Run Docker workers detached from the launching CLI and persist enough
bootstrap intent to distinguish a live node from stale provider state.
Treat graceful and abrupt orchestrator exits alike: surviving containers
remain authoritative instead of being torn down with the old runtime.
Discover labeled containers on startup, rebuild their local process
records, restore runtime facts, and drive the control-plane rejoin so
existing nodes recover cluster connectivity without duplicate workers.
Keep explicit kill and remove commands authoritative, clean stale
resources on terminal failure paths, and cover adoption, restart, and
provider-exit policy in lifecycle tests.
Zachery Aaron Shores-Chmielewski
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