diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-events.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-events.ts
index 341c1f3f4d..9552478162 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-events.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-events.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import type { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
 import type {
   ConnectionGenerationSource,
+  ConnectionHostInfo,
   ConnectionHandle,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection/client'
 import type {
@@ -118,7 +119,10 @@ export class ClientRemoteEvents {
   }
 
   /** Run one Connection generation over the forwarded-event logical stream. */
-  private async pumpEvents(signal: AbortSignal, ready: () => void): Promise<void> {
+  private async pumpEvents(
+    signal: AbortSignal,
+    ready: (host: ConnectionHostInfo) => void,
+  ): Promise<void> {
     let clientId: RemoteEventClientId | undefined
     const failed = new AbortController()
     const generationSignal = AbortSignal.any([signal, failed.signal])
@@ -134,8 +138,9 @@ export class ClientRemoteEvents {
     try {
       for await (const value of source) {
         if (clientId === undefined) {
-          clientId = parseRemoteEventReady(value)
-          ready()
+          const opening = parseRemoteEventReady(value)
+          clientId = opening.clientId
+          ready(opening.host)
           continue
         }
         const frame = parseRemoteEventFrame(value)
@@ -251,15 +256,21 @@ export class ClientRemoteEvents {
   }
 }
 
-/** Validate and return the Client identity from one generation's opening item. */
-function parseRemoteEventReady(value: unknown): RemoteEventClientId {
+/** Validate and return one generation's Client identity and Host facts. */
+function parseRemoteEventReady(value: unknown): {
+  readonly clientId: RemoteEventClientId
+  readonly host: ConnectionHostInfo
+} {
   if (!isRemoteEventRecord(value)
-    || !hasExactRemoteEventKeys(value, ['type', 'clientId'])
+    || !hasExactRemoteEventKeys(value, ['type', 'clientId', 'host'])
     || value.type !== 'ready'
-    || !isRemoteEventClientId(value.clientId)) {
+    || !isRemoteEventClientId(value.clientId)
+    || !isRemoteEventRecord(value.host)
+    || !hasExactRemoteEventKeys(value.host, ['home'])
+    || typeof value.host.home !== 'string') {
     throw new TypeError('client api: forwarded Remote event stream did not begin with ready')
   }
-  return value.clientId
+  return { clientId: value.clientId, host: { home: value.host.home } }
 }
 
 /** Validate one untrusted value from the Gateway-internal forwarded-event stream. */
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-stream.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-stream.ts
index 799a371ef5..71f1f546ae 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/client/remote-stream.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class RemoteStream<Item> implements AsyncIterable<RemoteStreamItem<Item>>
    * @param options - domain stream opener, end classification, and diagnostics.
    */
   constructor(
-    private readonly connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'hostDescription'>,
+    private readonly connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'generation'>,
     private readonly options: RemoteStreamOptions<Item>,
   ) {}
 
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ export class RemoteStream<Item> implements AsyncIterable<RemoteStreamItem<Item>>
 }
 
 async function waitForRemoteStreamRetry(
-  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'hostDescription'>,
+  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'generation'>,
   error: RemoteStreamCarrierError,
   attempt: number,
   signal: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<void> {
   signal.throwIfAborted()
-  if (connection.hostDescription.getSnapshot() !== undefined) {
+  if (connection.generation.getSnapshot() !== undefined) {
     if (attempt === 1) return
     throw error
   }
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ async function waitForRemoteStreamRetry(
       else reject(failure)
     }
     const inspect = (): void => {
-      if (connection.hostDescription.getSnapshot() !== undefined) finish()
+      if (connection.generation.getSnapshot() !== undefined) finish()
     }
     const aborted = (): void => {
       finish(new Error('Remote stream retry aborted', { cause: signal.reason }))
     }
-    const dispose = connection.hostDescription.subscribe(inspect)
+    const dispose = connection.generation.subscribe(inspect)
     subscription.dispose = dispose
     if (subscription.finished) dispose()
     signal.addEventListener('abort', aborted, { once: true })
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts
index ec4eb1eaef..1d754b05a7 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
   type RemoteEventCancellationFrame,
   type RemoteEventClientId,
   type RemoteEventEmitFrame,
+  type RemoteEventHostInfo,
   type RemoteEventId,
   type RemoteEventInvocationFrame,
   type RemoteEventReadyFrame,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export type {
   TypertRemoteEventOutcome,
   TypertRemoteEventSource,
 } from './types.ts'
+export type { RemoteEventHostInfo } from './stream-protocol.ts'
 
 interface GatewayErrorOptions {
   readonly cause?: unknown
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ interface PreparedInvocation {
 interface RegisteredRemoteEventSource {
   readonly lifetime: AbortController
   readonly done: Promise<void>
+  readonly host: RemoteEventHostInfo
 }
 
