear_button)).clicked(actions) {
+            let now = Self::now(cx);
+            self.ensure_engine().clear(now);
+            self.view.redraw(cx);
+        }
+        // Cards: confirm buttons and click-to-expand.
+        let list = self.view.portal_list(cx, ids!(transcript));
+        let items = list.items_with_actions(actions);
+        if !items.is_empty() {
+            let now = Self::now(cx);
+            let call_ids: Vec<Option<String>> = {
+                let state = self.ensure_engine().state();
+                items
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(index, _)| match state.entries.get(*index) {
+                        Some(Entry::Tool(t)) => Some(t.call_id.clone()),
+                        _ => None,
+                    })
+                    .collect()
+            };
+            for ((_, item), call_id) in items.iter().zip(call_ids) {
+                let Some(call_id) = call_id else { continue };
+                if item.button(cx, ids!(run_button)).clicked(actions) {
+                    self.ensure_engine().confirm(&call_id, true, now);
+                    self.view.redraw(cx);
+                } else if item.button(cx, ids!(deny_button)).clicked(actions) {
+                    self.ensure_engine().confirm(&call_id, false, now);
+                    self.view.redraw(cx);
+                } else if item.view(cx, ids!(tool_head)).finger_up(actions).is_some() {
+                    self.ensure_engine().toggle_tool(&call_id);
+                    self.view.redraw(cx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let _ = scope;
+    }
+}

apps/aichat/src/settings.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+//! What the person chose: which model answers, and whether cloud models
+//! are locked out. Two lines in `~/.makepad/aichat/settings`, the lock a
+//! promise kept in code (a cloud choice under the lock normalises to
+//! local at load and is refused at set), never a menu filter.
+
+use makepad_ai_services::state::ProviderChoice;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct AiSettings {
+    pub provider: ProviderChoice,
+    /// Default ON: the person must switch it off before any cloud model
+    /// can be picked.
+    pub local_only: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for AiSettings {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        AiSettings { provider: ProviderChoice::Local, local_only: true }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AiSettings {
+    /// The lock, applied: a cloud provider under the lock becomes local.
+    /// "none" (no model) is always allowed — it reaches nothing.
+    pub fn normalized(mut self) -> Self {
+        if self.local_only {
+            if let ProviderChoice::Cloud(slug) = &self.provider {
+                if slug != "none" {
+                    self.provider = ProviderChoice::Local;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Can this choice be made under the current lock?
+    pub fn allows(&self, choice: &ProviderChoice) -> Result<(), String> {
+        match choice {
+            ProviderChoice::Cloud(slug) if self.local_only && slug != "none" => Err("Local AI only is on".into()),
+            _ => Ok(()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse(text: &str) -> AiSettings {
+        let mut s = AiSettings::default();
+        for line in text.lines() {
+            let Some((k, v)) = line.split_once('=') else { continue };
+            match k.trim() {
+                "provider" => s.provider = ProviderChoice::from_slug(v.trim()),
+                "local_only" => s.local_only = v.trim() != "false",
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        s.normalized()
+    }
+
+    pub fn render(&self) -> String {
+        format!("provider={}\nlocal_only={}\n", self.provider.slug(), self.local_only)
+    }
+
+    pub fn path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        if cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32") {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let home = std::env::var_os("HOME").or_else(|| std::env::var_os("USERPROFILE"))?;
+        Some(PathBuf::from(home).join(".makepad").join("aichat").join("settings"))
+    }
+
+    pub fn load() -> AiSettings {
+        match Self::path().and_then(|p| std::fs::read_to_string(p).ok()) {
+            Some(text) => Self::parse(&text),
+            None => AiSettings::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn save(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
+        let Some(path) = Self::path() else { return Ok(()) };
+        if let Some(dir) = path.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(dir).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        }
+        std::fs::write(&path, self.render()).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_lock_is_kept_at_load_and_at_set() {
+        let s = AiSettings::parse("provider=claude-api\nlocal_only=true\n");
+        assert_eq!(s.provider, ProviderChoice::Local, "a cloud pref under the lock cannot resurrect a cloud model");
+        assert!(s.allows(&ProviderChoice::Cloud("claude-api".into())).is_err());
+        assert!(s.allows(&ProviderChoice::Cloud("none".into())).is_ok());
+        let open = AiSettings::parse("provider=claude-api\nlocal_only=false\n");
+        assert_eq!(open.provider, ProviderChoice::Cloud("claude-api".into()));
+        assert_eq!(AiSettings::parse(&open.render()), open);
+        assert_eq!(AiSettings::parse("garbage"), AiSettings::default());
+    }
+}

apps/asset-ui/Cargo.toml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ makepad-render = { path = "../../libs/render" }
 makepad-gltf = { path = "../../libs/gltf" }
 # Splat viewer: ViewSplat + XrSceneView desktop host.
 makepad-xr = { path = "../../xr" }
+makepad-media-view = { path = "../../libs/media_view" }
 # REAL Asset Server frontend: shared session lifecycle (discovery/auth/
 # retry), catalog runtimes, committed-event subscriber, verified cache. The
 # VJ worker owns these crates; this app consumes the public API only.

apps/asset-ui/src/analysis.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use makepad_audio_lyrics::bake::LyricsBaker;
 use makepad_audio_lyrics::TrackLyrics;
 use makepad_audio_sidechannels::{encode_stem_oggs, publish_side_channels};
 use makepad_widgets::log;
-use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::SignalToUI;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{SignalToUI, ThreadOptions, ThreadSpawner};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -545,14 +545,8 @@ pub struct AnalysisQueue {
     fetch_generation: u64,
 }
 
-impl Default for AnalysisQueue {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        AnalysisQueue::start()
-    }
-}
-
 impl AnalysisQueue {
-    pub fn start() -> AnalysisQueue {
+    pub fn start(spawner: ThreadSpawner) -> AnalysisQueue {
         let (bake_tx, bake_requests) = channel::<BakeRequest>();
         let (bake_done, bake_rx) = channel::<BakeMsg>();
         let (fetch_tx, fetch_requests) = channel::<FetchRequest>();
@@ -561,12 +555,26 @@ impl AnalysisQueue {
         let worker_batch = Arc::clone(&batch);
         // A failed spawn is not fatal: the queue simply never runs, and
         // every enqueue reports it instead of pretending to work.
-        let _ = std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-stem-bake".into())
-            .spawn(move || bake_loop(bake_requests, bake_done, worker_batch));
-        let _ = std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-stem-fetch".into())
-            .spawn(move || fetch_loop(fetch_requests, fetch_done));
+        match spawner.spawn_worker(
+            ThreadOptions {
+                name: Some("asset-ui-stem-bake".into()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            move || bake_loop(bake_requests, bake_done, worker_batch),
+        ) {
+            Ok(handle) => handle.detach(),
+            Err(error) => log!("analysis bake worker unavailable: {error}"),
+        }
+        match spawner.spawn_worker(
+            ThreadOptions {
+                name: Some("asset-ui-stem-fetch".into()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            move || fetch_loop(fetch_requests, fetch_done),
+        ) {
+            Ok(handle) => handle.detach(),
+            Err(error) => log!("analysis fetch worker unavailable: {error}"),
+        }
         AnalysisQueue {
             bake_tx,
             bake_rx,
@@ -1473,7 +1481,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn the_queue_counts_a_batch_and_keeps_its_verdict() {
-        let mut queue = AnalysisQueue::start();
+        let cx = makepad_widgets::Cx::new(Box::new(|_, _| {}));
+        let mut queue = AnalysisQueue::start(cx.thread_spawner());
         assert!(!queue.busy());
         assert_eq!(queue.status_line(), "");
         assert_eq!(queue.progress_fraction(), 0.0);

apps/asset-ui/src/artifact_io.rs

@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 //! - gallery preview decodes run on a small worker pool (2..=8 threads)
 //!   pulling a last-in-first-out stack, capped so old off-screen work drops.
 
-use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::SignalToUI;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{SignalToUI, ThreadOptions, ThreadSpawner};
 use makepad_widgets::{decode_image_from_data, ImageBuffer};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
 
 /// What one background read is for.
 pub enum IoPurpose {
@@ -164,35 +163,39 @@ pub enum IoDone {
 pub struct ArtifactIo {
     tx: Sender<IoRequest>,
     rx: Receiver<IoDone>,
-    gallery: Arc<GalleryStack>,
 }
 
 impl ArtifactIo {
-    pub fn start() -> Self {
+    pub fn start(spawner: ThreadSpawner) -> Self {
         let (request_tx, request_rx) = channel::<IoRequest>();
         let (done_tx, done_rx) = channel::<IoDone>();
-        let gallery = Arc::new(GalleryStack::new());
-        std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-artifact-io".into())
-            .spawn({
+        let (gallery_tx, gallery_rx) = channel::<IoRequest>();
+        spawner
+            .spawn_worker(
+                ThreadOptions {
+                    name: Some("asset-ui-artifact-io".into()),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                {
                     let done_tx = done_tx.clone();
-                let gallery = Arc::clone(&gallery);
-                move || dispatch_loop(request_rx, done_tx, gallery)
-            })
-            .expect("artifact io dispatcher");
-        let n = gallery_worker_count();
-        for i in 0..n {
-            let done_tx = done_tx.clone();
-            let gallery = Arc::clone(&gallery);
-            std::thread::Builder::new()
-                .name(format!("asset-ui-preview-{i}"))
-                .spawn(move || gallery_loop(gallery, done_tx))
-                .expect("gallery decode worker");
-        }
+                    move || dispatch_loop(request_rx, done_tx, gallery_tx)
+                },
+            )
+            .expect("artifact io dispatcher")
+            .detach();
+        spawner
+            .spawn_worker(
+                ThreadOptions {
+                    name: Some("asset-ui-preview".into()),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                move || gallery_loop(gallery_rx, done_tx),
+            )
+            .expect("gallery decode worker")
+            .detach();
         Self {
             tx: request_tx,
             rx: done_rx,
-            gallery,
         }
     }
 
@@ -206,12 +209,6 @@ impl ArtifactIo {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for ArtifactIo {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.gallery.shutdown();
-    }
-}
-
 fn is_gallery(purpose: &IoPurpose) -> bool {
     matches!(
         purpose,
@@ -221,13 +218,13 @@ fn is_gallery(purpose: &IoPurpose) -> bool {
     )
 }
 
-fn dispatch_loop(rx: Receiver<IoRequest>, tx: Sender<IoDone>, gallery: Arc<GalleryStack>) {
+fn dispatch_loop(rx: Receiver<IoRequest>, tx: Sender<IoDone>, gallery: Sender<IoRequest>) {
     // One connected client per session, reused across opens: against the
     // local server a fresh connect costs more than the payload.
     let mut store: Option<(crate::import::ServerSession, makepad_asset_client::AssetClient)> = None;
     while let Ok(request) = rx.recv() {
         if is_gallery(&request.purpose) {
-            gallery.push_latest(request);
+            let _ = gallery.send(request);
             continue;
         }
         let done = process_with_store(request, &mut store);
@@ -236,10 +233,15 @@ fn dispatch_loop(rx: Receiver<IoRequest>, tx: Sender<IoDone>, gallery: Arc<Galle
         }
         SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
     }
-    gallery.shutdown();
 }
 
-fn gallery_loop(gallery: Arc<GalleryStack>, tx: Sender<IoDone>) {
+fn gallery_loop(rx: Receiver<IoRequest>, tx: Sender<IoDone>) {
+    let mut gallery = GalleryStack::new();
+    while let Ok(request) = rx.recv() {
+        gallery.push_latest(request);
+        for request in rx.try_iter() {
+            gallery.push_latest(request);
+        }
         while let Some(request) = gallery.pop_latest() {
             let file = request.file.clone();
             let done = process(request);
@@ -248,6 +250,10 @@ fn gallery_loop(gallery: Arc<GalleryStack>, tx: Sender<IoDone>) {
                 return;
             }
             SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
+            for request in rx.try_iter() {
+                gallery.push_latest(request);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -264,24 +270,22 @@ struct GalleryInner {
 }
 
 struct GalleryStack {
-    inner: Mutex<GalleryInner>,
-    cv: Condvar,
+    inner: GalleryInner,
 }
 
 impl GalleryStack {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            inner: Mutex::new(GalleryInner {
+            inner: GalleryInner {
                 stack: Vec::new(),
                 decoding: HashSet::new(),
                 shutdown: false,
-            }),
-            cv: Condvar::new(),
+            },
         }
     }
 
-    fn push_latest(&self, request: IoRequest) {
-        let mut g = self.inner.lock().expect("gallery stack");
+    fn push_latest(&mut self, request: IoRequest) {
+        let g = &mut self.inner;
         if g.shutdown {
             return;
         }
@@ -294,12 +298,10 @@ impl GalleryStack {
             let drop_n = g.stack.len() - GALLERY_STACK_CAP;
             g.stack.drain(0..drop_n);
         }
-        self.cv.notify_one();
     }
 
-    fn pop_latest(&self) -> Option<IoRequest> {
-        let mut g = self.inner.lock().expect("gallery stack");
-        loop {
+    fn pop_latest(&mut self) -> Option<IoRequest> {
+        let g = &mut self.inner;
         if g.shutdown {
             return None;
         }
@@ -308,29 +310,18 @@ impl GalleryStack {
                 return Some(request);
             }
         }
-            g = self.cv.wait(g).expect("gallery stack");
-        }
+        None
     }
 
-    fn finish(&self, file: &str) {
-        let mut g = self.inner.lock().expect("gallery stack");
-        g.decoding.remove(file);
+    fn finish(&mut self, file: &str) {
+        self.inner.decoding.remove(file);
     }
 
-    fn shutdown(&self) {
-        let mut g = self.inner.lock().expect("gallery stack");
-        g.shutdown = true;
-        self.cv.notify_all();
+    fn shutdown(&mut self) {
+        self.inner.shutdown = true;
     }
 }
 
-fn gallery_worker_count() -> usize {
-    std::thread::available_parallelism()
-        .map(|n| n.get())
-        .unwrap_or(4)
-        .clamp(2, 8)
-}
-
 /// A read whose bytes may come from the store. Everything past the fetch is
 /// the same decode the local-file path uses — one viewer, two sources.
 fn process_with_store(
@@ -865,7 +856,8 @@ mod tests {
         std::fs::write(&payload, b"mp4-bytes").unwrap();
         let copy = dir.join("viewer-open.mp4");
 
-        let io = ArtifactIo::start();
+        let cx = makepad_widgets::Cx::new(Box::new(|_, _| {}));
+        let io = ArtifactIo::start(cx.thread_spawner());
         io.request(IoRequest {
             file: "clip.mp4".into(),
             path: payload.clone(),
@@ -1143,7 +1135,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn gallery_stack_is_last_requested_first_and_rebumps() {
-        let stack = GalleryStack::new();
+        let mut stack = GalleryStack::new();
         let mk = |file: &str| IoRequest {
             file: file.into(),
             path: PathBuf::from(file),
@@ -1168,7 +1160,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn gallery_stack_drops_oldest_when_capped() {
-        let stack = GalleryStack::new();
+        let mut stack = GalleryStack::new();
         for i in 0..(GALLERY_STACK_CAP + 10) {
             stack.push_latest(IoRequest {
                 file: format!("f{i}"),

apps/asset-ui/src/asset_store_state.rs

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ use makepad_asset_client::{
 use makepad_asset_data::{AssetId, AssetRevisionId};
 pub use makepad_asset_data::AssetKind;
 use makepad_widgets::log;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{
+    Lane, TaskHandle, TaskPool, ThreadOptions, ThreadSpawner,
+};
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -360,6 +363,8 @@ pub struct SearchResults {
 /// happens through `start`/`poll`/`submit_search`/`select` only.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct AssetStore {
+    pool: Option<TaskPool>,
+    spawner: Option<ThreadSpawner>,
     /// Continuous ai-content-library → catalog publisher. Declared BEFORE
     /// `embedded` so it is joined while the server it publishes into is
     /// still alive.
@@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ pub struct AssetStore {
     /// boxes directly (the store advertises nothing any more — generation
     /// is client-driven, aicore §9).
     pub profiles: Remote<Vec<JobProfileDto>>,
-    profiles_rx: Option<std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Vec<JobProfileDto>>>,
+    profiles_task: Option<TaskHandle<Vec<JobProfileDto>>>,
     /// Committed catalog events, newest first, capped.
     pub events: VecDeque<CatalogEventDto>,
     /// The event feed delivered its initial cursor and is following commits.
@@ -480,7 +485,7 @@ pub struct AssetStore {
     succession_note: Option<String>,
     /// The previous session is being torn down off-thread. Flips when its
     /// cache roots are free for the next session to open.
-    releasing: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
+    releasing: Option<TaskHandle<()>>,
     /// What to connect to once `releasing` flips.
     pending_session: Option<PendingSession>,
 }
@@ -498,11 +503,13 @@ impl AssetStore {
     /// the client finds it through the same discovery/health path any LAN
     /// peer would. Set the env var to skip embed and talk to a standalone
     /// server instead.
-    pub fn start(&mut self, library_dir: PathBuf) {
+    pub fn start(&mut self, library_dir: PathBuf, pool: TaskPool, spawner: ThreadSpawner) {
         if self.connector.is_some() || self.server.is_some() {
             return;
         }
         self.library_dir = library_dir;
+        self.pool = Some(pool);
+        self.spawner = Some(spawner);
         self.server_root = default_asset_server_root();
         self.beacon = beacon_from_env();
         self.embed = embed_policy_from_env();
@@ -642,7 +649,7 @@ impl AssetStore {
                             label: handles.server_label.clone(),
                             server_id: handles.server_id,
                         });
-                        self.endpoints = Some(handles.endpoints);
+                        self.endpoints = handles.endpoints;
                         self.token = handles.token.clone();
                         self.handles = Some(*handles);
                         self.connector = None;
@@ -655,17 +662,15 @@ impl AssetStore {
             }
         }
         // Fleet-built generation profiles landing from their worker thread.
-        if let Some(rx) = &self.profiles_rx {
-            match rx.try_recv() {
+        if let Some(result) = self.profiles_task.as_mut().and_then(TaskHandle::try_take) {
+            self.profiles_task = None;
+            match result {
                 Ok(profiles) => {
-                    self.profiles_rx = None;
                     self.profiles = Remote::Ready(profiles);
                     changed = true;
                 }
-                Err(std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty) => {}
-                Err(std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
-                    self.profiles_rx = None;
-                    self.profiles = Remote::Failed("fleet probe thread died".to_string());
+                Err(error) => {
+                    self.profiles = Remote::Failed(format!("fleet profile job failed: {error}"));
                     changed = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -806,13 +811,23 @@ impl AssetStore {
     /// Start the embedded server's background loops and become the host.
     fn begin_hosting(&mut self, server: makepad_asset_store::AssetServer, token: &str) {
         if self.host_loops == HostLoops::Run {
-            self.publish =
-                start_publish_loop(&server, token, self.library_dir.clone());
+            let Some(spawner) = self.spawner.as_ref() else {
+                log!("asset store: host workers unavailable (thread runtime not configured)");
+                self.role = ServerRole::Host;
+                self.embedded = Some(server);
+                return;
+            };
+            self.publish = start_publish_loop(
+                spawner,
+                &server,
+                token,
+                self.library_dir.clone(),
+            );
             // LIVECODING: observed origin directories, catalogued in place.
             // Only the HOST runs this — reference admission is loopback
             // privilege, so an attached client never observes for somebody
             // else's store.
-            self.observe = start_observe_loop(&server, token);
+            self.observe = start_observe_loop(spawner, &server, token);
         }
         self.role = ServerRole::Host;
         self.embedded = Some(server);
@@ -856,40 +871,40 @@ impl AssetStore {
         self.search_continuation = false;
         self.next_cursor = None;
         self.detail_req = None;
-        self.profiles_rx = None;
+        self.profiles_task = None;
         self.probe_req = None;
         self.gc_req = None;
         self.gc_cancel_req = None;
         self.retire_reqs.clear();
-        let released = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
-        self.releasing = Some(released.clone());
-        let Some(handles) = self.handles.take() else {
-            released.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+        let Some(pool) = &self.pool else {
+            log!("asset store: session release refused (runtime pool unavailable)");
             return;
         };
-        let done = released.clone();
-        let spawned = std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-session-release".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || {
-                handles.shutdown();
-                done.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-            });
-        if let Err(error) = spawned {
-            // The closure (and the session inside it) was dropped, which
-            // already joined the runtimes right here. Nothing is left to
-            // wait for, so never leave the swap parked on a thread that
-            // does not exist.
-            log!("asset store: session release thread refused ({error}); released inline");
-            released.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+        let slot = match pool.reserve(Lane::Heavy) {
+            Ok(slot) => slot,
+            Err(error) => {
+                log!("asset store: session release delayed ({error})");
+                return;
             }
+        };
+        let Some(handles) = self.handles.take() else {
+            self.releasing = None;
+            return;
+        };
+        self.releasing = Some(slot.submit(move || handles.shutdown()));
     }
 
     /// Open the decided session once the previous one has let go.
     fn finish_swap(&mut self) -> bool {
-        if let Some(released) = &self.releasing {
-            if !released.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+        if self.releasing.is_none() && self.handles.is_some() {
+            self.begin_release();
             return false;
         }
+        if let Some(releasing) = &mut self.releasing {
+            let Some(result) = releasing.try_take() else { return false };
+            if let Err(error) = result {
+                log!("asset store: session release failed: {error}");
+            }
         }
         self.releasing = None;
         let Some(pending) = self.pending_session.take() else {
@@ -1150,18 +1165,20 @@ impl AssetStore {
     /// they can execute right now. Runs on its own thread — LAN probes must
     /// never stall a frame — and lands through `profiles_rx` in [`Self::poll`].
     fn submit_profiles(&mut self) {
-        let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
-        self.profiles_rx = Some(rx);
         self.profiles = Remote::Loading;
-        let _ = std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-profiles".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || {
+        let Some(pool) = &self.pool else {
+            self.profiles = Remote::Failed("runtime task pool unavailable".into());
+            return;
+        };
+        match pool.submit(Lane::Light, move || {
                 let snapshots = makepad_asset_creator::runner::fleet_snapshots();
-                let profiles = makepad_asset_importer::gen_profiles::build_profiles(
-                    &snapshots, "gen",
-                );
-                let _ = tx.send(profiles);
-            });
+                makepad_asset_importer::gen_profiles::build_profiles(&snapshots, "gen")
+            }) {
+            Ok(handle) => self.profiles_task = Some(handle),
+            Err(error) => {
+                self.profiles = Remote::Failed(format!("fleet profile job refused: {error}"));
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     fn on_catalog_event(&mut self, event: ClientEvent) -> bool {
@@ -1673,21 +1690,17 @@ fn start_embedded_asset_server_at(
     Ok((server, token))
 }
 
-/// Stop flag for the single in-process publish loop. A `static` (not an
-/// `Arc`) because `watch::run` borrows it for the thread's whole life and
-/// there is at most one loop per process.
-static PUBLISH_STOP: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
-
 /// Owns the publisher thread; dropping the store stops and joins it.
 struct PublishLoop {
-    join: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
+    stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    task: Option<TaskHandle<()>>,
 }
 
 impl Drop for PublishLoop {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        PUBLISH_STOP.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-        if let Some(join) = self.join.take() {
-            let _ = join.join();
+        self.stop.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+        if let Some(task) = self.task.take() {
+            task.detach();
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1697,6 +1710,7 @@ impl Drop for PublishLoop {
 /// slow or refused connection can never stall the UI, and every failure is
 /// a log line — never a panic.
 fn start_publish_loop(
+    spawner: &ThreadSpawner,
     server: &makepad_asset_store::AssetServer,
     token: &str,
     library_dir: PathBuf,
@@ -1705,10 +1719,14 @@ fn start_publish_loop(
     let server_id = server.server_id();
     let token = token.to_string();
     let cache = asset_ui_home().join("publish-cache");
-    PUBLISH_STOP.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    let join = std::thread::Builder::new()
-        .name("asset-ui-publish".to_string())
-        .spawn(move || {
+    let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let worker_stop = stop.clone();
+    let task = spawner.spawn_worker(
+        ThreadOptions {
+            name: Some("asset-ui-publish".into()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        move || {
             let mut config = makepad_asset_client::ClientConfig::new(cache);
             config.token = Some(token);
             let mut client = match makepad_asset_client::AssetClient::connect(
@@ -1736,12 +1754,13 @@ fn start_publish_loop(
                 // Log publications, failures and retries; out-of-scope rows
                 // (the pack-import bulk) stay silent by design.
                 true,
-                &PUBLISH_STOP,
+                &worker_stop,
             );
             log!("publish loop: stopped");
-        });
-    match join {
-        Ok(join) => Some(PublishLoop { join: Some(join) }),
+        },
+    );
+    match task {
+        Ok(task) => Some(PublishLoop { stop, task: Some(task) }),
         Err(error) => {
             log!("publish loop: could not spawn: {error}");
             None
@@ -1749,19 +1768,17 @@ fn start_publish_loop(
     }
 }
 
-/// Stop flag for the single in-process observe loop.
-static OBSERVE_STOP: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
-
 /// Owns the observer thread; dropping the store stops and joins it.
 struct ObserveLoop {
-    join: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
+    stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    task: Option<TaskHandle<()>>,
 }
 
 impl Drop for ObserveLoop {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        OBSERVE_STOP.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-        if let Some(join) = self.join.take() {
-            let _ = join.join();
+        self.stop.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+        if let Some(task) = self.task.take() {
+            task.detach();
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1789,6 +1806,7 @@ fn observe_origins() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
 /// Observe effect-document origins into the server this process hosts.
 /// Connect + watch happen on the thread; every failure is a log line.
 fn start_observe_loop(
+    spawner: &ThreadSpawner,
     server: &makepad_asset_store::AssetServer,
     token: &str,
 ) -> Option<ObserveLoop> {
@@ -1797,10 +1815,14 @@ fn start_observe_loop(
     let token = token.to_string();
     let cache = asset_ui_home().join("observe-cache");
     let origins = observe_origins();
-    OBSERVE_STOP.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    let join = std::thread::Builder::new()
-        .name("asset-ui-observe".to_string())
-        .spawn(move || {
+    let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let worker_stop = stop.clone();
+    let task = spawner.spawn_worker(
+        ThreadOptions {
+            name: Some("asset-ui-observe".into()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        move || {
             let mut config = makepad_asset_client::ClientConfig::new(cache);
             config.token = Some(token);
             let mut client = match makepad_asset_client::AssetClient::connect(
@@ -1817,12 +1839,13 @@ fn start_observe_loop(
             makepad_asset_store::observe::run(
                 &mut client,
                 &makepad_asset_store::observe::ObserveConfig::vjfx(origins),
-                &OBSERVE_STOP,
+                &worker_stop,
             );
             log!("observe loop: stopped");
-        });
-    match join {
-        Ok(join) => Some(ObserveLoop { join: Some(join) }),
+        },
+    );
+    match task {
+        Ok(task) => Some(ObserveLoop { stop, task: Some(task) }),
         Err(error) => {
             log!("observe loop: could not spawn: {error}");
             None
@@ -2078,6 +2101,13 @@ mod tests {
             namespace: "game".into(),
             kind: None,
             title: title.into(),
+            creator: String::new(),
+            artist: String::new(),
+            artist_url: String::new(),
+            album: String::new(),
+            source_url: String::new(),
+            license: String::new(),
+            license_url: String::new(),
             snippet: String::new(),
             score: 0,
             live: true,
@@ -2368,6 +2398,14 @@ mod tests {
         (server, token)
     }
 
