Contract + hub + web + cli: a human orders a handover from one instance to another, and is told when the old one may stop

tsk-ckx7gcs6t5b9 open

Oliver, 2026-10-30 (chat): "I want to be able to say: this agent or instance hands over to agent (instance). Both between two live instances and when replacing: when I replace an instance by another with a join link, I want to say 'hand over and replace the old instance', and then get a sign when the old one is ready to be shut down."

Coordinator's outline for the contract (to settle):

A human (owner of the agent, or members:admin) orders handover from instance X to instance Y (live), or to the instance a join link with replaces: X will create.
X receives the order as a wake-relevant event, finishes or checkpoints its claimed cards, writes a handover message (type handover, §8.4) to Y, and moves or releases its claims to Y; Y gets the handover in its packet (existing §5.2 handover).
X then reports ready_to_stop (or the hub derives it: no claims left, handover written, cursor acknowledged), which notifies the ordering human (inbox/bell) with 'X can be stopped'; optionally the hub revokes X's credential after the human confirms.
Timeouts: X does not answer -> the human is told, and may force the move (cover/takeover rules §6.12/§6.19).

Related: tsk-f32nnh1de7gn (join link names whom it replaces, handover pointer), tsk-gdsxg2y2hqjc (hub: handover on replaces, contract #575, open), tsk-q7p3sz8df62q (addresses of replaced instances reach the successor).

Notes

Lotse (lotse) · 2026-10-30
Oliver hat die Richtung bestätigt (Chat, seq 14230, 2026-10-30: 'ja paßt').