fix(maestro): deserialize unknown ActivityState variants as Idle

A newer daemon's unknown activity variant failed the whole Session
deserialization on older clients. Hand-written Deserialize maps any
unknown string to Idle; non-string values still error. (#110)

crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs

@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ pub enum SessionStatus {
 /// Inferred session activity, orthogonal to [`SessionStatus`] (NAP-340). The
 /// daemon derives this from tmux pane state, PTY quiescence, and `/proc`
 /// inspection — never by parsing the terminal byte stream.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+///
+/// Deserializes leniently (#110, SIDEBAR.md Precedence): an unknown variant
+/// from a newer daemon becomes [`ActivityState::Idle`] instead of failing the
+/// whole `Session`. Non-string values still error — only variant names are
+/// forgiven.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Default)]
 pub enum ActivityState {
     /// Producing output, or the foreground process is busy.
     Active,
@@ -131,6 +136,22 @@ pub enum ActivityState {
     Error,
 }
 
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ActivityState {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        Ok(match s.as_str() {
+            "Active" => Self::Active,
+            "AwaitingInput" => Self::AwaitingInput,
+            "Error" => Self::Error,
+            // Known or not, any other spelling degrades to the neutral default
+            _ => Self::Idle,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 /// Optional worktree request attached to a `CreateSessionRequest`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct WorktreeSpec {
@@ -639,6 +660,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(ActivityState::default(), ActivityState::Idle);
     }
 
+    // #110 / SIDEBAR.md Precedence: a future daemon may send an
+    // `ActivityState` variant this client does not know; it must degrade to
+    // the neutral default instead of failing the whole `Session`.
+    #[test]
+    fn unknown_activity_state_variant_deserializes_to_idle() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::from_value::<ActivityState>(serde_json::json!("Teleported")).unwrap(),
+            ActivityState::Idle
+        );
+
+        let mut future = serde_json::to_value(sample_session()).unwrap();
+        future["activity"] = serde_json::json!("QuantumEntangled");
+        let s: Session = serde_json::from_value(future).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.activity, ActivityState::Idle);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn non_string_activity_payload_still_fails_deserialization() {
+        let json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id": Uuid::from_u128(1),
+            "cwd": "/tmp",
+            "command": "bash",
+            "status": "Running",
+            "created_at": "2026-05-24T12:00:00Z",
+            "activity": 42,
+        });
+        assert!(serde_json::from_value::<Session>(json).is_err());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn session_round_trips() {
         let s = sample_session();