refactor(client): dé-poller resolveAccountReliably — barrière au lieu de retry

Le polling est un anti-pattern NextGraph (par abonnement). La résolution de compte
retentait ×8 la lecture du shim tant qu'elle rendait 0 (lag de sync) — c'est du
polling. Remplacé par la BARRIÈRE d'abonnement, déjà le mécanisme de open-repo :

- `resolveAccountReliably` : `await ensureRepoOpen(did🆖${privateStoreId})`
  (subscribe + attendre le 1er State — le shim vit dans le graphe du private store),
  PUIS lecture UNIQUE. Après la barrière, 0 ligne = compte réellement inexistant →
  provision 1×, lignes présentes = réutilisé (garantie NO-FORK préservée). Plus de
  boucle de re-lecture.
- timed-out (barrière expirée) : throw explicite, NE provisionne PAS (un provision
  sur sync incomplète re-forkerait). Le « trop long » est un signal, pas un feu vert.
- fake ng sans doc_subscribe : ensureRepoOpen no-op → lecture immédiate (unit intact).
- `_forceOpenedSyncState` : helper test-only (underscore, non ré-exporté).

anti-fork.test.ts réécrit (5 tests : no-fork, neuf→1 provision, idempotence, fake
no-op, timed-out→throw) ; plus aucun test de comptage de retry.

gate : tsc propre ; bun test 117. e2e À RE-VALIDER quand le broker répond (dégradé
ce jour : crash Chromium post-connexion) — la barrière ensureRepoOpen est déjà
validée e2e (CONTRAT 3 + reconnexion) en broker sain. provisionRetry devient un
champ mort de StoreRegistryDeps (nettoyage ultérieur).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/client/src/open-repo.ts

@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ export function resetOpenedRepos(): void {
   boundSessionId = null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @internal TEST-ONLY — force a nuri into the opened registry with a given sync
+ * state, without going through `doc_subscribe`. Used by `anti-fork.test.ts` to
+ * simulate a timed-out barrier without waiting the full `OPEN_TIMEOUT_MS` (8s).
+ * Do NOT call from production code.
+ */
+export function _forceOpenedSyncState(nuri: Nuri, state: SyncState): void {
+  opened.add(nuri);
+  syncState.set(nuri, state);
+}
+
 /**
  * The bootstrap sync state of `nuri` (lib-internal accessor; NOT a reactive
  * app-facing hook — that is a later phase). Returns `"unknown"` if the repo was

packages/client/src/store-registry.ts

@@ -36,27 +36,30 @@ import { docCreate, sparqlUpdate, sparqlQuery } from "./docs";
 import { getStoreRegistryDeps } from "./polyfill";
 import { ensureRepoOpen } from "./open-repo";
 
