practice polish: no phantom wake, Practice header tag, honest meta

- needsContinuation: a persisted problem-pose ack (terminate:true ended
  the turn deliberately) owes no continuation — reloads after a pose no
  longer wake a phantom turn; error results stay owed like any
  interrupted tool.
- Chat header: practice sessions swap the phase chip for a quiet
  Practice tag (no probe→teach arc applies) and hide the coverage ring
  (practice never extracts — an ever-filling ring would lie).
- ChatSummary gains pendingProblem (activeProblemOf at projection); the
  sidebar meta says 'Problem waiting' for a practice row with a posed
  problem. Kind threads through Chat/[id] page.
- Home picker chip gains Clear (picks were otherwise irremovable).

app/chat/[id]/page.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export default async function ChatPage({
 			key={chat.id}
 			chatId={chat.id}
 			title={chat.title}
+			kind={chat.kind ?? "teach"}
 			// Wave D: the record IS native agent history — the client view is
 				// derived app-side (core/view.ts projectView; GET serves the same
 				// native messages).

components/chat.tsx

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { PlanBlock, PlanPopup, latestTree } from "@/components/plan-block";
 import { PlanMarginalia, planExists } from "@/components/plan-window";
 import { MermaidOverlay, SessionMermaidContext } from "@/components/session-overlay";
 import { AbortTurnDialog, type AbortMode } from "@/components/abort-turn-dialog";
-import { WaypointsIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import { DumbbellIcon, WaypointsIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import type { PlanBlockData } from "@/src/core";
 import { QuestionDock } from "@/components/question-dock";
 import { PracticeDock } from "@/components/practice-dock";
@@ -176,10 +176,15 @@ export function Chat({
 	initialPrompt,
 	initiallyInFlight,
 	initialConfigured = false,
+	kind = "teach",
 }: {
 	chatId: string;
 	title: string;
 	initialMessages: LhMessage[];
+	/** The session kind (practice sessions, owner 2026-10-04): practice
+	 *  renders no phase chip (no probe→teach arc applies) and a Practice
+	 *  tag rides the header instead. */
+	kind?: "teach" | "practice";
 	initialPrompt?: string;
 	/** A teacher turn is running server-side but attached to no client
 	 * (navigated away mid-turn, returned while in flight). */
@@ -1146,8 +1151,25 @@ export function Chat({
 					    with uncovered vs the chunk threshold, pulses while a run is in
 					    flight, vanishes when the graph is off. Click → the exact
 					    numbers. Before the phase label — the chips cluster right. */}
-					<CoverageRing chatId={chatId} refreshKey={coverageTick} />
+					{/* Practice (owner, 2026-10-04): the coverage ring hides —
-					<PhaseChip phase={phases.at(-1) ?? "probe"} />
+				    practice never extracts, so an ever-filling ring with no
+				    run behind it would lie. */}
+					{kind !== "practice" && <CoverageRing chatId={chatId} refreshKey={coverageTick} />}
+					{/* Practice sessions: no phase arc — a quiet Practice tag
+					    instead of the phase chip. */}
+					{kind === "practice" ? (
+						<span
+							data-testid="phase-chip"
+							data-phase="practice"
+							aria-hidden="true"
+							className="pointer-events-none flex shrink-0 select-none items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground"
+						>
+							<DumbbellIcon className="size-3" />
+							Practice
+						</span>
+					) : (
+						<PhaseChip phase={phases.at(-1) ?? "probe"} />
+					)}
 				</TopBar>
 
 				<div className="relative flex min-h-0 flex-1">

components/home.tsx

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export function Home({ initialConfigured }: { initialConfigured: boolean }) {
 					    the chain table as the picker. Quiet, left-aligned above
 					    the composer; teaching mode renders nothing. */}
 					{mode === "practice" && (
-						<div className="mb-2 flex justify-start">
+						<div className="mb-2 flex items-center justify-start gap-1.5">
 							<button
 								type="button"
 								data-testid="practice-props-chip"
@@ -199,6 +199,16 @@ export function Home({ initialConfigured }: { initialConfigured: boolean }) {
 									? `${practiceProps.length} ${practiceProps.length === 1 ? "proposition" : "propositions"} selected`
 									: "Pick propositions from the map"}
 							</button>
+							{practiceProps.length > 0 && (
+								<button
+									type="button"
+									data-testid="practice-props-clear"
+									onClick={() => setPracticeProps([])}
+									className="rounded-full px-2 py-1 font-ui text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
+								>
+									Clear
+								</button>
+							)}
 						</div>
 					)}
 					{zeroKeys ? (

components/sidebar.tsx

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ export function timeAgo(iso: string, now = new Date()): string {
  *  ever wanted. */
 function sessionMeta(chat: ChatListItem): string {
 	if (chat.pendingQuestion) return `Waiting for your answer · ${timeAgo(chat.updatedAt)}`;
+	if ((chat.kind ?? "teach") === "practice" && chat.pendingProblem) {
+		return `Problem waiting · ${timeAgo(chat.updatedAt)}`;
+	}
 	if (chat.busy) return (chat.kind ?? "teach") === "practice" ? "Practicing…" : "Teacher is working…";
 	return timeAgo(chat.updatedAt);
 }

