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Problem

Capture boxes every value into the snapshot, so a ref/out/in parameter, a pointer, and a ref struct value (Span<T> and any user-defined ref struct) can never be captured. Until now they were dropped silently: a caller who armed a line specifically to read an out argument saw the name simply missing from CapturedVariables, with nothing in the response explaining why. The exclusion was correct; its invisibility read as a capture bug.

What this does

  • Collects those parameters on both resolve paths — Mono.Cecil for compiled assemblies, reflection for hot-reload shim bodies — as "{name} ({reason})" entries with one of three reasons: ref/out/in parameter cannot be boxed, pointer cannot be boxed, ref struct cannot be boxed. Both existing exclusion predicates now derive from the same reason mapper, so the captured set and the reported set are guaranteed complements: a parameter can never be both captured and named as not capturable.
  • Carries the list through SourcePausePointResolution / SourcePausePointShimResolution, the registry entry, and the snapshot into NotCapturableVariables on the enable response (right after CapturedVariableHistory), the pause-point-status response (right after TruncatedVariableCount), and the Go pausePointStatusResponse. The field is omitted entirely when every parameter can be captured, so the shared status contract shape is unchanged for a fully capturable method.
  • Names the same parameters once more in the enable Warnings, with the two workarounds: copy the value into a local, or arm the consuming line with --snapshot-timing post-line.
  • Documents the exclusion in the captured-variables.md skill reference (regenerated into .claude/ and .agents/).

Locals are deliberately not reported: their names come from the PDB and shift with compiler-generated hoisting, so a name list built from them would be unstable across builds. This is recorded as a comment on the collector.

Hot-reload retarget: how the six SetResolvedLine sites were classified

NotCapturableVariables follows exactly the same rule as ResolvedLine:

Category Sites Treatment
Holds a newly resolved resolution :228 (retarget commit success), :313 (restore commit success) store the new list via SetNotCapturableVariables
Discards its resolution (SetResolvedLine(id, 0, null)) :261 (RequestById miss), :273 (resolve failed), :284 (TryResolveMethod failed / different logical method), :326 (finally rollback) clear it explicitly with an empty list
Neither re-resolves nor discards none in this change would keep the stored list

The clearing is explicit at each call site rather than implicit inside SetResolvedLine, so a reader sees at the site what happens to the exclusion list. A stale exclusion list left behind by a discarded resolution would be a lie about a resolution that no longer exists.

Incidental: registry file split

Adding UloopPausePointRegistry.SetNotCapturableVariables pushed UloopPausePointRegistry.cs from 497 to 509 SLOC, over the repository's 500 SLOC gate. Its Editor pause-window group — the window fields, GetActivePausePointId, and every resume / credit / close path — moves to UloopPausePointRegistry.PauseWindow.cs as a partial class (same precedent as ToolSkillSynchronizer.Types.cs). No behavior change; pure move.

Verification

  • uloop compile: success, no new warnings.
  • uloop run-tests --filter-type regex --filter-value "PausePoint|SourcePausePoint": 652 / 652 passed, including 11 new collector tests (Cecil + reflection, declaration order, skipFirstParameter, pointer reason mappers) and 9 new warning / wiring tests (registry round-trip, clear-with-empty-list, both responses carry the entries, both responses omit the JSON field when there is nothing to report).
  • HotReloadPausePointContractTests 21 / 21, HotReloadToolTests 45 / 45.
  • scripts/check-go-cli.sh: format, vet, lint (0 issues), all module tests pass.
  • check-file-length: no violations. check-skill-size: no violations.
  • End-to-end through the built dev CLI against a ref/out/in + Span<int> method: the enable response listed all four parameters with their reasons and carried the warning, and pause-point-status reported the same four (so the field also round-trips through the Go DTO).

TDD throughout: failing tests first for both the collectors and the warning builder, then the implementation.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxzFzK1W8JCdwWhDs6nSSZ

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The change reports parameters that cannot be boxed during pause-point capture. It propagates these details through resolution, registry state, snapshots, enable responses, and status responses. It also extracts Editor pause-window handling into a partial registry implementation.

