pS remediation: legacy lift terminates on stale-id proof; displayName in v10 refs; refs-reader range fallbacks; load path keeps owned refs

src/vst/reasampler_editor.cpp

@@ -117,12 +117,19 @@ void drawEnvelope(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, const Rect& r, const Envelope& env) {
     drawWaveform(bmp, toKitBox(r), env);
 }
 
-// A display name for a bank sample id from the snapshotted list ("?" if the id no longer
+// A display name for a bank sample id: the snapshotted bank list first, then the
-// resolves — e.g. a zone naming a deleted sample).
+// instance-OWNED ref's displayName (pS — the label survives with the extension absent /
-std::string sampleLabel(const std::vector<SampleChoice>& samples, const std::string& id) {
+// bank unreadable, mirroring the waveform + loop-marker ref fallback). "?" only when
+// neither source knows the id (a stale zone naming a deleted sample, or a pre-displayName
+// refs table not yet back-filled by a bank refresh).
+std::string sampleLabel(const std::vector<SampleChoice>& samples, const SampleRefs& refs,
+                        const std::string& id) {
     for (const SampleChoice& c : samples) {
         if (c.id == id) return c.displayName.empty() ? c.id : c.displayName;
     }
+    for (const SampleRefEntry& e : refs) {
+        if (e.sampleId == id && !e.displayName.empty()) return e.displayName;
+    }
     return "?";
 }
 
@@ -1220,10 +1227,14 @@ void ReaSamplerEditor::paintSample(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, int w, int h) {
     // signal.
     std::string title = reasampler::vstPluginName();  // channel-derived (S18)
     if (processor_ && processor_->bridge().isConnected()) {
-        if (samples_.empty()) title += "  [bank empty]";
+        // The instance's OWN loaded state outranks bank availability (pS: the bank is a
-        else if (selectedId_.empty() && map_.zones.empty()) title += "  [pick a capture]";
+        // browser source, not the instrument's identity) — a self-contained instance names
-        else if (!map_.zones.empty()) title += "  [" + std::to_string(map_.zones.size()) + " zone(s)]";
+        // its sound (refs displayName fallback) even when the bank snapshot is empty.
-        else title += "  [" + sampleLabel(samples_, selectedId_) + "]";
+        if (!map_.zones.empty()) title += "  [" + std::to_string(map_.zones.size()) + " zone(s)]";
+        else if (!selectedId_.empty())
+            title += "  [" + sampleLabel(samples_, processor_->sampleRefs(), selectedId_) + "]";
+        else if (samples_.empty()) title += "  [bank empty]";
+        else title += "  [pick a capture]";
     } else {
         title += "  [host: no bridge]";
     }
@@ -1980,7 +1991,10 @@ void ReaSamplerEditor::paintZone(LICE_IBitmap* bmp, int w, int h) {
     if (selectedZone_ >= 0 && selectedZone_ < static_cast<int>(map_.zones.size())) {
         const PerformanceZone& z = map_.zones[static_cast<std::size_t>(selectedZone_)];
         kitText(bmp, Rect{infoR.left, infoR.top, infoR.left + 120, infoR.bottom},
-                sampleLabel(samples_, z.sampleId).c_str(), Font::Label, Role::TextPrimary);
+                sampleLabel(samples_, processor_ ? processor_->sampleRefs() : SampleRefs{},
+                            z.sampleId)
+                    .c_str(),
+                Font::Label, Role::TextPrimary);
         // Three fields laid out left-to-right after the sample label. A focused field lifts to
         // the Focus state (accent nudge + ring); values in tabular mono so digits don't jitter.
         const Rect fields = noteEntryFieldsArea(content);

