fix: keep foreground consultations responsive

tests/test_api_server_security.py

@@ -2384,6 +2384,69 @@ def test_consultation_workflow_uses_unified_orchestrator_contract(monkeypatch) -
     assert result['reference_transparency']['similar_public_cases']['does_not_predict_user_outcome'] is True
 
 
+def test_consultation_foreground_defers_optional_vedastro_calls(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    handler = _handler()
+    seen = {}
+    fake_chart = {
+        'success': True,
+        'birth_info': {'date': '1997-08-08', 'time': '05:00', 'tz': 8},
+        'ascendant': {'lon': 92.0, 'sign': 'Cancer', 'sign_idx': 3},
+        'planets': _sample_planets(),
+        'dasha': {'periods': [{'lord': 'Sun', 'start': '2026-01-01', 'end': '2027-01-01'}]},
+        'modules': {
+            'varga_full': {'D9': {}, 'D10': {}},
+            'arudha_padas': {'A10': {}, 'UL': {}},
+            'narayana_dasha': {'periods': []},
+            'ashtakavarga': {'sav': []},
+            'kp_cusps': {'houses': []},
+        },
+        'special_lagnas': {'precision': 'sunrise_correct'},
+    }
+
+    def fake_chart_compute(body):
+        seen['chart_body'] = dict(body)
+        return fake_chart
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(handler, '_compute_chart', fake_chart_compute)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(handler, '_compute_rectification_gate', lambda body: {
+        'success': True,
+        'summary': {'recommended_events': [], 'warned': [], 'disabled': []},
+    })
+    monkeypatch.setattr(handler, '_compute_muhurta_panchanga', lambda body: {'status': 'ok'})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(handler, '_compute_thematic_report', lambda body: {
+        'success': True,
+        'endpoint': 'thematic_report',
+        'themes': {},
+    })
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        handler,
+        '_compute_vedastro_gateway_run',
+        lambda body: pytest.fail('foreground consultation must not call VedAstro gateway'),
+    )
+
+    result = handler._compute_consultation_workflow({
+        'entry_mode': 'direct_chart',
+        'question': '应期与阶段问题：深入看今日',
+        'theme': ['career'],
+        'year': 1997,
+        'month': 8,
+        'day': 8,
+        'hour': 5,
+        'minute': 0,
+        'lat': 36.420487,
+        'lon': 114.209936,
+        'tz': 8,
+        'defer_optional_external_evidence': True,
+    })
+
+    assert seen['chart_body']['skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview'] is True
+    assert result['success'] is True
+    assert result['vedastro_gateway']['status'] == 'local_fallback'
+    assert result['vedastro_gateway']['official_closure_reason'] == 'foreground_optional_evidence_deferred'
+    assert result['consumer_context']['answer_policy']['can_answer_direction'] is True
+    assert result['consumer_context']['answer_policy']['provider_unavailable_is_fatal'] is False
+
+
 def test_consultation_workflow_accepts_western_oracle_payload(monkeypatch) -> None:
     handler = _handler()
     fake_chart = {
@@ -3286,6 +3349,30 @@ def test_chart_auto_attaches_vedastro_main_entry_boundary(monkeypatch: pytest.Mo
     assert vedastro["status"] == "network_execution_disabled"
 
 
+def test_chart_foreground_mode_skips_vedastro_main_entry(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_API_CHART_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", "0")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        jyotish_api_server,
+        "_attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview",
+        lambda *_args, **_kwargs: pytest.fail("foreground chart must not run VedAstro overview"),
+    )
+
+    result = _handler()._compute_chart({
+        'year': 1990,
+        'month': 6,
+        'day': 15,
+        'hour': 12,
+        'minute': 0,
+        'lat': 39.9,
+        'lon': 116.4,
+        'tz': 8,
+        'skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview': True,
+    })
+
+    assert result['success'] is True
+    assert 'vedastro_range_scan_result' not in result.get('modules', {})
+
+
 def test_api_chart_response_cache_reuses_cached_value(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_API_CHART_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", "600")
     monkeypatch.delenv("VEDASTRO_API_ENDPOINT", raising=False)