Non-capturable parameter diagnostics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Capture eligibility and reason reporting
Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointCaptureEligibility.cs, Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointConstants.cs, Assets/Tests/Editor/SourcePausePoint*
Cecil and reflection paths identify by-reference, pointer, and ref struct parameters. Tests validate names, reasons, parameter filtering, and capturable types.
Resolution propagation
Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointResolution.cs, Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointResolver.cs, Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointShim*
Compiled and hot-reload resolution paths carry NotCapturableVariables through resolution results and shim factories.
Registry and response data flow
Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/PausePointUseCase.cs, Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/PausePointTools.cs, Packages/src/Editor/Infrastructure/Api/PausePointStatusBridgeCommand.cs, Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePoint*
Enable and hot-reload paths store the exclusion list. Snapshots and C# responses normalize empty lists. Enable warnings and status responses expose the values.
Contracts and documentation
Assets/Tests/Editor/*PausePoint*, cli/project-runner/internal/projectrunner/*, tests/contracts/*, .agents/.../captured-variables.md, .claude/.../captured-variables.md, Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools~/.../captured-variables.md
Tests and contract fixtures cover serialization and constructor updates. Documentation describes excluded parameter shapes and observation alternatives.

Pause-window registry extraction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Editor pause-window lifecycle
Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.PauseWindow.cs
The Editor-only partial class tracks pause ownership, applies client-disconnect resume requests on the main thread, handles external unpauses, and credits pause time to entry expiry.
Main registry cleanup
Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.cs
The main registry removes the extracted pause-window state and methods. It remains partial and adds storage for non-capturable variables.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 85f7f

The new capture diagnostics may display stale non-capturable parameter labels after a failed hot-reload retarget, which can mislead pause-point debugging. Documentation validation may also fail until the trailing spaces inside inline code spans are removed.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SourcePausePointResolver
  participant PausePointUseCase
  participant UloopPausePointRegistry
  participant PausePointStatusBridgeCommand
  SourcePausePointResolver->>PausePointUseCase: provide NotCapturableVariables
  PausePointUseCase->>UloopPausePointRegistry: store parameter reasons
  UloopPausePointRegistry->>PausePointStatusBridgeCommand: provide snapshot data
  PausePointStatusBridgeCommand-->>PausePointUseCase: return normalized status response
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`@Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointHotReloadRetarget.cs`:
- Around line 232-234: Update SuppressMarkerRetargetFailed to clear the
registry’s NotCapturableVariables when retargeting fails, including early
failures and the !committed path. Match the existing cleanup behavior used for
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  • .agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md
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  • Assets/Tests/Editor/HotReload/HotReloadPausePointContractTests.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/PausePointExpiredRecommendedNextActionTests.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/PausePointNotCapturableVariablesTests.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/PausePointStatusResponseContractTests.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/PausePointTests.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/SourcePausePointNotCapturableParameterFixture.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/SourcePausePointNotCapturableParametersTests.cs
  • Assets/Tests/Editor/SourcePausePointPatcher/SourcePausePointPatcherTests.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools~/PausePoint/Skill/references/captured-variables.md
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/PausePointNotCapturableWarnings.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/PausePointTools.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/PausePointUseCase.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointCaptureEligibility.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointConstants.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointHotReloadRetarget.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointResolution.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointResolver.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointShimResolution.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointShimResolver.cs
  • Packages/src/Editor/Infrastructure/Api/PausePointStatusBridgeCommand.cs
  • Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointEntry.cs
  • Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.PauseWindow.cs
  • Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.cs
  • Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointSnapshot.cs
  • cli/project-runner/internal/projectrunner/pause_point_status_response_key_order_test.go
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UloopPausePointRegistry.SetNotCapturableVariables(
id,
shimResolution.NotCapturableVariables);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clear diagnostics when retarget fails.

These lines update NotCapturableVariables only after a successful retarget. The early retarget failures and the !committed path leave the previous method's list in the registry. A changed hot-reload signature can then report obsolete exclusions. Clear the list in SuppressMarkerRetargetFailed, as restore failures already do.

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In
`@Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointHotReloadRetarget.cs`
around lines 232 - 234, Update SuppressMarkerRetargetFailed to clear the
registry’s NotCapturableVariables when retargeting fails, including early
failures and the !committed path. Match the existing cleanup behavior used for
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hatayama added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 3, 2026
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Review round on #2572.