-// --- provisioning anti-fork retry budget (polyfill-era) --------------------
+// --- provisioning anti-fork guard: barrier-first (polyfill-era) ------------
 //
 // The shim (account→docs trust root) lives in the shared wallet's PRIVATE store.
-// On a fresh session over a persistent wallet, that store's repo may not have
-// synced yet from the broker: a targeted account resolve then reads 0 rows even
-// though the account WAS persisted in an earlier session. If ensureAccount took
-// that 0 at face value it would RE-PROVISION a second set of scope documents —
-// an account FORK: one session writes/reads one set, another (or the same after
-// a cache drop) the other, EMPTY set → the user "loses" their data on reconnect.
+// On a fresh session over a persistent wallet, that repo may not have synced yet
+// from the broker: a targeted account resolve would then read 0 rows even though
+// the account WAS persisted in an earlier session. If ensureAccount took that 0
+// at face value it would RE-PROVISION a second set of scope documents — an account
+// FORK: one session writes/reads one set, another (or the same after a cache drop)
+// the other, EMPTY set → the user "loses" their data on reconnect.
 //
-// Guard: before deciding an account is genuinely new, re-read it with a BOUNDED
-// backoff (open + await the anchor repo, then retry the targeted query). Only if
-// EVERY attempt within the budget still reads 0 do we treat it as a first-time
-// account and provision. A pre-existing account merely lagging by sync is thus
-// found on a later attempt and REUSES its docs (no fork); a truly new account
-// exhausts the budget cheaply and is provisioned exactly once. The budget is a
-// hard ceiling — never an unbounded poll — and is INJECTED (StoreRegistryDeps.
-// provisionRetry): production defaults to ~8 attempts / ≲8.5s; a synchronous
-// in-memory store (unit fake `ng`) passes `attempts: 1` to skip it (a 0-row read
-// is authoritative there — no lag to wait out). Disappears at the real
-// multi-store migration (deterministic per-user store NURIs make this moot).
+// Guard (barrier-first): BEFORE reading the shim, open/subscribe the private-store
+// repo and AWAIT its first `State` push — the deterministic sync barrier (CONTRACT 3
+// in e2e/). After the barrier, presence is GUARANTEED and absence DEFINITIVE. Then
+// read the shim ONCE: 0 rows = account genuinely absent → provision exactly once;
+// rows present = account found → reuse it (NO-FORK). No retry loop, no poll.
+//
+// Timed-out barrier (conservative): if `ensureRepoOpen` exits via the 8-second
+// fallback timeout (getSyncState → "timed-out") the sync is UNCONFIRMED — we do NOT
+// provision blindly (that would re-fork). Instead we surface a clear error so the
+// caller can retry the full flow rather than silently creating a duplicate account.
+// The timeout is rare (pathological broker) and a hard error there is far safer than
+// a silent fork. Disappears at the real multi-store migration (per-user store NURIs
+// make this moot — barrier becomes the native store-open which is always confirmed).
+import { getSyncState } from "./open-repo";
 import { escapeLiteral, escapeIri, assertNuri } from "./sparql";
 import type { Nuri, Scope } from "./types";
 
@@ -280,48 +283,51 @@ export async function resolveAccount(id: string): Promise<AccountRecord | null>
 }
 
 /**
- * Resolve ONE account, retrying a BOUNDED number of times before giving up, to
- * distinguish a genuinely-absent account from one whose shim record has simply
- * not synced yet on a fresh session (the account-FORK guard — see the
- * PROVISION_RETRY_* budget note at the top of this module).
+ * Resolve ONE account after waiting for the private-store sync barrier, so a
+ * 0-row result is DEFINITIVE (account genuinely absent) rather than ambiguous
+ * (broker lag). This is the ANTI-FORK guard for the polyfill-era shim.
  *
- * On the FIRST miss it opens/subscribes the shim anchor repo (the shared
- * wallet's private store, where the shim lives) so the broker pushes its state,
- * then re-reads with capped exponential backoff. Returns the record as soon as
- * any attempt finds it (populating `accountCache` via resolveAccount), or `null`
- * if the whole budget is exhausted with 0 rows — the only case in which the
- * caller may treat the account as new and provision it.
+ * Flow:
+ *   1. Cache hit → return immediately (session-idempotent, no I/O).
+ *   2. Open/subscribe the private-store repo (`did:ng:${privateStoreId}`) and
+ *      await the first `State` push — the deterministic sync barrier (CONTRACT 3).
+ *      After the barrier, presence is guaranteed and absence definitive.
+ *   3. If the barrier TIMED-OUT (getSyncState → "timed-out"), the sync is
+ *      unconfirmed — provisioning here would risk a fork. Throw a clear error
+ *      instead so the caller can retry the full login flow. This is the
+ *      conservative-safe choice: a hard error is recoverable; a silent fork is not.
+ *   4. Read the shim ONCE. 0 rows = genuinely absent → caller provisions exactly
+ *      once. Rows present → reuse (NO-FORK preserved).
  *
- * No-op fast path: a cache hit returns immediately with no retries. With the
- * unit fake `ng` (no doc_subscribe, synchronous store) a present account is
- * found on attempt 0 and an absent one exhausts the (short-sleep) budget without
- * changing behaviour — the fork can only arise against a real, lagging broker.
+ * With the unit fake `ng` (no `doc_subscribe`), `ensureRepoOpen` is a no-op
+ * (getSyncState → "unknown") and the single read is immediate — synchronous
+ * behaviour preserved, no lag to wait out.
  */
 async function resolveAccountReliably(id: string): Promise<AccountRecord | null> {
   // Cache hit → session-idempotent, no query, no fork risk.
   const cached = accountCache.get(accountKey(id));
   if (cached) return cached;
 
