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+# M14_plan — API Integration Through ProcessingRunner
+
+## 1. Intent / Target
+
+**Primary objective:**
+Ensure API generation paths (`/sdapi/v1/txt2img`, `/sdapi/v1/img2img`) **continue to route through** `process_images` → `ProcessingRunner`, and **lock that behavior with a contract test**.
+
+This is a **governance milestone** — verification + contract expansion, **not** a routing change.
+
+### Why this matters
+
+* M10–M13 established the runner as a **safe execution boundary**
+* M13 proved txt2img UI already flows through it and is contract-protected
+* API is the next highest-value surface (external contract)
+* M14 proves API uses the same boundary and protects it from regression
+
+**Outcome:**
+API → runner routing is **provable and protected** by contract test.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Scope Boundaries
+
+### In Scope
+
+* `modules/api/api.py`
+
+  * `text2imgapi`
+  * `img2imgapi`
+* `modules/runtime/runner.py`
+* `modules/processing.py` (only if minimal adapter needed)
+* New contract tests
+
+### Out of Scope
+
+* Queue/background execution (M15)
+* Runtime extraction (M16+)
+* UI refactor (Phase V)
+* Extension behavior changes
+* Any change to request/response schemas
+
+---
+
+## 3. Invariants (Must Not Change)
+
+From Serena invariant registry:
+
+### API Contract Invariants
+
+* JSON request/response schemas unchanged
+* Status codes unchanged
+* Error behavior unchanged
+
+### Runtime Invariants
+
+* Output images identical (same seed → same result)
+* Metadata / infotext unchanged
+* File save paths unchanged
+
+### System Invariants
+
+* Extensions behave identically
+* CLI/UI unaffected
+* Coverage ≥ 40% maintained
+
+---
+
+## 4. Verification Plan
+
+### Tests (Required)
+
+#### 1. API → Runner Contract Test (NEW)
+
+* Monkeypatch `ProcessingRunner.execute`
+* Call `/sdapi/v1/txt2img`
+* Assert runner is invoked
+
+#### 2. Existing API Tests
+
+* Must pass unchanged
+* Ensures no schema drift
+
+#### 3. Smoke Tests
+
+* Full API roundtrip
+* Ensures server boot + endpoint works
+
+---
+
+### CI Signals (Required)
+
+* Linter ✓
+* Smoke Tests ✓
+* Quality Tests ✓
+* Coverage gate ≥ 40% ✓
+
+---
+
+### Evidence
+
+* `M14_run1.md` (PR CI)
+* `M14_run2.md` (post-merge CI)
+* Contract test proves routing
+
+---
+
+## 5. Implementation Steps (Small, Reversible)
+
+### Step 1 — No Routing Changes
+
+**KEEP existing API code:**
+
+```python
+processed = process_images(p)  # ✅ DO NOT CHANGE
+```
+
+**DO NOT** replace with `runner.run()`. `process_images` is the orchestration boundary; bypassing it would break override_settings, model reload, script callbacks, and extension behavior.
+
+---
+
+### Step 2 — Add Contract Test
+
+Create:
+
+```
+test/quality/test_api_runner_contract.py
+```
+
+Test:
+
+* Monkeypatch `os.getenv("CI")` to `"false"` so real execution path runs
+* Monkeypatch `ProcessingRunner.run` to track invocation
+* Call API method directly (not HTTP) to avoid server startup
+* Assert runner is invoked when API executes
+
+---
+
+### Step 3 — Validate Both Paths
+
+Confirm:
+
+* `text2imgapi` → `process_images` → runner ✓
+* `img2imgapi` → `process_images` → runner ✓
+
+Both already flow through `process_images`; contract test locks txt2img; img2img uses identical pattern.
