Fixed failing tests in the CLI

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/README.md

@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ layer: a handful of representative flows, not exhaustive.
 | `board-maximize` | the Tasks tab's maximize toggle (`z`) | the single-column maximized layout |
 | `search` | search mode (`/`) in the Tasks tab (bare `nitro agent`) | live query filtering and opening a result's detail pane |
 | `detail` | the Tasks tab's detail pane and dependency tree (`t`, `d`, `u`) | the detail body and tree explorer navigation |
-| `mail-send` | `nitro agent init` then `agent register/mail send/inbox/reply/read --thread` | the mail send/inbox/reply/read round trip in a live workspace, one actor registered with a role |
+| `mail-send` | `agent register/mail send/inbox/reply/read --thread` over a copy of the fixture | the mail send/inbox/reply/read round trip, one actor registered with a role |
 | `mail-error` | `nitro agent mail send` to an invalid recipient name | the agent-name-normalization rejection and non-zero exit rendering |
-| `mail-board` | the Mail tab (bare `nitro agent`, `]` to switch) | unread styling, the detail pane, and the thread toggle |
+| `mail-board` | the Mail tab's actor-less Workspace mailbox (bare `nitro agent`, `]` to switch) | read-only navigation, fold/list/thread toggles, and per-agent filtering |
+| `agents` | the Agents tab (bare `nitro agent`, `A` to switch) | the fixture's remote agent session and detail pane |
 
 `help` is a trivial smoke flow that proves the pipeline itself,
 independently of the fixture-backed flows below it. It asks for help on
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ direction, together covering the round trip.
 
 The `mail-*` flows are a handful of representative mail flows, not
 exhaustive per-command coverage (that is the unit tier's job): `mail-send`
-runs live against a fresh workspace (init via the unified `nitro agent
-init`, register two actors via the root `nitro agent register` command
+runs live against a copy of the shared fixture (register two actors via the
+root `nitro agent register` command
 (one with `--role`), send with `--cc`, inbox as the recipient, read with
 `--thread` after a reply), so its ids and dates need the `mail-send`
 SCRUBS entry in [`run.sh`](run.sh); `mail-board` runs against the shared
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ diffs under `out/report/` for CI. Exit codes: `0` all PASS, `1` any FAIL/NEW
 (or, under `--update`, any recording failure), `2` usage error, `3` docker
 missing.
 
-Requirements: `docker` + the .NET SDK. Nothing else, `ttyd`, `ffmpeg`, and the
+Requirements: `docker`, `sqlite3`, and the .NET SDK. `ttyd`, `ffmpeg`, and the
 fonts are baked into the pinned container.
 
 ## What makes it deterministic

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/agents-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
- [T]asks   [M]ail (2)   [A]gents   M[e]mory
-╭─Agents (2)──────────────────────────────────╮╭─bob──────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│ >   bob       ◇ claude-code  started        ││ Session                                      │
-│ 2026-01-01 heard 2026-01-01                 ││                                              │
-│     e2e-agent ● nitro-board  started AGE    ││ Actor: bob                                   │
-│  heard AGE                                  ││ Role: -                                      │
+ [T]asks   [M]ail   [A]gents   M[e]mory
+╭─Agents (1)──────────────────────────────────╮╭─bob──────────────────────────────────────────╮
+│ >   bob ◇ claude-code  started 2026-01-01   ││ Session                                      │
+│ heard 2026-01-01                            ││                                              │
+│                                             ││ Actor: bob                                   │
+│                                             ││ Role: -                                      │
 │                                             ││ State: remote                                │
 │                                             ││ Harness: claude-code                         │
 │                                             ││ Session id: e2e-remote-session               │
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 │                                             ││                                              │
 │                                             ││                                              │
 ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────╯╰──────────────────────────────────────────────╯
-hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  z zoom  e edit  esc back  q quit  …      e2e-agent
+hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  z zoom  esc back  q quit  [ ] shift+letter tab

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/agents-flow.tape

@@ -20,37 +20,12 @@
 # header explains the remote-vs-live distinction that made bob the one state
 # a static SQL fixture can pin byte-stably).
 #
-# perles-net-nhs (feat(nitro-agent): register both board entry points as
-# live operator sessions) starts a live nitro-board session for bare
-# `nitro agent` itself, before the shell even opens, so the tab can show a
-# second row for the board alongside the seeded one. ListParticipantsAsync
-# orders by harness then session id, and "claude-code" sorts ahead of
-# "nitro-board", so bob stays row 0 and selected by default; the board's own
-# row lands second.
-# That row's fields are all deterministic except its two ages: actor
-# e2e-agent (the resolved mail actor), harness nitro-board, state online
-# (its host always matches the current instance, and the process is,
-# definitionally, alive). Started/Last heard are MailAges.Format's relative
-# ages, computed against wall-clock time; the board session starts moments
-# before this frame is captured, so they read "now" in a fast run but can
-# drift to "{n}m" if recording is slow, so run.sh's SCRUBS[agents] entry
-# normalizes both to AGE before diffing. Its role (operator,
-# BoardSessionLifecycle.OperatorRole) is set the same way, but
-# AgentRowBadge.Render truncates the role column to
-# nothing at this tape's fixed 1100-wide geometry once a second, wider
-# ("nitro-board") harness value is on screen - the same truncation bob's
-# own row already carries in the pre-existing golden, role "-" included.
-# Confirmed against a live run of the published binary, not guessed from
-# source.
-#
-# Drives: land on Agents, two rows, the fixture's bob (remote) selected by
+# Drives: land on Agents, one row, the fixture's bob (remote) selected by
 # default; its detail pane shows the new Session section (session id, host,
 # started/last-heard) ahead of Identity, then Sent mail (m-fix006, shared
 # with the mail board tape's own fixture data); no Tasks section, since bob
-# is nobody's task assignee. The board's own row is asserted from the list
-# line alone (actor, presence glyph, harness) - its detail pane is never
-# opened, so the real session id/host/pid a live process carries never
-# needs to be pinned.
+# is nobody's task assignee. Bare `nitro agent` is an actor-less observer and
+# does not register its own board session.
 #
 # Produces agents-flow.gif + agents-flow.txt.
 
@@ -83,15 +58,12 @@ Type `nitro agent` Enter
 Wait+Screen@30s /> ○ \[B\] P0 acme-a1b Checkout crashes on Safari/
 
 # Shift+A: TabSwitchKeys.ResolveMnemonic jumps straight to the Agents tab.
-# Two live agent_sessions rows now exist (fixture-seeded bob, plus this
-# launch's own live board session), sorted harness-then-session-id: bob
-# (claude-code) stays row 0 and selected by default, the board session
-# (nitro-board, actor e2e-agent, role operator, state online) is row 1.
+# The fixture-seeded bob session is the only participant and is selected by
+# default. Bare `nitro agent` does not add a session row.
 Type "A"
-Wait+Screen@30s /Agents \(2\)/
+Wait+Screen@30s /Agents \(1\)/
 Wait+Screen@30s /─bob─/
 Wait+Screen@30s /bob\s+◇/
-Wait+Screen@30s /e2e-agent\s+●\s+nitro-board/
 Wait+Screen@30s /Session/
 Wait+Screen@30s /Host: e2e-remote-host-fixture/
 

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/board-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [T]asks   [M]ail (2)   [A]gents   M[e]mory
+ [T]asks   [M]ail   [A]gents   M[e]mory
 ╭─Blocked (3)─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 │   ○ [B] P0 acme-a1b Checkout crashes on Safari                                              │
 │   ○ [E] P1 acme-epic1 Launch v2 pricing page                                                │
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 │                                                                                             │
 │                                                                                             │
 ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
-hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  z zoom  e edit  esc back  q quit  …      e2e-agent
+hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  z zoom  esc back  q quit  [ ] shift+letter tab

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/board-maximize-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [T]asks   [M]ail (2)   [A]gents   M[e]mory
+ [T]asks   [M]ail   [A]gents   M[e]mory
 ╭─Blocked (3)─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 │   ○ [B] P0 acme-a1b Checkout crashes on Safari                                              │
 │   ○ [E] P1 acme-epic1 Launch v2 pricing page                                                │
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 │                                                                                             │
 │                                                                                             │
 ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
-hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  z zoom  e edit  esc back  q quit  …      e2e-agent
+hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  z zoom  esc back  q quit  [ ] shift+letter tab

