diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/src/deliver.rs b/crates/gatewayd/src/deliver.rs
index dcb3b24..8ec7548 100644
--- a/crates/gatewayd/src/deliver.rs
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/src/deliver.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use bxcore::{
     write_frame,
 };
 
+use crate::links::{NOTICE, disarm};
 use crate::mm::MmError;
 use crate::mm::rest::Client;
 use crate::sessions::{Batch, Thread};
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@ impl Poster for Client {
 /// How a turn ended.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Outcome {
-    Answer(String),
+    /// The reply, and whether its session has read untrusted content.
+    Answer {
+        content: String,
+        untrusted: bool,
+    },
     Refused(WireError),
     /// `loop.sock` could not be reached or closed early; why, for the log.
     LoopDown(String),
@@ -122,6 +127,25 @@ pub fn split_answer(text: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     parts
 }
 
+/// The posts of a reply: disarmed (M5b spec, section 9), then cut by `split_answer`. Each part is
+/// disarmed again: a cut inside a fenced block leaves the rest of it as prose in the next post.
+/// The last post ends with `NOTICE` if either pass put a link in a code span.
+pub fn answer_posts(content: &str, untrusted: bool) -> Vec<String> {
+    let whole = disarm(content, untrusted);
+    let mut links = whole.links;
+    let mut posts = Vec::new();
+    for part in split_answer(&whole.text) {
+        let again = disarm(&part, untrusted);
+        links = links || again.links;
+        posts.push(again.text);
+    }
+    if links && let Some(last) = posts.last_mut() {
+        last.push_str("\n\n");
+        last.push_str(NOTICE);
+    }
+    posts
+}
+
 /// Send one turn and read it to its end; `on_event` sees every event.
 fn one_turn(
     socket: &Path,
@@ -157,8 +181,8 @@ fn one_turn(
     }
 
     // 3. `read_frame` until the end: (id 1, not final, TurnEvent) -> on_event; (1, final, TurnDone)
-    //    -> Answer with its content; (1, final, Error) -> Refused; a read error -> LoopDown("the
-    //    turn ended early: <e>"); anything else -> LoopDown("an unexpected frame").
+    //    -> Answer with its content and untrusted; (1, final, Error) -> Refused; a read error ->
+    //    LoopDown("the turn ended early: <e>"); anything else -> LoopDown("an unexpected frame").
     loop {
         let env = match read_frame(&mut stream) {
             Ok(env) => env,
@@ -169,7 +193,12 @@ fn one_turn(
         }
         match (env.r#final, &env.msg) {
             (false, Message::TurnEvent(e)) => on_event(e),
-            (true, Message::TurnDone(d)) => return Outcome::Answer(d.content.clone()),
+            (true, Message::TurnDone(d)) => {
+                return Outcome::Answer {
+                    content: d.content.clone(),
+                    untrusted: d.untrusted,
+                };
+            }
             (true, Message::Error(w)) => return Outcome::Refused(w.clone()),
             _ => return Outcome::LoopDown("an unexpected frame".to_string()),
         }
@@ -209,7 +238,7 @@ pub fn deliver(
 ) {
     // Post in the batch thread. An ApprovalPending event waits up to `notice.wait` for `brokerd` to
     // bring the approval through `gateway.sock`; only when it does not, it posts the notice. Then:
-    // Answer -> every part of `split_answer`, in order; Refused -> `error_text`;
+    // Answer -> every post of `answer_posts`, in order; Refused -> `error_text`;
     // LoopDown(why) -> log "gatewayd: <session>: <why>" and post LOOP_DOWN. A post that fails is
     // logged, exactly "gatewayd: cannot post in <channel> (thread <root>): <error>", and the rest
     // goes on.
@@ -222,8 +251,8 @@ pub fn deliver(
     });
 
     match outcome {
-        Outcome::Answer(content) => {
-            for part in split_answer(&content) {
+        Outcome::Answer { content, untrusted } => {
+            for part in answer_posts(&content, untrusted) {
                 post(poster, &batch.thread, part, log);
             }
         }
diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/src/lib.rs b/crates/gatewayd/src/lib.rs
index 0bde44c..6ef7f99 100644
--- a/crates/gatewayd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub mod config;
 pub mod deliver;
 pub mod gateway;
 pub mod http;
+pub mod links;
 pub mod mm;
 pub mod net;
 pub mod serve;
diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/src/links/inline.rs b/crates/gatewayd/src/links/inline.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b4d457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/src/links/inline.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,479 @@
+//! One paragraph of prose: code spans, escapes, images, links and URLs, left to right.
+
+use super::{BREAKS, Out, runs};
+
+/// What marked lets a backslash escape. Other characters after a backslash are plain text.
+const ESCAPABLE: &str = "\\`*{}[]()#+-.!_>|~";
+
+/// What a URL loses at its end: marked leaves these out of a link when they end it.
+const TRAILING: [char; 11] = ['.', ',', ':', ';', '!', '?', '*', '_', '~', '\'', '"'];
+
+/// How many characters a search for the end of a construct looks at, so that a reply full of
+/// brackets costs time in proportion to its length. An image longer than this still has its `![`
+/// put in a code span; a link longer than this keeps only its URL in one.
+const WINDOW: usize = 2048;
+
+/// What a paragraph has shown so far that changes how its later code spans may pair.
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Seen {
+    /// Backtick run lengths that may pair differently in the two parsers from here on.
+    hazards: Vec<usize>,
+    /// What would close what a plain character opened: marked lets emphasis (`*`, `_`, `~`), a
+    /// tag (`<`) and inline LaTeX (`$`) take a backtick before a code span starts.
+    closers: Vec<char>,
+}
+
+impl Seen {
+    /// Add to `hazards`, once each, every length from 1 to that of each backtick run in `text`:
+    /// marked may read part of a run as part of a URL, and the rest as a run of its own.
+    fn runs(&mut self, text: &str) {
+        for (_, len) in runs(text) {
+            for part in 1..=len {
+                if !self.hazards.contains(&part) {
+                    self.hazards.push(part);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A plain character: `*`, `_`, `~` and `$` are their own closers, and `<` is closed by `>`;
+    /// push the closer onto `closers` if it is not there yet. Any other character: nothing.
+    fn plain(&mut self, c: char) {
+        let closer = match c {
+            '*' | '_' | '~' | '$' => c,
+            '<' => '>',
+            _ => return,
+        };
+        if !self.closers.contains(&closer) {
+            self.closers.push(closer);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Out {
+    /// Write `para` with its images, and when `untrusted` its links and URLs, in code spans.
+    pub(super) fn paragraph(&mut self, para: &str, untrusted: bool) {
+        let mut seen = Seen::default();
+        let mut prev = None;
+        let mut at = 0;
+        while let Some(rest) = para.get(at..).filter(|rest| !rest.is_empty()) {
+            let line_start = at == 0 || para.get(..at).is_some_and(|done| done.ends_with(BREAKS));
+            match self.token(rest, prev, line_start, untrusted, &mut seen) {
+                Some(used) if used > 0 => {
+                    at += used;
+                    prev = None;
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    let c = rest.chars().next().unwrap_or_default();
+                    self.text.push(c);
+                    seen.plain(c);
+                    at += c.len_utf8();
+                    prev = Some(c);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Write the token `rest` starts with and give its length in bytes, or `None` when `rest`
+    /// starts with a plain character, which the caller writes. `prev` is the plain character
+    /// before, `None` after a token or at the start.
+    fn token(
+        &mut self,
+        rest: &str,
+        prev: Option<char>,
+        line_start: bool,
+        untrusted: bool,
+        seen: &mut Seen,
+    ) -> Option<usize> {
+        if untrusted && line_start && definition(rest) {
+            let end = rest.find(BREAKS).unwrap_or(rest.len());
+            return Some(self.link(rest, end, seen));
+        }
+        match rest.chars().next()? {
+            '\\' => escape_len(rest).map(|len| self.copy(rest, len)),
+            '`' => Some(self.backticks(rest, seen)),
+            '!' if rest.starts_with("![") => {
+                // No `]` in reach: the `![` alone is enough to stop the image.
+                let len = construct_len(rest.get(1..)?, true).unwrap_or(1);
+                Some(self.image(rest, len + 1, seen))
+            }
+            '[' => self.bracket(rest, untrusted, seen),
+            '<' => self.autolink(rest, untrusted, seen),
+            _ if url_start(rest, prev) => self.url(rest, untrusted, seen),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A run of backticks: a code span both parsers read as code is written as it is; any other
+    /// run is written as plain text, and its length becomes a hazard.
