fix(studio): the wire is the instruction — drop the ownership toggle

A wired positive CONDITIONING means Studio does not encode the prompt.
That is not a preference to configure; it is what wiring the input says,
and it is what a wired negative CONDITIONING has always done. Wanting
CLIP to own the prompt means not wiring one.

Removes clip_owns_prompt from the node, both settings panels and the
settings JSON.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
   connected, so Studio re-encoded from text and discarded what the node built — which on an
   i2v/r2v graph is not the same tensor, because Studio's encode never sees the reference
   image (nothing wires `h3_references` or `source_image`). CLIP keeps the negative, the
-  references and phrase classification. "Let CLIP re-encode a wired conditioning" restores
-  the old order. Replaces "Skip Studio's positive processing".
+  references and phrase classification. No setting selects between them — wiring the input
+  is the instruction, the same way a wired negative CONDITIONING has always won. "Skip
+  Studio's positive processing" is gone; it was a switch for something the graph already
+  said.
 - **Rating-driven phrase emphasis is OFF by default.** It changes what the model sees on
   every rated run; unvalidated work that does that is something to turn on, not to discover.
   Overlapping spans are also bounded — their biases add, and three overlapping x1.5 spans

conditioning.py

@@ -7092,8 +7092,7 @@ class FunPackVideoRefinerV2(FunPackVideoRefiner):
         return f"stand-in tokenizer: {source}" if source else "stand-in tokenizer loaded"
 
     def _v2_conditioning_source(self, clip, prompt_text, positive_conditioning, encode_cache=None,
-                                reference_image=None, h3_references=None,
-                                clip_owns_prompt=False):
+                                reference_image=None, h3_references=None):
         # A wired positive CONDITIONING OWNS the prompt. CLIP used to win here, on the theory
         # that a graph with both connected meant CLIP — but wiring a conditioning is an
         # explicit act, and discarding it in favour of a re-encode is the surprising half.
@@ -7106,8 +7105,9 @@ class FunPackVideoRefinerV2(FunPackVideoRefiner):
         # re-encode is a different tensor, and an i2v/r2v sampler gets handed a text-only one.
         #
         # CLIP keeps every OTHER job — the negative, the references, phrase classification —
-        # which is why both stay connected. `clip_owns_prompt` restores the old precedence.
-        if positive_conditioning is not None and not clip_owns_prompt:
+        # which is why both stay connected. No setting selects between them: WIRING the input
+        # is the instruction. Wanting CLIP to own the prompt means not wiring a conditioning.
+        if positive_conditioning is not None:
             clip_note = ("positive CONDITIONING is wired and owns the prompt"
                          + ("; CLIP still encodes the negative and references"
                             if clip is not None
@@ -12051,7 +12051,7 @@ class FunPackVideoRefinerV2(FunPackVideoRefiner):
                   split_by_transitions=False, split_transition_placement="start", reference_injection=False,
                   value_guidance=True, latent=None, seed_output_connected=False,
                   steer_mode="relative", absolute_strength=0.6,
-                  clip_owns_prompt=False, h3_phrase_emphasis=False,
+                  h3_phrase_emphasis=False,
                   _seed=None, _seed_source="fresh seed", _scene_seeds=None, _velocity_keys=None,
                   batch_variants=1, guess_mode=False, guess_direction="up", guess_range=1.0,
                   guess_freeze_seed=True, movie_editor_scene_ratings=None, scene_segments=None,
@@ -12510,7 +12510,6 @@ class FunPackVideoRefinerV2(FunPackVideoRefiner):
             encode_cache=encode_cache,
             reference_image=source_image,
             h3_references=_h3_references,
-            clip_owns_prompt=clip_owns_prompt,
         )
         fallback_graph = render_refinement_loss_graph(refinement_key, "v2", "clip", 0, 0.0, [])
         if not isinstance(cond, torch.Tensor):
@@ -15130,7 +15129,6 @@ class FunPackStudio:
             user_intent_prompt=effective_intent,
             refinement_key_input=refinement_key_input,
             positive_conditioning=positive_conditioning,
-            clip_owns_prompt=bool(rf.get("clip_owns_prompt", False)),
             h3_phrase_emphasis=bool(rf.get("h3_phrase_emphasis", False)),
             clip_vision_output=clip_vision_output,
             source_image=source_image if vision_conditioning else None,

movie_editor/frontend/engine_settings.js

@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@
     { name: "negative_erase_renorm", label: "Keep prompt strength", kind: "bool", default: true,
       dependsOn: "negative_erase", dependsVals: [true],
       hint: "Puts each word back to its original strength after the change, so the result reads as 'less of that thing' rather than 'quieter prompt'. Off is the raw result." },
-    { name: "clip_owns_prompt", label: "Let CLIP re-encode a wired conditioning", kind: "bool", default: false,
-      hint: "OFF: a wired positive CONDITIONING owns the prompt and Studio steers it — the node that built it may have shown Qwen a reference image, which Studio has no way to reproduce. ON restores the old behaviour, where CLIP re-encodes from text and the wired conditioning is discarded. Text-only scenes lose Studio's per-scene split either way; shortcuts and $variables still apply." },
     { name: "h3_phrase_emphasis", label: "Rating-driven phrase emphasis (H3)", kind: "bool", default: false,
       hint: "EXPERIMENTAL, unvalidated. Boosts the attention paid to phrases the rating said were MISSING, by biasing their attention logits in H3's packed stream. Needs a rated run first. Turn it off if generations drift away from the prompt — and note it forces SLA to run dense." }
   ];

