test: recognize CEO mode labels without terminal spacing

The paid workflow rendered SCOPEEXPANSION at option 4, but its driver required a literal space. Match the leading mode title without cursor-spacing artifacts and ignore adjacent preview text. Preserve missing-target failures and downstream posture assertions.

test/ceo-mode-option.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { findCeoModeOption } from './helpers/ceo-mode-option';
+import { parseNumberedOptions, stripAnsi } from './helpers/claude-pty-runner';
+import { E2E_TOUCHFILES, selectTests } from './helpers/touchfiles';
+
+describe('CEO mode option matching', () => {
+  test('selects option 4 from the failed Claude Code 2.1.257 menu capture', () => {
+    // Labels and side-pane residue from the 2026-09-08 paid failure. The
+    // option existed; literal includes("SCOPE EXPANSION") could not see it.
+    // The failure log preserves parsed labels, not the original raw frame.
+    const options = [
+      { index: 1, label: 'SELECTIVEEXPANSION┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐\r    (ecommnded)                │SELECTIVEEXPANSION│' },
+      { index: 2, label: 'HOLD SCOPE                  │  Hld scope: eview rigorusly fr failure modes, edg ass, observability.│' },
+      { index: 3, label: 'SCOPE REDUCTION              │   Then surface: cherry-pikableadditions you ca Accept/Defer/Skip.│' },
+      { index: 4, label: 'SCOPEEXPANSION│Neutralposture:presentopportunities,stateeffort,youdecide.│\r                           │  Good for: substantialfeaturewithsolidfoundation,shippedbeforescopelock.│\r└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘' },
+    ];
+    expect(findCeoModeOption(options, 'SCOPE EXPANSION')).toBe(4);
+    expect(findCeoModeOption(options, 'HOLD SCOPE')).toBe(2);
+    expect(findCeoModeOption(options, 'SELECTIVE EXPANSION')).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('recognizes the mode question when every label loses its inter-word spaces', () => {
+    const frame = stripAnsi([
+      '❯ 1. HOLD\x1b[1CSCOPE (recommended)',
+      '  2. SELECTIVE\x1b[1CEXPANSION',
+      '  3. SCOPE\x1b[1CEXPANSION',
+      '  4. SCOPE\x1b[1CREDUCTION',
+    ].join('\n'));
+    const options = parseNumberedOptions(frame);
+    expect(findCeoModeOption(options, 'SCOPE EXPANSION')).toBe(3);
+    expect(findCeoModeOption(options, 'SCOPE REDUCTION')).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  test('retains spaced, mixed-case labels and recommendation suffixes', () => {
+    expect(findCeoModeOption([
+      { index: 1, label: 'Scope Expansion (recommended)' },
+      { index: 2, label: 'HOLD SCOPE' },
+    ], 'SCOPE EXPANSION')).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('still fails on the earlier three-option capture with no expansion target', () => {
+    const options = [
+      { index: 1, label: 'HOLD SCOPE (recommended)    ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐' },
+      { index: 2, label: 'SELECTIVE EXPANSION        │HOLD SCOPE                                             │' },
+      { index: 3, label: 'SCOPE REDUCTION             │   Codeiswritten.Makeitbulletproof.│' },
+    ];
+    expect(() => findCeoModeOption(options, 'SCOPE EXPANSION'))
+      .toThrow('target "SCOPE EXPANSION" not in option labels');
+  });
+
+  test('does not select another mode because the side pane mentions the target', () => {
+    expect(() => findCeoModeOption([
+      { index: 1, label: 'HOLD SCOPE │ SCOPE EXPANSION is another option' },
+      { index: 2, label: 'SELECTIVEEXPANSION┌ SCOPEEXPANSION' },
+    ], 'SCOPE EXPANSION')).toThrow('target "SCOPE EXPANSION" not in option labels');
+  });
+
+  test('leaves unrelated navigation questions to the existing driver', () => {
+    expect(findCeoModeOption([
+      { index: 1, label: 'Review HOLD SCOPE examples' },
+      { index: 2, label: 'Choose a plan │ SCOPE EXPANSION' },
+    ], 'HOLD SCOPE')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('helper and regression changes select only the mode-routing paid eval', () => {
+    for (const file of ['test/helpers/ceo-mode-option.ts', 'test/ceo-mode-option.test.ts']) {
+      expect(selectTests([file], E2E_TOUCHFILES).selected).toEqual(['plan-ceo-mode-routing']);
+    }
+  });
+});

