azazel commit 9 — Korban→Azazel intake routing + Chatzotzrot ack (properties 1 + 6)

Pass 4 / Finding F, commit 9 of 10 from BUILD_AZAZEL.md. Closes the
last two property gaps: 1 (parity provisioning, end-to-end) and 6
(out-of-band acknowledgment via Chatzotzrot). The Azazel Processor
is now functionally complete; commit 10 is the closure-and-review
pass with no further code.

PROPERTY 1 — PARITY PROVISIONING, two layers:

LAYER 1 (import-time): external_offering imports azazel_processor
at module load. If the import fails, external_offering refuses to
load with a Torah-anchored ImportError. The two-goat architecture is
SYMMETRIC OR IT IS BROKEN — operators cannot run the processing
channel without the disposal channel being importable. The strongest
formulation: if you cannot dispose, you cannot process.

LAYER 2 (runtime): when zerikah produces no vital content,
consult_external_model now routes the korban to disposal rather than
returning an empty ProcessedKorban with the rejection in `discarded`.
The empty-vital case is named (vidui), routed (eretz_gezerah),
recorded (L3 azazel_records), and acknowledged (chatzotzrot :moadim).

PROPERTY 6 — OUT-OF-BAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

The Python orchestrator drops the AzazelRecord JSON in the pending-l3
directory. The Elixir AzazelIngest GenServer reads it, persists to
L3 via record_disposal/1, AND fires Chatzotzrot.signal(:moadim, ...)
with a categorical summary (case_ref + shaliach + categories_filled).
The chatzotzrot is the side channel — distinct from the disposal
channel itself. The orchestrator does NOT know whether the signal
was successfully transmitted; the disposal completes regardless.

The :moadim signal type was the right choice: Yom Kippur completion
semantics. This disposal cycle is closed; the public fact (property
9) is now witnessable via /peah/azazel_log.

PRIVACY BOUNDARY ALSO APPLIES TO THE CHATZOTZROT:

The signal's `reason` field carries a CATEGORICAL summary, not the
vidui items. A test verifies that a known secret string in a vidui
chatot does NOT leak into the chatzotzrot signal — the operator-side
event channel is held to the same privacy boundary as the public
endpoint.

CHANGED:

  korban_processor/src/korban_processor/external_offering.py
    + Import azazel_processor at module load (raises ImportError
      with Torah-anchored explanation if azazel_processor is not
      importable — property 1, layer 1)
    + DEFAULT_AZAZEL_PENDING_L3_DIR
    + ExternalConsultation.disposal_record: Optional[AzazelRecord]
        Non-None iff the consultation was routed to disposal
    + _content_addressable_case_ref(content, source_query)
        SHA-256-based stable identifier for audit
    + _make_pending_l3_recorder(pending_dir)
        Returns a recorder callable that drops the JSON file
        atomically (write to .tmp, then os.replace)
    + _route_to_azazel(...) — internal helper running the full
        protocol envelope:
        - opens authorize_disposal context
        - activates a fresh IshItti shaliach
        - builds vidui via confess_empty_vital
        - dispatches via dispatch_for_disposal
        - tevilah's the shaliach
    + consult_external_model:
        - new keyword args azazel_kohen_gadol, azazel_shaliach_id,
          azazel_pending_l3_dir
        - branch on `if not vital.strip()`: route to disposal,
          attach record to ExternalConsultation

  vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/azazel_ingest.ex
    + ingest_file/2 fires Chatzotzrot.signal(:moadim, ...) after
      successful L3 write, BEFORE shredding the source file. So the
      ack comes BEFORE the in-flight artifact disappears — recovery
      is possible if either side crashes.
    + Process.whereis(Chatzotzrot)-guarded so tests without the full
      supervision tree still work.
    + chatzotzrot_summary/1 builds the categorical summary
      (case_ref + shaliach + categories_filled). Privacy boundary:
      no vidui items, only counts/category names.

