feat(brain-realtime): MockRealtimeBrain + binary (spec §5.3 + §4.2)

slice-3 §5.3 dev mode: an in-process fake OpenAI Realtime WS server
(MockRealtimeBrain) behind --features=mock. Asserts session.update has
turn_detection: null (S4 — spec §4.3) on handshake; exports a typed
OpenAI-shaped error on violation so the brain fails fast + visibly.
On each input_audio_buffer.append replies with a canned
response.audio.delta carrying 480 zeroed samples as base64 LE i16
(same wire shape as slice-2's audio_out). Powers the offline dev loop
(cargo run -p rutster-brain-realtime --features=mock) + the integration
test (no real OpenAI credentials, no network calls).

Also adds the binary main.rs (spec §4.2 + §5.3): binds the tap-side WS
server on RUTSTER_TAP_BIND (default 127.0.0.1:8082), accepts per-call
tap connections, handles the hello handshake, splits the WS into sink +
stream, dials the OpenAI side (real wss://api.openai.com in default
mode; MockRealtimeBrain url in mock mode), and bridges via
run_openai_pump + two mpsc::channel<String> pairs.

Integration test brain_mock_round_trip drives MockRealtimeBrain +
run_openai_pump end-to-end: pushes a tap audio_in frame through the
pump, observes the canned response.audio.delta arrive + get translated
back as a tap audio_out frame on the pump's outbound mpsc. Verifies
the dev-loop 'actually start + interop on a basic audio round-trip'
contract the directive's Task 4 calls out, without requiring a real
WebRTC peer (same constraint as slice-1/2's browser-driven e2e).

Files: crates/rutster-brain-realtime/src/{lib,mock,main}.rs,
crates/rutster-brain-realtime/tests/brain_mock_round_trip.rs.
NOT touched: loop_driver.rs, rtc_session.rs (seam §7.5 #6).

Gates: cargo fmt OK. cargo clippy --all --tests --features=mock
-D warnings OK. cargo test --all --features=mock OK (56 tests).
cargo deny check has pre-existing environmental failure (CVSS 4.0
unsupported in advisory-db; same on main).

Dev loop verified: cargo run -p rutster-brain-realtime --features=mock
starts the brain (mock on ephemeral port, tap server on :8082).
./target/release/rutster with RUTSTER_TAP_URL=ws://127.0.0.1:8082/realtime
starts the core on :8080. POST /v1/sessions succeeds. (Full audio
round-trip requires a browser-driven WebRTC peer, same constraint as
slice-1/2 — covered by the integration test instead.)

crates/rutster-brain-realtime/src/lib.rs

@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@
 pub mod api_key;
 pub mod openai_client;
 pub mod translator;
+
+/// slice-3 §5.3 dev mode: in-process fake OpenAI Realtime WS server. Only
+/// available with `--features=mock`. The binary uses it to run the offline
+/// dev loop (no API key, no network calls to OpenAI); the integration test
+/// uses it for the same reason.
+#[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+pub mod mock;
+#[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+pub use mock::MockRealtimeBrain;

crates/rutster-brain-realtime/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+//! # rutster-brain-realtime binary (slice-3 spec §4.2 + §5.3)
+//!
+//! Standalone brain process the core dials out to via `RUTSTER_TAP_URL` (spec
+//! §5.1). One process bridges many tap WS connections (one per call) to many
+//! OpenAI Realtime sessions.
+//!
+//! # Modes
+//!
+//! - **`--features=mock`** (offline dev loop, slice-3 spec §7.3): starts an
+//!   in-process `MockRealtimeBrain` WS server, dials it as the "OpenAI side."
+//!   No API key, no network calls to OpenAI. Used by the integration test +
+//!   the offline dev loop (`cargo run -p rutster-brain-realtime --features=mock`).
+//! - **Default** (real OpenAI): loads `OPENAI_API_KEY` per
+//!   [`api_key::load_api_key`], dials `wss://api.openai.com/v1/realtime?model=...`.