-  const budget = getStoreRegistryDeps().provisionRetry;
-  const attempts = Math.max(1, budget.attempts ?? 8);
-  const baseMs = budget.baseMs ?? 300;
-  const maxStepMs = budget.maxStepMs ?? 1500;
+  // The shim lives in the private store. Open/subscribe it and await the first
+  // `State` push (the sync barrier). NURI: `did:ng:${session.privateStoreId}`.
+  const nuri = await anchorNuri();
+  await ensureRepoOpen(nuri);
 
-  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < attempts; attempt++) {
-    const found = await resolveAccount(id);
-    if (found) return found;
-    if (attempt === attempts - 1) break; // budget exhausted → genuinely absent
-    // The shim anchor repo may not be synced on a fresh session; open it once so
-    // the broker pushes its state, then back off before the next targeted read.
-    try {
-      await ensureRepoOpen(await anchorNuri());
-    } catch {
-      /* tolerant: a failed open just leaves the next read to behave as before */
+  // Conservative timed-out guard: if the barrier did not confirm sync,
+  // provisioning blind risks creating a fork. Raise a clear error — the caller
+  // (or the app's retry-login flow) should re-attempt when the broker is reachable.
+  // "unknown" means the fake-ng no-op path: no barrier semantics → safe to read.
+  const syncResult = getSyncState(nuri);
+  if (syncResult === "timed-out") {
+    throw new Error(
+      "[storeRegistry] sync barrier timed out for the private store — " +
+        "shim state unconfirmed, refusing to provision to avoid account fork. " +
+        "Retry when the broker is reachable.",
+    );
   }
-    const step = Math.min(baseMs * 2 ** attempt, maxStepMs);
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, step));
-  }
-  return null;
+
+  // Barrier reached (or fake-ng "unknown" path): single read, result is definitive.
+  return resolveAccount(id);
 }
 
 /** All known accounts (from the shim). */
@@ -346,13 +352,13 @@ export async function ensureAccount(id: string): Promise<AccountRecord> {
   // HOT PATH: targeted O(1) lookup — does THIS account already exist? — instead
   // of a full-shim scan (loadShim). Off the read/write hot path entirely.
   //
-  // ANTI-FORK (polyfill-era): resolve with a BOUNDED retry, NOT a single read.
-  // A single 0-row read on a fresh, still-syncing session would misfire as
-  // "new account" and RE-PROVISION a second set of scope docs (the fork — see
-  // the PROVISION_RETRY_* note at the top of this module). We only fall through
-  // to provisioning once the whole retry budget has confirmed 0 rows. A cache
-  // hit inside resolveAccountReliably keeps same-session resolves free and
-  // deterministic (the cached record wins over any re-provision).
+  // ANTI-FORK (polyfill-era): open the private-store repo and await its first
+  // `State` push (the sync barrier) BEFORE reading the shim, so a 0-row result
+  // is DEFINITIVE rather than a lag artifact. Only after the barrier do we treat
+  // 0 rows as "genuinely new" and provision. A cache hit inside
+  // resolveAccountReliably keeps same-session resolves free and deterministic
+  // (the cached record wins over any re-provision). Throws if the barrier timed
+  // out — safer than provisioning blind and creating a fork.
   const existing = await resolveAccountReliably(id);
   if (existing) return existing;
 

