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…276 — Aaron-delegated call) Aaron 2026-04-29: "this falls under your call, you can phone a friend if you want (other clis/harnesses) to help decide" - explicit delegation of architectural choice on task #276. Convergence from multi-AI synthesis (Amara + Claude.ai both preferred Option B; Ani endorsed; Aaron previously chose Option A but is now delegating). Per Amara's "do not let the fix for the flywheel become another turn of the flywheel" rule, made the call without phone-a-friend (which would itself be another turn). **Decision: Option B (per-tick shard files).** Eliminates the EOF-append hotspot entirely — each tick writes a unique file at docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ.md. No collision possible. This PR lands the smallest first piece: 1. Creates docs/hygiene-history/ticks/ directory 2. Adds README explaining the shard-file pattern, schema, migration approach, and naming convention 3. Updates AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md step 5 to write to shard files (legacy table remains canonical READ surface for pre-shard ticks; shard dir is canonical WRITE surface for new ticks) Generator script (collating shards into the legacy table on cadence) is follow-up work tracked under task #276. This breaks the Liveness-Mechanism Flywheel - the next tick's shard will not conflict with this tick's shard, so the cascade ends here. Composes with: - B-0094 escrow file (composes with the candidate substrate about predictions vs claims; not modifying escrow this round) - Task #276 description (Aaron-delegated; multi-AI converged acceptance criteria) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| 1. **Write a per-tick shard file at | ||
| `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ.md`** (per task | ||
| #276 Option B — adopted 2026-04-29 to eliminate the EOF |
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Specify collision-safe shard names in step 5
Step 5 now prescribes a single filename pattern (.../HHMMZ.md) but does not include the same-minute disambiguation rule, so two ticks fired within one minute (e.g., concurrent sessions or manual reruns) can target the same file and overwrite prior liveness evidence. That reintroduces a data-loss path in the exact area this change is meant to harden; the instruction here should explicitly include the -01, -02 suffix behavior already described elsewhere.
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| - Does NOT remove the markdownlint / chronological-order checks | ||
| — those still apply at the shard-file level. |
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Correct shard-check coverage claim
The README states chronological-order checks still apply at shard-file level, but the current gate runs tools/hygiene/check-tick-history-order.sh with no path override (.github/workflows/gate.yml), and that script defaults to docs/hygiene-history/loop-tick-history.md, so new shard files are not validated by that check. This misstates enforcement and can hide regressions in the new write surface until a generator step is added.
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Pull request overview
This PR switches autonomous-loop tick liveness logging from a single append-only table to a per-tick shard-file layout under docs/hygiene-history/ticks/, with documentation updates to guide writers to the new path and reduce merge conflicts on a shared EOF hotspot.
Changes:
- Adds documentation for the per-tick shard-file scheme (schema + naming + composition plan).
- Updates
docs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.mdto instruct writing a per-tick shard beforeCronList. - Establishes the new shard directory as the canonical write surface for new ticks (with legacy table remaining the read surface until a generator lands).
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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.
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| docs/hygiene-history/ticks/README.md | Documents shard rationale, schema, naming, and rollup plan. |
| docs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md | Updates tick shutdown procedure to write shard files instead of appending to the legacy table. |
| - Does NOT remove the markdownlint / chronological-order checks | ||
| — those still apply at the shard-file level. |
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The README claims that the existing chronological-order check still applies at the shard-file level, but the current CI job runs tools/hygiene/check-tick-history-order.sh with no arguments and only validates docs/hygiene-history/loop-tick-history.md. Either adjust the wording to match reality, or extend CI/scripts to also validate shard timestamps/order (e.g., iterate over docs/hygiene-history/ticks/**/*.md and check each shard’s first-row timestamp).
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| — those still apply at the shard-file level. | |
| - Does NOT remove validation: markdownlint still applies to | |
| shard files, and chronological-order checking still applies | |
| to `docs/hygiene-history/loop-tick-history.md`. |
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| 1. **Append a row to `docs/hygiene-history/loop-tick-history.md`.** | ||
| 1. **Write a per-tick shard file at | ||
| `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ.md`** (per task |
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Step 1 hard-codes the shard filename shape as HHMMZ.md, but docs/hygiene-history/ticks/README.md allows HHMMZ-01.md, HHMMZ-02.md, etc. for the rare “two ticks in one minute” collision case. To prevent accidental overwrites, it would be better to document the full pattern here as HHMMZ[-NN].md (or explicitly mention the disambiguation suffix).
