From d1ebfd80998d0b7a62fb486303d3e92d43f15c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "prompt.ac/@jeffrey" <mail@aesthetic.computer>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 14:29:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Show active Mediascholar bootstrap

---
 slab/bin/prox-worker.mjs       | 6 ++++++
 slab/test/prox-worker.test.mjs | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/slab/bin/prox-worker.mjs b/slab/bin/prox-worker.mjs
index 5652a39079..4ed4e89d6b 100644
--- a/slab/bin/prox-worker.mjs
+++ b/slab/bin/prox-worker.mjs
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ export async function buildMediascholarStatus(config) {
   ]);
   const current = runs[0] || null;
   const running = mainUnit.ActiveState === "active";
+  const bootstrapping = new Set(["active", "activating"]).has(bootstrapUnit.ActiveState);
   const requiredTools = doctor?.paperTools ? Object.values(doctor.paperTools) : [];
   const toolsReady = requiredTools.length > 0 && requiredTools.every(Boolean);
   const admission = doctor?.admission;
@@ -237,6 +238,11 @@ export async function buildMediascholarStatus(config) {
     detail = phase === "authoring-paper"
       ? "Research, drafting, building, and visual QA are running inside the paper stack."
       : "The topic is being formed without a human-supplied prompt.";
+  } else if (bootstrapping) {
+    state = "working";
+    phase = "bootstrap";
+    headline = "Installing the paper mill";
+    detail = "The toolchain is being installed at low priority inside Jasellite's resource limits.";
   } else if (current?.status === "candidate") {
     state = "review";
     phase = "candidate";
diff --git a/slab/test/prox-worker.test.mjs b/slab/test/prox-worker.test.mjs
index f78c74c60e..ac2853e52f 100644
--- a/slab/test/prox-worker.test.mjs
+++ b/slab/test/prox-worker.test.mjs
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ test("headless Prox exposes a path-free public Mediascholar status", async (t) =
   assert.equal(JSON.stringify(status).includes("/private/"), false);
   assert.equal(JSON.stringify(status).includes("secret-provider"), false);
 
+  await writeFile(fakeSystemctl, `#!/bin/sh\ncase "$*" in\n  *show*mediascholar-bootstrap.service*) printf 'ActiveState=activating\\nSubState=start\\nResult=success\\nExecMainStatus=0\\n' ;;\n  *show*) printf 'ActiveState=inactive\\nSubState=dead\\nResult=success\\nExecMainStatus=0\\n' ;;\n  *list-timers*) printf '[]\\n' ;;\nesac\n`);
+  const bootstrapping = await buildMediascholarStatus(config);
+  assert.equal(bootstrapping.state, "working");
+  assert.equal(bootstrapping.phase, "bootstrap");
+  assert.equal(bootstrapping.headline, "Installing the paper mill");
+
   const server = createWorkerServer(config, "127.0.0.1");
   const port = await listen(server);
   t.after(() => close(server));
-- 
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