Polish Deploy Recon page scan UX and Crucible cross-links.

server/web/e2e/deploy-recon.spec.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test.describe('Deploy Recon smoke', () => {
     await expect(page.getByTestId('dr-results')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
     await expect(page.getByTestId('dr-port-matrix')).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByTestId('dr-finding-ssrf')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: /Fleet spread to e2e-recon\.lab/i })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: /Fleet spread to e2e-recon\.lab/i }).first()).toBeVisible();
   });
 
   test('/browser-spread alias redirects to deploy recon', async ({ page }) => {

server/web/src/audio/ambientMusic.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export const PAGE_AMBIENT_INTENSITY: Record<string, number> = {
   '/dashboard': 0.65,
   '/builds': 0.55,
   '/pathtracer': 0.4,
+  '/deploy-recon': 0.75,
+  '/browser-spread': 0.75,
   '/settings': 0.25,
 };
 

server/web/src/components/Spread/CloudSpreadPanel.test.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /** @vitest-environment happy-dom */
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import CloudSpreadPanel from './CloudSpreadPanel';
 
 vi.mock('../../api/client', () => ({
@@ -11,11 +13,28 @@ vi.mock('../../api/client', () => ({
 }));
 
 describe('CloudSpreadPanel', () => {
+  afterEach(() => cleanup());
 
   it('renders cloud ecosystem hub', () => {
-    render(<CloudSpreadPanel serverUrl="https://deck.example" />);
+    render(
+      <MemoryRouter>
+        <CloudSpreadPanel serverUrl="https://deck.example" />
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+    );
     expect(screen.getByTestId('cloud-spread-panel')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByTestId('cloud-method-s3-cloudfront')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByTestId('cloud-method-minio')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('shows Crucible cross-link when recon host is entered', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(
+      <MemoryRouter>
+        <CloudSpreadPanel serverUrl="https://deck.example" />
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+    );
+    await user.type(screen.getAllByTestId('cloud-recon-host')[0], '10.1.2.50');
+    const link = screen.getByRole('link', { name: /Open Crucible spread tab/i });
+    expect(link).toHaveAttribute('href', '/crucible?reconHost=10.1.2.50&tab=spread&finding=ssm_document');
+  });
 });

server/web/src/components/Spread/CloudSpreadPanel.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { memo, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { HelpTip } from '../HelpTip';
+import { crucibleSpreadLink } from '../../help/deployRecon';
 import { cloudMethodsByGroup, RELATED_SPREAD_TEMPLATE_LINKS } from '../../help/cloudSpreadMethods';
 import CloudMethodPanel, { type CloudMethodConfig } from './CloudMethodPanel';
 import './CloudSpreadPanel.css';
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ export interface CloudSpreadPanelProps {
 }
 
 function CloudSpreadPanelInner({ serverUrl, buildId = '', campaign = '' }: CloudSpreadPanelProps) {
+  const [reconHost, setReconHost] = useState('');
   const [bucket, setBucket] = useState('aetherforge-shards');
   const [cloudfrontDomain, setCloudfrontDomain] = useState('');
   const [minioEndpoint, setMinioEndpoint] = useState('https://minio.example:9000');
@@ -64,6 +67,28 @@ function CloudSpreadPanelInner({ serverUrl, buildId = '', campaign = '' }: Cloud
       {cloudMethodsByGroup('generic').map((m) => (
         <CloudMethodPanel key={m.id} method={m} config={config} />
       ))}
+      <div className="cloud-spread-crucible-link">
+        <label className="cloud-spread-field">
+          <span className="label">
+            Recon host (no agent) <HelpTip field="ew_crucible_recon_link" />
+          </span>
+          <input
+            className="input mono"
+            placeholder="10.1.2.50 or ec2 internal IP"
+            value={reconHost}
+            onChange={(e) => setReconHost(e.target.value)}
+            data-testid="cloud-recon-host"
+          />
+        </label>
+        {reconHost.trim() ? (
+          <p className="form-hint">
+            <Link to={crucibleSpreadLink(reconHost.trim(), 'ssm_document')}>Open Crucible spread tab</Link>
+            {' '}— pre-fills deploy kit and spread-to-host for this target.
+          </p>
+        ) : (
+          <p className="form-hint">Paste a recon IP from service graph or vuln findings to continue in Crucible.</p>
+        )}
+      </div>
       <details className="cloud-spread-related">
         <summary className="font-tech">Related lateral templates</summary>
         <ul>

server/web/src/help/deployRecon.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ import {
 } from './deployRecon';
 import type { ReconScanReport } from '../types/recon';
 
