test(layouts): RED phase tests for default layout install-on-empty-INI behavior

3 tests in tests/test_default_layout_install.py per spec G6/G7 acceptance:
- test_default_layout_installed_when_ini_missing
- test_default_layout_installed_when_ini_empty
- test_default_layout_NOT_installed_when_layout_present

Currently fail as expected (no install helper exists yet). Test 3 passes as
a positive control (custom user INI is preserved when no install logic
runs).

Subprocess spawn pattern: each test creates its own tmp_path workspace,
spawns sloppy.py without --enable-test-hooks (avoids port-8999 conflict
with the live_gui session fixture's subprocess), waits 5s, terminates
via taskkill /F /T, asserts on the saved INI content.

state.toml: phase 1 marked completed; tasks t1_1-t1_10 recorded with
SHA 7577d7d. plan.md updated for Phase 1 task completion.

conductor/tracks/default_layout_install_20260629/plan.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Focus: relocate `tests/artifacts/manualslop_layout_default.ini` to `layouts/defa
 
 Focus: ship `layouts/default.ini` to `cwd/manualslop_layout.ini` when the file is missing/empty/small, before `immapp.run(...)` reads it.
 
-- [ ] Task 2.1: Write failing test for install behavior
+- [~] Task 2.1: Write failing test for install behavior (Tier 3 dispatching tests/test_default_layout_install.py)
   - WHERE: new file `tests/test_default_layout_install.py`
   - WHAT: red phase — 3 tests:
     1. `test_default_layout_installed_when_ini_missing` — `os.remove(cwd/manualslop_layout.ini)` before launch; `subprocess.Popen(sloppy_args, cwd=temp_workspace)`; wait ≥ 5s; assert `manualslop_layout.ini` exists with `[Window][Project Settings]` entry + a non-empty `DockId=` line

conductor/tracks/default_layout_install_20260629/state.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 track_id = "default_layout_install_20260629"
 name = "Default Layout Install + Hardcoded Path Cleanup + layouts/ Stack"
 status = "active"
-current_phase = 0
+current_phase = 2
 last_updated = "2026-06-29"
 
 [blocked_by]
@@ -15,23 +15,23 @@ last_updated = "2026-06-29"
 # None. The test_engine_integration_20260627 track benefits but is not blocked.
 
 [phases]
-phase_1 = { status = "pending", checkpoint_sha = "", name = "Move default layout to layouts/ + create src/layouts.py stack (mirror themes/)" }
+phase_1 = { status = "completed", checkpoint_sha = "7577d7d", name = "Move default layout to layouts/ + create src/layouts.py stack (mirror themes/)" }
 phase_2 = { status = "pending", checkpoint_sha = "", name = "Install-on-empty-INI in App._post_init" }
 phase_3 = { status = "pending", checkpoint_sha = "", name = "Remove hardcoded test-fixture path from production code" }
 phase_4 = { status = "pending", checkpoint_sha = "", name = "Verification + checkpoint" }
 
 [tasks]
 # Phase 1 (10 tasks)
-t1_1 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Verify bundled layout content + themes pattern baseline" }
-t1_2 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "git mv tests/artifacts/manualslop_layout_default.ini -> layouts/default.ini" }
-t1_3 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Update tests/conftest.py:709 to layouts/default.ini" }
-t1_4 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Add `layouts: Path` to src/paths.py config dataclass (mirror themes line 60)" }
-t1_5 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Resolve layouts = root_dir / 'layouts' in src/paths.py (mirror line 83)" }
-t1_6 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Add SLOP_GLOBAL_LAYOUTS env + config override in src/paths.py (mirror line 150)" }
-t1_7 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Add get_layouts_dir() accessor to src/paths.py (mirror line 210-216)" }
-t1_8 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Create src/layouts.py loader module (mirror src/theme_models.py + src/theme_2.py)" }
-t1_9 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Verify src/layouts.py imports + returns empty dict cleanly" }
-t1_10 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Commit phase 1 with git note (relocation + layouts/ stack + future Fleury target)" }
+t1_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "(audit, no commit)", description = "Verify bundled layout content + themes pattern baseline" }
+t1_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "git mv tests/artifacts/manualslop_layout_default.ini -> layouts/default.ini" }
+t1_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Update tests/conftest.py:709 to layouts/default.ini" }
+t1_4 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Add `layouts: Path` to src/paths.py config dataclass (mirror themes line 60)" }
+t1_5 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Resolve layouts = root_dir / 'layouts' in src/paths.py (mirror line 83)" }
+t1_6 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Add SLOP_GLOBAL_LAYOUTS env + config override in src/paths.py (mirror line 150)" }
+t1_7 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Add get_layouts_dir() accessor to src/paths.py (mirror line 210-216)" }
+t1_8 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Create src/layouts.py loader module (mirror src/theme_models.py + src/theme_2.py)" }
+t1_9 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Verify src/layouts.py imports + returns empty dict cleanly" }
+t1_10 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "7577d7d", description = "Commit phase 1 with git note (relocation + layouts/ stack + future Fleury target)" }
 
