Move console payloads to lazy PSRAM storage

docs/agent/architecture.md

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ Hardware diagnostics are synchronous console commands. RS-232 tests own the phys
 - Password authentication performs PBKDF2 outside the user-database mutex and revalidates afterward. Some password mutation paths currently derive verifiers while holding the mutation lock; do not generalize the authentication locking pattern without checking the exact path.
 - Avoid holding service/database/broker locks across I2C, network sends, or other potentially long operations unless the existing contract explicitly requires it. Preserve the existing broker-before-serial lock order.
 - Serial RX/TX stream payloads, broker per-client payloads, the transactional user-database candidate, and selected cryptographic allocations prefer PSRAM with internal fallback. The live user database, FreeRTOS control structures, UART driver buffers, and task stacks remain internal where deterministic/cache-disable access matters.
+- Ping's 21-event payload (4,200 bytes) and the public user-console snapshot (2,156 bytes) are lazy PSRAM-only allocations retained for firmware lifetime, with no internal fallback. Queue control and synchronization stay internal; only ping or user status/list/show fails on allocation failure, never registration, mutations or UART0 recovery. Commands retain dispatcher/gate serialization; ping callbacks are task-context producers. The entire user snapshot is wiped after each display attempt. Never introduce ISR/cache-off access or free payloads while callbacks can retain them. Regression coverage: `tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_ping.py` and `accounts.py`.
 - The build disables wolfSSL ESP32 AES/SHA acceleration, and the HTTPS path uses software AES for PSRAM-backed records. This preserves the validated workaround for uncoordinated mbedTLS/wolfSSL hardware-crypto locks and a prior mbedTLS external-RAM DMA watchdog stall.
 
 ## Legacy credential removal storage boundary

docs/agent/current-state.md

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 Working memory, not an implementation timeline. Source is authoritative; begin with [code map](code-map.md), then [architecture](architecture.md) and [decisions](design-decisions.md).
 
+## Focused cleanup / PSRAM review — 2026-09-13
+
+- User-authorized post-acceptance code review: removed superseded `admin_ssh_console_open()` SSH-only wrapper; production already uses available-slot admission. Updated adapter regression to actual production entry. Wrapper was already linker-discarded: no binary saving attributed to removal.
+- Moved ping queue payload4,200 B and public user snapshot2,156 B to lazy PSRAM-only lifetime allocations, no fallback. Queue control/internal locks unchanged; allocation failure affects only ping or status/list/show, not UART0 registration/mutations/recovery. Snapshot fully wiped on success/error. No serial hot-path, stacks, CPU, queue bounds or external-BSS config changes.
+- Baseline pio PASS23.79s100,556 RAM/1,828,573 flash. Final parent pio PASS22.11s **94,212 RAM/1,828,809 flash: −6,344 B linked internal RAM/+236 B flash**. Requested lazy PSRAM6,356 B plus allocator overhead; target pointer sizes4 B, controls84 B verified. This is not measured runtime-minimum improvement. CPU160 retained.
+- Focused ping allocation/callback/end-capacity and accounts allocation/full-wipe/failure/retry tests PASS; console boundary/lifecycle/policy and SSH management/runtime suites PASS. Independent review found no actionable bugs and reran ping/accounts/boundary/diff PASS. Sanitizer linking unavailable (missing host runtimes), no sanitizer or hardware pass. No upload/erase/commit. Next target check: ping/user list/show repeatedly alongside NVS writes and full mix230400, collect serial/broker counters and memory before/after first allocations.
+- Further audited opportunities, not implemented: OLED framebuffer1,024 B (internal I2C staging retained), local/remote completion scratch1,024 B each, optional web diagnostic ring2,816 B, remote console output payload8,192 B. Console rings need explicit secret-output wiping/lifecycle and admission-failure isolation; do not relocate mixed state wholesale. Leave authoritative user database, driver/DMA buffers, locks and task stacks internal. Global external-BSS enable is not surgical: it also changes SDK library placement.
+
 ## Accepted state — 2026-09-13
 
