Merge pull request #1797 from DWAA1660/fix/1726-control-deadlines

Fix control sockets retaining connection slots indefinitely
2026-10-14 19:26:56 -04:00 · 2026-10-14 04:41:56 +07:00
commit 67f131d786
@@ -4510,6 +4510,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "raw-window-handle",
 "rfd",
 "serde_json",
+ "socket2",
 "vectorcraft-engine",
 "vectorcraft-text",
 "vectorcraft-ui-egui",
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

 **Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~13 points (ready for real work ~62% → ~75%, and reliable `.ai` exchange) and ~170–270 h away

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Image Trace edges, strokes, memory and three new options, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-13: Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; `.ai`, PDF, EPS and SVG import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of late 2026-10-12: type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; Tabs panel drags, #1458; template layers in Outline view, #1486; dialog slider rails, #1483; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; print-size images, #1517; French catalog complete again, #1511; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace colour and photo presets, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-12: Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect across an angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; many-object edits, #1429 in part; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace places edges to a fraction of a pixel, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; Transform dialogs preview and the transform tools act on direct-selected anchors, #1412 and #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint, #1388, and text-only PDF parts, #1387; community PRs: strokes wider than their shape, corner drags without the bounding box, pasted pictures, compound paths in `document.inspect`, MCP guide; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames), PDF bleed with editing data, dialog keyboard focus, art flush with an artboard, font rescan, symbol instance redraw, `--control` port check; headline numbers unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid tool options, #1377 in part; `.ai` files with placed (linked) pictures open from their editing data, #1264; community PRs: `.ai` and PDF bleed and editing-data import, gradient shapes imported as paths, ruler origin, Align To, Live Corners corner selection; headline numbers unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; community PRs: graph designs, Graph Data worksheet and Graph Type options; Align both centres; Pen endpoint fixes; earlier: Effect › Brush Strokes landed: Photoshop-style filters 28 of 57, raster effects 40% → 48%; `.ai` gradients, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `.ai` art styles and clipping fills from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `editingData: "always"`; headline numbers unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (control transport deadlines, #1726; Image Trace edges, strokes, memory and three new options, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-13: Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; `.ai`, PDF, EPS and SVG import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of late 2026-10-12: type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; Tabs panel drags, #1458; template layers in Outline view, #1486; dialog slider rails, #1483; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; print-size images, #1517; French catalog complete again, #1511; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace colour and photo presets, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; community PRs and fixes of 2026-10-12: Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect across an angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; many-object edits, #1429 in part; headline numbers unchanged; Image Trace places edges to a fraction of a pixel, measured in `docs/image-trace-quality.md`, headline numbers unchanged; Transform dialogs preview and the transform tools act on direct-selected anchors, #1412 and #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint, #1388, and text-only PDF parts, #1387; community PRs: strokes wider than their shape, corner drags without the bounding box, pasted pictures, compound paths in `document.inspect`, MCP guide; headline numbers unchanged; community PRs: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames), PDF bleed with editing data, dialog keyboard focus, art flush with an artboard, font rescan, symbol instance redraw, `--control` port check; headline numbers unchanged; Rectangular Grid and Polar Grid tool options, #1377 in part; `.ai` files with placed (linked) pictures open from their editing data, #1264; community PRs: `.ai` and PDF bleed and editing-data import, gradient shapes imported as paths, ruler origin, Align To, Live Corners corner selection; headline numbers unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; community PRs: graph designs, Graph Data worksheet and Graph Type options; Align both centres; Pen endpoint fixes; earlier: Effect › Brush Strokes landed: Photoshop-style filters 28 of 57, raster effects 40% → 48%; `.ai` gradients, meshes and artboard names from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `.ai` art styles and clipping fills from the editing data; headline numbers unchanged; `editingData: "always"`; headline numbers unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)

 VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adobe Illustrator workflow. It runs
 on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and the web (WASM), and agents can drive all of it over MCP, the CLI and a JSON
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Ranked; detail in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) and [docs/gaps.md](docs/gap

 | Date | What landed |
 |---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | Control sockets close after bounded idle, partial-line and reply-write waits, returning their connection slot (#1726); existing command processing timeout remains separate. |
 | 2026-10-13 | Image Trace: neighbouring colours share one fitted edge (gaps between them 22 to 50 px of area down to under 2), a 16 megapixel photo traces in 0.9 GB (was 3.9), stroked centre lines lie in the middle of their ink at its width (0.30 to 0.05 px off, 18 to 3 anchors a stroke), nearly level lines are levelled, more sharp corners are kept; new: Ignore Color, the Auto Color and Outline presets, and the Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options (off by default) ([`docs/image-trace-quality.md`](docs/image-trace-quality.md)). |
 | 2026-10-13 | The interface is available in Polish (`pl`): menus, panels, dialogs and messages, with one/few/many plurals; AI-drafted, native review pending (#1498). Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492). Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499). Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479). Import: a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542). Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537). Live Corners: a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape, and the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag (#1547, fixes #1512). Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533). Guides: Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534). Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539). Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536). Fonts: the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux). |
 | 2026-10-13 | Image Trace's colour presets trace flat art with its own colours however many are asked for (noise no longer shatters it: 16 Colors 70 → 4 paths on the harness's flat art; no slivers of in-between colour along anti-aliased edges), and the photo presets trace a photo into smooth tones without specks or hairlines (High Fidelity Photo 3,653 → 121 paths, colour error 2.30 → 1.75; 16 megapixels traced where 4 were refused) ([`docs/image-trace-quality.md`](docs/image-trace-quality.md)). |
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ The full pre-standard record of what landed is kept in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/ro

