feat(bench): E1 scheduler-count sweep orchestrator

Discriminates herd-contention vs stranding for the ka low-c latency
floor: sweeps URUS_SCHED_THREADS {1,2,4,8} x CONNS {4,8} over the plain
matrix (PLAIN_ONLY; close rides along as control). Per-cell audit
asserts the knob reached the server via plain_serve's stderr line.
Summary parser (req/s + p50/75/90/99, unit-normalized) validated
against the 96b40ad5 sweep output.

Cargo.toml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 smarm-trace  = ["smarm/smarm-trace"]
+smarm-causal = ["smarm/smarm-causal"]
 channels     = []
 phoenix      = ["channels", "dep:serde", "dep:serde_json"]
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ phoenix     = ["channels", "dep:serde", "dep:serde_json"]
 serde      = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 
+[[example]]
+name = "causal_bench"
+required-features = ["smarm-causal"]
+
 [profile.dev]
 panic = "unwind"
 

ROADMAP.md

@@ -378,3 +378,9 @@ reconnect cycles.
 - **Bench suite** — `urus-bench-spec.md` exists in the artefact store;
   wire it up once v0.2 lands (supervision changes the hot path not at all,
   but prove it).
+- **Operator introspection via typed names** — the v0.2-era
+  `urus.server` / `urus.listener.{i}` pid tags were dropped in the
+  RFC 014 port (names are messageable endpoints now, self-registered
+  with a real `Sender<M>`). If wanted back, do it properly: register the
+  serve loop's shutdown/control channel under a typed `urus.server`
+  name instead of faking pid tags with unit channels.

