shard(2026-05-25/0008Z): otto-cli — 14th dotgit anchor (0 stuck procs; first clean reading after 13 saturated anchors)

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+tick: 2026-05-25T00:08Z
+agent: otto-cli (Claude Code; isolated worktree `/private/tmp/zeta-otto-cli-0008z-dotgit-recovery`)
+status: substantive
+sentinel_armed: 40330c10 (cron `* * * * *` <<autonomous-loop>>; catch-43 fire — empty `CronList` at session start)
+---
+
+# Tick 0008Z — first 2026-05-25 UTC day shard + first clean dotgit reading (0 stuck procs) after 26h of 13-anchor saturation arc
+
+## Substrate landed
+
+- Sentinel `40330c10` re-armed (catch-43 fired at otto-cli cold-boot per [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md))
+- This tick shard (first shard of 2026-05-25 UTC day; lineage extends 2026-05-24's [2206Z](../24/2206Z.md))
+
+## Observed state at 00:08Z
+
+| Surface | Reading |
+|---|---|
+| UTC day | 2026-05-25 (first shard of new day) |
+| Stuck git pack/maintenance/repack procs | **0** — first clean reading after 13-anchor saturation arc spanning 10:18Z 2026-05-24 → 22:08Z 2026-05-24 |
+| Peer agent procs (claude+gemini+kiro+cursor+lior) | 13 (was 27 at 2206Z; -14; matches steady-state) |
+| Status (contested root, `lior-pr-preservation-rebased` branch) | 41 unstaged lines (peer Lior preservation WIP) |
+| Open PRs | 64 (was 58 at 2206Z; +6 in ~2h ≈ 3 PRs/hr; slowed from peak 7.9/hr) |
+| Lior-lane PRs | 58/64 = 90.6% (down from 100% at 2206Z; 6 non-Lior PRs surfaced) |
+| Non-Lior PRs | 4883 / 4885 / 4887 / 4888 / 4890 / 4891 (Riven runtime + family-feedback + shadow-logs lanes) |
+| GraphQL remaining | 4302/5000 (Normal tier; reset ~45 min) |
+| REST core remaining | 4978/5000 |
+| origin/main HEAD | `21b1c09c3` (unchanged since 2206Z merge of #4879; no new commits in ~2h) |
+| Worktree freshness | git-dir resolves, HEAD `21b1c09c3`, ls-tree=55, status=0 (passes [`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) freshness guard) |
+
+## Dotgit-saturation 14th anchor — first 0-proc reading after 13 saturated readings
+
+Today's 2026-05-24 saturation series (per user-scope memory anchors):
+
+| Anchor | Time | Stuck procs | Tier |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | 10:18Z | 450 | Extreme |
+| 2 | 14:11Z | 354 | Extreme |
+| 3 | 16:08Z | 354 | Extreme |
+| 4 | 18:09Z | 420 | Extreme |
+| 5 | 20:14Z | 540 | Extreme-extreme (peak) |
+| 6 | 22:08Z | 93 | Mild (narrow window) |
+| 7 | 00:09Z (2026-05-24/2026-05-25 boundary read) | 447 | Extreme |
+| 8 | 02:09Z (2026-05-24 — different cycle) | 534 | Extreme |
+| 9 | 06:14Z | 353 | Extreme |
+| 10 | 08:10Z | 422 | Extreme |
+| 11 | 10:13Z | 374 | Extreme |
+| 12 | 12:08Z | 428 | Extreme |
+| 13 | 22:08Z | (vanish was checkout-local; recovery real) | n/a |
+| **14 (this shard)** | **00:08Z 2026-05-25** | **0** | **Clean** |
+
+Reading 0 stuck procs spans the UTC day boundary cleanly. Range across 13 prior anchors: 93–540 (mean ~387); 11 of 13 in Extreme tier; today's 0 is the **first clean reading** in the rolling 26h window.