 # Phase 2 (9 tasks)
 t2_1 = { status = "pending", commit_sha = "", description = "Write 3 failing tests in tests/test_default_layout_install.py" }

tests/test_default_layout_install.py

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import signal
+import subprocess
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TextIO
+
+import pytest
+
+
+_PROJECT_ROOT: Path = Path(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
+_SCRIPTS_DIR: Path = _PROJECT_ROOT / "tests" / "artifacts" / "tier2_state" / "default_layout_install_20260629"
+_GUI_SCRIPT: str = "sloppy.py"
+_INI_FILENAME: str = "manualslop_layout.ini"
+
+
+def _spawn_sloppy_for(workspace: Path, log_suffix: str) -> subprocess.Popen:
+ _SCRIPTS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ log_path: Path = _SCRIPTS_DIR / f"test_{log_suffix}.log"
+ log_file: TextIO = open(log_path, "w", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+ env: dict[str, str] = os.environ.copy()
+ env["PYTHONPATH"] = str(_PROJECT_ROOT.absolute())
+ args: list[str] = ["uv", "run", "python", "-u", _GUI_SCRIPT]
+ creation: int = subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP if os.name == "nt" else 0
+ proc: subprocess.Popen = subprocess.Popen(
+  args,
+  stdout=log_file,
+  stderr=log_file,
+  text=True,
+  cwd=str(workspace.absolute()),
+  env=env,
+  creationflags=creation,
+ )
+ log_file.close()
+ return proc
+
+
+def _terminate(process: subprocess.Popen) -> None:
+ if process.poll() is not None:
+  return
+ pid: int | None = process.pid
+ if pid is None:
+  return
+ try:
+  if os.name == "nt":
+   subprocess.run(
+    ["taskkill", "/F", "/T", "/PID", str(pid)],
+    stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    check=False,
+   )
+  else:
+   os.killpg(os.getpgid(pid), signal.SIGKILL)
+ except Exception:
+  pass
+ try:
+  process.wait(timeout=2)
+ except Exception:
+  pass
+
+
+def _read_ini(workspace: Path) -> str:
+ ini_path: Path = workspace / _INI_FILENAME
+ if not ini_path.exists():
+  return ""
+ try:
+  return ini_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+ except OSError:
+  return ""
+
+
+def _has_dockid_after_window_header(text: str) -> bool:
+ lines: list[str] = text.splitlines()
+ for idx, line in enumerate(lines):
+  if line.startswith("[Window][") and line.rstrip().endswith("]"):
+   tail: str = "\n".join(lines[idx + 1:])
+   if "DockId=" in tail:
+    return True
+ return False
+
+
+def _workspace_for(tmp_path: Path, test_name: str) -> Path:
+ return tmp_path / f"_default_layout_install_{os.getpid()}_{test_name}"
+
+
+def _start_subprocess_in(workspace: Path, log_suffix: str) -> subprocess.Popen:
+ proc: subprocess.Popen = _spawn_sloppy_for(workspace, log_suffix)
+ time.sleep(5.0)
+ return proc
+
+
+def _assert_installed_default(workspace: Path) -> None:
+ ini_path: Path = workspace / _INI_FILENAME
+ assert ini_path.exists(), f"expected {ini_path} to exist after launch"
+ text: str = _read_ini(workspace)
+ assert "[Window][Project Settings]" in text, (
+  f"installed INI missing [Window][Project Settings]; got first 400 chars: {text[:400]!r}"
+ )
+ assert _has_dockid_after_window_header(text), (
+  f"installed INI has no DockId= following a [Window][...] header; got first 400 chars: {text[:400]!r}"
+ )
+
+
+def test_default_layout_installed_when_ini_missing(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ workspace: Path = _workspace_for(tmp_path, "ini_missing")
+ workspace.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ ini_path: Path = workspace / _INI_FILENAME
+ if ini_path.exists():
+  ini_path.unlink()
+ proc: subprocess.Popen = _start_subprocess_in(workspace, "ini_missing")
+ try:
+  _assert_installed_default(workspace)
+ finally:
+  _terminate(proc)
+  shutil.rmtree(workspace, ignore_errors=True)
+
+
+def test_default_layout_installed_when_ini_empty(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ workspace: Path = _workspace_for(tmp_path, "ini_empty")
+ workspace.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ ini_path: Path = workspace / _INI_FILENAME
+ ini_path.write_bytes(b"\n\n\n\n\n")
+ proc: subprocess.Popen = _start_subprocess_in(workspace, "ini_empty")
+ try:
+  _assert_installed_default(workspace)
+ finally:
+  _terminate(proc)
+  shutil.rmtree(workspace, ignore_errors=True)
+
+
+def test_default_layout_NOT_installed_when_layout_present(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+ workspace: Path = _workspace_for(tmp_path, "ini_custom")
+ workspace.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ ini_path: Path = workspace / _INI_FILENAME
+ custom_lines: list[str] = ["[Window][CustomPanelPersistent]", "Pos=10,10", "DockId=0xDEAD", ""]
+ for i in range(32):
+  custom_lines.append(f"; padding line {i}")
+  custom_lines.append("[Window][Filler]")
+  custom_lines.append(f"Pos={i},{i}")
+  custom_lines.append("Size=100,100")
+ content: str = "\n".join(custom_lines) + "\n"
+ ini_path.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+ assert ini_path.stat().st_size >= 1000, "custom INI must be at least 1000 bytes for this test"
+ proc: subprocess.Popen = _start_subprocess_in(workspace, "ini_custom")
+ try:
+  text: str = _read_ini(workspace)
+  assert "[Window][CustomPanelPersistent]" in text, (
+   f"custom INI should be preserved (no overwrite), but content changed: {text[:400]!r}"
+  )
+  assert "DockId=0xDEAD" in text, "custom DockId entry should survive install"
+ finally:
+  _terminate(proc)
+  shutil.rmtree(workspace, ignore_errors=True)