remove test plugin

Unknown options and missing option values now stop the script instead of being ignored.

build_release_macos.sh

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ while getopts ":dpa:snt:xbc:i:j:Tuh" opt; do
     u )
         export BUILD_TARGET="universal"
         ;;
-    h ) echo "Usage: ./build_release_macos.sh [-d]"
+    h ) echo "Usage: ./build_release_macos.sh [-d] [-- CMAKE_ARGS...]"
         echo "   -d: Build deps only"
         echo "   -a: Set ARCHITECTURE (arm64 or x86_64 or universal)"
         echo "   -s: Build slicer only"
@@ -60,13 +60,33 @@ while getopts ":dpa:snt:xbc:i:j:Tuh" opt; do
         echo "   -i: Add a prefix to ignore during CMake dependency discovery (repeatable), defaults to /opt/local:/usr/local:/opt/homebrew"
         echo "   -j: Set the number of parallel build jobs (CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL)"
         echo "   -T: Build and run tests (set ORCA_TESTS_BUILD_ONLY=1 to build without running)"
+        echo "   -- CMAKE_ARGS...: pass everything after '--' to the cmake configure step of the deps (-d) and slicer (-s) builds,"
+        echo "       e.g. -DDESTDIR=<dir> for the deps, -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<dir>/usr/local -DSLIC3R_PCH=OFF for the slicer, --fresh."
+        echo "       They come last on the cmake command line. Use absolute paths: cmake runs in the build directory."
         exit 0
         ;;
+    : )
+        echo "Option -${OPTARG} requires an argument, aborting."
+        exit 1
+        ;;
     * )
+        echo "Unknown option -${OPTARG}, aborting. CMake arguments must follow '--'."
+        exit 1
         ;;
   esac
 done
 
+# getopts stops at '--'; whatever follows is handed to cmake unchanged.
+if [[ ${OPTIND} -le $# ]] ; then
+    separator_index=$((OPTIND-1))
+    if [[ "${!separator_index}" != "--" ]] ; then
+        echo "Unexpected argument '${!OPTIND}': cmake arguments must follow '--', aborting."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS=("$@")
+
 # Set defaults
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -211,7 +231,8 @@ function build_deps() {
                         -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="${OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}" \
                         -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH="${CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH}" \
                         "${CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS[@]}" \
-                        ${CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT}
+                        ${CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT} \
+                        "${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS[@]}"
                 fi
                 cmake --build . --config "$BUILD_CONFIG" --target deps
             )
@@ -314,7 +335,8 @@ function build_slicer() {
                     -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="${OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}" \
                     -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH="${CMAKE_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH}" \
                     "${CMAKE_CCACHE_ARGS[@]}" \
-                    ${CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT}
+                    ${CMAKE_POLICY_COMPAT} \
+                    "${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS[@]}"
             fi
             cmake --build . --config "$BUILD_CONFIG" --target "$SLICER_BUILD_TARGET"
         )

src/libslic3r/Config.hpp

@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ public:
     virtual void set(const ConfigOption* rhs, size_t start, size_t len)                                                     = 0;
     virtual void set_with_restore(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& restore_index, int stride)           = 0;
     virtual void set_with_restore_2(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& restore_index, int start, int len, bool skip_error = false) = 0;
-    virtual void set_only_diff(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& diff_index, int stride)                 = 0;
+    // keep_nil: copy a nil column from rhs as well, for options whose nil means "disabled" rather than "inherit".
+    virtual void set_only_diff(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& diff_index, int stride, bool keep_nil = false) = 0;
     virtual void set_to_index(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& dest_index, int stride) = 0;
     virtual void set_with_nil(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, const ConfigOptionVectorBase* inherits, int stride)        = 0;
     // Resize the vector of values, copy the newly added values from opt_default if provided.
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ public:
     //set a item related with extruder variants when loading user config, only set the different value of some extruder
     //rhs: item from user config
     //diff_index: which index in this vector need to be set
-    virtual void set_only_diff(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& diff_index, int stride) override
+    virtual void set_only_diff(const ConfigOptionVectorBase* rhs, std::vector<int>& diff_index, int stride, bool keep_nil) override
     {
         if (rhs->type() == this->type()) {
             // Assign the first value of the rhs vector.
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ public:
             for (size_t i = 0; i < diff_index.size(); i++) {
                 if (diff_index[i] != -1) {
                     for (size_t j = 0; j < stride; j++) {
-                        if (!other->is_nil(diff_index[i] * stride))
+                        if (keep_nil || !other->is_nil(diff_index[i] * stride))
                             this->values[i * stride + j] = other->values[diff_index[i] * stride + j];
                     }
                 }
@@ -841,8 +842,12 @@ public:
     {
         UNUSED(append);
         std::istringstream iss(str);
-        iss >> this->value;
+        double value;
-        return !iss.fail();
+        iss >> value;
+        if (iss.fail())
+            return false;
+        this->value = value;
+        return true;
     }
 
     bool operator==(const ConfigOption &rhs) const override
@@ -1033,8 +1038,12 @@ public:
     {
         UNUSED(append);
         std::istringstream iss(str);
-        iss >> this->value;
+        int value;
-        return !iss.fail();
+        iss >> value;
+        if (iss.fail())
+            return false;
+        this->value = value;
+        return true;
     }
 
     ConfigOptionInt& operator=(const ConfigOption *opt)
@@ -1252,8 +1261,12 @@ public:
         UNUSED(append);
         // don't try to parse the trailing % since it's optional
         std::istringstream iss(str);
-        iss >> this->value;
+        double value;
-        return !iss.fail();
+        iss >> value;
+        if (iss.fail())
+            return false;
+        this->value = value;
+        return true;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -1365,10 +1378,14 @@ public:
     bool deserialize(const std::string &str, bool append = false) override
     {
         UNUSED(append);
-        this->percent = str.find_first_of("%") != std::string::npos;
         std::istringstream iss(str);
-        iss >> this->value;
+        double value;
-        return !iss.fail();
+        iss >> value;
+        if (iss.fail())
+            return false;
+        this->value   = value;
+        this->percent = str.find_first_of("%") != std::string::npos;
+        return true;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -1538,8 +1555,12 @@ public:
     {
         UNUSED(append);
         char dummy;
-        return sscanf(str.data(), " %lf , %lf %c", &this->value(0), &this->value(1), &dummy) == 2 ||
+        Vec2d value;
-               sscanf(str.data(), " %lf x %lf %c", &this->value(0), &this->value(1), &dummy) == 2;
+        if (sscanf(str.data(), " %lf , %lf %c", &value(0), &value(1), &dummy) != 2 &&
+            sscanf(str.data(), " %lf x %lf %c", &value(0), &value(1), &dummy) != 2)
+            return false;
+        this->value = value;
+        return true;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -1658,8 +1679,12 @@ public:
     {
         UNUSED(append);
         char dummy;
-        return sscanf(str.data(), " %lf , %lf , %lf %c", &this->value(0), &this->value(1), &this->value(2), &dummy) == 3 ||
+        Vec3d value;
-               sscanf(str.data(), " %lf x %lf x %lf %c", &this->value(0), &this->value(1), &this->value(2), &dummy) == 3;
+        if (sscanf(str.data(), " %lf , %lf , %lf %c", &value(0), &value(1), &value(2), &dummy) != 3 &&
+            sscanf(str.data(), " %lf x %lf x %lf %c", &value(0), &value(1), &value(2), &dummy) != 3)
+            return false;
+        this->value = value;
+        return true;
     }
 
 private:

src/libslic3r/GCode/OrderingStrategies.cpp

@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 #include "OrderingStrategies.hpp"
 #include "../Geometry.hpp"
 #include "../ShortestPath.hpp"
-#include "libslic3r/KDTreeIndirect.hpp"
 #include "libslic3r/Point.hpp"
 #include "libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp"
-#include "libslic3r/libslic3r.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
@@ -55,78 +53,47 @@ bool tsp_2opt_improve(std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers, int max_
     };
     std::vector<double> elsq = recompute_edges_sq();
 
-    // Reversing path[i+1..j] replaces edges (a, b) = (path[i], path[i+1]) and (c, d) = (path[j], path[j+1]) with
-    // (a, c) and (b, d). That can only shorten the cycle if a new edge is shorter than the old one it pairs with:
-    // |ac| < |ab| or |bd| < |cd|. Rather than test every pair, each pass finds those pairs with radius queries
-    // around a and d, which keeps a pass near linear on tours of thousands of nodes. It still applies the move a
-    // full scan would: the largest gain, and the lowest (i, j) among equal gains.
-    auto coordinate_fn = [&centers](size_t idx, size_t dimension) -> double { return double(centers[idx](dimension)); };
-    KDTreeIndirect<2, double, decltype(coordinate_fn)> kdtree(coordinate_fn, path);
-    // Position of each node in the path.
-    std::vector<size_t> pos(centers.size());
-    for (size_t k = 0; k < pn; ++k)
-        pos[path[k]] = k;
-
-    // Calls fn(node) for the nodes of the tour within sqrt(radius_sq) of center. The search radius is padded so that
-    // rounding cannot leave out a node the gain test accepts; that test makes the exact cut.
-    auto visit_within = [&](const Vec2d& center, double radius_sq, auto&& fn) {
-        const double search_sq = radius_sq * (1. + 1e-9) + 1.;
-        auto visitor = [&](size_t idx, size_t dimension) {
-            if ((centers[idx].cast<double>() - center).squaredNorm() < search_sq)
-                fn(idx);
-            return kdtree.descent_mask(center[dimension], search_sq, idx, dimension);
-        };
-        kdtree.visit(visitor);
-    };
-
-    size_t best_i = pn, best_j = pn;
-    double best_gain = 0;
-    auto consider = [&](size_t i, size_t j) {
-        // Skip the swap that would reverse the entire cycle (removes both
-        // edges (0,1) and (pn-1,0), equivalent to traversing the cycle backwards).
-        if (j < i + 2 || (i == 0 && j == pn - 1)) return;
-
-        const Vec2d& pi   = centers[path[i]].cast<double>();
-        const Vec2d& p_in = centers[path[i + 1]].cast<double>();
-        const Vec2d& pj   = centers[path[j]].cast<double>();
-        const Vec2d& p_jn = centers[path[(j + 1) % pn]].cast<double>();
-
-        // Early rejection using squared distances (avoids 2 sqrt calls).
-        double new_a_sq = (pj - pi).squaredNorm();
-        double new_b_sq = (p_jn - p_in).squaredNorm();
-        if (new_a_sq >= elsq[i] && new_b_sq >= elsq[j]) return;
-
-        double new_a = std::sqrt(new_a_sq);
-        double new_b = std::sqrt(new_b_sq);
-        double gain = el[i] + el[j] - new_a - new_b;
-
-        if (gain > best_gain || (gain == best_gain && best_i != pn && std::make_pair(i, j) < std::make_pair(best_i, best_j))) {
-            best_gain = gain;
-            best_i = i; best_j = j;
-        }
-    };
-
     bool improved = false;
     for (int pass = 0; max_passes <= 0 || pass < max_passes; ++pass) {
-        best_i = pn; best_j = pn;
+        size_t best_i = pn, best_j = pn;
-        best_gain = 0;
+        double best_gain = 0;
 
-        // |ac| < |ab|: c lies within the length of the edge leaving a.
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < pn; ++i) {
-        for (size_t i = 0; i + 2 < pn; ++i)
+            const Vec2d& pi   = centers[path[i]].cast<double>();
-            visit_within(centers[path[i]].cast<double>(), elsq[i], [&](size_t c) { consider(i, pos[c]); });
+            const Vec2d& p_in = centers[path[(i + 1) % pn]].cast<double>();
-        // |bd| < |cd|: b lies within the length of the edge entering d.
+            double d_i = el[i];
-        for (size_t j = 2; j < pn; ++j)
+            double d_i_sq = elsq[i];
-            visit_within(centers[path[(j + 1) % pn]].cast<double>(), elsq[j], [&](size_t b) {
+
-                if (pos[b] > 0)
+            for (size_t j = i + 2; j < pn; ++j) {
-                    consider(pos[b] - 1, j);
+                size_t j_next = (j + 1) % pn;
-            });
+                // Skip the swap that would reverse the entire cycle (removes both
+                // edges (0,1) and (pn-1,0), equivalent to traversing the cycle backwards).
+                if (i == 0 && j_next == 0) continue;
+
+                const Vec2d& pj   = centers[path[j]].cast<double>();
+                const Vec2d& p_jn = centers[path[j_next]].cast<double>();
+                double d_j = el[j];
+
+                // Early rejection using squared distances (avoids 2 sqrt calls).
+                double new_a_sq = (pj - pi).squaredNorm();
+                double new_b_sq = (p_jn - p_in).squaredNorm();
+                if (new_a_sq >= d_i_sq && new_b_sq >= elsq[j]) continue;
+
+                double new_a = std::sqrt(new_a_sq);
+                double new_b = std::sqrt(new_b_sq);
+                double gain = d_i + d_j - new_a - new_b;
+
+                if (gain > best_gain) {
+                    best_gain = gain;
+                    best_i = i; best_j = j;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         if (best_i == pn) break;
         improved = true;
         // Reverse the best swap segment
         std::reverse(path.begin() + best_i + 1, path.begin() + best_j + 1);
-        for (size_t k = best_i + 1; k <= best_j; ++k)
-            pos[path[k]] = k;
 
         // Recompute edge lengths after reversal
         el = recompute_edges();
@@ -153,9 +120,9 @@ bool tsp_remove_crossings(std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers)
     // TSP helpers (2-opt, closing-edge rotation) that operate on the full cycle.
     size_t n_edges = pn;
 
-    // Scan from edge `from` for the first pair of intersecting edges worth reversing; returns {i, j} or {npos, npos} if none.
+    // Scan for first crossing; returns {i, j} or {npos, npos} if none.
-    auto find_crossing = [&](size_t from) -> std::pair<size_t, size_t> {
+    auto find_crossing = [&]() -> std::pair<size_t, size_t> {
-        for (size_t i = from; i < n_edges; ++i) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < n_edges; ++i) {
             const Point& ai = centers[path[i]];
             const Point& bi = centers[path[(i + 1) % pn]];
 
@@ -166,40 +133,23 @@ bool tsp_remove_crossings(std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers)
                 const Point& aj = centers[path[j]];
                 const Point& bj = centers[path[(j + 1) % pn]];
 
-                if (!bboxes_overlap(ai, bi, aj, bj) || !Geometry::segments_intersect(ai, bi, aj, bj))
+                if (!bboxes_overlap(ai, bi, aj, bj)) continue;
-                    continue;
+                if (Geometry::segments_intersect(ai, bi, aj, bj))
-                // The reversal replaces edges (ai, bi) and (aj, bj) with (ai, aj) and (bi, bj). Edges that only touch
-                // or overlap collinearly, as at points sharing a position, may gain nothing from it, and reversing
-                // them would find the same pair again on every scan. A gain within SCALED_EPSILON, which nearly
-                // collinear crossings can have too, is not worth a reversal either.
-                if (ai.distance_to(bi) + aj.distance_to(bj) - ai.distance_to(aj) - bi.distance_to(bj) > SCALED_EPSILON)
                     return {i, j};
             }
         }
         return {std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max(), std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()};
     };
 
-    // Process crossings one at a time. Reversing path[ci+1..cj] replaces only edges ci and cj; the edges between
+    // Process crossings one at a time: find first, reverse it, restart scan.
-    // them are the same segments traversed backwards. The scan therefore resumes at edge ci rather than at edge 0,
+    // Cap iterations to prevent infinite loops on collinear/overlapping segments.
-    // so a pass over the tour costs one quadratic scan however many reversals it makes. Pairs before ci that
+    int max_iters = static_cast<int>(pn * pn);
-    // involve a replaced edge are new too, so a scan that reaches the end starts over from edge 0, and the loop
-    // ends when a scan from edge 0 finds nothing.
-    // Every reversal shortens the cycle, so no tour repeats and the loop ends; the cap is a safety net.
-    size_t max_reversals = pn * pn;
     bool improved = false;
-    for (size_t from = 0;;) {
+    while (max_iters-- > 0) {
-        auto [ci, cj] = find_crossing(from);
+        auto [ci, cj] = find_crossing();
-        if (ci == std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()) {
+        if (ci == std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()) break;
-            if (from == 0)
-                break;
-            from = 0;
-            continue;
-        }
         improved = true;
         std::reverse(path.begin() + ci + 1, path.begin() + cj + 1);
-        if (--max_reversals == 0)
-            break;
-        from = ci;
     }
     return improved;
 }

src/libslic3r/GCode/OrderingStrategies.hpp

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ namespace Slic3r {
 
 // --- Path improvement (operate on index vectors into `centers`) ---
 
-// 2-opt improvement: reverses segments that reduce total cycle path length. Each of up to max_passes passes
+// 2-opt improvement: reverses segments that reduce total cycle path length.
-// (unlimited if max_passes <= 0) applies the move that shortens the cycle most. Returns true if any improvement was made.
+// Returns true if any improvement was made.
 bool tsp_2opt_improve(std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers, int max_passes = 10);
 
-// Crossing removal: reverse each pair of intersecting edges whose reversal shortens the cycle by more
+// Crossing removal: reverse any segment pair whose edges geometrically cross.
-// than SCALED_EPSILON. Returns true if any pair was reversed.
+// Returns true if any crossing was removed.
 bool tsp_remove_crossings(std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers);
 
 // The shortest cycle through the points, starting at point 0, by dynamic programming over subsets; for a few points only.

src/libslic3r/Preset.cpp

@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ bool Preset::save(DynamicPrintConfig* parent_config)
         {
             ConfigOption *opt_src = config.option(option);
             ConfigOption *opt_dst = temp_config.option(option, true);
-            if (opt_dst->is_scalar() || !(opt_dst->nullable()))
+            if (opt_dst->is_scalar() || !(opt_dst->nullable()) || is_filament_extruder_override_key(option))
                 opt_dst->set(opt_src);
             else {
                 ConfigOptionVectorBase* opt_vec_src = static_cast<ConfigOptionVectorBase*>(opt_src);
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ Preset* PresetCollection::get_preset_differed_for_save(Preset& preset)
         {
             ConfigOption *opt_src = preset.config.option(option);
             ConfigOption *opt_dst = temp_config.option(option, true);
-            if (opt_dst->is_scalar() || !(opt_dst->nullable()))
+            if (opt_dst->is_scalar() || !(opt_dst->nullable()) || is_filament_extruder_override_key(option))
                 opt_dst->set(opt_src);
             else {
                 ConfigOptionVectorBase* opt_vec_src = static_cast<ConfigOptionVectorBase*>(opt_src);
@@ -2199,9 +2199,12 @@ int PresetCollection::get_differed_values_to_update(Preset& preset, std::map<std
         // option's non-nil default (e.g. filament_retract_before_wipe -> 100%), silently
         // resurrecting an override the user turned off. See GitHub issue on Retract Before Wipe.
         if (m_type == Preset::TYPE_FILAMENT) {
-            for (const std::string& opt_key : filament_extruder_override_keys) {
+            for (const std::string& opt_key : preset.config.keys()) {
-                if (key_values.count(opt_key))
+                if (!is_filament_extruder_override_key(opt_key) || key_values.count(opt_key))
-                    continue; // already carried by the diff
+                    continue; // not an override, or already carried by the diff
+                const ConfigOptionDef *def = print_config_def.get(opt_key);
+                if (def == nullptr || !def->default_value || def->default_value->is_nil())
+                    continue; // the option's default is nil too, so an absent key cannot come back as a value
                 const auto* opt_vec = dynamic_cast<const ConfigOptionVectorBase*>(preset.config.option(opt_key));
                 if (opt_vec == nullptr)
                     continue;

src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp

@@ -119,12 +119,18 @@ const std::vector<std::string> filament_extruder_override_keys = {
 };
 
 // Some filament override parameters are generated from filament_extruder_override_keys,
-// while filament_retract_length_nc is defined separately. Keep the generator list
+// while filament_retract_length_nc and the ironing overrides are defined separately.
-// unchanged and use this helper for behavior checks that need the full override set.
+// Keep the generator list unchanged and use this helper for behavior checks that need
+// the full override set. A nil in one of these keys means the override is disabled, so
+// child presets store and load it verbatim instead of treating nil as "inherit".
 bool is_filament_extruder_override_key(const std::string &opt_key)
 {
     return std::find(filament_extruder_override_keys.begin(), filament_extruder_override_keys.end(), opt_key) != filament_extruder_override_keys.end() ||
-           opt_key == "filament_retract_length_nc";
+           opt_key == "filament_retract_length_nc" ||
+           opt_key == "filament_ironing_flow" ||
+           opt_key == "filament_ironing_spacing" ||
+           opt_key == "filament_ironing_inset" ||
+           opt_key == "filament_ironing_speed";
 }
 
 size_t get_extruder_index(const GCodeConfig& config, unsigned int filament_id)
@@ -12272,7 +12278,8 @@ void DynamicPrintConfig::update_diff_values_to_child_config(DynamicPrintConfig&
                     opt_src->set(opt_target);
                 }
                 else
-                    opt_vec_src->set_only_diff(opt_vec_dest, variant_index, stride);
+                    // An override's nil means "disabled" and is the child's value; every other nil column inherits.
+                    opt_vec_src->set_only_diff(opt_vec_dest, variant_index, stride, is_filament_extruder_override_key(opt));
             }
         }
     }

src/slic3r/plugin/PluginAuditManager.hpp

@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 // Via pybind11 so this file requests the same python3xx.lib as everything else.
 #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 #include <pybind11/conduit/wrap_include_python_h.h>
+#include <functional>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
-#include <unordered_map>
-#include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
@@ -138,21 +137,55 @@ public:
     bool request_filesystem_read_permissions(const std::string& plugin_key,
                                              const std::vector<std::string>& paths);
 
+    // Ask the user to grant network access to the given http(s) URLs. Each URL is reduced to its
+    // scheme and host before prompting and persisting, so one approval covers every path, query
+    // and port on that host. The grant is written to both network_http and network_socket: the
+    // same declared host can surface through HTTP events (urllib/http.client) and raw socket
+    // events. Like request_filesystem_read_permissions, the request may originate on a plugin
+    // load worker; denial aborts the plugin load without adding a permission.
+    bool request_network_permissions(const std::string& plugin_key,
+                                     const std::vector<std::string>& urls);
+
+    // Canonical scheme://host form used to store and match network permissions. Returns an empty
+    // string unless `url` is an absolute http(s) URL with a host. The path, query, fragment,
+    // userinfo and port are discarded; scheme and host are lowercased.
+    static std::string normalize_network_url(const std::string& url);
+
+    // True when a granted scheme://host entry covers `target`. `target` is a URL (urllib.Request),
+    // a bare host (http.client.connect, socket.getaddrinfo) or an address as exposed by the audit
+    // event (a hostname, a host:port pair, or a legacy persisted tuple such as "('host', 443)").
+    // URL targets must match both scheme and host. Canonical scheme://host grants cover all paths;
+    // older full-URL grants remain exact. A bare host carries no scheme, so it matches the host
+    // part of any grant; it never matches a different host.
+    static bool network_permission_matches(const std::vector<std::string>& granted,
+                                           const std::string& target);
+
     void report_violation(const AuditViolation& violation);
     bool audit_denial_pending() const;
     void clear_audit_denial();
     void clear_last_violation();
     bool last_violation(AuditViolation& violation) const;
 
-    // --- call-site cascade cache ---
+    // --- operation-root frames ---
-    // A single plugin action often fires several nested CPython audit events as it passes
+    // One stdlib operation fires several nested audit events as it passes through lower layers:
-    // through stdlib layers (urllib.request calling http.client calling socket, for example).
+    // urlopen() raises urllib.Request, then http.client and socket events. When an operation's
-    // Once the user approves one event, every stdlib frame still on the stack for that call
+    // own root event is granted (by a saved grant or the user), the stdlib frame that raised it
-    // is recorded here by (filename, function, first line) identity. A later event whose own
+    // is held, and a later event whose stack reaches that frame through stdlib frames only is
-    // ancestor chain still contains one of those frames is the same logical action seen from
+    // part of the same operation, so it is allowed without a prompt of its own. Plugin or
-    // a deeper layer, so it is auto-approved instead of prompting again.
+    // library code the operation calls back into is judged on its own. A frame is let go once it
-    bool has_approved_ancestor(const std::string& plugin_key, const std::vector<std::string>& call_site_ids) const;
+    // returns, a suspended generator's (os.walk) when the audit scope ends. Letting a frame go may
-    void record_approved_call_sites(const std::string& plugin_key, const std::vector<std::string>& call_site_ids);
+    // run finalizers of objects its locals held; they are judged as the plugin and never prompt.
+    void record_root_frame();
+    bool covered_by_root_frame() const;
+    bool releasing_frames() const;
+
+    // True when code from `filename` (a code object's co_filename) is the interpreter's own
+    // stdlib: the only code a root frame's coverage passes through. Valid after install_hook().
+    static bool is_stdlib_file(const std::string& filename);
+
+    // Answers permission prompts in place of the dialog, for tests. Production never sets it.
+    using PermissionPrompt = std::function<bool(const std::string& event_name, const std::vector<std::string>& targets)>;
+    static void set_permission_prompt_for_testing(PermissionPrompt prompt);
 
     bool verbose_events = true;
 
@@ -163,24 +196,33 @@ private:
 
     static int audit_hook(const char* event, PyObject* args, void* user_data);
 
+    // Drops the references in `frames`, keeping the caller's error and denial state intact.
+    void release_frames(std::vector<PyObject*>& frames);
+
     static thread_local std::string                   m_current_plugin_key;
     static thread_local std::string                   m_current_capability_name;
     static thread_local std::vector<AllowedRoot>       m_scoped_allowed_roots;
+    static thread_local std::vector<PyObject*>         m_root_frames; // strong references
+    static thread_local int                            m_releasing_frames;
     static thread_local bool                           m_audit_denial_pending;
     static thread_local bool                           m_has_last_violation;
     static thread_local AuditViolation                 m_last_violation;
 
-    // mutable: is_denied_filename() and has_approved_ancestor() are const queries that must lock.
+    // mutable: is_denied_filename() is a const query that must lock.
     mutable std::mutex m_mutex;
+
     std::vector<AllowedRoot>             m_global_allowed_roots;
     std::vector<std::string>             m_denied_filenames;
     std::vector<std::string>             m_denied_path_keywords;
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>> m_approved_call_sites; // plugin_key -> call-site ids
 };
 
 // RAII guard that sets the current plugin key and capability name, restoring the previous
 // pair on scope exit. `capability_name` may be empty for calls that are not scoped to a
 // single capability.
+//
+// Each scope owns the root frames recorded inside it and lets them go, as its own plugin, before
+// restoring the outer context. That needs the GIL whenever a frame is still held, so construct
+// the scope after the GIL guard, to be destroyed before it.
 class ScopedPluginAuditContext
 {
 public:
@@ -194,9 +236,12 @@ public:
     ScopedPluginAuditContext& operator=(const ScopedPluginAuditContext&) = delete;
 
 private:
+    std::string                   m_plugin_key;
+    std::string                   m_capability;
     std::string                   m_previous_id;
     std::string                   m_previous_capability;
     std::vector<AllowedRoot>      m_previous_scoped_roots;
+    std::vector<PyObject*>        m_previous_root_frames;
 };
 
 } // namespace Slic3r

src/slic3r/plugin/PluginFsUtils.cpp

@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ bool read_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, PluginInstall
             read_string_list("network_socket", parsed.permissions.network_socket);
             read_string_list("process", parsed.permissions.process);
             read_string_list("threading", parsed.permissions.threading);
+            read_string_list("events", parsed.permissions.events);
         }
 
         if (state.contains("enabled") && state["enabled"].is_boolean())
@@ -832,6 +833,29 @@ bool read_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, PluginInstall
     }
 }
 
+namespace {
+
+// The single descriptor -> sidecar metadata mapping. Prefer installed_version (fetched at install
+// time and preserved across rewrites) over a possibly stale manifest version.
+void apply_install_metadata(PluginInstallState& state, const PluginDescriptor& entry)
+{
+    state.installed_from    = entry.is_cloud_plugin() ? "cloud" : "local";
+    state.installed_version = !entry.installed_version.empty() ? entry.installed_version : entry.version;
+    state.plugin_name       = entry.name;
+    state.cloud_uuid        = entry.cloud_uuid();
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+void seed_install_metadata(PluginInstallState& state, const PluginDescriptor& entry)
+{
+    if (!state.plugin_name.empty())
+        return;
+
+    apply_install_metadata(state, entry);
+    state.enabled = true;
+}
+
 bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const PluginInstallState& state)
 {
     namespace fs                = boost::filesystem;
@@ -852,6 +876,7 @@ bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const Plugin
         {"network_socket", state.permissions.network_socket},
         {"process", state.permissions.process},
         {"threading", state.permissions.threading},
+        {"events", state.permissions.events},
     };
 
     nlohmann::json capabilities = nlohmann::json::array();
@@ -874,16 +899,9 @@ bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const Plugin
     // Loading a plugin updates its lifecycle/capability state, but must retain permissions granted
     // during register_capabilities() or by a previous runtime audit prompt.
     read_install_state(plugin_dir, state);
-    state.installed_from    = entry.is_cloud_plugin() ? "cloud" : "local";
+    apply_install_metadata(state, entry);
-    // Prefer the descriptor's recorded installed_version (the version fetched from the cloud
+    state.enabled      = enabled;
-    // at install time, preserved across sidecar re-writes) so a stale manifest/PEP723 header
+    state.capabilities = capabilities;
-    // never overwrites the source-of-truth version. Fall back to the manifest version for
-    // first-time/local installs where installed_version is not yet populated.
-    state.installed_version = !entry.installed_version.empty() ? entry.installed_version : entry.version;
-    state.plugin_name       = entry.name;
-    state.cloud_uuid        = entry.cloud_uuid();
-    state.enabled           = enabled;
-    state.capabilities      = capabilities;
     return write_install_state(plugin_dir, state);
 }
 
@@ -894,11 +912,7 @@ bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const Plugin
     // permissions on a fresh install/reinstall. PluginManager writes the real per-capability flags
     // while preserving permissions once the package is loaded, via the overload above.
     PluginInstallState state;
-    state.installed_from    = entry.is_cloud_plugin() ? "cloud" : "local";
+    seed_install_metadata(state, entry);
-    state.installed_version = !entry.installed_version.empty() ? entry.installed_version : entry.version;
-    state.plugin_name       = entry.name;
-    state.cloud_uuid        = entry.cloud_uuid();
-    state.enabled           = true;
     return write_install_state(plugin_dir, state);
 }
 

src/slic3r/plugin/PluginFsUtils.hpp

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ struct PluginPermissions
     std::vector<std::string> network_socket;
     std::vector<std::string> process;
     std::vector<std::string> threading;
+    // Grants for audit events that expose no target, keyed "<category>:<event>" (e.g. "Socket:socket.__new__").
+    std::vector<std::string> events;
 };
 
 struct PluginInstallState {
@@ -184,12 +186,19 @@ std::vector<std::string> collect_resource_texture_files(const std::string& dir,
 
 // Canonical writer: emits the .install_state.json schema for the given state.
 bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const PluginInstallState& state);
+
 // Builds a PluginInstallState from the descriptor and delegates to the canonical writer.
 bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const PluginDescriptor& entry, bool enabled,
                          const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>>& capabilities);
 // Convenience overload: write(dir, entry, /*enabled=*/true, /*capabilities=*/{}).
 bool write_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, const PluginDescriptor& entry);
 
+// Fill the descriptor-derived install metadata into a sidecar state that does not describe an
+// installed plugin yet, and mark it enabled. Leaves permissions and capabilities untouched.
+// Single source for the metadata mapping used by the install writer and by the audit prompt path
+// that creates a sidecar on demand.
+void seed_install_metadata(PluginInstallState& state, const PluginDescriptor& entry);
+
 // Reads install state back into the descriptor; plugin_key is always derived. Returns whether the
 // sidecar was present and valid.
 bool read_install_state(const boost::filesystem::path& plugin_dir, PluginDescriptor& entry);

src/slic3r/plugin/PluginManager.cpp

@@ -1180,12 +1180,8 @@ void PluginManager::mark_plugin_install_state_disabled(const std::string& plugin
 
     const boost::filesystem::path root(descriptor.plugin_root);
     PluginInstallState state;
-    if (!read_install_state(root, state)) {
+    if (!read_install_state(root, state))
-        state.installed_from    = descriptor.is_cloud_plugin() ? "cloud" : "local";
+        seed_install_metadata(state, descriptor);
-        state.installed_version = !descriptor.installed_version.empty() ? descriptor.installed_version : descriptor.version;
-        state.plugin_name       = descriptor.name;
-        state.cloud_uuid        = descriptor.cloud_uuid();
-    }
     state.enabled = false;
     if (!write_install_state(root, state))
         return;

src/slic3r/plugin/PyPluginTrampoline.hpp

@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ public:
     // mistake), both fall back to the base's empty object rather than writing `"cap_config": null`.
     nlohmann::json get_default_config() const override
     {
+        pybind11::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
         ORCA_PY_AUDIT_SCOPE();
         try {
-            pybind11::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
             pybind11::function override = pybind11::get_override(static_cast<const Base*>(this), "get_default_config");
             if (!override)
                 return Base::get_default_config();

src/slic3r/plugin/PythonPluginBridge.cpp

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ std::mutex g_registry_mutex;
 std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<py::object>> g_pending_capabilities;
 std::unordered_map<std::string, py::object> g_pending_package;
 std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> g_pending_fs_read_permissions;
+std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<std::string>> g_pending_network_permissions;
 struct PluginInstanceHandle
 {
     // The C++ plugin interface points into a Python object. Keep both alive through one
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ void discard_pending_capture_without_python(const std::string& plugin_key)
     }
 
     g_pending_fs_read_permissions.erase(plugin_key);
+    g_pending_network_permissions.erase(plugin_key);
 }
 
 } // namespace
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ void PythonPluginBridge::begin_plugin_capture(const std::string& plugin_key)
         g_pending_capabilities.erase(plugin_key);
         g_pending_package.erase(plugin_key);
         g_pending_fs_read_permissions.erase(plugin_key);
+        g_pending_network_permissions.erase(plugin_key);
     }
     // From now until finalize/cancel, @orca.plugin and register_capability() calls made by
     // Python code on this thread are attributed to this plugin.
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ std::vector<CapturedCapability> PythonPluginBridge::finalize_plugin_capture(cons
             g_pending_capabilities.erase(capture_key);
             g_pending_package.erase(capture_key);
             g_pending_fs_read_permissions.erase(capture_key);
+            g_pending_network_permissions.erase(capture_key);
         };
 
         try {
@@ -200,6 +204,30 @@ std::vector<CapturedCapability> PythonPluginBridge::finalize_plugin_capture(cons
                     return {};
                 }
             }
+
+            std::vector<std::string> network_permissions;
+            {
+                std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_registry_mutex);
+                auto it = g_pending_network_permissions.find(capture_key);
+                if (it != g_pending_network_permissions.end()) {
+                    network_permissions = std::move(it->second);
+                    g_pending_network_permissions.erase(it);
+                }
+            }
+            if (!network_permissions.empty()) {
+                bool granted = false;
+                {
+                    py::gil_scoped_release release;
+                    granted = PluginAuditManager::instance().request_network_permissions(plugin_key, network_permissions);
+                }
+                if (!granted) {
+                    error = _u8L("Plugin network permission request denied");
+                    BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(warning) << error << " for key " << plugin_key;
+                    discard_pending_for_key();
+                    clear_active_key();
+                    return {};
+                }
+            }
         } catch (py::error_already_set& err) {
             log_python_exception_keep(err);
             error = err.what();
@@ -323,6 +351,7 @@ void PythonPluginBridge::cancel_plugin_capture(const std::string& plugin_key)
         g_pending_capabilities.erase(plugin_key);
         g_pending_package.erase(plugin_key);
         g_pending_fs_read_permissions.erase(plugin_key);
+        g_pending_network_permissions.erase(plugin_key);
     }
 
     if (g_active_plugin_key == plugin_key)
@@ -350,6 +379,7 @@ void PythonPluginBridge::clear_pending_captures()
         }
         g_pending_package.clear();
         g_pending_fs_read_permissions.clear();
+        g_pending_network_permissions.clear();
         g_active_plugin_key.clear();
         return;
     }
@@ -359,6 +389,7 @@ void PythonPluginBridge::clear_pending_captures()
     g_pending_capabilities.clear();
     g_pending_package.clear();
     g_pending_fs_read_permissions.clear();
+    g_pending_network_permissions.clear();
     g_active_plugin_key.clear();
 }
 
@@ -558,24 +589,50 @@ void bind_python_api(pybind11::module_& m)
 
     m.def(
         "request_permissions",
-        [](const std::vector<std::string>& fs_read) {
+        [](const std::vector<std::string>& fs_read, const std::vector<std::string>& network) {
             if (g_active_plugin_key.empty())
                 throw py::value_error("request_permissions() called outside plugin discovery context");
 
-            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_registry_mutex);
+            // Validate and canonicalize everything before touching the pending registry, so a
-            auto& requested = g_pending_fs_read_permissions[g_active_plugin_key];
+            // partially invalid call cannot leave a half-recorded request behind.
+            std::vector<std::string> normalized_network;
+            normalized_network.reserve(network.size());
+            for (const std::string& url : network) {
+                const std::string normalized = PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url(url);
+                if (normalized.empty())
+                    throw py::value_error(
+                        "request_permissions(network=...) requires an http:// or https:// URL with a host");
+                if (std::find(normalized_network.begin(), normalized_network.end(), normalized) == normalized_network.end())
+                    normalized_network.push_back(normalized);
+            }
+
             for (const std::string& path : fs_read) {
                 if (path.empty())
                     throw py::value_error("request_permissions(fs_read=...) does not accept empty paths");
-                if (std::find(requested.begin(), requested.end(), path) == requested.end())
+            }
-                    requested.push_back(path);
+
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_registry_mutex);
+            auto& requested_fs = g_pending_fs_read_permissions[g_active_plugin_key];
+            for (const std::string& path : fs_read) {
+                if (std::find(requested_fs.begin(), requested_fs.end(), path) == requested_fs.end())
+                    requested_fs.push_back(path);
+            }
+
+            if (!normalized_network.empty()) {
+                auto& requested_network = g_pending_network_permissions[g_active_plugin_key];
+                for (const std::string& entry : normalized_network) {
+                    if (std::find(requested_network.begin(), requested_network.end(), entry) == requested_network.end())
+                        requested_network.push_back(entry);
+                }
             }
         },
-        py::arg("fs_read") = std::vector<std::string>{},
+        py::arg("fs_read") = std::vector<std::string>{}, py::arg("network") = std::vector<std::string>{},
-        R"pbdoc(Request filesystem read permissions while OrcaSlicer loads your module.
+        R"pbdoc(Request permissions while OrcaSlicer loads your module.
 
-The host presents the request to the user after register_capabilities() returns. Denying the
+`fs_read` lists filesystem paths to read. `network` lists http(s) URLs; each is reduced to its
-request aborts the plugin load.)pbdoc");
+scheme and host, so one grant covers every path, query and port on that host. The host presents
+the requests to the user after register_capabilities() returns. Denying a request aborts the
+plugin load.)pbdoc");
 
     m.def("plugin", [](py::object cls) {
         if (g_active_plugin_key.empty())

src/slic3r/plugin/pluginTypes/printerAgent/PrinterAgentPluginCapabilityTrampoline.hpp

@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ public:
     int request_bind_ticket(std::string* ticket) override
     {
         try {
-            ORCA_PY_AUDIT_SCOPE();
             ::Slic3r::PluginCapabilityInterface::RefCounter _orca_ref_counter(*this);
             ::Slic3r::PythonGILState gil;
             if (!gil)
                 throw std::runtime_error("Python interpreter is shutting down");
+            ORCA_PY_AUDIT_SCOPE();
             pybind11::function override =
                 pybind11::get_override(static_cast<const PrinterAgentPluginCapability*>(this), "request_bind_ticket");
             if (!override)

tests/libslic3r/test_config.cpp

@@ -1263,6 +1263,55 @@ TEST_CASE("read_cli rejects an invalid scalar numeric value", "[Config]") {
     REQUIRE_FALSE(config.read_cli(3, argv, &extra, &keys));
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("A scalar option keeps its value when deserializing fails", "[Config]") {
+    using Catch::Matchers::WithinAbs;
+
+    SECTION("float") {
+        ConfigOptionFloat opt(7.5);
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(opt.deserialize("abc"));
+        CHECK_THAT(opt.value, WithinAbs(7.5, 1e-9));
+    }
+    SECTION("int") {
+        ConfigOptionInt opt(3);
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(opt.deserialize("abc"));
+        CHECK(opt.value == 3);
+    }
+    SECTION("percent") {
+        ConfigOptionPercent opt(40.);
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(opt.deserialize("abc%"));
+        CHECK_THAT(opt.value, WithinAbs(40., 1e-9));
+    }
+    SECTION("float or percent") {
+        ConfigOptionFloatOrPercent opt(0.4, false);
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(opt.deserialize("abc%"));
+        CHECK_THAT(opt.value, WithinAbs(0.4, 1e-9));
+        CHECK_FALSE(opt.percent);
+    }
+    SECTION("point") {
+        ConfigOptionPoint opt(Vec2d(1., 2.));
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(opt.deserialize("5,abc"));
+        CHECK(opt.value == Vec2d(1., 2.));
+    }
+    SECTION("point3") {
+        ConfigOptionPoint3 opt(Vec3d(1., 2., 3.));
+        REQUIRE_FALSE(opt.deserialize("5,6,abc"));
+        CHECK(opt.value == Vec3d(1., 2., 3.));
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A scalar option still takes a valid value", "[Config]") {
+    using Catch::Matchers::WithinAbs;
+
+    ConfigOptionFloatOrPercent opt(0.4, false);
+    REQUIRE(opt.deserialize("50%"));
+    CHECK_THAT(opt.value, WithinAbs(50., 1e-9));
+    CHECK(opt.percent);
+
+    ConfigOptionPoint point;
+    REQUIRE(point.deserialize("3x4"));
+    CHECK(point.value == Vec2d(3., 4.));
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("read_cli appends values when a vector option is repeated", "[Config]") {
     Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig config;
     t_config_option_keys extra, keys;
@@ -1678,3 +1727,75 @@ TEST_CASE("Default options of enum lists get their definition's keys map", "[Con
     }
     CHECK(enum_lists > 0);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("A disabled filament override survives the merge with a parent that sets it", "[Config][Variant]")
+{
+    std::set<std::string>      no_keys;
+    Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig parent;
+    parent.set_deserialize_strict("filament_retract_before_wipe", "100%");
+    parent.set_deserialize_strict("filament_ironing_flow", "15%");
+    Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig child;
+    child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_retract_before_wipe", "nil");
+    child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_ironing_flow", "nil");
+    parent.update_diff_values_to_child_config(child, "", "filament_extruder_variant",
+                                              Slic3r::filament_options_with_variant, no_keys);
+    CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_retract_before_wipe") == "nil");
+    CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_ironing_flow") == "nil");
+}
+
+SCENARIO("A two-variant child's disabled override column is matched to the parent's variant by name", "[Config][Variant]")
+{
+    std::set<std::string> no_keys;
+    GIVEN("A two-variant filament parent") {
+        Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig parent;
+        parent.set_deserialize_strict("filament_extruder_variant", "Direct Drive Standard;Direct Drive High Flow");
+        parent.set_deserialize_strict("filament_retract_before_wipe", "100%,100%");
+        parent.set_deserialize_strict("filament_flow_ratio", "1,1");
+        WHEN("the child disables the override on one variant and leaves a plain option nil on it") {
+            Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig child;
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_extruder_variant", "Direct Drive Standard;Direct Drive High Flow");
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_retract_before_wipe", "nil,100%");
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_flow_ratio", "nil,1.1");
+            parent.update_diff_values_to_child_config(child, "", "filament_extruder_variant",
+                                                      Slic3r::filament_options_with_variant, no_keys);
+            THEN("the override column is disabled while the plain option's nil column inherits") {
+                CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_retract_before_wipe") == "nil,100%");
+                CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_flow_ratio") == "1,1.1");
+            }
+        }
+        WHEN("the child lists the same variants in the other order") {
+            Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig child;
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_extruder_variant", "Direct Drive High Flow;Direct Drive Standard");
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_retract_before_wipe", "70%,nil");
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_flow_ratio", "1.1,nil");
+            parent.update_diff_values_to_child_config(child, "", "filament_extruder_variant",
+                                                      Slic3r::filament_options_with_variant, no_keys);
+            THEN("columns are matched by variant name, the disabled one included") {
+                CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_retract_before_wipe") == "nil,70%");
+                CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_flow_ratio") == "1,1.1");
+            }
+        }
+        WHEN("the child was saved with a single variant") {
+            Slic3r::DynamicPrintConfig child;
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_extruder_variant", "Direct Drive Standard");
+            child.set_deserialize_strict("filament_retract_before_wipe", "nil");
+            parent.update_diff_values_to_child_config(child, "", "filament_extruder_variant",
+                                                      Slic3r::filament_options_with_variant, no_keys);
+            THEN("its one value applies to every variant of that extruder, as slicing does") {
+                CHECK(parent.opt_serialize("filament_retract_before_wipe") == "nil,nil");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Every listed filament override is nullable", "[Config]")
+{
+    std::set<std::string> overrides(Slic3r::filament_extruder_override_keys.begin(), Slic3r::filament_extruder_override_keys.end());
+    overrides.insert({ "filament_retract_length_nc", "filament_ironing_flow", "filament_ironing_spacing", "filament_ironing_inset", "filament_ironing_speed" });
+    for (const auto &[key, def] : Slic3r::print_config_def.options) {
+        INFO(key);
+        CHECK(Slic3r::is_filament_extruder_override_key(key) == (overrides.count(key) == 1));
+        if (overrides.count(key) == 1)
+            CHECK(def.nullable);
+    }
+}

tests/libslic3r/test_ordering_strategies.cpp

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
 #include <catch2/generators/catch_generators.hpp>
 #include <catch2/catch_all.hpp>
-#include <catch2/generators/catch_generators.hpp>
-#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers.hpp>
-#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers_floating_point.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <math.h>
@@ -18,11 +15,8 @@
 #include "libslic3r/GCode/OrderingStrategies.hpp"
 #include "libslic3r/ShortestPath.hpp"
 #include "libslic3r/Geometry.hpp"
-#include "libslic3r/ShortestPath.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <numeric>
-#include <random>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <random>
@@ -57,73 +51,6 @@ static bool has_crossings(const std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers
     return false;
 }
 
-// Intersecting edge pairs whose reversal would shorten the cycle by more than SCALED_EPSILON, which
-// tsp_remove_crossings must leave none of.
-static size_t count_shortening_crossings(const std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers)
-{
-    size_t pn = path.size();
-    size_t count = 0;
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < pn; ++i) {
-        for (size_t j = i + 2; j < pn; ++j) {
-            if (i == 0 && j == pn - 1) continue;
-            const Point& ai = centers[path[i]];
-            const Point& bi = centers[path[(i + 1) % pn]];
-            const Point& aj = centers[path[j]];
-            const Point& bj = centers[path[(j + 1) % pn]];
-            if (Geometry::segments_intersect(ai, bi, aj, bj) &&
-                ai.distance_to(bi) + aj.distance_to(bj) - ai.distance_to(aj) - bi.distance_to(bj) > SCALED_EPSILON)
-                ++count;
-        }
-    }
-    return count;
-}
-
-// Exhaustive best-improvement 2-opt: each pass tests every pair of edges and applies the move with the largest
-// gain, the first (i, j) on a tie. tsp_2opt_improve must make the same moves.
-static bool exhaustive_2opt(std::vector<size_t>& path, const Points& centers, int max_passes)
-{
-    size_t pn = path.size();
-    if (pn <= 2) return false;
-    std::vector<double> el(pn), elsq(pn);
-    auto recompute = [&]() {
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < pn; ++i) {
-            el[i]   = (centers[path[i]].cast<double>() - centers[path[(i + 1) % pn]].cast<double>()).norm();
-            elsq[i] = (centers[path[i]].cast<double>() - centers[path[(i + 1) % pn]].cast<double>()).squaredNorm();
-        }
-    };
-    recompute();
-    bool improved = false;
-    for (int pass = 0; max_passes <= 0 || pass < max_passes; ++pass) {
-        size_t best_i = pn, best_j = pn;
-        double best_gain = 0;
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < pn; ++i) {
-            const Vec2d pi   = centers[path[i]].cast<double>();
-            const Vec2d p_in = centers[path[(i + 1) % pn]].cast<double>();
-            for (size_t j = i + 2; j < pn; ++j) {
-                size_t j_next = (j + 1) % pn;
-                if (i == 0 && j_next == 0) continue;
-                const Vec2d pj   = centers[path[j]].cast<double>();
-                const Vec2d p_jn = centers[path[j_next]].cast<double>();
-                double new_a_sq = (pj - pi).squaredNorm();
-                double new_b_sq = (p_jn - p_in).squaredNorm();
-                if (new_a_sq >= elsq[i] && new_b_sq >= elsq[j]) continue;
-                double new_a = std::sqrt(new_a_sq);
-                double new_b = std::sqrt(new_b_sq);
-                double gain = el[i] + el[j] - new_a - new_b;
-                if (gain > best_gain) {
-                    best_gain = gain;
-                    best_i = i; best_j = j;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (best_i == pn) break;
-        improved = true;
-        std::reverse(path.begin() + best_i + 1, path.begin() + best_j + 1);
-        recompute();
-    }
-    return improved;
-}
-
 static bool is_permutation(const std::vector<size_t>& path, size_t n)
 {
     if (path.size() != n) return false;
@@ -195,42 +122,6 @@ TEST_CASE("tsp_2opt_improve reduces path length", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
     CHECK(after <= before);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("tsp_2opt_improve makes the same moves as an exhaustive best-improvement scan", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
-    // 300 points in a 170000-unit square: random on a 1000-unit grid like island centroids snapped to 1 mm (many
-    // share a position or a line), random at full resolution, or a 20 x 15 lattice with a 1000-unit pitch, whose
-    // congruent cells give many moves exactly the same gain. The coordinates are small enough that every squared
-    // distance is an exact double, so both implementations compute bit-identical gains even where the compiler
-    // fuses multiply-adds. The tour is either the nearest-neighbour tour the island ordering starts from, or the
-    // input order, whose long edges make every radius query large. Both the default pass cap and an uncapped run
-    // to a 2-opt local optimum are compared.
-    enum class Layout { Snapped, Fine, Lattice };
-    const Layout layout  = GENERATE(Layout::Snapped, Layout::Fine, Layout::Lattice);
-    const bool nn_tour   = GENERATE(true, false);
-    const int max_passes = GENERATE(10, 0);
-    std::mt19937 rng(GENERATE(1u, 2u));
-    Points centers;
-    for (int i = 0; i < 300; ++i) {
-        if (layout == Layout::Lattice) {
-            centers.emplace_back(coord_t(i % 20) * 1000, coord_t(i / 20) * 1000);
-        } else {
-            const coord_t x = layout == Layout::Snapped ? coord_t(rng() % 171) * 1000 : coord_t(rng() % 170001);
-            const coord_t y = layout == Layout::Snapped ? coord_t(rng() % 171) * 1000 : coord_t(rng() % 170001);
-            centers.emplace_back(x, y);
-        }
-    }
-    std::vector<size_t> path(centers.size());
-    if (nn_tour)
-        path = chain_points(centers);
-    else
-        std::iota(path.begin(), path.end(), size_t(0));
-
-    std::vector<size_t> expected = path;
-    REQUIRE(exhaustive_2opt(expected, centers, max_passes));
-
-    CHECK(tsp_2opt_improve(path, centers, max_passes));
-    CHECK(path == expected);
-}
-
 TEST_CASE("tsp_remove_crossings eliminates crossings", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
     Points centers = make_random_16();
     std::vector<size_t> path(centers.size());
@@ -245,76 +136,6 @@ TEST_CASE("tsp_remove_crossings eliminates crossings", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
     REQUIRE(is_permutation(path, centers.size()));
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("tsp_remove_crossings leaves a tour alone when no reversal shortens it", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
-    // Three points on a diagonal, the middle one doubled as island centroids snapped to the same 1 mm cell are,
-    // and a corner closing the tour. Edges 0-1 and 2-3 touch at the doubled point, and reversing between them
-    // only swaps the two copies.
-    Points centers;
-    centers.emplace_back(0, 0);
-    centers.emplace_back(3000000, 3000000);
-    centers.emplace_back(3000000, 3000000);
-    centers.emplace_back(6000000, 6000000);
-    centers.emplace_back(6000000, 0);
-    std::vector<size_t> path = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
-    REQUIRE(Geometry::segments_intersect(centers[0], centers[1], centers[2], centers[3]));
-
-    CHECK(!tsp_remove_crossings(path, centers));
-    CHECK(path == std::vector<size_t>{0, 1, 2, 3, 4});
-}
-
-TEST_CASE("tsp_remove_crossings keeps a crossing whose reversal gains less than SCALED_EPSILON", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
-    // Two 100 mm edges crossing at a 10 nm offset: uncrossing them saves about 1e-6 scaled units of travel.
-    Points centers;
-    centers.emplace_back(0, 0);
-    centers.emplace_back(100000000, 10);
-    centers.emplace_back(100000000, 0);
-    centers.emplace_back(0, 10);
-    std::vector<size_t> path = {0, 1, 2, 3};
-    REQUIRE(Geometry::segments_intersect(centers[0], centers[1], centers[2], centers[3]));
-
-    CHECK(!tsp_remove_crossings(path, centers));
-    CHECK(path == std::vector<size_t>{0, 1, 2, 3});
-}
-
-TEST_CASE("tsp_remove_crossings reverses overlapping collinear edges when that shortens the tour", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
-    // Points at x = 0, 3, 1 and 2 mm on one line. Tour 0-3-1-2 is 8 mm long, and its edges [0,3] and [1,2] overlap.
-    // The shortest tour through points on a line is twice their 3 mm span.
-    Points centers;
-    centers.emplace_back(0, 0);
-    centers.emplace_back(3000000, 0);
-    centers.emplace_back(1000000, 0);
-    centers.emplace_back(2000000, 0);
-    std::vector<size_t> path = {0, 1, 2, 3};
-    REQUIRE_THAT(tsp_cycle_path_length(path, centers), Catch::Matchers::WithinAbs(8000000., 1.));
-
-    CHECK(tsp_remove_crossings(path, centers));
-    REQUIRE(is_permutation(path, centers.size()));
-    CHECK_THAT(tsp_cycle_path_length(path, centers), Catch::Matchers::WithinAbs(6000000., 1.));
-}
-
-TEST_CASE("tsp_remove_crossings leaves no shortening crossing in a tour of thousands of grid-snapped points", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {
-    // 4000 island centroids on a 170 mm plate, snapped to 1 mm as GCode::process_layer does, so many of them share
-    // a position or a line. The nearest-neighbour tour the island ordering starts from has crossings to remove.
-    std::mt19937 rng(GENERATE(1u, 2u, 3u));
-    Points centers;
-    for (int i = 0; i < 4000; ++i) {
-        const double x = double(rng() % 171);
-        const double y = double(rng() % 171);
-        centers.push_back(Point::new_scale(x, y));
-    }
-    std::vector<size_t> path = chain_points(centers);
-    const size_t first = path.front();
-    const double length_before = tsp_cycle_path_length(path, centers);
-    REQUIRE(count_shortening_crossings(path, centers) > 0);
-
-    CHECK(tsp_remove_crossings(path, centers));
-    REQUIRE(is_permutation(path, centers.size()));
-    CHECK(count_shortening_crossings(path, centers) == 0);
-    CHECK(tsp_cycle_path_length(path, centers) < length_before);
-    // Callers that start the tour near a given point rely on the first node staying in place.
-    CHECK(path.front() == first);
-}
-
 
 
 TEST_CASE("tsp_rotate_minimize_closing shortens closing edge", "[TSPPostProcessing]") {

tests/libslic3r/test_preset_bundle_loading.cpp

@@ -8417,3 +8417,58 @@ TEST_CASE("An empty choice list in a G-code's settings keeps the value it had be
     CHECK(config.opt_serialize("nozzle_volume_type") == "High Flow");
     CHECK(config.option<ConfigOptionStrings>("filament_multi_colour")->values.empty());
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("A disabled filament override is saved and reloaded column by column", "[Preset][Bundle]")
+{
+    ScopedPresetDataDir data_dir;
+    PresetBundle        bundle;
+
+    Preset &parent = add_inmemory_preset(bundle.filaments, "Parent PLA @System");
+    parent.config.option<ConfigOptionStrings>("filament_extruder_variant", true)->values = { "Direct Drive Standard", "Direct Drive High Flow" };
+    parent.config.option<ConfigOptionPercentsNullable>("filament_retract_before_wipe", true)->values = { 100., 100. };
+    parent.config.option<ConfigOptionFloatsNullable>("filament_flow_ratio", true)->values = { 1., 1. };
+
+    // The child turns the override off on the first variant and changes a plain option on the second.
+    const fs::path file = data_dir.tmp.path() / PRESET_FILAMENT_NAME / "Child PLA.json";
+    Preset         child(Preset::TYPE_FILAMENT, "Child PLA");
+    child.file    = file.string();
+    child.version = *Semver::parse("1.0.0");
+    child.config  = parent.config;
+    child.config.option<ConfigOptionString>(BBL_JSON_KEY_INHERITS, true)->value = parent.name;
+    child.config.option<ConfigOptionPercentsNullable>("filament_retract_before_wipe")->set_at_to_nil(0);
+    child.config.option<ConfigOptionFloatsNullable>("filament_flow_ratio")->values = { 1., 1.1 };
+    REQUIRE(child.save(&parent.config));
+
+    // On disk the override keeps every column, so its nil can only mean "off"; a plain
+    // option still stores nil for the columns that match the parent.
+    DynamicPrintConfig                 saved;
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> key_values;
+    std::string                        reason;
+    saved.load_from_json(file.string(), ForwardCompatibilitySubstitutionRule::EnableSilent, key_values, reason);
+    REQUIRE(reason.empty());
+    CHECK(saved.opt_serialize("filament_retract_before_wipe") == "nil,100%");
+    CHECK(saved.opt_serialize("filament_flow_ratio") == "nil,1.1");
+
+    PresetsConfigSubstitutions substitutions;
+    bundle.filaments.load_presets(data_dir.tmp.path().string(), PRESET_FILAMENT_NAME, substitutions,
+                                  ForwardCompatibilitySubstitutionRule::EnableSilent);
+    const Preset *loaded = bundle.filaments.find_preset("Child PLA");
+    REQUIRE(loaded != nullptr);
+    CHECK(loaded->config.opt_serialize("filament_retract_before_wipe") == "nil,100%");
+    CHECK(loaded->config.opt_serialize("filament_flow_ratio") == "1,1.1");
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("The cloud diff force-emits a disabled override only where the cloud would fill a value in", "[Preset][Bundle]")
+{
+    PresetBundle bundle;
+    add_inmemory_preset(bundle.filaments, "Parent PLA @System");
+    Preset &child = add_inmemory_preset(bundle.filaments, "Child PLA", "Parent PLA @System");
+    // Every override is nil in both parent and child, so none is in the plain diff.
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> key_values;
+    REQUIRE(bundle.filaments.get_differed_values_to_update(child, key_values) >= 0);
+    // Retract Before Wipe defaults to 100%: an absent key would come back as 100%, so nil is sent.
+    CHECK(key_values.count("filament_retract_before_wipe") == 1);
+    CHECK(key_values["filament_retract_before_wipe"] == "nil");
+    // An ironing override defaults to nil: an absent key stays nil, so it is not sent.
+    CHECK(key_values.count("filament_ironing_flow") == 0);
+}

tests/slic3rutils/test_plugin_audit.cpp

@@ -1,22 +1,48 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
+#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>
 #include <catch2/catch_all.hpp>
 
 #include <libslic3r/Utils.hpp>
 #include <libslic3r/libslic3r.h>         // GCODEVIEWER_APP_KEY, SLIC3R_APP_KEY (via libslic3r_version.h)
 #include <slic3r/plugin/PluginAuditManager.hpp>
+#include <slic3r/plugin/PluginFsUtils.hpp>
+#include <slic3r/plugin/PluginManager.hpp>
+#include <slic3r/plugin/PythonInterpreter.hpp>
+#include <slic3r/plugin/PythonPluginBridge.hpp>
+#include <slic3r/plugin/PythonPluginInterface.hpp>
+#include <slic3r/Utils/IPrinterAgent.hpp>
 #include <slic3r/Utils/OrcaCloudServiceAgent.hpp> // secret_constants::USER_SECRET_FILENAME
 
+#include <catch2/catch_message.hpp>
 #include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers.hpp>
+#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers_string.hpp>
 #include "libslic3r_version.h"
 #include "plugin_test_utils.hpp"
+#include "test_utils.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <pybind11/cast.h>
+#include <pybind11/embed.h>
+#include <pybind11/eval.h>
+#include <pybind11/gil.h>
+#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+#include <pybind11/pytypes.h>
+#include <pybind11/stl.h>
 
+#include <fstream>
+#include <functional>
+#include <ios>
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
 
 using namespace Slic3r;
 namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
+namespace py = pybind11;
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -325,6 +351,93 @@ TEST_CASE("Plugin audit a read-only allowed root blocks writes but not reads", "
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("Plugin audit network permissions match by scheme and host", "[audit]")
+{
+    SECTION("a URL is reduced to its scheme and host")
+    {
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url("https://API.Example.com:8443/v1/items?page=2#top") ==
+              "https://api.example.com");
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url("http://example.com") == "http://example.com");
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url("https://[2001:db8::1]:443/path") == "https://[2001:db8::1]");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("non-http schemes and targets without a scheme are not network URLs")
+    {
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url("ftp://example.com").empty());
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url("api.example.com").empty());
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::normalize_network_url("https://").empty());
+    }
+
+    SECTION("a URL target matches the same scheme and host regardless of path and port")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "https://api.example.com/v1/items?page=2"));
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "https://api.example.com:8443/upload"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("canonical host grants are broad but persisted full-URL grants stay exact")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> declared_host{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(declared_host, "https://api.example.com/v1"));
+
+        const std::vector<std::string> saved_url{"https://api.example.com/v1"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(saved_url, "https://api.example.com/v1"));
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(saved_url, "https://api.example.com/v2"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("a URL target does not match a different host or a different scheme")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "https://evil.example.com/v1"));
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "http://api.example.com/v1"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("a bare host target matches the host of a grant")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "api.example.com"));
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "api.example.com:443"));
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "other.example.com"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("legacy persisted address tuples keep matching their host")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> legacy_granted{"('api.example.com', 443)"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(legacy_granted, "api.example.com"));
+
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "('api.example.com', 443)"));
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "('93.184.216.34', 443)"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("an IPv6 literal matches across bracketed and bare forms")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{"https://[2001:db8::1]"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "2001:db8::1"));
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "[2001:db8::1]:443"));
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "2001:db8::2"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("a non-http URL only matches an exact grant")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{"ftp://example.com/file"};
+        CHECK(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "ftp://example.com/file"));
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "ftp://example.com/other"));
+
+        const std::vector<std::string> https{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(https, "ftp://api.example.com/file"));
+    }
+
+    SECTION("an empty grant list or an empty target never matches")
+    {
+        const std::vector<std::string> granted{};
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(granted, "https://api.example.com"));
+
+        const std::vector<std::string> any{"https://api.example.com"};
+        CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::network_permission_matches(any, ""));
+    }
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("Plugin audit a scoped root can also be registered read-only", "[audit]")
 {
     ScopedDataDir data_dir_guard("plugin-audit-scoped-readonly");
@@ -349,3 +462,747 @@ TEST_CASE("Plugin audit a scoped root can also be registered read-only", "[audit
         CHECK_FALSE(mgr.check_open((readonly_dir / "vendor.json").string(), "w").allowed);
     }
 }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The audit hook, run in the embedded interpreter
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Each TEST_CASE runs in its own process (catch_discover_tests), so each brings the plugin system
+// up with the audit hook installed, once, and shuts it down at the end. The tests loop over their
+// cases instead of using SECTIONs, which would restart the interpreter for every section.
+
+namespace {
+
+// Discovered, never loaded: the hook only needs the plugin's root and its sidecar.
+const char* const AUDIT_PLUGIN_SOURCE = R"PY(# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.12"
+#
+# [tool.orcaslicer.plugin]
+# name = "Audit Plugin"
+# description = "Plugin audit hook fixture"
+# author = "OrcaSlicer"
+# version = "1.0"
+# type = "script"
+# ///
+)PY";
+
+// A third-party library, installed outside the stdlib and outside the plugin.
+const char* const LIBRARY_SOURCE = R"PY(
+import socket
+import urllib.request
+
+def read_all(paths):
+    for path in paths:
+        with open(path) as f:
+            f.read()
+
+def connect_from_host(port):
+    socket.gethostname()
+    socket.create_connection(("127.0.0.1", port)).close()
+
+def fetch(url):
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+        return response.read()
+
+def fetch_each(urls):
+    for url in urls:
+        yield fetch(url)
+
+class ReadingHandler(urllib.request.BaseHandler):
+    """Reads a file while each response is processed."""
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.path = path
+        self.outcome = None
+
+    def http_response(self, request, response):
+        try:
+            open(self.path).close()
+            self.outcome = "ok"
+        except PermissionError:
+            self.outcome = "denied"
+        return response
+)PY";
+
+// Test-side Python, run outside any plugin context: files outside every allowed root, a local
+// HTTP server, the library, and every module the tests use imported up front, so that no import
+// happens inside a plugin context. Code from exec() runs as "<string>", which is not stdlib, so
+// attempt() and fetch() stand in for plugin code.
+const char* const AUDIT_SETUP = R"PY(
+import http.client, http.server, os, pathlib, shutil, socket, subprocess, sys, tempfile, threading
+import urllib.request, zipfile
+if os.name != "nt":
+    import pty
+
+APPROVED = os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "approved.txt")
+PRIVATE = os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "private.txt")
+MISSING = os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "missing")
+TREE = os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "tree")
+TRUE_COMMAND = ["cmd", "/c", "exit 0"] if os.name == "nt" else ["true"]
+for path in (APPROVED, PRIVATE):
+    with open(path, "w") as f:
+        f.write("x")
+for sub in ("one", "two"):
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(TREE, sub))
+    with open(os.path.join(TREE, sub, "f.txt"), "w") as f:
+        f.write("x")
+
+LIBRARY = os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "library")
+os.makedirs(LIBRARY)
+with open(os.path.join(LIBRARY, "netlib.py"), "w") as f:
+    f.write(LIBRARY_SOURCE)
+sys.path.insert(0, LIBRARY)
+import netlib
+
+class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_GET(self):
+        if self.path == "/redirect":
+            self.send_response(302)
+            self.send_header("Location", URL_B)
+            body = b""
+        else:
+            self.send_response(200)
+            body = b"ok"
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(body)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(body)
+
+    def log_message(self, *args):
+        pass
+
+server = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), Handler)
+threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True).start()
+PORT = server.server_address[1]
+BASE = "http://127.0.0.1:%d" % PORT
+URL_A, URL_B, URL_REDIRECT = BASE + "/a", BASE + "/b", BASE + "/redirect"
+urllib.request.install_opener(urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.ProxyHandler({})))
+
+def fetch(url):
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+        return response.read()
+
+fetch(URL_A)  # urllib imports some modules on its first request
+
+def attempt(action):
+    try:
+        action()
+        return "ok"
+    except PermissionError:
+        return "denied"
+
+def spawn_checked(argv):
+    parent = os.getpid()
+    try:
+        return pty.spawn(argv)
+    finally:
+        if os.getpid() != parent:
+            os._exit(1)  # a child whose exec was refused must not go on running the tests
+
+finalizer_outcomes = []
+
+class TrackedRequest(urllib.request.Request):
+    def __del__(self):
+        finalizer_outcomes.append(attempt(lambda: open(PRIVATE).close()))
+)PY";
+
+struct Prompt
+{
+    std::string              plugin;
+    std::string              event;
+    std::vector<std::string> targets;
+};
+
+// One line per prompt, "event: target ...", so a failed check shows every prompt.
+std::string describe(const std::vector<Prompt>& prompts)
+{
+    std::string text;
+    for (const Prompt& prompt : prompts) {
+        text += prompt.event + ":";
+        for (const std::string& target : prompt.targets)
+            text += " " + target;
+        text += "\n";
+    }
+    return text;
+}
+
+// The plugin system with the audit hook installed, and the permission dialog replaced by a
+// recorder that answers with `approve`. Declare it first in a test, so it is destroyed last.
+struct AuditHarness
+{
+    // Before initialize(): the interpreter creates {data_dir}/python/packages and {data_dir}/log.
+    // data_dir() is a global allowed root from then on, so the test files live in `outside`.
+    ScopedDataDir                      data{"plugin-audit-hook"};
+    bool                               initialized = PluginManager::instance().initialize();
+    ScopedTemporaryDir                 outside{"orca-plugin-audit-outside"};
+    std::vector<Prompt>                prompts;
+    std::function<bool(const Prompt&)> approve = [](const Prompt&) { return false; };
+
+    AuditHarness()
+    {
+        PluginAuditManager::set_permission_prompt_for_testing(
+            [this](const std::string& event, const std::vector<std::string>& targets) {
+                prompts.push_back({PluginAuditManager::instance().current_plugin(), event, targets});
+                return approve(prompts.back());
+            });
+    }
+
+    ~AuditHarness()
+    {
+        PluginAuditManager::set_permission_prompt_for_testing(nullptr);
+        PluginManager::instance().shutdown();
+        PythonInterpreter::instance().shutdown();
+    }
+
+    // Call before taking the GIL: discovery is not Python work.
+    void add_plugin(const std::string& key)
+    {
+        const fs::path root = data.plugins_dir() / key;
+        fs::create_directories(root);
+        std::ofstream((root / (key + ".py")).string(), std::ios::binary) << AUDIT_PLUGIN_SOURCE;
+        save_permissions(key, {});
+        PluginManager::instance().discover_plugins(/*async=*/false, /*clear=*/true);
+    }
+
+    // Grants as if saved in an earlier session.
+    void save_permissions(const std::string& key, const PluginPermissions& permissions)
+    {
+        PluginInstallState state;
+        state.installed_from    = "local";
+        state.installed_version = "1.0";
+        state.plugin_name       = key;
+        state.permissions       = permissions;
+        REQUIRE(write_install_state(data.plugins_dir() / key, state));
+    }
+
+    PluginPermissions saved_permissions(const std::string& key) const
+    {
+        PluginInstallState state;
+        read_install_state(data.plugins_dir() / key, state);
+        return state.permissions;
+    }
+};
+
+// The test-side Python globals. Construct and destroy it with the GIL held; it stops the HTTP
+// server before the interpreter shuts down.
+struct PythonSide
+{
+    py::dict globals;
+
+    explicit PythonSide(const AuditHarness& harness)
+    {
+        globals["OUTSIDE"]        = harness.outside.path().string();
+        globals["LIBRARY_SOURCE"] = LIBRARY_SOURCE;
+        exec(AUDIT_SETUP);
+    }
+
+    // A Python error fails the test here, as text: an error_already_set left to propagate would
+    // outlive the interpreter the harness shuts down.
+    void exec(const char* code)
+    {
+        std::string error;
+        try {
+            py::exec(code, globals);
+        } catch (py::error_already_set& raised) {
+            error = raised.what();
+        }
+        if (!error.empty())
+            FAIL(error);
+    }
+
+    ~PythonSide()
+    {
+        try {
+            globals["server"].attr("shutdown")();
+            globals["server"].attr("server_close")();
+        } catch (...) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::string              str(const char* name) const { return py::str(globals[name]).cast<std::string>(); }
+    std::string              eval(const char* expression) const { return py::str(py::eval(expression, globals)).cast<std::string>(); }
+    std::vector<std::string> strings(const char* name) const { return globals[name].cast<std::vector<std::string>>(); }
+
+    // Runs `code` as `plugin_key`, as a trampoline call does: inside the caller's GIL, in an
+    // audit scope of its own.
+    void run_as(const std::string& plugin_key, const char* code)
+    {
+        ScopedPluginAuditContext audit(plugin_key);
+        exec(code);
+    }
+};
+
+PluginPermissions http_grants(std::vector<std::string> urls)
+{
+    PluginPermissions permissions;
+    permissions.network_http = std::move(urls);
+    return permissions;
+}
+
+const char* const PLUGIN = "AuditPlugin";
+
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_CASE("A saved request grant covers the request's own connection in a later session", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    harness.save_permissions(PLUGIN, http_grants({python.str("URL_A")}));
+
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, "outcome = attempt(lambda: fetch(URL_A))");
+
+    CHECK(python.str("outcome") == "ok");
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts).empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A saved request grant does not cover another URL or a redirect", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    harness.save_permissions(PLUGIN, http_grants({python.str("URL_A"), python.str("URL_REDIRECT")}));
+
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+outcomes = [attempt(lambda: fetch(url)) for url in (URL_A, URL_B, URL_REDIRECT)]
+outcomes += [attempt(lambda: netlib.fetch(url)) for url in (URL_A, URL_B)]
+outcomes.append(attempt(lambda: list(netlib.fetch_each([URL_A, URL_B]))))
+)PY");
+
+    // The redirect target is asked for inside the approved redirecting request, and a library's
+    // wrapper or generator asks for the second URL as plain code does.
+    CHECK(python.strings("outcomes") == std::vector<std::string>{"ok", "denied", "denied", "ok", "denied", "denied"});
+    const std::string url_b = "urllib.Request: " + python.str("URL_B") + "\n";
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == url_b + url_b + url_b + url_b);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Code an approved operation calls back into is judged on its own", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    python.exec(R"PY(
+CALLBACK_COPY = os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "callback-copy")
+handler = netlib.ReadingHandler(PRIVATE)
+handler_opener = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.ProxyHandler({}), handler)
+walk_outcomes = []
+copy_outcomes = []
+
+def on_walk_error(error):
+    walk_outcomes.append(attempt(lambda: open(PRIVATE).close()))
+
+def copy_file(source, destination):
+    copy_outcomes.append(attempt(lambda: open(PRIVATE).close()))
+)PY");
+    PluginPermissions permissions = http_grants({python.str("URL_A")});
+    permissions.fs_read           = {python.str("APPROVED"), python.str("MISSING")};
+    permissions.fs_readwrite      = {python.str("TREE"), python.str("CALLBACK_COPY")};
+    harness.save_permissions(PLUGIN, permissions);
+
+    // A library handler that urllib calls while the approved request runs, the plugin's own
+    // os.walk error callback and copytree copy function (called once per file), and a library
+    // loop over a saved file and an unsaved one.
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+request_outcome = attempt(lambda: handler_opener.open(URL_A).read())
+for _ in os.walk(MISSING, onerror=on_walk_error):
+    pass
+shutil.copytree(TREE, CALLBACK_COPY, copy_function=copy_file)
+loop_outcome = attempt(lambda: netlib.read_all([APPROVED, PRIVATE]))
+)PY");
+
+    CHECK(python.str("request_outcome") == "ok");
+    CHECK(python.eval("handler.outcome") == "denied");
+    CHECK(python.strings("walk_outcomes") == std::vector<std::string>{"denied"});
+    CHECK(python.strings("copy_outcomes") == std::vector<std::string>{"denied", "denied"});
+    CHECK(python.str("loop_outcome") == "denied");
+    const std::string private_file = "open: " + python.str("PRIVATE") + "\n";
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == private_file + private_file + private_file + private_file + private_file);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A saved directory walk covers each directory it lists", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    PluginPermissions permissions;
+    permissions.fs_read = {python.str("TREE"), python.str("APPROVED")};
+    harness.save_permissions(PLUGIN, permissions);
+
+    // The walk lists the tree's two subdirectories on later resumes, after the plugin's own
+    // audited reads in between. Abandoned walks leave frames whose generator is gone, which the
+    // next audited event lets go.
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+walked = []
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TREE):
+    walked.append(root)
+    open(APPROVED).close()
+globbed = list(pathlib.Path(TREE).glob("**/*"))
+
+abandoned = os.walk(TREE)
+next(abandoned)
+del abandoned
+open(APPROVED).close()
+for _ in pathlib.Path(TREE).glob("*"):
+    break
+open(APPROVED).close()
+)PY");
+
+    CHECK(py::len(python.globals["walked"]) == 3);
+    CHECK(py::len(python.globals["globbed"]) == 4);
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts).empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A freshly approved operation covers its nested events", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+
+    struct Case
+    {
+        const char* prompts;
+        const char* code;
+    };
+    // Each operation names targets no earlier one saved, so each is asked once. FsCreate and
+    // FsDelete grants are never saved, so those operations are asked every time. Only the
+    // expected prompts are approved, so a nested event left uncovered fails the operation.
+    std::vector<Case> cases = {
+        {"shutil.copytree", "shutil.copytree(TREE, os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'copy'))"},
+        {"shutil.copyfile", "shutil.copyfile(APPROVED, os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'copied.txt'))"},
+        {"shutil.move", "shutil.move(os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'copied.txt'), os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'moved.txt'))"},
+        {"shutil.copystat", "shutil.copystat(os.path.join(TREE, 'one', 'f.txt'), PRIVATE)"},
+        {"shutil.make_archive", "shutil.make_archive(os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'archive'), 'zip', root_dir=TREE)"},
+        {"shutil.unpack_archive", "shutil.unpack_archive(os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'archive.zip'), os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'unpacked'))"},
+        {"pathlib.Path.glob", "list(pathlib.Path(TREE).glob('**/*'))"},
+        {"subprocess.Popen", "subprocess.run(TRUE_COMMAND, check=True)"},
+        {"tempfile.mkdtemp", "tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=OUTSIDE)"},
+        {"tempfile.mkstemp", "os.close(tempfile.mkstemp(dir=OUTSIDE)[0])"},
+        {"shutil.rmtree", "shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'copy'))"},
+        // send() runs after connect() has returned, so its own grant is asked once.
+        {"http.client.connect\nhttp.client.send",
+         "connection = http.client.HTTPConnection('127.0.0.1', PORT)\n"
+         "connection.request('GET', '/a')\n"
+         "connection.getresponse().read()\n"
+         "connection.close()"},
+    };
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    cases.push_back({"os.fwalk", "list(os.fwalk(os.path.join(OUTSIDE, 'unpacked')))"});
+    // The forked child's exec is covered by the spawn too: had it prompted, the child's own
+    // denial would end it with status 1.
+    cases.push_back({"pty.spawn", "spawn_status = spawn_checked(TRUE_COMMAND + ['spawned'])"});
+#endif
+
+    for (const Case& operation : cases) {
+        INFO(operation.code);
+        const std::string expected = std::string(operation.prompts) + "\n";
+        harness.approve = [&expected](const Prompt& prompt) {
+            return expected.find(prompt.event + "\n") != std::string::npos;
+        };
+        harness.prompts.clear();
+        python.run_as(PLUGIN, operation.code);
+
+        std::string asked;
+        for (const Prompt& prompt : harness.prompts)
+            asked += (asked.empty() ? "" : "\n") + prompt.event;
+        CHECK(asked == operation.prompts);
+    }
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    CHECK(python.eval("spawn_status") == "0");
+#endif
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("An event with no target is granted by name and remembered", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    harness.approve = [](const Prompt& prompt) { return prompt.event != "socket.sendto"; };
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+socket.socket().close()
+udp = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+sendto_outcome = attempt(lambda: udp.sendto(b"x", ("127.0.0.1", 9)))
+udp.close()
+)PY");
+
+    // The socket is asked for once, without a target to show; the datagram's address is a target.
+    CHECK(python.str("sendto_outcome") == "denied");
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == "socket.__new__:\nsocket.sendto: ('127.0.0.1', 9)\n");
+    CHECK(harness.saved_permissions(PLUGIN).events == std::vector<std::string>{"Socket:socket.__new__"});
+    CHECK(harness.saved_permissions(PLUGIN).network_socket.empty());
+
+    harness.prompts.clear();
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, "socket.socket().close()");
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts).empty());
+
+    // A grant for an event with no target covers nothing else: a library's approved
+    // gethostname() does not carry the connection it makes next.
+    harness.approve = [](const Prompt& prompt) { return prompt.event == "socket.gethostname"; };
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, "connect_outcome = attempt(lambda: netlib.connect_from_host(PORT))");
+    CHECK(python.str("connect_outcome") == "denied");
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == "socket.gethostname:\nsocket.getaddrinfo: 127.0.0.1\n");
+    harness.prompts.clear();
+    harness.approve = [](const Prompt&) { return true; };
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    // sendmsg() without an address names no target either.
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+left, right = socket.socketpair()
+left.sendmsg([b"x"])
+left.close()
+right.close()
+)PY");
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == "socket.sendmsg:\n");
+    CHECK(harness.saved_permissions(PLUGIN).events ==
+          std::vector<std::string>{"Socket:socket.__new__", "Socket:socket.gethostname", "Socket:socket.sendmsg"});
+#endif
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("An event grant does not stand in for another access or a target of the same name", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    harness.approve = [asked = 0](const Prompt&) mutable { return asked++ == 0; };
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    python.exec(R"PY(
+READ_FD = os.open(APPROVED, os.O_RDONLY)
+WRITE_FD = os.open(os.path.join(OUTSIDE, "scratch.txt"), os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT)
+)PY");
+
+    // A file descriptor has no path to show or save: a granted read of one is not a write.
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+fd_outcomes = [attempt(lambda: open(READ_FD, "r", closefd=False).close()),
+               attempt(lambda: open(WRITE_FD, "w", closefd=False).close())]
+)PY");
+    CHECK(python.strings("fd_outcomes") == std::vector<std::string>{"ok", "denied"});
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == "open:\nopen:\n");
+    CHECK(harness.saved_permissions(PLUGIN).events == std::vector<std::string>{"FsRead:open"});
+
+    // A saved os.fork event grant is not an os.system command named "os.fork".
+    PluginPermissions permissions;
+    permissions.events = {"FsRead:open", "ProcessCreate:os.fork"};
+    harness.save_permissions(PLUGIN, permissions);
+    harness.prompts.clear();
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+reread_outcome = attempt(lambda: open(READ_FD, "r", closefd=False).close())
+system_outcome = attempt(lambda: os.system("os.fork"))
+os.close(READ_FD)
+os.close(WRITE_FD)
+)PY");
+    CHECK(python.str("reread_outcome") == "ok");
+    CHECK(python.str("system_outcome") == "denied");
+    REQUIRE(harness.prompts.size() == 1);
+    CHECK(harness.prompts.front().event == "os.system");
+    CHECK(harness.saved_permissions(PLUGIN).process.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A finalizer run when a root frame is let go is judged as the plugin without a prompt", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin(PLUGIN);
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    PluginPermissions permissions = http_grants({python.str("URL_A")});
+    permissions.fs_read           = {python.str("APPROVED")};
+    harness.save_permissions(PLUGIN, permissions);
+    PluginAuditManager& mgr = PluginAuditManager::instance();
+
+    // Once the request returns, only its held frame keeps the request object alive, and the
+    // request's finalizer reads a file the plugin was never granted.
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, "fetch(TrackedRequest(URL_A))");
+    CHECK(python.strings("finalizer_outcomes") == std::vector<std::string>{"denied"}); // at scope end
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts).empty());
+    CHECK_FALSE(mgr.audit_denial_pending());
+
+    python.exec("finalizer_outcomes.clear()");
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+fetch(TrackedRequest(URL_A))
+open(APPROVED).close()  # the next event lets the returned request's frame go
+outcomes_before_scope_end = list(finalizer_outcomes)
+)PY");
+    CHECK(python.strings("outcomes_before_scope_end") == std::vector<std::string>{"denied"});
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts).empty());
+
+    // The finalizer's denial during another event's decision leaves that event's own denial intact.
+    python.exec("finalizer_outcomes.clear()");
+    python.run_as(PLUGIN, R"PY(
+fetch(TrackedRequest(URL_A))
+try:
+    os.listdir(OUTSIDE)
+    outer_error = ""
+except PermissionError as error:
+    outer_error = str(error)
+)PY");
+    CHECK(python.strings("finalizer_outcomes") == std::vector<std::string>{"denied"});
+    CHECK_THAT(python.str("outer_error"), Catch::Matchers::ContainsSubstring("os.listdir"));
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == "os.listdir: " + python.str("OUTSIDE") + "\n");
+    AuditViolation violation;
+    REQUIRE(mgr.last_violation(violation));
+    CHECK(violation.event_name == "os.listdir");
+    CHECK(mgr.audit_denial_pending());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("A nested audit scope does not see the outer scope's running operations", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.add_plugin("PluginA");
+    harness.add_plugin("PluginB");
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    PluginPermissions permissions;
+    permissions.fs_read = {python.str("TREE")};
+    harness.save_permissions("PluginA", permissions);
+
+    {
+        // Two walks plugin A started and suspended after listing the tree itself.
+        ScopedPluginAuditContext plugin_a("PluginA");
+        python.exec("first = os.walk(TREE)\nnext(first)\nsecond = os.walk(TREE)\nnext(second)");
+        {
+            // Plugin B resuming one of them is asked for each subdirectory, as plugin B.
+            ScopedPluginAuditContext plugin_b("PluginB");
+            python.exec("listed_by_b = len(list(first))");
+        }
+        // Back in plugin A's scope, its walks are covered again.
+        python.exec("listed_by_a = len(list(second))");
+    }
+
+    CHECK(python.globals["listed_by_b"].cast<int>() == 0);
+    CHECK(python.globals["listed_by_a"].cast<int>() == 2);
+    REQUIRE(harness.prompts.size() == 2);
+    for (const Prompt& prompt : harness.prompts) {
+        CHECK(prompt.plugin == "PluginB");
+        CHECK(prompt.event == "os.scandir");
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Root frames held when a capability call ends are let go with the GIL, as the plugin", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    harness.approve = [](const Prompt& prompt) { return prompt.event == "os.walk"; };
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+    PythonSide python(harness);
+    (void) PythonPluginBridge::instance(); // force the embedded module registration into the binary
+    python.globals["orca"] = py::module_::import("orca");
+
+    // walk_and_drop() leaves a returned walk's frame held by the audit scope alone, with a marker
+    // in its locals; the frame is let go when the capability call ends, which runs the marker's
+    // finalizer.
+    python.exec(R"PY(
+class Marker:
+    def __init__(self, action=None):
+        self.action = action
+    def __del__(self):
+        finalized.append(self.action() if self.action else "ran")
+
+finalized = []
+
+def walk_and_drop(marker):
+    walker = os.walk(TREE, onerror=marker)
+    next(walker)
+    del walker
+
+class ConfigCapability(orca.PythonPluginBase):
+    def get_name(self):
+        return "config_cap"
+    def get_default_config(self):
+        walk_and_drop(Marker())
+        return {"finalized_during_call": len(finalized)}
+    def has_config_ui(self):
+        walker = os.walk(TREE, onerror=Marker(lambda: attempt(lambda: open(PRIVATE).close())))
+        next(walker)
+        attempt(lambda: os.listdir(OUTSIDE))  # denied: the trampoline clears the plugin key
+        del walker  # the walk's frame is now held by the audit scope alone
+        raise RuntimeError("the capability fails after a denial")
+
+class TicketAgent(orca.printer_agent.PrinterAgentBase):
+    def get_name(self):
+        return "ticket_agent"
+    def request_bind_ticket(self):
+        walk_and_drop(Marker())
+        return (0, "ticket")
+)PY");
+
+    py::object config_instance = python.globals["ConfigCapability"]();
+    auto       config_cap      = config_instance.cast<std::shared_ptr<PluginCapabilityInterface>>();
+    config_cap->set_audit_plugin_key("GilPlugin");
+    config_cap->set_resolved_identity("config_cap", PluginCapabilityType::Script);
+
+    py::object agent_instance = python.globals["TicketAgent"]();
+    auto       agent_cap      = agent_instance.cast<std::shared_ptr<PluginCapabilityInterface>>();
+    agent_cap->set_audit_plugin_key("GilPlugin");
+    agent_cap->set_resolved_identity("ticket_agent", PluginCapabilityType::PrinterConnection);
+    auto agent = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<IPrinterAgent>(agent_cap);
+    REQUIRE(agent);
+
+    // A host call arrives without the GIL; both calls take it before their audit scope.
+    nlohmann::json config;
+    int            ticket_result = -1;
+    std::string    ticket;
+    {
+        py::gil_scoped_release released;
+        config        = config_cap->get_default_config();
+        ticket_result = agent->request_bind_ticket(&ticket);
+    }
+    CHECK(config == nlohmann::json{{"finalized_during_call", 0}});
+    CHECK(ticket_result == 0);
+    CHECK(ticket == "ticket");
+    CHECK(python.strings("finalized") == std::vector<std::string>{"ran", "ran"});
+
+    // On the trampoline's denial path the frame is let go as the plugin, though the ambient key
+    // was cleared: the finalizer's read is audited and denied without a prompt.
+    python.exec("finalized.clear()");
+    harness.prompts.clear();
+    CHECK_THROWS_AS(config_cap->has_config_ui(), py::error_already_set);
+    CHECK(python.strings("finalized") == std::vector<std::string>{"denied"});
+    CHECK(describe(harness.prompts) == "os.walk: " + python.str("TREE") + "\nos.listdir: " + python.str("OUTSIDE") + "\n");
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Stdlib code is recognized through a symlinked Python home", "[audit][Python]")
+{
+    AuditHarness harness;
+    if (!harness.initialized)
+        SKIP("Bundled Python interpreter unavailable: " + PythonInterpreter::instance().last_error());
+    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil;
+
+    const py::dict paths   = py::module_::import("sysconfig").attr("get_paths")();
+    const fs::path stdlib  = py::str(paths["stdlib"]).cast<std::string>();
+    const fs::path purelib = py::str(paths["purelib"]).cast<std::string>();
+    const fs::path link    = harness.outside.path() / "linked-stdlib";
+    boost::system::error_code ec;
+    fs::create_directory_symlink(stdlib, link, ec);
+    if (ec)
+        SKIP("Cannot create a directory symlink here: " + ec.message());
+
+    CHECK(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file((stdlib / "os.py").string()));
+    CHECK(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file((link / "urllib" / "request.py").string()));
+    CHECK(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file("<frozen os>"));
+    CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file((purelib / "requests" / "api.py").string()));
+    CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file((link / "site-packages" / "requests" / "api.py").string()));
+    CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file((harness.outside.path() / "plugin.py").string()));
+    CHECK_FALSE(PluginAuditManager::is_stdlib_file("<string>"));
+}