examples/causal_bench.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+//! Causal-profiling bench (RFC 007): a real urus webserver as the workload,
+//! with a planted, known-answer bottleneck.
+//!
+//! Where smarm's `causal_pipeline` demo is synthetic, this exercises the
+//! exact machinery the causal commits touched, for real:
+//!
+//!   - epoll parks (`wait_readable_timeout` / `wait_writable_timeout`)
+//!     → park-gated resume credit
+//!   - keep-alive / request / write deadlines → timer-heap virtual time
+//!   - the experiment controller's fixed windows → wall-anchored timers
+//!   - mixed CPU (parse/serialize) and IO (socket) → non-trivial ranking
+//!
+//! Shape: `LOAD_CONNS` plain OS threads hammer `GET /order/:id` over
+//! blocking loopback TCP (keep-alive). OS threads on the client side are
+//! deliberate: they can't absorb injected virtual delay, so the only
+//! delayable code is the server's — the same trick the smarm-side timer
+//! tests use. The handler calls a single store actor (crud's pattern:
+//! one actor owns the data, serialization is structural) which burns
+//! `STORE_US` of calibrated *work* — work-shaped, not timed, because a
+//! timed wait absorbs injected delay and flattens every experiment.
+//!
+//! Known answer: the store is serialized and saturated, so it is the
+//! throughput ceiling (1e6/STORE_US rps). A virtual speedup of `store`
+//! by p% predicts throughput ×1/(1-p): +33% @25%, +100% @50%. The other
+//! five sites (parse, router, pipeline, serialize, socket-write — the
+//! urus lib instrumentation) are tens of µs and parallel across
+//! connections: predicted impact ≈0. Per the smarm-side validation runs,
+//! absolute magnitudes are trustworthy to roughly ±15% while the
+//! *ranking* is solid — the verdict thresholds reflect that.
+//!
+//! Run (needs cores; the verdict is SKIPPED below 4):
+//!   cargo run --release --example causal_bench --features smarm-causal
+//!
+//! Prints the summary, writes `profile.coz` next to the CWD, and exits
+//! nonzero if the expected separation doesn't hold.
+
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use smarm::{channel, Sender};
+use urus::{serve_with_shutdown, shutdown_handle, Config, Conn, Next, Pipeline, Router};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tunables
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Planted bottleneck cost: calibrated work per store request, µs.
+const STORE_US: u64 = 400;
+/// Handler-side render work per request, µs. Runs under the `pipeline`
+/// site (no inner guard), parallel across connection actors.
+const RENDER_US: u64 = 50;
+/// Client connections = OS load threads. Plenty to keep a 400µs store
+/// saturated even at a 50% virtual speedup (see saturation note in main).
+const LOAD_CONNS: usize = 16;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Calibrated work (lifted from smarm's causal_pipeline demo)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// LCG-mix `iters` times in dependent sequence (unvectorizable, un-elidable),
+/// staying preemptible — and causal-sampleable/delayable — via `check!()`.
+fn work_iters(iters: u64) {
+    let mut acc = 0x2545_f491_4f6c_dd1du64;
+    let mut i = 0u64;
+    while i < iters {
+        let chunk_end = (i + 256).min(iters);
+        while i < chunk_end {
+            acc = acc.wrapping_mul(6364136223846793005).wrapping_add(i);
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        std::hint::black_box(acc);
+        smarm::check!();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Iterations per microsecond on this machine, so stage costs are
+/// meaningful in time while staying work-shaped.
+fn calibrate_iters_per_us() -> u64 {
+    let n = 8_000_000u64;
+    let t = Instant::now();
+    work_iters(n);
+    (n / (t.elapsed().as_micros().max(1) as u64)).max(1)
+}
+
+static PER_US: OnceLock<u64> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn work_us(us: u64) {
+    work_iters(us * PER_US.get().copied().unwrap_or(1));
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Store actor — the planted bottleneck (crud's once-cell pattern)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+enum Req {
+    Get { id: u64, reply: Sender<u64> },
+}
+
+/// Set at teardown; the store polls it (a cross-thread `Sender::send`
+/// can't wake a parked actor, so a bare `recv` would hang AllDone —
+/// same limitation crud's store works around).
+static STORE_STOP: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+
+static STORE_TX: OnceLock<Sender<Req>> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn store_loop(rx: smarm::Receiver<Req>) {
+    loop {
+        let req = match rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(250)) {
+            Ok(r) => r,
+            Err(smarm::channel::RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
+                if STORE_STOP.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            Err(smarm::channel::RecvTimeoutError::Disconnected) => return,
+        };
+        let Req::Get { id, reply } = req;
+        {
+            // The known-answer site: serialized by construction (one
+            // actor, one request at a time), saturated by the load.
+            let _g = smarm::causal_site!("store");
+            work_us(STORE_US);
+        }
+        let _ = reply.send(id);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Spawned from the first handler that runs — connection actors are
+/// inside the runtime, which `spawn` requires; the static then shares
+/// the Sender with every later handler.
+fn store() -> &'static Sender<Req> {
+    STORE_TX.get_or_init(|| {
+        let (tx, rx) = channel::<Req>();
+        smarm::spawn(move || store_loop(rx));
+        tx
+    })
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Handler
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn order(conn: Conn, _next: Next) -> Conn {
+    let id: u64 = conn.params.get("id").and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+    let (tx, rx) = channel::<u64>();
+    store().send(Req::Get { id, reply: tx }).ok();
+    let got = rx.recv().expect("store dropped");
+    // Render work: attributed to the enclosing `pipeline` site.
+    work_us(RENDER_US);
+    conn.put_status(200).put_body(got.to_string())
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Load generation — plain OS threads, blocking loopback TCP, keep-alive
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Read one HTTP/1.1 response (headers + content-length body) into `buf`,
+/// draining exactly what was consumed. Errors mean: reconnect.
+fn read_response(s: &mut TcpStream, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut tmp = [0u8; 4096];
+    let header_end = loop {
+        if let Some(i) = buf.windows(4).position(|w| w == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+            break i + 4;
+        }
+        let n = s.read(&mut tmp)?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            return Err(std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof.into());
+        }
+        buf.extend_from_slice(&tmp[..n]);
+    };
+    let head = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[..header_end]).to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let len: usize = head
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("content-length:"))
+        .and_then(|v| v.trim().parse().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    while buf.len() < header_end + len {
+        let n = s.read(&mut tmp)?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            return Err(std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof.into());
+        }
+        buf.extend_from_slice(&tmp[..n]);
+    }
+    buf.drain(..header_end + len);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn load_loop(port: u16, stop: Arc<AtomicBool>) {
+    let mut n: u64 = 1;
+    'outer: while !stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+        let mut s = match TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)) {
+            Ok(s) => s,
+            Err(_) => {
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        s.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5))).ok();
+        s.set_nodelay(true).ok();
+        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
+        while !stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            let req = format!("GET /order/{n} HTTP/1.1\r\nhost: bench\r\n\r\n");
+            if s.write_all(req.as_bytes()).is_err() {
+                continue 'outer;
+            }
+            if read_response(&mut s, &mut buf).is_err() {
+                continue 'outer;
+            }
+            n += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// main — boot, load, sweep, verdict
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+fn main() {
+    let per_us = calibrate_iters_per_us();
+    PER_US.set(per_us).expect("PER_US set twice");
+    println!("calibration: {per_us} work iters/µs");
+    println!(
+        "planted: store {STORE_US}µs serialized (ceiling ≈{} rps), render {RENDER_US}µs, {LOAD_CONNS} conns",
+        1_000_000 / STORE_US
+    );
+    println!("theory: store +33% @25%, +100% @50%; every other site ≈0");
+
+    // Ephemeral port via bind-and-release (integration-test pattern; the
+    // race window before the server rebinds is far below flake threshold).
+    let port = {
+        let l = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind probe");
+        l.local_addr().expect("local_addr").port()
+    };
+    let addr: SocketAddr = format!("127.0.0.1:{port}").parse().expect("addr");
+
+    let (handle, signal) = shutdown_handle();
+    let server = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let pipe = Pipeline::new().plug(Router::new().get("/order/:id", order));
+        serve_with_shutdown(Config::new(addr), pipe, signal).expect("serve");
+    });
+
+    // Wait until it's accepting.
+    let up = (0..100).any(|_| {
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+        TcpStream::connect(addr).is_ok()
+    });
+    assert!(up, "server didn't come up on {addr}");
+
+    let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let loaders: Vec<_> = (0..LOAD_CONNS)
+        .map(|_| {
+            let stop = stop.clone();
+            std::thread::spawn(move || load_loop(port, stop))
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    // Warm up: queues to steady state, every site + the progress point
+    // registered by real traffic before the sweep enumerates them.
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+
+    // The controller runs on this plain OS thread: its windows are wall
+    // time by construction here; inside a runtime they'd be wall-anchored
+    // via the efbc254 timer path (the thing the jobrunner sweep confirms).
+    let results = smarm::causal::run_experiments(&smarm::causal::ExperimentPlan {
+        speedups_pct: vec![0, 25, 50],
+        experiment: Duration::from_millis(700),
+        cooldown: Duration::from_millis(150),
+    });
+
+    stop.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    for l in loaders {
+        l.join().expect("loader panicked");
+    }
+    STORE_STOP.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    handle.shutdown();
+    server.join().expect("server panicked");
+
+    print!("{}", smarm::causal::render_summary(&results));
+    match std::fs::write("profile.coz", smarm::causal::render_coz(&results)) {
+        Ok(()) => println!("\nwrote profile.coz"),
+        Err(e) => eprintln!("\nfailed to write profile.coz: {e}"),
+    }
+
+    // Verdict — same discipline as the smarm demo: skip where the
+    // separation physically can't exist.
+    let cores = std::thread::available_parallelism().map(|n| n.get()).unwrap_or(1);
+    if cores < 4 {
+        println!("verdict: SKIPPED ({cores} cores; separation needs real parallelism)");
+        return;
+    }
+    let mut failures: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let impact =
+        |site: &str| smarm::causal::impact_pct(&results, site, 25, "responses");
+    let mut expect = |site: &str, ok: &dyn Fn(f64) -> bool, want: &str| match impact(site) {
+        Some(p) => {
+            let verdict = if ok(p) { "ok" } else { "FAIL" };
+            println!("verdict: {site} @25% -> {p:+.1}% (want {want}) {verdict}");
+            if !ok(p) {
+                failures.push(format!("{site}: {p:+.1}% (want {want})"));
+            }
+        }
+        None => {
+            println!("verdict: {site} @25% -> missing cell FAIL");
+            failures.push(format!("{site}: missing cell"));
+        }
+    };
+    expect("store", &|p| p > 15.0, "> +15%");
+    for site in ["parse", "router", "pipeline", "serialize", "socket-write"] {
+        expect(site, &|p| p < 10.0, "< +10%");
+    }
+
+    if failures.is_empty() {
+        println!("verdict: PASS — planted bottleneck found, cold sites quiet");
+    } else {
+        println!("verdict: FAIL — {}", failures.join("; "));
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+}