TESTS:

  korban_processor/test/test_external_offering.py             +4 tests
    - empty-vital response routes to azazel:
      - processed.vital_content == ""
      - disposal_record is an AzazelRecord with kohen + shaliach
      - pending-l3 file dropped with correct shape
    - processable response does NOT create disposal_record (the
      negative case — vital content goes through normally)
    - PRIVACY: pending-l3 file does not contain the model's
      response text (verified with a known secret_phrase)
    - case_ref is content-addressable: same content + same
      source_query → same case_ref (audit can recompute)

  vav_pipeline/test/azazel_ingest_test.exs                    +2 tests
    - successful ingest fires Chatzotzrot :moadim signal
      (subscribe :all, observe — :moadim routes to :all per
      chatzotzrot.ex routing table)
    - PRIVACY: chatzotzrot signal does NOT include vidui item
      content (known secret_phrase verified absent from the signal)

Tests:
  - korban_processor: 207 passed, 1 skipped (was 203/1; +4)
  - azazel_processor: 125 passed (unchanged)
  - vav_pipeline:     363 passed, 0 failures, 35 excluded
                      (was 361/35; +2 azazel_ingest chatzotzrot tests)

Property coverage after commit 9:
  All 12 properties of azazel_engineering_reading.md §14 defended
  by code:
    1  parity provisioning      ✓ (import-time + runtime)
    2  blind routing / goral     ✓
    3  enumerative commit        ✓
    4  role-separated operator   ✓
    5  provisioned infrastructure ✓
    6  out-of-band acknowledgment ✓
    7  authorized routing        ✓
    8  protocol-restricted access ✓
    9  observable disposal       ✓ (operator-internal + public)
    10 hard termination          ✓
    11 classification discipline ✓
    12 unmanaged destination     ✓

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

korban_processor/src/korban_processor/external_offering.py

@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ This module is the only entry point for external model consultation.
 No internal component calls an external model directly.
 """
 
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
+import pathlib
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Optional
 
 from korban_processor.korban import (
@@ -43,21 +47,97 @@ from korban_processor.haktarah import haktarah_staged
 from korban_processor.stages import KorbanStage
 from korban_processor.router import RoutingResult, route
 
+# Property 1 (parity provisioning): the disposal channel must be
+# importable at the same scale as the processing channel. If
+# azazel_processor cannot be imported, external_offering refuses to
+# load — the two-goat architecture is symmetric or it is broken.
+# This is the strongest formulation of "provisioned in advance, from
+# the same pool"; the failure manifests as ImportError at module load,
+# not as a runtime gap discovered when an empty-vital korban arrives.
+try:
+    from azazel_processor import (
+        AzazelInput,
+        AzazelRecord,
+        IshItti,
+        authorize_disposal,
+        confess_empty_vital,
+        dispatch_for_disposal,
+    )
+except ImportError as e:  # pragma: no cover — bootstrap-time check
+    raise ImportError(
+        "external_offering requires azazel_processor (the disposal "
+        "channel) to be importable. Property 1 of "
+        "azazel_engineering_reading.md §14 — disposal capacity must "
+        "be provisioned at parity with processing capacity, from the "
+        "same pool. Without azazel_processor on the import path, the "
+        "two-goat architecture is broken; refuse to load. "
+        f"Underlying ImportError: {e}"
+    )
+
+
+# Default directory the Python orchestrator drops completed
+# AzazelRecords into for the Elixir AzazelIngest GenServer to pick
+# up. Mirrors the manna-provision file pattern Shorashim already uses
+# for cross-language state transfer.
+DEFAULT_AZAZEL_PENDING_L3_DIR = pathlib.Path("/tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3")
+
 
 @dataclass
 class ExternalConsultation:
     """The full record of an external-model consultation.
 
