Document the hook lifecycle, ingress rules, and longest-prefix routing behavior so the tree endpoint code is easier to follow. Keep the pass behavior-neutral while tightening local names and comments around non-obvious protocol paths.
Compile routing prefixes once per endpoint, restore minimal pending-to-active hook transitions, and route call/data/fault packets from the header before decoding payloads for local delivery only. Document the remaining protocol-level pressure points in src/protocol/PROTOCOL_CHANGES.md.
Remove the unused pending-hook layer and dead protocol trait wrappers, and resolve active hooks through a direct active-only flow with peer-side indexing instead of scan-based recovery.
Move demo leaf echo behavior out of the core protocol runtime, treat procedure IDs as opaque protocol fields, and return direct registered children in endpoint introspection to match the spec.
Michael Mikovsky