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+# Phase 2 — incremental service-worker asset sync
+
+Base: `codex/phase1` at `7434f2f`; branch: `codex/phase2`.
+
+1. Add tests first in `frontend/asset-sync-core.test.js`, extend
+   `frontend/sw.test.js` / `frontend/sw-update.test.js`, and deliberately extend
+   `frontend/shell-consistency.test.js` and `server/static-delivery.test.js`.
+2. Add pure UMD `frontend/asset-sync-core.js`: exact hashed URL planning,
+   group-based blocking sets (everything except explicit background groups),
+   contract-bump blocking, verified resumable writes, capped six-way concurrency,
+   three retries, missing-entry checks and changed-file N-1 retention/N-2 pruning.
+   Register it in `frontend/assets.json`, `frontend/index.html` and the retained
+   legacy SHELL. Do not include unrelated shipped test/source files in downloads.
+3. Integrate in `frontend/sw.js`: persistent `ytplayer-assets` utility cache,
+   per-build candidate manifests, atomic active-manifest promotion on activation,
+   verified exact lookups, plain-URL resolution, navigation/SPA index fallback,
+   resumable install, honest CACHE_STATUS, and quota logging. Preserve thumbnails,
+   fonts, share-target handling and network-only APIs. Delete legacy shell caches
+   only after commit and retain verified old bytes/manifest for N-1 compatibility.
+4. Integrate in `frontend/sw-update.js`: a thin sync-core refresh caller,
+   preserved opt-in ready fast path, and playback checks immediately before
+   activation and every reload callback. Keep a legacy fallback for rollback.
+   Never change the banner rule, update outcome logic or audio/timer machinery.
+5. Required server gap: inject ASSET_SYNC mode and a versioned core-module URL
+   into the served worker in `server/asset-manifest.js` / `server/server.js`.
+   Keep served worker hash headers accurate after injection. `ASSET_SYNC=0`
+   selects the legacy worker install/update path; test both modes. For cold
+   installs, share already downloaded HTTP asset bytes without accepting stale
+   plain responses or weakening hash verification; report remaining URL gaps.
+6. Extend `perf/migration.mjs`: actual b77938a old helper, ready:true reply,
+   proof no refresh re-download, exactly one banner/reload, N-1 old-tab requests,
+   offline boot; Chromium/WebKit, with and without `perf/proxy.mjs` stalls.
+   Add browser checks for interrupted downloads, eviction repair and rollback.
+7. Run `perf/baseline.mjs` reduced update/cold/warm/offline measurements against
+   `perf/results/after-phase0-2026-10-07.json`; record requested asset paths and
+   compressed bytes. Acceptance: JS-only change fetches JS + index + manifest;
+   CSS-only change <30 KB; zero font/icon update downloads; no duplicate cold
+   shell transfer (or explain an evidenced gap). All required unit suites green
+   after each implementation commit, and browser checks pass in both engines.
+8. Review full diff against master §2c/§3.2/§6b; commit a ≤350-word
+   `plans/phase2-report.md` with hashes, measurements, gaps and iPhone checks;
+   write DONE02 only after completion. No push, merge, deploy or production call.
+
+Risks: an install must not silently switch the active tab's manifest; incomplete
+sync must not delete old data; exact hashes must not resolve to unrelated current
+bytes; worker/page HTTP caches can duplicate font transfers; cache quota competes
+with saved audio. Rollback preserves both schemes until its own commit succeeds.
+
+## Required owner decision before implementation
+
+The production `b77938a` helper already running in legacy tabs does not check
+Player._wantsPlaying: applyUpdate sends SKIP_WAITING and schedules an unconditional
+reload after four seconds. A read-only Node VM reproduction using that exact git
+source with Player._wantsPlaying=true produced:
+`{"wantsPlaying":true,"messages":["SKIP_WAITING"],"reloads":1}`.
+A newly installed worker cannot cancel a timer in an already-running old page.
+Refusing SKIP_WAITING still leaves that old timer able to reload via the old worker.
+
+Recommended policy: enforce the playback guarantee in all upgraded clients and
+require paused playback for the one-time legacy Refresh UI migration. Legacy
+migration browser tests use paused playback; already-open playing tabs are never
+automatically reloaded. This explicit legacy exception needs owner clarification
+because the brief states the guarantee without an exception. COMMON.md requires
+QUESTION and stopping for an unanswered user-visible behavior decision.