 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Control transport deadlines (#1726): idle and partial clients and blocked replies release connection slots; parity scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-10 | minor | Method aligned with the standard, no new evidence: full ready for real work is the additive weighted sum, ~62%; hours per audience; beta ~13 points away |
 | 2026-10-10 | minor | Added the essentials-user readiness score (~75%) |
 | 2026-10-10 | minor | Ready for real work re-examined against the issue tracker and user feedback: 50% → 55% (full), 65% mainstream added; see target-app-parity.md |
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ wayland-protocols = { version = "0.32", features = ["client"] }
 [build-dependencies]
 # Icon + VERSIONINFO for vectorcraft.exe; build.rs only uses it when targeting Windows.
 winresource = "0.1"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+# Bound socket buffers in real loopback transport deadline regressions.
+socket2 = { workspace = true }
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+//! Absolute transport budgets, independent of the time spent executing a request.
+
+use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+fn deadline(budget: Duration) -> io::Result<Instant> {
+    Instant::now().checked_add(budget).ok_or_else(|| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "control transport deadline out of range"))
+}
+
+fn remaining(until: Option<Instant>) -> io::Result<Duration> {
+    until
+        .and_then(|d| d.checked_duration_since(Instant::now()))
+        .filter(|d| !d.is_zero())
+        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "control transport deadline exceeded"))
+}
+
+pub(super) struct DeadlineReader {
+    stream: TcpStream,
+    idle: Duration,
+    line: Duration,
+    until: Option<Instant>,
+    waiting_for_first_byte: bool,
+}
+
+impl DeadlineReader {
+    pub(super) fn new(stream: TcpStream, idle: Duration, line: Duration) -> Self {
+        Self { stream, idle, line, until: None, waiting_for_first_byte: false }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn begin_line(&mut self, buffered: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // A partial next request already in BufReader must not get an idle budget too.
+        self.waiting_for_first_byte = !buffered;
+        self.until = Some(deadline(if buffered { self.line } else { self.idle })?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Read for DeadlineReader {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        if buf.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(0);
+        }
+        self.stream.set_read_timeout(Some(remaining(self.until)?))?;
+        let n = self.stream.read(buf)?;
+        if n > 0 && self.waiting_for_first_byte {
+            self.until = Some(deadline(self.line)?);
+            self.waiting_for_first_byte = false;
+        }
+        Ok(n)
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) struct DeadlineWriter {
+    stream: TcpStream,
+    budget: Duration,
+    until: Option<Instant>,
+}
+
+impl DeadlineWriter {
+    pub(super) fn new(stream: TcpStream, budget: Duration) -> Self {
+        Self { stream, budget, until: None }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn begin_reply(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.until = Some(deadline(self.budget)?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Write for DeadlineWriter {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        if buf.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(0);
+        }
+        // Each partial write gets the remaining budget, never a fresh full timeout.
+        self.stream.set_write_timeout(Some(remaining(self.until)?))?;
+        self.stream.write(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.stream.set_write_timeout(Some(remaining(self.until)?))?;
+        self.stream.flush()
+    }
+}
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use vectorcraft_ui_egui::ControlRequest;

+#[path = "control_deadlines.rs"]
+mod deadlines;
+use deadlines::{DeadlineReader, DeadlineWriter};
+
 /// Longest accepted request line (bytes, without the newline). Requests are small JSON objects;
 /// anything longer is refused and the connection closed.
 pub const MAX_LINE: usize = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -25,6 +29,19 @@ pub const MAX_CONNECTIONS: usize = 16;
 /// Size in bytes of the buffer that [`write_line`] writes a reply line through.
 const REPLY_CHUNK: usize = 64 * 1024;

+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct ConnectionTimeouts {
+    idle: Duration,
+    line: Duration,
+    write: Duration,
+}
+
+impl Default for ConnectionTimeouts {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { idle: Duration::from_secs(300), line: Duration::from_secs(30), write: Duration::from_secs(60) }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn start(port: u16, ctx: egui::Context) -> Receiver<ControlRequest> {
    let (tx, rx) = channel::<ControlRequest>();
    let listener = match TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", port)) {
@@ -41,31 +58,77 @@ pub fn start(port: u16, ctx: egui::Context) -> Receiver<ControlRequest> {

 fn accept_loop(listener: TcpListener, tx: Sender<ControlRequest>, ctx: egui::Context) {
    let open = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-    for mut stream in listener.incoming().flatten() {
-        if open.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst) >= MAX_CONNECTIONS {
-            open.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    for stream in listener.incoming().flatten() {
+        let Some(slot) = acquire_slot(&open) else {
+            let mut out = DeadlineWriter::new(stream, ConnectionTimeouts::default().write);
            // Best effort: the connection is dropped either way, and a peer that can't read the reason loses nothing.
-            let _ = write_line(&mut stream, &json!({"ok": false, "error": "too many control connections"}));
+            if out.begin_reply().is_ok() {
+                let _ = write_line(&mut out, &json!({"ok": false, "error": "too many control connections"}));
+            }
            continue;
+        };
+        if let Err(e) = spawn_connection(stream, tx.clone(), ctx.clone(), slot, ConnectionTimeouts::default()) {
+            eprintln!("vectorcraft: control worker failed to start: {e}");
        }
-        let tx = tx.clone();
-        let ctx = ctx.clone();
-        let open = Arc::clone(&open);
-        std::thread::spawn(move || {
-            serve(stream, &tx, &ctx);
-            open.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        });
    }
 }

-fn serve(stream: TcpStream, tx: &Sender<ControlRequest>, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+struct ConnectionSlot(Arc<AtomicUsize>);
+
+fn acquire_slot(open: &Arc<AtomicUsize>) -> Option<ConnectionSlot> {
+    let mut n = open.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+    loop {
+        if n >= MAX_CONNECTIONS {
+            return None;
+        }
+        match open.compare_exchange_weak(n, n + 1, Ordering::SeqCst, Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            Ok(_) => return Some(ConnectionSlot(Arc::clone(open))),
+            Err(current) => n = current,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ConnectionSlot {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Each successful acquisition creates exactly one non-cloneable guard.
+        self.0.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    }
+}
+
+fn spawn_connection(
+    stream: TcpStream,
+    tx: Sender<ControlRequest>,
+    ctx: egui::Context,
+    slot: ConnectionSlot,
+    timeouts: ConnectionTimeouts,
+) -> std::io::Result<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>> {
+    std::thread::Builder::new().name("vectorcraft-control".into()).spawn(move || {
+        let _slot = slot;
+        serve_socket(stream, timeouts, |method, params| {
+            let (req, rrx) = ControlRequest::new(method, params);
+            tx.send(req).ok()?;
+            ctx.request_repaint();
+            Some(rrx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(60)).unwrap_or_else(|_| json!({"ok": false, "error": "timeout"})))
+        });
+    })
+}
+
+fn serve_socket(stream: TcpStream, timeouts: ConnectionTimeouts, handle: impl FnMut(String, Value) -> Option<Value>) {
    let Ok(read) = stream.try_clone() else { return };
-    serve_lines(read, stream, |method, params| {
-        let (req, rrx) = ControlRequest::new(method, params);
-        tx.send(req).ok()?;
-        ctx.request_repaint();
-        Some(rrx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(60)).unwrap_or_else(|_| json!({"ok": false, "error": "timeout"})))
-    });
+    let read = DeadlineReader::new(read, timeouts.idle, timeouts.line);
+    // Replies reach the writer in [`REPLY_CHUNK`] pieces ([`write_line`]), so checking the remaining
+    // budget costs one socket option call per piece, not one per JSON token.
+    let out = DeadlineWriter::new(stream, timeouts.write);
+    serve_lines_with(
+        read,
+        out,
+        handle,
+        |reader| {
+            let buffered = !reader.buffer().is_empty();
+            reader.get_mut().begin_line(buffered)
+        },
+        DeadlineWriter::begin_reply,
+    );
 }

