fix(ci): cap pip below 26.1 in the Python 3.9 dmgbuild venv

Unbounded pip upgrade installed 26.2.1, which uses
dataclass(slots=True) and crashes on Monterey 3.9. Recreate
the venv if pip is already broken, then pin pip>=24.3,<26.1
before force-installing dmgbuild 1.6.7.

.gitea/workflows/macos.yml

@@ -30,19 +30,26 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "$line"
 
+      # Tag pushes whose name contains "prerelease" skip the test build and both
+      # test legs: they exist to package a build already validated elsewhere.
+      # The job still succeeds quickly so `package`'s `needs:` stays satisfied.
       # Homebrew's xcodegen formula requires Xcode 15.3, which cannot be
       # installed on macOS 12 (#109). The script installs a pinned
-      # prebuilt release instead.
+      # prebuilt release instead. dmgbuild is not installed here — the
+      # test job does not package (#95).
       - name: Ensure host tools
+        if: "!(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
 
       - name: Generate Xcode project
+        if: "!(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: xcodegen generate --spec project.yml
 
       # Tests only ever run on the runner's own architecture; build
       # just that slice. Packaging (scripts/package-release.sh) still
       # produces the universal Release binary.
       - name: Build for testing (host arch)
+        if: "!(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: |
           xcodebuild build-for-testing \
             -scheme ICCery \
@@ -60,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       # launch (run 31992) — so sign every embedded copy once the build is
       # done (embed steps run after any build script phase) (#119).
       - name: Sign package product frameworks
+        if: "!(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: |
           find "$DERIVED/Build/Products/Debug" -depth -name '*_PackageProduct.framework' -print0 \
             | while IFS= read -r -d '' fw; do
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
               done
 
       - name: Test unit (ICCeryCoreTests)
+        if: "!(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: |
           XCTESTRUN="$(find "$DERIVED" -name 'ICCery*.xctestrun' | head -n 1)"
           if [ -z "$XCTESTRUN" ] || [ ! -f "$XCTESTRUN" ]; then
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       # tag packaging can proceed. Real XCTest assertion failures
       # still fail the job.
       - name: Test UI (ICCeryUITests)
+        if: "!(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
           XCTESTRUN="$(find "$DERIVED" -name 'ICCery*.xctestrun' | head -n 1)"
@@ -154,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
       # xcresult on failure — upload it so UI failures can be triaged
       # without access to the runner (#126).
       - name: Prepare Node CA bundle (failure path)
-        if: failure()
+        if: "failure() && !(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         run: |
           NODE_CA_FILE="/tmp/macos-ca-bundle.pem"
           security find-certificate -a -p \
@@ -166,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Upload UI test xcresult
-        if: failure()
+        if: "failure() && !(startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, 'prerelease'))"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         env:
           NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS: /tmp/macos-ca-bundle.pem
@@ -184,8 +194,10 @@ jobs:
 
       # scripts/package-release.sh runs `xcodegen generate` and dmgbuild;
       # see build-and-test for why brew is not used on macOS 12 (#109).
+      # INSTALL_DMGBUILD isolates dmgbuild in build/.venv-dmgbuild so
+      # the test job never pip-installs it (#95).
       - name: Ensure host tools
-        run: scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
+        run: INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
 
       - name: Package release
         run: scripts/package-release.sh

Packages/ICCeryCore/Sources/ICCeryCore/Library/ICCeryProject.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// The `.icceryproj` file — a JSON **index** over a basename + working
+/// directory + optional media recipe/preset binding + last verification
+/// snapshot (issue #149, docs/06 §Project file).
+///
+/// The project is never a second source of truth: artefact gating stays
+/// on disk (`ArtefactProbe`), and `wizard_state.json` continues to
+/// persist the live session. snake_case keys match the v1 schema;
+/// `schema_version != 1` is a hard decode error — v2 fields are never
+/// partially decoded.
+public struct ICCeryProject: Codable, Equatable, Sendable {
+
+    /// The only schema version this build reads and writes.
+    public static let currentSchemaVersion = 1
+
+    public var schemaVersion: Int
+    public var name: String
+    public var notes: String
+    /// Run name without extension — never `CAL_`-persisted (#60/R11).
+    public var basename: String
+    /// Absolute working directory holding the artefacts (#59).
+    public var cwd: String
+    /// May differ from `basename` after a `.ti3` import (#94).
+    public var profileBasename: String?
+    /// CUPS queue id, when a printer was selected.
+    public var printerID: String?
+    public var printerDisplayName: String?
+    /// `MediaRecipe.id` — optional; ignored when the library file is
+    /// absent or the id is unknown (soft-dependency, #146).
+    public var mediaRecipeID: String?
+    public var presetID: String?
+    /// Absolute `.cal` path stored verbatim; `nil` = none.
+    public var calibrationURL: String?
+    public var lastVerification: VerificationSnapshot?
+    public var updated: Date
+
+    public init(
+        schemaVersion: Int = ICCeryProject.currentSchemaVersion,
+        name: String = "",
+        notes: String = "",
+        basename: String,
+        cwd: String,
+        profileBasename: String? = nil,
+        printerID: String? = nil,
+        printerDisplayName: String? = nil,
+        mediaRecipeID: String? = nil,
+        presetID: String? = nil,
+        calibrationURL: String? = nil,
+        lastVerification: VerificationSnapshot? = nil,
+        updated: Date = Date()
+    ) {
+        self.schemaVersion = schemaVersion
+        self.name = name
+        self.notes = notes
+        self.basename = basename
+        self.cwd = cwd
+        self.profileBasename = profileBasename
+        self.printerID = printerID
+        self.printerDisplayName = printerDisplayName
+        self.mediaRecipeID = mediaRecipeID
+        self.presetID = presetID
+        self.calibrationURL = calibrationURL
+        self.lastVerification = lastVerification
+        self.updated = updated
+    }
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case schemaVersion = "schema_version"
+        case name, notes, basename, cwd
+        case profileBasename = "profile_basename"
+        case printerID = "printer_id"
+        case printerDisplayName = "printer_display_name"
+        case mediaRecipeID = "media_recipe_id"
+        case presetID = "preset_id"
+        case calibrationURL = "calibration_url"
+        case lastVerification = "last_verification"
+        case updated
+    }
+
+    /// Strict decode: `schema_version` is required and must equal 1 —
+    /// anything else throws before a single v2 field is read. Required
+    /// strings (`basename`, `cwd`) must be present; optionals default.
+    /// Unknown keys are ignored.
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let c = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        let version = try c.decode(Int.self, forKey: .schemaVersion)
+        guard version == ICCeryProject.currentSchemaVersion else {
+            throw ValidationError.unsupportedSchema(version)
+        }
+        schemaVersion = version
+        name = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .name) ?? ""
+        notes = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .notes) ?? ""
+        basename = try c.decode(String.self, forKey: .basename)
+        cwd = try c.decode(String.self, forKey: .cwd)
+        profileBasename = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .profileBasename)
+        printerID = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .printerID)
+        printerDisplayName = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .printerDisplayName)
+        mediaRecipeID = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .mediaRecipeID)
+        presetID = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .presetID)
+        calibrationURL = try c.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .calibrationURL)
+        lastVerification = try c.decodeIfPresent(VerificationSnapshot.self, forKey: .lastVerification)
+        updated = try c.decodeIfPresent(Date.self, forKey: .updated) ?? Date()
+    }
+
+    public enum ValidationError: LocalizedError, Equatable {
+        case unsupportedSchema(Int)
+        case emptyBasename
+        case invalidBasename(String)
+        case emptyCwd
+        case unsafeCwd(String)
+        case invalidCalibrationURL(String)
+
+        public var errorDescription: String? {
+            switch self {
+            case .unsupportedSchema:
+                return "This project file is not schema 1."
+            case .emptyBasename:
+                return "A project needs a target basename."
+            case .invalidBasename(let v):
+                return "Illegal project basename \"\(v)\"."
+            case .emptyCwd:
+                return "A project needs a working folder."
+            case .unsafeCwd(let v):
+                return "cwd must be an absolute path, got \"\(v)\"."
+            case .invalidCalibrationURL(let v):
+                return "calibration_url must be an absolute path without \"..\" or NUL, got \"\(v)\"."
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Validates the index fields. Empty basename/cwd refuse (#59/#60);
+    /// basename still rejects `/`, `\`, `..`; cwd must be absolute. An
+    /// empty `name` falls back to the basename.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func validated() throws -> ICCeryProject {
+        var p = self
+        p.basename = basename.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        p.name = name.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        guard !p.basename.isEmpty else { throw ValidationError.emptyBasename }
+        guard PathSecurity.isValidBasename(p.basename) else {
+            throw ValidationError.invalidBasename(p.basename)
+        }
+        let trimmedCwd = p.cwd.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        guard !trimmedCwd.isEmpty else { throw ValidationError.emptyCwd }
+        guard trimmedCwd.hasPrefix("/"), !trimmedCwd.contains("\0") else {
+            throw ValidationError.unsafeCwd(p.cwd)
+        }
+        p.cwd = trimmedCwd
+        if p.name.isEmpty { p.name = p.basename }
+        if let cal = p.calibrationURL, !cal.isEmpty {
+            guard cal.hasPrefix("/"), !cal.contains(".."), !cal.contains("\0") else {
+                throw ValidationError.invalidCalibrationURL(cal)
+            }
+        }
+        return p
+    }
+
+    /// Reads a `.icceryproj` file. Throws `unsupportedSchema` for
+    /// `schema_version != 1` and the decode/validation error otherwise;
+    /// callers must leave live state untouched on failure.
+    public static func load(from url: URL) throws -> ICCeryProject {
+        let data = try Data(contentsOf: url)
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
+        return try decoder.decode(ICCeryProject.self, from: data).validated()
+    }
+
+    /// Atomic `.tmp` + rename write via `AtomicFileWriter` (#213).
+    /// Validation runs first — a refused project never touches disk.
+    public func save(to url: URL) throws {
+        let encoder = JSONEncoder.icceryPretty(dateEncoding: .iso8601)
+        try AtomicFileWriter.write(try encoder.encode(validated()), to: url)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The last `VerificationRecord` frozen into the project file — notes
+/// only, never gating truth.
+public struct VerificationSnapshot: Codable, Equatable, Sendable {
+    public var date: Date
+    public var avgDE00: Double
+    public var maxDE00: Double
+    /// `VerificationStatus.rawValue`.
+    public var status: String
+    public var profileFilename: String
+
+    public init(
+        date: Date,
+        avgDE00: Double,
+        maxDE00: Double,
+        status: String,
+        profileFilename: String
+    ) {
+        self.date = date
+        self.avgDE00 = avgDE00
+        self.maxDE00 = maxDE00
+        self.status = status
+        self.profileFilename = profileFilename
+    }
+
+    public init(record: VerificationRecord) {
+        self.init(
+            date: record.timestamp,
+            avgDE00: record.avgDE,
+            maxDE00: record.maxDE,
+            status: record.status.rawValue,
+            profileFilename: record.profileName
+        )
+    }
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case date
+        case avgDE00 = "avg_de00"
+        case maxDE00 = "max_de00"
+        case status
+        case profileFilename = "profile_filename"
+    }
+}

Packages/ICCeryCore/Sources/ICCeryCore/Library/ProjectReport.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// `Save Report…` — a one-page UTF-8 Markdown summary written next to
+/// the artefacts as `{basename}-report.md` (issue #149). Generated
+/// output, safe to overwrite. Filenames only — never absolute paths —
+/// and no HTML.
+public enum ProjectReport {
+
+    /// `{cwd}/{basename}-report.md`.
+    public static func url(for project: ICCeryProject) -> URL {
+        URL(fileURLWithPath: project.cwd, isDirectory: true)
+            .appendingPathComponent("\(project.basename)-report.md")
+    }
+
+    /// Renders the report. `artefacts` is the live probe result so the
+    /// checklist shows what is actually on disk, not what the project
+    /// JSON claims (R18).
+    public static func markdown(
+        project: ICCeryProject,
+        recipeName: String?,
+        artefacts: StageArtefacts
+    ) -> String {
+        var lines: [String] = []
+        lines.append("# \(project.name)")
+        lines.append("")
+        if let printer = project.printerDisplayName ?? project.printerID,
+           !printer.isEmpty {
+            lines.append("- **Printer:** \(printer)")
+        }
+        if let recipeName, !recipeName.isEmpty {
+            lines.append("- **Media recipe:** \(recipeName)")
+        }
+        if let preset = project.presetID, !preset.isEmpty {
+            lines.append("- **Preset:** \(preset)")
+        }
+        lines.append("")
+
+        lines.append("## Artefacts")
+        lines.append("")
+        lines.append("| File | Status |")
+        lines.append("|------|--------|")
+        lines.append(row("\(project.basename).ti1", exists: artefacts.stage1Complete))
+        lines.append(row("\(project.basename).ti2", exists: artefacts.stage2Complete))
+        lines.append(row("\(project.basename).ti3", exists: artefacts.stage3Complete))
+        let profileName = artefacts.profilePath?.lastPathComponent
+            ?? "\(project.basename).\(ArtefactProbe.defaultProfileExtension)"
+        lines.append(row(profileName, exists: artefacts.stage4Complete))
+        if let gam = artefacts.gamPath {
+            lines.append(row(gam.lastPathComponent, exists: true))
+        }
+        lines.append("")
+
+        if let verification = project.lastVerification {
+            lines.append("## Last verification")
+            lines.append("")
+            lines.append(
+                "- avg ΔE₀₀ \(f(verification.avgDE00)), max ΔE₀₀ \(f(verification.maxDE00))"
+                    + " (\(verification.status))")
+            lines.append("- Profile: \(verification.profileFilename)")
+            lines.append("- Date: \(ISO8601DateFormatter().string(from: verification.date))")
+            lines.append("")
+        }
+
+        if !project.notes.isEmpty {
+            lines.append("## Notes")
+            lines.append("")
+            lines.append(project.notes)
+            lines.append("")
+        }
+        return lines.joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+
+    /// Writes `{cwd}/{basename}-report.md` atomically, overwriting an
+    /// existing generated report.
+    @discardableResult
+    public static func write(
+        project: ICCeryProject,
+        recipeName: String?,
+        artefacts: StageArtefacts
+    ) throws -> URL {
+        let destination = url(for: project)
+        try AtomicFileWriter.write(
+            markdown(project: project, recipeName: recipeName, artefacts: artefacts),
+            to: destination)
+        return destination
+    }
+
+    private static func row(_ filename: String, exists: Bool) -> String {
+        "| \(filename) | \(exists ? "exists" : "missing") |"
+    }
+
+    private static func f(_ value: Double) -> String {
+        String(format: "%.2f", value)
+    }
+}

Packages/ICCeryCore/Sources/ICCeryCore/Library/RecentProjectsStore.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// One row in `recent_projects.json` — bookmark `Data` *and* the plain
+/// absolute path so the entry still resolves when the bookmark can't.
+public struct RecentProjectEntry: Codable, Equatable, Sendable, Identifiable {
+    public var name: String
+    /// Absolute path to the `.icceryproj` file.
+    public var path: String
+    /// File bookmark; optional — path is the fallback.
+    public var bookmark: Data?
+    public var updated: Date
+
+    public var id: String { path }
+
+    /// Stable digest of `path` for `projectRecent-{hash}` menu ids —
+    /// FNV-1a 64, stable across launches unlike `hashValue`.
+    public var bookmarkHash: String {
+        var hash: UInt64 = 0xcbf29ce484222325
+        for byte in path.utf8 {
+            hash ^= UInt64(byte)
+            hash &*= 0x100000001b3
+        }
+        return String(hash, radix: 16)
+    }
+
+    public init(name: String, path: String, bookmark: Data? = nil, updated: Date = Date()) {
+        self.name = name
+        self.path = path
+        self.bookmark = bookmark
+        self.updated = updated
+    }
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case name, path, bookmark, updated
+    }
+}
+
+/// Recent-projects list (issue #149). Lives in
+/// `AppPaths.appDataDir/recent_projects.json` — app data, never inside
+/// the project file (R12).
+///
+/// Cap 20, newest first, deduplicated by path. Entries whose file is
+/// gone are dropped by `pruneMissing()` (called when the Open Recent
+/// submenu builds). A corrupt file throws on load and is never
+/// overwritten — the view model shows an empty list and keeps the
+/// bytes (`.throwCorrupt`, R12).
+public actor RecentProjectsStore {
+
+    /// Default cap.
+    public static let defaultCapacity = 20
+
+    /// Path to the JSON store.
+    public let url: URL
+
+    /// In-memory cache, kept in sync with disk.
+    private var entries: [RecentProjectEntry] = []
+
+    /// Explicit load flag — an empty file is still "loaded".
+    private var loaded = false
+
+    private let capacity: Int
+    private let fileStore: JSONFileStore<[RecentProjectEntry]>
+    private let fileManager: FileManager
+
+    public init(
+        url: URL = AppPaths.appDataDir.appendingPathComponent("recent_projects.json"),
+        capacity: Int = defaultCapacity,
+        fileManager: FileManager = .default
+    ) {
+        self.url = url
+        self.capacity = capacity
+        self.fileManager = fileManager
+        self.fileStore = JSONFileStore(
+            fileURL: url,
+            corrupt: .throwCorrupt,
+            defaultValue: { [] },
+            dateEncoding: .iso8601,
+            dateDecoding: .iso8601
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Loads entries from disk. Returns the existing cache if already
+    /// loaded. Throws when the file exists but cannot be parsed; the
+    /// existing file is never overwritten in that case.
+    public func load() throws -> [RecentProjectEntry] {
+        guard !loaded else { return entries }
+        guard fileManager.fileExists(atPath: url.path) else {
+            loaded = true
+            return []
+        }
+        entries = try fileStore.load()
+        loaded = true
+        return entries
+    }
+
+    /// Returns all cached entries, newest first.
+    public func all() -> [RecentProjectEntry] {
+        entries
+    }
+
+    /// Pushes a project to the front, deduplicating by path and
+    /// trimming to `capacity`. Writes atomically.
+    ///
+    /// Loads the existing list first and propagates any load error so
+    /// an unparseable file is never overwritten.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func add(url fileURL: URL, name: String) throws -> [RecentProjectEntry] {
+        try load()
+        let bookmark = try? fileURL.bookmarkData()
+        var updated = entries.filter { $0.path != fileURL.path }
+        updated.insert(
+            RecentProjectEntry(
+                name: name,
+                path: fileURL.path,
+                bookmark: bookmark,
+                updated: Date()),
+            at: 0)
+        if updated.count > capacity {
+            updated = Array(updated.prefix(capacity))
+        }
+        try fileStore.save(updated)
+        entries = updated
+        return updated
+    }
+
+    /// Removes an entry by path and writes atomically. Returns false
+    /// when no entry with that path exists.
+    @discardableResult
+    public func remove(path: String) throws -> Bool {
+        try load()
+        let before = entries.count
+        let updated = entries.filter { $0.path != path }
+        guard updated.count != before else { return false }
+        try fileStore.save(updated)
+        entries = updated
+        return true
+    }
+
+    /// `Clear Menu` — wipes the recents file only; `.icceryproj` files
+    /// are never deleted (R12).
+    public func clear() throws {
+        try load()
+        try fileStore.save([])
+        entries = []
+    }
+
+    /// Drops entries whose file is gone and rewrites the store.
+    /// Called when the Open Recent submenu builds — missing files are
+    /// dropped there, not at launch (issue #149).
+    @discardableResult
+    public func pruneMissing() throws -> [RecentProjectEntry] {
+        try load()
+        let kept = entries.filter {
+            fileManager.fileExists(atPath: $0.path)
+        }
+        if kept.count != entries.count {
+            try fileStore.save(kept)
+            entries = kept
+        }
+        return kept
+    }
+}

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ All measurement, chart generation, and profile mathematics live in the [Gronod A
 |---|---|
 | Product | ICCery v2 for macOS |
 | Bundle | `com.gronod.iccery2` |
-| Floor | macOS 14 Sonoma, universal `arm64` + `x86_64` |
+| Floor | macOS 12.0 Monterey, universal `arm64` + `x86_64` |
 | Default branch | `develop` |
 | M6 | Stage 0 calibration, CGATS import, SceneKit gamut viewer, packaging — shipped on `develop` |
 | M7 | Pre-UAT hardening & baseline consolidation — shipped on `develop` |

Sources/ICCery/AppEnvironment.swift

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct AppEnvironment: Sendable {
     let cupsService: CupsService
     let historyStore: VerificationHistoryStore
     let mediaStore: MediaLibraryStore
+    let recentProjectsStore: RecentProjectsStore
 
     static func live(
         environment: [String: String] = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ struct AppEnvironment: Sendable {
                 processManager: .shared,
                 binaryDir: cupsDir),
             historyStore: VerificationHistoryStore(),
-            mediaStore: MediaLibraryStore()
+            mediaStore: MediaLibraryStore(),
+            recentProjectsStore: RecentProjectsStore()
         )
     }
 }
@@ -89,6 +91,18 @@ enum UITestHooks {
     static var gamutProfileURL: URL? { url("ICCERY_TEST_GAMUT_PROFILE") }
     /// TIFF sample picker result (gamut sheet, #147). Unset → cancel.
     static var gamutTiffURL: URL? { url("ICCERY_TEST_GAMUT_TIFF") }
+    /// `selectProjectFile` result (`.icceryproj` open, #149). Unset → cancel.
+    static var projectOpenURL: URL? { url("ICCERY_TEST_PROJECT_OPEN") }
+    /// `selectProjectSavePath` result (`.icceryproj` save-as, #149).
+    static var projectSaveURL: URL? { url("ICCERY_TEST_PROJECT_SAVE") }
+    /// Relocate-folder result when a project's `cwd` is missing (#149).
+    static var projectRelocateURL: URL? { url("ICCERY_TEST_PROJECT_RELOCATE") }
+    /// Forces the gamut sheet into its no-Metal fallback even on a GPU
+    /// host (#147). Set per-test only — never in a default launch env,
+    /// or CI's future GPU run would skip SceneKit too.
+    static var skipSceneKit: Bool {
+        isEnabled && env["ICCERY_TEST_SKIP_SCENEKIT"] == "1"
+    }
 
     // MARK: - Print panel / CUPS stubs (issue 13/17)
 

Sources/ICCery/CalibrationView.swift

@@ -7,102 +7,135 @@ struct CalibrationView: View {
     @ObservedObject var wizard: WizardViewModel
 
     var body: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
-            Text("Calibrate Printer")
-                .font(.title2.bold())
-                .padding(.horizontal, 16)
-                .padding(.top, 16)
-
-            Form {
-                Section("Wedge Settings") {
-                    Picker("Colour Space", selection: $model.colourSpace) {
-                        Text("RGB").tag(ColourSpace.rgb)
-                        Text("CMYK").tag(ColourSpace.cmyk)
-                    }
-
-                    HStack {
-                        Text("Steps per channel")
-                        Spacer()
-                        TextField("", value: $model.steps, format: .number)
-                            .frame(width: 60)
-                            .accessibilityIdentifier("calSteps")
-                    }
-
-                    HStack {
-                        Text("White patches")
-                        Spacer()
-                        TextField("", value: $model.whitePatches, format: .number)
-                            .frame(width: 60)
-                    }
-
-                    if model.colourSpace == .cmyk {
-                        HStack {
-                            Text("Ink-limit exploration")
-                            Spacer()
-                            TextField("", text: $model.inkLimit)
-                                .frame(width: 60)
-                                .accessibilityIdentifier("calInkExplore")
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    Toggle("Neutral emphasis", isOn: $model.includeNeutralEmphasis)
-                }
-
-                Section("Workflow") {
-                    HStack(spacing: 12) {
-                        Button("Generate Target") { model.generateTarget() }
-                            .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalGenerate")
-                            .disabled(wizard.basename.isEmpty
-                                      || wizard.effectiveWorkingDirectory == nil
-                                      || model.isGenerating)
-
-                        Button("Create Layout & Print") { model.createLayout() }
-                            .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalLayout")
-                            .disabled(wizard.basename.isEmpty
-                                      || wizard.effectiveWorkingDirectory == nil
-                                      || model.isGenerating)
-
-                        Button("Measure") { model.measureChart() }
-                            .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalMeasure")
-                            .disabled(model.calibrationTi3URL == nil)
-
-                        Button("Compute Curves") { model.computeCurves() }
-                            .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalCompute")
-                            .disabled(!model.canCompute)
-                    }
-
-                    if let url = model.computedCalURL {
-                        Toggle("Apply calibration to next profile", isOn: $model.applyToProfile)
-                            .onChange(of: model.applyToProfile) { _ in model.updateApplyToProfile() }
-                            .accessibilityIdentifier("calApplyToggle")
-
-                        Text("Loaded: \(url.lastPathComponent)")
-                            .font(.caption)
-                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if !model.calibrationLog.isEmpty {
-                    Section("Log") {
-                        ScrollView {
-                            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
-                                ForEach(model.calibrationLog, id: \.self) { line in
-                                    Text(line)
-                                        .font(.system(.caption, design: .monospaced))
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        .frame(minHeight: 80, maxHeight: 120)
-                    }
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            ScrollView {
+                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 16) {
+                    Text("Calibrate Printer")
+                        .font(.title2.bold())
+                        .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                    wedgeSection
+                    workflowSection
+                    if !model.calibrationLog.isEmpty { logSection }
                 }
+                .padding(20)
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
             }
+            .background(Theme.background)
+
+            Divider().overlay(Theme.border)
 
             HStack {
                 Spacer()
-                Button("Return to Profiling") { model.returnToProfiling() }
+                Button("Return to Profiling", role: .cancel) { model.returnToProfiling() }
+                    .keyboardShortcut(.cancelAction)
                     .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalReturn")
             }
             .padding(16)
         }
+        .accessibilityElement(children: .contain)
+        .accessibilityIdentifier("stage-cal")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Wedge settings
+
+    private var wedgeSection: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+            Text("Wedge Settings").font(.headline).foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+            Picker("Colour Space", selection: $model.colourSpace) {
+                Text("RGB").tag(ColourSpace.rgb)
+                Text("CMYK").tag(ColourSpace.cmyk)
+            }
+            .pickerStyle(.segmented)
+            .frame(maxWidth: 220)
+
+            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                Text("Steps per channel")
+                    .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                    .frame(width: 140, alignment: .leading)
+                TextField("", value: $model.steps, format: .number)
+                    .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
+                    .frame(width: 70)
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("calSteps")
+            }
+
+            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                Text("White patches")
+                    .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                    .frame(width: 140, alignment: .leading)
+                TextField("", value: $model.whitePatches, format: .number)
+                    .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
+                    .frame(width: 70)
+            }
+
+            if model.colourSpace == .cmyk {
+                HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                    Text("Ink-limit exploration")
+                        .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                        .frame(width: 140, alignment: .leading)
+                    TextField("", text: $model.inkLimit)
+                        .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
+                        .frame(width: 70)
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("calInkExplore")
+                }
+            }
+
+            Toggle("Neutral emphasis", isOn: $model.includeNeutralEmphasis)
+                .toggleStyle(.checkbox)
+                .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("calNeutralEmphasis")
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Workflow
+
+    private var workflowSection: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+            Text("Workflow").font(.headline).foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                Button("Generate Target") { model.generateTarget() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalGenerate")
+                    .disabled(wizard.basename.isEmpty
+                              || wizard.effectiveWorkingDirectory == nil
+                              || model.isGenerating)
+
+                Button("Create Layout & Print") { model.createLayout() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalLayout")
+                    .disabled(wizard.basename.isEmpty
+                              || wizard.effectiveWorkingDirectory == nil
+                              || model.isGenerating)
+
+                Button("Measure") { model.measureChart() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalMeasure")
+                    .disabled(model.calibrationTi3URL == nil)
+
+                Button("Compute Curves") { model.computeCurves() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCalCompute")
+                    .disabled(!model.canCompute)
+            }
+
+            if let url = model.computedCalURL {
+                Toggle("Apply calibration to next profile", isOn: $model.applyToProfile)
+                    .toggleStyle(.checkbox)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                    .onChange(of: model.applyToProfile) { _ in model.updateApplyToProfile() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("calApplyToggle")
+
+                Text("Loaded: \(url.lastPathComponent)")
+                    .font(.caption)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Log
+
+    private var logSection: some View {
+        ProcessLogView(
+            lines: model.calibrationLog,
+            minHeight: 80,
+            maxHeight: 120,
+            containerId: "calLogContainer",
+            logId: "calLog"
+        )
     }
 }

Sources/ICCery/FileDialogService.swift

@@ -95,6 +95,23 @@ final class FileDialogService {
              message: "Export this preset as JSON")
     }
 
+    /// `selectProjectFile` — open `.icceryproj` only (issue #149).
+    func selectProjectFile(startingAt start: URL? = nil) -> URL? {
+        open(extensions: ["icceryproj"], startingAt: start,
+             message: "Open ICCery Project",
+             title: "Open ICCery Project",
+             allowsOtherFileTypes: false)
+    }
+
+    /// `selectProjectSavePath` — save `.icceryproj`, suggested name
+    /// `{basename}.icceryproj` in the working folder (issue #149).
+    func selectProjectSavePath(
+        basename: String, startingAt start: URL? = nil
+    ) -> URL? {
+        save(named: "\(basename).icceryproj", extensions: ["icceryproj"],
+             startingAt: start, message: "Save ICCery Project")
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Internals (private — not a shared public picker API)
 
     private func save(
@@ -116,6 +133,7 @@ final class FileDialogService {
         extensions: [String],
         startingAt start: URL?,
         message: String?,
+        title: String? = nil,
         allowsOtherFileTypes: Bool = true
     ) -> URL? {
         let panel = NSOpenPanel()
@@ -126,6 +144,7 @@ final class FileDialogService {
         panel.allowsOtherFileTypes = allowsOtherFileTypes
         panel.directoryURL = start
         if let message { panel.message = message }
+        if let title { panel.title = title }
         return run(panel)
     }
 

Sources/ICCery/GamutView.swift

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct GamutView: View {
     @StateObject private var viewModel: GamutViewModel
     @State private var pause: () -> Void = {}
     @FocusState private var isFocused: Bool
+    @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
     @Binding var showingAllHelp: Bool
 
     init(
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ struct GamutView: View {
             Divider().overlay(Theme.border)
             statusLine
             inspectPanel
+            Divider().overlay(Theme.border)
+            footer
         }
         .frame(minWidth: 720, minHeight: 520)
         .background(Theme.background)
@@ -142,8 +145,12 @@ struct GamutView: View {
             Text(layer?.displayName ?? fallback)
         }
         .toggleStyle(.checkbox)
-        .disabled(layer == nil || viewModel.viewerUnavailable)
+        .disabled(layer == nil)
         .help(layer.map { $0.sourceURL.lastPathComponent } ?? "No profile .gam loaded")
+        // macOS 12 puts the identifier on the Toggle's container, an
+        // element that never reports isEnabled — combine so the a11y
+        // leaf is the checkbox itself.
+        .accessibilityElement(children: .combine)
         .accessibilityIdentifier("gamutLayer-\(id)")
     }
 
@@ -318,6 +325,21 @@ struct GamutView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Footer
+
+    /// Always-visible Close (#147) — the fallback banner keeps it
+    /// reachable and Escape works via `.cancelAction` without SceneKit.
+    private var footer: some View {
+        HStack {
+            Spacer()
+            Button("Close") { dismiss() }
+                .keyboardShortcut(.cancelAction)
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("btnCloseGamut")
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+        .padding(.vertical, 8)
+    }
+
     // MARK: - TIFF sample sheet
 
     private var tiffPreviewSheet: some View {
@@ -377,7 +399,9 @@ private struct GamutSceneView: NSViewRepresentable {
         context.coordinator.installKeyMonitor()
         context.coordinator.installClickGesture()
 
-        // No GPU → the docs/18 fallback; never respawn the view in a loop.
+        // Safety net only — the primary no-Metal check is
+        // `GamutSceneAvailability.isAvailable`, evaluated before this
+        // view is mounted. Never respawn the view in a loop.
         if MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() == nil {
             DispatchQueue.main.async { onUnavailable() }
         }

Sources/ICCery/GamutViewModel.swift

@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 import Combine
 import Foundation
 import ICCeryCore
+import Metal
 import simd
 
+/// Whether the SceneKit gamut scene can render on this host (#147).
+///
+/// Checked **before** `GamutSceneView` is mounted — constructing an
+/// `SCNView` on a Metal-less machine can wedge the main thread, which
+/// also stalls app quit behind the open sheet.
+enum GamutSceneAvailability {
+    static var isAvailable: Bool {
+        if UITestHooks.skipSceneKit { return false }
+        return MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() != nil
+    }
+}
+
 /// View model for the native SceneKit gamut viewer (issues #28, #147).
 ///
 /// Loads the bundled `sRGB.gam` reference immediately, the workflow's own
@@ -73,6 +86,8 @@ final class GamutViewModel: ObservableObject {
     init(environment: AppEnvironment, profileGamURL: URL? = nil) {
         self.environment = environment
         self.profileGamURL = profileGamURL
+        // Never let the view mount an SCNView without Metal (#147).
+        viewerUnavailable = !GamutSceneAvailability.isAvailable
         loadTask = Task { await load() }
     }
 

Sources/ICCery/ICCeryApp.swift

@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ struct ICCeryApp: App {
                 .preferredColorScheme(.dark)
         }
         .commands {
-            // Single-window app: no File > New window.
-            CommandGroup(replacing: .newItem) {}
+            // Single-window app: the File menu carries the project
+            // commands (issue #149). Replacing `.newItem` keeps
+            // SwiftUI's empty default New from stacking (R19 — the
+            // group is filled, so no second New appears).
+            CommandGroup(replacing: .newItem) {
+                ProjectCommands(workflow: workflow)
+            }
         }
     }
 }

Sources/ICCery/MediaLibraryDialogs.swift

@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ struct SaveMediaRecipeDialog: View {
             || media.captureColourSpaceMismatch
     }
 
-    var body: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 14) {
-            Text("Save Media Recipe").font(.title3).foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+    // Swift 5.7 (Xcode 14.2 CI runner) caps a ViewBuilder body at 10
+    // children (#146); Group blocks are layout-transparent, so field
+    // order and every docs/21 id are unchanged.
+    private var fields: some View {
+        Group {
             TextField("Name", text: $media.saveMediaName)
                 .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
                 .accessibilityIdentifier("saveMediaName")
@@ -61,7 +63,11 @@ struct SaveMediaRecipeDialog: View {
             TextField("Ink set", text: $media.saveMediaInk)
                 .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
                 .accessibilityIdentifier("saveMediaInk")
+        }
+    }
 
+    private var readOnlyRows: some View {
+        Group {
             captureRow("Printer", value: printerCaption,
                        identifier: "saveMediaPrinter")
             captureRow("Preset",
@@ -74,6 +80,14 @@ struct SaveMediaRecipeDialog: View {
                        value: workflow.profile.calibrationFile.isEmpty
                            ? "None" : workflow.profile.calibrationFile,
                        identifier: "saveMediaCal")
+        }
+    }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 14) {
+            Text("Save Media Recipe").font(.title3).foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+            fields
+            readOnlyRows
             Toggle("Apply calibration to profile",
                    isOn: $media.saveMediaApplyCal)
                 .disabled(!media.calApplyable)

