refactor(codemode): type program values as Value

refactor(codemode): let each built-in object answer for itself
feat(codemode): add toLocaleString, Error.isError, and Map.getOrInsert (#50098 )
2026-09-20 23:57:40 +00:00 · 2026-09-20 11:03:16 -05:00 · 2026-09-20 10:45:53 -05:00 · 2026-09-20 10:23:23 -05:00 · 2026-09-20 14:37:06 +00:00 · 2026-09-20 13:36:51 +00:00
132 changed files with 2061 additions and 1098 deletions
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
    },
    "packages/ai": {
      "name": "@opencode/ai",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "3.1057.0",
        "@opencode/schema": "workspace:*",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
    },
    "packages/app": {
      "name": "@opencode/app",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@corvu/drawer": "catalog:",
        "@dnd-kit/abstract": "0.5.0",
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
    },
    "packages/cli": {
      "name": "@opencode/cli",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "bin": {
        "opencode2": "./bin/opencode2.cjs",
      },
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
    },
    "packages/client": {
      "name": "@opencode/client",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/protocol": "workspace:*",
        "@opencode/schema": "workspace:*",
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
    },
    "packages/codemode": {
      "name": "@opencode/codemode",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "acorn": "8.15.0",
        "effect": "catalog:",
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
    },
    "packages/console/app": {
      "name": "@opencode/console-app",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@cloudflare/vite-plugin": "1.15.2",
        "@ibm/plex": "6.4.1",
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
    },
    "packages/console/core": {
      "name": "@opencode/console-core",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@aws-sdk/client-sts": "3.782.0",
        "@jsx-email/render": "1.1.1",
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
    },
    "packages/console/function": {
      "name": "@opencode/console-function",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@openauthjs/openauth": "0.0.0-20250322224806",
        "@opencode/console-core": "workspace:*",
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
    },
    "packages/console/mail": {
      "name": "@opencode/console-mail",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@jsx-email/all": "2.2.3",
        "@jsx-email/cli": "1.4.3",
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
    },
    "packages/console/support": {
      "name": "@opencode/console-support",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@cloudflare/vite-plugin": "1.15.2",
        "@opencode/console-core": "workspace:*",
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
    },
    "packages/core": {
      "name": "@opencode/core",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@ai-sdk/cohere": "3.0.27",
        "@ai-sdk/gateway": "3.0.104",
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
    },
    "packages/desktop": {
      "name": "@opencode/desktop",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@zip.js/zip.js": "2.7.62",
        "electron-context-menu": "4.1.2",
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
    },
    "packages/enterprise": {
      "name": "@opencode/enterprise",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@hono/standard-validator": "catalog:",
        "@opencode-ai/sdk": "1.18.21",
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
    },
    "packages/function": {
      "name": "@opencode/function",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@octokit/auth-app": "8.0.1",
        "@octokit/rest": "catalog:",
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
    },
    "packages/http-recorder": {
      "name": "@opencode/http-recorder",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@effect/platform-node-shared": "4.0.0-rc.112",
      },
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
    },
    "packages/httpapi-codegen": {
      "name": "@opencode/httpapi-codegen",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "effect": "catalog:",
        "prettier": "3.6.2",
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
    },
    "packages/latex": {
      "name": "@opencode/latex",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/plugin": "workspace:*",
        "@opentui/core": "catalog:",
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
    },
    "packages/merman": {
      "name": "@opencode/merman",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/plugin": "workspace:*",
        "@opentui/core": "catalog:",
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
    },
    "packages/plugin": {
      "name": "@opencode/plugin",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@ai-sdk/provider": "3.0.8",
        "@opencode/ai": "workspace:*",
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
    },
    "packages/plugin-browser": {
      "name": "@opencode/plugin-browser",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/plugin": "workspace:*",
        "@opencode/schema": "workspace:*",
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
    },
    "packages/protocol": {
      "name": "@opencode/protocol",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/schema": "workspace:*",
        "effect": "catalog:",
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
    },
    "packages/schema": {
      "name": "@opencode/schema",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@standard-schema/spec": "catalog:",
        "effect": "catalog:",
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
    },
    "packages/sdk": {
      "name": "@opencode/sdk",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/client": "workspace:*",
        "@opencode/core": "workspace:*",
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
    },
    "packages/server": {
      "name": "@opencode/server",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@effect/platform-node": "catalog:",
        "@effect/platform-node-shared": "catalog:",
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
    },
    "packages/session-ui": {
      "name": "@opencode/session-ui",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@kobalte/core": "catalog:",
        "@opencode/client": "workspace:*",
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
    },
    "packages/simulation": {
      "name": "@opencode/simulation",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/ai": "workspace:*",
        "@opencode/core": "workspace:*",
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
    },
    "packages/stats/app": {
      "name": "@opencode/stats-app",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@ibm/plex": "6.4.1",
        "@kobalte/core": "catalog:",
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
    },
    "packages/stats/core": {
      "name": "@opencode/stats-core",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@aws-sdk/client-athena": "3.933.0",
        "@planetscale/database": "1.19.0",
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
    },
    "packages/stats/server": {
      "name": "@opencode/stats-server",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@aws-sdk/client-firehose": "3.933.0",
        "@effect/platform-node": "catalog:",
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
    },
    "packages/theme": {
      "name": "@opencode/theme",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opentui/core": "catalog:",
        "effect": "catalog:",
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
    },
    "packages/tui": {
      "name": "@opencode/tui",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@opencode/client": "workspace:*",
        "@opencode/core": "workspace:*",
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@
    },
    "packages/ui": {
      "name": "@opencode/ui",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@kobalte/core": "catalog:",
        "@pierre/diffs": "catalog:",
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
    },
    "packages/util": {
      "name": "@opencode/util",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@effect/opentelemetry": "catalog:",
        "@effect/platform-node": "catalog:",
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@
    },
    "packages/web": {
      "name": "@opencode/web",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "@astrojs/cloudflare": "12.6.3",
        "@astrojs/markdown-remark": "6.3.1",
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@
    },
    "services/update": {
      "name": "@opencode/update",
-      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "version": "2.0.11",
      "dependencies": {
        "jose": "6.0.11",
        "semver": "catalog:",
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
  "name": "opencode",
  "description": "AI-powered development tool",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "packageManager": "bun@1.4.2",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "name": "@opencode/ai",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ export function mountBrowserPane() {
      session: "Alpha",
      mounted: true,
      visible: true,
+      url: undefined as string | undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      generation: 0,
+      delayNavigation: false,
+      pendingURL: undefined as string | undefined,
+      loadErrors: {} as Record<string, string | undefined>,
+      error: undefined as string | undefined,
      layouts: {} as Record<string, BrowserPaneLayout | undefined>,
    })
    const tabs = ["Alpha", "Beta"].map((name) => ({
@@ -47,13 +54,33 @@ export function mountBrowserPane() {
      opened: () => !!registrations.get(store.session),
      state: () => ({ tabs: tabs.filter((tab) => tab.title === store.session), focusedTabID: null }),
      tabs: () => tabs.filter((tab) => tab.title === store.session),
-      active: () => tabs.find((tab) => tab.title === store.session) ?? tabs[0],
+      active: () => {
+        const tab = tabs.find((tab) => tab.title === store.session) ?? tabs[0]
+        return {
+          ...tab,
+          url: store.url ?? tab.url,
+          loading: store.loading,
+          generation: store.generation,
+          loadError: store.loadErrors[store.session],
+        }
+      },
      registration: () => registrations.get(store.session),
-      error: () => undefined,
+      error: () => store.error ?? (store.loadErrors[store.session] ? "Request failed" : undefined),
      suspended: () => false,
      close: () => undefined,
      open: () => undefined,
-      command: () => undefined,
+      command: (command) => {
+        setStore("error", undefined)
+        if (command.type === "navigate" || command.type === "reload") setStore("loadErrors", store.session, undefined)
+        if (command.type === "navigate") {
+          if (store.delayNavigation) {
+            setStore("pendingURL", command.url)
+            return
+          }
+          setStore({ url: command.url, loading: false, generation: store.generation + 1 })
+        }
+        if (command.type === "stop") setStore("loading", false)
+      },
    }
    return (
      <>
@@ -64,6 +91,32 @@ export function mountBrowserPane() {
            {(name) => <button onClick={() => setStore({ session: name, mounted: name !== "Empty" })}>{name}</button>}
          </For>
          <button onClick={() => setStore("mounted", false)}>Unmount pane</button>
+          <button onClick={() => setStore({ url: "about:blank", loading: false })}>Blank page</button>
+          <button onClick={() => setStore({ url: "about:blank", loading: true })}>Loading page</button>
+          <button
+            onClick={() =>
+              setStore({ loading: true, generation: store.generation + 1, loadErrors: { [store.session]: undefined } })
+            }
+          >
+            Load current page
+          </button>
+          <button onClick={() => setStore("loadErrors", store.session, "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED")}>Failed page</button>
+          <button onClick={() => setStore("delayNavigation", true)}>Delay navigation</button>
+          <button onClick={() => setStore({ error: "ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT", pendingURL: undefined })}>
+            Block navigation
+          </button>
+          <button
+            onClick={() =>
+              setStore({
+                url: store.pendingURL,
+                pendingURL: undefined,
+                loading: false,
+                generation: store.generation + 1,
+              })
+            }
+          >
+            Complete navigation
+          </button>
          <button onClick={() => setStore("visible", (visible) => !visible)}>Toggle Review tab</button>
        </nav>
        <div style={{ width: "640px", height: "360px", border: "1px solid #555" }}>
@@ -57,3 +57,153 @@ story("hides the native view immediately while the pane stays mounted", async ({
  await toggle.click()
  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
 })
+
+story("shows the empty state over a blank native page and restores navigation", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Blank page", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByText('Or prompt "Open in the app browser"', { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "false")
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Reload", exact: true })).toBeDisabled()
+
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.fill("https://example.com/")
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(address).not.toBeFocused()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Reload", exact: true })).toBeEnabled()
+})
+
+story("keeps Stop available and hides the empty state while a blank page loads", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Loading page", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Stop", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "false")
+})
+
+story("keeps the submitted URL visible until the browser reports navigation", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Blank page", exact: true }).click()
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Delay navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.fill("https://example.com/")
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(address).not.toBeFocused()
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://example.com/")
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Complete navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://example.com/")
+
+  await address.fill("https://unsubmitted.example/")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Delay navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://example.com/")
+})
+
+story("restores the current URL when a submitted navigation is blocked", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Delay navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.fill("https://blocked.example/")
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://blocked.example/")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Block navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://alpha.example/")
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+})
+
+story("shows a themed failure state for only the failed tab and allows retry", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Failed page", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("URL can't be reached", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Check the URL and your connection, then try again.", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Request failed", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "false")
+  await expect(root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })).toHaveValue(
+    "https://alpha.example/",
+  )
+
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Beta", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("URL can't be reached", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Beta")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Alpha", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("URL can't be reached", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Reload", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("URL can't be reached", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+})
+
+story("returns a failed tab to the empty state when an empty URL is submitted", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Failed page", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("URL can't be reached", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Delay navigation", exact: true }).click()
+
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.fill("")
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(address).not.toBeFocused()
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Load current page", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Stop", exact: true })).toBeEnabled()
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Complete navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByText("URL can't be reached", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Reload", exact: true })).toBeDisabled()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "false")
+})
+
+story("selects the full URL when the address field gains focus", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.click()
+  await expect(address).toHaveJSProperty("selectionStart", 0)
+  await expect(address).toHaveJSProperty("selectionEnd", "https://alpha.example/".length)
+  await address.pressSequentially("https://example.com/")
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://example.com/")
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(address).not.toBeFocused()
+  await address.focus()
+  await expect(address).toHaveJSProperty("selectionStart", 0)
+  await expect(address).toHaveJSProperty("selectionEnd", "https://example.com/".length)
+  await address.press("ArrowRight")
+  await address.click()
+  await expect(address).toHaveJSProperty("selectionStart", 0)
+  await expect(address).toHaveJSProperty("selectionEnd", "https://example.com/".length)
+})
+
+story("keeps the current page visible while a submitted URL loads", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Delay navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.fill("https://example.com/")
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://example.com/")
+
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Load current page", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Stop", exact: true })).toBeEnabled()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Complete navigation", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://example.com/")
+})
+
+story("keeps the current page and restores its URL when an empty address is submitted", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  const address = root.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Browser address", exact: true })
+  await address.fill("")
+  await address.press("Enter")
+  await expect(address).not.toBeFocused()
+  await expect(address).toHaveValue("https://alpha.example/")
+  await expect(root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(root.getByText("Enter URL", { exact: true })).toBeHidden()
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Reload", exact: true })).toBeEnabled()
+})
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@opencode/app",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "description": "",
  "type": "module",
  "exports": {
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
  }

  /* Keep the 1000px conversation intact, with 320px for the summary and its gutters.
-     Move only as far as needed; wider panels already have enough space in the margin. */
-  @container session-chat (min-width: 1320px) {
+     When they overlap, center the conversation in the space that remains beside the summary. */
+  @container session-chat (min-width: 1320px) and (width < 1640px) {
    [data-slot="session-chat-panel"][data-summary-open="true"]
      :is([data-timeline-virtual-content], [data-component="session-composer-dock"] > div) {
-      --session-summary-translate: min(0px, calc(50cqi - 820px));
+      --session-summary-translate: -160px;

      &:dir(rtl) {
-        --session-summary-translate: max(0px, calc(820px - 50cqi));
+        --session-summary-translate: 160px;
      }
    }
  }
@@ -906,6 +906,10 @@ export const dict = {
  "session.browser.replaced": "Browser control moved to another desktop window.",
  "session.browser.suspended": "Browser suspended. Interact with this session to reconnect.",
  "session.browser.address.placeholder": "Enter URL",
+  "session.browser.empty.title": "Enter URL",
+  "session.browser.empty.description": 'Or prompt "Open in the app browser"',
+  "session.browser.failed.title": "URL can't be reached",
+  "session.browser.failed.description": "Check the URL and your connection, then try again.",

  "titlebar.update": "Update",
  "titlebar.tabs": "Tabs",
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
  const command = useCommand()
  const state = props.browser.active
  const address = () => (state()?.url === "about:blank" ? "" : (state()?.url ?? ""))
+  const failed = () => !!state()?.loadError
  const registration = props.browser.registration
  const button = { variant: "ghost", size: "large" } as const
  const [store, setStore] = createStore({
    address: "",
    editing: false,
+    submitted: false,
+    // A submitted navigation the browser has not reported yet; keeps the empty state hidden meanwhile.
+    navigating: false,
    visible: typeof document === "undefined" || document.visibilityState === "visible",
  })
+  const empty = () => !address() && !state()?.loading && !store.navigating
  let surface: HTMLDivElement | undefined
  let addressDisplay: HTMLDivElement | undefined
  let frame: number | undefined
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
      title: language.t("command.browser.reload"),
      category: language.t("command.category.view"),
      keybind: "f5",
-      disabled: !props.visible || !state(),
+      disabled: !props.visible || !address(),
      onSelect: () => {
        const tab = state()
        if (tab) props.browser.command({ type: "reload", tabID: tab.id })
@@ -71,7 +76,9 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
    const top = Math.round(rect.top * zoom)
    const right = Math.round(rect.right * zoom)
    const bottom = Math.round(rect.bottom * zoom)
-    const visible = props.visible && store.visible && !dialog.active && !covered(rect)
+    // The desktop page hides blank and loading documents itself; only hide here
+    // while the pane shows its own empty or failed state over the surface.
+    const visible = props.visible && store.visible && !empty() && !failed() && !dialog.active && !covered(rect)
    // The cutout exposes the app backdrop outside the rounded Review card,
    // not the browser surface inside it.
    const color = getComputedStyle(
@@ -107,7 +114,25 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
    if (frame === undefined) frame = requestAnimationFrame(tick)
  }

-  createEffect(() => !store.editing && setStore("address", address()))
+  createEffect(on([() => state()?.id, address], () => !store.editing && setStore("address", address())))
+  // Any reported movement, including a rejected or blocked request, ends the submitted navigation.
+  createEffect(
+    on(
+      [() => state()?.id, () => state()?.generation, () => state()?.loading, () => props.browser.error()],
+      () => setStore("navigating", false),
+      { defer: true },
+    ),
+  )
+  // A blocked or rejected submission leaves the page where it was; show that page's URL again.
+  createEffect(
+    on(
+      () => props.browser.error(),
+      (error) => {
+        if (error && !store.editing) setStore("address", address())
+      },
+      { defer: true },
+    ),
+  )
  createEffect(
    on(registration, (current) => {
      // Session routes can change before this pane unmounts. Hide the registration
@@ -123,6 +148,8 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
        () => store.visible,
        () => props.visible,
        () => state()?.id,
+        empty,
+        failed,
        registration,
      ],
      () => {
@@ -157,7 +184,7 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes

  return (
    <aside id="browser-panel" class="relative size-full min-w-0 overflow-hidden bg-v2-background-bg-base flex flex-col">
-      <div class="h-10 shrink-0 flex items-center gap-1 px-2 border-b border-v2-border-border-muted">
+      <div class="h-10 shrink-0 flex items-center gap-1 px-3 border-b border-v2-border-border-muted">
        <For each={["back", "forward"] as const}>
          {(direction) => (
            <Tooltip placement="top" value={language.t(direction === "back" ? "common.goBack" : "common.goForward")}>
@@ -193,7 +220,7 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
        >
          <IconButton
            {...button}
-            disabled={!state()}
+            disabled={!state()?.loading && !address()}
            aria-label={language.t(state()?.loading ? "prompt.action.stop" : "error.page.action.reload")}
            onClick={() => {
              const tab = state()
@@ -212,8 +239,13 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
          onSubmit={(event) => {
            event.preventDefault()
            const tab = state()
-            if (tab && store.address.trim())
-              props.browser.command({ type: "navigate", tabID: tab.id, url: store.address })
+            const url = store.address.trim()
+            if (!tab) return
+            if (url || failed()) {
+              setStore({ submitted: true, address: url, navigating: true })
+              props.browser.command({ type: "navigate", tabID: tab.id, url: url || "about:blank" })
+            }
+            event.currentTarget.querySelector("input")?.blur()
          }}
        >
          <input
@@ -224,8 +256,14 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
            disabled={!state()}
            placeholder={language.t("session.browser.address.placeholder")}
            aria-label={language.t("session.browser.address")}
-            onFocus={() => setStore("editing", true)}
-            onBlur={() => setStore({ editing: false, address: address() })}
+            onFocus={(event) => {
+              setStore("editing", true)
+              event.currentTarget.select()
+            }}
+            onClick={(event) => event.currentTarget.select()}
+            onBlur={() =>
+              setStore({ editing: false, address: store.submitted ? store.address : address(), submitted: false })
+            }
            onInput={(event) => setStore("address", event.currentTarget.value)}
            onScroll={(event) => {
              if (addressDisplay) addressDisplay.scrollLeft = event.currentTarget.scrollLeft
@@ -243,12 +281,27 @@ export function SessionBrowserPane(props: { browser: ReturnType<typeof createSes
          </div>
        </form>
      </div>
-      <Show when={props.browser.error()}>
+      <Show when={props.browser.error() && !failed()}>
        <div class="shrink-0 px-3 py-1.5 text-12-regular text-text-danger-base border-b border-v2-border-border-muted">
          {props.browser.error()}
        </div>
      </Show>
      <div ref={surface} class="min-h-0 flex-1 bg-v2-background-bg-base flex items-center justify-center">
+        <Show when={(empty() || failed()) && !props.browser.suspended()}>
+          {/* Add the 40px toolbar to the file empty state's 160px bottom padding to align their centers. */}
+          <div
+            dir="auto"
+            class="flex size-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2 p-6 pb-[200px] text-center text-text-weak"
+          >
+            <Icon name="globe" size="large" class="mb-2 shrink-0" />
+            <div class="text-[13px] font-medium leading-[var(--line-height-compact)] text-text-strong">
+              {language.t(failed() ? "session.browser.failed.title" : "session.browser.empty.title")}
+            </div>
+            <div class="text-13-regular leading-[var(--line-height-base)]">
+              {language.t(failed() ? "session.browser.failed.description" : "session.browser.empty.description")}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </Show>
        <Show when={props.browser.suspended()}>
          <p class="px-6 text-center text-13-regular text-v2-text-text-subtle" role="status">
            {language.t("session.browser.suspended")}
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { children, createMemo, Show } from "solid-js"
 import type { JSX } from "solid-js"
 import { useSortable } from "@dnd-kit/solid/sortable"
+import { Icon } from "@opencode/ui/icon"
+import { IconButton } from "@opencode/ui/icon-button"
 import { Keybind } from "@opencode/ui/keybind"
 import { Tooltip } from "@opencode/ui/tooltip"
 import { Tabs } from "@opencode/ui/tabs"
@@ -69,9 +71,19 @@ export function SortableTab(props: {
              placement="bottom"
              gutter={10}
            >
-              <Tabs.CloseButton
-                class="h-5 w-5"
-                onClick={() => props.onTabClose(props.tab)}
+              <IconButton
+                size="small"
+                variant="ghost-muted"
+                onPointerDown={(event) => {
+                  event.preventDefault()
+                  event.stopPropagation()
+                }}
+                onClick={(event) => {
+                  event.preventDefault()
+                  event.stopPropagation()
+                  props.onTabClose(props.tab)
+                }}
+                icon={<Icon name="xmark-small" />}
                aria-label={language.t("common.closeTab")}
              />
            </Tooltip>
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
  justify-content: center;
 }

-[data-titlebar-tab] {
+[data-titlebar-tab],
+[data-titlebar-tab-action] {
  --tab-base: var(--v2-background-bg-deep);
  --tab-overlay: transparent;
  background: linear-gradient(var(--tab-overlay), var(--tab-overlay)), var(--tab-base);
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@
  --tab-overlay: var(--v2-overlay-simple-overlay-pressed);
 }

+[data-titlebar-tab-action]:is(:hover, :focus-visible) {
+  --tab-overlay: var(--v2-overlay-simple-overlay-hover);
+}
+
+[data-titlebar-tab-action]:is(:active, [data-state="pressed"]) {
+  --tab-overlay: var(--v2-overlay-simple-overlay-pressed);
+}
+
 [data-titlebar-tab]:is(:hover, [data-state="pressed"]) [data-slot="tab-close"] {
  background: linear-gradient(var(--tab-overlay), var(--tab-overlay)), var(--tab-base);
 }
@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ export function Titlebar(props: {
              >
                <button
                  type="button"
+                  data-titlebar-tab-action
                  data-action="vertical-tabs-home"
                  data-state={layout.route().type === "home" ? "pressed" : undefined}
-                  class="group mb-1 flex h-7 w-full shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[6px] ps-1.5 pe-2 text-[13px] leading-4 text-v2-text-text-faint hover:bg-v2-background-bg-layer-02 hover:text-v2-text-text-base data-[state=pressed]:bg-v2-background-bg-layer-02 data-[state=pressed]:text-v2-text-text-base"
+                  class="group mb-1 flex h-7 w-full shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[6px] ps-1.5 pe-2 text-[13px] leading-4 text-v2-text-text-faint hover:text-v2-text-text-base data-[state=pressed]:text-v2-text-text-base"
                  onClick={toggleHome}
                  aria-label={language.t("home.title")}
                  aria-pressed={layout.route().type === "home"}
@@ -650,8 +651,9 @@ export function Titlebar(props: {
                            {homeButton(true)}
                            <button
                              type="button"
+                              data-titlebar-tab-action
                              data-action="vertical-tabs-new-session"
-                              class="group flex h-7 w-full shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[6px] ps-1.5 pe-2 text-[13px] leading-4 text-v2-text-text-faint hover:bg-v2-background-bg-layer-02 hover:text-v2-text-text-base"
+                              class="group flex h-7 w-full shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-[6px] ps-1.5 pe-2 text-[13px] leading-4 text-v2-text-text-faint hover:text-v2-text-text-base"
                              onClick={openNewTab}
                              aria-label={language.t("command.session.new")}
                            >
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
  "name": "@opencode/cli",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
  "bin": {
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
  "name": "@opencode/client",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
  "repository": {
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 - Tool schemas are the model-facing Interface. Keep arguments minimal and natural to the operation; never add unrelated IDs as ambient capability tokens.
 - State model-visible diagnostics, logs, tool descriptions, and instructions directly. The execution context is already clear; do not repeat `Code Mode` or `CodeMode` unless the distinction is necessary.
 - When interpreter behavior or support changes, update `interpreter-support.md` and direct tests in the same PR.
+- Program values are `Value` (`src/interpreter/objects.ts`); host values are `unknown` and are copied in at the boundaries (`fromHost`, `fromJson`). Do not widen program-facing signatures back to `unknown`.
+- A built-in kind of object is one `Obj` subclass (`Wrapper` for host-backed data such as Date or Map, `Opaque` for machinery such as functions and promises) that overrides `tag`, `toString`, `toPrimitive`, `inspect`, `toHost`, and `iterator` as needed. Do not add `instanceof` ladders over the built-in classes elsewhere; ask the object.

 ## OpenAPI

@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262
      on any other value throws a catchable `TypeError` naming the callee: other built-in functions such as `Number`
      say `new` is unsupported and point at the plain call, user-defined functions report the constructor gap below,
      and non-callable values are not constructors. Error constructors take the ES2022 options object, so
-      `new Error(message, { cause })` installs a non-enumerable `cause` when the option is present.
+      `new Error(message, { cause })` installs a non-enumerable `cause` when the option is present. `Error.isError`
+      is true for every Error value.
 - [x] Arithmetic operators: `+`, `-`, `*`, `/`, `%`, and `**`.
 - [x] Equality and ordering: `==`, `!=`, `===`, `!==`, `<`, `<=`, `>`, and `>=`.
 - [x] Bitwise operators: `&`, `|`, `^`, `~`, `<<`, `>>`, and `>>>`.
@@ -270,8 +271,9 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262
 - [x] `Object.is` for supported data values.
 - [x] `Object.groupBy` over finite collections and custom synchronous iterators/generators, with string-key coercion
      and plain-object results.
- [x] `Object.prototype` methods on values: `toString` (`"[object Array]"`), `toLocaleString`, `valueOf`,
-      `hasOwnProperty`, `isPrototypeOf`, and `propertyIsEnumerable`.
+- [x] `Object.prototype` methods on values: `toString` (`"[object Array]"`, `"[object Map]"`, `"[object Promise]"`, and so
+      on for every built-in kind, as JS reports through `Symbol.toStringTag`), `toLocaleString` (calls the value's
+      `toString`, as in JS), `valueOf`, `hasOwnProperty`, `isPrototypeOf`, and `propertyIsEnumerable`.