+//!
+//! Both modes share the same tap-side WS server + the same `run_openai_pump`
+//! bridging logic — only the OpenAI-side dialer differs.
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+#[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+use rutster_brain_realtime::MockRealtimeBrain;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "mock"))]
+use rutster_brain_realtime::api_key;
+use rutster_brain_realtime::openai_client;
+use rutster_brain_realtime::translator::build_openai_session_update;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::client::IntoClientRequest;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+/// Default bind addr for the brain process's tap-side WS server (spec §5.3).
+/// Distinct from slice-2's echo brain (`:8081/echo`); the two coexist.
+const DEFAULT_TAP_BIND: &str = "127.0.0.1:8082";
+const DEFAULT_VOICE: &str = "alloy";
+const DEFAULT_MODEL: &str = "gpt-4o-realtime";
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "rutster_brain_realtime=info".into()),
+        )
+        .init();
+
+    let tap_bind: SocketAddr = std::env::var("RUTSTER_TAP_BIND")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_TAP_BIND.to_string())
+        .parse()
+        .expect("RUTSTER_TAP_BIND must be a valid SocketAddr");
+    let voice =
+        std::env::var("OPENAI_REALTIME_VOICE").unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_VOICE.to_string());
+    let model =
+        std::env::var("OPENAI_REALTIME_MODEL").unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_MODEL.to_string());
+    let _ = &model; // used only in the non-mock branch below.
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+    let openai_url: String;
+    #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+    let openai_headers: Vec<(String, String)>;
+    #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+    let _mock_guard;
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "mock"))]
+    let (openai_url, openai_headers) = {
+        let api_key = match api_key::load_api_key() {
+            Ok(k) => k,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("failed to load OPENAI_API_KEY: {e}; refusing to start");
+                std::process::exit(1);
+            }
+        };
+        (
+            openai_client::openai_realtime_url(&model),
+            openai_client::openai_headers(&api_key),
+        )
+    };
+    #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
+    {
+        let mock = MockRealtimeBrain::start().await.expect("mock bind ok");
+        info!(mock_addr = %mock.addr, "MockRealtimeBrain started (--features=mock)");
+        openai_url = mock.url();
+        openai_headers = Vec::new();
+        _mock_guard = mock;
+    }
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(tap_bind)
+        .await
+        .expect("bind ok");
+    info!(%tap_bind, %openai_url, "rutster-brain-realtime listening (core dials this)");
+
+    loop {
+        match listener.accept().await {
+            Ok((stream, peer)) => {
+                let url = openai_url.clone();
+                let hdrs = openai_headers.clone();
+                let voice = voice.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    if let Err(e) = handle_tap_connection(stream, peer, &url, &hdrs, &voice).await {
+                        warn!(error = ?e, %peer, "tap connection ended with error");
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+            Err(e) => warn!(error = %e, "accept failed; continuing"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Handle one tap WS connection from the core. Spawns two mpsc forwarders
+/// (tap→pump, pump→tap) + dials the OpenAI side, then runs `run_openai_pump`
+/// on the OpenAI side + awaits both forwarder tasks.
+///
+/// The tap-side handshake (hello/session_end) is handled here; the OpenAI
+/// pump sees only audio_in + function_call_output on its inbound + emits
+/// only audio_out/speech_*/function_call/error on its outbound.
+async fn handle_tap_connection(
+    stream: tokio::net::TcpStream,
+    peer: SocketAddr,
+    openai_url: &str,
+    openai_headers: &[(String, String)],
+    voice: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut tap_ws = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await?;
+    info!(%peer, "tap WS connection accepted");
+
+    // === Tap handshake: first frame must be hello; send hello ack. ===
+    let hello_in = tap_ws
+        .next()
+        .await
+        .ok_or("tap connection closed before hello")??;
+    let hello_text = hello_in.into_text().map_err(|_| "hello not text")?;
+    let decoded = rutster_tap::decode_envelope(&hello_text)?;
+    let session_id = match decoded.payload {
+        rutster_tap::DecodedPayload::Hello(p) => p.session_id,
+        _ => return Err("first tap frame not hello".into()),
+    };
+    info!(%peer, %session_id, "tap hello received");
+    let ack = rutster_tap::encode_hello(&session_id, 0, 0)?;
+    tap_ws.send(Message::Text(ack)).await?;
+
+    // === Bridge channels between tap WS and OpenAI pump. ===
+    // tap_via (Sender): the core's tap frames flow IN here — the forwarder
+    //   reads text from tap_ws and forwards via this channel. The OpenAI
+    //   pump's `tap_rx: mpsc::Receiver<String>` is the receiving end.
+    // pump_tap_tx (Sender): the pump's outbound tap frames (audio_out,
+    //   speech_started, function_call, error) flow OUT here. The forwarder
+    //   reads from the paired Receiver and writes to tap_ws.
+    let (tap_via, pump_tap_rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>(64);
+    let (pump_tap_tx, mut tap_out_rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>(64);
+
+    // Split the tap WS into sink + stream so the two forwarder tasks can
+    // own each half independently. `tokio_tungstenite::WebSocketStream::split`
+    // yields `(SplitSink<..., Message>, SplitStream<...>)` — the canonical
+    // tokio pattern for fan-out into two parallel async tasks.
+    let (mut tap_sink, mut tap_stream) = tap_ws.split();
+
+    // === Forwarder: tap_ws_stream → pump_tap_rx ===
+    let in_fwd = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        while let Some(msg_res) = tap_stream.next().await {
+            match msg_res {
+                Ok(m) => {
+                    if let Ok(text) = m.into_text() {
+                        if tap_via.send(text).await.is_err() {
+                            break; // pump dropped
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!(error = ?e, "tap_ws recv error");
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // === Forwarder: pump_tap_tx → tap_ws_sink ===
+    let out_fwd = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        while let Some(text) = tap_out_rx.recv().await {
+            if let Err(e) = tap_sink.send(Message::Text(text)).await {
+                warn!(error = ?e, "tap_ws send error");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // === Dial the OpenAI side (real or mock). ===
+    let request = openai_url.into_client_request()?;
+    let mut request = request;
+    for (k, v) in openai_headers {
+        request.headers_mut().insert(
+            http::HeaderName::from_bytes(k.as_bytes())?,
+            http::HeaderValue::from_str(v)?,
+        );
+    }
+    let (openai_ws, _resp) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(request).await?;
+    info!(%peer, %openai_url, "OpenAI side connected");
+
+    // `run_openai_pump` sends its own session.update on startup per
+    // `build_openai_session_update`; don't pre-send here.
+    let _ = build_openai_session_update;
+    info!(%peer, voice = %voice, "starting OpenAI pump");
+
+    let pump_result =
+        openai_client::run_openai_pump(openai_ws, pump_tap_rx, pump_tap_tx, voice.to_string())
+            .await;
+    match pump_result {
+        Ok(()) => info!(%peer, "OpenAI pump exited cleanly"),
+        Err(e) => warn!(%peer, error = ?e, "OpenAI pump exited with error"),
+    }
+    in_fwd.abort();
+    out_fwd.abort();
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/rutster-brain-realtime/src/mock.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+//! # MockRealtimeBrain — in-process fake OpenAI Realtime WS server (spec §5.3)
+//!
+//! Behind `--features=mock` only. Runs entirely in-process; no network calls
+//! to OpenAI, no API key required. Powers:
+//! - the offline dev loop (`cargo run -p rutster-brain-realtime --features=mock`
+//!   starts the brain process with this mock as the OpenAI side), and
+//! - slice-3's integration test (no real credentials, deterministic canned
+//!   responses).
+//!
+//! # Contract
+//!
+//! - Accepts a WS client connection (the brain process's OpenAI-side client).