Sources/ICCery/ProjectSession.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,689 @@
+import AppKit
+import Combine
+import Foundation
+import ICCeryCore
+
+/// Project file session (issue #149): `.icceryproj` open/save/new/close,
+/// recents, the dirty flag, and the window title.
+///
+/// The project is an **index** — disk artefacts still own the stepper
+/// (R18). Open writes `WizardState` through the normal setters and ends
+/// in the same probe `windowDidBecomeKey` uses; it never auto-runs
+/// `targen`/`colprof`/`chartread` and never unlocks a stage the disk
+/// does not back.
+@MainActor
+final class ProjectSession: ObservableObject {
+
+    /// What to do once the dirty alert resolves.
+    enum PendingAction {
+        case new
+        case open(URL)
+        case close
+    }
+
+    /// A live session snapshot, compared against the bound project for
+    /// the dirty flag (title `•`, `btnProjectSave`).
+    private struct Snapshot: Equatable {
+        var basename: String
+        var cwd: String
+        var printerID: String?
+        var presetID: String?
+        var mediaRecipeID: String?
+        var calibrationURL: String?
+    }
+
+    let workflow: TargetWorkflowViewModel
+    let environment: AppEnvironment
+    private let fileDialogs = FileDialogService.shared
+    private let recentsStore: RecentProjectsStore
+    private var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>()
+
+    /// Bound project file location; `nil` = no project.
+    @Published var projectURL: URL?
+    /// Last saved/opened project payload.
+    @Published var project: ICCeryProject?
+    /// Open Recent entries, newest first, missing files pruned.
+    @Published var recents: [RecentProjectEntry] = []
+    /// JSON claimed a finished profile but disk stops earlier —
+    /// `projectChipStale` + info banner (R18).
+    @Published var diskBehindNotes = false
+    /// `ICCery` / `ICCery — {name}` / `ICCery — {name} •`.
+    @Published var windowTitle = "ICCery"
+    /// Live session fields differ from the bound project — computed
+    /// fresh so decision paths (`requestNew`/`requestClose`) never see
+    /// a stale willSet value.
+    var isDirty: Bool {
+        guard let project else { return false }
+        return liveSnapshot() != snapshot(of: project)
+    }
+
+    // Flow state for RootView.
+    @Published var showingNewAlert = false
+    @Published var showingDirtyAlert = false
+    @Published var showingRelocateSheet = false
+
+    private var pendingAction: PendingAction?
+    /// Loaded project whose `cwd` is missing — relocate sheet payload.
+    @Published private(set) var pendingRelocate:
+        (project: ICCeryProject, url: URL)?
+
+    init(workflow: TargetWorkflowViewModel, environment: AppEnvironment) {
+        self.workflow = workflow
+        self.environment = environment
+        self.recentsStore = environment.recentProjectsStore
+        refreshRecents()
+
+        // Dirty / title derive from live fields — observe each source;
+        // child VMs are not tracked through the parent's
+        // objectWillChange (R22-style weak sinks). `@Published` fires on
+        // willSet, so the recompute is deferred one main turn to read
+        // post-set values.
+        let wizard = workflow.wizard
+        let printSession = workflow.print
+        let media = workflow.media
+        let profile = workflow.profile
+        wizard.$basename.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        wizard.$workingDirectory.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        wizard.$printerName.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        printSession?.$selectedPrinter.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        workflow.$selectedPresetID.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        media?.$selectedRecipeID.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        profile.$calibrationFile.sink { [weak self] _ in self?.scheduleRecompute() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        recomputeDerived()
+    }
+
+    deinit { cancellables.removeAll() }
+
+    // MARK: - Derived
+
+    var isBound: Bool { project != nil }
+
+    /// A chartread / spotread / colprof child is live — project changes
+    /// wait for the instrument run to finish.
+    var childSessionLive: Bool {
+        workflow.measurement.isChartreadRunning
+            || workflow.spotRead.isRunning
+            || workflow.profile.isColprofRunning
+    }
+
+    /// Basename eligible for persistence. A live `CAL_` stem resolves
+    /// only through the persisted original — never by stripping, so a
+    /// bare `CAL_` (Force-Quit anomaly, empty persisted original) is
+    /// refused rather than trusted (R11).
+    var resolvedBasename: String? {
+        let live = workflow.wizard.basename
+        guard CalibrationIdentity.isCalibration(live) else {
+            return live.isEmpty ? nil : live
+        }
+        let original = workflow.wizard.calibrationOriginalBasename
+        return original.isEmpty ? nil : original
+    }
+
+    /// ⌘S / `btnProjectSave` enable rule. A `CAL_` live basename stays
+    /// enabled so the refusal can show its banner.
+    var canSave: Bool {
+        isBound && !workflow.wizard.basename.isEmpty
+            && workflow.wizard.workingDirectory != nil
+    }
+
+    /// `menuProjectSaveAs` — no binding required.
+    var canSaveAs: Bool {
+        !workflow.wizard.basename.isEmpty
+            && workflow.wizard.workingDirectory != nil
+    }
+
+    /// `menuProjectReport` — needs a real basename and cwd on disk.
+    var canReport: Bool {
+        !workflow.wizard.basename.isEmpty
+            && workflow.wizard.workingDirectory != nil
+    }
+
+    private func liveSnapshot() -> Snapshot {
+        Snapshot(
+            basename: resolvedBasename ?? "",
+            cwd: workflow.wizard.workingDirectory?.path ?? "",
+            printerID: workflow.print.selectedPrinter.isEmpty
+                ? nil : workflow.print.selectedPrinter,
+            presetID: workflow.selectedPresetID == "none"
+                ? nil : workflow.selectedPresetID,
+            mediaRecipeID: workflow.media.selectedRecipeID == "none"
+                ? nil : workflow.media.selectedRecipeID,
+            calibrationURL: workflow.profile.calibrationFile.isEmpty
+                ? nil : workflow.profile.calibrationFile)
+    }
+
+    private func snapshot(of project: ICCeryProject) -> Snapshot {
+        Snapshot(
+            basename: project.basename,
+            cwd: project.cwd,
+            printerID: project.printerID,
+            presetID: project.presetID,
+            mediaRecipeID: project.mediaRecipeID,
+            calibrationURL: project.calibrationURL)
+    }
+
+    /// Recomputes the window title from live fields.
+    func recomputeDerived() {
+        if let project {
+            windowTitle = "ICCery — \(project.name)" + (isDirty ? " •" : "")
+        } else {
+            windowTitle = "ICCery"
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Defer the recompute one main turn — the Combine sinks fire on
+    /// willSet, before the changed property holds its new value.
+    private func scheduleRecompute() {
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in self?.recomputeDerived() }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - New
+
+    /// ⌘N / `menuProjectNew`. Dirty sessions detour through the dirty
+    /// alert first; a live child gets a banner instead of the alert.
+    func requestNew() {
+        guard !childSessionLive else {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Finish the instrument session before starting a project.",
+                kind: .warning)
+            return
+        }
+        if isDirty {
+            pendingAction = .new
+            showingDirtyAlert = true
+            return
+        }
+        showingNewAlert = true
+    }
+
+    /// `btnProjectNewConfirm` — unbinds and clears the basename. Empty
+    /// is the legal "no target yet" state (#60); artefacts and
+    /// `media_library.json` are never deleted (R18).
+    func confirmNew() {
+        showingNewAlert = false
+        projectURL = nil
+        project = nil
+        pendingRelocate = nil
+        diskBehindNotes = false
+        workflow.wizard.basename = ""
+        workflow.targetBasename = ""
+        workflow.media.selectedRecipeID = "none"
+        workflow.wizard.sessionMode = .profile
+        // Re-probe — an empty basename locks stages 2–5.
+        workflow.wizard.windowDidBecomeKey()
+        recomputeDerived()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Open
+
+    /// ⌘O / `btnProjectOpen` — `selectProjectFile` (`.icceryproj`
+    /// only). Cancel is a no-op.
+    func requestOpen() {
+        guard !childSessionLive else {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Finish the instrument session before opening a project.",
+                kind: .warning)
+            return
+        }
+        let url = UITestHooks.isEnabled
+            ? UITestHooks.projectOpenURL
+            : fileDialogs.selectProjectFile()
+        guard let url else { return }
+        if isDirty {
+            pendingAction = .open(url)
+            showingDirtyAlert = true
+            return
+        }
+        open(url)
+    }
+
+    /// Open from the recents submenu — same path, no open panel. A
+    /// missing file is dropped with a banner; no relocate is offered.
+    func openRecent(_ entry: RecentProjectEntry) {
+        guard !childSessionLive else {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Finish the instrument session before opening a project.",
+                kind: .warning)
+            return
+        }
+        let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: entry.path)
+        guard FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: url.path) else {
+            Task { try? await recentsStore.remove(path: entry.path) }
+            refreshRecents()
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice("Project file is gone.", kind: .warning)
+            return
+        }
+        if isDirty {
+            pendingAction = .open(url)
+            showingDirtyAlert = true
+            return
+        }
+        open(url)
+    }
+
+    /// Shared open path — validates, routes to relocate when `cwd` is
+    /// gone, then applies. Failures leave live state untouched.
+    func open(_ url: URL) {
+        guard let loaded = loadProject(url) else { return }
+        apply(loaded, from: url)
+    }
+
+    /// Awaitable open for tests — identical to `open` but completes
+    /// after apply finishes.
+    func openAsync(_ url: URL) async {
+        guard let loaded = loadProject(url) else { return }
+        await applyAsync(loaded, from: url)
+    }
+
+    /// Decode + validate + cwd-existence check. Returns the project
+    /// ready to apply, or nil after presenting an error banner / the
+    /// relocate sheet.
+    private func loadProject(_ url: URL) -> ICCeryProject? {
+        let loaded: ICCeryProject
+        do {
+            loaded = try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)
+        } catch let error as ICCeryProject.ValidationError {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                error.errorDescription ?? "Could not open project.",
+                kind: .error)
+            return nil
+        } catch {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Could not open project: \(error.localizedDescription)",
+                kind: .error)
+            return nil
+        }
+        var isDir: ObjCBool = false
+        guard FileManager.default.fileExists(
+            atPath: loaded.cwd, isDirectory: &isDir), isDir.boolValue
+        else {
+            pendingRelocate = (loaded, url)
+            showingRelocateSheet = true
+            return nil
+        }
+        return loaded
+    }
+
+    /// Sync entry — the apply half runs in a Task so `media.apply`
+    /// (async) can run inside it.
+    private func apply(_ project: ICCeryProject, from url: URL) {
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            await self?.applyAsync(project, from: url)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply order (issue #149):
+    /// 1. cwd + basename on the wizard **and** Stage 1 fields.
+    /// 2. `mediaRecipeID` → `MediaLibraryViewModel.apply`; else
+    ///    `presetID` → existing preset apply. Missing recipe is not
+    ///    fatal — open still succeeds.
+    /// 3. Re-probe via the existing window-focus path (#151).
+    /// 4. Never auto-run `targen` / `colprof` / `chartread`.
+    private func applyAsync(_ project: ICCeryProject, from url: URL) async {
+        let cwdURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: project.cwd, isDirectory: true)
+
+        workflow.wizard.setTarget(
+            basename: project.basename, workingDirectory: cwdURL)
+        workflow.targetBasename = project.basename
+        workflow.targetDirectory = cwdURL
+        workflow.wizard.printerName = project.printerDisplayName
+            ?? project.printerID
+        workflow.wizard.profileBasename = project.profileBasename
+        workflow.wizard.sessionMode = .profile
+        if let queue = project.printerID,
+           workflow.print.printers.contains(where: { $0.name == queue }) {
+            workflow.print.selectedPrinter = queue
+        }
+
+        var appliedRecipe = false
+        if let recipeID = project.mediaRecipeID {
+            if workflow.media.recipes.isEmpty {
+                await workflow.media.reloadAsync()
+            }
+            if let recipe = workflow.media.recipes
+                .first(where: { $0.id == recipeID }) {
+                appliedRecipe = await workflow.media.apply(recipe)
+            }
+        }
+        if !appliedRecipe, let presetID = project.presetID,
+           let preset = workflow.presets
+               .first(where: { $0.id == presetID }) {
+            workflow.applyPreset(preset)
+        }
+
+        // Disk owns the stepper — same probe window focus uses.
+        workflow.wizard.windowDidBecomeKey()
+
+        // JSON-vs-disk mismatch: notes say the profile is done but the
+        // artefacts stop earlier — index drift, not gating truth.
+        let artefacts = workflow.wizard.artefacts
+        if project.lastVerification != nil && !artefacts.stage4Complete {
+            let already = diskBehindNotes && projectURL == url
+            diskBehindNotes = true
+            if !already {
+                let last = artefacts.stage3Complete ? ".ti3"
+                    : artefacts.stage2Complete ? ".ti2"
+                    : artefacts.stage1Complete ? ".ti1" : nil
+                let detail = last.map { "artefacts on disk stop at \($0)." }
+                    ?? "no artefacts found on disk."
+                workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                    "Project notes say profile done; \(detail)",
+                    kind: .info)
+            }
+        } else {
+            diskBehindNotes = false
+        }
+
+        self.project = project
+        projectURL = url
+        pushRecent(url: url, name: project.name)
+        recomputeDerived()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Relocate
+
+    /// `btnProjectRelocate` — pick a new cwd, rewrite the project file
+    /// atomically, then continue Apply.
+    func chooseRelocateFolder() {
+        guard let pending = pendingRelocate else { return }
+        let url = UITestHooks.isEnabled
+            ? UITestHooks.projectRelocateURL
+            : fileDialogs.selectDirectory()
+        guard let url else { return }
+        var rewritten = pending.project
+        rewritten.cwd = url.path
+        rewritten.updated = Date()
+        do {
+            try rewritten.save(to: pending.url)
+        } catch {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Could not update project: \(error.localizedDescription)",
+                kind: .error)
+            return
+        }
+        pendingRelocate = nil
+        showingRelocateSheet = false
+        apply(rewritten, from: pending.url)
+    }
+
+    /// `btnProjectRelocateCancel` — aborts the open; live session
+    /// unchanged.
+    func cancelRelocate() {
+        pendingRelocate = nil
+        showingRelocateSheet = false
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Save / Save As
+
+    /// ⌘S / `btnProjectSave` — writes the live session into the bound
+    /// URL. A live `CAL_` stem refuses unless the persisted original
+    /// resolves; `CAL_` is never persisted (R11).
+    func saveProject() {
+        Task { @MainActor in _ = await saveProjectAsync() }
+    }
+
+    @discardableResult
+    func saveProjectAsync() async -> Bool {
+        guard let url = projectURL, project != nil else { return false }
+        guard let basename = resolvedBasename else {
+            refuseUnsavable()
+            return false
+        }
+        return await write(to: url, basename: basename)
+    }
+
+    /// ⇧⌘S / `menuProjectSaveAs` — always shows the save picker, then
+    /// binds the chosen URL and pushes recents.
+    func saveProjectAs() {
+        guard let basename = resolvedBasename else {
+            refuseUnsavable()
+            return
+        }
+        guard let cwd = workflow.wizard.workingDirectory else {
+            refuseUnsavable()
+            return
+        }
+        let url = UITestHooks.isEnabled
+            ? UITestHooks.projectSaveURL
+            : fileDialogs.selectProjectSavePath(
+                basename: basename, startingAt: cwd)
+        guard let url else { return }
+        Task { @MainActor in _ = await write(to: url, basename: basename) }
+    }
+
+    private func refuseUnsavable() {
+        if CalibrationIdentity.isCalibration(workflow.wizard.basename) {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Finish or exit calibration before saving a project.",
+                kind: .warning)
+        } else {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Set a target basename and working folder before saving a project.",
+                kind: .warning)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Builds the project payload from live session fields and writes
+    /// it atomically. On success binds `url`, refreshes recents, and
+    /// clears the stale-chip flag. Failure → error banner, bound URL
+    /// unchanged.
+    @discardableResult
+    private func write(to url: URL, basename: String) async -> Bool {
+        guard let cwd = workflow.wizard.workingDirectory,
+              !cwd.path.isEmpty else {
+            refuseUnsavable()
+            return false
+        }
+        let stem = workflow.wizard.profileBasename ?? basename
+        let snapshot = await lastVerificationSnapshot(stem: stem)
+            ?? project?.lastVerification
+        let queue = workflow.print.selectedPrinter
+        let display = workflow.print.printers
+            .first { $0.name == queue }?.displayName
+            ?? workflow.wizard.printerName
+        let existing = project
+        let name = (existing?.name.isEmpty == false)
+            ? existing!.name : basename
+        let updated = ICCeryProject(
+            name: name,
+            notes: existing?.notes ?? "",
+            basename: basename,
+            cwd: cwd.path,
+            profileBasename: workflow.wizard.profileBasename,
+            printerID: queue.isEmpty ? nil : queue,
+            printerDisplayName: display,
+            mediaRecipeID: workflow.media.selectedRecipeID == "none"
+                ? nil : workflow.media.selectedRecipeID,
+            presetID: workflow.selectedPresetID == "none"
+                ? nil : workflow.selectedPresetID,
+            calibrationURL: workflow.profile.calibrationFile.isEmpty
+                ? nil : workflow.profile.calibrationFile,
+            lastVerification: snapshot,
+            updated: Date())
+        do {
+            try updated.save(to: url)
+        } catch {
+            workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                "Could not save project: \(error.localizedDescription)",
+                kind: .error)
+            return false
+        }
+        project = updated
+        projectURL = url
+        diskBehindNotes = false
+        pushRecent(url: url, name: updated.name)
+        workflow.wizard.showNotice("Project saved: \(url.lastPathComponent)")
+        recomputeDerived()
+        return true
+    }
+
+    /// Last `VerificationHistoryStore` record for this profile stem,
+    /// if any — notes only.
+    private func lastVerificationSnapshot(
+        stem: String
+    ) async -> VerificationSnapshot? {
+        guard let records = try? await environment.historyStore.load()
+        else { return nil }
+        guard let record = records.last(where: {
+            $0.profileName == stem || $0.profileName == workflow.wizard.basename
+        }) else { return nil }
+        return VerificationSnapshot(record: record)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Close
+
+    /// `menuProjectClose` — unbinds; live basename/cwd/artefacts stay.
+    func requestClose() {
+        guard isBound else { return }
+        if isDirty {
+            pendingAction = .close
+            showingDirtyAlert = true
+            return
+        }
+        closeProject()
+    }
+
+    func closeProject() {
+        projectURL = nil
+        project = nil
+        diskBehindNotes = false
+        recomputeDerived()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Dirty alert
+
+    /// `btnProjectDirtySave` / `btnProjectDirtyDiscard`. Save proceeds
+    /// to the pending action only when the write succeeded.
+    func resolveDirty(save: Bool) {
+        showingDirtyAlert = false
+        guard let action = pendingAction else { return }
+        if save {
+            Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+                guard let self else { return }
+                if await self.saveProjectAsync() {
+                    self.pendingAction = nil
+                    self.proceed(with: action)
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            pendingAction = nil
+            proceed(with: action)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `btnProjectDirtyCancel` — abandons the pending action.
+    func cancelDirty() {
+        pendingAction = nil
+        showingDirtyAlert = false
+    }
+
+    private func proceed(with action: PendingAction) {
+        switch action {
+        case .new:
+            confirmNew()
+        case .open(let url):
+            open(url)
+        case .close:
+            closeProject()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Report
+
+    /// `menuProjectReport` — writes `{cwd}/{basename}-report.md`
+    /// atomically (generated; overwrites). No picker.
+    func saveReport() {
+        guard canReport, let cwd = workflow.wizard.workingDirectory else {
+            return
+        }
+        let basename = workflow.wizard.basename
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            let stem = self.workflow.wizard.profileBasename ?? basename
+            let snapshot = await self.lastVerificationSnapshot(stem: stem)
+                ?? self.project?.lastVerification
+            let queue = self.workflow.print.selectedPrinter
+            let display = self.workflow.print.printers
+                .first { $0.name == queue }?.displayName
+                ?? self.workflow.wizard.printerName
+            let recipeName = self.workflow.media.recipes
+                .first { $0.id == self.workflow.media.selectedRecipeID }?.name
+            let payload = ICCeryProject(
+                name: self.project?.name.isEmpty == false
+                    ? self.project!.name : basename,
+                notes: self.project?.notes ?? "",
+                basename: basename,
+                cwd: cwd.path,
+                profileBasename: self.workflow.wizard.profileBasename,
+                printerID: queue.isEmpty ? nil : queue,
+                printerDisplayName: display,
+                mediaRecipeID: self.workflow.media.selectedRecipeID == "none"
+                    ? nil : self.workflow.media.selectedRecipeID,
+                presetID: self.workflow.selectedPresetID == "none"
+                    ? nil : self.workflow.selectedPresetID,
+                calibrationURL: self.workflow.profile.calibrationFile.isEmpty
+                    ? nil : self.workflow.profile.calibrationFile,
+                lastVerification: snapshot,
+                updated: Date())
+            do {
+                let written = try ProjectReport.write(
+                    project: payload,
+                    recipeName: recipeName,
+                    artefacts: self.workflow.wizard.artefacts)
+                self.workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                    "Wrote \(written.lastPathComponent)")
+            } catch {
+                self.workflow.wizard.showNotice(
+                    "Report failed: \(error.localizedDescription)",
+                    kind: .error)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Recents / reveal
+
+    /// Rebuilds the recents list; entries whose file is gone are
+    /// dropped here (submenu build), not at launch. Corrupt → `[]`,
+    /// file kept (R12).
+    func refreshRecents() {
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            do {
+                self.recents = try await self.recentsStore.pruneMissing()
+            } catch {
+                self.recents = []
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func pushRecent(url: URL, name: String) {
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            try? await self.recentsStore.add(url: url, name: name)
+            self.refreshRecents()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `menuProjectRecentsClear` — wipes `recent_projects.json` only;
+    /// `.icceryproj` files are never deleted.
+    func clearRecents() {
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            try? await self?.recentsStore.clear()
+            self?.recents = []
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `btnProjectReveal` — reveals the bound **project file** in
+    /// Finder, not the cwd.
+    func revealInFinder() {
+        guard let projectURL else { return }
+        NSWorkspace.shared.activateFileViewerSelecting([projectURL])
+    }
+}

Sources/ICCery/ProjectUI.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import ICCeryCore
+
+/// File-menu commands for the project file (issue #149). Content of the
+/// `CommandGroup(replacing: .newItem)` in `ICCeryApp` — split out so the
+/// app body stays small (type-checker budget). Menu ids are distinct
+/// from the sidebar chip ids (`menuProject*` vs `btnProject*`).
+struct ProjectCommands: View {
+    @ObservedObject private var project: ProjectSession
+
+    init(workflow: TargetWorkflowViewModel) {
+        self._project = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.project)
+    }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        Button("New Project") { project.requestNew() }
+            .keyboardShortcut("n")
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectNew")
+        Button("Open Project…") { project.requestOpen() }
+            .keyboardShortcut("o")
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectOpen")
+        Menu("Open Recent") {
+            ForEach(project.recents) { entry in
+                // Names render via Text only (#114); never the raw path.
+                Button(entry.name) { project.openRecent(entry) }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("projectRecent-\(entry.bookmarkHash)")
+            }
+            Divider()
+            Button("Clear Menu") { project.clearRecents() }
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectRecentsClear")
+        }
+        .disabled(project.recents.isEmpty)
+        .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectRecents")
+        Divider()
+        Button("Save Project") { project.saveProject() }
+            .keyboardShortcut("s")
+            .disabled(!project.canSave)
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectSave")
+        Button("Save Project As…") { project.saveProjectAs() }
+            .keyboardShortcut("s", modifiers: [.command, .shift])
+            .disabled(!project.canSaveAs)
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectSaveAs")
+        Button("Save Report…") { project.saveReport() }
+            .disabled(!project.canReport)
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectReport")
+        Divider()
+        Button("Close Project") { project.requestClose() }
+            .disabled(!project.isBound)
+            .accessibilityIdentifier("menuProjectClose")
+    }
+}
+
+/// Compact project footer at the bottom of the 270 pt sidebar (issue
+/// #149) — never a fourth row of large buttons (R10).
+struct ProjectChip: View {
+    @ObservedObject var project: ProjectSession
+    @Binding var showingAllHelp: Bool
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+            if let bound = project.project {
+                Text(bound.name)
+                    .font(.callout)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("projectChipName")
+                Text(URL(fileURLWithPath: bound.cwd).lastPathComponent)
+                    .font(.caption)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                    .truncationMode(.middle)
+                    // The raw path is a tooltip — never the window title.
+                    .help(bound.cwd)
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("projectChipPath")
+                if project.diskBehindNotes {
+                    Text("Disk behind project notes")
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("projectChipStale")
+                }
+                HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                    Button("Show in Finder") { project.revealInFinder() }
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectReveal")
+                    Button("Save") { project.saveProject() }
+                        .disabled(!project.canSave)
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectSave")
+                    Spacer()
+                }
+                .font(.caption)
+                .controlSize(.small)
+            } else {
+                HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                    Text("No project")
+                        .font(.callout)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("projectChipName")
+                    Spacer()
+                    Button("Open…") { project.requestOpen() }
+                        .controlSize(.small)
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectOpen")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(8)
+        .background(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: Theme.Metrics.cornerMedium)
+                .fill(Theme.panel)
+        )
+        .overlay(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: Theme.Metrics.cornerMedium)
+                .stroke(Theme.border)
+        )
+        .accessibilityElement(children: .contain)
+        .accessibilityIdentifier("projectChip")
+        .helpOverlay(
+            "A project remembers printer, preset and folder. The stepper still follows files on disk.",
+            showing: $showingAllHelp)
+    }
+}
+
+/// `projectRelocateSheet` — shown when an opened project's `cwd` no
+/// longer exists (issue #149). Choosing a folder rewrites `cwd` in the
+/// project file atomically, then continues Apply; Cancel aborts the
+/// open with live state untouched.
+struct ProjectRelocateSheet: View {
+    @ObservedObject var project: ProjectSession
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 14) {
+            Text("Missing project folder")
+                .font(.title3)
+                .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+            Text(
+                "The folder for \(project.pendingRelocate?.project.name ?? "this project") is missing. Choose a new working folder."
+            )
+            .foregroundStyle(Theme.text)
+            HStack {
+                Spacer()
+                Button("Cancel") { project.cancelRelocate() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectRelocateCancel")
+                Button("Choose Folder…") { project.chooseRelocateFolder() }
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectRelocate")
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(20)
+        .frame(width: 420)
+        .background(Theme.background)
+        .accessibilityElement(children: .contain)
+        .accessibilityIdentifier("projectRelocateSheet")
+    }
+}

Sources/ICCery/RootView.swift

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct RootView: View {
     /// Observed directly: nested ObservableObjects are not tracked
     /// through the parent's `objectWillChange`.
     @ObservedObject private var model: WizardViewModel
+    @ObservedObject private var project: ProjectSession
     @State private var showingSettings = false
     @State private var showingAbout = false
     @State private var showingAllHelp = false
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ struct RootView: View {
     init(workflow: TargetWorkflowViewModel) {
         self.workflow = workflow
         self._model = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.wizard)
+        self._project = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.project)
     }
 
     var body: some View {
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ struct RootView: View {
                 }
                 WizardStageContent(model: model, workflow: workflow)
             }
+            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
         }
         .frame(minWidth: 1100, minHeight: 700)
         .background(Theme.background)
@@ -87,6 +90,37 @@ struct RootView: View {
                 profileGamURL: workflow.wizard.gamutProfileURL,
                 showingAllHelp: $showingAllHelp)
         }
+        // Project file chrome (issue #149): window title, New confirm
+        // alert, dirty alert, relocate sheet. Panels never appear from
+        // a View — UITestHooks inject fixture paths instead.
+        .onReceive(project.$windowTitle) { title in
+            for window in NSApp.windows where !(window is NSPanel) {
+                window.title = title
+            }
+        }
+        .alert("Start a new project?", isPresented: $project.showingNewAlert) {
+            Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) {}
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectNewCancel")
+            Button("Start") { project.confirmNew() }
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectNewConfirm")
+        } message: {
+            Text("The working folder and targets on disk are not deleted.")
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("projectNewAlert")
+        }
+        .alert(
+            "Save the current project first?",
+            isPresented: $project.showingDirtyAlert
+        ) {
+            Button("Save") { project.resolveDirty(save: true) }
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectDirtySave")
+            Button("Don't Save") { project.resolveDirty(save: false) }
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectDirtyDiscard")
+            Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) { project.cancelDirty() }
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("btnProjectDirtyCancel")
+        }
+        .sheet(isPresented: $project.showingRelocateSheet) {
+            ProjectRelocateSheet(project: project)
+        }
     }
 
 }

Sources/ICCery/SettingsView.swift

@@ -69,22 +69,24 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 }
 
                 Section("Verification") {
-                    HStack {
-                        Text("Good ΔE ≤")
-                        TextField(
-                            "2.0",
-                            value: $model.settings.deltaEGoodMax,
-                            format: .number
-                        )
-                        .frame(width: 60)
-                        Text("Warning ΔE ≤")
-                        TextField(
-                            "5.0",
-                            value: $model.settings.deltaEWarningMax,
-                            format: .number
-                        )
-                        .frame(width: 60)
-                    }
+                    TextField(
+                        "Good ΔE ≤",
+                        value: $model.settings.deltaEGoodMax,
+                        format: .number
+                    )
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("settingsDeltaEGood")
+
+                    TextField(
+                        "Warning ΔE ≤",
+                        value: $model.settings.deltaEWarningMax,
+                        format: .number
+                    )
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("settingsDeltaEWarning")
+
+                    Text("Swatch and verify status use these as the green / amber cutoffs. Fail is anything above Warning.")
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+
                     ForEach(model.validationErrors, id: \.self) { error in
                         Text(error)
                             .font(.caption)
@@ -93,16 +95,12 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 }
 
                 Section("Calibration") {
-                    HStack {
-                        Text("Stale after")
-                        TextField(
-                            "30",
-                            value: $model.settings.calibrationStaleDays,
-                            format: .number
-                        )
-                        .frame(width: 60)
-                        Text("days")
-                    }
+                    TextField(
+                        "Stale after (days)",
+                        value: $model.settings.calibrationStaleDays,
+                        format: .number
+                    )
+                    .accessibilityIdentifier("settingsCalStaleDays")
                 }
 
                 Section("Profile install") {
@@ -143,6 +141,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            .padding(.leading, 45)
 
             Divider()
 

Sources/ICCery/SidebarView.swift

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
     @ObservedObject private var media: MediaLibraryViewModel
     @ObservedObject private var printSession: PrintSessionViewModel
     @ObservedObject private var measurement: MeasurementWorkflowViewModel
+    @ObservedObject private var project: ProjectSession
     var onOpenSettings: () -> Void
     var onOpenAbout: () -> Void
     @Binding var showingAllHelp: Bool
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
         self._media = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.media)
         self._printSession = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.print)
         self._measurement = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.measurement)
+        self._project = ObservedObject(wrappedValue: workflow.project)
         self.onOpenSettings = onOpenSettings
         self.onOpenAbout = onOpenAbout
         self._showingAllHelp = showingAllHelp
@@ -35,6 +37,21 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
+            header
+            presetBlock
+            mediaBlock
+            studioButtons
+            stepperAndProject
+        }
+        .frame(width: Theme.Metrics.sidebarWidth)
+        .background(Theme.panel)
+    }
+
+    // Swift 5.7 (Xcode 14.2 CI runner) caps a ViewBuilder body at 10
+    // children (#146); these Group blocks are layout-transparent, so
+    // visual order, ids and the 270 pt column are unchanged.
+    private var header: some View {
+        Group {
             HStack {
                 Image("ICCery-logo")
                     .resizable()
@@ -63,7 +80,11 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
             .padding(12)
 
             Divider().overlay(Theme.border)
+        }
+    }
 
+    private var presetBlock: some View {
+        Group {
             // Preset select (`#presetSelect`) — issue #11. Selection
             // applies the preset immediately; names render via Text only.
             Picker("Preset", selection: Binding(
@@ -95,7 +116,11 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
             }
             .padding(.horizontal, 12)
             .padding(.bottom, 8)
+        }
+    }
 
+    private var mediaBlock: some View {
+        Group {
             // Media library (`#mediaSelect`) — issue #146. Selection
             // applies the recipe immediately, like presets; names render
             // via Text only (#114). Never reuses `presetSelect` (#137).
@@ -145,7 +170,11 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
             }
             .padding(.horizontal, 12)
             .padding(.bottom, 8)
+        }
+    }
 
+    private var studioButtons: some View {
+        Group {
             // Calibrate Printer (`#btnCalibratePrinter`).
             Button(action: { model.enterCalibration() }) {
                 Label("Calibrate Printer", systemImage: "slider.horizontal.3")
@@ -185,7 +214,11 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
                 showing: $showingAllHelp)
             .accessibilityIdentifier("btnSpotRead")
             .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+        }
+    }
 
+    private var stepperAndProject: some View {
+        Group {
             Divider().overlay(Theme.border)
                 .padding(.vertical, 8)
 
@@ -205,9 +238,13 @@ struct SidebarView: View {
             .padding(.horizontal, 6)
 
             Spacer()
+
+            // Project chip (issue #149) — a compact footer in the
+            // spacer's bottom, under the stepper. The 270 pt column
+            // cannot take four more large buttons (R10).
+            ProjectChip(project: project, showingAllHelp: $showingAllHelp)
+                .padding(8)
         }
-        .frame(width: Theme.Metrics.sidebarWidth)
-        .background(Theme.panel)
     }
 }
 

Sources/ICCery/TargetWorkflowViewModel.swift

@@ -119,8 +119,11 @@ final class TargetWorkflowViewModel: ObservableObject {
     @Published var print: PrintSessionViewModel!
     /// Media recipe library — needs a complete `self`.
     @Published var media: MediaLibraryViewModel!
-    /// Spot-read console, created last — needs `wizard` / `measurement`.
+    /// Spot-read console — needs `wizard` / `measurement`.
     @Published var spotRead: SpotReadViewModel!
+    /// Project file session (issue #149), created last — needs `media`
+    /// for recipe apply and `spotRead` for the live-child check.
+    @Published var project: ProjectSession!
 
     init(environment: AppEnvironment = .live()) {
         self.environment = environment
@@ -148,6 +151,10 @@ final class TargetWorkflowViewModel: ObservableObject {
             workflow: self,
             environment: environment
         )
+        self.project = ProjectSession(
+            workflow: self,
+            environment: environment
+        )
         reloadPresets()
     }
 

Tests/ICCeryCoreTests/GamutViewModelTests.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Foundation
+import Metal
 import XCTest
 @testable import ICCeryCore
 @testable import ICCery
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ final class GamutViewModelTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(vm.status.contains("faces"), "status: \(vm.status)")
     }
 
+    /// #147 — `viewerUnavailable` is decided before any `SCNView` is
+    /// mounted: it must exactly mirror Metal presence on this host.
+    func testViewerUnavailableMirrorsMetalAvailability() async throws {
+        let vm = try makeViewModel()
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            vm.viewerUnavailable,
+            MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() == nil)
+    }
+
     func testMissingCompareGamLeavesSRGBAndSetsNotice() async throws {
         let vm = try makeViewModel()
         await vm.awaitInitialLoad()