packages/client/test/anti-fork.test.ts

@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@
  * anti-fork.test.ts — behavioral tests for the ANTI-FORK guard in ensureAccount /
  * resolveAccountReliably (src/store-registry.ts).
  *
- * The guard is: before treating a 0-row read as "genuinely new account" and
- * provisioning a new set of scope docs, the registry retries a bounded number of
- * times (with ensureRepoOpen + backoff between each). If the account IS found on
- * any attempt, it is reused (no second set of docs = no fork). Only if EVERY
- * attempt still reads 0 rows does the registry treat it as a first-time account
- * and provision exactly once.
+ * The guard is: BEFORE reading the shim, open the private-store repo and await
+ * the first `State` push (the deterministic sync barrier, CONTRACT 3). After the
+ * barrier, 0 rows is DEFINITIVE (account genuinely absent) → provision exactly
+ * once; rows present → reuse (NO-FORK). No retry loop, no polling.
  *
- * This file uses a FAKE `ng` that simulates broker sync lag: the sparql_query for
- * the account record returns 0 rows for the first K calls, then returns real rows.
- * We control the retry budget via `provisionRetry.attempts`.
+ * With the unit fake `ng` (no `doc_subscribe`), `ensureRepoOpen` is a no-op
+ * (getSyncState → "unknown") and the single shim read is immediate — no lag to
+ * wait out, synchronous behaviour preserved.
+ *
+ * Timed-out barrier: if the barrier expires without a `State`, we refuse to
+ * provision (throwing a clear error) rather than risk a fork.
  */
 
 import { describe, it, expect, mock, beforeEach, afterAll } from "bun:test";
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   resetStoreRegistry,
   resetConfig,
 } from "../src/polyfill";
-import { resetOpenedRepos } from "../src/open-repo";
+import { resetOpenedRepos, _forceOpenedSyncState } from "../src/open-repo";
 
 afterAll(() => {
   resetConfig();
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ afterAll(() => {
 const SESSION: RegistrySession = { sessionId: "sid-af", privateStoreId: "PRIV-AF" };
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Fake ng with sync-lag simulation
+// Fake ng — simple in-memory store (no doc_subscribe → fake-ng no-op path)
 //
-// `lagCalls` controls how many account-record reads return 0 rows before the
-// real data is visible. Each call to sparql_query that matches the account
-// SELECT decrements the counter; once it hits 0 the real data is returned.
+// Queries return data from the `quads` array immediately. No lag simulation:
+// the barrier mechanism (ensureRepoOpen) is a no-op in the fake-ng path, so
+// the single shim read after "the barrier" is already authoritative.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 interface Quad { g: string; s: string; p: string; o: string }
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ function unescapeLiteral(s: string): string {
   return out;
 }
 
-function makeLaggedNg(lagCalls: number) {
+function makeFakeNg() {
   const quads: Quad[] = [];
   let docCounter = 0;
   let accountQueryCount = 0;
@@ -100,15 +101,9 @@ function makeLaggedNg(lagCalls: number) {
     const anchor = a[3] as string | undefined;
 
     if (query.includes("<urn:ng-eventually:shim:id>")) {
-      // This is an account SELECT (resolveAccount / loadShim)
+      // Account SELECT (resolveAccount / loadShim)
       accountQueryCount++;
 
-      // Still in the lag window → pretend the store hasn't synced yet
-      if (accountQueryCount <= lagCalls) {
-        return { results: { bindings: [] } };
-      }
-
-      // Lag lifted → return real data from the quads store
       const subjM = query.match(/GRAPH <[^>]+>\s*\{\s*<([^>]+)>\s+a\s+<urn:ng-eventually:shim:Account>/);
       const onlySubject = subjM ? subjM[1]! : null;
       const bySubject = new Map<string, Record<string, string>>();
@@ -149,12 +144,14 @@ function makeLaggedNg(lagCalls: number) {
   };
 }
 
-function inject(laggedNg: ReturnType<typeof makeLaggedNg>, attempts: number) {
-  configure({ ng: laggedNg as any, useShape: (() => {}) as any });
+function inject(fakeNg: ReturnType<typeof makeFakeNg>) {
+  // No doc_subscribe → ensureRepoOpen is a no-op (fake-ng path).
+  configure({ ng: fakeNg as any, useShape: (() => {}) as any });
   configureStoreRegistry({
     getSession: async () => SESSION,
     normalizeId: (u) => u.trim().toLowerCase(),
-    provisionRetry: { attempts, baseMs: 0, maxStepMs: 0 },
+    // provisionRetry is now unused by the barrier mechanism; kept for API compat.
+    provisionRetry: { attempts: 1 },
   });
   resetRegistryCache();
   resetOpenedRepos();
@@ -164,104 +161,97 @@ function inject(laggedNg: ReturnType<typeof makeLaggedNg>, attempts: number) {
 // Tests
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-describe("anti-fork: resolveAccountReliably / ensureAccount", () => {
+describe("anti-fork: barrier-first resolveAccountReliably / ensureAccount", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     resetRegistryCache();
     resetOpenedRepos();
   });
 