+    fn backticks(&mut self, rest: &str, seen: &mut Seen) -> usize {
+        if let Some(len) = span_len(rest, seen) {
+            return self.copy(rest, len);
+        }
+        let run = rest.chars().take_while(|&c| c == '`').count();
+        seen.runs(rest.get(..run).unwrap_or_default());
+        self.copy(rest, run)
+    }
+
+    /// A `[` that starts a link, `[text](…)` or `[text][…]`: see `construct`. Any other `[` is
+    /// written escaped if `](` follows within `WINDOW`: marked may still read a link from it, with
+    /// a label that takes in new code spans.
+    fn bracket(&mut self, rest: &str, untrusted: bool, seen: &mut Seen) -> Option<usize> {
+        let Some(len) = construct_len(rest, false) else {
+            if !window(rest).contains("](") {
+                return None;
+            }
+            self.text.push_str("\\[");
+            return Some(1);
+        };
+        self.construct(rest, len, untrusted, seen)
+    }
+
+    /// A `<` that starts an autolink: see `construct`.
+    fn autolink(&mut self, rest: &str, untrusted: bool, seen: &mut Seen) -> Option<usize> {
+        let len = autolink_len(rest)?;
+        self.construct(rest, len, untrusted, seen)
+    }
+
+    /// A URL: see `construct`. In a clean reply it is the most marked may read as the URL
+    /// (`url_len` with `whole`), backticks included, since marked reads them as part of it.
+    fn url(&mut self, rest: &str, untrusted: bool, seen: &mut Seen) -> Option<usize> {
+        let len = url_len(rest, !untrusted);
+        self.construct(rest, len, untrusted, seen)
+    }
+
+    /// The first `len` bytes of `rest`, a link, go in code spans when `untrusted`, and also in a
+    /// clean reply when they hold `![` (CommonMark may read the image where marked reads a link).
+    /// Otherwise they are written as they are. Marked may end the link sooner than this, so its
+    /// backtick runs become hazards, and each of its characters counts as `Seen::plain`.
+    fn construct(
+        &mut self,
+        rest: &str,
+        len: usize,
+        untrusted: bool,
+        seen: &mut Seen,
+    ) -> Option<usize> {
+        let construct = rest.get(..len)?;
+        if untrusted {
+            return Some(self.link(rest, len, seen));
+        }
+        if construct.contains("![") {
+            return Some(self.image(rest, len, seen));
+        }
+        seen.runs(construct);
+        construct.chars().for_each(|c| seen.plain(c));
+        Some(self.copy(rest, len))
+    }
+
+    fn copy(&mut self, rest: &str, len: usize) -> usize {
+        self.text.push_str(rest.get(..len).unwrap_or_default());
+        len
+    }
+
+    fn image(&mut self, rest: &str, len: usize, seen: &Seen) -> usize {
+        self.wrap(
+            rest.get(..len).unwrap_or_default(),
+            rest.get(len..).unwrap_or_default(),
+            &seen.closers,
+        );
+        len
+    }
+
+    fn link(&mut self, rest: &str, len: usize, seen: &Seen) -> usize {
+        self.links = true;
+        self.image(rest, len, seen)
+    }
+}
+
+/// `rest` starts with a backslash: `Some(2)` if the next character is one of `ESCAPABLE`, else
+/// `None` (the backslash is plain).
+fn escape_len(rest: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut chars = rest.chars();
+    chars.next()?;
+    matches!(chars.next(), Some(c) if ESCAPABLE.contains(c)).then_some(2)
+}
+
+/// `rest` starts with a run of `run` backticks. The span's length, `run + close + run`, if both
+/// parsers read it as code: `run` is not in `seen.hazards`; `closing(after, run)` gives `close`
+/// in the text `after` the run; and the content between holds no line end (`BREAKS`), no `|`,
+/// none of `seen.closers`, and no run (`runs`) whose length is in `seen.hazards`.
+fn span_len(rest: &str, seen: &Seen) -> Option<usize> {
+    let run = rest.chars().take_while(|&c| c == '`').count();
+    if seen.hazards.contains(&run) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let after = rest.get(run..)?;
+    let close = closing(after, run)?;
+    let content = after.get(..close).unwrap_or_default();
+    if content.contains(BREAKS)
+        || content.contains('|')
+        || content.chars().any(|c| seen.closers.contains(&c))
+        || runs(content)
+            .iter()
+            .any(|(_, len)| seen.hazards.contains(len))
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(run + close + run)
+}
+
+/// The byte offset in `text` of the first run of exactly `run` backticks, if there is one.
+fn closing(text: &str, run: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut start = 0;
+    let mut len = 0;
+    for (i, c) in text.char_indices() {
+        if c == '`' {
+            if len == 0 {
+                start = i;
+            }
+            len += 1;
+        } else if len > 0 {
+            if len == run {
+                return Some(start);
+            }
+            len = 0;
+        }
+    }
+    (len == run).then_some(start)
+}
+
+/// At most the first `WINDOW` characters of `text`.
+fn window(text: &str) -> &str {
+    match text.char_indices().nth(WINDOW) {
+        Some((end, _)) => text.get(..end).unwrap_or(text),
+        None => text,
+    }
+}
+
+/// `text` starts with `[`; only `window(text)` is looked at. The label ends at
+/// `bracket_end(text, true)`, or if that is `None`, `bracket_end(text, false)`. Right after it: a
+/// `(` closed by `paren_end` gives the length through that `)`; or else, after white space
+/// (`trim_start`), a `[` closed by `reference_end` gives it through that `]`; or else, only when
+/// `bare` (an image may be `![alt]`), through the label's `]`. `None` if nothing fits.
+fn construct_len(text: &str, bare: bool) -> Option<usize> {
+    let text = window(text);
+    let label_end = bracket_end(text, true).or_else(|| bracket_end(text, false))?;
+    let after = text.get(label_end + 1..).unwrap_or("");
+    if after.starts_with('(')
+        && let Some(close) = paren_end(after)
+    {
+        return Some(label_end + 2 + close);
+    }
+    let trimmed = after.trim_start();
+    if let Some(close) = reference_end(trimmed) {
+        let before = after.len() - trimmed.len();
+        return Some(label_end + 2 + before + close);
+    }
+    if bare {
+        return Some(label_end + 1);
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// `text` starts with `[`: the byte offset of the `]` that closes it. Walk it counting `[` up and
+/// `]` down (to 0: found), skipping the character after each backslash. When `code`, a backtick
+/// run jumps past the next run of the same length (`closing`), as a CommonMark code span; a run
+/// with none is skipped as plain. `None` if no `]` closes it.
+fn bracket_end(text: &str, code: bool) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut depth = 0;
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while let Some(c) = text.get(i..).and_then(|s| s.chars().next()) {
+        let len = c.len_utf8();
+        if c == '\\' {
+            let next = text.get(i + 1..).and_then(|s| s.chars().next())?;
+            i += 1 + next.len_utf8();
+        } else if c == '[' {
+            depth += 1;
+            i += len;
+        } else if c == ']' {
+            depth -= 1;
+            if depth == 0 {
+                return Some(i);
+            }
+            i += len;
+        } else if code && c == '`' {
+            let run = text
+                .get(i..)
+                .unwrap_or("")
+                .chars()
+                .take_while(|&x| x == '`')
+                .count();
+            i += run + closing(text.get(i + run..).unwrap_or(""), run).map_or(0, |j| j + run);
+        } else {
+            i += len;
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// `text` starts with `(`: the byte offset of the `)` that closes it, counting `(` up and `)` down
+/// (to 0: found). A backslash escapes nothing here, as in marked's link destinations. `None` if
+/// no `)` closes it.
+fn paren_end(text: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut depth = 0;
+    for (i, c) in text.char_indices() {
+        if c == '(' {
+            depth += 1;
+        } else if c == ')' {
+            depth -= 1;
+            if depth == 0 {
+                return Some(i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// `text` starts with `[`: the byte index of the next `]`, skipping the character after each
+/// backslash, if no `[` comes first (a reference label does not nest). `None` otherwise, and when
+/// `text` does not start with `[`.
+fn reference_end(text: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut chars = text.strip_prefix('[')?.char_indices();
+    while let Some((i, c)) = chars.next() {
+        match c {
+            '\\' => {
+                chars.next();
+            }
+            '[' => return None,
+            ']' => return Some(i + 1),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// `rest` starts with `<`: the length of the autolink it starts, `<` through the first `>` in
+/// `window(rest)`, if the text between is not empty, holds no space, tab or no-break space (a line
+/// end is allowed, as in marked), and holds `:` or `@` or starts with `www` in any case.
+fn autolink_len(rest: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+    let end = window(rest).find('>')?;
+    let inside = rest.get(1..end)?;
+    if inside.is_empty()
+        || inside
+            .chars()
+            .any(|c| c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\u{a0}')
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let www = inside
+        .get(..3)
+        .is_some_and(|w| w.eq_ignore_ascii_case("www"));
+    if !inside.contains(':') && !inside.contains('@') && !www {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some(end + 1)
+}
+
+/// Whether the line `rest` starts (up to the first of `BREAKS`) is a link reference definition:
+/// after white space (`trim_start`), `[`, then a label of at least one character with no `]` in
+/// it, then `]:`.