The snapshot constructor's `?? Array.Empty<string>()` for the new
argument pushed its cyclomatic complexity to 16, over the repository's
limit of 15. Every writer already supplies a list - the entry
initializes it, SetNotCapturableVariables asserts non-null, and the
NotEnabled factory passes Array.Empty - so the coalesce was defending
against a caller bug it should surface instead. Replace it with a
precondition assert.

The skipFirstParameter test could not fail: the fixture's leading
parameter was capturable, so skipping it left the expected list
identical and an implementation ignoring the flag would still pass. Add
a fixture method whose leading parameter is byref, and assert both
directions - skipped, the leading name is gone; not skipped, it is
reported.

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<file name="Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.PauseWindow.cs">

<violation number="1" location="Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.PauseWindow.cs:126">
P2: During a Step, Unity can transiently report unpaused before re-pausing; this closes the freeze window permanently and lets capture time elapse during inspection. Defer external-resume reconciliation until the pause state settles, matching `OnPauseStateChanged`'s delayed check.</violation>
</file>

<file name="Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointCaptureEligibility.cs">

<violation number="1" location="Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointCaptureEligibility.cs:224">
P2: When a compiled method takes a user-defined `ref struct` from another assembly, `NotCapturableVariables` omits it. Resolve or inspect external type definitions before classifying the parameter, while avoiding resolution of ordinary framework types.</violation>
</file>

<file name="Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointHotReloadRetarget.cs">

<violation number="1" location="Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointHotReloadRetarget.cs:232">
P2: When hot-reload retargeting fails before this success path, the registry retains the previous method's `NotCapturableVariables`, so status can report exclusions from an obsolete signature. Clear the list in `SuppressMarkerRetargetFailed` and the other failed-retarget paths alongside `ResolvedLine`.</violation>
</file>

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/// </summary>
public static void ClosePauseWindowIfEditorResumedExternally()
{
if (!_pauseWindowStartUtc.HasValue || _pauseController.IsPaused)

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P2: During a Step, Unity can transiently report unpaused before re-pausing; this closes the freeze window permanently and lets capture time elapse during inspection. Defer external-resume reconciliation until the pause state settles, matching OnPauseStateChanged's delayed check.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At Packages/src/Runtime/PausePoints/UloopPausePointRegistry.PauseWindow.cs, line 126:

<comment>During a Step, Unity can transiently report unpaused before re-pausing; this closes the freeze window permanently and lets capture time elapse during inspection. Defer external-resume reconciliation until the pause state settles, matching `OnPauseStateChanged`'s delayed check.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void ClosePauseWindowIfEditorResumedExternally()
+        {
+            if (!_pauseWindowStartUtc.HasValue || _pauseController.IsPaused)
+            {
+                return;
</file context>

List<string> results = new List<string>();
foreach (ParameterDefinition parameter in method.Parameters)
{
string reason = DescribeNotCapturableReason(parameter.ParameterType);

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P2: When a compiled method takes a user-defined ref struct from another assembly, NotCapturableVariables omits it. Resolve or inspect external type definitions before classifying the parameter, while avoiding resolution of ordinary framework types.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointCaptureEligibility.cs, line 224:

<comment>When a compiled method takes a user-defined `ref struct` from another assembly, `NotCapturableVariables` omits it. Resolve or inspect external type definitions before classifying the parameter, while avoiding resolution of ordinary framework types.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -208,6 +210,29 @@ private static bool IsKnownFrameworkRefStructType(TypeReference type)
+            List<string> results = new List<string>();
+            foreach (ParameterDefinition parameter in method.Parameters)
+            {
+                string reason = DescribeNotCapturableReason(parameter.ParameterType);
+                if (reason.Length == 0)
+                {
</file context>

id,
shimResolution.ResolvedLine,
newLineText);
UloopPausePointRegistry.SetNotCapturableVariables(

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P2: When hot-reload retargeting fails before this success path, the registry retains the previous method's NotCapturableVariables, so status can report exclusions from an obsolete signature. Clear the list in SuppressMarkerRetargetFailed and the other failed-retarget paths alongside ResolvedLine.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At Packages/src/Editor/FirstPartyTools/PausePoint/SourcePausePointHotReloadRetarget.cs, line 232:

<comment>When hot-reload retargeting fails before this success path, the registry retains the previous method's `NotCapturableVariables`, so status can report exclusions from an obsolete signature. Clear the list in `SuppressMarkerRetargetFailed` and the other failed-retarget paths alongside `ResolvedLine`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ private static void RetargetMarkersOntoHotReloadPatch(List<string> markerIds, Me
                             id,
                             shimResolution.ResolvedLine,
                             newLineText);
+                        UloopPausePointRegistry.SetNotCapturableVariables(
+                            id,
+                            shimResolution.NotCapturableVariables);
</file context>

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1 issue found across 5 files (changes from recent commits).

