fix(tui): restore the launch mark and finish community candidate notes

Restore the canonical raster-derived mark in a responsive header while retaining full-width session rows and reachable launch controls. Pin the first-party catalog to marketplace d8640b1 after its three-OS CI passed, including the matching Computer Use fix. Credit AdityaVG13 and record branch/compaction fixes in the candidate changelog and website ledger.

Validation: mark/launch/marketplace focused tests 51 passed, 0 failed; fresh npm test 551 passed, 0 failed; npm run check:web passed; fmt and version consistency checks passed (48 feature-note references). The candidate remains 0.9.14; no release or publication.

Author: CodeWhale Bot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tag, packages, checksums and release assets exist.
 
 ### Contributors
 
+- **[@AdityaVG13](https://github.com/AdityaVG13)** — fixed composer wrapping, tab/caret placement, pasted and editor-returned draft history, painted-column transcript copying, explicit terminal foregrounds, and headless user-input tool availability ([#6363](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6363), [#6365](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6365)).
 - **[@aboimpinto](https://github.com/aboimpinto)** — moved the TUI session-export slice onto shared command contracts (FEAT-025): a session-export contract facet with one shared sanitizer, `/export` routed through the facet, pinned with baseline-captured goldens and gates ([#6096](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6096)).
 - **[@BX166](https://github.com/BX166)** — contributed the AICraft provider template and its documentation ([#6171](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6171)). It was closed unmerged, but it is what surfaced the decision to stop special-casing named OpenAI-compatible hosts ([#6289](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6289)).
 - **[@7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX](https://github.com/7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX)** — reported the session-retention defects behind archive-past-the-cap and empty-session cap occupancy ([#6136](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6136), [#6137](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6137)), the resume-failure design behind durable transcript errors ([#6138](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6138)), and the gaps behind the opt-in approval timeout ([#6101](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6101)), `codewhale exec --hooks` ([#6099](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6099)), Markdown drag-copy ([#6156](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6156)), and the browsable, current-aware session picker ([#6014](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6014)); the goal token-budget hard stop ([#6013](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6013)) and the fleet no-progress guard shared with child workers ([#6015](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6015)) landed as first slices of two larger proposals, and the runtime-store session refusal ([#6207](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6207)).
@@ -216,6 +217,16 @@ tag, packages, checksums and release assets exist.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Branch navigation preserves sibling histories, stable entry IDs and timestamps
+  through autosave, resume and forks, and synchronizes the selected branch into
+  the live engine. Thanks to @7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX for the report (#6367).
+- Compaction now writes local diagnostic records for completed passes and
+  automatic refusals. `codewhale metrics` reports them with summarizer token
+  usage; text-mode exec retains its session after attempting compaction.
+  Historical artifacts are not backfilled. Thanks to @7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX
+  for identifying the missing producer (#6368).
+- The opening workbench retains the canonical Codewhale mark in a responsive
+  header while keeping recent-session titles full-width and actions clickable.
 - `serve --acp` no longer ignores the approval posture. The ACP adapter
   hardcoded `ApprovalMode::Suggest`, so `--yolo` (and any configured
   `approval_policy`) never reached admission: every mutating tool parked

crates/tui/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tag, packages, checksums and release assets exist.
 
