audiosuite: saturating budget product; the budget test expects the total-budget error

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ updates:
       cargo-dependencies:
         patterns:
           - "*"
+    # craft-ui is on egui 0.36 until storytold/craft-libs#199 lands.
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "egui"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "eframe"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "egui_kittest"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore(deps)"
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: CI
+
+# Quality gates for every push to main and every pull request (`cargo xtask ci`), through the
+# suite's shared gate workflow in craft-common-actions.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# A newer push to a PR branch cancels its older run; every push to main runs to the end.
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+jobs:
+  gate:
+    # Tracks @main so suite-wide CI fixes reach every app without a PR in each repository.
+    uses: storytold/craft-common-actions/.github/workflows/gate.yml@main
+    with:
+      packages: >-
+        pkg-config libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libx11-dev libxcb1-dev libxcursor-dev
+        libxrandr-dev libxi-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype-dev mesa-vulkan-drivers
+        libgl1-mesa-dev libasound2-dev

.github/workflows/freebsd.yml

@@ -3,20 +3,19 @@
 # player falls back to its silent clock when the VM has no sound device.
 name: FreeBSD
 
-# The VM build is slow, so it runs nightly on main and on pushes to `release`, not on every push
+# The VM build is slow, so it runs nightly on main and on pushes to `release`, not on every pull
-# or dependency change: a drifted dependency still shows up within a day, and always before a
+# request: a drifted dependency still shows up within a day, and always before a release ships.
-# release ships. PRs that change the FreeBSD packaging itself still run it.
+# PRs that change the FreeBSD workflow or packaging itself still run it.
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "47 3 * * *"
   push:
     branches: [release]
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - "crates/playback/**"
       - .github/workflows/freebsd.yml
       - packaging/freebsd/**
       - packaging/env.sh
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "47 3 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:

.github/workflows/nix.yml

@@ -21,3 +21,41 @@ jobs:
   nix:
     # Intentionally tracked at @main (not SHA-pinned) so org-wide CI improvements, security fixes, and build optimizations propagate without PR churn across all craftapp repos.
     uses: storytold/craft-common-actions/.github/workflows/nix.yml@main
+
+  git-sources:
+    name: Git dependencies come from storytold
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Git dependencies come from storytold
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          test -f Cargo.lock || { echo "Cargo.lock is missing"; exit 1; }
+          # Source replacement, patches and path overrides in cargo config never show up
+          # in Cargo.lock. Parsed rather than grepped: TOML has many spellings of one key.
+          # Cargo still reads the legacy .cargo/config.
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import os, sys, tomllib
+          for path in (".cargo/config", ".cargo/config.toml"):
+              if not os.path.exists(path):
+                  continue
+              config = tomllib.load(open(path, "rb"))
+              replaced = [name for name, source in config.get("source", {}).items()
+                          if isinstance(source, dict) and "replace-with" in source]
+              if replaced or "patch" in config or "paths" in config:
+                  print(f"{path} replaces, patches or overrides a source")
+                  sys.exit(1)
+          PY
+          # Fails when Cargo.lock is out of date with the manifests.
+          cargo metadata --locked --format-version 1 > /dev/null
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import sys, tomllib
+          lock = tomllib.load(open("Cargo.lock", "rb"))
+          bad = sorted({p["source"] for p in lock.get("package", [])
+                        if p.get("source", "").startswith("git+")
+                        and not p["source"].startswith("git+https://github.com/storytold/")})
+          if bad:
+              print("Git dependencies outside github.com/storytold:", *bad, sep="\n")
+              sys.exit(1)
+          PY

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: ""
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
 concurrency:
   group: release-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: false

.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ permissions:
 
 concurrency:
   group: sonarcloud-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
+  # A push to main is the run that publishes coverage; superseded runs there would never finish.
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
 jobs:
   sonarcloud:

AGENTS.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ People trust SoundCraft with their recordings; a crash loses takes. **This outra
 - The audio callback never blocks, allocates in steady state, or panics.
 - Every production crate root carries `#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]`.
 - `Engine::execute` catches escaped panics and restores the document. Every crash fix lands with a regression test.
+- **Time goes through `chrono`** (workspace dependency). Never hand-roll UTC/calendar conversion (days-to-date algorithms, leap-year math); a crate owns only its output format string. The one exception is range extension: past the years chrono can represent, shift the date by whole 400-year Gregorian cycles (146,097 days, after which the calendar repeats), let chrono compute the month and day, and add the cycles back to the year (splitting seconds into hours, minutes and seconds is plain arithmetic).
 
 
 ## Architecture (layers enforced by `cargo xtask layers`)

Cargo.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["crates/*", "apps/*", "xtask"]
 default-members = ["crates/*", "apps/*", "xtask"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.90"
@@ -32,21 +32,27 @@ thiserror = "2"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["float_roundtrip"] }
 log = "0.4"
+# All date/time conversion goes through chrono (no hand-rolled calendar code beyond the 400-year range extension; AGENTS.md).
+chrono = { version = "0.4.45", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 rayon = "1"
 proptest = "1"
 
 # audio
-symphonia = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = ["mp3", "flac", "vorbis", "ogg", "wav", "pcm", "aiff", "isomp4", "aac", "alac", "adpcm", "caf", "mkv"] }
+symphonia = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["mp3", "flac", "vorbis", "ogg", "wav", "pcm", "aiff", "isomp4", "aac", "alac", "adpcm", "caf", "mkv"] }
 rustfft = "6"
 # Session bundles (one file holding a session and its audio, for the browser): stored entries only.
 zip = { version = "9", default-features = false }
-cpal = "0.16"
+cpal = "0.18"
 
 # Which file paths stored in a session may be opened.
 craft-docpath = { version = "0.1.0", git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "82a24b006eefa036b43c09a67fb9a3fbd17ffe63" }
 
+# Video containers and bitstreams, shared with the other craft apps.
+craft-media = { version = "0.1.0", git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "f0ad6c1e1d297908915f4be315b0fcfc9be7b5d4" }
+
 # ui
 craft-ui = { version = "0.1.0", git = "https://github.com/storytold/craft-libs", rev = "5c874d51eeb3de70e735c8ce87a59a7dedd47675", features = ["serde"] }
+# egui 0.37 needs craft-libs#199 (craft-ui) first; pin 0.36 until it lands.
 egui = "0.36"
 eframe = { version = "0.36", default-features = false }
 egui_kittest = "0.36"
@@ -64,9 +70,11 @@ type_complexity = "allow"
 
 [profile.dev.package."*"]
 opt-level = 2
+debug = false
 
 [profile.dev]
 opt-level = 1
+debug = "line-tables-only"
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3

README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
   </a>
 </p>
 
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="assets/app-icon/hicolor/256x256/apps/ai.storyteller.soundcraft.png" width="128" height="128" alt="SoundCraft icon: a singing bird on a blue tile">
+</p>
+
 <h1 align="center">SoundCraft</h1>
 
 <p align="center">

apps/soundcraft-cli/src/automation_args.rs

@@ -3,30 +3,22 @@
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+#[derive(Default)]
 pub struct AutomationArgs {
-    pub read_root: Option<PathBuf>,
+    pub read_roots: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    pub write_root: Option<PathBuf>,
+    pub write_roots: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    read_given: bool,
-    write_given: bool,
 }
 
 impl AutomationArgs {
-    pub fn new(read_root: Option<PathBuf>, write_root: Option<PathBuf>) -> Self {
+    /// Returns whether this argument is a root flag. Each flag may be given more than once (#874),
-        Self { read_root, write_root, read_given: false, write_given: false }
+    /// in either spelling (`--flag DIR`, `--flag=DIR`): every use adds a folder.
-    }
-
-    /// Returns whether this argument is a root flag. A second occurrence of a flag is an error,
-    /// including when the two spellings (`--flag DIR`, `--flag=DIR`) are mixed.
     pub fn consume(&mut self, arg: &str, args: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>) -> Result<bool, String> {
         let (flag, inline) = arg.split_once('=').map_or((arg, None), |(flag, value)| (flag, Some(value)));
-        let (root, given) = match flag {
+        let roots = match flag {
-            "--automation-read-root" => (&mut self.read_root, &mut self.read_given),
+            "--automation-read-root" => &mut self.read_roots,
-            "--automation-write-root" => (&mut self.write_root, &mut self.write_given),
+            "--automation-write-root" => &mut self.write_roots,
             _ => return Ok(false),
         };
-        if *given {
-            return Err(format!("{flag} given twice"));
-        }
         let value = match inline {
             Some(value) => value.to_owned(),
             None => {
@@ -40,8 +32,7 @@ impl AutomationArgs {
         if value.is_empty() {
             return Err(format!("{flag} needs a non-empty folder"));
         }
-        *root = Some(value.into());
+        roots.push(value.into());
-        *given = true;
         Ok(true)
     }
 }
@@ -51,40 +42,43 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn roots_are_taken_once_and_other_arguments_are_left() {
+    fn roots_add_up_and_other_arguments_are_left() {
-        let mut roots = AutomationArgs::new(None, None);
+        let mut roots = AutomationArgs::default();
         let mut args = ["a folder".to_owned(), "song.scraft".to_owned()].into_iter();
         assert!(roots.consume("--automation-read-root", &mut args).unwrap());
         assert!(roots.consume("--automation-write-root=out", &mut args).unwrap());
         assert!(!roots.consume("--demo", &mut args).unwrap());
-        assert_eq!(roots.read_root, Some("a folder".into()));
+        assert_eq!(roots.read_roots, [PathBuf::from("a folder")]);
-        assert_eq!(roots.write_root, Some("out".into()));
+        assert_eq!(roots.write_roots, [PathBuf::from("out")]);
         assert_eq!(args.next().as_deref(), Some("song.scraft"));
-        assert!(roots.consume("--automation-read-root=other", &mut args).is_err());
+        // #874: a flag given again adds a folder, in either spelling.
-        assert_eq!(roots.read_root, Some("a folder".into()));
+        assert!(roots.consume("--automation-read-root=other", &mut args).unwrap());
+        assert!(roots.consume("--automation-write-root", &mut ["out2".to_owned()].into_iter()).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(roots.read_roots, [PathBuf::from("a folder"), PathBuf::from("other")]);
+        assert_eq!(roots.write_roots, [PathBuf::from("out"), PathBuf::from("out2")]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn invalid_operands_leave_roots_unchanged() {
         for flag in ["--automation-read-root", "--automation-write-root"] {
             for operand in [None, Some(""), Some("--version"), Some("--connect"), Some("-folder")] {
-                let mut roots = AutomationArgs::new(Some("read".into()), Some("write".into()));
+                let mut roots = AutomationArgs { read_roots: vec!["read".into()], write_roots: vec!["write".into()] };
                 let mut args = operand.map(str::to_owned).into_iter();
                 assert!(roots.consume(flag, &mut args).is_err(), "{flag} {operand:?}");
-                assert_eq!(roots.read_root, Some("read".into()));
+                assert_eq!(roots.read_roots, [PathBuf::from("read")]);
-                assert_eq!(roots.write_root, Some("write".into()));
+                assert_eq!(roots.write_roots, [PathBuf::from("write")]);
             }
-            let mut roots = AutomationArgs::new(None, None);
+            let mut roots = AutomationArgs::default();
             assert!(roots.consume(&format!("{flag}="), &mut std::iter::empty()).is_err());
         }
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn explicit_dash_folder_and_relative_dash_folder_are_valid() {
-        let mut roots = AutomationArgs::new(None, None);
+        let mut roots = AutomationArgs::default();
         assert!(roots.consume("--automation-read-root=-folder", &mut std::iter::empty()).unwrap());
         assert!(roots.consume("--automation-write-root", &mut ["./-folder".to_owned()].into_iter()).unwrap());
-        assert_eq!(roots.read_root, Some("-folder".into()));
+        assert_eq!(roots.read_roots, [PathBuf::from("-folder")]);
-        assert_eq!(roots.write_root, Some("./-folder".into()));
+        assert_eq!(roots.write_roots, [PathBuf::from("./-folder")]);
     }
 }

apps/soundcraft-cli/src/main.rs

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 //! soundcraft-cli commands [FILTER]               list commands
 //! soundcraft-cli describe ID                     one command's details
 //! soundcraft-cli app [--port P] METHOD [JSON]     call a running app's control channel
-//! soundcraft-cli mcp [--connect PORT] [--demo] [--automation-read-root DIR] [--automation-write-root DIR]
+//! soundcraft-cli mcp [--connect PORT] [--demo] [--automation-read-root DIR]... [--automation-write-root DIR]...
-//!                                                 MCP server on stdio. The two roots confine every file the
+//!                                                 MCP server on stdio. The roots confine every file the
 //!                                                 agent's commands read (open, import, presets) and write
 //!                                                 (save, bounce, export) to those folders, links followed;
-//!                                                 a root left out grants none of its access. They run the
+//!                                                 each flag may be given more than once, a path inside any
-//!                                                 in-process server, so they conflict with --connect.
+//!                                                 of its folders being allowed, and a kind left out grants
+//!                                                 none of its access. They run the in-process server, so
+//!                                                 they conflict with --connect.
 //! soundcraft-cli parity [--write PATH]            parity report (markdown)
 //! soundcraft-cli plugins                          list built-in plugins
 //! ```
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ fn info(args: &[String]) -> ExitCode {
         Ok(b) => b,
         Err(e) => return fail(format!("{path}: {e}")),
     };
-    let ext = std::path::Path::new(path).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str());
+    let ext = std::path::Path::new(path).extension().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str);
     match soundcraft_audio_io::probe(&bytes, ext) {
         Ok(i) => {
             outln!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json!({"format": i.format, "sample_format": i.sample_format, "sample_rate": i.sample_rate, "channels": i.channels, "frames": i.frames, "seconds": i.duration_secs(), "bwf": i.bwf})).unwrap_or_default());
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ fn convert(args: &[String]) -> ExitCode {
         Ok(b) => b,
         Err(e) => return fail(format!("{input}: {e}")),
     };
-    let ext = std::path::Path::new(input).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str());
+    let ext = std::path::Path::new(input).extension().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str);
     let (_, mut buf) = match soundcraft_audio_io::decode(&bytes, ext) {
         Ok(x) => x,
         Err(e) => return fail(format!("{input}: {e}")),
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ fn convert(args: &[String]) -> ExitCode {
     if args.iter().any(|a| a == "--normalize") {
         soundcraft_dsp::offline::normalize(&mut buf.channels, -0.1, false);
     }
-    let out_ext = std::path::Path::new(output).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("wav").to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let out_ext = std::path::Path::new(output).extension().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("wav").to_ascii_lowercase();
     let Some(format) = soundcraft_audio_io::encode_format_for(&out_ext) else {
         return fail(format!("{output}: cannot write `.{out_ext}` files (supported: {})", soundcraft_audio_io::ENCODE_EXTENSIONS));
     };
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ struct McpArgs {
 fn parse_mcp_args(args: &[String]) -> Result<McpArgs, String> {
     let mut connect = None;
     let mut demo = false;
-    let mut roots_args = automation_args::AutomationArgs::new(None, None);
+    let mut roots_args = automation_args::AutomationArgs::default();
     let mut it = args.iter().cloned();
     while let Some(a) = it.next() {
         if roots_args.consume(&a, &mut it)? {
@@ -411,7 +413,9 @@ fn parse_mcp_args(args: &[String]) -> Result<McpArgs, String> {
             _ => {}
         }
     }
-    let roots = AutomationRoots::new(roots_args.read_root.as_deref(), roots_args.write_root.as_deref())?;
+    let read: Vec<&std::path::Path> = roots_args.read_roots.iter().map(std::path::PathBuf::as_path).collect();
+    let write: Vec<&std::path::Path> = roots_args.write_roots.iter().map(std::path::PathBuf::as_path).collect();
+    let roots = AutomationRoots::new(&read, &write)?;
     if roots.is_some() && connect.is_some() {
         return Err("--automation-read-root and --automation-write-root confine the in-process server; a running app is not confined by them, \
 so drop --connect (or use --connect without the roots)"
@@ -437,8 +441,7 @@ fn mcp(args: &[String]) -> ExitCode {
         if let Some(roots) = roots {
             // Every thread of this process, not only the server's: nothing reaches past the roots.
             file_access::confine_process(roots.clone());
-            let show = |root: Option<&std::path::Path>| root.map_or_else(|| "none".to_string(), |r| r.display().to_string());
+            eprintln!("soundcraft-cli: files confined: {}", roots.describe());
-            eprintln!("soundcraft-cli: files confined: read root {}, write root {}", show(roots.read_root()), show(roots.write_root()));
             h = h.with_automation_roots(Some(roots));
         }
         let mut s = Server::new(h);

apps/soundcraft-cli/tests/it/cli.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 //! `soundcraft-cli mcp` with the automation root flags, run as the real binary.
 // Integration tests: unwrapping and panicking on failure is fine here, unlike in shipped code (AGENTS.md).
-#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
 
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Command, Output, Stdio};
 
 use serde_json::Value;
@@ -28,7 +27,16 @@ fn tmpdir(tag: &str) -> PathBuf {
 /// Send `calls` (tool name, arguments) to `soundcraft-cli mcp <args>`; returns whether it exited
 /// cleanly, its stderr, and the stdout lines after `initialize`, one per call.
 fn mcp_session(args: &[&str], calls: &[(&str, Value)]) -> (bool, String, Vec<Value>) {
-    let mut child = bin().arg("mcp").args(args).stdin(Stdio::piped()).stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped()).spawn().unwrap();
+    mcp_session_in(None, args, calls)
+}
+
+/// [`mcp_session`] with the server started in the working directory `cwd`.
+fn mcp_session_in(cwd: Option<&Path>, args: &[&str], calls: &[(&str, Value)]) -> (bool, String, Vec<Value>) {
+    let mut cmd = bin();
+    if let Some(cwd) = cwd {
+        cmd.current_dir(cwd);
+    }
+    let mut child = cmd.arg("mcp").args(args).stdin(Stdio::piped()).stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped()).spawn().unwrap();
     {
         let stdin = child.stdin.as_mut().unwrap();
         writeln!(stdin, r#"{{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18"}}}}"#).unwrap();
@@ -102,6 +110,74 @@ fn mcp_automation_roots_confine_the_server() {
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
 }
 