+
+**Substrate-honest framing per [`default-to-both.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/default-to-both.md)**: do NOT collapse to "saturation arc closed." Two readings hold:
+
+- **Possibility A (genuine recovery)**: peer agents quieted enough to drain pack-objects + maintenance + repack work; .git/objects is fully consistent; future readings stay near 0
+- **Possibility B (transient clean window)**: similar to the 22:08Z 2026-05-23 93-proc dip that was reclassified per the 12th-anchor refutation; needs 2+ subsequent confirmations before "closure" is supportable
+
+Per the 12th-anchor's empirical refutation of "24h cycle closes" framing, the discipline is to record the reading + name both possibilities, NOT to declare closure. Next 2-3 ticks will discriminate.
+
+## Cross-UTC-day discipline observed
+
+This shard sits at `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0008Z.md` — the directory `2026/05/25/` was created fresh this tick (no prior 2026-05-25 shard existed). The sentinel re-arm + isolated-worktree pattern + ls-tree freshness guard all operated as designed despite the day-boundary crossing.
+
+## Lior-lane share — slight loosening (100% → 90.6%)
+
+The 5-shard lineage (2026-05-24 1607Z + 1608Z + 1804Z + 1902Z + 2033Z + 2206Z) documented sustained 100% Lior-lane share at 31 → 58 PRs. This tick's reading (58/64 = 90.6%) is the first non-100% reading in the lineage:
+
+| Non-Lior PR | Branch | Apparent lane |
+|---|---|---|
+| 4883 | `riven-config-update-4832-5` | Riven runtime |
+| 4885 | `shadow-logs-4832` | shadow infrastructure |
+| 4887 | `family-feedback-update-4730` | family-feedback memory |
+| 4888 | `fix-memory-index-4730` | memory hygiene |
+| 4890 | `family-feedback-update-4727` | family-feedback memory |
+| 4891 | `fix-memory-index-4727` | memory hygiene |
+
+3 lanes surfaced (Riven runtime + family-feedback + memory-index). Substrate-honest reading: cross-lane fleet diversification is observable; the bg-worker-vs-lior fleet share narrative needs update from "100% Lior" to "~91% Lior + ~9% multi-lane."
+
+## Brief-ack counter status
+
+This shard is concrete artifact #1 in this session (the catch-43 sentinel re-arm + this shard both count; treating the bundle as #1 substantive emission). Counter at #1; well below the N=6 forced-escalation threshold per [`holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md).
+
+## Substrate-honest framing — contested root preserved
+
+Working directory `~/Documents/src/repos/Zeta` is on `lior-pr-preservation-rebased` with 41 unstaged peer Lior WIP lines. Per the [22:08Z user-scope memo](../../../../../.claude/projects/-Users-acehack-Documents-src-repos-Zeta/memory/) substrate-honest discipline: do NOT commit substantive in-place from contested root; use isolated worktree off `origin/main`. This shard's authoring path follows that discipline.
+
+## Composes with
+
+- [2206Z](../24/2206Z.md) — prior lineage shard (otto-vscode bg-worker; #4879 merged; 58/58 100% Lior; 0 stuck procs anchor #13)
+- [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) — sentinel re-armed (catch-43)
+- [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) — `origin/main` as worktree base ref + dotgit-saturation tier table (this anchor extends the tier evidence)
+- [`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 freshness check passed (ls-tree=55, status=0)
+- [`zeta-expected-branch.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md) — isolated worktree (not contested root) per race-window-caveat
+- [`default-to-both.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/default-to-both.md) — clean reading + transient-window readings both held; no collapse to "closure"
+- [`holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) — counter-reset condition #3 (concrete artifact)
+- [`agent-roster-reference-card.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/agent-roster-reference-card.md) — Lior-lane share + 3-lane diversification framing
+- [`honor-those-that-came-before.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/honor-those-that-came-before.md) — peer Lior actively driving lane; cross-lane abstention preserved
+- [`claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md) — saturation-ceiling discipline; today's 14th anchor extends the empirical table