docs(adr): env transport for session and parked-window panes (#730, #731)

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Design record for #730 and #731, which #537 left as needs-design: how the state root reaches a pane child when environment inheritance cannot carry it. This happens in two ways: PSMUX_BARE_ENV=1 clears the env, and a stale multiplexer server substitutes its own BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR. Coding-CLI windows are already immune; the exposure is the TUI's parked engine windows and window-0 shells.

Docs only. No file under src/ or tests/ changes.

What the ADR decides (docs/adr/0001-mux-env-transport.md, status Accepted)

• Stage 1, the a stale multiplexer server substitutes its own BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR into every window it spawns #731 interim. A non-abstract inherited_env query, implemented on tmux only. The launcher compares the state root a new pane would resolve with its own, and warns once on a mismatch. psmux stays "unknown": its show-environment shows only PSMUX* / TMUX* names, so an inherited BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR is invisible to it (source-read at v3.3.8 and master e36bd85).
• Stage 2, no seam change. The parked engine window gets the state root in argv, as a hidden --state-root option applied at the start of cli.main. This closes a stale multiplexer server substitutes its own BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR into every window it spawns #731 and the parked-window half of psmux: decide whether bmad-loop should support PSMUX_BARE_ENV #730 on every backend, out-of-tree ones included, because no released signature changes.
• Stage 3, a versioned verb pair. Fully specified but not scheduled. Its only remaining beneficiary is an already-open window-0 shell.
• After Stage 2, a stale multiplexer server substitutes its own BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR into every window it spawns #731 closes and psmux: decide whether bmad-loop should support PSMUX_BARE_ENV #730 is re-scoped to "parked windows supported, window-0 shells warned".

Evidence

• The options section carries the post-mortem of the five env-transport rounds cut from feat(adapters,runs): give psmux a per-project registry root #728: widening released signatures, signature probing, and the delegation layer.
• psmux transport facts are cited by file and symbol at both v3.3.8 and master.
• tmux 3.4 parity was measured under WSL on an isolated socket.

Also in this PR

• Starts docs/adr/ with an index; the repo had no ADR convention.
• Links the index from docs/README.md.

Refs #730 #731 #660

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• Documentation
  • Added an accepted architecture decision record describing state-root handling for session and parked-window panes, including planned launcher warnings, compatibility considerations, and an argv-based approach. The document notes that its proposed stages are not yet implemented.
  • Added links and guidance to help readers find and understand the project’s architecture decision records.

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The pull request adds an accepted architecture decision record for multiplexer environment transport. It documents state-root inheritance findings, proposed warning and argv stages, a versioned environment-transport specification, compatibility constraints, and implementation boundaries. The project README and ADR index link to the record.

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Multiplexer Environment Transport ADR

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record inheritance findings docs/adr/0001-mux-env-transport.md	The ADR documents state-root inheritance failures, psmux and tmux transport behavior, and compatibility constraints on released seam signatures.
Document and index the transport decision docs/adr/0001-mux-env-transport.md, docs/adr/README.md, docs/README.md	The ADR records the proposed warning and argv decisions, the unscheduled versioned env-transport option, rejected alternatives, and scope boundaries. The ADR index lists the accepted record, and the project README links to the index.
Specify planned stages and validation docs/adr/0001-mux-env-transport.md	The ADR details proposed warning and argv stages, related tests, and a separately specified but unscheduled seam revision. It states that the stages are not implemented.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 22d21

This PR records a future transport plan without changing runtime behavior, and clearly identifies the plan as unimplemented. No new runtime risk remains, so it is ready to merge after normal checks.

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• observed — docs (service) was modified; 3 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in docs/README.md: Added a link to adr/README.md for architecture decision records, with a description of their scope and starting topic.
• observed — Modified behavior in docs/adr/README.md: Adds an ADR index introduction stating that each record documents a design decision and that records remain numbered, with superseded records linking to their replacements. Adds a table listing ADR 0001 and its Accepted status.
• observed — Modified behavior in docs/adr/0001-mux-env-transport.md: Adds ADR metadata and a decision summary: implement the stale-server warning before carrying the state root to parked windows through argv; specify but do not schedule the env-taking verb pair. It states that no stage is implemented.
• observed — Modified behavior in docs/adr/0001-mux-env-transport.md: Documents the state-root inheritance failures for bare-env psmux panes and stale servers, identifies the affected pane types, and distinguishes parked engine windows from window-0 shells.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	Issue #731 describes a coding defect: panes can inherit a stale BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR. The PR adds ADR 0001, which specifies a warning and future state-root transport, but the PR description and chang…	Implement the selected warning and state-root transport in code, with automated tests. Address both parked engine windows and window-0 shells, or update the linked issue scope to match a separately tracked remaining requirement.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title identifies the ADR and its session and parked-window transport topic. “Env transport” is imprecise because the ADR rejects that design and proposes passing the state root through argv for pa…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The ADR, its index, and the link from docs/README.md document the environment-transport decision for issue #731. The change summary reports no unrelated source or test changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Explanation

Issue #731 describes a coding defect: panes can inherit a stale BMAD_LOOP_STATE_DIR. The PR adds ADR 0001, which specifies a warning and future state-root transport, but the PR description and change summary confirm that no stage is implemented. The affected panes therefore remain unprotected. The ADR also leaves the window-0 shell transport unscheduled.

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