+    fn ensure_test_runtime(store: &mut AssetStore) {
+        if store.pool.is_none() {
+            let cx = makepad_widgets::Cx::new(Box::new(|_, _| {}));
+            store.pool = Some(cx.task_pool());
+            store.spawner = Some(cx.thread_spawner());
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Publish one minimal real asset directly (the synchronous
     /// `AssetClient`, not through `AssetStore` — publishing is the import
     /// pipeline's job, already covered elsewhere; this test starts from
@@ -2412,6 +2450,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// `AssetStore::poll()` loop (no discovery — explicit endpoints), and
     /// wait for the initial auto-search `poll()` fires on connect to land.
     fn connect_store_to(store: &mut AssetStore, server: &makepad_asset_store::AssetServer, token: &str) {
+        ensure_test_runtime(store);
         let config = SessionConfig {
             endpoints: Some(ApiEndpoints { control: server.control_addr(), data: server.data_addr() }),
             server_id: Some(server.server_id()),
@@ -2448,6 +2487,7 @@ mod tests {
         secs: u64,
         ready: F,
     ) {
+        ensure_test_runtime(store);
         let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(secs);
         loop {
             store.poll();

apps/asset-ui/src/audio.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 //! Artifact playback + waveform strip.
 //!
-//! Same shape as the sandbox's `VideoAudio` mixer (apps/sandbox/src/
-//! video_player.rs): a process-global resampling stereo queue mixed
-//! additively from the `cx.audio_output` callback, so playback needs no
-//! plumbing through the widget tree. The service emits PCM16 WAV (kokoro:
-//! mono 24kHz, sa3-sfx: stereo 44.1kHz), decoded here with a minimal RIFF
-//! parser (libs/asset/ai wav.rs is encode-only).
+//! The UI owns a transport handle and the device callback owns the playback
+//! engine. Commands and atomic snapshots cross between them; neither side
+//! waits on a mutex. The service emits PCM16 WAV (kokoro: mono 24kHz,
+//! sa3-sfx: stereo 44.1kHz), decoded here with a minimal RIFF parser
+//! (libs/asset/ai wav.rs is encode-only).
 
 use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::audio::AudioBuffer;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{Lane, TaskHandle, TaskPool};
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering};
-use std::sync::{Arc, LazyLock, Mutex};
+use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct WavPcm {
@@ -103,24 +104,22 @@ pub fn parse_wav(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<WavPcm, String> {
 /// advances it; UI code only loads, pauses and seeks.
 const FP_ONE: u64 = 1 << 32;
 
-struct WavMixer {
-    clip: Mutex<Option<Arc<WavPcm>>>,
+struct AudioSnapshot {
     cursor_fp: AtomicU64,
     playing: AtomicBool,
+    ack: AtomicU64,
 }
 
-impl Default for WavMixer {
+impl Default for AudioSnapshot {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            clip: Mutex::new(None),
             cursor_fp: AtomicU64::new(0),
             playing: AtomicBool::new(false),
+            ack: AtomicU64::new(0),
         }
     }
 }
 
-static WAV_MIXER: LazyLock<WavMixer> = LazyLock::new(WavMixer::default);
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Separated layers ("split audio layers")
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -150,33 +149,301 @@ pub const STEM_LANES: usize = 4;
 /// files are published and fetched in, so no index ever has to be remapped.
 pub const STEM_LANE_NAMES: [&str; STEM_LANES] = ["drums", "bass", "vocals", "other"];
 
-struct StemMixer {
-    lanes: Mutex<Option<Arc<[StemPcm; STEM_LANES]>>>,
-    /// Per-lane mute. Read by the audio callback, written by the UI.
-    mute: [AtomicBool; STEM_LANES],
-    /// Whether the layers are what the transport plays. Kept separate from
-    /// the lock so the callback can tell "no stems" from "stems, but the UI
-    /// holds the lock this quantum" — the second must be silence, not a
-    /// blip of the mixed track.
-    active: AtomicBool,
-    /// The clip generation these layers belong to. The mixed audio and the
-    /// four stems arrive on two different workers in either order; this is
-    /// what lets the second one to land know it is the same track.
-    generation: AtomicU64,
+enum AudioCommand {
+    InstallClip {
+        serial: u64,
+        clip: Arc<WavPcm>,
+    },
+    ClearClip {
+        serial: u64,
+    },
+    InstallStems {
+        serial: u64,
+        lanes: Arc<[StemPcm; STEM_LANES]>,
+    },
+    ClearStems {
+        serial: u64,
+    },
+    Play {
+        serial: u64,
+    },
+    Pause {
+        serial: u64,
+    },
+    Stop {
+        serial: u64,
+    },
+    Seek {
+        serial: u64,
+        cursor_fp: u64,
+    },
+    MuteLane {
+        serial: u64,
+        lane: usize,
+        muted: bool,
+    },
 }
 
-impl Default for StemMixer {
-    fn default() -> Self {
+enum RetiredAudio {
+    Clip(Arc<WavPcm>),
+    Stems(Arc<[StemPcm; STEM_LANES]>),
+}
+
+struct PendingDecode {
+    generation: u64,
+    task: TaskHandle<Result<WavPcm, String>>,
+}
+
+/// UI-thread transport handle. It owns the requested state and communicates
+/// with the realtime callback exclusively through commands and atomics.
+struct AudioMixer {
+    commands: mpsc::Sender<AudioCommand>,
+    retired: mpsc::Receiver<RetiredAudio>,
+    snapshot: Arc<AudioSnapshot>,
+    engine: Option<AudioEngine>,
+    clip: Option<Arc<WavPcm>>,
+    stems: Option<Arc<[StemPcm; STEM_LANES]>>,
+    stem_generation: u64,
+    muted: [bool; STEM_LANES],
+    cursor_fp: u64,
+    playing: bool,
+    serial: u64,
+    load_generation: u64,
+    pending_decodes: Vec<PendingDecode>,
+}
+
+/// Realtime-owned state. Once installed in `cx.audio_output`, only the audio
+/// callback touches these payloads and cursors.
+pub struct AudioEngine {
+    commands: mpsc::Receiver<AudioCommand>,
+    retired: mpsc::Sender<RetiredAudio>,
+    snapshot: Arc<AudioSnapshot>,
+    clip: Option<Arc<WavPcm>>,
+    stems: Option<Arc<[StemPcm; STEM_LANES]>>,
+    muted: [bool; STEM_LANES],
+    cursor_fp: u64,
+    playing: bool,
+    ack: u64,
+}
+
+impl AudioMixer {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let (command_tx, command_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let (retired_tx, retired_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let snapshot = Arc::new(AudioSnapshot::default());
+        let engine = AudioEngine {
+            commands: command_rx,
+            retired: retired_tx,
+            snapshot: snapshot.clone(),
+            clip: None,
+            stems: None,
+            muted: [false; STEM_LANES],
+            cursor_fp: 0,
+            playing: false,
+            ack: 0,
+        };
         Self {
-            lanes: Mutex::new(None),
-            mute: Default::default(),
-            active: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            generation: AtomicU64::new(u64::MAX),
+            commands: command_tx,
+            retired: retired_rx,
+            snapshot,
+            engine: Some(engine),
+            clip: None,
+            stems: None,
+            stem_generation: u64::MAX,
+            muted: [false; STEM_LANES],
+            cursor_fp: 0,
+            playing: false,
+            serial: 0,
+            load_generation: 0,
+            pending_decodes: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
+
+    fn take_engine(&mut self) -> Option<AudioEngine> {
+        self.engine.take()
+    }
+
+    fn next_serial(&mut self) -> u64 {
+        self.serial = self.serial.wrapping_add(1).max(1);
+        self.serial
+    }
+
+    fn send(&self, command: AudioCommand) {
+        let _ = self.commands.send(command);
+    }
+
+    fn refresh_snapshot(&mut self) {
+        let ack = self.snapshot.ack.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        if ack >= self.serial {
+            self.cursor_fp = self.snapshot.cursor_fp.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+            self.playing = self.snapshot.playing.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn pump(&mut self) {
+        self.refresh_snapshot();
+        for retired in self.retired.try_iter() {
+            match retired {
+                RetiredAudio::Clip(clip) => drop(clip),
+                RetiredAudio::Stems(stems) => drop(stems),
+            }
+        }
+        let pending_decodes = std::mem::take(&mut self.pending_decodes);
+        let mut waiting = Vec::with_capacity(pending_decodes.len());
+        for mut pending in pending_decodes {
+            let Some(result) = pending.task.try_take() else {
+                waiting.push(pending);
+                continue;
+            };
+            match result {
+                Ok(Ok(pcm)) if pending.generation == self.load_generation => {
+                    self.install(pcm, pending.generation);
+                }
+                Ok(Err(error)) if pending.generation == self.load_generation => {
+                    makepad_widgets::log!("audio decode failed: {error}");
+                }
+                Err(error) if pending.generation == self.load_generation => {
+                    makepad_widgets::log!("audio decode task failed: {error}");
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        self.pending_decodes = waiting;
+    }
+
+    fn clear_stems(&mut self) {
+        self.stems = None;
+        self.stem_generation = u64::MAX;
+        self.muted = [false; STEM_LANES];
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::ClearStems { serial });
+    }
+
+    fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.clear_stems();
+        self.clip = None;
+        self.cursor_fp = 0;
+        self.playing = false;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::ClearClip { serial });
+    }
+
+    fn install(&mut self, pcm: WavPcm, generation: u64) -> bool {
+        if self.load_generation != generation {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if pcm.frames.is_empty() || pcm.sample_rate == 0 {
+            self.clear();
+            return false;
+        }
+        if self.stem_generation != generation {
+            self.clear_stems();
+        }
+        let clip = Arc::new(pcm);
+        self.clip = Some(clip.clone());
+        self.cursor_fp = 0;
+        self.playing = false;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::InstallClip { serial, clip });
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn load(&mut self, pcm: WavPcm) -> bool {
+        self.load_generation = self.load_generation.wrapping_add(1);
+        self.install(pcm, self.load_generation)
+    }
+
+    fn set_stems(&mut self, lanes: [StemPcm; STEM_LANES], generation: u64) -> bool {
+        if self.load_generation != generation {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if lanes
+            .iter()
+            .any(|lane| lane.frames.is_empty() || lane.sample_rate == 0)
+        {
+            self.clear_stems();
+            return false;
+        }
+        let lanes = Arc::new(lanes);
+        self.stems = Some(lanes.clone());
+        self.stem_generation = generation;
+        self.muted = [false; STEM_LANES];
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::InstallStems { serial, lanes });
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn play(&mut self) {
+        let Some(clip) = self.clip.as_ref() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let end = (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32;
+        if self.cursor_fp >= end {
+            self.cursor_fp = 0;
+        }
+        self.playing = true;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::Play { serial });
+    }
+
+    fn pause(&mut self) {
+        self.playing = false;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::Pause { serial });
+    }
+
+    fn stop(&mut self) {
+        self.playing = false;
+        self.cursor_fp = 0;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::Stop { serial });
+    }
+
+    fn seek_fraction(&mut self, fraction: f64) {
+        let Some(clip) = self.clip.as_ref() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let frame = (fraction.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * clip.frames.len() as f64) as u64;
+        self.cursor_fp = frame.min(clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::Seek {
+            serial,
+            cursor_fp: self.cursor_fp,
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn set_lane_muted(&mut self, lane: usize, muted: bool) {
+        let Some(slot) = self.muted.get_mut(lane) else {
+            return;
+        };
+        *slot = muted;
+        let serial = self.next_serial();
+        self.send(AudioCommand::MuteLane {
+            serial,
+            lane,
+            muted,
+        });
+    }
 }
 
-static STEM_MIXER: LazyLock<StemMixer> = LazyLock::new(StemMixer::default);
+thread_local! {
+    static AUDIO_MIXER: RefCell<AudioMixer> = RefCell::new(AudioMixer::new());
+}
+
+fn with_mixer<T>(f: impl FnOnce(&mut AudioMixer) -> T) -> T {
+    AUDIO_MIXER.with(|mixer| f(&mut mixer.borrow_mut()))
+}
+
+/// Move the engine into the app's one audio callback. It is intentionally
+/// one-shot: there must never be a second owner of realtime state.
+pub fn take_engine() -> AudioEngine {
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.take_engine()).expect("audio engine is installed once")
+}
+
+/// Poll background decodes and reclaim callback-retired payloads on the UI.
+pub fn pump() {
+    with_mixer(AudioMixer::pump);
+}
 
 /// Install four separated layers over the loaded clip. From here the
 /// transport plays their SUM instead of the mixed track — which is also the
@@ -190,63 +457,32 @@ static STEM_MIXER: LazyLock<StemMixer> = LazyLock::new(StemMixer::default);
 /// Refused (and the layers cleared) when a lane is empty: half a stem set is
 /// a lie about what the asset carries.
 pub fn set_stems(lanes: [StemPcm; STEM_LANES], generation: u64) -> bool {
-    if LOAD_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire) != generation {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if lanes
-        .iter()
-        .any(|lane| lane.frames.is_empty() || lane.sample_rate == 0)
-    {
-        clear_stems();
-        return false;
-    }
-    for mute in &STEM_MIXER.mute {
-        mute.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    }
-    *STEM_MIXER.lanes.lock().unwrap() = Some(Arc::new(lanes));
-    STEM_MIXER.generation.store(generation, Ordering::Release);
-    STEM_MIXER.active.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-    true
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.set_stems(lanes, generation))
 }
 
 /// Back to the mixed track. Called whenever the clip changes, so a new
 /// selection can never play the previous track's layers.
 pub fn clear_stems() {
-    STEM_MIXER.active.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    STEM_MIXER.generation.store(u64::MAX, Ordering::Release);
-    *STEM_MIXER.lanes.lock().unwrap() = None;
-    for mute in &STEM_MIXER.mute {
-        mute.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    }
+    with_mixer(AudioMixer::clear_stems);
 }
 
 /// True when the transport is playing separated layers.
 pub fn stems_ready() -> bool {
-    STEM_MIXER.active.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.stems.is_some())
 }
 
 pub fn lane_muted(lane: usize) -> bool {
-    STEM_MIXER
-        .mute
-        .get(lane)
-        .is_some_and(|mute| mute.load(Ordering::Acquire))
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.muted.get(lane).copied().unwrap_or(false))
 }
 
 pub fn set_lane_muted(lane: usize, muted: bool) {
-    if let Some(mute) = STEM_MIXER.mute.get(lane) {
-        mute.store(muted, Ordering::Release);
-    }
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.set_lane_muted(lane, muted));
 }
 
 /// Length of the installed layers, for the honest "these are this track's
 /// stems" check a host wants before it draws the toggles.
 pub fn stems_seconds() -> f64 {
-    STEM_MIXER
-        .lanes
-        .lock()
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_ref()
-        .map_or(0.0, |lanes| lanes[0].seconds())
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.stems.as_ref().map_or(0.0, |lanes| lanes[0].seconds()))
 }
 
 /// One lane at a fixed-point cursor, linearly interpolated — the same
@@ -276,88 +512,44 @@ fn sample_lane(lane: &StemPcm, cursor: u64) -> (f32, f32) {
 /// a new clip generation, which invalidates any separated layers installed
 /// for the previous one.
 pub fn load(pcm: WavPcm) -> bool {
-    let generation = LOAD_GENERATION.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel) + 1;
-    install(pcm, generation)
-}
-
-/// Install a decoded clip under the generation it was decoded FOR. A newer
-/// pick having happened in the meantime drops it.
-///
-/// The layers are cleared unless they were installed for THIS clip: the
-/// fetch of a track's stems and the decode of its mixed audio run on two
-/// workers, and whichever finishes second must not wipe the first.
-fn install(pcm: WavPcm, generation: u64) -> bool {
-    if LOAD_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire) != generation {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if pcm.frames.is_empty() || pcm.sample_rate == 0 {
-        clear();
-        return false;
-    }
-    if STEM_MIXER.generation.load(Ordering::Acquire) != generation {
-        clear_stems();
-    }
-    WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    *WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap() = Some(Arc::new(pcm));
-    WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.store(0, Ordering::Release);
-    true
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.load(pcm))
 }
 
 /// Discard the loaded clip and make the transport unavailable.
 pub fn clear() {
-    clear_stems();
-    WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-    *WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap() = None;
-    WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+    with_mixer(AudioMixer::clear);
 }
 
-/// Which load request is current. A user clicking down a list starts several;
-/// only the newest may install itself, or a slow decode of the track before
-/// last lands on top of the one they are looking at.
-static LOAD_GENERATION: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
-
 /// Take a track's bytes — WAV, MP3 or Ogg — and make the transport play them.
 ///
-/// Decoding happens on a worker: the music library is MP3s, and turning six
-/// minutes of one into PCM on the frame thread is a visible stall. The mixer
-/// is process-global, so the worker installs the result itself; there is
-/// nothing to plumb back through the widget tree.
+/// Decoding happens in the runtime pool: the music library is MP3s, and
+/// turning six minutes of one into PCM on the frame thread is a visible
+/// stall. The UI polls the task and sends the accepted result to the engine.
 ///
 /// The transport goes unavailable immediately, because the previous track is
 /// no longer what the well is showing — a stale clip left loaded is a play
 /// button that plays the wrong song.
 /// Returns the clip generation this request claimed, which is what a
 /// side-channel fetch for the same track carries back into [`set_stems`].
-pub fn load_clip_async(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> u64 {
-    let generation = LOAD_GENERATION.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel) + 1;
-    clear();
-    let bytes = Arc::new(bytes);
-    let spawned = std::thread::Builder::new()
-        .name("asset-ui-audio-decode".into())
-        .spawn({
-            let bytes = Arc::clone(&bytes);
-            move || {
-                let Ok(pcm) = decode_clip(&bytes) else {
-                    return;
-                };
-                // A newer pick happened while this was decoding: drop it.
-                install(pcm, generation);
-            }
-        });
-    if spawned.is_err() {
-        // No worker to be had: decode here rather than leave a dead
-        // transport under a drawn waveform.
-        if let Ok(pcm) = decode_clip(&bytes) {
-            install(pcm, generation);
-        }
+pub fn load_clip_async(pool: &TaskPool, bytes: Vec<u8>) -> u64 {
+    with_mixer(|mixer| {
+        mixer.load_generation = mixer.load_generation.wrapping_add(1);
+        let generation = mixer.load_generation;
+        mixer.clear();
+        match pool.submit(Lane::Heavy, move || decode_clip(&bytes)) {
+            Ok(task) => mixer
+                .pending_decodes
+                .push(PendingDecode { generation, task }),
+            Err(error) => makepad_widgets::log!("audio decode job refused: {error}"),
         }
         generation
+    })
 }
 
 /// The clip generation currently claimed. A side-channel fetch records it
 /// with the request and hands it back to [`set_stems`].
 pub fn clip_generation() -> u64 {
-    LOAD_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.load_generation)
 }
 
 /// Any container the catalog carries, in the mixer's shape. RIFF is parsed
@@ -388,48 +580,45 @@ pub fn decode_clip(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<WavPcm, String> {
 
 /// Start or resume. Starting from the end restarts at zero.
 pub fn play() {
-    let clip = WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap();
-    let Some(clip) = clip.as_ref() else { return };
-    let end = (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32;
-    if WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.load(Ordering::Acquire) >= end {
-        WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.store(0, Ordering::Release);
-    }
-    WAV_MIXER.playing.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    with_mixer(AudioMixer::play);
 }
 
 pub fn pause() {
-    WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+    with_mixer(AudioMixer::pause);
 }
 
 /// Stop returns to the start but retains the decoded clip for replay.
 pub fn stop() {
-    pause();
-    WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.store(0, Ordering::Release);
+    with_mixer(AudioMixer::stop);
 }
 
 pub fn is_ready() -> bool {
-    WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap().is_some()
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.clip.is_some())
 }
 
 pub fn is_playing() -> bool {
-    WAV_MIXER.playing.load(Ordering::Acquire) && !at_end()
+    with_mixer(|mixer| {
+        mixer.refresh_snapshot();
+        let end = mixer
+            .clip
+            .as_ref()
+            .map_or(0, |clip| (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32);
+        mixer.playing && mixer.cursor_fp < end
+    })
 }
 
 pub fn duration_secs() -> f64 {
-    WAV_MIXER
-        .clip
-        .lock()
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_ref()
-        .map_or(0.0, |clip| clip.seconds())
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.clip.as_ref().map_or(0.0, |clip| clip.seconds()))
 }
 
 /// Truthful device-clocked playhead, never derived from a UI timer.
 pub fn playhead_secs() -> f64 {
-    let clip = WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap();
-    let Some(clip) = clip.as_ref() else { return 0.0 };
-    (WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.load(Ordering::Acquire) as f64 / FP_ONE as f64)
-        / clip.sample_rate as f64
+    with_mixer(|mixer| {
+        mixer.refresh_snapshot();
+        mixer.clip.as_ref().map_or(0.0, |clip| {
+            (mixer.cursor_fp as f64 / FP_ONE as f64) / clip.sample_rate as f64
+        })
+    })
 }
 
 /// Normalized playhead across the loaded clip for the waveform overlay:
@@ -443,19 +632,18 @@ pub fn playhead_fraction() -> f64 {
 }
 
 pub fn at_end() -> bool {
-    let clip = WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap();
-    let Some(clip) = clip.as_ref() else { return false };
-    WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.load(Ordering::Acquire) >= (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32
+    with_mixer(|mixer| {
+        mixer.refresh_snapshot();
+        mixer
+            .clip
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|clip| mixer.cursor_fp >= (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32)
+    })
 }
 
 /// Sample-accurate fractional seek, clamped to the decoded clip.
 pub fn seek_fraction(frac: f64) {
-    let clip = WAV_MIXER.clip.lock().unwrap();
-    let Some(clip) = clip.as_ref() else { return };
-    let frame = (frac.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * clip.frames.len() as f64) as u64;
-    WAV_MIXER
-        .cursor_fp
-        .store((frame.min(clip.frames.len() as u64)) << 32, Ordering::Release);
+    with_mixer(|mixer| mixer.seek_fraction(frac));
 }
 
 /// Long-form threshold for the audition policy below: at/under this a voice
@@ -484,58 +672,130 @@ pub fn format_time(secs: f64) -> String {
     format!("{minutes}:{:04.1}", secs - minutes as f64 * 60.0)
 }
 
-/// One additive source in the app's single `cx.audio_output` callback.
-/// The callback never blocks on a UI load/seek: a contended quantum is silent.
-pub fn mix_into(output: &mut AudioBuffer, device_rate: f64) {
-    if !WAV_MIXER.playing.load(Ordering::Acquire) || device_rate <= 0.0 {
+impl AudioEngine {
+    fn retire(&self, retired: RetiredAudio) {
+        let _ = self.retired.send(retired);
+    }
+
+    fn drain_commands(&mut self) {
+        while let Ok(command) = self.commands.try_recv() {
+            let serial = match command {
+                AudioCommand::InstallClip { serial, clip } => {
+                    if let Some(old) = self.clip.replace(clip) {
+                        self.retire(RetiredAudio::Clip(old));
+                    }
+                    self.cursor_fp = 0;
+                    self.playing = false;
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::ClearClip { serial } => {
+                    if let Some(old) = self.clip.take() {
+                        self.retire(RetiredAudio::Clip(old));
+                    }
+                    self.cursor_fp = 0;
+                    self.playing = false;
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::InstallStems { serial, lanes } => {
+                    if let Some(old) = self.stems.replace(lanes) {
+                        self.retire(RetiredAudio::Stems(old));
+                    }
+                    self.muted = [false; STEM_LANES];
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::ClearStems { serial } => {
+                    if let Some(old) = self.stems.take() {
+                        self.retire(RetiredAudio::Stems(old));
+                    }
+                    self.muted = [false; STEM_LANES];
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::Play { serial } => {
+                    if let Some(clip) = self.clip.as_ref() {
+                        let end = (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32;
+                        if self.cursor_fp >= end {
+                            self.cursor_fp = 0;
+                        }
+                        self.playing = true;
+                    }
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::Pause { serial } => {
+                    self.playing = false;
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::Stop { serial } => {
+                    self.playing = false;
+                    self.cursor_fp = 0;
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::Seek { serial, cursor_fp } => {
+                    self.cursor_fp = self.clip.as_ref().map_or(0, |clip| {
+                        cursor_fp.min((clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32)
+                    });
+                    serial
+                }
+                AudioCommand::MuteLane {
+                    serial,
+                    lane,
+                    muted,
+                } => {
+                    if let Some(slot) = self.muted.get_mut(lane) {
+                        *slot = muted;
+                    }
+                    serial
+                }
+            };
+            self.ack = serial;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn publish(&self) {
+        self.snapshot.cursor_fp.store(self.cursor_fp, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.snapshot.playing.store(self.playing, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.snapshot.ack.store(self.ack, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+
+    /// Add this transport to the app's output. Commands are drained first;
+    /// no application lock or wait occurs on the realtime callback.
+    pub fn mix_into(&mut self, output: &mut AudioBuffer, device_rate: f64) {
+        self.drain_commands();
+        if !self.playing || device_rate <= 0.0 {
+            self.publish();
             return;
         }
-    let Ok(clip) = WAV_MIXER.clip.try_lock() else { return };
-    let Some(clip) = clip.as_ref() else {
-        WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+        let Some(clip) = self.clip.as_ref() else {
+            self.playing = false;
+            self.publish();
             return;
         };
         let end = (clip.frames.len() as u64) << 32;
-    let mut cursor = WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-    if cursor >= end {
-        WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+        if self.cursor_fp >= end {
+            self.playing = false;
+            self.publish();
             return;
         }
         let step = ((clip.sample_rate as f64 / device_rate) * FP_ONE as f64) as u64;
         if step == 0 {
+            self.publish();
             return;
         }
         const GAIN: f32 = 0.9;
 