+fn definition(rest: &str) -> bool {
+    let line = rest.find(BREAKS).unwrap_or(rest.len());
+    let trimmed = rest.get(..line).unwrap_or(rest).trim_start();
+    let label_end = match reference_end(trimmed) {
+        Some(i) => i,
+        None => return false,
+    };
+    if label_end < 2 {
+        return false;
+    }
+    trimmed
+        .get(label_end + 1..)
+        .is_some_and(|after| after.starts_with(':'))
+}
+
+/// Whether a URL starts at `rest`, after the plain character `prev`: a `scheme` or `www` where
+/// `prev` is not an ASCII letter or digit, or a `scheme_less` domain where `prev` is not a
+/// letter, digit, `.` or `-`. `prev` is `None` at the start and after a token.
+fn url_start(rest: &str, prev: Option<char>) -> bool {
+    let word = prev.is_none_or(|p| !p.is_ascii_alphanumeric());
+    let run = prev.is_none_or(|p| !(p.is_alphanumeric() || p == '.' || p == '-'));
+    (word && (scheme(rest) || www(rest))) || (run && scheme_less(rest))
+}
+
+/// Whether `rest` starts with a scheme: an ASCII letter, then ASCII letters, digits, `+`, `.`
+/// or `-`, then `:` and a `/`, `%`, or letter or digit of any script.
+fn scheme(rest: &str) -> bool {
+    rest.starts_with(|c: char| c.is_ascii_alphabetic())
+        && rest
+            .trim_start_matches(|c: char| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '+' | '.' | '-'))
+            .strip_prefix(':')
+            .and_then(|after| after.chars().next())
+            .is_some_and(|c| c == '/' || c == '%' || c.is_alphanumeric())
+}
+
+/// Whether `rest` starts with `www` in any case, then ASCII digits (none or more), then `.` and a
+/// character that is not white space.
+fn www(rest: &str) -> bool {
+    rest.get(..3).is_some_and(|w| w.eq_ignore_ascii_case("www"))
+        && rest
+            .get(3..)
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .trim_start_matches(|c: char| c.is_ascii_digit())
+            .strip_prefix('.')
+            .and_then(|after| after.chars().next())
+            .is_some_and(|c| !c.is_whitespace())
+}
+
+/// Whether `rest` starts with a domain and a `/` (marked links `example.com/x` bare): a run of
+/// letters, digits, `.` and `-`, whose part after its last `.` is 2 to 4 letters with something
+/// before it, then `/`.
+fn scheme_less(rest: &str) -> bool {
+    let end = rest
+        .find(|c: char| !(c.is_alphanumeric() || c == '.' || c == '-'))
+        .unwrap_or(rest.len());
+    let (Some(host), Some(after)) = (rest.get(..end), rest.get(end..)) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let Some((name, tld)) = host.rsplit_once('.') else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    after.starts_with('/')
+        && !name.is_empty()
+        && (2..=4).contains(&tld.chars().count())
+        && tld.chars().all(char::is_alphabetic)
+}
+
+/// The length of the URL `rest` starts with: up to white space, a `)` that closes no `(` of the
+/// URL (count them), or a `<` before white space, `(`, `)`, `<`, `>` or the end (marked leaves it
+/// out: it may start an autolink); unless `whole`, up to any `<`, `>`, `|` or backtick too. Then
+/// less the characters of `TRAILING` at its end. `whole` is the most marked may read as the URL.
+fn url_len(rest: &str, whole: bool) -> usize {
+    let mut depth = 0;
+    let mut gt_seen = false;
+    let mut end = rest.len();
+    for (i, c) in rest.char_indices() {
+        if c.is_whitespace() {
+            end = i;
+            break;
+        }
+        if !whole && (c == '<' || c == '>' || c == '|' || c == '`') {
+            end = i;
+            break;
+        }
+        match c {
+            '(' => depth += 1,
+            ')' if depth == 0 => {
+                end = i;
+                break;
+            }
+            ')' => depth -= 1,
+            '<' if depth == 0 && !gt_seen => {
+                end = i;
+                break;
+            }
+            '>' => gt_seen = true,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    while let Some(last) = rest
+        .get(..end)
+        .and_then(|prefix| prefix.chars().next_back())
+    {
+        if !TRAILING.contains(&last) {
+            break;
+        }
+        end -= last.len_utf8();
+    }
+    end
+}
diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/src/links/mod.rs b/crates/gatewayd/src/links/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cd3fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/src/links/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+//! Images and links in a reply (M5b spec, section 9). Mattermost fetches a post's images when it
+//! is posted (the server) and when it is shown (each client: the owner's server has no image
+//! proxy), and the server previews the first plain URL. Either fetch can carry data out in its
+//! URL, with no click. A code span stops both. So `disarm` puts every image in a code span,
+//! always, and in a reply from a session that has read untrusted content, every link and URL too.
+//!
+//! Two parsers read a post: the server's, which follows CommonMark, and the clients' fork of
+//! marked (`mattermost/marked`), which has rules of its own. Text is left as it is only where both
+//! read it as code. Where they may differ, it is read as prose, and an image or URL in it goes in
+//! a code span: the reply may show a few backticks, but nothing in it is fetched. The rules are
+//! in the functions below, each with the case it covers.
+//!
+//! Not covered, both in marked alone and both only a link, which needs a click: a link label may
+//! pair backtick runs of different lengths across new code spans, and an autolink may run across
+//! the lines of a quote or list item.
+
+mod inline;
+
+/// The line that ends a reply whose links were put in code spans.
+pub const NOTICE: &str =
+    "Links in this reply are shown as code because this conversation has read untrusted content.";
+
+/// The characters that end a line: marked reads `\r` and U+2424 as line feeds, and `\r\n` is one.
+const BREAKS: [char; 3] = ['\n', '\r', '\u{2424}'];
+
+/// A reply after `disarm`: its text, and whether a link or URL was put in a code span.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Disarmed {
+    pub text: String,
+    pub links: bool,
+}
+
+/// The text being written, and the length of the backtick runs its new code spans use: longer
+/// than any run in the reply, so a new span pairs with nothing the reply already holds.
+struct Out {
+    text: String,
+    ticks: usize,
+    links: bool,
+}
+
+/// `text` with every image in a code span, and when `untrusted`, every link and URL as well.
+/// Code the reply already holds is left as it is, and so is everything else.
+pub fn disarm(text: &str, untrusted: bool) -> Disarmed {
+    let longest = runs(text).into_iter().map(|(_, len)| len).max();
+    let mut out = Out {
+        text: String::with_capacity(text.len()),
+        ticks: longest.unwrap_or(0) + 1,
+        links: false,
+    };
+    let lines = lines(text);
+    // `html`: a line so far may start an HTML block, which can swallow a fence (marked).
+    // `nested`: the lines since the last empty one hold a list item or a quote, which a fence
+    // may continue; marked may then end the item inside the fence (at an empty line, a rule, a
+    // definition or the next item), and CommonMark may end it at the fence.
+    let (mut html, mut nested) = (false, false);
+    let (mut prose, mut at) = (0, 0);
+    while let Some(line) = lines.get(at) {
+        let closer = if html || nested {
+            None
+        } else {
+            fence_end(&lines, at)
+        };
+        if let Some(end) = closer {
+            out.prose(lines.get(prose..at).unwrap_or_default(), untrusted);
+            for line in lines.get(at..=end).unwrap_or_default() {
+                out.text.push_str(line);
+            }
+            (at, prose, nested) = (end + 1, end + 1, false);
+        } else {
+            html = html || html_start(line);
+            nested = !content(line).is_empty() && (nested || nested_start(line));
+            at += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    out.prose(lines.get(prose..).unwrap_or_default(), untrusted);
+    Disarmed {
+        text: out.text,
+        links: out.links,
+    }
+}
+
+impl Out {
+    /// Lines outside fenced blocks, one paragraph at a time: an empty line ends one. A line of
+    /// spaces does not, since marked reads it as part of the paragraph.
+    fn prose(&mut self, lines: &[&str], untrusted: bool) {
+        let mut paragraph = String::new();
+        for line in lines {
+            if content(line).is_empty() {
+                self.paragraph(&paragraph, untrusted);
+                paragraph.clear();
+                self.text.push_str(line);
+            } else {
+                paragraph.push_str(line);
+            }
+        }
+        self.paragraph(&paragraph, untrusted);
+    }
+
+    /// Write `construct` as code spans (`code`), one per piece between split characters, each
+    /// split character written after its piece: a line end (`BREAKS`) or `|` (a table cell ends
+    /// there, even in a code span) as it is; a backtick or one of `closers` after a backslash,
+    /// except `$` (marked does not escape it), so that nothing before can pair with it. Last, a
+    /// space if `after` starts with a backtick: runs that touch would merge.
