Return the validated descriptor and its original metadata from regular-file
admission. Propagate that contract through owned reads, hashes, snapshots,
artifact inventory and provider file workflows instead of replacing initial
facts with another stat. Keep arbitrary output-handle operations separate.
Preserve final descriptor/path identity proofs, borrowed-source verification,
BigInt precision, cancellation provenance and failed-close ownership. Remove
the obsolete source and owned-ZIP baseline stages and update their consumers
and regressions. Tie read completion faults to actual reads instead of the
retired duplicate stat; instrument real handles without fake handle wrappers.
Validation: fresh runtime/catalog build; focused source, lifecycle, filesystem,
CLI/MCP and authored provider-fixture tests; full static checks; docs checks;
test discovery; duplication check. Platform-specific cases remain skipped on
macOS. No installed provider or device behavior was verified.
Use the shared source owner for Mach-O and PyInstaller admission, descriptor and selected-path identity, hashing and cleanup. Retain lipo joining and reader-owned PyInstaller admission, caller cancellation and private PYZ leases. Centralize admission failure projection and remove the superseded PyInstaller wrapper.
Preserve physical identity verification before late hash-completion cancellation. Close an owned source before returning failed initial metadata acquisition and retain the exact handle when close fails. A focused regression failed twice before that fix and now passes.
Validation: fresh runtime build, 259 focused fixture tests, nine documentation checks and all local static/discovery/duplication gates passed. An earlier check also ran four system-lipo suite cases (three read-only native inspections) before the final source fix; those were excluded from subsequent fixture qualification.
Compose one source owner for Godot PCK and Node SEA admission, descriptor identity, carrier hash binding and retained handle cleanup. Preserve format-specific parsing and member streams, drain their reader operations before source close, and leave borrowed descriptor release with its caller.
Validation: runtime build and 136 focused tests passed, including 17 real-descriptor integration cases for delayed admission, cached hash mismatch, close failure and retry, borrowed handles, admission cleanup cancellation and mixed peer outcomes. Tests use local authored carriers and controlled failure seams.
morluto