morfo: permutation runner v3 — per-demo axis matrix via `<meta name="perm-axes">`

v2 ran every demo under a hard-coded `ltr` + `rtl` matrix. v3 lets each
demo declare which additional axes it honours — `orientation`, `disabled`,
`readonly`, `invalid`, `loading` — and the runner adds ONE variant per
declared axis (axis-at-a-time, not cartesian, so the matrix stays bounded
at O(N) instead of O(2^N)).

## Convention

```svelte
<svelte:head>
  <meta name="perm-axes" content="dir,orientation,disabled" />
</svelte:head>
```

`dir` is universal (always runs). The other axes are opt-in: they only
produce variants when the demo both lists them in the meta AND wires the
corresponding state from `Perms.getOr(...)`. Without the meta, only
`ltr` + `rtl` run.

## Runner changes

- New `discoverAxes(base, morfoKebab)` pass: loads the baseline URL, reads
  `<meta name="perm-axes">`, returns the declared axis list.
- `buildVariants(declaredAxes)` composes `ltr` + `rtl` + one `?perm.X=Y`
  variant per declared axis from the `AXIS_FLIP` map.
- `[initial seed]` step validates morfo at each URL before any click,
  so URL-seeded state alone is exercised (catches seed regressions even
  when the click cycle never fires).

## Demo opt-in (this commit)

- `dialog` — `perm-axes="dir"` (no orientation / disabled / loading axes
  apply to Dialog).
- `tabs` — `perm-axes="dir,orientation,disabled"` + wires `orientation` +
  `disabled` to the first `Tabs.Provider`.
- `toolbar` — `perm-axes="dir,orientation"` + wires `orientation` to the
  first `Toolbar.Provider`.

Result: 3 demos, 9 URL variants, 34 step validations per CI run
(v2 was 22 steps across 6 variants).

## Docs

`src/uix/morfo/PERMUTATION_RUNNER.md` v3 section: supported axis table,
3-step opt-in recipe, roadmap updated (v4 = morfo-inferred value cycling,
v5 = MutationObserver ordering for Sema).

## Verification

- `npm run check`: 0 errors in soma/morfo/test-route scope.
- `npm run smoke`: 65/65 routes.
- `npm run morfo:check`: 66/66 morfos.
- `npm run perm:check`: 3/3 demos · 34 steps · 9 variants.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

scripts/permutation-check.ts

@@ -218,24 +218,77 @@ async function executeStep(page: Page, step: PermStep): Promise<void> {
 	await page.waitForTimeout(step.settle);
 }
 
-// ── URL variant matrix (v2) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ── URL variant matrix (v2 + v3 axis-at-a-time) ────────────────────────────
 
 /**
- * Universal URL variants applied to every instrumented demo. The layout at
+ * Universal baseline: every instrumented demo runs at least under `ltr`
- * `src/routes/test/soma/+layout.svelte` reads `?perm.dir` / `?perm.locale`
+ * (plain URL) and `rtl` (`?perm.dir=rtl`). Additional per-component axes
- * and re-seeds the presentation context; the runner validates the full
+ * are discovered at runtime from the demo's `<meta name="perm-axes">` tag;
- * click cycle under each variant so RTL-only reactivity bugs (e.g. the
+ * each declared axis adds ONE variant that flips that axis from baseline
- * slider thumb-transform regression) fail cleanly instead of shipping.
+ * while keeping everything else at the default — linear, not cartesian,
+ * so the matrix stays bounded.
  *
- * Per-component axes (component-specific state like `?perm.open=true`,
+ * Supported axes (v3 initial set):
- * `?perm.variant=alertdialog`, `?perm.value=tab-2`) are declared by the
+ *   dir          — ltr (baseline) + rtl
- * demo itself via `<script>` seed defaults — the runner doesn't need to
+ *   orientation  — horizontal (baseline) + vertical
- * know about them; it just runs the click cycle at each base URL.
+ *   disabled     — unset + true
+ *   readonly     — unset + true
+ *   invalid      — unset + true
+ *   loading      — unset + true
+ *
+ * Demos opt in by listing the axes their `<script>` seed actually honours:
+ *
+ * ```svelte
+ * <svelte:head>
+ *   <meta name="perm-axes" content="dir,orientation,disabled" />
+ * </svelte:head>
+ * ```
+ *
+ * Without the meta tag, only the universal `dir` axis runs. With the tag,
+ * the runner adds one variant per listed axis.
  */
-const URL_VARIANTS: Array<{ suffix: string; label: string }> = [
+type Variant = { suffix: string; label: string };
-	{ suffix: '', label: 'ltr' },
+
-	{ suffix: '?perm.dir=rtl', label: 'rtl' }
+const AXIS_FLIP: Record<string, Variant> = {
-];
+	dir: { suffix: '?perm.dir=rtl', label: 'rtl' },
+	orientation: { suffix: '?perm.orientation=vertical', label: 'orientation=vertical' },
+	disabled: { suffix: '?perm.disabled=true', label: 'disabled' },
+	readonly: { suffix: '?perm.readonly=true', label: 'readonly' },
+	invalid: { suffix: '?perm.invalid=true', label: 'invalid' },
+	loading: { suffix: '?perm.loading=true', label: 'loading' }
+};
+
+/** Read `<meta name="perm-axes" content="dir,orientation,...">` from the page. */
+async function readDeclaredAxes(page: Page): Promise<string[]> {
+	try {
+		const content = await page.$eval(
+			'meta[name="perm-axes"]',
+			(el) => (el as HTMLMetaElement).content
+		);
+		return content
+			.split(',')
+			.map((s) => s.trim())
+			.filter(Boolean);
+	} catch {
+		// Meta not present — demo opted out of per-axis coverage.
+		return [];
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the per-morfo variant list: baseline `ltr` + `rtl` (universal) +
+ * one flipped variant per axis the demo declared.
+ */
+function buildVariants(declaredAxes: string[]): Variant[] {
+	const base: Variant[] = [{ suffix: '', label: 'ltr' }, AXIS_FLIP.dir];
+	const extra: Variant[] = [];
+	for (const axis of declaredAxes) {
+		if (axis === 'dir') continue; // already in base
+		const v = AXIS_FLIP[axis];
+		if (v) extra.push(v);
+	}
+	return [...base, ...extra];
+}
 
