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feat(tick-history): Option B per-tick shard-file transport (task #276 — Aaron-delegated)#724

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Summary

Why Option B over A or C

Multi-AI converged stance from the 2026-04-29 synthesis arc:

  • Amara: Option B is "architecturally cleanest" — eliminates the conflict surface rather than building a special bypass around it
  • Claude.ai: "the sharding option in particular is the architecturally cleanest because it removes the contention surface entirely"
  • Aaron's prior choice was Option A (direct-to-main low-gate) but explicitly delegated: "this falls under your call"
  • Restraint check: per Amara's "do not let the fix for the flywheel become another turn of the flywheel", made the call without phone-a-friend (which would itself be another turn)

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Test plan

  • Directory created
  • README explains pattern, schema, naming, migration approach, and what NOT to do
  • AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md step 5 updated
  • Composes with existing markdownlint + tick-history-order checks (same row schema)
  • First shard from THIS tick (which finishes this PR) will exercise the path

…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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Comment thread docs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md
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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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P2 Badge 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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P2 Badge 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.md to instruct writing a per-tick shard before CronList.
  • 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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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.

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- 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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- Does NOT remove the markdownlint / chronological-order checks
— 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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Comment thread docs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md

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).

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`docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ.md`** (per task
`docs/hygiene-history/ticks/YYYY/MM/DD/HHMMZ[-NN].md`** (per task

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Comment thread docs/AUTONOMOUS-LOOP.md
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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.

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…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.
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