test(settings): activate the owned window before native picker actions

Retain original picker assertions and deadlines; include invocation evidence on failure. Hosted causation/acceptance remains required.

Co-Authored-By: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Signed-off-by: James Maes <jmaes@dmdbrands.com>

docs/SESSION-STATE.md

@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 # Session State
 
-Updated: 2026-10-11
+Updated: 2026-10-12
+
+## Assurance push accepted natively; published picker failure investigated - 2026-10-12
+
+Signed/DCOe6fd281 is pushed. Hosted fuzz38204215912 passes core9/9 and activation2/2,
+zero skips; actual TRXs/log retained under current-fuzz-evidence-38204215912 and
+current-fuzz-e6fd281.log. ExactCI38204216325 passes677 core/100%, focused28/28,
+full native111/111 and format/scripts/security/CodeQL; retain current-native-
+e6fd281.log and reader-regressions-38204216325. Native duration10m11; do not infer
+published or installed acceptance from that result.
+
+Distributed job114664001461 fails: published process reaches its unchanged600-
+second bound with no final TRX. Actual ThemeTransfer_NativePickerCancels fails
+waiting10 seconds for exact native filename1148; owned-window evidence shows
+only Settings/main and blank SettingsStatus, with both app windows inactive in
+the retained screenshot. No installed phase/lifecycle is reached. Preserve
+current-installed-evidence-38204216325/process-15.log and installed job log.
+No signing/publication/required-check addition is inferred from partial success.
+
+A candidate activates the exact owned Settings window and focuses its actual
+native action before UIA invocation; prior helper did neither. Preserve original
+selector/assertions/cases/deadlines, add LastInvocation/LastMouseInput to timeout
+evidence. Full isolated Release0 warnings/errors and format pass; actual hosted
+validation still required. Inactive-owner causation remains a hypothesis until
+that evidence, not an established app defect. No production source changes.
+
+Current ruleset24859282 still requires the genuine review check and every prior
+context. Prepared ruleset-add-fuzz.json adds only Actions-bound fuzzing; do not
+apply until all required automated bootstrap gates pass. Shared31 signing approval,
+Azure resource/identity/profile verification and final signatures, actual Best
+Practices enrollment/shared inventory, final-head acknowledgement and owner
+layout/chooser acceptance remain required. No local GUI input, Azure login retry,
+shared merge, release tag or publication.
 
 ## Current standards delta prepared; preceding checkpoint fully accepted - 2026-10-11
 

docs/TODO.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Current release checklist
 
+- [x] Pushe6fd281 and verify hosted fuzz9/9 core+2/2 activation,677 core/100% lines, focused28 and full native111, zero skips; retain actual evidence.
+- [ ] Verify the owned Settings activation candidate through exact hosted native/published/installed acceptance after the observed picker failure and600-second published timeout. Preserve all cases/assertions/deadlines; current required-check addition remains unapplied.
+
 - [x] Exact82256f3 CI38201379210 passes668 core/100% lines, focused28, native/published109 and installed108 per channel, zero skips; actual lifecycle artifacts/logs retained.
 - [x] Prepare current-standard assurance record, five seeded parser/property targets and honest unenrolled Best Practices assessment (#30/#31).
 - [x] Run local long campaigns:80000 core inputs plus minimized oracle regression,20000 activation envelopes,677 core tests/100% measured lines, zero-warning Release/format and23 setup tests.

tests/MarkdownViewr.Windows.UiTests/AppTests.Settings.cs

@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ public partial class AppTests
    {
       session.InvokeMenuItem("File", "SettingsMenuItem");
       session.WaitForElement(tab).Patterns.SelectionItem.Pattern.Select();
+      Window settings = session.TopLevelWindows().Single(window => string.Equals(window.Name, session.DisplayName + " — Settings", StringComparison.Ordinal)).AsWindow();
+      settings.SetForeground();
+      session.WaitForElement(identity).Focus();
+      Wait.UntilInputIsProcessed();
       session.ClickElement(identity);
    }
 

tests/MarkdownViewr.Windows.UiTests/AppTests.Windows.cs

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public partial class AppTests
          string windows = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, session.TopLevelWindows().Select(window =>
             "Window=" + window.Name + "; " + string.Join(Environment.NewLine, window.FindAllDescendants().Take(180).Select(element =>
                "Id=" + element.Properties.AutomationId.ValueOrDefault + "; Name=" + element.Properties.Name.ValueOrDefault + "; Type=" + element.Properties.ControlType.ValueOrDefault))));
-         throw new TimeoutException(exception.Message + " Logs: " + session.ReadLogs() + "; Owned native windows: " + windows + "; Main tree: " + session.DescribeDocumentStatus(), exception);
+         throw new TimeoutException(exception.Message + "; Last invocation: " + session.LastInvocation + "; Last mouse input: " + session.LastMouseInput + " Logs: " + session.ReadLogs() + "; Owned native windows: " + windows + "; Main tree: " + session.DescribeDocumentStatus(), exception);
       }
    }