 ## Arrays

@@ -285,7 +287,8 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262
      `lastIndexOf`.
 - [x] Aggregation: `reduce` and `reduceRight`.
 - [x] Ordering: `sort`, `toSorted`, `reverse`, and `toReversed`.
- [x] Access/copying: `at`, `slice`, `concat`, `flat`, `with`, and `join`.
+- [x] Access/copying: `at`, `slice`, `concat`, `flat`, `with`, `join`, and `toLocaleString` (each element's
+      `toLocaleString`, holes and nullish elements as empty strings).
 - [x] Mutation: `push`, `pop`, `shift`, `unshift`, `splice`, `fill`, and `copyWithin`.
 - [x] `keys`, `values`, `entries`, and `[Symbol.iterator]` (the same function as `values`) return live iterator objects
      with `next()` and `[Symbol.iterator]`, as in JS. Iterator objects are opaque references: they print as
@@ -308,7 +311,8 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262

 ## Strings

- [x] Case/normalization: `toLowerCase`, `toUpperCase`, `normalize`.
+- [x] Case/normalization: `toLowerCase`, `toUpperCase`, `normalize`, and the `toLocaleLowerCase`/`toLocaleUpperCase`
+      aliases, which ignore their locale argument and apply the default Unicode casing.
 - [x] Trimming: `trim`, `trimStart`, and `trimEnd`, plus the Annex B `trimLeft` and `trimRight` aliases.
 - [x] Searching/tests: `includes`, `startsWith`, `endsWith`, `indexOf`, `lastIndexOf`, and `search`.
 - [x] Slicing/access: `slice`, `substring`, Annex B `substr`, `at`, `charAt`, `charCodeAt`, and `codePointAt`.
@@ -332,7 +336,8 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262
 - [x] Coercion functions: `Number`, `parseInt`, and `parseFloat`.
 - [x] Number predicates/parsers: `Number.isInteger`, `Number.isFinite`, `Number.isNaN`, `Number.isSafeInteger`,
      `Number.parseInt`, and `Number.parseFloat`.
- [x] Number formatting: `toFixed`, `toPrecision`, `toExponential`, `toString`, and `valueOf`.
+- [x] Number formatting: `toFixed`, `toPrecision`, `toExponential`, `toString`, `valueOf`, and `toLocaleString`, which
+      always formats as `en-US` (`"1,234.5"`) so output does not depend on the host.
 - [x] Number constants: `MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`, `MIN_SAFE_INTEGER`, `MAX_VALUE`, `MIN_VALUE`, `EPSILON`, `NaN`,
      `POSITIVE_INFINITY`, and `NEGATIVE_INFINITY`.
 - [x] Math constants: `PI`, `E`, `LN2`, `LN10`, `LOG2E`, `LOG10E`, `SQRT2`, and `SQRT1_2`.
@@ -379,6 +384,8 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262
      `TimeClip` behavior.
 - [x] `Date.prototype.toUTCString` and its `toGMTString` alias.
 - [x] `toDateString` and `toTimeString` in the host's local timezone.
+- [x] `toLocaleString`, `toLocaleDateString`, and `toLocaleTimeString` always format as `en-US` in UTC
+      (`"1/1/1970, 12:00:00 AM"`) so output does not depend on the host.
 - [x] Native one-argument Date coercion for supported values, including booleans, null, arrays, and plain objects.
 - [ ] Date setters and multi-argument construction coerce object arguments through `valueOf`/`toString` and surface
      their throws.
@@ -404,7 +411,7 @@ ultimate source of truth. Upstream test262 files run verbatim from `test/test262

 - [x] Static `Map.groupBy` over finite collections and custom synchronous iterators/generators, preserving key identity.
 - [x] `new Map()` from synchronous iterables of entries.
- [x] Map `get`, `set`, `has`, `delete`, `clear`, `size`, and `forEach`.
+- [x] Map `get`, `set`, `has`, `delete`, `clear`, `size`, `forEach`, `getOrInsert`, and `getOrInsertComputed`.
 - [x] `new Set()` from synchronous iterables.
 - [x] Set `add`, `has`, `delete`, `clear`, `size`, and `forEach`.
 - [x] Live `keys`, `values`, `entries`, and `[Symbol.iterator]` iterators for Map and Set; a Set-like operand's `keys()`
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
  "name": "@opencode/codemode",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "description": "Effect-native confined code execution over schema-described tools",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
  Obj,
  PromiseObj,
  record,
+  type Value,
  SetObj,
  URLSearchParamsObj,
  HeadersObj,
@@ -23,14 +24,14 @@ import { typeofValue } from "./interpreter/references.js"

 export type Json = Schema.Json

-type Replacer<R> = (args: Array<unknown>) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>
+type Replacer<R> = (args: Array<Value>) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>

 /**
 * What `JSON.stringify` would serialize for a program value, as host JSON: `toJSON` is honored, functions and
 * `undefined` vanish, non-finite numbers become null, and everything else is copied. Two departures from JS
 * so a mistake is not a silent `{}`: an Error serializes as `{ name, message, ...own }`, and a promise throws.
 */
-export const toJson = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown, replacer?: Replacer<R>) =>
+export const toJson = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value, replacer?: Replacer<R>) =>
  walk(ctx, value, replacer, false)

 /**
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ export const toJson = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown, replacer?: Replac
 * awaited, a Set crosses as an array, a URLSearchParams as its query string, a Uint8Array asks to be encoded as
 * text first, and a `__proto__` key is dropped so host code can never receive one.
 */
-export const toBoundary = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown) => walk(ctx, value, undefined, true)
+export const toBoundary = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value) => walk(ctx, value, undefined, true)

 const walk = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  value: unknown,
+  value: Value,
  replacer: Replacer<R> | undefined,
  boundary: boolean,
 ): Effect.Effect<Json | undefined, unknown, R> => {
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ const walk = <R>(
 }

 /** Host JSON as program values: objects and arrays are copied, primitives pass through. */
-export const fromJson = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown): unknown => {
+export const fromJson = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Json | undefined): Value => {
  if (value === null || typeof value !== "object") return value
  if (Array.isArray(value))
    return new Arr(
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { Effect, Exit } from "effect"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString } from "../stdlib/value.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "./interpreter.js"
+import { primitivePrototype } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import { typeError } from "./model.js"
-import { Callable, get, Native, DateObj, Obj } from "./objects.js"
+import { Callable, get, Native, DateObj, Obj, coerceToNumber, coerceToString, type Value } from "./objects.js"
 import { typeofValue } from "./references.js"

 export type IteratorCursor<R> = {
-  readonly next: Effect.Effect<{ readonly done: boolean; readonly value: unknown }, unknown, R>
+  readonly next: Effect.Effect<{ readonly done: boolean; readonly value: Value }, unknown, R>
  readonly close: Effect.Effect<void, unknown, R>
 }

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ export const preserveConsumerError = <A, R>(
 */
 export const toPrimitive = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  value: unknown,
+  value: Value,
  hint: "number" | "string" | "default",
-): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  if (!(value instanceof Obj)) return Effect.succeed(value)
  const asString = hint === "string" || (hint === "default" && value instanceof DateObj)
  const order = asString ? ["toString", "valueOf"] : ["valueOf", "toString"]
@@ -43,24 +43,31 @@ export const toPrimitive = <R>(
  })
 }

-export const toPrimitiveString = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown) =>
+/** Invoke(value, name): calls the method the value would find through its prototype. */
+export const invoke = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value, name: string, label: string) => {
+  const target = value instanceof Obj ? value : primitivePrototype(ctx.builtins, value)
+  if (target === undefined) throw typeError(`${label} called on null or undefined.`)
+  return ctx.call(get(target, name), value, [])
+}
+
+export const toPrimitiveString = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value) =>
  Effect.map(toPrimitive(ctx, value, "string"), coerceToString)

-export const toPrimitiveNumber = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown) =>
+export const toPrimitiveNumber = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value) =>
  Effect.map(toPrimitive(ctx, value, "number"), coerceToNumber)

 // The single acceptance list for callbacks: collections, sort, string replacers,
 // Array.from mappers, and promise reactions all admit exactly these callables.
 // Admission means dispatchable, not necessarily invocable: new-requiring
 // constructors pass the gate and throw a TypeError on call, like JS.
-export const isSupportedCallback = (value: unknown): value is Callable =>
+export const isSupportedCallback = (value: Value): value is Callable =>
  value instanceof Callable && !(value instanceof Native && !value.callback)

 export const applyCollectionCallback = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  callback: unknown,
+  callback: Value,
  name: string,
-): ((args: Array<unknown>) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>) => {
+): ((args: Array<Value>) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>) => {
  if (!isSupportedCallback(callback)) {
    if (typeofValue(callback) === "function") {
      throw typeError(
@@ -6,10 +6,21 @@ import { type AstNode, formatLocation, PendingThrow, Throw, sourceLocation, type
 import { containsRuntimeReference } from "./references.js"
 import { createErrorValue, type ErrorType, isErrorType } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import { constructor, methods, prototypeFrom, receiver } from "./native.js"
-import { type Callable, define, get, has, hidden, type Native, Arr, ErrorObj, Obj } from "./objects.js"
+import {
+  type Callable,
+  define,
+  get,
+  has,
+  hidden,
+  type Native,
+  Arr,
+  ErrorObj,
+  Obj,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
+} from "./objects.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "./interpreter.js"
 import { formatValue } from "../stdlib/console.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "../stdlib/value.js"

 export const normalizeError = (error: unknown): Diagnostic => {
  if (error instanceof PendingThrow) {
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ export const locate = (error: unknown, node?: AstNode): unknown => {
 }

 /** The program value a handler receives for a failure; one failure always yields the same value. */
-export const materialize = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, thrown: unknown): unknown => {
+export const materialize = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, thrown: unknown): Value => {
  if (thrown instanceof Throw) return thrown.value
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  if (thrown instanceof PendingThrow) {
@@ -113,7 +124,7 @@ const errorToString = (self: Obj): string => {

 export const createAggregateErrorValue = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  errors: Array<unknown>,
+  errors: Array<Value>,
  message: string,
  proto: Obj = ctx.builtins.AggregateError,
 ) => {
@@ -124,13 +135,13 @@ export const createAggregateErrorValue = <R>(

 const constructAggregateErrorValue = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  args: Array<unknown>,
+  args: Array<Value>,
  proto: Obj,
 ): Effect.Effect<ErrorObj, unknown, R> =>
  Effect.gen(function* () {
    const cursor = yield* ctx.iterate(args[0])
    if (cursor === undefined) throw typeError("new AggregateError(...) expects a synchronous iterable of errors.")
-    const errors: Array<unknown> = []
+    const errors: Array<Value> = []
    while (true) {
      const step = yield* cursor.next
      if (step.done) {
@@ -144,7 +155,7 @@ const constructAggregateErrorValue = <R>(
 export const errorGlobal = <R>(type: ErrorType, ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  const prototype = builtins[type]
-  const construct = (args: Array<unknown>, newTarget: Callable) => {
+  const construct = (args: Array<Value>, newTarget: Callable) => {
    const proto = prototypeFrom(newTarget, prototype)
    const created =
      type === "AggregateError"
@@ -168,6 +179,7 @@ export const errorGlobal = <R>(type: ErrorType, ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    methods(builtins, prototype, [
      ["toString", 0, (thisValue) => errorToString(receiver(Obj, thisValue, "Error.prototype.toString"))],
    ])
+    methods(builtins, ctor, [["isError", 1, (_, args) => args[0] instanceof ErrorObj]])
  }
  return ctor
 }
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { DataValue, Diagnostic, ResolvedExecutionLimits, Result } from "../
 import { toBoundary } from "../data.js"
 import { ToolRuntime } from "../tool-runtime.js"
 import { normalizeError } from "./errors.js"
+import type { Value } from "./objects.js"
 import { createBuiltins } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import { Pending } from "./promises.js"
 import { Interpreter } from "./interpreter.js"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export const executeProgram = <R>(
  prepared: ToolRuntime.Prepared<R>,
  limits: ResolvedExecutionLimits,
  hooks: ToolRuntime.Hooks<R>,
-  globals?: (ctx: Interpreter<R>) => ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]>,
+  globals?: (ctx: Interpreter<R>) => ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, Value]>,
 ): Effect.Effect<Result, never, R> => {
  if (code.trim().length === 0) {
    return Effect.succeed({
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import type { Extension } from "../extension.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "../stdlib/value.js"
 import { type ExtensionInvocation, hooked } from "../tool-runtime.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "./interpreter.js"
 import { createErrorValue, isErrorType } from "./intrinsics.js"
@@ -8,9 +7,7 @@ import { MAX_VALUE_DEPTH } from "./limits.js"
 import { PendingThrow, Throw, typeError } from "./model.js"
 import { fn } from "./native.js"
 import {
-  Callable,
  define,
-  entries,
  get,
  has,
  hidden,
@@ -19,18 +16,17 @@ import {
  Bytes,
  DateObj,
  ErrorObj,
-  GeneratorObj,
-  IteratorObj,
+  HeadersObj,
  MapObj,
  Obj,
-  PromiseObj,
  RegExpObj,
  SetObj,
  URLObj,
  URLSearchParamsObj,
-  HeadersObj,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
 } from "./objects.js"
-import { describeValue } from "./references.js"
+import { describeValue, isOpaque } from "./references.js"

 /**
 * The global bindings of one run's extensions. Everything crossing the boundary is converted: plain data and
@@ -40,35 +36,18 @@ import { describeValue } from "./references.js"
 export const extensionGlobals = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
  extensions: ReadonlyArray<Extension>,
-): ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]> => {
+): ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, Value]> => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins

-  const toHost = (value: unknown, label: string, depth = 0, seen = new Set<object>()): unknown => {
+  const toHost = (value: Value, label: string, depth = 0, seen = new Set<object>()): unknown => {
    if (depth > MAX_VALUE_DEPTH) throw typeError(`${label} exceeds the maximum value depth of ${MAX_VALUE_DEPTH}.`)
-    if (value === null || typeof value !== "object") {
-      if (isPrimitive(value)) return value
-      throw typeError(`${label} contains ${describeValue(value)}, which cannot be passed to an extension.`)
-    }
-    if (value instanceof Bytes) return new Uint8Array(value.bytes)
-    if (value instanceof DateObj) return new Date(value.time)
-    if (value instanceof RegExpObj) return new RegExp(value.regex.source, value.regex.flags)
-    if (value instanceof URLObj) return new URL(value.url.href)
-    if (value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj) return new URLSearchParams(value.params)
-    if (value instanceof HeadersObj) return new Headers(value.headers)
-    const next = (item: unknown) => toHost(item, label, depth + 1, seen)
-    if (value instanceof MapObj) return new Map([...value.map].map(([key, item]) => [next(key), next(item)]))
-    if (value instanceof SetObj) return new Set([...value.set].map(next))
-    if (
-      !(value instanceof Obj) ||
-      value instanceof Callable ||
-      value instanceof GeneratorObj ||
-      value instanceof IteratorObj ||
-      value instanceof PromiseObj
-    ) {
+    if (isPrimitive(value)) return value
+    if (!(value instanceof Obj) || isOpaque(value)) {
      throw typeError(`${label} contains ${describeValue(value)}, which cannot be passed to an extension.`)
    }
    if (seen.has(value)) throw typeError(`${label} contains a circular value.`)
    seen.add(value)
+    const next = (item: Value) => toHost(item, label, depth + 1, seen)
    if (value instanceof ErrorObj) {
      const name = coerceToString(get(value, "name"))
      const message = get(value, "message")
@@ -89,19 +68,12 @@ export const extensionGlobals = <R>(
      seen.delete(value)
      return copied
    }
-    const copied =
-      value instanceof Arr
-        ? value.items.map(next)
-        : Object.fromEntries(
-            entries(value)
-              .filter(([key]) => key !== "__proto__")
-              .map(([key, item]) => [key, next(item)]),
-          )
+    const copied = value.toHost(next)
    seen.delete(value)
    return copied
  }

-  const fromHost = (value: unknown, label: string, depth = 0, seen = new Set<object>()): unknown => {
+  const fromHost = (value: unknown, label: string, depth = 0, seen = new Set<object>()): Value => {
    if (depth > MAX_VALUE_DEPTH) throw typeError(`${label} exceeds the maximum value depth of ${MAX_VALUE_DEPTH}.`)
    if (isPrimitive(value)) return value
    if (typeof value === "function") return wrap(value, label)
@@ -200,7 +172,7 @@ export const extensionGlobals = <R>(
 */
 const uncrossed = new Set(["stack", "constructor", "toString", "__proto__"])
 const left = Symbol("left behind")
-const crossing = (convert: () => unknown): unknown => {
+const crossing = <T>(convert: () => T): T | typeof left => {
  try {
    return convert()
  } catch (reason) {
@@ -219,7 +191,7 @@ const hostErrors = new Map<string, ErrorConstructor>([
 ])

 // The primitives the interpreter operates on; symbols and BigInts are not among them.
-const isPrimitive = (value: unknown): boolean =>
+const isPrimitive = (value: unknown): value is string | number | boolean | null | undefined =>
  value === null ||
  value === undefined ||
  typeof value === "string" ||
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { fn, type Method, methods, receiver } from "./native.js"
 import { AsyncIteratorSymbol, type GeneratorRequestKind, IteratorSymbol } from "./model.js"
-import { define, hidden, GeneratorObj } from "./objects.js"
+import { define, hidden, GeneratorObj, type Value } from "./objects.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "./interpreter.js"

 /** `next`/`return`/`throw` on the generator prototypes; async generators answer with promises. */
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ export const generatorGlobals = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>): void => {
    const request = (kind: GeneratorRequestKind): Method => [
      kind,
      1,
-      (thisValue: unknown, args: Array<unknown>) => {
+      (thisValue: Value, args: Array<Value>) => {
        const generator = receiver(GeneratorObj, thisValue, `${label}.prototype.${kind}`)
-        const requested = generator.request(kind, args[0]) as Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>
+        const requested = generator.request(kind, args[0]) as Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>
        return generator.asynchronous ? ctx.pending.create(requested) : requested
      },
    ]
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
+import type { Value } from "./objects.js"
 import { arrayGlobal } from "../stdlib/array.js"
 import { textDecoderGlobal, textEncoderGlobal, uint8ArrayGlobal } from "../stdlib/bytes.js"
 import { mapGlobal, setGlobal } from "../stdlib/collections.js"
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ const symbolGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  return symbol
 }

-type Factory = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => unknown
+type Factory = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => Value

 // A table rather than a list so the names are known before any runtime exists.
 const table: Record<string, Factory> = {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ const table: Record<string, Factory> = {
 export const globalNames: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(Object.keys(table))

 /** The immutable global bindings of every program, in declaration order. */
-export const globals = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>): ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]> => {
+export const globals = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>): ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, Value]> => {
  generatorGlobals(ctx)
  iteratorGlobals(ctx)
  return Object.entries(table).map(([name, factory]) => [name, factory(ctx)] as const)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type {
  Statement,
  Super,
  SwitchStatement,
+  Literal,
  TemplateLiteral,
  ThrowStatement,
  TryStatement,
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ import {
 } from "./model.js"
 import { checkStringLength } from "./limits.js"
 import { locate, materialize } from "./errors.js"
-import type { Builtins } from "./intrinsics.js"
+import { type Builtins, primitivePrototype } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import { globals } from "./globals.js"
 import {
  assign,
@@ -75,20 +76,16 @@ import {
  Native,
  parseArrayIndex,
  Arr,
-  Bytes,
-  DateObj,
  Fn,
  GeneratorObj,
-  IteratorObj,
-  MapObj,
  Obj,
  PromiseObj,
-  SetObj,
-  URLSearchParamsObj,
-  HeadersObj,
  record,
  remove,
  set,
+  coerceToNumber,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
 } from "./objects.js"
 import { preserveConsumerError } from "./callback.js"
 import { Pending, resolvePromise, resolvePromiseValue } from "./promises.js"
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ import { containsOpaqueReference, describeValue, rejectCircularInsertion, typeof
 import { ScopeStack } from "./scope.js"
 import { constructRegExp } from "../stdlib/regexp.js"
 import { enumerableSource } from "../stdlib/object.js"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString, compoundOperators } from "../stdlib/value.js"
+import { compoundOperators } from "../stdlib/value.js"

 // What a loop does with its body's result: exit with a StatementResult, or undefined to keep iterating.
 // Unlabelled break ends this loop; a label the loop does not carry propagates outward.
@@ -127,7 +124,14 @@ const calleeDescription = (callee: Expression | Super | undefined): string => {
 }

 // OrdinaryHasInstance: walk the left operand's chain looking for the constructor's `prototype`.
-const instanceofValue = (lhs: unknown, rhs: unknown, node: AstNode): boolean => {
+// acorn types every literal as possibly a BigInt or RegExp; regex literals become RegExp objects before this is asked.
+const literal = (node: Literal): Value => {
+  if (typeof node.value === "bigint") throw typeError("BigInt literals are not supported.", node)
+  if (node.value instanceof RegExp) throw unsupportedSyntax("RegExpLiteral", node)
+  return node.value
+}
+
+const instanceofValue = (lhs: Value, rhs: Value, node: AstNode): boolean => {
  if (!(rhs instanceof Callable)) {
    throw typeError("The right-hand side of 'instanceof' is not callable.", node)
  }
@@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ const loopDeclaration = (left: VariableDeclaration | Pattern, statement: "for...

 type CustomIterator = {
  iterator: Obj
-  next: unknown
+  next: Value
  asynchronous: boolean
 }

@@ -232,13 +236,13 @@ type CustomIterator = {
 type MemberReference = {
  target: Obj
  key: PropertyKey
-  receiver: unknown
+  receiver: Value
 }

 type GeneratorRequest = {
  kind: GeneratorRequestKind
-  value: unknown
-  response: Deferred.Deferred<unknown, unknown>
+  value: Value
+  response: Deferred.Deferred<Value, unknown>
 }

 type GeneratorState = {
@@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ export class Interpreter<R> {
    readonly pending: Pending<R>
    readonly builtins: Builtins
    readonly logs?: Array<string>
-    readonly globals?: (ctx: Interpreter<R>) => ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]>
+    readonly globals?: (ctx: Interpreter<R>) => ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, Value]>
  }) {
    this.tools = options.tools
    this.pending = options.pending
@@ -278,27 +282,27 @@ export class Interpreter<R> {
    }
  }

-  run(program: Program): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  run(program: Program): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return this.root.run(program)
  }

-  call(callable: unknown, thisValue: unknown, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  call(callable: Value, thisValue: Value, args: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return this.root.call(callable, thisValue, args)
  }

-  await(promise: PromiseObj): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, never> {
+  await(promise: PromiseObj): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, never> {
    return this.root.await(promise)
  }

-  iterate(value: unknown) {
+  iterate(value: Value) {
    return this.root.iterate(value)
  }

  /** Runs one host tool: arguments cross as JSON and the result comes back as program values. */
  tool(
    run: (args: Array<Json | undefined>) => Effect.Effect<Json | undefined, unknown, R>,
-    args: Array<unknown>,
-  ): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+    args: Array<Value>,
+  ): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const ctx = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      const json = yield* Effect.forEach(args, (arg) => toBoundary(ctx, arg))
@@ -321,7 +325,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    private depth = 0,
  ) {}

-  run(program: Program): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  run(program: Program): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    // Keep top-level declarations separate so they can shadow builtins.
    this.scopes.push()
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
      self.predeclareLexical(program.body)
      self.hoistFunctions(program.body)
      self.hoistVars(program.body)
-      let value: unknown = undefined
+      let value: Value = undefined
      for (const [index, statement] of program.body.entries()) {
        if (index === program.body.length - 1 && statement.type === "ExpressionStatement") {
          value = yield* self.evaluateExpression(statement.expression)
@@ -354,15 +358,12 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  // Fork at the call site so admission and hooks occur when the call is made.
-  private createToolCallPromise(
-    path: ReadonlyArray<string>,
-    args: Array<unknown>,
-  ): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> {
+  private createToolCallPromise(path: ReadonlyArray<string>, args: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> {
    return this.ctx.pending.create(this.ctx.tool((json) => this.ctx.tools.execute(path, json), args))
  }

  // Fiber exits make settlement idempotent; yielding prevents inline continuation.
-  await(promise: PromiseObj): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, never> {
+  await(promise: PromiseObj): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, never> {
    const pending = this.ctx.pending
    return Effect.suspend(() => {
      pending.markObserved(promise)
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  // NamedEvaluation: an anonymous function definition takes the name of what it is assigned to.
-  private evaluateNamed(node: Expression, name: string): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateNamed(node: Expression, name: string): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    if (node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" || (node.type === "FunctionExpression" && !node.id)) {
      return Effect.sync(() => this.createFunction(node, name))
    }
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
      const iterator = cursor === undefined ? yield* self.customIterator(right, node, awaiting) : undefined
      if (iterator === undefined && cursor === undefined) {
        throw invalidData(
-          `${awaiting ? "for await...of" : "for...of"} requires an array, string, Map, Set, URLSearchParams, or Headers, or custom iterator value.`,
+          `${awaiting ? "for await...of" : "for...of"} requires an iterable value, received ${describeValue(right)}.`,
          node,
        )
      }
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
      }
      const assignment = left.type === "VariableDeclaration" ? undefined : left

-      const evaluateBody = (value: unknown) =>
+      const evaluateBody = (value: Value) =>
        Effect.gen(function* () {
          if (declared?.lexical) {
            self.scopes.push()
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    )
  }

-  private awaitValue(value: unknown): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private awaitValue(value: Value): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return Effect.flatMap(resolvePromise(this.ctx, value), (promise) =>
      Effect.ensuring(
        this.await(promise),
@@ -731,10 +732,10 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private awaitAsyncFromSyncValue(
    iterator: CustomIterator,
-    value: unknown,
+    value: Value,
    node: AstNode | undefined,
    closeOnRejection: boolean,
-  ): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  ): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      const settled = yield* Effect.exit(self.awaitValue(value))
@@ -746,7 +747,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  iterate(value: unknown, node?: AstNode) {
+  iterate(value: Value, node?: AstNode) {
    const cursor = this.hostCursor(value)
    if (cursor !== undefined) return Effect.succeed(cursor)
    const self = this
@@ -760,40 +761,24 @@ class Frame<R> {
    )
  }

-  private hostCursor(value: unknown) {
+  private hostCursor(value: Value) {
    const iterator =
-      value instanceof Arr
-        ? value.items[Symbol.iterator]()
-        : typeof value === "string"
-          ? value[Symbol.iterator]()
-          : value instanceof MapObj
-            ? value.map.entries()
-            : value instanceof SetObj
-              ? value.set.values()
-              : value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj
-                ? value.params.entries()
-                : value instanceof HeadersObj
-                  ? value.headers.entries()
-                  : value instanceof Bytes
-                    ? value.bytes.values()
-                    : value instanceof IteratorObj
-                      ? value.iterator
-                      : undefined
+      typeof value === "string"
+        ? value[Symbol.iterator]()
+        : value instanceof Obj
+          ? value.iterator(this.ctx.builtins)
+          : undefined
    if (iterator === undefined) return undefined
-    const proto = this.ctx.builtins.Array
    return {
      next: Effect.sync(() => {
        const step = iterator.next()
-        return {
-          done: Boolean(step.done),
-          value: Array.isArray(step.value) ? new Arr(proto, step.value) : step.value,
-        }
+        return { done: Boolean(step.done), value: step.value }
      }),
      close: Effect.void,
    }
  }

-  private customIterator(value: unknown, node: AstNode | undefined, allowAsync = true) {
+  private customIterator(value: Value, node: AstNode | undefined, allowAsync = true) {
    if (!(value instanceof Obj)) return Effect.undefined
    const asyncMethod = allowAsync ? get(value, AsyncIteratorSymbol) : undefined
    const method = asyncMethod ?? get(value, IteratorSymbol)
@@ -883,18 +868,18 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private requireIteratorObject(value: unknown, context: string, node?: AstNode): Obj {
+  private requireIteratorObject(value: Value, context: string, node?: AstNode): Obj {
    if (value instanceof Obj) return value
    throw typeError(`${context} must be an object.`, node)
  }

-  private requireIteratorMethod(value: unknown, context: string, node?: AstNode): unknown {
+  private requireIteratorMethod(value: Value, context: string, node?: AstNode): Value {
    if (typeofValue(value) === "function") return value
    throw typeError(`${context} must be a function.`, node)
  }

  // for...in over null/undefined iterates nothing, like JS.
-  private enumerableKeys(value: unknown, node: AstNode): Array<string> {
+  private enumerableKeys(value: Value, node: AstNode): Array<string> {
    if (value instanceof ToolReference) return [...this.ctx.tools.keys(value.path)]
    if (value === null || value === undefined) return []
    return keys(enumerableSource(this.ctx, "for...in", value, node))
@@ -1058,7 +1043,7 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private declarePattern(
    pattern: Pattern,
-    value: unknown,
+    value: Value,
    mutable: boolean,
    node: AstNode,
    initialize = false,
@@ -1118,7 +1103,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private assignPattern(pattern: Pattern, value: unknown, node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<void, unknown, R> {
+  private assignPattern(pattern: Pattern, value: Value, node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<void, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      if (pattern.type === "Identifier") {
@@ -1170,7 +1155,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private evaluateDefault(pattern: AssignmentPattern): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateDefault(pattern: AssignmentPattern): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return pattern.left.type === "Identifier"
      ? this.evaluateNamed(pattern.right, pattern.left.name)
      : this.evaluateExpression(pattern.right)
@@ -1178,8 +1163,8 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private destructureArrayPattern(
    pattern: ArrayPattern,
-    value: unknown,
-    consume: (target: Pattern, value: unknown, context: AstNode) => Effect.Effect<void, unknown, R>,
+    value: Value,
+    consume: (target: Pattern, value: Value, context: AstNode) => Effect.Effect<void, unknown, R>,
  ): Effect.Effect<void, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -1203,7 +1188,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
        done = step.done
        if (element === null) continue
        if (element.type === "RestElement") {
-          const rest: Array<unknown> = []
+          const rest: Array<Value> = []
          if (!step.done) rest.push(step.value)
          while (!done) {
            const next = yield* cursor.next
@@ -1233,13 +1218,12 @@ class Frame<R> {
    throw unsupportedSyntax(keyNode.type, keyNode)
  }

-  private evaluateExpression(node: Expression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateExpression(node: Expression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    switch (node.type) {
      case "Literal": {
        const regex = node.regex
        if (regex) return Effect.sync(() => constructRegExp(this.ctx.builtins, [regex.pattern, regex.flags]))
-        if (typeof node.value === "bigint") throw typeError("BigInt literals are not supported.", node)
-        return Effect.succeed(node.value)
+        return Effect.succeed(literal(node))
      }
      case "Identifier":
        return Effect.sync(() => this.scopes.get(node.name, node))
@@ -1254,7 +1238,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
      case "SequenceExpression": {
        const self = this
        return Effect.gen(function* () {
-          let result: unknown
+          let result: Value
          for (const expression of node.expressions) {
            result = yield* self.evaluateExpression(expression)
          }
@@ -1295,7 +1279,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    }
  }

-  private evaluateNewExpression(node: NewExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateNewExpression(node: NewExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      const callee = yield* self.evaluateExpression(node.callee)
@@ -1319,7 +1303,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private evaluateBinaryExpression(node: BinaryExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateBinaryExpression(node: BinaryExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const operator = node.operator
    const left = node.left
    if (left.type === "PrivateIdentifier") throw unsupportedSyntax(left.type, left)
@@ -1332,7 +1316,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private applyBinaryOperator(operator: string, lhs: unknown, rhs: unknown, node: AstNode): unknown {
+  private applyBinaryOperator(operator: string, lhs: Value, rhs: Value, node: AstNode): Value {
    if (operator === "===") return lhs === rhs
    if (operator === "!==") return lhs !== rhs
    if (operator === "in" && rhs instanceof Obj && !containsOpaqueReference(lhs)) {
@@ -1341,14 +1325,9 @@ class Frame<R> {
    if (containsOpaqueReference(lhs) || containsOpaqueReference(rhs)) {
      throw invalidData("Binary operators require data values.", node)
    }
-    // Null-prototype data needs explicit primitive coercion; identity and `in` retain raw objects.
-    // Dates use their default string hint for addition and loose equality, and epoch time elsewhere.
-    const coerceOperand = (operand: unknown): unknown => {
-      if (operand instanceof DateObj) {
-        return operator === "+" || operator === "==" || operator === "!=" ? coerceToString(operand) : operand.time
-      }
-      return operand !== null && typeof operand === "object" ? coerceToString(operand) : operand
-    }
+    // Addition and loose equality use the default hint; every other operator asks for a number.
+    const hint = operator === "+" || operator === "==" || operator === "!=" ? "default" : "number"
+    const coerceOperand = (operand: Value) => (operand instanceof Obj ? operand.toPrimitive(hint) : operand)
    const bothObjects = lhs !== null && typeof lhs === "object" && rhs !== null && typeof rhs === "object"
    const l = coerceOperand(lhs)
    const r = coerceOperand(rhs)
@@ -1402,7 +1381,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    }
  }

