Let owners/operators mute or unmute new public/private sends from a human seat while retaining history, incoming messages, gameplay and credentials. Fence metadata and durable audit writes with live authority, membership and versions. Preserve exact admin/message retries and inherit restrictions through seat recovery.
Validation: types/lint, 5431 offline tests, build, 52 HTTP integration tests, 24 administrator HTTP groups, independent SQL/privacy/UI review and desktop/mobile refresh acceptance. All 2230 prior games and 4746 seats preserved. Additive migration 0016. Verified runtime fingerprint 588967fbb9c2e3b6abe2990c4fce96ee69e2256fb7e3ee416314b87593cebba9; documentation-only grammar/button-label review gives b5e57bdd26812debede91c588e38f247f1fa895ad23e7ae30bc8550eedcd90ec. New-revision deployed acceptance remains open; full admin/rules scope is unfinished.
Enable an existing AI difficulty for a human seat through admin controls without granting private access or advancing paused play. Preserve custody, credentials, takeback and separate paced resume. Bind atomic writes and outgoing-grant revocation to live authority, room/pause versions and active seat access with durable exact receipts.
Validation: types/lint, 5408 offline tests, build and 52 HTTP tests passed on source fingerprint 2157de0f4bb0b74d9760d52102601c52344cf674dee8ccd1d559f0a246a1d4ff; 22 authenticated admin HTTP groups, independent SQL/privacy/UI review, desktop/mobile and refresh checks. All 2098 baseline rooms and 4455 seats preserved. Migration 0015 is additive. Positive production admin QA awaits authorized access; full admin/rules scope remains unfinished.
Show progress during initial admin and seat-control submissions; retain exact recovery instructions for uncertain requests and explicit retries. Keep seat recovery and handover confirmations above the table until Continue without blocking gameplay. Use readable 16px text and 44px controls.
Verified isolated checkpoint: types, lint, 5381 offline tests, 52 HTTP tests and build. Local delayed/lost-response browser QA covered admin creation, durable retry, handover and seat recovery, mobile readability and saved-seat restoration. Existing 2098 rooms and 4455 seats preserved. Deployment acceptance follows separately.
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