examples/load_profile.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+//! Causal load-profiling target (RFC 007): the real urus hot path under
+//! EXTERNAL load — no planted bottleneck, no in-process load generation.
+//!
+//! Where `causal_bench` validates the machinery against a planted,
+//! known-answer store, this is the discovery tool: boot a bare server,
+//! let an external generator (wrk, pinned to different cores) drive it,
+//! sweep virtual speedups over the five lib sites (parse, router,
+//! pipeline, serialize, socket-write), and report which one causally
+//! limits throughput. External load is deliberate: the generator lives
+//! outside the smarm runtime, so it cannot absorb injected virtual
+//! delay — the same property `causal_bench` gets from plain OS threads.
+//!
+//! No pass/fail verdict — there is no known answer here. Trust gates
+//! only: traffic actually flowed through the sweep, and the ledger
+//! audit (printed) balances.
+//!
+//! Env:
+//!   URUS_PORT   listen port (default 8080; binds 0.0.0.0)
+//!   COZ_OUT     coz profile output path (default profile.coz)
+//!   WARMUP_MS   settle time after first traffic, ms (default 2000)
+//!
+//! Orchestration contract (the jobrunner run.sh): start this, wait for
+//! it to accept, point wrk at `GET /json/:id` with a duration that
+//! outlives the sweep, and stop wrk when this process exits.
+//!
+//!   cargo run --release --example load_profile --features smarm-causal
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use urus::{serve_with_shutdown, shutdown_handle, Config, Conn, Next, Pipeline, Router};
+
+fn env_u64(name: &str, default: u64) -> u64 {
+    std::env::var(name).ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(default)
+}
+
+/// The whole handler: param parse + JSON render. Deliberately thin — the
+/// subject is the lib path around it, not application work.
+fn json_id(conn: Conn, _next: Next) -> Conn {
+    let id: u64 = conn.params.get("id").and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+    conn.put_status(200)
+        .put_header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .put_body(format!("{{\"id\":{id}}}"))
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let port = env_u64("URUS_PORT", 8080) as u16;
+    let warmup = Duration::from_millis(env_u64("WARMUP_MS", 2000));
+    let coz_out = std::env::var("COZ_OUT").unwrap_or_else(|_| "profile.coz".into());
+
+    let addr: SocketAddr = format!("0.0.0.0:{port}").parse().expect("addr");
+    let (handle, signal) = shutdown_handle();
+    let server = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let pipe = Pipeline::new().plug(Router::new().get("/json/:id", json_id));
+        serve_with_shutdown(Config::new(addr), pipe, signal).expect("serve");
+    });
+
+    // Readiness is the orchestrator's job (TCP probe); ours is to not
+    // sweep before real traffic has registered every site and the
+    // progress point — `run_experiments` enumerates *registered* sites.
+    // 100 completed responses guarantees full end-to-end coverage.
+    let responses = |snap: &[(String, u64)]| {
+        snap.iter().find(|(n, _)| n == "responses").map(|(_, c)| *c).unwrap_or(0)
+    };
+    let t0 = Instant::now();
+    let seen = loop {
+        let n = responses(&smarm::causal::progress_snapshot());
+        if n >= 100 {
+            break n;
+        }
+        assert!(
+            t0.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(120),
+            "no load after 120s ({n} responses) — is the generator running?"
+        );
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+    };
+    println!("traffic up: {seen} responses; settling {warmup:?}");
+    std::thread::sleep(warmup);
+
+    // Same plan as causal_bench, for comparability across workloads.
+    let results = smarm::causal::run_experiments(&smarm::causal::ExperimentPlan {
+        speedups_pct: vec![0, 25, 50],
+        experiment: Duration::from_millis(700),
+        cooldown: Duration::from_millis(150),
+    });
+
+    handle.shutdown();
+    server.join().expect("server panicked");
+
+    print!("{}", smarm::causal::render_summary(&results));
+    print!("{}", smarm::causal::render_ledger_audit(&results));
+    match std::fs::write(&coz_out, smarm::causal::render_coz(&results)) {
+        Ok(()) => println!("\nwrote {coz_out}"),
+        Err(e) => eprintln!("\nfailed to write {coz_out}: {e}"),
+    }
+
+    // Trust gate: the sweep is meaningless if load didn't flow through it.
+    let total: u64 = results
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|r| r.deltas.iter())
+        .filter(|(n, _)| n == "responses")
+        .map(|(_, c)| c)
+        .sum();
+    println!("total responses across windows: {total}");
+    assert!(total > 0, "sweep saw zero progress");
+}

examples/plain_serve.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//! Plain benchmark server: the `load_profile` request path with zero causal
+//! machinery — the baseline half of the ka/close A/B matrix (the
+//! throughput-inversion chase).
+//!
+//! Identical route, handler, and `Config` construction to `load_profile`;
+//! differs only in having no `smarm-causal` feature, no sweep, and no
+//! shutdown path — it serves until killed. Throughput is measured
+//! externally (wrk).
+//!
+//! Env:
+//!   URUS_PORT           listen port (default 8080; binds 0.0.0.0)
+//!   URUS_SCHED_THREADS  smarm scheduler OS threads (default: smarm's own
+//!                       default). Malformed values panic rather than
+//!                       silently falling back — a benchmark knob that
+//!                       quietly reverts to default poisons the cell.
+//!
+//!   cargo run --release --example plain_serve
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use urus::{serve_with, Config, Conn, Next, Pipeline, Router};
+
+/// Mirrors `load_profile`'s handler byte for byte: param parse + JSON render.
+fn json_id(conn: Conn, _next: Next) -> Conn {
+    let id: u64 = conn.params.get("id").and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+    conn.put_status(200)
+        .put_header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .put_body(format!("{{\"id\":{id}}}"))
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let port: u16 = std::env::var("URUS_PORT")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(8080);
+    let addr: SocketAddr = format!("0.0.0.0:{port}").parse().expect("addr");
+    let sched_threads: Option<usize> = std::env::var("URUS_SCHED_THREADS").ok().map(|v| {
+        v.parse()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("URUS_SCHED_THREADS not a usize: {v:?}"))
+    });
+    // Audit line: lands in each bench cell's server.log so the effective
+    // scheduler count is recorded per cell, same discipline as mode-verify.
+    eprintln!("plain_serve: scheduler_threads={sched_threads:?}");
+    let mut cfg = Config::new(addr);
+    cfg.scheduler_threads = sched_threads;
+    let pipe = Pipeline::new().plug(Router::new().get("/json/:id", json_id));
+    serve_with(cfg, pipe).expect("serve");
+}

