{"messages":[{"content":"You are a constitutional council ranking individual git commits for ownership allocation.\n\nCompare these two commits. Decide which contributed more lasting value to the project.\n\nJudge substance, not spectacle:\n- Prefer correct, lasting design and real bugfixes over churn, formatting, renames, or generated noise.\n- Prefer clarity and necessity over sheer line count. A small precise change can beat a large diffuse one.\n- Do not favor a side merely because its patch is longer or noisier.\n- Weight what the change does for the project, not the contributor's name.\n\nReturn ONLY a JSON object: {\"winner\": \"A\" or \"B\", \"ratio\": \"N:M\", \"explanation\": \"...\"}\nThe explanation must cite concrete differences in the patches (1-3 sentences).\n\nSide A — contributor: tommy-mor\nSide A — commit message:\n[993d359c] Fix Reddit children import wiring and unranked child labels.\n\nListing imports attach posts directly under the subreddit without ensure_path\npulling comment-path segments in, and the ranking panel shows imported titles.\nUpdate integration tests for JS SSE morphs and children fetch.\n\nCo-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>\n\nSide A — unified diff (full patch):\ndiff --git a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs\nindex d1defd28242fd2ca3b886adc91a7070bef75e653..e649a7d192feade465e19ce6187a829f6ec74372 100644\n--- a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs\n+++ b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs\n@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub async fn post_ui_html(\n             let tree = state.tree.read().await;\n             let empty = crate::reducer::NodeState::default();\n             let node = tree.get(&parent).unwrap_or(&empty);\n-            let panel = ranking_panel(&parent, node);\n+            let panel = ranking_panel(&parent, node, &tree);\n             JsBuilder::new()\n                 .morph_selector(\"#ranking-panel\", panel)\n                 .into_response()\ndiff --git a/server/src/fetch/mod.rs b/server/src/fetch/mod.rs\nindex 0177bb161cea1b72a100b52efdfc5e710271c9eb..35f968c21c69ca557bab7951413e3cfbbccfebfd 100644\n--- a/server/src/fetch/mod.rs\n+++ b/server/src/fetch/mod.rs\n@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn fetch_entity_stream(\n                 let mut b = JsBuilder::new()\n                     .morph_selector(\"#entity-section\", html::entity_section(&id, node, false));\n                 if kind == FetchKind::Children {\n-                    b = b.morph_selector(\"#ranking-panel\", ranking_panel(&id, node));\n+                    b = b.morph_selector(\"#ranking-panel\", ranking_panel(&id, node, &tree));\n                 }\n                 yield Ok(js_event(b.build()));\n             }\ndiff --git a/server/src/html/mod.rs b/server/src/html/mod.rs\nindex 27ce9118c73ec5643e04363ab1a36cf5da6101bf..e88cc43ddc9d8100f7994be6f5960ec4d8f22c55 100644\n--- a/server/src/html/mod.rs\n+++ b/server/src/html/mod.rs\n@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::{\n     ranking::{\n         connected_components_from_voted_pairs, ranked_items_subset, RankedItem, MAX_ITERS, TOL,\n     },\n-    reducer::NodeState,\n+    reducer::{GlobalTree, NodeState},\n     state::AppState,\n     ui_action::UI_RPC_FIELD,\n };\n@@ -182,8 +182,15 @@ fn display_label(id: &ItemId) -> String {\n         .to_string()\n }\n \n+fn child_label(tree: &GlobalTree, id: &ItemId) -> String {\n+    tree.get(id)\n+        .and_then(|n| n.data.as_ref())\n+        .map(|d| d.title.clone())\n+        .unwrap_or_else(|| display_label(id))\n+}\n+\n /// Plain (unscored) list of children that have no votes yet.\n-fn unranked_list(label: &str, items: &[ItemId]) -> Markup {\n+fn unranked_list(label: &str, items: &[ItemId], tree: &GlobalTree) -> Markup {\n     html! {\n         @if !items.is_empty() {\n             h3 class=\"rank-heading muted small\" { (label) }\n@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ fn unranked_list(label: &str, items: &[ItemId]) -> Markup {\n                 @for it in items {\n                     li {\n                         a href=(item_href(it)) {\n-                            strong { (display_label(it)) }\n+                            strong { (child_label(tree, it)) }\n                         }\n                     }\n                 }\n@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ fn unranked_list(label: &str, items: &[ItemId]) -> Markup {\n     }\n }\n \n-pub fn ranking_panel(item: &ItemId, node: &NodeState) -> Markup {\n+pub fn ranking_panel(item: &ItemId, node: &NodeState, tree: &GlobalTree) -> Markup {\n     let group = &node.local_ranking;\n     let n = group.idx_to_item.len();\n     let (comps, _isolates) =\n@@ -248,7 +255,7 @@ pub fn ranking_panel(item: &ItemId, node: &NodeState) -> Markup {\n                     @let label = if multi { format!