 interface RemoteEventClient {
@@ -233,9 +236,13 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
   /**
    * Register the sole application-selected forwarded-event source.
    * @param source - stream factory installed by the Remote assembly.
+   * @param host - stable Host facts included in each Client generation's opening frame.
    * @returns disposer removing this source and cancelling its active streams.
    */
-  registerRemoteEvents(source: TypertRemoteEventSource): () => Promise<void> {
+  registerRemoteEvents(
+    source: TypertRemoteEventSource,
+    host: RemoteEventHostInfo,
+  ): () => Promise<void> {
     if (this.remoteEvents !== undefined) {
       throw new Error('typert gateway: forwarded Remote event source is already registered')
     }
@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
       this.remoteEvents = undefined
       lifetime.abort(error)
     })
-    const registration: RegisteredRemoteEventSource = { lifetime, done }
+    const registration: RegisteredRemoteEventSource = { lifetime, done, host: { home: host.home } }
     this.remoteEvents = registration
     return async () => {
       if (this.remoteEvents === registration) {
@@ -417,7 +424,7 @@ export class TypertGatewayService extends Service implements TypertGateway {
     this.remoteEventClients.set(clientId, client)
     for (const pending of this.pendingRemoteEvents.values()) this.deliverRemoteEvent(pending, client)
     try {
-      yield { ...REMOTE_EVENT_STREAM_READY, clientId }
+      yield { ...REMOTE_EVENT_STREAM_READY, clientId, host: registration.host }
       yield* client.queue.iterate(lifetime)
     } finally {
       this.removeRemoteEventClient(client)
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/stream-protocol.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/stream-protocol.ts
index 2c6e8ebf70..142598863e 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/stream-protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/stream-protocol.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ export type RemoteEventClientId = Branded<'RemoteEventClientId'>
 /** Opaque correlation id for one pending Host-to-Client Remote Event. */
 export type RemoteEventId = Branded<'RemoteEventId'>
 
+/** Stable Host facts published with every established Client event generation. */
+export interface RemoteEventHostInfo {
+  /** Host account home used only to abbreviate displayed filesystem paths. */
+  readonly home: string
+}
+
 /** Opening item that binds later HTTP results to this active event stream. */
 export interface RemoteEventReadyFrame {
   readonly type: 'ready'
   readonly clientId: RemoteEventClientId
+  /** Stable Host facts attached to this connection generation. */
+  readonly host: RemoteEventHostInfo
 }
 
 /** Opaque Agent identity carried by one scoped Remote Event. */
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts b/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts
index b41f35e905..9b4475cb9a 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/src/types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
+import type { RemoteEventHostInfo } from './stream-protocol.ts'
 
 /** One Remote method request after a carrier has decoded its envelope. */
 export interface InvokeRemoteRequest {
@@ -124,9 +125,13 @@ export interface TypertGateway {
   /**
    * Register the application-selected forwarded-event source.
    * @param source - stream factory installed by the Remote assembly.
+   * @param host - stable Host facts included in each Client generation's opening frame.
    * @returns disposer removing this exact source and cancelling its active streams.
    */
-  registerRemoteEvents(source: TypertRemoteEventSource): () => Promise<void>
+  registerRemoteEvents(
+    source: TypertRemoteEventSource,
+    host: RemoteEventHostInfo,
+  ): () => Promise<void>
 
   /**
    * Invoke one live Remote method without assuming a carrier or response envelope.
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/control-retry.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/control-retry.client.spec.ts
index a278cc6acd..234251babb 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/control-retry.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/control-retry.client.spec.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,17 @@ import {
   RemoteStream,
 } from '../src/client/index.ts'
 
-const DESCRIPTION = {
-  version: 'fixture',
-  cwd: '/fixture',
-  attachedSessions: 0,
-  home: '/home/fixture',
-  canOpenPath: true,
-}
+const GENERATION = { id: 1, host: { home: '/home/fixture' } }
 
 function hostSource(initiallyAvailable: boolean): {
-  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'hostDescription'>
+  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'generation'>
   publish(available: boolean): void
 } {
-  let current = initiallyAvailable ? DESCRIPTION : undefined
+  let current = initiallyAvailable ? GENERATION : undefined
   const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
   return {
     connection: {
-      hostDescription: {
+      generation: {
         getSnapshot: () => current,
         subscribe: (listener) => {
           listeners.add(listener)
@@ -30,7 +24,7 @@ function hostSource(initiallyAvailable: boolean): {
       },
     },
     publish: (available) => {
-      current = available ? DESCRIPTION : undefined
+      current = available ? GENERATION : undefined
       for (const listener of listeners) listener()
     },
   }
@@ -67,7 +61,7 @@ function scripted<Item>(generations: Generation<Item>[], opened?: () => void) {
 }
 
 function supervisor<Item>(
-  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'hostDescription'>,
+  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'generation'>,
   generations: Generation<Item>[],
   carrierFailed?: (error: RemoteStreamCarrierError) => void,
 ): RemoteStream<Item> {
@@ -122,8 +116,8 @@ describe('RemoteStream', () => {
     let listener: (() => void) | undefined
     const subscribed = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
     const connection = {
-      hostDescription: {
-        getSnapshot: () => available ? DESCRIPTION : undefined,
+      generation: {
+        getSnapshot: () => available ? GENERATION : undefined,
         subscribe: (value: () => void) => {
           listener = value
           subscribed.resolve(undefined)
@@ -177,8 +171,8 @@ describe('RemoteStream', () => {
     let reads = 0
     let disposed = 0
     const connection = {
-      hostDescription: {
-        getSnapshot: () => reads++ === 0 ? undefined : DESCRIPTION,
+      generation: {
+        getSnapshot: () => reads++ === 0 ? undefined : GENERATION,
         subscribe: (listener: () => void) => {
           listener()
           return () => { disposed++ }
@@ -261,7 +255,7 @@ describe('RemoteStream', () => {
     const holder: { stream?: RemoteStream<string> } = {}
     let subscriptions = 0
     const connection = {
-      hostDescription: {
+      generation: {
         getSnapshot: () => undefined,
         subscribe: () => {
           subscriptions++
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts
index debb6763d5..c769192a4b 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway-stream.host.spec.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ vi.mock('node:crypto', async (importOriginal) => {
 