Tests/ICCeryCoreTests/ICCeryProjectTests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+import Foundation
+import XCTest
+@testable import ICCeryCore
+
+/// Issue #149 — `.icceryproj` schema: snake_case keys, strict
+/// `schema_version == 1`, and save-time refusal for empty/illegal
+/// basename and empty/unsafe cwd (#59/#60/R11).
+final class ICCeryProjectTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    private func tempDir() throws -> URL {
+        let dir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+            .appendingPathComponent("iccery-proj-\(UUID().uuidString)")
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
+            at: dir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+        return dir
+    }
+
+    private func makeProject(
+        basename: String = "run-1",
+        cwd: String = "/tmp"
+    ) -> ICCeryProject {
+        ICCeryProject(
+            name: "Run One",
+            basename: basename,
+            cwd: cwd,
+            profileBasename: "run-1",
+            printerID: "Mock_Queue",
+            printerDisplayName: "Mock Queue",
+            mediaRecipeID: "recipe-1",
+            presetID: "preset-std-rgb",
+            calibrationURL: "/tmp/r.cal",
+            lastVerification: VerificationSnapshot(
+                date: Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 1_700_000_000),
+                avgDE00: 0.8, maxDE00: 2.1,
+                status: "excellent", profileFilename: "run-1.icc"))
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Round trip / keys
+
+    func testSnakeCaseRoundTrip() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("p.icceryproj")
+
+        let project = makeProject()
+        try project.save(to: url)
+        let loaded = try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.schemaVersion, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.basename, "run-1")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.cwd, "/tmp")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.profileBasename, "run-1")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.printerID, "Mock_Queue")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.mediaRecipeID, "recipe-1")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.presetID, "preset-std-rgb")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.calibrationURL, "/tmp/r.cal")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.lastVerification?.avgDE00, 0.8)
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.lastVerification?.maxDE00, 2.1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.lastVerification?.status, "excellent")
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.lastVerification?.profileFilename, "run-1.icc")
+
+        let raw = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: .utf8)
+        for key in [
+            "\"schema_version\"", "\"profile_basename\"",
+            "\"printer_id\"", "\"printer_display_name\"",
+            "\"media_recipe_id\"", "\"preset_id\"",
+            "\"calibration_url\"", "\"last_verification\"",
+            "\"avg_de00\"", "\"max_de00\"", "\"profile_filename\"",
+        ] {
+            XCTAssertTrue(raw.contains(key), "missing key \(key)")
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testOptionalFieldsDecodeWhenAbsent() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("min.icceryproj")
+        let json = """
+        {
+          "schema_version": 1,
+          "name": "Minimal",
+          "basename": "abc",
+          "cwd": "/tmp",
+          "updated": "2026-09-13T00:00:00Z"
+        }
+        """
+        try json.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+
+        let loaded = try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)
+        XCTAssertEqual(loaded.basename, "abc")
+        XCTAssertNil(loaded.mediaRecipeID)
+        XCTAssertNil(loaded.presetID)
+        XCTAssertNil(loaded.lastVerification)
+        XCTAssertNil(loaded.calibrationURL)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Schema gate
+
+    func testSchemaVersion2Throws() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("v2.icceryproj")
+        try """
+        {"schema_version": 2, "name": "x", "basename": "abc",
+         "cwd": "/tmp", "future_field": [1, 2]}
+        """.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)) { error in
+            guard case ICCeryProject.ValidationError.unsupportedSchema(2)
+                    = error else {
+                return XCTFail("expected unsupportedSchema, got \(error)")
+            }
+            XCTAssertEqual(
+                error.localizedDescription,
+                "This project file is not schema 1.")
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testMissingSchemaVersionThrows() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("noversion.icceryproj")
+        try "{\"basename\": \"abc\", \"cwd\": \"/tmp\"}"
+            .write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try ICCeryProject.load(from: url))
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Validation
+
+    func testEmptyBasenameRefusesSave() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("p.icceryproj")
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(
+            try makeProject(basename: "").save(to: url)
+        ) { error in
+            XCTAssertEqual(
+                error as? ICCeryProject.ValidationError, .emptyBasename)
+        }
+        XCTAssertFalse(FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: url.path))
+    }
+
+    func testIllegalBasenameRefusesSave() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        for bad in ["a/b", "a\\b", "..", "x..y"] {
+            XCTAssertThrowsError(
+                try makeProject(basename: bad).save(
+                    to: dir.appendingPathComponent("p.icceryproj"))
+            ) { error in
+                guard case ICCeryProject.ValidationError.invalidBasename
+                        = error else {
+                    return XCTFail("expected invalidBasename, got \(error)")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testEmptyAndRelativeCwdRefuseSave() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("p.icceryproj")
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try makeProject(cwd: "").save(to: url)) { error in
+            XCTAssertEqual(
+                error as? ICCeryProject.ValidationError, .emptyCwd)
+        }
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(
+            try makeProject(cwd: "relative/dir").save(to: url)
+        ) { error in
+            guard case ICCeryProject.ValidationError.unsafeCwd = error else {
+                return XCTFail("expected unsafeCwd, got \(error)")
+            }
+        }
+        XCTAssertFalse(FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: url.path))
+    }
+
+    func testIllegalBasenameRefusesOpen() throws {
+        let dir = try tempDir()
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: dir) }
+        let url = dir.appendingPathComponent("bad.icceryproj")
+        try """
+        {"schema_version": 1, "basename": "a/b", "cwd": "/tmp"}
+        """.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)) { error in
+            guard case ICCeryProject.ValidationError.invalidBasename
+                    = error else {
+                return XCTFail("expected invalidBasename, got \(error)")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testEmptyNameFallsBackToBasename() throws {
+        let project = try ICCeryProject(
+            name: "", basename: "stem", cwd: "/tmp").validated()
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.name, "stem")
+    }
+
+    func testMissingFileThrowsOnOpen() {
+        let url = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+            .appendingPathComponent("gone-\(UUID().uuidString).icceryproj")
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try ICCeryProject.load(from: url))
+    }
+}

Tests/ICCeryCoreTests/ProjectSessionTests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,406 @@
+import Foundation
+import XCTest
+@testable import ICCeryCore
+@testable import ICCery
+
+/// Issue #149 — `ProjectSession` open/save/new/close against an
+/// isolated `TestAppEnvironment`. Disk artefacts always win over the
+/// project JSON (R18); a `CAL_` basename is never persisted (R11).
+@MainActor
+final class ProjectSessionTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    private var env: TestAppEnvironment!
+    private var workflow: TargetWorkflowViewModel!
+    private var project: ProjectSession!
+    private var cwd: URL!
+
+    override func setUp() async throws {
+        env = try TestAppEnvironment.make()
+        workflow = TargetWorkflowViewModel(environment: env.environment)
+        project = workflow.project
+        cwd = env.root.appendingPathComponent("proj-cwd")
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
+            at: cwd, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+        // Recents are pushed asynchronously; drain before asserting.
+        await flush()
+    }
+
+    override func tearDown() async throws {
+        env?.cleanup()
+        env = nil
+        workflow = nil
+        project = nil
+        cwd = nil
+    }
+
+    /// Lets pending `Task`s in the view models run.
+    private func flush() async {
+        try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 100_000_000)
+    }
+
+    private func artefact(_ ext: String, stem: String = "job") throws {
+        try "x".write(
+            to: cwd.appendingPathComponent("\(stem).\(ext)"),
+            atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+    }
+
+    private func writeProjectFile(
+        _ name: String = "job.icceryproj",
+        basename: String = "job",
+        cwdOverride: String? = nil,
+        lastVerification: Bool = false,
+        mediaRecipeID: String? = nil,
+        presetID: String? = nil
+    ) throws -> URL {
+        let snapshot: VerificationSnapshot? = lastVerification
+            ? VerificationSnapshot(
+                date: Date(), avgDE00: 0.7, maxDE00: 1.9,
+                status: "excellent", profileFilename: "\(basename).icc")
+            : nil
+        let p = ICCeryProject(
+            name: "Fixture Project",
+            basename: basename,
+            cwd: cwdOverride ?? cwd.path,
+            mediaRecipeID: mediaRecipeID,
+            presetID: presetID,
+            lastVerification: snapshot)
+        let url = env.root.appendingPathComponent(name)
+        try p.save(to: url)
+        return url
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Open
+
+    func testOpenAppliesBasenameCwdAndBinds() async throws {
+        try artefact("ti1")
+        try artefact("ti2")
+        try artefact("ti3")
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "job")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.workingDirectory?.path, cwd.path)
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.targetBasename, "job")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.targetDirectory?.path, cwd.path)
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.projectURL, url)
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.project?.name, "Fixture Project")
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.windowTitle, "ICCery — Fixture Project")
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.isDirty)
+        XCTAssertTrue(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.buildProfile))
+        XCTAssertFalse(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.verifyInstall))
+    }
+
+    func testOpenDiskWinsOverJsonStage() async throws {
+        // JSON claims a finished profile; disk only has .ti2 (R18).
+        try artefact("ti2")
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(lastVerification: true)
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.buildProfile))
+        XCTAssertFalse(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.verifyInstall))
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.diskBehindNotes)
+        let notice = workflow.wizard.notice
+        XCTAssertEqual(notice?.kind, .info)
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            notice?.text.contains("artefacts on disk stop at .ti2") == true,
+            "got: \(notice?.text ?? "nil")")
+    }
+
+    func testOpenWithTi3ButNoIccLocksStage5Only() async throws {
+        try artefact("ti3")
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(lastVerification: true)
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.buildProfile))
+        XCTAssertFalse(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.verifyInstall))
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.diskBehindNotes)
+    }
+
+    func testOpenSchema2LeavesLiveStateUntouched() async throws {
+        workflow.wizard.setTarget(basename: "live", workingDirectory: cwd)
+        let url = env.root.appendingPathComponent("v2.icceryproj")
+        try """
+        {"schema_version": 2, "basename": "other", "cwd": "\(cwd.path)"}
+        """.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "live")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.notice?.kind, .error)
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            workflow.wizard.notice?.text.contains("not schema 1") == true)
+    }
+
+    func testOpenMissingCwdPresentsRelocateSheet() async throws {
+        let gone = env.root.appendingPathComponent("no-such-dir").path
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(cwdOverride: gone)
+        workflow.wizard.setTarget(basename: "live", workingDirectory: cwd)
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.showingRelocateSheet)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(project.pendingRelocate)
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "live")
+    }
+
+    func testRelocateCancelAbortsOpen() async throws {
+        let gone = env.root.appendingPathComponent("no-such-dir").path
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(cwdOverride: gone)
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        project.cancelRelocate()
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.showingRelocateSheet)
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+    }
+
+    func testOpenUnknownMediaRecipeStillOpens() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(mediaRecipeID: "recipe-absent")
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.projectURL, url)
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "job")
+        // The unknown recipe was ignored, not fatal.
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.media.selectedRecipeID, "none")
+    }
+
+    func testOpenAppliesPresetWhenNoRecipe() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(presetID: "preset-std-rgb")
+
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.selectedPresetID, "preset-std-rgb")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Save
+
+    func testSaveRefusesEmptyBasename() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        workflow.wizard.basename = ""
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.canSave)
+        let saved = await project.saveProjectAsync()
+        XCTAssertFalse(saved)
+        // The file keeps its original basename.
+        let reloaded = try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)
+        XCTAssertEqual(reloaded.basename, "job")
+    }
+
+    func testSaveRefusesEmptyCwd() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        workflow.wizard.workingDirectory = nil
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.canSave)
+        let saved = await project.saveProjectAsync()
+        XCTAssertFalse(saved)
+    }
+
+    func testCalBasenameRefusedWithoutPersistedOriginal() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        // Bare CAL_ stem — no persisted original to trust (R11).
+        workflow.wizard.basename = "CAL_job"
+        workflow.wizard.calibrationOriginalBasename = ""
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.canSave)  // enabled so the banner shows
+        let saved = await project.saveProjectAsync()
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(saved)
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            workflow.wizard.notice?.text.contains(
+                "Finish or exit calibration") == true)
+        let raw = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertFalse(raw.contains("CAL_"))
+        XCTAssertEqual(try ICCeryProject.load(from: url).basename, "job")
+    }
+
+    func testCalBasenameSavesPersistedOriginal() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        workflow.wizard.basename = "CAL_job"
+        workflow.wizard.calibrationOriginalBasename = "job"
+
+        let saved = await project.saveProjectAsync()
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(saved)
+        let reloaded = try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)
+        XCTAssertEqual(reloaded.basename, "job")
+        XCTAssertFalse(rawContainsCal(url))
+    }
+
+    private func rawContainsCal(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
+        guard let raw = try? String(contentsOf: url, encoding: .utf8) else {
+            return false
+        }
+        return raw.contains("CAL_")
+    }
+
+    func testSaveCapturesLiveFields() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        workflow.print.printers = [
+            Printer(name: "Mock_Queue", displayName: "Mock Queue Display")
+        ]
+        workflow.print.selectedPrinter = "Mock_Queue"
+        workflow.selectedPresetID = "preset-std-rgb"
+        workflow.profile.calibrationFile = "/tmp/live.cal"
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.isDirty)
+        await flush()  // title recompute is deferred one main turn
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.windowTitle.hasSuffix("•"))
+
+        let saved = await project.saveProjectAsync()
+        XCTAssertTrue(saved)
+        let reloaded = try ICCeryProject.load(from: url)
+        XCTAssertEqual(reloaded.printerID, "Mock_Queue")
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            reloaded.printerDisplayName, "Mock Queue Display")
+        XCTAssertEqual(reloaded.presetID, "preset-std-rgb")
+        XCTAssertEqual(reloaded.calibrationURL, "/tmp/live.cal")
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.isDirty)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - New / Close
+
+    func testNewClearsBasenameKeepsArtefacts() async throws {
+        try artefact("ti3")
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        XCTAssertTrue(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.buildProfile))
+
+        project.requestNew()
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.showingNewAlert)
+        project.confirmNew()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.targetBasename, "")
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.windowTitle, "ICCery")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.media.selectedRecipeID, "none")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.sessionMode, .profile)
+        // The artefact is untouched; the stepper just can't see it.
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            FileManager.default.fileExists(
+                atPath: cwd.appendingPathComponent("job.ti3").path))
+        XCTAssertFalse(workflow.wizard.isUnlocked(.buildProfile))
+    }
+
+    func testNewWhileChildLiveBannersInstead() async throws {
+        workflow.measurement.isChartreadRunning = true
+        project.requestNew()
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.showingNewAlert)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(workflow.wizard.notice)
+    }
+
+    func testDirtyNewShowsDirtyAlert() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        workflow.wizard.basename = "changed"
+
+        project.requestNew()
+        XCTAssertFalse(project.showingNewAlert)
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.showingDirtyAlert)
+
+        // Don't Save → New proceeds.
+        project.resolveDirty(save: false)
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "")
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+    }
+
+    func testCloseKeepsLiveSession() async throws {
+        try artefact("ti1")
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+
+        project.requestClose()
+
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.basename, "job")
+        XCTAssertEqual(workflow.wizard.workingDirectory?.path, cwd.path)
+        XCTAssertEqual(project.windowTitle, "ICCery")
+    }
+
+    func testDirtyCloseSaveThenCloses() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+        workflow.wizard.basename = "renamed"
+
+        project.requestClose()
+        XCTAssertTrue(project.showingDirtyAlert)
+
+        project.resolveDirty(save: true)
+        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 300_000_000)
+
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+        XCTAssertEqual(try ICCeryProject.load(from: url).basename,
+                       "renamed")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Report / recents
+
+    func testSaveReportWritesMarkdown() async throws {
+        try artefact("ti1")
+        try artefact("ti3")
+        let url = try writeProjectFile(lastVerification: true)
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        await flush()
+
+        project.saveReport()
+        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 300_000_000)
+
+        let report = cwd.appendingPathComponent("job-report.md")
+        XCTAssertTrue(FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: report.path))
+        let text = try String(contentsOf: report, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertTrue(text.contains("job.ti1 | exists"))
+        XCTAssertTrue(text.contains("job.ti2 | missing"))
+        XCTAssertTrue(text.contains("job.ti3 | exists"))
+        XCTAssertTrue(text.contains("avg ΔE₀₀ 0.70"))
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            workflow.wizard.notice?.text.contains("job-report.md") == true)
+    }
+
+    func testOpenPushesRecent() async throws {
+        let url = try writeProjectFile()
+        await project.openAsync(url)
+        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 300_000_000)
+
+        let recents = project.recents
+        XCTAssertEqual(recents.first?.path, url.path)
+        XCTAssertEqual(recents.first?.name, "Fixture Project")
+    }
+
+    func testOpenRecentMissingFileDropped() async throws {
+        let store = env.environment.recentProjectsStore
+        let ghost = env.root.appendingPathComponent("ghost.icceryproj")
+        try await store.add(url: ghost, name: "Ghost")
+
+        project.openRecent(
+            RecentProjectEntry(name: "Ghost", path: ghost.path))
+        try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 300_000_000)
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            workflow.wizard.notice?.text.contains("gone") == true)
+        let loaded = try await store.load()
+        XCTAssertTrue(loaded.isEmpty)
+        XCTAssertNil(project.projectURL)
+    }
+}

