Fix flaky stats-batch tests and extend Crucible E2E LOTL coverage.

Stop the stats batch timer in unit tests before reading pending coalesced state, teach the Playwright stub agent to emit lotl_tier stats, and prefer server/webroot so phase-8 E2E serves the current frontend build.

server/web/e2e/crucible-command.spec.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { fetchFleetSecret, loginToDashboard } from './fixtures';
 import {
   connectStubAgent,
   E2E_STUB_AGENT_HOSTNAME,
+  E2E_STUB_LOTL_BADGE,
   E2E_WHOAMI_RESPONSE,
 } from './stub-agent';
 
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ test.describe('Crucible remote command', () => {
 
     const fleetSecret = await fetchFleetSecret(request);
     disconnectStub = await connectStubAgent(baseURL, fleetSecret);
-    // Allow agent_online + DB upsert to settle before UI tests.
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 500));
+    // Allow agent_online, stats_batch (250ms coalesce), and DB upsert to settle.
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1_500));
   });
 
   test.afterAll(() => {
@@ -50,10 +51,15 @@ test.describe('Crucible remote command', () => {
     await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'whoami' }).click();
 
     const terminal = page.locator('.crucible-terminal');
-    await expect(terminal.getByText('whoami')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+    await expect(terminal.getByText('whoami', { exact: true })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
     await expect(terminal.getByText(E2E_WHOAMI_RESPONSE)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
   });
 
+  test('shows LOTL tier badge when stub sends lotl_tier', async ({ page }) => {
+    const card = page.locator('.crucible-node-card').filter({ hasText: E2E_STUB_AGENT_HOSTNAME });
+    await expect(card.getByText(E2E_STUB_LOTL_BADGE)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  });
+
   test('exec echo via master terminal shows output', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.getByText(E2E_STUB_AGENT_HOSTNAME).click();
     await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'CMD', exact: true }).click();

server/web/e2e/remote-actions.spec.ts

@@ -109,14 +109,21 @@ test.describe('Remote actions UI', () => {
   });
 
   test('mining ops disabled when only offline agent selected', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.getByText('Offline Node').click();
-    const pauseBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Pause', exact: true });
-    await expect(pauseBtn).toBeDisabled();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Resume', exact: true })).toBeDisabled();
+    const card = page.locator('.crucible-node-card').filter({ hasText: 'Offline Node' });
+    await card.click();
+    await expect(card).toHaveClass(/selected/);
+    const miningPause = page.locator('.cop-mining').getByRole('button', { name: 'Pause', exact: true });
+    const miningResume = page.locator('.cop-mining').getByRole('button', { name: 'Resume', exact: true });
+    await expect(miningPause).toBeDisabled();
+    await expect(miningResume).toBeDisabled();
   });
 
   test('bulk pause disabled when offline agent selected via toolbar', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.getByText('Offline Node').click();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Pause' }).first()).toBeDisabled();
+    const card = page.locator('.crucible-node-card').filter({ hasText: 'Offline Node' });
+    await card.click();
+    await expect(card).toHaveClass(/selected/);
+    await expect(page.locator('.fleet-bulk-bar')).toContainText('1 selected');
+    const bulkPause = page.locator('.fleet-bulk-bar').getByRole('button', { name: 'Pause', exact: true });
+    await expect(bulkPause).toBeDisabled();
   });
 });

server/web/e2e/stub-agent.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 export const E2E_STUB_AGENT_ID = 'e2e-crucible-agent';
 export const E2E_STUB_AGENT_HOSTNAME = 'E2E-Crucible-Host';
 export const E2E_WHOAMI_RESPONSE = 'e2e-whoami-ok';
+/** Active LOTL tier sent in stub stats — maps to "LOTL In-Process" in Crucible. */
+export const E2E_STUB_LOTL_TIER = 'inprocess';
+export const E2E_STUB_LOTL_BADGE = 'LOTL In-Process';
+
+const E2E_STUB_STATS_INTERVAL_MS = 1_000;
 
 type HubMessage = {
   type: string;
@@ -28,6 +33,26 @@ function send(ws: WebSocket, type: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>): vo
   ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type, payload }));
 }
 
+function sendStubStats(ws: WebSocket): void {
+  send(ws, 'stats', {
+    hashrate_15s: 42,
+    hashrate_1m: 42,
+    hashrate_15m: 42,
+    shares_submitted: 0,
+    shares_accepted: 0,
+    cpu_usage_pct: 5,
+    memory_usage_pct: 40,
+    uptime_seconds: 120,
+    active_method: 'inprocess',
+    mining_hashrate: 42,
+    lotl_tier: E2E_STUB_LOTL_TIER,
+    lotl_attempts: [
+      { tier: 'container', ok: false, error: 'e2e-no-docker', duration_ms: 100 },
+      { tier: 'inprocess', ok: true, duration_ms: 200 },
+    ],
+  });
+}
+
 function replyCommand(ws: WebSocket, action: string, command: string): void {
   let message = 'e2e-stub-ok';
   if (action === 'resume') {
@@ -88,6 +113,9 @@ export async function connectStubAgent(
     }, { once: true });
   });
 
+  sendStubStats(ws);
+  const statsTimer = setInterval(() => sendStubStats(ws), E2E_STUB_STATS_INTERVAL_MS);
+
   ws.addEventListener('message', (ev) => {
     let msg: HubMessage;
     try {
@@ -103,6 +131,7 @@ export async function connectStubAgent(
   });
 
   return () => {
+    clearInterval(statsTimer);
     ws.close();
   };
 }

server/web/src/help/forgeFormNormalize.ts

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export function normalizeForgeForm(form: BuildRequest): BuildRequest {
   // Linux LOTL persistence — Linux/universal workers only
   if (isWindowsOnlyTarget(next.target_os)) {
     next.linux_lotl_mode = 'off';
-  } else if (!next.linux_lotl_mode || next.linux_lotl_mode === '') {
+  } else if (!next.linux_lotl_mode) {
     next.linux_lotl_mode = 'off';
   }