-  private evaluateLogicalExpression(node: LogicalExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateLogicalExpression(node: LogicalExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const operator = node.operator
    return Effect.flatMap(this.evaluateExpression(node.left), (left) => {
      if (operator === "&&") return left ? this.evaluateExpression(node.right) : Effect.succeed(left)
@@ -1413,7 +1392,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private evaluateUnaryExpression(node: UnaryExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateUnaryExpression(node: UnaryExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const operator = node.operator
    const argument = node.argument
    if (operator === "delete") return this.evaluateDeleteExpression(argument)
@@ -1428,13 +1407,8 @@ class Frame<R> {
      if (containsOpaqueReference(value)) {
        throw invalidData("Unary operators require data values.", node)
      }
-      const operand =
-        value instanceof DateObj
-          ? value.time
-          : value !== null && typeof value === "object"
-            ? coerceToString(value)
-            : value
-      let result: unknown
+      const operand = value instanceof Obj ? value.toPrimitive("number") : value
+      let result: Value
      switch (operator) {
        case "+":
          result = +(operand as number)
@@ -1452,7 +1426,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private evaluateAssignmentExpression(node: AssignmentExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateAssignmentExpression(node: AssignmentExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const left = node.left
    const operator = node.operator
    const self = this
@@ -1492,9 +1466,9 @@ class Frame<R> {
    node: AssignmentExpression,
    left: Pattern,
    operator: string,
-  ): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  ): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
-    const shouldAssign = (current: unknown): boolean =>
+    const shouldAssign = (current: Value): boolean =>
      operator === "??=" ? current === null || current === undefined : operator === "||=" ? !current : Boolean(current)
    if (left.type === "Identifier") {
      const name = left.name
@@ -1519,7 +1493,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    throw typeError("Assignment target must be an Identifier or MemberExpression.", left)
  }

-  private evaluateUpdateExpression(node: UpdateExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateUpdateExpression(node: UpdateExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const operator = node.operator
    const argument = node.argument
    const prefix = node.prefix
@@ -1532,7 +1506,7 @@ class Frame<R> {

    // CodeMode numeric coercion, not host Number(): null-prototype data objects would make
    // the host throw during ToPrimitive, and opaque runtime references must reject clearly.
-    const operand = (current: unknown): number => {
+    const operand = (current: Value): number => {
      if (containsOpaqueReference(current)) {
        throw invalidData(`'${operator}' requires a data value.`, argument)
      }
@@ -1561,7 +1535,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  // EvaluateCall: a member callee supplies its base object as `this`; anything else calls with undefined.
-  private evaluateCallExpression(node: CallExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateCallExpression(node: CallExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const callee = node.callee

    const self = this
@@ -1579,7 +1553,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private readMethod(node: MemberExpression): Effect.Effect<{ callable: unknown; thisValue: unknown }, unknown, R> {
+  private readMethod(node: MemberExpression): Effect.Effect<{ callable: Value; thisValue: Value }, unknown, R> {
    return Effect.map(this.getMemberReference(node), (reference) => {
      if (reference === OptionalShortCircuit) return { callable: OptionalShortCircuit, thisValue: undefined }
      if (reference instanceof ToolReference) return { callable: reference, thisValue: undefined }
@@ -1590,12 +1564,12 @@ class Frame<R> {

  // The single dispatch for every invocation: call expressions and callbacks share it.
  call(
-    callable: unknown,
-    thisValue: unknown,
-    args: Array<unknown>,
+    callable: Value,
+    thisValue: Value,
+    args: Array<Value>,
    node?: AstNode,
    callee?: Expression,
-  ): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  ): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      if (callable instanceof ToolReference) {
@@ -1613,7 +1587,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  // Built-ins throw without a location, synchronously or inside their Effect; the call site supplies it.
-  private native(body: () => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>, node?: AstNode): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private native(body: () => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>, node?: AstNode): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return Effect.provideService(
      Effect.catchDefect(Effect.suspend(body), (defect) => Effect.die(locate(defect, node))),
      CallSite,
@@ -1623,10 +1597,10 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private evaluateCallArguments(
    argNodes: ReadonlyArray<Expression | SpreadElement>,
-  ): Effect.Effect<Array<unknown>, unknown, R> {
+  ): Effect.Effect<Array<Value>, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const args: Array<unknown> = []
+      const args: Array<Value> = []
      for (const argNode of argNodes) {
        if (argNode.type === "SpreadElement") {
          const spread = yield* self.evaluateExpression(argNode.argument)
@@ -1646,7 +1620,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  // A callback invoked by a built-in runs below the call that invoked the built-in, so the deeper of the two counts.
-  invokeFunction(fn: Fn, args: Array<unknown>, node?: AstNode): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  invokeFunction(fn: Fn, args: Array<Value>, node?: AstNode): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.flatMap(CallSite, (site) => {
      const depth = Math.max(self.depth, site.depth) + 1
@@ -1693,16 +1667,16 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private createGenerator(
    invocation: Frame<R>,
-    run: Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>,
+    run: Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>,
    asynchronous: boolean,
  ): GeneratorObj {
    const state: GeneratorState = { started: false, completed: false, draining: false, pending: [], pendingIndex: 0 }
    invocation.generatorState = state
    invocation.generatorAsync = asynchronous
    const builtins = this.ctx.builtins
-    const result = (value: unknown, done: boolean) => record(builtins.Object, { value, done })
-    const request = (kind: GeneratorRequestKind, value: unknown) => {
-      const request = { kind, value, response: Deferred.makeUnsafe<unknown, unknown>() }
+    const result = (value: Value, done: boolean) => record(builtins.Object, { value, done })
+    const request = (kind: GeneratorRequestKind, value: Value) => {
+      const request = { kind, value, response: Deferred.makeUnsafe<Value, unknown>() }
      if (!asynchronous && state.active) return Effect.die(typeError("Generator is already running."))
      if (asynchronous && (state.completed || (!state.started && kind !== "next"))) {
        state.started = true
@@ -1773,7 +1747,7 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private completeGeneratorRequests(state: GeneratorState, asynchronous: boolean): Effect.Effect<void, never, R> {
    const self = this
-    const result = (value: unknown, done: boolean) => record(self.ctx.builtins.Object, { value, done })
+    const result = (value: Value, done: boolean) => record(self.ctx.builtins.Object, { value, done })
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      while (true) {
        const pending = self.dequeueGeneratorRequest(state)
@@ -1819,7 +1793,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    return request
  }

-  private evaluateYieldExpression(node: YieldExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateYieldExpression(node: YieldExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const argument = node.argument
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -1834,7 +1808,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private suspendGenerator(value: unknown, node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private suspendGenerator(value: Value, node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const state = this.generatorState
    if (!state?.active) throw typeError("Generator has no active request.", node)
    Deferred.doneUnsafe(state.active.response, Exit.succeed(record(this.ctx.builtins.Object, { value, done: false })))
@@ -1849,20 +1823,11 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private delegateYield(value: unknown, node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private delegateYield(value: Value, node: AstNode): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
-      if (
-        value instanceof Arr ||
-        typeof value === "string" ||
-        value instanceof MapObj ||
-        value instanceof SetObj ||
-        value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj ||
-        value instanceof HeadersObj ||
-        value instanceof Bytes
-      ) {
-        const cursor = yield* self.iterate(value, node)
-        if (!cursor) throw typeError("Built-in iterator is unavailable.", node)
+      const cursor = self.hostCursor(value)
+      if (cursor !== undefined) {
        while (true) {
          const step = yield* cursor.next
          if (step.done) return undefined
@@ -1886,7 +1851,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
      const iterator = yield* self.customIterator(value, node, self.generatorAsync)
      if (!iterator) throw typeError("yield* requires a compatible iterable value.", node)
      let kind: GeneratorRequestKind = "next"
-      let input: unknown = undefined
+      let input: Value = undefined
      while (true) {
        const method = kind === "next" ? iterator.next : get(iterator.iterator, kind)
        if (method === undefined || method === null) {
@@ -1906,7 +1871,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
          node,
        )
        const done = Boolean(get(result, "done"))
-        const resultValue: unknown =
+        const resultValue: Value =
          self.generatorAsync && !iterator.asynchronous
            ? yield* self.awaitAsyncFromSyncValue(iterator, get(result, "value"), node, kind !== "return" && !done)
            : get(result, "value")
@@ -1915,7 +1880,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
          return resultValue
        }

-        const resumed: Exit.Exit<unknown, unknown> = yield* Effect.exit(self.suspendGenerator(resultValue, node))
+        const resumed: Exit.Exit<Value, unknown> = yield* Effect.exit(self.suspendGenerator(resultValue, node))
        if (Exit.isSuccess(resumed)) {
          kind = "next"
          input = resumed.value
@@ -1956,7 +1921,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
        } else if (keyNode.type === "Identifier") {
          key = keyNode.name
        } else if (keyNode.type === "Literal") {
-          key = self.toPropertyKey(keyNode.value, keyNode)
+          key = self.toPropertyKey(literal(keyNode), keyNode)
        } else {
          throw typeError("Unsupported object property key shape.", keyNode)
        }
@@ -1975,7 +1940,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  private evaluateArrayExpression(node: ArrayExpression): Effect.Effect<Arr, unknown, R> {
-    const values: Array<unknown> = []
+    const values: Array<Value> = []

    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -2030,13 +1995,13 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private evaluateConditionalExpression(node: ConditionalExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private evaluateConditionalExpression(node: ConditionalExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return Effect.flatMap(this.evaluateExpression(node.test), (test) =>
      this.evaluateExpression(test ? node.consequent : node.alternate),
    )
  }

-  private applyCompoundAssignment(operator: string, current: unknown, incoming: unknown, node: AstNode): unknown {
+  private applyCompoundAssignment(operator: string, current: Value, incoming: Value, node: AstNode): Value {
    if (!compoundOperators.has(operator)) {
      throw typeError(`Unsupported assignment operator '${operator}'.`, node)
    }
@@ -2045,7 +2010,7 @@ class Frame<R> {

  private getMemberReference(
    node: MemberExpression,
-  ): Effect.Effect<MemberReference | ToolReference | { value: unknown } | typeof OptionalShortCircuit, unknown, R> {
+  ): Effect.Effect<MemberReference | ToolReference | { value: Value } | typeof OptionalShortCircuit, unknown, R> {
    const objectNode = node.object
    const propertyNode = node.property
    if (objectNode.type === "Super") throw unsupportedSyntax(objectNode.type, objectNode)
@@ -2071,16 +2036,14 @@ class Frame<R> {

      if (objectValue instanceof Obj) return { target: objectValue, key, receiver: objectValue }

-      // Primitives read through their wrapper prototype without being boxed; strings own length and indexes.
-      const builtins = self.ctx.builtins
+      // Strings own length and indexes; every other primitive property reads through the wrapper prototype.
      if (typeof objectValue === "string") {
        if (key === "length") return { value: objectValue.length }
        const index = typeof key === "symbol" ? undefined : parseArrayIndex(key)
        if (index !== undefined) return { value: objectValue[index] }
-        return { target: builtins.String, key, receiver: objectValue }
      }
-      if (typeof objectValue === "number") return { target: builtins.Number, key, receiver: objectValue }
-      if (typeof objectValue === "boolean") return { target: builtins.Boolean, key, receiver: objectValue }
+      const proto = primitivePrototype(self.ctx.builtins, objectValue)
+      if (proto !== undefined) return { target: proto, key, receiver: objectValue }

      if (objectValue === null || objectValue === undefined) {
        throw typeError(`Cannot read properties of ${objectValue} (reading '${String(key)}').`, objectNode)
@@ -2089,7 +2052,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private readReference(reference: MemberReference, node: MemberExpression): unknown {
+  private readReference(reference: MemberReference, node: MemberExpression): Value {
    // Reject unknown promise properties so a missing await cannot hide.
    if (reference.target instanceof PromiseObj && !has(reference.target, reference.key)) {
      throw invalidData(
@@ -2101,7 +2064,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
  }

  // Accessors throw without a location; the member or pattern that read them supplies it.
-  private readProperty(target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, node: AstNode, receiver: unknown = target): unknown {
+  private readProperty(target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, node: AstNode, receiver: Value = target): Value {
    try {
      return get(target, key, receiver)
    } catch (error) {
@@ -2109,7 +2072,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    }
  }

-  private readMember(node: MemberExpression): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private readMember(node: MemberExpression): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return Effect.map(this.getMemberReference(node), (reference) => {
      if (reference === OptionalShortCircuit) return OptionalShortCircuit
      if (reference instanceof ToolReference) return reference
@@ -2118,7 +2081,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private writeMember(node: MemberExpression, value: unknown): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+  private writeMember(node: MemberExpression, value: Value): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    return this.modifyMember(node, () => Effect.succeed({ write: true, next: value, result: value }))
  }

@@ -2140,8 +2103,8 @@ class Frame<R> {
  // Resolve side-effecting object and key expressions exactly once.
  private modifyMember(
    node: MemberExpression,
-    compute: (current: unknown) => Effect.Effect<{ write: boolean; next: unknown; result: unknown }, unknown, R>,
-  ): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> {
+    compute: (current: Value) => Effect.Effect<{ write: boolean; next: Value; result: Value }, unknown, R>,
+  ): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> {
    const self = this
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      const reference = yield* self.getMemberReference(node)
@@ -2161,7 +2124,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    })
  }

-  private assignToReference(target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, next: unknown, node: AstNode): void {
+  private assignToReference(target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, next: Value, node: AstNode): void {
    const written = (() => {
      try {
        rejectCircularInsertion(
@@ -2179,7 +2142,7 @@ class Frame<R> {
    throw typeError(`Cannot assign to read only property '${String(key)}'.`, node)
  }

-  private toPropertyKey(value: unknown, node: AstNode): PropertyKey {
+  private toPropertyKey(value: Value, node: AstNode): PropertyKey {
    if (typeof value === "string" || typeof value === "number") {
      return value
    }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
-import { define, hidden, Native, Arr, ErrorObj, Obj } from "./objects.js"
+import { define, hidden, Native, Arr, ErrorObj, Obj, type Value } from "./objects.js"

 export const errorTypes = [
  "Error",
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ export const createErrorValue = (prototype: Obj, message: string | undefined): E
  return value
 }

+/** The prototype a primitive reads its methods from without being boxed; none for null, undefined, and symbols. */
+export const primitivePrototype = (builtins: Builtins, value: Value): Obj | undefined => {
+  if (typeof value === "string") return builtins.String
+  if (typeof value === "number") return builtins.Number
+  if (typeof value === "boolean") return builtins.Boolean
+  return undefined
+}
+
 export const createBuiltins = (): Builtins => {
  const object = new Obj(null)
  // Function.prototype is itself callable and returns undefined.
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Node } from "acorn"
 import { Context } from "effect"
 import type { ErrorType } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import type { DiagnosticKind } from "../codemode.js"
-import type { ErrorObj } from "./objects.js"
+import type { ErrorObj, Value } from "./objects.js"

 /** Any parsed node; the interpreter narrows on `type` and reads `loc` for diagnostics. */
 export type AstNode = Node
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ export const CallSite = Context.Reference<{ readonly node?: AstNode; readonly de

 export type Binding = {
  mutable: boolean
-  value: unknown
+  value: Value
  initialized?: boolean
 }

 export type StatementResult =
  | { kind: "none" }
-  | { kind: "return"; value: unknown }
+  | { kind: "return"; value: Value }
  | { kind: "break"; label?: string }
  | { kind: "continue"; label?: string }

@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ export const IteratorSymbol: unique symbol = Symbol("codemode.iterator")
 export const IteratorSymbols = [AsyncIteratorSymbol, IteratorSymbol] as const

 export class Throw {
-  constructor(readonly value: unknown) {}
+  constructor(readonly value: Value) {}
 }

 export class GeneratorReturn {
-  constructor(readonly value: unknown) {}
+  constructor(readonly value: Value) {}
 }

 export const OptionalShortCircuit: unique symbol = Symbol("codemode.optional-short-circuit")
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ export const unsupportedSyntax = (kind: string, node: AstNode): PendingThrow =>
    [supportedSyntaxMessage],
  )

-export const isRecord = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> =>
-  typeof value === "object" && value !== null
-
 export const sourceLocation = (node: AstNode): { readonly line: number; readonly column: number } => ({
  line: Math.max(1, (node.loc?.start.line ?? 2) - 1),
  column: Math.max(1, (node.loc?.start.column ?? 4) - 3),
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import type { Builtins } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import { typeError } from "./model.js"
-import { type Callable, define, frozen, hidden, Native, type NativeOptions, Obj } from "./objects.js"
+import { type Callable, define, frozen, hidden, Native, type NativeOptions, Obj, type Value } from "./objects.js"
 import { describeValue } from "./references.js"

-/** A native function body: a plain value, a thrown `PendingThrow`, or an Effect. */
-export type Impl = (thisValue: unknown, args: Array<unknown>) => unknown
+/** A native function body: a value, a thrown `PendingThrow`, or an Effect of a value. */
+export type Impl = (thisValue: Value, args: Array<Value>) => Value | Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, unknown>

 // The dispatch in `Frame.call` suspends every native call, so a synchronous throw here is a defect.
 const lift =
  <R>(impl: Impl) =>
-  (thisValue: unknown, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+  (thisValue: Value, args: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
    const result = impl(thisValue, args)
-    return Effect.isEffect(result) ? (result as Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>) : Effect.succeed(result)
+    return Effect.isEffect(result) ? (result as Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>) : Effect.succeed(result)
  }

 export const native = <R>(builtins: Builtins, options: NativeOptions<R>): Native<R> =>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const methods = (builtins: Builtins, target: Obj, table: ReadonlyArray<Me
  for (const [name, length, impl] of table) define(target, name, fn(builtins, name, length, impl), hidden)
 }

-export const constants = (target: Obj, table: Record<string, unknown>): void => {
+export const constants = (target: Obj, table: Record<string, Value>): void => {
  for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(table)) define(target, name, value, frozen)
 }

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const prototypeFrom = (newTarget: Callable, fallback: Obj): Obj => {
 /** Narrows a method receiver to the built-in it belongs to, or throws the TypeError JS would. */
 export const receiver = <T extends Obj>(
  cls: abstract new (...args: never) => T,
-  thisValue: unknown,
+  thisValue: Value,
  method: string,
 ): T => {
  if (thisValue instanceof cls) return thisValue
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { BlockStatement, Expression, Pattern } from "acorn"
 import type { Effect, Fiber } from "effect"
+import { ToolReference } from "../tool-runtime.js"
+import type { Builtins } from "./intrinsics.js"
 import { checkArrayLength } from "./limits.js"
 import {
  AsyncIteratorSymbol,
@@ -16,12 +18,12 @@ export type Attributes = {
  readonly configurable: boolean
 }

-export type Getter = (receiver: unknown) => unknown
-export type Setter = (receiver: unknown, value: unknown) => void
+export type Getter = (receiver: Value) => Value
+export type Setter = (receiver: Value, value: Value) => void

 /** One own property: a data slot or a native accessor pair. */
 export type Slot =
-  | { value: unknown; writable: boolean; enumerable: boolean; configurable: boolean }
+  | { value: Value; writable: boolean; enumerable: boolean; configurable: boolean }
  | { get: Getter | undefined; set: Setter | undefined; enumerable: boolean; configurable: boolean }

 /** Ordinary assignment: writable, enumerable, configurable. */
@@ -33,33 +35,119 @@ export const readonly: Attributes = { writable: false, enumerable: false, config
 /** Constants such as `Math.PI` and a constructor's `prototype`. */
 export const frozen: Attributes = { writable: false, enumerable: false, configurable: false }

-/** An object owned by the program: own properties plus a prototype link. */
+/**
+ * An object owned by the program: own properties plus a prototype link. Subclasses answer, in one place, how a
+ * built-in kind of object prints, coerces, iterates, and crosses to the host.
+ */
 export class Obj {
  readonly props = new Map<string | symbol, Slot>()
  constructor(public proto: Obj | null) {}
+
+  /** The class name `Object.prototype.toString` reports: `[object Map]`. */
+  readonly tag: string = "Object"
+
+  /** How diagnostics refer to a value of this kind. */
+  get describe(): string {
+    if (this.tag === "Object") return "a data object"
+    return `${/^[AEIO]/.test(this.tag) ? "an" : "a"} ${this.tag}`
+  }
+
+  /** ToString without consulting program-defined methods. */
+  toString(): string {
+    return `[object ${this.tag}]`
+  }
+
+  /** ToPrimitive without consulting program-defined methods: only a Date answers a number hint differently. */
+  toPrimitive(hint: "default" | "number" | "string"): string | number {
+    return this.toString()
+  }
+
+  /** ToNumber without consulting program-defined methods. */
+  toNumber(): number {
+    return Number(this.toPrimitive("number"))
+  }
+
+  /** How `console.log` shows the value; `item` formats a child with cycle and depth tracking. */
+  inspect(item: (value: Value) => string): string {
+    return `{${entries(this)
+      .map(([key, value]) => `${JSON.stringify(key)}:${item(value)}`)
+      .join(",")}}`
+  }
+
+  /** A copy the host can hold; `item` converts a child. A `__proto__` key never reaches host code. */
+  toHost(item: (value: Value) => unknown): unknown {
+    return Object.fromEntries(
+      entries(this)
+        .filter(([key]) => key !== "__proto__")
+        .map(([key, value]) => [key, item(value)]),
+    )
+  }
+
+  /** The built-in iteration `for...of` and spread use, when this kind of object has one. */
+  iterator(builtins: Builtins): Iterator<Value, undefined> | undefined {
+    return undefined
+  }
 }

 export class Arr extends Obj {
+  override readonly tag = "Array"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
-    readonly items: Array<unknown> = [],
+    readonly items: Array<Value> = [],
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override get describe() {
+    return "an array"
+  }
+  override toString() {
+    return this.items.map((item) => (item === null || item === undefined ? "" : coerceToString(item))).join(",")
+  }
+  override inspect(item: (value: Value) => string) {
+    return `[${this.items.map(item).join(",")}]`
+  }
+  override toHost(item: (value: Value) => unknown) {
+    return this.items.map(item)
+  }
+  override iterator() {
+    return this.items.values()
+  }
 }

 /** An object with the [[ErrorData]] slot: what `Error.prototype.toString` and the host boundary recognize as an error. */
 export class ErrorObj extends Obj {
+  override readonly tag = "Error"
  /** The interpreter failure this error materialized from, so rethrowing it keeps the diagnostic kind and location. */
  host?: PendingThrow
+  /** Error.prototype.toString: "name: message", or just one when the other is empty. */
+  override toString() {
+    const name = get(this, "name")
+    const message = get(this, "message")
+    const shownName = typeof name === "string" ? name : "Error"
+    const shownMessage = typeof message === "string" ? message : ""
+    if (shownMessage === "") return shownName
+    if (shownName === "") return shownMessage
+    return `${shownName}: ${shownMessage}`
+  }
 }

-export abstract class Callable extends Obj {
+/** Interpreter machinery a program can hold but never inspect, serialize, or hand to the host. */
+export abstract class Opaque extends Obj {
+  override inspect() {
+    return "[opaque reference]"
+  }
+}
+
+export abstract class Callable extends Opaque {
+  override readonly tag = "Function"
  constructor(proto: Obj, name: string, length: number) {
    super(proto)
    define(this, "length", length, readonly)
    define(this, "name", name, readonly)
  }
+  override get describe() {
+    return "a function"
+  }
 }

 export class Fn extends Callable {
@@ -77,8 +165,8 @@ export class Fn extends Callable {
  }
 }

-export type NativeCall<R> = (thisValue: unknown, args: Array<unknown>) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>
-export type NativeConstruct<R> = (args: Array<unknown>, newTarget: Callable) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>
+export type NativeCall<R> = (thisValue: Value, args: Array<Value>) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>
+export type NativeConstruct<R> = (args: Array<Value>, newTarget: Callable) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>

 export type NativeOptions<R> = {
  readonly name: string
@@ -103,79 +191,163 @@ export class Native<R = never> extends Callable {
  }
 }

-export class PromiseObj extends Obj {
+export class PromiseObj extends Opaque {
+  override readonly tag = "Promise"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
-    readonly fiber: Fiber.Fiber<unknown, unknown>,
+    readonly fiber: Fiber.Fiber<Value, unknown>,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override get describe() {
+    return "an un-awaited Promise"
+  }
+  override inspect() {
+    return "[Promise (await it to get its value)]"
+  }
 }

-export class GeneratorObj extends Obj {
+export class GeneratorObj extends Opaque {
+  override readonly tag = "Generator"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
    readonly asynchronous: boolean,
-    readonly request: (kind: GeneratorRequestKind, value: unknown) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, unknown>,
+    readonly request: (kind: GeneratorRequestKind, value: Value) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, unknown>,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override get describe() {
+    return "a generator"
+  }
 }

 /** A built-in collection iterator: live over the host collection, yielding program values. */
-export class IteratorObj extends Obj {
+export class IteratorObj extends Opaque {
+  override readonly tag = "Iterator"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
-    readonly iterator: IteratorObject<unknown>,
+    readonly source: IteratorObject<Value, undefined>,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override get describe() {
+    return "an iterator"
+  }
+  override iterator() {
+    return this.source
+  }
 }

-export class DateObj extends Obj {
+/** A built-in object around a host value: data-like, so it prints as itself and crosses to extensions as a copy. */
+export abstract class Wrapper extends Obj {
+  override inspect(item: (value: Value) => string) {
+    return this.toString()
+  }
+}
+
+export class DateObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "Date"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
    public time: number,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override toString() {
+    return Number.isFinite(this.time) ? new Date(this.time).toISOString() : "Invalid Date"
+  }
+  override toPrimitive(hint: "default" | "number" | "string") {
+    return hint === "number" ? this.time : this.toString()
+  }
+  override toHost() {
+    return new Date(this.time)
+  }
 }

-export class RegExpObj extends Obj {
+export class RegExpObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "RegExp"
  readonly regex: RegExp
  constructor(proto: Obj, pattern: string, flags: string) {
    super(proto)
    this.regex = new RegExp(pattern, flags)
  }
+  override toString() {
+    return `/${this.regex.source}/${this.regex.flags}`
+  }
+  override toHost() {
+    return new RegExp(this.regex.source, this.regex.flags)
+  }
 }

-export class MapObj extends Obj {
-  readonly map = new Map<unknown, unknown>()
+export class MapObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "Map"
+  readonly map = new Map<Value, Value>()
+  override inspect(item: (value: Value) => string) {
+    return `Map(${this.map.size}) [${[...this.map].map(([key, value]) => `[${item(key)},${item(value)}]`).join(",")}]`
+  }
+  override toHost(item: (value: Value) => unknown) {
+    return new Map([...this.map].map(([key, value]) => [item(key), item(value)]))
+  }
+  override iterator(builtins: Builtins) {
+    return this.map.entries().map((entry) => new Arr(builtins.Array, entry))
+  }
 }

-export class SetObj extends Obj {
-  readonly set = new Set<unknown>()
+export class SetObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "Set"
+  readonly set = new Set<Value>()
+  override inspect(item: (value: Value) => string) {
+    return `Set(${this.set.size}) [${[...this.set].map(item).join(",")}]`
+  }
+  override toHost(item: (value: Value) => unknown) {
+    return new Set([...this.set].map(item))
+  }
+  override iterator() {
+    return this.set.values()
+  }
 }

-export class URLSearchParamsObj extends Obj {
+export class URLSearchParamsObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "URLSearchParams"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
    readonly params: URLSearchParams,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override toString() {
+    return this.params.toString()
+  }
+  override toHost() {
+    return new URLSearchParams(this.params)
+  }
+  override iterator(builtins: Builtins) {
+    return this.params.entries().map((entry) => new Arr(builtins.Array, entry))
+  }
 }

-export class HeadersObj extends Obj {
+export class HeadersObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "Headers"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
    readonly headers: Headers,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override inspect() {
+    return `Headers ${JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(this.headers))}`
+  }
+  override toHost() {
+    return new Headers(this.headers)
+  }
+  override iterator(builtins: Builtins) {
+    // Bun's Headers typings lack the iterator helpers, so the host iterator is lifted first.
+    return Iterator.from(this.headers.entries()).map((entry) => new Arr(builtins.Array, entry))
+  }
 }

-export class URLObj extends Obj {
+export class URLObj extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "URL"
  readonly searchParams: URLSearchParamsObj
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
@@ -185,30 +357,52 @@ export class URLObj extends Obj {
    super(proto)
    this.searchParams = new URLSearchParamsObj(searchParamsProto, url.searchParams)
  }
+  override toString() {
+    return this.url.href
+  }
+  override toHost() {
+    return new URL(this.url.href)
+  }
 }

 /** A `Uint8Array`: the host array does the byte clamping and ignores out-of-range writes, as JS does. */
-export class Bytes extends Obj {
+export class Bytes extends Wrapper {
+  override readonly tag = "Uint8Array"
  constructor(
    proto: Obj,
    readonly bytes: Uint8Array,
  ) {
    super(proto)
  }
+  override toString() {
+    return this.bytes.join(",")
+  }
+  override inspect() {
+    return `Uint8Array(${this.bytes.length}) [${this.bytes.join(",")}]`
+  }
+  override toHost() {
+    return new Uint8Array(this.bytes)
+  }
+  override iterator() {
+    return this.bytes.values()
+  }
 }