+/// #874: each root flag may be given more than once. A path inside any root of its kind passes;
+/// the two roots' common parent, `..` out of a root and a link out of one stay refused.
+#[test]
+fn mcp_automation_roots_take_several_folders() {
+    // Resolved, as the server shows the roots (`/var` is `/private/var` on macOS).
+    let base = std::fs::canonicalize(tmpdir("several")).unwrap();
+    for d in ["in", "in2", "out", "out2", "outside"] {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(base.join(d)).unwrap();
+    }
+    for f in ["in/a.wav", "in2/b.wav", "outside/secret.wav", "parent.wav"] {
+        make_wav(&base.join(f));
+    }
+    let p = |f: &str| base.join(f).to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+    let sep = std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
+    let calls = [
+        ("import_audio", serde_json::json!({"path": p("in/a.wav")})),
+        ("import_audio", serde_json::json!({"path": p("in2/b.wav")})),
+        // The roots' common parent is not a root.
+        ("import_audio", serde_json::json!({"path": p("parent.wav")})),
+        ("import_audio", serde_json::json!({"path": format!("{}{sep}..{sep}outside{sep}secret.wav", p("in2"))})),
+        ("bounce_mix", serde_json::json!({"path": p("out/a.wav")})),
+        ("bounce_mix", serde_json::json!({"path": p("out2/b.wav")})),
+        ("bounce_mix", serde_json::json!({"path": p("x.wav")})),
+        // Read and write stay separate: a read root is not a write root, nor the other way round.
+        ("bounce_mix", serde_json::json!({"path": p("in2/c.wav")})),
+        ("import_audio", serde_json::json!({"path": p("out2/b.wav")})),
+    ];
+    let read2 = format!("--automation-read-root={}", p("in2"));
+    let args = ["--automation-read-root", &p("in"), &read2, "--automation-write-root", &p("out"), "--automation-write-root", &p("out2")];
+    let (success, stderr, replies) = mcp_session(&args, &calls);
+    assert!(success, "{stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains(&format!("read {}, {}", p("in"), p("in2"))), "{stderr}");
+    let errors: Vec<bool> = replies.iter().map(|r| r["result"]["isError"] == true).collect();
+    assert_eq!(errors, [false, false, true, true, false, false, true, true, true], "{replies:?}");
+    for (i, kind) in [(2, "read"), (3, "read"), (6, "write"), (7, "write"), (8, "read")] {
+        assert!(text(&replies[i]).contains(&format!("outside the {kind} roots ")), "{}", text(&replies[i]));
+    }
+    assert!(base.join("out/a.wav").is_file() && base.join("out2/b.wav").is_file());
+    assert!(!base.join("x.wav").exists() && !base.join("in2/c.wav").exists());
+
+    // A link in one root that leads out of all of them is outside.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(base.join("outside/secret.wav"), base.join("in2/leak.wav")).unwrap();
+        let (_, _, replies) = mcp_session(&args, &[("import_audio", serde_json::json!({"path": p("in2/leak.wav")}))]);
+        assert!(text(&replies[0]).contains("outside the read roots"), "{}", text(&replies[0]));
+    }
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_bare_save_session_name_lands_in_the_working_directory_inside_the_roots() {
+    let work = tmpdir("bare-name");
+    let work_s = work.to_str().unwrap();
+    let calls = [
+        ("new_session", serde_json::json!({"name": "t", "sample_rate": 48000})),
+        ("execute", serde_json::json!({"command": "track.new", "params": {"kind": "audio", "name": "Tone", "format": "mono"}})),
+        ("save_session", serde_json::json!({"path": "t.scraft"})),
+    ];
+    let (success, stderr, replies) = mcp_session_in(Some(&work), &["--automation-read-root", work_s, "--automation-write-root", work_s], &calls);
+    assert!(success, "{stderr}");
+    for reply in &replies {
+        assert_eq!(reply["result"]["isError"], false, "{reply}");
+    }
+    assert!(work.join("t.scraft").is_file());
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(work);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn mcp_automation_root_flags_are_checked_up_front() {
     let base = tmpdir("roots-args");
@@ -118,8 +194,9 @@ fn mcp_automation_root_flags_are_checked_up_front() {
     // The flags confine the in-process server, so they cannot be combined with --connect.
     fails(&["--connect", "7979", "--automation-read-root", dir], "--connect");
     fails(&["--automation-write-root", dir, "--connect", "7979"], "--connect");
-    fails(&["--automation-read-root", dir, "--automation-read-root", dir], "given twice");
+    // #874: a flag may be given again, but every folder it names must exist.
-    fails(&["--automation-write-root", dir, "--automation-write-root", dir], "given twice");
+    fails(&["--automation-read-root", dir, "--automation-read-root", missing.to_str().unwrap()], "cannot open the automation read root");
+    fails(&["--automation-write-root", dir, "--automation-write-root"], "needs a folder");
     fails(&["--automation-read-root"], "needs a folder");
     fails(&["--automation-write-root", "--demo"], "needs a folder");
     fails(&["--automation-read-root", missing.to_str().unwrap()], "cannot open the automation read root");

apps/soundcraft-cli/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+mod cli;
+mod closed_stdout;

apps/soundcraft-web/index.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
-  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>SoundCraft</title>
   <link data-trunk rel="icon" type="image/png" href="../../assets/app-icon/hicolor/64x64/apps/ai.storyteller.soundcraft.png" />
   <link data-trunk rel="rust" data-bin="soundcraft-web" data-wasm-opt="z" data-weak-refs />

apps/soundcraft/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ eframe = { workspace = true, features = ["default_fonts", "wgpu", "accesskit", "
 egui.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
+chrono.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 rfd.workspace = true
@@ -31,6 +32,6 @@ rfd.workspace = true
 winresource = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
-muda = { version = "0.19.2", default-features = false }
+muda = { version = "0.21.2", default-features = false }
 objc2 = "0.6"
 objc2-app-kit = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["NSApplication", "NSResponder"] }

apps/soundcraft/src/logging.rs

@@ -112,28 +112,36 @@ fn matches(name: &str, target: &str) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// `2026-10-08T07:59:17.728Z` (UTC, milliseconds). A clock before 1970 reads as the epoch.
+/// A clock far past chrono's year range still converts (the calendar repeats every 400 years), so
+/// logging never panics and never silently resets to the epoch for a convertible instant.
 pub fn timestamp(t: SystemTime) -> String {
     let since = t.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap_or_default();
-    let secs = since.as_secs();
+    // Pre-1970 is clamped to the epoch by `unwrap_or_default` above. `as_secs` is `u64`; a value
-    let (days, rem) = (secs / 86_400, secs % 86_400);
+    // past `i64::MAX` seconds saturates rather than falling back to the epoch.
-    let (y, m, d) = civil_from_days(days);
+    let secs = i64::try_from(since.as_secs()).unwrap_or(i64::MAX);
-    format!("{y:04}-{m:02}-{d:02}T{:02}:{:02}:{:02}.{:03}Z", rem / 3600, rem % 3600 / 60, rem % 60, since.subsec_millis())
+    let (y, t) = utc_parts(secs, since.subsec_nanos());
+    // `{:04}` rather than `%Y`, which writes a `+` before years past 9999.
+    format!("{y:04}-{}", t.format("%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%.3fZ"))
 }
 
-/// Days since 1970-01-01 to a proleptic Gregorian (year, month, day) (Howard Hinnant's
+/// Unix seconds (+ nanos) → (proleptic Gregorian year, the same wall-clock instant moved into
-/// `civil_from_days`, unsigned because `timestamp` clamps at the epoch; saturating so an absurd
+/// chrono's range by whole 400-year cycles). The calendar repeats every 400 years (146_097 days),
-/// clock can't overflow).
+/// so month, day and time of day come from chrono and only the year is carried, which keeps every
-fn civil_from_days(days: u64) -> (u64, u64, u64) {
+/// `i64` exact. Replaces the old hand-rolled `civil_from_days`; chrono is the only calendar logic.
-    let z = days.saturating_add(719_468);
+fn utc_parts(secs: i64, nanos: u32) -> (i64, chrono::NaiveDateTime) {
-    let era = z / 146_097;
+    use chrono::Datelike;
-    let doe = z % 146_097;
+    let (days, sod) = (secs.div_euclid(86_400), secs.rem_euclid(86_400));
-    let yoe = (doe - doe / 1460 + doe / 36_524 - doe / 146_096) / 365;
+    let (cycles, rest) = (days.div_euclid(146_097), days.rem_euclid(146_097));
-    let doy = doe - (365 * yoe + yoe / 4 - yoe / 100);
+    // `rest + 719_163` (1970-01-01 is CE day 719_163) is always a valid CE day, and `sod` < 86_400.
-    let mp = (5 * doy + 2) / 153;
+    let date = i32::try_from(rest + 719_163).ok().and_then(chrono::NaiveDate::from_num_days_from_ce_opt);
-    let d = doy - (153 * mp + 2) / 5 + 1;
+    let time = u32::try_from(sod).ok().and_then(|s| chrono::NaiveTime::from_num_seconds_from_midnight_opt(s, nanos.min(999_999_999)));
-    let m = if mp < 10 { mp + 3 } else { mp - 9 };
+    match (date, time) {
-    let y = era.saturating_mul(400).saturating_add(yoe).saturating_add(u64::from(m <= 2));
+        (Some(d), Some(t)) => {
-    (y, m, d)
+            let y = i128::from(d.year()) + i128::from(cycles) * 400;
+            (i64::try_from(y).unwrap_or(if y < 0 { i64::MIN } else { i64::MAX }), d.and_time(t))
+        }
+        _ => (1970, chrono::NaiveDateTime::default()), // unreachable
+    }
 }
 
 fn numbered(dir: &Path, n: usize) -> PathBuf {
@@ -533,6 +541,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(timestamp(UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(4_107_542_400)), "2100-03-01T00:00:00.000Z");
         // Before the epoch (a clock set wrong) clamps instead of panicking.
         assert_eq!(timestamp(UNIX_EPOCH - Duration::from_secs(5)), "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z");
+        // Past chrono's year range still converts via the 400-year cycle (the old code did too,
+        // through `civil_from_days`): never a silent reset to the epoch. Platform-safe: Windows'
+        // SystemTime can't hold this instant, so it is only checked where it exists.
+        // `u64::MAX / 2` seconds == `i64::MAX` seconds → year 292277026596 (old output).
+        if let Some(far) = UNIX_EPOCH.checked_add(Duration::from_secs(u64::MAX / 2)) {
+            assert_eq!(timestamp(far), "292277026596-12-04T15:30:07.000Z");
+        }
+        // Years past 9999 keep the plain zero-padded year (no `+`).
+        assert_eq!(timestamp(UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(253_402_300_800)), "10000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z");
+        // 10_000_000_000_000 s is far beyond chrono's range; old output is year 318857.
+        // Windows' SystemTime holds only up to about year 30828, so this is checked where it fits.
+        if let Some(far) = UNIX_EPOCH.checked_add(Duration::from_secs(10_000_000_000_000)) {
+            assert_eq!(timestamp(far), "318857-05-20T17:46:40.000Z");
+        }
     }
 
     #[test]

apps/soundcraft/src/main.rs

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fn services() -> Services {
             if let Some(dir) = path.parent().filter(|dir| dir.is_dir()) {
                 d = d.set_directory(dir);
             }
-            if let Some(n) = path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
+            if let Some(n) = path.file_name().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str) {
                 d = d.set_file_name(n);
             }
             d.save_file().map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned())

crates/au-host/src/lib.rs

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ pub enum AuError {
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 mod api {
-    use super::*;
+    use super::{AuDescriptor, AuError, Plugin, PluginInfo};
 
     pub fn scan() -> Vec<AuDescriptor> {
         registry::scan()
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ mod api {
 
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
 mod api {
-    use super::*;
+    use super::{AuDescriptor, AuError, Plugin, PluginInfo};
 
     pub fn scan() -> Vec<AuDescriptor> {
         Vec::new()

crates/au-host/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+mod system_units;

crates/au-host/tests/it/system_units.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! End to end against the Audio Units Apple ships with macOS: scan → instantiate → params →
 //! process → state, plus an instrument playing a note. Skips (passes) when a unit is missing.
-#![cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 
 use soundcraft_dsp::{Category, Plugin};
 

crates/audio-io/src/symph.rs

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::panic::{AssertUnwindSafe, catch_unwind};
 
-use symphonia::core::audio::SampleBuffer;
+use symphonia::core::codecs::CodecParameters;
-use symphonia::core::codecs::{
+use symphonia::core::codecs::audio::well_known::{
-    CODEC_TYPE_AAC, CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_G722, CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_G726, CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_G726LE, CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_IMA_QT, CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_IMA_WAV,
+    CODEC_ID_AAC, CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G722, CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G726, CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G726LE, CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_QT, CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_WAV, CODEC_ID_ADPCM_MS,
-    CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_MS, CODEC_TYPE_ALAC, CODEC_TYPE_FLAC, CODEC_TYPE_MP1, CODEC_TYPE_MP2, CODEC_TYPE_MP3, CODEC_TYPE_NULL, CODEC_TYPE_OPUS,
+    CODEC_ID_ALAC, CODEC_ID_FLAC, CODEC_ID_MP1, CODEC_ID_MP2, CODEC_ID_MP3, CODEC_ID_OPUS, CODEC_ID_PCM_ALAW, CODEC_ID_PCM_F32BE, CODEC_ID_PCM_F32LE,
-    CODEC_TYPE_PCM_ALAW, CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F32BE, CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F32LE, CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F64BE, CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F64LE, CODEC_TYPE_PCM_MULAW,
+    CODEC_ID_PCM_F64BE, CODEC_ID_PCM_F64LE, CODEC_ID_PCM_MULAW, CODEC_ID_VORBIS,
-    CODEC_TYPE_VORBIS, CodecParameters, CodecType, DecoderOptions,
 };
+use symphonia::core::codecs::audio::{AudioCodecId, AudioCodecParameters, AudioDecoderOptions, CODEC_ID_NULL_AUDIO};
 use symphonia::core::errors::Error as SymError;
+use symphonia::core::formats::probe::Hint;
 use symphonia::core::formats::{FormatOptions, FormatReader};
 use symphonia::core::io::{MediaSourceStream, MediaSourceStreamOptions, ReadBytes};
 use symphonia::core::meta::MetadataOptions;
-use symphonia::core::probe::Instantiate;
 
 use crate::pcm::{MAX_DECODE_SAMPLES, be_u32};
 use crate::{AudioBuffer, AudioError, AudioInfo, FileFormat, Result, SampleFormat};
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ use crate::{AudioBuffer, AudioError, AudioInfo, FileFormat, Result, SampleFormat
 /// takes its frame length from the file (encoders use 4096).
 const MAX_PACKET_FRAMES: u64 = 1 << 20;
 
+/// Turn a symphonia error into the audio layer's error, keeping "unsupported" and "too large"
+/// distinct from a malformed file.
 fn map_err(e: SymError) -> AudioError {
     match e {
         SymError::Unsupported(m) => AudioError::Unsupported(m.to_string()),
@@ -42,80 +44,164 @@ enum Opened {
     Empty(AudioInfo),
 }
 
-/// Symphonia's probe loop (`Probe::format`, whose hint 0.5 ignores), checking the container it
+/// Skip a leading ID3v2 tag before probing.
-/// finds before its reader allocates whatever the file claims.
+///
-fn open(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Opened> {
+/// Tags aren't used, and symphonia allocates whatever an ID3v2 frame claims, so the tag is skipped
-    let mut mss = MediaSourceStream::new(Box::new(Cursor::new(bytes.to_vec())), MediaSourceStreamOptions::default());
+/// with [`ReadBytes::ignore_bytes`] (which allocates nothing) instead of being handed to the
-    let fmt_opts = FormatOptions { enable_gapless: true, ..FormatOptions::default() };
+/// metadata reader. Returns the stream position the container starts at.
+fn skip_leading_id3(mss: &mut MediaSourceStream<'_>, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
     loop {
-        let found = symphonia::default::get_probe().next(&mut mss).map_err(map_err)?;
         let at = usize::try_from(mss.pos()).unwrap_or(usize::MAX);
         let head = bytes.get(at..).unwrap_or_default();
-        match (found, head.get(..10)) {
+        if head.len() < 10 || head.get(..3) != Some(b"ID3") {
-            (Instantiate::Format(reader), _) => {
+            return Ok(at);
-                match head.get(..4) {
-                    Some(b"caff") => crate::caf::check(bytes, at)?,
-                    Some(b"ftyp") => crate::mp4::check(bytes, at.saturating_sub(4))?,
-                    Some(b"fLaC") => {
-                        crate::flac::check_metadata(bytes, at)?;
-                        if let Some(info) = crate::flac::empty_stream_info(bytes, at) {
-                            return Ok(Opened::Empty(info));
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Some(b"RIFF") => crate::wav::check_info(bytes, at)?,
-                    _ => {}
-                }
-                return reader(mss, &fmt_opts).map(Opened::Reader).map_err(map_err);
-            }
-            // Tags aren't used, and symphonia allocates whatever an ID3v2 frame claims: skip it.
-            (Instantiate::Metadata(_), Some([b'I', b'D', b'3', _, _, _, size @ ..])) => {
-                let size = size.iter().fold(0u64, |v, &x| (v << 7) | u64::from(x & 0x7f));
-                mss.ignore_bytes(10 + size).map_err(|e| AudioError::Malformed(e.to_string()))?;
-            }
-            (Instantiate::Metadata(tag), _) => {
-                tag(&MetadataOptions::default()).read_all(&mut mss).map_err(map_err)?;
-            }
         }
+        let size = head.get(6..10).map(|size| size.iter().fold(0u64, |v, &x| (v << 7) | u64::from(x & 0x7f))).unwrap_or(0);
+        mss.ignore_bytes(10 + size).map_err(|e| AudioError::Malformed(e.to_string()))?;
     }
 }
 
-fn format_from_codec(codec: CodecType, detected: FileFormat) -> FileFormat {
+/// How far symphonia's probe scans for a format marker before giving up.
+const MAX_PROBE_DEPTH: usize = 1024 * 1024;
+
+/// The container marker each detected format starts with, if its reader needs size checks first.
+fn container_markers(detected: FileFormat) -> &'static [&'static [u8; 4]] {
+    match detected {
+        // RF64 and BW64 are the >4 GiB RIFF forms.
+        FileFormat::Wav => &[b"RIFF", b"RF64", b"BW64"],
+        FileFormat::Flac => &[b"fLaC"],
+        FileFormat::Caf => &[b"caff"],
+        // MP4/M4A put `ftyp` after the first atom's size field.
+        FileFormat::Aac | FileFormat::Alac => &[b"ftyp"],
+        // Unknown files may carry junk before the container; symphonia's probe scans for markers.
+        FileFormat::Other => &[b"caff", b"ftyp", b"fLaC", b"RIFF"],
+        FileFormat::Aiff | FileFormat::Mp3 | FileFormat::Ogg => &[],
+    }
+}
+
+/// The probe short names a container marker stands for.
+fn expected_probe_format(marker: &[u8; 4]) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+    match marker {
+        b"caff" => &["caf"],
+        // The isomp4 reader reads the `ftyp` atom.
+        b"ftyp" => &["isomp4"],
+        b"fLaC" => &["flac"],
+        b"RIFF" | b"RF64" | b"BW64" => &["wave"],
+        _ => &[],
+    }
+}
+
+/// Probe short names whose demuxer allocates from sizes in the file, so the matching container
+/// check has to run before the stream is decoded.
+const SIZE_CHECKED_PROBE_FORMATS: &[&str] = &["caf", "flac", "isomp4", "wave"];
+
+/// Find the first container marker at or after `at`, within symphonia's probe depth. A RIFF form
+/// other than WAVE is skipped, as the probe skips it and reads a WAVE behind it.
+fn find_marker<'a>(bytes: &[u8], at: usize, markers: &'a [&'static [u8; 4]]) -> Option<(usize, &'a [u8; 4])> {
+    let end = bytes.len().min(at.saturating_add(MAX_PROBE_DEPTH));
+    for pos in at..end.saturating_sub(3) {
+        let window = bytes.get(pos..pos + 4)?;
+        if let Some(marker) = markers.iter().find(|marker| window == marker.as_slice()) {
+            if matches!(*marker, b"RIFF" | b"RF64" | b"BW64") && bytes.get(pos + 8..pos + 12) != Some(&b"WAVE"[..]) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            return Some((pos, *marker));
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Probe for a container, checking the container it finds before its reader allocates whatever the
+/// file claims.
+///
+/// The check has to run on the container the probe actually selects, but the probe reports that
+/// container only through the reader it returns. The check therefore runs on the first marker the
+/// detected format allows, and the reader is refused if its format is not the checked one: a
+/// misleading marker must not let a later container slip through unchecked.
+fn open(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat) -> Result<Opened> {
+    let mut mss = MediaSourceStream::new(Box::new(Cursor::new(bytes.to_vec())), MediaSourceStreamOptions::default());
+    let at = skip_leading_id3(&mut mss, bytes)?;
+    let mut checked: Option<&'static [&'static str]> = None;
+    if let Some((found, marker)) = find_marker(bytes, at, container_markers(detected)) {
+        match marker {
+            b"caff" => {
+                crate::caf::check(bytes, found)?;
+                checked = Some(expected_probe_format(marker));
+            }
+            b"ftyp" => {
+                crate::mp4::check(bytes, found.saturating_sub(4))?;
+                checked = Some(expected_probe_format(marker));
+            }
+            b"fLaC" => {
+                crate::flac::check_metadata(bytes, found)?;
+                if let Some(info) = crate::flac::empty_stream_info(bytes, found) {
+                    return Ok(Opened::Empty(info));
+                }
+                checked = Some(expected_probe_format(marker));
+            }
+            b"RIFF" | b"RF64" | b"BW64" => {
+                crate::wav::check_info(bytes, found)?;
+                checked = Some(expected_probe_format(marker));
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    let reader = symphonia::default::get_probe().probe(&Hint::new(), mss, FormatOptions::default(), MetadataOptions::default()).map_err(map_err)?;
+    let probed = reader.format_info().short_name;
+    // Only containers whose readers allocate from sizes in the file need the check. A stream the
+    // probe reads with another reader (MP3, Ogg, AIFF, ...) has no such size fields, so a marker
+    // found in its audio data must not reject it.
+    if let Some(names) = checked.filter(|_| SIZE_CHECKED_PROBE_FORMATS.contains(&probed)) {
+        if !names.contains(&probed) {
+            return Err(AudioError::Malformed(format!("the probed container ({probed}) is not the one whose size checks ran")));
+        }
+    } else if checked.is_none() && SIZE_CHECKED_PROBE_FORMATS.contains(&probed) {
+        return Err(AudioError::Malformed(format!("the probed container ({probed}) was not size-checked")));
+    }
+    Ok(Opened::Reader(reader))
+}
+
+/// The container `detected` stands for: the detection wins when it knows the file, otherwise the
+/// decoded codec names the family.
+fn format_from_codec(codec: AudioCodecId, detected: FileFormat) -> FileFormat {
     if detected != FileFormat::Other {
         return detected;
     }
     match codec {
-        c if c == CODEC_TYPE_FLAC => FileFormat::Flac,
+        c if c == CODEC_ID_FLAC => FileFormat::Flac,
-        c if c == CODEC_TYPE_MP3 || c == CODEC_TYPE_MP2 || c == CODEC_TYPE_MP1 => FileFormat::Mp3,
+        c if c == CODEC_ID_MP3 || c == CODEC_ID_MP2 || c == CODEC_ID_MP1 => FileFormat::Mp3,
-        c if c == CODEC_TYPE_AAC => FileFormat::Aac,
+        c if c == CODEC_ID_AAC => FileFormat::Aac,
-        c if c == CODEC_TYPE_ALAC => FileFormat::Alac,
+        c if c == CODEC_ID_ALAC => FileFormat::Alac,
-        c if c == CODEC_TYPE_VORBIS => FileFormat::Ogg,
+        c if c == CODEC_ID_VORBIS => FileFormat::Ogg,
         _ => FileFormat::Other,
     }
 }
 
-fn sample_format_of(p: &CodecParameters) -> SampleFormat {
+/// The stored sample format, using the codec and its declared bit depth. Lossy and unusual
+/// codecs decode to `Compressed`.
+fn sample_format_of(p: &AudioCodecParameters) -> SampleFormat {
     let c = p.codec;
-    if c == CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F32LE || c == CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F32BE {
+    if c == CODEC_ID_PCM_F32LE || c == CODEC_ID_PCM_F32BE {
         return SampleFormat::Float32;
     }
-    if c == CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F64LE || c == CODEC_TYPE_PCM_F64BE {
+    if c == CODEC_ID_PCM_F64LE || c == CODEC_ID_PCM_F64BE {
         return SampleFormat::Float64;
     }
     let lossy = [
-        CODEC_TYPE_MP1,
+        CODEC_ID_MP1,
-        CODEC_TYPE_MP2,
+        CODEC_ID_MP2,
-        CODEC_TYPE_MP3,
+        CODEC_ID_MP3,
-        CODEC_TYPE_AAC,
+        CODEC_ID_AAC,
-        CODEC_TYPE_VORBIS,
+        CODEC_ID_VORBIS,
-        CODEC_TYPE_OPUS,
+        CODEC_ID_OPUS,
-        CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_MS,
+        CODEC_ID_ADPCM_MS,
-        CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_IMA_WAV,
+        CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_WAV,
-        CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_IMA_QT,
+        CODEC_ID_ADPCM_IMA_QT,
-        CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_G722,
+        CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G722,
-        CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_G726,
+        CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G726,
-        CODEC_TYPE_ADPCM_G726LE,
+        CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G726LE,
-        CODEC_TYPE_PCM_ALAW,
+        CODEC_ID_PCM_ALAW,
-        CODEC_TYPE_PCM_MULAW,
+        CODEC_ID_PCM_MULAW,
     ];
     let lossless = !lossy.contains(&c);
     match (lossless, p.bits_per_sample) {
@@ -127,15 +213,18 @@ fn sample_format_of(p: &CodecParameters) -> SampleFormat {
     }
 }
 
+/// The first track with a decodable audio codec, with the stream information the UI shows.
 fn info_of(reader: &dyn FormatReader, detected: FileFormat) -> Result<(u32, AudioInfo)> {
-    let track = reader
+    let (track, p) = reader
         .tracks()
         .iter()
-        .find(|t| t.codec_params.codec != CODEC_TYPE_NULL)
+        .find_map(|t| match t.codec_params.as_ref().and_then(CodecParameters::audio) {
+            Some(p) if p.codec != CODEC_ID_NULL_AUDIO => Some((t, p)),
+            _ => None,
+        })
         .ok_or_else(|| AudioError::Unsupported("no decodable audio track".into()))?;
-    let p = &track.codec_params;
     let sample_rate = p.sample_rate.filter(|&r| r > 0).ok_or_else(|| AudioError::Malformed("unknown sample rate".into()))?;
-    let channels = p.channels.map(|c| c.count()).unwrap_or(0);
+    let channels = p.channels.as_ref().map(|c| c.count()).unwrap_or(0);
     let channels = u16::try_from(channels).map_err(|_| AudioError::Unsupported("too many channels".into()))?;
     Ok((
         track.id,
@@ -144,7 +233,7 @@ fn info_of(reader: &dyn FormatReader, detected: FileFormat) -> Result<(u32, Audi
             sample_format: sample_format_of(p),
             sample_rate,
             channels,
-            frames: p.n_frames.unwrap_or(0),
+            frames: track.num_frames.unwrap_or(0),
             bwf: None,
         },
     ))
@@ -152,7 +241,7 @@ fn info_of(reader: &dyn FormatReader, detected: FileFormat) -> Result<(u32, Audi
 
 /// Decode the whole first audio track. When `count_only`, samples are counted but not stored.
 fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInfo, AudioBuffer)> {
-    let mut reader = match open(bytes)? {
+    let mut reader = match open(bytes, detected)? {
         Opened::Reader(reader) => reader,
         Opened::Empty(info) => {
             let buf = AudioBuffer::new(info.sample_rate, usize::from(info.channels), 0);
@@ -160,7 +249,7 @@ fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInf
         }
     };
     let (track_id, mut info) = info_of(reader.as_ref(), detected)?;
-    if let Some(n) = reader.tracks().iter().find(|t| t.id == track_id).and_then(|t| t.codec_params.n_frames) {
+    if let Some(n) = reader.tracks().iter().find(|t| t.id == track_id).and_then(|t| t.num_frames) {
         let total = n.saturating_mul(u64::from(info.channels.max(1)));
         if !count_only && total > MAX_DECODE_SAMPLES {
             return Err(AudioError::TooLarge(format!("{total} samples exceeds the decode limit")));
@@ -170,21 +259,24 @@ fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInf
         .tracks()
         .iter()
         .find(|t| t.id == track_id)
-        .map(|t| t.codec_params.clone())
+        .and_then(|t| t.codec_params.as_ref())
+        .and_then(CodecParameters::audio)
+        .cloned()
         .ok_or_else(|| AudioError::Malformed("track vanished".into()))?;
-    let alac = params.extra_data.as_deref().filter(|_| params.codec == CODEC_TYPE_ALAC).and_then(|d| be_u32(d, 0));
+    let alac = params.extra_data.as_deref().filter(|_| params.codec == CODEC_ID_ALAC).and_then(|d| be_u32(d, 0));
     if params.max_frames_per_packet.into_iter().chain(alac.map(u64::from)).any(|n| n > MAX_PACKET_FRAMES) {
         return Err(AudioError::Malformed("the file declares packets far longer than any codec uses".into()));
     }
-    let mut decoder = symphonia::default::get_codecs().make(&params, &DecoderOptions::default()).map_err(map_err)?;
+    let mut decoder = symphonia::default::get_codecs().make_audio_decoder(&params, &AudioDecoderOptions::default()).map_err(map_err)?;
 
     let mut planar: Vec<Vec<f32>> = Vec::new();
+    let mut scratch: Vec<Vec<f32>> = Vec::new();
     let mut frames: u64 = 0;
-    let mut sbuf: Option<SampleBuffer<f32>> = None;
     let mut errors = 0usize;
     loop {
         let packet = match reader.next_packet() {
-            Ok(p) => p,
+            Ok(Some(packet)) => packet,
+            Ok(None) => break,
             Err(SymError::IoError(e)) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => break,
             Err(SymError::ResetRequired) => break,
             Err(e) => {
@@ -195,7 +287,7 @@ fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInf
                 break;
             }
         };
-        if packet.track_id() != track_id {
+        if packet.track_id != track_id {
             continue;
         }
         let decoded = match decoder.decode(&packet) {
@@ -211,8 +303,8 @@ fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInf
             Err(SymError::IoError(_)) => break,
             Err(e) => return Err(map_err(e)),
         };
-        let spec = *decoded.spec();
+        let spec = decoded.spec();
-        let ch = spec.channels.count();
+        let ch = spec.channels().count();
         if ch == 0 {
             continue;
         }
@@ -229,16 +321,9 @@ fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInf
         if count_only {
             continue;
         }
-        let needed = decoded.capacity() as u64;
+        decoded.copy_to_vecs_planar::<f32>(&mut scratch);
-        let sb = match &mut sbuf {
+        for (dst, src) in planar.iter_mut().zip(&scratch) {
-            Some(sb) if sb.capacity() >= decoded.capacity() * ch => sb,
+            dst.extend(src.iter().map(|&s| if s.is_finite() { s } else { 0.0 }));
-            _ => sbuf.insert(SampleBuffer::<f32>::new(needed, spec)),
-        };
-        sb.copy_interleaved_ref(decoded);
-        for frame in sb.samples().chunks_exact(ch) {
-            for (dst, &s) in planar.iter_mut().zip(frame) {
-                dst.push(if s.is_finite() { s } else { 0.0 });
-            }
         }
     }
     if info.channels == 0 {
@@ -254,7 +339,7 @@ fn run(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat, count_only: bool) -> Result<(AudioInf
 
 pub(crate) fn probe(bytes: &[u8], detected: FileFormat) -> Result<AudioInfo> {
     guarded(|| {
-        let reader = match open(bytes)? {
+        let reader = match open(bytes, detected)? {
             Opened::Reader(reader) => reader,
             Opened::Empty(info) => return Ok(info),
         };

crates/audio-io/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+mod encode_format;
+mod malformed;
+mod roundtrip;
+mod stream;
+mod wav_empty_data;

crates/audio-io/tests/it/malformed.rs

@@ -328,6 +328,18 @@ fn wav_info_entries_beyond_the_file_are_refused() {
     assert!(matches!(decode(&f, None), Err(AudioError::Malformed(m)) if m.contains("larger than the file")));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_wave_behind_another_riff_form_is_checked() {
+    let info = [&b"INFO"[..], b"INAM", &0x7fff_fff0u32.to_le_bytes(), b"hi"].concat();
+    let mut wav = riff(&[(b"fmt ", [fmt(6, 1, 8_000, 8), vec![0, 0]].concat()), (b"LIST", info), (b"data", vec![0xD5; 800])]);
+    wav[4..8].copy_from_slice(&u32::MAX.to_le_bytes());
+    let list = wav.windows(4).position(|w| w == b"LIST").unwrap();
+    wav[list + 4..list + 8].copy_from_slice(&0x7fff_fffcu32.to_le_bytes());
+    // The probe skips the AVI form and reads the WAVE behind it.
+    let f = [&b"RIFF"[..], &4u32.to_le_bytes(), b"AVI ", &wav].concat();
+    assert!(matches!(decode(&f, None), Err(AudioError::Malformed(m)) if m.contains("larger than the file")));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn wav_info_entries_are_found_where_symphonia_reads_them() {
     let list = [&b"LIST"[..], &0x7fff_fffcu32.to_le_bytes(), b"INFO", b"INAM", &0x7fff_fff0u32.to_le_bytes(), b"hi"].concat();
@@ -451,6 +463,20 @@ fn garbage_in_compressed_containers_errors() {
     assert!(decode(&[], None).is_err());
 }
 
+/// A marker that passes its container check must not let the probe select a different container
+/// without its own checks: the reader is refused when the probed format disagrees.
+#[test]
+fn a_probed_container_that_disagrees_with_the_checked_marker_is_refused() {
+    // The junk byte hides both magics, so the hint picks the marker: the FLAC is checked, but the
+    // probe reads the WAVE before it.
+    let bytes = [vec![0], small(FileFormat::Wav, BitDepth::Int24, 2), small(FileFormat::Flac, BitDepth::Int24, 2)].concat();
+    match decode(&bytes, Some("flac")) {
+        Err(AudioError::Malformed(message)) => assert!(message.contains("probed container"), "unexpected message: {message}"),
+        Err(other) => panic!("unexpected error kind: {other:?}"),
+        Ok(_) => panic!("the mismatched container must be refused"),
+    }
+}
+
 proptest! {
     #![proptest_config(ProptestConfig { cases: 256, ..ProptestConfig::default() })]
 

crates/automation/src/lib.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use soundcraft_engine::Engine;
 use soundcraft_engine::file_access::{self, AutomationRoots};
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
-use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::net::{TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -97,9 +97,19 @@ impl Remote {
         if self.conn.is_some() {
             return Ok(());
         }
-        let sock = self.addr.parse().map_err(|e| format!("{}: {e}", self.addr))?;
+        let socks: Vec<_> = self.addr.to_socket_addrs().map_err(|e| format!("{}: {e}", self.addr))?.collect();
-        let s =
+        let mut last = "no addresses found".to_string();
-            TcpStream::connect_timeout(&sock, Duration::from_millis(800)).map_err(|e| format!("cannot reach SoundCraft at {}: {e}", self.addr))?;
+        let mut stream = None;
+        for sock in &socks {
+            match TcpStream::connect_timeout(sock, Duration::from_millis(800)) {
+                Ok(s) => {
+                    stream = Some(s);
+                    break;
+                }
+                Err(e) => last = e.to_string(),
+            }
+        }
+        let s = stream.ok_or_else(|| format!("cannot reach SoundCraft at {}: {last}", self.addr))?;
         s.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(120))).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
         let r = s.try_clone().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
         self.conn = Some((s, BufReader::new(r)));
@@ -179,6 +189,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(r.call("session.inspect", json!({})).is_err());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn remote_resolves_hostnames() {
+        let listener = std::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+        let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        let mut r = Remote::new(&format!("localhost:{port}"));
+        assert_eq!(r.connect(), Ok(()));
+    }
+
     /// Fake app: accepts one connection per entry in `replies`, counts the request line it reads,
     /// then either drops the connection (`false`) or answers ok (`true`).
     fn fake_app(replies: Vec<bool>) -> (String, Arc<std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize>) {

crates/automation/tests/it/automation_roots.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! `Headless::with_automation_roots` through the real MCP protocol: every file a command reads
 //! stays inside the read root, every file it writes inside the write root.
 // Integration tests: unwrapping and panicking on failure is fine here, unlike in shipped code (AGENTS.md).
-#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
 
