diff --git a/docs/active-work.md b/docs/active-work.md
index a419388..2b258bd 100644
--- a/docs/active-work.md
+++ b/docs/active-work.md
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ backlog.
   machine-local: `origin` may name this canonical URL, a release mirror,
   or something else, and therefore has no authority by name alone.
 - Canonical base at this snapshot:
-  `githubsucks/main` @ `b168dca` (folding Stage 2 landed-doc refresh #150
-  atop folding Stage 2 #149, the ledger refresh #147, web grammars HTML+CSS
-  #146, and the LaTeX Stage 1 #144 / inline-math framing #145 pair; protocol
-  v19).
+  `githubsucks/main` @ `0dd16a5` (GPU initial-target #148 atop folding Stage 2
+  landed-doc refresh #150, folding Stage 2 #149, the ledger refresh #147, web
+  grammars HTML+CSS #146, and the LaTeX Stage 1 #144 / inline-math framing
+  #145 pair; protocol v20).
 - On the transfer source, `origin/main` named a release mirror at
   `d3fa632` and lagged badly. On the current destination, `origin` names
   the canonical URL. This difference is why all recovery begins by
@@ -51,46 +51,9 @@ git worktree list
 git status --short --branch
 ```
 
-The `git log` command must expose `b168dca` or a newer intentional main.
+The `git log` command must expose `0dd16a5` or a newer intentional main.
 If it does not, stop and repair the remote/fetch configuration.
 
-## Active lane: GPU initial target
-
-- Portable implementation branch: `githubsucks/gpu-initial-target` @
-  `6c06815` (second-review fixes integrated with current canonical `main`);
-  worktree `../pmacs-gpu-initial-target`.
-- Approved framing branch: `githubsucks/gpu-initial-target-framing`;
-  Revision 2 checkpoint `71039d1`.
-- Original implementation base: canonical `githubsucks/main` @ `c49a8c7`
-  (folding Stage 1 #142); current canonical `main` @ `b168dca` is integrated
-  by merge `6c06815`. Protocol was v19 before this work.
-- State: implementation checkpoint `2dd30ec`; first review-fix checkpoint
-  `bef1c08`; second-review checkpoint `be8c67c`; current-main integration
-  `6c06815`. Smoke-tested, fully gated, and published at protocol v20. PR #148
-  remains open for user review:
-  `https://github.com/levineuwirth/pmacs/pull/148`.
-- Scope delivered: one session-scoped `pmacs --gpu [--socket …] FILE` target,
-  protocol-v20 semantic bootstrap, launcher-owned tilde/cwd resolution, exact
-  Unix path transport, pre-window target readiness, replica coherence, and the
-  approved behavioral acceptance matrix.
-- Post-integration verification: formatting and strict Clippy; 1,815 default +
-  1,992 CRDT library tests; target and invocation gates 14 CRDT each; Folding
-  Stage 2 48 CRDT; M4 121; required GPU 152; Vterm Stage 3 5 default + 7 CRDT;
-  isolated-config workspace sweep 3,334 across 88 suites. The prior two-window
-  Wayland/Vulkan isolation smoke remains valid; this round changes only daemon
-  failure/publication behavior.
-- Deferred unchanged: automatic GUI selection, multiple files, general
-  live-open commands, packaging, and remote GPU paths.
-
-Recovery worktree after the first push:
-
-```sh
-git worktree add --track \
-  -b gpu-initial-target \
-  ../pmacs-gpu-initial-target \
-  githubsucks/gpu-initial-target
-```
-
 ## Folding lane (Arc 6) — Stages 1 and 2 MERGED; Stage 3 (GPU) is next
 
 Both shipped stages are on `main`; nothing in this arc is in flight. Stage 3
@@ -147,6 +110,31 @@ git worktree add --track \
 
 ## Closed since the last snapshot
 
+- **GPU initial target — MERGED as #148** (`main` @ `0dd16a5`, 2026-07-24,
+  after two review rounds). `pmacs --gpu [--socket …] FILE` opens a target
+  before the GPU window appears. Protocol bumped 19 → 20: a semantic-session
+  `SessionBootstrapRequest` after `AttachRequest`, plus an appended
+  `InstanceMessage::InitialTargetResult` pre-window readiness barrier; v6–v19
+  wire encodings are unchanged. Root owns launcher tilde/cwd resolution and
+  exact raw-byte path transport; the daemon resolves/dedups/loads the target
+  and runs load/switch hooks inside one dispatcher transaction, then
+  publishes CRDT-upgraded targets to existing grid replicas (gated on
+  `upgraded_to_crdt`, independent of the load/create outcome, so a dedup onto
+  a hidden not-yet-backed buffer still reaches pre-attached replicas — round
+  2 finding). Semantic replicas receive a publication only when displaying
+  that buffer, so a second target launch cannot switch an existing GPU
+  window. Round 2 also closed a failure-containment gap: every dispatcher-side
+  bootstrap failure now shuts down the socket (a dropped write-half clone
+  does not close a shared FD), and the dispatcher drops any event from a
+  session that was never installed, rather than reaching absent render/size
+  state. Integrated cleanly with Folding Stage 2 (#149): fold projection at
+  attach is selected from the same negotiated `semantic_render` bit the
+  target bootstrap uses. Its lane, worktree (`../pmacs-gpu-initial-target`),
+  and branch (`gpu-initial-target`) are done; the `-framing` branch is kept.
