// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Build orchestrator — the build phase of an eval run behind an explicit seam
// (TRUST-261). Owns the per-(iteration, fileSlug) build cache, lane
// acquisition/retry against transient transport failures, and the per-build
// side-band capture (transcript, expectation verdicts, agent context, run
// debug) that reshape/target consume later. Deliberately LangSmith-blind: the
// traceable lane wrappers are constructed by the caller and injected as
// `LaneState`, so tracing stays a caller concern.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

import type { InstanceAiRunDebugResponse } from '@n8n/api-types';
import { sleep } from '@n8n/utils/sleep';

import type { LaneAllocator } from './lane-allocator';
import { provisionCaseBuildUser, type LaneUserPool } from './lane-users';
import { collectExpectations } from '../build-expectations/collect';
import { selectAuthorExpectations } from '../build-expectations/select';
import { allFailVerdicts, verifyBuildExpectations } from '../build-expectations/verifier';
import type { CliArgs } from '../cli/args';
import {
	buildWorkflowViaMcp,
	stageLaneMcpConfig,
	unlinkStagedMcpConfig,
	type McpBuildResult,
	type McpBuildSettings,
} from '../cli/mcp-builder';
import { N8nClient } from '../clients/n8n-client';
import {
	fetchAgentScenarioContext,
	findAgentArtifactRef,
	type executeAgentScenario,
} from '../harness/agent-execution';
import { resolveArtifactContext } from '../harness/artifacts/artifact-context';
import { attributionForExpectation } from '../harness/attribution';
import {
	buildFailedOnInfra,
	leakHaystackFor,
	redactLocalRunSecrets,
	searchableBuildText,
	scrubLocalSecretsFromBuild,
	type BuildResult,
} from '../harness/build-workflow';
import { captureThreadRunDebug } from '../harness/capture-run-debug';
import { effectiveTimeoutMs, runWorkflowChecks } from '../harness/cleanup';
import {
	credentialSetupExpectationTexts,
	runCredentialSetupChecks,
} from '../harness/credential-setup-checks';
import type { EvalLogger } from '../harness/logger';
import {
	fetchPrebuiltBuild,
	pickPrebuiltWorkflowId,
	type PrebuiltManifest,
} from '../harness/prebuilt-workflows';
import type { executeScenario } from '../harness/scenario-execution';
import type { ScenarioSeedContext } from '../harness/seed-tables';
import {
	extractErrorMessage,
	findProviderOutage,
	isRequestAbort,
	isTransientNetworkError,
	MAX_PROVIDER_BUILD_ATTEMPTS,
	providerRetryBackoffMs,
} from '../harness/transient-error';
import type {
	BuildExpectationResult,
	ExecutionScenario,
	TestCaseCredential,
	TranscriptTurn,
	WorkflowTestCase,
} from '../types';
import { conversationUserTurnsAsText } from '../utils/conversation-text';

/** Attempts (initial + retries) for a build hitting transient network errors. */
export const MAX_BUILD_ATTEMPTS = 3;

export interface Lane {
	client: N8nClient;
	/** Base URL the client was constructed with, forwarded for the HTML report. */
	baseUrl: string;
	preRunWorkflowIds: Set<string>;
	/** Data tables present before any build here — the scenario-table eviction's
	 *  allowlist, so it can't delete a concurrent iteration's live table. */
	preRunDataTableIds: Set<string>;
	claimedWorkflowIds: Set<string>;
	/** Credentials created for test cases on this lane; cleaned up after the run. */
	createdCredentialIds: Set<string>;
	/** Workflows built/fetched on THIS lane to delete after the run (opt-in). Kept
	 *  per-lane because prebuilt/MCP-built workflows only exist on their own lane —
	 *  deleting them via another lane's client would 404. */
	workflowIdsToDelete: Set<string>;
	/** Pool of invited member users for `--build-via-mcp` — each build claims one
	 *  so its MCP credential/workflow view is isolated to that user. */
	mcpUserPool?: LaneUserPool;
}