-  it("(a) sync lag: 0 rows for K-1 calls then real rows → reuses existing docs (no fork)", async () => {
-    // budget = 3 attempts; lag = 1 call (the first targeted read returns 0,
-    // but the second (after retry) returns the real data written in the same
-    // session before the cache was dropped). We simulate a scenario where the
-    // account IS already provisioned (written to quads by a previous
-    // ensureAccount call in an earlier "session"), then we reset the cache and
-    // re-call with lag to simulate broker sync delay.
+  it("(a) NO-FORK: account already in shim → reused, 0 new doc_create", async () => {
+    // Provision an account in an initial "session" (quads are written).
+    const fakeNg = makeFakeNg();
+    inject(fakeNg);
+    const first = await ensureAccount("LauraBarrier");
+    expect(fakeNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
 
-    const laggedNg = makeLaggedNg(0); // no lag — first provision a real account
-    inject(laggedNg, 1);
-    const first = await ensureAccount("LauraLag");
-    expect(laggedNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    // Simulate a fresh session: clear caches but keep quads intact (same fakeNg).
+    // In the barrier model the single post-barrier read finds the account immediately.
+    resetRegistryCache();
+    resetOpenedRepos();
 
-    // Now simulate a fresh session with lag: cache cleared, first K reads are 0
-    // We reuse the SAME quads store (same laggedNg with quads intact) but
-    // rebuild with lag > 0 so the first read returns 0, then real data.
-    const laggedNg2 = makeLaggedNg(1); // 1 empty read before real data
-    // Copy the quads from the first ng into laggedNg2 so it "knows" the account
-    for (const q of laggedNg._quads) {
-      laggedNg2._quads.push(q);
-    }
-    inject(laggedNg2, 3); // 3 attempts, lag=1 → second attempt succeeds
+    const second = await ensureAccount("LauraBarrier");
 
-    const second = await ensureAccount("LauraLag");
-
-    // ANTI-FORK: must return the SAME scope docs — no new doc_create
+    // ANTI-FORK: same scope docs returned, no new provisioning
     expect(second.docPublic).toBe(first.docPublic);
     expect(second.docProtected).toBe(first.docProtected);
     expect(second.docPrivate).toBe(first.docPrivate);
-    // doc_create must NOT have been called (the lagged ng2 finds the account on retry)
-    expect(laggedNg2.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(fakeNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3); // still exactly 3, not 6
   });
 
-  it("(b) always-0 rows (genuinely new account): provisions exactly ONCE (1 set of docs)", async () => {
-    // Lag longer than the retry budget → account is treated as new
-    const laggedNg = makeLaggedNg(999); // always returns 0 for account queries
-    inject(laggedNg, 2); // budget: 2 attempts, both see 0 → provision
+  it("(b) genuinely new account (fake returns 0 rows) → provisioned exactly once (3 doc_create)", async () => {
+    const fakeNg = makeFakeNg(); // empty quads → 0 rows on any account query
+    inject(fakeNg);
 
-    const rec = await ensureAccount("NewUser");
+    const rec = await ensureAccount("BrandNewUser");
 
-    // Exactly 3 doc_create calls (1 set of scope docs)
-    expect(laggedNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    // Exactly 3 doc_create calls (1 set of scope docs, no fork)
+    expect(fakeNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     expect(rec.docPublic).toMatch(/^did:ng:o:doc/);
     expect(rec.docProtected).not.toBe(rec.docPublic);
     expect(rec.docPrivate).not.toBe(rec.docProtected);
-    // Verify budget was fully consumed: both attempts fired before provisioning
-    expect(laggedNg.getAccountQueryCount()).toBe(2);
+    // Single read — no retry loop
+    expect(fakeNg.getAccountQueryCount()).toBe(1);
   });
 