src/vst/reasampler_processor.cpp

@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ tresult PLUGIN_API ReaSamplerProcessor::setActive(TBool state) {
         // Self-contained (pS): this rebuild resolves + decodes from the instance-OWNED
         // sample refs — it needs no bank read, so it plays regardless of whether the
         // extension's PROJEXTSTATE has parsed yet (or the extension exists at all).
+        //
+        // #B: this unconditional rebuild is ALSO the NON-editor legacy trigger for a
+        // pre-v10 blob (refs empty + intent): reloadInstrument's opportunistic
+        // refreshRefsFromBank copies the refs in when the bank blob is readable by
+        // activation time, so an upgraded project plays on load without the instrument
+        // ever being opened (and the next save is self-contained). Residual load-order
+        // race, DAW-verifiable only: if the host activates this instance BEFORE the
+        // project's ext-state lines parse, the lift misses here and — with no editor open —
+        // nothing retries until the next activation or editor tick. MIGRATION NOTE: open a
+        // pre-v10 instrument once after upgrading if it restores silent.
         reloadInstrument();
     } else {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(reloadMutex_);
@@ -248,6 +258,9 @@ tresult PLUGIN_API ReaSamplerProcessor::setState(IBStream* state) {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(refsMutex_);
         sampleRefs_ = cs.sampleRefs;
     }
+    // A new blob is new facts: a staleness proof latched against the PREVIOUS state does
+    // not carry over (#A — the legacy lift gets one fresh run per restored state).
+    legacyLiftConcluded_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     // Rebuild from the restored state (off-thread — setState is a load-time call).
     reloadInstrument();
     return kResultOk;
@@ -481,9 +494,11 @@ std::string ReaSamplerProcessor::reloadInstrument() {
             bridge_.readReasamplerExtState(kProjExtBanksKey);
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> rl(refsMutex_);
         if (banksJson) refreshRefsFromBank(sampleRefs_, *banksJson, ids);
-        // Hygiene: the owned table tracks exactly what the instance currently plays, so a
+        // The LOAD path never prunes the owned table: dropping entries here on a transient
-        // de-referenced sample's entry drops here (never grows with browsing history).
+        // bank miss could destroy the owned intrinsics of the previous selection — the ONE
-        retainRefs(sampleRefs_, ids);
+        // copy that survives with the extension absent. Entries for de-referenced ids stay
+        // in memory (bounded by in-session browsing); hygiene lives at the PERSIST boundary,
+        // where getState filters its snapshot via retainRefs to what the instance plays.
         refs = sampleRefs_;  // snapshot for the decode below (outside the refs lock)
     }
     const std::string projectDir = bridge_.activeProjectDir();
@@ -672,6 +687,25 @@ void ReaSamplerProcessor::retireIdleDrain() {
         graveyard_.end());
 }
 
+bool ReaSamplerProcessor::legacyLiftShouldRun() {
+    // #A terminating guard for the pre-v10 legacy lift. The caller has already established
+    // refs-empty + intent; this decides whether a lift attempt can MAKE PROGRESS before
+    // paying for a full reload. Once concluded, the steady state is this one relaxed load —
+    // no bank read, no parse, no reload churn.
+    if (legacyLiftConcluded_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) return false;
+    const LegacyLiftDecision decision = legacyLiftDecision(
+        bridge_.readReasamplerExtState(kProjExtBanksKey),
+        referencedSampleIds(selectedSampleId(), performanceMap()));
+    if (decision == LegacyLiftDecision::Stale) {
+        // Provably stale (the bank parses and knows none of the referenced ids): give up
+        // PERMANENTLY. A later bank change that re-introduces an id bumps the generation,
+        // and the genChanged reload refreshes the refs without consulting this latch.
+        legacyLiftConcluded_.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;  // Retry (blob not readable yet) or Lift (a ref can be copied in)
+}
+
 ReaSamplerProcessor::BankSyncResult
 ReaSamplerProcessor::pollBankSync(bool isFocusedTarget) {
     // OFF THE AUDIO THREAD (the editor's UI timer calls this). Both reads allocate and call
@@ -759,13 +793,16 @@ ReaSamplerProcessor::pollBankSync(bool isFocusedTarget) {
     // editor tick until the lift lands: reloadInstrument folds the bank blob into the refs
     // when readable, after which the table is non-empty and this never fires again (the
     // next save is then self-contained). A deliberately-empty instance has no intent and
-    // never churns; a lift whose bank stays unreadable (or whose id went stale) retries a
+    // never churns; a bank that is not readable YET retries a cheap null publish on the
-    // cheap null publish on the editor cadence only. This is a MIGRATION convenience for
+    // editor cadence only. TERMINATING GUARD (#A, legacyLiftShouldRun): once the bank blob
-    // old projects, NOT a playback dependency — a v10 blob plays from its refs with no
+    // PARSES and no referenced id resolves in it, the ids are provably stale — there is
-    // poll at all (pS).
+    // nothing to lift, so the lift concludes permanently instead of churning a full bank
+    // read + reload every tick forever. This is a MIGRATION convenience for old projects,
+    // NOT a playback dependency — a v10 blob plays from its refs with no poll at all (pS).
     bool legacyLift = false;
     if (!genChanged && !result.applied && sampleRefs().empty()) {
-        legacyLift = !selectedSampleId().empty() || !performanceMap().empty();
+        const bool hasIntent = !selectedSampleId().empty() || !performanceMap().empty();
+        legacyLift = hasIntent && legacyLiftShouldRun();
     }
 