tests/test_minimax_h3_studio.py

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class _StubClip:
     pass
 
 
-def _source(node, clip, wired, monkeypatch, clip_owns_prompt=False):
+def _source(node, clip, wired, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         node, "_v2_encode_prompt",
         lambda *a, **k: (torch.ones(1, 4, 8), {"pooled_output": None}, "encoded"),
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ def _source(node, clip, wired, monkeypatch, clip_owns_prompt=False):
         node, "_v2_extract_conditioning",
         lambda c: (torch.zeros(1, 4, 8), {"pooled_output": None}), raising=False)
     monkeypatch.setattr(node, "_v2_text_tokenizer_status", lambda: "tokenizer ok", raising=False)
-    return node._v2_conditioning_source(clip, "a prompt", wired,
-                                        clip_owns_prompt=clip_owns_prompt)
+    return node._v2_conditioning_source(clip, "a prompt", wired)
 
 
 def test_a_wired_conditioning_owns_the_prompt_even_with_clip_connected(monkeypatch, capsys):
@@ -194,16 +193,6 @@ def test_a_wired_conditioning_owns_the_prompt_even_with_clip_connected(monkeypat
     assert "CLIP still encodes the negative" in status
 
 
-def test_clip_still_owns_the_prompt_when_asked_to(monkeypatch):
-    """The old precedence, on request rather than by default."""
-    node = FunPackVideoRefinerV2()
-    wired = [[torch.zeros(1, 4, 8), {}]]
-    cond, _meta, _status, owner = _source(node, _StubClip(), wired, monkeypatch,
-                                          clip_owns_prompt=True)
-    assert owner == "CLIP-owned"
-    assert torch.equal(cond, torch.ones(1, 4, 8))
-
-
 def test_the_ownership_note_is_said_once_not_once_per_scene(monkeypatch, capsys):
     node = FunPackVideoRefinerV2()
     wired = [[torch.zeros(1, 4, 8), {}]]

tests/test_reference_conditioning_ownership.py

@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ def test_clip_keeps_every_other_job(studio):
     assert "CLIP still encodes the negative and references" in note
 
 
-def test_clip_owns_the_prompt_when_asked(studio):
-    cond, _meta, _note, owner = studio._v2_conditioning_source(
-        object(), "a cat", _wired(), clip_owns_prompt=True)
-    assert owner == "CLIP-owned"
-    assert torch.equal(cond, torch.ones(1, 4, 8))
+def test_no_setting_selects_between_them(studio):
+    """The wire IS the instruction. Wanting CLIP to own the prompt means not wiring a
+    conditioning, so there is nothing here to configure."""
+    import inspect
+    params = inspect.signature(studio._v2_conditioning_source).parameters
+    assert "clip_owns_prompt" not in params
+    assert "prefer_wired" not in params
 
 
 def test_no_conditioning_wired_still_uses_clip(studio):

web/funpack_studio.js

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function defaultSettings() {
   return {
     refinement_key: "",
     overrides: { refinement_key: false, feedback_prompt: false, user_intent_prompt: false, negative_prompt: false },
-    refiner: { mode: "Refine", advisor_mode: "Off", advisor_thinking: true, im_feeling_lucky: false, reset_session: false, feedback_prompt: "", user_intent_prompt_override: "", negative_prompt: "", temporal_style: "natural", split_by_transitions: false, split_transition_placement: "start", reference_injection: false, vision_conditioning: true, value_guidance: true, steer_mode: "relative", absolute_strength: 0.6, negative_erase: false, negative_erase_strength: 0.5, negative_erase_mode: "project", negative_erase_renorm: true, clip_owns_prompt: false, h3_phrase_emphasis: false },
+    refiner: { mode: "Refine", advisor_mode: "Off", advisor_thinking: true, im_feeling_lucky: false, reset_session: false, feedback_prompt: "", user_intent_prompt_override: "", negative_prompt: "", temporal_style: "natural", split_by_transitions: false, split_transition_placement: "start", reference_injection: false, vision_conditioning: true, value_guidance: true, steer_mode: "relative", absolute_strength: 0.6, negative_erase: false, negative_erase_strength: 0.5, negative_erase_mode: "project", negative_erase_renorm: true, h3_phrase_emphasis: false },
     advisor_llm: { enabled: false, model_path: "huihui-ai/Huihui-Qwen3-8B-abliterated-v2", dtype: "bfloat16" },
     loras: [],
     loras_config: { mode: "ltx2", per_block: false },
@@ -1132,19 +1132,6 @@ function openPanel(node) {
       body.append(row("Keep prompt strength", negRe));
     }
 
-    // Who owns the positive when both CLIP and a CONDITIONING are wired.
-    const clipOwns = el("input"); clipOwns.type = "checkbox";
-    clipOwns.checked = !!settings.refiner.clip_owns_prompt;
-    clipOwns.addEventListener("change", () => {
-      settings.refiner.clip_owns_prompt = clipOwns.checked;
-    });
-    body.append(row("Let CLIP re-encode a wired conditioning", clipOwns));
-    body.append(el("div", "funpack-studio-hint",
-      "Off: a wired positive CONDITIONING owns the prompt and Studio steers it — the node "
-      + "that built it may have shown Qwen a reference image, which Studio cannot reproduce. "
-      + "On restores the old behaviour, where CLIP re-encodes from text and the wired "
-      + "conditioning is discarded."));
-
     const phraseEmph = el("input"); phraseEmph.type = "checkbox";
     phraseEmph.checked = !!settings.refiner.h3_phrase_emphasis;
     phraseEmph.addEventListener("change", () => {