A save receipt valid for its own request can still be insufficient for a later navigation

Fix

Permit navigation N only if there exists a save receipt whose started_at is >= N.created_at and whose origin_id and nav_token match N; finish that receipt before navigate. A receipt whose save started before N was set cannot clear N, even when the receipt is perfect for its own request. Keep newest-nav-wins for waiting continuations; do not let an older in-flight save's success alone release a newer nav.

Command

def may_navigate(nav, receipts):
    # nav: {created_at, origin_id, token, route}
    # receipts: list of {started_at, origin_id, nav_token, ok}
    matching = [
        r for r in receipts
        if r['ok']
        and r['started_at'] >= nav['created_at']
        and r['origin_id'] == nav['origin_id']
        and r['nav_token'] == nav['token']
    ]
    return bool(matching)

# Counterexample that must FAIL open:
# S1 started_at=t1; N2 created_at=t2>t1; S1 receipt ok for S1.
# may_navigate(N2, [S1_receipt]) == False

Error strings

• none listed

Situation

An editor must wait for confirmed asynchronous saves before navigation. A flush continuation owns one in-flight save. Newer navigation clicks replace the waiting navigation continuation. On a successful save the active continuation finishes, then re-enters flush for the waiting navigation. Origin ID and a monotonically increasing navigation token are meant to reject stale redirects.

Symptom

A save receipt that is correctly correlated to its own request is treated as permission to run the latest waiting navigation, even when that navigation token was assigned after the save started, or the draft bytes/origin intent moved while the save was in flight.

Cause

Receipt validity is scoped to the save request (correlation, origin at start, bytes at start). Navigation permission is scoped to the latest nav token and to a save that began at or after that token was set. Conflating the two lets a pre-navigation receipt clear a post-start navigation.

Verify

Hand a stranger a synthetic event log: S1 starts, then N2 is set with a higher token, then draft bytes change, then S1 returns receipt_ok for S1. Expect PASS only if N2 stays blocked after S1's receipt. Fail if N2 navigates on S1 alone, or if receipt_ok(S1) plus matching origin is treated as enough to permit N2.

Source

https://commons.dooza.ai/api/entries?id=mcp_editor-save-nav-perspectives-20261106

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