     if (genChanged || result.applied || legacyLift) {

src/vst/reasampler_processor.h

@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ public:
     //     a non-target instance neither applies nor advances its marker.
     //   * LEGACY LIFT: a pre-v10 blob restored with intent but no refs retries the (cheap)
     //     bank read until the blob is parseable, then reloads ONCE to copy the refs in.
+    //     TERMINATING: once the blob parses and NO referenced id resolves, the ids are
+    //     provably stale — the lift concludes permanently (legacyLiftShouldRun) instead of
+    //     churning a full bank read + reload every tick forever.
     // The consumed marker advances in component state (marked dirty via the host handler) so a
     // re-open does not re-apply. `isFocusedTarget` is the shell's thundering-herd policy input
     // (the editor passes true only for the instance whose editor is open — see the handoff).
@@ -286,6 +289,12 @@ private:
     // the new params bake into the next real reload. Off the audio thread only.
     void rebuildVoiceEngine();
 
+    // The pre-v10 LEGACY LIFT gate (#A): true when a lift attempt this tick could make
+    // progress. Latches legacyLiftConcluded_ on a Stale proof (see the member below); the
+    // pure decision itself is sample_map's legacyLiftDecision. Off the audio thread only
+    // (bridge read + bank parse).
+    bool legacyLiftShouldRun();
+
     // Publish `built` (null = install silence) into live_: prune the graveyard by the last
     // process()-published generation, swap `built` into live_, displace the previous live into
     // the drain slot, and park the drain-evicted instrument in the graveyard. REQUIRES
@@ -383,11 +392,20 @@ private:
     // FIRST poll after an editor open BASELINES the seen value without a redundant reload
     // (setState already loaded the instrument from the OWNED refs); a subsequent generation
     // CHANGE then drives the reload. Since pS there is NO reopen-heal here: playback never
-    // depends on this poll — a v10 blob plays from its own refs at setState time. The only
+    // depends on this poll — a v10 blob plays from its own refs at setState time. Besides a
-    // poll-driven reload besides a generation change is the pre-v10 LEGACY LIFT (see
+    // generation change, pollBankSync reloads only for an APPLIED S8 assignment and for the
-    // pollBankSync). NOT read on the audio thread.
+    // pre-v10 LEGACY LIFT. NOT read on the audio thread.
     std::int64_t lastSeenBankGeneration_ = -1;
 
+    // The pre-v10 LEGACY LIFT's terminating latch (#A): set once legacyLiftShouldRun proves
+    // the referenced ids STALE against a readable bank blob (LegacyLiftDecision::Stale) —
+    // there is nothing to lift, so the lift stops re-firing (the steady state is one relaxed
+    // load per tick, no bank read). Reset by setState (a new blob = new facts). NOT consulted
+    // by the genChanged/applied reload paths, so a later bank change that re-introduces an id
+    // (e.g. an extension-side undo) still refreshes the refs — the latch only gates the lift.
+    // Atomic: written on the UI-timer thread (pollBankSync) and the host load thread (setState).
+    std::atomic<bool> legacyLiftConcluded_{false};
+
     // S-VIEW-4 preview-trigger velocity (MIDI 1..127). Persisted in component state (v6) so the
     // user's chosen strike velocity survives a project save/reload. Since Wave 2 the Sample-view
     // velocity knob writes it on the UI thread, so it is guarded by previewMutex_; setState and