(\"Ranking group {}\", gi + 1) } else { \"Ranking\".to_string() };\n                     (rank_list(&label, ranked, 1))\n                 }\n-                (unranked_list(\"Unranked\", &unranked))\n+                (unranked_list(\"Unranked\", &unranked, tree))\n             }\n         }\n     }\n@@ -297,7 +304,7 @@ async fn item_page(state: AppState, uri: Uri, item: ItemId) -> Markup {\n         (input_panel(\"\", None))\n         (breadcrumb_path(&item))\n         (entity_section(&item, node, false))\n-        (ranking_panel(&item, node))\n+        (ranking_panel(&item, node, &tree))\n     };\n     layout(\"sorter2\", body, views)\n }\ndiff --git a/server/src/reddit.rs b/server/src/reddit.rs\nindex a0eb688709478ee0185b953b41a5d26cc354764d..69d979bc7e4a1cb078f70114dc539bdc1986b574 100644\n--- a/server/src/reddit.rs\n+++ b/server/src/reddit.rs\n@@ -300,9 +300,16 @@ async fn reddit_worker(\n                     }\n                     {\n                         let mut tree = tree.write().await;\n-                        apply_entity_import(&mut tree, &child_id, child_payload);\n                         if kind == FetchKind::Children {\n-                            tree.link_child(&fetch_id, &child_id);\n+                            let view = entity_view_from_payload(&child_id, &child_payload);\n+                            tree.apply_entity_under_parent(\n+                                &fetch_id,\n+                                &child_id,\n+                                child_payload,\n+                                view,\n+                            );\n+                        } else {\n+                            apply_entity_import(&mut tree, &child_id, child_payload);\n                         }\n                     }\n                     written += 1;\ndiff --git a/server/src/reducer.rs b/server/src/reducer.rs\nindex a36cd5c9287d61536f9f4a3f6b0df2342388857a..4e42d0369dab50bb2f8ca664aa69b628292f6c07 100644\n--- a/server/src/reducer.rs\n+++ b/server/src/reducer.rs\n@@ -209,14 +209,24 @@ impl GlobalTree {\n         }\n     }\n \n-    /// Directly attach `child` under `parent`, bypassing path-based nesting.\n-    /// Used for imported listings (e.g. a subreddit's posts) so they show up\n-    /// as children of the subreddit rather than a deep `…/comments/<id>` path.\n-    pub fn link_child(&mut self, parent: &ItemId, child: &ItemId) {\n+    /// Import entity data for `id` and attach it as a direct child of `parent`\n+    /// without running [`Self::ensure_path`] on `id` (avoids Reddit `/comments/`\n+    /// parent rules pulling intermediate path segments into the subreddit).\n+    pub fn apply_entity_under_parent(\n+        &mut self,\n+        parent: &ItemId,\n+        id: &ItemId,\n+        payload: Value,\n+        view: Option<EntityData>,\n+    ) {\n         self.ensure_path(parent);\n-        self.ensure_path(child);\n+        self.ensure_node(id);\n+        if let Some(node) = self.nodes.get_mut(id) {\n+            node.entity_raw = Some(payload);\n+            node.data = view;\n+        }\n         if let Some(p) = self.nodes.get_mut(parent) {\n-            p.children.insert(child.clone());\n+            p.children.insert(id.clone());\n         }\n     }\n }\ndiff --git a/test/reddit_import.clj b/test/reddit_import.clj\nindex 84cbdcf7965e50290313cbce2243a16b583d2097..45a2a19f20799d77e84d8aa64735ab5e7e45f97c 100644\n--- a/test/reddit_import.clj\n+++ b/test/reddit_import.clj\n@@ -67,6 +67,36 @@\n           (do (Thread/sleep 200) (recur))\n           false)))))\n \n+(defn- run-reddit-fetch-assertions [app-base data-dir]\n+  (let [browse-url (str app-base \"/~/https://reddit.com/r/rust\")\n+        log-path (str data-dir \"/events.jsonl\")\n+        before (:out (process/shell {:out :string :err :string}\n+                                    \"curl\" \"-sf\" browse-url))]\n+    (is (str/includes? before \"Fetch from Reddit\"))\n+    (is (not (str/includes? before \"The Rust Programming Language\")))\n+    (let [sse (curl-fetch-ui-sse app-base \"reddit.com/r/rust\" \"self\")]\n+      (is (zero? (:exit sse)) \"POST /ui fetch_entity (self) SSE succeeds\")\n+      (is (str/includes? (:out sse) \"Idiomorph.morph\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? (:out sse) \"The Rust Programming Language\"))\n+      (is (wait-event-log log-path 2000) \"event log written\"))\n+    (let [after (:out (process/shell {:out :string :err :string}\n+                                     \"curl\" \"-sf\" browse-url))\n+          log (slurp (io/file log-path))]\n+      (is (str/includes? after \"The Rust Programming Language\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? log \"\\\"type\\\":\\\"entity_imported\\\"\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? log \"\\\"subscribers\\\":350000\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? log \"\\\"display_name\\\":\\\"rust\\\"\")))\n+    (let [children-sse (curl-fetch-ui-sse app-base \"reddit.com/r/rust\" \"children\")]\n+      (is (zero? (:exit children-sse)) \"POST /ui fetch_entity (children) SSE succeeds\")\n+      (is (str/includes? (:out children-sse) \"Idiomorph.morph\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? (:out children-sse) \"Announcing Rust 1.99\")))\n+    (let [after-children (:out (process/shell {:out :string :err :string}\n+                                              \"curl\" \"-sf\" browse-url))\n+          log2 (slurp (io/file log-path))]\n+      (is (str/includes? after-children \"Announcing Rust 1.99\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? after-children \"Unranked\"))\n+      (is (str/includes? log2 \"announcing_rust_199\")))))\n+\n (deftest reddit-fetch-via-mock-api\n   (testing \"Fetch more queues import; event log stores full payload; page shows title\"\n     (let [root (repo-root)\n@@ -102,24 +132,7 @@\n                                     bin)]\n           (try\n             (is (wait-health app-base 20000) \"app healthz\")\n-            (let [browse-url (str app-base \"/~/https://reddit.com/r/rust\")\n-                  before (:out (process/shell {:out :string :err :string}\n-                                              \"curl\" \"-sf\" browse-url))]\n-              (is (str/includes? before \"Fetch from Reddit\"))\n-              (is (not (str/includes? before \"The Rust Programming Language\")))\n-              (let [log-path (str data-dir \"/events.jsonl\")\n-                    sse (curl-fetch-ui-sse app-base \"reddit.com/r/rust\")]\n-                (is (zero? (:exit sse)) \"POST /ui fetch_entity SSE succeeds\")\n-                (is (str/includes? (:out sse) \"event: complete\"))\n-                (is (str/includes? (:out sse) \"The Rust Programming Language\"))\n-                (is (wait-event-log log-path 2000) \"event log written\")\n-                (let [after (:out (process/shell {:out :string :err :string}\n-                                                 \"curl\" \"-sf\" browse-url))\n-                      log (slurp (io/file log-path))]\n-                  (is (str/includes? after \"The Rust Programming Language\"))\n-                  (is (str/includes? log \"\\\"type\\\":\\\"entity_imported\\\"\"))\n-                  (is (str/includes? log \"\\\"subscribers\\\":350000\"))\n-                  (is (str/includes? log \"\\\"display_name\\\":\\\"rust\\\"\")))))\n+            (run-reddit-fetch-assertions app-base data-dir)\n             (finally\n               (process/destroy proc))))\n         (finally\ndiff --git a/test/smoke.clj b/test/smoke.clj\nindex 11887c48282088e140d823a88ba616f6325835b3..ce9f958c84b9a89ae55e215ab519f1df6435e24b 100644\n--- a/test/smoke.clj\n+++ b/test/smoke.clj\n@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@\n           (is (wait-health base 15000) \"server responds to /healthz\")\n           (let [home (:out (process/shell {:out :string :err :string}\n                                          \"curl\" \"-sf\" (str base \"/\")))]\n-            (is (str/includes? home \"vote-panel\"))\n+            (is (str/includes? home \"entity-section\"))\n             (is (str/includes? home \"ranking-panel\"))\n             (is (str/includes? home \"parser-panel\"))\n             (is (str/includes? home \"__rpc__\")))\n\n\nSide B — contributor: tommy-mor\nSide B — commit message:\n[674964ef] refactor: Deref for href newtypes, CanonicalItemUrl through resolve_item\n\n- Implement Deref<Target=str> for GardenItemUrl, ForumThreadUrl, TildeOntologyPath\n- resolve_item returns CanonicalItemUrl; validate uses HashSet<CanonicalItemUrl>\n- compute_scope_rank_changes