 ### Contributors
 
+- **[@AdityaVG13](https://github.com/AdityaVG13)** — fixed composer wrapping, tab/caret placement, pasted and editor-returned draft history, painted-column transcript copying, explicit terminal foregrounds, and headless user-input tool availability ([#6363](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6363), [#6365](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6365)).
 - **[@aboimpinto](https://github.com/aboimpinto)** — moved the TUI session-export slice onto shared command contracts (FEAT-025): a session-export contract facet with one shared sanitizer, `/export` routed through the facet, pinned with baseline-captured goldens and gates ([#6096](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6096)).
 - **[@BX166](https://github.com/BX166)** — contributed the AICraft provider template and its documentation ([#6171](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6171)). It was closed unmerged, but it is what surfaced the decision to stop special-casing named OpenAI-compatible hosts ([#6289](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6289)).
 - **[@7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX](https://github.com/7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX)** — reported the session-retention defects behind archive-past-the-cap and empty-session cap occupancy ([#6136](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6136), [#6137](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6137)), the resume-failure design behind durable transcript errors ([#6138](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6138)), and the gaps behind the opt-in approval timeout ([#6101](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6101)), `codewhale exec --hooks` ([#6099](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6099)), Markdown drag-copy ([#6156](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6156)), and the browsable, current-aware session picker ([#6014](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6014)); the goal token-budget hard stop ([#6013](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6013)) and the fleet no-progress guard shared with child workers ([#6015](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6015)) landed as first slices of two larger proposals, and the runtime-store session refusal ([#6207](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/issues/6207)).
@@ -216,6 +217,16 @@ tag, packages, checksums and release assets exist.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Branch navigation preserves sibling histories, stable entry IDs and timestamps
+  through autosave, resume and forks, and synchronizes the selected branch into
+  the live engine. Thanks to @7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX for the report (#6367).
+- Compaction now writes local diagnostic records for completed passes and
+  automatic refusals. `codewhale metrics` reports them with summarizer token
+  usage; text-mode exec retains its session after attempting compaction.
+  Historical artifacts are not backfilled. Thanks to @7jrxt42BxFZo4iAnN4CX
+  for identifying the missing producer (#6368).
+- The opening workbench retains the canonical Codewhale mark in a responsive
+  header while keeping recent-session titles full-width and actions clickable.
 - `serve --acp` no longer ignores the approval posture. The ACP adapter
   hardcoded `ApprovalMode::Suggest`, so `--yolo` (and any configured
   `approval_policy`) never reached admission: every mutating tool parked

crates/tui/assets/first-party-marketplace.json

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
   "repository": "https://github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace",
-  "revision": "a9c2302c96b03ebf64a1562ea4ccdaea32c3c5cc",
+  "revision": "d8640b17f27542e7122c76368724196f92a0af61",
   "catalog": {
     "name": "codewhale",
     "description": "First-party Codewhale extensions: the plugins and skills Codewhale ships, maintained in the open so anyone can propose a change.",
     "version": "2",
     "plugins": [
       {
         "name": "computer-use",
-        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/a9c2302c96b03ebf64a1562ea4ccdaea32c3c5cc#path=plugins/computer-use",
+        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/d8640b17f27542e7122c76368724196f92a0af61#path=plugins/computer-use",
         "version": "0.11.2",
         "description": "Control apps with Codewhale. macOS beta; Windows and Linux backends are experimental and source-only.",
         "homepage": "https://codewhale.net/computer-use",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       },
       {
         "name": "whalesong",
-        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/a9c2302c96b03ebf64a1562ea4ccdaea32c3c5cc#path=plugins/whalesong",
+        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/d8640b17f27542e7122c76368724196f92a0af61#path=plugins/whalesong",
         "version": "0.2.0",
         "description": "Review agent traces and failures, compare runs, and turn session timing into audio. Requires the local Whalesong platform.",
         "homepage": "https://github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       },
       {
         "name": "whalewiki",
-        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/a9c2302c96b03ebf64a1562ea4ccdaea32c3c5cc#path=plugins/whalewiki",
+        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/d8640b17f27542e7122c76368724196f92a0af61#path=plugins/whalewiki",
         "version": "0.2.0",
         "description": "Understand a repo, find where to change it, and see which docs depend on a file. Source citations, freshness checks and a searchable offline reader.",
         "homepage": "https://github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       },
       {
         "name": "cloudflare-docs",
-        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/a9c2302c96b03ebf64a1562ea4ccdaea32c3c5cc#path=plugins/cloudflare-docs",
+        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/d8640b17f27542e7122c76368724196f92a0af61#path=plugins/cloudflare-docs",
         "version": "0.1.0",
         "description": "Search current Cloudflare documentation through its official remote MCP. No account or credential required.",
         "homepage": "https://github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       },
       {
         "name": "codewhale-skills",
-        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/a9c2302c96b03ebf64a1562ea4ccdaea32c3c5cc#path=skills",
+        "source": "https://codeload.github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace/tar.gz/d8640b17f27542e7122c76368724196f92a0af61#path=skills",
         "version": "1.1.0",
         "description": "47 workflows for coding, research, documents, email, calendar, travel, shopping and local audio. Account and tool setup is separate; see the skill directory.",
         "homepage": "https://github.com/Hmbown/codewhale-plugin-marketplace",

crates/tui/src/tui/mark.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,75 @@
-//! Terminal color transitions and graphics capability diagnostics.
-//! Launch identity is now a compact wordmark; no image is transmitted.
+//! The Codewhale mark, derived from the canonical founder raster by
+//! `scripts/brand/braille-mark.py`, and terminal color/capability helpers.
+//! The launch header paints the mark as terminal cells; no image is transmitted.
 