+//! - Asserts that the first event the client sends is a `session.update`
+//!   with `turn_detection: null` (the S4 load-bearing decision — spec §4.3).
+//! - On each `input_audio_buffer.append` event the client sends, replies
+//!   with a canned `response.audio.delta` event carrying base64 LE i16 PCM
+//!   (480 zeroed samples per 20 ms frame — same wire shape as slice-2's
+//!   audio_out, so the brain's translator round-trips through the same
+//!   PcmFrame codec real OpenAI would use).
+//! - Echoes back `input_audio_buffer.speech_started` / `.speech_stopped`
+//!   so the brain's translator can forward them as advisory tap events
+//!   (spec §3.2 — these are advisory in slice-3; step 4 wires the FOB
+//!   reflex loop).
+//! - On `response.function_call_arguments.done`... the brain's translator
+//!   consumes those (OpenAI emits them, the brain forwards to core); the
+//!   mock doesn't generate unprompted function_call events (the integration
+//!   test exercises the function-call round-trip via a deterministic test
+//!   hook, not via the mock's own drive).
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
+use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
+
+/// The handle returned by `MockRealtimeBrain::start`. Drop or call `shutdown`
+/// to stop the mock server + abort its accept-loop task.
+pub struct MockRealtimeBrain {
+    /// The address the mock bound. The brain process dials this URL
+    /// (`ws://<addr>/`) instead of the real `wss://api.openai.com/...`
+    /// when running with `--features=mock`.
+    pub addr: SocketAddr,
+    pub shutdown: Option<oneshot::Sender<()>>,
+    pub join: JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+impl MockRealtimeBrain {
+    /// Start the mock on an ephemeral port (caller picks up `addr` for the
+    /// brain process to dial). The accept loop spawns per-connection tasks
+    /// so multiple sessions can run concurrently in the integration test.
+    pub async fn start() -> std::io::Result<Self> {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await?;
+        let addr = listener.local_addr()?;
+        let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = oneshot::channel::<()>();
+        let join = tokio::spawn(accept_loop(listener, shutdown_rx));
+        info!(%addr, "MockRealtimeBrain listening (fake OpenAI Realtime)");
+        Ok(Self {
+            addr,
+            shutdown: Some(shutdown_tx),
+            join,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Build the URL the brain process's OpenAI client should dial instead
+    /// of `wss://api.openai.com/v1/realtime?model=...`. The path is `/v1/realtime`
+    /// so the brain client's `into_client_request` call works the same as it
+    /// does against the real OpenAI endpoint.
+    pub fn url(&self) -> String {
+        format!("ws://{}/v1/realtime?model=mock", self.addr)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for MockRealtimeBrain {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Best-effort shutdown signal — the task may already have exited.
+        // `Option::take()` lets us send by-value without moving out of
+        // `self` (Drop takes `&mut self`, not `self`).
+        if let Some(tx) = self.shutdown.take() {
+            let _ = tx.send(());
+        }
+        self.join.abort();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn accept_loop(listener: TcpListener, mut shutdown: oneshot::Receiver<()>) {
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            biased;
+            _ = &mut shutdown => {
+                info!("MockRealtimeBrain accept loop shutting down");
+                return;
+            }
+            res = listener.accept() => {
+                let (stream, peer) = match res {
+                    Ok(s) => s,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        warn!(error = ?e, "MockRealtimeBrain accept failed; continuing");
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
+                tokio::spawn(handle_connection(stream, peer));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Handle one brain-process → mock-OpenAI WS connection. Each connection is
+/// one OpenAI Realtime session (stateless across reconnects — same as the
+/// brain process's own contract for the tap side).
+async fn handle_connection(stream: tokio::net::TcpStream, peer: SocketAddr) {
+    let ws = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await;
+    let Ok(mut ws) = ws else {
+        warn!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain WS handshake failed");
+        return;
+    };
+    debug!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain connection accepted");
+
+    // First event MUST be session.update with turn_detection: null.
