4 files changed, 209 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/internal/engine/explain_test.go b/internal/engine/explain_test.go
index 4d304f9..83011c5 100644
--- a/internal/engine/explain_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/explain_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ package engine
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"krino/internal/plan"
 )
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ func TestExplainReportsCapturesAndChain(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		t.Fatal(errs)
 	}
-	x, err := e.Explain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "Screenshot_2026-09-01.png"))
+	x, err := e.ExplainWithChain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "Screenshot_2026-09-01.png"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -38,8 +40,9 @@ func TestExplainReportsCapturesAndChain(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestExplainChainMatchesThePlan: the chain explain reports is the one the
-// directory's plan gives the same file, conflicts and skips included.
+// TestExplainChainMatchesThePlan: for a file planned on its own, the chain
+// is the one the directory's plan gives it, conflicts with files already on
+// disk included.
 func TestExplainChainMatchesThePlan(t *testing.T) {
 	h, dl := excludeTree(t, map[string]string{"a.pdf": "one", "Out/a.pdf": "taken"})
 	main := writeConfig(t, h, `(include "dl")`, map[string]string{"dl": `
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ func TestExplainChainMatchesThePlan(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	x, err := e.Explain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "a.pdf"))
+	x, err := e.ExplainWithChain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "a.pdf"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -63,3 +66,75 @@ func TestExplainChainMatchesThePlan(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("explain chain %+v\nplan chain %+v", x.Chain, dp.Chains[0].Steps)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestExplainChainOnlyWhenAsked: the command line's explain does not build
+// the chain (it can hash files to resolve a conflict), and a file no rule
+// acts on has none at all (plan 13 review F1, F2).
+func TestExplainChainOnlyWhenAsked(t *testing.T) {
+	h, dl := excludeTree(t, map[string]string{"a.pdf": "one", "keep-b.pdf": "two", "new.pdf": "three"})
+	now := time.Now()
+	os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(dl, "new.pdf"), now, now)
+	main := writeConfig(t, h, `(include "dl")`, map[string]string{"dl": `
+(path "~/dl")
+(exclude (name "^keep-"))
+(rule "all" (move "Out"))
+`})
+	e, errs := Load(main)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errs)
+	}
+	x, err := e.Explain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "a.pdf"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if x.Chain != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Explain built a chain: %+v", x.Chain)
+	}
+	if x, err = e.ExplainWithChain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "a.pdf")); err != nil || len(x.Chain) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ExplainWithChain: %+v, %v", x.Chain, err)
+	}
+	for _, rel := range []string{"keep-b.pdf", "new.pdf"} {
+		x, err := e.ExplainWithChain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, rel))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if x.Chain != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s (%s%s) has a chain: %+v", rel, x.Skip, x.Excluded, x.Chain)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestExplainChainIsThisFileAlone: with two files competing for one name,
+// the chain shows what this file alone would do; the plan is where the two
+// are resolved against each other (plan 13 review F2).
+func TestExplainChainIsThisFileAlone(t *testing.T) {
+	h, dl := excludeTree(t, map[string]string{"a.pdf": "one", "b.pdf": "two"})
+	main := writeConfig(t, h, `(include "dl")`, map[string]string{"dl": `
+(path "~/dl")
+(rule "r" (rename "same.pdf"))
+`})
+	e, errs := Load(main)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errs)
+	}
+	dp, err := e.Plan(context.Background(), e.Dirs[0], plan.NewClaims())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var planned string
+	for _, c := range dp.Chains {
+		if c.File.Rel == "b.pdf" {
+			planned = filepath.Base(c.Steps[0].Dst)
+		}
+	}
+	if planned != "same_1.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("the plan gave b.pdf %q; expected the suffix", planned)
+	}
+	x, err := e.ExplainWithChain(context.Background(), filepath.Join(dl, "b.pdf"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := filepath.Base(x.Chain[0].Dst); got != "same.pdf" {
+		t.Errorf("chain for b.pdf alone = %q, want same.pdf (the plan resolves the clash with a.pdf)", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/engine/match.go b/internal/engine/match.go
index 591f686..59cea42 100644
--- a/internal/engine/match.go
+++ b/internal/engine/match.go
@@ -251,9 +251,12 @@ type Explanation struct {
 	Excluded string // the first exclude that matches, which sets the file aside; "" when none does
 	Rules    []RuleTrace
 	NoDelete string // why a delete from the matching rules would be skipped (spec §5.5); "" when it would not
-	// Chain is what the matching rules would do to the file: the same steps
-	// the directory's plan builds for it, placeholders expanded and
-	// conflicts resolved (GUI design §1.3).
+	// Chain is what the matching rules would do to this file alone:
+	// placeholders expanded and conflicts resolved against the disk, but
+	// not against the other files of a plan, which can still take a name
+	// this chain shows (the plan itself is where those are resolved). It is
+	// nil unless ExplainWithChain asked for it, and nil for a file the scan
+	// would skip or an exclude sets aside, which no rule acts on.
 	Chain []plan.Step
 }
 
