Render message nodes with a stable role attribute so tests can count assistant messages only — tests. Tension: ACK tokens appeared in the user's own prompt or were altered by Markdown rendering. Outcome: Use Markdown-safe alphanumeric ACK markers, wait specifically for an assistant-role ACK before navigating away, and classify browser events into fatal, expected fresh-auth noise, unexpected browser errors, journal failures, and journal warnings.

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