## Why
The remote compaction parity test compares legacy and v2 sessions
created with separate temporary homes. Those sessions can discover
different model-visible skill catalogs, so the request comparison can
fail even when the compaction and service-tier behavior matches.
This is the most frequent retry-saved full-CI failure in the recent
JUnit history.
## What changed
Normalize only the contents of `<skills_instructions>` before comparing
the captured requests. The opening and closing tags remain in the
comparison, so the test still catches a missing or misplaced skills
block.
The service-tier, compacted input, follow-up request, and
replacement-history assertions are unchanged. A focused normalizer test
covers the new behavior.
## Scope
This is test-only. It does not change runtime compaction or skill
behavior. Exact skill-catalog rendering remains covered by the dedicated
skills tests.
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