Lucent-Financial-Group · AceHack · May 2, 2026 · May 2, 2026 · May 2, 2026 · May 2, 2026
diff --git a/docs/backlog/P1/B-0003-alignment-md-rewrite.md b/docs/backlog/P1/B-0003-alignment-md-rewrite.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ tier: governance
 effort: L
 ask: maintainer Aaron 2026-04-25 ("alignment.md rewrite is due on the backlog... spread to all AIs and contributors via mathematically rigorous arguments that become more rigorous over time")
 created: 2026-04-25
-last_updated: 2026-04-26
+last_updated: 2026-05-02
+depends_on: []
 composes_with: [B-0002]
 tags: [alignment, governance, otto-287, bidirectional-alignment, factory-as-superfluid, matrix-pill, noether]
 ---

diff --git a/...6-memory-md-compression-pass-prune-distill-entries-to-one-line-cap-200-lines.md b/...6-memory-md-compression-pass-prune-distill-entries-to-one-line-cap-200-lines.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ tier: maintenance
 effort: M
 ask: maintainer Aaron 2026-04-25 (implicit via the README cap; surfaced explicitly by Otto-295 expand-compress dynamic)
 created: 2026-04-25
-last_updated: 2026-04-26
+last_updated: 2026-05-02
+depends_on: []
 composes_with: []
 tags: [memory-hygiene, MEMORY.md, distillation, compression, otto-291-pacing, otto-294-smooth-shape, otto-295-monoidal-manifold, factory-maintenance]
 ---

diff --git a/docs/backlog/P1/B-0058-ai-ethics-and-safety-research-track.md b/docs/backlog/P1/B-0058-ai-ethics-and-safety-research-track.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ tier: substrate-foundational-discipline
 effort: L
 ask: Aaron 2026-04-21 — *"ai ethic and safety backlog whoops we should have done that first"* followed immediately by *"high on backlog"*. **CHRONOLOGY NOTE:** Aaron's later self-correction upgraded this from P2 to P1; chronologically filed AFTER B-0056 (mythology) and B-0057 (occult), but structurally gates them earlier. This row preserves both facts.
 created: 2026-04-26
-last_updated: 2026-04-26
+last_updated: 2026-05-02
+depends_on: []
 composes_with: [docs/ALIGNMENT.md, .claude/agents/alignment-auditor.md, feedback_preserve_real_order_of_events_dont_retroactively_reorder_by_priority.md, user_faith_wisdom_and_paths.md, feedback_blast_radius_pricing_standing_rule_alignment_signal.md, feedback_operational_resonance_engineering_shape_matches_tradition_name_alignment_signal.md, B-0056, B-0057, B-0059]
 tags: [ai-ethics, ai-safety, alignment, sova, alignment-auditor, HC-clauses, SD-clauses, DIR-clauses, filter-gate, resonance-adoptions, consistency-audit, blast-radius, P1-priority-upgrade, chronology-preserved]
 ---

diff --git a/...g/P1/B-0060-human-lineage-external-anchor-backfill-all-substrate-beacon-safe.md b/...g/P1/B-0060-human-lineage-external-anchor-backfill-all-substrate-beacon-safe.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ tier: substrate-quality
 effort: L
 ask: maintainer Aaron 2026-04-28 ("we should backlog human lineage to all our substraight stuff too if it exists, all our AI stuff even though we are just editing md files is coding and thee might be articles and research papers or question/answer fourms stack overflow etc... we should research waht we've already done and make sure it's beacon safe and human anchored/linage.")
 created: 2026-04-28
-last_updated: 2026-04-28
+last_updated: 2026-05-02
+depends_on: []
 composes_with: [B-0003]
 tags: [substrate-quality, beacon-safety, otto-351, otto-352, external-anchors, human-lineage, prior-art, agent-design-research, research-discipline]
 ---

diff --git a/...g/P1/B-0061-finish-monolith-to-per-row-migration-no-residue-aaron-2026-04-28.md b/...g/P1/B-0061-finish-monolith-to-per-row-migration-no-residue-aaron-2026-04-28.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ tier: factory-hygiene
 effort: L
 ask: maintainer Aaron 2026-04-28 ("docs/BACKLOG.md we had split this into multiple how did it get back to one?" + "don't miss anyting make sure it's all accounted for, and make sure not BACKLOG.md residue is left over in the substrate for next you")
 created: 2026-04-28
-last_updated: 2026-04-28
+last_updated: 2026-05-02
+depends_on: []
 composes_with: [B-0060]
 tags: [factory-hygiene, backlog, migration, beacon-safety, no-residue]
 ---

diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2312Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/02/2312Z.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+| 2026-05-02T23:12:00Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation | a2e2cc3a | **depends_on backfill batch 2 + double review-cycle resolution: PR #1241 (never-idle 2nd + 3rd refinements) + PR #1242 (5 P1 rows + schema doc) both unblocked.** Cycle ran the BLOCKED-with-green-CI investigate-threads-first discipline twice in succession. PR #1241: 3 Copilot findings (P0 MEMORY.md pairing missing + 2 P1 wildcard-path / hard-coded-149 noise) — all fixed in commit 931fd5c; threads resolved. PR #1242: 6 Copilot findings (5x last_updated bump per schema:67 + 1x depends_on missing from schema doc) — all fixed in commit b4cca70 including retroactive schema-doc update for batch 1's gap; threads resolved. depends_on coverage advances 16/160 → 21/160 backlog rows. Aaron's clarification on the depends_on-in-frontmatter-not-filename design: confirmed correct separation (filename = stable ID; frontmatter = N-edge graph; index = scan-fast). Bugs-per-PR holding in productive zone (~3+6 across 2 PRs). Cron a2e2cc3a still armed. | #1241 (review fixes pushed, 3 threads resolved, wait-ci) + #1242 (review fixes pushed, 6 threads resolved, wait-ci) + #1238 batch 1 (already merged) | This tick teaches the operational pattern of immune-system-as-bidirectional-correction: Copilot caught the same class of finding (last_updated + depends_on schema) on PR #1238 which auto-merged through without addressing them; the discipline of investigating threads first on subsequent batches retroactively closes both the per-row gap (last_updated bump on the 5 batch-2 rows) AND the schema-doc gap (depends_on now documented). Substrate improves through the bridge even when the bug-class survives one cycle's auto-merge. Composes with `memory/feedback_bugs_per_pr_rate_as_immune_system_health_metric_independent_framing_production_otto_aaron_2026_05_02.md` (immune-system health metric in productive zone) + `memory/feedback_otto_355_blocked_with_green_ci_means_investigate_review_threads_first_dont_wait_2026_04_27.md` (the discipline applied) + the never-idle 2nd + 3rd refinements landing in PR #1241 itself (backlog-as-aperiodic-tiling-strange-attractor framing). |
diff --git a/tools/backlog/README.md b/tools/backlog/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ effort: L
 ask: maintainer Otto-180
 created: 2026-04-24
 last_updated: 2026-04-24
+depends_on: []
 composes_with:
   - B-0031
   - B-0038
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ tags: [game-industry, sharding, multi-node]
 | `ask`          | no       | string       | Origin reference; e.g. `maintainer Otto-180`, `Amara 18th ferry #4`. Per Otto-293 mutual-alignment language ("ask" not "directive"). |
 | `created`      | yes      | YYYY-MM-DD   | First-landing date. |
 | `last_updated` | yes      | YYYY-MM-DD   | Updated on every content edit. |
+| `depends_on`   | no       | list of `B-NNNN` | Hard prerequisite ordering (this row cannot land until each listed row lands). Distinct from `composes_with` (which is bidirectional cross-reference, not ordering). Empty list `[]` = no known dependencies. Backfill-discipline: incremental on-demand as rows are touched (Aaron 2026-05-02 backfill thesis). Graph-traversal field; not surfaced in `BACKLOG.md` index. |
 | `composes_with`| no       | list of `B-NNNN` | Cross-references; strict-lint-candidate Phase-2+. |
 | `tags`         | no       | list of string | Free-form. Examples: `multi-node`, `dst`, `ui-rename`. |
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		\| 2026-05-02T23:12:00Z \| opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation \| a2e2cc3a \| depends_on backfill batch 2 + double review-cycle resolution: PR #1241 (never-idle 2nd + 3rd refinements) + PR #1242 (5 P1 rows + schema doc) both unblocked. Cycle ran the BLOCKED-with-green-CI investigate-threads-first discipline twice in succession. PR #1241: 3 Copilot findings (P0 MEMORY.md pairing missing + 2 P1 wildcard-path / hard-coded-149 noise) — all fixed in commit 931fd5c; threads resolved. PR #1242: 6 Copilot findings (5x last_updated bump per schema:67 + 1x depends_on missing from schema doc) — all fixed in commit b4cca70 including retroactive schema-doc update for batch 1's gap; threads resolved. depends_on coverage advances 16/160 → 21/160 backlog rows. Aaron's clarification on the depends_on-in-frontmatter-not-filename design: confirmed correct separation (filename = stable ID; frontmatter = N-edge graph; index = scan-fast). Bugs-per-PR holding in productive zone (~3+6 across 2 PRs). Cron a2e2cc3a still armed. \| #1241 (review fixes pushed, 3 threads resolved, wait-ci) + #1242 (review fixes pushed, 6 threads resolved, wait-ci) + #1238 batch 1 (already merged) \| This tick teaches the operational pattern of immune-system-as-bidirectional-correction: Copilot caught the same class of finding (last_updated + depends_on schema) on PR #1238 which auto-merged through without addressing them; the discipline of investigating threads first on subsequent batches retroactively closes both the per-row gap (last_updated bump on the 5 batch-2 rows) AND the schema-doc gap (depends_on now documented). Substrate improves through the bridge even when the bug-class survives one cycle's auto-merge. Composes with `memory/feedback_bugs_per_pr_rate_as_immune_system_health_metric_independent_framing_production_otto_aaron_2026_05_02.md` (immune-system health metric in productive zone) + `memory/feedback_otto_355_blocked_with_green_ci_means_investigate_review_threads_first_dont_wait_2026_04_27.md` (the discipline applied) + the never-idle 2nd + 3rd refinements landing in PR #1241 itself (backlog-as-aperiodic-tiling-strange-attractor framing). \|