merge origin/staging into report chart render branch

Keep BUG-607 after 602–606 and retain both 09-09 changelog entries.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

frontend/src/app/api/rectification/agent/route.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import { previousInferenceFromReceipt } from "@/lib/rectification-agentic/v9/inf
 import { CHOICE_STOP_LABEL, parseAgentChoiceCopy } from "@/lib/rectification-agentic/v9/choice-card";
 import {
   classifyRectificationTurnIntent,
+  isCollectDeclineUtterance,
+  isCollectSkipUtterance,
   optionIdForAnswerClass,
   shouldDeclineCollectFocus,
   shouldContinueAgentForDatedEvent,
@@ -493,11 +495,30 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
           return completedMessageResponse(applied.narration, requestId, caseId, applied.turnId);
         }
       } else if (focus && isCollectFocusSchema(focus.expectedAnswerSchema)) {
+        const userMessage = parsed.data.message ?? "";
+        if (isCollectDeclineUtterance(userMessage) || isCollectSkipUtterance(userMessage)) {
+          const applied = await applyCollectFocusDenial(accounting, {
+            userId,
+            caseId,
+            focusId: focus.id,
+            status: isCollectSkipUtterance(userMessage) ? "skipped" : "declined",
+            narrateAdopt,
+          });
+          const finished = await persistCollectDenialTurn({
+            accounting,
+            userId,
+            caseId,
+            requestId,
+            userMessage,
+            applied,
+          });
+          return completedMessageResponse(finished.streamText, requestId, caseId, finished.turnId);
+        }
         let classified = null;
         try {
           classified = await classifyRectificationTurnIntent(selectedModel, {
             focus,
-            userMessage: parsed.data.message ?? "",
+            userMessage,
             caseStatus,
             signal: request.signal,
           });

frontend/src/app/globals.css

@@ -1518,6 +1518,18 @@ button:disabled { cursor: default; opacity: .45; }
 .composer-queue__recall:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-focus) 56%, transparent); outline-offset: 2px; }
 
 .composer-wrap { position: sticky; bottom: 0; z-index: 2; min-width: 0; border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-border) 70%, transparent); padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-6) var(--space-4); background: var(--color-frosted); backdrop-filter: saturate(130%) blur(20px); }
+.rectification-collect-replies {
+  width: min(760px, 100%);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: var(--space-2);
+  margin: 0 auto var(--space-2);
+}
+.rectification-collect-reply {
+  min-height: 44px;
+  min-width: 44px;
+  padding: 0 var(--space-4);
+}
 /* Jump to latest: shared by both chat surfaces. Hangs off the composer wrap's top
    edge so it never reflows the transcript or the composer. */
 .jump-to-latest {