keys are CanonicalItemUrl; pair RPC uses Vec pool\n- pick_random_distinct_canonical; connectivity stats on &[CanonicalItemUrl]\n- Global rank unranked uses stored ids before GardenItemUrl mapping\n\nMade-with: Cursor\n\nSide B — unified diff (full patch):\ndiff --git a/server/src/api/helpers.rs b/server/src/api/helpers.rs\nindex 03b3e77911ccd662bec8635345dafe2593cf242e..1b291db83df7364a026f2e147e0a29a70a399371 100644\n--- a/server/src/api/helpers.rs\n+++ b/server/src/api/helpers.rs\n@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ pub fn now_ms() -> i64 {\n     t.as_millis() as i64\n }\n \n-/// Resolve an item path as a first-class canonical path.\n-pub fn resolve_item(item: &str) -> Result<String, String> {\n+/// Resolve DSL/user input to a stored canonical item id.\n+pub fn resolve_item(item: &str) -> Result<CanonicalItemUrl, String> {\n     let canonical = canonicalize_item(item);\n     if canonical.is_empty() {\n         return Err(format!(\"empty item path: `{}`\", item));\n     }\n-    Ok(canonical)\n+    Ok(CanonicalItemUrl(canonical))\n }\n \n pub fn parse_parent_specs(parent: Option<&String>) -> Vec<String> {\n@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ pub fn paginate_rankings(\n     (out_components, out_unranked)\n }\n \n-pub fn pick_random_distinct(items: &[String]) -> Option<(String, String)> {\n+pub fn pick_random_distinct_canonical(items: &[CanonicalItemUrl]) -> Option<(CanonicalItemUrl, CanonicalItemUrl)> {\n     use rand::seq::SliceRandom;\n     if items.len() < 2 {\n         return None;\n@@ -123,15 +123,12 @@ pub fn is_pair_voted(group: &crate::reducer::GroupState, a: &str, b: &str) -> bo\n     group.voted_pairs.contains(&(i, j))\n }\n \n-pub fn compute_connectivity_stats(group: &crate::reducer::GroupState, pool: &[String]) -> ConnectivityStats {\n+pub fn compute_connectivity_stats(group: &crate::reducer::GroupState, pool: &[CanonicalItemUrl]) -> ConnectivityStats {\n     let n = pool.len();\n \n     let global_idxs: Vec<Option<usize>> = pool\n         .iter()\n-        .map(|it| {\n-            let key = CanonicalItemUrl(it.clone());\n-            group.item_to_idx.get(&key).copied()\n-        })\n+        .map(|it| group.item_to_idx.get(it).copied())\n         .collect();\n     let present: Vec<usize> = global_idxs.iter().filter_map(|x| *x).collect();\n \ndiff --git a/server/src/api/mod.rs b/server/src/api/mod.rs\nindex cf22cb0129366c3aed031bc86f3197a4321cb806..a10ce662105cff8fad949c6b83f7035ce79bed18 100644\n--- a/server/src/api/mod.rs\n+++ b/server/src/api/mod.rs\n@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub use auth::{\n \n pub use helpers::{\n     api_error, compute_connectivity_stats, is_pair_voted, now_ms, paginate_rankings,\n-    parse_parent_specs, pick_random_distinct, resolve_item, sha256_hex, vote_touches_path,\n+    parse_parent_specs, pick_random_distinct_canonical, resolve_item, sha256_hex, vote_touches_path,\n };\n \n pub use rpc::handle_rpc_batch;\ndiff --git a/server/src/api/rpc.rs b/server/src/api/rpc.rs\nindex 5f7d50188f1381267402f2e57e671234ef5db2fd..de0955d0887d32740e1fd18365205c5bdb53c247 100644\n--- a/server/src/api/rpc.rs\n+++ b/server/src/api/rpc.rs\n@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use crate::{\n use super::auth::verify_bearer_principal;\n use super::helpers::{\n     compute_connectivity_stats, is_pair_voted, now_ms, paginate_rankings, parse_parent_specs,\n-    pick_random_distinct, resolve_item, vote_touches_path,\n+    pick_random_distinct_canonical, resolve_item, vote_touches_path,\n };\n use super::validate::{normalize_room_and_thread, validate_ingest_document};\n \n@@ -146,21 +146,21 @@ fn authorize_room_read(reduced: &ReducerState, headers: &HeaderMap, room: &str)\n }\n \n fn compute_scope_rank_changes(\n-    parent: &str,\n+    parent: &CanonicalItemUrl,\n     before: &crate::scope_rank::ChildrenRankings,\n     after: &crate::scope_rank::ChildrenRankings,\n     room_wire: &str,\n ) -> Option<ScopeRankChanges> {\n-    fn build_positions(rankings: &crate::scope_rank::ChildrenRankings) -> HashMap<String, Option<RankPosition>> {\n+    fn build_positions(rankings: &crate::scope_rank::ChildrenRankings) -> HashMap<CanonicalItemUrl, Option<RankPosition>> {\n         let mut map = HashMap::new();\n         for comp in &rankings.component_rankings {\n             let total = comp.ranked.len();\n             for (i, item) in comp.ranked.iter().enumerate() {\n-                map.insert(item.item.as_str().to_string(), Some(RankPosition { rank: i + 1, of: total }));\n+                map.insert(item.item.clone(), Some(RankPosition { rank: i + 1, of: total }));\n             }\n         }\n         for item in &rankings.unranked_items {\n-            map.insert(item.as_str().to_string(), None);\n+            map.insert(item.clone(), None);\n         }\n         map\n     }\n@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn compute_scope_rank_changes(\n     let before_pos = build_positions(before);\n     let after_pos = build_positions(after);\n \n-    let all_items: std::collections::BTreeSet<String> = before_pos.keys().cloned()\n+    let all_items: std::collections::BTreeSet<CanonicalItemUrl> = before_pos.keys().cloned()\n         .chain(after_pos.keys().cloned())\n         .collect();\n \n@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ fn compute_scope_rank_changes(\n         };\n         if changed {\n             changes.push(RankChange {\n-                item: GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(&item, room_wire),\n+                item: GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&item, room_wire),\n                 before: b,\n                 after: a,\n             });\n@@ -203,11 +203,7 @@ fn compute_scope_rank_changes(\n     });\n \n     Some(ScopeRankChanges {\n-        parent: if parent.is_empty() {\n-            \"/\".to_string()\n-        } else {\n-            GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(parent, room_wire).into_inner()\n-        },\n+        parent: GardenItemUrl::from_stored(parent, room_wire).into_inner(),\n         changes,\n     })\n }\n@@ -473,8 +469,8 @@ async fn rpc_post(\n         for s in &v.doc.statements {\n             if let dsl::Stmt::Vote { item1, item2, .. } = s {\n                 if let (Ok(a), Ok(b)) = (resolve_item(item1), resolve_item(item2)) {\n-                    if let Some(p) = CanonicalItemUrl::parse(&a).and_then(|c| c.parent()) { parents.insert(p); }\n-                    if let Some(p) = CanonicalItemUrl::parse(&b).and_then(|c| c.parent()) { parents.insert(p); }\n+                    if let Some(p) = a.parent() { parents.insert(p); }\n+                    if let Some(p) = b.parent() { parents.insert(p); }\n                 }\n             }\n         }\n@@ -525,7 +521,7 @@ async fn rpc_post(\n             .filter_map(|p| {\n                 let before = pre_rankings.get(p)?;\n                 let after = crate::scope_rank::build_children_rankings(content, p);\n-                compute_scope_rank_changes(p.as_str(), before, &after, &room_key)\n+                compute_scope_rank_changes(p, before, &after, &room_key)\n             })\n             .collect();\n         if v.is_empty() { None } else { Some(v) }\n@@ -638,8 +634,8 @@ async fn rpc_check(\n         for s in &v.doc.statements {\n             if let dsl::Stmt::Vote { item1, item2, .. } = s {\n                 if let (Ok(a), Ok(b)) = (resolve_item(item1), resolve_item(item2)) {\n-                    if let Some(p) = CanonicalItemUrl::parse(&a).and_then(|c| c.parent()) { parents.insert(p); }\n-                    if let Some(p) = CanonicalItemUrl::parse(&b).and_then(|c| c.parent()) { parents.insert(p); }\n+                    if let Some(p) = a.parent() { parents.insert(p); }\n+                    if let Some(p) = b.parent() { parents.insert(p); }\n                 }\n             }\n         }\n@@ -961,7 +957,7 @@ fn rpc_search(reduced: &ReducerState, q: &str, limit: usize, principal: Option<&\n async fn rpc_get_pair(state: &AppState, room: String, parent_path: String) -> Result<RpcResult, RpcErr> {\n     let scope = scope_from_room_wire(&room);\n     let reduced_arc = state.reduced.clone();\n-    let pool: Vec<String> = {\n+    let pool: Vec<CanonicalItemUrl> = {\n         let reduced = reduced_arc.read().await;\n         let content = content_for_room(&reduced, &room);\n         let tmp = if parent_path.trim().is_empty() {\n@@ -970,12 +966,11 @@ async fn rpc_get_pair(state: &AppState, room: String, parent_path: String) -> Re\n             Some(parent_path.clone())\n         };\n         let specs = parse_parent_specs(tmp.as_ref());\n-        let raw_pool: Vec<CanonicalItemUrl> = if specs.is_empty() {\n+        if specs.is_empty() {\n             content.ranking_group.idx_to_item.clone()\n         } else {\n             crate::scope_rank::resolve_scope(content, &specs)\n-        };\n-        raw_pool.into_iter().map(|it| it.0).collect()\n+        }\n     };\n     if pool.len() < 2 {\n         return Err((\n@@ -983,31 +978,30 @@ async fn rpc_get_pair(state: &AppState, room: String, parent_path: String) -> Re\n             Some(\"add items via ingest\".into()),\n         ));\n     }\n-    let selected: Option<(String, String)> = {\n+    let selected: Option<(CanonicalItemUrl, CanonicalItemUrl)> = {\n         let mut reduced = reduced_arc.write().await;\n         let content = reduced.content.entry(scope.clone()).or_default();\n         let group = &mut content.ranking_group;\n         if group.idx_to_item.is_empty() {\n-            pick_random_distinct(&pool)\n+            pick_random_distinct_canonical(&pool)\n         } else {\n             let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();\n-            let idxs: Vec<usize> = pool.iter()\n-                .filter_map(|it| {\n-                    let key = CanonicalItemUrl(it.clone());\n-                    group.item_to_idx.get(&key).copied()\n-                })\n+            let idxs: Vec<usize> = pool\n+                .iter()\n+                .filter_map(|it| group.item_to_idx.get(it).copied())\n                 .collect();\n             let ranked = ranked_items_subset(group, &idxs, 10000, 1e-8);\n-            let ranked_set: HashSet<String> = ranked.iter().map(|r| r.item.as_str().to_string()).collect();\n-            let unsorted: Vec<String> = pool.iter()\n+            let ranked_set: HashSet<CanonicalItemUrl> = ranked.iter().map(|r| r.item.clone()).collect();\n+            let unsorted: Vec<CanonicalItemUrl> = pool\n+                .iter()\n                 .filter(|it| !ranked_set.contains(*it))\n                 .cloned()\n                 .collect();\n-            let mut pick: Option<(String, String)> = None;\n+            let mut pick: Option<(CanonicalItemUrl, CanonicalItemUrl)> = None;\n             if !unsorted.is_empty() {\n                 if let Some(left) = unsorted.choose(&mut rng).cloned() {\n-                    let mut candidates: Vec<String> = if !ranked.is_empty() {\n-                        ranked.iter().map(|r| r.item.as_str().to_string()).collect()\n+                    let mut candidates: Vec<CanonicalItemUrl> = if !ranked.is_empty() {\n+                        ranked.iter().map(|r| r.item.clone()).collect()\n                     } else {\n                         pool.clone()\n                     };\n@@ -1021,21 +1015,21 @@ async fn rpc_get_pair(state: &AppState, room: String, parent_path: String) -> Re\n                     let a = ranked[i].item.as_str();\n                     let b = ranked[i + 1].item.as_str();\n                     if a != b && !is_pair_voted(group, a, b) {\n-                        pick = Some((a.to_string(), b.to_string()));\n+                        pick = Some((ranked[i].item.clone(), ranked[i + 1].item.clone()));\n                         break;\n                     }\n                 }\n                 if pick.is_none() {\n                     for _ in 0..64 {\n                         let (Some(a), Some(b)) = (pool.choose(&mut rng).cloned(), pool.choose(&mut rng).cloned()) else { break; };\n-                        if a != b && !is_pair_voted(group, &a, &b) {\n+                        if a != b && !is_pair_voted(group, a.as_str(), b.as_str()) {\n                             pick = Some((a, b));\n                             break;\n                         }\n                     }\n                 }\n             }\n-            pick.or_else(|| pick_random_distinct(&pool))\n+            pick.or_else(|| pick_random_distinct_canonical(&pool))\n         }\n     };\n     let Some((left, right)) = selected else {\n@@ -1043,8 +1037,8 @@ async fn rpc_get_pair(state: &AppState, room: String, parent_path: String) -> Re\n     };\n     let reduced = reduced_arc.read().await;\n     let content = content_for_room(&reduced, &room);\n-    let left_key = CanonicalItemUrl(left.clone());\n-    let right_key = CanonicalItemUrl(right.clone());\n+    let left_key = left.clone();\n+    let right_key = right.clone();\n     let lb = content.item_bodies.get(&left_key).cloned();\n     let rb = content.item_bodies.get(&right_key).cloned();\n     let th: Vec<String> = content\n@@ -1058,8 +1052,8 @@ async fn rpc_get_pair(state: &AppState, room: String, parent_path: String) -> Re\n         .collect();\n     let cs = compute_connectivity_stats(&content.ranking_group, &pool);\n     Ok(RpcResult::Pair(PairResponse {\n-        left: GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(&left, &room),\n-        