 const randomUuid = vi.mocked(randomUUID)
 const browserCookies = new WeakMap<Context, string>()
+const REMOTE_HOST = { home: '/home/fixture' } as const
 type AgentWireId = TypertContextWire<TypertContextMap['agent']>
 const agentId = (value: string): AgentWireId => value as AgentWireId
 
@@ -386,8 +387,8 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
         }
       })()
     }
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source)
-    expect(() => { ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source) })
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source, REMOTE_HOST)
+    expect(() => { ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source, REMOTE_HOST) })
       .toThrow('forwarded Remote event source is already registered')
 
     const socket = new WebSocket(`ws://127.0.0.1:${String(ctx.webServer.port)}/api/remote.mux`, {
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
       const eventFrames = frames.filter(frame => frame.streamId === 'events')
       expect(eventFrames).toHaveLength(1)
       expect(eventFrames[0]).toMatchObject({
-        type: 'item', streamId: 'events', value: { type: 'ready' },
+        type: 'item', streamId: 'events', value: { type: 'ready', host: REMOTE_HOST },
       })
       expect(typeof Reflect.get(eventFrames[0]!.value as object, 'clientId')).toBe('string')
     })
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
       const eventFrames = frames.filter(frame => frame.streamId === 'events').slice(0, 2)
       expect(eventFrames).toHaveLength(2)
       expect(eventFrames[0]).toMatchObject({
-        type: 'item', streamId: 'events', value: { type: 'ready' },
+        type: 'item', streamId: 'events', value: { type: 'ready', host: REMOTE_HOST },
       })
       expect(typeof Reflect.get(eventFrames[0]!.value as object, 'clientId')).toBe('string')
       expect(eventFrames[1]).toEqual({
@@ -429,9 +430,9 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
       expect(frames).toContainEqual({ type: 'end', streamId: 'events' })
     })
 
-    const unregisterReplacement = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source)
+    const unregisterReplacement = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source, REMOTE_HOST)
     await unregister()
-    expect(() => { ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source) })
+    expect(() => { ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source, REMOTE_HOST) })
       .toThrow('forwarded Remote event source is already registered')
     await unregisterReplacement()
     socket.close()
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
       await publish.promise
       yield pending.dispatch
     })()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const rejected = expect(pending.outcome).rejects.toThrow(
       'forwarded Remote event source was removed',
     )
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
         else signal.addEventListener('abort', () => { resolve() }, { once: true })
       })
       throw new Error('fixture source rejected during removal')
-    })())
+    })(), REMOTE_HOST)
     const client = await openEventClient(ctx, 'events-removal')
     await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(deliveredInvocation(client)).toBeDefined() })
 
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('delegates unavailable Contexts and rejects malformed scoped invocations', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(false)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
 
     for (const event of [42, ''] as const) {
       const invalidName = pendingInvocation(ctx)
@@ -579,7 +580,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
         return (async function* () {
           yield frame as unknown as TypertRemoteEventDispatch
         })()
-      })
+      }, REMOTE_HOST)
       await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(sourceSignal?.aborted).toBe(true) })
       const reason: unknown = sourceSignal?.reason
       if (!(reason instanceof Error)) throw new Error('Remote event source did not fail with an Error')
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('retries a colliding Remote event id before publishing the second waterfall', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(false)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const agent = ctx.extend()
     ctx.typert.contexts.registerHost('agent', {
       wire: 'agentId',
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('retries a colliding Remote event Client id before opening the second generation', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const firstId = '00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000011' as ReturnType<typeof randomUUID>
     const secondId = '00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000012' as ReturnType<typeof randomUUID>
     randomUuid.mockReturnValueOnce(firstId).mockReturnValueOnce(firstId).mockReturnValueOnce(secondId)
@@ -645,7 +646,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('fans one scoped waterfall out and accepts the first Client result', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const agent = ctx.extend()
     ctx.typert.contexts.registerHost('agent', {
       wire: 'agentId',
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('rejects the Host waterfall with the first Client listener rejection', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const agent = ctx.extend()
     ctx.typert.contexts.registerHost('agent', {
       wire: 'agentId',
@@ -739,7 +740,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('delegates to the Host only after every active Client returns next', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const agent = ctx.extend()
     ctx.typert.contexts.registerHost('agent', {
       wire: 'agentId',
@@ -772,7 +773,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('delivers a pending waterfall to the first Client that connects', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const agent = ctx.extend()
     ctx.typert.contexts.registerHost('agent', {
       wire: 'agentId',
@@ -805,7 +806,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('replays a pending event id to a replacement Client generation', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const agent = ctx.extend()
     ctx.typert.contexts.registerHost('agent', {
       wire: 'agentId',
@@ -839,7 +840,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
   it('cancels pending deliveries when the Host signal or Context ends', async () => {
     const { ctx } = await setup(true)
     const source = new RemoteEventSourceProbe()
-    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source)
+    const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(source.source, REMOTE_HOST)
     const signalAgent = ctx.extend()
     const contextFiber = ctx.plugin(() => {})
     await contextFiber
@@ -929,7 +930,7 @@ describe('Typert Remote streams', () => {
     const unregister = ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(() => {
       sourceCalls += 1
       return (async function *(): AsyncIterable<never> {})()
-    })
+    }, REMOTE_HOST)
     const invalidPayloads: readonly unknown[] = [
       null,
       [],
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts
index 92eeecb5e0..a77e4a22af 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.client.spec.ts
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class RemoteEventCarrier {
     const abort = (): void => { connection.wake?.() }
     signal.addEventListener('abort', abort, { once: true })
     try {
-      yield { type: 'ready', clientId }
+      yield { type: 'ready', clientId, host: { home: '/home/fixture' } }
       while (!signal.aborted) {
         while (connection.items.length > 0) {
           const item = connection.items.shift() as EventStreamItem
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ describe('Client Typert API', () => {
       socket.receive({
         type: 'item',
         streamId: opened.streamId,
-        value: { type: 'ready', clientId: 'browser-client' },
+        value: { type: 'ready', clientId: 'browser-client', host: { home: '/home/browser' } },
       })
       await run.ready
       socket.receive({
@@ -1825,6 +1825,7 @@ describe('Client Typert API', () => {
 
