Resolve lookup identity and selected/default origin together in the plist
source owner. Physical-file and conversion failures consume that fact
rather than reconstructing intent from omission of the path argument.
Selected plist artifacts resolve independently of readiness; unresolved
scope admission does not acquire an invented file-selection context.
Remove the superseded resolver and path/requested representation.
Cover direct-target CLI/MCP refusals, physical file conditions, permission
denial, default controls, unresolved scope context and cleanup retry for
both explicit path and selected-target workflows.
Fixes#4923. Related: #4849.
Validation: public CLI/MCP baseline3 failed8 controls passed; final55
passed across7files, check:fast, docs5, discovery1566 and source review.
Actual macOS26.3 plutil CLI/MCP; no Linux/Windows native qualification.
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