src/core/contracts/chat.ts

@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ export interface ChatSummary {
 	phase: Phase3;
 	/** An unanswered quiz/ask question is waiting for the learner. */
 	pendingQuestion: boolean;
+	/** Practice sessions (2026-10-04): a posed problem with no conclude —
+	 *  the sidebar meta's "Problem waiting". Absent on teaching sessions. */
+	pendingProblem: boolean;
 	/** The record's model-control settings — rides the list payload via the
 	 *  summary spread (the picker never needs it from here; the full record
 	 *  is its source). */

src/core/native-messages.ts

@@ -515,9 +515,18 @@ export function needsContinuation(messages: readonly LhMessage[]): boolean {
 	if (!owner || (owner as { role?: string }).role !== "assistant") return false;
 	const content = (owner as { content?: unknown }).content;
 	if (!Array.isArray(content)) return false;
-	const answered = new Set(
+	const results = messages.slice(start) as ToolResultMessage[];
-		messages.slice(start).map((m) => (m as ToolResultMessage).toolCallId),
+	// PRACTICE (owner design, 2026-10-04): a batch acking a problem POSE
+	// owes nothing — terminate:true ended that turn DELIBERATELY (the
+	// learner's next thinking submission is the next turn), and unlike a
+	// question's placeholder this ack PERSISTS (the model reads its own
+	// "Problem posed" result later). Without this fold a reload after a
+	// pose would wake a phantom continuation turn.
+	const posedProblem = results.some(
+		(m) => m.toolName === PRACTICE_PROBLEM_TOOL && !m.isError && m.details == null,
 	);
+	if (posedProblem) return false;
+	const answered = new Set(results.map((m) => m.toolCallId));
 	const calls = (content as Array<{ type?: string; id?: string }>).filter(
 		(b) => b.type === "toolCall" && typeof b.id === "string",
 	);

src/store/chats.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { emit } from "../core/events.ts";
 import type { ChatStore } from "../core/ports.ts";
 import type { ChatRecord, ChatSettings, ChatSummary, ExtractionRunUsage, PlanTree, TurnUsage } from "../core/contracts.ts";
 import type { LhMessage } from "../core/native-messages.ts";
-import { danglingQuestionOf } from "../core/native-messages.ts";
+import { activeProblemOf, danglingQuestionOf } from "../core/native-messages.ts";
 import { phaseAt3Lh } from "../core/phases.ts";
 
 function chatFile(id: string): string {

tests/practice-record.test.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 	concludedByDismissalPair,
 	newProblemDismissedMarker,
 	newThinkingMessage,
+	needsContinuation,
 	newUserMessage,
 	pendingProblemDismissalOf,
 	toLlmMessages,
@@ -262,3 +263,42 @@ describe("toLlmMessages (practice shapes)", () => {
 		assert.equal(out[1]!.role, "toolResult");
 	});
 });
+
+// ── the continuation fold's practice carve-out ──────────────────────────────
+
+describe("needsContinuation (a persisted pose ack owes nothing)", () => {
+	it("a record ending on a problem-pose ack does NOT wake a continuation", () => {
+		// The pose's terminate:true ended that turn deliberately; the
+		// ack persists (unlike a question's placeholder). Without the
+		// carve-out, a reload after a posed problem would wake a
+		// phantom turn (owner design, 2026-10-04).
+		assert.equal(needsContinuation(problemPose()), false);
+	});
+
+	it("a mixed batch (conclude ack then pose ack) still owes nothing — the pose is terminal", () => {
+		const messages = [
+			...problemPose("call_p0", "the earlier one"),
+			concludeCall("solved"),
+			{
+				id: "msg_r_conclude",
+				role: "toolResult",
+				toolCallId: "call_conclude_solved",
+				toolName: PRACTICE_CONCLUDE_TOOL,
+				content: [{ type: "text", text: CONCLUDE_ACK_TEXT }],
+				details: null,
+				isError: false,
+				timestamp: 4,
+			} as LhMessage & ToolResultMessage,
+			...problemPose("call_p2", "the next one"),
+		];
+		assert.equal(needsContinuation(messages), false);
+	});
+
+	it("an ERROR result is not a pose — the agent loop continues past it, so a record ending there (an abort) is owed the wake like any interrupted tool", () => {
+		const messages = [...problemPose("call_pe")];
+		const err = messages[1] as LhMessage & ToolResultMessage;
+		err.isError = true;
+		err.content = [{ type: "text", text: "A problem is already active." }];
+		assert.equal(needsContinuation(messages), true);
+	});
+});

tests/render-sidebar.test.tsx

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function item(overrides: Partial<ChatListItem>): ChatListItem {
 		messageCount: 4,
 		phase: "probe",
 		pendingQuestion: false,
+		pendingProblem: false,
 		busy: false,
 		...overrides,
 	};
@@ -135,4 +136,9 @@ describe("SessionRow practice badge (practice sessions, 2026-10-04)", () => {
 		const html = render(item({ busy: true }));
 		assert.match(html, /Teacher is working…/);
 	});
+
+	it("a practice row with a posed problem says the problem is waiting", () => {
+		const html = render(item({ kind: "practice", pendingProblem: true }));
+		assert.match(html, /Problem waiting ·/);
+	});
 });