 /// One parsed line.
@@ -111,7 +174,11 @@ fn read_bounded_line(reader: &mut impl BufRead, buf: &mut Vec<u8>, max: usize) -
    buf.clear();
    // `take` bounds the bytes buffered for one line: a peer can't make us allocate more than `max`.
    let limit = u64::try_from(max).unwrap_or(u64::MAX).saturating_add(1);
-    let n = reader.take(limit).read_until(b'\n', buf).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let n = reader.take(limit).read_until(b'\n', buf).map_err(|e| match e.kind() {
+        // The line's deadline ran out (Windows reports it as TimedOut, Unix as WouldBlock).
+        std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut | std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => "request line not completed in time; closing the connection".to_string(),
+        _ => e.to_string(),
+    })?;
    if n == 0 {
        return Ok(false);
    }
@@ -139,12 +206,29 @@ fn write_line(out: &mut impl Write, v: &Value) -> std::io::Result<()> {
 /// Serve requests from `read`, answering on `out`, until the peer closes, sends something that is
 /// not a request, or `handle` returns `None` (app gone). `handle` gets `(method, params)` and
 /// returns the reply object (the request's `id` is added here).
-fn serve_lines<R: Read, W: Write>(read: R, mut out: W, mut handle: impl FnMut(String, Value) -> Option<Value>) {
+#[cfg(test)]
+fn serve_lines<R: Read, W: Write>(read: R, out: W, handle: impl FnMut(String, Value) -> Option<Value>) {
+    serve_lines_with(read, out, handle, |_| Ok(()), |_| Ok(()));
+}
+
+fn serve_lines_with<R: Read, W: Write>(
+    read: R,
+    mut out: W,
+    mut handle: impl FnMut(String, Value) -> Option<Value>,
+    mut begin_line: impl FnMut(&mut BufReader<R>) -> std::io::Result<()>,
+    mut begin_reply: impl FnMut(&mut W) -> std::io::Result<()>,
+) {
    let mut reader = BufReader::new(read);
    let mut buf = Vec::new();
    loop {
+        if begin_line(&mut reader).is_err() {
+            return;
+        }
        let reject = match read_bounded_line(&mut reader, &mut buf, MAX_LINE) {
            Ok(false) => return,
+            // Nothing of a line arrived (the idle wait ran out, or the peer is gone): close without
+            // a word. A line nobody asked for would be read as the reply to the client's next request.
+            Err(_) if buf.is_empty() => return,
            Err(e) => e,
            Ok(true) => match parse_line(&buf) {
                Line::Blank => continue,
@@ -154,7 +238,7 @@ fn serve_lines<R: Read, W: Write>(read: R, mut out: W, mut handle: impl FnMut(St
                    if let Some(o) = r.as_object_mut() {
                        o.insert("id".into(), id);
                    }
-                    if write_line(&mut out, &r).is_err() {
+                    if begin_reply(&mut out).and_then(|()| write_line(&mut out, &r)).is_err() {
                        return;
                    }
                    continue;
@@ -162,7 +246,7 @@ fn serve_lines<R: Read, W: Write>(read: R, mut out: W, mut handle: impl FnMut(St
            },
        };
        // Best effort: the connection closes either way, and a peer that can't read the reason loses nothing.
-        let _ = write_line(&mut out, &json!({"ok": false, "error": reject}));
+        let _ = begin_reply(&mut out).and_then(|()| write_line(&mut out, &json!({"ok": false, "error": reject})));
        return;
    }
 }
@@ -171,6 +255,164 @@ fn serve_lines<R: Read, W: Write>(read: R, mut out: W, mut handle: impl FnMut(St
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