/** One `claude` build's Anthropic spend (`--build-via-mcp` only). Mirrors
 *  McpBuildResult: cost and turns are summed across every attempt of the
 *  build, so totals are the run's true spend (failed attempts cost money too). */
export interface McpBuildSpend {
	costUsd: number;
	turns: number;
}

export type BuildArgs = Pick<
	WorkflowTestCase,
	| 'conversation'
	| 'messageBudget'
	| 'credentials'
	| 'seed'
	| 'executionScenarios'
	| 'outcomeExpectations'
	// Load-bearing, not metadata: the credential-setup lane is selected from
	// this, and a build that never receives it silently runs without a browser —
	// the case then fails as if the AGENT had misbehaved. `wrap()` erases the
	// callback's parameter type, so tsc cannot catch a dropped field here; the
	// orchestrator test pins it.
	| 'credentialFixture'
> & {
	timeoutMs: number;
	/** Which case this build is, and which repeat of it. Not used by the build
	 *  itself — it rides to `ensureThread` as sourceContext so the LangSmith
	 *  trace carries `source_context.evalCase` / `evalIteration`. Without it
	 *  every build in a traced project is an anonymous conversation. */
	fileSlug: string;
	iteration: number;
};

/** A lane plus the allocator-managed counters and the caller-provided (traced)
 *  build/execute wrappers. `runner` is the underlying Lane (n8n client,
 *  credential state) — named distinctly so it doesn't shadow loop variables. */
export interface LaneState {
	runner: Lane;
	laneNum: number;
	activeBuilds: number;
	inflightKeys: Set<string>;
	tracedBuild: (buildArgs: BuildArgs) => Promise<BuildResult>;
	tracedExecute: (execArgs: {
		workflowId: string;
		scenario: ExecutionScenario;
		workflowJsons: BuildResult['workflowJsons'];
		buildTrace?: BuildResult['buildTrace'];
		timeoutMs: number;
		seedContext?: ScenarioSeedContext;
	}) => Promise<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof executeScenario>>>;
	tracedExecuteAgent: (execArgs: {
		agentId: string;
		scenario: ExecutionScenario;
		agentContext: string;
		buildTrace?: BuildResult['buildTrace'];
		timeoutMs: number;
		testCaseName?: string;
	}) => Promise<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof executeAgentScenario>>>;
}

/** Map eval CLI args to the shared MCP builder's settings. */
function mcpBuildSettingsFromArgs(args: CliArgs): McpBuildSettings {
	return {
		serverName: args.mcpServerName,
		model: args.buildModel,
		maxAttempts: args.buildMaxAttempts,
		mcpTimeoutMs: args.buildMcpTimeoutMs,
		buildTimeoutMs: args.buildTimeoutMs,
		buildCwd: args.buildCwd,
	};
}

/**
 * Build a workflow on `lane` by driving that lane's MCP server with `claude -p`,
 * then adapt it into a BuildResult by fetching it back (prebuilt-style) — so the
 * verify path is identical to `--prebuilt-workflows`. Never throws: a failed
 * build resolves to an unsuccessful BuildResult. The workflow lives on `lane`,
 * so the caller must verify it on that same lane.
 *
 * Each build runs as its own member user with the declared credentials seeded
 * into that user's personal project (see lane-users.ts); the lane owner's
 * global scopes cover the fetch-back and verification.
 */
async function buildWorkflowViaMcpOnLane(config: {
	lane: Lane;
	conversation: WorkflowTestCase['conversation'];
	credentials?: TestCaseCredential[];
	slug: string;
	iteration: number;
	args: CliArgs;
	logDir: string;
	logger: EvalLogger;
	/** Run-wide spend collector; every attempt is recorded, success or not. */
	buildSpend: McpBuildSpend[];
}): Promise<BuildResult> {
	const { lane, conversation, credentials, slug, iteration, args, logDir, logger, buildSpend } =
		config;
	const failure = (error: string): BuildResult => ({
		success: false,
		error,
		workflowJsons: [],
		createdWorkflowIds: [],
		createdDataTableIds: [],
	});
	if (!lane.mcpUserPool) {
		return failure(`Lane ${lane.baseUrl} has no MCP build user pool — cannot build via MCP`);
	}

	let mcpApiKey: string;
	try {
		mcpApiKey = await provisionCaseBuildUser({
			pool: lane.mcpUserPool,
			memberClient: new N8nClient(lane.baseUrl),
			credentials,
			onCredentialCreated: (id) => lane.createdCredentialIds.add(id),
			logger,
		});
	} catch (error) {
		return failure(`MCP build user/credential setup failed: ${extractErrorMessage(error)}`);
	}