+    fn wrap(&mut self, construct: &str, after: &str, closers: &[char]) {
+        let mut start = 0;
+        let mut chars = construct.char_indices().peekable();
+        while let Some((i, c)) = chars.next() {
+            let len = if BREAKS.contains(&c) {
+                match c {
+                    '\r' if chars.peek().map(|&(_, n)| n == '\n').unwrap_or(false) => {
+                        // Consume the `\n`: leaving it in the iterator would write it again.
+                        chars.next();
+                        2
+                    }
+                    _ => c.len_utf8(),
+                }
+            } else if c == '|' || c == '`' || closers.contains(&c) {
+                c.len_utf8()
+            } else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            self.code(construct.get(start..i).unwrap_or_default());
+            if c == '`' || (closers.contains(&c) && c != '$') {
+                self.text.push('\\');
+            }
+            self.text
+                .push_str(construct.get(i..i + len).unwrap_or_default());
+            start = i + len;
+        }
+        self.code(construct.get(start..).unwrap_or_default());
+        if after.starts_with('`') {
+            self.text.push(' ');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// One piece as a code span: `self.ticks` backticks, the piece, as many again. An empty piece,
+    /// or one of only white space (`trim().is_empty()`), is written as it is. Before the span, a
+    /// space, unless the text so far is empty or ends with white space: marked reads backticks as
+    /// part of a URL they touch, a backtick would merge with the run, a backslash escape it.
+    fn code(&mut self, piece: &str) {
+        if piece.trim().is_empty() {
+            self.text.push_str(piece);
+            return;
+        }
+        if !self.text.is_empty() && !self.text.ends_with(|c: char| c.is_whitespace()) {
+            self.text.push(' ');
+        }
+        self.text.push_str(&"`".repeat(self.ticks));
+        self.text.push_str(piece);
+        self.text.push_str(&"`".repeat(self.ticks));
+    }
+}
+
+/// `text` cut after each line end (`\r\n`, `\n`, `\r` or U+2424), each line keeping its end;
+/// the last line may have none. An empty `text` gives no lines.
+fn lines(text: &str) -> Vec<&str> {
+    let mut lines = Vec::new();
+    let mut start = 0;
+    let mut chars = text.char_indices().peekable();
+    while let Some((i, c)) = chars.next() {
+        let end = match c {
+            '\r' if chars.next_if(|&(_, next)| next == '\n').is_some() => i + 2,
+            '\n' | '\r' | '\u{2424}' => i + c.len_utf8(),
+            _ => continue,
+        };
+        lines.push(text.get(start..end).unwrap_or_default());
+        start = end;
+    }
+    if start < text.len() {
+        lines.push(text.get(start..).unwrap_or_default());
+    }
+    lines
+}
+
+/// A line without its line end.
+fn content(line: &str) -> &str {
+    line.trim_end_matches(BREAKS)
+}
+
+/// Each run of backticks in `text` (a run is as long as it goes), as (byte offset, length).
+fn runs(text: &str) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
+    let mut found: Vec<(usize, usize)> = Vec::new();
+    let mut last_end = None;
+    for (i, c) in text.char_indices() {
+        if c != '`' {
+            continue;
+        }
+        match found.last_mut() {
+            Some(run) if last_end == Some(i) => run.1 += 1,
+            _ => found.push((i, 1)),
+        }
+        last_end = Some(i + 1);
+    }
+    found
+}
+
+/// Whether the line may start an HTML block: after white space, ASCII digits and the characters
+/// `>-*+.)` of list and quote markers at its start (`trim_start_matches`), it starts with `<` and
+/// an ASCII letter or `/`.
+fn html_start(line: &str) -> bool {
+    let trimmed = line.trim_start_matches(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || ">-*+.)".contains(c));
+    let mut chars = trimmed.chars();
+    matches!(chars.next(), Some('<'))
+        && matches!(chars.next(), Some(c) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() || c == '/')
+}
+
+/// Whether the line starts like a list item or a quote: the first character of
+/// `content(line).trim_start()` is `>`, `-`, `*`, `+` or an ASCII digit.
+fn nested_start(line: &str) -> bool {
+    let first = content(line).trim_start().chars().next();
+    matches!(first, Some('>' | '-' | '*' | '+' | '0'..='9'))
+}
+
+/// The index of the line that closes the fenced block `lines[at]` opens: `opener` gives
+/// `(indent, run)`, else `None`. Then for each later line `i`, in order: if `closes(line, run)`,
+/// `Some(i)`; else if its `content` is not empty and starts with fewer than `indent` spaces,
+/// `None` (it leaves a list item in CommonMark, and the block with it). No closer: `None`, since
+/// marked reads an unclosed fence as code only at times.
+fn fence_end(lines: &[&str], at: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    let (indent, run) = opener(lines[at])?;
+    let mut i = at + 1;
+    while let Some(line) = lines.get(i) {
+        if closes(line, run) {
+            return Some(i);
+        }
+        if !content(line).is_empty()
+            && content(line).chars().take_while(|&c| c == ' ').count() < indent
+        {
+            return None;
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// If the line opens a fenced block, its indent and run. In its `content`: up to 3 spaces (the
+/// indent), then the run, 3 or more of one character, a backtick or `~`; the rest of the line (the
+/// info) holds no backtick, `~` or `|` (a `|` can make it a table row in marked). Else `None`.
+fn opener(line: &str) -> Option<(usize, &str)> {
+    let text = content(line);
+    let indent = text.chars().take_while(|&c| c == ' ').count();
+    if indent > 3 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let after_indent = text.get(indent..)?;
+    let run_char = after_indent.chars().next()?;
+    if run_char != '`' && run_char != '~' {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let run_len = after_indent.chars().take_while(|&c| c == run_char).count();
+    if run_len < 3 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let rest = after_indent.get(run_len..)?;
+    if rest.contains(['`', '~', '|']) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    Some((indent, after_indent.get(..run_len)?))
+}
+
+/// Whether the line closes a block opened with `run`, as marked decides: its `content` starts
+/// with at most 3 characters that are spaces or no-break spaces (U+00A0), then `run`; after that
+/// come only backticks and `~`, then only spaces, tabs or no-break spaces.
+fn closes(line: &str, run: &str) -> bool {
+    let text = content(line);
+    let leading = text
+        .chars()
+        .take_while(|&c| c == ' ' || c == '\u{a0}')
+        .count();
+    if leading > 3 {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let Some(after) = text.get(leading..) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    if !after.starts_with(run) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let rest = after.get(run.len()..).unwrap_or("");
+    let after_ticks = rest.trim_start_matches(['`', '~']);
+    after_ticks
+        .chars()
+        .all(|c| c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\u{a0}')
+}
diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/tests/deliver_links.rs b/crates/gatewayd/tests/deliver_links.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81690eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/tests/deliver_links.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+//! A reply's images and links as `deliver` posts them, against a fake `loopd` whose `TurnDone`
+//! says whether the session has read untrusted content; and `answer_posts` on replies long enough
+//! to be split (M5b spec, section 9). Do not edit.
+
+#[path = "support/fake_loop.rs"]
+mod fake_loop;
+#[path = "support/tmp.rs"]
+mod tmp;
+
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use bxcore::{Envelope, Message, PROTOCOL_VERSION, SessionId, TurnDone, Usage};
+use fake_loop::{Reply, done, serve_loop};
+use gatewayd::deliver::{EMPTY_ANSWER, MAX_POST, Notice, Poster, answer_posts, deliver};
+use gatewayd::links::NOTICE;
+use gatewayd::mm::MmError;
+use gatewayd::sessions::{Batch, Thread};
+use tmp::TempDir;
+
+const DM: &str = "d0000000000000000000000000";
+const ROOT: &str = "r0000000000000000000000000";
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Record {
+    posts: Mutex<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+impl Poster for Record {
+    fn post(&self, channel: &str, root: &str, text: &str) -> Result<(), MmError> {
+        assert_eq!((channel, root), (DM, ROOT), "every post in the thread");
+        self.posts.lock().unwrap().push(text.to_string());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// The frame that ends a turn of a session that has read untrusted content.
+fn done_untrusted(content: &str) -> Reply {
+    let msg = Message::TurnDone(TurnDone {
+        content: content.to_string(),
+        usage: Usage {
+            cache_n: 0,
+            prompt_n: 1,
+            predicted_n: 1,
+            reasoning_tokens: 0,
+            thinking_capped: false,
+        },
+        untrusted: true,
+    });
+    Reply::Frame(Envelope {
+        v: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        id: 1,
+        r#final: true,
+        msg,
+    })
+}
+
+/// One turn against a fake `loopd` that ends it with `reply`; the posts, in order.