Tests/ICCeryCoreTests/RecentProjectsStoreTests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import Foundation
+import XCTest
+@testable import ICCeryCore
+
+/// Issue #149 — `recent_projects.json`: cap 20, newest first, dedupe
+/// by path, missing files pruned on submenu build, Clear Menu wipes the
+/// recents file only, corrupt file kept (R12).
+final class RecentProjectsStoreTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    private var root: URL!
+
+    override func setUp() async throws {
+        root = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+            .appendingPathComponent("iccery-recents-\(UUID().uuidString)")
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
+            at: root, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+    }
+
+    override func tearDown() async throws {
+        if let root { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: root) }
+        root = nil
+    }
+
+    private var storeURL: URL {
+        root.appendingPathComponent("recent_projects.json")
+    }
+
+    private func projectFile(_ name: String) throws -> URL {
+        let url = root.appendingPathComponent("\(name).icceryproj")
+        try "{}".write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+        return url
+    }
+
+    func testCapTwentyNewestFirst() async throws {
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+        for i in 0..<25 {
+            let url = try projectFile("p\(i)")
+            try await store.add(url: url, name: "P\(i)")
+        }
+        let all = try await store.load()
+        XCTAssertEqual(all.count, 20)
+        XCTAssertEqual(all.first?.name, "P24")
+        XCTAssertEqual(all.last?.name, "P5")
+    }
+
+    func testAddDeduplicatesByPath() async throws {
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+        let url = try projectFile("dup")
+        try await store.add(url: url, name: "First")
+        try await store.add(url: try projectFile("other"), name: "Other")
+        try await store.add(url: url, name: "Second")
+
+        let all = try await store.load()
+        XCTAssertEqual(all.count, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(all.first?.name, "Second")
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            all.filter { $0.path == url.path }.count, 1)
+    }
+
+    func testPruneMissingDropsGoneFiles() async throws {
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+        let live = try projectFile("live")
+        try await store.add(url: live, name: "Live")
+        try await store.add(
+            url: root.appendingPathComponent("gone.icceryproj"),
+            name: "Gone")
+
+        let pruned = try await store.pruneMissing()
+        XCTAssertEqual(pruned.count, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(pruned.first?.name, "Live")
+
+        // The rewrite persisted the drop.
+        let reloaded = try await RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL).load()
+        XCTAssertEqual(reloaded.count, 1)
+    }
+
+    func testRemoveByPath() async throws {
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+        let url = try projectFile("a")
+        try await store.add(url: url, name: "A")
+        let removed = try await store.remove(path: url.path)
+        XCTAssertTrue(removed)
+        let loaded = try await store.load()
+        XCTAssertTrue(loaded.isEmpty)
+        let second = try await store.remove(path: url.path)
+        XCTAssertFalse(second)
+    }
+
+    func testClearWipesRecentsFileOnly() async throws {
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+        let projectURL = try projectFile("keep")
+        try await store.add(url: projectURL, name: "Keep")
+
+        try await store.clear()
+
+        let loaded = try await store.load()
+        XCTAssertTrue(loaded.isEmpty)
+        // The `.icceryproj` itself survives Clear Menu.
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: projectURL.path))
+        let raw = try String(contentsOf: storeURL, encoding: .utf8)
+        XCTAssertTrue(raw.contains("["))
+    }
+
+    func testCorruptFileThrowsAndKeepsBytes() async throws {
+        try "not json".write(
+            to: storeURL, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+
+        await assertAsyncThrows(expectedType: DecodingError.self) {
+            try await store.load()
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            try String(contentsOf: storeURL, encoding: .utf8), "not json")
+    }
+
+    func testEntryStoresBookmarkAndPath() async throws {
+        let store = RecentProjectsStore(url: storeURL)
+        let url = try projectFile("b")
+        try await store.add(url: url, name: "B")
+        let entry = try await store.load().first
+        XCTAssertEqual(entry?.path, url.path)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(entry?.bookmark)
+        XCTAssertFalse(entry?.bookmarkHash.isEmpty ?? true)
+    }
+
+    func testBookmarkHashStableAcrossStores() async throws {
+        let a = RecentProjectEntry(name: "x", path: "/tmp/p.icceryproj")
+        let b = RecentProjectEntry(name: "y", path: "/tmp/p.icceryproj")
+        XCTAssertEqual(a.bookmarkHash, b.bookmarkHash)
+        let c = RecentProjectEntry(name: "z", path: "/tmp/q.icceryproj")
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(a.bookmarkHash, c.bookmarkHash)
+    }
+}

Tests/ICCeryCoreTests/TestAppEnvironment.swift

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ struct TestAppEnvironment {
     var mediaLibraryURL: URL {
         root.appendingPathComponent("media_library.json")
     }
+    var recentProjectsURL: URL {
+        root.appendingPathComponent("recent_projects.json")
+    }
 
     /// Creates an isolated environment under `NSTemporaryDirectory()`.
     /// Call `cleanup()` when finished.
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ struct TestAppEnvironment {
             ),
             mediaStore: MediaLibraryStore(
                 url: root.appendingPathComponent("media_library.json")
+            ),
+            recentProjectsStore: RecentProjectsStore(
+                url: root.appendingPathComponent("recent_projects.json")
             )
         )
         return TestAppEnvironment(root: root, environment: environment)

Tests/ICCeryUITests/Milestone10GamutCompareUITests.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Foundation
+import Metal
 import XCTest
 
 /// Milestone 10 — Issue #147 gamut compare chrome tests.
@@ -9,6 +10,11 @@ import XCTest
 @MainActor
 final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
 
+    /// Metal on the test host — the app under test runs on the same
+    /// machine, so this predicts whether the sheet mounts SceneKit.
+    /// GPU-less runners still get the banner/Close assertions (#147).
+    private var hasGPU: Bool { MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() != nil }
+
     private var app: XCUIApplication!
     private var testRoot: URL!
     private var binDir: URL!
@@ -46,6 +52,10 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
     }
 
     override func tearDown() async throws {
+        // Never leave the gamut sheet up for `terminate()` (#147).
+        if app != nil, element("btnCloseGamut").exists {
+            element("btnCloseGamut").click()
+        }
         app?.terminate()
         app = nil
         if let testRoot {
@@ -75,6 +85,22 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         return el
     }
 
+    /// Exists **and** `isEnabled`. Layer toggles render as disabled
+    /// placeholders until the async layer load lands — on the macOS 12
+    /// runner `waitFor` alone wins the race against `parse`.
+    private func waitUntilEnabled(_ id: String, timeout: TimeInterval = 15) -> XCUIElement {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            let el = element(id)
+            if el.exists && el.isEnabled { return el }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        let el = element(id)
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            el.exists && el.isEnabled, "Expected enabled element \(id)")
+        return el
+    }
+
     private func launchApp() {
         app.launch()
         if !app.wait(for: .runningForeground, timeout: 10) {
@@ -88,18 +114,41 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         _ = waitFor("gamutView")
     }
 
+    /// Inverse of `waitFor` — polls until the element leaves the tree.
+    private func waitForGone(_ id: String, timeout: TimeInterval = 10) {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            if !element(id).exists { return }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        XCTAssertFalse(element(id).exists, "Expected element \(id) to disappear")
+    }
+
+    /// `btnCloseGamut` dismisses the sheet so `tearDown`'s `terminate()`
+    /// is not stuck behind a key sheet (#147). No-op when already closed.
+    private func closeGamutSheet() {
+        let close = element("btnCloseGamut")
+        guard close.waitForExistence(timeout: 5) else { return }
+        close.click()
+        waitForGone("gamutView")
+    }
+
     func testLayerTogglesExistWithSRGB() throws {
         openGamutSheet()
 
-        let srgb = waitFor("gamutLayer-sRGB")
+        let srgb = waitUntilEnabled("gamutLayer-sRGB")
         XCTAssertTrue(srgb.exists)
-        XCTAssertTrue(srgb.isEnabled)
         // NSButton checkbox value is 1 when checked.
         XCTAssertEqual(srgb.value as? Int, 1, "sRGB layer should be on")
 
         let compare = waitFor("gamutLayer-compare")
         XCTAssertTrue(compare.exists)
         XCTAssertFalse(compare.isEnabled, "Compare toggle must be disabled before a load")
+
+        let status = waitFor("gamutStatusText")
+        let statusValue = status.value as? String ?? ""
+        XCTAssertTrue(statusValue.contains("sRGB"), "Status should list the sRGB layer, got: \(statusValue)")
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 
     func testAddCompareButtonExists() throws {
@@ -113,6 +162,7 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         let status = waitFor("gamutStatusText")
         let value = status.value as? String ?? ""
         XCTAssertTrue(value.contains("sRGB"), "Status should keep the sRGB clause, got: \(value)")
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 
     func testCompareGamLoadEnablesToggle() throws {
@@ -124,8 +174,10 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         waitFor("btnGamutAddCompare").click()
         waitFor("btnGamutOpenGam").click()
 
-        let compare = waitFor("gamutLayer-compare")
+        // The pre-load placeholder also exists — wait for enabled.
+        let compare = waitUntilEnabled("gamutLayer-compare")
         XCTAssertTrue(compare.isEnabled, "Compare toggle should enable after load")
+        XCTAssertEqual(compare.value as? Int, 1, "Compare layer should be on after load")
 
         let status = waitFor("gamutStatusText")
         let value = status.value as? String ?? ""
@@ -133,6 +185,7 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
 
         let remove = waitFor("btnGamutRemoveCompare")
         XCTAssertTrue(remove.isEnabled)
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 
     func testOpenProfileRunsIccgamutForCompare() throws {
@@ -146,8 +199,15 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         waitFor("btnGamutAddCompare").click()
         waitFor("btnGamutOpenProfile").click()
 
-        let compare = waitFor("gamutLayer-compare")
+        let compare = waitUntilEnabled("gamutLayer-compare")
         XCTAssertTrue(compare.isEnabled, "Compare toggle should enable after iccgamut")
+        XCTAssertEqual(compare.value as? Int, 1, "Compare layer should be on after iccgamut")
+
+        // The compare slot's display name is the .gam stem ("myprinter").
+        let status = waitFor("gamutStatusText")
+        let statusValue = status.value as? String ?? ""
+        XCTAssertTrue(statusValue.contains("myprinter"), "Status should list the compare layer, got: \(statusValue)")
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 
     func testInspectPanelIdleStableHeight() throws {
@@ -157,6 +217,7 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(panel.exists)
         XCTAssertTrue(element("gamutInspectIdle").exists)
         XCTAssertTrue(element("gamutStatusText").exists)
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 
     func testManualLabInspectShowsContainment() throws {
@@ -176,11 +237,55 @@ final class Milestone10GamutCompareUITests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(value.contains("in"), "Lab(50,0,0) should be inside sRGB, got: \(value)")
         XCTAssertTrue(element("gamutInspectL").exists)
         XCTAssertTrue(element("gamutInspectSwatch").exists)
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 
     func testResetIdentifierUnchanged() throws {
         openGamutSheet()
         let reset = waitFor("btnResetGamutCamera")
         XCTAssertTrue(reset.isEnabled)
+        closeGamutSheet()
+    }
+
+    /// `btnCloseGamut` is always enabled — including on the fallback
+    /// banner — and dismisses the sheet (#147).
+    func testCloseButtonDismissesSheet() throws {
+        openGamutSheet()
+
+        let close = waitFor("btnCloseGamut")
+        XCTAssertTrue(close.isEnabled)
+        close.click()
+        waitForGone("gamutView")
+    }
+
+    /// The fallback banner exists exactly when the host lacks Metal —
+    /// no `SCNView` is mounted on a GPU-less runner, and none may be
+    /// reported unavailable on a GPU host.
+    func testFallbackBannerMatchesGPUAvailability() throws {
+        openGamutSheet()
+
+        if hasGPU {
+            XCTAssertFalse(
+                element("gamutViewerUnavailable").exists,
+                "GPU host must mount the SceneKit view, not the fallback")
+        } else {
+            _ = waitFor("gamutViewerUnavailable")
+        }
+        closeGamutSheet()
+    }
+
+    /// `ICCERY_TEST_SKIP_SCENEKIT=1` forces the fallback even on a GPU
+    /// host — banner plus a working Close, no `SCNView` mounted (#147).
+    /// The env is set for this test only; the default launch env must
+    /// not carry it, or CI's future GPU run would skip SceneKit too.
+    func testForcedSceneKitSkipShowsBannerAndClose() throws {
+        app.launchEnvironment["ICCERY_TEST_SKIP_SCENEKIT"] = "1"
+        openGamutSheet()
+
+        _ = waitFor("gamutViewerUnavailable")
+        let close = waitFor("btnCloseGamut")
+        XCTAssertTrue(close.isEnabled)
+        close.click()
+        waitForGone("gamutView")
     }
 }

Tests/ICCeryUITests/Milestone10ProjectUITests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+import XCTest
+
+/// Milestone 10 UI tests — issue #149 project file. Panels are never
+/// real: `ICCERY_TEST_PROJECT_OPEN` / `ICCERY_TEST_PROJECT_SAVE`
+/// inject fixture paths through `UITestHooks`. Menu commands are driven
+/// through the File menu when it is in the AX tree, else by their
+/// keyboard shortcuts (⌘N) — the tests do not depend on menu AX
+/// exposure (R19). All queries by identifier.
+@MainActor
+final class Milestone10ProjectUITests: XCTestCase {
+
+    private var app: XCUIApplication!
+    private var testRoot: URL!
+    private var binDir: URL!
+    private var workDir: URL!
+
+    override func setUp() async throws {
+        continueAfterFailure = false
+        testRoot = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+            .appendingPathComponent("iccery-ui10p-\(UUID().uuidString)")
+        workDir = testRoot.appendingPathComponent("WorkDir")
+        binDir = URL(fileURLWithPath: #filePath)
+            .deletingLastPathComponent()
+            .appendingPathComponent("Fixtures/bin")
+
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
+            at: testRoot.appendingPathComponent("AppData"),
+            withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
+            at: workDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+
+        app = XCUIApplication()
+        app.launchEnvironment = [
+            "ICCERY_UI_TESTING": "1",
+            "ICCERY_TEST_ROOT": testRoot.path,
+            "ICCERY_ARGYLL_BINARY_DIR": binDir.path,
+            "ICCERY_CUPS_BIN_DIR": binDir.path,
+        ]
+    }
+
+    override func tearDown() async throws {
+        app?.terminate()
+        app = nil
+        if let testRoot {
+            try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: testRoot)
+        }
+        testRoot = nil
+        workDir = nil
+    }
+
+    private func launchApp() {
+        app.launch()
+        if !app.wait(for: .runningForeground, timeout: 10) {
+            app.activate()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func element(_ id: String) -> XCUIElement {
+        let inApp = app.descendants(matching: .any)[id].firstMatch
+        if inApp.exists { return inApp }
+        return app.sheets.firstMatch.descendants(matching: .any)[id].firstMatch
+    }
+
+    private func waitFor(_ id: String, timeout: TimeInterval = 10) -> XCUIElement {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            let el = element(id)
+            if el.exists { return el }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        let el = element(id)
+        XCTAssertTrue(el.exists, "Expected element \(id)")
+        return el
+    }
+
+    private func noticeText(timeout: TimeInterval = 10) -> String {
+        let el = waitFor("noticeText", timeout: timeout)
+        return (el.value as? String) ?? el.label
+    }
+
+    /// Alert/sheet button by visible title, falling back to the a11y
+    /// id; nil when neither matches. macOS 12 SwiftUI alerts often
+    /// drop `accessibilityIdentifier` on their buttons, so the title
+    /// is the reliable handle there.
+    private func alertButton(title: String, id: String) -> XCUIElement? {
+        let inDialog = app.dialogs.firstMatch.buttons[title].firstMatch
+        if inDialog.exists { return inDialog }
+        let inSheet = app.sheets.firstMatch.buttons[title].firstMatch
+        if inSheet.exists { return inSheet }
+        let byId = element(id)
+        return byId.exists ? byId : nil
+    }
+
+    /// Fires File ▸ New Project via the menu when it is in the AX
+    /// tree, else ⌘N. On macOS 12 `typeKey` may not reach the
+    /// `CommandGroup`, and menu item ids are unreliable — the menu
+    /// item is matched by its "New Project" label first.
+    private func triggerNewProject() {
+        let fileMenu = app.menuBarItems["File"]
+        if fileMenu.waitForExistence(timeout: 5) {
+            fileMenu.click()
+            let byTitle = app.menuItems["New Project"].firstMatch
+            let byId = app.menuItems["menuProjectNew"].firstMatch
+            let item = byTitle.exists ? byTitle : byId
+            if item.waitForExistence(timeout: 5) {
+                item.click()
+                return
+            }
+            app.typeKey(XCUIKeyboardKey.escape, modifierFlags: [])
+        }
+        app.typeKey("n", modifierFlags: .command)
+    }
+
+    /// Writes a `.icceryproj` fixture under `testRoot` and points the
+    /// open-picker hook at it.
+    private func stageProjectFixture(
+        basename: String = "ui149job",
+        lastVerification: Bool = false
+    ) throws -> URL {
+        let verification = lastVerification ? """
+          "last_verification": {
+            "date": "2026-09-12T00:00:00Z",
+            "avg_de00": 0.7,
+            "max_de00": 1.9,
+            "status": "excellent",
+            "profile_filename": "\(basename).icc"
+          },
+        """ : ""
+        let json = """
+        {
+          "schema_version": 1,
+          "name": "UI Fixture Project",
+          "notes": "",
+          "basename": "\(basename)",
+          "cwd": "\(workDir.path)",
+          "printer_id": null,
+          "media_recipe_id": null,
+          "preset_id": null,
+          "calibration_url": null,
+          \(verification)
+          "updated": "2026-09-13T00:00:00Z"
+        }
+        """
+        let url = testRoot.appendingPathComponent("fixture.icceryproj")
+        try json.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+        app.launchEnvironment["ICCERY_TEST_PROJECT_OPEN"] = url.path
+        return url
+    }
+
+    private func artefact(_ ext: String, stem: String = "ui149job") throws {
+        try "x".write(
+            to: workDir.appendingPathComponent("\(stem).\(ext)"),
+            atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Tests
+
+    func testNewProjectClearsBasenameDoesNotDeleteFixtureTi3() throws {
+        try artefact("ti3")
+        _ = try stageProjectFixture()
+        launchApp()
+
+        // Open the fixture via the chip — never a real panel.
+        waitFor("btnProjectOpen").click()
+        _ = waitFor("projectChipPath")
+        let basenameField = app.textFields["targetBasename"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(basenameField.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        XCTAssertEqual(basenameField.value as? String, "ui149job")
+
+        // File ▸ New Project when the menu is in the AX tree, else
+        // ⌘N. Mock CUPS may have enumerated a queue that the fixture
+        // does not record, making the session dirty — in that case
+        // the dirty alert gates New first. macOS 12 alerts often lack
+        // button identifiers, so confirm by title with id fallback.
+        triggerNewProject()
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(10)
+        var confirmed = false
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            // Dirty sessions show the dirty alert first; discarding it
+            // runs the New reset directly (no second confirm).
+            if let discard = alertButton(
+                title: "Don't Save", id: "btnProjectDirtyDiscard") {
+                discard.click()
+                confirmed = true
+                break
+            }
+            if let start = alertButton(
+                title: "Start", id: "btnProjectNewConfirm") {
+                start.click()
+                confirmed = true
+                break
+            }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        XCTAssertTrue(confirmed, "expected the New or dirty alert")
+
+        // Basename cleared (legal "no target" state — not a
+        // placeholder), fixture `.ti3` untouched on disk.
+        let cleared = basenameField.value as? String ?? ""
+        XCTAssertEqual(cleared, "")
+        XCTAssertTrue(FileManager.default.fileExists(
+            atPath: workDir.appendingPathComponent("ui149job.ti3").path))
+        XCTAssertTrue(element("projectChip").exists)
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            element("projectChipName").value as? String, "No project")
+    }
+
+    func testOpenProjectDiskWinsOverJsonStage() throws {
+        // JSON claims a finished profile; disk stops at .ti2 (R18).
+        try artefact("ti2")
+        _ = try stageProjectFixture(lastVerification: true)
+        launchApp()
+
+        waitFor("btnProjectOpen").click()
+
+        let notice = noticeText()
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            notice.contains("artefacts on disk stop at .ti2"),
+            "got: \(notice)")
+        XCTAssertTrue(element("projectChipStale").exists)
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            element("projectChipPath").value as? String, workDir.lastPathComponent)
+    }
+
+    func testSaveDisabledWithoutBasename() throws {
+        launchApp()
+
+        _ = waitFor("projectChip")
+        XCTAssertEqual(element("projectChipName").value as? String, "No project")
+        // Chip Save is hidden while unbound; Save As lives in the menu.
+        XCTAssertFalse(element("btnProjectSave").exists)
+
+        // When the File menu is in the AX tree, Save must be disabled.
+        let fileMenu = app.menuBarItems["File"]
+        if fileMenu.waitForExistence(timeout: 3) {
+            fileMenu.click()
+            let save = app.menuItems["menuProjectSave"].firstMatch
+            if save.waitForExistence(timeout: 3) {
+                XCTAssertFalse(save.isEnabled)
+            }
+            app.typeKey(XCUIKeyboardKey.escape, modifierFlags: [])
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testCalBasenameRefused() throws {
+        // A fixture whose stem is CAL_-prefixed binds a live CAL_
+        // basename; the persisted original is empty, so Save must
+        // refuse and never write CAL_ back (R11).
+        let url = try stageProjectFixture(basename: "CAL_ui149")
+        let before = try Data(contentsOf: url)
+        launchApp()
+
+        waitFor("btnProjectOpen").click()
+        let save = waitFor("btnProjectSave")
+        XCTAssertTrue(save.isEnabled)
+        save.click()
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            noticeText().contains("Finish or exit calibration"),
+            "got: \(noticeText())")
+        XCTAssertEqual(try Data(contentsOf: url), before)
+    }
+}