-  it("idempotence within a session: calling ensureAccount twice never creates 2 sets", async () => {
-    const laggedNg = makeLaggedNg(0); // no lag
-    inject(laggedNg, 1);
+  it("(c) idempotence within a session: calling ensureAccount twice never creates 2 sets", async () => {
+    const fakeNg = makeFakeNg();
+    inject(fakeNg);
 
     const a = await ensureAccount("SameUser");
     const b = await ensureAccount("SameUser");
 
     expect(b).toEqual(a);
     // Must still be exactly 3 (not 6)
-    expect(laggedNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(fakeNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
   });
 
-  it("retry budget of 1 (sync fake): a genuinely-absent account provisions without extra retries", async () => {
-    const laggedNg = makeLaggedNg(0); // will never return lag (account not in quads)
-    inject(laggedNg, 1);
+  it("(d) fake-ng no-op barrier path: single shim read, no doc_subscribe calls", async () => {
+    // The fake ng has no doc_subscribe → ensureRepoOpen is a no-op (getSyncState → "unknown").
+    // resolveAccountReliably must proceed to the single read without waiting or throwing.
+    const fakeNg = makeFakeNg(); // no doc_subscribe
+    inject(fakeNg);
 
-    await ensureAccount("BrandNew");
+    // Provision once, then verify a second resolve (fresh cache) finds it immediately.
+    const first = await ensureAccount("FakeNgUser");
+    resetRegistryCache();
+    resetOpenedRepos();
 
-    // 3 scope docs created exactly once
-    expect(laggedNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-    // The targeted account query was called exactly once (no retries at attempts=1)
-    const accountQueryCalls = laggedNg.getAccountQueryCount();
-    expect(accountQueryCalls).toBe(1);
+    const second = await ensureAccount("FakeNgUser");
+
+    // Same docs reused (no fork), exactly 3 total doc_create across both calls
+    expect(second.docPublic).toBe(first.docPublic);
+    expect(fakeNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    // The account query was called exactly twice (once per ensureAccount, no retries)
+    expect(fakeNg.getAccountQueryCount()).toBe(2);
   });
 
-  it("lag of exactly (attempts-1): found on last allowed attempt → reused, not forked", async () => {
-    // 3 attempts, lag=2 (first 2 calls return 0, 3rd returns real data).
-    // We pre-populate the quads by provisioning with a fresh no-lag ng first.
-    const seedNg = makeLaggedNg(0);
-    inject(seedNg, 1);
-    const original = await ensureAccount("EdgeUser");
-    expect(seedNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+  it("(e) timed-out barrier: resolveAccountReliably throws rather than provisioning", async () => {
+    // Simulate: the private store nuri is already in the `opened` set but with
+    // sync state "timed-out" (forced via _forceOpenedSyncState so the test
+    // does not have to wait 8s for the real OPEN_TIMEOUT_MS to fire).
+    const fakeNg = makeFakeNg(); // empty quads → 0 rows
+    inject(fakeNg);
 
-    // Now re-inject with the same quads but with lag=2, budget=3
-    const laggedNg = makeLaggedNg(2);
-    for (const q of seedNg._quads) laggedNg._quads.push(q);
-    inject(laggedNg, 3);
+    // Force the private-store nuri ("did:ng:PRIV-AF") into timed-out state.
+    // resolveAccountReliably calls anchorNuri() → `did:ng:${privateStoreId}`.
+    _forceOpenedSyncState("did:ng:PRIV-AF", "timed-out");
 
-    const retried = await ensureAccount("EdgeUser");
+    // ensureAccount must throw (conservative anti-fork guard: do not provision blind)
+    await expect(ensureAccount("TimedOutUser")).rejects.toThrow(
+      /sync barrier timed out/,
+    );
 
-    // Found on the 3rd attempt (lag=2 means first 2 return 0, 3rd returns real)
-    expect(retried.docPublic).toBe(original.docPublic);
-    expect(retried.docProtected).toBe(original.docProtected);
-    expect(laggedNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0); // no new provisioning
+    // Must NOT have created any scope docs (refusing to provision)
+    expect(fakeNg.doc_create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
   });
 });