 // ── Main loop ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -414,11 +467,35 @@ async function runVariant(
 	return variantResult;
 }
 
+/** Discover axes declared by the demo via `<meta name="perm-axes">`. */
+async function discoverAxes(base: string, morfoKebab: string): Promise<string[] | 'no-demo'> {
+	const page = await ctx.newPage();
+	try {
+		const res = await page.goto(`${base}/test/soma/${morfoKebab}`, {
+			waitUntil: 'networkidle',
+			timeout: 20000
+		});
+		if (!res || res.status() >= 400) return 'no-demo';
+		return await readDeclaredAxes(page);
+	} catch {
+		return 'no-demo';
+	} finally {
+		await page.close();
+	}
+}
+
 for (const morfo of morfos) {
 	const variantResults: VariantResult[] = [];
 	let anyStepped = false;
 
-	for (const v of URL_VARIANTS) {
+	const axes = await discoverAxes(BASE, morfo.kebab);
+	if (axes === 'no-demo') {
+		skipped.push(morfo.kebab);
+		continue;
+	}
+	const variants = buildVariants(axes);
+
+	for (const v of variants) {
 		const url = `/test/soma/${morfo.kebab}${v.suffix}`;
 		const r = await runVariant(BASE, url, v.label, morfo);
 		if (r === 'no-steps') continue;
@@ -484,9 +561,10 @@ if (skipped.length > 0) {
 	console.log('  (demo has no `data-perm-step` annotations yet — see src/uix/morfo/PERMUTATION_RUNNER.md)');
 }
 console.log('');
+const totalVariants = results.reduce((acc, r) => acc + r.variants.length, 0);
 const summary =
 	failedRoutes === 0
-		? `All ${passedRoutes} instrumented demo${passedRoutes === 1 ? '' : 's'} passed. (${totalSteps} step${totalSteps === 1 ? '' : 's'} across ${URL_VARIANTS.length} URL variant${URL_VARIANTS.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}.)`
+		? `All ${passedRoutes} instrumented demo${passedRoutes === 1 ? '' : 's'} passed. (${totalSteps} step${totalSteps === 1 ? '' : 's'} across ${totalVariants} URL variant${totalVariants === 1 ? '' : 's'}.)`
 		: `${failedRoutes} demo${failedRoutes === 1 ? '' : 's'} failed (${totalFailed}/${totalSteps} steps): ${results
 				.filter((r) => r.variants.some((v) => v.steps.some((s) => s.kind !== 'pass')))
 				.map((r) => r.morfo)

src/routes/test/soma/dialog/+page.svelte

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 <svelte:head>
 	<title>Dialog · Soma</title>
+	<!-- Axes the perm-runner v3 should generate URL variants for. Dialog
+	     has no orientation / disabled / loading axes — only dir applies. -->
+	<meta name="perm-axes" content="dir" />
 </svelte:head>
 
