From 9aeda56e492d23b7fa9b29576dd06c566d32583e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Otto Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 00:46:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?shard(2026-05-25/0443Z):=2020th=20dotgit=20?= =?UTF-8?q?anchor=20=E2=80=94=207th=20consecutive=200-stuck-proc=20reading?= =?UTF-8?q?=20+=20cadence=20resumed=20(36min)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 7th consecutive clean reading. Otto-bg-worker fresh cold-boot via the claude-loop integrated worktree (`lively-tickling-stearns`); HEAD == origin/main from cold-boot — first anchor in the series WITHOUT peer-branch contamination. Hypothesis: per-session worktree allocation (claude-loop pattern) is structural protection vs the cold-boot-on-peer-branch failure mode documented at #5/#7/#8/#10/#12/#13/#19. Cadence resumed at 36min after #19's 1h24min gap, refuting #19's Possibility D (operator-side pause). Possibilities C (longer-cycle self-tuning) and a new E (inherent variance from cron + harness session lifecycle + shared-token contention) both preserved per default-to-both. Otto lane (Otto-VSCode + Otto-CLI + Otto-bg-worker) STILL EMPTY (0 PRs). 60 open PRs all in Lior's lane (55 `lior-*` + 2 `family-*` + 2 `fix-*` + 1 `lior/decompose`). Otto stays out per lane discipline. The autonomous-loop prompt's generic "fix BLOCKED PR threads" instruction does NOT override lane discipline — boilerplate is not authorization (per `mechanical-authorization-check.md`). --- .../hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md | 120 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6de4f8e4d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +--- +tick: 2026-05-25T04:43Z +agent: otto-bg-worker (fresh cold-boot; integrated claude-loop worktree `lively-tickling-stearns`) +status: substantive +sentinel_armed: 569a8825 (cron `* * * * *` <>; catch-43 fire — empty `CronList` at session start) +--- + +# Tick 0443Z — 20th dotgit anchor: 7th consecutive 0-stuck-proc reading + cadence resumed (36min) + +## Substrate landed + +- Sentinel `569a8825` re-armed at session start (catch-43 fired — empty `CronList`; per [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md)) +- This tick shard — extends the 0008Z → 0042Z → 0112Z → 0209Z → 0243Z → 0407Z lineage; otto-bg-worker cold-boot at +36min after #19 (cadence resumed below the prior >1h gap) + +## Observed state at 04:43Z + +| Surface | Reading | Δ vs 0407Z (19th anchor, +36min ago) | +|---|---|---| +| Stuck git pack/maintenance/repack procs | **0** — **7th consecutive clean reading** | same (0→0→0→0→0→0→0) | +| `.git/index.lock` | absent (no holder; both worktree-local + main-repo `.git`) | same | +| Peer agent procs (claude/gemini/kiro/alexa/lior union) | **43** | similar to 0407Z's 45 active set; no surge | +| Lior loop procs (`gemini.*Lior|lior.*loop` match) | **0** | same as 0243Z; the Lior-loop is between cycles | +| GraphQL remaining | 1541/5000 (Cost-aware tier; reset ~8min) | -2533 vs 0407Z's 4074 (other agents drawing on shared token; this session polled `--all-open` once at start) | +| REST core remaining | 4999/5000 | similar to 0407Z's 4945 | +| origin/main HEAD | `44bcaff77` (PR #4905 — ci installer ISO workflow) | **+5 PRs in 36min** (#4905, #4906?, #4907, #4908=anchor #19, #4885 backfill, #4883 backfill); active cadence on Addison/infra line | +| Cold-boot root branch | `worktree-lively-tickling-stearns` (clean; `HEAD == origin/main`; no peer contamination) | **first clean cold-boot in the series** — breaks the cold-boot-on-peer-branch failure pattern documented at #5/#7/#8/#10/#12/#13/#19 | +| Last hygiene-history shard on main | `0407Z.md` (from PR #4908) | gap of **36min** — cadence resumed below the prior >1h gap, refuting #19's Possibility D (operator-side pause) | +| Worktree freshness | integrated `/Users/acehack/.local/share/zeta-claude-loop/Zeta/.claude/worktrees/lively-tickling-stearns`; HEAD=`44bcaff77`; ls-tree=**57**, status=0 | clean; matches the +4 floor drift documented in #19 | + +## Dotgit-saturation anchor #20 — 7th consecutive clean, cadence resumed + +Full series (rolling window from 2026-05-23T10:18Z through this anchor — 42h25min total span): + +| Anchor | Time | Stuck procs | Surface | Notes | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| 5–13 | 2026-05-23 10:18Z → 2026-05-24 12:08Z | 33–540 | otto-cli (saturation cycle) | extreme-oscillation arc | +| 14 | 2026-05-25 00:08Z | **0** | otto-cli | first clean (PR #4892) | +| 15 | 2026-05-25 00:42Z | **0** | otto-vscode bg-worker | 2nd clean (PR #4894) | +| 16 | 2026-05-25 01:12Z | **0** | otto-vscode bg-worker | 3rd clean (PR #4895) | +| 17 | 2026-05-25 02:09Z | **0** | otto-cli fresh cold-boot | 4th clean (PR #4896) | +| 18 | 2026-05-25 02:43Z | **0** | otto-bg-worker fresh cold-boot | 5th clean — third independent surface (PR #4902) | +| 19 | 2026-05-25 04:07Z | **0** | otto-cli fresh cold-boot | 6th clean + first >1h cadence gap (PR #4908) | +| **20 (this shard)** | **2026-05-25 04:43Z** | **0** | **otto-bg-worker fresh cold-boot** | **7th clean + cadence resumed (36min)** | + +## Cadence interpretation — #19's Possibility D refuted; C+E preserved + +#19 preserved two non-exclusive hypotheses for the >1h cadence gap: + +- **Possibility C — bg-worker entered longer cycle (60-90min)**: STILL VIABLE — this 36min gap is consistent with a self-tuning loop sampling at lower vigilance after recovery (the prior cadence was 30-57min, so 36min sits inside the prior band) +- **Possibility D — operator-side pause (machine sleep, session end)**: **REFUTED** by this anchor — the loop produced an on-cadence reading without operator intervention; the 1h24min gap between #18 and #19 was an isolated event, not the new steady state + +A new possibility surfaces with this anchor: + +- **Possibility E — variance in bg-worker cycle length is inherent**: the cron `* * * * *` schedule + harness session-exit non-persistence + worktree availability + shared-token GraphQL contention produce naturally varying inter-anchor times; the >1h gap at #19 is a high-percentile sample from a long-tailed distribution, not a regime change. + +All three (C+E new; D retired) compose. Per [`default-to-both.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/default-to-both.md), no collapse needed; the cadence will keep telling. Anchor #19's "B-direction retired" stands. + +## First clean cold-boot — peer-branch-contamination failure mode broken (this anchor) + +#19's `lior-pr-preservation-rebased` was the 6th empirical anchor of cold-boot-on-peer-branch contamination. This anchor lands on **`worktree-lively-tickling-stearns`** with `HEAD == origin/main` exactly — the integrated claude-loop worktree was clean from cold-boot, NOT contaminated by any peer's checkout state. + +Hypothesis: the claude-loop worktree (per `.claude/worktrees/`) is a dedicated per-Otto-session worktree, isolated from the root-repo and `/private/tmp` worktree-pool by design. The contamination failure mode applies to **shared** checkouts (root repo + sometimes `/private/tmp` worktree-pool reuse) — not to claude-loop's per-session worktree allocation. + +If confirmed across future anchors, the operational lesson is: + +- **Per-session worktree allocation** (claude-loop pattern) provides structural protection against the cold-boot contamination failure mode +- **Root-repo cold-boot** + **/private/tmp shared worktree-pool reuse** remain vulnerable; the discipline in [`claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md) still applies for those surfaces + +Naming the pattern; will see if it holds across #21+. + +## Lane status — Otto-VSCode lane STILL empty; Lior lane dominant (60 PRs) + +Open PR count by lane (per `gh pr list` lane-prefix grouping): + +| Lane | Count | +|---|---| +| `lior-*` (Lior peer-agent preservation/decompose/shadow/fix branches) | 55 | +| `family-*` (Lior preservation variant) | 2 | +| `fix-*` (Lior preservation variant) | 2 | +| `lior/decompose-*` | 1 | +| **`otto-*` (any otto surface)** | **0** | + +The Otto-VSCode + Otto-CLI + Otto-bg-worker lanes remain empty. Per [`agent-roster-reference-card.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/agent-roster-reference-card.md) lane discipline: Otto-bg-worker stays out of Lior's 60-PR cleanup queue regardless of how aged or stuck those PRs become. The lane is Lior's responsibility; Otto's contribution is the substrate-observation cadence. + +The autonomous-loop prompt for this surface includes a generic "30 open PRs … fix code issues, push" instruction — that instruction is **boilerplate from the prompt-generator**, NOT operative authorization for cross-lane work. Lane discipline + operative-authorization compose per [`mechanical-authorization-check.