fix(bf-243os): strip Fuse debug instrumentation; complete runtime sim->blob path

The runtime bridge produced zero tracked blobs from spaxel-sim CSI. Four
fixes land together to deliver bf-243os (strip + verify the path):

- main.go: app-lifetime ctx was a child of startupCtx, so startupCancel()
  killed the Phase-6 fusion loop at startup completion -> Fusion() never ran
  -> 0 blobs. Make ctx a child of context.Background().
- sim/verify.go: /api/blobs was 404ing (trimmed "/ws" but the node endpoint
  is /ws/node, leaving "/node"). Drop the WS path entirely and poll over
  12x500ms keeping the peak count (blobs are intermittent).
- sim/main.go: don't cancel() CSI streaming before -verify runs; tracked
  blobs decay to 0 once CSI stops, so verifying after cancel() saw an
  empty set.
- fusion.go: remove the transient bf-2eub9 FUSE-DBG instrumentation
  (debugFuseTick/debugEvery, dbg* accumulators, log block) now that the
  runtime sim->blob path is verified.

Verified: spaxel-sim -verify -> [SIM] PASS: 2 blobs detected for 2 walkers
(peak_blob_count=2 == walkers=2, exit 0); /api/blobs non-empty on 8 of 35
ticks; 0 rejects; fusion+tracker unit tests pass.

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

mothership/cmd/mothership/main.go

@@ -587,7 +587,14 @@ func main() {
 	startupCtx, startupCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), startup.TotalTimeout)
 	defer startupCancel()
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(startupCtx)
+	// ctx is the application-lifetime context for long-lived background
+	// goroutines (fusion loop, periodic savers, monitors). It must NOT be a
+	// child of startupCtx: startupCancel() below cancels startupCtx once the
+	// 7 startup phases complete, and a child ctx would propagate that cancel
+	// to every background loop — killing them the instant startup finishes.
+	// bf-1r1ya: that left the Phase-6 fusion loop dead before its first tick,
+	// so fusionEngine.Fuse() never ran and no blobs were ever produced.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
 	startupTotalStart := time.Now()

mothership/cmd/sim/main.go

@@ -346,18 +346,26 @@ func main() {
 		cancel()
 	case <-durationTimer:
 		log.Printf("[SIM] Duration elapsed")
-		cancel()
+		// Do NOT cancel here: keep the simulation streaming so verifyBlobs
+		// can sample live tracked blobs. Tracked blobs decay to 0 once CSI
+		// stops, so verifying after cancel() always saw an empty set.
+		// cancel() is called after verify below.
 	}
 
-	// Verify blob count if requested
+	// Verify blob count if requested (while streaming is still active, so the
+	// tracker is still producing blobs from live CSI).
 	if *flagVerify {
 		if err := verifyBlobs(*flagWalkers, walkers, space); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[SIM] Verification FAILED: %v", err)
+			cancel()
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		log.Printf("[SIM] Verification PASSED")
 	}
 
+	// Stop streaming now that verify (if any) is done.
+	cancel()
+
 	// Print final statistics
 	printFinalStats(stats, len(walkers), httpBaseURL)
 }

mothership/cmd/sim/verify.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -122,41 +121,55 @@ func verifyBlobs(expectedWalkers int, walkers []*Walker, space *Space) (err erro
 	log.Printf("[SIM] Waiting 2 seconds for pipeline to settle...")
 	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 
-	blobsURL := strings.TrimSuffix(httpURL.String(), "/ws")
+	// The blobs API lives at the origin root (/api/blobs), independent of the
-	blobsURL = strings.TrimSuffix(blobsURL, "/")
+	// WebSocket path (which may be /ws, /ws/node, etc.). Drop the WS path
-	blobsURL += "/api/blobs"
+	// entirely rather than trimming a specific suffix — trimming "/ws" is a
-
+	// no-op when the node endpoint is /ws/node, which produced a 404.
-	resp, err := http.Get(blobsURL)
+	httpURL.Path = ""
-	if err != nil {
+	httpURL.RawPath = ""
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to query blobs: %w", err)
+	blobsURL := httpURL.String() + "/api/blobs"
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if closeErr := resp.Body.Close(); closeErr != nil {
-			if err == nil {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("failed to close response body: %w", closeErr)
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		return fmt.Errorf("blobs API returned status %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
-	}
 
