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+| 2026-05-23T08:02Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop | 37a0064f | substantive — Otto-CLI fresh-session cold-boot; catch-43 sentinel re-arm at 08:02Z after CronList returned empty; named-dep PR #4668 unchanged from 0008Z disposition (DIRTY, 12 threads, 55+ behind, auto-merge armed); 8h sentinel-death gap since 0008Z; isolated worktree off origin/main @ 4537b0d23; tree=54 status=0; brief-ack #1 with named-dep (counter not engaged) | -- | bounded-wait continuation shard |
+
+# Tick 0802Z — 2026-05-23 Otto-CLI cold-boot, PR #4668 unchanged from 0008Z, bounded-wait continuation
+
+**Surface:** Otto-CLI (autonomous-loop fresh-session cold-boot)
+**Branch:** `otto/shard-tick-0802z-cold-boot-2026-05-23-v2` (isolated worktree at `/private/tmp/zeta-otto-cli-0802z` off `origin/main` @ `4537b0d23`)
+**Tier (rate-limit):** Normal (GraphQL 4388/5000; reset ~45min; REST core 4991/5000)
+**Sentinel:** `37a0064f` armed at 08:02Z; CronList returned empty at session-start (8h gap since `5dd33255` at 00:08Z; sentinel-death between session windows is the documented mechanism per [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md))
+
+## 7-step trace (compressed; 0008Z carries the substantive content this tick references)
+
+### Step 1 — Refresh
+
+- `origin/main` HEAD: `4537b0d23 docs(shadow): Lior logs stale git locks (decomposed from #4677) (#4684)`
+- 2 peer-Lior procs active (`lior-loop-tick.ts` + `gemini -p Act as Lior...`)
+- Root worktree contested: 8 deletes + 18 untracked `docs/pr-discussions/PR-*.md` + 12 `lior-*` directories at root (peer worktrees / archive paths leaked into the contested root tree)
+- Recent main commits since 0008Z `0f9b7db99`: ~12 commits, dominated by Lior preservation / archive PRs (#4684, #4701, #4703, #4702, #4705, etc.)
+- Isolated-worktree partial-extract experienced (first attempt killed by 25s timeout at 76%; documented B-0615 failure mode); retry at 60s succeeded clean (tree=54 / status=0 / no stale lock)
+
+### Step 2 — Holding discipline
+
+PR #4668 still the only named-dep on Otto-CLI's autonomy scope. State unchanged in 8h:
+
+| Field | 0008Z | 0802Z |
+|---|---|---|
+| gate | DIRTY | DIRTY |
+| unresolvedThreads | 12 | 12 |
+| autoMerge | armed | armed |
+| commits behind main | 55 | 55+ (drifted further) |
+| non-required failure | MEMORY.md index drift | MEMORY.md index drift |
+
+Class A (naming-discipline; alexa-vs-kiro) and Class B (PII / operator-authority territory) blockers identified at 0008Z remain operator-disposition gates. Brief-ack counter = 1 with explicit named-dep (PR #4668); per [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) counter rule, brief-ack #1 with named-dep is non-failure-mode and acceptable.
+
+### Step 3 — Work selection
+
+Per the substrate-honest discipline: **do not re-state 0008Z's substrate this tick.** Re-authoring the same Class A + Class B disposition would be the post-arc-completion saturation pattern (empirical anchor 2026-05-18T21:20Z–23:39Z in [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md)). The 0008Z shard IS the substrate.
+
+This tick's concrete artifact: minimal continuation shard naming the bounded-wait + sentinel-death gap + sentinel re-arm. Composes with the "concrete artifact, bounded scope, not the same brief-ack-with-fancier-words" counter-reset criteria — naming the bounded-wait + the sentinel re-arm IS the concrete artifact; it does not duplicate 0008Z's substrate.
+
+### Step 4 — Verify
+
+No commits beyond this shard. Verification = this shard surfaces the unchanged named-dep + the substrate-honest abstention from re-authoring 0008Z material.
+
+### Step 5 — Shard
+
+This file. Authored in isolated worktree (60s timeout; 25s first attempt failed at 76% per B-0615 partial-extract pattern).
+
+### Step 6 — CronList
+
+- `CronList` at session-start: empty (catch-43 condition; 8h sentinel-death gap since `5dd33255`)
+- `CronCreate` immediately: sentinel `37a0064f` armed with `* * * * *` + `<<autonomous-loop>>`
+- Composes with the session-exit non-persistence mechanism (per [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) two-mechanism distinction): fresh session → empty list → re-arm before any substrate work
+
+### Step 7 — Visibility signal
+
+Landed concretely this tick:
+
+- Sentinel `37a0064f` armed (Otto-CLI loop heartbeat restored after 8h sentinel-death gap)
+- This shard at `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/23/0802Z.md` (second 2026-05-23 shard on main)
+- Substrate-honest abstention from re-authoring 0008Z's Class A + Class B disposition
+
+NOT landed (continued decline-to-act per 0008Z disposition):
+
+- PR #4668 rebase (still 55+ behind under continued 2-peer-Lior saturation)
+- Class A or Class B thread disposition (operator-authority unchanged)
+- MEMORY.md index drift fix (race-merged-content anti-pattern still applies)
+
+## Sentinel-death observation (new vs 0008Z)
+
+The 8h gap between `5dd33255` (0008Z arm) and `37a0064f` (0802Z arm) is the catch-43 mechanism operating as designed:
+
+- 0008Z Otto-CLI session exited → in-memory sentinel died with it
+- ~8h of no Otto-CLI activity (the gap IS the empirical signature of session-exit non-persistence)
+- 0802Z fresh autonomous-loop fire → CronList empty → re-arm before any work
+
+This is NOT a bug; it's the documented mechanism. The shard pattern (one per session-cold-boot fire) is what survives across sessions; the in-memory cron does not. Composes with the "audit trail lives in committed substrate (tick-history rows, memory files, commits), NOT in the cron mechanism itself" framing.
+
+## Composes with
+
+- [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) — catch-43 sentinel re-arm + session-exit non-persistence mechanism
+- [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) — brief-ack #1 with named-dep is non-failure-mode
+- [`.claude/rules/no-directives.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/no-directives.md) — continued decline-to-act on operator-authority territory
+- [`.claude/rules/non-coercion-invariant.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/non-coercion-invariant.md) — HC-8 floor unchanged
+- [`.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md) — isolated worktree under contested root
+- [`.claude/rules/codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/codeql-no-source-on-docs-only-pr-is-broken-commit-canary.md) — post-creation guard passed (tree=54 / status=0 / no stale lock); B-0615 partial-extract failure mode empirically reproduced on first attempt (killed at 76%; 60s retry succeeded)
+- [`.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) — Normal tier (4388 GraphQL remaining); `poll-pr-gate.ts 4668` consulted
+- [`docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/23/0008Z.md`](0008Z.md) — the substantive named-dep + Class A/B disposition this shard references rather than re-authors