apps/server/package.json                                         |   2 +-
 apps/server/scripts/cli.ts                                       |   6 +-
 apps/server/src/bin.ts                                           |   2 +
 apps/server/src/cli/servicePreflight.ts                          |  17 +
 apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.test.ts                        | 606 +++++-----------------------
 apps/server/src/cloud/bootService.ts                             | 351 ++++++++--------
 apps/server/src/cloud/pinnedRuntime.test.ts                      | 221 ++++++----
 apps/server/src/cloud/pinnedRuntime.ts                           | 254 +++++++-----
 apps/server/src/cloud/selfUpdate.test.ts                         | 694 +++++---------------------------
 apps/server/src/cloud/selfUpdate.ts                              | 477 ++++++----------------
 apps/server/src/cloud/serviceLauncherClient.test.ts              | 130 ++++++
 apps/server/src/cloud/serviceLauncherClient.ts                   | 249 ++++++++++++
 apps/server/src/cloud/servicePreflight.test.ts                   |  47 +++
 apps/server/src/cloud/servicePreflight.ts                        |  96 +++++
 apps/server/src/cloud/serviceProtocol.ts                         | 226 +++++++++++
 apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts                 |   9 +-
 apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/CheckpointReactor.ts        |   5 +-
 apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts   |  54 ++-
 apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts |   5 +-
 apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ThreadDeletionReactor.ts    |   3 +-
 apps/server/src/persistence/Layers/Sqlite.ts                     |  31 +-
 apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts                        |   4 +-
 apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderSessionReaper.ts         |   3 +-
 apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.ts                     |   5 +-
 apps/server/src/server.test.ts                                   |  45 ++-
 apps/server/src/server.ts                                        | 162 +++++---
 apps/server/src/serverActivation.test.ts                         |  23 ++
 apps/server/src/serverActivation.ts                              |  26 ++
 apps/server/src/serverRuntimeStartup.ts                          | 342 ++++++++--------
 apps/server/src/service-launcher.ts                              |   1 +
 apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.test.ts                          | 199 +++++++++
 apps/server/src/serviceLauncher.ts                               | 458 +++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/internals/server-updates.md                                 | 188 ++++-----
 docs/operations/release.md                                       |   6 +-
 docs/user/background-service.md                                  |   4 +
 docs/user/updating.md                                            |  10 +-
 packages/client-runtime/src/state/server.test.ts                 |  36 ++
 packages/client-runtime/src/state/server.ts                      |  59 ++-
 packages/contracts/src/environment.ts                            |   6 +-
 packages/contracts/src/server.ts                                 |  14 +
 40 files changed, 2831 insertions(+), 2245 deletions(-)