Reviewer findings from the formal /simplify-code pass, all verified:
1. Scanner blind spots (HIGH): five more locked pure readers were
invisible to the v1 gate — get_compression_fallback_streak and
get_compression_ineffective_count hid behind `conn = self._conn`
aliasing; list_gateway_sessions, find_session_by_origin and
search_sessions hid behind SQL held in variables/f-strings (the
scanner required unknown == 0 to flag). All five converted to
_read_ctx(); the scanner now (a) tracks self._conn aliases and
(b) flags lock blocks with NO proven write instead of silently
skipping unprovable SQL. Sabotage self-check extended to pin all
three detection classes (literal, alias, variable-SQL) plus a
mixed variable-SQL writer that must NOT fire.
2. get_meta reverted to the writer lock: its inline comment (present
on main) documents a real read-your-writes dependency —
fts_rebuild_step reads rebuild progress that a pooled WAL reader
cannot see mid-transaction. The blanket conversion had overridden
a documented design decision; it is now the single justified
_ALLOWED_LOCKED_READERS entry, replacing the dead
_enter_fts_fail_open entry (whose lock block counts 3 writes and
never needed allowlisting).
Strengthened scanner on pre-conversion main: 43 violations
(39 pure-read + 4 no-proven-write). This branch: zero.
Suites: gate 2/2; tests/test_hermes_state.py + tests/state/ 331
passed (same 3 pre-existing FTS-rebuild reds as clean main); 433
passed across the 12 consumer suites of the five newly-converted
methods (compression anti-thrash, session search, status, scheduler).
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