Root cause of stale intro payments: koopa max-ladder minted but accept-uri
failed with taler-wallet-cli not found (SKIP_ACCEPT ×16). Fail early without
CLI/helper; after bank transfer_done keep polling + run-pending for available
coins; pay wait 180s; host-agent max-ladder sets WALLET_CLI PATH.
UX fix: after bank OK_BANK, available is often still 0 while pendingIncoming
ticks up. The silent wait looked hung. Show OK/OK_BANK withdraws in the order
they started, match wallet txs, and update pendingIncoming→done with a timer
on the same wallet DB. Short run-pending only; default wait 90s.
Split pay into ladder/lib_pay.sh; force-select extract in
ladder/extract_rpubs.py. check_goa_ladder.sh is only a compat shim.
max-ladder now hunts highest withdrawable and highest payable
(never above wallet available), using public free-amount template
goa-free on hacktivism. Classic remains default 23-rung wd+pay.
Pay phase always runs when LADDER_PAY=1 (visible SKIP_BALANCE when
no spendable coins). Report includes best_pay / alt names.