engine: stop writing the .snapshots sidecar; the .inp already carries it Both copies came from MREC_ARMSNAP, in the same if(_mr_ok && rename(...)) success block: the payload embedded in the take, and a byte-identical sidecar dropped in .snapshots/<take>.<seed>/. The .inp is self-sufficient and is the only form that travels between machines, so the directory duplicated the file it sat beside. The HANDLER still reads .snapshots as a fallback, deliberately. A take recorded before the payload existed has...

engine: stop writing the .snapshots sidecar; the .inp already carries it Both copies came from MREC_ARMSNAP, in the same if(_mr_ok && rename(...)) success block: the payload embedded in the take, and a byte-identical sidecar dropped in .snapshots/<take>.<seed>/. The .inp is self-sufficient and is the only form that travels between machines, so the directory duplicated the file it sat beside. The HANDLER still reads .snapshots as a fallback, deliberately. A take recorded before the payload existed has... #528