test: reset smoke cache between warm cases

Clear the smoke cache before each cache-group warm case so the following offline and stale-cache checks always start from a fresh baseline instead of earlier group state.

Document the runner behavior in the smoke guide to make the cache-group sequencing explicit.

docs/SMOKE.md

@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ scripts/live-smoke.sh --dry-run --mode full
 ## Notes
 
 - The runner forces `IDX_OUTPUT=table` as its default environment so table cases stay stable; JSON checks use `-o json` explicitly.
+- Cache-group warm cases clear the smoke cache before they run so each warm/offline/stale sequence starts clean and stale-cache assertions are not masked by earlier groups.
 - Ownership commands that need imported data are intentionally not part of the baseline runner yet. The current baseline only covers `ownership releases` and the known unsupported `ownership import --fetch-bing`.
 - When a case fails, inspect the per-case log in `tmp/live-smoke/.../logs/` before updating `TODO.md` or `FEATURE_SPEC.md`.

scripts/live-smoke.sh

@@ -400,6 +400,21 @@ prepare_environment() {
     bootstrap_case "ownership-db" config set ownership.db_path "$OWNERSHIP_DB"
 }
 
+cache_case_starts_fresh() {
+    local group="$1"
+    local label="$2"
+
+    [[ "$group" == "cache" && "$label" == *"-warm" ]]
+}
+
+reset_cache_for_case() {
+    local label="$1"
+
+    # Cache checks need a clean starting point so the warm/offline/stale trio
+    # validates TTL-sensitive fallback behavior instead of reusing prior group state.
+    bootstrap_case "cache-reset-${label}" cache clear
+}
+
 sanitize_name() {
     printf '%s' "$1" | tr -cs 'A-Za-z0-9._-' '_'
 }
@@ -433,6 +448,10 @@ run_case_line() {
 
     printf '[%02d] %-10s %s\n' "$TOTAL_CASES" "$group" "$label"
 
+    if cache_case_starts_fresh "$group" "$label"; then
+        reset_cache_for_case "$label"
+    fi
+
     if (( DRY_RUN )); then
         printf '     %s\n' "$(command_display "$env_spec" "$cmd_spec")"
         return 0