src/vst/sample_map.cpp

@@ -134,10 +134,30 @@ void refreshRefsFromBank(SampleRefs& refs, const std::string& banksJson,
         const SelectedSample distilled = distill(*found);
         bool updated = false;
         for (SampleRefEntry& e : refs) {
-            if (e.sampleId == id) { e.ref = distilled; updated = true; break; }
+            if (e.sampleId == id) {
+                e.ref = distilled;
+                e.displayName = found->displayName;  // rename sync rides the same refresh
+                updated = true;
+                break;
             }
-        if (!updated) refs.push_back(SampleRefEntry{id, distilled});
         }
+        if (!updated) refs.push_back(SampleRefEntry{id, distilled, found->displayName});
+    }
+}
+
+LegacyLiftDecision legacyLiftDecision(const std::optional<std::string>& banksJson,
+                                      const std::vector<std::string>& ids) {
+    if (!banksJson || banksJson->empty()) return LegacyLiftDecision::Retry;
+    const std::optional<BankBook> book = BankBook::deserialize(*banksJson);
+    if (!book) return LegacyLiftDecision::Retry;  // present but unparseable: not readable YET
+    for (const std::string& id : ids) {
+        for (const Bank& b : book->banks()) {
+            if (b.index.query(id)) return LegacyLiftDecision::Lift;
+        }
+    }
+    // The blob parses and knows none of the referenced ids (or there are none): provably
+    // stale — a lift can never make progress against this bank.
+    return LegacyLiftDecision::Stale;
 }
 
 void retainRefs(SampleRefs& refs, const std::vector<std::string>& ids) {
@@ -723,7 +743,7 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> serializeComponentState(const ComponentState& state) {
     // table, following the explicit flag so a v9 blob is a strict prefix up to here (see
     // the v9 lift). Wire shape per kSelectionZonesRefsV10Version: entry count, then per
     // entry id + path (length-prefixed), rootNote, loop (hasLoop + start/end, always
-    // written), channelCount.
+    // written), channelCount, displayName (length-prefixed; display-only).
     putU32le(out, static_cast<std::uint32_t>(state.sampleRefs.size()));
     for (const SampleRefEntry& e : state.sampleRefs) {
         putU32le(out, static_cast<std::uint32_t>(e.sampleId.size()));
@@ -736,6 +756,8 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> serializeComponentState(const ComponentState& state) {
         putU64le(out, asU64(e.ref.loop.end));
         putU32le(out,
                  static_cast<std::uint32_t>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(e.ref.channelCount)));
+        putU32le(out, static_cast<std::uint32_t>(e.displayName.size()));
+        out.insert(out.end(), e.displayName.begin(), e.displayName.end());
     }
     // Length-prefixed selection id (it precedes the zones payload, so it MUST be framed —
     // unlike the v1 selection blob where the id ran to end-of-stream).
@@ -883,11 +905,20 @@ ComponentState deserializeComponentState(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& bytes,
             e.sampleId = r.str(refIdLen);
             const std::uint32_t pathLen = r.u32();
             e.ref.relativePath = r.str(pathLen);
-            e.ref.rootNote = r.i32();
+            // Range fallbacks (the refs table is the ONLY copy on the play path, so a
+            // corrupt field must degrade to the field's default, never poison playback —
+            // the previewVelocity/voiceCount posture): an out-of-MIDI-range root falls back
+            // to the middle-C default distill() uses; a negative channel count falls back
+            // to 0 = unknown (the GA auto-default then skips it).
+            const std::int32_t root = r.i32();
+            e.ref.rootNote = (root >= 0 && root <= 127) ? root : 60;
             e.ref.loop.hasLoop = (r.u8() != 0);
             e.ref.loop.start = r.i64();
             e.ref.loop.end = r.i64();
-            e.ref.channelCount = r.i32();
+            const std::int32_t channels = r.i32();
+            e.ref.channelCount = channels >= 0 ? channels : 0;
+            const std::uint32_t nameLen = r.u32();
+            e.displayName = r.str(nameLen);
             if (!r.ok) break;  // truncated mid-entry -> keep what parsed, drop the rest
             out.sampleRefs.push_back(std::move(e));
         }

src/vst/sample_map.h

@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ struct PerformanceMap;  // defined below (Tier 1); referencedSampleIds spans bot
 struct SampleRefEntry {
     std::string sampleId;  // the bank sample id this ref was copied from (the seam key)
     SelectedSample ref;    // path + intrinsics, sufficient to decode + play without a bank
+    // The sample's bank display name at copy time — DISPLAY ONLY (the editor's label falls
+    // back to it when the bank snapshot is unavailable, mirroring the waveform/loop ref
+    // fallback); never consulted by resolution. Empty for a table written before the field
+    // existed in-session (it back-fills on the next bank refresh).
+    std::string displayName;
 };
 using SampleRefs = std::vector<SampleRefEntry>;
 
