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+| 2026-05-03T16:45Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop continuation | a2e2cc3a | **Three older PRs unblocked + cascade pattern observed: #1097 + #1085 + #1431 merged this iteration; #1081 rebased + threads resolved (CI in flight).** Continued the bounded-fix discipline: #1097 finished merging at 16:40Z (forward-ref split + newest-first); #1085 (claudeai-endorsement of class #15) got identical forward-references-section split — both forward-refs (PR #1081's v2 taxonomy + PR #1083's Gemini-review) stayed forward; merged at 16:46Z; #1081 (taxonomy v2 itself) had 6 unresolved threads with concrete-text fixes — class #19 → #20 (B-0129 powers deferred-per-policy, not peer-AI structural); class #4 → #11 (wildcard-not-navigable, not v1-name #4); v1 taxonomy reference path switched to explicit `~/.claude/projects/<slug>/...` form (was in-repo-shaped despite labeled user-scope); `.githooks/` example reframed as illustrative (this repo has no .githooks/ — hooks plugin-shipped via .claude/settings.json); duplicate v1-parent xref removed; tick-history shard range reworded to be robust against future shard additions. All 6 threads resolved; rebased against latest main; auto-merge armed; CI in flight. | PR #1097 merged at 16:40Z (b6186c6); PR #1085 merged at 16:46Z (58fdd00); PR #1431 (tick shard) merged at 16:45Z (499563f); PR #1081 BLOCKED + MERGEABLE wait-ci with auto-merge armed. Threads resolved: 4 on #1097 + 4 on #1085 + 6 on #1081 = 14 total. Cumulative session count: ~9 older PRs unblocked + this iteration adds 3 merges + 1 wait-ci. | This tick teaches **the forward-references-section split as the dominant pattern in the taxonomy ferry chain**: #1097 + #1085 both took identical 1-edit fixes (split Composes-with into "main" + "Forward-references not yet on main" subsections), differing only in which forward-refs were live vs pending. The pattern is now standardized enough to become a memory file: future absorbs that reference not-yet-merged sibling PRs should author with the subsection from the start, not as a bolt-on after reviewer feedback. **The class-number-correction class** (#1081's threads): when a taxonomy file numbers its own classes, every later in-file reference to those numbers must be cross-checked at PR-author time — internal-self-consistency is its own author-time discipline class (sibling to wake-window-cluster #18). Future-Otto: when authoring a numbered-list-with-internal-references, cross-check before pushing — list-renumbers between drafts mean every later "class #N" reference must update too. |