right: GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(&right, &room),\n+        left: GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&left, &room),\n+        right: GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&right, &room),\n         left_body: lb,\n         right_body: rb,\n         threads: th,\n@@ -1554,7 +1548,7 @@ pub async fn handle_rpc_batch(\n                     for r in items {\n                         let pct = want_percent.then(|| ((r.score - bot) / range * 100.0).clamp(0.0, 100.0));\n                         ranked.push(RankRow {\n-                            item: GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(r.item.as_str(), &room),\n+                            item: GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&r.item, &room),\n                             score: r.score,\n                             percent: pct,\n                         });\n@@ -1562,11 +1556,11 @@ pub async fn handle_rpc_batch(\n                 }\n \n                 let ranked_total = ranked.len();\n-                let mut unranked: Vec<String> = content\n+                let mut unranked: Vec<CanonicalItemUrl> = content\n                     .items\n                     .iter()\n                     .filter(|it| !group.item_to_idx.contains_key(*it))\n-                    .map(|it| it.as_str().to_string())\n+                    .cloned()\n                     .collect();\n                 unranked.sort();\n                 let unranked_total = unranked.len();\n@@ -1574,7 +1568,7 @@ pub async fn handle_rpc_batch(\n                 let page: Vec<RankRow> = ranked\n                     .into_iter()\n                     .chain(unranked.into_iter().map(|it| RankRow {\n-                        item: GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(&it, &room),\n+                        item: GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&it, &room),\n                         score: 0.0,\n                         percent: want_percent.then_some(0.0),\n                     }))\n@@ -1722,7 +1716,7 @@ pub async fn handle_rpc_batch(\n                     .filter(|p| !parents.contains(p.as_str()))\n                     .map(|p| GardenItemUrl::from_stored(p, &room))\n                     .collect();\n-                paths.sort_by(|a, b| a.as_str().cmp(b.as_str()));\n+                paths.sort();\n                 line_ok(RpcResult::Leaves(LeavesResponse { paths }))\n                 }\n             },\ndiff --git a/server/src/api/validate.rs b/server/src/api/validate.rs\nindex a51c783ee9785569b5a44c0b1572471fe00d174b..3c7aa80fd485cf247231fe5c5c7e6fea62f22534 100644\n--- a/server/src/api/validate.rs\n+++ b/server/src/api/validate.rs\n@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn validate_ingest_document(\n     };\n \n     let ts = super::helpers::now_ms();\n-    let mut defined_in_doc: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();\n+    let mut defined_in_doc: HashSet<CanonicalItemUrl> = HashSet::new();\n \n     for s in &doc.statements {\n         match s {\n@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ pub fn validate_ingest_document(\n                 let Some(body_text) = body else {\n                     return Err((\n                         StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,\n-                        format!(\"item missing body: {}\", GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(&item, room_wire)),\n+                        format!(\"item missing body: {}\", GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&item, room_wire)),\n                         Some(\"items must be declared with bodies, e.g. `~/path/item { ... }`\".to_string()),\n                     ));\n                 };\n                 if body_text.trim().is_empty() {\n                     return Err((\n                         StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,\n-                        format!(\"item body is empty: {}\", GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(&item, room_wire)),\n+                        format!