+describe('crucibleSpreadLink', () => {
+  it('builds reconHost spread tab URL', () => {
+    expect(crucibleSpreadLink('10.1.2.50')).toBe('/crucible?reconHost=10.1.2.50&tab=spread');
+  });
+
+  it('includes finding when provided', () => {
+    expect(crucibleSpreadLink('10.1.2.50', 'winrm')).toContain('finding=winrm');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('deployRecon helpers', () => {
   it('maps scan form to API body', () => {
     expect(reconScanBody('10.0.0.1', 443, true, 'admin')).toEqual({
@@ -55,8 +65,4 @@ describe('deployRecon helpers', () => {
     expect(cards.some((c) => c.kind === 'cms')).toBe(true);
     expect(buildReconMermaid(report.ports, cards)).toContain('flowchart');
   });
-
-  it('crucible spread link encodes host and tab', () => {
-    expect(crucibleSpreadLink('10.0.0.5')).toBe('/crucible?tab=spread&spread_host=10.0.0.5');
-  });
 });

server/web/src/help/docAnchors.ts

@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ export const DOC_ANCHORS: Record<string, string> = {
   dash_install_funnel: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#campaign-war-room',
   crucible_node_roster: '/docs/#dashboard',
   crucible_tab_spread: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#lan',
+  crucible_recon_host: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#lan',
+  recon_deploy_kit: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#lotl-tier-vuln_recon',
+  fleet_spread_to_host: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#lan',
+  ew_crucible_recon_link: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#campaign-war-room',
   dr_overview: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#browser',
   dr_port_matrix: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#lan',
   dr_path_prefix: '/docs/SPREAD_TECHNIQUES.html#browser',

server/web/src/help/pageWeather.ts

@@ -205,6 +205,30 @@ export const PAGE_WEATHER: Record<string, PageWeatherConfig> = {
     gridDrift: 90,
     palette: 'dim',
   },
+  '/deploy-recon': {
+    vibe: 'emberwake-pulse',
+    intensity: 0.7,
+    speed: 0.48,
+    pulse: 1.1,
+    density: 0.82,
+    linkStrength: 0.65,
+    layerOpacity: 0.52,
+    orbDrift: 11,
+    gridDrift: 42,
+    palette: 'campaign',
+  },
+  '/browser-spread': {
+    vibe: 'emberwake-pulse',
+    intensity: 0.7,
+    speed: 0.48,
+    pulse: 1.1,
+    density: 0.82,
+    linkStrength: 0.65,
+    layerOpacity: 0.52,
+    orbDrift: 11,
+    gridDrift: 42,
+    palette: 'campaign',
+  },
 };
 
 export function resolvePageWeather(pathname: string): PageWeatherConfig {

server/web/src/help/settingHelp.test.ts

@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ describe('FIELD_HELP', () => {
     'forge_operation_mode',
     'forge_path_forge',
     'aws_erasure_swarm',
+    'recon_deploy_kit',
+    'fleet_spread_to_host',
   ] as const;
 
   it('defines help text for every documented field key', () => {

server/web/src/help/settingHelp.ts

@@ -200,4 +200,8 @@ export const FIELD_HELP: Record<string, string> = {
     'Optional operator webhook (T1071.005 lite). Calibrate POSTs JSON {event, title, message} on fleet events. Complements Telegram — not an agent transport channel.',
   aws_erasure_swarm:
     'S3 + CloudFront erasure swarm: deploy plans upload RS 4+2 shards when AF_AWS_* and AF_CLOUDFRONT_* env creds are set. Test connection runs S3 HeadBucket locally; IAM/bucket policy JSON is generated for your operator AWS account — the server does not provision resources.',
+  recon_deploy_kit:
+    'GET /api/v1/recon/deploy-kit returns a lane-specific kit for a recon host: dropper URLs (/get, install.ps1/sh), spread-kit ZIP export path, signed deploy-plan template, and SSM bundle when the finding maps to ssm_document. Used by Crucible recon spread and Emberwake cloud cross-links.',
+  fleet_spread_to_host:
+    'POST /api/v1/fleet/spread-to-host queues discover_and_join from the best online seed on the target /24 when no agent_id exists for the IP. Response includes recommended_command and operator_note when dispatch is deferred.',
 };

server/web/src/help/uiHelp.test.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ describe('UI_HELP', () => {
     'ew_war_room_leak',
     'ew_cloud_aws',
     'ew_cloud_generic',
+    'ew_crucible_recon_link',
+    'crucible_recon_host',
     'crucible_btn_spread_now',
     'crucible_btn_subnet_scan',
     'crucible_btn_hole_punch',

server/web/src/help/uiHelp.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ export const UI_HELP: Record<string, string> = {
     'AWS spread kits: S3+CloudFront erasure shards, SSM documents, Launch Templates, Fargate burst, EventBridge fan-out, and Cloud Map snippets. Connection test is HTTP reachability only — operator applies templates in their AWS account.',
   ew_cloud_generic:
     'Vendor-neutral cloud kits: MinIO S3-compatible staging and curl-manifest shard lists. Point bucket/endpoint fields at your operator-owned origin.',
+  ew_crucible_recon_link:
+    'Cross-link to Crucible with ?reconHost= — opens the spread tab, loads GET /api/v1/recon/deploy-kit, and shows spread-to-unreachable-host when no fleet agent matches the IP.',
+
+  crucible_recon_host:
+    'Query param ?reconHost= pre-filters the roster to matching IP/hostname and opens Spread ops. When the host has no online agent, use manual IP target + Spread to host (POST /api/v1/fleet/spread-to-host).',
 
