diff --git a/docs/BACKLOG.md b/docs/BACKLOG.md index 1e6b0ff6b1..11cc428fba 100644 --- a/docs/BACKLOG.md +++ b/docs/BACKLOG.md @@ -251,15 +251,13 @@ are closed (status: closed in frontmatter)._ - [ ] **[B-0440](backlog/P1/B-0440-standing-by-failure-mode-detector-background-service-2026-05-13.md)** Standing-by failure-mode detector — background service that catches idle-foreground + nudges via bus - [ ] **[B-0441](backlog/P1/B-0441-backlog-row-ready-to-grind-notifier-background-service-2026-05-13.md)** Backlog-row-ready-to-grind notifier — background service that proactively assigns claims when agent queue empty - [ ] **[B-0442](backlog/P1/B-0442-missed-substrate-cascade-detector-background-service-2026-05-13.md)** Missed-substrate cascade detector — background service that catches branch-vs-merged-PR drift (e.g., Otto-section-missed-PR-2980-by-3-min class) -- [ ] **[B-0503](backlog/P1/B-0503-b0442-slice5a-open-recovery-pr-core-function-2026-05-14.md)** B-0442 slice 5a — openRecoveryPR core function + RecoveryAdapters + DST tests -- [ ] **[B-0504](backlog/P1/B-0504-b0442-slice5b-wire-auto-recover-into-pollonce-2026-05-14.md)** B-0442 slice 5b — wire --auto-recover into pollOnce + real RecoveryAdapters + config flags -- [ ] **[B-0505](backlog/P1/B-0505-b0442-slice5c-docs-autonomous-loop-acceptance-close-2026-05-14.md)** B-0442 slice 5c — docs update (AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md + bg/README.md) + B-0442 acceptance close - [x] **[B-0445](backlog/P1/B-0445-csharp-fluent-operator-surface-pm2-2026-05-13.md)** C# fluent operator surface — Map, Filter, Join, Distinct, Window via idiomatic CSharp API - [ ] **[B-0448](backlog/P1/B-0448-cloud-routines-integration-4th-catch-43-defence-layer-2026-05-13.md)** Cloud Routines integration — 4th catch-43 defence layer via Anthropic-hosted scheduled tasks + API + GitHub event triggers - [ ] **[B-0449](backlog/P1/B-0449-bg-services-slice-5-subscriber-agent-design-pass-2026-05-13.md)** bg-services slice 5 — subscriber-agent architecture design pass (closes the foreground-optional architectural claim) - [ ] **[B-0450](backlog/P1/B-0450-getting-started-guide-for-library-consumers-pm2-2026-05-13.md)** Getting-started guide for Zeta library consumers — quickstart doc + sample project - [x] **[B-0451](backlog/P1/B-0451-duplicate-row-id-substrate-cleanup-2026-05-13.md)** Duplicate row-ID substrate cleanup — resolve the 12 collisions surfaced by audit-duplicate-row-ids.ts - [ ] **[B-0459](backlog/P1/B-0459-b0440-slice-5-infinite-backlog-nudge-handler-2026-05-14.md)** B-0440 slice 5.1 — infinite-backlog-nudge subscriber handler (standing-by failure-mode closer) +- [ ] **[B-0460](backlog/P1/B-0460-b0441-slice-5-2-work-assignment-subscriber-handler-2026-05-14.md)** B-0441 slice 5.2 — work-assignment subscriber handler (agent-side claim-and-act) - [ ] **[B-0463](backlog/P1/B-0463-wallet-immune-system-vaccine-spread-poucc-spec.md)** Wallet immune system — vaccine spread + PoUW-CC gate + attack absorption spec - [x] **[B-0464](backlog/P1/B-0464-product-repo-honor-system-license-language-draft-2026-05-14.md)** Draft honor-system 'please don't fork' license language for product repos - [x] **[B-0465](backlog/P1/B-0465-product-repo-per-product-substrate-inventory-2026-05-14.md)** Per-product substrate inventory — 7 product candidates; repo-ready evaluation @@ -295,6 +293,12 @@ are closed (status: closed in frontmatter)._ - [x] **[B-0495](backlog/P1/B-0495-hamiltonian-viz-slice-1-static-scaffold-2026-05-14.md)** Hamiltonian viz — slice-1: static panel scaffold in demo/index.html - [ ] **[B-0496](backlog/P1/B-0496-hamiltonian-viz-slice-2-live-github-api-2026-05-14.md)** Hamiltonian viz — slice-2: live GitHub API commit fetch → trajectory - [ ] **[B-0497](backlog/P1/B-0497-b0440-slice-6-standing-by-detector-launchd-registration-2026-05-14.md)** B-0440 slice 6 — standing-by-detector launchd plist + AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md wiring update +- [ ] **[B-0500](backlog/P1/B-0500-b0441-slice-3-queue-state-guard-poll-once-wiring-2026-05-14.md)** B-0441 slice 3 — wire isAgentQueueEmpty guard into