-/** Built-in objects that wrap a host value; data-like, but never plain data. */
-export const isWrapper = (
-  value: unknown,
-): value is DateObj | RegExpObj | MapObj | SetObj | URLObj | URLSearchParamsObj | HeadersObj | Bytes =>
-  value instanceof DateObj ||
-  value instanceof RegExpObj ||
-  value instanceof MapObj ||
-  value instanceof SetObj ||
-  value instanceof URLObj ||
-  value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj ||
-  value instanceof HeadersObj ||
-  value instanceof Bytes
+/** Every value a program can hold. Host values never appear here; they are copied in at the boundaries. */
+export type Value = string | number | boolean | null | undefined | symbol | Obj | ToolReference
+
+/** ToString without consulting program-defined methods. */
+export const coerceToString = (value: Value): string => (value instanceof Obj ? value.toString() : String(value))
+
+/** ToNumber without consulting program-defined methods; tool references are not numbers. */
+export const coerceToNumber = (value: Value): number => {
+  if (value instanceof Obj) return value.toNumber()
+  return value instanceof ToolReference ? Number.NaN : Number(value)
+}
+
+/** Values that cannot cross the data boundary: opaque machinery and host-backed wrappers. */
+export const isRuntimeReference = (value: Value): boolean =>
+  value instanceof Opaque || value instanceof Wrapper || value instanceof ToolReference

 const MAX_ARRAY_INDEX = 4_294_967_295

@@ -226,7 +420,7 @@ type Indexed = Arr | Bytes

 const isIndexed = (target: Obj): target is Indexed => target instanceof Arr || target instanceof Bytes

-const elements = (target: Indexed): Array<unknown> | Uint8Array => (target instanceof Arr ? target.items : target.bytes)
+const elements = (target: Indexed): Array<Value> | Uint8Array => (target instanceof Arr ? target.items : target.bytes)

 const index = (target: Obj, key: string | symbol): number | undefined =>
  isIndexed(target) && typeof key === "string" ? parseArrayIndex(key) : undefined
@@ -247,18 +441,18 @@ export const own = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey): Slot | undefined => {
  return target.props.get(name)
 }

-const read = (slot: Slot, receiver: unknown): unknown =>
+const read = (slot: Slot, receiver: Value): Value =>
  "value" in slot ? slot.value : slot.get === undefined ? undefined : slot.get(receiver)

 export const hasOwn = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey): boolean => own(target, key) !== undefined

-export const getOwn = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey): unknown => {
+export const getOwn = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey): Value => {
  const slot = own(target, key)
  return slot === undefined ? undefined : read(slot, target)
 }

 /** [[Get]]: walks the prototype chain; accessors see `receiver`, which is the primitive for wrapper prototypes. */
-export const get = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, receiver: unknown = target): unknown => {
+export const get = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, receiver: Value = target): Value => {
  for (let current: Obj | null = target; current !== null; current = current.proto) {
    const slot = own(current, key)
    if (slot !== undefined) return read(slot, receiver)
@@ -273,14 +467,14 @@ export const has = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey): boolean => {
  return false
 }

-export const hasPrototype = (value: unknown, proto: Obj): boolean => {
+export const hasPrototype = (value: Value, proto: Obj): boolean => {
  for (let current = value instanceof Obj ? value.proto : null; current !== null; current = current.proto) {
    if (current === proto) return true
  }
  return false
 }

-const writeElement = (target: Indexed, name: string | symbol, value: unknown): boolean | undefined => {
+const writeElement = (target: Indexed, name: string | symbol, value: Value): boolean | undefined => {
  const at = index(target, name)
  if (at !== undefined) {
    if (target instanceof Bytes) target.bytes[at] = typeof value === "number" ? value : Number(value)
@@ -296,7 +490,7 @@ const writeElement = (target: Indexed, name: string | symbol, value: unknown): b
 }

 /** [[Set]]: an inherited setter or read-only property decides before an own data property is created. */
-export const set = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, value: unknown): boolean => {
+export const set = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, value: Value): boolean => {
  const name = canonical(key)
  for (let current: Obj | null = target; current !== null; current = current.proto) {
    const slot = own(current, name)
@@ -324,7 +518,7 @@ export const set = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, value: unknown): boolean => {
 }

 /** [[DefineOwnProperty]] for a data property, ignoring the chain. */
-export const define = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, value: unknown, attrs: Attributes = data): void => {
+export const define = (target: Obj, key: PropertyKey, value: Value, attrs: Attributes = data): void => {
  const name = canonical(key)
  if (isIndexed(target) && writeElement(target, name, value) !== undefined) return
  target.props.set(name, { value, ...attrs })
@@ -375,9 +569,9 @@ export const keys = (target: Obj): Array<string> =>
  ownKeys(target).filter((key): key is string => typeof key === "string" && enumerable(target, key))

 /** Own enumerable string entries: `Object.entries` and serialization. */
-export const entries = (target: Obj): Array<[string, unknown]> => keys(target).map((key) => [key, getOwn(target, key)])
+export const entries = (target: Obj): Array<[string, Value]> => keys(target).map((key) => [key, getOwn(target, key)])

-export const record = (proto: Obj, fields: Record<string, unknown>): Obj => {
+export const record = (proto: Obj, fields: Record<string, Value>): Obj => {
  const target = new Obj(proto)
  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(fields)) define(target, key, value)
  return target
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Cause, Deferred, Effect, Exit, Fiber, Scope } from "effect"
 import type { Diagnostic } from "../codemode.js"
 import { MAX_PENDING_PROMISES } from "./limits.js"
 import { CallSite, Throw, rangeError, typeError } from "./model.js"
-import { Callable, define, get, hidden, Arr, Fn, Obj, PromiseObj, record } from "./objects.js"
+import { Callable, define, get, hidden, Arr, Fn, Obj, PromiseObj, record, type Value } from "./objects.js"
 import { constructor, fn, methods, native, receiver, requiresNew } from "./native.js"
 import { createAggregateErrorValue, locate, materialize, normalizeError } from "./errors.js"
 import { typeofValue } from "./references.js"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { applyCollectionCallback, isSupportedCallback } from "./callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "./interpreter.js"

 // A `resolve`/`reject` handed to an executor or thenable: calling it settles the capability.
-const capability = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, name: string, settle: (value: unknown) => void) =>
+const capability = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, name: string, settle: (value: Value) => void) =>
  fn(ctx.builtins, name, 1, (_, args) => {
    settle(args[0])
    return undefined
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class Pending<R> {

  // Resolution bodies need the promise's own identity to reject `resolve(promise)` self-resolution.
  createWithSelf(
-    body: (self: { promise?: PromiseObj }) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>,
+    body: (self: { promise?: PromiseObj }) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>,
  ): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> {
    const self: { promise?: PromiseObj } = {}
    return Effect.map(this.create(body(self)), (promise) => {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class Pending<R> {
    })
  }

-  create(effect: Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> {
+  create(effect: Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> {
    return Effect.flatMap(CallSite, (site) => {
      if (this.active.size >= MAX_PENDING_PROMISES) {
        throw rangeError(
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class Pending<R> {
    if (id !== undefined) this.failures.delete(id)
  }

-  await(promise: PromiseObj): Effect.Effect<Exit.Exit<unknown, unknown>> {
+  await(promise: PromiseObj): Effect.Effect<Exit.Exit<Value, unknown>> {
    return Fiber.await(promise.fiber)
  }

@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ export class Pending<R> {

 export const resolvePromiseValue = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  value: unknown,
+  value: Value,
  own?: { promise?: PromiseObj },
-): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  if (own?.promise !== undefined && value === own.promise) {
    return Effect.die(typeError("Chaining cycle detected: a promise cannot resolve with itself."))
  }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const resolvePromiseValue = <R>(
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
    // Promise resolution invokes a thenable's method in a later job.
    yield* Effect.yieldNow
-    const deferred = Deferred.makeUnsafe<unknown, unknown>()
+    const deferred = Deferred.makeUnsafe<Value, unknown>()
    const resolve = capability(ctx, "resolve", (result) => Deferred.doneUnsafe(deferred, Exit.succeed(result)))
    const reject = capability(ctx, "reject", (reason) => Deferred.doneUnsafe(deferred, Exit.fail(new Throw(reason))))
    const executed = yield* Effect.exit(ctx.call(then, value, [resolve, reject]))
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export const resolvePromiseValue = <R>(
  })
 }

-export const resolvePromise = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> => {
+export const resolvePromise = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, never, R> => {
  if (value instanceof PromiseObj) return Effect.succeed(value)
  return ctx.pending.createWithSelf((self) => resolvePromiseValue(ctx, value, self))
 }
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ const promiseStatics = ["all", "allSettled", "race", "any", "resolve", "reject"]
 const invokePromiseMethod = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
  name: (typeof promiseStatics)[number],
-  args: Array<unknown>,
-): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+  args: Array<Value>,
+): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  if (name === "resolve") {
    return resolvePromise(ctx, args[0])
  }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const invokePromiseMethod = <R>(
        )
      }
      if (name === "allSettled") {
-        const outcomes: Array<unknown> = []
+        const outcomes: Array<Value> = []
        for (const item of items) {
          const exit = yield* ctx.pending.await(item)
          if (Exit.isSuccess(exit)) {
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ const invokePromiseMethod = <R>(
 const instanceMethod = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
  name: "then" | "catch" | "finally",
-  thisValue: unknown,
-  args: Array<unknown>,
+  thisValue: Value,
+  args: Array<Value>,
 ): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, unknown, R> => {
  const method = `Promise.prototype.${name}`
  const promise = receiver(PromiseObj, thisValue, method)
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ const instanceMethod = <R>(
  return chainReaction(ctx, promise, onFulfilled, onRejected, method)
 }

-const constructPromise = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, executor: unknown): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, unknown, R> => {
+const constructPromise = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, executor: Value): Effect.Effect<PromiseObj, unknown, R> => {
  if (!(executor instanceof Fn)) {
    throw typeError("new Promise(...) expects an executor function (e.g. new Promise((resolve, reject) => { ... })).")
  }
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
-    const deferred = Deferred.makeUnsafe<unknown, unknown>()
+    const deferred = Deferred.makeUnsafe<Value, unknown>()
    const promise = yield* ctx.pending.createWithSelf((self) =>
      Effect.flatMap(Deferred.await(deferred), (value) => resolvePromiseValue(ctx, value, self)),
    )
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ const settleAfterTurn = <A, E, R>(body: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>): Effect.Effect<A
  Effect.flatMap(Effect.exit(body), (exit) => Effect.andThen(Effect.yieldNow, exit))

 class PromiseAnyFulfilled {
-  constructor(readonly value: unknown) {}
+  constructor(readonly value: Value) {}
 }

-const reactionHandler = (value: unknown, method: string): Callable | undefined => {
+const reactionHandler = (value: Value, method: string): Callable | undefined => {
  if (isSupportedCallback(value)) return value
  if (typeofValue(value) === "function") {
    throw typeError(
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ const reactionHandler = (value: unknown, method: string): Callable | undefined =
 const reactionExit = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
  source: PromiseObj,
-): Effect.Effect<Exit.Exit<unknown, unknown>, unknown, R> =>
+): Effect.Effect<Exit.Exit<Value, unknown>, unknown, R> =>
  Effect.gen(function* () {
    const exit = yield* ctx.pending.await(source)
    if (!Exit.isSuccess(exit) && Cause.hasInterruptsOnly(exit.cause)) return yield* Effect.failCause(exit.cause)
@@ -1,47 +1,18 @@
 import { ToolReference } from "../tool-runtime.js"
 import { invalidData } from "./model.js"
-import {
-  Callable,
-  getOwn,
-  isWrapper,
-  ownKeys,
-  Arr,
-  Bytes,
-  DateObj,
-  GeneratorObj,
-  IteratorObj,
-  MapObj,
-  Obj,
-  PromiseObj,
-  RegExpObj,
-  SetObj,
-  URLObj,
-  URLSearchParamsObj,
-  HeadersObj,
-} from "./objects.js"
+import { Callable, getOwn, isRuntimeReference, Obj, Opaque, ownKeys, type Value } from "./objects.js"

-/** Values that cannot cross the data boundary. */
-export const isRuntimeReference = (value: unknown): boolean =>
-  value instanceof Callable ||
-  value instanceof GeneratorObj ||
-  value instanceof IteratorObj ||
-  value instanceof ToolReference ||
-  value instanceof PromiseObj ||
-  isWrapper(value)
-
-function* childValues(value: object): Generator {
-  if (!(value instanceof Obj)) return
-  for (const key of ownKeys(value)) yield getOwn(value, key)
-}
+/** Interpreter machinery that is never data, unlike a Date or Map, which cross some boundaries as copies. */
+export const isOpaque = (value: Value): boolean => value instanceof Opaque || value instanceof ToolReference

 // Depth-first search over a value tree. `match` stops the walk; `skip` prunes a subtree without matching it.
 const find = (
-  value: unknown,
-  match: (current: unknown) => boolean,
-  skip: (current: unknown) => boolean,
+  value: Value,
+  match: (current: Value) => boolean,
+  skip: (current: Value) => boolean,
  seen: Set<object>,
 ): boolean => {
-  const pending: Array<Iterator<unknown>> = [[value].values()]
+  const pending: Array<Iterator<Value>> = [[value].values()]
  while (pending.length > 0) {
    const next = pending.at(-1)!.next()
    if (next.done) {
@@ -50,25 +21,28 @@ const find = (
    }
    const current = next.value
    if (match(current)) return true
-    if (current === null || typeof current !== "object" || skip(current) || seen.has(current)) continue
+    if (!(current instanceof Obj) || skip(current) || seen.has(current)) continue
    seen.add(current)
-    pending.push(childValues(current))
+    pending.push(
+      ownKeys(current)
+        .map((key) => getOwn(current, key))
+        .values(),
+    )
  }
  return false
 }

 const never = () => false

-export const containsRuntimeReference = (value: unknown): boolean => find(value, isRuntimeReference, never, new Set())
+export const containsRuntimeReference = (value: Value): boolean => find(value, isRuntimeReference, never, new Set())

-// Wrapper values are data here, not opaque interpreter references.
-export const containsOpaqueReference = (value: unknown): boolean =>
-  find(value, (current) => !isWrapper(current) && isRuntimeReference(current), isWrapper, new Set())
+export const containsOpaqueReference = (value: Value): boolean =>
+  find(value, isOpaque, (current) => isRuntimeReference(current) && !isOpaque(current), new Set())

 // Reject cycles before mutation so later boundary walks remain safe.
 export const rejectCircularInsertion = (
-  container: object,
-  value: unknown,
+  container: Obj,
+  value: Value,
  label: string,
  seen = new Set<object>(),
 ): void => {
@@ -77,27 +51,14 @@ export const rejectCircularInsertion = (
  }
 }

-export const describeValue = (value: unknown): string => {
+export const describeValue = (value: Value): string => {
  if (value === null || value === undefined) return String(value)
-  if (value instanceof Arr) return "an array"
-  if (value instanceof PromiseObj) return "an un-awaited Promise"
+  if (value instanceof Obj) return value.describe
  if (value instanceof ToolReference) return "a tool reference"
-  if (value instanceof DateObj) return "a Date"
-  if (value instanceof RegExpObj) return "a RegExp"
-  if (value instanceof MapObj) return "a Map"
-  if (value instanceof SetObj) return "a Set"
-  if (value instanceof URLObj) return "a URL"
-  if (value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj) return "a URLSearchParams"
-  if (value instanceof HeadersObj) return "a Headers"
-  if (value instanceof Bytes) return "a Uint8Array"
-  if (value instanceof GeneratorObj) return "a generator"
-  if (value instanceof IteratorObj) return "an iterator"
-  if (isRuntimeReference(value)) return "a function"
-  if (typeof value === "object") return "a data object"
  return `a ${typeof value}`
 }

-export const typeofValue = (value: unknown): string => {
+export const typeofValue = (value: Value): string => {
  if (value instanceof Callable) return "function"
  if (value instanceof ToolReference) return value.path.length > 0 ? "function" : "object"
  return typeof value
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type AstNode, type Binding, referenceError, typeError } from "./model.js"
+import type { Value } from "./objects.js"

 export class ScopeStack {
  private readonly scopes: Array<Map<string, Binding>>
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ export class ScopeStack {
    scope.set(name, { mutable, value: undefined, initialized: false })
  }

-  initialize(name: string, value: unknown, node: AstNode): void {
+  initialize(name: string, value: Value, node: AstNode): void {
    const binding = this.current().get(name)
    if (!binding || binding.initialized !== false) {
      throw typeError(`Identifier '${name}' has not been reserved for initialization.`, node)
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export class ScopeStack {
    binding.initialized = true
  }

-  declare(name: string, value: unknown, mutable: boolean, node: AstNode): void {
+  declare(name: string, value: Value, mutable: boolean, node: AstNode): void {
    const scope = this.current()
    if (scope.has(name)) {
      throw typeError(`Identifier '${name}' has already been declared.`, node)
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class ScopeStack {
    scope.set(name, { mutable, value, initialized: true })
  }

-  get(name: string, node: AstNode): unknown {
+  get(name: string, node: AstNode): Value {
    const binding = this.resolve(name)

    if (!binding) {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export class ScopeStack {
    return binding.value
  }

-  set(name: string, value: unknown, node: AstNode): unknown {
+  set(name: string, value: Value, node: AstNode): Value {
    const binding = this.resolve(name)

    if (!binding) {
@@ -2,14 +2,24 @@ import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { constructor, type Method, methods, prototypeFrom, receiver } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { checkArrayLength, checkStringLength, MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH } from "../interpreter/limits.js"
 import { invalidData, IteratorSymbol, rangeError, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { define, get, hidden, Arr, GeneratorObj, IteratorObj, Obj } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import {
+  define,
+  get,
+  hidden,
+  Arr,
+  GeneratorObj,
+  IteratorObj,
+  Obj,
+  coerceToNumber,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
+} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { describeValue, rejectCircularInsertion } from "../interpreter/references.js"
-import { applyCollectionCallback, preserveConsumerError } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
+import { applyCollectionCallback, invoke, preserveConsumerError } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
 import { compareText } from "../tool-runtime.js"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString } from "./value.js"

-const arrayLikeSource = (source: unknown): { readonly length: number; readonly source: Obj } => {
+const arrayLikeSource = (source: Value): { readonly length: number; readonly source: Obj } => {
  if (source instanceof Obj && typeof get(source, "length") === "number") {
    const length = get(source, "length") as number
    const normalized = Number.isNaN(length) || length <= 0 ? 0 : Math.trunc(length)
@@ -21,7 +31,7 @@ const arrayLikeSource = (source: unknown): { readonly length: number; readonly s
  )
 }

-const arrayFrom = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+const arrayFrom = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  const source = args[0]
  const proto = ctx.builtins.Array
  const apply =
@@ -33,14 +43,14 @@ const arrayFrom = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<
        throw typeError("Array.from expects a synchronous iterable or array-like value.")
      }
      const arrayLike = arrayLikeSource(source)
-      const values: Array<unknown> = []
+      const values: Array<Value> = []
      for (let index = 0; index < arrayLike.length; index += 1) {
        const item = get(arrayLike.source, index)
        values.push(apply === undefined ? item : yield* apply([item, index]))
      }
      return new Arr(proto, values)
    }
-    const values: Array<unknown> = []
+    const values: Array<Value> = []
    let index = 0
    while (true) {
      const step = yield* cursor.next
@@ -53,21 +63,21 @@ const arrayFrom = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<

 export const sortArray = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  target: Array<unknown>,
-  comparator: unknown,
+  target: Array<Value>,
+  comparator: Value,
  name: string,
-): Effect.Effect<Array<unknown>, unknown, R> => {
+): Effect.Effect<Array<Value>, unknown, R> => {
  if (comparator === undefined) {
    return Effect.sync(() => [...target].sort((a, b) => compareText(coerceToString(a), coerceToString(b))))
  }
  const apply = applyCollectionCallback(ctx, comparator, name)
-  const mergeSort = (items: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<Array<unknown>, unknown, R> => {
+  const mergeSort = (items: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<Array<Value>, unknown, R> => {
    if (items.length <= 1) return Effect.succeed(items)
    const midpoint = Math.floor(items.length / 2)
    return Effect.gen(function* () {
      const left = yield* mergeSort(items.slice(0, midpoint))
      const right = yield* mergeSort(items.slice(midpoint))
-      const merged: Array<unknown> = []
+      const merged: Array<Value> = []
      let leftIndex = 0
      let rightIndex = 0
      while (leftIndex < left.length && rightIndex < right.length) {
@@ -88,8 +98,8 @@ export const sortArray = <R>(
 export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  const proto = builtins.Array
-  const wrap = (items: Array<unknown>) => new Arr(proto, items)
-  const construct = (args: Array<unknown>, into: Obj): Arr => {
+  const wrap = (items: Array<Value>) => new Arr(proto, items)
+  const construct = (args: Array<Value>, into: Obj): Arr => {
    if (args.length !== 1) return new Arr(into, [...args])
    const first = args[0]
    if (typeof first !== "number") return new Arr(into, [first])
@@ -109,8 +119,8 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ["from", 1, (_, args) => arrayFrom(ctx, args)],
  ])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(Arr, thisValue, `Array.prototype.${name}`)
-  const optNumber = (name: string, value: unknown, label: string): number | undefined => {
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(Arr, thisValue, `Array.prototype.${name}`)
+  const optNumber = (name: string, value: Value, label: string): number | undefined => {
    if (value === undefined) return undefined
    if (typeof value !== "number") {
      throw typeError(`Array.${name} expects ${label} to be a number.`)
@@ -122,11 +132,11 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    name: string,
    length: number,
    body: (
-      target: Array<unknown>,
+      target: Array<Value>,
      receiver: Arr,
-      apply: (args: Array<unknown>) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>,
-      args: Array<unknown>,
-    ) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R>,
+      apply: (args: Array<Value>) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>,
+      args: Array<Value>,
+    ) => Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R>,
  ): Method => [
    name,
    length,
@@ -214,7 +224,7 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
      "flat",
      0,
      (thisValue, args) => {
-        const flatten = (items: Array<unknown>, depth: number): Array<unknown> =>
+        const flatten = (items: Array<Value>, depth: number): Array<Value> =>
          items.flatMap((item) => (item instanceof Arr && depth > 0 ? flatten(item.items, depth - 1) : [item]))
        const flattened = flatten(self(thisValue, "flat").items, optNumber("flat", args[0], "depth") ?? 1)
        checkArrayLength(flattened.length)
@@ -340,6 +350,19 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
        return target
      },
    ],
+    [
+      "toLocaleString",
+      0,
+      (thisValue) =>
+        Effect.map(
+          Effect.forEach(self(thisValue, "toLocaleString").items, (item) =>
+            item === null || item === undefined
+              ? Effect.succeed("")
+              : Effect.map(invoke(ctx, item, "toLocaleString", "Array.prototype.toLocaleString"), coerceToString),
+          ),
+          (parts) => parts.join(","),
+        ),
+    ],
    ["keys", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "keys").items.keys())],
    ["values", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "values").items.values())],
    [
@@ -356,7 +379,7 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    iterate("map", 1, (target, receiver, apply) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        const length = target.length
-        const values: Array<unknown> = []
+        const values: Array<Value> = []
        values.length = length
        for (let index = 0; index < length; index += 1) {
          if (!(index in target)) continue
@@ -368,7 +391,7 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    iterate("flatMap", 1, (target, receiver, apply) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        const length = target.length
-        const values: Array<unknown> = []
+        const values: Array<Value> = []
        for (let index = 0; index < length; index += 1) {
          if (!(index in target)) continue
          const mapped = yield* apply([target[index], index, receiver])
@@ -381,7 +404,7 @@ export const arrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    iterate("filter", 1, (target, receiver, apply) =>
      Effect.gen(function* () {
        const length = target.length
-        const values: Array<unknown> = []
+        const values: Array<Value> = []
        for (let index = 0; index < length; index += 1) {
          if (!(index in target)) continue
          const item = target[index]
@@ -2,13 +2,24 @@ import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { checkArrayLength, checkStringLength } from "../interpreter/limits.js"
 import { constructor, methods, prototypeFrom, receiver, requiresNew } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { IteratorSymbol, rangeError, syntaxError, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { define, defineAccessor, get, hidden, Arr, Bytes, IteratorObj, Obj } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import {
+  define,
+  defineAccessor,
+  get,
+  hidden,
+  Arr,
+  Bytes,
+  IteratorObj,
+  Obj,
+  coerceToNumber,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
+} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { describeValue } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString } from "./value.js"

 /** The bytes a Uint8Array, array, or other iterable of numbers describes; the host array clamps each value. */
-const collectBytes = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, source: unknown, name: string): Effect.Effect<Uint8Array, unknown, R> => {
+const collectBytes = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, source: Value, name: string): Effect.Effect<Uint8Array, unknown, R> => {
  if (source instanceof Bytes) return Effect.succeed(new Uint8Array(source.bytes))
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
    const cursor = yield* ctx.iterate(source)
@@ -27,7 +38,7 @@ const collectBytes = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, source: unknown, name: string): Ef
  })
 }

-const constructBytes = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>, proto: Obj) => {
+const constructBytes = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<Value>, proto: Obj) => {
  const source = args[0]
  if (source !== null && typeof source === "object") {
    return Effect.map(collectBytes(ctx, source, "new Uint8Array(...)"), (bytes) => new Bytes(proto, bytes))
@@ -48,7 +59,7 @@ export const uint8ArrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    call: requiresNew("Uint8Array"),
    construct: (args, newTarget) => constructBytes(ctx, args, prototypeFrom(newTarget, proto)),
  })
-  const decode = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, from: (text: string) => Uint8Array) => {
+  const decode = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, from: (text: string) => Uint8Array) => {
    if (typeof args[0] !== "string") throw typeError(`Uint8Array.${name} expects a string.`)
    try {
      return wrap(from(args[0]))
@@ -63,13 +74,13 @@ export const uint8ArrayGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ["fromHex", 1, (_, args) => decode("fromHex", args, (text) => Uint8Array.fromHex(text))],
  ])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(Bytes, thisValue, `Uint8Array.prototype.${name}`)
-  const optNumber = (name: string, value: unknown, label: string): number | undefined => {
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(Bytes, thisValue, `Uint8Array.prototype.${name}`)
+  const optNumber = (name: string, value: Value, label: string): number | undefined => {
    if (value === undefined) return undefined
    if (typeof value !== "number") throw typeError(`Uint8Array.${name} expects ${label} to be a number.`)
    return value
  }
-  const wrapAll = (items: Array<unknown>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
+  const wrapAll = (items: Array<Value>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
  defineAccessor(proto, "length", (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "length").bytes.length)
  methods(builtins, proto, [
    ["at", 1, (thisValue, args) => self(thisValue, "at").bytes.at(optNumber("at", args[0], "index") ?? 0)],
@@ -222,8 +233,7 @@ const utf8Labels = new Set(["unicode-1-1-utf-8", "unicode11utf8", "unicode20utf8
 export const textDecoderGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  const proto = builtins.TextDecoder
-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) =>
-    receiver(TextDecoderObj, thisValue, `TextDecoder.prototype.${name}`)
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(TextDecoderObj, thisValue, `TextDecoder.prototype.${name}`)
  defineAccessor(proto, "encoding", (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "encoding").decoder.encoding)
  defineAccessor(proto, "fatal", (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "fatal").decoder.fatal)
  defineAccessor(proto, "ignoreBOM", (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "ignoreBOM").decoder.ignoreBOM)
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ import {
  get,
  getOwn,
  hidden,
-  isWrapper,
  Arr,
+  coerceToString,
  IteratorObj,
  MapObj,
  Obj,
  PromiseObj,
  SetObj,
+  type Value,
 } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
-import { describeValue, isRuntimeReference } from "../interpreter/references.js"
+import { describeValue, isOpaque } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import {
  applyCollectionCallback,
  isSupportedCallback,
@@ -25,9 +26,9 @@ import {
 } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"

-const coerceGroupByPropertyKey = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown): Effect.Effect<string, unknown, R> => {
-  if (value instanceof PromiseObj) return Effect.succeed("[object Promise]")
-  if (!isWrapper(value) && isRuntimeReference(value)) {
+const coerceGroupByPropertyKey = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value): Effect.Effect<string, unknown, R> => {
+  if (value instanceof PromiseObj) return Effect.succeed(coerceToString(value))
+  if (isOpaque(value)) {
    throw invalidData(`Object.groupBy callback must return a data value, received ${describeValue(value)}.`)
  }
  return toPrimitiveString(ctx, value)
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export const groupBy = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, namespace: "Map" | "Object") =>
    })
  })

-const constructMap = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: unknown, proto: Obj) => {
+const constructMap = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: Value, proto: Obj) => {
  const target = new MapObj(proto)
  if (init === undefined || init === null) return Effect.succeed(target)
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ const constructMap = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: unknown, proto: Obj) => {
  })
 }