@@ -102,11 +107,26 @@ std::vector<std::string> referencedSampleIds(const std::string& selectionId,
                                              const PerformanceMap& map);
 
 // Upsert a ref for each id in `ids` that resolves in the live bank blob (the same
-// distillation selectSample performs). A miss leaves any existing entry untouched — the
+// distillation selectSample performs), copying the bank display name alongside the decode
-// instance owns its copy; a bank deletion never strips a ref. Empty/malformed blob -> no-op.
+// intrinsics. A miss leaves any existing entry untouched — the instance owns its copy; a
+// bank deletion never strips a ref. Empty/malformed blob -> no-op.
 void refreshRefsFromBank(SampleRefs& refs, const std::string& banksJson,
                          const std::vector<std::string>& ids);
 
+// The pre-v10 LEGACY-LIFT terminating decision (pure, so the no-churn rule is provable
+// without a host): can a refs lift MAKE PROGRESS against this bank blob for the ids the
+// instance references?
+//   * Retry — the blob is absent/empty/unparseable: not readable YET, keep retrying (the
+//     project's ext-state may simply not have parsed).
+//   * Lift  — the blob parses and at least one id resolves: a lift copies a ref in (the
+//     refs table then goes non-empty and the lift never re-fires).
+//   * Stale — the blob parses and NO id resolves (an empty `ids` included): the ids are
+//     PROVABLY stale — the bank is readable and does not know them — so there is nothing
+//     to lift, ever. The shell latches this and stops retrying (no per-tick churn).
+enum class LegacyLiftDecision { Retry, Lift, Stale };
+LegacyLiftDecision legacyLiftDecision(const std::optional<std::string>& banksJson,
+                                      const std::vector<std::string>& ids);
+
 // Keep only the entries whose id is in `ids` (getState hygiene: the persisted table tracks
 // exactly what the instance currently plays, so it cannot grow with browsing history).
 void retainRefs(SampleRefs& refs, const std::vector<std::string>& ids);
@@ -341,8 +361,12 @@ struct ResolvedPerformance {
 // bank_book parse, no host, no PCM. Each zone's sampleId is looked up across every bank
 // (pool + named); a hit yields a ResolvedZone with the effective root note (rootOverride,
 // else the sample's S2 rootNote, else 60) and the sample's loop intrinsic; a miss appends
-// the id to droppedSampleIds. Empty/malformed blob or empty map -> empty result (the shell
+// the id to droppedSampleIds. Empty/malformed blob or empty map -> empty result.
-// then falls back to Tier-0 — see reloadInstrument).
+//
+// NOT the live load path since pS: reloadInstrument resolves via resolvePerformanceFromRefs
+// (the instance-owned refs). This bank-side resolver is retained as the TESTED REFERENCE
+// the refs path is verified against (testResolveFromRefsMatchesBankResolve) — both share
+// foldZone, so the drift test is what keeps the shared fold honest.
 ResolvedPerformance resolvePerformance(const std::string& banksJson,
                                        const PerformanceMap& map);
 
@@ -515,7 +539,7 @@ PerformanceMap deserializePerformance(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& bytes,
 // double, bit-cast; 0.0 = -inf/silence, 1.0 = unity, cap ~15.849 = +24 dB), then the GA 1-byte
 // channel-mode-EXPLICIT flag (0 = implicit/auto-default, 1 = the user deliberately toggled the
 // mode — see ComponentState::channelModeExplicit), then the pS SAMPLE-REFS table (v10 — the
-// instance-owned path + intrinsics per referenced sample; wire shape at
+// instance-owned path + intrinsics + display name per referenced sample; wire shape at
 // kSelectionZonesRefsV10Version below), then a 4-byte LE
 // selection-id length + id bytes, then the CURRENT zones payload (identical to
 // serializePerformance's body — its own self-describing version, see the ZONES-PAYLOAD block).
@@ -595,7 +619,8 @@ inline constexpr std::uint32_t kComponentStateVersion = 10;
 // id): 4-byte LE entry count, then per entry: 4-byte LE id length + id bytes, 4-byte LE
 // path length + path bytes, 4-byte LE rootNote (two's-complement), 1 byte loop.hasLoop,
 // 8-byte LE loop.start + 8-byte LE loop.end (two's-complement int64, written regardless of
-// hasLoop), 4-byte LE channelCount (two's-complement).
+// hasLoop), 4-byte LE channelCount (two's-complement), 4-byte LE displayName length +
+// displayName bytes (display-only; the editor label's extension-absent fallback).
 inline constexpr std::uint32_t kSelectionZonesRefsV10Version = 10;
 