 <div class="page">

src/routes/test/soma/tabs/+page.svelte

@@ -2,16 +2,23 @@
 	import * as Tabs from '$soma/components/tabs';
 	import { Perms } from '../_perms.svelte';
 
-	// Perm-runner v2 seed — URL `?perm.value=tab-2` lands in that tab.
+	// Perm-runner v2/v3 seed. `?perm.value=tab-2` preselects, `?perm.orientation=vertical`
+	// flips axis, `?perm.disabled=true` disables the first Tabs.Provider.
 	const perms = Perms.getOr({} as Record<string, string | number | boolean>);
 	let value1 = $state((perms.value as string) ?? 'tab-1');
 	let value2 = $state('tab-1');
 	let value3 = $state('tab-1');
 	let value4 = $state('tab-1');
+	let orientation = $state<'horizontal' | 'vertical'>(
+		(perms.orientation as 'horizontal' | 'vertical') ?? 'horizontal'
+	);
+	let disabled = $state((perms.disabled as boolean) ?? false);
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head>
 	<title>Tabs · Soma</title>
+	<!-- Axes the perm-runner v3 should generate URL variants for. -->
+	<meta name="perm-axes" content="dir,orientation,disabled" />
 </svelte:head>
 
 <div class="page">
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@
 		<h2>1. Horizontal (automatic)</h2>
 		<p class="state">value: {value1}</p>
 
-		<Tabs.Provider bind:value={value1}>
+		<Tabs.Provider bind:value={value1} {orientation} {disabled}>
 			<Tabs.List>
 				<Tabs.Trigger value="tab-1" data-perm-step="0" data-perm-label="tab 1 active (initial)">Account</Tabs.Trigger>
 				<Tabs.Trigger value="tab-2" data-perm-step="1" data-perm-label="switch to tab 2">Password</Tabs.Trigger>

src/routes/test/soma/toolbar/+page.svelte

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 	import * as Toolbar from '$soma/components/toolbar';
 	import { Perms } from '../_perms.svelte';
 
-	// Perm-runner v2 seed — `?perm.format=bold,italic` starts with those
+	// Perm-runner v2/v3 seed. `?perm.format=bold,italic` preselects toggles;
-	// toggles on; `?perm.align=center` overrides the alignment.
+	// `?perm.align=center` overrides alignment; `?perm.orientation=vertical`
+	// flips the first Toolbar to vertical (covered by perm-axes meta below).
 	const perms = Perms.getOr({} as Record<string, string | number | boolean>);
 	function parseList(v: unknown, fallback: string[]): string[] {
 		if (typeof v !== 'string' || v.length === 0) return fallback;
@@ -11,10 +12,15 @@
 	}
 	let format = $state<string[]>(parseList(perms.format, []));
 	let align = $state<string[]>(parseList(perms.align, ['left']));
+	let orientation = $state<'horizontal' | 'vertical'>(
+		(perms.orientation as 'horizontal' | 'vertical') ?? 'horizontal'
+	);
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head>
 	<title>Toolbar · Soma</title>
+	<!-- Axes the perm-runner v3 should generate URL variants for. -->
+	<meta name="perm-axes" content="dir,orientation" />
 </svelte:head>
 
 <div class="page">
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@
 		<h2>1. Horizontal toolbar</h2>
 		<p class="state">format: {JSON.stringify(format)} | align: {JSON.stringify(align)}</p>
 
-		<Toolbar.Provider>
+		<Toolbar.Provider {orientation}>
 			<Toolbar.Button onclick={() => alert('Undo')}>Undo</Toolbar.Button>
 			<Toolbar.Button onclick={() => alert('Redo')}>Redo</Toolbar.Button>
 

src/uix/morfo/PERMUTATION_RUNNER.md

@@ -160,16 +160,62 @@ Read the perms and use them as **initial** state (not live-bound — the user ca
 
 Type coercion is naive: `'true'` / `'false'` → boolean, bare digits → number, everything else stays a string. Cast to the component's actual union at the read site.
 
-### URL variants
+### URL variants (v2 baseline + v3 axis-at-a-time)
 
-The runner runs each instrumented demo under a matrix of base URL variants defined in `scripts/permutation-check.ts`:
+The runner composes each demo's variant list from two sources:
 
-| Variant | URL suffix |
+1. **Universal baseline** — every instrumented demo runs at `ltr` (plain URL) and `rtl` (`?perm.dir=rtl`). These catch direction-specific bugs like the slider thumb transform regression.
-|---------|------------|
+2. **Per-demo axes** (v3) — the demo declares which axes it honours via `<meta name="perm-axes" content="...">`. The runner adds ONE variant per declared axis, flipping that axis from baseline while keeping everything else at default (linear, not cartesian — the matrix stays bounded).
-| `ltr` | `` (no params) |
-| `rtl` | `?perm.dir=rtl` |
 
