fix(on-demand): show a named live mode; end a session that cannot resume

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Two display-side on-demand problems found on ledpi. Both fixes are in src/display_controller.py, in on-demand activation and restore only.

1. A named *_live mode answered 200 and showed a different mode

{"plugin_id":"football-scoreboard","mode":"ncaa_fb_live"} with 15 college games on put nfl_recent on the panel. The rig log shows the session built as ['nfl_recent', 'nfl_upcoming', 'ncaa_fb_recent', 'ncaa_fb_upcoming'], along with has_live_content() returning False ... (live games: NCAA FB=15).

Root cause: _on_demand_modes_for_plugin kept a live mode only when the plugin's has_live_content() returned true. That method answers the live-priority question ("should this plugin take the panel from the rotation?"), and the sports plugins answer it for favourite teams only. The rig's favourites are TB, UGA and AUB, and none of them were playing. The requested mode was dropped, the start index fell back to 0, and the API had already returned 200.

Decision: honour the request. The live-priority signals (has_live_content(), get_live_modes()) are filtered by favourites, so rejecting on them would refuse this exact request, where 15 games were live and could be shown. The plugin's display() is the call that knows whether a mode has anything to draw.

• A mode the request names now goes first in the session, followed by the plugin's other modes.
• If the named mode has nothing to draw, the session moves to the plugin's next mode, the same as any empty on-demand mode. A pinned request keeps only that mode.
• A request with only a plugin id behaves as before: it resolves to the plugin's first mode and still skips quiet live modes.
• The name is saved in display_on_demand_config as named_mode, so a restart resumes on it.

2. A restored session with no modes was left dead

After a crash, clock-simple failed config validation on restart ('display_duration' must be a positive number, then Failed to load plugin clock-simple). The display then logged No valid display modes found for on-demand plugin 'clock-simple' after restoration.

Root cause: timing played no part. Plugin loading has finished by the time the session is restored. The plugin failed to load, and _populate_on_demand_modes_from_plugin left the session active with no modes. It was reported as active for a plugin that wasn't running until the first pass cleared it as an ordinary idle. The cached request also stayed behind for the next restart.

Fix: the session now ends at startup with status error and error restore-failed, which /display/on-demand/status reports, and display_on_demand_config is dropped. The same applies when the plugin system itself fails to start while a session is restored.

Tests

• test/test_on_demand_live_and_restore.py: 8 unit tests. 7 fail on main; test_a_bare_plugin_request_still_skips_quiet_live_modes passes on main and guards the behaviour that is kept.
• Two new golden scenarios, on_demand_named_live and on_demand_restore_failed. Both fail against main's controller. All existing golden traces are byte-identical. The harness's restore_on_demand takes named_mode and logs a failed restore.
• Full suite on Windows: the FAILED/ERROR IDs match an origin/main baseline worktree exactly (74 = 74, none new, none fixed). Passes went from 8296 to 8306.
• scripts/check_types.py with mypy 1.20.2: clean.

Not changed: POST /display/on-demand/start still answers 200 as soon as the request is queued. The display's decision is reported through the on-demand status, and changing the POST response would be web-side work.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Specifically requested live modes now remain first in the on-demand lineup and are restored when a session resumes.
  • If a restored session can’t load its plugin or available modes, it now ends with a restore-failed error and clears the saved request.

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On-demand sessions now retain an explicitly requested live mode through mode selection and restart restoration. If restoration cannot load the plugin or finds no modes, the controller clears the cached request and reports restore-failed.

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On-demand sessions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Named live-mode selection and persistence src/display_controller.py, test/test_on_demand_live_and_restore.py, test/test_run_loop_golden.py, test/fixtures/run_loop_golden/on_demand_named_live.json, CHANGELOG.md	The controller places an explicitly requested mode first when live-content prioritization would omit it. It retains and saves that mode for restoration. Tests and a golden trace cover named live-mode requests, pinning, and restart restoration.
Restore failure handling and run-loop coverage src/display_controller.py, test/_run_loop_harness.py, test/test_on_demand_live_and_restore.py, test/test_run_loop_golden.py, test/fixtures/run_loop_golden/on_demand_restore_failed.json, docs/RUN_LOOP_REDESIGN.md, CHANGELOG.md	When restoration cannot load the plugin or finds no loaded modes, the controller clears the cached session and sets restore-failed. Tests and a golden trace cover the failure status and cleared request. The run-loop scenario list and documented test count are updated.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant OnDemandRequest
  participant DisplayController
  participant Plugin
  participant CachedOnDemandConfig
  OnDemandRequest->>DisplayController: Request a named live mode
  DisplayController->>Plugin: Select modes with the named mode first
  DisplayController->>CachedOnDemandConfig: Save named_mode
  CachedOnDemandConfig->>DisplayController: Restore named_mode after restart
  DisplayController->>Plugin: Select modes using the restored named mode

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If a plugin is removed before restart, its on-demand session reports idle rather than a restoration error and may be retried on another restart. This bounded issue should be fixed or accepted before merging.

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- Around line 2389-2393: Update the named_mode ordering logic so any valid
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🟡 Minor · End a cached session when its plugin is no longer discovered. · display_controller.py:1831-1835

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End a cached session when its plugin is no longer discovered.

If the requested plugin was removed before restart, this return leaves on_demand_active false. Startup then skips _populate_on_demand_modes_from_plugin(), so the new restore-failed path never runs. The controller reports idle and keeps the cached request for another restart. Clear the cache and publish restore-failed before returning to the normal plugin list.

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In the missing-plugin branch for on_demand_plugin_id, clear the cached on-demand
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