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+| 2026-05-03T16:39Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation | a2e2cc3a | **PR #1097 (memory: aaron-class-discovery experiment + Rodney razor on self) reviewer-thread closure — 4/4 threads resolved, auto-merge armed, CI in flight.** Re-applied the forward-references-section split + MEMORY.md newest-first ordering pattern that's now recurring across the taxonomy ferry chain (#1089 → #1091 → #1094 → #1096 → #1097). Two of the three Composes-with refs flagged-as-dead became live after rebasing against latest origin/main: PR #1096's `docs/research/2026-05-01-claudeai-pause-class-discovery-critique-aaron-forwarded.md` merged 2026-05-03T16:35Z so converted from forward-ref to regular Composes-with bullet (parenthetical "landed via PR #1096" attribution); PR #1081 still open so the v2-taxonomy file stays in a new "Forward-references not yet on main" subsection. MEMORY.md entry was at line 83 (mid-file) — moved to line 7 (first bullet after fast-path header) per `memory/feedback_newest_first_ordering.md` rule "prepend at top of list, not chronological-by-content-date." | PR #1097 four threads resolved: PRRT_kwDOSF9kNM5-9EtF (P2 codex-connector dead links) + PRRT_kwDOSF9kNM5-9FUK (copilot dead links) + PRRT_kwDOSF9kNM5_EccU (P2 newest-first) + PRRT_kwDOSF9kNM5_Eccg (P1 dead links). Force-push 0ed7444 → a79b389. Gate: BLOCKED with 0 failed + 4 inProgress required + 0 unresolved → wait-ci, auto-merge stays armed. | This tick teaches **the self-resolving cascade pattern of the taxonomy ferry chain**: each upstream merge unblocks the next downstream PR's forward-references, converting "dead-link" reviewer findings into "regular-link" with parenthetical landing-PR attribution. The pattern means PRs should NOT be closed-when-blocked-on-not-yet-merged-references — they should stay open with explicit "Forward-references not yet on main" subsection until the upstream lands, then a small bounded fix flips the references to live. Composes with the bounded-operational-PR-maintenance discipline from #1198 — distinguishes substrate-class promotions (need maintainer cooling-period) from documentation-cleanup loops that the autonomous loop fairly drains. |