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+# Fleet hardening — lid-close / internet-loss (#324)
+
+Operational fix applied 2026-08-09, captured here as versioned template.
+
+## Problem
+
+Closing the MacBook lid killed the `ssh -L 127.0.0.1:4096` tunnel, so chat appeared to stop even though `Aarons-Mac-mini` (canonical server, `co.harmoniqs.amicode-server`, `opencode-dev.db` 707 sessions) kept running. Tunnel used `ServerAliveInterval 30 / CountMax 3` (90s detection) and the fleet guard was missing on the mini with a stale `~/harmoniqs` path, so a port-race could fork a laptop-local `opencode.db` during reconnect gaps.
+
+## Fix (applied on hosts)
+
+* **Guard** — `amico-opencode-fleet-guard` installed to `~/.local/bin` on both hosts. Client exits 1 (panel rides tunnel), server execs frozen `~/.amico/server/bin/opencode` falling back to VSIX. Prevents silent fork (ADR 0005, #279, #324).
+* **Tunnel** — `co.harmoniqs.amico-tunnel.plist` tuned to `ServerAliveInterval 15 / CountMax 2 / TCPKeepAlive yes` (30s detection, matches `amico-mini` Host `ServerAliveInterval 15`). LAN-first `Match host amico-mini exec "ping -c1 -W1000 Aarons-Mac-mini.local"` keeps tunnel up on same Wi-Fi with no internet.
+* **Hygiene** — forked `opencode.db` archived on macbook to `~/.local/share/opencode/archive/`, `~/.config/opencode/opencode.json` symlink repointed to `vault-aaron`, duplicate `Host the-feynmachine` removed.
+
+## Verification
+
+```
+lsof -nP -iTCP:4096 -sTCP:LISTEN  # ssh LISTEN, no opencode
+curl http://127.0.0.1:4096/session  # 200 via tunnel
+sqlite3 ~/.local/share/opencode/opencode-dev.db "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM session;" # 707 on mini
+cat ~/.amico/ops/fleet-status.json # guard ok, served 639
+```
+
+Lid-close/wake or LAN-only internet loss: tunnel respawns via `KeepAlive` within ~30s.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+cp tools/fleet/amico-opencode-fleet-guard ~/.local/bin/amico-opencode-fleet-guard
+chmod +x ~/.local/bin/amico-opencode-fleet-guard
+# scope: machine — never synced
+# settings.json: "amicode.opencodeBinary": "/Users/aaron/.local/bin/amico-opencode-fleet-guard"
+```
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+#!/bin/bash
+# amico-opencode-fleet-guard — fleet client guard for the Amicode extension.
+# Only Aarons-Mac-mini may run the canonical opencode server. On any other
+# machine, exit 1 immediately: the extension's health probe then rides the
+# SSH tunnel on 127.0.0.1:4096 (canonical server), or fails closed if the
+# tunnel is down — a client must NEVER spawn a local fork. (harmoniqs/amicode#279, #324)
+#
+# Install to ~/.local/bin on every host and point amicode.opencodeBinary at it:
+#   cp tools/fleet/amico-opencode-fleet-guard ~/.local/bin/amico-opencode-fleet-guard
+#   # then in settings.json (scope: machine): "amicode.opencodeBinary": "/Users/aaron/.local/bin/amico-opencode-fleet-guard"
+if [ "$(scutil --get LocalHostName 2>/dev/null)" != "Aarons-Mac-mini" ]; then
+  echo "[amico-fleet-guard] refusing to spawn a local opencode server on a fleet client — panel will ride the tunnel" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+# SERVER: resolve opencode binary — frozen first (same order as amicode-server.sh)
+FROZEN="$HOME/.amico/server/bin/opencode"
+VSIX_BIN="$(ls -dt "$HOME"/.vscode/extensions/harmoniqs.amicode-*/vendor/opencode/darwin-arm64/opencode 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+DEV_BIN="$HOME/armonia/repos/amicode/packages/extension/vendor/opencode/darwin-arm64/opencode"
+if [ -x "$FROZEN" ]; then
+  exec "$FROZEN" "$@"
+elif [ -n "$VSIX_BIN" ] && [ -x "$VSIX_BIN" ]; then
+  exec "$VSIX_BIN" "$@"
+elif [ -x "$DEV_BIN" ]; then
+  exec "$DEV_BIN" "$@"
+else
+  echo "[amico-fleet-guard] no opencode binary found (frozen, VSIX, or armonia repos)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi