fix: totalize configured startup failures

docs/config-catalog.md

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export interface Config {
 
 Depends on: [`AgentOptions`](../packages/core/agent/src/index.ts) · [`SessionId`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts)
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:344`](../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:353`](../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-local`
 

docs/cordis-catalog/events.md

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ A declarative agent entry failed before it could publish a live agent. Consumers
 'agent-loop/config-start-failed'(sessionId: SessionId, error: unknown): void
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:339`](../../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:348`](../../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `approval/*`
 

docs/cordis-catalog/services.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async createAgent(ownerCtx: Context, options: CreateAgentOptions): Promise<Agent
 async resume(ownerCtx: Context, options: ResumeAgentOptions): Promise<AgentHandle>
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:359`](../../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:368`](../../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `ctx.agents` — `AgentRegistry`
 

docs/event-producer-consumer.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This matrix shows which packages dispatch each harness-owned event and which pac
 
 | Event | Mode | Declared in | Dispatchers | Listeners |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `agent-loop/config-start-failed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:339`](../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`events.dispatch`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
+| `agent-loop/config-start-failed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts:348`](../packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`events.dispatch`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
 | `agent/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:304`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc), [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
 | `agent/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:319`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent) (`events.dispatch`) | [`stdio-agent`](../packages/ui/stdio-agent) |
 | `agent/error` | `emit` | [`packages/core/agent/src/types.ts:593`](../packages/core/agent/src/types.ts) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop) (`emit`) | - |

packages/core/agent-loop/src/index.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ const INACTIVE_STATES: ReadonlySet<FiberState> = new Set([
   FiberState.FAILED,
 ])
 
+/** Render an arbitrary thrown value without letting coercion escape containment. */
+function renderThrown(value: unknown): string {
+  try {
+    return String(value)
+  } catch {
+    return '<unrenderable thrown value>'
+  }
+}
+
 /** Factory-level ownership of every preparing or live transaction. */
 class FactoryOwnership {
   private accepting = true
@@ -422,16 +431,16 @@ export class AgentLoop extends Service implements AgentFactory {
     sessionId: SessionId,
     error: unknown,
   ): void {
-    this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-driven ${action} of "${sessionId}" failed: ${String(error)}`)
+    this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-driven ${action} of "${sessionId}" failed: ${renderThrown(error)}`)
     const args: unknown[] = ['agent-loop/config-start-failed', sessionId, error]
     for (const callback of this.ctx.events.dispatch('emit', args)) {
       try {
         const returned: unknown = callback(...args)
         void Promise.resolve(returned).catch((listenerError: unknown) => {
-          this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-start-failed listener rejected: ${String(listenerError)}`)
+          this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-start-failed listener rejected: ${renderThrown(listenerError)}`)
         })
       } catch (listenerError: unknown) {
-        this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-start-failed listener threw: ${String(listenerError)}`)
+        this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${configId}": config-start-failed listener threw: ${renderThrown(listenerError)}`)
       }
     }
   }

packages/core/agent-loop/tests/config-session-id.spec.ts

@@ -128,6 +128,42 @@ describe('config-driven session id', () => {
     await ctx.fiber.dispose()
   })
 
+  it('contains startup and observer failures whose string coercion throws', async () => {
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-cfg-exact-unrenderable-'))
+    dirs.push(root)
+    const ctx = await makeCoreContext()
+    await ctx.plugin(SessionPersistenceJsonl, { root })
+    const unrenderable = {
+      [Symbol.toPrimitive](): never {
+        throw new Error('coercion escaped')
+      },
+    }
+    const failures: unknown[] = []
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', () => { throw unrenderable })
+    // Deliberately violate the normal Error-only rejection rule to exercise the unknown boundary.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-promise-reject-errors
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', () => Promise.reject(unrenderable) as never)
+    ctx.on('agent-loop/config-start-failed', (_sessionId, error) => { failures.push(error) })
+    vi.spyOn(ctx.sessionPersistence, 'list').mockRejectedValue(unrenderable)
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(ctx.logger, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
+
+    await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, {
+      agents: [{ id: 'main', sessionId: SessionId('stdio-exact-unrenderable'), model: 'mock' }],
+    })
+
+    await expect.poll(() => failures).toEqual([unrenderable])
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'agent "main": config-driven restore of "stdio-exact-unrenderable" failed: <unrenderable thrown value>',
+    )
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'agent "main": config-start-failed listener threw: <unrenderable thrown value>',
+    )
+    await expect.poll(() => warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'agent "main": config-start-failed listener rejected: <unrenderable thrown value>',
+    )
+    await ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
   it('joins an exact-id persistence lookup before AgentLoop disposal completes', async () => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-cfg-exact-dispose-'))
     dirs.push(root)