fix: keep foreground consultations responsive

frontend/src/app/api/consult/route.ts

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
       theme: parsed.data.theme,
     });
     const workflowContext = applyBirthTimeModeToWorkflowContext(
-      await runConsultationWorkflow(toolInput),
+      await runConsultationWorkflow(toolInput, { foreground: true }),
       consultationMode,
     );
     const workflowReceipt = consultationWorkflowReceipt(workflowContext);

frontend/src/mastra/index.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ const apiBase = process.env.JYOTISH_API_BASE ?? "http://127.0.0.1:5200";
 const jyotishSkillPath = process.env.JYOTISH_SKILL_PATH?.trim()
   || path.resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "skills", "jyotish-vedic-astrology");
 
-export async function runConsultationWorkflow(input: ConsultationInput) {
+export async function runConsultationWorkflow(
+  input: ConsultationInput,
+  options?: { foreground?: boolean },
+) {
   const { entryMode, question, theme, ...workflowInput } = input;
   const workflowRequest = projectConsultationWorkflowRequest(question, theme);
   const response = await fetch(`${apiBase}/api/consultation_workflow`, {
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ export async function runConsultationWorkflow(input: ConsultationInput) {
       question: workflowRequest.question,
       question_text: workflowRequest.question,
       theme: workflowRequest.themes,
+      defer_optional_external_evidence: options?.foreground === true,
     }),
     signal: AbortSignal.timeout(90_000),
   });

frontend/supabase/migrations/20260811010000_consultation_status_service_role_read.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+begin;
+
+grant select on table public.consultation_requests to service_role;
+
+commit;

frontend/tests/consultation-stream-recovery.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const read = (path: string) => readFileSync(new URL(`../${path}`, import.meta.ur
 const consultRoute = read("src/app/api/consult/route.ts");
 const statusRoute = read("src/app/api/consult/status/route.ts");
 const migration = read("supabase/migrations/20260808030000_consultation_stream_recovery.sql");
+const statusReadMigration = read("supabase/migrations/20260811010000_consultation_status_service_role_read.sql");
 
 test("reserves usage and binds the owned consultation session atomically", () => {
   assert.match(migration, /add column if not exists session_id uuid references public\.chat_sessions\(id\) on delete set null/i);
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ test("status endpoint supports one global reserved lookup and strict bound polli
   assert.doesNotMatch(statusRoute, /String\(data\.response_message\)|responseMessage:\s*data\.response_message as string/);
 });
 
+test("status polling grants consultation request reads only to the server role", () => {
+  assert.match(statusReadMigration, /grant select on table public\.consultation_requests to service_role/i);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(statusReadMigration, /grant select[\s\S]*to (anon|authenticated)/i);
+});
+
 test("detached completion and cancellation use a bounded retry ceiling", () => {
   assert.match(consultRoute, /const detachedSettlementAttempts = 3/);
   assert.match(consultRoute, /ponytail: Staging MVP ceiling—without a queue\/worker/);

frontend/tests/consultation-workflow-contract.test.ts

@@ -3,20 +3,27 @@ import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import test from "node:test";
 
 const route = readFileSync(new URL("../src/app/api/consult/route.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const reportsRoute = readFileSync(new URL("../src/app/api/reports/route.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const mastra = readFileSync(new URL("../src/mastra/index.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 
 test("runs the Jyotish workflow before streaming a commercial consultation", () => {
   const chartBranch = route.slice(route.indexOf("const toolInput = consultationInputSchema.parse"));
 
   assert.match(route, /runConsultationWorkflow/);
-  assert.match(chartBranch, /await runConsultationWorkflow\(toolInput\)/);
+  assert.match(chartBranch, /await runConsultationWorkflow\(toolInput, \{ foreground: true \}\)/);
   assert.match(chartBranch, /getJyotishAgent\(selectedModel, workflowContext\)\.stream/);
   assert.ok(
-    chartBranch.indexOf("await runConsultationWorkflow(toolInput)")
+    chartBranch.indexOf("await runConsultationWorkflow(toolInput, { foreground: true })")
       < chartBranch.indexOf("getJyotishAgent(selectedModel, workflowContext).stream"),
   );
 });
 
+test("defers optional external evidence only for foreground chat", () => {
+  assert.match(mastra, /defer_optional_external_evidence: options\?\.foreground === true/);
+  assert.match(reportsRoute, /runWorkflow: \(input\) => runConsultationWorkflow\(input\)/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(reportsRoute, /foreground:\s*true/);
+});
+
 test("grounds the answer in the server-computed workflow without a second tool run", () => {
   assert.match(mastra, /function getJyotishAgent\(model: ResolvedLanguageModel, workflowContext\?/);
   assert.match(mastra, /workflowContext \? \{\} : \{ consultationTool \}/);

frontend/tests/database-local-business.test.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ test("local PostgreSQL applies the reviewed business schema and serves authentic
     assert.match(migration.stdout, /applied 20260806030000_settle_order_usage_authorization\.sql/);
     assert.match(migration.stdout, /applied 20260806040000_model_configuration\.sql/);
     assert.match(migration.stdout, /applied 20260806050000_operations_feature_flags\.sql/);
+    assert.match(migration.stdout, /applied 20260811010000_consultation_status_service_role_read\.sql/);
 
     assert.equal(
       fixture.psql(`
@@ -84,6 +85,15 @@ test("local PostgreSQL applies the reviewed business schema and serves authentic
       `),
       "true:f",
     );
+    assert.equal(
+      fixture.psql(`
+        select
+          has_table_privilege('service_role', 'public.consultation_requests', 'select') || ':' ||
+          has_table_privilege('anon', 'public.consultation_requests', 'select') || ':' ||
+          has_table_privilege('authenticated', 'public.consultation_requests', 'select')
+      `),
+      "true:f:f",
+    );
 
     assert.equal(
       fixture.psql(`