+  Durable substrate facts and both review-round lessons live in
+  `docs/agent-handoff.md` §§1/5 and `docs/gpu-initial-target-framing.md`
+  rev 3.
+
 - **Folding Stage 2 (grid/daemon collapse) — MERGED as #149** (`main` @
   `6ed4fe9`, 2026-07-24, after **five** review rounds). The grid TUI now
   renders collapses. Spine (Q#FD12): `src/fold_view.rs`'s `VisibleLineMap`,
diff --git a/docs/agent-handoff.md b/docs/agent-handoff.md
index da119bb..fbdf4df 100644
--- a/docs/agent-handoff.md
+++ b/docs/agent-handoff.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Agent handoff — cross-machine continuity
 
-**Last updated: 2026-07-24, after GPU initial-target PR #148 second-review
-fixes were integrated with folding Stage 2 (#149) and its landed-doc refresh
-(#150), following web grammars HTML+CSS (#146), the LaTeX Stage 1 / inline-math
-framing pair (#144/#145), folding Stage 1 (#142), one-command GPU invocation
-(#141), the documentation refresh (#140), Vterm Stage 3 (#135), tab-width
-rendering parity (#137), locals-query processing (#134), modeline detection
-(#132), mode system wiring (#129), config registry (#127), Vterm Stages 1–2
+**Last updated: 2026-07-24, after GPU initial-target (#148, protocol v20)
+landed, following folding Stage 2 (#149) and its landed-doc refresh (#150),
+web grammars HTML+CSS (#146), the LaTeX Stage 1 / inline-math framing pair
+(#144/#145), folding Stage 1 (#142), one-command GPU invocation (#141), the
+documentation refresh (#140), Vterm Stage 3 (#135), tab-width rendering
+parity (#137), locals-query processing (#134), modeline detection (#132),
+mode system wiring (#129), config registry (#127), Vterm Stages 1–2
 (#126/#130), and completed Themes Arc 4 (#120/#124/#125).**
 This file is the
 bridge between development machines. If you are an agent reading
@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@ commands, read `docs/active-work.md` immediately after this file.
 
 ## 1. Where the project stands (2026-07-24)
 
-- `main` @ `b168dca` (folding Stage 2 landed-doc refresh #150 atop folding
-  Stage 2 #149, ledger refresh #147, web grammars #146, LaTeX Stage 1 #144 /
-  inline-math framing #145, and folding Stage 1 #142), protocol **v19**
-  (`SUPPORTED=[6..=19]`; v16 = `ThemeFacts`, v17 = `FontFacts`, v18 =
-  `StatuslineSegments`, v19 = terminal frames/events).
-- **GPU INITIAL TARGET IMPLEMENTED — PR #148 under user review**
-  (`docs/gpu-initial-target-framing.md` rev 3; branch `gpu-initial-target`).
-  `pmacs --gpu [--socket NAME|PATH] FILE` now transports exact Unix path bytes
-  plus launcher cwd to the managed GPU client. Protocol v20 adds a
+- `main` @ `0dd16a5` (GPU initial-target #148 atop folding Stage 2 landed-doc
+  refresh #150, folding Stage 2 #149, ledger refresh #147, web grammars #146,
+  LaTeX Stage 1 #144 / inline-math framing #145, and folding Stage 1 #142),
+  protocol **v20** (`SUPPORTED=[6..=20]`; v16 = `ThemeFacts`, v17 =
+  `FontFacts`, v18 = `StatuslineSegments`, v19 = terminal frames/events, v20 =
+  the GPU initial-target semantic bootstrap family).