-    // Separated layers REPLACE the mixed track while they are installed.
-    // A contended lane lock is silence for this quantum, never a blip of
-    // the original — the same rule the clip lock above follows.
-    if STEM_MIXER.active.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
-        let Ok(guard) = STEM_MIXER.lanes.try_lock() else { return };
-        let Some(lanes) = guard.as_ref() else { return };
-        // ONE cursor for all four lanes — they cannot drift from each other
-        // — re-derived from the track cursor at every quantum, so they
-        // cannot drift from the timeline the waveform and the transport
-        // draw either. The layers are at the model's rate; the clip may not
-        // be, hence the second step.
+        if let Some(lanes) = self.stems.as_ref() {
             let stem_rate = lanes[0].sample_rate.max(1) as f64;
             let stem_step = ((stem_rate / device_rate) * FP_ONE as f64) as u64;
-        let secs = (cursor as f64 / FP_ONE as f64) / clip.sample_rate as f64;
+            let secs = (self.cursor_fp as f64 / FP_ONE as f64) / clip.sample_rate as f64;
             let mut stem_cursor = (secs * stem_rate * FP_ONE as f64) as u64;
-        // The mute flags are read ONCE per quantum, not per sample: a
-        // toggle lands on the next buffer, which is inaudible, and the
-        // callback stays free of per-sample atomics.
-        let audible: [bool; STEM_LANES] =
-            std::array::from_fn(|lane| !STEM_MIXER.mute[lane].load(Ordering::Relaxed));
             for frame in 0..output.frame_count() {
-            if cursor >= end {
-                WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-                cursor = end;
+                if self.cursor_fp >= end {
+                    self.playing = false;
+                    self.cursor_fp = end;
                     break;
                 }
                 let (mut l, mut r) = (0.0f32, 0.0f32);
-            for (lane, on) in lanes.iter().zip(audible.iter()) {
-                if !on {
+                for (index, lane) in lanes.iter().enumerate() {
+                    if self.muted[index] {
                         continue;
                     }
                     let (ll, rr) = sample_lane(lane, stem_cursor);
@@ -547,21 +807,22 @@ pub fn mix_into(output: &mut AudioBuffer, device_rate: f64) {
                 for channel in 0..output.channel_count() {
                     output.channel_mut(channel)[frame] += if channel == 0 { l } else { r };
                 }
-            cursor = cursor.saturating_add(step);
+                self.cursor_fp = self.cursor_fp.saturating_add(step);
                 stem_cursor = stem_cursor.saturating_add(stem_step);
             }
-        WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.store(cursor.min(end), Ordering::Release);
+            self.cursor_fp = self.cursor_fp.min(end);
+            self.publish();
             return;
         }
 
         for frame in 0..output.frame_count() {
-        if cursor >= end {
-            WAV_MIXER.playing.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-            cursor = end;
+            if self.cursor_fp >= end {
+                self.playing = false;
+                self.cursor_fp = end;
                 break;
             }
-        let index = (cursor >> 32) as usize;
-        let fraction = (cursor & (FP_ONE - 1)) as f32 / FP_ONE as f32;
+            let index = (self.cursor_fp >> 32) as usize;
+            let fraction = (self.cursor_fp & (FP_ONE - 1)) as f32 / FP_ONE as f32;
             let next = (index + 1).min(clip.frames.len() - 1);
             let (al, ar) = clip.frames[index];
             let (bl, br) = clip.frames[next];
@@ -570,9 +831,11 @@ pub fn mix_into(output: &mut AudioBuffer, device_rate: f64) {
             for channel in 0..output.channel_count() {
                 output.channel_mut(channel)[frame] += if channel == 0 { l } else { r };
             }
-        cursor = cursor.saturating_add(step);
+            self.cursor_fp = self.cursor_fp.saturating_add(step);
+        }
+        self.cursor_fp = self.cursor_fp.min(end);
+        self.publish();
     }
-    WAV_MIXER.cursor_fp.store(cursor.min(end), Ordering::Release);
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -660,7 +923,10 @@ pub fn waveform_bgra(pcm: &WavPcm, width: usize, height: usize) -> Vec<u32> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    static TRANSPORT_TEST_LOCK: Mutex<()> = Mutex::new(());
+    fn reset_transport() -> AudioEngine {
+        AUDIO_MIXER.with(|slot| *slot.borrow_mut() = AudioMixer::new());
+        take_engine()
+    }
 
     fn transport_pcm() -> WavPcm {
         WavPcm {
@@ -715,7 +981,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn transport_is_device_clocked_pauseable_seekable_and_restarts_at_end() {
-        let _serial = TRANSPORT_TEST_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut engine = reset_transport();
         clear();
         assert!(load(transport_pcm()));
         assert!(is_ready());
@@ -728,7 +994,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(playhead_secs(), 0.0);
         assert_eq!(playhead_fraction(), 0.0);
         let mut output = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(2, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut output, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut output, 10.0);
         assert!((playhead_secs() - 0.2).abs() < 1e-9);
         // The drawn playhead tracks the same device-clocked cursor.
         assert!((playhead_fraction() - 0.5).abs() < 1e-9);
@@ -737,7 +1003,7 @@ mod tests {
         pause();
         let paused_at = playhead_secs();
         let mut silent = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(2, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut silent, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut silent, 10.0);
         assert_eq!(playhead_secs(), paused_at);
         assert!(silent.channel(0).iter().all(|sample| *sample == 0.0));
 
@@ -752,7 +1018,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(playhead_secs(), 0.0);
 
         let mut to_end = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(8, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut to_end, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut to_end, 10.0);
         assert!(at_end());
         assert!(!is_playing());
         clear();
@@ -768,7 +1034,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn layers_replace_the_mixed_track_and_mute_one_at_a_time() {
-        let _serial = TRANSPORT_TEST_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut engine = reset_transport();
         clear();
         assert!(!stems_ready(), "no clip, no layers");
         assert!(load(transport_pcm()));
@@ -788,7 +1054,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         play();
         let mut all = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(1, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut all, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut all, 10.0);
         assert!(
             (all.channel(0)[0] - expect(1_000 + 2_000 + 4_000 + 8_000)).abs() < 1e-4,
             "all four layers sum: {}",
@@ -803,7 +1069,7 @@ mod tests {
         set_lane_muted(2, true);
         assert!(lane_muted(2) && !lane_muted(0));
         let mut without_vocals = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(1, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut without_vocals, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut without_vocals, 10.0);
         assert!(
             (without_vocals.channel(0)[0] - expect(1_000 + 2_000 + 8_000)).abs() < 1e-4,
             "vocals muted: {}",
@@ -816,7 +1082,7 @@ mod tests {
             set_lane_muted(index, true);
         }
         let mut silent = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(1, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut silent, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut silent, 10.0);
         assert!(silent.channel(0)[0].abs() < 1e-6, "{}", silent.channel(0)[0]);
 
         // Clearing the layers hands playback back to the mixed track.
@@ -824,7 +1090,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!stems_ready());
         seek_fraction(0.5);
         let mut mixed = AudioBuffer::new_with_size(1, 2);
-        mix_into(&mut mixed, 10.0);
+        engine.mix_into(&mut mixed, 10.0);
         assert!(
             (mixed.channel(0)[0] - 0.8 * GAIN).abs() < 1e-4,
             "the clip's own third frame: {}",
@@ -854,7 +1120,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn an_empty_layer_is_refused_rather_than_played_as_a_hole() {
-        let _serial = TRANSPORT_TEST_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _engine = reset_transport();
         clear();
         assert!(load(transport_pcm()));
         assert!(!set_stems(
@@ -909,7 +1175,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn empty_clip_is_unavailable() {
-        let _serial = TRANSPORT_TEST_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _engine = reset_transport();
         clear();
         assert!(!load(WavPcm {
             frames: Vec::new(),

apps/asset-ui/src/chat.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use makepad_chat_ui::{ChatFeed, ClientTools, FeedConfig};
 use makepad_asset_client::dto::ChatToolOutcomeDto;
 use makepad_asset_client::json::{self, Value};
 use makepad_asset_client::{ApiEndpoints, ChatAttachment};
+use makepad_widgets::Cx;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, Sender};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
@@ -493,7 +494,13 @@ impl ChatBridge {
 
     /// The store session is up: open the chat on its broker. The session
     /// itself is created lazily, on the first turn.
-    pub fn connect(&mut self, endpoints: ApiEndpoints, token: Option<String>, cache: PathBuf) {
+    pub fn connect(
+        &mut self,
+        cx: &Cx,
+        endpoints: ApiEndpoints,
+        token: Option<String>,
+        cache: PathBuf,
+    ) {
         let tools = AppTools {
             defaults: self.defaults.clone(),
             fleet: self.fleet.clone(),
@@ -503,6 +510,7 @@ impl ChatBridge {
         self.feed = Some(ChatFeed::start(
             FeedConfig::new(endpoints, token, cache, "gen", "gen"),
             Box::new(tools),
+            cx.thread_spawner(),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -939,12 +947,13 @@ mod tests {
     fn snap(url: &str, domain: &str, id: &str, state: &str) -> BoxSnapshot {
         BoxSnapshot {
             base_url: url.into(),
-            health: Some(HealthJson { realtime: None,
+            health: Some(HealthJson { realtime: None, activity: None,
                 service: "makepad-asset-ai".into(),
                 version: "t".into(),
                 gpu: Some("RTX".into()),
                 vram_free_mb: Some(20000),
                 vram_total_mb: Some(24576),
+                vram_usable_mb: None,
                 models_loaded: vec![id.into()],
                 jobs_pending: Some(0),
                 node_id: Some(1),
@@ -953,6 +962,7 @@ mod tests {
                 capabilities: Some(vec![domain.into()]),
                 vram_reserve_mb: Some(1024),
                 queue_limit: Some(4),
+                max_job_body_bytes: None,
                 fleet: None,
                 lanes: None,
             }),

apps/asset-ui/src/import.rs

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ use makepad_asset_client::{
     AnnotationUpload, ApiEndpoints, AssetClient, ClientConfig,
 };
 use makepad_asset_data::{sha256, AssetKind, BlobId};
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{Lane, TaskPool};
 use makepad_widgets::{log, vec3f};
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, TryRecvError};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::thread;
 
 /// Import-card preview strip size.
 /// How many imported items the LOAD grid remembers a picture for. A grid,
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ pub struct ImportPage {
     /// status prefix — without it the bar restarted per pack, which over a
     /// 38-pack run read as noise.
     all_run: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+    pool: Option<TaskPool>,
 }
 
 impl Default for ImportPage {
@@ -854,11 +855,16 @@ impl Default for ImportPage {
             rx: None,
             icon_resume: IconResumeGate::default(),
             all_run: None,
+            pool: None,
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl ImportPage {
+    pub fn set_task_pool(&mut self, pool: TaskPool) {
+        self.pool = Some(pool);
+    }
+
     /// Selected full Kenney kit (name, official page).
     pub fn selected_pack_id(&self) -> (String, String) {
         let packs = on_disk_kenney_packs();
@@ -1532,9 +1538,10 @@ impl ImportPage {
         self.icon_resume = icon_resume;
         self.kenney_phase = ImportPhase::compiling(pack_name.clone());
         let cancel = self.cancel.clone();
-        thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-kenney-import".into())
-            .spawn(move || {
+        self.pool
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or("runtime task pool is not configured")?
+            .submit(Lane::Heavy, move || {
                 let phase = run_kenney_import(
                     &dir,
                     &out,
@@ -1548,7 +1555,8 @@ impl ImportPage {
                 );
                 let _ = tx.send(phase);
             })
-            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to start compile thread: {e}"))?;
+            .map(|handle| handle.detach())
+            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to submit compile job: {e}"))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -1580,13 +1588,15 @@ impl ImportPage {
         self.icon_resume = icon_resume;
         self.kenney_phase = ImportPhase::compiling("kaykit");
         let cancel = self.cancel.clone();
-        thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-kaykit-import".into())
-            .spawn(move || {
+        self.pool
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or("runtime task pool is not configured")?
+            .submit(Lane::Heavy, move || {
                 let phase = run_kaykit_import(&dir, &out, spec, server, &tx, &cancel, &icon_resume_rx);
                 let _ = tx.send(phase);
             })
-            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to start KayKit import thread: {e}"))?;
+            .map(|handle| handle.detach())
+            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to submit KayKit import job: {e}"))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -1619,9 +1629,10 @@ impl ImportPage {
         self.kenney_phase = ImportPhase::compiling("all");
         self.all_run = Some((0, present.len()));
         let cancel = self.cancel.clone();
-        thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-kenney-import-all".into())
-            .spawn(move || {
+        self.pool
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or("runtime task pool is not configured")?
+            .submit(Lane::Heavy, move || {
                 let total = present.len();
                 let mut ok = Vec::new();
                 let mut failed = Vec::new();
@@ -1749,7 +1760,8 @@ impl ImportPage {
                     skipped,
                 });
             })
-            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to start import-all thread: {e}"))?;
+            .map(|handle| handle.detach())
+            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to submit import-all job: {e}"))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -4003,6 +4015,12 @@ fn publish_compiled_pack(
             categories: vec!["kenney".into(), pack_name.to_string()],
             tags,
             creator: KENNEY_CREDITS.to_string(),
+            artist: String::new(),
+            artist_url: String::new(),
+            album: String::new(),
+            source_url: String::new(),
+            license: String::new(),
+            license_url: String::new(),
             generator: "pack_import".into(),
             backend: "asset-ui".into(),
             model: pack_name.to_string(),

apps/asset-ui/src/import_classic.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, TryRecvError};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::thread;
 
 use crate::import::{KENNEY_MODULE, KAYKIT_MODULE, NASA_SKY_MODULE, PackModule};
 use makepad_asset_importer::tdm_zipsync::{
@@ -306,6 +305,7 @@ pub struct ClassicImportCard {
     /// a classic pack publishes real thumbnails and its staging can be
     /// reclaimed the moment publish succeeds. See [`IconResumeGate`].
     icon_resume: IconResumeGate,
+    pool: Option<TaskPool>,
 }
 
 struct IsoSync {
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ impl ClassicImportCard {
             tdm: None,
             iso: None,
             icon_resume: IconResumeGate::default(),
+            pool: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -658,6 +659,7 @@ impl ClassicImportCard {
         path_override: String,
         server: Option<ServerSession>,
     ) -> Result<(), String> {
+        self.pool = Some(cx.task_pool());
         if self.compiling() {
             return Err(format!(
                 "a {} import is already running",
@@ -1540,9 +1542,10 @@ impl ClassicImportCard {
         // until the UI has taken every landing for icon rendering.
         let (gate, icon_resume_rx) = IconResumeGate::armed();
         self.icon_resume = gate;
-        thread::Builder::new()
-            .name(format!("asset-ui-{}-import", source.id()))
-            .spawn(move || {
+        self.pool
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or("runtime task pool is not configured")?
+            .submit(Lane::Heavy, move || {
                 let phase = run_classic_import(
                     &dir,
                     &out,
@@ -1555,7 +1558,8 @@ impl ClassicImportCard {
                 );
                 let _ = tx.send(phase);
             })
-            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to start classic import thread: {e}"))?;
+            .map(|handle| handle.detach())
+            .map_err(|e| format!("failed to submit classic import job: {e}"))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -2267,6 +2271,12 @@ fn publish_classic_pack(
             categories: vec![source.id().into(), pack_name.to_string()],
             tags,
             creator: source.credits().to_string(),
+            artist: String::new(),
+            artist_url: String::new(),
+            album: String::new(),
+            source_url: String::new(),
+            license: String::new(),
+            license_url: String::new(),
             generator: "classic_import".into(),
             backend: "asset-ui".into(),
             model: pack_name.to_string(),

apps/asset-ui/src/main.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ mod import_classic;
 mod store_content;
 mod library;
 mod mask_paint;
-mod mesh_view;
+mod mesh_view {
+    pub use makepad_media_view::mesh_view::*;
+}
 mod music_page;
 use crate::mask_paint::{MaskPaint, MaskPaintAction};
 mod pipeline;
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ mod runs_chip;
 mod scheduler;
 mod store_views;
 mod thumbnail_renderer;
-mod video_player;
+mod video_player {
+    pub use makepad_media_view::{FileVideoPlayer as VideoPlayer, VideoDecoder};
+}
 mod webcam;
 
 use crate::artifact_io::{
@@ -244,7 +248,7 @@ use crate::store_views::{
     StoreListPanel, StoreRow,
     TileDelete,
 };
-use crate::video_player::VideoPlayer;
+use crate::video_player::{VideoDecoder, VideoPlayer};
 
 use makepad_micro_serde::SerJson;
 use makepad_widgets::*;
@@ -4010,7 +4014,7 @@ pub struct App {
     fleet_timer: Timer,
     /// LAN beacon listener; polled on the fleet timer.
     #[rust]
-    discovered: Option<makepad_ai_hub::discovery::Discovered>,
+    discovered: Option<makepad_ai_hub::discovery::Discovery>,
     #[rust]
     job_timer: Timer,
     #[rust]
@@ -4036,6 +4040,8 @@ pub struct App {
     library: Option<Library>,
     #[rust]
     video: Option<VideoPlayer>,
+    #[rust]
+    video_decoder: Option<VideoDecoder>,
     /// The file the viewer's current video came from — Restart and the loop
     /// toggle re-open it.
     video_path: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -4323,8 +4329,16 @@ impl App {
     // -- setup ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
     fn setup(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) {
+        let pool = cx.task_pool();
+        let spawner = cx.thread_spawner();
+        let (video_decoder, mut video_audio) =
+            VideoDecoder::start(spawner.clone()).expect("asset-ui video decoder worker");
+        self.video_decoder = Some(video_decoder);
         let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(artifacts_dir());
-        self.artifact_io = Some(ArtifactIo::start());
+        self.artifact_io = Some(ArtifactIo::start(spawner.clone()));
+        self.analysis = Some(AnalysisQueue::start(spawner.clone()));
+        self.import_page.set_task_pool(pool.clone());
+        self.music_import_page.set_task_pool(pool.clone());
         self.load_fleet_prefs();
         self.library = Some(Library::open(repo_path("local/ai_content_library")));
         self.saved_presets = fast_presets::load(&fast_presets::store_path());
@@ -4349,7 +4363,11 @@ impl App {
         // The store hosts the embedded Asset Server; hand it the library it
         // must publish. Library::open ran above, so the product backfill is
         // already on disk when the watcher's first poll reads index.json.
-        self.store.start(PathBuf::from(repo_path("local/ai_content_library")));
+        self.store.start(
+            PathBuf::from(repo_path("local/ai_content_library")),
+            pool,
+            spawner,
+        );
         self.asset_store_timer = cx.start_interval(0.2);
         // Opening stays metadata-only; every missing preview is queued here
         // and regenerated a bounded slice at a time once frames are flowing.
@@ -4548,11 +4566,12 @@ impl App {
         self.refresh_voice_ui(cx);
         self.sync_preset_name_box(cx);
 
-        // Speakers: wav artifacts + video soundtrack.
+        // Speakers: both engines move into the callback and own their state.
+        let mut audio_engine = crate::audio::take_engine();
         cx.audio_output(0, move |info, output| {
             output.zero();
-            crate::audio::mix_into(output, info.sample_rate);
-            crate::video_player::mix_into(output, info.sample_rate);
+            audio_engine.mix_into(output, info.sample_rate);
+            video_audio.mix_into(output, info.sample_rate);
         });
 
         // Headless drive.
@@ -7541,7 +7560,7 @@ impl App {
                         // WAV must not call play() or a 200ms DS_* / Quake
                         // shot becomes a loop (play-at-end restarts).
                         if audition && audio::autoplay_one_shot(domain, pcm.seconds()) {
-                            crate::video_player::stop_audio();
+                            self.stop_video_audio();
                             audio::play();
                             self.arm_audio_pump(cx);
                         }
@@ -7589,7 +7608,8 @@ impl App {
             // behind a new open or an error state.
             self.stop_video_playback();
             self.clear_video_frame(cx);
-            match VideoPlayer::new(&path.to_string_lossy()) {
+            let decoder = self.video_decoder.as_ref().expect("video decoder started");
+            match VideoPlayer::new(&path.to_string_lossy(), decoder) {
                 Ok(player) => {
                     self.ui.label(cx, ids!(video_info)).set_text(
                         cx,
@@ -9101,7 +9121,7 @@ impl App {
                                 && audio::is_ready()
                                 && !audio::is_playing()
                             {
-                                crate::video_player::stop_audio();
+                                self.stop_video_audio();
                                 audio::play();
                                 self.arm_audio_pump(cx);
                                 self.sync_audio_ui(cx);
@@ -9963,7 +9983,7 @@ impl App {
         if !self.chat.is_linked() {
             if let Some(endpoints) = self.store.endpoints {
                 let cache = session_config_from_env().cache_parent.join("cache-chat");
-                self.chat.connect(endpoints, self.store.token.clone(), cache);
+                self.chat.connect(cx, endpoints, self.store.token.clone(), cache);
                 // The pane says "waiting for the asset server" until
                 // something redraws it, and the feed only marks itself
                 // dirty once a turn runs — so the line would sit there
@@ -10714,7 +10734,8 @@ impl App {
                 if let Some(path) = item.as_ref().and_then(|item| item.payload.clone()) {
                     self.stop_video_playback();
                     self.clear_video_frame(cx);
-                    match VideoPlayer::new(&path.to_string_lossy()) {
+                    let decoder = self.video_decoder.as_ref().expect("video decoder started");
+                    match VideoPlayer::new(&path.to_string_lossy(), decoder) {
                         Ok(player) => {
                             self.library_video_file = Some(file.clone());
                             self.video = Some(player);
@@ -10789,7 +10810,8 @@ impl App {
                             self.library_audio_file = Some(file.clone());
                             // The transport: decoded off the frame thread and
                             // installed when it lands.
-                            let clip_gen = crate::audio::load_clip_async(bytes.clone());
+                            let pool = cx.task_pool();
+                            let clip_gen = crate::audio::load_clip_async(&pool, bytes.clone());
                             // And, exactly once per track, what the store
                             // already holds BESIDE the mixed audio: the four
                             // separated layers and the transcript. The clip
@@ -10930,11 +10952,9 @@ impl App {
 
     // -- "Split audio layers": the bake queue and its consumers -----------
 
-    /// The bake + fetch lanes, started on first use. Two threads parked on
-    /// a channel is the whole cost of having them.
+    /// The bake + fetch lanes, started once with the app and fed by channels.
     fn analysis(&mut self) -> &mut analysis::AnalysisQueue {
-        self.analysis
-            .get_or_insert_with(analysis::AnalysisQueue::start)
+        self.analysis.as_mut().expect("analysis workers started")
     }
 
     /// The selected catalog hit when it is an AUDIO asset: id and title.
@@ -12400,7 +12420,13 @@ impl App {
     /// [`Self::clear_video_frame`] is also called.
     fn stop_video_playback(&mut self) {
         self.video = None;
-        crate::video_player::stop_audio();
+        self.stop_video_audio();
+    }
+
+    fn stop_video_audio(&self) {
+        if let Some(decoder) = &self.video_decoder {
+            decoder.stop_audio();
+        }
     }
 
     /// Blank the actual video WIDGET texture (not only the app-side handle),
@@ -12792,7 +12818,8 @@ impl App {
     fn restart_viewer_video(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) -> bool {
         let Some(path) = self.video_path.clone() else { return false };
         self.stop_video_playback();
-        match VideoPlayer::new(&path.to_string_lossy()) {
+        let decoder = self.video_decoder.as_ref().expect("video decoder started");
+        match VideoPlayer::new(&path.to_string_lossy(), decoder) {
             Ok(player) => {
                 self.video = Some(player);
                 self.sync_video_transport(cx);
@@ -14133,7 +14160,7 @@ impl MatchEvent for App {
                 } else {
                     // A user-resumed WAV preview wins over a stale video
                     // soundtrack in the shared device callback.
-                    crate::video_player::stop_audio();
+                    self.stop_video_audio();
                     audio::play();
                     self.arm_audio_pump(cx);
                 }
@@ -14434,13 +14461,11 @@ impl AppMain for App {
     fn script_mod(vm: &mut ScriptVm) -> ScriptValue {
         crate::makepad_widgets::script_mod(vm);
         // Draw shaders must register before the widgets that declare them.
-        makepad_render::script_mod(vm);
-        makepad_xr::script_mod(vm);
+        makepad_media_view::script_mod(vm);
         // Shared preview widgets (ContentPreview / AudioView): the pool this
         // app draws catalog content with, and the same one the VJ and DJ
         // surfaces adopt.
         makepad_asset_widgets::script_mod(vm);
-        crate::mesh_view::script_mod(vm);
         crate::mask_paint::script_mod(vm);
         crate::billboard_view::script_mod(vm);
         crate::thumbnail_renderer::script_mod(vm);
@@ -14691,7 +14716,9 @@ impl AppMain for App {
             }
         }
         self.scrub_audio(cx, event);
-        if self.audio_timer.is_event(event).is_some() && audio::is_ready() {
+        if self.audio_timer.is_event(event).is_some() {
+            audio::pump();
+            if audio::is_ready() {
                 self.sync_audio_ui(cx);
                 // The Library rail has its own transport over the same mixer.
                 if self.surface == Surface::Library && self.library_audio_file.is_some() {
@@ -14701,6 +14728,7 @@ impl AppMain for App {
                     self.arm_lyrics_pump(cx);
                 }
             }
+        }
         if self.audio_timer.is_event(event).is_some() && self.webcam.capturing {
             self.pump_webcam(cx);
         }
@@ -15918,6 +15946,13 @@ mod world_style_tests {
             namespace: namespace.to_string(),
             kind: Some(makepad_asset_data::AssetKind::World),
             title: title.to_string(),
+            creator: String::new(),
+            artist: String::new(),
+            artist_url: String::new(),
+            album: String::new(),
+            source_url: String::new(),
+            license: String::new(),
+            license_url: String::new(),
             snippet: String::new(),
             score: 0,
             live: true,

apps/asset-ui/src/music_page.rs

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 use crate::import::{ImportPhase, ServerSession};
 use makepad_asset_client::{AssetClient, ClientConfig};
 use makepad_asset_importer::music_import::{self, MusicReport};
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{Lane, TaskPool};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver, TryRecvError};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::thread;
 
 /// The card's whole state: which folder, what the worker is doing, and the
 /// one-line result of the last run.
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub struct MusicImportPage {
     /// Aliases the finished run landed, waiting to be handed to the
     /// analysis queue. Non-empty only when `split_layers` was on.
     pending_analysis: Vec<String>,
+    pool: Option<TaskPool>,
 }
 
 /// What the worker sends back: live progress, then exactly one verdict.
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ impl Default for MusicImportPage {
             split_layers: false,
             bake_lyrics: false,
             pending_analysis: Vec::new(),
+            pool: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ impl Default for MusicImportPage {
 pub const MUSIC_NAMESPACE: &str = "music";
 
 impl MusicImportPage {
+    pub fn set_task_pool(&mut self, pool: TaskPool) {
+        self.pool = Some(pool);
+    }
+
     /// The job this card would enqueue right now, or `None` while no folder
     /// has been picked.
     pub fn job(&self) -> Option<crate::import::ImportJob> {
@@ -209,13 +215,18 @@ impl MusicImportPage {
             total: 0,
             current: String::new(),
         };
-        thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-music-import".into())
-            .spawn(move || {
+        let Some(pool) = self.pool.clone() else {
+            return Err(self.refuse("runtime task pool is not configured".into()));
+        };
+        match pool.submit(Lane::Heavy, move || {
                 let msg = run_music_import(&dir, server, &tx, &cancel);
                 let _ = tx.send(msg);
-            })
-            .map_err(|e| self.refuse(format!("failed to start music import thread: {e}")))?;
+            }) {
+            Ok(handle) => handle.detach(),
+            Err(error) => {
+                return Err(self.refuse(format!("failed to submit music import job: {error}")));
+            }
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 

apps/asset-ui/src/pipeline.rs

@@ -218,16 +218,16 @@ impl Preset {
 /// Python rigger, or another arbitrary model merely because it is resident.
 // This is the warm, local Makepad-Llama model advertised by the Mac fleet
 // node. Keeping it as fallback avoids an accidental large-model cold pull.
-const CHARACTER_LLM_MODEL: &str = "qwen3.5-9b";
+use makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_LLM_MODEL;
 /// Fleet-wide default for text expansion once a node has the audited weights
 /// ready. This is a preference, not a hard pin: first-run provisioning stays
 /// explicit and the warm 9B lane remains immediately usable.
 const PREFERRED_EXPAND_MODEL: &str = "qwen3.8-27b";
-const CHARACTER_IMAGE_MODEL: &str = "flux1-dev";
-const CHARACTER_MATTE_MODEL: &str = "birefnet-hr";
-const CHARACTER_MESH_MODEL: &str = "trellis-2";
-const CHARACTER_RIG_MODEL: &str = "skintokens";
-const CHARACTER_MOTION_MODEL: &str = "hy-motion";
+use makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_IMAGE_MODEL;
+use makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_MATTE_MODEL;
+use makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_MESH_MODEL;
+use makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_RIG_MODEL;
+use makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_MOTION_MODEL;
 /// Instruction image editing (reference image + "change …" prompt).
 const EDIT_MODEL: &str = "flux2-klein-4b";
 /// Sprite enhancement runs on the 32B dev DiT, NOT the 4-step distilled
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ const SPLAT_MODEL: &str = "triposplat";
 /// A character expansion substantially shorter than the 40-90 words asked
 /// for by `expand_rig.txt` is not a usable rig-safe brief.  Refuse to quietly
 /// continue with it; the user can see and retry the failed LLM stage.
-const CHARACTER_EXPANSION_MIN_WORDS: usize = 24;
+// The shared character contract owns brief validation.
 