+    fn short_timeouts() -> ConnectionTimeouts {
+        ConnectionTimeouts { idle: Duration::from_millis(150), line: Duration::from_millis(120), write: Duration::from_millis(150) }
+    }
+
+    fn socket_fixture(
+        timeouts: ConnectionTimeouts,
+        handle: impl FnMut(String, Value) -> Option<Value> + Send + 'static,
+    ) -> (TcpStream, Receiver<()>, std::thread::JoinHandle<()>) {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", 0)).unwrap();
+        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+        let (finished, done) = channel();
+        let worker = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let (stream, _) = listener.accept().unwrap();
+            socket2::SockRef::from(&stream).set_send_buffer_size(4096).unwrap();
+            serve_socket(stream, timeouts, handle);
+            finished.send(()).unwrap();
+        });
+        let client = TcpStream::connect(addr).unwrap();
+        socket2::SockRef::from(&client).set_recv_buffer_size(4096).unwrap();
+        client.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(3))).unwrap();
+        (client, done, worker)
+    }
+
+    fn expect_socket_deadline(client: TcpStream, done: Receiver<()>, worker: std::thread::JoinHandle<()>) {
+        let stopped = done.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3)).is_ok();
+        // Always unblock the old implementation too, so a failed regression leaves no worker behind.
+        let _ = client.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both);
+        drop(client);
+        worker.join().unwrap();
+        assert!(stopped, "the server retained a stalled connection beyond its transport deadline");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn idle_control_socket_releases_its_worker() {
+        let (client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| panic!("no request expected"));
+        expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
+    }
+
+    /// An idle connection is closed without a line: a client that sends its next request late
+    /// must not find an error waiting where its reply should be.
+    #[test]
+    fn idle_expiry_closes_without_writing_a_line() {
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| panic!("no request expected"));
+        let mut got = Vec::new();
+        client.read_to_end(&mut got).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&got), "", "the app wrote to an idle connection");
+        expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
+    }
+
+    /// A line that stalls is refused in words a client's author can act on, not the system's.
+    #[test]
+    fn stalled_control_line_is_refused_with_the_reason() {
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| panic!("incomplete requests must not execute"));
+        client.write_all(b"{\"method\":").unwrap();
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        BufReader::new(client.try_clone().unwrap()).read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&line).unwrap(),
+            json!({"ok": false, "error": "request line not completed in time; closing the connection"})
+        );
+        expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn partial_control_line_releases_its_worker() {
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| panic!("incomplete requests must not execute"));
+        client.write_all(b"{\"method\":").unwrap();
+        expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trickled_control_line_has_an_absolute_deadline() {
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| panic!("incomplete requests must not execute"));
+        client.write_all(b"{").unwrap();
+        let mut writer = client.try_clone().unwrap();
+        let stop = Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let writing = Arc::clone(&stop);
+        let trickle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            while !writing.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                if writer.write_all(b" ").is_err() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+            }
+        });
+        let stopped = done.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3)).is_ok();
+        stop.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        // Both socket copies belong to this fixture; shutdown cleans up the baseline failure as well.
+        let _ = client.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both);
+        trickle.join().unwrap();
+        worker.join().unwrap();
+        assert!(stopped, "trickled bytes restarted the line's deadline");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_nonreading_control_peer_cannot_retain_the_writer() {
+        let payload = "x".repeat(2 * 1024 * 1024);
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), move |_, _| Some(json!({"ok": true, "result": payload})));
+        client.write_all(b"{\"method\":\"large\"}\n").unwrap();
+        expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn persistent_control_requests_get_fresh_transport_deadlines() {
+        let timeouts = ConnectionTimeouts { idle: Duration::from_secs(2), ..short_timeouts() };
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(timeouts, |_, _| {
+            // Application processing is not transport time; begin the reply budget afterwards.
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200));
+            Some(json!({"ok": true}))
+        });
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(client.try_clone().unwrap());
+        for id in [1, 2] {
+            writeln!(client, "{}", json!({"id": id, "method": "inspect"})).unwrap();
+            let mut line = String::new();
+            reader.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&line).unwrap(), json!({"id": id, "ok": true}));
+        }
+        client.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Write).unwrap();
+        done.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(3)).unwrap();
+        worker.join().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn buffered_partial_control_line_also_expires() {
+        let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| Some(json!({"ok": true})));
+        client.write_all(b"{\"id\":1,\"method\":\"inspect\"}\n{").unwrap();
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        BufReader::new(client.try_clone().unwrap()).read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&line).unwrap()["id"], 1);
+        expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn timed_out_worker_returns_its_connection_slot() {
+        let open = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let held: Vec<_> = (0..MAX_CONNECTIONS - 1).map(|_| acquire_slot(&open).unwrap()).collect();
+        let slot = acquire_slot(&open).unwrap();
+        assert!(acquire_slot(&open).is_none());
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", 0)).unwrap();
+        let client = TcpStream::connect(listener.local_addr().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().unwrap();
+        let (tx, _rx) = channel();
+        let worker = spawn_connection(stream, tx, egui::Context::default(), slot, short_timeouts()).unwrap();
+        let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+        while open.load(Ordering::SeqCst) == MAX_CONNECTIONS && start.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(3) {
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+        }
+        let released = open.load(Ordering::SeqCst) < MAX_CONNECTIONS;
+        // Clean up an old implementation that never returned its slot as well.
+        let _ = client.shutdown(std::net::Shutdown::Both);
+        worker.join().unwrap();
+        assert!(released, "the deadline did not free capacity for the next client");
+        let replacement = acquire_slot(&open).expect("a new client can reserve the freed slot");
+        drop(replacement);
+        drop(held);
+        assert_eq!(open.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
+    }
+
    fn run(input: &[u8]) -> (Vec<Value>, Vec<String>) {
        let mut out = Vec::new();
        let mut calls = Vec::new();
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Control protocol

+> **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** bounded transport waits (#1726).
+
 `vectorcraft --control <port>` listens on `127.0.0.1:<port>` (loopback only). The port must be a number
 from 1 to 65535 (`--control=<port>` works too), given once; otherwise the app prints an error and exits
 before it starts. One JSON request per line:
@@ -18,7 +20,14 @@ an object without `method`, invalid UTF-8, and a line longer than 4 MiB. An HTTP
 web page's cross-origin `fetch` to `127.0.0.1:<port>`) therefore can't smuggle a command in its body:
 its request line is rejected first. At most 16 connections are served at once; further ones get an error
 line and are closed. Clients that get an error reply should reconnect. The port has no authentication,
-so only enable it while you use it. Transport: `apps/vectorcraft/src/control_server.rs`.
+so only enable it while you use it. Idle clients have 5 minutes to start their next line; once the
+first byte arrives, the complete line must arrive within an absolute 30 seconds (trickled bytes do not
+renew it). A reply has 60 seconds to be written. Expiration closes the connection and returns its slot
+(an idle connection is closed without a line, so nothing waits where the next reply would be; a line
+that stalls gets the usual error line first);
+persistent clients can send further requests within these bounds, or reconnect after idle expiration.
+These transport budgets are separate from the existing 60-second command-processing wait.
+Transport: `apps/vectorcraft/src/control_server.rs`.

 ## Confining file access

@@ -792,3 +801,15 @@ resizes the root divider (`false`/`true` path entries select first/second childr
 `SetStackOpen {panel,open}` / `ResizeStack {panel,height}` control accordion entries.
 The UI dispatches these same commands. Unknown panel IDs, invalid geometry, and stale
 split paths return an error without changing the workspace.
+
+## Transport hardening checklist
+
+- [x] Bound idle, partial-line and reply-write waits without renewing a partial-line deadline per byte.
+- [x] Release connection slots on worker exit, including timeout and failed worker creation.
+- [x] Preserve correlated replies and persistent connections within the transport budgets.
+
+## Revision history
+
+| Date | Change | Summary |
+|---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Documented transport deadlines and connection-slot recovery (#1726). |
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Gaps