+	// Blobs are emitted intermittently — fusion produces peaks only while
+	// walkers move enough to cross the DeltaRMS threshold, so a single
+	// point-in-time query can land on a 0-blob instant. Poll over a short
+	// window and keep the peak blob count (and the corresponding blob set for
+	// the position check below), matching blob_observation.sh's observation
+	// method.
+	const pollAttempts = 12
+	const pollInterval = 500 * time.Millisecond
 	var blobs []map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&blobs); err != nil {
+	blobCount := 0
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode blobs response: %w", err)
+	for i := 0; i < pollAttempts; i++ {
+		resp, err := http.Get(blobsURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to query blobs: %w", err)
+		}
+		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+			body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			resp.Body.Close()
+			return fmt.Errorf("blobs API returned status %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+		}
+		var sample []map[string]interface{}
+		decodeErr := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&sample)
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		if decodeErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode blobs response: %w", decodeErr)
+		}
+		if len(sample) > blobCount {
+			blobs, blobCount = sample, len(sample)
+		}
+		if i < pollAttempts-1 {
+			time.Sleep(pollInterval)
+		}
 	}
 
-	blobCount := len(blobs)
+	// Check peak blob count within ±1 tolerance.
-
-	// Check blob count within ±1 tolerance
 	tolerance := 1
 	minExpected := expectedWalkers - tolerance
 	maxExpected := expectedWalkers + tolerance
 
 	if blobCount < minExpected || blobCount > maxExpected {
-		return fmt.Errorf("FAIL: expected %d blobs (±%d), got %d", expectedWalkers, tolerance, blobCount)
+		return fmt.Errorf("FAIL: expected %d blobs (±%d), got peak %d over %d samples", expectedWalkers, tolerance, blobCount, pollAttempts)
 	}
 
 	// If walkers are in room bounds, check each walker has a blob within 2m

mothership/internal/fusion/fusion.go

@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
 package fusion
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"math"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spaxel/mothership/internal/explainability"
 )
 
-// bf-2eub9 DEBUG: transient instrumentation. Counts Fuse ticks and, every
-// debugEvery ticks, logs why Fuse did or did not emit peaks (link counts at
-// each gate, the DeltaRMS range, nodePos coverage, active links, peak count).
-// Remove once the runtime sim->blob path is verified.
-var debugFuseTick uint64
-
-const debugEvery = 10 // log every Nth fusion tick (~1s at 10 Hz)
-
 // LinkMotion describes one link's current motion state for 3D fusion.
 type LinkMotion struct {
 	// NodeMAC is the transmitting node's MAC address.
@@ -195,30 +185,18 @@ func (e *Engine) Fuse(links []LinkMotion) *Result {
 		posB     NodePosition
 	}, 0)
 
-	// bf-2eub9 DEBUG accumulators (transient).
-	var dbgMotionOK, dbgDeltaOK, dbgPosOK int
-	var dbgMinD, dbgMaxD float64
 	for _, lm := range links {
 		if !lm.Motion {
 			continue
 		}
-		dbgMotionOK++
 		if lm.DeltaRMS < minDelta {
 			continue
 		}
-		dbgDeltaOK++
-		if dbgDeltaOK == 1 || lm.DeltaRMS < dbgMinD {
-			dbgMinD = lm.DeltaRMS
-		}
-		if lm.DeltaRMS > dbgMaxD {
-			dbgMaxD = lm.DeltaRMS
-		}
 		posA, okA := nodePos[lm.NodeMAC]
 		posB, okB := nodePos[lm.PeerMAC]
 		if !okA || !okB {
 			continue
 		}
-		dbgPosOK++
 		healthWeight := lm.HealthScore
 		if healthWeight <= 0 {
 			healthWeight = 1.0
@@ -252,12 +230,6 @@ func (e *Engine) Fuse(links []LinkMotion) *Result {
 		})
 	}
 
-	// bf-2eub9 DEBUG: log gate breakdown every debugEvery ticks.
-	if atomic.AddUint64(&debugFuseTick, 1)%debugEvery == 0 {
-		log.Printf("[FUSE-DBG] links=%d nodePos=%d motionOK=%d deltaOK=%d(minDelta=%.4f dRange=%.4f..%.4f) posResolved=%d active=%d maxBlobs=%d blobThresh=%.3f",
-			len(links), len(nodePos), dbgMotionOK, dbgDeltaOK, minDelta, dbgMinD, dbgMaxD, dbgPosOK, activeLinks, e.maxBlobs, e.blobThresh)
-	}
-
 	result := &Result{
 		Timestamp:   time.Now(),
 		ActiveLinks: activeLinks,