examples/ws_chat.rs

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl WsHandler for ChatHandler {
         // subscribed as.
         let _ = self
             .bus()
-            .broadcast_from(smarm::self_pid(), &self.topic(), text);
+            .broadcast_from(smarm::self_pid(), self.topic(), text);
     }
 
     fn on_close(&mut self, _code: Option<u16>, _reason: &str) {

scripts/e1-sched-sweep.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# E1: does the ka low-concurrency latency floor track idle-scheduler count?
+#
+# Mechanism under test (smarm): one shared level-triggered wake pipe; every
+# completion byte wakes ALL idle schedulers; one drain-lock winner; losers
+# stampede the timers/io/queue mutexes and re-sleep; `enqueue` is silent.
+# Prediction if right: at c <= 8, ka latency tail shrinks and throughput
+# rises as scheduler count drops (fewer idle pollers -> smaller herd);
+# close mode (control) stays flat or worsens as threads drop.
+#
+# Sweeps URUS_SCHED_THREADS x CONNS over the plain ka/close matrix,
+# PLAIN_ONLY — causal cells are irrelevant to E1. wrk side is byte-identical
+# to the 96b40ad5 conns sweep (THREADS=4, --latency) for comparability.
+#
+# Knobs: THREADS_SET CONNS_SET DUR REPS OUT (+ everything the matrix takes)
+set -euo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+THREADS_SET="${THREADS_SET:-1 2 4 8}"
+CONNS_SET="${CONNS_SET:-4 8}"
+DUR="${DUR:-15}"
+REPS="${REPS:-2}"
+OUT="${OUT:-/workspace/results}"
+
+mkdir -p "$OUT"
+say() { echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] $*" | tee -a "$OUT/e1.log"; }
+
+for t in $THREADS_SET; do
+  for c in $CONNS_SET; do
+    cell="$OUT/t${t}-c${c}"
+    say "=== E1 cell: sched_threads=$t conns=$c -> $cell ==="
+    URUS_SCHED_THREADS="$t" PLAIN_ONLY=1 \
+      DUR="$DUR" REPS="$REPS" CONNS="$c" OUT="$cell" \
+      bash scripts/ka-close-matrix.sh
+    # Cell audit: the knob must have actually reached the server. A cell
+    # whose server silently ran at default threads poisons the sweep — the
+    # exact failure class per-cell verification exists to catch.
+    for m in ka close; do
+      if ! grep -q "scheduler_threads=Some($t)" "$cell/plain-$m/server.log"; then
+        say "FATAL: t=$t c=$c mode=$m server.log lacks scheduler_threads=Some($t)"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    done
+    say "cell t=$t c=$c audit OK"
+  done
+done
+
+say "=== E1 SUMMARY ==="
+python3 - "$OUT" <<'PY' | tee -a "$OUT/e1.log"
+import re, sys, pathlib, statistics
+
+out = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1])
+
+def ms(tok):
+    m = re.match(r"([\d.]+)(us|ms|s)$", tok)
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    v = float(m.group(1))
+    return {"us": v / 1000, "ms": v, "s": v * 1000}[m.group(2)]
+
+def cell_stats(d):
+    reps, pcts = [], {}
+    for rep in sorted(d.glob("rep*.txt")):
+        t = rep.read_text()
+        m = re.search(r"Requests/sec:\s+([\d.]+)", t)
+        if m:
+            reps.append(float(m.group(1)))
+        for p, tok in re.findall(r"^\s+(50|75|90|99)%\s+(\S+)$", t, re.M):
+            pcts.setdefault(p, []).append(ms(tok))
+    if not reps:
+        return None
+    return (statistics.mean(reps),
+            {p: statistics.mean([v for v in vs if v is not None])
+             for p, vs in pcts.items()})
+
+cells = sorted(out.glob("t*-c*"))
+hdr = f"{'cell':>10} {'mode':>6} {'req/s':>9} {'p50ms':>7} {'p75ms':>7} {'p90ms':>7} {'p99ms':>7}"
+print(hdr); print("-" * len(hdr))
+for cell in cells:
+    for mode in ("ka", "close"):
+        s = cell_stats(cell / f"plain-{mode}")
+        if s is None:
+            continue
+        rps, p = s
+        print(f"{cell.name:>10} {mode:>6} {rps:>9.0f} "
+              f"{p.get('50', float('nan')):>7.3f} {p.get('75', float('nan')):>7.3f} "
+              f"{p.get('90', float('nan')):>7.3f} {p.get('99', float('nan')):>7.3f}")
+PY
+say "=== E1 DONE ==="