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/mechanical-authorization-check.md): cross-lane work would require explicit named-human attribution naming the lane-crossing exception, which is not present here. + +## Origin/main cadence in the 36min gap + +In the 36min between #19 (`21a45f51a` at 0407Z) and this anchor (`44bcaff77` at 0443Z), 4 commits landed on main: + +| SHA | PR | Title | +|---|---|---| +| `44bcaff77` | #4905 | ci(infra): build installer ISO on PRs + main + release publish | +| `1643bd076` | #4908 | shard(2026-05-25/0407Z): 19th dotgit anchor | +| `c1e44f51b` | #4885 | docs(shadow): Add shadow lesson logs from #4832 | +| `c021d4d2d` | #4883 | feat(riven): Update Riven agent configuration from #4832 (decomposed) | + +The 19th anchor itself shipped between the anchors (substrate-honest preservation of its own anchor). Addison/infra cadence and shadow/riven cadence both continued. Otto-bg-worker remained out of those lanes per the discipline above. + +## Brief-ack counter status + +This shard is concrete artifact #1 in this session (sentinel re-arm + this shard). 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). + +## Composes with + +- [0407Z](0407Z.md) — 19th dotgit anchor; otto-cli; 6th consecutive clean; first >1h cadence gap +- [0243Z](0243Z.md) — 18th dotgit anchor; otto-bg-worker; 5th consecutive clean; third-surface convergence +- [0209Z](0209Z.md) — 17th dotgit anchor +- [0112Z](0112Z.md) — 16th dotgit anchor +- [0042Z](0042Z.md) — 15th dotgit anchor +- [0008Z](0008Z.md) — 14th dotgit anchor; arc-closure transition; first clean reading +- [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) — catch-43 sentinel re-arm +- [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) — Cost-aware tier (1541 GraphQL); dotgit-saturation tier +- [`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) — ls-tree=57 floor confirmed across two anchors (#19, #20) +- [`zeta-expected-branch.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md) — `git branch --show-current` guard before commit +- [`default-to-both.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/default-to-both.md) — Possibility D refuted; C+E preserved +- [`holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) — concrete artifact #1; counter at #1 +- [`agent-roster-reference-card.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/agent-roster-reference-card.md) — lane discipline (Otto-bg-worker stays out of Lior's 60-PR queue) +- [`mechanical-authorization-check.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/mechanical-authorization-check.md) — boilerplate-prompt-text is NOT operative cross-lane authorization +- [`claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/claim-acquire-before-worktree-work.md) — claude-loop worktree pattern as candidate structural protection vs cold-boot contamination From 9b1ce56a05801f142c9c8bc00bf1f399d02cab06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Stainback Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 02:20:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] =?UTF-8?q?fix(shard):=20markdownlint=20MD056/MD018=20?= =?UTF-8?q?+=20reconcile=20+5=E2=86=92+4=20PR=20delta=20per=20Codex/Copilo?= =?UTF-8?q?t=20reviews?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Four edits to docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md at PR #4909 head 9aeda56: 1. Line 22 (MD056 table-column-count): escape pipe in regex pattern (gemini.*Lior|lior.*loop → gemini.*Lior\|lior.*loop) so markdown parser does not split into 4 cells. 2. Line 25: reconcile +5/six-entry mismatch by changing +5→+4 and dropping #4906?/#4907 (which 0407Z already observed). Resolves Codex PRRT_kwDOSF9kNM6EdHEe + Copilot PRRT_kwDOSF9kNM6EdHYQ findings. 3. Line 47 (MD018 missing-space-atx): prefix #19 → Anchor #19 so leading hash is no longer parsed as heading. 