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use soundcraft_automation::{Headless, mcp::Server};
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ fn fixture(name: &str) -> Fixture {
 }
 
 fn server(read: Option<&Path>, write: Option<&Path>) -> Server<Headless> {
-    let roots = AutomationRoots::new(read, write).unwrap();
+    let roots = AutomationRoots::new(read.as_slice(), write.as_slice()).unwrap();
     Server::new(Headless::new(Engine::default()).with_automation_roots(roots))
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ fn writes(dir: &Path) -> Vec<(&'static str, Value)> {
 }
 
 fn demo_server(read: Option<&Path>, write: Option<&Path>) -> Server<Headless> {
-    let roots = AutomationRoots::new(read, write).unwrap();
+    let roots = AutomationRoots::new(read.as_slice(), write.as_slice()).unwrap();
     Server::new(Headless::new(soundcraft_engine::demo::demo_engine()).with_automation_roots(roots))
 }
 

crates/automation/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+mod agent_tasks;
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+mod automation_roots;

crates/clap-host/Cargo.toml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ harness = false
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 clap-sys = "0.5"
-libloading = "0.8"
+libloading = "0.9"
 
 # The isolated unsafe helper crate (craftrules never-crash): this crate opts out of the workspace
 # `unsafe_code = "forbid"` for itself only. It denies unsafe everywhere and allows it solely on the

crates/clap-host/src/lib.rs

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub enum ClapError {
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 mod api {
-    use super::*;
+    use super::{ClapDescriptor, ClapError, Path, PathBuf, Plugin, PluginInfo, registry};
 
     pub fn cached() -> Option<Vec<ClapDescriptor>> {
         registry::cached()
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ mod api {
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 mod api {
-    use super::*;
+    use super::{ClapDescriptor, ClapError, Path, PathBuf, Plugin, PluginInfo};
 
     pub fn cached() -> Option<Vec<ClapDescriptor>> {
         Some(Vec::new())

crates/clap-host/src/plugin.rs

@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ impl PluginEditor for ClapEditor {
 
     fn idle(&mut self) -> Vec<(String, f32)> {
         let raw = self.link.idle();
-        let _ = self.link.host().dirty.swap(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
         let mut out: Vec<(String, f32)> = Vec::new();
         for (cid, v) in raw {
             let Some(i) = self.ids.iter().position(|&x| x == cid) else { continue };
@@ -354,4 +353,8 @@ impl PluginEditor for ClapEditor {
         }
         out
     }
+
+    fn state_changed(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.link.host().dirty.swap(false, Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
 }

crates/clap-host/src/scan.rs

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn os_search_paths(home: Option<PathBuf>, common_program_files: Option<PathB
 
 /// True when the path names a CLAP plugin (`*.clap`, case-insensitive).
 pub fn is_clap_path(p: &Path) -> bool {
-    p.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()).is_some_and(|e| e.eq_ignore_ascii_case("clap"))
+    p.extension().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).is_some_and(|e| e.eq_ignore_ascii_case("clap"))
 }
 
 /// Recursively collects `.clap` files and bundles under `dirs` (missing directories are skipped).

crates/clap-host/tests/it/fixture_e2e.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 use soundcraft_dsp::{Category, Unit};
 
-mod common;
+use crate::common::fixture_dir;
-use common::fixture_dir;
 
 const GAIN: &str = "clap:org.soundcraft.test.gain";
 const SYNTH: &str = "clap:org.soundcraft.test.synth";

crates/clap-host/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+#[path = "../common/mod.rs"]
+mod common;
+
+mod fixture_e2e;

crates/dsp/src/lib.rs

@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ pub trait PluginEditor: Send {
     /// user closed, and returns parameter edits made in the editor as `(param id, value)` in
     /// SoundCraft units (ids and ranges of [`PluginInfo::params`]).
     fn idle(&mut self) -> Vec<(String, f32)>;
+    /// True once after the plugin said its state changed in a way its parameters don't show
+    /// (CLAP `state.mark_dirty`), so the session stores the new state.
+    fn state_changed(&mut self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
     /// Tells the editor that a parameter changed elsewhere (generic editor, automation), so the
     /// GUI shows it. Values are in SoundCraft units.
     fn set_param(&mut self, _id: &str, _value: f32) {}

crates/dsp/src/offline.rs

@@ -65,19 +65,29 @@ pub fn normalize(ch: &mut [Vec<f32>], target_db: f32, per_channel: bool) {
         for c in ch.iter_mut() {
             let p = peak(std::slice::from_ref(c));
             if p > 0.0 {
-                let g = target / p;
+                scale_to(c.iter_mut(), target, p);
-                c.iter_mut().for_each(|s| *s *= g);
             }
         }
     } else {
         let p = peak(ch);
         if p > 0.0 {
-            let g = target / p;
+            scale_to(ch.iter_mut().flatten(), target, p);
-            ch.iter_mut().flatten().for_each(|s| *s *= g);
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// Scales samples whose peak is `p` to `target`. A subnormal `p` makes the f32 gain overflow to
+/// infinity, so that case scales in f64.
+fn scale_to<'a>(samples: impl Iterator<Item = &'a mut f32>, target: f32, p: f32) {
+    let g = target / p;
+    if g.is_finite() {
+        samples.for_each(|s| *s *= g);
+    } else {
+        let g = f64::from(target) / f64::from(p);
+        samples.for_each(|s| *s = (f64::from(*s) * g) as f32);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Applies a gain change in dB.
 pub fn gain(ch: &mut [Vec<f32>], db: f32) {
     let g = db_to_gain(if db.is_nan() { 0.0 } else { db.min(96.0) });

crates/dsp/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+mod fuzz;
+mod offline_meters;
+mod offline_normalize;
+mod plugins;
+mod transients;

crates/dsp/tests/it/offline_normalize.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use soundcraft_dsp::offline::{normalize, peak};
+
+#[test]
+fn normalize_subnormal_peak_stays_finite() {
+    for per_channel in [false, true] {
+        let mut c = vec![vec![1e-44f32, -1e-44]];
+        normalize(&mut c, 0.0, per_channel);
+        assert!(c[0].iter().all(|s| s.is_finite()), "{c:?}");
+        assert!((peak(&c) - 1.0).abs() < 1e-3, "{c:?}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn normalize_silent_and_normal_channels() {
+    let mut c = vec![vec![0.0f32; 4], vec![0.25, -0.5]];
+    normalize(&mut c, 0.0, true);
+    assert_eq!(c[0], vec![0.0; 4]);
+    assert!((peak(&c[1..]) - 1.0).abs() < 1e-5);
+}

crates/engine/src/autosave.rs

@@ -176,11 +176,29 @@ struct Autosave {
 }
 
 impl Autosave {
-    /// A new folder under `root` for the session called `name`.
+    /// A new folder under `root` for the session called `name`. Two sessions started within the
+    /// same millisecond get folders of their own, never a shared one.
     fn create(root: &Path, name: &str) -> Result<Autosave> {
         let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap_or_default().as_millis();
-        let dir = root.join(format!("{} {stamp}-{}", sanitize_name(name), std::process::id()));
+        let base = format!("{} {stamp}-{}", sanitize_name(name), std::process::id());
-        let lock = std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).and_then(|()| std::fs::File::create(dir.join(LOCK))).map_err(|err| io_error(&dir, err))?;
+        create_folder(root).map_err(|err| io_error(root, err))?;
+        let mut dir = root.join(&base);
+        let mut n = 1;
+        loop {
+            // Not recursive, so a folder that already exists is reported and the next name tried.
+            let mut builder = std::fs::DirBuilder::new();
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt::mode(&mut builder, 0o700);
+            match builder.create(&dir) {
+                Ok(()) => break,
+                Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {
+                    n += 1;
+                    dir = root.join(format!("{base}-{n}"));
+                }
+                Err(err) => return Err(io_error(&dir, err)),
+            }
+        }
+        let lock = std::fs::File::create(dir.join(LOCK)).map_err(|err| io_error(&dir, err))?;
         lock.try_lock().map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(format!("{}: {err}", dir.display())))?;
         Ok(Autosave { dir, lock: Some(lock), copies: BTreeMap::new(), next: 1, recording: false })
     }
@@ -210,9 +228,7 @@ impl Autosave {
                     self.next += 1;
                     let opts = EncodeOptions { format: FileFormat::Wav, bit_depth: BitDepth::Float32, dither: false, bwf: None };
                     let bytes = soundcraft_audio_io::encode(&audio.buffer, &opts).map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(err.to_string()))?;
-                    std::fs::create_dir_all(&audio_dir)
+                    create_folder(&audio_dir).and_then(|()| write_synced(&audio_dir.join(&name), &bytes)).map_err(|err| io_error(&audio_dir, err))?;
-                        .and_then(|()| write_synced(&audio_dir.join(&name), &bytes))
-                        .map_err(|err| io_error(&audio_dir, err))?;
                     name
                 }
             };
@@ -395,6 +411,18 @@ pub fn discard(left: &Leftover) {
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&left.dir);
 }
 
+/// Create `dir` and its missing parents under the autosave root. On Unix every folder made here is
+/// owner-only (`0o700`): autosaves and the takes of a session never saved are unsaved work, and
+/// with the default mode other accounts on the machine could read them. A folder that already
+/// exists keeps its mode.
+pub fn create_folder(dir: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut builder = std::fs::DirBuilder::new();
+    builder.recursive(true);
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt::mode(&mut builder, 0o700);
+    builder.create(dir)
+}
+
 fn write_synced(path: &Path, bytes: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let mut f = std::fs::File::create(path)?;
     f.write_all(bytes)?;
@@ -427,6 +455,14 @@ mod tests {
         dir
     }
 
+    /// Moves a saved session file's mtime a second into the past. Filesystems with coarse
+    /// timestamps (tmpfs) can give it and an autosave written right after it the same mtime,
+    /// and `leftovers` only offers autosaves strictly newer than the file they came from.
+    fn backdate(path: &Path) {
+        let then = SystemTime::now() - Duration::from_secs(1);
+        std::fs::File::options().write(true).open(path).unwrap().set_modified(then).unwrap();
+    }
+
     fn record(e: &mut Engine, level: f32) {
         let before = e.session_arc();
         let s = e.session_mut();
@@ -453,6 +489,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut e = Engine::default();
         record(&mut e, 0.5);
         crate::io::save_session(&mut e, &path.to_string_lossy()).unwrap();
+        backdate(&path);
         record(&mut e, -0.25);
         let mut a = Autosave::create(&dir.join("Autosave"), "Song").unwrap();
         a.write(e.session(), e.path.as_deref(), None).unwrap();
@@ -511,6 +548,50 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&root);
     }
 
+    /// Autosaves are unsaved work: on Unix the folders the autosaver makes are owner-only, and an
+    /// autosave root that already exists keeps its mode.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn the_autosaver_makes_owner_only_folders() {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt as _;
+        let mode = |p: &Path| std::fs::metadata(p).unwrap().permissions().mode() & 0o777;
+        let base = folder("autosave-modes");
+        let mut e = Engine::default();
+        record(&mut e, 0.5);
+        // A root that doesn't exist yet is made with the first autosave, owner-only like the
+        // session's folder and the audio copied into it.
+        let new = base.join("Autosave");
+        let w = Autosaver::new(new.clone());
+        w.write(e.session_arc(), None, None);
+        w.flush().unwrap();
+        let session = std::fs::read_dir(&new).unwrap().flatten().map(|d| d.path()).next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((mode(&new), mode(&session), mode(&session.join("Audio Files"))), (0o700, 0o700, 0o700));
+        w.close(false);
+        w.flush().unwrap();
+        // A root that already exists keeps its mode; the folders made inside it are owner-only.
+        let old = base.join("old");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&old).unwrap();
+        std::fs::set_permissions(&old, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+        let w = Autosaver::new(old.clone());
+        w.write(e.session_arc(), None, None);
+        w.flush().unwrap();
+        let session = std::fs::read_dir(&old).unwrap().flatten().map(|d| d.path()).next().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((mode(&old), mode(&session)), (0o755, 0o700));
+        // A session never saved records its takes into `<name>/Audio Files` under the root. Both
+        // are made owner-only, and so is `Audio Files` in a take folder an earlier version left.
+        let takes = old.join("Untitled").join("Audio Files");
+        create_folder(&takes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((mode(&old.join("Untitled")), mode(&takes)), (0o700, 0o700));
+        let earlier = old.join("Earlier");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&earlier).unwrap();
+        std::fs::set_permissions(&earlier, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+        create_folder(&earlier.join("Audio Files")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((mode(&earlier), mode(&earlier.join("Audio Files"))), (0o755, 0o700));
+        w.close(false);
+        w.flush().unwrap();
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&base);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_take_still_recording_at_a_crash_is_placed_on_recovery() {
         use crate::io::Take;
@@ -590,6 +671,21 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn sessions_started_together_get_folders_of_their_own() {
+        // #579: the folder name has millisecond resolution, so two sessions created back to back
+        // shared one folder and the second overwrote the first's unsaved work.
+        let dir = folder("autosave-unique");
+        let root = dir.join("Autosave");
+        let made: Vec<Autosave> = (0..20).map(|_| Autosave::create(&root, "Song").unwrap()).collect();
+        let mut dirs: Vec<&PathBuf> = made.iter().map(|a| &a.dir).collect();
+        dirs.sort();
+        dirs.dedup();
+        assert_eq!(dirs.len(), made.len());
+        drop(made);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn unsaved_work_is_offered_once_its_session_closes() {
         let dir = folder("autosave-leftovers");
@@ -598,6 +694,7 @@ mod tests {
         std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
         let mut e = Engine::default();
         crate::io::save_session(&mut e, &path).unwrap();
+        backdate(Path::new(&path));
         record(&mut e, 0.5);
         let mut a = Autosave::create(&root, "Song").unwrap();
         a.write(e.session(), e.path.as_deref(), None).unwrap();

crates/engine/src/clip_group_file.rs

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn export(e: &Engine, ids: &[ClipId], path: &str) -> Result<usize> {
     };
     let n = clips.len();
     lanes.sort_by_key(|(i, _)| *i);
-    let stem = p.file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("Clip Group").to_string();
+    let stem = p.file_stem().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("Clip Group").to_string();
     let audio_dir_name = format!("{} Audio", crate::io::sanitize_name(&stem));
     let dir = p.parent().map(Path::to_path_buf).unwrap_or_default();
     let mut audio = BTreeMap::new();
@@ -80,26 +80,17 @@ pub fn export(e: &Engine, ids: &[ClipId], path: &str) -> Result<usize> {
     Ok(n)
 }
 
-/// Import a clip group file at `at`, one lane per track starting at `first` (new audio tracks
+fn decode_group_audio(
-/// are made when the session runs out). Returns the ids of the placed clips.
+    audio_entries: &BTreeMap<u64, String>,
-pub fn import(e: &mut Engine, path: &str, first: Option<TrackId>, at: Samples) -> Result<Vec<ClipId>> {
+    dir: &Path,
-    let id = "file.import_clip_groups";
+    rate: u32,
-    let text = crate::io::read_text(path)?;
+    cmd_id: &str,
-    let file: GroupFile = serde_json::from_str(&text).map_err(|err| EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), format!("not a clip group file: {err}")))?;
+) -> Result<(Vec<(String, soundcraft_audio_io::AudioBuffer)>, BTreeMap<u64, usize>)> {
-    if file.format != FORMAT {
-        return Err(EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), "not a SoundCraft clip group file".into()));
-    }
-    if file.lanes.iter().map(|l| l.len().max(1)).sum::<usize>() > MAX_CLIPS || file.audio.len() > MAX_CLIPS {
-        return Err(EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), "clip group file has too many clips".into()));
-    }
-    let dir = Path::new(path).parent().map(Path::to_path_buf).unwrap_or_default();
-    // Decode audio first so a bad file changes nothing, and each file once however many ids name it.
     let (mut decoded, mut index, mut file_of) = (Vec::new(), BTreeMap::new(), BTreeMap::new());
-    let rate = e.session().sample_rate.hz();
+    for (old, rel) in audio_entries {
-    for (old, rel) in &file.audio {
         let full = dir.join(rel);
-        if !full.starts_with(&dir) || rel.contains("..") {
+        if !full.starts_with(dir) || rel.contains("..") {
-            return Err(EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), format!("audio path escapes the group folder: {rel}")));
+            return Err(EngineError::BadParams(cmd_id.into(), format!("audio path escapes the group folder: {rel}")));
         }
         let key = crate::io::file_key(&full);
         let n = match index.get(&key) {
@@ -116,6 +107,25 @@ pub fn import(e: &mut Engine, path: &str, first: Option<TrackId>, at: Samples) -
         };
         file_of.insert(*old, n);
     }
+    Ok((decoded, file_of))
+}
+
+/// Import a clip group file at `at`, one lane per track starting at `first` (new audio tracks
+/// are made when the session runs out). Returns the ids of the placed clips.
+pub fn import(e: &mut Engine, path: &str, first: Option<TrackId>, at: Samples) -> Result<Vec<ClipId>> {
+    let id = "file.import_clip_groups";
+    let text = crate::io::read_text(path)?;
+    let file: GroupFile = serde_json::from_str(&text).map_err(|err| EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), format!("not a clip group file: {err}")))?;
+    if file.format != FORMAT {
+        return Err(EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), "not a SoundCraft clip group file".into()));
+    }
+    if file.lanes.iter().map(|l| l.len().max(1)).sum::<usize>() > MAX_CLIPS || file.audio.len() > MAX_CLIPS {
+        return Err(EngineError::BadParams(id.into(), "clip group file has too many clips".into()));
+    }
+    let dir = Path::new(path).parent().map(Path::to_path_buf).unwrap_or_default();
+    // Decode audio first so a bad file changes nothing, and each file once however many ids name it.
+    let rate = e.session().sample_rate.hz();
+    let (decoded, file_of) = decode_group_audio(&file.audio, &dir, rate, id)?;
     let src_rate = f64::from(file.sample_rate.max(1));
     let s = e.session_mut();
     let ratio = f64::from(s.sample_rate.hz()) / src_rate;
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ pub fn import(e: &mut Engine, path: &str, first: Option<TrackId>, at: Samples) -
     let sources: Vec<SourceId> = decoded
         .into_iter()
         .map(|(rel, buf)| {
-            let name = Path::new(&rel).file_name().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("clip group").to_string();
+            let name = Path::new(&rel).file_name().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("clip group").to_string();
             crate::io::add_source(s, &name, buf, None, FileFormat::Wav)
         })
         .collect();

crates/engine/src/cmd/audio_midi.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Edit › Copy Special › Audio as MIDI: pitch-track the selected audio into MIDI notes on the
 //! clipboard (paste them onto a MIDI or instrument track).
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, has_range, range_param, tracks_required};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Clipboard, Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::{Clipboard, cmd};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_midi::{Note, Sequence};
 use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipId};
 

crates/engine/src/cmd/audiosuite.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //! AudioSuite-style offline processing of selected clips.
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, clip_ids_param, has_selection, range_param, str_param, tracks_param};
+use soundcraft_time::Range;
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_audio_io::{AudioBuffer, FileFormat};
 use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipContent, TrackKind};
 