scripts/ka-close-matrix.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ka-close-matrix.sh — controlled ka/close A/B for the throughput-inversion
+# chase (handoff jar item), with the forgiveness-fix box validation folded
+# into the causal cells (handoff v13 PENDING, pull-forward agreed 2026-07-20).
+#
+# Cells, run in order on fresh ports:
+#   plain-ka, plain-close     examples/plain_serve (no causal feature).
+#                             Metric: wrk Requests/sec, REPS reps after a
+#                             discarded warmup.
+#   causal-ka, causal-close   examples/load_profile (smarm-causal). Metric:
+#                             the sweep summary + ledger audit (forgiveness
+#                             column, books balance); wrk is backdrop load
+#                             whose own numbers are injection-contaminated.
+#
+# Controls: byte-identical wrk invocation per mode pair except the
+# `Connection: close` header; server and wrk pinned to disjoint core sets
+# (SMT siblings left idle by default on the 5900X); the negotiated
+# connection behavior is verified via curl per cell and logged, so a
+# loadgen-config asymmetry can never silently explain a result again.
+#
+# Knobs (env, defaults for the 5900X box):
+#   DUR=30 REPS=2 CONNS=64 THREADS=4 PIN=1
+#   SERVER_CPUS=0-7 WRK_CPUS=8-11
+#   CAUSAL_WRK_DUR=300 BASE_PORT=8080
+#   OUT=/workspace/results
+#   PLAIN_BIN, CAUSAL_BIN     binary paths (default: target/release/examples/*)
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+DUR="${DUR:-30}"
+REPS="${REPS:-2}"
+CONNS="${CONNS:-64}"
+THREADS="${THREADS:-4}"
+PIN="${PIN:-1}"
+SERVER_CPUS="${SERVER_CPUS:-0-7}"
+WRK_CPUS="${WRK_CPUS:-8-11}"
+CAUSAL_WRK_DUR="${CAUSAL_WRK_DUR:-300}"
+BASE_PORT="${BASE_PORT:-8080}"
+OUT="${OUT:-/workspace/results}"
+PLAIN_BIN="${PLAIN_BIN:-target/release/examples/plain_serve}"
+CAUSAL_BIN="${CAUSAL_BIN:-target/release/examples/load_profile}"
+
+mkdir -p "$OUT"
+say() { echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] $*" | tee -a "$OUT/matrix.log"; }
+
+pin_server=(); pin_wrk=()
+if [ "$PIN" = 1 ]; then
+  pin_server=(taskset -c "$SERVER_CPUS")
+  pin_wrk=(taskset -c "$WRK_CPUS")
+fi
+
+# ---- environment record --------------------------------------------------
+{
+  date -u
+  uname -a
+  echo "nproc: $(nproc)"
+  lscpu -e 2>/dev/null || true
+  echo "port range: $(cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range 2>/dev/null)"
+  echo "somaxconn:  $(cat /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn 2>/dev/null)"
+  echo "wrk: $(wrk --version 2>&1 | head -1 || true)"
+  echo "PIN=$PIN SERVER_CPUS=$SERVER_CPUS WRK_CPUS=$WRK_CPUS"
+  echo "DUR=$DUR REPS=$REPS CONNS=$CONNS THREADS=$THREADS CAUSAL_WRK_DUR=$CAUSAL_WRK_DUR"
+} > "$OUT/env.txt"
+say "env recorded -> env.txt"
+
+# ---- helpers -------------------------------------------------------------
+run_wrk() { # $1=mode $2=duration_s $3=port
+  if [ "$1" = close ]; then
+    "${pin_wrk[@]}" wrk -t "$THREADS" -c "$CONNS" -d "${2}s" --latency \
+      -H "Connection: close" "http://127.0.0.1:$3/json/7"
+  else
+    "${pin_wrk[@]}" wrk -t "$THREADS" -c "$CONNS" -d "${2}s" --latency \
+      "http://127.0.0.1:$3/json/7"
+  fi
+}
+
+wait_port() { # $1=port
+  for _ in $(seq 1 150); do
+    curl -s -o /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:$1/json/1" && return 0
+    sleep 0.2
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+verify_mode() { # $1=mode $2=port — record what actually goes over the wire
+  echo "--- single request, mode=$1 ---"
+  if [ "$1" = close ]; then
+    curl -sv --http1.1 -H "Connection: close" -o /dev/null \
+      "http://127.0.0.1:$2/json/7" 2>&1 | grep -iE "^(> |< )(GET|HTTP|connection)" || true
+  else
+    curl -sv --http1.1 -o /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:$2/json/7" 2>&1 \
+      | grep -iE "^(> |< )(GET|HTTP|connection)" || true
+  fi
+  echo "--- reuse probe (two requests, one curl) ---"
+  curl -sv --http1.1 -o /dev/null -o /dev/null \
+    "http://127.0.0.1:$2/json/1" "http://127.0.0.1:$2/json/2" 2>&1 \
+    | grep -icE "re-us(ed|ing)" || true
+}
+
+# ---- plain cells ---------------------------------------------------------
+run_plain() { # $1=mode $2=port
+  local mode="$1" port="$2" d="$OUT/plain-$1"
+  mkdir -p "$d"
+  say "=== plain / $mode (port $port) ==="
+  URUS_PORT="$port" "${pin_server[@]}" "$PLAIN_BIN" > "$d/server.log" 2>&1 &
+  local spid=$!
+  wait_port "$port" || { say "FATAL: plain server never came up"; cat "$d/server.log"; exit 1; }
+  verify_mode "$mode" "$port" > "$d/mode-verify.txt" 2>&1
+  ss -s > "$d/ss-before.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
+  run_wrk "$mode" 5 "$port" > "$d/warmup.txt" 2>&1
+  for r in $(seq 1 "$REPS"); do
+    run_wrk "$mode" "$DUR" "$port" > "$d/rep$r.txt" 2>&1
+    grep -E "Requests/sec|Latency |requests in|Socket errors|Non-2xx" "$d/rep$r.txt" \
+      | sed "s/^/  [plain-$mode r$r] /" | tee -a "$OUT/matrix.log" || true
+  done
+  ss -s > "$d/ss-after.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
+  awk '{printf "server cpu jiffies (utime+stime): %d\n", $14+$15}' \
+    "/proc/$spid/stat" > "$d/server-cpu.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
+  kill "$spid" 2>/dev/null || true
+  wait "$spid" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+# ---- causal cells --------------------------------------------------------
+run_causal() { # $1=mode $2=port
+  local mode="$1" port="$2" d="$OUT/causal-$1"
+  mkdir -p "$d"
+  say "=== causal / $mode (port $port) ==="
+  URUS_PORT="$port" COZ_OUT="$d/profile.coz" WARMUP_MS=2000 \
+    "${pin_server[@]}" "$CAUSAL_BIN" > "$d/sweep.log" 2>&1 &
+  local spid=$!
+  wait_port "$port" || { say "FATAL: causal server never came up"; cat "$d/sweep.log"; exit 1; }
+  verify_mode "$mode" "$port" > "$d/mode-verify.txt" 2>&1
+  run_wrk "$mode" "$CAUSAL_WRK_DUR" "$port" > "$d/wrk-backdrop.txt" 2>&1 &
+  local wpid=$!
+  local rc=0
+  wait "$spid" || rc=$?
+  kill "$wpid" 2>/dev/null || true
+  wait "$wpid" 2>/dev/null || true
+  say "causal/$mode server exit=$rc (sweep + audit in sweep.log)"
+  if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then say "WARNING: causal/$mode exited nonzero"; fi
+}
+
+# ---- matrix --------------------------------------------------------------
+run_plain  ka    "$BASE_PORT"
+run_plain  close "$((BASE_PORT + 1))"
+if [ "${PLAIN_ONLY:-0}" != 1 ]; then
+  run_causal ka    "$((BASE_PORT + 2))"
+  run_causal close "$((BASE_PORT + 3))"
+fi
+
+# ---- summary -------------------------------------------------------------
+say "=== SUMMARY ==="
+python3 - "$OUT" <<'PY' | tee -a "$OUT/matrix.log"
+import re, sys, pathlib, statistics
+out = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1])
+means = {}
+for mode in ("ka", "close"):
+    vals = []
+    for rep in sorted((out / f"plain-{mode}").glob("rep*.txt")):
+        m = re.search(r"Requests/sec:\s+([\d.]+)", rep.read_text())
+        if m:
+            vals.append(float(m.group(1)))
+    if vals:
+        means[mode] = statistics.mean(vals)
+        print(f"plain-{mode}: reps={[f'{v:.0f}' for v in vals]} mean={means[mode]:.0f} req/s")
+if len(means) == 2:
+    r = means["close"] / means["ka"]
+    print(f"close/ka ratio: {r:.3f}", "-> INVERSION PRESENT (close beats ka)" if r > 1.05
+          else "-> no inversion (ka >= close)" if r < 0.95 else "-> parity")
+for mode in ("ka", "close"):
+    log = out / f"causal-{mode}" / "sweep.log"
+    if log.exists():
+        t = log.read_text()
+        keep = [l for l in t.splitlines()
+                if re.search(r"forgiv|books|audit|balance|total responses", l, re.I)]
+        print(f"-- causal-{mode} audit lines --")
+        for l in keep[:14]:
+            print("  " + l)
+PY
+say "=== MATRIX DONE ==="

