test: harden package boundaries and audit budgets

packages/captcha/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wrnexus/captcha",
-  "version": "0.8.13",
+  "version": "0.8.14",
   "description": "First-class CAPTCHA challenges, providers, verification guards, page gates, and WRNexusJS UI.",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,

packages/captcha/test/helper-boundaries.test.ts

@@ -47,4 +47,17 @@ describe("CAPTCHA helper boundaries", () => {
     ).toEqual({ success: true, provider: "custom", action: "login" });
     expect(captchaContext({ locals: { captcha: "forged" } } as never)).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  test("does not convert provider transport failures into successful verification", async () => {
+    const provider = {
+      name: "custom" as const,
+      client: { responseField: "captchaToken" },
+      verify: async () => {
+        throw new Error("provider timeout");
+      },
+    };
+    await expect(
+      verifyCaptchaOrThrow(provider, { providerToken: "x", action: "checkout" }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("provider timeout");
+  });
 });