Seven test files were written this session, reported as landed, and never committed: `zit commit` with no paths captures TRACKED files, and new files need `zit add` first. make check passed every time because they were on disk in the worktree, which proves nothing about what is in the check-in.

What was missing:

- search kinds, held in agreement across four places (the index list, two ops validators, the scope chips, hitOf). This is the guard that caught `doc` and again `file` the moment each was added; without it the validator silently refused a kind the chips offered. - technote edits collapsing to one timeline row, folded in three different orders, because a clone delivers artifacts in wire order. - wiki and technote search matching the CURRENT revision only, the "terrified" case. - Contributors(0) meaning every contributor rather than a silent 100. - the ops phase states, the stalled-store trap, and an empty fleet.

Verified by removing them and running the suite: it stays green, which is precisely the problem — trunk has been passing on their absence. closed check-in: 24fdaa723a user: dmestas tags: search-guards