-const constructSet = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: unknown, proto: Obj) => {
+const constructSet = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: Value, proto: Obj) => {
  const target = new SetObj(proto)
  if (init === undefined || init === null) return Effect.succeed(target)
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -130,8 +131,7 @@ export const mapGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    construct: (args, newTarget) => constructMap(ctx, args[0], prototypeFrom(newTarget, proto)),
  })
  define(map, "groupBy", groupBy(ctx, "Map"), hidden)
-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(MapObj, thisValue, `Map.prototype.${name}`)
-  const wrap = (items: Array<unknown>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(MapObj, thisValue, `Map.prototype.${name}`)
  defineAccessor(proto, "size", (thisValue) => receiver(MapObj, thisValue, "Map.prototype.size").map.size)
  methods(builtins, proto, [
    ["get", 1, (thisValue, args) => self(thisValue, "get").map.get(args[0])],
@@ -145,6 +145,29 @@ export const mapGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
        return target
      },
    ],
+    [
+      "getOrInsert",
+      2,
+      (thisValue, args) => {
+        const target = self(thisValue, "getOrInsert").map
+        if (!target.has(args[0])) target.set(args[0], args[1])
+        return target.get(args[0])
+      },
+    ],
+    [
+      "getOrInsertComputed",
+      2,
+      (thisValue, args) => {
+        const target = self(thisValue, "getOrInsertComputed").map
+        const apply = applyCollectionCallback(ctx, args[1], "Map.getOrInsertComputed")
+        if (target.has(args[0])) return target.get(args[0])
+        // The callback sees the stored key (-0 is +0) and its result wins over anything it inserted itself.
+        return Effect.map(apply([args[0] === 0 ? 0 : args[0]]), (value) => {
+          target.set(args[0], value)
+          return value
+        })
+      },
+    ],
    ["delete", 1, (thisValue, args) => self(thisValue, "delete").map.delete(args[0])],
    [
      "clear",
@@ -156,17 +179,7 @@ export const mapGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ],
    ["keys", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "keys").map.keys())],
    ["values", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "values").map.values())],
-    [
-      "entries",
-      0,
-      (thisValue) =>
-        new IteratorObj(
-          builtins.Iterator,
-          self(thisValue, "entries")
-            .map.entries()
-            .map(([key, item]) => wrap([key, item])),
-        ),
-    ],
+    ["entries", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "entries").iterator(builtins))],
    [
      "forEach",
      1,
@@ -186,26 +199,26 @@ export const mapGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {

 type SetRecord<R> = {
  readonly size: number
-  readonly has: (item: unknown) => Effect.Effect<boolean, unknown, R>
-  readonly keys: () => Effect.Effect<Iterable<unknown>, unknown, R>
+  readonly has: (item: Value) => Effect.Effect<boolean, unknown, R>
+  readonly keys: () => Effect.Effect<Iterable<Value>, unknown, R>
 }

 const loadSetRecord = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  source: unknown,
+  source: Value,
  name: string,
 ): Effect.Effect<SetRecord<R>, unknown, R> => {
  if (source instanceof SetObj) {
    return Effect.succeed({
      size: source.set.size,
-      has: (item: unknown) => Effect.succeed(source.set.has(item)),
+      has: (item: Value) => Effect.succeed(source.set.has(item)),
      keys: () => Effect.succeed(source.set.values()),
    })
  }
  if (source instanceof MapObj) {
    return Effect.succeed({
      size: source.map.size,
-      has: (item: unknown) => Effect.succeed(source.map.has(item)),
+      has: (item: Value) => Effect.succeed(source.map.has(item)),
      keys: () => Effect.succeed(source.map.keys()),
    })
  }
@@ -224,10 +237,10 @@ const loadSetRecord = <R>(
    }
    return {
      size: Math.max(Math.trunc(size), 0),
-      has: (item: unknown) => Effect.map(ctx.call(has, source, [item]), Boolean),
+      has: (item: Value) => Effect.map(ctx.call(has, source, [item]), Boolean),
      keys: () =>
-        Effect.flatMap(ctx.call(keys, source, []), (result): Effect.Effect<Iterable<unknown>> => {
-          if (result instanceof IteratorObj) return Effect.succeed(result.iterator)
+        Effect.flatMap(ctx.call(keys, source, []), (result): Effect.Effect<Iterable<Value>> => {
+          if (result instanceof IteratorObj) return Effect.succeed(result.source)
          if (result instanceof Arr) return Effect.succeed(result.items)
          throw typeError(`Set.${name} expected 'keys' to return an iterator.`)
        }),
@@ -239,8 +252,8 @@ const setOperation = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
  target: SetObj,
  name: string,
-  source: unknown,
-): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> =>
+  source: Value,
+): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> =>
  Effect.gen(function* () {
    const other = yield* loadSetRecord(ctx, source, name)
    const copy = () => {
@@ -319,8 +332,8 @@ export const setGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    call: requiresNew("Set"),
    construct: (args, newTarget) => constructSet(ctx, args[0], prototypeFrom(newTarget, proto)),
  })
-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(SetObj, thisValue, `Set.prototype.${name}`)
-  const wrap = (items: Array<unknown>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(SetObj, thisValue, `Set.prototype.${name}`)
+  const wrap = (items: Array<Value>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
  const operation = (name: string): Method => [
    name,
    1,
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
 import { type Method, methods } from "../interpreter/native.js"
-import {
-  entries,
-  get,
-  Arr,
-  Bytes,
-  DateObj,
-  MapObj,
-  Obj,
-  PromiseObj,
-  RegExpObj,
-  SetObj,
-  URLObj,
-  URLSearchParamsObj,
-  HeadersObj,
-} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
-import { containsOpaqueReference, isRuntimeReference } from "../interpreter/references.js"
+import { entries, get, Arr, Obj, type Value } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import { ToolReference } from "../tool-runtime.js"
+import { containsOpaqueReference } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "./value.js"

 const consoleMethods = ["log", "info", "debug", "warn", "error", "dir", "table"]

@@ -43,7 +29,7 @@ export const consoleGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {

 const MAX_CONSOLE_DEPTH = 32

-const formatConsoleMessage = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>): string => {
+const formatConsoleMessage = (name: string, args: Array<Value>): string => {
  if (name === "dir") return args.length === 0 ? "undefined" : formatValue(args[0])
  if (name === "table") return formatConsoleTable(args[0], args[1])
  const prefix = name === "warn" ? "[warn] " : name === "error" ? "[error] " : name === "debug" ? "[debug] " : ""
@@ -51,60 +37,27 @@ const formatConsoleMessage = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>): string => {
 }

 /** One value as `console.log` shows it. */
-export const formatValue = (value: unknown): string => {
+export const formatValue = (value: Value): string => {
  if (value === undefined) return "undefined"
  if (typeof value === "string") return value
  return formatConsoleValue(value, new Set(), 0)
 }

-const formatConsoleValue = (value: unknown, seen: Set<object>, depth: number): string => {
+const formatConsoleValue = (value: Value, seen: Set<object>, depth: number): string => {
  if (value === null || value === undefined) return "null"
  if (typeof value === "string") return JSON.stringify(value)
-  if (typeof value === "number" || typeof value === "boolean") return String(value)
-  if (typeof value !== "object") return String(value)
-  if (value instanceof PromiseObj) return "[Promise (await it to get its value)]"
-  if (value instanceof DateObj) return coerceToString(value)
-  if (value instanceof RegExpObj) return coerceToString(value)
-  if (value instanceof URLObj) return coerceToString(value)
-  if (value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj) return coerceToString(value)
-  if (value instanceof HeadersObj) return `Headers ${JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(value.headers))}`
-  if (value instanceof Bytes) return `Uint8Array(${value.bytes.length}) [${value.bytes.join(",")}]`
+  if (!(value instanceof Obj)) return value instanceof ToolReference ? "[opaque reference]" : String(value)
  if (depth > MAX_CONSOLE_DEPTH) return "..."
  if (seen.has(value)) return "[Circular]"
-  if (value instanceof MapObj) {
-    seen.add(value)
-    try {
-      const items = Array.from(value.map.entries(), ([key, item]) => `[${formatItems([key, item], seen, depth + 1)}]`)
-      return `Map(${value.map.size}) [${items.join(",")}]`
-    } finally {
-      seen.delete(value)
-    }
-  }
-  if (value instanceof SetObj) {
-    seen.add(value)
-    try {
-      return `Set(${value.set.size}) [${formatItems([...value.set.values()], seen, depth + 1)}]`
-    } finally {
-      seen.delete(value)
-    }
-  }
-  if (isRuntimeReference(value)) return "[opaque reference]"
  seen.add(value)
  try {
-    if (value instanceof Arr) return `[${formatItems(value.items, seen, depth + 1)}]`
-    if (!(value instanceof Obj)) return "[object Object]"
-    return `{${entries(value)
-      .map(([key, item]) => `${JSON.stringify(key)}:${formatConsoleValue(item, seen, depth + 1)}`)
-      .join(",")}}`
+    return value.inspect((item) => formatConsoleValue(item, seen, depth + 1))
  } finally {
    seen.delete(value)
  }
 }

-const formatItems = (items: Array<unknown>, seen: Set<object>, depth: number): string =>
-  items.map((item) => formatConsoleValue(item, seen, depth)).join(",")
-
-const formatConsoleTable = (value: unknown, columnsArgument: unknown): string => {
+const formatConsoleTable = (value: Value, columnsArgument: Value): string => {
  if (value === undefined) return "undefined"
  if (containsOpaqueReference(value)) return "[opaque reference]"
  const columns = columnsArgument instanceof Arr ? columnsArgument.items.map(String) : undefined
@@ -118,9 +71,9 @@ const formatConsoleTable = (value: unknown, columnsArgument: unknown): string =>
 }

 const consoleTableRows = (
-  data: unknown,
+  data: Value,
  columns: ReadonlyArray<string> | undefined,
-): Array<{ readonly index: string; readonly values: Record<string, unknown> }> => {
+): Array<{ readonly index: string; readonly values: Record<string, Value> }> => {
  if (data instanceof Arr) {
    return data.items.map((item, index) => ({ index: String(index), values: consoleTableValues(item, columns) }))
  }
@@ -130,7 +83,7 @@ const consoleTableRows = (
  return [{ index: "0", values: { Value: data } }]
 }

-const consoleTableValues = (value: unknown, columns: ReadonlyArray<string> | undefined): Record<string, unknown> => {
+const consoleTableValues = (value: Value, columns: ReadonlyArray<string> | undefined): Record<string, Value> => {
  if (value instanceof Obj && !(value instanceof Arr)) {
    if (columns !== undefined) return Object.fromEntries(columns.map((column) => [column, get(value, column)]))
    return Object.fromEntries(entries(value))
@@ -138,7 +91,7 @@ const consoleTableValues = (value: unknown, columns: ReadonlyArray<string> | und
  return { Value: value }
 }

-const formatConsoleTableCell = (value: unknown): string => {
+const formatConsoleTableCell = (value: Value): string => {
  if (value === undefined) return ""
  if (typeof value === "string") return value
  return formatConsoleValue(value, new Set(), 0)
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { constructor, type Method, methods, prototypeFrom, receiver } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { rangeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { DateObj, Obj } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import { DateObj, Obj, coerceToNumber, coerceToString, type Value } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { toPrimitive, toPrimitiveNumber } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString } from "./value.js"

-const constructDate = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>, proto: Obj) => {
+const constructDate = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<Value>, proto: Obj) => {
  if (args.length === 0) return Effect.succeed(new DateObj(proto, Date.now()))
  if (args.length === 1) {
    const arg = args[0]
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ export const dateGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ["UTC", 7, (_, args) => Date.UTC(...(args.map((arg) => coerceToNumber(arg)) as Parameters<typeof Date.UTC>))],
  ])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(DateObj, thisValue, `Date.prototype.${name}`)
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(DateObj, thisValue, `Date.prototype.${name}`)
  const iso = (value: DateObj) => {
    if (!Number.isFinite(value.time)) throw rangeError("Invalid time value.")
    return new Date(value.time).toISOString()
@@ -105,6 +104,13 @@ export const dateGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ["toTimeString", 0, (thisValue) => new Date(self(thisValue, "toTimeString").time).toTimeString()],
    ["toUTCString", 0, (thisValue) => new Date(self(thisValue, "toUTCString").time).toUTCString()],
    ["toGMTString", 0, (thisValue) => new Date(self(thisValue, "toGMTString").time).toUTCString()],
+    ...(["toLocaleString", "toLocaleDateString", "toLocaleTimeString"] as const).map(
+      (name): Method => [
+        name,
+        0,
+        (thisValue) => new Date(self(thisValue, name).time)[name]("en-US", { timeZone: "UTC" }),
+      ],
+    ),
    ...getters.map((name): Method => [name, 0, (thisValue) => new Date(self(thisValue, name).time)[name]()]),
    ...setters.map(
      ([name, length]): Method => [
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { constructor, methods, prototypeFrom, receiver, requiresNew } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { IteratorSymbol, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { define, entries, get, hidden, Arr, HeadersObj, IteratorObj, Obj } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import {
+  define,
+  entries,
+  get,
+  hidden,
+  Arr,
+  HeadersObj,
+  IteratorObj,
+  Obj,
+  coerceToString,
+  isRuntimeReference,
+  type Value,
+} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { applyCollectionCallback } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
-import { isRuntimeReference } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "./value.js"
 import { readPairs } from "./url.js"

 // The host validates header names and values and throws its own TypeError; the program gets one of its own.
@@ -17,7 +27,7 @@ const attempt = <T>(run: () => T): T => {
  }
 }

-const constructHeaders = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: unknown, proto: Obj): Effect.Effect<HeadersObj, unknown, R> => {
+const constructHeaders = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, init: Value, proto: Obj): Effect.Effect<HeadersObj, unknown, R> => {
  const wrap = (headers: Headers) => new HeadersObj(proto, headers)
  if (init === undefined) return Effect.succeed(wrap(new Headers()))
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -40,10 +50,10 @@ export const headersGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    call: requiresNew("Headers"),
    construct: (args, newTarget) => constructHeaders(ctx, args[0], prototypeFrom(newTarget, proto)),
  })
-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(HeadersObj, thisValue, `Headers.prototype.${name}`)
-  const wrap = (items: Array<unknown>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
-  const arg = (args: Array<unknown>, index: number): string => coerceToString(args[index])
-  const requireArgs = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, count: number): void => {
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(HeadersObj, thisValue, `Headers.prototype.${name}`)
+  const wrap = (items: Array<Value>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
+  const arg = (args: Array<Value>, index: number): string => coerceToString(args[index])
+  const requireArgs = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, count: number): void => {
    if (args.length < count) throw typeError(`Headers.${name} requires ${count} argument${count === 1 ? "" : "s"}.`)
  }
  methods(builtins, proto, [
@@ -53,7 +63,8 @@ export const headersGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
      (thisValue, args) => {
        requireArgs("append", args, 2)
        const target = self(thisValue, "append").headers
-        return attempt(() => target.append(arg(args, 0), arg(args, 1)))
+        attempt(() => target.append(arg(args, 0), arg(args, 1)))
+        return undefined
      },
    ],
    [
@@ -62,7 +73,8 @@ export const headersGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
      (thisValue, args) => {
        requireArgs("delete", args, 1)
        const target = self(thisValue, "delete").headers
-        return attempt(() => target.delete(arg(args, 0)))
+        attempt(() => target.delete(arg(args, 0)))
+        return undefined
      },
    ],
    [
@@ -90,7 +102,8 @@ export const headersGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
      (thisValue, args) => {
        requireArgs("set", args, 2)
        const target = self(thisValue, "set").headers
-        return attempt(() => target.set(arg(args, 0), arg(args, 1)))
+        attempt(() => target.set(arg(args, 0), arg(args, 1)))
+        return undefined
      },
    ],
    // Iterator.from because Bun's Headers typings predate iterator helpers; the runtime iterators already have them.
@@ -104,15 +117,7 @@ export const headersGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
      0,
      (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, Iterator.from(self(thisValue, "values").headers.values())),
    ],
-    [
-      "entries",
-      0,
-      (thisValue) =>
-        new IteratorObj(
-          builtins.Iterator,
-          Iterator.from(self(thisValue, "entries").headers.entries()).map(([key, value]) => wrap([key, value])),
-        ),
-    ],
+    ["entries", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "entries").iterator(builtins))],
    [
      "forEach",
      1,
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const iteratorGlobals = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>): void => {
      "next",
      0,
      (thisValue) => {
-        const step = receiver(IteratorObj, thisValue, "Iterator.prototype.next").iterator.next()
+        const step = receiver(IteratorObj, thisValue, "Iterator.prototype.next").source.next()
        return record(builtins.Object, { value: step.value, done: Boolean(step.done) })
      },
    ],
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { checkStringLength } from "../interpreter/limits.js"
 import { syntaxError, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
 import { typeofValue } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import { fromJson, toJson } from "../data.js"
-import { get, keys, Arr, Obj, record, remove, set } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import { get, keys, Arr, Obj, record, remove, set, type Value } from "../interpreter/objects.js"

 export const jsonGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const json = new Obj(ctx.builtins.Object)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const jsonGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  return json
 }

-const parse = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+const parse = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  const text = args[0]
  if (typeof text !== "string") throw typeError("JSON.parse expects a string.")

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const parse = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unkn
  if (typeofValue(args[1]) !== "function") return Effect.succeed(parsed)

  const apply = applyCollectionCallback(ctx, args[1], "JSON.parse")
-  const visit = (holder: Obj, key: string): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> =>
+  const visit = (holder: Obj, key: string): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> =>
    Effect.gen(function* () {
      const value = get(holder, key)
      if (value instanceof Obj) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const parse = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unkn
  return visit(record(ctx.builtins.Object, { "": parsed }), "")
 }

-const stringify = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+const stringify = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<Value>): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  const space = args[2]
  const indent = typeof space === "number" || typeof space === "string" ? space : undefined
  const replacer = args[1]
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { constants, type Method, methods } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { Obj } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import { Obj, type Value } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { preserveConsumerError } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ declare global {

 // Validate only the arguments a method consumes; like JS, extras are ignored
 // (so built-ins work as callbacks receiving (element, index, array)).
-const number = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, index: number): number => {
+const number = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, index: number): number => {
  if (index >= args.length) return Number.NaN
  const arg = args[index]
  if (typeof arg !== "number") throw typeError(`Math.${name} expects number arguments.`)
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { constructor, constants, methods } from "../interpreter/native.js"
+import { coerceToString, type Value } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { rangeError, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coercion, coerceToString } from "./value.js"
+import { coercion } from "./value.js"

 export const numberGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
@@ -39,17 +40,18 @@ export const numberGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ["parseFloat", 1, (_, args) => parseFloat(coerceToString(args[0]))],
  ])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string): number => {
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string): number => {
    if (typeof thisValue === "number") return thisValue
    throw typeError(`Number.prototype.${name} requires that 'this' be a Number.`)
  }
-  const optNum = (name: string, arg: unknown): number | undefined => {
+  const optNum = (name: string, arg: Value): number | undefined => {
    if (arg === undefined) return undefined
    if (typeof arg !== "number") throw typeError(`Number.${name} expects a number argument.`)
    return arg
  }
  methods(builtins, builtins.Number, [
    ["toFixed", 1, (thisValue, args) => self(thisValue, "toFixed").toFixed(optNum("toFixed", args[0]))],
+    ["toLocaleString", 0, (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "toLocaleString").toLocaleString("en-US")],
    [
      "toExponential",
      1,
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ export const booleanGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    length: 1,
    call: coercion(ctx, "Boolean").call,
  })
-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string): boolean => {
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string): boolean => {
    if (typeof thisValue === "boolean") return thisValue
    throw typeError(`Boolean.prototype.${name} requires that 'this' be a Boolean.`)
  }
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
  typeError,
 } from "../interpreter/model.js"
 import {
-  Callable,
  define,
  entries,
  enumerableKeys,
@@ -20,23 +19,20 @@ import {
  keys,
  own,
  Arr,
-  Bytes,
-  DateObj,
-  ErrorObj,
  Obj,
  PromiseObj,
-  RegExpObj,
  set,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
 } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { containsOpaqueReference, describeValue, rejectCircularInsertion } from "../interpreter/references.js"
-import { preserveConsumerError } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
+import { invoke, preserveConsumerError } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
 import { ToolReference } from "../tool-runtime.js"
 import { groupBy } from "./collections.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "./value.js"

 // ToObject for enumeration.
-export const enumerableSource = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, label: string, value: unknown, node?: AstNode): Obj => {
+export const enumerableSource = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, label: string, value: Value, node?: AstNode): Obj => {
  if (value === null || value === undefined) {
    throw typeError(`${label} cannot convert ${describeValue(value)} to an object.`, node)
  }
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ export const enumerableSource = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, label: string, value: u
  return new Obj(ctx.builtins.Object)
 }

-export const objectAssign = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): unknown => {
+export const objectAssign = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<Value>): Value => {
  const target = args[0]
  // JS would box a primitive target; wrappers and primitives cannot hold fields here.
  if (!(target instanceof Obj)) {
@@ -75,7 +71,7 @@ export const objectAssign = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, args: Array<unknown>): unkn
  return target
 }

-const objectFromEntries = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, source: unknown): Effect.Effect<Obj, unknown, R> => {
+const objectFromEntries = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, source: Value): Effect.Effect<Obj, unknown, R> => {
  const out = new Obj(ctx.builtins.Object)
  return Effect.gen(function* () {
    const cursor = yield* ctx.iterate(source)
@@ -98,29 +94,24 @@ const objectFromEntries = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, source: unknown): Effect.Effe
  })
 }

-export const classTag = (value: unknown): string => {
+const classTag = (value: Value): string => {
  if (value === null) return "Null"
  if (value === undefined) return "Undefined"
-  if (value instanceof Arr) return "Array"
-  if (value instanceof Callable) return "Function"
-  if (value instanceof ErrorObj) return "Error"
-  if (value instanceof DateObj) return "Date"
-  if (value instanceof RegExpObj) return "RegExp"
-  if (value instanceof Bytes) return "Uint8Array"
+  if (value instanceof Obj) return value.tag
  if (typeof value === "string") return "String"
  if (typeof value === "number") return "Number"
  if (typeof value === "boolean") return "Boolean"
  return "Object"
 }

-const propertyKey = (value: unknown): PropertyKey =>
+const propertyKey = (value: Value): PropertyKey =>
  value === AsyncIteratorSymbol || value === IteratorSymbol ? value : coerceToString(value)

 // Object constructs identically with or without new, like JS. Only `keys` copies its result into the
 // program; `values`, `entries`, `assign`, and `fromEntries` hand back the program's own values.
 export const objectGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
-  const construct = (args: Array<unknown>): unknown => {
+  const construct = (args: Array<Value>): Value => {
    const first = args[0]
    if (first === null || first === undefined) return new Obj(builtins.Object)
    if (first instanceof Obj) return first
@@ -196,7 +187,7 @@ export const objectGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
        true,
    ],
    ["toString", 0, (thisValue) => `[object ${classTag(thisValue)}]`],
-    ["toLocaleString", 0, (thisValue) => `[object ${classTag(thisValue)}]`],
+    ["toLocaleString", 0, (thisValue) => invoke(ctx, thisValue, "toString", "Object.prototype.toLocaleString")],
    [
      "valueOf",
      0,
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@ import { Effect } from "effect"
 import type { Builtins } from "../interpreter/intrinsics.js"
 import { constructor, type Method, methods, prototypeFrom, receiver } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { syntaxError, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { define, defineAccessor, Arr, Obj, RegExpObj, record } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import {
+  define,
+  defineAccessor,
+  Arr,
+  Obj,
+  RegExpObj,
+  record,
+  coerceToNumber,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
+} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString } from "./value.js"

 const flagProperties = [
  "hasIndices",
@@ -23,7 +32,7 @@ const regexFailureReason = (error: unknown): string =>
 const escapeRegexHint =
  'To match special characters like ( ) [ ] { } + * ? . literally, escape them with a backslash (e.g. "\\\\(") or test for them with String.includes instead.'

-export const toHostRegex = (arg: unknown, method: string, extraFlags = ""): RegExp => {
+export const toHostRegex = (arg: Value, method: string, extraFlags = ""): RegExp => {
  // Native parity: an undefined pattern behaves as an empty pattern.
  if (arg === undefined) return new RegExp("", extraFlags)
  if (arg instanceof RegExpObj) return arg.regex
@@ -53,7 +62,7 @@ export const matchToValue = (builtins: Builtins, match: RegExpMatchArray): Arr =
  return result
 }

-export const constructRegExp = (builtins: Builtins, args: Array<unknown>, proto: Obj = builtins.RegExp): RegExpObj => {
+export const constructRegExp = (builtins: Builtins, args: Array<Value>, proto: Obj = builtins.RegExp): RegExpObj => {
  const first = args[0]
  const pattern = first instanceof RegExpObj ? first.regex.source : first === undefined ? "" : coerceToString(first)
  const flagsArg = args[1]
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ export const regexpGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ],
  ])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(RegExpObj, thisValue, `RegExp.prototype.${name}`)
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(RegExpObj, thisValue, `RegExp.prototype.${name}`)
  defineAccessor(proto, "source", (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "source").regex.source)
  defineAccessor(proto, "flags", (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "flags").regex.flags)
  // The host regex holds the only lastIndex, so exec/test and the String methods share one counter.
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 import { Effect } from "effect"
-import { constructor, fn, type Method, methods } from "../interpreter/native.js"
+import { constructor, fn, type Impl, type Method, methods } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { checkArrayLength, checkStringLength } from "../interpreter/limits.js"
 import { invalidData, IteratorSymbol, rangeError, typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { define, hidden, Arr, IteratorObj, PromiseObj, RegExpObj, record } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import {
+  define,
+  hidden,
+  Arr,
+  IteratorObj,
+  RegExpObj,
+  record,
+  coerceToNumber,
+  coerceToString,
+  type Value,
+} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { containsOpaqueReference, typeofValue } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import { applyCollectionCallback, isSupportedCallback } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
 import { matchToValue, toHostRegex } from "./regexp.js"
-import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString, coercion } from "./value.js"
+import { coercion } from "./value.js"

 // console is intercepted by the interpreter before reaching here.
-const requireDataArgument = (name: string, index: number, arg: unknown): unknown => {
+const requireDataArgument = (name: string, index: number, arg: Value): Value => {
  if (containsOpaqueReference(arg)) {
    throw invalidData(`String.${name} expects argument ${index + 1} to be a data value.`)
  }
@@ -29,21 +39,23 @@ const replaceWithCallback = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
  value: string,
  name: "replace" | "replaceAll",
-  args: Array<unknown>,
-): Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown, R> => {
+  args: Array<Value>,
+): Effect.Effect<Value, unknown, R> => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  const apply = applyCollectionCallback(ctx, args[1], `String.${name}`)
-  const matches: Array<{ readonly match: string; readonly offset: number; readonly args: Array<unknown> }> = []
-  const collect = (...callbackArgs: Array<unknown>): string => {
+  const matches: Array<{ readonly match: string; readonly offset: number; readonly args: Array<Value> }> = []
+  // The host calls back with (match, ...captures, offset, string, groups?); only groups is not already a Value.
+  const collect = (
+    ...callbackArgs: Array<string | number | undefined | Record<string, string | undefined>>
+  ): string => {
    const match = callbackArgs[0]
-    const groups = callbackArgs[callbackArgs.length - 1]
-    const hasGroups = groups !== null && typeof groups === "object"
+    const hasGroups = typeof callbackArgs.at(-1) === "object"
    const offset = callbackArgs[callbackArgs.length - (hasGroups ? 3 : 2)]
    if (typeof match !== "string" || typeof offset !== "number") {
      throw typeError(`String.${name} produced an invalid replacement match.`)
    }
-    if (hasGroups) callbackArgs[callbackArgs.length - 1] = record(builtins.Object, groups as Record<string, unknown>)
-    matches.push({ match, offset, args: callbackArgs })
+    const args = callbackArgs.map((arg) => (typeof arg === "object" ? record(builtins.Object, arg) : arg))
+    matches.push({ match, offset, args })
    return match
  }

@@ -63,10 +75,7 @@ const replaceWithCallback = <R>(
    let end = 0
    for (const match of matches) {
      const replacement = yield* apply(match.args)
-      output.push(
-        value.slice(end, match.offset),
-        replacement instanceof PromiseObj ? "[object Promise]" : coerceToString(replacement),
-      )
+      output.push(value.slice(end, match.offset), coerceToString(replacement))
      end = match.offset + match.match.length
    }
    output.push(value.slice(end))
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@ export const stringGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    codeUnits("fromCodePoint", String.fromCodePoint),
  ])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string): string => {
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string): string => {
    if (typeof thisValue === "string") return thisValue
    if (thisValue === null || thisValue === undefined) {
      throw typeError(`String.prototype.${name} called on null or undefined.`)
@@ -107,26 +116,26 @@ export const stringGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    return coerceToString(thisValue)
  }
  // Coerce arguments like native JS; opaque runtime references still reject.
-  const str = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, index: number): string =>
+  const str = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, index: number): string =>
    coerceToString(requireDataArgument(name, index, args[index]))
-  const num = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, index: number): number =>
+  const num = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, index: number): number =>
    coerceToNumber(requireDataArgument(name, index, args[index]))
-  const optNum = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, index: number): number | undefined =>
+  const optNum = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, index: number): number | undefined =>
    args[index] === undefined ? undefined : num(name, args, index)
-  const optStr = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, index: number): string | undefined =>
+  const optStr = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, index: number): string | undefined =>
    args[index] === undefined ? undefined : str(name, args, index)
-  const rejectRegex = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>): void => {
+  const rejectRegex = (name: string, args: Array<Value>): void => {
    if (args[0] instanceof RegExpObj) {
      throw typeError(
        `String.${name} cannot take a regular expression; use regex.test(string) or String.search instead.`,
      )
    }
  }
-  const simple = (name: string, length: number, op: (value: string, args: Array<unknown>) => unknown): Method => [
-    name,
-    length,
-    (thisValue, args) => op(self(thisValue, name), args),
-  ]
+  const simple = (
+    name: string,
+    length: number,
+    op: (value: string, args: Array<Value>) => ReturnType<Impl>,
+  ): Method => [name, length, (thisValue, args) => op(self(thisValue, name), args)]
  const replace = (name: "replace" | "replaceAll") =>
    simple(name, 2, (value, args) => {
      if (isSupportedCallback(args[1])) return replaceWithCallback(ctx, value, name, args)
@@ -150,6 +159,8 @@ export const stringGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    simple("valueOf", 0, (value) => value),
    simple("toLowerCase", 0, (value) => value.toLowerCase()),
    simple("toUpperCase", 0, (value) => value.toUpperCase()),
+    simple("toLocaleLowerCase", 0, (value) => value.toLowerCase()),
+    simple("toLocaleUpperCase", 0, (value) => value.toUpperCase()),
    simple("trim", 0, (value) => value.trim()),
    simple("trimStart", 0, (value) => value.trimStart()),
    simple("trimLeft", 0, (value) => value.trimStart()),
@@ -216,7 +227,7 @@ export const stringGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
          `String.matchAll requires a regular expression with the global (g) flag: write /${pattern.source}/${pattern.flags}g, or use String.match for a single match.`,
        )
      }
-      const matches: Array<unknown> = []
+      const matches: Array<Value> = []
      for (const match of value.matchAll(pattern)) {
        checkArrayLength(matches.length + 1)
        matches.push(matchToValue(builtins, match))
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ import {
  entries,
  get,
  hidden,
-  isWrapper,
  Arr,
  IteratorObj,
  Obj,
  URLObj,
  URLSearchParamsObj,
+  coerceToString,
+  isRuntimeReference,
+  type Value,
 } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
-import { isRuntimeReference } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import { applyCollectionCallback, preserveConsumerError } from "../interpreter/callback.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "./value.js"

 const urlProperties = [
  "href",
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ export const uriGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, name: UriFunction) =>
    }
  })