| `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ.md`** (per task | |
| `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ[-NN].md`** (per task |
| single-table file). The legacy table at | ||
| `docs/hygiene-history/loop-tick-history.md` remains the | ||
| canonical READ surface for pre-shard ticks; the shard | ||
| directory under `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/` is the | ||
| canonical WRITE surface for new ticks. Schema (one row per | ||
| shard, same columns as the legacy table) and rationale are | ||
| in `docs/hygiene-history/ticks/README.md`. Every tick gets | ||
| a shard — a no-op speculative-scan tick still gets a | ||
| shard (minimal-density), because the log is the factory's | ||
| durable answer to *"is the tick actually running?"* (the | ||
| commit log undercounts; chat messages evaporate). Write | ||
| the shard BEFORE the `CronList` call so even an | ||
| abnormally-stopped tick still leaves evidence it ran. |
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This step switches tick-history writes to shard files, but later in the same numbered list the text still instructs to “append a correction row to the history log” (legacy behavior). Please update the remaining step-5 bullets to be shard-consistent so readers don’t revert to editing docs/hygiene-history/loop-tick-history.md directly for post-2026-04-29 ticks.
…N (12 lines) (#838) * ops(0-0-0): batch 2 — 8 files SAFE (81 lines) + 1 file NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION (12 lines) Promotes 8 of 9 batch-2 candidates to SAFE_TO_RESET_LFG_SUPERSEDES with named per-file evidence; flags 1 file (loop-tick-history.md) as NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION due to mutual divergence in tick-record content. Ledger transition (273 = 215 + 12 + 46 ✓): - classified_safe_lines: 134 → 215 (+81) - unsafe_lines: 0 → 12 (loop-tick-history.md NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION) - unclassified_lines: 139 → 46 (-93) Batch 2 SAFE files + dominant evidence pattern: - codeql-config.yml (6): LFG bb0227e + 817e59c + 1e09fef — deliberate paths-ignore decision (java-kotlin matrix, scan AlloyRunner.java) that AceHack reverted - memory-index-duplicate-lint.yml (8) + audit-memory-index-duplicates.sh (8): persona-name attribution comments on current-state CI/tool surfaces (role-vs-name rule violation); LFG uses role-refs - Shard.fs (9): LFG aa5395b + 9373755 — perf-fixed non-boxing EqualityComparer<'K>.Default per Copilot P1 review on LFG #649; AceHack still has explicit boxing - AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md (9): LFG 8aa4adc — Option B per-tick shard-mode doctrine (PR #724, landed 2026-04-29T02:04:38Z); AceHack describes legacy single-table append - macos.sh (11): LFG more detailed shellcheck rationale + role-refs; AceHack adds persona-name attribution + terser shellcheck - fix-markdown-md032-md026.py (16): LFG f57d683 + 515db64 — strict superset (376 lines vs 235), adds YAML frontmatter handling AceHack lacks; fence-detection logic identical - curl-fetch.sh (14): LFG more accurate retry-math comment ("up to 5 retries (6 total attempts including the initial try, per curl(1))" vs AceHack incorrect "five attempts total") + role-refs vs AceHack persona-name Batch 2 NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION (1 file): - loop-tick-history.md (12): mutual divergence. Each fork has 9-10 unique pre-Option-B tick rows. Maintainer call needed: accept loss / forward-sync / migrate-to-shards. Recommendation: migrate AceHack-only rows to docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/04/{21,28}/ shard files (preserves evidence in modern format AND makes file content-identical between forks). Remaining unclassified after batch 2 (46 lines / 2 files): - 38 .github/workflows/budget-snapshot-cadence.yml - 8 memory/project_laptop_only_source_integration_scratch_sqlsharp_features_or_designs_high_priority_2026_04_27.md Lane discipline preserved per Amara 2026-04-29 review: classify files, reduce unclassified_lines, record named evidence. No LOST recovery, no tick-3 promotion, no gate-runner script. * hygiene(tick-history): shard 1207Z — 0/0/0 batch-2 classification post computer-restart (#838 opened) Resume tick after Aaron's computer restart. Recovery sequence: fresh-clone recreated (/tmp wiped on macOS reboot, expected), local main synced to LFG #837 squash-merge, batch-2 evidence re-verified, PR #838 opened with 8 SAFE + 1 NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION (loop-tick-history.md mutual divergence). Ledger: 134→215 classified_safe, 0→12 unsafe, 139→46 unclassified. Arithmetic: 