From 6ef40a5739f1723ec26cc32dfc48fe764f776dca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:57:45 -0400
Subject: fix: durable payouts survive journal failure, cap bank withdrawals,
 hash passwords off the owner loop.

---
 internal/game/readiness_regression_test.go | 66 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

(limited to 'internal/game/readiness_regression_test.go')

diff --git a/internal/game/readiness_regression_test.go b/internal/game/readiness_regression_test.go
index 7fa2b2e..3d21390 100644
--- a/internal/game/readiness_regression_test.go
+++ b/internal/game/readiness_regression_test.go
@@ -196,17 +196,19 @@ func TestRecoverySaveFailureRetriesOnNextStartup(t *testing.T) {
 			return
 		}
 		if loaded.Credits != 110 {
-			t.Errorf("after fixing the disk and retrying: %d credits, want 110; open=%+v", loaded.Credits, h.g.Economy.loadOpen())
+			t.Errorf("after fixing the disk and retrying: %d credits, want 110; open=%+v", loaded.Credits, h.g.Economy.mustLoadOpen(t))
 		}
 	})
 }
 
-// TestLostResolutionMarkerSurfacesAndRefunds: a resolution marker that
-// cannot be journaled (persistent append failure) leaves the stake OPEN —
-// never silently forgotten — and recovery then applies the documented
-// refund-on-lost-state policy (the player is never the loser of a lost
-// marker).
-func TestLostResolutionMarkerSurfacesAndRefunds(t *testing.T) {
+// TestResolvedStakeEvidenceSurvivesJournalFailure: a resolution marker
+// that cannot be journaled (persistent append failure) leaves the stake
+// OPEN — never silently forgotten — and records the resolution in the
+// character file as durable evidence. Recovery then settles the stake
+// WITHOUT refunding it: the round genuinely resolved, and the file is the
+// proof. When the file save also fails, no evidence exists and recovery
+// applies the documented refund-on-lost-state policy instead.
+func TestResolvedStakeEvidenceSurvivesJournalFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	h := newHarness(t)
 	h.seedAccount("alice")
 	p := h.seedCharacter("alice", "alice")
@@ -224,28 +226,40 @@ func TestLostResolutionMarkerSurfacesAndRefunds(t *testing.T) {
 		if open := h.g.Economy.openStakes(economyKey(p)); len(open) != 1 {
 			t.Errorf("unresolvable stake was silently dropped: open=%d", len(open))
 		}
-		h.g.recoverEconomy()
+		// The resolution is recorded durably in the character file.
 		loaded, err := h.g.AccountStore.LoadCharacter("alice")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 			return
 		}
-		if loaded.Credits != 100 {
-			t.Errorf("after recovery: credits=%d, want 100 (stake refunded; marker lost)", loaded.Credits)
+		if len(loaded.ResolvedStakes) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("resolved-stake evidence not recorded: %+v", loaded.ResolvedStakes)
+			return
+		}
+		h.g.recoverEconomy()
+		loaded, err = h.g.AccountStore.LoadCharacter("alice")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+			return
+		}
+		if loaded.Credits != 90 {
+			t.Errorf("after recovery: credits=%d, want 90 (round resolved; evidence prevents a refund)", loaded.Credits)
 		}
-		if open := h.g.Economy.loadOpen(); len(open) != 0 {
+		if open := h.g.Economy.mustLoadOpen(t); len(open) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("records left open after recovery: %+v", open)
 		}
+		if len(loaded.ResolvedStakes) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("stale resolved-stake evidence not pruned: %+v", loaded.ResolvedStakes)
+		}
 	})
 }
 
-// TestUnjournalablePayoutRefundsStake: a payout that cannot even be
-// journaled (persistent append failure) is not announced as paid, the
-// balance is unchanged, and recovery applies the documented fallback: the
-// stake is refunded. The unrecorded win beyond the stake cannot be
-// protected, but the player never loses money and no win is announced that
-// is not durable.
-func TestUnjournalablePayoutRefundsStake(t *testing.T) {
+// TestUnjournalablePayoutPaidThroughCharacterFile: a payout that cannot be
+// journaled (persistent append failure) is still made durable through the
+// character file — the save is the commit point, so the win is real and
+// announced. The resolved stake is recorded as file evidence so recovery
+// neither refunds the stake (double pay) nor drops the round.
+func TestUnjournalablePayoutPaidThroughCharacterFile(t *testing.T) {
 	h := newHarness(t)
 	h.seedAccount("alice")
 	p := h.seedCharacter("alice", "alice")
@@ -260,23 +274,25 @@ func TestUnjournalablePayoutRefundsStake(t *testing.T) {
 		h.g.Economy.path = h.dir
 		err := w.PayCredits(20)
 		h.g.Economy.path = path
-		if err == nil {
-			t.Error("injected write failure did not fail")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("character-file fallback failed: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
-		if p.Credits != 90 {
-			t.Errorf("failed payout mutated the balance: %d", p.Credits)
+		if p.Credits != 110 {
+			t.Errorf("fallback payout did not land: credits=%d, want 110", p.Credits)
 		}
+		// As the games do after a successful settlement: resolve the stake.
+		w.ResolveStakes()
 		h.g.recoverEconomy()
 		loaded, err := h.g.AccountStore.LoadCharacter("alice")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 			return
 		}
-		if loaded.Credits != 100 {
-			t.Errorf("stake refund after unjournalable payout: credits=%d, want 100", loaded.Credits)
+		if loaded.Credits != 110 {
+			t.Errorf("after recovery: credits=%d, want 110 (win durable once; no stake refund on top)", loaded.Credits)
 		}
-		if open := h.g.Economy.loadOpen(); len(open) != 0 {
+		if open := h.g.Economy.mustLoadOpen(t); len(open) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("open records: %+v", open)
 		}
 	})
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