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Fixes #151.

The bug. In the TUI, running /workflow:<name> for a workflow that does not exist showed:

✗ Workflow failed  [workflow.failed]
   cause  typed TUI workflow launch failed: RuntimeUnavailable
   next   Inspect the workflow task details and retry from the failed step.

The runtime knew the real cause, workflow script `<name>` not found, but the typed launch path
dropped it. The advice was wrong too: no task had been created, so there was nothing to inspect.

The fix. The runtime now refuses a launch with a typed reply that carries its own message, and
the TUI shows that message:

✗ Workflow not started  [workflow.not_started]
   cause  workflow script `missing_probe_workflow` not found
   next   Check the workflow name, then run it again. Type `/workflow:` to list the saved workflows.

Changes

• Typed refusals in control_surface_workflow. A refused launch returns
  MutationReply::Uncommitted (Invalid or Stale) with the runtime's message. Before, it returned
  Err(SurfaceClientCommandError::RuntimeUnavailable). The codes stay inside the spec's closed
  WorkflowControl list:

  Reason for the refusal	Code
  Unknown workflow, or an untrusted workspace (NotFound)	UnknownWorkflow
  Invalid or missing args, invalid script metadata, a non-JSON or duplicate argument, a parent operation, a blank meta.name	InvalidInput
  Another operation is running, background capacity is exhausted, or workflows are disabled	IllegalState
  Stale catalog revision (the reply carries the current revision)	StaleRevision

  Genuine runtime faults still return RuntimeUnavailable: other I/O errors, a missing task
  registry or cwd, storage resolution failures, and id conversions. SurfaceClientCommandError
  is unchanged.

• A launch during a running turn. The TUI runs slash commands as soon as they are typed,
  even mid-turn. The running-operation dispatch used to answer every workflow control with
  RuntimeUnavailable.

  • A Launch there is now authorized the same way as in the idle dispatch, and it goes through
    the same path with the operation marked as running.
  • A fresh launch gets the IllegalState refusal: "another operation is running; run the
    workflow after it finishes".
  • An exact retry of a launch that already committed still replays.
  • Stop, Pause and Resume keep their current reply.

• Lazy cwd fallback in WorkflowRunner::prepare_launch. If the process cwd has been
  deleted, a launch whose config names a cwd no longer fails. Without this, that failure would now
  be reported as an unknown workflow.

• TUI.

  • launch_workflow turns a refusal into workflow was not started: <cause>.
  • TuiDiagnostic::from_message presents that message as workflow.not_started before its
    keyword classification runs, so words inside the cause cannot reroute it.
  • The next step points at /workflow: when the cause says "not found". Otherwise it asks the
    user to fix the reported cause.
  • Command errors are described in words, not by their Debug name.

• Eval probe. scripts/eval/workflow_mode_probe.py now passes the unknown-workflow case
  only when the pane shows "not found" and contains no RuntimeUnavailable.

Tests

• crates/orca-runtime/tests/runtime_surface_host.rs covers:
  • an unknown name: the exact cause, nothing created, and a valid launch afterwards still
    commits;
  • an untrusted workspace;
  • workflows disabled;
  • a non-JSON argument;
  • a missing required argument;
  • a blank meta.name;
  • a stale catalog revision.
• crates/orca-runtime/src/runtime_host.rs: a launch while a foreground operation is running.
• crates/orca-tui/src/diagnostics.rs:
  • how a refused launch is presented;
  • the keyword bypass;
  • failures of a running workflow keep workflow.failed.
• crates/orca-tui/src/app_integration_tests.rs: the hosted TUI's rejection now carries the
  cause.

Verification

• Red check. With the old control_surface_workflow restored, the unknown-name test fails
  with RuntimeUnavailable.

• Tests, all serial (--test-threads=1) and passing:

  Command	Tests
  cargo test -p orca-runtime --test runtime_surface_host	25
  cargo test -p orca-runtime --test runtime_host	74
  cargo test -p orca-runtime --lib workflow	101
  cargo nextest run -p orca-tui --lib --profile ci-serial	1832

• Lints and validators:

  • clippy reports no warnings on changed lines;
  • rustfmt is clean;
  • all eight validator scripts that CI runs pass.

• End to end. scripts/eval/workflow_mode_probe.py against a debug build passes 5 of 5 and
  produces the pane shown above.

• Not run locally: Windows. CI covers it.

Left as is

• While a manual compaction retry is pending, a launch still gets RuntimeUnavailable, like
  every other mutating command.
• A launch refused after its script resolved, for example because of bad arguments, still leaves
  the persisted script copy in the run directory. This was already the case before.
• The hosted Workflow tool path (thread_actor_task_workflow.rs) has the same eager
  current_dir() fallback. It is a separate launch path, so this PR leaves it alone.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Workflow launch failures now provide clearer explanations for issues such as missing or disabled workflows, invalid arguments, stale workflow information, and insufficient capacity.
  • Launches attempted while another operation is running are rejected with a specific error instead of a generic runtime failure.
  • Configured workflow working directories are used as provided.

• Improvements

  • The terminal interface presents workflow launch failures with a dedicated diagnostic and more relevant guidance.

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Walkthrough

Workflow launch failures now return typed runtime outcomes instead of collapsing into RuntimeUnavailable. The TUI preserves launch refusal causes in diagnostics. Launch requests during foreground operations are routed through authorization and runtime validation.

Changes: Workflow launch handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Route and validate workflow launches crates/orca-runtime/src/runtime_host.rs, crates/orca-runtime/src/runtime_actor/thread_actor_operation.rs, crates/orca-runtime/src/workflow/runner.rs, crates/orca-runtime/tests/runtime_surface_host.rs	Idle and running-operation launch requests use the updated control method. The runtime maps stale revisions, invalid input, unknown workflows, and selected illegal states to typed mutations. Tests check refusal details and unchanged state. Configured working directories are used without calling current_dir().
Present launch refusal causes crates/orca-tui/src/surface_client.rs, crates/orca-tui/src/diagnostics.rs, crates/orca-tui/src/app_integration_tests.rs, scripts/eval/workflow_mode_probe.py	The TUI reports specific launch refusal causes with a workflow-not-started prefix. Diagnostics classify these refusals separately and provide guidance for missing workflows. Tests and the probe check the revised output.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant SurfaceClient
  participant RuntimeHost
  participant ThreadActor
  participant TuiDiagnostic
  User->>SurfaceClient: Request workflow launch
  SurfaceClient->>RuntimeHost: Send launch command
  RuntimeHost->>ThreadActor: Authorize and route launch
  ThreadActor-->>RuntimeHost: Return typed refusal or launch result
  RuntimeHost-->>SurfaceClient: Return command outcome
  SurfaceClient-->>TuiDiagnostic: Format refusal with workflow prefix
  TuiDiagnostic-->>User: Display workflow.not_started diagnostic

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Possibly related PRs

• echoVic/orca-agent#152: It reports the same unknown-workflow error behavior addressed by this PR.

Merge Risk: Low · up to 6707b

Workflow refusals now show their causes. Guidance for other message wording could be misleading, but no misleading guidance was established for the inspected refusals; this is mergeable with bounded follow-up.

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Linked Issues check		Issue [#151] requires the TUI surface-command path to preserve actionable workflow launch causes and show the unknown-workflow cause. control_surface_workflow now returns typed uncommitted refusals …
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue [#151]. Runtime typed refusals, running-turn launch handling, lazy configured-cwd handling, TUI diagnostic formatting, regression tests, and probe validation support reli…

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Issue [#151] requires the TUI surface-command path to preserve actionable workflow launch causes and show the unknown-workflow cause. control_surface_workflow now returns typed uncommitted refusals with messages such as workflow script ... not found, while genuine command failures still use RuntimeUnavailable. launch_workflow carries refusal messages with workflow was not started:, and TuiDiagnostic::from_message renders workflow.not_started with cause-specific guidance. The added runtime, TUI, and integration tests cover the unknown name and other refusal causes.

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The changes stay within issue [#151]. Runtime typed refusals, running-turn launch handling, lazy configured-cwd handling, TUI diagnostic formatting, regression tests, and probe validation support reliable cause reporting in the TUI surface-command path. The hosted Workflow tool path remains unchanged, as required by the stated scope.

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Nitpick comments: 1

crates/orca-tui/src/diagnostics.rs: 1

95-99: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Heavy lift

Carry the workflow refusal code into the diagnostic.

surface_client.rs discards SurfaceMutationErrorCode and passes only the refusal message to TuiDiagnostic::from_message. The diagnostic then uses case-sensitive substring matching, so a changed or unrelated cause containing not found can receive workflow-name guidance.

Use a typed variant or stable code token instead of parsing the human-readable cause. The untrusted-workspace message currently does not contain not found, so checking that substring first is not a reliable correction.

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Review comment at @crates/orca-tui/src/diagnostics.rs around lines 95 - 99:
Update `surface_client.rs` to preserve the `SurfaceMutationErrorCode` when
creating `TuiDiagnostic` instead of passing only the refusal message to
`TuiDiagnostic::from_message`. Use that stable code in `diagnostics.rs` to
select workflow-name guidance, removing the case-sensitive `not found` matching
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Review comments at @crates/orca-tui/src/diagnostics.rs:
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