Tests/ICCeryUITests/Milestone2UITests.swift

@@ -85,6 +85,31 @@ final class Milestone2UITests: XCTestCase {
         return el
     }
 
+    /// Exists **and** `isEnabled` — guards clicks against buttons that
+    /// appear a beat before their `.disabled` condition clears.
+    private func waitUntilEnabled(_ id: String, timeout: TimeInterval = 10) -> XCUIElement {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            let el = element(id)
+            if el.exists && el.isEnabled { return el }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        let el = element(id)
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            el.exists && el.isEnabled, "Expected enabled element \(id)")
+        return el
+    }
+
+    /// Non-asserting existence poll for the retry-or-fail pattern.
+    private func existsAfter(_ id: String, timeout: TimeInterval) -> Bool {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            if element(id).exists { return true }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        return element(id).exists
+    }
+
     /// Assert an element stays absent after a short dwell — unlike
     /// `waitForExistence`, which always burns its full timeout on the
     /// negative path.
@@ -181,8 +206,15 @@ final class Milestone2UITests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(element("tiffDpi").exists)
         XCTAssertTrue(element("targetLabelPreview").exists)
 
-        app.buttons["btnCreateLayout"].click()
-        XCTAssertTrue(waitFor("galleryPage-0", timeout: 20).exists)
+        // On the slow macOS 12 runner a synthesized click can land
+        // while the button is still rebuilding — retry once if the
+        // gallery never materialises, then allow a generous window
+        // for the fixture printtarg + PNG render.
+        waitUntilEnabled("btnCreateLayout").click()
+        if !existsAfter("galleryPage-0", timeout: 15) {
+            waitUntilEnabled("btnCreateLayout").click()
+        }
+        XCTAssertTrue(waitFor("galleryPage-0", timeout: 30).exists)
         XCTAssertTrue(FileManager.default.fileExists(
             atPath: workDir.appendingPathComponent("mytarget.ti2").path))
 

Tests/ICCeryUITests/Milestone3UITests.swift

@@ -113,6 +113,59 @@ final class Milestone3UITests: XCTestCase {
         return recordedLpArgv()
     }
 
+    /// Drags `#galleryPage-0`'s TIFF upward so `identifier`'s button
+    /// moves up, clear of the Dock collision zone at the window's
+    /// bottom edge (#132).
+    ///
+    /// macOS overlay scrollbars are not in the AX tree — never use
+    /// `app.scrollBars` — and a synthesized scroll wheel is inert on
+    /// this LazyVGrid, so the scroll is a real drag on the gallery
+    /// cell's content. A stale/off-screen AX frame resolves to a screen
+    /// point that can be a Dock icon — a coordinate click there once
+    /// opened Calendar instead of Print. Callers must click only when
+    /// the returned element `isHittable`; never coordinate-click a
+    /// stale frame.
+    @discardableResult
+    private func scrollStage2UntilHittable(
+        _ identifier: String,
+        timeout: TimeInterval = 20
+    ) -> XCUIElement {
+        var button = app.buttons[identifier]
+        let cell = app.descendants(matching: .any)["galleryPage-0"].firstMatch
+        XCTAssertTrue(cell.waitForExistence(timeout: 10), "galleryPage-0")
+
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            let windowBottom = app.windows.firstMatch.frame.maxY
+            if button.exists, button.isHittable,
+               button.frame.maxY < windowBottom - 80 {
+                return button
+            }
+            // Grab the upper half of the cell (the TIFF, not the Print
+            // button / Dock) and drag toward the top of the window.
+            // Mouse moves UP ⇒ gallery content moves UP ⇒ Print leaves
+            // the Dock zone.
+            if cell.isHittable {
+                let start = cell.coordinate(withNormalizedOffset:
+                    CGVector(dx: 0.5, dy: 0.25))
+                let end = start.withOffset(CGVector(dx: 0, dy: -280))
+                start.press(forDuration: 0.15, thenDragTo: end)
+            } else {
+                // Cell not hit-testable: drag the stage-2 content
+                // directly — still content, still never scrollBars.
+                let scrollView = app.scrollViews["stage-2"]
+                scrollView.coordinate(withNormalizedOffset:
+                    CGVector(dx: 0.5, dy: 0.55))
+                    .press(forDuration: 0.15, thenDragTo:
+                        scrollView.coordinate(withNormalizedOffset:
+                            CGVector(dx: 0.5, dy: 0.15)))
+            }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.4))
+            button = app.buttons[identifier]
+        }
+        return button
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Tests
 
     /// Panel appears after the manifest; refresh populates the printer
@@ -199,36 +252,16 @@ final class Milestone3UITests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(app.buttons["btnPrintAll"].isEnabled)
 
         // The gallery cell's Print button sits at the window's bottom
-        // edge where synthesized scroll-wheel events are inert on the
-        // LazyVGrid (#132). Drag the NSScrollView's vertical AXScrollBar
-        // thumb instead — a real scroll that re-renders the cell onscreen.
-        var printPage = app.buttons["btnPrintPage-0"]
-        let scrollDeadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(15)
-        while !printPage.isHittable, Date() < scrollDeadline {
-            let scroller = app.scrollBars.allElementsBoundByIndex
-                .first { $0.frame.height > $0.frame.width }
-            if let scroller {
-                scroller.coordinate(withNormalizedOffset:
-                    CGVector(dx: 0.5, dy: 0.1))
-                    .press(forDuration: 0.1, thenDragTo:
-                        scroller.coordinate(withNormalizedOffset:
-                            CGVector(dx: 0.5, dy: 0.6)))
-            } else {
-                app.scrollViews["stage-2"].scroll(byDeltaX: 0, deltaY: -1)
-            }
-            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.5))
-            printPage = app.buttons["btnPrintPage-0"]
-        }
-        if printPage.isHittable {
-            printPage.click()
-        } else {
-            // LazyVGrid cells can report a stale a11y frame — click the
-            // point directly; the lp argv assert below still verifies.
+        // edge; scroll until it is genuinely hittable (#132). Never
+        // coordinate-click a stale frame — that point can be the Dock.
+        let printPage = scrollStage2UntilHittable("btnPrintPage-0")
+        guard printPage.isHittable else {
             print("AXTREE-BEGIN frame=\(printPage.frame)\n" +
                   "\(app.debugDescription)\nAXTREE-END")
-            printPage.coordinate(withNormalizedOffset:
-                CGVector(dx: 0.5, dy: 0.5)).click()
+            XCTFail("btnPrintPage-0 never became hittable; frame=\(printPage.frame)")
+            return
         }
+        printPage.click()
         let argv = waitForLpLine()
         XCTAssertTrue(argv.contains("AP_ColorMatchingMode"), argv)
         XCTAssertTrue(argv.contains("page1.tif"), argv)

Tests/ICCeryUITests/Milestone6CalibrationUITests.swift

@@ -86,6 +86,60 @@ final class Milestone6CalibrationUITests: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Stage 0 must not push the sidebar off-screen: the macOS `Form`
+    /// rows with expanding spacers once gave the stage an unbounded ideal
+    /// width, and window centering shifted the 270 pt sidebar into
+    /// negative X (issue #163). AX-tree existence checks cannot see that,
+    /// so assert real frame geometry.
+    func testCalibrationViewDoesNotOverflowWindow() throws {
+        let calButton = app.buttons["btnCalibratePrinter"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(calButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        calButton.tap()
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(app.staticTexts["Calibrate Printer"].waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+
+        let window = app.windows.firstMatch
+        XCTAssertTrue(window.exists)
+        XCTAssertGreaterThanOrEqual(calButton.frame.minX, 0)
+        XCTAssertLessThanOrEqual(calButton.frame.maxX, window.frame.maxX)
+        let ret = app.buttons["btnCalReturn"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(ret.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        XCTAssertTrue(ret.isHittable)
+    }
+
+    /// "Return to Profiling" is the single Stage 0 exit and carries the
+    /// cancel-action shortcut, so Escape must dismiss the dashboard too
+    /// (issue #163). `typeKey` delivery is unreliable on the macOS 12 CI
+    /// runner (m10 phase-08), so the Escape check falls back to the
+    /// deterministic button tap.
+    func testCalibrationReturnButtonAndEscapeDismiss() throws {
+        let calButton = app.buttons["btnCalibratePrinter"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(calButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        calButton.tap()
+        XCTAssertTrue(app.staticTexts["Calibrate Printer"].waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+
+        let returnButton = app.buttons["btnCalReturn"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(returnButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        XCTAssertTrue(returnButton.isHittable)
+        returnButton.tap()
+
+        let stage1 = app.descendants(matching: .any)["stage-1"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(stage1.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+
+        // Re-enter and try Escape; fall back to the button where the
+        // runtime does not deliver typeKey.
+        XCTAssertTrue(calButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        calButton.tap()
+        XCTAssertTrue(app.staticTexts["Calibrate Printer"].waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+
+        app.typeKey(XCUIKeyboardKey.escape, modifierFlags: [])
+        if !stage1.waitForExistence(timeout: 4) {
+            XCTAssertTrue(returnButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+            returnButton.tap()
+            XCTAssertTrue(stage1.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A failing calibration targen surfaces the error through the
     /// wizard notice and restores the original basename (issue #80).
     func testCalibrationTargenFailureRestoresBasename() throws {

Tests/ICCeryUITests/Milestone6GamutUITests.swift

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import Foundation
+import Metal
 import XCTest
 
 /// Milestone 6 — Issue #28 native SceneKit gamut viewer acceptance tests.
 @MainActor
 final class Milestone6GamutUITests: XCTestCase {
 
+    /// Metal on the test host — the app under test runs on the same
+    /// machine, so this predicts whether the sheet mounts SceneKit.
+    private var hasGPU: Bool { MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() != nil }
+
     private var app: XCUIApplication!
     private var testRoot: URL!
     private var binDir: URL!
@@ -64,6 +69,10 @@ final class Milestone6GamutUITests: XCTestCase {
     }
 
     override func tearDown() async throws {
+        // Never leave the gamut sheet up for `terminate()` (#147).
+        if app != nil, element("btnCloseGamut").exists {
+            element("btnCloseGamut").click()
+        }
         app?.terminate()
         app = nil
         if let testRoot {
@@ -90,10 +99,29 @@ final class Milestone6GamutUITests: XCTestCase {
         return el
     }
 
+    /// Inverse of `waitFor` — polls until the element leaves the tree.
+    private func waitForGone(_ id: String, timeout: TimeInterval = 10) {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            if !element(id).exists { return }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        XCTAssertFalse(element(id).exists, "Expected element \(id) to disappear")
+    }
+
+    /// `btnCloseGamut` dismisses the sheet so `tearDown`'s `terminate()`
+    /// is not stuck behind a key sheet (#147). No-op when already closed.
+    private func closeGamutSheet() {
+        let close = element("btnCloseGamut")
+        guard close.waitForExistence(timeout: 5) else { return }
+        close.click()
+        waitForGone("gamutView")
+    }
+
     /// Build and verify the mock profile, then open the native gamut viewer.
     /// The viewer should load both the reference sRGB mesh and the profile
     /// gamut copied from that reference.
-    func testViewGamutOpensSceneKitSheet() throws {
+    private func openGamutSheet() {
         app.launch()
         if !app.wait(for: .runningForeground, timeout: 10) {
             app.activate()
@@ -105,6 +133,12 @@ final class Milestone6GamutUITests: XCTestCase {
 
         waitFor("btnViewGamut").click()
 
+        _ = waitFor("gamutView")
+    }
+
+    func testViewGamutOpensSceneKitSheet() throws {
+        openGamutSheet()
+
         let gamutView = waitFor("gamutView")
         XCTAssertTrue(gamutView.exists)
 
@@ -112,9 +146,33 @@ final class Milestone6GamutUITests: XCTestCase {
         let value = status.value as? String ?? ""
         XCTAssertTrue(value.contains("faces"), "Gamut status should report mesh faces, got: \(value)")
 
+        // The fallback banner appears exactly when the host lacks Metal
+        // — no SCNView is constructed without a GPU (#147).
+        if hasGPU {
+            XCTAssertFalse(
+                element("gamutViewerUnavailable").exists,
+                "GPU host must mount the SceneKit view, not the fallback")
+        } else {
+            _ = waitFor("gamutViewerUnavailable")
+        }
+
         // The reset button demonstrates that the viewer is interactive.
         let reset = waitFor("btnResetGamutCamera")
         XCTAssertTrue(reset.isEnabled)
+
+        closeGamutSheet()
+    }
+
+    /// Clicking Reset drives the live `SCNView` — runs only on Metal
+    /// hosts, skipped on GPU-less runners so the same suite exercises
+    /// 3D once CI has a GPU (#147).
+    func testResetCameraInteractsWithScene() throws {
+        guard hasGPU else { throw XCTSkip("No Metal") }
+        openGamutSheet()
+
+        let reset = waitFor("btnResetGamutCamera")
         reset.click()
+
+        closeGamutSheet()
     }
 }