 /// A character reconstruction gets two deterministic second chances when the
 /// rig or animated-skin quality gate rejects it. The matte/image are
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ pub const PRESETS: &[Preset] = &[
     // (idle/walk/jump locomotion, see mesh_view play mode).
     Preset::linear(
         "character (playable)",
-        &["text", "image", "matte", "mesh", "rig", "motion"],
+        makepad_asset_creator::character::CHARACTER_DOMAINS,
         // Character geometry is downstream of this one image: Schnell's
         // four-step distillation is useful for previews, but it is the wrong
         // silent affinity fallback for the rig master.  Pin the validated
@@ -1329,21 +1329,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
                     return unusable("was empty");
                 }
                 if self.is_character_pipeline() {
-                    let words = text.split_whitespace().count();
-                    if words < CHARACTER_EXPANSION_MIN_WORDS {
-                        return Err(format!(
-                            "LLM character brief is too short ({words} words, need at least {CHARACTER_EXPANSION_MIN_WORDS}); refusing to start image generation"
-                        ));
-                    }
-                    if !text
-                        .to_lowercase()
-                        .contains(&self.prompt.trim().to_lowercase())
-                    {
-                        return Err(format!(
-                            "LLM character brief dropped identity anchor {:?}; refusing to start image generation",
-                            self.prompt.trim()
-                        ));
-                    }
+                    makepad_asset_creator::character::validate_brief(&self.prompt, text)?;
                 }
                 return Ok(text.to_string());
             }
@@ -1501,16 +1487,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
                 let is_music_target = target == "music";
                 request.target_domain = Some(target);
                 if self.is_character_pipeline() {
-                    request.identity_anchor = Some(self.prompt.trim().to_string());
-                    // Named-character identity and rig-safe presentation are
-                    // constraints, not a variant hunt.  Keep this expansion
-                    // low-temperature and deterministic enough to avoid
-                    // inventing conflicting signature traits.
-                    request.temperature = Some(0.0);
-                    request.style = Some(
-                        "When the intent names an established character, preserve the exact named identity and canonical official design unchanged. Do not redesign, genericize, or guess traits. If a visual trait is uncertain, omit it instead of inventing it; it is better to say 'canonical official design unchanged' and spend the remaining prompt on full-body framing, a relaxed wide A-pose with straight diagonal arms and hands clear above the hips, visible gaps between every limb and the torso, even studio light, a uniform plain background, and a clean separated silhouette. Rigging constraints may change pose and spacing but never delete canonical anatomy or worn pieces."
-                            .to_string(),
-                    );
+                    makepad_asset_creator::character::configure_expansion(&mut request, &self.prompt);
                 }
                 // Music expansion carries a compact structured production
                 // brief AND original section-tagged lyrics. Scale its budget
@@ -3381,7 +3358,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
             } => {
                 let bytes = response
                     .filter(|response| !failed && response.status_code == 200)
-                    .and_then(|response| response.body.clone());
+                    .and_then(|response| response.body.as_deref().map(<[u8]>::to_vec));
                 let Some(bytes) = bytes else {
                     return self.candidate_failed(
                         cx,
@@ -3589,7 +3566,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
             Req::Artifact(stage, artifact) => {
                 let bytes = response
                     .filter(|r| !failed && r.status_code == 200)
-                    .and_then(|r| r.body.clone());
+                    .and_then(|r| r.body.as_deref().map(<[u8]>::to_vec));
                 let Some(bytes) = bytes else {
                     return self.fail_stage_or_skip_expander(
                         cx,
@@ -3950,12 +3927,13 @@ mod tests {
         use makepad_ai_hub::protocol::{HealthJson, ModelInfoJson, MODEL_STATE_LOADED};
         BoxSnapshot {
             base_url: url.to_string(),
-            health: Some(HealthJson { realtime: None,
+            health: Some(HealthJson { realtime: None, activity: None,
                 service: "test".to_string(),
                 version: "1".to_string(),
                 gpu: Some("GPU".to_string()),
                 vram_free_mb: Some(24_000),
                 vram_total_mb: Some(24_000),
+                vram_usable_mb: None,
                 models_loaded: vec!["flux1-schnell".to_string()],
                 jobs_pending: Some(0),
                 node_id: Some(1),
@@ -3964,6 +3942,7 @@ mod tests {
                 capabilities: Some(vec!["image".to_string()]),
                 vram_reserve_mb: Some(0),
                 queue_limit: Some(8),
+                max_job_body_bytes: None,
                 fleet: None,
                 lanes: None,
             }),
@@ -3995,12 +3974,13 @@ mod tests {
         use makepad_ai_hub::protocol::{HealthJson, ModelInfoJson, MODEL_STATE_LOADED};
         BoxSnapshot {
             base_url: url.to_string(),
-            health: Some(HealthJson { realtime: None,
+            health: Some(HealthJson { realtime: None, activity: None,
                 service: "test".to_string(),
                 version: "1".to_string(),
                 gpu: Some("24 GB GPU".to_string()),
                 vram_free_mb: Some(24 * 1024),
                 vram_total_mb: Some(24 * 1024),
+                vram_usable_mb: None,
                 models_loaded: models
                     .iter()
                     .filter(|(_, state)| *state == MODEL_STATE_LOADED)
@@ -4013,6 +3993,7 @@ mod tests {
                 capabilities: Some(vec!["text".to_string()]),
                 vram_reserve_mb: Some(0),
                 queue_limit: Some(8),
+                max_job_body_bytes: None,
                 fleet: None,
                 lanes: None,
             }),
@@ -4957,7 +4938,10 @@ Arrangement: Pulsing bass, gated drums and widening analog pads."
         let mut want: Vec<(String, String)> = [
             ("audio", "moss-sfx"),
             ("audio", "sa3-sfx"),
+            ("audio", "salamander-drumkit"),
             ("audio", "woosh-sfx"),
+            ("beats", "beat-this"),
+            ("body", "sam3dbody"),
             ("control", "flux1-canny-dev"),
             ("control", "flux1-depth-dev"),
             ("depth", "da3-metric-large"),
@@ -4975,6 +4959,8 @@ Arrangement: Pulsing bass, gated drums and widening analog pads."
             ("music", "minimax-music3"),
             ("music", "minimax-music3-q4"),
             ("music", "ace-step-1.5-xl"),
+            ("notes", "basic-pitch"),
+            ("ocr", "chandra-ocr-2"),
             ("paint", "hunyuan3d-paint-2.1"),
             ("rig", "skintokens"),
             ("rig", "skintokens-oracle"),
@@ -4982,6 +4968,8 @@ Arrangement: Pulsing bass, gated drums and widening analog pads."
             ("splat", "triposplat"),
             ("speech", "indextts-2.5"),
             ("speech", "kokoro"),
+            ("stems", "bs-roformer-4stem"),
+            ("stt", "whisper-large-v3-turbo"),
             ("text", "qwen3.8-27b"),
             ("upscale", "realesrgan-x4plus"),
             ("vision", "qwen3.8-27b-vision"),
@@ -5042,7 +5030,7 @@ Arrangement: Pulsing bass, gated drums and widening analog pads."
     /// fails visibly as a service gap instead of rerouting.
     const DOCUMENTED_OVERRIDE_PINS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[("text", CHARACTER_LLM_MODEL)];
 
-    /// Every pin must reference a model the registry actually has in the
+    /// Every pin must reference a model the registry can serve for the
     /// pinned domain — or be a documented cache-registry override above.
     /// Catches typos and silent registry drift.
     #[test]
@@ -5057,7 +5045,13 @@ Arrangement: Pulsing bass, gated drums and widening analog pads."
                     registry
                         .models
                         .iter()
-                        .any(|entry| entry.id == *model && entry.domain.as_str() == *domain),
+                        .any(|entry| {
+                            entry.id == *model
+                                && (entry.domain.as_str() == *domain
+                                    || (*domain == "edit"
+                                        && entry.domain.as_str() == "image"
+                                        && model.starts_with("flux2-dev")))
+                        }),
                     "preset {:?} pins unknown model {domain}/{model}",
                     preset.name
                 );

apps/asset-ui/src/store_views.rs

@@ -2542,6 +2542,13 @@ mod tests {
             namespace: "gen".into(),
             kind: Some(AssetKind::Prop),
             title: title.into(),
+            creator: String::new(),
+            artist: String::new(),
+            artist_url: String::new(),
+            album: String::new(),
+            source_url: String::new(),
+            license: String::new(),
+            license_url: String::new(),
             snippet: "a thing".into(),
             score: 10,
             live,

apps/asset-ui/src/thumbnail_renderer.rs

@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ impl ThumbnailRenderer {
                 color_adjust: vec4(0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0),
                 dynamic: true,
                 depth_order: 0.0,
+                custom_material: None,
                 part_poses: Vec::new(),
             }),
             frame,

apps/asset-ui/src/video_player.rs

@@ -1,637 +0,0 @@
-//! Video artifact playback — the sandbox's proven decode pattern
-//! (apps/sandbox/src/video_player.rs): a decode thread pulls frames + audio
-//! from the platform video-file seam (`makepad_platform::video_file`,
-//! hardware codecs), a small ring buffer hands BGRA frames to the render
-//! thread paced by pts against a wall clock, and the audio track mixes into
-//! this app's `cx.audio_output` closure.
-//!
-//! Playback is PLAY-ONCE: at end-of-stream the remaining audio drains and
-//! the clip stops (the sandbox pattern's loop-forever reopen was what users
-//! heard as "the soundtrack never ends"). Loading a new artifact drops the
-//! previous player (its `Drop` silences the queue); `stop_audio()` silences
-//! immediately and stays muted until the next clip starts.
-//!
-//! Copied rather than imported: the sandbox is an app crate under active
-//! concurrent development, not a library — and this pattern is ~250 lines.
-
-use makepad_widgets::log;
-use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::audio::AudioBuffer;
-use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::video_file::{nv12, VideoFileDecoder};
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, Ordering};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-
-const RING_FRAMES: usize = 3;
-const AUDIO_AHEAD_SECS: f64 = 1.0;
-
-struct Frame {
-    pts_100ns: i64,
-    bgra: Vec<u32>,
-}
-
-struct Shared {
-    frames: Mutex<VecDeque<Frame>>,
-    stop: AtomicBool,
-    /// The decode thread exited for good — a honored stop or a fatal
-    /// decode error. End-of-stream no longer ends the thread: it PARKS
-    /// (see `eos`) so seeks — loop restarts, scrubs — stay instant.
-    done: AtomicBool,
-    /// The stream is fully decoded and the thread is parked waiting for a
-    /// seek or a stop. With an empty ring this is the player's EOS state.
-    eos: AtomicBool,
-    /// Requested playback position in 100ns units; -1 = none. The decode
-    /// thread consumes it (an in-place decoder seek — no reopen).
-    seek_100ns: AtomicI64,
-}
-
-/// Soundtrack-queue ownership ticket. Every player claims a fresh epoch; a
-/// DETACHED decode thread of a dropped player still holds its old epoch and
-/// its pushes bounce off the queue (see [`VideoPlayer::drop`]).
-static NEXT_CLIP_EPOCH: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(1);
-
-/// Half a frame at 60 fps: a seek target inside a frame's span lands on
-/// that frame instead of the next.
-const FRAME_EPS_100NS: i64 = 83_000;
-
-pub struct VideoPlayer {
-    pub width: u32,
-    pub height: u32,
-    /// Container-reported duration; 0 when the container does not say.
-    pub duration_100ns: i64,
-    shared: Arc<Shared>,
-    started: Option<Instant>,
-    last_pts: i64,
-    /// While paused: when the pause began. The clock rebases by the paused
-    /// span on resume, so playback continues where it stopped instead of
-    /// skipping the frames "missed" on the wall clock.
-    paused_at: Option<Instant>,
-    epoch: u64,
-}
-
-impl VideoPlayer {
-    pub fn new(path: &str) -> Result<Self, String> {
-        let info = VideoFileDecoder::open(path)
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
-            .info()
-            .clone();
-        if info.width == 0 || info.height == 0 {
-            return Err(format!(
-                "video reports zero size: {}x{}",
-                info.width, info.height
-            ));
-        }
-        log!(
-            "video: {} {}x{} {}/{} fps codec {:?} audio {} ({} Hz, {} ch)",
-            path,
-            info.width,
-            info.height,
-            info.fps_num,
-            info.fps_den,
-            info.video_codec,
-            info.has_audio,
-            info.audio_sample_rate,
-            info.audio_channels
-        );
-        // Fresh clip: take ownership of the soundtrack queue. Claiming a new
-        // epoch drops any previous tail, lifts the sticky stop_audio() mute,
-        // and locks every straggler push from an older detached decode
-        // thread out of the queue.
-        let epoch = NEXT_CLIP_EPOCH.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        {
-            let mut audio = video_audio().lock().unwrap();
-            audio.clear();
-            audio.muted = false;
-            audio.owner = epoch;
-        }
-        let shared = Arc::new(Shared {
-            frames: Mutex::new(VecDeque::new()),
-            stop: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            done: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            eos: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            seek_100ns: AtomicI64::new(-1),
-        });
-        let thread_shared = shared.clone();
-        let thread_path = path.to_string();
-        // The JoinHandle is deliberately dropped: teardown must never join a
-        // possibly wedged hardware decoder on the UI thread. The thread is
-        // detached; `stop` + the audio epoch make that safe.
-        std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("asset-ui-video-decode".into())
-            .spawn(move || {
-                match VideoFileDecoder::open(&thread_path) {
-                    Ok(decoder) => decode_loop(thread_path, decoder, &thread_shared, epoch),
-                    Err(e) => log!("video: decode thread open failed: {}", e),
-                }
-                thread_shared.done.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-            })
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-        Ok(Self {
-            width: info.width,
-            height: info.height,
-            duration_100ns: info.duration_100ns,
-            shared,
-            started: None,
-            last_pts: 0,
-            paused_at: None,
-            epoch,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// The newest frame whose pts has been reached; `None` keeps whatever is
-    /// on the texture. Call once per render frame.
-    pub fn is_paused(&self) -> bool {
-        self.paused_at.is_some()
-    }
-
-    /// Freeze the picture; the soundtrack mutes with it. Idempotent.
-    pub fn pause(&mut self) {
-        if self.paused_at.is_none() {
-            self.paused_at = Some(Instant::now());
-            video_audio().lock().unwrap().muted = true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Continue from the paused position by pushing the clock base forward
-    /// by the paused span. Idempotent.
-    pub fn resume(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(paused_at) = self.paused_at.take() {
-            if let Some(started) = &mut self.started {
-                *started += paused_at.elapsed();
-            }
-            video_audio().lock().unwrap().muted = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn take_due_frame(&mut self) -> Option<Vec<u32>> {
-        if self.paused_at.is_some() {
-            // Paused normally: hold the picture. Freshly seeked while
-            // paused (clock unset): show the seek target frame once.
-            if self.started.is_some() {
-                return None;
-            }
-            let mut frames = self.shared.frames.lock().unwrap();
-            let frame = frames.pop_front()?;
-            self.last_pts = frame.pts_100ns;
-            // Keep the clock unset: resume rebases at the next frame.
-            return Some(frame.bgra);
-        }
-        let mut frames = self.shared.frames.lock().unwrap();
-        let first_pts = frames.front()?.pts_100ns;
-        let started = *self.started.get_or_insert_with(|| {
-            Instant::now() - Duration::from_nanos(first_pts.max(0) as u64 * 100)
-        });
-        let media_100ns = (started.elapsed().as_nanos() / 100) as i64;
-        let mut due = None;
-        while frames.front().is_some_and(|f| f.pts_100ns <= media_100ns) {
-            due = frames.pop_front();
-        }
-        if let Some(frame) = &due {
-            self.last_pts = frame.pts_100ns;
-        }
-        due.map(|f| f.bgra)
-    }
-
-    pub fn position_secs(&self) -> f64 {
-        self.last_pts as f64 / 10_000_000.0
-    }
-
-    pub fn duration_secs(&self) -> f64 {
-        self.duration_100ns as f64 / 10_000_000.0
-    }
-
-    /// Jump playback to `secs`. The decode thread reopens the file and
-    /// discards up to the target; the picture clock rebases on the first
-    /// frame that arrives, so play continues from there (paused stays
-    /// paused, showing the seeked frame).
-    pub fn seek(&mut self, secs: f64) {
-        let target = (secs.max(0.0) * 10_000_000.0) as i64;
-        self.shared.seek_100ns.store(target, Ordering::Release);
-        self.shared.frames.lock().unwrap().clear();
-        self.started = None;
-        self.last_pts = target;
-        let mut audio = video_audio().lock().unwrap();
-        if audio.owner == self.epoch {
-            audio.clear();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// True end-of-playback for the frame pump: the decode thread has exited
-    /// (end of stream, decode error, or stop) and every buffered frame has
-    /// been taken. The soundtrack tail may still be draining in the audio
-    /// callback — that needs no frame pump.
-    pub fn at_end(&self) -> bool {
-        (self.shared.eos.load(Ordering::Acquire) || self.shared.done.load(Ordering::Acquire))
-            && self.shared.frames.lock().unwrap().is_empty()
-    }
-
-    /// True while a seek request is still unconsumed by the decode thread —
-    /// the host coalesces scrub drags on this instead of flooding.
-    pub fn seek_pending(&self) -> bool {
-        self.shared.seek_100ns.load(Ordering::Acquire) >= 0
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for VideoPlayer {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.shared.stop.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        // NEVER join the decode thread here: a wedged hardware decoder call
-        // would hang the UI thread. The detached thread observes `stop`
-        // between packets and exits on its own; until then the epoch guard
-        // keeps its audio pushes out of the queue, and its frame ring dies
-        // with the last Arc.
-        let mut audio = video_audio().lock().unwrap();
-        if audio.owner == self.epoch {
-            audio.clear();
-            audio.owner = 0;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fn decode_loop(_path: String, mut decoder: VideoFileDecoder, shared: &Shared, epoch: u64) {
-    let info = decoder.info().clone();
-    let mut audio_eos = false;
-    let mut rgb_scratch = Vec::new();
-    loop {
-        if shared.stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            return;
-        }
-        let seek = shared.seek_100ns.swap(-1, Ordering::AcqRel);
-        if seek >= 0 {
-            shared.eos.store(false, Ordering::Release);
-            // In-place decoder seek (SetCurrentPosition / reader rebuild in
-            // the platform layer, ~10 ms) — never a full reopen, which is
-            // what makes SCRUBBING realtime and a loop restart seamless.
-            match decoder.seek(seek) {
-                Ok(()) => {
-                    audio_eos = !info.has_audio;
-                    shared.frames.lock().unwrap().clear();
-                    loop {
-                        if shared.stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-                            return;
-                        }
-                        if shared.seek_100ns.load(Ordering::Acquire) >= 0 {
-                            break; // newer scrub target supersedes this one
-                        }
-                        match decoder.next_frame() {
-                            Ok(Some(frame)) if frame.pts_100ns + FRAME_EPS_100NS < seek => {}
-                            Ok(Some(frame)) => {
-                                nv12::nv12_to_rgb8(
-                                    &frame.nv12,
-                                    frame.width,
-                                    frame.height,
-                                    &mut rgb_scratch,
-                                );
-                                let mut bgra =
-                                    Vec::with_capacity((frame.width * frame.height) as usize);
-                                for px in rgb_scratch.chunks_exact(3) {
-                                    bgra.push(
-                                        0xff00_0000
-                                            | ((px[0] as u32) << 16)
-                                            | ((px[1] as u32) << 8)
-                                            | px[2] as u32,
-                                    );
-                                }
-                                shared
-                                    .frames
-                                    .lock()
-                                    .unwrap()
-                                    .push_back(Frame { pts_100ns: frame.pts_100ns, bgra });
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            Ok(None) => break,
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                log!("video: seek decode error: {}", e);
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    // Audio follows the picture: drop queued samples and
-                    // skip the soundtrack forward to the target.
-                    if info.has_audio {
-                        video_audio().lock().unwrap().clear_for(epoch);
-                        loop {
-                            if shared.stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-                            match decoder.next_audio() {
-                                Ok(Some(chunk)) if chunk.pts_100ns < seek => {}
-                                Ok(Some(chunk)) => {
-                                    video_audio().lock().unwrap().push_i16(
-                                        epoch,
-                                        &chunk.samples,
-                                        chunk.channels,
-                                        chunk.sample_rate,
-                                    );
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                                Ok(None) => {
-                                    audio_eos = true;
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                                Err(_) => {
-                                    audio_eos = true;
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                Err(e) => log!("video: decoder seek failed: {}", e),
-            }
-            continue;
-        }
-        if info.has_audio && !audio_eos {
-            while video_audio().lock().unwrap().buffered_secs() < AUDIO_AHEAD_SECS {
-                match decoder.next_audio() {
-                    Ok(Some(chunk)) => video_audio().lock().unwrap().push_i16(
-                        epoch,
-                        &chunk.samples,
-                        chunk.channels,
-                        chunk.sample_rate,
-                    ),
-                    Ok(None) => {
-                        audio_eos = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        log!("video: audio decode error: {}", e);
-                        audio_eos = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if shared.frames.lock().unwrap().len() >= RING_FRAMES {
-            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(4));
-            continue;
-        }
-        match decoder.next_frame() {
-            Ok(Some(frame)) => {
-                nv12::nv12_to_rgb8(&frame.nv12, frame.width, frame.height, &mut rgb_scratch);
-                let mut bgra = Vec::with_capacity((frame.width * frame.height) as usize);
-                for px in rgb_scratch.chunks_exact(3) {
-                    bgra.push(
-                        0xff00_0000
-                            | ((px[0] as u32) << 16)
-                            | ((px[1] as u32) << 8)
-                            | px[2] as u32,
-                    );
-                }
-                shared.frames.lock().unwrap().push_back(Frame {
-                    pts_100ns: frame.pts_100ns,
-                    bgra,
-                });
-            }
-            Ok(None) => {
-                // End of stream: drain the soundtrack tail, then PARK. The
-                // thread stays alive serving seeks — a loop restart or a
-                // scrub back into the clip is a ~10 ms decoder seek, not a
-                // teardown and reopen.
-                if info.has_audio && !audio_eos {
-                    loop {
-                        if shared.stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-                            return;
-                        }
-                        match decoder.next_audio() {
-                            Ok(Some(chunk)) => video_audio().lock().unwrap().push_i16(
-                                epoch,
-                                &chunk.samples,
-                                chunk.channels,
-                                chunk.sample_rate,
-                            ),
-                            Ok(None) => break,
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                log!("video: audio tail decode error: {}", e);
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    audio_eos = true;
-                }
-                shared.eos.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-                while shared.eos.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
-                    if shared.stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    if shared.seek_100ns.load(Ordering::Acquire) >= 0 {
-                        break; // the top of the loop consumes it
-                    }
-                    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                log!("video: decode error: {}", e);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Soundtrack queue (identical mixer shape to the wav player in audio.rs)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-impl VideoAudio {
-    /// Epoch-guarded queue drop for a seek: only the owning player's decode
-    /// thread may flush what it queued.
-    fn clear_for(&mut self, epoch: u64) {
-        if self.owner == epoch {
-            self.frames.clear();
-            self.cursor = 0.0;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct VideoAudio {
-    frames: VecDeque<(f32, f32)>,
-    cursor: f64,
-    source_rate: f64,
-    /// Sticky mute raised by [`stop_audio`]: the decode thread may still be
-    /// refilling the queue, so a plain clear would go audible again ~a
-    /// second later. Cleared when the next clip starts.
-    muted: bool,
-    /// Epoch of the ONE player allowed to push (0 = none). Detached decode
-    /// threads of dropped players carry stale epochs and are locked out.
-    owner: u64,
-}
-
-impl VideoAudio {
-    const fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            frames: VecDeque::new(),
-            cursor: 0.0,
-            source_rate: 0.0,
-            muted: false,
-            owner: 0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.frames.clear();
-        self.cursor = 0.0;
-    }
-
-    fn buffered_secs(&self) -> f64 {
-        if self.source_rate <= 0.0 {
-            return 0.0;
-        }
-        (self.frames.len() as f64 - self.cursor).max(0.0) / self.source_rate
-    }
-
-    fn push_i16(&mut self, epoch: u64, samples: &[i16], channels: u16, rate: u32) {
-        if self.muted || self.owner != epoch {
-            return;
-        }
-        self.source_rate = rate as f64;
-        let ch = channels.max(1) as usize;
-        const GAIN: f32 = 0.9;
-        for frame in samples.chunks_exact(ch) {
-            let l = frame[0] as f32 / 32768.0 * GAIN;
-            let r = frame[ch - 1] as f32 / 32768.0 * GAIN;
-            self.frames.push_back((l, r));
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn mix(&mut self, output: &mut AudioBuffer, device_rate: f64) {
-        if self.frames.is_empty() || self.source_rate <= 0.0 || device_rate <= 0.0 {
-            return;
-        }
-        let step = self.source_rate / device_rate;
-        let channels = output.channel_count();
-        for frame in 0..output.frame_count() {
-            let index = self.cursor as usize;
-            if index + 1 >= self.frames.len() {
-                break;
-            }
-            let fraction = (self.cursor - index as f64) as f32;
-            let (al, ar) = self.frames[index];
-            let (bl, br) = self.frames[index + 1];
-            let l = al + (bl - al) * fraction;
-            let r = ar + (br - ar) * fraction;
-            for channel in 0..channels {
-                let s = if channel == 0 { l } else { r };
-                output.channel_mut(channel)[frame] += s;
-            }
-            self.cursor += step;
-        }
-        let consumed = self.cursor as usize;
-        if consumed > 0 {
-            self.frames.drain(..consumed.min(self.frames.len()));
-            self.cursor -= consumed as f64;
-        }
-        // A lone trailing frame can never be interpolated: once the queue is
-        // down to it the clip is over (or hard-underrun) — release it so the
-        // soundtrack ends instead of pinning the final sample forever.
-        if self.frames.len() <= 1 {
-            self.clear();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static VIDEO_AUDIO: Mutex<VideoAudio> = Mutex::new(VideoAudio::new());
-
-fn video_audio() -> &'static Mutex<VideoAudio> {
-    &VIDEO_AUDIO
-}
-
-/// Mix queued video audio into the device buffer (one line in the app's
-/// `cx.audio_output` closure).
-pub fn mix_into(output: &mut AudioBuffer, device_rate: f64) {
-    if let Ok(mut audio) = video_audio().lock() {
-        audio.mix(output, device_rate);
-    }
-}
-
-/// Silences the video soundtrack immediately and keeps it silent (the
-/// decode thread may still be refilling) until the next clip starts —
-/// stop-button / tab-switch hook. Revoking ownership locks every live
-/// decode thread out of the queue, not just muting it.
-pub fn stop_audio() {
-    if let Ok(mut audio) = video_audio().lock() {
-        audio.clear();
-        audio.muted = true;
-        audio.owner = 0;
-    }
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    /// Both tests touch the process-global soundtrack queue.
-    static VIDEO_TEST_LOCK: Mutex<()> = Mutex::new(());
-
-    #[test]
-    fn at_end_needs_decode_exit_and_a_drained_ring() {
-        let _serial = VIDEO_TEST_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
-        let shared = Arc::new(Shared {
-            frames: Mutex::new(VecDeque::new()),
-            stop: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            done: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            eos: AtomicBool::new(false),
-            seek_100ns: AtomicI64::new(-1),
-        });
-        shared.frames.lock().unwrap().push_back(Frame {
-            pts_100ns: 0,
-            bgra: vec![0xff00_0000; 4],
-        });
-        let mut player = VideoPlayer {
-            width: 2,
-            height: 2,
-            duration_100ns: 0,
-            shared: shared.clone(),
-            started: None,
-            last_pts: 0,
-            paused_at: None,
-            epoch: u64::MAX,
-        };
-        // Still decoding: never EOS, with or without buffered frames.
-        assert!(!player.at_end());
-        // Decode exited, but a due frame is still buffered: pump keeps going.
-        shared.done.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-        assert!(!player.at_end());
-        // The pts-0 frame is immediately due; taking it drains the ring.
-        assert!(player.take_due_frame().is_some());
-        assert!(player.at_end(), "decode done + drained ring is EOS");
-        // A stopped-but-undrained ring is also not EOS until taken.
-        assert!(player.take_due_frame().is_none());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn soundtrack_queue_ignores_stale_epochs_and_revoked_ownership() {
-        let _serial = VIDEO_TEST_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
-        {
-            let mut audio = video_audio().lock().unwrap();
-            audio.clear();
-            audio.muted = false;
-            audio.owner = 7;
-            audio.source_rate = 0.0;
-        }
-        // A dropped player's detached thread (stale epoch) cannot push.
-        video_audio()
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap()
-            .push_i16(6, &[1000, 1000], 2, 48_000);
-        assert_eq!(video_audio().lock().unwrap().frames.len(), 0);
-        // The owning epoch pushes fine.
-        video_audio()
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap()
-            .push_i16(7, &[1000, 1000, 2000, 2000], 2, 48_000);
-        assert_eq!(video_audio().lock().unwrap().frames.len(), 2);
-        // stop_audio revokes ownership: even the former owner is locked out.
-        stop_audio();
-        video_audio()
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap()
-            .push_i16(7, &[1000, 1000], 2, 48_000);
-        let audio = video_audio().lock().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(audio.frames.len(), 0);
-        assert_eq!(audio.owner, 0);
-        assert!(audio.muted);
-    }
-}