       await vi.waitFor(() => {
         expect(connection.hostDescription.getSnapshot()?.home).toBe('/home/fixture')
+        expect(connection.generation.getSnapshot()?.host.home).toBe('/home/fixture')
       })
     } finally {
       await ctx.fiber.dispose()
@@ -1841,6 +1842,10 @@ describe('Client Typert API', () => {
     { type: 'ready' },
     { type: 'ready', clientId: '' },
     { type: 'ready', clientId: 'client', extra: true },
+    { type: 'ready', clientId: 'client', host: null },
+    { type: 'ready', clientId: 'client', host: {} },
+    { type: 'ready', clientId: 'client', host: { home: 1 } },
+    { type: 'ready', clientId: 'client', host: { home: '/home', extra: true } },
     { type: 'emit', event: 'fixture/changed', args: ['too early'] },
   ])('rejects malformed forwarded-event readiness item %#', async (opening) => {
     const open: NonNullable<ConnectionHandle['rpc']['open']> = () => (async function *() {
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts
index c0455bba10..ab1ee9d6b9 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/gateway.host.spec.ts
@@ -1084,11 +1084,14 @@ describe('TypertGatewayService', () => {
         if (signal.aborted) resolve()
         else signal.addEventListener('abort', () => { resolve() }, { once: true })
       })
-    })())
+    })(), { home: '/home/fixture' })
     const carrier = new AbortController()
     const events = rawGatewayEventHarness(ctx).openRemoteEvents({ args: {} }, carrier.signal)
     const opening = await events.next()
-    expect(opening).toMatchObject({ done: false, value: { type: 'ready' } })
+    expect(opening).toMatchObject({
+      done: false,
+      value: { type: 'ready', host: { home: '/home/fixture' } },
+    })
     if (opening.done) throw new Error('Remote event stream ended before ready')
     const clientId: unknown = Reflect.get(opening.value as object, 'clientId')
     if (typeof clientId !== 'string') throw new Error('Remote event stream omitted its Client id')
diff --git a/packages/api/gateway/tests/journal-stream.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/gateway/tests/journal-stream.client.spec.ts
index 0d134f3d99..e5e02b2d28 100644
--- a/packages/api/gateway/tests/journal-stream.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/gateway/tests/journal-stream.client.spec.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ interface Generation {
 type PageSource = Page | Promise<Page> | ((signal: AbortSignal) => Promise<Page>)
 
 const AVAILABLE_CONNECTION = {
-  hostDescription: {
-    getSnapshot: () => ({
-      version: 'fixture', cwd: '/fixture', attachedSessions: 0, home: '/home/fixture', canOpenPath: true,
-    }),
+  generation: {
+    getSnapshot: () => ({ id: 1, host: { home: '/home/fixture' } }),
     subscribe: () => () => {},
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/remotes/src/index.ts b/packages/api/remotes/src/index.ts
index 4d0256e162..e775d3a5ae 100644
--- a/packages/api/remotes/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/remotes/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** Host BFF entry and Loader shell for the Remote contribution assembly. */
 