	const mcpConfigPath = stageLaneMcpConfig({
		serverName: args.mcpServerName,
		url: `${lane.baseUrl}/mcp-server/http`,
		apiKey: mcpApiKey,
	});

	let result: McpBuildResult;
	try {
		result = await buildWorkflowViaMcp({
			conversation: conversation ?? [],
			slug,
			iteration,
			mcpConfigPath,
			settings: mcpBuildSettingsFromArgs(args),
			logDir,
			log: (message) => logger.info(message),
		});
	} finally {
		unlinkStagedMcpConfig(mcpConfigPath);
	}

	// Record spend whether or not the build produced a workflow — failed builds
	// cost money too, and this is the run's spend record.
	buildSpend.push({ costUsd: result.cost, turns: result.turns });

	// Register for cleanup the moment the id exists. If the fetch-back below
	// fails, the failure BuildResult carries no workflowId, so success-guarded
	// bookkeeping at the call sites would never see it and the workflow would
	// survive the run despite cleanup being on. On this path cleanup is exactly
	// !keepWorkflows (--delete-prebuilt-workflows is rejected with --build-via-mcp).
	if (result.workflowId && !args.keepWorkflows) {
		lane.workflowIdsToDelete.add(result.workflowId);
	}

	if (!result.workflowId) {
		return failure(`MCP build produced no workflow (${result.failureReason ?? 'unknown'})`);
	}

	return await fetchPrebuiltBuild(lane.client, result.workflowId, logger);
}

// Direct fetch (not N8nClient) so a hung lane can't stall the probe.
export async function laneHealthy(lane: LaneState): Promise<boolean> {
	try {
		const res = await fetch(`${lane.runner.baseUrl}/healthz/readiness`, {
			signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5_000),
		});
		return res.ok;
	} catch {
		return false;
	}
}

export interface CachedBuild {
	build: BuildResult;
	lane: LaneState;
	buildDurationMs: number;
	/** `claude` spend for this case's build (`--build-via-mcp` only) — feeds the
	 *  per-row build_cost_usd/build_turns feedback and eval-results.json. */
	buildSpend?: McpBuildSpend;
}

export interface BuildOrchestratorDeps {
	args: CliArgs;
	logger: EvalLogger;
	laneStates: LaneState[];
	allocator: LaneAllocator<LaneState>;
	testCaseByFileSlug: Map<string, WorkflowTestCase>;
	prebuiltManifest?: PrebuiltManifest;
	cleanupBuiltWorkflows: boolean;
	mcpBuildLogDir?: string;
	mcpBuildSpend: McpBuildSpend[];
	// Side-band sinks owned by the caller: reshape/target read them after the
	// build phase, keyed by threadId or the `iteration:fileSlug` build key.
	transcriptByThreadId: Map<string, TranscriptTurn[]>;
	buildExpectationsByKey: Map<string, Promise<BuildExpectationResult[]>>;
	runDebugByThreadId: Map<string, Promise<InstanceAiRunDebugResponse[]>>;
	agentContextByKey: Map<string, Promise<string>>;
	/** Injectable delay for the provider-outage retry backoff — tests pass a no-op. */
	sleep?: (ms: number) => Promise<void>;
}

export interface BuildOrchestrator {
	getOrBuild: (iteration: number, fileSlug: string) => Promise<CachedBuild>;
	/** Live cache — `releaseCaseRow` deletes cleaned entries; the end-of-run pass drains the rest. */
	buildCache: Map<string, Promise<CachedBuild>>;
	/** Transport-evicted builds whose artifacts still need the end-of-run drain. */
	orphanedBuilds: Array<{ build: BuildResult; client: N8nClient }>;
	buildDurations: Map<string, number>;
}

export function createBuildOrchestrator(deps: BuildOrchestratorDeps): BuildOrchestrator {
	const {
		args,
		logger,
		laneStates,
		allocator,
		testCaseByFileSlug,
		prebuiltManifest,
		cleanupBuiltWorkflows,
		mcpBuildLogDir,
		mcpBuildSpend,
		transcriptByThreadId,
		buildExpectationsByKey,
		runDebugByThreadId,
		agentContextByKey,
	} = deps;
	const delay = deps.sleep ?? sleep;

