feat(core): add serial mode to execution

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What changed

Every ER preallocates its storage in multi-gigabyte steps: on Linux the engine reserves 4 GB per ledger append file, a 1 GB accounts index and 256 MB accounts store blocks, so an idle ER costs about 8 GB and a parallel run needs room for five validators. None of that is configurable, so the harness has to manage the footprint instead.

redsuite run --serial runs the shared-stack scenarios, then the private-ER scenarios, then the benchmarks, one at a time, and finishes with stack down; --keep-storage leaves the stack up. Peak usage drops to the shared ER plus one scenario-owned topology.

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The CLI adds serial scenario execution and optional storage retention. Stack teardown now deletes known storage directories. Scenario cleanup reclaims unfinished private ER processes and storage, then reports the reclaimed resources.

Changes

Serial execution and storage lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Stack storage teardown crates/redsuite-core/src/topology/status.rs, crates/redsuite-core/src/topology/mod.rs, crates/redsuite-core/src/frontend.rs	stack down now removes known stack storage directories through wipe_storage(). The command help text describes this behavior.
Private ER reclamation crates/redsuite-core/src/topology/process.rs, crates/redsuite-core/src/resources.rs, crates/redsuite-core/src/scenario.rs	Scenario cleanup can stop unfinished private ER processes, remove their storage, and report each reclaimed resource.
Serial CLI execution cli/src/main.rs, README.md	redsuite run accepts --serial and --keep-storage. Serial mode runs scenario groups sequentially, summarizes results, and skips final teardown only when --keep-storage is set. Documentation describes the updated storage behavior.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI as redsuite run
  participant Runner as scenario runner
  participant Resources as Resources::reclaim
  participant Topology as topology::down
  CLI->>Runner: Run scenarios sequentially
  Runner->>Resources: Reclaim unfinished private ERs
  Resources-->>Runner: Return reclaimed entries
  CLI->>Topology: Tear down stack unless --keep-storage is set
  Topology-->>CLI: Delete stack storage

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Serial execution and end-of-run storage cleanup behave as documented. The one remaining gap is cosmetic-to-operational: if deleting a scenario's leftover validator storage fails, the run log still says the directory was removed and the scenario can still report as passing, so stale multi-gigabyte directories may go unnoticed. This is worth a small follow-up but does not block merge.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding serial execution mode to the core command.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains serial execution, storage usage, execution order, and the --keep-storage option. It directly matches the changeset.
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Inline comments:
In `@crates/redsuite-core/src/scenario.rs`:
- Around line 293-300: Update the teardown flow around resources.audit() and
resources.reclaim() to reclaim resources before performing the final audit, so
storage-removal failures are included in the teardown outcome. In the
reclamation reporting loop, use the reclaimed record’s storage-removal success
state to print “removed” only when removal succeeded, including for killed
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