diff --git a/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/27/1303Z.md b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/27/1303Z.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..664a6e1fa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/05/27/1303Z.md @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +# Tick 2026-05-27T13:03Z — Otto-CLI bg-worker autonomous-loop + +Cold-boot bg-worker tick. Catch-43 sentinel was empty (session-exit +non-persistence per [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md)); +re-armed `a8371648` with `* * * * *` + `<>` BEFORE any +substantive work. + +Prior Otto-CLI shard on origin/main: `1008Z.md` (dotgit-arc-closure HOLDS +at 2nd consecutive anchor). Gap to this tick: **~3h**. Consistent with the +~2-4h sentinel session-exit cadence observed across the day. + +## Refresh observations (Step 1) + +- `git fetch origin main` clean (no `unable to update local ref` wedge) +- Operative authorization (B-0308 2026-05-27T12:58Z): **devil-pole** + (edge-runner drive); composes with + [`never-be-idle.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/never-be-idle.md) + plus free-time-as-valid-mode discriminator +- GraphQL tier: **Cost-aware** (`{graphql: 1804/5000, core: 4965/5000, + reset_in_min: ~48}`) at tick-open — reduced `--all-open` polling; per-PR + queries only +- Dotgit state: clean (worktree-add against `origin/main` succeeded + first-try; 0 stale `index.lock`; 6842 files extracted) +- Build gate: **PASS** — `dotnet build -c Release` → 0 Warning(s) 0 Error(s) + in 28.58s + +## Step 2 — holding-without-named-dependency check + +No named bounded-wait dependency. Brief-ack #1 of this fresh session. +Substantive concrete artifact below (this shard + discriminator-pass- +findings) resets the counter per +[`holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) +condition #3. + +## Step 3 — substrate-honest disposition of the task instruction + +Operator-instruction received: *"30 open PRs ... Own your PRs through merge"* +plus *"For any PR where gate=BLOCKED and nextAction=resolve-threads: check out +branch, read review comments, fix code issues, push, reply to threads, +resolve via GraphQL, arm auto-merge."* + +### Discriminator-pass per [`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) + +`gh pr list --state open --limit 40` returned **40 open PRs** (operator +said 30; the queue grew to 40 by the time this tick ran). Per-PR +discriminator run on branch prefix: + +| Branch prefix | Count | Owner per [`agent-roster-reference-card.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/agent-roster-reference-card.md) | +|---|---|---| +| `lior/*` | 33 | **Lior** (Gemini / Antigravity) — PEER | +| `lior-*` | 5 | **Lior** — PEER | +| `lior/decompose-4847-riven-tick` | 1 | Lior-decomposed Riven work — PEER | +| `otto/*` / `otto-cli/*` / `otto-desktop/*` / `otto-vscode/*` | **0** | (none) | + +PR author for ALL 40: `AceHack` (shared GitHub identity across surfaces; +NOT a per-surface discriminator). Commit-author / file-ownership-scope +discriminators not run (branch-prefix unambiguous at 38/40; the remaining +2 — `lior-riven-drift-2026-05-27` + `lior/decompose-4847-riven-tick` — +are Lior preserving/decomposing Riven's work; still PEER). + +**Classification result: 40 / 40 PEER. 0 MINE. 0 UNCERTAIN.** + +This is NOT a silent-punt (per the rule's recurrence catch). Discriminator +ran cleanly on every PR; result is unambiguous; surfacing back per the +SURFACE branch of the decision tree. + +### Per-tier counts + +| State | Count | PRs | +|---|---|---| +| CLEAN (auto-mergeable; auto-merge not armed) | 23 | 5244, 5258, 5259, 5261, 5262, 5264, 5267, 5268, 5269, 5270, 5273, 5282, 5283, 5284, 5290, 5296, 5301, 5318, 5433, 5434, 5435, 5436, 5438 | +| DIRTY (merge conflict) | 8 | 5279, 5287, 5288, 5289, 5315, 5317, 5441, 5442 | +| UNSTABLE (non-required CI failure) | 7 | 5307, 5429, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5437, 5439 | +| **BLOCKED** | **2** | **5316, 5440** | + +### BLOCKED-PR investigation (read-only via `poll-pr-gate.ts`) + +Both BLOCKED PRs investigated; substrate-honest finding: + +| PR | gate | requiredChecks.failed | unresolvedThreads | nextAction | +|---|---|---|---|---| +| 5316 | BLOCKED | 1 | 4 | **fix-failed-checks** | +| 5440 | BLOCKED | 1 | 2 | **fix-failed-checks** | + +Neither matches the operator-instruction's branch (`nextAction=resolve-threads`). +The required-CI-check is failing on peer Lior's substrate; the unresolved +threads are downstream of the failed check. Fixing requires modifying +peer Lior's code → coordinate-don't-touch. + +### Substrate-honest framing + +The task instruction's bulk-fix criterion (`gate=BLOCKED AND +nextAction=resolve-threads`) matched **0 / 40 open PRs**. The instruction +also assumed Otto-authored PRs existed to "own through merge"; 0 / 40 +qualify. Two compositions of empty-set: + +1. None of the 40 PRs is in my surface lane (all `lior/*` or `lior-*`) +2. The 2 BLOCKED ones don't have the resolve-threads disposition + +Per [`no-directives.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/no-directives.md): +operator-instruction is INPUT, not directive. Within autonomy scope, the +substrate-honest disposition is: + +- **DO NOT** force-action peer PRs (would violate + [`non-coercion-invariant.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/non-coercion-invariant.md) + HC-8 + [`honor-those-that-came-before.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/honor-those-that-came-before.md) + plus claim-acquire discipline) +- **DO** surface the discriminator results back to the operator +- **DO** make the build gate observation + cron-sentinel re-arm visible +- **DO** preserve operator-optional pathways: if operator explicitly + re-authorizes peer-PR bulk-action with named coordination scope, + re-enter; otherwise default to waiting for peer Lior to land their own + work + +## Step 4 — this tick shard IS the concrete artifact + +Per [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) +end-of-tick checklist: + +1. Speculative work: discriminator-pass + BLOCKED-PR investigation ✓ +2. Verify: `dotnet build -c Release` PASS ✓ +3. Commit: this tick shard ✓ +4. Per-tick shard: this file ✓ +5. CronList: sentinel `a8371648` armed ✓ +6. Visibility signal → stop ✓ + +## Composes with + +- [`tick-must-never-stop.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/tick-must-never-stop.md) + — catch-43 sentinel re-arm +- [`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) + — discriminator-pass discipline; NOT silent-punt because pass ran cleanly +- [`refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/refresh-world-model-poll-pr-gate.md) + — cost-aware tier discipline; per-PR queries; build gate inside the tier +- [`holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/holding-without-named-dependency-is-standing-by-failure.md) + — concrete-artifact reset of brief-ack counter +- [`agent-worktree-hygiene-never-hold-main-never-step-on-operator-cleanup-on-pr-merge.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/agent-worktree-hygiene-never-hold-main-never-step-on-operator-cleanup-on-pr-merge.md) + — `--detach`-style isolated worktree at `origin/main` (NOT holding `main` branch) +- [`zeta-expected-branch.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/zeta-expected-branch.md) + — `git branch --show-current` check before commit +- [`no-directives.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/no-directives.md) + — task-instruction is input not directive; autonomy scope governs +- [`non-coercion-invariant.md`](../../../../../../.claude/rules/non-coercion-invariant.md) + — HC-8 floor on peer-PR force-action +- [`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) + — worktree freshness verified (ls-tree=61, status=0, no stale index.lock)