src/channels/session.rs

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 
 use super::*;
 
-use smarm::gen_server::{self, GenServer, ServerCtx};
+use smarm::gen_server::{self, GenServer, GenServerCtx};
-use smarm::{Down, ServerRef, Watcher};
+use smarm::{Down, GenServerRef, Watcher};
 
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::hash::Hash;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub trait ChannelSession<P>: Send + 'static {
 pub(super) struct SessionFactory<P: Encode + Decode + Send + Sync + 'static, K: SessionKey> {
     inner: Arc<dyn ChannelFactory<P>>,
     keyfn: fn(&str, &P) -> K,
-    registry: ServerRef<Registry<P, K>>,
+    registry: GenServerRef<Registry<P, K>>,
 }
 
 /// The registry's working bounds for a session key.
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ pub(super) struct Join<P: Send + Sync + 'static, K> {
     inbound: Receiver<In<P>>,
 }
 
-struct Registry<P: Send + Sync + 'static, K> {
+struct Registry<P: Encode + Decode + Send + Sync + 'static, K: SessionKey> {
     factory: Arc<dyn ChannelFactory<P>>,
     cap: usize,
     ttl: Duration,
     sessions: HashMap<K, (Pid, Sender<Ctl<P>>)>,
     /// Reverse index for `handle_down` — the reason `Key: Clone`.
     pid_key: HashMap<Pid, K>,
-    watcher: Option<Watcher>,
+    watcher: Option<Watcher<Registry<P, K>>>,
 }
 
 impl<P: Encode + Decode + Send + Sync + 'static, K: SessionKey> GenServer for Registry<P, K> {
@@ -155,8 +155,9 @@ impl<P: Encode + Decode + Send + Sync + 'static, K: SessionKey> GenServer for Re
     type Reply = ();
     type Cast = Join<P, K>;
     type Info = ();
+    type Timer = ();
 
-    fn init(&mut self, ctx: &ServerCtx) {
+    fn init(&mut self, ctx: &GenServerCtx<Self>) {
         self.watcher = Some(ctx.watcher());
     }
 

src/conn.rs

@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ impl Body {
 // Empty `Vec`s are skipped by the pump (a zero-length chunk would
 // terminate chunked framing early), so they are safe to send but useless.
 
+#[derive(Default)]
 pub enum RespBody {
+    #[default]
     Empty,
     Bytes(Vec<u8>),
     Stream(StreamBody),
@@ -217,10 +219,6 @@ impl RespBody {
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for RespBody {
-    fn default() -> Self { RespBody::Empty }
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Params — path parameters extracted by the router.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/conn_actor.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::net::OwnedFd;
 use crate::parser::{self, ParseError};
 use crate::plug::Pipeline;
 
-use smarm::ServerRef;
+use smarm::GenServerRef;
 
 use std::io::{self, ErrorKind};
 use std::os::fd::RawFd;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn run_connection(
     fd: OwnedFd,
     pipeline: Pipeline,
     limits: ConnLimits,
-    registry: ServerRef<ConnRegistry>,
+    registry: GenServerRef<ConnRegistry>,
 ) {
     // The OwnedFd cleans up via Drop on any exit path (panic, error, or
     // normal close). No explicit close calls below.
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ pub fn run_connection(
         // If client sent `Expect: 100-continue`, emit it before reading the
         // body. RFC 7231 §5.1.1. We don't gate on app logic here; v1 always
         // accepts.
-        if parsed.expect_100 {
+        if parsed.expect_100
-            if write_all(raw, b"HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n", Instant::now() + limits.write_timeout).is_err() {
+            && write_all(raw, b"HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n", Instant::now() + limits.write_timeout).is_err()
+        {
             return;
         }
-        }
 