+import { homedir } from 'node:os'
 import type { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
 import type {
   TypertRemoteEventDispatch,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export const inject = ['typertGateway']
 /** Host plugin body registering this application's selected Cordis event source. */
 export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   ctx.effect(
-    () => ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(remoteEventSource(ctx)),
+    () => ctx.typertGateway.registerRemoteEvents(remoteEventSource(ctx), { home: homedir() }),
     'api-remotes: forwarded Cordis event source',
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/remotes/tests/remote-events.host.spec.ts b/packages/api/remotes/tests/remote-events.host.spec.ts
index eefe64e664..1d2e8c235d 100644
--- a/packages/api/remotes/tests/remote-events.host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/remotes/tests/remote-events.host.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
 import type { Fiber } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
 import type {
+  RemoteEventHostInfo,
   TypertRemoteEventInvocation,
   TypertRemoteEventSource,
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-gateway'
@@ -10,8 +11,12 @@ import { apply, inject } from '../src/index.ts'
 
 interface GatewayProbe {
   source: TypertRemoteEventSource | undefined
+  host: RemoteEventHostInfo | undefined
   removals: number
-  registerRemoteEvents(source: TypertRemoteEventSource): () => Promise<void>
+  registerRemoteEvents(
+    source: TypertRemoteEventSource,
+    host: RemoteEventHostInfo,
+  ): () => Promise<void>
 }
 
 async function setup(): Promise<{
@@ -22,12 +27,15 @@ async function setup(): Promise<{
   const ctx = new Context()
   const gateway: GatewayProbe = {
     source: undefined,
+    host: undefined,
     removals: 0,
-    registerRemoteEvents(source) {
+    registerRemoteEvents(source, host) {
       gateway.source = source
+      gateway.host = host
       return async () => {
         if (gateway.source !== source) return
         gateway.source = undefined
+        gateway.host = undefined
         gateway.removals += 1
       }
     },
@@ -71,6 +79,14 @@ function invocationOf(value: unknown): TypertRemoteEventInvocation {
 }
 
 describe('Remote event Host source', () => {
+  it('registers the Host home used by Client connection generations', async () => {
+    const { gateway, fiber } = await setup()
+    expect(gateway.host?.home).toBeTypeOf('string')
+    expect(gateway.host?.home.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    await fiber.dispose()
+    expect(gateway.host).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   it('gives each Client stream an independent allowlisted event queue', async () => {
     const { ctx, gateway, fiber } = await setup()
     const firstAbort = new AbortController()
diff --git a/packages/api/session-controller/src/client/index.ts b/packages/api/session-controller/src/client/index.ts
index bca9f9d3d0..04b7cbb553 100644
--- a/packages/api/session-controller/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/session-controller/src/client/index.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   })
   control.start()
   ctx.on('connection/reset', () => { sessions.handleConnected() })
-  if (connection.hostDescription.getSnapshot() !== undefined) sessions.handleConnected()
+  if (connection.generation.getSnapshot() !== undefined) sessions.handleConnected()
   ctx.typert.contexts.registerClient('agent', {
     identity: candidate => sessions.scopeOf(candidate),
     resolve: sessionId => sessions.resolveAgentScope(sessionId),
diff --git a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts
index 876786a759..b6c7e40972 100644
--- a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ async function mount(initialHost?: HostDescription): Promise<Bench> {
         return () => { hostListeners.delete(listener) }
       },
     },
+    generation: {
+      getSnapshot: () => host === undefined
+        ? undefined
+        : { id: 1, host: { home: host.home } },
+      subscribe: (listener) => {
+        hostListeners.add(listener)
+        return () => { hostListeners.delete(listener) }
+      },
+    },
+    generation: {
+      getSnapshot: () => host === undefined
+        ? undefined
+        : { id: 1, host: { home: host.home } },
+      subscribe: (listener) => {
+        hostListeners.add(listener)
+        return () => { hostListeners.delete(listener) }
+      },
+    },
     rpc: {
       call: () => Promise.reject(new Error('unexpected generic RPC call')),
     },
diff --git a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/fake-api.client.ts b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/fake-api.client.ts
index f1369e4c8c..851ce01030 100644
--- a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/fake-api.client.ts
+++ b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/fake-api.client.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ import type { SessionRemotes } from '../src/client/sessions/remotes.ts'
 import { historyRecordLastSeq } from '../src/client/sessions/history-records.ts'
 
 const AVAILABLE_STREAM_CONNECTION = {
-  hostDescription: {
-    getSnapshot: () => ({
-      version: 'fixture', cwd: '/f', attachedSessions: 0, home: '/h', canOpenPath: true,
-    }),
+  generation: {
+    getSnapshot: () => ({ id: 1, host: { home: '/h' } }),
     subscribe: () => () => {},
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts
index 1ad1d4e858..36afa47632 100644
--- a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ type SessionTransportRemote = Pick<SessionRemote, 'control' | 'follow' | 'page'>
 
 const ADDRESS: SessionAddress = { kind: 'session', sessionId: 'session-1' as never }
 const AVAILABLE_CONNECTION = {
-  hostDescription: {
-    getSnapshot: () => ({
-      version: 'fixture', cwd: '/fixture', attachedSessions: 0, home: '/home/fixture', canOpenPath: true,
-    }),
+  generation: {
+    getSnapshot: () => ({ id: 1, host: { home: '/home/fixture' } }),
     subscribe: () => () => {},
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/workspace-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts b/packages/api/workspace-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts
index d71cfba44e..14cf3a02db 100644
--- a/packages/api/workspace-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/workspace-controller/tests/transport.client.spec.ts
@@ -36,17 +36,15 @@ import type {
 } from '../src/types.ts'
 