@@ -139,9 +140,17 @@ fn process(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 fn generate(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value, name: &str, params: &[(String, f32)], r: Range) -> Result<Value> {
     let sr = e.session().sample_rate;
     let tracks = tracks_param(e, "audiosuite.process", p)?;
+    let mut budget = soundcraft_mix::MAX_RENDER_SAMPLES;
     // Refuse before generating anything, rather than cut the clip short.
     for t in tracks.iter().filter_map(|t| e.session().track(*t)).filter(|t| t.kind == TrackKind::Audio) {
-        crate::io::refuse_longer(e.session(), "audiosuite.process", &t.name, "generate on", r.len(), crate::io::render_limit(t.channels()))?;
+        let channels = t.channels().max(1);
+        crate::io::refuse_longer(e.session(), "audiosuite.process", &t.name, "generate on", r.len(), crate::io::render_limit(channels))?;
+        // Each track keeps its generated buffer for the life of the command (and undo holds it), so
+        // cap the total samples generated across tracks, not just each one.
+        let frames = usize::try_from(r.len()).unwrap_or(0).min(crate::io::render_limit(channels));
+        budget = budget
+            .checked_sub(frames.saturating_mul(channels))
+            .ok_or_else(|| bad("audiosuite.process", "too much audio to generate in one command"))?;
     }
     let mut clips = Vec::new();
     for track in tracks {
@@ -256,4 +265,43 @@ mod tests {
         let ranges: Vec<_> = e.session().tracks[0].clips().iter().map(|c| (c.start, c.length)).collect();
         assert_eq!(ranges, vec![(0, 32), (32, 64)]);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn duplicate_track_ids_generate_once_not_per_listing() {
+        let mut e = Engine::new(Session::default());
+        let t = e.session_mut().add_track(TrackKind::Audio, ChannelFormat::Mono, Some("Tone"));
+        e.execute("edit.select", &json!({"tracks": [t.0], "start": 0, "end": 4800})).unwrap();
+        // The same track eight times over: it must generate once, not eight times (#896).
+        let out = e
+            .execute(
+                "audiosuite.process",
+                &json!({"process": "signal_generator", "tracks": [t.0, t.0, t.0, t.0, t.0, t.0, t.0, t.0], "params": {"freq": 440.0}}),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out["processed"], 1);
+        assert_eq!(e.session().tracks[0].clips().len(), 1, "one clip, not one per duplicate listing");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn generate_refuses_a_total_budget_across_tracks() {
+        let mut e = Engine::new(Session::default());
+        // Two tracks each near the per-track limit: the second would push the total past the budget.
+        for n in 0..2 {
+            e.session_mut().add_track(TrackKind::Audio, ChannelFormat::Mono, Some(&format!("T{n}")));
+        }
+        let t: Vec<_> = e.session().tracks.iter().map(|t| t.id.0).collect();
+        // Select both tracks so signal_generator targets them.
+        e.execute("edit.select", &json!({"tracks": [t[0], t[1]], "start": 0, "end": 4800})).unwrap();
+        e.execute("audiosuite.process", &serde_json::json!({"process": "signal_generator", "track": t[0], "params": {"freq": 440.0}})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(e.session().tracks[0].clips().len(), 1, "one track generates one clip");
+        // Two distinct tracks over the total budget are refused (MAX_RENDER_SAMPLES is f32 samples
+        // across all channels; a single track over the limit is already refused per-track).
+        let len = (soundcraft_mix::MAX_RENDER_SAMPLES as i64) / 3 * 2;
+        let out = e.execute(
+            "audiosuite.process",
+            &serde_json::json!({"process": "signal_generator", "tracks": [t[0], t[1]], "params": {"freq": 440.0}, "start": 0, "end": len}),
+        );
+        let ok = matches!(out, Err(crate::EngineError::BadParams(_, ref m)) if m.contains("too much audio"));
+        assert!(ok, "two tracks over budget, but got: {out:?}");
+    }
 }

crates/engine/src/cmd/clap.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Third-party CLAP plugins: discovery (`engine.clap_plugins`) and id lookup shared by the mixer
 //! commands. Hosting itself lives in `soundcraft-clap-host`.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always};
 
-use super::*;
 use crate::cmd;
-use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use soundcraft_dsp::PluginInfo;
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {

crates/engine/src/cmd/clip.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 //! Clip menu commands.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, clip_ids_param, f64_or, has_range, has_selection, i64_or, position_param, str_param, track_param};
+use soundcraft_model::ClipId;
+use soundcraft_time::Samples;
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![

crates/engine/src/cmd/clip_list.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Clip List commands.
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, bool_or};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
+use soundcraft_model::{ClipId, SourceId};
-use soundcraft_model::SourceId;
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
 const CLEAR: &str = "clip.clear";

crates/engine/src/cmd/clip_more.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! More Clip menu commands: Regroup, Unloop, Clip Effects bypass/render, Conform to Tempo and
 //! Remove Pitch Shift.
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, clip_ids_param, has_selection, str_param};
 
 use super::more_util::{render_stretched, replace_clip};
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipContent, ClipId, Session, TrackId};
 use soundcraft_time::Samples;
 

crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 //! Edit menu commands.
+use super::{
+    CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, can_redo, can_undo, clip_id, clip_ids_param, f32_or, f64_or, has_clipboard, has_range, has_selection,
+    has_tracks, i64_or, position_param, range_param, str_param, track_param, tracks_param, tracks_required,
+};
+use soundcraft_time::Samples;
 
 use super::more_util::toggle_flag;
-use super::*;
 use crate::edit as ops;
-use crate::{Clipboard, cmd};
+use crate::{Clipboard, Engine, Result, cmd};
-use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use soundcraft_model::{EditMode, Fade, FadeShape, Session};
+use soundcraft_model::{ClipId, EditMode, Fade, FadeShape, Session, TrackId};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![

crates/engine/src/cmd/edit_more.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 //! More Edit menu commands: Cut/Copy/Clear Special variants, Paste Special, selection helpers,
 //! Space Clips, Snap to, Copy/Move Selection to playlists, TCE, and automation coalesce/trim/glide.
+use super::{
+    CommandSpec, always, bad, clip_ids_param, has_clipboard, has_range, has_selection, position_param, range_param, str_param, tracks_required,
+};
 
 use super::more_util::{clip_db, render_stretched, replace_clip, set_clip_env, target_playlist};
-use super::*;
 use crate::edit as ops;
-use crate::{Clipboard, TransportRequest, cmd};
+use crate::{Clipboard, Engine, Result, TransportRequest, cmd};
-use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use soundcraft_model::{AutoParam, AutomationLane, Clip, ClipContent, ClipId, EditMode, Playlist, Session};
 use soundcraft_time::{Range, Samples};
 

crates/engine/src/cmd/event.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! Event menu: time/tempo operations, MIDI operations, markers.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, clip_ids_param, f32_or, f64_or, has_selection, has_tracks, i64_or, position_param, range_param, str_param};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_midi::ops::{DurationOp, QuantizeOptions, VelocityOp};
 use soundcraft_model::{ClipContent, MarkerKind};
 use soundcraft_time::TICKS_PER_QUARTER;

crates/engine/src/cmd/event_more.rs

@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 //! operations (split notes, input quantize, step input, restore/flatten performance), MIDI track
 //! offsets and real-time properties, chord extraction, Beat Detective, Identify Beat and
 //! Retrospective Record.
+use super::{
+    CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, clip_ids_param, f32_or, f64_or, has_range, has_selection, has_tracks, i64_or, position_param, range_param,
+    str_param, track_param, tracks_param, tracks_required,
+};
 
 use super::more_util::{store_value, track_key, values_with_prefix};
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_midi::Note;
 use soundcraft_midi::ops::QuantizeOptions;
 use soundcraft_model::{ChannelFormat, Clip, ClipContent, ClipId, MarkerKind, Session, TrackId, TrackKind};
-use soundcraft_time::{Range, Samples, TICKS_PER_QUARTER, TempoMap};
+use soundcraft_time::{MAX_POSITION, Range, Samples, TICKS_PER_QUARTER, TempoMap};
 
 /// Most tempo events one curve may write.
 const MAX_TEMPO_EVENTS: i64 = 10_000;
@@ -782,7 +785,6 @@ fn retro_record(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
     fn midi_engine() -> (Engine, TrackId) {
         let mut e = Engine::default();
         e.execute("track.new", &json!({"kind": "midi"})).unwrap();

crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 //! File menu commands.
+use super::{
+    CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, clip_ids_param, has_selection, has_tracks, i64_or, position_param, range_param, str_param, track_param,
+    tracks_param, tracks_required,
+};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, EngineError, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
+use soundcraft_model::{Session, TrackId, TrackKind};
-use soundcraft_model::{Session, TrackKind};
 use soundcraft_time::SampleRate;
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
@@ -110,9 +113,10 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             crate::io::write_file(&path, &bytes)?;
             Ok(json!({"path": path, "bytes": bytes.len()}))
         }),
-        cmd!(noundo "file.export_session_text", "Session Info as Text...", ["File", "Export"], None, "{path?}", always, |e, p| {
+        cmd!(noundo "file.export_session_text", "Session Info as Text...", ["File", "Export"], None, "{path?, replace?: false}", always, |e, p| {
             let text = crate::inspect::session_text(e);
             if let Some(path) = str_param(p, "path") {
+                refuse_replacing(e, "file.export_session_text", std::path::Path::new(path), p)?;
                 crate::io::write_file(path, text.as_bytes())?;
             }
             Ok(json!({"text": text}))
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ fn import_audio(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     for path in &paths {
         let bytes = crate::io::read_file(path)?;
-        let name = std::path::Path::new(path).file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("Audio").to_string();
+        let name = std::path::Path::new(path).file_name().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("Audio").to_string();
         let r = crate::io::import_audio_bytes(e, &name, &bytes, Some(path.as_str()), target, at)?;
         out.push(r);
     }
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ pub fn bounce_job(e: &Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<crate::io::Bounce> {
     let path = str_param(p, "path").ok_or_else(|| bad("file.bounce_mix", "`path` required"))?.to_string();
     let r = range_param(e, "file.bounce_mix", p)?;
     let r = if r.is_empty() { soundcraft_time::Range::new(0, e.session().content_end().max(1)) } else { r };
-    let ext = std::path::Path::new(&path).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("wav").to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let ext = std::path::Path::new(&path).extension().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("wav").to_ascii_lowercase();
     let format_name = str_param(p, "format").unwrap_or(ext.as_str());
     let format = soundcraft_audio_io::encode_format_for(format_name).ok_or_else(|| {
         bad("file.bounce_mix", format!("cannot write `{format_name}` files (supported: {})", soundcraft_audio_io::ENCODE_EXTENSIONS))
@@ -350,6 +354,24 @@ mod tests {
         path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn export_session_text_needs_replace_to_overwrite() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("sc-export-text-replace-{}", std::process::id()));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        let path = dir.join("info.txt");
+        let path_str = path.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+        let mut e = Engine::default();
+        e.execute("file.export_session_text", &json!({"path": path_str})).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&path, "keep me").unwrap();
+        let err = e.execute("file.export_session_text", &json!({"path": path_str})).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("replace: true"), "{err}");
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap(), "keep me");
+        e.execute("file.export_session_text", &json!({"path": path_str, "replace": true})).unwrap();
+        assert_ne!(std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap(), "keep me");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn import_audio_honours_new_tracks() {
         let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("sc-import-new-tracks-{}", std::process::id()));

crates/engine/src/cmd/health.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! Media availability checks without decoding files or changing the session.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::ClipContent;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
@@ -12,6 +12,55 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     ]
 }
 
+struct ClipContext<'a> {
+    track: &'a soundcraft_model::Track,
+    playlist: &'a soundcraft_model::Playlist,
+    active: bool,
+    session_sample_rate: u32,
+}
+
+fn check_audio_clip(
+    ctx: &ClipContext<'_>,
+    clip: &soundcraft_model::Clip,
+    source: soundcraft_model::SourceId,
+    offset: i64,
+    metadata: Option<&soundcraft_model::Source>,
+    audio: Option<&soundcraft_model::SourceAudio>,
+    issues: &mut Vec<Value>,
+) {
+    let mut add = |code: &str, message: &str| {
+        issues.push(json!({"code": code, "message": message, "track": ctx.track.name, "track_id": ctx.track.id.0,
+            "playlist": ctx.playlist.name, "active": ctx.active, "clip": clip.name, "clip_id": clip.id.0,
+            "source_id": source.0, "path": metadata.map(|m| m.path.as_str())}));
+    };
+    if metadata.is_none() {
+        add("missing_source", "Source metadata is missing. Reimport the audio and replace this clip.");
+    }
+    let Some(audio) = audio else {
+        add("unavailable_audio", "Audio is not loaded; this clip will be silent. Restore the media and reopen the session, or reimport it.");
+        return;
+    };
+    if audio.buffer.sample_rate != ctx.session_sample_rate {
+        add("sample_rate_mismatch", "Loaded audio differs from the session sample rate. Reimport it to convert to the session rate.");
+    }
+    if audio.buffer.channels.is_empty() || audio.frames() == 0 {
+        add("empty_audio", "Loaded audio has no playable frames. Reimport a valid audio file.");
+        return;
+    }
+    if audio.buffer.channels.iter().any(|channel| channel.len() != audio.frames()) {
+        add("uneven_channels", "Loaded audio channels have different lengths. Reimport a valid audio file; bounds below use the shortest channel.");
+    }
+    if !clip.stretch.is_finite() || clip.stretch <= 0.0 || clip.length <= 0 {
+        add("invalid_clip", "Clip length or stretch is invalid. Replace this clip.");
+    }
+    let stretch = if clip.stretch.is_finite() && clip.stretch > 0.0 { clip.stretch } else { 1.0 };
+    // Match the mixer's last requested source sample, including elastic playback.
+    let last = offset as f64 + clip.length.saturating_sub(1).max(0) as f64 / stretch;
+    if offset < 0 || last >= audio.frames() as f64 {
+        add("source_bounds", "Clip extends outside the loaded audio; part will be silent. Trim the clip or replace its source.");
+    }
+}
+
 fn report(e: &mut Engine, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let s = e.session();
     let sources: BTreeMap<_, _> = s.sources.iter().map(|source| (source.id, source)).collect();
@@ -24,51 +73,16 @@ fn report(e: &mut Engine, _: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     for track in &s.tracks {
         for (index, playlist) in track.playlists.iter().enumerate() {
             let active = index == track.active_playlist;
+            let ctx = ClipContext { track, playlist, active, session_sample_rate: s.sample_rate.hz() };
             for clip in &playlist.clips {
                 let ClipContent::Audio { source, offset } = clip.content else { continue };
                 clips += 1;
                 if active {
                     active_end = active_end.max(clip.end());
                 }
-                let metadata = sources.get(&source);
+                let metadata = sources.get(&source).copied();
-                let audio = s.pool.get(source);
+                let audio = s.pool.get(source).map(|a| a.as_ref());
-                let mut add = |code: &str, message: &str| {
+                check_audio_clip(&ctx, clip, source, offset, metadata, audio, &mut issues);
-                    issues.push(json!({"code": code, "message": message, "track": track.name, "track_id": track.id.0,
-                        "playlist": playlist.name, "active": active, "clip": clip.name, "clip_id": clip.id.0,
-                        "source_id": source.0, "path": metadata.map(|m| m.path.as_str())}));
-                };
-                if metadata.is_none() {
-                    add("missing_source", "Source metadata is missing. Reimport the audio and replace this clip.");
-                }
-                let Some(audio) = audio else {
-                    add(
-                        "unavailable_audio",
-                        "Audio is not loaded; this clip will be silent. Restore the media and reopen the session, or reimport it.",
-                    );
-                    continue;
-                };
-                if audio.buffer.sample_rate != s.sample_rate.hz() {
-                    add("sample_rate_mismatch", "Loaded audio differs from the session sample rate. Reimport it to convert to the session rate.");
-                }
-                if audio.buffer.channels.is_empty() || audio.frames() == 0 {
-                    add("empty_audio", "Loaded audio has no playable frames. Reimport a valid audio file.");
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if audio.buffer.channels.iter().any(|channel| channel.len() != audio.frames()) {
-                    add(
-                        "uneven_channels",
-                        "Loaded audio channels have different lengths. Reimport a valid audio file; bounds below use the shortest channel.",
-                    );
-                }
-                if !clip.stretch.is_finite() || clip.stretch <= 0.0 || clip.length <= 0 {
-                    add("invalid_clip", "Clip length or stretch is invalid. Replace this clip.");
-                }
-                let stretch = if clip.stretch.is_finite() && clip.stretch > 0.0 { clip.stretch } else { 1.0 };
-                // Match the mixer's last requested source sample, including elastic playback.
-                let last = offset as f64 + clip.length.saturating_sub(1).max(0) as f64 / stretch;
-                if offset < 0 || last >= audio.frames() as f64 {
-                    add("source_bounds", "Clip extends outside the loaded audio; part will be silent. Trim the clip or replace its source.");
-                }
             }
         }
     }