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (G1: Average and Join in one step with a corner or smooth choice added as missing (it was listed as done in ui-parity.md); Join after Average, #1533; guide objects, #1534; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; G9 and G11 fixes, #1528, #1530, #1544, #1553, #1512, #1537; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481, Twist range, #1524, twisted walls, #1525; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; G1: Split Into Grid options, #1462, Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460, Pathfinder on a group, #1450, value fields, #1457 and #1465 in part; G9: grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; G6: unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; G10: window surfaces past 8192 px, #1459 in part; G15: many-object edits, #1429 in part; estimates unchanged; G16: Vietnamese catalog added, complete under the tests; three key languages remain, 60–100 → 55–90 h; G3: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate added, 45–75 → 25–45 h; G9: `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint kept on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; G1: Transform dialogs preview, #1412, transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408, corner drags, #1229; G11: strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; G9: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type placement, short area-type frames), #1390, #1391, #1392; G15: symbol instance art kept between frames, #1386; G1: dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; estimates unchanged; G9: placed (linked) files read from `.ai` editing data, #1264; G9: gradient shapes import as paths, #1304, and white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; G15: linear deselect on hide or lock, #1353; estimates unchanged; G7: custom ruler origin done, #1212; G1: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); remaining interaction pass and estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; G16: Korean catalog added, 70–110 → 60–100 h; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; G11: valid selection after Simplify and Add Anchor Points (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; G10: RPM runtime dependency metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; G15: texture-effect distance searches optimized (#1257); idle-machine/platform drag QA still pending; estimate unchanged; G1: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; G4: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimate unchanged; G11: no-op anchor Align keeps history and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; G1: dedicated Eyedropper cursor and precise-cursor checks (#1269); estimates unchanged; G1: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimate unchanged; G11: Direct Selection segment Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; G1: painted strokes regain the existing default after None/zero-width inheritance (#1253); estimate unchanged; G15: large-selection edits, cached live effects and faster Pathfinder, #1173; G4: proportional vertical metrics done, #966; G11: Shape Builder merge seams on grids of lines fixed, #893; scaled text controls corrected, #1034; group font-size preservation deferred; G9: `.ai` gradient matrices and meshes from the editing data; estimate unchanged; G9: `.ai` art styles from the editing data; estimate unchanged; G9: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type placement, short area-type frames), #1390, #1391, #1392; G15: symbol instance art kept between frames, #1386; G1: dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; estimates unchanged; G9: placed (linked) files read from `.ai` editing data, #1264; G9: gradient shapes import as paths, #1304, and white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; G15: linear deselect on hide or lock, #1353; estimates unchanged; G7: custom ruler origin done, #1212; G1: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); remaining interaction pass and estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; G16: Korean catalog added, 70–110 → 60–100 h; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editingLine truncated
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (control transport deadlines, #1726; G1: Average and Join in one step with a corner or smooth choice added as missing (it was listed as done in ui-parity.md); Join after Average, #1533; guide objects, #1534; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; G9 and G11 fixes, #1528, #1530, #1544, #1553, #1512, #1537; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; Tabs panel stop drags, #1458; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481, Twist range, #1524, twisted walls, #1525; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; G1: Split Into Grid options, #1462, Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460, Pathfinder on a group, #1450, value fields, #1457 and #1465 in part; G9: grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; G6: unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; G10: window surfaces past 8192 px, #1459 in part; G15: many-object edits, #1429 in part; estimates unchanged; G16: Vietnamese catalog added, complete under the tests; three key languages remain, 60–100 → 55–90 h; G3: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate added, 45–75 → 25–45 h; G9: `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint kept on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; G1: Transform dialogs preview, #1412, transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408, corner drags, #1229; G11: strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; G9: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type placement, short area-type frames), #1390, #1391, #1392; G15: symbol instance art kept between frames, #1386; G1: dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; estimates unchanged; G9: placed (linked) files read from `.ai` editing data, #1264; G9: gradient shapes import as paths, #1304, and white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; G15: linear deselect on hide or lock, #1353; estimates unchanged; G7: custom ruler origin done, #1212; G1: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); remaining interaction pass and estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; G16: Korean catalog added, 70–110 → 60–100 h; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; G11: valid selection after Simplify and Add Anchor Points (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; G10: RPM runtime dependency metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; G15: texture-effect distance searches optimized (#1257); idle-machine/platform drag QA still pending; estimate unchanged; G1: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; G4: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimate unchanged; G11: no-op anchor Align keeps history and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; G1: dedicated Eyedropper cursor and precise-cursor checks (#1269); estimates unchanged; G1: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimate unchanged; G11: Direct Selection segment Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; G1: painted strokes regain the existing default after None/zero-width inheritance (#1253); estimate unchanged; G15: large-selection edits, cached live effects and faster Pathfinder, #1173; G4: proportional vertical metrics done, #966; G11: Shape Builder merge seams on grids of lines fixed, #893; scaled text controls corrected, #1034; group font-size preservation deferred; G9: `.ai` gradient matrices and meshes from the editing data; estimate unchanged; G9: `.ai` art styles from the editing data; estimate unchanged; G9: `.ai` editing-data follow-ups (gradient stops, type placement, short area-type frames), #1390, #1391, #1392; G15: symbol instance art kept between frames, #1386; G1: dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; estimates unchanged; G9: placed (linked) files read from `.ai` editing data, #1264; G9: gradient shapes import as paths, #1304, and white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; G15: linear deselect on hide or lock, #1353; estimates unchanged; G7: custom ruler origin done, #1212; G1: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); remaining interaction pass and estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; G16: Korean catalog added, 70–110 → 60–100 h; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanLine truncated

 Every known shortfall against Illustrator, one entry each, **ranked by how much it stops a professional from
 switching**. This is the work list: unless you were given a task, pick the highest-ranked gap you can make
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ from G14 and the budget run of G15: **~170–270 h** one agent, ~50–80 h wall

 ## G8 Hardening at scale

+- **Done:** control sockets have bounded idle, absolute partial-line and reply-write waits (#1726); real TCP tests cover idle, trickled and blocked peers, buffered partial lines, persistent requests and connection-slot recovery. The corpus and platform QA below remain pending.
 - **Missing:** a corpus of real-world SVG/PDF/EPS files; more Affinity versions and platforms (51 pinned files
  now, including 28 original Affinity 3.2.3 feature probes; large interacting documents and complex typography
  missing); Windows, Linux and browser QA by hand; packaging polish (Homebrew cask #588, Flathub #554, update
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ from G14 and the budget run of G15: **~170–270 h** one agent, ~50–80 h wall

 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Control transport deadlines (#1726): idle and partial clients and blocked replies release connection slots; parity scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | G1: Average and Join in one step with a corner or smooth choice is listed as missing (the ui-parity row said done; the command does not exist); Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533); Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534); Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539). G11: Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537); a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape and the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag (#1547, fixes #1512); Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536). G9: a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542); Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499); Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479). Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492); the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux); Polish catalog (#1498); estimates unchanged, no gap entry closed |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Interaction: Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors of overlapping objects coincide (#1508), sliders in dialogs show their rail (#1483), a template layer stays in Preview in Outline view (#1486), a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed (#1458); type: commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame (#1471); 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves (#1481), Twist 0° to 360° (#1524), twisted walls keep their faces (#1525); print-size images draw, export and crop (#1517); `vectorcraft-cli perf` reports load and memory on Windows (#1502; the idle-machine run is still missing); French catalog complete again (#1511); `graph.setData`'s CSV keeps each value exactly (#1485); estimates unchanged, no gap entry closed |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | G1: Split Into Grid has its documented options (#1462), Transform Objects in the Transform dialogs and Transform Each and Reflect across an angle (#1448, #1460), the Pathfinder panel works on a group selected alone (#1450; one plain path alone is not settled), a focused field follows its value (#1457), selected text in value fields is readable (#1465 in part); G9: grayscale TIFFs with an alpha channel or extra channels place (#1466 in part), strokes kept apart from a faded or masked fill on PDF and `.ai` import (#1434); G4: Fit Headline in a frame one line tall (#1444), frames beyond a billion points hold no text (#1451); G6: commands refuse a parameter key they don't take (#1442); G10: a window surface past 8192 px no longer closes the app (#1459 in part); G15: edits and Alt-drags of thousands of objects (#1429 in part); G16: 128 more Czech strings (#1461); estimates unchanged |
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Roadmap: milestones and what's next

