docs: what happens when a game ends, and when a session does

The two behaviors are opt-in-shaped in different directions — one on by
default, one off — so the page says which is which, what `always` costs, and
that the keep-alive above it is a different clock governing a different thing.
The precedence rule (a display kept forever stays up regardless) is spelled out
rather than left to be discovered.

The dedicated-game-session blurb claimed game-exit-ends-the-session as its own
feature; that is now true everywhere, so it moves to where it belongs.

Automation gains the `game.running` / `game.exited` rows and a short section on
reacting to a game rather than a stream — the two are usually the same moment
but not always, and anyone who has been polling the host to find out when a game
finished can stop.

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| `client.connected` / `client.disconnected` | a client session is admitted / goes away | device name, cert fingerprint, plane (`native`/`gamestream`); disconnect adds `reason`: `quit` (user stop), `timeout` (vanished), `error` |
| `session.started` / `session.ended` | an A/V session registers / ends | session id, client label, mode (`3840x2160@120`), HDR |
| `stream.started` / `stream.stopped` | video actually starts / stops | mode, HDR, client name, launched app id/title (when one was requested), plane |
| `game.running` | a launched game's own process is seen running (not merely its launcher) | app id, title, store, client, plane |
| `game.exited` | a launched game is gone | the same, plus `reason`: `exited` (the player quit it) or `terminated` (the host closed it, per your [session⇄game settings](/docs/virtual-displays#when-a-game-ends-and-when-a-session-does)) |
| `pairing.pending` | an unpaired device knocks (once per device, not per retry) | device name, fingerprint, plane |
| `pairing.completed` / `pairing.denied` | a pairing is approved+stored / denied | device name, fingerprint, plane |
| `display.created` / `display.released` | a virtual display is minted / kept displays are released | backend + mode / count |
@@ -124,6 +126,29 @@ best-effort, even if the session crashed:
A `do` that fails logs, keeps going, and its own `undo` is skipped (it never took effect).
## Reacting to a game, not a stream
`stream.stopped` tells you the *stream* ended; `game.exited` tells you the *game* did. They are
often the same moment, but not always — a desktop stream has no game at all, and a stream can
outlive its game if you turned off "end the session when the game exits".
If you have been polling the host to work out when a game finished, you don't need to any more:
```json
{ "hooks": [
{ "on": "game.running", "run": "~/.config/punktfunk/scripts/game-up.sh" },
{ "on": "game.exited", "run": "~/.config/punktfunk/scripts/game-down.sh" }
] }
```
Both carry the title in `PF_EVENT_GAME_TITLE` / `PF_EVENT_GAME_APP`, and `game.exited` adds
`PF_EVENT_REASON` so a script can tell "the player quit" (`exited`) from "the host closed it"
(`terminated`) — worth checking before you, say, power the TV off.
Ending the session yourself when a game exits needs no script at all: it is the default behavior,
under Host → *Virtual displays*
[When a game or a session ends](/docs/virtual-displays#when-a-game-ends-and-when-a-session-does).
## The event stream (`GET /api/v1/events`)
For code, subscribe to the SSE stream on the management API (loopback + bearer token — the