apps/browser/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# browser — a Chrome-like browser as a plain full-window Makepad app.
+#
+# Chromium (CEF, libs/cef) renders ONLY the page, GPU-accelerated straight
+# into an IOSurface-backed Makepad texture. All browser chrome — the tab
+# strip, the toolbar with back/forward/reload, the omnibox and the menu —
+# is Makepad splash UI, styled from the wm theme when hosted by
+# makepad-wm (`MAKEPAD_WM_THEME_SPLASH`) and from a Chrome-dark palette otherwise.
+#
+# Runs standalone, and unmodified inside makepad-wm / Studio tiles via the
+# shared --stdin-loop client runtime every Makepad app has.
+
+[package]
+name = "makepad-browser"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+default-run = "browser"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "browser"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+makepad-widgets = { path = "../../widgets", features = ["cef"] }
+makepad-cef = { path = "../../libs/cef" }
+makepad-ai-services = { path = "../../libs/ai/services" }
+makepad-strict-json = { path = "../../libs/strict_json" }
+makepad-wm-theme = { path = "../../libs/wm_theme" }
+# The window manager's vocabulary: the bar's title, the polite close.
+makepad-wm-api = { path = "../../libs/wm_api" }

apps/browser/src/ai.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+//! The browser on the desktop's AI bus.
+//!
+//! The current CEF wrapper mirrors navigation metadata but does not bind its
+//! frame text/source callbacks, so `page` reports the active title and URL.
+
+use makepad_ai_services::wire::{Risk, ServiceCall, ServiceManifest, ToolDef, ToolResult};
+use makepad_strict_json::{self as json, Value};
+
+pub struct PageState {
+    pub title: String,
+    pub url: String,
+}
+
+pub struct TabState {
+    pub title: String,
+    pub url: String,
+    pub active: bool,
+}
+
+/// The bus-facing subset of the webview. Keeping it as a trait makes the
+/// closed dispatcher testable without starting CEF or a window.
+pub trait BrowserTarget {
+    fn page(&self) -> Option<PageState>;
+    fn tabs(&self) -> Vec<TabState>;
+    fn navigate(&mut self, url: &str) -> bool;
+    fn new_tab(&mut self, url: &str);
+}
+
+pub fn manifest() -> ServiceManifest {
+    ServiceManifest::new(
+        "browser",
+        "Browser",
+        "The live web browser. Its read tools report the active page and all tabs; its action tools steer the active tab or open a new one.",
+    )
+    .with_tool(ToolDef::new(
+        "page",
+        "Read the active tab's displayed title and URL. The current CEF binding does not expose visible page text or source, so this tool cannot return page text.",
+        r#"{"type":"object","properties":{},"additionalProperties":false}"#,
+        Risk::Read,
+    ))
+    .with_tool(ToolDef::new(
+        "tabs",
+        "Read every open tab's displayed title and URL, with the active tab marked.",
+        r#"{"type":"object","properties":{},"additionalProperties":false}"#,
+        Risk::Read,
+    ))
+    .with_tool(ToolDef::new(
+        "navigate",
+        "Navigate the active tab to an http:// or https:// URL, or to about:blank.",
+        r#"{"type":"object","properties":{"url":{"type":"string"}},"required":["url"],"additionalProperties":false}"#,
+        Risk::Act,
+    ))
+    .with_tool(ToolDef::new(
+        "new_tab",
+        "Open and activate a new tab at an http:// or https:// URL, or at about:blank.",
+        r#"{"type":"object","properties":{"url":{"type":"string"}},"required":["url"],"additionalProperties":false}"#,
+        Risk::Act,
+    ))
+}
+
+/// Answer one browser call through a closed match over the four advertised
+/// names. URL actions use the webview's existing navigation methods.
+pub fn answer(call: &ServiceCall, target: &mut impl BrowserTarget) -> ToolResult {
+    match call.tool.as_str() {
+        "page" => {
+            if let Err(error) = empty_args(&call.args) {
+                return ToolResult::refused(&call.call_id, error);
+            }
+            match target.page() {
+                Some(page) => ToolResult::ok(
+                    &call.call_id,
+                    format!("title: {}\nurl: {}", page.title, page.url),
+                    format!("{} — {}", page.title, page.url),
+                ),
+                None => ToolResult::unavailable(&call.call_id, "there is no active browser tab"),
+            }
+        }
+        "tabs" => {
+            if let Err(error) = empty_args(&call.args) {
+                return ToolResult::refused(&call.call_id, error);
+            }
+            let tabs = target.tabs();
+            let mut text = String::new();
+            for (index, tab) in tabs.iter().enumerate() {
+                if index > 0 {
+                    text.push('\n');
+                }
+                text.push_str(if tab.active { "[active] " } else { "         " });
+                text.push_str(&tab.title);
+                text.push_str(" — ");
+                text.push_str(&tab.url);
+            }
+            if text.is_empty() {
+                text.push_str("no tabs open");
+            }
+            ToolResult::ok(&call.call_id, text, format!("{} tabs", tabs.len()))
+        }
+        "navigate" => {
+            let url = match url_arg(&call.args, "navigate") {
+                Ok(url) => url,
+                Err(error) => return ToolResult::refused(&call.call_id, error),
+            };
+            if target.navigate(&url) {
+                ToolResult::ok(&call.call_id, format!("navigating to {url}"), "navigating")
+            } else {
+                ToolResult::unavailable(&call.call_id, "there is no active browser tab")
+            }
+        }
+        "new_tab" => {
+            let url = match url_arg(&call.args, "new_tab") {
+                Ok(url) => url,
+                Err(error) => return ToolResult::refused(&call.call_id, error),
+            };
+            target.new_tab(&url);
+            ToolResult::ok(&call.call_id, format!("opened a new tab at {url}"), "navigating")
+        }
+        other => ToolResult::refused(
+            &call.call_id,
+            format!("browser has no tool `{other}`; it has page, tabs, navigate, new_tab"),
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+fn empty_args(args: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let fields = object_args(args)?;
+    if let Some((key, _)) = fields.first() {
+        return Err(format!("unknown argument `{key}`"));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn url_arg(args: &str, tool: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let fields = object_args(args)?;
+    if let Some((key, _)) = fields.iter().find(|(key, _)| key != "url") {
+        return Err(format!("unknown argument `{key}`"));
+    }
+    let Some(url) = fields
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(key, _)| key == "url")
+        .and_then(|(_, value)| value.as_str())
+    else {
+        return Err(format!("{tool}.url must be a string"));
+    };
+    if !allowed_url(url) {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "{tool}.url must start with http:// or https://, or be exactly about:blank"
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(url.to_string())
+}
+
+fn object_args(args: &str) -> Result<Vec<(String, Value)>, String> {
+    match json::parse(args.as_bytes()) {
+        Ok(Value::Obj(fields)) => Ok(fields),
+        Ok(_) => Err("tool arguments must be a JSON object".to_string()),
+        Err(error) => Err(format!("invalid tool arguments: {error}")),
+    }
+}
+
+fn allowed_url(url: &str) -> bool {
+    if url == "about:blank" {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if url.chars().any(char::is_whitespace) || url.chars().any(char::is_control) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    url.strip_prefix("http://")
+        .or_else(|| url.strip_prefix("https://"))
+        .is_some_and(|rest| !rest.is_empty())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use makepad_ai_services::wire::ToolOutcome;
+
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct FakeTarget {
+        navigated: Vec<String>,
+    }
+
+    impl BrowserTarget for FakeTarget {
+        fn page(&self) -> Option<PageState> {
+            None
+        }
+
+        fn tabs(&self) -> Vec<TabState> {
+            Vec::new()
+        }
+
+        fn navigate(&mut self, url: &str) -> bool {
+            self.navigated.push(url.to_string());
+            true
+        }
+
+        fn new_tab(&mut self, url: &str) {
+            self.navigated.push(url.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn browser_manifest_validates() {
+        manifest().validate().expect("a valid browser manifest");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn navigate_refuses_non_http_urls() {
+        let mut target = FakeTarget::default();
+        for url in ["file:///etc/passwd", "javascript:alert(1)", "data:text/plain,no"] {
+            let call = ServiceCall {
+                call_id: "c1".into(),
+                tool: "navigate".into(),
+                args: format!(r#"{{"url":"{url}"}}"#),
+            };
+            let result = answer(&call, &mut target);
+            assert_eq!(result.outcome, ToolOutcome::Refused);
+        }
+        assert!(target.navigated.is_empty());
+    }
+}

apps/browser/src/chrome.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The browser chrome: a custom-drawn Chrome-style tab strip (favicon +
 //! title tabs with a close x, a + for a new tab) and the toolbar
 //! (back / forward / reload, the omnibox with search icon and bookmark star,
-//! the menu button). Hard-square Omarchy look, colours from `mod.mpb_theme`.
+//! the menu button). Hard-square Omarchy look, colours from `mod.browser_theme`.
 
 use crate::tabs::{TabId, TabSummary};
 use makepad_widgets::image::DrawImage;
@@ -18,62 +18,62 @@ script_mod! {
         height: 36
 
         draw_bg +: {
-            color: uniform(mod.mpb_theme.darker_background)
+            color: uniform(mod.browser_theme.darker_background)
             pixel: fn() {
                 return self.color
             }
         }
         draw_tab +: {
-            color: uniform(mod.mpb_theme.darker_background)
+            color: uniform(mod.browser_theme.darker_background)
             pixel: fn() {
                 return self.color
             }
         }
         draw_tab_hover +: {
-            color: uniform(mod.mpb_theme.dark_background)
+            color: uniform(mod.browser_theme.dark_background)
             pixel: fn() {
                 return self.color
             }
         }
         draw_tab_active +: {
-            color: uniform(mod.mpb_theme.background)
+            color: uniform(mod.browser_theme.background)
             pixel: fn() {
                 return self.color
             }
         }
         draw_sep +: {
-            color: uniform(mod.mpb_theme.muted)
+            color: uniform(mod.browser_theme.muted)
             pixel: fn() {
                 return self.color
             }
         }
         draw_text +: {
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.foreground
             text_style: theme.font_regular{
                 font_size: 9.5
             }
         }
         draw_text_dim +: {
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
             text_style: theme.font_regular{
                 font_size: 9.5
             }
         }
         draw_close +: {
             svg: crate_resource("self:resources/icons/close.svg")
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
         }
         draw_close_active +: {
             svg: crate_resource("self:resources/icons/close.svg")
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.foreground
         }
         draw_plus +: {
             svg: crate_resource("self:resources/icons/plus.svg")
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.foreground
         }
         draw_globe +: {
             svg: crate_resource("self:resources/icons/globe.svg")
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
         }
     }
 
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ script_mod! {
         align: Align{x: 0.5 y: 0.5}
         icon_walk: Walk{width: 16 height: 16}
         draw_icon +: {
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.foreground
         }
         draw_bg +: {
             border_radius: 0.0
             border_size: 0.0
             color: #00000000
-            color_hover: mod.mpb_theme.lighter_background
-            color_down: mod.mpb_theme.muted
+            color_hover: mod.browser_theme.lighter_background
+            color_down: mod.browser_theme.muted
             color_focus: #00000000
         }
     }
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ script_mod! {
         padding: Inset{left: 14 right: 14 top: 0 bottom: 0}
         margin: Inset{left: 0 right: 0 top: 0 bottom: 0}
         draw_text +: {
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
-            color_hover: mod.mpb_theme.bright_foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.foreground
+            color_hover: mod.browser_theme.bright_foreground
             text_style: theme.font_regular{
                 font_size: 10
             }
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ script_mod! {
             border_radius: 0.0
             border_size: 0.0
             color: #00000000
-            color_hover: mod.mpb_theme.lighter_background
-            color_down: mod.mpb_theme.muted
+            color_hover: mod.browser_theme.lighter_background
+            color_down: mod.browser_theme.muted
         }
     }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ script_mod! {
         padding: Inset{left: 6 right: 6 top: 4 bottom: 4}
         spacing: 2
         draw_bg +: {
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.background
+            color: mod.browser_theme.background
         }
 
         back_btn := MpToolButton{
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ script_mod! {
             padding: Inset{left: 10 right: 2 top: 0 bottom: 0}
             spacing: 6
             draw_bg +: {
-                color: mod.mpb_theme.darker_background
+                color: mod.browser_theme.darker_background
             }
             Icon{
                 margin: Inset{top: 9 bottom: 0 left: 0 right: 0}
                 icon_walk: Walk{width: 14 height: 14}
                 draw_icon +: {
                     svg: crate_resource("self:resources/icons/search.svg")
-                    color: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+                    color: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
                 }
             }
             omnibox := TextInputFlat{
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ script_mod! {
                     border_color_empty: #00000000
                 }
                 draw_cursor +: {
-                    color: mod.mpb_theme.bright_foreground
+                    color: mod.browser_theme.bright_foreground
                 }
                 draw_text +: {
-                    color: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
-                    color_hover: mod.mpb_theme.foreground
-                    color_focus: mod.mpb_theme.bright_foreground
-                    color_empty: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
-                    color_empty_hover: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+                    color: mod.browser_theme.foreground
+                    color_hover: mod.browser_theme.foreground
+                    color_focus: mod.browser_theme.bright_foreground
+                    color_empty: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
+                    color_empty_hover: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
                     text_style: theme.font_regular{
                         font_size: 10.5
                     }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ script_mod! {
                 icon_walk: Walk{width: 15 height: 15}
                 draw_icon +: {
                     svg: crate_resource("self:resources/icons/star.svg")
-                    color: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+                    color: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
                 }
             }
         }

apps/browser/src/main.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-//! mpbrowser: a Chrome-like browser as a plain full-window Makepad app.
+//! browser: a Chrome-like browser as a plain full-window Makepad app.
 //! CEF renders the page (GPU-accelerated into a shared IOSurface texture);
 //! every bit of chrome is Makepad. Runs standalone or inside makepad-wm /
 //! Studio tiles via the shared --stdin-loop client runtime.
 
 pub use makepad_widgets;
+use makepad_ai_services::port::{AiServicePort, PortEvent};
 use makepad_cef::BootstrapResult;
 use makepad_widgets::*;
 
+mod ai;
 mod chrome;
 mod tabs;
 mod theme;
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ script_mod! {
         ui: Root{
             main_window := Window{
                 window.inner_size: vec2(1280, 860)
-                window.title: "mpbrowser"
+                window.title: "browser"
                 body +: {
                     flow: Overlay
                     View{
@@ -52,14 +54,14 @@ script_mod! {
                             flow: Down
                             padding: Inset{top: 4 bottom: 4 left: 0 right: 0}
                             draw_bg +: {
-                                color: mod.mpb_theme.background
+                                color: mod.browser_theme.background
                             }
                             menu_new_tab := MpMenuItem{text: "New tab"}
                             menu_close_tab := MpMenuItem{text: "Close tab"}
                             menu_reload := MpMenuItem{text: "Reload"}
                             Hr{}
                             menu_gpu := MpMenuItem{text: "chrome://gpu"}
-                            menu_about := MpMenuItem{text: "About mpbrowser"}
+                            menu_about := MpMenuItem{text: "About browser"}
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -155,8 +157,46 @@ pub struct App {
     focus_frame: NextFrame,
     #[rust]
     focus_retries: u32,
+    #[rust]
+    ai_port: Option<AiServicePort>,
+    #[rust]
+    ai_context: String,
 }
 
+struct AiBrowserTarget<'a> {
+    cx: &'a mut Cx,
+    webview: &'a mut WebView,
+}
+
+impl ai::BrowserTarget for AiBrowserTarget<'_> {
+    fn page(&self) -> Option<ai::PageState> {
+        let info = self.webview.active_info();
+        info.id.map(|_| ai::PageState {
+            title: info.title,
+            url: info.url,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn tabs(&self) -> Vec<ai::TabState> {
+        self.webview
+            .ai_tabs()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(title, url, active)| ai::TabState { title, url, active })
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn navigate(&mut self, url: &str) -> bool {
+        if self.webview.active_id().is_none() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        self.webview.navigate(self.cx, url);
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn new_tab(&mut self, url: &str) {
+        self.webview.new_tab(self.cx, url, true);
+    }
+}
 
 impl App {
     fn with_webview<R>(&self, cx: &mut Cx, f: impl FnOnce(&mut Cx, &mut WebView) -> R) -> Option<R> {
@@ -221,6 +261,8 @@ impl App {
             .with_webview(cx, |_cx, wv| (wv.summaries(), wv.active_info()))
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
+        self.refresh_ai_context(&info);
+
         if let Some(mut strip) = self.ui.widget(cx, ids!(tab_strip)).borrow_mut::<TabStrip>() {
             strip.set_tabs(cx, summaries);
         }
@@ -260,16 +302,18 @@ impl App {
         });
 
         let title = if info.title.is_empty() {
-            "mpbrowser".to_string()
+            "browser".to_string()
         } else {
-            format!("{} — mpbrowser", info.title)
+            format!("{} — browser", info.title)
         };
         self.ui.window(cx, ids!(main_window)).set_title(cx, &title);
+        // The bar shows the page title too when the window manager hosts us.
+        makepad_wm_api::set_title(cx, &title);
 
         if info.render_mode != self.reported_mode && info.render_mode != "None" {
             self.reported_mode = info.render_mode.clone();
             log!(
-                "mpbrowser: page rendering is {} (accelerated frames so far: {}, last blit {}us)",
+                "browser: page rendering is {} (accelerated frames so far: {}, last blit {}us)",
                 info.render_mode,
                 info.accelerated_frames,
                 info.last_blit_micros
@@ -278,6 +322,63 @@ impl App {
         self.ui.redraw(cx);
     }
 
+    fn refresh_ai_context(&mut self, info: &webview::ActiveInfo) {
+        let context = if info.id.is_some() {
+            format!("active tab: {} — {}", info.title, info.url)
+        } else {
+            "no active tab".to_string()
+        };
+        if context == self.ai_context {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.ai_context = context.clone();
+        if let Some(port) = self.ai_port.as_ref() {
+            port.set_context(&context);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn refresh_ai_context_from_webview(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) {
+        let info = self
+            .with_webview(cx, |_cx, webview| webview.active_info())
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        self.refresh_ai_context(&info);
+    }
+
+    fn drain_ai_port(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event) {
+        let events = match self.ai_port.as_mut() {
+            Some(port) => port.handle_event(cx, event),
+            None => return,
+        };
+        for event in events {
+            match event {
+                PortEvent::Registered(endpoint) => {
+                    log!("browser: AI service registered as {}", endpoint.as_str());
+                    self.ai_context.clear();
+                    self.refresh_ai_context_from_webview(cx);
+                }
+                PortEvent::Call(call) => {
+                    let result = self
+                        .with_webview(cx, |cx, webview| {
+                            let mut target = AiBrowserTarget { cx, webview };
+                            ai::answer(&call, &mut target)
+                        })
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                            makepad_ai_services::wire::ToolResult::unavailable(
+                                &call.call_id,
+                                "the browser view is not ready",
+                            )
+                        });
+                    if let Some(port) = self.ai_port.as_ref() {
+                        port.reply(result);
+                    }
+                    self.refresh_chrome(cx);
+                }
+                PortEvent::Cancel { .. } | PortEvent::ChatOpen { .. } => {}
+                PortEvent::Subscribe { .. } | PortEvent::Unsubscribe { .. } => {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn navigate_from_omnibox(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, text: &str) {
         let url = tabs::resolve_omnibox(text);
         if url.is_empty() {
@@ -361,14 +462,20 @@ impl App {
 
 impl MatchEvent for App {
     fn handle_startup(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx) {
+        // A warm-pool standby is not a running Browser: its service opens on
+        // `WmEvent::Adopted`, never while dormant — the assistant must not
+        // steer a page nobody can see.
+        if !makepad_wm_api::warm_start() {
+            self.ai_port = AiServicePort::open(cx, ai::manifest());
+        }
         match makepad_cef::startup_phases() {
             Some((bundle_ms, exec_gap_ms)) => log!(
-                "mpbrowser: window up at {} ms after main (app bundle prepared in {} ms, exec-to-main gap {} ms)",
+                "browser: window up at {} ms after main (app bundle prepared in {} ms, exec-to-main gap {} ms)",
                 uptime_ms(),
                 bundle_ms,
                 exec_gap_ms
             ),
-            None => log!("mpbrowser: window up at {} ms after main", uptime_ms()),
+            None => log!("browser: window up at {} ms after main", uptime_ms()),
         }
         let urls = initial_urls();
         if urls.is_empty() {
@@ -463,8 +570,8 @@ impl MatchEvent for App {
                 .with_webview(cx, |_cx, wv| wv.active_info())
                 .unwrap_or_default();
             let html = format!(
-                "<!doctype html><title>About mpbrowser</title><body style=\"background:{bg};color:{fg};font:14px -apple-system,Helvetica,sans-serif;padding:32px\">\
-                 <h2 style=\"font-weight:500\">mpbrowser</h2>\
+                "<!doctype html><title>About browser</title><body style=\"background:{bg};color:{fg};font:14px -apple-system,Helvetica,sans-serif;padding:32px\">\
+                 <h2 style=\"font-weight:500\">browser</h2>\
                  <p>Makepad chrome, Chromium Embedded Framework {cef} page rendering.</p>\
                  <p>Page rendering path: <b>{mode}</b> (accelerated frames: {frames}, last GPU blit: {blit}µs)</p>\
                  <p>ANGLE backend: {angle}</p></body>",
@@ -527,8 +634,8 @@ impl AppMain for App {
     fn script_mod(vm: &mut ScriptVm) -> ScriptValue {
         crate::makepad_widgets::script_mod(vm);
         // The family theme bridge retints the stock widgets from the WM
-        // theme; the chrome roles go into mod.mpb_theme.
-        mp_theme::apply(vm);
+        // theme; the chrome roles go into mod.browser_theme.
+        makepad_wm_theme::apply(vm);
         palette().apply(vm);
         chrome::script_mod(vm);
         webview::script_mod(vm);
@@ -536,6 +643,22 @@ impl AppMain for App {
     }
 
     fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event) {
+        // The window manager asked politely (SUPER+W): go now, ahead of the
+        // kill that follows its grace. A warm-pool browser needs no waking —
+        // CEF paints nothing until a tile presents it.
+        if let Event::Custom(json) = event {
+            match makepad_wm_api::WmEvent::parse(json) {
+                Some(makepad_wm_api::WmEvent::Adopted) if self.ai_port.is_none() => {
+                    self.ai_port = AiServicePort::open(cx, ai::manifest());
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+            if let Some(makepad_wm_api::WmEvent::CloseRequested) = makepad_wm_api::WmEvent::parse(json) {
+                cx.quit();
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        self.drain_ai_port(cx, event);
         if let Event::KeyDown(ke) = event {
             if self.handle_shortcut(cx, ke) {
                 return;
@@ -622,5 +745,5 @@ pub fn app_main() {
 
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "wasm32", target_os = "android", target_env = "ohos"))]
 pub fn app_main() {
-    panic!("mpbrowser is desktop-only");
+    panic!("browser is desktop-only");
 }

apps/browser/src/theme.rs

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 //! The browser-chrome palette. Theming lives in splash: the chrome reads
-//! `mod.mpb_theme.*` (tab strip, toolbar, omnibox, icon roles), which this
+//! `mod.browser_theme.*` (tab strip, toolbar, omnibox, icon roles), which this
 //! module evaluates into the VM before the UI modules.
 //!
 //! Under makepad-wm the roles come from the WM's theme.splash
-//! (`MPWM_THEME_SPLASH`, line-scanned by `mp_theme`, the family bridge);
+//! (`MAKEPAD_WM_THEME_SPLASH`, line-scanned by `makepad_wm_theme`, the family bridge);
 //! standalone runs get Chrome's own dark palette.
 
 use makepad_widgets::*;
 
-/// Chrome-dark roles, keyed like the mpwm theme so one mapping serves both.
+/// Chrome-dark roles, keyed like the wm theme so one mapping serves both.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Palette {
     /// Tab strip background (the "frame").
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ impl Palette {
         }
     }
 
-    /// The WM palette when mpwm exported one, else Chrome dark.
+    /// The WM palette when wm exported one, else Chrome dark.
     pub fn current() -> Self {
         let fallback = Self::chrome_dark();
-        let Some(p) = mp_theme::current() else {
+        let Some(p) = makepad_wm_theme::current() else {
             return fallback;
         };
         Self {
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ impl Palette {
         }
     }
 
-    /// The `mod.mpb_theme = {...}` splash source. Runtime-evaluated, so plain
+    /// The `mod.browser_theme = {...}` splash source. Runtime-evaluated, so plain
     /// `#hex` (the `#x` escape is a proc-macro-only hazard).
     pub fn splash_source(&self) -> String {
         format!(
-            "mod.mpb_theme = {{\n\
+            "mod.browser_theme = {{\n\
              \x20   darker_background: {}\n\
              \x20   background: {}\n\
              \x20   dark_background: {}\n\
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ impl Palette {
         )
     }
 
-    /// Evaluate `mod.mpb_theme` into the VM. Call after
+    /// Evaluate `mod.browser_theme` into the VM. Call after
     /// `makepad_widgets::script_mod(vm)` and before the chrome modules.
     pub fn apply(&self, vm: &mut ScriptVm) {
         let script_mod_id = ScriptMod {
             cargo_manifest_path: env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").to_string(),
-            module_path: "mpb_theme".to_string(),
-            file: "mpb_theme.splash".to_string(),
+            module_path: "browser_theme".to_string(),
+            file: "browser_theme.splash".to_string(),
             line: 0,
             column: 0,
             code: self.splash_source(),
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl Palette {
         };
         vm.eval(script_mod_id);
         for e in vm.take_errors() {
-            log!("mpbrowser theme: {}", e);
+            log!("browser theme: {}", e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl Palette {
              .c{{display:flex;height:100%;align-items:center;justify-content:center;\
              flex-direction:column;gap:10px}}.n{{font-size:28px;letter-spacing:1px;color:{fgb}}}\
              .s{{color:{fgd}}}</style></head><body><div class=c>\
-             <div class=n>mpbrowser</div><div class=s>Type a URL or search in the box above</div>\
+             <div class=n>browser</div><div class=s>Type a URL or search in the box above</div>\
              </div></body></html>",
             bg = self.darker_background,
             fg = self.foreground,

apps/browser/src/webview.rs

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 use crate::tabs::{TabId, TabModel, TabSummary};
 // The surface policy is the stock Browser widget's — one source of truth for
 // how a CEF page survives a resize.
-use makepad_widgets::browser::{
-    needs_new_surface, surface_alloc, Browser as BrowserKeys, RESIZE_INTERVAL, SETTLE,
-};
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+use makepad_widgets::browser::{needs_new_surface, surface_alloc, SETTLE};
+use makepad_widgets::browser::{Browser as BrowserKeys, RESIZE_INTERVAL};
 use makepad_widgets::image::DrawImage;
 use makepad_widgets::*;
 