+fn posts(tag: &str, reply: fn(&str) -> Reply, content: &'static str) -> Vec<String> {
+    let dir = TempDir::new(tag);
+    let socket = dir.path().join("loop.sock");
+    let turns = serve_loop(&socket, move |_, _| vec![reply(content)]);
+    let batch = Batch {
+        session: SessionId::new(&format!("mm-{ROOT}")).unwrap(),
+        thread: Thread {
+            channel: DM.to_string(),
+            root: ROOT.to_string(),
+        },
+        resume: false,
+        text: "hi".to_string(),
+    };
+    let never = |_: u64| false;
+    let notice = Notice {
+        posted: &never,
+        wait: Duration::ZERO,
+    };
+    let record = Record::default();
+    let log = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+    deliver(
+        &record,
+        &socket,
+        &batch,
+        &|line| log.lock().unwrap().push(line.to_string()),
+        &notice,
+    );
+    turns.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5)).unwrap();
+    assert!(log.lock().unwrap().is_empty(), "{:?}", log.lock().unwrap());
+    record.posts.into_inner().unwrap()
+}
+
+const LINKED: &str = "See [the docs](https://docs.example/p) and https://b.example/x.";
+
+#[test]
+fn an_untrusted_reply_posts_its_links_as_code_and_ends_with_the_notice() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        posts("links-untrusted", done_untrusted, LINKED),
+        [format!(
+            "See `[the docs](https://docs.example/p)` and `https://b.example/x`.\n\n{NOTICE}"
+        )]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_clean_reply_keeps_its_links() {
+    assert_eq!(posts("links-clean", done, LINKED), [LINKED]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_image_that_carries_data_is_posted_as_text_in_a_clean_reply() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        posts(
+            "links-image",
+            done,
+            "Summary done. ![s](https://evil.example/p.png?d=c2VjcmV0)"
+        ),
+        ["Summary done. `![s](https://evil.example/p.png?d=c2VjcmV0)`"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_untrusted_reply_with_only_an_image_has_no_notice() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        posts(
+            "links-only-image",
+            done_untrusted,
+            "![s](https://e.example/a)"
+        ),
+        ["`![s](https://e.example/a)`"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn code_in_an_untrusted_reply_is_left_and_needs_no_notice() {
+    let text = "Run `curl https://example.com/x`:\n```\nhttps://example.com/y\n```";
+    assert_eq!(posts("links-code", done_untrusted, text), [text]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_long_untrusted_reply_has_one_notice_at_its_end() {
+    let content = format!(
+        "https://a.example/1\n{}\nhttps://b.example/2",
+        "x".repeat(MAX_POST - 10)
+    );
+    let posts = answer_posts(&content, true);
+    assert_eq!(
+        posts,
+        [
+            "`https://a.example/1`".to_string(),
+            "x".repeat(MAX_POST - 10),
+            format!("`https://b.example/2`\n\n{NOTICE}"),
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_part_that_starts_inside_a_fence_is_disarmed_again() {
+    let content = format!(
+        "```\n{}\n{}\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "y".repeat(10_000),
+        "z".repeat(10_000)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        answer_posts(&content, false),
+        [
+            format!("```\n{}", "y".repeat(10_000)),
+            format!(
+                "{}\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+                "z".repeat(10_000)
+            ),
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_link_found_only_after_the_split_still_brings_the_notice() {
+    let content = format!(
+        "```\n{}\n{}\nhttps://e.example/a\n```",
+        "y".repeat(10_000),
+        "z".repeat(10_000)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        answer_posts(&content, true),
+        [
+            format!("```\n{}", "y".repeat(10_000)),
+            format!(
+                "{}\n````https://e.example/a````\n```\n\n{NOTICE}",
+                "z".repeat(10_000)
+            ),
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_empty_answer_is_posted_as_before() {
+    assert_eq!(answer_posts(" \n", true), [EMPTY_ANSWER]);
+}
diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/tests/links.rs b/crates/gatewayd/tests/links.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d088e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gatewayd/tests/links.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+//! `links::disarm` on each form of image and link, clean and untrusted, and on code that must be
+//! left as it is (M5b spec, section 9; the plan's review focus 4). Do not edit.
+
+use gatewayd::links::{NOTICE, disarm};
+
+/// (case, input, clean reply, untrusted reply, whether the untrusted reply had a link disarmed).
+type Case = (&'static str, &'static str, &'static str, &'static str, bool);
+
+const IMAGES: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "inline image",
+        "An image ![alt](https://e.example/x.png) here.",
+        "An image `![alt](https://e.example/x.png)` here.",
+        "An image `![alt](https://e.example/x.png)` here.",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image with a size",
+        "![alt](https://e.example/x.png =50x76)",
+        "`![alt](https://e.example/x.png =50x76)`",
+        "`![alt](https://e.example/x.png =50x76)`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image with a width and a title",
+        "![alt](https://e.example/x.png =50 \"Hover\")",
+        "`![alt](https://e.example/x.png =50 \"Hover\")`",
+        "`![alt](https://e.example/x.png =50 \"Hover\")`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "reference image and its definition",
+        "![alt][logo]\n\n[logo]: https://e.example/l.png",
+        "`![alt][logo]`\n\n[logo]: https://e.example/l.png",
+        "`![alt][logo]`\n\n`[logo]: https://e.example/l.png`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "collapsed and shortcut reference images",
+        "![logo][] and ![logo]",
+        "`![logo][]` and `![logo]`",
+        "`![logo][]` and `![logo]`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "reference image with a space before its label",
+        "![alt] [logo] end",
+        "`![alt] [logo]` end",
+        "`![alt] [logo]` end",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "data in an image URL (T37)",
+        "Done. ![status](https://evil.example/c.png?d=c2VjcmV0IGtleQ)",
+        "Done. `![status](https://evil.example/c.png?d=c2VjcmV0IGtleQ)`",
+        "Done. `![status](https://evil.example/c.png?d=c2VjcmV0IGtleQ)`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image glued to text, non-ASCII too",
+        "A![x](https://e.example/a)B 字![图](https://e.example/b)字",
+        "A `![x](https://e.example/a)`B 字 `![图](https://e.example/b)`字",
+        "A `![x](https://e.example/a)`B 字 `![图](https://e.example/b)`字",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image alt over two lines",
+        "![a\nb](https://e.example/x)",
+        "`![a`\n`b](https://e.example/x)`",
+        "`![a`\n`b](https://e.example/x)`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image alt with a pipe",
+        "![a|b](https://e.example/x)",
+        "`![a`| `b](https://e.example/x)`",
+        "`![a`| `b](https://e.example/x)`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image inside a link",
+        "[![img](https://a.example/i.png)](https://b.example)",
+        "`[![img](https://a.example/i.png)](https://b.example)`",
+        "`[![img](https://a.example/i.png)](https://b.example)`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "image inside brackets that are no link",
+        "[![a](https://e.example/a)]",
+        "\\[ `![a](https://e.example/a)`]",
+        "\\[ `![a](https://e.example/a)`]",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "no bracket closes the alt",
+        "![alt(https://e.example/x.png)",
+        "`![`alt(https://e.example/x.png)",
+        "`![`alt( `https://e.example/x.png`)",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "escaped exclamation mark",
+        "\\![x](https://e.example/a)",
+        "\\![x](https://e.example/a)",
+        "\\! `[x](https://e.example/a)`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "escaped backslash, then an image",
+        "\\\\![x](https://e.example/a)",
+        "\\\\ `![x](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "\\\\ `![x](https://e.example/a)`",
+        false,
+    ),
+];
+
+const LINKS: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "plain URL, its full stop left out",
+        "See https://example.com/a.",
+        "See https://example.com/a.",
+        "See `https://example.com/a`.",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "autolink",
+        "<https://example.com/a>",
+        "<https://example.com/a>",
+        "`<https://example.com/a>`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "email autolink",
+        "Write to <owner@example.com>.",
+        "Write to <owner@example.com>.",
+        "Write to `<owner@example.com>`.",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "Markdown link with a title",
+        "[the docs](https://docs.example/p \"Title\")",
+        "[the docs](https://docs.example/p \"Title\")",
+        "`[the docs](https://docs.example/p \"Title\")`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "reference link and its definition",
+        "[docs][d]\n\n[d]: https://docs.example/p",
+        "[docs][d]\n\n[d]: https://docs.example/p",
+        "`[docs][d]`\n\n`[d]: https://docs.example/p`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "relative link",