 const AVAILABLE_CONNECTION = {
-  hostDescription: {
-    getSnapshot: () => ({
-      version: 'fixture', cwd: '/fixture', attachedSessions: 0, home: '/home/fixture', canOpenPath: true,
-    }),
+  generation: {
+    getSnapshot: () => ({ id: 1, host: { home: '/home/fixture' } }),
     subscribe: () => () => {},
   },
 }
 
 function workspaceClient(
   remote: WorkspaceRemote,
-  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'hostDescription'> = AVAILABLE_CONNECTION,
+  connection: Pick<ConnectionHandle, 'generation'> = AVAILABLE_CONNECTION,
 ) {
   return {
     workspace: remote,
@@ -211,6 +209,7 @@ function provideClientServices(ctx: Context, remote: WorkspaceRemote): void {
       }),
       subscribe: () => () => {},
     },
+    generation: AVAILABLE_CONNECTION.generation,
     rpc: {
       call: () => Promise.reject(new Error('unexpected generic RPC call')),
     },
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/client/connection.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/client/connection.ts
index cad2de394d..ebcac74ea7 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/client/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/client/connection.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 import type { HostDescription, IApiClient } from './api.ts'
 
+/** Stable Host facts delivered by one established Remote event generation. */
+export interface ConnectionHostInfo {
+  /** Host account home used only to abbreviate displayed filesystem paths. */
+  readonly home: string
+}
+
+/** One successfully established Host generation. */
+export interface ConnectionGeneration {
+  /** Monotone generation number within this Client runtime. */
+  readonly id: number
+  /** Host facts carried by this generation's opening frame. */
+  readonly host: ConnectionHostInfo
+}
+
 /** Reconnect/backoff tunables (deployment-varying — no hardcoded tunables; these become the
  *  future `ctx.connection` plugin's Config). All fields optional; defaults below. */
 export interface ConnectionConfig {
@@ -39,7 +53,7 @@ export type ConnectionState = 'connected' | 'reconnecting'
 /** Connection-generation callbacks owned by API Gateway. */
 export interface ConnectionSinks {
   /** After the generation source is ready and host.describe succeeds, first connect included. */
-  onConnected?: (description: HostDescription) => void
+  onConnected?: (description: HostDescription, host: ConnectionHostInfo) => void
   /** Coarse state transitions (deduplicated: fires only on change). The initial pre-connect
    *  span reports nothing — the UI treats "no state yet" as connecting, not as an outage. */
   onStateChange?: (state: ConnectionState) => void
@@ -55,7 +69,7 @@ export interface ConnectionSinks {
  */
 export type ConnectionGenerationSource = (
   signal: AbortSignal,
-  ready: () => void,
+  ready: (host: ConnectionHostInfo) => void,
 ) => Promise<void>
 
 /**
@@ -117,19 +131,20 @@ export class ConnectionController {
       this.current = ac
 
       let sourceReady = false
-      let resolveReady!: () => void
+      let resolveReady!: (host: ConnectionHostInfo) => void
       let rejectReady!: (error: Error) => void
       let rejectSourceLost!: (error: Error) => void
-      const ready = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const ready = new Promise<ConnectionHostInfo>((resolve, reject) => {
         resolveReady = resolve
         rejectReady = reject
       })
       const sourceLost = new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
         rejectSourceLost = reject
       })
-      const reportReady = (): void => {
+      const reportReady = (host: ConnectionHostInfo): void => {
+        if (sourceReady) return
         sourceReady = true
-        resolveReady()
+        resolveReady(host)
       }
 
       const failed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
@@ -161,7 +176,7 @@ export class ConnectionController {
         // The source reports ready only after its incremental listeners exist;
         // describe may complete in parallel, but consumers see neither result
         // until both sides of the baseline-plus-increment handshake are ready.
-        const [description] = await Promise.race([
+        const [description, host] = await Promise.race([
           Promise.all([
             this.api.host.describe({}, ac.signal),
             waitForReady(ready, this.config.generationReadyTimeoutMs, ac.signal),
@@ -178,7 +193,7 @@ export class ConnectionController {
         // A state sink may synchronously stop this controller. Do not publish
         // a description for a generation that no longer exists afterward.
         if (this.isGenerationActive(ac)) {
-          this.callSink(() => { this.sinks.onConnected?.(descriptionResult.value) })
+          this.callSink(() => { this.sinks.onConnected?.(descriptionResult.value, host) })
         }
       } catch {
         // Transport failure: treat as generation failure, fall through to the shared backoff.
@@ -213,28 +228,28 @@ export class ConnectionController {
 }
 