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ script_mod! {
         width: Fill
         height: Fill
         draw_empty +: {
-            color: uniform(mod.mpb_theme.darker_background)
+            color: uniform(mod.browser_theme.darker_background)
             pixel: fn() {
                 return self.color
             }
         }
         draw_status +: {
-            color: mod.mpb_theme.dark_foreground
+            color: mod.browser_theme.dark_foreground
             text_style: theme.font_regular{
                 font_size: 11
             }
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ pub struct WebView {
     pump_started: bool,
 }
 
-/// Env-gated resize tracing (`MPB_TRACE=1`): timestamps + sizes on every
+/// Env-gated resize tracing (`MAKEPAD_BROWSER_TRACE=1`): timestamps + sizes on every
 /// draw, resize and target swap. Debug rig — not for committing.
 pub fn trace_on() -> bool {
     static ON: std::sync::OnceLock<bool> = std::sync::OnceLock::new();
-    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("MPB_TRACE").is_some())
+    *ON.get_or_init(|| std::env::var_os("MAKEPAD_BROWSER_TRACE").is_some())
 }
 
 macro_rules! trace {
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ impl WebView {
         self.tabs.summaries()
     }
 
+    /// Title, URL and active marker for the browser's AI `tabs` tool.
+    pub fn ai_tabs(&self) -> Vec<(String, String, bool)> {
+        self.tabs
+            .tabs
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(index, tab)| {
+                (tab.display_title(), tab.url.clone(), index == self.tabs.active)
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+
     pub fn active_info(&self) -> ActiveInfo {
         let Some(tab) = self.tabs.active() else {
             return ActiveInfo::default();
@@ -520,7 +532,7 @@ impl WebView {
                 }
                 if !self.first_frame_logged {
                     self.first_frame_logged = true;
-                    log!("mpbrowser: first page frame at {} ms", crate::uptime_ms());
+                    log!("browser: first page frame at {} ms", crate::uptime_ms());
                 }
             }
             let generation = browser.nav_generation();
@@ -705,7 +717,7 @@ impl Widget for WebView {
                 Ok(()) => {
                     self.cef_ready = true;
                     log!(
-                        "mpbrowser: CEF {} initialized at {} ms",
+                        "browser: CEF {} initialized at {} ms",
                         makepad_cef::CEF_VERSION,
                         crate::uptime_ms()
                     );

apps/fab/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gltf = ["dep:makepad-fab-loader-gltf"]
 makepad-widgets = { path = "../../widgets", version = "2.0.0" }
 makepad-fab-shell = { path = "../../libs/fab", version = "0.1.0" }
 makepad-fab-loader-gltf = { path = "loaders/gltf", version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
-makepad-video = { path = "../../platform/video", version = "1.0.0" }
+makepad-video = { package = "makepad-platform-video", path = "../../platform/video", version = "1.0.0" }
 makepad-zune-png = { path = "../../libs/zune/zune-png", version = "0.5.2" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]

apps/fab/src/bin/frames_to_mp4.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Encode a directory of `frame_%06d.png` files into an H.264 mp4 via the
-//! platform hardware encoder (`makepad-video` / VideoToolbox on macOS).
+//! platform hardware encoder (`makepad-platform-video` / VideoToolbox on macOS).
 //!
 //! ```text
 //! frames_to_mp4 <dir> <out.mp4> [--fps 24] [--start N] [--end M] [--bitrate BPS] [--crf N]

apps/fabric/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "makepad-fabric"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+description = "Fabric: a photo in, a fitted sewing pattern out — body model, measurements, draft, cut sheet"
+
+[dependencies]
+# The window manager's vocabulary: the bar's title and the polite close.
+makepad-wm-api = { path = "../../libs/wm_api" }
+makepad-widgets = { path = "../../widgets" }
+makepad-fabric-measure = { path = "../../libs/fabric/measure" }
+makepad-fabric-draft = { path = "../../libs/fabric/draft" }
+# The body model runs in-process (Metal on the Mac, CUDA on a box); the
+# hub does install, licence acknowledgement and weight location.
+makepad-ai-body = { path = "../../libs/ai/models/body" }
+makepad-ai-hub = { path = "../../libs/ai/hub", default-features = false, features = ["local", "body-native"] }
+makepad-ai-hub-ui = { path = "../../libs/ai/hub_ui" }

apps/fabric/src/body_view.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,539 @@
+use makepad_fabric_measure::{BodyMesh, Line, Measured, Ring};
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+script_mod! {
+    use mod.prelude.widgets_internal.*
+    use mod.widgets.*
+
+    set_type_default() do #(DrawBodyPoint::script_shader(vm)) {
+        ..mod.draw.DrawQuad
+        pixel: fn() {
+            let d = length(self.pos - vec2(0.5, 0.5))
+            let a = clamp((0.5 - d) * 7.0, 0.0, 1.0)
+            let near = #x80e7ff
+            let far = #x27435d
+            let c = far.mix(near, 1.0 - self.depth)
+            return vec4(c.xyz * a, a)
+        }
+    }
+
+    set_type_default() do #(DrawFabricLine::script_shader(vm)) {
+        ..mod.draw.DrawQuad
+        pixel: fn() {
+            // A line as a distance field inside its bounding quad. The
+            // endpoints are LOCAL to the quad (the turtle may still shift
+            // rect_pos after the instance is written), like the chart's
+            // segment shader.
+            let p = self.pos * self.rect_size
+            let ab = self.p1 - self.p0
+            let t = clamp(dot(p - self.p0, ab) / max(dot(ab, ab), 0.0001), 0.0, 1.0)
+            let d = length(p - (self.p0 + ab * t))
+            let aa = 1.0 - smoothstep(self.half_width - 0.6, self.half_width + 0.6, d)
+            let alpha = aa * self.color.w
+            return vec4(self.color.xyz * alpha, alpha)
+        }
+    }
+
+    mod.widgets.FabricBodyViewBase = #(FabricBodyView::register_widget(vm))
+    mod.widgets.FabricBodyView = set_type_default() do mod.widgets.FabricBodyViewBase {
+        width: Fill
+        height: Fill
+        draw_bg +: {color: #x11161d}
+        draw_point +: {}
+        draw_line +: {}
+        draw_text +: {
+            color: #x9aa8b7
+            text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 9.0}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook)]
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct DrawBodyPoint {
+    #[deref]
+    draw_super: DrawQuad,
+    #[live]
+    depth: f32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook)]
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct DrawFabricLine {
+    #[deref]
+    draw_super: DrawQuad,
+    #[live]
+    pub color: Vec4f,
+    #[live]
+    p0: Vec2f,
+    #[live]
+    p1: Vec2f,
+    #[live]
+    half_width: f32,
+}
+
+impl DrawFabricLine {
+    pub fn segment(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx2d, from: DVec2, to: DVec2, width: f64) {
+        if (to - from).length() < 0.01 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let half = width * 0.5;
+        let pad = half + 1.0;
+        let min = dvec2(from.x.min(to.x) - pad, from.y.min(to.y) - pad);
+        let max = dvec2(from.x.max(to.x) + pad, from.y.max(to.y) + pad);
+        self.p0 = v2f(from - min);
+        self.p1 = v2f(to - min);
+        self.half_width = half as f32;
+        self.draw_abs(cx, Rect { pos: min, size: max - min });
+    }
+}
+
+fn v2f(value: DVec2) -> Vec2f {
+    Vec2f {
+        x: value.x as f32,
+        y: value.y as f32,
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct BodyDrag {
+    from: DVec2,
+    yaw: f64,
+    pitch: f64,
+    pan: DVec2,
+    panning: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct BodyPoseMapping {
+    ring_vertices: Vec<Vec<usize>>,
+    line_vertices: Vec<[usize; 2]>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn map_measurements_to_vertices(
+    mesh: &BodyMesh,
+    measured: &Measured,
+) -> BodyPoseMapping {
+    let nearest = |point| nearest_vertex_index(&mesh.vertices, measured.scale, point);
+    BodyPoseMapping {
+        ring_vertices: measured
+            .rings
+            .iter()
+            .map(|ring| ring.points.iter().copied().map(nearest).collect())
+            .collect(),
+        line_vertices: measured
+            .lines
+            .iter()
+            .map(|line| [nearest(line.from), nearest(line.to)])
+            .collect(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn nearest_vertex_index(vertices: &[[f32; 3]], scale: f32, point: [f32; 3]) -> usize {
+    vertices
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(index, vertex)| {
+            let dx = vertex[0] * scale - point[0];
+            let dy = vertex[1] * scale - point[1];
+            let dz = vertex[2] * scale - point[2];
+            (index, dx * dx + dy * dy + dz * dz)
+        })
+        .min_by(|left, right| left.1.total_cmp(&right.1))
+        .map(|(index, _)| index)
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+fn mirror_x(value: f64, mirrored: bool) -> f64 {
+    if mirrored { -value } else { value }
+}
+
+fn bounds(points: &[[f32; 3]], scale: f32) -> Option<([f32; 3], f32)> {
+    let mut min = [f32::INFINITY; 3];
+    let mut max = [f32::NEG_INFINITY; 3];
+    for point in points {
+        for axis in 0..3 {
+            let value = point[axis] * scale;
+            min[axis] = min[axis].min(value);
+            max[axis] = max[axis].max(value);
+        }
+    }
+    if !min[0].is_finite() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let centre = [
+        (min[0] + max[0]) * 0.5,
+        (min[1] + max[1]) * 0.5,
+        (min[2] + max[2]) * 0.5,
+    ];
+    let dx = max[0] - min[0];
+    let dy = max[1] - min[1];
+    let dz = max[2] - min[2];
+    let radius = (dx * dx + dy * dy + dz * dz).sqrt().max(1.0) * 0.5;
+    Some((centre, radius))
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook, Widget)]
+pub struct FabricBodyView {
+    #[uid]
+    uid: WidgetUid,
+    #[source]
+    source: ScriptObjectRef,
+    #[walk]
+    walk: Walk,
+    #[layout]
+    layout: Layout,
+    #[redraw]
+    #[area]
+    area: Area,
+    #[live]
+    draw_bg: DrawColor,
+    #[live]
+    draw_point: DrawBodyPoint,
+    #[live]
+    draw_line: DrawFabricLine,
+    #[live]
+    draw_text: DrawText,
+    #[rust]
+    mesh: Option<Arc<BodyMesh>>,
+    #[rust]
+    posed: Option<Arc<Vec<[f32; 3]>>>,
+    #[rust]
+    rings: Vec<Ring>,
+    #[rust]
+    lines: Vec<Line>,
+    #[rust]
+    pose_mapping: BodyPoseMapping,
+    #[rust]
+    mesh_scale: f32,
+    #[rust]
+    centre: [f32; 3],
+    #[rust]
+    radius: f32,
+    #[rust(0.35)]
+    yaw: f64,
+    #[rust(-0.06)]
+    pitch: f64,
+    #[rust(1.0)]
+    zoom: f64,
+    #[rust]
+    pan: DVec2,
+    #[rust]
+    drag: Option<BodyDrag>,
+    #[rust(true)]
+    mirrored: bool,
+}
+
+impl FabricBodyView {
+    pub fn set_body(
+        &mut self,
+        cx: &mut Cx,
+        mesh: Arc<BodyMesh>,
+        measured: &Measured,
+        pose_mapping: BodyPoseMapping,
+    ) {
+        self.mesh_scale = measured.scale;
+        self.rings = measured.rings.clone();
+        self.lines = measured.lines.clone();
+        self.pose_mapping = pose_mapping;
+        if self.posed.is_none() {
+            self.fit_bounds(&mesh.vertices);
+            self.reset_camera();
+        }
+        self.mesh = Some(mesh);
+        self.redraw(cx);
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_pose(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, posed: Option<Arc<Vec<[f32; 3]>>>) {
+        match posed {
+            Some(posed)
+                if self
+                    .mesh
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .is_some_and(|mesh| mesh.vertices.len() == posed.len()) =>
+            {
+                if self.posed.is_none() {
+                    self.fit_bounds(posed.as_slice());
+                    self.reset_camera();
+                }
+                self.posed = Some(posed);
+            }
+            _ => {
+                self.posed = None;
+                if let Some(fit) = self
+                    .mesh
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|mesh| bounds(&mesh.vertices, self.mesh_scale))
+                {
+                    (self.centre, self.radius) = fit;
+                    self.reset_camera();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self.redraw(cx);
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_mirrored(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, mirrored: bool) {
+        self.mirrored = mirrored;
+        self.redraw(cx);
+    }
+
+    fn fit_bounds(&mut self, points: &[[f32; 3]]) {
+        if let Some((centre, radius)) = bounds(points, self.mesh_scale) {
+            self.centre = centre;
+            self.radius = radius;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn reset_camera(&mut self) {
+        self.yaw = 0.35;
+        self.pitch = -0.06;
+        self.zoom = 1.0;
+        self.pan = dvec2(0.0, 0.0);
+    }
+
+    fn project(&self, point: [f32; 3], mesh_point: bool, rect: Rect) -> Option<(DVec2, f32)> {
+        let scale = if mesh_point { self.mesh_scale } else { 1.0 } as f64;
+        let x = point[0] as f64 * scale - self.centre[0] as f64;
+        let y = point[1] as f64 * scale - self.centre[1] as f64;
+        let z = point[2] as f64 * scale - self.centre[2] as f64;
+        let (sy, cy) = self.yaw.sin_cos();
+        let (sp, cp) = self.pitch.sin_cos();
+        let rx = mirror_x(cy * x + sy * z, self.mirrored);
+        let rz = -sy * x + cy * z;
+        let ry = cp * y - sp * rz;
+        let rz = sp * y + cp * rz;
+        let fov = 35.0_f64.to_radians();
+        let fit_distance = self.radius as f64 / (fov * 0.5).tan() * 1.2;
+        let camera_z = fit_distance / self.zoom.max(0.08) - rz;
+        if camera_z <= 0.01 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let focal = rect.size.y.max(1.0) * 0.5 / (fov * 0.5).tan();
+        let centre = rect.pos + rect.size * 0.5 + self.pan;
+        let screen = dvec2(centre.x + focal * rx / camera_z, centre.y - focal * ry / camera_z);
+        Some((screen, camera_z as f32))
+    }
+
+    fn projected_polyline(&self, points: &[[f32; 3]], rect: Rect) -> Vec<(DVec2, f32)> {
+        points
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|point| self.project(*point, false, rect))
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Widget for FabricBodyView {
+    fn draw_walk(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx2d, _scope: &mut Scope, walk: Walk) -> DrawStep {
+        let rect = cx.walk_turtle(walk);
+        self.draw_bg.draw_abs(cx, rect);
+        cx.push_clip_rect(rect);
+        let Some(mesh) = self.mesh.as_ref() else {
+            self.draw_text.color = Vec4f {
+                x: 0.48,
+                y: 0.55,
+                z: 0.62,
+                w: 1.0,
+            };
+            self.draw_text.draw_abs(
+                cx,
+                rect.pos + rect.size * 0.5 - dvec2(70.0, 5.0),
+                "drop a photo to start",
+            );
+            cx.pop_clip_rect();
+            cx.add_aligned_rect_area(&mut self.area, rect);
+            return DrawStep::done();
+        };
+        let posed = self
+            .posed
+            .as_deref()
+            .filter(|posed| posed.len() == mesh.vertices.len())
+            .map(Vec::as_slice);
+        let display_vertices = posed.unwrap_or(mesh.vertices.as_slice());
+
+        let mut points: Vec<(DVec2, f32)> = display_vertices
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|point| self.project(*point, true, rect))
+            .collect();
+        points.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.total_cmp(&a.1));
+        let min_depth = points.iter().map(|point| point.1).fold(f32::INFINITY, f32::min);
+        let max_depth = points
+            .iter()
+            .map(|point| point.1)
+            .fold(f32::NEG_INFINITY, f32::max);
+        let depth_span = (max_depth - min_depth).max(0.001);
+        self.draw_point.begin_many_instances(cx);
+        for (point, depth) in points {
+            self.draw_point.depth = (depth - min_depth) / depth_span;
+            self.draw_point.draw_abs(
+                cx,
+                Rect {
+                    pos: point - dvec2(1.25, 1.25),
+                    size: dvec2(2.5, 2.5),
+                },
+            );
+        }
+        self.draw_point.end_many_instances(cx);
+
+        let rings: Vec<(String, Vec<(DVec2, f32)>)> = self
+            .rings
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(ring_index, ring)| {
+                let points = match (
+                    posed,
+                    self.pose_mapping.ring_vertices.get(ring_index),
+                ) {
+                    (Some(posed), Some(indices)) if indices.len() == ring.points.len() => indices
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter_map(|&index| self.project(*posed.get(index)?, true, rect))
+                        .collect(),
+                    _ => self.projected_polyline(&ring.points, rect),
+                };
+                (ring.key.replace('_', " "), points)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let lines: Vec<(DVec2, DVec2)> = self
+            .lines
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(line_index, line)| {
+                let (from, to, mesh_points) = match (
+                    posed,
+                    self.pose_mapping.line_vertices.get(line_index),
+                ) {
+                    (Some(posed), Some([from, to])) =>
+                        (*posed.get(*from)?, *posed.get(*to)?, true),
+                    _ => (line.from, line.to, false),
+                };
+                Some((
+                    self.project(from, mesh_points, rect)?.0,
+                    self.project(to, mesh_points, rect)?.0,
+                ))
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        self.draw_line.begin_many_instances(cx);
+        self.draw_line.color = Vec4f {
+            x: 1.0,
+            y: 0.38,
+            z: 0.18,
+            w: 0.92,
+        };
+        for (_, points) in &rings {
+            for pair in points.windows(2) {
+                self.draw_line.segment(cx, pair[0].0, pair[1].0, 1.5);
+            }
+            if let (Some(first), Some(last)) = (points.first(), points.last()) {
+                self.draw_line.segment(cx, last.0, first.0, 1.5);
+            }
+        }
+        self.draw_line.color = Vec4f {
+            x: 0.42,
+            y: 0.78,
+            z: 1.0,
+            w: 0.9,
+        };
+        for (from, to) in lines {
+            self.draw_line.segment(cx, from, to, 1.25);
+        }
+        self.draw_line.end_many_instances(cx);
+
+        self.draw_text.color = Vec4f {
+            x: 1.0,
+            y: 0.66,
+            z: 0.48,
+            w: 1.0,
+        };
+        for (key, points) in rings {
+            if let Some(front) = points.iter().min_by(|a, b| a.1.total_cmp(&b.1)) {
+                self.draw_text
+                    .draw_abs(cx, front.0 + dvec2(4.0, -5.0), &key);
+            }
+        }
+        cx.pop_clip_rect();
+        cx.add_aligned_rect_area(&mut self.area, rect);
+        DrawStep::done()
+    }
+
+    fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event, _scope: &mut Scope) {
+        match event.hits(cx, self.area) {
+            Hit::FingerDown(event) if event.device.is_primary_hit() => {
+                if event.tap_count >= 2 {
+                    self.reset_camera();
+                    self.redraw(cx);
+                    return;
+                }
+                self.drag = Some(BodyDrag {
+                    from: event.abs,
+                    yaw: self.yaw,
+                    pitch: self.pitch,
+                    pan: self.pan,
+                    panning: event.modifiers.shift,
+                });
+            }
+            Hit::FingerMove(event) => {
+                if let Some(drag) = self.drag {
+                    let delta = event.abs - drag.from;
+                    if drag.panning {
+                        self.pan = drag.pan + delta;
+                    } else {
+                        self.yaw = drag.yaw - delta.x * 0.008;
+                        self.pitch = (drag.pitch + delta.y * 0.007).clamp(-1.35, 1.35);
+                    }
+                    self.redraw(cx);
+                }
+            }
+            Hit::FingerUp(_) => self.drag = None,
+            Hit::FingerScroll(event) => {
+                self.zoom = (self.zoom * (-event.scroll.y * 0.004).exp()).clamp(0.15, 12.0);
+                self.redraw(cx);
+            }
+            Hit::FingerHoverIn(_) | Hit::FingerHoverOver(_) => {
+                cx.set_cursor(MouseCursor::Grab);
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nearest_vertex_mapping_uses_scaled_rest_mesh_positions() {
+        let mesh = BodyMesh {
+            vertices: vec![[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [4.0, 0.0, 0.0], [9.0, 0.0, 0.0]],
+            faces: Vec::new(),
+            landmarks: None,
+        };
+        let measured = Measured {
+            values: makepad_fabric_measure::Measurements::sample(),
+            scale: 2.0,
+            rings: vec![Ring {
+                key: "test_ring",
+                y_cm: 0.0,
+                points: vec![[0.2, 0.0, 0.0], [7.5, 0.0, 0.0]],
+                skin_perimeter_cm: 0.0,
+                tape_perimeter_cm: 0.0,
+            }],
+            lines: vec![Line {
+                key: "test_line",
+                from: [7.5, 0.0, 0.0],
+                to: [17.0, 0.0, 0.0],
+            }],
+        };
+        let mapping = map_measurements_to_vertices(&mesh, &measured);
+        assert_eq!(mapping.ring_vertices, vec![vec![0, 1]]);
+        assert_eq!(mapping.line_vertices, vec![[1, 2]]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mirror_transform_only_flips_horizontal_view_axis() {
+        assert_eq!(mirror_x(12.5, false), 12.5);
+        assert_eq!(mirror_x(12.5, true), -12.5);
+        assert_eq!(mirror_x(-3.0, true), 3.0);
+    }
+}

apps/fabric/src/camera.rs

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+use makepad_widgets::{
+    makepad_platform::video::{
+        CameraFrameLayout, CameraFrameRef, VideoFormatId, VideoInputId, VideoInputsEvent,
+        VideoPixelFormat,
+    },
+    Cx, CxMediaApi,
+};
+use std::{
+    cmp::Reverse,
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering},
+        Arc, Mutex,
+    },
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+
+pub const SEND_MAX_WIDTH: usize = 640;
+const PREVIEW_MAX_WIDTH: usize = 320;
+const PREVIEW_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CameraRgbFrame {
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+    pub rgb: Vec<u8>,
+    pub serial: u64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct PreviewSlot {
+    frame: Option<CameraRgbFrame>,
+    updated_at: Option<Instant>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct CameraMailboxInner {
+    want: AtomicBool,
+    serial: AtomicU64,
+    frame: Mutex<Option<CameraRgbFrame>>,
+    model_size: Mutex<Option<(u32, u32)>>,
+    preview: Mutex<PreviewSlot>,
+}
+
+/// A one-frame handoff from the camera callback to the model worker. The
+/// callback only converts a model-sized frame after the worker asks for one;
+/// the smaller preview is independent and limited to ten updates per second.
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub struct CameraMailbox {
+    inner: Arc<CameraMailboxInner>,
+}
+
+impl CameraMailbox {
+    pub fn request(&self) {
+        if let Ok(mut frame) = self.inner.frame.lock() {
+            *frame = None;
+        }
+        self.inner.want.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+
+    pub fn take(&self) -> Option<CameraRgbFrame> {
+        self.inner.frame.lock().ok()?.take()
+    }
+
+    pub fn peek_preview(&self) -> Option<CameraRgbFrame> {
+        self.inner.preview.lock().ok()?.frame.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn model_size(&self) -> Option<(u32, u32)> {
+        *self.inner.model_size.lock().ok()?
+    }
+
+    fn capture(&self, frame: &CameraFrameRef<'_>) {
+        let wanted = self.inner.want.swap(false, Ordering::AcqRel);
+        let preview_due = self
+            .inner
+            .preview
+            .lock()
+            .ok()
+            .map(|slot| {
+                slot.updated_at
+                    .map(|updated| updated.elapsed() >= PREVIEW_INTERVAL)
+                    .unwrap_or(true)
+            })
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if !wanted && !preview_due {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if wanted {
+            if let Some((rgb, width, height)) = frame_to_rgb(frame) {
+                let serial = self.inner.serial.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
+                if let Ok(mut size) = self.inner.model_size.lock() {
+                    *size = Some((width, height));
+                }
+                if let Ok(mut slot) = self.inner.frame.lock() {
+                    *slot = Some(CameraRgbFrame {
+                        width,
+                        height,
+                        rgb,
+                        serial,
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if preview_due {
+            if let Some((rgb, width, height)) = frame_to_rgb_max(frame, PREVIEW_MAX_WIDTH) {
+                let serial = self.inner.serial.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
+                if let Ok(mut slot) = self.inner.preview.lock() {
+                    slot.frame = Some(CameraRgbFrame {
+                        width,
+                        height,
+                        rgb,
+                        serial,
+                    });
+                    slot.updated_at = Some(Instant::now());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Register the capture callback. Calling this also asks the platform to
+/// enumerate cameras, which produces `Event::VideoInputs` on the UI thread.
+pub fn install_camera(cx: &mut Cx, mailbox: CameraMailbox) {
+    cx.camera_frame_input(0, move |frame| mailbox.capture(&frame));
+}
+
+/// Choose the first device's smallest raw-YUV format at least 640x360.
+pub fn pick_camera(event: &VideoInputsEvent) -> Option<(VideoInputId, VideoFormatId)> {
+    let device = event.descs.first()?;
+    let format = device
+        .formats
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|format| {
+            format.width >= 640
+                && format.height >= 360
+                && matches!(
+                    format.pixel_format,
+                    VideoPixelFormat::NV12 | VideoPixelFormat::YUY2
+                )
+        })
+        .min_by_key(|format| {
+            (
+                format.width.saturating_mul(format.height),
+                if format.pixel_format == VideoPixelFormat::NV12 {
+                    0
+                } else {
+                    1
+                },
+                Reverse((format.frame_rate.unwrap_or(0.0) * 1000.0) as u64),
+            )
+        })?;
+    Some((device.input_id, format.format_id))
+}
+
+/// Convert NV12 or YUY2 to packed RGB8, using an integer sampling step so
+/// the entire frame fits within [`SEND_MAX_WIDTH`].
+pub fn frame_to_rgb(frame: &CameraFrameRef<'_>) -> Option<(Vec<u8>, u32, u32)> {
+    frame_to_rgb_max(frame, SEND_MAX_WIDTH)
+}
+
+fn frame_to_rgb_max(
+    frame: &CameraFrameRef<'_>,
+    max_width: usize,
+) -> Option<(Vec<u8>, u32, u32)> {
+    let (width, height) = (frame.width, frame.height);
+    if width == 0 || height == 0 || max_width == 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let step = width.div_ceil(max_width).max(1);
+    let out_width = width.div_ceil(step);
+    let out_height = height.div_ceil(step);
+    let mut rgb = Vec::with_capacity(out_width.checked_mul(out_height)?.checked_mul(3)?);
+
+    for out_y in 0..out_height {
+        let source_y = (out_y * step).min(height - 1);
+        for out_x in 0..out_width {
+            let source_x = (out_x * step).min(width - 1);
+            let (y, u, v) = match frame.layout {
+                CameraFrameLayout::NV12 => nv12_pixel(frame, source_x, source_y)?,
+                CameraFrameLayout::YUY2 => yuy2_pixel(frame, source_x, source_y)?,
+                _ => return None,
+            };
+            rgb.extend_from_slice(&yuv_to_rgb(y, u, v));
+        }
+    }
+
+    Some((
+        rgb,
+        u32::try_from(out_width).ok()?,
+        u32::try_from(out_height).ok()?,
+    ))
+}
+
+fn nv12_pixel(frame: &CameraFrameRef<'_>, x: usize, y: usize) -> Option<(u8, u8, u8)> {
+    if frame.plane_count < 2 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let y_plane = frame.planes[0];
+    let uv_plane = frame.planes[1];
+    let y_index = y
+        .checked_mul(y_plane.row_stride)?
+        .checked_add(x.checked_mul(y_plane.pixel_stride)?)?;
+    let uv_index = (y / 2)
+        .checked_mul(uv_plane.row_stride)?
+        .checked_add((x / 2).checked_mul(uv_plane.pixel_stride)?)?;
+    Some((
+        *y_plane.bytes.get(y_index)?,
+        *uv_plane.bytes.get(uv_index)?,
+        *uv_plane.bytes.get(uv_index + 1)?,
+    ))
+}
+
+fn yuy2_pixel(frame: &CameraFrameRef<'_>, x: usize, y: usize) -> Option<(u8, u8, u8)> {
+    if frame.plane_count < 1 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let plane = frame.planes[0];
+    let pixel_stride = plane.pixel_stride.max(2);
+    let pair = y
+        .checked_mul(plane.row_stride)?
+        .checked_add((x / 2).checked_mul(pixel_stride.checked_mul(2)?)?)?;
+    Some((
+        *plane.bytes.get(pair + (x & 1) * pixel_stride)?,
+        *plane.bytes.get(pair + 1)?,
+        *plane.bytes.get(pair + pixel_stride + 1)?,
+    ))
+}
+
+/// One BT.709, video-range YUV pixel to RGB8.
+pub(crate) fn yuv_to_rgb(y: u8, u: u8, v: u8) -> [u8; 3] {
+    let c = i32::from(y) - 16;
+    let d = i32::from(u) - 128;
+    let e = i32::from(v) - 128;
+    let clip = |value: i32| ((value + 128) >> 8).clamp(0, 255) as u8;
+    [
+        clip(298 * c + 459 * e),
+        clip(298 * c - 55 * d - 136 * e),
+        clip(298 * c + 541 * d),
+    ]
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::video::{
+        CameraColorMatrix, CameraFramePlaneRef,
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn yuv_grey_red_and_blue() {
+        let grey = yuv_to_rgb(126, 128, 128);
+        assert!(grey.iter().all(|channel| (126i16 - i16::from(*channel)).abs() <= 2));
+
+        let red = yuv_to_rgb(81, 90, 240);
+        assert!(red[0] > 220 && red[1] < 60 && red[2] < 60, "{red:?}");
+
+        let blue = yuv_to_rgb(41, 240, 110);
+        assert!(blue[2] > 220 && blue[0] < 60 && blue[1] < 60, "{blue:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nv12_integer_downsample_keeps_the_whole_frame() {
+        const WIDTH: usize = 64;
+        const HEIGHT: usize = 32;
+        let mut y_plane = vec![0u8; WIDTH * HEIGHT];
+        for y in 0..HEIGHT {
+            for x in 0..WIDTH {
+                y_plane[y * WIDTH + x] = 16 + ((x + y) % 200) as u8;
+            }
+        }
+        let uv_plane = vec![128u8; WIDTH * HEIGHT / 2];
+        let frame = CameraFrameRef {
+            timestamp_ns: 0,
+            width: WIDTH,
+            height: HEIGHT,
+            layout: CameraFrameLayout::NV12,
+            matrix: CameraColorMatrix::BT709,
+            plane_count: 2,
+            planes: [
+                CameraFramePlaneRef {
+                    bytes: &y_plane,
+                    row_stride: WIDTH,
+                    pixel_stride: 1,
+                },
+                CameraFramePlaneRef {
+                    bytes: &uv_plane,
+                    row_stride: WIDTH,
+                    pixel_stride: 2,
+                },
+                CameraFramePlaneRef::empty(),
+            ],
+        };
+
+        let (rgb, width, height) = frame_to_rgb_max(&frame, 16).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((width, height), (16, 8));
+        assert_eq!(rgb.len(), 16 * 8 * 3);
+        assert_eq!(&rgb[..3], &yuv_to_rgb(y_plane[0], 128, 128));
+        let last_source = y_plane[28 * WIDTH + 60];
+        assert_eq!(&rgb[rgb.len() - 3..], &yuv_to_rgb(last_source, 128, 128));
+    }
+}

