test: require active status before SLA breach

scripts/test_subagent_delivery_watchdog.mjs

@@ -84,6 +84,36 @@ test('fixture runner can invoke watchdog skeleton with a generated input file',
   }
 });
 
+
+
+test('watchdog reports active before SLA when dispatch exists and no completion receipt has arrived yet', () => {
+  const runner = createFixtureRunner();
+
+  try {
+    const inputPath = runner.writeFixture('dispatch-before-sla.json', {
+      runId: 'fixture-run-active-before-sla',
+      childSessionKey: 'session:active-before-sla',
+      dispatchAt: '2026-04-24T10:00:00.000Z',
+      expectedBy: '2026-04-24T10:10:00.000Z',
+      currentTime: '2026-04-24T10:05:00.000Z',
+    });
+
+    const result = runner.runWatchdog(['--compact', '--input', inputPath]);
+
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, `expected zero exit status, got ${result.status}
+${result.stderr}`);
+    assert.equal(result.stderr, '');
+
+    const payload = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
+    assert.equal(payload.ok, true);
+    assert.equal(payload.input.path, inputPath);
+    assert.equal(payload.input.exists, true);
+    assert.equal(payload.result.status, 'active');
+  } finally {
+    runner.cleanup();
+  }
+});
+
 test('fixture runner exposes missing-input behavior for future fail-first cases', () => {
   const runner = createFixtureRunner();