-const urlArgument = (value: unknown): string => (value instanceof URLObj ? value.url.href : coerceToString(value))
+const urlArgument = (value: Value): string => (value instanceof URLObj ? value.url.href : coerceToString(value))

 export const urlGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  const proto = builtins.URL
-  const construct = (args: Array<unknown>, into: Obj): URLObj => {
+  const construct = (args: Array<Value>, into: Obj): URLObj => {
    if (args.length === 0) {
      throw typeError("new URL(...) requires a URL string and an optional base URL.")
    }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const urlGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  ]
  methods(builtins, url, [parse("canParse"), parse("parse")])

-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) => receiver(URLObj, thisValue, `URL.prototype.${name}`)
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) => receiver(URLObj, thisValue, `URL.prototype.${name}`)
  for (const name of urlProperties) {
    defineAccessor(
      proto,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const urlGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
  return url
 }

-const readPair = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown, label: string): Effect.Effect<Array<string>, unknown, R> =>
+const readPair = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: Value, label: string): Effect.Effect<Array<string>, unknown, R> =>
  Effect.gen(function* () {
    const cursor = yield* ctx.iterate(value)
    if (cursor === undefined) throw typeError(`${label} expects iterable [name, value] pairs.`)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const readPair = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, value: unknown, label: string): Effect
 */
 export const readPairs = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  init: unknown,
+  init: Value,
  label: string,
 ): Effect.Effect<Array<[string, string]> | undefined, unknown, R> =>
  Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export const readPairs = <R>(

 const constructURLSearchParams = <R>(
  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  init: unknown,
+  init: Value,
  proto: Obj,
 ): Effect.Effect<URLSearchParamsObj, unknown, R> => {
  const wrap = (params: URLSearchParams) => new URLSearchParamsObj(proto, params)
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ const constructURLSearchParams = <R>(
    if (isRuntimeReference(init)) {
      throw typeError("new URLSearchParams(...) expects a query string, data object, or synchronous iterable pairs.")
    }
-    if (isWrapper(init)) return wrap(new URLSearchParams())
    if (!(init instanceof Obj)) {
      throw typeError(
        "new URLSearchParams(...) expects a query string, data object, iterable pairs, or URLSearchParams.",
@@ -197,11 +196,11 @@ export const urlSearchParamsGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    call: requiresNew("URLSearchParams"),
    construct: (args, newTarget) => constructURLSearchParams(ctx, args[0], prototypeFrom(newTarget, proto)),
  })
-  const self = (thisValue: unknown, name: string) =>
+  const self = (thisValue: Value, name: string) =>
    receiver(URLSearchParamsObj, thisValue, `URLSearchParams.prototype.${name}`)
-  const wrap = (items: Array<unknown>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
-  const arg = (args: Array<unknown>, index: number): string => coerceToString(args[index])
-  const requireArgs = (name: string, args: Array<unknown>, count: number): void => {
+  const wrap = (items: Array<Value>) => new Arr(builtins.Array, items)
+  const arg = (args: Array<Value>, index: number): string => coerceToString(args[index])
+  const requireArgs = (name: string, args: Array<Value>, count: number): void => {
    if (args.length < count) {
      throw typeError(`URLSearchParams.${name} requires ${count} argument${count === 1 ? "" : "s"}.`)
    }
@@ -272,17 +271,7 @@ export const urlSearchParamsGlobal = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>) => {
    ],
    ["keys", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "keys").params.keys())],
    ["values", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "values").params.values())],
-    [
-      "entries",
-      0,
-      (thisValue) =>
-        new IteratorObj(
-          builtins.Iterator,
-          self(thisValue, "entries")
-            .params.entries()
-            .map(([key, value]) => wrap([key, value])),
-        ),
-    ],
+    ["entries", 0, (thisValue) => new IteratorObj(builtins.Iterator, self(thisValue, "entries").iterator(builtins))],
    ["toString", 0, (thisValue) => self(thisValue, "toString").params.toString()],
    [
      "forEach",
@@ -1,64 +1,13 @@
 import { fn } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import {
-  get,
-  isWrapper,
-  type Native,
-  Arr,
-  Bytes,
-  DateObj,
-  ErrorObj,
-  MapObj,
-  RegExpObj,
-  SetObj,
-  URLObj,
-  URLSearchParamsObj,
-  HeadersObj,
-} from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import { coerceToNumber, coerceToString, type Native, type Value } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"

 export const compoundOperators = new Set(["+=", "-=", "*=", "/=", "%=", "**=", "&=", "|=", "^=", "<<=", ">>=", ">>>="])

-/** The built-in string form of a value, without consulting program-defined `toString` methods. */
-export const coerceToString = (value: unknown): string => {
-  if (value === null) return "null"
-  if (value === undefined) return "undefined"
-  if (value instanceof DateObj) return Number.isFinite(value.time) ? new Date(value.time).toISOString() : "Invalid Date"
-  if (value instanceof RegExpObj) return `/${value.regex.source}/${value.regex.flags}`
-  if (value instanceof MapObj) return "[object Map]"
-  if (value instanceof SetObj) return "[object Set]"
-  if (value instanceof URLObj) return value.url.href
-  if (value instanceof URLSearchParamsObj) return value.params.toString()
-  if (value instanceof HeadersObj) return "[object Headers]"
-  if (value instanceof Bytes) return value.bytes.join(",")
-  if (value instanceof ErrorObj) {
-    // Match Error.prototype.toString: "name: message", or just one when the other is empty.
-    const name = get(value, "name")
-    const message = get(value, "message")
-    const shownName = typeof name === "string" ? name : "Error"
-    const shownMessage = typeof message === "string" ? message : ""
-    if (shownMessage === "") return shownName
-    if (shownName === "") return shownMessage
-    return `${shownName}: ${shownMessage}`
-  }
-  if (value instanceof Arr) {
-    return value.items.map((item) => (item === null || item === undefined ? "" : coerceToString(item))).join(",")
-  }
-  if (typeof value === "object") return "[object Object]"
-  return String(value)
-}
-
-export const coerceToNumber = (value: unknown): number => {
-  if (value instanceof DateObj) return value.time
-  if (value instanceof Bytes) return Number(coerceToString(value))
-  if (isWrapper(value)) return Number.NaN
-  if (value instanceof Arr) return Number(coerceToString(value))
-  return value !== null && typeof value === "object" ? Number.NaN : Number(value)
-}
-
 export type Coercion = "Number" | "String" | "Boolean" | "parseInt" | "parseFloat" | "isFinite" | "isNaN"

-const coerce = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, name: Coercion, args: Array<unknown>): unknown => {
+const coerce = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, name: Coercion, args: Array<Value>): Value => {
  // Native: Number() is 0 and String() is "", unlike their undefined-argument forms; the
  // other coercers match native through the undefined-argument path below.
  if (args.length === 0) {
@@ -66,15 +15,6 @@ const coerce = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, name: Coercion, args: Array<unknown>): u
    if (name === "String") return ""
  }
  const raw = args[0]
-  if (isWrapper(raw)) {
-    if (name === "Boolean") return true
-    if (name === "Number") return coerceToNumber(raw)
-    if (name === "String") return coerceToString(raw)
-    if (name === "isFinite") return Number.isFinite(coerceToNumber(raw))
-    if (name === "isNaN") return Number.isNaN(coerceToNumber(raw))
-    if (name === "parseInt") return parseInt(coerceToString(raw))
-    return parseFloat(coerceToString(raw))
-  }
  if (name === "Number") return coerceToNumber(raw)
  if (name === "Boolean") return Boolean(raw)
  if (name === "isFinite") return Number.isFinite(coerceToNumber(raw))
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { fn, methods } from "../interpreter/native.js"
 import { typeError } from "../interpreter/model.js"
-import { Bytes, Obj } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
+import { Bytes, Obj, coerceToString } from "../interpreter/objects.js"
 import { describeValue } from "../interpreter/references.js"
 import type { Interpreter } from "../interpreter/interpreter.js"
-import { coerceToString } from "./value.js"

 // WebIDL DOMString conversion: a missing argument is a TypeError, anything else stringifies. Invalid input is a
 // TypeError as well; browsers throw a DOMException named InvalidCharacterError, which CodeMode does not have.
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ describe("source syntax", () => {
 })

 describe("error identity", () => {
+  test("Error.isError is true for every Error value and nothing else", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+        const caught = (() => { try { null.foo } catch (error) { return error } })()
+        return [Error.isError(new Error("x")), Error.isError(new RangeError("x")), Error.isError(caught),
+          Error.isError({ name: "Error", message: "x" }), Error.isError("Error"), Error.isError(null)]
+      `),
+    ).toEqual([true, true, true, false, false, false])
+  })
+
  test("awaiting the same rejected promise twice yields the same error object", async () => {
    expect(
      await value(`
@@ -529,6 +529,6 @@ describe("Test262 for-await-of adaptations", () => {
    const result = await execute(`for await (const item of { values: [1, 2] }) {}`)
    expect(result.ok).toBe(false)
    if (result.ok) return
-    expect(result.error.message).toContain("or custom iterator value")
+    expect(result.error.message).toContain("requires an iterable value, received a data object")
  })
 })
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ describe("confined generators", () => {
        const params = new URLSearchParams(entries())
        return [events, params.toString()]
      `),
-    ).toEqual([["first", "second", "pair close", "outer close"], "%5Bobject+Object%5D=2"])
+    ).toEqual([["first", "second", "pair close", "outer close"], "%5Bobject+Promise%5D=2"])
  })

  test("validates URLSearchParams pair lengths after converting the outer sequence", async () => {
@@ -898,6 +898,42 @@ describe("Map", () => {
    ).toEqual({ a: 3, b: 1, c: 1 })
  })

+  test("getOrInsert and getOrInsertComputed insert only when the key is missing", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+      const groups = new Map()
+      groups.getOrInsert("a", []).push(1)
+      groups.getOrInsert("a", []).push(2)
+      let calls = 0
+      const computed = (key) => { calls++; return key + "!" }
+      const first = groups.getOrInsertComputed("b", computed)
+      const second = groups.getOrInsertComputed("b", computed)
+      const zero = groups.getOrInsertComputed(-0, (key) => 1 / key === Infinity)
+      return [[...groups], first, second, calls, zero]
+    `),
+    ).toEqual([
+      [
+        ["a", [1, 2]],
+        ["b", "b!"],
+        [0, true],
+      ],
+      "b!",
+      "b!",
+      1,
+      true,
+    ])
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+      const m = new Map()
+      const outer = m.getOrInsertComputed("k", () => { m.set("k", "inner"); return "outer" })
+      let thrown
+      try { m.getOrInsertComputed("j", () => { throw new Error("boom") }) } catch (error) { thrown = error.message }
+      return [outer, m.get("k"), thrown, m.has("j")]
+    `),
+    ).toEqual(["outer", "outer", "boom", false])
+    expect((await error(`new Map().getOrInsertComputed("k", 5)`)).message).toContain("expects a function callback")
+  })
+
  test("maps serialize to {} at the boundary, like JSON", async () => {
    expect(await value(`return new Map([["a", 1]])`)).toEqual({})
    expect(await value(`return JSON.stringify(new Map([["a", 1]]))`)).toBe("{}")
@@ -1061,7 +1097,7 @@ describe("Uint8Array", () => {
      console.log(b, new Uint8Array())
      return [String(b), b + "", +new Uint8Array([5]), Number.isNaN(Number(b)), b == "1,2", JSON.stringify(b), b.toLocaleString(), typeof b, b instanceof Uint8Array]
    `),
-    ).toEqual(["1,2", "1,2", 5, true, true, '{"0":1,"1":2}', "[object Uint8Array]", "object", true])
+    ).toEqual(["1,2", "1,2", 5, true, true, '{"0":1,"1":2}', "1,2", "object", true])
    expect((await run(`console.log(new Uint8Array([1, 2]), new Uint8Array())`)).logs).toEqual([
      "Uint8Array(2) [1,2] Uint8Array(0) []",
    ])
@@ -1231,6 +1267,75 @@ describe("built-in iterators", () => {
  })
 })

+describe("Object.prototype.toString", () => {
+  test("reports the built-in kind it is inherited by, as JS does through Symbol.toStringTag", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+      return [
+        new Map().toString(), new Set().toString(), new Headers().toString(), Promise.resolve(1).toString(),
+        [1].values().toString(), ({}).toString(), String(new Map()), String(Promise.resolve(1)),
+        \`\${new Set([1])}\`, [new Map()] + "", new Map() == "[object Map]",
+      ]
+    `),
+    ).toEqual([
+      "[object Map]",
+      "[object Set]",
+      "[object Headers]",
+      "[object Promise]",
+      "[object Iterator]",
+      "[object Object]",
+      "[object Map]",
+      "[object Promise]",
+      "[object Set]",
+      "[object Map]",
+      true,
+    ])
+  })
+})
+
+describe("toLocaleString", () => {
+  test("numbers and dates format as en-US in UTC; everything else falls back to toString", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+      return [
+        (1234567.891).toLocaleString(), new Date(0).toLocaleString(), new Date(0).toLocaleDateString(),
+        new Date(0).toLocaleTimeString(), "a".toLocaleString(), true.toLocaleString(), ({}).toLocaleString(),
+        ({ toString: () => "custom" }).toLocaleString(), new Uint8Array([1, 2]).toLocaleString(),
+      ]
+    `),
+    ).toEqual([
+      "1,234,567.891",
+      "1/1/1970, 12:00:00 AM",
+      "1/1/1970",
+      "12:00:00 AM",
+      "a",
+      "true",
+      "[object Object]",
+      "custom",
+      "1,2",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("arrays join each element's toLocaleString, skipping holes and nullish elements", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`
+      let calls = 0
+      const item = { toLocaleString() { calls++; return "o" } }
+      return [[1234.5, "x", null, undefined, item, new Date(0)].toLocaleString(), [, item, , item].toLocaleString(), calls]
+    `),
+    ).toEqual(["1,234.5,x,,,o,1/1/1970, 12:00:00 AM", ",o,,o", 3])
+    expect((await error(`const f = ({}).toLocaleString; f()`)).message).toContain(
+      "Object.prototype.toLocaleString called on null or undefined",
+    )
+  })
+
+  test("toLocaleLowerCase and toLocaleUpperCase ignore the locale argument", async () => {
+    expect(
+      await value(`return ["ABC".toLocaleLowerCase("tr"), "abc".toLocaleUpperCase(), "İ".toLocaleLowerCase()]`),
+    ).toEqual(["abc", "ABC", "i̇"])
+  })
+})
+
 describe("stdlib integration", () => {
  test("constructor follows own keys, shadowing, writes, and new", async () => {
    expect(
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { Interpreter } from "../../src/interpreter/interpreter.js"
 import { Throw } from "../../src/interpreter/model.js"
 import { createErrorValue } from "../../src/interpreter/intrinsics.js"
 import { constructor, fn, methods } from "../../src/interpreter/native.js"
-import { Callable, define, get, hidden, Arr, Fn, Obj } from "../../src/interpreter/objects.js"
+import { Callable, define, get, hidden, Arr, Fn, Obj, type Value } from "../../src/interpreter/objects.js"
 import { ToolRuntime } from "../../src/tool-runtime.js"

 export const root = import.meta.dir
@@ -64,10 +64,7 @@ export const run = async (file: string): Promise<Outcome> => {
  return { status: "pass" }
 }

-const harness = <R>(
-  ctx: Interpreter<R>,
-  onDone: (error: unknown) => void,
-): ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]> => {
+const harness = <R>(ctx: Interpreter<R>, onDone: (error: Value) => void): ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, Value]> => {
  const builtins = ctx.builtins
  const test262Prototype = new Obj(builtins.Object)
  define(test262Prototype, "name", "Test262Error", hidden)
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ const harness = <R>(
  methods(builtins, compareArray, [["format", 1, (_, args) => show(args[0])]])
  const assert = fn<R>(builtins, "assert", 2, (_, args) =>
    args[0] === true
-      ? Effect.void
+      ? Effect.undefined
      : fail(args[1] === undefined ? `Expected true but got ${show(args[0])}` : String(args[1])),
  )
  methods(builtins, assert, [
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ const harness = <R>(
      3,
      (_, args) =>
        Object.is(args[0], args[1])
-          ? Effect.void
+          ? Effect.undefined
          : fail(`${prefix(args[2])}Expected SameValue(«${show(args[0])}», «${show(args[1])}») to be true`),
    ],
    [
@@ -108,14 +105,14 @@ const harness = <R>(
      (_, args) =>
        Object.is(args[0], args[1])
          ? fail(`${prefix(args[2])}Expected SameValue(«${show(args[0])}», «${show(args[1])}») to be false`)
-          : Effect.void,
+          : Effect.undefined,
    ],
    [
      "compareArray",
      3,
      (_, args) =>
        compare(args[0], args[1])
-          ? Effect.void
+          ? Effect.undefined
          : fail(
              `Actual ${show(args[0])} and expected ${show(args[1])} should have the same contents. ${prefix(args[2])}`,
            ),
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ const harness = <R>(
              const thrown = materialize(ctx, Cause.squash(cause))
              if (!(thrown instanceof Obj)) return fail(`${prefix(args[2])}Thrown value was not an object!`)
              const actual = get(thrown, "constructor")
-              if (actual === args[0]) return Effect.void
+              if (actual === args[0]) return Effect.undefined
              return fail(`${prefix(args[2])}Expected a ${expected} but got a ${show(actual)}`)
            },
            onSuccess: () =>
@@ -146,7 +143,13 @@ const harness = <R>(
    ["assert", assert],
    ["compareArray", compareArray],
    ["Test262Error", test262Error],
-    ["$DONE", fn<R>(builtins, "$DONE", 1, (_, args) => onDone(args[0]))],
+    [
+      "$DONE",
+      fn<R>(builtins, "$DONE", 1, (_, args) => {
+        onDone(args[0])
+        return undefined
+      }),
+    ],
    [
      "$DONOTEVALUATE",
      fn<R>(builtins, "$DONOTEVALUATE", 0, () =>
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ built-ins/Array/prototype/splice/S15.4.4.12_A4_T1.js  # Array.prototype.splice c
 built-ins/Array/prototype/splice/S15.4.4.12_A4_T2.js  # Array.prototype.splice called on incompatible receiver a data object.
 built-ins/Array/prototype/splice/S15.4.4.12_A4_T3.js  # Array.prototype.splice called on incompatible receiver a data object.
 built-ins/Array/prototype/splice/create-ctor-non-object.js  # null value Expected a TypeError to be thrown but no exception was thrown at all
-built-ins/Array/prototype/toLocaleString/S15.4.4.3_A1_T1.js  # #1: var n = 0; var obj = {toLocaleString: function() {n++}}; var arr = [undefined, obj, null, obj, o
 built-ins/Array/prototype/toLocaleString/S15.4.4.3_A3_T1.js  # #1: var n = 0; var obj = {toLocaleString: function() {n++}}; Array.prototype[1] = obj; x = [obj]; x.
 built-ins/Array/prototype/toReversed/holes-not-preserved.js  # Actual [4, undefined, 2, undefined, 0] and expected [4, 3, 2, undefined, 0] should have the same con
 built-ins/Array/prototype/toSorted/holes-not-preserved.js  # Actual [1, 3, 4, undefined, undefined] and expected [1, 2, 3, 4, undefined] should have the same con
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@opencode/console-app",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
  "name": "@opencode/console-core",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@opencode/console-function",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@opencode/console-mail",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "dependencies": {
    "@jsx-email/all": "2.2.3",
    "@jsx-email/cli": "1.4.3",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@opencode/console-support",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "name": "@opencode/core",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ export declare namespace Source {
    readonly codec: Schema.Codec<A, Schema.Json>
    readonly read: Effect.Effect<A | Unavailable | Removed>
    readonly render: {
-      /** Omit when the baseline is already visible to the model and only changes carry information. */
-      readonly initial?: (current: A) => string
+      readonly initial: (current: A) => string
      readonly changed: (previous: A, current: A) => string
      readonly removed?: (previous: A) => string
    }
@@ -89,8 +88,7 @@ export const empty: List = []
 export function make<A>(source: Source.Definition<A>): List {
  const decode = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(source.codec)
  const encode = Schema.encodeSync(source.codec)
-  const initial = (value: A) =>
-    source.render.initial === undefined ? undefined : requireText(source.key, "initial", source.render.initial(value))
+  const initial = (value: A) => requireText(source.key, "initial", source.render.initial(value))
  const decodeValue = (value: Schema.Json) => Option.getOrUndefined(decode(value))
  return [
    {
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { McpTool } from "../tool/mcp.js"
 import { ReferenceInstructions } from "../reference/instructions.js"
 import { SkillInstructions } from "../skill/instructions.js"
 import { Tool } from "../tool.js"
-import { ToolInstructions } from "../tool/instructions.js"
 import { AgentNotFoundError } from "./error.js"
 import { SessionHistory } from "./history.js"
 import { SessionProviderContext } from "./provider-context.js"
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
        agent: { ...agent, info: agent.info },
        instructions: Instructions.combine([
          loaded.builtins,
-          ToolInstructions.make(loaded.tools.definitions.map((definition) => definition.name)),
          CodeModeInstructions.make(loaded.tools.codeModeCatalog),
          loaded.discovery,
          loaded.skills,
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-export * as ToolInstructions from "./instructions.js"
-
-import { Effect, Schema } from "effect"
-import { Instructions } from "../instructions/index.js"
-
-const Names = Schema.Array(Schema.String)
-type Names = typeof Names.Type
-
-const list = (names: ReadonlyArray<string>) => names.map((name) => `\`${name}\``).join(", ")
-
-export function update(previous: Names, current: Names) {
-  const added = current.filter((name) => !previous.includes(name))
-  const removed = previous.filter((name) => !current.includes(name))
-  return [
-    "The available tools have changed.",
-    ...(added.length > 0 ? [`New tools are available in addition to those previously provided: ${list(added)}.`] : []),
-    ...(removed.length > 0
-      ? [`The following tools are no longer available and must not be called: ${list(removed)}.`]
-      : []),
-  ].join("\n\n")
-}
-
-const key = Instructions.Key.make("core/tools")
-const codec = Schema.toCodecJson(Names)
-
-/**
- * Tracks the top-level tool names the model has been shown. The request's own
- * tool list is the baseline, so nothing renders until that set changes.
- */
-export const make = (names: ReadonlyArray<string>): Instructions.List =>
-  Instructions.make({
-    key,
-    codec,
-    read: Effect.succeed(Array.from(new Set(names)).sort()),
-    render: { changed: update },
-  })
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect } from "bun:test"
-import { ToolInstructions } from "@opencode/core/tool/instructions"
-import { Effect } from "effect"
-import { it } from "../lib/effect"
-import { readInitial, readUpdate } from "../lib/instructions"
-
-describe("ToolInstructions", () => {
-  it.effect("renders nothing for the baseline and announces only the delta afterwards", () =>
-    Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const initialized = yield* readInitial(ToolInstructions.make(["shell", "read", "edit"]))
-      expect(initialized.text).toBe("")
-      expect(initialized.values["core/tools"]).toEqual(["edit", "read", "shell"])
-
-      const unchanged = yield* readUpdate(ToolInstructions.make(["edit", "shell", "read", "read"]), initialized)
-      expect(unchanged.text).toBe("")
-
-      const changed = yield* readUpdate(ToolInstructions.make(["edit", "read", "write", "glob"]), initialized)
-      expect(changed.text).toBe(
-        [
-          "The available tools have changed.",
-          "New tools are available in addition to those previously provided: `glob`, `write`.",
-          "The following tools are no longer available and must not be called: `shell`.",
-        ].join("\n\n"),
-      )
-
-      const restored = yield* readUpdate(ToolInstructions.make(["edit", "read", "shell", "write", "glob"]), changed)
-      expect(restored.text).toBe(
-        [
-          "The available tools have changed.",
-          "New tools are available in addition to those previously provided: `shell`.",
-        ].join("\n\n"),
-      )
-    }),
-  )
-
-  it.effect("announces transitions to and from an empty tool set", () =>
-    Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const initialized = yield* readInitial(ToolInstructions.make([]))
-      expect(initialized.text).toBe("")
-
-      const added = yield* readUpdate(ToolInstructions.make(["read"]), initialized)
-      expect(added.text).toBe(
-        [
-          "The available tools have changed.",
-          "New tools are available in addition to those previously provided: `read`.",
-        ].join("\n\n"),
-      )
-
-      const emptied = yield* readUpdate(ToolInstructions.make([]), added)
-      expect(emptied.text).toBe(
-        [
-          "The available tools have changed.",
-          "The following tools are no longer available and must not be called: `read`.",
-        ].join("\n\n"),
-      )
-    }),
-  )
-})
@@ -28,6 +28,29 @@ const sentry =
      })
    : false