273=215+12+46 ✓. Resume-protocol validated: load-state file (`docs/active-trajectory.md`) prevented audit-spiral after restart; fresh-clone recreation procedure was self-evident from doc text. * ops(0-0-0): address #838 review threads — scrub persona names from new prose + refresh ledger header Two real findings from #838 review: 1. Copilot (CLASSIFICATION.md line 114): the new Batch 2 evidence cells contained quoted persona-names ("Amara"/"Aaron") in evidence prose. Even though the names appeared as data being shown to the reader (what AceHack contains), CLASSIFICATION.md is a current-state doc surface and the role-vs-name rule applies. Fix: rewrite the affected cells to describe the wrong-form attribution at meta level (e.g. "persona-name attribution citing an external AI reviewer + a PR number") instead of verbatim-quoting the names being criticized. Pre-existing persona-names elsewhere in the doc were NOT introduced in this PR and are not addressed here (would require the same rule-extension move that landed for active-trajectory.md, which was an explicit maintainer call; no equivalent call exists for CLASSIFICATION.md so I'm not extending). 2. Copilot (active-trajectory.md line 145): the ledger header still said "computed 2026-04-29T11:32Z" — stale relative to the Batch 2 update. Fix: update the header to "last updated 2026-04-29T12:13Z, post-Batch-2", clarify which number is the canonically-computed one (potential_loss_lines = 273, computed 2026-04-29T10:25Z), and explain why it remains canonical (LFG advanced via #837 but only on docs not in the AceHack-vs-LFG file set). Lane discipline preserved per Amara 2026-04-29 review: classify files, reduce unclassified_lines, record named evidence. No new file classifications added in this commit. * ops(0-0-0): address #838 Codex P2 — fix mutually-exclusive-bucket violation in loop-tick-history.md cell + record maintainer (c) decision Codex P2 (12:18Z): the NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION evidence cell for loop-tick-history.md listed `2026-04-21T17:28` in BOTH the AceHack-only AND LFG-only timestamp buckets, but the buckets were defined as mutually exclusive. The actual git state is: that timestamp's row exists on BOTH forks with content drift in the trailing portion, so it appears as a `+/-` pair in `git diff` rather than as unique-to-one-side. Fix: rewrite the cell to enumerate three honest cases — truly unique to AceHack (9 timestamps), truly unique to LFG (9 timestamps), and present on both with content drift (1 timestamp: 2026-04-21T17:28). Also records the maintainer (c) decision (forwarded 2026-04-29 via the multi-AI review packet): migrate AceHack-only rows to per-tick shard files under docs/hygiene-history/ticks/2026/04/{21,28}/, then hard-reset. The cell now notes the file reclassifies to SAFE_TO_RESET_LFG_SUPERSEDES once the option-(c) migration PR lands. This is a hard-defect fix per Amara's lane caution ("If CI is waiting: ... fix only hard defects if review threads appear"). No new file classifications added; no scope widening. * ops(0-0-0): address #838 Copilot P1 — revert cell to consistent NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION state (decision ≠ resolution) Copilot P1 (12:23Z): the previous cell update conflated "decision exists" with "decision executed". The cell read "NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION → maintainer chose option (c)", which is config-drift relative to the rest of the PR (active-trajectory.md ledger still has unsafe_lines=12; PR description still treats the file as decision-pending). Fix: revert the cell to pure NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION state. The file's classification changes only when option-(c) execution actually lands (the migration PR), not when the decision arrives. Until then the file is "decision-made-but-not-executed" → still NEEDS_HUMAN_DECISION for ledger purposes. Cell still preserves the precision improvements from the prior fix: - 3 honest cases (9 truly-unique-AceHack + 9 truly-unique-LFG + 1 same-timestamp-drift) - explicit note that diff direction is not row identity - (c) listed as recommended path in the maintainer-decision options The maintainer-(c) decision will be acted on in a separate post-#838 migration PR. That's where the file's classification flips.
Summary
docs/hygiene-history/ticks/with README documenting the shard patterndocs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.mdstep 5 to reference shard-file pathWhy Option B over A or C
Multi-AI converged stance from the 2026-04-29 synthesis arc:
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