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<file name=".agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md">

<violation number="1" location=".agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md:21">
P2: `--snapshot-timing post-line` does not expose the excluded parameter itself, so arming its consuming line cannot generally observe a `ref`, pointer, or span value. Tell users to assign a boxable copy to a plain local and capture that local; reserve post-line for statements that produce such a local.</violation>
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## Scopes and the `this` Entry

- `Scope` is `Local`, `Parameter`, `InstanceField`, or `This`. `InstanceField` entries come from a reflection walk of the paused instance's declared type, not from the method's IL usage, so a field the method never reads can still appear — and `MaxCapturedVariableCount` still caps the total entry count across all scopes, so a field-heavy type can push some instance fields out of the snapshot. If a specific field you want is missing, read it directly from the live instance instead of waiting on the capped snapshot: while still paused, `UloopPausePoint.TryGetCapturedValue("this")` returns the live `this` reference, so `execute-dynamic-code` can read any field or property off it regardless of the cap.
- A `ref`, `out`, or `in` parameter, a pointer, and a `ref struct` value (`Span<T>` and any user-defined `ref struct`) can never be captured, because the snapshot boxes every value and none of these shapes can be boxed. The enable and `pause-point-status` responses list each such parameter with its reason in `NotCapturableVariables` (absent when there are none), so a missing name is explained rather than looking like a capture bug; to observe one of those values, copy the value it refers to into a plain local (dereference a pointer, `ToArray()` a span), or arm the line that consumes it with `--snapshot-timing post-line`.

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P2: --snapshot-timing post-line does not expose the excluded parameter itself, so arming its consuming line cannot generally observe a ref, pointer, or span value. Tell users to assign a boxable copy to a plain local and capture that local; reserve post-line for statements that produce such a local.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At .agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md, line 21:

<comment>`--snapshot-timing post-line` does not expose the excluded parameter itself, so arming its consuming line cannot generally observe a `ref`, pointer, or span value. Tell users to assign a boxable copy to a plain local and capture that local; reserve post-line for statements that produce such a local.</comment>

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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Read this before interpreting unexpected, missing, or truncated captured values,
 
