Centralize remote current-state loading and preserve caller policy

internal/app/operator_helpers_test.go

@@ -861,6 +861,60 @@ func TestExecuteStatusReportsRemoteArtifactCatalogErrorsWithoutFailing(t *testin
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExecuteStatusReportsMissingRemoteCurrentStateWithoutFailing(t *testing.T) {
+	workspaceRoot := t.TempDir()
+	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
+	fake := &storage.FakeBackend{}
+	var storeInitCalls int
+	restoreAppConfigTestGlobals(t, fake, &storeInitCalls, []string{sessionPath})
+
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	code := Execute([]string{
+		"session", "status", "2026-05-03",
+		"--config", pipelinePath,
+		"--campaign-file", campaignPath,
+		"--session", sessionPath,
+	}, &stdout, &stderr)
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("exit code = %d, want 0; stderr=%q", code, stderr.String())
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "Remote publish: missing or unavailable: remote current run pointer missing") {
+		t.Fatalf("stdout = %q, want missing remote current-state line", stdout.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExecuteSessionValidateReportsPreviousStateFindingAndReturnsFindingError(t *testing.T) {
+	workspaceRoot := t.TempDir()
+	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFilesWithScriptoriumArtifacts(t, workspaceRoot)
+	replaceInFileOrFatal(t, pipelinePath, "source: narratio.artifact.session_recap", "source: narratio.previous_session.artifact.session_recap")
+	replaceInFileOrFatal(t, sessionPath, "session_id: 2026-05-03\n", "session_id: 2026-05-03\nprevious_session_id: 2026-04-26\n")
+	fake := &storage.FakeBackend{}
+	var storeInitCalls int
+	restoreAppConfigTestGlobals(t, fake, &storeInitCalls, []string{sessionPath})
+
+	var stdout bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	code := Execute([]string{
+		"session", "validate", "2026-05-03",
+		"--config", pipelinePath,
+		"--campaign-file", campaignPath,
+		"--session", sessionPath,
+	}, &stdout, &stderr)
+	if code == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("exit code = 0, want non-zero")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "ERROR previous") {
+		t.Fatalf("stdout = %q, want previous finding error", stdout.String())
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "remote current run pointer missing") {
+		t.Fatalf("stdout = %q, want missing run pointer finding", stdout.String())
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "validation error(s)") {
+		t.Fatalf("stderr = %q, want finding error summary", stderr.String())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestExecutePublishLoadsRemoteLocks(t *testing.T) {
 	workspaceRoot := t.TempDir()
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidPublishRunConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)
@@ -904,6 +958,21 @@ func addPublishOutputsToPipeline(t *testing.T, pipelinePath, publishYAML string)
 	}
 }
 
+func replaceInFileOrFatal(t *testing.T, path, old, new string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	updated := strings.Replace(string(data), old, new, 1)
+	if updated == string(data) {
+		t.Fatalf("%s did not contain %q", path, old)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(updated), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func writeValidPublishRunConfigFiles(t *testing.T, workspaceRoot string) (string, string, string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	pipelinePath, campaignPath, sessionPath := writeValidConfigFiles(t, workspaceRoot)