 // The pre-GA combined-state version (everything through the FB1 master gain, no channel-mode

tests/test_sample_map.cpp

@@ -2124,7 +2124,8 @@ static void testReconcileBrowseSequenceNoShadowing() {
 
 static SampleRefEntry refEntry(const std::string& id, const std::string& rel, int root,
                                bool hasLoop = false, std::int64_t loopStart = 0,
-                               std::int64_t loopEnd = 0, int channels = 0) {
+                               std::int64_t loopEnd = 0, int channels = 0,
+                               const std::string& name = "") {
     SampleRefEntry e;
     e.sampleId = id;
     e.ref.relativePath = rel;
@@ -2133,6 +2134,7 @@ static SampleRefEntry refEntry(const std::string& id, const std::string& rel, in
     e.ref.loop.start = loopStart;
     e.ref.loop.end = loopEnd;
     e.ref.channelCount = channels;
+    e.displayName = name;
     return e;
 }
 
@@ -2145,7 +2147,8 @@ static void testSampleRefsRoundTrip() {
     s.channelModeExplicit = true;
     s.masterGainLinear = 0.5;
     s.sampleRefs.push_back(refEntry("kick", "reasampler_bank/kick.wav", 36,
-                                    /*hasLoop=*/true, 100, 500, /*channels=*/2));
+                                    /*hasLoop=*/true, 100, 500, /*channels=*/2,
+                                    /*name=*/"Kick Drum"));
     s.sampleRefs.push_back(refEntry("pad", "reasampler_bank/pad.wav", 60,
                                     /*hasLoop=*/false, 0, 0, /*channels=*/1));
     s.map.zones.push_back(zone("pad", 48, 72));
@@ -2158,9 +2161,11 @@ static void testSampleRefsRoundTrip() {
     CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && back.sampleRefs[0].ref.loop.hasLoop &&
           back.sampleRefs[0].ref.loop.start == 100 && back.sampleRefs[0].ref.loop.end == 500);
     CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && back.sampleRefs[0].ref.channelCount == 2);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && back.sampleRefs[0].displayName == "Kick Drum");
     CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && back.sampleRefs[1].sampleId == "pad");
     CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && !back.sampleRefs[1].ref.loop.hasLoop);
     CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && back.sampleRefs[1].ref.channelCount == 1);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 2 && back.sampleRefs[1].displayName.empty());
     // Envelope neighbours undisturbed (the refs read consumed exactly its own bytes).
     CHECK(back.selectionId == "kick");
     CHECK(back.map.zones.size() == 1);
@@ -2296,13 +2301,16 @@ static void testRefreshRefsFromBankUpsertAndOwnership() {
     CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].sampleId == "a" && refs[0].ref.rootNote == 36);
     CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].ref.relativePath == "b/a.wav");
     CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].ref.channelCount == 2);
-    // Recapture-style bank edit: path + root changed -> the owned copy refreshes.
+    CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].displayName == "Kick");  // name copied with the ref
-    refreshRefsFromBank(refs, bookJson({makeSample("a", "Kick", "b/a2.wav", 40)}, {}), {"a"});
+    // Recapture-style bank edit: path + root + name changed -> the owned copy refreshes.
+    refreshRefsFromBank(refs, bookJson({makeSample("a", "Kick 2", "b/a2.wav", 40)}, {}), {"a"});
     CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].ref.rootNote == 40);
     CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].ref.relativePath == "b/a2.wav");
+    CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].displayName == "Kick 2");  // rename sync
     // Bank deletion: the id no longer resolves -> the OWNED copy survives untouched.
     refreshRefsFromBank(refs, bookJson({makeSample("x", "Other", "b/x.wav", 60)}, {}), {"a"});
     CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].ref.rootNote == 40);
+    CHECK(refs.size() == 1 && refs[0].displayName == "Kick 2");
     // Malformed / empty blobs: no-op.
     refreshRefsFromBank(refs, "{garbage", {"a"});
     refreshRefsFromBank(refs, "", {"a"});
@@ -2333,8 +2341,9 @@ static void testSampleRefsTruncatedMidEntry() {
     s.sampleRefs.push_back(refEntry("pad", "b/p.wav", 60));
     std::vector<std::uint8_t> bytes = serializeComponentState(s);
     // The tail after the refs table is idLen(4) + "kick"(4) + the empty-map zones payload
-    // (marker 4 + version 4 + count 4) = 20 bytes; entry 2 is 43 bytes (4+3 id, 4+7 path,
+    // (marker 4 + version 4 + count 4) = 20 bytes; entry 2 is 47 bytes (4+3 id, 4+7 path,
-    // 4 root, 1+8+8 loop, 4 channels). Cutting 40 bytes lands 20 bytes into entry 2.
+    // 4 root, 1+8+8 loop, 4 channels, 4+0 name). Cutting 40 bytes lands 27 bytes into
+    // entry 2 (inside loop.start).
     CHECK(bytes.size() > 40);
     bytes.resize(bytes.size() - 40);
     const ComponentState back = deserializeComponentState(bytes, 44100.0);
@@ -2344,6 +2353,47 @@ static void testSampleRefsTruncatedMidEntry() {
     CHECK(back.map.zones.empty());
 }
 