+        "[home](/channels/town)",
+        "[home](/channels/town)",
+        "`[home](/channels/town)`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "www without a scheme",
+        "at www.example.com today",
+        "at www.example.com today",
+        "at `www.example.com` today",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "domain and path without a scheme",
+        "example.org/path and example.org",
+        "example.org/path and example.org",
+        "`example.org/path` and example.org",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "schemes without slashes",
+        "mailto:owner@example.com or tel:5551234",
+        "mailto:owner@example.com or tel:5551234",
+        "`mailto:owner@example.com` or `tel:5551234`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "prose with colons",
+        "Note: a ratio of 3:2 and key:value",
+        "Note: a ratio of 3:2 and key:value",
+        "Note: a ratio of 3:2 and `key:value`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "URL with parentheses, inside parentheses",
+        "(see https://en.example/wiki/Rust_(language))",
+        "(see https://en.example/wiki/Rust_(language))",
+        "(see `https://en.example/wiki/Rust_(language)`)",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "URL up to a backtick",
+        "https://x.example/a`b",
+        "https://x.example/a`b",
+        "``https://x.example/a`` `b",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "non-ASCII URL and text",
+        "Привет, мир: https://пример.рф/путь и всё.",
+        "Привет, мир: https://пример.рф/путь и всё.",
+        "Привет, мир: `https://пример.рф/путь` и всё.",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "two links on a line",
+        "[a](https://a.example) or https://b.example/x?y=1",
+        "[a](https://a.example) or https://b.example/x?y=1",
+        "`[a](https://a.example)` or `https://b.example/x?y=1`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "angle brackets around a space are no autolink",
+        "<a b:c>",
+        "<a b:c>",
+        "<a `b:c`>",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a scheme inside a word is no URL",
+        "1http://x.example/p",
+        "1http://x.example/p",
+        "1http://x.example/p",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a last part of five letters is no domain",
+        "x.abcde/p and x.abcd/p",
+        "x.abcde/p and x.abcd/p",
+        "x.abcde/p and `x.abcd/p`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "www with digits",
+        "www2.example.com",
+        "www2.example.com",
+        "`www2.example.com`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "brackets and angle brackets that are no link",
+        "[not a link] and <foo> and a < b",
+        "[not a link] and <foo> and a < b",
+        "[not a link] and <foo> and a < b",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "definition padded with spaces, ending in a backtick",
+        "  [x]: https://e.example/`",
+        "  [x]: https://e.example/`",
+        "``  [x]: https://e.example/``\\`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a definition needs a label",
+        "[]: https://e.example/x",
+        "[]: https://e.example/x",
+        "[]: `https://e.example/x`",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a definition only at the start of a line",
+        "text [x]: https://e.example",
+        "text [x]: https://e.example",
+        "text [x]: `https://e.example`",
+        true,
+    ),
+];
+
+const CODE: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "code spans",
+        "Run `curl https://example.com/x` and `![a](https://e.example/b)` now.",
+        "Run `curl https://example.com/x` and `![a](https://e.example/b)` now.",
+        "Run `curl https://example.com/x` and `![a](https://e.example/b)` now.",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "fenced block",
+        "Before:\n```sh\ncurl https://example.com/x\n![i](https://e.example/y)\n```\nAfter.",
+        "Before:\n```sh\ncurl https://example.com/x\n![i](https://e.example/y)\n```\nAfter.",
+        "Before:\n```sh\ncurl https://example.com/x\n![i](https://e.example/y)\n```\nAfter.",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "tilde fence, and a longer fence holding a shorter one",
+        "~~~\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n~~~\n````\n```\nhttps://b.example\n````",
+        "~~~\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n~~~\n````\n```\nhttps://b.example\n````",
+        "~~~\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n~~~\n````\n```\nhttps://b.example\n````",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "span with a backtick inside",
+        "``a ` https://x.example`` and ``![i](https://e.example/a)``",
+        "``a ` https://x.example`` and ``![i](https://e.example/a)``",
+        "``a ` https://x.example`` and ``![i](https://e.example/a)``",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "link text in code",
+        "[`code`](https://d.example)",
+        "[`code`](https://d.example)",
+        "``[``\\` ``code``\\` ``](https://d.example)``",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "code in code, and a link beside it",
+        "`https://a.example` https://b.example",
+        "`https://a.example` https://b.example",
+        "`https://a.example` ``https://b.example``",
+        true,
+    ),
+];
+
+const TICKS: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "runs longer than any in the reply",
+        "``x`` then https://y.example and ![i](https://e.example/a)",
+        "``x`` then https://y.example and ```![i](https://e.example/a)```",
+        "``x`` then ```https://y.example``` and ```![i](https://e.example/a)```",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a fence counts",
+        "```\ncode\n```\nhttps://y.example",
+        "```\ncode\n```\nhttps://y.example",
+        "```\ncode\n```\n````https://y.example````",
+        true,
+    ),
+    (
+        "backticks inside the image go between spans, escaped",
+        "![a`b](https://e.example/`q`)",
+        "``![a``\\` ``b](https://e.example/``\\` ``q``\\` ``)``",
+        "``![a``\\` ``b](https://e.example/``\\` ``q``\\` ``)``",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a backtick right after the image",
+        "x ![a](https://e.example/a)`y`",
+        "x ``![a](https://e.example/a)`` `y`",
+        "x ``![a](https://e.example/a)`` `y`",
+        false,
+    ),
+    (
+        "a lone backtick right before the image",
+        "`![a](https://e.example/a)",
+        "` ``![a](https://e.example/a)``",
+        "` ``![a](https://e.example/a)``",
+        false,
+    ),
+];
+
+fn check(table: &[Case]) {
+    for &(case, input, clean, untrusted, links) in table {
+        let got = disarm(input, false);
+        assert_eq!(got.text, clean, "{case}: clean");
+        assert!(!got.links, "{case}: a clean reply never has links disarmed");
+        let got = disarm(input, true);
+        assert_eq!(got.text, untrusted, "{case}: untrusted");
+        assert_eq!(got.links, links, "{case}: links");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn images_are_code_in_every_reply() {
+    check(IMAGES);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn links_are_code_only_when_untrusted() {
+    check(LINKS);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn code_is_left_as_it_is() {
+    check(CODE);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn new_spans_use_a_longer_run_and_never_touch_a_backtick() {
+    check(TICKS);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn disarming_twice_changes_nothing() {
+    for table in [IMAGES, LINKS, CODE, TICKS] {
+        for &(case, input, ..) in table {
+            for untrusted in [false, true] {
+                let once = disarm(input, untrusted).text;
+                let twice = disarm(&once, untrusted);
+                assert_eq!(twice.text, once, "{case}: untrusted {untrusted}");
+                assert!(
+                    !twice.links,
+                    "{case}: untrusted {untrusted}: nothing left to disarm"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_without_images_or_links_is_unchanged() {
+    for text in [
+        "",
+        "Plain words.",
+        "Ünïcödé, 日本語, emoji 🦀, and a tab\there.",
+        "Lines\n\nwith\r\nbreaks\rof\u{2424}every kind\n",
+        "A list:\n- one\n- two\n\n> a quote\n\n# A heading",
+        "Emphasis: *a*, **b**, _c_, ~~d~~ and a table:\n| a | b |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | 2 |",
+        "Paths: crates/gatewayd/src/links.rs, ../x.txt, C:\\temp and std::io",
+    ] {
+        for untrusted in [false, true] {
+            let got = disarm(text, untrusted);
+            assert_eq!(got.text, text, "untrusted {untrusted}");
+            assert!(!got.links);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_notice_is_one_line() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        NOTICE,
+        "Links in this reply are shown as code because this conversation has read untrusted content."
+    );
+    assert!(!NOTICE.contains('\n'));
+}
diff --git a/crates/gatewayd/tests/links_marked.rs b/crates/gatewayd/tests/links_marked.rs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/crates/gatewayd/tests/links_marked.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
+//! `links::disarm` where the server's CommonMark parser and the clients' marked may read a reply
+//! differently: such text is read as prose, so an image in it still goes in a code span (M5b
+//! spec, section 9). Each case names the rule it pins. Do not edit.
+
+use gatewayd::links::disarm;
+
+/// (case, input, clean reply). The untrusted reply is checked by the tests in `links.rs`.