	// A build that sat out its timeout against a dead lane reports "Run timed
	// out", not "fetch failed" — so any failed build also health-probes its lane.
	// A request abort counts too; the chat loop's own overrun ("Run timed out after
	// Nms") does not — that is the agent being slow on a healthy lane.
	async function isTransportFailure(build: BuildResult, lane: LaneState): Promise<boolean> {
		if (build.success) return false;
		if (
			build.error !== undefined &&
			(isTransientNetworkError(build.error) || isRequestAbort(build.error))
		) {
			return true;
		}
		return !(await laneHealthy(lane));
	}

	/**
	 * Classify a finished build and stamp the failure fields the row layer reads.
	 * A provider outage is transient even though the lane is perfectly healthy —
	 * the failure is upstream of it — so it has to be detected before the health
	 * probe gets a vote (TRUST-374).
	 */
	async function classifyBuildFailure(
		build: BuildResult,
		lane: LaneState,
		since: number,
	): Promise<{ transient: boolean; providerOutage?: string }> {
		if (build.success) return { transient: false };
		const providerOutage = findProviderOutage(build);
		if (providerOutage !== undefined) {
			build.providerOutage = providerOutage;
			build.transportFailure = true;
			return { transient: true, providerOutage };
		}
		const transient =
			(await isTransportFailure(build, lane)) || allocator.wasQuarantinedSince(lane, since);
		build.transportFailure = transient;
		return { transient };
	}

	const buildCache = new Map<string, Promise<CachedBuild>>();
	// Transport-evicted builds leave buildCache before any cleanup pass sees
	// them, but their artifacts (restored workflows, data tables, thread — and
	// with it the sandbox) are real. Stash them for the end-of-run drain; the
	// lane may be mid-restart at eviction time, so immediate cleanup can't work.
	const orphanedBuilds: Array<{ build: BuildResult; client: N8nClient }> = [];
	const buildDurations = new Map<string, number>();

	function stashTranscript(build: BuildResult): void {
		scrubLocalSecretsFromBuild(build);
		if (build.threadId && build.transcript) {
			transcriptByThreadId.set(build.threadId, build.transcript);
		}
	}

	// Agent config + skills, fetched once per build and shared by every
	// scenario row of the case (the agent analog of the cached workflow JSON).
	function stashAgentContext(key: string, client: N8nClient, build: BuildResult): void {
		const agentRef = findAgentArtifactRef(build.artifactRefs);
		if (!agentRef) return;
		agentContextByKey.set(key, fetchAgentScenarioContext(client, agentRef, logger));
	}

	function stashRunDebug(client: N8nClient, build: BuildResult): void {
		if (!build.threadId) return;
		// Re-read from n8n AFTER the build was scrubbed, so it arrives raw and the
		// run-debug report would render a local run's real key verbatim.
		runDebugByThreadId.set(
			build.threadId,
			captureThreadRunDebug(client, build.threadId, logger)
				.then((debug) => redactLocalRunSecrets(debug, build.credentialSetup))
				// Drop the payload rather than ship it or kill the run: run debug is
				// diagnostic, and an unscrubable local run must not reach the report.
				.catch((error: unknown) => {
					logger.warn(
						`  Dropped run debug for thread ${build.threadId ?? '?'}: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
					);
					return [];
				}),
		);
	}