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (M12 row: Image Trace's presets and options as they are now; Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; estimates unchanged; M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups, #1390, #1391, #1392; dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; symbol instance redraw cache, #1386; font rescan, #1376; estimates unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; M11: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; M6: Simplify preview/counts and valid topology selection (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; M14: RPM runtime metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; M5: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); clean-machine/platform drag measurements still pending; estimates unchanged; M2: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; M7: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimates unchanged; M1: no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; M14: dedicated Eyedropper cursor (#1269); estimates unchanged; M3: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimates unchanged; M2: Direct Selection segment picks and Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; M3: adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores 1 pt (#1253); estimates unchanged; M12: graph designs, graph data, Graph Type and label options; M14: native macOS save Format menu, #866; M6: compound appearance and member fill-rule fixes, #1197; estimates unchanged; M9: PDF raster-effect cap warnings; G11: #893 fixed, #937 open; M7: accurate character controls after scaling, #1034; estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (control transport deadlines, #1726; M12 row: Image Trace's presets and options as they are now; Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; estimates unchanged; M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups, #1390, #1391, #1392; dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; symbol instance redraw cache, #1386; font rescan, #1376; estimates unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; M11: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; M6: Simplify preview/counts and valid topology selection (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; M14: RPM runtime metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; M5: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); clean-machine/platform drag measurements still pending; estimates unchanged; M2: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; M7: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimates unchanged; M1: no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; M14: dedicated Eyedropper cursor (#1269); estimates unchanged; M3: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimates unchanged; M2: Direct Selection segment picks and Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; M3: adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores 1 pt (#1253); estimates unchanged; M12: graph designs, graph data, Graph Type and label options; M14: native macOS save Format menu, #866; M6: compound appearance and member fill-rule fixes, #1197; estimates unchanged; M9: PDF raster-effect cap warnings; G11: #893 fixed, #937 open; M7: accurate character controls after scaling, #1034; estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)

 Forward-looking plan. Where VectorCraft stands is in [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) and
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md); the ranked work list is [gaps.md](gaps.md). Hours are Opus 5.5
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Checked 2026-10-10 from the code, tests and open issues; no workflow fails, so V
 | # | Milestone | Status | Est. remaining, one agent (h) |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | M0 | Skeleton + vertical slice | ✅ done | — |
-| M1 | Selection, transform, layers, MCP (common command tools, strict keys, session resources and version-aware result hints) | ✅ mostly done (no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); transform reference point snaps to anchors/centres; rotated objects keep a rotated bounding box and their angle; Free Transform, Scale and Reflect along a rotated box pending) | 4–6 |
+| M1 | Selection, transform, layers, MCP (common command tools, strict keys, session resources and version-aware result hints) | ✅ mostly done (bounded control socket waits and connection-slot recovery, #1726; no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); transform reference point snaps to anchors/centres; rotated objects keep a rotated bounding box and their angle; Free Transform, Scale and Reflect along a rotated box pending) | 4–6 |
 | M2 | Drawing tools + smart guides | ✅ mostly done (Curvature point markers without direction handles (#1236, in part); Direct Selection segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges, #1278; Flare, Reshape, Live Corners widget dragging and per-corner radii and kinds landed, on any path's corners; Shaper rough-shape recognition and orientation steps, the remaining Pen modifier nuances; Shaper Groups with editable sources and separate fill/stroke edits landed; custom ruler origin with drag preview, active-artboard reset, relative X/Y fields and native round-trip (#1212); construction widget/refinements pending) | 12–18 |
 | M3 | Paint & appearance (swatches, color, gradient, stroke, appearance, transparency, styles) | ✅ done (M3.7–M3.98): swatches, groups, libraries, tints, Lab spots and Registration; Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); Color Picker, Color panel, Color Guide, Color Themes, Edit Colors and Recolor Artwork; gradients that follow every transform, the annotator, linked stops, freeform gradients, focal points, gradients on strokes and Expand; visible strokes when paint is added to inherited None/zero-width art (#1253); stroke geometry, arrowheads, dashes fitted to corners, stroke on type, width profiles and the Width tool, Scale Strokes and preview bounds; Appearance targeting, container appearance, target circles, Expand Appearance; knockout, isolation, blend accuracy, CMYK blending, overprint, Attributes, masks and clipping, Flatten Transparency; graphic styles, links and libraries. Left: freeform and mixed spot/process gradients export as stops or process colours to SVG/PDF; confirm the Scale Strokes & Effects default | 4–8 |
 | M4 | Files (native, SVG, PDF, raster, Export for Screens, clipboard interop) | ✅ done (M4.14–M4.98 on 2026-10-05): Save As/Save a Copy/Revert/templates, Data Recovery and background save, SVG import and export fidelity (units, text, symbols, filters, SVGZ, Preserve Editing, SVG Options), PDF import (colours, layers, masks, editable text, security) and export (presets, marks, bleed, ICC and output intent, raster effects, subset fonts, PDF/X-1a, X-3 and X-4, PDF layers, overprint, page thumbnails, fast web view, PDF 1.3), Place and Links, Package, EPS and DXF in and out (closed SPLINE flags round-trip, #1299), EMF/WMF, TIFF/BMP/Targa/PSD/GIF/PNG-8 export, Print and print presets, slices, Save for Web, Asset Export, clipboard flavours, File Info; AF.1–AF.4 add Affinity import (native layers, artboards, vectors, text and images from Affinity 1–3 files; the embedded preview only as a warned fallback; AF.4 expands current `.af` fixtures and every-board round-trip validation). Left: DWG (use DXF), PSD placement as layers, overprint read back from PDF, Affinity export, polish | 3–6 (existing scope; Affinity export unestimated) |
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ After placed documents (File › Place of a `.vectorcraft` file, linked), M4.14