test/helpers/ceo-mode-option.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/** Match CEO mode labels after the PTY capture strips cursor-spacing escapes. */
+type CeoMode = 'HOLD SCOPE' | 'SCOPE EXPANSION' | 'SELECTIVE EXPANSION' | 'SCOPE REDUCTION';
+
+export function findCeoModeOption(
+  options: ReadonlyArray<{ index: number; label: string }>,
+  targetMode: CeoMode,
+): number | null {
+  const modes = options.map(option => {
+    // The CLI renders a description pane beside the options. Its text may
+    // mention a different mode, so match only the leading option title.
+    const title = option.label.split(/[│┌\r\n]/, 1)[0]!
+      .replace(/\s+/g, '').toUpperCase();
+    const mode = /^(HOLDSCOPE|SCOPEEXPANSION|SELECTIVEEXPANSION|SCOPEREDUCTION)(?:$|[^A-Z])/.exec(title)?.[1];
+    return { index: option.index, mode };
+  });
+  if (!modes.some(option => option.mode)) return null;
+
+  const target = modes.find(option => option.mode === targetMode.replace(/\s+/g, ''));
+  if (!target) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Mode AskUserQuestion rendered but target "${targetMode}" not in option labels:\n` +
+      options.map(option => `  ${option.index}. ${option.label}`).join('\n'),
+    );
+  }
+  return target.index;
+}

test/helpers/touchfiles-data.ts

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export const E2E_TOUCHFILES: Record<string, string[]> = {
   // Each one tests behavior the SDK harness can't observe (rendered TTY,
   // numbered-option lists, multi-phase ordering, idempotency state echo).
   'auq-format-gate':                           ['plan-ceo-review/**', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-ask-user-format.ts', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-completeness-section.ts', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts', 'test/helpers/auq-sdk-capture.ts', 'test/helpers/session-runner.ts', 'test/helpers/llm-judge.ts', 'test/skill-e2e-ask-user-question-format-compliance.test.ts'],
-  'plan-ceo-mode-routing':       ['plan-ceo-review/**', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-ask-user-format.ts', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts', 'test/helpers/claude-pty-runner.ts', 'test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-mode-routing.test.ts'],
+  'plan-ceo-mode-routing':       ['plan-ceo-review/**', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-ask-user-format.ts', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts', 'test/helpers/claude-pty-runner.ts', 'test/helpers/ceo-mode-option.ts', 'test/ceo-mode-option.test.ts', 'test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-mode-routing.test.ts'],
   'plan-design-with-ui-scope':   ['plan-design-review/**', 'test/fixtures/plans/ui-heavy-feature.md', 'test/helpers/claude-pty-runner.ts', 'test/skill-e2e-plan-design-with-ui.test.ts'],
   'ship-idempotency-pty':        ['ship/**', 'bin/gstack-next-version', 'bin/gstack-version-bump', 'scripts/resolvers/sections.ts', 'lib/worktree.ts', 'test/helpers/claude-pty-runner.ts', 'test/skill-e2e-ship-idempotency.test.ts'],
   'tpa-present':                 ['scripts/resolvers/third-party-actions.ts', 'ship/SKILL.md.tmpl', 'ship/sections/apple-release.md.tmpl', 'scripts/gen-skill-docs.ts', 'test/helpers/session-runner.ts', 'test/skill-e2e-third-party-actions.test.ts'],

test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-mode-routing.test.ts

@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ import {
   isPermissionDialogVisible,
   parseNumberedOptions,
   isPlanReadyVisible,
-  MODE_RE,
   optionsSignature,
   TAIL_SCAN_BYTES,
   type ClaudePtySession,
 } from './helpers/claude-pty-runner';
+import { findCeoModeOption } from './helpers/ceo-mode-option';
 
 const describeE2E = describeE2ETier('periodic');
 
@@ -103,15 +103,9 @@ async function navigateToModeAskUserQuestion(
     lastSeenList = opts;
 
     // Is THIS the mode AskUserQuestion?
-    if (opts.some(o => MODE_RE.test(o.label))) {
-      const target = opts.find(o => o.label.toUpperCase().includes(targetMode));
-      if (!target) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Mode AskUserQuestion rendered but target "${targetMode}" not in option labels:\n` +
-          opts.map(o => `  ${o.index}. ${o.label}`).join('\n'),
-        );
-      }
-      return { modeIndex: target.index, visibleAtMode: visible };
+    const modeIndex = findCeoModeOption(opts, targetMode);
+    if (modeIndex !== null) {
+      return { modeIndex, visibleAtMode: visible };
     }
 
     // Permission dialog? Grant with "1" but don't count it against nav budget.