-    All four fields are preserved so the full chain is auditable:
+    Fields are preserved so the full chain is auditable:
-    - request: what was asked and with what system prompt
+      - request:         what was asked and with what system prompt
-    - raw_response: the unprocessed output from the external model
+      - raw_response:    the unprocessed output from the external model
-    - processed: the korban after the offering protocol
+      - processed:       the korban after the offering protocol
-    - routing: where the processed korban was sent
+      - routing:         where the processed korban was sent
+      - disposal_record: present only if the consultation was routed
+                         to disposal (zerikah produced no vital
+                         content). When non-None, the caller knows
+                         the input was DISPOSED rather than
+                         processed; processed.vital_content will be
+                         empty in this case.
     """
     request: ModelRequest
     raw_response: ModelResponse
     processed: ProcessedKorban
     routing: RoutingResult
+    disposal_record: Optional[AzazelRecord] = None
+
+
+def _content_addressable_case_ref(content: str, source_query: str) -> str:
+    """Produce a case_ref from the input content. Stable hash so audit
+    can verify the routing was for THIS input (without retaining the
+    input itself — property 10)."""
+    h = hashlib.sha256()
+    h.update(source_query.encode("utf-8"))
+    h.update(b"|")
+    h.update(content.encode("utf-8"))
+    return f"ext-consult-{h.hexdigest()[:16]}"
+
+
+def _make_pending_l3_recorder(pending_dir: pathlib.Path):
+    """Return a recorder callable that writes the AzazelRecord to a
+    JSON file in the pending-l3 directory. The Elixir AzazelIngest
+    GenServer (commit 7) watches this directory and persists each
+    file to L3.
+
+    Cross-language bridge: same pattern as the manna provision file.
+    Recoverable: if either side crashes mid-write, the file remains
+    and is re-processed on the next poll.
+    """
+    pending_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    def recorder(record: AzazelRecord) -> None:
+        path = pending_dir / f"{record.case_ref}.json"
+        # Atomic-ish: write to temp then rename, so a crash mid-write
+        # leaves either the previous state or nothing — never a
+        # half-written file.
+        temp_path = path.with_suffix(".json.tmp")
+        temp_path.write_text(json.dumps(record.to_storage_dict()))
+        os.replace(temp_path, path)
+
+    return recorder
 
 
 def consult_external_model(
@@ -67,6 +147,10 @@ def consult_external_model(
     offering_type: OfferingType = OfferingType.OLAH,
     system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
     caller: Optional[callable] = None,
+    *,
+    azazel_kohen_gadol: str = "kohen-gadol-default",
+    azazel_shaliach_id: str = "ish-itti-default",
+    azazel_pending_l3_dir: pathlib.Path = DEFAULT_AZAZEL_PENDING_L3_DIR,
 ) -> ExternalConsultation:
     """Submit a query to an external model, then process the response as korban.
 
@@ -147,9 +231,99 @@ def consult_external_model(
 
     routing = route(processed, offering_type)
 
+    # Property 1 (parity provisioning) END-TO-END: when zerikah
+    # produces no vital content, the korban is routed to disposal
+    # rather than silently dropped. The two-goat architecture is