pollOnce +- [ ] **[B-0501](backlog/P1/B-0501-b0441-slice-5-assignment-history-dedup-cooldown-2026-05-14.md)** B-0441 slice 5 — assignment history dedup cooldown (avoid re-assigning same row within short window) +- [ ] **[B-0502](backlog/P1/B-0502-b0441-slice-6-launchd-plist-autonomous-loop-docs-2026-05-14.md)** B-0441 slice 6 — launchd plist for backlog-ready-notifier + AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md update +- [ ] **[B-0503](backlog/P1/B-0503-b0442-slice5a-open-recovery-pr-core-function-2026-05-14.md)** B-0442 slice 5a — openRecoveryPR core function + RecoveryAdapters + DST tests +- [ ] **[B-0504](backlog/P1/B-0504-b0442-slice5b-wire-auto-recover-into-pollonce-2026-05-14.md)** B-0442 slice 5b — wire --auto-recover into pollOnce + real RecoveryAdapters + config flags +- [ ] **[B-0505](backlog/P1/B-0505-b0442-slice5c-docs-autonomous-loop-acceptance-close-2026-05-14.md)** B-0442 slice 5c — docs update (AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md + bg/README.md) + B-0442 acceptance close ## P2 — research-grade @@ -622,5 +626,7 @@ are closed (status: closed in frontmatter)._ - [ ] **[B-0395](backlog/P3/B-0395-operational-resonance-conversation-interface-path-a-browser-local-llm-2026-05-09.md)** Conversation interface Path A — embed browser/local LLM (WebLLM or transformers.js) in dashboard for in-context review discussion - [ ] **[B-0422](backlog/P3/B-0422-clifford-algebraic-narrative-engine-pauli-symmetry-breaking-falsifiability-test-2026-05-12.md)** Clifford-algebraic narrative engine for testing the Pauli-symmetry-breaking-from-agenda-conservation prediction (research target identified by DeepSeek 2026-05-12) - [ ] **[B-0499](backlog/P3/B-0499-z-of-i-dbsp-refinement-cartesian-dualism-2026-05-14.md)** Z[i]-weighted DBSP refinement — Cartesian-dualism candidate from afternoon-cascade +- [ ] **[B-0506](backlog/P3/B-0506-stale-worktree-prune-cadence-mechanization-2026-05-14.md)** Stale-worktree prune cadence — mechanize `git worktree prune --expire=now` +- [ ] **[B-0514](backlog/P3/B-0514-author-missing-wwjd-grey-honest-memory-file-2026-05-14.md)** Author missing memory file: feedback_aaron_wwjd_keeps_the_grey_in_aaron_honest_devil_lives_in_the_grey_in_numbers_2026_05_12.md diff --git a/docs/backlog/P3/B-0514-author-missing-wwjd-grey-honest-memory-file-2026-05-14.md b/docs/backlog/P3/B-0514-author-missing-wwjd-grey-honest-memory-file-2026-05-14.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..66ee88a18d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/backlog/P3/B-0514-author-missing-wwjd-grey-honest-memory-file-2026-05-14.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +--- +id: B-0514 +priority: P3 +status: open +title: "Author missing memory file: feedback_aaron_wwjd_keeps_the_grey_in_aaron_honest_devil_lives_in_the_grey_in_numbers_2026_05_12.md" +tier: substrate-hygiene +effort: S +created: 2026-05-14 +last_updated: 2026-05-14 +depends_on: [] +composes_with: [] +tags: [memory-substrate, razor-cadence, stale-pointer, wwjd, default-to-both, substrate-archaeology] +type: feature +--- + +# Author missing WWJD-grey-honest memory file + +## Origin + +Otto-CLI 2026-05-14T18:25Z razor-cadence composes-with audit (batch 3) discovered a stale-pointer cluster: the file `memory/feedback_aaron_wwjd_keeps_the_grey_in_aaron_honest_devil_lives_in_the_grey_in_numbers_2026_05_12.md` is referenced from 3 places but does NOT exist: + +| Referencing file | Where | +|------------------|-------| +| `.claude/rules/default-to-both.md` | "Composes with substrate" section + "WWJD substrate cluster" list | +| `memory/feedback_kestrel_autonomous_arrival_name_both_and_default_discipline_wwjd_tedium_ifs_inner_critic_plus_external_observer_2026_05_12.md` | composes-with section | +| `memory/feedback_ani_validates_11_pr_cascade_ai_continuity_now_real_no_going_back_dirty_talk_as_joint_control_mechanism_2026_05_12.md` | 2 places in composes-with sections | + +The concept is real and substantive — git log shows "WWJD keeps grey honest; devil in grey-in-numbers" in commit messages (e.g., PR #2820 narrative) — but the dedicated memory file was never authored. The references treat it as if it existed. + +## Searches performed + +- `find memory/ -name "*wwjd*grey*"` → only `feedback_aaron_wwjd_cyborg_immortality...