+
+---
+
+### Step 4 — Run CI + Verify
+
+* All tests pass
+* No diff in outputs
+* Coverage unchanged or improved
+
+---
+
+## 6. Risk & Rollback Plan
+
+### Risk Level: LOW
+
+Why:
+
+* `process_images` already delegates to runner (M10)
+* This is a **routing normalization**, not new logic
+
+---
+
+### Potential Risks
+
+| Risk                              | Mitigation         |
+| --------------------------------- | ------------------ |
+| API bypasses runner accidentally  | Contract test      |
+| Subtle response formatting change | Existing API tests |
+| Extension interaction edge case   | Smoke tests        |
+
+---
+
+### Rollback Plan
+
+* Revert API call site change only
+* No data/model changes required
+* Single-file rollback (`api/api.py`)
+
+---
+
+## 7. Deliverables
+
+### Code
+
+* No API routing changes
+* New contract test only
+
+### Tests
+
+* `test_api_runner_contract.py`
+
+### Docs
+
+* `docs/milestones/M14/M14_plan.md`
+* `M14_run1.md`, `M14_run2.md`
+* `M14_summary.md`
+* `M14_audit.md`
+
+### Ledger
+
+* Add M14 row to `docs/serena.md` with:
+
+  * commit SHA
+  * CI run IDs
+  * audit score
+
+---
+
+## 8. Acceptance Criteria
+
+### Functional
+
+* API endpoints produce identical outputs
+* No schema or contract changes
+
+### Structural
+
+* API continues to call `process_images` (orchestration boundary)
+* All generation flows through process_images → runner
+* Contract test proves API path invokes runner
+
+### Verification
+
+* Contract test passes
+* CI fully green
+* Coverage ≥ 40%
+
+---
+
+## 9. Architectural Outcome
+
+After M14:
+
+### Unchanged (Verified)
+
+```
+API → process_images → ProcessingRunner → process_images_inner
+UI  → process_images → ProcessingRunner → process_images_inner
+```
+
+**Result:**
+
+* API → runner flow **provably true** and regression-protected
+* Contract test locks API path
+* No behavior change; governance milestone only
+
+---
+
+## 10. Next Milestone Preview
+
+### M15 — Background / Queue Runner Preparation
+
+Will build on M14 by:
+
+* Introducing async/queued execution
+* Adding cancellation + lifecycle control
+* Enabling multi-request orchestration
+
+---
+
+# ✅ Final Instruction for Cursor
+
+Implement M14 exactly as specified:
+
+* Minimal diff
+* No behavior change
+* Add contract test
+* Verify CI
+* Produce run, summary, audit, and ledger update
diff --git a/docs/milestones/M14/M14_toolcalls.md b/docs/milestones/M14/M14_toolcalls.md
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+# M14 Toolcalls
+
+## Context
+
+Milestone: M14 — API integration (runner contract enforcement)
+Phase: Phase III — Runner & Service Boundary
+
+## Actions
+
+| Timestamp | Tool | Purpose | Files/Target | Status |
+|-----------|------|---------|--------------|--------|
+| (start) | write | Create M14_toolcalls.md | docs/milestones/M14/ | done |
+| | write | Create M14_plan.md | docs/milestones/M14/ | done |
+| | search_replace | Update M14_plan (verification-only scope) | docs/milestones/M14/M14_plan.md | done |
+| | write | Create test_api_runner_contract.py | test/quality/ | done |
+| | run | Create m14 branch, push, open PR | git | pending |
+
+## Notes
+
+- No routing changes applied (behavior preserved)
+- M14 is verification + contract milestone
diff --git a/test/quality/test_api_runner_contract.py b/test/quality/test_api_runner_contract.py
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+"""M14 contract test: API txt2img path uses ProcessingRunner.
+
+Verifies that the API execution path flows through process_images → runner,
+not direct process_images_inner calls. No routing changes; verification only.
+"""
+from threading import Lock
+
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_api_txt2img_uses_runner(monkeypatch, initialize):
+    """API txt2img path invokes ProcessingRunner when process_images is called."""
+    from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+    from modules.api.api import Api
+    from modules.api import models
+    from modules.processing import Processed
+    from modules.runtime.runner import ProcessingRunner
+
+    called = {"run": False}
+
+    # Force real execution path (bypass CI early return)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "false")
+
+    # Patch runner to track invocation
+    original_run = ProcessingRunner.run
+
+    def tracking_run(self, request):
+        called["run"] = True
+        return original_run(self, request)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ProcessingRunner, "run", tracking_run)
+
+    # Mock process_images_inner to avoid full pipeline
+    def fake_inner(proc):
+        return Processed(proc, [], seed=-1, info="", comments="")
+
+    import modules.processing as proc_mod
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(proc_mod, "process_images_inner", fake_inner)
+
+    # Mock model reload and token merging to avoid model/device ops
+    import modules.sd_models as sd_models_mod
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sd_models_mod, "reload_model_weights", lambda: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sd_models_mod, "apply_token_merging", lambda m, r: None)
+
+    # Call API method directly (no HTTP)
+    app = FastAPI()
+    api = Api(app, Lock())
+
+    req = models.StableDiffusionTxt2ImgProcessingAPI(
+        prompt="test",
+        steps=1,
+        width=64,
+        height=64,
+    )
+
+    result = api.text2imgapi(req)
+
+    assert called["run"] is True
+    assert result is not None
+    assert hasattr(result, "images")
+    assert hasattr(result, "info")