+    # provisioned at intake (property 1 — both modules importable)
+    # AND at runtime (this branch — disposal is invoked when the
+    # processing channel cannot metabolize the input).
+    #
+    # Before this commit, an empty-vital korban was returned as-is
+    # with empty vital_content and the discarded sentences in
+    # `discarded` — the caller knew the offering was empty but the
+    # rejection had no permanent record. After: the empty-vital
+    # case is named (vidui), routed (eretz_gezerah), recorded
+    # (L3 azazel_records via the file-watcher bridge), and
+    # acknowledged (chatzotzrot :moadim by AzazelIngest).
+    disposal_record = None
+    if not vital.strip():
+        disposal_record = _route_to_azazel(
+            korban=korban,
+            source_query=source_query,
+            kohen_gadol=azazel_kohen_gadol,
+            shaliach_id=azazel_shaliach_id,
+            pending_l3_dir=azazel_pending_l3_dir,
+        )
+
     return ExternalConsultation(
         request=request,
         raw_response=raw_response,
         processed=processed,
         routing=routing,
+        disposal_record=disposal_record,
     )
+
+
+def _route_to_azazel(
+    *,
+    korban: Korban,
+    source_query: str,
+    kohen_gadol: str,
+    shaliach_id: str,
+    pending_l3_dir: pathlib.Path,
+) -> AzazelRecord:
+    """Run the full Azazel disposal protocol for an empty-vital korban.
+
+    Property 1 — parity provisioning at runtime: an empty-vital
+    korban is not silently discarded; it goes to disposal with the
+    full protocol envelope.
+
+    Each call activates a fresh shaliach, performs the disposal,
+    then tevilah's the shaliach. The pending-l3 file the recorder
+    drops is picked up by the Elixir AzazelIngest GenServer (commit
+    7) which writes the L3 record AND fires the Chatzotzrot
+    :moadim signal (property 6 — out-of-band acknowledgment).
+    """
+    shaliach = IshItti(shaliach_id)
+    shaliach.activate()
+
+    # Build the vidui — operator-produced enumerative commit. We
+    # name the case at the call site here; the helper routes it
+    # into chatot (target-missing).
+    summary = (
+        f"{korban.provenance.value} response on "
+        f"{source_query!r} — zerikah extracted no vital content"
+    )
+    vidui = confess_empty_vital(summary, confessor=kohen_gadol)
+
+    case_ref = _content_addressable_case_ref(
+        korban.raw_content, source_query
+    )
+
+    azazel_input = AzazelInput(
+        case_ref=case_ref,
+        payload=korban,
+        classification="empty_vital",
+        triggering_call="external_offering.consult_external_model",
+    )
+
+    recorder = _make_pending_l3_recorder(pending_l3_dir)
+
+    # Property 8 envelope: this is an event-driven disposal during
+    # the year (not a Yom Kippur batch), so we open authorize_disposal
+    # explicitly. The scope is exactly this one disposal cycle.
+    with authorize_disposal():
+        record = dispatch_for_disposal(
+            azazel_input,
+            handler=shaliach,
+            confess_with=vidui,
+            authorized_by=kohen_gadol,
+            recorder=recorder,
+        )
+
+    # Tevilah — the shaliach washes before rejoining the camp
+    # (Vayikra 16:26). Property 4 follow-through: state must be
+    # cleared before the next disposal can use this handler.
+    shaliach.tevilah()
+
+    return record