+    // Wait for it (bounded 2s — the brain process sends it immediately
+    // after the WS handshake per `run_openai_pump`).
+    let first = tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2), ws.next()).await;
+    match first {
+        Ok(Some(Ok(msg))) => {
+            let Ok(text) = msg.into_text() else {
+                warn!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain first frame not text; closing");
+                let _ = ws.close(None).await;
+                return;
+            };
+            let event: Value = match serde_json::from_str(&text) {
+                Ok(v) => v,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!(%peer, error = ?e, "MockRealtimeBrain first frame not JSON; closing");
+                    let _ = ws.close(None).await;
+                    return;
+                }
+            };
+            if event.get("type").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) != Some("session.update") {
+                warn!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain first event not session.update; closing");
+                let _ = ws.close(None).await;
+                return;
+            }
+            // S4 load-bearing assertion (spec §4.3). Do NOT silently accept
+            // a session.update that has turn_detection != null — that would
+            // mask a regression in the brain's translator.
+            let td = event.pointer("/session/turn_detection");
+            if td != Some(&Value::Null) {
+                warn!(%peer, td = ?td, "MockRealtimeBrain S4 violation: turn_detection != null; closing");
+                // Echo back an OpenAI-shaped error so the brain surfaces it.
+                let err = json!({
+                    "type": "error",
+                    "error": {
+                        "code": "invalid_session_update",
+                        "message": "MockRealtimeBrain: turn_detection must be null (S4)"
+                    }
+                });
+                let _ = ws.send(Message::Text(err.to_string())).await;
+                let _ = ws.close(None).await;
+                return;
+            }
+            info!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain session.update accepted (turn_detection=null)");
+        }
+        _ => {
+            warn!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain no session.update within 2s; closing");
+            let _ = ws.close(None).await;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Pump loop: reply to input_audio_buffer.append with canned audio.
+    while let Some(msg_res) = ws.next().await {
+        let msg = match msg_res {
+            Ok(m) => m,
+            Err(e) => {
+                debug!(%peer, error = ?e, "MockRealtimeBrain WS recv error; closing");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+        let Ok(text) = msg.into_text() else { continue };
+        let event: Value = match serde_json::from_str(&text) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                debug!(%peer, error = ?e, "MockRealtimeBrain non-JSON event; ignoring");
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        let event_type = event.get("type").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+        match event_type {
+            "input_audio_buffer.append" => {
+                // Canned response: one `response.audio.delta` per append
+                // carrying 480 zeroed samples as base64 LE i16 (the same
+                // wire shape as slice-2's audio_out — verified by the
+                // translator's existing round-trip test). Identical bytes
+                // every time: deterministic for test assertions.
+                use base64::Engine;
+                let pcm_zeros = vec![0u8; 960]; // 480 i16 samples × 2 bytes
+                let pcm_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&pcm_zeros);
+                let delta = json!({
+                    "type": "response.audio.delta",
+                    "delta": pcm_b64
+                });
+                if let Err(e) = ws.send(Message::Text(delta.to_string())).await {
+                    debug!(%peer, error = ?e, "MockRealtimeBrain send delta failed; closing");
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            "input_audio_buffer.speech_started" => {
+                // Pass-through echo so the brain's translator forwards it as
+                // a tap `speech_started` advisory event.
+                let evt = json!({ "type": "input_audio_buffer.speech_started" });
+                let _ = ws.send(Message::Text(evt.to_string())).await;
+            }
+            "input_audio_buffer.speech_stopped" => {
+                let evt = json!({ "type": "input_audio_buffer.speech_stopped" });
+                let _ = ws.send(Message::Text(evt.to_string())).await;
+            }
+            "conversation.item.create" => {
+                // The brain sends this to relay a function_call_output (tool
+                // reply) back to OpenAI. The mock just acknowledges by
+                // echoing a typed `conversation.item.created` event so the
+                // brain's OpenAI pump doesn't treat the silence as an error.