	// Judge author expectations once per build (off the scenario critical path);
	// reshapeLangSmithRuns awaits and merges the verdicts by the build-cache key,
	// and target() embeds them in run outputs so baseline fetches can score them.
	// Full builds judge process + outcome against the real transcript; prebuilt/MCP
	// builds (no transcript) judge only outcome expectations against the workflow,
	// with the authored conversation as request context — mirroring the direct loop.
	function stashBuildExpectations(
		key: string,
		fileSlug: string,
		client: N8nClient,
		build: BuildResult,
		isPrebuilt: boolean,
	): void {
		// `scrubLocalSecrets` (in stashTranscript, which always runs first) has
		// already redacted a local run's transcript and kept the pre-scrub text
		// off-build for exactly this check.
		// Hermetic mode scrubs nothing, so there is no snapshot — but the surfaces
		// scanned must be the same ones, hence the shared builder.
		const searchableRunText =
			(build.credentialSetup && leakHaystackFor(build.credentialSetup)) ??
			searchableBuildText(build);
		const testCase = testCaseByFileSlug.get(fileSlug);
		if (!testCase) return;
		// Staging never landed, so the case has no premise to be judged against. The row
		// itself is short-circuited in `case-pipeline`, but expectations are counted
		// separately and only a verdict's OWN `incomplete` excludes it — the row's flag
		// does not reach them. A priorRuns case is usually expectation-only, so without
		// this the single graded unit still lands in the builder's baseline as a red.
		if (build.priorRunFailed) {
			buildExpectationsByKey.set(
				key,
				Promise.resolve(
					allFailVerdicts(
						collectExpectations(testCase),
						`not judged — prior run staging did not land, so the case premise is missing: ${build.priorRunFailed}`,
					),
				),
			);
			return;
		}
		// Deterministic credential-setup verdicts, started EAGERLY: per-build
		// cleanup deletes artifacts later, and a credential read that lost that
		// race would report "not created" for a run that did create one.
		const injected = build.credentialSetup
			? runCredentialSetupChecks({
					client,
					facts: build.credentialSetup,
					searchableRunText,
					logger,
				}).catch((error: unknown) => {
					const reason = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
					logger.warn(`  Credential-setup checks failed: ${reason}`);
					// Incomplete, not dropped: an empty array let the case pass on
					// authored expectations with nothing deterministic behind it.
					return allFailVerdicts(
						credentialSetupExpectationTexts(build.credentialSetup?.credentialType),
						`Credential-setup checks could not run: ${reason}`,
					);
				})
			: undefined;
		const { expectations, transcript, unjudged } = selectAuthorExpectations({
			testCase,
			transcript: build.transcript,
			buildSucceeded: build.success,
			isPrebuilt,
			logger,
		});
		// Attributed here, where we still know WHY the build ended: a build that
		// died on infra produced nothing to judge, so its expectations are unowned
		// rather than the agent's miss. Both readers of this map (the row outputs
		// and reshape's side band) then carry the same verdict (TRUST-375).
		const infraFailed = buildFailedOnInfra(build);
		const attribute = (verdicts: BuildExpectationResult[]): BuildExpectationResult[] =>
			verdicts.map((v) => ({ ...v, attribution: attributionForExpectation(v, infraFailed) }));
		// The lane's deterministic verdicts ride along on EVERY path, including the
		// unjudged one: they describe what the run actually did to the provider and
		// to n8n, which stays true whether or not the author expectations got judged.
		// Deliberately not passed through `attribute` — that answers "is this the
		// agent's miss or infra's", and these are measurements, not judgements.
		const withInjected = async (
			verdicts: BuildExpectationResult[] | Promise<BuildExpectationResult[]>,
		): Promise<BuildExpectationResult[]> =>
			injected ? [...(await verdicts), ...(await injected)] : await verdicts;
		// Recorded as incomplete rather than dropped, so the case keeps its unit
		// count and the report says why they weren't graded.
		if (unjudged.length > 0) {
			buildExpectationsByKey.set(key, withInjected(attribute(unjudged)));
			return;
		}
		if (expectations.length === 0) {
			if (injected) buildExpectationsByKey.set(key, injected);
			return;
		}
		buildExpectationsByKey.set(
			key,
			withInjected(
				(async () =>
					await verifyBuildExpectations(expectations, {
						transcript,
						workflowJson: build.workflowJsons[0],
						metrics: build.conversationMetrics,
						// Rendered non-workflow artifacts (agent AND config-eval), sectioned
						// with "(no <type> produced)" fallbacks, so outcome expectations can
						// judge artifact existence, absence and content — parity with the
						// retired direct loop, which always threaded resolveArtifactContext.
						artifactContext: await resolveArtifactContext({
							artifactRefs: build.artifactRefs ?? [],
							client,
							logger,
						}),
					}))()
					.catch((error: unknown) =>
						allFailVerdicts(
							expectations,
							`judge error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
						),
					)
					.then(attribute),
			),
		);
	}