 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Control transport deadlines (#1726): idle and partial clients and blocked replies release connection slots; parity scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | M12 row: Image Trace has 15 presets and the Ignore Color, Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options (#1574, #1609, #1618, #1627); its speed figure, measured before these, is dropped for the measurements in `image-trace-quality.md` |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | The interface is available in Polish (`pl`): menus, panels, dialogs and messages, with one/few/many plurals; AI-drafted, native review pending (#1498); Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492); Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499); Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479); a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542); Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537); a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape and the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag (#1547, fixes #1512); Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533); Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534); Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539); Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536); the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors of overlapping objects coincide (#1508); commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame (#1471), a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed (#1458); M9: 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves (#1481), Twist 0° to 360° (#1524), twisted walls keep their faces (#1525); print-size images draw, export and crop (#1517), `vectorcraft-cli perf` reports load and memory on Windows (#1502); sliders in dialogs show their rail (#1483), a template layer stays in Preview in Outline view (#1486), French catalog complete again (#1511), a Hungarian message in the informal address (#1474); `graph.setData`'s CSV keeps each value exactly (#1485); estimates unchanged |
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Parity with Adobe Illustrator

-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Color panel: the mode picked last comes back after a restart, #1675; Image Trace: shared edges, memory, thin lines, strokes, corners, and the Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options, measured in `image-trace-quality.md`, score unchanged; 2026-10-13 merges: Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes for `.ai`, PDF, EPS and SVG, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing; scores unchanged; late 2026-10-12 merges: type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; Tabs panel drags, #1458; template layers in Outline view, #1486; dialog slider rails, #1483; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; print-size images, #1517; 3D on outlined type, #1481; French catalog, #1511; scores unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect across an angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder panel on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; Localization: Vietnamese catalog added, 63% → 71%, hours 60–100 → 55–90, full readiness unchanged at ~62%; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace places edges to a fraction of a pixel in every mode, measured in `image-trace-quality.md`, score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate added, 3D ~8% → ~25% (estimated), menu stubs 25 → 22; Affinity text frames too short for their first line show it, #1423; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and the transform tools and commands act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; corner drags hide the bounding box, #1229; scores and hours unchanged; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388, scores unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups: gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames (#1390, #1391, #1392); dialog keyboard focus on every open (#1382, #1395); art flush with an artboard (#1375); font rescan (#1376); symbol instance redraw cache (#1386); scores and hours unchanged; grid tool options, #1377 in part, scores unchanged; `.ai` placed (linked) files read from the editing data, #1264, scores unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click selects its corner, #1239; scores and hours unchanged; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard click-to-fit verified for objects, groups, visible bounds, undo and cancellation (#1227); scores and hours unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; Localization: Korean catalog added, 54% → 63%, full readiness unchanged at ~62%; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Image Trace: an image over 64 megapixels traces scaled down instead of being refused, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Path operations: Simplify preview/counts and component selection (#1272); scores unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; Platforms: RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor (#1275); scores unchanged; Raster effects: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); pixels unchanged; scores and hours unchanged; Drawing: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Type core: full-name font matching (#1258), scores and hours unchanged; Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves history and saved state (#1180 follow-up); scores unchanged; UI chrome: Eyedropper cursor and precise-setting regressions (#1269); scores unchanged; Colour: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores and hours unchanged; Selection: segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges (#1278); scores unchanged; Colour: unpainted zero-width strokes regain 1 pt when painted (#1253); scores and hours unchanged; graphs: designs and markers, data, Graph Type and label options; UI chrome: native macOS save Format menu, #866, scores unchanged; compound paths inherit the backmost appearance and member fill-rule edits reach their owner, #1197; scores unchanged; Type core: Middle Eastern digit types done, Character panel menu › Digits; PDF export warns when the pixel cap lowers raster-effect resolution; Drawing tools: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144; Type advanced: proportional vertical metrics (`vpal`) done, #966; Shape Builder: #893 fixed, merged regions of crossing lines Line truncated
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (control transport deadlines, #1726; Color panel: the mode picked last comes back after a restart, #1675; Image Trace: shared edges, memory, thin lines, strokes, corners, and the Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options, measured in `image-trace-quality.md`, score unchanged; 2026-10-13 merges: Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes for `.ai`, PDF, EPS and SVG, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts lists commands outside the menus, #1539; correction: Average and Join with a corner or smooth choice is missing; scores unchanged; late 2026-10-12 merges: type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; Tabs panel drags, #1458; template layers in Outline view, #1486; dialog slider rails, #1483; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; print-size images, #1517; 3D on outlined type, #1481; French catalog, #1511; scores unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect across an angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder panel on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; Localization: Vietnamese catalog added, 63% → 71%, hours 60–100 → 55–90, full readiness unchanged at ~62%; scores and hours unchanged; Image Trace places edges to a fraction of a pixel in every mode, measured in `image-trace-quality.md`, score unchanged; 3D and Materials: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate added, 3D ~8% → ~25% (estimated), menu stubs 25 → 22; Affinity text frames too short for their first line show it, #1423; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and the transform tools and commands act on direct-selected anchors, #1408; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; corner drags hide the bounding box, #1229; scores and hours unchanged; PDF and `.ai` import keep overprint, #1388, scores unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups: gradient stops, type of objects with an appearance, short area-type frames (#1390, #1391, #1392); dialog keyboard focus on every open (#1382, #1395); art flush with an artboard (#1375); font rescan (#1376); symbol instance redraw cache (#1386); scores and hours unchanged; grid tool options, #1377 in part, scores unchanged; `.ai` placed (linked) files read from the editing data, #1264, scores unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click selects its corner, #1239; scores and hours unchanged; custom ruler origin, #1212; Artboard click-to-fit verified for objects, groups, visible bounds, undo and cancellation (#1227); scores and hours unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; Localization: Korean catalog added, 54% → 63%, full readiness unchanged at ~62%; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Image Trace: an image over 64 megapixels traces scaled down instead of being refused, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; Path operations: Simplify preview/counts and component selection (#1272); scores unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; Platforms: RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor (#1275); scores unchanged; Raster effects: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); pixels unchanged; scores and hours unchanged; Drawing: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); scores unchanged; Type core: full-name font matching (#1258), scores and hours unchanged; Selection: no-op anchor Align preserves history and saved state (#1180 follow-up); scores unchanged; UI chrome: Eyedropper cursor and precise-setting regressions (#1269); scores unchanged; Colour: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); scores and hours unchanged; Selection: segment click/Delete preserves neighboring edges (#1278); scores unchanged; Colour: unpainted zero-width strokes regain 1 pt when painted (#1253); scores and hours unchanged; graphs: designs and markers, data, Graph Type and label options; UI chrome: native macOS save Format menu, #866, scores unchanged; compound paths inherit the backmost appearance and member fill-rule edits reach their owner, #1197; scores unchanged; Type core: Middle Eastern digit types done, Character panel menu › Digits; PDF export warns when the pixel cap lowers raster-effect resolution; Drawing tools: Live Corners round corners between curved sides, #1144; Type advanced: proportional vertical metrics (`vpal`) done, #966; Shape Builder: #893 fixeLine truncated

