fix(broker): require accepted node registration before delivery readiness

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A rejected node.register can leave a WebSocket open. The broker previously reported it connected and sent inventory and heartbeats anyway, allowing an unauthoritative provider session to look healthy while DMs never reached it.

The broker now sends a unique registration request ID and requires its correlated successful reply before reporting application connectivity or sending dependent frames. Rejection, silence, and unrelated replies cannot open the gate; the registration write and wait share a ten-second bound, followed by the existing reconnect backoff. Updating the manifest reconnects explicitly and fails pending agent registration/deregistration requests with node_control_reconfiguring, avoiding consumption of their replies by a nested registration wait. No credential rotation or identity adoption was added.

This PR stacks on the node-delivery diagnostics repair #1768. That parent has a later ACK-accounting follow-up in runtime files untouched by this gate; the gate head alone predates it. A local combined integration with that follow-up and #1770 passes 1,157 library tests (4 ignored), including 75 node-control tests. It is unpublished and is not a release artifact. The exact-binary RelayFlow peer rejects the first registration while leaving transport open: base sends dependent frames; head closes the rejected socket with none sent, then reconnects and publishes inventory/heartbeat only after the second registration is accepted. Six loopback Rust regressions cover the four rejection cases, paired forwarding after acceptance, and pending-request cleanup during manifest changes. The positive peer stays open until both runtime events are observed; an explicit Ping/Pong barrier verifies that an unrelated reply cannot open the gate. The final fixture passes 32 concurrent positive repetitions alongside the 67-test node-control suite and strict clippy. The final integrated broker library suite passed 1149 tests with 4 ignored; all six focused regressions and strict clippy pass. Both supplied-binary RelayFlow arms passed locally with contract-validated observations.

Real isolated engine 8.10.1 paired delivery also reaches scripted PTY session files for both fresh and five-minute-idle recipients. This does not identify the production loss hop conclusively, prove hours-long recovery, or repair application death after initial acceptance. The HTTP-create/default-provider binding defect is also separate.

• Change type: bugfix
• RelayFlow case: 1593-node-registration-gate

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Medium Risk
Changes broker fleet node lifecycle and when delivery readiness is advertised; incorrect gating could block legitimate nodes or delay recovery, but scope is confined to node-control registration ordering with strong regression coverage.

Overview
Fixes a case where the broker could look connected and ready on an authenticated WebSocket even when Relaycast rejected node.register, because inventory sync and heartbeats were sent immediately and Connected was emitted before registration completed.

The broker now runs a register_node_session gate: it sends node.register with a unique request ID and only proceeds after a correlated successful reply (up to a 10s bound). Errors, ok: false, silence, unrelated replies, or early deliver/action.invoke frames do not open the path—the session disconnects and the existing reconnect backoff applies. FleetControlEvent::Connected and dependent traffic happen only after acceptance.

Manifest updates no longer re-register on the live socket; the control loop disconnects so a fresh connection can register cleanly, and in-flight agent register/deregister calls fail with node_control_reconfiguring.

Adds loopback Rust regressions, a RelayFlow binary proof (1593-node-registration-gate), and bumps Windows credential-directory native tests to a 20s timeout for cold PowerShell.

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📝 Walkthrough

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The broker now requires accepted node registration before it reports readiness or sends inventory and heartbeat frames. Failed or unanswered registration attempts disconnect and reconnect. Tests cover registration outcomes, reconfiguration, delivery forwarding, relayflow behavior, and Windows test timing.

Changes

Node registration gate

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Registration handshake and readiness crates/broker/src/node_control.rs, CHANGELOG.md	The broker waits for a correlated successful node.register reply before emitting FleetControlEvent::Connected or publishing registration-dependent frames. Failed registration disconnects the session. Manifest changes fail pending requests and reconnect.
Registration behavior tests crates/broker/src/node_control.rs, crates/broker/src/node_control/registration_tests.rs	Loopback tests cover accepted, rejected, unsuccessful, silent, and uncorrelated replies, delivery forwarding, and reconfiguration. Existing test helpers now reply to registration frames.
Relayflow regression harness tests/relayflows/cases/1593-node-registration-gate/*	A relayflow case runs the broker against HTTP and WebSocket stand-ins and records whether a rejected session sends inventory, heartbeat, or other frames before reconnecting.

Windows test timeout

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Windows ACL test timeout packages/cloud/src/credential-directory-windows.native.test.ts	The three Windows credential-directory tests use a 20-second timeout. Their test logic and assertions are unchanged.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Broker
  participant Engine
  participant FleetRuntime
  Broker->>Engine: Send node.register
  Engine-->>Broker: Return correlated registration reply
  Broker->>FleetRuntime: Emit FleetControlEvent::Connected
  Broker->>Engine: Send inventory and heartbeat

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Slow Windows runners may fail otherwise valid ACL tests; use a longer timeout for the two-call cases.

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Use a longer timeout for the two-call rejection tests.

If the first assertWindowsCredentialDirectory() call times out, .not.toThrow() fails and the second call does not run. However, the first call can take nearly 15 seconds and return successfully, while the second call can take another 15 seconds before throwing. The second toThrow() accepts that error, but the shared 20-second test timeout can expire first. Use a separate timeout of at least 35 seconds for both rejection tests.

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In `@packages/cloud/src/credential-directory-windows.native.test.ts` at line 22,
Increase the timeout for both two-call rejection tests involving
assertWindowsCredentialDirectory to at least 35 seconds, ensuring the shared
test timeout accommodates both sequential calls while preserving their existing
assertions.

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