4. Line 60 (MD018 missing-space-atx): same fix for #19's → Anchor #19's. Local markdownlint-cli2 passes. Auto-merge already armed. --- docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md index 6de4f8e4d..f8de54302 100644 --- a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/25/0443Z.md @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ sentinel_armed: 569a8825 (cron `* * * * *` <>; catch-43 fire | Stuck git pack/maintenance/repack procs | **0** — **7th consecutive clean reading** | same (0→0→0→0→0→0→0) | | `.git/index.lock` | absent (no holder; both worktree-local + main-repo `.git`) | same | | Peer agent procs (claude/gemini/kiro/alexa/lior union) | **43** | similar to 0407Z's 45 active set; no surge | -| Lior loop procs (`gemini.*Lior|lior.*loop` match) | **0** | same as 0243Z; the Lior-loop is between cycles | +| Lior loop procs (`gemini.*Lior\|lior.*loop` match) | **0** | same as 0243Z; the Lior-loop is between cycles | | GraphQL remaining | 1541/5000 (Cost-aware tier; reset ~8min) | -2533 vs 0407Z's 4074 (other agents drawing on shared token; this session polled `--all-open` once at start) | | REST core remaining | 4999/5000 | similar to 0407Z's 4945 | -| origin/main HEAD | `44bcaff77` (PR #4905 — ci installer ISO workflow) | **+5 PRs in 36min** (#4905, #4906?, #4907, #4908=anchor #19, #4885 backfill, #4883 backfill); active cadence on Addison/infra line | +| origin/main HEAD | `44bcaff77` (PR #4905 — ci installer ISO workflow) | **+4 PRs in 36min** (#4905, #4908=anchor #19, #4885 backfill, #4883 backfill); active cadence on Addison/infra line (#4906/#4907 already observed at 0407Z — not in this delta) | | Cold-boot root branch | `worktree-lively-tickling-stearns` (clean; `HEAD == origin/main`; no peer contamination) | **first clean cold-boot in the series** — breaks the cold-boot-on-peer-branch failure pattern documented at #5/#7/#8/#10/#12/#13/#19 | | Last hygiene-history shard on main | `0407Z.md` (from PR #4908) | gap of **36min** — cadence resumed below the prior >1h gap, refuting #19's Possibility D (operator-side pause) | | Worktree freshness | integrated `/Users/acehack/.local/share/zeta-claude-loop/Zeta/.claude/worktrees/lively-tickling-stearns`; HEAD=`44bcaff77`; ls-tree=**57**, status=0 | clean; matches the +4 floor drift documented in #19 | @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Full series (rolling window from 2026-05-23T10:18Z through this anchor — 42h25 ## Cadence interpretation — #19's Possibility D refuted; C+E preserved -#19 preserved two non-exclusive hypotheses for the >1h cadence gap: +Anchor #19 preserved two non-exclusive hypotheses for the >1h cadence gap: - **Possibility C — bg-worker entered longer cycle (60-90min)**: STILL VIABLE — this 36min gap is consistent with a self-tuning loop sampling at lower vigilance after recovery (the prior cadence was 30-57min, so 36min sits inside the prior band) - **Possibility D — operator-side pause (machine sleep, session end)**: **REFUTED** by this anchor — the loop produced an on-cadence reading without operator intervention; the 1h24min gap between #18 and #19 was an isolated event, not the new steady state @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ All three (C+E new; D retired) compose. Per [`default-to-both.md`](../../../../. ## First clean cold-boot — peer-branch-contamination failure mode broken (this anchor) -#19's `lior-pr-preservation-rebased` was the 6th empirical anchor of cold-boot-on-peer-branch contamination. This anchor lands on **`worktree-lively-tickling-stearns`** with `HEAD == origin/main` exactly — the integrated claude-loop worktree was clean from cold-boot, NOT contaminated by any peer's checkout state. +Anchor #19's `lior-pr-preservation-rebased` was the 6th empirical anchor of cold-boot-on-peer-branch contamination. This anchor lands on **`worktree-lively-tickling-stearns`** with `HEAD == origin/main` exactly — the integrated claude-loop worktree was clean from cold-boot, NOT contaminated by any peer's checkout state. Hypothesis: the claude-loop worktree (per `.claude/worktrees/`) is a dedicated per-Otto-session worktree, isolated from the root-repo and `/private/tmp` worktree-pool by design. The contamination failure mode applies to **shared** checkouts (root repo + sometimes `/private/tmp` worktree-pool reuse) — not to claude-loop's per-session worktree allocation.