   crucible_btn_spread_now:
     'Triggers the lateral movement sweep immediately on selected nodes — tries discovered LAN IPs from ARP, SMB, and subnet scan results. Requires Remote Aggressive Ops capability; a prior subnet scan or ARP run gives it more targets.',

server/web/src/pages/CruciblePage.test.tsx

@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ vi.mock('../hooks/useFleetGroups', () => ({
 vi.mock('../api/client', () => ({
   api: {
     sendAgentCommand: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    getReconDeployKit: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      host: '10.1.2.99',
+      join_lane: 'winrm',
+      dropper_urls: { install_sh: 'https://deck/install.sh' },
+    }),
+    postFleetSpreadToHost: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      host: '10.1.2.99',
+      recommended_command: 'discover_and_join',
+      operator_note: 'seed from lan-1',
+      seed_agent_id: 'seed-1',
+    }),
   },
 }));
 
@@ -75,6 +88,10 @@ vi.mock('../components/Fleet/FullSysCheckPanel', () => ({
   default: () => null,
 }));
 
+vi.mock('../components/Fleet/AccessDepthPanel', () => ({
+  default: () => null,
+}));
+
 vi.mock('../components/HelpTip', () => ({
   HelpTip: () => null,
 }));
@@ -304,6 +321,25 @@ describe('CruciblePage terminal — command_result processing', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('CruciblePage reconHost query', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
+  afterEach(() => cleanup());
+
+  it('shows unreachable host spread panel when reconHost has no online agent', async () => {
+    const offline = mockAgent({ id: 'off-1', name: 'ghost', ip: '10.1.2.99', status: 'offline' });
+    useWebSocketMock.mockReturnValue(makeWsValue({ agents: [offline] }) as ReturnType<typeof useWebSocket>);
+    render(
+      <MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/crucible?reconHost=10.1.2.99&tab=spread']}>
+        <CruciblePage />
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText(/Spread to unreachable host/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByDisplayValue('10.1.2.99')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
+
 // ── Helper function tests ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe('CruciblePage helpers', () => {

server/web/src/pages/DeployReconPage.test.tsx

@@ -93,23 +93,24 @@ describe('DeployReconPage', () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(api.reconScan).toHaveBeenCalled());
     expect(screen.getByTestId('dr-port-matrix')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByTestId('dr-finding-ssrf')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: /Fleet spread to scan\.lab/i })).toHaveAttribute(
-      'href',
-      '/crucible?tab=spread&spread_host=scan.lab',
-    );
+    const spreadLinks = screen.getAllByRole('link', { name: /Fleet spread to scan\.lab/i });
+    expect(spreadLinks[0]).toHaveAttribute('href', '/crucible?reconHost=scan.lab&tab=spread');
   });
 
   it('shows skeleton while scanning', async () => {
-    let resolveScan!: (v: ReconScanReport) => void;
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ shouldAdvanceTime: true });
+    let resolveScan: ((v: ReconScanReport) => void) | undefined;
     vi.spyOn(api, 'reconScan').mockImplementation(
       () => new Promise((res) => { resolveScan = res; }),
     );
-    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const user = userEvent.setup({ advanceTimers: vi.advanceTimersByTime });
     renderPage();
     await user.type(screen.getByTestId('dr-host-input'), 'slow.lab');
     await user.click(screen.getByTestId('dr-scan-btn'));
     expect(screen.getByTestId('dr-scan-skeleton')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    resolveScan(sampleReport);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(400);
+    resolveScan?.(sampleReport);
     expect(await screen.findByTestId('dr-results')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 });

server/web/src/pages/DeployReconPage.tsx

@@ -218,15 +218,13 @@ export default function DeployReconPage() {
   const runScan = useCallback(async () => {
     const trimmed = host.trim();
     if (!trimmed) {
+      setScanning(false);
       setError('Host or IP required');
       return;
     }
     abortRef.current?.abort();
     const controller = new AbortController();
     abortRef.current = controller;
-    setScanning(true);
-    setError('');
-    setReport(null);
     const portNum = parseInt(port, 10) || 80;
     try {
       const body = reconScanBody(trimmed, portNum, https, pathPrefix);
@@ -241,11 +239,20 @@ export default function DeployReconPage() {
   }, [host, port, https, pathPrefix]);
 
   const scheduleScan = useCallback(() => {
+    const trimmed = host.trim();
+    if (!trimmed) {
+      setError('Host or IP required');
+      return;
+    }
+    abortRef.current?.abort();
+    setScanning(true);
+    setError('');
+    setReport(null);
     if (debounceRef.current) clearTimeout(debounceRef.current);
     debounceRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
       void runScan();
     }, SCAN_DEBOUNCE_MS);
-  }, [runScan]);
+  }, [host, runScan]);
 
   useEffect(() => () => {
     abortRef.current?.abort();