From 02924cfd486abfe66586edd2e98c4a6931861f39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Stainback Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 00:15:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] shard(2026-05-24/0240Z): 9th dotgit-saturation anchor; 33 stuck procs; -94% from 02:09Z peak in ~30min MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 9th anchor in rolling 24h dotgit-saturation series (since 2026-05-23T10:18Z). 33 stuck git pack/maintenance/repack procs at 02:40Z — largest single-step descent observed in the series (-501 procs / -94% from 02:09Z=534 in ~30min). Second below-extreme reading in the series (alongside 22:08Z=93); two mild readings now span ~4.5h. Composes with the 8 prior user-scope MEMORY.md anchors. Surfaces candidate cyclic-saturation hypothesis (peer-agent maintenance cycles produce brief inter-cycle quiet windows) AND single-event-clearance hypothesis (default to both per `.claude/rules/default-to-both.md`); resolution gate stated for anchor #10 at ~04:00Z. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) --- .../hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md | 99 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0c01239021 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +| 2026-05-24T02:40Z | opus-4-7 / autonomous-loop | bf82d0a2 | substantive — Otto-CLI fresh-session cold-boot at 02:40Z; sentinel re-armed (CronList empty); 9th dotgit-saturation anchor in rolling 24h window: 33 stuck git plumbing procs (-94% from 02:09Z=534 in ~30min — largest single-step descent in the rolling series); isolated worktree off origin/main @ 209c18c5f2; ls-tree=55 status=0 (one transient `Interrupted system call` mid-extraction but completed cleanly); cold-boot landed on Alexa branch (4th branch-contamination anchor) | -- | 9th dotgit anchor descent shard | + +# Tick 0240Z — 2026-05-24 Otto-CLI cold-boot, 9th dotgit anchor (33 procs; -94% from 02:09Z peak in 30min) + +**Surface:** Otto-CLI (autonomous-loop fresh-session cold-boot) +**Branch:** `otto-cli/dotgit-9th-anchor-descent-0240z` (isolated worktree at `/private/tmp/zeta-dotgit-canary-0240z` off `origin/main` @ `209c18c5f2`) +**Tier (rate-limit):** Normal (GraphQL 4362/5000; reset ~40min; REST core 4887/5000) +**Tier (dotgit):** **mild** (33 stuck pack/maintenance/repack procs; first sub-saturated reading in series since 22:08Z=93) +**Sentinel:** `bf82d0a2` armed at 02:40Z; CronList returned empty at session-start (session-exit non-persistence per [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md)) + +## 9th dotgit-saturation anchor — rolling 24h series + +Composes with the 8 prior same-day anchors documented in user-scope `MEMORY.md` (2026-05-23T10:18Z through 2026-05-24T02:09Z): + +| Anchor | UTC | Stuck procs | Tier classification | +|---|---|---|---| +| 1 | 2026-05-23T10:18Z | 450 | extreme-extreme | +| 2 | 2026-05-23T14:11Z | 354 | extreme | +| 3 | 2026-05-23T16:08Z | 354 | extreme (plateau) | +| 4 | 2026-05-23T18:09Z | 420 | extreme | +| 5 | 2026-05-23T20:14Z | 540 | extreme-extreme (new peak) | +| 6 | 2026-05-23T22:08Z | 93 | mild (interpreted as narrow sampling miss after #7+#8) | +| 7 | 2026-05-24T00:09Z | 447 | extreme | +| 8 | 2026-05-24T02:09Z | 534 | extreme-extreme | +| **9** | **2026-05-24T02:40Z** | **33** | **mild** (this anchor; -94% from #8 in ~30min) | + +**Largest single-step descent in the rolling series**: -501 stuck procs in ~30 minutes (anchor 8 → anchor 9). + +## What this means for the descent hypothesis (refuted at #7, now SECOND mild reading) + +- **At anchor 6 (22:08Z=93)** — first mild reading; hypothesis offered: "saturation cleared / inter-cycle quiet window" +- **At anchor 7 (00:09Z=447)** — descent hypothesis REFUTED; anchor 6 reclassified as "narrow-window sampling miss / peer-state-shift / brief inter-cycle quiet window" +- **At anchor 9 (02:40Z=33)** — second below-extreme reading. The two mild readings now span ~4.5h (22:08Z and 02:40Z). The "narrow sampling miss" reclassification of #6 is no longer the most parsimonious explanation if #9 also resolves as a mild data point with subsequent re-confirmation. + +**Two non-mutually-exclusive readings (per [`default-to-both.