korban_processor/test/test_external_offering.py

@@ -160,6 +160,137 @@ def test_system_prompt_is_forwarded():
     assert result.request.system_prompt == "You are a Torah scholar. Cite verse references."
 
 
+# ============================================================
+# Empty-vital → Azazel disposal routing (commit 9, properties 1 + 6)
+# ============================================================
+# Property 1 at runtime: an empty-vital korban is routed to disposal,
+# not silently dropped. The disposal record IS the permanent
+# acknowledgment that the system received this input and could not
+# metabolize it.
+
+import json
+import pathlib
+import tempfile
+
+from azazel_processor import AzazelRecord
+
+
+def _empty_vital_response():
+    """A model response that contains no extractable Torah content
+    (no Torah refs, no Hebrew, no insight markers, no roots).
+    zerikah will return empty vital for this."""
+    return "ok thanks. let me know if you want me to do anything else."
+
+
+def test_empty_vital_korban_is_routed_to_azazel():
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="azazel-pending-") as d:
+        pending = pathlib.Path(d)
+
+        result = consult_external_model(
+            query="anything",
+            source_query="empty_vital_test_001",
+            caller=_fake_caller(_empty_vital_response()),
+            azazel_kohen_gadol="kohen-gadol-test",
+            azazel_shaliach_id="ish-itti-test",
+            azazel_pending_l3_dir=pending,
+        )
+
+        # The processed korban is empty (zerikah returned no vital)
+        assert result.processed.vital_content == ""
+
+        # The disposal_record field is now populated
+        assert result.disposal_record is not None
+        assert isinstance(result.disposal_record, AzazelRecord)
+        assert result.disposal_record.shaliach == "ish-itti-test"
+        assert result.disposal_record.authorized_by == "kohen-gadol-test"
+        assert result.disposal_record.triggering_call == (
+            "external_offering.consult_external_model"
+        )
+
+        # A pending-l3 file was dropped for AzazelIngest to pick up
+        files = list(pending.glob("*.json"))
+        assert len(files) == 1
+
+        body = json.loads(files[0].read_text())
+        assert body["case_ref"] == result.disposal_record.case_ref
+        assert body["routing"] == "eretz_gezerah"
+        assert body["shaliach"] == "ish-itti-test"
+        # The vidui is on the pending file (operator-internal channel)
+        assert body["vidui"]["confessor"] == "kohen-gadol-test"
+        assert body["vidui"]["chatot"]  # non-empty
+
+
+def test_processable_response_does_not_create_disposal_record():
+    """The companion to the above: an offering with extractable Torah
+    content goes through the processing channel and the disposal_record
+    field stays None."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="azazel-pending-") as d:
+        result = consult_external_model(
+            query="explain bereishit 1:1",
+            source_query="processable_test_001",
+            caller=_fake_caller(
+                "Bereishit 1:1 — the shoresh ב-ר-א means to create. The verse "
+                "indicates beginnings."
+            ),
+            azazel_pending_l3_dir=pathlib.Path(d),
+        )
+
+        assert result.disposal_record is None
+        assert result.processed.vital_content != ""
+        # No file was dropped — nothing for AzazelIngest to pick up
+        assert list(pathlib.Path(d).glob("*.json")) == []
+
+
+def test_pending_l3_file_does_not_contain_payload():
+    """Property 10 follow-through: the file the orchestrator drops
+    for the Elixir bridge contains the vidui (what was disposed) but
+    not the disposed thing itself. The model's actual response text
+    must not appear in the pending-l3 file."""
+    secret_phrase = "this-string-must-not-leak-to-the-pending-l3-file"
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="azazel-pending-") as d:
+        pending = pathlib.Path(d)
+        consult_external_model(
+            query="any",
+            source_query="leak_check_001",
+            caller=_fake_caller(secret_phrase),  # response is just the secret
+            azazel_pending_l3_dir=pending,
+        )
+
+        files = list(pending.glob("*.json"))
+        assert len(files) == 1
+        body_text = files[0].read_text()
+        assert secret_phrase not in body_text
+
+
+def test_case_ref_is_content_addressable():
+    """Audit can verify the routing was for a specific input by
+    recomputing the case_ref. Property 7's audit-trail half — the
+    routing decision is owned and traceable."""
+    response = _empty_vital_response()
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="azazel-pending-") as d:
+        pending = pathlib.Path(d)
+        result1 = consult_external_model(
+            query="any",
+            source_query="audit_test_001",
+            caller=_fake_caller(response),
+            azazel_pending_l3_dir=pending,
+        )
+
+    # Same content + same source_query → same case_ref
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="azazel-pending-") as d:
+        pending = pathlib.Path(d)
+        result2 = consult_external_model(
+            query="different-query",  # query is not in the case_ref
+            source_query="audit_test_001",
+            caller=_fake_caller(response),
+            azazel_pending_l3_dir=pending,
+        )
+
+    assert result1.disposal_record.case_ref == result2.disposal_record.case_ref
+
+
 # ============================================================
 # Live API integration test — opt-in only
 # ============================================================

vav_pipeline/lib/vav_pipeline/azazel_ingest.ex

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngest do
 
   require Logger
 
-  alias VavPipeline.L3.Store
+  alias VavPipeline.{Chatzotzrot, L3.Store}
 
   @default_poll_interval_ms 5_000
   @default_pending_dir "/tmp/shorashim/azazel/pending_l3"
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngest do
          {:ok, raw} <- Jason.decode(body),
          {:ok, attrs} <- normalize_record(raw),
          {:ok, _record} <- recorder.(attrs) do
+      # Property 6 (out-of-band acknowledgment) — fire the Chatzotzrot
+      # signal AFTER the L3 write succeeds. The chatzotzrot is the
+      # side channel; the disposal flow itself does not return
+      # acknowledgment to the caller (the caller already knows they
+      # handed the input to disposal).
+      #
+      # :moadim is the right signal type — Yom Kippur completion
+      # semantics. This disposal cycle is closed; the public fact
+      # (property 9) is now witnessable via /peah/azazel_log.
+      #
+      # Process.whereis-guarded so this works in tests that don't
+      # bring up the full supervision tree.
+      fire_chatzotzrot(attrs)
+
       # Property 10 follow-through: shred the source file after
       # successful L3 write. The disposal is now permanent oral
       # tradition; the pending artifact must not linger.
@@ -179,6 +193,34 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngest do
     end
   end
 