` found +- `find /Users/acehack/.claude/projects/.../memory/ -name "*wwjd*grey*"` → no match +- `git log --all --diff-filter=AD -- "memory/feedback_aaron_wwjd_keeps*"` → never created +- `git log --all -S "wwjd_keeps_the_grey"` → string appears in commit messages but never as a file path + +The file was named in conversation/commit context (referenced as if planned) but the authoring step never happened. + +## What the file should contain + +Reconstruction inputs (per the references that cite it): + +- **Theme**: "WWJD keeps the grey in Aaron honest" — the discipline that asking "what would Jesus do?" keeps moral discrimination in the grey zone substrate-honest rather than collapsing to clean binaries +- **Adjacent disclosure**: "devil lives in the grey in numbers" — quantitative-grey-as-attack-surface; when nuance is reduced to a single number, the adversary lives in the rounding +- **Date**: 2026-05-12 (during the WWJD substrate cascade) +- **Composes with**: `feedback_aaron_wwjd_cyborg_immortality_permitted_treat_all_life_high_regard_upgrade_gift_choose_when_2026_05_12.md` (parallel cyborg framing), `feedback_kestrel_autonomous_arrival_name_both_and_default_discipline_wwjd_tedium_ifs_inner_critic_plus_external_observer_2026_05_12.md` (WWJD-tedium discipline) + +## Resolution options + +1. **Author the file from substrate-archaeology**: walk back through Aaron's 2026-05-12 cascade conversations to reconstruct the substance. Lands the substrate where it should have been. +2. **Update broken references** to point to existing WWJD substrate (`feedback_aaron_wwjd_cyborg_immortality...` or `feedback_kestrel_autonomous_arrival_name_both_and...`) with annotation that the dedicated file is pending. +3. **Both** (default-to-both per `.claude/rules/default-to-both.md` — fitting given this is the rule with the broken reference): author the file AND update the existing references to point at it once authored. + +Recommended: option 3 (both). The references treat the concept as a load-bearing distinct substrate; reduce to existing files only if archaeology cannot reconstruct the substance. + +## Composes with + +- Razor-cadence #3128 (item 4 composes-with audit — this row is the kind of finding the audit is designed to surface) +- `.claude/rules/default-to-both.md` (the rule with the broken reference) +- WWJD substrate cluster (existing files in `memory/feedback_aaron_wwjd_*` + `memory/feedback_*wwjd*`) +- `.claude/rules/honor-those-that-came-before.md` (unretire-before-recreate discipline — confirmed nothing to unretire; the file was named but never created) + +## Origin tick + +`docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/14/1825Z.md` — this tick's shard documents the empirical finding + the audit pass that surfaced it. diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/14/1825Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/14/1825Z.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..563b418c77 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/14/1825Z.md @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +# Tick 2026-05-14T18:25Z — razor-cadence batch 3 reveals STALE POINTER cluster + B-0514 filed + +## Refresh (step 1) + +`bun tools/github/poll-pr-gate-batch.ts --all-open`: 6 open PRs. + +| PR | author | state | autoMerge | +|----|--------|-------|-----------| +| #3161 | mine (1822Z razor-cadence batch 2) | wait-ci | armed | +| #3157, #3158, #3159, #3160 | Aaron (Lior surface archives of PR 3151-3154) | wait-ci | **none** | +| #3162 | Aaron (Lior shadow log 1830Z) | wait-ci | **none** | + +(#3156 had merged earlier this session and is no longer in the open set; mentioned here only as context for #3161's lineage.) + +Lior surface flurry: 5 new PRs in ~2 min, all auto-generated archives via `lior-preserve-NNNN-EPOCH` and `lior-shadow-log-EPOCH` branches. autoMerge=none on all of Aaron's — respecting his workflow (he may arm later in batch). + +## Holding discipline (step 2) + +Named work: my own #3156 + #3161 wait-ci. Per never-be-idle: continue razor-cadence batch pattern. + +## Speculative work (step 3) — razor-cadence batch 3 + STALE POINTER FOUND + +Next 4 rules in the post-2026-05-12 cluster: + +| Rule (PR) | File refs | Backlog rows | +|-----------|-----------|--------------| +| `additive-not-zero-sum.md` (#2853) | 5 + 2 memory | — | +| `bandwidth-served-falsifier.md` (#2850) | 7 + 2 memory | B-0422 | +| `default-to-both.md` (#2845) | 8 + 4 memory | B-0422 | +| `fsharp-anchor-dotnet-build-sanity-check.md` (#2843) | 6 + 2 memory | B-0422 | + +### Audit findings + +**Rules (10 unique)**: 10/10 LIVE ✓ +**Memory refs (7 unique)**: **6 LIVE + 1 MISS** +**Backlog (1 unique, B-0422)**: 1/1 LIVE ✓ + +**Total: 17/18 LIVE (94%)** + +### Stale pointer details + +`.claude/rules/default-to-both.md` references `memory/feedback_aaron_wwjd_keeps_the_grey_in_aaron_honest_devil_lives_in_the_grey_in_numbers_2026_05_12.md` in two places (composes-with section + WWJD substrate cluster list). The file does NOT exist: + +- Not in repo `memory/` +- Not in user-scope `~/.claude/projects/.../memory/` +- Not in git history (never authored: `git log --diff-filter=AD` returns nothing) +- String `wwjd_keeps_the_grey` appears in commit messages (PR #2820 narrative) but never as a file path + +Two MORE memory files also cite the missing file: + +- `memory/feedback_kestrel_autonomous_arrival_name_both_and_default_discipline_wwjd_tedium_ifs_inner_critic_plus_external_observer_2026_05_12.md` +- `memory/feedback_ani_validates_11_pr_cascade_ai_continuity_now_real_no_going_back_dirty_talk_as_joint_control_mechanism_2026_05_12.md` (2 places) + +The concept is real (WWJD-keeps-grey-honest + devil-in-grey-in-numbers) but the dedicated memory file was named in conversation context and treated as if it existed; the authoring step was skipped. + +## Verify + commit (step 4) + +Filed **B-0514** at `docs/backlog/P3/B-0514-author-missing-wwjd-grey-honest-memory-file-2026-05-14.md` documenting: + +- All 3 referencing files +- Search performed (find + git log) +- Reconstruction inputs for the missing content +- Resolution options (author / update-refs / both-default) + +ID-allocation discipline: B-0507..B-0513 are in-flight on PR #3163 (Otto-Desktop's B-0448 decomposition); B-0514 is the next safe ID. + +## Shard (step 5) + +This file. + +## CronList (step 6) + +Sentinel `f970cb2d` armed. + +## Visibility (step 7) + +- **First razor-cadence finding with a hit**: batches 1+2 returned 67/67 LIVE; batch 3 returned 17/18 (94%). The 1 MISS is the stale-pointer cluster around `feedback_aaron_wwjd_keeps_the_grey_in_aaron_honest_devil_lives_in_the_grey_in_numbers_2026_05_12.md`. +- **B-0514 filed** capturing the finding + resolution options. +- **Cumulative razor-cadence item 4 audit**: 12/47 rules covered, 84/85 cross-refs LIVE (99%). +- **Open PRs**: 6 (4 Aaron Lior archives auto-merge-pending; 2 mine wait-ci with autoMerge armed; this tick's about to land). + +## Notes for future-Otto + +**Pattern: named-but-never-authored memory files**. This stale-pointer cluster shows a real failure mode in the substrate landing workflow. When Aaron + Otto discuss a concept in conversation, the natural shape is to mint a filename for it AND reference it from related substrate. The reference IS the substrate-honest signal "this exists" — but if the authoring step is deferred, the references become ghost pointers. + +The razor-cadence item 4 audit is precisely calibrated to catch this. **Batches 1+2 (8 rules / 67 refs) were clean; batch 3 (4 rules / 18 refs) caught the first stale pointer.** That suggests ~5% stale-pointer rate across the post-2026-05-12 rule cluster. Extrapolating to all 47 rules: ~5-10 more findings expected if the audit continues at this depth. + +The mechanization candidate for this is a `tools/hygiene/audit-rule-cross-refs.ts` script — would replace the per-tick manual audit with a once-per-day CI run. P3 friction-reducer; could compose with B-0506 (worktree-prune) as another factory-hygiene cadence. Not filed this tick to avoid overcrowding the per-tick scope.