 - **8D.22 explicitly signed off by the user:** “Yep, I tested the firmware thats a 8d.22 signoff.” The retained Phase 8D scope is complete; earlier per-slice pending target/review/integration gates are superseded. Roadmap already records 8A/B/C as complete and target-hardware validated, so **Phase 8 is complete**. Acceptance does not manufacture individual unreported test passes.
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ Working memory, not an implementation timeline. Source is authoritative; begin w
 - Typed operations carry original-login IDs to the existing dispatcher. Owner-reserved generations fence stale/ABA changes; later revocation/timeout does not cancel admitted work. HTTPS commits before stop/restart; SSH stops before commit/restart; committed identity never rolls back on lifecycle failure. Lost ACK/result means uncertainty, never automatic replay.
 - Preserve private IDF HTTPD version guards, at-most-one owner-work reservations through failed destruction, retained SSH context until all slots retire, bounded queues/buffers and secret-free metadata. Canonical recovery survives conditional-token exhaustion.
 
-## Documentation handoff
+## Previous documentation consolidation handoff
 
 Initial Git status was clean. This task changes root `README.md`, `docs/` and five test-directory READMEs; executable source/tests/config/generated assets remain untouched. Independent documentation review checked acceptance scope, owner contracts and local links. It restored explicit pointer-backed HTTPD response-header lifetime and same-version SDK-patch audit warnings, updated test README links, and removed obsolete forwarding notes without reopening sign-off.
 

src/admin_ssh_console.h

@@ -142,12 +142,6 @@ esp_err_t admin_ssh_console_dispatch_read_input(
 esp_err_t admin_ssh_console_dispatch_defer(
     admin_ssh_deferred_action_type_t action, uint32_t argument);
 
-/* SSH compatibility entry point, implemented by the owner in ssh_transport.c.
- * Token/principal are copied; no SSH or socket objects cross this boundary.
- * Existing feed/close/read/snapshot APIs below also accept open_owned tokens.
- */
-esp_err_t admin_ssh_console_open(const admin_ssh_console_token_t *token,
-                                 const user_principal_t *principal);
 void admin_ssh_console_close(const admin_ssh_console_token_t *token);
 
 /* Called by the session owner. Returns false when input must be backpressured. */

src/network_console.c

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "esp_console.h"
 #include "esp_err.h"
+#include "esp_heap_caps.h"
 #include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/queue.h"
@@ -186,7 +187,9 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define PING_EVENT_QUEUE_LENGTH (PING_MAX_COUNT + 1U)
 static StaticQueue_t s_ping_queue_storage;
-static uint8_t s_ping_queue_bytes[PING_EVENT_QUEUE_LENGTH * sizeof(ping_event_t)];
+/* Dispatcher-owned lazy payload; retain for firmware lifetime so callback queue
+ * storage cannot dangle. Queue control stays internal. No internal-RAM fallback. */
+static uint8_t *s_ping_queue_bytes;
 static QueueHandle_t s_ping_queue;
 
 static void ping_on_success(esp_ping_handle_t handle, void *arguments)
@@ -289,6 +292,15 @@ static int execute_ping(int argc, char **argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (s_ping_queue_bytes == NULL) {
+        s_ping_queue_bytes = heap_caps_malloc(
+            PING_EVENT_QUEUE_LENGTH * sizeof(ping_event_t),
+            MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM | MALLOC_CAP_8BIT);
+        if (s_ping_queue_bytes == NULL) {
+            printf("ping: PSRAM event storage unavailable\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
     if (s_ping_queue == NULL) {
         s_ping_queue = xQueueCreateStatic(PING_EVENT_QUEUE_LENGTH, sizeof(ping_event_t),
                                           s_ping_queue_bytes, &s_ping_queue_storage);

src/ssh_transport.c

@@ -292,15 +292,6 @@ static const admin_console_owner_t s_admin_console_owner = {
     .perform = admin_console_perform,
 };
 
-esp_err_t admin_ssh_console_open(const admin_ssh_console_token_t *token,
-                                 const user_principal_t *principal)
-{
-    if (token == NULL || token->transport != ADMIN_CONSOLE_TRANSPORT_SSH) {
-        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
-    }
-    return admin_ssh_console_open_owned(token, principal, &s_admin_console_owner);
-}
-
 static bool consume_external_close(const ssh_slot_t *slot, size_t slot_index)
 {
     taskENTER_CRITICAL(&s_lock);

src/user_console.c

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "admin_ssh_console.h"
 #include "console_input.h"
 #include "esp_console.h"
+#include "esp_heap_caps.h"
 #include "mbedtls/base64.h"
 #include "secure_random.h"
 #include "ssh_transport.h"
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@
 
 #define USER_CONSOLE_KEY_LINE_CAPACITY 256U
 
-/* `user` commands are serialized by the administration gate. */
-static user_database_snapshot_t s_user_snapshot;
+/* Gate-owned public projection (no verifiers). Lazily retained for firmware
+ * lifetime; allocation failure must not disable mutations or UART0 recovery. */
+static user_database_snapshot_t *s_user_snapshot;
 
 static void print_usage(void)
 {
@@ -92,21 +94,30 @@ static void print_user(const user_database_user_snapshot_t *user)
 
 static int show_users(const char *selected)
 {
-    esp_err_t error = user_database_get_snapshot(&s_user_snapshot);
+    if (s_user_snapshot == NULL) {
+        s_user_snapshot = heap_caps_malloc(sizeof(*s_user_snapshot),
+                                           MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM | MALLOC_CAP_8BIT);
+        if (s_user_snapshot == NULL) {
+            printf("User status unavailable: PSRAM snapshot storage unavailable\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    esp_err_t error = user_database_get_snapshot(s_user_snapshot);
     if (error != ESP_OK) {
         printf("User database unavailable: %s\n", esp_err_to_name(error));
+        secure_wipe(s_user_snapshot, sizeof(*s_user_snapshot));
         return 1;
     }
     if (selected == NULL) {
         printf("User database: generation=%lu users=%u/%u admins=%u\n",
-               (unsigned long)s_user_snapshot.generation,
-               (unsigned int)s_user_snapshot.user_count,
+               (unsigned long)s_user_snapshot->generation,
+               (unsigned int)s_user_snapshot->user_count,
                USER_DATABASE_MAX_USERS,
-               (unsigned int)s_user_snapshot.admin_count);
+               (unsigned int)s_user_snapshot->admin_count);
     }
     bool found = false;
     for (size_t index = 0U; index < USER_DATABASE_MAX_USERS; ++index) {
-        const user_database_user_snapshot_t *user = &s_user_snapshot.users[index];
+        const user_database_user_snapshot_t *user = &s_user_snapshot->users[index];
         if (!user->active ||
             (selected != NULL &&
              (strlen(selected) != user->username_length ||
@@ -118,11 +129,13 @@ static int show_users(const char *selected)
     }
     if (selected != NULL && !found) {
         printf("User '%s' not found.\n", selected);
+        secure_wipe(s_user_snapshot, sizeof(*s_user_snapshot));
         return 1;
     }
-    if (s_user_snapshot.admin_count == 0U) {
+    if (s_user_snapshot->admin_count == 0U) {
         printf("No administrators; use 'user add <username> admin' on UART0.\n");
     }
+    secure_wipe(s_user_snapshot, sizeof(*s_user_snapshot));
     return 0;
 }
 

tests/admin_console_boundary/accounts.py

@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ static bool admin_ssh_console_dispatch_is_current(void) {
     if (checks==revoke_check) owner_current=false;
     return owner_current && user_database_principal_is_current(&actor, &current)==ESP_OK && current;
 }
-static int admin_command_gate_take(void) { return ESP_OK; }
-static void admin_command_gate_give(void) {}
+static bool gate_held;
+static int admin_command_gate_take(void) { assert(!gate_held); gate_held=true; return ESP_OK; }
+static void admin_command_gate_give(void) { assert(gate_held); gate_held=false; }
 static int console_input_read_hidden(const char *prompt, uint8_t *out, size_t cap,
                                     size_t min, size_t max, size_t *n) {
     (void)prompt; (void)min; (void)max; assert(cap>=13); ++prompts;
@@ -158,7 +159,28 @@ static int ssh_transport_revoke_user(const uint8_t *u, size_t n) {
     ++ssh_revokes; assert(strlen(revoked_name)==n && !memcmp(u,revoked_name,n)); return notify_error;
 }
 /* Forbidden paths are traps rather than alternative implementations. */
-static int show_users(const char *n) { (void)n; return 0; }
+#define MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM 1U
+#define MALLOC_CAP_8BIT 2U
+static bool fail_snapshot_alloc;
+static unsigned snapshot_allocations;
+static struct { uint64_t before; user_database_snapshot_t value; uint64_t after; } snapshot_memory;
+static void *heap_caps_malloc(size_t n, unsigned caps) {
+    assert(gate_held && n==sizeof(snapshot_memory.value));
+    assert(caps==(MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM | MALLOC_CAP_8BIT));
+    ++snapshot_allocations;
+    if (fail_snapshot_alloc) return NULL;
+    snapshot_memory.before=snapshot_memory.after=UINT64_C(0xaabbccdd11223344);
+    memset(&snapshot_memory.value,0xa5,n);
+    return &snapshot_memory.value;
+}
+static unsigned user_registrations;
+typedef struct { const char *command,*help,*hint; int (*func)(int,char **); void *argtable; } esp_console_cmd_t;
+static int esp_console_cmd_register(const esp_console_cmd_t *c) {
+    assert(!strcmp(c->command,"user") && c->func); ++user_registrations; return ESP_OK;
+}
+static int mbedtls_base64_encode(uint8_t *out,size_t cap,size_t *n,const uint8_t *in,size_t len) {
+    (void)in; assert(cap>=4 && len==32); memcpy(out,"AAAA",4); *n=4; return 0;
+}
 
