v0.2.0-beta.8 — Home preparation overlap and actual lane diagnostics

Beta.8 overlaps the same-attempt SDK codex-home query with the Native head read and adds privacy-preserving actual invoke-lane diagnostics. It preserves the original Hls/Vls error/worktree checks, authenticated identity/head fencing, sandbox/writer rules and existing Fast checker. Rejected Fast-early v1/v2 experiments are excluded; actual jan bytes match beta.7.

• The exact original home query starts early only for eligible local idle preparation, joins at its existing node and is consumed once. Missing/changed identity, active/queued/nonlocal or other ineligible requests use the original path.
• Actual Runtime WS/HTTP invoke and hello-ack log their outer lane through the existing metadata contract, without changing dispatch, retry, queue, errors or exposing prompt/credential/URL bodies. The prior public post-ACK empty-queue adapter and expanded method whitelist remain.
• Actual locally generated SDK309 checks pass with zero skips (Home10, runtime/privacy7, producer/config29 including late Fast refusal, startup/profile/read24). Core234 passes with41 explicit missing-SDK skips; host13/full Go, Android bound build and independently owned empty-account HTTP/IPC/AppHost43 pass. Source SHA manifest binds319 files. The controlled actual old/new SDK comparison injects1.4s head+1.6s home: serial3000ms→overlap1600ms with one producer each; these are virtual delays, not physical-phone speed.

Separate private maintenance acceptance used normal Android Settings update. Its first manifest parsed, then the asset stage failed after45s; a second explicit ordinary update adopted the new UI without pinning or clearing data. The failure is retained; the updater is not declared fully repaired.63 actual WebView cases and seven complete formal resource hashes passed. A fixed offline restart reached its gate at5.814s; body, observed tool process and input were visible at10s, and body updates continued after networking returned. No real prompt/model turn was sent. Native/Front/APK/PWA remained unchanged. This limited evidence is not a physical-phone or public clean-install guarantee.

Natural ACK9.732s/preparation7.101s belongs to the older private UI. New lane logs support later attribution; historical30s failures still lack the hop evidence. Natural phone send/upload latency, sustained power/OEM background lifecycle and full all-route offline behavior remain unverified. README product text is unchanged; Android is self-built for your HTTPS origin/signing, and private OTA/coordinator/CLI deployment services are excluded.

Assets are the Mac installer source ZIP, project source archive, patched OpenCodex2.1.0 AGPL corresponding source and SHA256SUMS. Official resources are locally acquired/verified and not redistributed; no private SDK, production APK, signing key, credentials or conversation data is included. Static and specifically required startup edges are checked (194resources/443edges); optional routes remain demand-loaded and600-file/100MiB budgets remain. Beta.7 tag and assets are unchanged.