@@ -263,6 +266,18 @@ type Explanation struct {
 // match if the file were looked at; a rule reached after an earlier
 // matching (stop) is recorded as Stopped, with no trace.
 func (e *Engine) Explain(ctx context.Context, path string) (*Explanation, error) {
+	return e.explain(ctx, path, false)
+}
+
+// ExplainWithChain is Explain with Explanation.Chain filled in: the steps
+// this file alone would get. Building them resolves conflicts against the
+// disk, which can read files (a copy whose target holds the same bytes), so
+// the command line's explain does not ask for it (plan 13 review F1).
+func (e *Engine) ExplainWithChain(ctx context.Context, path string) (*Explanation, error) {
+	return e.explain(ctx, path, true)
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) explain(ctx context.Context, path string, withChain bool) (*Explanation, error) {
 	abs, err := filepath.Abs(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -358,7 +373,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Explain(ctx context.Context, path string) (*Explanation, error)
 	}
 
 	var chain []plan.Step
-	if len(matched) > 0 {
+	if withChain && skip == "" && excluded == "" && len(matched) > 0 {
 		in := []plan.Input{{File: sf, Rules: planRules(matched), NoDelete: noDel}}
 		if built := plan.Build(d.Root, in, now, plan.OS{}, plan.NewClaims()); len(built) == 1 {
 			chain = built[0].Steps
diff --git a/internal/engine/session.go b/internal/engine/session.go
index 33b6a76..d79c364 100644
--- a/internal/engine/session.go
+++ b/internal/engine/session.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Session struct {
 	j      *journal.Writer
 	run    string
 	claims *plan.Claims
+	landed []string // where this run's applied files ended up, in order
 	dry    bool
 }
 
@@ -90,26 +91,34 @@ func (s *Session) Plan(ctx context.Context, d *Dir) (*DirPlan, error) {
 	return s.e.Plan(ctx, d, s.claims)
 }
 
-// Apply carries out the approved files of dp and logs the run's steps. A
-// real run applies each directory before the next is planned, so afterwards
-// the disk is the truth for the next one: only the paths this directory's
-// files ended up at stay claimed, which keeps a later (on-conflict
-// overwrite) from displacing this run's own result (spec §7.4). A dry
-// session keeps every claim, since it applies nothing.
+// Apply carries out the approved files of dp and logs the run's steps,
+// remembering where they ended up for FinishDirectory.
 func (s *Session) Apply(ctx context.Context, dp *DirPlan, approved map[string]bool) (*ApplyResult, error) {
 	if err := s.OpenLog(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	res, err := s.e.Apply(ctx, dp, approved, s.j, s.run)
-	if !s.dry {
-		s.claims = plan.NewClaims()
-		for _, p := range landedAt(res) {
-			s.claims.Claim(p)
-		}
-	}
+	s.landed = append(s.landed, landedAt(res)...)
 	return res, err
 }
 