(\"item body is empty: {}\", GardenItemUrl::from_stored(&item, room_wire)),\n                         Some(\"write at least one sentence inside `{ ... }`\".to_string()),\n                     ));\n                 }\n@@ -102,11 +102,8 @@ pub fn validate_ingest_document(\n                 };\n                 let missing: Vec<String> = [&a, &b]\n                     .into_iter()\n-                    .filter(|it| {\n-                        let key = CanonicalItemUrl((*it).clone());\n-                        !defined_in_doc.contains(*it) && !item_exists(&key)\n-                    })\n-                    .map(|it| GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(it, room_wire).into_inner())\n+                    .filter(|it| !defined_in_doc.contains(*it) && !item_exists(it))\n+                    .map(|it| GardenItemUrl::from_stored(it, room_wire).into_inner())\n                     .collect();\n                 if !missing.is_empty() {\n                     return Err((\n@@ -120,11 +117,8 @@ pub fn validate_ingest_document(\n                 }\n                 let missing_body: Vec<String> = [&a, &b]\n                     .into_iter()\n-                    .filter(|it| {\n-                        let key = CanonicalItemUrl((*it).clone());\n-                        !defined_in_doc.contains(*it) && !body_exists(&key)\n-                    })\n-                    .map(|it| GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(it, room_wire).into_inner())\n+                    .filter(|it| !defined_in_doc.contains(*it) && !body_exists(it))\n+                    .map(|it| GardenItemUrl::from_stored(it, room_wire).into_inner())\n                     .collect();\n                 if !missing_body.is_empty() {\n                     return Err((\ndiff --git a/server/src/html/editor.rs b/server/src/html/editor.rs\nindex ecdd226b1b17d5f11d1b79f99add5759ef918281..26d648d7c8d6e5d53ce5ed7a051b44856fca2fcf 100644\n--- a/server/src/html/editor.rs\n+++ b/server/src/html/editor.rs\n@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ pub async fn editor_check(\n                 for s in &v.doc.statements {\n                     if let crate::dsl::Stmt::Vote { item1, item2, .. } = s {\n                         if let (Ok(a), Ok(b)) = (resolve_item(item1), resolve_item(item2)) {\n-                            if let Some(p) = crate::path_types::CanonicalItemUrl::parse(&a).and_then(|c| c.parent()) { parents.insert(p); }\n-                            if let Some(p) = crate::path_types::CanonicalItemUrl::parse(&b).and_then(|c| c.parent()) { parents.insert(p); }\n+                            if let Some(p) = a.parent() { parents.insert(p); }\n+                            if let Some(p) = b.parent() { parents.insert(p); }\n                         }\n                     }\n                 }\ndiff --git a/types/src/paths.rs b/types/src/paths.rs\nindex 2950a7502255927583fbacdfd2adb700f0b0c221..839684dfa0ecdd6c2572e2d8132ecee4d5c41bf8 100644\n--- a/types/src/paths.rs\n+++ b/types/src/paths.rs\n@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@\n \n use std::borrow::Borrow;\n use std::fmt;\n+use std::ops::Deref;\n \n use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};\n \n@@ -319,6 +320,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for GardenItemUrl {\n     }\n }\n \n+impl Deref for GardenItemUrl {\n+    type Target = str;\n+\n+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {\n+        &self.0\n+    }\n+}\n+\n fn garden_href_string(item: &str, room_wire: &str) -> String {\n     let room = room_wire.trim();\n     if room.is_empty() || room == \"public\" {\n@@ -386,6 +395,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for ForumThreadUrl {\n     }\n }\n \n+impl Deref for ForumThreadUrl {\n+    type Target = str;\n+\n+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {\n+        &self.0\n+    }\n+}\n+\n /// `~/a/b` style path for list UIs (paths index `path` field).\n #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]\n #[serde(transparent)]\n@@ -412,6 +429,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for TildeOntologyPath {\n     }\n }\n \n+impl Deref for TildeOntologyPath {\n+    type Target = str;\n+\n+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {\n+        &self.0\n+    }\n+}\n+\n #[cfg(test)]\n mod tests {\n     use super::*;\n@@ -452,6 +477,13 @@ mod tests {\n         assert_eq!(c.tilde_segments(), Vec::<&str>::new());\n     }\n \n+    #[test]\n+    fn garden_item_url_deref_to_str() {\n+        let g = GardenItemUrl::from_storage_str(\"https://slug.social/~/x\", \"public\");\n+        let s: &str = &*g;\n+        assert_eq!(s, \"https://slug.social/~/x\");\n+    }\n+\n     #[test]\n     fn garden_public_passthrough_https() {\n         let u = \"https://slug.social/~/a/b\";\n","role":"user"}],"model":"~anthropic/claude-sonnet-latest"}