+- **GPU initial target LANDED — #148**
+  (`docs/gpu-initial-target-framing.md` rev 3; merge `0dd16a5`; two review
+  rounds). `pmacs --gpu [--socket NAME|PATH] FILE` transports exact Unix path
+  bytes plus launcher cwd to the managed GPU client. Protocol v20 adds a
   semantic-session `SessionBootstrapRequest` after `AttachRequest` and an
   appended `InitialTargetResult` readiness barrier; v6–v19 wire encodings stay
   pinned. The daemon resolves the path lexically, deduplicates or loads/creates
@@ -42,8 +43,15 @@ commands, read `docs/active-work.md` immediately after this file.
   removes provisional state, and restores the ambient active frontend. Any
   stale event from an uninstalled session is dropped before state access.
   Existing no-target managed launch, direct attach, TUI, and legacy protocol
-  behavior remain intact. See `docs/active-work.md` for the portable checkpoint
-  and verification.
+  behavior remain intact. Folding Stage 2 integration: fold projection at
+  attach is selected from the same negotiated `semantic_render` bit the target
+  bootstrap uses (grid collapses, semantic/GPU stays source-line pending
+  Folding Stage 3). Final gates: 1,815 default + 1,992 CRDT library tests;
+  target + invocation gates 14/14 CRDT each; Folding Stage 2 48 CRDT; M4 121;
+  required GPU 152; Vterm Stage 3 5 default + 7 CRDT; isolated-config workspace
+  sweep 3,334 across 88 suites; two concurrent real Wayland/Vulkan GPU windows
+  stayed on distinct target buffers after the second attach. All 12 CI checks
+  passed.
 - **Folding Stage 1 (headless fold engine) LANDED — #142**
   (`docs/folding-framing.md` rev 5; merge `c49a8c7`; three review rounds,
   round 3 clean). Arc 6's engine — instance-side and headless; **no frontend
@@ -632,8 +640,7 @@ buffer owns a path's recovery slot; only recover/discard release
 unclaimed crash data; adopt clears the old owner's skip cache.
 
 **Protocol** — encoding-breaking bumps are deliberate and versioned. Canonical
-`main` remains `[6..=19]`; the active GPU initial-target branch is
-`[6..=20]`. v15 = `CompletionPopup` + `StatusFacts.message`; v16 =
+`main` is `[6..=20]`. v15 = `CompletionPopup` + `StatusFacts.message`; v16 =
 `ThemeFacts`; v17 = `FontFacts`; v18 = `StatuslineSegments`; v19 = the vterm
 terminal family; v20 = semantic `SessionBootstrapRequest` plus appended
 `InitialTargetResult`. New wire surface ⇒ bump + both-frontends support +
@@ -737,6 +744,30 @@ final variant — its own round-trip cannot detect a discriminant shift.
   `/var/folders/...` temp path while passing on Linux; size the grid for the
   longest supported fixture path (the mode-system test uses 160 columns per
   split).
+- **A provisional session that fails mid-bootstrap must actually close its
+  socket, not just drop its handle.** #148's dispatcher-side target-failure
+  paths wrote `InitialTargetResult::Failed` and dropped the write-half
+  `UnixStream` clone, but a clone shares the underlying FD — the per-attach
+  reader thread stayed alive with no installed session state. A client that
+  kept the socket open past `Failed` and sent any ordinary event hit an
+  `.expect` reachable only through the new failure path and panicked the
+  whole daemon. Fix: `shutdown(Shutdown::Both)` on every dispatcher-side
+  failure path, plus a defense-in-depth session-registry membership check
+  before any `FrontendEvent` touches render/size/editor state. Generalizes:
+  when a new failure path can leave a handle installed without its owning
+  session, dropping a handle is not the same as tearing down the connection.
+- **An upgrade decision must be tracked independently of the outcome that
+  triggered it.** #148 published a target's fresh `BufferSnapshot` to
+  existing grid replicas only when the buffer was `newly_loaded ||
+  newly_created` — but a target can dedup onto an already-existing,
+  not-yet-CRDT-backed buffer (e.g. one a startup hook created via
+  `find_or_open` and never activated), silently upgrading it without telling
+  pre-attached replicas. The later F29 lazy-upgrade sweep then saw an
+  already-backed buffer and never broadcast it, permanently stranding those
+  replicas on v0.1 round-trip for that buffer. Fix: have the upgrade helper
+  report whether it performed the upgrade, and OR that into the publish
+  decision rather than inferring it from the caller's own load/create
+  branch.
 
 
 ## 6. Named deferrals (the standing backlog, consolidated)