	async function getOrBuild(iteration: number, fileSlug: string): Promise<CachedBuild> {
		// Cache key on (iteration, fileSlug) — every scenario in a test-case file
		// shares this build, and prebuilt + orchestrator-built paths use the same key.
		const key = `${String(iteration)}:${fileSlug}`;
		const existing = buildCache.get(key);
		if (existing) return await existing;
		const promise = (async () => {
			if (args.buildViaMcp) {
				// Fused MCP build: acquire a lane (work-stealing, capped per-lane),
				// drive its MCP server with `claude` to build the workflow, then
				// verify on that SAME lane. This is what lets N lanes parallelize the
				// whole build+verify pipeline in one process (no manifest, no merge).
				const entry = testCaseByFileSlug.get(fileSlug);
				if (!entry) throw new Error(`No conversation found for fileSlug=${fileSlug}`);
				const lane = await allocator.acquire(fileSlug);
				const start = Date.now();
				let build: BuildResult;
				// Local collector so this case's spend stays attributable to its own
				// rows; drained into the run-wide record right after the build.
				const caseSpend: McpBuildSpend[] = [];
				try {
					build = await buildWorkflowViaMcpOnLane({
						lane: lane.runner,
						conversation: entry.conversation,
						credentials: entry.credentials,
						slug: fileSlug,
						iteration,
						args,
						logDir: mcpBuildLogDir ?? process.cwd(),
						logger,
						buildSpend: caseSpend,
					});
				} finally {
					// Release as soon as the build (incl. fetch-back) is done — the
					// LLM-judged bookkeeping below needs only the fetched JSON, and
					// holding the slot through it would idle the lane's build capacity.
					allocator.release(lane, fileSlug);
				}
				mcpBuildSpend.push(...caseSpend);
				{
					const { transient } = await classifyBuildFailure(build, lane, start);
					allocator.reportBuildOutcome(lane, transient ? 'transient-failure' : 'ok');
				}
				const buildDurationMs = Date.now() - start;
				// Cleanup registration happens inside buildWorkflowViaMcpOnLane (as soon
				// as `claude` reports the id), so even a failed fetch-back is covered.
				buildDurations.set(key, buildDurationMs);
				stashTranscript(build);
				// isPrebuilt=true: MCP builds have no build transcript, so only
				// outcome expectations are judged (against the workflow), like prebuilt.
				stashBuildExpectations(key, fileSlug, lane.runner.client, build, true);
				stashRunDebug(lane.runner.client, build);
				if (build.success && !build.workflowChecks) {
					build.workflowChecks = await runWorkflowChecks({
						workflow: build.workflowJsons[0],
						prompt: conversationUserTurnsAsText(entry.conversation ?? [], entry.seed),
						agentText: undefined,
						logger,
					});
				}
				// One collector entry per buildWorkflowViaMcpOnLane call (attempts are
				// summed inside buildWorkflowViaMcp), so [0] is this build's whole spend.
				return { build, lane, buildDurationMs, buildSpend: caseSpend[0] };
			}
			const prebuiltId = pickPrebuiltWorkflowId(prebuiltManifest, fileSlug, iteration);
			if (prebuiltId !== undefined) {
				// Prebuilt path: no orchestrator concurrency to manage — just
				// fetch the workflow. main() rejects multi-lane + prebuilt at
				// startup, so laneStates always has exactly one entry here.
				const lane = laneStates[0];
				const start = Date.now();
				const build = await fetchPrebuiltBuild(lane.runner.client, prebuiltId, logger);
				if (cleanupBuiltWorkflows && build.success && build.workflowId) {
					lane.runner.workflowIdsToDelete.add(build.workflowId);
				}
				const buildDurationMs = Date.now() - start;
				buildDurations.set(key, buildDurationMs);
				stashTranscript(build);
				stashBuildExpectations(key, fileSlug, lane.runner.client, build, true);
				stashRunDebug(lane.runner.client, build);
				if (build.success && !build.workflowChecks) {
					// No transcript in prebuilt mode, but the authored conversation still
					// carries the user's request — feed it so prompt-aware checks (e.g.
					// fulfills_user_request) grade against real intent instead of "".
					const prebuiltCase = testCaseByFileSlug.get(fileSlug);