 - `Scope` is `Local`, `Parameter`, `InstanceField`, or `This`. `InstanceField` entries come from a reflection walk of the paused instance's declared type, not from the method's IL usage, so a field the method never reads can still appear — and `MaxCapturedVariableCount` still caps the total entry count across all scopes, so a field-heavy type can push some instance fields out of the snapshot. If a specific field you want is missing, read it directly from the live instance instead of waiting on the capped snapshot: while still paused, `UloopPausePoint.TryGetCapturedValue("this")` returns the live `this` reference, so `execute-dynamic-code` can read any field or property off it regardless of the cap.
-- A `ref`, `out`, or `in` parameter, a pointer, and a `ref struct` value (`Span<T>` and any user-defined `ref struct`) can never be captured, because the snapshot boxes every value and none of these shapes can be boxed. The enable and `pause-point-status` responses list each such parameter with its reason in `NotCapturableVariables` (absent when there are none), so a missing name is explained rather than looking like a capture bug; to observe one of those values, copy it into a local, or arm the line that consumes it with `--snapshot-timing post-line`.
+- A `ref`, `out`, or `in` parameter, a pointer, and a `ref struct` value (`Span<T>` and any user-defined `ref struct`) can never be captured, because the snapshot boxes every value and none of these shapes can be boxed. The enable and `pause-point-status` responses list each such parameter with its reason in `NotCapturableVariables` (absent when there are none), so a missing name is explained rather than looking like a capture bug; to observe one of those values, copy the value it refers to into a plain local (dereference a pointer, `ToArray()` a span), or arm the line that consumes it with `--snapshot-timing post-line`.
 - The snapshot also includes a synthetic `this` entry (Scope `This`) for the paused instance itself, so you can tell which instance or GameObject was hit via its `UnityObjectPath` and `UnityObjectInstanceId`. For an async or coroutine method it resolves to the original outer instance, not the compiler-generated state machine, and static methods emit no `this` entry. While Unity is still paused, `UloopPausePoint.TryGetCapturedValue("this")` returns the live instance reference (for example so a watch expression can read `transform.position`).
 - async and coroutine methods work: hoisted locals and the original `this` fields appear under their normal names.
</file context>
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- A `ref`, `out`, or `in` parameter, a pointer, and a `ref struct` value (`Span<T>` and any user-defined `ref struct`) can never be captured, because the snapshot boxes every value and none of these shapes can be boxed. The enable and `pause-point-status` responses list each such parameter with its reason in `NotCapturableVariables` (absent when there are none), so a missing name is explained rather than looking like a capture bug; to observe one of those values, copy the value it refers to into a plain local (dereference a pointer, `ToArray()` a span), or arm the line that consumes it with `--snapshot-timing post-line`.
- A `ref`, `out`, or `in` parameter, a pointer, and a `ref struct` value (`Span<T>` and any user-defined `ref struct`) can never be captured, because the snapshot boxes every value and none of these shapes can be boxed. The enable and `pause-point-status` responses list each such parameter with its reason in `NotCapturableVariables` (absent when there are none), so a missing name is explained rather than looking like a capture bug; to observe one of those values, assign a boxable copy to a plain local (dereference a pointer, `ToArray()` a span) and capture that local; `--snapshot-timing post-line` only helps when the consuming statement produces such a local.

Capture silently drops byref, pointer, and ref-struct parameters because
none of them can be boxed into the snapshot, so a caller who armed a line
to read an out argument saw the name simply missing from
CapturedVariables with nothing explaining why.

Add the collectors that name those parameters together with the reason
their type cannot be boxed, on both resolve paths (Cecil for compiled
assemblies, reflection for hot-reload shims). The existing exclusion
predicates now derive from the same reason mapper, so the captured set
and the reported set are guaranteed to stay complements of each other.

Locals are deliberately left out: their names come from the PDB and shift
with compiler-generated hoisting, so a list built from them would be
unstable across builds.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XbhSMKK4LFud57iAmowDz7
… status

A caller who armed a line to read an `out` argument saw the name simply
missing from CapturedVariables. The exclusion was correct (byref,
pointer, and ref-struct values cannot be boxed into the snapshot) but
nothing on the wire said so, which reads as a capture bug.

Carry the collected names, each with the reason its type cannot be
boxed, from both resolve paths through the registry entry and snapshot
into the enable and pause-point-status responses as
NotCapturableVariables, and name them once more in the enable Warnings
together with the two workarounds (copy into a local, or arm the
consuming line with --snapshot-timing post-line). The field is omitted
entirely when every parameter can be captured, so the shared status
contract shape is unchanged for a fully capturable method.

Hot-reload retarget follows the same rule as ResolvedLine: the two
commit-success paths store the newly resolved list, and every path that
discards its resolution clears it, because a stale exclusion list left
behind by a discarded resolution would be a lie.

Adding the registry setter pushed UloopPausePointRegistry.cs over the
500 SLOC gate, so its Editor pause-window group (the window fields,
GetActivePausePointId, and every resume/credit/close path) moves to a
partial file beside it.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxzFzK1W8JCdwWhDs6nSSZ
The scopes section said which scopes are captured but never that three
parameter shapes are excluded outright, so a reader hunting a missing
`out` argument had nothing to look up.

State the byref / pointer / ref-struct exclusion, point at
NotCapturableVariables as the place the names and reasons appear, and
name the two workarounds.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxzFzK1W8JCdwWhDs6nSSZ
…g it

Review round on #2572.

The snapshot constructor's `?? Array.Empty<string>()` for the new
argument pushed its cyclomatic complexity to 16, over the repository's
limit of 15. Every writer already supplies a list - the entry
initializes it, SetNotCapturableVariables asserts non-null, and the
NotEnabled factory passes Array.Empty - so the coalesce was defending
against a caller bug it should surface instead. Replace it with a
precondition assert.