 /** Await source readiness without letting a stalled carrier wedge startup forever. */
-function waitForReady(ready: Promise<void>, timeoutMs: number, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
-  return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+function waitForReady<T>(ready: Promise<T>, timeoutMs: number, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<T> {
+  return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
     let settled = false
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-      finish(new Error(`connection generation was not ready within ${String(timeoutMs)}ms`))
+      finish({ error: new Error(`connection generation was not ready within ${String(timeoutMs)}ms`) })
     }, timeoutMs)
     const aborted = (): void => {
-      finish(new Error('connection generation aborted', { cause: signal.reason }))
+      finish({ error: new Error('connection generation aborted', { cause: signal.reason }) })
     }
-    const finish = (error?: Error): void => {
+    const finish = (outcome: { readonly value: T } | { readonly error: Error }): void => {
       if (settled) return
       settled = true
       clearTimeout(timeout)
       signal.removeEventListener('abort', aborted)
-      if (error === undefined) resolve()
-      else reject(error)
+      if ('error' in outcome) reject(outcome.error)
+      else resolve(outcome.value)
     }
     signal.addEventListener('abort', aborted, { once: true })
     void ready.then(
-      () => { finish() },
+      (value) => { finish({ value }) },
       (error: unknown) => {
-        finish(error as Error)
+        finish({ error: error as Error })
       },
     )
   })
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts
index a2a7617a7e..6a5a1017c5 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/client/fixture.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ interface FixtureRemoteEventResult {
 interface FixtureRemoteEventReadyFrame {
   readonly type: 'ready'
   readonly clientId: string
+  readonly host: { readonly home: string }
 }
 
 interface FixtureProjectionFrame {
@@ -3161,7 +3162,7 @@ function createFixtureWorld(options: FixtureOptions): FixtureWorld {
       if (gamma !== undefined) setRunning(gamma.sessionId, !gamma.running)
     }, 5000)
     try {
-      yield { type: 'ready', clientId }
+      yield { type: 'ready', clientId, host: { home: FIXTURE_HOME } }
       if (approvalPending) yield approvalInvocation()
       if (questionPending) yield questionInvocation()
       yield* conn.drain(signal)
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts b/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts
index a24d014496..a03ab1e5d7 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/src/client/index.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import type { HostDescription, IApiClient } from './api.ts'
 import {
   ConnectionController,
   type ConnectionConfig,
+  type ConnectionGeneration,
   type ConnectionGenerationSource,
   type ConnectionSinks,
-  type ConnectionState,
 } from './connection.ts'
 import { FixtureApiClient } from './fixture.ts'
 import { WebApiClient } from './web-api-client.ts'
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@ export {
 
 // Connection loop types are public through ConnectionHandle.start; the
 // controller remains package-internal.
-export type { ConnectionConfig, ConnectionGenerationSource, ConnectionSinks, ConnectionState }
+export type {
+  ConnectionConfig,
+  ConnectionGeneration,
+  ConnectionGenerationSource,
+  ConnectionHostInfo,
+  ConnectionSinks,
+  ConnectionState,
+} from './connection.ts'
 export type {
   ClientConnectionRpc, ConnectionRpcFailure, ConnectionRpcResult,
 } from '../rpc.ts'
@@ -59,6 +66,14 @@ export interface HostDescriptionSource {
   subscribe(listener: () => void): () => void
 }
 
+/** Observable identity and Host facts for the active connection generation. */
+export interface ConnectionGenerationState {
+  /** Active generation, or undefined before readiness and while reconnecting. */
+  getSnapshot(): ConnectionGeneration | undefined
+  /** Subscribe to generation establishment, replacement, and loss. */
+  subscribe(listener: () => void): () => void
+}
+
 /** Required services (none — this is the wire root). */
 export const inject: string[] = []
 
