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+---
+tick: 2026-05-26T06:08Z
+surface: otto-cli
+session: cold-boot
+sentinel_state: missing-at-start (catch-43 fired)
+sentinel_armed: 98529810
+graphql_tier: Normal (4738/5000)
+rest_core: 4803/5000
+stuck_git_procs: 0
+peer_procs: 57
+brief_ack_counter: 1
+disposition: visibility-signal-with-isolated-worktree-shard
+---
+
+# Tick 0608Z — Cold-boot, catch-43 re-arm, peer Otto-CLI active on PR #5108
+
+## Step 1 — Refresh
+
+- `git fetch origin main` clean; `git ls-tree HEAD = 61` (root entries baseline)
+- Recent merges (06:03Z): PR #5107 B-0792 iter-5.2.1; #5106 B-0794; #5105 B-0793; #5104 docs:close-bash-retirement; #5103 B-0792 iter-5.1+5.2
+- B-0792/B-0793/B-0794 cascade landing on main (NixOS / USB / homelab install substrate)
+
+## Step 2 — Holding discipline
+
+Brief-ack #1 with **named bounded wait**: peer Otto-CLI session opened PR #5108
+([`preserve-mika-homelab-gh-auth-registration-substrate-2026-05-26`](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/5108))
+at 06:06:25Z (~1.5 min before this tick fired). Auto-merge armed. State BLOCKED on
+2 unresolved P1 Copilot threads:
+
+- P1: missing YAML frontmatter on
+  `memory/persona/mika/conversations/2026-05-26-aaron-mika-grok-homelab-first-gh-auth-login-device-registration-no-shipped-keys-vs-prod-bootstrap-key-rotation.md:1`
+- P1: cross-reference inconsistency — text marks B-0792/B-0793/B-0794 as MERGED while the
+  row files still have `status: open` (lines 4 of each row); reconcile prose or row status
+
+Per `.claude/rules/fighting-past-self-vs-peer-agent-distinguisher-...md`: branch prefix
+`otto-cli/...` → peer-otto-cli surface lane; PR opened by separate Otto-CLI session within
+the last 2 minutes; this is **PEER WORK** → coordinate (do not force). Peer session will
+address own threads; this Otto-CLI session abstains from in-place edits on a peer's
+in-flight branch with active CI.
+
+## Step 3 — Pick speculative work
+
+Substrate-honest abstention from in-repo substantive work this tick:
+
+- Contested root primary checkout + 57 peer procs active
+- Peer Otto-CLI iterating PR #5108 on same surface lane
+- No novel anomaly observed (no dotgit-saturation; Normal tier; sentinel re-armed cleanly)
+- Recursion-termination: fabricating substrate would be the failure mode
+
+Visibility-shard captures the cold-boot state + named-dep (peer #5108 wait) so future-Otto
+sessions can read the trail and not double-act on #5108's threads.
+
+## Step 4 — Verify + commit
+
+Verify-before-defer composition succeeded:
+
+- `git worktree add --detach /private/tmp/zeta-otto-cli-tick-0608z-cold-boot origin/main` →
+  exit=0, "Updating files: 100% (6658/6658), done", "HEAD is now at f96ccec39"
+- Post-creation guard: `ls-tree HEAD = 61` (matches origin/main baseline), `status --short`
+  empty (0 lines), `rev-parse HEAD = f96ccec3902a`
+
+Empirical 8th anchor for verify-before-defer composition under 57-peer-proc activity with
+0 stuck git pack/maintenance/repack procs — the dotgit-NOT-saturated discriminator
+remains the reliable predictor (not the raw peer-proc count).
+
+## Step 5 — This shard
+
+`docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/26/0608Z.md` (this file)
+
+## Step 6 — Cron check
+
+`CronList` returned empty at session start → catch-43 fired → `CronCreate` armed
+`<<autonomous-loop>>` with cron `* * * * *` → job ID `98529810`. Session-only per
+canonical `tick-must-never-stop.md` (durable:true documented but doesn't persist; auto-expire
+~3 days).
+
+## Step 7 — Visibility signal
+
+Cold-boot complete. Sentinel re-armed. PR #5108 named bounded wait (peer Otto-CLI active;
+CI completing; 2 P1 Copilot threads pending peer resolution). No substantive in-repo work
+this tick. Brief-ack #1 valid per `holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`
+N=6 counter (1-2 brief-acks acceptable with real bounded wait named).
+
+## Composes with
+
+- [`.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) — session-exit non-persistence anchor (catch-43 fired this session)
+- [`.claude/rules/fighting-past-self-vs-peer-agent-distinguisher-fix-your-own-coordinate-on-peers-dont-punt-by-default.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/fighting-past-self-vs-peer-agent-distinguisher-fix-your-own-coordinate-on-peers-dont-punt-by-default.md) — peer-otto-cli surface lane discriminator
+- [`.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) — counter-with-escalation #1 with named bounded wait
+- [`.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) — verify-before-defer composition empirical anchor
+- [PR #5108](https://github.com/Lucent-Financial-Group/Zeta/pull/5108) — the active peer Otto-CLI substrate (Aaron+Mika homelab-first gh-auth)