         // `consumed_past_head`: how many RAW bytes of `buf` past the head
         // this request's body occupied — for chunked bodies that is framing
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ pub fn run_connection(
         // Catch panics at the actor boundary — a panicking handler should
         // not take down the whole connection silently with no response.
         let result = std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
+            #[cfg(feature = "smarm-causal")]
+            let _g = smarm::causal_site!("pipeline");
             pipeline.run(conn)
         }));
 
@@ -273,7 +275,11 @@ pub fn run_connection(
         let keep_alive = keep_alive
             && !(version == HttpVersion::Http10 && (is_stream || is_error));
 
-        let head_bytes = parser::serialise_response(&response_conn, keep_alive);
+        let head_bytes = {
+            #[cfg(feature = "smarm-causal")]
+            let _g = smarm::causal_site!("serialize");
+            parser::serialise_response(&response_conn, keep_alive)
+        };
         if write_all(raw, &head_bytes, Instant::now() + limits.write_timeout).is_err() {
             return;
         }
@@ -285,10 +291,15 @@ pub fn run_connection(
             }
             if !chunked {
                 // EOF delimits the HTTP/1.0 stream body.
+                smarm::progress!("responses");
                 return;
             }
         }
 
+        // A full response (head + body, streamed or not) is on the wire:
+        // the unit of useful work for causal profiling (RFC 007).
+        smarm::progress!("responses");
+
         // ----- 5. Loop or close. -----
         if !keep_alive {
             return;
@@ -358,7 +369,12 @@ fn read_head(
         // Try to parse what we already have. On the first iteration of a
         // fresh keep-alive cycle, `buf` may already hold the next request.
         if !buf.is_empty() {
-            match parser::parse_head(buf, limits.max_headers) {
+            let head = {
+                #[cfg(feature = "smarm-causal")]
+                let _g = smarm::causal_site!("parse");
+                parser::parse_head(buf, limits.max_headers)
+            };
+            match head {
                 Ok(h)  => {
                     let deadline = request_deadline
                         .unwrap_or_else(|| Instant::now() + limits.request_timeout);
@@ -634,6 +650,11 @@ fn try_write_once(fd: RawFd, buf: &[u8]) {
 // wait_writable forever (the write-side twin of slowloris).
 
 pub(crate) fn write_all(fd: RawFd, mut buf: &[u8], deadline: Instant) -> io::Result<()> {
+    // The whole loop — writability parks included — runs under the
+    // `socket-write` causal site: a park inside a site is exactly what
+    // RFC 007's park-gated resume credit exists to attribute.
+    #[cfg(feature = "smarm-causal")]
+    let _g = smarm::causal_site!("socket-write");
     while !buf.is_empty() {
         // Park on writability before each syscall, bounded by the budget.
         let remaining = deadline.saturating_duration_since(Instant::now());

src/conn_registry.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 //! (roadmap v0.4+), which is why it exists as its own module rather than
 //! being inlined into `serve`.
 
-use smarm::{GenServer, Pid, ServerBuilder, ServerRef};
+use smarm::{GenServer, Pid, GenServerBuilder, GenServerRef};
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ impl GenServer for ConnRegistry {
     type Reply = Reply;
     type Cast  = Cast;
     type Info  = ();
+    type Timer = ();
 
     fn handle_call(&mut self, request: Call) -> Reply {
         match request {
@@ -137,8 +138,8 @@ impl GenServer for ConnRegistry {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn start() -> ServerRef<ConnRegistry> {
+pub fn start() -> GenServerRef<ConnRegistry> {
-    ServerBuilder::new(ConnRegistry::default()).start()
+    GenServerBuilder::new(ConnRegistry::default()).start()
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -149,13 +150,13 @@ pub fn start() -> ServerRef<ConnRegistry> {
 /// unwind, and panic unwind alike; the cast is infallible from the
 /// guard's perspective (a dead registry just returns an ignored Err).
 pub struct DeregisterGuard {
-    registry: ServerRef<ConnRegistry>,
+    registry: GenServerRef<ConnRegistry>,
     pid:      Pid,
     make:     fn(Pid) -> Cast,
 }
 
 impl DeregisterGuard {
-    pub fn new(registry: ServerRef<ConnRegistry>, pid: Pid, make: fn(Pid) -> Cast) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(registry: GenServerRef<ConnRegistry>, pid: Pid, make: fn(Pid) -> Cast) -> Self {
         Self { registry, pid, make }
     }
 }

src/parser.rs

@@ -123,11 +123,9 @@ pub fn parse_head(buf: &[u8], max_headers: usize) -> Result<ParsedHead, ParseErr
             "connection" => {
                 connection_hdr = Some(value.to_ascii_lowercase());
             }
-            "expect" => {
+            "expect" if value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("100-continue") => {
-                if value.eq_ignore_ascii_case("100-continue") {
                 expect_100 = true;
             }
-            }
             _ => {}
         }
         headers.append(&name_lower, value.to_string());

src/pubsub.rs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 //! # Why there is no `register(name)` helper (yet)
 //!
 //! smarm's registry maps `name → Pid`, but a `Pid` cannot be turned back
-//! into a `ServerRef` (the ref *is* the inbox sender). A useful named
+//! into a `GenServerRef` (the ref *is* the inbox sender). A useful named
 //! lookup therefore needs either smarm support (registry-held senders)
 //! or a process-global type-erased map here — both against the grain of
 //! the ratified design. Deferred; pass the handle.
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use smarm::gen_server::{self, GenServer, ServerCtx};
+use smarm::gen_server::{self, GenServer, GenServerCtx};
-use smarm::{channel, Down, Pid, Receiver, Sender, ServerRef, Watcher};
+use smarm::{channel, Down, Pid, Receiver, Sender, GenServerRef, Watcher};
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Public handle
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for PubSubDown {}
 /// Payloads are broadcast as `Arc<M>`: one allocation per broadcast, not
 /// per subscriber.
 pub struct PubSub<M: Send + Sync + 'static> {
-    server: ServerRef<Table<M>>,
+    server: GenServerRef<Table<M>>,
 }
 
 impl<M: Send + Sync + 'static> Clone for PubSub<M> {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ struct Table<M: Send + Sync + 'static> {
     /// retires the entry so a reused-slot pid (fresh generation) gets a
     /// fresh monitor.
     monitored: HashSet<Pid>,
-    watcher: Option<Watcher>,
+    watcher: Option<Watcher<Table<M>>>,
 }
 
 impl<M: Send + Sync + 'static> Table<M> {
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ impl<M: Send + Sync + 'static> GenServer for Table<M> {
     type Reply = Reply;
     type Cast = Cast<M>;
     type Info = ();
+    type Timer = ();
 
-    fn init(&mut self, ctx: &ServerCtx) {
+    fn init(&mut self, ctx: &GenServerCtx<Self>) {
         self.watcher = Some(ctx.watcher());
     }
 

src/router.rs

@@ -135,16 +135,29 @@ impl Plug for Router {
         // path matches but a same-path-different-method does, return 405.
         // Otherwise pass through to `next` so outer pipelines can layer a
         // 404 handler (or skip and let the connection actor emit a default).
+        //
+        // Matching runs under the `router` causal site (RFC 007); the
+        // winning handler and the `next` fall-through run outside it, so
+        // the site measures dispatch, not what it dispatches to.
         let mut path_seen = false;
-        for route in &self.routes {
+        let mut hit = None;
+        {
+            #[cfg(feature = "smarm-causal")]
+            let _g = smarm::causal_site!("router");
+            for (i, route) in self.routes.iter().enumerate() {
                 if let Some(params) = route.pattern.match_path(&conn.path) {
                     if route.method == conn.method {
-                    let conn = conn.put_params(params);
+                        hit = Some((i, params));
-                    return route.handler.call(conn, next);
+                        break;
                     }
                     path_seen = true;
                 }
             }
+        }
+        if let Some((i, params)) = hit {
+            let conn = conn.put_params(params);
+            return self.routes[i].handler.call(conn, next);
+        }
         if path_seen {
             // Path is known, method isn't — RFC 7231 §6.5.5.
             conn.put_status(405)

src/serve.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::conn_registry::{self, Call, Cast, ConnRegistry, Reply};
 use crate::net::{accept_nonblocking, bind_and_listen, OwnedFd};
 use crate::plug::Pipeline;
 
-use smarm::{ChildSpec, OneForOne, Restart, ServerRef, Strategy};
+use smarm::{ChildSpec, OneForOne, Restart, GenServerRef, Strategy};
 
 use std::io::{self, ErrorKind};
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, ToSocketAddrs};
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fn listener_loop(
     listener: Arc<OwnedFd>,
     pipeline: Pipeline,
     limits: ConnLimits,
-    registry: ServerRef<ConnRegistry>,
+    registry: GenServerRef<ConnRegistry>,
     shutdown: Arc<AtomicBool>,
 ) {
     let fd = listener.as_raw();
@@ -327,15 +327,6 @@ pub fn serve_with_shutdown(
             let sf = shutdown_flag.clone();
             sup = sup.child(ChildSpec::new(Restart::Transient, move || {
                 println!("urus: listener {} starting", i);
-                // Named for whereis-style introspection. On a restart the
-                // old binding points at a dead pid; smarm's registry
-                // evicts stale bindings lazily, so re-registering the
-                // same name is fine. Ignore the result — a registry
-                // hiccup must not take the listener down.
-                let _ = smarm::register(
-                    format!("urus.listener.{i}"),
-                    smarm::self_pid(),
-                );
                 listener_loop(lfd.clone(), p.clone(), limits, r.clone(), sf.clone());
             }));
         }
@@ -343,11 +334,13 @@ pub fn serve_with_shutdown(
         // faster than that trips the cap and tears the pool down — loud
         // failure over a zombie server.
         let sup_h = smarm::spawn(move || sup.run());
-        // Register via the JoinHandle's pid rather than inside the
+        // The old `urus.server` / `urus.listener.{i}` name registrations
-        // closure: the binding exists before the supervisor body runs a
+        // are gone with smarm's RFC 014 registry rework: `register` is now
-        // single instruction, so an early `whereis("urus.server")` can't
+        // `(Name<M>, Sender<M>)`, self-only — a name is a typed messaging
-        // race a None. Result ignored for the same reason as listeners.
+        // endpoint, not a pid tag. urus's bindings were introspection-only
-        let _ = smarm::register("urus.server", sup_h.pid());
+        // with no channel behind them, so they were dropped rather than
+        // faked with a unit channel. A real messageable `urus.server`
+        // name is in the icebox (ROADMAP.md).
 
         // Block until told to shut down. We poll `try_recv` + `sleep`
         // rather than parking in `recv`: a smarm `Sender::send` from a
@@ -399,7 +392,7 @@ pub fn serve_with_shutdown(
             }
         }
 
-        // 5. Our ServerRef drops here. The registry's inbox closes once
+        // 5. Our GenServerRef drops here. The registry's inbox closes once
         //    the last conn's clone drops with it, and the runtime winds
         //    down when the last actor exits.
     });

tests/integration.rs

@@ -89,24 +89,9 @@ fn hello_world() {
     assert_eq!(http_body(&resp), b"hello urus");
 }
 
-#[test]
+// `server_and_listeners_are_registered` was deleted with the RFC 014 port:
-fn server_and_listeners_are_registered() {
+// urus no longer binds `urus.server` / `urus.listener.{i}` names (see the
-    // `whereis` must run inside the runtime (the test itself is a foreign
+// note in serve.rs and the icebox entry in ROADMAP.md).
-    // OS thread with no runtime in its TLS), so probe from a handler —
-    // connection actors live in the runtime by construction.
-    let pipe = Pipeline::new().plug(
-        Router::new().get("/whereis", |c: Conn, _n: Next| {
-            let ok = smarm::whereis("urus.server").is_some()
-                && smarm::whereis("urus.listener.0").is_some()
-                && smarm::whereis("urus.listener.1").is_some(); // pool of 2
-            c.put_status(200).put_body(if ok { "registered" } else { "missing" })
-        })
-    );
-    let port = spawn_server(pipe);
-    let resp = send_request(port, b"GET /whereis HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
-    assert_eq!(http_status(&resp), 200);
-    assert_eq!(http_body(&resp), b"registered");
-}
 
 #[test]
 fn echo_body() {