 static int add_key(const char *n) { (void)n; assert(!"key mutation"); return 1; }
 static int add_key_parts(const char *n,const uint8_t *t,size_t tl,const uint8_t *b,size_t bl) {
@@ -190,17 +212,21 @@ db_names = ["constant_time_equal", "all_zero", "user_database_username_valid",
             "user_database_clear_ssh_keys_current", "fill_principal", "user_database_authorize_ssh_public_key",
                         "initialize_dummy_verifier", "user_database_init", "user_database_recover_empty",
                         "user_database_get_snapshot"]
-console_names = ["print_usage", "revoke_user_network_sessions", "read_password",
+console_names = ["print_fingerprint", "print_user", "show_users", "print_usage", "revoke_user_network_sessions", "read_password",
                  "show_generated_password", "mutation_currentness", "add_user", "change_password",
-                 "parse_key_index", "recover_database", "command_user_inner", "command_user"]
+                 "parse_key_index", "recover_database", "command_user_inner", "command_user",
+                                  "user_console_register_commands"]
 unit = prelude + header + "\n" + state + fakes
 unit += "\n".join(function(db, n) for n in db_names)
 unit += function(admin, "admin_ssh_console_web_user_command_allowed")
+unit += console[console.index("static user_database_snapshot_t"):console.index("static void print_usage")]
 unit += "\n".join(function(console, n) for n in console_names)
 account_tests = (ROOT / "tests/admin_console_boundary/accounts.c").read_text()
 key_tests = (ROOT / "tests/admin_console_boundary/account_keys.c").read_text()
 account_tests = account_tests.replace('int main(void)', key_tests + '\nint main(void)')
-account_tests = account_tests.replace('    typed_account_tests();', '    typed_key_tests();\n    typed_account_tests();')
+snapshot_tests = (ROOT / "tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_snapshot.c").read_text()
+account_tests = account_tests.replace('int main(void)', snapshot_tests + '\nint main(void)')
+account_tests = account_tests.replace('    typed_account_tests();', '    psram_snapshot_tests();\n    typed_key_tests();\n    typed_account_tests();')
 assert '    typed_key_tests();' in account_tests
 unit += account_tests
 with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="admin-accounts-") as directory:
@@ -209,9 +235,13 @@ with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="admin-accounts-") as directory:
     subprocess.run(["cc", "-std=c11", "-Wall", "-Wextra", "-Werror", "-Wno-unused-variable",
                     str(path / "test.c"), str(IDF / "components/console/split_argv.c"),
                     "-lcrypto", "-o", str(path / "test")], check=True, timeout=30)
-    result = subprocess.run([str(path / "test")], check=True, timeout=10, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    result = subprocess.run([str(path / "test")], timeout=10, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if result.returncode:
+        print(result.stderr)
+        result.check_returncode()
     assert "test-password" not in result.stdout
     assert "Generated password for" not in result.stdout
+    print("PASS: PSRAM snapshot allocation failure/retry/retention, status/list/show/unknown/unavailable, full wipe and bounds, gate ownership, mutation/recovery isolation")
     print("PASS: empty initialization/recovery, unchanged v1 records, corrupt/unsupported fail-closed loads, first UART0 administrator and removed bootstrap commands")
     print("PASS: canonical SSH keys: Ed25519/P256 parser and authorization, malformed/off-curve/truncated inputs, zero-wait fingerprints, stale ID/generation/recreation, duplicates/capacity, sparse indices, failed persistence and CLI parity (OpenSSL-backed curve/SHA adapters)")
     print("PASS: operation-admission semantics: browser invalidated in derivation double before NVS; admitted add/password transactions still commit, only target is revoked, next command rejects; persistence failure still preserves live state (not precommit cancellation or real concurrency)")