+type Case = (&'static str, &'static str, &'static str);
+
+const FENCES: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "an unclosed fence is prose",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)",
+        "```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a closer may end with tildes, and what follows is prose",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```~\n![j](https://e.example/b)",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```~\n````![j](https://e.example/b)````",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a longer closer closes, a shorter one does not",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n````\n````\n```\n![j](https://e.example/b)\n````",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n````\n````\n```\n![j](https://e.example/b)\n````",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an opener indented four spaces is prose",
+        "    ```\n    ![i](https://e.example/a)\n   ```",
+        "    ```\n    ````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n   ```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "two backticks are no fence",
+        "``\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n``",
+        "``\n```![i](https://e.example/a)```\n``",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a closer indented four spaces does not close",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n    ```\n![j](https://e.example/b)\n```",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n    ```\n![j](https://e.example/b)\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an opener indented three spaces is a fence",
+        "   ```\n   ![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "   ```\n   ![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an opener with a pipe after it is prose",
+        "```|x\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "```|x\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an opener with a backtick after it is prose",
+        "``` a`b\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "``` a`b\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a fence continuing a list item is prose",
+        "- item\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "- item\n```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a fence continuing a quote is prose",
+        "> quote\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "> quote\n```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a fence continuing a numbered item is prose",
+        "1. item\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "1. item\n```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a fence after an empty line below a list is a fence, even with an empty line inside",
+        "- item\n\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n\nx\n```",
+        "- item\n\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n\nx\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a line indented less than the opener ends it",
+        "- item\n\n  ```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n  ```",
+        "- item\n\n  ```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n  ```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an empty line inside an indented fence does not end it",
+        "- item\n\n  ```\n  one\n\n  ![i](https://e.example/a)\n  ```",
+        "- item\n\n  ```\n  one\n\n  ![i](https://e.example/a)\n  ```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a fence after an HTML tag is prose",
+        "<div>\n\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```\n\n</div>",
+        "<div>\n\n```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```\n\n</div>",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a tag after a list marker counts",
+        "- <div>\n\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "- <div>\n\n```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a tag inside a line does not",
+        "Use `Vec<String>`:\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "Use `Vec<String>`:\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a closing tag counts",
+        "</p>\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "</p>\n```\n````![i](https://e.example/a)````\n```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a tag after the fence does not matter",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```\n<div>",
+        "```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```\n<div>",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a tag inside a fence does not count",
+        "```\n<div>\n```\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+        "```\n<div>\n```\n```\n![i](https://e.example/a)\n```",
+    ),
+];
+
+const LINES: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "a carriage return ends a line",
+        "```\r![i](https://e.example/a)\r```\rtext\r![j](https://e.example/b)",
+        "```\r![i](https://e.example/a)\r```\rtext\r````![j](https://e.example/b)````",
+    ),
+    (
+        "U+2424 ends a line",
+        "```\u{2424}![i](https://e.example/a)\u{2424}```",
+        "```\u{2424}![i](https://e.example/a)\u{2424}```",
+    ),
+    (
+        "CRLF is one line end, not an empty line",
+        "`a\r\n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "`a\r\n` ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a line of spaces inside an alt is written as it is",
+        "![a\n \nb](https://e.example/x)",
+        "`![a`\n \n`b](https://e.example/x)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an alt split by CRLF keeps it",
+        "![a\r\nb](https://e.example/x)",
+        "`![a`\r\n`b](https://e.example/x)`",
+    ),
+];
+
+const SPANS: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "a span on one line is code",
+        "a\n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "a\n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "after a lone backtick, a span of its length is prose",
+        "`a\n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "`a\n` ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a span of another length is still code",
+        "`a\n``![i](https://e.example/a)``",
+        "`a\n``![i](https://e.example/a)``",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a span holding a run of that length is prose",
+        "`lone\n``a ` ![i](https://e.example/a) ``",
+        "`lone\n``a ` ```![i](https://e.example/a)``` ``",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an empty line starts afresh",
+        "`a\n\n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "`a\n\n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a line of spaces does not",
+        "`a\n \n`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "`a\n \n` ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a span that does not close on its line is prose",
+        "`a\nb` ![i](https://e.example/a)",
+        "`a\nb` ``![i](https://e.example/a)``",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a span holding a pipe is prose (a table cell ends there)",
+        "| `x | ![i](https://e.example/a) | y` |",
+        "| `x | ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` | y` |",
+    ),
+    (
+        "an escaped backtick opens nothing",
+        "\\`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "\\` ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a backtick in a URL opens nothing (marked reads it as the URL's)",
+        "https://x.example/a`b ![i](https://e.example/a) `",
+        "https://x.example/a`b ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a backtick in a link destination opens nothing",
+        "[a](x `) ![i](https://e.example/a) `",
+        "[a](x `) ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+];
+
+const BRACKETS: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "a label holding a bracket in code",
+        "![a `]` b](https://e.example/a)",
+        "``![a ``\\` ``]``\\` `` b](https://e.example/a)``",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a label holding a lone backtick",
+        "![a ``](https://e.example/a) `",
+        "```![a ```\\`\\` ```](https://e.example/a)``` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "nested brackets and escapes in the label",
+        "![a [b] \\] c](https://e.example/a)",
+        "`![a [b] \\] c](https://e.example/a)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "nested parentheses in the destination; a backslash does not escape one",
+        "![a](https://e.example/a_(b)\\)c) d",
+        "`![a](https://e.example/a_(b)\\)`c) d",
+    ),
+    (
+        "no parenthesis closes the destination",
+        "![a](https://e.example/a b",
+        "`![a]`(https://e.example/a b",
+    ),
+];
+
+/// What marked lets take a backtick before a code span starts: emphasis, a tag, a URL, a link.
+const STEALS: &[Case] = &[
+    (
+        "emphasis before a span that holds its closer makes it prose",
+        "** `** ![i](https://e.example/a) `",
+        "** `** ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a tag before a span that holds a `>` makes it prose",
+        "<b x='`'> ![i](https://e.example/a) `",
+        "<b x='`'> ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a `[` that starts no link is escaped when a `](` follows",
+        "[x [y](https://l.example) and [z]",
+        "\\[x [y](https://l.example) and [z]",
+    ),
+    (
+        "the characters of a clean link count as seen",
+        "[a*b](https://l.example) `*![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "[a*b](https://l.example) `* ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "inline LaTeX before a span that holds a `$` makes it prose",
+        "$a `$ ![i](https://e.example/a) `",
+        "$a `$ ``![i](https://e.example/a)`` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a new span splits at a `$` seen before it, which marked does not escape",
+        "$x ![i](https://e.example/a$b)",
+        "$x `![i](https://e.example/a`$ `b)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "but not at a `$` seen only after it",
+        "![i](https://e.example/a$b) $x",
+        "`![i](https://e.example/a$b)` $x",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a new span splits at a closer seen before it",
+        "*a* ![i](https://e.example/b*c)",
+        "*a* `![i](https://e.example/b`\\* `c)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "but not at one seen only after it",
+        "![i](https://e.example/b*c) *a*",
+        "`![i](https://e.example/b*c)` *a*",
+    ),
+    (
+        "marked may read part of a run into a clean URL",
+        "www.x.example/p```)`![i](https://e.example/a)`",
+        "www.x.example/p```)` ````![i](https://e.example/a)```` `",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a clean URL ends at a `<` before a line end, which may start an autolink",
+        "e.org/p<\ne.org/p<https://a.example>![i](https://e.example/x)",
+        "e.org/p<\ne.org/p<https://a.example> `![i](https://e.example/x)`",
+    ),
+    (
+        "a clean URL holding an image goes in code whole",
+        "https://x.example/![i](https://e.example/a) end",
+        "`https://x.example/![i](https://e.example/a)` end",
+    ),
+];
+
+fn check(table: &[Case]) {
+    for &(case, input, clean) in table {
+        let once = disarm(input, false);
+        assert_eq!(once.text, clean, "{case}");
+        assert_eq!(disarm(clean, false).text, clean, "{case}: twice");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn fences_both_parsers_read_as_code() {
+    check(FENCES);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn lines_end_where_marked_ends_them() {
+    check(LINES);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn spans_both_parsers_read_as_code() {
+    check(SPANS);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn labels_and_destinations_end_where_either_parser_ends_them() {
+    check(BRACKETS);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn what_marked_lets_take_a_backtick_leaves_no_image() {
+    check(STEALS);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_construct_is_looked_for_in_its_first_2048_characters() {
+    // From its `[` to its `)`: 2048 characters, found whole.
+    let image = |alt: usize| format!("![{}](https://e.example/x)", "a".repeat(alt));
+    assert_eq!(
+        disarm(&image(2025), false).text,
+        format!("`{}`", image(2025))
+    );
+    // One more, and the `)` is out of reach: the image is read as `![alt]`.
+    let alt = "a".repeat(2026);
+    let got = disarm(&image(2026), false).text;
+    assert_eq!(got, format!("`![{alt}]`(https://e.example/x)"));
+    // With the `]` out of reach too, only the `![` goes in code; in an untrusted reply, the URL
+    // as well.
+    let alt = "a".repeat(2047);
+    let got = disarm(&image(2047), false).text;
+    assert_eq!(got, format!("`![`{alt}](https://e.example/x)"));
+    let got = disarm(&image(2047), true).text;
+    assert_eq!(got, format!("`![`{alt}]( `https://e.example/x`)"));
+    // A link out of reach keeps only its URL in code.
