fix tests

internal/engine.cm

@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ function load_log_config() {
           type: "console",
           format: "pretty",
           channels: ["*"],
+          exclude: ["system", "shop", "build"],
           stack: ["error"]
         }
       }
@@ -1845,11 +1846,44 @@ $_.clock(_ => {
 
   // --- Auto-boot: pre-compile uncached deps before running ---
   // Only auto-boot for the root program (not child actors, not boot itself).
-  // Delegates all discovery + compilation to boot.ce (separate actor/memory).
+  // Quick-check deps inline; only spawn boot actor if something needs compiling.
   var _is_root_actor = !_cell.args.overling_id
   var _skip_boot = !_is_root_actor || prog == 'boot' || prog == 'compile_worker'
 
-  if (_skip_boot) {
+  var _needs_boot = false
+  var _boot_check = function() {
+    var _deps = shop.trace_deps(prog_path)
+    var _bi = 0
+    var _bs = null
+    while (_bi < length(_deps.scripts)) {
+      _bs = _deps.scripts[_bi]
+      if (native_mode) {
+        if (!shop.is_native_cached(_bs.path, _bs.package)) {
+          _needs_boot = true
+          return
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (!shop.is_cached(_bs.path)) {
+          _needs_boot = true
+          return
+        }
+      }
+      _bi = _bi + 1
+    }
+    _bi = 0
+    while (_bi < length(_deps.c_packages)) {
+      if (_deps.c_packages[_bi] != 'core' && !shop.has_c_manifest(_deps.c_packages[_bi])) {
+        _needs_boot = true
+        return
+      }
+      _bi = _bi + 1
+    }
+  } disruption {
+    _needs_boot = true
+  }
+  if (!_skip_boot) _boot_check()
+
+  if (_skip_boot || !_needs_boot) {
     run_program()
   } else {
     $_.start(function(event) {