export declare const PROCESS_INCARNATION_SCHEMA = "mono-agent.process-incarnation.v1";
/** Stable OS evidence that distinguishes one use of a PID from every later reuse. */
export interface ProcessIncarnation {
    readonly schema: typeof PROCESS_INCARNATION_SCHEMA;
    readonly bootSessionId: string;
    readonly processStartId: string;
}
export type SameProcessIncarnation = (pid: number, expected: ProcessIncarnation) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
/** Capture the current process's boot-session and process-birth identity. */
export declare function currentProcessIncarnation(): Promise<ProcessIncarnation>;
/**
 * Read one PID incarnation without mistaking `kill(pid, 0)` for owner identity.
 * Linux exposes a boot UUID and per-process start tick directly. Darwin/BSD use
 * the kernel boot time plus `ps`'s stable long-start field. Windows uses native
 * process/OS creation timestamps through PowerShell.
 */
export declare function readProcessIncarnation(pid: number): Promise<ProcessIncarnation | undefined>;
/** True only when PID, boot session, and process birth all still identify the owner. */
export declare function isSameProcessIncarnation(pid: number, expected: ProcessIncarnation): Promise<boolean>;
export declare function processIncarnationsEqual(left: ProcessIncarnation, right: ProcessIncarnation): boolean;
/** Fail-closed parser for persisted lock-owner data. */
export declare function processIncarnationFromJson(value: unknown): ProcessIncarnation | undefined;
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