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/close-reopen-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-$ nitro agent tasks close acme-a1b --reason "Won't fix, unreproducible"
+$ nitro agent tasks close acme-a1b --reason "Won't fix, unreproducible" --actor e2e-agent
 ✓ Closed task 'acme-a1b'.
-$ nitro agent tasks reopen acme-a1b
+$ nitro agent tasks reopen acme-a1b --actor e2e-agent
 ✓ Reopened task 'acme-a1b'.
 $

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/create-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-$ nitro agent tasks create "Write onboarding docs"
+$ nitro agent tasks create "Write onboarding docs" --actor e2e-agent
 ✓ Created task 'acme-XXX': Write onboarding docs.
 $

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/detail-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [T]asks   [M]ail (2)   [A]gents   M[e]mory
+ [T]asks   [M]ail   [A]gents   M[e]mory
 ╭─acme-epic1 · blocking · depended on by────────────────────╮
 │   ○ [E] P1 acme-epic1 Launch v2 pricing page              │
 │ ├─ > ● [T] P2 acme-epic1.1 Draft new pricing copy         │
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 
 
 
-f follow  m edge mode  d direction  u back  hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  …  e2…
+f follow  m edge mode  d direction  u back  hjkl move  enter open  r refresh  y copy id  …

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/fixtures/README.md

@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ Before recording any flow, `run.sh` prepares `out/fixture/acme/` on the host
 (not inside the VHS container):
 
 1. `rm -rf` + `mkdir -p out/fixture/acme` for a clean slate.
-2. Run the freshly published `bin/nitro agent init` inside it, with
-   `NITRO_TASK_ACTOR=e2e-agent` set. This creates the real
-   `.nitro/agents/agents.db` unified schema (via `AgentDatabase.InitializeAsync`,
+2. Run the freshly published `bin/nitro agent init` inside it. This creates
+   the real `.nitro/agents/agents.db` unified schema (via `AgentDatabase.InitializeAsync`,
    composing `TaskStoreSchema` and `MailStoreSchema`) and sets the `acme`
    task ID prefix (via `AgentWorkspace.NormalizePrefix`, derived from the
    `acme` directory name, matching `TasksCommandTestBase`).

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/fixtures/mail-seed.sql

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 BEGIN TRANSACTION;
 
 -- agents -----------------------------------------------------------------
--- e2e-agent is the actor the tape opens the board as (NITRO_MAIL_ACTOR).
+-- e2e-agent backs the identity-dependent mail command fixtures.
 INSERT INTO agents (name, registered_at, last_seen_at) VALUES
     ('e2e-agent', '2026-01-01 07:00:00.0000000+00:00', '2026-01-01 07:00:00.0000000+00:00'),
     ('alice', '2026-01-01 07:00:00.0000000+00:00', '2026-01-01 07:00:00.0000000+00:00'),

src/Nitro/CommandLine/test/e2e/mail-board-flow.golden.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
- [T]asks   [M]ail (2)   [A]gents   M[e]mory
-╭─Inbox (3)─────────────────────────────────────────────╮╭─m-fix002 Billing review────────────╮
+ [T]asks   [M]ail   [A]gents   M[e]mory
+╭─Workspace: bob (3)────────────────────────────────────╮╭─m-fix002 Billing review────────────╮
 │         From           To             Su…  Age        ││ From: bob                          │
-│ >     T bob            e2e-agent+1    Bi…  2026-01-01 ││ To: e2e-agent                      │
-│     ● + alice          e2e-agent      Pr…  2026-01-01 ││ Cc: alice                          │
-│     ● + alice          e2e-agent      Re…  2026-01-01 ││ Date: 2026-01-01 10:00             │
+│ >       bob            e2e-agent+1    Bi…  2026-01-01 ││ To: e2e-agent                      │
+│         e2e-agent      bob            St…  2026-01-01 ││ Cc: alice                          │
+│         alice          bob            De…  2026-01-01 ││ Date: 2026-01-01 10:00             │
 │                                                       ││ e2e-agent: read 2026-01-02 08:00   │
 │                                                       ││ alice: unread                      │
 │                                                       ││                                    │
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@
 │                                                       ││                                    │
 │                                                       ││                                    │
 ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯╰────────────────────────────────────╯
-hjkl move  tab switch pane  enter focus detail  u read/unread  a archive  r reply  c compose  …
+hjkl move  tab switch pane  enter focus detail  y copy id  f filter  t thread  …