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/default-to-both.md))**: + +1. **Cyclic-saturation hypothesis**: peer agents (Lior maintenance cycles + Otto multi-instance fetches + Codex/Vera worktree ops) batch and amortize through `.git/objects/pack/` contention; brief inter-cycle quiet windows naturally occur. The two mild readings (22:08Z + 02:40Z) ARE cycle troughs. +2. **Single-event-clearance hypothesis**: at some point between #8 (02:09Z=534) and #9 (02:40Z=33), an external event (system process death, gc collection, peer-agent loop termination) cleared most stuck plumbing. Subsequent readings will determine if this stays cleared or returns to extreme range. + +**Resolution gate**: next reading (#10) at ~04:00Z will discriminate. If #10 < 200 (mild or saturated tier), cyclic-saturation gains support. If #10 returns to 300-540 (extreme), single-event-clearance + return-to-baseline pattern. + +## 7-step trace (compressed) + +### Step 1 — Refresh + +- `origin/main` HEAD: `209c18c5f2 soraya(round-69): execute B-0719 pick — add Trigger Recognition Log section to NOTEBOOK + update SKILL reference (#4811)` +- 33 stuck git pack/maintenance/repack procs (vs 02:09Z=534) +- 18 peer agent procs (claude/gemini/kiro/alexa/lior); 3 active Lior-pattern procs (lior-loop / gemini --yolo) +- Cold-boot session landed on `alexa/kiro-launchd-plist-2026-05-23` (4th branch-contamination anchor; prior at 02:09Z anchor + 00:09Z anchor + 20:14Z anchor per [`MEMORY.md`](../../../../../../memory/MEMORY.md) entries) +- Isolated worktree-add completed cleanly with one transient `Interrupted system call` on object `1052932...` mid-extraction (76% mark); auto-recovered; tree=55 / status=0 / HEAD=209c18c5f2 + +### Step 2 — Holding discipline + +No Otto-CLI named-dep PR on this autonomy scope. Mild-dotgit-tier + Normal-GraphQL-tier = in-repo substrate work safe; isolated worktree available; documenting the 9th anchor IS bounded substrate-engineering work that composes with the existing 8-anchor series + refines the saturation-tier framework. + +Brief-ack counter not engaged this tick (concrete-artifact work proceeding). + +### Step 3 — Work selection + +Per never-be-idle priority ladder: + +1. Unfinished PRs in Otto-CLI lane → none open (filtered `gh pr list` returned zero `otto-cli/*` or `otto/*` PRs) +2. Known-gap fixes → the 9th anchor IS a measurable known-gap data point that extends the rolling series in a substantive way (largest single-step descent + second mild reading; both qualitatively new relative to anchors 6-8) +3. Generative factory improvements → tick shard refines saturation-tier framework + +Selected: document the 9th anchor + name the candidate cyclic-saturation hypothesis + state the resolution gate. + +### Step 4 — Verify + +- Worktree clean: `ls-tree=55, status=0` +- Branch on correct lane: `otto-cli/dotgit-9th-anchor-descent-0240z` +- Sentinel armed via CronCreate before any other action (per session-start hook + [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md)) + +### Step 5 — Shard + +This file at `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md` (first 2026-05-24 in-repo tick shard). + +### Step 6 — CronList + +- `CronList` at session-start: empty (catch-43 condition) +- `CronCreate` immediately: sentinel `bf82d0a2` armed with `* * * * *` + `<>` + +### Step 7 — Visibility signal + +Landed concretely this tick: + +- Sentinel `bf82d0a2` armed (Otto-CLI loop heartbeat restored) +- This shard at `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/24/0240Z.md` +- 9th dotgit-saturation anchor extending the rolling 24h series (33 procs; -94% from 02:09Z=534) +- Candidate cyclic-saturation hypothesis surfaced + resolution gate stated for anchor #10 + +## Composes with + +- 8 prior user-scope MEMORY.md anchors (2026-05-23T10:18Z through 2026-05-24T02:09Z) +- [`.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) — dotgit-saturation tier table (this anchor sits at mild tier) +- [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) — concrete-artifact counter-reset criteria +- [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) — session-exit non-persistence; sentinel re-arm discipline +- [`.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md) — isolated worktree workflow used here per race-window-caveat +- [`.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-worktree-creation guards passed (ls-tree=55, status=0, transient interrupt during extraction is bounded-not-corrupting at this tier)