Tests/ICCeryUITests/SettingsUITests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import Foundation
+import XCTest
+
+/// Settings sheet UI tests (issue #165).
+///
+/// The Verification thresholds once shared one non-wrapping `HStack` and
+/// drew past the sheet's right clip on the macOS grouped `Form`. AX
+/// existence cannot see clipping (#163), so containment is asserted on
+/// real frame geometry against the sheet's bounds.
+///
+/// All three numeric fields also passed their default value as the
+/// `TextField` label; inside an `HStack` row that label renders inline —
+/// it is not a placeholder — producing "Stale after 30 [30] days". The
+/// fields are now direct `Form` children, so the descriptive label
+/// renders once in the label column and the box fills the control
+/// column; `testNumericFieldsCarryLabelsNotDuplicatedValues` pins it.
+@MainActor
+final class SettingsUITests: XCTestCase {
+
+    private var app: XCUIApplication!
+
+    override func setUp() async throws {
+        continueAfterFailure = false
+        app = XCUIApplication()
+        app.launchEnvironment = ["ICCERY_UI_TESTING": "1"]
+        app.launch()
+        app.activate()
+    }
+
+    override func tearDown() async throws {
+        app?.terminate()
+        app = nil
+    }
+
+    /// Sheet content lives under `app.sheets`, outside the main window's
+    /// a11y tree (Milestone2 pattern).
+    private var sheet: XCUIElement {
+        app.sheets.firstMatch
+    }
+
+    private func openSettings() {
+        let gear = app.buttons["openSettingsBtn"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(gear.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        gear.click()
+        XCTAssertTrue(sheet.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+    }
+
+    private func thresholdField(_ fieldID: String) -> XCUIElement {
+        let field = sheet.textFields[fieldID]
+        XCTAssertTrue(field.waitForExistence(timeout: 10), "missing \(fieldID)")
+        return field
+    }
+
+    private func replaceFieldValue(_ field: XCUIElement, with text: String) {
+        field.click()
+        app.typeKey("a", modifierFlags: .command)
+        field.typeText(text)
+    }
+
+    private func waitForSheetDismiss(timeout: TimeInterval = 10) {
+        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(timeout)
+        while Date() < deadline {
+            if !sheet.exists { return }
+            RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.1))
+        }
+        XCTAssertFalse(sheet.exists, "Expected sheet to disappear")
+    }
+
+    /// Both ΔE rows must render fully inside the 560×620 sheet: the
+    /// label-column `StaticText`s and the control-column fields all sit
+    /// within the sheet bounds, the two fields share the Form's control
+    /// column margin, and the Warning row sits below the Good row so the
+    /// two cannot overlap on one clipped line.
+    ///
+    /// The numeric fields are direct `Form` children, so macOS lifts
+    /// each `TextField` label into the right-aligned label column and
+    /// the editable box fills the control column — the same layout the
+    /// Pickers use. The control column ends only ~3.5 pt inside the
+    /// sheet (PopUpButtons reach it too), so the right-edge assertion is
+    /// "inside the sheet", not the older 12 pt compact-field inset.
+    func testVerificationRowsStayInsideSheet() throws {
+        openSettings()
+
+        let goodField = thresholdField("settingsDeltaEGood")
+        let warningField = thresholdField("settingsDeltaEWarning")
+
+        // Labels render as sibling staticTexts in the label column.
+        let goodLabel = sheet.staticTexts["Good ΔE ≤"]
+        let warningLabel = sheet.staticTexts["Warning ΔE ≤"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(goodLabel.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        XCTAssertTrue(warningLabel.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+
+        // Left boundary: labels must be inside the sheet with >=12 pt inset
+        XCTAssertTrue(goodLabel.frame.minX >= sheet.frame.minX + 12.0)
+        XCTAssertTrue(warningLabel.frame.minX >= sheet.frame.minX + 12.0)
+
+        // Right boundary: fields must not draw past the sheet's clip
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            goodField.frame.maxX <= sheet.frame.maxX,
+            "Good ΔE field clips the sheet's right edge")
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            warningField.frame.maxX <= sheet.frame.maxX,
+            "Warning ΔE field clips the sheet's right edge")
+
+        // Vertical separation
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            warningField.frame.minY > goodField.frame.minY,
+            "thresholds must be two separate rows")
+
+        // Both threshold fields align at the same control column margin
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            abs(goodField.frame.minX - warningField.frame.minX) <= 1.0,
+            "Good and Warning ΔE fields should align at the same column margin")
+
+        // Other labels must not overflow the left boundary
+        let defaultInstLabel = sheet.staticTexts["Default instrument"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(defaultInstLabel.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            defaultInstLabel.frame.minX >= sheet.frame.minX + 12.0,
+            "Default instrument label must not overflow left edge")
+
+        let bundledSidecarsLabel = sheet.staticTexts["Bundled sidecars"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(bundledSidecarsLabel.waitForExistence(timeout: 5))
+        XCTAssertTrue(
+            bundledSidecarsLabel.frame.minX >= sheet.frame.minX + 12.0,
+            "Bundled sidecars label must not overflow left edge")
+
+        sheet.buttons["Cancel"].click()
+        waitForSheetDismiss(timeout: 5)
+    }
+
+    /// `warning <= good` fails `AppSettings.validate()` and keeps the
+    /// sheet open with the contract error text; restoring valid values
+    /// lets Save dismiss (issue #165 acceptance, strings are the #5
+    /// contract).
+    func testDeltaEValidationBlocksSaveThenValidSaveDismisses() throws {
+        openSettings()
+
+        replaceFieldValue(thresholdField("settingsDeltaEWarning"), with: "1")
+        sheet.buttons["Save"].click()
+
+        let error = sheet.staticTexts[
+            "Good ΔE threshold must be strictly less than the warning threshold."
+        ]
+        XCTAssertTrue(error.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        XCTAssertTrue(sheet.exists, "invalid ΔE must not dismiss the sheet")
+
+        replaceFieldValue(thresholdField("settingsDeltaEWarning"), with: "5")
+        sheet.buttons["Save"].click()
+        waitForSheetDismiss(timeout: 10)
+    }
+
+    /// macOS renders a `TextField`'s first argument as a label, not a
+    /// placeholder — inside the old `HStack` rows it drew inline, so the
+    /// sheet read "Stale after 30 [30] days" / "Good ΔE ≤ 2.0 [2.0]".
+    /// As direct `Form` children each label now renders exactly once, in
+    /// the label column; no `staticText` may echo the field's value.
+    func testNumericFieldsCarryLabelsNotDuplicatedValues() throws {
+        openSettings()
+
+        // (identifier, label-column text, rendered default value, the
+        // literal that used to double-render as the field's label)
+        // `value:` shows the formatted number — 2.0 renders as "2".
+        let rows: [(id: String, label: String, value: String, dup: String)] = [
+            ("settingsDeltaEGood", "Good ΔE ≤", "2", "2.0"),
+            ("settingsDeltaEWarning", "Warning ΔE ≤", "5", "5.0"),
+            ("settingsCalStaleDays", "Stale after (days)", "30", "30"),
+        ]
+
+        for spec in rows {
+            let field = sheet.textFields[spec.id]
+            XCTAssertTrue(field.waitForExistence(timeout: 10), "missing \(spec.id)")
+            XCTAssertEqual(
+                field.value as? String, spec.value,
+                "\(spec.id) default value changed unexpectedly")
+            XCTAssertTrue(
+                sheet.staticTexts[spec.label].waitForExistence(timeout: 5),
+                "\(spec.id) must render \"\(spec.label)\" once in the label column")
+            for ghost in Set([spec.value, spec.dup]) {
+                XCTAssertFalse(
+                    sheet.staticTexts[ghost].exists,
+                    "\(spec.id) must not render \"\(ghost)\" as a second label")
+            }
+            XCTAssertTrue(
+                field.frame.maxX <= sheet.frame.maxX,
+                "\(spec.id) field clips the sheet's right edge")
+        }
+
+        sheet.buttons["Cancel"].click()
+        waitForSheetDismiss(timeout: 5)
+    }
+}

docs/06-wizard-and-artefacts.md

@@ -46,3 +46,9 @@ Never spawn with `cwd: ""`. Initialize from `get_default_working_dir` (Documents
 ## No `"test_target"` fallbacks (#60)
 
 A rewrite must not invent default basenames. Later stages stay inert until `wizardState.basename` is set from a real artefact.
+
+## Project file (#149)
+
+A `.icceryproj` is a JSON **index** (`schema_version` 1) over `basename` + `cwd` + optional `media_recipe_id`/`preset_id`/`calibration_url`/`printer_*` + a `last_verification` ΔE₀₀ snapshot. It is never a second source of truth: opening one writes `WizardState` and re-runs the same artefact probe window focus uses — if JSON claims Stage 5 but disk stops at `.ti2`, the stepper follows the disk and the sidebar chip shows `projectChipStale` with an info banner.
+
+`wizard_state.json` remains the crash-resume file; there is no auto-save. Recents live in `appDataDir/recent_projects.json` (cap 20, bookmark + path, corrupt → `[]` + keep bytes). `Save Report…` writes `{basename}-report.md` in cwd atomically. A live `CAL_` basename is never persisted — Save resolves the persisted `calibrationOriginalBasename` or refuses with a banner.

docs/22-settings-presets.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Persisted at `{app_data}/settings.json` via `load_settings` / `save_settings`. I
 | Field | Default | Notes |
 |-------|---------|-------|
 | `argyll_binary_dir` | `null` | Overrides bundled sidecars. `resolve_binary` checks this first. |
-| `default_instrument` | `null` | **Stored but not applied to argv.** Stage 2 `#instrumentSelect` is the source of truth. Do not start honouring this without an explicit product decision. |
+| `default_instrument` | `null` | Stored; seeds the Spot Read instrument picker when that instrument is present (#148). **Never** written into `printtarg -i` or `targen` argv. Stage 2 `#instrumentSelect` remains the printtarg instrument. |
 | `log_level` | `null` | `error` / `warn` / `info` / `debug` / `trace`. `null` → Debug in debug builds, Info in release. Applied at startup **and** on save (#158). |
 | `delta_e_good_max` | `2.0` | Stage 3 swatch traffic-light "Good". Must be ≥ 0. |
 | `delta_e_warning_max` | `5.0` | Stage 3 "Warning" band. Must be **strictly greater** than good. |

docs/23-assets.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Cone-only mark for window/taskbar. Raster set:
 
 | File | Use |
 |------|-----|
-| `icons/dmg-background.png` (+ `@2x`, `.svg`) | macOS DMG window (ice cream / wordmark scene). Headless `dmgbuild` after #189 |
+| `Resources/dmg-background.png` (+ `@2x`; source `brand/dmg-background.svg`) | macOS DMG window. `scripts/package-release.sh` builds a HiDPI TIFF and passes it to `dmgbuild==1.6.7` from `build/.venv-dmgbuild` (created by `INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh`). Monterey Python 3.9 needs `PIP_IGNORE_REQUIRES_PYTHON=1` or pip will keep 1.6.5. Missing art is a hard fail (#95, #189). |
 | `icons/wix-banner.bmp`, `wix-dialog.bmp` | MSI |
 | `icons/nsis-header.bmp`, `nsis-sidebar.bmp` | NSIS |
 

project.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ targets:
           - ICCery.entitlements
           - ICCery.Debug.entitlements
           - Argyll
+          - dmg-background.png
+          - dmg-background@2x.png
       - path: Resources/Argyll
         type: folder
     dependencies:

scripts/attach-release-asset.sh

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ if [ -z "$TAG" ] || [ "$TAG" = "${GITHUB_REF:-}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+case "$TAG" in
+    *prerelease*) PRERELEASE=true ;;
+    *)            PRERELEASE=false ;;
+esac
+
 DMG="${1:-}"
 if [ -z "$DMG" ]; then
     DMG="$(ls -1 ICCery-*.dmg 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 || true)"
@@ -49,12 +54,12 @@ STATUS="$(curl -sS -o "$BODY" -w '%{http_code}' \
     "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$TAG" || true)"
 
 if [ "$STATUS" = "404" ]; then
-    echo "==> Creating release $TAG"
+    echo "==> Creating release $TAG (prerelease=$PRERELEASE)"
     STATUS="$(curl -sS -o "$BODY" -w '%{http_code}' \
         -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
         -X POST "$API/repos/$REPO/releases" \
-        -d "{\"tag_name\":\"$TAG\",\"name\":\"$TAG\",\"prerelease\":true,\"target_commitish\":\"${GITHUB_SHA:-}\"}")"
+        -d "{\"tag_name\":\"$TAG\",\"name\":\"$TAG\",\"prerelease\":$PRERELEASE,\"target_commitish\":\"${GITHUB_SHA:-}\"}")"
 fi
 if [ "$STATUS" != "200" ] && [ "$STATUS" != "201" ]; then
     echo "error: could not load/create release $TAG (HTTP $STATUS)" >&2

scripts/dmgbuild-settings.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # scripts/dmgbuild-settings.py
 #
-# dmgbuild settings for ICCery. Set DMG_APP, DMG_FILENAME and DMG_VOLUME_NAME
-# in the environment, or accept the defaults. Background art can be supplied
-# later by placing a PNG at Resources/dmg-background.png and setting
-# DMG_BACKGROUND.
+# dmgbuild settings for ICCery. scripts/package-release.sh exports
+# DMG_APP, DMG_FILENAME, DMG_VOLUME_NAME, and DMG_BACKGROUND (a
+# HiDPI TIFF). A missing background is a hard error — a grey
+# Finder window is not an acceptable release artefact (#95).
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -23,15 +23,23 @@ if not app_path or not app_path.endswith('.app') or not os.path.isdir(app_path):
 
 files = [app_path]
 
-# Background art is optional. If the referenced PNG does not exist, fall back
-# to a plain window. See docs/23-assets.md for the DMG background spec.
-background = os.environ.get('DMG_BACKGROUND', 'Resources/dmg-background.png')
-if background and not os.path.exists(background):
-    background = None
+# Finder on Sonoma+ is picky about PNG-with-alpha window pictures and
+# about classic Alias Manager blobs. package-release.sh always passes
+# a flattened HiDPI TIFF as DMG_BACKGROUND. dmgbuild 1.6.7 (bookmark
+# .DS_Store) needs Python >= 3.10, which the Monterey runner does not
+# have; 1.6.5 + TIFF is what CI can ship (#95).
+background = os.environ.get('DMG_BACKGROUND', '')
+if not background or not os.path.isfile(background):
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        'error: DMG_BACKGROUND must point at an existing image '
+        '(got %r)\n' % background)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 icon = None
 
 # Window size is enough for the app icon and the Applications alias.
+# Bitmap is slightly larger than this rect so title-bar chrome on
+# 14+ does not crop the wordmark.
 window_rect = ((100, 100), (660, 400))
 
 # Use icon view without extra chrome.

scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh

@@ -2,19 +2,79 @@
 # scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
 #
 # Bootstrap host tools needed by CI on the macOS 12 runner:
-#   - xcodegen: pinned prebuilt release from GitHub (Homebrew's current
-#     formula requires Xcode 15.3, which cannot be installed on macOS 12).
-#   - dmgbuild: via pip3 (used by scripts/package-release.sh).
+#   - xcodegen: always. Pinned prebuilt release from GitHub (Homebrew's
+#     current formula requires Xcode 15.3, which cannot be installed on
+#     macOS 12).
+#   - dmgbuild: only when INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 or --dmgbuild. Isolated in
+#     build/.venv-dmgbuild so the test job never pip-installs it.
 #
-# Safe to run repeatedly: existing tools are left alone.
+# dmgbuild 1.6.6+, ds_store 1.3.2+ and mac_alias 2.2.3 declare
+# Requires-Python >= 3.10. The wheels are py3-none-any and run on the
+# runner's 3.9; PIP_IGNORE_REQUIRES_PYTHON is required or pip will only
+# offer 1.6.5 and keep a cached venv on that version (#95).
+# pip itself is capped at <26.1: 26.1+ needs Python 3.10.
+#
+# Safe to run repeatedly: existing tools are left alone unless the
+# dmgbuild pin is not met.
 
 set -eu
 
+ROOT="$(CDPATH='' cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 XCODEGEN_VERSION="2.38.0"
 INSTALL_ROOT="${XCODEGEN_HOME:-$HOME/.local/xcodegen/$XCODEGEN_VERSION}"
+VENV="$ROOT/build/.venv-dmgbuild"
+DMGBUILD_PIN="1.6.7"
 
-echo "==> Ensuring dmgbuild"
-python3 -c "import dmgbuild" 2>/dev/null || pip3 install dmgbuild
+INSTALL_DMGBUILD="${INSTALL_DMGBUILD:-0}"
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    case "$arg" in
+        --dmgbuild) INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ "$INSTALL_DMGBUILD" = "1" ]; then
+    echo "==> Ensuring dmgbuild==$DMGBUILD_PIN in $VENV"
+    mkdir -p "$ROOT/build"
+    # pip 26.1+ requires Python 3.10 (dataclass slots). A leftover
+    # `pip install --upgrade pip` on this 3.9 venv installed 26.2.1 and
+    # the next pip invocation crashed. Recreate if pip is already dead.
+    if [ -x "$VENV/bin/python" ] \
+        && ! "$VENV/bin/python" -m pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "==> venv pip is broken; recreating $VENV"
+        rm -rf "$VENV"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$VENV/bin/python" ]; then
+        python3 -m venv "$VENV"
+    fi
+    # Without this, pip on Python 3.9 hides 1.6.6+ and leaves 1.6.5.
+    PIP_IGNORE_REQUIRES_PYTHON=1
+    export PIP_IGNORE_REQUIRES_PYTHON
+    "$VENV/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade 'pip>=24.3,<26.1'
+    "$VENV/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall \
+        "dmgbuild==$DMGBUILD_PIN" \
+        'ds_store>=1.3.3' \
+        'mac_alias>=2.2.3'
+    "$VENV/bin/python" -c 'from importlib.metadata import version
+print("dmgbuild", version("dmgbuild"))
+print("ds_store", version("ds_store"))
+print("mac_alias", version("mac_alias"))
+parts=[]
+for p in version("dmgbuild").split("."):
+    try:
+        parts.append(int("".join(c for c in p if c.isdigit()) or "0"))
+    except ValueError:
+        parts.append(0)
+parts += [0, 0, 0]
+raise SystemExit(0 if tuple(parts[:3]) >= (1, 6, 7) else 1)
+'
+    if [ -n "${GITHUB_PATH:-}" ]; then
+        echo "$VENV/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+    fi
+    PATH="$VENV/bin:$PATH"
+    export PATH
+else
+    echo "==> Skipping dmgbuild (set INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 for the package job)"
+fi
 
 if command -v xcodegen >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "==> xcodegen already on PATH: $(xcodegen --version)"

scripts/package-release.sh

@@ -103,19 +103,39 @@ EOF
     scripts/verify-sidecar-signatures.sh "$APP"
 fi
 
-echo "==> Installing / locating dmgbuild"
+echo "==> Locating dmgbuild"
+# The package CI job already ran INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 ensure-host-tools.sh,
+# which created build/.venv-dmgbuild and prepended it to PATH. Local
+# runs bootstrap the same venv if dmgbuild is missing.
+VENV="$ROOT/build/.venv-dmgbuild"
 if ! command -v dmgbuild >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    VENV="$ROOT/build/.venv-dmgbuild"
-    if [ ! -d "$VENV/bin" ]; then
-        python3 -m venv "$VENV"
-        "$VENV/bin/pip" install --upgrade pip
-        "$VENV/bin/pip" install dmgbuild
+    if [ ! -x "$VENV/bin/dmgbuild" ]; then
+        INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 "$ROOT/scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh" --dmgbuild
     fi
     PATH="$VENV/bin:$PATH"
     export PATH
 fi
 if ! command -v dmgbuild >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "error: dmgbuild not available. Try 'python3 -m venv .venv && pip install dmgbuild'" >&2
+    echo "error: dmgbuild not on PATH; run INSTALL_DMGBUILD=1 scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "dmgbuild $(command -v dmgbuild)"
+if [ -x "$VENV/bin/python" ]; then
+    "$VENV/bin/python" -c 'from importlib.metadata import version; print("dmgbuild", version("dmgbuild"))'
+fi
+
+PNG1X="$ROOT/Resources/dmg-background.png"
+PNG2X="$ROOT/Resources/dmg-background@2x.png"
+if [ ! -f "$PNG1X" ] || [ ! -f "$PNG2X" ]; then
+    echo "error: missing $PNG1X or $PNG2X" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+mkdir -p "$ROOT/build"
+DMG_BACKGROUND="$ROOT/build/dmg-background.tiff"
+echo "==> Building HiDPI DMG background TIFF"
+tiffutil -cathidpicheck "$PNG1X" "$PNG2X" -out "$DMG_BACKGROUND"
+if [ ! -f "$DMG_BACKGROUND" ]; then
+    echo "error: tiffutil did not write $DMG_BACKGROUND" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -128,6 +148,7 @@ VOLUME_NAME="ICCery ${VERSION}"
 DMG_APP="$APP" \
 DMG_FILENAME="$DMG" \
 DMG_VOLUME_NAME="$VOLUME_NAME" \
+DMG_BACKGROUND="$DMG_BACKGROUND" \
 dmgbuild -s scripts/dmgbuild-settings.py "$VOLUME_NAME" "$DMG"
 
 echo "DMG: $PWD/$DMG"