git:20261009.2502b38 to git:20261012.b346b17

20 added, 0 removed. Audit A to A.

# Uploads
`manager.py::list_files_in_dir` returns a best-effort snapshot under concurrent
cleanup. Entry stat races (`ENOENT`, `ENOTDIR`, `ELOOP`) are skipped with debug
logging. Directory removal or replacement by a non-directory during scanning
returns entries already collected and logs the directory path and retained
entry count at debug level. Permission and other operational errors propagate.
Keep both entry and directory race coverage in
`backend/tests/test_uploads_manager.py`.
+ Embedded first-time uploads use `publish_upload_copy` for suffix retries from the
+ normalized original name, for originals and companions. With `snapshot_path`,
+ capture the opened source once before retries and retain its original `fstat`
+ metadata; every attempt reads the held private capture. Replacement copies share
+ this capture helper. Never copy snapshot permission bits onto the saved upload.
+ Close the caller's descriptor after capture and finish conversion workers before
+ removing captures. Never reopen the caller/sandbox upload path for conversion.
+ Names already present in the call's initial regular-file snapshot retain
+ replacement behavior; these replacements are not serialized. Apply source
+ timestamps after new-file publication so cleanup cannot sweep an in-flight copy
+ of an old source. New final names must expose complete copies.
+
+ No-replace publication binds pre-link staging and post-link destination checks to
+ the open staging descriptor. Use a no-follow hard link where supported; fallback
+ identity checks narrow but do not eliminate the link-time race. Reject substituted
+ regular files and symlinks, and remove a mismatched publication before reporting
+ failure. Cleanup errors are logged without masking success or the original error.
+ Keep publication/fallback coverage in `backend/tests/test_upload_copy_publication.py`
+ and capture-through-collision cases in `backend/tests/test_client_upload_snapshot.py`.
+