crates/engine/src/cmd/instrument.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! An instrument track's instrument (`mix.instrument`): the plugin that turns the track's MIDI
 //! into audio, built in or hosted (CLAP, VST3, Audio Units). The mixer plays `Track::instrument`;
 //! the instrument is otherwise only set when the track is created (`track.new`).
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, has_selection, str_param, tracks_required};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{Insert, TrackKind};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {

crates/engine/src/cmd/midi.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! MIDI note editing (MIDI Editor, pencil on MIDI tracks).
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, clip_id, has_tracks, i64_or, range_param, tracks_required};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_midi::{Note, Sequence};
 use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipContent, ClipId};
 use soundcraft_time::TICKS_PER_QUARTER;

crates/engine/src/cmd/mix.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 //! Mixer, insert, send and automation commands.
+use super::{
+    CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, f32_or, has_range, has_selection, has_tracks, i64_or, position_param, range_param, str_param, tracks_required,
+};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, EngineError, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{AutoParam, AutomationMode, INSERT_SLOTS, Insert, SEND_SLOTS, SendSlot, Session, TrackId};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
@@ -444,7 +446,7 @@ fn send(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let t = tracks_required(e, "mix.send", p)?.first().copied().ok_or_else(|| bad("mix.send", "no track"))?;
     let explicit = optional_slot(p, "mix.send", SEND_SLOTS)?;
     let s = e.session_mut();
-    let bid = s.add_bus(&bus, soundcraft_model::ChannelFormat::Stereo);
+    let bid = s.bus_by_name(&bus).map(|b| b.id).ok_or_else(|| bad("mix.send", format!("no bus named \"{bus}\"")))?;
     let tr = s.track_mut(t).ok_or_else(|| bad("mix.send", "no track"))?;
     let slot = explicit.or_else(|| tr.mixer.sends.iter().position(Option::is_none)).ok_or_else(|| bad("mix.send", "all send slots are in use"))?;
     // Re-targeting an existing send keeps its level, pan, mute and pre/post setting.
@@ -930,8 +932,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn retargeting_a_send_keeps_its_settings() {
         let mut e = Engine::default();
         e.execute("track.new", &json!({"count": 1, "name": "Gtr", "format": "mono"})).unwrap();
+        e.execute("mix.new_bus", &json!({"name": "Verb"})).unwrap();
         e.execute("mix.send", &json!({"track": "Gtr", "slot": 0, "bus": "Verb", "level_db": -9.0, "pre_fader": true})).unwrap();
         e.execute("mix.send_level", &json!({"track": "Gtr", "slot": 0, "pan": 0.5, "mute": true})).unwrap();
+        e.execute("mix.new_bus", &json!({"name": "Delay"})).unwrap();
         e.execute("mix.send", &json!({"track": "Gtr", "slot": 0, "bus": "Delay"})).unwrap();
         let sl = e.session().tracks[0].mixer.sends[0].clone().unwrap();
         let delay = e.session().busses.iter().find(|b| b.name == "Delay").unwrap().id;
@@ -985,10 +989,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(count(&e), 0, "absent param must still clear every lane");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn send_rejects_unknown_bus() {
+        let mut e = Engine::default();
+        e.execute("track.new", &json!({"count": 1, "name": "Gtr", "format": "mono"})).unwrap();
+        e.execute("mix.new_bus", &json!({"name": "Verb"})).unwrap();
+        let err = e.execute("mix.send", &json!({"track": "Gtr", "bus": "Nowhere"})).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("no bus named \"Nowhere\""), "{err}");
+        assert_eq!(e.session().busses.len(), 1);
+        assert!(e.session().tracks[0].mixer.sends.iter().all(Option::is_none));
+        e.execute("mix.send", &json!({"track": "Gtr", "bus": "verb"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(e.session().busses.len(), 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn insert_and_send_reject_invalid_slot() {
         let mut e = Engine::default();
         e.execute("track.new", &json!({"count": 1, "name": "Gtr", "format": "mono"})).unwrap();
+        e.execute("mix.new_bus", &json!({"name": "Verb"})).unwrap();
         for slot in [json!(12), json!("k"), json!("x1")] {
             let r = e.execute("mix.insert", &json!({"track": "Gtr", "slot": slot, "plugin": "compressor"}));
             assert!(r.is_err(), "insert slot {slot} accepted: {r:?}");

crates/engine/src/cmd/mod.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,27 @@ mod view_more;
 mod vst3;
 mod zoom_toggle;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod panic_probe {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::cmd;
+
+    pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
+        vec![cmd!(noundo "test.panic_probe", "Panic Probe", [], None, "{}", always, probe)]
+    }
+
+    fn probe(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+        if p.get("panic").is_none() {
+            return Ok(Value::Null);
+        }
+        e.clipboard.length = 123;
+        e.message("probe");
+        e.transport_requests.push(crate::TransportRequest::Play);
+        e.last_selection = Some((soundcraft_time::Range::new(0, 10), Vec::new()));
+        panic!("probe")
+    }
+}
+
 pub use file::bounce_job;
 
 pub(crate) use edit::remember_selection;
@@ -81,7 +102,7 @@ impl CommandSpec {
         CommandInfo {
             id: self.id.into(),
             label: self.label.into(),
-            menu: self.menu.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
+            menu: self.menu.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect(),
             shortcut: self.shortcut.map(str::to_string),
             params: self.params.into(),
             enabled: en.is_ok(),
@@ -136,6 +157,8 @@ pub fn command_specs() -> &'static [CommandSpec] {
         v.extend(sampler::specs());
         v.extend(video::specs());
         v.extend(zoom_toggle::specs());
+        #[cfg(test)]
+        v.extend(panic_probe::specs());
         v
     })
 }
@@ -224,13 +247,19 @@ pub fn tracks_param(e: &Engine, cmd: &str, p: &Value) -> Result<Vec<TrackId>> {
     if let Some(arr) = p.get("tracks").and_then(Value::as_array) {
         let s = e.session();
         let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
         for v in arr {
             let id = match (v.as_u64(), v.as_str()) {
                 (Some(n), _) => s.track(TrackId(n)).map(|t| t.id),
                 (_, Some(name)) => s.track_by_name(name).map(|t| t.id),
                 _ => None,
             };
-            out.push(id.ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, format!("unknown track {v}")))?);
+            let id = id.ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, format!("unknown track {v}")))?;
+            // Duplicates multiply the work (each entry renders and keeps its own result), so drop
+            // repeated ids instead of letting them blow the budget.
+            if seen.insert(id) {
+                out.push(id);
+            }
         }
         return Ok(out);
     }

crates/engine/src/cmd/more_util.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //! Helpers shared by the newer command modules: settings kept in `EditState.flags`/`values`,
 //! per-track settings, target playlists, clip-gain envelopes and stretch rendering.
+use super::bad;
+use crate::{Engine, Result};
 
-use super::*;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_audio_io::{AudioBuffer, FileFormat};
 use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipContent, EditState, Session, SourceId, TrackId};
 use soundcraft_time::Samples;
@@ -187,7 +188,6 @@ pub fn replace_clip(s: &mut Session, t: TrackId, old: soundcraft_model::ClipId,
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
     #[test]
     fn text_settings_round_trip() {
         let mut ed = EditState::default();

crates/engine/src/cmd/options.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! Options menu toggles and Setup › Session settings.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, position_param, str_param};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{BitDepthSetting, EditState};
 use soundcraft_time::FrameRate;
 

crates/engine/src/cmd/plugin_state.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //! Third-party plugin state in the session (`mix.insert_state`): the UI reads each live plugin's
 //! state right before saving and stores it on its insert (base64), from where the mixer restores
 //! it into new instances.
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, has_tracks, track_param};
+use crate::{Engine, Result};
 
-use super::*;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{INSERT_SLOTS, b64};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
@@ -47,6 +48,15 @@ fn insert_state(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         Some(Value::String(s)) => Some(b64::decode(s).ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "`state` is not valid base64 (or is too large)"))?),
         Some(_) => return Err(bad(CMD, "`state` must be a base64 string or null")),
     };
+    let n = state.as_ref().map_or(0, Vec::len);
+    // Plugins report changes that leave their state as it was: don't modify the session for those.
+    let stored = e.session().track(t).and_then(|tr| match slot {
+        Some(i) => tr.mixer.inserts.get(i).and_then(Option::as_ref),
+        None => tr.instrument.as_ref(),
+    });
+    if stored.is_some_and(|ins| ins.state_bytes().as_deref() == state.as_deref().filter(|b| !b.is_empty())) {
+        return Ok(json!({"bytes": n}));
+    }
     let s = e.session_mut();
     let tr = s.track_mut(t).ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "no track"))?;
     let ins = match slot {
@@ -54,7 +64,6 @@ fn insert_state(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         None => tr.instrument.as_mut(),
     }
     .ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "empty slot"))?;
-    let n = state.as_ref().map_or(0, Vec::len);
     match state {
         Some(bytes) => ins.set_state_bytes(&bytes),
         None => ins.state = None,
@@ -96,6 +105,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(e.session().tracks[0].mixer.inserts[2].as_ref().unwrap().state, None);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn storing_the_same_state_again_changes_nothing() {
+        let mut e = Engine::default();
+        e.execute("track.new", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let t = e.session().tracks[0].id.0;
+        e.execute("mix.insert", &json!({"track": t, "plugin": "gain", "slot": 0})).unwrap();
+        let blob = b64::encode(b"same");
+        e.execute("mix.insert_state", &json!({"track": t, "slot": 0, "state": blob})).unwrap();
+        let rev = e.revision;
+        e.execute("mix.insert_state", &json!({"track": t, "slot": 0, "state": blob})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(e.revision, rev);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn hostile_params_are_errors() {
         let mut e = Engine::default();

crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! Read-only queries for agents.
+use super::{CommandInfo, CommandSpec, always, bad, command_specs, has_tracks, position_param, str_param, track_param};
 
-use super::*;
 use crate::cmd;
-use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![

crates/engine/src/cmd/sampler.rs

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 //! The source is saved in `Audio Files/` with the session like any other audio, so a session that
 //! uses a sample reopens with it. Sampler parameters (root note, key range, ADSR, loop…) are set
 //! with `mix.instrument_param`, or all at once with `params` here.
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, has_selection, str_param, tracks_required};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, EngineError, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
+use soundcraft_model::{Insert, TrackId, TrackKind};
-use soundcraft_model::{Insert, TrackKind};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 const SAMPLER: &str = "sampler";
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn load(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         }
     }
     let bytes = crate::io::read_file(&path)?;
-    let name = Path::new(&path).file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("Sample").to_string();
+    let name = Path::new(&path).file_name().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("Sample").to_string();
     attach(e, t, &name, &bytes, Some(&path), values)
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub(crate) fn attach(e: &mut Engine, t: TrackId, name: &str, bytes: &[u8], path:
         return Err(bad(id, "only instrument tracks have a sampler"));
     }
     let info = soundcraft_dsp::plugin_info(SAMPLER).ok_or_else(|| bad(id, "the sampler is not available"))?;
-    let ext = Path::new(name).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).map(str::to_ascii_lowercase);
+    let ext = Path::new(name).extension().and_then(std::ffi::OsStr::to_str).map(str::to_ascii_lowercase);
     let (format, buf) = soundcraft_audio_io::decode(bytes, ext.as_deref()).map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(format!("{name}: {err}")))?;
     if buf.frames() == 0 || buf.num_channels() == 0 {
         return Err(EngineError::Io(format!("{name}: no audio")));

crates/engine/src/cmd/setup_more.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! More Options toggles, the Setup menu (hardware, playback engine, I/O, timecode, click,
 //! shortcuts, MIDI setup) and File › Import › Session Data.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, command_specs, i64_or, str_param, track_param, tracks_param};
 
 use super::more_util::{set_text, store_value, text, toggle_flag, values_with_prefix};
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, EngineError, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{BusId, ChannelFormat, ClipContent, OutputPath, Route, Session, SourceId, TrackId, TrackKind};
 use soundcraft_time::Timecode;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ fn import_session_data(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
     #[test]
     fn option_flags_toggle() {
         let mut e = Engine::default();

crates/engine/src/cmd/surround.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! Surround mixing: the main output format and the surround panners of tracks and sends.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, f32_or, has_selection, str_param, tracks_required};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{ChannelFormat, Mixer, OutputPath, Route, SEND_SLOTS, Session, SurroundPan, TrackKind};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(e.session().track(t).unwrap().mixer.surround.is_none());
         // Sends.
         assert!(e.execute("mix.send_surround_pan", &json!({"track": t.0, "slot": "a", "x": 1.0})).is_err(), "empty slot");
+        e.execute("mix.new_bus", &json!({"name": "FX"})).unwrap();
         e.execute("mix.send", &json!({"track": t.0, "slot": 0, "bus": "FX"})).unwrap();
         e.execute("mix.send_surround_pan", &json!({"track": t.0, "slot": "a", "x": 1.0, "y": -1.0})).unwrap();
         let snd = e.session().track(t).unwrap().mixer.sends[0].clone().unwrap();

crates/engine/src/cmd/tab.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! Tab and Tab to Transient: the insertion point or selection end to the next or previous clip boundary, transient or note.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bool_or};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, TransportRequest, cmd};
-use crate::{TransportRequest, cmd};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
+use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipContent, Session, SourceAudio, TrackId};
-use soundcraft_model::{Clip, ClipContent, Session, SourceAudio};
+use soundcraft_time::{Range, SampleRate, Samples};
-use soundcraft_time::SampleRate;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, PoisonError, Weak};
 
 /// Transients are found in fixed blocks of each clip, so a long clip costs a block per press and

crates/engine/src/cmd/track.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //! Track menu commands.
+use super::{
+    CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, has_selection, has_tracks, i64_or, range_param, str_param, track_param, tracks_param, tracks_required,
+};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
+use soundcraft_model::{ChannelFormat, Group, GroupId, Playlist, Route, Session, Track, TrackHeight, TrackId, TrackKind};
-use soundcraft_model::{ChannelFormat, Group, GroupId, Playlist, Route, Session, Track, TrackHeight, TrackKind};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![
@@ -944,7 +946,6 @@ fn route(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value, input: bool) -> Result<Value> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
     #[test]
     fn comp_from_alternate_playlist() {
         let mut e = crate::demo::demo_engine();

crates/engine/src/cmd/track_more.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! More Track menu commands: Convert Aux to Routing Folder, Extract MIDI, track presets, insert /
 //! send bypass subsets, MIDI real-time properties, trim/VCA coalescing and target playlists.
+use super::{CommandSpec, bad, has_selection, has_tracks, range_param, str_param, tracks_param, tracks_required};
 
 use super::more_util::{activate_playlist, target_playlist, track_key};
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, EngineError, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_dsp::Category;
 use soundcraft_model::{AutoParam, AutomationLane, ChannelFormat, Clip, ClipContent, Insert, Route, Session, Track, TrackId, TrackKind};
 use soundcraft_time::Samples;
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ fn toggle_recent(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
     #[test]
     fn bypass_by_category_and_range() {
         let mut e = crate::demo::demo_engine();

crates/engine/src/cmd/transport.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Transport commands. They update the session's stopped playhead and queue requests for the
 //! host's audio engine (which may be absent when headless).
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, f64_or, position_param};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, TransportRequest, cmd};
-use crate::{TransportRequest, cmd};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![

crates/engine/src/cmd/video.rs

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 //!
 //! Movies are imported with `file.import_video`; the session only references them
 //! (`Session::videos`). Decoding happens in the UI (`soundcraft-video`), never in the engine.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, position_param, track_param};
+use soundcraft_time::MAX_POSITION;
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{ClipContent, TrackKind};
 
 /// `edit.flags` key set while the Video track is offline (online is the default).

crates/engine/src/cmd/view.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //! View menu commands that change saved view state (zoom, rulers, counters, grid/nudge).
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, bad, bool_or, f32_or, f64_or, i64_or, position_param, str_param};
 
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
+use soundcraft_time::TimeFormat;
-use soundcraft_time::{GridValue, NoteValue, TimeFormat};
+use soundcraft_time::{GridValue, MAX_POSITION, NoteValue};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ pub fn grid_param(p: &Value, key: &str) -> Option<GridValue> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
+    use soundcraft_time::Samples;
     #[test]
     fn grid_values_parse() {
         assert_eq!(grid_param(&json!({"v": "1/16"}), "v"), Some(GridValue::Note { value: NoteValue::Sixteenth, dotted: false, triplet: false }));

crates/engine/src/cmd/view_more.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 //! More View menu commands: Edit-window column views, extra rulers, marker displays, clip
 //! display options, waveform styles, expanded sends, transport views and other view toggles.
 //! Every setting is saved with the session in `edit.flags` (or `edit.rulers` for rulers).
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, str_param};
 
 use super::more_util::{exclusive_flag, set_flags, toggle_flag};
-use super::*;
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
-use crate::cmd;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
-use serde_json::json;
 