apps/fabric/src/install.rs

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+use makepad_ai_hub::{
+    local::{InstallState, LocalModels},
+    registry::LicenseRestriction,
+};
+use makepad_ai_hub_ui::{ModelRowInstallState, ModelRowState};
+
+pub const BODY_MODEL_ID: &str = "sam3dbody";
+pub const BODY_MODEL_ROLE: &str = "native-body";
+
+pub fn body_model_row(models: &LocalModels) -> ModelRowState {
+    let spec = models.spec(BODY_MODEL_ID);
+    let bytes_from_spec = spec
+        .map(|spec| spec.files.iter().filter_map(|file| file.size).sum())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    let (bytes_done, bytes_total, state) = match models.install_state(BODY_MODEL_ID) {
+        InstallState::NotInstalled { bytes_total } => {
+            (0, bytes_total.max(bytes_from_spec), ModelRowInstallState::NotInstalled)
+        }
+        InstallState::Partial {
+            bytes_done,
+            bytes_total,
+        } => (bytes_done, bytes_total, ModelRowInstallState::NotInstalled),
+        InstallState::Installed => (
+            bytes_from_spec,
+            bytes_from_spec,
+            ModelRowInstallState::Installed,
+        ),
+    };
+    let license = spec.and_then(|spec| spec.license.as_ref());
+    ModelRowState {
+        model_id: BODY_MODEL_ID.to_string(),
+        name: "SAM 3D Body".to_string(),
+        bytes_total,
+        bytes_done,
+        state,
+        license_name: license
+            .map(|license| license.name.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "Licence unavailable".to_string()),
+        restriction: license
+            .map(|license| restriction_name(license.restriction).to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "restricted".to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn body_model_status(models: &LocalModels, downloading: bool) -> String {
+    if !models.license_acknowledged(BODY_MODEL_ID) {
+        return "licence not accepted".to_string();
+    }
+    match models.install_state(BODY_MODEL_ID) {
+        InstallState::Installed => "installed · 2.8 GB · Metal".to_string(),
+        InstallState::NotInstalled { .. } => "not installed · 2.8 GB".to_string(),
+        InstallState::Partial {
+            bytes_done,
+            bytes_total,
+        } => {
+            let percent = bytes_done.saturating_mul(100) / bytes_total.max(1);
+            if downloading {
+                format!("downloading {percent} %")
+            } else {
+                format!("not installed · {percent} % downloaded")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn restriction_name(restriction: LicenseRestriction) -> &'static str {
+    match restriction {
+        LicenseRestriction::None => "none",
+        LicenseRestriction::NonCommercial => "non-commercial",
+        LicenseRestriction::Community => "community",
+        LicenseRestriction::Restricted => "restricted",
+    }
+}

apps/fabric/src/pattern_view.rs

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+use crate::body_view::DrawFabricLine;
+use makepad_fabric_draft::{flatten, nest, offset, Layout as PatternLayout, Part, Pattern, Point};
+use makepad_widgets::*;
+
+script_mod! {
+    use mod.prelude.widgets_internal.*
+    use mod.widgets.*
+
+    mod.widgets.FabricPatternViewBase = #(FabricPatternView::register_widget(vm))
+    mod.widgets.FabricPatternView = set_type_default() do mod.widgets.FabricPatternViewBase {
+        width: Fill
+        height: Fill
+        draw_bg +: {color: #x0d1218}
+        draw_line +: {}
+        draw_text +: {
+            color: #xc5d0dc
+            text_style: theme.font_regular{font_size: 8.5}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct PatternDrag {
+    from: DVec2,
+    pan: DVec2,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default)]
+struct Bounds {
+    min: DVec2,
+    max: DVec2,
+    valid: bool,
+}
+
+impl Bounds {
+    fn include(&mut self, point: DVec2) {
+        if !self.valid {
+            self.min = point;
+            self.max = point;
+            self.valid = true;
+        } else {
+            self.min.x = self.min.x.min(point.x);
+            self.min.y = self.min.y.min(point.y);
+            self.max.x = self.max.x.max(point.x);
+            self.max.y = self.max.y.max(point.y);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn size(self) -> DVec2 {
+        let size = self.max - self.min;
+        dvec2(size.x.max(1.0), size.y.max(1.0))
+    }
+
+    fn centre(self) -> DVec2 {
+        (self.min + self.max) * 0.5
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Script, ScriptHook, Widget)]
+pub struct FabricPatternView {
+    #[uid]
+    uid: WidgetUid,
+    #[source]
+    source: ScriptObjectRef,
+    #[walk]
+    walk: Walk,
+    #[layout]
+    layout: Layout,
+    #[redraw]
+    #[area]
+    area: Area,
+    #[live]
+    draw_bg: DrawColor,
+    #[live]
+    draw_line: DrawFabricLine,
+    #[live]
+    draw_text: DrawText,
+    #[rust]
+    pattern: Option<Pattern>,
+    #[rust]
+    nested: Option<PatternLayout>,
+    #[rust]
+    error: String,
+    #[rust]
+    bounds: Bounds,
+    #[rust(1.0)]
+    zoom: f64,
+    /// The view aspect the current nest was chosen for.
+    #[rust(1.0)]
+    nest_aspect: f64,
+    #[rust]
+    pan: DVec2,
+    #[rust]
+    drag: Option<PatternDrag>,
+}
+
+impl FabricPatternView {
+    pub fn set_pattern(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, pattern: Pattern) {
+        self.pattern = Some(pattern);
+        // Nested on the next draw, for the pane's shape.
+        self.nested = None;
+        self.error.clear();
+        self.zoom = 1.0;
+        self.pan = dvec2(0.0, 0.0);
+        self.redraw(cx);
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_error(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, error: impl Into<String>) {
+        self.pattern = None;
+        self.nested = None;
+        self.error = error.into();
+        self.redraw(cx);
+    }
+
+    /// Nest onto the fabric width whose finished layout has the pane's
+    /// aspect ratio, so the pieces fill the view instead of a tall strip.
+    fn ensure_nest(&mut self, rect: Rect) {
+        let target = (rect.size.x - 24.0).max(1.0) / (rect.size.y - 24.0).max(1.0);
+        if self.nested.is_some() && (self.nest_aspect / target).ln().abs() < 0.12 {
+            return;
+        }
+        const WIDTHS: [f64; 9] = [
+            900.0, 1200.0, 1500.0, 2000.0, 2500.0, 3000.0, 4000.0, 5000.0, 6500.0,
+        ];
+        let best = {
+            let Some(pattern) = &self.pattern else { return };
+            let mut best: Option<(f64, PatternLayout, Bounds)> = None;
+            for width in WIDTHS {
+                let layout = nest(pattern, width);
+                let bounds = pattern_bounds(pattern, &layout);
+                let size = bounds.size();
+                let aspect = size.x.max(1.0) / size.y.max(1.0);
+                let score = (aspect / target).ln().abs();
+                if best.as_ref().map_or(true, |(other, _, _)| score < *other) {
+                    best = Some((score, layout, bounds));
+                }
+            }
+            best
+        };
+        if let Some((_, layout, bounds)) = best {
+            self.nested = Some(layout);
+            self.bounds = bounds;
+            self.nest_aspect = target;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn to_screen(&self, point: DVec2, rect: Rect) -> DVec2 {
+        let size = self.bounds.size();
+        let fit = ((rect.size.x - 24.0) / size.x)
+            .min((rect.size.y - 24.0) / size.y)
+            .max(0.0001);
+        rect.pos + rect.size * 0.5
+            + self.pan
+            + (point - self.bounds.centre()) * fit * self.zoom
+    }
+
+    fn part_offset<'a>(
+        &'a self,
+        layout: &'a PatternLayout,
+        part_index: usize,
+    ) -> (Point, f64) {
+        layout
+            .placements
+            .iter()
+            .find(|placement| placement.part == part_index)
+            .map(|placement| (placement.offset, placement.rotation_deg))
+            .unwrap_or((Point::default(), 0.0))
+    }
+
+    fn path_segments(
+        &self,
+        path: &makepad_fabric_draft::Path,
+        offset_by: Point,
+        rotation: f64,
+        rect: Rect,
+    ) -> Vec<(DVec2, DVec2)> {
+        let points = flatten(path, 1.0);
+        let transformed: Vec<DVec2> = points
+            .iter()
+            .map(|point| self.to_screen(place(*point, offset_by, rotation), rect))
+            .collect();
+        let mut segments: Vec<_> = transformed
+            .windows(2)
+            .map(|pair| (pair[0], pair[1]))
+            .collect();
+        if path.closed {
+            if let (Some(first), Some(last)) = (transformed.first(), transformed.last()) {
+                segments.push((*last, *first));
+            }
+        }
+        segments
+    }
+}
+
+impl Widget for FabricPatternView {
+    fn draw_walk(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx2d, _scope: &mut Scope, walk: Walk) -> DrawStep {
+        let rect = cx.walk_turtle(walk);
+        self.draw_bg.draw_abs(cx, rect);
+        cx.push_clip_rect(rect);
+        self.ensure_nest(rect);
+        let (Some(pattern), Some(layout)) = (&self.pattern, &self.nested) else {
+            let message = if self.error.is_empty() {
+                "pattern preview"
+            } else {
+                &self.error
+            };
+            self.draw_text.color = Vec4f {
+                x: 0.52,
+                y: 0.58,
+                z: 0.65,
+                w: 1.0,
+            };
+            self.draw_text
+                .draw_abs(cx, rect.pos + dvec2(14.0, 16.0), message);
+            cx.pop_clip_rect();
+            cx.add_aligned_rect_area(&mut self.area, rect);
+            return DrawStep::done();
+        };
+
+        struct Stroke {
+            from: DVec2,
+            to: DVec2,
+            color: Vec4f,
+            width: f64,
+        }
+        let mut strokes = Vec::new();
+        let mut labels = Vec::new();
+        let cut_color = Vec4f {
+            x: 0.93,
+            y: 0.96,
+            z: 0.99,
+            w: 1.0,
+        };
+        let seam_color = Vec4f {
+            x: 0.40,
+            y: 0.49,
+            z: 0.58,
+            w: 0.72,
+        };
+        let mark_color = Vec4f {
+            x: 1.0,
+            y: 0.40,
+            z: 0.18,
+            w: 0.95,
+        };
+
+        for (part_index, part) in pattern.parts.iter().enumerate() {
+            let (part_offset, rotation) = self.part_offset(layout, part_index);
+            let cut_path = offset(&part.outline, part.seam_allowance_mm);
+            for (from, to) in self.path_segments(&cut_path, part_offset, rotation, rect) {
+                strokes.push(Stroke {
+                    from,
+                    to,
+                    color: cut_color,
+                    width: 1.25,
+                });
+            }
+            for (from, to) in self.path_segments(&part.outline, part_offset, rotation, rect) {
+                strokes.push(Stroke {
+                    from,
+                    to,
+                    color: seam_color,
+                    width: 0.75,
+                });
+            }
+            for path in &part.internal {
+                for (from, to) in self.path_segments(path, part_offset, rotation, rect) {
+                    strokes.push(Stroke {
+                        from,
+                        to,
+                        color: seam_color,
+                        width: 0.75,
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            for notch in &part.notches {
+                let at = self.to_screen(place(*notch, part_offset, rotation), rect);
+                strokes.push(Stroke {
+                    from: at + dvec2(-3.0, -3.0),
+                    to: at + dvec2(3.0, 3.0),
+                    color: mark_color,
+                    width: 1.0,
+                });
+                strokes.push(Stroke {
+                    from: at + dvec2(-3.0, 3.0),
+                    to: at + dvec2(3.0, -3.0),
+                    color: mark_color,
+                    width: 1.0,
+                });
+            }
+            let grain_from = self.to_screen(place(part.grainline.0, part_offset, rotation), rect);
+            let grain_to = self.to_screen(place(part.grainline.1, part_offset, rotation), rect);
+            strokes.push(Stroke {
+                from: grain_from,
+                to: grain_to,
+                color: mark_color,
+                width: 1.0,
+            });
+            let label_at = part
+                .labels
+                .first()
+                .map(|label| label.at)
+                .unwrap_or(part.outline.start);
+            labels.push((
+                self.to_screen(place(label_at, part_offset, rotation), rect),
+                format!(
+                    "{} · {}",
+                    part.name,
+                    if part.on_fold {
+                        "cut on fold".to_string()
+                    } else {
+                        format!("cut {}", part.cut_count)
+                    }
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        self.draw_line.begin_many_instances(cx);
+        for stroke in strokes {
+            self.draw_line.color = stroke.color;
+            self.draw_line
+                .segment(cx, stroke.from, stroke.to, stroke.width);
+        }
+        self.draw_line.end_many_instances(cx);
+        self.draw_text.color = Vec4f {
+            x: 0.78,
+            y: 0.84,
+            z: 0.90,
+            w: 1.0,
+        };
+        for (at, text) in labels {
+            self.draw_text.draw_abs(cx, at + dvec2(4.0, -5.0), &text);
+        }
+        cx.pop_clip_rect();
+        cx.add_aligned_rect_area(&mut self.area, rect);
+        DrawStep::done()
+    }
+
+    fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event, _scope: &mut Scope) {
+        match event.hits(cx, self.area) {
+            Hit::FingerDown(event) if event.device.is_primary_hit() => {
+                self.drag = Some(PatternDrag {
+                    from: event.abs,
+                    pan: self.pan,
+                });
+            }
+            Hit::FingerMove(event) => {
+                if let Some(drag) = self.drag {
+                    self.pan = drag.pan + event.abs - drag.from;
+                    self.redraw(cx);
+                }
+            }
+            Hit::FingerUp(_) => self.drag = None,
+            Hit::FingerScroll(event) => {
+                self.zoom = (self.zoom * (-event.scroll.y * 0.004).exp()).clamp(0.1, 30.0);
+                self.redraw(cx);
+            }
+            Hit::FingerHoverIn(_) | Hit::FingerHoverOver(_) => {
+                cx.set_cursor(MouseCursor::Grab)
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn place(point: Point, offset: Point, rotation_deg: f64) -> DVec2 {
+    let angle = rotation_deg.to_radians();
+    let (sin, cos) = angle.sin_cos();
+    dvec2(
+        point.x * cos - point.y * sin + offset.x,
+        point.x * sin + point.y * cos + offset.y,
+    )
+}
+
+fn pattern_bounds(pattern: &Pattern, layout: &PatternLayout) -> Bounds {
+    let mut bounds = Bounds::default();
+    for (part_index, part) in pattern.parts.iter().enumerate() {
+        let (part_offset, rotation) = layout
+            .placements
+            .iter()
+            .find(|placement| placement.part == part_index)
+            .map(|placement| (placement.offset, placement.rotation_deg))
+            .unwrap_or((Point::default(), 0.0));
+        include_part(&mut bounds, part, part_offset, rotation);
+    }
+    if !bounds.valid && layout.width_mm > 0.0 && layout.height_mm > 0.0 {
+        bounds.include(dvec2(0.0, 0.0));
+        bounds.include(dvec2(layout.width_mm, layout.height_mm));
+    }
+    bounds
+}
+
+fn include_part(bounds: &mut Bounds, part: &Part, part_offset: Point, rotation: f64) {
+    let cut = offset(&part.outline, part.seam_allowance_mm);
+    for point in flatten(&cut, 1.0) {
+        bounds.include(place(point, part_offset, rotation));
+    }
+}

