Best possible solution:

Land the test-local helper after exact-head checks confirm the current merge result, keeping the default timeout and the intentionally unchanged token-fixture-adjacent waits rather than changing global Vitest polling behavior.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Not applicable: this PR optimizes existing test polling rather than reporting a production bug. Its performance claim has a controlled before-and-after Testbox comparison.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

Yes. A test-local wrapper is the narrowest maintainable fix because it preserves Vitest's timeout and avoids changing polling behavior for unrelated suites.

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

Codex review notes: model internal, reasoning high; reviewed against 4612b1692c15.

Label changes:

• add rating: 🦀 challenger crab: Overall readiness is 🦀 challenger crab; proof is 🦀 challenger crab and patch quality is 🦀 challenger crab.
• remove rating: 🦞 diamond lobster: Current PR rating is rating: 🦀 challenger crab, so this older rating label is no longer current.

Label justifications:

• P3: This is a low-risk, test-only performance improvement with no production or user-visible behavior change.
• rating: 🦀 challenger crab: Overall readiness is 🦀 challenger crab; proof is 🦀 challenger crab and patch quality is 🦀 challenger crab.
• status: 👀 ready for maintainer look: ClawSweeper has no concrete contributor-facing blocker left for this PR. Sufficient (live_output): Controlled same-Testbox before-and-after runs show all focused tests passing with a repeatable median reduction from 1.890 seconds to 671 milliseconds, plus a passing changed-surface check.
• proof: sufficient: Contributor real behavior proof is sufficient. Controlled same-Testbox before-and-after runs show all focused tests passing with a repeatable median reduction from 1.890 seconds to 671 milliseconds, plus a passing changed-surface check.

PR surface:

Tests +6. Total +6 across 1 file.

What I checked:

• Changed surface: The branch adds waitForGatewayState and replaces 25 direct polling calls in the ClickClack gateway test suite; production files are untouched. (extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.test.ts:18, 7f3ba04024fa)
• Dependency contract: Vitest documents vi.waitFor with a default 50 ms interval and 1000 ms timeout; specifying only interval: 1 retains the default timeout as claimed. (extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.test.ts:18, 7f3ba04024fa)
• Real behavior proof: The contributor reports three controlled baseline and patched runs on the same Testbox: all 20 tests passed, with median test-body time falling from 1.890 seconds to 671 milliseconds, followed by a passing changed-surface check. (extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.test.ts:18, 7f3ba04024fa)
• Scoped policy: The extension policy treats this directory as a plugin boundary; the patch changes only local test polling and adds no forbidden imports, production coupling, metadata, or dependency surface. (extensions/AGENTS.md:1, 4612b1692c15)
• Re-review continuity: All earlier ClawSweeper cycles reported no findings; later commits only merged updated main into the branch, and the final supplied head retains sufficient proof. (extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.test.ts:18, 7f3ba04024fa)

Likely related people:

• zsxsoft: Recent merged ClickClack allowlist work touched the same gateway behavior and test surface, making this a useful adjacent routing candidate. (role: recent ClickClack behavior contributor; confidence: medium; files: extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.ts, extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.test.ts)
• steipete: The submitted optimization and repeated exact-head maintenance commits show direct familiarity with this test suite; broader repository history also connects this person to gateway and test-infrastructure performance work. (role: recent test-performance contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 526c93b77cd6; files: extensions/clickclack/src/gateway.test.ts)

• 🦀 challenger crab: rare, exceptional readiness with strong proof, clean implementation, and convincing validation.
• 🦞 diamond lobster: very strong readiness with only minor maintainer review expected.
• 🐚 platinum hermit: good normal PR, likely mergeable with ordinary maintainer review.
• 🦐 gold shrimp: useful signal, but proof or patch confidence is still limited.
• 🦪 silver shellfish: thin signal; proof, validation, or implementation needs work.
• 🧂 unranked krab: not merge-ready because proof is missing/unusable or there are serious correctness or safety concerns.
• 🌊 off-meta tidepool: rating does not apply to this item.

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• reviewed 2026-07-17T08:21:44.141Z sha 526c93b :: needs real behavior proof before merge. :: none
• reviewed 2026-07-17T08:47:48.509Z sha afb0196 :: needs maintainer review before merge. :: none
• reviewed 2026-07-17T08:57:15.688Z sha ec74ec0 :: needs maintainer review before merge. :: none