 /// A view toggle: `{value?: bool}` sets it, otherwise it flips.
 macro_rules! flag {
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ fn toggle_ruler(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value, id: &str) -> Result<Value> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-
     #[test]
     fn flags_toggle_and_persist() {
         let mut e = Engine::default();

crates/engine/src/cmd/vst3.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! Third-party VST3 plugins: discovery (`engine.vst3_plugins`). Hosting itself lives in
 //! `soundcraft-vst3-host`; id lookup for the mixer commands is shared with CLAP in
 //! `cmd::clap::plugin_info`.
+use super::{CommandSpec, always};
 
-use super::*;
 use crate::cmd;
-use serde_json::json;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![cmd!(

crates/engine/src/cmd/zoom_toggle.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //! Zoom Toggle: zoom in on the edit selection, then back out to the view before.
-
+use super::{CommandSpec, always, f64_or};
-use super::*;
-use crate::cmd;
-use serde_json::json;
 use soundcraft_model::{TrackHeight, ZoomToggle};
+use soundcraft_time::MAX_POSITION;
+
+use crate::{Engine, Result, cmd};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     vec![cmd!(noundo "view.zoom_toggle", "Zoom Toggle", [], None, "{width_px?: 1200, height_px?: 600}", always, toggle)]
@@ -37,8 +38,10 @@ fn toggle(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use super::TrackHeight::{Fit, Large, Medium};
     use super::*;
-    use TrackHeight::{Fit, Large, Medium};
+    use soundcraft_model::TrackId;
+    use soundcraft_time::Samples;
 
     fn engine(select: Value) -> Engine {
         let mut e = Engine::default();

crates/engine/src/edit.rs

@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ pub fn copy_range(s: &Session, track: TrackId, range: Range) -> Vec<Clip> {
             let old = part.start;
             part.trim_start_to(isect.start);
             rebase_midi_start(&mut part, old, t);
+            part.fade_in = Fade::default();
         }
         if isect.end < part.end() {
             part.trim_end_to(isect.end);
+            part.fade_out = Fade::default();
         }
         part.start -= range.start;
         out.push(part);
@@ -405,7 +407,8 @@ pub fn trim_end_to(s: &mut Session, track: TrackId, at: Samples) -> usize {
     n
 }
 
-/// Heal separations inside `range`: merge neighbouring audio clips that continue the same file.
+/// Heal separations inside `range`: merge neighbouring audio clips that continue the same file,
+/// either touching (a split) or with an empty gap that matches the gap in the source (a cut).
 pub fn heal(s: &mut Session, track: TrackId, range: Range) -> usize {
     let Some(pl) = s.track_mut(track).and_then(|t| t.playlist_mut()) else { return 0 };
     pl.sort();
@@ -413,13 +416,16 @@ pub fn heal(s: &mut Session, track: TrackId, range: Range) -> usize {
     let mut healed = 0;
     for c in pl.clips.drain(..) {
         if let Some(prev) = out.last_mut() {
-            let contiguous = prev.end() == c.start && c.start >= range.start && c.start <= range.end;
+            let contiguous = c.start >= prev.end() && prev.end() >= range.start && c.start <= range.end;
+            let gap = if contiguous { c.start.saturating_sub(prev.end()) } else { 0 };
             let same = match (&prev.content, &c.content) {
-                (ClipContent::Audio { source: a, offset: oa }, ClipContent::Audio { source: b, offset: ob }) => a == b && oa + prev.length == *ob,
+                (ClipContent::Audio { source: a, offset: oa }, ClipContent::Audio { source: b, offset: ob }) => {
+                    a == b && oa.saturating_add(prev.length).saturating_add(gap) == *ob
+                }
                 _ => false,
             };
             if contiguous && same && (prev.gain_db - c.gain_db).abs() < 1e-6 {
-                prev.length += c.length;
+                prev.length = c.end().saturating_sub(prev.start);
                 prev.fade_out = c.fade_out;
                 healed += 1;
                 continue;
@@ -835,6 +841,8 @@ pub fn delete_fades(s: &mut Session, track: TrackId, range: Range) -> usize {
             }
         }
     }
+    // Trimming can move a start past a later clip's start when one clip overlapped several.
+    pl.sort();
     n
 }
 
@@ -868,6 +876,20 @@ mod tests {
         s.track(t).unwrap().clips().iter().map(|c| (c.start, c.length, c.source_offset())).collect()
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn copy_range_resets_fades_at_cut_edges() {
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        if let Some(c) = s.track_mut(t).and_then(|t| t.playlist_mut()).and_then(|p| p.clips.first_mut()) {
+            c.fade_in = Fade { len: 100, shape: FadeShape::Linear, curvature: 0.0 };
+            c.fade_out = Fade { len: 100, shape: FadeShape::Linear, curvature: 0.0 };
+        }
+        let fades = |r: Range| -> Vec<(Samples, Samples)> { copy_range(&s, t, r).iter().map(|c| (c.fade_in.len, c.fade_out.len)).collect() };
+        assert_eq!(fades(Range::new(2000, 3000)), vec![(0, 0)]);
+        assert_eq!(fades(Range::new(0, 3000)), vec![(100, 0)]);
+        assert_eq!(fades(Range::new(2000, 6000)), vec![(0, 100)]);
+        assert_eq!(fades(Range::new(0, 6000)), vec![(100, 100)]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn separate_splits_and_heal_rejoins() {
         let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
@@ -878,6 +900,37 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(clips(&s, t), vec![(1000, 4000, 1000)]);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn heal_rejoins_cut_separation() {
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        clear_range(&mut s, t, Range::new(2000, 3000), false);
+        assert_eq!(heal(&mut s, t, Range::new(1500, 3500)), 1);
+        assert_eq!(clips(&s, t), vec![(1000, 4000, 1000)]);
+        // A selection that does not span the whole gap leaves it alone.
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        clear_range(&mut s, t, Range::new(2000, 3000), false);
+        assert_eq!(heal(&mut s, t, Range::new(2500, 3500)), 0);
+        // Shuffled pieces no longer line up with their source and stay apart.
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        clear_range(&mut s, t, Range::new(2000, 3000), true);
+        assert_eq!(heal(&mut s, t, Range::new(0, 10_000)), 0);
+        // Moved apart: the timeline gap no longer matches the source gap.
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        clear_range(&mut s, t, Range::new(2000, 3000), false);
+        if let Some(pl) = s.track_mut(t).and_then(|t| t.playlist_mut()) {
+            pl.clips[1].start = 3500;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(heal(&mut s, t, Range::new(0, 10_000)), 0);
+        // Overlapping neighbours whose offsets line up are not a separation.
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        assert_eq!(separate_at(&mut s, t, 3000), 1);
+        if let Some(pl) = s.track_mut(t).and_then(|t| t.playlist_mut()) {
+            pl.clips[1].start = 2500;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(heal(&mut s, t, Range::new(0, 10_000)), 0);
+        assert_eq!(clips(&s, t).len(), 2);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn clear_slip_and_shuffle() {
         let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
@@ -1041,4 +1094,18 @@ mod tests {
         s.find_clip_mut(id).unwrap().time_locked = true;
         assert_eq!(move_clips(&mut s, &[id], 500, &[]), 0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn delete_fades_keeps_playlist_sorted_when_a_clip_overlaps_several() {
+        let (mut s, t) = session_with_clip();
+        let pl = s.track_mut(t).and_then(|t| t.playlist_mut()).expect("track has a playlist");
+        pl.clips.clear();
+        pl.clips.push(Clip::audio(ClipId(901), "a", SourceId(500), 0, 0, 1000));
+        pl.clips.push(Clip::audio(ClipId(902), "b", SourceId(500), 100, 100, 100));
+        pl.clips.push(Clip::audio(ClipId(903), "c", SourceId(500), 150, 150, 750));
+        delete_fades(&mut s, t, Range::new(0, 10_000));
+        let got = clips(&s, t);
+        assert!(got.windows(2).all(|w| w[0].0 <= w[1].0), "playlist not sorted: {got:?}");
+        assert!(got.iter().all(|c| c.1 > 0), "empty clip: {got:?}");
+    }
 }

crates/engine/src/file_access.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 //! The folders automation may read and write.
 //!
 //! `soundcraft-cli mcp --automation-read-root <dir> --automation-write-root <dir>` confines the
-//! files an agent's commands reach. [`AutomationRoots`] holds the two folders. While they are in
+//! files an agent's commands reach; each flag may be given more than once (#874). [`AutomationRoots`]
-//! force, every path a command reads goes through [`check_read`] and every path it writes through [`check_write`]:
+//! holds the folders of each kind. While they are in force, every path a command reads goes through
+//! [`check_read`] and every path it writes through [`check_write`]:
 //!
 //! - The path is made absolute against the working directory, as the file system reads it. Its
 //!   links are followed: for a file that doesn't exist yet, the links of its nearest existing
 //!   folder, the rest of the path being plain names (`..` below a missing folder is refused, and so
 //!   is a link that leads nowhere).
-//! - The result must lie inside the root, compared by whole components (`/work2` isn't inside
+//! - The result must lie inside one of the roots of its kind, compared by whole components
-//!   `/work`), without regard to case on Windows.
+//!   (`/work2` isn't inside `/work`), without regard to case on Windows.
 //! - Read and write access are separate: a root given alone grants only its own kind of access.
 //!
 //! Roots are in force on a thread inside [`confine`], and in the whole process after
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ pub enum Access {
     Write,
 }
 
-/// The folders automation may read and write; a root left out grants no access of its kind.
+/// The folders automation may read and write; a kind with no root grants no access of its kind.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct AutomationRoots {
-    read: Option<Root>,
+    read: Vec<Root>,
-    write: Option<Root>,
+    write: Vec<Root>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -62,48 +63,61 @@ impl Root {
 }
 
 impl AutomationRoots {
-    /// The roots `read` and `write`, which must be existing folders; `None` when neither is given
+    /// The roots `read` and `write`, which must be existing folders (one given twice counts once);
-    /// (nothing is confined then).
+    /// `None` when neither kind has any (nothing is confined then).
-    pub fn new(read: Option<&Path>, write: Option<&Path>) -> Result<Option<Arc<Self>>, String> {
+    pub fn new(read: &[&Path], write: &[&Path]) -> Result<Option<Arc<Self>>, String> {
-        if read.is_none() && write.is_none() {
+        if read.is_empty() && write.is_empty() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
-        let read = read.map(|p| Root::open(p, Access::Read)).transpose()?;
+        let open = |paths: &[&Path], access: Access| -> Result<Vec<Root>, String> {
-        let write = write.map(|p| Root::open(p, Access::Write)).transpose()?;
+            let mut roots: Vec<Root> = Vec::with_capacity(paths.len());
-        Ok(Some(Arc::new(Self { read, write })))
+            for path in paths {
+                let root = Root::open(path, access)?;
+                if !roots.iter().any(|r| r.resolved == root.resolved) {
+                    roots.push(root);
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(roots)
+        };
+        Ok(Some(Arc::new(Self { read: open(read, Access::Read)?, write: open(write, Access::Write)? })))
     }
 
-    /// The read root, absolute with its links followed.
+    /// The roots for people: `read A, B; write C` (`none` for a kind without any).
-    pub fn read_root(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
+    pub fn describe(&self) -> String {
-        self.read.as_ref().map(|r| r.shown.as_path())
+        let list = |roots: &[Root]| {
+            if roots.is_empty() {
+                return "none".to_string();
+            }
+            roots.iter().map(|r| r.shown.display().to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ")
+        };
+        format!("read {}; write {}", list(&self.read), list(&self.write))
     }
 
-    /// The write root, absolute with its links followed.
+    /// May the file or folder at `path` be read (or written)? It must lie inside one of the roots
-    pub fn write_root(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
+    /// of that kind. `Err` says why not.
-        self.write.as_ref().map(|r| r.shown.as_path())
-    }
-
-    /// May the file or folder at `path` be read (or written)? `Err` says why not.
     pub fn check(&self, path: impl AsRef<Path>, access: Access) -> Result<(), String> {
         let path = path.as_ref();
         let shown_path = path.display();
-        let root = match access {
+        let roots = match access {
-            Access::Read => self.read.as_ref(),
+            Access::Read => &self.read,
-            Access::Write => self.write.as_ref(),
+            Access::Write => &self.write,
         };
-        let Some(Root { resolved: folder, shown }) = root else {
+        if roots.is_empty() {
             return match access {
                 Access::Read => Err(format!("automation filesystem access is not granted: read authority is absent: {shown_path}")),
                 Access::Write => Err(format!("automation filesystem access is not granted: write authority is absent: {shown_path}")),
             };
-        };
+        }
-        if inside(&resolve(path)?, folder) {
+        let resolved = resolve(path)?;
+        if roots.iter().any(|r| inside(&resolved, &r.resolved)) {
             return Ok(());
         }
-        let root = shown.display();
+        let shown: Vec<String> = roots.iter().map(|r| r.shown.display().to_string()).collect();
-        match access {
+        match (shown.as_slice(), access) {
-            Access::Read => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the read root {root}: {shown_path}")),
+            ([root], Access::Read) => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the read root {root}: {shown_path}")),
-            Access::Write => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the write root {root}: {shown_path}")),
+            ([root], Access::Write) => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the write root {root}: {shown_path}")),
+            (_, Access::Read) => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the read roots {}: {shown_path}", shown.join(", "))),
+            (_, Access::Write) => Err(format!("automation path rejected: outside the write roots {}: {shown_path}", shown.join(", "))),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -280,7 +294,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
         std::fs::write(base.join("in/a.scraft"), "x").unwrap();
         std::fs::write(base.join("outside/secret.scraft"), "x").unwrap();
-        let roots = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("in")), Some(&base.join("out"))).unwrap().unwrap();
+        let roots = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in")], &[&base.join("out")]).unwrap().unwrap();
         (base, roots)
     }
 
@@ -340,18 +354,18 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn a_missing_root_is_an_error_and_none_is_no_confinement() {
         let (base, _) = folders("missing");
-        let e = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("nope")), None).unwrap_err();
+        let e = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("nope")], &[]).unwrap_err();
         assert!(e.starts_with("cannot open the automation read root"), "{e}");
-        let e = AutomationRoots::new(None, Some(&base.join("in/a.scraft"))).unwrap_err();
+        let e = AutomationRoots::new(&[], &[&base.join("in/a.scraft")]).unwrap_err();
         assert!(
             e.starts_with("cannot open the automation write root")
                 && e.ends_with(&std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::NotADirectory).to_string()),
             "{e}"
         );
-        assert!(AutomationRoots::new(Some(Path::new("")), None).unwrap_err().starts_with("cannot open the automation read root ``"));
+        assert!(AutomationRoots::new(&[Path::new("")], &[]).unwrap_err().starts_with("cannot open the automation read root ``"));
-        assert!(AutomationRoots::new(None, None).unwrap().is_none());
+        assert!(AutomationRoots::new(&[], &[]).unwrap().is_none());
         // One root alone grants only its own access.
-        let read_only = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("in")), None).unwrap().unwrap();
+        let read_only = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in")], &[]).unwrap().unwrap();
         let e = read_only.check(s(base.join("in/x.scraft")), Access::Write).unwrap_err();
         assert!(e.contains("write authority is absent"), "{e}");
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
@@ -388,11 +402,66 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(roots.check(s(base.join("in/alias/x.scraft")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
         // A root given through a link is the folder it leads to.
         assert!(made(&base.join("in"), &base.join("in-link")));
-        let linked = AutomationRoots::new(Some(&base.join("in-link")), None).unwrap().unwrap();
+        let linked = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in-link")], &[]).unwrap().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(linked.check(s(base.join("in/a.scraft")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
     }
 
+    /// #874: several roots of a kind: a path inside any of them passes, one inside none is refused
+    /// naming them all, and read and write stay separate.
+    #[test]
+    fn several_roots_of_a_kind_each_grant_their_access() {
+        let (base, _) = folders("several");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(base.join("out2")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(base.join("in2/b.scraft"), "x").unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(base.join("parent.scraft"), "x").unwrap();
+        let roots = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in"), &base.join("in2")], &[&base.join("out"), &base.join("out2")]).unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(roots.check(s(base.join("in/a.scraft")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
+        assert_eq!(roots.check(s(base.join("in2/b.scraft")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
+        let e = roots.check(s(base.join("outside/secret.scraft")), Access::Read).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(e.starts_with("automation path rejected: outside the read roots ") && e.contains(", "), "{e}");
+        // Two sibling roots don't make their parent a root.
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("parent.scraft")), Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read roots"));
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.clone()), Access::Read).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(roots.check(s(base.join("out/x.wav")), Access::Write), Ok(()));
+        assert_eq!(roots.check(s(base.join("out2/new/x.wav")), Access::Write), Ok(()));
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("outside/x.wav")), Access::Write).unwrap_err().contains("outside the write roots"));
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("x.wav")), Access::Write).is_err());
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("in2/b.scraft")), Access::Write).is_err());
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("out2/x.wav")), Access::Read).is_err());
+        // `..` out of one root is outside, also when it lands next to another root.
+        let sep = std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
+        let up = format!("{}{sep}..{sep}outside{sep}secret.scraft", s(base.join("in2")));
+        assert!(roots.check(up, Access::Read).is_err());
+        // `..` from one root into another stays inside.
+        let across = format!("{}{sep}..{sep}in{sep}a.scraft", s(base.join("in2")));
+        assert_eq!(roots.check(across, Access::Read), Ok(()));
+        // A folder given twice (here once through `..`) counts once.
+        let twice = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in"), &base.join("in/sub/..")], &[]).unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert!(!twice.describe().contains(", ") && twice.describe().ends_with("; write none"), "{}", twice.describe());
+        // A missing folder among several is an error.
+        let e = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in"), &base.join("nope")], &[]).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(e.starts_with("cannot open the automation read root"), "{e}");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
+    }
+
+    /// A link inside one root that leads into another root of the same kind stays inside; one that
+    /// leads out of all of them is outside.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn links_between_several_roots() {
+        let (base, _) = folders("several-links");
+        std::fs::write(base.join("in2/b.scraft"), "x").unwrap();
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(base.join("in2/b.scraft"), base.join("in/to-in2.scraft")).unwrap();
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(base.join("outside/secret.scraft"), base.join("in2/leak.scraft")).unwrap();
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&base, base.join("in2/up")).unwrap();
+        let roots = AutomationRoots::new(&[&base.join("in"), &base.join("in2")], &[]).unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(roots.check(s(base.join("in/to-in2.scraft")), Access::Read), Ok(()));
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("in2/leak.scraft")), Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read roots"));
+        assert!(roots.check(s(base.join("in2/up/outside/secret.scraft")), Access::Read).unwrap_err().contains("outside the read roots"));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base);
+    }
+
     #[cfg(windows)]
     #[test]
     fn windows_ignores_case_and_refuses_devices() {

crates/engine/src/io.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use soundcraft_audio_io::{AudioBuffer, EncodeOptions, FileFormat};
 use soundcraft_model::{BusId, ChannelFormat, Clip, ClipContent, Session, Source, SourceAudio, SourceId, TrackId, TrackKind};
 use soundcraft_time::{Range, Samples};
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -68,19 +69,16 @@ pub fn file_found(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
 /// Paths the person picks in this session (imports) are not stored paths and skip this.
 pub fn stored_path(stored: &str, session: &Path) -> std::result::Result<PathBuf, String> {
     let session = std::path::absolute(session).unwrap_or_else(|_| session.to_path_buf());
-    let path = craft_docpath::resolve(stored, Some(&session)).map_err(|why| format!("not opened: {why}"))?;
+    craft_docpath::resolve_absolute(stored, Some(&session)).map_err(|why| format!("not opened: {why}"))
-    // A path that is still relative would be taken from the working directory, which the session
-    // does not choose.
-    if path.is_relative() {
-        return Err("not opened: the path is not absolute".into());
-    }
-    Ok(path)
 }
 