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 use ratatui::style::Color;
 
+/// Rungs of the mark's scale ladder, each generated at its own box.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum MarkSize {
+    /// Box 22×6, ink 14×6 — the launch screen's hero mark. Generated from the
+    /// same founder raster as the smaller rungs, at a size where the whale
+    /// reads as a whale.
+    Large,
+    /// Box 11×3, ink 7×3 — the launch header's mark.
+    Small,
+    /// Box 8×2, ink 5×2 — for stages too narrow for the header lines beside
+    /// the small rung.
+    Tiny,
+}
+
+// generated by scripts/brand/braille-mark.py from brand/codewhalemarkfinal.png
+// (founder hero whale 504x453px, threshold 0.3, aspect preserved,
+// edge columns trimmed, eye carved)
+
+// LARGE: box 22x6 -> ink 14x6
+const LARGE_ROWS: [&str; 6] = [
+    "  ⣀⣴⣶⣾⣶⣆      ",
+    "⢀⣼⣿⠛⠉⠉⠙⠻⠟⠃    ",
+    "⢸⣿⡇    ⢀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⡀",
+    "⢸⣿⣷⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠉⣹⠁",
+    "⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠟ ⢀⡴⠁ ",
+    "  ⠈⠉⠽⠿⣿⠥⠤⠒⠉   ",
+];
+
+// SMALL: box 11x3 -> ink 7x3
+const SMALL_ROWS: [&str; 3] = [
+    "⢠⡶⠛⠧⠄  ", //
+    "⣿⣄⣠⣤⣶⠶⠆",
+    "⠘⠻⣿⣗⠡⠊ ",
+];
+
+// TINY: box 8x2 -> ink 5x2
+const TINY_ROWS: [&str; 2] = [
+    "⢠⡞⠛⢂⣀", //
+    "⠘⠿⣿⠍⠉",
+];
+
+impl MarkSize {
+    /// Cell footprint as `(cols, rows)` — the ink's, not the design box's.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn cells(self) -> (u16, u16) {
+        match self {
+            Self::Large => (14, 6),
+            Self::Small => (7, 3),
+            Self::Tiny => (5, 2),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The braille rows for this rung. Blank cells are spaces so the
+    /// renderer leaves the field behind them untouched.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn rows(self) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+        match self {
+            Self::Large => &LARGE_ROWS,
+            Self::Small => &SMALL_ROWS,
+            Self::Tiny => &TINY_ROWS,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Blend `from` toward `to` (0.0 → `from`, 1.0 → `to`). At 0 the mark is
 /// exactly the field colour, so it rises out of the water rather than over it.
 #[must_use]

