[aft-alfonso]

Accepted agent delivery; branch-keyed search descriptor included.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes a flaky atomic-save watcher test on macOS CI. Each poll asks call_tree then callers; when FSEvents delivered the save between the two requests, the old loop held the earlier call_tree answer to evidence from callers and failed a correct run. Answers are now judged against what the daemon knew when each was requested, and learned from before the next request.

• Adds test-timing-hooks-only seams (AFT_TEST_WATCHER_INTAKE_GATE_FILE plus a .flush-hold variant) that hold watcher intake and flush while gate files exist, logging each path taken in; the flush hold applies only while paths are pending so idle ticks never stop the thread before intake.
• Adds a test that releases the save exactly between the two questions of one poll and asserts the round straddled the delivery, reproducing the flake deterministically.
• Refactors polling so call_tree and callers are each checked and learned from independently.
• Includes the harness slice descriptor for search benchmarks.

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Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; no new actionable issues were found.

Summary

This PR fixes how the atomic-save test judges answers received around a watcher event.

• Atomic-save tests judge each answer using only what they knew then.

Both earlier unnumbered findings are addressed: flush stays held until the answers arrive, and idle watcher ticks skip the flush hold.

_{Reviews (4) · Last reviewed commit: "Skip the test flush hold on idle ticks" · Reviewed by Greptile}