 /// Create `dir` and its parents, inside the automation write root when there is one.
 pub(crate) fn make_dir(dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<()> {
     let dir = dir.as_ref();
-    crate::file_access::check_write(dir).map_err(EngineError::Io)?;
+    // The empty folder of a bare file name ("t.scraft") is the working directory, which the root
+    // check would refuse as an empty path.
+    let checked = if dir.as_os_str().is_empty() { Path::new(".") } else { dir };
+    crate::file_access::check_write(checked).map_err(EngineError::Io)?;
     std::fs::create_dir_all(dir).map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(format!("{}: {err}", dir.display())))
 }
 
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn add_source(s: &mut Session, name: &str, mut buf: AudioBuffer, path: Optio
         buf.sample_rate = sr;
     }
     let id = SourceId(s.alloc());
-    let stem = Path::new(name).file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or(name).to_string();
+    let stem = Path::new(name).file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or(name).to_string();
     let stored = match path {
         Some(p) => p.to_string(),
         None => unique_audio_rel(s, &stem),
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ fn stamp_at_rate(stamp: u64, file_rate: u32, session_rate: u32) -> u64 {
 
 /// Decode and place an audio file. With no target track, a new track of matching width is made.
 pub fn import_audio_bytes(e: &mut Engine, name: &str, bytes: &[u8], path: Option<&str>, target: Option<TrackId>, at: Samples) -> Result<Value> {
-    let ext = Path::new(name).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).map(str::to_ascii_lowercase);
+    let ext = Path::new(name).extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str).map(str::to_ascii_lowercase);
     let (info, buf) = soundcraft_audio_io::decode(bytes, ext.as_deref()).map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(format!("{name}: {err}")))?;
     let buf = at_rate(buf, e.session().sample_rate.hz(), MAX_IMPORT_SAMPLES)
         .ok_or_else(|| EngineError::Io(format!("{name}: file is too large to import")))?;
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ pub fn import_audio_bytes(e: &mut Engine, name: &str, bytes: &[u8], path: Option
     let track = match target {
         Some(t) => t,
         None => {
-            let stem = Path::new(name).file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("Audio").to_string();
+            let stem = Path::new(name).file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("Audio").to_string();
             s.add_track(TrackKind::Audio, ChannelFormat::for_channels(channels), Some(&stem))
         }
     };
@@ -194,8 +192,8 @@ pub fn load_sampler_bytes(e: &mut Engine, track: TrackId, name: &str, bytes: &[u
 /// never copied) plus its audio on a new audio track when it has a usable audio stream. Fails
 /// only when the file has neither a readable picture nor audio.
 pub fn import_video_bytes(e: &mut Engine, path: &str, bytes: Vec<u8>, at: Samples) -> Result<Value> {
-    let stem = Path::new(path).file_stem().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("Video").to_string();
+    let stem = Path::new(path).file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("Video").to_string();
-    let ext = Path::new(path).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("mp4").to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let ext = Path::new(path).extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("mp4").to_ascii_lowercase();
     let bytes: Arc<[u8]> = bytes.into();
     let movie = soundcraft_video::Movie::open(Arc::clone(&bytes)).map(|m| m.info().clone());
     let audio_name = format!("{stem} audio.{}", if ext == "mov" { "mp4" } else { ext.as_str() });
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ pub fn import_video_bytes(e: &mut Engine, path: &str, bytes: Vec<u8>, at: Sample
     let vid = SourceId(s.alloc());
     s.videos.push(soundcraft_model::VideoSource {
         id: vid,
-        name: Path::new(path).file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("movie").to_string(),
+        name: Path::new(path).file_name().and_then(OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("movie").to_string(),
         path: abs,
         width: info.width,
         height: info.height,
@@ -998,7 +996,7 @@ fn write_session(session: &Session, path: &str, overwrite: bool) -> Result<(Sess
         sync_dir(&audio_dir);
     }
     s.folder = Some(dir.clone());
-    if !overwrite && let Some(stem) = p.file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()) {
+    if !overwrite && let Some(stem) = p.file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str) {
         s.name = stem.to_string();
     }
     let text = s.to_json().map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(err.to_string()))?;
@@ -1058,7 +1056,7 @@ fn copy_new(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
 /// Copy the session file about to be replaced to `Backups/<name> backup <n>.<ext>`, keeping the
 /// newest ten.
 fn back_up(file: &Path) {
-    let (Some(dir), Some(stem), Some(ext)) = (file.parent(), file.file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()), file.extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()))
+    let (Some(dir), Some(stem), Some(ext)) = (file.parent(), file.file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str), file.extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str))
     else {
         return;
     };
@@ -1109,7 +1107,7 @@ pub fn replaces(e: &Engine, command: &str, file: &Path) -> bool {
         "session.save" | "session.save_as" | "session.save_copy" => {
             file.exists() && !e.path.as_deref().is_some_and(|own| same_path(Path::new(own), file))
         }
-        "session.save_template" | "file.export_selected_tracks_as_session" => file.exists(),
+        "session.save_template" | "file.export_selected_tracks_as_session" | "file.export_session_text" => file.exists(),
         _ => false,
     }
 }
@@ -1201,7 +1199,7 @@ pub(crate) fn decode_file(files: &mut DecodedFiles, p: &Path, rate: u32) -> std:
         .entry(file_key(p))
         .or_insert_with(|| {
             let bytes = read_file(p).map_err(|_| p.display().to_string())?;
-            decode_source(&bytes, p.extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()), rate).map_err(|err| format!("{}: {err}", p.display()))
+            decode_source(&bytes, p.extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str), rate).map_err(|err| format!("{}: {err}", p.display()))
         })
         .clone()
 }
@@ -1233,7 +1231,7 @@ pub fn set_deliver(h: DeliverHook) {
 pub fn write_file(path: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
     if cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32") {
         let deliver = DELIVER.get().ok_or_else(|| EngineError::Io("saving files is not available in this build".into()))?;
-        let name = Path::new(path).file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).filter(|n| !n.is_empty()).unwrap_or("Untitled");
+        let name = Path::new(path).file_name().and_then(OsStr::to_str).filter(|n| !n.is_empty()).unwrap_or("Untitled");
         return deliver(name, bytes).map_err(EngineError::Io);
     }
     crate::file_access::check_write(path).map_err(EngineError::Io)?;
@@ -1278,7 +1276,7 @@ pub fn session_bundle(session: &Session) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Session)> {
 
 /// Save as a bundle named after `path`'s file name, delivered through the host ([`write_file`]).
 fn save_session_bundle(e: &mut Engine, path: &str) -> Result<usize> {
-    let stem = Path::new(path).file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).filter(|x| !x.is_empty()).map(str::to_string);
+    let stem = Path::new(path).file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str).filter(|x| !x.is_empty()).map(str::to_string);
     let mut s = e.session().clone();
     if let Some(stem) = stem {
         s.name = stem;
@@ -1317,7 +1315,7 @@ pub fn open_session_bytes(e: &mut Engine, name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Ve
             continue;
         }
         let audio = match files.remove(&src.path) {
-            Some(bytes) => match decode_source(&bytes, Path::new(&src.path).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()), s.sample_rate.hz()) {
+            Some(bytes) => match decode_source(&bytes, Path::new(&src.path).extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str), s.sample_rate.hz()) {
                 Ok(audio) => Some(audio),
                 Err(err) => {
                     missing.push(format!("{}: {err}", src.path));
@@ -1336,7 +1334,7 @@ pub fn open_session_bytes(e: &mut Engine, name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Ve
     }
     // Movies are referenced by path, never copied into a session: none can be found here.
     missing.extend(s.videos.iter().map(|v| v.path.clone()));
-    let stem = Path::new(name).file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).filter(|x| !x.is_empty()).unwrap_or("Untitled").to_string();
+    let stem = Path::new(name).file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str).filter(|x| !x.is_empty()).unwrap_or("Untitled").to_string();
     e.replace_session(s);
     e.path = Some(format!("{}.{BUNDLE_EXTENSION}", sanitize_name(&stem)));
     for m in &missing {
@@ -1368,7 +1366,7 @@ fn read_bundle(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(String, std::collections::HashMap<String
         let mut data = Vec::new();
         // The declared size is hostile too: never read past it.
         f.by_ref().take(size).read_to_end(&mut data).map_err(|err| EngineError::Io(format!("bundle: {rel}: {err}")))?;
-        let is_session = !rel.contains('/') && Path::new(&rel).extension().and_then(|x| x.to_str()) == Some(soundcraft_model::SESSION_EXTENSION);
+        let is_session = !rel.contains('/') && Path::new(&rel).extension().and_then(OsStr::to_str) == Some(soundcraft_model::SESSION_EXTENSION);
         if is_session && text.is_none() {
             text = Some(String::from_utf8(data).map_err(|_| EngineError::Io(format!("bundle: {rel} is not text")))?);
         } else {
@@ -1456,13 +1454,18 @@ fn add_recording_in(
         if s.track(tid).is_none() {
             continue;
         }
-        let resampled = buf.sample_rate != s.sample_rate.hz();
+        let hz = s.sample_rate.hz();
-        let name = path.file_stem().and_then(|x| x.to_str()).unwrap_or("Take");
+        let resampled = buf.sample_rate != hz;
-        let src = add_source(s, name, buf, Some(&path.to_string_lossy()), FileFormat::Wav);
+        let mut buf = buf;
-        let Some(x) = s.sources.last_mut() else { continue };
+        if resampled && buf.sample_rate > 0 {
-        x.unsaved = resampled;
+            buf.channels = soundcraft_dsp::offline::resample(&buf.channels, buf.sample_rate, hz);
-        let len = i64::try_from(x.frames).unwrap_or(0);
+            buf.sample_rate = hz;
+        }
+        let name = path.file_stem().and_then(OsStr::to_str).unwrap_or("Take");
+        let len = i64::try_from(buf.frames()).unwrap_or(0);
         let pass = pass.unwrap_or(len).max(1);
+        // Work out what each pass keeps first, so a take nothing is placed from isn't registered.
+        let mut kept_passes = Vec::new();
         for offset in (0..len).step_by(usize::try_from(pass).unwrap_or(usize::MAX)).take(1_000) {
             let n = pass.min(len - offset);
             if offset > 0 && n < pass / 8 {
@@ -1475,6 +1478,16 @@ fn add_recording_in(
                 }
                 None => (start, 0, n),
             };
+            kept_passes.push((offset, clip_start, cut, clip_len));
+        }
+        if kept_passes.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let src = add_source(s, name, buf, Some(&path.to_string_lossy()), FileFormat::Wav);
+        if let Some(x) = s.sources.last_mut() {
+            x.unsaved = resampled;
+        }
+        for (offset, clip_start, cut, clip_len) in kept_passes {
             if offset > 0
                 && let Some(t) = s.track_mut(tid)
             {
@@ -1588,6 +1601,39 @@ mod record_tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_punch_that_misses_the_take_leaves_the_session_alone() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("soundcraft-punch-miss-{}", std::process::id()));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+        let mut e = Engine::default();
+        let vox = armed(&mut e, "Vox", "mono", "In 1");
+        let take = dir.join("Audio Files/Take.wav");
+        write_take(&take, 1_000);
+        let shared = add_source(
+            e.session_mut(),
+            "Take",
+            AudioBuffer { sample_rate: 48_000, channels: vec![vec![0.0; 100]] },
+            Some(&take.to_string_lossy()),
+            FileFormat::Wav,
+        );
+        let sources = e.session().sources.len();
+        let pool = e.session().pool.len();
+        let plan = Recording {
+            start: 1_000,
+            pass: None,
+            punch: Some(Range::new(5_000, 6_000)),
+            rate: 48_000,
+            takes: vec![Take { track: vox, path: take.clone(), channels: 1 }],
+        };
+        let placed = place_recording(&mut e, &plan, vec![(vox, take)]);
+        assert!(placed.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(e.session().sources.len(), sources);
+        assert_eq!(e.session().pool.len(), pool);
+        assert!(e.session().sources.iter().any(|x| x.id == shared));
+        assert!(e.session().pool.contains(shared));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_take_shows_the_pass_under_way_within_the_punch_while_it_records() {
         assert_eq!(live_span(1_000, None, None, 0), None);
@@ -1883,6 +1929,16 @@ mod open_tests {
         assert_eq!(std::fs::read_dir(dir.join("copy/Audio Files")).unwrap().count(), 1);
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn stored_paths_are_taken_from_the_session_folder() {
+        let session = std::env::temp_dir().join("s").join("Song.scraft");
+        assert_eq!(stored_path("Audio Files/k.wav", &session), Ok(session.with_file_name("Audio Files").join("k.wav")));
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        assert_eq!(stored_path("Audio Files/take:2.wav", &session), Err("not opened: the path is not valid".into()));
+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        assert_eq!(stored_path(r"C:\Audio\k.wav", &session), Err("not opened: the path is not valid".into()));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn stored_media_paths_are_followed_only_on_this_computer() {
         let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("soundcraft-stored-paths-{}", std::process::id()));

crates/engine/src/lib.rs

@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ impl Engine {
         let before = Arc::clone(&self.doc);
         let rev = self.revision;
         let dirty = self.dirty;
+        let side_effects = (self.clipboard.clone(), self.messages.clone(), self.transport_requests.clone(), self.last_selection.clone());
         let result = std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(|| (spec.run)(self, params)));
         let result = match result {
             Ok(r) => r,
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ impl Engine {
                 self.doc = before;
                 self.revision = rev.wrapping_add(1);
                 self.dirty = dirty;
+                (self.clipboard, self.messages, self.transport_requests, self.last_selection) = side_effects;
                 return Err(EngineError::Internal(id.to_string(), panic_message(&*p)));
             }
         };
@@ -394,6 +396,11 @@ impl Engine {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The gesture `execute_merged` is continuing, if any.
+    pub fn merge_key(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.merge_key.as_deref()
+    }
+
     /// End a gesture started with `execute_merged`.
     pub fn end_merge(&mut self) {
         self.merge_key = None;
@@ -449,7 +456,7 @@ fn install_panic_hook() {
 }
 
 fn panic_message(p: &(dyn std::any::Any + Send)) -> String {
-    p.downcast_ref::<&str>().map(|s| s.to_string()).or_else(|| p.downcast_ref::<String>().cloned()).unwrap_or_else(|| "panic".into())
+    p.downcast_ref::<&str>().map(ToString::to_string).or_else(|| p.downcast_ref::<String>().cloned()).unwrap_or_else(|| "panic".into())
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -521,3 +528,26 @@ mod dirty_tests {
         assert!(!e.is_dirty());
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod panic_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_panicking_command_restores_side_effect_state() {
+        let mut e = Engine::default();
+        // Non-default values, so clearing them instead of restoring them would fail.
+        e.clipboard.length = 42;
+        e.messages.push("prior".into());
+        e.transport_requests.push(TransportRequest::Stop);
+        e.last_selection = Some((soundcraft_time::Range::new(20, 30), Vec::new()));
+        let (clipboard, messages, requests, selection) =
+            (e.clipboard.clone(), e.messages.clone(), e.transport_requests.clone(), e.last_selection.clone());
+        let r = e.execute("test.panic_probe", &json!({"panic": true}));
+        assert!(matches!(r, Err(EngineError::Internal(..))));
+        assert_eq!(e.clipboard, clipboard);
+        assert_eq!(e.messages, messages);
+        assert_eq!(e.transport_requests, requests);
+        assert_eq!(e.last_selection, selection);
+    }
+}

crates/engine/tests/it/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//! Integration tests, built as one test binary: each file is a module.
+
+mod bounce;
+mod clap_e2e;
+mod consolidate_selection;
+mod current_feet_frames_position;
+mod edit_modes;
+mod fader_merge_full_history;
+mod hostile_params;
+mod hostile_sessions;
+mod long_renders;
+mod midi_offset;
+mod mix_required_params;
+mod random_edits;
+mod recording;
+mod session_transport;
+mod trim_to_selection;

crates/engine/tests/it/random_edits.proptest-regressions

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 # It is recommended to check this file in to source control so that
 # everyone who runs the test benefits from these saved cases.
 cc 1dc212f0026723d05bfcfbb29fcff476eda7f491e9bea9cd5d26dccf006a81f6 # shrinks to ops = [(9, 0, 2420494, 1), (3, 0, 2396495, 1)]
+cc 87a0afb56f43d6ad377071e28bd6ba94c3d67485fc69dbefa9a2c7de3f698ed6 # shrinks to ops = [(10, 2215386, 0, 0), (0, 844227, 213110, 1), (3, 0, 443078, 0), (0, 443079, 443079, 0), (11, 0, 0, 0)]