 The authoritative parity assessment. [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) summarizes it; [`gaps.md`](gaps.md) is
 the work list made from it. Deep areas have their own checklists: [UI and interaction](ui-parity.md),
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ about 1–1.5 agent-hours each, so the other rows (estimated on the older scale)
 | Libraries, Links, Package | 2 | 82% | the Libraries panel is local only (no cloud by design: libraries are files on this machine) and has no shared libraries, linked graphics or gradients and patterns as items yet; its graphics, colours and text styles (#745) and its search, groups and library export/import as `.vclibrary` files (#926) are done; Links and Package are done; placed VectorCraft documents are done (linked by default, vectors in every output, previews, Break Link, Expand, Edit Original, refresh on save) | 2–3 |
 | **Feature parity** | **103** | **~75%** | | **~210–330** |
 | Interaction-fidelity pass (side by side with Illustrator: every tool modifier, cursor, dialog, Properties context) | | | | 60–90 |
-| Hardening (big-file corpus, fuzzing, cross-platform and browser QA, accessibility, packaging) | | | RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor checked (#1275); real-distro installation/start-up QA pending | 50–80 |
+| Hardening (big-file corpus, fuzzing, cross-platform and browser QA, accessibility, packaging) | | | Bounded control socket waits (#1726); RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor checked (#1275); real-distro installation/start-up QA pending | 50–80 |
 | **Full parity** | | **~56%** | | **~320–500** |

 _Inventories (2026-10-07):_ 13 menu items still stubbed (`todo(…)` in `crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs`); every tool
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur
  An Alt-drag with the Selection, Direct Selection, Group Selection, Rotate, Scale, Reflect or Shear tool copies the selection on its first move, and the moves after it transform those copies; the previews of the Move, Rotate, Scale, Reflect and Shear dialogs with Copy and Preview on copy the selection once in the same way (#1429).
  The Layers panel's Delete Selection, Duplicate Selection, Collect in New Layer, Merge Selected, Flatten Artwork, Release to Layers (Sequence) and row drags also take time in proportion to the size of the document, and so do Cut Artboard and Duplicate Artboard with their art and each move of an Alt-drag of one artboard with the Artboard tool while Move/Copy Artwork with Artboard is on (#1429).
 - **Graphics processor:** the canvas is rasterized on the CPU and the GPU only composites it, so any GPU that can show the window will do. Preferences › Performance › Graphics Processor (`gpuPreference`) is Automatic by default: the power-saving GPU on Windows and macOS (the integrated one on hybrid-graphics laptops, where presenting from the discrete GPU made the window flicker, #306), and the GPU the desktop runs on under Linux, where KWin on an NVIDIA GPU refused frames from a Ryzen's integrated GPU and 0.5.0 crashed at startup (#502). Power Saving and High Performance pick a kind of GPU; `WGPU_POWER_PREF`, `WGPU_ADAPTER_NAME` and `WGPU_BACKEND` override them. The app picks among the adapters that can present to the window (native backends before OpenGL, hardware before software, and on Windows a GPU's DX12 adapter before its Vulkan one: Intel's Vulkan driver made the whole window flicker black, #545), and if the window fails on one while starting up it starts again without it instead of crashing; Help › About, `ui.inspect` and the log name the adapter in use. When the browser drops the page's WebGPU device or WebGL context, the web build writes recovery copies, starts again on new graphics with the same app and uploads its textures again; if it can't, it removes the stale canvas and says to reload, which offers the copies back. The desktop app writes the copies and says to restart (#369). On Windows and Linux the tools' cursors are OS cursors (bitmaps rasterized once per display scale), which the system moves itself: painted into the window, they trailed the pointer by the frames waiting to be shown, and the window now queues one frame instead of two (#444). macOS and the web still paint them (macOS sizes cursor bitmaps in points, eframe has no bitmap cursors on the web). Pens and touch drive the tools as the mouse does, and a tap pressed and lifted within one frame clicks where it tapped (#491); pen pressure reaches the Liquify tools' Use Pressure Pen on Windows, while winit 0.30 reports none on macOS or Linux and egui none on the web. On Linux, see `docs/development.md` for pens under Wayland.
+- **Control transport:** idle sockets expire after 5 minutes, partial lines after an absolute 30 seconds from their first byte, and reply writes after 60 seconds (#1726). Real TCP regressions cover stalled peers and slot recovery; command execution has its separate existing timeout.
 - **Tests and robustness:** ~2,840 automated tests: model-based property tests, a junk-parameter sweep over every command, import fuzzing (SVG, PDF, libraries), golden renders, and MCP end-to-end tests over stdio. Shipped code never panics (workspace lints and a rollback safety net; see `docs/development.md`).
 - **Raster-effect resolution in PDF:** when the 64 million pixel cap on an effect image renders an object's raster effects below the document's raster effects resolution, PDF export warns once per object with the requested and the lowest achieved ppi (`crates/engine/src/tests_pdfraster.rs`).

@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ Moved from the ROADMAP's "Shipped so far" on 2026-10-10. Update it when a featur

 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-13 | minor | Control transport deadlines (#1726): idle and partial clients and blocked replies release connection slots; parity scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Colour: the Color panel keeps the mode picked last between sessions and shows the defaults for new art in it when nothing is selected; a selected colour still shows in its own model (fixes #1675); scores and hours unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Image Trace, measured in `image-trace-quality.md`: shared edges fitted once (#1535), 16 megapixel photos in 0.9 GB (#1546), thin lines (#1563), Ignore Color and two presets (#1574), upright snapping (#1593), stroked centre lines (#1595), corners and Shapes (#1609), Auto Grouping (#1618), Gradients (#1627). Score and hours unchanged (estimated) |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Files: Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492); Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499); Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479); a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542). Rendering: Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536). Fonts: the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux). Localization: The interface is available in Polish (`pl`): menus, panels, dialogs and messages, with one/few/many plurals; AI-drafted, native review pending (#1498) (4,510 rows); scores and hours unchanged (estimated) |