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Session runner: max-lifetime handling can now hand off to a poll-loop 'release' instead of hard-terminating

Sessions hitting max lifetime can now be released via a poll-loop instead of always hard-terminated.

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Under the hood

Sessions hitting max lifetime can now be released via a poll-loop instead of always hard-terminated.

When a session hits its max lifetime, the session runner now distinguishes three outcomes: releasing immediately if not mid-turn, waiting for the in-flight turn to "park or finish" and then releasing if a hook decided the release, or falling back to the old hard-terminate path. Hard termination now only happens if the in-flight turn's release isn't accepted within the grace window.

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