+// Every module the entry reaches through static imports lands in one chunk. Automatic splitting
+// otherwise fragments the initial graph into ~50 files shared with lazy routes, and each file costs
+// the renderer a main-thread request round trip through the main process before first paint.
+type ChunkingContext = { getModuleInfo(id: string): { isEntry: boolean; importers: readonly string[] } | null }
+const initialGraph = new WeakMap<ChunkingContext, Map<string, boolean>>()
+function inInitialGraph(id: string, ctx: ChunkingContext) {
+  const memo = initialGraph.get(ctx) ?? new Map<string, boolean>()
+  initialGraph.set(ctx, memo)
+  const visit = (id: string, path: Set<string>): boolean => {
+    const known = memo.get(id)
+    if (known !== undefined) return known
+    if (path.has(id)) return false
+    const info = ctx.getModuleInfo(id)
+    if (!info) return false
+    path.add(id)
+    const result = info.isEntry || info.importers.some((importer) => visit(importer, path))
+    path.delete(id)
+    memo.set(id, result)
+    return result
+  }
+  return visit(id, new Set())
+}
+
 export default defineConfig(({ command }) => ({
  main: {
    resolve: {
@@ -110,6 +133,11 @@ const require = __cjs_mod__.createRequire(import.meta.url);
        input: {
          main: "src/renderer/index.html",
        },
+        output: {
+          codeSplitting: {
+            groups: [{ name: (id, ctx) => (inInitialGraph(id, ctx) ? "app" : null), priority: 10 }],
+          },
+        },
      },
    },
  },
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "name": "@opencode/desktop",
  "private": true,
-  "version": "2.0.10",
+  "version": "2.0.11",
  "type": "module",
  "license": "MIT",
  "homepage": "https://opencode.ai",
@@ -191,8 +191,14 @@ const phaseOrder = [
  ["electron js init → entry", "nodeBootstrapped", "entryStart"],
  ["entry → chromium ready", "entryStart", "electronReady"],
  ["ready → window shown", "electronReady", "windowVisible"],
-  ["main bundle load + evaluate", "windowVisible", "bundleEvaluated"],
-  ["layers → first log line", "bundleEvaluated", "appStarting"],
+  ["window → renderer assets served", "windowVisible", "rendererAssetsServed"],
+  ["main bundle load + evaluate", "rendererAssetsServed", "bundleEvaluated"],
+  ["bundle → onboarding decided", "bundleEvaluated", "onboardingDecided"],
+  ["onboarding → logging ready", "onboardingDecided", "loggingReady"],
+  ["logging → first log line", "loggingReady", "appStarting"],
+  ["first log line → storage open", "appStarting", "storageOpen"],
+  ["storage → initialization done", "storageOpen", "initializationDone"],
+  ["initialization → layers ready", "initializationDone", "layersReady"],
  ["layers → renderer process", "appStarting", "rendererProcess"],
  ["renderer boot → first paint", "rendererProcess", "firstPaint"],
  ["first paint → shell", "firstPaint", "shellVisible"],
@@ -397,8 +403,15 @@ async function launch(build: { label: string; exe: string }, run: number): Promi
      nodeBootstrapped: boot && Math.round(boot.origin + boot.bootstrapComplete - spawnAt),
      entryStart: main.marks.entry && main.marks.entry - spawnAt,
      electronReady: main.marks.ready && main.marks.ready - spawnAt,
+      rendererAssetsServed: main.marks.served && main.marks.served - spawnAt,
      bundleEvaluated: main.marks.bundle && main.marks.bundle - spawnAt,
+      onboardingDecided: main.marks.onboarding && main.marks.onboarding - spawnAt,
+      loggingReady: main.marks.logging && main.marks.logging - spawnAt,
+      crashReporterStarted: main.marks.crash && main.marks.crash - spawnAt,
      appStarting: main.appStarting && main.appStarting - spawnAt,
+      storageOpen: main.marks.storage && main.marks.storage - spawnAt,
+      initializationDone: main.marks.init && main.marks.init - spawnAt,
+      layersReady: main.marks.layers && main.marks.layers - spawnAt,
      cliVersionStart: main.versionStart && main.versionStart - spawnAt,
      cliVersionDone: main.versionDone && main.versionDone - spawnAt,
      serviceStarting: main.serviceStarting && main.serviceStarting - spawnAt,
@@ -593,8 +606,8 @@ function mainLog() {
      // A window shown before the logger existed reports when it was shown; the line itself is later.
      const shown = /main window visible/.test(message) ? entry.match(/shownAt: (\d+)/)?.[1] : undefined
      if (shown) windowShownAt = Number(shown)
-      if (/app starting/.test(message))
-        for (const [, key, value] of entry.matchAll(/\b(entry|ready|window|bundle): (\d{10,})/g)) marks[key] = Number(value)
+      if (/app starting|layers ready/.test(message))
+        for (const [, key, value] of entry.matchAll(/\b(\w+): (\d{10,})/g)) marks[key] = Number(value)
      timeline.push([new Date(m[1].replace(" ", "T")).getTime(), name.replace(/\.log$/, ""), message])
    }
  }
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+param([Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Name, [int]$Runs = 5)
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+Set-Location $PSScriptRoot\..
+# electron-vite directly: the package's prebuild hook re-downloads the CLI, which the bench keeps fixed.
+bunx electron-vite build 2>&1 | Select-String -Pattern "built in|error" | Select-Object -Last 3
+if (-not (Test-Path out\main\index.js)) { throw "build failed" }
+bunx electron-builder --win --dir --config electron-builder.config.ts 2>&1 | Select-String -Pattern "error|signing with signtool.*OpenCode Dev" | Select-Object -Last 2
+if (Test-Path "dist\$Name-unpacked") { Remove-Item "dist\$Name-unpacked" -Recurse -Force }
+Rename-Item -Path dist\win-unpacked -NewName "$Name-unpacked"
+bun ./scripts/bench-startup.ts --exe "dist\base-unpacked\OpenCode Dev.exe" --compare "dist\$Name-unpacked\OpenCode Dev.exe" --runs $Runs --warmup 1 --window-at=-1700,20 --out "dist\bench-startup\$Name" 2>&1 | Select-String -Pattern "^warm service|^\s{2,}|^phases|^\S+\s+\d+\s+\(|^report|^warm-up|Error|error" | Select-Object -Last 45
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Attribute a renderer .cpuprofile's self time to original source files through the build's
+// source maps. Run with: bun scripts/profile-by-source.ts <profile.cpuprofile> [out/renderer/assets]
+import { readFileSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import { TraceMap, originalPositionFor } from "C:/Users/Lukem/.local/share/opencode/worktree/6c1049/quiet-wolf-2/node_modules/.bun/@jridgewell+trace-mapping@0.3.31/node_modules/@jridgewell/trace-mapping/dist/trace-mapping.mjs"
+
+const profilePath = process.argv[2]!
+const assets = process.argv[3] ?? "out/renderer/assets"
+const profile = JSON.parse(readFileSync(profilePath, "utf8"))
+const maps = new Map<string, TraceMap>()
+for (const name of readdirSync(assets).filter((f) => f.endsWith(".js.map"))) {
+  maps.set(name.slice(0, -4), new TraceMap(JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(assets, name), "utf8"))))
+}
+
+const nodes = new Map<number, any>()
+for (const n of profile.nodes) nodes.set(n.id, n)
+const self = new Map<string, number>()
+const byPkg = new Map<string, number>()
+const group = (source: string) => {
+  const n = source.replace(/\\/g, "/")
+  const nm = n.match(/node_modules\/(?:\.bun\/[^/]+\/node_modules\/)?((?:@[^/]+\/)?[^/]+)(?:\/dist\/([^/]+))?/)
+  if (nm) return nm[1] === "effect" ? `effect/${(nm[2] ?? "").replace(/\.js$/, "")}` : nm[1]
+  const pk = n.match(/packages\/([^/]+)\/src\/(.+)$/)
+  return pk ? `${pk[1]}/${pk[2]}` : n.slice(-50)
+}
+const parent = new Map<number, number>()
+for (const n of profile.nodes) for (const c of n.children ?? []) parent.set(c, n.id)
+const resolve = (frame: any) => {
+  const name = frame.functionName
+  if (name === "(program)" || name === "(garbage collector)") return { label: name, fn: name }
+  const file = frame.url.split("/").pop()
+  const map = maps.get(file)
+  if (!map) return { label: `(no map) ${file}`, fn: name }
+  const pos = originalPositionFor(map, { line: frame.lineNumber + 1, column: frame.columnNumber })
+  return { label: pos.source ? group(pos.source) : `(unmapped) ${file}`, fn: pos.name ?? name }
+}
+const labelOf = (frame: any) => resolve(frame).label
+// A sample belongs to the render phase once Solid's root is on the stack; everything before that is
+// module evaluation, everything after the first render is later work (hydration, effects, timers).
+const stackHas = (id: number, test: (label: string, fn: string) => boolean) => {
+  for (let cur: number | undefined = id; cur !== undefined; cur = parent.get(cur)) {
+    const resolved = resolve(nodes.get(cur).callFrame)
+    if (test(resolved.label, resolved.fn)) return true
+  }
+  return false
+}
+const phases = { evaluate: new Map<string, number>(), render: new Map<string, number>(), later: new Map<string, number>() }
+let phase: keyof typeof phases = "evaluate"
+let t = 0
+let total = 0
+for (let i = 0; i < profile.samples.length; i++) {
+  const dt = (profile.timeDeltas[i] ?? 0) / 1000
+  t += dt
+  const node = nodes.get(profile.samples[i])
+  if (node.callFrame.functionName === "(idle)") {
+    if (phase === "render" && dt > 5) phase = "later"
+    continue
+  }
+  total += dt
+  if (phase === "evaluate" && stackHas(node.id, (label, fn) => label === "solid-js" && (fn === "render" || fn === "createRoot")))
+    phase = "render"
+  const label = labelOf(node.callFrame)
+  const bucket = phases[phase]
+  bucket.set(label, (bucket.get(label) ?? 0) + dt)
+  self.set(label, (self.get(label) ?? 0) + dt)
+  const pkg = label.split("/").slice(0, label.startsWith("effect/") || label.startsWith("@") ? 2 : 1).join("/")
+  byPkg.set(pkg, (byPkg.get(pkg) ?? 0) + dt)
+}
+console.log(`busy ${total.toFixed(0)} ms over ${t.toFixed(0)} ms`)
+void phases
+// Timeline: 25 ms buckets with the top sources, so module evaluation, render and hydration show as bands.
+const buckets = new Map<number, Map<string, number>>()
+t = 0
+for (let i = 0; i < profile.samples.length; i++) {
+  const dt = (profile.timeDeltas[i] ?? 0) / 1000
+  t += dt
+  const node = nodes.get(profile.samples[i])
+  if (node.callFrame.functionName === "(idle)") continue
+  const b = Math.floor(t / 25) * 25
+  const m = buckets.get(b) ?? new Map()
+  const label = labelOf(node.callFrame).replace(/^(\.\.\/)+/, "")
+  m.set(label, (m.get(label) ?? 0) + dt)
+  buckets.set(b, m)
+}
+console.log("\n== timeline (25 ms buckets) ==")
+for (const [b, m] of [...buckets].sort((a, c) => a[0] - c[0])) {
+  const busy = [...m.values()].reduce((a, c) => a + c, 0)
+  if (busy < 1) continue
+  const top = [...m].sort((a, c) => c[1] - a[1]).slice(0, 4).map(([k, v]) => `${k} ${v.toFixed(0)}`).join(" | ")
+  console.log(String(b).padStart(5), busy.toFixed(0).padStart(3), top)
+}
+console.log("\n== by package (all) ==")
+for (const [k, v] of [...byPkg].sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1]).slice(0, 20)) console.log(v.toFixed(1).padStart(7), k)
+
@@ -103,11 +103,17 @@ export function createBrowserPage(
    revision++
  })
  let closed = false
+  // Whether the native surface holds a real document worth showing. Chromium keeps the
+  // previous document painted until the next one renders, so a shown page stays shown
+  // through later navigations; blank and failed documents hide until a real one is ready.
+  let content = false
+  let failure: { url: string; message: string } | undefined
  const state = (): Browser.Tab => ({
    id: options.id,
-    url: contents.getURL().slice(0, 16_384),
+    url: (failure?.url ?? contents.getURL()).slice(0, 16_384),
    title: contents.getTitle().slice(0, 2_048),
    loading: contents.isLoading(),
+    ...(failure ? { loadError: failure.message } : {}),
    canGoBack: contents.navigationHistory.canGoBack(),
    canGoForward: contents.navigationHistory.canGoForward(),
    generation,
@@ -115,16 +121,40 @@ export function createBrowserPage(
  const publish = () => {
    if (!closed) options.publish()
  }
-  const reset = (event: Electron.Event<{ isMainFrame: boolean; isSameDocument: boolean }>) => {
+  const reset = (event: Electron.Event<{ url: string; isMainFrame: boolean; isSameDocument: boolean }>) => {
    if (!event.isMainFrame || event.isSameDocument) return
+    failure = undefined
    generation++
    documents.clear()
    refs.clear()
    diagnostics.clear()
    publish()
  }
+  const settle = () => {
+    content = contents.getURL() !== "about:blank" && !failure
+    updateVisibility()
+  }
  contents.on("did-start-navigation", reset)
-  contents.on("did-stop-loading", publish)
+  contents.on("did-navigate", (_event, url, status, statusText) => {
+    // The server-network proxy answers an unreachable HTTP target with an empty 502. Other
+    // error statuses are real documents from the user's server and stay visible.
+    if (status === 502) failure = { url, message: `${status} ${statusText}`.trim().slice(0, 2_048) }
+    // A blank or failed document paints at commit; a real one waits for dom-ready.
+    if (url === "about:blank" || failure) settle()
+    publish()
+  })
+  contents.on("did-fail-load", (_event, code, description, url, isMainFrame) => {
+    // Cancelled navigation and failed subframes do not replace the current page.
+    if (!isMainFrame || code === -3) return
+    failure = { url, message: description.slice(0, 2_048) }
+    settle()
+    publish()
+  })
+  contents.on("dom-ready", settle)
+  contents.on("did-stop-loading", () => {
+    settle()
+    publish()
+  })
  contents.on("did-navigate-in-page", publish)
  contents.on("page-title-updated", publish)
  contents.on("render-process-gone", () => {
@@ -252,6 +282,14 @@ export function createBrowserPage(
    corner.setVisible(false)
    win.contentView.addChildView(corner)
  })
+  let visible = false
+  const updateVisibility = () => {
+    // The renderer's layout requests may lag behind navigation; the page decides
+    // whether there is a document worth exposing over the themed background.
+    const show = visible && content
+    view.setVisible(show)
+    corners.forEach((corner) => corner.setVisible(show && !!cornerKey))
+  }
  const ready = Promise.all([
    files.ready,
    ...(options.initialize === false
@@ -302,9 +340,9 @@ export function createBrowserPage(
        )
      })
    },
-    setVisible(visible: boolean) {
-      view.setVisible(visible)
-      corners.forEach((corner) => corner.setVisible(visible && !!cornerKey))
+    setVisible(value: boolean) {
+      visible = value
+      updateVisibility()
    },
    async execute(command: Browser.Command, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<Browser.Result> {
      await ready
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Ipc } from "./ipc"
 import { DesktopInitialization } from "./lifecycle/desktop-initialization"
 import { installContextMenu } from "./lifecycle/environment"
 import { ApplicationLifecycle } from "./lifecycle"
+import { DesktopLogging } from "./native/logging"
 import { BackgroundService } from "./service/background-service"
 import { DesktopCli } from "./service/desktop-cli"
 import { UpdaterLive } from "./updater/live"
@@ -15,8 +16,15 @@ marks.bundle = Date.now()

 const runIpc = Effect.fn("Desktop.runIpc")(function* () {
  const lifecycle = yield* ApplicationLifecycle.Service
+  marks.layers = Date.now()
+  yield* Effect.logInfo("layers ready", { marks })
  const ipc = yield* Ipc.registerIpcHandlers
  if (lifecycle.restoreWindows().length) ipc.installMenu()
+  // The first window's renderer now has its IPC port and is hydrating its stores over it. The crash
+  // reporter (spawns a process) and the context menu (a dependency tree) are not worth answering late.
+  yield* Effect.sleep("500 millis")
+  const logging = yield* DesktopLogging.Service
+  yield* logging.startCrashReporter
  yield* installContextMenu
  yield* Effect.callback<void>((resume) => {
    const quit = () => resume(Effect.void)
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 import { marks } from "./lifecycle/marks"
 import { app } from "electron"
 import { acquireApplicationLock, configureApplication } from "./lifecycle/configure"
+import { startSidecarProbe } from "./service/sidecar-probe"
+import { registerStorageSnapshotHandler } from "./storage/snapshot"
 import { createEarlyWindow } from "./windows/early"
+import { rendererAssetsServed } from "./windows/protocol"
 import { registerRendererScheme } from "./windows/scheme"

 // This module stays small on purpose. Electron holds the ready event until the entry module has
@@ -14,10 +17,16 @@ if (acquireApplicationLock()) {
  registerRendererScheme()
  // Window first, then the bundle: starting the import before ready delays ready itself, because the
  // module graph evaluates on the same thread Chromium needs to finish initialising.
-  void app.whenReady().then(() => {
+  void app.whenReady().then(async () => {
    marks.ready = Date.now()
+    registerStorageSnapshotHandler()
    createEarlyWindow()
    marks.window = Date.now()
+    startSidecarProbe()
+    // The window's renderer is already loading. Its HTML and preloaded chunks are served from this
+    // thread, so the bundle waits for that burst to be answered (or a cap) before it evaluates.
+    if (!process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL) await rendererAssetsServed({ quietMs: 40, capMs: 400 })
+    marks.served = Date.now()
    return import("./desktop")
  })
 }
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { EventRpcs } from "../../shared/ipc-rpc"
 import { ipcEventStream } from "../ipc-events"
 import { IpcPortHandoff } from "../ipc-transport"
 import { Shutdown } from "../lifecycle/shutdown"
-import { isRendererUrl } from "../windows/protocol"
+import { isRendererUrl } from "../windows/scheme"
 import { DesktopStorage } from "../storage"
 import { sender } from "./context"

@@ -65,12 +65,15 @@ export const registerIpcHandlers = Effect.gen(function* () {
      if (input.type !== "keyDown" || input.key !== "Escape") return
      win.webContents.send(DragCancelEvent)
    })
-    win.webContents.on("did-finish-load", () => {
+    const post = () => {
      if (win.isDestroyed() || win.webContents.isDestroyed()) return
      const channel = new MessageChannelMain()
      handoff.bind(win.webContents, channel.port1)
      win.webContents.postMessage(IpcTransportPort, null, [channel.port2])
-    })
+    }
+    win.webContents.on("did-finish-load", post)
+    // The first window starts loading before the layers exist and may already be done.
+    if (!win.webContents.isLoading() && win.webContents.getURL()) post()
  }
  yield* Effect.sync(() => {
    app.on("browser-window-created", wire)
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto"
 import { mkdirSync, rmSync } from "node:fs"
+import { enableCompileCache } from "node:module"
 import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os"
 import path from "node:path"
 import { app } from "electron"
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ export function configureApplication() {
    app.setPath("sessionData", path.join(testRoot, "session"))
    if (testOnboarding) app.setPath("documents", path.join(testRoot, "documents"))
  }
+  // V8 bytecode for the main bundle survives between launches, like the renderer's code cache.
+  enableCompileCache(path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "compile-cache"))
 }

 export function acquireApplicationLock() {
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { app } from "electron"
 import { Context, Effect, Layer } from "effect"
 import { DesktopLogging } from "../native/logging"
 import { getStore } from "../storage/store"
+import { marks } from "./marks"
 import {
  loadProxyEnvironment,
  preferApplicationEnvironment,
@@ -22,12 +23,15 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
  Service,
  Effect.gen(function* () {
    const logging = yield* DesktopLogging.Service
-    yield* prepareApplicationEnvironment
    yield* preferApplicationEnvironment
-    yield* loadProxyEnvironment
+    // System certificates, the proxy and the net log serve later network work; the first window and
+    // its IPC port do not wait for them.
+    yield* Effect.forkScoped(
+      prepareApplicationEnvironment.pipe(Effect.andThen(loadProxyEnvironment), Effect.andThen(logging.startNetwork)),
+    )
    yield* Effect.promise(() => app.whenReady())
-    yield* logging.startNetwork
    yield* prepareDesktop
+    marks.init = Date.now()
    return Service.of({
      version: app.getVersion(),
      updaterStore: getStore("opencode.updater"),
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { app } from "electron"
 import { Effect, Path } from "effect"
 import { DesktopPaths } from "../paths"
 import { getUserShell, loadShellEnv } from "../service/shell-env"
-import { registerRendererProtocol, setDockIcon } from "../windows"
+import { registerRendererProtocol, setDockIcon, setProtocolReporter } from "../windows"
+import { scoped } from "../native/logging"

 // electron-context-menu attaches to every existing and future window, so it can load once the first
 // window is up instead of holding up startup with its dependency tree.
@@ -37,7 +38,11 @@ export const prepareDesktop = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const paths = yield* DesktopPaths.resolve
  if (app.isPackaged || process.env.OPENCODE_DESKTOP_DISABLE_PROTOCOL_REGISTRATION !== "1")
    app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient("opencode")
-  yield* registerRendererProtocol()
+  const runFork = Effect.runForkWith(yield* Effect.context())
+  setProtocolReporter((level, message, data) =>
+    runFork(scoped("protocol", level === "error" ? Effect.logError(message, data) : Effect.logWarning(message, data))),
+  )
+  registerRendererProtocol(paths.rendererRoot)
  setDockIcon(path, paths)
 })

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { DesktopLogging, scoped } from "../native/logging"
 import { DesktopStorage } from "../storage"
 import { safeWebContentsURL } from "../windows/state"
 import { getLastFocusedWindow, makeMainWindows, setAppQuitting, setRelaunchHandler } from "../windows"
+import { marks } from "./marks"
 import { initializeFirstLaunchOnboarding } from "./onboarding"
 import { Shutdown } from "./shutdown"

@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ export const layer = Layer.unwrap(
    // Decide first-launch state before the storage layer creates drafts.sqlite, which would
    // otherwise read as evidence of an earlier launch on a fresh install.
    yield* initializeFirstLaunchOnboarding(app.getPath("userData"))
+    marks.onboarding = Date.now()
    return runtime.pipe(Layer.provideMerge(platform))
  }),
 )
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 // Startup marks, epoch ms. The entry module records them before any logger exists; the logging
-// layer reports them with "app starting" so the startup benchmark can split the time before the
-// first log line into Electron's own initialisation, our entry, and the main bundle.
-export const marks: { entry: number; ready?: number; window?: number; bundle?: number } = { entry: Date.now() }
+// layer reports the early ones with "app starting" and the rest with "layers ready", so the startup
+// benchmark can split the time before the renderer gets its IPC port into Electron's own
+// initialisation, our entry, the main bundle and each layer.
+export const marks: { entry: number } & Partial<
+  Record<"ready" | "window" | "served" | "bundle" | "onboarding" | "logging" | "crash" | "storage" | "init" | "layers", number>
+> = { entry: Date.now() }
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { getStore } from "../storage/store"
 const DEFAULT_PROJECT_DIR = "Default Project"

 export const initializeFirstLaunchOnboarding = Effect.fn("Onboarding.initialize")(function* (userDataPath: string) {
+  const store = getStore()
+  const current = store.get(FIRST_LAUNCH_ONBOARDING_COMPLETE_KEY)
+  if (typeof current === "boolean") return current
+
  const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem
  const path = yield* Path.Path
  const names = (yield* fs.exists(userDataPath)) ? yield* fs.readDirectory(userDataPath) : []
@@ -17,11 +21,8 @@ export const initializeFirstLaunchOnboarding = Effect.fn("Onboarding.initialize"
      const info = yield* fs.stat(path.join(userDataPath, name)).pipe(Effect.option)
      return { name, directory: Option.isSome(info) && info.value.type === "Directory" }
    }),
+    { concurrency: "unbounded" },
  )
-  const store = getStore()
-  const current = store.get(FIRST_LAUNCH_ONBOARDING_COMPLETE_KEY)
-  if (typeof current === "boolean") return current
-
  const complete = hasExistingAppState(entries)
  store.set(FIRST_LAUNCH_ONBOARDING_COMPLETE_KEY, complete)
  return complete
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let netLogPath: string | undefined

 export interface Interface {
  readonly startNetwork: Effect.Effect<void>
+  readonly startCrashReporter: Effect.Effect<void>
  readonly exportDebug: Effect.Effect<string>
 }

@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ const serviceLayer = Layer.effect(
    const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem
    const path = yield* Path.Path
    yield* initLogging(fs, path).pipe(Effect.orDie)
-    yield* initCrashReporter(fs, path).pipe(Effect.orDie)
+    // Old run directories go away in the background; listing them is not worth a wait at startup.
+    yield* Effect.forkScoped(cleanup(fs, path).pipe(Effect.catch(() => Effect.void)))
+    marks.logging = Date.now()
    yield* Effect.logInfo("app starting", {
      version: VERSION,
      packaged: app.isPackaged,
@@ -42,6 +45,12 @@ const serviceLayer = Layer.effect(
      startNetwork: startNetLog(path).pipe(
        Effect.catch((error) => Effect.logWarning("failed to start net log", { error })),
      ),
+      // Starting crashpad spawns its handler process, ~60 ms on the main thread, so the first window
+      // and its IPC port come first.
+      startCrashReporter: initCrashReporter(fs, path).pipe(
+        Effect.tap(() => Effect.sync(() => (marks.crash = Date.now()))),
+        Effect.catch((error) => Effect.logWarning("failed to start crash reporter", { error })),
+      ),
      exportDebug,
    })
  }),
@@ -99,7 +108,6 @@ function initLogging(fs: FileSystem.FileSystem, path: Path.Path) {
      log.initialize({ preload: false, spyRendererConsole: true })
      initConsoleTransport()
    })
-    yield* cleanup(fs, path)
  })
 }

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Context, Effect, FileSystem, Layer, Path } from "effect"
 import { BackgroundServiceState } from "./background-service-state"
 import { cleanStages, DesktopCli } from "./desktop-cli"
 import { SidecarCredentials } from "./sidecar-credentials"
+import { sidecarProbe } from "./sidecar-probe"

 export * as BackgroundService from "./background-service"

@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ const connect = Effect.fn("BackgroundService.connect")(function* (mode: "initial
  const version = mode === "initial" ? cli.version : undefined
  if (isolated) process.env.XDG_STATE_HOME = app.getPath("userData")
  const client = yield* Effect.promise(() => import("@opencode/client/service"))
-  const service = yield* Effect.tryPromise(() =>
+  const ensure = () =>
    client.Service.ensure({
      file:
        isolated && process.env.OPENCODE_DESKTOP_SERVER_CHANNEL === "local"
@@ -46,13 +47,18 @@ const connect = Effect.fn("BackgroundService.connect")(function* (mode: "initial
      command: [...cli.command, "serve", "--service", ...(isolated ? ["--port", "0"] : [])],
      onStart: (reason, previousVersion) =>
        runFork(Effect.logInfo("v2 CLI background service starting", { reason, previousVersion })),
-    }),
-  )
+    })
+  // A compatible service the entry module already found is adopted at once; ensure() still runs
+  // afterwards for its side effects (terminal handoff completion), off the renderer's path.
+  const early = mode === "initial" && !isolated ? yield* Effect.promise(sidecarProbe) : undefined
+  if (early) yield* Effect.sync(() => void ensure().catch(() => undefined))
+  const service = early ?? (yield* Effect.tryPromise(ensure))
  if (service.auth?.type !== "basic") throw new Error("V2 CLI background service did not provide authentication")
  const url = new URL(service.url)
  if (url.hostname === "0.0.0.0") url.hostname = "127.0.0.1"
  yield* Effect.logInfo("v2 CLI background service ready", {
    version,
+    probed: !!early,
    ...endpoint(url.origin),
  })
  if (mode === "initial" && isolated && cli.binary) yield* cleanStages(cli.binary).pipe(Effect.orDie)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * as DesktopCli from "./desktop-cli"

 import { execFile, spawn } from "node:child_process"
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs"
 import { promisify } from "node:util"
 import { app } from "electron"
 import { Context, Effect, FileSystem, Layer, Option, Path } from "effect"
@@ -93,9 +94,15 @@ const resolveBundledCli = Effect.fn("DesktopCli.resolveBundled")(function* (isol
 const bundledVersion = Effect.fn("DesktopCli.bundledVersion")(function* (bundled: string) {
  const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem
  const path = yield* Path.Path
-  const shipped = yield* fs
-    .readFileString(path.join(path.dirname(bundled), "opencode-cli.version"))
-    .pipe(Effect.map((text) => text.trim()), Effect.orElseSucceed(() => ""))
+  // Synchronous on purpose: this sits on the path to the first window's IPC port, and a queued
+  // async read waits behind everything else the main thread is doing at that moment.
+  const shipped = yield* Effect.sync(() => {
+    try {
+      return readFileSync(path.join(path.dirname(bundled), "opencode-cli.version"), "utf8").trim()
+    } catch {
+      return ""
+    }
+  })
  if (shipped) {
    yield* Effect.logInfo("v2 CLI version bundled", { version: shipped })
    return shipped
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ const installCli = Effect.fn("DesktopCli.install")(function* (source: string, ve
  const path = yield* Path.Path
  const directory = path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "cli", version.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/g, "-"))
  const destination = path.join(directory, executableName())
-  if (yield* fs.exists(destination)) {
+  if (existsSync(destination)) {
    yield* Effect.logInfo("v2 CLI staged executable reused", { path: destination, version })
    return destination
  }
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs"
+import path from "node:path"
+import { app } from "electron"
+import type { Endpoint } from "@opencode/client/service"
+
+// The main thread idles between showing the first window and evaluating the main bundle, waiting
+// for the renderer's asset requests. That slot is long enough to find out whether a compatible
+// background service is already running, so the renderer's first data request is not the first
+// moment anyone asks. The probe only looks; a service that has to be started waits for the layers,
+// which set the environment the CLI expects.
+let probe: Promise<Endpoint | undefined> | undefined
+
+export function startSidecarProbe() {
+  if (!app.isPackaged) return
+  const version = bundledVersion()
+  if (!version) return
+  probe = import("@opencode/client/service")
+    .then(({ Service }) => Service.discover({ version }))
+    .catch(() => undefined)
+}
+
+export function sidecarProbe() {
+  return probe ?? Promise.resolve(undefined)
+}
+
+function bundledVersion() {
+  try {
+    return readFileSync(path.join(process.resourcesPath, "opencode-cli.version"), "utf8").trim()
+  } catch {
+    return ""
+  }
+}
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ export * as DesktopStorage from "./index"

 import { app, BrowserWindow } from "electron"
 import { Context, Effect, Layer, Path } from "effect"
+import { marks } from "../lifecycle/marks"
 import { openDatabase } from "./database"
+import { setStorageSnapshotProvider } from "./snapshot"
 import { createDraftStore } from "./drafts"
 import { importLegacyStores } from "./legacy"
 import { createStateStore } from "./state"
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
        storage.close()
      }),
    )
+    setStorageSnapshotProvider((names) => Object.fromEntries(names.map((name) => [name, storage.state.items(name)])))
+    marks.storage = Date.now()
    return Service.of(storage)
  }),
 )
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { existsSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs"
+import path from "node:path"
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite"
+import { app, ipcMain } from "electron"
+import { StorageSnapshotChannel, type StorageSnapshot } from "../../shared/ipc-transport"
+import { isRendererUrl } from "../windows/scheme"
+
+// A window's preload asks for the namespaces its shell reads before the page runs, so the first
+// render is the hydrated one. Until the storage layer is up (the first window asks before it exists)
+// the answer comes from the database file; the layer takes over so later windows see queued writes.
+type Provider = (names: ReadonlyArray<string>) => StorageSnapshot
+
+let provider: Provider = readFromDisk
+
+export function setStorageSnapshotProvider(next: Provider) {
+  provider = next
+}
+
+export function registerStorageSnapshotHandler() {
+  ipcMain.handle(StorageSnapshotChannel, (event, names: unknown): StorageSnapshot => {
+    if (!isRendererUrl(event.senderFrame?.url)) return {}
+    if (!Array.isArray(names)) return {}
+    return provider(names.filter((name): name is string => typeof name === "string"))
+  })
+}
+
+// Nothing has been written in this process yet, so every namespace is at revision 0, as the
+// storage layer would report before its first update. Legacy electron-store files still waiting
+// to be imported would make the database stale for this launch, so the renderer asks the layer then.
+function readFromDisk(names: ReadonlyArray<string>): StorageSnapshot {
+  const userData = app.getPath("userData")
+  const file = path.join(userData, "drafts.sqlite")
+  if (!existsSync(file)) return {}
+  if (readdirSync(userData).some((name) => name === "default.dat" || /^opencode\..+\.dat$/.test(name))) return {}
+  try {
+    const db = new DatabaseSync(file)
+    try {
+      const rows = db.prepare("SELECT key, value FROM state WHERE name = ?")
+      return Object.fromEntries(
+        names.map((name) => [
+          name,
+          {
+            items: Object.fromEntries(
+              (rows.all(name) as { key: string; value: string }[]).map((row) => [row.key, row.value]),
+            ),
+            revision: 0,
+          },
+        ]),
+      )
+    } finally {
+      db.close()
+    }
+  } catch {
+    return {}
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { windowBootstrapArgument, type WindowBootstrap } from "../../shared/window-bootstrap"
+import { getDefaultServerUrl } from "../service/server-settings"
+import { FIRST_LAUNCH_ONBOARDING_COMPLETE_KEY } from "../storage/keys"
+import { getStore } from "../storage/store"
+
+// The settings store is already in memory when a window is created, so the renderer gets the
+// answers its shell gate would otherwise ask for over IPC. A fresh install has no onboarding
+// decision yet; the renderer asks once the layers have made one.
+export function windowBootstrap(id: string): WindowBootstrap {
+  const complete = getStore().get(FIRST_LAUNCH_ONBOARDING_COMPLETE_KEY)
+  return {
+    id,
+    firstLaunchPending: typeof complete === "boolean" ? !complete : undefined,
+    defaultServerUrl: getDefaultServerUrl(),
+  }
+}
+
+export function windowArguments(id: string) {
+  return [windowBootstrapArgument(windowBootstrap(id))]
+}
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import { getStore } from "../storage/store"
 // full window setup in appearance.ts, so both draw the same frame.