tests/admin_console_boundary/adapter.c

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static bool admin_console_drained(const admin_ssh_console_token_t *);
 static bool admin_console_is_current(const admin_ssh_console_token_t *, const user_principal_t *);
 static bool consume_external_close(const ssh_slot_t *, size_t);
 static esp_err_t admin_console_perform(const admin_ssh_console_token_t *, admin_ssh_deferred_action_type_t, uint32_t);
+static const admin_console_owner_t s_admin_console_owner;
 static void test_adapter(void)
 {
     admin_ssh_console_token_t token={ .slot_index=0, .session_id=7, .slot_generation=3 };
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ static void test_adapter(void)
                                 .username_length=5, .username="admin" };
     assert(admin_ssh_console_init()==ESP_OK);
     assert(admin_ssh_console_start_uart_frontend()==ESP_OK);
-    assert(admin_ssh_console_open(&token,&admin)==ESP_OK);
+    assert(admin_ssh_console_open_available(&token,&admin,&s_admin_console_owner)==ESP_OK);
     assert(!admin_console_drained(&token));
     s_session_snapshots[0]=(ssh_transport_session_snapshot_t){ .active=true, .session_id=7, .generation=3 };
     assert(!admin_console_drained(&token)); /* No published console binding. */
@@ -82,16 +83,19 @@ static void test_adapter(void)
     admin.username_length=1; assert(!admin_console_is_current(&token,&admin)); admin.username_length=5;
     token.transport=1; assert(!admin_console_drained(&token));
     assert(!admin_console_is_current(&token,&admin));
-    assert(admin_ssh_console_open(&token,&admin)==ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
+
     token.transport=0; token.slot_generation=4; assert(!admin_console_drained(&token));
     assert(!admin_console_is_current(&token,&admin));
     assert(admin_console_perform(&token,ADMIN_SSH_DEFER_STOP,0)==ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND && stopped==0);
     token.slot_generation=3;
     /* Same physical session can be assigned the other console slot. */
     admin_ssh_console_close(&token);
-    token.slot_index=1;
-    assert(admin_ssh_console_open(&token,&admin)==ESP_OK);
-    active.console_slot_index=1; publish_slot(&active,0);
+    admin_ssh_console_token_t other={ .session_id=8, .slot_generation=1 };
+    assert(admin_ssh_console_open_available(&other,&admin,&s_admin_console_owner)==ESP_OK);
+    assert(other.slot_index==0);
+    assert(admin_ssh_console_open_available(&token,&admin,&s_admin_console_owner)==ESP_OK);
+    assert(token.slot_index==1);
+    active.console_slot_index=token.slot_index; publish_slot(&active,0);
     assert(admin_console_is_current(&token,&admin));
     assert(s_console_slot_indices[0]==1);
     admin_ssh_console_token_t wrong=token; wrong.slot_index=0;
@@ -111,5 +115,5 @@ static void test_adapter(void)
     assert(admin_console_perform(&token,ADMIN_SSH_DEFER_HOST_KEY_ROTATE,0)==ESP_OK && rotated==1);
     assert(admin_console_perform(&token,ADMIN_SSH_DEFER_HOST_KEY_RESET,0)==ESP_OK && reset==1);
     assert(admin_console_perform(&token,ADMIN_SSH_DEFER_REBOOT,0)==ESP_OK && restarted==1);
-    puts("PASS: actual SSH snapshot/principal publication and wiping, adapter identity/drain checks, legacy admission and lifecycle action routing");
+    puts("PASS: actual SSH snapshot/principal publication and wiping, adapter identity/drain checks, shared-slot admission and lifecycle action routing");
 }

tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_ping.c

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+static int run_ping(const char *count)
+{
+    char *argv[]={"ping","localhost",(char *)count};
+    int result=network_console_execute(count?3:2,argv);
+    if(worker_started) { assert(!pthread_join(worker,NULL)); worker_started=false; }
+    return result;
+}
+int main(void)
+{
+    _Static_assert(sizeof(ping_event_t)==200,"audited event payload changed");
+    assert(network_console_register_root_commands()==ESP_OK && registrations==3 && !allocations);
+    assert(run_ping("0")==1 && run_ping("21")==1 && run_ping("-1")==1);
+    assert(run_ping("999999999999999999999")==1 && !allocations);
+    resolve_fail=true; assert(run_ping(NULL)==1 && !allocations); resolve_fail=false;
+    fail_alloc=true; assert(run_ping(NULL)==1 && allocations==1 && !creations && !starts);
+    char *lookup[]={"nslookup","localhost"};
+    assert(network_console_execute(2,lookup)==0);
+    assert(network_console_register_root_commands()==ESP_OK && allocations==1);
+    fail_alloc=false; fail_queue=true;
+    assert(run_ping(NULL)==1 && allocations==2 && creations==1 && !starts);
+    void *retained=s_ping_queue_bytes;
+    fail_alloc=true; fail_queue=false; fail_new=true;
+    assert(run_ping(NULL)==1 && allocations==2 && creations==2 && !starts);
+    fail_new=false; fail_start=true;
+    assert(run_ping(NULL)==1 && deletes==1);
+    fail_start=false;
+    for(unsigned i=0;i<4;++i) {
+        burst=i%2==0;
+        assert(run_ping("20")==0);
+        assert(s_ping_queue_bytes==retained && allocations==2 && creations==2);
+        assert(queue.count==0);
+        assert(memory.before==UINT64_C(0x1122334455667788));
+        assert(memory.after==UINT64_C(0x1122334455667788));
+    }
+    /* Reset stale payload before a new session, preserving the end-event slot. */
+    ping_event_t stale={.kind=PING_EVENT_END,.profile_error=ESP_FAIL};
+    xQueueSend(s_ping_queue,&stale,0);
+    assert(run_ping("1")==0);
+    all_timeouts=true; assert(run_ping(NULL)==1); all_timeouts=false;
+    fail_profile=true; assert(run_ping(NULL)==1); fail_profile=false;
+    fail_delete=true; assert(run_ping(NULL)==1); fail_delete=false;
+    assert(run_ping(NULL)==0 && resets>=10 && allocations==2);
+    assert(s_ping_queue==&queue && s_ping_queue_bytes==retained);
+}

tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_ping.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Production ping command/callbacks with bounded pthread queue and SDK doubles."""
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+s = (ROOT / 'src/network_console.c').read_text()
+def function(name):
+    start = s.rfind('\n', 0, s.index(name + '(')) + 1
+    return s[start:s.index('\n}', start) + 2] + '\n'
+prelude = (ROOT / 'tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_ping_fakes.c').read_text()
+unit = prelude + '\n'
+unit += s[s.index('#define PING_DEFAULT_COUNT'):s.index('/* This covers')]
+unit += function('print_command_usage') + function('parse_bounded_u32')
+unit += s[s.index('typedef enum {\n    PING_EVENT_LINE'):s.index('static bool socket_addresses_equal')]
+unit += function('network_console_is_command') + function('network_console_execute')
+unit += function('network_console_register_root_commands')
+unit += (ROOT / 'tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_ping.c').read_text()
+with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='psram-ping-') as d:
+    p = Path(d)
+    (p / 'test.c').write_text(unit)
+    subprocess.run(['cc', '-std=c11', '-Wall', '-Wextra', '-Werror', '-pthread',
+                    '-g', str(p / 'test.c'), '-o', str(p / 'test')],
+                   check=True, timeout=30)
+    subprocess.run([str(p / 'test')], check=True, timeout=20)
+print('PASS: production ping allocation/create-queue/session failures, retry/retention/reset, bounds, asynchronous success/timeout/end callbacks and registration isolation (host doubles)')

tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_ping_fakes.c

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/* Deterministic SDK boundaries; queue data movement uses the supplied payload. */
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+typedef int esp_err_t;
+enum { ESP_OK, ESP_FAIL };
+#define MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM 1U
+#define MALLOC_CAP_8BIT 2U
+#define portMAX_DELAY UINT32_MAX
+#define pdTRUE 1
+static bool fail_alloc, fail_queue, fail_new, fail_start, fail_delete, fail_profile, resolve_fail;
+static unsigned allocations, creations, resets, registrations, starts, deletes;
+static struct { uint64_t before; uint8_t bytes[4200]; uint64_t after; } memory;
+static void *heap_caps_malloc(size_t n, unsigned caps) {
+    ++allocations; assert(n==sizeof(memory.bytes));
+    assert(caps==(MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM | MALLOC_CAP_8BIT));
+    if (fail_alloc) return NULL;
+    memory.before=memory.after=UINT64_C(0x1122334455667788);
+    return memory.bytes;
+}
+typedef struct { unsigned marker; } StaticQueue_t;
+typedef struct { uint8_t *bytes; size_t length, size, read, count; } queue_t;
+typedef queue_t *QueueHandle_t;
+static queue_t queue;
+static pthread_mutex_t mutex=PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static pthread_cond_t ready=PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
+static QueueHandle_t xQueueCreateStatic(size_t length,size_t size,uint8_t *bytes,StaticQueue_t *control) {
+    ++creations; assert(length==21 && size==200 && bytes==memory.bytes && control);
+    if (fail_queue) return NULL;
+    queue=(queue_t){.bytes=bytes,.length=length,.size=size}; return &queue;
+}
+static int xQueueReset(QueueHandle_t q) {
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex); ++resets; q->read=q->count=0;
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex); return pdTRUE;
+}
+static int xQueueSend(QueueHandle_t q,const void *event,unsigned wait) {
+    assert(wait==0); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex); assert(q->count<q->length);
+    memcpy(q->bytes+((q->read+q->count)%q->length)*q->size,event,q->size);
+    ++q->count; pthread_cond_signal(&ready); pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex); return pdTRUE;
+}
+static int xQueueReceive(QueueHandle_t q,void *event,unsigned wait) {
+    assert(wait==portMAX_DELAY); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
+    while (!q->count) pthread_cond_wait(&ready,&mutex);
+    memcpy(event,q->bytes+q->read*q->size,q->size);
+    q->read=(q->read+1)%q->length; --q->count;
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex); return pdTRUE;
+}
+typedef uint32_t ip_addr_t;
+#define IP_IS_V4(p) ((void)(p), 1)
+static char *ipaddr_ntoa_r(const ip_addr_t *ip,char *out,int n) {
+    (void)ip; assert(n>=10); strcpy(out,"127.0.0.1"); return out;
+}
+static size_t strlcpy(char *out,const char *in,size_t n) {
+    size_t len=strlen(in); if(n) { size_t copy=len<n-1?len:n-1; memcpy(out,in,copy); out[copy]=0; } return len;
+}
+static int resolve_ping_target(const char *host,ip_addr_t *ip,char *out,size_t n) {
+    (void)host; *ip=0; ipaddr_ntoa_r(ip,out,(int)n); return resolve_fail;
+}
+static const char *esp_err_to_name(int e) { (void)e; return "injected"; }
+typedef void *esp_ping_handle_t;
+typedef struct { uint32_t count; ip_addr_t target_addr; } esp_ping_config_t;
+#define ESP_PING_DEFAULT_CONFIG() ((esp_ping_config_t){0})
+typedef struct {
+    void *cb_args;
+    void (*on_ping_success)(esp_ping_handle_t,void *);
+    void (*on_ping_timeout)(esp_ping_handle_t,void *);
+    void (*on_ping_end)(esp_ping_handle_t,void *);
+} esp_ping_callbacks_t;
+enum { ESP_PING_PROF_SEQNO, ESP_PING_PROF_SIZE, ESP_PING_PROF_TIMEGAP,
+       ESP_PING_PROF_IPADDR, ESP_PING_PROF_TTL, ESP_PING_PROF_REQUEST,
+       ESP_PING_PROF_REPLY, ESP_PING_PROF_DURATION };
+static esp_ping_callbacks_t callbacks;
+static uint32_t probes, replies;
+static uint16_t sequence;
+static pthread_t worker;
+static bool worker_started, all_timeouts, burst;
+static int esp_ping_get_profile(esp_ping_handle_t h,int profile,void *out,size_t n) {
+    assert(h==(void *)1);
+    if (fail_profile) return ESP_FAIL;
+    if (profile==ESP_PING_PROF_SEQNO) { assert(n==2); memcpy(out,&sequence,n); }
+    else if(profile==ESP_PING_PROF_TTL) { assert(n==1); *(uint8_t *)out=64; }
+    else { assert(n==4); uint32_t value=profile==ESP_PING_PROF_REQUEST?probes:
+        profile==ESP_PING_PROF_REPLY?replies:1; memcpy(out,&value,n); }
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+static int esp_ping_delete_session(esp_ping_handle_t h) {
+    assert(h==(void *)1); ++deletes; return fail_delete?ESP_FAIL:ESP_OK;
+}
+static void *produce(void *unused) {
+    (void)unused;
+    for(sequence=1;sequence<=probes;++sequence) {
+        if(all_timeouts || sequence%2==0) callbacks.on_ping_timeout((void *)1,callbacks.cb_args);
+        else callbacks.on_ping_success((void *)1,callbacks.cb_args);
+    }
+    callbacks.on_ping_end((void *)1,callbacks.cb_args); return NULL;
+}
+static int esp_ping_new_session(const esp_ping_config_t *c,const esp_ping_callbacks_t *cb,esp_ping_handle_t *h) {
+    assert(queue.bytes==memory.bytes && c->count>=1 && c->count<=20);
+    if(fail_new) return ESP_FAIL;
+    callbacks=*cb; probes=c->count; replies=all_timeouts?0:(probes+1)/2; *h=(void *)1; return ESP_OK;
+}
+static int esp_ping_start(esp_ping_handle_t h) {
+    assert(h==(void *)1); ++starts; if(fail_start) return ESP_FAIL;
+    assert(!pthread_create(&worker,NULL,produce,NULL)); worker_started=true;
+    if(burst) { assert(!pthread_join(worker,NULL)); worker_started=false; assert(queue.count==probes+1); }
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+static int execute_nslookup(int argc,char **argv) { (void)argc; (void)argv; return 0; }
+static int execute_traceroute(int argc,char **argv) { (void)argc; (void)argv; return 0; }
+typedef struct { const char *command,*help,*hint; int (*func)(int,char **); void *argtable; } esp_console_cmd_t;
+static int esp_console_cmd_register(const esp_console_cmd_t *c) {
+    assert(c->func); ++registrations; return ESP_OK;
+}