-Per-component axes (`?perm.open=true`, `?perm.variant=alertdialog`, `?perm.value=tab-2`) are NOT enumerated by the runner yet — they're just defaults the demo honours when the URL provides them. Adding them to the matrix is a v3 task (the runner would read the morfo's `states` + `data.values` to generate the cartesian product).
+Supported axes (v3 initial set):
+
+| Axis | Baseline | Flipped variant | Typical use |
+|------|----------|-----------------|-------------|
+| `dir` | `ltr` | `rtl` | Always run (universal). |
+| `orientation` | `horizontal` | `vertical` | Toolbars, Tabs, Splitters, RadioGroup, Slider. |
+| `disabled` | unset | `true` | Any component with a `disabled` prop. |
+| `readonly` | unset | `true` | Inputs, Editable, Calendar. |
+| `invalid` | unset | `true` | Form-participating components. |
+| `loading` | unset | `true` | Async components with pending states. |
+
+Demos opt in by listing the axes they honour. The runner skips meta-less demos at the `dir` axis only (universal baseline always applies).
+
+### v3 opt-in — 3 steps
+
+1. Add the meta tag (list only the axes your demo actually wires):
+
+   ```svelte
+   <svelte:head>
+     <title>Tabs · Soma</title>
+     <meta name="perm-axes" content="dir,orientation,disabled" />
+   </svelte:head>
+   ```
+
+2. Seed the `$state` from perms for each declared axis:
+
+   ```svelte
+   <script lang="ts">
+     import { Perms } from '../_perms.svelte';
+     const perms = Perms.getOr({} as Record<string, string | number | boolean>);
+
+     let orientation = $state<'horizontal' | 'vertical'>(
+       (perms.orientation as 'horizontal' | 'vertical') ?? 'horizontal'
+     );
+     let disabled = $state((perms.disabled as boolean) ?? false);
+   </script>
+   ```
+
+3. Wire the state to the Provider:
+
+   ```svelte
+   <Tabs.Provider bind:value {orientation} {disabled}>
+     ...
+   </Tabs.Provider>
+   ```
+
+The runner now visits `/test/soma/tabs?perm.orientation=vertical` and `/test/soma/tabs?perm.disabled=true` in addition to `ltr` / `rtl`, and re-runs the full `data-perm-step` click cycle at each URL.
+
+Per-component value seeds (`?perm.value=tab-2`, `?perm.open=true`, `?perm.format=bold,italic`) are NOT enumerated by the runner — they're just defaults the demo honours when testing manually or via direct URL navigation. Adding them to the enumerated matrix is a v4 task (the runner would need to read the morfo's `states` + `data.values` to know which values are meaningful).
 
 ### `[initial seed]` step
 
@@ -181,10 +227,11 @@ At each URL variant, the runner validates morfo BEFORE running any click step. T
 
 - **v1 (shipped 2026-04-22)** — click-based state transitions, morfo re-validation after each step.
 - **v2 (shipped 2026-04-22)** — URL-seeded initial state, universal axes (`dir`, `locale`), `[initial seed]` validation step before clicks. Demo layout reads `?perm.*` params, demos seed initial `$state` from them.
-- **v3** — derive the per-component axis matrix automatically from the morfo's `states` and `data.values`. No per-demo instrumentation needed for the baseline cycles; the runner generates `?perm.X=Y` URLs from the morfo itself.
+- **v3 (shipped 2026-04-22)** — per-demo axis matrix via `<meta name="perm-axes">`. Runner adds one variant per declared axis (axis-at-a-time, not cartesian). Supported axes: `dir` (universal), `orientation`, `disabled`, `readonly`, `invalid`, `loading`.
-- **v4** — integrate with `MutationObserver` to validate `data-last-action` / `data-state` ordering for Sema.
+- **v4** — morfo-inferred value cycling. Reads `states[]` + `data.values` from each morfo and enumerates meaningful value combinations automatically (would cover `?perm.value=tab-2` / `?perm.variant=alertdialog` / `?perm.open=true` without per-demo declaration).
+- **v5** — integrate with `MutationObserver` to validate `data-last-action` / `data-state` ordering for Sema.
 
-The convention (`data-perm-step` / `data-perm-mode` / `perm.X=Y`) is forward-compatible: v3+ infrastructure adds automation without invalidating v1/v2 annotations.
+The convention (`data-perm-step` / `data-perm-mode` / `perm.X=Y` / `perm-axes` meta) is forward-compatible: v4+ infrastructure adds automation without invalidating earlier annotations.
 
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