					build.workflowChecks = await runWorkflowChecks({
						workflow: build.workflowJsons[0],
						prompt: conversationUserTurnsAsText(
							prebuiltCase?.conversation ?? [],
							prebuiltCase?.seed,
						),
						agentText: undefined,
						logger,
					});
				}
				return { build, lane, buildDurationMs };
			}
			// Orchestrator path: allocator spreads distinct fileSlugs across lanes;
			// the build cache dedupes scenarios within one file.
			const entry = testCaseByFileSlug.get(fileSlug);
			if (!entry) throw new Error(`No conversation found for fileSlug=${fileSlug}`);
			const timeoutMs = effectiveTimeoutMs(entry.complexity, args.timeoutMs);
			if (timeoutMs !== args.timeoutMs) {
				logger.info(
					`  Complex case: per-iteration budget ${String(Math.round(timeoutMs / 1000))}s [${fileSlug}]`,
				);
			}
			// Transport failures are not agent verdicts — retry on a different lane
			// instead of recording 0-score rows for every scenario of the case.
			let lane = await allocator.acquire(fileSlug);
			let build: BuildResult;
			let buildDurationMs: number;
			for (let attempt = 1; ; attempt++) {
				const start = Date.now();
				try {
					build = await lane.tracedBuild({
						conversation: entry.conversation,
						messageBudget: entry.messageBudget,
						credentials: entry.credentials,
						seed: entry.seed,
						executionScenarios: entry.executionScenarios,
						outcomeExpectations: entry.outcomeExpectations,
						credentialFixture: entry.credentialFixture,
						timeoutMs,
						fileSlug,
						iteration,
					});
				} finally {
					allocator.release(lane, fileSlug);
				}
				buildDurationMs = Date.now() - start;
				const { transient, providerOutage } = await classifyBuildFailure(build, lane, start);
				allocator.reportBuildOutcome(lane, transient ? 'transient-failure' : 'ok');
				const maxAttempts = providerOutage ? MAX_PROVIDER_BUILD_ATTEMPTS : MAX_BUILD_ATTEMPTS;
				if (!transient || attempt >= maxAttempts) break;
				// A provider outage is upstream of every lane, so an instant retry just
				// re-hits it — and the queue then drains at the speed of the failures.
				const backoffMs = providerOutage ? providerRetryBackoffMs(attempt) : 0;
				logger.warn(
					providerOutage
						? `Build ${fileSlug} attempt ${String(attempt)}/${String(maxAttempts)} hit a provider outage (${providerOutage}); waiting ${String(Math.round(backoffMs / 1000))}s before retrying`
						: `Build ${fileSlug} attempt ${String(attempt)}/${String(maxAttempts)} failed transiently on lane ${String(lane.laneNum)} (${build.error ?? 'unknown'}); retrying on another lane`,
				);
				if (backoffMs > 0) await delay(backoffMs);
				lane = await allocator.acquire(fileSlug, { not: lane });
			}
			buildDurations.set(key, buildDurationMs);
			stashTranscript(build);
			stashAgentContext(key, lane.runner.client, build);
			stashBuildExpectations(key, fileSlug, lane.runner.client, build, false);
			stashRunDebug(lane.runner.client, build);
			logger.info(
				`[lane ${String(lane.laneNum)}] built ${fileSlug} (iteration ${String(iteration)}) thread=${build.threadId ?? 'none'} success=${String(build.success)}`,
			);
			// Only the pairwise flow reads captured events — drop the largest chunk
			// of each BuildResult from the run-long cache.
			build.events = undefined;
			return { build, lane, buildDurationMs };
		})();
		buildCache.set(key, promise);
		// Evict transport-failed builds so a later scenario rebuilds. Agent build
		// failures stay cached — they are the verdict; rebuilding just multiplies cost.
		// Provider outages also stay cached: the retry budget (with its backoff) is
		// already spent, every scenario of the case would hit the same upstream, and
		// recovery is the run dispatcher's job, not another local rebuild.
		void promise.then(
			({ build, lane }) => {
				if (build.transportFailure && !build.providerOutage) {
					orphanedBuilds.push({ build, client: lane.runner.client });
					buildCache.delete(key);
				}
			},
			() => buildCache.delete(key),
		);
		return await promise;
	}

	return { getOrBuild, buildCache, orphanedBuilds, buildDurations };
}