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 Full operational detail, version pins, and the failure decoder: **`CLAUDE.md`**.
 
+#### Rojo must run natively on Windows — never over an SSH tunnel
+
+**Rojo runs on the Windows box, in the Windows checkout.** Studio, Rojo and the
+repo it serves all live on the same machine. Start it with:
+
+```cmd
+cd /d %USERPROFILE%\roblox\tokyo-wangan-racing
+%USERPROFILE%\.local\bin\rojo.exe serve default.project.json --port 34872
+```
+
+A scheduled task `RojoTWR` does exactly this — `schtasks /Run /TN "RojoTWR"`.
+(Launching via `start` over SSH does **not** work: the process dies when the SSH
+session exits. Use the task.)
+
+> ⚠️ **Do not reverse-tunnel a Linux Rojo to port 34872.** It was tried
+> (`ssh -N -R 34872:127.0.0.1:34872`) and it is actively harmful: the port
+> answers, `/api/rojo` returns valid JSON, and everything *looks* healthy — but
+> it is serving the **Linux** working tree. Studio then syncs files that are not
+> the ones being edited on Windows, and `netstat` shows the port owned by
+> **sshd** rather than `rojo`. If port 34872 is owned by anything other than a
+> process literally named `rojo`, that is the bug.
+>
+> Diagnostic that settles it in one line:
+> ```powershell
+> $l=(netstat -ano | Select-String ":34872.*LISTENING"); (Get-Process -Id (($l[0] -split "\s+")[-1])).ProcessName
+> ```
+> Expect `rojo`. If you get `sshd`, kill the tunnel.
+
+#### `ServerPackages` is gitignored — Rojo will not start without it
+
+`/Packages/`, `/ServerPackages/` and `wally.lock` are **gitignored**, so a fresh
+clone has no dependencies and Rojo **refuses to start**, exiting immediately:
+
+```
+[ERROR rojo] Rojo project referred to a file using $path that could not be
+turned into a Roblox Instance by Rojo.   File $path: ServerPackages
+```
+
+That error means *missing Wally deps*, not a broken project file. There is only
+one dependency (`ProfileStore`, 19 files / 316 KB). Fix with `wally install`, or
+copy the folder from a machine that already has it. **Rojo exiting on startup is
+silent from Studio's side — it just looks like Rojo "won't connect."**
+
 ### 4b. Reference material on the NAS (1.5 GB, verified present)
 
 Host `unraid-1` (10.10.10.43), reachable over SSH. Base path: