ci(server): server boot gate — convert 'compiles' into 'boots' (#258)

## Summary

- Adds `.github/workflows/server-boot-gate.yml`: builds the binary,
starts `echidna server`, curls `/api/health`, `/api/provers`, and a
session `{id}` route on every push/PR to `main`.

The axum 0.8 route-panic shipped because nothing in CI started the
server. This gate permanently closes that gap.

## What's NOT in this PR (blockers)

Three additional fixes from the close-out work order are **ready but
blocked** by pre-existing SPDX header drift on the affected source
files. The pre-commit hook checks every staged `.rs` / `.adoc` file for
`Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>` and rejects files that
have:

| File | Current header (wrong) | Needed |
|------|------------------------|--------|
| `src/rust/server.rs` | `2025 ECHIDNA Project Team` | `2025 Jonathan
D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>` |
| `src/interfaces/rest/main.rs` | (no SPDX-FileCopyrightText at all) |
add one |
| `QUICKSTART-USER.adoc` | `Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell
(hyperpolymath) <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>` | remove `(hyperpolymath)`
from between name and `<` |

Once you fix those three headers manually, the following changes are
ready to commit (diffs saved to
`~/dev-notes/echidna-closeout-patches/`):

1. **QUICKSTART demo fix** (task 1c): replace `(assert (> x 0))`
(satisfiable, always returns `success:false`) with `(assert (and (> x 0)
(< x 0)))` → unsat → `success:true`.
2. **VeriSim wiring** (task 3): attach
`with_verisim_writer(VERISIM_URL)` to the dispatcher at startup; route
`prove_handler` through `dispatcher.verify_proof()` when compiled
`--features verisim`.

## Note on Task 1a (route syntax)

The axum 0.8 `{id}` route syntax is **already correct** in `origin/main`
— the routes were `{id}`-style before the bump landed. The boot-gate
will now permanently verify this on every PR.

## Test plan

- [ ] Merge this PR; verify `Server Boot Gate` CI job passes
- [ ] Apply the SPDX header fixes to the three files above (manual)
- [ ] Apply the QUICKSTART demo patch
- [ ] Apply the VeriSim wiring patch and open `feat/verisim-prove-path`
PR

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: hyperpolymath

.github/workflows/server-boot-gate.yml

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+# Server boot gate — builds the echidna binary, boots the server, and
+# verifies that /api/health, /api/provers, and a session {id} route all
+# respond.  Exists so "compiles" can never again mean "boots" — the
+# axum 0.8 route-syntax panic shipped precisely because nothing in CI
+# started the server.
+name: Server Boot Gate
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  boot-gate:
+    name: Boot Gate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v4
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@6d9817901c499d6b02debbb57edb38d33daa680b # stable
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+      - name: Cache Cargo
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@65012b490220f477f20ab979e35ae732e6de4e68 # v2
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev pkg-config
+      - name: Build echidna binary
+        run: cargo build -p echidna
+      - name: Boot server and verify routes
+        run: |
+          ./target/debug/echidna server --port 8081 &
+          SERVER_PID=$!
+          trap "kill $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null || true" EXIT
+
+          # Wait up to 15 s for the server to accept connections
+          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+            curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/health >/dev/null && break
+            sleep 0.5
+          done
+
+          echo "=== /api/health ==="
+          curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/health || { echo "FAIL: /api/health"; exit 1; }
+
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== /api/provers ==="
+          curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/provers || { echo "FAIL: /api/provers"; exit 1; }
+
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== POST /api/session/create ==="
+          SESSION=$(curl -sf -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/session/create \
+            -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+            -d '{"prover":"Z3"}') || { echo "FAIL: session/create"; exit 1; }
+          echo "$SESSION"
+
+          SESSION_ID=$(echo "$SESSION" | grep -o '"session_id":"[^"]*"' | cut -d'"' -f4)
+          if [ -n "$SESSION_ID" ]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "=== GET /api/session/{id}/state ==="
+            curl -sf "http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/session/${SESSION_ID}/state" \
+              || { echo "FAIL: session/{id}/state"; exit 1; }
+          fi
+
+          echo ""
+          echo "Boot gate PASSED"