 const oc2Theme = oc2ThemeJson as DesktopTheme
-const oc2Background = {
-  light: resolveThemeVariant(oc2Theme.light, false)["background-base"],
-  dark: resolveThemeVariant(oc2Theme.dark, true)["background-base"],
-}
 // Match the renderer's 36px titlebar plus its former 8px content inset.
 export const titlebarHeight = 44

@@ -21,10 +17,13 @@ export function tone() {
 }

 // The colour the renderer reported on its last run, or the default theme's for the system tone, so
-// a window shown before the renderer paints already has the right background.
+// a window shown before the renderer paints already has the right background. Resolving a palette
+// costs tens of milliseconds before the first window, so it only happens when nothing is stored.
 export function storedBackgroundColor() {
  const stored = getStore().get(BACKGROUND_COLOR_KEY)
-  return typeof stored === "string" ? stored : oc2Background[tone()]
+  if (typeof stored === "string") return stored
+  const dark = tone() === "dark"
+  return resolveThemeVariant(dark ? oc2Theme.dark : oc2Theme.light, dark)["background-base"]
 }

 export function titlebarOverlay(mode: "light" | "dark" = tone(), zoom = 1) {
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto"
 import path from "node:path"
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url"
-import { app, BrowserWindow, screen } from "electron"
-import { windowIDArgument } from "../../shared/window-bootstrap"
+import { app, BrowserWindow, screen, shell } from "electron"
+import { resolveExternalURL } from "../files/external-url"
+import { windowArguments } from "./bootstrap"
 import { WINDOW_IDS_KEY } from "../storage/keys"
 import { getStore } from "../storage/store"
 import { storedBackgroundColor, titlebarOverlay } from "./defaults"
+import { registerRendererProtocol } from "./protocol"
+import { loadWindow } from "./scheme"
+import { allowRendererPermissions, wireNavigationPolicy, wireRendererHeaders } from "./security"
 import { manageWindowState, readWindowState, resolveWindowState, windowStateFile, type WindowState } from "./window-state"

-export type EarlyWindow = { id: string; win: BrowserWindow; state: WindowState; shownAt: number }
+export type EarlyWindow = {
+  id: string
+  win: BrowserWindow
+  state: WindowState
+  shownAt: number
+  // Navigation policy is wired before the layers exist; the adopter swaps in the logged version.
+  openExternal: (url: string) => void
+}

 let pending: EarlyWindow | undefined

@@ -46,7 +57,7 @@ export function createEarlyWindow() {
      contextIsolation: true,
      nodeIntegration: false,
      sandbox: true,
-      additionalArguments: [windowIDArgument(id)],
+      additionalArguments: windowArguments(id),
    },
  })
  manageWindowState(win, file, state, displays)
@@ -56,7 +67,24 @@ export function createEarlyWindow() {
    pending = undefined
    app.quit()
  })
-  pending = { id, win, state, shownAt: Date.now() }
+  const record: EarlyWindow = {
+    id,
+    win,
+    state,
+    shownAt: Date.now(),
+    openExternal: (url) => {
+      const target = resolveExternalURL(url)
+      if (target) void shell.openExternal(target)
+    },
+  }
+  pending = record
+  // The renderer boots while the main bundle and layers load, instead of after them. Everything the
+  // page needs before its first request is wired here; the IPC port arrives once the layers are up.
+  registerRendererProtocol(path.join(root, "../renderer"))
+  allowRendererPermissions(win)
+  wireNavigationPolicy(win, (url) => record.openExternal(url))
+  wireRendererHeaders(win)
+  loadWindow(win, "index.html")
 }

 export function takeEarlyWindow() {
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { DesktopPaths } from "../paths"
 import { DesktopStorage } from "../storage"
 import { getStore } from "../storage/store"
 import { WINDOW_IDS_KEY } from "../storage/keys"
-import { windowIDArgument } from "../../shared/window-bootstrap"
+import { windowDataFile } from "../../shared/ipc-transport"
+import { windowArguments } from "./bootstrap"
 import {
  getBackgroundColor,
  getPinchZoomEnabled,
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ import {
  wireFullscreen,
  wireZoom,
 } from "./appearance"
-import { loadWindow, registerRendererProtocol } from "./protocol"
+import { registerRendererProtocol, setProtocolReporter } from "./protocol"
+import { loadWindow } from "./scheme"
 import { createWindowRegistry } from "./registry"
 import { makeWindowRecovery } from "./recovery"
 import { takeEarlyWindow, type EarlyWindow } from "./early"
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export {
  getBackgroundColor,
  getPinchZoomEnabled,
  registerRendererProtocol,
+  setProtocolReporter,
  setBackgroundColor,
  setDockIcon,
  setPinchZoomEnabled,
@@ -115,18 +118,23 @@ export const makeMainWindows = Effect.fn("Window.make")(function* () {
        ...appearance,
        webPreferences: {
          ...appearance.webPreferences,
-          additionalArguments: [windowIDArgument(id)],
+          additionalArguments: windowArguments(id),
        },
      })

-    allowRendererPermissions(win)
+    // The early window was secured and loaded when it was created; only its external-URL policy is
+    // upgraded to the logged one.
+    if (early) early.openExternal = (url) => runFork(openExternalURL(url))
+    if (!early) {
+      allowRendererPermissions(win)
+      wireNavigationPolicy(win, (url) => runFork(openExternalURL(url)))
+      wireRendererHeaders(win)
+      manageWindowState(win, stateFile, state, displays)
+    }
    wireWindowRecovery(win, id, () => relaunchHandler())
-    wireNavigationPolicy(win, (url) => runFork(openExternalURL(url)))
-    wireRendererHeaders(win)
-    if (!early) manageWindowState(win, stateFile, state, displays)
    register(win, id)
    wireFullscreen(win)
-    loadWindow(win, "index.html")
+    if (!early) loadWindow(win, "index.html")
    wireZoom(win)
    let contentReady = false
    let appliedTheme = false
@@ -182,12 +190,4 @@ export const makeMainWindows = Effect.fn("Window.make")(function* () {
  return { create, restore }
 })

-// Mirrors windowStorage() in packages/app/src/runtime/persistence/storage.ts; it is the state
-// namespace the renderer persists this window's tabs under.
-function windowDataFile(id: string) {
-  return `opencode.window.${safeWindowID(id)}.dat`
-}

-function safeWindowID(id: string) {
-  return id.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/g, "-")
-}
@@ -1,73 +1,85 @@
 import { net, protocol } from "electron"
-import type { BrowserWindow } from "electron"
+import path from "node:path"
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url"
-import { Effect, Path } from "effect"
-import { scoped } from "../native/logging"
-import { DesktopPaths } from "../paths"
 import { documentPolicyHeader, jsCallStacksDocumentPolicy } from "./headers"
 import { rendererHost, rendererProtocol } from "./scheme"

-export const registerRendererProtocol = Effect.fn("Window.registerRendererProtocol")(function* () {
-  const path = yield* Path.Path
-  const paths = yield* DesktopPaths.resolve
-  const runFork = Effect.runForkWith(yield* Effect.context<never>())
+export type ProtocolReport = (level: "warning" | "error", message: string, data: Record<string, unknown>) => void
+
+// The entry module registers the handler the moment the first window exists, before logging is up,
+// so problems go to the console until the logging layer installs a reporter.
+let report: ProtocolReport = (level, message, data) => console[level === "error" ? "error" : "warn"](message, data)
+
+export function setProtocolReporter(reporter: ProtocolReport) {
+  report = reporter
+}
+
+// Requests in flight and when the last one arrived. The entry module holds the main bundle back
+// until the renderer's initial burst of asset requests has been answered, because this handler
+// runs on the main thread and a 100 ms module evaluation would otherwise sit between the renderer
+// and its HTML.
+let inflight = 0
+let served = 0
+let lastRequest = 0
+
+export function rendererAssetsServed(options: { quietMs: number; capMs: number }) {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    const check = () => {
+      const now = Date.now()
+      if (now - start >= options.capMs) return resolve()
+      if (served > 0 && inflight === 0 && now - lastRequest >= options.quietMs) return resolve()
+      setTimeout(check, 5)
+    }
+    check()
+  })
+}
+
+export function registerRendererProtocol(rendererRoot: string) {
  if (protocol.isProtocolHandled(rendererProtocol)) return

  protocol.handle(rendererProtocol, async (request) => {
-    const url = new URL(request.url)
-    if (url.host !== rendererHost) {
-      runFork(scoped("protocol", Effect.logWarning("rejected host", { url: request.url })))
-      return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
-    }
-
-    const file = path.resolve(paths.rendererRoot, `.${decodeURIComponent(url.pathname)}`)
-    const rel = path.relative(paths.rendererRoot, file)
-    if (rel.startsWith("..") || path.isAbsolute(rel)) {
-      runFork(scoped("protocol", Effect.logWarning("rejected path", { url: request.url, file })))
-      return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
-    }
-
+    inflight++
+    lastRequest = Date.now()
    try {
-      const range = request.headers.get("range")
-      const response = await net.fetch(pathToFileURL(file).toString(), { headers: range ? { range } : undefined })
-      if (response.status >= 400) {
-        runFork(
-          scoped(
-            "protocol",
-            Effect.logError("fetch failed", {
-              url: request.url,
-              file,
-              status: response.status,
-              statusText: response.statusText,
-            }),
-          ),
-        )
-      }
-      return addDocumentPolicy(response, file)
-    } catch (error) {
-      runFork(scoped("protocol", Effect.logError("fetch error", { url: request.url, file, error })))
-      return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
+      return await serve(request, rendererRoot)
+    } finally {
+      inflight--
+      served++
    }
  })
-})
-
-export function loadWindow(win: BrowserWindow, html: string) {
-  const devUrl = process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL
-  if (devUrl) {
-    void win.loadURL(new URL(html, devUrl).toString())
-    return
-  }
-  void win.loadURL(`${rendererProtocol}://${rendererHost}/${html}`)
 }

-export function isRendererUrl(value?: string, html = false) {
-  if (!value || !URL.canParse(value)) return false
-  const url = new URL(value)
-  if (html && !url.pathname.endsWith(".html")) return false
-  if (url.protocol === `${rendererProtocol}:` && url.host === rendererHost) return true
-  const devUrl = process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL
-  if (!devUrl || !URL.canParse(devUrl)) return false
-  return url.origin === new URL(devUrl).origin
+async function serve(request: Request, rendererRoot: string) {
+  const url = new URL(request.url)
+  if (url.host !== rendererHost) {
+    report("warning", "rejected host", { url: request.url })
+    return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
+  }
+
+  const file = path.resolve(rendererRoot, `.${decodeURIComponent(url.pathname)}`)
+  const rel = path.relative(rendererRoot, file)
+  if (rel.startsWith("..") || path.isAbsolute(rel)) {
+    report("warning", "rejected path", { url: request.url, file })
+    return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const range = request.headers.get("range")
+    const response = await net.fetch(pathToFileURL(file).toString(), { headers: range ? { range } : undefined })
+    if (response.status >= 400) {
+      report("error", "fetch failed", {
+        url: request.url,
+        file,
+        status: response.status,
+        statusText: response.statusText,
+      })
+    }
+    return addDocumentPolicy(response, file)
+  } catch (error) {
+    report("error", "fetch error", { url: request.url, file, error })
+    return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 })
+  }
 }

 function addDocumentPolicy(response: Response, file: string) {
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 import { protocol } from "electron"
+import type { BrowserWindow } from "electron"

 export const rendererProtocol = "oc"
 export const rendererHost = "renderer"

+export function loadWindow(win: BrowserWindow, html: string) {
+  const devUrl = process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL
+  if (devUrl) {
+    void win.loadURL(new URL(html, devUrl).toString())
+    return
+  }
+  void win.loadURL(`${rendererProtocol}://${rendererHost}/${html}`)
+}
+
+export function isRendererUrl(value?: string, html = false) {
+  if (!value || !URL.canParse(value)) return false
+  const url = new URL(value)
+  if (html && !url.pathname.endsWith(".html")) return false
+  if (url.protocol === `${rendererProtocol}:` && url.host === rendererHost) return true
+  const devUrl = process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL
+  if (!devUrl || !URL.canParse(devUrl)) return false
+  return url.origin === new URL(devUrl).origin
+}
+
 // Scheme privileges can only be granted before the app is ready, so the entry module calls this
 // before it loads anything else.
 export function registerRendererScheme() {
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { BrowserWindow } from "electron"
 import { SidecarCredentials } from "../service/sidecar-credentials"
 import { addRendererHeaders, hasHeader, upsertHeader } from "./headers"
-import { isRendererUrl } from "./protocol"
+import { isRendererUrl } from "./scheme"

 const rendererPermissions = new Set(["clipboard-sanitized-write", "notifications"])

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, webUtils } from "electron"
-import { DragCancelEvent, IpcTransportPort } from "../shared/ipc-transport"
-import { windowIDFromArguments } from "../shared/window-bootstrap"
+import {
+  DragCancelEvent,
+  IpcTransportPort,
+  StorageSnapshotChannel,
+  storageSnapshotNames,
+  type StorageSnapshot,
+} from "../shared/ipc-transport"
+import { windowBootstrapFromArguments } from "../shared/window-bootstrap"

 ipcRenderer.on(IpcTransportPort, (event) => {
  const port = event.ports[0]
@@ -9,7 +15,15 @@ ipcRenderer.on(IpcTransportPort, (event) => {

 ipcRenderer.on(DragCancelEvent, () => window.dispatchEvent(new Event(DragCancelEvent)))

+const bootstrap = windowBootstrapFromArguments(process.argv)
+// Asked before the page runs, so the stores the shell reads are hydrated on the first render.
+const storageSnapshot: Promise<StorageSnapshot> = ipcRenderer
+  .invoke(StorageSnapshotChannel, storageSnapshotNames(bootstrap.id))
+  .catch(() => ({}))
+
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electron", {
-  windowID: windowIDFromArguments(process.argv),
+  windowID: bootstrap.id,
+  bootstrap,
+  storageSnapshot,
  getPathForFile: (file: File) => webUtils.getPathForFile(file),
 })
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+import type { StorageSnapshot } from "../shared/ipc-transport"
+import type { WindowBootstrap } from "../shared/window-bootstrap"
+
 export type ElectronNative = {
  windowID: string
+  bootstrap: WindowBootstrap
+  storageSnapshot: Promise<StorageSnapshot>
  getPathForFile(file: File): string
 }
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { UpdaterState } from "@opencode/app/updater"
 import type { WslServersPlatform } from "@opencode/app/wsl/types"
 import type { SshPlatform } from "@opencode/app/ssh"
 import type { BrowserPaneRequest } from "../shared/ipc-rpc/browser"
+import type { WindowBootstrap } from "../shared/window-bootstrap"
 import type {
  ClipboardImage,
  DirectoryPickerOptions,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export type ElectronAPI = {
  draftBlobPut(data: ArrayBuffer): Promise<string>
  draftBlobGet(id: string): Promise<ArrayBuffer | null>
  getWindowID(): string
+  getWindowBootstrap(): WindowBootstrap
  themeReady(): Promise<void>
  onMenuCommand(cb: (id: string) => void): () => void
  onDeepLink(cb: (urls: string[]) => void): () => void
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const updaterHandler = (state: UpdaterState) => {
  updaterCallbacks.forEach((callback) => callback(state))
 }

+// One renderer-side copy: the bridge clones on every crossing, so consumption is tracked here.
+const seeded = window.electron.storageSnapshot.then((snapshot) => new Map(Object.entries(snapshot)))
+
 export const api: ElectronAPI = {
  awaitInitialization: () => invoke("AppAwaitInitialization"),
  reconnectService: () => invoke("AppReconnectService"),
@@ -99,7 +102,15 @@ export const api: ElectronAPI = {
    invoke("AppFinishFirstLaunchOnboarding", { createDefaultProject }),
  checkAppExists: (appName) => invoke("AppCheckAppExists", { appName }),
  resolveAppPath: (appName) => invoke("AppResolveAppPath", { appName }),
-  storeItems: (name) => invoke("StorageItems", { name }).then(mutable),
+  // The first read of a namespace the preload already fetched is served from that snapshot; later
+  // reads (a window re-opening a namespace) go to the main process as usual.
+  storeItems: (name) =>
+    seeded.then((snapshot) => {
+      const item = snapshot.get(name)
+      if (!item) return invoke("StorageItems", { name }).then(mutable)
+      snapshot.delete(name)
+      return item
+    }),
  storeUpdate: (name, insert, remove) => invoke("StorageUpdate", { name, insert, remove }),
  storeClear: (name) => invoke("StorageClear", { name }),
  onStoreChanged: (cb) =>
@@ -111,6 +122,7 @@ export const api: ElectronAPI = {
  draftBlobGet: (id) => invoke("DraftsGetBlob", { id }).then((data) => (data ? toArrayBuffer(data) : null)),

  getWindowID: () => window.electron.windowID,
+  getWindowBootstrap: () => window.electron.bootstrap,
  themeReady: () => invoke("WindowThemeReady"),
  onMenuCommand: (cb) => listen("MenuCommandTriggered", (event) => cb(event.id)),
  onDeepLink: (cb) => listen("DeepLinksOpened", (event) => cb(mutable(event.urls))),
@@ -48,15 +48,23 @@ export function DesktopApp(props: { api: ElectronAPI; updater: UpdaterPlatform;
    drawingReady: false,
    route,
  })
+  // The window was created with the answers the shell gate needs; only a fresh install, which has no
+  // onboarding decision yet, asks over IPC and waits for the port.
+  const bootstrap = props.api.getWindowBootstrap()
  const [firstLaunch] = createResource(() =>
-    props.api.isFirstLaunchOnboardingPending().catch((error) => {
-      console.error("[desktop-onboarding] first launch check failed", error)
-      return false
-    }),
+    bootstrap.firstLaunchPending !== undefined
+      ? Promise.resolve(bootstrap.firstLaunchPending)
+      : props.api.isFirstLaunchOnboardingPending().catch((error) => {
+          console.error("[desktop-onboarding] first launch check failed", error)
+          return false
+        }),
  )
  const platform = createDesktopPlatform(props.api, windowState, props.updater)
  const [sidecar, { mutate: setSidecar }] = createResource(() => props.api.awaitInitialization())
-  const [defaultServer] = createResource(() => platform.getDefaultServer?.())
+  const [defaultServer] = createResource(async () => {
+    if (bootstrap.defaultServerUrl === undefined) return platform.getDefaultServer?.()
+    return bootstrap.defaultServerUrl ? ServerConnection.Key.make(bootstrap.defaultServerUrl) : null
+  })
  const [locale] = createResource(() => preloadStoredLocale(platform))
  const [initialRoute] = createResource(
    () => !firstLaunch.loading && (firstLaunch() && initialUrl === "/" ? "/new-session" : initialUrl),
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-import { Context, Effect, Layer, ManagedRuntime, Queue, Schema, Stream } from "effect"
-import { RpcClient, RpcMessage } from "effect/unstable/rpc"
-import { DesktopRpcs, type DesktopRpcClient } from "../shared/ipc-rpc"
+import type { Effect } from "effect"
+import type { RpcMessage } from "effect/unstable/rpc"
+import type { DesktopRpcClient } from "../shared/ipc-rpc"
 import type { DesktopEvent } from "../shared/ipc-rpc/events"
 import { IpcTransportPort } from "../shared/ipc-transport"

-class DesktopClient extends Context.Service<DesktopClient, DesktopRpcClient>()("opencode/desktop/DesktopClient") {}
+// The main process serves Effect's RpcServer over a MessagePort; this side speaks its wire format
+// directly. Messages cross by structured clone (no serialization layer, binary stays binary), every
+// payload in the contract is JSON-native or a Uint8Array, and the main process is trusted, so the
+// renderer needs neither the Effect runtime nor the contract's schemas to talk to it. Keeping them
+// out of the renderer's initial module graph is worth about a third of its startup script.

 type EventTag = DesktopEvent["_tag"]
 type InvokeTag = Exclude<keyof DesktopRpcClient, "DesktopEvents">
@@ -13,55 +17,48 @@ type InvokeResult<Tag extends InvokeTag> =
  ReturnType<DesktopRpcClient[Tag]> extends Effect.Effect<infer Value, unknown> ? Value : never
 type EventValue<Tag extends EventTag> = Extract<DesktopEvent, { readonly _tag: Tag }>

+type Pending = {
+  readonly resolve: (value: unknown) => void
+  readonly reject: (error: unknown) => void
+  readonly chunk?: (values: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void
+}
+
+const pending = new Map<number, Pending>()
+const listeners = new Map<EventTag, Set<(value: unknown) => void>>()
+const beforeDispose = new Set<() => Promise<unknown> | void>()
+let nextId = 0
+
 const port = new Promise<MessagePort>((resolve) => {
  const onMessage = (event: MessageEvent) => {
    if (event.source !== window || event.data !== IpcTransportPort) return
    const value = event.ports[0]
    if (!value) return
    window.removeEventListener("message", onMessage)
+    value.addEventListener("message", (message) => receive(value, message.data as RpcMessage.FromServerEncoded))
+    value.start()
    resolve(value)
  }
  window.addEventListener("message", onMessage)
 })

-const ClientProtocolLive = Layer.unwrap(Effect.promise(() => port).pipe(Effect.map((value) => clientProtocol(value))))
-const ClientLive = Layer.effect(DesktopClient, RpcClient.make(DesktopRpcs)).pipe(Layer.provide(ClientProtocolLive))
-const runtime = ManagedRuntime.make(ClientLive)
-const listeners = new Map<EventTag, Set<(value: unknown) => void>>()
-const beforeDispose = new Set<() => Promise<unknown> | void>()
-// Let queued work (storage flushes) hand its messages to the port before the runtime goes away.
+// Let queued work (storage flushes) hand its messages to the port before it closes.
 window.addEventListener(
  "pagehide",
-  () => void Promise.allSettled([...beforeDispose].map((callback) => callback())).then(() => runtime.dispose()),
+  () => void Promise.allSettled([...beforeDispose].map((callback) => callback())).then(() => port.then((p) => p.close())),
  { once: true },
 )

+void request("DesktopEvents", null, (values) => {
+  for (const value of values as ReadonlyArray<DesktopEvent>) listeners.get(value._tag)?.forEach((fn) => fn(value))
+})
+
 export function onBeforeDispose(callback: () => Promise<unknown> | void) {
  beforeDispose.add(callback)
  return () => beforeDispose.delete(callback)
 }

-runtime.runFork(
-  Effect.gen(function* () {
-    const client = yield* DesktopClient
-    yield* client
-      .DesktopEvents()
-      .pipe(
-        Stream.runForEach((event) =>
-          Effect.sync(() => listeners.get(event._tag)?.forEach((listener) => listener(event))),
-        ),
-      )
-  }),
-)
-
 export function invoke<Tag extends InvokeTag>(tag: Tag, ...payload: InvokeArgs<Tag>): Promise<InvokeResult<Tag>> {
-  return runtime.runPromise(
-    Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const client = yield* DesktopClient
-      const method = client[tag] as unknown as (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => Effect.Effect<unknown, unknown>
-      return yield* method(...payload)
-    }),
-  ) as Promise<InvokeResult<Tag>>
+  return request(tag, payload[0] ?? null) as Promise<InvokeResult<Tag>>
 }

 export function send<Tag extends InvokeTag>(tag: Tag, ...payload: InvokeArgs<Tag>) {
@@ -79,42 +76,49 @@ export function listen<Tag extends EventTag>(tag: Tag, listener: (value: EventVa
  }
 }

-// Structured clone over the port, like Effect's worker protocol: no serialization layer, so binary
-// payloads stay binary. Buffers are cloned rather than transferred: Electron's MessagePortMain
-// drops transferred ArrayBuffers, so a request carrying one would never arrive.
-function clientProtocol(value: MessagePort) {
-  return Layer.effect(
-    RpcClient.Protocol,
-    RpcClient.Protocol.make(
-      Effect.fnUntraced(function* (writeResponse, clientIds) {
-        const inbound = yield* Queue.unbounded<RpcMessage.FromServerEncoded>()
-        const onMessage = (event: MessageEvent) => {
-          Queue.offerUnsafe(inbound, event.data as RpcMessage.FromServerEncoded)
-        }
-        value.addEventListener("message", onMessage)
-        value.start()
-        yield* Effect.addFinalizer(() =>
-          Effect.sync(() => {
-            value.removeEventListener("message", onMessage)
-            value.close()
-          }),
-        )
-        yield* Stream.fromQueue(inbound).pipe(
-          Stream.runForEach((message) =>
-            Effect.forEach(clientIds, (clientId) => writeResponse(clientId, message), { discard: true }),
-          ),
-          Effect.forkScoped,
-        )
-        return {
-          codecFor: Schema.toCodecJson,
-          send: (_clientId, request) =>
-            Effect.sync(() => {
-              value.postMessage(request)
-            }),
-          supportsAck: true,
-          supportsTransferables: false,
-        }
-      }),
-    ),
-  )
+function request(tag: string, payload: unknown, chunk?: Pending["chunk"]) {
+  const id = nextId++
+  return new Promise<unknown>((resolve, reject) => {
+    pending.set(id, { resolve, reject, chunk })
+    const message: RpcMessage.RequestEncoded = { _tag: "Request", id, tag, payload, headers: [] }
+    void port.then((p) => p.postMessage(message))
+  })
+}
+
+function receive(p: MessagePort, message: RpcMessage.FromServerEncoded) {
+  switch (message._tag) {
+    case "Chunk": {
+      pending.get(Number(message.requestId))?.chunk?.(message.values)
+      p.postMessage({ _tag: "Ack", requestId: message.requestId } satisfies RpcMessage.AckEncoded)
+      return
+    }
+    case "Exit": {
+      const id = Number(message.requestId)
+      const entry = pending.get(id)
+      pending.delete(id)
+      if (!entry) return
+      if (message.exit._tag === "Success") return entry.resolve(message.exit.value)
+      return entry.reject(failure(message.exit.cause))
+    }
+    case "Defect": {
+      const error = new Error("Desktop IPC defect", { cause: message.defect })
+      pending.forEach((entry) => entry.reject(error))
+      pending.clear()
+      return
+    }
+    case "ClientProtocolError": {
+      console.error("[desktop-ipc] protocol error", message.error)
+      return
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// The RPC failure a caller sees is the encoded error the handler failed with, as before; defects
+// and interrupts surface as errors.
+function failure(cause: ReadonlyArray<{ readonly _tag: string; readonly error?: unknown; readonly defect?: unknown }>) {
+  const failed = cause.find((item) => item._tag === "Fail")
+  if (failed) return failed.error
+  const died = cause.find((item) => item._tag === "Die")
+  if (died) return new Error("Desktop IPC handler failed", { cause: died.defect })
+  return new Error("Desktop IPC request interrupted")
 }
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Aiden Cline	a72262cffc	refactor(codemode): type program values as Value	2026-09-20 11:03:16 -05:00
Aiden Cline	003bf86df9	refactor(codemode): let each built-in object answer for itself	2026-09-20 10:45:53 -05:00
Aiden Cline	62dc1f7696	feat(codemode): add toLocaleString, Error.isError, and Map.getOrInsert (#50098 )	2026-09-20 10:23:23 -05:00
opencode-agent[bot]	66f10ab7bf	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 14:37:06 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	1ca8f63a79	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 13:36:51 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	03bcdd580d	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 12:43:39 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	cc502f7e5f	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 11:37:37 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	64ce8771c0	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 10:37:01 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	702a73d91a	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 09:37:50 +00:00
opencode	991b727eb8	sync release versions for v2.0.11	2026-09-20 08:57:41 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	ba342ce227	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 08:42:13 +00:00
David Hill	1464545665	fix(app): center timeline beside summary (#49620 )	2026-09-20 18:06:32 +10:00
David Hill	fecacc9e68	fix(app): match vertical nav tab states (#49619 )	2026-09-20 18:03:49 +10:00
David HillandLukeParkerDev	1f73b4806b	fix(desktop): polish browser panel states and navigation (#49432 ) Co-authored-by: LukeParkerDev <10430890+Hona@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-09-20 07:54:25 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	da2ce02596	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 07:38:48 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	25f35dcfb8	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 06:49:40 +00:00
Luke Parker	717f81ce08	chore(desktop): attribute renderer CPU profiles to source files (#50114 )	2026-09-20 16:30:35 +10:00
Luke Parker	5fdfcc7a80	perf(desktop): hand the window its persisted stores before the first render (#50113 )	2026-09-20 16:29:02 +10:00
Luke Parker	0530c8e512	perf(desktop): talk to the main process without the Effect runtime in the renderer (#50112 )	2026-09-20 16:26:08 +10:00
Luke Parker	1d8cf4564b	perf(desktop): move startup work that the first window does not need off its path (#50111 )	2026-09-20 16:23:37 +10:00
Luke Parker	7e88f6bb18	perf(desktop): bundle the renderer's initial module graph as one chunk (#50110 )	2026-09-20 16:19:28 +10:00
Luke Parker	af592fb779	perf(desktop): serve the renderer's first assets before evaluating the main bundle (#50109 )	2026-09-20 16:18:50 +10:00
Luke Parker	7fc3f68007	perf(desktop): boot the renderer alongside the main bundle (#50108 )	2026-09-20 16:15:58 +10:00
opencode-agent[bot]	cdcbb0047e	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 05:38:29 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	a1956a7522	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 04:42:05 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	55bc7fd403	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 03:43:32 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	3049b1e684	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 02:45:23 +00:00
opencode-agent[bot]	1f36a7aff8	chore(core): refresh bundled models.dev snapshot	2026-09-20 01:31:11 +00:00