apps/fabric/src/pipeline.rs

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+use crate::{
+    body_view::{map_measurements_to_vertices, BodyPoseMapping},
+    camera::CameraMailbox,
+};
+use makepad_ai_body::model::BodyModel;
+use makepad_fabric_measure::{measure, BodyMesh, MeasureOptions, Measured};
+use makepad_widgets::image_cache::ImageBuffer;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::SignalToUI;
+use std::{
+    collections::VecDeque,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+        mpsc::{self, Receiver, Sender},
+        Arc,
+    },
+    thread,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+
+const PHOTO_CROP_SIZE: usize = 512;
+const LIVE_CROP_SIZE: usize = 384;
+const SHAPE_ALPHA: f32 = 0.35;
+const POSE_ALPHA: f32 = 0.6;
+const SHAPE_RESET_GAP: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
+const FRAME_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+const FRAME_POLL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(5);
+
+pub enum PipelineMessage {
+    Stage(String),
+    LiveFrame {
+        fps: f32,
+        model_ms: f32,
+        pose_ms: f32,
+        person: bool,
+        bbox: Option<[f32; 4]>,
+    },
+    Done {
+        measured: Box<Measured>,
+        mesh: Arc<BodyMesh>,
+        posed: Option<Arc<Vec<[f32; 3]>>>,
+        pose_mapping: BodyPoseMapping,
+        reset_pose: bool,
+    },
+    Failed(String),
+}
+
+struct RunRequest {
+    photo: PathBuf,
+    weights: PathBuf,
+    height_cm: Option<f32>,
+}
+
+struct LiveRequest {
+    weights: PathBuf,
+    height_cm: Option<f32>,
+    mailbox: CameraMailbox,
+}
+
+enum WorkerRequest {
+    Photo(RunRequest),
+    Live(LiveRequest),
+}
+
+pub struct Pipeline {
+    request_tx: Sender<WorkerRequest>,
+    message_rx: Receiver<PipelineMessage>,
+    live_stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+
+impl Pipeline {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let (request_tx, request_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let (message_tx, message_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let live_stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true));
+        let worker_stop = live_stop.clone();
+        thread::Builder::new()
+            .name("fabric-body-pipeline".to_string())
+            .spawn(move || worker(request_rx, message_tx, worker_stop))
+            .expect("spawn fabric body worker");
+        Self {
+            request_tx,
+            message_rx,
+            live_stop,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn run(
+        &self,
+        photo: PathBuf,
+        weights: PathBuf,
+        height_cm: Option<f32>,
+    ) -> Result<(), String> {
+        self.request_tx
+            .send(WorkerRequest::Photo(RunRequest {
+                photo,
+                weights,
+                height_cm,
+            }))
+            .map_err(|_| "the body model worker stopped".to_string())
+    }
+
+    pub fn start_live(
+        &self,
+        weights: PathBuf,
+        height_cm: Option<f32>,
+        mailbox: CameraMailbox,
+    ) -> Result<(), String> {
+        self.live_stop.store(false, Ordering::Release);
+        if self
+            .request_tx
+            .send(WorkerRequest::Live(LiveRequest {
+                weights,
+                height_cm,
+                mailbox,
+            }))
+            .is_err()
+        {
+            self.live_stop.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+            return Err("the body model worker stopped".to_string());
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn stop_live(&self) {
+        self.live_stop.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+    }
+
+    pub fn poll(&self) -> Vec<PipelineMessage> {
+        self.message_rx.try_iter().collect()
+    }
+}
+
+fn emit(sender: &Sender<PipelineMessage>, message: PipelineMessage) -> bool {
+    if sender.send(message).is_err() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
+    true
+}
+
+fn worker(
+    requests: Receiver<WorkerRequest>,
+    messages: Sender<PipelineMessage>,
+    live_stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+) {
+    let mut loaded: Option<(PathBuf, BodyModel)> = None;
+    while let Ok(request) = requests.recv() {
+        let result = match request {
+            WorkerRequest::Photo(request) => run_one(&request, &messages, &mut loaded),
+            WorkerRequest::Live(request) => {
+                run_live(&request, &messages, &mut loaded, &live_stop)
+            }
+        };
+        if let Err(error) = result {
+            if !emit(&messages, PipelineMessage::Failed(error)) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn run_one(
+    request: &RunRequest,
+    messages: &Sender<PipelineMessage>,
+    loaded: &mut Option<(PathBuf, BodyModel)>,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    emit(messages, PipelineMessage::Stage("decoding photo…".to_string()));
+    let (rgb, width, height) = decode_rgb(&request.photo)?;
+
+    ensure_model(&request.weights, messages, loaded)?;
+
+    emit(messages, PipelineMessage::Stage("inferring…".to_string()));
+    let model = &mut loaded.as_mut().expect("model was loaded above").1;
+    model
+        .set_crop_size(PHOTO_CROP_SIZE)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("could not configure the body model: {error}"))?;
+    let packet = model
+        .infer(&rgb, width, height, None)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("body inference failed: {error}"))?;
+    let person = packet
+        .people
+        .first()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "no person found".to_string())?;
+    let posed = Arc::new(posed_vertices(
+        model,
+        &person.shape,
+        &person.expr,
+        person.mhr,
+        person.global_rot,
+    )?);
+    let vertices = model.rig().rest_vertices(&person.shape, &person.expr);
+    let face_indices = model
+        .weights
+        .i64_shaped("head_pose.faces", &[36_874, 3])
+        .map_err(|error| format!("could not read the body mesh faces: {error}"))?;
+    let mesh = Arc::new(body_mesh_from_flat(&vertices, &face_indices)?);
+
+    emit(messages, PipelineMessage::Stage("measuring…".to_string()));
+    let measured = measure(
+        &mesh,
+        &MeasureOptions {
+            height_cm: request.height_cm,
+        },
+    )
+    .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    let pose_mapping = map_measurements_to_vertices(&mesh, &measured);
+    emit(
+        messages,
+        PipelineMessage::Done {
+            measured: Box::new(measured),
+            mesh,
+            posed: Some(posed),
+            pose_mapping,
+            reset_pose: true,
+        },
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn ensure_model(
+    weights: &Path,
+    messages: &Sender<PipelineMessage>,
+    loaded: &mut Option<(PathBuf, BodyModel)>,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if loaded
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|(path, _)| path != weights)
+        .unwrap_or(true)
+    {
+        emit(
+            messages,
+            PipelineMessage::Stage("loading model 2.8 GB…".to_string()),
+        );
+        let model = BodyModel::load(weights)
+            .map_err(|error| format!("could not load the body model: {error}"))?;
+        *loaded = Some((weights.to_path_buf(), model));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn run_live(
+    request: &LiveRequest,
+    messages: &Sender<PipelineMessage>,
+    loaded: &mut Option<(PathBuf, BodyModel)>,
+    stop: &AtomicBool,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if stop.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    ensure_model(&request.weights, messages, loaded)?;
+    let model = &mut loaded.as_mut().expect("model was loaded above").1;
+    model
+        .set_crop_size(LIVE_CROP_SIZE)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("could not configure live body inference: {error}"))?;
+    let face_indices = model
+        .weights
+        .i64_shaped("head_pose.faces", &[36_874, 3])
+        .map_err(|error| format!("could not read the body mesh faces: {error}"))?;
+
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let mut previous_bbox = None;
+    let mut smoother = ShapeSmoother::default();
+    let mut pose_smoother = PoseSmoother::default();
+    let mut fps = FpsCounter::default();
+    let mut reset_pose = true;
+
+    while !stop.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+        request.mailbox.request();
+        let wait_started = Instant::now();
+        let frame = loop {
+            if stop.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            if let Some(frame) = request.mailbox.take() {
+                break Some(frame);
+            }
+            if wait_started.elapsed() >= FRAME_TIMEOUT {
+                break None;
+            }
+            thread::sleep(FRAME_POLL);
+        };
+        let Some(frame) = frame else {
+            if !emit(
+                messages,
+                PipelineMessage::Stage("no camera frames".to_string()),
+            ) {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            continue;
+        };
+
+        let model_started = Instant::now();
+        let packet = model
+            .infer(&frame.rgb, frame.width, frame.height, previous_bbox)
+            .map_err(|error| format!("live body inference failed: {error}"))?;
+        let model_ms = model_started.elapsed().as_secs_f32() * 1000.0;
+        let now = started.elapsed();
+        let person = packet.people.first();
+        let bbox = person.map(|person| person.bbox);
+        let mut pose_ms = 0.0;
+        let mut posed = None;
+        let smoothed_shape = if let Some(person) = person {
+            previous_bbox = Some(expand_bbox(
+                person.bbox,
+                frame.width,
+                frame.height,
+                0.15,
+            ));
+            let (mhr, global_rot) = pose_smoother.observe(person.mhr, person.global_rot);
+            let pose_started = Instant::now();
+            posed = Some(Arc::new(posed_vertices(
+                model,
+                &person.shape,
+                &person.expr,
+                mhr,
+                global_rot,
+            )?));
+            pose_ms = pose_started.elapsed().as_secs_f32() * 1000.0;
+            Some(smoother.observe_person(person.shape, now))
+        } else {
+            previous_bbox = None;
+            smoother.observe_miss(now);
+            pose_smoother.reset();
+            None
+        };
+        let current_fps = fps.tick(now);
+        if !emit(
+            messages,
+            PipelineMessage::LiveFrame {
+                fps: current_fps,
+                model_ms,
+                pose_ms,
+                person: person.is_some(),
+                bbox,
+            },
+        ) {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if stop.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        let Some(shape) = smoothed_shape else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let expression = [0.0f32; 72];
+        let vertices = model.rig().rest_vertices(&shape, &expression);
+        let mesh = Arc::new(body_mesh_from_flat(&vertices, &face_indices)?);
+        let measured = measure(
+            &mesh,
+            &MeasureOptions {
+                height_cm: request.height_cm,
+            },
+        )
+        .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+        let pose_mapping = map_measurements_to_vertices(&mesh, &measured);
+        if !emit(
+            messages,
+            PipelineMessage::Done {
+                measured: Box::new(measured),
+                mesh,
+                posed,
+                pose_mapping,
+                reset_pose,
+            },
+        ) {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        reset_pose = false;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct PoseSmoother {
+    mhr: Option<[f32; 204]>,
+    global_rot: Option<[f32; 3]>,
+}
+
+impl PoseSmoother {
+    fn observe(
+        &mut self,
+        mhr: [f32; 204],
+        global_rot: [f32; 3],
+    ) -> ([f32; 204], [f32; 3]) {
+        let global_rot = match self.global_rot {
+            Some(previous) => std::array::from_fn(|index| {
+                previous[index] + POSE_ALPHA * (global_rot[index] - previous[index])
+            }),
+            None => global_rot,
+        };
+        let mut mhr = match self.mhr {
+            Some(previous) => std::array::from_fn(|index| {
+                previous[index] + POSE_ALPHA * (mhr[index] - previous[index])
+            }),
+            None => mhr,
+        };
+        // The packet's 204 values are exactly the rig's [pose 136 | scales 68]
+        // input. Global rotation is pose slots 3..6; keep the separately
+        // smoothed copy authoritative before MhrRig::forward pads to 249.
+        mhr[3..6].copy_from_slice(&global_rot);
+        self.mhr = Some(mhr);
+        self.global_rot = Some(global_rot);
+        (mhr, global_rot)
+    }
+
+    fn reset(&mut self) {
+        self.mhr = None;
+        self.global_rot = None;
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct ShapeSmoother {
+    shape: Option<[f32; 45]>,
+    last_person: Option<Duration>,
+}
+
+impl ShapeSmoother {
+    fn observe_person(&mut self, shape: [f32; 45], now: Duration) -> [f32; 45] {
+        if self
+            .last_person
+            .is_some_and(|last| now.saturating_sub(last) > SHAPE_RESET_GAP)
+        {
+            self.shape = None;
+        }
+        self.last_person = Some(now);
+        let smoothed = match self.shape {
+            Some(previous) => std::array::from_fn(|index| {
+                previous[index] + SHAPE_ALPHA * (shape[index] - previous[index])
+            }),
+            None => shape,
+        };
+        self.shape = Some(smoothed);
+        smoothed
+    }
+
+    fn observe_miss(&mut self, now: Duration) {
+        if self
+            .last_person
+            .is_some_and(|last| now.saturating_sub(last) > SHAPE_RESET_GAP)
+        {
+            self.shape = None;
+            self.last_person = None;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct FpsCounter {
+    samples: VecDeque<Duration>,
+}
+
+impl FpsCounter {
+    fn tick(&mut self, now: Duration) -> f32 {
+        self.samples.push_back(now);
+        while self.samples.len() > 10 {
+            self.samples.pop_front();
+        }
+        let Some(first) = self.samples.front().copied() else {
+            return 0.0;
+        };
+        let seconds = now.saturating_sub(first).as_secs_f32();
+        if seconds <= f32::EPSILON {
+            0.0
+        } else {
+            (self.samples.len().saturating_sub(1)) as f32 / seconds
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn expand_bbox(
+    bbox: [f32; 4],
+    width: u32,
+    height: u32,
+    amount: f32,
+) -> [f32; 4] {
+    let box_width = (bbox[2] - bbox[0]).max(0.0);
+    let box_height = (bbox[3] - bbox[1]).max(0.0);
+    [
+        (bbox[0] - box_width * amount).clamp(0.0, width as f32),
+        (bbox[1] - box_height * amount).clamp(0.0, height as f32),
+        (bbox[2] + box_width * amount).clamp(0.0, width as f32),
+        (bbox[3] + box_height * amount).clamp(0.0, height as f32),
+    ]
+}
+
+fn posed_vertices(
+    model: &BodyModel,
+    shape: &[f32; 45],
+    expression: &[f32; 72],
+    mut mhr: [f32; 204],
+    global_rot: [f32; 3],
+) -> Result<Vec<[f32; 3]>, String> {
+    // BodyPerson::mhr is already model_params(): pose 0..136 followed by
+    // scales 136..204. The root translation remains zero and the model's
+    // global rotation occupies 3..6. forward() pads the 45 identity slots
+    // to the rig's 249-wide internal vector, then returns rig-space cm.
+    mhr[3..6].copy_from_slice(&global_rot);
+    let output = model.rig().forward(shape, &mhr, expression, true);
+    vertices_from_flat(&output.verts)
+}
+
+fn decode_rgb(path: &Path) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, u32, u32), String> {
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(path)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("could not read {}: {error}", path.display()))?;
+    let extension = path
+        .extension()
+        .and_then(|extension| extension.to_str())
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let image = match extension.as_str() {
+        "jpg" | "jpeg" => ImageBuffer::from_jpg(&bytes),
+        "png" => ImageBuffer::from_png(&bytes),
+        _ => return Err("choose a JPG or PNG photo".to_string()),
+    }
+    .map_err(|error| format!("could not decode {}: {error}", path.display()))?;
+    let pixel_count = image
+        .width
+        .checked_mul(image.height)
+        .ok_or_else(|| "photo dimensions are too large".to_string())?;
+    if image.data.len() < pixel_count {
+        return Err("decoded photo has too few pixels".to_string());
+    }
+    let width = u32::try_from(image.width).map_err(|_| "photo is too wide".to_string())?;
+    let height = u32::try_from(image.height).map_err(|_| "photo is too tall".to_string())?;
+    Ok((argb_to_rgb(&image.data[..pixel_count]), width, height))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn argb_to_rgb(pixels: &[u32]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut rgb = Vec::with_capacity(pixels.len() * 3);
+    for pixel in pixels {
+        rgb.push((pixel >> 16) as u8);
+        rgb.push((pixel >> 8) as u8);
+        rgb.push(*pixel as u8);
+    }
+    rgb
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn faces_i64_to_u32(
+    values: &[i64],
+    vertex_count: usize,
+) -> Result<Vec<[u32; 3]>, String> {
+    if values.len() % 3 != 0 {
+        return Err("body face index buffer is not made of triangles".to_string());
+    }
+    values
+        .chunks_exact(3)
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(face_index, triangle)| {
+            let mut face = [0; 3];
+            for corner in 0..3 {
+                let index = usize::try_from(triangle[corner]).map_err(|_| {
+                    format!("body face {face_index} contains a negative vertex index")
+                })?;
+                if index >= vertex_count {
+                    return Err(format!(
+                        "body face {face_index} references vertex {index}, but there are {vertex_count} vertices"
+                    ));
+                }
+                face[corner] = u32::try_from(index)
+                    .map_err(|_| format!("body vertex index {index} exceeds u32"))?;
+            }
+            Ok(face)
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn body_mesh_from_flat(
+    vertices: &[f32],
+    face_indices: &[i64],
+) -> Result<BodyMesh, String> {
+    let vertices = vertices_from_flat(vertices)?;
+    let faces = faces_i64_to_u32(face_indices, vertices.len())?;
+    Ok(BodyMesh {
+        vertices,
+        faces,
+        landmarks: None,
+    })
+}
+
+fn vertices_from_flat(vertices: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<[f32; 3]>, String> {
+    if vertices.is_empty() || vertices.len() % 3 != 0 {
+        return Err("body vertex buffer is empty or malformed".to_string());
+    }
+    Ok(vertices
+        .chunks_exact(3)
+        .map(|point| [point[0], point[1], point[2]])
+        .collect())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn converts_aarrggbb_to_rgb() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            argb_to_rgb(&[0xff_12_34_56, 0x00_ab_cd_ef]),
+            vec![0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xef]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn builds_a_tiny_checked_mesh() {
+        let mesh = body_mesh_from_flat(
+            &[0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0],
+            &[0, 1, 2],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(mesh.vertices.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(mesh.faces, vec![[0, 1, 2]]);
+        assert!(faces_i64_to_u32(&[0, 1, 3], 3).is_err());
+        assert!(faces_i64_to_u32(&[-1, 1, 2], 3).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn live_shape_ema_converges_and_resets_after_a_gap() {
+        let mut smoother = ShapeSmoother::default();
+        assert_eq!(
+            smoother.observe_person([0.0; 45], Duration::ZERO),
+            [0.0; 45]
+        );
+        let first = smoother.observe_person([10.0; 45], Duration::from_millis(250));
+        assert!((first[0] - 3.5).abs() < 0.0001);
+        let second = smoother.observe_person([10.0; 45], Duration::from_millis(500));
+        assert!((second[0] - 5.775).abs() < 0.0001);
+
+        smoother.observe_miss(Duration::from_millis(1_501));
+        let reset = smoother.observe_person([8.0; 45], Duration::from_millis(1_750));
+        assert_eq!(reset, [8.0; 45]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn live_pose_ema_smooths_parameters_and_keeps_global_slots_in_sync() {
+        let mut smoother = PoseSmoother::default();
+        let mut initial_mhr = [0.0; 204];
+        initial_mhr[20] = 2.0;
+        let (initial, initial_rot) = smoother.observe(initial_mhr, [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]);
+        assert_eq!(initial[3..6], initial_rot);
+
+        let mut next_mhr = [10.0; 204];
+        next_mhr[20] = 12.0;
+        let (smoothed, smoothed_rot) = smoother.observe(next_mhr, [3.0, 4.0, 5.0]);
+        assert!((smoothed[20] - 8.0).abs() < 0.0001);
+        assert_eq!(smoothed_rot, [2.2, 3.2, 4.2]);
+        assert_eq!(smoothed[3..6], smoothed_rot);
+
+        smoother.reset();
+        let (reset, _) = smoother.observe([7.0; 204], [0.5, 1.0, 1.5]);
+        assert_eq!(reset[20], 7.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bbox_expansion_is_fifteen_percent_and_clamped() {
+        let expanded = expand_bbox([100.0, 50.0, 300.0, 250.0], 640, 360, 0.15);
+        for (actual, expected) in expanded.into_iter().zip([70.0, 20.0, 330.0, 280.0]) {
+            assert!((actual - expected).abs() < 0.0001, "{expanded:?}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            expand_bbox([5.0, 10.0, 635.0, 350.0], 640, 360, 0.15),
+            [0.0, 0.0, 640.0, 360.0]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fps_counter_tracks_recent_frame_cadence() {
+        let mut counter = FpsCounter::default();
+        assert_eq!(counter.tick(Duration::ZERO), 0.0);
+        for quarter in 1..=4 {
+            let fps = counter.tick(Duration::from_millis(quarter * 250));
+            assert!((fps - 4.0).abs() < 0.0001, "{fps}");
+        }
+    }
+}

apps/files/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "makepad-files"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "files"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[features]
+default = ["chat"]
+chat = ["dep:makepad-ai-hub"]
+demo = []
+
+[dependencies]
+makepad-widgets = { path = "../../widgets" }
+makepad-wm-theme = { path = "../../libs/wm_theme" }
+makepad-wm-api = { path = "../../libs/wm_api" }
+# The AI services wire: bounded read and confirmed mutation tools on the bus
+# (hosted port, id-correlated runner — see ai_service.rs).
+makepad-ai-services = { path = "../../libs/ai/services" }
+makepad-strict-json = { path = "../../libs/strict_json" }
+# The ask panel's local model: an in-process Qwen GGUF on makepad-ggml, loaded
+# only when the panel is first opened.
+makepad-ai-hub = { path = "../../libs/ai/hub", default-features = false, features = ["llm"], optional = true }

apps/files/build.rs

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+#[path = "../../libs/ai/models/paint/src/png.rs"]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+mod png;
+
+use std::{env, fs, path::Path};
+
+const WIDTH: u32 = 256;
+const HEIGHT: u32 = 128;
+
+const PALETTES: [(&str, [u8; 3], [u8; 3], [u8; 3]); 6] = [
+    ("aurora-vignette.png", [28, 31, 78], [69, 175, 170], [227, 151, 232]),
+    ("canyon-vignette.png", [86, 35, 38], [221, 119, 70], [255, 211, 128]),
+    ("lagoon-vignette.png", [12, 55, 77], [28, 154, 166], [151, 232, 207]),
+    ("meadow-vignette.png", [36, 68, 45], [124, 167, 79], [234, 213, 126]),
+    ("twilight-vignette.png", [36, 25, 65], [103, 71, 141], [238, 144, 116]),
+    ("cinema-still.png", [19, 24, 39], [56, 75, 105], [235, 176, 91]),
+];
+
+fn mix(a: u8, b: u8, amount: u32) -> u32 {
+    (u32::from(a) * (255 - amount) + u32::from(b) * amount) / 255
+}
+
+fn picture(top: [u8; 3], bottom: [u8; 3], accent: [u8; 3], seed: u32) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut pixels = Vec::with_capacity((WIDTH * HEIGHT * 3) as usize);
+    let glow_x = 36 + seed * 31;
+    let glow_y = 22 + (seed * 17) % 54;
+    for y in 0..HEIGHT {
+        for x in 0..WIDTH {
+            let blend = (y * 190 / (HEIGHT - 1) + x * 65 / (WIDTH - 1)).min(255);
+            let edge_x = (x as i32 * 2 - (WIDTH - 1) as i32).unsigned_abs();
+            let edge_y = (y as i32 * 2 - (HEIGHT - 1) as i32).unsigned_abs();
+            let vignette = edge_x * edge_x * 18 / ((WIDTH - 1) * (WIDTH - 1))
+                + edge_y * edge_y * 24 / ((HEIGHT - 1) * (HEIGHT - 1));
+            let glow_dx = (x as i32 - glow_x as i32).unsigned_abs();
+            let glow_dy = (y as i32 - glow_y as i32).unsigned_abs();
+            let glow = 72u32.saturating_sub(glow_dx * glow_dx / 360 + glow_dy * glow_dy / 90);
+            let texture = ((x * 17 + y * 31 + seed * 43) & 7) as i32 - 3;
+
+            for channel in 0..3 {
+                let base = mix(top[channel], bottom[channel], blend);
+                let lit = (base * (72 - glow) + u32::from(accent[channel]) * glow) / 72;
+                pixels.push((lit as i32 - vignette as i32 + texture).clamp(0, 255) as u8);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    pixels
+}
+
+fn write_if_changed(path: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) {
+    if fs::read(path).ok().as_deref() != Some(bytes) {
+        fs::write(path, bytes).expect("write generated files demo picture");
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../../libs/ai/models/paint/src/png.rs");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
+    let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").expect("Cargo did not set OUT_DIR");
+    for (seed, (name, top, bottom, accent)) in PALETTES.iter().copied().enumerate() {
+        let pixels = picture(top, bottom, accent, seed as u32);
+        let encoded = png::encode_png(WIDTH, HEIGHT, png::PngColor::Rgb, &pixels);
+        write_if_changed(&Path::new(&out_dir).join(name), &encoded);
+    }
+}

apps/files/src/ai_service.rs

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+//! The file browser on the desktop's AI bus.
+//!
+//! Hosted by the window manager, the app opens one [`AiServicePort`] with
+//! the manifest from `chat_tools::service_manifest` and answers the calls
+//! that come back through it. The tools are the same seven the app's own
+//! panel has; what is new is how they run: every call carries the
+//! engine's `call_id`, the answer carries it back, and the person (or the
+//! router) can give up on a call mid-walk. The old panel's runner is
+//! order-only and cannot do either, so this one sits beside it rather
+//! than inside it, and the two never share a job.
+//!
+//! One worker thread, one job at a time. A job in flight is cancelled by
+//! a flag the walk checks on every entry; a job still queued behind it is
+//! cancelled before it starts. Progress from the walk and the finished
+//! results come back on channels the UI drains on its signal.
+
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    path::PathBuf,
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+        mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender},
+        Arc,
+    },
+};
+
+use makepad_ai_services::wire::{ServiceCall, ToolResult};
+use makepad_strict_json as json;
+use makepad_widgets::makepad_platform::thread::{SignalToUI, ThreadOptions, ThreadSpawner};
+
+use crate::chat_tools::{run_with, ToolJob, ToolOutcome};
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+use std::thread;
+
+/// One call on its way to the worker.
+struct ServiceJob {
+    call_id: String,
+    job: ToolJob,
+    cancel: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+
+/// What the worker sends back, in the order it happened.
+pub enum ServiceReply {
+    Result { result: ToolResult, mutated: bool },
+    Progress { call_id: String, note: String, permille: u16 },
+}
+
+/// The bus's tool worker: correlated by call id, cancellable.
+pub struct ServiceRunner {
+    jobs: Sender<ServiceJob>,
+    replies: Receiver<ServiceReply>,
+    /// The cancel flag of every call not yet answered.
+    live: HashMap<String, Arc<AtomicBool>>,
+}
+
+impl ServiceRunner {
+    pub fn new(spawner: &ThreadSpawner) -> Self {
+        let (jobs, job_rx) = channel::<ServiceJob>();
+        let (reply_tx, replies) = channel::<ServiceReply>();
+        if let Ok(handle) = spawner.spawn_worker(
+            ThreadOptions { name: Some("files-ai-service".into()), ..Default::default() },
+            move || {
+            while let Ok(ServiceJob { call_id, job, cancel }) = job_rx.recv() {
+                let (result, mutated) = if cancel.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                    // Given up on while it waited its turn: never started.
+                    (ToolResult::cancelled(&call_id), false)
+                } else {
+                    let progress_tx = reply_tx.clone();
+                    let progress_id = call_id.clone();
+                    let progress = move |permille: u16| {
+                        let _ = progress_tx.send(ServiceReply::Progress {
+                            call_id: progress_id.clone(),
+                            note: "measuring…".to_string(),
+                            permille,
+                        });
+                        SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
+                    };
+                    let outcome = run_with(&job, &cancel, &progress);
+                    if cancel.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                        // The walk stopped early on the flag: what it has
+                        // is a floor nobody asked for any more.
+                        (ToolResult::cancelled(&call_id), false)
+                    } else {
+                        let mutated = outcome.mutated;
+                        (result_for(&call_id, outcome), mutated)
+                    }
+                };
+                if reply_tx.send(ServiceReply::Result { result, mutated }).is_err() {
+                    return;
+                }
+                SignalToUI::set_ui_signal();
+            }
+            },
+        ) {
+            handle.detach();
+        }
+        Self { jobs, replies, live: HashMap::new() }
+    }
+
+    /// Queue one call. `cwd` is the folder the person is looking at — what
+    /// a relative path is read from — and `home` the jail.
+    pub fn submit(&mut self, call: &ServiceCall, cwd: PathBuf, home: PathBuf) {
+        let cancel = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        self.live.insert(call.call_id.clone(), cancel.clone());
+        let job = ToolJob {
+            name: call.tool.clone(),
+            args: flat_args(&call.args),
+            cwd,
+            home,
+        };
+        let _ = self.jobs.send(ServiceJob { call_id: call.call_id.clone(), job, cancel });
+    }
+
+    /// Give up on one call, running or queued. Unknown ids are nothing.
+    pub fn cancel(&mut self, call_id: &str) {
+        if let Some(flag) = self.live.get(call_id) {
+            flag.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Everything the worker sent since the last drain. A result retires
+    /// its call's flag.
+    pub fn drain(&mut self) -> Vec<ServiceReply> {
+        let replies: Vec<ServiceReply> = self.replies.try_iter().collect();
+        for reply in &replies {
+            if let ServiceReply::Result { result, .. } = reply {
+                self.live.remove(&result.call_id);
+            }
+        }
+        replies
+    }
+}
+
+/// A tool's outcome as the wire says it. The tools already sort their own
+/// failures into "refused" (the jail, an unknown name) and "could not"
+/// (the disk said no); the wire keeps that distinction.
+fn result_for(call_id: &str, outcome: ToolOutcome) -> ToolResult {
+    if !outcome.is_error {
+        return ToolResult::ok(call_id, outcome.text, outcome.note);
+    }
+    if outcome.note.starts_with("refused") || outcome.note.starts_with("unknown tool") {
+        ToolResult::refused(call_id, outcome.text)
+    } else {
+        ToolResult::failed(call_id, outcome.text)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The call's JSON argument object as the tools read it: one string per
+/// key. Numbers and booleans become their text; nested values are dropped,
+/// since no tool here takes one.
+pub fn flat_args(args: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    let Ok(json::Value::Obj(fields)) = json::parse(args.as_bytes()) else {
+        return Vec::new();
+    };
+    fields
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|(key, value)| {
+            let text = match value {
+                json::Value::Str(s) => s,
+                json::Value::Int(i) => i.to_string(),
+                json::Value::F64(f) => f.to_string(),
+                json::Value::Bool(b) => b.to_string(),
+                _ => return None,
+            };
+            Some((key, text))
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+// Native worker tests use std deadlines while exercising blocking threads.
+#[allow(clippy::disallowed_types, clippy::disallowed_methods)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use makepad_ai_services::wire::ToolOutcome as Outcome;
+    use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+    fn call(id: &str, tool: &str, args: &str) -> ServiceCall {
+        ServiceCall { call_id: id.into(), tool: tool.into(), args: args.into() }
+    }
+
+    fn wait_for(runner: &mut ServiceRunner, n: usize) -> Vec<ToolResult> {
+        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(20);
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        while out.len() < n && Instant::now() < deadline {
+            for reply in runner.drain() {
+                if let ServiceReply::Result { result: r, .. } = reply {
+                    out.push(r);
+                }
+            }
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5));
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn json_args_become_the_tools_flat_pairs() {
+        let args = flat_args(r#"{"path":"~/Downloads","top":3,"deep":{"x":1},"quick":true}"#);
+        assert_eq!(
+            args,
+            vec![
+                ("path".to_string(), "~/Downloads".to_string()),
+                ("top".to_string(), "3".to_string()),
+                ("quick".to_string(), "true".to_string()),
+            ]
+        );
+        assert!(flat_args("not json").is_empty());
+        assert!(flat_args("[1,2]").is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn results_carry_their_own_call_ids_and_a_queued_cancel_never_runs() {
+        let home = crate::model::home_dir();
+        let spawner = makepad_widgets::Cx::new(Box::new(|_, _| {})).thread_spawner();
+        let mut runner = ServiceRunner::new(&spawner);
+        // An unknown tool is refused; a jail escape is refused; both keep
+        // their ids whatever order the worker answers in.
+        runner.submit(&call("a", "stat", r#"{"path":"/etc/passwd"}"#), home.clone(), home.clone());
+        runner.submit(&call("b", "rm_rf", r#"{"path":"~"}"#), home.clone(), home.clone());
+        runner.submit(&call("c", "stat", r#"{"path":"~"}"#), home.clone(), home.clone());
+        // Cancelled while it is still queued: it must come back cancelled
+        // without the tool ever running.
+        runner.cancel("c");
+        assert_eq!(runner.live.len(), 3);
+        let results = wait_for(&mut runner, 3);
+        assert_eq!(results.len(), 3);
+        let by_id = |id: &str| results.iter().find(|r| r.call_id == id).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(by_id("a").outcome, Outcome::Refused);
+        assert!(by_id("a").text.contains("refused"));
+        assert_eq!(by_id("b").outcome, Outcome::Refused);
+        assert!(by_id("b").text.contains("no tool called"));
+        assert_eq!(by_id("c").outcome, Outcome::Cancelled);
+        assert_eq!(runner.live.len(), 0);
+        // An unknown id is nothing.
+        runner.cancel("zzz");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_folder_walk_stops_on_the_flag() {
+        let cancel = AtomicBool::new(true);
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let (bytes, files, complete) = crate::chat_tools::measure_for_test(
+            std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")),
+            &cancel,
+        );
+        assert_eq!((bytes, files, complete), (0, 0, false));
+        assert!(started.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(1));
+    }
+}

apps/files/src/bookmarks.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! The sidebar's bookmarks: folders the user keeps, in their own section.
 //!
-//! Bookmarks are the one piece of mpfiles state that outlives the process, so
+//! Bookmarks are the one piece of files state that outlives the process, so
 //! the format is the one a person can fix in an editor when it goes wrong: one
 //! absolute path per line, in the order the sidebar shows them. That is also
 //! what GNOME Files stores (`~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks`), minus the URI
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ use std::{
 /// last slot would be saved and never shown, which is worse than refusing it.
 pub const MAX_BOOKMARKS: usize = 12;
 
-/// The bookmarks file for a given home directory.
-pub fn config_path(home: &Path) -> PathBuf {
-    home.join(".config").join("mpfiles").join("bookmarks")
+/// The bookmarks file for a given Makepad home directory.
+pub fn config_path(makepad_home: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    makepad_home.join("files/bookmarks")
 }
 
 /// The bookmark list, in sidebar order, and where it is persisted.
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn survives_a_round_trip_through_a_real_file() {
-        let home = std::env::temp_dir().join("mpfiles-test-bookmarks");
+        let home = std::env::temp_dir().join("files-test-bookmarks");
         let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&home);
         fs::create_dir_all(&home).unwrap();
 

apps/files/src/chat_agent.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub use makepad_ai_hub::local_llm::ChatEvent;
 /// Where the weights live, relative to the checkout this was built from.
 pub const MODEL_FILE: &str = "local/models/Qwen3.5-9B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf";
 /// The environment variable that overrides it.
-pub const MODEL_ENV: &str = "MPFILES_CHAT_MODEL";
+pub const MODEL_ENV: &str = "MAKEPAD_FILES_CHAT_MODEL";
 
 pub struct ChatAgent {
     session: HubChatSession,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl ChatAgent {
 
 /// Where the weights are, or `None` when this machine has none.
 ///
-/// `MPFILES_CHAT_MODEL` wins; otherwise the file is looked for relative to the
+/// `MAKEPAD_FILES_CHAT_MODEL` wins; otherwise the file is looked for relative to the
 /// working directory, then up from the binary (which finds `target/release`
 /// runs from anywhere), then in the checkout this binary was compiled in.
 pub fn model_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {