From 6eaaa8f5cae75aa31d50fbc20f9fbad556d95067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meta Vens <rwvens@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 02:42:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Route world lowering gaps to runtime owners

---
 docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md              |  5 +++++
 docs/parity-testing-harness.md             |  4 ++++
 scripts/run-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1 |  3 ++-
 tools/parity/run-parity.mjs                | 11 +++++++++--
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md b/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
index e528b93..fa7e253 100644
--- a/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/eve-migration-roadmap.md
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ Recently cut:
   `packs/runtime.json`, the runtime-owner smoke asserts them, and the generic
   conformance smoke now reports the advertised but unclaimed `unity-scene`
   lowering target as an explicit capability gap.
+- Missing provider-advertised world-surface lowering targets are now assigned
+  to their pending runtime owner when one exists. `unity-scene` gaps point at
+  EveUnity's pending `unity-scene` runtime, and `tui` gaps point at EveTui's
+  pending `tui` runtime. Eve only owns a world-lowering gap when no runtime
+  target has been declared.
 - EveUnity now has a pending Unity scene handoff at
   `runtimes/incubating/eve-unity-scene/eveunity-scene-split-handoff.json`.
   The active `unity-uitoolkit` runtime remains a semantic UI surface lowerer;
diff --git a/docs/parity-testing-harness.md b/docs/parity-testing-harness.md
index 1a62a5d..4d96905 100644
--- a/docs/parity-testing-harness.md
+++ b/docs/parity-testing-harness.md
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ Capability gaps are exported as `capabilityGaps[]`. They are derived from
 missing plugin/provider/runtime evidence, declared unsupported plugin
 projection, capture gaps, and split blockers. Consumer smokes can assert named
 gap substrings with `--expect-capability-gap`.
+When a provider advertises a world-surface lowering target that no runtime
+claims, the gap is assigned to the matching pending runtime owner when one
+exists, such as `unity-scene` -> EveUnity or `tui` -> EveTui. Eve only owns the
+gap when no runtime target has been declared at all.
 
 The conformance export includes runtime `capabilityManifestPath` and
 `capabilityManifestErrors` fields so external consumers can distinguish a
diff --git a/scripts/run-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1 b/scripts/run-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
index b5f70f6..9a64b9e 100644
--- a/scripts/run-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-conformance-consumer-smoke.ps1
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ try {
   node .\tools\conformance\consume-export.mjs $consumerExport `
     --expect-capability-matrix `
     --expect-capability-gap runtime:Fensalir:direct2d:capture:missing `
-    --expect-capability-gap "runtime:Eve:world-surface-lowering:provider:aetheria:surface:aetheria.daemon.game:world-lowering-target:unity-scene:missing-runtime" `
+    --expect-capability-gap "runtime:EveUnity:unity-scene:provider:aetheria:surface:aetheria.daemon.game:world-lowering-target:unity-scene:missing-runtime" `
+    --expect-capability-gap "runtime:EveTui:tui:provider:aetheria:surface:aetheria.daemon.game:world-lowering-target:tui:missing-runtime" `
     --expect-capability-gap "split-target:EveUnity:EveUnity:proof:Tagged UPM release" `
     --expect-conformance-handoff
   if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
diff --git a/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs b/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs
index 9898dff..98eb597 100644
--- a/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs
+++ b/tools/parity/run-parity.mjs
@@ -1816,21 +1816,28 @@ function collectCapabilityGaps(report) {
   }
 
   const worldLoweringTargets = new Set();
+  const runtimeByWorldTarget = new Map();
   for (const runtime of report.runtimes || []) {
+    if (runtime.id) runtimeByWorldTarget.set(runtime.id, runtime);
     for (const claim of runtime.worldSurfaceLowering || []) {
       if (claim.targetId) worldLoweringTargets.add(claim.targetId);
+      if (claim.targetId) runtimeByWorldTarget.set(claim.targetId, runtime);
     }
   }
   for (const provider of report.providers || []) {
     for (const surface of provider.surfaceContracts || []) {
       for (const targetId of surface.worldInteraction?.loweringTargets || []) {
         if (!worldLoweringTargets.has(targetId)) {
+          const targetRuntime = runtimeByWorldTarget.get(targetId);
           addGap({
             kind: "runtime",
-            ownerRepo: "Eve",
-            subjectId: "world-surface-lowering",
+            ownerRepo: targetRuntime?.ownerRepo || "Eve",
+            subjectId: targetRuntime?.id || "world-surface-lowering",
             gap: `provider:${provider.providerId}:surface:${surface.surfaceId}:world-lowering-target:${targetId}:missing-runtime`,
             severity: "blocker",
+            detail: targetRuntime
+              ? `splitTarget:${targetRuntime.splitTarget || ""}:status:${targetRuntime.status || ""}`
+              : "no-runtime-target-declared",
           });
         }
       }