+// FinishDirectory ends one directory of a real run: the disk is now the
+// truth for the next one, so the claims start again from where this run's
+// files have actually ended up - every directory's, not just this one's
+// (spec §7.4, plan 13 review F3). A path this directory planned but did not
+// apply is free again; a path it did apply stays protected from a later
+// (on-conflict overwrite) for the rest of the run, even across a directory
+// that applies nothing. A dry run applies nothing and keeps every claim.
+func (s *Session) FinishDirectory() {
+	if s.dry {
+		return
+	}
+	s.claims = plan.NewClaims()
+	for _, p := range s.landed {
+		s.claims.Claim(p)
+	}
+}
+
 // landedAt is where res's files ended up: each copy, and the last place a
 // move or rename put a file - not a path it passed through and left, and
 // nothing at all for a file deleted for good.
diff --git a/internal/engine/session_test.go b/internal/engine/session_test.go
index 8fd4593..98ea1ee 100644
--- a/internal/engine/session_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/session_test.go
@@ -180,3 +180,93 @@ func TestSessionLockDirsReleasesOnFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		l.Release()
 	}
 }
+
+// TestSessionKeepsEveryAppliedDestinationClaimed: what a directory's files
+// ended up at stays protected for the whole run, even across a directory
+// that applies nothing (plan 13 review F3): a later (on-conflict overwrite)
+// takes a free name instead of trashing an earlier directory's result.
+func TestSessionKeepsEveryAppliedDestinationClaimed(t *testing.T) {
+	h := sandbox(t)
+	old := time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Hour)
+	dirs := map[string]string{
+		"alpha": "(path \"~/alpha\")\n(rule \"out\" (move \"~/shared\"))\n",
+		"beta":  "(path \"~/beta\")\n(rule \"none\" (when (type zzz)) (move \"~/shared\"))\n",
+		"gamma": "(path \"~/gamma\")\n(on-conflict overwrite)\n(rule \"out\" (move \"~/shared\"))\n",
+	}
+	for _, n := range []string{"alpha", "beta", "gamma"} {
+		p := filepath.Join(h, n, "x.pdf")
+		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(p), 0o755)
+		os.WriteFile(p, []byte("from "+n), 0o644)
+		os.Chtimes(p, old, old)
+	}
+	main := writeConfig(t, h, `(include "alpha" "beta" "gamma")`, dirs)
+	e, errs := Load(main)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errs)
+	}
+	s, err := e.NewSession(false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+	for _, d := range e.Dirs {
+		dp, err := s.Plan(context.Background(), d)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if _, err := s.Apply(context.Background(), dp, map[string]bool{"x.pdf": true}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		s.FinishDirectory()
+	}
+	for rel, want := range map[string]string{"shared/x.pdf": "from alpha", "shared/x_1.pdf": "from gamma"} {
+		if b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(h, rel)); err != nil || string(b) != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %q, %v; want %q", rel, b, err, want)
+		}
+	}
+	if entries, _ := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(h, ".local", "share", "Trash", "files")); len(entries) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("the Trash holds %d entries; an earlier directory's result was displaced", len(entries))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSessionDropsUnappliedClaims: a destination a directory planned but did
+// not apply (declined) is free for the next directory.
+func TestSessionDropsUnappliedClaims(t *testing.T) {
+	h := sandbox(t)
+	old := time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Hour)
+	dirs := map[string]string{
+		"alpha": "(path \"~/alpha\")\n(rule \"out\" (move \"~/shared\"))\n",
+		"beta":  "(path \"~/beta\")\n(rule \"out\" (move \"~/shared\"))\n",
+	}
+	for _, n := range []string{"alpha", "beta"} {
+		p := filepath.Join(h, n, "x.pdf")
+		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(p), 0o755)
+		os.WriteFile(p, []byte("from "+n), 0o644)
+		os.Chtimes(p, old, old)
+	}
+	main := writeConfig(t, h, `(include "alpha" "beta")`, dirs)
+	e, errs := Load(main)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errs)
+	}
+	s, err := e.NewSession(false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer s.Close()
+	dp, err := s.Plan(context.Background(), e.Dirs[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.Apply(context.Background(), dp, map[string]bool{}); err != nil { // declined
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	s.FinishDirectory()
+	dp, err = s.Plan(context.Background(), e.Dirs[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := dp.Chains[0].Steps[0].Dst; filepath.Base(got) != "x.pdf" {
+		t.Errorf("beta planned %q; the declined destination should be free", got)
+	}
+}