tests/admin_console_boundary/psram_snapshot.c

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Actual canonical handlers and database projection; included by accounts.py. */
+static void psram_snapshot_tests(void)
+{
+    reset(); remote=web=false;
+    fail_snapshot_alloc=true;
+    assert(user_console_register_commands()==ESP_OK && user_registrations==1);
+    assert(!snapshot_allocations);
+    assert(run("user status")==1);
+    assert(run("user list")==1);
+    assert(run("user show other")==1);
+    assert(snapshot_allocations==3 && s_user_snapshot==NULL && !gate_held);
+    assert(run("user add newcomer user")==0);
+    assert(snapshot_allocations==3);
+    s_initialized=false; s_mutex=NULL; storage_test=true;
+    assert(run("user recover --force")==0);
+    storage_test=false;
+    assert(snapshot_allocations==3);
+    reset(); remote=web=false;
+    fail_snapshot_alloc=false;
+    assert(run("user status")==0 && snapshot_allocations==4);
+    assert(all_zero(s_user_snapshot,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot)));
+    void *retained=s_user_snapshot;
+    fail_snapshot_alloc=true;
+    for (unsigned i=0;i<3;++i) {
+        assert(run("user")==0);
+        assert(all_zero(s_user_snapshot,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot)));
+        assert(run("user list")==0);
+        assert(all_zero(s_user_snapshot,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot)));
+        assert(run("user show other")==0);
+        assert(all_zero(s_user_snapshot,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot)));
+        assert(run("user show missing")==1);
+        assert(all_zero(s_user_snapshot,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot)));
+        s_initialized=false;
+        memset(s_user_snapshot,0xa5,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot));
+        assert(run("user status")==1);
+        assert(all_zero(s_user_snapshot,sizeof(*s_user_snapshot)));
+        s_initialized=true;
+        assert(s_user_snapshot==retained && snapshot_allocations==4 && !gate_held);
+        assert(snapshot_memory.before==UINT64_C(0xaabbccdd11223344));
+        assert(snapshot_memory.after==UINT64_C(0xaabbccdd11223344));
+    }
+}