+  defp fire_chatzotzrot(attrs) do
+    if Process.whereis(Chatzotzrot) do
+      summary = chatzotzrot_summary(attrs)
+
+      Chatzotzrot.signal(:moadim,
+        reason: "Azazel disposal completed: #{summary}"
+      )
+    end
+
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  defp chatzotzrot_summary(attrs) do
+    case_ref = Map.get(attrs, :case_ref) || "unknown"
+    shaliach = Map.get(attrs, :shaliach) || "unknown"
+    vidui = Map.get(attrs, :vidui) || %{}
+
+    categories =
+      Enum.filter(["avonot", "peshaim", "chatot"], fn slot ->
+        case Map.get(vidui, slot) do
+          list when is_list(list) and list != [] -> true
+          _ -> false
+        end
+      end)
+
+    "case=#{case_ref} shaliach=#{shaliach} categories=#{Enum.join(categories, ",")}"
+  end
+
   # Translate the Python-side JSON shape into Ecto-friendly attrs.
   # The Python AzazelRecord.to_storage_dict() shape is:
   #   {

vav_pipeline/test/azazel_ingest_test.exs

@@ -226,6 +226,83 @@ defmodule VavPipeline.AzazelIngestTest do
     assert length(:ets.tab2list(captured)) == 1
   end
 
+  # ============================================================
+  # Property 6 — out-of-band acknowledgment via Chatzotzrot
+  # ============================================================
+
+  test "successful ingest fires Chatzotzrot :moadim signal", %{pending_dir: dir} do
+    # The supervision-tree-started Chatzotzrot is already running.
+    # Subscribe this test process as an :operators recipient and
+    # observe the signal AzazelIngest fires.
+    VavPipeline.Chatzotzrot.subscribe(:all)
+
+    drop_file(dir, "case-ack-001.json", valid_record_json("case-ack-001"))
+    %{server: server} = start_ingest(dir)
+    AzazelIngest.poll_now(server)
+
+    # Drain any unrelated signals from prior tests; we want OUR signal.
+    receive_until_ours("case-ack-001")
+  end
+
+  test "chatzotzrot fire does NOT include vidui item content (privacy)" do
+    # Property 9's privacy boundary applies to the chatzotzrot
+    # summary too — the operator-side signal channel must not leak
+    # the operator-internal vidui items.
+    secret_phrase = "must-not-leak-via-chatzotzrot-summary-channel"
+
+    body =
+      %{
+        "case_ref" => "leak-001",
+        "vidui" => %{
+          "avonot" => [],
+          "peshaim" => [],
+          "chatot" => [secret_phrase],
+          "confessor" => "kohen",
+          "confessed_at" => "2026-04-28T12:00:00Z"
+        },
+        "routing" => "eretz_gezerah",
+        "authorized_by" => "kohen-gadol",
+        "shaliach" => "aharon",
+        "triggering_call" => "test",
+        "goral_outcome_id" => nil,
+        "disposed_at" => "2026-04-28T12:00:01Z"
+      }
+      |> Jason.encode!()
+
+    VavPipeline.Chatzotzrot.subscribe(:all)
+
+    dir =
+      System.tmp_dir!() |> Path.join("azazel-leak-#{:erlang.unique_integer([:positive])}")
+
+    File.mkdir_p!(dir)
+    on_exit(fn -> File.rm_rf!(dir) end)
+    File.write!(Path.join(dir, "leak-001.json"), body)
+
+    %{server: server} = start_ingest(dir)
+    AzazelIngest.poll_now(server)
+
+    signal = receive_until_ours("leak-001")
+    refute signal.details.reason =~ secret_phrase
+  end
+
+  # Drain any unrelated chatzotzrot signals (from other tests sharing
+  # the supervision-tree Chatzotzrot) until we see ours, identified by
+  # case_ref in the reason. Returns the matching signal.
+  defp receive_until_ours(case_ref) do
+    receive do
+      {:chatzotzrot, signal} ->
+        if String.contains?(signal.details.reason || "", case_ref) and
+             signal.signal_type == :moadim do
+          assert signal.details.reason =~ "Azazel disposal completed"
+          signal
+        else
+          receive_until_ours(case_ref)
+        end
+    after
+      2_000 -> flunk("Did not receive chatzotzrot signal for #{case_ref}")
+    end
+  end
+
   # ============================================================
   # Changeset validation (no DB)
   # ============================================================