The skipFirstParameter test could not fail: the fixture's leading
parameter was capturable, so skipping it left the expected list
identical and an implementation ignoring the flag would still pass. Add
a fixture method whose leading parameter is byref, and assert both
directions - skipped, the leading name is gone; not skipped, it is
reported.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxzFzK1W8JCdwWhDs6nSSZ
… shapes

"Copy the value to a local" only helps a ref/out/in parameter. Copying a
pointer or a ref struct produces another pointer or ref struct, which
still cannot be boxed, so two thirds of the reported cases were told to
do something that does not work.

Say to copy the value it refers to into a plain local, with the two
shapes that need a specific move named (dereference a pointer, ToArray()
a span). The skill reference carries the same advice, so it is reworded
to match.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxzFzK1W8JCdwWhDs6nSSZ
…nnel fixture

The warnings-channel tests arrived on main while this branch was open,
so their snapshot factory predates the NotCapturableVariables argument
and stopped compiling after the rebase. Pass an empty list, matching
every other snapshot fixture.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxzFzK1W8JCdwWhDs6nSSZ
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100-100: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the trailing space from both inline code spans.

The text At enable time: triggers markdownlint MD038.

  • .agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md#L100-L100: write At enable time: and describe the following space outside the code span.
  • .claude/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md#L100-L100: write At enable time: and describe the following space outside the code span.
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In @.agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md at line
100, Remove the trailing space from the inline `At enable time:` code span and
describe the following space outside the span in both
.agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md lines 100-100
and .claude/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md lines
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Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools~/PausePoint/Skill/references/captured-variables.md (1)

100-100: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the trailing space from the code span.

Line 100 uses `At enable time: `. Markdownlint MD038 flags spaces inside code spans. Write `At enable time:` and place the separator space outside the span.

Proposed fix
-Every pause-point response reports its warnings the same way: `Warnings` is the whole list, one topic per entry, and `Warning` is that list joined with spaces — both are omitted when nothing warned, and neither ever carries a topic the other is missing. `Message` carries an `N warning(s). See Warnings.` pointer whenever the list is non-empty, followed by `See StatusNote.` when the response also has a `StatusNote` — read both pointers, not just the last one. On a hit the list flags multiple hits, multiple matching logs, or truncated matching logs, so you can tell a single clean hit apart from evidence that needs closer inspection; on `enable-pause-point --await` the enable-time patch diagnostics (for example physics-callback cached dispatch) are in the same list, each prefixed `At enable time: ` so they do not read as a contradiction of the hit. `MatchingLogs` (log entries whose text contains the marker id) is still embedded, but source-derived ids rarely appear in log text, so treat `CapturedVariables` as the primary variable evidence.
+Every pause-point response reports its warnings the same way: `Warnings` is the whole list, one topic per entry, and `Warning` is that list joined with spaces — both are omitted when nothing warned, and neither ever carries a topic the other is missing. `Message` carries an `N warning(s). See Warnings.` pointer whenever the list is non-empty, followed by `See StatusNote.` when the response also has a `StatusNote` — read both pointers, not just the last one. On a hit the list flags multiple hits, multiple matching logs, or truncated matching logs, so you can tell a single clean hit apart from evidence that needs closer inspection; on `enable-pause-point --await` the enable-time patch diagnostics (for example physics-callback cached dispatch) are in the same list, each prefixed `At enable time:` followed by a space so they do not read as a contradiction of the hit. `MatchingLogs` (log entries whose text contains the marker id) is still embedded, but source-derived ids rarely appear in log text, so treat `CapturedVariables` as the primary variable evidence.
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In
`@Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools`~/PausePoint/Skill/references/captured-variables.md
at line 100, Update the inline code span in the pause-point response
documentation so it contains “At enable time:” without a trailing space, leaving
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In @.agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md:
- Line 100: Remove the trailing space from the inline `At enable time:` code
span and describe the following space outside the span in both
.agents/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md lines 100-100
and .claude/skills/uloop-pause-point/references/captured-variables.md lines
100-100.

In
`@Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools`~/PausePoint/Skill/references/captured-variables.md:
- Line 100: Update the inline code span in the pause-point response
documentation so it contains “At enable time:” without a trailing space, leaving
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