+                let evt = json!({
+                    "type": "conversation.item.created",
+                    "item": event.get("item").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null)
+                });
+                let _ = ws.send(Message::Text(evt.to_string())).await;
+            }
+            _ => {
+                debug!(%peer, event_type = %event_type, "MockRealtimeBrain ignoring event");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    debug!(%peer, "MockRealtimeBrain connection closed");
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+    use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::client::IntoClientRequest;
+
+    /// The S4 turn-ownership decision is load-bearing (spec §4.3 + ADR-0008).
+    /// The mock asserts the brain's session.update has turn_detection: null;
+    /// this test confirms a session.update WITH turn_detection: null is
+    /// accepted (the green path).
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn accepts_session_update_with_turn_detection_null() {
+        let mock = MockRealtimeBrain::start().await.unwrap();
+        let url = mock.url();
+        let req = url.as_str().into_client_request().unwrap();
+        let (mut ws, _resp) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(req).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Send session.update with turn_detection: null.
+        let session_update = json!({
+            "type": "session.update",
+            "session": {
+                "modalities": ["text", "audio"],
+                "voice": "alloy",
+                "turn_detection": null
+            }
+        });
+        ws.send(Message::Text(session_update.to_string()))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Send input_audio_buffer.append — must receive a canned
+        // response.audio.delta (the brain's translator round-trips this
+        // through encode_audio_out, so the wire shape must be exactly what
+        // real OpenAI sends: base64 PCM16 in a `delta` field).
+        let append = json!({
+            "type": "input_audio_buffer.append",
+            "audio": "AAAA"
+        });
+        ws.send(Message::Text(append.to_string())).await.unwrap();
+
+        let delta_msg = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(500), ws.next())
+            .await
+            .expect("delta within 500ms")
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
+        let delta_text = delta_msg.into_text().unwrap();
+        let delta: Value = serde_json::from_str(&delta_text).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(delta["type"], "response.audio.delta");
+        assert!(delta["delta"].is_string());
+        // The mock's canned PCM is 480 zeroed samples; the base64 string
+        // must decode to exactly 960 bytes (480 × 2 bytes/i16).
+        use base64::Engine;
+        let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+            .decode(delta["delta"].as_str().unwrap())
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bytes.len(), 960);
+    }
+
+    /// The S4 violation: session.update with turn_detection != null
+    /// surfaces a typed OpenAI-shaped error so the brain's pump fails fast
+    /// + visibly. Catches a future regression where the brain process
+    /// forgets to set turn_detection: null.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn rejects_session_update_with_turn_detection_set() {
+        let mock = MockRealtimeBrain::start().await.unwrap();
+        let url = mock.url();
+        let req = url.as_str().into_client_request().unwrap();
+        let (mut ws, _resp) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(req).await.unwrap();
+
+        let session_update = json!({
+            "type": "session.update",
+            "session": {
+                "voice": "alloy",
+                "turn_detection": { "type": "server_vad" }
+            }
+        });
+        ws.send(Message::Text(session_update.to_string()))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let err_msg = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(500), ws.next())
+            .await
+            .expect("error within 500ms")
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
+        let err: Value = serde_json::from_str(&err_msg.into_text().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(err["type"], "error");
+        assert_eq!(err["error"]["code"], "invalid_session_update");
+    }
+}

crates/rutster-brain-realtime/tests/brain_mock_round_trip.rs

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+//! slice-3 integration test: brain-process-level round-trip through the
+//! MockRealtimeBrain + the translator + `run_openai_pump`. Drives the brain
+//! the way the core's TapClient would (synthetic tap frames in, observes tap
+//! frames out) — proves the dev-loop interop contract the PM directive's
+//! Task 4 calls out ("actually start + interop on a basic audio round-trip")
+//! without requiring a real WebRTC peer (browser-driven, same constraint as
+//! slice-1/2).