+static void testSampleRefsReaderRangeFallbacks() {
+    // Corrupt-blob posture for the refs intrinsics (the refs table is the ONLY copy on the
+    // play path, so a bad field must degrade to its default, never poison playback): an
+    // out-of-MIDI-range rootNote falls back to the middle-C default distill() uses; a
+    // negative channelCount falls back to 0 = unknown (the GA auto-default then skips it).
+    // The fallback is per-field — in-range neighbours pass through untouched.
+    ComponentState s;
+    s.sampleRefs.push_back(refEntry("hi", "b/h.wav", /*root=*/999, false, 0, 0,
+                                    /*channels=*/-3));
+    s.sampleRefs.push_back(refEntry("lo", "b/l.wav", /*root=*/-5, false, 0, 0,
+                                    /*channels=*/1));
+    s.sampleRefs.push_back(refEntry("ok", "b/o.wav", /*root=*/36, false, 0, 0,
+                                    /*channels=*/2));
+    const ComponentState back = deserializeComponentState(serializeComponentState(s), 44100.0);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3 && back.sampleRefs[0].ref.rootNote == 60);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3 && back.sampleRefs[0].ref.channelCount == 0);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3 && back.sampleRefs[1].ref.rootNote == 60);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3 && back.sampleRefs[1].ref.channelCount == 1);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3 && back.sampleRefs[2].ref.rootNote == 36);
+    CHECK(back.sampleRefs.size() == 3 && back.sampleRefs[2].ref.channelCount == 2);
+}
+
+static void testLegacyLiftDecision() {
+    // The #A terminating guard, pure: Retry while the blob is not readable YET (absent,
+    // empty, malformed — the project's ext-state may simply not have parsed); Lift when a
+    // referenced id resolves (a lift attempt makes progress); Stale — the shell latches
+    // permanently — when the blob PARSES and knows none of the referenced ids (an empty
+    // id list included), so a stale-id pre-v10 lift STOPS instead of churning every tick.
+    const std::string json = bookJson({makeSample("a", "Kick", "b/a.wav", 36)}, {});
+    const std::vector<std::string> ids{"a"};
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(std::nullopt, ids) == LegacyLiftDecision::Retry);
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(std::string(), ids) == LegacyLiftDecision::Retry);
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(std::string("{garbage"), ids) == LegacyLiftDecision::Retry);
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(json, ids) == LegacyLiftDecision::Lift);
+    // One resolvable id among stale ones is still progress (the lift copies what it can).
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(json, {"ghost", "a"}) == LegacyLiftDecision::Lift);
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(json, {"ghost"}) == LegacyLiftDecision::Stale);
+    CHECK(legacyLiftDecision(json, {}) == LegacyLiftDecision::Stale);
+}
+
 int main() {
     testSelectByIdHit();
     testSelectEmptyIdIsSilence();
@@ -2478,6 +2528,8 @@ int main() {
     testRefreshRefsFromBankUpsertAndOwnership();
     testRetainRefsFiltersToPlayedSet();
     testSampleRefsTruncatedMidEntry();
+    testSampleRefsReaderRangeFallbacks();
+    testLegacyLiftDecision();
 
     if (g_fail == 0) std::printf("sample_map: all tests passed\n");
     return g_fail != 0;