chore(todo): file restart-emacs no-service test failure

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@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Tags are additive. For example, a small wrong-behavior fix can be
 =:bug:quick:=, and a feature that requires internal restructuring can be
 =:feature:refactor:=.
 * Emacs Open Work
+** TODO [#C] restart-emacs no-service test fails on machines with emacs.service :test:bug:
+=test-system-cmd-restart-emacs-no-service-aborts= (=tests/test-system-commands-resolve-and-run.el:172=) fails on velox and passes where no =emacs.service= exists. It mocks =cj/system-cmd--emacs-service-available-p= to return nil via =cl-letf=, but =cj/system-cmd-restart-emacs= (in =system-commands.el=, natively compiled) calls that helper through an intra-file direct reference in its =.eln=, which bypasses the symbol-function redefinition. So the real check runs, finds =emacs.service=, and restart proceeds instead of aborting -- the =should-error= sees "did not signal an error". Same native-comp mocking trap noted in CLAUDE.md, here for a same-file defun rather than a subr. Fix: mock at the boundary the helper uses (=executable-find= / the =systemctl= =call-process-shell-command=) the way the passing sibling tests =service-available-false-on-nonzero-exit= and =service-available-false-when-systemctl-absent= do, instead of mocking the helper directly; or inject the check. Pre-existing (fails on clean HEAD), surfaced during the 2026-06-29 structural speedrun.
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 ** PROJECT [#A] Manual testing and validation
 Exercised once the phases above land.
 *** DONE F12 opens the eshell-through-EAT terminal (dock, visual, colors, prompt, z)