merge: consultation fixes into staging

# Conflicts:
#	docs/BUG_HISTORY.md

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),
   });