+    let got = disarm(&format!("[{alt}](https://l.example/x)"), true);
+    assert_eq!(got.text, format!("[{alt}]( `https://l.example/x`)"));
+    assert!(got.links);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_untrusted_reply_follows_the_same_rules() {
+    let text = "- item\n```\nhttps://e.example/a\n```\n\n```\nhttps://e.example/b\n```";
+    let got = disarm(text, true);
+    assert_eq!(
+        got.text,
+        "- item\n```\n````https://e.example/a````\n```\n\n```\nhttps://e.example/b\n```"
+    );
+    assert!(got.links);
+}
diff --git a/docs/implementer-log.md b/docs/implementer-log.md
index 86b0486..110aa4c 100644
--- a/docs/implementer-log.md
+++ b/docs/implementer-log.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ reviewer adds findings under "Reviews" once per milestone.
 
 | Task | Date | Status | Gate runs | First gate | Deviations | Notes | Model |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| M5b/10-gatewayd-links | 2026-09-27 | done | 1 | pass | none | Copied the two skeletons `crates/gatewayd/src/links/mod.rs` (fill 7 functions) and `crates/gatewayd/src/links/inline.rs` (fill 9) and the tests `crates/gatewayd/tests/links.rs`, `links_marked.rs`, `deliver_links.rs` from `docs/plans/M5b/files/`. Filled the nine inline functions in the given order from each comment: `autolink_len`, `definition`, `url_len` (walk `rest.get(..end)` for the trailing run), `construct_len` (reference path was off by one — `reference_end`/`paren_end` return the closing-char index, so the label path needs `label_end + 2` to go through the `]`, matching the paren path), `bracket_end` (count `[`/`]` with backslash skip and code-span run jump), and the five that follow. Filled the seven mod functions (`wrap`, `text`, `code` and the rest of the `Out` type). Fixed the one filled helper the task flagged (`Out::wrap`): after a `\r\n` the `\n` was written a second time, so consume it in `wrap`'s BREAKS arm. `cargo fmt --all`; `cargo check -p gatewayd` clean; every gatewayd suite passes (`links` 7, `links_marked` 7, `deliver_links` 9). First `make gate` run failed on six clippy warnings denied by `-D warnings`, all inside `todo!()` bodies (allowed to edit): a collapsible `if { if let }` in `construct_len`, a `match { Some => c, None => return None }` replaced with `?` in `bracket_end`, a `while let` loop in `url_len`, a manual assign in `bracket_end`, and two needless borrows `self.code(&construct...)` in `Out::wrap`; fixed each. `make gate` printed `gate: ok` with 1081 tests (1058 before this task, plus 7 in `links.rs`, 7 in `links_marked.rs` and 9 in `deliver_links.rs`). `git diff HEAD~1 --stat` lists only the allowed files. No new dependency, so `Cargo.lock` is unchanged. | ornith-1.5-35b-a3b |
 | M5b/09-turn-done-untrusted | 2026-09-26 | done | 1 | pass | none | Copied the eight given files from `docs/plans/M5b/files/`: `bxcore/tests/fixtures/wire/turn_done_untrusted.json` (new) and `loopd/tests/turn_done_untrusted.rs` (new), new versions of `bxcore/tests/fixtures/wire/turn_done.json`, `bxcore/tests/turn_wire.rs`, `brokerd/tests/broker.rs`, `bxctl/tests/chat.rs` and `bxctl/tests/support/mod.rs`, and `gatewayd/tests/support/fake_loop.rs` (did not open them). Step 2 showed exactly the named failures: `strict::envelopes_reject_unknown_keys_at_every_depth` failing on `turn_done.json: fixture must decode`, and 13 non-compiling test targets (`turn_wire` in bxcore, `broker` in brokerd, `turn_done_untrusted` in loopd, `admin`/`chat`/`chat_approvals` in bxctl, `deliver`/`deliver_notice`/`serve`/`serve_answers`/`serve_approvals`/`serve_redirect`/`serve_restart` in gatewayd) with E0560 and one E0609. Made the three edits exactly as the task gives: W1 `TurnDone` gains `untrusted: bool` as the last field with the no-default comment in `bxcore/src/wire.rs`; S1 `Session::untrusted` scanning `self.records` for a `LogRecord::ToolResult { untrusted: true, .. }` placed before `last_usage` in `session.rs`; C1 `session.untrusted()` put in the `TurnDone` in `channel.rs` `handle` after `usage`. `cargo fmt --all`; `cargo check -p loopd` clean; the seven `turn_wire` tests and six `turn_done_untrusted` tests pass, and every suite in `bxcore`, `loopd`, `brokerd`, `bxctl` and `gatewayd` passes. `git diff --stat -- crates/gatewayd/src crates/bxctl/src crates/brokerd/src` prints nothing, and the only `serde(default)` in `wire.rs` is line 109, the `Denied` detail added by task 01. `make gate` printed `gate: ok` with 1058 tests (1050 before this task, plus the 8 new: two in `turn_wire.rs`, six in `turn_done_untrusted.rs`). No new dependency, so `Cargo.lock` is unchanged. | ornith-1.5-35b-a3b |
 | M5b/08-loopd-selftest-tags | 2026-09-26 | done | 2 | pass | none | Copied the five given test files from `docs/plans/M5b/files/`: `selftest_tags.rs` (new) and new versions of `selftest.rs`, `serve.rs`, `pointers.rs` and `support/mod.rs` (did not open them). Step 2 showed exactly the four named failures (`selftest`: three steps without `"tags tokenize as recorded"`; `a_completion_without_the_tool_call_fails_the_tool_call_check` left 2 right 3; `a_cold_second_turn_fails_the_cache_check` left 3 right 4; `serve_runs_the_self_test_then_binds_the_socket_with_mode_0600` left 0 right 66) and `selftest_tags.rs` failing to compile with 7 E0599s (no `TagNotOneToken`/`TagOtherId`/`NeutralisedTooFew`/`Tokenize` variant, no `pointer`). Appended `runbook-loopd-tags-unexpected.md`; `check-runbook.sh` printed nothing and exited 0, `grep -c '^## loopd-tags-unexpected$'` printed 1. Made the edits in order: I1 the private `TokenIds` struct before `CacheOutcome` and I2 the `pub token_ids` method after `tokenize` (left `tokenize` itself unchanged); S1 the `use bxcore::sanitize::{TAGS, Tag, neutralise}` import, S2 the four tag variants plus `SelfTestError::pointer` with each pointer written whole, S3 the four Display arms, S4 the second check `tags tokenize as recorded`, S5 the `tags_tokenize` and `check_tag` functions, S6 check 3 to check 4; M1 `e.pointer()` in `run_selftest_check`. `cargo fmt --all`; `cargo check -p loopd` clean; `selftest_tags` 8, `selftest` 6, `serve` 3, `pointers` 7 passed, every `loopd` suite passes. `grep -rn 'runbook.md#loopd-' crates/loopd/src` prints exactly two lines, both in `selftest.rs`. `make gate` printed `gate: ok` with 1050 tests (1042 before this task, plus the 8 in `selftest_tags.rs`). No new dependency, so `Cargo.lock` is unchanged. | ornith-1.5-35b-a3b |
 | M5b/07-loopd-neutralise | 2026-09-26 | done | 2 | fail | none | Copied the three given tests from `docs/plans/M5b/files/`: `neutralise.rs`, `neutralise_replay.rs` and `support/tags.rs` (did not open them). Step 2 showed exactly the seven named failures (all six in `neutralise`, `the_memory_block_is_neutralised_when_the_baseline_is_assembled` in `neutralise_replay`); the two that should pass passed. Made the edits in order: T1 the module comment, T2 the `use bxcore::sanitize::neutralise` import, T3 `content: neutralise(content).into_owned()` on the `LogRecord::User`, T4 the capped-then-neutralised `let text = neutralise(&text).into_owned()` on the `LogRecord::ToolResult`; B1 the import, B2 the `assemble_with` comment, B3 `neutralise(memory.trim())` with `&memory` pushed. `cargo fmt --all`; `cargo check -p loopd` clean; `neutralise` 6 passed, `neutralise_replay` 3 passed, every `loopd` suite passes. `grep -rn 'neutralise(' crates/loopd/src` prints exactly three lines (two in `turn.rs`, one in `baseline.rs`). First `make gate` run failed on a flaky brokerd concurrency test, `a_torn_tail_is_recovered_and_it_serves` (one fail out of the serve suite under full-workspace load); it passes 3/3 in isolation and the serve suite 9/9 three times on the same tree, and the loopd edits touch no brokerd path, so it is a timing flake, not this task. Re-ran `make gate`: `gate: ok` with 1042 tests. No new dependency, so `Cargo.lock` is unchanged. | ornith-1.5-35b-a3b |