@@ -113,6 +128,8 @@ export interface ConnectionHandle {
   readonly isLoopback: boolean
   /** Generation-scoped Host facts, including the account home and native path-open capability. */
   readonly hostDescription: HostDescriptionSource
+  /** Current Remote event generation and the Host facts carried by its opening frame. */
+  readonly generation: ConnectionGenerationState
   /** Generic logical RPC channels over the same Connection transport. */
   readonly rpc: ClientConnectionRpc
   /**
@@ -151,6 +168,9 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   const rpc = fixtureClient?.rpc ?? createWebConnectionRpc(transport?.fetch, transport?.openStream)
   let generationSource: ConnectionGenerationSource | undefined
   let owner: ConnectionOwner | undefined
+  let generationId = 0
+  let generation: ConnectionGeneration | undefined
+  const generationListeners = new Set<() => void>()
   let description: HostDescription | undefined
   const descriptionListeners = new Set<() => void>()
   const publishDescription = (next: HostDescription | undefined): void => {
@@ -164,10 +184,22 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
       }
     }
   }
+  const publishGeneration = (next: ConnectionGeneration | undefined): void => {
+    if (Object.is(generation, next)) return
+    generation = next
+    for (const listener of [...generationListeners]) {
+      try {
+        listener()
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('[connection] generation listener threw:', error)
+      }
+    }
+  }
   const releaseOwner = (current: ConnectionOwner): void => {
     if (owner !== current) return
     owner = undefined
     current.controller.stop()
+    publishGeneration(undefined)
     publishDescription(undefined)
   }
   const handle: ConnectionHandle = {
@@ -180,6 +212,13 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
         return () => { descriptionListeners.delete(listener) }
       },
     },
+    generation: {
+      getSnapshot: () => generation,
+      subscribe: (listener) => {
+        generationListeners.add(listener)
+        return () => { generationListeners.delete(listener) }
+      },
+    },
     rpc,
     registerGenerationSource(source) {
       if (generationSource !== undefined) {
@@ -201,17 +240,23 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
       const ownsGeneration = (): boolean => owner?.token === token
       const controller = new ConnectionController(api, source, {
         ...sinks,
-        onConnected: (next) => {
+        onConnected: (next, host) => {
+          const nextGeneration = { id: ++generationId, host }
+          publishGeneration(nextGeneration)
+          if (!ownsGeneration() || !Object.is(generation, nextGeneration)) return
           publishDescription(next)
           // A description subscriber may synchronously stop the loop. In that
           // case publishDescription(undefined) has already retracted this
           // generation, so do not leak its stale connected notification to
           // the consumer sink afterward.
           if (!ownsGeneration() || !Object.is(description, next)) return
-          sinks.onConnected?.(next)
+          sinks.onConnected?.(next, host)
         },
         onStateChange: (state) => {
-          if (state === 'reconnecting') publishDescription(undefined)
+          if (state === 'reconnecting') {
+            publishGeneration(undefined)
+            publishDescription(undefined)
+          }
           if (!ownsGeneration()) return
           sinks.onStateChange?.(state)
         },
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts b/packages/client/connection/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts
index 443d398eba..fb5257e355 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/tests/client-apply.client.spec.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class GenerationProbe {
     }
     this.active.add(finish)
     signal.addEventListener('abort', finish, { once: true })
-    ready()
+    ready({ home: '/h' })
     if (signal.aborted) finish()
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/tests/connection.client.spec.ts b/packages/client/connection/tests/connection.client.spec.ts
index 03f57f9273..40f9a5ec6c 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/tests/connection.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/tests/connection.client.spec.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('connection lifecycle', () => {
     const controller = new ConnectionController(api, (signal, ready) => {
       sourceCalls++
       if (sourceCalls === 1) return fail()
-      ready()
+      ready({ home: '/h' })
       return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
         signal.addEventListener('abort', () => { resolve() }, { once: true })
       })
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.client.ts b/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.client.ts
index bc546ad185..639f52f2b9 100644
--- a/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.client.ts
+++ b/packages/client/connection/tests/fake-api.client.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ export class FakeApiClient implements IApiClient {
     return response
   }
 
-  private async openGeneration(signal: AbortSignal, onOpen: () => void): Promise<void> {
+  private async openGeneration(
+    signal: AbortSignal,
+    onOpen: (host: { readonly home: string }) => void,
+  ): Promise<void> {
     const inbox: StreamItem[] = []
     let wake: (() => void) | null = null
     const conn: StreamConn = {
@@ -105,8 +108,9 @@ export class FakeApiClient implements IApiClient {
       },
     }
     this.generationConns.push(conn)
-    if (this.holdGenerationReady) this.heldOpens.push(onOpen)
-    else if (!this.suppressGenerationReady) onOpen()
+    const ready = (): void => { onOpen({ home: '/h' }) }
+    if (this.holdGenerationReady) this.heldOpens.push(ready)
+    else if (!this.suppressGenerationReady) ready()
     try {
       while (!signal.aborted) {
         while (inbox.length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/client/connection/tests/generation.client.spec.ts b/packages/client/connection/tests/generation.client.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0deace5dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/connection/tests/generation.client.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  apply,
+  type ConnectionGenerationSource,
+  type ConnectionHandle,
+} from '../src/client/index.ts'
+
+type BrowserGlobal = {
+  location?: { hostname: string; search: string }
+}
+
+const contexts = new Set<Context>()
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  delete (globalThis as BrowserGlobal).location
+  await Promise.all([...contexts].map(async ctx => ctx.fiber.dispose()))
+  contexts.clear()
+})
+
+async function mount(): Promise<ConnectionHandle> {
+  ;(globalThis as BrowserGlobal).location = { hostname: 'localhost', search: '?fixture' }
+  const ctx = new Context()
+  contexts.add(ctx)
+  await ctx.plugin({ apply, inject: [] })
+  const connection = ctx.get('connection') as ConnectionHandle | undefined
+  if (connection === undefined) throw new Error('fixture did not provide Connection')
+  return connection
+}
+
+describe('Connection generation facts', () => {
+  it('publishes ready-frame Host facts and retracts them when the loop stops', async () => {
+    const connection = await mount()
+    const source: ConnectionGenerationSource = (signal, ready) => {
+      ready({ home: '/home/from-ready' })
+      return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        if (signal.aborted) resolve()
+        else signal.addEventListener('abort', () => { resolve() }, { once: true })
+      })
+    }
+    connection.registerGenerationSource(source)
+    const seen: Array<string | undefined> = []
+    const stopListening = connection.generation.subscribe(() => {
+      seen.push(connection.generation.getSnapshot()?.host.home)
+    })
+    const loop = connection.start({}, {
+      backoffBaseMs: 1,
+      backoffFactor: 1,
+      backoffMaxMs: 1,
+      generationReadyTimeoutMs: 100,
+    })
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(connection.generation.getSnapshot()).toEqual({
+        id: 1,
+        host: { home: '/home/from-ready' },
+      })
+    })
+    loop.stop()
+    expect(connection.generation.getSnapshot()).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(seen).toEqual(['/home/from-ready', undefined])
+    stopListening()
+  })
+})