crates/tui/src/tui/underwater.rs

@@ -1591,13 +1591,41 @@ pub fn launch_empty_state(app: &App, area: Rect) -> LaunchEmptyState {
     // Built before the fit ladder runs: how many rows the block wants is a
     // fact about this workspace's servers, not about the pane.
     let mcp_block = mcp_launch_lines(app, text_width);
-    let fit = launch_fit(
-        height,
+    // Brand occupies the header only; recent titles retain the whole reading lane.
+    // Scale the canonical raster derivative before sacrificing any controls.
+    use crate::tui::mark::MarkSize;
+    let mut mark = if crate::tui::color_compat::ascii_safe_enabled() {
+        None
+    } else if height >= 14 && text_width >= 40 {
+        Some(MarkSize::Large)
+    } else if height >= 8 && text_width >= 26 {
+        Some(MarkSize::Small)
+    } else if height >= 4 && text_width >= 19 {
+        Some(MarkSize::Tiny)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    let mark_extra = mark.map_or(0, |size| usize::from(size.cells().1).saturating_sub(2));
+    let mut fit = launch_fit(
+        height.saturating_sub(mark_extra),
         entries.len(),
         has_more,
         app.launch.claude_code_detected,
         mcp_block.lines.len(),
     );
+    if mark.is_some() && !(fit.brand && fit.context) {
+        // At the absolute height floor the wordmark yields to the actions too.
+        mark = None;
+        fit = launch_fit(
+            height,
+            entries.len(),
+            has_more,
+            app.launch.claude_code_detected,
+            mcp_block.lines.len(),
+        );
+    }
+    let header_width =
+        text_width.saturating_sub(mark.map_or(0, |size| usize::from(size.cells().0) + 2));
     let spacious = fit.blanks == LAUNCH_SEPARATORS;
     let visible: Vec<LaunchRecentEntry> = entries.into_iter().take(fit.shown).collect();
     let card_rows = launch_card_rows(locale, &visible, fit.see_all);
@@ -1608,15 +1636,15 @@ pub fn launch_empty_state(app: &App, area: Rect) -> LaunchEmptyState {
         let brand = "codewhale";
         let version = format!("v{}", env!("CODEWHALE_BUILD_VERSION"));
         let mut spans = vec![Span::styled(
-            semantic_truncate(brand, text_width),
+            semantic_truncate(brand, header_width),
             Style::default().fg(theme.accent_primary).bold(),
         )];
-        if text_width >= text_display_width(brand) + 1 + text_display_width(&version) {
+        if header_width >= text_display_width(brand) + 1 + text_display_width(&version) {
             spans.push(Span::styled(
                 format!(
                     "{}{version}",
                     " ".repeat(
-                        text_width - text_display_width(brand) - text_display_width(&version)
+                        header_width - text_display_width(brand) - text_display_width(&version)
                     )
                 ),
                 Style::default().fg(theme.text_muted),
@@ -1631,17 +1659,30 @@ pub fn launch_empty_state(app: &App, area: Rect) -> LaunchEmptyState {
             app.workspace_context.as_deref(),
         );
         let mut spans = vec![Span::styled(
-            semantic_truncate(&workspace, text_width),
+            semantic_truncate(&workspace, header_width),
             Style::default().fg(theme.text_soft),
         )];
         if let Some(branch) = identity.branch {
             let detail = format!(" · {branch}");
-            if text_display_width(&workspace) + text_display_width(&detail) <= text_width {
+            if text_display_width(&workspace) + text_display_width(&detail) <= header_width {
                 spans.push(Span::styled(detail, Style::default().fg(theme.text_muted)));
             }
         }
         text.push(Some(Line::from(spans)));
     }
+    if let Some(mark) = mark {
+        text.resize_with(usize::from(mark.cells().1), || None);
+        for (row, dots) in mark.rows().iter().enumerate() {
+            let mut spans = vec![
+                Span::styled(*dots, Style::default().fg(theme.accent_primary)),
+                Span::raw("  "),
+            ];
+            if let Some(line) = text[row].take() {
+                spans.extend(line.spans);
+            }
+            text[row] = Some(Line::from(spans));
+        }
+    }
     // The migration notice, while there is still a question to answer. It
     // retires for good once `/import-claude` has been run.
     if fit.notice {
@@ -2094,7 +2135,7 @@ mod launch_card_tests {
             with_mcp(app_with_recent(&["one", "two", "three", "four", "five"], 9)),
         ] {
             for width in [0u16, 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 20, 31, 32, 40, 44, 64, 80, 120, 200] {
-                for height in 0u16..=10 {
+                for height in 0u16..=30 {
                     let state = launch_empty_state(&app, Rect::new(0, 0, width, height));
                     assert!(
                         state.lines.len() <= usize::from(height),

docs/CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ notes, and relevant issue/PR comments.
 
 **Merged or adapted contributions**
 
+- **[AdityaVG13](https://github.com/AdityaVG13)** — composer wrapping, pasted/editor draft history, painted-column transcript copying, tab/caret placement, explicit terminal foregrounds, and headless user-input tool availability ([#6363](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6363), [#6365](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6365)); both PRs merged with their original ancestry.
 - **[aboimpinto](https://github.com/aboimpinto)** — moved the TUI session-export slice onto shared command contracts (FEAT-025): a session-export contract facet with one shared sanitizer, `/export` routed through the facet, pinned with baseline-captured goldens and gates ([#6096](https://github.com/Hmbown/Codewhale/pull/6096)).
 
 **Reports and reproductions**