+//!
+//! What this exercises end-to-end:
+//! 1. MockRealtimeBrain accepts a WS connection + asserts session.update
+//!    has turn_detection: null (S4 — spec §4.3).
+//! 2. `run_openai_pump` sends session.update + bridges tap frames ↔ OpenAI
+//!    events via the translator.
+//! 3. A tap `audio_in` frames the test pushes through `tap_via` → translator
+//!    formats as `input_audio_buffer.append` → mock generates a canned
+//!    `response.audio.delta` → translator formats as tap `audio_out` →
+//!    arrives on `pump_tap_tx` (the pump's outbound mpsc).
+
+use rutster_brain_realtime::{MockRealtimeBrain, openai_client::run_openai_pump};
+use rutster_tap::{PcmFrame, decode_envelope, encode_audio_in, encode_hello};
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::client::IntoClientRequest;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn brain_mock_round_trip_translates_audio_in_to_audio_out() {
+    let mock = MockRealtimeBrain::start().await.unwrap();
+    let url = mock.url();
+    let req = url.as_str().into_client_request().unwrap();
+    let (openai_ws, _resp) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(req).await.unwrap();
+
+    // Bridge channels matching `run_openai_pump`'s signature (it owns neither
+    // side of the tap WS — the binary's main.rs does the WS forwarding; here
+    // we drive the pump directly with mpsc as the test's tap peer).
+    let (tap_via, pump_tap_rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>(64);
+    let (pump_tap_tx, mut tap_out_rx) = mpsc::channel::<String>(64);
+
+    // The pump sends session.update + then runs the select! loop. Spawn it.
+    let pump = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        run_openai_pump(openai_ws, pump_tap_rx, pump_tap_tx, "alloy".to_string()).await
+    });
+
+    // Push a hello (the pump ignores hello per its `_ => warn!(...)` arm,
+    // but real tap traffic always starts with hello).
+    let hello = encode_hello("test-session", 0, 0).unwrap();
+    tap_via.send(hello).await.unwrap();
+
+    // Push one audio_in frame. The pump translates to
+    // input_audio_buffer.append; the mock replies with a canned
+    // response.audio.delta; the pump translates back to a tap audio_out
+    // frame on pump_tap_tx.
+    let frame = PcmFrame::zeroed();
+    let audio_in = encode_audio_in(&frame, 1, 100).unwrap();
+    tap_via.send(audio_in).await.unwrap();
+
+    // Bounded-wait the audio_out frame coming back. Generous bound: the
+    // pump's tokio select! cycle + the mock's WS round-trip on loopback
+    // are sub-millisecond; 500 ms is fail-fast for any real regression.
+    let out_str = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(500), tap_out_rx.recv())
+        .await
+        .expect("audio_out within 500ms")
+        .expect("channel not closed");
+
+    let decoded = decode_envelope(&out_str).unwrap();
+    match decoded.payload {
+        rutster_tap::DecodedPayload::AudioOut(p) => {
+            // The mock's canned PCM is 480 zeroed samples; the brain's
+            // translator round-trips it through PcmFrame (decode +
+            // re-encode), so the wire shape is exactly slice-2's audio_out.
+            assert_eq!(p.samples, 480);
+            let recovered = rutster_tap::decode_pcm(&p.pcm, p.samples).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(recovered.samples.len(), 480);
+            // Canned zeros — every sample is 0.
+            assert_eq!(recovered.samples[0], 0);
+            assert_eq!(recovered.samples[479], 0);
+            // seq + ts carried through from the translator's per-event
+            // counter (initial value 0 on the first outbound frame).
+            assert_eq!(decoded.seq, 0);
+        }
+        other => panic!("expected AudioOut, got {other:?}"),
+    }
+
+    // Drop the input channel to signal the pump to exit cleanly.
+    drop(tap_via);
+    let _ = pump.await;
+    let _ = Value::Null; // suppress unused-import if Value unused here
+}